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Year: 1876

Hazlitt entered room as If he had
been brought back to it in custody. He
shufiled sidelong to the nearest chair, sat
himself down upon one corner of it,
dropped his hat and his eyes upon the
floor, and after having exhausted his
stock of small talk in the words, It's a
fine day" (whether it was so or nOt),
seemed to resign himself moodily to his
fate, and, if the talk did not take turn
that reused him, thus he would sit, in
tent and halcabsorbed, for half an hour
or half q minute, as the case might be,
and then get up suddenly with "Well,
good morning" shuttle back to the door
and blunder his way out, audibly NUT
tering curses on his folly for willingly
putting himself in the way of becoming
the laughing stock of the servants, for it
was of that intellectual grade of persons
that Hazlitt alone stood in awe. There
was no reaching drawing-roOm without
running the gauntlet of the servants
hall {; and this it was that crushed and
cOnfounded him. / am certain that
Haziltt never knocked at door without
fearing that 1t might be opened by a new
servant, who would wonder what SO
"strange" person could want with their
master or mistress.


And this "poor creature" Gas he used
to call himself), apparently with scarcely
energy enough to grapple with an infant
or face shadow, was the launcher forth
of words that could shake the hearts of
princes and potentates, and make them
tremble in their seats of power. This
efiigy of silence was the utterer of floods
of indignant eloquence that could stir
the blood like the sound of a trumpet,
and the writer of the celebrated invec-
tives of the Catalogue Raisonni," the
essays on "The Spirit of Monarchy" and
"The Regal Character"
Year: 1876

Speaking of this reminds one of very
we'll authenticated rumor that the great
bonanza kings, Messrs. Flood, O'Brien,
Mackay and Fair, are going to send one
hundred and fifty tons Of gold and silver
bullion from their Consolidated Virginia
mine to the Centennial, and pile up the
glittering bars in some conspicuous spot,
so that all the world can see what one
mine produces in FIVE monthsl The
value of the bars will be ten million
dollars in United States gold coinl If the
idea is carried out, it will be the grandest
sight among million of grand sights,
and i venture to say more people will
visit this mountain of wealth than any
other single thing in the building. Five
millions Of the bullion are now boxed up
ready for shipment, and the balance will
be ready in due time. Few people ever
saw such vast sum as ten millions OF
dollars all in one or several piles, and
think the proposition of Messrs. Flood
Il Co., If carried through, will add much
to the charm, the wonder, the eciat, and
the success Of the exhibition.-Phiiadel.
phia Press.
Year: 1876

Children don't like fat meat, so give
them good bread and butter, and allow
them plenty of sugar. A chemist will
tell you that both fatty substances and
saccharine or sweet substances are
eventually oxidized in the body. Sugar
is the form to which many other things
have to be reduced before they are avail.
able as heatmaking food; and the for
nation of sugar is carried on in the body,
1t has been proved that the liver is a fac.
tory in which other constituents of food
are transformed into sugar. Now, it is
probable that your children really need
sugar to keep them well, and IL is fortu-
nate that most children are fond of vege-
table acid. A saucer of berries, or a ripe
apple, is often better corrective for chill
dren's ailments than dose of medicine
yet the majority of parents give the
nauseous dose preference over the fruit.
II does seem sometimes as if parents were
occupied more in denying than in graft
flying their children's appetites. This Is
neither necessary nor fair. They get as
tired of bread and milk as yon would
And what comes Of itY Simply, that az
soon as they have an opportunity, they
indulge their love for fruits and sweet,
TO excess.
Year: 1876

There are parlors belonging to rich men
who are the sons of rich men, who have
been educated carefully, and who have
travelled and seen all there is to be seen OF
the splendid and beautiful, and yet
though their rooms are full of the ex-
ternal evidence of wealth and travel, the
things seen unhappy; the colors all
"swear at one another" rs the French
artistic slang has it; the chairs and
tables, like people too early at country
party, are waiting for an introduction,
and the taste, il taste it may be called,
in the pictures and bric-a-brac, Is so dis
cordant, that If the owner likes one-half
of these, we cannot understand how he
should be able to tolerate the other. Of
course, it is not fair always to judge the
owner of one of these multifarious draw
ing-rooms by what he puts forward as
his own taste. In nine cases out of ten it
is not his taste at all, but the taste of
the town, and he has meekly put himself
into the hands of the fashionable fur
nisher. We might as well lay the charge
of the theatrical, vulgar paraphernalia Of
modern first-class funeral at the door
of the dead man, upon whose unresisting
body all these hideous floral emblems"
are piled. The fashionable undertaken
sits on him when alive. We cannot Judge
of his taste until he shows it, until he
takes his house into bis own hands, and
makes it TO his mind. 1t is to persuade
people to do this that these papers are
written, but the writer is not very hope
full of persuading any but young people
and those who have natural indepen-
dence. Rich people are for the most part
so bullied by their money, they don't
dare do what they like. And people
who are well on in life do not, as a rule,
take enough interest In the subject
They find the old shoes easier 10 the
feet,
Year: 1876

