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Year: 1874

people of the State Of South Carolina.-
TApplause.7 We have had, as you know,
no voice in the councils Of the nation, and
if We had. as things have gone during the
past few years, we could hope to influence
but little the measures that have taken
place. But the day has passed when the
persecution of the Southern people was
considered characteristic of party fealty,
and used as political capital to keep them
from having a voice in the affairs OF the
nation. | think that the United States
has arrived at a crisis whelt reaction has
set in, in favor of a just administration of
power by the chief government, without
reference to section, locality or past histo'
ry, and, however the bitterness of the past
may for time inject its venom into every
public matter, yet there is ground swell
Of public feeling which is moving on to-
wards harmony aud good government, so
far as they depend upon the admlnistra-
ton at Washington. The Northern SEN
timcnt that the South is still lurking in
rebellion is, feel, not yet dissipated, but
if ! should find that | could do nothing
more. I could denounce the statement as
the viIest Of libels, and, as the representa-
tive Of the people of South Carolina, |
shall make the denial with all the vigor |
possess; and have always believed that
the solid, substantial statement of man
of honor carries conviction with it, be-
fore which the slanderous imputations Of
the base.minded flee affrighted Ap-
plausc.7 If there is such sentiment Of
manhood in the breast of the great soldier
at Washington, as believe to exist, |
shall appeal to it. trust that if should
ever prove faithless to the confidence i'm
posed in me that you will consign me to
the deep damnation that belongs to the
man who betrays his country. feel, after
this manifestation of confidence, | mi ght
even say of ahectienate regard, which you
and other representative bodies in South
Carolina have manifested for myself per-
sonaly-I feel that that manifestation ter
thousand times more than repays me for
all that | have suffered and endured in
thought or in other respects in the past,
or all that could be heaped upon me in
the future. But feel the conviction, and
it has never deceived me so far, that |
will live through all this mourning and
corruption The day will come when |
hope to see the representative people Of
South Carolina assembled in this very hall
to rejoice rather than to redress evils
Let us point to the maxim on the stand
ard Of South Carolina, "While we breathe
we will hope" Prolonged applause
Year: 1874

Mark Twain's Jumping frog has been
out done by huge specimen of its kind
in this city. Persons in the habit of walk
ing along Charles street know SHOWS
apothecary store with its numerous gold
fish, which, with a monster frog, two
aligators, and turtle, formed what SEEM
ed to be a harmonious family. But ap-
pearances in this case, as in many others,
were deceptive. The huge frog, whose
swollen figure was so conspicuous at the
side of the tank towards the window, was
a most voracious monster, devouring other
frogs, as we'll as making a dainty meal of
the delicate gold fish. A few days ago,
one Of, the alligators, eleven inches long, was
missing, and after search had been madc
everywhere else, it occurred to the owner Of
the tank to examine the inside of the frog,
though it hardly seemed reasonable to sup
pose that he had swallowed the alligator.
But on opening his mouth it was clear
that this was the case, and by putting the
finger down the frogs throat, the body of
the alligator, somewhat softened, but not
dccomposcd, was brought up from the un-
bounded stomach Of the huge croaker.-
We are glad to be able to state, for the
satisfaction of mothers with small children
living in the neighborbood. that the frog is
to be sent away-Boston Globe.
Year: 1874

TAKE IT OUT AS You DID BEFORE"
"A certain quasi "gent,"
travelling in tho north of England, stopped
at commercial! house. He ordered din
ner, and enjoyed himself after the usual
manner of the craft-the "pint of port"
not benig omitted. When he was about
to depart he called up mine host, and
grayely informed him that he was very
sorry he had no money to pay the bill, but
that, if allowed to leave in peace, he would
one day return and square up. Now, the
landlord had been victimized in this way
before, and was irate. He said that he
would take it out Of his customer by kick
ing him down the steps of the hotel, and
he did so.


Some time afterward, to the landlords
intense astonishment, the commercial"
reappeared. He was polite and forgiving;
he bore no malice, he said, and he should
! be clad if mine host would favor him On
this improved occasion with his company
dinner. The yctualler was taken aback
he felt that on the previous occasion he
had been harsh and had misjudged his
customer, and with profuse apologies he
consented to dine with the man he had
before so violently elected from the house.
The commercial ordered a capital dinner,
a bottle or so of the best wine in the cellar,
and it was altogether a remarkably pleas
ant party of two. Politics we're discussed,
trade ventilated, aud all went on merrily
till the good things were exhausted. Then
the dinner-give rose, and in the coolest
manner possible, addressed the landlord
as follows:


