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Year: 1876

That Abe Hubbard was Insane, and had
been making divers mu-derous attacks upon
different people of the place, upon one negro
pipe the latter attack near my office-d0or,
ami the former in the field. Then, with a
rock, he advanced upon me in my Office
porch, end was frightened off with a pistol. l
made as many as six or seven appeals to diff
ferent parties OF negroes passing, TO tie and
carry OF and care for their unfortunate friend.
At last, with the assistance of four or five wo-
me1, / tied and delivered him to a man, who
would not assist in tying him, with the urgent
request that they would not release him, as he
was dangerous, aud feared that he would OBJ
lige me 10 hurt him in defending my Off ce or
person, that the tying would ooly infuriate
him more If he were not Kept quiet. They
took him of, and releas ed him I'm q short
time, when he returned TO the office. There
being nobody with me except two women
upon the steps, one of whom fed a. his ap
preach, l went into the office, closing the door
behind me, and thinking that he might pass
or believe i was gone, when suddenly the
door opened behind me and the man sprang
upon me. Having at first the advantage /
forced him back, though he was very ath-
letic fellow. AT the second attack, finding
that he had the advantage, l managed 10
reach a pistol ON the desk, and shot him
while his hand was uDon my collar and grasp
ing at my throat. He fell back at the shot
n q Tetreated from the room. Satisfied with
this did not follow up the attack as l would
I'VE done had the shooting been 50 UnpT.
q ked as yesterdays paper seemed 70 represent.


JOHN BRANCH.
Year: 1876

Peter Cooper. in his brief speech at the
Cooper Institute meeting: struck the key
note of the platform on which the lnde>
pendent party makes this campaign,
when he said:


OF one tact you may rest assured. 1t
is this: There is but one great remedy
for the financial troubles and the distress
now prevailing in this country; and the
remedy lies in the just and proper action
OF the government in reference to the
important question OF money.


And in another equally eloquent pass
age he expressed the true aspiration OF
every loyal heart in the Union:


Hong to see the day when Z: govern.
mental policy shall be adopted that will
secure the rewards Of labor to the heads
and hands that earn them; when the
establishment ofjustice shall be made to
promote the general welfare Of this great
andl glorious country, and when the
people themselves shall become con>
scious of tho truth that y government
will be Just what we, the people make it
Year: 1876

.There isn't u nation in Europe that
wouldn't look with scorn upon country
which would deliberately go to work to
repudiate 20 per cent. OF its obligations
by authorizing the payment OF its debts
in ! currency that is that much cheaper
than the contract called for. ."-Pioneer-
Press Tribune.


What abominablc lying. The bonds
were made payable in gold and silver
coin. Is.it any re pudiation TO pay them
in gold and silver? And if silver is
worth 20 per ct. less than it was five
wears ago is it not because the bondhold--
ers themselves bought an act through
Congress to dcmonetize il?


Moreover, silver is still money IN
every nation in EuropeO except Eng
land and Prussia.


Moreover, if silver is worth less now
than it was when the bonds were issued
the remedy is plain, add 50 many more
grains OF silver to each coin and thus
eaualize the difference. Why demone'
tie silver altogether Simply TO make
gold more valuable. and thus increase
the wealth of the creditor and the liza
bilities OF the debtor. and make the rich
richer and the poor poorer
Year: 1876

Among the troubles of the hour is
what to do with ones money. 1t is not
safe in the bank. Ihe trust companies
turn out to be vain things for safety. The
more real estate man has the worse he
is off. There have been great many
times in the last fifty years when people
could not make money with money to
make it with. The popularity Of this
panic is that you can do nothing with the
money. Noinvestment is safe, and mill
lions are now lying idle. The recent
furry in Wall street show this. Every>
body who could, have taken out their
money from real estate and put it into
stocks. Accrtain line OF stocks was con-
sidered as good as gold. This was es-
pecially true of coal stocks. All along
the line of the Lackawana and kindred
roads stock was held by well to do TAM
ilies with incomes from $4,000 to $780,
600 a year were made penniless. 1t is
said that if the great railroad men were
obliged to realize at once, a larger part
OF the so.called millionaires w0uld be as
poor as their neighbors. Nearly all our
heavy companies, if obliged to throw their
real estate on to the market, would find
themselves in bad way.-New York
Letter to the Boston Journal.


