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Year: 1876

UNDER our present form of government
in the District no power exists, outside OF
Congress, to provide means for proper
observance Of the coming Fourth of July,
In view of this fact, it is suggested that the
necessary funds be raised by private sub
scripion. Perhaps, if such an effort is
made, the patriotic ex-Confederate House
may be induced to make small appropria-
tion to aid the project.
Year: 1876

Too MUCH stress cannot be laid upon the
certainty that if the Democracy should by
any chance obtain complete control Of the
National Government, the policy pursued
by the majority of the present House would
then prevail in all the Departments. This
prospect is frightful
Year: 1876

THE Republican nominee at Cincinnati
will certainly be elected. The opposition


of the Independent Press will prove to be
futile, and will fail to overcome the infu-
euce in behalf of what 1t calls machine
politics" which is exerted by the proceed
ings of the ex- Confederate House. Every
day that the House is in session serves to
disgust thoughtful Democrats, and thereby
increases the prospects of Republican sue
Year: 1876

[From the New ] 0rk Herald.


With the strong likelihood that now exists
of the nomination of Senator Conkling for the
first place on the Cincinnati ticket the selec-
tion for Vice President becomes question of
interest, and is brought within the range Of
calculation. Until the first place is awarded
the second remains in doubt, because the
ticket must have geographical balance. If
Year: 1876

DR.. Mary Walker few years ago demanded
Of Congress $4,000 for her services during
the war, but after considering the fact that
this is an age of reform and economy, she has
removed the point one place to the left, and
cut off cypher, making the sum $1,000.
When we think of the vast number of legs and
arms that the festive little Doctor amputated
for humanity's sake, we feel like reaching
down for the bottom dollar until the claim is
paid.
Year: 1876




AZ the Calvary Baptist church. on Twenty third
street, yesterday morning the Rev. Henry c vcdder
OF Rochester preached, in the absence Of the pastor
Mr veddcr took his text from Revelation, ~, IL
GODS glory The Supreme end TO which all things
tend" First SAID the preacher, proof IRON Scrip
turc This Is not an isolated passage. The truth
Is taught again and again the Bible both in general
AID IN specific terms Gods glory forth as tho
cud of creation, Of redemption OF the Christians
growth grace, OF the acts OF ali men,


Second proof from God must choose Him
.clt as the end OF a things because to choose any
other would be Inconsistent with His perfection
HIS wisdom, HIS bcssedncss. History and experience
too. show that Gods glory is the only end
actually attained In the world This Is
represent ood actuatcd by selfish motive Tor In
seeking His good lie seeks ours our interests
all bound up HIS Tho existence OF SIN Is not incom-
paiblc with the glory OF Cod Tor He ovcrruies sinful
acts to HIS glory. A, tho last His glory shall bo
manifest alike IN the just and In thc unjust


Third, practical outcome OF this truin. The choice
OF any other end than the glory OF God as the end Of
'iic m violation Of the fundamental law OF mans
turc. Law is interchangeable. 1amper with the laws OF
your physical nature, aud death "a the result Tampcr
with the laws of your mental nature, and your
m,nd becomes like sweet bells tangled
out OF tunc and harsh" Violation OF moral
Year: 1876

TREATMENT OF SEED WHEAT.-A wheai-
grower writes to the Practical Farmer con-
cerning the use Of brine in washing seed
wheat. He says: II know, from long ex-
perience, that washing the seed in brine as
strong as it can be made, will prevent smut
Strong brine will enable the farmer to skim
out light wheat, chess, and almost anything
else that may be in the seed, as the brine
will bring all such light grain to the surface
much better than mere water. While the
wheat is in the brine, the whole should be
stirred as long as any foul seed or light
.vh ce.e will riso to tho 4Gurfaoe.- bushels
at once, in a barrel is sufficient with plenty
of brine then dip brine and wheat into a
basket. When drained a few minutes, empty
the grain on a clean floor. Take the same
brine for another batch and so on until you
have as much as you wish to SOW on that
day then sift on Stacked lime gradually,
While another person follows around the
heap and stirs it with a shovel; put on lime
until the wheat will not stick together then
let it be sown and Immediately covered.
The lime will then continue to stick to the
wheat and be a good manure.
Year: 1876

the third, the use of land plaster, and the
fourth, the raising of lucerne. More than
any men Of their time did they add to the
wealth of the country. After them came
another race of fancy farmers, who into
duced Arabian horses, Spanish sheep, and
the improved breeds Of English cattle and
swine. These fancy farmers added imme1se-
ly to the wealth of the practical farmers of
the country.


