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Year: 1876

If there is anybody in the world of whom
Mr.. Green has poor opinion it must be the
body of independent contractors The
independent blind men, we believe, would
have stood manfully by him if it had not
been, first, for the weakening of the indie
pendent contractors, and, second, for the
unaccountable delay of the independent
organ grinders in coming forward to the
support of Mr.. Green. The Comptroller
will remember, we trust, that in this
struggle of his for the chief magistracy of
the city we did what we could. We told
him perpetually what he ought to do.
We urged him to urge the organ
grinders to advance to the charge.
We furnished him with copious lists
of other independent organizations. We
warned him that to the success of his in
genious plan of battle constant reinforce
ments of Independent delegations were
necessary, and thnt if he could not get the
Independent Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks to support him he ought by
oil means to get the Independent Coloniza-
ton Society to come forward. No longer
ago than last Sunday we suggested to him
that he should summon the Ancient Order
Of Hibernians, the Friendly Sons of st.
Patrick, the Irish Emigrant Society; should
invcigle with his bland and artful smile the
members of st. Patricks Mutual Alliance, of
the Father Mathew societies, of the knights
of st. Patrick, the Limerick Guard, the Ros-
common League of Friendship the Emerald
Social Club, the Connaught Benevolent
Association, the County Cavan Benevolent
Society, and SO on. In fact, we may be said
to have overwhelmed Mr.. Green with the
soundest advice he ever got and not only
this, we never on any occasion fattered him
that he would be elected. When he receives
the letter respectfully asking him to with
draw from the candidacy we beg him to
reflect. He must now see that he ought to
have taken tho HERALps advice The demo-
Gratis did, and the result Is that they will
elect their candidate for the May orally.
Year: 1876

Only the Ottoman government could resist
for day the pressure that is behind tho de-
mand for an armistice, and we can only con-
ceive of the resistance of that government as
flowing from the incapacity Of Orientals to
comprehend the logic of European politics
Certainly when governments like Russia,
England, Austria and Italy join in the de-
mand that a third rate Power shall act in q
definite way there is no option for that Power
II it were the Prussia of other days its
answer would be ready in IN hour. But the
Sultan is between difficulties. It is with
him "a .fronte precipitio tergo lupus" Ho
has to dread the consequences if he defes
the will of the Powers but if he accepts
their will he has to dread other dire results,
His danger in the acceptance of the
armistice is that as he must appear
to concede to the will of the infdel
he must seem to the Moslem people
recreant to the cause of Islam. How short
shrift may be made Of a Sultan against
whom the fanatical leaders of the Ottoman
scum may choose to raise their voices the
world has lately seen. 1t is not known how
far the Ottoman army would obey its officers
against the people who quote texts from the
Koran-how much of the devotion it has
shown in Servia is due to discipline and
how much to fanaticism. 1t is there
fore uncertain whether the government
has any support whatever for its determine
ton to act on any resolution disagreeable to
the men of the mosques. These consider
atoms have induced other governments to
proceed temperately; to give time, that the
Sultan might arrange his assent, SO as to
give it satisfactory appearance at Constan-
tinople. But he has misunderstood the
clemency thus extended and used the oppor-
tunity to gain victories that make it more
difficult for him to yield. As this difficulty
is his own creation he can have no sympathy
in it from foreign capitals.
Year: 1876

If the laws of nature had lost their
force in his case. But the critical event now
apprehended will depress too greatly the
vitality that has hitherto carried him through.
The naming of successor to the moribund
secretary will, in the present troubled
political relations of the Papacy, be also of
almost as great consequence as though it
were the naming a successor to His Holi-
ness.
Year: 1876

Owing to tho action OF portion OF tho carriers and
ncwsmen, who determined that tie public shall
not have the HERALD at three cents per copy II they
prevent IT, have made arrangements place tho
HERALD in the hands OF all readers at the reduced
price, Ncwsboys purchase any quantity they may
desire at No. l. 265 Broadway and No. . Ann street.
Year: 1876

CARDINAL AxroSELLI.-The impending
demise of Cardinal Antonelli will be the
first of very important changes in Rome ;
for it is hardly possible that the Pope will
long outlive the rupture of the intimate as
sociations of many years that will thus be
caused. His great age has frequently ex-
cited the world over his reported illness,
and he has seemed sometimes to survive as
Year: 1876

