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Year: 1879

In South EastOn young Blrl oesi.
rous of celebrating Halloween, entered
store on Friday night and bought sew
eral quarts of corn, rendering in pay
ment half dollar. She received forty
one cents hauge, and she thoughtlessly
put the change and corn in one pocket.
Then she gave herself up SO fully to the
engrossipg corn throwing that she new,
er thought of the money until 1t had
been scattered far and wide with the
corn that she threw by the handful.
When she realized what she had done
her spirits fell below zero, and she LOOK
no further interest in the tricks ana
pranks incident to the celebration OF
Halloween. An unsuccessful efort
was made next morning to find the mon
ney, and the girl returned home sadder
and wiser. She considers fifty cents q
pretty good sum to invest in one nights
foolishntss.
Year: 1879

Charles ID. Clarlson, the clerk of the New
York Club, placed the bar of the Yorkvlle Pc
ice Court yesterday to charge Of assault and
battery preferred by John McAdam, who said he lived
at No. 3S7 Westinghouse. He was pretty badly cut
about the head Carkson and two friends having as he
alleged broken three heavy on it, The statement
made by Clarkson was that he took lady friend TO
place OF amusement Saturday night and when they
were returning home he approached by two men
who told him TO look for himself, he was being
dogged by two mem" ClarksOn had already noticed
the men, To avoid them and TO calm the agitation OF
MS companion, he took Broadway and seveDthave
car. They were followed by the two men, one OF whom
entered the car To avoid them aGaB Carks0n eftthe
car, bat he was followed through Forty-second-st.
He finally turned upon them and asked what tney
were following him for They said II was none OF his
business. He then struck one of them with his suck
While a fight IN progress tho two men VINO had
warned ClarksOn came rushing mp aud assisted nm.


McAdam denied that he and his friend had any idea
of following Carkson and said he had not been aware
thnt a man and woman were IN advance OF HIM ana his
friend until Clarkson running up and demanded or
him. IN an Insulting and most provoking manner wnat
he was following him for. Justice Duhy was puzzicd,
and remarked that IL was not case OF mistaken ldeu
tity on the part OF CarksOn that some mystery WAS
bouesth the facts given In Court 80 ne sent te case
to the Special Sessions be settled there. lie Aeld
ClarksOn in $500 bail to answer.
Year: 1879

ORIGIN OF THE BELKNAP INQUIRY.
LETTERS EXCLUDED FROM TUE STANLEY COURT
MARTIAL WHICH THROW LIGHT oN THE EARLY


HISTORY OF THE PosT-TRADERsHIP SCANDAL
GENERAL HAzgS's SLIGHT SHARE IN THE IN
vEsuGAuoN, AND HIS REPUGNANcE To BEING


DRAWN INTO THE MATTER.


Among the many ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS letters
and reports-wbich excluded by the Court In the
Stanley Hazen Courtmartial were series OF ei'eis
one dating as far back 1871 which contribute some
what 70 the early history of the Beknap postadershp
busness and give some idea Of the length OF time over
Year: 1879

BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERAID.1


BRADFORD. Pa, Dec. %. 1879.
The Lacey occupied the attention Of the Court
here all day yesterday and far into the night and
was not decided until this afternoon General Slay
ton who took a somewhat prominent part in the
Pttsburg riot. unpleasantly MIXED up with 1t.
This afternoon the Court awarded the custody Of the
child to Harry Lacey. the father who took an early
train for New York.
Year: 1879

The condition of Mary Bedford the aged servant
who was SO brutally beaten by a mulatto on Tues.
day morning last, remains unchanged; but DR..
Ewing who has attended her. is Of the opinion that
she will recover. Franks Robertson, her assafl-
ant, is said by another colored man to bo an old
offender, and to have just completed term Of inn
prisonment in Sing Sing for burglary. resident OF
Ninth street claims that the negro broke into his
house some time since.
Year: 1879

The following record will show the changes in the
temperature for the past twenty -four hours in
parison with the corresponding date of last year,
indicated by the thermometer at Hudnuts phsr-
Year: 1879

The veto is a fact accomplished.
There should be unanimous ef-


fort on the part of all public and all


political bodies in California
State and County Central Commit
tees, Chambers of Commerce and
City Councils-to induce Congress
to pass the bill over the veto. The
effort is almost hopeless one but
1t ought to be made. There should
be no failure of duty on our part.
The thing to be overcome is the fa-
natical "Man and Brother" vagary
of the Republican party of the
East. This leads them to
think that they know our affairs
better than we do ourselves. We
ought to try and break down this
barrier even though the chances
are ten to one against our success.
Year: 1879

WASHINGTON, March 1.-The
following is the full text of the
Presidents veto message delivered
to the House of Representatives
this evening.