What we want to develop the agriculture
and horticulture of the country to their full
est extent is, d large number Of fancy farm
ers, men who work for pleasure rather than
for private gain. These are the men who
will perform experiments and give the
world the benefit of them. These are the
men who will carry on Investigations for the
sake of investigating. These are the men
who will bring in new grains, new fruits,
new vegetables, and new varieties of ami
mails. These are the men who will devote
their time and money to the Improvement
of cid varieties and the creation of new ones
The country is sadly in need of more fancy
farmers.
Year: 1876

WILBon's COMPOUND OF PURE COP Liver OIL


AND LIME.


The advantage Of this compound over the plain
Oil is that the nauseating taste of the Oil is en-
tirely removed, and the whole rendered entirely
palatable The offensive taste Of the Oil has
long acted as prominent objection to its use but
in this form the trouble is entirely obviated. A
host Of certificates might be given here to testify
to the excellence and success OF "Wilbor's Cod
Liver Oil and Lime" But the fact that 1t is
regularly prescribed by the medical faculty is
suficient. For sale by A. B. WilDor, Chemist,
Boston, and by all druggists.
Year: 1876

To the Editor of the Press:


In your issue of the 28th find the follow
ing item:


1t seems as though the first step toward re-
sumption, after the withdrawal of fractional
currency and the substitute therefor of silver,
should be the withdrawal of small notes, as
the ones and twos, and perhaps hves. Silver
coin can take the place of the two lower de-
nominations, and gold of the fves.


If the smaller notes should be Withdrawn
from circulation an immense quantity of gold
must be shipped to take their place Specie is
not needed in circulation; the only thing want
ed is a currency equal in value to specie, and
convertible into it at any time without trouble
or cost. The currency we now have-except
the smaller fractional-is so good that nothing
could be better it it could only be converted
into gold at the pleasure of the holder.


No one would want gold dollars, or two's or
three's or ives if he could have the bills of ex-
actly equal value always and everywhere. In
such case specie would never be wanted ex-
cept for remission abroad. The suppression of
the smaller bills would immensely increase the
difficulties of resumption and complicate the
financial situation. If the smaller bills are to
be suppressed it should only be done after re-
sumption shall be an accomplished fact
Year: 1876

THE majority of the Old South Society are
kind enough to say that they will preserve
the building in its present shape if they can
get its appraised value, and toward that sum
they will contribute $4,000. They suggest
that twenty five cents each from the people
of Massachusetts will make up the 'remaind-
er. As this estimate gives them about $780,
600, their liberality cannot be called astonish-
Year: 1876

The disgraceful record made by the De-
mocracy wherever it has gained power, and
its utter failure to accomplish anything in
the present Congress, ought to give Connec-
ticut to the Republicans, though they have
5000 majority to overcome. The Republican
nominations are excellent; the platform out
spoken on that vital point, hard money, and
the people of Connecticut are beginning to
fear that if the Democratic party gets con-
troll of the government it will reverse all that
the war accomplished.
Year: 1876

The delightful egotism of youth finds ex-
preston in letter from Amherst in which
the statement is made that ''one of the
notable features of the religious ferment of
the time is the establishment at Amherst
college of an association of free thinking
students" The callow youngster who-fur.
nishes this important bit of information evil
IDENTITY labors under the impression that the
whole religious world will trem Bile at the
pawc
Year: 1876

THE Argus complains that it took the AL.
dermen all day Tuesday to add about sixty
names. 1t is the fault of your people, Mr..
argus; if your ward workers had taken time
to teach their fraudulent applicants for the
ballot an entire list of answers so that they
would not contradict themselves or equivo-
cate on the third or fourth question, the AL
dermen would get along much faster. Sci
up an evening school for the instruction of
that portion of your applicants who give
different residence and date for every quest
ion
Year: 1876

