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Year: 1876

The United States Circuit Court O


South Carolina has assumed and exercised


the jurisdiction claimed by the Unitec


States District Attorney, for the same


court here in Delaware. Mr.. Justice
Bond has ousted the jurisdiction o1


the Supreme Court of South Carolina
without the shadow of authority -
without a single sentence of organic OF


statute law to justify him. This action Of


Judge Bond if submitted to, marks the


storming of one Of the citadels of freedom,


by the Federal conspirators. If the inde-


pendence of the State Courts are destroyed
there is no longer any power to protect
citizens, in times Of public peril, and no
mans life or property is safe, if either be
coveted by Federal official. 1t must
strike any oonsiderate man, that Judge
Bond would not dare be guilty Of such
outrageous usurpation Of the legal rights
of State, unless he was promised the aid
of the Federal power. This invasion Of
the right Of State, renders imperative
proper enforcement OF the sovereignty Of
our courts, alike threatened by the United
States Circuit Court for the District of
Delaware We again remind the Governor
Of its Importance, and Of the duty cast
upon. him by his oath Of Office, to guard
the rights and liberties of the free people,
who called him to be their ruler. The
existence Of those rights are incompatible
with the claims of Federal jurisdiction in
the Police Of the State, as set up in the
case Of the State vs. Heal, wherein an at
tempt is being made to oust the jurisdic-
ton Of the State Court, in case OF an assault
upon citizen of Delaware. The Legis-
latare we are conscious will make ample
provision, to maintain the honor and dig
nifty Of our State, regardless Of cost. The
cheats, chicanery, and GOWNS practiced in
Florida, Louisiana, and Carolina, all
pale, before the infamy of Bonds usurpa-
tion: his action relegates US to the law o.
force.
Year: 1876

A Maryland jury lately declared that
a man had come to his death "by an un.
known wagon" About on a par with
this is the Wisconsin verdict respecting a
man who had been crushed to death in a
mill, when the jury remarked: "No
blame can be attached to the machinery"
Year: 1876

A SENSE OF HUMoR was the next quality
the preacher added to the list, and ne entered
on long dissertation upon wit and humor to
explain his reasons for naming it. Blessed,
said he, ''are the men who know how to put
this cushion between themselves aod all the
sharp corners of Tito" 10 the mau who can
look a, things from humorous point of view
troubles are not half so hard to bear, and the
enemy of care seems to lose its cutting edges
when brought to bear upon man like that.
When man has this atmosphere OF the soul
be has got summer day, and 10 that summer
reason and conscience will act better, and he Is
better competent to discharge all the duties OF
lite. That condition is far more favorable to
grace than any other; certainly tar more than
this masked sobriety aud stolid hardness which
a great many persons suppose to be the essence
of the graees aud of true manhood. l say that
good ugture, cherrtuness aud imagination is
grace. 1t may be said that this disposition tends
to relax the conscience. Well that would be the
best thing about it for some coDsclences. 10y
ola was one of the most conscientious men that
ever lived. Paul was never more conscientious
than when he carried the bloody sword into
Africa, and the oruelest men In this world
are the men with limited sympathles aud hard
c0uscleuces. A man who ties hlnself up ID every
direction for fear of sinniog is not SO good as
a mau who lets himself out aud then says: Il
will trust to the grace of God to keep me from
siuniug." To-day the popular idea of being a
Christian is to be something less than you we're,
whereas say that the conversion of man is
like the change of a bird that has been in
cage aud has been let out--a man who has
been living 10 twilight and has the rays of the
rising sun shed upon him-a man who has been
10 the wilderness aud finds it suddenly bud aud
blossom as the rose-it is the largcoess Of
Christian life. Love, hope cheerfulness, cour-
age, faith, trust in God and the JOY that over
flows and the brighr ness that COMES with it and
the sustaining power that accompanies tin
this is Christianity, and will not suffer it to
be slandered here. TO be Christ's man is to be
ten times as large man as you ever were be-
fore. 10 be devils man is to be dwarf |
call you not to prison nor to the gloom of q
duugeon, l call you to thrones aud to glory.
Accept God aud the light Of His countenance
will make you children of light. Rejoice in
the Lord, and again say, rejoice.
Henry Ward Beecher's last Sundays Sermon.
Year: 1876

