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Year: 1876

Whatever may be the drift of public opinion
respecting Gen. BabcOck's completely in tho
attempt to convict Columbus Alexander of "A
felony, there has been no doub- this two
years in the mind of any reasonable and OBJ
serving man that a plot was hatched by some
villain interested in the District Ring to ruin
the most active and dangerous of the District
memorialists." The transactions of that night
when Harrington and tho Washington police
men watched the proceedings of the " bur
glars" and select company of Ring states
men waited st the clubhouse TO receive an
account of their doings, cannot be explained
except upon the hypothesis of u conspiracy
in which officers of justice were deeply imph-
Gated. That shameful fact stands out IN all It's
naked deformity, and cannot be hidden. In
like manner the history of the trial of the al
legged cODspiratOrs, tho fraudulent release oil
prisoners and sprritng away of witnesses, made
it plain beyond the possibility OF question that
tie authors of the crime were shielded by some
one high in authority. Possibly there were men
IN tho Capitol who could not see this, out wa
do not believe it, q man who could not sce it
must be too great fool to get elected to Con-
gress.


-
or theft. 4 conspiracy to convict an upright
man of u statc-prisOn Oilcnse and prostitute the
counts to the persecution OF the innocent IL a
scheme more deyilish in its wickedness and
more dangerous to society than all the cOrrup-
ton of Be'knap, the frauds OF Mcdonald, or
the r0bberes of Tweed and that the c0nspir-
atOrs should have remained two years not only
unpunished but actively protected by the Fed
eral Administration il the most disgIaceful
thing in all the long catalogue Of scandals
which now excites the disgust of tho world.
How far the Attorney General, the Presidents
SECRETARY, or the President himself may be
responsible for tho outrage we do not now i'll
Guirc; investigation may perhaps make that
clear but tie responsibility i'll Any case will
not be all theirs. Net man of the White
House set" can escape d share of it. Not Il
man of them all, Senator'S Congressman,
whatever they were, could shut his eyes To
what was going on. There has been no day
since the disagreement of the ~, III the case
of Harrington, when Congress had not the
power and was not strictly bound to the duty,
of ordering an official inquiry into this noto-
rous outrage. There is no member Of tho
Senatorial clique" whO could not have
broken up the gang of thieves by q few plain
words TO President Grant, OF motion in the
Senate If the wrong has been fragrant and
prosperous all this time, it Is because the Ad
ADMINISTRATION majority in Congress has been
false to its conscience
Year: 1876

As will be seen from our regular Phlladel-
pha letters, the Centennial Exhibition begin
to manifest some of the peculiar Textures which
will distinguish it as American and different
from othcr Expositions Chief among these Is
the number and variety of side shows or glori-
,cstons. which have all been adjourned to
take place while it is in progress, especially on
July 4. The Irish Catholics in Philadelphia.
postponed st. Patick's Day until that date,
and will bc out i'll full green feather; the
Presbyterians will have private triamphal
procession in honor of WitherspOon, whose
monument Il to stand in tho Park; the Jews
df,iIcate monument to Religious Liberty iii
tIe same place in short, ali sorts of nation
elities, parties professions, and trades have
s,,mlnoucd their clans 70 meet at that time
aud lace There can DO 10 doubt that each
sill lose something by the choice of this day
their display will be lost in the universal hurly-
buily yet tho effect upon themselves VIII, we
think, be wholesome. 1t is just as well that
Germans, Irishmcn, Presbyterians, Jews, and
all other distinctive classes should feel keenly
at least once III il century what they nave
gained in this country rs i class, and acknOwl-
edge it openly. Indeed the perceptions of tho
whole people OF the significance of our history
and of the uses Of the Republic will gain much
in clearness and breadth by the crystalizatiOn
Of ideas which this National birthday is going
~ bring about. 1t will leave US not a more
patriotic nation, perhaps, but with certainly a
more solid sef-respect as well Us knowledge
of our own shortcomings.


Another noticeable feature il the effort made
by the religious community to Use their great
opportunity prolitabIy. The Exhibition ia not
10 DO opened on Sunday-a conclusion likely to
provoke little complaint even from those
who oppose it. We enter into no discus
sion as to the propricty or improprety of OBJ
serving this one day with strictness, OF observ
ing it at all. The fact is that it is SO observed
from Canada to Mexico and from sea to sea,
except in few settlements of foreigners. 1t
simply expresses the common sense and feel
ing of the people. therefore, to close the great
show on the first day of the week.


