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Year: 1876

UNTIL the Rebel party of the South ex-
tends amnesty to Union men of the South,
native anu foreign. white and black. for
the crime q being the friends of the Gov
ernment; until ii IS no longer crime pun
ishable with death for men to become
members e, the Republican party in the
South, and unit! the Union men of the
South are allowed the right 10 vote with
out intimidation, We must object to the
restoration 10 Jefferson Davis of the right
to hold the, highest office in the Govern.
Year: 1876

One of the most important cases ever
before the Supreme Court will likely be
argued next month We refer to the case
Phillips VS.. Payne. 1t involves the legal
ity of the action Of Congress in retroceding
the county of Alexandria to the State of
Virginia in 1916, The Legislature Of Vir-
cInia has, at the request of Governor
Kemper, directed the Attorney General of
the State TO appear before the Supreme
Court and contest the matter; while those
interested ia securing return to the Dis
trict have employed lion. S. S. Sheilabar-
ger. It has been disputed point whether
the retrocession act was constitutional. In
Congress at the time it was passed many of
the ablest minds there, among whom was
Daniel Webster, declared it unconstltu-
tional, and We are glad the highest court
in the land will soon pass upon it. The
war demonstrated that so far as protection
Of the Capital was concerned the Govern
ment should have as direct and absolute
control of Alexandria county as Of the
Maryland portion of the District. Our
city was within muSket-sho of rebeldom,
and could, at any hour prior to our So
called violation of State rights, in throwing
troops across the Potomac, have bombarded
us and laid it in ashes.


We will not argue the question of legal
ity now since able counsel have the matter
in charge; but we trust the District may
be restored to lis original limits. We pre-
sumo no trouble will ensue in the
event that the Supreme Court de-
termines retroces.iOn to have been uncon-
stitutional, as the formal announcement of
the decision can he postponed until such
action is taken by Congress as will adjust
all conflicting Jurisdictions and make valid
all acts done in pursuance of the State law
while Alexandria county remained por-
ton OF Virginia.
Year: 1876

II Mr.. BLAINE mad at all times in the
past exhibited SO much vigor in his oppo-
sition to the encroachment Of the ex-Con-
federate power in the Government as he
has during the present week the Republi-
can candidate for President this year
would have been certain of a larger num-
her of electoral votes from the Southern
States than he will now be able to count
upon. He is performing Hcrculean labor
now, however, and deserves the warmest
encouragement st the hands of every
loyal man in the country.
Year: 1876

waited. reinforced and strengthened in this
Centennial year Of the existence Of the
Rel ublic are invited to unite in sending
delegates to the Republican National Con-
verrion to name the candidates of the party
for President and Vice President in 1876.
If all such men in the country will come
together, actuated by these principles and
a controlling desire to see them propa-
gated and perpetuated, they will have no
difficulty in forming a ticket which the
people will approve by acclamation.
Year: 1876

The newspapers of Chicago are fighting the
tax flends, and when you come to consider the
matter calmly, the tax fend is about as plau.
sible an object of attack as that city can pro
duce
Year: 1876

it bore no fruit, but it is likely to be a
potent lever in moving popular opinion
now, after lying dormant for eight
years.


Going back four more years, Mr.. Til
den will find another document which
sheds important light upon his charac-
ter. That document is the National
Democratic platform of 1864, reported
by Tilden himself. The main plank
was a declaration that the war for the
Union was a, failure. No soldier or
other Union man can vote for a man
who reported these resolutions, without
stultifying himself Manton Marble
has tried to obviate this objection by
pretending that Mr. Tilden was opposed
to that resolution. But this is ''too
thin He was not Obliged to report it.
He could have brought in a minority
report with that clause stricken out.
AT st. Louis there were majority and
minority reports submitted. He cannot
escape completely in that insult TO the
loyal soldiery of the country by any such
pretense. He stands convicted of the
most outrageous copperheadism, as well
as of compicity in the election frauds of
Tammany.
Year: 1876

According to the Providence Journal,
Senator Anthony's paper, sWashington
is full of Confederate army and navy
officers, many of them West Pointers,
who deserted to the enemy in the war,
all engineering for the reduction of both
branches of the service. Everybody
knows that the reduction, if forced by
the House of Representatives, will be
temporary. The best officers, those who
are at time Of life when they cannot
enter upon new employment:s, those
whose education, training and capacity
make them most valuable to the country
will be the first to go. And when
the army and navy are again filled up
to the necessities of the service, the
Confederate officers hope they will fill
the places,''
Year: 1876

How crneHy the new school law of
New York bears upon marfied men is
shown in q recent letter from that
city. A female teacher Who had q
husband was told that she must eth
er gi|s him up or her situation.


