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Year: 1876

CURTIS telegaraphs to the Intetttgencer
that Gov. hayes private secretary LEE
accepted the Know Nothing nomination
for his master on his own responsibility.
This, as We showed on Saturday, Is a
miserable subteriuge and amounts to a
con .fessiou. Who is CUR1Is2 And upon
what authority does he act? Why does
HAYES deal with the public and with
the Alliance" through LEEs and CUR
rIsEsP Why doesn't he speak frankly
over his own signature and say whether
be is for or against the proscriptive
principles of the Alliance? He has
right 10 be know-Nothisg if he wants
to be one. That is matter of opinion
and conviction. But he has no right
to pretend secretly to be hand.in-
glove with proscriptive societies
formed to deprive foreign citizens OF
their franchises, and at the same time to
try to cheat forelgn-born citizens out OF
their votes BY getting his political bench
men to propagate in left handed way
the notion that he is an enemy OF all
prescription. Governor HAYES Is OF
age, let nim speak Ter himself. He dis
grsces himself by appearing to play the
sneak and the hypocrite in this matter
and neither the members of the Amerl-
can Alliance, nor any foreign-born clti-
zens, nor indeed any straightforward
man of any birth, should vote
for him. He is afraid to say
plumply that he is Know-Nothing' for
fear OF offending the Germans, and he is
afraid to say that he is not Know
Nothing for tear of offending the "Amer-
lean Alliance" and stultifying his own
record. Like all double-dealers ne has
made fatal mistake. He stands to-day
before the country in the attitude OF hav-
ing first virtually pledged himself to the
principles of the alliance and then allow
ing his confidential agents to deny that
he has done so. 1t is the most pitlable
spectacle of the campaign, and every
honest man must turn away from such
candidate with the expressive slang
phrase OF the period, "You make me
sick"
Year: 1876

Many Republicans of Wheeling have
remarked upon the fact that Corr has
pu! in almost his entire campaign bar
gaining and intriguing in the Third Dis
,,ct, and that ne has not come near
Wheeling or spoken in this section OF
the state Considering the platform
upon which he is running, this is natural
enough When it is considered that he
i. snesking round swapping off your in
leresis for his own selfish gain, it would
be brsssy indeed in him to come to this
part of the state asking votes.
Year: 1876

Bound OUer.-Frank Halstead was ar
rested Yesterday by Constable Winfree, in
Chesterfield near Branch's church, upon the
special charge OF shooting pig belonging
to Charles Chalkley, and the general charge
of indiscriminate shooting, to the detriment
Of other people. The accused was taken
before Justice Martin, and bound over to
keep the peace for six months in the sum OF
o1Sn
Year: 1876

for his services as chairman OF State
Central Committee were adopted.


The chairman of the convention was
instructed to appoint State Central
committee and a chairman of the
committee. The convention then ad'
journed,
Year: 1876

his record is one which must give even
the Advisory Council assurance Of a
man equal to the nations emergency, If
the Advisory Council mean reform when
they talk about it, and are reody to give
their cordial cooperation to the Demo-
cratic party Of the Union in making re
form reality.
Year: 1876

The House Of Representatives at Har-
risburg appears to be in serious earpest
in regard to reform in passenger rail-
way management. The appropriate
committee has agreed to report the bill
requiring the seats to have partitions be-
tween them, no more passengers TO be re-
ceiyed or carried than can be accommo-
dated with seats, such seats to be pro-
vided before the fare is collected or at
tempted.!to be. An amendment further
provides that any passenger railway that
shall, within thirty days from the final
passage Of this act, make or cause to be
made permanent rate OF fare not er-
eeeding five cents, shall be exempt from
the provisions of the Sd and 4th sections
of the bill, which relate to the number of
passengers that may be carried in each
car, and which prohibits the collection of
a fare until seat for the passenger is
provided.-Phild. Chronicle.


Such law as the above would prove
an embarrassment and injury to the
travelling public.


