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Year: 1875

BY our dispatches from Madrid il will be
seen that our national character is so bad
that other nations require to be definitely
the way they manage their property is not
preliminary to taking possession Of the prop
erty for ourselves. On one occasion the wolf
complained that the lamb was troublesome
animal and made the water muddy so that
others could notquench their thirst with any
satisfaction, and it has been generally son-
ceded that the wolf was then making case
on which he might proceed to turn the lamb
into wolf by dilaniation and the gentle
methods of digestion. Only fancy that
Spain has imagined this old drama anew and
has cast the parts 50 that the wolfsh role falls
to us, and that the land of Pzarro and Tor
quemada, and Alva, and Philip III. is typi-
fed by the tender and muttonly little figure
of juvenile sheep! Our government pro-
tests that the conduct of Spain in Cuba, with
regard to the Cubans and ourselves as well,
has gone beyond all possible endurance, and
that there must be a change brought about
in one way or another either by the good
will Of the Spanish government or by our
interference. Hereupon Spain has the inn
pudence to hatter herself that we are only
making a case for further proceedings.
Such supposition on her part implies that
she believes her conduct in Cuba to be that
of humane and civilized government; and
we have no doubt that Spain does look upon
all the transactions in Cuba as innocent and
proper. On this first assumption is based
the further fancy that there can be no legit-
innate complaint against her conduct, and,
therefore, that all complaint actually made
has in us the interested motive of making a
disturbance that will result in giving US pos
session of the island. Mr.. Cushing seems to
have succeeded in getting this notion out of
the Spanish Uranium, which is in its way
diplomatic feat of consequence and promises
to lead to a satisfactory solution of the
troublesome topic.
Year: 1875

General Babcock, the private secretary of
the President, has fallen back upon his mill
tary position as a colonel of engineers, and
demands 'court of inquiry" He makes
this demand in q letter addressed to the
President In this letter he says that he was
unable to appear before the jury in St Louis
which is trying the whiskey conspirators to
testify in his own behalf He asks for court
martial and that he be tried upon the
charges. We do not know whether this is
the best plan or not for deciding the issue.
1t would be better if an indictment could be
found against General Babcock and he could
be tried by jury and before the civil tribu-
mails. But he has not been indicted, and it
is certainly due to him that some explana-
ton should be made-not only due to him,
but to the President of the United States.
The questions involved in the guilt or inno-
cence of General Babcock of the gravest
character They affect the integrity of the
supreme Office of the land. If it can be
shown that he has been cognizant of any at
tempt on the part of these conspirators to
defraud the revenue it would be scandal
upon the American name, upon republican
institutions and the fame of our President
that would be felt throughout the world. If
there can be no civil trial, and General Grant
consents to General Babcock's request to ap-
point court of inquiry, it should be COM
posed of high military officers, whose decis-
ion would meet the appreciation of the peo-
pie These officers should be of rank and
standing, who are not in sympathy with the
Presidents views or his especial pets-such
men as General Mcdowell, General Hancock
and General Sherman. They should be army
officers of old standing, who would seek out
the truth and publish it without fear or
favor
Year: 1875

that democratic Congress which begins its
career by indorsing the Tammany candidate,
representing Tammany policy, will be de-
feated before the country. We cannot ex-
aggerate the importance this has assumed


The democrats who look into the future will
thank us for the emphasis with which we
give them this warming. The cries of SALARY
grab, the ''back pay" the subsidy" and
rings, effective as they may be, are nothing
compared to this stigma Of Tammany. So far
as these issues are concerned democrats and
republicans have alike made record upon
them so comprehensive that they can no
longer be called party questions or party
blunders. But Tammany is peculiarly
a democratic institution. 1t began with
Aaron Burr and ripened into Tweed.
1t is represented to-day in the effort to make
Mr.. Kerr Speaker The success or failure
of that effort will largely determine, not
simply the position of the democratic party
in Congress but before the country.


