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Year: 1876

LIVELY SCENE IN THE AUDITORS OFFICE.
Yesterday morning while Auditor Taylor
and his clerks were quietly, though busily,
engaged in their duties, noise was heard
rcsounding through the passages, and rapid
ly approaching, which struck terror to the
hearts of all who heard it. Soon there ap-
peared in the doorway diminutive black
and-tan terrier, with eyes and mouth dis
tended, and yelling like hyena.
We have seen men move with ami
nation from the insinuations OF a
shrapnel, and we have known con-
gregations to disperse rapidly upon learn
Inc of the presence OF smallpox patients, but
in the entire history OF scatteratlon we
doubt if there is anything to equal the "a
pidity of that which occurred Yesterday
morning in the Auditors office. All hands
mounted the most available and lofty chairs,
and stood so erect and looked so white that
one might have taken them for statues OF
the gods in solemn and awful conclaVe; Inc
cause OF the CONSERVATION skirmlshed ana
yelped around in the different corners OF
the room, tried to Jump out OF the WindoW, ,
and then made his way by more feasible
route out of doors. ALI present were 100
well satisfied with an escape from the nor
rors of hydrophobia to ask whether tne COG s
was mad or not. but we presume that the
Auditor will urge a heavy dog-tax at Lhe
next session OF the Legislature.
Year: 1876

HAPPY MARRIAGE.-Rumor, which SEEM
ed to be based on substantial foundation,
stated last night that charming belle and
weILknown and popular young citizen,
both of Richmond, had been married at a
Virginia town on their way from one OF tae
summer resorts to this city. 81
Year: 1876

The Recent Storm Of Sunday visited Man
chester and vicinity almost as severely as it
did Richmond. At Granite, FIVE miles from
Manchester, it was quite severe. Several
trees were blown down, as were many fences.
A good deal Of corn was also blown down. A
large portion OF the high fence around the
stockade where the convicts are confined
was torn away.
Year: 1876

LEAP FOR LIBERTY Yesterday morning
eolored man named Henry Houston was
arraigned before the Police Court on the
charge OF assaulting and biting OF the ear
and finger OF Sterling Booker. Sterling not
being present when the case was called; ne
was set back in the prisoners box, which Is
surrounded by fence seven feet hlgh VIII
nails in the top. During the examination OF
one OF the cases Houston put his foot upon
the lock and made a leap which would have
caused the champion jumper OF Barnum,s
circus to blush, and cleared the fence. he
evidently had made arrangements with the
crowd OF negroes who were in attendance TO
help him out, for when he made the Jump Q
lane, as it were, was opened In the crowd
and then they closed in behind him.


Mr. D. G. Richardson was the first to see
him, and gave the alarm. Three or four ON.
GERS and Deputy-Sergeant Harmon started
in pursuit, but were unable to catch up with
him. 1t is thought he had been harbored
BY some of the many negro families living
in the neighborhood. Yesterday morning
Policeman Fox, in taking him to the lower
station, was suspicious OF him and put NIP
pers on him. All 81 the station houses have
been notified, and no doubt he will be re.
captured before long. His hunting ground
has been for some time in the alley In rear
Of the Exchange Hotel stables.
Year: 1876

FIRE ON SUNDAY.-On Sunday afternoon
between 5 and o'clock about sixty barrels
of lime which were stored in the basement
of one Of the new tenements on Marshall
street took fire by reason Of the water ris-
ing in the basement. Company A, OF the lire
department, succeeded in putting it out by a
plug stream. No alarm was turned IN.
Year: 1876

vas Regarded as simply an intfmation Of what La
to follow Il the will Of certain Commissionera
can BE- made to prevail.


Among the stone men, who are, next to the
Courthouse question,


TIE ACTION OF TIE COMMITTEE


Vas regarded to be substantially as indicated In
the Introduction Of this article. They were Of
the opinion that the new movement was entire
y !n IN Ice interest OF Walker, and that It had
had been driven from sustaining him in lis
tirst bid OF $685., 600 They referred in their
conversations to what had been going on
ths night before in secret meetings q the
Inns ana their confrcrcs, and to what Mr..
him around the city, they we're in receipt Of
Information coming from Atkinson himself,
whose bld they say is really Walkers, to the
enect that MIR. Walker had agreed to drop his
BID and take his lAtkinson's) bid and push it
Ms9s, tMnro9qs5, aud while it WIS $4,000 less than
walkers proposal. and CSC, 600 above Fanning's,
1hat the arrangements were such that no part
OF the original programme would be interfered
With it It was possible to carry it out. In view
OF this information, and the skiliful manner in
which Atkinson's bid had been unearthed for
the hrst time, and systematically dropped In
the meeting; they had no doubt Of the designs
Of the "Ring." They knew, they said, all
about


