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Year: 1875

A Washington special to the Philadelphia
Press says that at the last meeting of the
Senate Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tions there was an informal discussion of
the case of Pinchback. The indications,
Judging from the expressions of the various
members, were that this question would not
be urged until the reassembling of Congress
after the Christmas recess. The opinion of
Senator Morton and other Jealous advocates
of Pinchback's cause in the Senate is that
there will be no further irreconcilable OBJ
stacles in the way of admission.
Year: 1875

THE LOWER SOUND. - Bordering
upon the Lower Sound are millions Of
acres Of Government lands, as prolific
as any in the world, one hundred and
sixty of which may be taken up under
the homestead or pre-emption acts
double the amount that eau be had
under these acts inside Of the railroad
limits up-Sound, with better markets,
from the fact that Oregon products are
not brought in competition with those
raised here.
Year: 1875

WILSON'S Circus-or that part OF 1t
which is making the tour Of the Sound
gave a very commonplace perform
ance in this town last Wednesday eve
ming. From what we can learn among
the remarkable features in connection
with Its exploits here was the dexterity
displayed in the erection Of an interior
looking tent, and the leetness of the
exhibition.
Year: 1875

The influence of the electric telegraph on
the management and relations Of commercial
enterprises has revolutionized the former by
annihiIating the elements of time and dis
tance between the centres of exchange and
has established the latter on bases more just
and reliable than could possibly have existed
before. In this connection we wish to point
out a new feature in commercial transactions
based on the exchange of perishable mer-
chandise The conditions on which such
goods as grain, cotton or other like commodi-
ties are insured now depend on certain well
known effects produced on them by varia-
tions of the weather. Not only are the mar
kets affected by reports of crops being above
or below the average, due to favorable or
unfavorable conditions of weather, but also
by the weather reports at the period
when large orders are being filed to supply
sudden demands. Thus we find that when
disputes arise as to the fulflment of certain
conditions of insurance on grain the whole
question turns on the weather reports Of the
time of the shipment, and the records of the
Signal Service Bureau are accepted as con-
elusive evidence in the case. In like man
ner orders for shipments are as much gov
erned by the Probabilities" as by the actual
necessities of the consignee. In a recent
article we commented on the value Of the
weather charts published by the Signal
Service Bureau as guides TO commercial men
in their business transactions. We observe
that these important documents are now ex-
hibited for reference in all the business ex-
changes in the cities of the United States


This enables every merchant to get the most
reliable meteorological information regard
ing the various areas Of production and ship
ping centres of the country. The prospects
Of IN early closing or opening up Of canal
and river navigation are discounted by the
shrewd business men of Nav York, who can
Year: 1875

AS things have turned out it was pro-
digious blunder for the Pennsylvania de-
mocracy to adopt the Ohio platform. They
had strong local issue, which would have
carried them to victory if they had been
prudent enough to keep aloof from the cur
rency complication, which threatened to
divide and destroy the democratic party.
But their State Convention impetuously re-
jected the good sense of its Committee on
Resolutions and foisted in the worst feature
of the Ohio platform by majority Of two to
one. AS piece of low electioneering tactics
this seemed promising enough at the time.
At that date little doubt was felt of Governor
Aliens election and if imitation had been
indorsed in Ohio Pennsylvania might have
been carried on the same issue But it is
now apparent that the Pennsylvania demo-
Gratis are riding dead horse. They can
neither dismount with credit nor keep the
saddle with any hope Of winning the race
The best thing that can now be done
is for the hard money democrats
who were overruled in the Convention
to s'spit upon the platform" and for the
other wing Of the party to make an indirect
remuneration by explaining it away. The
reform issue is quite as timely and pertinent
in Pennsylvania as it is in New York. The
whole stress of the canvass should now be
put on reform. The State government Of
Pennsylvania has long been notorious for
corruption, and on this subject the action Of
the Democratic Convention was right and
vigorous. Not only was corruption de
nounced in the platform, but the ticket was
made up Of conspicuously honest men. 1t is
great pity that the party handicapped itself
by indorsing the Ohio infationists. We
hope they will shake off this deadweight as
far as is now practicable and ignore all other
issues than the paramount one of reform.
Even then they might not save the State,
but they would make it easy to bring the
Pennsylvania democracy into line on the re-
form issue for the great Presidential battle Of
next year.
Year: 1875

now calculate from reliable data. Heavy
SHOWS in the Rocky Mountains may prevent
the transportation Of teas and silks from the
Pacific coast; but, by means of the Signal
Service observations and the telegraph, the
freight can be started eastward one and often
two days in advance of the threatened storm.
The prompt display Of cautionary signals at
the sea and lake ports has saved untold mill
ions of dollars worth of property ..nG
thousands of human lives; and the strongest
argument that need be employed in advo-
cacy Of this great system of weather signals
and of improving the condition Of that most
deserving and intelligent body of public
servants-the observer sergeants7-is that
the saving of one ship and her crew is worth
all the expenditure of the government IN that
service. The delicate machinery of com
merce is, therefore, saved from many clog
and jar by study of the science of meteor
ology.
Year: 1875




