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Year: 1876

Additional details from the returned
Arctic expedition show yet more clearly
the difficulties encountered, A new name
Is proposed for the ocean that is supposed
to surround the Pcle-the NPaIpocrvstio
Sea a. e, the sea of ancient ice. The he
ileI OF the explorers is that the ice there
mas oeen aceumulating for years if not for
centuries, and that the sea Is never free
from 1t. The description given of this ice
shows that it is quite different from that
which IS found forming each winter in high
latltudes and breaking up and floating
southward with every open summer. AT
It's lowest point the ice Of that northernmost
sea foated fifteen feet above water level: it
resembled low icehergs; in places its thick
ness was from $50 to 200 feet. The ae-
counts indicate, though they do not dis
dnetly state, that this ice is in motion.
and a map in Nature gives the direction of
the drift as to the eastward. That the ice
IS IN seperate masses is further presumabIs
from the fact that soundings were obtain
ed at the highest latitude reached by the
sledges, proving that the depth of the sea
at that point was only seventy fathoms. It
IS possible, however, that the soundings
were obtained through a hole in the ice,
made by blasting.


The obstacles which this ice presented
to sledge travel can now be better under
stood. Its masses had been jammed to
gether so as to create an utterly Irregular
surface, which could only be reduced so
that sledges were drawn over it by making
a road with the pickax. The actual ad-
vance made to the northward. with the
greatest labor. was only % miles from the
place where the Alert was harbored. but
nearly four times that distance was passed
over by the sledge party in dragging their
loads by installments, and % days were
consumed in the effort. 1t is evident that
the task Of sledging along the shore was
much less ardous than that of advancing
northward over the frozen sea. The party
that went to the westward made three or
four times as much progress. and the party
to the eastward more than twice as much,
as that which went northward.
Year: 1876

Two hundred years ago our Puritan fore
fathers fought the ''Great Swamp fight" in
Rhode Island with the savage warriors of
King Phillip, crushing the Narragansetts
and settling practically the questions at is
sue with the crafty Indian monarch. The
indOmitable courage of little band Of men
saved the cololies on that day from an
archy and destruction. One hundred
years ago the war for independence from
Great Britain had actually begun. If the
eolonists had not been successful in King
Phillips war there might never have been
an American revolution and there might
never have been an American republic.
The "Great Swamp fight" being the deel-
sive batSle of the Indian war, it may well
be considered an importaRC event IN the
history of this country. The Boston Ad-
Verttser Justly says, in re-tellinR the story
Year: 1876

The Council some time ago vote, to
fix the pay Of laborers on city work at
$3.50 day. 1t has been charged that
the men who worked on the reservoir,
notwithstanding this, and the fact that
men could be had to labor for ST day,
did not do d fair days work. ON the
morning the men were set to work some
three or four hundred men We're at the
reservoir; but how many OF these left
jobs where they were not paid SO well is
not known. 1t is laid to be Il fact that
laboripg men are working in the shops
for dollar d day, and some even a. low
as IS week where constant work is
offered
Year: 1876

Jane Grey Swisshelm, in letter to a
Chicago paper, says that q woman who
proposes to come to Europe alone had
better get her education before she
starts, so as to have the full benefit of
her six months; and I can think of no
way in which an American woman could
be so well prepared for European travel
as by standing on dry goods box on
the corner OF two public streets and
playing statue. Or she might utilize her
time by acting as a sign figure at cigar
shop. Let no one of them come here
until she can sit, or stand, and be stared
at by all sorts and sizes of men, with all
sorts of expressions, for an hour, if need
be, without moving muscle.


The father who proposes to send his
daughter here should hire twenty or
more strange men to sit in rooms she is
to enter, turn around to stare as she
comes in, keep on turning, and staring,
and making remarks about her, and
smoking, as she crosses the room; sit,
and stare, and smoke, while she re-
mains; turn, like dress dummies on a
pivot, to follow her motions with their
eyes as she goes out; nod to each other,
and comment on her appearance, as men
do on that of b rise trotted out for
their inspection-while she remains as
seemingly unconscious as if she were
made of plaster. When she has reached
this state of high breeding, it may be
quite safe for her to travel or reside
alone in Europe; but until then she had
better stay at home.
Year: 1876

