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Year: 1877

New York. A number Of them were, accorst
in9ly. brought over and tested They were
discovered to be most useful articles, hand-
some, durable and almost sure preventives
Of sun-stroke. But when 1t was proposed to
the police to supply them with these. there
were threats Of O serious strike.


The police admitted the advantage of the
helmets, but begged not to be compelled to
wear them, as they would then appear ridicu-
lous in the eyes OF the public and become the
Laughing stock OF every gamin in the city.
The efficiency Of the force would be seriously
crippled, they protested. II they were thus
helmeted and laughed at, as no one could feel
any confidence or respect for a ridiculous
looking officer.


The complaint OF the police was SO earnest
that the board determined to postpone all
action In the matter. 1t is thought, however,
that the present helmet hat will break the way
for the genuine helmet, and that the latter will
thus be able to appear on the streets of New
York without attracting that attention and
ridicule with which it would otherwise have
been greeted.
Year: 1877

The power of ridicule is well illustrated In
the late action of the New York Board OF Police
Commissioners. In London the police wear
helmets, the parents Of the present detestable
head-gear now so fashionable everywhere.
The New York Board OF Police Commission
determined to introduce these helmets INTO
Year: 1877




shat the fair has disappointed its
friends no one can doubt. When, on the
tnornins of las, Thursday, the people
nwoke to look out upon II tempcstu"ns
SKY and p,tiIeSs storm, none anticipated
ont that the hir would he u failure But
in spite OF storm, high water in the river
and muddy streets, articles came pour
,ng in for the exhibition; and when late
At nirht it became evident that this lalr
would certainly equal any ever held in
the county before. the officers and friends
of the Agricultural Society were filled
with surprise, and expressions of salts
faction were heard on every band.


Perhaps no one thing contributed so
much to the success of the exhibition as
the announcement that Judge Burke
would he the orator for the occasion.
AS speaker he had already won gold
en- opinions here. Perhaps no man in
the Territory is more popular in this re-
spect. He is brilliant hut not verbose.
Able without being tedious, and argu'
mentative without dulncss. His chief
attraction as n speaker is his skill as
condenser of ideas this enables him to
give expression to great variety of
thoughts in plain language and few
words.


After few introductory remarks, pay
ing graceful compliment to the audi
snce for their presence, and to the com
munity for the display, he payed a most
glowing tribute 10 agriculture as a pro
tession. He contrasted it with that of
the mechanic, majority of whom live
from hand to mouth. With that Of the
merchant only one out of u hun dred re-
tire with competency--a large major
ity of whom break down or become
bankrupt before the meridian Of life.
With professional men the contrast ia
still greater. Scarsely any of them
achieve eminencc. Few even moderate
success, while nearly all 20 through life
on the verge of starvation. But with
the industrious tiller of the soil, every
thing is different. His own industry
surely brings independence. The soil
will surely yield the husbandman sup
port. Panics do not disturb him.
Health and contentment may always be
his, and sure competence for old age.
His advice to the young to secure them
selves home WAS we'll received. In
speaking of the general fertility of the
soil Of our Territory, he proved conclus-
lively that we have less obsticles TO con =
tend with and no more drawbacks than
more southern cimes.


He also spoke Of the late eastern riots,
tracing then cause to unjust and un.
wholesome class legislation, and to the
overcrowding Of industrial en- nterprises.
HIS uenuncmtlons OF m0nopolles, par
ticuhrly Railroad and general land rob-
berries was justly severe. and elected
applause. Without any hesitation he
announced himself as squarely opposed
to cheap labor, particularly Chinese !;
citing fac that could not be denied oi
its degrading, demnrslizinu inHusnce
upon all who came in contact with it.
We think the able manner in which he
handled the lind and labor question was
the most noted feature of the address. At
any rate all who heard him were in full
sympathy and gave unmistakable signs
of appreciation.


