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Year: 1875

OHIo.--The returns sent abroad by the
Ohio Republicans have been reduced il
one day from $4,000 to 1000 or 5000, and
about one-half of the State has yet to be
heard from officially. At this rate it is
barely possible that victory may yet
perch ON the Democratic banners. 1t
will be remembered that the Radicals
last year claimed Pennsylvania by 10000
two days after the election, but it turr-
ed out that the Democrats had carried
it by 5000.


There is little in the victory for the
Radicals to rejoice over. They claimed
the State in full vote by 10000 If
they have it they got it by the use of
money. What in the name of goodness
would they have done if they had been
defeated therep Why they would have
been nowhere. The Democrats can soon
gain enough now to carry Ohio in 1876
The whole Administration, with all the
money of the party, cannot operate there
next year.


Had it not been for the clause in the
platform that the National Banks be
abolished" we believe Allen would have
been elected.
Year: 1875

CHIEF ENGINEER ELEcTED.-The City
Council put an end to the difficulty in
electing Chief Engineer of the Water
Department of this city, last night. by
choosing for that Office, Mr.. Allen Ruth.
We are unable to refer intelligently to
this gentleman's qualifications for the
position. He is member of the Board
OF Public Education. and is said TO have
had experience in the building of water
reservoirs. We hope he will prove equal
to all the duties required, and make a
careful and judicious officer, keeping an
eye single to the interests of the city in
the matter of expenditures. In Mr..
Daniel Farra, whom we knew, We were
confident that oui city would secure all
for which We have here expressed hope.
Year: 1875

Every Evening at last denies that it
was actuated by hostility to the Metho-
dist Church in publishing in detail the
evidence in the trial of Rev. Mr.. Ken
ney. We could conceive of no other
motive in imposing such stream of OBJ
senity upon this community. Subse-
quent to our reference to this matter
Every Evening itself apologized for pub
fishing the evidence in the case and said
it was about as filthy as the Tilton-
Beecher trial. 1t also then stated that
it published it at the request of parties
interested. We would hardly suppose
a paper claiming the respect of decent
people would publish such budget OF
disgusting matter running through SC
many of its issues, at the request OF
any person. If the parties interested
wanted it printed they might have car
ried it to some Of the job offices and had
it done in that way. All that was me-
cessary to expose the crime and the
guilt of the preacher had been done


Until the community become disguised
with and tired of the filthy evidence
Every Erening allowed its publication t.


90 forth daily as an evidence of enter
prize. And finally apologies and trie
to shift the responsibility to the friend
of Mr.. Kenney. The Seaford Citizen di


the GAZETTE injustice in insinuatin


that it wished 10 suppress the crime O
the Minister, when, in fact, the GAzETr


was one of the first to expose and con
denim ii. What we objected to was tn


rehearsal Of the the obscene evidence.
Year: 1875

Bridal tours are going out Of fashion,
and travellers are mighty glad Of 1t.
Many one has missed good meal be-
cause his stomach couldn't stand the
spectacle OF a young man, with his hair
parted in the middle, "spooning" over q
young woman at the hotel breakfast
table.
Year: 1875

position to the Maine Central or any of its
managers but because the interests of that
city demanded continuous line to the west.
1t is further denied that the Journals at
tempting to revive any old prejudice against
capital or corporations, and to prove this,
it states that where the Journal has exercised
its more immediate influence there has been
more foreign capital invested than in any
point in the state and that more corporations
have found safe and profitable field for in
dustry than in any other community in
Maine. The Journal regards the course pur-
sued in this matter as $50 clearly intended to
deter any public man in the future from TAX
ing the position that powerful railroad cor
poratiops should be controlled in the public
interests and pay a fair proportion of the pub
lie burdens,-tha the question transccnds
mere personal considerations, and becomes
one of great public interest,"" The question
is certainly one of SO general Importance
that its consideration should not degenerate
into personalities.
Year: 1875

