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Year: 1877

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Postal Savings Bank System.


The Postmaster General, in
his forthcoming annual report,
is to make a long argument in
favor Of the Postal Savings De-
pository system that was first
proposed by Postmaster General
Creswell, and elaborated by him
in his report for 1873. These
institutions are not designed to
encroach upon legitimate powers
and duties of the National banks.
They are totally distinct in their
scope and character, and in the
ends they are intended to &C
complish: Mr.. CreswelPs posi-
ton was thus explained in his
report: The details would be
simple, safe and efficient. Money
order officers as agents of the
Government would receive de-
posits in small sums, ranged from
one dollar upward, to the limit
fixed by law, which sums the
Postmaster would forward at
short intervals to tho nearest
depository of the United States
Treasury. A certificate, fixing
the responsibility Of the Govern
ment, would be issued immedi-
ately to the depositor by the
Postmaster, and notice would be
sent either to the department or
some established branch Office,
to the end that true entry there
of might be made, and a more
formal acknowledgment for
warded to the depositor. No
depositor should be allowed in
any one year to deposit exceed
ing $500. No greater accumula-
ton of deposits should be per-
mitted for any one depositor
than $1,000, and no greater &C
emulation of deposits and inter
est should be allowed than
$1,000.


Meantime, however, the Unit
ed States should contract to pay
interest not exceeding four per
cent, to be computed from the
first day Of the month following
the deposit, and to stop upon the
first day of the month in which
any withdrawal might be made.
Interest should be computed to
the end of the fiscal year, and
then if not drawn should be add.
ed to the principal. Il would,
of course, be necessary to keep
an extra account of all such de-
posits, and of the expenses in
cident to the management there
of in the Treasury Department
also to make provision for the
payment of the amounts due de-
pos1tors whenever and wherever
they might desire to withdraw
them, and to allow and credit to
such accumulation a somewhat
greater rate of interest than that
paid out to deposltors, so that all
expenses might be paid out Of
the fund and the institution


made self sustaining.


A system thus organized, would
not only encourage habits Of
saving on the part of all who
might be in the way of earning
small sums of money, but would
tend largely to utilize and keep
in circulation the immense
amounts which are paid out for
wages and in business, and give
every depositor a direct interest
in the stability of the Govern
ment. 1t would strengthen our
national finances by pouring
these accumulations into the
treasury, which, in turn, by ju-
dlcious investments, could afford
to monetary and banking institu-
tions the very relief they now so
eagerly seek.
Year: 1877

THE Senate shows the effect of bad ex-
ample in adiouming over tomorrow, as is
ssid that the grave Senators may attend
the Pimlico iac IS. The House is in quite n
quandary. he great race that was to have
come of yesterday, but was postponed on
account of the late rain storm, and which
the House adjourned to attend, is to take
place to-day. The House will no doubt
meet and adjourn without doing any busi-
ness for the race is OF more Importance than
ian army without banners"
Year: 1877

Among the list OF habeas corpus cases that turned
up in Supreme Court, Chambers, yesterday, before
Judge Van Brunt. was that OF John J. Ford. young
boy lately charged and convicted in tho Court OF
Special Sessions Of the larceny of coat Feeling
aggreved by the action OF the Special Sessions in
fencing him to the Penitentiary on Backwells Island
for six months, he followed the example OF many Of
hts predecessors and sought the aid OF the
ancient writ oil habeas corpus 1t appears that
about the 18th of August last the prisoner, as al
legged, Invested . tramp who was rcposing with
tho heavens rs canopy OF !coat and ior this was
convicted by the Special Sessions OF petit larceny Mr..
Henry benson, counsel Tor the prisoner contended
that the evidence showed that the prisoner If guilty
Of any crime, guilty OF that Of larceny from the
person, and that the Court OF Special Sessions had
Jurisdiction thai offence. District Attorney
Herring opposed the application, and claimed that
there sufficient evidence to convict the prisoner
OF petit larceny, but requested the Court to remand
the prisoner should II come to tho conclusion that
the offence committed that OF larceny from
the person. Judge Van Brunt took the papers, re-
marking that far as he could then see there
evidence before the convctipg Court which could have
sustained its conviction oil petit larceny Subsequently
. consultation took place between the respective
the case, which resulted In order being
entered by mutual consent releasing the prisoner from
Imprisonment hIs present sentence and remand
Ing him 10 City Prison to await such action as the
Hrand Jury may lit to take in his Judge Van
Brunt confirmed this disposition OF the case, and tho
prisoner rcmanded accordingly.
Year: 1877

