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Year: 1876

This is what the New York Herald
says about the '.bloody shirt campaign


Well, it has failed them. Substantially
their campaign with the "bloody shirt is
defeat. 1t was IA desperate enterprise,
set ON foot by the anti-reiolm wing of the
party, which assumed command and had
its own sweet will in the campaign. 1t
was the plan Of battle Of the Chambers,
Mortons, Logans, the ''war horses" of the
-'Republican side; and the subordinate
leaders, not even excepting poor Mr..
Schurz at the last, fell obediently into line
and fought it out, and substantially got
beaten. Undoubtedly they deserved it;
but will it teach the Republican party no
lesson? Will not Governor Hayes and
those leaders of his patty who desire re-
form now see that the old appeal to the
''bloody shirt" to prejudice, hatred and
unreason is a failure, and that it is high
time for them to oust the false leaders, TO
return to the true issues and question and
make their struggle for November upon
theseo
Year: 1876

A committee of the New York Board of
Fire Underwriters went to Fifty-ninth street
and Eleventh avenue yesterday afternoon, and
made practical test Of the new Connolly fire
extinguisher. All the necessary preparations
had been made in anticipation Of the visit,
and when the committee arrived they found
in the middle of large sunken lot small
wooden structure built to shelter the appara.
tus. This consists of small but powerful
"generator," in which the carbonate acid is
made. The generator is warranted by Mat
thews, the maker,to sustain pressure of one
thousand pounds to the square inch. Iron
pipes lead from the generator to a system Of
eig ght horizontal iron cylinders, each sixteen
inches in diameter, and holding twenty-eight
cubic feet of compressed gas. These cylinders
were already charged, and four larger upright
cylinders, on the opposite side of the room,
we're filled with water, the supply coming from
Croton pipe, wherein the pressure was said
to be only twenty or thirty pounds to the
square inch. About twenty-five or thirty feet
from the wooden shed, where the apparatus
was housed, was vat or tank, twenty by thir-
ty feet, excavated in the earth and lined with
brick. The tank was filled with about 200
barrels of oil. An iron pipe ran all around
the tank few inches above the surface of the
oil, and pierced with small holes six inches
apart. Another pipe connected this one with
the "battery" or iron receivers, where the gas
was stored. Everything being ready the oil
was ignited, and Immediately dense column
of flame and smoke shot upward, throwing
out an intense heat. After it had been al
lowed to burn short time, a signal was given,
the gas was let on, and instantly the column
rose, leaving the surface clear. The fire was
out.


The attention of the committee was then d.
rected to an immense pile Of 100 barrels Of
refuse rosin or "skimmings," covering a space
about 40 by Is feet, and stacked six feet high.
This highly combustible mass was fred and
allowed to burn till it had got beyond the
power of an ordinary extinguisher to put it
out. A strong wind was blowing from the
west, the flames roared and rose higher than
any of the surrounding buildings. To extin-
guish this fire water and gas were both used,
Year: 1876

HUMoR AND SARcAsM.-It is not every
body that knows where to joke, or when,
or how; and whoever is ignorant of these
conditions had better not joke at all. A
gentleman never attempts to be humorous
at the expense of people with whom he is
but slightly acquainted. In fact, it is neither
a good nor wise policy to joke at anybody's
expense; that is to say, to make anybody un-
comfortable merely to raise a laugh. Old
Esop, who was doubtless the subject Of many
jibs on account of his bumped back tells the
story in the fable Of "Tbe Boys and Frogs"
What was fun to the youngsters was the
death Of the croakers. A jest may cut deep
er than curse. Some men are so constituted
that they cannot take friendly joke in the
same light coin, and will requite it with con-
tumely and insult. Never banter one Of this
class, or he will brood over your badinage
long after you have forgotten it, and it is not
prudent to incur any ones enmity for the
sake of utteriDg smart double entendre or
tart repartee. Ridicule, at best, is peril
GUS weapon. Satire, however, when leveled
at social foibles and political evils, is not on
ly legitimate, but commendable. 1t has
shamed down more abuses than were ever
abolished by force or logic.
Year: 1876