No II STATE STREET. Nov. !, 1870
To THE EDITOR or HsRALD:-


NY name appears in your paper of this date as
candidate for office before the people OF this county
desire to say that not candidate for any Office
at the coming election but will continue 10 use my
best efforts Tor OF the democratic ticket and
the cause OF reform Yours respectfully,


HOGAN
Year: 1876

The following is a Lat Of the gentlemen who are to
compose tho Electoral College for the Centennial year
The three tickets republican, democratic and independ-
ent greeubackl are given in iuL prohibition can
ddate Tor Presidential honor is in tho heid but few or
no electors have been nominated.
Year: 1876

The New York democrats were so
frightened by the returns from Maine that
they held their State convention without
the usual quarrel, making their nomina-
tion unanimous, and adjourning without
the first speech. In the nomination OF
Lucius Robinson for Governor they east
loose from Bourbonism and make bid
for votes from the liberals. The liberia s
respond by saying it is too late. after the
nomination of Seymour by the party, to
invite the liberal element to support I'll
den. The nomination will neither draw
the liberals nor command the hearty sup
port of the democracy.
Year: 1876

The result of the vote as published in
tie columns Of this paper has been given
according to the returns received, which
have been carefully examined and reck-
oIed. We do not guess at what the re-
Publican majority is, but have stated it as
the returns give it, anything in democratic
papers to the contrary notwithstanding.
Year: 1876

Dr. McCandless, County Physician, has called npon us to say that he thought injustice to him was implied in our article last week under the caption Not Right" He assures us that his contract with the County, to furnish medicines and m -dical treatment 10 the iudigent sick does not contemplate the performance of surgical operations, and if it had included surgical cases he should>have governed his bid accordingly.

 All we intended to say, and all we did say, was that taxation, and not subscription, was the proper way 10 raise means for taking care of the indisent sick. 3uI If the Board of Supervisors have made contract that does not cover all classes of indisent sick people, then they have not done their whole duty, and should either amend the contract and increase the pay, or let another that will cover such cases.

 Ii persons in indigent circumstances who have the misfortune 10 have their limbs broken arc not indlgent sick, within the meaning of the law, tlere is no help for them, and the Superv- sors do wrong in providing for them at public expense; and if they are indigent sick the Board has been remiss in its duty if it has failed to in- clude them in its contract with the County Phy- sician.
Year: 1876

Luke < Co.'s mill started, on Tuesday, on ore from the Thurman mine, one and a half miles from Bradshaw City. This ledge is nine feet wide, and all the ore it is believed will work from twenty to twenty-five dollars per ton The first fifty feet in depth will all have to be worked, the vein matter being so much decom- posed that it is impossible 10 assort it. The ditch gave them some trouble al first, but is now thoroughly puddled, and they have more water than they can use The water wheel is forty feet In diameter, and il and the machinery runs like top Collier says, man can almost pump enough water to keep it going.
Year: 1876

ROBBERY OF THE C. x A. STAGE OFFIcE-On Saturday morning last We heard a rumor that the California and Arizona Stage Company's office here hid been robbed during the night, and on inquiry of the Agent F. J. StarSe. learned that the report was true and that considerable sum in coir, currency and cheeks had been abstractcd from tin box in his desk in which he was in the habit of keeping his funds. The circumstances of the robbery, so far as known, are so meagre that We deem them of but little interest, except the fact, which We get from Mr. Starke, that the theft was perpetrated by entering the front win- dow by wicket, put there for ventilation and that it was done after he had started the Florence mail on Friday evening and before he returned to the office at about half past ten. Both the desk and box, he says, were locked when he left, and both had been broken open when he returned, and the contents gone ns above stated No clue has yet been obtained as to the party or parties who committed the burglary
Year: 1876

The new restaurant and lodging house men. tioned last week. which is ahout being started by J. c. Dudley and Fred Williams, is nearly ready to do business, and will have an advertisement in the next issue of the MINER
Year: 1876

number of hOuscholders and freeholders of the Village of Tucson have pettioned the Coun- cil to call an election to disincorporate the Vi- lage Tbe Council resolved 10 grant the peti- tition as soon as the Village is out of debt, and the Mayor and Council will do all in their power to further the object of the petition.
Year: 1876

