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Year: 1876

i From the address of the Holy Father to


the Spanish pilgrims, we take this extract


My children, it ia because of


the sins of the people. and perhaps of mine


also, that the baud of God still bears heavi-
| ~ upon our heads. In this case, let us re-


call the words of st. Peter of Acantara,


the golden words of this wonderful pepi


tent, who briefly tells US why order is not
yet established in society.


The reputation for sanctity of this great


servant of God attracted many people to


his cell, who came to ask his ad dvice, to re-
commend themselves to bis prayers and


with other laudable intentions. Among
| these there often came Spanish noblsm an.
VINO was always lamenting over the dis.


orders OF his times and wio blamed one au.


thority or another for not resortipg to the


means he thought proper for their sup
preston. The good servant of God list
ened again and again to the same com
plant; but at last he felt it his duty to
reply and To give him some sound advice.
Oae day st. Peter of A!cantara said to bis
visitor ~ have cast myself at the feet of
Jesus Christ, and have asked Him for
light, that might know what to do to fiud
the remedy, and to repair the evils you de-
ploIe AS far as am concerned, prom
lsed God to do all that lay in my power to
assist In obtaining the desired order, 1 am
Superior, and with the help of God, will
have all under my Jurisdiction conduct
themselves with perfect submission the
Novitiate shall be performed with the
greatest regularity, studies shall be pur-
sued with the greatest diligence, and regu-
lar oiscIplipe shall be most vigorously
observed. This done, Sir Marquis (this
was the title of his interlocutor), you see
that as far ae 1 am concerned, 1 have
order in Society. You are a |
husband, you have children, servants aud |
tenants. See to it then, with zeal, that all |
who depend upon you do their duty prompt
ly, and you will, as far as you are con-
cerned, also perform your duty because
it is too true that there are many who
complain of


THE DISORDERS OF SOCIETY,
but there are few, indeed, who apply
themselves to commencing the remedy in
their own households"


From this we see how each one should
DO all in his power to bring the erripg
back into the right path, and to CO operate
n Fastening the day of Divine mercies. 1t
8 true that the times are difficult, and it is
very true that the enemies of the Church
ire numerous and strong by the position
hey occupy, and by the means at their
command; but it is also true that the union
Ind concord of the large number of the
rood would be an immense obstacle to the
progress of the wicked, and would finally
onpel them to recoil.
Year: 1876

HUNGRY Democrats are looking with evil
eyes on Hewitt and the World, for the man
and the newspaper both say that Postmaster
James of New York ought to be retained in
case there is Democratic administration.
The indignant ones want to know if they
have been fighting this campaign just to keep
Republicans in Office. True something was
said about holding office during good beha-
viour, but every working Democrat under
stood that the declaration was merely to
please the Independents and didn't mean
anything. IF promises made before election
are to be kept the country is in danger, they
think. Such course is denounced as reyo-
lutiOnary
Year: 1876

The Providence Journal, which is Senator
Anthony's paper and always careful and we'll
considered, says: son the President of the
Senate alone the responsibility rests. Con-
gress may advise, but it cannot dictate what
he is to do. Whatever electoral votes he may
finally decide to open and to have counted,
and whatever result he,may declare must be
accepted as the legal and constitutional result
of the election. There is no other conclusion
that can be safely reached.n
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 for publication
but as guaranty OF good faith.


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

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersigned by Stanley T
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent
journal.
Year: 1876

BEN HILL is gloomy. He has been at
tackled by former friends because he was
brave enough to speak for peace. A desire
for peaceful settlement of the election con-
troversy seems to be crime in Democratic
Year: 1876

So FAR the Democracy have made no
headway in their attempt to prove that the
outrages in Louisiana have been perpetrated
by colored men. They dare. not deny that
these outrages have been committed, and in
every case upon the colored voters. The fact
that the whites alone have terrorized the
blacks, and murdered them whenever murder
was necessary, is so conclusively established
that nothing but the desperate ON of the Con-
federates forces them to try to create differ
ent impression.
Year: 1876

Try half an ounce of to:az to quart OF
water for a hair brush apply very gently
with sponge on alternate days; apply 1T
,lc glycerine dissolved in soft water.


To was, colorcd table linen. Sc, take one
teaspoonful of sugar of lead dissolved in one
gallon of water. Soak the a.icle 10 be wash
ed thoroughly in The solrtion. then dry. The
color will be SET so that the afticles may be
washed in the ordinary manner.


A very dusty carpet may be cleansed BY
setting a pale Of water cut OF the door, wet
the broom in il, knock !, &c get of oil the
drops, sweep yard or SO, then wash tho broom
as before, and sweep again, being careful tc
shake all the drops OF tie broom. and not
sweep far alta time. II done with care. it
will clean carpe. very uicely, and you will
be surprised a, the quantity of mud in the
water.


