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Year: 1877

In another column will be found bill by
which, if it passes this winter, it is proposed
to organize on an entirely new system and
with new powers and duties the Board for
the regulation of the sale of liquor
in this city. There is certainly
great room for improvement in the
present administration of this impo rtant
function of authority but whether the
shortcomings are more due to the law or to
the class of men appointed to enforce it is
at least open to doubt. 1t is scarcely to be
expected that our city politics should pro-
duce men disposed to be just as against such
potent political agents as an excise board
has to deal with. The occasional raids on
retreshment establishments and the per-
secution for which Sunday is made the oc-
casion are, however, evils due to the law,
and these could scarcely be repeated if the
bill referred to is enacted. There are
several points as to which the pro-
with undue severity and we nrc
not sure that we understand the
precise purpose of this. 1t is possible that
a law might be made which would have the
aspect OF great severity and yet not be
severe in the least If, for instance, its
severity was in conflict with the constitu-
ton it would become dead letter, and this
would be the same as if there were no
law, and the traffic in liquor would be
practically unrestrained. The proposition
in this bill to try men as if in civil suits
and without a jury, and yet to punish them
criminally by imprisonment, appears to dis
regard the constitutional guarantee of trial
by jury 'in oil cases in which it has been
heretofor Re used"
Year: 1877

The remarks made by Mr.. Conkling in
presenting the New York petition yester-
day are as admirable in tone as they are corr
rect in substance, and reflect new lustre on
one of the most statesmanlke characters in
the public life Of the country at
the present time. To present petitions
on deeply exciting subject in words
few and ftly chosen, words calculated
to enforce the petitions and to stir public
feeling in their favor, is an art in which few
parliamentary speakers excel. Mr. Webster
was pre-eminent in this gift; but in all the
remarkable speeches he made on such occa-
sions when, forty years ago, petitions were
almost daily pouring into the Senate in
connection with an exciting question OF
that period, there was no effort in
that remarkable series with which the
remarks OF Mr.. Conkling yesterday may
not be compared without suffering by the
comparison. Mr.. Conkling rises above the
passions of the hour to the highest level of
justice and patriotism. He gives earnest,
decorous expression to the most elevated
moral sentiment of the community. After
describing the high standing and great
weight Of character of the petitioners, and
saying that they include prominent
members of both political parties,
Mr. Conkling expressed his strong sympathy
with their appeal tor orderly. lawful and
patriotic action, in q matter in which SPAR
tisan feeling as guide and rule of action
can properly have no place" He thinks it
is a duty which rests on the two houses of
Congress, on the nation, on every citizen Of
the Republic, to find the honest and
true result, to declare it, bow to it
and stand by it. ''That," he says, sis
the duty of the hour" ''Whoever stands
on right and truth will not fall. Whoever
attempts to stand on wrong and falsehood
will be overthrown." This is SO much
sounder in tone than any other utterance
which has yet been made in either house
that it seems like light shining
in dark place. Its power depends on
the appeal it makes to the public conscience,
which only needs to be fully awakened to
insure fairness and justice. Every states
man in high position who, in q crisis like
the present, says with force and eloquence
what the public conscience will be con-
strained to indorse, establishes o solid title
to his country's gratitude and esteem.
Year: 1877

It is evident that we are to have q number
of propositions before the Legislature this
session for the amendment of our city char
prohibit the employment of any but actual
residents of the city in the municipal
Offices. General Spinola in the Assembly,
has given notice of charter amendment
limiting the city debt to one hundred
and fifty million dollars. A resolution has
also been offered and laid over in the House
directing the Committee on Cities
to report o series of measures of
"reform" for the metropolis. There will
no doubt be food of similar charter tin
kering propositions when the Legislature
fairly settles down to work, and they will
probably be no better considered than those
already introduced. If, by wise legislation.
New York should be given rapid transit and
made as inexpensive to residents as q homo
in the suburbs the public employees would
live in the city without Senator Bixby's pro-
posed measure of compulsion. AS to the
city debt, it is to be hoped that it will not
reach General Spinola's limit. but that hon.
cSt uuu CupuDio t,ONOAAhOIo WAAA &CuuCo ~
below its present amount.


