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Year: 1879

al bank system and decrying the pro-


posed free coinage of silver rs set forth


in the Warner bill as an Imitation and


scheme to defeat resumption-while


the Democrats are preparing to argue
in favor of prohibiting the issue of


notes by the national banks, the sub


stitution of greenbacks for national


bank notes and the free coinage of sill


yer to be legal tender for all debts,


public and private. These are to be the
issues, and it is evident that the Re-
publicans do not feel altogether easy


in handling them. The wild and alb
snrd interpretations they give TO the
views of their opponents prove this.
They are attempting to alarm the peo-
pie. They assert that the proposition
to substitute green backs for bank notes
is hostile to the continuance of re-
sumption, because it would open the
flood gates to the issue of thousands
of millions of inconvertible green
backs. But it is hardly conceivable
that such absurd nonsense as this can
impress the people of Ohio. The
Democrats of that State do not pro-
pose the imitation of the currency to
the extent of one dollar. II, as they
demand, the 1920, ,OO0, 80 national bank
notes be recalled and $500, ,OOO, 600
greenbacks substituted for them, there
will be just as much money in the
country as there is now, and no more
not dollar will have been added 10
the volume. Even if the additional
greenbacks should not be made legal
tender, they would still be as good az
the bank notes, which, themselves are
not legal tender. And as to the free
coinage of silver being an imitation
scheme, that is preposterous. 1t would
indeed lead to q multiplication Of real
money, bat this is net ir flation. The
Year: 1879

On last Thursday night J. b. Canaan
and Quint Wilson, on the way from
Hartford to Sulphur Springs, Were at
tackled by ku klux near Halls creek


bridge, stones were thrown and one
struck Canaan on the whisky bottle, the
next stone hit him on the pate; where


upon he drew a dissolver from his pOck-
ct and snapped the whcle round at the
assailants, but as it failed to fire, he
threw the weapon and hit the man on
the fence. On the following morning
Canaan was not certain whether it was
a stone or post that hit him; but he
was certain that he had been hit with
something and his bottle was empty.
Year: 1879

I. p. Barnard's store at Beaver Dam
is a busy place. 1t is there the fine
ladies of that locality gather to talk
over their affairs. They keep each
other posted on all matrimonial subjects,
and also the prices of goods, and all
hands agree that for cheap dress goods
they can do better with Barnard than
anywhere else.


-Alexander's Hotel had more guests
last week than any other hotel i'm Louis
vile. Uncle Joe knows exactly how to
run hotel. He has the house furnished
in good style, has the best the market
affords served up in palatable manner,
treats all his guests kindly and politely,
has none but attentive, genteel persons
in his employ, and the people have found
1t all out, and hence the large patronage
of the house.
Year: 1879

Wehave engaged Mr.. V. NJ. Metcalfeto to
lecture for the benefit Of those who may
attend our corn and tobacco fair. He
is thoroughly posted in agriculture, in
all its phases, is decidedly practical in
his notions and is pleasant entertain
ing speaker.


Our fair will take place so soon as the
season Ia suitable and gives the farmers
q chance to select their best samples
which can be done while stripping and
husking. We will give due notice OF
the time through the paper.
Year: 1879

Memphis continues to supply regularly,
day after day, small record of yellow
fever cases, as to which may be OBJ
from one-third to one-half the num-
ber of those attacked are colored
persons. No doubt the comparative i'm
munity of persons of African race, as that
fact is ordinarily observed, is in this case
to be considered with reference to the cir
cumstance that there are now in the city
very few whites and n very much larger
number of negroes yet the number of COL
ored persons down with the fever now is
noteworthy. Memphis has, however,
ceased to be a point Of great sympathetic
interest, and its regular death roll is a
comparatively neglected piece of news.
People seem to fancy that as a fair oppor-
tunity has been given for all to leave the
place those who remain are, if they
take the disease, the victims OF o
willul refusal to avail themselves OF
the safety actually offered. 1t is plain
enough, too, that this refusal is calculat ed
with deliberate purpose to prey upon the
natlOnal cnarlty Dy persons VINO peileVe
they are themselves in no danger of the dis
ease. These facts are very clearly set forth
in the news from Memphis which we give
to-day. 1t is now, We suppose, pretty safe
to assume that Memphis will be thoroughly
cleaned up this winter, and it is even pos
sible that thorough system of drainage
may be initiated. Since it is known pre-
cisely how such disease can live over q
winter in that mild climate, there is ground
to believe that the people will no longer
permit the value of few old rags OF cloth
ing to be weighed in the balance against the
value Of the property Of whole city; for
if the old clothes OF Memphis are not
cleaned out with fire this year it is in
fallibly certain that Memphis will have the
fever again next year. Here is a labor as to
which the National Board of Health might
properly take some action. 1t should
secure the systematic destruction by fire of
oil the old duds of the people tor other
wise they will be sold aud carried to other
points 10 give the fever to other popula-
tione
Year: 1879

