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Year: 1876

The WAR IN TURKEY possesses almost its
entire Importance in the danger that it may
at any time involve the great Powers in the
struggle The effort Roumania is said to be
making to have that part of the Treaty of
Paris abrogated which prevents her from
putting armed vessels on the Danube is ex-
tremely suggestive. It is well known that
Prince Charles is under German influence,
and as any attack upon the Treaty of Paris
will meet with the sympathy of Russia it
looks as though the Turco-Servian war will
be taken advantage of in ways that will
tempt England sorely to break the
peace. Without departing from the an
nounced policy of non-intervention a
great many things may be done which will
strain English forbearance to the utmost;
and it is becoming plain that she will be
called upon TO place war limit in other
directions than an invasion of Turkish ter
ritory by the Russians, or allow great
many things that she fought for twenty-five
years ago to go by default. The war news is
confined to comparatively unimportant en-
gagements.
Year: 1876

Needs


Wetrust that the proper desire for economy
now shown by Congress will not interfere
with the appropriations for the South. We
are in favor of giving the South all the money
its people need. Let us give money to i'm
prove navigation, open harbors, build pub
lie buildings. Let us do what we can to
stimulate special Southern industries-cot-
ton, tobacco, rice and sugar Let us, if it is
in the power of Congress, make that rich and
beautiful land to blossom with new life In
dealing with the South let us always remem-
Der the hard conditions of the war-the
money we took when we freed the slaves,
when we compelled a repudiation of her
debts, when we seized cotton, when we raw
aged the Valley of the Shenandoah and
marched through Georgia. And while these
were all war measures-which we should do
again under the same necessity-let us re-
member what burden it was to the con-
quered, and how it crushed them to the
earth. Whenever, then, we can give the
South money in appropriation bills, in
shaping revenue Or financial legislation, let
us do so. We should be quite content if
for the next five years three-fourths of the
money voted by Congress were to go into the
Southern States alone. Whatever we do for
economy let US give the South all the money
she wants.
Year: 1876

Is THIS CIVILIZATION ?-We read in the
daily narratives of our Indian wars of Indian
allies coming in from the fight with scalps
at their belt and dancing the war dances.
When an enemy is scalped he is killed.
Are we to understand that in fighting the
Sioux we allow our Indian allies to scalp
and kill the prisoners? This is Sioux war;
fare; but although we are fighting with Q
Year: 1876

STANLEY's WHEREABOUTS is the subject Of
IN article which we print to-day from the
columns of the Cincinnati Enquirer AS the
article truly suggests all students of history
and geography are interested In the gallant
explorers success.
Year: 1876

The ENGLISH PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION
to visit the Centennial Exposition will in
clude many names well known in this coun-
try and is drawn from all shades of political
belief They will be heartily welcomed.
Year: 1876

The movement to induce the President
to decline the resignation of MI. Pratt al
Commissioner of Internal Revenue shows
that the republicans in Washington
are awaking to the danger to the
canvass from Grants obstinate course.
They see, as the HERALD pointed out, that
no matter what party papers might say as to
Grant and Hayes not being in sympathy, and
Hayes not being responsible for the acts OF
party do not protest the country must hold
them all responsible. This responsibility
falls especially on the Senate. That body
shares executive power with the President.
1t has only to say to him "check," and ha
could not make another move in the game
of Cmsarism. Suppose, for instance when
Jewell was driven out republicans like
Conkling and Morton had gone to Grant and
aid:-"Mr. President, Mr.. Jewell is repub-
lican. He has been Governor of Connecticut,
and was its choice for the Presidency. He
supports Hayes, as we all do. He has his
rights in the party, as we all have. Before
we consent to his degradation we must know
the reason. III tnaC reason IS gOOQ
one, if Mr. Jewell has proved dishonest, If
he has betrayed you or the party, then this
reason must go to the country for your vim
dication and ours. Such q man should not
be permitted in the party. But if no such
reason exists, if this is whim, or freak.
then we cannot be a party to it. Every
party has joint responsibility, you as Presi-
dent, we as Senators. The moment we sur.
render our independence that moment the
party goes into syncope."


