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Year: 1874

II The Boston Herald calls on the
present Congress to repeal the Legal
tender act at the coming session. saying:
For two years there will be q Repub
lican President and Senate to deferd
this most righteous act against the
wicked Democrats, and at the end of
that time the benefits of an honest cur
rency will be so thoroughly understood,
even by the people of Indians, Ben But
Ter and the plantation negroes in the
South, that no power On earth can throw
us back into the wilderness of rag mon


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Year: 1874

A WARNING TO HoUsEKEEPERs.-[From


the Berlin Gazete.] THE following story is


but too we'll calculated to- alarm careful


housewives who have left home for the sum.


mer holidays. A lady who lately left Berlin


for Wiesbatlen with her maid gave her land


lord her. keys to keep. She had not been


away many days when he received tcle.


gram from his lodgcr requesting him to give


up his charge to her maid, who was coming
to fetch some articles of clothing which had
been left behind. Forty-eight hours after this
dispatch the maid arrived, and the landlord
Immediately handed her the keys, of which
she made no little use. Having collected her
mistress's best dresses, linen, and plate into
bundle, she sent for a ,droschky, shut up
the apartments, handed the keys to the land
lord, and drove off to the railway station.
Presently the lady returned home, and was
muchsurprised at being received with po-
lite inquiry whether her maid and the cloth
| ing had arrived at Wiesbaden in good tine.
The whole plot then came to light The mald
servant had been dismissed for insu0ordtnal-
ton very shortly after her departure With
her mistress from Berlin, and had sent a
forged telegram to the landlord in order 10
obtain possession of the property OF her en-
ployer, and escape with her booty TO Ameri-


ca, in the company of her lover ana ACCOM-
Mice IS
Year: 1874

Runaway Acc1DENT..Late Wednesday
evening Mr.. w. A. Walkers horse, which
was hitched to his buggy, ran away with MIR.
Walker and friend from near the corner OF
Seventeenth and Main streets, and both gen.
tlemen narrowly escaped being injured. As
they. about to drive into Seventeenth
/ street from Main they made short turn in
order to avoid coal cart. In doing 80 Mr.
Walker and his friend were thrown out, and
the horse taking fright ran away, Turning
the corner of Seventeenth into Dock street,
the horse continued his run as far as the cor.
ner of Twenty.first and Dock streets, where
he dashed headlong into the dock. Several
sailors, seeing that the horse which by
the way is represented rs being very fine
one-would probably be drowned, as it
would be next to impossible for him to
swim while in harness and hitched to the
buggy, got into boat, seized the bride, and
held the horses head up until the harness
could be cut off and the animal rescued.


Neither Mr.. Walker nor bis friend were
seriously hurt, and the buggy was only
slightly damaged.
Year: 1874

1t was about 8 O'Clock one pleasant July
morning when word was passed from cabin
to cabin Of the good steamer Utopia that
land was sighted, and we were off the north.
ern coast of Ireland. We were all glad, OF
course, to see the green bills of old Erin rise
upon our right from the wine-colored deep,
and the captain had promised 1t the night
before, saying as the sun went down that il
would rise for us in the morning on a part
OF Europe; but In the midst of this general
joy we imagine there were few who. were
very sorry to have their dream-voyage bro
ken In upon, for our eleven ayS.and-a-halt
voyage had been indeed q dream. The ocean
had been to US gentle mother, and we bad
been literally crooked in the cradle OF the
Deep" without even q single storm. The
forty cabin passengers Of a week ago seemed
now like one family. Friendships had been
formed which years of business or formal
acquaintance could not have ripened. We
had counted the days together, talked over
our plans with each other, and ceased for the
time to be selfish.