From the commencement, TO the close
Of his address he was listened to with
Year: 1877

view OF the situation, and say that they do
notapprehend that the effect on banking in
terests will be serious here; they are OF opin-
ion that the effect will be more marked
abroad. There is an impression here that
Spencer, the president of the bank, has fled
to unknown parts, as he left for the East on
Monday under the pretense Of going to New
York to raise funds. Since that time no trace
as to his whereabouts has been discovered.
Spencer has been identified with several
banking institutions of the West, every one
of which has sooner or later collapsed. He
was at one time cashier of the Elkhorn, Wis
consin bank, which failed in 1855, and he was
indicted for embezzlement Of it's funds.


G. r. IT.
Year: 1877

The decision rendered by the Cemmis- sion in the Louisiana case settles tfe presidential contest. The Commission decide, in substance, that Hayes IS legal ly elected; whether fairly, or not, they do

 not undertake to say. Congress having no power. as they hold, to investiga that question. All the important matters be- fore the Commission have been decided

 by strict party votes: the seven Demo-

 crats taking one side; the eight Republi-

 cans, the other.

 Although the views held by the major ity regarding the powers of Congress

 seem to us too narrow and technical, there

 is no doubt that they are supported by the opinions of many great constitutional

 lawyers, of the past as well as of the

 present. Among the decisions of the Commission, the one most open to legal doubt seems to be that which refused to admit proof that. after the Hayes electors in Florida had cast theIr votes, decision

 in the Supreme Court of that State had declared that the action of the Canvass ing Board on which their election depend ed, was illegal. The Commission held that this illeRality could have been cor. rected by decision in the State courts ren- sdered before the meeting of the elector. al colleges on the 9th of December, but not after.

 If this view of Congresslonal powers is the correct one, there is no doubt that provision should be made for sufficient interval of time between the canvassing of the popular vote and the meeting of the electoral colleges to admit of trial at least of mandamus proceedings in the courts. AS the matter now stands, count. ing boards may delay their decisions till less than twenty-four hours before the electors are required to vote for president and vice-president; as was the case both in Florida and Louisiana. Hence not only the grossest violations of fairness, but even disregard of important statute limi- tations of the powers of returning boards must go uncorrected. Indeed. Ye do not see why the Oregon Cronin vote for Tilden must not have been held valid had bis counting in" been the work of the Board of Canvassers of that State instead of the Governor.

 We can easily see why by the old law of Congress. the time intervening be- tween the election and the meeting of the electors was so short and that before the final counting by Congress so long. The choice of electors was then made by leg islatures, and little time was necessary for getting them together for the vote for president, The transmission of their votes to the national seat of government however, was then a slow matter. Now, the meeting of the electoral colleges should be postponed at least as late as the 1st of February. There IS plenty of time after that for the mere ministerial duty allowed Congress under the decision of the Commission.
Year: 1877

We eonsid-r the bill giving power of paraoa from state prison. to the Supreme COurt good one. Probably they would not desire any sach additional duty, but they could perform it much. more satis- faetorily than any legislative committee, aad we regret that the measure was moi a1upked-
Year: 1877

The rejection of the Constitutional Amendment changing the number of Sem atOEs and providing for reapportionment Of districts was defeated overwhelmingly in tho House, last week. It must be evil dent to the friends of Representative Re- form that a Constitutional Convention is their cnly hope
Year: 1877

4 Monopoly Giant Fast whitening away


Rcfore american Competition.


Although YOU will know all about the
opening OF parliament before this letter
reaches YOU. it is very unlikely that any,
thing will have happened to clear away
the confusion which at present surrounds
the political parties. Seldom has a
session opened amid so much doubt and
misgiving on either side. Many men,
bers of the opposition are, of course,
eager to attack the ministry--but upon
what ground The answer seems simple
the eastern question. do not myself
believe that there is 50 much to be made
out of that as many people try TO per.
suade themselves. | think you will
find that the public generally are not
dissatisfied with the acts of the govern
ment, although they may not approve o.
the words of some members of it. After
all, what was there for England to do ?
Canon Liddon and his clique says that
she ought to have Joined with Russia in
expeling the Turks from Europe. But
| have not myself come across anybody
who holds that opinion, or who seems to
think it at all desirable that England
should plunge into an unnecessary and
sentimental war. A ministry which had
allowed the country to drift inte war,
would have been swept away in a storm
of popular passion,


