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Year: 1874

Here is case of lingering self-&elusioa on
the part of young lady as 10 the size of
her foot, which We quote, as being of possi-
bic use to the sex generally: A young lady
stopping in Brattleaoro, Vt,. for few DAYS,
sent a friend OF hers to the store to get a pair
OF shoes, She told her friend to get numter
lives, but her friend being auxious to secure
a good fit Tor her, ordered the storekeeper
10 change the mark on a pair of sevens. He
did so, and the lady said they fitted better
than any she had lad in long time.
Year: 1874

JoBBERY.-The Louisville and Portland
Canal in Kentucky will become nominally the
property of the United States government
when the President shan sign the bill which
passed the House yesterday That is to say,
the government will pay all the debts or other
costs; and if there is any money to be re-
ceived some one else will get it. This canal
runs from Louisville to Portland and fanks
the rapids in the Ohio River between these
two points, and SO is legitimate work of
river improvement but the complication Of
government with private company has an
Questionable aspect
Year: 1874

Last night the Legislature adjourned sine
die, adding to the history of our State the
chronicle Of one more infamous session. This
body has done nearly everything it should
not have done, and has left undone all that it
could have done with justice and propriety
In Its last hours it passed bill to reorganize
the local government Of the city Of New
York-that is to say, it made such change in
our laws as the intrigues of certain politicians
of the dominant party seemed to require !;
for it is one of the glories of the modern
system of politics that no laws stand in the
politicians way-he repeals, abolishes or
changes, as agrees with his convenience
The bill for the Fifth avenue pavement did
not pass, at which we feel neither regret nor
joy; for the pavement proposed was Of the
improvement on the present; but it was not
rejected for this reason, probably, but only
because the voters did not see sufficient s'rea-
son. for passing it The Appropriation bill
was passed without the Senate amendment of
one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars
for academies, and bill was passed fol
amending the charter of the city of Brooklyn.
Two committees are authorized to sit-one o
special committee, instructed to inquire if q
more economical and honest management o1
the canals cannot be secured; the other, the
Assembly Committee of the Ways and Means,
to investigate the present system of taxation.
It is natural that the Legislature should want
to know all about the taxes, but it is ON unac.
countable curiosity for it to inquire into hon
esty and economy.
Year: 1874

the streets up at Albany, and no one takes any
notice Of them. It is understood that there
has been great competition for the purchase
Of the pen with which General Grant signed
his Message vetoing the Imitation bill, but
what Is that to the pen with which Mayor
Havemeyer wrote his letter. In the school
arithmetics there are many interesting conun-
drums, such as, If q pair of boots is worth
four dollars what is the price of load of
hays All these win yield in importance in
future publications to the inquiry as to the
relative value of these two pens, and q genera
ton of politicians will grow up endeavoring
to solve the great problem-If the purchase Of
the pen with which Grant killed q mischiev-
GUS law exhausts the wealth of Golconda, how
shall we borrow money to buy the pen with
which Mayor Havemeyer wrote against in
creasing the power of his Officer


In spite of MI. Havemeyer's protest, how
ever, the power he did not want may be given
him; for the men up at Albany have great con-
fdence in the old gentleman or in the tremen-
dously capable politicians who surround him
and take on themselves the labors to which he
is unequal. 1t is true that to give him this
power involves political outrage and makes
an uncalled-for change in our city charter,
and, in fact reduces legislation to mere
game of hide and seek between hostile par
ties, and abuses and perverts the law to
corrupt and personal purposes All this also,
it is equally true, is just what we had from
Tweed and Company, who are now in prison or
in exile so that our reform is farce and our
government as bad as it ever was, or worse.
with no other result of our spasmodic up
rising than change of the names Of our
tyrants and rogues. But this is trifle COM
pared to heaping honors on Mr. Havemeyer,
and placing power within easy reach of the
men who pull the wires when the Mayor
dances.
Year: 1874

