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Year: 1876

NEW YORK POLITICS.


The Democratic State Committee estab
lished their headquarters at the Everett
House here to-day, and the New York cam
paign 10 fairly opened on National and loca
issues. There will be perfect harmon!
Throughout the canvass, and while local Is
sues will be given dine consideration in pro
portion to the just weight Of New York II
the campaign, no undue influence will b.
given to Its claims - compared with thos'
| of other States and sections.
WHO WILL WIN IN OCTOBER.
All indications now point to Democratic
success next month. No careful observer
can say that the Democrats are not sure o.
sufficient States In October to increase theil
chances in November, If not to finally deter
mine the contest. There is little question
about the Democrats carrying Indiana,
which would in itself make National victory
secure.


UNIFORMITY OF DEMOCRATIC VIEWS.
While the Republicans are divided into
Grant faction and Bristow faction, and the
various intermediate notifications, the
Democracy are united on all the great is
sues, reunion, retrenchment and reform,
and divided on no single issue In any sac-
tious.


WHAT REPUBLICAN VICTORY WOULD EN-


TAIL.


Republican success, on the other hand,
would insure the continuance of sectional
distrust, continued extravaganza In admin
istration, the long duration of heavy taxa
tion, and an indefinite prolongation of gen.
eral Industrial and commercial distress.


VIEWS OF DEMOCRATIC CHIEFS.


The unanimity of the m smbers of our
National Committee now assembled here is
striking proof of the general Democratic
unanimity. There is no divergence of views
either as to the issues of the campaign, or
the probabilities of success. Ali agree in
the question to be solved, and as to the
method and certainty of their solution
There is no hesitation or doubt on any
ground. All believe alike in the necessity
and certeinty of success.


RoBINseN's NOMINATION..


The nomination of Robinson meets with
strong appreciation here, not only from all
Democrats, but from large and influential
body of merchants and flnanciers, who have
implicit confidence in his great executive
ability and irreproachable integrity. He has
been the reform Comptroller of New York
In the same sense that Tilden has been the
reform Governor, and his elevation to the
gubernatorial chair will be the appropriate
complement to his career as the financial
chief of the State.


RIFLE SHOOTING.


The trophy won by our American team.
was presented last night at GilEore's Gar
den. There was an immense audience, over
ten thousand, and great enthusiasm.


THE CANDIDATE AND THE COMMITTEE.


The Democratic National Committee
waited on Governor Tilden this morning.
The occasion was one of mutual congratu- |
lation on the encouraging prospects Of the
and the members separated in |
excellent heart and hope to meet again on |
October 13, and celebrate the victories in |
the elections of that month.
Year: 1876

The coIored Democratic-Co Conservative
movement In Baton Rouge Is fast gain
ing ground. and the whites and blacks
Of that parish are rapidly approaching
to an Intelligent and harmonious agree
ment on the political questions of the
day. The more the two elements will
lningle and join together in discussion,
the quicker the blacks will find out and
understand that the whites entertain no
stupid ill-feeling against them, and that
their interests are intimately blended
with those of the planters and mer-
chants OF the land, instead, as they
have been made to believe heretofore,
With that of the political bummers
who have ruined the country.
Year: 1876

The Detroit Free Press takes advantage Of the
hot weather. the utter prostration Of business
and the political excitement Of the campaign to
reproduce as the sensation OF the day In Paris.
the old. old story of the female diamond thief
with the crazy husband: story that twenty
years ago used to figure in Goodrich's Reader.
NJ have no doubt that every boy in the Detroit
schools Is laughing at seeing this old friend and
faSorite parading around the country in its new
dress.


Il Is all very we'll to trot out centennial old
ladies' this year. to hunt up old chairs and old
beds, and every other antiquity; but we consider
such conduct - this. digging up old sensations
ana airing them as II they were just hatched as
fondihg TO prevent that general determination
and rood feeling. wear all looking so anxiously
for this centennial yesr.
Year: 1876

The Campaign WEEKLY DEMOCRAT, a
large eight-page paper, will be fur
nished from the Ist of July to the 18th
November for the small sum Of One
Dollar. Every man In the State should
subscribe. Every Democratic and Con
servative club should subscribe for
from twenty-five to one hundred copies
for distribution.
Year: 1876

The Mary Canaan Jury Discharged.
In the Criminal Court yesterday Judge Olin
presided, and the first business considered was
the case of Mary Canaan, indicted for the
murder of her infant child on the 18th of July
last by cutting its throat with a case knife,
and then burying the body in a cellar.
The jury having been out all night, his
Honor directed that they be brought into
court.
On taking their seats in the box, and after
answering to their names, in response to the
inquiry Of the clerk, the foreman replied that
they had rot agreed upon verdict, and did
rot think that there was any possibility Of
60 doing.
His Honor said that be did not think be
could help them, as he knew nothing about
the case.


