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Year: 1876

An IMPORTANT PART of the ecclesiastical
machinery has received a severe blow by
the decision in England Of the Judicial Com
mittee of the Privy Council that the sacra-
ments Of the Church cannot be refused to
man who does not believe in the personality
of the devil If the leader of the great oppo-
sition, the Prince of Darkness, by whatever
name he may be called, from Satan to Old
Nick, is a nonentity is o mere abstraction;
II, in the words sceptically applied to the
famous Mrs Harris, 'there amt no such
person." all that part Of the public which
has been kept virtuous by the apprehension
that il might be turned over in birthstone
with the long toasting forks that figure in
)mediaval portraits will be greatly relieved
fn their minds, and tho reverend gentlemen
who have passed their lives in preaching
that sort Of doctrine will begin to wonder if
they might hot have bnea more usefully
osIn.oysd.
Year: 1876

GR-SAvE MoNEY.-For the benefit of our friends, and in order to en- courage every body to read and keep posted we have arranged so as to furnish the DEMOCRAT in connection with the following papers at the price set opposite each name:

 The DEMOCRAT SG l.. R. Gazette $500
Year: 1876

A wet Sunday night affects two
classes of lovers in opposite ways.
10 him who is engaged it is a god
send, as it enables him to snug up to
her in the parlor, and have the


whole evening to himself; but to the
other lover, he who is not engaged,
a rainy Sunday night is a most pain
ful episode. His footing at the
house isn't sure enough to warrant
his going there through the storm,
and all he can do is to attend the
church and stand in the vestibule,
and pull up his shirt collar, in the
despairing hope that she may appear.
She don't, of course, and he goes
back to his dreary home wretched
md miserable beyond description.
}, those days of ecstslic idiocy!
low their memory overcomes us.
Year: 1876

Ten elegant Sheets Of Choice Music
arranged for the Piano Forte will be
sent by mail on receipt Of one dollar,
post paid or single copies at IS ccnts
each.


They can also be ordered through amy
News dealer in the United States.
Year: 1876

The Tribune yesterday, conceding the
election of Mr.. Tilden, made a timely
and graceful announcement of it's aban-
donment of partisan opposition to the
new President and his administration.
with last nights counting Of the votes"
says our contemporary, Governor Tilden
ceased to be the candidate of PARTY.
to-day he is elected President of the whole
country. As such, and until he has done
something to forfeit his claim thereto, he
is entitled to our respect, confidence and
support However we may have doubted
him or his party or his policy heretofore,
let us now accept the situation and hope for
the best" These sentiments do honor to
the Tribune, and should receive the indorse-
ment of the party press to whichever side
attached Governor Tilden as President Of
the whole nation, chosen by fair majority
of the people, or Governor Hayes in the
same position, loses his character as q par
tisan and becomes the Chief Magistrate Of
the Republic 1t is the duty of American
citizens and Of the American press to do all
in their power to strengthen the new Presi-
dents hands and to encourage him in wise,
honest and patriotic policy, whether he be
democratic or republican in his political
faith. The campaign, now happily ended,
has been marred by personal attacks and
indiscriminate abuse. Let US hope that all
this will now cease that the fairness OF the
election will be conceded; that its result
will bo accepted in good spirit, and that the
next administration, whatever may be its
political complexion, may do the best it can
to make the whole Union prosperous. cor
tented and happy. Let us have peace.
Year: 1876

In the midst of the election excitement peo-
pie find time to send us complaints respecting
the want of water in the several districts of
the city. The misery entailed by this water
famine is very widespread 0nd threatens con-
sequences more dangerous to public safety
than almost any other cause could produce.
The evil arises from o combination of over
consumption or waste, under supply at the
sources, and an evident mismanagement
of what little water is doled out to
us. We have repeatedly suggested means
of relief which. although they may not
reach the scientific standard required
by the Croton water officials have at least
the merit of practicability, and arc there
fore worth trial. Our correspondents also
suggest many ways by which the waste of
water may be checked; but although prac-
tical men they do not understand scientific
inactivity or the art of doing nothing. True
enough the engineers Of the Croton Board
are laboring hard to discover means Of in
creasing the supply from the present sources;
but while engaged at this laudable task
the city is growing daily less fit to
bear prolongation of the water famine. II
is suggested by o correspondent to bring
the wnter from New Jersey, and this gives
an idea Of how the public regard the present
desperate condition Of things. Let us use
pumps, siphons, pals, anything. in fact, so
that the supply is increased without further
delay. It is absurd to talk economy to
people who have nothing TO economize on.
1t reminds one of the English philanthro-
pist who, during a recent period Of distress
in London, undertook to teach the starving
multitudes how to cook.
Year: 1876

