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Year: 1876

On our first page viii be found the
PARTICULARS of the case OF Secretary
BeIkpap. who it seems has been in the
habi, of selling the appointments more
Immediately under his control, aud in
tba, way has mauaged in a very few
wears to accumulate quite large ior-
,pne In the case that led to his de-
lection he employed his wife as go
between. but after a brief period he
dropped all disguise and received and
reccipted for the money. From the
rost trader at Fort Sill, Arkansas, 1t
Is in evidence that in period OF
less than FIVE years forty thousand
dollars was collected as the price OF
holding the position. Of this sum
twenty thousand dollars was traced
directly to the Secretary'5 pocket In
this state Of affairs, and at a time
when the committee of investigation
was about to report the facts to the
House with a view 10 the Secre-
tary's impeachment, President Grant
accepted his resignation, and IN that
way attempted 20 forestall any fur
ther Congressional Investigation. This
was even too much for the Presl-
dents partisans in Congress, and dis
regarding the action of their chief, the
House Of Representatives unanimous
Iy voted to present the late Secretary
Of War to the Senate as guilty of
high Crimes and misdemeanOrs in
office. In the history Of civilized
governments We fail to recall such an
exhibition Of gross corruption on the
part of a high public official, and
standing without a parallel 1t must be
regarded as the crowning inlamy OF
the nineteenth century. Coming too
at at period when we are arranging
for the centennial celebration Of
American independence, it will cause
every citizen of tie country to hang
his face for very shame. To every
thoughtful man it has been apparent
for wears that corruption permeated
all branches of the public service
but even with the best informed it
was never dreamed that Cabinet Of
iicers had snnk 50 low as to peddle
out the Offices az their disposal. This
crime has now been brought home 10
the Secretary of War, and under all
the circumstances his degradation and
punishment cannot follow too speedily.
1t was bad enough when the Presi-
dents private secretary was lmpii-
Gated il the whi>key frauds, Even
that was regarded as cause for na-
tion9l humiliation bat when it comes
to a cabinet oificer-the Presidents
constitutional adviser-making mer-
chandise of bis patronage, we have
reached the cruwning intamy. \ sad
picture and one from which every true
American will turn away with loath-
ing aud contemPt-contempt for the
system that renders such crimes
possible.
Year: 1876

DISCOUNT OK SILvER--We notice that several Of
our exchanges urging the adoption OF some rule
IN relation To paying out and receiving silver. They
represent that silver being discount, the proper
course Is TO receive and pay out silver at whatever
may he the quoted rates. I. Is held that pay out
g-eenbacks at IncTe than the selling rate Is dis
honorable and that the rule ought 10 apply in
The else Of silver coin At WaIa Waa We have no.
as yet heard any complaint on this score, but
should the plan of discountny silver be adopted at
san Francisco and Portland viii be necessary for
our business men 10 follow suit
Year: 1876

SoDoM and Gomorah were destroyed
for their wickeduess. If the radical
party is allowed another four years
lease of power, we may reasonably
expect q tide of fire and birthstone to
roll over the lana. There seems TO
be a principle in nature that when a
people become wholly corrupt an
avenging Deity sweeps them from the
face of the earth.
Year: 1876

PROFITABLE BANKRUPTCY.-A BOs-
ton letter states that nearly thOus-
and New England firms have gone
into bankruptcy during the past sixty
davs. 1t is also intimated that many
of these business failures were 4 mere
business speculation. n firm discOv-
ers that it can get realeased from lis
liabilities by paying about fifty per
cent. on them, and the temptation TO
do so, even though able to pay in full :,
is too great for the slender stock Of
moral principle which many trades
men of the present day possess. The
tine when going through bankruptcy
was a narrowing process seems to
have passed. Business men duck
their beads under water for a few
days, keep still and let the law set
them free of dbet. Then they come
up smiling and 90 on as before.
Year: 1876

The first contested election case
was disposed of in the House commit
tee on the l4ih of last month. It was
that of q white democrat conlestiug
the seat Of a colored republican, in
the first Alabama (MobIie1 district.
The case was decided in favor Of the
sitting colored member.
Year: 1876