RENTS are beginning to tumble in New
York, and owners of real estate are trying
to content themselves with six per cent
rental OF $50 street numbers along Broad
way, from Bowling Green to 14Lh street, 2S0
display the card to rent. Whole buildings
are vacant. In Chicago, where rents have
been materially reduced, business is said to
be more lively than in any other large city in
the country.
Year: 1875

WHILE the Black Hills miners are indus
triously breaking quartz two parties are as
industriously hunting for them. The cos
tune of one party is the uniform of the Uni
ted States; of the other breech-clout and a
feather If the soldiers reach the mining
region first the adventurous miners will be at
once sent home. If the Indians win the
race the fSrtune-seekers will be sent-further.
The hunt is one in WHICH tdea tha hunted have a
peculiar interest. If they fall into the hahi2ads
of the one party of huntsmen their lives will
be forfeited; if into the hands of the other
they will suffer at most but a short imprison-
ment,
Year: 1875

WHO doubts that the Democratic party, if
it obtains control of the national government,
will be forced by its Southern masters to
pass many unwise and reckless measures OF
which at present it does not dream? 1t has
always yielded to the dictation Of the South,
and there is surely nothing in its recent his
tory which goes to show that its character is
changed. If it obtains control of the ma
tionaI legislature, the powerful Southern
wing will insist upon reversal of the de-
cisions of the war. and the Democratic party
was never known to oppose demand of the
South for any length of time.
Year: 1875

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


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

THE Democrats in Connecticut are playing
the same game which gave them the first
district in New Hampshire. The "reform"
legislature gave the power of naturalization
to the local courts throughout the state, and
then filled these courts with extreme Demo
Gratis. Now they are rushing "carpet-bag-
gers" who have no qualification except their
readiness to vote the Democratic ticket,
through the naturalization mill. If the Re-
publicans of Connecticut win the battle, in
face of the great odds against them, it will be
one of the greatest victories on record.
Year: 1875

Park from any part of the city, but
the difficulty seems to q stranger to
consist in getting away from it, not
in getting to it. Three thousand acres
OF park, traversed by seven miles OF
broad, navigablc river, by the Wis
sahickon, which runs smilingly
through miniature Cheat river
valley, which has Indian rocks and
waterfalls and wooded hills, rising to
almost inaccessible heights, and glo~
rious cXtcnts of meadow, which the
whole world is free to press and
Craze upon every hour of the day,
and every day Of the week, is fact
whose immensity it is difficult TO
take in without seeing it for oneself.


Paramount possesses advantages
all its own in its size, in the beauty
and diversity Of its natural features
in tho freedom with Which every one
can ENJOY all there is to be enjoyed,
and iii the many objects of historical
interest which arc enclosed within its
precincts. It's houses Of relrcshmcnt
arc magnificent old mansions, which
antcdate the revolutionary war; and
in one Of them is q window whose
pancs of gloss have existed since
1863. | should like 10 stay a long
time at Fairmount Park.


Great preparations are being made
for the reception of visitors next year.
Almost every family will rent rooms,
and a new temporary, but very
handsome hotel is going up. capable
of accommodating two thousand per.
sons.
Year: 1875

The last Partisan noyolto is a pom
holdor of which tho top is % long,
beautifully curved ostrich feather.
Armed with one of these, and writing
on the brilliantly tinted and delicate
ly pcrtnmcd paper which is now found
on every lady's desk, tho girl of tho
period makes Il very captivating mod.
crn edition Of Minerva.
Year: 1875

A London dentists circular says
that, as general thing, only men of
culture SO into the tooth drawing
profession. And yet it must be adj
mittod that many of them are not
men OF gentle extraction.
Year: 1875

An experienced farmer opincs that
the man who can plow stumpy
ground with a pair of lively mules
without swearing, is prepared to so
through purgatory with an overcoat
Easton Free Press.
Year: 1875

