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Year: 1876

The following is the full text of the joint
resolution for the issue of silver coin, which
passed both houses of Congress and now goes
to the President for signature:


Resolued, That the Secretary of the Treas
ury, under such limits and regulations as will
best secure a just and fair distribution of the
same through the country, may issue the silver
coin at any time in the Treasury to an amount
not exceeding SIC, 0,00O, 900, in exchange for an
equal amount of legal tender notes, and the
notes so exchanged shall be kept as a special
fund, separate and apart from all other money
in the Treasury, and be re-issued only upon
the retirement and destruction of a like sum
of fractional currency received at the Treas
ury in payment of dues to the United States,
and said fractional currency, when so substi-
tuted, shall be destroyed and held as part of
the sinking fund, as provided in the act ap-
proved April II, 1876.


SECTION 2. That the trade dollar shall not
hereafter be legal tender, and the Secretary
of the Treasury is hereby authorized to limit
from time to time the coinage thereof to such
an amount as he may deem sufficient to meet
the export demand for the same


SEC. 8. That in addition to the amount of
subsidiary silver coin authorized by law to be
issued in redemption of the manufacture at
the several mints and issue through the Treas
ury and its several offices, such coin to an
amount that, including the amount of sub
sidiary silver coin and of fractional currency
outstanding, shall in the aggregate not exceed
at any time $50, ,000,0 900.


SEC. That the silver bullion required for
the purposes of this act shall be purchased
from time to time at market rates by the Sec
retary of the Treasury with any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, but no
purchase of bullion shall be made under this
resolution when the market rate for the same
shall be such as will not admit of the coinage
and issue as herein provided without loss to
the Treasury, and any gain or seigniorage
arising from this coinage shall be accounted
for and paid into the Treasury as provided
under existing laws relative to the subsidiary
coinage, provided that the amount of money
at any one time invested in such silver bullion,
exclusive of such resulting coin, shall not ex-
ceed $500, 1000.
Year: 1876

An Indian war is 50 common thing that
no national administration can ever count on
being exempt from the trouble. Almost every
district has been fought over, and all that may
occur in the now west is but a repetition of
what has happened in the older States and
Territories We always boast of our being at
peace with all the world. But it is seldom
true. East of the line forming the western
boundaries of Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri,
Arkansas and Louisiana, the red man is done
foa in this world. He fought as long as he
could, and for him war was as necessary as
eating. Those who regard his fate with re-
gret, and yet are proud of the mighty empire
that has been reared ouer his bones, must have
xueer tastes. West of that frontier we have
a whole congregation of new States and Ter
ritories, in all of which an Indian warfare is a
perpetual menac. Civilization and barbarism
cannot possibly exist together. One must go
down. In new Mexico and Arizona we know
from the ruins that we see that it was eiviliza-
ton that perished. Are we content that it
shall perish in Montana, Nebraska, Wyoming
and Dakotah? If so all We have got to do is
to nurse and pamper, and WOO and fiatter, and
pay and feed these nurderous savages as We
have been doing. The peace and civilization
that are identified with the Indian race are
the peace and civilization of slavery and poly
gamy, of robbery and murder, of eternal
strife and pillage. Philadelphia North Ameri
can.
Year: 1876

A large share of the Republican news
papers talk as if they supposed it is Hen
dricks who is running for President, and
not Tilden. They seem to be disturbed
about what tkey imagine Hendricks will
are not as big fools as these editors take
them to be.
Year: 1876

A dreary place would be this earth,

 Were there no little people in 1t; The song of life would lose its mirth,

 Were there no children to begin 1t. No little forms, DO buds to grow,

 And make the admirlng heart surrender No little hands on breast and brow,

 To keep the thrilling love-cords tender. No babe within our arms to leap,

 No little feet toward slumber tending, No little knee in prayer to bend,

 Our lips in sweet words lending. The sterner souls would get more stern:

 Unfeeling natures more inhuman, And in stOic coldness turn,

 And woman would be less than woman. For in the cline toward which we reach

 Through tIme's mysterious dim unfolding The little ones with cherub smile

 Are still our Fathers face beholdlng. Life's soug, indeed, would lose its charm

 Were there no babies to begin 1t A doleful place this world would be

 Were there DO little people in 1t.
Year: 1876

A man in town yesterday with no hair, and bullet hole in the calf of his left leg, says he is satisfied that there is gold in the Black Hills. He also says he is satisfied that there are Indians in the Black Hills. ChSc00O Times.
Year: 1876

