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Year: 1878

TER COMMITTEE, MR. TILDEN, ETC.


IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRBUEE.l


WASHINGTON June Ex-Governor Hendricks,
who is on his way to Charlotte. Va for the purpose
Of delivering a commencement address, arrived IN
Washington this evening.


In speaking with friends Of the political outlook,
Mr.. Hendricks is reported to have remarked that
the elections of the coming Autumn viii be import
ant mainly because they may indicate the attitude
of the people toward the two political parties and
furnish the data for judging of the Presidential
campaign. He admitted that in the meantime
events might occur which would change the situa-
ton to such an extent that the Fall elections would
Indicate nothing of the great contest to take place
two years from now.


Mr. Hendricks thinks that the next candidate Of
the Republican party will be General Grant. lie
thinks he will be nominated because he will be the
strongest man to be found IN the party, and because
many of the Republican leaders have already
made up their minds to put him in the
field. This, he said. is the sentiment in Indiana.
The denomination of General Grant, IN his opinion,
will be followed by a fierce campaign in which the
old issues viii be revived.


Governor Hendricks expressed some disappoint-
ment at the failure of the Potter Committee TINS far
to accomplish anything. He said that he supposed
when Mr.. Potter introduced his resolution TO au-
thorze the investigation and did it in the face of
the public censure which had been passed upon
all attempts to revive the agitation of the
electoral question, that he had certain information
which was new, and that he had fortified him
self against every possible chance of fail
ure Up to this time, Governor Hendricks
admitted, the committee has not been able TO
present any such information. For tins reason ne
looks upon the inquiry as ill-adviscd and not
calculated TO effect the object in view. Gov
ernOr Hendricks said of the last Presden-
tiai election that all Democrats undoubtedly
believed that Mr. Tilden was elected, and that the
party through the machinery and construction of
the Electoral Commission, allowed that victory to
be turned into a defeat.
Year: 1878

Mr. BECK ON THE SINKING FUND.


HE THINKS THERE WILL BE NO MONEY FOR THAT


FUND THIS YEAR-SoT PROUD OF THE HOUSE.


lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSE.l


WASHINGTON, June Ex-senator Beck, who at
tempted to secure the passage of the bill through
the Senate providing for temporary suspension of
the operation of the Sinking Fund Law, said to-
day that he did not regret the failure of the Senate
to act upon that measure but he thinks there Will
be no surplus revenue from which to make up the
sinking fund during the next fiscal year, and IN
this opinion he says that he is sustained
by the Secretary of the Treasury, who
told him on Saturday that in view of the heavy ap-
propriations made by Congress there will be de-
fcency of S5,OOOO 900 before the close of the next
fiscal year. The Senator says there IS no hope for
reduction of taxation as long the House OF
Representatives is composed Of the class of
men who now fill its seats. The bills looking
TO a reduction. he says. were ncld back
until the last moment, the House knowing
full well that there would not then he the slightest
chance for the Scua.c act upon them before ad-
iournment Senator Beck il evidently not proud
Of his party IN the House. and hc says X the Damo-
Gratis secure q majority in thc next Congress t VIII
hC an evidence Of their good luck rather tian
of anything they have done TO merit IT.
Year: 1878

CoMNEMORATI0N or THE REVOLUTION OF '4S BY


THE SOCIALISTS OF THE cITY-RED FLAGS IN


PROPULSION AND SOME INCENDIARY NOTICES


MEETING OF SEVENTH WARD NATIONALS.