As the Charter Commissions plan of NUM-
cipal government will soon be submitted it
is not desirable that we should have any
further charter tinkering for the next year.
The new city administration can give US q
good government under the charter as it
now exists. The Board of Aldermen have
already moved in the matter Of reductions in
the municipal expenditures, and yesterday
special committee was appointed to con-
slider the best means Of increasing our
water supply. The Common Council, in
harmonious action with the Mayor, Comp
troller and Board of Apportionment, can aid
the cause of rapid transit, give us well paved
Streets secure the improvements of the docks.
decrease taxation and prevent the increase
of the public debt All the people of New
York ask of the Legislature is to leave
them alone and allow the present city gov
ernment, which is harmonious in all its
parts, to try its hand Mt the democratic doc
trine of ''home rule"
Year: 1877

No time has been lost by the Roumanians
in making their protest against the implica-
tions of the new Turkish constitution BY
that instrument it is declared that the Otto
man Empire forms m indivisible unity, from
which no portion can ever on any ground
be detached and in answer to inquiry
made by the Roumanian government the
Sultan's Ministers declare that Roumania
is included III these terms as part
of the Ottoman Empire while on
their part the Eoumanans as resolutely de-
clare that their country does not form part
of Turkey, and that they ''will not rest" till
this is acknowledged. Between those
countries the ties of political relationship
are certainly very slight. They pay to the
Sultan tribute of about two hundred
thousand dollars. But this, like q barley
corn rent, is esteemed in Constantinople
sufficient evidence that they are not
independent They never fail, however,
to assert their independence on any oc-
casion that presents itself; and to make AM
issue with them now on this point would be
Year: 1877

sickness and perhaps death has followed
things can only be remedied by the prompt
completion of a number Of ropid transit lines
through the city. We have already got one
in successful operation-namely, tho Ele-
waited Railroad. This line is now unable to
carry oil the passengers that rush to its cars
to avoid the discomforts and delays of horse
car.transit. Nearly three hundred trains
day are insufficient to accommodate the
throngs that desire to avail themselves of
this safe and satisfactory rapid transit line.
and, with daily increase of over
thousand passengers it is sometimes
necessary to even secure seat well
down town in order to travel north
ward on the line at all. This is strong ar
gument in favor of the extension of the rapid
transit system throughout the city


There is enough engineering skill avail
able to make such q system as safe as
the horse car lines, and infinitely preferable
in every way in the matter of comfort. "A
and one which will receive the fullest
Endorsement from the public, must be made
to abate and, if possible, abolish the horse
car nuisance. Already petition has been
presented to the Board Of Aldermen with
that object We sincerely hope that the
Board will have sufficient intelligence and
honesty to act on it promptly. We must
have rapid transit, although its attainment
may involve the abolishment of every hide
bound horse oar company in Now York.
Year: 1877

The WEATuER.-The northwestern depression
has now advanced into the region of the Upper
Missouri, with an area of snow and rain. Another
area of precipitation extends over the upper and
lower lakes the Lower Ohio Valley and along
the st. Lawrence to its mouth. In the Southern
and Atlantic States clear or partly cloudy
weather prevails. The highest pressure is in the
wSouth Atlantic States and the lowest in Nova
Scpta. The temperature has risen in the South
and Southwest and slightly in the Northwest, but
continues very low inthe lake region, the Middle
and Eastern States and along the Atlantic coast.
The weatLer in New York to-day will be slightly
warmer ana partly cloudy or cloudy, followed
possibly by light snow.
Year: 1877

