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Year: 1876

The AIR IN THE NATIONAL HOUSE OF REP
REsENTAIvEs.-If a statement which appears
in the Washington Republican is true it ap-
pears that the bad air in the Representatives
Hall arises from Democratic corruption. Ac-
cordiDg TO ex-Speaker Blaine's experience, the
air IN the hall has never been 30 bad as il is
this winter. The paper above alluded to says
that the whole trouble springs from the fact
that there is a combination formed. said to be
composed of two Democratic Congressman and
Others directly concerned, who are moving to
secure the removal of the present ventilating
apparatus for the purpose of replacing it by
machinery in which they are personally inter-
ested The Democratic house ought at once to
appoint an investigating committee empowered
to see whats in the Wino,"
Year: 1876

THERE is grave difference CT opinion be-
tween the New London Telegram and the
Portland Argts. The Telegram. says that
"The hundred thousand mules brought out
by the Democracy did not succeed in kicking
Secretary Bristow over. The Democracy will
have to resort to something besides jackass
power to kill off Bristow." The argus Ia
bors under the impression that one jackass
can do the job and is doing its utmost to
make corpse of the Secretary.
Year: 1876

We do not read anonymous letters and commune
cations. The name and address of the writer are In
all Indispensable not necessarily tor publication
but as guaranty Cf good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
uications that are not used.
Year: 1876

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersigned by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer a favor upon by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent
Journal
Year: 1876

On account of the increase of travel
overland by the popular Telegraph
Stage Line, the company have found
it necessary to increase their stock
and coaches. Three new coaches went
on the road yesterday.


Will guarantee that you can save
fifty per cent. by purchasing your
clothing, etc., at the Great Important,
under the Lafayette Hotel, where the
largest and best assortment In South
ern California can be found.
Year: 1876

A great sensation is in store for this
quiet little town. A marriage is on
the tapis. A laborer is about to be
welded TO one of our wealthiest young
ladies. Secret: This man buys his
clothing at the great Important, under
the Lafayette hotel. Do thou like
wise
Year: 1876

PENNSYLVANIA farmers fight shy OF
" vidders now. Recently farmer
there contracted with widow for a
load Of barley, to be delivered upon a
certain afternoon. The afternoon
came but not the widow with the
barley; when the shades of night fell
she came with the load aud drove oD
the scales, where it was duly weighed
She did not know that the purchaser
was near, and as she drove away to.
wards his residence, lightly jumped
on the rear end of her wagon with
only the honest inten ion of riding
home with her, intending TO make his
presence known. But before he could
do so the lovely widow stopped over
IN the wagon, and, 10 the astonish
men. of her uniDientional witness, be.
gan throwing out stones which she
had concealed therein. and had been
weighed as barley. There was a
scene between the farmer and the
widow of false weights, aud now all
The craft beware of the widows for
their ways are dark
Year: 1876

The CHILD MUST OBEY 1t is fix
ed rule under all circumstances that
the child mast learn TO obey. ODE
dience is the frs step in education.
The child must be submissive TO a
higher will aud n matured knowledge.
BY degrees he will soon find out the
reason why. Take heed, however,
that you do not forbid OF command
anything, if you cannot or vii! not
strictly and iniexibIy enforce obedi-
ence, otherwise, you introduce a laxi
ty of principle into Your action, which
nothing can retrieve. Never give a
command or a prohibition excepting
from your determined purpose or ma
tured judgment.
Year: 1876

Charcoal FOR FATTENING TURKEYS.
The holidays being close at hand,
the days when fat turkeys are at a
premium, a little information as to
the best means OF fattening them will
not be amiSs. One who has had much
to DO with these proud birds says: 81
have made the experiment of feeding
charcoal to fatten turkeys, and the re.
suit surprised NE. -Four turkeys were
confined in a pen and fei on meal
boiled potatoes and oats. -Four others
of the same brood, were also, at the
same time, confined in q pen and fed
on the same articles, but with one
pint Of charcoal mixed with their
fooi-mixed meal and boiled potatoes.
They lad also a plentiful supply OF
broken charcoal in the pen. The eight
were killed on the same day, and there
was a difference Of one and a bait
pounds in favor of the fowls which had
been supplied with the charcoal, they
being much fatter and the meat great
ly superior in point Of tenderness and
tilyor.'
Year: 1876

