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Year: 1877

General Terry is on his way to Washing
ton to confer with the authorities there on
the subject of the mission to Sitting Bull,
and correspondent has endeavored to
"tap" him en- route and extract the opinions
that he goes to the capital to deliver His
opinions, as thus ascertained, are that s.
Bull is a treacherous old villain whom it
would be dangerous for any commissioners
to meet unless the whole party were covered
by the muzzles of FIVE hundred rifles that
the said s. Bull is not now in Canada but
on this side the line, and that there are not
five hundred men available as an es-
cort for the commission, and that 8.
Bull has with him thirteen hundred war
riors, refreshed by their stay in Canada and
now actually in good fighting condition.
All this tends to indicate that General Terry
is not enamored of the proposition to go on
wild goose chase palavering peace to a
savage who will not hesitate, if occasion
offers, to deal with him rs that other noble
red man, Captain Jack dealt with that fine
soldier, General Canby-whose single life
was worth that of all the Indians on this
continent. The government that endeav-
ored to suppress Sitting Bull with the army,
and, having been badly beaten in two bat
ties, next proposes to make terms with him
by quasi peace palaver, cannot be astonished
If its conduct demoralizes every Indian in
the country.
Year: 1877

Suleiman Pacha knows by this time that
mountain passes held by we'll disciplined
troops are, in some important respects, not
the same as passes held by mountaineers
with only a loose military organization. In
Montenegro the brave men Of that country
resisted his advance with great tenacity, and
compelled him to purchase at q great price
the victories he gained through the disci-
pline in his army. But discipline and cour-
age have not availed him where the same
qualities were equally possessed by the
other side and where the advantage of the
ground was against him. Our dispatches
show that a feeble fire is still kept up
against the Russian lines and that
the Turks are making desperate moves
on the Russian TANKS by paths we'll nigh
inaccessible. 1t is possible that this is
sort Of military attitudinizing by small
force. and that it is done to cover the retreat
of the main body; for the Ottoman com
mander must understand that he cannot
carry such position against brave enemy


when the alert has been so thoroughly given
and there is force enough to occupy the
points to be defended. Regarded by itself,


Suleiman Pacha's move against the pass is
incomprehensible unless he hoped to sur
prise it, and If he had such hope his
movements were unaccountably deliberate.
But as one part of concerted movement
it might have been far from con-
temptible if the concert had been kept by
the bodies that were to cooperate. But where
were they2 If the feeble movement toward
Sefvi, on the Russian right, and the scarcely
stronger one toward Eski-Djuma. on their
left, we're intended as parts of the general
assault, OF which Suleiman's advance was
Year: 1877

to convey an implied rebuke 1t is Under
stood that Senator Conkling will be dele
gate from Utica. and his friends viii
probably attempt to make him the
presiding officer. This alone would
be significant indication of the
attitude Of the New York republicans
toward President Hayes. But this attempt
will not be made in the Convention unless
its success is first insured in the local
elections of delegates. As soon as the
names are announced it will be known
whether Mr.. Conkling can control the Con-
vention. His friends have decided ad-
vantage in manipulating the republican
primaries. They are shrewd politicians
and will act without restraint whereas that
portion of the ofice-holders who obey the
civil service order and would naturally sup
port the President can take no part in the
contest. For such battle as this the Presi-
dent has disarmed his own troops, while
the example of Mr.. Cornell will en-
bolden office-holders who disapprove of the
order to enlist in the attempt to make it q
nullity. If Mr. Conkling is elected Presi-
dent of the Convention and shapes its pro-
ceedings the politics of the State will take
on a lively hue before the canvass ends.
They are in an interesting state Of expect
ancy already until it is seen what notice, or
whether any notice, will be taken of Mr..
Cornells open contempt of the civil service
order. As the President is not likely to be
hasty the doubt and curiosity may con-
tinue for some time but meanwhile the
civil service order will be in state of sus-
pended animation.
Year: 1877