We say again, and with serious emphasis,
that no democratic House can expect to win
the confidence of the country by indorsing
a Tammany candidate and governing its de-
liberations and its caucus according to
the Tammany programme. If that
issue is brought into the country,
as it will be by the success of Mr. Kerr,
then we see no other contingency than the
election of the republican candidate for the
Presidency. We cannot conceive of any
action on the part of the republicans even
which would do them the harm that the
Endorsement of the Tammany programme
would do to the democracy. Even the NOM
ination of President Grant unwelcome
as it would be to citizens with
out distinction of party, distasteful
as it would be to patriotic republicans, as
well as democrats, and bringing with it a
violation of asacred tradition of the consti-
tuition and q maxim of our common law
even this sad contingency, which we far from
welcome and would be among the first to
deplore, may result from the action of the
democratic caucus to-day. The people of
this country, however much they may
dread that great evil, may be forced
by the democrats to fly from q
still greater one namely, the predominance
of Tammany in the politics of the nation.
Therefore, the election of Mr.. Randall,
or Of some one representing Mr.. Ran
dalls opinions and position, will be an
assurance to the country that Tammany has
been defeated in Congress. If there should
be another result the democrats must make
up their minds to accept the responsibility Of
the action, even if it should lead to the re-
nomination of President Grant and his pos
sible reelection to the Presidency.
Year: 1875

There have been mysterious rumors hoat-
ing around New York for several days as to
the absence of the Mayor. His eloquent
voice, his portly presence, his face beaming
with intellect and amiability, suddenly van
ished from the City Hall few days ago. All
manner of rumors have attended his depart
ure. One was that he had gone into retire.
ment to fit himself for the stage, and that
In imitation of his predecessor, Oakley
Hall, he intended to appear upon it at the
close Of his career as Mayor. Another was
that he had gone to Africa to found an en-
pire on the shores of Lake Victoria Niyanza
Another that he had gone to England to re-
deem his long forgotten promise to make a
speech in Guildhall and denounce the Eng
lish tyrants in the home of their tyranny
Another rumor was that he had become SO
weary of public life and of the injustice done
to him by the leaders of Tammany Hall that
he had run away and would never more be
known in history except as an instance of
mysterious disappearance from Office.


Now we hear from Washington that the
Mayor has made his appearance in the capi-
tai. He hears the shout and the noise of the
battle of the Speakership and rushes to the
front. Wickhams appearance puts q
new phase upon the situation. 1t
would be difficult for the members to re-
sist his eloquent voice, his persuasive
manners his courage and persistency. If we
only knew which candidate Mr.. Wickham
preferred we might easily see the result
of the canvass. But might not this canvass
be compromised? Why should not Kerr, or
Cox, or Randall, or Wood and all the rest of
them retire and let Wickham be elected
Speaker by acclamation? vacancy could
easily be made for him by the resignation of
some of our city Congressman. Wickham
in the Speakers chair would solve grave
political problem. He don't want to be
Mayor after spring, and we are afraid the
people do not want him for Mayor. He is
too great man to sink into absolute retire
ment. Why not, therefore, elect him
Speaker? He is the man for the place. His
voice would resound through the halls of
legislation like the ever sounding billows Of
the sea, but with music in it's roar and pathos,
and tenderness, and high patriotic feeling.
With Wickham in the chair the ladies gal
lery would be always crowded; the colored
galleries would be filled with admiring hosts,
and the strangers gallery would be as densely
packed as at Moody and Sankey's revival
meetings. Might it not be that Wickham's
visit TO Washington is an inspiration arising
out of his fervent anxiety for the welfare of
the democratic party? BY all means let us
have him for Speaker. Let some of our Con-
gressmen-Mr. Meade or Mr.. Cox-retire in
his behalf
Year: 1875

The action Of the German government in
voting five hundred thousand dollars for the
Centennial will be gratifying to our people as
showing the interest felt by that great Power
in this exhibition Of American industry and
development and in our Centennial year. We
regret that the rumor which came apparently
from q credible source, to the effect that the
Crown Prince Of the German Empire will
visit the Centennial, is not founded on fact


In this time of international courtesies, the
tendency of nations to come closer together
and to consolidate the bonds of peace by in
tercourse and friendly association, nothing
would do more toward insuring friendship
between two nations as great as Germany and
America as the visit Of the heir to the impe-
rial throne However, considering the age
of the Emperor now nearly eighty, and the
fear that at any moment he may die and leave
the throne vacant, it would be difficult for
the Crown Prince to run the risk Of absence
from the country during the interregnum.
We have no doubt that some member of the
German royal family will visit America dur
ing this season Of festivity and congratula-
ton. But if the Crown Prince cannot come
we should be glad to see Prince Frederick
Charles, who shared with him the honors of
the campaign against Austria and France.
Year: 1875

