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Year: 1874

The comments Of the press on the
Presidents actions, standing up for


tho Washington ring of robbers, are


as severe as they are deserved. In dis


cussing the matter tho N. Y. Tribune
remarks: n e


In the case of Mr.. Secretary Rich
ardson the press Of the country, and


the whole people, with tho exception


perhaps Of Mr.. Butler, Mr.. Sanborn,
and Mr.. Sawyer, have clamored for
his removal on tho ground of incom-
potency. This was another case Of


barking at The heels of mon with ex-
traordnary shoc-latchcts. The Pres


idcnt gave out with distinction that
so long as this cIamor continued Mr..
Richardson should not bc removed.
He did not propose TO remove a man
from Office simply because the press
and the people thought him unfit. The
complaints of Mr.. Richardson have
not beon limited 10 tho opposition
press, nor confined TO any one party.
The demand for his removal has been
general and loud But the Great
Silent Man put his foot down and said
Mr. Richardson should stay. He
would not remove him or ask his res
ignation. No man should be made a
victim of public clamor with his con-
sent. A great many people failed to
soc anything very cbivalrous in the
sort of friendship that retains man
in an Office he is unfit for and in which
he only succeeds in making fool of
himself, and it is not too much to say
that the people generally arc of the
opinion that tho principle is very
dangerous and bad one.


The President, however, is not un-
equal to the emergency. Since there
is so general a desire that he should
comply with demands for tho removal
of unpopular officers he seizes the first
occasion to strike an average on that
subject. He retains Richardson when
an indignant people and large MAORI
is of his own partisans ask his removal,
but ho removes Mr.. Cluss, the Engineer
of the Department of Public Works Of
tho District OF Columbia, upon the
first suggestion OF the members of the
Board whom the testimony of Mr..
Cluss inculpates. This was case in
which he did not wait for second
call or for popular clamor. Mr.. Cluss
had given testimony before an invcs-
tigating committee that was very dam
aging to certain mon in the District
Government. Thercupon these men
pass set of resolutions denouncing
him as a periurer and ask for his re-
mova. The President had said in the
case of Attorney General Williams,
when his nomination for ChiefJ ustice
was pending, and unpleasant things
were charged concerning him that he
would not withdraw the nomination
so long as these charges were madc.
He was blamed for that. In this case
ho does not propose to wait to bc
blamed. He removes Mr.. Cluss on
the instant.
Year: 1874

few days ago Sergeant Il. W. Bou.
tclle, OF the United States Signal Ser
vice, passed through tho city on route
TO w Washington, where he is to receive
promotion. This gentleman has been
stationed at Colorado Springs in con-
nection with Pixies Peak Observatory,
since last July when that station was
formed. During this time he has had
many interesting experiences, both
upon the summit Of the mountain and
in tho construction of the limo from
Colorado Springs up the side Of the
peak. During his brief sojourn here
he detailed to news reporter some
points which may bc Of interest to the
public.


Tho telegraph line which reaches
from Colorado Springs to the summit
of Pixies Peak is twenty miles in
length. 1t passes along trail made
during the past year, which is far
more easy Of ascent than any of the
old routes. 1t is now possible to ride
an animal from the base of the noun
tain TO the signal station on the top of
the peak Mr.. Boutellc has been en-
gagged most of the time keeping the
line in repair, and, in the discharge Of
his duties, has made fifty-two ascents
of the mountain. He has passed one
hundred and forty-two times over the
government trail, moro frequently
than any other man, and is familiar
with every foot of the route. The
telegraph wires are stretched on poles
and along the dead pine trees. The
line gets out of repair frequently by
reason of trees falling and breaking
the wires The extreme cold at the
summit has also at times so contracted
the wire as TO break it.


Life on the summit OF Pixies Peak
during tho winter season is rather pre-
carious. With the thermometer over
thirty degrees below zero at times,
the wind blowing so strongly that ex-
posure TO IL is dangerous, the snow
driving in binding clouds, the expert.
cncc OF the observer stationed at that
great height was varied one, and
still fraught with tedious monotony
The signal station is substantial
stone edificc, and is occupied by three
officers, who manage the affairs Of the
Observatory at that end of the line.