It is evident from our London dispatches
that the English newspapers, as quoted in
the cable reports yesterday, had misinter-
preted the arrest Of Brent and the other acts
of the British government bearing on the
subject of extradition. England's present
desire appears to be to secure the renewal of
extradition on 'sthe former basis"-that is, Of
course, on the basis of the treaty Of 1842,
and as it had been practised for
thirty-four years. This was the only
course that could be taken under the
initiative of the British Foreign Office, inas-
much as this yields the contrary claim made
by the British authorities through which
Winslow, Gray and Brent escaped. Our
government has oil the time stood by its de-
mand for the recognition of the validity and
sufficicncy of the treaty which it had itself
enforced in good faith for SO many years,
and would scarcely have yielded its demand
SO far as to entertain the proposition to make
new treaty in the present circumstances.
Without regard, however, to who it is that
yields its presumed dignity in the
case the fact upon which the two
countries are to be congratulated is that
both governments are now Of the same mind
as to the desirableness of restoring the
efficient operation of the machinery of
justice in this particular, and if there is
any especial credit to be given it is, per-
haps, due to the side which relinquishes its
honestly entertained convictions on detail
out of respect to those large demands of an
enlightened public policy which disregards
national frontiers in the pursuit and punish
ment of crimes against the common interests
of society,"
Year: 1876

AS PREDICTED in the HERALD, the depres-
sion which made its appearance in the
Northwest . few days ago has moved east
ward north of the lakes. During its progress
1t has developed to q remarkable size and
now extends from Fort Garry to the Gulf Of
st. Lawrence. 1t is probable, as we have
before stated, that this depression will unite
With that which was developed off the Nova
Scotia coast during the past two weeks and
which influenced the weather in that region
up to Tuesday night Very stormy weather
may therefore be expected in the North At
lantio and on the northwest coast Of
Europe within the next seven or eight
days. The centre of high pressure having
moved from the region Of Northern Texas
toward the Gulf coast, with light rain at
Indianola, the temperature has generally
risen north Of the Quiz
Year: 1876

has thought fit to accompany them. 1t s
too late in the day to attempt to give the
Louisiana rascals good character. They
stand impeached by republicans as dis
honest men, capable of altering or forging
election returns. They have been branded
in Special Message by President Grants
branded by an important committee of the
republican United States Senate; branded
by two committees of republican House
of Representatives. 1t would have beer
better if the document presented to Con-
gress had been a fair, impartial report made
by men of both political parties and free
from partisan prejudice and zeal. 1t would
have been better for the Sherman report,
such as it is, if it had not been accompanied
by a laudation of the notorious Louisians
Returning Board.
Year: 1876

The SUPERINTENDENT OF THE CITY SCHOOLS
reports only single school building over
crowded. He refers, probably, TO desk room
alone but does not the condition alluded
to exist in every schoolroom-no matter how
numerous its empty seats--in which there
are more children than can be supplied with
wholesome air to breathe? Ordinary school,
room air is productive of delightful profit to
doctors and undertakers, but as means of
supporting youthful life it is most lament
able failure. Tell us why children grow pallid
in cheek and dim of eye alter sitting an
hour or two in the buildings which arc not
crowded, Mr.. Superintendent.
Year: 1876

The President sent in to both houses of
Congress yesterday the report made to him
by Senator Sherman and other distinguished
republican politicians on the canvass Of the
vote for electors in Louisiana In the
Senate, after short but sharp debate, the
report went to the Printing Committee
under the rules. In the House vigorous
attempt was made to consign the message,
without reading, to the Louisiana Select
Committee, but the republican side insisted
that the Message must be either read or
printed for the information of the House.
In this view the Speaker coincided, and,
in accordance with his decision, the
Message and accompanying papers were
read At the conclusion of the reading Mr..
Fernando Wood expressed his surprise that
the President, after eight years experience,
had sent to the House o communication from
persons clothed with no official position or
authority, thus giving to the document the
character Of a record of the government. He
discovered in the act recognition by the
President of the authority of the House to
inquire into the correctness and integrity of
the electoral certificates, but his objection
was that the President had given IN official
character to an unofficial and er parte story.


