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Year: 1877




tits good to see that the West and
South have atlAst discovered that Their


interests in the great currency question


now agitaling the country are identical


An analysis Of the vote in the House


Of Representatives by which the Silver


Bill was passed, shows that the only
opposition the bill received, with tri-
ding exceptions, came from the Eastern
and Middle S,ates. The West and
South passed the bill. This fact has al
ready caused the fur to fly. The New


York Herald, the organ Of the credi or
classes and OF the rich people
Of the great metropolis, now complains
that "lhe Alleghanies are taking the
place Of the old Mason and Dixon'S
Line, and the new irrepressible conflict
is between the States of the Atlantic
Seaboard and those in the Mississippi
Valley. y We are again being
drawn into a vortex Of geographical
politics. .. The unreasonable
domination OF the West Is no more TO
be submitted to than was the unrea.
sonable domination Of the South. The
West is already nearly as unanimous
for reputation as the South ever was
for slavery"


These Eastern bond.holders arc
alarmed at the great power OF the West
and South combined, and they begin
to cry repudiation, 10 frighten the
masses into obedience 10 their leaders,
who are determined to reach gold pay
ments by contraction, ifevery industry
in the country is paralyzed for decade
by It. This selfish, avaricious purpose is
being manfully combated by the West
aud South, and these great sections Of
the Union will not be frightened from
this opposition by the mere catch.cries
"rag baby" and "repudiation." If tits
reputation for the country 10 pay
debts In silver and gold when they
we're originally payable in those metals,
the Eastern men, Democrats and Re-
publicans, may make the most Of il,
for the country intends to do it. If
greenbacks are rag money, it is be-
cause these very men have sustained,
and are now supporting and
inspiring policy that makes them
rag money. Every Administration
since the war has dishonored green.
backs, and made an unjust and unwise
determination agains! them. The rich
mans gold bond interest has been
promptly paid, while the greenbacks
are discredited by the Government
that issued them, by a refusal to re-.
ceive them for duties, and by
shamelessly discounting them month
after month. The Government is
to-day keeping up the premium on
gold by this short.sighted course and
by boarding gold, and constantly play
Ing into the hands of the bondholdera,
until forbearance has ceased to be a
virtue. II the sectional line has been
drawn at the Alleghanies, New York
and the East are responsible for ii, for
they persist in demanding in many
ways much more than the original con-
tract. We freely admit that the bond
holders have rights that ought TO be
and must be respected, but !, seems
that the millions Of citizens OF the
United States who hold only green.
backs have no rights the bondholdcrs
will respect, unless they are forced to
do IL.
Year: 1877

ONE WAY TO GET RICH.-NOthing is
more easy than to grow rich. 1t is only
10 trust nobody-to befrend none-to get
all YOU can and save all you get-to stint
Yourself aud everybody belonging to you
t., be the friend of no man, and have no
man for your f-iend-to heap interest up
on interest. cent upon cent-to be mean,
miserable and despised for some twenty or
thirty years-and riches will come as sure
as disease and disappointment. Aud
when pretty nearly enough wealth is col


-cted, by a disregard OF all the charities
pf the human heart. and ar the expense OF
evary enjoyment, death comes to finish the
work-the body Is buried in hole. the
heirs dance over it. aud the spirit goes
where?-New York Commercial Adyertis-
er.
Year: 1877

Two Troy brothers. who went home
late one night recently, from celebration,
dislike to arouse thei aged father. One
of them after infinite pains, effected an
entrance into the house by means OF "a
grape vine and oack window Then
takiny off his shoes be stealthily descend
ed to unlock the door and let In his broth
er, and found IL unlocked
Year: 1877