People will put their money into savings
banks for variety of reasons satisfactory to
themselves and savings banks will as it
appears, fail, despite every legitimate pre-
caution taken to prevent such a con-
sequence They will fail all the more if the
precautions taken to prevent this result are
neglected by dishonest or otherwise delin-
quent officials charged with the duty of ex-
amining into their condition. But we do
not believe that savings banks can fail in
this State without some violations of the
laws in regard to them, or the collusion of
the persons who should administer the law.
1t is a very important point in the present
crisis between the people and the holders of
their savings that it should be clearly known
to which of those causes the recent failures
are due Another fact that should be known
is whether 1t is not possible to make failure
SO unpleasant to the officers of q broken
savings bank that failures will in future be
scarcely possible events. In regard to all
these points public attention is now there
fore directed to the courts Therein lies the
power to shape and direct the Investigations
and further proceedings to make them real
endorsements of the law, or to make them
mere cheats and delusions in the interest of
delinquent officials and swindling fnan-
ciers. Which shall they be? We trust
that it will not prove that the Bank Depart
ment at Albany runs the courts in this city,
or manipulates or influences them in the re-
motest manner in regard to these proceed
ings. That department has to account to
the public for its own relation to these
failures. 1t was its duty to investigate them
before they failed, and its performance of
that duty was not such as to justify the
courts in giving it any opportunity to deal
with them after failure.
Year: 1875

THE TRIBULATIoNs OF THE PLYMOUTH PAS
TOR are apparently on the increase. The
letters from Mrs. Moulton and Mr. West
were not read at the prayer meeting
last evening. The disturbing documents
were referred to the Examining Com
mittee and Mr.. Beecher made a
speech. Abandoning the policy of silence
which he laid down for himself a few
weeks ago the harassed clergyman proclaims
that he is now ready and anxious for investi-
cation. In this changed resolve we perceive
a rebuke to Mr.. Beecher from his own lips
In announcing that he would not further reply
to his enemies he ventured to use the language
applied by the evangelist to Him who stood
mute before Pontius PLATE. In the speech
of last night we see how rash he was to think
that the man. of the ragged edge letters
could suffer an exquisite pain in silence as
He did on whose divine shoulders rested the
transgressions Of all the world.
Year: 1875

GOVERNOR TmDEN AND THE EXECUTIONS.
The action Of Governor Tilden in calling the
attention of sheriffs to the terms Of the law
in reference to executions in this State will
meet with the appreciation Of the people.
The tendency to make these executions pub
lie displays for the qualification Of the morbid
taste of large crowds Of spectators should be
arrested. Capital punishment in itself is so
serious, and, we might say, 50 degrading o
duty, that it cannot be surrounded with too
many safeguards in the interest of public
decency.
Year: 1875

How WE DESTROY Our HEALTH We print
to-day further communication from DR.. A.
X Gardner, who very pointedly examines
and discusses certain Of the permanent con-
ditions of city life which are destructive to
health, and which exist through the needless
ness and apathy of the people. People take
care of everything but their own lives, with
out which, it is scarcely necessary to inform
them, nearly all the other things are of trifing
value. This is not because of any lndiffer-
ence to death, for we have repeatedly had to
chronicle the precipitancy and panic with
which they will fly from any obviously i'm
pending danger But the man who will run
q mile to get away from house on fire where
he is told there is ton Of gunpowder stored
will lie down and sleep confidently In the
bed from which a fever patient has just been
buried-so much do people heed the dangers
they understand so little do they regard
those of more insidious and to them incom-
prehensible operation. 1t is against these
more insidious dangers that medical men
have to warn the people, and our correspond
ent deals with them in style calculated to
impress the truths Of medical science on the
common mind.
Year: 1875