'sOn with the dance, let joy be uncon-
fined" Keep up the pressure; turn
down the screw.


When England commenced to resume
specie payments her bank paper was
worth only five per cent. less than gold,
yet to overcome that five per cent. and
reach specie basis. she decreased the
value of all property in the kingdom fifty
per cent! and produced such suffering
that standing army of II 900 men had
to be raised to keep the starving people
in subsection.


Go ahead with the funeral gentlemen.
Year: 1876

as well as anyone. Stand By your flag
and let the debtor class howl. Let US
resume, or if initiate; let the imitation
come through the time~honorcd channels
the bangs. In fact we don't object so
much to imitation, as to the manner of
doing it. Let the banks inflate: and
we will stand it until blown up like an
OK in new clover. Let the banks man>
age the contraction when they think it
profitable to prick the bubble, and we
are content. Our theory provides for
both schemes, so letus stand by our old
principles. Only let the bankers draw
their gold interest on the two billions OF
bonds, from the government. and their
double or treble interest on sixteen or
eighteen hundred millions from the
people with absolute power over infa>
ton and contraction, and iwont VIC be
happy? If we wont, somebody else
will, and why not the bankers?"


Now if all the people Of the 2nd Dis
trict could think rs clearly as that old
farmer neither Strait nor Wilder would
get one hundred votes in the entire dis
trict.


But the trouble is they can't or won't.
Year: 1876

Hon. Ebenezer Ayres has been ap'
pointed by the State Central Committee,
of the Independent party, to prepare an
address to the voters of the State.
The Independent party is made up OF
Door men, and the committee have no
funds to draw on, and no office-holders
to assess. We would therefore suggest
that all vino feel able to contribute any
sums large or small towards defraying
the cost Of printing and distributing this
address, should send them directly to
Mr.. Ayres at Cottage Grove. Every lit
tie will help. Money cannot be better
spent than in enlightening the voters on
the grave issues of the hour.
Year: 1876

it is one way. Genuine specie payment
would result in contraction to nearly the
amount OF gold available in the country
for business, as nothiug less would be a
legal tender beyond 1926. His taxes
would probably have to be paid in gold.
as indicated in the proposed York State
law recommended by Tilden."


Mr.. Page then proceeds to show the
superior advantages of the plan proposed
by the Independent party.
Year: 1876

When the Democratic party succeeds in screen
ing itself and all of its Objectionable and ugly
features behind the splendid achievements Of
the gallant Hancock, positive blindness will
have smitten the gaze OF those who preserved
The Union aud manumitted the slave.


The Republican ticket has excited unbounded
enthusiasm in Maine. The Maine people, dis
appointed at the defeat of their favorite, have
taken courage from his magnanimous ex-
ample, have fallen into line and are preparing
to march on to victory.
Year: 1876

The WEEKLY NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
is now ready for delivery; containing the
general news of the week, including the
proceedings of the Republican National
Convention at Cincinnati. 1t is a cheap
and large campaign paper.
Year: 1876

THE House yesterday passed several i'm
portant District bills, Including one for the
pavement of Pennsylvania avenue and one
for commission to draft a new form of
government for the District.
Year: 1876

There is a genuine desire among many of
the adherents Of the Democratic party to fight
under the standard of Winfield S. Hancock,
hoping that with such leader they could
gain the confidence of the loyal people of the
land. This hope is fragile and fading one,
Year: 1876

A gentleman connected with al
Eastern journal, recently spent some
weeks in San Francisco and vicinity,
in the capacity Of secret agert for the
government. He went East q short
time since aud we presume reported,
for shortly after the telegraph began
to regale us with bits of informa alton
relative to the whiskey business on
this coast. Among other items ap-
peared one limiting some what strong
ly that Senator SARGENT was allied
with the San Francisco whiskey ring.
Now, however, the secret agent comes
out with the statement that no facts
obtained by him tended to implicate
the Senator in the crooked transac-
tions. 1t is presumable that between
the making of the first report and the
publishing of his last statement the


