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Year: 1877

A Man Struck on Htei Head Dtth..a water pipe.


Late yesterday afternoon as James
Taggart, residing on Lombard street
above Front, was walking quietly and
peaceably down Lombard street and
when just below Third burly coward
by the name of George Mason walked
quietly up behind him and with a
large peice of waller pipe struck him
on the head, telling him to the ground
and cutting a large and ugly cash
from which the blood spurted In q
stream.


The fallen man was assisted to his
home, being unable to walk alone on
account of the great loss of blood.
His assailant Is still at liberty but
should be arrested.


This morning Mr.. Taggart is bedfast
and is no better than he was yesterday
He suffers great pain and it will be
some time before he will be able tc
work again.
Year: 1877

The Ocean City excursion left here at
8 5o'clock, yesterday morning, having on
board about so excursionists, and after
pleasant ride, arrived at Ocean City
without accident or detention. The ae-
cessions from the lower stations swelled
the number to nearly 800 by the time the
train arrived at the beach. The party
spent delightful day at the beach, all
arrangements for their comfort having
been perfected by the railroad company
and the hotel proprietors. On the return
the train stopped for half an hour at Del
mar, and number Of the excursionists
got off and walked about the village. I'm
fortunately they stayed away until the
last minute, and when the train started
off there was great scramble to get on,
and about dozen were left behind. They
will return on the regular train from the
Delaware railroad this afternoon.


The excursion train proceeded without
further incident, and arrived in Whining
ton before midnight.
Year: 1877

Yesterday afternoon the Quickstep
sustained another defeat, this time at
the hands of the Defiance of Philadelphia.
The game was witnessed by about 900
people and was poorly played on the
part of the home team the errors being
30 great and fatal as TO allow the oppo-
nents to score unearned runs. Although
1t is not always expected for the home
team to win, but it would be very well
for those interested in the game, to Sc
cure good team, and keep them here
80 that they could practice together every
day.


The score stood to 2 in favor of the
visitors,
Year: 1877

One of our correspondents "on the spot"
or on some spot not moro than thousand
miles distant, sends us the above designa-
ton as happier statement Of the concep-
ton on which is framed the name Sitting
Bull; and we can heartily say, ''for this re-
lief much thanks" If we cannot have done
with this particular savage in any other way
it would be pleasant to have done with him
nominally. In such name as ''Young-
Man-Afraid-of-H His Horses there is q kind
Of rude picture --such an attempt in
rhetoric as the Indian picture writing
is in art In Touch.the-Clouds we can
perceive an Indian laugh at the grandilo-
quent little fellow SO styled In Crazy
Horse there is notion Of rude, irrational,
yet splendid rage. In short, in nearly all
the Indian names there is some salt of refec-
ton or veracity but this one name of
Sitting Bull has seemed always very unsatis-
factory, for this Indians nature, combined
of fox and wolf, seemed utterly unbull-like,
and NIL that is known of attempts to get hold
Of him rather strengthen the fancy that he
never sat down in his life. But the happy





teristic and tolcrablo by comparison
with the moro usual name. This desig-
nation of man by his habitual
attitude at time when there was
little else about him to designate than that
attitude and q stolid tenacious character is
in the way of the thoughts Of aboriginal life
But ii remains to be seen whether he will be
much OF q squatter over the line. There is
one feature OF the story Of the negotiations
that will excite the most fearful distress
throughout this Republic, and that is the
declared intention Of the savage to inflict
himself upon our dear cousin John Bull.
But this may be only hasty fancy on the
part of tho Indian excited from sympathy
with our cousin on account of the posses
sion of the same family name; and it may be
that the savage meant to deceive u.s. But if
he docs squat over the line we can at least
offer our British cousins the services to deal
with him of all our Indian agents, of which
we shall have little further need.
Year: 1877

Those citizens who intend to vote in the
coming election will find it for their COM
fort to visit the places of registration to-day
and so avoid the press, delay and annoy
ance of the final days. No person con vote
unless his name is registered, last years
registration going for nothing, although the
voter may not have changed his residence.
Quiet citizens who dislike crowd and are
impatient Of waiting for their turn ut the
end OF a long queue should register to-day.
Year: 1877