1t was q morning Of pleasant commotiop,
and most Of US saw the sun rise once this
summer. It was only short time before
everybody was on deck, with clothes hastily
adjusted and toilets in sad state Of repair.
In fact, a sunrise at the Catskill mountains
could hardly present parallel; but there
was freshness and glow on every counte.
nance which more than compensated the
absence of ceremony. One enthusiastic lady,
well skilled in song, sung isle of Beauty"
and the music and lines found a responsive
echo in every heart. 1t is, indeed, q sweet
island Of the ocean, and those who years ago
christened it the "s Green Isle" had an eye for
color; for the cultivated strips Of grain along
the hillside were only shade deeper than
the meadows and uncultivated fields, which
were scattered here and there like disor:
ganized chessboard. That morning we look
back upon as pleasing preface to one of the
most satisfactory days Of our existence. 1t
would probably be difficult. for any person to
select from this singular web of happiness
and sorrow, which we call life, the day which
presented the fewest shadows aud the bright.
est sunshine; but we can at least say that we
can recall no day surrounded byso much real
poetry as that summer sail of twelve hours
from sunrise on the coast of Ireland to SUM-
rise on the river Clyde, which hope to give
you in my next. j. r. S.
Year: 1874

The feeling is abroad in the land that
somehow or other, the severed Methodist
Church is TO come together, and there will
be but one organization of this denomina
ton.


People say, very pausibly, the Church
split on the slavery question, and now, there
| being no slavery question, why not come
together? 1t does look-all right on the sur


face and perfectly easy matter for the
| Church South to come into the fold, but q


deeper view reveals the "ngger in the wood
pile" again. He is not slave this time, but
as bone Of contention his usefulness is in


no wise diminished.


The points of difference are such that il


does not seem possible for the severed


Church to be brought together, during this
generation at least. In Tennessee and other


southern States where each Church, or each


wing of the Church, occupies the field, the


antagonism is such that the advocates of g


union of the Church under one head must


be we'll nigh discouraged. Those who hope
| for the rttiniting of the great family Of Ame


rican Methodists, and expect it, lose sight o1


the real cause Of the existence of "tWC


Methodisms." The northern branch OF the
| Church in the South has gathered into It's
| fold nearly two hundred thousand negroes
They have negro travelling preachers, mixed
Conferences, and mixed schools to the
extent Of the material that will mix


The southern Church have nothing o


the sort. Their colored Church is q


distinct organization, and there is no mix


ing in Conference. schools, o. communion


Is not this a radical point of difference
! How is it to be surmounted? There is only
one way: the Southern Church must adopt
the method of the Northern Church. or the
| Northern Church must adopt the method oil
| the Southern Church. There is no halfway
ground. Either the negroes must be taken
| into the body Of the Church, or they must
be organized to themselves. The Northern
| Church does one and the Southern Church
the other. The Northern Church cannot
WELD this point, aud the Southern Church
will not yield it. Then, how is there to be
union of the Church? There can be none
until one or the other shall pass over to the
position of the other, and this neither viii
do.


The Committee on Refnion, at the late


General Conference of the Southern Church


at Louisville, bad this to say on the subject
I"Our northern brethren have mixed conte


rences, mixed congregations, and mixed


schools.S We do not ask them to adopt oul
plan. We could not adopt theirs"


This is the whole question in nutshell
| When the points of difference are so radical


what hope is there for renniting of the


great family of Methodists? 1t is the sans


negro in the Wood-pile that was there ir
1874, and will probably be there in 1914


1t would be refreshing if some national ques


ton could be sprung without having the ne


gro at the bottom of it, and on top, and dis


tributed through the middle.-H. Y. r. i,
| Cincinnati Commercial.
Year: 1874

The WEATHeE.-The weather for the past
few days has been very cool in this vicinity.
Yesterday in many respects resembled fall
day. at a late hour last night the mercury
in the thermometer hanging on the outside
OF the door Of our counting room indicated
50 degrees,
Year: 1874

preparatory to the coming fail trade, cffer from
this da,e their entire stock Of spring and sum.
mer clothing, embracing many goods suitable for


fall wear at COST Boys clothing and broken lines
Of mems clothing and furnishing goods they offer


purchase clothing at low prices Is seldom present
ed Give them call, and buy fine goods at less than
usual prices of comm IN goods. Terms strictly
Year: 1874

We think 1t a matter of cong sraiulation that
this gentleman has been elected to the Bor-d OF
Public Education. Not so much because of the
difference between tho qualifications OF the can
didates at the polls at the late School election in
the Seventh Ward, since Mr.. Stotsenburg is not
generally known, and, therefore, we are unable TO
speak of his qualifications for member But
it will 20 somewhat to shew that the members of
the Board have IN appreciation ot the election
laws, and hope TO sec them strictly carried out.


