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Year: 1875

It has been finely observed that good
man struggling with adversely is spectacle
for the admiration of the gods and if it is
possible to get up finer show than that we
fancy it must be the picture of great man
sensitive to public opinion. In this character
we are delighted to recognize the Hon. John
Morrissey. Some envious Casca out of the
Kelly camp launched few days since ter
rible imputation against this gentleman's
honesty as reformer and his consistency as
a democrat. He meanly limited that Mr.. Nor
paid two dollars day in this city, but
thought that less was necessary at Saratoga;
and we, as faithful chroniclers of what is said
and done in the world, reproduced his story.
For our part, however, we did not sympa-
thize, and we regarded the innuendo as one
of the plainest Of all the tricks that are vain.
1t was, in fact, merely job of some chaps up
at Saratoga to get their wages raised. If
Morrissey paid them dollar and half we
thought it was most likely all they were worth.
Indeed, we will venture the opinion that at
this season of the year there are two or three
thousand persons at Saratoga who would be
overpaid if given thirty cents day to labor
at any useful occupation. Shall all Northern
New York come in for its two dollars day,
not because it earns it, but in order that Mr..
Morrissey may be consistent ? Mr.. Morrissey,
however, magnanimously shows his hand.
He puts before our readers his payroll. 1t
is fine document We are glad there are so
many of them, and if the luxury of the
time likes to enjoy itself at a race there
comes out of it the one advantage that it
distributes the money that would not COM
fort so many homes if virtuously boarded in
Puritanic tills. But Mr.. Morrissey says
his payroll averages two dollars and
twenty-six cents q man. We are afraid
this is Joint in his armor Averages" is
bad. What will the city payrolls average?
Put in the thousands of the Mayor and the
Comptroller and all the big wigs and shake
them up with the units and tens of the Tins
and Mikes, and we should not be surprised
if it gave an average of five dollars q man.


Averages" was an unhappy thought, for if
the magnate of Saratoga hopes to keep up
with the city he must go several points better
Year: 1875

The Invention of Mr.. Jacob Reese Of
this city, for cutting bars OF hardened
steel, has already been noticed in these
columns. On Saturday last, Prof. r.
s. bedrock read before the American
Association for the Advancement of
Science, in session at Detroit, en ESSAY
on "The Requisite Amount of Simple
Friction of Soft Iron against Cold Steel
to Melt It," He said the Development
of heat by friction has been long
known. For some time it has also been
known that the operations Of rubbing
and rolling had the effect OF changing
the molecular structure of iron Hn5
steel. These operations will tougken
and compact cold iron, and will harden
and condense steel. Some time since
Mr., Jacob Reese, OF Pittsburg, Penn
sylvania, had occasion - construct q
machine for cutting bsrs Of cold hsr-
dened steel. For this purpose he
mounted disc of about forty two III
ches in diameter, made OF soft rough
iron upon q horizontal axis, so as 20
be rotated with great velocity. With
any moderate speed no cutting was
produced. But on giving the disc such
a speed of rotation as to cause the peri
phery of the disc TO move velocity of
about q, 600 feet per minute nearly
five miles) the rteel wss rapidly cut,
especially when the h2r tn be cut was
slowly rotated against the disc Sparks
In steady stream were thrown OH. At
first it was supposed that the steel was
simply rubbed or ground of. But on
examining the pile OF accumulated par
tieles beneath the machine they were
found to be welded together = the
shape of a long cone, similar 10 the
stalagmites in the lime stone caves; :;
they were pealy like the spikes of frost
as formed In winter on Mount Wash


ington, and illustrated at the Troy
meeting. Real fusion takes place. The
steel is melted by the swiftly moving
smooth edge of the soft iron disc, but
the disc itself Is but little heated. The
bar OF steel on each side OF the cut re-
ceives buta slight heat, not at all
Year: 1875

