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Year: 1877

recalls his quarrel with Grant and
Fish, in which he was vanquished,
notwithstanding he was backed by
Sumner, and during which shindy he
lost the mission to st. James, the best
Office in the gift of the President.
Motley was a protege and great pet
of Charles Sumner. It was the lat
ter's influence with Lincoln which
secured Motley the mission to Vienna
from 1861 to 1867. When Grant came
in, in 1S69,ho was informed that Sum-
ner was crochety and dictatorial
Moreover Sumner had opposed
Grants nomination, fearing that he
would not maintain fidelity towards
the Freedmen on account of his dem
ocratic antecedents. He (Grant) was
therefore, ready to grant any
thing reasonable to placate the great
Massachusetts, Senator, so that at his
request, two men from that State, to-
wit: Hoar and Boutwell,, were ap-
pointed in the Cabinet, and Motley
sent to England.


At that time Sumner was Chairman
of the Foreign Affairs Committee,
and had had control Of the Alabama
Claims negotiations, which had been
drawing their slow length along
through diplomatic channels without
any reasonable prospect of their sat
isfactory conclusion. The first rup-
ture which occurred between Grant
and Fish ON the one side, and Sum-
ner and Motley on the other, was
when the latter asked Fish for per-
mission to write his own instructions.
That sturdy old sturgeon quietly in.
formed Motley that he was running
the State Department himself, where
upon Motley hustled off to England
with considerable sized flea in his
ear. He was directly instructed by
Mr.. Fish that the immediate settle
ment of the Alabama Claims was q
pet measure Of the new administra-
tion, and he was therefore requested
to present at once the ultimatum OF
this country upon that subject. II
was, however, presently discovered
by Mr.. Fish that Mr.. Motley was in
constant telegraphic correspondence
with Mr.. Sumner upon the same sub.
ject, and that in point of fact he was
recognizing the Chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs and
his instructions, as paramount to those
of the authority which accredited
him to the Court of st. James.


This at once brought about crisis,
Fish demanding the immediate re-
moval Of the insubordinate official
otherwise his own resignation was to
be considered az rendered to the
President.


The removal Of Motley; the tower.
ing passion of Sumner thercat, which
lasted him until the day of his death
the way that Grant and the British
authorities cut red tape and settled
the amount in dispute so SATISFACTORY.
ly to this government, are matters OF
familiar history.


Motley was brilliant writer on
historical subjects, but had little com.
mon sense in his diplomacy. Sumner
was q great orator and statesman,
who left an unblemished record be-
hind him. 1t may be safely said, how.
ever, without attempting to dctract
from their well deserved honors, that
in the fight with Grant and Fish they
came off second best in public esti-
nation. and that in this matter, and
in all the diplomacy of Grants eight
years of power, the management Of
our foreign affairs was administered
with greater tact and ability than
during any other period of our his.
tory.
Year: 1877

We want a religion that soltens the
step, and tunes the voice to melody,
and fills the eye with sunshine, and
checks the impatient exclamation and
harsh rebuke Il religion that is po.
lite, deferential TO superlors, courteous
to interiors and considerate to friends
a religion that goes into the family,
anG keeps the husband from being
cross when dinner j, late, and keeps
the wife from tretting when the hus-
band tracks the newly washed floor
with his muddy boots, and makes the
husband mindful of the scraper and
door mat keeps the mother patient
when the baby is cross, and amuses
the children as well as instructs them
cares for the servants besides paying
them promptly, projects the honey
moon into the harvest-moon, and
makes the happy home like the East
ern fig tree, bearing in its bosom at
once the beauty of the tender blossoms
and the glory OF the rirened fruit.
We want a religion that shall inter-
pose between the ruts and the gullies
and the rocks ofthe highway OF life
and the sensitive souls that are travel.
ING over them.
Year: 1877

Ny mas been working very hard,
And also very sly,
And keeps her sewing out of sight
Whenever | am nigh.
asked her once what made her stop
Her work when l came in
She said she only stopped to get


a needle, thread or pin.
The bureau drawer next to mine
Is locked both night and day,
And when ma wants to open it
She sends me of to play.
stole peep one afternoon,


