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Year: 1877

Our consul at Odessa writes that he is
persuaded that Russia cannot compete


with us in the grain markets of the world
and that for reasons almost too numerous
10 mention in an ordinary commercial
report. Their system of agriculture is
the most miserable possible, their labor
the most ignorant, as it is managed the
most worthless, their devotion to the
ways OF by-gone days SO steadfast that in
many places they are yet managing az
did their Tartar forefathers and predeces-
Year: 1877

The Rio GRAZ DE ORDER.-The re-
cent cabinet decision directing General
Ord to cross the Rio Grande into Mexico
in pursuit of Mexican cattle thieves is
generally understood in Washington to
be mainly inspired by General Sherman,
who is very anxious TO have something
for the army to do. 1t is also said that
he expects the end of it to be big slice
of Mexican territory, for which he will
get the glory.
Year: 1877

The Governor of Illinois bas vetoed


the. bill making silver coin legal tender
within the limits of the State. In this
he has disappointed the expectations both


of the friends and foes of the measure
The Legislature had passed it almost un-
animously, and it was supposed to be
backed with such solid popular support
that he could not refuse it his approval.
That he has not approved it will crafty
the advocates of the gold standard, but
the reason he gives for his action will also
alarm them. 1t is in substance, that
Congress. is certain, at an early day, tC
restore the silver dollar of 1897 as the
unit of coin values, and that it is there
fore inexpedient for Illinois to burden
herself with the existing silver fra, tions
Year: 1877

A romantic marriage was that which
the father of the late Viscount Ashbrook
contracted with an Irish girl:


When very young and residing with
his family in the Queens County he was
struck with the beauty Of an Irish peas
ant girl, named Elizabeth Ridge, who
was In the habit of punting ferry y-boat
across stream in the vicinity of Castle
Durrow. The youth enjoyed the society
of his water nymph, but carefully con-
cealed from his parents the impression
she had made upon him.


He then held an ensign's commission in
some regiment which was quartered near
the castle, but he was too young to
think of matrimony, nor was the object
of his affection either old enough or suf-
ficiently educated to become his wife.


She had been reared among the Irish
peasants, had been unused to shoes
and stockings, was scarcely acquainted
with the English language, and was un-
informed in matters OF the world; but the
young ensign fancied that, in spite OF
these disadvantages, he could perceive
an aptitude of mind and soundness of in
tellect, united with great amiableness
of temper, in addition to her personal
perfections.


Under these circumstances, he con-
ceived the romantic idea OF submitting
her to the superintendence of some re-
spectacle female, capable of rendering
her, through the influence of education,
an associate suitable to his wishes and to
his rank. .,,...t..g


The ferry-girl was accordingly placed
under the tuition of u lady at whose
house Ensign Flower occasionally visited
her, and where he marked, from time to
time, her progress in polite accomplish
ments.


Elizabeth Ridge remained in this stu
alton about three years, when some do
mestic occurrences enabled the then Cap
tain Flower to reap the reward of his con-
stancy and honorable conduct by mat
rimonial union. And the daughter of
the Emerald Isle became ultimately the
Countess of Ashbrook.
Year: 1877

The other night Burlington woman
found the long-expected "man under the
bed" 1t was her husband. The bed
was rather high and SO was he, and he
missed connection when he tried to
get in. l
Year: 1877

THIS is an age of nuisances. Some
body is continually doing something
which makes noise or a smell, or other.
wise interferes with the comfort or the
health of somebody else. Now it is q
slaughter. house; then it is stable which
Is maintained, TO the great wrath and
encouragement of the vicinage; soap
boilers and fat.renderers are constantly
called upon to show cause why they
should not put out their fires and trans
port their business to some other locality.
An analogous case is that of the boarder
who practices at night upon wind instru-
ments, banishipg the balmy from every
other apartment of the pension. Then
there is the man who smokes and who
does so under difficulties, finding the
number of places where he may much
smaller than the number of places where
he may not blow his cloud. A chime OF
bells has recently by court of justice in
Philadelphia been declared nuisance,
and an injunction has been issued against
their further use except under certain
conditions. Especially is it ordered that
they shall not be rung at o'clock in the
morning.
Year: 1877