The Telegraph will find within the last twen-
typages of the unabridged proceedings of the
late constitutional convention, that the spe-
cial committee, appointed to investigate the
charge that Johnson, of Collin, sold thirty
three votes to the Radicals to defeat the re-
perfectly sustained. 1t is of record for
ever, and proven by the oaths of at least
three gentlemen, that the Holy Alliance was
made, and its purposes and the terms of
the treaty between the Rutabagas and the
RAIDS was honestly executed. Governor
Stockdale was chsirman of the committee,
and if anybody doubts that this curse of
unrestricted suffrage and other edious
features of the new Constitution were fast
ened on Texas by combination between
the thirty three adherents of old Rutabaga
and the blacks he need only ask Governor
Stockdale or read the report of his com
two or three members of the convention
who knew what they we're unwilling to tell
declined to appear before Governor Stock
dale's committee. No Democrat cogni-
zant of the inside secret history of
the convention has ever said that
the Democratic party is responsible,
directly or indirectly, for the queer code
as ruinous as it is subversive of local free
dom and of every principle of good govern
ment. AS much as we respect Governor
Coke we cannot comprehend reasons which
prevent his allusion to these confessed
facts, or reasons which induce him to assent
to the enslavement of the Southern coun-
ties of the State, to the destruction of
towns, villages and cities and to the depri-
vation of intelligence and honesty of the
right to govern themselves in counties IN
order that ignorance and vice may be Shorn
of power. There was such pitiable weak
ness in this evasion of duty by the con
stitutional convention that his Excellency
does himself infinite injustice when he at
tempts to defend it and even greater when
he uniformly evades any reference to the
and shameful facts.
Year: 1876

We happen to know that Judge Devine
would accept gratefully at the hands of
HIS f.llow-countrymen the Office of United
States Senator, and everybody knows, who
knows Judge Devine, that he will not de-
scend to scramble for the Office. Under
the circumstances VIC have thought that
Judge Devine or Governor Stockdale or
Judge Ireland, of the western district,
should be the next Senator from Texas.
Then they have worthy competitors for the
distinguished office in Judg. Hancock and
Governor Coke. 1t is needless to deny that
his Excellency would well and worthily fill
the office, and none can gsinsay Judge
Hancoek's fitness for the position, and We
have only to say that the conduct of
many unwise local party leaders and their
newspaper organs by persistent hostility to
Gov. Hubbard will surely beget close alli-
ance between his friends and those of Gov.
Coke. The latter will be sent to the SEN
ate that the former may become the worthy
Chief Magistrate of Texas.
Year: 1876

A WASHINGTON letter says that the atten-
tiOn of the President was called recently to
the statement that he had declared to Sen
atOr Conkling that he would not ve a can
didate for denomination; and that he would
favor Senator Conkling for the nomination.
The President remarked that he had had no
conference with Senator Coukling nor with
any one else on the subject, neither had he
written any letters in regard to the matter.


lie lurthe: said that he had no doubt of the
election of the Republican nominee. lie
considered it desirable that there should be
harmony in the deliberations of the conven-
tion and its choice of candidate 1t is
the impression among the friends of the
President that he will maintain the same
policy as he did prior to his first and sec
ond nomination.
Year: 1876

THE hard money politicians everywhere
are beginning to soften Even in Congress
the elect Of progressive contraction and
terrible bankruptcy is confessed, and re-
sumption, at fixed date. is deemed of
doubtful possibility. Texas can stand it;
but it is rather rough even here; but De
mocraey may make soft or hard platform
and we win accept it only asking that the
greatest of American statesmen be nomina-
ted for the presidency.
Year: 1876

Grand as are the solemnitiea of Catholic wor.
ship, they were not unworthily reproduced on
Sunday last, on the celebration Of the Feast of
the Holy Trinity, at St, Theresa's Church.


