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Year: 1872

Governor Andrew wrote this before his death: ''The tendency of the hour is to- ward Grant, and that is best; it is not the ideal of good; it is bad for the country that he must leave his present post; bad for him, the soldier, to try and to endure the hard fate that awaits him in civil life; but it is heapparently best practical good the country can have, and Grant is so square and honest man that believe he is bound to be right anywhere"
Year: 1872

and there were two reports. The majority
composed of thoroughbred Administration
men, commended everything Babcock had
done; the minority, consisting of Senator
Schurz Senator Ferry of Connecticut. and
Senator Vickers, took very different view OF
| the case, and recommended the President to
demand of the Dominican Republic full re-
paration for MI Hatch's sullerngs and losses.
OF course the President did nothing of the
kind, for he had been fully informed of Gen.
Babcock's behavior, and he tacitly if not ex-
pressly approved it. Major Perry testified be-
fore the Committee that when he returned tO
Washington lie had conversation with Bah
cock in May, 1870 about Santo Domingo; and
this is a part of it:


"IIe said that it was a great pity that had had that
man Hatch released told him that had direct orders
from the State Department to secure bis release Then
he said could not help It, having received those orders
but il was mistake. and that the President CaS vey
much disDleased about H."


Incredible as it may appear it is strictly
true that the President was displeased, for we
have that on the authority OF BabcOck him
self The instructions to Major Perry had
been wrung from the reluctant State Depart
ment by Senator Ferry Of Connecticut, and
sent without Gen. Grants knowledge. This
is what BabcOck told the Committee:


90 You said that the President expressed surprise at


the fact Of Mr. Hatch having been released by order of
the State Department. A. / did not say that. said
that the order for the release Of Mr. Hatch went without
the knowledge of the President and that no was dis
pleased at that That was what said | did not say
that he made any objection to the release Of Mr. Hatch


This case will be warning to American
citizens in foreign parts that the pecuniary
interests of the great military ring are para
mount TO the rights and liberties of all private
persons, and whoever wants the protection OF
our flag must be careful not to interfere with
the speculatOns of the White House. For the
present Administration holds (o quote the
amazing language of the majority report on
the Hatch case) that " the Imprisonment of an
" American citizen by another government Is
"iustiiable on the presumption that that
"citzcn, if at liberty, might exercise an
"inhuence preiudicial to the success of
great national project which not only that
government but his own was striving to
" accomplish ~
Year: 1872

vented IL from being construed into evidence


in any court Of justice; and it was a blhnder


for the prosecution having such strong case


TO offer it, and unjust in the Senate TO accept It,
II gave McCunn and his lawyers an opportunity,


which they could not have been expected to
neglect, of appealing their case 20 another
tribunal. No amount Of foul language from


The Times will make any one believe that
Judge Sclden, Mr.. Dcylin, and Mr.. Davis could
be guilty of improper or unprofesslonal CON
duct in this or any other case. Our regret
is that the mistake was made of furnishing
them this advantage. As for the friend OF
McCunn, whose letter we publish elsewhere,
the same answer as above applies. His con-
struction of our language is absurd, and his
opinions of the Senate are not entitled to
greater respect.


In reply generally we simply reiterato that
it is of the utmost importance that the Senate
should assume the strictest impariiality. To
betray anything like unfairness in rs de-
cisions, or TO let these trials take partisan
appearance, such as The Times in its blunder-
ing zeal has striyen to give them, will be
most unfortunate. The impeached Judges nat
urally endeavOr to give these trials the color
Of political persecution. They should be
so conducted as to show the falsehood of this
prctense. Beside this, it is never wise, on
general principles, to remove any official, how
ever corrupt, by illegal or doubtful means.
Justice never gains anything by wrong The
Bar Association have strong case against
McCunn, and a stronger one against Barnard,
but much of that strength may be frittered'
away by just such Overreaching as we have
spoken of. And in view of the important cases
to follow that of McCunn, let us again warn
the managers and counsel and Senate against
doubtful evidence and unfair rulings such as
that Obtruded in the McCnn case, as we
think, most unnecessarily and unfortunately.