Although ii was not right;
But, oh the little things | saw


Were such pretty sight
The cutest, incest little clothes
just big enough for doll;
But thon know they're not for her
She needs them not at all.
know they're not for ma nor pa,
Nor me nor brother "Hor,"
For we can't wear such little clothes
l wonder who they're for.
Year: 1877

other CANNES which have long dwclt


with man, the Spitz seems incapable OF
forming a lasting friendship with his
beneiactor. 1t is well ascertained that
he is liable to tuln upon his master at
any moment, and those who have visited
houses where the Spitz has been admit
ted as a pet probably entertained lively
impression Of his pronounced hostility to
strangers, The beauty OF this animal
is well calculated to make him favohtc
with the ladies, who do not think of the
terrible peril to which the possession Of
their pet exposes them, In the case Of
children the danger is particularly great,
as the young people always make friend
offs dog, and are always given to in
dulging in practical Jokes at the eexpense
Of their canine companions, In the case
of thoroughly domesticatcd dogs this is
not attended with any serious results,
because the dogs take to it kindly; but
the sullen and snappish nature of the
Spit2 may at any time break out and
result in injury to the children involving
horrible death. And death seems to
result inevitably from the bite Of the
''pit2 dog. He is public enCmy.--N
Y Herald
Year: 1877

A young woman who cmigrtrd from
England to Queensland has written two


sprEhtly letters to friends in the old


island home, which are printed in the


NIiddlescx Register, She tells her sister


in England, who talks Of joining her, that


she may as well make her wedding dress


before she leaves, IA wives are badly


needed in that distant colony. "And


now with regard to your luggage. Get a


good, strong wood or tin box, and pack


in all the things you do not want on the


voyage--dO not open the box. Have a


large carpetbag with what things you


want for the voyage. Leave home in a
thick dress and have thin dress in the
bag for the weather. Also, some change
Of old lnen-not too much-a little tea
and sugar. n few sweets and biscuits, and
piece Of good cheese you will find the
incest. Don't forget to bring some bak-
ing powder; you will find it very useful
ON the voyage You will not want any
thing for scasickncss. II you are i'll the
doctor will see that you want for nothing.
You may bring all your clothes out with
you, as YOU will want warm ones as well
rs thin ones. If you have any books,
bring them, as they will help you TO pass
many drcary hour, would not bring
any new dresses as they are about the
same price out here as in England"


In a lctterto her expected sister in-law,
the same lady speaks of the superior hap
piness of welded life, "Weddcd lie re-
minds me of horse with his feet hobbled
YOU may 20 50 far, but not any further
You may laugh and talk with your old
friends aslong as you like; but you must
not 90 out with them to places Of amuse-
ment, or above all, accept present from
amy. That will never do. But after all
its jolly, happy life for one, 10 have
home of your own, some one 10 look after
you, and some one to look after, and |
find that we girls are better married than
SINGLE She speaks OF the wilderness of
the country and their rude domestic Ar
81 like the bush, and |
have a first rate bumper to live in. We
have bed room and sitting room. and
| cool; ont of doors. The humpey is
slab one. with bark roof and n slab
floor. Between some Of the slabs there
are cracks large enough to put your hand
in; but like the bush, and Harry likes
it because he can have plenty of shoot.
ing. lie often brings home n couple Of
ducks or watcr.hena, and sometimes a
turkey, and at other times only two or
three parrots, ! am keeping their wings
and tails to send home to you; they wi |
do for your hats, lou ak whether the
-un shines from three o'clock in the
to seven in the evening No,
but it does from five in the morning till
seven in the evening, and there is 10
twilight in this country 1t is dark as
soon as the sun goes down"
Year: 1877

\ careful examination OF the statistics
of death from hydrophpbia which we
publi.h in the article entitled beware of
the dog will convince any reasonable
person OF the danger attending the in
PRODUCTION into this country of the Spitz
dog. Since his ad vent there has been an
alarming increase in the number of
deaths from hydrophobia. This is due
to the savage habits OF the animal, which
render him a most undesirable neighbor


