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Year: 1874

the laborer at the Battery to have his cottage


at New Rochelle or Yonkers. and reach


home in half an hour, like the laborer in


London and Paris. Make Fifth avenue
as inviting as the avenue Of the Champs
Eysees or Piccadilly. Deal rs literally
with the Central Park as the English with
Hyde Park and the French with the Bois de
Boulogne. Build us q City Hall like the
Hotel de Vile and court house like the new
law edi6ces near Temple Bar. In other words
give us something for our money-give us q
city worthy to be the metropolis and queen of
this royal Continent and we shall say nothing
about the debt But here lies New York, dor
mant neglected, covered with rags and
bruises, and no effort to build her up. Other
cities press forward in new directions and
challenge our supremacy. Baltimore boasts
that she has robbed us of our trade In coffee.
Boston threatens, with new tunnels and shorter
lines Of travel, to deprive us of our foreign
trade Chicago talks of sending grain in bulk
to Liverpool 1t seems as if every puny whip
ster of village mocks at our forlorn, decay
ing condition. and counts the hours when the
oScPu0 oA10aA ucPoAs Aom ou1 MotIoPoAsaA
hands


We believe in New York and its future, and
We are anxious to believe in Mr.. Wickham.
Disraeli somewhere says that every man has an
opportunity once in his life, and, as we before
remarked, the great man only needs an op-
portunity This hour lies before Mr. Wick
ham. He can be either one Of the best or one
of the worst of Mayors. If not one he will
surely be the other. Matters have come to
such q condition that an Indifferent ruler will
be worse than Tweed. There are times when
helplessness and indecision are worse than
crimes. Mr. Wickham comes into power in
such . crisis How will he meet it? He is
sustained and honored by the whole people.
How will he justify these hopes2
Year: 1874

The decision rendered by Judge Van Brunt,
in the suit brought in the name of a taxpayer
of the city against ex-Citv Chamberlain
Palmer and the city deposit banks, to compel
the payment into the public treasury Of GER
tain moneys accruing from interest on the
city deposits during Mr.. Palmers term of
Office, embraces some interesting points, al
though it settles only side issue in the case.
From 1867 until December, 1872, interest
on the city deposits was collected of the
banks by the Chamberlain and paid into the
city treasury. At that time Comptroller
Green addressed letter to the banks of
deposit, notifying them that the payment of
interest to the Chamberlain was illegal, for
bidding such payment and claiming that any
interest allowed by them on deposits must be
credited directly to the city and paid only to
the city and county on a regular warrant
Mr.. Palmer became Chamberlain Immediately
after this action had been taken by the Comp
troller. He was also President of the Broad
way Bank and his deputy was President of the
Tenth National Bank, both banks of deposit
The objection interposed by Comptroller Green
was a mere technicality, induced by personal
motives, but it stopped the payment OF interest
on the deposits. The present suit was brought
to compel both ex-Chamberain Palmer and
the banks of deposit to pay over to the city the
interest on the daily balances unpaid during
Mr.. Palmer's official term. The complaint
sets forth the facts and alleges that the interest
was paid or credited to Mr. Palmer by the
deposit banks. The defendant, Palmer.
without answering as to the facts, demurred
to the complaint that it did not set forth
sufficient ground for action.


1t is on this demurrer that Judge Van
Brunts decision is given. The demurrer is
overruled and the following important points
are involved in the decision. First-The
Chamberlain of the city and not the banks of
deposit are liable to the city The Comp
troller's claim, on which all the trouble was
based, that the banks were bound to pay the
interest moneys directly to the city and
county, is unsound and inadmissible. Action
cannot be maintained against the banks, but
may be brought against the city official.
Second-The Chamberlain is a trustee. and
must account for all the profits he may make
Year: 1874

THE INGENUITY with which men attempt to
cheat their employers, especially in these days
OF mechanical invention, is exemplifed in
the punch beaters" used by car conductors
on some of the roads in this city BY means
Of concealed bell the conductor was enabled
to avoid registering the fare paid, while pre-
tending to use the punch provided for the
purpose The discovery Of these methods OF
embezzling money from the companies was
not made without trouble, but it is likely to
put stop TO the practice.
Year: 1874