What did the noble woman do ? She
consented TO q separation. They part
ed. She lived on six dollars q week,
and gave eight dollars-ths Femaind-


er of her earnings. to him, SO that


he got through the winter very COM
fortably, che doing all his sewing.
Year: 1876

The reports of most Of the departments
OF State government, and of all the boards
OF State institutions for the fiscal year end
ing September Both, have been submitted
to the Governor and printed, to be laid be-
fore the General Assembly. A number of
these have been furnished to the press
by the kindness OF Major R. f. Walker,
Superintendent of Public Printing. From
the vast array OF statistical matter, recon-
mendations, and other material which
they contain, we have selected such facts
and figures as seem to be most worthy Of
the attention Of the Taxpayers and general
public:


Public Schools.


DR.. Rufiner says:


The local reports reached this office with
their usual iulness; but they are greatly
abbreviated in=thiS report in accordance
with the intimation given last year that
complete returns need, not be published
more than once in three years. Should more
detailed information be desired on any
point it can be obtained from the reports
on file.


The following brief summaries, as well
as the written reports Of our county and
city superintendents, show that the public
school system has during the past year in
creased in usefulness and popular favor
even more RAPIDLY than usual.
Year: 1876

KILLED By RAILROAD TRAIN.-On Satur-
day night just after the southern mail train
on the Richmond and Danville road had
left Coalfeld station, coming to Richmond,
it ran over and killed young man named
McPearson.


It seems that the young man was very
much intoxicated, and was lying across the
track asleep, Just in sight OF his home, when
the train passed over the middle OF his body.


The deceased had been married only q
few weeks.


His remains were taken in charge OF by
the Masonic Order for burial.
Year: 1876

THE THEATRE To-NIGHT.-Mr. Ford's
fine Baltimore Company commences a
weeks engagement at the Threatre to-
night, and will play the Great Divorce Case.
Tomorrow night Married in Haste " will
be presented. The Washington papers
pronounce the comedy 'the most beauti-
fully written-chaste and pure in its
tone-artistically presented, and elaborately
mounted play that has been done in Wash
ington for long while, if ever before, and
it could not be better produced as whole
in any theatre in the country. Every artist
has a character that exactly fits him or
her, and the consequence is that the play is
perfectly rendered. We are advocates of
the advancement to the very highest stand
ard of dramatic literature, and we know OF
no reason why dramatic literature should
not be as much il not more sought after as
means of instruction and healthy recrea-
ton as any other. Surely the effect OF q
moral, well-written play always bears fruit
of the right quality, and Married in Haste
is one Of the purest in the language"
Year: 1876

The Philadelphia Ledger of yesterday
states that Humphrey Morrow, who has
been selling in front of the State House for
several weeks, copies of the first newspaper
published in America, wearing at the same
time dress similar to that worn in Cont
mental days, was arrested yesterday, by or.
ders of the Mayor. on the charge ofobstruc.
ting the highway. The officer who made
the arrest testified that when he did So
there was not any crowd about the dealer,
but he had seen six or eight persons about
him.


Defendant desired to have his counse
present before the case was heard; denying
that he had obstructed the highway in any
manner, and that he was trying to make al
honest living.