WAsHINGToN, Aug. 0-Thcre will be no trouble
about the Indian Appropriation bill, us the House
will recede from the proposition To transfer the
Indian Bureau from the Interior to the war De
partmcnt, and ultimately the House VIII sub
stantially yield to the Senate on the Consular aud
Diplomatic Appropriation BILL thus preserving the
nrosent salaries of officers in this branch Of the ser


vice. Much anxiety is expressed to know When Con-
Year: 1876

"WhCre can get the money


THAT is not our business. Everybody
has to look out for themselves nova days"


Cant you tell me who has gold 10 selll'


Perhaps Mr.. - can sell you what
you want If you can put up the right kind
Of securities"


Van again steps up and Indignantly
asks chow is this demand the gold you
owe me, hut refuse to pay; your customer,
my neighbor, offers to pay you bills, and
you will not accept them and demand gold,
and send him to that hsartless old money
lender who would rob him of every scrap
of property he has, in order to meet this
small note. Why is it that you can evade
the payment of your own claims and still
COMPEL other people to pay you r.


when we receive deposits there is q
tacit understanding among all bankers
that we only agree to pay the same kind
Of money as we receive. We could not do
business in any other way. We have to
protect our own interest you know. For
this reason we keep the stubs of deposits
as made out by the depositor; these show
how much gold, how much currency, aid
how much commercial paper he has depos-
tied, and We agree to pay him as good pa
per as he deposits. But when man comes
here for accommodation, he A borrows
money, and he agrees to pay Us in legal
money. If Congress steps in and changes
the conditions of the contract that In none
of our business. We cannot help it, and
in order to protect ourselves we must Insist
upon the payment Of legal money, gold.
We have done our business in anticipation
of this condition for years past; other peo-
pie had the same opportunities to know
the laws that we had, and if they have
neglected this knowledge, of course we
are not to blame and ought not to suffer. :"


Then you claim to have the right to re-
sort to any kind of sharp practice to pro-
tect your own interestsf' says Van.


No, that is not fair way of stating
the question, replies the banker.


1--WE have merely taken advantage of
our superior knowledge Of finances, that
is all that is not sharp practice in the
sense in which you imply the term. We
have the same right to use our superior
knowledge Of finance an the farmer has to
use his superior knowledge Of agriculture,
that is all. There is nothing unfair in
that. !"


Not unless you use this knowledge Of
friends to influence and direct legislation
in your favor, but this is Just what you
have done, and this is Just what makes
your operations robbery. l have been
blinded enough to side with you, but
thank God my eyes are now open," says
Van, and he turns away in disgust.
Year: 1876

THE New York Herald, states that the
Hon. Peter Cooper, in a recent interview
stated that he was i'll constant receipt of
applications from newspapers in the
ives" asking for help in carrying on the
campaign on the principles of soft money,
"and that Re did not propose to send them
any funds, nut added Il send them all
Of my pamphlets for their instruction. :"
Now we do not believe that Mr.. Cooper
ever made use OF such an expression or
that an editor of our Independent news
paper has ever been so lost to all sense of
honor, as to ask for money either directly
or indirectly. If such is the casa however
Mr.. Cooper will confer favor on the COM
munity in general and in the newspapers
in the west" in particular, by publishing all
such appeals, and exposing these beggars
in their true character.
Year: 1876

OSE Of the most notorious black mailing
sheets in New York, conducted by an
lshmaelite, is afraid, that the supporters
Of Peter Cooper, particularly in the West
ern States, will attempt to bleed him free
ly. Let him guard against the New York
leeches- the hbeller among the number,
and he will have no cause for farther
alarm
Year: 1876

