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Year: 1879

THURSDAY, Feb. G-6 r. M


Although Lawrence Sterne POLITICALLY expressed the
idea previously stolen from the French by the way)
that the wind was tempered to the shorn lamb, he
did not extend his observation to the stock market
Of the present day, wherein hrsue bears are shorn.
clipped and left out in the cold without beneft or
clergy Had he done 80 he would probably have
commiserated the bears had he not sympathized
with the bulls for as matters tend the bulls get
ting the better of temperature and the bears the
worse. A market which opened feebly this morn
ing and with very Indifferent reliance upon the
spinal marrow of o bull movement. and with
no moro backbone than that possessed by
IN oyster somewhat to the surprise OF street
speculators grew strong. hardened in matter of
values gained in quotative prices and ultimately
closed with handsome rise, at about the highest
prices Of the day. As dealings this morning were
utterly free from the influence of outside rumors
the rise may be ascribed either to the manpuations
Of a purely brokers' market to such latent but
steady belief in higher standard Of prices as is
promised by the better condition Of things the
country through. There few signs that the
larger operators indulgng themselves in i'm
portant operations, and consequently the market was
left to unimportant traders, who found quotations
advance without apparent rhyme or reason. Such,
however. the case. the most material gain being
In the grangers. Lake Shore. Michigan Central and
Delaware and Lackawanna. With this gain the mar
ket closed frm strong. unexcited and with all tho
peace and harmony Of freemason's lodge.


The opening. highest lowest and closing prices
pf stocks at the New York Stock Exchange to-day
Year: 1879

Washington, April 3O-The democratic
senators held caucus this morning lasting
about an hour, but no action was taken ex-
cept to determine informally that the leg
islative, executive and judicial appropria-
ton bill shall not be brought forward for
discussion in the senate before next week,
and in the mean time democratic senators
will meet their party friends of the house
in joint caucus for consultation concerning
the proper course to be pursued in regard
to the presidents veto of the army appro-
pration bill. and the political situation gen.
orally. The veto message was not discuss
Year: 1879

THE De Young-Kalloch episode
has given Denis Kearney an oppor-
tunity of proving himself to be
much better man than his enemies
ever gave him credit for. No one
who has watched his career during
the past year can have failed to
note how steadily the responsible
ty of power, present and prospect
i've, has moderated the language of
the agitator. To Kearney more
than to any other single person is
due the radical bent of the new Con-
stitution of California, and to him,
more than to any one else, not
even excepting the Messrs. Terry
and Howard, is due the adoption
of that instrument. Since that
time Kearney has talked like a
man of sense. It doubtless laid in
his power to preci pitate a riot in
San Francisco. In the present de-
pressed state of things in Califor-
mia, mob excesses would have put
the cap-sheaf upon our misfortunes.
Should the day ever arrive when
public sentiment shall surge heav-
lily against Kearney, he will be en-
titled to plead his conservative and
patriotic course the other day as a
set off against his former wild and
incendiary utterances and conduct.
There is still in his harangues
much that is insulting to and in
tolerant of his opponents, but his
revolutionary and communistic an
linus has left him. 1t is a good
omen that this should be so, espe.
cially as it is not at all improbable
that Kearney's followers may gel
possession Of the government o.
San Francisco. With three ticket.
in the field that result need sur
prise no one.
Year: 1879

The attempt to connect the
Democratic and New Constitution
party's candidate for Governor
with a private quarrel between De
Young and Kalloch-a quarrel in
which both have proved that they
can be blackguards and one that
he is at heart an assassin as we'll
Is one of the farclcal aspects of pol
itics. DR.. Glenn now as heretofore
represents the law.ablding and
anti-monopoly element of the State
of California, and he has been as
much scandalized as any one at the
gross wordy exhibitions Of both
sides which preceded Charles De
Young's dastardly and murderous
assault upon Kalloch. The less he
Is advocated by the Chronicle the
stronger will be DR.. Glenn's hold
upon the voters of the State. The
Kalloch tragedy will have one
good effect, at least. 1t will be a
long time before the conductors OF
the Chronicle will dare to publish
the bestial attacks upon public men
which for months past have dis
gusted every one.
Year: 1879