For the rest of The Iimess idiOtic talk about
political alliances with the Judges whom we
exposed many months before it could be in
duced TO say a word against them, we have
nothing but contempt. If these unjust Judges
are convicted and removed they will accuse
THE TRIBUNE for it. If they escape they may
thank the hcadlOng and unreasoning spite of
those new zealots who try to make up IN tardy
clamor what they lacked in energy when the
fight began.
Year: 1872

We must not be so prompt hereafter in
crcditing reports Of Southern Outrages upon
Grant orators. A few days ago we commented
with some severity upon dispatch from North
Carolina stating that a speech of Mr.. Settle
had been the occasion of some riOtOus disturb
ances 1t is impossible TO regard Mr.. Settle
with any special respect but we condemned
the reported attack upon him rs a violation Of
the freedom of speech which is the right Of
every one, and which must not be anywhere
infringed. But the outrage vanishes when the
details of the affair are received. A Grant
paper of this city gives n full account Of the
occurrence, which reduces to nothing the thrill
ing tale of the imaginative telegrapher.


Mr.. Settle began an account of his steward
ship at Philadelphia and elsewhere, and " the
"Ku-Klux began asking impcrtinent questions
This is certainly not an unusual occurrence in
political meetings. Some of the questions,
however, were only too pertinent. One de-
praved villain interrupted the loyal flow of the
Judges eloquence by asking: where were
"you when Secession beganr The Judge re-
torted by sarcastic reference to the Interrupt
ter's stature, and the little man suggested that
if Mr.. Settle would come down from the stand
they could promptly decide their relative physi-
cal value. Mr.. Settle declined this ordeal,
which was a proper and prudent thing to do,
and there was no further disturbance except
loud cheers for Greeley at the close Of the
meeting There is nothing in this story to curdle
the most susceptible blood. The " "ku-Kluxn
might have asked stin more embarrassing ques-
tions of the Grant orator They might have
gone to inconvenient lengths in their catechism
as to his Rebel record. They might have put
to him unanswerabe queries as to the services
he rendered for the $4,000 he received as
Minister to Peru, which Office he held for n
year or so, and never left the limits of his
own State. We hope no one will have the
cruelty to touch on these facts when Mr.
Settle next rises to harangue the chiyalry of
North Carolina about the success and the
purity of the Administration which has given
him so tidy retainer. Such an outrage as
this would probably result in putting the State
under martial law.
Year: 1872

General at Havana only exists by sufferance of
the Volunteers.


This is a lame and impOtent conclusion
after so much eloquence, 30 much gunpowder,
and so much diplomacy have been wasted
upon the subject. There seems at present no
prospect of any amelioration of affairs In
Cuba, unless by direct and forcible foreign
Intervention, or by some dynastc revolution


in Spain which shall sever the connection
between the authorities in Madrid and those
in Havana. 1t seems too hideOus to be true
that the crimes against humanity and civillza-
ton which are every day committed in the
island should continue for years to come.
But they have continued now for more
than three years, and the disgust and
horror of the world, instead Of Increasing,
have been gradually growing fainter with use
and fatigue. Spain can do nothing to check
them; other nations will do nothing. The
robbers and p.underers of Havana grow rich
by their crimes. The financial situation is every
day growing worse, but lis still capable OF
indefinite deterioration. A change of COM
manders accOnplishes nothing If COrdOya
should succeed Valmaseda, the Volunteers
would either s1bdue him or exile or murder
him. There ia no visible escape from the
fatality which embraces alike the tyrants and
their victim. The best government possible
for Spain can give to Cuba nothing but raplne
and murdpr
Year: 1872

1t appears to be equally difficult for THE
TRIBUNE to please either tie friends or
enemies of the impeached Judges. The Times
of Saturday was wild with illogical rage be-
cause we spoke of a ruling of the Senate on
the McCunn case as a blunder and one who
is evidently a friend of McCunn writes us
complaining on the other hand quite as incon-
sistently that we are insidiousy trying to in
iure him. We will allow these accusations
from opposite and equally unauthorized sources
TO ncutralze each other.


