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Year: 1876

The ADVISORY COUNCIL could re-
ally have done as much good, If they had
have staid at home, and never come near
Brooklyn at all. What they have done, no
one appears to know, not even the mem
bers themselves, but what they have not
done is more apparent to all. Mr.. Beecher
GOT off number of his prayers, and in the
most affecting style: bis gush Of language
had fine opportunity for vent, and instead
of being held for the investigation of
Beecher, the council seemed to be guided
and managed by Beecher himself. he was
present at all hearings and meetings, and
enjoyed privileges extraordinary for a man
that was on trial for charges so severe as
those made against him. The reason of
such strong protestations from him against
mutual council are now plainly seen. We
are inclined to think that It would have
been /" hodge podge" affair that would
not have allowed him as much dictation as
the Advisory Council. The sooner the
whole matter is allowed to drop, the better
it will be for the country, and all who are
concerned in it. The Advisor y Council has
proven this.
Year: 1876

TIL OBSERVANCE of the 22nd of Februa
ry as national holiday appears to have re.
ceived more than the usual attention Of re-
spect given such occasions. In every ham,
let, village, town and city, the day was one
of holiday. This was inspired in great
measure, it is thought, owing to the fact
thatit was the Centennial year, and acted
forcibly to remind the people of their duty
to patriotism. Congress did not pass a
resolution making this special twenty-sec-
ond a national holiday until the 2lst, and
reached the President for his signature in
time only to be proclaimed to the country
by telegraph, but the people had caught up
the enthusiasm before, and needed not this
admonition to give it due observance.
This furnishes ample advertisement that the
Centennial with all the glories it Is intended
to celebrate, has sufficiently imbued the
minds of the people to bring it to q success.
ful consummation.
Year: 1876

now under sentence Of death in Mauch
Chunk, and several others are in jail at
Pottsville, awaiting trial for murder. The
extinction of this order will increase the
value of life and property in the sections OF
Pennsylvania where they have held sway 50
long.
Year: 1876

A PIr1ARIE CAsE.-A strange gray haired
on Shipley Street last evening for drunken
ness and disonierly conduct. She was put
in the cells, and this morning discharged as
a common tramp. We could not get her
name, but she does not belong to Whining
Acnn
Year: 1876

who was arrested last night for jumping on
trains and annoying passengers, with the
intention of giving him a hearing this
morning, was not on hand at roll call Up
on examination it was found that he had
worked his way through fue into another
cell, and going in amongst the dodgers, had
walked out with them, this morning, I'M
noticed
Year: 1876

iaers Point Fidget and Roy seemed to overhaul
the Brown atie. The Mistral led In the second class
and passed the Fidget while the lie Roy slipped by he
Brown and then the Gcke wind iued IN most veSa
tous manner, almost dead calm ensuing Fifteen
minutes ella sed, and then more wind, snd
all moving again, the Brown taking the lead,
lie Roy second, and Fidget third An eob tide was
running ana working against IL with hight wind was
a hard .ask Finally the wind suddenly veered TO the
westward and came OF the mountains in chunks when
the sails OF the filled and all BOWED along ner
rily The Brown forged ahead OF all OF the rest
in fine style, with the lie Roy close second and the
crews oi each boa, handling the sand bags lively.
Suddenly the Brown lost the breeze and the lie Roy,
holding It. went the front, and then in turn
the lie Roy lost It and the Brown caught II
again and that goou luck sent her around the first
turn ahead The lie Roy still a close second out
her hemsman made bad move and the Fidge gliding
past her took second place. ali turning the first buoy
.s all
Year: 1876

The Shadow and Commodore were not timed, the
latter beng las;


Now the racing southwark was exciting fresh west
wind flowing ami a strong ebO tide running. Each
vessel had ali the wind she wanted, and the
kept busy. on Marlborough the Freak had three or
four heayy 'knock DOWNS and it was thoua ht she
would capsZe but did not The Mlstral was close up
and pointing her and far ahead OF the feet was the
Brown dancing merrily along with big bone IN her
teeth Al the Low Point buoy she was quarter OF
mile In advance OF the lie Roy and TUNED norihward
at ah. ilm the Official of all al that point being
I'M
Year: 1876