BLOWING Hor AND CoLD.-It is very
painful to record the fact that the at
titudp of President Grant 20 Secretary
Bristow in relation to the whiskey
fraud trials exhibits the former in the
light of one urging aloud one day
what he doggedly attempts to prevent
the next. Even as a policy this Is a
mistake, for Gfaut is thus making
Bristow The most important man in
country. BristOw must not let him>
self be driven out, no matter what al.
noyanee il costs him 10 remain.
Year: 1876

The democrats OF the House of
Representatives are on the whiskey
scent just now. They have called for
all correspondence and papers in the
whiskey cases and appointed another
Investigating committee. These gen
tiemen propose to make an effort TO
throw little more light on some of
the obscure phrases Of the recent
whiSkey trials.
Year: 1876

IT has leaked out that a large sup
ply arms and ammunition have re-
Gently been shipped from New York 10
Vera Cruz which are intended for
Mexico. The opinion is entertained
by parties in New York, supposed to
be well Informed that a revolutionary
movement in Mexico ss inevitable and
that, too, on formidable scale.
Year: 1876

CoRHUPrIox.-To find a parallel for
the corruption :hat everywhere per-
meates the party in power, we must
go back TO the days when WaIpole
ruled England, and openly conducted
his administration on the principle
that every man had his price" The
radical party seems to be al least two
centuries behind ;he age, and at this
late day attempts to govern the coun
try after the fashion that disguSted
and disgraced our English iorefathcrs.
They have already made the public
service synonym with peculation
ard fraud, and with the Belknap ex-
ploSion have shown that they are
capable OF STOPPING TO acts that would
mantle the cheek of a South Sea
Islander.
Year: 1876

New Haven, Nov. 21, 1876.

 DEAR SIR-In response to your request, l will state as briefly and clearly as possi- ble the impressions received during my visit to New Orleans.

 The gentleman who were requested by the National Democratic Committee to go to Louisiana expressed at once to one another the determination to certify the Northern people the truth with regard
Year: 1876

The Times ard Tribune published to-
day 90 extraordinary defense or apology
for William A. Wheeler in his black
mailing operation in the matter of the
Ogdensburg and Champlain Railroad -
The apology does not deny single allie
CATION of the charge, and only states
with much parade of words, some facts
entirely irrelevant to the issue, and which
we're stated also when the charge was
made. the charge is not answered, but
shirked. The allegation was not that
William A. Wheeler acted without cover
of forms Of law, but that he abused the
forms of law to levy blackmail, and that
the very law which he made use OF TO
force Sl59, 900 out Of the stockholders,
of which $4,000 went directly to his
own pocket, was drawn by him and
passed by his personal exertions for that
purpose, and had 10 other force or effect
whatever than to compel the stockhold
ers to submit to the legalized plunder--
This is the charge. 1t has not been met,
aud cannot be. 1t is useless for Wheeler
TO try to dodge the question. He ought
to know that this is very bad year to
attempt to throw dust in the eyes of the
people
Year: 1876

This seems TO us fair view of the
political situation. The balance of adj


vantage is on the side Of the Democrats !;
but only on the condition that they
show wisdom, courage and moderation
in their canvass. .2-a aa haaf- -sst
Year: 1876

LABoRiNG MEN.-Who is the cause
Of your reduced wages.


The Republican party.


Who has been the cause Of many Ia
boring men being thrown out OF employ
ments
The Republican party.


Who has been the cause Of your
house and lot being mortgaged'


The Republican party.


Who has heen the cause Of your get
ting into debt, and making the future
dark before your eyes:


The Republican party.


Who, in general. Is the cause Of the
hard timess


The Republican party.


From the many evils Of the Rcpub-
lican party the ballot box can deliver
Us, with Tilden and Hendricks to lead
es out Of the house OF bondage.
Year: 1876

REFoRMl-In his very able speech
the other day. Senator Bsyard, well
said:


: The reform that is wanted to day is
the reform that little children learn at
their mothers knee Of honest and hu-
name dealings in human affairs. There
is nothing intricate in this, and yet the
republicans have never learned it,
Look and tell me wha, republican Office
holder ever raised his hand against a
chief in his own party and remai1ed in
Office long afterward himself' fwen't
ask you how many rog,,es remain who
never were disturbed
Year: 1876