ing back his hair, the prisoner showed
great scar down one side of his head.


The whole court looked on breathless
as the captain stared at the scar and the
man till his eyes seemed starting from
his head. At length, as if in dream,
the captain muttered to himself, "GOod
God is it possible %


Then, slowly and deliberately, he got
out of the witness box, and clambered
into the dock, where he seized the prison
ers' hand, and, turning to the judge,
said:


"My lord, this was the best man in my
crew, and saved my life. Providence
has sent me here to save his. He is so
changed by illness and imprisonment
that | could not recognize him. But
there is no mistake now, and if you hang
the old bos'un of the Vulture, you must
hang his captain with him."


Then followed scene rarely witnessed
in court of justice. Amid cheers and
sObs that no one cared to suppress, the
judge briefly directed the jury to recon-
slider their verdict, which they at once
did, finding unanimous "Not guilty"
The prisoner was discharged, and left the
dock arm-in-arm with the captain. They
were hurried into chaise and drawn TO
the inn in triumphal procession, and,
after a sumptuous lunch, they posted off
together to London. AS they cleared the
ancient town Captain Sharpe might have
been heard addressing his companion
as follows:


"Well, old pal, we pulled through that
business pretty well, l think. But it
was a near go. That was a good notion
of Willy Bob's to wait for the verdict
before moving. We could never have
touched that evidence"


eyes" replied the innocent and long
suffering boatswain of the Vulture )" and
if you had cOttoned me q minute too
soon, the old beak would have been fly
to the trick. Lord, l was fit to burst
when the old boy began to cry"


From which brief remark we gather
that Captain Sharpe" might have
known more of the burglary than of the
Vulture. Nothing more was ever heard
of either of them. Such is is the story
of "The RecOnsidered Verdict"
Year: 1876

Insanity is year by year increasing,
more than keeping pace with the increase
of population it is we'll, therefore for us
to do something not only to protect our
selves, but to check the career of this ter
rible scourge. The causes of insanity
are manifold; they are seldom, if ever,
one only. There has been long prep
aration beforehand, whereby the mental
or bodily state has been weakened or dis
eased, and then some sudden trouble or
excitement brings the diseased state into
morbid activity, or suppressesits activity
altogether. Like most of our bodily dis
eases, it is frequently too late to do much
to cure the complaint when it shows it.
self; our efforts have to be principally
directed to the prevention to study the
physical causes of mental disease, and
beware how we incur danger. Theprin-
cipal cause of insanity (including idiocy
and moral perversion) is hereditary
predisposition. This does not necessarily
mean that the parents should be actually
insane temperament bordering on in
sanity in both parents is much more
likely to cause the minds of the children
to be affected, than if one only was mildly
afflicted with the actual disease. Those
parents who have insanity strongly de-
velOped in both their families, that is,
those who have had several of their rela-
tives insane, are almost sure to produce
mentally defective children. Marriage
of near relatives is also fertile source Of
insanity the nearer the relationship. the
more certain are the children to be either
mentally or bodily defective, or both.
How far cousins may marry with safety
is disputed point; but such an union
certainly involves much risk. Another
ply sical cause of insanity is intemper-
ance. An habitual drunkard is to a GER
tain extent a constant maniac, and liable
to furious outbreaks. 1t may not be right
to say that more danger is to be appre-
hended from constant moderate con-
sumption of alcoholic liquors, than from
an occasional drunken bout; and yet IL
may be so, for if instead of resting the
brain, when we feel it fatigued by over
work, we stimulate IL to activity by
alcohol, much harm must surely be done.
The conclusion of the whole matter
seems to be, that men must be taught to
live less selfshly; they must give up
many animal pleasures, and exercise for
bearance and selfabnegation for the sake
Of their children, II they would not have
their sins visited upon the heads Of their
innocent o1springs.
Year: 1876