The Treasury Department is arranging
to publish volume exhibiting the financial
transactions of the United States for the
past one hundred years. The publication
is designed as a contribution to the Centen-
nial Exhibition. The work will show the
source andexpenditure of every dollar, the
causes that led to borrowing money at va
rious times, together with sketch of such
debates in Congress as refer to the subject.
Many obscure points in American annals
will be made clear by the publication. The
design is to make it a complete official f.
nancial history of the Government during
the first century of it's existence. This his
tory will record the gratifying fact that,
through all our national exigencies, the
faith and honor of the Government have
been maintained inviolate, and that, except
during the uncertain days of the war for
national independence, creditors of the Gov
ernment were never required to hold evi-
dences of public Indebtedness for one hour
beyond the time specified for their pay
ment. The publication, in addition to a
general account of national finances of the
century, will embrace a de tailed statemen
of receipts and expenditures, thus render
ing it easy to trace the cost of any particu-
lar branch of the public service, and the
amount and date of each item of expendi-
ture. All the figures will be taken from
the official records of the Treasury, and
much of the historical data will be compiled
from unpublished manuscripts that have
been stored for years in the archives of that
department. The correspondence of the
early financiers of the Republic, the annals
of Congress, and the American State papers
will be consulted in the preparation of the
work. No published history of the country
contains anything equivalent to what will
be embraced in this forthcoming document,
nor could any history, not prepared under
direction of the Government, compare with
it in accuracy of detail. The work is now
in prOoreSS
Year: 1875

A HANDY AND USEFUL BAsKET.-Our
farmers who market their apples, potatoes
and garden vegetables can save themselves
much labor by few hours work on some
rainy day in manufacturing a lot of cheap
baskets. The basket or box holds bushel,
and is made of boards and lath. The ends are
made of boards twelve inches wide and four
teen inches in length, with holes cut in the
top side, near the centre. for handles. Laths
for the bottom and sides are cut seventeen
and half inches in length-four pieces of
lath, one nailed on each side and six on the
bottom with shingle nails, and the basket
or box is completed. A few dozen of these
baskets cost but trifle, and will be found
very convenient for marketing and other
purposes about the farm. For digging po-
tatoes, all the loose dirt which goes into the
basket will sift to the bottom, and the pota-
toes intended for market can be selected in
the field and placed in the cellar in the bas-
kets ready for market, and when sold to
the retail dealer the baskets with their con-
tents can be left with him, and the empty
baskets procured when another quantity is
ordered, thereby saving much labor in pick
ing or shoveling up potatoes and other veg
etables, and their contents are less liable to
get bruised, and are much more convenient
to handle than barrels or bags. Such bas-
kets as described have been used by clam
diggers for years past. The CLAIMS are
thrown into the baskets as taken from the
mud and washed clean by immersing the
basket with it's contents several times in
water. Potatoes and garden vegetables can
be cleaned of the dirt which adheres to
them very expeditiously in the same man.
ner.
Year: 1875

How often do we try, and persevere in
trying, to make sort of neat show of outer
good qualities, without anything within to
correspond, just like children with plant
blossoms without any roots in the ground to
make pretty show for the hour! We find
fault in our lives and we cut off the weed,
but we do not root it up; we find something
wanting in ourselves, and we supply it, not
by sowing the divine seed of heavenly prin-
ciple, but by copying the deeds that the
principle ought to produce.
Year: 1875

Sothern said in speech, at the benefit of
certain stage manager in Birmingham,
England:


He and l attacked the dramatic profess
sion on the same night, some twenty years
since-he as prompter, and as the Ghost
in Hamlet He was then the very worst
prompter / ever saw. After the perfor-
nance he gently and most kindly intimated
to me that was the most fearful actor he
ever witnessed.
Year: 1875

1t is common to say that liar will not
be believed although he speak the truth.
The converse of this proposition is equally
true, but more unfortunate-that man
who has gained reputation for veracity
will not be discredited though he utter
what is false. But he that would make use
of reputation for veracity to establish a
lie would set fire to the temple of truth with
a faggot stolen from her altar.
Year: 1875

M. Sommer propounds new theory of
sleep. His idea is that sleep is simply a
result of the deoxygenation of the system,
and he believes that sleepiness comes on as
soon as the oxygen stored in the blood is
exhausted.
Year: 1875