During the winter Mr. Boutellc, in
going up the trail, wandered from the
route, and was lost for four days He
managed to make his way to the lake.
few miles from the summit, and
there remained in an old log house
with no food and only a sheet iron
stove, that happened to be there, in
which to make q fire. With bis
hatchet he endeavored to cut trail
through the snow for his mule, but il
was impossible, The strong wind filling
up the opening, and tho extreme cold
nearly freezing him TO death. AT the
end Of the four days the weather mod
Grated, and he got through to Jones
Ranch, eight miles from the summit
whore he was cared for The snow
in places up the trail is from five to
thirty feet in depth, many ravines be-
ing drifted full.


All the provisions are packed to the
summit from Colorado Springs, the
wood being obtained from tho edge OF
the timber line below the observatory.
Wood has cost the government as high
as s22 per cord, laid down atthe house.
In tho months of December and Janu-
airy it cost II cents per pound to pack
provisions from the Springs. Denuer
NelCS.
Year: 1874




How TO INSERT SCREWS IN PLASTER
WALIs.--It is often desirable TO in
scrt screws in plastcrcd walls, without
attaching them TO any woodwork, but
when wo turn them in, the plaster
gives way and our effort is vain. And
yet q screw may be inserted in plaster
so as to hold light pictures, etc, very
firmly. The best plan is to enlarge
the hole to about twice tho diameter
Of the screw mosten the edges of tho
hole thoroughly with water, and fill
It with plaster Of Paris, such as is used
for fastening the tops Of lamps, ETC.,
and bed tho screw In the soft plaster
When the plaster has set, tho screw
will bc held very strongly.
Year: 1874

We never could sec why people should
be made melancholy so often by long lee
lures and sermons on the passage Of time
There Is some excuse perhaps for the
preachers making them feel this way
every once and while, but for editors
who generally need such admonitiouE
quite as much as their readers, to attempt
toSpoil peoples New Year epjoyments by
homilies OF such character seems 10 us
as something very unnecessary. Civilized
people, and especially people who have
brains enough TO be invested with any
high degree oI moral responsibility, are
fully aware Of the passage of time, and in
countless instances take 1t to heart in sec.
rel with sufficient regrets. Why add
tOthe heart aches and pangs olsuch people
on a day like this by .reGOunting the
value ot time as the measure Of their lost
opportunities or as the slender thread
upon which hang all their chances for
the future. People who, can read and
think know as much as all this already,
and great deal more. New Years day
is the day for everybody to be glad and
not sorry. None Of us can help the pass
age Of time; neither, even II we had ever
so much OF it before US, can we help our
fair proportion OF mistakes. Mistakes
naturally beget deep reflection in every
capable mind, and deep reflection goes
hand in hand with regrets, and both OF
them together eliminate vast amount of
chatt from hearts and minds that the
world knows not Of.


1t should be the ain Of everybody to
speak word Of cheer on day like this.
Reflections upon the passage Of time come
to all of US unbidden and often enough
throughout the year without investing
them with special distinctness, and, We
nay add, special nnattractiveness on this
day. 1t has been well said that the years
take from us little that they do not leave
IN equivalent for, so, much SO that II we
were to go back TO those years which we
so often thoughtlessly regret we could not
enjoy them again without taking these
equivalents with us, and the two, like
oil and water, would never mix.
There is philosophy and solace for every
body In such rehection' Therefore, in
the spirit, it not in the exact language, Of
the great Apostle to the Gentiles, we can
say to each Of our readers this morning,
art thou called, being old or young? Care
not for 1t, since each has its equivalent,
and one Is the tair and natural offset of
the other. And therefore again, in the Ian.
gusge Of the wellknown song Of the
college boys, when they close one year
to begin another, "Gaudeamus igitur,"
which being interpreted. means $50 let
US be joyful"
Year: 1874