PLUM BING AND GAS FITTING -
Andrew McHugh, practical plumber,
gas and steam filter, has commenced
business at 601 Walnut street, where
he is prepared to do all kinds of work
in his line in the best manner, and on
reasonable termsa We bespeak for him
a liberal share of patronage.
Year: 1875

BROKE LOOSE AS the Delaware
Railroad train, south, was passing
Orange street this morning, coupling
in the middle of the train broke loose
and the two rear cars were detached
causing a delay of about five minutes.
This is the second time this accident
has happened to the Delaware train
within a week.
Year: 1875

ELEvATING EFFECT> on BEAUTY.-All
our moral feelings are so interviewer with
our intellectual powers that we cannot
affect the one without in some degree ld-
dressing the other: and in all high ideas of
beauty it is more than probable that mu,
of the pleasure depends on delicate and un-
traceable perceptions of fitness, propriety
and relation, which are purely intellectual.
and through which we arrive at our no.
blest ideas ofwhat is commonly V AMI right
" called intellectual beauty Ideas of
beauty are among the noblr>t which can
be presented TO the mind. invariably cNalt-
ing and purifying it according 10 their de
gree. And it would appear that we are
intended by the Deity To he constantly
under their influence. because there i not
one single Object in nature which * not
capable of conveying them; and which to
the rightly perceiving mind does not pre-
sent an intellectually greater number of
beautiful than of dcforned parts.-Ruskim-
Year: 1875

NV real number is six, hut my hand
will bear squeezing" is what she said To
the Young man at the glove-counter- And
that great thick-headed lunatic got her a
pair of five and half gloves without find
ing out how much squeezing her hand
would bear.
Year: 1875

We think that ssLicense'' showed itself in no favorable colors on Election day. We have five licensed dealers-all of whom persons-yet there were more drunken men than usual on Election days in our streets. Wouldn't it be we'll for our Pros- ecuting Agent to take sharp look about his precinct.
Year: 1875

the occasion Of apprehension Edge Letter" April 8, S:6.

 Nor does it anywhere appear that Moul- ton gave Mir. Beecher the least reason to suppose he considered him innocent of the crime with which Tilton charged him. The great preacher took as his sole confdant comparative stranger who pro- fessed no faith in his innocence, and un- der whose guidance he practiced all the arts of guilt for four successive years. During all that time he kept the secret that was killing him, that drove him to the point of writing his resignation of Lis pastorship of Plymouth church, from his own wife, and from the thousands of tried and devoted friends, who have stood by him throughout this terrible trial. Is it credible that Henry Ward Beecher, of all ! innocent men, should show such weak ness. such cowardice, such utter want of faith in humanity. as this? Worse yet. we must believe that he added the crime of hypocrisy to the crime of cowardiee. Was there any sincerity in all the fulsome letters and in all the professions of tower ing regard and unalterabie affection with which he piled Moulton. Mrs. Tilton. and even Hilton himself? We clip specimen scene from MT. Beecher's testimony:

 When went in Mir. Tilton received me moodily and then after little conversation and explanations which took place he became gracious and fen ntoan easy and unbusness like chat, and in the of it. sit ting there in the oldfashioned way in his house, went up and argued-sat down on his knee 1t were to make the appeal closer and when sitting there Mrs Hilton came into the room and burst out laughing reconect that interview, and think when she came into the room she came up and kissed sme very cor brought me there only that it was something with which he dissatifed with me, mad not done the duty that was expected of me.