America LBELLxD-We publish in an
other column the now famous letter
which produced LAfairs Somnserard and
caused such . futter in Europe and
America Though the French Commis-
sioner, on the demand of his government,
promptly denied the authorship of this
document, and therefore must be held guilt
less Of the atrocious ISLANDERS uttered against
the good name and character Of the Ameri-
can people, we fear his name will continue
to be associated with this scandal. Now
that we have tho full document it is easy to
understand the indignation felt by Ameri-
cans in Europe on its publication. It has
an air of genuineness and is written in q
careless, confidential style, we'll calculated
to deceive the public If tho aim Of its
author was simply to create sensation he
has been completely successful ; but if he
proposed to himself to lessen the esteem
of intelligent men for our system Of
government or its results he has certainly
failed. The only thing he has succeeded in
doing Is to render himself infamous, and
though he may succeed in escaping the per-
sonal punishment which public contempt
brings he will continue to be none the less
infamous because unknown.
Year: 1876

OUR CAMPAIGNING SoLpIKRs.-The Yellow
stone expedition has been managed in way
to reflect very little credit on the military
authorities, Up to the present there has
been no evidence Of that care and foresight
which we naturally look for in the conduct
Of military expeditions. Itwould seem from
the letter Of our correspondent at Glendive
that the troops appointed to garrison that
inhospitable region are in danger Of being
exposed to tho sevcrities Of the climate with
ont any adequate provision. This must be
the result Of carelessness on the part Of
somebody in office, and the sooner it is
remedied the better. The army authorities
have no excuse for breaking down in the
work of supplying one thousand men for six
or eight months. 1t is not herculean task
Year: 1876

Tn ILLUSTRATED PAPnRs.-We have on
several occasions recently had occasion to
praise our illustrated newspapers. which
have, by their skill and the remark
able rapidity with which they follow up
and illustrate tho notable events of the
day, become q power in the land. An in
stance of the quickncss with which the con-
ductors of these journals seize upon and
reproduce pictorially the striking scenes of
the hour we find in the Graphic of yesterday
afternoon, which presents on its first page
an admirable picture of the scene about the
HERALD Office on election night, when
vast crowd filed the street and eagerly
read the election news on our bulletin
boards. The scene was truly American in
the good nature of the crowd, its patient
endurance of the storm and its anxiety to
hear of tho result Of the elections. The
Graphic's picture, drawn and engraved over
night and presented to the public the next
day at noon, is admirably done and marvel
Of rapid and spirited execution.
Year: 1876

the Senate, who opens the returns, nor Con-
gress, which is required to be present, ever
think Of questioning the regularity OF the
State returns in any ordinary case. What
the State authorities declare as the result is
always the accepted result unless strong
array of facts is presented to impugn it.
The country is bound to regard Mr.. Hayes
as constitutionally elected if the Elec-
toral Colleges shall give him
majority. II, through this regular
method of proceeding Mr.. Hayes is
found to have q majority of the
electoral votes, he will be declared elected.
unless such conclusive evidence of gross
fraud is presented that his party will not
dare to face public opinion and maintain
the fairness OF the election. The question
cannot come up in practical shape until
the two houses assemble to witness the
opening and counting of the votes in Feb
ruary. II Mr.. Tilden's supporters have any
case to make against the validity Of the re-
turns they can have no opportunity
to submit their proofs to any official
tribunal competent to pass on them
previous to that occasion, and the evidence
of fraud must be very strong indeed to pre-
vent the counting Of the votes which they
may regard as spurious. Assuming that the
regularly constituted Electoral College in
South Carolina and in Louisiana give their
votes for Hayes, il is probable that he will
be declared the next President. The physi-
cal power of tho government, in
cluding the control of the army,
will still be in the hands Of the republicans,
which will give them great facilities for
maintaining the official result, however
strongly their opponents may think it tainted
with fraud. The country must accept the
official action Of the State authorities until it
is demonstrated to be wrong and the only
body entitled to pass on the suf1iciency of
the demonstration is Congress of which
one branch is controlled by the republicans
and the other by the democrats, and
which cannot be expected to agree on
question which 80 profoundly affects party
interests. 1t is to'be deplored that there is
possibility of dangerous differences arising
between them. If, as despatch received at
very late hour seems to indicate, Florida
has gone democratic, this grave danger will
be obviated. But the situation is so critical
that it will cause anxiety in oil minds which
think the public tranquility more important
than the success of either candidate.
Year: 1876