The hard-money Democrats are in very
hard place. They find that the infationists
in their party are in dead earnest, and they
must either bolt or surrender. They have
already pushed compromise to its extreme
limit, and still the soft-money men are not
satisfied. That the Democratic resumption
lists will bolt is not at all probable. Judgin g
from their past they will prefer an absolute
surrender. The vote on Mr.. Holman's reso-
luton shows that he is backed by nearly two
thirds of the Democrats. The others will
scarcely dare to stand out.
Year: 1876

THE Argus says that the financial condi-
ton OF Portland is such that very consider
able increase Of taxation or of debt must oc-
cur the coming year. A year hence it will
be telling Its readers that the increase is due
to the election of Gen. Fessenden.
Year: 1876

Mayor Richardson's friends are apologizing
for this large expenditure, which will aggre-
gate $95,0OO for the year, on the ground
that he is not responsible. The apology can
not be accepted. First, he was chairman of
the Street Committee and should have kept
run OF the business; second, the Street Com
missioner cannot make permanent repairs
without the written order of the Street Com
mittee; and, third, the Mayor with his two
party associates constitute half of the Com
mittee and consequently were able to defeat
any order that they did not deem expedient.
Year: 1876

ONLY two-thirds of the Democrats in the
House are infationists. The proportion is
not enough to prevent the party styling itself
hard-money party. The other third are
mostly in favor of repudiating the pledge to
resume in 1879, but still they claim to be re-
sumptionists.
Year: 1876

We do not read anonymous letters and commune
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty CT good faith.


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

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersigned by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent
Journal
Year: 1876

10 The Editor Of The Chicago 7rioune:


CHICAGO. Dec. 3l.-I thank your correspond
ent, Nj" for his article in your issue Of the
25th irst., and trust be will in future article,
be more definite in answering my question.
When and how the change Of the Gay was brought
about? am at loss to know what his real po-
eltion is from such expressions as the following:
"Is is contrary to the genius Of the New
Testament to attach importance to that which is
merely formal The essence Of tho Sabbath Ia"
is the observance OF one day in seven; and the
interest Of the question between the seventh
dny aad the first day does not lie at al in the
figures and [who knows which is the first aud
which is the seventh anyway after the confusion OF
the calendar OF which every student OF history Il
aware?l. but simply with the associst1ops con
nected with the frat day and the eeventh day
respectively. confess it il no. Q matter OF aoy
consequence to me- whether Sunday be. as most
people suppose it is, the first dAv OF the week OF
got, so Tong az it comes regula1}y around every
seyen davs. and SO long it is associated III the
minds OF the people with the resurrection OF oar
Lord"


Il tho Sabbath is merely formal and therefore
contrary to the genius Of the New Test.neut'
Year: 1876

TIE President In regard to tho South Carolina business
and It is said also that Senator sherman
has come up from Louisiana very sore about what no
bids fair 10 be exciting day II is OF prob.
able that tho Presidents communication to Mr..
Hewitt, will stop any on the democratic side
make him trouble, but It Is not impossible that he
may ind himself attacked by republicans ANXIOUS to
save themselves.
Year: 1876

,te astronomer. We can, in fine, see n
thinner Tweed and fatter Woodward in
prison, an exiled Connolly here, an exiled
Sweeny there, and Fields and Genet roam
ing the world elsewhere, with furnishing
ex-underlings of the Ring scattered at every
corner but we are still greatly in the dark
as to those who hammered and held the
Ring together SO long and hung it before the
treasury door; who spun and stretched the
flmy threads of which the spiders web was
woven that led through the treasury keyhole.
Names are whisperinly named of republi-
cans ard democrats alike; but the story has
not been told in full, and none but the
great spiders themselves can tell it.
deeply interesting series Of interviews will
be found elsewhere which throw light on
great many dark places and things behind
the scenes in this great story of the Ring. A
compromise is talked of by which the city
may gain back some of the stolen money on
condition of letting the three Ring chiefs
go free of legal process, but it must first be
preceded by a full confession of the making
and growth of the Ring, even to the names
of those yet unknown who shared the money
but not the infamy. A perusal of the in
terviews we print will convince the public
how much remains to be told.
Year: 1876

naed at once before the main committee here, with
their returns, and other witnesses will be cited
THE TwENTY-sEcoND JOINT RULR-coNFLIcT-
ING VIEWS OF THE PRESIDING OFFICERS OF
THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS-.