People who have observed the rapidity
with which doctors, mostly poor ones are
made in our schools, who have counted with
dismay the names by the hundred and
thousand to which every year the College Of
Physicians and Surgeons, and half dozen
other establishments in this and neighbor-
ing cities, add the qualification indicated
by the letters M. D.-this judicious part Of
the public will learn with horror that it is
school Columbia College murmurs this
threat. At the bare proposition that
Columbia proposes to set up o new
school for instruction in medicine people
would applaud, simply because it would be
thought that this famous corporation was
inspired with the happy purpose to teach
this science more fully to those who had
been before badly taught or half taught in
other schools. But that is not the project.
On the contrary, Columbia herself is ami
mated in this direction in some degree by
the very conception that is the bane of all
the desire to boast the largest number Of
students. AT present the College OF Physi-
clans and Surgeons, the Oldest and best Of
our schools, is called the medical department
of Columbia College; but Columbia wishes
to sever the relation that thus exists be-
cause she cannot secure any guarantee from
the medical school for the qualifications Of
graduates who yet bear her name on their
diplomas. That is fair grievance on her
part, and there is no doubt that there are
the most substantial grounds for her dis
satisfaction. Rivalry in schools, the desire
to have the fullest benches and the appre-
hension that the school will be made IN
popular with students by even an appear
ance Of severity in the examinations-con-
siderations like these lead to the graduation
as doctors in medicine of men unfit by
their requirements to possess any degree Of
learning whatever. But how can Columbia
remedy this? Not by imitation, certainly !;
not by organizing q new medical school
merely, that she may retain among univer-
sites lead in the number of students of
which the separation OF the medical school
would deprive her.
Year: 1877

Comptroller Kenyss Debt state m nts.


Everybody knows'that the HERALD has no
very fond admiration of Mr.. Kelly as q
discovered shred Of evidence that he is
not IN upright and faithful officer. His
opponents would do better II they would
only blame him for things tlmt are blame
worthy. His letter to the Chairman Of the
Steinway Hall meeting, which we print in
another part of this impression, is a manly
protest against an unjust accusation. .There
was no warrant for the statement made in
the address adopted at that meeting that
the taxpayers are not permitted to know
the amount Of the city debt. In August
last Comptroller Kelly made the fullest,
clearest and most satisfactory debt state
ment that we have had for the last
fifteen years. The HERALD gave copious
summary of it at the time, and it was pub
lished in ertenso in the city Record. filing
the greater part Of one of its issues. After
o deliberate examination we were con-
strained to commend it, and we have never
seen any reason to retract anything which
We tueA Saiu. AueIo was uo dtIempt W
juggle with the figures or give them
deceptive coloring. Though we dis
like the politician we cannot condemn
the officer, and, least Of all, on the ground
that he has concealed or garbled or dis
torted anything in relation to the city
debt. We believe him to be frank, hon.
est, vigilant Comptroller, and are not sur
prised that he is indignant at the unjust
aspersions cast on him by the late meet
ing. Party warfare will be more effective
when it shall become more candid and dis
eliminating. aa6# - el taa8t
Year: 1877

The delay attending General Grants visit
to the French capital, and which was caused
by his desire to avoid any demonstrations
Of respect which might prove embarrassing
during tho recent delicate condition Of
French politics, has, as our special cable
dispatches announce, come to an end, and
the General finds himself free to accept the
the sx-President and most distinguished
soldier of the United States, bent on enjoy
ing we'll deserved rest after long years Of
arduous duty, is ah event Of unusual interest.
1t will doubtless strike the French people
very directly that q marked distinction must
still exist between republican ideas and in
stitutions on this side Of the Atlantic and
those that prevail and govern the situation
in France. Here our President is sur
rounded and sustained by a united people.
There turbulent factions array themselves
in almost battle line and authority sustains
itself with bayonets. Here President and
people are united in furthering the pros
perity of o common country. There
the masses are hostile, passively, it is
true, to the recognized ruler, and regard
with distrust his most solemn assuran ces
of honesty of purpose. The simple soldier
who saved this Union from anarchy and gov
erned it with credit will meet men who long
to see in France a republic unshadowed by
a military autocracy, who demand the sub
stance and reject the shadow He will re-
ceive a lesson in politics from what he sees
in France that will bring him back to the
United States more confirmed, if possible,
than ever, in his loyalty to government
based upon the national will.
Year: 1877