We print this morning a comprehensive
abstract of the report Of the commission ap-
pointed to investigate Professor Marshs
charges of mismanagement and fraud at Red
Cloud Agency, and his imputations of COM
plicity on the part of the Secretary Of the In
terror and the Commissioners Of Indian Affairs.
The Commissioners have devoted the last
three months to the investigation of the al
legged irregularities and frauds, and to the
analyzation of the mass of evidence OBJ
tanned by them from every source of informa-
ton, whether suggested by the Professor or
sought out by themselves in their field OF
operations, and, while they find the most
serious charges to be without any foundation
in the evidence, they have discovered and
exposed some fraudulent operations and
have made many excellent recommendations
for the improvement of the Indian service.


Under all the circumstances shown they
were wise in recommending the removal OF
Agent Saville at Red Cloud. He was evi-
IDENTIFY not adapted to the duties, and, recog.
nizing this fact himself, he has resigned
but Professor Marsh is not sustained in i'm
putting dishonesty to him, and the commits
sion fully exonerate him from the charge OF
collusion with contractors. j. w. l..
Slavens, j. II. Martin and D. J. McCann,
contractors for pork, flour and transportation,
have been convicted of irregular and fraudu.
lent practices and are to be excluded from
future contracts with the government. The
sentence is not severe enough, for the offence
is serious and the finding seems to be justi
fed by the evidence. There are plenty OF
honest men who are willing to do business
with the government on sound and fair busi
ness principles, and the examples which the
commission make of the delinquents will
have salutary influence


The Secretary Of the Interior was found
oddly enough, to have had no Immediate con-
nection with the management of Indian
affairs, and he is acquitted of the Professors
imputations Nor is there any evidence
against the personal or official integrity o
the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs, although
the commission find occasion to censure him
for many errors of judgment. We refer on,
readers to the report, which is able and in.
teresting, and to the list of recommendations
many of which, no doubt, will be carried out
after the meeting of Congress.
Year: 1875

Recorder Hackett and Dictator Kelly.


Whatever may have been the political
sins Of former leaders in Tammany Hall,
they never increased them by even suggest
iyely interfering with the independence Of
the Court in which have the honor to be
Judge. -REcoRDER HACKETT's REBUKE TO
JOHN KELLY.


In these few lines are comprised Recorder
Hacketts offence against Tammany Hall.
With proper sense Of what was due to the
honor of the judiciary he repelled the attempt
to compel him to put the officers Of his Court
at the disposal of John Kelly, and in so doing
reminded the present dictator that even
Tweed and his associates corrupt as they
were, never went so far as to endeavor to
interfere with the independence Of the Court
of General Sessions He refused to allow
the General Committee of Tammany Hall in
this or that district to dictate to him
who should be the officers of his Court,
and he gave his reasons for such
refusal. These reasons were first, that un-
der any circ umstances it would be improper
to place the criminal records, the service of





prisoners in the hands of political partisans;
and next, that the law very properly placed
the power Of appointing such officers in the
Court and not in the Tammany committees.
But he did more than this. He told John
Kelly>that he was assuming an authority that
even the old Tammany rulers had never been
unscrupulous enough to claim, and it is this
merited rebuke, united with personal en-
nifty, that prompted Kelly to force the Tam
many Convention to refuse to renominate the
Recorder.


The people admire Recorder Hacketts in
dependence and appreciate his endeavor to
keep the courts of justice free from the de-
moralizing influence of partisanship They
will accept the Recorder as the candidate Of
the independent electors much more cheer
fully than they would have accepted him as
the Tammany nominee, and by his reelection
they will not only prove their appreciation
of faithful public service, but will rebuke
the arrogant attempt of John Kelly to make
our judges the mere partisan tools of the
organization over which he at present rules.
Year: 1875

THE JAcoBUs VANDERBILT monopolists
threaten to prove rivals of John Kelly in
audacity. Not satisfied with attempting to
drive off all opposition to their ferry placer,


by fair means or foul, they now propose to
dictate nominations for the Legislature, and
to 'disciplne" Objectionable candidates after
tho most approved fashion Of Tammanys $
great Mogul The people of Staten Island
should take care on their part to send to the
State Legislature some member who will have
the ability and the disposition to procure
such leoislation as NAV be necessary to pro-
Year: 1875

