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Year: 1876




The undersigned, vitality interested In
the commercial prosperity of the city of
New Orleans. beg leave to represent to
the Congress of the United States that
we view with alarm that amendment to
the river and harbor bill which requires
that dredging at the Southwest Pass of
the Mississippi river shall cease when
ever and so long as there shall be an
open channel OF eighteen 18) feet Of
water to or from the sea through the
South Pass Of the Mississippi river"


We respectfully call attention to the
fact that the wording of the amend
ment favCrs the construction that has
been put upon the contract for the
jetty improvement OF South Pass, name
ly: That the channel to be obtained
under that contract is to be through
South Pass to the sea. and not from the
deep water of the Mississippi river to
the sea. With dredging at Southwest
Pass, we have an assured open channel
from the port OF New Orleans to the sea
Of from eighteen to nineteen feet. This
we cannot afford to sacrifice for chan
mel giving only eighteen feet Of water,
and not specified as extending from the
sea to the port OF New Orleans.


We now have q measure Of relief at
the hands OF the General Government
from the Instructions at the entrance to
our port. This measure is certain; We
can guage our business efforts by it. We
Year: 1876

This gentlemen, we are informed, Is
not in the city, but in Washington, and
therefore our reporter could not obtain
the information desired, regarding the
exact condition OF the jetties, and par
that OF the bar at the head OF
South Pass and its bearing on the con-
tract between Capt. Eads and the Gov
ernment.
Year: 1876

From an able editorial in the Nor
ristown Gazette we extract the follow
ing, which we commend to the consid
Grafton of our readers:


while it is the uuquestionable
right of the citizen to submit his name
to the people as candidate for any
Office within their gift, it is none the
less his duty to do it in the mode and
through the channel which public ex-
perience and wisdom have selected for
that purpose. Any other mode would
inevitably breed discord and confus-
ion within the lines of the great party
now rallying to the inspiring shIbbo-
lcth of Reform, and with equal GER
tainty, terminate the public career of
any man who should be 80 unwise as
to attempt it. The era of so-called
Independent" candidacy is rapidly
passing away; and it has lately come
to be regarded as a species of imbe-
cility and Qonceit in public man 10
suppose that he can be a party unto
himself, and by sheer force of personal
will, ride, rough-shod, over the ranks
of old and disciplined organizations
There are, il is true, in all communi-
ties, few malcontents, or weak-mind-
ded men, who always hold themselves
in readiness to rally under the strange
banner of some dashing political raj
der, with more obstinacy than intelli-
genee, and more self-esteem than Wis.
dom; but the result Of such an opera
ton generally remains monument to
folly which gave it birth. The expe-
rience OF the last few years in Ameri-
can politics has contributed more than
all the rest to bring such movements
into contempt.


That higher sense, which is the log
ical result of stern experience, has
taught the American people that but
great parties are possible, All else is
the product either of childish sore
headism, or of amiable weakness. A
sensible man, at all accustomed to OBJ
serve public affairs, is either the one
thing, or the other and just as surely
as such is the fact, he will range him
self upon the one side or the other
If neither party exactly suit him, then,
in the true spirit of an American citi-
zen, he will yield a patriotic concess-
ion to, or at least operate with, that
party which most nearly represents his
convictions, and if he fnds himself
unable to graft his views upon bis own
party, he will, in the spirit Of differ
entail good sense, do the next best and
most practicable thing--adoptthe views
of his party, or remain qulescent until
he may urge his views with more pros
pect of success. That these are the
ideas which will ultimately win gem
eral. if not a universal acceptance, can
hardly admit of doubt. And they
apply with equal force to the several
States, in the internal administration
of their affairs"
Year: 1876

We are not in possession Of the re.
ports of Secretary of War and Adju-
tant General Of the Army, nor OF any
other data from which to estimate tho
number of soldiers who are quarterod
in the South. We remember to have
seen in an exchange some two months
ago an estimate that the various
squads scattered about over the South
ern States aggregated 10000.


