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Year: 1876

A few days ago the Washington cor
respondent Of the DEMOCRAT mentioned
in his telegram that it was the impress
sion at Washington that Grant was
going crazy. Since then we see that
several papers are Of the same opinion,
among which we may quote the New
York Sun and Chicago Times. A cor
respondent Of the Chicago Times says


II is stated upon good medical authority that
IL the President were Obliged to perform the
would not have lived so loug as he has. The
White House is In one Of the coolest parts Of
town. BY remaining in 1t and abstaining from
going about. he has, in mea sure escaped the
last few days he has complained bitterly Of Con
grcss For the hr t time since his election as
President he has been forced TO remain here.
His previous custom has been 10 go to the sea-
side on the ist Of June and return only on the
first Of the following October. The peculiar
condition Of mind exhibited by the President
brie6y analyz presents the following features:
HI Is morose solemn. aud at times even savage.
He shuns his most intimate friends il they de-
sire him to talk aud is restless and imperiOus
present he cannot go away fross the city for any
length of time on account OF his necessary pres
ence here in attendance upon Congress. He
was taken away, this morning, from the city in
the company OF Secretary Fish to visit Deer
Park n mountain resort near hers, and it is OK
pected that he will not return until Monday. II
is hoped that by making his visit and abStaning
from his customary amount OF stimuianr5 he
may be ti1ed through. However II he Is obliged
to remain in this city much longer and any
great strain is brought TO bear upon him Sena-
for Ferrya chances to become Chief Magistrate
of the Nation may be considered good.
Year: 1876

On the Sd inst, dastardly attempt
was made to assassinate the editor OF
the Morehouse Clarion by leading Radi-
cal politicians, because be had the man
hood TO use his best efforts to protect
Democratic colored men from insults
and bodily violence by these Radical
political leaders. Mr.. Norwood was
shot twice by one Of them but fortu-
nately escaped death. His wounds are
painful but not dangerous. The short
haired Radical desperate who did it,
though fast runner, was overtaken by
six or eight we'll directed bullets. This
should be warning to Radicals that
they cannot ride rough shod over colored
men simply because they desire to be
Democrats. Some Of this sort of busi-
ness has been threatened here but our
sincere advice to Radical is to keep
hands of.
Year: 1876

We are happyto see that our advocacy
of Sitting Bull for the Governorship in
yesterdays paper has been full OF frui-
tion. Already, last evening, while
working for life and the best interests Of
the Democratic party, we were gratified
to hear the Independent Order Of Red
Men singing their war song, preparing
without doubt their paint and feathers
for stirring campaign against the Boss.
Year: 1876

The CouTiT-yornal says that when
ever you hear man crying "Hurrah
Tor Jeff. Davis on the outskirts Of q
Democratic meeting. let him have u
brick between the eyes, and the next
morning you will hear of Radical bum
mer being laid up with sore head.
Year: 1876

A man named William Douns is now
confined in the Logansport Jail for failing
to pay q judgment recovered against him
In bastsrdy suit. The Pharos says few
days ago the county commissioners refused
to make an allowance to the sheriff for
his board on the ground that the defendant
is able t. pay bis own board,
Year: 1876

From tho Spirit of the Times JAM a.


1t be disputed that the attractive feature
OF racing programme TO the majority OF visitors is
the steeplechasc, and in minor degree the hurdle
race The great Of the public love sec the ac