The Spitz dog comes from the forests of
Pomerania, where he exists in a semi
savage state, and where he is in constant
contact with the stilI more savage wolf.
Although domestica,pi the savage IN.
stincis Of the brute rruain, and unlike
Year: 1877

In "Topics of the Times" in Scribner
for January, DIR. Holland discusses the
dead beat: What are we to do with
these people? How is this disease to be
treated? These questions demand an
early answer, for the evils to which they
relate are increasing with alarming
rapidity. There is the general feeling
that they will take care of themselves 50
soon as prosperous times shall return !;
but, as we have alseady said, this is Il
mistake. The dead-beat will never re-
form. The tramp will be a tramp for
life, shifting from country to city as his
comforts may demand, and ready to be
led into any mischief which will give
him grub and grog. There ought to be,
thi. very winter, in every state in the
union, such laws passed as will restrain
the wanderers, and force them to sell
support in some public institution. A
standing commission Of yagrancy should
be instituted in every large city and
every county in the land and institu
tions OF industry established for the pur
pose of making these men selfsupporting
and of curing them of their wr,tcht1
disease. We have lunatic asylums, not
only for the benefit of The lunatics, but
for the relief of the community, and
among the dead beats and tramps we
have an enormous number of men who
are just as truly diseased as the madseat
of men in Utica or at the Boomingdale
asylum. Something must be done with
them, and done at once, il we are ia
have any com ort by day or safety by
night; for men who are so demoralized as
to beg from choice and die by profession,
have but to take q single step to land in
ruftianlsm. Already they intimidate
and rob and murder, TO 6 the means tc
support their useless lives,
Year: 1877

The Shoe and Leather Reporter does not
entertain high opinion of our revenue sys-
tenn, which it denounces as oppressive and
burdensome to the merchants Of New York.
1t says: The laws on the subject, as now
interpreted. deal with every man who imports
goods as if he was a predestinate rogue. He
is an object of suspicion from the moment he
presents an invoice and tenders payment OF
the duty. His papers are scrutinized to see
if evidence cannot be found in them of an
omission to comply with some one or more of
the myriad forms that gather round him like
a network at every step he takes. His mer-
chandise is overhauled and pulled to pieces to
ascertain whether there may not be some
pretext for raising its value.
Year: 1877

The apprehended conflict in the Iowa
Republican State Convention will not come
off, both wings having determined to act in
the spirit of Gov. Kirkwood's suggestion that
as nothing can be gained by an expression of
opinion OF one way or the other on the Presi-
dents policy the convention have nothing to
say about it.
Year: 1877

THE general expectation in military circles


is that the Russians will attempt the passage
of the Danube this week, and that they will
meet with no opposition very difficult to over
come while crossing the river. The heavy
fighting will.begin when the great fortresses
of the Bulgarian quadriateral are reaching,
though these may be invested By large forces
while the main army essays the Balkan
Year: 1877

we do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used.
Year: 1877

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate couDtersigned by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
Year: 1877

Last Saturday evening we all saw
the beautiful appearance of the plan
ct Venus and the moon as the former
was about to pass behind the moons
disk. The st. Joseph Herald, Of Sat
urday morning, thus describes the
eclipse, AS to be.


At about fifteen minutes to six
o'clock this evening, the planet Venus
will be occulted by the Moon. In 9TH
er words, the Moon will pass directly
between US and the evening star
The phenomenon will be one of great
interest, even to the world of max ed
eye star-gazers; while through a tel
escope the sight will be very beauti-
fol, should cloudless sky permit the
occulatiOn to be witnessed. A good
field K lass, or even an opera glass, may
be used to advantage in Watching the
disappearance of the planet, and hel
temperance from her novel hiding
place.


Venus, being then only two and q
half days past the time OF her greatest
eastern elongation. will he a very bril-
liant object in the evening sky,-as
she now is. The moon, being only
four days old at the time, will be only
about one-sixth part illuminated, pre-.
senting to Us a narrow crescent ol
light. She will not, therefore. be
bright enough to pale the light of We.
nus, except during the time that she
is actually between US and the planet


ho Oh ,e
moon being the 1876 degrees above the
horizon, the position of Venus will be
on the upper left of the moons dark
limb, which will then begin Its pas
sage over the planet. which will be
hidden from view in less than one
minute of time. If, during the phe
nomena, the dark part of the moon
should be family preceptible, we shall
then have q chance to see the ole
dragon" of ancient stellar lore, lit
orally eating Its way Into the Hesper
Ian star, and swallow her up into ut
ter darkness.