THE ferocity with which the Gall
and Bulletin pounce upon the
Chronicle now that 1t is apparently
in ertremis shows the fine esprit du
corps that pervades the newspaper
guild of the metropolis. There is
something in the appalling predic-
ament of the De Youngs that
would occasion pain in a generous
adversary at the necessity of hav.
ing to reprobate tho assassin's act.
1t looks so much like hitting a
man when he is down. There can
be little doubt but that the Chron-
Gle is ruined as q business PROPOSE
tion under its present manage
ment, and the cruel delight taken
in the situation by its rivals is as
discouraging, almost, as the moral
obliauities which now make the
City of the Golden Gate spectacle
for Gods and men.
Year: 1879

A SANTA MONICA correspondent
is in error as to the tenor of the re-
marks addressed by Wallace Leach,
Esq, to Gen. Howard at the meet
ing at the Pavilion at that place,
the other night. Mr.. Leach's OBJ
servations had no reference to him.
self. He spoke modestly and un-
selfishly. and dwelt upon the fact
that he, mere casual visitor to
the seaside, and young man, was
called upon to uphold the Demo-
cratic standard while his venerable
old friend sat upon a back seat and
declined to raise his voice in behalf
OF the old Democratic party.
MIR Leach made his point respect
fully and gracefully, and its force
was doubtless appreciated by the
General, as it surely was by the au-
dience. AS to the matter, method
or manner of the speaker indicat-
ing Encouragement at his personal
campaign, Mr.. Leach is well known
by his acquaintance to be an ex-
ceedingly sanguine candidate,
from whose lexicon the word "faiP'
has been expunged with all the
care recommended by Richelieu.
The Democratic candidate shows
neither mental nor physical wear
and tear.
Year: 1879

MANY of the best and wisest men


who have ever lived in the United
States have expressed doubts of
the wisdom of an elective Judicial
ry. They have looked with horror
at the frequent descent of aspirants
for a judgeship into the stormy
arena OF politics. There is much
force In this view, and it is brought
home to a thoughtful man very
pertlnently by the course OF the
New Constitution In discussing
Judges Sepulveda and Stephens.
These gentlemen enjoy in a super
lative degree the respect and conf
dence of their fellow citizens not
only in Los Angeles but abroad.
As to their personal and official
honor, the community have but
one testimony, and that is en-
phatically in their favor. 1t is
quite within the bounds of the pos
sibilities that either or both have
in their time erred in judgment,
but that either would voluntarily
d. wrong is thought that neither
the people nor the bar entertain.
Yet we have seen both held up as
criminals of an atrocious dye in
the columns of a cam
paign paper. No man who sits


upon the bench either can or
ought to desire to please every
body. Just in proportion 10 the ex-
tent to which he declines to render
personal judgments is the degree
in which he is likely to incur en-
nifty. E1 pdrte statements as to
Judges conduct in any given case
or trial are always to be taken with
extreme reserve. In truth, the
general Judgment of the bar and
bench are the true standards for es-
timating the worth of a judicial
officer. In the heat of campaign
charges are thrown out which, il
they had been true, would have
long ago led to the impeachment of
the Judges implicated. We do not
know wh1ther Judges Sepulveda
and Stephens are in the habit of
reading the Ne,o Constitution stric-
lures upon their conduct, but If
they are they have the consolation
Year: 1879

of knowing that whether elected,
as we think they will be, or defeat
ed, which is of course a possible
contingency, they will enjoy the
confidence and respect of this COM
munity-sentiments which will be
shared in by the bench, bar and
people OF such neighboring COM
munities as may have had their
attention attracted to judicial mat
ters in Los Angeles county. Mean.
while, attacks so bitter and unspar-
ing are very apt to react in their
favor.
Year: 1879




From Milford Chronicle.


The engineer on the 5.l5 train, south
on the Delaware Railroad, on Wednes.
day morning last when nearing Farm.
ingtop, was Mortified to see a woman
rush out and throw herself, in front Of
the locomotive. The train was stopped
and the train hands went back to look
for the body Of the unfortunate, believ-
ing they had passed over her, but she
was discovered clinging to the cow
catcher and not SO badly injured but
what she could speak, and in answer to
the question Of the conductor stated
the Devil prompted her to the deed:
One of her limbs were broken below
the knee, and she sustained several
bruises and cut on the head. ltwas
discovered that she was the wife of Mr..
Robert Johnson, and she was taken to
her home near by. Drs. Day and Pow
ell are in attendance and have hopes Of
her recovery. Mrs. Johnson is most
estimabls lady, but it is said she has
acted strangely melancholy at times
for some time past, as a sequence to al
lowing her mind dwell on religious
subjects too much. Her husband is
smsloyed in Mr.. Fleming's mill and Is
a yery respectable and worthy MAI.
Year: 1879

For the Republican.