Alderman Carpenter said that the Offence
of obstructing the highway by hawking
papers was an indictable one, and that tn
defendant should know it to be SO. HI
would not then hold him to bail, but woult
announce that if the offence was repeated
defendant would be arrested every time
and bound over to appear at court. Mr.
Morrow then left the office.
Year: 1876

sutherland ordered nolle prosequi entered IN her
and continued tho trial OF Lewis. Al its conciu
sion the Jury agreed the verdict without leaving
their seats Tho Judge, In passing sentence. said,
"rhc verdict OF the Jury Just You have received
good lccturing to-day, and think you deserved Il
all am glad TO know that tho verdict enables me 10
Tree tho woman who has been living with you from
your influence and society In the State Prison. where
shall send you, you will doubt meet companions
have known before and be able enjoy yourself
The sentence OF the Court is Ave years IN the State
Prsouu
Year: 1876

This paragraph from the Davenport
Democrat is very fair for a Democrat
ic opinion: seen Bclknap comes
ont of the Senatorial scramble in
much better shape THAR any other of
his fellow sufferers. After all. the
General will have the satisfaction of
rejecting that if he cannot be Senator
he has been, and is Il very good Sec
retary of War; .:.5s
Year: 1876

(
committee that a certain agent has
been naughty, and the missionary at
that agency heard him say bad


word then his removal is asked, and
another member Of the church ap.
pointed only to be slaughtered in like


manner. We boast Of American,lib.
! erty. But how much liberty has a
man between the mission and tribe
Of Indians. If he has not the pa
ticnce Of Job he will curse both in
six months time. Compare his re-
sponsibility with. his liberty, then
look for Justice. Either do. away
with agents and make the missionary
agent direct, Or -disconncct- tl,et,,, let
each be free to tend to his own work.
Some way to do away with this con.
tinual quareling between the church
and Indian agents, thereby destroying
the efficiency Of both.


On this agency alone thousands OF
dollars have been spent for school
purposes, and yet not a-sipgle Ponca
has learned to read and write. (
think one great trouble with the mis-
sionaries is. it climbs too high up the
ladder before it commences its work;
it has too much t1leory ard red tame
and not enough practical work. In
stead of teaching them, first cleanli.
ness, how to make clothes, and to
have proper respect for themselves,
something than they can see and real.
ize that their efforts are for their
good, in which they would become
interested and their minds would
grow and desire something new each
day, they start in to make them
christians or members of their church,
build christianity on their filth. The.
real work that should be. done is
stepped over aud they can not make
any practical use, of what they do
learn.


Had {, control Of Indians would
break up as far as possible the tribal
relations, separate them into families,
each ON a piece of land Of their own,
assist them in building neat com.
Portable house, give them team and
farming implements, seed and every
thing that q white man would have
to have to start with, let them know
that they own their own property and
with them tfey must make their
ing; that il sold or destroyed they
would only be replaced by themselves
at their own expense. Let all church
es be free to come among them and
do them sll the good they. could.
With such plan there. is no COED
reason why in a few years they should
not be self supporting and bcttered
every way.


But you say that would cost too
much. | th,nk it has cost something
to keep them in idleness, and Judging
the future BY the past what will il
cost and when is it going to be any
better. There is no injustice In this
plan. 1t gives the Indians a. better
show than white men get, and why
not compel them to do something for
themselves. lust SO long as they are
kept together, fed and clothed, will il
be necessary to feed and clothe them.
l think the government will be safe
in trying some new plan, and we hope
soon to see the Indians bettercd, the
expenses lessencd, ana less wrong in
Indian affairs.


LOVER OF JUSTICE.
Year: 1876

GILBERT C. WALKER, the Democratic
carpet bagger who turned up in Virginia
alter the war, and was made Governor by
the Republican party, only to be discom-
fited by his treachery, left this city few
days since for New Hampshire, whittier he
goes TO trsduce and yilify the very class
Of mea who transformed him from aneedv.
seedy adventure ;hgo an apparently re-
spectable gentleman. If he will only tell
the truth in tie Granite State, how he used
the negro to enrich himself in certain ques-
tionable schemes, and afterwards conspired
to remand him to q condition of peonage,
the people of New Hampshire will be able
to form q true estimate Of his character.
His twaddle will doubtless be confined to
patriotic pretentions, and noisy denuncia-
tions of the party that gave him decent
clothes.
Year: 1876

