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Year: 1879

MESS REGULATIONS IN THE NAvY-THR sECRE-


TARY OF TIE NAvy's NEW ORDER.


recent circular Of tho Secretary of the Navy.
under date OF September 4. in relation to the gov
crnment Of messcs board ship, is causing great
deal OF feeling among the staff officers. who claim
that it is contrary to "Navy Regulations. 1876"
aud to previous decision of the Secretary
q similar question. The regulations prescribe that
'each of officers will select a caterer whose
duty it shall be preside at the mess table and to
manage aud direct all the affairs of the mess.
In all officers messes the caterer chosen by
the will have charge of the general conduct and
order of the mess, but the aid executive officer or
the officer acting such shall, the officer charged
with the police OF the vessel have the power to in
tertere ut any time to prevent disorder or unre-
strained breaches of decorum.


For u long while there has been correspondence
between stan officer elected caterer of the ward
room mess on the steamer Michigan as to his right
to preside. lie denied the right by the execu-
tive officer and he Immediately appealed to the COM
manding officer, claiming that while 1t was not
question OF rank it was his right to preside over
the affairs of the by virtue of the navy
POPULATIONS; a decision OF the Secretary OF the
responsibility for the conduct of the funds and in
debedness of the mess. and the fact that each men,
Der paid an equal share OF tho mess expenses The
commanding officer deciding against him appeal
made to tho Secretary OF the Navy who. after
giving the matter the fullest consideration, issued
tho following order:-


UNITED srArrs NAVY REGULATION CIRCULAR NO. 20


Navy DnrasrmnSr. wAslnseros. sept a, 1879


Paragraphs IL and H. chapter H. of the Navy Rcgua
tions arc hereby Ing arc
therefor


/. Zach OF officers will select caterer. who will
have Ia sasss S al s s 10 viii n %
of all receipts aud expenditures from which abstract
u tho financial condition OF tho
time be- ascertained. At the close of each month
he will render to the statement Of
the the mess with his recoips xpcnditurcs
aud balance hand IL any together with any bills
naming unpaid. lie Is to incur Indebtedness which
be discharged by tho funds appropriated for the
mess aud hc will that all bills paid before
leaving port IT. however, from the xpeccd sailing
OF the vessel or from circumstance beyond his control
number and amount to the commanding officer who will
take measures to have them paid soon MS possible


=. All officers, not commanding above tho grado OF
ensign and all officers In charge o departments are ward
Those ranking with and below the grade Of
ensign stecragc officers excepting the officers
who will form mess by themselves.


g. In all officers tho senior luo officer present
presidc aud have the interfere time
disorder breaches OF discipline
Year: 1879




PENN HAVEN JUNCTION Pa. Sept %. 1879.
About ten o'clock this morning a serious smash
up occurred on the Lchigh Valley Railroadxat this
place. whereby q coal train. freight train.
empty engine, and mixed coal and freight train were
much used up. The freight train standing
still. waiting for the coal train to get
out of the way. Tho empty engine was
also standing still behind it, when the mixed coal
and freight train came along at lively speed and
struck the empty engine, wrecking 1t completely
and driving ii against the freight train, which was
in turn driven through the coal train. The wreck
was strewn the Beaver Meadow and Wyoming
Division track in great confusion great number OF
cars being wrecked. The track was soon cleared to
allow trains to pass. No injured.
Year: 1879

Returning from the University of Glessen
| brought with me about dozen green tree
frogs. which | had caught i'll the woods
near the town. They are most difficult
things to find, on account of their color so
much resembling the leaves on which they
live. have frequently heard one singing
in small bush, and, though have searched
carefully, have not been able to find him.
The only way is to remain quite quiet till
he again begins his song. After much am
bush work, at length | collected a dozen
frogs and put them in bottle. | started
at night on my homeward journey by the
diligence, and put the bottle containing the
frogs into the diligence. My fellow passen-
gers were sleepy, old, smoke-dried Ger
mans; very little conversation took place,
and after the first mile every one settled
himself to sleep, but soon all the sieepers
had been reused at the same moment. On
their sleepy faces were depicted fear and
anger. What had woke us all up so sud
denly! The morning was just breaking,
and my frogs though in the dark pocket OF
the coach, had found it out; and with one
accord all twelve of them began their morn
/ ing song. As if at a given signal, they
one and all Of them, began TO croak as lou6
as they could The noise their unitet
concert made, seemed, in the close compart