Friendship is good deal like china It
is very beautiful and durable as long as it
is quite whole; but break it, and all the ce-
ment in the world will never quite repair
the damage.
Year: 1875

Let not sleep fall upon your eyes till you
have thrice reviewed the transactions of
the past day. Where have turned aside
from rectitude? What have been doing?
What have left undone which ought to
have done? Begin thus from the first act,
and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill
which you have done be troubled, and re-
joice for the good.
Year: 1875

Hs- NOTICE TO CAPTAINS or VESSELS ENTERING
THE PORT or NEW YORK AT NIGHT The NEw YoRK
HERALD has adopted distinguishing Coson night signal for
board the HERALD stsam yacht showing while burn
ing the eoors red green red changing tho other
In succession can be seen miles distant Cap
tans Of upon seeing this signal will obge by
pairing any marine they have or the ship News
Department Of the Herald.


% Persons desrous Of Communicating with vessels arv-
ing New York do addressing such vessels
Of HERALD yacht pier No East River Now York
Leters received from all OF the world and promptly do
hvered. Duplicates are required
Year: 1875

The contest between these two players had created
aurng the evening considerable speculation among the
sxperts, as we'll as the general Spectators so when
they both strung for the lead the large portion or the
assemblage that bad stepped TO "see a man"
came rushing in, and everyone took his place in such
hurry that it almost looked that everybody was
halt afraid that somebody else would be 10 possession
before him II was whispered about that the knowing
ones had put up great deal Of money on The result
and that Rudophe himself and his particular friends
had staked their all the result The two men bv
their manner, evidently well aware that there
than usual interest manifested 10 them by the
Iookers-on for from the start somewhat awed by
the perfect silence kept by the spectators
they played with a quiet caution that only made the
feeling 0f interest in the play ali the intense.
Even when either made BONE extraordinary shot the
people on the floor OF the house and the galleries ap
plauded sho and quick as v bali afraid that hubbub
100 prolonged might dangerously interfere with


THK KvKs TENOR oy tina CANE.


Rudophc was talizing In his slow way OF playing
and the way al times he walked from side OF The
table 70 the other and scanned the balls when
he bad a passably hard shot TO make would
nariAialy have mistaken Carriers nerves hs
Year: 1875

TIE New York Herald does not under
stand the necessity of the letter of Gov. Til
den to the district attorneys threatening
them with removal If they fail to prosecute
persons who make illegal use of money in
tue coming election. 1t remarks that there
no law clothing prosecuting officers with
preuentioe powers. 1t is rather difficult for
The ordinary mind to comprehend the steps
it is necessary for an officer TO take to prose-
cute until after the offense is committed. 1t
would be little rough to commence an
action against man for an offence which
it is possible he may commit next week. 1t
really looks as if Gov. Tilden was bound to
make himself conspicuous as a reformer, and
that his anxiety to do so causes him to do
some very silly things.
Year: 1875

OUR Democratic exchanges are greatly
alarmed because Gov. Perham has gone to
New York to keep such appointments as he
had made before he accepted the Office of
Secretary of State. The cause Of alarm is
now over. Gov. Perham recalled as many of
the appointments as he could and having
filled the others, is now ON his way home TO
attend to the duties of his office which will be
pressing as soon as the Council meets and
continue so until the first of January.
Year: 1875

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer in
all cases Indispensable, not necessarily tor publication
but as guaranty of good faith


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nicatiops that are not used.
Year: 1875

The electric telegraph has been an essen
tial and Indispensable agent in the trans
mission of business and social messages