TIN WEATHER.-Fnc clear weather has sue
cccdcd the recent storm III nearly all parts Of
the United States east Of the Rocky Mountains.
The movement OF high pressure from the south
ward and westward toward the Atlantic coast
IS progressing we indicated yesterday, and
the late storm is now well oil tho continent In
the Northwestern district the pressure is falling
slowly with the eastward advance Of the area
OF relatively low barometer, and southcrly winds
prevail over the country west of the Allcghauy
Mountains. The temperature has also risen
through the Mississippi and Lower Ohio
Valley regions. In the southwest the pressure
Is falling, causing winds from the north
eastward and eastward along the Gulf coast.
The Winds on the Atlantic scaboard are still
westerly and northwcstcrly, but are nowhere
above the scale OF moderate A change of wind
70 southerly, however, may be expected during
to-day along the coast from Sandy Hook south
ward as far as the Carolinas. The weather in
New York and its vicinity to-day will be warmer
aud clear on partly cloudy.
Year: 1877

FRESH COMPLICATION has arisen in tho
Sprague bankruptcy case which places some
members Of the family and firm in rather
untivorablc light. Suits in equity have been
brought by the grandchildren, who allcgc they
have been unjustly dealt with in the manage
mcnt OF the business.
Year: 1877

REPRESENTATIVES, OF the Union and Central
Pacific Railroad companies are in Washington
urging the government to accept their offer Of
compromise for the money advanced by it TO
build the roads.
Year: 1877

THERE WAS HEAVY Run on the Union Dime
Savings Bank yesterday, when the sixty day
rule was finally applied The official statement
OF its condition and interviews with its officials
elsewhere printed will materially aid in enabling
those interested to get at the cxact situation.
Year: 1877

expenses are paid by their families


all young professional men who have not


yet made their way to remunerative prac-


tice; majority of the clerks in our mercan-


tile. banking and insurance establishments
all the conductors and drivers on our street


railroads; all of our common day laborers
and majority Of our industrious mechanics.


Either Mr. Sterne does not see the scope of
the amendment, or in the heat of advocacy
he loses his sense OF justice when he de-
clares that all he insists upon is the exclu-
sion of 1.-The incorrigible hummer" and ''the
hopeless pauper" from voice in municipal
affairs. The amendment would disfran-
chise large share of the most deserving
men in the community, but it would
disfranchise no keeper of grogshop, no
keeper of gambling hell, no proprietor
Of bawdy house-all of whom pay at least
$3.50 annual rent if they do not pay taxes.
There is in this city many genteel gam
bier, many we'll dressed blackleg, who
would be entitled to vote under this amend
ment, which would exclude the greater
portion of young lawyers, physicians,
clergyinen and most unmarried sons of
good families between the ages of twenty
one and twenty-seven. 1t will not quite do
to stigmatize citizens of this respectable
type as incorrigible bummers or hopeless
paupers. Mr.. Sterne, by this intemperance
of statement, virtually admits, without per-
ceiving it, that true description Of the dis
franchised classes would turn the public
4


Even if the amendment could be adopted
it would perhaps disappoint the expecta-
tions of its champions. The owners Of
property are divided by the same political
lines rs the rest of the community, and the
nominations would continue to be made by
the same political machinery as at present.
The effective part of politics is done in the
caucus and the nominating convention, and
these would continue to be run by the
same class of wirepullers. You cannot
compel a caucus to adopt property quail
fcation. When nominations have been
made by party machinery tho voter is re-
ducetf to q choice between the different sets
of candidates. So long as King Caucus is
our inevitable ruler the remedy for bad ad-
ministration must be sought. by some other
method than partial curtailment of uni
versal suffrage. The proposed Board of
Finance would be swept along with the gen.
eral political current. But it is idle to
speculate on SO purely hypothetical q case,
the defeat of this amendment being regarded
as certain by all good judges of the drift of
popular sentiment.
Year: 1877