On Mr. Woods motion the Message and ac-
companying papers were laid on the table


Mr.. Wood is in error in supposing that
the Presidents action is without prece-
dent. 1t will be remembered that Presi-
dent Johnson sent General Grant on a
special mission to the Southern States to
ascertain their true condition, and trans
mitted to Congress the Generals report, just
as President Grant yesterday laid before the
two houses Senator Sherman's report. As to
the present document it certainly has the mis-
fortune to be not only an er parte but u
partisan statement of a case that has excited
much political feeling, and on which great
political interests depend. If President
Grant had requested prominent democrats,
rs well as prominent republicans, to visit
New Orleans and watch the action of the
Returning Board; or if the republicans who
went at the Presidents invitation had
united with them in their work the distin-
guished democrats present in New Orleans
on similar mission, the Sherman report
would not be open to the objection now
justly urged against it. Its statements,
even though they may be truthful, are i'm
paired by the fact that they are admittedly
the statements of strong republican parti-
sans. They will be further damaged by the
Endorsement of the notorious Louisiana Re-
| turning Board. with which Senator Sherman
Year: 1876

take this subject in hand. 1t is their i'm
perative duty to make and enforce regula-
tons to protect human life and prevent not
merely the recurrence, but the possibility, of
such horrors rs now send shudder through
this community and the civilized world.


1t would be easy enough to make efficient
safeguards. 1t may be difficult to remedy all
at once the faulty construction of existing
theatres but there is no reason why
ampler means of egress should not be pro-
vided without delay. But there are still
better measures of precaution than those
which relate to architectural structure.
Even with the largest doors and widest
passageways fire suddenly breaking ont
in theatre would throw the audience into
a panic, and many persons would be
injured in the rush and tumult. 1t
should be made impossible for an ac-
cidental fire in theatre to spread at
all. A fire during a performance almost
always originates on the stage, and nothing
is easier than to prevent its spreading be-
yond. The Paris theatres are provided with
q wire screen just in front of the drop cur
tain. This screen is let down in case of q
fire, and the flame cannot penetrate beyond
the edge of the stage. Readers will
recollect that the famous safety lamp
invented by Sir Humphrey Davy con-
sisted of wire gauze lantern out
side of the lamp, it being nm asccrtained
fact that flame cannot be communicated
through the meshes Of the wire. Such a
screen in the Brooklyn Theatre would have
saved hundreds of people from a horrible
death and whole city from mourning.
Another simple precaution which is re-
quired in the Paris theatres by law is the
presence of fremen, or pompiers, during
every performance, with pumps, hose and
adequate means for the prompt ex-
tinguishment of q fire before it gains
headway. The fremen, in uniform, are
frequently observed behind the scenes
by Paris audience. The knowledge
of their presence with proper apparatus
would have n reassuring effect at the begin
ming of fire and prevent the panic and
crush which are almost as fatal as the fire
itself. We insist that these simple and easy
safeguards shall be promptly supplied in
oil our theatres. We hope the proprietors
will furnish them promptly without waiting
for the coercion of law. But as security
against negligence the Legislature must
make such regulations compulsory.
Year: 1876

South Carolina and the State Courts.


The legislative contest in South Carolina
is so purely State matter that it must of
necessity be finally settled by tho State
courts. If Governor Chamberlain has been
declared elected by IN unauthorized body
calling itself the State Legislature, but not
being so in fact, then he has no more legal
title to the Office than if he had received q
certificate of election from the Sheriff of
Richland county. The Hampton party claim
that the Mackey House of Representatives is
not legally organized, has never possessed q
legal quorum, and has no right or title to
call itself part of the State Legislature, or
to do any legislative or official act. The
South Carolina House of Representatives
members, and the State constitution de-
clares that a majority shall constitute quo
rum. The Mackey, or Chamberlain, House
met without this number, but nevertheless
organized by the election of Speaker and
other officers. 1t is claimed that it had no
ceedings were null and void, and that fifty
nine members had no more legal right to
organize or proceed to business than half a
dozen members would have had. The State
constitutional provision is plain, and the
action of the Thirty-seventh Congress in
deciding that as the rebel States had failed
to send Representatives to the national
legislature a majority of the members
chosen from the loyal States should consti-
tute quorum to do business does not ap-
pear to affect or alter that provision of the
South Carolina constitution.


