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Year: 1874

THE SEA MoUsE.-The sea mouse is
one of the prettiest creatures that lives
under the waters. It sparkles like a dia-
mond and is radiant with the colors of
the rainbow, although it lives in the mud
at the bottom of the ocean. 1t should
not have been called mouse, for it is
covered with scales that move up and
down as it breathes, and glitter like gold
shining through flocky down, from
which fine silk bristles wave that con-
stantly change from one brilliant tint to
another, SO that Cuvier, the great natur-
alist, says the plumage of the humming
bird is no more beautiful. Sea mice are
sometimes thrown upon the beach by
storms.
Year: 1874

READ THIs.-Nothing can be more
cruel, and nothing more foolish, than to
place children where they must be dress
cd every day in fresh and fashionable
clothes, and their freedom for play cur
tailed for the sake Of appearances. What
childhood needs is perfect freedom to
romp, to make mud pies, to leap fences,
to row, TO fish, to climb trees, TO chase
butterflies; to gather wild flowers, Ia
live out Of doors from morning till night,
and to do all those things that innocent
and healthy children delight in, in cheap,
strong clothes provided for the purpose
Year: 1874

WRITING UPON WRAPPERs-The n.
Y. Commercial AdvertiSer says until
recently the postoffice authorities have
interpreted the law in relation to writing
on newspaper and book wrappers with
literal exactness. This was the ruling of
the Department at Washington. A few
days since the Young Mems Christian
Association of this city sent protest to
the Postmaster General because they
were required to pay letter postage on
book forwarded by United States Sena-
tor, who had thoughtlessly written his
name upon the wrapper. The Postmas-
ter-General thereupon revised his decis-
ion and sent word that the placing of the
sender's name and address upon q wrap
per would not subject the enclosed to let
ter postage. The rule also applies to
words descriptive ofthe contents of a pack
age, as for instance "proof Sheets"
pamphlets" etc. The original law
was passed when postage was expensive
and letter was often placed in the pages
of a book or pamphlet. But with the
advent of cheap postage the temptation
passed away, and the necessity for strict
ness also ceased. The passage of the
law recommended by Postmaster James,
which has been approved by the House
and awaits the action of the Senate, will
bring the whole matter to sensible con-
clusion. That will allow the name of
sender and the designation of the con-
tents to be written on any package, and
entirely prevent all trouble about extra
postage, as well as serve to restore to
their owners parcels that would other
wise be lost.
Year: 1874

THE rural editor Of the Detroit Free
Press seasonably remarks: "We have
our opirion of any COW which will stand
by and chew her cud when butter Is sell
ing at forty-fve cents per pound" In
another department Of barnyard econo-
my: "a South bend man has invented
a machine for Matching eggs, and he
brings out 500 chickens at time. The
hen can now devote all her time to the
production of the raw material"
Year: 1874

AN old bachelor iE Orleans county,
VT, thinking over the subject, and par
ticularly the expense Of maintaining n
family, set the table in his lonely abode
with plates for himself and an imaginary
wife and five children. He sat down to
dine, and as often as he helped himself to
food he put the same quantity on each of
the other plates, and surveying the pros
pect, at the same time computing the
cost. lie is still bachelor.
Year: 1874

A MINISTER at a colored wedding, who
wished to be humorous, said /: "On such
occasions it is customary to kiss the bride
but in this case we will omit it," To
which ungallant remark the bridegroom
pertinenty replied: "On such occasions
it is customary to pay the minister ten
dollars, but in this case we will omit it,"
Year: 1874

IF to be dissatisfied with the policy and
conduct OF. the Administration party and at
the same time to have no confidence In the
nromises nor any faith in the character OF
the Democracy is to be ridiculous it Is quite
certain that ridiculous people in the country
are respectable in point of numbers at
least. There seems to be an impression
among partisan newspapers, from which
the gentlemen who support the Consti-
tuition in Custom-houses and Post-Ofi1ces
are not entirely free, that the hight OF ab-
surdity In politics is not to belong to one
or the other of the two great parties. The
gentlemen who met in Convention at Albany
yesterday and adopted platform of princi-
ples were doubtless very well aware that they
nut themselves in a position to be jeered at
and derided 1t has not yet come to the pass
that their right to assemble peaceably
for the discussion of political ques-
tions is denied, but the spectacle of
a confessed minority acting independently OF
both parties, with no expectation of spolls and
no hope of accomplishing anything more than
the setting before the people and the two
parties body of political doctrine in which
they believe and which they propose as a test



surd that the party managers almost burst
with merriment over it.