The actual condition Of afairs in South
Carolina can be better understood BY a few
extracts from the memorial 70 Congress,
prepared and adopted by the tax payers in
convention assembled ct Columbia, the cap
ital Of the state. It is really startling to
think that, in these enlightened days, in
republican government, such conduct could
be tolerated. It is so outrageous, shows 80
much of outright bigandage, that the acts
Of the pirates, Of whom We read as Of
class who long since went to their graves or
the gsllows, sink into insignihcanee, in
comparison with the plundering Of a whole
State under the Iiame Of the government !
That is Just what has been done, and viii
be done, by those debased robbers, Who
take the money from the Treasury Of The
State just as highwayman would the
purse Of man on the road. Tn the one
case he is said 10 have appropriated so
much over and above the amount which he
was authorized to draw; in the other he is
called by lis right name and treated as a
robber, II eaught II there ever was State
without a republican form of government, in
fact that State is poor South Carolina.
From being one of the best governed,
most patriotic aud intelligent Of the sister
hood OF states, She is now the most debased.
n the government wishes to carry out the
objects for which union of the states was
foro,ed aid will be furnished for the
restoration Of South Carolina to the rights
and privileges of a free state.


The annual expenses Of the government
have advanced from S4OO, 900 before the
war to 81, 900, 900 at the present time, and
the following comparison of leading items
of expenditures will best exhibit the
Year: 1874

NRw CoUNTERTRIrs The Hartford Post says quite number of counterfeit 5O-cent scrips are being put in circulation in that vicinity Those who readily distinguish them may find the following hints of Ser vice: On the counterfeit, the lock of hair iu the corner of Dextcr's forehead touches the other hair st each end. while in the genuine it is 70" shaped lock, and touch es only at the lower end On the upper right hand corner of the back, the figure 6 in 1863 is reversed, so that 1t faces to the left instead of to the right. The paper, too is thicker than the genuine. Lines are printed on the back, to initiate the silk threads, but they are not found on the face of the piece.

 OvERooAT WEEK At the Boston Square Dealing Blue Store," corner Main and Asylum street. This week is overcoat week with the Boston square dealers. They have marked down every overcoat Tn this stock four to eight dollars, which brings the prices LOWER THAN THEY WE'RE SOLD AT WHOLESALE AT THEIR BOSTON wARRHoUsR THIRTY DAYS AGO. Tue overcoats they arc offe ring are splendidly made and trimmed and sold at prices SO low as scarcely to be | credited unless the purchaser satisfies him. self by personal inspection. Some people are puzzled to know how they can sell the quality of clething they keep at tbe low paices they do. The explanation is easy They are manufacturers ar d wholesalers of two millions worth of garments annually. They are in close contact with the prinCi- | pal commission houses of Boston and New York and several of the largest mills in New England, and have so systematized their business that waste is impossible They reason, and soundly too, that it is better to sell two hundred garments for fifty cents profit than to selli one hundred at one dollar advance. In this way they divide profits with the purchasers, uphold their reputation and make almost as muci money as at the older and slower system This is the key to their enterprise and sh. secret of their wonderful success in this and other cities. Remember the "Bu. Store" corner Main aud Asylum streets

 Hartford Post.
Year: 1874

4 woman in New London Conn.,, saw her husband carrying lady's satchel, and she tore the the lady's dress off her before discovering that it was her mother, who had dropped down on the evening train to surprise her. Every husband in the land who is out nights should read this little item to his wife and hold up the dangers of her becoming suspicious. with out the best of cause
Year: 1874

FELLOW-DEMOCRATS: L nave q duty 10 per-
form tonight gratifying TO my feelings and wish
could only find words worthy of the occasion TO express
my feelings. In the first instance, will thank the gem