In INDICATING TIE WILLINGNESS of some of
Tire Sioux to move to the Indian Territory our
Laramie letter is more cheering than if it con-
tanned news of great victory over the hostilcs.
Indians are as susceptible any one else to the
force of example, and when these savages be-
come ncighbors to men of their own who
work for their living and do not consider the kill
ing Of white men the sum of all earthly delights
the occupation of the soldier and Indian trader
will be gone.
Year: 1877

~ Is Nor OFTEN that an old couple seek to
break the bonds of matrimony that have bound
Them together nearly half century. In our
Court reports to-day given the details of
divorce suit in which the wife, over seventy
years Of age, asks for % legal separation from her
husband, four years her senior Domestic trou-
bles extending over a period of twenty-five
yeas4 are assigned as the cause of complaint. 1t
4 n and story
Year: 1877

JUDGE GILDERsLEEvE tempered justice with
mercy Yesterday in the case of a poor woman
who was convicted of having sold adulterated
milk In imposing nominal fine, and then re-
mi:ting half Of it because the culprit could not
pay it. the Judge vindicated the law without
Violating the dictates of humanity.
Year: 1877

A MINIMUM WHISKY TAx.-The
suppression of illicit whisky stills
in North Carolina, as in other parts
of the Union, will prove an impos-
sibility as long AS the whisky fax is
kept so high. While it offers such
great inducements for knavery and
canning to cvade the taxes, those
qualities will triumph over the law
and its myrmidons. Congressman
Robbins of North Carolina recos>
nizes this fact, and is prepared to
recommend at the next session that
the tax be reduced TO twenty. five
cents gallon. He believes that
this would be generally ard cheer
fully paid, greatly to the increase
Of the Federal revenues in North
Carolina. The severest military
measures being unequal to the task
of stopping the whisky stills of that
region, it would be we'll TO try for
a short time what virtue there is in
a lower tax. The twenty-five cents
rate represents an extreme point,
however, to which there are many
practical objections. It is not likely
that so great change in the tax will
be made at present.; but both the
Administration and Congress will
probably be ready to listen more
tolerantly than formerly to the good
reasons which can be given for lower.
ing the tax 10 fifty cents a gallon
1t is the opinion of persons most
familiar with the distilling business
in the United States that such rate
of tax, accompanied by a marked
improvement in the revenue service


would yield larger income to the
Government that the present one


and nearly put an end to the manu-


facture of "crooked whisky.-M Y
Journal Of Commerce.
Year: 1877

ohoHoi ~ SOASiUR W pay OH The
principal of the Pubic Debt sc
rapidly, by reducing the military
establishment, and by careful re
trenchment of expenses in the civil
service.


There was paid last year about
$35. 100000 of the principle of the
public debt. / have not the exact
official figures before me. This
generation ought not to attempt to
bear the burden of making large
payments on the principal of that
deb:. 1t is enough for as to fund
it at lower rates of interest, as is
being done, and to keep the interest
paid. When all enterprise Ian.
guishes among US for want of CO o.
ital, and money in most parts OF
the country bears an exborbitant
rate of interest, what sort of fnan'
ciering is that which drags taxes
out of an impoverished people to
pay the foreign creditor a debt
which he will be glad TO fund at
four per cent. and wait for us to
pay when we please-the longer
the better for him, if we make the
debt secure and pay him the inter-
est ? Fifty years hence, With a
hundred millions OF population,
and country all settled and teem-
ing with wealth, we can pay, with
out feeling it, this debt whose
rapid payment would crush us now.
By adopting this plan we may save
(say) thirty millions year now
being unnecessarily and unwiselv
paid on the public debt.


The military ablishment now
costs US S39,O0O,0OO annually, in
round numbers. Such an expense
is needless. The army might be
reduced one-haif, and then be
sufficient for garrisoning the forts
and guarding the frontier against
a dying handful of savages or an
occasional potty raid of cattle
stealing greasers. Thank God,
peace has come once more between
the sections and law has supplant.
ed the bayonet in the States. l
think it not unreasonable to say
that $l5,O0O,O00 year might be
saved from the present cost of the
military establishment without
detriment to any interest.