The comparison OF the tour issues named
in each journal shows that the HaRALD in
these four twenty page numbers contained
an aggregate of 80 columns more of adver-
tisements than the London Times and 5,7O6
more separate advertisements


Considering the much greater density OF
population in the British Islands, which
contain within an area less than three times
that Of the State OF New York, and less
than half that of Texas, population but
quarter less than that of the whole United
States; and considering further that London
is still the commercial and financial centre
of the hole world, the comparison which
we have made between the London Times
and the HERALD surprises and gratifes us.
London has about twice the population Of
New York and Brooklyn, but there is no
such difference between the advertising
columns of the two great journals.


With the revival OF industry and general
business, and particularly of the commerce
of this port, we feel confident that the
HERALD's advertising columns will soon
equal, and before very long time even ex-
coed, those OF the London Times. 1t is GER
tainly a remarkable fact that, with business
and industry long depressed and but
slowly reviving; with markets Of all kinds
still dull; /; with our foreign commerce,
which is one of the necessary elements of
New York $ greatness, almost extinguished,
and with confidence and enterprise only
just awakening from a long lethargy, the
comparison we have made Is SO favorable
to ourselves


New York is still young and growing
city. It's population, with the new start of
the country in industry and commerce,
will once more begin rapidly to increase.
The revival OF demand for real estate
shows that building has not entirely kept
pace with the increase of inhabitants, and
now that the city debt has reached it's limits
and The city government is well in hand
and conducted on a reasonably economical
scale, while the railroad companies are
rapidly providing better terminal facilities
and in other ways encouraging commerce,
the business Of the country will more and
more centre here. 1t will not be very many
years before New York will take the place
oil London to. large extent as the centre ol
the worlds exchanges. Whenever the coun.
try consents to more liberal com.
mercial policy and revised scale
Year: 1879

We print elsewhere some interesting OBJ
servations on the attitude of the country
democrats toward Tammany Hall, which
we find in the Albany correspondence OF
the Sun. 1t is a country democrat who
speaks, and he presents what we have no
doubt is the real opinion of many demo-
Gratis in the interior Of the Tammany organ
ization.


All that he says is perhaps right enough;
but he omits some important facts. Coun-
try democrats, when they recall the old and
corrupt days of Tammany when it was the
instrument by which the Tweed Ring mis-
ruled and robbed the city, ought not to
forget that in those days Mr.. Tilden
was acting with Tammany and Tweed.
We do not, OF course, mean that MI. Tildcn
was corruptionist, as Tweed was but he
was the political ally of Tweed and the
other Ring men he co-operated with them
in politics and if it was a hard battle to
beat down the Ring it was undoubtedly
made harder by the fact that Tweed was
able to count among his allies men like
Mr.. Tilden. 1t was not until the power Of
the Ring was broken that Mr.. Tilden took
public part against it, and performed
those services in its exposure which made
him Governor of the State.


