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Year: 1877

We are reminded by an evening contem-
porary that the ten millions of four per cent
bonds which appear in the debt statement
of October l do not represent the full
amount ofostensible sales. We are aware of
that, the ostensible sales being seventy-fve
millions. The ten millions which appear
in the monthly debt statement are the
amount Of completed transactions The
subscribers to the residue advance two per
cent, and if they choose to forfeit this ad-
vance they are not bound by their
subscriptions. AT present the four
per cent bonds are at one and half
per cent discount, and if they should not
the bonds. But if, before the transaction is
closed, the bonds shoald be at a discount of
two per cent or more, they will be likely to
forfeit the small advance and save them
selves from further loss. The bonds having
declined one and half per cent since they
were offered further decline of one-half or
three-quarters per cent is not impossible,
and in that case the subscribers would pay
the forfeit rather than take the risk OF saw
ing themselves by a resale OF the bonds.
Mr.. Sherman himself raises suspicion
that these bonds will still further decline
He has given out that he will ask Congress
for authority to sell them for greenbacks
1t this request is granted the four per cent
bonds will be worth only their face in legal
tender notes, which are now about three
per cent below the price of gold. But as
this measure, if adopted, will no doubt ap-
preciato the grcenbacks it is uncertain
whether it will be for the interest of the
subscribers to forfeit their advances. What
is certain is that there can be no further
sale of these bonds for gold, and that
Mr. Sherman cannot rcplenish his stock
of gold from this source. To be sure he
can 90 back to the four and halt per cent
bonds which he SO proudly withdrew from
the market four months ago but this would
be so mortlfying a retreat that he will avoid
it ii possible. 1t is in order to avoid 1t that
he has resolved to ask Congress for permis-
sion to sell the four per cent bonds for
greenb backs, and thereby save himself from
IN unpleasant dilemma. We sincerely hope
that he may not be forced back upon the
four and half per cent bonds, because
the sale of the four per cent bonds tor legal
tender notes would be so much wiser and
less cumbrous a mode Of bringing the cur
rennv to nar.
Year: 1877

Lovers Of those exciting sports into the


enjoyment Of which good horsemanship and
nerve enter so fully will have little cause to
grumble this season ut want ofopportunity
to prove their mettle. The canons of the
turf have made the professional jockey only
the representative Of the human element in
horse racing The owner of the swift brute
may not ride him during a match, SO he
Deputies youth of skill and courage to
represent him. This rule, of course, has its
exceptions, and not the least of the attrac-
tions Of spring or fall meeting at jerome
Park is the ''gentleman's race" wherein
non-proiessional horsemen have chance to
enjoy a good hard run on their own or
their friends horses. The hunting field,
therefore, furnishes the needed opportunity
for enjoying this healthful and exhilarating
sport but heretofore there has been no
properly organized hunting association in
this country. The want is now being hand
somely supplied, at least for New York and
it's vicinity. The Queens county hunt will
be informally initiated this afternoon on
the plains Of Hampstead under the
auspices Of number OF gentlemen well
known among the liberal sportsmen OF the
metropolis No matter how important
race may be one can only witness it, but in
the hunting field it is different. There one
can be both spectator and partaker Of
the sport, and become a part of the game
that affords SO much pleasure and excite
ment. When the objective Of the hounds
is fine dog fox with bushy tail, robust
constitution and an inordinate desire to
maintain q respectful distance from his
eager pursuers, the fun is fast and furious.
The run becomes a steeplechase over an un-
marked and sometimes unfamiliar course,
and individuals struggle for the lead as on
regular race track. The little risks incl
dental to the chase but help to stir the
blood and send it coursing warmly to the
cheek Of the true sportsman. AS to horse
racing, the fall meeting at Jerome Park is
proving an immense success, and the beau
tiful grounds have lost none OF their attrac-
tions for the public. With such unsur-
passed opportunities for enjoyment as the
races at Jerome Park and the hunting fields
Of Queens county will afford the present
season must eclipse all those preceding it in
the brilliancy and popularity Of its field
sports.
Year: 1877

Our full dispatches from Albany give o
pretty complete history of an exciting day.
The subject in dispute is SO small and
petty that impartial spectators can take but
q feeble interest in this miserable squabble
of factions. 1t is merely vulgar scramble
for offices between the outs and the ins.
nomination at Albany being considered by
each aspirant as equivalent to an election
it is natural enough that the contest
should be lively and animated; but why
should the rivals descend to so much back
biting and cast SO many aspersions on the
character of fellow democrats? Is office
worth purchasing by such violations of
courtesy and charity? The public would
appreciate generous competition for posts
of honor and trust; it would understand a
controversy which turned on important
questions of principle or policy; but q
mere vulgar scramble for place and spoils
between the ms and the outs debases poll
tics and disgusts spectators.


