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Year: 1876

In this country we are too apt to neglect
the graves and the memory of the men whose
lives were sacrificed in the country's honor
and the country's defence. With us
tributes to the departed are too rare, in
deed-at least tributes which will keep green
the memory of brave man or great deed.
Washington has no monument worthy of his
fame and his services to the Republic, and
the shaft we attempted to raise in honor of
his name might we'll be taken down,
for there is no hope that it will ever be
finished. jackson and Clay and Webster,
nor any one of our statesmen or soldiers,
have fitting mausoleum. Their deeds live
only in their country's history. Shall the
same fate befall the latest of our heroes, the
fighting by his side? We trust not, and sim
cerely hope that the widespread feeling of
sympathy which has been excited by the
spectacle of whole family lying in close
proximity on the field of slaughter will be
responded to by deed as bright as these
emotions have been generous. Even the
savages, wrought to admiration by the bravery
and courage of the great chief whom they
slew, preserved his body from mutlation
and desccration. Can we do less in rccog-
milton of his glorious career? AT least we
must give him monument more enduring
than this unconscious tribute of the savage
foe. Yesterday we proposed some fitting
memorial and offered to give one thousand
dollars as the HEEALD's share toward so inn
portant and so worthy an object We prefer
that an association with a responsible treas
urer be formed to carry this project forward,
and in the meantime we will receive and re-
port such subscriptions as may be made to-
ward that end, and pay over the same and
our own contribution to the treasurer of the
Custer Monument Association soon as one
is appointed.
Year: 1876

We have series of dispatches from
Augusta, Ga, describing conflict between
militia company composed of negroes
and white company, which, according to
the report, assembled for the purpose of
compelling this negro company to respect
the decision of negro judge. The reasons
leading to this collision are given with that
vagueness which generally characterizes de-
spatches from the South detailing any quarrel
between blacks and whites, vagueness
which may be attributed in most cases to
the fact that the whites write the narratives,
while the negroes are killed. The practical
point in this South Carolina quarrel is that
the militia negro company was dispersed with
canister; that at two in the morning ''four
prisoners were shot, and the rest released;
that the full extent of casualties are un-
attainable, but that our correspondent
counted one white man and six negroes
dead"


Zone white man and six negroes dead" is
about the fair average in these disturbances
Is it any wonder that Senators like Morton
raise the bloody shirt? Is it any wonder
that peaceful men in the North mourn over
this bloodshed and ask if there can be law
and order where public opinion justifies
these outbreaks? We await with deep inter-
est the full details of this new contest. So
far as the report now goes it looks as if these
Southern white madmen had resolved to
elect Hayes and Wheeler. They are doing
yeoman's service in Augusta One or two
Hamburg riots will settle the business.
Year: 1876

also, which. although not so potent as
it was, and which grows weaker every
year, still has strong hold upon the
problems that the Governor would be glad
to ignore, but they are conditions in the can
vass and must have consideration If he can
make reform" the transcendent question,
if he can make afervid canvass like those for
Fremont and Lincoln, if he can force his en-
emies on the defensive and keep them there,
he will have fair chance of winning But
it is good deal to expect more we fear
than the mercurial temper Of our people and
their self-complacency over Centennial af-
fairs will permit. There is this also to be
considered-that Tilden is very able man,
chine; who has been accustomed to hand
ling conventions and campaigns; who will
not be without abundant resources.
The democratic army will have good
commissary and quartermaster's depart
ment this year, and that is an immense ad-
vantage.


Governor Tilden has the opportunity,
which Governor Hayes offers in his letter, of
making burning appeal to the country
Let him emphasize and echo every good
point Of Hayes and strike his weak points
Let him unite in the demand for purifying
the civil service, and say he will make no
removals except for cause. Let him sup
port Hayes in denying to Congressman any
right to interfere in the patronage. Let
him take as high ground as Hayes in favor
of one term. On this he will have the
example Of Buchanan. Let him be as shrewd
as Hayes on the school question, for there
the republicans expect to win much strength,
and he can say as much as his rival without
doing his canvass any harm. While the let
ter of Hayes justifies the approval bestowed
upon his nomination as a safe, fair man,
while as republican move it helps the
party, it gives Governor Tilden good op-
portunity-the opportunity of saying that
the party of Hayes has been in power for six
teen years without redeeming single prom
ise contained in this letter of acceptance,
and that what Lincoln and Grant could not
do will hardly be done by Hayes-that where
political system is false no man can save it,
and that promises are vague after sixteen
years of broken pledges.
Year: 1876