Another American characteristic will be seen.
we believe, in the manner in which the Ordi-
nary citizen of Philadelphia will calmly thrust
tho hotel keeper aside and regulate the price
Of lodging and boarding. In an emergency or
crisis it is always the obscure citizen here who
does set things right. We are assured that no
such extortion will DO practicable rs that
which rendered the Viennese Exhibition fail
ure. Except during tho thronged season of the
opening week and the 4th Of July, tho prices
charged will not DO excessive The leading
hotels will set no given price, but leave them
selves open to bids for rooms /; but certain in
terminable streets of comfortable Philadelphia
already offer over every door solicitations to
the stranger to DO fed and lodged at most
Year: 1876

THE SECOND Place on TIE UCRET


Few leap-years in our history have opcned
with the promise of n more ample supply OF
Presidential material than tho present. Favor
lte sons and gentlemen with records and with
claims and various manifestations of tin
peoples choice in bewildering profusion are
known to be looming up and forging to the
front and securing indOrsement and dong or
suffering whatever else Of achie7 ement or en-
dur;tnce is expected of the potential standard
bearer. But while the lonely watcher Of tho
political skies discerns whole consultations
of Presidential candidates of assorted
magntudcs ana luster, no planetary Vice
President swims within his ken. " Six Specta-
"tors,r and perhaps other citizens, would gain
in composure of mind if they could discover
any adequate basis for prophecy in tho
premises, but no sign has been vouchsafed 10
tins generation. And yet there is II" serious
apprehension that the campaign is to be fought
with but single name on the opposing ban
ners, although everybody know that q Vice
President per SO is of no account, in
Auence, or use. The style of " HIS
"Superiluous Highncss," under which it
was proposed by one OF the fathers that
he should be known, showed an early appre-
citation of the proper rank Of this functonary
among the dignities and domiDions of the
republican court, and the recent proposition
Of distinguished statesman to amend the
Constitution so az to make this Office the first
premium i'll a free -for-all competitive exam


nation in Cushing's Manual has met with
some favor. He is no part of the Admins
traton but stands outside of it III an attitude
OF exasperating reversionary expectancy, while
death las new horrors for u Chief Magistrate
a. the opportunity of some healthy gentleman
whom he regards with mingled malevolence and
awe. A Vice-President would indeed be
of all men the most miserable if no
had no hope beyond the grave of a
President; and were he not checred
and sustained by an unfaltering trust in Ex-
ecutve mortality We might despair Of securing
candidate. But Presidents do die and ought
to be impeached and may resign, and tho
office that would Otherw Use be hollow de!usion,
when considered as mathematical function
of total depravity anl the death-rto as re-
corded in the Carlisle Tables. has a positive COM
Year: 1876

form or with what pretext or motive, Is simply
repudiaton If the moral natures of pure and
worthy men have been so poisoned by
the mephitic air Of that hot-bed OF
dishonesty, the Federal Capital, that
they do not realize this stern fact,
it is time for hcncst journals to warn them.
The majority in the House has voted for re-
pudiation without condition or qualification.
Honest men are but triiling with their own
regulations and conscicnces, and with the pub
lie honor, when they try to fix UP compro-
mise which can be passed in such House.
Every ill which is offered with any hope OF
its passage embraces features which are de-
signed to check the tendency toward resump-
ton, and to postpone payment indefinitely. IL
is time for honest men who believe in honest
money to take themselves out Of this dan
gerOus dicker with foes of the public honor.
From every such conference and compromise
they ought to fly as one flies from deadly
and contagious disease. If no act can pass
this House unless it involves reputation, in
the name Of public decency let no act be
passed Trihe if you will, gentlemen, with
the public interest, but beware how you triils
with the public honor! Mississippi fancied
that reputation could be excused. The lapse
Of years has not made the stain less black
In the Democratic party there is powerful
element which hungers for reputation. Many
of the better Democratic leaders, having
blunted their own consciences and soiled their
regulations by trying for months To cOmpro-
mise with rcpndiators, now beg Republicans to
join them in barter equally disgraceful, and
so to wipe off that stain. We are much mis-
taken if the men who stood by the Union
through all its trials do not stand by its honor
now, and leave to the Democratic party a
monopoly of Reputation in every form and
pukp
Year: 1876