Ancient and well trained housebreakers,
who depended for success on their profess
sional merits, were doubtless greatly cha
grined when the rogues Of this day first
came forth with that kind Of predatory
enterprise which promised to unite the
profits of burglary with the melodramatic
gallantry of masquerading. They per-
haps felt like the drivers of stage coaches
who had lived to hear the whistle of the
express train. They saw before them
slapdash game that dispensed with nearly
all the precautions practised iinmemorally
by the instructed cracksmnn; that re-
quired no study of the locks and no tools;
no painful scrutiny to find the police in
order to be sure Of their whereabouts;
no furtive skill of entry, and that
vet apparently laid bare the plunder
of magnificent houses in every part of the
country. They had wasted their lives in
these difficult labors, and were not rich ;
yet the brilliant perceptions OF new gen.
Grafton invaded the craft with ideas that
exploded all the old methods. Half dozen
stout fellows in this new system simply tied
blue ve1lS ABOUT UuelI IaCeS went 10 tue
nearest country house that had fine ap-
pearance, demanded admission, and if
refused smashed in door frightened all
the old men and women into one room,
locked them in, and then ransacked the
establishment and got away scot-free 1t
seemed simple, safe, almost splendid, and
certainly profitable. But after fair trial
of this system we are inclined to believe that
the old stagers have their revenge. They
have seen its failure. Not single burglary
of the new and theatrical sort has had re-
suit that even the most sanguine thief can
deem satisfactory. They have proved labo-
rious, unremunerative and uncommonly
dangerous. In every case that we can now
recall the whole party Of the thieves has
been subsequently captured, save the
cases in which they have been killed on the
spot This is because in their excursions
into the country the burglars get beyond the
protection OF their friends on the police,
and because if they have to take the rail
they are seen and described, while
| ii thay Dive to the city they can be tracked
Year: 1877

The truth about the Ohio clerks in Wash
ington appears to be that q Mr.. Grosvenor,
Speaker Of the Ohio House Of Representa-
tives, has been in Washington squeezing the
poor department clerks for campaign funds
and bullying them to 60 home to vote; that
he gave them to understand that he was act
ing with the Presidents knowledge and
consent, and that under this pressure the
more timid of them promised, unwillingly,
to 90 and vote. Whether he got any money
does not appear But on considering the
matter further the clerks came to the con-
clusion that as Grosvenor had not shown
any authority from the President, and as
the latter had certainly forbidden any such
compulsion, they could safely attend to
their duties and save their railroad fares, and
to this determination the greater number Of
them appear to have como, very sensibly as
we think.


It would now be we'll for the President to
give at once q public assurance to these
clerks and to all others that Mr.. Grosvenor
acted without his knowledge and that he is
totally opposed to such moral. or, rather,
immoral, coercion as has been attempted.
We have no doubt that he is so opposed but
the President may as well know that this is
fact which will, for some time to come, be
the better for frequent public reassertion.
because considerable number of influential
politicians are privately and publicly going
about saying that this civil service reform
business is all sham, and the President
does not really mean it +; and these asser-
tions atflict not only department clerks but
also the general public with distressing
doubt.
Year: 1877

They are having political canvass in
Mississippi, and it is curious and instruc-
tive to notice how different is the spirit
which prevails there from that of previous
years. All the ruffians in the State have not
at once become meek and humble Chris
tians, of course, by reason of the Presidents
policy. There are disorders in q few law
less counties but the authorities and the
leading journ ais of the State are openly and
strongly opposed to the disorderly class.
Governor Stone gives notice that he will en-
force order in the three counties from which
complaints come; responsible and infuen-
tial citizens are assisting him in Amite
already been captured and put in Jail, and
the county journal reports that the good
citizens are aroused and the remainder of
the lawless and graceless scoundrels who
have been "bull-dozing" will be hunted
down by the officers of justice and are in fact
leaving the neighborhood to escape arrest
and punishment. The Vicksburg Herald,
formerly the most extreme and bitter jour-
nal in the State, demands that the Governor
shall do his duty energetically; it says


''The laws of Mississippi must be executed,
and Governor Stone is the Chief Executive.
When the executive officers subordinate to
the Governor cannot execute the laws and
enforce the decisions of the courts then the
Governor is right in saying that such
state of things cannot be tolerated, and,
cost what it may, it must and shall be
stopped The Governor may rely on the
press and the people taking this view of the
case, and he may feel safe at all times in
securing any amount Of force he needs to
suppress lawlessness.