ssNorHNa BUT FIGURES There are some
good counters in both parties; but the his
tory of such institutions as the Returning
Board in Louisiana would perhaps demon
strate that the audacity of superior genius
in counting candidates into Office is on the
republican side. One Of the distinguished
republican manipulators says of the returns
which give the election to Tildeu that they
are nothing but figures" which seems to
assume that figures are no great obstacle il
they alone stand in the way of the supremacy
of party. If only the figures are for
Tilden and the returning boards and county
canvassers and people of that sort in some
States are resolutely for Hayes it is yet pos.
sible in the close vote cast that dust enough
may be raised to cover some great transao-
tions.
Year: 1876

THE WEATHER. The approach of another
rain storm is indicated in the West, but from
present appearances the depression is not q
very great one. When it enters tho Missis-
sippi Valley, however, it will probably de-
velop more decidedly. Rain hos fallen over
the territory of the lower lakes, New York
and New England, but to very light ex-
tent. The total rainfall of the recent storm
in this city only amounted to 1888 inches
not enough to produce any great increase in
our water supply in the Croton Valley.
Westward of the Alleghanies, as far as the
Mississippi, the weather is cloudy and cool,
with rain areas but still further west the
temperature is slightly higher in the region
where the depression referred to is now GEN.
tral. Cool weather prevails on the Gulf
coast The weather in New York to-day will
be cooler and cloudy or partly cloudy.
Year: 1876

Mrs. Irene House has suddenly become SO
tremendously good that she has made up
her mind that nobody shall be permitted to
sin any more. No irregular inclinations shall
be INDUCED there shall be no passionate
impulses the courts shall not separate in
compatible spouses; and, finally, it is to be
supposed the domestic revolver will not be
handy in the bureau drawer. Sin-the su-
premacy of the personal will over all the
rules-the right to set aside the ordinary
discipline of life when it fretted sensitive
souls-the higher law of passion-all this
was good and beautiful as long as this inn
pulsive parsonage loved q little sin on her
own account but now that she is sur
fcitcd--now that she has gone up step by
step in her indulgences to tho capital
point and can desire no more-all the
possibilities of indulgence shall be done
away with. She is fed full therefore
cakes and ale shall be abolished. It is beau
tiful to note the way in which the virtue Of
this new-made reformer bubbles. First, she
whatever is made impossible in every part Of
the United States Why she should thus
seltishly and narrowly restrict her grand de-
votion to this country is what it seems diff
cult to understand. Shall all the great
countries of Europe still grovel in the
miseries Of divorce for want of her crusading
spirit? It is at least to be said that if she is
making an onslaught against divorce-if that
is her mission-she began well, for the shot
by which she killed her husband was q very
effective blow against divorce in general.
No one can charge, however, that the lady
takes . narrow view of the needs Of the
world. There are several other troubles
besides divorce, several other fruitful sources
of unhappiness and widespread misery. It
is pleasant to see that Mrs. House proposes
to abolish them all. She is going to be very
good.
Year: 1876

teen from Germany and one thousand three
hundred and forty-seven from England.
England has not favored us in this way very
greatly since we set up for ourselves and
organized flag with the same old colors
disposed in different way. Although the
fast-anchored isle is a teeming hive it gen.
orally runs over to the advantage Of its own
colonial establishments; and the cold and
gloomy Canada and Australia have felt the
benefit But the illiberal land laws of Aus
tralia are perhaps producing their natural
effect in increasing the number of British
comcrs to our country People who give up
home want an equivalent in larger freedom
and better chance in the struggle of life,
and they all find out eventually that they
can only get these in this country.
Year: 1876

