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Year: 1876

Shortly after seven O'Clock last night man named
Otto Rust Of No lol Prince street. cabinet maker,
was instantly killed and horribly muiila,cd at the
Market depot OF the Pennsylvania Railroad IN
Newark. II appears that white passing down Market
street hrs way tho .ncck" no caught between
the two tracks He a train coming from New
York and got out Of its way. but unfortunately ailed
to 500 another train which stood In the New York
track part the depot II moved and struck him,
cutting him literally In Two aud otherwise mutilatng
HIM IN a most horrible manner Tho place where the
accdcnt occurred Is the most dangerous mantrap in
Newark, utterly unprotected, and monument
of criminal negligence TO both the railroad
and city authorities Thcrs is but ono
Hngrnan ut tho place. In order that tho facts may
and the blanc for this slaughter be properly
placed County Physician Wood has determined TO
order coroncr's inquest Rust leaves wifo and four
children.
Year: 1876

. oliver Johnson is now engaged
in the pleasant employment Of writ
ing letters to explain the letters he
wrote a few years ago, in relation to
the Beecher-Tilton scandal. The
difficulty with Oliver is that he was
a Tilton man then and is a Beecher
man now, and it is hard to make
himself appear consistent. He has
certainly succeeded in proving to
the satisfaction of the public, that he
either lied somewhat recklessly then,
or that he is rather reck]essly lying
now, and that he is, in any event,
more fool than knave, and more de-
serving of pity than. censure. We
would recommend Oliver to quit
writing letters. These old letters
are nuisances in case a man wants
to change his opinions.
Year: 1876

longer serve their purpose. q The
people are determined to have Re-.
form. ri They are resolved that the
policy Of the government shall be
changed, 50 As. to.prevent the rapid
aggregation Of the wealth Of the:
country in the hands Of the few and
the, consequent inpoverishn'ent of
the masses. .1nj 3ni .1:r'. - +.


If neither Of the old parties will
take up their. cause, and place in
nomination men in whose compe-
tcncy and fidelity they can depend,
they will desert them both, and rally
around new leaders of their own
choosing, upon whose intelligence
and honesty they can rely. 1t has
been said that "the public is pa
tient ass:;" so it is, but even the
most complaisant donkey has a limit
to his endurance. The people of
this country are already bearing their
full load, and will not abide the con-
tinual heaping up Of the burthen.
On the contrary, they insist on being
relieved of a share Of that which has
already been crowded upon them
under false pretenses and without
their consent.


We hope the republican leaders
will realize this, and, instead of con-
tinuing to bow their necks to the
money interest and allow themselves
to be but tools of those whose only
god is gold, that they will remember
that it is the people generally who
ought to be the objects Of their sol1c-
itude; and consent to turn their at
tention and efforts in future to adj
vancing the welfare of these. If
they do not, the time of their pre-
dominance in controlling the gov
ernment is rapidly drawing to a close,
for the people will not submit to
continued oppression: The utter
prostration Of business prevalent
throughout the country is Of far more
consequence than the events Of ten
years and more ago. and to obviate
the continuance of this is the task
to which it is demanded that the po-
litical leaders shall apply themselves.


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Year: 1876

The 9Ioody.shirt~ Harangus


As time moves on&apace the po-
litical leaders proceed to fan the
flames Of partyism with. increasing
vigor, and already we are deafened
with the din Of, crimlnations and re-
examinations about the causes of the
war and its incidents and cruelties.
To a stranger, not acquainted with
our history, we must seem like two
hostile communities unwillingly yok-
ed together as one nation. The
democrats are fond OF accusing the
republicans Of Haunting the bloody
Shirt" and their leaders are ambi-
tious to tell their side Of the story,
and show that. they have the best
right to shake out the crimson-hued
garment.


Now, what difference does it
make whether the Southerners mall
treated the prisoners they captured
in the fratricidal war, or the North
erners let those they had die of hum
ger and cold? Ought we not to be
equally ashamed of such deeds?
Are we not one nation, one kindred,
one tongue and one people? Are
we not all alike culpable, if either
was savage and cruel? Can we
hope that these accusations will ele-
vate us in the estimation of foreign
ers? Is it not as if members of the
same household should bear testi-
mony to each others unworthiness?
Certainly the less said about these
unfortunate occurrences the better
for all our regulations.