We do not believe that any fraud was intended
by the conductors of the election in the Seventh
Ward; but the neglect Of the Inspectors to swear
themselves before opening the polls and receiving
portion Of the votes Ia inexcusahe, and the Board
could not have had more fitting opportunity to
impress the necessity of observing the law strict
ly upon the voters.


Doctor Grimshaw, however, will be an acqui-
sition to the Board. His knowledge OF school
books, and long and active acquaintance with
teachers, schools and teaching all go far to assist
in making him very useful member, while his
learning, ability and competency are recognized
and acquiesced in by all. In this matter the
Board has done itself credit, although the vote
was q very close one-those favorinG mixed
schools are supposed to have voted against the
Doctor, who Is utterly opposed to such degre'
daton Of the whites, while he would not with
hold education from the negroes
Year: 1874

acrimony about 1t, and wise men felt none. IL
was natural that the North, unused to Slavery
and unbenelited by it, should be first to recog-
ME its inquity and be willing to sacrifice it.
1t was Just as natural that the Carolinian or
LOuisianian, born and reared as he was,
should cordially believe in the "curse OF
"Canaan," and become that curse with the
most honest intentions in the world. There IL
nothing which we are so 10th to acknowledge,
however, as the effect that geography and race
have upon the religion and beliefs of men.
This man we see kOO-tOOng to his joss DO
cause he was born in one latitude. and that u
stern COvenanter because he was born In an
other. But that the accident of our own birth
in Boston or Charleston altered right or
wrong for us, few of us admit. We went
through the war. therefore, not philOsophlcally
as a savage necessity, but with deep sectional
grudges and rancors against those who op-
posed u.s. There was danger that even when
the war was over we should never see how
these men, whom for the sake of humanity 1t
was wiled we should overcome, were sincere
as we, fought herOically for what seemed to
them the right, died bravely for 1t. There
seemed to be danger that the ceremonies or
to-day should perpetuate that sectional grudge,
and deepen the injustice which ne did each
other.


It has not done so. Nothing could be more
different than the manner and spirit in which
the day is kept now and during its first OBJ
servances Where one of the Rebel dead IS
buried near Federal soldiers, even IN the
churchyards of villages where prejudice lin
gers longest, his grave is never left without
its fragrant flowers. That very sorrow which
brings tho mourner to linger over his own
brave dead slowly teaches him that his enemy
was a man like himself; father, lover, a
patriot, and Christian south of Mason and
Dixon's line. Nor do we believe that the day,
as has been feared, will ever be subjected to
base political purposes. In the North both
interest and principle urge too strongly the
Cancellation of our estranged brothers. Let
us add to these motives the hearty brO.=Srly
feeling which was so real a verify before the
war, and which made its first battles so hard
TO fight. Those Oh whose graves we lay the
fresh Spring flowers to-day would be first to
recognize the bravery of their foes, and
perhaps have struck hands again with them
ere now in the shadows of that unknown
world to which they have gone together
Year: 1874

II is reported from Washington that the
Senate Finance Committee is unanimously of
the opinion that to reform the Custom-house
by the abolition of mOIeties, seizure warrants,
and other abuses, without at the same time
raising the salaries of Custom-house officers,
"would result in loss of revenue to the Gov
"ernment," and consequently that 1t would be
unsafe to pass the Roberts bill without con-
siderable amendments. The Committee be-
trays an intimate knowledge of the average
CustOm-h house officer, who will not collect the
revenue unless he sees that he can make more
by doing his duty than by leaving it alone; but
1t does not seem to us that sufficient reason
has been given why the removal of the gross
outrages upon the importers and the burdens
upon commerce exposed in the recent invesu-
cations should be postponed to the camors OF
the hungry patriots vino attend to the busi-
ness of the Administration at our principal
seaports. 1t is quite possible that an uncOn-
ditional repeal of the moiety laws may result
i'm "confusion in the CustOm-house :" but why
it should necessarily entail loss to the reve-
nue., unless salaries are raised at the same
time, we do not clearly understand. To us
the proposed amendment appears important
only as it involves delay and imperils the final
passage of the bill.