1t has no doubt occurred to the minds of
many thoughtful persons who are not In
active politics that at o time when both
parties are equally unworthy of public trust
when both have forfeited tho confidence Of
the people, and neither can state single i'm
portant question upon which it is not divided,
the position Of minority party, acting
independently, may be entitled to some con-
sideration and respect. That large majority
of the people of the country are thoroughly
dissatisfied with both the great parties We
believe to be a fact; that at least dissatisfac-
ton is general and criticism loud and icOn-
slant will hardly be denied by any one.
Senator Fenton gave expression to a per-
vading belief when he said in his speech
at Albany on Wednesday evening that to him
it seemed plain "that by whatever varying
political designation they may be known.
Year: 1874

could have been much in love with Govern.
ment which meddled only to mismanage and
derangei


OF course we cannot go on In this way for
ever. The Republic will not always submit
to blundering or to an unfOrgiving policy,
persisted in merely that the prosperity and
power of a party may be perpetuated. But
the Southern man who sits with folded hands
and bent brow, bewailing the past, swearing
at the present, hopeless of the future, only
doing sometimes what had better be left un-
done, is but playing into the hands of those
who do not love him, however much they
may love what little money he has left
Year: 1874

The real estate frauds exposed in The
TRIBUNE yesterday and to-day are OF
singular and dangerous character, and the
Importance of the capture OF the three
prisoners can hardly be Overestimated.
Whether we have got to the bottom of
the conspiracy cannot yet be known. In
yestigation may reveal thousands of bogus
deeds held by honest purchasers of city prop
erty. Under the present system of searching
and registering it is not more difficult to forge
and sell deed to property than to utter and
collect forged check; hardly more than to
pass counterfeit bank-note. The name of
the grantor of the property Is all that 1t Is
necessary to forge, and as the Register is not
required to know the signature to be correct,
even this need call for no special skill. The
forger adds perjury to his other Offense, and
the work is done. With such forged paper,
properly registered and attested, man may
90 into Wall Street, or any insurance company
or bank with funds to invest, and obtain loans
without hesitation.


This fraud came to be exposed only by ac-
cident. sagacious clerk in the office OF
lawyer dealing largely in real estate dis
covered the fraudulent transfer of dead
clients property, and acting promptly in the
matter, secured the forgers. Such an accident
may not happen again in an age, for the
reason that the transfers of real estate in this
city, in other words the records of the Regis
ters office, are treated practically as the
Registers private property. This is prob
ably the only city in the Union where the
public are denied access to the records, or
in which the newspapers are prevented from
publishing what is essentially public intelli-
gence. Under the Ring the records were kept
as private as possible in order to conceal the
operations of the leaders in making real
estate corners, opening and widening streets,
and the transactions of the various referees
of the corrupt judges then in power. Under
the Reform government the list of transfers
is sold for $500 year to weekly paper
without circulation except among real estate
dealers but this information is without prac-
tcal value to the general public. Where
the utmost publicity should be given by
daily publication of the transfers of property,
this system of cOncealment is maintained, and
we see what an excellent thing it is for the
rORueS,
Year: 1874

"there Is to-day, unquestionably, majority
who agree in recognizing the necessity and
"seeking the accomplishment of higher and
"better tone in the government of the coun-
"tryn The Convention at Albany yesterday,
even had 1t been as small numerically as its
opponents hoped, instead of being as 1t was
large and influential assembly of representative
men. would have been entitled to the respect
full consideration which belongs to sincerity
and earnestness in any direction. They may
not represent so much as lllance of power,
though the fact that last year, when the dis
satisfaction with the two great parties was
much less than now, they did hold 1t and elect
their ticket selected from the other
two, is somewhat Indicative of their
strength. :. Whether they do or not,
they have at least presented sound
BODY of political doctrine for the general ac-
ceptance of which the best men in the country
are striving; and the platform of these men,
who have no Offices to ask, may well be taken
as a model by the party conventions which
are soon to set forth the principles On which
they purpose to appeal for votes.


