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Year: 1876

Several days ago District Attorney Brtion, OF Brook
Iyn wrote to the New York Police Commi ssioners
Calling their attention to tho nuisance resulting from
the deposit Of garbage in the lower bay They replied
on Tuesday, saying that the law complied with in
respect that the OF dead animals were
not allowed be carried In the scows and that DIAL
Contractor swift carried such articles Barren Island
They said that dead animals were more likely to como
from adjacent points than from New York and that the
complaints were made before the Street Cleaning
Bureau constituted. Yesterday Mr.. Brittop sent
reply 10 the Commissioners as follows


through your chief clerk, of yesterday. You
do not seem to be advised as to the real grounds
OF complaint They are no, Of the place at
which the offensive material dumped but Of The time
with reference 10 the tide, which IL thrown into
the water Dumped at extreme ebb tide on The food
Is is noated To the shore instead of being carried
As understand II, chapter 60s. OF the laws OF
1875, appointing shore Inspector and recurring per-
mits to be obtained from HIM In there specned
be doubted that the evil complained of emanatcs from
the boats loaded and discharged unGer the direction Of
your BOARD


feel assured that on further consideration In view
OF the real cause OF the difficulty honorab Board
will


A COMPLIANCE WITH rnK ACT
OF 1875, l cannot believe tha; with without the
provisions of that act you would be instrumental IN
creating nuisance detrimental TO the comfort, II
not the health, OF thousands of people OF
substantially citizens of the city OF New York well
AS Of Kings county although tho remedy may involve
tho additional expense OF towing the boats against the
tide instead OF with II, or or their remaining out few
more hours awaiting proper tide. You will permit
add that the fact, II u be SO, THAT the evil in
question existed for years and has Afforded here
tofore grounds for serious complaint can hardly be
held to create rignt by prescription TO ITS contnu
ance especially In OF the rcm3dy the Legislature
OF 1873 coSnizant OF this evil to have furnished
Trusting that the matter will be adjusted IN a true
spirit OF comfy and justice remain very respect
fully. wINCHEsrER BRiTroN,


District Attorney Of Kinss c".si~
Year: 1876

The AMgEICUs BRrAKs DOWN AND Is TowED


INTO poET-ALMosr PANIC on THE pLYM-


oUTH ROCK.


The excursion steamers plying to Rockaway Beach
carried out immense number of persons all their
trips yesterday, and natural consequence, were
fully crowded the return trips to this city, The
last trips OF the and Plymouth Rock
were marked by accidents which, although slight
In character, created little excitement
and apprehension among the passengers
When only short distance out from the beach at
Rockaway the machinery OF the Amercus gave way
and she became entirely helpless. The Never.
sink, oil tho same line, which also had full compile
OF passengers ON board, steamed alongside ana
running out hawser to the Americus towed her all
the way round tho Hook through the Narrows, until
the oil Governors Island where the
Ncvcrsink cast off, and running up 10 the Fulton


ferry dock, Brooklyn, sent tugboat down the river
10 the Americus, which was finally brought to the
Brooklyn dock nearly two hours behind time when
the passengers were safely landed Much dissatis


faction at first expressed by the excursionsts at
the accident but tins was removed by tho feeling or
thankluncss for their safe return 10 Brooklyn. Tho
Americus was taken TO her dock on the North River
for repairs.


The accident on the Plymouth Rock was OF a some
what different character. When the mammoth
steamer Oh her last trip from Rockaway 10 tins
city the Madrgal Boys began singing, as they stood
around tho piano on the main deck just att OF tho for
ward companionway. Tho boat was crowded and the
passengers nocked around the young gee singers Tho
vessel had reached the rougest part Of the trip, just
outside Sandy HOOK bar. The weight OF the passen
gers on the main deck proved too heavy, and on
side swell striking the steamer two OF the posts
and stanchions tho lower deck, al the
lunch counter, gave way Considerable excitement and
somewhat OF panic ensued The officers Of the boat,
however Gained the fears OF the passengers by assur
ing them that there danger. Mr.. Crook, Jr.,
OF Crooks Hotel, who was ON the boat with his iany
stated TO liEKALD reporter yesterday evening That
several ladies iyintcd the alarm being given. On
visit to the her dock the two broken stanch
ions found to be cracked and out oil place. bcing
tied up with manila cordage.
Year: 1876