MILES AND THE INDIANS. General Miles
is justifying by his activity the conf
dence placed in him by the Lieu
tenant General If Sitting Bull imagined
he could winter anywhere within striking
distance of General Miles post on Tongue
River he must have been unpleasantly dis
appointed. The want of cavalry must pre-
vent General Miles from inflicting as severe
punishment on the redskins as they de-
serve, but his attack will have the
effect of rendering them apprehensive of
the future. They can no longer winter Sc
curely in the sheltered valleys of the streams
that empty into the Yellowstone, and must
wander north if they wish to be safe from
the avenging hands of the white man. The
departure of General Hazen with four COM
panies to occupy Fort Peck is step in the
right direction and one that should have
been taken long since.
Year: 1876

The conviction of Charles R. Beckwith
for forgery in the Court of General Sessions
yesterday is an event that will give much
satisfaction not unmingled with pain. 1t
was case peculiar to the present epoch.
Beckwith was young man Of irreproach-
able character and undoubted ability. He
had the control of an immense business and
was implicitly trusted. Taking advantage
Of the confidence reposed in him he used
theopportunity to defraud his employer, and,
it is presumed, to grow rich upon the results
Of long series Of forgeries. The crime was
Enthusiastically fixed upon him, and yet we
are told the verdict of guilty was surprise
to him and his friends. They relied upon
his good character to shield him from pun
ishment, and hoped to avoid conviction by
pointing to an unspotted business career of
many years. Even his private life
and his transformations surroundings
were appealed to as discrediting the
direct proofs of guilt How, it was asked,
could this young man have amassed this
large sum of money and yet succeed in
avoiding oil signs of its possession? 1t was



his means, nor even up to them. These
things were opposed to proofs which could
not be controverted in any other way, and it
is surprising they failed to enable him to
escape. But, after all, there is nothing re-
markable in such course, except in the
method employed to amass for
tune which was boarded as if it
had been gathered by years of toll
Mr.. Beckwith had no temptation to steal
except that which came from an insatiate de-
sire to he rich. 1t was to such a TEN ptation
as this that he yielded, and he pursued his
scheme with all the boldness of legitimate
speculation, boarding his gains as SO much
money earned, but carefully putting them
out Of sight, SO that they might not excite
suspicion. The case is one which has very
important lesson, and it is to the punish
mcnt Of crimes like this that we must look
for clearer notions of business integrity in
the future
Year: 1876

Near the eventful battlefield on
which the star OF Napoleon went
down, Victor Troyon opened q
small tavern. Naturally, he was
beset by relic hunters for souvenirs
of the battle, but he honestly an
swered that he had nothing of the
kind. He was very poor, and he
worked hard to keep his little tav-
ern going. One day he was com.
planning to q neighbor of his pow
erty, and also of the annoyance
continually put upon him by relic
hunters.


"Well, why don't you make the
source of annoyance relieve your
poverty ?" suggested the friend.


elbow can / do that ?"


'If you have no relics, make
them. At Brussels they make
plenty of them. For instance,
tell the next man that asks you
for a relic him that Napoleon
and Wellington entered your
house during the battle and sat in
that chair. Or tell him that on
that table Napoleon wrote his or
ders to the different division com-
manders." sreis5ss -7a4l


Mr.. Troyon profted by the hint,
and told the next English tourist
who chanced that way the chair
story, selling the simple piece of
furniture at an immense price. -
The table on which Napoleon
had written at least a dozen orders
to his marshals was sold to a tour.
ist from the south of France for
two thousand francs. BY and by
Mr.. Troyon called to mind the
fact that he still preserved the
glass from which Wellington
drank, and the "Wellington Glass
is still shown the admiring visitors
at a substantial English residence
by the son of a man who paid fif
ty pounds for it. Even the mai
on which Napoleon hung his mill
tary coat was pulled out from the
wall to satisfy a craving relic hun
ter. In short, Mr.. Troyon kept or
until, piece by piece, he had sold
the very root from over his head
and it is said that more than one
enthusiastic worshipper at the
throne of Waterloo, when there
was nothing else TO be gained al
a souvenir, took away a package
of the dirt on which stood the
house in which both Napoleon anG
Wellington rested. Of course
Mr.. Troyon made quite fortune
by this means.
Year: 1876