Why are they here at alp What
necessity is there now, or has therO
been in ten years past for these COM
panies of soldiery quartered around
the principal cities Of the South,
drawing regular monthly pay for doing
nothing under heaven except 10 stand
as the menacing hosts of brute force,
and the executors of any orders the
President may choose to give Z


Why have they not been sent 20 the
frontier to bold the savages in check2


Five to ten thousand truops posted
in barracks in q time Of profound
peace, in country c0nfessedly inca
pable, by utter depletion and general
exhaustion, from attempting any
armed resistance to authority and law,
while General Custer and his little
handful are thrown upon dangerous
and deadly ground, aud all swept away
in one universal slaughter. This Is
the question which presents itself to
the public mind, and which the Ad-
ministration must answer. The loca-
tion of troops in the Southern States
has been wholly uucalled for, aud
their presence has been utterly use
less, even where a breach ofthe peace
has occurred; and when we say this
we are by no means unmindful Of the
troubles IN Obion county, of this
State, the Vicksburg riot, the out
break at Port Gibson and numerous
other places.-KnOrville Tribune.
Year: 1876

Isham G.. Harris would issue bonds
illegally, or permit them to be sold
improperly. These bonds were sold in
accordance with law, and brought
nearly par, and in some instances more
than par. IF the bonds had been illc-
gally issued or wrongfully sold, the
remedy was in the hands of the legis-
lature, who would have repealed
these laws, or would have adopted such
legislation as would have put a stop to
the illegal issuance and sale of the
bonds. This was not done, but, on
the contrary, they continued to in-
crease State aid. This shows that
nothing wrong was done. We may
well say that the issuance and sale of
the bonds were
Year: 1876

In this issue we announce the Hon,
John X. House candidate for re-elec-
ton to Congress. We take great
pleasure in placing his name before
the people for their endorsement
which will be cheerfully given, by re-
turning him, He has now served his
apprenticeship and given evidence Of
proficiency which guarantees him fl
for higher work, and more capable
Of serving his constituents. We know
his candidacy meets the appreciation 81
the people of the district, who will
gladly avail themselves Of the oppor-
tunity of endorsing faithful servant
DOver Record.
Year: 1876

The following speech was made by
Major Sykes, at Humboldt. and pub
lished in the Memphis Appeal from
which we cut it. At last then we have
one more Statesman besides Col.
Bailey speaking boldly and ably for
the credit of the State. Read it care
fully through; the one point that it es-
tablishes most satisfactorily is that the
issuance of the bonds is most emphat-
ically the act of the people. in one State
election after another, from 1851 to
1859, the question being most distinct
ly brought forward as the main issue,
the people invariably declared for the
pledging the credit of the State in be-
half of the railroad system then in the
process of construction. and Governors
Andrew johnson and Isham G.. Har-
ris gave their executive sanction to the
scheme, and issued the bonds in con-
currence with the will of the people.
Away with the cant of people being
taxed by an irresponsible and wealthy
oligarchy as is SO groundlessly urged;
the railroad debt is the peoples debt,
and the honor of the people is involved
in its liquidation
Year: 1876

An exchange says what are our
young men doing 2" We cant answer
for the rest Of the country, but around
here they are engaged mainly 10 trying
TO lead a nine-dollar existeAce on q
seven-dollar salary.
Year: 1876

Having accepted a position in the office Of
the CHSoNICIE, wishes TO state that he will
still practice In his profession, and that
when not at his own office may be sought
at that of the CHRONICLE.


May Q, IS76-tf,
Year: 1876

You are kindly invited to call and see large and
we'll assorted stock of Boots Shoes Hats &c Our goods
of GOOD MATERIAL MADE, and the CHEAPEST IN
TOWN We fully alive to the wants of the people, and
appreciate the fact that in protecting their interest we en-
hance own. Hence will not be UNDERsOLD BY ANY
BODY, allow any to give you THAN WE
WILL See goods and prices and prove what we say