Il have very much enjoyed this enter.
tainment but as to the bill, | am afraid
you will have to take that out as you did
before"
Year: 1874

correspondents and his story is told
to-day. A strange legend exists OF the
grave Of Aaron Burr at Princeton, how
he was buried at midnight and how even
the tombstone was secretly placed above bis
resting place at night by unknown hands
Even as accurate biographer as MIR. Parton
has preserved portion OF this dramatic
legend, and it has perhaps been too thoroughly
Incorporated in our literature ever to cease to
be a matter Of popular belief. Yet we think
the testimony we publish effectually disposes
of the story as one of those extravagances
which unaccountably obtain credence to
which they have not the smallest right.
Professor John s. Hart, who attended the
funeral of Burr, in 1886, as student, de-
clares that it took place in the daylight, with
out any attending mystery; and the old man,
John Murphy, who put up with his own hands
the stone, survives to tell the plain facts OF
that unromantio work. The true story OF the
burial of Aaron Burr u.s. therefore, we think
given for the first time, but the destruction of
these delusive traditions does not affect the
wild and gloomy romance Of his life.
Year: 1874

his nature on the icy surface of the Main.
Honor to the inventor of geometry, but we
wouli rather see company of youths
scampering from base to base after hard
ball, than poring in heated room over the
problems OF Euclid.


"Take away his gun |" exclaimed Mr. Pick
wick, when the unhappy marksman Mr.
Wrinkle, shot at the rocks and hit the game
keeper, but no one sympathized with this
alarm yesterday at Creedmoor, nor could
have repeated the ancient sarcasm OF Diogenes
about the safest place to escape the arrows of
the archers being in front of the target The
shooting was superb and the good feeling of
the international rivals perfect. The close
ness OF the contest was remarkable The
Irish team was victorious at the ranges Of
nine hundred and thousand yards, but they
were defeated by the majority of nine
points which the Americans made
at the range of eight hundred
But that the latter should win by
only three points in total of eighteen hun
dred and sixty-fve is an astonishing proof of
equal skill. The closeness of the contest
makes the victory all the more glorious for
the Americans, but from another point of
view it makes even defeat an actual tri-
umph for our distinguished guests. One
shot might have changed the result and,
as will be seen by the account elsewhere
printed, no more determined struggle was
ever made with the rifle. The losers have
lost no laurels, while the victors must wear
their crowns with becoming modesty. No
finer contest than that at Creedmoor is re-
corded in the annals of rifle shooting.
Year: 1874

Some of our pictorial contemporaries have
taken with the pencil nearly as interesting a
part in the Shakespearian controversy as our
many eminent correspondents have done with
the pen. Harper's Weekly not only publishes
very picturesque engraving of Shakespeare
as q poacher, brought before Sir Thomas Lucy
by the gamekeepers, with the deer as proof,
but it adds an imaginary picture of
iconoclasts trying to drag from its pedes-
tai the bust of the great dramatst
To have completed the picture the throng Of
those who would maintain the bust in its
place should have been represented. The
Graphic, the other day, had a large picture of
Shakespeare and Bacon discussing the ques-
ton of authorship, and we understood it to
mean that Shakesp are had the best of the ar
gument. These are evidences of the interest
which the public takes in the subject and the
statement of one of our correspondents to-day
that the booksellers have already felt the
effects of the discussion in an increased
demand for Shakespearian literature is GER
tainly important When we revived this
question by publishing the article from
Frasrs Magazine it was not at all with the
intention OF creating a sensation, but because
we believed it demanded from the public the
attention it had previously received only from
q few students of literature. 1t had been
confined to few book makers through
the newspaper we wished to place it
before the people. The result has
fully answered our expectations. Volumes
Of admirable criticism, of which it has been
as yet impossible 10 print more than portion,
have reached us, and we can only regret that
the Baconians have not been more energetic
in the defence of their theory The Cork
opians'' to-day do their best however, to aid
the solution, and we add other contributions
of q more serious nature to the effort
Year: 1874

The history of the United States passes
almost into the domain of romance when it
tells the legend Of Aaron Burr. One of the
most brilliant of our early statesmen, one OF
the most ambitious Of politicians, unscrupu-
lous in society, determined as duellist, Burr
stands alone, as Arnold did, conspicuous for
glory and shame. He killed Hamil-
ton in the famous duel near Hobo
ken, and thus possibly changed the
financial policy of the government; he
aimed to establish an empire in the West
and thus, by his disgraceful failure, helped to
build more strongly the foundations of the Re-
public. He passes from our history like q
comet which once illuminated the whole sky.
but is now only fierce and lurid memory
while Washington and Jefferson and Adams
revolve as eternal orbs, whose steadfast splen-
dors shed their benignant influence on the ma
ton.


To the forgotten and dishoDored grave Of
this great man pilgrimage has re-
Gently been made by one Of our
Year: 1874

The CHICAGO FIRE DEpAgTMENT.--It ap-
pears that General Shaler is to be invited to
Chicago to look into the situation of its Fire
Department and to report such reforms therein
as he may think necessary to secure the city
against another disastrous conAagration.