If the President had been SO addressed
there would have been an end of this new
phase of Cesarism. We presume from what
we hear of the efforts to save Pratt that the
Senators are awaking. They would be
madmen to allow Grant to throw away fair,
promising canvass, as he now threatens to
do. Unless the Senators coax the President
or coerce him into position of harmony
with the party and of respect for the funda-
mental principles of republican government
Hayes and Wheeler will be defeated as badly
as Scott and Graham or Greeley and Brown
Year: 1876

The WAY TO END THE WAR.-Let Lieu
tenant General Sheridan go to the front with
the whole army. Let him stay in the Indian
country until he has killed or captured
every Indian. Then we shall have lasting
peace. The country demands this, and
nothing else will satisfy the country.
Year: 1876

D1sAGREEABLE NEws-We do not like to
hear of the commander of an expedition in
the Indian country on hunting expedition
at time when our whole frontier is in
panic. General Crook has higher duties
than the pleasures of the chase.
Year: 1876

IT Is GRATIFYING TO LEARN that our sup
ply of Croton water is equal to all emergen-
cies created by the hot summer season. Still,
the upper part of New York city suffers
from an inadequate supply of water and
measures should be taken without delay to
remedy this great fault in our water supply
svstem
Year: 1876

A HINT TO SUNSET Cox.-No really great
man will stand up in Congress and abuse
his country to carry party point. That son
was the most blessed who walked backward
to his fathers PROSTATE form and threw the
mantle over it, If you are democrat. Sun
set, remember that you are an American.
Do not make speeches for enemies of repub-
licanism to quote in dersion of our country.
Year: 1876

CIVIL SERVICE The Tilden organs which
deride civil service do the Governor harm.
The best sentiment of the country is op-
posed to them. We mean to have civil
service free from the spoilsmen of parties,
and unless Uncle Sammy comes out clear on
that point he may well retire from the
canvass and 90 down to Long Island and
Join Centennial Dix in his great duck hunt
ing campaiQn.
Year: 1876

WASHINGTON, August 13.-The Indian
appropriation bill is the only one yet to be
passed, but the conference report on it is
ready, and will be presented early to-mor-
row morning. The Legislative, Consular
and Diplomatic appropriation bills we're en-
rolled to-day by the clerks Of the House of
Representatives, and will be sent to the
President for his signiture tomorrow
There is every probability that the session
will be brought to a close by Tuesday or
Wednesday at the latest.
Year: 1876

1t is now said that Grant never intend
ed that the gentlemen he named to go to
New Orleans to witness the counting OF
the votes of Louisiana should confer
with the Democrats. His desire was not
to have an honest count; but committee
present to urge upon Kellogg and Parker
and the Returning Board the policy they
have pursued. 1t is further said that or
ders have been issued to put the Brook
lyn Navy Yard and the ships in a condi-
tion for active duty. This is menace to
the American people and American Con
gress; and shows that the liberties of the
people are to be tampered with, that a
Radical President may be chosen by a
half-dozen negroes. notwithstanding a
majority of the Electoral votes are fairly
opposed to it, backed up by popular
majority of 100000. We cannot believe
that the people will allow their voice to
he thus suppressed; nor do we believe
the intelligent members of the Republi
can party will stake the peace of the
country upon such a crisis. 1t is terrible
10 contemplate. and the greatest forbcar
anee is requisite.
Year: 1876

1T IS the opinion of the great mass of
'he democratic party that corrnption
and robbery obtained to so great propor-
LIONS and pervaded so fully the affairs of
The Government at Washington that the
Radical leaders fear exposure and will re.
sist to the verge of revolution before the,
Will allow the Democrats to get into DO.
sltlon to show up to the light this robber,
OF the people for the benefit of Republi
can officials.
Year: 1876

RETURNS have been received from al,
but one or two of the counties of Florida
showing majority of at least thousand
votes for the Democratic electoral ticket
There is no pretense, or at least II,
definite allegation, that the election wa,
otherwise than ''free and fair" And vet
we are told that Florida is sin doubt,
and its electoral vote is claimed for Haves
AS honestly might the vote of New Hamp
shire be claimed for Tilden.
Year: 1876

We notice the Republican newspaper
all state that troops have been sent to
Florida, but they are very careful not to
state the reason why such action has been
taken. 1t i. because they are afraid to tell
the reason.
Year: 1876