Mr.. Nourse, "a jurymau.) May it please
your Honor, where insanity is concerned it is
hard for the jury TO decide.


His Honor. l know it is, especially now-a-
days, when so much bolderdssh is said about
insanity. If a party is so dumb that they do
not know right or wrong in committing deed
ike this, then it is a crime.


Mr.. Nourse. II the jury should find YER
dict Of guilty could they present petition Tor
mercy?


His Honor. Certainly they could.


Assistant District Attorney Wells. Tha:
was GOHe mere ID q FeCeEB case, anu TIE uIge
and District Attorney united in the plea for
Executive clemency.


Mr.. Pelham. VIII your Honor charge the
jury that if they do not find a verdict of
manslaughter, they could acquit the womani
Yesterday they came into court and asked
Judge Wylie if they could bring in such Ver-
dict.


His Honor. They can bring in ary verdict
they please; one for petit larceny if they want
to.


Mr.. Pelham. Viii your Honor charge them
as TO a verdict!


His Honor. No; will not. They must re-
turn verdict on their own responsibility;
that is for them to do. The Court will ex-
plain the law, and the jury must be Judge of
the facts.


The jury then retired for further delibera-
ton.


At LEO O'Clock, nothing having been heard
from them, his Honor directed that they be
brought into court.


The foreman said that he thought there was
no possibility of their agreeing, and his Honor
ordered their discharge.


Mr.. Wells said that he had been asked by
several of the jury to state that when they
came into court, in the first instance, and
asked instructions, they had not agreed to q
verdict of manslaughter, or contemplated
doing so.
Year: 1876




Tie funeral of the late Miss Mary Byrnes,
who died on Monday last from the effects OF
poison, administered by herself, (as already
fully described in The REPUBLIcAN,) took
place on Wednesday afternoon last from the
residence of her parents, near the corner of E
and Second streets southwest, and was largely
attended by relatives and friends, as well as
the female employees of the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing, where the deceased had
been at work for the past nine years. The
body, which looked as If in repose, was attired
in white satin shroud, and was in casket
covered with white cloth, with silver trim
mings and bar handles, which were, however,
almost hidden from view by the numerous and
beautiful floral tributes. The cortege moved
to St. Dominic's church, where Father Sheri-
dan read the funeral service, and thence to
Mount Olivet cemetery, where the remains
were placed in the vault for future interment.
After this unfortunate girl had taken poison
and found that death was imminent, she i'm
mediately asked for priest, and Father Sheri-
dan, upon his arrival, administered spiritual
comfort, she expressing the most sincere peni-
tence and sorrow for what she had done. At
later period she became worse, and at his
second visit he gave her the last rites of the
Church, the same as are due to any dying
penitent by moral law and religious obliga-
ton, which explains her funeral attendance
and Christian burial, not accorded to unre-
pentsnt persons dying by their own hands.
The motives for the deed are still shrouded in
mystery, and If she ever disclosed them it
was only In the confessional, from within the
portals of which no one viii ever hear.
Year: 1876


form leading topic, and, indeed, left out
nothing essential to a comprehensive survey of
the political situation. This broad method of
treatment, which made the credit of the bonds
merely one of several questions on which the
Judgment of voters must be formed, is more
serviceable to the Republican cause than an
attempt to magnify the importance of one
feature of the canvass.