Its operation on land and within the limits
OF particular states is necessarily under the
control OF the jurisdiction within which it
operates. The lines on the high seas how
ever are NOT subject 10 the particular con-
troll OF any one government. In 1869 con-
cession was granted by the French govern
ment to a company which proposed to lay
cable IRON the shores Of France to the
United states. AT that time there was
connection between the United States and
the Continent of Europe though the pos
sessions ofGreat Britain at either end of
the llne, IN the control OF an association
whlchIhad at large outlay of capital and at
great risk. demonstrated the practicability
OF maintaining such means OF commuuca-
ton. The cost of correspondence by this
agency was great, possibly not too large
Tor proper remuneration for SO hazardous
ana SO costly All enterprise. Ii was, how
ever heavy charge upon means of com
munlcation which the progress in the social
ana commercial intercourse OF the world
found 10 he necessity, and the obtaining
OF this French concession show ed that 9th.
er capital man that already Invested was
ready To enter into competition with the
assurance OF adequate return for their out
lay. Impressed with the conviction that
the interests not only of the people of the
United states, but Of the world at large,
Year: 1875

mean specie resumption. Too much
stress cannot be put on this question, and
hope Congress may be induced at the ear.
lie>t day practicable to ihsur: the cousun-
nation OF the act OF the last Congress of the
last session 10 bring about specie resump-
tlon on aud after the l>t day of January,
1879. at the furthest. IL would be II bless
ing il this could be cousummated even al
an earlier day. Nothing seems to be more
certain than that permanent reaction can
not take place In favor OF the industries and
financial welfare ot the country until we
return TO Il measure of recognized standard
throughout the civilized world. While we
use "A currency not equivalent to this stand
ard. the worlds recOgn Zed standard spe-
Gle becomes a coinmodiy like the product,
Of the soil. the surplus >ecAing u market
wherever there is a demand tor II. t'unci
our present system We should want none
nor would We have any Were it not that
customs dues must be paid in colu aud be-
cause of the pledge to pay interest OF the
public debt In coin. The yield of preciou,
metals would flow out for the purchase of
foreign productions and leave the United
State hewers ofwood and drawers OF water
because OF wiser legislation or the subject
of finance by the nations with whom we
have dealings. am not prepared to say
that eau suggest the best legislation To
secure the end most heartily commended.


IL will be source OF great qualification
To me to be able to approve any means of
Congress looking effectively toward,
curing resumption. Unlimited imitation
would probably bring about specie pay
ments more speedily than any legislation
looking u the redemption of legal tenders
in coin, but it would be at the expense OF
honor. The legal tenders would have no
value beyond settling present liabilities. or
properly speaking, repudiating them They
would buy nothing after debts were all set
tied


RESUMPTION MEASURES SUGGESTED.


There are a few measures which seem to me
important in this connection and which com
mend to your earnest consideration.


First-A repeal of such of the legal ten Ter
act rs makes these notes receivable for debts
cont tracted after date TO be fixed in the act it,
self say not later than the 1>t of January, ls77
We should then have quotations at rral values
not fictitious ones. Gold would be longer at "A
premium. but currency at discount A
healthy reaction would set in at once and with
it a desire to make the currency equal to what
it purpOrts to be. The merchant, ma nufactur-
ers and tradesmen of every calling could do
business ON fair margin Of profit, the money
to be received having an unavoidable value.
Laboring and all classes who work for stipuiat-
ed pay or salary would receive more for the IN
come because extra profits would no longer De
Year: 1875

The report Of the Postmaster General
herewith transmitted gives full history of
the workings OF the department for the
wear just past. Ii will be observed that The
deficiency !" be supplied from the general
treasury Is hirreased over the amount re-
CURED '"r The preceding year. In coun


try 81 vast III area as the United States
with large portions sparseiy settled. il must
be expected that this important service will
be more or less "A burden upon the treasury
Tor many years to come, hut there j. no
branch Of the public service which Inter
ests the whole people more than that OF
cheap and rapid transmission OF the mails
Year: 1875

An Act relating to Savings Banks,

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- tiyes in General Assembly convened:

 SEC. The treasurer Of every savings bank in this state shal on or before the tenth day of July annual y, deliver. to the comptroller sworn statement of the amount of all it's deposits and surplus the first day of said month specifying the thereof loan ed and every such savings bank shall pay the

 tax on its corporate franchise equal to one-haf of OLe per cent. the amount of its deposits and plus loaned real estate and one per cent the balance of it's said deposits and surplus loaned, deducng, however, the amount invested in any bonds issued by this state or by any town city in this sate in aid of the construction of any railroad and which by the statutes of this state exempt from taxatOn and also the amount invested in real estate liable to taxation in this state but any savings bank having total deposits less than fifty thousand dollars may deduct not exceeding ten thousand dollars from

 It's assets that are invested Tn estate not oth erwise exempt One-half of said tax to be paid or before the twentieth day of said month, and oneha on or before the twentieth day of January following; and said tax shall be in lieu of all other taxes upon said savings bank, it's deposits and surplus except up the real estate owned by it beyond what is required and used by it for the transaction of it's appropriate business. -.. .