For the middle Atlantic and south atlan-
tic States, increasing cloudiness and rain,
winds shifting to northeast and south
cast, increasing in force, falling barometer
and slight rise Of temperature.
Year: 1876




| Mr.. ,Editor--I see in your paper Of
Jan. 1st, my name mentioned in con-
nection with bell lately put on the
Methodist Church here. l wish they
had left my name out, but as they have
used it. and certain twitterings and
long bows here, have been drawn on it,
and false impressions probably gone
abroad. have thought proper to give
a correct version of the affair. Several
years ago put up an advertisement for
sale Of building lots at this place. and
stated that would give one lot on
which to build church. | did not
say what denomination or care what.
The Methodists being the most numer-
GUS we're the first to apply | made
them deed of lot, and along side Of
it. had a wood right to fine grove
Of to II acres. / told these Metho-
dists If they would secure the fee sinule
of the person owning it | would let the
trees or grove remain, and done so.
They afterwards built small church
until they were able to build larger
one. After the small church was built
some of them were talking about a bell.
and bought them an iron bell, it soon
cracked l returned it and bought an
other; it also cracked, and remained
SO until some time in the early part Of
last month, when my son Richard, who
is q Methodist. and the only one of our
family, asked me if / would see the
Railroad Company, and ask if they had
a second -ha nd bell off Of one Of their
cars I.called at Wilmington and was
told by the foreman that there was one,
and he showed it to me, remarkiDg at
the same time that be thought there were
two or three at Broad 4 Prime, Phila-
delphia, and some of them were proha-
bly, larger than the one we were look
ing at in Wilmington. l then wrote
up to Mr.. G. K. Ide, that wished be
would, for me. call on Mr.. II. F. Ken
ney, and tell him the Methodists at this
place would be obliged to them if they
would give them secondhand bell.
Messrs. Kenney, Ide and Mills let me
know that there was bell and 6xings
that used to be on the old New Castle
depot, and since that depot was torn
down, said bell was not in use. and that
they would give the Methodists of this
place that bell. that it was much larger
and more suitable than car bell. Mr..
Kenney gave the order and Mr.. l. N.
Mills, superintendent Of the Delaware
Railroad, Wilmington. soon had the
old bell and hangings got out and sent
down to this place. The hangings and
bell 6t the cupola Of the said little
church as we'll as if they had been
originally made for it, This is the
whole version. am no nearer being
a Methodist now than l was forty years
ago never attend the church unless
some times at funerals, but I am now
and always have been in favor Of the
largest amount of civil and religious
liberty and eternal separation of church
and State. Therefore, had any other
have built church here
and had asked me to do them favor,
| should have done the same thing for
them All ask is the right to my
opinion. and Of course grant that to
everybody else.


SAMUEL TOWNSEND


Townsend, Jan. 3. 1875.
Year: 1876

Office has sought to reopen the old
veands and insugurats another era Of
bate and ill-will at the very commence
nent Of the much boosted centennial
year. Mr.. Blaine's patriotism is Of the
kind that would burn Rome or betray
West Point to secure his own personal
ends. l. is to be earnestly hoped that
this disgraceful scene will soon close to
be no more. opened.
Year: 1876

The inquiry is being very generally made
as to why Gov. Tilten has not removed some
of the Democratic officials who have been
shown to be in colusion with the canal ring.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
What constitutes responsibility? The New
York Times says: ''The little insurrection
in New Orleans, the Beecher-Tilton trial, the
breakup of the whisky ring, the exposure of
the canal frauds, and the escape of .'Boss,
Tweed are events which ought to entitle the
year to respectable place in history
The Albany Journal raises TO remark,
which the same is hoped the Governor will
find worthy of his attention: :-'Now that the
Governor has got even with the Auditor. it
is hoped that he will be able to push the ca
nal suits which were announced before the
election"


Libel suits have come to be accepted as
among the incidents of the business of every
enterprismg and responsible public journal.
Horace Greeley was accustomed to say that
he would be inclined to believe that there
was something wrong with the Tribune if it
had not one or more libel suits on hand-his
meaning being, that some rasca! in public
life had failed to receive the censure and ex-
posure which he deserved. .-Brooklyn Eaqle,


Everybody is bound to have good time
this year, and the determination will have a
powerful effect in bringing about the desired
end. This is true, whether il refers to busi-
ness or pleasure. Our merchants are looking
beyond the present season of stagnation and
depression to the brighter days of 1876, when
the stirring scenes of the centennial wear
shall restore, in some measure at least, for
mer buoyancy and activity. These hopes
and cheerful anticipations, infusing a spirit of
confidence into the future, may help many to
tide over the settling up period connected
with the ushering in of new year, and so
prepare the way for degree of business
prosperity not recently enjoyed. = Boston
Transcript.