TnE first dJty oi the Government is to
redeem its promises. The difference
between crccnbacks and bonds is just the
same is CASTS between 4 merchant due
bill which tc r-vcr prctcnds 10 redeem,


EXCEPT il certain kinds Of goods, and mis-
negotiable no;e,. uItnring at fixed date,
and bearing interest, which are both
promptly raid wien due. The latter is
good as gold, because it Will bring gold in
market. The former is good for nothing
except at greatly deprecated prices, be-
cause it will only procure certain kinds of
merchandise Now, what DO We say of a
merchant who not only falls to make good
his due bills, but also refuses to fund them
in negotiable intcrest-bearing notes: Do
we not denounce HIM as 4 swindler: Here
is a Government cheapenin% the purchas


ing power of eight hundred million Of
currency by the persistent refusal to redeem
its promises, cit her in coin or its eQuiva-
lent, negotiable bonds which would COM
maud gold IN the market The redemp-
tion of two hundred million Of legal tenders
(at the very most would cause all of the
rest Of our currency to appreciate to par
with gold. The remaining hundred and
fifty million would be needed for bank
reserves and the redemption of national
currency, being more valuable and con.
vcnient for such purposes in the shape of
paper than coin, would never be presented
for redemption in either gold or bonds.
Let Congress give the Secretary of the
Treasury authority to issue two hundred
million Of four per cent. redemption bonds
Year: 1876

1t hss been asserted by Mr.. Randall,
chairman OF the Committee on Appropria-
tions, thai the reductions provided for in
his bill were bIscd upon thorough investi-
CATION and positive knowledge, and he
would 1ain convey the idea to the country
that the committee Simply desired the dis
missal of those only whose services were
not required by the needs or cxigcncies of
the public service. To this assertion we
are able to advance an emphatic and uuc-
:.uiyucal contradiction, so far, at least, as
one bureau in Tie Treasury Department is
concerned, and we do not doubt that ia
quiTy will develop the fact that the bureau
in question will be found 10 occupy, by no
means. an isolated exception. The COM
mittec recommends a sweeping and disas.
trous reduction in the clerical force of the
Bureau Of Statistics, the effect of which
not utterly destroy, the efficiency and util-
ity of that important branch Of the public
service. Now, the public should know that
not single member of the Committee on
Appropriations visited this bureau for the
purpose of uscertaining whether the work
therein performed, or any portion thereof,
is or is not necessary, or whether the cleri.
eel force engaged in the prosecution Of the
work Is too great OF too small. This is Ger
tsinly -sry questionable mode Of legis-
Iafing ser IN Intelligent people. Make a
note Of T.


Again, the committee claims that the
uniform reduction Of ten per centum on
salaries falls with equal fairness upon all
This We deny, so far as tAr employees of
Year: 1876

OFFICIAL EXAMINATION OF wALLAcKs THE


ATRE BY THE INSPECTORS OF BUILDINGS.


The only theatre examined yesterday was wallack's
inspectors Dudley, McGinnis. Hyde, Green and An
drews made tho inspection. The auditorium of Wal
lacks Theatre found TO be separated from the
vestibuo ana main exits on Broadway and on Thir-
teenth street by brick wall running to the top Of
tho building from the ground Three wide doors open
into the parquet, which will seat over 600 people,
Tho nislcs wide In the balcony the hiscs were
also found TO be roomy and two main stairs leading
to the vcstibuc tho lower ground floor spa
cious There Two windows on the south side look
ing out the roof OF a low building on Thirteenth
street. This tier will accommodate over 400 per-
sons The gallery contains two wide doors
leading into a lobby opening on two wide stairways
running TO tho main floor OF tho theatre Only one CT
these is used regularly but in casc Of trouble the
other can be thrown open at moments notice The
inspectors. however, intend to recommend as an ad-
ditional safeguard that the two windows the south
side, well the two the north side, be made
avaiiabc in OF fire. and that escapes from them
be placed 10 the building next door and into Conner
billiard OF these only to be used iu
cases OF extreme danger. new iron column is sug-
gcstcd by the inspectors under the stairs leading to
the gallery render them still stronger Tho stairs