A DEMOCRAT was heard to say yesterday
that he was opposed to these soldiers of the
late war getting together and marching about
the streets and recalling the "strife. the Bit
terness and hatred of the late unhappy con-
hict." 1t is bad. Suppose the present Con-
federate Congress pass resolution express
ing their dislavor thereat. Our Democratic
friend should remember that the Union SOL
dier harbors no feelings of bitterness toward
his Southern brethren. That is an impress
sion which the old Bourbon should get rid OF
even if lie does object to seeing the ''boys" in
line again-after the expiration of eleven
years.
Year: 1876

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are In
s cases Indispensable not necessarily tor publication
out as guaranty CT good faith.


We cannot under take to return CT reserve com mu-
nications that are not used.
Year: 1876

have at least a minority Of iallible
Bishops in it, and il a minority Of divine.
ly commissioned persons prove them
solyesfallible why may not majority
turn out the same way? Il seems to us
that there is constant danger of this
sort. In view OF this danger, and in
view also of the fact that it Is settled that
there is really one person who is not fall
lible, It seems to us that the safe policy is
to entrust the business heretofore entrust-
ed to councils entirely to his hands. This
is the policy that business men would pur-
sue in business affairs and we do not see
why the same principle should not apply
in ecclesiastical affairs.
Year: 1876

Complaint from Aboue.-Some two or
three citizens living on Hull street near the
railroad have complained to your reporter
on several occasions of the way they are
neglected by the police authorities. They
state that horsc-racing in the street and yul-
gar language is used with impunity. We
mention this to call attention to the in
coming Council Of the want OF a sufficient
number OF policemen. The present force
consists OF three privates and one captain.
Year: 1876

The Sunday Liquor-Seller.-In the case OF
Edward Baker, who was before the Mayors
Court on Monday on. the charge OF selling
liquor on Sunday, and in whose case his
Honor reserved his decision, was up again
yesterday morning, and Baker was sent on
TO the grand Jury.
Year: 1876

4 Doomed Dog.-Mr. Sydenham Wake
was before the May or yesterday morning TO
show cause why his dog should not be killed
for biting young lady named Miss JeWett:
The cas- c was clearly proven, and the Chlef
of Police was directed to kill him.
Year: 1876

WE CALL SPECIAL ATTENTION to our sale of
LOTS on WEDNESDAY, at 5 O'Clock. This property
Is situated south of Monroe Park and only from one
to three squares distant. Every lot put up VIII De
sold regardless Of price. Street cars will take you 70
the SALE We invite the attendance Of all who WISH
to buy property In this desirable portion of the CITY,


CHAFFIN, STAPLES co.
Year: 1876

TIE CHILDREN AND THE CAPITOL SQUARE
GRASS. AGAlS.-This is the day for the little
folks TO have their frolic on the grass in the
Square: but the " gray-coats " who keep an
eve on them on other days insist that no
groom person will be allowed TO go on the
rrass under any circumstances.
Year: 1876

The senate was not IN sesBion yester-
day, aud the time OF the house was
mainly oceepiet by the consideration Of
q bill In regard to citizenship and bill
70 amend the charter OF the Freedman's
bank. Without action on either bill
the house adjourned.
Year: 1876

Lady Blanche Murphy, who in
writing of an old Scottish castle,
told of a romantic story as refer
ring to Lady Mary Hay, hereditary
Lord High Constable Of Scotland,
which according to Mr.. Hughes,
was a misapprOpriation of an old
Berkshire romance, the heroine of
which was a Miss Kendrich, the
lonely heiress of Calcot Park, near
Reading. This young lady, it
seems, once met a London barris-
ter named Benjamin Child at a
wedding ball in her own neighbor-
hood, and being smitten with him
next morning sent him challenge
to mortal combat, which he, sup
posing her a man, at once accepted.
At the consequent meeting in her
own park he and his seconds found
two ladies in masks, one of whom,
Kendrich, stated the serious heart
injury received, and gave poor Child
the choice of deadly fight or mar
riage. AS briefs had been scarce
and family carriage standing neal
looking tempting, he. agreed to The
more gentle alternative and mar
ried her forthwith-without frs