Owing to the suddenness OF the adjournment of the
Senate yesterday, the ruling OF Vice President Ferry
tho twenty joint rule cannot be regarded as
final, since the vote OF the Senate the appeal oi
Senator Me.rimon from the decision OF the CHAR was
not Then taken. Senator Ferry says that tho appeal
therefore, dies with the of the day. but that i
will be renewed when he will do what he did ycster
day.


BY bit OF good fortune and the exercise OF ready
memory Speaker Randall got the other end
OF the Capitol to-day to get a ruling that the
twenty joint rule was still IN force. II seems
tha. Mr. Monroe. OF Ohio had made motion 10 take
Senate bill from the Speakers table and refer 1t by
UNANIMOUS consent TO the Committee on Pensions,
whcroupon the Speaker promptly ruled that the mo-
ton could not be entertained even If unanimous con-
granted, the joint rules OF the two houses
prohibited It, This is a virtual decision by Speaker
Randall that the joint rules arc in force.
THE COURSE OF SENATOR coNKLING REGARD


ING THE DOUBTFUL STATES.


A despatch IRON Albany in to-day's HERALD, assert
ing that Mr. Conkling meant to take the ground
in the Senate that the votes of the three dis





putcd States ought be thrown out created q good
deal OF excitement in tho Senate. There is no doubt
that IL Mr. Conking should take this ground he would
cause good deal OF Generalization the republican
side and would carry GOOD many OF his fellow Sena-
tors with him.


LOOKING UP THE TELEGRAMs SENT DURING THE
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN-TALK oY IMPEAcHING
SECRETARY CHANDLER.


WASHINGTON Dec. 7, 1875
The principal object in sending for kilograms trans
mted by Secretary Chandler to New Orleans from this
city and New York is with view OF discovering what
Instructions he gave, alleged, in regard to the cx
pcndturo and OF money by the Republican Ma
tlonal Executive Committee This has bccn done with
Wow Of mpeaching Secretary Chandler. OF which de-
sign on the part OF the democrats he has been
for some days. While discussing it he said


sIct them bring their impeachment and show
up any kilograms have sent defy them to mako
anything out of them and am prepared TO stand
their investigation but they can't show one dishonest
or improper act OF mine chairman Of the Repub-
can National Executive COMMITTEE or In the whole Of
my lite"


1t is proposed by the democrats to overhaul all cle
graphic messages sent from Washington TO the South
sinco the elections.
Year: 1876

Chlll ShoWn IS from Tull men down 10 half an inch in thickness One of the sev- cred wheels is finished, the chilled surface being made smooth and polished, a task the

 most difficult to accomplish on account of the extreme hardness of the chill No steel

 would touch the chilled surface an instant,

 and the work was done with emery wheels

 The new vacuum brake recently intro

 duced upon the locomotives of the Houss-

 tonic road is giving the best of satisfac-

 ton. MT. Morris kindly showed us their

 mode of operation on one of the locomo- tives. To pipe leading from the boiler

 to the top of the cab, is engrafted another pipe, which leads to the vacuum chambers underneath the cars. When the valve,

 which is operated by lever immediately

 iu front of the engineer, is opened, the vol

 ume of steam rushing past the orifce, to

 which is attached the pipe leading to the

 vacuum chambers, exhausts the air from these chambers, and the full pressure of the external atmosphere operates upon the

 exhausted chambers, and hence upon the brakes.

 These brakes possess some advantages

 over the air brake, inasmuch as their pow.