 Sac. If any person whose duty it shall be to make and return the statement required by the preceding tied he shall forfeit to the i've hundred dollars and every savings bank which shall fail tO make any

 Iy sIS the amount required for such payment.

 SEC. 3. The receisers of any savings bank, hereto fore appointed or which hereafter may be appointed by judicial authority, shall before the tenth day of July next after appointment. and annually there after long said receivers remain charge and administration of the assets of such bank render the bank commissioners a statement of all the assets of said bank, containing far possible de- tailed enumeration thereof with their cash values.

 SEC. f. Any receiver receivers who shall fail to make the return require by the preceding section shall forfeit 10 the state penalty of five hundred dol lars.

 SEC. 5. This act shall take effect form it's passage and the reports made by the savings banks of the amount of their deposits the first day of July 1S5 and the taxes assessed the shall be made and assessed under the provisions of this act.

 Approved July Sth, 1875,
Year: 1875

Senate Bill No. 3o.l

  An Act Relating to Civil Actions Be enacted by the Senate and House Of Representa- tives in General Assembly convened: SEC. l. The action of general assumpsit shall be remedy concurrent and co-extensiye with the action of for the and occupation of estate notwithstanding the promise of payment for such and occupation shall be by an instrument under seal.

 SEC. g. This act shall take effect from it's passage but shall not affect any suit now pending. Approved July 13, 1875.
Year: 1875

H. An Act providing that Insurance Companies of other

 States and Foreign Countries doing business this

 State shall appoint an Attorney npon whom Proeess

 may be served. ffsr Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenfa

 tives in General Assembly eouvened: " 'AA

 SEC. l. No insurance company, association or part nershp organized under the laws of any other state or any foreign country, shall directly indirectly is sue policies. take risks, transact business this state until it shah have appointed attorney resd- ing in this state who shall act in that capacity until a successor be duly appointed and upon whom any civil process may be served and such service shall be binding, and shall be personal service upon the pany appointing him; certifcats of such appoint ment shall be filed with the insurance commissioner, and shall contain stipulation that in of the death absence removal from this state of such attorney, process relating to such company. may be served upon the insurance commissioner and shall have the same effect as if served upon such attorney; and if such company withdraw from cease to do business in this stae service upon such attorney the rance commissioner, shall nevertheless be binding, and be deemed personal service upon the cOmpa- ny.

 SIC. Section of article i've part seven chap ter two title seventeen of the general statutes is by repealed.

 | Approved July 2d. 1876.
Year: 1875

THE true story of General Sherman's book'is said to be that the Appletons wanted to sell it by subscription, but Sherman, with good taste, but not with worldly wisdom, preferred to have it published in the regular way. They thought they could sell 60,00O copies by subscription, but now they do not expect the sale to rise above 10000. The authors copyright is half dollar a volume, or one dollar on each copy of the book sold.
Year: 1875

OUR life is but Winters 2 day; Some only breakfast and away! Others to dinner stay, and are full fed The oldest man but sups and goes to

 bed Large is his debt who fingers through

 the day, Who goes the soonest has the least to

 pay.
Year: 1875

AN Indiana man has sued for divorce on the ground that his wife has hit him on one spot on his head with the rolling pin for nineteen years, and his physician tells him that he will cer- tainly have softening of the brain unless the woman selects some other point. She declares that she is too old to change her habits, hence the suit
Year: 1875

They have arranged to have arrlve Month ly, complete assortment of such goods as the people of Arizona want. and they Can Sell them at Wholesale and Re- tail Cheaper than they can be

 Afforded from any other

 Market,