One half the passenger railways now in
Philadelphia, do not pay per cent. on
what their stock has recently been sold
for. The lines on which the greatest
travel is done have tried in various ways
to seat their passengers. But the crowd
will not wait two or three minutes for
the next car and then in the evening, OF
at noon, the rush is sometimes greater
than at other timer, and if such law as
the above was in operation, passengers
who were trying to make the trains for the
country, suburban districts, or distant
cities, would often be thrust out, and,
waiting for another car woald be too late;
whereas if they had been allowed to go in
o crowded car without seat would have
made the train.


The passenger railway cars are the carri-
ages of the poor and the middle classes,
and they have done more for Philadel-
phia, its trade and commerce, than any
other of the chartered companies of any
kind; while at the same time they have
kept the streets of the city in better re-
pair than ever they were before, and
saved the citizens hundreds of thousands
of dollars in this respect, in addition to
affording gratuitoustramway for every
carriage, wagon or other vehicle to drive
over and avoid the jolt and jar of the
abomniable cobble stone pavements in
addition to this they have paid other
hundreds of thousands into the city trea.
sury, which have been stolen and squand.
cred by political pets and contractors
who have often done injury instead Of
benefit to the beds of streets they have
attempted to pave.


The most inviting and attractive fea-
ture Of Philadelphia to strangers is hei
elegant passenger coaches on her street
railways-without them the city would
be almost intollerable to strangers.
Year: 1876

Ex Attorney General Williams, in
his opening speech in behalf of Bah
cock, designated Joyce as "desparate
villain" and the author of dam nablc
trick, intended to convince the distil-
lers that Babcock and every were in
full agreement with them, Joyce now
says that if Attorney Dyer will not
oppose his application for release on
habeas corpus, he will hand oyer a
batch of kilograms from Bsbcock that
will astonish his counsel, and cause
them to wish they had never under.
taken the defense of the Presidents
pet. Mr.. Williams would do well to
be little More conciliatory in his re-
marks.-Philddetphta Chronicle.
Year: 1876

By American Press Association to the STAR.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-rhe signal OBJ
server at Cape May reports the follow
ing: A steamer was seen late yesterday
afternoon near the bank ashore in the
mouth Of the Delaware Bay, but opin-
ions are various whether they succeed
ed IN saving the crew. At dark the
steamer was running for the breakwater
The bark was evidently iull of water,
and the crew, if still aboard, perished
during the night. Could not make out
her SIGNALS.
Year: 1876

feat the swindling job. The Democrats ana
Irish must divide between them, to the e1-
tent that they are not identical, the rospon-
sibity for an outright robbery that may
amount to several hundred thousand dollars
before it is entirely completed. It may be
that, if necessary, the steal can be prevented
by resort to the Courts; but, unless the
local Democratic leaders and respectable
members Of that party can break it up be-
fore that, their party must be held accounta-
bic for it. Meanwhile, we hope the Ring
will find no more did and comfort from any
Chicago newspaper pretending to represent
the public interest.
Year: 1876

The restoration OF the franking privilege,


which is fully presaged by its adoption in


the Senate, IS sample. Of the common vi


ciousness that attaches to all the politics Of


this country,-a disposition to use the sub


stance of the people for partisan purposes.


The restoration cannot be fairly charged on


either party, since the majority given it in


the Senate WAS made up from both parties,


which will also be the case when the House


concurz. It has evidently been agreed upon


By both parties as means for the free use


of the mails to disseminate partisan docu-


ments during the pending political campaign.


As such it is an abuse which the people will
have to pay for in making up an increased
excess of the Post-O Office expenses over re-
ceipts. We desire particularly to enter
protest against the reason which Mr.
DAWES gave for voting for the
restoration. He made the assertion
tint p" Its repeal was brought about by the
metropolitan press, which desired to control
all information for the people, and prevent
Senators and members from disseminating
intelligence" Now, hr. DAWES, as an in
telligent man, ought to know that there is no
foundation for such an assertion. The news
papers urged its repeal because it Was
heavy load on the Office Department,
increased the public printing bills, and add
ed to the public taxes for the purpose of
gratifying the vanity Of Congressman and
atfording party managers IN opportunity
for spreading their political gospel ut the ex-
pense of people who don't want it. When
h1r. DAWES says that newspaper correspond
ents t' 'color their dispatches" the reply is
TINT the Associated Press reports facts and
uttarances without color, because it serves
both Democratic and Republican newspapers,
while there isn't man in Congress in~either
party who doesn't "co1or" his speeches
more or less to suit the party to which he
belongs. The simple fact is that most of
the Congressman have been itching for this
perquisite ever since it was taken away, and
there has been an agreement between both
parties to fleece the public for their ind1vid-
1al accommodation.
Year: 1876