The Socialists of the city last evening had mass
meeting to commemorate the French Revolution of
1913. About 900 people were present The speeches
were not riotous in their tendency, but some
of the inscriptions on the numerous red flags were
by no means peaceful-One Of them being, Bread
or Lead" The members of the National party IN
the Seventh Ward held a meeting last evening, at
which the question of providing work for the unem-
uoyed was discussed
Year: 1878

The sickness of Queen Mercedes was an
nouuced publicly for the first time Wednesday last
when bulletin stated that she had suffered
for several days from fever. prosTation, aud loss
Of appetite On Friday and Saturday she showed symp-
OF gastric fever which at one time threatened 20
become typhoid violent nemorrhage also supervened
and greatly weakened her. Her condition did not i'm
prove on Sunday, and must have been extremely
critical, at an early hout Yesterday
morning she received the last miuStratiOns OF the
Church. Queen Mercedes Is daughter OF the Duke OF
wear and WAS married with great splcudor TO her cousin
the King OF Spain, on the oath Of January last
Year: 1878

MATCH GAME OF BASE -BALL.-The At
lantic Baseball. Club; OF this city and the
New Bedford Club played q match game OF
grounds OF the former club, resulting in a
victory Tor the latter. The following is the |
score:
Year: 1878

1t is estimated that the above amount Is lost TO the
purchasers Of


DRY GOODS
by not buying their goods where they can be had at


THE LOWEST PRICES.
These are times when every dime should be saved.
PURCHASERS OF DRY GOODS
will ndi 10 their advantage to supply their wants at


LEVY BROTHERS.,


who show at all times the
LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF
GOODS IN THIS CITY.
and give the lowest prices.


Their TERMS are
CASH, ONE PRICE. AND NO DEVIATION.
Year: 1878

The little daughter of st. Paul
(Minn. clergyman discovered on
a recent Sunday that several Of the
buttons on her best boots were
missing. Her mother proposed to
sew them ON, but the young lady
had too much respect for the Fourth
Commandment to allow it. How
ever, as the alternative was TO stay
away from Sunday school or sew
on the buttons, she at last made a
compromise with her conscience
by saying to her mother, Well,
mamma, you sew and rll pray;"
and pray she did, kneeling by her
mothers side until the buttons
were OIL.
Year: 1878

OF these huge birds in their do
mestic state the author of "The
Great Thirst Land'' says:' s'These
strange birds generally stalked at
the head of the procession of do.
mestic animals and appeared to be
on most excellent terms with all Of
them. Occasionally one would
deviate to the right or left of the
track to peck a mouthful Of grass,
but as soon as the drover would
leave the road and shout at it, 1t
would Immediately fall into its
proper place and march forward
with the most demure gravity,
as II to be guilty Of an infringe
ment of rules was the last thing 1t
would think Of. Ostriches alway'
have an intensely stupid look, but
they are not nearly such fools as
the uninltiated would take them
for; and although the most timid
creatures on the earth when in
state of nature, in captivity or
when domesticated they are bold
and dangerous, more espe-
clally the males. Horse or
rider indiscriminately they will
attack, walking up to the object
of4heir indignation with quiet,
measured stride, never evincing for
amoment the slightest evidence OF
hostility-in fact, looking such
fools that no one would imagine
than capable of inimical ideas
vHen with a quick movement, done
vita great strength and velocity,
they raise their foot and strike for
= ward, the edges ofthe toes being SC
sharp that they will cut your
clothes the whole length of the
stroke. AS they are too valuable
to be knocked on the head, perhaps
you turn to run from them, but
their speed is such that an attempt
thus to elude them is useless. The
only plan then to be pursued is tt
throw yourself down and lie still
ION your face or back. They can
not kick you in these positions, bu,
they will jump on you and trample
all over you. While this operation
is going on you may give vent tt
your feelings and satisfy your self
esteem by bestowing upon them
few reminders that two can play
the same game"
Year: 1878

The streets Of almost any large. city
at night present spectacle more sad


deniug, more pitiful, more fearful than
any picture to be found in Dante's In


ferno. Beneath the gas lamp from
dark until long after midnight, wander
INCREASINGLY thousands of young girls.


Their eyes are fixed. They stalk like
shadows. There is no merriment in
their gait; no joy, no peace, no happi-
ness in their look. However well
dressed, it is the same whited; sepul..
chre. For mile after mile these sad
speeters hurry along. At each iside
street they carry off their victims.


