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Year: 1876

WHAT THE HEALTH AUTHoRITIEs THINK or


THE CHANCES OF AN EPIDEMIC IN NEW


YORK


The health authorities do not seem TO be at all exer-
cised anything connected with the cases of yei-
low which discovered in the city last week,
except the manner in which the HERALD procured
tho information concerning them which it published
yesterday. That is a source OF little modification
10 them they hoped to be able to keep the matter
quiet. Their desire to do this was actuated by wish
prevent alarm among the people, although they con-
tend that need be not the slightest fear on ac-
Of the that have been made public DR.
James, tho Assistant Sanitary superintendent OF the
Board OF Health, said to HERALD reporter yester-
day:-"Yellow fever Is not contagious from
tho person. You might sleep all night with
person who suffering from 1t and not catch
It, II is contagious only from the clothing,
merchandise bulk Of that description When
brought here it is almost invariably conveyed by the
cargo oil the vessel. cannot say whether there are
my other tho city, but have been re-
ported us" Here tho reporter asked the Doctor If
he would acknowledge them if they reported. and
the Doctor said:-"Yes, think we would There
certainly people continually coming from Savannah
and some of them Ilay have tho fever but each
will take care Of itself The precautions taken IN the
past instances are sufficient The district OF atmos
phere impregnaed by yellow fever. in Case OF an cpl
demc, distinct that It could almost be fenced in


Dr. Chandler, President OF tue Board, corroborated
Dr. James statement Dr. Vanderpoel Hcalih Ollcer
the Port said that serious consequences could be
apprchended from the alluded to; that
Mank Hall, taken sick at No u
Market street. and removed 10 Quarantine, was
doing well yesterday morning, but could not say
whether he would die not that there were the
tomary two three yellow lever patients only at
Quarantine ut present, and that while the epidemic
continues in Savannah, all vessels arriving here IRON
that port will be lghtercd, order to iumgato tho
cargocs thoroughly.


At tho weekly meeting OF the Board OF HEALTH yester-
day. the report which officially describes the
toned II Is similar IN Its general Tea
lures and details that already gwen in the HERALD


No comments on the report were made at tho
meeting


At the Albcmarc HOTEL corner Twenty-fourth street
and broadway, where Nr. John Evans died, the pro
pretor said that that gcneman's death had lost
them a single guest. all beng satisfied with tho
ance OF health authorities that there need bo
anxiety fet
Year: 1876

SEASIDE PLEASURE MADE sUBsEBvIENT TO TIN


CAUsE-A MAGNIFICENT DONATION


Though months have passed away since the gallaus
Custer and his devoted band met their doom, and
though every possible scrap Of Information per.
tanning to the dread occurrence has been gath
cred and read with avidty, yet intense and last
ing feeling of and admiration for the intrepid
General and his courageous men is constantly mani
Testing itself on the part OF the people. Every DAY
brings contributions the fund for the erection OF
monument to perpctuate the memory Of their deeds,
ard the sincerity o! the sentiments that accompany
these often humble offerings evident from iha
wording OF the cpstcs that accompany them than rom
tho fact that they come now when the excitement Of
the FIRST OF the tate OF the gallant band has SUBJ
SIDED, and that many Of the senders persons OF
such limited means that thoy have been heretofore
able to spare the smallest amount tor that
pose Tho appended Contributions have been :ecevcd
OF the HERALD Office The example OF the guests at tho
West End Hoci Is ono woll worthy Of imitation
Year: 1876

Saturday morning the Coroner held an
inquest over colored child which died
Friday night, in house over Third street
bridge. Verdict, "cholera infantum." The
child was unknown, as its mother left it at
the house while she went out to seek work,
and did not leave her name.
Year: 1876

A lady doing her marketing on Saturday,
near Second and King, had her pocket book,
containing about forty dollars taken from
her pocket. No tidings of either pocket
book or thief have been heard yet. Persons
doing marketing on that busy thoroughfare
should be very careful of their money
wallets.
Year: 1876

Suppose that the election be thrown
into the House of Representatives.
Under the Twelfth Amendment of the
Constitution the House would choose
the President, the Senate the Vice Pres
ident.


The choice would be confined to the
parties named by the Electoral College.