To THE Editor HERALD


Many OF your readers, scattered all over the country
from Maine TO California would be glad 10 witness the
occultations Of the Peades on the evening OF Thurs
day. February 3. II they when 70 look so as not
90 be obliged 70 spend hours a winters light wait
ing the open air. The American Ephemeris predicts
the times Of immersion and EMERSON, they will oc-
cur the National observatory but those times will
not be correct anywhere else. Neither the Nautical
Almanac nor the books astronomy give any rules for
obtaining approximate times, excepting by proec
ton or by computation either OF which requires much
time and a familiarity with astronomical and mathe.
matical formula Shall give your readers mode OF
working out the problem for themselvesS II Is a mode
simple that IL almost absurd TO claim that 1t
new; and yet know no other reason why u has not
been employed in the prediction ofoccultations


Were Electra b. the star nearest to the in the
diagram, suddenly TO blaze forth like the sun on the
night OF February q, the moon would cast shadow
which would sweep the United States and every
whore within that shadow would be occulted or
eclpsed by the The central line of that shadow
would pass over all the places where would be cen
trally eclipsed North OF that line and within tn 9
shadow the moon would pass less below the
star; south OF that line the moon would pass
less above the star the duration OF the eclipse in
each would be shortened. This line OF central
eclipse will be the line OF central occultation and
passes through the following places s:-Commencng
about deg south Of San Diego Cal It passes through
Santa Fe, New Mexico; jefferson City aud ST. Louis,
No. Louisville and Frankfort KY, and Charleston
and Fredericksburg, Va


AT the longitude OF Washington, D. c., the middle OF
he occultation occurs at Oh 4em. P. NJ. For any
point west OF that the western longitude in time must
be subtracted lone hour for is degs), aud also 25
min for each hour of west longitude for the effect OF
paralax for any point east OF that similar amount OF
time must be added, and the result will be the local
time OF the middle Of the occultaton ofb.


For the immersion, beginning OF the occultston,
If the latitude OF the place OF observation is within
deg OF the fundamental line above described subtract
35 min from the time the middle OF the occuation;
If sdeg from the line whether north south, sub
tract 80 min; II II deg from the line subtract 25 min
If l3 deg, subtract is mn., but II than Is deg
from the ne the star will probably not be occulted.
For the emerson, or end OF the occutaton the samo
number OF minutes must be added to the time OF the
middle OF the occultation.
Year: 1876

Yesterday afternoon Daniel Bradley, aged forty-one
years was brought by an ambulance from the Seventh
Precinct TO Bellevue Hospital suffering severely from
commnuted compound fracture OF the tbea and nbula
Bradley was IN the act Of stopping runaway horse
when he knocked down and run over His lee will
have 70 be amputatcd IN order 70 save his llfe
Year: 1876

The apparent path OF the through the Pleiades
Will also depend upon the distance OF the place Of OBJ
servation from this fundamental line On the diagram


line is drawn representing the direction OF the
OF the toward the left For each degree OF ati-
tude Of the place OF observation north OF the line the
moons centre Is depressed Ills part Of its radius
1-30 of its diameter The position OF the moon Is
given for the city OF New York the moment OF the
immersion of b. New York being nearly deg north
OF the lne the moons centre is depressed about Is
Of its radius. as will be seen.


The above directions sufficient for the star D.
for any place where the occultation will be visible the
becoming material only for places nearly 10 deg
from the line For any other star Of the group two
corrections must be applied-hrs new line
be drawn parallel TO the fundamental lfne second the
time Of the middle Of the occultaton must be changed
The amount OF these changes Is given In the following
table, In which give-nrst. the name OF the star;
second, the letter by which II is designated In the
diagram; third, the distance of the new line and
whether toward the north south; fourth correc-
ton Of the time. The star Taygea (e) have not in
cluded in the table, for the that II will only be
occued In the extreme southern portion OF the United
States so near the limb that the time only be
rateIy predicted by computation An approxim
time may be readily obtained from the diagram. SO
also from the diagram the times may be approximately
ascertained for the smaller stars represented
Year: 1876