The Convention wisely refrained from max
ing any nominations for State officers or tax
ing any action which might look like debating
candidates OF offering bargains to any other
organization. We presume the purpose of the
Convention Is to wait till the two parties have
made their nominations, and then to choose
from one or both, or if necessary out
side of both, a ticket which they can con-
scientiously support and commend to their
fellow-citizens. We do not see how any rea-
sonable objection can be made to such a
course The position of small but compact
and earnest body of Independent voters, hold
ing no relations with either party, but ready to
support the good men and oppose the bad
nominated by either, can hardly have any
thing but wholesome influence upon politics
and parties.


Already their victory last year. and their
determined attitude since, have been seen to
produce wholesome effect upon both of the
great rival parties. Their demand for good
men, whom the people can safely trust, re-
suits in the certainty of the denomination,
greatly against the will of the Ring managers,
of John A. Dix, our present Model Governor.
1t makes equally certain. greatly to the wrath
of the Canal Ring, the Tweed Ring, and
whole host of ward tricksters and the
minor corruptiOnists in politics. the
nomination of Samuel j. Tilden, the
man to whom, more than to any
other human being or agency, New-York owes
the overthrow of the Tweed dynasty. Both
have deserved well of the State, and have
the confidence of our citizens. 1t becomes,
therefore, of more Importance than in some
other places to know what policy the
parties, which are forced to accept them
as standard bearers, profess willingness to
carry out if intrusted with power. The
sagacious men in both parties will do well
then to consider very carefully the leading
resolutions in the Liberal platform, and par
tlcularly those relating to specie payments,
the third term, and the gag law.
Year: 1874

The letter of DR.. Bacon, which we print this
morning. ought to stop all misunderstanding
as to his relations with the Great Scandal it
certainly leaves no one in doubt about his
opinion as to the present situation of it. DR..
Bacon believes that the inquiry is not fin
ished, and most people will agree with him
that if it is finished it ought not to be.
Year: 1874

Repudistion Of the whole Of the socaIled debt a,
the s'are Of Louisiana. and refusing vote for
to pay the principal or the interest Of the same.
Tho passage of IN act by the Legislature Of ror
isana at the earliest moment possible prohibiting tho
a. sessment OF taxes under any guise ybas.,
ever to pay interest prnci Of the socaed daht
of any city, town, village paris in the Stata


J. The passage of act by Congress, compIeIpenta,
to the section of the Federal constitution decarin
that no State shalt emit bills of credit. making IL
penal offence to attempt collect n tax In
the interest cipal any bill credit ssued
by in the of State or o public corporation
created by q State


A. Abolition of every State tax upon industry
known license tani" prohibition, by Legislative
enactment of any such by city town. village or
parish authority and the entire exemption by statute
oi all vessels whether sea-gong river craft, from
wharfage levee any whats, ever in every port
and at every landing in Louisiana


Reduction of state taxation for every purpose to
rate whch shall not exceed dollar and q half per
head of The population of the State 0u0 accord
ing to the census made in 1870


g. Limitation of municipal parochial taxes for all
purposes to n rate which shall exceed dollars
per head of municipal pa' ochias population (say
2OOetO in New OreaDsI according to the census
That all taxes state and municipal remaining due
the Ist of January 1875 shall be cancelled except
% much thereof be pay the appro.
priations due to charitable in.titud officers sec





public service. and for supplies furnished for public
use; provided, however that Igid scrutiny shall bo
made into all the claims, whether payrols accounts
against any department reasonably obnoxious the
susplcon Of fraud that cash prices only not the ex
travagant prices charged by of deprecated
credit shall be allowed; and provided that In any
event not over one million of such taxes shall be col
lected in New Orleans-say one fifth Of the amount
which will probably remain due the time specified
8. That the salary or fees of evory public officer,
whose remuneration is properly subject legislative
consideration. shall be reduced an amount CORES.
ponding with the abilities required perform his
duties and the responsibilities of bis place. due coz
sideaton being had also the universal impoverish
ment Of the people


Resolved, That every nominee of the HIVES shan
give his written assent the Platform shall pledge
himself to support it.
Year: 1874

rRedfeds Letter to the Cincinnati CommercisLl


The gravitation OF the negroes toward the
Southern cities stln continues There the worst
of shem live in shanties and hovels and disease
and death stalk among them. In the cities they
die nom forty to eighty per cent faster than the
whites. This leads me to the belief that, as race.
they are on the decline; that they are dying faster
than they are coming into the world.