 This passage occurred in the latter part offMay '71, says Mir. Beecher, and such were the demonstrations with which he strove to avert the anger of 8 Jalse &C., cuser! To us all these letters, all this course of action, have seemed from the beginning inconsistent with any theory of innocence. Nevertheless. we thought it our duty to wait for such explanation of them as the defendant could give That explanation is now finished, and to us it seems an ut ter failure. To many, probably to most of our readers, it will seem perfectly satis- factory. Their faith in the man has led them into a fatal over-estimate of the value of his testimony as witness.
Year: 1875

rising into real independence. and then falling back into the mere adyocafe of the Opposition. There are indications, how ever. that. with the expiration of Grants Administration, it may lose some of its i-Republican bitterness and achieve a real independence. This is the more to be dssired because its influence is certain ly great, and there has been so much per sQnal hatred mixed with its honest oppo- sition to Grants second administration that it has been almost as much. n power for evil as power for good during the years of it's nominal independence.
Year: 1875

Elsewhere we print the gist of Gov
ernor IRwIN's Inaugural Message. 1t
is an interesting document and is,
W hen stripped of the verbiage and
grandiloquence which gives ita slight
ly overdressed appearance, one of the
soundest and most able documents OF
the kind that has ever been presented
t, the people of California. The SEN
timents anu opinions of the message
are as whole such as will receive the
unqualified endorsement of the people.
It has been in print sufficiently long
to receive the attention of editors gen.
orally and so far journalistic endorse
ment is without an exception. Gov
ernor IRWIN is man of the people; he
is thoroughly conversant with the
wants of the masses and no one better
understands how to supply those
wants than he. His views on the
power to create debts, irrigation and
the public schools are sound to the
core and will receive the hearty en-
dorsement of the whole people. The
Governor is q thinker. He studies
we'll be fore he writes or talks and the
consequence is his views are practical
and generally correct. We commend
the careful perusal of the summary In
this mornings HERALD to all and es-
pecially to the laboring masses. The
message is pre-eminently Democratic
and If It's suggestions are acted upon
by the Legislature We may anticipate
short session and an economical adj
ministratiOn.
Year: 1875

On taking his seat as President of
the Senate, Lieut.. Gov. JOHNSON made
short speech, In which he used
the following language. "a man
who will make pledges to the people
for the purpose of getting their sup
port and votes for place and position,
and who will not redeem those pledges
is not fit to be elevated to any position
in the State of California" The
speaker could truthfully have added
there have been such men, many Of
them, and the people have rewarded
their perfidy by banishing them to
the quiet shades Of private life, where
they will remain in undisturbed med
itation on the degree and extent of
punishment meted out to the viola
tors of pledges. The remarks of the
Lieut.. Governor were doubtless intend
ed as q warning to the Democracy


which is now the dominant party of
California. There is Democratic
majority in both branches of the Leg
slature and Democrats fill with one
exception, all the executive offices Of
the State. The Democratic party is
therefore responsible for whatever er-
rors may occur in our State govern
ment during the next four years. Nor
is the mere responsibility all. The
"outs' are alwaya arraigning the


Sins" on charges ofpeculation and ex-
travagance, and they are loud and We


hement in reservations and protesta-
tions of how much better they would
do. were the management of affairs
entrusted to their hands. For aperiod
cd almost beyond the memory of the


oldest inhabitant, the Democrats of
California have occupied the honora-
BILE though unremunerative position
of "Outs,o ard during that time they
have lost no opportunity to lay charges
of fraud and extravaganza at the door
of the Gins" They have gone even
beyond this, and through the press
and from the stump pledged them.
selves to principles of economy and
reform in the event of their ever COM
ing into power. They are now in the
ascendency; they hold everything;
the State government is almost en-
tirely theirs; they assume control with
"a volume OF unredeemed pledges in
the hands of the people. Will these
pledges be redeemed? They should


be, and if men in Office are as honest
and sincere as they profess to be be-
fore election. they will he. Demo-
Gratis have asked for trial, and thepeo-
pie have acceded to this request. Let
us hope that they Will come out with
out spot or blemish; that their prac-
tice may equal their profession. The
Lieut-Governor is not unmindful
that his party is in power on suffer-
Year: 1875

ance and not on aC c)unt of its pure
record and well established reputation
for honesty. He knows that the acts
of himself and those elected with him
will draw the mandate "stand asnie."
or call forth the plaudit "well done,
thou good and faithful servant and
he was wise in warming those around
him in the language quoted above.
Year: 1875