Mr.. Spurgeon tells the follow
ing story: "a poor man who had
a large family gave them a very
comfortable support while he was
in health. He broke his leg, and
was laid up for some weeks. AS
he would be for some time desti-
tute Of the means of grace, it was
proposed to hold a prayer meeting
at his house. The meeting was
led by Deacon Brown. A loud
knock at the door interrupted the
service. A tall, lank, blue.frocked
youngster stood at the door with
an ox-goad in his hand, and asked
to see Deacon Brown. "Father
could not attend this meeting" he
said, "but he sent his prayers, and
they are out in the cart" They
were brought in, in the shape OF
potatoes, beef, pork and corn. -
The meeting broke up without the
benediction nor did the poor fellow
suffer during his whole conhne-
ment. The substantial prayers
of the donor became means OF
grace."ba 0r4eT az
Year: 1876

A secondhand clothing deal
err showed customer a pair
of pantaloons which he said had
been made by a fashionable tailor
for a wealthy gentleman who
brought them back after wear
ing them once, as they did not
fit him. The customer pivoted
himself around before the mir
ror, examined the length of the
legs, sounded the depth of the
pockets and closed the bargain.
When we'll out Of sight of the
clothing store he examined for
the first time an article which,
as he revolved before the mirror,
his hands had encountered in
one of the pockets. eyes" the
customer had said to himself,
"that's pocketbook. / know
by the feeling Of it. Mr..


must have left it in here that
night he wore these pants. :"
The reader can supply for HIM
self the further details of the
story. A twenty-five cent pa
per-lined pocketbook proved
the means Of selling a $3.50
pair of cotton satinet trousers at
a net profit of S2.75.
Year: 1876

Quite recently Postmaster-G Gen.
eral Jewell received a complaint
from a Western man to the effect
that be had sent out a large mum,
Der of letters, manyof them quite
important, and that in no instance
had any of them been received at
their destination. The writer as
suming that there was a screw
loose somewhere, requested Mr..
Jewell to make search among the
dead letters, with a view to get a
clue as to how the failure to reach
those addressed occurred. At the
same time the writer furnished
the Postmaster general with list
Of two hundred names, which in
cluded those to whom the missicg
letters were said to have been ad.
dressed.


A careful search was made, and,
strange to say, not cne OF the
names given was found subscribed
on any dead letter. The. writer
was notified, when he supplement
ted the first list with an addition
al one covering four hundred
names. Not one of these could
be found. He was SO apprised,
when, still undismayed, he sent a
third list, with some eight humid
red names. Mr.. Jewell gave or
ders to have the search progress,
but in the meantime addressed q
letter to the postmaster nearest
the residence of the complainant,
and in due course of mail received
information that his pestiferous
correspondent was confirmed lu'
natic, and was indulging in one of
his freaks at the expense of the
post Office department.
Year: 1876

One of the most common incl
nents of newspaper life, says the
New York Herald = and we full
ly agree with it is the receipt
of communications urging the ed
itor to make attacks for which the
writer who prompts them is un-
willing to be responsible. We are
always glad to receive information
or statements of fact from any au-
thentic source, but we cannot con-
sent to be the instrument of as
saults on public or private persons
to crafty the malice or hostility
of people who shrink from the re-
sponsibility of their own act, and
try to shelter themselves behind
our columns. Every man who is
publicly attacked, has right to
know who are his accusers. -
When facts are privately submit
ted to us In the expectation that
we will employ our own judgment
as to the use to be made of them,
we treat them as matters of conf
dence, and would never think of
exposing the writer. If we see
fit to make them grounds of crit.
cism or assault on individuals, the
responsibility is entirely ours in
courts of justice and the court of
public opinion. But when, IN
stead of communicating facts fol
US to judge of and use, a writer
prepares articles for US to publish


and expects US to make attacks


on individuals, and shield hin


from consequences, he asks more


than we are willing to grant. =


He should have courage enough
to expose his own name and bach
up his own quarrel. 1t is coward


ly to skulk behind a journal anC
ask its editor TO incur the enmitJ
of people who conduct be has M
reason to censure.
Year: 1876

