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Year: 1876

We are sorry that in the discussion concern.
ing the present management and tendencies OF
Princeton College, the severest critics OF the
venerable institution should be heard more
frequently and fully than its authorized de-
tenders We feel confident that some OF the
complaints made in the letter elsewhere printed
this morning from colder Alumni" are not
fully warranted by the facts, and can only
regret that, at such time, Princeton seems 10
have no one competent and ready to speak
for her.
Year: 1876

Tho books of George Washington were recently
sold by one of that name account OF his poverty.
Tie descendants of jefferson were extremely
DOOR. So are those Of John Hancock. whose
house they were lately obliged to sell. Now
we read that the daughtern-law of Gen. Jackson is
in a condition of financial distress, and desires to
sell various valuable mementoes collected by her
while an inmate of the White House. 1t is only re-
Gently that the public service has been found profit
able and however comfortable the fact may be to
oce-hoders and their heirs it is hardly pleasant to


those whose notions of official purity are of the old
fashioned sort
Year: 1876

We hope there will be great crowd Of picture
lovers tonight ready to make generous competi-
ton for Mr. John Taylor Johnston's pictures. IL is
probably the finest large collection sold in this
city. The owner is pnbc spirited citizen, who
spent his wealth literally, while he had it, for the
encouragement of art and the benefit of the city
and he lost it in way Of which he need never be
ashamed. Our people owe 1t to Mr. Johnston that
his pictures should sell well and art lovers owe it
to themselves to get as many of them as they can


The Union League Club win give its annual
Ladies' Reception on Thursday, the 25th Of January.
These receptions have for some years past been one
Year: 1876

By surrendcring Brent the British Govern
ment is about to give practical proof that it
has abandoned its mtenable position on the
extradition treaty. In thus going almost to
the limit of constitutional practice the British
authorities do not, however, make amends Tor
their blunder in liberatins Winslow and Gray.


The majority vote in the Senate to override
the Presidents veto of the bill reducing the
salary of his office will excite general surprise.
1t was not at all political vote, and was
necessarily umnfuenced by any considerations
as to the future occupancy OF the Office. Ii
will be a subject of no little comment that a
majority of the Senate should have favored a
reduction of the salary to the figure at which
il was placed nearly one hundred years ago.


Senator Key more than fills Andrew john
sons chair. He is the first Democratic
Senator, if not the first member of the party,
who has had the independence to condemn
the action of Gov. Grover. A Washington
dispatch says that be has the reputation of
"doing his own thinking;" it seems that he
does his own talking, too. There are plenty
of Democrats who think as Mr. Key does
about the appointment of Cronin, but he is
the first who has had the courage to say what
he thinks.


Mr. Cox's committee begins to-day an in
yestigation into the election in this city. This
Year: 1876

The recommendations of the committee ap-
pointed by the Brooklyn Aldermen with re-
spect TO the safety of theaters are extremely
indicions and well considered. The Grand
,Jnry of that city have recommended similar
measures Among other requirements they in
clude furnishing metallic curtain that can be
rolled down so as to cut off the stage from the
audience. 1t now only remains that these pre-
cautions should be thoroughly carried into
effect; and the theater managers will find it
for their interest to have the improvements
made as quickly as possible.
Year: 1876

All Washington is agog again about
woman. This time tho female is kept close
prisoner at 'Nvillnrds Hotol until such time as
the Naval Committee shall examine her as q
witness, md meanwhile is suffered to be ill.,
toryiowed only by the Chairman Of TINT Com
mittee. Tho qrid-uuncs have already settled
that sho is tho woman In the SEcon claim
case, md tho woman in tho French arms
business, and the woman in all tho other
questionable transactions talked about for
the past six or eight years. When she has
told hor story, and there has been the newt
able sensation about it, there will DO yet an
other woman in tho case,-the next case,
namely that Of tho safe-burglary. It soems
remarkable how the woman In the case turns
up nowadays almost before investigation
begins. Perhaps tho truth is tho woman
starts the investigation.
Year: 1876