The death of Mark Kellogg who shared
the fate of Custer and his comrades, gives
sad interest to the brief sketch of his life
which we print on another page. His career
was useful and honorable but fame came
to him as to many good man it has come
only when it was worthless He had strug-
gled and suffered and failed and succeeded,
and even in his fall was seeking to render
service to his country. Every one among
his civil and military companions liked and
respected Mr.. Kellogg, and one of the pa
thetic incidents after the fight was when the
officers of General Gibbons command
searched the field for the body of the army
correspondent There is a lesson which
his death teaches. The army correspondent
often holds the post of honor in journalism
because he holds the post of danger. 1t is
his duty and his privilege to share the risks
of battle and for the sake of the pen to defy
the dangers of the sword. His services are
not merely those of a historian, but are rem
dered to the power which now makes history
possible. Caesar wrote his own commentaries
and Napoleon dictated his own memoirs, but
the correspondent must record the fight the
moment 1t is fought, nor wait for the slow
official reports The anxious eyes that watch
distant army where every soldier is hus-
band, brother or son, the impatient heart of
the country that beats for victory, cannot
wait till the government chooses to give its
cold, calm dispatches The press must
speak, and it is the press, and through it the
nation, that the war correspondent serves


There have been many illustrious instances
during the late war of men who persisted in
attempting to discover the true result of
battle or to give the facts to the people with
out delay But no one died in q moro haz-
ardous service than Kellogg, or one in which
success in itself would have brought so little
glory. There is small fame to be won in our
Indian wars. Success is taken for granted
and defeat accepted with surprise by the
country. 1t is fortunate for Clusters fame
that he did not survive the terrible mis-
fortune Mt Little Big Horn River. Glory
came to Kellogg, as to all the others
of that brave command only by death


1t was not an idle curiosity that sent Ke-
loge to fall by a savage hand in that un-
kho"H Sioh' iic PciiShcu, iihc c"S'ci anu
his brothers and all that gallant array, in
the discharge of his duty, and no death
could be nobler than that. Thackeray de-
scribes how Pendennis and Warrington
passed great newspaper Office in London
q blaze of light and labor in the midst of the
sleeping city. Look at that, Penn War
rington said. "There she is--the great en-
gine-she never sleeps. She has her am
bassadors in every quarter of the world,
her couriers upon every road. Her officers
march along with armies and her envoys
walk into statesmens cabinets" That
Year: 1876

Castle Garden.


While we can scarcely regret the disap-
pearance Of the unsightly structure SO long
known as Castle Garden, yet we cannot
forget that the rude ediice was one of the
landmarks of city which has allowed too
few buildings with historic associations
clinging round them to remain standing
In later years, as everybody knows, it was q
mere immigrant station, but there was some
thing like fitness even in this, for from the
time that the Dutch first landed at Com
munipaw to make the island of Manhattan
their home it was the outlook of New Am
sterdam, New Orange and New York. It
occupied the site where the early Dutch
settlers first erected their fort. In the early
days of the metropolis it was the social
centre of the city. The Dutch Governors
and burghers had their headquarters
on this spot. It was there they smoked their
pipes in solemn content, and from there old
Petrus Stuyvesant directed the affairs of
New Netherlands and made war by proclama-
ton. At later day the English conquerors
used it as their Dutch predecessors had used
it before, SO that up to the time of the Revo-
luton it was the outpost of the city. When
Washington followed Lee to the Kennedy
House, at No. Broadway, to prepare for
the defence of the city against Sir Henry
Clinton and Lord Howe and his brother
the Admiral, whose feet and army were in
the lower bay and on Staten Island, it was
the centre of his defensive operations
Old Fort George stood upon this site
or near it. When he returned in triumph
after the war was over and when indepen-
dence had been gained, it was here the
Father of his Country landed from his barge,
amid the acclaim of his countrymen.. Later
still, when war and defence were lost and
useless arts to the commercial centre of the
New World and music came to soften the
pursuits of trade, it was here that Jenny
Lind first entranced her American hearers
At last, however, the situation was of no
avail for any of its old uses. The military
outposts of the city were below the Narrows,
and wealth and fashion had long deserted
the Battery and Bowling Green for Rich
mond and Murray hills. Even Jenny Lind