To the House of Representatives:
After very careful consideration
of House bill 2443, entitled, "An
act to restrict the immigration of
Chinese to the United States" /
hereby return it to the House of
representatives in which it origin
ated, with my objections to its
passage. The bill as it was sent to
the Senate from the House of Rep
resensatives was confined in its pro-
visions to the object named in its
title, which is that of "an act to
restrict the Immigration of Chinese
to the United States.u The only
means adopted to secure the pro-
posed object was the Limitation of
the number Of Chinese passengers
which might be brought to the
country by anyone vessel to fifteen,
and as this lumber was not fixed
In any proportion to the size or tom
mage Of the vessel or by any con-
alteration Of the safety or accomo-
Year: 1879

THE telegraph represents Evarts
as diligently "coaching" Hayes in
the preparation of his veto. The
fraudulent President may deliver
himself of few glittering general
tiles Of the Humanitarian order but
the thing which will really need
coaching" will be the Republican
party of California. It will be left
in pitiable "form" for the election
next fall.
Year: 1879

To the Editor of the National ReOuJHcdn:


STR have read with care your editorials
on the Revolutionary" acts of the Southern
members Of Congress, and can say amen to the
sentiments aud facts, as far as they go. Per-
haps you will allow me space to show that the
record of the past session is mcroly rcpeti-
ton Of the scenes enacted just before the open
ing of the late war. Then we were told that
the fact of the election Of President from the
North would be prima fdciecG jcNi. The threat
was uttered everywhere openly in the streets,
theatres, hotels, aud in the corridors, If not in
the Halls, of Congress- We all know the re-
suit. Not only our vast debt reminds us of
the terrible results of such unprinCipled at
tcmpts to force the North to bay as mudsills to
the supposed superior wisdom of the South,
hut the hundreds of thousands of graves, both
North and South, appear to us rs horrid
nightmare from which we would gladly escape
but cannot. Is the threatening attitude Of the
South any less patent to the average citizen to-
day than it was then? TO be sure, they have
not dared yet to say they will fight unless the
President yields to their impertinent demands
but they think they can force His EXCellency
to accept their insolence and comply with their
wicked requirements by threats This time
they have openly said on the floor of both
Houses that they will not pass the usual ap-
preparation bills until tho President and Re-
publicans yield. Let me assure them they
have got no imbecile Miss Nancy" in the
White House now. President Hayes will give
tho South and North both what he thinks is
right aud just; but let either try to coerce him


and firmly believe they would find him as firm
as the old exponent Of Democracy, Andrew jack


son, when the South Carolinians 50 far forgot
| themselves rs to threaten him. That this i;
| the opinion of thousands of loyal men | am
| firmly convinced. Cursed be the hand which


is again raised in strife against this good Gov


ernment but ten times accursed would DO he
who should yield to the insolent demands of &
party of fraud, whose record shows the blood
of so many thousands AS the result of its un.
holy practices. Let another war como, and
there will be none left to pardon or pension
| among tho lealers Of the AIlraY. NIATOR.
Year: 1879

respective positions so long as they continue
faithful in tho discharge Of their duties.


While, therefore, they recommend, as in the
office of the Secretary of tho Senate, that the
appointment Of his subordinates and the power
Of dismissal should remain with those officers
respectively who must be responsible for all the
service committed to their charge, vet they
further recommend that their subordinate Off
GERS, during the session of the Senate, shall be
dismissed only by the Secretary of the Senate
and dSergeant-at- Arms, respectively for reasons
to be stated In writing; and such dismissal to
be approved by the President of the Senate.
In the recess of the Senate such dismissals,
with the reasons therefor, to be reported to tho
President Of the Senate, in writing, on the first
day of the next meeting of the Senate there
after and then in like manner to be subject to
his approval.