Moths will work in carpets in rooms that arc
kept warm in the winter as well as 10 The sum
mer. A sure method of removing the pests is
to pour strong alum water on the floor TO the
distance Of half yard around the edges be-
fore laying the carpets. Then once or twice
during the season sprinkle dry salt over the
carpet before sweeping. Insects do not like
salt, and sufficient adheres 10 the carpet TO
prevent their alighting upon il.
Year: 1876

No woman will love man the better for be-
ing renowned or prominent Though he be the
first among men, she will be prouder, not
fonder as is often the case she will not even
be proud. But give her love, appreciation,
kindness, and there is no sacrifice she will not
make for his content and comfort. The man
who loves hey well is her hero and her king.
No less is q hero to her, though be is not to
any other; no less king, though bis only
kingdom is her heart and home. Il is 4 mans
own fault if he is unhappy with bis wife, in
nine cases out Of ten. IL Is a vey excep-
tional woman who will not be al she can 10
IN attentive husband, and n very exceptional
enc who will not be very disagreeable if she


finds herself wilfully neglected. It would be
easy TO hate man who. having bound wo-
man to him, made 10 effort TO make her hap
py hard not 20 love one who is not constant
and tender, and when woman loves she al
ways strives to please. The great men Of this
world haye always been wretcheI in their do
mesti; relations, while mean aud common
men have been exceedingly happy. The rea-
son Is very plain. Absorbed In themselves,
those who desire the worlds applause were
careless Of the little world at home. while
those who had none Of this egotism strove to
keep the hearts that were their own and were
happy in their tenderness.
Year: 1876

Last week, as a gentleman was returning
home from business, he met q country friend
on the ferry-boat. The city gentleman asked
his country friend If the fine weather We htd
of late bad proved beneficial to the country.


"Oh, yes" said the countryman, every
thing Is coming OF: Of the ground"


Whereupon the city gentleman, staring
wildly into the face Of his friend, said, With
very much agitation:


Good Heaven there must be some mistake
I've got two wives there !"
Year: 1876

The latest piece Of enterprise on the part Of
Che New York Herald is the issue Of morn
Ing edition Of the political or editorial page Of
the Herald, with its Washington and other
special telegrams, on broadside Of the Gin
cinnati Enquirer having all the matter tele-
graphed from New York, and appearing ST.
muitaneously in both cities during the session
Of the Convention. The HeraId's head covers
one page and the Ehquirgs another. wherein
each Journal frankly and fully expresses its
contempt for its opinions Of the other, in the
same kind Of type, side by side. Who now
Will say this is not the age Of great iournalis-
tic enterprises?
Year: 1876

Your Regulator is one of the best family med
icines l ever used. have not spent one dollar
for my family for medicine in five years, only
for your Regulator, and must say it does All il
says it will. You can also recommend it in
Collie for Stock, it having cured fine mule OF
mine worth five hundred dollars. IL A. Nelson,
Year: 1876




The Strict NARKLr.-We do not be
iicve there IS any cause for tire rumor
that the produce market will lie changed
from King street to Fourth street.
Fourth street is already used in part,
and might be Gsed still more for this
purpose, Terhaps with advantage. But
She extension of the market on King
street until it reaches Tenth OF Eleventh
would give more convenience, and prove
very beneficial also to those having pro-
duce to sell.


1t is very unwise in the farmers 10
crowd together as they do; and yet ex-
perience proved they would 60 this un-
til compelled to do otherwise Nv
ordnance. In proof Of this We cite the
action Of the Council in dotting the Mar
ket street pavement with marble blocks
for openings in each square, so that a
passage could be preserved to the street
to escape the crowd on the pavements
during market hours.


Now if the City Council would re-
quire the farmers to preserve a space Of
four feet between their wagons and con-
line sellers to only two feet of pavement
IN width from the curb, and enforce the
existing ordinance against occupying
the rear part Of the pavement, the
street market would be free from ihr
crowd that now makes it so unpleasant
that hundreds Of the best housewives
who desire to dotheir marketing there are
not permitted to do SO. In general the
best and freshest articles are TO be oL-
tanned in the street market. II is tho
most pleasant to purchase in when there
IS not crowd. Experience here and
elsewhere proves that it is By all odds
the cheapest. and it is very important.
II our city Is to be continued great
manufacturing mart, that cur people
snail be able to purchase the necessarieg
OF life ns low as possible. Already our
market has increased until it excels in
dearness that Of Baltimore abou. ten or
fifteen per cent.