Every thing combined to make the occasion
one Of solemn Significance. The church, at all
times the "awful House of God," was, ON that
day, q sanctuary of special aspirations and of
the holy joys with which the Saviour consented
to feed the new born of his flock, as he did his
Apostles, with his own fesh and blood. From
earliest morning, groups were pressing their
way to the old church, where the zeal and fore
sight of good Father Masssrdier had provided
every means to give the greatest facilities
during the ceremonies. Under his direction,
the pews on both sides of the nave, reserved for
the purpose, were soon filed by the First Com
municants, who were marshalled by their lay
teachers and the good Sisters of st. Simeon's
school. In preoaution against any accident,
there was fastened to each pew frame with
sockets, in which the children could place the
First Communion tspers usually carried in their
hands.


After the Gospel Father Massardier, in words
heart, alluded specially to the peculiar charac-



him with deeper attention. as we were con-
scious of the long and unweary labors through
which he had gone to prepare the young minds
and SOW in them seeds of the blissful life re-
served for the faithful according to an eternal
promise. OF a most touching character were
the words of Father Massardier, eDjoining on
the children in their prayers to plead that day
for their parents at the throne of God. As we
looked on those children, reverently, longingly
and humbly approaehing the altar, We were
strongly reminded of the words of the psalmist: ::
The Lord of Mercy has given food to those
who fear Him" And this act, binding them in
o sacrament Of grace to the love of God, rose in
our mind as the one great decisive sct on
which largely depends the veal of their lives
even upon earth.


We have been at some pains to ascertain and
we find that upwards of seven hundred parish
toner's received Holy Communion during the
three Masses celebrated that day. OF these
many renewed the original vows of their first
participation in the Eucharist, while notable
number of adult First Commandments left MS to
infer that under Father Msassardiers ministry
they had but recently entered the pale of the
Church.


Tho most touching feature of the occasion,
however, was in the seven or eight SCORES of
children of both sexes, walking in perfect or
der, and approaching, for the first time, the
Holy Table, where the bread Of angels came
down to strengthen them in the my stery of
faith. No doubt, every day hitherto added to
their young lives was the work of God and the
gift of His bounty, but the day of days, which,
on Trinity Sunday, dawned upon them, never
to dawn again on earth, must for them be
memorable above all others-the day when the
Lord, through the cares and prayers and minis
try of their beloved pastors, exhausted for
them the treasures of his tenderness and love.


A PARIsHIoNER.
Year: 1876

TUE LAW IN SoUru CAROLINA The
New York Herald of Nov. - SAYS
" The Indignation excited among candid
aad respectable citizens o. all parties in
the North 10y the shameless conduct Of
the South Carolina board Of canvas sscrs
Is healthy and hopeful sign ut the
times. 1t viii assuredly be dccpened by
the strong and fearless words of Judge
Willard, of the Supreme Court OF that
State, which we this morning publish. 1t
Is new thing under The sun, ia these lat
ter years, to hear such words from the
bench OF Southern commonwealth.
Justice Willard in no wise everatates @
ease when he derares the deed which has
brought these cut~purses of the empire
and the rule face to face W til the majes-
ty of the law, to be nm importance unex-
ampled in our history The radical plot
Tor defeating the popular will in this
Presidential election is direct attempt
to vltiate the title to the Presidency of
the United States Such ali attempt
threatens the tenure by which every citi
zen of the Union to use the language of
our fathers holds his lie, his fortunes
and his sacred honor Were the Ameri
can people tamely to permtthc success of
an attempt to vitiate the title to the Pres.
idency, they would indeed prove them
selves to be like the Romans, at the end
OF the republic flesh for the dictator.
ship. The title to the Presidency once
thus 'ltlaled, our pablic character abroad
would sink with oar public character at
home But the American people are not
flesh for the dictatorship The title to
the Presidency will be vindicated and es
tabllshed IN all its majestic purity, and
that ny the simple, stern, inexorable pro.
eesses of the law "
Year: 1876

WAsuINcroN, April o.-TheHouse bill
TO provide for "A deficiency in the printing
bureau and for the issue of silver coin in
place of fractional currency is amended
bv the Senate Finance Committee. The
bill striking out the third section ana
providing in lieu of it that there shall
be coined Il lew silver dollar of AZ and
s lilo grains OF standard silver, and
that this new coin shall be legal tender
to the amount of $40 in any one payment
except for customs and for interest on
public debt These coins may exehchang-
ed by the Treasury for an equal amount
Of United States notes to be thereby re-
tired The department may also ex-
change these coins at their nominal value
for silver bullion at its market value as
fixed bv the Director OF the mint, and
the United States notes and fractional
currency redeemed under this act are to
be held rs part Of the sinking fund pro-
vided for by the existing law.