According to present appearances the
party of the ms is stronger than the party OF
the outs in this lively squabble. The
Democratic State Committee is, indeed, the
old Tilden Committee which was ap-
pointed last year, and may not reflect the
average sentiment of the party. But it is
still great advantage for the ins that a
majority Of the State Committee is on their
side. It insures them control of the pre-
liminary organization and the appointment
Of the committees, which gives them
a start in the race. The action Of the Com
mittee on Credentials will probably decide
the fate of candidates. The admission of
the anti-Tammany delegates and other con-
testing delegates favorable to the old State
ticket would secure its denomination, and
the Committee on Credentials will be made
up in the interest Of the ins. They have
also powerful ally in Governor Robin
son, who is respected by both parties,
and whose judgment will control the
action Of doubling delegates. Governor
Robinson, while disclaiming any desire to
dictate, is very pronounced and outspoken
for the old ticket, and his admirers will
think that set Of candidates cannot be bad
WHOH uc 81 eupuaViCaliy AuuoISeS. he
ought to be better judge Of the capacity
and efficiency of the present State officers
than anybody else, for they discharge their
duties under his constant inspection. If
he deems them worthy and honorable
the average democrat will not think
it against the interest of the party
to renominate them. The Tammany threats
of bolt if the old ticket is renominated is
o mere game of bluff, and even if the threat
were sincere it would have little effect on
the Convention. The consequence Of a
bolt against regular nominations would be
merely to shut the doors of the next State
Convention against Tammany delegates and
put that organization outside the pale Of
the party. In spite Of their bluster they
will be in no haste to put themselves in that
position. The tug of war will come to-day,
and we may expect some tumultuous and
angry scenes,
Year: 1877

beyond the constitutional jurisdiction of
the President. The Mexican troops are
ready to fight any party we may send across
if they think they can fight to advantage,
and conflict between the troops of
the two nations would create breach
that could not easily be healed. 1t may be
wisdom or it may be folly to push things to
this extremity but whether it be wise or
foolish is question which the Executive
must not take the responsibility of deciding


Congress, which has the sole authority to
decide such q question, meets only twelve
days hence, and it is the plain duty OF the
President to hold matters IN stdtu quo until
that body assemblies and then to submit the
whole subject for its deliberation. 1t is no
light thing, under any circumstances, to
send an armed force into the territory of an
other nation to punish its citizens; but, while
the provocations are sufficient to justify so
strong proceeding against the Mexican
cattle thieves, it is better in the stage to
which the business has now advanced to
hold on for couple Of weeks in order that
further stops may not want the supporting
authority Of Congress. It would be mex
cusable for the President to precipitate the
country into war with Mexico by bringing
about such condition of things as would
virtually take the question out Of the hands
of Congress and leave it no choice. If we
are to have war Congress must declare it,
and the wisest thing the President can now
do is to submit the whole subject to its de-
liberation before proceeding further.
Year: 1877

TIE AFFIDAVIT Of President Gilbert, Of the
Elevated Railroad, read in court yesterday, con-
tains good deal Of information not generally
known in regard to rapid transit affairs, the cen
struction Of the road and the selfish opposition
Of the Sixth Avenue monopolists The result Of
tho contest will be awaited with interest.
Year: 1877

The SUPREME COURT Of the United States
maintains in an elaborate opinion that Congress
has the right to prohibit the sale of whiskey to
the Indians in States bordering on reservations,
as well as ON reservations.
Year: 1877

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock mar
ket was active and showed good deal of
strength. There was general advance, which
was shared in by the coal stocks during the
afternoon. Gold rose from 1929 to 1O3. Money
on call opened and closed ut a per cent
Year: 1877