A correspondent OF the London TeIe-
graph writes: "Thus they caRne on,
and presently opened so fearful a rifle
fire that the bullets fell around us all
like hail. As yet our infantry were
quiet not a rifle was heard, and the foe
was coming nearer to the semi-circular
trenches of which l have before spoken.
Suddenly there is a movement in the
bushes, sharp note from the bUgle, a
rattle or bayOnets and steel barrels, and
then little cheer. Our men are NOV
ing, the support are taking the empty
trenches, and the rest of each battalion is
in the reserve lines. All at once such a
fire pours forth as envelopes you in
smoke, and makes that still advancing
column stagger. Yet only for minute;
there is a counter cheer and aIapid rush.
Whirr how the bullets fly past them;
with what shrieks do the shells bound I'M
See, the Servians are standing still for
moment, firing yet, but coming no near
er to the mountain. Their line is grad
ually being fed, too, and they are extend
ing every moment 1t is only the fear
of the shells and the bullets which makes
them hesitate. Perhaps not only the
fear, but rather the effect, for now they
are falling fast, and without the aid even
Of a glass we can see that they are strew
ing the ground by hundreds or stagger
ing away to die. Harder than ever is
our fire, as theirs weakens, and more de-
termined, too, are our men, for they now
quit the out post trenches and are adj
vancing upon the bewildered enemy.
Volley after volley from the foe fail to
stop them they leave many a comrade
on the ground, but on they 60, till at
length the Servians, seeing their red
fezes coming nearer and nearer, turn and
fly, deserting 1900 of their number, who
will never see home in Russia or on the
banks of the Danube any more.
Not one was there but might have
been the hardy father Of numerous
family. l did not see a boy among them.
One in particular noticed-and he was
but the type of the rest-a tall, we'll
made, broad shouldered warrior, who,
having fought to his uttermost and re-
ceived wound in the stomach, had laid
down upon the road to Derbent in hope
of succor. Unhappily for him, friends
were far away, and his comrades had
hung in fantastic fashion, on tree hard
by, Circassian who, having fallen into
their hands. had been first tortured and
put to death / was looking at him as ]
rode by, wondering if he were yet alive,
when, horrible to relate, there came upon
the scene four Chiak5 ssoes. They, TOO,
had seen their hanging comrade, and they
thirsted for blood. At this moment the
wounded Serb raised his head and rolled
his CLASSY eyes round in hope of descry-
ing help. Down sprang a Circassian, and
with little dagger pierced the dying man
through and through, cut off his right
hand, and ripped him up as he lay upon
the gronni Fortunately his end was
near, and he expired but even in death
he was handsome giant, this victim TO
the barbarous war which Russia has
caused and waged."
Year: 1876