Chicago is experiencing this morning one
Of those financial shocks that tend to break
down all confidence in what are often falsely
termed savings banks. After the usual
course of cooking the accounts Of
the State Savings Bank, so as to make
it appear to the public eye solvent
institution and to encourage unsuspecting
depositors up to the last moment to cast
their savings into its bottomless Golfers it
is decided that the bank shall be closed this
morning. Our special dispatches from
Chicago give the details of what must prove
to be one of the most rascally pieces of
plundering that has been recorded for many
years. From the statement of the receiver,
Colonel Taylor, complete Justification Of
the accounts of the bank has assisted the
guilty officials in their wholesale robbery.
The president, Spencer, has fed to New
York, and, as it is stated, probably with
the object of gathering all the availa-
BILE funds he can lay his hands on
and escaping from the country It is re-
ported that he has securities on deposit
in the Chemical National Bank OF this city,
and intends, if he has not already done so,
to convert them into money and decamp
The gravest danger that threatens just now
is that the fraudulent failure of the State
Savings Bank will pull down all the other
savings banks in Chicago and spread wide the
disaster among those poor people who inno-
Gently imagined that ''bank" was place of
safe deposit for their money. It is posi-
lively sickening to contemplate the amount
of misery that can be. caused by the machi-
nations Of a few scoundrels who manage to
deceive the public by assuming the ''sheep's
clothing of respectability and financial in
tegrity, but who are in reality human n.y.
enas that prey on the community.
Year: 1877

IL ~ repOrteO IrOm Juan turouBu ScNeTaA
channels that this noted individual has been
taken with o severe illness, which is likely
to prove fatal. He is said to have made his
will, to have ''set his house in order, ;"
to have selected his son as his successor to
lord it over'the Latter Day Saints, and that
he is awaiting the hour Of his departure.
We should regret to find this news con-
6rmed, because public justice requires that
man SO stepped in crime should
make his exit at the end Of a
halter, and the deserved and long de-
ferred punishment would be all the'more
impressive by his venerable years. The
recent accumulation Of evidence against
this aged sinner is so strong that he would
have been arraigned for trial, and even if
he had escaped by corrupting the jury the
sworn testimony against him would still
have served q useful purpose in exposing
the wholesale atrocities which have been
perpetrated under cloak Of religion. His
death now would seem like fraud upon
the gallows. Whether his end is hastened
by the enormous net of evidence which was
closing about him con be known to nobody
who cannot penetrate into the recesses of
his evil and polluted mind. It may
be that his long life Of cruelty, lust,
extortion and hypocrisy has so scared his
conscience that he is incapable of repent
ance; but even so hardened q sinner would
naturally dread an ignominious death. We
hope he may recover and live long enough
to undergo his trial for the enormous crimes
he has instigated, committed and shielded.


But whether he dies in his bed or at the
be turning point in the history of Nor
monism. 1t is not likely that any successor
will possess his strong qualities. He
is a man Of extraordinary energy,
great executive talents and wonderful
knowledge Of the weak sides of human
nature. With greedy love Of property and
power he had business and administrative
faculties which would have made him the
first man in his community even by 1egiti-
mate methods and his skill in inspiring
fanaticism and cunning in turning it to
selfish uses gave him power more absolute
than has often been welded even in a small
hierarchy by the combined influence Of
priestcraft and tyranny By making lust
leading part of religion he ruled his dupes
by their strongest passions, and his domin-
ion over their minds was completed by the
terror inspired by his unscrupulous readi-
ness to shed human blood


The first consequence of his death will be
a release of the other Mormon leaders from
slavish submission to a single will Their
jealousies and rivalres will tend to disin-
tegrate this unnatural community. Heresies
will spring up, new beliefs will creep in,
there will betrevolts against power which
was always felt to be tyranny and which
cannot be maintained by feebier hands, and
the free play of Transforming forces will
make Mormonism o different thing within
the next ten or twenty years.
Year: 1877

the third part; then 1t must be inferred that
the weakness and Reorganization of the
Ottoman army north of the Balkans are very
great. Indeed, the failure to attack reso-
lutely at these points can only be accounted
for on the theory that the force was unequal
to the duty put upon it,
Year: 1877

THERE Is NICE CONDITION OF AFFAIRS in
Tennessee. The Illicit wlIiskey distillcrs
strong that the revenue officials are powerless to
suppress them. The spectacle of United States
senator haranguing band Of outlaws and Of re-
spectacle citizens entertaining them is a curious
commentary Oh the administration of law in that
secfion
Year: 1877