Here then we have S3O,OOO,O0O a
year by reduced payments on the
principal of our debt; $15,O 100000
saved in the annual expense of the
army; and $7O,0OO,OOO increase OF
receipts from the duty on imports,
which, rs shown above, is still sew
eral millions less than the tariff real
lied five years ago without any
grievous complaints from the country.
You will see that the aggregate of
these three is more than enough to
make good the deficit that would be
caused by abandoning the central
izing, corrupting, and oppressive
system of Internal Revenue


Nothing has been SAID in detail
about the immense amount that may
be saved by thorough retrenchment
of expenditures in almost every
department of the public service. and
l have not time for this now. l have
merely jotted down the foregoing
points in great deal of haste to
show that the idea of abolishing the
Internal Revenue system is not at all
impracticable if oar statesmen would
set about it in good earnest, as l
hore they will when the Conservative
Democratic party mounts the quarter
deck. VIM. M. ROBBINS.
Year: 1877

MECHANICS LIENS An amend
ment to the law relating to Me
ohanic's and Laborer's Liens was
passed by the last General Assem-
bly,, the provisions of which are
not generally known. 1t being a
matter of considerable interest to
mechanics and others, we desire to
call their attention to the fact that
dis the law now is, all liens against
real estate Or interest in real estate.
must be filed in the Office of the
Clerk of the Superior Court within
sixty days after the completion Of
work or delivery of materials.
Heretofore these claims when un-
der $20G, were filed in the Office OF
the nearest Justice of the Peace
Any lien so filed against real estate
(no matter for what purpose) in
the Office of Justice of the Peace
since the passage of the act is
therefore void.-Durhans Tobacco
Plant.
Year: 1877

Having determined to make Winston
his future home, offers his
PROFESSIONAL SER VICES
to the citizens of the town and surround
ing country.


sR- Office at his residence. Any message left
at either Drug Store will receive prompt attention


NoV.13-3m.
Year: 1877

This elegant preparation is prepared from the
True Jamaica Ginger, combined with choice arc.
ma.cs ard genuine French brandy, and is vastly
superior to every other Extract or Essence of GIN.
ger be ore the public-all of which are prepared
with alcohol by the old process.
Year: 1877

Mrs. Ella Henderson. aged 80 years,
died on Sunday morning. at the resi-
dence of DIR. Stone in this city; from
the effects OF opium This unfortunate
lady was daughter Of John B. Hamii-
ton, former hotel proprietor in this
city. Several years ago she acquired a
love for morphine, which, as wears
passed by, developed into mania for
the insidious drug. Finally the long,
ing Tor the stimulant became so great
that she would obtain il at oil hazards.
Her taste was not limited to morphine
alone, but she became addicted to the
use OF large quantities of opium, lauda-
mum and whisky. The recent death Of
her aged father seemed to drive her
farther and farther on her downward
course. Her friends, convinced that
shs was no logger capable of taking
care of her children. COX them from
her. About six weeks ago Mrs. Stone
kindly took the unfortunate woman
under her charge, in the hope of win-
ming her from the habits which were
fast hurrying her to the grave, and lift
ing her once more to her proper sphere.
BY education.and intellect she was en-
titled to place among the most exalt-
ed OF her sex; yet the morphine mania,
the bane Of her existence. had dragged
her down to the verge OF debauchery.
The effort to bring her back to new
life was failure. The thirst for NOR
phine seemed to be entirely beyond her
control; and. deprived of it. she could
neither eat nor sleep. For hours she
would pace the floor Of her room, sum-


