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Year: 1876

Our special dispatches from Bismarck,
Dakota giving thrilling and graphic pic
lures of incidents in the massacre on the
Little Big Horn, show how even the gallant
Custer underestimate the resisting powers
of the hostile Sioux, for the great village
before him must have given him
pretty close idea of their numbers.
The statement Of the military authorities
that they will be ''strong enough" to subdue
the hostile Sioux without calling for volun-
teers must be viewed in the light of events
since the opening of the war before being
accepted as altogether trustworthy. We
learn from the Secretary of Wars report to
the President that about the LIST of Feb
ruary one thousand men were be-
lieved to be enough to punish Sitting
Bull with his reported force of eight
hundred to one thousand warriors. Terry,
who came from the east, had thousand
men. Gibbon, who was to cooperate with
him and prevcn; the Indians running north
of the Yellowstone, had about FIVE hundred
mon, and Crook who came from the south,
had thirteen hundred men. But by the
time the expeditions started and Sitting
Bull was falsely reported on the Little Mis-
souri, his force was reported to have swelled
to two thousand five hundred or three
thousand warriors, and the higher of these
numbers is now taken as tho lowest
estimate of the Indians who destroyed
Clusters command. Tho truth is that
the force of rccalcitrant Indians has been
growing all the while, and the alarming
news that the Mandans and Gros yentres
had gone to join Sitting Ball shows that we
were not mistaken in our view of the effects
of the series of Indian victories upon the
warriors who are still sulking, half starved,
at the agencies. Even if they do not rise
in mass we may be certain that small
parties are dropping away and taking
tho warpath, and that Sitting Bull will
have drawn fully thousand recruits
from tho old and dissatisfied and young and
ambitious lin q savage sense) Indians of the
Year: 1876

We agree fully with the conclusions of the
New York Times regarding the safety of Mr..
Henry M. Stanley, our correspondent in
Central Africa, at the head of the HERALD
and Telegraph exploration expedition. The
able article from that journal based upon
the news of Colonel Gordon's explorations
of the Albert Niyanza we publish elsewhere.
When Stanley was last heard from he
was turning his face to the west, intend
ing to explore Lake Albert. Gordon does
not appear to have found any trace OF
Stanley so that it remains ON open ques.
ton whether he went there at all. Gorlon's
advance had stirred up bad blood among all
the tribes in the vicinity of the lake, and
made it perhaps clear to Stanley that he
could only at the greatest risk secure the
houor of circumnavigating it, and then.
perhaps, to find that his work had been
anticipated by Gordon. All this points
to the conclusion that Stanley, by
route bent to the south to avoid the hostile
tribes, marched westward to unveil the now
great secret of Africa-the path of the mighty
Lualaba to the sea. There is where the
greatest honor and usefulness lie. In this
march, too, he could solve the question of
connection between Lakes Albert and
Tanganyika, because if such connection ex-
listed he would have to cross it. The point
on the Lualaba where Livingstone turned
back he would seek, and then would des-
cend the river to the sea. Fully
equipped and with his portable boat
he would not be held back by the causes
which forced the gallant Cameron to leave
the river and follow trader's route to the
West Coast. We leave out of sight the pos
sibility of death overtaking the lion hearted
explorer in the wild. Livingstone, stripped
of resources, had been much longer unheard
from when Stanley found him at Ujiji.
Although death comes 'like thief in the
night" we shall count upon the safety OF
Stanley, because We weigh his experience,
his courage, his endurance and his mental
and physical resources against the obstacles
which difficult country and it's savage in
habitants are likely to place in his way.
Year: 1876

The SEA CLIFF CAMP MEETING does not at
trac. many al frcsco worshippers to that
breezy centre of devotion, owing to bad
transportation arrangements and other
causes antagonistic to religious perfection.
However such as go there hear many sound
lessons which will profit them through life,
beside having chance to lave their wearied
limbs in the briny waves of Long Island
Sound, an enjoyment not to be despised
this weather.
Year: 1876

agencies before the troops are ready to move
again. Therefore, we would say emphati-
cally that ''strong enough" to whip Sitting
Bull must not be understood as the ability
to defeat the forces with which he lately
engaged our troops, but 'strcng enough" to
whip him with four thousand to five thou
sand warriors. There will be no excuse for
a failure to conquer the Indians the next
time they are met in force.
Year: 1876