Respectfully,


W. u. WILLIAMS.
May q, 1851
Year: 1876

which lays it's eggs in the nests of other
birds and drops them around so promiscu-


ously that when he attempts to sit on and
hatch them some of the eggs will get cold
while he is trying to warm the others into
life. In the last Congress he assented to an
amnesty bill. reported from his own COM
mittee, which included jefferson Davis in its
scope. In this Congress, releasing himself
from all ties of consistency, he set the House
in hubbub by declaiming against bill of
precisely the same character, and brandished
the skeletons of the wretched victims
of Andersonville to give emphasis to
his shocking harangue. If Mr.. Conkling had
made such theatrical and mock tragic ex-
hibition in the Senate his friends would
have hung their heads in silent grief and
shame The insincerity of Mr.. Blaine in re-


kindling the fire under that caldron of
horrors is demonstrated. first, by his assent
to precisely similar bill in the last Con-
gress, and, second, by his shameless
avowal that he was willing the bill should
pass after he had annoyed the democrats by
putting them on the record in q vote for the
amnesty of Jefferson Davis as q separ-
ate question. And this small maneqvre


attempted at such cost of good feeling, is
Mr. Blaine's chief trophy as q statesman
The contrast between such demagogue and
Senator Conkling is impressive. Caring
nothing for the republican party, We are
thankful on grounds of State pride that the
leading republican of New York has not de-
scended to the level of the Senator from In
diana and the Presidential candidate from
Maine We should rejoice to see the New
York republicans pledge their votes
to Mr.. Conkling, even as mere
repuke to the demagogism and char
latanry which have been displayed by his
Presidential rivals. The sober public senti-
ment ofNew York does not approve of such
disgusting antics, and we hope the republi-
cans of the Empire State will wash their
hands of it by some emphatic public act.
And the country at large, if compelled to
choose between Mr. Conkling and either of
these rivals as the actual President of the
United States, should have no hesitation in
preferring the statesman of New York, who
has never zigzagged since he has been in
public life, who has been uniformly sound
and jealous on the great question of the
currency, who has steadily acted with
his party without freaks or demagogical
maneuvres, who has had too much self-re-
spect to faunt his pretensions as Presiden-
tial candidate, and has sufficient confluence
of character to bide his time and submit
himself to the judgment of the country,
Year: 1876

pend so exclusively upon the good shoot
ing of individual members as Sir Henry
Halford's anxiety to get together the very
best single shots would indicate, but upon
the perfection of ensemble in the team. Our
rihemen who made such brilliant record
last year and the year before were drawn
from single club whose members did not
live twenty miles apart. They were used to
working together. Looking at this in the
light we present it the English rihemen
might take the hint that the chance of bring
ing back the victory to the British Isles
would be increased in the proportion of the
number of good teams they had entered.
rather than by refining an imperial team
down to the men from all the teams who had
made the highest scores. Our desires lie en-
tirely in the direction of giving the widest
popularity to a manly sport, and our last
hope is that however it may be arranged, wa
shall have representation from the three
kingdoms in the Centennial rifle match.
Year: 1876

The uniform success of the counsel for the
prosecution in getting convictions in every
trial they have undertaken has an ominous
look for the accused parties who are yet
awaiting their turn. This constant success.


uninterrupted by single failure or tiasco,
demonstrates not only the earnestness and
vigor of the prosecuting officers, but the care
with which they select the culprits whom
they arraign at the bar of justice. They
bring nobody to trial on light and
trivial grounds 1t is their habit
to make sure of the suficiency
of the evidence before they begin prosecu-
ton, and then press it to a crushing conclu-
sion. Like the impressive statues of Justice
which, with bandaged eyes, hold the scales
even, they regard not special rank. nor
wealth. nor high position, nor powerful con-
nections, as was signally illustrated by the
indictment of General Babcock and by the
recent verdict against Mr.. Mckee. Mckee is
a man of great wealth, an old citizen of st.
Louis of the highest standing, the editor of
the principal republican organ in the valley of
the Mississippi but his standing, connections
and past social respectability were of no avail
to save him. Mcclure, who is now on trial,
and the indicted army officer who is next in
turn, can have no ground of hope except in
their absolute innocence. The prosecuting
officers and the courts are faithfully enforc-
ing the injunction, "Let no guilty man es-
cape" and even a confidential inmate of the
White House will not be spared if there is
good evidence against him. Fiat justaia!
Year: 1876