Are. the two political parties Of
this country a sectional party and
secession party? This "bloody-
shirt" business would make it seem
so, and did we not know that those
who buster so valorously on either
side never did fight and never will,
we might fear that their conduct is
the premonitory symptom of fresh
outbreak. The folly of such GRIM
inations and recrininations is so ap-
parent that we cannot suppose those
who indulge in them fail to perceive
it, and, hence, we must believe that
they resort to this line Of argument
for some other purpose than what
appears on the surface. They can
not be serious. The democratic
portion will not, for a moment, ad-
init that theirs is a secession organi-
cation; nor will the republican por-
tion consent that their organization
is SECTIONAL


sVhat can be the hidden purpose
which these leading politicians have
in view? Is it not to obviate the
necessity which they see arising for
a definite expression of their views
touching important questions now
agitating the popular mind? We
believe 50. They are not yet pre-
pared to take a stand in relation to
financial reform, the tariff, the trans
portation system, etc., and have
good reason to suspect that the po-
sition the people generally occupy
relative to these issues is antagonis-
tic to that in which the money kings
of the country are to be found. TO
be elected they must obtain the
votes Of the people, but to be able
to make the canvass triumphantly
they want the money of the wealthy,
How can they obtain both? Only
by ruling out Of the canvass all
questions respecting which the two
classes are at variance. This is
why they hang out the war-encrim-
:soned garment, and seek to divert
the attention of the people from the
real issues now before the country
by appeals to their passions and
-prejudices.
Year: 1876

MI. IdItOu, more famous 1OT
being Fanny Ferns" second hus-
band than for anything he ever did
himself, although writer of consid-
cradle ability, recently married his
own step-daughter in Massachusetts,,
and found out next day that his mar
riage was in violation of a law Of
that State. This incident has caus-
ed the law in question to be gener-
ally criticised and frequently con-
demned. There is one phase of
this question which, it seems to us,
has been overlooked. A step-daugh-
ter is subjected from childhood to
the authority and influence of her
step-father, and were such marriages
to become common, it IS easy to
perceive that, in case Of the mothers
death, this parental influence and
authority would be exerted to pre-
vent the young lady exercising any
choice in the selection of husband.
The step-father might not compel
her to accept him, but, by restrain
ing her from associations with 9TH
er men, he might leave her no choice
and condemn her to an unhappy
and ill-spent life. And. again, to a
mind of ordinary refinement there is
something abhorrent in the idea of
the same man being the husband of
both mother and daughter. We like
that old Massachusetts, law.
Year: 1876




AT the time Of this writing
FRIDAY afternoon> we are in receipt
of the intelligence that Gen. Bab-
cock has been acquitted OF compile
ity in the whisky frauds. The jury
were absent but a short time. It
will not do to say that there was no
evidence against Gen. Babcock, for
there was some pretty strong testi
mony. 1t was not, however, of that
positive kind necessary to establish
guilt, and the case was one Of a char
acter which it is always extremely
difficult to prove. Although he is
acquitted by the court and must be
held to be not guilty, the suspicious
circumstances developed in the trial
will always be sufficient to snirch
his reputation in the estimation of
the public. He will be believed by
many to be guilty, and. unfortunate
ly for himself, he has afforded them
too solid a foundation for that opin-
ion. Under such circumstances he
ought, in justice to his friends and
in Difference to popular sentiment, to
retire from his present prominent
position. There is no injustice in
volved in asking him to do this. He
must remember that his being a sus-
pected person is the fault of him.
self and his associates, and not OF
the community generally; and he
ought not to blame the latter if they
hold him responsible for such fault.
They cannot help doing so, for they
must judge him from partial stand
point, and without having the adj.
vantage of thorough information.
If he retires to a more private po-
sition he will escape these censures,
but by striving to maintain himself
in a prominent official situation, he
will not only attract censure and
abuse, but will subject his friends to
similar offensive treatment.
Year: 1876

Taking donkey towards his ordinary
place of residence is very different
thing and feat much more easily ac-
complished than taking him from
it. Ii requires good deal of foresight
and presence of mind i'm the one case to
anticipate the numerous flights of his
discursive imagination, whereas in the
other all you to do is to hold on and
place blind confidence in the animal.