WHzRs THE SPECIE Co.'s. The bullion Of
the Bank of England decreased during the
last week near three millions of dollars in
amount and the directors following the usual
course, have raised the rate of discount half
per cent The minimum is now fixed at four
per cent France is drawing upon the bull
lion Of England and other countries just now,
with view Of establishing specie payments;


but really, the notes of the Bank of France
are and have been for some time only frac-
ton below par. The action Of that bank in
accommodating bullion Ia, therefore, for the
Year: 1874

To-day is the saddest of all days in the year
in the housekeeper's calendar. All the ills
that flesh is heir to seem to be crowded into
few hours between the rising and the going
down of the sun, and weeks and months will
pass before the direful remembrance of house
hold gods demolished, stubborn cartmen-wh
may be termed the iconoclasts Of the ireside-
bruised limbs and aching hearts, shall pass
away. On this day the cartman becomes in
vested with despotic powers, and the mover is,
for the time being, his helpless slave. Threats
or entreaties produce the same fruitless effect
upon the knight of the truck, and naught
moves him save the magic palmistry of q
greenback. Let this soothing salve be with
held and the unlucky paterfamilias may ex-
pect to see his pier glass accidentally" i'm
paled upon q hatstand or o sofa, or the
matron may be driven to distraction by q
crash of crockery on the sidewalk. The do
mestic horrors of Moving Day in New York
might have furnished Dante with material
for an extra canto for his "Divina
Commedia," or the pencil of Dore with one
of its most powerful subjects. And yet the
restless, migratory character Of our people in
sists upon many of them leaving comfortable
homes each year and submitting to the hurly-
burly Of May Day just for the sake of change.
The real estate owners and agents have also
much to do with this annual hegira from
street to street, as they generally lose no op-
portunity to increase their rents and push
them beyond the limits of domestic endur-
ance. While rapid transit remains problem
to be solved at some future day the prepos-
ferrous demands of city landlords must be sub
mitted to and the chaos of Moving Day be
permanent institution. Once bring suburban
homes within few minutes reach of the
business community and few will be compelled
to 60 a-maying under the command of truck
drivers and extortionate landlords. The
hegira is not always matter of choice, but Of
extreme necessity.
Year: 1874

Men Of rude, earnest force of great natural
eloquence, have arisen among the people to
lead and animate them. Joseph Arch, who
was with us last summer, is i'll, but one
George Ball is now what our correspondent
calls s'the Moses of the movement" His
speeches are strong and brave. The time was
coming when men like Mr.. Arch would sit in
Parliament and ''some of these Lord Tom
Noddies would have to sit and learn at the feet
of some of the uncouth peasants of England"
We think we have heard something like this in
the speeches Of the leaders Of the French Revo-
luton. Certainly it has made its impression
upon the mind of one prelate and assistant
for we have the Lord Bishop of Manchester
issuing letter warning the farmers of the
madness and folly Of Expressing the laborers.
''They may" says this noble prelate, ''drive
their best laboren to the other side of
the Atlantic or into some new field Of
employment; they may fill the workhouses
with able-bodied men and women, stripped OF
their homes and all that has made life amid
their hardships still dear to them;" but "will
they have conquered?" Can any man, asks
the Bishop, earn q sufaciency Of food fuel
and clothing on smaller income than fifteen
or sixteen shillings q week? Another clergy
man attended meeting of the laborers to see
for himself its character, and afterwards
preached sermon in their behalf He wns
compelled to resign. All that he did was to
bear his testimony to the distress and misery
around him. These witnesses represent not
the political opinions of the radicals-of
republican leaders like Dixie and Herbert
but the conservative power of England.


Where will it end? Mr.. Disraeli is Premier
and the tory party is in power. He is strong
enough to do what he will in any reform He
must see, and no one with clearer eyes, that
the whole English system is based on an inse-
cure foundation, when conflict like this can
take place in the heart of England. On the
one side we see manhood and misery on the
other wealth, rank and power. Such a con-
test may result in q long battle, in uncertain
chances-but how must it end? Let Mr..
Disraei find an answer to this question in the
French Revolution and in the war of the
North against slavery.
Year: 1874

The Verdict I'm thc Leshy Case.