MEssRs. EDIToRs That as a party
man and an expectant candidate for tht
Presidency, 1t is not strange that Mr.
Bay ard should receive public recep
tion from his party; but that he should
receive this homage from Republicans
is a subject Of inexpressible astonish.
ment. Now II Mr.. Baysrd had proved
himself public bsnefactor or taken ad.
vanced ground to elevate the character
Of his State government that II might
be looked upon in favorable comparison
with its sister States, then all hands,
without regard to party, might have
hailed his return as an 'hon0red mem.
Der Of the commonwealth. But Mr.
Bayard does not happen TO occupy that
snviable relation to his State or the
people, or else history has been unu
sually silent upon the subject. woulc
not detract aught Of real merit that be-
longs to that gentleman. but the facl
cannot be disguised that Mr.. Bayard
has been out and out party man and
/ 1t is equally patent that this scheme
has been inauguratsd to increase hia
popularity as Presidential candidate.


However we'll satisfied his own party
may be with him as representative
of its principles, cannot see what
claim there is upon any Republican te
join hands with them in doing him
honor. When the government was
struggling for its life when assailed by
intestine foes, AMI valiant men were
tiocking to It's standard and Offering
themselves as willing sacrifices upon
their country's altar, Mr.. Bayard's 10y
atty, (to say the very least Of it,) was
of questionable character. When the
timid needed encouraging words to urge
them to duty his voice was silent; and
when the government needed strong
arms to defend it, his hung idly down.
What has Mr.. Bayard done for his State
that can redeem the mistakes of the
past When a part of her people have
been pleading for equal suffrage and
equal representation, was his silvery
tones heard in behalf of this just and
equitable appeal When his party
made law with the express purpose
of disfrauchising Republicans, in order
to hold the power Of the State, did he
spurn and condemn that base outrage
upon every principle Of right 7 No sirs';
on this his voice was as silent as that OF
the dead.


What claim then has Mr.. Bayard
upon the homage of any true and hon
est Republican There are those who
are Mr.. Bayard's psers in every way,
who have gone and returned without
any such ovation, and who have war
record that will do them honor as long
as they live, and to which true Ameri-
cans may point with pride, when their
heads lie beneath the silent turf. II
such 20 and return without notice, let
no friend of liberty bestow 1t upon one
whose chief record is, that he was an
Indifferent spectator when treason was
rampant, and whose tongue was silent
when wrong triumphed.


A UNION SOLDIER.
Year: 1879

Stsi1 the telegraph continues to briRg egcful tidings from the stricken Seutk. Day after day Memphis re ports ten, twelve and fifteen new eases of yellow fever, and the city is again on the verge of being convert ed into one vast charnal house. With the dreadful experience of but one short year ago, is it not strange that our Southern brethren should not be prepared to meet this dreadful visi- tation and by inaugurating vigorous measures in the start, at once ernadi- cate the fatal germs. From all re ports Memphis is one of the most favored cities in the Cniea- with re- spect to natural drainage It requir- ing but a small outlay of money and labor to render the city almost per feet in this respect This being the case who is to blame fcs elris almost crirl- inal carelessness. and neglect, by which SO many homes are rendered desolate, and n many instances whole families rendered extinct. Let us hope thas the physicians will yet be able Co grapple with the dis ease and that of the fatal visitation may be of short duration and that this time the authorities will be suE- ficiently active to prevent by all pos sible means, return of the same in the coming years Cries of Restitution are being heard from the south, and we may be sure they will not fall on the unhecding ears As in the past the north will nobly step forward and assist by all means in it's power to alleviate the suffering and and privation of our fever strick- en countrymen. Let us be thankful that here in our beautiful valley the dread enemy, yellow jack is unknown, put nevertheless in O IT own warm climate it behooves us to remember that cleanliness is next to godliness and to remove the many piles of garbage and filth that cucumber our lovely town. We kEow that we but echo, the feeling ot our fellow citizens when we say that Arizona will not be found want ing when aid of a substantial nature is required to relieve suffering or distress.
Year: 1879

Ar last the rain has decended on the parched valleys in the northern part of the Territory in such quanti- ties as to insure partial crop At the grain is growing finely

 90 aeople are happy.
Year: 1879

CURIOUS DISCOVERY MADE BY BOYS NEAR JER-


SLY CITY-Two MEN ARRESTED ON sUs-


PICroN OF BELONGING TO GANG OF ROB


BERs.