vity power we'll the speed of the thoroughbred
fully tested and the secplechase affords the opporu
nifty OF exhibiting these qualities in leaping the
obstacles in the The steeplechase days
at Jerome Park, Saratoga, Baltimore and Monmouth
Park always distinguished by the largest
bages of visitors and the different associations recog
nize the fact and every year larger amount OF money
is given for crosscounry racing events The American
raising the scale Of racing weights and defining weter
weights to be twentycight pounds moro than the
weights in stceplechascs and hurdle
brought within reasonable limits and plenty of
riders can be obtained who VIII not be
Obliged to carry any great amount OF dead weight
which tells more in of this kind than
the fiat But would respectfully recommend
the American Jockey Club 10 take another STEP and
make steepcchascs still more exciting IN their charac
and attractive to the Spectators and that IN
increasing the height and breadth OF the Jumps. Al
present the hurdles fences and walls rarely "
ever, exceed three feet and half height and the
water jumps twelve feet, and the former least
twelve inches too low, aud only deceive the
horses and cndanger the riders. All horses
rally jumpers, and their instructive telgence enables
them TO measure and calculate accurately tho amount
OF muscular effort requisite to clear the obstacle before
them, whether in the shape of fence wall hurdle
water jump BY increasing the present height OF the
jumps you only call upon the horses TO put forth their
latent powers OF eNerton TO clear them their natural
intelligence debating to them the amount Of effort
necessary 10 accomplish the task To do this with alb
souc safety both horse and rider is only requisite
do away with the time test in of this kind and
making the jumping abilities of the horse tho of
his merits equally with his speed. The latter can be
fairly tested in the final run home, for which purpose
there should be jump in the last quarter mile OF the
In this way the interest attached TO seepechasc
contests and hurdle races would bc materially in
Year: 1876

THE EASTERN FREIGHT CONTROVERSY,


New YoAE, MaE 6.-The railroad controversy
has not taken any definite shape within a day or
two, and the belief is generally expressed by
railroad men that there will not be an open rup-
ture. On the other hand, some freight agents
state that though no acknowledged cutting has
been dono it was generally known that large
special reductions we're constantly made.
Year: 1876

In ACCORDANCE with our usual custom,
we have perfected arrangements for receiv-
ing full and accurate returns Of the cleo
lions which are to occur to-day, and they
will be displayed from the NATIONAL Re-
PUBLICAN building this evening for the
accommodation of the public by Professor
Gardner, with his superior stereoptlcan ap-
paratus. 1t is confidently expected that
the returns will be of such character as to
reassure all doubling Republicans. Those
who remember the display at this Office four
years ago can appreciate the convenience
that will be afforded tonight by availing
ourselves of all the improvements which
science and art have developed during the
time which has interviewed since the last
Presidential election. The display will be-
gin with the earliest returns received, about
8 o'clock, and continue till midnight
Year: 1876

BEN HILL writes to friend in this city
to state that he will be unmuzzled when Con-
gress again convenes. Whether his friend
Tilden is elected President or not he expects
to deliver himself of his ''true inwardness"
upon many matters which the muzzling
process of Sdmmies Cox and Randall pre-
vented last session. We congratulate Ben
upon the fact that he can air his eloquerce
next winter without the annoying twitch
at his coat-talls which he experienced for
months. Ben was mighty with his muzzle
on, but he will be whole team with it re-
moved
Year: 1876

IT IS to be hoped that the Republicans
Of Indiana and Ohio will be on the alert
to-day and promptly arrest the hoodlums
and plug -uglies of Baltimore and other
Democratic strongholds who go into those
States to vote for "Tilden and reform"
Some of the Baltimore villains who went
to sttend the rebel "Boys in Blue" conven-
ton at Indianapolis, and who will try to
"repeat" today, are fit subjects for any
thing short of Judge Lynch, and we trust
that they may be well taken care of by
those interested in the purity of the ballot.
Year: 1876

IT is PAINFUL to reflect upon the happy
time the rebels of the District of Columbia
would have with Tilden in the White
House and JEFF Davis in charge of the War
portfolio; how the men who served the
Union in its bloody trials would have cause
to hang their heads and retire into hiding
places; how faithful service to the Confed-


eacy would be made test for preiermen:
Year: 1876

AFTER to day the question of the with
drawal of Tilden's name from the Demo-
cratic ticket and the substitution of Peter
Cooper's therefor will not appear to be 80
chimerical as it has heretofore.
Year: 1876




the Ohio and Indiana elections take place to-
day there wfll be no further occasion to deny
the fact, and the figures will probably be al
lowed to stand. - r--.... .... ....,.. .
!. To those Northern persons who have looked
upon the many well-authenticated reports of
outrsges and murders in the South as mere
products Of the ''outrage mill, J" manufactured
for political purposes, we commend perusal
of the address of Governor Chamberlain and
the statement of United States District Attor-
ney Corbin; the one the chief Executive of the
State, who but q short time since was so
loudly praised by the Democratic party for his
conservative course, and even spoken of as
their candidate for Governor, and the other an
officer of the General Government, occupying
a responsible position, and maintaining pro-
fessional character that would be destroyed
by evidence of falsiication in regard TO the
subject matter Of his report. Coming on top
of the mass Of testimony that has already
been presented, none but those who will not
be convinced will fail to be satisfied that
reign of fterrorIand an era of crime and blood
shed rest upon what might otherwise be one of
the fairest sections of our country, and all good
citizens will rejoice to see effectual means
adopted to protect every person in the peace
full enjoyment of "life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness"
Year: 1876