There's face must ever remember,
Though may not behold II again
Through the golden haze OF September,
Or the gray November rain;
A face that was joyous and tender
AS the sea In its summer splendor;


And q smile that was clear and still
AS the sunrise over the hill.
There were steps that few to meet me,
Crushing the moss and the fern;
Blue eyes that frightened to greet me,
When others were cold and stern.
We crossed In the sunny weather,
The blossoming fields together,


And rested beside the rill,
, Coming over the hill.
Now the hill is barren and lonely,


And the sea Is moaning beyond;
And the bleak winds answer only


To my hearts cry, wild and fond.
Pale asters, with dewdrops laden,
Do you weep for the blue-eycd maiden
Who sleeps In the graveyard chill,
In the graveyard over the hill?
No longer the sea wears the glory


That lighted Its waves OF old
The moss and the fern heard story
That never again can be told.
But only seem to outlive her.;
Green hearts lie beyond the dark river;
There her step TO my soul shall thrill,
Coming over the hill.
Year: 1876

John Stuart Mill was Of opinion "that
rs mankind improve, they will more aud
mere recognize two independent prov
incos-thO province Of belief Rud tho
province Of imaginative conjecture;
that thOy will become capable Of keep
ing these apart, and that while they
limit their belief to tue evidence will
think it allowable to let their imagina.
tive anticipations go forth, not carrying
belief in their train. in tho direction
which experience and study OF human
nature shows to be most improving Ia
tho character, and most oxNlting aud
corsoliug to the individual feelings"
Year: 1876

TO the Editor or The IrtohHe.


SIR: There lies before the Republican party
the grandest opportunity presented, in time OF
peace for the redemption OF the country. We nave
fallen upon disaster; rather. it must be said' wiiuiy
rushed upon disaster led by corrupt men for whom the
Republican party is responsible In tho sense that In
trusted them with power followed their foolish counse
submitted To their ne0ciency and blinkcd their ras
cality THE TRIBUSE's words OF truth and soberness
yesterday express conviction that has been burned
into the minds Of all business by rotracted suffer
Ing "Ruinous uncertainty" coupled with certainty
of corruption In official station has brought the country
On the verge OF rum which there is only sure
method OF escape-the adoption OF definite and honest
financial policy by the Republican party.


The coura ge that equal to such move would ana
ynust also absolute active cutting OF OF the
gigantic abuses that have accumulated during he al
minstration OF President Grant III tie party oilers
candidates who above sus icon ana VINO are also
competent 10 save both Itself ana
the country The Democrats are divided anu distrused
and are showing themselves Incompetent More OF
them than the Republicans attached 10 wd lnna
tion schemes and they will never wholly escape the
taint of sympathy with the Rebellion But they have
conquered sometimes and most certainly VIII aka,h oy
their superb party discipline. unless the RepuDcans
gain renewed grasp the moral sense VI tho country
by taking high stand on the real issues OF the DAY
There Is no power mighty. 90 ssfe " fa back upon
Year: 1876




SIR: | have never been able to understand
why the Of the Tories Of the Revolution have
been SO long held in cyecratiOn Their sin sin was was
a very light onesimply standing up for the government
under which they lived In the language OF the norif
bard they chose 10 endure the ills under Which they
suffered rather haD fly to others that thcy knew not
Of The cause Of the Revolution the levyinc OF
small tax by the Home Government, which. compare 10
the tay-yoke have since borne was mere bhSateIf
am aware principle involved in the tax IN
posed By the Home Government But what have We t.
do with piincplcl That word has long since been wiped
out OF the nation vocabulary We have no doubt the
immortal Washington thought when he was hi'tH!nG
away at the British he doing good work ana 80
he undoubtedly was; but when considers the i0ad %
debt under which now S,aeSernG ihr corruption
which now prevails In high places, the rcpuulAtloh o'
many OF the States Of the Union OF hcir honest dtDi
and the devastation mado by thieves In every pi OF hc
land the question IN what respect have We ut
tine gamers lie IS"NoutOnf We have had I.Delll"h
since in which the rebels OF second best But the}
have been forgiven Except one hard easel aul tbk II
Is about time to let the poor Tories OF tic Revolution irn
as have furnished food long enough Tor bohbasc
orators and patriotic writers. Let Us have peace a.