The shaft constructed at the foot of Fifteenth
street. Jersey City, for the entrance to the Hud
son county tunnel has since the suspension OF work
on the tunnel. been used q resort for boatmen
and canallers, and saturday. while two little
boys peering into the place. one of the men
camo out and threw of the boys overheard. The
boys reported to Captain Lennon, of the Second
precinct that they saw the carrying
several bags and boxes into the place A watch
placed on the tunnel, and at late hour Detective
Doyle saw man leave tho place with heavy bag
thrown across his shoulder. He took the man into
The bag contained about forty pounds of
brown sugar. Hurley said that had
told him TO 60 to the place and get tho
sugar for him. Upon being pressed the man
brought 10 tho place by boatman, who aftcrward
put it into six barrels and removed 1t. lie said he
did not know the boatnas name, but yesterday the
police learned that IL was Edward McCelig u junk
man living in Hobokcn, and they took him into
tody.


AN UNSATISFACTORY EXPLANATION.


Hc was questioned by Chief Murphy and said
that he had bought the twelve bags OF sugar week
ago from schooner lying in the river, but nc could
not remember her name. He said he did not take il
City. He, however, did sell IL in Now York after
putting IL in barrels His answers werc very un
satisfactory and he locked up. The
police subsequently searched tho shaft at
the foot OF Fifteenth street. and found
there many evidences that the place had boen for
some time the resort of river thieves. Twenty -four
empty butter firkins were piled up in one corner
An another corner we're number OF bottles and
Year: 1879

night occurred last night in the tenement house
NO. Al Morris street, Jersey City. which may PROB
aDiy result in murder. Mathew Cummings ana
william Engler, both under the influence OF liquor,
mad quarrelled early in the evening. and Cum
mings struck Engler in the face At eleven O'Clock
Cummings went into the yard and Engier. who
had been waiting for him sprang from
behind the door and struck him on the crown OF the
head with an axe. Engler He'd and Cummings was
carried into the house When it became known who
his assailant was crowd of the neighbors gathered
and attempted to take Engler from the house. The
police were sent for and Captain Jordan and Officers
McAghon and Logan hurried to the place. They took
Engler into custody but it with great difficulty
that they succeeded in getting him to the Gregory
street police station, large crowd following and


threatening to take the prisoner from the police and
lynch him. At the police station Engler said that
he was tinsmith and forty-eight years of age. He
refused to make any statement. Cummings skull
is fractured and he will probably die from his in
iuries.
Year: 1879

There was no evidence of an abatement in the
popularity of Rockaway Beach, for the people poured
there in throngs all day long. The exceedingly
pleasant ride in the excursion of the Long
Island Railroad, either from Hunters Point
Brooklyn. was evidently appreciated. for the road
had all it could do to carry the people safely and
expeditiously. The journey occupied less than
hour, and lay through of the
most charming portions Of Long Island.
It was very enjoyable. and the magnificent surf
bathing at the end of the route capped the climax of
the days pleasure. The water was warm, and the
beach, for q distance Of three miles, black with
bathers. Az far as learned there were dis
turbances OF any kind, and the reporter saw
but intoxicated man during the day.
Lager flowed in plenty during the day. as well as
other invigorstinS aud stimulating beverages. and
nor did there to be any necessity. The trains
in the evening were densely crowded, but regular
trips short intervals lessened the crowd until the
beach was left to the mosquitoes aud the roaring
breakers.
Year: 1879




The Jacksonville tFial San and Press speaking Of
che proposed Florida canal, says:-


The agitation of this subject seems to occupy tho
public press more or less throughout tho state, and
It is wonderful what an amount OF engineering skll
and canal knowledge are brought to bear the sub
1cct by the writer's thereof. The Su,iand 7ribane
seems to think that the last canal project. ii
riod out will work vast change in tho drainage of
the low lands of the State, and reduce the st. Johns
River above where 1t leaves 1t to cross to the Gulf
to u mere brooklet, and destroy navigation above
Codrington, of the Florida Agricnitsrst. seems to
have a notion that it would require from four to six
locks in the canal where IT crosses tho backbone of
the state. and wonders where the water is going to
be had to supply the locks.