There is little doubt that troubles are
exceedingly gregarious i'm their nature,
and flying in tlOcks are apt to perch ca
priciously, crowding on the heads of
some poor wights until there is not an
inch room left on their unlucky crowns,
and taking no more notice OF others who
offer as good resting-places than if
they had no existence.


1t is curious to consider what a cheap
article ink is, and how far it may be
made to go. As grain of musk will
scent drawer for many years, and
still lose nothing appreciable of its orig
inal weight so a half-penny worth of
ink would blot a man to the roots of his
legs without appearing to diminish in
the inkstand.


None of US clearly know to whom or
to what We are indebted until some stop
page in the whirling wheel Of life brings
the right perception with it. 1t comes
with sickness; it comes with sorrow; it
comes with the loss of the dearly loved /:
it is one OF the most frequent uses of ad-
versity.-[ Dickens.
Year: 1876

On the occasion of a recent visit ola
party of prominent citizens of Montreal
TO the new lunatic asylum which has
been established by the Sisters of Prov
idence, near that city, DIR. Howard, the
medical superintendent of that institu-
ton, made some interesting remarks
upon his method of treatment, which
will probably excite surprise among
good many of those who have made
special study of mental disease. DIR.
Howard said that, in hisopinion, it was
impossible to treat lunatics, and cure
them, without liquor He had tried it
thoroughly, and found no medicine that
could be substituted for brandy-nOth-
ing that would add, in such a material
manner, to the brain substance. He
said, however, that his theory was not
new; for the most ancient writers on
insanity believed i'm stipulation, and
applied it i'm the treatment OF the insane,
but the modern practice runs generally
10 the use OF sedatives. The asylum un-
der his charge, he further said, had
been open for the reception of patients
only about six weeks, and that thirty
two OF them had already been discharged
cured, while upon his books there were
the names of fninety-two more for whose
ultimate recovery he had the most san
yuine hopes. On all of these pa
tients he had used brandy literally,
and i'm every instance its effect had been
quite happy. He would Recommend
brandy TO every lunatIc asylum in the
world, and no stinted quantities OF it at
that.
Year: 1876

This little sentence should be written
on every heart and stamped on every
memory. 1t should be the golden rule
practiced not only in every household,
but throughout the world. By helping
one another we not only remove thorns
from the pathway and anxiety from the
mind, but we feel a sense of pleasure in
our own hearts, knowing we are doing
a duty TO a fellow creature. A helping
hand, or an encouraging word is no loss
to US, yet il is benefit to others. Who
has not felt the power of this little SEN
tence? Who has not needed the en-
eouragement and aid of kind friend |?
How soothing, when perplexed with
some task that is mysterious and burth-
some, to feel a gentle hand on the shOul-
der, and TO hear kind voice whisper
ing, ''Do not feel discouraged. l see
your trouble-let me help yOu." What
strength is inspired, what hope created,
what sweet gratitude is felt, and the
great difficulty is dissolved as dew be-
meath the sunshine. Yes, let us help
one another by endeavoring 10 strength
en- and encourage the weak and lifting
the burden off from the weary and op-
pressed, that life may glide smoothly
on and the fount of bitterness yield
sweet waters; and He, whose willing
hand is ever ready to aid us, will re-
ward our humble endeavors, and every
good deed will be as "bread cast upon
the waters to return after many days."
If not to us. to those we love.
Year: 1876

Never forsake a friend. When enemy 5
gather around, when sickness falls upon
the heart, when all the world is dark
and cherries, is the time to try true
friendship. The heart that has been
touched with true gold will redouble
in trouble. Adversely tries true
friendship, They who run from the
scene of distress betray their hypOchrisy
and prove that interest only moves them.
If you have a friend that loves you, who
has studied your interest and happiness,
be sure to sustain him i'm adversely.
Let him feel that his former kindness
is appreciated, and that his love was
not thrown away.
Year: 1876