Netr- York, Marcn 90, 1876.
Year: 1876

SIR: Having been called upon to learn the
value of nine houses and lots the Twelfth, Twentieth
and rwenyth Wards In this city, for the purpose Of
making Investments surprised to find that every
house and lot WAS placed at tho valuation last
year When asked the assistant the cause Of
this WAS informed by them that they had been In
sructed by the Tax Commissioners not to make any de-
ductons from the valuations OF last year Now Of what
use is an assessor II he cannot his judgment In
placing proper amount assessed property no
finds IL this yeari would not question your Intelligence
by calling our attenti TO the depreciation OF all real
estate in this city, especially tcnemenhouse property


and vet the owners Of such real estate will be compelled
10 nav not on 90 per cent Of the market value, but
for the full value OF the same Now why Is this
donof I can but one o1et In II, and
that is to make IL appear that the rate
OF tax per dollar this year will be less than last year
the expenses Of the City and County Government being


less than ast year. On Just valuation the rate would
be much higher The Commissioners do an Injustice not
only 10 the whom tney select for the purpose o
Year: 1876

% nv lawfully IMPRISONED "A USURPATIoN OF


TIE DUTIES OF THE COURTS.


TO the Ed,tor Of The Tribune.


SIR: Hallett Kilbourn is now imprisoned un-
der warrant from the Speaker of the House Tor con-
tempt In refusing to certain questions OF House
Committee. There is said to be an act woh eh'i'ics w
10 have his case transferred to the courts


But INDEPENDENTLY OF this, think the House, In lid
prisoring him. exceeded its constitutional powers
power in each House punish for contempt Is obviously
necessary one without which the ieGlsa'Nep oou
not at all times protect its independence OF acton bu
no legal reason can be assigned for its existence when 'o
legislative bod is not acting within the scope OF It's egS
otve authority proceeding TO investigate charge OF
official corrupton one that clearly within the scope
OF the authority Of the House OF Represeh'au'es'
whether as sSary preliminary to an impcacnncn'
or 20 furnish data the framing OF laws Tor REFORM OF
tc civil service But Is the present case such proceeu
Ing


The only ground for the inquiry have seen sateo Is
that 1t may lead the discovery OF assets OF tho Dk
rupt. Jay Cooke & Co., of whom the Government Is
creditor and TO whose benefit Creditor such discovery
would OF course But this Is strictly ana purely
iudical not legislative proceeding, one belonging eA
cusiyely to the courts well established principle
of our constitutional law that when the Government
not acting in It's political capacity but simply as an III
yestor of its funds in private institution 1t STANDS on
te same footing with respect to its legal rights ana Ia
btes rs any OF its citizens IT, therefore, tho Govern


eut choose to institute inquiry into the assets OF
bankrupt debtor has roya privilege OF doing tins
through Congress house of Congress, but must re-
sort TO the courts like citizen creditors, and the mere
fact that such inquiry may enuro to the pehcn' Oh e
Government as a creditor cannot authorize the House 10
assume judicial powers in the case such proceeding
for the benefit of citizen would be beyond the scope OF
Its constitutional authority it is in tho present case
and Knbourns imprisonment being without constitu-
tiona authority would be the dnty of any judge al
piled to u the District to release him on habeas corpus


Washington, March 10, 1876. FRANCIS D. LHfiif'
Year: 1876

PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE COLORADO BEETLE.
TO the Editor or The Tribune


SIR Inasmuch as Eastern farmers are likely
suffer from the ravages Of the Colorado potatobug
this season, would like to give them advice Ny
fields have been troubled with these pess for the past
six years and the best aud most expeditions remedy
have found was to catch the old when they
make their appearance on tho vines This will be as
soon as the tops the potato vines out Of the ground
Year: 1876

REGULAR REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS.
TIE SENATE PAS Us TIE ELECTORAL VOTE BILL BY
32 TO ga SLY ARGUMENT FOR FRANK'NG
IN TIIR POST ROUTE DEBATE-AN EXCITED DIS
CussIoN oN The PAY OF CONGRESSMAN IN The
Year: 1876

Our Philadelphia correspondent argues
that the Exposition should have been
opened on Sunday. The real trouble,
which makes this opening so Objectionable
TO many people, is the liquor-selling on
the grounds. Had there been none of this,
chey would have been, if opened, quiet and
orderly. But the wine and the beer, the
whiskey ard other spirits, which will be
sold constitute danger. They make it
possible that the day will be one OF drunken
levity, if the Exposition is open. We in
cline to the belief that the work began at
the wrong end il liquor had been exclud-
ed, the grounds might have been opened,
but when it was let in, then the reason for
their closing received an additional and al
most unanswerable support.
Year: 1876




