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Year: 1875

THE New YorZ Journal Of Commerce
is sorrowing over the present condition
Of New York, and says that sowing to
cur monetary system we are at disad-
vantage with all the rest OF the world,
and New York feels it more than any
other northern city. Ten years have
elapsed since the war ended, and our
metropolis has gone back during the in
terval in nearly every form OF CONNER
cisl activity" And this will continue
20 be the'case until the Chic financial
policy is enforced by Federal legislation
through a Democratic congress and
President
Year: 1875

ST. LOUIS, June 3O-ADOther one Of
those brutal outrages, several OF which
have occurred in this county during the
past year, was committed about nine
miles from this city Monday afternoon.
While Miss Eliza Chamberlain, nine
teen years old, was going from her faith
er's house on horseback to a neighbours,
she was pulled from her horse by burly
negro, all her clothing stripped from her
and most fiendishly outraged and other
wise cruelty treated. She tainted and
lay in the road more than an hour, when
she revived and dragged herself to q
neighb0r's house about mile distant,
where she went into spasms and her life
for time was despaired of. The police
and citizens were in active search for IL e
black wretch yesterday, and a negro an
swering the description given by Miss
Chamberlain was arrested in the city
late last night. Citizens in the neigh
borhood Of the outrage are intensely ex.
cited, and swear they will hang the
monster if caught.
Year: 1875

Father M'Glew, who talked so sharp
ly against couple of his parishioners
for marrying outside of the church, is
more than rivsIed by the archbishop of
Quebec and the bishop of Montreal, who
have forbidden any Catholics within
their Jurisdiction, under penalty Of ex-
communication, either to read, buy, or
sell the Daily Montreal Witness. he
accommodation Of this paper is based
upon the fact that the Witness under
took to publish reports Of the lectures Of
of his new religion. The effect of the
prelatisl ban upon the newspaper has
been, it is said, to increase its circula-
tiOH,
Year: 1875

ST. LOUIS, June 30.-The Times
newspaper was sold at auction this even
ing under sale ordered by the trustee of
the bonds for the non payment Of the
interest on the coupons. The bidding
WAS quite animated, and the paper was
finally knocked down to Colonel John
T. Crisp, OF Independence, Missouri, for
one hundred and thirty-one thousand
five hundred dollars cash. Among the
bidders were Richard Ennis, e. G. Barn.
water, and B. GratZ Brown. The trust
was satisfied at later hour in the even
ing, all the terms OF the sale complied
with and the purchaser placed in pos
session of the paper. Stetson Hutch
ins was interested in the purchase, and
will have the management of the paper
from this time on. The sale wipes out
all the stock and Indebtedness Of the old
concern. There is quite diversity Of
opinion regarding the sale. Some
think the paper brought all was worth,
while others believe the purchasers have
made an unusually good thing.
Year: 1875

THE story We publish this morning in


connection with the arrest Of Chastaine
in St. Louis, is very sad one for all
concerned, and ought to have the effect
OF a warning to those who are running
as fast ss be did on the road to ruin. II
the statement Is to his confession OF
many amours be true, we may
have other exposures, and other
hearts than that OF his suf-
fering wife may be made to bleed. 1t
depends upon that suffering wife
Year: 1875

THERE are now two Arctic expedi-
lions on the high seas, and one Of them


is subsidized by the New York Herald.
Our cotemporary is determined to keep
its place in the lead Of all the journals Of
the world in enterprise and a Judicious
expendi.ure Of large means to good ends.
Year: 1875

THE attitude Of Tennessee in refusing
70 make provision for the payment OF
her debt is subject for severe censure
abroad, AM cannot fail Of disastrous ef.
fe,ts upon private as well as public
f-r1FF
Year: 1875

The Ottumwa Courier thinks that
while the Democrats in the Lower
House of Congress are in the business
OF making resolutions it would not
be bad move for them to sandwich
in among the rest one declaring
that they will never again rebel
against the will of the people, ex-
pressed at the polls In the election Of
q President.
Year: 1875

