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Year: 1875

Among the committees appointed by
Mr.. Kerr is one on Civil Service Re-
form. The duties of this Committee
are, we believe, to see that good men
are appointed to office and kept there
during good behavior. The members
are also to censure all attempts to dis
miss competent men for political rea-
sons. This is a good idea, and the
sooner the Committee goes to work
the better. Let it inquire how many
competent men, men of honor and
capacity, who have been for years in
the service of the House, have been
dismissed in the past few days. Let it
demand the reasons for these removals,
the names of the persons appointed to
succeed them, and the reasons for the
appointment of these new men. Let
it summon the Postmaster and ask
him for the names of the battalion OF
eX~COnf federate soldiers which have
been brought from Alexandria TO find
snug berths in the capital they tired so
hard to burn few years ago. Let ii
give the country the names of the
members who have recommended the
wholesale removal of old and faithful
and efficient servants of the House to
make room for the squads of ex-Con-
gressmen, politicians, "bummers "
and rebels who have been quartered
on the House There is no better way
to begin this civil service investigation
The House is Democratic. If the
Democrats mean to have this reform
now is their chance.


1t would not be bad idea for Mr..
Blaine to offer resolution that will
enable the country TO see how the par
ty has observed civil service reform.
In the meantime we would like one of
our correspondents to send US a list OF
these removals, of the time each re-
moved officer has served the House, OF
those appointed and the names of the
congressman securing their appoint
ment. This will make interesting
Christmas reading for " the civil SER
vice reformers. IN. Y. Herald Dec.
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Year: 1875

The most perfect home l ever saw was
IN little house, into the sweet incense
of whose fires went no costly things.
goo served for years living of IA
ther. mother and three children. But
the mother was u creator of home, and
her relations with her children were the
most beautiful have ever seen. Even q
duh and common place man was lifted up
and enabled to DO work for souls BY the
atmosphere which this woman crea-
ted. Every inmate of her home invol.
UNFAIRLY looked into her face for the kew


note of the day; and it always rang clear.


From the rosebud TO the clover-lcaf.
which, in spite of her house work, she
alwas found time to put by our plates
at breakfast, down TO the essay or story
she had on hand to be read or discussed in
the evening, there was no interml>>lon
of her influence. She has always
been and always will be my
ideal of a mother, wife. ito herquick
brain, loving heart, and exquisite tact
had been added the appliance of wealth
and the enlargement Of wider culture,
hers would have been absolutely the
ideal home. As it was, il Is the best |
have ever seen. 1t is more than twenty
wears since | crossed its threshold. | do
not know whether she is living or not.
But aS | see house after house IN which
fathers, mothers and children are drag
gng out their lives in haphazard alter
native of listless routine and unpleasant
collision, always think with Il sigh OF
that little cottage by the scaShorc, and
the woman who was the eight there
or" and find in the face of many
women and children, as plainly written
and as sad to see as in the newspaper col
ums of"Personals w anted-a home.
-EHglish paper.
Year: 1875

| had got to the end, and | meant to
have no more intermediate stages; and l
therefore, when this was first brought to
my notice, said 81 will consider it; will
take it into consideration That, so far
as recollect, was the first interview.


Dwell, what further passed between
Won and Moulton in regard to this card
and its publication, ana what could be
done or would be done if you assented to
it. A-Moulton urged me very strong
"; as l recollect the conversation 1t was
this, Tilton had said himself in the pre-
sence of witnesses that il l would pub
Year: 1875

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31-The Bu.
reau Of Indian affairs has issued cir
cular letter to Superintendents and
Agents of the Indian Department, in
structlng them to notify all the bands
or tribes of Indians under their super
vision, that they must confoe them
selves wholly within the limits of their
respective reservations: that under no
pretext must they leave without spec
lal permit in writing from the agent
or superintendent, and that no permit
will be granted by agent or superin-
tendent except 1t shall be made to ap-
pear to his satisfaction that it's issuance
will insurs benefit to the applicant, and
will in no event be likely to prove dis
advantageous to the discipline of In.
dian service. Whenever it shall be
deemed to be either necessary or ju-
dlclous to grant permit, immediate
application should be made before
issuance to the commanding officer of
the nearest military force, who will
furnish sufficient guard to accompany
aAd remain with the Indians as long as
they remain within the white settle
ments to be as expeditions as possible.