Leading all the tiers in this theatre very spacious
After the front OF the house was inspected an
examination OF the stage was made. The scenes
used In the piece in representation are placed in
separate building IN which there are no lights or res
on under and above the STAGE in the fires, hose pipes
regularly attached to nydranIs at hand At con-
venicnt places, with water ready to bo turned on.
There or seven different ways OF leaving tho
stage in case OF alarm of danger. Tho dressing
rooms all underneath the stage, and the people
poyed behind the curtain roach the street by two
passages to the front OF the house and two SIDES TO
an escape into Fourth avenue, without going to tho
stage The space above the flies Is separated from the
room over the auditorium by bulkhcad
Year: 1876

II ascertaned yesterday that the vessel sunk Of
Barnegat Friday evening by collision with tho
schooner Adelaide j. Alcott the brig Frank Clark,
belonging TO the State of Maine She was bound from
St Thomas for Ncw York with mixed cargo and is
now a total loss She went down IN six fathoms OF
water, carrying to the bottom Captain Samuel Morton
and mis- wife. who below at the of the coll


sion, and also the first mate, Simpson. All the
others board ecc cd escape from the sinking
brig.


The story of the collision as told TO the writer yes
tcrday by Mr. Charles c. Wehrum and Mr.. Charles W.
Acot the owners of the schooner Adelaide j. Alcott Is
follows:-


The Adelaide j. Alcott bound for Virginia, light
She was under two-reccd oresail and spanker, run
ming before heavy squall in about southwest drec-
tion along the beach. The sunken vessel, the sur
vivors say running in about northeast direction
The lookout on the Alcot first saw the red light OF the
brig. She continued her course, also showing her red
light Suddenly the brig changed her course, turning
directly toward the shore and showing her green light
when only about 100 yards away. The captain OF the
AlcotL who was at the wheel, immediately
sheered or to clear the brig but a snow
squall or considerable violence struck his vessel
and he struck the brig little aft Of the forward
rigging In twenty minutes the brig sunk in about six
fathoms OF water bow foremost the stern remaining
above all night The brig was in charge Of the
second mate; the captain hts wife and the first mate
were below, and were the only persons drowned Two
children were also below, but rescued with tho
crew. The schooner remained fast in the gap she had
poughcd the side of the brig all night so that h
saved persons could scramble on board, and no boa
had TO be lowered. The Acott belonged TO New York,
and is not materially damaged by the collision.


The persons saved IRON the Frank Clark were tho
Rcgan; the two children, who were adopted children
Of the captain and whose names are not known, and
son. John Hooy, James Connolly John Reid and James
ore


evening; the night was very dark and the sea at the
time was running pretty high.
Year: 1876

A meeting Of the surviving members of the old Fifth
New York Volunteers (Duryees Zouaves) is to be held
three O'Clock Saturday afternoon OF this week for
the purpose OF sending uniformed representation
the Centennial. Oflcers and members of the old
ganzaon In this vicinity earnestly requested TO be
present and take part in the The place OF
meeting will be room No IL the third floor OF the
Post Office Building.
Year: 1876

meeting OF representatives OF different Odd Eel.
lows lodges was held al the Turn Hall yesterday when
committee was appointed TO take charge OF new
labor exchange which is 10 be established under the
auspices OF the oracr The exchange TO be located
In ST Marks place
Year: 1876

Tho infant daughter Of Thomas Haahan, living at
No 415 Pearl street, burned to death yesterday
morning by her clothes catching lire. The child was
tied In chair the stove and left alone The
screams OF the little sufferer attracted the attention OF
It's mother but before she could extinguish the flames
the infant was beyond recovery.
Year: 1876

H. however nothing but the sober realltynolhing to
prolong tho serious Illusion caused by stale and exag
Reratcd stories OF Ophirhkc mountains and Californian
valleys Colonel Dodgcs brochure is truthful state
ment OF the and characteristics OF the
try, ascertained by scientific examination Professor
Newton makes valuable contribution on the subject
Of the geological formation Of the Black His which is
one OF the most interesting 6f problems the
United States. In description and narrative the book
Is extremely meagre but these ieatui are


al to satisfy the curiosity the class who are eager
TO seek their fortunes toward setting SUM- and for
whose benefit mainly, II was written. II will De Of
equal interest however, to all who watch the develop
ment OF the great West.


the AMERICAN KENNEL AND SPORTING FIELD. BY


Arnold Burgess J. b. Ford & Co.