" Is Much BETTER, for reasons which will
readily suggest themselves, that the hosptalities
of the city to the State Governors who may visit
us should be extended by The Chamber Of Com
merce rather than by the Board of Aldermen.
Year: 1877

The New LINE OF CABS is q very great sue
cess. Their proprietors making money,
while the hackmen are standing idle waiting for
some one to pay as much for an hours ride as
their whole establishment il worth.
Year: 1877

lF THE BOARD OF HEALTH would enforce the
laws against driving cattle through the streets
instead of adding to their number, citizens would
feel much more secure against the raids of the
wild Texan steer
Year: 1877

The SaratoRa sculling Match.


The sculling race on Saratoga Lake yes
terday was all that could be wished, excep,
in one respect. The day was fine, the water
in good condition and the spectators were
numbered by thousands. One element, how
ever, was wanting, that Of uncertainty rs to
the result-an element which is the basis
of the excitement which attends most con-
tests Of the kind. The record of Courtney
proves him to be the best oarsman in
America, and, as we believe, the best in the
world, and this conceded fact deprived the
match of much of the ordinary excitement.
Courtney's chances of success were so
for superior to those of his oppo-
neDts that the interest of the race was
chiefly centred in the manner in which
it would be rowed. The foregone con-
clusion, however, could not entirely i'm
pair intelligent pleasure in the race, for
the beautiful styles Of rowing constituted
no ordinary attraction, and both Riley and
Plaisted are strong enough scullers to make
Courtney exert nearly the full measure of
his strength and display the best qualities
OF lib Sklll 1uc Icbult WbS OcuutlIul
though not an exciting race Plaisted evil
dently exerted all his power in the first
mile and halt, and kept the lead only at
the penalty of utter exhaustion long before
the finish. Riley did not seem to be afraid
of Plaisted, and saved himself for the
final struggle with his old comrade in pair
cared races, but the effort was unavailing.
Courtney had both of his gallant COM
petitors beaten from the start, and the ques-
ton was only one of distance and time.
He passed Riley with apparent ease as they
approached the close and rowed the three
miles in 20m. AZ 3-4s., half a second more
than Riley's best time, which is the best on
record. That he could have beaten this
time is unquestionable, and his triumph
yesterday confirms his claim to the first
place in his profession.
Year: 1877

Although the final arrangements have
been made by the National Rife Associa-
ton with regard to the personnel of the
American team, we would call atten-
tion to the advisability in the future
of securing on it a more general repre-
sentation of the United States than we
have at present. A national team represent
ing "a country Of such vast extent and pop
ulation as ours should not be drawn from
single city or district, and the most stren-
uous efforts should be made to bring
South, the East and the North. True
enough, general invitation was extended
to ridemen to compete for places on the
national team at Creedmoor, but this does
not meet the requirements Of the case as it
ought. 1t should not be deemed necessary
that candidates for places on the team
should compete at Creedmoor. The dis
tance and business engagements may pre-
vent good marksmen from coming all the
way from San Francisco, Chicago, ST.
Louis or New Orleans merely to shoot
at Creedmoor for eligibility. Local trials
under the supervision of competent wit
nesses should be sufficient. No pretender
will venture to foist himself on the national
team when his ineficiency can be so clearly
exposed during match and when he can
only earn the contempt and ridicule of his
countrymen. If, after series of local
trials, marksman makes an exceptionally
good record, then he should be eligible for
place on the team, and his selection should
be decided on during the last trial between
the men so eligible, and which could take
place at Creedmoor, dnring the week pre-
ceding the regular match 1t will be OBJ
served that the British team is not yet
selected, but o number of qualified men are
here from whom safe selection can be
made. We would be glad to know that in
future selections for IN American team the
country could be more fully represented


