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Year: 1876

son-st, when the shooting was going on BE heard MT
Cahll say he was shot. The three men started down
North Market-st. after loading their revofvers. lie
followed them, and they shot at him He stn
followed them to the tsnnery, and heard about
dozen shots fred They came out OF
the tannery and went down the alleyway leadins
to the river They faced about and fred five shots at
the crowd 1t 600 feet apparently from the tannery
to where the men jumped In the river The crowd
kept throwing stones on the run as they followed
they were about so yards from the men; one
OF Dawson's men stepped up and struck the
last Of the three his arm; the latter hred az
him. and he received scalp wound. The witness went
into the water to try and some OF the men; the
larger man went down first the who was shot was
led away The witness did not know who he was ne
had heard that he was s alive and that he was In the
tannery after he shot this not the man who
was urging the others on o with red hair urged
them on.


After hearing John Twien, whose evidence was not
important, the inquest adjourned at o'clock last
evening allow the jury to view the remains at the
Morgue. To-day at 10 NJ the inquest viii be resumed
Year: 1876

BLIND ToM.-Blind Tom bus been engaged
to give concert at the Virginia Opera. House
for the benefit of Venabe-Street Baptist
Church Sunday school, and the funds will be
applied to the enlargement OF the infant class.
room
Year: 1876

SAVANNAH, Sept IS 1876
Tho total number of ntcrmen.s yesterday was
thirty, OF which twenty were yellow fever Tho
weather on Saturday night and sunday was stormy
but on sunday night II was pleasant
Year: 1876

In prepal ing the present edition for the press it has accordingly been the aim of the editors to bring down the information of the latest possible dates, and furnish account of the recent dscov- cries iu science, of every fresh production in ters- ture and of the newest inventions in the practical arts, well as to give succinct and original record of the prOgrees of
Year: 1876

The work originally published under the title of THE NEW AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA was completed in l863 since which tilne the wide circulation which it has attained in all parts of the United States and tho signal developments which have taken place in every branch science, literature, and art have induced the editor aud publishers to submit to exact and thorough revisOn and to issue new edition entitled
Year: 1876

Forming in fact new Cyclopadia, with the plan and compnss its predecessor but with far greater pecuniary expenditure and with such improvements in it's composition have been suggested by longer experience and enlarged knowledge.
Year: 1876

Editorial Correspondence of the Waco (Texas)


In another signal instance recently has the
President placed himself between the country
and danger. A House committee had declared
fits right to lay hands on the papers Of the De-
partments, and had made demand in accord
ance with this declaration. The President de-
cided that he could not permit this; that copies
of papers could be furnished, but the House
could not be permitted to carry away the
original papers and archives of the Govern
ment. It is the opinion of not a few that there
was more method than admitted in the mad
ness of this request Of the House for the
papers of the Government. Grant such q re-
quest, and the heads of Departments, Cabinet
officers, and even the President himself might
soon find themselves without the evidence
wherewith they could make settlement with the
country; grant the request, and all evidence of
the conduct of Floyd, Jake Thompson and
men of their like at the breaking out of the
war, and the conduct of men during the war,
might soon come up missing; grant the re-
quest, and the Confederate House might cap
ture the Government by a much easier method
than at the cannon's mouth, as they proposed
during the war. The House as yet has made
no reply TO the decision of the President, and
it is not thought 1t will care to raise much
noise over the issue.
Year: 1876

IT WAS MOST unkiRd of the Senate to
confirm the Presidents Cabinet nomina-
tions on the same day they were sent in,
and before the Detective Press had time to
take a single thwack at theml There will
be mourning among the Ishmaelites this
morninp
Year: 1876

So FAR as he can legitimstely do so, Sec
retary Cameron will use the power of his
new Office unsparingly for the protection of
the right of citizens. He is the right man in
the right place.
Year: 1876

proach"-in statesmanship, ability, force of
Character and integrity the peer Of any man
whom the Republic has yet honored-the citi->
zens of New York will be only too happy to
have the opportunity Of comforting on him the
Chief Magistracy of the nation.
Year: 1876

nian last night when he heard of Don Came
ron's nomination for Secretary of War, ''that
looks as though the Republican party intend s
to stand by its big guns"