 CT is never exhausted, so long as there is steam m the locomotive boiler. The brake may be applied and released hundred times in rapid succession, and it is as ready ? and powerful at the one hundredth appli- D cation as at the first, while the air brake would be exhausted long tune before tha v number of rapid applications, and would

 be of no avail till it renewed it's strength by l. accommodating in the receptacle new stocl Il of power with it's air pump. These brake n arc arranged on all the passenger locomo f tives of the road, and arc not only grea F convenience but add largely to the safety |. of travel

 l. In the machine department, about th V usual amount of repairing and building e anew keeps the usual quota of mel V busy, and in tue car shop, new passenge ; coach is in process of completion, and sev d eral freight cars are in the various stages o

 repair, as well as some being built an. " a We spent SO much time at the repai r shops, we were unable to interview tn = = people up town, and shall have to make al n excursion into that neighborhOod bcfor r many weeks, to see if they are doing thing 1T as they ought to be done, and until we cal j. get time to go there, our readers can yer il profitably spend their time reading Mer r. chant Halls new advertisement in his col

 lumn over, beyond.
Year: 1876

Tho question OF iron or steel rails is
not very satisfactorily settled. 1t is cer>
tain that a road has got to do q certain
large volume of business before it csD
utilize the extra quality Of the steel rails
sufficiently to pay the increased interest
on their cost. 1t is DOW clsimed by
Lowtbian Bell, the Eoglish metullurgist,
that he has perfected an iron rail which
is more durable than steel. and can be
produced at a slight advance over the
cost Of ordinary iron rails. This is oi
great importance to those iron usuuiac.
turing communities which are depressed
by the competition of the steel msnufac.
turers
Year: 1876

The nation mas allowed fraud to sue.
ceed, and violence to intimidate, and each
party has been more willing to sympa.
thize with its friends than to Insist on the
punishment Of the guilty. But now the
peace of the nation is disturbed. instead
Of the good order of q single state; and
the government of the nation depends on
the honesty aud fairness of states, iu
which the people have little confidence
The wickedness tolerated in tho past in.
wolves the whole land 10 peril. and sub.
jsots our institution, to greater strain
than ever before known, save in the civil
war.
Year: 1876

The American has already considered the charge of log rolling advanced against Mr Kellogg. who, horrible to contem- plate. has not covered his back-pay into the treasury, but has allowed it to remain m the hands of the sergeant-at-arms. When an aroused public opin- lon finally condemned the grab, some who had drawn the money kept it, others refunded it, and some, like Mir. Kellogg. refused to touch it. Such men felt that their past had been honorable enough to entltle them to confidence, and they re- fused to have anything to do with the mon ey, lest 1t attach @ sense of weakness to their characters. as If the public voice had been needed to make them honest. Pride and self-respect united to make them adhere to this course, and while we may not commend it entirely, as it leaves the suspicion that the money might be drawn afterwards, we do not regard it as a moral weakness. though we may re- gard 1t as a mistaken judgment Water 6sETy American.

 No false pride that might have induced NIT Kellogg to refuse to interfere with that money before election can prevent hum from doing justice now. It certainly belongs either to Mir. Kellogg or to the United States government. It should have already earned thousand dollars interest to the government or to Mir. Kellogg. Mo- body believes that he can be silly enough to leave it forever in the hands of the Ser geant-at-Arms doing neither the govern nent nor himself any good. He can con- trOl it. and no one else, and sometime or other he must make his election. either to take that money himself or to return it to the treasury. Now if he means the gov ernment to have it, why not cover it back into the treasury at once, before another thousand dollars of interest is sacrificed by further years of delay'

 The Supreme Court of the United States has refused a woman the right to practice law at its bar. The reason given is sim ply that the proposition is 6 novel one, and that courts hate novelties. As the matter now stands women are practically refused admission to two of the three learned professions, and have only a grudging recognition in the third. Why cannot the lawyers, the ministers and the doctors leave it to the people to decide whether they want the services of women in each of their respective professions 1? The courts concede citizenship to women, but what do they mean by citizenship :? Does it not give them the opportunity, if thoroughly qualified. to get clients, pa- rishiOners and patients, if they can? No class of citizens that vote need fear any such injustice as this, but the disfran- chised citizen finds no end of obstacles in her wav
Year: 1876

Semiramis, the Assyrian queen, is cred ited with the invention of weaving and Pliny accorded the invention of the Loom to the Egyptians, but it seems to be left to the Read Carpet Go. of Bridge port to perfect the weaving of carpeting. It is said that there are no goods more perfectly woven or more durable than these goods. Messrs. HALL $ READ keep on hand all the patterns of the Go. and also very extensive assortment of Velvet Brussels and Venetian Carpeting.
Year: 1876

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