agent has been interviewed by SAR-
GENT or some of his friends, and made
TO see the error OF his ways. The re-
traction or contradiction, however,
does not entirely remove from the
minds of some people, the impression
that things are not altogether straight
in the whskey business in and about
San Francisco. 1t was intimated
some years ago that Senator COLE
had many friends in the crooked line
and that those friends were not ignor-
ant of the advantages resulting from
having friend at court. If this Gus
tom prevailed in Coles Senatorial
days why should it not exist in those
of SARGENT. The whlskey manu-
featuring business of San Francisco is
in the hands of few persons who con-
stitute themselves close corporation.
If they can count ON Senator SARGENT
as their friend they have 1t in their
power to name the appointes to Fed
eral offices connected with the Reve-
nue. Department and of course officers
so appointed are aware that they will
hold their positions only so long as
the whiskey ring so wills, and will do
nothing which the ring desires should
be left undone. There may be much
of the crooked about San Francisco
and the officers know nothing of it.
Year: 1876

also as good fares and freights bill
as that presented by Assemblyman
Archer.


Lewis hoped that the whole subject
matter would be considered, and after
discussion that the bills be voted on
ser rataly.


AAneS moved to amend the motion
by substituting the Archer bill for the
O'Connor bill, claiming that it was a
courtesy due to the Assembly to con-
slider first the bill which has received
their endorsement.


The motions were finally withdrawn
and the Archer bill read from the desk.
The following question was then put
to the Senate by the chair: Shall the
bill be read third time and passed?


Lewis argued at length that the bill
was unconstitutional and in conflict
with section 81 of article 4 of the
State Constitution. He quoted
from high legal authorities in support
OF his propositions, and he held that the
bill was also in conflict with section
l6 of article l, inasmuch as it was an
eT post fdctO and impairs the obligation
of u contract law. He contended that
to pass the bill would be violation of
the contract made between the rail-
road companies and the State. Through
this speech he followed the line of
argument pursued by Ex-Supreme
Judge Sanderson in his brief of some
months since on the question whether
the State had power under the consti-
tuition to regulate fares and freights.
He stated in conclusion that the peo-
pie do not demand the passage of this
grossly unjust law. He yielded to
no man in his devotion to the people
and under the existing circumstances
would cast his vote against the passage
of this or any other bill Of the same
nature.


The Assembly met at 10 A. NJ, the
Speaker in the chair.


A message from the Governor In
formed the House that his ExcelIency
had signed the bill authorizing the
Board eff Supervisors Of Santa Bar
bara county to issue bonds for the con-
struction of a Jail and hospital in said
county, and the bill ratifying and con-
firming certain ordinances of the Com
mon Council of Santa Barbara passed
during the current year; also the act
amending the incorporation act OF
Santa Barbara.


McConnell's bill regulating the prac-
tice of medicine in the State came up
for consideration and after discussio on
was postponed until March 2lst.


Adjourned.


There are one hundred and two bills
on the general file of the Assembly and
some special orders. McConnell's bill
increasing the number of Notaries in
Los Angeles county is in Senate gen.
eral file. It's passage is recommended
by authority of the Judiciary Commit.
tee. There is no strong opposition to
the bill. X.
Year: 1876

money thus hid away by the panic
stricken man, who actually owes 1t to
his neighbor, which if he had been hon.
orable enough TO pay would have
passed from hand to hand, until the
one hundred or one thousand dollars
would have paid twenty hundred or
twenty thousand dollars, and perhaps
have come directly back to himself in
the payment of u debt which his
neighbor owes bim. But by hiding it
away he has put it out of the power
for any or all of these men to pay their
debts. The consequence is they are
all distressed yet, and all in debt. But
says the timid man, "I am not
in debt and my money is my
own therefore can not be
censured for hiding it.n This
is mistake. You are acting the part
of misanthrope, who with his barns
filled with plenty, can look around
with indifference upon his neighbors
who are perishing in famine. 1t is
to Just such men that we are indebted
for the present stringency in many
matters. There is more money in Los
Angeles county to-day by fifty per
cent, than we ever had before. But
the fright that came so unexpectedly
upon the people, has not yet passed
away. We are glad to say, however,
that we are out of danger, and will
soon be able to move on without the
aid of buried treasure. The constant


influx OF emigrants, who are pnrchas-
ing lands, and building houses, the
sale of the orange crop, and very soon
the sale of the wool crop, will add a
million to what we now have. Two
months more will give us all the mon.
ey and mole than we shall need for
the business of the county.
Year: 1876