The Council has the power 10y q very
little legislation, to make the street
market much more pleasant for both
buyer and seller and this can be done
by extending the market out King street.
Year: 1876

Few things could be more homogeneous
than the proposition to suddenly convert
the Ottoman Empire by decree into mod
ern monarchy of the European type, with
parliamentary limitations yet the an
nouncement made by cable that the draft of
the law, promised by the circular Of October
IL, has been already sent out seems to imply
that the Turks are in earnest on this subject
and that the half-drowned sovereignty grasps
desperately at the parliamentary straw.
In theory the Sultan is an absolute monarch,
but this is in theory only yet the limita-
tions to which his will is subject are
not of the kind that are made effective
through public opinion or that can have
any possible relation to the functions of
representative chamber; and therefore there
is little chance that this attempt to graft
English institutions on Turkish history will
be successful. The notion of making Tur-
key constitutional monarchy originated
with the progressive party of the Sultan's
Mussulman subjects, and pre-eminently
with Fail Pacha. 1t was the theory of this
party that the troubles of the country were
not due to Mohammedanism, and, therefore,
that there was no insurmountable obstacle
in the way of remedy. They at
tributed all evils to maladministration,
and held that the reconstruction of
the administrative system on the
basis Of constitution which should recog-
nize the equal rights of every portion Of the
people would put the nation in harmony
with other nations of Europe. They de-
manded constitution which should establish
n perfect equality Of rights and duties be-
tween Mussulmans and Christians. This
the Sultan has now promised to give; for,
being very sick, he is very contritc. In the
anticipation that q Turkish movement for
reform will take the wind out of the sails of
the great Power now resolved to enforce
reforms in Turkey the Ottoman Ministry is
mistaken.
Year: 1876

The Powder River column has succeeded
in finding the enemy, and seems to have
found pretty tough customers After
march uninterrupted for twenty-four hours
the column of cavalry, ono thousand strong,
under the command of General Mackenzie,
came upon the village Of the Cheyenne
Chief Dull Knife and at once attacked.
Owing to the difficulties of the ground
the Indians were able to offer
determined resistance, and by last
accounts they were not inclined to abandon
the battle field. The mistakes of the last
campaign have reacted on the savages, and
they no longer fear our soldiers even when
these happen to be in superior numbers.
However, it is satisfactory to know that the
savages have now in front Of them soldier
who els esteemed not unworthy to rank be-
side the lamented Custer as an Indian
fighter, and the bad weather will seriously
hamper the movements of the savages, en-
numbered as they are by their families and
camp equipage. General Crook has now a
good opportunity Of showing how much
he deserves his reputation rs a soldier
by at once going to the help of his subordi-
nate and trying to prevent the escape of the
savages. If our cavalry are good for any
thing thousand of them ought to be able
to hold the Indians until Crook comes up
with the infantry, which ought to have been
sent on behind the cavalry, unless our gen.
erals learned nothing from the experience of
the summer campaign. General Mackenzie
will probably try to prevent the escape of
Dull Knife and his band, and though In
dians are very slippery he certainly ought
not to allow them to escape in view of the
great numerical superiority of his force,
which is wholly composed of cavalry


The troops acted magnifcently, and our
gallant correspondent with journalistic
chivalry rode among the foremost into the
midst of the fight. We hope soon to hear
that complete victory has been won as
some compensation for the loss of valuable
lives. Among the killed on our side was
Lieutenant Mckinney, whose early death
will be regretted by his comrades, by whom
he was esteemed and loved
Year: 1876

Upon the overthrow Of Austria by Prussia
in the Sadowa campaign the ancient impe-
rial government was thrust out Of Ger
many and, by the loss of its relations with
the German people. underwent a great
change in its internal equilibrium In that
crisis the Austrian government was very
much like Washington Irving's great man,
who was so tremendously great that when
he went to the West the East tipped up. Its
principal anxiety was to steady the ground
it stood upon. Hitherto Hungary had been
merely dependent part of tho Empire, un-
able to make its rights respected in the impe-
rial councils, and equally unable to conquer
those rights by revolt. But by the change
referred to the rest of the monarchy as
sumed very much tho appearance Of de-
pendency of Hungary. and the Hungarians,
as the most important single element of q
composite monarchy, assumed q dominant
position. Since then the main labor of
Austro- Hungarian politics has been to keep
the balance between the parts of the En-
pirc, and compacts have been constantly
made, revised and repealed for one or an
other reason. They are still engaged in
this SisynhiAn labor, and their latest ex-
Year: 1876

the papers of the morning of the 9Th Of
thing was anticipated, as no orders or sug-
gestions were given to any military officer
in that State prior to the occurrence"