The House, which has an anti-Repub-
ican majority sufficiently large for the
purpose, would, of course, elect Tilden.


The majority of the Senate is Repub-
lican, and would prefer to elect Wheeler,
but would it not be compelled to choose
Hendricks?


Tilden and Wheeler are residents OF
New York.


The Twelfth Amendment provides
that " the Electors shall meet in their re-
spective States and vote by ballot for
President and Vice-President, one Of
whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant
of the same State with themselves"


Would not Congress therefore, be com.
PEELED TO choose President and Vice
President from different States?


The Senate could not make its choice
first, and thus forestall the action of the
House, for the Constitution provides
that the election failing by the usual
means "The House of Representative
shall choose Immediately, by ballot, the
President"


The Senate would be restricted in the
choice of Vice-President to Wheeler and
Hendricks, for I" if no person have 8
majority, then from the two highest
numbers on the list the Senate shall
choose the Vice-President"


Suppose the House chooses Tilden
President, the Senate Wheeler Vice
President, how are we to get over the
difficulty about both these gentlemen
being inhabitants of the same State?


The Senate would have to give way.


1t would still be Tilden and Hen
bricks.
Year: 1876

We are told that the Democrats only
carried Mississippi by fraud and intim-
idation of the colored voters, and that,
therefore, they should not complain of
the Republicans of Louisiana and other
States taking advantage of their position
to count in Hayes. They also claim that
the very fact of voter being colored is
evidence of his being Republican. To
show that all their theories are based on
false assumptions, we here reproduce the
letter of Rev. Revels-the first colored
man who ever occupied seat in the
United States Senate-to President
Grant Oh the election in Mississippi in
1875. He said:


The bitterness and hate created by the late
civil strife has, in my opinion, been obliter.
ated in this State, except perhaps in some To-
calities, and would have been entirely OBJ
liberated were it not for some unprincipled
men who would keep alive the bitterness of
the past and inculcate a hatred between the
two races in order that they may aggrandize
themselves by Office and its emoluments.
Since reconstruction the masses of my
people have been, as it were, enslaved in
mind, by unprincipled adventures, who,
caring nothing for the country, were willing
to stoOp to anything, no matter how infa.
nous, to secure power to themselves and
perpetuate it, . A great portion of
them have learned that they were being used
as mere tools, and in the late election, not
being able to correct the existing evil among
themselves, they determined by casting
their ballots against these unprncipled
adventures to overthrow them. 8 9 Ny
people have been told by these schemers,
when men were placed upon the ticket who
were notoriously corrupt and dishonest, that
they must vote for them that the salvation
of the party depended upon it; that the
man who scratched the ticket was not
Republican, This 10 only one of the
many means these pnprineiplsd demsgogues
Year: 1876

Considerable discussion has recently
taken place in some of the newspapers
concerning the present whereabouts of
Sitting Bull and his band, and they have
been located in many different places
sometimes on the Big Horn and very
often away up in British America,
in region which rejoices in the name
of Whoop-Up. Bnt all of these sur-
misses and statements, We learn from very
good authority, military and otherwise,


are incorrect. Sitting Bull and his
robbers and cut-throats are now camped
on the Dry Fork of the Missouri. the
paradise of buffalo, elk, deer, bear and
other game, and in all probability he
intends to winter there. So let the
Choteau people rest content. Sitting
Bull will not trouble them this winter.
Year: 1876

A DOG near Norfolk (Va.) was taught
to wait every day for railroad train,
catch newspaper thrown out by the
baggagemaster and carry it home. His
master died several months ago. but he
goes every day to get the newspaper, and
gazes after the cars in apparent disap-
pointment when nothing is thrown to
him
Year: 1876

THE biggest tree in California is not
in the Yosemite Valley. Kings River
Valley, in Fresno County, is five thou
sand feet above the sea, and its walls,
which are about three thousand feet
high, are very precipitous. In this valley
a new grove of colossal redwood trees
has been discovered. One of them
eclipses all that have been discovered on
the Pacific coast. Its circumference, as
high as man can reach and pass tape
line around, is few inches less than
one hundred and fifty feet. This is
beyond the measurement of any tree in
Calayeras Grove. The height is estimated
at one hundred and sixty feet, and a
part of the top lying on the ground is
over one hundred feet in length.
Year: 1876