We cannot, in the nature Of things, place


much faith in the relief promised from the


gas monopoly by the franchise given to the


so-called Consumers Gas-Light and Coke


Company. The experience Of nearly all


cities with gas companies is that competition


merely lends to combination, and the public


as well as private consumers in the end are


made to pay dearly for any temporary adyan-


tages they may have enjoyed. Among all


the numerous privileges sought and obtained
during several years past for laying gas mains


in the street, but one company-now the


West Side Company proceeded to contest
the old monopoly, and the result in that case
was prompt division Of the territory and q
complete renewal of the monopoly. In 9TH
er cases the existing companies have been
blackmailed by the threats, Aldermanic and
otherwise, Of new competition, and have
merely added the blackmal money to the
gas bills. Pest experience does not justify
any hope from the new project and, in
placing the price of gas at $1.5o
per 1000 feet for the new company,
We doubt very much whether the
necessary capital can be found to erect the
works and lay mains and pipes throughout
the entire city. Still, we have no objection
to trying it. We have no particular objec-
ton now to the gas companies being black
mailed, though we do not mean to intimate
that such is the purpose of the new project.
We simply mean that we shall not object to
the Councils throwing the doors wide open
and letting everybody in that wants a fran
chise Henceforth the gas companies will have
to pay their own blackmail money. The peo-
pie will no longer contribute it in increased
bills. They will shut off their gas, as they
are already doing to a large extent. The
smaller consumers will burn oil. The larger
consumers theatres, manufacturing
establishments, etc-Wiu manufacture their
own gas And we are entirely willing that
the present gas companies shall be we'll pun
shed, for they are acting badly and unrea-
;onably.


But the Council should act promptly upon
he opinion given BY Corporation Counsel
ANTHONY, who holds that the city has an in
1erent authority to abrogate the present gas
contracts, aud establish regulation burner
If small capacity as well as different price.
This is the common-sense view of the con-
royersy, and one which We believe will be
sustained by the Courts on principles Of
squity The Council Of 1869 undertook to
'ind the people Of Chicago for period of |
:en years to take gas from 8 particular COM
oany at q fixed price and rate of consump- |
ion. If they had any such power rs that
hey might have made the term d hundred
7ears as we'll as ten, made the burners 10 !
eet as well as $, and the price Sc instead of
53. In other words, Council elected for
me year to represent the taxpayers could
'arter away the rights of those taxpayers,
nd their heirs and assigns, practically for
Year: 1876

a number Of property-owners of Hyde Park
have requested us to point out the disastrous ef-
feet the Stock-Yard and slaughter-house F6rty-
third street-scwer will hare on the lake water
which the people Of Hyde Park drink and use
for domestic purposes. The lake current always
moves south along the shore Any blood,
filth, dccayed animal matter, and carrion sub
stance enpticd into the lake from the proposed
sewer at the Reform-School Depot will float
along the shore to the basin from which the
Hyde Park Pumping Works are supplied. From
there the vile fluids will be sucked up and fur
nished to the people Of the village to drink.
The condition Of the water the people of Chi
cago had to Use before the tunnel WAS run ont
two miles under the lake is not yet forgotten by
the older Inhabitants It would be nice thing
for the Stock-Yards to drain the contents of
their rendering factories and slaughtcr-houscs
and the washings Of their catt1e-yards into the
lake, through 4 great sewer built at the e1-
pense OF Hyde Park property-owners; but. like
the fun for the boys in EsoP's frog fable, it
would be death to the Hydc-Parkcrs
Year: 1876

The strongest and most convincing campaign
document yet issued is the !" Political Record
OF SAM T1LDES,'' now ready at this Office
Every citizen desiring to get at the facts, in a
clear and compact form, should have copy.
After reading it, he will want extra copies to
send to his acquaintance abroad. 1t is precise
II the thing to circulate among the people
Year: 1876