SENATOR ROACH is trying to get a
bill through the Legislature to regu-
late the price of water in San Fran
cisco. 1t is high time step in this
direction was taken. The people of
that city pay more for their water
than for their bread.
Year: 1875

The advertising patronage of the
HERALD has increased so rapidly that
in order to give our readers the news
we find it necessary to either enlarge
the paper or resort TO the use of small
er type. For the present we have adj
opted the latter alternative.
Year: 1875

. THE people of Canada do not pro-
pose that second GUIBoRD case shall
occur. A bill has been introduced in
the Legislature, providing that the
ordinair of the diocese shall have the
absolute privilege of indicating where
Catholics shall be buried.
Year: 1875

THE DAILY and WEEKLY HER
AID has more than double the cir
culati0n of any other paper published
in Southern California. Business men
recognize it accordingly as the best
advertising medium South Of San
Francisco.
Year: 1875

have been forgotten, the hatchet buried and the conqueror and the conquered have renewed their al- legiance to their common flag, and the common country over the graves of their common dead :. We can but congratulate the csun- try upon the happy auspices which we deducc from the deco ration services and the zeal and spirit with which the day was eel ebrated.

 May the feeling which was on that day infused into the actions and deeds of our people be like leaven which shall not cease fermenting, until ev- cry heart in this whole broad land is made light and joy ful overa reunited and prosperous country, whose blessings shall be shared equally by all alike.
Year: 1875

Before adjourning. the State Press Association adopted with out dissenting voice, the follow ing resolution:

 aREsoLvEp. That this associa- tion earnestly recommends the legislature, on reassembling in November next, to pass an act creating a bureau of immigration, mining and agriculture and to make an appropriation sufficient to make it efficient"

 For the past six months the press of the State has been work ing hard in the interests of immi- grafton, they have got the people aroused and much good is being done, but unless our efforts are seconded by the state, our exer- tions will not be very efficient. By the time the legislature meets this fall, immigration societies will have bsen formed in almost every county, and if the state will then take hold of the matter and do her share, we will no doubt reap ample remuneration for our time and labor and money expen- ded in the cause.

 We are glad that the press as sociation has acted in this matter and expressed themselves, and we hope the resolution adopted will meet with the hearty approval of the people and the next legislature. If it cost something, the yield for the in vestment will be as good and bet ter than the yield from any other expenditure we can think of. If an effort is made we can scarcely fail to secure large immigration of honest, industrious people, an acquisition to nerve and muscle which will soon convert our for ests which are now wild and ly- ing non productive, into fields of waving grain and snow-white cot ton. Millions will be added to our wealth annually and we will prosper as we have never done be- fore. Our inducements are very attractive and an effort will be crowned with the most glorious consequences. Let the effort be made.
Year: 1875

Grants letter to the President of the Pennsylvania Republican State Convention is full of Grant ism.

 The honor, dignity and grand. eur of the Presidency is spoken of by him as small compensation in view of the personal sacrifices and the relinquishment of per haps some of his pastimes and amusements of private life. He never sought the presidency; it sought him, was his by desert, and if it does so again lie will not decline to accept. The example of the noble Washington and lief ferson are lost on him, there is nothing in the constitution to prohibit third term and as he has saved the country and is enti- tied to it, if the people wish to give it to him he will deign to sacrifice himself four years long CT in order to save a national dis aster. The Pennsylvania repub- licans can not touch him by a resolution and if the people don't hurl him out of the white house in disgust, he will remain there. That is Grants letter.

 And were it not plain to be seen that the people have already made up their minds to do that very thing, we might begin to pine over the deplorable consequences of having U. $. G. for third term. His will is good but the peoples is not.