WASHINGTON. March IA difference
has existed for long time between the officers
Of the line In the Navy a0d the officers OF the
medical, engineer and pay corps. In the Naval
Appropriation bill of 1872 the relative rank OF
these officers was ixed 1t being provided, THAT
in estlm ntipg the length OF service for this pur
pose the several officers OF the stan corps shall
respectively take precedence in their several
gr4d des, and with those officers Of the line OF the
navy with whom they hold relative rank, who
have been In the naval service six years longer
than such officers OF said STAFF corps have been
In said service" The object Of this clause was
to put the officers OF the staff corps footing
with the line officers, whose entry into tho ser
vice dates from their original entry into the An
napolis Academy. IL seems that the line officers
consider themselves agRrieved by the action OF
Congress In relation to othe. officers therefore
they propose, in confidential circular pub
lished TODAY, to request each officer OF and
above the grade of Lieutenant to contribute IS,
and each ofhoer below that grade 80, to enable
the committee TO employ counsel. defray ex.
penses. &c, in attempting to secure the repeal
Of the six-year clause.
Year: 1876

The opening of the French Chambers at
Versailles yesterday marks a new era in the
history of France. We may for the present
leave retrospect aside and congratulate the
land of Lafayette on the prospect before 1T.
We are the more encouraged in this that we
observe wise and contained spirit an
imating the Senators and Representa-
tives in setting about the work before
them. Notwithstanding many hostile criti-
cisms aimed at the paucity of states
men among the members of the French
Legislature we think that they will be able
to make a very respectable showing of able
men in both branches. It.is the necessity of
the case that the majority of the Deputies
should be new to parliamentary delibera-
tions; but the veterans are by no means few,
and the party organization, which is we'll de-
fined among the members, although hard
to be comprehended by outsiders, will keep
up discipline 1t would be absurd
can proceed with its deliberations as calmly
as yesterdays exercises would seem to
PROMISE but if the members vent all their
superfluous steam upon each other, and give
the people carefully digested laws with as
little urgency" as possible, France and the
dency of the Senate and that of the House
will be in firm and impartial hands when
the Due dAudiffret-P -Pasquier and NJ Grevy
take the French equivalent for the gavel in
hand
Year: 1876

THE ONLY REDEENNo FEATURES connected
with the Brooklyn horror are the devotion
and self-sacrifcing labors of the noble
hearted Sisters of the Poor, who are endeavs
pring to repair the terrible loss sustained
through the fire. The efforts of these noble
women deserve to be substantially seconded
oy the charitable public. But even this one
bright spot in the dark picture must
not divert us from a strict scrutiny into the
cause Of the disaster. We do not regard
the fire as the primary source of evil. 1t is
The conditions which rendered it fatal that
demand investigation. These are, plainly,
outrageous negligence in the matter of pro-
riding proper freproof means of exit from q
building occupied by number of aged and
infirm people and the use of so much in
fammable material in its construction. The
responsibility rests heavily on some one.
We hope that the Coroner's jury VIII succeed
In exposing the guilty party to the just in
diRnation of his fellow men.
Year: 1876

Bitter complaints are made to us by cor
respondent of persons who eat roasted pea
nuts in the street cars. We do not know
why he should complain. If they ate pea
nuts that were unroasted then serious OBJ
jections might be raised on the score Of bad
taste, but roasted peanuts are not to be
despised In eating roasted peanuts it is
our opinion that these persons show excel
lent judgment If they should eat them raw
it would be difficult to defend such q bar
barrie habit But science makes that an i'm
possibility. Peanuts contain phosphorus in
considerable quantities phosphorus stimu-
lates the brain; the mind thus becomes
active, and the intellectual faculties perceive
that peanuts must be roasted to be good. It
follows that peanut eating dictates, as it
were, the method of peanut cooking.