The three days trial has ended, and Leahy,
the slaughterer, has escaped from justice
After the charge delivered by the Judge, of
which we have nothing to say, the jury re-
tired to deliberate, and after o somewhat pro-
tracted delay, and, we are willing to believe
serious and sober consideration of all the
points in the case, they returned with YER
dict Of ''Not guilty." The verdict, of course,
must be accepted by the public. Before the
law Leahy is acquitted of the very serious
charge preferred against him. We are not by
any means satisfied, however, that the public
mind is pleased with the verdict. or that the
acquittal of Leahy will be positive gain to
the cause of law and order in the city of New
York. It will be admitted that the defence of
the accused was well conducted but the
charge of the Judge and the verdict of the jury
will find various interpreters. That Nc
Namara was cruelty slain no sane
man can refuse to admit In his own
home when he and his family had retired
to rest, an attempt is made to force an entrance
into his house. Like true man McNamara
resists and threatens to resist to the death.
He believes that his home is his castle and,
knowing that he harbors no offender against
the law, he will allow no intrusion. Because
of this righteous belief and of this manly pur-
pose he is shot and killed. The intruder and
the slayer is an officer of the law. Wehave
no desire to belittle the difficulties of the
policeman. In the ordinary discharge of his
duty certain amount Of discretionary power
must be allowed him. But when he goes on q
special mission, as he went in this case. he
ought to 60 with warrant; and he ought
also to be sure beforehand where that warrant
is to be served. In this case Leahy was all at
fault He believed his man was in the build
ing. Without warrant he went to find him;
but he went to the wrong door. The door was
that Of apoor man, and, of course, the police
man could not be wrong. At the door of q
Fifth avenue mansion he would have rung the
bell, would have handed in his card or quietly
declared lis mission and waited for
an answer. But then this was only a
tenement house, and the inhabitants we're
poor; and, OF course, you know,
poor people, especially tenement house
people, have no rights which a policeman is
bound to respect. The poor man awakes
from his slumbers, breads burglar and bur-
glars purpose, and threatens violence If vio-
lence is offered. The door is forced open
and the simple minded, honest defender OF
his home falls bleeding and dying on his own
floor, the victim of the policeman's bullet
This is the story. No rounded rhetoric can
make the facts other than they are. Poor
Mcnamara is gone and his slayer is &C
quilted. After this verdict it will not sur
prise us to learn that Leahy has been made
captain Of precinct and that he is on the
high way to the highest post in his calling.
Thus it is that we are marching towards
perfection.
Year: 1874

WITH WHAT MoTUE2-In the case of the
child Teresa Small, who has been forcibly
taken by the police from the persons in whose
custody she was, the reasons assigned are
good and sufficient on moral grounds if they
could be believed in as the real motives of the
proceeding; but there is too much reason to
believe them merely pretexts. Commissioner
Gardner, who has declared his faith in bru-
tality, and Captain Williams, who has no
need to declare his, are scarcely the persons
to be going about as moral knights errant
rescuing little girls from communicating in
fuences. They have some motive that appeals
more directly to their peculiar natures, and
the inquiry in the courts will fail II it does
not fully develop and uncover this motive.
Year: 1874

The EXECUTION Of Waltz at Catskill, ordained
by the law for to-day, has q sad significance
in the fact that yesterday in fit of anger the
prisoner killed his keeper. There seems to
have been no motive for this new crime. With
the certainty of death before him the wretched
man wantonly added another murder to the
crime which rests upon his SOUL The people
Of Catslill are, the report says, very much in
censed, and there were rumors Of an attempt
to lynch the poor wretch, who, under the
doom of DEATH felt that he had become in q
measure the reckless arbiter Of life and death.
The Governor promises to protect the Sheriff
in the execution of the law, and has ordered
out the militia to prevent any further breach
of the peace.
Year: 1874

LrvNosroNE--We print this morning the
closing scene of the story of Livingstone. The
cable has already anticipated the sad news,
but the glory and achievements of this man s
career will add fresh interest to the noble,
heroic and mournful story Of his death.
England recognized the fitness and beauty of
Livingstone's career in honoring him with his
illustrious resting place. If the patriot can
have no higher reward than the grateful
thanks of his fellow men, then Livingstone has
achieved the noblest tribute that can be paid
to one of English lineage. He rests forever in
the great temple Of peace and reconciliation,
honored by England as among her illustrious
SONS.
Year: 1874