The proposed transfer of the Indian bureau
to the War Department will virtually destroy
the peace policy OF President Grant which has
so long been admired by even the most bitter
foes Of tie Administration. The transfer is
what the Democracy desire. They have hated
everything that added dignity to the Admins
tration and endeared it to the people, and In
the humane system of Indian treatment
adopted by the President they find one of the
strongest policy features created during his
term of office, and consequently desire to de-
stroy it, If possible. The Senate will proba-
bly, see that their wishes are not gratifed.


Fitzhugh is no longer a bigger man than the
President. He has gone. The Democratic
party could stand his Kentucky and Texas
crimes, but not his weak grammar, and they
sent him-sent him plunging headlong from
his great eminence down to smaller man
than the President, even to the sphere of pri-
vate citizenship, with no visible means of sup
port. At the charges of arson and perjury the
Democracy smiled, but when the unfortunate
man committed the unpardonable sin of SPELL
ing "my" with an '"they raised their flip
pers In holy horror, and, with one accord and
active measure, bounced him-bounced him
out into the cold and uncharitable world, away
from his frolics with Congressmen, to ponder
Year: 1876

Dispatches from the West yesterday to the
effect that consolidation had en- held by the managers
of the Canada Southern and Lake Shore, and Michigan
southr1n Railroads concerning consolidation OF the
roads, and the election Of Cornelius Vanderbilt as Pres
dent of the Canada Southern in this city
A reporter Of THE TRIBUNE called on Vim. III. vanderbilt
and sydney Dillon last evening" and showed them one oi
the dispatches. Mr.. Vanderbilt said that he bad not
heard of any such meeting. and did not believe II had
been held. There had been movement on foot To ar
range the rates Of freight, growing out
of the action Of the Canada Southern
Railroad in cutting down the prices. But he knew moth
ing Of the alleged combination arrangement to con
solidae the roads


Mr. Dillon stated that there was no truth In the story
There had not been such meeting, Mr. Vanderbilt had
not been elected President OF the Canada Southern Road
and the story must have arisen from the fact that GER
tain railroad men had talked the subject OF liking
he rat @ freight.
Year: 1876

that " no wished ne had shot him.
self, and that the President respond
ed he wished he had" Is now known
TO be fabrication.


The ex-Secretary has at all times
averred his innocence of any criminal
act, and confidently asserted his
ability, when an opportunity shall
occur, to make q complete vintiica-
tion, a result most devoutly wished
for, on his own account, as well rs on
account of the good name of the Gov
ernment and Republican institutions.
All he now asks of his real friends
and an impartial public is a suspen-
sion Of judgment until he shall have
been heard, either before the Senate
or u tribunal Of Justice, where he can
be openly confronted with the wit
nesses who testify against him; and
that he shall not be summarily con-
demned on the partial, ex-parte, hear
say testimony taken by political
committee without regard to the
well established rules of evidence, so
essential in arriving at the truth.
This request ought to he cheerfullv
granted by all fair-minded men. 1t
Is right guaranteed to the worst
and most notorious criminal who de-
nies his guilt, to he treated rs inno-
cent until his guilt has been sstab.
lished beyond all reasonable doubt.
1t Is much more due to a gentleman
like the ex-Secretary, who has for
near half century maintained n
blameless reputation in both public
and private life whose integrity has
never heretofore been questioned,
and whose honor has never hitherto
been stained. II will be time enough
to proclaim the condemnation ofsuch
a man after his guilt shall have been
conclusively proven by trustworthy
witnesses.
Year: 1876

The Registers choice Of Presiden.
tial candidates stands thus:


We are for Gen Sherman FIRST and
all over, and earnestly hope that he
shall be nominated. We are for him
because we like him best, because he
Is as good a man for 1t as there Ia In
the nation. and because he couldn't
be defeated. Next tn Sherman we
are for Hayes; third for Morton
fourth for Blaine. next for Conklinp
and never for Bristow.