The KING OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS has ar
rived in San Francisco and will soon begin
his triumphal march to the capital An in
teresting sketch of the potent monarch and
his reasons for visiting this country will be
found in another column.
Year: 1874

WALL STREET YESTERDAY feature of
the day was the speculation in two or three
low priced Western stocks, which advanced.
Gold moved up to 112s. Money was easy at
%, and per cent on call loans.
Year: 1874

PApAL INFALLIBIIIrY.-TheB Bishop of Rich
mond in letter TO the HERALD compactly.
but fully gives his views upon the the Glad
stone-Manning controversy. The eminent
prelate afirms that the declaration Of tho
Popes infallibility by the Ecumenical Council
does not in the slightest degree alter the rela-
tions existing between the temporal and spir-
itual powers, but is merely formal afRrma-
ton of doctrine which has been admitted
during the whole existence of the Church.
The definition of infallibility, according to
Bishop Gibbons, strictly confines the Papal
prerogative to faith and morals, and he de-
clares that Catholics have suffered too much
in the sacred cause of liberty to raise their
hands against it He thinks it strange that,
while Mr.. Gladstone trembles at the imaginary
authority Of the Pope over the State, he
should be Indifferent to the actual tyranny of
Bismarck over religion, and this surprise
most persons are obliged to share.


A MASSACHUSETTS LOTTERY. Massachusetts,
sets up as an exceptionally moral State. Tho
records of immortality in great 'cities might
initiate against her claim to superiority over
her sisters in this respect, if any person felt
disposed to raise the issue. But Massachusetts


is, at all events, severe against lotteries and
games Of chance. Notwithstanding this her
Governor plays the role Of the Goddess Of
Fortune once year, and draws the gift Of
liberty for certain number Of convicts each
Thanksgiving Day. This year the chance fell
to three lucky Individuals all Of whom were
under sentence OF Imprisonment for life
one for burglary, another for murder and the
third for rape. The winners were liberated.
leaving their fellow worthless to hope for better
success at the Governors roulette table next
year. What funny State Massachusetts Is
Year: 1874

From time to time my suspicious were
aroused in him by indications that Mr..
Tilton was acting the part of an enemy.
but my suspicious were rapidly aIIayed
bv his own behavior toward me; IN other
words and by the assurances Of Mr.
Moulton who ascribed the circumstan-
ccs TO misunderstanding or malice on
the part of Others. 1t i. plain to me now
that il was not until Tilton had fallen
into disgrace and lost his salary, that he
thought it necessary to assist me with
the charges which he pretended to have
had in mind for six months.
Year: 1874

A.-Not that YOU can have posses
sion. but that YOU can see them.


Dwell, do you mean possession long
enough to examine them? A.-Yes, sir;
in accordance with my statement.


Mr.. White-The letters that are re-
ferred to. which are produced by you
here, are three in number. Each Of
them refer to a request before made to
appear and give your testimony. l de-
sire simply, as one of the committee, to
state that it is my understanding of those
requests that they cover the same thing
that was embodied in the statement in
the request made early in July, that you
appear and give your testimony;
in regard to matters involved
in Tiltons letter to DR.. Bacon and
Year: 1874

and the only one which l could make
him. With peculiar genius for blum
ders, he fell almost At every step into
new complications and difficulties, and in
every such instance it was his policy to
bring coercions to bear upon my honor,
my conscience and my affection, for the
purpose of procuring his extrlcation at
my aYpansa
Year: 1874

to be used for the purpose Of compro-
missing and settling all difficulties between
them, and of presenting so far as possible
any knowledge of their private affairs
being brought to public notice. For this
purpose ali their matters have been en-
trusted to me, and for none other. If |
should now Use them it would not be for
the purpose of peace and reconciliation,
but to voluntarily take part in the con-
troversy, which they have seen fit to re-
new between themselves. How faith
fully, earnestly and honestly | have Ia
bored to do my duty to both parties they
both know.
Year: 1874

The ladies particularly greatly enjoyed
the movements and earnest watchings of
the reporters. They had not ken their
places long before Beccher himself came
out and sat down on the top step, occa-
sionally joining the rest in hearty
laugh. Assistant pastor Holiday Wa.
received by his chief very cordially, and
remained seated by Beechcr for some
time. When the committee had COM
pleted their consultation they very cor
daily shook Beechcr by the hand, and
immediately took their departure.
Year: 1874

whom trouble works inwardly, making
me outwardly silent but reverbersting in
the chambers of my soul, and when at
length do speak its pent up food pours
without measure or moderation.
Year: 1874