Now THAT THE EXCURSION SEASON s ut an
end it has been discovered by the authorities
that the police have the power to detain over
crowded steamboats,. This decision will, of
course, be forgotten long before the next season
comes around.
Year: 1877

seventeen millions of dollars, two
thirds of this being with Russia The
precise figures show that it is on our
exports most entirely that the influence
of the war will be felt. As fully one
half of our export to Russia enters her
ports by way Of the Black Sea, it is
very probable that 80 much of the
trade would be stopped. to be diverted
perhaps 70 The Baltic and White seas
The Turkish trade would net be likely
TO be interrupted. 1t is this compare
lively insignificant foreign trade of the
two nations at war that makes their
present relations TO one another a
matter of little direct commercial in
terest to US. But when we regard the
export trade in grain which they usual
ly command, the war will De seen to
have very large Importance to US be
cause of the interruption to that trade
which il is responsible for. In grain
exports Russia and the Turkish prov~
inces are the formidable rivals OF the
United States in the markets of En-
rope. Since 1864, Russian exports of
wheat have ranged from thirty-three TO
seyenty-hye million bushels per annum,
and steadily declining of late years
The Turkish-Danubian provinces now
export twenty>seven million bushels of
breadstuffs, all told. An estimated aver.
age of the exports of both countries
gives a total Of seventy-two million
bushels of wheat and maize liable to be
interrupted by the war All. of course,
depends upon the magnitude and pro-
longation of the war If it so far alb
serbs the productive force of the two
countries as 70 render the raising of grain
an uncertainty beyond the limits OF
each eountry's needs, then our oppor>
tunIty will be clear one 1t depends
again, at the last, on the extent of the
obstruction TO exports ls way OF the
Black sea But of the fact that there
will be large deficiencies in the supply


u
OF grain to the European markets from
the Black sea there can be little
doubt, and for making them up the
United States will be literally drawn
upon. The supply of wheat in our
own markets nov is not more than
one-half of what it was year ago, and
~ ,ya 1aIot,lata that a.. p,,ss;o,, s,,,x,,l -
is cut OFF from the English market by
the war, the supply until the next
harvest must be very small and prices
of course very high. And them comes
in the question OF what that harvest
may be. The rumors OF hail storms
and grasshoppers are surely not of an
encouraging sort, although some due
allowance is to be- made for habitual
grnmbling and the tricks of specula-
tors. But if the war is prolonged
whether it becomes extended over
Europe or not. there is no question that
it will create an extraordinary demand
for American breadstutIs in Europe by
cutting off the usual support from the
Black sea region. And in the event of
the wars becoming general, the drafts
on our agricultural resources will be-
come immense, far SURPRISING anything
they have been in the past And this
is the wheel that will set all the other
industries going. 1t only remains for
Intelligent and patriotic legislation to
take all proper advantage of its rare
opportunity.
Year: 1877

STIRRED to the action by the Strong
feeling set in motion 10y the testimony
OF John d. Loe against Brigham Young
the Mormon prophet has warned the
"entllcs that he Mormons are prepared
for war. The Mormon legions which
are drilling and preparing themselves
to be in readiness for action on the 81 st
Of this month. at which time the grand
jury at Salt Lake will meet. Young
says the Mormons have been driven
from pillar to post and driven to exile
a long distance-will be driven no fur.
tber He appears to dream that he is
surrounded with enough followers to
make him master Of the situation, and
that he can maintain himself by an
appeal to arms
Year: 1877