A much more serious matter is the dispos-
ton Of the Senate Committee to restore the
black mail section which the House struck out
of the bill, and to iauthOrize the seizure of
books and papers under certain safeguards.
There is no excuse for retaining this provision
at all. No safeguards are sufficient; the seizure
law itself is an objectionable abuse, and no
notifications can make it tolerabe. When the
Roberts bill was first introduced, with sec
ton authorizing the attachment of books and
papers and their use as evidence under GER
tain conditions, many OF the merchants were
disposed to acquiesce in it rather than
risk the defeat of the bill by stand
ing out for a full reform. But
that section was struck out by the House,
and if the Senate restores it the House will
strike it out again. The law is disgrace to
our statute books. 1t has no parallel in the
legislation of any free country. Its only prac-
tical use was to assist blackmailers and mOiety
grabbers. 1t is not needed for the collection
of duties, and it exposes the merchant to an
noyances and hardships from which the laws
protect even the habitual thief. 1t will be to
the shame of the Senate if the seizure law
survive the present session.


But the WAYS of Washington are hard to find
out. Some of the most influential men in the
Senate are resolutely hostile to any sort OF
Custom house reform, and the fate OF the Rob-
erts bill and the FentOn bill is not by any
means assured.
Year: 1874

When the ceremony of decorating the SOL
diers' graves, recurring one or two years in
succession, bade fair to become settled
custom, and to make holiday as fixed in
its observance and effects Oh the popular mind
as Christmas or the Fourth, a good many
wise people were more annoyed than graft
fed. Even those who held the memory of the
brave dead in tenderest care, doubted the
expediency of making the cause and motive
of their deaths q sort of sacred legacy to the
nation of an idea in perpetuity, to be brooded
over, sung, speechifed about from year to
year, and offered to the minds of the young
for their glowing enthusiasm to exaggerate
and dstOrt. Nobody could bid the weeping
mother or wife or comrades of the dead SOL
dier turn away from his grave nor lay a
flower upon it. Yet every true friend of the
Union knew that it would be advisable and
Just that all emotion and heat should die out
of our remembrance of the war as speedily
as possible. There were q few men (and these,
curiOusy enough, were AbolitiOnsts or ex-
treme Secessionists) who from the very close
of the struggle were cool and just enough to
regard it as men in the future might do look
ing back at it through history.


Through the blindness and cupidity of our
ancestors fatal flaw had been left in the
construction of the Republic. Until that was
eflaced she never could serve her purpose as
"a nation, or exhibit her meaning with integ-
riy in the history of mankind.


The war was the inevitable throe which was
necessary to the expulsion of this deformity
this mistake. There was the gist of the whole
matter. There was ~ need 0f bitterness Dol
Year: 1874




Rituaism and its cognate subject, the Cum
minis reform. have called out some remarkable
utterances of late from distinguished members
of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and nota-
bly, from Bishop Stevens of Pennsylvania and
Bishop Johns of Virginia. Both these prelates
have the fullest confidence in the practical
blity of settling the disputed points of doc
trine and practice without offense to the
conscientious scruples OF the Low
Church party, and without recourse
to new denominational organization ;
and Bishop Stevens severely reprOves the Re-
formed Episcopalians for seeding from a
church which might have satisfied all their
reasonable demands. Yet both he and Bishop
Johns believe tha. some expressions in the
Book of Common Prayer have been perverted
to "the propagation of Romish errors" While
it is cOntended by both that such construction
is unwarranted. it is also held that the time
has arrived when the church should condemn
Ritualstc practices in language that cannot
be misinterpreted. Bishop Johns has no words
of censure for the two clergyman in his do
cese whose sympathy with the Cummins
movement has led to their withdrawal
from the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, and seems to entertain the hope that
reflection will lead them to return to the fold
which they have left. AS to the importance
of the present crisis in the church, the views
of both Bishops seem to be embodied in the
declaration of Bishop Johns that the time
"has come for very decided action on the
" paSt Qf those who ,RTize the precious results
Year: 1874