Y


THERE is a popular belief that ivy
growing upon building renders it damp
and unhealthy, which is quite unreason-
able. In fact, if wall, particularly a
north wall be damp, the best treatment
is to plant English ivies at its base, for
not only does the dense foliage of the
plant keep out the rain, but its aerial
roots absorb the moisture already in the
wall. TheTea mischief done by ivy is
to old buildings of stone or brick, from
whose joints the mortar has been dis
lodged. An iVy-shoot once lodged in
one of these creyices will grow in bulk
until in the course of years it has SO
pressed the joints apart that the masonry
can be dislodged by any strong vibration
of the building. e 4s3& 0fAE
Year: 1876

TIE London Post publishes a para
graph, in very conspicuous form, con-
firming the news that Russia is about to
mobilize her army. The following SEN
tence is striking feature of the para
graph: 1t is no secret that public
opinion here has viewed the Russian
proposition for the occupation Ct
Turkish Territory as a pretext for ag-
gression, and taking our stand on the
treaty of Paris, we are prepared to re-
sist the invasion of the Turkish Terri
tory" The paragraph continues as fol-
lows: "The question at issue, however,
if all the parties are truly bent upon a
peaceful solution, ought to be capable OF
being dealt with in spirit of concilia-
tiOn. We can not but hope, therefore,
that an issue may be found which may
avoid war" The foregoing is printed in
what is usually considered semi-oficial
form. Several announcements recently
made by the Post in a similar manner
have proved correct,
Year: 1876

Preacher from the Denomi-


nation.


The Rev. DR.. Behrends, pastor of
the First Baptist Church of Cleve
land, O., announces his resigna-
tiOn of that position and his
withdrawal from the Baptist de-
nomination. The reasons that in
duced him to take this course are
given by him as follows:


81. have found myself growing
more and more out of sympathy
with the prevailing and dominant
policy OF the communion question,
by which dissent is treated as ser
ious disloyalty, and fair public
hearing is emphatically and univer-
sally refused, until my self-imposed
silence. IN the face of unrestrained
assault upon my brethren and my
self in public gatherings, at social
feasts, in ministerial conferences, on
the platform, and through the press,
has become practically uncomfortable
and almost a wrong at the bar of my
conscience


"I do not impeach my brethren as
guilty of conscious and designed
intolerance; l believe them to be
honest in the advocacy of their prin
ciples as necessary to a maintenance
of their apostolic. orders; but I am
equally free to say that, without call
ing in question the Baptist claim of
immersion as essential to the validi-
ty of Christian baptism, the policy
of resticted communion appears to
me not only uucalled.f for and unwise
but positively unseriptural and
wrong. I am satisfied that the pub
lie advocacy of such a position
would be emphatically resented by
the denomination and have no de-
sire to play the part Of a disturber
of the peace. They who cannot
agree, or amicably discuss their
differences, should quietly part.


80. The more serious reason
remains to be added. So far as 1
know, l am more radical in my
dissent than any present open com
munion advocates in the denomina-
ton. The exclusive attitude of the
denomination on the baptism ques-
tion I am uh4ble any longer to
maintain. l shall not presume to
present the argument, but content
myself with a summary of the re-
suit to which a fresh and painstak-
ing review, especially of the Scrip
lures, has led me, as all that is per-
-tinent here.


"Granting that immersion was
the practice of the Apostles and the
usage of the early church, it can
not be shown from the New Testa-
ment that immersion is so related
to the design or symbolism OF
Christian baptism as in its absence
to destroy the integrity or validity
of the ordinance. Immersion is
baptism, and as it seems to me, by
the preponderance of critical and
historical evidence, the primitive
baptism, but that immersion only
is valid Christian baptism I deem
incapable of proof, whether the ap
peal be to philology, to histo y, ol
to the doctrinal significance of thC
ordinance. 1t may be wise and de
sirable that immersion should re
tain prominence of practical recog
nition in the Christian Church, ol
that it should resume its ancient
prevalence; bat that such a return
to ancient usage is necessary t
the rescue and restoration of Chris
tian baptism, is a claim l find i
impossible to maintain. I believe il
open church membership, therefore
no less than in free Christian com
munion.
Year: 1876