We are sorry to see that our old anti,
slavery friend, Cash CINy, has, in his
latter days, felt called upon to imbue his
hands once more in human blood. We
do not mean tOsay that he was not justi.
fable. according to the account published
in an other column, in shooting the negro
who had threatened his life. Perhaps he
was entirely iustiiable. The necessity
however, is none the lees to be deprecated,
Cash Clay has had 4 stormy existence.
While he is not and never was man Of
blood, he has, nevertheless, more than
once been involved in bloody tragedies.
He had to defend himself for many years
in Kentucky as an anti.slaverY man al
the point OF his bowie.Enite, and in doing
80 killed one man and very severely
wounded an other. lie literally conquer.
eds peace on his native soil by deter
mined Use Of the knife aud pistol.


Some Of our readers will remember
Clay's visit to this city before the war.
He came here at the invitation Of the
small band Of Republicans then existing
in our midst, to deliver Republican
speech. The announcement Of his com.
ing created great excitement among the
pro 'layery regime Of that day; 40 much
so that the directors OF the Washington
Hall Association seriously thought OF
closing the hall against him for fear Of a
mob. Poor old Horace Greeley had
been scared ont Ci delivering his
speech year or two before that,
and the programme seemed to be 10
scare Cash Clay in the same way
But Clay was mot cast in the Greeley
mould. He heard all the stories as to
what might happen il he attempted to
speak with perfect composure, and told
his Republican friends thatif they want
ed him to speak and would find him q
place wherein to speak, he certainly
would make the attempt to address The
people. Their influence and that o.
others who believed in fair play was suf
dcient 10 keep open Washington Hall
and accordingly, when the hour came il
the evening for the meeting, Clay was OF
hand, and with the step Of veteran who
knew no word but forward, he boldl,
made his way to the door Of the hall
through an ugly crowd OF ill,alFectet
pro'slayeryites who would have beer
glad to stop his progress had they dared
but the question was the old one OF wht
would bell the cat. They had an idel
that at least one or two parties would g
down in the operation, and as they hat
not at that time commenced to marty
lOr the South hereabouts, the man iron
Kentucky was allowed to make bis wa,
Without interruption. He therefore qui
etly entered the house and made mem
Orable speech in our midst.


ltseems appropriate 10 refer to thi
incident this morning III connection no
only with the unhappy circumstance re
corded elsewhere, but also in connection
with the publication to-day oil the tamou
bench warrant issued in Harrison county
this State, in 1856, for the arres. Of Hor
ace Greeley as the publisher Of the New
York THbsns, As we have frequent,
remarked, those were the good old day
OF Democracy and slavery iu our midst
Thenionly one class Of the community hal
Year: 1877

Extract from a letter from Atchison,
Kansas: "The ground is tremendous
dry here; the big rain of last week did
not reach the ground; the gras>hop-
pers stood on their hind legs and
drank the water as fast AS it fell. So l
am informed"
Year: 1877

BE NEAT.-Young ladies', if they
only knew how disgusting to men
slovenliness is, and how attractive arc
displays OF nea,ntss and taste, would
array themselves in the simplicity and
cleanliness of the lilies of the field; or,
II able To indulge in costly attire, they
would study the harmonious blending
of colors which nature exhibits in all
her works. A girl of good taste, and
habits of nealness. can make a more
fascinating toilet with shilling calico
dress, lew cheap ribbons and laces,
aud such ornaments as she can gather
from the garden, than a vulgar, tawdry
creature who is worth thousands and
has tho iewelry and wardrobe OF IA
princess.
Year: 1877

How often, oh, how often we find a
man who will pay eleven dollars for a
box of cigars without question or a
moments hesitation, who will contract
his brows and start back in speech
les horror, and stare for ten minutes
at the item, "to one piece of dress
braid, ten cents" in dry goods bill
that his trembling wife hands him.
Year: 1877

the strikers are now making. The frst
duty of the Government is to suppress the
rising before it assumes the proportions Of
o civil war. The next step should be to
clothe the Central Government with suffi-
cient powers and give it such an ample
military force as will make IT impossible
for such dangerous and widespread insur-
rection to again take place.
Year: 1877

From the Baltimore GAZETTE.