| All this means that just public opinion
has revived in Mississippi, which not only
resents lawlessness, but demands that the
local authorities and the Governor shall Wig
orously enforce law and order. Before this
new spirit intolerance and violence must
rapidly disappear. In fact, it is not, we be-
| lieve, pretended that there is now trouble in
any other part of the State than in the
three counties above mentioned. There
is, We imagine, somewhat jealous and
bitter feeling among democratic partisans
toward opposition or independent can
didates, but this is matter which
will rapidly settle itself Those who
tondly imagine that the State is to con-
tain but one party will find themselves
greatly mistaken. The republican organ
ization has formally disbsnded, and the
appearance OF independent candidates and
organizations in the political field is natu-
raj and inevitable. Where these indepen-
dents are headed by influential and respect
able citizens they will carry the election,
and it is for the good of the State that they
should. If the Legislature should be unani-
mously democratic it would speedily be-
come as corrupt as it was when it was nearly
! nnanimouslv ranubIinan-
Year: 1877

Tweed's examinations do not increase in
interest, that of yesterday disclosing even
less which is calculated to startle the public
than it's immediate predecessor. Tweed dis
charged his great broadside when he gave
the inside history of the passage Of his
charter, telling which Senators he bribed
and how much he paid them. In the next
examination after that he wasted the time
and abused tho patience of the Aldermen by
an angry attempt to get even with John
Morrissey, and q great deal Of yesterdays
examination was taken up with explana-
tions and corrections of his former testi-
mony. These appearances Of Tweed have
ceased to possess the attraction of novelty.
and the public will soon think them bore,
unless he drops trivial matters and tells
what he has to say in a concise, business
like way. His bearing yesterday was great
deal better than when he took Morrissey in
hand. He has probably been convinced by
his counsel that man in his position cannot
afford to break loose and run amuck against
personal assailants. The nonchalance with
which he recites transactions which stamp
his character with infamy is marvellous.
We have no doubt that he is tell
ing great deal Of truth about
his confederates as we'll as about
himself. He gave yesterday history of his
first acquaintance with Jay Gould and
Jim Fisk when they were the mag
mates Of the Erie Railway, reciting how
they induced him to procure an injunction
in their favor from Judge Barnard, and how
he received their money for lobbying bills
through the Legislature Fisk is dead, and
Barnard, since his impeachment, in dis
grace; but as Gould continues to hold up
his head dose of truth may, perhaps, as
sist him to see himself as others see him.
Tweed also recited in detail the history Of
the printing company and stationers COM
pany-those minor swindles which yielded
prodigious returns in proportion to the
capital invested. There seems to be some
doubt as to whether Tweed will appear
again in his present r6le. When questioned
yesterday by republican Alderman he said
that his testimony is involuntary and that
if his counsel shall instruct him that he
cannot be compelled to testify he will re-
fuse. If he has told all he cares to tell this
will be convenient ruse for evading
troublesome questions in the nature of
cross-examination.
Year: 1877

collision of trains which occurs by rea-
son of misplaced switch ought not to be
called an accident" Yesterday afternoon
the Chicago express train was wrecked
within mile Of Rome, in this State, by
running into a freight train, misplaced
switch, our accounts say, being the cause of
this disaster. Three men were killed out
right, and considerable number more or
less badly hurt. The switchman had
been on duty, it seems, for ten years; and
had therefore sufficient experience; and
how he came to place the switch wrongly
will appear on the Coroner's investigation );
and if carelessness is proved we hope
prompt and severe punishment will over
take the guilty man. 1t seems to us that the
responsibility for misplaced switch must
rest upon the switch tender, or if not on him
then on the local superintendent of the
road. 1t can hardly be an accident.
Year: 1877