OF the Manhattan Club for the high honor con-
fcrred upon me by electing their President In the
second place, feel highly gratihed to see so many
strangers among u.s. many of them fresh from the battle,


field where they have carried the banner OF Democracy
so long tramped in the dust and dcfea-untO victory,
to remain SO for ages to And thirdly, gentlemen,
to congratulate you and myself upon the glorious vic


tory which have just achieved the consequences Of
which cannot be calculated. 1t is victory OF principle,
which shows that Democratic party though defeated
for years and years has vitality; that its principles
strong In the heart OF the people and the American
people not satisfied alone with princple they want
principles and men Applause We owe our victory
PLATFORM which has placed upon IL free trade,
State sovereignty and also the fact that We selected
our banner bearer man wise in the Democracy, u
true patriot who stood by the Constitution and the
law through the darkest hours Of adversty- lap
plause Ia respected for his ability, aud who
Is known TO every man throughout the Union as the
right man in the right place. lApplause.l Our oppo
have tried their best to defeat him, but he
show Al 900 majority throughout the entire State Gen
tlemeD will not detain you any longer, and VIII
close By introducing TO you your future Governor the
Hon. Samuel ]. Tilden. lAppause
Year: 1874

FELLOw-CITIzENs The great victory which
we have lately achieved in the State Of NewYork
a personal victory. Its benefcen consequences will
be confined 10 party to any class OF citizens Its
blessings, like the dows OF Heaven, will fall equally
upon all the people. [Applauscl Many Republicans
voted with us and II wise In our future policy,
they Will generally remain as permanent coworkers In
our cause. Many thousands Of Republicans who have
not had the moral courage TO break away from their
party ties slept moro TRANQUILITY on the night after the
election In our success they felt sense Of
relief. They saw the dawning OF new hope for
their own personal prosperity and for the rescue
OF the imperlled institutions OF our country Let US.
thep In the midst Of congratulations not forget TO
be magnanimous toward adversares in the recent
contest Let us remember-what Gen. Grants Admins


tration seems have known-hat the party in
vested with the powers Of Government, while 1t will be
guided by ITS convictions OF right TO public measures,
is after Oil, only trustee for the whole people APP


pause The masters OF political science who framed
our Government predicted that. II ever We fell
into civil war. our free institutions would be in-
history how apt be fatal TO liberty how they
consolidate power and corrupt the people, now they
eDgender systems Of administration which ruin repub-
and form remain-and how often they terminate in
usurpaton aud military despotisn. These dangers were
not aosent from the minds of many Of u.s. who never,
theless thought IL duty when the civil war came
to aid in giving the victory TO our Government


We cOuld not consent 10 the dismemDerme1t OF
our country. We believed that the perils TO
liberty were greater from successful war
for disuDiOn than from successful war for the Union


We knew that the questions in controversy were more


impossible to be settled peacefully outsde.of the Union
difficult would arise out OF separation. We saw
that the temper OF the parties left no
bitrament OF arms II OF those copunctures ln
human aoAus ~ which manly choice hss 70 De MADE
Year: 1874

GOVERNOR BEDLE sERENADED-HE DECLINES TO


MAKE POLITICAL SPEECH-A PROMISE OF EX-


KCUTIvE INDEPENDENCE AND OPPOSITION TO


CORRUPTION.


The First District Democratic Association of
Jersey City assembled In Sutton Hall last night and
marched TO the residence of Gov Bede In Sussex ST. to
tender a serenade About 5000 persons were present
When Gov Bedle appeared the steps he was greeted
with prolonged cheering He made very brief address,
telling his friends that he had reraned from entering
into the canvass and had been elected by the people
and therefore they could not expect him to make pol
itcsl speech now He promised to battle against all
rascaty and that he would conduct the Executive De-
partnent independently and for the good Of the
Year: 1874

