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Year: 1878

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Sept. 26th.-
At 2:45 P. NJ, the delegates entered
the hall and business was resumed.


manent Chairman.


The Committee on Resolutions


made the following report, which


was adopted:


The Democratic party of the
State of New York reaffirms the
following principles set forth in its
platform adopted in 1874 and in
1877 and endorsed by large ma
jority of the people of this State:
Gold and silver coin and paper
convertible into coin at the will of
the holder, are the only currency
of the country; steady steps to-
ward specie payments, and the
honest payment OF the public debt;
congratulate the State and country
upon the practical relative value of
the greenback currency of the Gov
eminent with gold and silver and
the preservation of public faith; a
tariff for revenue; no Gov
ernment partnership with protect
ed monopolies; home rule to limit
and l0calize most jealously the
powers entrusted to public ser.
wants, whether municipal, State or
Federal; no centralization; equal
and exact justice to all men; no
partial legislation; no partial taxa
ton; official accountability to be
rigidly enforced by all civil and
criminal remedies; no private use
of public funds by public officers;
chartered by the State
always subject to State supervision
in the interest of the people; the
party in power responsible for all
while In power; econo-
my In public expenses, that labor
may be lightly burdsned and the
Iaborer fully paid for his work;
uniform and equitable excise laws;
no sumptuary laws.


Resolved, That the prescriptions
)f the State Constitution are man.
iatory in regard to the apportion-
ment of members of the Senate
aud Assembly and the failure of the
party for three sue
years after the taking of
he census to SO apportion the
Year: 1878

\ MERCHANT TAILOR, fully competent to
make respectable fitting suit OF clothes,
has long been wanted in this town. By ref
erence to card in another column it will he
seen that this want has at last been met It
will now be for our citizens to patronize Mr.
Meade literally, and in tina. way encourage
him to keep up his stock and employ good
workmen.
Year: 1878




Minneapolis. Ottawa Co., Independent, 49,


Both Senator Ingalls and Col. Anderson
made a most favorab,e impression on the
people Of Ottawa county on the occasion OF
their recen, visit. Senator Ingalls, is not
only cultured gentleman OF education and
ability, but his intellectual calibre is quite
equal TO the high pos.;i in the natIonsl
legislature which he occupies. He is
thoroughly competent statesman, as we'll as
a philosopher and q man Of letters. His
brilliant achievements in the upper House
for the past five years has not only done
honor to the young State OF Kansas, bul
has reflected renown on the intellectual
status Of her Ell erprisinx inhabitants who
sent him there His term Of six years l.
drawing to close. There are far better
and more vital reasons why lac should b.
reelected than there was for el.cting him
in the first instance. His Large an; valua-
BILE experience in the u. 5. SeDat- is not
only invaluable TO young State like ours,
but the peculiar position Of parties in the
present epoch of our national politics rem
d-rs it Of the first importance that We
should have men OF practical experience
and judgment at the helm of the national
ship 10 steer it carefully and safely through
the shoals and quicksands Of party strife
which at present beset it. Senator IDgalr.
is not only we'll tried, but most able and
interchangeable public speaker. One OF his
predecessors wEo heaped disgrace on The
rotten Republic" is trying to displdce him
by less worthy successor, for no other
reason than that he is uncorrupted and in
corraptible Honesty is poison to those
who believe in the efficacy Of corruption.
Pomeroy has got worthy and fit coadjutor
in the dirty business in Gov. Il. I. Autho-
nv. let US see that those snakes in the
grass don't succeed in their secret little
game We feel quite sure that the people
Of Kansas will be solid in demanding that
Senator Ipgalls shall be his own successor.
Year: 1878