At the rate things are going on
the New York Sun thinks it is an
interesting question whether Bris-
tow viii be turned out Of the Ad-
ministration before he gets a due
proportion of its members in the
penitentiary.
Year: 1876

A Nashville correspondent Of the
Avalanche says; 'It is known that
Senator Key win be an asPirant for
tie place he holds by appointment,
while the friends OF Ex-Governor
Harris and General Bate say that
they are already in the field"
Year: 1876

Reports from Washington have it
that the views expressed by the
committee on Ways and Means in
dicate disposition to reduce the
internal tax on many articles. The
two cent check stamp tax, it is
thought, viii be repealed, while there
is general disposition to simplify
the schedule of internal taxes by
dropping several articles.
Year: 1876

1t is a singular fact that whilst
so many of Grants friends and ap


pointees are aspirants to a single
term in the Penitentiary, he should
be seeking a third in a position
which he has so signalIy disgraced


Were he tried under the
law, defining the guilt of accessories
before and after the fact, he and his
whisky ring friends would not long
b e separated in the flesh while uni
ted in Cla,ksUille Chronicle
Year: 1876

The result in Vermont is of but slight
significance in its bearing on national poll
tics, but SO far as 1t goes 1t is favorable to
the hopes of the republican party. Yer
mont is the most impregnably strong repub-
lican State in the Union, and it could easily
have been carried by that party without
much effort. But the assured certainty of
success did not produce apathy or relax ex-
ertion, and after canvass of unwonted ac-
tivity the republicans have carried the State
by larger majority than is common even in
Presidential years. There has never been
an election in which the vote on both sides
was so fully brought out. 1t is new and
signal verii alton of the truth that the ex-
citement of Presidential year brings to
the polls that large class of apathetic re-
publicans who stay at home in ordinary
elections What we have just seen in ver-
mont will be witnessed in every Northern
State. The republican party will this year
do its very utmost, and 1t will have no diff
Guilty in mastering all its forces.


It is also true that there has been large
increase in the democratic vote of Vermont;
but, In spite Of this increase. the republican
majority is larger than it has been in recent
years 1t is the republican party, not the
democratic party, that is always sure to
gain by an unusually full vote, and if the
general vote of the country should be as un-
precedentedly large as the local vote has
just been in Vermont the number Of North
ern States carried by the democrats will be
very small indeed. The Vermont election
proves that there is to be nothing this year
like the great sweep Of democratic victories
which seemed to revolutionize the politics
of the country in 1874. However great may
be the dissatisfaction of republicans
with the present administration, the ver-
mont election proves that their disgust is
not strong enough to prevent them from
voting with their party this year.
Year: 1876

The Baltimore Gazette gives very bad ad-
vice to the South. In it's indignation at the
PRONUNCIATION of Attorney General Taft's
order Of instruction to United States mar
shals, in reference to their powers and
duties under the election laws, it counsels
the organization of minute men" in the
Southern States so as to be prepared 'to
meet force with force" should the federal
bayonet be brought into service at the ap-
preaching election People may differ in
their opinion as to the expediency and legal
soundness of Judge Taft's order. Republi-
can partisans will of course applaud it.
Many will regard it as of little consequence,
inasmuch as the marshals cannot exercise
their extraordinary powers and federal bay
onets cannot be made to bristle around the
ballot boxes, if fair dealing, peace and good
order prevail Many others will condemn its
tone and will compare it unfavorably with
the letter addressed in 1868 by Mr.. William
NJ Evarts, then Attorney General under
President johnson, to marshal OF the
United States, in reference to the use OF
military force in elections These latter
may see in Judge Taft's order firebrand
and in Mr.. Evarts letter fire extinguisher.
But the very worst thing the South could
do would be to follow the advice Of the
Baltimore Gazette They have thus far dis
played extraordinary patience, and it would
be madness now to attempt by force to
resist any law Of the United States, even II
if should be strained and misinterpreted by
those who are intrusted with its enforce
ment. Their efforts should rather be di-
rected toward depriving the United States
marshals of any pretence to avail themselves
of Judge Taft's instructions Their true
hope lies in a peaceful election, and this the
organization of minute men" Is not likely
to promote
Year: 1876