Going down the Lo Roy had gained Two m nutes
the Brown and the Nistral and Freak had passed the
Edith. In turning the Low Point buoy the Ihetls
stole handsome march Oh the Misira getting around
ahead TO the surprise OF everybody on the judges
boat. The up the river again wa> nnc. the wind
sti blowing quite fresh The hTs class boats turl ed
the Van Rensselaer, Point buoy of the last time IN the
following order and time
Year: 1876

The winter of 1776, hundred years ago,
was very much like this, unusually mild.
Even the weather seems to feel the effects of
the centennial enthusiasm.


The principal conundrum which is now ag-
itating the mind of the independent voter is:
'If the Democrats cannot do any better with
a majority in the House of Representatives
than they have done thus far, are they the
sort OF incompetents to put in charge Of the
Government?'


Sam Cox's boast of defeating Mr.. Blaine.
| reminds the Boston Journal of the fearfully
scientific" round in John Phoenix's fight
with the Judge, when, says Phoenix, 81 was
holding him down on the top of me with my
nose, which had inserted between his teeth
for that purpose"


1t was gallant Phil Sheridan who once
said he was willing to shake hands with any
man who was willing to shake hands with
him, but he wouldn't shake hands with any
man against his will. That exactly expresses
the sentiment of the North respecting the
rebel chiefs.


Professor Proctor is going about telling
that our sun is much inferior to other great
lights in the universe; As If it were not
enough for poor, down trodden man to know
that his gas Is failure, he has to ba taunted
with the fact that even his daylight is far
from being the genuine article.-Louisuille
Courier Journal.


In view of the fact that Gov. Rice, ex-Gov.
Castor and Wanted-to-be Gov. Loring were
among the invited guests at the Papyrus
clubs dinner at Boston Saturday, it was
rather neat thing that the doctor said when
he remarked that mankind was divided into
three classes-"those who held Office, those
who had held Office, and those who had
sought Office"


For party which processes so much con-
cern about the perpetuation of political disa-
bilities among any section of our people, how
ever small, it is a curious exhibition of pet
tishness to put forward this excuse for mac
tion:-'The parliamentary minority will not
allow us to remove the disabilities of the
South in our own way; the South must,
therefore, wait till we have taught the minor
itY that though they can beat US in a strategy,
our obstinancy is invulnerable." IN Y.
Times.


OF the amnesty bill offered in the house on
Monday by Mr.. White of Kentucky, and de-
feated by the Democrats, the correspondent
of the Springfield Republican says:-Cox
voted for it, but Landers of Connecticut
against. Those Democrats who voted for
the proposition are among the lfairest in the
house. The Republicans now say that they
are willing to go to the country on that rec
ord. They offered to allow clear amnesty
bill to pass if they could be allowed a vote on
single amendment, and the Democrats.
Year: 1876

A CORRESPONDENT of the Journal Of
Commerce calls attention to the increasing
list of failures and to the announcement which
so often follows that the bankrupt firms have
compromised with their creditors at a low rate
and begun business anew, "ready, willing
and waiting to contract as many new debts
as the nature of the case will allow" The
creditors are generally the jobbers and COM
mission merchants of New York and other
large cities, and the correspondent asserts
that they do not scrrple to extend to the
rehabilitated bankrupts the same credit and
indulgence that are allowed to the honest
merchant who has not stopped to the arts
of compromise or practiced this new way to
pay old debts. He speaks bravely on the
matter. 1t is not his purpose, he says, to
shut the door in the face of honest energy
seeking to resurrect buried hopes and restore
fallen fortunes; he seeks only to shield this
sort of energy from the assaults of those who
would murder it in the house of those whose
interest it is to be its dearest friends. He
remarks, with truth, that the number of fall
ures are out of all reasonable proportion to
the cases of those who have fallen through
because of want of means to meet honest OBJ
legations. For this state of affairs he holds
the creditors to great extent responsible.
No sooner does the fraudulent bankrupt
shake off the shackles of lis debts than
s'Pearl Street and Broadway jostle each 9TH
er in the race 10 extend him fresh credit and
new Accommodations. Wherein does hon.
est energy here find encouragement?
"Shall he whose honest industry and toll
have been rewarded with success be forced
by those on whom be relies to encounter in
the walks of the profession and compete on
even terms with the man who but yesterday
swindled his creditors out of go or 70 cents
on every dollar he owed them? Shall he be
told when he asks for credit that his unsul-