"You tell me Sir, that you were in
che Army during the Crimea? Well,
you must recollect how, in those days,
everything French was admired, and
how many French customs were adOp-
ted in the service? Some Colonels of
cavalry went in for leather overalls-
The infantry never ceased agitating till
they got leave to wear the mustache. In
some regiments the forage caps of the
officers were fashioned so rs to look as
much like the French KEPT as possible.
The Zouave dress was copied and adop-
ted in our West India regiments. Near
ly all the Younger officers shaved off
their whiskcrs As soon as the campaign
was over, and Frenchmen like, wore
the mustache only. In short, the Ar
my got for considerable period the
complaint of France on the brain, and
suffered more or less from it until 1870.
During and after the German French
war many scores of our officers visited
the Prussian armies and head quarters,
and the form of professional illness
was changed. They caught Germany
on the brain,' they brought it home
with them, impaired it to others, and
it is at present very prevalent indeed.
Now, one of the most decided symptoms
of heillness is that of speaking roughly,
and even brutally, to those of an infe-
riOr rank. have heard tell that in the
Prussian service, when an officer is in
specting his men before parade, or
when about to mount guard, it is by no
means uncommon to see Captain or
subaltern slap private soldier on the
face for not being up to the mark in
cleanliness of himself or his arms. Now,
an English officer never has gone, and
never will go, SO far as that. 1t would
not be allowed for q moment in the ser
vice, nor would our men put up with
such treatment. But there can be no
doubt of the fact that, in milder degree,
this symptom of Germany on the brain
has seized many who bear commissions
in the Army, and the disease has -pread
to the non-commissiOned officers. AL
the Year Rytfnd.
Year: 1876

Never have anything to do with an
unlucky man. l have seen many clever
men, very clever men, who had no
shoes to their feet. l never act with
them. Their advice sounds very well,
but they cannot get on themselves;
and if they cannot do good TO them
selves, how can they do good to me?
Year: 1876

DEPRIVED OF HER CHILD.-James P.
Day and his wife, during his lifetime,
had some litigation, in which he claimed
that child, which his wife claimed as
theirs, was not so. In his will he left
his wife only $1,000, and that only on
condition that she should not contest
the will. He left $1,000 to his execu-
tors to be used to maintain the child,
whom he described as his "adopted
child" at the Academy of the Holy
Cross, where she then was, or at some
other suitable institution, in their dis
cretiOn; but all payments were to cease
if his wife attempted to control the
child, or the child voluntarily lived
with her. The matter came up yester-
day, on a writ of hdbedS corpus obtained
by Mrs. Day, before Judge DOnohue in
Supreme Court Chambers. The Superb
Dress of the Academy produced the
child, now eight years old, and the re-
turn set up the will of the father.
Counsel for the Academy claimed that
under the laws of 1913 the father had
the right to dispose of his child during
its minority without regard to the
wishes of the mother, and that in his
will he had done so. The counsel for
the mother stated that she had no de-
sire to remove the child from the Acad-
emy, which in view of the smallness of
the provision for her maintenance, was
probably the best place for her. The OBJ
ject of the proceeding was to procure
access for the mother to the child, at
proper times, subject to less surveillance
than had hitherto been exercised, and
to have the child occasionally, in time
of vacation, visit her mother for day
or two. The Court reserved its decision.
| N. Y. Tribune.
Year: 1876

In reply to some structures upon the mans
agement of the New York Central Railroad
Mr.. William H. Vanderbilt writes over his own
signature that ''the New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad Company has paid
all its dividends and interest from its net
earnings and from no other source what
ever" and. further, that 'the company has
met all its engagements and earned and paid
its usual quarterly dividends. and its busi-
ness gives every assurance that it will be
able to continue to do So" This frank and
complete answer ought to suffice. Mr.. Van
derbilt is the manager of the road; he knows
what he asserts, and it is hardly fair to urge
vague suspicion" against so direct and
public statement. Directors and managers
of railroad and other corporations may and
should be held to proper responsibility
but stockholders and the public may justly
rest satisfied when a road pays its dividends
and interest regularly and from its net
earnings and no other source whatever" II
the same thing could be said and were said
over their own names by the managers of all
or nearly all the railroads in the United
States stock and bond holders would be
very happy company.
Year: 1876