There is q sort of traffic that becomes an
intolerable nuisance in the railway cars, and
which railway companies should not only
not license and encourage, but which they
should prohibit. To make passengers lap
common receptacle for every species of
villanous compound that can be put into
ten cent package seems to be pushing to an
undue degree that ownership of the public
which some railway companies and their
agents assert and practise. But we have not
yet heard that any portion of the public OBJ
jects to the sale on the train of the morning
papers; and we perceive q divided duty,
therefore, in what we must say with regard
to the action of the Troy and Boston Rail-
way Company. For its noble suppression of
itahorse and kindred denominations we shall
laud it to the skies but for its
suppression of all the daily papers we
must believe that it has been badly
advised. Any railway company whose
rules are such that they fail to distinguish
between the sale of papers which passengers
are really eager to get and the sale of cata-
logue of quackeries that is q common nuis-
ance must be managed by men who are
either imbecile or supercilious-me who
cannot comprehend what the public wants
or who are determined that the public shall
not have what it wants because they them
selves have not the same taste. If the sale of
papers and ''prize packages" must go to-
gether on the cars of that company; if the
public is to be starved by the deprivation of
newspapers into surrender on the packages,
it would perhaps be well as a compromise to
have the things on the train but not to carry
them through Keep little shop in one
corner of baggage car stuffed with those
dainties, for the privilege to sell which on the
train the company is paid. If man bankers
for prize package, if he cannot live without
such an accommodation on q short journey,
there let him find his honey of hoarhound
and be happy; but let him, oh let him find
in a corner beside it that journal crammed
with news for which his heart is hungry.
1t is to be regretted that the sale of journals
is interfered with on some other lines and
we are sorry to find the Erie Railway in this
category. There it appears the privilege to
sell papers on the line is made monopoly
and sold, and to that there is no objection,
for the company can give the news agents
advantages for which it is worth their while
to pay, and it has the right to sell these ad-
vantages as it may choose; but when a
monopoly will not do so much to accommo-
date the public as was done by the small
agents the public naturally complains. Mr..
Jewett is a gentleman of recognized public
spirit, intelligence and love of fair play,
and is certainly not party to any restric-
tions on traffic of this sort; but his subor-
dinates, before selling monopoly of SO
much importance should be sure that the
monopolists will cover all the ground from
which they displace others.
Year: 1876

A STATUE TO LORD PALMERsToN unveiled
yesterday in London, and no ceremony Is
this a tory fear that something national
might come Of honoring the memory of the
great whig in words as well as bronze2 Was
there pot even dinner among the members
of Her Majestys opposition2 If not we
shall begin to think that English character
is sadly degenerating. We wonder has the
statue twig in its mouth, as Leech loved
to picture jolly old pam"
Year: 1876

NAPLES is getting ready for grand week
Of carnival, and as it has not held one since
young Bomba left, we hope the inhabitants
shall enjoy the influx of strangers which the
late ridiculous attempt at an eruption on the
part of vesuvius failed to bring. We OBJ
serve that the old volcano is again brought
into requisition and great activity in the
crater is announced.
Year: 1876

1t is sincerely to be hoped that the English
Rifle Association shall not stand severely
upon its chosen ground of an imperial team
or none, so far as they are concerned, coming
to America. The Scotch rifemen have come
out manfully, declaring they will send team !;
and thereupon we are informed the English
threaten to withdraw. AS every American
rifeman would be glad to see the gallant
Irish send out o team and would welcome


equally the teams from England and Scot
land we cannot well see how the rihemen of
the three countries, with the excellent under
standing always existing between them, can


make mutual objections to each others
presence here. We might take the
English Associations resolve in the
light of compliment TO the skill of
our rihemen, as Sir Henry Halfords
main objection to more teams than one APP
pears to be founded on the desire to send out
q single team of the very best shots in the
three kingdoms, so as to go as near insuring
the victory beforehand as possible. We would
not like to appear to force in any way che de-
cision of our transatlantic cousins, but we
may be excused for pointing out the fact that
If Scotland and Ireland should prefer to send
out separate teams their action not only
makes the selection of an imperial team inn
possible, but it makes it all the more desira-
BILE for England not to leave herself unrepre-
sented in America this year. The chances Of
success with team we now know do not de-
Year: 1876

proach to the stage in permitting herself to
be called converted actress without pro-
testing AS an evangelist it is her duty to
obtain large audiences, and this title is an
attractive advertisement, for there are thou
sands of sinners who have never seen an ac-
tress in theatre and would eagerly rush to
see one in church.
Year: 1876