We print elsewhere to-day third letter on
the condition Of the cotton manufacture.
The facts brought out by our correspondent
in these three letters give promise of a
healthful and prosperous future for this in
dustry as soon as general trade and enter
prise shall revive. For the present, as is in
evitable, the cotton manufacturers are suffer
ing with the rest of the country. Consump-
ton has been severely checked and producers
must wait We seem, consequently, to have
too much Of everything, and at the moment,
no doubt many q one thoughtlessly imagines
our abundance to be curse. But we suspect
it would be true of most Of our other indus
tries, as our correspondent shows it is of the
cotton manufacture, that it has not ID fact
been overdone but that it is not more than
adequate to-day to supply full and active
home demand if such should arise. Unless
our correspondent is mistaken, when prosper
ity returns to the country and it has once more
sound currency it will be found profitable
even to build more cotton mills.


The necessities of the manufacturers and
the lack of sufficient home demand are, it
seems, stimulating them to efforts after for
eign market for some part of their product.
Our export of cotton goods is slowly increas-
ing and promises once more to become con-
siderable. Their present losses should teach
the manufacturers the imprudence of relying
entirely on a home market. If they com
mand also foreign trade they have way of
disposing Of any surplus which may remain
otherwise unstable on their hands, and
which must, while unsold, affect the price Of
the whole product.


Our correspondent seems to have been
struck by the fact that there is no such rela-
ton Of independence on the part Of the mill
owners and subjection on the part of the op-
eratives as was pictured by the recent strikers
at Fall River He shows that the mill owner
suffers such serious loss by stopping his
works that his interest is to continue, even
if he is working at an absolute loss He
cannot afford to scatter the laboring force
which he has trained; he cannot stop with
out deterioration to his machinery, and if he
stops work he has still many expenses. More
over, it seems that there is no such over sup
ply of cotton operatives as would press upon
this industry in even moderately prosperous
times, and that, therefore, wages will
probably regulate themselves usually with
out the intervention Of strikes or lockouts,
and by the operation Of the law Of demand
and supply. If this is true it is an important
fact worthy Of the attention Of trade union
leaders.
Year: 1875

THE COMING OF MOODY AND SANKEY has
made the subject of a religious revival the
absorbing theme among evangelical Chris
tians. At the Methodist Preachers Meet
ing yesterday the possibilities of reawaken-
ing were discussed at great length-offensive-
ly discussed by some Of the ministsrs-and
the determination was general to make the
intended revival successful
Year: 1875

THE French REPUBLIC. M. Theirs i doing
himself marked honor near the close Of a
long and distinguished career by the zeal
and intelligence with which he champions
the Republic in France. His speech at
Arcachon, Il we may judge from the brief
synopsis furnished by cable, was singularly
comprehensive and statesmanlike effort, and
his confident words must have 2 powerful
effect In STRENGTHENING the republican cause
Year: 1875

GUIBoRD's REMAINS are to be buried in
obedience to the order of the Privy Council.
after which the ground will be cursed. Tn,
long threatened breach of the peace is moi
likely to happen. 1t will be seen that in this
way both sides win a victory without any
blood being shed.
Year: 1875

Saloon KEEPERS will find an interesting
definition of what constitutes gambling
house in our court reports. Judge Suther-
land decides that when saloon keepers allow
people to play for money in their saloons
they are practically keeping q gambling
Year: 1875

THE PoLIrIcAL OUTLOOK in this State is the
subject Of an interesting letter which We
print this morning. In the country districts
both parties are working hard, and there is
every prospect Of heavy vote.
Year: 1875

JEROME PARK Yesterday was the last day
Of the regular autumn meeting at jerome
Park, and the attendance was grand as the
sport was excellent. The weather was
splendid, and in every sense it was gala
Year: 1875

LoRSE's LOVE POEM, which is reviewed at
length in these columns this morning. shows
the Marquis in very different light as
sentimentalist from what tic world was ac
customed to regard him For young man
Of his expectations be married extremely
well, but it is the object Of his poem to show
that a noble knight may love low-born
maiden and be all the better.
Year: 1875

ESCAPES FROM THE ISLAND have always
been too frequent but the fact that pris-
oner reappeared at the Tombs Police Court
Yesterday for the third time since the 10th
Of September indicates greater carelessness
than we suspected. The Commissioners Of
Charities and Correction must look into this
matter.
Year: 1875