Who are these desolate ones that fill
the city with their ceaseless tramp?
DO they come forth at night because
they care not for the society of their
fathers or mothers or sisters2 yAlas,
no. These have no homes.. They are
alone in great world too busy to no
tice them or their misfortunes. With
OUT knowledge Of the world, they are
driven into the midst of its vices, and
forced to earn a living by the only
means that is within their power.
They know not the horrible abyss of
shame, the amplitude of suffering g, the
depth. of the, distress TO-, which that
first step leads, and so having begun,
they are carried on by the swift cur
rent of crime about them. Do they,
ever seek to escape? They turn blind.
ly for the means, but on every hand
they seem shut in by high wall sepa,
rating them from the respectable world.
There is no recourse, and so, year after
year, they fall lower and. lower, and
their despair grows deeper, until death
takes them for his own. and their poor
bones are laid away in the potters'
field.
Year: 1878

In all countries where convict labor has
been permitted to enter into competition with
free labor, it has been constant source of
discomfort and aversion. 1t has always been
contended by the advocates of free labor,
that no Government should permit convict
labor to enter into competition with free
labor, and in this view of the subject we con-
fess we have always sympathized. We be-
lieve in the system of compelling convicts to
labor not only for their own subsistence, but
but we do not believe in the unwise policy of
hiring ont the labor of convicts to individuals
or companies, SO as to compete with those
who are compelled to labor for their bread
and who are good law abiding citizens. The
system of thus employing convicts, who are
brought into immediate competition with free
labor, tends to degrade the latter to such a
degree that good men abhor the contact with
the criminals. This should not be allowed,
nor is it allowed in well regulated countries.
There is always Government work enough to
do to employ convicts at, and to that kind of
work they should be kept. These remarks
we think are especially applicable to the Ha-
waiian Government. Here, we have a coun-
try without roads in many localities, where
they are much needed. By employing the
convict labor in those localities the Govern
ment would soon see that the advantages to
the whole group would be almost incalculable,
and the obnoxious system of convict labor, as
now employed, would be turned to good account
for the general benft. This subject should
attract the attention of the next Legislature,
and induce the passage of ID law directing
convicts to be employed only on Government
works of general utility such as suggested.
Year: 1878

THE attitude of Russia and Great Britain
toward each other, at the present time, is big
with menace on the one hand and settled
determination to hold on to present advan-
tages on the other Russia has not receded
from her well considered purpose on the sub
ject of submitting the treaty of peace to
Congress Indeed, the idea of a Congress is
about given up, and feverish state of excite
ment and growing war-like sentiment is
plainly visible in England.


The Austrian journals are outspoken on the
subject of that Empire looking out for her own
interests. What does this mean, if not that
Austria should seize upon and annex Bosnia,
Herzegovina, and part of Albania? The si-
lence of the Austrian official journals on this
subject is no proof that Austria does not mean
TO do this if opportunity offers, as it seems to
do. The only hinderance which Austria sees
is the deep seated hatred of the Sclavs by the
Hungarians.


By the annexation of the provinces alluded
to, by Austria, she would be in part compen-
sated for her losses by the Austro-G German
war. If Austria would do this and let Greece
receive Thessaly, Epirus and perhaps part Of
Macedonia and Albania, then Russia would be
headed off in that direction. Bosnia and Her.
zegovina are of but trihing value to Turkey,
cut off as they are from her approach, and iso-
lated from her control TIE attitude of the
two nations, just now, is very threatening.
England is arming Russia already in the
field, with a veteran and well-appointed army,
and the people of both nations cordially hating
the Governments of each other, it is matter
of nice conjecture as to what may be the final
result of the pending quarrel. In all this
there is still another view to be taken of the
situation, that every intelligent reader will
see, is of more than passing moment to both
the nations. England has seen with no little
alarm the threatening strides made by hel
powerful rival, Russia, towards gaining per-
manent foot-hold in India. 1t is this dread
that makes the English Cabinet feel the me-
cessity of interposing Congress to discuss
this and collateral issues; and if defeated by
Russia in diplomacy, as it seems most likely
then there is no alternative left Great Brltalt
but an appeal to arms, in the hope of invoiv-
ing the other European powers in the strug-
gle. who, like England in some respects a
least, have interests to be guarded even at the
cost of war with Russia. And thus the CON-
plications seem to thicken in direct ratio
! with the gravity of the contest.
Year: 1878