Marshal MacMahon is fighting France,
under the delusion that he is fighting only
q disorderly and contemplate faction. De-
lusions like this have troubled great many
executives whose unpleasant experiences
are recorded in the histories Of different ma
tions. Charles l., in collision with the
British people, thought he was opposed
only by few fierce fanatics and lost his
head before he had time to learn better.
George III. of England was persuaded that
his subjects in the colonies were not really in
revolt but that handful of ambitious lead
ers used the name of the people without
their authority. His error cost the British
crown a greater dependency than was ever
possessed by any other crown. Charles x,
in France, and Louis Philippe were equally
deluded as to the power that opposed their
sovereign will, each believing that he had
to deal only with a group Of mall
contents that might be ridden down by q
brigade Of cavalry, and scouting the notion
that the will he endeavored to suppress was
that of the whole French people. In all
times the same error has been fatal to
thrones or to sovereigns and the French
President, if he were acquainted with the
history Of his own country, might find re-
corded in it the necessary result Of his
present course AS doctor with the record
of a post -mortem examination before him
may criticise with serene severity the medi-
cal treatment that was lavished on the de-
funct, 80 should man in authority in
France be able to judge of the politics of his
country in the light of the experience of his
predecessors. But the faculties of Mac
Mahon seem too blunt for this. Urged for
ward by ambitious politicians, who use him
as the stalking horse of their personal
schemes, he goes blindly on to inevitable
in
Year: 1877

those who commit their savings to its GUS
tody.


What, then, are the arguments against the
government undertaking SO useful and be-
nefcent task? There can be no objection
on the score of expense, for the institu-
tion would not only be selfsupporting but
would yield handsome profit to the gov
eminent The deposits could be used in
paying off our six per cent bonds, and the
government would make a clear gain of two
per cent per annum on the several hundred
million dollars that would be intrusted to
its keeping. The postal bank would there
fore be profitable to the Treasury as well as
safe and beneficial for the people. If there
can be no objection to it on the ground
of expense there is just as little on the
ground of constitutionality. 1t is as
legitimate as the postal money order
system, against which nobody has
ever raised constitutional objection.
BY the money order arrangement the gov
ernment receives money from the people,
guarantees its safety and pays it out at a
distant place. After establishing postal
savings bank the government would receive
money from the people, guarantee its safety
and pay it back lin the same place. The
difference between the two operations is
merely in the place of payment. In both
the government is compensated for transact
ing the business-in the money orders by
small percentage, in the postal savings bank
by the difference between the interest 1t
would pay and the interest it would SEW.
Since there is no constitutional objection to
the first there can be none to the other.
Year: 1877

to some point at which they were seen. Un-
less they drive, moreover, there is no hope
to get away with any plunder, for 1T is
bulky, as people use but little real silver
and keep their money in the banks, save an
exceptional case of some old miser. For
these reasons the enterprise is failure.
The real burglars have abandoned it, and it
has fallen into the hands Of dilapidated
loafers, malicious discharged hands and
slouches of that sort.
Year: 1877

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock mar
ket was more active, and during the earlier hours
was teverish and unsettled. Shortly before the
close there was a sudden decline, from which
there was only a partial recovery at closing
time. Gold was weak at 1O31s. Governments
were weak, State bonds lower and railroads
irregular. Money on call lent ut a 5 per cent,
advanced to per cent and closed ut per cent.
Year: 1877

THE WEATHER.-rhc pressure at the centre
Of the cyclonic disturbance in the South Atlantic
States has risen, but the centripetal wind move
nent continues, and what might be termed the
organization of the storm is intact The course
af the disturbance was more to the east
ward during yesterday, and the centre is now
south of Savannah. Light rains attend the de-
preston OH its eastern margin and extend north
ward to Cape Hatteras. AS this disturbance
passes off the coast into the Gulf Stream its
energy will undoubtedly increase In the North
west the storm centre which noticed in yes
terdays HERALD has made considerable prog
ress and developed unusual energy. The pres
sure ut the centre, which is now in the Missouri
Valley, south Of Bismarck Dakota, has
fallen to below 203O inches, and heavy
southerly winds prevail on the eastern mar
gin OF the depression. The influence Of
this storm OH the high pressure
in advance of it will be to force il to undulate
eastward and northward of the South Atlantic
cyclone, and create the conditions necessary TO
the development OF force in the latter. As yet
no rain has attended the Northwestern storm,
but as the temperature is rising steadily with it's
advance rain will probably fall in the Upper
Wies'ss'PPi 'apeJ to-uay' "A MINOR oppression
has developed in Northern New England, with
light rains furious snow storm prevails on
bhe summit Of Mount Washington. Brisk winds
from the northwest have reduced the tempera-
ture or the Middle and East Atlantic coasts, and
1t is probable cool weather will continue along
that section during to-day. The weather III New
York will be cool and clear OF partly cloudy, fol-
lowed by rising temperature and gradually in
AsAasinx cl0udineas-
Year: 1877