A MODEL JURY.-In Truckee, last
Wednesday, upon a jury trial, the
Sheriff was sent by the Court to inter
view the jury, which had been out
some time. The Republican describes
the sight that met the officers eyes
when he went to the room: One of the
jurymen had an immense bass drum
strapped on his back, and as he marched
around the hall another juryman fol-
lowed behind with drumstieks, playing
upon the drum at lively rate. Still a
third Juror was beating a snare drum
vigorously, his design being to produce
as much noise as possible without re-
gard to time or music. \ quart bottle


was an object of deep interest to several


other of the jurors, while a game of


euchre occupied the attention of the re-


mainder. The Sheriff was so awe
struck with the imposing scene that he
retreated and called his Honor, the
Judge, to witness the solemn delibera-
tions of Truekee jury. The Judge
called the jurors TO order and inquired
if they had agreed upon verdict. They
replied through their foreman that they


had agreed to disagree, and that ver-
dict was out of the question.
Year: 1874

We hail the following from the
AstOriGn as bugle note for freedom.
Welcome to our ranks, brother ireland:


Taken from our stand-poInt-whlch
We claim is the truly independent one
the lessons taught by our modern poll
tieians are most important ones, and
will end with the Acknowledgement of
woman, and the partial disfranchise-
ment OF man. The country is filed with
boys who are wishing for the time of
their majority to arrive, when they can
stand around the street corners, and,
like very many of the voters of to-day,
talk politics and drink whisky. There
are also thousands of women, who are
wishing for the time to come when they
can have voice and vote on the pO-
litieal issues Of the day-and when that
time arrives, off goes the head of the
man who makes politics business at
elections and has no other principle
than to sell his vote to the highest
bidder. Then will the ballot be puTi-
fled, and not till then. Then, and not
till then, will the lobby at Washington
and at every State Capitol diminish.
Then, and not till then, will that ''re-
formn so urgently demanded By every
party platform reach wide enough,
strong enough and low enough to care
for the prosperity Of our common cOun-
try and prevent repetition of the
schemes and subyersions Of party job
bers who have now well nigh ruined
the Republic of America. Then, and
not till then, will the people be given
better things for their money than the
unclean and sickening legislation which
now so generally blackens our codes; is
only meant "for effect" and in reality
has got to be choked down by all fair
minded persons.


The AstOridn is not a political sheet
we are biding our time to have our say,
and only throw out this as an intima-
tion Of where we may be found when
the daY arrives, as it soon will.
Year: 1874

WHO ARE RICH.-The man with
good, firm health, is rich.


So is the man with a clear conscience.


So is the parent of vigorous, happy
children.


So is the editor of good paper with a
big subscription list.


So is a man whose coat the little chill
dren of the parish pluck as he passes
them in their play.


So is the wife who has the whole heart
Of a good husband.


So is the maiden whose horizon is not
bounded by the coming man." but
who has a purpose in life whether she
ever meets him or not.


So is the young man who, laying his
hand on his heart can say, 81 have
treated every woman l have ever met
as I would wish my sister treated by
other men,


So is the little child who goes to sleep
with kiss on its lips, and for whose
waking a blessing waits.
Year: 1874

A BRAVE WOMAN.-A brave woman
of Boston, who refuses to have her
name made public, was left in charge Of
several children one night lately and,
one of them being taken sick, she sum-
moned woman servant to carry pre-
scription to the apothecary's for some
medicine; but the servant came, fright
ened. out of her wits, saying there was
burglar concealed in a certain closet.
The woman went straight to the door and
said, "If there is anybody in this closet,
let him come out" whereupOn big,
sinister-looking negro stepped forth.
The woman then with the utmost cool
ness, handed him the prescription, say
ing, 'Take this to the nearest apOthe-
eary's and get it filled. There is sick
child in the house." The black burglar
left without word. Meanwhile the
woman, who began to feel little faint,
called a neighbOr The latter was about
to go to the apothecary's for the medi-
cine, when a clerk called with it, saying
that negro had brought the prescrip-
ton and then disappeared.
Year: 1874