''Why should the country exchange certain
ties for uncertainties, assurance for doubt 7
This question conveys the drift of Mr.. Eyarts'
argument on all its separate heads. It Is GER
tain that the Republican party would con-
tinue to maintain the national credit, as it
has steadily done for so many years; it is not
certain that It could be safely trusted to the
Democratic party. IL is certain that the Re-
publican party is unequivocally pledged to
the resumption Of specie payments on fixed
and early day; It is not certain that the Demo
cratic party would ever fix day or would
take any effectusl steps toward resumption at
all. 1t is certain that Governor Hayes would
carry out civil service reform in its true spirit
by removing only incompetent or faithless
officers; It Is not certain that Governor Tilden
would not make clean sweep on party
grounds. 1t is certain that Governor Hayes
would give efficient protection to the freed
men; 1t is not certain nor probable that Gov.
Tilden would display any zeal in their behalf.
II is certain that there would be no shock to
the public credit if Governor Hayes should be
elected. 1t is not certain that the public
credit would not be shaken or impaired by the
election of Governor Tilden.


sMr. Eyarts Is therefore very strongly of
the opinion that the experiment of q change
ought not to be made. As President Lincoln
once said in relation TO the removal of gen.
eral in the midst of campaign: 1T is never
safe to swap horses while swimming stream
Mr.. Evarts thinks that the party which saved
the Union, emancipated the slaves, inaugu-
rated civil and political equality, established
the public credit, paid off one fourth of the
national debt, has made large reductions of
taxes and is pledged to early resumption of
specie payment had better be left to continue
the work it has SO well begun and conducted
with SO much success rather than trust all
these great interests 10 party which has not
rerained the confidence OF the country"


The following is the estimate placed on the
address by the San. Had the San praised it,
thinking men would been led to look upon it,
even though from so great a man as Mr..
Evarts, with suspicion:


"Col. Fred. A. Conkling, in his speech in
yesterdays San, showed a far better knowl-
edge of the relations of political reform to the
interests of business than Lawyer Evarts did.
Col. Conkling dealt with practical realities:
Lawyer Evarts with intangible theories and
bugbears."
Year: 1876

About 1:30 O'Clock yesterday afternoon
some thief made an entrance into an unoc-
cupied house, 456 New Jersey avenue south
east, by forcing the back door, and stripped
the lead connection of the gas metre and
attempted to tear out the lining of the bath
tub, but he was frightened away by Mrs.
Burkhamer, living next door. He left bag
containing a quantity of sheet copper, lead


pipe and connections.
Year: 1876

A hungry wolf one day saw lamb drinking
at q stream, and wished to frame some plausi-
BILE excuse for making him his prey. "What
do you mean by muddling the water am
going to drink" fercely said he TO the lamb
''Pray, forgive me-" meekly answered the
lamb; 81 should be sorry In any way to dis
please you. and as the stream runs from you
towards me, you will see that such cannot be
the case" "Well, guess In shoot you,
anyway" said the wolf, "what / want is I
change.-N. Y. Graphic.
Year: 1876

"Maud Muller" still reigns on the National
stage, and the houses increase in size every
night. Miss Rogers has made a lasting i'm
preston on her audiences, and when she goes
she will leave behind her the best wishes for
her success. She is wonderful little actress,
and though so young will deserve to be called
one of the queens of the emotional drama.
The author of "Maud Muller" was fortunate
in having his play fall into the hands that It
Year: 1876

The Democrats have about given
up the hope Of securing that Oregon
vote for Tilden, and are directing
their principal efforts toward over
turning the official count in Loui5i-
ana. They will certainly fail In this
also. The vote Of that State has been
canvassed and returned according to
law, and the Tilden crowd know it,
but they want If possible to make the
people believe that they are cheated
by fraud upon the part Of the Return
ing Board.
Year: 1876

New York Tribune: .sF'or thirty
years and more the party which
claims to have elected Mr.. Tilden
has represented whatever is dishon-
est, corrupt, and degrading i'm our
politics. Wedo not speak Of its gen
eral repute, which may be one thing
to one man and quite different thing
to another. This is not the utterance
OF prejudice or the voice of PARTISAN
ship. 1t is the simple statement OF a
fact which Is no matter of opinion but
of record. 1t Is OF record i'm nearly
every State i'm the Union that this
party. has opposed every effort TO
hinder or prevent by legislation
fraud In elections.
Year: 1876

here that the two houses are to be in
session as single body in the form
of q joint convention. They are to
be present in their distinct and separ-
ate capacities as q Senate and as
Senate and as House of Represen-
tatives. That this was the intention
of the trainers Of the constitution, is
evidenced by the action of the Con-
gress of the confederation of 1887,
which adopted resolutions prescri-
bing the manner Of counting the
votes for President and Vice Presi-
dent for the first time under the
Constitution. One CT these resolu-
tions provided "that the Senators
should appoint President of the
Senate for the sole purpose of receiv-
ing, opening and counting the votes
for the President and Vice Presi-
dent" Accordingly, in 1889, as the
official records declare, John Lang
don, President of the Senate, "opened
and counted the votes OF the electors
for President and Vice President"
The record of the certificate issued
by John Langdon is given in the
Journal, in which he recites that
he did in the presence of the said
Senate and House OF Representatives
open all the certificates aud count all
the votes of the electors for Presi-
dent and for Vice President"