Who shall succeed Judge Wright
in the U. 8. Senator We have but
few words to say to this question,
which has been 50 voiumincusly
discussed by the Iowa press for the


past three months that readers are
generally becoming disgusted with
it. 1t is grave question, aud we
are sorry to see all the gravity being
pommeled out of it. Ii the method
OF discussing 1t now current with
some OF the papers be much longer
continue d it will prove grave I'm an
other sense to some of the candidates.
After all the labored efforts Of those
sage dailies--the Davenport Gazette,
the Burlington Hasek~Eye and the
Keokuk Gate City, in the early days
of the discussion, to preserve the
gravity Of the subject and warn the
country weeklies not to say anything
naughty of any of the candidates, we
are surprised to find them, and es-
pecially the latter two, each madly
endeavoring TO strengthen Its own
candidate by pulling down others.
The candidates are all at fault in
allowing this to be done, and for this
reason, nd the further reason that
they are so loadly seeking the Office,
we would be glad to see them all dis
carded, and some man taken up in
their stead who would not regard
the Office worth such disgracefui
struggle. The man for the place
ought to have dignity enough TO
keep him out Of the scramble, and
modesty enough to let the office seek
him ifhe is wanted.


Gov. kirkwood, though he would
grace the seat, as he did once before,
ought to be content with the honors
he now wears. Mr.. McCrary we
would not take from his seat in the
Lower House at the risk OF having
his place, which is now so ably and
honorably filled, supplied bya Bour-
bon Of the Claggett stamp General
Belknap, as Secretary OF War, now
represents the soldiery Of Iowa and
the West IN place where every sol
dier In the State is proud to see him.
For one, we would not take him
from Il even 10 make him Senator.
and give his appropriate place proba-
bly, to man from some Eastern
city. We regard Mr.. Harlan as a
very able and honorable man, well
fitted for and worthy Of the pl ace.
We deem him guiltless Of many cor
rupt acts charged against him. IL IL
very unfortunate for him however
that his party has SO often found II
necessary to defend him. There may
have been nothing corrupt In his
acceptance Of the famous Durant
gift, but II Is very seriously to be re-
GREETED that his record Is not clear
of it, and we shall hope that the APP
pearance Of stain will not be lifted
from his record, to be transferred by
his reelection, TO the record Of his
party. Let us have man whose
record needs no defense nor erasures
whose life is a clear written page,
free from all bIots except such minor
faults rs mar the life Of the best OF
Adams sons. If Hiram Price, or
some other inan as near our model
as he and not now prominent ON the
list OF seekers, cannot be elected, we
shall hope the lot will fall upon Me-
Crary or Belknap, against whom we
can find no objections except that
they should not be removed from
Year: 1875

II Is said that the National Sepub-
lican Central Committee, at its
meeting next month, will decide
upon either Chicago or Cincinnati as
the place for the meeting Of the
National Convention to nominate
q candidate for President. PhiIadel-
phia should be the place chosen, and
we predict it will be.
Year: 1875

When you call at the Office for your
mail. and tie Postmaster hands it out,
ask him if that is all. Ii you ask for
mail, and he tells you there is none,
tell him there ought to be- Then go
home and send all the rest of the
family around to ask at different times
through the day Don't bring your
mail to the Office until the mail is
closed. then curse the Postmaster for
not opening the il-bag and putting
your letter in. When you want a
stamp on your .letter, tell the Post
master to put it on; il he don't like it
lick him. In case you put it on your
self, soak it in your mouth long
enough TO remove the mucilage; it will
then stick until it is dry Be sure
and ask the Postmaster to credit you
for stamps; If he has any accommo-
dation about him he will do it. If
you have a box, stand and drum on il
until the Postmaster hands out your
mail; it makes him feel good, especial
" if he is waiting on somebody else.
Be sure and ask the Postmaster for
your mail while he Is distributing. and
before the window 10 open for deliv-
cry. >. w. NJ