reasonable rates. While, as our correspondent
states, there is natural disiuclination on the
part Of well-to-dO people to take the whole
world to their arms gratuitously, it is only fair
TO believe that two-thirds Of the city Will be
given over to hospitality-for a consideration.
In short, while anybody who wants to live en-
prince and be heeced for the privilege can be
gratified to his hearts content, a little dis-
erection and foresight will enable all to live
cheaply and comfortably as long as they choose
to remain in Philadelphia.
Year: 1876

ciphering upon what can be known or guessed
from central point of view and the field il
cleared by showing which among the talked
of candidates may be safely dropped out OF
consideration.
Year: 1876

Forecssting the result at the Cincinnati
Convention Is just now favorite exercise
with political prophets. 1t is a problem in
which there is at least one great unknown
quantity. along with several factors that can
b estimated with soma probability. Our
Washington letter will furnish means for
Year: 1876

While Oh the one hand there is proper de-
sire that such reception as is due to his rank
should be accorded to the Emperor of Brazil,
there is on the other his expressed wish that
there should I've DO such public display. In
this dilemma the matter has been taken in
charge by committee that fortunately in
cludes several of our best citizens, and they
may be safely trusted to welcome Dom Pedro
and facilitate the objects of his visit without
wasting his time and patience in extravagant
ceremonies.
Year: 1876

Martin Poll, young man of twenty
five, grandson of the famous Theodore,
King of the Mountains, so celebrated in
Corsican history, was in love with a
young girl of that island. But he had
a rival, one Joseph Leca, surnamed the
Zouave, who, by his bravery, had gained
the military medal in the French army.
The latter, considering that the other
was treated with greater preference, en-
ticed him one evening to roadside
public-house, with view of giving him
up to the gendarmes. Poll kept the ap-
pointment, and having boldly announced
his suspicious of the other, a quarrel
ensued, and they determined to settle
the matter there and then. Each was
armed with musket, and they went out
into the open ground, where the moon
was shining brightly, and each took up
his station belinda tree, firing at his op-
ponent at every opportunity, the two
gradually approaching each other. AT
last they got SO near together that they
were in full view, and they fred at the
same time, both falling dead, shot
through the breast. The neighborhood


aroused by the detonations, came up to
the spot just in time to see them both ex.


piring in a pool of their own blood.
Year: 1876

ttluClnnhIl OOmuleICidll


G. NJ. d. Bloss, Esq, lately killed near
his home at Branch Hill by railroad
train, was for nearly quarter of CEN
tury writer for the editorial depart
ment of the Cincinnati Enquirer. Very
few writers for the press have produced
an equal amount of matter of public in
terest within the period stated. He first
attracted attention in the Enquirer dur
ing the Fillmore administration as the
producer of elaborate essays, which were
absolutely sound political history from
Democratic standpoint, and reliable as
to statistical information. They indi-
Gated, among other things, persistence
in literary labor that was unusual in
Underwriters in this part of the world,
and they were less personal and more
doctrinal than the average editorial of
the period. The style of Mr.. Bloss was
unpretending, and lacked the picturesque
element. There was little color in his
pictures. He wrote simply, clearly, and
right on, caring only to array his facts
and opinions SO that there would be ne
difficulty in understanding them. One
constant merit of Mr.. Bloss was his sin
cerity. He believed thoroughly that he
was doing the work of the people, and
that the might of right was with him.
He was not man whose presence at
once gave him the high consideration of
strangers, and there was carelessness
about himself that often prevented the
formation of just estimate of him, but
he formed many intimate friendships
and abided by them. His wife and chill
dren, AMI the friends who were near to
him, were very dear to him. He was
one of the silent workers of the world.
He had been many years employed on
the Enquirer before his name was known
outside small circle, and the influence
he has exerted as public writer has
been largely in excess of the general
reputation that he gained, but in latel
years he has been widely recognized al
his worth as writer and man. Hii
value in newspaper was very great, fol
he was not only constant contributor
of available material, but an encyclo
pedia of political and historical infor


nation, ever ready and fluent. Though
of slender frame and delicate organiza
tion, he had capacity for hard worl
that rarely failed, and only those VIII,
knew him intimately can estimate accu


rately how large the space is in tn
purely political controversies of tn
period that he was accustomed to fill.
Year: 1876