The prcseut position Of Prof. Swing with ref
erence to what, in ecclesiastical vernacular, ia
called 1.-The Church" is suggestive OF topic
which is destined to engage public attention far
mora in the future than it has done IN the past
Prof. Swing has, BY his own choice and act, de-
tached himself completely from all ecclesiastical
organizations great and small, ancient aud re-
cent, orthodox and heretical, and now stands
where roany thousands, perhaps We should say
millions, Of Christians havc stood ever SINCE the
founder OF Christianity rebuked His disciples for
confounding their followers wish Hia- And now
that We have gone back to the ti1no
when the ''company OF tho Disciples |"
began to crystallize into an organization it is in
structive to observe how little their Master had
to do with their organizing projects. And,
judging from the indifference that He showed
for the mere outward shape and form Of Hls
movement, We may imagine His concern when
he saw this exclusive bgotry Of His Disciples,
and foresaw what an embarrassment it would
finally become to His cause. Beginning in His
presence and surviving Bis rebuke, the conflict
between His organized and unattached followers
has been going on from that hour to the
present. Who knows but that He was
favorite Disciple Of the disconnected party, while
he took special pains to avoid tho residence Of
theleaders Of the organized party, who were for
ever boring him with their ecclesiastical self
seeking. Doubtless He waa as silent upon the
matter Of His favorite Disciples joining the new
organization {if there WAS any organization) ~
He WAS prompt and pronounced upon the
"greatest question which agitated the councils
Of his enthusiastically minded followers. In
deed, there is the strongest reason fo1 believing
that neither Lazarus, Mary, or Martha,
were I" members Of the Church." and certain
it is that the one thing lacking in the inquirer
who came to Jesus Was not membership in an
organization. but partnership in spirit With
out which tho organization was and ia hollow
aham.


So it has gone On from that day to this. The
ecclesiastical party have not only kept "tha
Great Babylon which they have builded" in
perpetual broil, but have torn it from time to
time into wa1ring factions, and hare continually
added to the number Of those who would rather
take their chances for the appreciation Of the
head Of the Church by staying out Of it than by
going INTO it. The Christians unattached to any
denomination and uncommitted to any OF the
sides OF any Of the hecontroyersiesthat rend the de-
nominations, have gradually multiplied until
they have become an innuznerable multitude.
They constitute what is called "the congrecx-
ton" in distinction from 'tthe Church." But
for them it Is doubtful whethsr there ia
preacher in Christsndom who could collect
either An audience Or salarT. Some Of them
are Trustees Of the church property, and have q
voice and vote in its disposition and control Some
are called "o1tside Deaeons "a humorous
recognition ct thar services to tha Church. In
Year: 1874

notice. 1t should. and undoubtedly will, COM
mand the largest and heartiest share Of public
patronage, and result in q most substantial and
handsome gift to the excellent Hospital which is
the beneficiary on this occasion.
Year: 1874

the amendment of the Senator from
Indiana The duty of Congress wus
prescribed by the Constitution of the
United States, which provided that Con-
gress should have exclusive control ever
the District of Columbia. When Congress
said there should be no suffrage in the
district; it would not deprive any man of
any right guaranteed him by the constl-
tuition. Congress has the same authority
over the district that it had over Fort
Monroe or Fort Hamilton, and would 1t
be contended that there could be any au-
thoritv within any of these forts in
hostility to the federal government.
1t never was intended that the
seat of federal government should
be at the power of any municipality.
The people of this district are not the
only persons interested in it. The gov
ernment itself is the largest property
holder here, and had right to protect It's
own property.


Pending discussion, the Senate after
executive session adjourned.
Year: 1874

The new one dollar legal-tender note
has upon its back two large cross lines
which form almost the Roman figure ten.
To the Impractical handlers Of money a
mere glance at the reverse side would indi-
cate that ii represented on its back ten
times the valse of its face. In the
south the colored people have received
them for ten dollar bills, and
The Treasury is advised that quite
profitable business has been
carried on by some scamps in this way.
These reports are supported by the col
lateral evidence which is furnished
through the large number of bills of large
denomination which have been changed
with ones, at the request of southern cor
respondents, by the United States Treas
uy. In Canada, it is said, the note, for
this reason, is refused altogether, and
large number are received at the Treas
my for exchange into other notes.
Washington Star.