MORNING VIEW. KY.
Year: 1875

Charles Warren Stoddard quietly
removes the romance from the Vene-
tisn flower girls By saying: There
are dower-women Who offer you a
straw with a bud and three geranium
leaves At the top of it. Offer, I said
Offer is a mild word to apply to their
attacks; they stab you IN the button
hole with their yillainous little bou-
quets, and follow Jon for half block
imploring you to buy If you take
the woman by the nape Of her neck
and dangle her over the canal for q
few moments she merely smiles when
she returns to earth, and at once Sc
lects . new boquet. even less desira-
bic than the last, with which to be-
guile you"
Year: 1875

II In the Beecher case, disgust at the infamy
of Tilton, more than q belief in Beecher's inno-
cence has turned the current of public opinion
strongly in favor of the latter. But Beecher has
n green memory. He recollects all such little
minutia as the number Of times Mrs. Tiitou
smiled or sighed, and the exact shade of paleness
that overspread her countenance; but such mat
tsrs as a man threatening to blow his brains out
with pistol, or compelling him to fork over
six or seven thousand dollars to avoid exposure,
he cannot positively remember. The ungodly
reader cannot avoid a strong suspicion that the
old man is living.
Year: 1875

~ We this week publish two communications
relative to Texas. The two writers travelled
over the same ground, at the same time, and in
company; but there is quite q contrast in the
way they saw things down there. One of them
was so badly disgusted with the country, that in
setting out to describe the three special curses of
Southern Texas, he expends his indignation upon
the sand feas, leaving the reader in the dark as
to the other two curses
Year: 1875

II The Kansas Editors, ON their recent visit
to Galveston, were SO firmly impressed with tie
Importance of deepening the channel at the
mouth of the harbor, that they abstained from
drinking water while IN that city.
Year: 1875

Il 1t is now thought that the Beecher-Tilton
trial will be finished up in time to allow the par
ties to attend the Centennial at Philadelphia,
next year. They can sing that good old hymn:


when our last trials over


How happy we will bel


We viii cross Jersey,


And sound the Jubilee"
Year: 1875

II Gage County. Nebraska, is up to snuff.
The other day, she voted down the proposition
to subscribe bouds in aid of a railroad. Gage
County acted wisely. That is a swindle that
has had its day. She will get the road just as
soon without the bonds as with them and no
danger of being swindled out of the bonds.
Year: 1875




His foot was on the Treasury steps and his
name il was Cameron. Simon OF pennsylvania,
known to the carnal minded of his native
State and the irrcycrcnt Washington cOrrc-
spondcnt as the Winncbagu Chief He had
come TO the Capital on business. No states
man connected with the running of this Gov
crnmcnt ever did 40 much business at the Capt.
tal during the recess and 81 little during the
session; none ever figured 20 largely in the De-
partments and little in the debates; none
ever plunged 80 madly to the front whenever,
by removal, resignation or death, an office was
made vacant and the success OF free in
stitulions imperiled thereby. So long a. Penn
sylyania had man or wanted dollar the
Winpebago Chief was bound to be at the door
of the Department in which Il vacancy i'm
pended, with his hand on the latch and his
breast pocket full of certificates and recon-
mendaions. He was in Washington on Thurs
day. He had business with the Departments
What Department in particular does not ap-
pear very likely with all OF them. Nor does
it appear either what was the nature of his
business. The Winnebago Chief is not in the
habit of beginning at the top of Newspaper
Row and confding to all the corrc-
spondents in succession the nature of
bis business with the Departments. Not
that he withhOlds anything from anybody
A more communicative statesman on the sub
iect of cereal crops it would be hard to find
And yet the Winncbago Chief does not thrust
information as to his political plans upon the
newspaper correspondent or reporter 1t may
he said of him in very brief that he was not
born yesterday.