world moved up town or out of town.
1t was then that Castle Garden became
the principal emigrant station, and SO con-
tinued until it's destruction by fire. At best,
it was ill adapted to the purposes for which
it was used, and its destruction yesterday
removes what was an eyesore to the ap-
proaches to the city from the bay. Now
there is scarcely o sign that the old building
once stood on the historic site it occupied,
and we trust no effort will be made to re-
place it with any temporary or permanent
structure. The city can afford to preserve
this spot from any of the base uses to which
it has been put, and its associations are best
cherished by keeping it unobstructed as
part of the Battery Park. In the future the
site might be made the landing place of
all dignitaries whom the city chooses to
receive, but by no baser uses should it at
any time be desecrated.
Year: 1876

A SEWING MACHINE AGENT has been cap
tured in Tennessee for swindling and ill
regulated amativeness. Now, if it is possi-
bic. the rascal should he set mp rs decoy
for his fellows, and, perhaps, we might then
learn of the capture of many more of these
pests of the poor sewing women. We can
assure the good people of Tennessee that we
will never ask them to extradite any New
York sewing machine agents whom they may
catch.
Year: 1876

The RUMoE that France has postponed her
International Exhibition of 1878 is officially
declared to be without foundation. There
peace, her people fourishing in spite of
the great war burdens, her government
definitely established and no change
in the Presidency possible, except by
death, before $780, that France should deny
herself the privilege of a great world show.
Everything of the Kind which shows that
austrial progress under a monarchy or an
empire comes just rs easy to a republic
will help the cause of popular government
in Europe.
Year: 1876

New jersey, who were encamped
at Trenton on an unsheltered eminence.
Fortunately the alarm was unfounded re-
specting the reported fatal cases; but the
effect of the heat was SO terrible as to cause
the abandonment Of the camp yesterday
morning. We publish elsewhere the par
ticulars of this affair, which indicate gross
ignorance and mismanagement on the part
of the New Jersey military authorities
Year: 1876

The RIGHT MAN IN THE RIGHT PLACE
The rumor that Sitting Bull proposes to run
as the conservative candidate for Mayor in
Hamburg, S. c., is in no degree rendered
improbable by the news of the recent riot,
which we print this morning.
Year: 1876

CUsrER.-The daring deeds that have
marked the military career OF the gallant
Custer would fill volume, for he never
hesitated when duty called for or his native
valor prompted action. Our columns to-
day contain an interesting account of some
of Clusters dashing exploits during the war
Of the rebellion, related by the comrades
in arms who followed him to the field and
through all its dangers. The love Clusters
officers and men bore to their leader was
the natural outgrowth of their confidence in
his skill and admiration for his courage.
He never failed to be in the front rank of the
battle, where the bullets flew thckest, and
never ordered even squadron into action
without being willing and anxious to lead
it. The memory of Custer will live in the
hearts of the American people when that of
bis ungenerous prosecutors will have faded
into shadowy recollection.
Year: 1876




Don CARLOS, who has been enjoying q
very extensive tour over the American con-
tinent, gave q HERALD correspondent at
Washington yesterday an account of his
tourney and the reasons he had for making
il. Since the close of the Carlist
war the intentions of the de-
feated Prince have given consider
able trouble to the authorities at
Madrid. His journey through the United
States and Mexico appears to have been
purely a pleasure trip. or of observation
combined with pleasure, and altogether un-
associated with any designs upon Cuba
or Mexico. What he told our corre-
spondent yesterday about his chances of
reviving the war in Spain is repeti-
ton of what he told HERALD correspondent
in London some months ago--namely, that
he has far from given up hope, that his
notion will depend upon his opportunities
and that these will come when the monarchy
of Alfonso has fallen to pieces and republic
has arisen in its stead TO shock conservative
Spaniards 1t shows, however, that he is q
man with an unchanged purpose, though he
is content to let destiny play the game for
him Mt present. This waiting for dead
mems shoes is business that can be pur-
sued by no one but prince with success.
Don Carlos is evidently of a happy turn of
mind for he does not let ambitious dreams
prevent his enjoyment of the beautiful
Year: 1876

A thirteen-year-old daughter of n Mr..