A HoRRIRLE CASE OF MURDER AND Mu-
TILATIoN is reported from Washington. A
colored woman, acting under the influence of
jealousy and the fear of bad treatment, killed
her husband and chopped his body into
pieces, which she hid away in an ash pile.
The incidents that preceded the tragedy
prove life of unhappiness between the
pair, which the wife ended in the manner
fully described in to-days HERALD
Year: 1876

The LIQUOR AND BEER SELLERS Assocn-
TON is determined to fight the Excise law,
and has appointed its delegates to a general
committee for that purpose. 1t is proper
that this question of law should be finally
settled by the courts, the true interpreters OF
violence and weekly arrests.
Year: 1876

THE BROOKLYN CouNrERFErrHRs, after the
finding of true bills against them by the
Grand Jury, have been tried and sentenced
to such terms of imprisonment as will prove
very discouraging to their uncaptured con-
federates
Year: 1876

The INFANT ASYLUM attached to st. Mary's
Hospital for Women is in urgent need of
funds, the resources Of the Sisters in charge
being completely exhausted. A charitable
public WILL we hope, sustain this excellent
institution, which is conducted solely with
view to the relief of the poor and suffering.
Year: 1876

SINGLETON, of Mississippi, traitor and
rebel of the deepest dye, made a sad exhi-
bition of himself in the House yesterday
in his assault upon the Congressional
Printer and his administration. He even
disguised his own colleague to an extent
that led him 10 move the previous question
and choke him off. He was not satisfied
with his indecent onslaught upon an officer
of the Coordinate branch of Congress, but
he made supplementary and offensive
illusions to an honorable Senator of the
present Congress, which led honorable
members of the House to call him to order.
The old traitor quailed under the scathing
rebuke OF Mr.. Garfield, and his colleague
saved him from deeper disgrace by crowd
ing him out of the ring with the P. Q.
He then sneaked into silence, with comb
pierced, feathers ruffled, and the bearing
of discounted contestant in an unfortu-
nate ring. The great offense of the Con-
gressional Printer appears to be, now, that
he is a Republican. to the core, and that
possibly he stands in the way of the Rives
family, who seek to print the proceedings
and debates of Congress upon their own
terms and without competition. This is
regarded by Singleton as an offense that
overtops the irregularity of treason and
rebellion,
Year: 1876

The Vallejo Chronicle is after Hon. ].
K. Luttrel with sharp sticks" for his
manifest interest ia all the overland rail
way legislation which favors the Central
and Union Pacific monopolies. 1t says:


when Mr.. Luttrell was asking this district
to elect him he was very demonstrative on the
subject OF contract and finance frauds, and
promised If he was sent back to Washington
to thoroughly expose the iniquity of that twin
sister of Credit Mobilier. 1t is now nearly five
months since Congress convened, and what seri-
Gus effort has he made either to investigate the
rottenness of that defunct concern or to urge
any legislation to preserve the rights of the
Government or to protect the interests Of the
people against the overland monopoly! In
stead of attempting to secure justice for the
public against the Central Pacific, he has been
deyoting the influence of his position to an at
tempt to further increase the wealth and ex-
tend the monopoly Of the corporation. Mr..
Luttrell well knows that in his persistent
effort to secure the Southern Pacific the Texas
Pacifc's right of way he is misrepresenting
the people Of this district, and of the whole
State. The people demand O competing line
across the csntinent-one that will relieve
them from the tyrannizing monopoly to which
they are now subjected. Luttrell is working
to prevent that contamination by hostility to
a competing power and seeking to aggrandize
Year: 1876