THE TWO PURSES


put up as against Walker, referred to in these
columns yesterday, and at the same time said
that they were not large enough to accomplish
anything. They explained their size by saying
that no one could afford to ''put up" as much
as Walker because Of lis old relations with the
'' Ring" They were incliued to imagine how
cyer, that the "Ring" had lost sight OF one of
the anti-Walker-Periolat purses, and had an
idea that on account Of the lowness OF the bid,
backed BY the purse in question, that if it were
doubled to defeat Tanning it might go through.
Their impressions wcrc strengthened in this
matter from their knowledge Of the attempt on
the part Of Periolat to take part In tile dis
tributiou Of the purse and the further fact that
4 certain stone man had suddenly left the city
for his Hoosicr home, with the promise OF re-
turning freshly equipped tomorrow or next
day.


THE CITIZENS ASSOCIATION.


The matter OF the award for stone was laid
hefore committee Of the Citizens Association
during the afternoon with view to having that
body take the initiative in procuring perma-
nent injunction to prevent the Board contract
ing with Walker ut his cxor>tant bid, $685., 600,
while there were lower and far more responsible
bidders fur the same material. Some very danl-
view Of the County Commissioners man
ifesting at their meeting disposition to re-
cede from their former programme, and
their deferring action until Tuesday, moth
ING was done OF importance because nothing
was required. 1t will be remembered that
the rival stone men had procured 4 temporary
injunction Thursday, and tue movement YES
te-day of the Citizens Association had no other
purpose than to get things III shape to sustain
and guarantee the success Of an application to
make the injunction permanent
Year: 1876

that they may take an account of their
stewards.


In vain will Cameron train his guns and
marshal his cleaning bayonets in the con :
test, and idle will be the bloody shirt de-
clamation Of Morton aud Conkling and
Blaine and Fitzpatrick as they faunt the
banner Of endless hate before people who
long for fraternity, that they make
united effort, over the graves Of the dead
and the passions Of long.ended strife, for
common prosperity and common brother
hood. Federal and Confederate, with the
distinction efaced by the sword look out
through appalling misrule for some relief
from the universal distress that besets them,
and they demand peace that they may re-
store to prosperity the county they have
made illustrious in the fame of battle.
There must be peace; and in peace, and
for peace, North and South will enter the
solemn Centennial judgment Of the Re
public in behalf of Honesty, Liberty and
Law.~-Phitlleiphia Times, Ind. Rep.
Year: 1876

Every Means 10 be Usod TO Defeat the House


DilI in the senate.


WAsHINGToN. March l5.-It is now pretty
definitely ascertained that the Administration
has urged It's friends in the Senate to resist by
every possible means the passage Of the act
passed by tho House for the protection OF wilt
nesses who testify before Congressional commit
tees The effort TO secure Its defeat In the SEN
ate will be headed by Copkling, who has been
engaged for several days looking up authorities
to support hts side. Whether Edmunds will
second him or not is as yet uncertain. Logan Is
especially active to secure the defeat OF the
measure, because there are several persons
under indictment In Chicago for their oonnec-
tion with the whiskey frauds who would be glad
connection with crooked whiskey TO q Congress
sional committee. II Is really matter Of life
and death with moro than one prominent Re-
publican that this act should be defeated, and
they will leave no stone unturned to accom-
pllah IL.
Year: 1876

It should not be forgotten that the Fay
Templeton Star Alliance Troupe, which
appears ct the Grand Opera House on
Friday evening, is one of the very best
travelling. The box sheet now open at
Boughman 4 Thomas is rapidly filling up
Year: 1876

One drunk wheeled from over Third
Street bridge, was the only case before the
Mayor yesterday morning, and but one case
of disorderly conduct, engaged his atten
tion last evening. Fined costs in the case.
Year: 1876

n recent ruling OF the Secretary of the
Interior reverSrs II former decision OF the
Commissioner of the General Land Office,
approved blythe late Secretary, in regard
to the manner in which soldiers addi-
tionnl homestead entries may be made.
1t is known that for nearly two years
the practice has prevailed Of allowing
these entries to he made for the parties
entitled to make them, through tile inter
vcntion Of attorneys, the applicants hay
previously made the required ahdayits
before the clerk of the court in the
county where they resided and at the
same time executed power Of attorney
authorizing the sale and conveyance OF
the land atci entry. Large quantities
of the most valuable land on the Pacific
coast have been entered in this manner
by spectators and Others, and now The
Secretary directs that in all cases wllaSh
the alli lavt of the applicant is made M
fore IN official other than the register or
receiver OF the land office in which the
entry is made, or the entry was not made
by the applicant in proper person. the
papers must he returned to the local
land office IN order that the proper ap-
plication and affidavit may be supplied


As most of these claimants reside in
Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas, it is not
probable that many of them will appear
Mt the land offices in California and
Washington to comply with the terms
prescribed by the department. Being n
matter Of special interest to those who
have dealt in these claims, thousands of
them having been sold with u guaranty
OF their gcuuincness and of the validity
Of the title to the land sought to he en-
! tered by them, and there being no ap-
peal from the decision of the Secretary,
the intervention of the courts will likely
be sought in ordcrto test the legality Of
the luling.