We had no change" with us,
says Rev. W. W. H. Murray in the
Adirondacks; we didn't take very
large wardrobe along on this trip
and when we had aroused our host,
our first and most emphatic request
was for cold clothes" Now, the
resources of the house in this direc-
ton were abundant in quantity,
but terribly deficient in proportion.
The garments which fell to my
share were good enough for their
proprietor, probably, but they were
evidently cut for a man several
years younger than l am. The
pantaloons were two or three
stories too short, and the shirt
would have made the Egyptians
bow down and worship. But, per-
severance conquerS all obstacles /;
and having got myself into the top
Of those trowsers, with the help Of
my companion, l shook myself
down to the bottom of them, and
some ways below the bottom Of
them, too. Indeed, when l fairly
got through those breecheS / found
they were Of continental cut, and
precisely of the fashion our fathers
wore a century ago. But the shirt
was a mystery. Off from me it
looked as shirt should look, but
when l had got it on it looked as
no shirt has ever looked for six
thousand years. Ny arms went
into and through the sleeve as a tin
peddler goes through toll-gate
when he is too much hurried by the
pressure Of business to stop and
pay the assessment. never knew
what long arms | had until | got
into that shirt. There was room
for dozen bracelets below the cuff
buttons, aud when | got to bed |
felt as if / wanted one bed for my
body and one for my arms.
Year: 1876

Lake Erie, and in some other places
at the North wi ere ice forms of suf-
fic;ert thickness, fish are attracted
to openings through the ice lover
which Il small, perfectly dark house
is is placed b. means of small
decoy fish, attached to a line. and
moved rapidly through the water be-
meath the ice. A fish viii some
times follow one CT these for long
time, but seldom takes it in his
mouth unless the representation is
nearly perfect. They evidently come
to see what is going on. So we have
seen a school of fish follow a baited
hook every time it was drawn to the
surface, but not one would touch the
most tempting bait.


THE first Lord Lyttleton was very
absent minded in company. One
day at dinner his lordship pointed
to a particular dish. and asked to be
helped to it, calling it, however, by
a name very different from that
which the dish contained. A gen
tleman was about to tell him of his
mistake. "Never mind" whispered
another of the party; "help him to
what he asked for, and he will sup
pose it is what he wanted"
Year: 1876

IBE CURIOSITY OF FISH The
curiosity exhibited by fish is worthy
Of remark. Like nearly all the ami
NAL creation, fishes are inquisitive.


Woramen in diying-bells and sub
marine armor, tell some interesting
anecdotes illustrative of propensity.
A diver who was engaged in tunnel
ing for the water works of an East
ern city, whose labors at the bottom
of the river occupied him for several
days, became suddenly aware, one
day, of the presence Of o larger fish
than he had ever seen before-a
sturgeon which he thought at least
would weigh eighty or ninety lbs.
1t visited him for several days in
succession, and eventually became
So fearless as to approach within
little more than an arms length of
him, although at first it was quite
shy. Along the southern shore of
Year: 1876

Tie elevation OF Premier Disraeil
to the reerage, which the title OF
Earl Of Beaconsii; ID. has been
briefly announced by cable. In 1863
the Queen offered to make him a
viscount. but he declined the hon
Or.


A corinot. however was given to
his wife. and she is now known 10
history rs the first and only Coun-
tess of Beaconsield. The pla from
which the name of the new Earldom
is to be taken is small town in the
County, of Bucks, which Disraeli
has represented in Parliament since
1916. The elevation Of Disraeli
has an interest all its own, deserved
from the antecedeEts of the man and
the nature of the contest he has SO
successfully waged through life.
He entered life with an excellent
education, an acute mind, and a
courage that feared nothing. But
he Was not merely without social
influence and without great wealth
but he was opposed by prejudice
as old as Christianity. His grand
father was a Spanish Jew, who ac-
cumulated competency in trade
and died, leaving his name and his
money, but nothing more, to his
children. Isaac Disraeli, the Earl S
father, added nothing to the for
tune which had been bequeathed to
him, and, although making for him
self and honorable place in the lit
erary annals of England, did moth
ing to advance his son among the
politicians of the period. Without
the aid of wealth or family prestige,
and by his soul unaided genius and
energy, benjamin Disraeli has made
himself leader OF the House of Com
mons, Minister OF Finance, and
twice Prime Minister of the British
Empire; and now, in his seventy
first year, retires from the leader
ship OF the House of Commons to
an aristrocratic dignity which he is
well calculated to adorn.
Year: 1876

SEEvIAN HuMANIIY.-Thatt the Turks
expect no quarter IS clear from the ex-
pressions used by some of their wound
ed soldiers in the Servian hospitals.