seeing her face, After driving hin
home from church, however, Mis-


Kendrich revealed herself to he


well-pleaSed husband, and theil
subsequent life was a happy one.
Year: 1876

We exchange shake of the hand,


and then he gets into his omnibus


and goes on, happy to have pro.
duced his effect. As long as l can


render this gallant man happy, l
do not see why l should not; and l
have no idea in the world who or
what he is" That is characteristic
of Paris life. We meet here num-
bers of persons we know and yet
do not know at all, and yet never
think of asking them questions or
of asking who they are. We find
pleasure in mutual recognitions,
and our interests and occupations
demand no more. 4
Year: 1876

The etiquette Of the street, says Harper s
Ba-ar, may be disposed of in few words.
The privilege of recognition is generally
conceded to the lady, and when she
has made her salutation, the gentleman
responds by bowing or lifting his hat, and
not merely touching the rim of it, unless
he desires to be flunky. If only one of
two gentlemen in company be known and
saluted by a lady, both should bow. The
converse of this, however, is not obligatory
Two ladies in company arc not both called
upon to bow to gentleman who is known
only to one.


A lady should rarely stop for, or be stop,
ped in the street by gentleman.


The gentleman desirous of accosting a
lady lie may meet should turn and Join
her in walking; and the lady, on the
other hand, if the wish for the interview
originates with her, should content herself
with its expression by gesture, without a
full stop in the thronged street.


A gentleman walking with young lady,
UiAANSS olAC 10 ISldlS'l " MN GlOSGll IOW OI
prosperity, docs not offer his arm unless
some sudden emergency may arise which
would seem to indicate that its support or
protection is required. The left arm is
ordinarily given, with the obvious reason
that the gentleman's right may be free for
the defense he proffers. The sandwitching
of u gentleman between two ladies has
always an awkward look, and seems to be
opposed to all fitness of things, by placing
the man in his snug position apparently
under the care of his female companions.


A gentleman may always leave another
gentleman with whom he may be in com.
pany to join a lady, and the act .justifies
itself; but he ought not to quit his male
companion for another of his own sex
without giving at the moment, or soon
after, plausible excuse for it.


Although every gentleman should avoid
officiousness of service to strange ladies
for example handing them into carriage,
or offering them the side of the walk to
which they are entitled-he should be
ready to give them helping hand in the
case of an emergency, to pick up whatever
they may let fall, whether a pocket-hand-
kerchief or toddling child, and finish
the service with polite bow.
Year: 1876

Both have a great influence in the
economy of the present age, and it is
rather difficult to tell which is really the
most powerful. Sometimes one predoni-
mates in an individual, sometimes the
other, and sometimes both are wanting.
Occasionally they are found equally com
bined; but generally we see a very little
brain and good deal of brass, which en-
ables the posscssOr to make considerable
noise in the world on quite small capital
lie unblushingly sounds his own name far
and wide, imagining himself to be the most
wise, talented, and remarkable man of the
age; and the less brain he has the more
noise he will make.


\ man of real merit is generally quiet
and unpretending, and seldom appears
before the public until his true worth
brings him there, and often, for want OF
confidence in his own powers, "is born to
blush unseen


The mass of the people do not know tho
difference between real worth and the
tinkling sound of brass. They are apt tc
attribute a mans success wholly to the
one or the other, according to their prcju
dices but on the whole, the noisy man
If he has tact enough in his compound, cal
cast the man Of genius completely in the
shade, and the mass will follow after hin


with as much admiration as smaller boy


do after an organ grinder.


a little of this metal in the composition


of mans mind is excellent, because i


serves to harden the tender nature o


genius against the rough blows Of tn


world, which otherwise might crush it


delicate form. But too much retards al


progress in the possessor. Such MAJ


can never be told anything that he doc


not already know; and no one can con


vince him, not even with the PLANES


truths, that he is in error. lie is too wis
to learn, even from wisdom herself, an,


he is never troubled, as men of goniu
often are, 10y meeting superior; and, III
like wise men, the older he grows, tn
more he knows, in his own opinion.
A wise man, as he advances in know
: edge and acience, sees SO much before hil
which he cannot comprehend, that he
never troubled with an uneasy sense of h
own wisdom. lie takes an enlarged vie
: of human nature, and what little know
: edge he has acquired more than his fellow
: looks to him but drop in the great ocea
4 of science. Thus it is very easy to tell
Y wise man, even if he is by nature conceite,
= Wisdom, if anything, will conquer huma
!. nature in this respect.