One Andrew Gibney, former laborer at the
Treasury Department, and promoted to assist
ant superintendent of the Treasury building,
from which position he was removed for ir-
regular practices, seeks to court Democratic
favor by initiating Whitley in the manufac-


ture Of statements against those who fostered
him until his baser nature was found out.


He publishes q statement to the effect that
when Secretary of the Treasury, Mr..
Boutwell,, had sent to his house certain office
furniture belonging to the Government, and
for which he (Gibney) took q receipt. The
character of the furniture shows that It was
such as could only be used for official work,
and was not such as any gentleman would care
to lumber up private residence with, and the
fact that receipt was given would show to
those base enough to suppose such Q thing
that there was no intention to appropriate the
property to private use.. Any one with
knowledge of the duties of the Secretary of
the Treasury knows that most of his time at
the Department is occupied with visitors, and
the real work has to be done at his home or
elsewhere out of the Department, and that the
articles named in the following receipt were
absolutely necessary for the transaction of
that business: r.. ... g.. .. ... .s.
Year: 1876

Aswe approach tho Presidential
campaign it Lehooves us to keep
posted in election figures. With the
new State OF Colorado the Election
College will comprise three hundred
and sixty nine members as follows {:
Year: 1876

This is the Name OF the Man
Who will be Chilled to
Death by November


Hayes.
He was Nominated by Yester-
days Democratic Con-


yention.
And will Consent to Serve as the
Object OF the Vote OF


the Minority.
After Much Quarrelling Plat
form Is Agreed Upon.
Which Is Remarkable Only for
its Antagonism to the Re


publican Party.
The Vice President will Hand in
His Name To-Day.
The Grand Muss is Over and the
Country Is Once More


Quiet.
Year: 1876

der. We earnestly urge every married man
who owns bay window or tin roof to do
away with them at once, as he values his
life. Carpenters and roofers should be kept
at great distance, and on no account
should wives be permitted to attend the
Centennial Exhibition. Irene is said to be
fascinating, and may dazzle the jury into an
acquittal In that event Brad will marry
the rich widow, but we trust that as mat
rimonial precaution he will not take her to
house with a bay window, and will cure her
of the reckless habit of CARRYING reyolvers.
Year: 1876

The SuRRoaATE.-We once more call the
attention of the city political magnates to
the necessity of nominating on both sides
proper men for the Office of Surrogate. We
are all talking of reform, and it is not fit
that this important Office shall be flung to
some mere politician as one of the spoils of
tho campaign. 1t is an Office of great trust,
to which none but an able and conscien-
tious lawyer, entirely disconnected with
politics. should be nominated. We have nj
ready given some names rs types of the men
from whom this officer should be selected;
Year: 1876

THE CENTENNIAL COMMISSION has a singu-
lar faculty for blundering in the matter of
the awards. The great number of the
medals awarded by the Commission and
their want of any distinctive character make
them worthless. Most of the exhibitors
would be ashamed to show their medals,
and it is only the reports which should have
accompanied the announcement Of the
awards which can show the esteem in which
any article was held by the juries. These
should oil have been printed together. In
stead, exhibitors can only get their reports
upon application, and there is another
chance for bribery, collusion and msrepre-
sentation. This whole matter reflects great
discrcdit upon the Commission and the
country.
Year: 1876

REGISTRATION is the second day Of
registration in this city. Only one more
opportunity will be given for the perform
ance of this important duty. Our citizens.
therefore, will best serve their own con-
venience and the interests of the country
by registering to-day. In matter of this
kind it is unsafe to wait until the
eleventh hour. The crowd will not be so
great to-day as when the time approaches
for closing the registry lists, and oil danger
of failure to secure registration will thus
be avoided. Let the registry lists be made
rs complete as possible to-day.
Year: 1876