The Hon. CAssIUs M. CLAY sends the HERALD
n despatch in which he says that lie shot the
negro White in selt-defencc. The deceased was
n bad character whom he had ordered off his
land and who had in consequence threatened his
lifr
Year: 1877

WHEN we first came to Arizona, we were told that Florence was very bad place. the haven of desperadOes and heafhen. Either our ihformstion was incorrect, or else things have changed, for last Sunday n Sabbath School was commenced here under very encouraging circumstances and with n goodly number present. This lS another step forward. and we hope Hnd believe this good wotk will succeed. We may not be as wicked as the people In Tucson and Prescott, but yet we need a Sabbath School and A church as we'll AS they Go.
Year: 1877

FLORENCE will be treated to concert and ball given by Prof. Fisher on Tuesday evening next, at Longs Hall. Musical entertainments are seldom in this part of the country, and an should avail them selves of this opportunity for little in- nocent enjoyment. See advertisement elsewhere.
Year: 1877

THE Elliot House Is the oldest hotel ID Florence, and the Messrs. Loss are making it one or the best in the Territory. They are well prepared tD satisfy the appetites and wants of the members of the bar and others attending the present term Cf court They advertise in to-day's paper like all others who are doing a paying business.
Year: 1877

LORD & WILLIAMS large advertisement will be seen on this page. This Is one Of the oldest firms in AriZona and one of the best in the West. Their old patrons know them well, and strangers better seek an introduction.
Year: 1877

deck the door of the house where
his fair one lived with flowers aud
garlands; to make libations ? of
wine before it, in tie manner that
was practiced at the temple of
cupid. When love affair did not
prosper in the hands of a Greek be
did not endeavoi to become more
engaging in his manner or person;
he did not lavish his fortune in
presents, or become more obliging
or assiduous in his addresses, but
Immediately had recourse to incan-
tations aud philtrees; in compos-
ing and dispensing of which the


women Of Thesaly were reckoned
the most famous, aud drove a traffic
in them Of no inconsiderable adj
vantage. These potions were given


by the women to the men, as well


as by the men to the women, and


were generally so violent in their
operations as for some time to de-
priye the person who took them of
sense, and not uncommonly of life.
Year: 1877

pie, while they are among the best
and most frequented in these re-
gions. Thus, if the cooperation,
or even friendliness, Of Roumsnia
and Servia could be secured, aad if
Austria were content to remain
neutral, there would be no easier
route than this for attack on the
capital of Turkey. tits not, there
fore, surprising that there are ru-
mors of Russian advance through
Seryia instead Of by a more direct
route which would commit the
army of the czar to a passage of
the Danube and afterwards the Bal
kan range, both of which are emil
nently defensible.


But a mere glance at the map
will show that the communications
of Russian army marching by
this route would be even more than
usually at the mercy Of Austria,
which could descend upon them at
any time from the Carpathian
mountains. Whatever view be
taken of a Russian occupation of
Bulgaria or march on Constantine
pie, it is perfectly clear that the con-
sent of Austria must first be OBJ
tanned, either by negotiation or
force of arms.
Year: 1877

railroad cars and stores hardly take a
second look at silver pieces as long
as they are new, and are the more
easily deceived if they sound the
money on the counter or floor,
owing to its silvery sound. The
size, mold, milling and design are
perfect. The weight is deficient, a
half dollar counterfeit piece weigh
ing fifty grains less than the genu-
inc. The following result is shown
from an assay made of one of the
spurious half dollars on the Sth
instant: Weight of genuine half
dollar, 1872 2 grains; weight of spu-
rious piece, l42 grains; composition
antimony, lead and tin; impression
perfect" Mr.. Taudy has in his
collection lot of gold coins which
have every appearance of the genu-
inc, being full weight and tone.
The $50 pieces are sawed in two
and filled with platinum, which is
worth only $6 per ounce and
weighs much heavier than gold.
One of these coins came to the
counter Of the sub-treasury among
other money and was thrown
out. On cutting it it was found to
be filled with the baser metal and
worth in gold only Sc. Eagles
filed in a similar manner are worth
SO, and SO in proportion. Some Of
the $50 pieces have a wire drilled
in after the gold was extracted.
The sweating" process is done
with a lathe, by which about the
value of Sl.25 IS turned off the rim
Of a twenty dollar piece without
detection except by an expert. One
dollar pieces contain forty per cent.
basemetal and sixty per cent. gold.
At least $50 worth Of silver alone
on an average is thrown out at the
treasury department as counterfeit,
and in gold sometimes as many
hundreds. The government Is
making every effort IN its power to
suppress counterfeiting, but is evil
IDENTITY making little headway.
Year: 1877