sacrifice whether Of truth, or whether Of
honesty, it makes NO difference which. II
is desperate man playing q desperate
game. and to be successful the measures


used must be desperate, and We may have
a little scene yet, Of political throat cut


ting among the Republican candidates.
Year: 1876

The decisions of the Supreme Court in
the Louisiana and Kentucky enforcement
act cases, printed exclusively in Washing
ton in these columns yesterday, will serve
to recall TO mind the efforts of the friends
Of good government to secure the passage
Of the Bill to Protect Electors, commonly
known as the Force BILL" in the last
Congress. 1t was believed then that, as
the court has now decided, the Enforce.
ment Act was insufficient" and that some
of its provisions were unauthorized. and


one Of the main reasons advanced in favor
of the passage of the Bill to Protect Elect
ors was the desire to amend the existing
laws SO as to secure the people of the South
against the emergency which has hap
pened. The result is that the lawless ele-
Inent Of the Southern Democracy will be
encouraged to renewed deeds of violence.
At the aame ime the decisions will strike
terror 70 she hearts of thousands of loyal
yotazs In that section. The State authori-
ties and State laws in the South are either
incspable of protecting citizens against
RuKluK or White League oppression, or
Year: 1876

JUST now the unrepeutant rebel clement
in Mississippi, having received aid and
comfort by the refusal of Republican
Senate to seat Governor Pinchback, are
Systematically setting themselves to work
to convict Governor Ames, upon the arti-
cles of impeachment that have been pre-
sented against him, and thus make the way
easy for them to persecute Republicans and
remand their State to Democratic barbarity.
Governor Ames deserves the thanks of
loyal men everywhere for the noble and
persistent stand he has taken in opposition
to the lawless combinations of his State,
and Republicans there will lay the blame
elsewhere than on his shoulders when
Democratic misrule has borne all of its
fruits. His pathway has not been one Of
roses, and at period sufficiently remote
for the prejudices of the present to be
ignored. the faithful historian must accord
to Adelbert Ames an unhinching purpose
to protect his constituency from an appall-
ing calamity, and save his State from the
curses of Bourbon rule.
Year: 1876

THE thirty. two members of the House
who voted yesterday to turn Mr.. kIlbourn
over to the courts for punishment are enti-
tied to the credit OF having carefully
avoided the possibility of conflict between
the judicial and the legislative branches of
the Government. As the matter now
stands Mr. Kilbourn will probably sue out
wit Of haJeas corpus, and the conflict
will be provoked simply because one
House has set at defiance the requirements
' of law which, to make it effective, not
only required the sanction of both Houses
but the approval Of the Executive All
this because the Real Estate Pool Commit
tee failed to find any respectable person to
make a specific charge of fraud against
Kilbcurn upon which to base legitimate
demand for the exposure OF his private
looks and papers.
Year: 1876

ton is in the amendments. where the Gov
ernment of the United States is prohibited
from interfering with them: and there was
no allegation that the interf:rtnce charged
was committed by reason OF the race or
color of the parties. One or two counts
did charge this, but the rights said to be
interfered with in those counts were so
vaguely expressed that no Judgment could
be rendered upon them. Two counts
charged conspiracy to prevent ac'lored
man from voting. but did not charge that
the conspiracy was entered into on account
of the race or color of the party. This
was held to be fatal defect.