Referring again to the journal of the SEN
ate, under date of July II, 1854, we find
that the resolutions offered by the commit
tee were agreed to; and among the resolu-
tions we find the following;


ReSolued, That the several officers and Others
in the departments of the Secretary of tho SEN
ate and Of tho Sergeant-at Arms shall be ap-
pointed and removed from Office by those off
GERS respectively, as heretofore; but when
made during the session Of the Senate any such
iShio'al w po hiSb dppIoNCu Wy bhc lcoluOh'
OF the Senate, on reasons to 10 assigned there
for, in writing, by the officer making the re-
moyal and when in the recess such reasons
in writing to be laid before tho President oil
| the Senate, OH tho first day Of the succeeding
session, aud to be approved or disapproved by
| him.


That resolution was drawn up by a Dem.
ocrotic committee and adopted by Demo-
cratic Senate in days of yore, when thC
Democratic party was full of wisdom. viii
the Democrats now coming into power abide
by it or attempt to override it? Severa
Democratic Senators have stated that they
were opposed to any removal of competent
and faithful clerks. If they are sincere il
this, all they have to do when their con
stituents come boring them for places is t
call their attention to the above resolutions
shrug their shoulders, and say: "You se'
how it is. can do nothing for YOU"
Year: 1879




Last week we took occasion to speak of
the persistent attacks that had been made
upon the Government Printing! Office, and
to show that the affairs of that Office were
ably and honestly conducted. Now we
propose TO say few words in regard to the
Bureau Of Engraving land Printing. This
Bureau was established TO protect the Gov
ernment by having the sealing Of its securi-
ties done in the Treasury Department; but
il was soon found by Secretary CHASE that
the bank-note companies had him COM
plctely at their mercy in tho matter Of
charging for the engraving and printing of
the United States securities, aud he de-
termned to see if the entire work of en-
grazing and printing could not be done by
the Government itself. From the small he
ginning of two or three GngraYcrs and few
plate-printers, the Bureau has grown until it
is now the most perfect establishment of its
kind in this country, and probably in the
world. The banll-note companies soon per-
ceived that this Bureau was n formidable
rival, and they have used their utmost en-
deayoTs to crush it out Of existence. Nearly
every Congress has been beseiged with the
representatives of these companies, who
have charged all sorts of crimes
and misdemeanOrs upon the Tespec-
| tive officers of the Bureau, and many
| Congressional committees have investigated
its affairs Notwithstanding all these in
vestigations the Bureau still lived, and APP
preparations for its support were annually
made, and whenever it entered into compe-
| titon with these bauk-note companies il
always showed that it could do the work
more cheaply and fully as good, if not bet
ter, than they.


One of the first acts of Secretary SHER-
MAN, after he assumed charge of the Treas
ury Department, was TO appoint commit
tee of gentlemen in the Department to make
a thorough investigation of this Bureau and
report what reforms in its management
seemed to them necessary. lie had known
of the working of the Bureau and the at,
tempts Of the banlt-note companies to in
lure it while he was chairman of the Senat,
Finance Committee, and he evidently be
leyed that the entire work Of engrayn.
and printing the Government money ant
securities could and should be done by TN
Government more economically and Will
equal safety as by private corporations,


How carefully the committee referred t,
performed its labors the report known q
the Graves report, which the secretar,
transmitted to Congress with his FIRST an
nual report, abundanty attests.


Believing that change in the admins
Year: 1879

This brilliant operettN viii be performed tonight
and tomorrow at Lincoln Hail by powerful cast,
well known to the musicoving portion of Wash
ington A delegation of the Washington Light In.
iantry have kindly volunteered to give their" silent
drill during the evening. Scenery Tor the occa-
sion has been painted expressly by Lamb, the
scenic artist and grand chorus and orchestra will
aid in making 1t superb representation of this
most sparkling operetta. The President aud his
family are expected to be present. Those who have
not yet done SO should at once secure seats AT Ellis
music
Year: 1879

THE caucus tomorrow night may tell the
story but from present indications it is ap-
parent that several vicarous assemblages of
that kind will he invoked before final
conclusion is reached regarding the Speak
ershin.
Year: 1879