4 nation may have great resources left
within it, but it is scarcely fitted to enter
into n lie-and- struggle with a
foreign power at the moment when lis
trade is almost paralyzed. And that is
the condition of England at this moment
In all the large manufacturing center,
of the country we hear Of nothing but
! depression and the disappearance OF bus
| incss-mills working on half time only
or altogether closed, factories shut up
| large establishments which are not re
ceivng now as many orders in year az
they used to receive in a single month
Where are the cotton lords" to-day
They seem to have suddenly become ex
tinct. The great trade upon which they
fiourished is withering away. fhe change
has come with startling suddeness, anC
no one yet seems to fully realize the i'm
mense consequences which it must carr,
with it. However, no one appears t
understand what has brought the cataS
trophe to pass. 1t can only be TEN
porary depression said manufacture
irem Oldham to me the other day th
surplus goods will be cleared off tn
market, and then trade will reviv
again" | was sorry to discourage hin
by giving him reasons for holding a dii
ferent opinion.


The cotton trade, in my opinion, i
passing from England, not temporarily
but permanently, and no one who is en-
Gagged in it vet realizes the fact. An,
what has produced the revolution ? III
Year: 1877

This is tie way 10 get to the north
pole. One man has been proposing rail
way over the ice. No such bad plan
after all; but nothing to the proposal OF
an other enthusiast who would set off in
balloon from the ships quarters, and,
with A favorable wind, try to cross the
pole. They might be carried right over
to inhabited regions on the other side
the distance, not over one thousand
miles, seems quite within the compass OF
balloon undertakings. Or again set oil
in balloon from the ship with a fayora'
bic wind, and without rise far above the
ice, establish a series Of small provision
depots, say at twenty miles intervals,
marking the spots carefully by means OF
astronomical observations and flags, OF
lights. The balloon would be furnished
with apparatus for laying hold Of the les
where il might be desired to disembark
for this purpose. Surprising, after the
pole was reached, that the balloon was
incapacitated for return to the ship, the
party, lightly equipped, without sledges
might make their way back on foot by
the help OF these dcpots. Walking TWEEN
ty miles day, they could thus accom-
plish the journey back in say twenty
DAYS" This sounds absurd at the first
blush; but it really is not sc impossible
after ALL especially it some simple effect
I'VE means could be found of generating {
lighter gas, and these means carried il
the balloon, which would never rise
above twenty feet above the ice, being
kept down by drag ropes trailing over
the surface - Once 4 Week
Year: 1877

THE press and the people of this
State seem to be coming to the con-
clusion that they can't do better
than to elect Gov. Luding,on for a
second term. The balance of the
ticket to be chosen this fall may be
made mp OF new men, but they will
b we to be very good men indeed ii
they ELL the bill as well as the old
officers have.


Since tie above aswr ten Gav
Ludington has DISAPPOINTED b,
friends by positively declining to
become . candidate for second
term.
Year: 1877

ALL who have read many narratives O
shipwrecks must have been struck with
the fearfal sutferings to which boats crews
are exposed through the want Of fresh
water. A boat cannot carry water tanks
of any size, yet she cannot make voyage
without water, and often men have escaped
from sinking vessel only to die worse
death for want of fresh water, in an open
boa, under tropical sun. This danger
can now be avoided by filling ships boats
with very simple and compact conden-
sing apparatus which has just been invent
ed and patented by firm in Dublin, Ire
land. I, consists of a small boiler heated
by paratine lamp. The steam from
the boiler, which is filled with salt
water, i. condensed in worm tub,
passing through the side of the boat
second pipe allowing the hot water to
escape, and so keeping the supply always
cool. This apparatus will produce from a
pin. to pint and half of pure water per
hour. There is a small tank for collecting
and flseripg the water, and a second tank
contains supply of oil sufficient to keep
the lamp burning ten days, The whole is
fitted in the bow of the boat, where it is
protected from the wash of the sea bv a
little "forecsstle' built over it. Besides
removing some OF the wors! horrors @!
shipwreck, this invention will be OF SER
vice in other wavs-for instance, to boats
navigating and exploring brackish lagoons
and arms of the sea, or making shor.
voyages along The coast.
Year: 1877