This is one Of the offices that the people
have the greatest possible interest in seeing
well filed, but as to which they are singu-
lariy indifferent at the time of election. II
is, for instance, extremely doubtful whether
one in hundred of the men to whom it is
OF consequence that the Surrogate should be
learned lawyer and an upright man ever
go near primary election or attend nomi-
mating convention Of either party yet at
these rough gatherings it is determined, and
not on election day, what man shall hold this
important Office. It is, in fact, gross
anomaly in politics that an officer intrusted
with such interests as the Surrogate of this
county should issue from such q
source, and should for his election
be compelled to commend himself to the
managing elements of Tammany Hall. In
the purest possible democratic system it
would scarcely be proper that tho Surrogate
should be chosen as ours is and changed at
short terms. To fill this Office ideally the
lawyers themselves should choose the officer
for his learning and high character, and.
once chosen, he should hold Office for
life, or during good behavior. But Surro-
gate who issues from the Tammany prima-
ries is soiled at the start, unless his name is
one that they are compelled to present by
the higher mandate of public opinion.
Some such lawyer as John E. Burrill. Charles
M. Da Costa, Lewis L. Delaield or Charles
L. Miller, some man distinguished for
probity and capacity is what is wanted !;
some man who is not political lawyer, and
who, above ALL is not man that the grog-
gerry politicians can, by any stretch of fancy,
regard as one of themselves
Year: 1876

THE GnRENBAcK PoLIr1cIANs.-Thec calcu-
lations of the Cooper party appear to be
very profound, but proportionately obscure.
If two and two should make Eve in Indiana,
or even four and half. then Tilden would
be withdrawn in some Of the democratic
States and Cooper and Hendricks would be
the new ticket. The Cooper party never
counted much on West Virginia, they say,
and it is certain that they did not count
much in it. The party thinks that State Of
small importance +; but what does the State
think of the party? The only comment We
are willing to risk upon these elaborate pre-
dictions is embodied in the familiar quota
ton of "Nous verrons.
Year: 1876

democratic party, favor sound currency
and reform of existing abuses. If the DEM
ocrats had carried Ohio and Indiana,
or even Indiana alone. by large majority,
all the political heresies which are repre-
sented by "Blue Jeans" and Governor Hem
bricks would have got new life and energy,
and might have claimed dangerous ascen-
dancy in the party. Now they are beaten;
and if the democratic leaders are wise,
if they have courage and craftsmanship,
they will make their appeal boldly, every
where, for sound money, for reform OF
the civil service, for law and order
and for peace and good will. The problem
of the democrats is to secure the confidence
OF the better part of the nation, Of the
thoughtful voters. 1t can do this only by
the frankest and most decisive committal
Of its leaders to oil the reforms which are
needed, and by persuading the country
that ignorance and lawlessness will
have no opportunity in demo-
cratic victory This cannot be done by
appeals to false issues, by political coward
ice or evasion, or by campaign of abuse of
the other side. If the democrats mean to
win they have now an opportunity; but
they must put their statesmen to the front
and speak out. Fortunately for them the
brunt Of their canvass falls in New York
and other Eastern States, where sound prin-
ciples prevail and can get hearing.


This seems to us fair view of the politi-
col situation. The balance of advantage is
on the side of the democrats ; but only on
the condition that they show wisdom, cour-
age and moderation in their canvass and
that they can in one practical detail har-
monize their differences here in New York.
If Mr.. Kelly, rs chief of Tammany Hall, is
to be allowed his way in the local government
Of New York, if he does not see the wisdom
of giving up my candidate" and my
policy" he may yet endanger demo-
cratic success If Governor Tilden is wise
he will induce Mr.. Kelly to surrender his
absurd aspirations to dictate in our city poll
tics. Mr.. Kelly ought himself to see that
this is no time for him to set my candi-
date" and my policy" before the good Of
his party. Even if he were greater man
than he is the situation would demand that
he should resign his unfounded pretensions
and submit himself to the general will for
the success Of his party.