Why the Register should Insist on
the nomination Of Gen. Sherman ar
ter he has said that he positively will
not accept even though he should be
nominated by acclamation, is one OF
the things past finding out. Better
drop that name and nail to the mast
head the name Of man who will
accept and Is candidate.
Year: 1876

An amended bankrupt law has
passed the u. s. Senate. Itprovides
that "no voluntary assignment by a
debtor or debtors Of all his or their
property, heretofore or hereafter
made In good faith for the benefit OF
his or their creditors, ratably or with
out creating any preference, and
valid according to the law OF the
State where made, shall Of Itself, in
event Of his or their being subse-
quently adjudicated bankrnpts In n
proceeding of involuntary bankrupt
cy, be bar to the discharge Of such
debtor or dsbtsrs."
Year: 1876

Hayes Presidential stock Is going
up fast. Present appearances indi-
cate that the battle will be between
Hayes and Blaine either Of whom
will poll enough votes to insure his
election.
Year: 1876

Itappears that Polk county will
have a candidate for Congressional
honors In the District Convention.
Nearly every county In the Seventh
has Favored son" to sacrifice.
Why not initiate the virtues OF the
Sixth and let harmony prevail?
Year: 1876

We invite all to unite with US, with
out regard to past party preferences or
affiliations, who wish to see the coun-
try at permanent peace who wish to


see the Constitution and its amend
ments enforced, and just and equal
rights accorded to all who wish to
see corruption and dishonesty pun
ished, and the Presidents order car
ried out " Let no guilty man escape"


the affairs of the government econom-
ically admins tered and its credit and
honor maintained; all who wish to see


the free school system fostered; all
who wish to see sectional differences
laid aside, but who believe that the


war demonstrated the fact that the


blue and not the gray-the hand that


saved and not the one that would have


slain, should govern the land; all who
condemn the recent reasonable utter


ances of Southern Democratic menu


bers in Congress all who believe that


jeff Davis has all the rights he Is en-


titled to while the tales of Anderson
Vile and kindred horrors yet freeze


the blood of the listener. TO all such


and all others who feel that the Re-
publican party Is the one to save the


country in this its hour of peril, we


bid welcome, and ask you to assist us
In placing ticket in the field that


shall sweep the State, and place Iowa


in the Centennial year, where she


now stands, the banner Republican


State in the Union.


By order of Rep. State Cen. Com.
HENRY G. LEIGHTON,
Chairman.
Year: 1876

Professor Law, of Cornell Universi-
ty, in commenting on one Of the many
"sure cures" for hog cholera, says;


When tried in a sufficient number of
cases, and extending over a series Of
years, all boasted specifics have broken
down. Keep your hogs clean is good
advice. Protect them from the hot,
reeklng bed of manure and close sleep
ing place, where the emanation from
decomposing dung, urine, straw and
other organic matter are added 10 those
of their own skins and lungs when
huddled together in great numbers
See that both food and water are clean,
in the sense of being tree from disease
germs aud from the microscopic par
ticles of decompOsing organic matter
which, within the system as we'll a.
outside OF il, furnish appropriate food
for the disease, poison and favor its
increase, while they depress the vital
powers and lessen the chances Of the
virus being thrown off. No less i'm
portant is the purity Of the air, since
the delicate membranes Of the lungs,
perhaps more than any other, furnish
an easy mode of entrance for any in
furious external matter. Finally, pur-
ity Of the blood can only be maintained
by healthy functional activity of all
the vital organs, which insures tho
perfect cleanliness. The poison, even
if generated or introduced, will be
virtually starved out as surely as an
army In a closely besieged fortress.
But il will be observed that this inn
plies the separation of sound from dis
eased animals, and ihe free use Of dis
infeetants (solutions Of sulphate Of
iron aud chloride Of lime and fumes of
burning sulphur, SCI, topurify the air
and other surrounding objects, as we'll
as the simple clearing away of filth.
When hog cholera exists the sick
should be placed by themselves under
a special attendant and under the free
use of disinfectants. The healthy
should be carefully watched. aud on
the first sign of illness, as increased
temperature, to be ascertained by the
introduction Of q clinical thermometer
into the rectum, they should at once
be taken from the herd and carefully
secluded. This, with active disinieo-
ton, will enable the owner to cut short
an outbreak, and save perhaps the
great majority Of an already infected
herd. Again, the sale of animals from
infected stock, 10 be removed from the
premises alive, should be severely
punished, and the disinfection OF the
buildings where the stock have been
should be imperative. We shall OBJ
tain the greatest success with this dis
ease when we treat il as contagious
malady, and whenever It is found to
exist give our main attention TO pre-
vent the further generation and dis
semination of the poison.
Year: 1876