lied paper is no better than that of another
who has beslimed his record with fraud and
dragged his dishonored obligations through
the very cesspool of corruption?" These
are certainly pertinent questions. The rem
edy suggested is sharp but a just one. 1t is
to prosecute to the extent of the law all
those who go down full-handed, wherever
there is the slightest indication of fraud. In
nine cases out of ten, he says, SIT will pay,
and pay far more than twenty or thirty cents
on the dollar. 1t may be safely assumed that
no bankrupt will offer more than can be
made out of him by law; common sense
teaches that much. It.would not be naz-
ardous to assume that where twenty or thir-
ty cents are offered as the basis Of compro-
mise, double or thrice that sum can be made
at law. Nine times in ten the rule will hold
and it only remains for those who have the
power to apply the remedy. By this means
we shall have speedy end of fraudulent
failures, whereas if the premiums now set on
such devices by the jobbers and commission
INGREDIENTS shall be continued, there is nc
visible termination Of the game this side Of
universal ruin"
Year: 1876

1T is evident now that the Democratic
party is irreparably divided on the financial
question, and that the business and industries
OF the country can obtain no relief from it.
The soft-money element is too powerful to be
controlled. Whenever MI. Butler or Mr..


Kelley advanced heretical opinions regarding
the cur ency the Republican party took little
note of them, for it knew that those gentle
men had no support of consequence. But
Mr.. Holman has great following at his back,
powerful enough to alarm those leaders OF his
Year: 1876

1t is doubtful if the BrahmiDs look upon
Chunder Sen as fit exponent of the Vedas.
Few churchmen will accept DR.. Pusey's in
depreciation of the Thirty-nine Articles. No
man would care to read Benedict Arnold
exegesis of the Declaration of Independence.
This hesitancy is no reproach to the knowledge
OF these men. The apostate Brahmin may
have made special study of the sacred books
OF the Hindus. The old Oxford Doctor may
have searched deeper into the meaning of the
creed held by the Church of England than
have his fellows. The American traitor may
have been capable of keen analysis of our
declaration of rights. But the men who Sc
cede from a faith, religious or political, are
not, in the public opinion OF the world, its
fittest exponents ,and their appearance as its
Interpreters is looked upon as great effron
terry. Nor if they return to the faith is it in
taste to put them Immediately in the fore.
front of its defenders. Certainly they, back
siders as they have been, are not justified in
impeaching the sincerity or the doctrinal
soundness of men who have held fast to the
faith.


Similarly it strikes people as not only bad
taste but effrontery for the men who fought
with sword and tongue for the heresy of seces-
sion, who spent their blood on the battle
field or their vigor in debate in an attempt
to shatter the Union and overthrow the Con-
stitution, to appear in the halls Of Congress
to which they are admitted by the grace of
the loyal North and set themselves up as
doctors Of constitutional law, as the only
capable expounders of the Constitution, as
the one political sect which holds to the true
doctrines of that instrument and the inter-
pretations of the Fathers, as only the Gu
dees in all Europe held to primitive Chris
tianity. And when these men, ex-Confed-
crate lsenators and ex-Confederate generals,
rise in the seats which they hold through the
clemency of a government they sought to
destroy and presume to tell the North that it
does not understand the Constitution, that it
has repeatedly disregarded and over-ridden
thatcharter of our liberties, that the only ref
uge of true doctrine is in the South, and that
Ben Hill, Alfred Waddell, and Beverly Tucker
are its expounders, it is time that protest
should be entered and rebuke administered.
Whatever may be the comparative merits Of
strict construction and loose construction,
of state rights and nationalism, and what
ever the weight and soundness of the argu-
ments advanced by these gentlemen in gray,
the Northern people object to their appear
ance as teachers. We are not yet prepared to
look upon Ben Hill as our political CANA
lel, to sit at his feet and drink in his exposi-
tions of constitutional law.
Year: 1876