In one State of New Grenada, the
right Of asking is promiscuouSly
exerted by both sexes; who, when
they feel the passion of love, de-
clare il without the least embarr2ss-
ment; and among the Cossacks the
same thing iq said to be carried
sill further, aud the women more
generally court than the men.
When a young woman falls in love
with a man, she is not in the least
ashamed to go TO his fathegr'ss house
and reveal her passion in the most
pathetic manner, and TO promise
submission and obedience if he will
accept her for a wife. Should the
insensible man pretend any excuse,
she tells him she is resolved never
to 60 out Of the house till he gives
his consent; and, accordingly, tax
ing UP her lodging, remains there.
II he sti obstinately refuses her,
his case becomes exceedingly dis
trpssing; the church is commonly
on her side, and to turn her out
would provoke all her kindred to
revenge her honor; SO he has no
method left but to betake himself to
fight till she is otherwise disposed
of. AS the two sexes In Greece
had but little intercourse with each
other, and a lover was seldom fa-
yorea with an opportunity of tell
ing his passion to his mistress, he
used to discover it by inscribing
her name on the walls Of his house,
on the bark Of the trees of a public
walk or on the leaves of his book !;
it was also customary for him to
Year: 1877




An Incident OF Her EnrIy Life.
Olive Logan in n. Y. Dispatch


Her best character was that of
" Mrs. Oakley" in the Jealous Wife.
In this she introduced a good deal
Of new stage business. She and
her father travelled together. One
afternoon they arrived in a certain
city; she had come too late for re-
hearsal, SO she sat down before the
glass and began going over little
bit of business of Mrs. Oakley"
in which she was to open. 1t CON
sisted of going into Il hysterical
fit, being much worked up after u
quarrel with her husband, throwing
herself into a chair, amid sighs and
tears.


Hal ha! bal order me a broiled
chicken ha! ha! hal"


Itwas a telling point, and always
brought down the house.
1t happened that the landlord of
the hotel had a little room, the
window Of which overlooked Miss
Deans. lie was sitting at the
window when heheard the words,
"0rder me a boiled chicken" and
mechanically started up to obey,
when the strange hysterical laugh
fastened him to the window, where
he watched the woman sink into a
chair, drop her handkerchief, and
shrek:


Hal ha! ha! Order me a broiled
chicken; ha ha! hat" Not merely
once or twice, but fifty times, with
out an apparent reason for the
monotonous proceeding.


A thought struck him. Rushing
to her room and finding the key on
the outside, he softly turned it, and
gave orders to the servants that
they were not to notice the order
for a broiled chicken, not to answer
the bell, nor to go near the room,
on peril Of their lives, as there was
a "crazy gal inside"


Old Dean had gone out-"his
custom always of an afternoon -
and usually turned up at the thea
ter in time to take Julia home.


When she wanted to go to dinner
she found herself locked in. In
vain she rang the bell; nobody
came, but hunger was nothing com
pared to the fear that she would
pot be able 10 go to the theater in
time.


She could not understand why
she had been made a prisoner.
About half an hour before the
rising Of the curtain it CHANGED
that old Dean went 10 the theater,
and not finding Julia, BECAME
alarmed and tore OF to the hotel,
but he could not get into the room
any more than she could get out Of
it, lie summoned TIE landlord to
know Wig she had been locked in.


"For public safety replied the
bonface; "she's crazy"
gCrazy Ny daughter gone
crazy!" cried TIE old man, alarmed /;
"what has she done u make you
thipk so?"