Flagg, residing near Whitehall, says
the Troy On. " Times, is exciting the
attention of the physicians and scientif


ic men in that vicinity. Some time ago


Mr.. Flagg put some arsenic on some


bread and placed it in a portion of the


house frequented by rats. The bread


suddenly disappeared, and again and


again other pieces were placed in the
same locality, with the same result.


He finally determined to watch and as


certain, if possible, what became of it.


He had not long to wait before he was


horror stricken to observe his little
daughter walk away from the place,
cramming her mouth with the poisoned


bread. A physician was sent for, and


before his arrival the sobbing child
made known to her parents that she
had eaten all the bread that had been
prepared for the rats, and that she liked
it better than any thing she had ever
tasted. The physician was surprised,
and thinking, possibly, that the drug
might not be arsenic, he examined 1t,
and found it arsenic beyond a
doubt. To still further test it
he tried a small quantity of it
on a cat, which quickly sent the animal
into commissions, causing its death very
soon afterwards. What seems remark
able, too, is the fact that ever since the
child first tasted arsenic it has begged
for the deadly drug, time and time again.
About a year ago the girl fell sick with
fits. Nothing would bring her out of
the convulsions. In her quiet moments
she would beg necessarily for arsenic.
The physician in attendance, believing
that the girl could not possibly recover,
ventured to give it to her. The child
devoured it with avidity, and in less
than three days she was as well as usual.
Since then she has been given the dead
" poison at different times, the only
effect it having upon her being to make
her appear well, bright and cheerful.
The case has been laid before several
men, all of whom pronounce
it one of the most remarkable phenOm-
ena of the age.
Year: 1876

A lady in this city suspected that her
husband was in the habit of kissing
Katy, the cook, and resolved TO detect
him in the act After watching for
days she heard him come in one even
ing and quietly pass through into the
kitchen. Now Katy was out that even
ing and the kitchen was dark. Burn
ing with jealousy the wife took some
matches in her hand, and hastily placed
her shawl over her head, as Katy some
times did, entered the kitchen by the
back door, and was almost Immediately
5, ized and embraced in the most ardent
manner. With her heart almost burst
ing with rage and jealousy the injured
" .fe prepared to administer terrible
rebuke to her faithless spouse. Tear
ing herself from his foul embrace, she
struck a match, and stood face to face
with-the hired man. Her husband
says his wife has never treated him SC
well since the first month they were
married as she has for the past few
days.
Year: 1876

The " creeping" of railroad rails has
attracted some attention OF late, and,
while we do not attempt to explain it,
we offer a point on the fact that on lines
running north and south, the western
rail " ,reeps ;" faster than the eastern
rail-that is, this strange movement of
the rail toward the south is more marked
in one rail than in the other on the same
track. Furthermore, it has been noticed
that on such a line the eastern rails
wear out faster. Both of these points,
we think, can be explained by the mo-
ton of the earth as it turns from the
west toward the east. Every thing that
has free motion is dragged after the
whirling globe; every wind that blows
and every tide that moves feels the in
fluence, and our train going north or
south is pulled over toward the east,
and naturally presses the east rail most
heavily. The western rail, being re-
lieved of its weight, " "creeps more
freely and quickly. 1t is also noticed
that the wheels that run on the eastern
rail wear out the first, and we can but
think that this earth motion is the true
cause Thepractical side of this is that
the eastern rail and wheels should be
stronger.-ScieRtific american.
Year: 1876

1t is very certain that a mans inti-
mate friends are often the last to suspect
his possession of unusual abilities. This
is trite observation, but one is con-
stantly being surprised at some new
proof of its truth. 1t was not long ago
that gentleman told us that he did not
believe that a certain celebrated poet
had any real genius, because he once
lived in the same town with him, and
knew that his family were no better than
they should be. He had never read any
of his books, however. 1t was the old
story over again. "He is great mani"
" Nonsensei | knew him when he was
only that Hight"
Year: 1876