The n. Y. Sun on Sunday morning
exhibited a startling change of heart,
it says Hayes is an honest man; he is
gentleman; he is rich. His neigh
bors all speak well of him; he is re-
spectacle in every relation of life,
public and private; his abilities are
fair his judgment good; his range OF
information sufficient for political
purposes and quality, and the temper
of his mind Is reasonably above the
level of safe mediocrity. There is no
eccentricity about him; he belongs
to his party through and through,
we suppose he has never failed to
vote in his life, and has never voted
a split ticket; there is nothing about
him 10 repel the support of any re-
publican. He will be backed by the
full strength of his party, and proba-
bly, something more. Wheeler be-
longs TO the same range of character
with Hayes, though he is rather more
independent and more capable of
rebellion. He is strong candidate.
With this ticket before the ccuntry
the Democrats cannot afford to fool
much with their opportunity. They
must nominate their best men or
they are liable to be beaten.
Year: 1876

The police madea descent on the
Olympic Theatre. Brooklyn. last
Sunday night and closed it, prevent
ing the performance of the can-can
which had been advertised.


Schneider of New York who was
appointed cashier of the Methodist
Book Concern in 1869, to succeed a
defaulter, now turns out to be a
defaulter himself;the amount missing
is about $1,000. Schneider has been
locked up in Ludlow street Jail.


A dispatch says: Governor Hayes
will not resign his Office as Governor
until September, when Lieut. Governor
Young will legally succeed him, the
law of Ohio being, if the Governor
ship becomes vacant thirty days be-
fore the October election, the vacancy
must be filled at the election.


New York Republican papers pub
lish a multitude of dispatches, show
ing that the Cincinnati nominations
were well received throughout New
York State and the East. Wheeler is
regarded a great strength on the
ticket in the East, and as man who
could not initiate johnson, Fillmore
and Tyler.


Ex-Secretary Bristow will leave
Washington tomorrow, Tuesday, and
after short visit to Louisville, will
take trip to Europe. He will be
unable to participate in the canvass.
as his two years service in the
Treasury Department fighting cor
ruption and whisky rings, with the
occasional weeks respite, has been
such a strain on him mentally and
physically, that he will seek few
months rest with his family in travel
ing.


The N Y Herald has interviewed
Henry Ward Beecher, who says.
Blaine was his first choice but, so far
as the Republican party is concerned,
the result is better as it is, Beecher
continued, Blaine has developed,a "a sur
prising degree and amount of power
but it is in his brains, not in his body.
He will do all in his power to make
the ticket success. He ought to be
in the Cabinet and not go to the
Senate. The Senate is well enough
for old men, hut Blaine has future
which ought not to be rusted in the
Senate. He either should have,a place
in the Cabinet or go back to the
House as the leader. He will make
his mark long time yet.


The Democrats in congress are get
ting alarmed at the prospect of de-
layed appropriation bills; it is proba-
BILE efforts will be made in a day or
two to break away from the narrow
leadership of Randall and Holman
and agree to the general appropria-
tion bills in such shape as they will
helacceptable to the Senate and meet
the approval of the President. If
this cHnnot be done in time TO save
the government from threatened dis
order, an effort will be made TO pass
such joint resolution as proposed
In the presidents message, authoriz-
ing unexpended balances of the
present fiscal year to be used for car
rying on the government until regu-
lar appropriations can be- agreed
upon.
Year: 1876

LAIN as Governor last Wednesday, the oath of
once being ad dministered by q Justice of the
Peace: though the Constitution requires il
SHOULD be administered by the Chief Jnatice
OF the Supreme Court who had refused to be
party TO the outrage.
Year: 1876

REFoRMER GOODWIN admits that the tail
OF the st. Louis ticket is dangerous, but con-
soles himself by hunting up the genealogy of
the Tilden family, which he finds remarkable
for the longevity of its members. He thinks
therefore, the head can be depended upon to
last four years and keep the tail in subjec-
ton. Just now, however, Mr.. Hendricks is
proving a very lively tail, and his persistent
lobbying in the House for the repeal of the
resumption act shows he is not likely to be
content with being simply powerless caudal
apnendage