The numbers in which they are nocking into the
cities is partially shown IN the last census. With
the late civ rights agitation and bitter feeling in
the country the flow to the cities has been SILL
more largely Increased.


take the cities Of Coipmhia and Charleston
Year: 1874

on Tuesday night schooner, loaded with bricks
and consigned to John e. Hoagland, dealer IN
building materials whose place OF business is at
No. GO West street, was sunk at piers as. and 49,
North River The schooner, named the Maria Ann
Maria, was lying in the DOCK and as the tide went
ont ner keel got fast In the bottom OF rhe dock
which has an incline toward the middle OF the
river, and While her keel was TINS firmly held she
in again she became completely submerged
Yesterday a party OF submarine divers were en-
gagged I'm unloading Der, and as soon as her cargo
is removed she Is TO be 'battenedr up and raised.
This is the second vessel which has met with the
same fate within the last month, which shows
tIons OF the Dock Commission to q speedy and
sucCe5slul cOmpletiOn.
Year: 1874

The Park Commissioners, at tDet~ meeting yes
terday, awarded the contract for the construction
work OF the Metropolitan Museum OF Art to Jonn
Hogan, the amount agreed upon being $52424 !;
and the contract for the mason work to Messrs,


Action on the map ana report OF the t0pOgraph-
ical engineer on the laying out OF the north end
was deferred, at the request Of number OF prop
erty owners, who wish to examine the map, with
q view OF requesting such changes to be made as
they may think proper.
Year: 1874

An entertainment known as an old folks
concert, which is something of novelty in
this city, will be given tonight at the First
Congreg gational Church, corner of Calliope
and Prytania streets. At this concert will
be sung ye ancient music of the time when
"Old Hundred" was young, and when
Father Kemps pitched tunes with fork,
and sung psalms with bass viol .accompani'
ments. The singers will appear in old time
costume, and lift up their voices Justify in
the grand old hymns that stirred the hearts
of the Pilgrim fathers. The ladies Of the
society have prepared refreshments for the
occasion which may be had in the chapel at
the close of the entertainment. We can
promise a pleasant time to all who attend
the concert
Year: 1874

THAT FoUNDLISa.-We have received infor-
NATION which points rather conclusiyely to the
origin OF the babe which was found OH south
bound train on the delaware Railroad, about u
week ago:


Last December, "A comeIy looking woman came


to Shilley street boarding house She rcprcsen-


ted herself as widow, stating that her husband


had recently been killed, and requesting that she


be allowed to board at the house until tho birth
OF her child


Her,request was granted and abont month ago
the child was born. Before leaving the city she
attempted 10 get the infant in the Home Tor
triendiess Children, but was unsuccessful, and
on Friday evening, April 10th (the night on which
tho babe was found ON the train) she left for g
farm in St Georges Hundred, where she stated
she was 10 keep hDuse for a wealthy farmer. She
| left Wilmington by the 25 p Al. train on The
Delawarei road From the above facts it is read
l lily surmised that the woman above alluded TO II
the mother OF founding babe.
Year: 1874

What has become Of the Delaware Representa-
tive In the Lower House of Congress = We have
not seen his name mentioned in the debates since
he voted to increase his salary to S6,0o0 We
heard OF him once since, and then report placed
him down among the negroes of Kent and Sussex
who required looking after. wiz the Commercial
look him up and ascertain what prospect there il
OF his enllghtening the nation aud fs constituents
upon the questions of the day that are supposed
to require the attention of =" congressman? Arc
We to have no further appropriations to finish tho
work of dredging and deepening the Christiana
or Is the work to stop ha'f completed
Year: 1874

Ii anything in this world deserves to he detested
and hated by the men and women, and boys aud
girls of this country 1t is "Radicalism" Since
Its introduction into politics it has inflicted more
horrors and destroyed more lives and property,
and caused more evils and distress than all the
parties that have existed in the country, and
has been productive OF no single compromising
advantage whatevr.