moning all the energies of her soul til
aid her in throttling the demon appe-
tite which was sitting her. even as
though some monster serpent had coiled
its shiny folds about her and was crush
ing her to death. The horrors of de-
lirium tremeDs sunk into insignificance
when compared with the sufferings that
woman endured while trying to rid
herself Of the appetite. "Give ne NOR
phine, give me something that l may
quench this terrible thirst, or let me
die" she cried in despair. The heart
of stone would melt at suffering. and
an angel could but weep for one so un-
fortunate. Morphine she must have or
die. With such an alternative. a small
quantity Of laudanum was given her.
Fatal dranght! No sooner had she
taken the first cup and drained it to the
very dregs ere the demon had taken
possession of her and was bearing her
onward toward the dark river. The
first drink of the poison developed all
the cunning of the opium eater. Armed
with all the graces which . beautiful
AMI accomplished woman always car
ries With her. she succeeded in obtain
ing enough of the balefnl drug to salts
fly the demands Of her importunate ap-
petite. For three successive weeks she
has been in q long stupor. In the Sc
clusion Of her own room she literally
poisoned herself to death, although up
to the very moment Of her death con-
scious and alive to what was passing
about her. These facts were developed
ut the inquest held last evening.-De-
trot Post.
Year: 1877

1t isa very curious thing" said an
old stager to Leader reporter recently,
show small things often turn the scale
in close elections. You hear some OF
these people of to-day talk. aud you
think there never was time until re-
Gently when such thing as partisan
ship was known. Why, can remem-
ber when it was much worse than now
For instance. when salmon p. Chase
was running for Governor the first time
he came, I remember, during the can
vass. to . little rural town in Mont
gomerv county. ! was travelling with
him at the time. and we were both to
speak in the evening. Mr.. Chase had
not been feeling we'll all day, and this
fact, together with what followed from
it. did him much more good than both
our speeches. 1t happened in this wise:
An honest farmer had como some ten
miles over the country on purpose to
see the Governor, as he was even then
called. He saw. but was not satisfied !;
he determined to dine with him in
order. as he said, to see what . Cover
nor would eat. Mr.. Chase not feeling
well. as have said. did not care to par
take of o regular meal. and so simply
ordered some bread and milk. The
farmer was delighted. Chase is the
man for Governor. he said to his
friends. He only eats bread and milk.
He is no stuck up feller. He is like US.
He is the farmers candidate by all
means And the story went oil through
the country. and even beyond. The
all the needed variations and intons-
tions. aud when the votes were copnted
il was sscertained that the Whig ma
jority was much larger than it had ever
been in that county before. and all on
account of that one bread and milk sup
per.


Talk about fickleness Of the people.
You don't know anything about 1t.
Why. l knew man who Was defeated
for Congress once because he had bis
beefsteak broiled instead Of tried. as
the generality OF people do. Il was
down in New York State long ago.
when il WAS not thought the thing for
a candidate to canvass his district in his
own behalf. He must Just SIT down ut
home. and if be were elected. we'll and
good; il not. he must consider IL the
direct interposition of Providence, you
know. Well. a msn was nominated.
and during the canvass he took short
trip on business across his district. stop
ping one noon Mt q wayside inn. Here
be ordered dinner. and, not being exact
ly well. asked for piece ri steak
broiled on the Goals. The gaping rus
tics toak it up as = crime. Word went
forth from one end Of the district to the
other that the whig candidate did not
eat his meat rs the rest Of humanity
did, but had it cooked upon the ccals.
something after the plan Of savage.
They would vots for no such man TO
make laws tor them. Anc he was de-
fsatsd on the broiled meat issue, e,-Ctsre
land Herald.
Year: 1877

some medical students in one Of the
Cincinnati colleges, dissecting female
subject few days ago. found what is
called in doctors parlance . ''corset
iiveT." When tight lscing has been
practiced through several years. . per-
manent dent or hollow is produced in
the liver. which may lie seen very
plainly after the woman is dead and
her liver taken out This kind Of liver
occurs so frequently in women that
physicians have given it the name Of
corset liver" In the subject mentioned
the hollow in the liver vas large
enough for the wrist of . grown man
to be laid in it. Young women who
don't want their livers to be put in the
newspapers - an awful example,, had
better take warning.