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Year: 1878

| from writing book in which he could make
no use of the most valuable part Of his
materials and would be precluded from a
free exposure of faults and shortcomings.
Dean Stanley is said to be profuse and
untiring in private expressions Of the
pleasure and instruction he derived from
his visit to America, and. although he is
not writing book, he has recently devoted
q public address on the subject. Having
been invited to- deliver the annual address
at the Midland Institute in Birmingham, he
avoided the usual range of subjects, and
gave his whole discourse to American his
tory and public life. The London Times re-
marks of it :--s'Whatever else we may say
OF his address we must allow its originality.
The old theme is treated in a perfectly
fresh manner, illustrative of the originality
of the speaker"


The Dean Of Westminster's chief point of
view is that We are o new society, and are
interesting as an illustration of what Euro
pean nations were in an earlier stage of
their growth. This view seems to US fam
ciful. Our ancestors were offshoots of IN
oAo pCOplc pAdCcu III new
They brought with them the habits of
thought Of Englishmen of the seventeenth
century In the forms of civilization
which depend on wealth we were behind,
not England, but the affluent classes in
England. In the civilization which depends
on thought we have never been young peo-
pie, because the best productions OF English
genius have been accessible to us in every
stage OF our existence. The idea that we
resemble European nations as they were
several centuries back is at least amusing.
We cannot even conceive what European
society would have been in the time of
Henry VII, with the railroads. the steam
ships, the tclegraphs and the thousand
forms OF manufacturing industry which
place the United States in the van of truly
modern countries.
Year: 1878

Mr.. Walton Dwight became insolvent last
suring his life, and after going through
bankruptcy he insured more than ever.
He made will and then he died. There
was some talk among the alarmed in
surance companies of contessing the
claim of his estate to the insurance
moneys on the ground that Mr.. Dwight had
lnaliciously done himself to death for the
benefit of his family; but this was wisely
abandoned, and the moneys, it is under
stood, will be handed over to the execu-
tors. The will was probated at Bing-
hamton yesterday and will be found
in another column. While provid-
ing comfortably for his family and
expressing some common sense ideas
on the way the testator desired his sur
viving son to be brought up, it devotes
sums, large in the aggregate, to his personal
friends and to variety of charitable and
philanthropic objects. He evidently be-
ieved in dinners. He leaves ten thousand
dollars for Christmas dinners to the
poor of Binghamton, five thousand dollars
for an annual dinner to the Fire Depart
ment and one thousand dollars for an an
nual dinner to the newspaper men. In
carping, hard-fisted world this will be
called eccentric if not positively baneful;
but it will do the poor good. will
do the Fire Department no harm,
and, since the donor is dead,
should not demoralize the newspaper
men. We suppose TINT in the existent
slackwater OF national politics the brethren
can manage to eat and drink together in
unity, and, indeed, as long as the present
affable and courteous trustees survive. Eut
life is short, and the time may come when
the shell hounds of the Banner Of Lib
erty and the "sycophants" Of the Ket-
hedrum Of Freedom will glare at each other
across tho hospitable table-happy that
the table is between them. As it is,
each editor-in-chief will feel grave re-
sponsibility when his dery and untamed
slocal' is brought face to face with his
rivals. If there is any dark passion in the
human breast more baleful than the rest it
is the hate Of one ''local" for another.
Civilization will watch with breathless in
terest for the first dinner of the series that
is to march down the centuries.
Year: 1878

The fact that Broadway railroad from
Union square to the Battery would be pub
lie convenience cannot well be denied. The
opposition to such road has heretofore
come from the owners Of Broadway prop
erty, who have entertained the idea that the
running of horse cars on that thoroughfare
would impair the value Of real estate. This
may have been true some years ago, when
the retail business of the city was princi-
pally conducted below Union square, and
when it was desirable to keep Broadway
clear for carriage customers. 1t may
be O groundless fear now that the
character of Broadway business has
changed and new modes Of transportation
arc in operation. Business houses will not
locate themselves where customers cannot
conveniently go, and many people now be-
lieve that surface railroad Is needed on
Broadway, below Union square, to keep the
trade on that thoroughiare which might
otherwise, owing to the accommodations OF
rapid transit and horse cars, seek the adja-
cent parallel streets. Besides, the business
of that part Of Broadway on which horse
cars now run has been benefited by the
street railroads and the owners Of property
would not now consent to the removal oi
the tracks. II is argued that the adyan-
tages OF Broadway railroad would be
greater below than above Union square.