The country viewed from whatever standpoint
Is comparatively worse off to-day than ever il was
before.


Democratic comprises and Conservative legis-
lation had carried the government through more
than three-tourths of century; adding empire
after empire IN extent, by purchase ana by
honorable conquest, until We stood IN the very
front rank of nations with treasury free from
debt and commercial marine that not only III
vailed but surpassed that of the long boosted
Mistress of the Seas" Another decade or two
OF such prosperity would have made these States
the richest aud the most powerful OF all the ma
tons of the earth.


But in an evil hour Radicallsm got the ascen-
dency, and the bad work it had long threatened
was commenced, and the fruits of the labors o.
kllf century have vanished; and the county
to-day is ''very poor" We come to this conclu-
sion with great reluctance. But the fact is fore
ing itself seriously upon the minds OF reject
ing people more clearly every day Since Radical
ism assumed the rens Of government in 1861, the
strides that the country has made toward poverty
and wretchedness have been only PARALLEL by the
single year 6f struggle between France and Prus'
sia. Even the commuuism OF Paris is not more
terrible than Radicslsm hes proved, when fairly
considered. We will pass over the horrors OF the
dreadful war with its millions of dead the VIC
tins Of Radcalismi and contrast the rich, peace
full and prosperous land that was actuaily "now-
ing with milk and honey" and rising Under the
care of q wealthy, cultivated and rehned hus-
bandry to an opulence that may be imagined but
cannot be described. If all the envy and malice
OF the evil one had been com bined AMI let loose
upon our country greater injury could scarcely
have been Effected in the same space OF time


The people Of our own State have INDUCED the
hope that we had escaped TO some extent the
worst evils of the scourge end in preventing
Radicalism from getting hold upon ovr State
government We no doubt have. And for this
with Maryland, Virginia and Kentucky our people
should be and no doubt are deeply thankful.


But II is deeply distressing to find the labors Of
whole life time destroyed In a few years by the
work Of Radicalifm. How many homes it has
swept frcm the possession of their owaers none
can tell-how many more it will render the own
unable TO hold caunot be escertained. But
the fact stares every man IN the face who owned
form before the era of Radcalism that he hoped
he had successfully clesred Of debtthat it is now
mortgaged to its full extent for debt that has
brought with it no compensating feature. The
single and sotary "truits" of The horrible product
OF Radical legislation is NEGRo SUFFRAGE and
NEGRO EQUALITY.
Year: 1874

DUBKLL TO BE INPEAcHKD-It is said the
subcommittee On the Durell investigation is ex.
pected to report to the House judiciary commit
tee, to-day in favor of impeachment Morey's
bill for the division of Durells district 80 as to
leave him out. is under advisement in the latter
committee, and may be reported to the House at
an early day
Year: 1874

A new process for the manufacture of
soda has lately been adopted in Eng
land, which is regarded by Wagner as
likely to replace all former methods,
and effect revolution in those indus
tries in which this important salt is
used. The process may be briefly de-
scribed as follows: "To . concentra.
ted solution of marine or common salt
bicarbonate of ammonia is added. In
the reaction that takes place, bicarbon-
ate of soda is precipitvted, chloride of
ammonium remaining in solution. By
treating this solution with lime, the
ammonia is isolated in the usual way,
and can be agaiu used. The bicarbon-
ate of soda is freed from its extra
equivalent of carbonic acid by heat,
leaving the salt as simple carbonate,
while The carbonic acid set free is COM
bined with the ammonia, and the re-
sultapt chloride il again used as in the
first instance.
Year: 1874

NEW HAVEN, July 2s, 1874.
Upon calling at the residence OF the Rev. Or.
Bacon this evening learned from o MEMBER OF
his family that he was out Of town and designed
being absent for several weeks that he is seeking
rest and an Improvement OF his health and that he
does not wish to be troubled with the Beecher.
Tt.ton business was unable to ascertain where
ne IS stopping at present but It is rumored that
he IS at COlebrOok, Ltchfeld county, Conn.