Indians are warned that without the
protection thus guaranteed to them by
written permit and military guard or
escort, they are liable to be looked up
on and treated like hostile bands.
Year: 1875

LADY FRANKLIN.-NEw York,
January 2.-Sophia Cracraft, the niece
of Lady Franklin. in letter publish
ed here regarding the renewal by


Lady Franklin Of the reward of e.
coo for the recovery Of her husbands
expedition, says: In consideration
Of the difficulty Of proceeding for the
equipment of such an undertaking, my
aunt has added reward Of $4,000 on
recovering possession Of the documents
In question. The other of the same
compensation for the outlay of the ad.
judication of this, as we'll as the re-
ward itself, is to be made by three per
sons approved by both parties, of whom
two shall be officers of the navy who
have had experience in the Arctic SER
vice, and who must, therefore be com


peient for the duty kindly undertaken
by them. 1t is right [ should add
that payment of the sums to be claim
ed IS made binding upon my aunt'> ex-
ecutors, in the contingency of her
death during the progress Of the work .
Year: 1875

Bayard Taylor's plea for the exact and con-
scientious expression of thought IN Literature is
lecture that does him great credit The de-
moralizaton of newspaper writing caused by the
apparent success of the mountebanks OF the
grotesque and ridiculous school of "humor "
has been very great, and in this time when
newspapers are so universally read it could not
fail OF iniicting injury on the literary taste
Of the people. Fortunately the liking for this
sort OF stuff must pail in the end, and the merits
of appropriate treatment and exact expression
come again into public appreciation.
Year: 1875

The Cleveland Leader says that Mr. A. b. Hoyt, OF
Warren Ohio, has lately perfected yacht which, Tor
novelty construction is ahead Of anything ever built
in these or any other waters. He has named II the
Safety, and with what business the name is given
glance at the following description will show:-She has
a double hull "a feet in length beam of II feet over
all and a depth of hold of feet. The hulls are
sharp at both ends. with concave sides, each
being four feet beam. They placed side
by side four feet apart and connected by two decks
the lower one amidships being about half way between
the keel and the upper deck, curvng upward at the
bow and stern and uniting with the upper deck. 1t
also forms the floor of the cockpit Each hull Is made
watertight and in shipping the cockpit IS the only
place that catch water To clear out this water
scupper is built extending from the inside OF the cock
pit the outside of each hull The rigging is the same
ordinary yachts having jibs mainsa and topsaiL
The yacht Is steered by two rudders fastened To the
of each hull and connected the deck in such
way that they be turned by single lever.


The invention is designed to overcome the danger OF
capszing obvated by the of the two hulsl ana or
laundering obyated by the curved lower deck helping
the boat quickly and preventing running
down by the head As the weather boat serves as pal
last weight of stone metal any heavy article ls
needed therefore, in either or both the boats are
spring leak they will not sink, but wiz noat
quite number of persons The yacht was buit at the
yard of Messrs Radcn LangelL During the last lew
weeks it has been quite thoroughly tested, ana mas
proved itself to be all that intended.
Year: 1875

in No A. In a few minutes three OF them left their
KEYS at the Office aud started toward the water
there Is NO certainty that the occupant OF No.
went with them. No one noticed them particularly
when they returned 20 II the party consisted of
three or four but three called for their keys and got
them and afterward cOmbed their hair in the ONCE
where the suits are They said nothing OF missing
their companion aud went away. An hour later, at
half past O'Clock Hendrckson noticed the door ol
No alar the clothes hanging therein and the key IN
the lock on the inside an unusual thing; still he did
not think much about II till afternoon when, still see
ing them there he informed his employer and they
were removed No trace was discovered of the owner