Thomas Jefferson, i'm 1901, being
President of the Senate, and at the
same time prominent candidate
for President, counted the votes.
The Democracy of the later day
want to repudiate the precedents
established by Jefferson, to whom
they delight to point ~ their ideal
of statemanship, wisdom and honor.
Now they declare IL would be revo-
lutionary for the President of the
Senate to count the votes, and aver
that the duty devolves on the Sen
ate and House i'm the capacity off
joint convention. The reason Is
plain. The Democrats would have a
majority in such n convention, and
could decide to count Democratic
vote from Oregon, and elect Tilden,
or else declare there WAS no election
by the people, and Immediately
proceed TO elect by the House.
Year: 1876

The Oskaloosa Standard comes to
us this week with this heading over
its leading editorial: "The People
Awaking., This Is one Of the
''Ieadersu recently sent out TO the
country Democratic weeklies by the
TIlden Bureau, and the aforesaid
Year: 1876

In the opinion of the New York
Herald there is "no doubt that the
proceedings of the majority OF the
electors will stand, and the three
votes of Oregon will be legally count
ed for Hayes"
Year: 1876

peace ana good order Is solely duo


to the law abiding character of tho


very people he charges with being


in state Of ipsurection. NIany


hero firmly believe that Chamberlain


does not desire n reelection, but that


no is forced to make the outrage


campaign that he is engaged in for


the benefit of tho party in the nation


al contest at tho North. Yet Re-
publicans say that with 5000 troops
IN tho State Chamberlain will carry
it by large majority. From my
observation, however, I am inclined
to believe that tho ma jority will be
largely on the other side. 1t is odd
to hear Of tho implicit reliance tho
Republicans place on tho presence
of troops and the indifference of tho
whites as to whether they are here
or not. 1 asked Il Republican:


you 2"


"Oh. they can do us lots of good"


I'm what way 7"


II will tell you that privately.
When the troops come tho party
runners will be instructed to circu-
lato it secretly among tho negroes
that tho soldiers wero sent here by
General Grant to SEQ that they voted
tho whole Republican ticket"


This candid admission of the use
of troops for the purpose Of moral
intimidation of tho negroes against
voting for Hampton was very re,
freshiDg, and though related private
ly by my informant I think too good
not to publish. There can be no
ground For Republican complaint on
this scorc, rs troops are cyming to
the State every day and are being
assigned to districts whoro their
presence will have tho greatest NOR
Al and political effect al rapidly ns
they arrive. In making arrests they
ire also required by tho United
States deputy marshals to accom-
pany them in squads; and to thia
'onstabulary duty somo officers very
strongly object,


ARMY OFFICERS DlsausrED.


Ono Of tho army officers, whose
wife is u niece of Mrs. Fl ani!t n
Fish, not long ago wrote an indlg.
nant letter to TINT lady protesting
against the dirty, petty political
work the army was put to do down
here, and requesting her to uso her
influence to have him assigned to
somo other duty out Of tho South,
md stating that if she did not sue
coed ho would bo forced to resign
In few days after he was ordered
to New York on recruiting service
for two years, much to tho g1ptilica,
tion of himself md friends, y
Year: 1876

I am convinced that tho great
masses Of negroes in South Carolina
rs well rs elsewhere, aro perfectly
peaceablo and harmless. It is only
when their leaders stir their pas
sions and appeal to their prcjudicos
that thoy are vicious or dangerous.
I was at Capt Croft's house in Aikcn
at nine o'clock at night, examining
some aflidavits, when two ladies who
had been visiting him passed out,
and getting into their buggy drove
off alono lii tho moonlight, living
nearly two miles away. I was
struck with this practical tribute to
the quiet and inoffcnsivo disposition
Of the negro when he is in HE norm
al state. Surely tho ladies of few
counties will SO trust tho masses of
their people as to go out riding
alone at night. There is no better
poasantry on earth than the negro
whom he is not lod off by designing
Year: 1876