Again, it is useful TO remember that the
battle which Mr. Tilden's friends are now
making against Tammany is not for it's de-
struction but for it's control. To break up
Tammany Hall as political organization is
one thing. and though Tammany is very
different in character now from the days
when Mr.. Tilden co-operated with its cor
rupt managers, still, if the declared pur-
pose of Mr.. Tildens friends were to de-
stroy it as political power and organiza-
tion, they might reckon on much help
and countenance which they now lack. But
their object is not to break up Tammany,
but to secure the control OF it for them
selves, and that is quite different matter.
Mr.. Tilden's principal friends were con-
tented members and rulers of Tammany
Hall until in the mutations Of politics they
lost control and were flung out. 1t Was a
good enough horse to carry them, and their
object is to get into the same saddle again.
The HERALD on many occasions urged them
to destroy Tammany, and if they had been
willing to do that they would have had
strong support But, as we have said,
their object is not to destroy it, but to con-
troll it and use it for their own ends.
Year: 1879

Justus Schwab, the great purveyor of
communistic beer and encourager of all
kinds OF eloquence that makes men thirsty,
has convinced the courts OF justice that if
one law forbids the sale Of beer tor Sunday
and until twelve on Sunday night, and
another forbids the sale between one and
five A. NJ. Oh Monday, and no law torbids
that sale in the first hour of Monday, thus
skipped by the statutes a publican does
not commit an offence by selling beer in
that happy hour. Yet for selling beer in
that hour OF sweet release from the reign OF
sumptuary law Schwab was caught up by
the policeman and hauled more or less by
the hair to the neighboring station house.
He sued the policeman for damages, and,
as his arrest was certainly without au-
thority of law, he obtained verdict. Now,
the question arises who is to pay this three
hundred and fifty-eight dollars? The Police
Department asks authority of theBoard Of
Apportionment to pay it out OF ''unex-
pended balances" of public money, and the
Board of ofApportionment does not Gle rly see
that tho city is liable for acts done by police
men contrary to law. To determine that
the policeman must pay it out of his own
pocket would make precedent that might
in the future be oppressive to well inten-
toned officers, and would, in fact, be de-
structive of discipline. sine. a policeman
before obeying any orders might require
the Commissioners to show him that the act
directed to be done was not contrary to
law. On the other hand, our whole legal
and official system supposes that the priv
ilege OF any citizen to sue and recover
damages tor any invasions of his rights is
one of the most effective restraints upon
officials toward the prevention of abuses of
authority. But what will become of this
restraint if damages SO recovered are to be
liquidated at the expense of the taxpayers
Year: 1879

Certainly the Zulus are not more civil
lied people than the English, but if the
circumstances of the war had been such as
to put the English in position to make OF
Cetywayo the request that he made OF them
all that is known of his history leads Us to
believe that he would have granted to the
English in the spirit of chivalric enemy,
not making war on women, what they re-
fused to him. Had he been an invader and
an English prince had sent him request
that in his advance through the country he
should spare palace that was the refuge of
certain old woman oithe royal race, the wife
of former sovereign, he would have spared
that palace assuredly, equally because its
destruction could be OF no advantage to
him and in recognition of the compliment
paid to him as q fair and gallant enemy.
But a request of this nature was made by
Cetywayo to Lord Chelmsford, yet that
commander burned the kraal he was thus
asked TO spare.
Year: 1879

tits very well known that the able-bodied
police force OF New York is not any more
than sufficient. all told, to perorm proper
patrol duty and to efficiently protect life
and property in the city. Indeed, many
persons familiar with police matters insist
that the force is altogether too small; that
the beats are, as rule, too much extended,
and that to insure to the citizens that safety
they have a right to expect we need at least
fourth more than our present number of
patrolmen. Under these circumstances the
detailing of able-bodied policemen to light
special duties which can be as well per-
formed by men disqualified from hard work
becomes inexpedient and reprehensible, be-
cause for every man thus detailed the peo-
pie are deprived of just SO much protec-
tion, for which they pay liberally in their
annual taxation.