Congressman Seelye of Massachusetts, in a
recent interview is reported as saying: .sThe
Church OF Rome is insidiously seeking to
control the negro vote, as it already does the
Irish. There are now at the College of the
Propaganda at Rome between sixty and
seventy colored youth being educated to take
the field among their brethren in the South
ern states. Who can imagine the success of
the pomp and tinsel of the Papist Church
Win the eNcitaple negro tenn perament !?
What will 10 tho result of tho noero and
Irish vote combined? Who will lead party
to defeat them? Some people cry, "Poob.
there is no danger 1t was Just so before
the rebellion, when we often heard it said
that the Southern states could not be kicked
out Of the Union. We all know the result of
that letting alone"
Year: 1876

ACCORDING to Washington dispatches
the Indians at the Red Cloud agency are
stra;tened for food, and unless immediate
provision is at once made to meet the def
cheney they will have to starve or steal. The
cause of the trouble is said to be the extraor-
dinary issues Of supplies at this agency on
account of the visit last summer of two OF
three thousand Cheyennes and Arapahoes,
and the session the Black Hills commission,
which also drew considerable delegation oil
Indians outside the agency. There are about
thirteen thousand Indians at Red Cloud,
chiefly Sioux, and it is estimated that $780,
900 will be necessary for their subsistence
until the beginning of the new fiscal year
July y. A communication will be sent
from the Indian bureau to the house of repre-.
sentatives within day or two, setting forth
the foregoing facts and asking for the required
appropriation.
Year: 1876

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily tor publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nicatiOns that are not used.
Year: 1876

So the Democratic State Convention is to
be held at Bangor. Is it because of the grand
lovefeast there in 1872, when the Democracy
went through the funny performance OF
stamping and shouting themselves hoarse
whenever the name of Greeley was men
toned, and when with wonderfully few wry
faces they ate the leek that the Liberals"
offered them? What Republican do they
propose going wild over this year?
Year: 1876

and whenever deputy refused to pay an as
sessment, or rebelled in any otter manner, he
was at once remanded to private life. The
resignation, with blank left for the date,
did the business.
Year: 1876

Pipe, little minstrel of the waning year,
In gentle concert pipe
Pipe in the warm Moons; the mellow harvest


near


The apples dropping ripe.
The tempered sunshine and tho so ftenec


shade;


The tr of lonely bird
The sweet. sad hush on Natures gladncss laid
The sounds through silence heard !
Pipe tenderly the passing Of the year;
The summers brief repreve
The dry husk rustling round the yellow ear,
The chill of morn and eve
Pipe the untroubled trouble OF the year.
Pipe low the painless pain
Pipe your unceasing melancholy cheer;
The year is ir the wane.


Harriet McEwen Kimball.
Year: 1876

BEFORE THE LOOKING GLASS
The whirggig of fashion may bring
round the most sudden and dazzling
changes, and the duties Of the toilet
may multiply like leaves in Valam-
brosa, but there is nothing that will
make woman stand before her look
ing glass so long as a sunburnt nose.
Year: 1876

BY consulting this tablet it will be seen
that by multiplying $4,000 by - a
reduction of $750,O00 per year--three
quarters of y million--has been effect
ed in that alone. To this add what
has been saved in the various depart.
ments, and it will be seen also that
the road is beng operated to day at 4
full million of dollars less expense per
annnm than it was four years ago
These facts and figures are given at a
time when


THE AFFAIRS OF TIE CENTRAL YER.