The Post Office Is the central point al
Year: 1878

Dean Stanley's Impressions OF America.


1t is announced that Dean Stanley will
not write book about his recent journey.
Although record OF his observations would
be widely read, both here and in England,


we think he decides wisely. The incessant
courtesies of which he was the object pre-
vented him from seeing more than one side
ofAmerican life, and the most favorable side.
He was the honored guest of many wealthy
families, and the people invited to meet
him--or at least that part of them with
whom he had much conversation-were
persons of more or less social distinction.


lie doubtless gauged this part of our people
with intelligence and accuracy, md 1t
would be highly interesting to know what
he really thought OF them. But it is q
social impossibility for o gentleman like
Dean Stanley to entertain the public with q
faithful delineation and critical estimate of
people whose hospitality he had accepted.
They exhibited to him the most amiable side
of American life, and, however pleasant no
may have found it, his grateful recognition
would convey little instruction to the public
on either side Of the Atlantic. What he
learned OF American society in general and
Of American institutions was conveyed TO
him in conversations which he could not
repeat in detail without violating confidence
and hospitality. He judiciously refrains
Year: 1878

a northeast passage to Japan had so nearly
achieved success it is great disappoint-
ment that he should be locked in the ice
within sight of the gate OF the Pacific
But while the fears Of his friends are
justified by the perils incidental to an
Arctic winter in q ship that is probably
short Of supplies, after long voyage from
Norway to Behring Strait, we do not ap-
prehend the worst if energetic efforts are
made to send relief. The greater the diff
Guilty the more glorious is success, and
when the Vega, breaking from her icy
prison, sails southwark into the seas of
japan, the world will witness the accom-
plishment Of an unparalleled feat in Arctic
navigation.
Year: 1878

Mr.. Barraud, alias Ramel, alias Cour-
celles, whose personality and present lodg-
ings were described in yesterdays HERALD
is allowed to-day to relate, in his own way,
his mode of operating" 1t is a quaint
chapter of human gullibility, and shows
how those wide-awake people who manage
great businesses are sometimes entrapped; !;
but it is not great showing for the i'm
postor. In career Of two and half
months he managed to pass three weeks in
an insane asylum and to wind up in prison.
One thing is curious-namely, that the dis
covery OF the trick he was playing in one
place by no means barred him from
attempting it in another. "A certain
false shame on the part of busi-
ness men at having been duped gen.
orally secured him from unpleasant con-
sequences. In q Connecticut deacon and
pious Scotchman he, however, found two
individuals that had no squeamishness
about turning him over to the police. This
is another proof Of the good of early picty.
We cannot soy that we desire to check the
hospitality of our business men, but we
wish to point out a gentleman who will par
take of all that is floating about, and then
20 round the corner to ''laugh up his
sleeve" Whether his delight over his lit
tie successes is the result of being bad or
mad, we leave to others to decide; but look
ing back from the calm of his prison cell he
evidently recalls them with unmistakable
pleasure
Year: 1878

IT WILL BE SEEN from the correspondence on
another page that General Grant was the re-
cIpent of warm welcome ut Pau from the
American colony in Southern France. Coming
from his own countrymcn the courtesics shown
him must have been doubly gratifying
Year: 1878

THE NAN BoDY of the Potter Committee has
arrived in New Orleans. If it could only be in
duced to keep its sessions inviolably secret the
whole country would feel like induls sing in a
general thanksgiving.
Year: 1878

THE INTERSTATE CONVENTION Of militia Off
GERS in this city next month promises to be very
largely attended. A deep interest appears to be
felt in the proposed Reorganization Of the SER
Year: 1878

But don't try TO write something where there
is nothing TO write. If there is only line TO
be written, write that, and begin again next
day.