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used
Year: 1876

1t is singular fact in this political CAM
paign that one of the two great parties to the
contest is as much as possible keeping itself
out of notice as an organization and basing
its claims to popular support, not upon what
it has done for the good of the country, not
upon its capacity for good administration in
the future, but solely upon the services of its
candidate for the Presidency. The Demo-
cratic party is persistentIy endeavoring to
conceal itself behind Gov. Tilden, and to in
duce people to forget that the election of Mr..
Tilden is a.Democratic success. The New
York Governor is not man above reproach,
his reform record has many blemishes, but he
is so much better than his party that he
grows respectable by contrast to the men
with whom he is associated. In tha land of
the blind, says the proverb, the one.eyed is
king, and in the Democratic party because of
the sole possession of some virtues Tiden is
easily first.


But the people are not minded to forget
that the election of Mr.. Tilden is the triumph
of the Democracy, and that it means Dem
ocratic administration,s asDemocratic Con-
gress, and a Democratic control of the Treas
ury. the Army, the Navy, and all other
branches of the Government. Gov. Tiden
even were his intentions the best, would no
have the power to carry them into effect.
His cabinet would of necessity be made up f
those Democratic leaders whom the people
have persistently rejected and still profoundly
mistrust. The Congress would be patterned
after the present Confederate House, curse
for the removal of which the country is ar
dently praying. A Democratic success means
the turning over the Government TO the con-
troll of its enemies who were engaged twelve
years ago in desperate attempt to ''reform"
it out of existence.
Year: 1876

NEW YORK: Aug. 2, 1876.
My DEAR Mr.. EDITOR:


hope no reader of the Press will hold me
accountable for the heading "Defense of the
President" prefxed to my letter in your paper
of Aug. 1st. l should as soon think of ode
Tending the statue of Washington in Union
Square from the buzzing of the insects that
light upon its imperishable bronze. I spend
great deal of my time almost within hearing Of
an Internal chorus of howlings against Grant
in every key from the snivelling treble of hy-
pocrisy to the horrible bass OF ferocity, and the
experience has taught me what an impotent
weapon mere rawlings are to damage character.
l never heard an accusation Of any kind against
him that thought was made in sincerity and
if had should have considered the accuser's
Ignorance in need of palliatioD, not the state
ment itself of contradiction. YARMOUTH.
Year: 1876

THE Old North State is having the liveli-
est shaking up it has had for years. The
joint discussion between the gubernatorial
candidates is drawing out very large crowds
of people. Judge Settle, the Republican
nominee, has altogether the best of it, and
he is evidently making a powerful impress
sion
Year: 1876

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily tor publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nicatioDs that are not used.
Year: 1876

The War Department ls afraid the
hostile Indians will not risk y general
engagement, but divide into bands, when
twill be impossible for the regular troops
,n dislodre them. This Is the same old
story, and closely initiates BEADpoCK' :
tactics. The War Department will yet
find. unless lingering and expensive
warfare is intended, that the frontiers
men will have to be armed and put in
the field against the indians. This
would end the contest in short order.
Year: 1876

THAT CALL.-In what we have said in former
issues OF our paper in relation to the call for the
Judicial convention, it is insisted that we have
done Major Morrill, injustice, and by one whom
we supposed was wronged by the call. We CON-
planned that it was signed and sent to one of the
candidates, who could keep it until ready for
use. 1t is said the call was already signed by
two of the members of the Judicial comm;t,as
when it reached Major Morrill,, and that ba was
asked to sign it and forward it to Judge Hpb-
bard, and that when he did this, he had mo
thought that any injustice was being done any,
body. We are willing to accept this as the true
statement of Major Ms connection with this
business
Year: 1876

E- We think we understand the Sabetha Id
rance now, and We are sorry We misrepresented
it. What it intended to say about the scandaler
was, that he was an open, honest advocate of
Greeley, and therefore scirnder Republican
than Perry or C. W Johnson who also voted for
Greeley. Yes, we understand all about it now.
But how's the seat of your breeches by this time
Year: 1876

