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Year: 1878

After full consideration and consultation


with the members of both houses of Congress,
the Secretary Of. the Treasury has determined
that the first silver dollar to be.issued will be
used only in exchange at par for gold coin or
for the purchase of silver bullion at the mar.


ket price. He does not feel at liberty to use
them to pay for current expenses until the
amount coined is sufficient to furnish them 10
all alike, without discrimination, nor does he
deem it expedient at present to exchange
them for United States notes or TO use them
in the payment of interest on the public debt
until the amount coined is sufficient to enable
him to do 30 impartialy. Therefore, they
will at present be used for the purchase of
bullion at the market rates. The silver certi-
ficaies will soon be ready for issue, and are of
the form OF bank notes, engraved in the best
manner and printed on bank note fibre paper.
Year: 1878

We should think the Democrats of the
Ohio Legislature would be sick about this
time Of their effort to make out case against
the management of the penitentiary. The
only witnesses they have produced to testify
as to cruelty or neglect are eex-convicts or dis
charged officials. 1t is astonishing how much
sympathy some Democratic Legislators can
work up for the criminals who are sent to the
penitentiary. Most of these are among the
worst men in the country, whose oath Ia no
better than their word, and neither of which
would be accepted az evidence against an or
dinary citizen in any court of justice. Yet
their statements before the committee are
published to the country as evidence agains.
the character of honorable men.


We suppose that most criminals would
claim that they are badly treated and poorly
fed, but they are sent to the penitentiary, not
to be treated as guests at hotel or gentlemen
Of leisure, but to be punished for their crimes
Perhaps II punishment were more severe than
ii is, and there were less sentimental sympa-
thy outside for convicted scoundrels, the lat
Year: 1878

tween two shafts, full three hundred
ellis below the ground, they dug un
from the rubbish and vitriol water, the


body OF young man entirely saturated


with vitriol, but otherW ise undecayed
and unaitered, 80 that one could distin-'
guish his features and age as well as IL
be had died an hour before, or had
fallen asleep for little while at work.
But when they brought him out to
the light of day, father and mother.
and friends and acquaintances had
been long dead; no one could identity
the sleeping youth, or tell anything Of
his misfortune till she came who was
once the betrothed of that miner, who
had one day gone to the mine and
never returned. Gray and shriyeled
she came to the place, hobbling upon
"a crutch, and recognized her BRIDE
groom when, more Ia joyful ecstacy
than in pain, she sank down upon tha
beloved form. AS soon as she ree0v-
erred her composure she exclaimed:


1T is my betrothed whom ] have
mourned for forty years, and whom
God now permits me to see once mora
before die. A week before the we'd
ding time ne went under the earth





All the bystanders were moved to
tears as they beheld the former bride,
u wasted and feeble old woman, and
the bridegroom still in the beauty Of
youth; and how, after the lapse Of fifty
years, her youthful love awoke again.
But be never opened his mouth to
smile, nor his eyes to recognize. and
finally, as the only one belonging t0,
him and having a right to him, had
him carried to her own little room till
d grave could be prepared in th0
churchyard. The next day, when all
was ready, and the miners came tn
take him away, she opened little
drawer, and taxing out the black silk
|cravat, tied it around his neck and
then accompanied him in her Sunday
garb, as If il were their wedding day
and not the day of his burial. AS they
laid him in the grave in the church.
yard she said: ~


'SIeep well now, for few days, in
thy cold burial bed, and let not the
time seem long to thee. / have now
but little more to do, and then it viii
be day again As she was going
away she looked back once more and
said: "What the earth has once resto-
red will not Il second time withhold"
Year: 1878

WADE HAMPTON warns the South Carolina
Democrats to go slow. He tells them that
the fight is not over yet, and says elf you
allow the extreme men of this State to take
possession of it, just as sure as the sun will
rise, it will rise on your failure"
Year: 1878

Polk, the Democratic Doorkeeper of the
House of Representatives, has come out of
his investigation badly scorehed. Eleven
members of the committee are against him
and only three in his favor. 1t can be said in
Polk's favor, however, that he was forced
into his Irregularities mainly by Democratic
members of the House.
Year: 1878