Capital like individuals, is always
timid when disasters are reported. The
blowing up of two or three steamers
on the Mississippi before the days of
railroads, used to diminish the travel
by steamboats,, very perceptibly.
Months would elapse before travel
would resume its former standard. The
same is true of capital. The failure of
one or two banks stops the circulation
of money in community or State for
the time, and it will not move again
until the scare is over. Men who
have it hide it away in some dark
hole and wait to see if the skies will
fall, and after waiting for time they
look around, ,and seeing the sun, moon
and stars all in their places, and the
world moving on as of old, they wake
up to the fact that they have only act
ed the part of a simpleton and lost
money by their folly. They then
bring it out and put it in circulation.
Such people generally do not reject
that they are contributing to the gem
eral distress consequent upon moY


crisis. 1t is.often the case that they :
Year: 1876

WASHINGTON Sept 4, 1915
THE ALLKGED CONSPIRACY OF GINIRAL DIIs-


TOW AGAINST PRESIDENT GRANT-NEw REyE-


LATIoNs PROMISED


The evidence of conspiracy against the reputation
OF General Grant and his administration on the part OF
the late Secretary Bristow and his friends is
taking such shape that even those heretofore most
increduous are coming TO change their opinions A
interest been gwen TO the subject ov the recent
free expressions of President the representative
OF the HERALD, and carefully prepared state
ment of the whole matter including the volun-
tary testimony of one OF tue parties to the con-
spiracy, has recently been submitted to the- men,
bers of the Cabinet, which leaves room
for doubt in the premises One of the principal OIL
cials In charge of tho forward
and gives his the details step by STEP OF
Grant and advance the claims of Mr. Brstow for the
Presidential candidacy All this has been reduced to
certainty by his statement, which has been corrobo
rated fully One member OF the Cabinet, feeling, per-
haps kindly than the others to exSecretary
Bristow, says


.'While the whole thing may bear this coloring, yet
It may have actually originated with the sanguine ex
pectatons and overdone zeal OF tho near personal
friends OF ex-Secretary Bristow."


But at this period all room for generous consd
Sration has been swept away and the facts sooner
Dr later so 10 the people The President Is party
10 the plan Of divulgng what has now
long slept his bosom, but he will not
hesitate to declare his conviction at the proper
timo that most nsdious and astonishing attack was
made upon his reputation in the house OF his friends
All the facts will be shortly given, and tho President
will leave the country to judge OF their enormity.
Year: 1876

From the Neao York San 20th.


The total registry in this city for the
two DAYS, Oct. 10 and Oct Is, reaches
the large number of ll6, ,99S. This is
torty-eight thousand more than the reg
istry Oh the corresponding days of last
year, and over twenty thousand above
that OF the first two days of 1872. The
people are in dead earnest this autumn,
and they have hastened to enter their
names on the registry. Only two more
days are allotted for registering, and every
voter who has delayed entering his name
on the poll list should see to it that he
does not fail to perform duty SO impera-
tive. The vote for New York will be very
large. and the Democratic majority will
therefore be exceptionally large.


From the N. Y World, 1sta.


All voters in this city who failed to reg
ister their names last week will have an
opportunity TO day to perform that duty.
The boards of registrars will be in ses-
sion 10 each of the election districts OF this
city from s A. NJ, until 8 P. NJ to day
Every citizen who has net already attend
ed to that duty should go and register
to-day. A failure to register debars a
person from voting just as effectually as il
he was not citizen. No name can be
placed on the list except by personal ap
plication. Nor are the registrars permit
ted to copy from last or any previous year
II matters not if citizen has resided IL
the same place twenty years and voted
every year; his name cannot be placed OIL
the list this year unless he goes 10 person
and attends to it. A failure to do tha
will deprive him of his vote on election day
Both registration and voting have to b
done in person; they cannot be done b.
proxy. All who have not already regis
tered should attend to it to-day.
Year: 1876

Acc1DENT.-While working in
the lower hold this morning dis
charging freight, a deck hand on
the steamship City of Panama
was struck on the head by a
hatch covering, which fell from
the upper deck, and was knock
ed insensible. 1t was at first
thought he was very seriously
injured, but DR.. Weed was sum-
moned and found that his inju-
ries consisted Of sprained an
Gle and severe scalp wound,
which were at once dressed.
Year: 1876