DO not set down about people anything
which You would not wish them 10 see. IL is
not likely that any one will ever see your
writing but it is possible, 80 always be care
full about what you write. The Chinese say
Of a spoken word, that once let fall, it cannot
be brought back by chariot and six horses.
Much more is this true Of written words and
once out Of Your possession, there is no tell
ing where they will go, or who will see them.


The best time TO write in journal is in the
evening Keep the book in your table-drnw-
cr, or on your desk, aud, after supper. when
the lamps are lighted, sit down and write your
plain account of the day. Don't try to
write an able and eloquent article but simply
give statement Of what you have seen or
done during the day. For the first week or
two after beginning a journal, the novelty of
the thing will keep up your interest, aud you
will be anxious for the time TO come when
you can write in your journal. But, after
while it becomes tedious Then is the time
when you must pcrsevere. Write something
every day, and before long you will find that
you are becoming so accustomed to it that
you would not willingly forogo it. After that,
the way is plain, and the longer you live the
more valuable and indispensable your journal
will become.


But eomo nroctical vouno porson asks
What Is the good Of journal? There is very
much. In the first place. il teaches habits of
order and regularity. The bow or girl who
every evening arranpes the proceedings of the
day in systematic order. and regularly writes
them out il not likely to be careless In other
matters. II helms The memory. A person
who keeps journal naturally tries during the
day 70 remember things he sees until he can
writ them down. Then the act of writing
boIps TO still further fix the facts in his mem,
ory, The journal is a first-class teacher of
nenmonsbiD All bovs and GIRLS should iaIo
nride in having tbe uapes of their Journals as
neat and handsome. as possible. Compare
one day's writing with that OF the one before,
and try TO inupove every da,,. Koepinp a
Year: 1878

We bought him box for his books and things,
And cricket bag for his bait
And he looked the brightest and best OF kings,
Under his new straw hat.
We handed him into the railway train,
With a troop Of his young compeers,
And we made as though II were dust aud rain
Were filling our eyes with tears.
We looks ID in his innocent face to see
The sigh Of a s0rroWful heart;
But be only shouldered his bat with glee
Aud wondered when they would start.
Twas not that he loved not as heretofore,
For the boy was tender and kind;
But his was a world that was all before,
And ours was a world behind.
Twas not that his futtering heart was cold,
For the child was loyal and true;
But the parents love the love that is DID,
And the children the love that is new.
Aud we came TO know that love is a flower
Which only groweth down;
And We scarcely spoke for the space Of an hour,
As we drove back through the town.


Kpiscopdtidh
Year: 1878

High towering above the rich meadows that
are found in the far-famed valley Of the Con-
neclicut is Mt. Holyokc At It's base is q clear
lake, and to and fro across It's surface plies a
steamer We will enter it; and landed safely ON
the other side. now ascend the mountain.


From its summit wonderful panorama of
hill and dale villages and farm land, groves


and everything calculated TO make a benuti-
full landscape, may be seen reaching away TO
the horizon Away in the distance we see the
renowned institution founded by Mary Lyon ;
still further on are hills and mountains. l
gaze and wonder that so much of beauty can
be perfectly seen in n space so small take
n long look and then, ascending TO the cupo-
Ia. enjoy a still finer and broader view one
that quite enchants me. But human nature
seeks change, and 1 come down from this
broad and untrammeled site to view glimpsos
of the same landscape through various color
ed glasses. / look through the blue light !;
everything takes on sOmbre hue and looks
indeed desolate, and seems shiyerug with
dread of the cold winds that must come to
such n darkened place. Fancy now dictates
that try the yellow glass, and a sunshiny
hue is spread around, and it seems as though
morning light must be just breaking over all ;
everything is laden with joy. But aonther
colored glass, and still another, produce diff
ferent effects; and taking again clear glass,
the same dear old landscape again greets my
view l wonder that slight tinge of the
glass has produced such variety-and learn
another lesson There are many ways of
looking at things and glimpses Of each land
scape are in some way impressed upon our
souls. Let us, then, beware of the blue glass
that shrouds the beautiful in gloom and i'm.
perfection, destroying and changing ALL and
bringing sad, distorted visions for us to nour-
ish. Earth is all too full Of sunshine for us
to love darkness. Heaven showers too many
beauties around us, and too much that is pure
and eleyatng, for us to cherish vice. Let us,
then, look through clear eyes. or, if We wish
a variety, take that which will leave CLEANS
of sunshine, beauty and purity, and cherish
the good in all. RACHAEL
Year: 1878