IT is stated that the object of the Demo-
Gratis in introducing new bill for unlimited
silver coinage, is not to pass it over the Pres
ident's veto, but to have it get majority in
both houses, and then after the President We
toes, make this question the issue in the next
Presidential campaign, and so insure the chief
place of the Democratic ticket TO western
man.
Year: 1878

the privilege Of issueing circulating notes. -
Take away this franchise and there will be .
general movement of the banks to reorganize
under the lsxer laws Of the several States,
and this would inevitably lead to successful
effort to repeal the prohibitory tax of ten per


cent, upon the notes of State banks Then
we should have again all the, nuisances and
evils of the State system which prevailed
anterior to 1861; for banks of deposits, dis
count and circulation are something that the
business of the country must have and can
not do without. We would have only wiped
out very good system and established one
that We know by experience to be very bad.


The destrlctiOnistl plan, then, is meant to
throw away all of the immense benefits to the
public of the national banking system, for
which we can we'll enough afford to pay nine
and.a half millions yearly, with certainty
that the amount must shortly be reduced by
three millions. II BALTIC. American. slfl.
Year: 1878

John Brown stole into the store At No 800 Spring
street yesterday and put the contents Of the money
drawer lin his pocket, when Mrs. ANNE Cotton sur.
prised him and ciung TO his arm I'll she had sum-
Inoned Officer Finnerty In court Brown said he
bail
Year: 1878

Fraud, forgery and perjury have been
clearly proven to have been the means by
which Mr. Hayes attained his seat Never
theless Congress has solemnly declared
that under our system OF government a
usurper once in the Presidential chair can
never, under any circumstances short of
impeachment and conviction, be disturbed
by any power under heaven. Thus sue
cessful fraud is acknowledged to be i'm
pregnable. Yet this Government must
have some power to vindicate its majesty,
and show that the fundamental principles
upon which our whole system is based, viz,
that tho governing shall hold their places
only by the consent OF the governed, can
not be violated with impunity.
Year: 1878

Between Conger, Luttrell and Townsend.


Washington, March 30.-The follow
ing scene occurred in the House on the
bill to appropriate money to pay Bar
tholomew county, Indiana, agricultural
society for the use of its fair grounds
for military purposes from September,
1868, to June, 1865. Conger said that
almost every fair ground in the North
had been used during the war for mill
tary purposes, yet he believed this was
the only society that had asked for
compensation. The grounds must have
been owned by Knights of the Golden
Circle. Luttrell said the gentleman
must have belonged to that order, as
he seemed to know so much about it.


Would he point out some of the men,
bers. Conger said he had too much
respect for Luttrell to refer to him in
that connection, and besides, he did
not like to hurt the feelings of some
gentlemen on the other side of the
House. Laughter. Luttrell said he
had been as loyal as the gentleman from
Michigan during the war. They had
both belonged to the same army, name.
ly, the army of stay at homes. The
gentleman had never responded to the
Year: 1878

THERE comes a report by way of the
Cincinnati Times that Montgomery
Blair is having some success in Wash
ington with his wild scheme for unseat-
ing President Hayes. He is said to
have induced David Dudley Field and
Senator Thurman to prepare bill in
furtherance of his weak lunacy, that
will soon be introduced into Congress


The bill provides that all United States


Circuit and District judges shall assem-
BILE in Washington, and shall have de-
livered to them the records of the votes
cast in Louisiana and Florida, as re-
turned to, and not by, the returning
boards. These votes shall be counted
and the result declared. But then what
would be done after the result was de-
clared, if the Supreme court should
hold that neither it nor any of the
lower courts had any jurisdiction in the
matter of counting the electoral votesp
OF what avail is it to declare, if there
is no power to enforce the declaration?
Year: 1878

The people of the United States re
truly strange people. They complain
continually about their representatives
in Congress wasting their precious time
in idle debates for days and weeks on
bills that could be disposed of with but
little loss of time. But when a mem
Der consumes hours and even days in a
yillainous harangue against the chief
executive, a member of the Cabinet or
brother representative, yell of
BULLY for him that's the kind of a
man to send to Congress ~ goes up all
over the land, and he is congratulated
on having made splendid EFFORT
Year: 1878