Chamberlain's valedictory address is
filled with whine and drivel. If he be-
lieves what he says then he is despica-
BILE coward to abandon his post without a
struggle. If it were true that he received
majority of the votes at the last election
and that the republicans of South Caro-
lima have been "denied employment, "
"driven from their homes" "robted of
the earnings of honest industry" "hunted
for their lives like wild beasts, "their
families outraged and scattered" for no
offense except their fidelity to political
principle, then he is most despicable
coward to abandon the Office to which
they elected him because of any insurrec-
ton, no matter how great or how formd-
able. 1t is his duty to stand at his post
and die in his tracks in defense of his
authority. But the whole address is a
windy, bombastic falsehood, and there is
no truth in it.. chamberlain perhaps ex-
poets to make some impression upon the
public mind by sheer audacity of repeat
ed assertion, He says 81 was by your
votes elected to the same Office" when
he knows that Hampton's majority was
1,134. He says: "My title to the office
upon every legal and moral ground is
clear and perfect" On the contrary his
pretensions to authority have never been
recognized by the judiciary of the State,
nor by anybody except the rump Legis-
lature-itself pronounced an illegal as
semblage by the Supreme Court of the
State. If Chamberlain had been recog-
nized as governor of South Carolina by
the President and intruded into that office
by the federal troops, it would have been
usurpation pure and simple. The law of
the State is so plain that there is absolute
ly no room for doubt as to the validity of
Governor Hampton's title. The consti-
tuition of the State provides that "during
the first week of the session, or as soon
as the General Assembly shall have Or
ganized by the election of the presiding
officers of the two houses, the speaker
shall open and publish them (the returns)
in the presence of the two houses. The
person having the highest number of
votes shall be Governor" The returns of
the last election was opened by the
speaker Of the rump Legislature, and the
votes of Edgefield and Laurens counties
were thrown out in order to give Cham
berlain a majority. This was directly
contrary to the constitution, which estab-
fishes the procedure by which contested
elections shall be decided; pending de-
cision, however, the person returned cleo
ted upon the face of the returns holds
tie office. The action of the Mackey
House in throwing out the returns from
two counties would have been utterly
void and futile, even had it been the legal
body but, as matter of fact, the Wal
lace House was the legal body, and its
presiding officer declared the result of the
election in the regular mode of procedure.
1t will therefore be seen that nowhere can
Chamberlain find any ground upon which
to base his pretension, and his farewell
address is as unt;uthful in substance as
it is whining and cowardly in tone.
Year: 1877

During a late suit against the city
of Philadelphia it was ascertained that
Samuel P. Hancock city controller,
had direct interest in the contract
involved in the suit. Under stare law
such conduct works forfeiture of
office. The councils have instructed
tile city solicitor to procure writ Of
warranto against Hancock to inquire
by what authority he continues in of
fee
Year: 1877

The Sixth Avenue Railroad Company seem
to care as little for the decisions of the high
est courts as they do for the interests of the
olists that the Court Of Appeals has de-
clared valid in every respect the Gilbert
charter in all its parts, as well as the work
of the Rapid Transit Commission, just as
it does not matter to them how greatly they
injure the city by their opposition to the
Improvement most vitality necessary to its
welfare and growth.


The effort Of the horse car companies to
frighten the property owners along the line
of the Gilbert road ought to be understood.
1t is simply an attempt to use the owners OF
real estate as buffer to stand between the
horse car monopolists and the wishes and
demands OF the public. The real and per-
sistent opponents Of rapid transit know
very we'll that if they appeared prominently
and gave the reasons accurately for their
opposition the public would lose patience
with them. The plan of the horse car men
now seems to be to force the Gilbert
Company to build their road on arches
across the avenue, a plan which was aban-
doned because 1t was seen that the present
plan was preferred by the storekeepers and
property owners. Under the decision OF
the Court OF Appeals the Gilbert Company
may use either plan of construction it
wishes to use that which the property
owners prefer but the horse car companies
are understood to object to that Why ?
Well, they object to any rapid transit road
whatever, and hence it is useless to try to
please them.
Year: 1877