The Supreme Court of the State has now
decided that the Mackey House is irregu-
lar and illegal, and therefore oil the subse-
quent acts of that body become null
and void. Suppose, however, that Gov
ernor Chamberlain and the Mackey House,
with the republican Senate, refuse to recog-
nize the authority of the courts and set
orders and injunctions ut defiance? What
follows? The Legislature, acting in con-
tempt Of the courts, must pass laws neces-
sary to carry on the State government.
Taxes must be imposed. The people will
refuse to obey the laws or to pay the taxes.
They can only be compelled to do SO by
legal process, SO that the courts will in the
end have the power to decide upon the fact
whether the alleged laws are in reality laws
or mere waste paper. The people of South
Carolina can therefore afford to await the
result with patience. Justice will be done
in the end. Meanwhile the Wallace House,
as it is called, has now clear constitutional
majority of representatives who bear the
certificate Of the Chamberlain canvassing
Board and the Secretary of State. The ac-
ccssion to this body Of members elected as
republicans gives hope that some of tho re-
publican Senators may in like manner
change their position, and in that event the
two houses would of course obey the orders
Of the Supreme Court and undo the wrong
that has been attempted.
Year: 1876

The DETECTION of Yale and Harvard does
not frighten the other rowing colleges q
particle. Yesterday the College Rowing
Association resolved to allow all colleges to
participate in future regattas, even when
not represented in the association, and they
made provision for the retention of veteran
oarsmen by making eligible all students
who are studying for degrees. This action
will afford Yale and Harvard excellent ex-
cuse for the contemplative and melancholy
sucking of undergraduate thumbs.
Year: 1876

THE MUTUAL GAS COMPANY offers to light
the lamps around the statue Of Franklin in
Printing House square. Cannot light be
thrown upon some more of the founders of
the constitution? Some Of our national
legislators could profit great deal by it.
Year: 1876

and Aldermen-n fact that the Controlership was ex
pressy excepted by the charter and that the power 10
appoint was gwen by the Constitution to the Governor
OF the State. Believing this, Mr.. Green Would con-
slider any appointment ny the Mayor and Aldermen
as imperative void and would continue 10 hoh the
office Of Controller until his successor should be legally
appointed.


Mr. Cram was asked MT Green would foreibly retain
possesson of the Office in the appcintee OF the
Mayor should endeavor to seize possession lie rephed
that no answer could be gwen to such question; there
had been no talk Of violence, and he Thought no one
would be so iavised to attempt it, The courts were
omen for tie settlement Of the question: which was purely


legal one and obstacle would be interposed to an
early decision the mattel Mr. Green being In posses
sion of the Office the initiative action must be taken by
those desiring 10 oust him and it would be time enough
for him decide upon his defensive course when tha
action should be disclosed. Everything now must be
based conjecture aud rumOr; steps had actually
been taken to appoint Mr. Green's successor ana u "a
not certain that any would be taken. II the matter
should assume definite form, he would be Wiling 10 ais
cuss 1t fully and freely At present, though there was
no special reason for silence he would prefer not 10 say
much on the SUBJECT
Year: 1876

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 26.-Judgc James X. Knight,
who has the Circuit Court Bench OF thls county
for number OF years. shot himself yesterday morning
at o'clock and from the effects Of the wound he died
two hours later IL was at first thought the shot was
accidental, bat II IL generally believed that Judge
knight committed suicide. The nature of the wound
the fact that the deceased financially embarrassed
and was much depressed In consequence his defeat at
the recent election and other circumstances all favor
this theory Many of his friends however still main
tain that his death was accidental
Year: 1876

I have taken up on my ranch on Squaw
creek one stray mare, dun or mouse col
ored, with star in forehead. Has no
brand. Also one two year old filly, same
color, belonging to the mare The owner
is hereby notified to prove property, pay
charges and take them away.


DENNIS CROWLEY.
Year: 1876

JOSH BILLINGs says: "Any business
firm that hasn't got sand enough in
its craw to expend a few dollars in
making itself known to three or four
thousand people, ought to pack up
and 60 peddling peanuts
Year: 1876

Its Effect Doicn the Peninsula-S5O0O Dam


age at Crisfeld.