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Year: 1877

from the effects of the warm weather and are de-
bilitated, are advised by physicians to take mod
crate amounts of whisky two or three times during
the day In little while those who adopt this ad-
vice frequently increase the number of "drinks"
and in time become confirmed inebriates A bev-
erage which will not create thirst for intoxicating
liquors. and which is intended especially for the
benefit OF debilitated persons whether at home or
abroad, is Dr. Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic. Con-
tanning the juices of manv medicinal herbs, this
preparation does not create appetite for the in
toxioating cup. The nourishing and the life sup
porting properties of many valuable natural pro-
ductions contained in it and well known to medi-
cal men have most strengthening influence.
single bottle of the Tonic will demonstrate Its val


liable qualities For debility arising from sickness
over exertiOn or from any cause whatever wine


glassful of Sea Weed Tonic taken after meals will


strengthen the stomach and create an appetite for
| wholesome food. Eo all who are about leaving


their homes, we desire to say that the excellent ef
| fects of Or. Schenck's seasonable remedies, Sea


Weed Tonic, and Mandrake Pills, are particularly
evident when laken by those who are injurlously
affected by change of water and diet. No person


should leave home without taking supply OF these
safeguards along. For sale by all druggists.
Year: 1877

New YORK, Aug. l5.-The Sun says it
is rumored in financial circles that there
was trouble brewing between Treasurer
Sherman and the per cent. loan syndi-
cate on one side, and certain national
banks and prominent banking houses on
the other. It was hinted that Secretary
Sherman himself is connected with the
syndicate and that. as a result of breach
of faith on the part of Morton, Bliss & Go.
to their recent associates on d per cent.
loan syndicate. a suit had been begun
against that firm. Color was given to the
report by the fact that the per cent. loan
is now offered in open market at price
nearly one per cent. below the price at
which it was subscribed for by the syndicate.
This makes it impossible for Sherman to
carry out at present his scheme of fund
ing the six per cents, in four per cents.
Year: 1877

BENNINGTON, Vt. Aug. 15.--At sunrise
the booming of cannon and ringing of bells
announced the opening of the patriotic
festivities. At $50 a procession was
formed. Military were present from Yer
mont New Hampshire, and Connecticut.
The excitement is very great When the
procession commenced to march the houses
along the line were handsomely decorated
and every available place was occupied.
When the head of the column came to
North Arch street the crowd was SO large
that it was with difficulty the police could
clear the streets TO allow the procession to
mass
Year: 1877

Wade Hampton At the White House.


WASHINGTON, March 29.-At 1 O'Clock,
Wade Hampton, accompanied by Senator
Gordon and General Connor, arrived at the
Executive Mansion and were shown into the
library, the Cabinet beiug in session at the
time. Shortly afterward the President
presented Mr.. Hampton to the Cabinet, by
whom he was cordially received after the
Cabinet retired. General interchange of
views took place in regard to the pending
controversy, more formal conference
being delayed until later in the day. The
President invited the party to lunch. As
Hampton intimated that his stay here must
Of necessity be brief, it is expected that the
subject will be disposed Of promptly.


The President will not invite them to a
Joint conference until after ascertaining their
views as to whether It will be mutually
agreeable. In addition to what has
already been stated verbally, Chamberlain
will submit statement of his case in
writing, in which he will set forth all the
facts relevant to the controversy and evi-
dence, showing his election and right to
the Gubernatorial chair. Hampton is also
prepared to follow the same course, and he
says he has incontrovertible proof of bis
election.


BOLD ESCAPE OF PRISONER.


Charles Goodman and Levi Weldin, each
awaiting sentence for assault with intent to
kill the other, were brought into the
Criminal Court on the motion for new
trials.


While one Of the cases was in progress
Goodman left the dock without his hat,
saying to bystander, II am going out for
a minute" and walked to the east corridor,
thence to the street, whence he went in
haste down Indiana avenue to Third street,
and has not since been arrested.


PHILADELPHIA NAVY YARD FUND.