Another amendment provides that the
trade dollar shall not hereafter be legal
tender for any amount whatever.
Year: 1876

The House then resumed the consider.
alton OF bill to carry into operation the
Hawaiian treaty.


An address in favor of the bill were
made by Messrs. Mooney and Garfield


Mr.. Gibson spoke opposing.


Mr.. Wood of New York, who has
charge of the bill gave notice that as
there were but two speeches to be made
on it, be would endeavor to get the vote
on it next Monday.


The house then went into q committee
of the whole, with Mr.. Cox in the chair,
on the legislative appropriation bill and
at 4:30 took recess till 1870 The
evening session is to be for the same bus
mesa.


Evening Session.


The evening session opened with an
attack on the Committee on Appropria-
tion. carried on by Messrs. Joyce, Dun
nell, Townsend and Williams, which
attack was repelled on the part OF the
committee by Messrs. Randall, White
house and Willard.


An amendment offered TO insert an
item for sternographer for the Com
troller Of the currency was after half an
hours debate rejected by strict party
vote.


After progressing as far as the 25th
page of the bill, Mr.. Randall suggested
that as the silver bill was likely to become
law, very much of the hardships caused
bya reduction of the force III the Printing
Bureau of the Treasury Department
could be mtigated by having the revenue
stamps which were now printed under
contract printed by the Bureau. He un-
derstood that by this means employment
could be given to about two-thirds of the
force lately employed there, and he also
understood that the Secretary of the
Treasury had already given the requisite
ninety days notice to end the contracts.


The committee then rose and the
House adjourned.
Year: 1876

In one of his recent sermons at the
HippUdrOme in New York, Mr.. Moody
said: There are a great MANY men that
want to come, and they say, - Wait
until am a better man, and then / wilt
come" / never knew a man to he saved
that came to Christ in that way. You
can not cleanse yourselves. Every day
and hour that you are staying from
Christ you are getting worse instead Of
better. The very act of you staying
away is sin, and so, instead of trying
to get better, and get ready to come,
Just come as you are and be clothed with
the garments of salvation. He Will
ClOthe you with His own righteousness.
I noticed when our war was going on
men used to come to enlist, and the man
who came with a fine suit of clothes on,
and the hOd-caTrier in his dirty gar
ments, would both have to take off their
clothes and put on the uniform OF the
government. And 50 when men go into
the Kingdom of God they have to put
on the livery of Heaven. You need not
dress up for Christ, because He Will
strip you when you come, and put on
YOU the robes Of His righteousness. My
friends, YOU can not stand before God
in your own righteousness. Come to
God as a poor beggar, and He will have
mercy upon YOU. / heard some years
ago of an artist who wanted model fer
the prOdigal. He went to many institu-
tiOns and prisons, but could not get a
man who suited his ideas of the PTOdi-
gal One day, however, while walking
down the street, he met a poor, mis-
cradle tramp, and ne suited the artist S
eve. so he asked him if he would be
willing to sit for his portrait. The
tramp said he would, if he would pay
him for It. The artist promised, and set
a day and hour for him to come. At
the appointed time, while the artist was
sitting in his studio, the man came in,
but he was 50 well dressed the artist
didn't know him, and told him he had
no appointment with him. When the
beggar told him the circumstances, the
artist said: What have you been
doing?" " Why" says the man,
thought if / was going to sit for my
portrait / would get a new suit of
clothes" " All" said the artist, "yOu
won't do l wanted you just as you
were" So, when you go to Christ go
as YOU are, with all your rags, your
filth and your sin, and He will receive
you. l don't care how bad you are.
He came for that purpose. and there Is
not a man or a woman In this hall to-day
that is so bad that Christ would not
have you if yeu will only come.
Year: 1876