The daily papers of this city have some
how forgotten to call attention to an i'm
portant bill that's having a most remark
able career in the House of Representatives.
We refer to the bill for the repeal of the
"Lottery law" The history of the struggles
of this bill is quite exciting. The stirring
episodes of it's eventful existence up to this
moment rival those of even Buffalo Bill
or any other BILL


The Louisiana Lottery is known to be
one of the most disgraceful blots upon the
moral life of our fair city, as it is one of the
most ruinous of all those vile monopolies
which an infamous government of thieves
has left as legacy TO long suffering
public.


The present Legislature has been elected
especially and ostensibly as a reform body.
One would suppose that about the fret
thing it would dc, to the neglect of every
thing else, would be to annihilate the most
immoral of all the monopolies; yet the
regular session passed without anything
effected in that way, and the called session
10 rapidly waning without the achievement
of much headway.


We must here remark that the bill which
is intended to effect this much needed re-
form is not, however, without friends, and
We would do injustice if we did not cal
attention to the fact that among the mos
effective and urgent of these are Mr.. Johr
Fitzpatrick and Gov. Voorhies. 1t will Ger
tainly not be their fault if the iniquity
is not crushed promptly and finally.


We do not say, indeed, that it will be any
body's fault. Ofcourse not because, is no
this reform LegislatureR Can any bod,
there be subsidized to fillibuster and NOV,
adjournments satinopportune times Neithe
do We blame the daily papers for overlook
ing trifling items of this kind, when thei
space is 30 much crowded with paying ad
vertisements. But what we want is t,
have the yeas and nays called at every
stage of the repeating bill.
Year: 1877

Senator Conkling is reported as having
expressed much soIicitude about the impen-
ding election of a long term Senator from
Louisiana. lie said that it would be regarded
as the FIRST fruit" of the Hayes pacification
policy and made a test of it's merits. If per
sou known to be moderate and conservative
10 his views should be chosen, it would be
regarded as a concession on the part of the
Louisiana Legislature, response to the
friendly advances of Mr.. Hayes; if, on the
Contrary, an old political hack and parti-
can extremist should be elected Senator.
the Legislature would be considered to
have taken its stand among the irreconcil-
ables.


This is a very different proposition from
that announced to be forthcoming in which
our Legislature would be called on to stul.
tify itself by the election of a Republican
to the Senate. Such q demand would in
vOlve humiliation that might be considered
inConsistant with the self respect and dig
nifty which men are never at liberty to
waive. Bat q choice between q moderate
and an extremist as the representative of
Year: 1877

How the prosecuted Catholics in Prussis,
deprived of the ministrations of a priest, try to
supply for the inestimable benefits of the Holy
Sacrifice of the Mass may be seen from the
following communication, sent from q town in
Siberia, to the Ohio Waisenfreund


"The faithful, invited by the peal of the
bells, meet on Sundays in our beautiful
church, and chant first the Office of the Blessed
Virgin, accompanied by the organ. after which
sung, and the candles are lighted on the high
altar as if High Mass were being said. But
when, after the hymn at the Sanctus, the organ
is silent, and the devout assembly gaze ON the
priestless altar, such wailing and weeping
burst forth that even the most callous heart
cannot but pity the deep sorrow of the poor
flock left without q pastor. After o few
minutes the hymns of the Mass are continued
amid weeping and sobbing."
Year: 1877