SENSIBLE AND SOUND-The Low Rate Cash
Fan N Lc Insurance OF the TRAVELLERS


To THE CONSUMPTIvE.-Let those who lam
gush the fatal severity climate through pulmonary
plants decided by
There and remedy haDd and easily tried


HOPs COmD0HHd COD oil Lime" without
be nIuselnc favor the Oil formerly used is endowed by
the phosphate Of Line with healing which reude the oil
dJuby efficacy show
% Chems
Year: 1874

Out of 07 aspirants for military honors at
West Point, 80 were sent back to school yes
terday because they could not write, spell, or
cipher, or were not familiar with maps or
grammar This is not a flattering commentary
upon the educational system of the country in
its elementary stages. The cOlored candidates
all failed.
Year: 1874

The defeat of the Stage Drivers strike is
complete and conspicuous. Perhaps it is as
well that they made their impotent attempt
Other classes of laborers will be apt to think
twice before they strike On demand for
higher prices in the face OF declining
market
Year: 1874

Locality has its influence in charity no less than
in politics. and striking instance of the fact
has been given of late than the widelyditferent re-
sponses of this community to the appeals from Mas
sachusetts and the Mississippi The flood at Mill
River might be said have swept past our very DOORS
for the desolated towns not only near us, but
their business ties bound them to the metropolis.
NewYork was true to its fame for benevOlence. and
contributions Of money poured in, and have not yet
ceased coming. But before this catastrophe the
same destroying agent which obliterated the Massa-
chusetts villages and hurried seven-scOre souls into
eternity burst its bounds along the Mississippi,
overspread vast of territory. destroyed crops
and ruined plantations, and cut off the support of
SO many people that even now $4,000 human beings
are dependent upon charity for food. Every day the
telegraph has brought us the details Of this WIDE
spread desoation and suffering, which seem to have
fallen upon cold and deadened ear. Baltimore,
Boston, and even the modest town Of Albany, have
given more for relief than this great, generous city
Surely no distance, were it thousands instead Of
hundreds of leagues can excuse indifference to the
needs of people who speak the same language aud
live under the same flag, though we may seldom see
their faces. 1t really is o reproach to us that it
should be necessary to resort to so perfunctory
method Of raising money as that of giving lecture,
enjoyable as the lecture and kindly as the lecturer
may have been. The money and provisions received
in Louisiana have amounted during o whole month
to less than $4,000, while the Massachusetts, Legis-
lature has just appropriated twothirds much for
the repair of the roads in Williamsburg and Leeds
On receiving Mayor Wits urgent telegram the
other day. which said that they needed nearly a
million of dollars and were feeding 5000 per-
sons, Mayor Hayemeyer said, with a pacidity that
would have done honor to Mynheer of the Ten
Breeches that he would take no official action until
the arrival Of full particulars by mail! Meanwhile.
Mayor Wiltz has telegraphed again that the relief
funds will be exhausted in two weeks and that they
are feeding $4,000 persons. Must he make another
appeal before this rich and open handed city wakes
up to the fact that great region Of its own country


is on the verge Of famine with all its attendant
horrorsi
Year: 1874

The Paris letters which we publish on our
third page give a history of the events which
resulted in the defeat of the Ministry of the
Duke de Broglie.e The members of the Ex-
treme Right seem to have assumed nearly
pentent position after they became aware of
the effects of their votes. The organization


of the new Ministry must have tended still
more strongly to make them dissatisfied with
their work, for the dsproportionate amount of
favor which President MacMahon has shown
towards the Bonapartists has made these par
tisans exultant in the hope of speedy
increase of political strength. What has never
before been the case during the existence
of the Assembly has now become political
necessty-thc Royalists and Republicans must
combine against the Imperialists. M. Jules
favre, as appears by telegram published
with the general foreign news, proposes such
union between the Left Center and the
| RiGS Center on tho basis Of On examination