The Chief had visited most of the Depart
ments, and, unlike some investigating commit
tees, had found everybody out. And now his
foot was on the Treasury stairs and he in
quired for BristOw. "BrstOw is out of town.
was the answer he received. "And where
"is hep said the Chief. "In COnnecti-
"cut," was the reply. The Chief gathered
himself up and wrapped his toga around him.
moment he WAS lost in meditation. What
deep thoughts flashed through the great mans
mind. as he stood thus in statue-like repose-
Year: 1875

If the Convention of Fire Engineers IN this city


has accomplished nothing else, it has at least done
public service in calling forth the address OF MI
Joseph Williams, President of the Washington
Board of Fire Commissioners, on the important sub
ject of paying the expenses of the meeting Mr.
Williams thought the treat ought to he ut the cost
of the insurance companies, and he pressed ms opn-
ion with the lively remark that ." the only way to
get square was to do as the boys did in old times
When party refused to contribute to our support
we spotted his house. and when a fire came we saved
the adjoining property and permitted his to be
burned" This dlsgraceful language was rebuked
by several members of the Convention. We hope
there is also somebody who will make it hot for Mr.
Williams in Washington when he gets home.
Year: 1875

Several letters brought together on our
fourth page give the varying views OF their
writers concerning the education of young
women. One point clearly set forth in these
letters is the necessity Of education at home
10 supplement that obtained at school and it
NAV in general be assumed that if the first of
these be really good, the second will seldom


prove failure; while on the other
hand the best of teaching outside the
family may be thwarted by the absence
of it in the home circle. One of the letters
referred to contains a plea for home TO be
provided for girls who come to this city to
take lessons at our art-schools, or to learn
music. &c. The suggestions seem simple and
Year: 1875

Ii is almost too early to venture upon say
inc who will be the next Governor of Massa-
chusetts; too early in fact to risk so much as
a conjecture upon the result OF the November
election. The number of independent voters,
whose action cannot be forecast with any de-
gree of accuracy, increases every year. and
there are more men in Massachusetts to-day
than ever before who have not yet made up
thcir own minds which way to vote. The ac-
ton of convention does not now, as
formerly conclude everything, and hand
over to the voter who wears the party
name his ticket fixed and folded. ready
to be dropped into the box. great many
voters thousands of them in Massachusetts,
are thoughtfully unfolding the bits of paper
that contain the Convention work, and
curiously examining and comparing the names
OH both. They are thinking, too, about what
the tickets and the parties and the resolutions
and all the rest actually mean. These men
have not made up their minds yet how they
will vote, and there are several things posi-
ble to happen in the next three or four weeks
which may affect their decision, and 80
Year: 1875

A soft money orator at Steubenville, the other
night. made everything easy for his argument by
asserting that "Gold has no intrinsic value unless
stamped by the Government If you should offer
that man shp-load of gold ore or cord OF un-
stamped ngot, of course he would say, - Go away I!
No intrinsic vauew STILL should liko to see the
experiment tried, just for the fun of it.
Year: 1875

Americans who may purpose spending the
Winter in Europe will find interesting infor-
nation in the letter on another page from the
pen of Mr.. Trollope. who writes from extern
sivc experience as a tourist. He describes
that populous German region known by the
misnomer of the Black Forest, and shows that
Switzerland is losing her attlactveness for
travellers by the increase of the facilities Tor
reaching other places of interest. The latter
circumstance will be easily understood in this
country where Summer resorts rise or fall so
quickly in popular favor.
Year: 1875

There is reason to believe that he police are
on the right track in arresting John Dolan for
completely in the murder of Mr. James ii. Noe
The fact that he obtained money from Chat
harn-st pawnbroker by pledging watch bear
ing the number of that taken from the person
of Mr.. Noe is ciIcumstantal evidence to which
great weight may be attached, especially Ill
view Of the false answers OF the accused 10
questions as to how he obtained possession OF
the watch. But if the police succeed in identi-
fyng the murderer by means OF the cleW now
in hand they will deserve great credit, and III
part atone for conspicuous failures Ill some
other murder cases.
Year: 1875

The Orleans Princes do not seem to know
how to make the best use of their embarrass-
ing position. Their most direct way to power
in France might be found in II loyal and sin
ccre acceptance of the Republic, but while
there is the slightest prospect Of rcgainine the
throne they are unwilling to relinquish their
chances There has been much recrminatlon
lately about their political standing. but the
only practical effect of the discussion mas oeei''
as our Paris correspondent shows. to place Ill
antagonism the Lcetimists proper and the
Constitutional rOyaists. As the Republic
gains by the GissensiOns of its opponents, tins
cannot be deemed an undesirable result
Year: 1875