The Times to give it precedence Of notice
which it is not entitled to, says we called the
ruling of the Senate on the admission as evil
dence of the Hanrahan letter a blunder, and
unwarrantably cOnstrues this to mean that
McCunn in our opinion has not had a fair
trial. The inference is good illustration of
The Hmess incapacity either to tell the truth
or to slander with ingenuity. The doubtful
ruling was blunder, and more than that it
was in itself unjust. The letter never was
evidence; the testimony of the only witness
called in reference 10 il, 20 the effect that
McCunn bad never seen OF heard of it, pre-
Year: 1872

ton of the difficulty appears to be in the
absolute refusal of licenses to the concert
saloon men and revocation of those already
granted. The nuisance must be suppressed;
it is a disgrace that the fashy palaces of vice
should be permitted to faunt their devices
openly and without let or hinderance. Cannot
the Police and Excise Boards combine to end
this CRYING scandal7
Year: 1872

.Ting in many cass the standard Of repre-
sen,Stion instead Of the Number Of people they
contain.


IL is entirely the interest Of The Liberals 20
remove this abuse, and it is not improbable
that the first House elected BY ballot will
ADOPT some such measure Of reform.
Year: 1872

The irrepressible young woman who wants 20 be
admitted to a college which has no arrangements
for complying with her request has made her appear
ance at Dartmouth College n. II. The faculty being
greatly bothered by the application, tnrned Miss
Kitty Gage over to the trustees but what they can
do about it is much more than we know. Our advice
to young ladies who wish to become Mstresses Of
Arts is that they enter the colleges which quito
ready to receive them, and which anNiously call
upon them to come and be taught upon the most
liberal terms. But we suppose that there would DO
no fun IN going to college in that ingoIous way.
Year: 1872

We are informed that Quartermaster-General
Meigs has under consideration the style ana mate
rial of the hoasones which are to be erected at the
soldiers graves in the National Cemeteries We are
further informed that il is not vet determined
whether the headstones shall be of marble or OF cast
iron galvanized A casiron head-soae woaId cor
tainly DO u curiosity.
Year: 1872

The PteGg9tae retOrts angrily at calling
the Mansard roof an inverted saucepan, "
and sneers at the use OF Kitchen language" "
What matters it if such a term ID good
English, and if the same describes the ap-
pearance In short, it seems this is the best
definition of that kind of roof seen yet. 1t
is said that Mansard, who was an ar
chitect of great prominence in France, took
his design from a glimpse Of the four walls
of war ruin surmounted by tent, which
itself is quadrangular figure oVer5tretched
by triangular one, and that the idea ger
minated in this sight grew until he set the
ordinary round-topped pavilion in ever
enduring stone and wood. However this
may be, inverted saucepan is the closest fit
in the way of description heard yet, not
withstanding she gentleman in the philo-
logical department of the PieayHne, who is
80 willing to show that he knows little
Latin and less Greek"
Year: 1872

is still firm and substantial, it is good
enough and large enough for republican
President. Ifany foreign prince OF potentate,
or the representative thereof, declines to
visit there because Of its ancient order or
plain appearance, his company can be dis
pensed with until American eitizen-solE
whip his government into due respect for
their Chief magistrate and his home.


HOOSIER.
New Orleans, November q, 1879
Year: 1872

Idred and twenty over the highest stee.
pies, while hydrants a mile away from
the fire may be set 70 work if the fire is
leaping over and setting distant fire in
any direction.


/ have no interest in this company
further than any man should have who
wishes to see the best possible means for
extinguishing fires adopted; but having
examined them carefully and seen them
work, and visited other places where
they are in use, and learned the estima-
ton in which they are held, / have no
hesitation in saying that for efficiency,
safety and economy, they are far better
than any other works for common use
and for extinguishing fires when they
have attained power which cannot be
resisted instantly by the smallest and
simplest means. 1t is said that twenty
seven cities and towns are before the
legislature for authority to draw upon
ponds and rivers for better water sup
plies than they now have. They all, no
doubt, wish to knew Of the best manner
of doing what is to cost so much; and /
am sure the pamphlet describing the
Holly system, and visit to any city
where it is in operation, will convince
them Of its superior merits. gtle