The MURDERoUs Democrats are at work
again in Louisiana. Those Republicans
who, with the Democrats in Congress,
were responsible for the failure to enact
laws to appropriately carry out the spirit
of the reconstruction acts and the Consti-
tutional amendments, must contemplate
this condition of affairs with anything but
the self qualification of duty well and faith
fully performed.
Year: 1876

the exposed location of Tybee to north
east gales. together with the shallowness of
water and nsrrowness of the river. will
make it entirely imprscticable as a place
for moving our feet. Should an attempt
be made to rendezvous the feet at T, be
Island, serious Inconvenience and los
must necessarily accrue to the Govern
mPnt
Year: 1876

THE political morals of the day" is
the text from which the Sham Reformers
preached their Fifth avenue sermon yester-
day. They may know something of the
text in the abstract or from observations
made at times when some of them were
mistakenly accepted TO be Republicans in
good standing but they can have no true
inwardness of feeling regarding it.
Year: 1876

That German Congressional district in
New York city is in no danger of being
seduced by Carl Schurz. OF course, he is
now attempting toaccomplish to that act, but
failing to do so will undoubtedly tramp
away with carpet bag and pretzels to some
other locality-certainly not back to Wis
consin, Michigan or Missouri, or any other
place where he is well known.
Year: 1876

Mr.. Crookes' apparatus for weighing
the beam of light is an exhausted glass
chamber in the form of horizontal
cross, with arms of circular cross SEQ
ton. Inside the larger arm is a glass
fiber maintained in uniform state of
tension by spiral spring at one end,
snd by glass stopper at the other end,
which stopper is capable OF rotation.
The shorter arm of the cross contains
in a like manner stouter fiber beam OF
glass secured at the point of crossing to
the longitudinal or torsion fiber, and
having at one extremity pith surface
of two eauare inches area, and at the
other end little cup. Inside the cham
ber is a lcose particle of iron weighing
1-100 of grain, and outside the stop
per is counter recording the number
of torsions or turns the glass fiber
makes. The method Of procedure is as
follows: The position of dot of light
from the little mirror placed ct the in
tersection of the two glass fbers having
been noted, the little iron weight is
lifted by means of q magnet, and placed
in the cup, which, when thus weighed,
lescends. Torsion is then applied to the
glass fiber Until the beam is lifted, and
the dot of light returns to it's former
position. This may be called the zero
Of the machine. This exact amount OF
torsion having been determined and it's
equivalent in weight ascertained, the
torsion is removed, and the ray Of light
is then made to fall on the disc, which
causes a depression of the glass beam.
Tho calculation OF the absolute pressure
of the suns radiation on square foot
of the earth, when carried ont to the
square mile, gives force of ffty-ssven
tons.
Year: 1876

Some carpenters who were repairing
O building in Detroit called upon a Pc
destrian to help hoist long pole which
was to form scafold support. When
it was up be was asked to; steady the
pole, and, unknown to him, it was made
fast at the top with rope. The carpen'
ters went out on the other side OF the
building, going to dinner, and said
nothing to the accommodating man IN
front. He thought they were a good
while getting ready, but he kept his
brace against the pole for a long hall
hour, fearing each moment that it would
overpower him and fall across the street.
At length boy came along, saw how
things we're and cried out:


"You can't steal that pole unless you
unite the rope at the top"


The accommodating man stepped
back, realized his position, and the way
he kicked bunch of shingles to pieces
forced the boy to e1claim


"Well, now, I've seen good many
men get mad, bnt I never saw a mad
mans teeth hang out as his do"
Year: 1876

In the year 1860, says an exchange,
Mr.. Joseph Fsarts carried on the bust
ness of q hxScher in the town OF Gull
ford, Conna tiout. It was successful
business aAd earned for him wide
reputation. b One morning during the
sda4ner OF the year referred to Mr..
Evarts was making his usual round with
a meat cart. when, on approaching q
citizens residence, he was attacked by q
savage dog of the mastiff species. Dur
ing the encounter the dog bit Mr..