| A Hunt for the HPafeE. VsECs was Ezn
Of 1fsOsDasS2s1 NOiOriety-


The officers of the PENNSYLVANIA rail-


road are trying to discover the sender of


the trunk containing the internal ma


chine shipped to New York on Friday,


but without success. 1t was checked on


presentation of ticket in the usual way,


and there is no means of finding out who
owned it, as far as the transaction is con,
cerned. A number of detectives exam
ined the machine on Saturday, but it is
not probable that any elew will be OBJ
tanned from it. 1t consists of the brass
works of a clock, occupying a space about
six inches in length and four in width.
The woodwork OF the clock had been
sawed off, and the minute hands taken
from the face. A small pistol loaded
with a metallic cartridge was firmly
screwed on top OF the clock frame, and
the trigger-catch filed down until it
barely held. The muzzle extended over
the back of the clock at an acute angle
with the face, leaving the bottom Of the
center of the dial over the figure twelve.
a wooden button, such as is used on
doors, was screwed to the woodwork,
in such position that one end touched
the trigger, and the other was in the
course of the hour hand when it reached
twelve on the dial. The clock and the
pistol were placed in a pastebOard box,
and this imbedded in a mass of hay and
shavings in a Saratoga trunk, 1t is
thought, from the fragments of glass
found in the hay, that the explosives
were contained in glass bottles. The
railroad officials think that the intention
of the man who put the machine in the
trunk was to rob the passengers, or cause
such destruction in the baggage car that
he could claim large damages. If the
trunk had been in the lower tier of
trunks the explosion would have de-
stroyed much of the baggage, and proba-
bly, wrecked the train. The most care
ful search on the car failed to reveal the
check or any portion of the trunk, which
was shattered and bent. The damage to
other trunks was trifing, and no claims
have been made by their owners. Some
of them were badly scorched, and the
roof of the car was burned, but not to
any great extent. About half an hour
after the train reached jersey City,
large man, with a heavy black NOUS
tache, made several inquiries at the depot
about the matter, and inquired anxiOusly
where Silpath, the baggage master on
the train, was, and departed to visit him
at his residence in Wayne street, Jersey
City, but did not appear there. Iester-
day the company detectives were search
ing for him on suspicion that ne might
know something about the trunk or its
owner.--N T. Tribune.
Year: 1876

"a cloisUered emperor whose house
dates from Nebuchadnezzar" be
fore 1848 had never seen the outside OF
his own palace at Kioto; who, in fact,
was deemed too sacred to touch vulgar
earth but who has just been assisting at
the opening of new railway and who
perhaps will lay many a first stone be-
fore he departs to the realm of tho sun
goddess, from whom both he and his
house have descended.


These are sober realities of the Japa-
nese revolution. That they are not su-
perficial realities-that their results are
likely to be permanently benefcent-
that, at all events, there is no reason
why they should not be so, will, we
think, be admitted by most people who
study the subject with care and impair
tialitv.
Year: 1876

After this morning the eastbound
train that departs at 2:50 A. N.
will be taken of, and until the new time
table goes into effect no train will
leave Wheeling for the East uutIl about
nine O'Clock in the morning. eI-
cept freight tram. Reference
would not be made to this temporary in
convenience to our city, if it wero not for
the fear that possesses us that when the
new time book is issued, which will pro-
badly be next week, this leg-psrdon the
application-of the B. s. o. R. B., will be
left entirely in the cold. Our Interests
throughout the State are great; the
necessity Of our business men
and the newspapers of this city commu.
nicating with the towns along the line,
and the villages that are reached directly
by roads running at right angles to the
railroad, at the earliest possible moment,
is of the utmost in iportance, and we trust
that the powers that be of this corporation
will not entirely forget or overlook our
wants in the make up of the new sched-
ule. If mail train can leave our city
at six o'clock A. II. or thereabouts. we be-
lieve our people would begin TO think
that there is desire on the part OF
the officers of that road to do
the proper thing for a city that is
to be one of the termini of the
B. Il o. railroad, city of 10000 in habi-
tants and with manufacturing and
shipping trade that perhaps does more
business over the B. & o. road that any
other city on its lines, excepting the ex-
treme Eastern and Western teTmtnt.
Year: 1876

Yesterday morning synopsis of Judge
SPATToRD's appeal to the Louisiana Re.
turning Board was published in the REG


