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Year: 1876

To THE EDITOR THE HERALD


Six members OF the New York Yacht Club comprise
q committee Of arrangements for an international
yacht regatta be given this year under the auspices
Of the Centennial commissioners. These six gentle
men, three OF whom officers OF the New York Yacht
Club supposed TO represent four clubs but IL is a
Of courtesy u suppose that more than one
club is represented The other clubs per-
mitted TO indorse the policy and de-
sres OF the New York Yacht Club are the
Brooklyn Seawanahaka and Eastern, the latter being
looked upon by the gentlemen of the New York acht
Club as a branch OF their own club. The Commodore
OF the Brooklyn Yacht Club is the secretary Of this
committee of the New York Yacht Club to record its
actions and do is bidding These six gentlemen have
officially announced that drifting match over the New
York Yacht Club course midsummer day will
properly represent TO the assembled multitude what
yachting in the United States has TO IN this the
centennial year OF our existence.


Before the committee attempt TO take any further
steps in the matter would ike 10 remind them that
there insect which dies after single act OF
fructncaton the purpose Of It's having been
accomplished The committee, not having lived for
nothing, may safely be allowed to resolve Itself
into its original atoms. CAPTAIN


JANUARY l. 1876
Year: 1876

The fourth game in the match opened on Thurs


day by MI Mason with the Ruy Lopez After a stub
born the pdrti1 gwen up drawn at the
thirty ninth move Time, 2L ON The following is the
Year: 1876

CALIENTE, 10th.-The telegraph
stage left here one hour late this morn
ing with the usual heavy mail, ex-
press and passengers to arrive in Los
Angeles this evening. The storm
which has prevailed here for several
days looks as though it was about over
During the night we had at least two
inches OF snow, though going off rap
idly this morning. The weather is
quite cold this morning and cloudy
with light wind blowing from the
South.
Year: 1876

At the nrst session Of the Stock Board, yesterday
morning, the following resolutions adopted:--


Resolved That the New York Stock Exchange recognizing
great advantage every material Industry thia
country Of Centennial Exhibition worthy Of is poson
among the nations Of the earth which shall make
position Of its diversified pursuits leaving together itH
varied industries and stimulate rivalry among
the different departments OF trade and mannfacture-
throughout It's wide extent do respectfully request the
Congress Of the United states 70 aid this great national
erpse by granting tho appropriation Tor its benefit
under consider alton before them.


Resolved That the secretary directed to transmit
copy Of these resolutions to-day to the Hon Edwin r.
Meade tho Representative In Of the district
which this Exchange ansacts s business with the request
the 70 the Congress OF the United
states as the memorial Of this body.
Year: 1876

The bore OF the great tunnel which Is being erca-
vated for the Delaware and LacEawanna Company
through Bergen HILL at Jersey City, was completed on
Tuesday night The gang working IN shaft No. blew
out the last partition OF rock that separated them from
the gang In No and the bore was complete. The
work Of widening the tunnel will be pushed tor-
ward rapidly. The arches al tho eastern and western
entrances are nearly finished No excavation In any
part OF the eouatry has beeu accomplished With such
rapidity.
Year: 1876

The Committee Stock List gave notice to the Ex-
change yesterday 'that the Official statement Of the
Lehigh and wiIkesbarre Coal Company, the circular
Of this OF August 90 1875 states the date OF
the consolidated guarantee bonds to be June l. 1878
This was the part Of the company in maxi
ing up their statement The bonds all dated April
Year: 1876

sructons under the resolution Of the Common Council
has been well and faithfully performed in the short
space OF i've months


IL shall ever be my pride and satisfaction n this
work snail lead TO the adoption Of the herein
recommended, and which calculated confer
untold benefits upon our city Very respectfully,


FlTZ JOHN PORTER,


Commissioner OF Public Works
The surveys and plans alluded to have been also sub
Gnitted to the Mayor
Year: 1876