IL used to be not uncommon to see the
sign "No gentleman eats peanuts in a first
class theatre" The natural result was
that when q gentleman did eat peanuts
in theatre he defended himself on
the ground that it was not first class, but
second rate. Our correspondent would
like to see such sign placed in
cars but we are compelled to differ with
him altogether. We think that a street car
is just the place to eat peanuts, just as hog
sty is the proper place to eat hog food.
Where would you eat peanuts? In church,
or at q wedding, or at funeral? Our corre-
spondent would hardly go SO far as this. If
he looks into the matter more closely he will
perceive that of oil places in the world a
street car is the very place where peanuts
should be eaten. The natural fitness Of
things, the harmony of the universe, require
it. For this reason we defend the custom
Year: 1876

The three Rapid Transit Commissioners
have made their report to the Gen
eral Term of the Supreme Court, ap
avenue route, particulars of which, with its
intersections or branches, will be found in
another column. The crooked arrangement
of the streets in the lower part of
the island made the question of the
route there matter of great nicely,
but it was along the clearly marked line OF
the Bowery and Third avenue that the great
est opposition was manifested. Where this
opposition was organized it is not difficult
to trace. Indeed, the Third Avenue Rail
road Company, with its usual audacity,
makes little secret of it's desire to keeu
the citizens in its avaricious clutches The
opposition, including many dubious claims
to property ownership along the east side
route, only mustered twenty-nine per cent
of the total valuation, of which perhaps not
more than one-half is bona .tide On this
showing the whole matter goes before the
General Term for confirmation. This gives
the opposition a final chance; but as they
admit, it is desperate one. Under the
present satisfactory state of the case there
can be no doubt what the decision of the
judges will be- We would only pray them
to give the citizens of New York the benefit
of an early confirmation of the report as re-
quired by law. The Commissioners deserve
the thanks of the community for their COM
mendable industry and patience. In reject
ing the line across Ninety-second street and
along Eighth avenue northward we believe
they have acted wisely. There the opposi-
ton was heaviest, and favorable report
upon it might have jeopardized the whole
scheme, or at least delayed for some time the
application of its main features. This is
route from the Battery to the Harlem River
With that and some necessary branches down
town New York will for the present be salts
fed, as the question of road through
Ninety-second street or elsewhere up towr
can be reopened hereafter.
Year: 1876

in all this only the calamity of their oppo-
nents, and rejoice over the national shame
because it seems TO open the way for their
accession to power; for the public treasury
has been shut against them these many years
and their statesmen are poor. But, if the
country must choose between the horde Of
thieves who are in Office, because they
helped to save the nation from the rebels,
and those rebels from whom they helped to
save it, it may prefer the thieves. No remedy
for the evils from which we suffer could well
be worse than that of handing this country
over to party that is only the fag end of
the Confederacy that believes Andersonville
was a modern Garden of Eden and regards
JEFF Davis as q martyr and patriot. That
is not a remedy that the people will accept.
and they will not consent to remain in the
hands of the thieves either. All the dis
closures, whose scandal we now deplore,
will create a public opinion to which the
platform-mongers and till-tappers of either
side must give way, and which will put in
power men of character and capacity, of
whom the country has plenty, and will
sweep into obscurity every man contami-
mated by the possession of Office or by rela-
tions with those ofice-holding and Office
hunting conspiracies, called the republican
party and the democratic party.
Year: 1876

PIScHBAcK received his quietus in the
Senate yesterday when his claims to seat
were rejected by vote of thirty-two to
twenty-nine. After having SO conclusively
shown his persistency, Mr.. Pinchback may
now allow the matter to drop, and thus re-
ceive the applause he never could have
gained if the little irregularities in his cleo
ton had not been so formidable
Year: 1876

and insist that it be continued. We would
also advocate tobacco splitting in the cars
and smoking on the front and rear plat
forms. The street cars are managed on the
peanut principle, and any attempt to intro
duce decency in their conduct would be an
impairment interference with the directors.
Year: 1876

The TWEED VERDICT agrees with the con-
clusions upon the case formed by every
honest man in the country. Mr. Fields
great ability could not screen the fact that
he felt he was pleading hopeless case, no
matter how bold face he put upon it. Let
us now see how much the city can collect
upon the judgment
Year: 1876

No REVOLUTION IN SERvIA. How story
gathers in going A row at communal
election swells into a fight with Communists,
and before the story reaches the frontier it
has carried Prince Milan along with it and
left republic in the princely void behind.
This is fine specimen Of the cdndrd
Year: 1876

covered my hngers. : :