THE Springfield (Ill.) state Journal wants
TO know who WILLIAM T.. MORRISON is
anyway, that he should be consulted about
the spcakershp." We can answer that
WILLIAM is a Doughlace Congressman
from some obscure country district out
West, who has never been n RANDALL
man, as it were, since his name was omit
ted from the list of chairmen of the leading
committees of the House. When he
stepped down from the Ways and Means to
the Public Lands he made up his mind
that RANDALL was fraud, and has been
consulting with himself on that subject
ever since, always reaching a unanimous
concurrence in that belief
Year: 1879

IN celebration of the suggestive coinci-
dence that the Democratic majority in the
next Senate will be the same-eight-that
it was in 1861, when the South seeded, the
Virginia Star cries out " Now let the Marine
Band play Dixiew Certainly, and wind
up with the Bonnie Blue Flag.
Year: 1879

MANY of the Northern Democrats who
were ignored by RANDALL in the selection
of chairmen for committees in the last
House are now working for BLACKBURN or
some other Southern man. 1t is personal
spite with them and it is so deep that they
aro willing to take BLACKBURN and the en-
tire Contederacy to their bosoms to crafty
it. This in illustration of the patriotic
statesmanship of the average Northern
Doughlace.
Year: 1879

Some nersons "toss and tumble" half
the night and get up in the morning
weary. unrefreshed and dispirited, Who'll
Nv unfit. either in body or mind, for the
duties of the day; they are not only in
canacitated for business, but are often
rendered so unGacious in their manners,
30 irritable and fretful as to spread n
gloom and cloud over the whole house
hold. TO be able to 20 to bed and be IN
q sound, delicious sleep, an unconscious
righteousness, in five minutes, but enjoyed
in it's remembrance, is q great happiness,
an incalculable blessing, and one Tor
which the most sincere and afectlonate
thanks should habitually 60 up to that
bereficent Providence which Touchsaies
the same through the instrumentalltles
of n wise and self-denying attention to
the laws of our being.


Restless nights rs to persons IN ap-
parent good health, arise chiefly from,
first. on overloaded stomach; second,
from worldly care; third, from want OF
muscular activities proportioned to the
needs of the system. Few will have
restless nights who take dinner mt MD
day. and nothing after that except piece
of cold bread and butter and cup or
two of some hot drink; any thing beyond
that, as cake, pie, Clipped beet, dough
nuts and the like, only tempt nature TO
eat when there is really no call for it,
thus engendering dyspepsia and all It's
train Of evils.


Worldly care. For those who cannot
sleep from the unsatisfactory condition OF
their affairs: or that they are about to
encounter great losses, whether from their
own remissness, the perfidy of friends, or
unavoidable circumstances, we have
deer and sincere sympathy. To such we
say. live hopefully for better days ahead,
and meanwhile strive diligently, per
sistentlv, and with brave heart to that
end.


But the more common cause q restless
nights is, that exercise has not peen
taken to make the body tired enough 70
demand sleep. Few will fail to sleep
soundly if the whole of daylight, or ms
much thereof rs will produce moderate
fatigue, is spent in steady work in the
omen mir. or on horseback. or on foot.
MANY spoil all their sleep by attempting
to force more on nature than she req qulres.
Few persons will fail to sleep soundly,
while they do sleep, if they avoid sleep
ing in the daytime. will go to bed ut n
regular hour. and hcroically resolve to
get ND the moment they wake, whether
L is at two, four, or six o'clock in the
morning. In less than week each one
will find how much sleep his system re-
ouires; thereafter give it that, and no
more.-Halrs Journal Of HeaAA.
Year: 1879

1t requires more power to control for
tune than to control kings.


Flattery is sort of bad money to
which our vanity gives currency.


Hard words have never taught Wis
dom, nor does truth require them.


What is the best governments, That
Which teaches us to govern ourselves.


Some hearts, like evening primroses,
open most beautifully in the shadows OF
life.


It is extraordinary how long n man
may look among the crowd without dis
covering the face Of friend.


There is no wise or good man that
would change persons or conditions en-
tirely with any man in the world.


lie that hath really felt the bitterness
of sin, will fear to commit it; and he
that hath felt the sweetness of mercy
will fear to offend it.


1t is better not to expect or calculate
consequences. Let us try to do right
actions without thinking Of the feelings
they are to call out in others.