Our CITIZENS, it will be seen, are generously
responding to the appeal of the Mayor of Fer
nandina for aid for the sufferers by the yellow
fever, which is alarmingly OH the increase
Year: 1877

The Republican leaders are be-
ginning to fear that all is lost. The
House Of the next Congress is Dem
ocratic; the Executive is not Re-
publican according to the accepted
standard, and now there is a chance
that the Senate will slip out of
their hands. The Senate is very
close at best, or worst, and the new
discoveries in South Carolina of
bribery OH the part Of Senator Pat
terson will. it is thought, make it
necessary for that body to expei
him. This, together with the cleo
tion of Democrat in his place,
would make change of two votes.
Then, there is the probability that
the Republican Senators will be di-
vided on the question of supporting
the Hayes policy and Administra-
tion; and if the Democrats should,
as they ought to do, and probably
will support them, in a body, in ev-
cry test vote, they may become the
controlling power in the Senate. 1t
is very unpromIsing outlook from
Republican point Of view; it
strengthens the suspicion that the
Republican party has been over
thrown, and must consent to yield
place to its old antagonist.
Year: 1877

The Cultivator is responsible for
the following description of curl
osity in the grating line. which
shows what may be done by a care
full pomologist: I'VE can graft the
apricot on the plum, and the peach
on the apricot, and the almond on
the peach thus producing a tree
with plum roots and almond leaves.
The wood of the stem will consist
of four distinct varieties, though
formed from one continuous layer.
Below the almond wood and bark
we shall have perfect peach wood
and bark, then perfect apricot wood
and bark, and at the bottom perfect
plum wood and bark. In this Curl
Gus instance we see the intimate
correspondence between the bark
and leaf, for If we should remove the
almond branches, we might cause
the several sorts Of wood TO devel-
op buds and leafy twigs, each Of its
own kind. Each section OF the
compound stem has its scat Of life
In the cambium layer, and the cam
blum Of each reproduces cells Of its
own species out of common du-
trien fluid.
Year: 1877

Thanks for the invitation TO your
Arcadia. There is a ring and spur
in it that sounds like the word ho-
erty shouted to those in bondage
Here in this fashionable world there
is not a whit moro enjoyment than
old Lots wife had after her saline
metamorphosis.


All if we could only have known
in time of your Arcadia, we would
never have invested in adjustable
bustles" and 'pin-backs." Ihe
knowledge comes too late, alas
We are obliged to have pnrgatory
some how before leaving this worio
oven and as we are in, we must en-
dpre Few, indeed, of the many
wise apophthegms which have oee1
uttered from the time of the Seven
sapes of Greece to that OF poo'
Richard have prevented a single
foolish action, and we submit nun
bly, now to the sad consequences
and vet our heart brims over iol
Year: 1877

The Secretary of the National As
sociation of Mexican War Veterans
has published a card, intended to
correct the erroneous impression
that the veterans comprising the
recent annual meeting in Illinois
had resolved to take no further part
in asking Congress for a pension
for the survivors of the Mexican
war. 1t is now ascertained from
authentic sources that the number
of survivors does not exceed six
thousand, and the expectation Il
that the opposition which was here
tofore interposed in Congress, grow
ing out of the assertion that there
were fully sixty thousand survivors
can be overcome By showing that 8
draft upon the Treasury tor the
payment of such pensions would
not be very large.
Year: 1877

We want peck, a half bushel, OF
a bushel or two bushels of dried
peaches, for our own use next win
ter. The cash or the CITIZEN will
be given for them. Come In and
make the engagement with us.
Year: 1877

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