1t is hard that innocent purchasers Of
these claims should suffer by being mis-
led through the former rulings of the de-
partmcnt, but AS their purchases are





usually protected by guaranty from
responsible parties, the losses will fall
mainly upon spectators, and as the in
tcrcsts Of the coast would be promoted
by holding out all possible inducements
for immigration from the Erstcrn States,
the last ruling will he generally rcgardeA,
with favor, and in harmony with IND
fixed policy of the Government in deal
ing with the public lands. Transcript
Year: 1876

A young man is mentioned who CON
graduates himself on having six young
ladies in his Sunduyschool class, all OF
them wearing three button kid gloves
There is probably no class in the coun.
try moro in need Of religious instruc.
tion and no class will get less
Year: 1876

Medical men, if they are good chem ists and pathologists, do not much be- lieve in sunstroke in the genuine mean ing of the word. They know that the sun may beat with fiercest rays on any healthy person, so long as the air is dry. We remember, says an exchange, that some years ago there were seventeen cases of sunstroke occurring in the shade at 8 sugar refinery in New York. Evidently the suns rays had nothing to do with that. It was en atmosphere saturated with moisture at high rate of temperature that did the work of death. Most cases of so-called sun- stroke are really waterstroke, faintness occasioned by prolonged vapor bath. Yet it produces prolonged disorder. The blow may fall upon the brain, or upon the little brains known as ganglions, which control our uncon- scious organic life, and are beyond the control of the will, but in either event the cause is exhaustion by reason of hu- mid heat and the consequences usually last 8 lifetime, in the shape of lessened capacity to endure fatigue and dreary nervousness unknown before. In the midst of heated term the preventive is to keep cool and shady.
Year: 1876

from Montana three years before, with his "partner," where the two had been hunting and trapping together for sev- oral years. The story of his life that his "partner told was this ..

 Reynolds was the son of wealthy and aristocratic family in Tennessee, but was educated in the North, and when the war broke out he found himself in a painful dilemma. He had imbibed enough of Northern ideas to make him strongly hostile to the secession move ment, while his family, consisting of a father, mother, and sister, were violent sympathizers with the South. His fath- or entered the Confederate army as an officer early in the war. The son could not go with him and fight against his principles, nor could he stay at home and brook the taunts and pleadings of his mother and sister, nor could he join the Federal army and fight against his father. so he left his home and wandered away to the mines on the Pacific slope. His home was at the center of hostiEties and all communication was cut off. At the close of the war he went back to Tennessee, and what was once his home was desolation. The neighbors told him his father had been killed in one of the early battles, his mother had died, and his sister had married Southern off, Ger whose name was not remembered, an all trace of her had been lost. The old plantation had been confscated and there was not single tie left to bind him to the past. He spent some months m search of his sister, without result, and finally homelessness and disposi- e1 r LS !, men, drove him back to his old home in weary life. From 1865 to 1872 he was in the mines in Colorado and Montana, and hunting and trapping along the streams of the great Northwest, being employed occasionally by the govern ment to do some work for which ordina- " men were too cowardly or incompe- tent. . .--... ..1..

 He was short, stocky man, with a little stepping of the shoulders, and 8 way of carrying his head bent forward with his face toward the ground. He had shrinking blue eye, very hand some mouth, and forehead on which one could trace blue veins, as you can trace them on the forehead of a woman. He was full-bearded, but neither the growth of hair nor the marks of ex- posture had effaced the lines of beauty from his face. His manner was unob strusive and gentle, his voice was as soft and tender as a woman's tones. He was man that horses and dogs loved instinctively at first acquaintance; whom men respected, although he was never fathomed by the wisest of his friends. He had fought whole t,ibe of Indians single handed, people said, although no one ever learned of an exploit from his own lips. He never learned the neces- sity of swearing, never told story, never smoked 8 pipe or cigar before a camp fire, and never drank and liquor.
Year: 1876

Tho members of the New York State Press Association will visit Philadelphia the latter part of August, devoting few days to sightseeing. The party will consist only of the members of the As- sociation and their friends. This trip will take in visit to Mauch Chunk and the Pennsylvania coal fields. It will be under the moro immediate charge of the notable newspaper guide, ED. PARKER, of the Geneva Gazette, and there is lit tie doubt with so capital guide the press party will have season of enjoy ment, as well as one of information.
Year: 1876

This must not only have amused you served to dsp,s
oa part OF the pleasant weather we have enjoyed until with
In the lastiew days There is time the Bible ell
things and no better time could have BEEN for such
yarns than the past few weeks taking the weather into sos
sideraton


But that cod and the weather liable to renal.
would like to call your attention to few facts thu.
we desire for your consideration.