Army and Navy Journal, 10


We are to have a new office In the Army.
There il to be an Inspector of Post Schools,
and the place is to be filled by Gen. Alex.
Med. McCook, Lieut.. Col. 10Th Infantry
and Colonel A. ID. e. to the General of the
Army. The assignment has been made by
the General we presume. Gen. McCook
will still remain on the Staff of the Gener-
al. 1t is gratifying to know that the sub
ject OF Post Schools ia exciting attention.
II is presumed that every military post has
a school, but how is it? At the Artillery
posts at the east it has nearly always been
Al easy matter to have a shool for the
children of the Post, but at the majority Of
the Posts in the West but little attention
has been paid to the NJ after, for the reason
that there was not sufficient funds to fur
nish books and pay for the time Of teach
er. The troops being in the field for near
ly the whole year there would be little or
no Post fund made. The greatest trouble
is in the fact that but little interest is taken
in the school by the geater part Of the
commanding officers. There are few
Posts in the West where there are chap
lains stationed, and as those good men
have nothing to do aside from holding one
service a week, and often not even that,
they should be ordered to take charge OF
the Post school. Wouldn't it be we'll to
have an inspection of our list of chaplains,
with view of ascertainIng how many Of
them could be made useful At our remote
military Posts as school matters, as it is
contemplated in Article "a, par. 2l0, Of Ar
nv Regulations?
Year: 1878

The revelations made by the detailed
statements regarding the Losses and conse
quent failure of the Bank Of Glasgow ara
such as to make the wildcat" banking on
this side the Atlantic seem venial indeed
The London Times characterizes the story
set forth in the report as lone OF the most
disgraceful in the history Of banking, and
all the more disgraceful because Of the fact
that the scandal and crime occurred in pro-
fessedly the most religious city in the most
religious country in the world" 1t sppears
that the accounts of the bank have been
deliberately falsifed, securities entered at
fictitious values, and the very gold which
should have been held against the note
issue squandered to the extent OF nearly
a million dollars. For falsifying the re-
turns to the Government the banks officers
are, under the laws of Great Britain, liable
to criminal punishment, and the telegraph
informed us yesterday morning had all been
placed under arrest.
Year: 1878

When a rumor reached the Merchants
exchange yesterday morning that the exten-
siye dry goods house of Dodd, Brown 4 Co.
of this city, had suspended, and that Its pa
per had gone to protest in New York the
day before, quite ferment was excited and
a general feeling was manifested to discred-
it the stateme,t


The house had been one of the largest in
the CITY for more than dozen years, and
was su pposed to be as irm as q rock. But
the rumor grew into form as the day ad-
yanced. and it soon became known that it
was true. All sorts of wild statements
we're made in regard to the affair, as Is
generally the case under such such circum-
stances, and the story ran that the liabili-
ties of the house exceeded the assets by at
least a half million dollars. To get some
reliable statistics of the disaster, a Repu6ii-
ccn reporter called on a member Of The firm
and learned to a certainty that the story OF
he suspension was true, but was informed
that the firm was not prepared TO make
any statement Just now beyond the fact
that they hoped to make an arrange
ment with their creditors by which
the house would Immediately 60 on
with its Cuisines. A corps Of clerks and
book k-keepers were taking an account Of
stock and Strengthening up the books for
the purpose of presenting complete and
lucid statement of the condition of the
house to its creditors, and this would prob
ably take a week or ten days. Mr.. Brown,
the New York partner, was not in the city
but was expected to arrive to-day. 1t was
learned that the Bank of Commerce, of
which Mr.. Dodd is director, will not be in
anv manner affected by the suspension, nor
will any other bank or banking-house, and
thst the losses-if any-will fall exclusive
ly on merch hsndise creditors, of whom some
are in Philadelphia but the most in New
York. The cause OF the suspension just at
this time was not ascertaiued with certainty,
but is said to have resulted from the sud-
den stringency in the New York money
market. During the months Of August,
September and October The house did
considerably larger business than during
the same months last yesr, but it ia under
stood that the returns fell largely below
their expectations. OF course the nominal
assets are largely in excess of the liabilities,
but If the house is forcsd into liquidation
Immediately they are likely to be greatly
diminished BY forcing debtors of the house
into payments which they cannot meet.
From this view OF the csse, it is quite
likely that the creditors of the firm will
protect their own interests by making an
arrangement by which it will continne lie
bnsiness
Year: 1878