SAN FRANCISCO ought to be thu


Paradise for life insurance agents


People who kill themselves with


such facility as those OF Frisco,
aud who allow themselves
to be killed con dnaore, ought
to he willing to speculate
on the result even though
they have to die TO win. There
had been an ebb in the full flood OF
suicides there Of late but the ST.
ezra Nevada fiasco will bring the
waters back TO neap tide. The
wonder Is that when a man has
fully made up his mind that the
world has no attraction for him any
longer he don't kill somebody else
somebody who, he thinks, has
conspired, as for instance in stock
deaIe, to make him wretched. The
African savages have far more
eElightened way of bidding adieu to
the world than the civilized mans
suicide. When Monsieur DAf-
ricain is thoroughly "graveled' at
or other he Is wont to
rstire to his cabin, If be has one,
paint his features with special fe-
Year: 1878

rocIty, hang an arsenal Of weapons
about his person and sally forth,
killing all he meets until he him.
self is slain. This is called run
ming a muck,n and it is certainly a
more philosophical and logical
practice than for q man to get into
corner and pusillanimously kill
himself. A "muck" run with
great energy on Pine street would
be the sensation of the day.
Year: 1878

IT IL apparent that very little
save mere routine work will be
dens by the present Congress. The
Democratic majority of the House
Of Representatives shows praise
worthy disposition to economic at
every point. The country is poor
or, rather, feels itself so-and we
- NO reason why the higher class
Of ofIiceholders should not expe-
rience the pinch of the times with
the rest of us. Our expensive
army and naval stats may be
of great service to the country, but
we are inclined to think
that the plain people may not see
II In that light. The fact is that
nanny Of these people are SO sur
x3unded with pomp and SO COM
Portable In their bank accounts thst
they have lost oil sympathy with
Republican Institutions. Their
chief utility of late seems to be theil
facility for getting into snarls with
the heads of the civil departments
OF the government. Ten thousand
dollars year is an ample salary
for the General of the Army, in
cluding commutation of rations
horses, servants and everything
Mlllions Of dollars can be savet
yearly by going over every
detail of the government
expense account with an un
sparing rigor. Perhaps mor'
completely than in the salaries o
officeholders, civil and military, !
the government fleeced by thei
number. The departments a
Washington are full of drones an


political favorites who are, min
times out of ten, incompetents. T
employ the phrase of Pitt, these of
ficIal barnacles have grown wit
our growth and strengthened wit
our strength, but they have not di
minished with our diminution no
decayed with our decay. II ever
country has been undergoing th
process of political decay it is tn
United States during the pas
4 decade. Corruption. venahty an


extravaganee have run riot every
where, particularly during Grant
two terms. Congress should appl,
the knife to every surplus linn


and lop it off, There will be weep
Ing and wailing and gnashing G
teeth in official and partizan quar-
tsrs thereat, but the people will ap
prove the salutary reform
Year: 1878

The Herald steam Printing House Is
not surpassed By any Job Printing office
On the Pacific Coast, outside of San Fran
olsoo. in facilities for doing job work
Low prices, good work and expedition
nay be relied upon at this Office.
Year: 1878