THE WAY TO KEEP ONES WORD
The renowned General Napier, taking
a country walk, met little girl on the
road, crying like to break her heart over
broken bowl. When the General stop
ped and asked what the matter was, She
said She had let the bowl fall, and her
mother would beat her for it when She
got home. The General told her not to
cry, and he would give her dXpence to
buy another. lie put his hand into bis
pocket, but found he had no change.
So he told the girl to meet him there at
the same hour, next day, and he would
bring the sixpence then. And she was
to ask not to be thrashcd. The child
thanked him and went away, trustlul
and happy. On getting home, he found
awaiting him an invitation TO dine in Bath,
next evening, 10 meet person whom he
particularly wanted to see. His prom
ise to meet the child was in the way.
lie examined to see il it would be posi-
BILE to meet her and yet be in time. lie
founo that both could not be done, so he
wrote, declining the invitation, on the
ground Of bis pre-eugagemcnt.
Year: 1876

General Sherman is great speech
maker. In his last effort he has disgust.
Ell many of his admirers by his expressed
pity for Babcock. He told his hearers
they must not forget the temptations to
which such as Belknap and Babcock were
subject. Could he allude to Grant. For
just now he seems to have been as willy
as the serpent in the garden-the woman
did it says Belknap's excusers. The
tempter may have been the cause. But
Sherman is sure to talk himself to
death.
Year: 1876

SHERPs vs.. Doas.-Mr. VIM. Dean. cb-
jects to the proposition made in Kent
county to repeal the law taxing dogs in
that county, passed by the Legislature
at its last session. Mr.. Dean does not
value the dogs as much rs the people of
Kent county. Many of them look upon
the dog as faithful guardian placed as n
8 .ntinel not only over the barn yard. sta
bic aud chicken coop, but over the rural
residence also. Much Of this, however, is
mere Imagination, AMI We agree with
Mr.. Dean that the profits on Il tho sand
sheep for single season will benefit our
people more than all the dogs in the
State for generation" If the people
of Kent county will only turn their at
tention to sheep raising for few years
they will find it much more advantage
Gus than dog raising, and also discover
that it costs more to keep one dog. ex-
elusive Of the tax, than two sheep.


The colored v>ters of Kent are especi-
ally severe on the dog tax. They are
fond of dogs, but do not like t. pay dog
tax; and the white Republic as are
thus led to demand the repeal oil the dog
tax law.
Year: 1876

Recommendations has curtailed
her State debt by legislative enactment
fully two-thirds. She might as we'll have
resolved to pay less of it. The Radical
party sent carpet -baggers into the South,
after the close of the war who used the
negroes as instruments to rob the whites
and tie carpet -baggers robbed the ne
groes; run the State into millions of
debt by issuing State bonds and selling
the bonds. The purchasers thereof 90
not deserve to be paid any more than a
man would who had bought a stolen
horse. The legislative acts were passed
by negroes elected by force through
Grants negro soldiers with arms in their
hands.
Year: 1876

Only rosebud,


All fresh with the dew;
wee bit of Heaven escaped from the blue
Only flash


Of tn bright golden morn;
But the earth grew in glory the day she was bOIn
4 grain in life-Sands,


leaf the tree;
But whole world Of love is my darling to me.
Only Lleam


OF the sunshine to come,
To tinEe with new luster the day-drCams ui home
Only drop


In lffe's deep-roIling sea,
But that drop Is ocean Of joy unto me.


Only a unit


In earth's census-TolI
But what is all space to my little ones sOule
Two tiny feet waiting


Lifes ladder to climb,
Just pressing the verge Of the Causeway OF Fine;
Bri -hl eyes fall OF wonder


And beauty and grace,
Looking out On the Infinite, forth into space;
\ smile lingering ever,


The angels last kiss
As she passed through gate bet wCen that world
and this


O dewdrOp of Heaven,


Sent down from above.
o fresh life, God-given, to hearts full Of love!
q princess Of babies!


o sweetest of elves
LO here al thy altar We pledge thee ourselves
To crown thee with wisdom


And rear thee In truth
Shall be our one task through thy oncoming youth.
Only an atom,


A mOnad, a ClOdL
But cleaning and glowing with life, fresh from God
Only n mite


And little one, too;
But without her, o wise man. say what should
do?