The doctrine of the court, as announced
in these cases, is that whilst Congress may
legislate to protect rights granted by the
Constitution they cannot do this to pro-
tect rights which had different origin.
The decision in the main confirms the de-
Gsion of Justice Bradley in the court
below. 1t is clear from this decision that
Congress ought at once to supply the
defects of the third and fourth sections Of
the act by confning them to the case of
refusing, hinderlng or preventing vote by
reason of the race and color of the voter.
1t is also observable that the court does
not deny the power of Congress to inter-
pose by direct legislation against individ-
ual violations of the rights which the Con-
stituticn and amendments do grant or
secure, but rather leave it to be implied
that such legislation is valid and con-
stitutional. The particular effect of the
decision is that injuries to the eolored race
are not amenable to federal law, simply
because they are colored; but only when
they are committed against them by reason
Of their race or color for the purpose of
depriving them of some fundamental right
secured by the Constitution or amend
ments.
Year: 1876

THE Kilbourn muddle is more muddled
than ever. The House refuses to turn over
the Great Recusant to the court, and he is
in danger of having his liberty placed in
jeopardy twice for the one act of contempt
described by the law as a misdemeanor If
this Is not persecution. what is il?
Year: 1876

oppose the wholesale demagogical reduction
and cutting down policy of the House in
regard to the appropriation bills. This is
commendabie. The cheap notoriety for
sham economy gained by Mr.. Randall and
his Democratic colleagues of the Appro-
pristion Committee will not be accepted by
the people as evidence of craftsmanship,


and the Senate will simply be doing its
duty if it rejects and exposes their dema-
Year: 1876

are disinclined to do SO. and it seems that
the General Government is powerless to
interfere. A fearful responsibility for this
condition of affairs rests somewhere, and
the public will not be long in finding out
where il is.
Year: 1876

The United States home feet, iron clads and all, is centering at Port Royal. This movement, a Washington letter says, is in pursuance of general plan of the secretary of the navy to make that place the headquarters of the North Atlantic station, as it presents many advantages over any other port on the Atlantic coast. The writer adds:

 The climate is very healthful, and the harbor offers every facility for the exercise of naval tactics, so that the service can be kept in thorough disci- pline. On one occasion only during the late war was the yellow fever there, and then for only very brief period, while at Key West, the former headquarters of the station, it was often epidemic and caused the vessels at that place nearly every summer to be ordered to Ports mouth, N. H., or some other Northern port where supplies, repairs, etc., could be furnished without delay. The geo. graphical position of Port Royal makes it the central point for the North Atlantic station, and vessels rendezvoused there can reach Cuban waters and the gull, Wu6T0 our 1uG0T0SGS most n06d GO be looked after, within forty-eight hours. It is the policy of the secretary of the navy to make our home squadron larger than any of those abroad, because he pbelieves in being prepared for any emergency which may arise out of the present difficulties on the island of Cuba. While there is no official announcement in regard to the condition of affairs be- tween this country and Spain, it is be- ieved in well informed circles that the uncertain tenure which Spain has upon that island may cause that government to become involved in difficulty with the United States when it sees it can no longer hold the island and then parts with it as 8 matter of necessity. An, other reason why vessels will be ordered to Port Royal from Northern rivers and harbors where they have been laid up is to free them from the ice during the approaching winter. In case of any difficulties arising it would not do tc have these vessels frozen up at League island or some other Northern port where they could be of no service

 hence the secretary deems it advisable to have them at Port Royal, where there is no danger of an ice blockade, and in case of an emergency they could be used with effect
Year: 1876

An interesting incident in the life of the late Dr. Howe is told in the Boston Herald:: After the war he taught the Greeks in the arts of peace, and the first cart ever made in modern Greece was built under his direction. Twenty years afterward, when he rode alone into Greece on horseback, he was seen and recognized by peasant woman, who spread the intelligence of his arrival. He was immediately surrounded and borne upon the shoulders of the people into the neighboring city, upon the site where he had founded a village. At this time the Greeks were in the enjoyment of fresh triumph over their ancient op- pressors, and in the right mood to vel come their former ally and friend. This incident in the life of Dr. Howe was de rived from Greek newspaper of the tino
Year: 1876

Mercantile M1sTOrtunes In 1S70S as ne"

 ported by the Mercantile Agency.