IRELAND TO AMERIcA.-We publish this
morning the full address of the home rule
party in Ireland to the people of the United
States. It's sentiments will meet with a
response from the American people, and it
will be highly priced besides as unique
specimen of verbal gymnastics.
Year: 1876

THE KINGS COUNTY DEMOCRACY nominated
. county ticket yesterday, the candidates
being selected without much difficulty. The
convention was as harmonious MS could be
expected in political body which had the
distribution OF so many important offices,
and there was great enthusiasm over the
prospects of victory.
Year: 1876

important event of the present campaign.
The republicans are likely to have pa
jority in the State outside of the city,
and the democrats in the city. The
question is whether the democratic majority
of the city will be large enough to over
balance the republican majority of the
interior. All Mr. Tildens chances, ac-
cording to our estimate of them, are
staked upon this possibility. With harmony
restored in the city democracy, and with
local ticket in nomination which will con-
solidate the party and call out full local
vote, we should say that Mr.. Tilden's
chances are better than those Of Mr.. Hayes.
divided democracy in the city, with one
side in coalition with the republicans would
so cripple the former party and SO reduce its
vote as to give Mr.. Hayes the advantage.


We have attempted to set forth the true
state of the situation on such indisputable
facts as form the only trustworthy basis of
judgment. 1t is very narrow margin by
which success is separated from defeat Ac-
cording to all human probability the Presi-
Dental election will be decided by the vote
of the city of New York. With democratic
union here on n strong and popular local
ticket Mr.. Tilden has rather more than an
even chance, but with the city democracy
split up into factions and more than one
ticket in the field The chances would prepon-
derate in favor of Hayes. New York is really
a very doubtful State and trife may turn
the scale, and as New York goes SO will 60
the Presidential election.
Year: 1876

Operators have had nothing really new
to work from during the past week, and
found it necessary to make the most of
old influences in their manipulations of
the market from day to day. At first
matters looked rather tame, but subse-
quently the "bull" gained the advantage
of the position, and by constant and
strenuous efforts held grounds fairly, with
values on the whole probably averaging
well up to the preceding week. The
damaged and shortened crop" has
again been daily ventilated. and to this
was added rumOrs of the spread ofyellow
fever through southern ports not hereto
fore affected, the latter report naturally
generating the fear of retarded deliveries
of cotton on the seaboard and consequent
disappointment in the amount received
here this month. Sufficient alarm was
CT lated to cause pretty free demand to
cover from the more timid shorts, espec-
tally as the stock here was moving out
with some freedom; and on this basis,
assisted by an occasional purchase to
" stimulate" operators for rise managed
to increase values. The more confident
bears" however, were by no means
quiet lockers on, but have stubbornly
contested the improvement fraction by
fraction, making a somewhat sharper
fight than the market has passed through
tor several weeks; and some of the Op,
orators on this side of the question claim
that considering the demand prevailing
and the full amount of business actually
accomplished, their opponents have made
4 remarkable small gain and can show
but a barren victory at the best. Ac-
counts from abroad have shown an alb
sence of really cheerful features, and a
general sort of indifference has been the
most Characteristic indication obtained
from our exporters, while some have re-
ceive6 private advices of a really tame
nature. On the home situation, the
central point now is the movement of
supplies, and this seems to have been
gradually gaining in volume at the in
terror, with corresponding tendency
toward the seabord. There, however,
a temporary check seems likely at the
moment, in view of the fever at the
southern ports, and a strengthening in
fuence is generated on the market in
consequence.
Year: 1876

An examination of the planet Saturn
at the Dearborn observatory, with a
rather high magnifying power, resulted
in the witnessing of a very interesting
and somewhat rare phenomenon. On
the western limb of the planet, in 'qti-
tude 400 to 45o north from his equator,
there was an enormous protrusiOn, or
buIging out, from the generally elliptic
outline, and a corresponding one, though
not so large, on the northern hemisphere
was very easily noted, even by an un-
practiced eye, when compared with the
contour of the southern half of the
planet.


The phenomenon is described in the
books as 4" the square-shouldered aspect
of Saturn. 1t appears to have been first
noticed by Herschel in the early part OF
the present century; but that eminent
astronomer was so much puzzled by il
as almost to doubt the evidence of his
own senses. But it has been observed
on several occasions during the last
seventy years and astronomers, or some
Of them, now think they know what it
means.