"A polite man." said the Due de
Morny, is one who looks with interest
to things he knows all about when thcy
are told him by person who know:
nothing about them"
Year: 1879

Members of the special committee of the grain
trade have discovered what they believe will he the
end of the GENITAL system, and Yesterday sent the
points to the Board of Managers of the Produce EX-
change. They claim that the trade makes its own
rules subject to the approval of the Board; that the
rules passed bv the trade at meeting on September
90 and subsequently, adopted by the Board, ale not
legal because the railroads. being parties TO the
original agreement with the trade had not assented
10 the important amendments III the Iules conform
ing To the GENITAL SYSTEM that they are not tine rules
of the Exchange, III legal point OF view, as they
had not been posted ten days, as required by the
bylaws.


Ii is claimed by the Board that the amended rules
were posted the Exchange. but at the request oi
the grain trade they were taken down before the
explTHtion OF ten days, not To 90 IN force be-
fore January /. b fore that date they viii be again
posted for ten days. and thus become law. The
points taken by the grain trade were referred TO the
(,ommittee on Trade,
Year: 1879

s.AN old physician" in Cleveland EXPRESS -
in the Leader of that city, his wonder tn1A
oat meal does not enter more largely into -
diet of our people, and says there is noe
single article of diet that more univefsa19
contributes 70 every tissue of the human boo
than does oct meal, and especially to the besa
and nervous tissues which make the man
Year: 1879

putting them together and partly from
consular or other Inscriptions which fix
the date. Bricks, which were not used
till about 100 A. D., have often the
stamp of the names both of the maker
and of the person for whom they were
made, and we saw heavy lead pipe so
marked as certainly to fix its manufac-
ture in the first half century of the
Christian era. The efforts of the care
full student of antiquities issue not in
mere conjecture; if he finds genuine
relics and takes pains to preserve and
compare them he has as veritable his
tory, or at least as good materials for
it, as is given to us in the written pages
of Livy or Sallust. A bit of mosaic,
such as we found by the wall of Domi-
tian's house, tells tale of luxury and
splendOr rivalling the wonders of the
Arabian Nights, while, hard by, a paint
Ing on the headstone of sepulchre is
one of thousand guides to certain
knowledge of a crucified and risen Re
deemer. Rome was not built in a dav
and cannot be half described in a single
letter. Yours sincerely,


FL. T. FULLER.
Year: 1879

The liberty which lawyers exercise
in the examination and cross-examina-
tiOn of witnesses is practically without
bounds, and great many people of
sensitive feelings would rather suffer
an injustice with as good grace as they
may, than expose themselves to the
badgering, the insults and the coarse
witlcIsms which attend an examination
in court. 1t seems to be an established
principle that a lawyer who is attempt
ing to "break down" witness for the
sake of helping his client, or of showing
his own smartness, may GO to almost
any length in irritating and insulting
the victim of his interrogatoIies. Many
eminent criminal lawyers have gained
all the reputation which they have
and it is enough to secure them numer-
Gus cases and large fees-by the bru-
tallty and coarseness which they dis
play In the examination of witnesses.
People attend the trial of cases in which
they are retained with the keen zest
with which they would go to a minstrel
show or cheap variety" performance,
and they count with confidence upon
being generously and gratutously en-
tertained by the sharp thrusts of the
counsel 1t goes, of course, without
saying that the whole business is das-
tardly, and that the lawyers frequently
use the privileges of their profession
and the protection of the court in max
ing mean insinuations and assaults
which would secure them prompt pun
ishment if made under other circum-
stances. But it is exceedingly rare that
judges think it worth while to interfere
to check the license of the lawyers, or
to guard witnesses against their brow
beating. There would seem to be no
good reason why witnesses whose at
tendance in court and testimony before
1t are matters of compulsion, and who
give evidence with timidity and reluc-
tance, should be regarded as fair game
for the lawyers, who twist their utter
ances, malign their motives, and black
en- their characters, without hindrance.
Yet there are cases without number in
which the prisoner on trial is treated


with gentleness and courtesy in compar-
ison with some of the witnesses whose
only fault is that they happen to know
something about the case on trial, and


have been summoned to tell what they


knOw.-BOStOn Journal.
Year: 1879

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