In this day Of political injustice, as well
as political corruption, little notice is Ia
ken OF those who, honestly endeavoring to
do what is right, fall by the wayside. Such
unfortunates are pressed harder and harder
upon the bedrock of the great road to OBJ
livion, and the world moves on, cold and
unsympathe:ic. This truth was never so
fully illustrated as in Bexar county, Texas,
during the present campaign. The candi-
date for Sheriff on the Republican ticket
was young man of great promise, but his
ambition is knocked in the head. He was
a person of sound judgment and acknowl-
edged ability, hui he must move elsewhere
before he can again shine He was unwise;
he has fallen. He wore clean shirt one
day and il leaked cut.
Year: 1878

Col. VIM. A. Phillips informs US that he
will address the people of Leavenworih on
the political issues of the day, next Tues,
day evening and We can promise him
larger meeting than any that has been held
here during tie campaign. We have had
so many harangues in favor Of the bullion
lists by men calling themselves Republicans
tina, it will be positively refreshing to the
people Of the city to have a genuine Repnb'
lican speech, By a man who is in full ac'
cord with the people upon all the great is
sues of the day
Year: 1878

The migratory movement through Iowa
into Nebraska and Kansas continues. The
vast procession of prairie schooners moves
across the great expanses Of the State just
as, twenty years ago,it moved into the State.
So mighty an exodus has not been known
since 1858. A partial solution OF the prob
lem the honest tramp stated in late mum,
Der of the Sunday Afternoon, is to be found
in this emigration. There will be more
room for those who stay when those who 60
get settled down to some work. A cores
pondent writing to the magazine from Kan
sas says there is no such scarcity OF work
in Kansas a. the honest tramp depicted a.
existing in the East. The editor replies
that where a man can't rake up dollar,
the distance Of fifteen hundred miles is as
long as that which is between earth and
paradise. 1t is here that a colonization 30
ciety might find its sphere Of usefulness.
The Government is not competent to do the
work. 1t has furnished land for the occu-
pancy, and it can properly go no further.
Associations can properly step in here and
do the work.
Year: 1878

Subscriptions are invited for the relief
of the family Of Lieutenant Benner, the
gallant officer who volunteered as COM
mander Of the relief boat that went into
the fever districts, and who died at his post.
Here is an opportunity to express humani
tvs material admiration for the leader OF a
forIo-u hone
Year: 1878

IOluClNuHll UaLtIkef u


The new Canadian Cabinet is complete.
The Dominion, it is asserted, will now be
run on the principle Of Canada for the Ca
nadians." 1t is equivalent to fling a no.
tice, upon the sprig OF royalty that is about
to arrive from the mother country, not to
assert the empire too strongly in his admin
istration.
Year: 1878

There is enormous force in the remark OF
a New York paper, concerning Tilden's
relation to the cipher dispatches, that "the
purposes Of principal may be measured
by the character of his agents" Measuring
Tilden's purposes by the character OF his
agents tends TO cause one to rejoice that the
country was able to dispense with the re-
form which was necessary.
Year: 1878

ISt. Louis Globe-Democrat, 23.i


The liveliest kind of a row is now going
on among the life insurance companies In
Of circular recently issued by
the Mutual Life, of New York, announcing
that hereafter the cost Of insuring in that
company will be some so per cent less
than in the past. All the other leading
companies deny that any such reduction
has been made by the Mutual, and hold
that such course could not be successful
in any case.
Year: 1878

Baltimore Evening BuIIetIn.I


Base ball is degenerating in this city.
The club calling itself the Baltimore has
had the bad taste Ito put it mildly to con-
sent to play with colored nine from
Washington. 1t is to be hoped that better
counsels will prevail in the management Of
the club hereafter, that is, if it expects the
Baltimore public to take any interest in its
success or TO patronize the game at all.
Year: 1878