Here is an extraordinary case:
A beggar entered a saloon in New
York city, two weeks ago, and
asked for something to eat. A
man named McCutchen offered
him a piece of meat and, as he
was about to take it, withdrew ii
and put it in his own mouth, at
the same time uttering an ana
thema against the beggar. He
had no sooner made the remark
than he commenced to choke, and
before assistance could be offered
he died, having been choked to
death by the piece of meat.
Year: 1876

Step up to a citizen and tell
him that his father and grandfa-
ther were lunatics and see how
quickly he'll crook his elbow. -
Yet, let that citizen shoot some
body, and he'll bless you if you'll
help him prove that all his ances'
tors were not only crazy but the
biggest fools in the neighborhood
Year: 1876

Professor Proctor is going a.
bout telling that our sun is much
inferior to other great lights in
the universe. AS if it were not
enough for poor, down-trodden
man to know that his gas is a
failure, he has to be tortured
with the fact that even the day
light is far from a first7rate ar.
ticle, aasa rei9ai q
Year: 1876

When a New Jersey burglar
saw that the woman whose house
he was plundering was awake and
watching him, he cried out, "Hang
me if 1 will be guilty of robblng
as homely q woman as you are
and he left s
Year: 1876

The editor of the Lewistown
pa Sentinel has lately received
a legacy Of $4,000 fzom an o,,I
citizen Of Mifflin county, as some
acknowledgment of the benefit
derived from the reading Of that
newspaper. An act worthy of


emulation. How different the
feelings Of that "dear departed" in
his new home from those of the
poor fellows who were taken out
in debt to the printer. Reader,
you may not be able to leave q
$4,000 legacy to your editor, but
do, Do try to get square with him.
Year: 1876

Senator Oglesby wants the
red brother to be recognized as
a citizen. Just imagine him
stalking up to the polls with a
tomahawk in one hand and a
ticket in the other. His vote
would hardly be challenged
anyway.
Year: 1876

j. \. SmitlIec announces himself in the
Little Rock Gazette of tie llth as n candi-
date for denomination to the office of Land
Commissioner. We believe it is generally
conceded. on all hands, that he is the fright
man In the right place." and that he will have
but little Il any opposition
Year: 1876

FROG CATCHING.-T The murder Of
Jennie Bonnet, near San francisco II
few days since, is another ofcrimes which
seem to defy justice for the time being,
though the old adage that "murder will
out" is in many instances verified. Jen-
ME was shot through her window while
in the act Of retiring for the night. The
tragedy may pass into the history of
crime like that Of Mary Rogers, "The
Beautiful Cigar Girl" mystery which
is unsolved to this DAY. But poor Jen-
ME will not be known by any such highly
romantic appellation she will be the
Frog Catcher" For years past she has
earned her living by catching frogs and
the better to follow this employment
which seem to us so strange one, she
discarded the dress of her sex and al
ways appeared in male attire. 1t is an
Old saying that one-half the world do
not know how the other half live, and
certainly frog cathing as means of
livelihood in this country is one Of the
last employments which we should think
of
Year: 1876

The REPUBLICAN PARTY.-I, for
one, am not willing to transfer the
great power of the Government from
the hands which have held and sup
ported it to the hands still reeking with
the blood Of its brave defenders. | do
not stand here to defend everything
which the Republican party has done /;
but when the Democratic party is held
up as the party of reform, l am remind
ed of the decrepid old lion in the fa-
bic, who sought to gain by strategy
what he could not gain by strength -
The spirit and tendency of the Repub-
lean party is towards reform. 1t is
worthy of confidence, and though / am
not willing TO throw up the party, l
am willing to expel those men who have
used the party for their own.evil ends.
| accept the Republican party because
/ believe in its principles, which it has
never beled. Congressman ,Seetye.
Year: 1876

A MOMENT OF DANGER.-A gang of
railroad hands were crossing high tres
tie work in Marin county when they
were surprised by an approaching train.
There was no timo for retreat and their
only chance was in dropping under the
track and holding on by the cross ties
while the train thundered over them. All
escaped safely except one Chidaman who
could not hang on. He fell a distance of
eighty feet and was seriously injured.
Year: 1876