The trouble with many of our Mayors has
been that they were excellent citizens but
not practical politicians. Mr.. Havemeyer,
Mr.. Kingsland, Mr.. Wickham and others
were undoubtedly honest and proper citi-
zens, but they knew nothing of politics. Mr..
Fernando Wood was in some respects the
most useful Mayor New York has had but
everybody knows that he is very practical
politician. Now there is a curious trait of
human nature which leads men to despise
that which they can do well, and to prefer
to attempt that of which they know but
little. Everybody has laughed at Rachel's
notion that her forte lay in comic acting.
Frederick the Great was an admirable gen.
eral, but he prided himself especially on his
literary abilities, and thought more of the
trash which Voltaire justly despised him for
than Of his battles.


We recommend the moral Of these in
stances to Mr.. Ely. Some of his predeces-
sors, having no practical acquaintance with
politics, very naturally became ardent small
politicians as soon as they got into the City
Hall, and neglected the interests of the city,
which their knowledge might have fur
thered, in their foolish desire to play a
political part Mr.. Wood never made such
o blunder. Being q politician he gave to
the politics of the Mayors Office small
but sufficient part of his attention and found
his real occupation in attention to the
city's affairs. Mr.. Ely is also practical
politician. OF course, he will ottend to the
patronage and politics Of his Office; but
these affairs have not the charm of novelty
to him; and, we doubt not, he will sigh for
new fields in which to amuse himself and
try his skill. We advise him to surrender
himself unhesitatingly to this impulse He
is cheerful man and needs amusement,
and he has it ready to his hands Let him
amuse- himself with making our streets
cleaner and contriving that some of them
shall be decently paved. He will find a
lasting diversion for his mind in
fastening rapid transit. When the
company of politicians has made him
dull he will find unexpected recreation
in reforming the management of our docks.
If he is bored with patronage there is the
Harlem River improvement, which will re-
fresh him. In short, New York offers him
very varied stock of refreshment from the
dull routine of his Office. And il ho should
really amuse himself to good purpose dur
ing his term--who knows; tho people may
after while amuse themselves by making
him Governor of the State.
Year: 1876

The Presidential Elcction-A Doubtful


Result and Grave Possibilities OF


Danger.


The returns received since the publication
of our second edition yesterday have caused
such a change to come DER the spirit OF the
political dream that the country is utterly
bewildered, and n deeper excitement reigns
than has ever before been witnessed in con-
nection with a Presidential election. The
convulsive contest in 1901, when for
seven days and during thirty-six bal
lots the result hung in doubt between
jefferson and Burr in the House of Repre-
sentatives, did not stir public feeling in the
country at large to an equal degree, al
though the permanence of the government
was then thought to depend on the result.
The non-existence of the telegraph and
slowness of tho mails confined the excite
ment to the seat Of government on that
memorable occasion but at present,
apprised of everything known in
any part of it, every great ferment Of
popular feeling spreads at once through the
whole length and breadth of the Republic.
The exceeding doubtfulness of Tuesdays
vote causes wild and tumultuous excite
ment in every city and town in the United
States, accompanied with vague appre-
hension on both sides that they may be
cheated out Of victory fairly won and
corresponding determination to resist.
Public feeling has never been in q more in
fiammable state than it is in this exciting
conjuncture, and nobody can foresee whether
it may not blaze out in confagration when
the electoral votes come to be counted in
February. We barely escaped civil war at
the time of Jefferson's first election, and
there is some reason to fear that we may
now have to deal with moro combustible and
dangerous materials. The state of the situa-
ton may be set forth by exhibiting the
figures, which show how very near Mr.. Til
den has come to an election, and stating the
obstacles which lie in the way Of his COM
plcte success The following table, printed
yesterday in one Of the evening papers, will
r<~v &c.
Year: 1876