HASN'T HELPED live this week publish the
communication of "Juror," trying to explain the
consistency of the act of convicting man of a
crime, and then asking for his reprieve. He had
better left it unsaid, for he makes it worse than
it was. Some of the jurors (himself evidently of
the number) had grave doubts as to the guilt of
a man charged with crime; in fact, to his
mind, the man was not proven guilty. Yet, be-


cause they were tired, and sleepy, and hungry,
and wanted to save the expense of other trials,
they compromised mans character and liberty.
They, under oath, declared man guilty whom
they believed not to he guilty, at least doubt
ed it, as it had not been proven. But they were
tired and sleepy, and in order to get discharged
and go home, they would agree to an unjust ver-
diet, trusting to the chance of somebody else
making the sentence light! And this is what q
mans character, his liberty, even his life, is
worth at the hands of a jury. "Juror" should
be ashamed to tell il, and call it an "honest diff
ference of opinion" If he had said he believed
the man to be innocent, or had no evidence to
declare him guilty, and that he alone stood for
acquittal, and was determined so to stand until
doomsday before he would consent to convict an
innocent man, there would have been some cred
it in appearing in print; but there is none in
bringing in an unjust verdict, and throwing the
responsibility upon somebody else to make the
punishment light. We can understand how men
may disagree and compromise upon the question
of amount of damages some litigant is entitled
to, or any other business difference between two
persons; but how juror can compromise upon
the question of the life or liberty of man whom
he does not know to be guilty, and when the
law says he shall he shall have the benefit of all
doubts, is more than Juror" can make clear to
our comprehension.
Year: 1876

w Whenever any Republican of Atchison
wishes to protest against the doings of the select
ring that has set itself mp to run the party of
that County, the only way in which he get
hearing is through the columns of the PItriot,
Democratic paper, or the Chief, an outside
paper
Year: 1876

II The Bar of the 5th Judicial District have
almost unanimously signed scall in favor OF the
reelection of Judge Peyton. Why doesn't Hub
bard get such call in favor Of his own re-elec-
Year: 1876

D The reader will doubtless hay discovered
q middle in the matter on the first pape of the
Caief of June 18th. 1t was caused by transpos-
ing columns in making up the page. But it is
easily understood, by attention to the follow
ing: In reading the article Lady Auckland.
when reading to the bottom of the column, pro-
coed to the top of the last column but one on the
page and it reads all right. Then, in the article
on the Whiskey Rebellion during washngton's
Administration, after reaching the bottom of the
column proceed to the top of the adjoining COL
umn on the left, Immediately under the date line
OF .ne paper. Mistakes will happen, even in the
Chief
Year: 1876

Two safes were opened Sunday night
III this city. This thing is getting to
be monotonous and ought to be
stopped. This is the second time they
have gone through Mr. NEwMARK' S
within month. 1t is an easy mat
ter to stop this thing. There are at
least hundred men in this city una
bic to present to court satisfactory
evidence as to how they make their
living. If the authorities will have
all these suspicious characters ar
rested and make them show how they
make their living, and if not satisfac-
tory give them twenty-four hours to
leave the county or put them in the
chain gang, burglary will be stopped.
There is law to do this, and if it is
not put in force We shall blame the
city authorities for all future bur-
glarIes.
Year: 1876

WITHIN very short time Messrs.
GooDALL, NELSON & PERKINS have
lost three of their coast line steamers.
The Ventura went upon the rocks and
was lost; the Pacific was run into and
sunk, and now we have to record the
Bleaching and loss of the Kalorama.
1t is but justice to the company own


ing these steamers to say that none


them were lost through being weak
or unscaworthy vessels The rocks OH
which the Ventura went to pieces
would have destroyed the best vessel
in the world. The crash that tore
open the bow of the Pacific wonld
have sunk any ordinary steamer, and
the beaching of the Kalorama was one
of those accidents that cause the loss
of the best of vessels. The company
have had a series of misfortunes which
could not be foreseen and guarded
against, and which would have de-
stroyed the best steamers afloat.