I@ The partitions between
the front rooms of the lower
floor Of the DISPATCH building
are being torn down to prepare
the rooms for the new store
which is to be opened there
about the first of the month.
Year: 1876

THE VIvIAN-KoHLER TROUPE
had very large audience last
evening. Vivian is even happier
than formerly in his delineations
of character, andis supported by
the best troupe he ever brought
with him to this upper coast.
They give another performance
this evening.
Year: 1876

Judge Porter i'll his argument in
the Babcock case puts Gen. Grant in
rather an awkward situation before
the country: eff General Grant was
not a party to this conspiracy, you
see how utterly improbable it is that
General Babcock was member of
the conspiracy itself No one will
charge him with lnfidelity to his
chief"
Year: 1876

This association has through its members
been one of the busiest of all the numerous
Republican organizations of our city. 1t be-
gan early its campaign work. and is still per-
forming valuable service for its State. Some
two hundred and fifty thousand frankable
documents and large number on which the
association from its own treasury has paid the
postage have been sent to the State. Should
the State roll up majority of fifteen or
twenty thousand for Hayes and Wheeler. the
association here will Justly have reason to
take to itself no small amount. of credit for
helping on the glorious work. Nearly every
Badger in Washington has made arrangements
to go to his home to vote on the 7th of No
vember, thus sealing the good work so faith
fully done. Orders for round-trip tickets at
reduced rates to Chicago can be obtained by
applying 10 the secretary of the association,
K r. RedWay.
Year: 1876

superintendent Eastwood had accom-
panied the man with the, dogs to inform
the prisoner OF the purport of their visit,
and that they had q bloodhound and
were going to search the house. be-
heve then that his condition was very
palpable, and that he was extraordinarily
affected by the announcement, When
the ska vas fot nd his wife and he wsrS
both present, and at o1ce ordered him
70 be taken into custody on the charge
OF murder. He afterwards said that he
was innocent, and knew nothing about
it. We managed to have HIM removed
from the place before there was any ex-
eitenent and before the inhabitants were
aware OF what was going on. II we had
been three or four minutes more I don't
believe we could have brought him 70
this Court. Under the circumstances,
however, we manaS Sed to bring him with
out any interruption. This is human
skull (pointing to it) with three teeth
left in the lower jaw, and these plainly
exhibited. This is the skull of child,
and we know OF no other child missing,
or having been murdered, than Emily
Holland, and from all the circumstance
we do believe this skull and the parts of
the body form the head, hands and arms
OF the deceased Emily Holland. I will
simply give evidence that these were
found in the prisoners presence, and
that he was charged and made no reply"


THE PRISONERS CONFESSION.


The prisoners detailed confession n
substantially to the following effect
That, on the day when the tragedy was
enacted, he sent Emile Holland for half
an ounce Of tobacco. When she return
ed he asked her to come in the house.
He got hold Of her and carried her up
| stairs, and in the front room committed
! the outrage upon her. He took q razor
| and coolly cut her throat. To prevent
the bleod from covering the floor he
wrapped her clothes around her. Next
he battered her brains out and cut up
the body; putting the head and arms on
the fire, which he had recently kindled
in that room, and wrapped the trunk and
legs in newspapers, concealing the par
cells till it would be convenient to re-
move them, After this he went down
stairs and shaved some Of his customers
| with the razor which had been used to
cut the girls throat. The horrible work
having been finished, he locked the door
OF his shop and went to the Ampithea-
tree of Varieties to stihe perchance for a
moment the stings Of conscience. Great
sympathy is felt for the bereaved parents
Of Emily Holland. The mother is in
desponding state, and was only confined
| about seven weeks ago. The father is a
little better now shat the murderer has
been found cut.
Year: 1876

men on the bond OF Merriman Howard
as sheriff Of Jefferson county, having
withdrawn before 1t was approved, JEFF
ferson county is left without a sheriff
and ell that this implies. II is due. how
ever, to the Board OF Supervisors to say
that they ordered q special election to
which they declared the Office vacant,
but the interregnum is none the less a
muddle.