Russia and France, it is announced, have
agreed upon the terms of conference on
the Eastern question, but Germany refuses
to have anything to do with it. 1t looks as
if French vanity were about to drag France
into business which does not directly con.
Germ her people. England wants allies in
the conference, and if France allows herself
to be drawn into other peoples quarrels
she is likely either to be made tool of by
one of the interested parties or to get
snubbed by both This idea of a conference
is pet one with the English government as
affording England On excellent opportunity
of making terms with Russia ut the expense
Of Turkey. England has the advantage
of knowing exactly what she wants.
and will no doubt try to turn the confer
ence to her advantage ; but it would be rash
to conclude that because she may succeed
in getting conference together that she
will be also able to manipulate it. The
question of peace or war does not depend on
conferences. It depends on the policy Of
the Russian government This conference
is, then, not SO important after all.
Year: 1876

SLIGHTLY ERRoNEous. AT St. Louis Mr..
John Kelly staked his credit as q politician
upon the assurance made to men from oil
other States that Mr.. Tilden could not carry
the State of New York In view Of the facts
rs now known it must bo recognized thore-
fore that Mr.. Kelly did not know so much
about this State rs it was to be expected
that man in his position would know.
His Judgment was absolutely wrong on the
most important point in the Presidential
Canvass.
Year: 1876

THE HERALD AND THE ELECTION. The in
tense interest felt in the election was mani
tested yesterday in the unprecedentedly
large sale of the HERALD. Our circulation
reached over two hundred thousand, and
would have been considerably moro but for
our inability to supply the full demand in
consequence Of the late hour at which the
paper went to press. The newsdealers
seemed to have recovered the enterprise and
energy for which they are, with slight inter-
ruptions, distinguished, and poured in upon
us more orders than we could FILL
Year: 1876

arrival of immigrants in tho month of Octo-
Der is remarkable for the fact that England
holds the second place in point of numbers.


Only Germany sent more of her children to
these shores in that month than came from
the original fatherland Of the American
people. There were two thousand and sixs
Year: 1876

WHAT MraHr HAVE BExN.--By close
study of the vote OF the benevolent and
venerable Peter Cooper, the rag-money men
who tried to run away with the democratic
party at ST. Louis can discover precisely
which way their candidate would have been
elected If they had been successful in COM
pelling the canvass to takc the shape they
desired to give it.
Year: 1876

Owing TO tho action OF portion OF the and
ncwsmen, who are determined that tie public shall
prevent IT, have made arrangements place tho
HERALD tho hands Of n our readers the reduced
price Newsboys can purchase any quantity they may
desire at No 1865 Broadway and No. . Ann street.
Year: 1876

Experience at clearing lands, both of
stumps and large boulders, with dynam.
it", in Scotland has proved successful.
1 he following account is given of late
trial in an Edinburg paper: A spadeful
of earth was removed from the side of a
stump and a hole driven into the stamp
with crowbar Into this hole a car
fridge OF dynamite was pressed by means
of IA wooden ramrod, then detonatien
percussion cap with Blackford's fuse
attached, was squeezed into small car.
fridge or primer of dynamite, and in.
serted into the hole in the trunk in con-
tact with the charge. The hole was
filled up with loose earth, about a foot
length of the fuse being left bare. A
match was next applied to the fuse, and
sufficient time was taken for the powder
to reach the percussion cap to allow the
operatives to retire to sale distance.
When the explosion occurred the trunk
was literally blown out OF the ground,
some of the fragments weighing nearly
twenty pounds, being thrown to a dis.
tance of over hundred yards: The de-
structon OF the stump was complete. In
breaking up big boulder stones the dy-
Mantle was simply placed on top OF The
stone, covered with wet sand and. fixed
with fuse in the ordinary way. The
result was the reduction of the boulders
to fragments the size of walnut. 1t
was effectually proved by the expert
ments that land can be speedily cleared
OF formidable Instructions to good culti-
vation by the use of dynamite, and the
committee of the society who watched
the operations expressed themselves %
highly satisfied with the results.