THE QUESTION OF GERMAN in the public
schools was settled decisively yesterday at
the meeting of the Board of Education, when
the teaching Of that language was limited to
the higher schools as a special study.
Year: 1876

THE BopY OF Cold AIR which came across
the continent from the northwest to the sea-
coast did considerable damage, owing to its
high velocity. Roofs were torn off and
steeples toppled, but no loss of life has been
renorted
Year: 1876

THE FARADAY has cleared once more to re-
pair the direct cable. Why can not she or
some other vessel be kept on this side to
look out for such emergencies2 The breaks
have nearly all been at the American end.
Year: 1876

We CANNOT WELL UNDERSTAND whv men,
bers of the Legislature consent to introduce
bills 10 which they are careful to say they
are not committed 1t betokens laziness or
want of backbone. Thus Mr.. Fish yester-
day introduced bill authorizing the Mayor
of New York to appoint three Lodging House
Commissioners, who are TO entertain poor
wanderers in lodging houses constructed at
the public expense. Itis described as job,
and Mr.. Fish hastens to say he is not COM
mitted to it. Why, then, did he in
troduce it, like natural son of
which he was half ashamed? If it is
q good bill he is right in giving the
Legislature an opportunity TO make it law !;
but if it is q job he gives every jobber on the
floor chance to fasten it on the community.
.The rule which forbids member voting
with the majority from moving to reconsider
contains q moral applicable to those who
Introduce bills and reserve the right of
killing them Of. The practice arises either


from the want Of industry enough to learn
khs real character of the bill or firmness
enough to refuse to introduce any bill whose
honesty is not manifest, no matter by whom
urged.
Year: 1876

THE SOUTH AND THE PREsmENcY.-How
the Treasury and Post Office officials are
working in harmony in the South to secure
the nomination of republican ticket having
the respective heads of these departments in
the first and second place is shown in some
extracts from spicy private letter which
we publish elsewhere. BY letting in the
light upon the obscure and insidious work
ings of such bold intrigues the people will
be prepared to vote with their eyes open.
Year: 1876

and paraded the streets of Crook City
and Deadwood, creating quite an ex-
citement.


It is thought by some that we will
have considerable trouble with them
this fall, but I hardly think they will
attempt to enter the Hills, for il they
once get the miners well stirred up they
won't leave great many of them on
top of the ground. The interest in
quartz is still on the increase. We hear
of new discoveries every day, always
" the richest yet found.'' There are
some splendid leads, though, in this
district. All we lack now is capital and
machinery, and I imagine We will be
supplied with both next season. From
what have seen and heard from men
who are posted in quartz, am of the
opinion that this will be the richest
quartz region yet discovered. We have
one ledge which, if it yields as largely
as the estimates put upon it by old ex-
perienced miners, will make us our pile
in very short time.
Year: 1876

GENEsEo, Sept. L. William Zellers, a
tramp, fell asleep on the track just east OF
Rock River bridge last night and was
wakened by the engineer on freight train
No. Is blowing his whistle for brakes.
Zcllers had but just got upon his hands
and knees when the cowcatcher of the
engine struck him, throwing him fiat on
the track, when the engine passed par tly
over him, and after pushing him along tor
several rods the train was stopped, when
it was found necessary to back up SO as to
extricate him from the truck of the en-
CINE, which was done, when, strange to
say, only one arm was broken, although
nearly every particle of clothing was torn
from him. He was brought to this ci ty,
where DIR. Wells, the company physician.
set the arm. .and gave Zelers pass to
Chicago. He was badly scratched and
bruised in different parts of his body, but
no bones were broken except his right
fore arm.


Yesterday morning the driver of the
Cam bridge hack from this city, while en-
route to Cambridge, tried to rass other
teams on the road, and while racing upset
his hack, breaking the collar bone OF q
Miss Bennett and scratching several of the
other passengers We understand Miss
Bennett has brought suit against the prop,
rietor of the hack.
Year: 1876

WASHINGTON Sept. 2.-One hundred and
twenty four clerks out Of the 800 employed
in the war department and its various
bureaus were, to day discharged on account
of the recent action of congress ordering a
reduction in the clerical force Of the de-
DartmeDts