few of his friends contend therefore, that the three
men belong clique of bitter enemies ne has created
and they have put him out of the way by 'smothorng"
him in the water The Beach men scout the idea
however and ask where is the body and how could they
dispose of tYn Hendrckson states that he placed the
key of the mo A. in the drawer OF the Office, where
il was yesterday morning Mr. Green says the room has
been twice yesterday, and yet Mr. j. T. L.
Norton found the key of No attached TO piece OF
wood floating in the water close to the shore, full mile
half TO the west OF the bathing place and ON taking
it to Messrs. Green 4 Robinson they identified II as
theirs but could not account for its singular position
Taken all in all the affair is matter of great mystery
and requires elucidaton
Year: 1875

WAS LAMBERT DROWNED "A SEASIDE TRAGEDY


OR DEVICE TO CONCEAL FLIGHT FROM


PEcUNIARY TROUBLES?


On Saturday morning a paragraph appeared In
the papers announcing that a complete suit of
clothes found in of the bathing houses owned
by Green Il Robinson, at Far Rockaway, and from
papers found therein supposed to belong to Mr. II.
g. Lambert proprietor Of the Brooklyn Daily Post
The messenger sent down reported that they the
clothes Of Mr.. Lambert and though no facts Of the
drowning could be discovered there but little
doubt Of the fact and the Post issued in mourning
Saturday afternoon.


The story told Of the drowning being a singular
one HERALD reporter despatched to Rockaway to
inquire into the matter, which turns out to be most
singular mystery, pointing either to or the
flight Of Mr.. Lambert to escape pecuniary troubles


The latter theory very naturally the one insisted on
at the Beach, no one there comprehendng how any
man could go in bathing between the hours Of nine
A. NJ and four 2. N. and drown without some one
knowing of the fact In this instance the bathroom
was engaged about nine A. NJ, and the clothes were
seen in the bath house at hall past ten A. NJ and at
eleven A. NJ. and were taken out at about three
T. NJ and examined to discover the owner. This
suppositiJu OF deception and flight Is also sustained by
the fact OF Mr. Lambert's pecuniary embarrassments
his long struggle TO maintain the Ddiy fost without
municipal patronage having involved nm ana many oi
his friends in monetary losses, which preyed on his
mind despite his habitua lghthcartedness and many
who are strangers him, but who have been in busi-
ness on the Beach for years insist that he was not
drowned for he had been the body would have been
washed ashore in hour as the wind and tde stood
that morning especially as he is said to have been IN
feeble health when he started for ROckaway on thurs
day evening The advocates Of this theory therefore,
contend that he took suits OF clothes TO the Beach,
and leaving in the bath house, has "gone West "


Others, however maintain that Lambert has been
murdered, drowned by some Of his companions, and
base their story upon the statements Of Hope Hendrck
the old in charge Of the bath houses, and Mr.
Robinson, one Of the proprietOrs which runs thus
About ninc O'Clock on Friday morning four men came
To the beach and hired bathing suits paying for
tho four with 81 bill They then asked 70 have four
together but that not being possible just then,
they given rooms 2 g. and O. No. being pri.
vate or house Ihav then retired Lamhart Gnkna
Year: 1875

The lines and interests of the Atlantic and Pacific Tel
egraph Company have not been sold to the Western
Union Company, nor under the laws of incorporation,
can such transfer be made before the 10th of Sep
tember. :


Mr. A. A. Cohen, the President Of the National Tel
egraph Company Incorporated some time ago in San
Francisco, is reported to be his way TO this city,
having full power to amalgamate the Atlantic and
Pacific Company with his organization. The alleged
'gamen on the part of the Western Union to cap
ure the lines Of the Atlantic and Pacific and block the
enterprise of the National Company
Year: 1875