The Luzerne penn Leader relates
this incident: "The terrible accident
at the railroad bridge at Pittston, by
which Robert Helme was almost ips
stantly killed, is OF too recent date
to have been forgotten by our readers.
The sorrowful disaster brought TO the
home of the deceased terrible desc
lation, and the wife who was left to
mourn his sudden loss was nearly dis
tracted. For many days after husband
was buried she continued to deplore
his death, aud went nearly wild when
ever she thought of it. Her nights
were passed in restless rawlings, and
her days were gloomy and cheerless'
1t was feared by her friends that her
mind would become diseased II her
grief was not some way assuaged. At
last she dropped to sleep one sunny
afternoon. and while thus at rest she
dreamed that her husband was coming
hack to her. and, bending over her,
imnlanted a kiss upon her brow. She
asted 10 remain with her, but he told
her he could not, that he was too hap
nv where he was, but that they would
meet again hereafter in the better
world. The vision passed and she
awoke. Since then her thoughts have
been at rest, and she is thoroughly
impressed with the belief that her
husband is happy and that she will 60
to him when she comes to lie down In
the grave beside him.
Year: 1876




Mark Twain recently tried his hand
writing up distressing accident for a
Boston local paper, and this is how he
did it:


Last evening about six o'clock, as
Mr.. VIM. Schuyler an old and respect
ed citizen of South Park, was leaving
his residence to 60 down town, as has
been his usual custom for many years,
with the exception OF only q short in
terval in the spring Of 1850, during
which he was confined TO his bed by
injuries received in attempting TO stop
a runaway horse, by thoughtlesslY
throwing up his hands and shouting
which ii he had done so even single
moment sooner, must inevitably have
frightened the animal still more in
stead Of checking his speed, although
disastrous enough to himself as il was
and was rendered more melancholy
and distressing by the presence Of his
wife's mother who was there and saw
the occurrence Notwithstanding IL is at
least likely, though not necessarily so;
that she should by accommodating in
another direction when incidents not
being vivacious aud on the lookout, as
a general thing. but even in tnereverse,
as her mother is said 20 have stated,
who is no more, but died in the full
hope Of a blessed resurrection upward
Of three years ago, aged eighty-six,
being a christian woman without guile,
as it we're, in property, in consequence
Of the fire of 1876, which destroyed
every solitary thing she had in the
world.