SECRETARY SHERMAN says he has
made all the arrangements necessary for
full supply of what silver bullion he
may need in carrying out the provisions
of the silver bill, and that he has also
secured the lowest going rates without
being obliged to have recourse to the
Pacific slope. He also says he takes
especial pleasure in having been able to
do this, because the owners of silver in
Nevada Immediately on the passage of
the silver bill put up the price of bull
lion higher than they were willing pre-
viously to sell it for shipment to Asia,
even with freight excluded from the
full cost.
Year: 1878

THE best informed European diplo-
mats believe that the congress must
meet before May, or that war will
break out soon after Both nations,
however, have been blufiing and it may
find it possible to retire gracefully with
out coming to blows.
Year: 1878

If Canada, in it's outburst Of enthusiasm
over the Governor General and his royal
wife, has shown that its efforts to do them
honor have not been always chastened by
perfect taste, much should be allowed to
Canadian inexperience. While some Of the
overwhelmed deputations have exhibited an
awkwardly confused sense Of an impassable
pair, it is but just to say that
the Marquis has closed his eyes TO
this feature Of the proceedings. His
speeches, of necessity repetitions Of
thanks for courteous greetings, have been
singularly happy, md distinguished alike
for their modesty of tone and variety of in
formation. Whether replying to the ad-
dress of grave municipal council, thank
ing the good sisters Of the convent of Villa
Maria or responding to o speech in ball
room, the Marquis has found the apt word
to say in each case. In the latter instance
he showed considerable tact. Canadians,
as we know, preserve many Of the traits
Of the countries they or their progenitors
emigrated from. There nre French, Eng
lish, Irish and Scotch Canadians Saturday
last was st. Andrews Day. and, as His
Lordship is Scotch Of the Scotch. it was not
extraordinary that he should be met by Il
warm address from his fellow Scots, filed
with pleasant illusions to the Land O. Cakes
and the Mac Cailean Nor. But, while nc-
knowledgng with perfect frankness how he
valued the compliment, the Marquis quietly
waved aside anything which would con-
vey the idea that he came to favor any
portion Of the Canadian people at the
expense of the remainder. lie found historic
reasons showing why all the brethren
should dwell together in unity. There had
been a Scotch regiment in the French SER
vice. Scotland was, after all, only an Irish
colony, and the English loved the Scotch
because Scotland had given them king.
These things may not bear directly on the
mixed populations Of the Dominion, but
they show how the extremes OF the present
met in the past on the most amicable terms.
His Lordship will soon have IN opportunity
to treat Of graver matters, but the impress
sion from what he has already said is fa-
vorable one. Queen Victoria has cabled her
delight at the hearty reception Of her
daughter and son.in-law.
Year: 1878

elections, and it's position will be equally
awkward whether it stems the tide or
yields to it. II il resists it will be swept
away by popular sentiment if il succumbs
il will expose itself 10 dcrision by It's in
consistency. 1t is the interest of the party
to have the subject ignored during
the present session, but such zealots
as Voorhees, and Ewing cannot Withstand
the temptation flung in their way by
the action of the national banks. Unless
the party heeds the recent warnings and
abjurcs its financial heresies it will have no
reasonable hope of success III $780, The
pivot of the situation is the State oil New
York, which holds next autumn the most
important State election in its annals. For
the first time a Governor, Lieutenant Gov
ernor and all the other State officers are to
be chosen in the same election. New York
is stanch hard money State, and after is
recent loss it. cannot lie recovered by
the democrats if their, party at large
is on the wrong side of that
dominant question. If New York goes
against them in 1879 it will certainly do 50
in 1880, and without this State they can
have no chance of electing the next Presi-
dent. II the democrats in Congress were
wise the soft money wing would keep aloof
FROM the currency question during this
session. and afterward profess to acquicsce
i'll resumption as an accomplished fact. IT
by the action OF the banks on silver or from
any other motive they are blind and fool
ish enough to be entrapped into currency
debate they will give away their party in
one of the most critical conjunctures Of its
history.
Year: 1878