e Whenever you meet a man-no matte
= whether he is a noted politician, poet,
o philosopher-who has the appearance
e thinking himself great man, you m;
n safely conclude that there is great de
l. more for him to learn in this world.
G has not taken the first step towards gen


inc wisdom, which is to have realisil
< sense of our own ignorance.
Year: 1876

A genial professor in one Of the Scotch
universities has bright boy of four years,
whose only experience in church-going was
where the service was in Presbyterian
form. A few Sabbaths since relative was
to preach in the Episcopal church, and the
professor permitted the child to accompany
him thither. All went on decorously until
the minister, in his white robes, presented
himself, when the little fellow, with a tug
in his sleeve, very nearly upset the profes-
sor's gravity by wonderingly eXclaiming,
"Papa, does Uncle Joseph sleep here?"
Year: 1876

A writer in Harpcr's Ba=aar gives the
owners of old clothes "wrinkle' before
they discard them as past all hope Of wear
This is the way she has it done. Look up
the best of them and put them on one side
Separate the sheep from the goats, and if
they be not torn or worn white at seams,
they may yet do you good service at trihing
cost and little trouble. The nocltS ope.
randi is to enlist into your service for a
short pcriod-until you know how he suits
you-a lad of broad shoulders and we'll
developed bicops. You need not 20 beyond
the shoe-black brigade in search of a re-
cruit. Provide him with tho following
tools: cane or Timber switch, a hard brush
and a clean kitchen table. Let him thor
oughly dust and brush your clothes once,
then, to mako sure certain, make him re-
peat the process, until you are satisfied no
grit remains behind. This must be done
"with will, and the switch well laid on,
even as prison warders hog garroters. not
as if whisling flies off the back of Venus.
You may now supply him with the follow
ing chemicals and tho means of using
them: liquid ammonia, spirits of turpen-
tine, and benzine. With piece of cloth
list or flannel dipped in ammonia, every
Speck or spot of grease must first be care
fully removed by dint of hard rubbing.
Then pad is made of clean fannel-same
| 0nlnp thn clofh 10 Ha i
| filled with cloth shreds or cottonwood to
the size of an ordinary white turnip. Take
equal parts Of bcnzine and turpentine in
a soup plate, and with the pad half satu
rated, rub from collar down one way all the
| garment over.


This work is no child's play. The mix
ture must be freely used; every part oi
the cloth must be hard rubbed, and elbow
grease must not be spared. When youl
clothes arc thoroughly done they must BE-
hung up in a draught or open air, and ;
week will elapse before they lose thc
smell. Then look them over, and an,
worth keeping must be sent to your Job
bing tailor for buttons, repairs, etc.; an(
last, not least, thorough damping and no
pressing with the iron.


am dead against sending soiled coats
etc, to scourers. ! have often seen i
tried, but never with success. | grant the,
send them back beautiful to behold, bu
they are not worth the cost Scourers hav
a knack Of rubbing up the pile and gettini
a peach-lille bloom upon it. This is feet
ing and transitory, and after one shower o
rain or dust, the garment is done for be
yond redemption.


N. B.-Always have liquid ammonia il
your possession to remove stains on you
coat front caused by the tricllling from
mustache or beard.


Before putting away your clothes afte
summer or winter for the next six months
have them well busted and sponged witt
benzolinc. This will eflectually stay tn
ravages of moth. have tried pepper, sal
mustard, and all the round of the cruet
without success; and | verify believe tha
Worcester sauce and pickles added woul
be powerless against their fret.
Year: 1876

A man named Patrick Barry went into liquor
store at No s75 First avenue, last evening and called
for drink Arthur Mcvesty, the bartender, refused
give him one, whereupon Barry threatened to shoot


him Barry then went out OF the store when he
reached the sidewalk he produced pistol and cred a
shot through the saloon window. Fortunately
Year: 1876

pS-NoTICE TO CAPTAINS OF VESSELS ENTERING
THE PORT OF NEW YORK AT NIGHT.-The New YORK
HERALD has adopted distinguishing Coston night signal for
board the HERALD yacht showing white burn
ing red green red changing from to the other
in succession and can seen miles distant Cap
of vessels upon seeing this signal will obge rs by
preparing any marine they have for she Ship
News Department of the HERALD.