Why, she has been laughing
and crying and ordering 2 broiIed
chicken the whole afternoon"


Old Bean Immediately saw what
had caused the misapprehension.
Julia was released and hurried off
to the theater in time not to keep
the curtain down long, but so hun
cry she said before the performance
was over, ghp would have given all
she owned to have obtained q real
broiled chicken.
Year: 1877

IT Is said the President has directly
decided that when party is named
/. for an appointive Office at his hands,
who is related to him by ties Of kim
.dred, he shall regard that as an insur-
mountable objection to such appoint-
ment We clip the following from
the Chicago Journavs paragraph edi-
torials, to show our authority for
saying such report is abroad:


The President has informed q gem
tleman who Is related to him by FAM
lily ties, and who comes well recon-
mended for certain Office within his
kinsman's gift, that his connection
with the Hayes family is an objection
to his appointment, and ON that ac-
count it 10 refused to him. Nepotism
is not likely to thrive in this Admin.
istration. There was no other objec-
tion interposed.


We do not believe that President
Hayes has made any such decision.
If he has, we cannot commend his
decision. We know of no rule of
right or Justice, which would disqual-
ify person for holding a position
simply because he is related to the
appointing power. There is and
ought TO be sound, common-sense
discretion in the use of the appoint
ing power in such cases, as, indeed,



in any other case, but such case only
differs from another by having the
element OF consanguinity to consider.
To say that this element is conclu-
sive bar, is silly nonsense. We know
that garrulous, scandal-loving and
unfair politicians have created pre-
judice in the public mind against the
appointment Of relatives. 1t is folly
to cater to such an erroneous and un-
just feeling in the country, and there
is no sense in yielding to it.
Year: 1877

New YORK, April 6.-Louis j. Jen-
nings sends from London the follow
ing dispatch to the Wn'ld:


In reply to your further question
concerning my conversation with A.
Oakley Hall it may not be improper
for me to say that his fight was plain
ly caused by the ever recurring spec
tre of his alleged completely in the
ring frauds. The perpetual revival
of these charges made life intolera-


BILE to him till he came to think death


better than to be thus constantly har.


rassed. He said to me he wished to


be considered dead by his friends
and to be forgotten. He is very
greatly depressed and seems to have
no care for the future. As to the
woman who is said in New York, as
you inform me, to be his companion
here, I have seen nothing of any such
person, and from my conversation
with him believe that no such person
had any part in his flight. I do not
think that any other person, man or
woman, besides himself was cogni-
zant of his purpose in leaving New
York, or is in any way connected with
his presence here. As I said yester-
day | consider him to be simply an
utterly broken man.


The World supplements this dis
patch by saying there is o theory con-
nected with Halls disappearance
which on close examination seems to
cover all the circumstances of this
otherwise incompreLensible affair.
1t appears that Hall had an insur-
ance of 10000 on his life. To his
friend, Douglass Taylor, he said, on
ly few days before his fight, "My
family would be better off II I were
dead, and there is much to prove
that he mcant to convey the belief
that he met his death on that Friday
mig hit after he left his Office.
Year: 1877

Boss Tweed has furnished the re-
porter Of Harper's Weekly with q
story about his escape which sounds
like dime novel.


He was captured ON contract by
direction Of confederates in jail who
were duly paid for the job, and kept
around in tho vicinity Of New York
several months before he was finally
hustled off to the Florida coast, where
he staid for awhile in the interior,
hunting, after which he went to vigo,
Spain, where he was captured by the
hired minions of the despotic govern
mknt of the United States.
Year: 1877

New YORK, April 4.-Great efforts
to prevent the consummation of the
by the release of Tweed
have been made the past week, by
men who are still in the Legislature
and courts who are said to be most
involved by expected disclosures re-
garding the passage Of the Tweed
charter.


Among the documents in the
hands Of Harper & Brothers for fn-
ture publication is said to be evidence
that $3.50, 600 was divided among five
republican Legislators to secure the
passage Of this charter. The suppress
sion of this evidence, it is understood,
will depend upon the alacrity with
which those who received it repay it
to the state.
Year: 1877

LOUISVILLE, April 4.-Henry John
son, the supposed leader of the bank
burglars, before the commencement
OF his trial to-day sought to escape by
descending forty feet from tho win
dow In the Court House. He used q
small piece of twine and hardly pro-


ceedcdf -FOUR feet'when it broke allow


ing him to fall to brick pavement


below. When picked up johnson


was discovered to be seriously in


jured. A paper of pepper and a


large knife were found in his posses