The New York Tribune says: While
the late merchant prince still lay rObed
for the grave in his house on Fifth
avenue, an inventory of his property
was taken, the amount, according to
current but perhaps inaccurate report,
being found to be something lihe twenty
five millions of dollars. On Good
Friday, the day after the funeral, his
widow sold the entire property, only eX-
cepting the real estate in New York
CITY, to Judge Hilton himself, receiving


n pavment the million of dollars which
the dead man had left the judge for his
service "in managing, closing and
winding up the partnership business
affairs


This is a rapid succession Of important
events The business transactions are
of a gigantic magnitude, and, on their
face, seem of so extraordinary nature
that it is impossible to accept them as
embedying the whole case, or as DOS
sible fnality. They are observed by
the people of New York with the keen
interest Of legatees.


For there was given to the public,
with die will. and by the authority of
the widow and heir, a letter from Mr..
Stewart to his wife, renewing his oft re-
peated declaration Of his purpose to pro-
vide for various public charities, init
mating that he had been engaged in
celebrating several plans for the welfare
of his fellOw-beings, and had already
begun some of them, and in the event Ot
his sudden death, should depend upon
his widow in carry them out. lie ad-
ded, that their friend Judge Hilton
would give any assistance in his power,
and referred her to Fhim for details.
There was no intimation that Judge
Hilton was to bestow these charities.
Mr.. Stewards letter informed his wife
thas he must depend upon her to carry
out the plans he had devised. For the
consideration of the million dollars
which he gave TO Judge Hilton, in order
to secure and reward his interest in this
matter, the widow has now, under the
Judges advice, sold all the property, ex-
cepting the New York real estate, to
the Judge himself In other words, the
Judge seems to have traded his own
legacy for the rest of the property.
Year: 1876

The exchange of silver coin for frac-
tionaI currency has fairly begun at the
several assistant trcasuTies and govern
ment repositories, but the amount Of sill
yer paid out Is small in comparison with
what it will be about the first of next
week. when orders from remote or so
called country banks are received. As
fractional currency is received in cx-
change for silver, the paper money will
be destroyed, but it il the purpose of the
department te hold for reissue in case of
future necessity such fractional currency
"a may be presented by banks and other
parties for redemption in grccnbacks, Of
which there Is now on hand about SIjO,-
600. The director of the mint has or
dered the mints TO dOcxtra work in order
to coin silver a fast as possible About
two million dollars per month can be
coined by the mints when worked To their
full capacity. Should the bill pass now
under consideration in the senate, which
provides A new silver dollar, to be- legal
lender except for customs duties and
interest on the public debt, to the extent
of twenty dollars, and with which green
back. NAV be redeemed, dollar for dollar
il will make necessary the establishment
of an additional mint.
Year: 1876

Thomas Hyland, colored specimen of humanity, who said his home was on the road from Ashley Falls to Mill River, near the evergreen flowers made by the hem lock, pine and sweet fragrant birch, ID which he had often taken great consolation with his piece of tobacco and small black jug of the 'crltter,' favored Harrington with call few days since, and not hay ing his black jug with him, sought for something to cheer up his dull moments at one of the fashionable loafng places on Railroad street, where he imbibed until he became very wise and pugilistic, and thought he could for a small compensation and plug of tobacco, settle the little un- pleasantness now existing in Cuba by thrashing all the rebels On that small island. Or he would for reasonable consideration take trip to Washington and whip Con- gress into sense of decency. (Nothing said about honesty.) But said Thomas got so full of poor whiskeY that he was spoil ing for fight and had to be marched off to Abe Clark's hotel, where he was allowed to cool off. Next day Sir Thomas had a special invitation to visit the court room, where he was fined to the tune of ten dol lars, and not having the cash at command, he was escorted up to Pittsfeld to spend a few weeks me king shoes in care of Sheriff Root, leaving his boon companions to sigh near the sweet smelling bowers alone. K.
Year: 1876

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