Two newspaper correspondents were
discovered last Friday morning prowling
about Secretary Belknap's residence, end
instantly the alert and always intrusive
agents Of the Secret Service jumped to the
conclusion that the unfortunate man was
about to fee from justice. The idea that
Beiknap or any one else can escape from
the providers of Newspaper Row is simply
ridiculous. But the incident to which we
allude has been made the basis of senss-
tional stories in the Opposition press, and
heralded broadcast over the land. The
only wonder is that these stories did not
include q surmise that the mysterious car
riage hired for the occasion by the afore-
said correspondents was driven by Attor'
ney General Pierrepont or Chief Justice
Waite There would have been as much
sense or reason in such a statement as
there is in the tales that have been told
about it.
Year: 1876

WHEN Belknap's malversation was ex-
posed the Detective Press Justify demanded
that the President should cause criminal
proceedings to be instituted against him
without delay. Now that the President
has taken this very step, the same press
blames him for doing SO, because the in
famous accomplice witness, Marsh, has
taken flight at the preparations for his
punishment and fed TO Canada. The truth
is. Marsh would have left the country
whether the intention of the authorities to
prosecute him had been made public or
not. He is a man of intelligence and
wealth. and his lawyers in New York, both
before and after he gave his evidence in
the case, advised him that the exposure of
his connection with the affair could not fail
to bring down upon him merited punish
ment.
Year: 1876

FRok the expressions in the Opposition
press regarding the New Hampshire cleo
ton, stranger would be led to believe
that W. W. Belknap is Republican can
didate for Office in that State. The truth
isthat he is candidate, but of another kind,


and, owing to the fealty of the Republican
party and the Administration to the de-
mands of justice, he will undoubtedly be
Year: 1876

THK UNFORTUNATE BELKNAP's moral
carcass is being preyed upon by the buz-
zsrdsof the Confederate and Copperhe I'd
Democracy. They hover over it with a
fiendish delight bred of beastly though
natural fondness for the stencil of corrup-
ton. They pounce upon it and root through
it again and again with an apparently in
saIiabIe appetite
Year: 1876

NEWSPAPER enterprise is one of those
things that no man can understand, espe-
cially when it goes so far as to announce
the arrest, on last Sunday, of man who
will not be arrested until to-day.
Year: 1876

which dazzled him like sudden lightning.


" Isaac, we have lived together for twenty
years, and for all of them 1 have been u
true and loving wife to you. But am the
child Of God and of my country, and if you
do this shameful thing will never again
own you for my husband"


"My dear wife!" cried the husband
aghast, "you do not know what you are
saying. Leave me for such a thing as
this ~


For such thing as thisr' she cried
scornfully. "What greater cause could
there be? married a good man and true,
faithful friend and a loyal Christian
gentleman, and it needs no divorce to sever
me from a traitor and coward. If you
take your protection you lose your wife,
and II lose my husband and my home T.


With the last words the thrilling voice
broke suddenly with pathetic fall and a
film crept over the proud blue eyes
Perhaps this little touch of womanly weak
ness moved her hearers as deeply as her
brave, scornful words. They were not all
towards at heart, only touched by the
dread finger of panic, which, now and then,
will paralyze the bravest. Some had strug-
gled long against it and only half yielded
at last. And some there were to whom old
traditions had never quite lost their power,
whose superstitious consciences had never
become quite reconciled to the stigma of
| rebel, though reason and Judgment both
told them that, borne for the cause for
which they bore it, it was n title of nobility.
The words of the little woman had gone
straight to each heart, be its handspring
what it might. Gradually the dropping
heads were raised and the eyes grew bright
with manliness and resolution. Before
they left the house that night they had sworn
solemn oath to stand by the cause they
| had adopted and the land of their birth
through good or evel, and to spurn the
offers of their tyrants and foes as the dead
liest insults.


! Some of the names of those who met il
that secret council were known afterwards
among those who fought their country,
battles most nobly, who died upon the felC
of honor, or reioiccd with the pure heart
when the day of triumph came at last
The name Of the little woman figured OF
nc heroic roll, but was she the less
heroine?