The examination Of Mr.. Tweed yesterday
before the Aldermanic committee had about
the weakest and most unsatisfactory result
of any of the series. Not single point was
drawn out which is of the slightest public
interest, which can in any way be made
available to recover money dishonesty
taken from the city, or which is likely to
aid in driving corrupt men from power.
The time was mainly occupied in af-
fording Mr.. Tweed an opportunity
to reiterate the charges heretofore made
which have been denied by those who
were implicated by them, and any at
tempt to elicit new facts was met by dis
turbance Of the harmony of the committee.
Mr. Cole, the Assistant Corporation Counsel,
who is conducting the examination on the
part of the committee, was guilty of On act of
gross impropriety in interfering to prevent
Alderman Cowing from asking quections of
Tweed as to parties other than those he had
named as being interested in the Ring cor
ruptions, and his singularly indiscreet con-
duct will not tend to ostrengthenpublic conf
dence in the sufliciency of the investigation.
! Mr.. Tweed produced check for four
thousand dollars indorsed by the president
and secretary Of the Albany Argus Printing
Company, which was not in any way evi-
dence of any dishonest transaction, and he
showed letters from individuals none of
which contained a word Of public interest.
1t is only just to the writer's to remember
that these letters were written when Tweed
was at the head of an influential po-
litical organization and before he was
known to be thief He reiter-
ated his story of the Brooklyn Bridge
| transactions, which have got TO be stale,
and which may be summed up in the asser
ton that he got sixty-tve thousand dollars
out of the bridge trustees as the price of
inducing the New York Common Council to
pass the appropriation resolution. This
really comprised the whole Of yesterdays
farcical examination. But Mr.. Tweed made
public part of his original confession,
which was sent to the Attorney General for
the purpose of showing that he offered to
assist in every way as witness in the pros
ecution of the Ring suits. The people
have not yet had an opportunity to judge
how much the proffered testimony was
worth
Year: 1877

Everybody knows that Congress, under
the constitution. has power to regulate
commerce between the States, and it has
power, therefore, to put summary stop to
the assemblage Of such huge brass bands rs
that which on Friday gathered at Borden
town, in New Jersey, and there and then,
with malice aforethought, blew up a terrible
trous effects were felt along great part OF
our coast TO regulate" is well under
stood by constitutional lawyers to mean or
include ''protoct, and what more necessary
or beneficial work can Congress do than
to protect our merchant shipping from
abnormal gales? 1t is no joke for one hun
drcd and forty-five unfortunate lady passcn-
gers to be blown ashore on Long Island by
a reckless brass band in Southern New Jer-
sey If seagoing persons, who are already
exposed to many dangers, are to suffer here
after this new peril Of brass bands we shall
never be able to man n navy or to create q
corps of seamen in fact, our coast would
soon be marked extra hazardous on the
books Of insurance companies, and even the



navigation Of the noble Hudson would repel
all but the most adventurous OF our popu-
lation.


Before Congress attacks the Presidents
policy; before it attempts to increase or de-
crease the army; before it considers even
the smallest subsidy bill even before the
House elects Randall or Cox, or Sayler or
Goode, or Gibson, or Garfield, Speaker. and
before the Senate admits Spofford or elnts
Patterson, We trust Congress will 80 far
regulate commerce as to sternly prohibit
the simultaneous blowing of more than
three brass bands at any given place within
five hundred statute miles OF any point on
our coast How can we ever expect that
great revival of commerce which everybody
is talking about ii this kind OF thing is to
go on?
Year: 1877

period, though with different instrument
Men of great executive capacity and aspir-
ing natures always find or make opportuni-
ties, and they pursue the methods which
are suited to their epoch.


1t is always unfortunate for man to
possess the cast of talents which should
give him ascendancy over the minds of his
contemporaries ii adverse circumstances or
his own modesty prevents him from making
the best use of them. There is public man
in this city whose modesty has always stood
in his way; a man whose broad face is less
large than his great heart man whose
every instinct is devotion to his kind, who
always stands ready to sacrifice himself for
his friends or his country and it is sad to
think that this generous, devoted, unasplr-
ing patriot shrinks with sensitive modesty
from having his merits known. OF course
this description can apply to no other man
than Mr. Kelly, whose unassuming charac-
ter and freedom from overbearing self-asser-
ton have always been SO remarkable. We
trust he will no longer be pleased to make
such secret Of his admirable qualities
He has now q great opportunity to de-
velop his ideas. We do not wish to
offend this gentleman's modesty; but
Mr.. Kelly is thought by his admirers to
be great man, and the time has now come
for him to prove whether he is or not. His
victory at Albany has given him immense
prestige and added to his influence, and we
wait to see how he will bear himself with
these 'blushing honors thick upon him."
If, just for change, he would for once IN
his life be just little dictatorial he might
succeed better than some of his predecessors
have done in that r6le. He has II great ad-
vantage in his name; it is plain Kelly and
not O'Kelly, which is at once proof of his
modesty and of his independence in an
Irish town like New York, and also q con-
cession to such of us as have the mis-
fortune to be natives or Germanized. This
is a mark of consideration which we must
acknowledge with respectful thanks.
Year: 1877