Now, Colonel the canal project. OF which Mr.. As
pnwal il ut the head, docs not propose to have any
locks but to dig ditch deep enough to allow
twenty-four feet OF water from the Atlantic to the
Gulf This will nocessitato the deepening of the
river Mt least twelve feet tho ditch ut the back
bone in Alachua county will certainly bo seventy
hve feet deep. Tho sink holes In the bottom or tho
river, through which you think so much water Is
wasted are to be stopped up and the entire current
IL to be utilized In washing out the channel. Now.
II this scheme Ia carried out have you any idea OF
the changes that will occur in matters aud things
In the region of the st. Johns River? The
tide at Jacksonville instead of eighteen inches
rise, as now, VIII certainly 90 booming up to
sixty inches and in q long nort'caster 1t Will jump
up to eight or ten feet BAY street will have to DO
raised another story. and the low lands along the
borders OF the river will often be submerged. II Is
well known that the level of the river at Mandarin
s ut least three feet above the waters of the Atlantic
and Gulf. Now, suppose they lower the river three
feet ut that point what is going to become of the
Upper st. JohnsS Why six days after tho Golfer dam
was knocked away the water would run out that
Lakes Monroe and George would be reduced to frog
ponds, and tho stream would hardly bo navigabe
business ON the Upper st. Johnsp Where would then
be your nice, new. prosperous citicsS Lett out In
che dry altogether.


Colonel Its construction would undoubtedly benefit
the world Mt large, and perhaps few ind vduals In
The state. but ~ would also. BY the changes pro-
Year: 1879




The Georgetown Is. C) Times and Comet. comment
ing on the proposed railroad and canal from the
Santee River to Winyah Bay. says:-


The railroad and the canal are two enterprises
which have identity of interest. They friends
Of each other and he who is friendly toward
the should think kindly of the other. The
building OF the road means the development Of our
resources and the making out OF Georgetown OF
the best markets for all kinds OF produce the
of tho Atlantic south Of Mason and Dixon Line.
The cutting of the canal means direct communica-
rou with tho seaboard and cheap transportation
all OF those persons who live near the river
in Williamsburg, Clarendon and the other
upper counties The canal will enable
friends above to ship their produce
to Georgetown at very low freights. which
in itself viii prove great benefit to them; but
there is something else which they must have be-
fore they can expect to realize the fall benefits
coming from the canal. They must have market
for their produce when it comes to our town. Now.
how they to get this market? Who're is it to
come from? What is to create itp Unquestionably
the railroad and nothing else. The roId will bring
buyers here, 1t will induce competition to como
here and all the produce that is sent to our town
will hnd good market and bring rs fair prices as
can be realized anywhere. This should be great
induccment for the canal men to look with favor
upon the railroad enterprise and to do all in their
power to forward its interests. While the canal
gives them cheap water transportation tho railroad
gives them the means Of realizing the benefits to be
derived from this cheap txsnsportation-a good
market
Year: 1879

General Grant was yesterday welcomed
to Philadelphia by turn out of nearly
the whole population. So extravagant o
demonstration of popular good will toward
an individual has scarcely been seen by
the present generation; and if it were fair
to regard this welcome in q political light
it might we'll admonish the friends of
fight before them. But there was
evidently o sentiment in Philadelphia.
as there was previously in Cincinnati,
that any attempt to foist politics into these
popular expressions of gratitude would be
in bad taste, and in fact offensive. Gentle
men of all parties joined hands on the oc-
casion to do honor to man whose services
to the nation are almost without parallel.
In Cincinnati the participation of the
democrats was especially conspicuous. and
the men who would be in political cam
vass very resolute opponents of General
Grant have been foremost in their exhi-
bition of desire not to be outdone in
giving an open-hearted welcome to the ma
tions great soldier and the conqueror of
the peace that saved the Union. This SEN
timent is rs honorable to the people as it is
to the subject of this unusual honor It
boldly puts out of the way all the small
manauvres of the politicians, spikes the
guns of the boomers and assumes that
Grant as a popular hero is aside from par
ties and party conflicts.