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


May ask, through your paper to state the following
factsS reside at the northwest corner of avenue
and Seventy6rst street, and 10 assist in supporting
family OF eight children keep a small grocery and
liquor store at that place. On Sunday wnile was IN
my store with my children, l saw Bernard Murtha
polIce oicer attached to the Nineteenth precinct
looking into the window and went to the rear door
and asked what he wanted He came in IND arrested
me and took me, with SICK infant IN nv arms TO tho
Nineteenth precinct station house, In East Fifty
hrst street, whcre l was detained until Monday
morning, when being brought before Justice
Morgan at the Fiity- y-seventh street Polico Court
| was promptly discharged IL appearing that no


liquor or beer mad been sold In my place on that day.
anu hat the door OF the store aud the door


to the upper door, IN which reside with my family,
closed would iurther say that Ufiicer Murtha who
MADE the arrest, was TO my knowledge q short time
before he arrested me drnking saoon a short DIS
lance from my residence, and ircm there came
directly to nv residence and made the arrest apoye
mentioned Tho man who gave hun his drinks was
not arrested who had not sold even glass Of beer
that day, was arrested and detained over nvbt with
SICK child IN my arms and seven other children At
home. Is there any remedy for this outrage or must
! bear ~ Has n citizen any rights which a poice
oucer IL Douho 70 respectr MARION GORDON.
Year: 1877

TO THE EDITOR HERALD:-


Two serious accidents recently occurred from tho
dangerous practice OF driving cattle through pub
lie streets. in defiance OF the oty ordinances.
Is nobody TO be punished for these things Z
Is our District Attorney taking steps TO arrest and
convictp Is Corporation Attorney prosecuting (?
Is anybody doing anythings Where are the police ?
Where is the Board OF Health with its fines and pen,
altiesy Everybody OF Official stamp urely cannot
be out OF town. II those who should enforce the
have fled away IRON the city, leaving IT ut the
mercy of Texas steers and Kansas wild cattle, per.
haps we had better organize provisional government


OLD GENT.
Year: 1877

To THE EDITOR THE HERALD:-


viii you please inform the people OF the State Of
New York. through your valuable paper, by what
right tho Quarantine Commissioners have TO charter
steamboat N p Hopkins TO private parties and, If So
does the State the benefit OF such chartersS
Business IS depressed enough without having
State officials using State property and thereby deprv-
Ing legitimate business mon from chartcring their
steamboats, and whlo at the same time thoy arc
obliged pay Is fair and just In these hard
timesf STEAMBOAT
Year: 1877

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


You will confer favor the residents OF the upper
part Of the city by calling the attention Of the Board Of
Health TO the fat boiling establishments In the western
part Of the city. Monday night 1t was impossible to
keep our WINDOWS open on East Fortieth street. The
stencil vas SO unbearable that compelled 70 call
the attention OF the authorities this nuisance L.
Year: 1877

70 THE EDITOR THE HERALD:-


would like to ask If employees OF The Erie Railway
have any right stop express train and lot off
OF their relatives friends at a small OF tho wny
place down the regular tables thereby de-
laying all other passengers the trainS THIS occur
renee took place M0aday morning tho morning ex-
rress which is due in Jersey City At iortythree
utes past seven r. NJ The Aforesaid empiOy6 or
official got at Elmira with his lady relative or
her of A PASSENGER.
Year: 1877

[NorE-Letters Intended for this column must bs
accompanied by the writer's full and address to
insure attention. Compliments who unwilling to
comply with this rule simply waste time r writing
Write on only one side OF the papeE-Ep. HERALD
Year: 1877