Such n change of form would be i'm
possible without a general disruption, il
what we see Of the planet were solid
crusts like that of the earth. But we
have very good reason to believe that we
see only his atmOsphere-very much
more dense or cloud-laden than our own.
Comparing his volume (700) with his
power to disturb the other bodies of the
system (92.4), that of the earth being
unity in each case, we find that his aver
age density is only about one eighth part
Il. Il 4 10
density of water The difficulty of con-
ceiving how a solid body 80 vast in size
could be composed of such light material
vanishes if we suppose that the planet
itself is very much smaller than the disc
we see, and is surrounded by very deep
atmosphere. This is the view now gen
orally adopted by those astronomers who
reason on the subject; and it furnishes a
sufficient explanation Of the phenomenon
known as the square-shOuldered aspect.
We do not find it necessary To believe
that these occasional changes in the shape
of Saturn, great enough to be visible at
a distance of 800, 900 900 miles, are
anything more than vast tidal move
ments in his atmosphere, to which the
rise and fall of the waters in the tides OF
our oceans furnishes faint parallel.


And truly very faint one. Our
ocean tides nowhere range more than 2
few yards above the mean level; while
the change in the outline of Saturn last
Tuesday night indicated an atmospheric
tide of not less than six hundred miles.
The magnitude of the forces at work on
that planet to produce such tremendous
results, even in his atmosphere, can
scarcely be imagined, much less de-
scribed.
Year: 1876

Chinese elopements are well managed


None but the lazy deserve the fair !;
there is neither ladder nor trellis to be
scaled and the old gentleman is easily
persuaded thai whatever is, is right.
There was Ho, the LATEST wight of Hang
chow, who lived by odd jobs, and never
could get regular employment. One
night, while he was drinking tea at
wavside inn, he boasted that he would
never do another days work, unless he
could find a rich employer with pretty
daughters. An old screw named Tsiang,
who overheard the remark, was so en-
ragged by it that he engaged all the labor
ers who were present except Ho, and re-
fused to give even a nights lodging.
Poor Ho went to sleep in Tsiang's back
ward. and verv mournful washe. Sudden
ly a great bundle of clothes was thrown
out Of a win@ow. Thinking there were
thieves in the house, and not being in
mood to protect the farmers household,
he put the bundle on his back and
trudged down the road with it. Soon he
heard steps behind him. The inturiated
farmer? Not so. It was only a pretty
girl. She joined him and walked by his
side without saying a word or looking at
him. On they went through the dark
night, mile upon mile, and just as the
day was breaking they reached the viii


lage inn. Then she looked at him and
shrieked. 1t was not the young cousin
who had wooed her to pack up her
clothes and meet him at midnight. 1t
was only poor, lazy Ho. "Well, well, +"
Year: 1876

In the middle of the room, in its white coffin, lay
the dead child, nephew of the poet. Near it, il
great chair, sat Walt Whitman, surrounded by
little ones and holding beautiful little girl in hi
lap. The child looked curc usly at the spectacle
death and then inquiringly into the old mans face
" You don't know what it is, do you, my dear?'
said he, ''We don't either.'
We know not what it is, der, this sleep so deer


and still;
The folded hands, the awful caIn the cheek SO pale


and chill;
The lids that win not lift again, though we may ca


and call;
The stranse, white solitude of peace that settles


all
We know not what 1t means, dear, this desolat e


heart-pain;
This dread to take our daily way, and walk in it
We know not te what other sphere the loved who


leave us go,


not know.
But this we know: Our loved and dead, if they


should come this day
Should come and ask us, What is life ?' rot Of


us could say.
Life ie mystery as deep as ever death can be;
Yet oh how sweet it is to us, this lie We live and


Beei
Then might they say-these vanished ones-and


blessed Is the tnOughtl
' So death is sweet to us, beloved! though we may
We may not tell it to the qriek-this M stery of
Ye may sot tell us, If ye would, the mystery of


breath"
The child who enters life comes not with knowI-


edge or intent.
So those who enter death mus go as little children


sent.
Nothing is known. But believe that God is over


head;
And as life is to the living so death is to the dead