The mischief is that the detailing of men,
bers OF the force to special duties has here
toiore been made a matter Of political in
fluence and favoritism. 1t is of course much
more pleasant to lounge about dumping
gronnd, railroad depot or steamboat



than to be sent on patrol duty night and
day. There is less work about it, less risk
and sometimes more profit For these rea-
sons the members Of the force who have
organizations, Aldermen, legislators or infu-
entail ward politicians at their backs, gen.
orally manage to settle down on these
special feather beds, and to enjoy them
selves there, no matter how we'll qualified
they may be to perform more active duties


Some special details are necessary and
useful. The Steamboat Squad is very
valuable body, atfording protection to
strangers and guarding them against a set
OF sharks whose operations were at one
time very extensive Since the establish
ment OF this squad the stealing of baggage
and the swindling of visitors to the city
have almost ceased. But the duties are
such as can be performed by superannuated
members Of the force, or by those not fit
for active patrol work, just as well as by
lusty, able-bodi men. II the Police Com
missioners would assign to the squad men
incapactated from active service, instead
of filling it by political favoritism, it would
retain all its usefulness without drain
ing the precincts and leaving the city
short of patrolmen. The same may be said
Of all special details. Instead Of being
given away to any strong, able-bodied loaf
ers in police uniform who may happen to
command enough influence to secure for
them these "soit things" they ought to be
assigned to those infirm members of the
force who are incapacitated by i'll health or
injuries from active patrol work, and who
are almost useless in precinct for ordinary
duty.
Year: 1879

of customs duties, with free ships, we
shall begin once more to send American
products and manufactures to all parts
of the world; and with the necessary in
crease Of our commerce New York will
require q bonded warehouse system
on a very great scale, and ships
from all parts of the world will
crowd our wharves to get here their as
sorted cargoes. With moderately wise legis7
lation, and with peace at home and with
other countries, those who see New York
ten or fifteen years from now will realize
grow.
Year: 1879

The Congressional investigation into the
has brought out very clearly the partisan
use which is made of the "deputy mar
shals for elections purposes = and will in
crease the regret of wise men of both par
ties that the Elections Marshals law was not
repealed. 1t is law singularly liable to
abuse, and the testimony taken in Cincin-
natl shows that it was sham elessly abused
by the republicans there. The Elections
Marshals were used not to keep the peace
at the polls. but to electioneer for the re-
publican candidates, and by various and
devious means increase their vote. 1t was
shown, moreover, that the provision that
these political marshals shall be appointed
in every case from the voters OF the precinct
where they are to serve was violated, and
the partisan electioneering agents with mar
shals badges, paid by the public treasury
to perform a public service, but in fact
working for their own side, were chosen in
republican wards and sent to electioneer at
democratic polls.


What sort of men are selected by parti-
san marshal for such electioneering work
at the public expense was shown in the
Philadelphia investigation. 1t was proved
there that the republican marshal not only
selected unscrupulous and notorious parti-
sans, who spent their time as deputy mar
shals in electioneering, but several of them
were drunk on election day one was detected
in voting twice; one was Jail bird who had
served two terms, once for highway robbery
and once for shooting colored boy; an
other had been under arrest for five differ
ent robberies; another, notoriously dam
gerous character had been tried for murder;
another, a colored man, was the keeper of
gambling house; yet another was the keeper
of low drinking house; another had been
repeatedly in the House Of Correction for
drunkenness; another, again q colored man,
was the keeper of house of i'll lame, and
SO the list goes on. All were republican
politicians.


Senator Bayard was undoubtedly wise
when he urged the republicans to help to
repeal the Elections Marshals law, and
held that no party ought to be trusted with
such power when in possession of the gov
ernment, and that the republicans would
some day keenly regret their opposition to-
the repeal, because the law was necessarily
corrupting to them and would be to the
democrats if they should ever get power.
In resisting the repeal at the extra session
the republicans put themselves in the
wrong before the country, for they cannot
defend such scandals as the investigations
are uncovering. The country may con-
graduate itself that the democrats have so
absolutely committed themselves to the
repeal of the Marshals law. Some day
they may have to be held to their present
utterances.
Year: 1879