WE notice by our Eastern exchanges, under
date the 2sth nit, that unusual activity is
going on at the different mints, under direction
of the Secretary OF the Treasury, to get out the
new silver dollars, authorized to be coined.
We may therefore expect to see few of these
new coins coming along this way in due time.
This will be relief to our business men,
provided the new American dollars are per-
mitted to circulate on these islands. We mean
by the above remark, provided they are not
all gobbled up and the French five franc piece
substituted, as at present. 1t would be a
good move, we think on the part of the next
Legislature to prohibit the circulation of the
French five franc piece and substitute the
American dollar. This would be more in
keeping with sound sense aud proper business
principles.
Year: 1878

During the past year the Secretary HAS auueo
over $4O,0OO,000 to his stock of specie not
covered by coin certificates, and he added over
$66, 700, 900 from April i to January 1. The
condition of foreign trade promises at least as
large q gain this season, unless Mr.. Woods
Tariff Bin materially affects the coin
revenues, and it is probably reasona-
BILE to hope that the Senate Will not
pass the bill in such shape as greatly TO
diminish receipts. If the Secretary gains
nothing by excess of coin receipts over coin
expenditures, he will still have about the sum
required for resumption in January next, and
the prospect is that he may have $2O,OOO,OO0
more than he has deemed necessary. The
Secretary gives his own view of the important
agreement that has been made, in our local
columns, and we direct attention to it as
showing his firm faith that resumption is now
secure.


The work is done, if Congress will only let
well enough alone. Fear of resumption, and
of great changes in bank credits in connec-
ton with resumption. has caused many men
to oppose a faithful compliance with public
pledges. But the obstacle to be overcome Is
now insignificant. Little more than one-halt
of one per cent now separates currency from
gold, and this small gap will probably be closed
before the exports of produce begin next Fall.
The contract now made by the Secretary
it is fair to infer, Will lead the
largest drawers of sterling exchange to so
fix the rate as to prevent shipments of gold as
far as they can, and the announcement that
they have bought from the Government bonds
amounting to 10000, 900 will 90 far to check
the sales by foreign holders. In this respect
Secretary Sherman was wise in preferring the
offer made by bankers whose influence i'll
England and Germany is very large. Even if
they had not proposed as good price. it
would have been sensible to enlist their CO.
operation and support, for it Is IN their
power to check very materially the outflow OF
specie.


Thus specie resumption is made possible
Congress, we hope, will not interfere. The
country waits and hungers for some sure
foundation in ITS trade and industry
There are mines by the score, which
are silent and empty only because Con-
gress has threatened to disturb all values
There are furnaces and fOundries by
the hundred, now gloomy and dark, because
Congress has made the rewards of industry
uncertain. There are mills which ought to
keep thousands of hands employed, but they
are waiting TO know whether the United
States dollar is to be worth 90 or 100
cents. Thanks in part to Secretary Sherman,
the day of dread and apprehension has
passed. and the country hopes for n prosper
ity based upon honest money. The First
National Bank, and its associates, will make
money out of the transaction closed ytster-
10, JCYtht hut for Iollnp that they
can gain, the people of the United States will
gain many dollars in activity of industry con-
fidence of finance, and certainty Of commerce
Year: 1878

almost the entire community. We suspect
that when most Of the gentlemen who opposed
the repeal got home they found that they had
misjudged their constituents, Understanding
both their common sense and their love OF
justice. These virtues, however, seem to be
going out of fashion The attack upon the
bondholders under the disguise of a currency
bill is naturally followed by a general attack
upon capitalists, merchants, all who are mod
erately prosperous and saving, for the benefit OF
the majority, who do not save Those VINO
are poor, imprOvident and indebted, make
common cause with the agricultural comma
mites, which always escape an income tax,
in grasping for the property of the CONNER
clal and manufacturing communities, which
always have to pay. And the same reasons
which animated opponents OF repeal III
1871 are the reasons which undere the pro-
posed reimposition of this demoralizing and
oppressive war tax now. 1t is useless to show
that it is unjust precisely because it is un-
lust because one small class alone will feel
1t, because the majority is strong and wilful
the tax is recommended. There are gentle
men in Congress who know perfectly well
that the income tax is an miquity, and who
will nevertheless vote for it, because they be-
leve that spoIiatiOn of the minority is pOpu
lar. 1t is useless to address to them any ar
guments based on ethics or political economy.
But perhaps they may be persuaded that it IS
prudent to inquire how long republic can
last when the majority, who dine on beef and
bread, insist upon throwing all the burdens OF
government upon the minority, who have beef
and pudding.
Year: 1878