"1 was not moment too soon. Hard
ly had 1 got fairly settled in my hiding
place, when / heard the great claws
scraping the floor and the hungry sniff
as the jaguar quested about in search of
food. He came straight to the chest,
and there stopped short moment as if
suspecting trap. Then put his head
close to the narrow opening, so that /
could feel his hot breath on my face,
snuffed once or twice to satisfy himself,
and then tried to force the lid up with
his paw! ass@ Id


"Ah de mil how / trembledl but
thank God, the great paw would not go
into the little chink. All he could do
was to get his tongue in and lick my
fingers, making them bleed as if they had
been rasped with saw. And then, what
with the taste of blood, and what with
hearing Lolita crying inside (for she, poor
darling, was as much frightened as ]
was), his fury was reused, and he began
to roar, not an honest, deep-mouthed,
lion roar, but a sharp, snarling yell that
made my blood run cold. Ughl l can't
think how l didn't die outright; but
the touch of Lolita's little arm, clingine
round my neck, seemed to give me
courage.


But the worst was still to come
Year: 1876

Some twenty six years ago, Mr.. Christie
Bunk. at that time young married man,
settled in Perry township, Miami county.
As the years passed by, Mr.. Bunk added
to his earthly store, and became the
father of several children, one of whom
is now young man past his majority.
As age grew upon the successful farmer,
he developed peculiarities of disposition
which created in the minds of his neigh
bors a suspicion of his sanity. He with
held from his family all knowledge of his
business affairs, occupied bed and room
separate from his wife, and a few DAYS
since, when seized by sickness destined
to prove fatal, refused to allow himself
ODE undressed. During his illness he
persistently refused to divulge the hiding
place of the money of which he was
known to be possessed, and after suffering
for several days, finally died in his
clothes. Immediately following his de-
mise, a singular and disgraceful scene was
enacted in the death-room. The wife
and son had conceived the idea that a
large amount of money was concealed in
his clothing, and no sooner had the
breath left the body than they engaged
in bitter contention for the possession
of the garments, which ended in the
clothing being torn piece-meal from the
corpse, and the body of the dead hus


band and father lay ON the bed, in full
view of the crowd of curious neighbors
who had gathered. A compromise wa!
finally effected between the belligereni
relatives by the money found in the
clothing being taken possession of anG
receipted by a neighbor. 1t is supposed
that Bunk had secreted large amoun


OF silver coin about his farm, but it


whereabouts is unknown. He also had
large amount of money due him from
parties somewhere in Pennsylvania, bu


the names and location of the debtors ar


profound mystery.-Logansport (I,sd
| Dbna.oe
Year: 1876

PASSAGE THROUGH WILMINGTON OF THE


PRESIDENT AND DoM PEDRO.


The Presidential party and Dom Pedro,
Emperor of Brazil, and his personal suite,
passed through Wilmington at o'clock,
this afternoon, on the limited express, on
their way to the Centennial. The train was
run in two sections, being a heavy one. The
President and Emperor rode together,
and as the train passed through
the former, who it will be remembered pad
Wilmington a visit few years ago, point
ed out to Dom Pedro the several points of
interest along the railroad. At the time
the train was due at the depot quite mum
ber of people were waiting to see the dis
tinguished travellers, but the train being
late they left before it's arrival.
Year: 1876

will take up his residence among us for few days,
and give bittings to those Who desire to hear or to
hold converse with their friends in the spirit world


Due notice will be given of hAs advent among us,
PREVIOUS to his going TO Russia. Tay8tf
Year: 1876