General Shaler is fully competent to suggest
the required reforms but to carry them out
the authorities of Chicago must be prepared
to raise q vast amount of money. Exposed
to the strong prairie winds, as no other city
on the Continent is exposed, the precautions
demanded for the protection of Chicago
against sweeping fire are extraordinary and
exceptional. They embrace not only an etfi-
cient Fire Department, with plentiful and con-
venient supplies of water at numerous points,
but the removal from the south side OF the
city of numerous combustible buildings and
stacks of ipAammable lnmber. which, If once
Year: 1874

GOVERNOR MOSES informs the President that
he has exhausted the legal means at his COM
mand to preserve order in South Carolina,
and calls for troops to destroy an existing
reign Of terror. He might have added that
he has exhausted all his means-legal
and illegal to produce this situation. The
country does not like this demand for
soldiers on the eve of an election,
but it is compelled to concede that their pres
ence may be necessary. But who are respon-
sible for this necessity? To Governor Moses
more than to any official in South Carolina
1t may be said, Thou art the man"
Year: 1874

That the labors of the HERALD in behalf Of
religion-not of any sect, but of all forms Of
earnest, active faith-are appreciated by the
religious public we have many evidences
But it is gratifying to US to note the growing
interest of the secular press in this depart
ment of our labors. The Evening Post yes
terday, in its leading editorial, remarked that
''one OF the most distinctive features of the
NEW YORK HERALD is its Sunday morning
summary of the sayings of the reli.
gious press in which it shows it's
sagacity by recognizing what some of
its contemporaries ignore, but what is o
great power in influencing public opinion"
The Post is not religious paper, and
therefore can have no special reasons for
making this acknowledgment We do not
quote from the Post in our Sunday morning
summary. Nothing from it is published to-
day in the article which it compliments so
kindly. But it shall be a necessity on our
part to quote the Post hereafter, if it continues
to print articles as able as the review of the
religious papers of America which appeared
yesterday.


1t is true, rs the Post observes, that ''ths
religious press of this country is department
of journalism quite by ITSELF" and that its
''parallel does not exist elsewhere" The
four religious papers which our con-
temporary considers the leaders are the
Observer the Evangelist, the Independn
and the Christian Union, the latter
owing its vast popularity to Mr. Beecher's
sermons and the acknowledgements which
are given to the subscribers But it admits
that the organs Of other denominations are
also able and important, as the Examiner, tho
Advocate, the Methodist the Church Journal.
the Liberal Christian and others. We should
also particularize the Freeman'S Journal, the
Christian h,teligencer, the Boston Pilot, the
Tablet, the Examiner and Chronicle the Christian
at Work, the Methodist Protestant the Bdp-
list Union, and possibly the Golden Age
though to this paper the pious peo-
pie of Plymouth might object We
must also include the Post, and if we do not
include the HERALD itself it is because religion
to us, in its countless forms OF creed and
work, cannot be particular course, but must
remain universal theme.


Religious journalism is truly "a natural
outgrowth of our national character Here
are all these great papers, as the Post points
out, not merely the apologists and champions
of different faiths. but newspapers which are
snot so occupied with the affairs of another
world as to have slight concern with this one. ,"
They deal with the realities of this life as
well as with those Of the life to come, and
exercise vast influence upon the political,
the social and the intellectual tendencies OF
the American people. On the whole it is
exercised for good, and it is pity that the
Satanic press, which does not print sermons,
should ignore It's usefulness. There are ono
or two papers in New York whose only church
is the Custom House, and who worship at that
altar alone. We sorrow because Of their error.
and pray for their speedy conversion.
Year: 1874

North Pole. 1t appears that England VIII
take it if we decline it, and by the only route
shown to be feasible; but it will be discredit-
the way to and beyond the grave OF Captain
Hall, it shall abandon the enterprise, when,
awaiting only call for this service, we have
the most skiliul and experienced navigators OF
the Arctic seas which the world can produce.
Year: 1874

ignited at any point under one of thcs, dry
hurricanes from the prairies, will again sweep
the city. The clearing away OF these CON-
bustibles from the most dangerous side of the
city is the first thing demanded for its safety,
and doubtless upon professional recon-
noissance of the city this will be the Judgment
OF General Shaler.
Year: 1874

The Two POLICEMEN who are accused of
shooting young Bagley, in Jersey City, have
been held to await the action of the Coroner's
jury. The revolver is too readily used by
officers, and this should be made a test case.
Year: 1874