ment of the coach. quite deafening. Wei
might the Germans look angry; they wanted
to throw the frogs, bottle and all, out o


the window, but gave the bottle a goot


shaking, and made the frogs keep quiet
The Germans all went TO sleep again, but


was obliged to remain awake to shake tn


frogs when they began to croak-
Year: 1879

In the winter of 1858 Colonel Blank with


fifteen associates, were in the southwestern


part of Arizona, when, as he said, "a par
ty of Mexicans fixed up plan to have us
all scalped. They got Young Grizzly, the
young war chief of the Apaches. to come
after us with about seventy-five braves On
Christmas afternoon, about four O'Clock, as
we were coming through canon on our
way to camp, a perfect cloud OF arrows
came down ON us from the rocks above.


One of the Commanches was killed and sew
eral of us were wounded. / got three ar
rows in nv left arm and one in my left
hand You can see the mark there, and
the Colonel showed a whitish zigzag seal
on the back of his hand. ''We got out OF
that place pretty quick don't you know, fol
it was not good place to stay. On New
Years morning about sunrise two OF oul
scouts came in and said the Apaches wer'
Year: 1879

A lady who feels natural in rubber boots
Roy who don't like to throw snow balls.
People who 90 out in the rain with their
umbrella closed.


People who turn paper collars, for eeono-
my's sake.


Young men who can call for five cent
cigar before crowd.


People who raise their hat to lady after
she has passed by =.


Young man with red hair who dOesn
cringe when reminded OF it.
Young lady who does not look in Plate
glass window. as she is passing by.


A school girl over fourteen who doesn
like gum, and talk slang There are afeN
exceptions to this latter assertion.
] Man who can face bald headed deacon
when he thrusts the contribution box al
him-without contributing something.
Year: 1879

When the songs gone ont OF your life,
That you thought would last to the end
That first sweet song of the hesrt,
That no after-days can lend
The song Of the birds to the trees
The song Of the wind to the flowers
The song tina. the heart sings low to itself,
When it wakes in life's morning hours.
You can start no other song,
Not even tremulous note
VIII fslter forth on the empty air
1t dies in your aching throat.


1t is all in vain that you try,


For the spirit of song has fed.
The nightingale sings no more to the rose,
When the beautiful flower is dead
So let silence softly fall


On the bruised hearts guivering strings
Perhaps from the 10 ss of all, you may learn
The song that the sersph sings:


4 grand and glorious psalm


That will tremble and rise and thrill.


And fill your breast with its grateful rest


Ard its lonely yearnings still
Year: 1879

There has recently returned to Baltimore
from Europe a lady of high social standing,
whose married life has been an unusual
mixture of romance and unhappiness. Not
many wears ago she was belle IN Baltimore
society, and many wooer paid homage to
her beauty. Among her admirers were two
in particuar-one Baltimorean and SOL
dier. the other a Pniladelphian, rich and
prominent. Both courted her assiduOusly,
and at length she decided between them
and chose the Baltimorean for her husband
The marriage was celebrated with great
splendor, and was one of the fashionable
events of the time. The gay belle became
a devoted wife and mother. Less than two
wears ago the husband died, leaving his wife
with four children. Her grief was intense,
and when, short time afterward, one OF
the children died, she thought her loss
greater than she could bear. Now the dis
carded lover appears in the midst of her
grief and renews his suit, but she refuses to
listen to him. At the opening Of another
wear she is found watching by the sick bed
of her youngest child, when the rejected
suitor again appears and offers his comfort,
his aid and his heart. She was driven by





necessity to accept his aid, and after the
funeral of heryoungest child she married him.
Together they sailed at once for Europe.
but hardly had the ship left the wharf VIII


she found that the man she had married
was Jealous tyrant. Her every act was
misconstrued by him into an Improperly.
His treatment of her was shameful, and the
remembrance of that voyage will always
remain horrible in her mind When they
reached the Continent his tyranny continued
and as a last resort, she cOnfided hei
troubles to party of Baltimore friends that
she met. With them she found place OF
refuge. Soon after she returned to Balti,
more with her new found friends, leaving
her Jealous husband on the other side of tht
water. She is now living in retirement
among those who will see that she nevel
suffers again at the hands of the man whC
was 50 kind when wOOer, but 50 tyrannl
cal when husband.
Year: 1879