IsrER, but his remarks are fraught with
such sound, earnest and powerful Ian.
guage that we herewith publish the full
text of his appeal to the Board to con,
duct all its proceedings with open doors
sr Mr.. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN
The grandeur of your responsibilities
cannot be overstated. The eyes of more
than forty millions OF people are turned
to you. Many of them think that the
destiny Of the republic for an indefinite
future is trembling intthe balance you
hold. The crisis is go grave rs to evoke a
proclamation from the President that
should there be any grounds of suspi-
cion Of fraudulent counting on either
side 1t should be reported and denounced
at once" Entire publicity is the Only
antidote to the poison of sus-
picion. can see no apology for
secrecy in any part of your future
proceedings. The statute from which
you derive your powers does not provide
for private sessions. The opinions and
traditions of tee American people are
opposed to such sessions upon such q
subject. With one voice they ask that
no part OF this thing be done in corner.
You, Mr.. President, remarked the other
day that your functions were partly min
isterial and partly judicial. The minis
terisl are few and simple. They consist
only in the addition and tsbulstion of
votes There is no call for privacy in apply
ing the rules ofarithmetic In performing
all the rest of your duties (the judicial
duties) publicity is imperatively demand
ed, ang at every stage is essential to in
sure a just judgement. l implore you,
then, let the sunlight in; let it shine
through all your doings. Adopt this or
der, so that every whisper in your cham
Der may be heard to the utmost extremi-
ty of the Unien. Thus, aad thus only,
in my humble judgement. will it be pos
sble for you to reassure perturbed and
and anxious country, and to establish
through all generations the righteousness
of your rulings and final award.


The motion was denied. Now we ask
all fair minded men if such a request,
under such circumstances, should not
have been granted without moments
hesitation. But, no. Instead of seeking
to allsy suspicion in regard to their
fraudulent intentions, they have deter
mined to hold secret sessions, when any
member of the board so desires and when
any matter comes up for discussion and
settlement. II such a course were per-
sisted in by the most honored men in the
land, it would provoke general
out.crv of dissatisfaction and alarm.
Yet these four men who have
been proven guilty Of political crimes
that should ostracise them forever from
their State and country, ignore the plain
wishes and demands of an indignant
nation and determine to sit in exec utive
session with closed doors.
Year: 1876

So TWEED is home ut last. After two
wears, less two weeks, OF wandering
over the face of the earth, he comes back
to his comfortable old quarters in Lud-
low Street Jail. He did not arrive in
time to blow up TILDEN with that terri
BILE statement of his, but there is no
reason why he should net be made use
full vet and so earn the cost Of his pas
sage home. Why not send him to New
Orleans to supervise the count? Per-
haps, however, he would tnd that the
bows in Louisiana had got beyond him.
We do not believe even TWEED could
teach KELLOGG and PACKARD anything
sbou, counting IN. and it would be cruel
to add to the old mans sorrows the Bit
ter reflection that he has lost even bis
distinction in rascslity.
Year: 1876

WASHINGTON CITY is not Paris, and
the whole standing army, if concentrated
there. would not make any man fresl-
dent against the will OF the people.
President GRANT very properly states
there is no intention of calling for rcgu-
lar troops at tue inauguration. because
there will not be the least necessity. The
case will be determined before it reaches
,hs, point. a. d if 1t did not it could not
be .et.led that way.
Year: 1876

TURKEY having agreed to take part IN
the conference, the diplomatists may be
expccted to assemble shortly in Constan-
tinople. Their proceedings will be
watched with interest, Inasmuch as it
may be in their power to avert war.
Russia will, however, take care to remain
master of the situation. Should the
powers fail to inform TO her demands,
she may readily cause Servia to renew
bostilities and afford her abundant reason
for intervention,
Year: 1876

/ can not risk admitting to the telegraph
the measures adopted to frustrate this
desperate scheme of desperate men, but
the indignation OF the honest Northern
Republicans should block their first step.
What q delusion is the invitation OF
President Grant to fair men Of both
parties to come hither and witness fair
count. And how we'll the mushets and
the cannon of the Federal government
are planted to preclude and toll that
h"I'. = sUlI-rvIsion."
Year: 1876

NEW YORK, November 2l,-The vio-
lent northeast storm which has been rag
ing here for the past two days subsidized
this morning. Several casualties are re-
ported in this city, and considerable
damage was done to property IN the
track OF the storm. No vessel has left
this port since Saturday. Several
steamers have made an attempt. but all
have been forced to return. Some
twelve or fifteen steamers IRE due here,
but are unable TO get in. /. Is feared
that serious damage has been done the
shipping along the coast.