In the Spanish American Republic of the


United States of Colombia they are enjoying
themselves over charming little war, organ
lied around the problem, Who shall be next
President? This is a problem that some-
times troubles graver people, and was once
the immediate cause of war in this happy
land of freedom so that we have no occasion
to point moral over the wretched political
condition of our neighbors. But, of course,
the choice of Mr.. Lincoln rather than Mr.
Douglas or some other man who might have
been accepted as satisfactory by the Southern
extremists could not have thrown this
country into war unless this event had
found the nation in an excited and
inhammable condition consequent upon
great degree, true of the Spanish Ameri-
can Republic. But in Colombia the
national mind is brought to the point of
combustion more easily than it is here, and
it does not require the deep differences be-
tween slavery and freedom and thirty years
of agitation to produce a condition that
lights up to fierce blaze over a quarrel as
to Presidential candidates. On the contrary,
sectional rivalries seem sufficient for the pur-
pose, and the tendency of the Republic to
split into federation of coast States and O
federation of interior States, with interests
in some degree inimical and each regarding
the other as burden on its prosperity, is,
perhaps the real basis of difference. 1t was
once believed in South Carolina that that
State paid all the taxes, and that if it
should resolutely button up its pockets the
whole North would come to it on its knees;
and if this could happen in country
of con- paratively rational creatures it
is co..s,s ,able that sectional jealous
les may make credible in Spanish
America any political romance put
before the people With this state of mind
assumed it is only necessary to spread in
the coast States that the government will
scruple at nothing to secure the election of
ON interior candidate, and that the coup d dftat
will be its common resource. This makes
necessary the appeal to ''the sacred right of
resistance" and the State assumes at once
hostile attitude, and the federal forces are
sent forward to put down resistance. This
is the condition between the general govern
ment of the Republic and the States of
Panama, Bolivia, Magdalena and Cauca.
Three thousand federal troops are on the
Magdalena, or perhaps already in Panama.
Our own government has properly taken
steps to protect the property of our citizens,
who would otherwise probably be the main
sufferers for wars like this are not bloody
in that neighborhood, and the compromises
of peace early smile on the division of what
plunder the country affords.
Year: 1875

their deposits. But if bank locks mp
its resources in venturesome speculations
the safety of the depositors depends on the
success of those speculations, and they are
impelled to make a run ON the bank and
unsettle general confidence at the rising of
every adverse wind. Depositors are entitled
to know what use banks make of their funds,
and they should resolutely shun not only all
institutions that are known to engage in out
side speculations, but all banks that do not
make frequent public statements of their
actual condition. We trust that the recent
warnings will not be lost on the business
public. The State should so far take super
vision of all banks as to compel them to
work like bees in glass hive and if the
community are then fools enough to make
deposits with institutions that 90 outside the
sphere of legitimate banking they can only
blame themselves for their losses.


1t is too early to estimate the consequences
of this great failure, but there is no reason
to suppose it will have any considerable
effect on the general business of the country.
So far as the Atlantic States and the States in
the Mississippi Valley are concerned it is
like a failure in o foreign country, which
touches only the few creditors of the col
lapsed institution. The large and sudden
transfer of gold to the Pacific coast will cause
only transient ripple in the gold market,
because it will speedily come back as soon as
the stress of the local panic is over If the
other California banks are as sound as they
are represented to be local confidence in
them will be presently restored and the in
crease of their business by the extinction of
their formidable rival will make them
more prosperous than ever. The big boz
nanza speculations which the Bank Of
California has been mainly supporting will,
of course, fall very fiat but that is rather
topic of congratulation than regret 1t is
indispensable to a new and healthy start that
everything finds it's true level, and that the
misapplied capital employed in bolstering
up bad speculations be withdrawn for legiti-
mate uses. This failure will contribute to
the general shrinkage of values, which has
been going ON for some time, and when the
lowest point of the ebb is reached the coun-
try will be in a favorable condition for
courageous resumption of the specie basis
1t can never be done with so little distur-
bance as when prices have sunk by other
causes to very nearly the specie standard,
and the next Congress will be blind to the
signs of the times if it does not make the
most of the opportunity.