Only whisper


In LIES shifting scene;
But she's still my own daughter my vcc Geraldine
Year: 1876

In Philadelphia, on the 9th, the Jones
burial case was decided in the supreme court.
The authorities of Mount Moriah cemetery,
last autumn, refused to allow the body of
Henry Jones, a colOred man, to be buried in
the cemetery, although his widow owned a
lot there The matter was taken into court
and the authorities were ordered to permit
the burial. They appealed from the decision
and carried the case to the supreme court


The decision Of the supreme court to-day
afiirms the finding of the lower court, and
orders the burial to be made in the cemetery
Year: 1876

4 MAN popped into the postoffice and
wanted to know how much merchandise
he could send in one parcel. -Four
pounds" was the reply Then he said
he thought he would send out to Arizona
four pounds of those red toy balloons,
inflated; but he had difficulty in getting
out of the door in time to dodge mail
bag.
Year: 1876

miscuousiy and quite naked, upon the
skins of reindeer The door of the hut
is 50 low that one must get on ones knees
to enter it; it faces the south, so as to
be sheltered from the north wind.
Year: 1876

Mr.. Booth has introduced a bill into
the New York legislature making it a
misdemeanor for any person to hire out,
apprentice, give away or otherwise dis
pose of any child under sixteen years of
age to be used in any exhibition as tight
rope walker or other gymnastic perform
Ancc, or for any immoral purpose, or en-
Ployment dangerous 10 life or health, or
as beggar or singer or dancer; also
making it a misdemeanor for any person
to employ or exhibit such child for any
such purpose.
Year: 1876

Comment on Democratic success. A
bookseller in indianapolis writes to a
New York firm: "Intelligence is at a
discount in our State since the election,
and we must ask you to cancel our or.
dsrs for your publications. We shall
want no standard books at present.
Year: 1876

Crowd at the station waiting for a
late train affable young man accosts
gruff old gentleman: Sir, / think
Ihave had the pleasure Of meeting you
before. Your face looks familiar =
Old gent: .sDoes eh! Soil yours
fore yOu'r re s old as am
Year: 1876

How late may lovers stay is the
vital question just now. o1 course
there will be difference OF oplMon. mon.
but personally we should set the tl%e ne
to leave at about the mOment Whcn ho
became aware that q man OUT IN q
Rack bedroom has arisen, and is tuck
inc his shirt i'll his pants, and getting
on his boots.
Year: 1876

been obtained in the face of frauds at
the ball0t.box and an unparalleled use
of money by the opposition. They
show the drift of popular sentiment,
and clearly indicate a national victory
for the Republican party in November.
All that is now necessary is to continue
the vigorous prosecution of the can
vass, to secure protection to all citi-
zens in the right of ballot, to bring all
legal voters to the polls, and to prac-
tice the utmost vigilance upon the day
of election.


Fortunately for the country, our
candidates represent the best spirit of
reform, to which they are pledged by
every act and utterance Of their lives.
Their success alone will insure an hon.
est administration and preserve the
government from the unfriendly hands
of those who recently sought to de-
stroy it, and who now seek to prey up.
on its resources. @~"--s'-3',:s q
Year: 1876

The President on South Carolina. 9s7~>.


At cabinet meeting on the 18th,
every member being present, there was full
discussion of the condition OF affairs in South
Carolina, as represented to the government
by the chief executive OF the State. 1t was
unanimously decided that prompt action
should he taken to disperse the rifle clubs
and other armed organizations there. The
President, therefore, issued the following
proclamation.


WHEREAS, 1t has been satisfactorily shown
to me that insurrection and domestic vio-
lence exist in several counties Of the State Of
South Caro- lima, and that certain combinations
OF men, against law, exist in many counties
OF said State, known as "rife clubs" who
ride up and down by day and night in arms,
and n%
forbidden by the laws OF the State cannot be
controlled or suppressed by the ordinary
course of justice and whereas, it is provided
in the constitution OF the United States that
the United States shall protect every State in
this Union on application Of the Legislature,
not be convened, against domestic violence
and whereas, by law, in pursuance Of the
above, it is provided in thelaws OF the United
States that in all cases OF insurrecti0n in any
State, or of obstruction to the laws thereof, It
shall he lawful for the President OF the Unit
ed States, on application of the Legislature Of
such State, or Of the executive when the Leg
islature cannot be convened, to call tor the
militia OF any other State or States, or to en-
ploy such part of the land and naval
force as shall be judged necessary for
the purpose of suppressing such insurrec-
ton, or causing the laws to be duly ex-
ecuted and whereas, the Legislature OF said
State is not in session and cannot be convened
in time to meet the present emergency, the
executive of said State, under section four OF
article two OF the constitution and laws
passed in pursuance thereof, has therefore
made due application to me with premises tor
such part of the military force of the United
protect the State aud citizens thereof against
domestic violence, and to enforce the due ex-
ecution OF the laws and whereas, it is re-
Quired that whenever it may be necessary, in
the judgment OF the President to use the mill
itary force tor the purpose aforesaid, he shall
forthwith, by proclamation, command such
insurgents to disperse and return peaceably
to their respective homes within limited
time:


Now, therefore, l, Ulysses s. Grant, Presi-
dent OF the United States, do hereby make
proclamation and command all persons en-
gagged in said unlawful and insurrectionary
proceedings to disperse and retire peaceably
to their respective abodes within three days
from this date, and hereafter abandon said
combinations and submit themselves to the
laws and constituted authorities of said State,
and invoke the aid and cooperation of all
good citizens thereof to uphold the laws and
preserve public peace.
Year: 1876

The saying that an egg is equal to
pound of meat is mistaken notl0n.
It is a question whether weight for
weight, eggs are equal to beefsteak:
With many persons, particularly OF
nervous or bilious temperament, eggs
disagree. Almost anyone can eat an
omelet who would find a pound of
meat superauous, yet the former may
contain several eggs. .-e'
Year: 1876

One of these days Mr.. Waite, of the
British Parliament, intends to ask Mr..
Bourke, an Under Secretary for Foreign
Affairs, momentous question, apparently in
the interest of some of the insurance COM
panies on this side who want to get at the
money paid on account of Alabama claims.
He intends to ask the British government
whether out of the fifteen million dollars
paid by England on account of Alabama
claims the United States has still ten million
dollars in hand for which it can find no
owners. Naturally the government will tell
him it does not know, and that if we have
such money it is none Of their business in
asmuch as they have paid the judgment of
court in that respect and know no process
by which to go behind that judgment. But
as our government has, in the distribution
of the Alabama money, assumed a stricter
standard than the Court did which made
the award, it appears there is very
considerable surplus that the government
scarcely knows what to do with.
Here is q suggestion for the dis
position Of the money divide 1t
between a proper number of our greater
colleges, with the condition attached that it
be used to establish in each chairs for
the more thorough study of international
law and the principles of ofarbitration between
nations. 1t may prove in that way pretty
nest egg for the nation, and bring us home
in the future many millions in verdicts
against others, besides saving us the millions
we might otherwise spend in wars. It
might also prevent putting the nation again
in the position in which it was placed on the
indirect claims. There should be an es-
pecial course of study to urge the importance
in every case of making all claims in arbitra-
tions several millions larger than the losses
were. By that means the endowment of
chairs can be kept up, and our arbitration
schools will grow and their fame will fill the
world. Scholars will come to them from all
countries-even from England-and thus we
may yet reform John Bull out of his own
pocket.
Year: 1876

the same use of power as the men they
decry, and we shall see nothing but
demoralizing struggle of the outs against
the ins between the two parties and within
the prevailing party until the bad system is
plucked up by the roots by changing the
mode of election and making the Executive
promptly responsible. Meanwhile, it is
wiser to leave our present party organiza-
tons in the hands of men who administer
them according to their nature and who
practice no deceit TO make them appear
other or better than they are The downfall
of the spoils system will be hastened if ad-
ministered by men who despise the hollow
cant of pseudo-reformers, with which the
country has of late been surfeited and sick
ened. Until we make up our minds to look
at things as they are, and pour scorn on skin
deep remedies, we have not taken the first
step toward real reform.