THE COLLISION between the yacht Mohawk
and the steamer John Gibson on Saturday is
one Of those accidents which would not oc-
cur in the absence of grave fault on one
side or the other. 1t will be seen from our
reports this morning that each party charges
the fault upon the other The people who
were on board the Mohawk at the time al
lege that the steamer, miscalculating the
speed Of the yacht, attempted to run across
her bow, while Captain Winter, Of the Gibson,
charges that the yacht, when approaching
his vessel, hauled up to the wind and put
her wheel TO starboard, running into the
steamer. Practically these countercharges
mean that the steamer put herself in the way
Of the yacht or that the yacht deliberately
undertook to run down the steamer. Each
side may do the other injustice, but under
the laws of Congress il was clearly the duty
Of the steamer to keep out Of the way Of the
sailing vessel, and if Captain Winter had
strictly obeyed the law it is probable the
mishap would not have occurred.
Year: 1875

AUTHORS RIGHTS - The Royal British
Commission on Copyright has been ap-
pointed, with Lord Stanhope at its head,
and now we may expect many interesting
inquiries touching authors rights, even if a
treaty between the United States and Great
Britain is not the immediate result. The
organization of this commission is the theme
of a valuable letter in another column.
Year: 1875

Washington, Oct. 15.-The Cabinet
was in session about two hours to-day.
There was some conversation upon
the appointment of Secretary of the
Interior, but the Cabinet officers state
that no appoit.tm mt will be made
until next week. 1t is the general
impression that the President is wait
ing for a response from gentleman
to whom the offer of the appointment
has been made. The Attorney Cen
eral stated ut the meeting that he wns
in receipt of information, which he
deems authentic, to the effect that
both parties in Mississippi have agreed
to terms which will prevent further
troubles in that State. and peaceable
election is confidently anticipated.
Year: 1875

Mr.. Beecher closed his last Sunday
morning sermon as follows:


"Christlan brethren, let us not con-
struct our households that the man is
successful who, no matter what his NOR
ais, has wealth ana the honors OF this
life. No one is ever made up by wealth
and honor. DO not think it OF yourself.
lie is the misfortuate man who mas out
ward wealth and inward emptiness.
''Are there none here who are weary
of the fight? Are there none here who
need my messagep Ii they need it not
now, they will need it hereafter. They
will think of it and bless me for 1t in
heaven, il they get there themselves"
Year: 1875

The Pittsburg Evening Journal says:
The through train Of the Pittsburg,
Washington. and Baltimore Railroad
bound west left Cumberland yesterday
afternoon at O'Clock. Some time after
pulling out Of the depot heavy rain be-
gan to fall, and by the time the train
reached Bridgeport, thirteen miles In
its journey, the shower had increased so
that the mountain streams had swollen
into torrents. A.mile wes4 Of Bridge
port and 1873 from PittsDurg, the passen-
gers on the rear car were startled by
the force of an immese volume of water
on the roof. An idea may be formed
of the weight from the fact that the
speed Of the engine was decreased al.
most to the stopping point for almost a
minute.


A gentleman who was on the train
states that Immediately previous to this
fall there was loud rumbling sound
and the appearance OF water spout.
This spout broke, the outer edge CATCH
ing the rear car, as described, and the
main body sweeping down on the track.
The mountain side was flooded appar-
emily two or three feet in depth, and the
rush of waters carried immense rocks
down to the railway, damaging the road
bed 80 that the trains were delayed sew
eral hours. Had the spout struck the
train fairly there would have been loss
OF life fearful to contemplate. The eff
feet of the precipitation Of thousands Of
tons of water in solid mass, as is the
case when phenomena of this charac-
ter occur, was shown In the terrible
food Of year ago In this city and Alle-
gheny. The incident near Bridgeport
was fortunately in section of the coun-
try where there were no improvements
OF note, and consequently the damage
WAS cOmnaratiYelY small.
Year: 1875

There are now thirty-eight States in
the Union. In the lovely rhetoric of the
Fourth of July, another star has been
added to the constellation of freedom. 7"
But it is star of q lower order of mag
nitude. Lord Rosse's big telescope
would scarcely be able to detect it in the
Western sky. Perhaps it will grow and
come to something after awhile, and at
last become visible to the naked eve. In
the meantime the spectrum of the star
has been examined and it reveals, like
those of other stars, basis of incandes-
cent gas. There are, besides those strong
evidences of silver and gold-rare metals
in the stars generally-but characteristic
of several Of those which have lately
been added to the constellation Of
freedom"


The astronomers of the Washington
observators have named this new star
Colorado. 1t is, as we have said, the
thirty-eighth in the constellation of
freedom, sometimes represented as the
American Eagle" Colorado is the
tail of the eagle, It is situated about
~ degrees above the Western horizon.
1t will be an object of great interest for
some time to olice-huuters, and nascent
statesmen who want to get into Congress
on the strength Of having discovered it,
and thus enlarge the dimensions Of the


constellation of freedom.