R5- NOTICE TO CAPTAINS OF VESSELS ENTERING
THE PORT OF NEW YORK AT NIGHT.-The Nkw YORK
HERALD has adopted distinguishing Coston night signal for
board the HERALD yacht showing while burn
ing the red green red changing from to the other
In succession and be several miles distant Cap
vessels upon seeing this signal will obige us by
pairing any they may have for the Ship News
Department Of the HERALD


n9-Persons desrous OF communicating with vessels arriv
ing York do by addressing to such vessels
Of HERALD yacht pier No ! East River, New York
Letters received from all parts of the world and promptly de-
livered- Duplicates required
Year: 1875

New YORK, Feb. 19.-When the court
met to-day, Mrs. +. d. MOultOn was placed
on the stand. She said, in the course Of
her testimony:


In the spring of 1871 l had the first con-
versation with Beecher about a difficulty.
He asked me if heard Of the great sorrow
in his life, and / replied that Frank had
told me the story. He said he was glad
that there was one woman with whom he
could talk on the subject, and who might
give him sympathy. He asked me the
condition of Mr.. TiltOn and if he was
angry or could 6e kept quiet. In June,
1873, Beecher had a conversation with me
in which he expressed his fear that the
letter Of confession would be published.
He said That Theodore was a man not
to be trusted. l advised him to 90 to his
church for comfort and rely upon his con-
gregation. He threatened to take his life,
and said there was no use Of his living any
longer. He said he was always afraid of
TiltOn breaking out with the whole story.
/ saw him on the following day. He was
still dOwncast, but more hCpeful. He al
ways spoke TO me of Mrs. TiltOn and his
great love for her. He asked me TO have great
respect for her and speak kindly to her. l
udl NOtlhEl cdLlOAlo " I'LL MIS- 4AlAOAY III
which she asked me to believe in him and
90 back to the church, as he was not re-
sponsible for the matter, but that she Mrs.
TiltOn) was l said l would never 60
back to the church. as l had lost all faith
in Beecher. l had another conversation
with Der il which she said if matters came
out, she would sacrifice her husband rather
than BeecheT and her children.


When / told BeeCher that Mrs. TiltOn
said she was TO blame, he replied that the
sin was his and not EliZabeth's.


Beecher, on one occasion, expressed re-
gTet at the sorrow and suffering he had
brought on Tiuon's household, and l re-
piled that the woman was as much TO blame
as the man in such a case.


In talking with me one day, he said it
was very cruel that Elizabeth should have
confessed at all; it was un-
just TO him. He could not
understand it. He did not know why she
should have done il; but that she should
have allowed him to visit her for six
months after she had confessed to her hus-
band was a greater mystery to him, sub
ieCting him to unpleasant greeting and
with Mr.. TiltOn. He could not
understand why she allowed him to visit
her house without having told him that she
had confessed TO her husband.
Year: 1875

ORAs9TUs PUTNAM Of IndianapOlis was
about to die. He had property worth six
or seven thousand dollars also a wife aud
four adult sons and daughters. He said that
he would make his viii, and thereupon
confusion arose. The wife and offspring
first quarrelled, and then fought, the noise
Ofthe conflict bringing in a policeman
from the street. In the midst Of the melee
Mr.. Putnam died without having made
any will, and his wife and one son were
taken 10 the police station for disOrderly
conduct
Year: 1875

vagabonds who fourished during the war,
have taken possession of the party. plat
form was adopted that is an insult to every
American for Americans care little about
what Pennsylvania thinks of the manage
ment of the State treasury; they care much
about its record upon imitation


This is a sad spectacle, and all we can do
is to appeal to the better sense of the people.
AS it is, General Grants position as a repub-
lican candidate has been strengthened
beyond measure by this Pennsylvania action
1t is just possible that the vagabond political
tramps may come into power. This will
never be if the wiser sense Of the Pennsyl-
vanians is aroused to the true meaning of
the declarations of the Convention and the in
finite danger to the credit of this great Re-
public if these declarations should be sup
ported by the American people.
Year: 1875