1t is oftentimes astonishing to note
the amount of ignorance existing in
the East concerning affairs on this
Coast. Were we foreign people We
could not be less known nor under
stood than we are now, even with the
close proximity that exists by reason
of the railroad and telegraph. The
New York World expatiates very
wildly on the Chinese question, and
it should be better posted and more
honest in its expressions of opinion
upon the subject. The World declares
that in California there are no crimi


nails nor paupers among the heather.
The Sacramento Record Union has
studied this matter carefully, and
from the records shows that in the
California State Prison oil the last day
OF December, there were 1,0S8 prison.
ers. In this connection our contem-
porary properly remarks "that in the
tables of nativity 56S of those are cred
tied to the United States, and $40 to
foreign countries, and that out of this
last number 1877 belong to China. 1t
may interest the Wo, Id to know, fur
ther, that among the home made con-
victs, our State Prison owes more to
New York than to any other State in
the Union, she having contributed no
Year: 1876

less than 1877 convicts, and only falling
short of these harmless and inoffen-
sive Chinese, whom her press thinks
so superior to white people that they
never find their way inside Jail or
elsewhere. If able editors in New
York would take the pains to ascer-
tain the facts before they lay down the
law, they would not so frequently
make themselves ridiculous. We may
add, as possessing some Significance,
that no other foreign nationality sup
plies so large percentage of criminals
in California as the Chinese.n
Year: 1876

Secretary Bristow, when he was colonel
in the army during the war, called on Pres
ident Lincoln in Washington, who received
hm cordially and said: ~ know you very
well, Colonel-Benjamin Helm Bristow
Your uncle, Benjamin Helm, clerk of the
Hardin County Court, was one of the best
friends had when was boy. He used
to take good deal of trouble to explain
things in the office to me, and show me
how business was done, and was very kind
to me otherwise. Once, when came to
town barefooted, he took me to store and
gave me "a pair of shoes, and he was my
good friend always in those days."
Year: 1876

BY American Press ASSOClat1On.


New YORK, May 5.-The condition of the
railroad war is unchanged to-day. The
managers of the great lines being alert for
further cutting down of rates, and there is
no doubt that the tariff agreed upon last
March, is being strictly observed, as the
matter of the western bound freights, with
the exception of the Grand Trunk line
All deny that any change of passenger rates
has been made. The Grand Trunk propose
within few days to make a greater reduc-
tion in passenger and freight rates between
New York and Buffalo and Detroit, and
asserts that the other roads will have to
come to terms.
Year: 1876

Philadelphia Evening Telegraph


-Four hundred seats for the press will be
placed in the very centre of the whole field,
Immediately in front of the centre of the
platform. Tables will be furnished for a
part of them. Tickets of admission will be
furnished to authorized and certified mem
bers of the press at No. 904 Walnut street,
front room, up stairs. The arrangements
are made as complete as possible, after a
conference between the proper committee
of the Board of Finance and the Commits.
sion.
Year: 1876

around the NeiyhbOrhOOd.
A live horned frog excitet the curiosity OF
Chester people.


Centennial guests are beginning to arrive
at Ridley Park.


Flag pole raising is the latest form the
Centennial fever has taken at Chester amp
Darby.


Every house in Chester will display a
flag on the Fourth Of July, Let Whining
ton initiate it,
Year: 1876

To THE VOTERS OF ARKANSAS:

 Having received many letters from different sections of the State, soliciting mo to become a candidats for Governor, and find ing it impossible to respond d. rectly to each one, l avail myself of this method of making gener- al reply to all.

 After mature consideration, and learning that my old friend the present distinguished incumbent, will not be a candidate for re-elec- tion, I have concluded to make the race, and accordingly an nounce myself candidate, sub feet, of course, to the next Demo- cratic Conservative State Conven. tion.

 l take this occasion. also, to say that 1 have been led to this deter imitation not through any selfish desire on my part for office, or from any undue estimate of my own personal merits or ability, but solely through a desire to serve my friends, and a willing hess to respond to any demand that may be made upon me to serve the public. have no hope, wish or desire in life, that is not bound mp with the honor, and prosperity of my State, and the happiness and welfare of my fel- low-citizens; and if it should be their good pleasure to call me to the high distinction and responsi- ble position of chief magistrate of the State, need offer them no better pledge of my administra- ton of the office than is to be found in the record of my past lite, which is open to the inspec- tion of all, and which 1 can proud ly, though modestly, claim is without blot or stain, personally, as we'll as politically.

 l have the honor to be, with much respect, your obedient servant, THos. FLETCHER.