MONT ARE APPROACHING A CRISIS,


If, as the Sunday Herald Of this week
says, the only alternative to the ac-
ceptance of the plan Of reorganization
by the stock and bondholders be bank
ruptcy, that the public may know that
the managers of the road are working
in the right line, in the judlcious
retrenchment, Of employing tried and
efficient servants to carry out their
plans, in the line of developing the in
dustrial resources of New England, OF
working for the interests of the people
and places along the route and in the
line of helping Boston to as low a
tariff upon her imports from and ex-
ports to tue West as New York,
Philadelphia or Baltimore have, it will
be sorry day for New England and
Boston that will see the alternative
accepted. The bankruptcy OF the
Central means to the bond and stock
holders the loss of all their investment
TO the merchants, traders and farmers
along the line, a road plundered and
skinned in the place of one that Is run
to help them, to Boston the triumph
of a monopoly that seeks to make her
a sort of Il distant suburb Of New
York. But the plan of the committee
upon the reorganization adopted, with
business revived, economy practlced,
the managers whole attention anc
energy devoted to the development OF
the resources Of the road, the STOCK
and bondholders will get both inter
est and dividens, the public the bes
of travelling and freight Accommodations
while onr city will be able to compete
successfully with the other grea
maritime cities Of our country for thu
} business of the world BOsTON.
Year: 1876

A writer in the JOurndt OF HedtW
offers the following suggestions con.
cerning the economical combustion OF
coal: A very common mistake is made
and mnch fuel wasted IN the manner
of replenishing coal fires, both in iur,
naces and CRATES. They should be led
with little coal at II time and often;
but servants to save time and trouble
put on great deal at once the first
result being thoat almost all the heat
is absorbed by the newly put on coal,
which does not give out heat until IL
has itself become red hot, Hence, Tor
"a while the room is cold, but when IT
becomes fairly aglow the heat is IN
sufferablc. The time to replenish II
coal fire is as soon as the Goals begin
to show ashes on their surface; then
put on merely enough TO show a layer
Of black coal covering the red. This
will soon kindle, and as there is not
much of it, an excess of heat Will not
be given out. Many almost put out
the fire by stirring the CRATE as soon as
fresh coal is put on, thus leaving al!
the heat in the ashes when it should
be sent to the new supply of coal. The
time to stir the fire is just when the
new coal put on is pretty well kindled
This method of managing a coal fire Is
troublesome, but it saves fuel, gives a
more uniform heat and prevents the
discomfort of alienation of heat and
cold above referred to.
Year: 1876

Chicago is tiding over. her financial
difficulties by means of popular
loan" bearing 8 per cent interest. the
certificates to be receivable for taxes.
That is, those who pay their taxes
now make an per cent investment
until the time they are due,


A curious phase of the labor conflict
is presented in New York. Thousands
of deserving men are suffering through
enforced idleness. and yesterday a
mass meeting of the unemployed was
held for the purpose Of uniting in an
earnest address to the authorities ask
ing for work. Almost at the saroe
hour the longshoremen on the west
side "struck." and abandoned their
work, being dissatisfied with their
wages.


The Banking and Currency Com
mittee met again yesterday, but took
no action in regard to the repeal of
the Resumption act. Mr.. Cox was
present, but Mr.. Goode of Virginia,
was absent, yet the hard-money men
were still in the majority, therefore
the repeal resolution was not adopted.
1t is now proposed to refer the ques>
tion to subcommittee for considera-
ton during the recess of Congress.
Year: 1876

from Dr. Prettyman's Paper.1


The meeting of Saturday night last. called
sstensibly as Hayes g. Wheeler ratification
meeting was prostituted to an exhibition of
the bad sorehead of George P. Fisher. He
spent an hour in slandering and abusing
Bristow, Jewell, Wilson, jenkins of the
Commercial" D. j. ayton and the edi-
tor of this journal. The Republicans were
mortified and disgusted, and large portion
of them left the meeting out of pure shame
at the untimely and disgraceful exhibition
of sore-headism under the cover of Re-
publican meeting. The slander and abuse
indulged in against us was partly made up
out of whole cloth and when there was any
basis of truth for it the real facts were so
perverted as to give an untrue coloring to
the matter and set it in false light before
the audience. We hope Mr.. Fisher feels
better at this discharge of bile and spite and
that for the future he will make an honest
effort to redeem his own character, rather
than hoping to benefit himself by traducing
others. If he can prove thousand men to
be dishonest this will never improve his
own reputation for sense or honesty.