 The most marked effects of the pressure of the times are to be found in the frequency with which failures have been reported. Both because there have been more casualties to report, and because the newspapers have given more than usual prominence to this class of items, the public have been made more familiar than ever before with these oc- currences. The consequence has been to exaggerate in some degree the number in public estimation, and to create more apprehension than the actual circum- stances justified. We are therefore glad to be able to present to our readers the exact figures from most reliable source the mercantile agency of Messrs. R. G. Dun & Co.-from whose annual circular we gather some important facts.

 The number of failures in all the United States show large increase as compared with those of previous years, while the proportionate liability is somewhat less than the average. The following are | the figures
Year: 1876

to have been the case, it was
thought worth while to maintain at
their celebrated university lee
turer on the subject.


One reason for supposing that
Prof. Faust, of Cracow-" Faust,
junior" he Always STYLED himself
may have belonged to the family Of
John Faust, the printer, of Ma
yence, is to be found in the lament
able but undeniable fact that he was
also given to romancing. Far from
denying his alleged connection with
the devil, he was in the habit Of
boasting of his influence in that
quarter, and he openly declared that
the victories gained by the Emper-
or's armies in Italy were all due to
his occult Vaccinations. The Poles
may have been amused by these
tales. But Faust's German friends
saw no fun in them, and were in
clined to look upon their author as
the mountebank which he seems
really to have been.
Year: 1876

Mercy on us, what is that ?"
was the startled exclamation of
one Of the aroused sleepers.


soon showed him what it was
by giving him few more samples.
For about a quarter Of an hour /
continued uninterruptedly making
the most disagreeable sounds the
instrument was capable of, the
medical students in the meanwhile
tossing about on the bed in vain
endeavors to sleep, and muttering
frequent curses and anathemas.


ooh, for mercy's sake give us a
rest, Dick" one Of them pleaded at
length.


q would be very glad to accom-
modate you, gentlemen" / replied,
"but the piece of music am play
ing is not marked for any rests-it
is all crotchets and semi-quavers."


"Of course it has got crotchets
in it." was the retort, cor you
wouldn't have anything to do with
it, and | would like to know what
sort Of a dashed crotchet you've
got into your head nowp


"No crotchet at ALL" | said, "I
am going to start a band and am
preparing myself for leader. |
would have begun sooner in the
evening, but was afraid of disturb
ing your performance, and did not
like to lay myself liable to the i'm
putation of rudeness."


No reply was made to this for a
minute or two, for the reason that
the two medicos were holding a
whispered consultation. One Of
them, speaking for both, said: "See
here, Dick, we understand your
game, and give in; you've got us
foul, and we agree that if you'll let
up on that internal trombone, we'll
never play on the fiddle or flute
again after you've gone to bed"


"Good enough" said /; "there
is nothing like solid argument for
convincing the reason, satisfying
the judgment and directing the un-
derstanding."


And that is the way the from
bone won in the case of Trombone
VS.. Fiddel. There is a great deal
of music in a trombone if you only
know how to bring it ont, and it is
most reliable instrument in an
emergency.
Year: 1876

Of the deplorable situation of the
Continental officers, even of the
highest grade, some idea may be
formed from the fact l am about to
relate, and which may be relied on
as perfectly correct. DIR. Fayssoux,
joining the army of General Greene
in North Carolina, called at the hut
of General Huger, the second in
Year: 1876

No member of the Clymcr Commit
tee was chosen for manager of the
impeachment trial. Says the Wash
ington correspondent of the Cincin-
Ii Gazette:


Had it not been for the Republican
administration its only witness would
never have been recovered, and it i
had not been for the additional tcsti-
inony taken by the committee ON Jn-
dietary. the House would have been
obliged to abandon impeachment
The overthrow Of d prominent Dem.
ocrat and the bringing of national
ritlicnle OH itself, are the Gnly things
this committee has thus far fully nc
complished. To punish it by public
reputation, the Democratic caucus
thus feeling, deliberately ignored It
Year: 1876

nominal value for silver bullion at
its market value, to be ascertained
and announced from time to time by
the director of the mint with the ap-
proval of the Secretary of the Treas
ury. The United States notes and
fractional currency redeemed under
this act shall be held to be a part Of
the sinking fund provided by the
existing law.