4 Democratic paper complains that it is hard
work to raise money for the campaign ANY
capitalist desirous Of opportunities for per-
!nanent investment will kindly apply to the
Democratic Central Committee. It, D,R.
Year: 1876

ST. LOUIS, August 10.-It'is given out
here that the chairman Of the State Cen
trail Legal Tender Committee will call a
State Convention September 9th, for the
nomination OF q full State ticket.
Year: 1876

WHERE IT CANE FRoM.-A De-
troit girl picked up a new beau the
other night at church, and when they
reached her fathers, he accepted her
invitation to go in. He was perfumed
to kill, and it wasn't long before his
musk reached the back room where
the old folks sat. The old man was
heard stumbling around, muttering
and growing, and presently he open
ed the door and passed out and walked
around the house. He came back
after snufing for few minutes, and
pounding on the parlor door ne in
quired


"E-vangeline where s that candle?


"I don t know, father, why p she
inquired in return.


"There's a skunk or something OF
other under the house. and I've got
to get him out or we can't live here
over night"


The young man didn't stay long
after that.
Year: 1876

A Detroit lady purchased jacket
at a Woodward avenue store the other
day, and II e clerk said he would send
it right home inside of half an hour.
In about four hours package boy
appcarl with the garment, and the
impatient boy exclaimed; "You boys
are the greatest nuisances in town! l
suppose you stopped to play marbles
or hunt up a lost dog Indeed I
didn't" he replied. 81 went up
home to change hats, and ma had to
try on the jacket and parade before
the glass. Then Katy she put it on
to make a call, and when she got back
ma determined to walk over to Wood
ward avenue to show it off, and | got
here as quick as ever | could.
Year: 1876

Growth OF CoAL.-Recent obser-
vations in the Isle of Arran gives us
the time necessary to produce a seam
of coal. There were found numerous
cylinders of trees, completely fiat
tened of course, lying across each
other at various angles, with their
bark compressed into less thickness
than common pasteboard, and tie
carbonaceous matters reduced to
graphite, so that from three to four
inches in thickness Of impure coal
contained probably twenty genera
tions of trees overlaying each other:
Now if we allow thirty years only for
the life Of each tree, we have
six hundred years for the formation
of four inches Of impure coal, or
eighteen hundred years for the for
nation of seam of coal only foot
thick. At this rate the great ten
yard seam Of mid England represents
half million years Of time.
Year: 1876

Earnest Black, u well to do citizen
of Altoona, Pa, was shot through the
heart on Saturday last by an unknown
person. The body was found on Gem
etery Hill, short distance from the
city, by two boys who Went thither
to cut sod.
Year: 1876

The local option law for Calvert
county which will be Of effect on and
after the first day Of May, prohibits
issue Of liquor licenses after that date,
unless the voters at the November
election shall decide in favor of such
licenses.
Year: 1876

ough investigation of the reports circulated in the
newspapers last Summer in regard to the alleged
division of her salary by Miss Sweet Pension Agent
at Chicago, with Benjamin II. Campbell, United
States Marshal for the Northern District of Illinois,
The report, it may be remembered, was that Miss
Sweet in order to obtain her position and prevent
her removal afterward, was required to pay one
half of her salary monthly TO United States Marshal
Campbell and that she further assessed as to
reduce her share of the emoluments Of tho Office to
very small sum. 1t is said that positive proof
of these payments can and will he produced, and
that, in addition to the division of her salary, Miss
Sweet was forced to provide sinecure position in
her Office for George Campbell brother of the Mar
shal at salary of 50 400 year, and that she had
also repaid to the Government $4,000, or some such
sum- due from former Pension Agent, Blakeey. 1t
seems that Miss Sweets father who had previously
been Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and
transferred to the Pension Office in Chicago
was forced by the political ring i'll that city, headed
by Marshal Campbell, to divide his salary with
them and that after his DEATH the only condition on
which bis daughter could secure the appointment or
retain the place that the payments be continued
The President is said to have had no knowledge
whatever of these payments until the publications
made in the newspapers last Summer He then sent
for Miss Sweet. learned from her all the facts, and
ordered her to stop the payments immediately. lie
also told her that if she did suspend them she should
not be removed for that reason during the remainder
of his administration. Marshal Campbell is Gen.
BabcOck's father-in-law Miss Sweet has been sum-
mOned of the witnesses in the case, and is ex-
pected to arrive In Washington this week or early
next.
Year: 1876

THE PROCLAMATION CONFERENCE.-THE LIBERALS


AGGRESSIVE.