We direct the earnest attention of eur read
ers to the letter of our Congressman to Mr..
Wheelock, which will be found on another
page. They explains why the bill granting
government aid to the Pacific Railway failed
at the last session, and give good reasons for
the certainty they fee3that it will pass at the
next session, if our people are true to them
selves and "earnest and concerted efforts are
made and kept up by those who are vitality
interested in its success" Zone OF the strong
est arguments" say they, (which we have
made in favor of the selection of your road is
the subscription made by our citizens and the
determined manner in which, under financial
depression, they have, of themselves, carried
on their great work." Let all interested in
this great enterprise, which promises q golden
harvest to our State and city, give the full
measure of their assistance to the work which,
on its completion, will most sssuredly bring us
fifty dollars for everyone expended.
Year: 1877




Amid the uncertainties, the hopes and
approximations, that surround the inaugu-
ration of new administration, the South
seems to have permitted to pass almost
unnoticed an event which certainly must
rank first and highest in the list of bless
ings which she has experienced during
the whole period of her history subse-
quent to the war. Surely if ever grand
national TIE Deuna of exultation and thanks
giving had occasion to burst forth sponta-
neously from the hearts and lips of whole
people, it was when Grant stepped out of
the White House on the 4th of March and
surrendered Hnaliy power which he had
abused for the persecution and degrada-
ton of our Southern section.


| For the South, Grant was the incarna-
tion of hatred, the organ of sectional
ill-will, the faithful agent of national
tyranny. Without a sentiment of honor
in his heart, he degraded his office
into brokerage of rings and swindles, and, ,
to perpetuate the opportunity of traffic,
deliberately sustained his party in the
Southern States by means of the nationa al
army. The result of this was negro rule
in the South, with all its necessary accom-
paniments of plunder, bribery, perjury, ex-
travagance, debt aud general ruin. 1t was
like the permission given by victorious
commander to his barbarian allies, to sack
and ravage the conquered country-a policy
equally desirable to an unprincipled despot
as a means of retaining the Barbarians in
his service and of glutting q petty ven
geance on dreaded foe.


Let us say for Grant that no other man
than he could have dared to despise and
mock at the Constitution as he did in his mil
itary invasion of civil authority. 1t is true
that the mighty and lawless passions of the
great conflict still ragged in Northern
hearts and eagerly embraced every Op.
portunity of enting an unmanly aud un.
generons spite upon a defenceless people
but Northern common sense would have
recoiled from such assumption of power by
any one less worshipped as a hero thar
he was. His personal prestige com.
bined with sectional malignity render
ed possible the most hideo1s politica
wrong and disgrace that history has hither
to recorded-negro government of a aUhit,
people, enforced by other white people through
hatred.


} Grant voluntarily took on himself thu
Office of Cain; like Cain he goes fortE
into the world branded with infamy for
ever. On his forehead is inscribed
Drunken Debauch, Venal Depravity
Murderous Hate" In history he will bs
| held up to execration as President who
protected all the rogues in the country, {
statesman who regarded Office as an op
portunity for plunder, and an Executiy,
whose policy made him responsible foI
countless murders which he virtually g J.
couraged.


). Let the South rejoice. Grant is gone
aud the change cannot be otherwise thar
7 for the better.
Year: 1877

LIFE OF THE LATE FATHER DUEFY.-We are
happy TO announce that at an early day we
will commence the publication of the life Of
the lamented Father Duffy. The author, now
. clergyman of this city, was one of Father
Duffy's pupils and ever his warm personal
friend.
Year: 1877

at all times? Ought not the marriage
relation, which means more than all
else to every man and woman, to be
held as sacredly honest one in the es-
timation of all who contemplate COM
mitting themselves to its sacrament


Gus Marblehead improved marvel
ously within a week. And when Sun
day came and he took his seat beside
his sister in the little church, opposite
Martha Brown, who always led soprano,
the young girl thought she never had
seen any ybody so handsome, never, never.
But he did not look at her. The sermon
wholly absorbed him, she thought,
though 1 more than suspect that GER
tain pair of black eyes, a certain dim
pied chin and glossy mass of raven
curls were of more value to him just
then than many sermons.


ITO be continued.1