One of the strange things in India IL
the number of little lizards running
about the ceiling of the houses. Go
where you will, you will see them; and
at night they come out and hunt Tor
flies and other insects (and there is no
scarcity in either. They make Kind
of clucking noise, resembling some
what the call of hen to her chickens :;
are perfectly harmless, and make a
household pet.
Year: 1879

A man to be a success must not be-
pure idealism, but he must have ideas
He does not want to be sun-dazZled or
sun-blind, but he must keep him from
knocking himself against the wall.
Year: 1879

then-if there was any want of nerve and pluck" exhibited--the mistake was made and the want oi pluck.and nerve was exhibited not by fMr. Tilden, who was in the hands of his party, but by the party itself, through It's leaders in Congress.

 Mir. Tilden could have secured his seat in the Presidential chair only by open revolution, violence and bloodshed--if at all. It is exceed. idgly doubtful if a resort to such means could have been successful, for all the odds were against us. The army and navy were at the command of our opponents. They had control Of all the departments of the govern msut, and would have used all these to sustain the rule of the republican party. Under the circumstances did It not show patriotism and statesmanship of the very highest order, and of far greater value to the country, than all the bulldog lrluck and nerve that was ever attributed to Grant himself, for MT. Tilden to quietly and selfsacrificingly desist from seizing himself of the title to the office to which he knew he was elected, rather than plunge the coun- try into revolution and disastrous commotion by a forcible attempt, more liable to fail than to succeed to possess himself of the office? Mr Tilden showed no cowardice. He simply yielded to the action taken by his party in Congress, believing no doubt, that if the party could af- ford to bide It's time for the sake oI peace, he could not afford to disturb that peace by raising Q row for his own personal aggrandisement.

 The Democratic party, it is true owes Mir. Tilden nothing. It is not so impoverished in great men that il has to depend upon that eminent man, or any other one man, for its choice at two consecutive elections But the party DOES owe ITSELF some thing. It owes itself a full, complete and unquestionable vindication How can it vIndicate itself so com. pletely as to do the thing over again in 1880 which it did in 1S762

 From the warmth of the Appeals opposition to MT. Tilden's ne-nomi nation we are constrained to believe it's assertion that the "prejudices' against him are bitter and unrelent ing, but we by no means believe it's prophecy that should he be the can didate in 1880, defeat would be Tn eyitable.
Year: 1879

The Democracy of Kentucky in convention assembled have just adopted the following platform of principles:

 The democracy of Kentucky Tn convention assembled, reaffirm their attachment to the constitution of the United States, and the union of the States, as the best guarantee for the liberties of the people their prosper ity and happiness. They rejoice in the fact that it is in their power to recognize that all the states are re- stored to their political autonomy. They hereby record their solemn protest that a popular verdict at the polls has been reversed by the action of al electoral commission, and they declare that while in the interest of peace that result was acquiesced in, yet it shall not be held as a prece- dent for future violations of right and justice. Though thus deprived of the control of the executive power in the administration of the fedaral government. they congratulate the people of the country at large that the popular will expressed at the polls has secured the supremacy of a democratlc majority in both houses of congress. In further Expression of our views,

 Resolved, That we have viewed with intense interest the issne be- tween the. congress of the United States and the president, and con templated with unfeigned anxiety and Condemnation the unprecedent Ted attitude assumed by the execu- tive in his message rejecting the sup plies rendered by the people for the support sof their army,s upon the wholesome condition that no military force should be used at their cleo tions. n ma se aamas Resolved, That we heartily indorse the position taken by our Senators and representatives in congress, in coupling with the appropriation bills, now pending, demand for the re- dress of grievances by the repeal of the existing laws which locate the presence .af soldiers at the polls, the continuance of the test oath as con dition for jury service, and the em- ployment of supervisors and deputy marshals to, control elections.