TEA BIscUIT.-One quart of flour, 8
piece of butter the size of an egg worked
In with the flour, two tablespoonful Of
cream Of tarter sifted In while dry, one
tea-spoonful of soda, and mix with sweet
milk very soft. Bake In hot oven.
Year: 1874

During the early part Of the session OF Con-
gress, there was proposition made looking TO
the imposition OF a tax on coffee of two or three
cents pound. immediately upon the broaching
OF the subject, the holders and importers OF coffee
put up their prices from 33 cents and 35 cents per
pounu to 45 and 80 cents per pound. This was
doue, although no action was ever taken on the
measure looking to an increase in tue tax; the
whole consideration of the proposed change in
the tariff so far, having amounted to nothing more
serious than talk. For this talk, the people Of the
United States are paying twenty-five per cent.
more for every pound of coffee they consume than
they would have done if Congress had let the
subject religiously alone.


The immense profits which the holders OF coffee
are now realizing from their stock are paid by the
public; and instead Of going into the United
States Treasury, in the shape of revenue duties,
they go only TO enrich number OF lucky mer-
chants So much for talk, unaccompanied by &C
tion, prompt and to the point
Year: 1874

We are not prepared to report particular ly of the holiday events in this place, but can say that Sheffield was not unusually

 lively this year, At the Episcopal church appropriate celebrations were held, but the other churches thought best to keep si- Ter ce.....Santa Claus made his several wis Its in this vicinity to the delight of the lit tie ones, and some of the older people too were held in remembrance We hear of many queer gifts made a; Christmas time, but the strangcst of all was one made by an eccentric man not far from this place, who wishing to present a particular lady friend with an original offering on this oc- casion. sent her a bag of onions enclosing note containing the motto, "In onion is strength" We suppose he understood the word to mean union, or at least thought it might suggest the idea to his fair one.

 Miss Dewey entertained the Friendly Un- ion last Friday evening with history of her European travels, and the well filled hall bespoke their interest in her recitals. y. neck tie party is announced to take place m Frenchs Hall Tuesday evening of this week. This is given by the ladies of the M E, Church and for the benefit of tha, society. The novelty of the affair will at- tract many we trust and already we gen tlVmrn ir'mble for our fate. JOHN.
Year: 1874

Encouraged by the fact that my last items were found worthy of a place in HE NEws, 1 am taking once more my pen in hand to report the festivities of Christ mas eve at the Episcopal church. The exercises passed pleasantly the Christmas tree was consderd by all "a thing of beau ty," and its arrangements displayed the excellent taste of the managers The chief attraction of the evening was the singing, as we were favored by quartette choir from abroad, consisting of the we'll known soprano singer Miss Anna Mygatt from Amenia. N. 1., whose beautiful and culti- vated voice charms every listener. We sincerely agree in the expressed desire of our clergy that she might be always re tained in our parish; we would not fail to give due tribute to the alto singer, Miss l.

 Morchouse of Marblehead, and to Me ssrs Bowles of New Preston, with whose sing ing all were pleased and to whom many many thanks are due for their kindness and assistance on this occasion. The singing of the Sunday school was entertaining and showed that much care had been given to the training of these youthful voices We are encouraged to believe that our society is in a flourishing state, and that from these small beginnings great results may come forth. We are informed that a pleasant entertainment was given at the Congrega- tional church on Christmas eve, but not being present ourself, we will leave that for your regular correspondent to chl oni' cle. HRATHEN CHINER.
Year: 1874

CONN. WESTERN NEWS: A number of your paper occasionally falls into my hands, and observe with much pleasure that while it is rich in local news of pass ing events, it does not ignore items of 8 historical. typographical or scientific char Scter. The primary object of this note is 10 enquire about certain moving rocks or stones in one of your Salisbury lakes; suppose one Ot the Siamess Twins in the northeast section of the town. think some account of the phenomenon is given in one or more of the early numbers of S''!'n'6ns Jaurna! of Science some fifty years ago. have very indisiinct recol- lection of what was said about them, but the work is not now within my reach. A young friend who spent few days rusticAting about those lakes last season told me he heard something said about moving rocks, so infer they are yet in existence Where are are those rocks and how accessible How large are they? How deep is the water? Do they move at all seasons of the year, and how far annually-toward ' winter reach them Is there current, or slch position of the surrounding hills as to cause the wind to drift the ice in the di- rection they are moving?