RPersons desous of communicating with vessels arrv
ing at New York do by addressing such vessels
care OF HERALD news yacht pier No East River New York
received from all parts of the world and promptly de-
livered. Duplicates required.
Year: 1876

Judge BOND would never have been ap-
pealed to and a writ of habeds corpus
would never have been issued by him.
The Radical policy is to set law and
everything else that stands in their way
at defiance. If the South Carolina can
vassers had possessed q law abid.
ing spirit, or had desired to ad-
here to law throughout, they would
not have stood in contempt of
this court, but would have bowed to the
mandate of the highest judicial tribunal
OF the State. How ridiculous it is to hear
a Republican journal talking about adhe.
renee te law-when subversion of law
and common decency is essential to the
success of their cause. They always act
in the spirit of old THAD STEVENS, when
q constitutional objection was interposed
10 the passage of pet measure of his
snsppishly replied, ITO hell with the
Constitution"
Year: 1876

We protest against the said Dennis
instructions to the guard to admit
no one to the State House except
upon his own pass, or a pass OF
J. A. Jones, former clerk of the
House, who may thus exclude all except
his own partisans, AID who, by the Re
publican programme, is TO organize said
House. We have presented ourselves
with the
Year: 1876

certified to by its Clerk, with the great
sea- of the court attached as to our right
to participate IN the organization of said
House. We are refused by order Of said
Dennis, admission to said hall, except
upon his psss, or the pass etsaid Jones or
certificate OF H. L. Hayne, Secretary Of
State. who is now under condemnation Of
SAID court for refusal TO issue certificates
in accordance with Its judgment and
mandate. Ia protesting agairst this
Year: 1876

Another, though undoubtedly an acces-
sorry after the fact, was perforoe ac-
quilted, that particular ofiense not being
included in the extradition treaty under
which he had been surrendered. Two
others, against whom the evidence was
by no means weak, were acquitted by
the jury. The rest were most righteous
ly convicted and sentenced TO death, the
presiding judge solemnly warning them
TO entertain no hope of mercy. His
lordship commented severely upon the
conduct of those who, though not the
actual murderers, stood by while the
more active ruffians did their deadly
work. and observed that three times
within few weeks he had been COM
PEELED to try cases in which it was proved
that shipmasters were compelled to keep
revolvers in constant readiness, a state of
things not to be contemplated without
anxiety and alarm. 1t is TO be hoped,
however. that the punishment which has
thus overtaken these mutineeis will have
some effect in repressing that growing
tendency to insubordination in the
mercantile marine of which this is 70
startling an illustration while the re-
ward of ESQ awarded to the man who
did his duty under such difficult cir
cumstances will not be without its in
fluence in inducing others to follow his
example.
Year: 1876

When the French were in Mexico, the
stage robbcries in the vicinity of Monte
rey became almost as frequent as they
are getting to be between here and King
bury. With the practical common sense
for which the French are distinguished
when they 20 about killing people, the
French general at Monterey devised a
plan that worked like n charm. lie
picked out half dozen of his smallest
Louavcs, and dressed them up . females
and put them in the stage. Each un.
protected female had a short breach-load-
ing carbine concealed under his petit.
pants, and they covered their demure
faces by wells. OF course, the robbers
surrounded the stage, and the ladies
| with AN excess of feminine modesty
climbed out Of the vehicle, and fell In
| line with the rest of the passengers
when of sudden an epidemic broke out
among those Mexican patriots, for each
lady, on an average, destroyed about
three Of them, and the rest lost all taste
for female society, and went away dis
gusted.


The ladies returned to town in high
glec, but for a long time The Mexican
bandits entertained such lofty venera
ton for the gentler sex, that an old bon.
net and shawl displayed conspicuously
in stage secured it immunity from in
terruption.