SMALLs, THE SOUTH CAEoLINA ex-Congress-
man, who has been arrested on the charge of
having sold his vote while State Senator, made
a good record during the late war. 1t was he
who ran the steamer Planter over the Charles
ton bar and delivered her to the commander of
the blockading squadron-a feat which attracted
so much attention at the time.
Year: 1877

PARALLEL GRIMES Of the most atrocious char
acter have just been perpetrated in widely diff
fcrent parts of the country. While in Missouri
an unfortunate father was killing his daughter
and blowing his own brains ont. an exactly SINH
lar tragic event occurred almost at the same
time in Tennessee. The coincidence must be set
. down among the curiostics Of crime
Year: 1877

TIE STATISTICS Of the Money Order Depart
ment of the city Post Office for the last quarter
show n falling off of nearly seven hundred
thousand dollars against the same period d,
year ago. That our outside contemporaries may
not make this the basis of homily the de-
cline of our commercial and financial supremacy
we will state that the number of orders was
larger by eleven thousand.
Year: 1877

THERE WILL BIZ No CESSATION Of work on
the great bridge during the winter, except, of
course, when there very severe storms. All
that it is possible TO do for the comfort and pro-
lection of the men will, very properly, be DONE
Year: 1877

A SLIGHT IMPAIRMENT Of the capital of the
Arctic Insurance Company has been discovered
caused entirely by the depreciation Of its
tiles. 1t will undoubtedly be made good by its
stockholders
Year: 1877

TIE TEXT OF NJ. THEIRS address, only a
synopsis Of which sent by telegraph is else
where printed 1t is written in the best style of
the deceased statesman and is unanswcrable in
its arguments.
Year: 1877

The FAvoRTE AMUSEMENT of stage drivers
and hackmcn, particularly Broadway, is to
how near they can come to running down
unfortunate pedestrians, without actually killing
manning them for life. One of them ycster-
day made slight miscalculation, and ran
stage over an unfortunate little newsboy, who
was unable to get out Of the way quick enough


His escape from death was almost miraculous
but lie is probably amcd for life. A few arrests
oil these people by the police would be in order
Year: 1877

PoLICEaEN's BALL.-The ball to be given
by the police OF the Second district will take
place on the 18th instant. The proceeds
will be devoted to purchasing oyercoats for
the men in that district, and as number OF
tickets have already been sold the ball will.
doubtless be we'll attended. .s5
Year: 1877

YoU can find greater variety OF GOODS Of every
description, suitable for holiday presents at LEVY
BROTHERS., than In any other establishment In
this city. Their store will be opened this satsrdayl
evening at O'Clock. "
Year: 1877

The vicinity of Third and Market
streets, last evening was enlivened by
the appearance ofea young man from the
country" in a carriage, with damsel from
Front and King streets beside him. The
young man was very drunk, and likewise
stubborn, as he persisteDtly refused to al
low his more sober companion to drive
the hprse. While prpceeding along Third
street the carriage tottered several times,
owing to the unsteadiness Of the driver
and when turning around into Market
street, bis drunken man9uyres caused
the carriageto upset Il threw the occupants
out upon the telegraph office pavement
Fortunately the horse did not attempt 10
run away, and neither the carriage nor the
occupants sustained any injury.


A large crowd quickly collected, but
their 81 ort was soon stopped by the ap
pearance of Sergeant Legg, of the police
force, who sent the team to livery sta
BILE and took the young man TO the police
station, while the women took charge of
the whip and hurried down King street.
The young man was kept in the cells until
morning, when he was allowed TO take
his team and drive home. 1t is hoped
that he will conduct himself more decent
ly in the future, and not make any more
such disgraceful exhibitions of his moral
depraviiy.