AS the virtues OF medicines only be ascer
tanned by careful observation it is to be regretted
that many of the drugs still prescribed By some
Physicians should retain place in our materia
medica AS an instance of this that vile drug Bal
sam Oopaiba furnishes an example. About the year
1880 the Spaniards in the Island of San nomingo
having become afflicted with certain complaints,
thought according the prevailing notion at that
time, that the remedy might ba found where the
disease originated. Under this impression Balsam
Copaiba came INTO use, but never has anauseating
drug done more injury, for it not only changes the
nature of the disease to more dreadful state than
the original, but it ruins the tone of the stomach
and brings on Dyspepsia in its worst forms Tc


void tins drug and its effects the SAMARITAN
| GIFT, pure vegetable remedy is within the react
of ALL Only ten pills to be taken and will cure ever
! time n from two to four days. Male packages 50


female So.
Year: 1876

The Hamilton County delegation to
the General Assembly Of Ohio will, in
acceptance Of an invitation of the Board
Of Trustees of the Cincinnati Southern
Rail way, make tour of inspection over
Lhe line Of said road as far as The Ken
lucky River, leaving Tomorrow morning
and returning Saturday evening.
Year: 1876

National Associated Press to the Star.


New YORK, Dec. 28.-A fire broke out
this morning in Fredericks' well-known
photograph gallery, on Broadway. The
flames have extended to the lower part
OF the building occupied as theater by
Tony Pastor. 1t is thought the theater
will be saved, but the upper part Of the
building will be greatly damaged.
Year: 1876

That's the way with some, they
rather suffer ten troublesome after-claps
than take little time to prevent them


Some farmers seem to delight in
leaving a weak place in the fence till
animals get in and destroy lots of grain
A cunning farmer rather have profits
on the other side. by care.
Year: 1876

WASTE OF LAND.-In farm Of 16O
acres divided by fences into fields Of ~
acres each. there are 5 miles Of fences
If each fence is now one rod wide. no
less than 10 acres are oceapied BY
them. This is equal to 81 per cent. Of
the farm. and the loss Of the use of the
land is exactly equal to change Of ii
per cent. of the farm. But nearly
every fence row in the country is made
a nursery Of weeds, which stock the
whole farm, and make an immense
amount Of labor necessary to keep them
from smothering the crops. Much
damage always results to the crop from
these weeds, and if these expenses are
added to the 6rst one, the whole will
easily sum up to 20 per cent. or a tax
o: one.fifth Of the value Of the farm.
To remedy this we would have fewer


ences, or We would clean and SOW


own the fence rows to grass or clover.
ind NOW them twice year. Ten acres
If clover or timothy would. at least,
supply farm with seed and few tons
of bay every year. We would in short
consider the fence rows as valuable
part of the farm, and use them as such.


DISTRACTIONS. plowed along
side that old. half-burnt log three or
four years, turning it out Of the way of
the furrow. back and forth many times,
and that old stump while it hurt the
team and jerked the plow to one side SO
the handles bit him numerous licks on
the hips; and then when be came to
harvest the grain. it broke the reaper
and wasted lots Of grain, although the
waste and loss Of time was many more
times than the cost of taking the log
ou. Of the field before be began plow.
ing, to say nothing Of safety.
Year: 1876

The Massillon american and the Inde.
pendent are disposed to carp at and find
fault with Sheriff Rauch. We know not
what our friends would have had Sheriff
Rauch do, and they do not show that he
refused to do his duty, az he assuredly
will not.


1t seems the row at the Warrington
mine lasted but a short time, when the
strikers" scattered, and all has been
quiet since. We have not heard of any
thing that Adjt. General Wykoff or At
torney General Little has done, and we
are glad to hear that all continues quiet.
If Sheriff Rauch could have taken wings
and flown to Massillon, we know not
what he could or should have done un-
der the circumstances. AS an officer, he
is to execute the mandates of the law
and keep the peace. In his presence, if
the peace is disturbed he is to commend
the peace, and maintain the majesty of
the law. The law being violated and fell
onies committed, the proper course is by
an appeal to Court of law by affidavit,
whereupon writs may issue, commanding
the Sheriff to arrest the party or parties
charged with the commission of the
crime. Sheriff Rauch will endeavor to
do his full duty according to law.