THE Postmaster-General, Key. Secre-
tary Thompson, of the navy and Sec
retary Schurz, Of the interior. have made
arrangements whereby the official
printing shall be done the same as
commercial advertising The depart.
ments will designate the papers, and q
committee of expert clerks will fix the
price TO be paid for the same. Under
this system 1t Is proposed that the
government pay no more for advertising
than would be done by a commercial
firm. The theory is excellent, yet it is
considered very doubtful whether the
result will not be As unsatisfactory as
that now practic.d. Some papers which
are almost useless as an advertising
medium, viii receive as much as other
papers whose advertising space i of
the greatest value Where a standard
paper is designated as the medium, the
price should correspond with the value
OF the columns. but if not published at
minimum, the work will be done by
an obscure paper, and thus lose the
benefit 10 be derived from publication.
Year: 1877

q PGEspENT HAYs- proposes to take a
southern tour, and meet the southern
people 1t their homes. This is n depar
turc from the former customs Of the
executive and one that the people W
hail with JOY The president, for the
good he has done the south, will be
kindly received and heartily welcomed
by the people This may not be the
pompous parade M has been common il
the north when a distinguished person
age arrived, but his reception will be


hat Of southern hospitality.
Year: 1877

~ seems pretty well settled that
England wall not interfere until the
capture OF Constantinople becomes
probable The great financial interests
o' that city are in British hands. The
Hoh viii not allow much threatening
either before the spring is made. as is
evident from the preparations for war.
'a'l have been steadily going on in her
army and navy.
Year: 1877

SECRETARY OF WAR McCRAKY IS much
worried about the postponement of
the extra session OF congress. He
thinks that it will cripple his finances
so that he cannot meet the demands.
and pay of the twenty-five hundred
Den who are to be discharged. He
thinks the cabinet treated him un-
j Istly 10y not waiting for his reasons
why congress should be assembled IN
June. He has noted several embar-
rassments which will arise, and will
ask the president to have the cabinet
reconsider their action of Friday.
Year: 1877




THE Statesman is responsible for the
following He tthe president) can get
all he would have at the hands of the
house organized by the democrats
Public opinion will compel the congress
to serve the administration. Public
opinion will rather compel the admin,
lstration to serve congress The presi-
dent, while he will receive the support
Of the mass of the people of all parties
and classes in whatever he does that Is
right and honorable, cannot make CON
gress subseryient to his will in that
which is not for the best interests OF the
whole country regardless of party affili-
ations and sectionalism. While the
people give him credit for
doing many good things for the people
OF the south, they are not quite ready
to repose blind faith in him that he
will continue to do just what is right
They are willing and anxious TO see
his administration prosper. but they are
unwilling to let go all they have gained
in electing democratic house OF rep
resentatives, for the chances that HAYES
will give all they want without asking


Eternal vigilance is the price of liber-
ty, and the people have not so soon
forgotten that Hayes accepted his seat
at the hands of an eight to seven com
mission, and they do not readily lose
sight Of the fact that his appointments
TO office are greatly from the whic-re-
pnblicans, and many of them from the
Blaine and Morton following. II is
well enough for democrats to give
praise 10 the administration for what il
has done toward settling the vexing
questions which have troubled the
country, yet it can hardly be cons strued
as policy to make congress subseryient
to him.
Year: 1877

SOME Of the Massachusetts towns have a
sensible way of helping the poor. Able
bodied men applying to the authorities for
aid are sent to the street surveyors with an
order for work, and on its completion receive
another order for groceries, or whatever they
may need, at the rate of one dollar per day.
Those refusing to work or take orders in pay
are given to understand that begging will
render them liable to arrest.
Year: 1877

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersigned by Stanley 7.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer a favor upon us by demanding
credentials Of every person claiming to represent our
journal
Year: 1877

We DO not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve eommu-
nicatioDs that are not used
Year: 1877

National Associated Press to the Star.


SAN FRANCISCO May 25.-The testi-
mony In the trial OF Stainbrook for the
murder OF the Chinese at Chico reveals
a heartless, cold-blooded atrocity on the
defenseless Cinnamon. There is no
doubt of conviction for murder and
arson,