 Resolved, That in this great issue be tween the people and a partisan exc cutive, we have implicit confidence in our senators and representatives, and indorsing their action up,to the pres ent, hereby assure them of our hear ty support in whatever action they may maintain in the fundamental principle that the military power shall be kept subordinate to the civil, and that elections shall be free from executive interference. "'e.s@

 Resolved, That we approve the action of the general assembly in sub hitting the question of calling q convention for the purpose of form ing state constitution, and we here by call to the favorable considera- ton of the democratic voters of the state.

 Resolved, That we approve the measures heretofore adopted to ere ate general and efficient system of common school education, and pledge tho democratic party to take such steps as, from tune to time, experience may demonstrate to be wise, to so perfect the system as to furnish every chlld in the state the means of fair English education.

 

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Year: 1879

A day or two ago the "Gazette' sup


posed that the reason the negro school


tax was not paid to the County Treas


urtr, was that the negroes had either


not called upon the collector and PAID


him or that perhaps the taxes had been


collected and was part OF the money
yet due the county. This is all very
well, but we see til at our neighbor when


he says the negroes had not called to
pay their taxes, properly understands


the true intent and meaning of the law


which is so shaped that collectors may


collect from only property holders, and


from Democrats il they See proper.


There is no law which compels The
collector to even ask Improperly


holder TO pay his taxes, and hence the


reason why so little tax is collected


from colored people. As the editor OF
the Gazette" is a strong supporter OF
that law. we would like to know why


he does not apply the same principles
to his own business in the collection OF


his bills. We notics tha. he does not
allow his creditors to 60 without pay
ing their bills when they do not call
at his counter and settle. If it is
right and honest to allow taxables to go
without paying their county and school
taxes simply because they do not feel
inclined to call upon tn. collector and
pay them, it is just as strictly r!gh'
and honest that the creditors OF the
"Gazette" should be allowed to go
without paying the debts they owe
the editor, simply because the editor
does not call upon them for their money
either in person or by deputy. We
have been informed that Col. Singley
has lately been down the State looking
after the "Gazette's" delinquents,
coaxing some and threatening others
into paying their bills, and we person
ally know that the Colonel makes his
regular rounds through the city, to
collect the bills due the Gazette.
Now this Is all right and exactly az it
should be, but We would like TO know
why the same principle would not hold
good in the collection Of taxes. Why
are not collectors compelled to call upon
all the taxables and at least ask them
once for their taxes We have nothing
to say about the honesty or dishonesty
of the delinquent tax collectors of New
Castle County, and all that we referred
to in that matter was taken from the
report of the County Treasurer, which
showed that they had not paid in a
solitary cent Of negro school tax for
1873. 1t has been intimated they have
collected the tax and are retaining it
for their own personal benefit, and that
is what is called by the Gazette" hon I
esty. We are willing to accept its def
milton of the term "honesty," but such
a definition will hardly pass current
even in Democratic business circles.
Year: 1879

THE ordinance passed last night viz
tually abolishes the City Hospital be-
cause it leaves it without superinten-
dent or a physician. This is about the
best thing under the circumstances that
could have been done, and We are
pleased to note that the ordinance
passed by a unanimous vote. As the
Hospital building is still left standing
and still belongs to the city, its future
will be question for futsre
consideration.
Year: 1879