A man in Troy was recently engaged
in painting the tin roof of his dwelling
house. A fifteen foot ladder stood up
against the house, the top of which pro-
jected abouta foot and half above the
caves. While busily engaged at work
he was startled by hearing childish
voice say, "Papa, me up high.p
, Locking up, to his horror and aston
ishment, he saw his little two-year old
boy standing on the caves of the house,
with one hand on the round of the lad
der. For a moment he hesitated as to
what he should do,-but finally he spoke
quietly to the boy, telling him to stay
there and papa would como and get
him.


The boy obeyed, and the anxious IA
ther reached him, and, taking him in
his arms descended the ladder How
the child managed to climb the ladder
to the roof and then step off on the caves,
aud turn-round and take hold of the
ladder, all without falling, is-a mystery.
The father did no more painting that
morning
Year: 1876

The real work of the teacher consists
in so adjusting the relations between
the minds Of the pupils and the matter
or subject of instruction that the condi-
tions shall become the most favorable
for the appropriate exercise Of the
learners powers in the attainment of
knowledge then the desired mental
development will follow as natural
consequence.
Year: 1876

The elephant in a travelling circus in
San Francisco discovered pocket in the
back part of girls dress, as she was
leaning against the rope and looking
the other way He reached in bis trunk
and brought out an apple. which he ate.
Another trial yielded package Of gum
drops. and third some peanuts. Again
be essayed and got hold Of bottle Of
ammonia, the contents of. which went
the way of the apple, the candy and the
peanuts. Instantly the resentful ele-
phant obliterated the girls hustle, ELL
ing the air with bits Of cloth. newspa-
per and whalebone.
Year: 1876

"And you think. darling, you could
be content to share my humble lot, and
live in quiet way with love and me ?
queried the blissful lover, as he looked
fondly into her translucent blue eyes


"Why, yes, precious; you have no
idea how economical I am. Pa gave
me one hundred dollars last week to
buy new silk. and I saved enough out
Of it to purchase four pairs Of six-but-
toned kids
Year: 1876

A man with large family was COM
planning Of the difficulty Of supporting
all of them. "But, said friend, "you
have sons big enough to earn something
1.-The difficulty is.' said the man. "they
are too big to work
Year: 1876

There are but very few farms where
no ditching is required. and it must be
done 10 dry weather. Let your crops
be attended to SO that 10 August you
can put men to ditching where it is
needed. Many swamp can be made
to be as good as any land on the farm,
by draining them in a judicious man
ner, and every man must be the judge
of how deep and how far apart the
bitches should be made, according to
the quantity Of water to be carried off
and the fall
Year: 1876

actly with the old woman's story. Her
son ran out of the house in the darkness
and was riddled with bullets. Look at
the enormity Of the case. How did the
ruffians know who he was. as he ran in
the darkness7 They did not care. Any
other black man sleeping there and run
ming out where they could see him would
have met the same fate.


1t appears in the testimony Of the Cor
oner, Benjamin Morgan. that in Septem-
ber, after he had held eleven inquests Of
this sort in about year, he received the
following notice:


"Mr. Ben. Morgan, Coroner:


you will please bear in mind that
your absence is required in the country.
and further inform you that IL you are
caught there any more your fate shall be
as those you come to hold your inquests
over.
Year: 1876

CENTENNIAL ACCOMMODATIONS AT
long last definite movement in regard
to the providing Of accommodations for
Centennial guests has been made. From
present Indications there will be lodg.
ings and board for all who may favor
US with their presence, 50 that New
York need not enlarge her hotel ar
rangements just yet. at least not With
the expectation Of seducing our visitor.
from US as soon as they have seen the
great show We are going to have
several very large and splendidly ar
ranged hotels ready for occupation be-
fore the grand rush takes place. The
most energetic efforts are making to
have them models of their kind, and
from the character Of the gentlemen
whose names appear in connection with
these big enterprises. there cannot BE-
a doubt that their intentions will be
carried out to the letter. r.-Phaadelphia
Chronicle.