To THE EDITOR HERALD


Please allow mo 10 call attention TO Tompkins square.
With the exception Of two the avenue side none
OF the lamps lighted. II person Is assaulted while
going through at night he hardly soc the face OF
his assailant was assaulted last night, but could
not see the rogue distinctly and he escaped without
any fear OF being caught Why not light the square
that people may 60 through saieiyY c. W. b.
Year: 1877

We have always considered the popu-
lar mythical legend, or delusion, in re-
gard to the salamander's being able to
60 through fire unscathed as one OF the
most preposterous of mythical delusions,
the Appeal, of Maysville, CAL, says. A
gentleman of this city, however, re-
Gently related to us story in regard to
the lizards Of Nevada which seems to
confirm the possibility of their enduring
intense heat, for short time at least.


The black lizards of that sagebrush
State are very easily domesticated,
harmless, sociable and Intelligent. This
gentleman had several pet lizards, one OF
which lived near a furnace where he
burned retorts OF molds for silver bull
lion. This work required very hot
fire, which he had made open ct each
end. The lizard would sit on the tree
hear by watching him, and his dog would
frequently chase it if it ventured to the
ground and compel it to take to the tree
again.


Frequently, however, the lizard, appa-
rently for the sport of the thing alone,
would dash down from the tree and in
duce the dog to give it sharp race,
when it would run right through the
furnace, coming out Of the otherend like o
flash, unscathed, while the dog, ~ his
eagerness, would be burnt at tho fire
before he could stop. This would be a
daily occurrence and the lizard actually
seemed to enjoy the joke on the dog.
The time that the lizard or salamander
was in the fire was very short, and it
doubtless could not have remained there
very long.
Year: 1877

We often hear Of the leather medal,
and in some instances our military marks
men have won, and occasionally wear
the leather medal as a sort of absurd re-
gala marking very low rate of marks
manship. It may be of interest to our
readers to learn the origin of the medal.
Some time during the fourteenth century
the bad King John for the ransom of his
royal person promised to pay Edward
III. of England s, 900, 600 of gold crowns.
In order to fulfill this obligation he was
reduced to the notifying necessity of
paving the expenses of the palace in
leather money, the center of each piece
bei1g little point of silver. In his
reign is found the origin of the burlesque
honor of boyhood, called conferring a
leather medal" The imposing cere-
monies accompanying the presentation
gave full force, dignity and value to til.
leather jewel, which even noblemen
were proud to receive Mt the hands of
majesty.
Year: 1877

For the last three or four days extensive
prairie fires have been raging IN this vi
entity. Whether they were lighted acci-
dentally or on purpose no one knows. 1t
is limited that the fires have been set ont
by parties who wished to drive Texas cat
tie out of the country. but we hardly be-
neye the enemies of the long horns would
resort 20 such mrans. Texas cattle are
only feared on account of fever which
they bring TO domestic stock. and now
that the heat of the summer is over and
the weather is getting cool, there will be
but little danger from that source. We
hope every effort will be made to prevent
and keep out the prairie fires
Year: 1877

CHEAP GAs-The Citizens Gas
Company, of Harrisburg, give notice
that on and after September 1st it
will further reduce the price of gas
to all its consumers to one dollar
per thousand cubic feet, and promises
those who connect with their mains
that in no event shall the price ex-
ceed two dollars per thousand feet as
originally agreed upon by the COM
panv with subscribers. The gas
furnished by this company is guar
enteed to be equal, if not superior in
brilliancy and purity, to any fur
nished by any other company in this
country. Attachments are made
without cost, and there is no charge
for meter rent.
Year: 1877




The St. Louis Republican makes the
following sensible observations in regard
to Secretary Shermans persistent efforts
to give all the choice plums to the bond
holders:


One of the reasons given by Secretary
Sherman for holding that the per cent
bonds now being issued are payable in gold
and nothing else, is that gold is being re-
ceiEed for them, and it would be unfair to
pay them in a metal less valuable than is
exacted for them. But this is not as
effective an argument as the secretary
lmagines. Let us remind him of little
historical fact direct to the point; when
the five-twenty bonds, sixteen hundred
millions in amount, were issued during the
war, they were sold for greenbacks, not
one dollar of gold was ever exacted for
them. By secretary Sherman's rule, then
they ought to be payable in greenbacks-
independently of tie fact that they aoer,
payable in greepbacks, by the letter anC
spirit Of the contract; but in 1869 Mr.
Sherman, as senator from Ohio, voted to
pay them 10 coin-thus denying to The
people the benefit OF rule which he lay,
down for the advantage of the bond holder
Year: 1877

SAN Francisco, June 27.--We have
after bombardment of nearly ten days,
by Diaz, with the gun boats, Alvarez
capitulated. He surrendered the fort with
two hundred and fifty men to the naval
forces, who thereupon entered the town;
the terms Of capitulation are yet secret,
the opposing armies are holding high
carnival IN the streets of Acapulco; arm
in arm they are drinking and carousing
and apparently are the best of friends
Alvarez has gone over to the army.
Residents Of Acapulco are as yet undecided
whether to leave the place or not; they
have so far escaped serious molestation
but have announced their intention o
appealing to the U. s, if they are subjected
to insults or hardships of civil war.
Year: 1877

Simon Cameron says THAT the differ
ent attitudes Of Hayes and Sherman on the
silver question remindsfhim of the inscrip-
ton on signboard which he once saw at
the forking of Pennsylvania road: Take
either road you choose, and before you
have gone half way you will wish you had
taken the other.
Year: 1877

FlatuleIcy, Sluggish Digestion want of Tone and
Activity in thG Stomach and Bowels, Oppression
after eating to be relieved by single dose
taken after each meal. A great want exists for q
Year: 1877

SAN FRANCISCO, December a.
Within the last few days the State has
been visited by general rain and in some
places the rain has been heavy enough
to ensure the crops even If the
balance of the season should be
comparatively dry. This Is par
ticularly true of Nspo and Ssnonia
counties. The coast counties generally
have had good supply. The southern
portion of the State has been highly
favored and the newspapers OF that
section consider the crops assured. The
San Joaquin and Santa Clara valleys
have had light rain fall, but it Is prob
ably sufficient to remove cause for
sny immediate apprehension. The
Sacramento Valley has had enough for
present needs. On the whole the pres
pect is considered encouraging.
Year: 1877

WE,this morning, most cordially tend
er to each patron and reader OF the
REGISTER, the compliments OF the sea.
son. May this day be, indeed, s"Merry
Christmas to every family visited by
this paper, and may every one feel, this
evening, that he is better for the way In
which he has spent the dsy-remember-
ing that is, many times, more blessed to
give than to receive.
Year: 1877

A LARaE amount of the silver
trade dollars has recently been thrust up
on the market to bear the silver move
ment. These trade dollars have 42O
grains OF silver in them, and they will
command premium in lees than three
months. Our advice Is, freeze to all Of
them you can lay youi hands on.
Year: 1877

A Washington special says an effort to
effect reconciliation between the Evsrts
and Conkling factions will be vigorously
made during the coming week in New
York. This matter is attracting close
attention from those who are privy to 1t
here, and the result will be watched with
great interest, as it is looked upon as mark
ing enc Of the important turning points
IN the policy of the administration.
While, however, the friends Of Evarts
and Conkling may be able to settle their
difference, it is not by any means re-
garded as certain that the basis Of settle
ment will be satisfactory to the Presi-
dent.
Year: 1877

ut the New England Society's dinner in
New York Saturday night is the first open
declaration made in public manner
that the President does not intend to
take the back track in his future policy.
1t is held here by sagacious politicians
that one sentence of the speech covers
the broad text upon which the President
will be guided in his future course, and
that Is that he believes with Evarts that
he has never entered on devious paths,
and does not mean TO. lnasmuch rs Mr..
Hayes sat under the droppings of
the sweet sounds of his Prime
Ministers voice, il can be def
nitely accepted that he indorsed
what had been said. 1t means to serve
notice on B .aine, ConklIng and others in
the Senate, who have entered into an al


lance to break the President down, that
ne is aware OF both their desire and in
tention, and is willing to accept war with
those leaders. There is no doubt of the
intention of those leaders to force Hayes
to ally himself with the Democratic
party, and then by vigorous wave of
the bloody shirt attempt to array the
solid North against the solid South. Both