k.varts in the left leg, int1icting serious
flesh wound. Soon after the attending
surgeons learned That their patient had
been in contact with an animal suffering
from the worst form of hydrophobia.
AL that skill and medicine could do was
brought into requisition to drive the
poisoned virus from Mr.. Evarts' system.
He ultimately recovered, declared he
felt no inconvenience from the bite and
went on attending to his business as
usual. A few years later he removed to
Branford and engaged in the meat bust
ness, where he has been ever since. The
adventure with the dog was forgotten
and never alluded to, from the fact that
the condition Of his body and mind were
80 uniformly natural until about six
weeks ago, during the heated term, when
his friends noticed peculiarities in his
actions. He would suddenly appear agi-
tated and moan as if suffering bodily
pain. Again he would growl and suap
like surly dispositioned dog and run
wildly about as dogs do when first over
taken with rabies. These manifestations
lasted half hour or so. whenthey passed
off, and Mr.. Evarts would be himself
again. But they increased in violence
with each repetition, and ere long his
friends were compelled to accept the
terrible reality that Mr.. Evarts was a
raving maniac. He grew worse and
worse and soon had to be tied to his bed
to prevent his biting those in attend
ance. Even then he would break loose,
80 great was the muscular power which
the disease enabled him to exert, and at
times the united strength of six men
was insufficient to hold him: During q
spasm he would tear the bedclothes and
gnaw the bedstead in manner frightful
to behold. The affection is undoubtedly
the result of the bite sixteen years ago,
and the attendant physicians are of the
opinion that it is case of fully devel-
oped hydrophobia. The unfortunate
man is thirty-fve years of age, unmar-
ried, and in his sane moments speaks OF
his wretched physical condition, gives
directions as to his personal affairs and
expresses himself as conscious that the
end of all things, for him, draws near.
Year: 1876

The Paris Medicale discusses the treat
ment of obesity by the administration OF
sea water combined with residence at
the seaside. Sea water, taken internally,
acts like diuretic and purgative salts, o
remarkable fact being that the diuretic
effect increases when the purgative di-
minishes. The water should be OBJ
tanned, when possible, from some depth,
and far from the shore. It is then to be
left to settle for from six tc twelve hours
and filtered. It is to be taken three
times a day in doses of small tumbler-
full, or in half that quantity at q time,
with fresh water or milk. It is stated as
a fact that sea water thus used facilitates
the oxygenation of the blood, and that
it hastens the elimination Of effete ma
terials. In combination with this treat
ment sea water baths are to be taken,
free exercise is to be carried out, aud al
the same time fattening foods are 10 be
avoided. It is said that cases which
have resisted other measures have beer
known to yield to this treatment.
Year: 1876

Mr.. Angel, of Boston, spoke before
the Social Science Association on "The
Prevention of Crime" MIR. Angel be-
gun by giving some instances and statis-
tics showing the rapid increase in the
number of criminals, and said there
could be no doubt that the remedy for
many financial and moral crimes may
be found in European habits of econo-
my, knowledge of domestic industry,
and reformed public opinion which
shall make it more respectable to be
married and live in small house than
to remain single and board in a large
one. Coming down to the practical de-
tails OF the question : How shall we
stop crime3" Mr.. Angel said {: The
iirst step, in my Judgment, is to or.
ganize societies for the purpose. Let
each of these in our cities establish an
Office. aud put into that Office an ener-
getic, clear headed, practical man, with
such assistance as he may need, whose
duty it shall be first to aid, protect and
advise the poor, and gather and publish
information and promote plans calcu-
lated to benefit them; second, to see
that proper laws for thsspaSteciS n
the public health AID the security OF
property and life are not only enacted
but enforced. Fo the present relief OF
the poor there should be in our cities
and larger towns temporary industrial
homes" where any one can obtain a
bowl of soup and clean bed, paying
the value in money or labor, and where
fuel can be bought in small quantities at
low prices. For the permanent relief
of poverty and prevention of crime two
things are needed: First, constant re-
munerative labor; second, places where
the poor and tho unemployed, and the
inebriates who are trying to reform, can
pass their evenings. He would have
day or evening schools where the poor
of both sexes can be taught various
trades and branches of industry to make
them self-supporting. He would have
farms where young men can be taught
agriculture, and places where young
women can be taught sewing and do
mestic industry, and how to nurse the
sick and how to prevent sickness by OBJ
serving sanitary laws. In answer to
the question of how to provide labor for
the unemployed, he urged their coloni-
zation upon the cheap and fertile lands
of the West.
Year: 1876