From a Paris letter on another page, it will
be seen that those who go little late to the
Exhibition will still be sure of being early.
Many of the more important departments were
so far from being finished at the date at which
our correspondent wrote, as to make it evi-
dent that the opening day will not present
even a passably complete exhibition. The
United States seem as backward as the slow
est of the exhibiting countries; but that was
to be expected after the delay of Congress.
Nevertheless the Pausians look forward to an
exposition that shall not be surpassed 10y any
of its predecessors, in spite of the fact that it
will take two weeks after the opening to set
the great house in order.
Year: 1878

We have procured from Washington the
following table of the number of pounds
weight of the various editions of the New
York morning papers, upon which postage
was charged by the Post Office Department:
Year: 1878

Lord Leitrim has had a funeral of a kind
that might have been expected, considering
the character of his tenants and their sympa-
thizers, and cannot seem wholly strange, if
the reports of the rapacty of the landlord are
true The mob wanted TO wreak their drunken
rage on the dead body of the old Earl,
as if it was not enough that he
had been murdered and when they were
disappointed IN their charitable desire to
throw the corpse into the street, they howled
and yelled an accompaniment of brutal hate
to the funeral service. 1t was a disgraceful
affair, scarcely possible in any other latitude
of the civilized world 1t is cause for salts
faction that hard fsted nOblcmen are not
shot IN Ireland every day, if for no other
reason than that the indignity of such ont
breaks is so likely to be added to the crime
of murder.
Year: 1878

Governor RObinsons action upon what is
known as the General Pipeline Bill will be
awaited with interest. This measure, which
has now passed both houses, and only needs
the concurrence of the Senate in some minor
amendments by the Assembly to 20 to the
Governor, is really intended to authorize
the building a pipeline from the oil re-
giOns of Pennsylvania into the western
part of this State, but is cast in the
form of a general act. In it such pipe
line companies as may be formed are granted
the right of eminent domain, which has
usually been granted only where the authority
of the State was necessary to obtain lands
for railroads and canals. TO bestow
this right upon a corporation of this
sort will certainly be an innovation
upon established practices and Mr.. AlvOrd
has vehemcnty denounced the bill as uncOn-
stitutional Unless the promoters of the en-
terprise can show it to be of such character
that the public good demands that private
interests shOuld give way before it, Governor
Robinson is not likely to approve the
measure. But If they can show to
his satisfaction that pipeline is as
necessary, in its way, to the public welfare as
a railroad. there seems to be no reason why
the company should not receive the right of
eminent domain. A tube which transports
great quantities of oil can, perhaps, claim to
be as much a work of public utility as
a railroad which transports great quantities OF
freight. The Governors decision may have an
important effect upon the future relations of
corporations to the State. There seems no
limit to the right of the State to grant this
privilege, except the test of public utility, but
that is a test, on the other hand, which could
easily be made too elastic by good-natured
Legislatures.
Year: 1878

The fire in Toxic, where four thousand
houses have been burned, and the loss amounts
TO but 100000, throws some light on the
fiimsiness of much japanese architecture
They make good resolutions after being burnt
out in Toxic as well as in Chicago, and we
re assured that the district which has been
destroyed will be rebuilt In stone.
Year: 1878

The Democratic party is doing genuine
penance. It's representatives at Albany seem
determined that the party shall tax itself to
pay the cost of its own corruption and mis-
government In other words the MoHett bell