Blaine and ConkIIng know that without
stirring up a strong sectional feeling the
Republican party might rs well lie down
peacefully and die. They will make one
final and desperate efor. to gslysnze
enough life in the corpse to give a final
kick, but; therein will be Its last struggle.
Year: 1877

Editors Dispatch: think the community
Of taxpayers owe thanks to the Common
Council for their vote in favor Of reducing
taxation from S1.50 to S1.40 on the S100.
Every business and Professionalism, and
every owner of real estate, has had his in
come and profits largely reduced within the
past year or two. Scarcely any one is able
to pay as much as formerly. And we must
recollect that in few cities IN the Union is
taxation as high as in Richmond. Our rate
is often compared with that prevailing in
New York to show that we are lightly taxed.
Besides the absurdness of comparing Rich
mond with that great and wealthy metropo-
lis, it must be remembered that If the rate
in New York IS $3.50 or So on the 800, the
assessments, it is said, rarely exceed 80 per
cent. of true valuation. Here the assess
ments are in nearly all cases from
10 to 80 per cent. above highest market
price. AS it seems impossible for US to OBJ
tain reassessment this year the taxpayers
will be very thankful for the slight reduc-
tion OF the rate of taxation proposed. x.
Year: 1877

The action of the Common Council in
passing resolutions asking the General AS
sembly of Virginia to amend the city char
ter looking to new organization of the
Police Board meets 1oith the approval of
nine tenths of the property-o,oaers and tar
payers Of Richmond.


The resolution goes up to the Board of
Aldermen on Monday, and we hope that
body will act and grant the desire OF our
citizens by promptly approving the action
of the lower branch OF our city govern
ment. 81.


Let a proper bill be arranged and pre-
sented to the General Assembly looking to
a correction OF the present evils, and q great
and desirable end will be accomplished. We
are sure Police-Justice White has enough
to do in his daily court without looking into
all the duties and acts of the policemen.
The same might be said for the president of
the upper branch, who gets no pay. There
is no time to be lost. Let the Committee Of
the Council on Police make rules for the
government of the force, and let those In
authority see that each and every regulation
is faithfully performed.


A CITIZEN AND TAXPAYER.


Richmond, Va., February 7, 1877.
Year: 1877

.Messrs. Editors of the Dispatch: see
in the columns Of your paper gentleman
advocating change in the road law. As
the law now stands it is just what we want.
/ have been surveyor OF the roads OF Fair
field for fifteen years, and have found no
difficulty in getting labor and teams. LIDO
the most of the work with scoops and
nlows. will not have hoe on the road
except to level In the centre. have always
furnished about twenty good sand-shoyels,
by which means all the dirt moved from the
ditch is placed in the centre OF the road;
NV road was good before the war, is good
now, and has been good all the winter. TO
have a good road you must ridge it up IN
the centre so as the water will pass on im-
mediately. The township has never con-
Year: 1877

AhC 1SN-A stA - oS - As~eAan SAHAn SAAe


Editors of the Dispatch: 1t is smatter OF
surprise that there has been no mention in
the papers OF the pleasant entertainment
given last Monday night by the ladies Of the
Grace-Street Presbyterian church.


In spite OF the unpromising weather the
gathering of the members and friends Of the
church was quite large. Everybody was
made to feel at home, and there was doubt
less much good done in the way of cement
ing the bonds Of church membership and
increasing the sympathy already felt by
many in other churches for this church in
its noble struggle to pay off Its indebted
ness.


The voluntary offerings found in their
contribution-box more than equalled their
expectations; and the words OF their faith
full sunday-scbool superintendent will in
spire many with new zeal in the work OF
their church.


Some OF the young ladies OF the eongre-
cation and other friends contributed to the
pleasure Of the occasion by their sweet mu-
sic. It must not te considered invidious
to mention particularly the performance on
the organ by very young lady OF the
church, which showed much careful study,
as well as decided taste and talent.