Outrsges of the kind committed on
Sunday in West Virginia are unfortun-
stely not uncommon In some parts of the
country, though In this case there were de-
tails OF tendishness and mslignity from
which even the summary vengeance OF
vigilance committees is ordinarily free.
But where the operation of the law is set
aside there is generally some fact that
stands as psllistion. In new Terri
tories or new States, in spsrsely settled
districts, where either the mach
inery OF justice does not exist, or
where it exists in terror of the classes
with whom it is appointed to deal, it is
only the sudden and awful retribution
visited upon murderer by a gathering
OF enraged citizens that keeps the crini.
nal classes under any restraint whatever.
In such places Lynch law has an almost
recognized existence as substitute,
however bsrbarous, for the more regular
system that the wild men who inflct it
desire. But the application OF this plan
in West Virginia is not of the
same nature. There can be no
pretence that the ssnctity Of life
requires it, or that the ordi-
nary machinery of justice is not equal to
all occasions. For the killing of Wal
lace, therefore, there is not shadow of
any sort OF psliistioo. 1t was murder
IS gross and as horrible as the one that
tnst led to it. 1t was, indeed, an ia.
6nitely more omlnous crime. In every
community in the world, however refined
and civilized, there are found to be in
dividuals-sceidentally horrible speci-
mems of humsnity-cspsble of any ex-
trsvagant act OF butchery; but the demon
s.ration that any considerable part of q
community is of this accidentally hor-
rible sort is fact of quite diff
ferent significance. let that is what is
demonstrated in this case. It is shown
that Wallace WAS Of a feather with
many OF his neghbors. Brutal, fero-
cious, cowsrdly murder seem to have
come as natural and easy to very large
number of them rs it came to him. This
crime is a stain upon the honor o. the
people of that State that can only be
lighlened by the punishment OF the nur-
derers, and if the State cannot punish
them 1t should give up the pretense to the
exercise of sovereign authority and go
into bankruptcy.
Year: 1878

No household is complete without Q
sister. She gives the finish to the fam
lily. A sisters love, sisters watchful
care can anything be more hallowed
A sisters kindness ss-docs the world
show us anything purer9 Who would
live without sister !? A sister is sort
of guardian angel in the home circle
Her presence condemns vice. She is
the quickener of good resolutions, the
sunshine in the pathway of homo. To
every brother she is light and life. Her
heart is the treasure house Of confidence.
In her he finds a safe adviser, a
charitable, forgiving, tender, though
often severe friend. In her he finds
ready companion. Her sympathy is as
open as the fragrance Of flowers. We
pity brother who has no sister to
love. We feel sorry for the home
which is not euliveued BY a sisters
presence. A sisters Office is noble
and gentle one. 1t is hers to persuade
to virtue, to win to wisdom's ways;
goptly to lead where duty calls, tc
guard the citadel of home with the
slecpless vigilance Of virtue; to gather
graces and strew flowers around tht
home altar.
Year: 1878

| of his election to the paesent time
Tho motive is'the same. 1t is hoped
that flank movement will succeed
where a direct attack must fail. And
it is evident that the usefulness ol
Governor Hampton will be lessened,
and his power for good be impaired, il
State officers be selected who are not in
accord with him, and who are chosen
because their views are different from
his. We do not say that this is intended.
II is manifest, however. that there is
nothing in the character and conduct
of the State officers that makes change
necessary. The reason for ousting any
one Of the State officers must be sought
in some other direction.


There is every reason to believe that,
ifthe whole State ticket be renominated
it will be elected without opposition.
This will leave the Democracy free to
concentrate their efforts upon the
election Of Democratic candidates for
Congress, for the Legislature, aud for
County Offices. 10 the absence of the
excitement that would be caused BY a
fight over the State Offices, the oppor-
tunity Of clecting the Democratic can
didates for other Offices will be largely
increased. The Democracy can win in
November rs general and complete a
victory as was won two years ago, and
in 1880 the rule of the Democratic party
will be so consolidated and confirmed,
the confidence of the colorcd people will
be so won, that the Democracy can then
elect any candidates whom they choose
to nominate. Then the confidence will
be in the party, while now the trust of
the colored people is, in large meas.
ure, rcposed in Individuals, as indivi-
duals and no. as party candidates.
Year: 1878

THE colt should be handled almost
daily while with the dam, and mAdc fa-
miliar with men. Great care should be-
taken to avoid frightening it. 1t should
be taught to regard man rs its greatest
friend, from whom it may always expect
a pleasant caress, or something agreeable
TO eat. This is not only important in re-
ference - its future temper and useful
ness. but vastly important to its rapid
growth. Animals do not thrive under
excitement and irritation. There is no
place for a passionate man among ysuns
animals, not very profitable place for
him anywhere.
Year: 1878