We publish in to-days HERALD q commu-
nication from Dublin tradesmaD on the
alleged intended combination of the obstruc-
ZIONIST branch Of the Home Rulers and the
Fenian, or physical force element, in future
constitutional movements for the redress Of
Ireland's grievances. The writer Of the CON-
munication is evidently not in sympathy
with the objects Of the "new departure,
and he seeks to meet and combat the
views expressed by prominent Irish
nationalis,s il the United States,
which were published at length in the
HERALD on the 27th CT last October. His
sentiments are candidly expressed but
while he avows strong national sympathy,
and admits that England has in the past
inflicted many grievous wrongs on ireland,
and that her present rule is not free from
grave abuses and injustice. he is clearly
we'll satisfied with the existing state Of
affairs. While he sees all classes Of his fell
low countrymen crowd into the English
civil service, seek the army, the navy
and the militia in larger comparative pro-
portion than the inhabitants OF other parts
of the United Kingdom, and gladly accept
situations on the armed police force main
tained in Ireland, he can see no reason why
they should not be willing to give MP their
"ideal Ireland" and be contented with "a
self-rcspec.ing and on ennobling. not q
slavish or degrading, union with Great
Britain as IN integral portion of the United
Kingdom" He is evidently willing to let
good enough alone, and we tiust that as
Dublin tradesman he does good busi-
ness and enjoys The patronage Of the Castle.


The Irish people possess SO many gen.
orous and often noble qualities that it
would be pleasant to treat their dream of q
separate nationality with sort Of poetic
license, and to persuade ourselves that
Ireland, either as republic or under tho
rule Of some descendant OF an old line OF
kings, has prospect of becoming one day
great Power among the nations Of the
world, IL we could do so without vio-
lence 10 common sense and injustice to a
cause with which we really sympathize.
But facts are stubborn things and are very
apt to spoil poetic fancies. Ii Ireland
could be separated from the United King
dom tomorrow and set up in business on
her own account as an independent nation,
free from all entangling alliances, it would
be straining credulity to painful degree
to suppose that she would take an inpor.
Year: 1878

Mr.. Gladstone denounces the invasion CT
probably be taken up by many others in
the early days Of the coming session Of Par
lament. He calls it s'an unjust war, which
will weigh upon the national conscience.
In the eagerness Of the people in India to
go cunning for Afghans it may be remem-
the home government as the result Of advice
taken from the Peace Society. There is one
sense in which the peace society is very
numerous in the modern world, and particu-
larly numerous in England, and that is in
the sense in which all those are classed as
members Of it who regard with little favor
all wars save those made in national de-
fence or under some requirement Of su-
preme national necessity. 1t is senti-
ment growing rapidly in all nations
that other wars than such rs these
are iniquities more or less monstrous.
In the cultivation Of this opinion the world
OF the present time bids fair to peculiarly
distinguish itself from the world of former
time. Wars were made formerly in the in
terests Of dynastic notions, in the pride of
wariike princes; and they grew out OF the
whilns and caprices of ambitious Ministers
or royal fayorites. Is the Afghan war Of tho
order Of those wars of former days? or is it
necessary to any great national purpose Of
safety or honor: II is tie pretext Of the
Beaconsfield Ministry that it is necessary
step to such rectifcation of the northwest
ern frontier Of India as will guarantee
the safety of that colonial empire. II
that were true it might be just
war--if it could be shown that beyond bad
frontier there were any other than merely
chimerical dangers. But that cannot be
shown, and the theory is not true. We are
Of opinion that Lord Lawrence has demon
strated and put beyond any valid answer
the truth that the northwestern frontier of
India is safer as it is against any possible
invasion than it can be as it is proposed to
rectify it. Indeed, we believe England
will see before Parliament bas been many
weeks in session that this is not England's
or Indias, but Lord Lytton's war, made by
him and Ministry in sympathy with him
in London in the very spirit in which the
wars OF old times were made by capricious
and absolute princes.
Year: 1878