This story is a true one, and in this cen
tennial year, when every crumb of informa
tion in regard to those old days Of struggl
and horoism is eagerly gathered up, it may
not be without interest.
Year: 1876

There are no fish in the Great Salt Lake.
The only living thing beneath its waters is
a worm about quarter Of an inch long.
This worm shows up beautifully under the
lens of a microscope. When storm
arises, the worms are driven ashore by
thousands, and devourcd by the blacl: gulls


We found in a pure stream chubs and
sinners. The fish became frightened and
were driven down the brook into the briny
lake. The instant they touched its waters
they came to the surface belly upwards and
died without a CLASP. The water is re-
marllably buoyant. Eggs and potatoes float
upon it like corks. Mr.. Hood and myself
stripped andwent i'll swimming. Idoveinto
the lake from long pier, which had been
built for the use of a small steamboat that
formerly piled upon the waters. The SEN
sation was novel. The water was so salty
that my eyes and ears began to smart, but
so buoyant that | found no difficulty in
floating even when the air was exhausted
IN my lungs. As | struck out for the beach
felt as a feather. In spite of all that |
could do my head would fly out of the
water. | found it impossible to standupon
the bottom. The lightness of the water
and the surging of the waves forced my
feet from under me. A person who could
not swim might be easily drowned in five
feet of water. His head would 90 down
like lump oflead, while his feet would fly
up like a pair of ducks. The water is a:
clear as that of Seneca lake-so clear that the
bottom could be seen at the depth of twenty
feet. When we reached the shore anC
crawlcd out upon the sand in the light o
the sun our bodies were quickly covered
with salt. We were compelled to 60 t.
the little stream from which we haC
driven the chubs and sinners, ard wash Of
in fresh water before we put on our clothes
Our hair was filled with grains of sal
which could not be washed out Th


Mormons occasionally visit the lakes il
droves for the purpose of bathing.
Year: 1876

In the great West the manufacture of
cheese has become staple business, and
this, with the additional fact that butter is
an article which will not bear transporta-
ton intact any long distance, as can cheese,
will prevent the people Of that region from
competing in the butter market to any
appreciable extent, leaving the Eastern and
Middle States masters of the situation.


Again, another reason why the manufac-
ture of butter is not undertaken in the
dairy districts of the West is that their
summers are too hot, and the months of
July and August dry as well, and unless
plenty of ice is available good butter can
not be made With cheese the case is diff,
ferent; the milk is worked into cheese i'm
mediately, and there is little difficulty ex-
perienced in keeping the proper tempera-
tire for curing it.


We think, therefore, in view of the above
facts, that the dairymen and dairy farmers
Of the Middle States will find it much to
their advantage to turn their attention
more particularly to the manufacture OF
superior butter. 1t is a fact, too, that the
butter of the West cannot bear comparison
with that of the Middle and Eastern States
and is not as much sought after by private
families or hotels, and consequently will
not command as good a price. In the
Eastern cities there is scarcely time when
really frst-class butter will not bring from
fifty cents to dollar a pound, and it is de
gree of excellence which all who will car
reach. To make first-class butter, however
requires considerable experience and skill
and, above all, particular nicely in all the
surroundings, and the most scrupulou
cleanliness and care in all its manipulation
throughout. The great difficulty with som,
in determining this question has been thai
the value of the skinned milk and butte
milk for feeding has not been duly appre
ciated. There are other considerations
however, i'll this connection, which prove
that selling tho milk, instead of feeding
on the place, creates a permanent loss t
the soil, but which need not be discusset
here more than to say that the slimme,
milk and butter milk Of every cow in her
is good for at least POO pounds Of pork
and every pig SO raised and supplied wit


material can, by proper management, b
made to manufacture manure enough t
enrich an acre Of ground.-BaH. SIN.
Year: 1876

Business is terribly depressed in England,
as in this country, and matters are getting
worse instead of better. Firms hitherto
considered solid are failing every day, and
the list is likely to be increased from all
parts Of the kingdom. In the cotton and
woolen branches heavy operators are
weakening and the iron trade is daily be-
coming more uncertain. The facts are
plainly seen, but what remedy to apply to
meet the evils seems to be as far from the
minds of the statesmen of England as it is
from those of our own country. Over-pro-
duction and over-trading are commonly
assigned as the causes, but how to set
things straight is the great question that
nobody can answer, though everybody has
an answer that satisfies himself.