THE WrATnER-Very little change has taken
place in the meteorological conditions since Fri
day. The barometer continues highest in the
West and is above the mean in nearly all the
,ther sections Of the country. The area of low
barometer that passed otf the coast on Thursday
evening expanded considerably and affected the
weather over the ocean far south as Florida
Rain fell throughout the South Atlantic and
Gulf States. Along the coast line the fall is
said TO have been very considerable Tho
weather in the Middle Atlantic aud New
England States partly cloudy, and
lear in the other districts. The tenn
Dcraturc fell in all tho districts ex-
,ept the Gulf coast, where decided rise
look place. The winds have been from light to
fresh over all sections Of the country east OF the
Rocky Mountains. 10 judge from present indi-
cations the cool spell that we are enjoying is
likely to continue until the middle of tho week,
when gradual change will fake place The
temperature in the yellow fever districts, al
hough uniayoribc for the recovery of those
slm,t are down with the disease, is cool enough
10 check the spread Of thc maady somewhat.
The weather in New York and its vicinity To-
day viii be cool and fair. Tomorrow it prom
iscs w DC cool and clear.
Year: 1879

Our recent experience indicates that it is
going to be very difficult in the future to
get men out of Office once in by appoint
ment for, between writs Of prohibition TO
prevent the removal of men whose terms
have expired and writs of certiorari to
try q supposed denial OF legal rights and
the party distractions of the body that
must confirm SUCCESSORS, the difficulties TO
be put in the way of removal are well nigh
inexhaustible. But this will not be n great
evil if it will enforce attention TO tho point
that since il is so hard to get man out
there ought to be double care taken to have
The right man before any one is put in.
Year: 1879

that has been sometimes called ''simpie
cholera" to distinguish it from the Aslatic
disease, and which is always present to
some degree toward the end of summer in
countries in the temperate zone. AT the
same time it must be remembered that
many English soldiers died with cholera on
the Afghan expedition, and doubtless men
direct from those regions are now in
London
Year: 1879

WALL STREET YEsrERDAY.-Stocks opened
strong but declined 10 about the first figures.
and, after slight fluctuations, closed on u de-
cline OF Il to / L in the most active shares and
steady for the rest of the list Railway bonds
were irregular and in less demand. There was
an uneasy feeling in money. which sept il up to
seven per cent Tor a time, but it closed easy at
three per cent. The bank statement shows a
decrease of nearly seven millions i'll the surplus
reserve
Year: 1879

A NUMBER Of pupils belonging to one of the
swimming institutions of the city displayed
their nataioiial excellence at Coney Island yes
tcrday. The art ought to be part OF the edu-
cation of every school girl.
Year: 1879

The EXPORT OF CATTLE and fresh meat to
Europe is becoming great that it must com
Hand the attention OF capitalists. No less than
seven steamers yesterday carried these as II
part OF their cargoes.
Year: 1879

THE HANLAN CLUB has wisely dissolved
This action will probably leave the champion
an opportunity to maintain his reputation by
making match with Courtney without being
hampered by u lot of spectators and gamblers
Year: 1879

The TEMPERANCE BRIGADE of Newark do not
appear to have made much headway. Public
morals have not improved, religion has become
the creature OF factions and the agitation has
excited social anipathies all Of which is bad
for the reputation of "A city.
Year: 1879

THERE Is a BIT OF ROMANCE and tenderness
in the story printed elsewhere concerning the
manner in which Mrs. Dorsey made her bcquest
to Jefferson Davis. Many other Southern women
would doubtless be craziy sentimental if they
Lad the means.
Year: 1879

years past, and all the thanks and support
that they got from you and the conserva-
tive element were hard names and erroneous
representations, while you and they have
been even radically conservative toward
men Of the BECK stamp and encouraged
them on by pleading their cause with a
deal more earnestness than you have the
cause of the party that saved the Union
and the stalwart men who have fought the
rebel host at every step. Even in this last
number of the Hdrpcr's you repeat the old,
old cry that the Republicans, in their at
tempts to secure an honest election, were
quite as bad as the Democrats, who would
trample all fairness at election in the dust.
And this cry you have repeated time and
time again, when any man of sense must
know that an election should come right
down to the voters, aud that any election
that did not do so-tliat did not fully rep
resent the relative strength of each party
was fraud, and not that which was in ac-
cordancc with this fact Notwithstanding
all this we are right glad that Mr.. CURTIS
has at last seen enough to convince him of
the real intentions of these men, and we
hope that with his first-class talents he will
turn with renewed strength unto his first
love aud become first-class Stalwart
against the rebel hosts.