The Secretary of the Navy instructed the
proper officers to inquire into the use of the
fund for the sale of the old Navy Yard at
Philadelphia. 1t seems that the fund has
disappeared, or at least it has not been
applied to the purpose designed.
Year: 1877

When the cuticle Is punctured with . silver
neadle air escapes in puffs, and in this
manner the skin is prevented from bursting.
It is not dropsy. The patient says she feels
light enough to fly, and as the case is
mastery to the physicians it is intended to
bring her to Philadelphia for examination.
Year: 1877

WHERE are the barbarians when we
read that in that ultra-civilized city of
New York landlord who is unable to
collect rent from woman who is dying
with consumption, attempts to drive
her out Of the house by removing the
roof, and thus exposing her to the
severity Of cold rain storm. This is
fitting result of the example given a
few months since in the same en-
hghtened place, where another land
lord took out the window sashes and
unhinged the doors to drive out de-
fenseless woman and her little ones.
Year: 1877

THE Forty-Fifth Congress will un-
doubtedly create two new Territories.
Already bill has been introduced in
the Senate to establish the Territory of
Huron, and Senator Spencer will prob
ably father the movement for the crea-
tion Of new Territory which shall
embrace the Black Hills.
Year: 1877

Happiness between husband and wife can
only be secured by that constant tenderness
aud care of the parties for each other which are
based upon warm znd demonstrative love. The
heart demands that the man shall not sit retI-
cent, seif-absorbed and silent in the midst OF
bis family. The woman who iorgets to provide
for her husband tastes and wishes renders her
home undesirable for him. ln word, ever
present and ever denonstratlvc gentleness
must reign or else the heart starves.
Year: 1877

From the virginia Enterprise


Although Tuscarora is the only free
ore yielding district in Nevada outside
of the Comstock, and although it bids
fair to be in the near future rival to
the great mining zone at the base of
Mount Davidson, yet fortunes cannot
be picked up at the new Dorado without
the expenditure OF much patience. hard
work and hard cash. Impecunious per-
sons should hesitate before making q
blind rush to Tuscarora. Hundreds Of
men are rushing to the new camp from
Idaho, Montana and Utah, as we'll as
Eastern Nevada. Most of these men are
in search of employment, and are usu-
ally penniless when they arrive at the
camp. 1t is simply absurd to suppose
that this swarm Of adventurers can all
obtain work in new silver minin &
district. Already the new town of Tus-
carora is overstocked with poverty
stricken idlers. many Of whom have not
even q blanket to protect them from the
sharp winds of Independence valley.
Tuscarora is improving as rapidly rs
mechanics can build dwellings and shan
ties, but it is quite apparent that the
present population cannot be fully shel.
tered before snow flies The winter sea-
son in northern Elko county 10 unusually
severe. and lasts for seven or eight
months. Men who are not prepared to
meet these contingencies will act wisely
by deferring their visit to Tuscarora till
next April or May. To those who car
raise means enough to build shantiei
and procure fuel and provisions for tbt
winter, the present is propitious time
to locate ut the great bonanza OF thu
north, for in my judgment there or,
millions in IT," w. f. STEWART.
Year: 1877

Females should be early taught the I'M
portant fact, that beauty cannot in reality
exist independent of health. and that one
is absolutely mat,aiaable by any practice
ihcons.Hten, with the other. IN vain do
they hope to improve the skin, to give a


"rseate hue 10 the cheeks. or to augment
the grace and symmetry of their forms.
unless they are cautious to preserve The
whole frame in health. vigor and activity.
Beauty OF complexion, and to a certain ex-
tent that Of shape also, is nothing more
than visible healh-a pure mfnur of the
performance of the internal functions. and
OF their harmony with the external nor
tions Of the system the certain effects of
pure air, cheerfllness, temperance, and Of
exercise. uninterrupted by any unnatural
eonstraint.
Year: 1877

In recent number of the St. Louis
republican we found the following SEN
tence: "The New York Sun: is Hayes
title any better than Packard'sr No; but
let us have some tresher question - that
one has been answered thousand times"
Not SO, brother Knapp. The question
ought to be asked and answered a thou
sand times more. 1t must never be lost
sight of. Many hundred years ago a
great crime was committed III the Gar
den of Eden, which drought death into
the world, and all our woe" and the
people are still talking about it. The
monstrous crime of the great conspirators
which robbed people ot their tights is
only few months old, and we are now
asked to dismiss it from the public mind
and take up some fresher question for
discussion. If the American people are
wise, they will never let it Gie.


1t was not crime 'made venial by the
OCCASION" and it will never be forgotten
until truth and honesty become mere by
words in our language. We may not be
able to recover the stolen property, but
if we wish to prevent repetition of the
crime we must never permit any fresher
question to step in and shield the crimi-
mails from public observation-disclosures
Gazette.