SOME Of the citizens want TO know
when the Interest will begin on the
bonds 10 be voted 10 the Memphis and
Vicksburg Railroad on its completion
to Rolling Fork. The 3ily will not be
required 10 provide one dollar for in
terest until yesr after the trains begin
to run; then she will only have 10 pro.
vide six thousand dollars a year. In
other words she will enjoy the benefits
Of the road for whole year before she
Is called on to psy dollar Was ever
a faifer proposition presented! This
railroad will penetrate one Of the
richest sections Of country on the globe,
The citizsns along the line Of the route
will be within daily, almost hourly
communication Of the city. There will!
be a telegraph along the line, and a
daily mail. OF those who argue that
these advantages will not bring
business here, we would like toask then
wha. will bring business here?
Year: 1878

REMEMBER, that not dollar will
have 10 be raised for the subscription
tOthe Memphis and VlCksbnrg Rail.
road until the city shall have had the
benefit Of the road for year, and vote
"For the Subscription"
Year: 1878

Secret Cabinet Meeting TO Consider Change


of Poiicy-Key 10 he Turned out OF the


Cabinet and Carl schurz 10 Soon Follow.


WASHINGTON, May 27.-It is rumorod that
Key is to leave the Cabinet and that Schurz will
follow Mon nearest the White House believe
this. Proofs multiply that Hayes is nearly ready
to change front and abandon his friends Of the
South. Southern Congressman who called upon
Hayes and upon Evarts aftor the passage OF the
Potter resolution to explain their votes upon IL
had chilling reception. which showed that In
tho opinion OF these mon. n final irrevocable
step had boon taken in ordering tho inquiry.
Doubtless they know well that exposure Is sure
to succeed inquiry. SO n Southern Republican
OF Georgia. a man OF distinction and position.
who called upon Evarts on Friday last 10 re-
ceive assurance Of Consular appointment
which had been promised him, was told
that tho course OF Southern Repub-
leans in betraylng and abandoning
tho Administration wholly left them without
further claims; that Hayes intended hereafter
to distribute his patronage in the North and
West Such change in tho distribution of
patronage would mean much. 1t does not mean
enough to satisfy radical Republicans North or
South. They demand a change in tho Cabinet.
That is approaching. On Saturday a secret
meeting of the Cabinet was held. Key was not
present. He was not invited. He does not YET
know Of the meeting. 1t was called to consider
a change OF policy. Evarts Sherman. and Nc
Crary all made speeches of some length taking
strong ground In favor OF the necessity Of a new
alliance-an alliance with the Republican party
which endoavored to elect HAYES President
Such an alliance would turn Key out OF the Cab
met to begin with. 1t would oust Schurz next.
The first step has already been considered.
Early action is not impossible. BY many best
informed men 1t is expected this week.
Year: 1878

giving sll the facts in the esse. She say.


that during the campaign of 1860 her il.


ther, who was s stanch republican, one


day brought home campaign life Of Lin
coin, containing a rude portrait Of the
then unknown msn. The Young miss.
then thirteen years old, and au arden. re-
publican in feelings, scanned the portrait
With deep interest, and remarked to her
mother. - He would look better if be wore
whiskers. and l mean to write and tell
him So She was as good As her word.
She wrote to the repu blican candidate.
telling him who she was, giving her opin-
ion as to his fitness for the presidencyand as
to his personal appearance as represented
by the portrai; she had seen, and added
that she thought his appearance would be
improved if he would cultivate a beard.
She ended By asking him if be bad no
time to answer her letter to allow his lille
girl to answer for him. This was shortly
before the election. and Lincoln must have
been burdened with thousand worrying
thoughts, yet in little while the follow.
ing letter came:
Year: 1878

A party OF Boston ladies, spenIing the
summer in little town not far from the
White Mountains, attended church fair.
Wishing to appear properly interested, one
OF the visitors asked a manager what the
proceeds were to be devoted TO. Well.
was the hesitating reply. We amt Just
certain whether we'd buy AZ ice cream
freezer or hearse.