THERE Is AT THE present time an un-


usual prevalence Of scarlet fever and


diptheria prevailing in the city, the


western portion which is considered the


most healthy being more subject to the


attacks than the lower portions. The


diseases are said rot to be of virulent
character and yield easily to treatment


though there have been some fatal ca


ses. Diptheria few years ago was so


virulent and violent that it was dread


ed almost as bad as small l-pox, but med


ical skill coming in constant contact


with the disease has triumphed so far


as to mitigate its virulence, and to


bring it more easily under medical sub


lection. The same may be said of scar
letina, which if taken in time yields
easily to medical treatment. Whenever
children become droopy, and complain
of being chilly, accompanied with head
aches and sore thrOsts a skillful ply
sician should be sent for that he may
have ample opportunity of combating
the disease in its incipiency. BY SO
doing the expense will be less and the
danger of fatal examinations will also
be considerably lessened. We are in
formed by some of our leading practic
ing physicians that the diseases men
toned are more general along West,
Washington, Jefferson and Madison
streets, which owing to their elevation
are generally y healthy and impure atmos-
pheres is an anomaly not easily account
ed for, but we have no doubt that in
this day of enlightened medical prac-
tice, the mystery will not go long un.
solved. School committees and teach
-rs cannot b, too particular in noticing
the indispostiops amongst the children
at the schools, and no child complain
ing of being unwell should be allowed
to remain in school unless it is known
what is the nature Of the indispositiou.
In cases of scarlet fever and diptheria,
TOO much care cannot be exercised as
pne child may communicate thes. dis
aases to dozens Of others.
Year: 1879

THE ORDINANCE introduced by Mr..
Heustsd aud which passed Council last
night to regulate the selling of pork on
the curb stone market, provides that
farmer may sell pork in bulk of a
whole or half hog without taking out
any special license, but If he cuts his
hog up aud slices it down and retails
it, he will have to take Ou. the usual
license.
Year: 1879

In a leading article on the Presidential
question the Cincinnati Gazette after saying
that the nomination of Gen. Grant cannot
be regarded as settled, and that therefore
the field is open, adds: Therefore Mr.. Blaine,
who was so near a nomination in the last
convention, and whose energetic and tren-
chant course in the Senate is strengthening
his popularity, may not be regarded as out
of the field. Nor, if the field is open, can
Mr.. Conkling, who can enter a convention
with the great State of New York in hand
and who may combine with Mr.. Blaine, and
may come in for reversion of the Grant
movement
Year: 1879

WENDELL PHILLIPS was at his best when
he delivered the eulogy on his old comrade
reprinted in full in another column. Such
praise is worth dying to win; but it was
Garrison's life, not his death, that provoked
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and COMMUNE
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publica-
tion but as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used
Year: 1879

EVERY regular attache Of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersgned by Stanley I.
Pullen, Editor. All railway steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming represent
journal.
Year: 1879

AN INDIANA WOMAN Who WANTED TO
MARRY HAYEs.-Two peculiar cases of
insanity were developed here to-day.
The first was that of a young lady who
gave the name of Emeline Noble, and
her residence Indiana" who called
upon President Hayes this morning and
| informed him that she had arrived ia ac-
|.cordance with her promise to marry him.
The President said he would have to
consult some of his friends about the
marriage, and managed to get out Of the
room. She was then taken in charge by
an officer and conducted to Police Head
quarters. She was rather finely dressed,
and had just arrived in the city to-day and
seemed bent on being married. Senator
Voorhees,, upon being informed of the
case, and happening to know her par
ents, requested that she be sent to the
Government Asylum for treatment. She
will be sent there tomorrow, in the
in a hotel. She had with her $217, which
she parted with reluctantly, although
she was told it would be kept safe for
her at police headquarters. She ap-
peared very mad because the President
did not marry her, as she had imagined
he would, and said if he had not con-
sented by his silence in not declining the
offers she had sent him in letters, she
would have married a young man in
Indianapolis. Miss Noble is about ~
years of age, and is not at all bad
looking, and, besides, is we'll educated.
The other case was that of young lady
who gave her name as Mary Virginia
Coburn, who was found roaming about
Georgetown. She is about the age of
Miss Noble, and arrived at police head
quarters about the same time. She was
also on similar errand, but did not
seem to have any particular man in view
to marry, though she said she was very
anxious to marry some one. She told
the officers that she lived at Rockville,
Montgomery county, Maryland. She
will be sent back to Rockville tomorrow;
in the meantime, being quite violent,
she is kept at police headquarters. 1t
appears she has been about Georgetown
for several days.-Baltinaore San Wash
iaagton Letter.