The position of sufferance which Turkey
holds in Europe is significantly demonstrated
in the action of the three Imperial Powers
Germany, Austria and Russia-on the Herze-
govina insurrection. They appear to have
united in proposal which will settle for the
present the difficulty with which the
Porte is contending This proposal
demands that Turkey shall grant certain
reforms and give certain guarantees to carry
them out There is scarcely shadow of
doubt that Turkey will accept the condi-
tions without giving herself very much con-
Germ whether she can fulfil them. She will
submit to them nominally, because she
must. Her weakness and isolation forbid
any other course but, with Oriental
cunning, she knows that her very
weakness will 60 a long way to protect
her from anything more hurtful thana diplo-
matte humiliation. She knows that she
would not be mouthful apiece for the three
Powers who are settling her insurrection for
her, but she is also aware that there would
be small likelihood of peaceful agreement
between them over the extent of each bite.
Indeed, she will see that her conclusions are
justified by the delicate manner in which
the three Powers have approached the
present little difficulty. Neither Germany
nor Russia could trust the other with the
drafting of proposal touching Turkish in
terests, and hence Austria, which could
always be held in check by the other two,
has been allowed to frame it. In the discus
sion between Bismarck and Gortschakoff at
Berlin the condition of the insurgent rayahs
held small part beside the more absorbing
question as to what may happen to the Otto
man Empire when the day of makeshift COM
promise and empty guarantee has gone by.
England is steadily preparing to take her
portion in the land of the Pharaohs, and
Gortschakoff is probably pondering how the
old Muscovite dream of a Russian flag over
Stamboul may become a reality.
Year: 1875

THE SKATERS are getting ready for the ice
but the ice is not yet ready for the skaters
IL does not seem to be really winter time un-
til we have seen the dainty footed bellies and
their escorts sliding gayly through space
over the solidifed water with brighter red
on their cheeks than ever was applied with a
puff, and until the ganain, fired to emulation,
practises the art Of the pdtineT with single
skate over the frozen cutters.
Year: 1875

THE UxFoRTUNArE CAL MINERS Of the
Schuylkill region will now begin to feel in
the bitter winter the folly Of their long strike
last spring. The mines in that region will
shut down for an indefinite period after to-
day, and the miners who threw away their
opportunity Of putting away little for the
time when work could not be had at any
price will become objects Of charity.
Year: 1875

STANDEEMANN, the murderer of his sweet
heart, has been respited from the gallows for
three weeks from the 10th inst, in order to
allow the doctors to decide if he is sane
enough to be hanged. This, if unsuccessful
in relieving Standermann from the doom he
has merited, will allow him to die with the
year, and many will not grudge him his com
ranv to the next world
Year: 1875

"BLAcK FRIDAY" IN THE Courts, with Jay
Gould in the character Of defendant, is
natural enough even at this late day, but
the answer Of Lawyer Shearman on behalf Of
Gould, that the pretended contract to
which the latter was party was "a mere
gambling transaction" and intended only to
ovade the statute against betting and gam
bling, is refreshing. if not decidedly new to
the public
Year: 1875

RIGHTEoUsNEss.-It was the ineor-
ruptible integrity Of Job and, in high
er sense, of the Redeemer himself, that
saved them from the temptations of the
devil. And it is as true now that no
one can successfully meet the power Of
temptation unless he is righteous, as
that soldier could defend himself
against foe without such a coat of mail.
A want of integrity viii leave a man ex-
posed to the assaults of the enemy, just
. as man would be whose coat of mail
was defective or some part of which was
wanting.


The King of Israel was smitten by an
arrow sent from a bow drawn at ven
ture, between the joints of his har-
ness" and many n man who thinks he
has on the Christian arIHOr is smitten in
in the same manner There is some de-
feet of character: some want Of in
eOrruptible integrity: some point that
is unguaried, and that will be sure to be
the point Of attack by the foe. So
David was tempted to commit the
the enormous crimes that stained his
memory, and Peter to deny his Lord SO
Judas was assailed, for the want Of the
armor of righteousness, through his
avarice, and so by some want OF ineor-
ruptible integrity in a single point many
a minister of the gospel has been assail-
ed and has fallen. IL may be added here
that we need a righteousness which "od
alone can give-the righteousness OF God
our Saviour-to make US perfectly In
vulnerable to the arrows Of the foe
Albert B0THes
Year: 1875