The planet will continue hidden fol
about one hour, when she will peep out
from behind the southern horn of the
moon, occupying little more than 6
minute In emerging, the motion out
ward being very oblique. Her position
at emersion will be 156 degrees from
the astronomicslly north point Of the
moons limb; and l5t degrees cas-
from the point of the limb which II
nearest to the horizon. At this time
the moons altitude will be only y de-
grees. Seen through an inverting tel
escope the planet will emerge from be
hind what appears to be the uppe'
horn Of the moon, the rounded sidt
being turned toward the left.
Year: 1877

New YORK, December THE Ma
tional temperance society, in special
conference, have resolved to memori-
aiize congress for a commission to
make careful and comprehensive in
quiry about the liquor traffic and its
physical. social and political effects ;
and also requested christian journal
lists and ministers and physicians to
exhort those who entertain" at the
approaching holiday season to proffer
no Intoxicating beverages, and for all
to abstain from their use.
Year: 1877

Senator Paddock stood up like a
good republican and was prominent in
the struggle against a man like Butch
er Butler, whose hands are stained
with innocent negro blood, and of
course Is charged with everything
mean by the democratic press and the
Lincoln Globe thrown in.-Set0drd
Reporter.
Year: 1877

Col. Ingersoll alluding to his fathers
severity, writes: my father was q
man Of great natural tenderness, and
loved his children almost to insanity.
The little severity he had was produo-
ed by his religion. Like most men Of
his time, he thought Solomon knew
something about raising children. For
nay part, 1 think he should have
known better than to place the least
confidence in the advice Of man so
utterly idiotic as to imagine be could
be happy with 700 wives"
Year: 1877

At the recent election In the State OF
Georgia on the adoption Of new con-
stitution and the question Of removal
OF the capital from Atlanta, the con-
stitution was adopted and the capital
voted to remain at Atlanta by 10000
majority.
Year: 1877

Worcester Press: George Fran
els Train has discovered how any man
can live In luxury on five cents a day.
Bat why should we live in luxury
when we see SO many poor families
around Us who are struggling to get
shrough the winter with only ons
. dog p"
Year: 1877

The Patent Centennial Cake and Bread
Pan, made OF Russia iron, is so constructed
that you can remove your cake when baked
instantly from the pan, without breaking or
injuring IL and you can remove the tubes
and convert IT into plain bottom pan, for
baking jelly or plain cakes. bread. etc.


The Kitchen Gem, a plated wire boiler or
steamer, to hang inside of ON ordinary iron
which, when done, can be removed perfectly
dry, without lifting the heavy, sOoty iron
pot Off of the stove. avoiding the danger Of
burning the hands with the steam in pour
ing OFF the hot water, and the vegetables can
not possibly burn II the pot boils dry, as the
steamer does not touch the bottom Of the
pot.


The Flat-Iron Polisher and Stand is al ar
ticle long needed by every houSekeeper. IL
cleans OFT the starch which Is so liable to
stick 10 the iron and soil the clothes by
simply rubbing It through the emery polish
off any rust that may adhere to the iron, en-
most delicate fabrics with the greatest ease,
giving them a glossy finish equal TO the
finest Laundry work. 1t is also an excellent
rest or stand for your irons, by placing them
across the top.


agents, and have secured the agency for
canvass for orders, believing have three OF
keepers.


John Davies.


25i Brownville Neb.
Year: 1877

There is probably no man in the commu-


nifty who is better qualified to address his


fellow-citizens on the silver subject than
Judge VAN Il. HIGGINS. He has made q
special study of it, is heartily in favor Of the
restoration of the old silver dollar Us part
of our currency. and made an excellent
speech on the matter Friday evening to q
small audience that gathered at an ABSEn
TAYLOR "mass" meeting in Farwell Hail.