Had it not been that Miss Garrod was
inaccessible to the aliurements of Lady
Gooch it is probable that some '.little
stranger" in every sense of the term,
would be enjoying the hospitalities Of
Bonacre Hall, with a fair prospect
of living on the Gooch money DUR
ing lite. Indeed, poor Lady An
ME Louisa seems to have persevered
in her bogus heir scheme despite discour-
agements enough to turn aside most ladies.
Her husband, several honest physicians
and others had, warned her Of the folly
and criminality Of her course, but she
went on with her preparations and
stimulation. Why did she persevere
Was it nothing but her hate Of
Lady Eleanor and her fear Of being left un-
provided that induced her to reject all warn
ings? No doubt these incentives power
fully urged her. When. however, q man or
woman, bent on foolish or criminal object,
is the possessor Of highly sauguine
temperament warnings are thrown away.
Nothing short Of the scene in the
police court could bring Lady Gooch to q
realizing sense of how sound the advice of
her friends had been. Yet we have no
doubt that her ladyship will consider her.
self the victim OF circumstances, and re-
main convinced that she only failed by mis-
adventure, although all the iacts show that
she was destined to fail from the start.
Year: 1878

BIZ TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.


WASHINGTON Dec. /. 1873.


Secretary Thompson Is exceedingly indignant over
the premature publication OF the proposed order
changing the style OF naval uniforms and expresses
determination to promptly institute IN investigation
into the matter with view Of ascertaining the
of the officer of his department responsible there.
for. He says that the subject Of modification
of the present dress of naval officers has
been under discussion for time, and
that the Naval Board having supervision over
minor matters Of this nature reported to him the
order circular letter published in todays HERALD.
but that although he signed the psper such ruling
in the OF official order has been promu,-
gated. The PRONUNCIATION Of the order prohibited
the day after il signed to enable the Secretary
ascertain the merits OF protest against II submitted
by number Of officers Of the navy. This protest
embodies the objections reported in connection with
the published order and was urgent not to say
emphatic in its terms that the Secretary induced
to suspend the order until full hearing from all
parties interested is had. He declines, as q
matter OF official policy, to express opinion
upon the objections before him. but he says he
will afford the anlplest opportunity to officers to
communicate their views to him on the subject. An
unexpectedly strong opposition to the change s
developing among naval MEN generally. and the fnal
adoption Of the Is considered quite doubtful
made The embryo order sent out secretly to q
number of officers fceier. and its publication has
consequently rritated the Secretary.
Year: 1878

1t isn't paying the girls board that
scares the young men out of the mat
rimonial market; it is simply the
dread of housekeeping in the future,
with an additional burden in the
shape of handsome hired girl, to
support, withous any adequate return
| for the investment.
Year: 1878

"This life is like a game of cards. We
must play the hands dealt to US, and the
credit is not so much in winning as in play
ing poor hand well'
"When | hear man Dragging about
! what he did last year, and what lie is going
to do next year, can pretty near tell what
he's doing now"


"Don't despise your poor relations
They might get rich sometime, and then it
would be so hard to explain the thing"


"The reputation man gets from his an
cestors wants about as much altering to fit
him as their clothes would.'


"There is no woman stationed on the face
of the earth you tries so hard to DO right,
and fails oftener than the average mother
in law.


San enthusiast is an individual who be-
lieves about four times as much as he can
prove, ard can prove four times as much as
anybody else will believe.''


"Faling in love is like falling down
stairs; it's hard work to find out just how
the thing was done"


ga man who has been waiting for the
last fifteen years for something to turn up,
is still in the same business"


"Mice can live anywhere comfortably but
in church; they fat very slowly in a church.
This proves that they can't live on religion
any more than minister can


''The worst tyrant in this world is a wo-
man who is superior to her husband, and
lets everybody know it."


''Love is like the measles; you can't have
1t but once, aud, the later in life we have it,
the tougher it goes with u.s."


''Great thinkers are not apt to be great
whistlers. When a man can't think of
anything, he begins to whistle"


''The man you can have to work on
farm for nothing and board himself, just
about earrs his wages


"Neatness, in my opinion, is one of the
virtues. have always considered it twin
sister to charity, but none work so hard as
the victims of ecstatic neatness. | have
seen a neat person who would not let
weary fly rest long enough on their best
wallpaper to take breath, and who would
chase single cockroach up and down stairs
until his legs were worn Off"