This book treats of breeding breaking and kennel
management Of the different kinds OF sporting dogs
and is very interesting and will well repay perusaL
The book Is illustrated with lne kenesses Of English
and Irish settlers and pointers Gentlemen who indulge
in field sports requiring dogs will hnd much valuable
Information In this book
Year: 1876

These utterances mean that the negro who
votes for Hayes and Wheeler does so at the
peril of his life, that the Democratic candi-
date will owe his success TO the support of
White-liners and Ku-klux, that the black
man is to be virtually disfranchised, that all
the gains of the war are to be lost. The
Northern people do not look upon all this as
acceptance of the situation, and will hesi-
tate long before they entrust the negro. killers
with power
Year: 1876

The Financial Chronicle discusses the
new funding loan, and rehearses the history
of the funding of the new fives to support
the theory that the operations of the syndi-
cate will not seriously disturb the gold mar
ket, the process being the simple exchange
Of one class of bonds for another. The for
mer syndicate fulfilled its contract TO the sat
isfaction OF the treasury and OF the country,
being able to buy up old skies and the ma
turing coupons as fast as the new bonds could
be sold to the public. To the assertion that
the present negotiation OF loan at Al per
cent. indicates a great improvement in the
credit of the government, the Chronicle re-
plies that the government ought to be much
better than it is, and that it would have been
except for ''the large and influential move
ment, in and out of Congress, to initiate the
currency, to disturb the banking system, to
derange the national finances, and TO sub
vert that stability which is needful for fnan-
cial prosperity and industrial recuperation."
The present negotiations only indicate that
the credit of the government has sustained
less damage than was anticipated.
Year: 1876

we DO not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily tor publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.


we cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used.
Year: 1876

1t is said that Grant has at last beer
moved by his affection for Babcock, un
til his emotions burst forth in a terrible
rage. The storm was so fierce and terri
bic, that Bristow actually turned his
back on the President and walked to a
window where he stood looking ont in a
contemplative mood, not knowing wheth-
er to take up the gauntlet which the
President cast at his feet or not. Look
ing steadily at his Secretary the Presi-
dent referred to the prosecution of the
Whisky Ring, and with great emphasis
concluded his remarks by saying that he
Grant understood perfectly that certain
parties near to him, trhile they acre pre-
tending to behiS friends, tcere really his enc
mics, seeking to build themselves rp at his
expense. The Presidents s manner was
unmistakably pointed, and Secretary
Bristow, in astonishment and dismay,
turned about and walked to the window.
An interval Of silence ensued, which was
broken by Pierrepont, who suggested in
a subdued tone tha. he thought the
President was inclined to be hasty and
severe in his Judgment, to which Grant
responded in u loud and angry tone that
when he wished advice from his Cabinet
eounselors as to his personal affairs he
would notify Them


Perhaps that trait in Grants character
which makes him stick to his friends,
guilty though they b0, is the best, but
how could it be otherwise since there is
no other trait but what is condemned.


1t is a burning shame that Grant
should have remained silent so long
while his best friends were being ter
tured by Bristow.


Believing that Grant has been drink
ing crooked" whisky for many years at
the expense of the Ring thieves and
that Babcock was the medium
through which it was passed to the
White House, we think Grant Is moved
Just as any other pad would be for his
fellow. 1t is rather too bad that Bah.
cock under the circumstances should
bear all the odium and be punished alone
Grant certainly ought to share his
friends difficulties. And that Bristow
should have taken service under Grant
and commenced to prosecute his friends,
is in the Presidents mind no doubt, a
piece of vlllainy and ingratitude not to
be born in silence. 1t is, therefore, not
surprising at all that such a man as
Grant is represented to be should glow
with indignation and become stormy and
petulent. With SO much crooked
whisky in his poor little carcus, how
could it be otherwise?
Year: 1876

The DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS are pro.
ceeding carefully, cautiously and surely
in the direction of Retrenchment. They
are opposed at every step by the Blaine
Republican faction; and of course have
to modify their reductions somewhat to
suit the views of the Radical Senate. If
in addition to cutting down estimates
they succeed in cutting down also the
government interest to 4 or A. per cent.
they will effect good work.