RICHMOND PHILHARMoNIC ASSOCIATION
To.nigh BIT week this old and popular Associa.
tion will commence its rehearsals for the
coming season with additional amateur
force. An unusual amount Of the finest


vocal talent at each and every concert which


the Association will give during the fall and


winter may be fairly expected.
Year: 1874

FAIR AT GRAcE CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL = :,
The children of Grace Church tEpiscopall
SUNDAY school are holding fair in rear OF
the church, at the corner Of Main and Fou-
shee streets. Every afternoon during the
week they will be ready to receive Their
friends, and the good cause will no doubt
he we'll patroniZed.
Year: 1874

A Wypow's Cow KILLED.-The noon mail
train from Petersburg yesterday was delayed
by running over and killing accw near Dun
lap's crossing. The tender was thrown from
the track, but was soon put on without ma
teral damage. The passengers made up a
purse for the poor widow whose COW was
t,lla5
Year: 1874

CLOSE OF THE FISCAL YEAR.-With yes
tcrday closed the fiscal year in all the de-
partments of the State Government. The
work of preparing annual reports will be at
once commenced in order that they may be
printed before the assembling of the General
Assembly.
Year: 1874

CONSERVATIVE STATE CoaMITTEE.-Tbere
was a meeting of The Conservative State
Committee at the parlor Of the Exchange
Hotel last night. Some appointments OF can
yassers were made, and the chairman vas
authorized to prepare al address to the
voters OF the State.
Year: 1874

ed by the free use of whisky. Sheer
fright had got the better of the mans
brute courage, and brought him to the
brink of death. Hab Sans, as already
hinted, had reasons of his own for pre-
serving his equanimity of mind through
out .hc fearful ordeal. A little after sun.
set the previous evening, when the rat
tlesnakes had retired for the night, he
took the precaution of stufiug number
of the dens in that part of the prairie
agreed upon for the rendevouz With a
sort of weed that is most noxious to the
snakes, rendering them torpid for many
hours, and unable to crawl or strike
This is how Yankee ingenuity triumphed
over brute strength, and Bendbow was
ever afterwards obliged to knock undor to
Habakuk Sans, when personal fortitude
was the subject in hand.
Year: 1874

Fifteen ycara ago, when the Great West
seemed to be much further west than it
does in these days of railroads. that "belt
all creation" remote patch, or corner Of
one Of the prairies, was counted by the
fow hunters and settlers occupying it as
district in itself, and they called it Little
Elk Prairie. Among the half wild char
acters who had built for themselves novels
of drift wood and brush on this bit Of
rolling plain, was a huge, huiking fellow,
of mixed French Canadian, Indian and
negro blood, whose name was Bcndbow La
val A complete savage in appearance,
his clothing, whether in summer or win
ter never consisted of more than two gar.
ments-a ragged shirt and trowsers, the


material of which was rendered problemat-
ical by age aud dirt. The mass of woolly,
iron gray hair by which his head was
matched, was crowned by something that
had once been portion of hat; and his
immense stockingess feet were thrust in
to rude cowskin shoes, with holes cut in
them to accommodate certain peculiarities
Of shape and pedal excrescence. From
his huge size and muscular development,
Laval was more than match for any one
of the dwcllcrs of Little Elk Prairie,
none of whom were "chickens." as re-
CARDS physical strength. Entirely devoid
of education--for he did not know one
letter of the alphabet from another-ne


vcrthcless, the great coarse fellow had q
sort of chiyalry about him which might or
might not have been derived from, his


French blood. His appreciation of the
benefits and etiquette Of dueling was in
Year: 1874

The Board OF Police Commissioners met yester.
day afternoon as the Committee on Street Clean.
ing to discuss the question OF removing the snow
from the principal avenues Of travel. This subject
has been discussed before by the Commissioners,
and when they sent in their estimate OF the ex-
pcnses OF cleaning the streets during next year
they applied to the Board Of Apportionment for
100000, with which to delray the cost OF carting
away the snow. 1t has been and is the opinion Of
the Board that the funds set apart for street clean


ing purposes cannot be drawn on Tor any otner costs
and IN removing dirt, garbage, &c. The Com
missioners decided, however, to refer the subject
return an answer to their query early to-day. II
Counsel Smitn's reply Is at variance with the be-


lief OF the Commissioners work will be immedl
ately begun to clear from snow Broadway from
Bowling Green to Fourteenth street; Fulton, WALL
Rector and several other streets through which
vehicles are continually passing.
Year: 1874

few days ago we spoke seriously, though
with brevity quite incOmmensurate with the
importance of the subject, OF the true idea of
school and of the real function of the
teacher We have since met with an example
so comprehensive of what a school house
should not bean instance of the prudential
management of school 80 exquisitcly and
rOundly imprudent, that some account of it,
we think, may serve purpose. and good
one. There is q town in Michigan bearing tho
venerable name of Assyria The government
of this settlement is not in the family of
Nimrod, nor Is 1t ruled by Nabonasssr or Sar-