Moody and Sankey have begun their great
revival work in this country We cannot
doubt that the success which attended their
efforts in England also awaits them here, and
we are equally certain that Christian people
of every denomination will wish them 'God-
speed" in their undertaking. Strictly speak
ing, there is nothing sectarian in their en-
deavors, and if we considered only the moral
advantages to be derived from their teach
ings we would be compelled to encourage
them in their work. There never was time
when higher sense of the value of moral
and Christian obligations was so necessary as
it is now. Our politics are sordid and COR
rupt, and even business principles are want
ing in business men. The teachings of re-
ligion and the chidings of conscience seem
to have lost their hold upon the hearts of the
people. This downward tendency of public
and private morality is not only to be depre-
Gated, but, if possible, to be remedied.
Only great awakening can show the
people the dangers of their situa-
tion or make them earnestly strive
against the evils which surround and threaten
to destroy them. A religious revival, come
in whatever form it may, will prove a bless
ing; but from H0Aother source is it probable,
at this time, except from the two distin-
guished evangelists whose efforts at quicken
ing the consciences of men had such re-
markable results abroad. 1t will be seen
from our news columns that their beginning
is an auspicious one, the little town of North
field, in Massachusetts, pulsating with
a religious fervor that seems to spring
from the personal magnetism of these effec-
tive workers in the Masters vineyard. In a
few weeks we may expect one or other of the
great cities to become the chief field of their
operations, and it is to be anticipated that
their evangelizing influence will spread all
over the country. In any event their labors
will be watched with great interest by all
classes and become as much the theme of
public and private comment here as they
were in England.
Year: 1875

The Ohio inhationists did not greatly
alarm the country but the concurrence in
their movement of the Pennsylvania dem
ocrats on Thursday bears fruit at once. The
prudent part of the public begins to take
alarm. Gold, which stood at 14s on We'd
nesday, reached II yesterday, with ten
dency upward and the strength given to
the imitation movement by the Pennsylvania
democratic platform is the topic of anxious
discussion in bank parlors and among con-
servative men on the street. The general
opinion seems to be that gold will be higher
before it is lower and spectators,
as is but natural, are already trimming
their sails to take advantage of this breeze
They will do all they can to exaggerate the
natural propulsion upward; and if the
democrats carry Ohio we may see an attempt
to make another corner in gold


The inevitable result of this condition of
things is to cause prudent men to lock up
their capital to avoid all ventures and en-
terprises whatever and to make the times
even more stringent than they already are
with what it pleases the demagogues TO call
"money" even more abundant and more per-
sistently withheld from active use. This
is the natural result of the imitation
movement, and we call the attention Of all
worlingmen, mechanics and tradespeople to
this fact, that the politicians who lend them
selves to the initiation movement are prepar-
ing hard winter for the poor and for all who
live upon legitimate industry. As for the
spectators they have before them the pros
pect of lively times and of great gains, That
is what the initiation movement means.
Year: 1875

THE RAPID Transit COMMISSIONERS have re-
turned to work and will be ready to hear the
engineers report next week. SO far they
have discharged their difficult duty in a way
to give general satisfaction. The need for
rapid transit is too great to admit of any fur
ther delay in securing it, and any well-con-
sidered proposition recommended by the
Commissioners is pretty certain to be
adopted. The interest felt in this question
is shown by the appearance of the venerable
Peter Cooper on the scene with his PROPOSE
tion to secure rapid transit by railway
moved by an endless rope. 1t is always pleas
ant to see the kindly face of Mr.. Cooper and
to note his unceasing interest in the welfare
of the city ; but we confess we are glad that
we will not have to depend upon his coil of
endless rope for our future travel. Mr..
Cooper's plan would drag too much.
Year: 1875

The mississippi Captain Eads' PROPOSE
ton to increase the depth of the Mississippi at
its bar by system of jetties does not meet
with universal approval from the body Of
engineers. There is the usual disagreement
among the doctors, and the public must wait
until time solves the question. The Cap
tain, however, has sufficient confidence in
the success Of his plan to undertake the
work with the condition that in case he fails
he is to receive nothing.