 have seen some beautiful examples where stones had evidently been carried by Ice from shallow water and deposited in ri ilges on the shore between low and high water mark. We have a striking case on the east shore of the small lake between Pittsield and Richmond The ridge is some twenty rods long and the stone suf- h;ient to build Cornwall tarn, wall. The ice in winter reaches the stones, and when TAised by the rains and melting snows of spring, drifts tu that shore, carrying its burden attached to it's lower surfaces. In this case the position of the inlcts and the outlets, the deep and the shallow water, the east defended by hill from the wind, and the vest open to the wind, all combine to drive the ice upon that shore Ikn1w 80 little about the Salisbury lake, that all my queries may be blank cartridges fired into the air. Everything relative to the moving power of water and ice from the iceberg and the glacier of other days, and compared with which Greenland's bercs and the Swiss glaciers of the present day are but the school boys snow ball, to the deposits made by the waste water of the Iron mine and the melting snow bank are or great interest to the student of nature Since your citizens are disputing with the wild cats and foxes, the possession of the caves in that vicinity, from which the bears and wolves were, less than two hun dred years ago driven, thlnk it notam1ss 10 enquire what pranks the rocks and stone beneath the waters are playing

 ours, Ec., &. F.
Year: 1874

Thanks to ''Sol' for his kindly mention of our firm. If he continues to advertise for us We shall not be compelled to poetize concerning our wares henceforth we will advertise in THE NEWS. We regret to learn that the Banner and Banquet of Kent ex- pired with the old year. A respected cit izen of our town paid visit to Europe last summer. On his return, while in mid ocean, he felt strange warning of the ele- mcnts within him, and sought comfort in gazing over lhe side of the steamer He opened his mouth in astonishment, when horror of horrors out went his full set grinders into the briny depths below. Our friend returned to his native land toothless, but speedily visited the nearest dentist and was rcjuycnatcd. Did 'Sol' forget to tell this story? Yours truly,

 ELDER SNlFFLEs.
Year: 1874



 If you were passing through portion

 of country unfamiliar to yourself, would

 you not notice everything about you If you were an observing person little would

 escape your attention and remark You

 would think whether you would like to

 live ill this or that place. When passing

 house, whether in d village or an isolated

 part of the country, you would form an opinion of the inmates--of their charac, ter, habits. good taste and refinement, and often decide their nationality; seldom

 would you be mistaken. Suppose you see plain but neat house, one which by its surroundings attracts the eye and makes you feel that the interior must be charm ing, and you woull like to enter, sure of welcome. The vines, flowers and nicely kept lawn, what do they show to you? Presently you see in place of whole win dow, cloth or old hat; through an open door is revealed disorder and discomfort

 What does this indicate? Do you not i'm medialely conclude that two different pro- pie are at work there? You do not wish to enter now. A home must attract, not repcl--The Congregational church at East Canaan has had stove pipe put through the outside over one of the doors. What think you of that? The inside of the building has been thought an improper place for the worshirers To stop 10 warm therefore Il stove has been placed in the vestiUue and the pipe ----. A church is Gods house. It is built for and given to Him-set apart for his wor- ship. Has any one right to dcsecrate It ? What right have you to mar Gods house in manner you would not permit to your own? You who profess to teach rcver- ence and love to God, do you direct His house to be dlsfgure1 aud made ridiculous 1 in way you would not think in keeping <, even with backwoodS shanty? 1Ou | whose duty it is tu see that Ills house is ! hccntly cared for and kept in order do | you allow yourself to so iIltrrat Him? ! ou i nave sinned in that you have insuitrd UT i God by deforming his dwelling place. \.
Year: 1874

have the pleasure to inform you that, seeing how much you all admire Jack Harkaway and his adventurous career, have at a very great outlay induced the author of that capital story to take up his residence in America, and write exclusive ly for Frank Leslie's Boys and Girls Wrckly.'

 In future therefore, all the interesting stories of this celebrated writer will ap- pear exclusively in my publications.

 You will read with delight am sure the following from the pen of this favori ts au- thor.