LONDON. Wednesday, May 8, 1876.
The Press Association reports the following:
We understand that consequence of the dissatisfaction
caused by the proclamation giving effect to the Royal
Titles act and which does not limit the use OF the
title of Empress strictly to India. Sir Henry
James will give notice in the House
tomorrow that he will a resolution. equivalent to
vote of censure to the effect that the proclamation
does not fulfill the pledges given by the Governments
during the debate the Royal Titles bi and therefore
the vote on the bill was taken under mscOnception.
The Marquis Of Harrington will ask Mr. Disraei for an
opportunity TO discuss the above motion.
Year: 1876

AND NOVA sCoTfA-oSLY THE UNITED STATES


DIRECT CABLE IN ORDER.


The following statement was sent out from
the Office OF the Western Union Telegraph Company last
evening:


The cable lines between Nova Scotia and Newfonnd-
land connecting with the Atlantic cables az Hearts Con-
tent broken and consequently communication with
Europe by the AngoAmerican line is temporarily inter
rupted. Unfortunately fault was discovered IN tne
French cable 200 miles from Brest time ago. which
has not yet been repaired The United States Direct
Cable working. and is the only line open TO the
public but will be immediately taken 70 re-
pair the cable between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland
and il is hoped that the Interruption OF communication
with Hearts Content will not be OF long continuance.


on inquiry the office OF the Company, was further
stated that the cable somewhere between North
sydney the terminus OF the western Union lines, ana
Placentia, short distance this side OF Hearts
Content, where the deep sea cables arc landeO,
at about o'clock last evening. There are two
lines from North Sydney to Placentia direct, one
OF wbich is $50 and :he other $50 miles
long; also two lines from North Sydney to ST. Pierre,
and the same number from the latter place to Piacea
Both these and OF the direct wires above meu-
toned broke few days ago. since which time
vessels havc been engaged in graphing for
the broken ends No test had been made up 10
midnight last night by which the exact location OF the
ae break could be ascertaned The French Cable broke
about 200 miles this side OF Brest April 20, and has
not yet been repaired. Thus all communication with
Europe except by the Direct Cable, las been temporarily
suspended.


A SUCCESSION OF IN INTERRUPTIONS.


The startling fact came out last night,
through tho operations Of tho Associated Press that all
five Of the ocean cables under the control OF the
ABglo-American and Western Union Companies
are broken and that telegraphc connection
With Europe IL maintained solely by
tho rival lne the Direct Cable Company.
Three OF the cables between Nova Scotia and NewfOund
land are order The french cable is broken some
200 miles from Brest and faults exist In the Others All
cable business is thus necessarily transferred 70 the
Direct Cable-an unfortunate circumstance for the
Western Union in the pending telegraph war
The Western Union and AnGl0-American author
ltc,, however, state that I'm twenty or thirty days
they have all their lines again in good working order
Their rivals naturally think that ii will take longer At
a late hour last night the Associated Press notice
that consequence OF these sudden arrangements, all
cable news would be three hours later than usual.


dispatch received at early hour this morning from
Halifax states the Prince Edward Island telegraph
cable broken, and all communication Is suspended
Year: 1876

ton safe burglary in which he says that Evans was the
man who was concealed in closet OF the room when
the safe was robbed and that Gen. Babcock was st tns
bottom Of the whole scheme
Year: 1876

BREAK IN THE LINES BETWEEN NEWFOUNDLAND
AND NOVA sCoTiA-oNLY THE UNITED STATES
DIRECT CABLE IN ORDER.
The following statement was sent out from
the Office OF the Western Union Telegraph Company last