Reports from the lower Peninsula pro-
nounce the storm of Sunday afternoon,
the severest ever known.


At Crisfeld the gale was felt with
great severity, and old mariners of IS
years declare they never saw anything
like it. A number of frame buildings
were destroyed, and schooner was
blown high and dry on shore and consid
erably damaged. The extent of the
damage will reach $4,000.


The oyster police boat. in the harbor.
was obliged to put out two anchor and
keep the engine in motion in order to
hold her position. and young man in a
canoe was carried up the country road
(which was covered with two or three
fleet Of water) at two forty rate of
Ispeed.


At Delmar, according to resident, the
wind stopped blowing at two o'clock
and went to pushing" Much damage
was sustained by the trees and property


This morning the water around the
lower section of our city be gan to sub
lside. More damage has been caused
around the wharves and in the lumber
yards by the water than by the rain.
Year: 1876

The first act of the new Republican
City Council after organizing, in order to
make plausible show of economy, but
really intended as rebuke to their Dem
ocratic predecessors, was to order a sus-
pension Of work on all public property,
and their action is sustained by the Re
publican press. To show the inconsist-
ency of such course we will mention
the fact that these same papers vigorously
assailed the Democrats because they did
not provide some means to ''relicve the
distress of the workingmen." An effort
was made in that direction by the Demo
Gratis, and it was straightway denounced
as a ring job; but they have stopped the
work altogether; the election is over
they have got into power, and the '.pool
| workingmen" may go to the Devil, for all
they care. "For ways that are dark" the


Wilmington Republicans are entitled te
the medal
Year: 1876




They have hanging law In West
Virginia, and yet four murderers
were hung by mobs in that State in
The past two weeks. One of the
Ltfading papers Of the State exeiaims:


"Can't something he done TO check
the madness OF the people? Can't
the law put q stop To these cruel
butehcries? Eternal justice, where
are thy thunderbolts? Heavenly
angels, where are your eDcanp-
ments9 The people have gone mad
Whisky, bad woman and the devil
are all loose" ...


1t seems proba BILE that the capital
punishment law will be restored In
Iowa by the present Legislature,
though we have slight hope that
it may not be. Let the present law
have two years more of trial before
we go back to the old. 1t IL not se.
verify Of punishment we need so
much as certainty OF punishment.
Barbarous laws encourage barbarity.
We are aware that many--perhaps
a majority Of the. readers Of the
JOURNAL hold honest views adverse
TO our own on this subject, but what
we say as Journalist must be the
result OF our own honest convictions.
Year: 1876

Wehold that capital punishment
In relic OF barbarism which this age
of civilization should 30 longer tol-
crate. At the same time we think
the present law Is defective. Ii
should be supplemented by a law
taking the pardoning power away
from the Governor, and providing
that no murderer shall be released
from the penitentiary except on q
new trial aud no new trial granted
except upon the showing OF evidence
or circumstances not presented on
the first trial which would put a diff
fcrent phase on the ase.--N,tscotine
Jourlldi.
Year: 1876

7 The vote on the bill to appropriate
81, SOC, ,0G0 from the United States
treasury for tho Centennial passed
the Democratic House by vote OF
l46 to 1870. III the majority In the
House had been Republicans every
Democratic paper in the land would
have denounced the measure as Rad
ical extravaganza. AS 1t is, they
will use 1t to swell the grand total
OF the expenses Of the Government
for the year, and charge the Radical
Administrator with unprecedented
extravaganza.
Year: 1876

There was a great master among
the Jews who bade his scholars con-
slider, and tell him what n man
should always strive for. One came
and said that there was nothing bet
ter than good eye, which is, in their
language, liberal and contented
disposition. Another said a good
companion is the best thing in the
world. A third said good neighbor
was the best thing he could desire,
and a fourth preferred man that
could foresee things to come-that
is wise person. But at last in
came one Eleazar, and he said agood
heart was better than them all.


"Truc," said the master, thou hast
comprehended in two words all that
the rest have said; for he that hath a
good heart will be both contented
and good neighbor, and easily see
what is fit to be done by him.


Let every man, then seriously la
Dor TO find in himself a sincerity and
uprightncss of heart at all times,
and that will save him an abundance
of other labor.