One of these men, on awakening from q
swoon, and finding that his wounds were
being attended to, expressed a certain
surprise, almost amounting to disap-
pointment. that his head had not been
cut off as he lay upon the battle. field
and when with his hands he had salts.


fed himself that not only his head. but
but his nose and ears were intact.


he exclaimed, "God be praisedr'
and declared that be could not
understand it, Some of the rank
and file of the Servian army think that
too much indulgence is shown to the
wounded sick of the enemy, and that
the ler talionis might have a good effect
en- the savage and blood:hirsty irreen.
Year: 1876

IT is a well known fact that when
the colors of the prism ore photo
graphed there remains outside the
limits Of the blue and violet in a
spectrum 4 distant impression which
our eyes do not recognize as a color.
According TO Psychologists a time
viii come when the human eye will
be perfected so as TO discern this
color as well as the other.
Year: 1876

Nowas the time when ye indus
trlous Siwash catcEeth the juvenile
salmon in plenteous plentitude.


HE work of grading at the upper
end Of Mill street is noticeably in
creasing.


The political couldron is beginn-
ing to bile and The local politi-
elan warmeth accordingly.


If you want to have people |
You as arelative when you die, leave
little money behind you.
Year: 1876

Mulitudes of men and women
have made their eyes weak for life
by the two free use of eyesight,
reading fine print and doing fine
sewing, In view of these things it
is well to observe the following
rules in the use of the eyes:


Avoid all sudden changes between
light and darkness.


Never read by twilight on a very
cloudy day.


Never sleep so that on waking the
eyes shall open on the light of the
window.


Do not use the eyesight by light
SO scant that it requires an effort to
discriminate.


Never read or sew directly in
front of the light of a window.


1t is best to have the light from
above, or obliquely, over the left
shoulder.


Two much light creates a glare and
pains and confuses the sight. The
moment you are sensible of an effort
to distinguish, that moment stop
and talk, walk or ride.


AS the sky is blue and the earth
is green, it would seem that the cell
ing should be blush tinge, the car
pet green, and the walls of some
mellow tint.


The moment you are instinctively
inclined to rub the eyes, that, mo-
momen cease to use them.


If the eyelids are glued together
on waking, do not forcibly open
them, but apply saliva with the fin
ger, and then wash the eyes and face
with warm water.
Year: 1876




Everyone must remark that a ia
vorite article of winter clothing for
children is a comforter swathed
round the neck. This is a great er-
ror; the feet and wrists are the prop
er members to keep warm; the face
and throat will harden into healthy
Indifference to cold; but that muf-
fer, exchanged for an extra pair of
thick socks and knitted gloves,
would preserve a boy or girl really
warm and well. Bronchitis and sore
throat have declined fifty per cent.
since the absurd use of high collars
and twice round neckerchiefs went
out of fashion; and if the poor
would take better care of their chill
dren's feet half the infantile mortal
ity would disappear. 1t only costs
a trife to put a piece of thick felt or
cork into the bottom of boot or
shoe, and the difference is often con
siderable between that and a doctors
bill, with, perhaps, the undertaker's
beside.
Year: 1876

SwEENEY's WIFR.-Sweeney-
whose direct connection with the
Ring of robberies has just been
brought to lights living in Paris,
neither more nor less communicative
than he was in the old days. That
he was not given to condolences may
be infeSred from the fact that in 1871


Tweed didn't know he was married,
albeit he had been married for sew
eral years. Concerning Sweeney's
wife there is romance that has new
er been told in print, and which we
may briefly outline in this Connection.
Those who saw her in her youth
pronounced her the handsomest wo-
man in the world. Her home was
in Albany. She travelled abroad,
and in Rome she met Page. the ar
tist, who fell passionately in love
with her and proclaimed her his
notwithstanding the fact that
he had another wife living. She


deserted him after time for the
company of an Italian noblemans
who gave her a home that was a.
palace, and.lavished his wealth upon
her. Sweeney, travelling abroad.
met her and won her heart. They.
were married, aud she returned to-
this country with him, but she did


not take up her abode in his New


York residence. He fitted up a