Let us all take warning by this
solemn occurrence and 50 try TO conduct
ourselves that when we come to die We
can do it. Let us place our hands
upon our hearts, and say with earnest
ness and sincerity, that from this day
forth we will beware Of the iutoxicat-
ing bowl.
Year: 1876

An exchange says: "Why will girls
run away to get marriedY" 1--WE give
it up," answers the Louisville Courier
Journal. But we know lot here
who would be glad enough to stay at
home or jump at the chance to walk
off and get married. The boys ain't t
around asking them like they did. 1t
takes more money to>run one of them
nova days than it does to run a steam
boat and they can see more fun with
q steamboat. All girls, it's your own
fault Swop off silks and satins for
lawns and calicos; shut up the piano
and dive into a wash-tub; throw away
your fancy needle-work and tackle a
red hot stove in the kitchen. Instead
of receiving Brown. the bankers son,
in the parlor, keep your eye skinned
for Bill Burns, the blacksmith's son,
as he goes home from work; kiss his
dirty face through a broken pane OF
glass in the kitchen window, and after
awhile, when he learns his trade and
you know your business, get married,
20 to house keeping by yourselves,
help each other, live happy, raise a
family that will be an honor to your
names and credit to themselves, die
happy, and the angels will not turn
their backs upon you up there"
Year: 1876

A substitute for gunpowder has
been invented in England, in the shape
Of paper impregnated with a chemical
combination Of ohlOrate of potash, and
nitrate of potash, coupled with little
powdered charcoal and tinder. The
paper is rolled around these latter in
the desired sizes for cartridges. The
advantages offered are that no danger
of explosion exists except from actual
contact with FIRE, the interior Of the
arm is not soiled, less smoke and less
rebound are made than with gunpow-
der, and less damage takes place. to
humanity. Very satisfactory trials
have been made Of the new material.
Year: 1876

The most casual observer can not
fail to discover in every department of
life, both animal and vegetable, a con-
slant and energetic struggle for exist
ence. The law of life is embodied in
Year: 1876

NEW YORK, March 3-The.grain trade
of the Produce Exchange adopted n reso.
luton yesterday that white and yellow
corn should be graded separately, and
that the inspections of steamer corn
should not be of so choice quality as new
mixed; also that in the event of tender
of steam corn on contracts tor new mixed
during March, if the quality should not
be equal to the grade of new mixed
thrown on tho market during February,
the receiver of it shall have the righ. TO
appeal ard request arbitration.
Year: 1876

Toledo, March 3.-Th,s afternoon as
the freight train on the Baltimore x ONO
Rsilroad was crossing the bridge at the
Delaware bend, near Defiance, 1t broke
in two throwing a car from the track
The hind part OF the train and cast span
Of the bridge were precipitated into the
river Conductor Leech and two brake
men were seriously and probably fstsill
injured
Year: 1876

Mr.. E1munds there was no such thing
as prira facie case before the Ssnste


The constitution compelled the Senate
to Judge OF the election Of this man as
well as the certificate be presented. The
legislature which elected Pinchback may
possibly have been the Legal legislature
of Louisiana. but it did not come before
the Senate with that boon Of peace
and equality which might have been
other circumstances. He then referred
to the frauds in Louisiana at some length
and said that the admission OF Pinch
back in the face OF all these facts would
infict a blow on our Constitution which
would last to it TO its grave. The Senate
was bound to come 10 the result which
be would te glad TO have other
wise. He did net think
these Senators could excuse themselves
| from facing this question BY the idea tbs.
Year: 1876

Yesterday the Department OF Public Works sent a
communication to Mayor wiskham, laying the blame
the present condition Of Tompkins square Comp
troer Green. The document which Is lengthy one
reccs the contracts under which the work has
hitherto been done and the action of the Comptroller
in regard TO said contracts II ends by challenging tho
Comptroller to deny any statement therein made
Year: 1876

The steamer Long Branch. Captain Curtis, with bat
terry B, First Division New York artillery board
went ashore on the bar outside weits Point yestor-
day afternoon II was expected she would float OF at
hInh
Year: 1876

To THE EDITOR HEIALD:-


Enclosed you will find twenty cents, which my little
sister Susie and send help in raising money toward
getting General Custer a monument. only wish had
u great many times this sum TO give toward such
good object II | am soldier hope shall be
brave and true us he. | am only ten years old
now, but hope to live DO service for my country
some day. CHARLIE O. GILDERSLEEVE.