The HERALD does not despair of the Re
public, but is not sanguine that it can be
rescued without much bitter experience. If
we were in despair we should not seek ref
uge in the badinage with which we fire.
quently treat the hack politicians in COM
menting on their ways and showing up
their blunders, which would be insufferable
if we did not feel at liberty to amuse our
selves at their expense. We have no faith in
the nostrums of political quacks, and some
times seek relief from deeper feelings by
trying to be merry over their follies. The
remedy will come, sooner or later, from
different quarter, and until that remedy is
accepted it is our sober conviction
that there can be no substantial i'm
provement in our present political methods
They are so dreadfully corrupting because
they are mere scrambles for the federal
offices, and there is less decentralization in
administering bad system openly, and, SO
far, honestly, than in attempting to do the
same thing under mask of disgusting
hypocritical cant. The hands that hold the
overgrown federal patronage can control the
republican nomination for the Presidency,
and if recent events have made it impossible
for Grant to be the candidate we should be
glad to see it welded in favor of the best
man in his party-for reformer if he be SO
minded, but surely not for canter. We have
given him thirteen prominent names for the
centennial selection, and ask him to make a
prudent choice
Year: 1876

1t often happens in this city that exhibi-
tions of brutality on the part of police off,
GERS and other public servants sicken and
shock the community. We oil remember
the terrible details of the Stockvis case, and
now another story-that of the woman Rose
Young, who was left to float in the water for
twenty -four hours-proves scarcely less re-
voting. 1t is unnecessary again to recite
the horrible details, but 1t is of the greatest
importance that the responsibility for this
crime should be fixed where it properly be-
longs So far we cannot see that any real effort
is making to ascertain the facts in the case
officially, Notwithstanding they have already
appeared in the newspapers and have shocked
and startled the community by the negligence
and indifference and brutality exhibited
all through this remarkable episode.
Neither the Police Commissioners nor the
Commissioners of Charities and Correction
have shown q proper interest in the matter,
and Superintendent Walling seems more
anxious to shield his subordinates than TO
ascertain where the responsibility ought to
rest. 1t is plain that punishment can only
be secured by indictment, and we trust the
District Attorney will see to it that the
guilty do not escape, for it would be un-
pardonable if such atrocious official negli-
pence should go without rebuke.
Year: 1876

The DISORDERS IN MEXICO continue, and
it is not impossible that the whole country
will soon be in an insurrectionary condition.
Vera Cruz has been declared in a state OF
siege, and General Lebarra has been raising
money by forced loan at Matamoros.
These things indicate the general unhealthi-
ness of the body polite, and it is plain that
only strong government can give peace to
Mexico and afford protection to her people
from rebellious chiefs on the one hand and
plundering leaders on the other.
Year: 1876

1t does not yet fully appear what is the
precise bearing of the recent decision of the
Supreme Court on the law of this State
organizing the Commissioners of Emigration.
The text of Justice Millers opinion has not
yet been published, but the abstract
would seem to show that the State
law is annulled and that there is
a necessity for immediate legislation
by Congress to supply its place with better
system. We are in doubt, because there is
a former decision of the Supreme Court of
the same general purport. We refer to the
case of Smith VS.. Turner q Howard, 23S),
in which it was held that "a State law which
requires the masters of vessels engaged in
foreign commerce to pay certain sum to a
State officer, on account of every passenger
brought from a foreign country into the
State or before landing any alien passenger
in the State, conflicts with the constitution
and laws of the United States" This de-
cision, which is twenty years old, would
equally seem to annul our State law, but it
was not so construed in practice. We there
fore wait for the text of the new decision be-
fore attempting to judge of its scope and
precise effect. twas pronounced in q case
that came up from California, and is applied
to our State law only by inference. Whether
the inference is we'll founded can be deter
mined only by the actual language of the
decision
Year: 1876

JUDGE DoNoHUE This Judges action in
the Supreme Court yesterday was of the
kind that may recall to the public
mind the good old times of Barnard
and Cardozo, the times not pleasant to
recall, when judicial action was mainly taken
to further the games and schemes of fnan-
cial sharpers of various stripes. Judge
Davis, it appears, issued an injunction yes
terday morning in the regular course of ju-
dicial proceedings, and this injunction was,
in the afternoon, brought to the attention of
Judge Donohue, who dissolved it in three
minutes, without any opportunity given to
counsel to argue their case or even to state
it. 1t would be bad enough violation of
judicial propriety--it tends sufficiently to
bring the Bench into contemplation one
judge of the Supreme Court to deal with the
acts of another judge of the same Bench in
this cavalier manner, but TO add to this a
denial to hear counsel in the case presents
justice to the public in ruffianly and brutal
FORM Doubtless the Bench in this neigh
borhood would be greatly improved by q
little impeachment case.