MRS. LENowENs, speaking of the Gus
toms of Siam says that when girl falls
in love she goes to the mans house and
will not leave and if he declines to marry
her, the old women of the neighborhood
turn out and pelt him with inferior eggs
until he changes his mind. As long as
the custom prevails We should not think
the girls of Siam would care much if the
almanac-makers were to leave out leap
year altogether.
Year: 1876

A correspondent in the Quarterly Jour
nal of Science says: had had this dog
for several years, and had never, even in
his puppyhood, known him tc steal. On
the contrary, he used to make an excel
lent guard to protect property from
other animals, servants, etc., even though
these were his best friends. l have seen
this dog escort donkey which had
baskets on its back filled with apples.
Although the dog did not know that he
was being observed by anybody, he did
his duty with the utmost faithfulness,
for every time the donkey turned back
his head.to take an apple out of one of
the baskets the dog snapped at his nose;
and such was his watchfulness that, al
though his companion was keenly de-
sirous of tasting some of the fruit, he
never allowed him to get single apple
during the half.hour they were left to-
gether. l have also seen this terrier
protecting meat from other terriers (his
sons) which lived in the same house with
him, and with which he was ON the very
best of terms. More curious still, have
seen him seize my Wristbands while
they were being worn by friend to
whom I had temporarily loaned them.
On one occasion he was very hungry,
and in the room where I was reading
and he-was sitting there was, within easy
reach, a savory mutton-chop. I was
greatly surprised to see him stealthily
remove the chop and take it under q
sofa. However, pretended not to OBJ
serve what had occurred, and waited to
see what would happen next. For full
quarter of an hour this terrier re-
mained under the sofa without making q
sound, but doubtless enduring an agony
of con.ending feelings. Eventually


however, conscience came of victorious
for, emerging from his place of conceal


ment, and carrying in his mouth tn,


stolen chop, he came across the room ant


laid the tempting morsel at my feet


The moment he dropped the stolel
property he bolted again under the sofa
and from this retreat no coaxing coul,
charm him for several hours afterward


Moreover, when during that time he wa
spoken to or patted, he always turne'


his head away in ludicrously cor


science-stricken manner. Altogether,
do not think it would be possible to i'm


agine more satisfactory exhibition c
conscience by an animal than this, for


must be remembered, as already statet
. that the particular animal in questio
; was never beaten in his life.
Year: 1876

WHY don't circus proprietors get up
something new in the way of posters3
Look at the bill boards. The same pic
lures have been exhibited every year for
forty years. This conumdrum is asked
by an exchange, but it is answered in
the next paragraph: And yet passers
by stare at them with the same interest
as ever"
Year: 1876

IF you want to be miserable, think
about yourself; about what you want,
what you like, what respect people ought
to pay you, what people think of you,
and then to you nothing will be pure.
You will spoil everything you touch /;
you will make sin and misery for your
self out of everything which God sends
you; you will be as wretched as you
choose on earth or in heaven either
Kingsley.
Year: 1876

THE Prince of Wales declined to be
present at any bull fight during his visit
in Spain, as " inconsistent with my rela-
ton to the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals" and just now the
Imperial Crown Prince of Germany has
with equal publicity disclaimed all
knowledge of an international pigeon
shooting match with which his name has
been prematurely connected.
Year: 1876

PEKIEe has generally been reckoned
as one Of the most populous centers of
the globe, the number of its inhabitants
being set down by most authorities and
by official figures at between one and
two millions, but DR.. Breitschneider
afirms, from his own intimate knowledge
Of the city, that its population does not
exceed half million at the very most.
Year: 1876