CULTURE WITHOUT GRAcB.-There Is
no more forIorIi sight than that Of a man


highly gifted, deliberately cultured, with
all the other capacities of his nature


strong and active, bat those Of faith and


reverence dormant. And this be it said,
Is the pattern Of men in whom culture,


made the chief good, would most likely


issne. On the other hand, when it as-
sumes It's proper place, Illuminated by


faith zand animated by devout aspira-
ton, it acquires dignity and depth


which of itself il cannot attain From
faith it receives its highest and most


worthy objects. Ii is ehasteDed and


purified from self reverence and eOneeit-


1t is priced no longer merely for its own


sake, or because It exaIts the possessor


Of it, but because it-enables him tobeo OF
use 10 others who have been less fortu-


nate. In a word, it ceases to be self
isolated, and seeks to communicate itself
as widely as it may. So culture is
transmitted from an intellectual attain


ment into a spiritual grace. This seems
the light in which all Who are admitted
to a higher cultivation should learn TO
regard their endowments, whatever they
may be.-PrtReiPoI Sh0trP,
Year: 1875

The uiosi valuable of all trees. 1t
can readily be raised from the seed,
which should be gathered in the fall,
after the aeorns drop The best month
TO gather seed is Qctaber, and it should
be piantej at once, or kept in a cool
moist condition until spring. The
plants should be set out about eight feet
apart, and between the rows some up
right growing tree can be planted as
nurses for the OAK. These latter should
be cut away whenever it is necessary to
make room for the oak. Burr oak and
chestnut oak are best for fuel and red
oaE tba hest for rails
Year: 1875




Funeral services were held yester-
day afternoon over the remains of the
late Warren Woodson Doxey, at the
residence of Mr.. d. Lewis, on Main
street. An appropriate hymn was
sung by two young lady friends of the
family, and Mr.. Hoke, spirit medi-
um, delivered very earnest and COM
prehensive sermon. He spoke, not as
himself, but as the mouth-piece of
spirit that had control of him. The
spirits assured the family that the
deceased was with them, but had not
as yet acquired power enough to speak
to them through the medium, He
dwelt at some length on what he
termed the life principle. 1t was of
two kinds-individual and universal.
The individual life had left, but the
universal still lived on and grew
stronger and became more elevated
day by day. The family and friends
were grief-stricken at their great loss
and the spirits were unable to comfort
them as they would wish to; but they
were gaining in strength, and the day
was not far distant when they would
be able to make themselves manifest
and comfort the afflicted as Christ did
in days of yore. He spoke of the
prevalent ignorance of the laws of
health and life and urged the great
necessity of reform in that direction.
After the services it was announced
that the funeral procession would
leave the residence of Mr.. Lewis at
10 o'clock.
Year: 1875

We have been pelted so increasingly
with sharp interrogations concerning
that long-promised Illustrated Press
that we ceased some time since to seek
the f1imsy shelter of explanation and
apology, but submitted to the pelting
in tranquil silence. AS our chief ap-
proaches, however, we feel like paving
his way with few more words OF ex-
planation. Business complications at
home compelling him to abandon the
lecture field just when the harvest was
richest, he has gathered up the engrav-
ings and other fragments of that paper
and will bring them home to the Press
office for proper arrangement and
distribution. And it will come in very
good time after the severity of the
Winter past, to direct the frost-bitten
victims where to flee from the wrath
of the Winter to come. Once we have
the engravings and other material
safely in our office, some sort of re-
suit is inevitable. = Santa Barbara
Press.
Year: 1875

ESPECIALLY ASSORTED FOR SCRAP
( BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS AND DRAW


ING CLASS COPIES
A large collection of pictures of different
ject have been put up in an attractive envel-
ope and are now offered at price intended to
make them popular In every sense.


Envelope No. containing so beautiful en-
gravings) is now ready, and will be sent, post
age paid to any address for ONE DOLLAR.
A liberal discount to agents and teachers.
Year: 1875

Will there find a com bination of soil. climate
and water we'll adapted to their rapid growth.


but the cold Is not severe enough to injure the
growth of semi-trepical fruit trees, and rarely