The occasion Wa. not especially appropriate,
as the silver question is not in issue in the
election for Mayor Of Chicago. If it were,
MONROE HEATH is just as much in sympathy
with Judge .H1aaNs on this point as ABSEn
TAY1oRis and we suspect that the great mass
of intelligent men agree with him. But,
Notwithstanding the inappropriateness of
the occasion, we arc glad that Judge HIGGINS
improved it to give those present the benefit
Of his information aud sterling ideas On sill
yer and its reconciliation. As between
ABSER TAYLOR and MONROE HEATH, we have
no doubt Judge H1cGSs would, regard it bis
duty to vote for the latter, if be were q voter
in Chicago, since he knows that vote for
TAYLOR is simply vote for Penny SMITH,
Year: 1877

Developments seem to show that WENDELL
PHILLIPS was somewhat unscrupulous, as
we'll as relentless, in his Philadelphia denun-
citation of President HAYES and his Cabinet
He denounced Gen. DEvE:ss as "s1ave-
hound" because the latter was United States
Mershal in Boston at d time when it became
necessary for him to arrest the slave THOMAS
SENS under the Fugitive-Slave law. But Gen.
DEvESs, having done his duty as an officer,
subsequently showed his humanity by put
ting his hand in his pocket and buying this
same slave so as to give him his freedom.
This fact must have been known to PHILLIPS,
and the Inference is that he maiciously sup
pressed it for the purposes Of his speech. It
may not be out of the way at the same time
to recall the fact that both President HAxEs
and Attorney General DEyESs were in the
front Of the fight during oil the War for the
emancipation of the slaves, while WENDELL
Phillips kept well in the rear, drawing his
pay, it is said for his speeches.
Year: 1877

tinuatioa Of the raids, which have been
going on ever since. Mayor HEATH kept bis
word, and sustained HICKEY in doing what
b. had ordered him to do, and refused to be
deceived or terrified By the gamblers and
thieves, and their attorneys and newspaper
organs, into breach of faith which would
have resulted disastrously to the order and
safety Of the city.


II Mayor HEATH had deserted HICKEY un-
der these circumstances, that would have
been reason for refusing him reelection,
for such course would have rendered it
impossible for any Mayor or any Police
Superintendent in tho future to mike sue
cessful war upon the potent criminal classes
of this city. Superintendent WAsHnuRS
WAS sustained under O former Administration
in the face of the same antagonlsn, and
the result was beneficial to the good
order Of the community Mayor HEATH
points to the police records to establish
his claim that the prosecution of the gam
blers and thieves hos been impartial and suc-
cessful, and that crime is suppressed to tho
extent that defective vagrant laws and per
nicious judicial decisions will permit. In all
this H1cEEr has been the principal agent,
and Mayor HEATH, as his principal, would
have been cowardly and unjust had ho
deserted him when the gamblers and villains
endeaYored to break him down.
Year: 1877

Upon the arrival Of the freight-steamer
Victoria at Liverpool yesterday, an Asso-
ciated Press reporter recognized in e solitary
passenger the person Of A. 0AKEr HALL, the
missing ex-Mayor of New York. The gen
.uenlan WAS shipped from Boston under the
name Of "Surc1uTE," sufficient in its own
romance to stamp the man us HALL, and on
his arrival he Was fully identified, not only
by man who knew him, but By the Stewards
testimony upon his disposition to pun. His
reason for his elopement becomes apparent
in late discoveries to the effect that the
trial of TWEED will develop certain opera
tions in which Mr. HALL shared largely
financially. He is now in London safely
ensconced in private boarding-honse, and
closely watched.
Year: 1877

In the relations between the owners Of real
estate and the agents who negotiate the sale
thereof, the practice has been in this CITY to
refuse payment Of commissions if anything
lnterfered to prevent the consummation Of
the contract after the agent had actually made
the sale. 4 test case on this point
has been brought before the Supreme Court
Of Indiana, which has resulted in affirming
the night Of the broker to his commissions.
After the contract for the sale Of a piece of
property had been duly signed, tho seller re-
fused to caw out his part Of it, and also re-