We would ask you Would you believe man. even if he
was your father he should tell you that he paid his rent.
clerks hire taxes and other bills and yet goods
less than cost?
Year: 1876

New York, March 9.-The Union
League club, claiming to represent
and believing that they truly express
the sentiments of the Republican
voters. declare that in view of the re-
cent and repeated exposures of cor
ruption and fraud In the administra-
tion of public affairs the welfare OF
the Republican party MS well as of the
country demands searching and
thorough investigation of the condi-
tiOn and conduct of every branch of
the public service, to the end that all
corrupt practices may be brought
to light and that all who have abused
and betrayed their public trusts,
whatever may be their station, may
be exposed and punished, and that
the exigiencies of the party as well as
the country at this time demand a
President who shall be deservedly re-
cognized as reformer as we'll as q
Republican.
Year: 1876

to an unpOpularIty which must have been nara
TO bear. When his election was well nigh I'M
possible, when his very nomination doomed
him to dubious place in history, he allowed
himself to he made the Democratic candidate
for the Presidency. 1t was known then, as IL
is known now, that he has no undue appetite
for office, and much prefers the labors ana the
nj asurcs of private life. Surely now, when i'll
health has increased this preference, Gov. Sey-
niOur has earned the right to have it respected
Under such circumstances, and with the knOwl-
edge which it had of his wishes, the action OF
the State Convention was at the best piece
of exceedingly bad breeding. We suspect II
Gov. Seymour, instead of contining himself TO
stereotyped phrases of civility, had expressed
himself freely, that his letter would have been,
if not edifying at least somewhat more divert
ing.


The moral of this singular political episode
is not far to seek. We should be sorry not TO
believe that Gov. Seymour has set whole
some example of personal independence which
many worthy but weary man will be glad
to follow. Nine out of ten in his position
would have yielded, and submitted under
the spell of partisan ascendency to conditions
little better than servile. Gov. Seymour has
substantially declared that the Democratic
party does not own him, and all the little and
great file leaders stand aghast at such an uh-
wonted display of personal independence.
They shake their heads IN impotent wrath
and declare that they have done with him
forever, and that never shall he receive hon
ors at their hands. Unfortunately they fail to
see that he does not want them. With their
usual coarseness they miss the most delicate
point of the situation. What does one who
feels as Gov. Seymour feels care either for
their censure or their praisef
Year: 1876

The thanks of all leading political men are
due to Gov. Seymour. BY the frmness with
which he has refused to be the mere humble
servant of party. ready to make every per-
sonal sacrifice of convenience, of inclination,
and of personal dignity for the sake of pro-
noting the ambitious schemes of others, he
has really done much to break that spell of
party domination which has made miserable
many noble nature and filled with the Bit
terness of unnecessary disappointment many q
faithful public servant. We are not disposed
TO Try into Gov. Seymour's motives. We are
willing, in the absence of a definite knowledge
of them, to believe that he has been governed
by considerations which are perfectly hon
orable. The question almost for the first
time has arisen whether convention has
right forcibly to abduct n man from his Otium
cum dignitdte, and in spite OF all considerations
of his health, his tastes, his private exigencies,
to compel him to be its candidate. Gov. Sey-
uour is the last man who should have been
subjected to this indignty. He has been at
least faithful party servant. He has proved
his loyalty in more than one hard fought field ;
and he has been full of courage and of hope
when to be Democrat was equivalent to q
resignation of most political honOrs and DIS
tinctiOns If his party to-day is power in
the State of New York, its thanks for immu-
nifty from comparative extinction are due to
him. For the sake Of that party he has submitted
Year: 1876

Gratis Of the south arc largely responsible for
the state of things there winch has given a
pretext for this action. With the facts OF the
Hamburg massacre before the Cabinet, it was
not difficult to arrive at such conclusions
Where force is used on one side, it is gen.
erallv sure 10 be called forth on the other.
Year: 1876

went far to knock this cheap religion in the
head. The decree in the same case was equally
damaging And now execution is literally done.
Poor old patriarch! insolvent old prophet
inpotent old miracle mongerl where are his
revelations and his end0wments and his In
spirations and his vIcegerencies nOwf


There have been many indications OF an
end, not far away, of the most arrogant and
absurd OF the Mormon pretensions, but this Is
about the most notable sign which we have
had of its decay as State religion. Inc
Gentle sheriff is at last dominant in the
sacred Salt Lake City. Law triumphs over
special illumination, and order over even the
most nonsensical revelations. We see some
thing more than the beginning OF the emu /;
the numerous homes of Brigham are as yet
undesoated, but the coming events cast
good many shadows Of coming troubles INTO
the empty stalls of bis stables.