The reckless rivalry of the politicians and
the inaction Of the federal authorities have
at last resulted in bloodshed. The forces
of Baxter and Brooks have passed
from menace and threat to actual warfare.
The battle which the telegraph informs
us has taken place between the Baxter forces
under General White and body of Brooks
men has resulted in considerable loss of
life, and may lead no one knows whittier. We
are once more, thanks to the plottings of car
pet-baggers, engaged for Q second time
in civil war, and the consequences
may not cease with the blood already shed.
We hope the time has at last come when the
central government will feel called upon
to act promptly and suppress with .
severe hand the men who brought again
on us the curse of internecine war.
There should be no longer any hesitations
or delays 'sLet us have peace" whatever it
costs, and if the lawless factionsts Of Arkan-
sas will not listen to reason and justice let
them be talked to plainly and convincingly
by the national cannon.


If there is any class of men in this coun-
try who desire to emulate the half of
the South American republics, and attempt
to seize power by force that the votes of
the people have denied them, the sooner
they learn that such infamies will
not be tolerated the better it will
be for the peace and prosperity
of the nation. We are in favor of paying
the utmost respect to State rights, but the
moment party in State overthrows the
de facto government by force and con-
stitutes itself in rebellion it becomes the
duty of the Executive to suppress such
revolt with all the power of the nation. The
delay in doing so in the Arkansas case has led
to the present outbreak of hostilities and to
the Inauguration of civil strife which may
lead no man knows whittier unless promptly
suppressed Will President Grant see to it
Year: 1874

THE TWIN RE1IC.-Mormonism lifted its
head in the House of Representatives for .
moment yesterday on the report of the Com


mittee on Elections that certain Mormon
Delegate was properly returned from Utah,
but that the committee deemed it right for
the House to investigate whether the gentle
man was polygamist, and whether, if so, he
is eligible to sit in Congress. This invitation
to face the music on SO important point is
not relished, however. Congressman do not
see how they can just now make much money
or much political capital out Of the Mormons.
Year: 1874

SMUT IN WugAr Smut is plant, and
comes from seed. If this seed comes
in contact with the plant, it will grow'
and smut is the result The only pre-
ventivc is to guard against the growth of
the seed by soaking it in some compound
which will destroy the germs of the smut


BUrrER Milk PIEs i pint butter
milk, eggs, table spoonfuls flour or
corn starch, l tablespoonful butter; ;
swccten TO taste, or spoonful OF sugar
to each egg; flavor to taste Splendid.
Year: 1874

1-" Dear old Aunt Mary. said a
school girl, A" don't see very well, and last
Sunday she was buzzing around getting
ready for church, looking for umbrella,
specs, overshoes, and last, but not least,
her prayer book The latter she thought
she had secured by grabbing something
off her bureau at the last moment, but
when she got to church it proved to be
my musical box, and the old lady in try.
ing to find her place in this uncommon
book Of prayer. touched the spring and it
went otr in fine style to the tune of o
Jam Along. Jim Along Josey.
Year: 1874

EE A worthy Quaker thus wrote
expect to pass through this world but
once. II, therefore, there be any kind
ness can show, or any good thing can
do to my fellow human beings, let me do
it now. Let me not defer or neglect it,
Tor | will not pass this way again.
Year: 1874

warranted not to cut in the eye--not a head
ache in hhds. of tit is no sooner in your
belly than lis on your back in pound of beet
and it carries bead like a necklace; for
sale by


GEORGE AUSTIN.
Year: 1874

The rumors, nrst OF the dangerous illness and
then OF the death OF oliver Charlick, which spread
rapidly through the city yesterday afternoon,
caused considerable excitement and great deal
OF comment especially among the few politicians
who still remain IN town.