ADMIRAL PoRTER.--It is graceful and
worthy act on the part of the President
to specially except the Admiral of the
Navy from the operation Of the recent
order No. 2l6. The fact. however, would
seem to indicate that the President
was not previously acquainted with the
order or with its operation. 1t was ON order
by which the Secretary of the Navy out
rageously abused his position under the
cover Of performance Of duty, and, while
pretending to simply give effect to law of
Congress, cunningly defeated the intention
of that law, and sought to degrade the Ad-
miral and many other worthy and distin-
guished officers. 1t was the intention Of
Congress, by cutting of the resources of the
Navy Department, to compel the Secretary
to rid that department of many excrescences
that are of no service to the government, but
very useful to politicians who wish to put
their friends in snug places. But the Sec
retary holds on TO those, and makes econ.
omy an oppression by cutting down the
pay Of men whom the whole country and
Congress equally respect. Instead Of max
Ing an exception to the order the President


should hare directed that it b YithdxaYn
Year: 1876

Statues adorn q city and are more suitable
for open spaces than obelisks are. They
commemorate great men better than marble
shafts inscribed with their names can do.
The best place for the obelisk is the ceme-
terry the best site for the statue is the
esplanade, or square, where it is point
which arrests and gratifes the eye The
Worth monument is not ms attractive as the
Washington statue, although it Is an excel
lent work of art. Architecture alone, no
matter how magnificent, cannot compensate
for the want of statuary in great city. We
have not enough statues in New York, and
every new and good one is so much beauty
added to the metropolis.


But the value of an artistic work is vastly
increased when it is tribute to a noble
memory. The bronze statue Of Lafayette
which was unveiled yesterday in Union
square has more than even this worth. 1t is
splendid figure that M. Bartholdi has
created. 1t is tribute to one Of the best
friends that France ever gave to this Repub-
lie. 1t is a token Of the good will of the
French government to the American people,
As superb work of art, as q memorial of q
great man, as a compliment to us from Il
great nation, it is statue which we can l0Se
and prize for hundred patriotic associa-
tions. The ceremonies yesterday when the
Lafayette statue was presented to the city
by Consul General Breuil and received by
Mayor Wickham will long be remembered
with pleasure, and we are glad that all the
speeches were worthy of the event.
Year: 1876

found expression in the honors which we
have never ceased to pay to Lafayette,
name that belongs as much to America as to
France. Apart from this feeling of graft
tude to France for what was done by Ro-
chambeau, Lafayette and their compatriots,
there is another thought that finds express
sion in the proposed monument of M. Bar
tholdi. This is the increase of fraternal re-
lations between the nations. Liberty and
peace will grow with intelligence, with COM
mercial and social intercourse with the
coming together Of the nations. SO far then,
as the Bartholdi statue represents this amity
it will be accepted by the American people
as an evidence of kindness and fraternity on
the part Of the French more than ever CRATE
ful to us in this Centennial epoch.
Year: 1876

repulsion of society in the English capital.
Many time did he spend whole evening
in London drawing room when no one
approached him, no one spoke to him,
no one even bowed to him. and
he had the social courage to stand up against
that freezing contempt which was manifes-
tation Of hostility to his country. 1t re-
quired the strength of character of an Adams
to go through that ordeal without giving his
social prosecutors the satisfaction of seeing
that their sights produced any visible
smart The frmness and ability Of his
official correspondence during that period
are well known, and will always be admired
as among the most praiseworthy things in
the diplomatic history of the government
The people of Massachusetts, understand
this noble part of Mr.. Adams career better
than any other body Of citizens and they
have now an excellent opportunity to testify
their appreciation.


Whether Mr.. Adams is elected Governor
of Massachusetts or not, his nomination will
have an inspiring effect in the democratic
national canvass. His consent to be put in
this position is a conspicuous and emphatic
Endorsement of the leading name on the
democratic ticket by the most eminent,
capable and experienced of all our public
men. Mr.. Adams Endorsement will en-
courage and strengthen the democratic
party in every State where it has any chance
of success, and it will do more than any
other event which has yet occurred to at
tract the support Of Independent voters.
If the democrats of New York could be
persuaded to act with the noble wisdom
and consummate prudence Of their brethren
in Massachusetts the prospects of the party
would be infinitely better than any intelli-
gent judge can deem them at present