JOSEPH BIRD.
Year: 1872

A London newspaper speaks as fol-
lows: The Alpine Cuban assemblage
of gentlemen who annually break GER
tain per centage of their necks in climb
ing the Alps-is something which an
imaginative nature can comprehend; /;
but club Of winter bathers is simply
incomprehensible. Yet such club ex-
lists in London, the members whereof
took a swim in the Serpentine on last
Christmas day. They all came out alive,
which was more than they deserved.
There is one old bather-we don't see
how he became an old bather, for he
ought to have died long ago-who, when
the lake is covered with ice, comes each
morning with hatchet, with which he
smashes the frozen surface, and thus
slowly, inch by inch, works his way into
the water. The writer has had the
pleasure of seeing this "old bather" go
through his morning toilet at daybreak,
under tree in Hyde Park, in the face
of an easterly wind, in the depth of
winter He is an old army officer, Of
near three-score years and ten.
Year: 1872

There is a place in Oregon called the
Smoky Valley, where the people have a
very curious way of cooking. They do
not have the trouble of making fire
every morning when they wish to get
breakfast They just walk out with
their kettles, coffee pots and whatever
else they need, and cook at the boiling
spring. The water seems great deal
better than common boiling water, and
all they need to do is to have their ket-
ties in it for short time, and the food
is nicely cooked. They are able even
to bake in it. The bake is put into
tight saucepan, and lowered into the
boiling food for an hour or two, and
then drawn up most exquisitely baked,
with but a thin rim on the crust over it.
Meat is cooked here, and beans, which
are the miners great luxury. II takes
but minute to cook eggs, or to make a
pot Of coffee or tea; but if there should
change TO be slip between the cup
and lip" the rood would he gone beyond
rec0VerV r.H
Year: 1872

The nomination of Judge David Davis
by the Labor Reform party is forecast by
the following quotation from lst Samuel


David therefore departed thence and es-
capped to the Cave of Addullam and when
his brethren and all his fathers house heard
it, they went down thither to him.


And every one that was in distress, and
every one that was in debt, and every one
that was discontented, gathered themselves
unto him; and he became captain over them;
and there were about four hundred men,
Year: 1872

To THE ScHooLs.-By the new Rev.
enue Law State poll tax of So on every
male inhabitant of the State between the
ages of II and 60 years is levied to be col
lected by the Assessor between the first
Monday in January and the first Monday
of October in each year. The proceeds Of
this taxation must be paid into the County
School Fund.
Year: 1872

1t is said that the old difficulty between
Senator Pendegast and Fowler has not been
settled Fowler says that he Is sorry that
he ever apologized to Pendegast, and that
after the conclusion of the session he will
be happy to accommodate the Napa Sena-
tor in any way-with pistols or otherwise.
Year: 1872




Will It ever become burdensome
and annoying to the people Of the
South TO read or hear of the South
ern Confederaey-its glories, its tri-
jumps, its defeats? Is it so now?-
Has not the Lost Cause already be-
gun to fade away from our memories.
and any recital connected with 1t be.
comes wearisome to usg We hepe
not. For the Confederate cause was
not a mere struggle for political in
dependence. 1t was the embodiment
of grand principles-principles old
er than the American constitution
principles older than the American
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS that have
come down to us from the. earliest
ages, which time, nor tyranny, nor
war can never eaace. They may
be trampled down, but only TO rise
again purer and more beautiful than
before. five forget the Lost Cause,
We forget the principles Of whie hit
was the offspring. If we grow weary
of the Lost Cause, VIC grow weary
Of all that was good and great and
noble in American history. It's
memories we need not be ashamed
of-its gIories we may well be proud
of. For its living heroes we should
cherish the highest respect; for its
dead defenders the most solemn rev
erence. Victor's crown shall wreathe
the brows of the former-no mauso-
leums of triumphs shall be erected
over the remains Of the latter; but in
the hearts ola greatful and unforget
ful people monuments of gratitude
may be erected for all time, which
neither the storm Of time nor the
decay of ages can deface or destroy.
Thus let us do. This let US always
do. Let no crayan submission to
policy, no corrupt desire for Office,
no cowardly fear of tyranny, ever
come between us and the principles
which were once so dear to as,
which for all time to come should
be dear and sacred in our memo
ries.
Year: 1872