The chairman of the Finance Com
mittec (Sherman) states that the sill
yer dollar whose coinage is thus pro-
yided for will be of the same weight
and fineness as the old silver dollar,
the coinage and issue of which was
stopped number, Of years ago, and
that its value will be about six per
cent. more than the value of two Of
the present half dollars.
Year: 1876

to grumbling, and he never would let
me see my poor mother. But he can't
help my sending her word when Pm
gone, you know; and maybe she'll come
out here and raise my children. l didn't
know what was talking about when
said it was none of her business, no
matter aOhonl 1 married. Now, she'll
worry about my chicks, and she'll
grieve because she never saw me after
that dreadful night when l stole my
clothes and slipped out at the back
porch and ran down the lane, where Ja-
son and another man were waiting for
me under the cover of the pawpaw trees.
Jason was kind to me then. He took
me in his strong arms aud called me his
darling, and his words were so low and
sweet, and I was so happy! thought
it would last. But, somehow, when
men get the law and the power, and
everything on their side, they don't
seem to love women as they do before
they've married 'em."


az don't know what to write yet, Mrs.
Andrews" said her friend.


"Oh, L forgot! Well, you may just
put yourself in my place, and write
just as you would if you were me. Pm
weary, and must Sleep"


l..
Year: 1876

WHAT ILLINOIS WIVES CAN Do
The married women of Illinois acquired
by the law of 1874 the right to do almost
everything. They can sue and be sued
in their own names. They can-blessed
privilege-sue their own particular ty-
rants. When a husband deserts his
wife, the latter has the custody Of her
children. If the husband stays out of
the State a year, and does nothing to
support the wife during that time, or if
he is imprisoned in the penitentiary,
the wife can, upon obtaining an order
from a court of record, manage his
property absolutely. The wife is not at
all liable for the husbands debts in
CURED before marriage, and only in ex-
ceptional circumstances for those IN
CURED afterward. She can manage any
business independently, except in case
of partnership, which she cannot en-
ter without her husbands consent. A
wife's earnings cannot be touched by a
husband or his creditors. A married
woman can acquire, possess, and sell,
real and personal property as freely as a
married man can. This list of abilities
is expected to be largely increased the
present year-so as to include suffrage
and other incidentals.
Year: 1876

Let youth beware Of the first false
step. The beginning of matter may
appear trivial, but its end may be ruin
Gus. When once q concealment or de-
ceit has been practiced, in matters
where all should be plain and open as
the day, reputation and character are
gone, and gone forever. There is then
no retrieving the matter. On the other
hand, where an individual Is known for
his strict adherence to. veracity, his sue
cess in life is certain.
Year: 1876

WHEN it is finally known that Tilden is
President, Snd that justice, right and free
dom and local self-government are to be
reproduced in the South, the people should
accept the great change with that modera-
ton of action and expression that becomes
greatness and proper sense of self-respect.
We will have achieved no more than our
just due, and do not propose to act unwor-
thily of re e-acQuired freedom. Morton aud
the rest have said that Tllden's victory
would be the signal for outrages done
blacks. On the contrary, the relations be-
tween the races in the South will be great
ly ameliorated when loyal league organiza-
tions become profitless to dirty knaves.
When the class sent into these States to
hold Federal offices is changed, as 1t may
be even If Hayes be President instead of
Tilden, there should be no such wild dem
onstrations of delight as would induce the
North to believe that Morton and Blaine
and 1ngersoll have spoken truthfully of US
when they said that Tilden's triumph or
the practice of justice to citizens of the
South would be the signal for revolt and
reproduction of the Southern Confederacy.


If we deserve victory We will accept it as
due to right and justice and to truth, and
not as insane zealots.