A recent communication to the Su-
gar Planters Association has been


published, containing extracts from


the diary of the late Valcour Aime of


st. James which may be read with


both interest and profit. He was not
only successful planter, but a close
observer, and kept diary of his
planting business for thirty years.
| From what he says our own expert
ence as to the time of windrowing is
fully confirmed; that is, when the
cane is thoroughly frozen and the
bark split, instead of wasting time in
windrowing, cut, haul and grind as
fast as you can. The top eyes may
be killed-in fact the cane may be
partially injured at the top-still it
will keep when laid down longer than
it would if left standing. The ripper
the cane the better it will keep with
out loss. 1t is probable, if the cane
be ripe, say giving juice weighing 8
degrees, it may be windrowed sue
cessfully before the bud is killed,
provided you have such large guam
tity on hand and the season is so far
advanced as to make you fear the re-
suit of leaving SO much of the crop
standing.


An article in recent number of
the Home Journal from one of its cor
respondents, is very encouraging as
to the manner of keeping seed cane.
He says:


For the last nine years have pnt up for
seed, plant cane-stubble, old and new-talI
cane-small eane-green eane-ripe cane
straight eaDe-cr0oked cane; have put up
my cane during dry weather-during wet
weather-in a word, under all possible cir
cumstances, and l have never failed. The
extreme bad condition of the cane last fall
after the storm, gave me some apprehension
and made me fear that would meet with at
least one exception; but it only served to
confirm the rule, because on opening my
mats the cane, all of it, was found to be per-
feetly sound.


We may well exclaim, with the old
mathematician, Eureka and congrat-
ulate ourselves that one genius has
solved the riddle which has puzzled
SO many for a number of years, and
hope that his infallible rule for saving
seed cane may not prove TO be a
myth.
Year: 1878

Augusta Constitutionalist and Sentinel.


The most sagacious merchants in
that part of tue Union advertise, if any
thing, more freely and literally when
times are dull than when they are
brisk. This is founded upon the
shrewd and rational idea that, when
purchasers are laggard, they most
require stirring up, and that the only
way to create the necessary agitation
is through the medium of widely
circulated public press. There is
another reason why merchants and
others should proclaim in the papers
what they have to sell, and that is the
inevitable dispersion thereby of the
very dullness complained of. We
venture to say that frequent, telling,
live advertising will wake up the
sleepy community, and that all busi-
ness men who practice this true
business precept will infallibly reap
the reward of their superior enter
prise. A Mobile contemporary puts
the case pithily Every man, in
any business, who does not take the
trouble to tell the public what he has
for sale, will soon find that the public
does not take the trouble to inquire
for itself. He will fnd-as some are
finding to-day, whether they confess
it or not-that his reticenee is practi-
cally putting up his blinds for him
and that his clerks might as we'll go
fishing as tumble over goods they do
not sell. Neither need such a reti-
cent merchant wonder greatly why
people pass has store, and go in the
next door. For human nature has
much of the bull in it, and will run
after highly -colored announcement,
as the taurine will after a red flag.
Only the kind of red flag it does not
run after, worth speaking of, is that
which is apt to follow too long and
too persistent folding of ones hands
in ones lap"
Year: 1878

We have an abiding faith that the
good in the land are not all dead.
That there are enough pure, upright
men left to do right for the love of
right, to put their feet upon error
and elevate justice, though the
Heavens fall. Such men will be
brought to the front. They will put
on the harness of duty and expunge
everything from their catalogue an
tagonistic to Reform, and COMFORTING
their actions to this schedule, the car
of Progress will move forward and its
followers will be legion. Their names
will be written first in letters of liv-
ing light op the golden epoch which
is about to burst the bonds of error,
and posterity viii give peans of joy,
Liberty will dry her tears, Justice
will bask in the sunlight of truth, and
with mans restored confidence in
man, the State and nation will be
united, prosperous and happy.