In the North the Democratic journals
labor earnestly to satisfy the Union Dem
ocrats that Tildens sympathies during
the war we're enlisted on the side Of the
Union cause. In the South, on the 9TH
er hand, Democratic journals are silent
on this subject from the fact his popular
ity would be damaged by making him
appear as anything but a rebel sym
pathizer. He is "Slippery Sammy" on
the loyal issue just as he is on the fnan.
cia question. In the West by Hen
dricks' help, he is considered little soft,
while in the East he claims to be hard
money man.
Year: 1876

SOUTHERN OPINIoN.-We had talk
with Southern friend the other day up
on the subject of the tone of sentiment in
that section as reflected by the press
He thought that the selection from South
ern papers which were going the rounds
of the Republican press, were not fair ex-
pressions of Southern opinion. but were
selected from ultra journals which did
not truly reflect the sentiments Of those
communities where they were published,
We are promised some papers which
shall reflect the true Southern sentiment
upon the disputed questions, and will be
glad TO find that we are mistaken.
Year: 1876

GENERAL BANKS of Massachusetts,
who has, until lately, been acting with
the Independents, now comes out strong
for Hayes and Wheeler, and has taken
the stump to aid in their election. Gen
eral Banks served in the last House of
Representatives, and from what he there
saw and heard he is apparently satisfied
that it will not be for the interest of the
people of this nation to place the Demo-
crats again in power.
Year: 1876

FRANCIS CALLAHAN of Round Valley
dropped dead in ball room recently
while dancing at CoVelo. He appeared,


cold, with large drops of perspiration
standing upon his forehead, and request
ed Mrs. Roxie Dean to dance with him.
She partly refused telling him that he
was sick. He said be was chilly but
would get over that if she would dance
around the room with him. She con-
sented and while dancing he fell dead.
Year: 1876

SWALLOWED Up. - The Sacramento
Bee says: China swallowed up ovel
half million of silver last week, over
one-half of which was in the shape Of
trade dollars, which have advanced SO
much in value that they are now worth
two to three per cent more than half dol
Year: 1876

ONE of the most sensible items in the
new postal law, and one which every
body will appreciate, is that which allows
a person to write his or her name on the
wrapper or on the paper and also the
word " FROM" to let the party receiving
it know who it is from, without violating
the law.
Year: 1876

THE American Mining Board, recently
organized in New York City, will open
for business on the 2nd day OF October
The leading Comstock and other Pacific
Coast stocks will be "called" in the New
York Board,
Year: 1876

THERE are 3434 names on the Great
Register of Napa County this year. Es-
timating that the portion of the polls to
the population is as one to five, (the usual
estimate) the population of the county is
II 10
Year: 1876

IT WILL be seen by O notice in our local
columns that tine resident and soiourning
Southern Republicans in this city have de
terIaincd to effect an organization, repre-
sentative in its character, by which they
lnsy ultimately place themselves in proper
and truthful light before the country. II
i well known that during the past few
years particularly il has been a most diff
cult thing to obtain full and correct reports
of the real condition of political affairs in
the Southern States. So conflicting and
widely different in their nature have been
statements from that section that those who
were not wellinformcd touching the South
have been unable to sift out the true from
the false, and hence the widely prevailing
feelings of distrustand apathy, even among
Republicans, when the most appalling re-
ports Of violence and outrage came from
that quarter. If it be true, as is believed
on conclusive evidence by many, that Re-
publicanism in the South lies to day pros
trate and bleeding and almost hopeless
ny the policy of force, intimidation and
murder, by which it has been overpowcred,
the fact is neither understood nor appre-
ciated in the North, and hence we hear the
cry Of "bloOdy shirt whenever a new life
i sacrificed, and the people are warned to
withhold their sympathy and to attach no
Importance to the crime. Southern Repub-
licans have suffered much from persecution
at home and the lukcwarmuess with which
heir wrongs have been received by the
loyal masses of the North, and have very
properly determined TO at least seek vindi-
cation before the country. The proposed
organization, if properly conducted, may
accomplish much good, and is deserving of
encouragement.