AZ Police Heaaquarters, however. everything
went on In the usual routine way, ana the subject
was little spoken or The higher grade oi officials
showed sign Of being Affected one
way or the other oy the news; but
there was no Disgusting the TACT THAT the
Intelligence created positive feeling OF sadness
among the subordinate officers ana the rank
and file OF the iorce, who, whatever might he the
opinions OF Others concerning him, were able 10
remember many traits III Mr. Charllckis character
that were anything but offensive to them.


Among the citizens who knew Mr.. Charlick in
private life and business relations there was an
uumlstakahle expression Of general sorrow over
what they considered the melancholy news Tue
family oI Mr.. Charllck are spoAen OF In terms Of
the highest esteem and regard by all who know
them, and they the recipients or the sncerest
sympathy coming right IRON the hearts OF their
rlends and acquaintances


despatch received late last evening from a
friend OF Mr. Charlick. who is with him. states mat
so far rom being dangerously i'll, his health is daily
MlproyIuQ
Year: 1874

From the Cooperstown IN. W, JournaLl


On one other point we desire 10 add word
The fear Is constantly and earnestly expressed
that the fall OF Mr. Observation-Disclosures may be the
oepth OF tnat fall-will nct a serious blow on the
cause OF religion and sound morality. We do not
participate In that fear, mainly for the reason the
greatest leader Is 30 very small compared with the
mighty cause he has endeayored 70 champion. God
raises up leaoers as he has need or them and II.
one prove lalse, let him be assured 'bis sin will
nno MN Our' and throw him from the rank OF
captain: True, when one suffers all must to GER
tain extent suffer with him; but the march OF q
grand army is not checked when the leader OF
q small DIVISION lalls; when mighty ship goes
down at sea hundred hearts may bleed, but
there ii no mark LETT upon the mighty waters.
view II IN any light this Is q sad AFFAIR; but
may not gOod spring from tue exposure which
has peen madef VIII II not teach lesson OF pru-
dence, o. proper restraint needed in the best
cetyY VIII IT not aid In bringing into greater and
sizes which have too long noarished and been winked
at oy people who should sooner have frowned
upon themi And VIII 1t not be likely to incite the
great lights OF the American pulpit to more earnest
labors In behalf OF sound orthodox views, ana
proper church discipline and government plym.
outh church has had for many years in Its pulpit
brilliant and eloquent and popular preacher, in
some respects great man, more prominent than
any otner pulpit orator in the country, second to
none in the world; they have been justly proud OF
him. and he has enjoyed their love and friendship,
and has led them as shepherd would his sheep;
they have almost made an Idol OF him. and in an
evil hour their IDOL falls Let the mantle Of charity
be thrown over his iaults whatever they are and
ne be allowed TO retire from public view.
Year: 1874

IBrsnch's letter from New York to the Buffalo


COurler]
1t is thought by candid and charitable outsiders
that II Mr. Beecher and MIRA Tilton should unite in
a confession that they had slid unawares into q
deplOrable love scrape, but without crimlnalty OF
action, everything would be consistently ex.
plained and something very like the truth would
be revealed without destroying confidence IN the
integrity OF either OF them. But such a conclusion
while retaining for Mr.. Beecher the respect and
sympathy due to human weakness without turpi
tude, woud cut down his position and power as q
pastor to second rate, and this. In the estimation
OF other large stockholders in Plymouth church,
would never do. Tney will, therefore, persist In
the useless endeavor to make the public believe
that Mr.. Beecher's agony unto death and the
ntter ruin he confessed To be impending over hlm
had no other substance than conscious
ness Of having, given njudiclous advice in a
domestic quarrel. All expectation Is now concen.
trated on Mr.. Frank Monnon's testimony, the
character OF which must be the turning point in
the case. If the concessions made 10 him orally
were more distinct than those committed TO him
In writing we shall be sorry. II does not seem as
u he could have been the medium and trustee OF
that confession without knowing what 1t was
aoOut
Year: 1874

THE Chilson Brothers arrived last Sunday from Los Angeles with wagon and six animals and a fine outfit of tools and provisions for working their rich mines in the Montezuma district. They also brought fine lot of the best apples that have ever been brought to this market, and sold them at very reasonable prices. On Tuesday morning they left with their team and outfit for their mines, which they will proceed to work in earnest. We wish them success.