With feet half naked and bare


And dress all tattered and torn;
With penny here and mockery there,
And floods Of derision aud scorn,
She wanders the street, wherever her feet,
Weary or willing, are borne,
With an eye as bright and cheek Is fair
As the earliest blush OF the morn.
Wandering up and down,


And driven from door to door,
A jest for every idle clown


And butt for every boor;
While the velvet sIppered, in satin and lace,
Go rustling by her side,
With a chilling look and averted face,
And lip all curled with pride.
30 beautiful-yet 80 frsil;


So willing, and yet 80 weak;
Oh, what il the heart should fail


And heavenly purpose break,
And the dens and kennels Of vice


Another poor victim should hold?
A celestial spark be quenched in the dark


And an angel be battered for gold2
No wonder the heart should fail,


And heavenly purpose fade;
The eye grow dim, and the cheek grow pale,
When none stand ready to aid!
No wonder the lairs and cradles Of sin
SO many poor victims should hold,
While the good are content to worship thei,
God,


And the rich to worship their gold.
Move patiently on, oh, earth


Till mercy's wondering dove
Shall fly to the rosy realm Of its birth,
And rest in the bosom Of love.
Move patiently on till the CruciHed


Shall gather His radiant crown
From the lowly flowers and bleeding hearts
That the world has trampled down
Year: 1876

General Newton has recently stated
that the great explosion at He'll Gate
will take place shortly. The excavations
have been complete for some time past,
but del Us in passing the appropriation
bill by Congress checked further opera
tions, and for this reason the blow-up
did not occur on the fourth of July, as
for a long period was contemplated.
Those who expect to witness gigantic
column hurled hundreds of feet into the
air, or look forward with some trepida-
ton to the effects of fearful concussion
ON adjacent buildings, will hardly find
their anticipations realized. The mine
will be flooded previous to the explo-
sion and with the possible exception
of jets forced through seams in the rocks
there is no reason to believe that any
very remarkable exhibition OF the ire.
mendous force of the explosives will be
manifest. From a scientific point Of
view the occasion will be of considerable
interest, as the earth in The vicinity will
be shaken by the communicated vibra
tions, which are likely to travel over a
long distance. An opportunity will
thus be afforded for measuring the ve-
locity of sound waves through earth,
and preparations are being made by
scientific men to observe tue same at
points at distances two hundred and
three hundred miles away.


The arrangements to guard against
any possible danger are being perfected,
in utter disregard of the desires both
of those who hope to see the great blast,
and those who aspire to profit pecuniarily
through the popular curiosity. Steam
boats ard other craft will be warned
away, 80 that view from the river will
ioe out of the question ; the authorities
have been requested not to grant passes
to would-be spectators on Wards island,
the best point of observation and a
bluff of earth and the buildings near the
works prevent seeing the operation from
the rear, 80 that the e1pectant populace
will probably have to satisfy themselves
with distant view from the high land
on the New York shore.


How much powder, etc., will be burnt
is no. yet definitely stated. An approx
mate idea of the quantity may be
gathered from the fact that there about
1000 drill holes, each three inches in
diameter, and varying from seven to
thirteen feet in depth. Each will be
charged with a separate canister of dyna-
mite, vulcan and rendrock powder, and
the simultaneous explosion will be
effected by the current from battery
of 800 cells. About two pounds OF
powder ale used to one OF dynamite,
and the charges are inserted in the 172
piers of rock and in the roof supported
thereby. It is estimated that 10000
cubic feet of broken rock will be left
under water, and this will have to be
removed by dredging so as to secure q
channel twenty-six feet in depth. The
total length Of tunnels, galleries, ETC.,
excavated, is 1926. 81 feet. The amount
thus far expended is $1,686, ,S41. 49,
Scientific american.
Year: 1876

A special dispatch from Belgrade to
the London Times says: Before the
publication of the order rendering SOL
diers mutilsting themselves, to escape
service in the army, liable to the penalty
of death or imprisonment for life, many
Servians had already been executed for
that offense. On one occasion as many
as forty in q batch were executed. I
have been told that there are hospitals
in which more than half the patients are
of this class.