Feed literally, work steadily, and
clean thoroughly, is my motto in the
management of horses. Ny great
trouble is to have the horses rubbed
dry and cleaned before leaving him
for the night. Where horses are work
Cd six days in the week thorough
grooming is absolutely essential TO
their health. The more highly they
are fed, the more important it is
to clean them. Most men use the
curry comb too much, and the whisk
and brush too little. do not my
self insist upon it, out l believe Il;
wonld pay always to take the whole
harness from the horse whe put in
the stable at noon, and rub him dry,
washing the shoulders with cold wa


ter, a'terward thoroughly Grylng
them with cloth. | question It
one farmer IN hundred duly ap.
preciatss how much he loses from
having poor horses, and not keeping
them in vigorous health, and in a
condition TO do a maximum day =
work.-American Agricultural.
Year: 1876

Farmers wives, as general
thing, work entirely too hard. Let
them moderate their labors to the
propotion of their strength, and even
At help has 10 be obtained, to make
up tho deficit, 1t were surely better
than to wear out prematureIy from
exposure and ovsrwork, and leave
your children at a tender age with
out mothers care. A good woman,
with good husband, can be happier
nowhere than on a farm, but let not
o sense OF duty in the one, and a
false economy in the other, deprive
the wife OF all needed assistance. 1t
IS lar better 20 enjoy lite in old age,
with your children, than TO have
slaved through life to leave them d
fortune, while you lay down in a
premature grave ere life's great
tasks be fully done. Let the duties
and responsibilities usually devoved
upon farmers wives be lessened, ana
furnish abundant help for the work
to be done.-S1uthern Farmer
Year: 1876

When you see his barn larger
than his house, it shows that be will
have large profits and small aft c.
tions.


When you see him driving bis work
instead Of his work driving him
It shows that he will never be driven
from good resolutions, scd that be
will certainly work bis way to pros
perity.


when you always see in hs wood
house q suficiency for three months
or more, it shows that he will bs q
NOR, than ninety days wonder in
farming operations, and that he is
not sleeping in his house after d
drunken frolls.


When be has q house separated
from the main building, purposely
for ashes, and an iron Or tin vessel
to transport them, that shows that
he never built his dwelling to be a
funeral pile for his family, and per-
haps himself.


When his sled 10 housed in sum
mar. and his farming implements
sovered both winter and summer, il
nlainlv shows that be will have a
vood house over his head in the
summer tr early life, and the winter
of old age.


Wheu his cattle are properly
.hielded and fed in winter, it evil
dances that he ls acting according
to Scripture, which says that s. mer-
aiful man is merciful to bis beast


When he is seen subscribing for
a newspaper, and paying in advan ce,
it shows that he is speaking like a
book respecting the latest improve
ments in agriculture, and that be
never gets his walking papers 10
the lard ofpoverty.-Farmers Home
Journal
Year: 1876

As soon As cold weather co mes
our advice to farmers having fat
hogs is, to sell while sound and
healthy. That the hog influenza is
always everywhere to be found, is
admitted. By holding on to bogs
they may be attacked by the diaease
and the whole herd lost: Avoid the
risk by getting the money for them.
Hogs do not gain much after cold
weather let's in; and rain and snow
and freezing weather may be ex-
pCcted now at any tims.--Colman's
Rural.
Year: 1876

Centennial and other visitors at the Capitol
should avoid being taken in by sharpers who
hang about the building and offer their services
as guides, &c, and take the opportunity to
swindle or rob them whenever presented. Max
ing rush on the stairway leading to the dome
and picking the pockets of the visitor is one of
the favorite modes adopted by this gang. A
few days since lady visitor was relieved of
her pocket-book: containing over two hundred
%:oo.:..4rs. Ca The police, under Capt Blackfori,
are scattered all over the place, and every pre-
caution has been taken to protect visitors.
Quite a number of the gentry who have come
under suspicion have been run out, and the
temporary stay Of the visitors make it almost
impossible to work up case against the mis-
creants. But short time ago one Of them
charged a gentleman three dollars 10 show
him to the top OF the dome, and attempted to
steal his watch on the way down. OF course
the gentleman could not remain and detaiu his
party to prosecute the offender. All neces-
sary information will be cheerfully afforded
visitors to enable them to see everything of
Interest at the Capitol if they will but apply
to Capt. Blackford or the force under him
They can be readily distinguished by their
uniform and badges.