tainly no less remarkable than that
the African should be converted into
a white man. The surgical opera
tion, that has become so common
since its recent discovery, Of trans
planting a portion of skin from some
other part Of the body or even from
some other person, 70 an ulcer, for
the purpose Of starting new growth
Of cuticle, was performed upon the
arm Of white man Of twenty-five
years, and a ruddy complexion, the
borrowed cuticlc having been taken
from the arm of q full blooded ne
gro. The expefimentwas q success,
as far as the ulcer was concerned,
but to the horror of the victim the
black skin is spreading rapidly, and
the pleasing probability is that he
will soon become a negro. OF
eoHFse corresponding operation on
negro might go far towards max
ing him white.
Year: 1872

FAIR AND FEsTIyAI.-A fair and festival for
the benefit of the Independent Cornet Band, is
now in progress at Institute Hall, Seventh
street below Walnut, and will continue until
Wednesday week..
Year: 1872

WE WILL BE PREPARED TO PUR-


w chase all the WOOL that may be offered
us during the coming season, and to pay not only
the highest price in Cash, but TO pay as much as
can be realized in anu market when expenses of
shipping are deducted.


Win be glad TO furnish quotations when Spring
sheaTing commences.
Year: 1872

administration either from want OF power or want OF
w had tailed to carry the reform in Internal
Revenue Department for which Congress provided.
He did not wish be unjust to the President lie
eved that II the President understood this subject
thoroughly he would be more prompt to his
Judgment In enforcing the law butt his
be surrounded by who Interested in keeping
truth from hm, and who, being themselves pressed at
home by ciamorous army OF office holding leeches
not 80 much the fault OF the President those who,
having the information which would enighten him.
from him. and In instances press him aside from
the path OF duty and present him In the attitude,
this case Of dsregarding a law of Congress


IN


Mr. SHERMAN, Tep) of Ohio said there the least
occasion for the Senator from California Mr Cassery)
any to arragn the President in connection with this
subject to intimate that he had in way contrived
TO put of the execution Of the law June last until
the election. Everybody knew that in matters OF this
ment No doubt by the list OF January he would have
he would do after due consideration with the
the department. There was occasion for the intma
ton that the Presidents course was in some way
nected with politics.


Mr. CAssERy said he had spoken carefully and respect
fully OF the President, and had gone far TO
devise him. As introducing politics.
II he Mr. Caserly) had said that these unnecessary
officials had been retained until after the election tor
political reasons he would not by any means have
the limits observed by Senator'S the other
side most Of whom unable to discuss any subject
from the colors of the rainbow to the appointment of
page. without introducing politics.


After further discussion the amendments reported from
the Committee Finance were agreed to and the bill
passed.
Year: 1872

A letter from Windsor, NY, says that


a man and his wife, have been arrested on


complaint of the womans father, for in.


human cruelt.' their child, only eighteen


months old The beating of the child


was reported by neighbor, and the faith


er proceeded at once to the house of his


daughter. He found the case even worse


than it had been reported. The child had


been whipped by its father until it was


literally black and blue from its waist
down to its feet Here and there upon its
little body were also deep incisions, from


which the blood was oozing. The cause
of this shocking treatment was given by
the father, who said the child refused to
tell him his name. Mrs. Blatchley, who
is considered an apostle and oracle among
child was possessor of an evil spirit, and
its father had been compelled to whip the
devil out of it. To assist the spirit in
making its exit from the lacerated body of
the infant according to this prophecies,
the latter had been placed upon a high
stool, without support to its back or feet,
where it had been sitting for twenty-four
hours when its grandfather made his ap-
pearance. These details seem too horri-
BILE for belief, occurring in an enlightened
community, but they are only too true
The inhuman father and mother have been
held to appear at the next Court of Ses
sions, in $500 bail each. The affair has
created an intense feelings in the com
munity, and it will probably be made
pretty warm quarters for the pure Nazar-
ties, to which sect the arrested parties
belong.