Now mark the language in which Presi-
dent Grant proceeded to deny and
disclaim all right Of interference He
with q precision and force which
would have left Mr.. Evarts himself
no ground of objection. II am well aware" !"
said President Grant in his special Message
of January 13, 1875, 'that any military in
reference by the officers or troops Of the
United States with the organization of a
State Legislature or any of its proceedings, or
with any civil department Of the govern
ment is repugnant to our ideas of govern
ment l can conceive of no case, not involv-
ing rebellion or insurrection, where. such
interference by authority of the general
can be justified" President Grant, on that
occasion, shielded himself from censure
by protesting that the interference with
the Louisiana Legislature was without
his direction sanction or knowledge, and
to clear himself more fully he made
trine which we have just quoted from his
Louisiana Message. But can he pretend
ignorance now? Can he expect anybody to
believe that what was done Mt Colum-
bia yesterday was done without his
sanction? Unless he can plead ignorance
and disclaim responsibility now, as he did
in the Louisiana case, he stands condemned
out of his own mouth. But who will accept
such plea with respect to the transactions
at Columbia yesterday?


Judged by his own declarations the mill
tary interference yesterday was utterly with
out warrant or justification. For him to re-
peat his former plea of ignorance in this
case would be ridiculous. If he ordered
this plain violation of law, or if, with so
many reasons for supposing it would
take place, he did not prevent it, he
must shoulder the whole responsibility.
Judged by his own declarations to
Congress it is monstrous violation Of
law and OF the spirit Of our institutions
With that message on record we do not see
how he can escape on a plea of ignorance
If the law is such rs he described it he
has clearly made himself liable to impeach-
ment by this new interference with
State Legislature. Unfortunately for him
the impeaching power is now in the hands
of his enemies, and there is no reason why
they should not exercise it. We pre-
sumo the first business of the House
of Representatives. when it assemblies next
week, will be to vote .his impeach-
ment and appoint a committee to
draw up the articles. 1t will easily
be made to appear that President
Grant has not only violated the constitution
but sinned against knowledge. The passage
we have quoted from his Message leaves him
without excuse.
Year: 1876




There is at least one fact in the news from
South Carolina that will be contemplated
with satisfaction by the whole country.
This is the attitude of the people at Colum.
bin. They exhibit forbearance in circum.
stances that inevitably excite deep passions
and respect for the majesty of the Law
worthy the highest praise, and which indi-
Gates also the disciplined spirit that per-
ceives how easily in this critical hour o
trivial explosion of wrath might imperil the
just assertion of the most important princi-
pies. Before any one loosely declares that
the people of South Carolina submit
because in the presence of the
troops they cannot help themselves
it will be well for him to reflect upon the
particulars of the situation. There are three
hundred soldiers of the United States Army
in Columbia. This is not great force, and,
even if we concede that the troops are
supremely excellent, it is plain that num-
bers so small could be readily overwhelmed;
for there are in the same city five thousand
men, members of the now notorious rife
clubs. 1t has been reported by Governor
Chamberlain and his friends that these rife
clubs are regularly trained military organ
izations, made up in great part of the veteran
soldiers of the Confederate army. If this be
true it is evident that force of that ma
ture in such numbers, or even in far less
numbers, could be supreme in Columbia al
any moment 1t is true that if they assailed
the force their triumph would be but tempo
rary; but men in such a position and under
the influence of great excitement seldom COM
monty reason we'll, and we are glad to note
that the people of South Carolina are an ex.
ccption to the rule. They protest against
the use of the United States troops simply
as it is an appeal to force in the settlement
of disputed issues but they recognize that
that force represents the law, and they bow
to the law.
Year: 1876

IT SEEMS HARDER to establish the identity
of the man charged with forgery under the
name of Ralston than to prove the forgeries
themselves. One intimation thrown out in
this caseis worthy of careful consideration
namely, that the accused is only sneak
thief named Sheridan, who was arrested for
the purpose of securing the reward. The
criminal classes have no friends, and when
there is resemblance it might be easy to
hold and even convict one in place of the
other. The case will be given to the jury,
and some interest will be felt in the verdict
owing to the popularity of the defence.
Year: 1876

THANKSGIVING DINNERS have become the
essential feature of Thanksgiving Day, and
our news columns this morning show that
the public and private benevolent institu-
tions of this city will afford them to
their inmates tomorrow. But while
we are feasting, as is our wont on
this annual season of thankfulness, it would
be we'll to begin to remember that there are
many others who have less reason to be
thankful. The winter will be an unusually
severe one and Thanksgiving Day is an ex-
osllsnt season to begin the work of practical
bsnsvolencs.
Year: 1876

THERE Is MYSTERY about the Mocte-
yuma, but it is not unlikely that the theory
that she was to carry arms to the Cuban in
surgents and then to be sunk is the true
one. She could scarcely have been at sea
since her capture by the Cubans without
something being heard OF her whereabouts.
and it is probable that the first news we
shall have Of her will be from Cuba.
Year: 1876

-. CRIME Follows UPoN CRIME, and our col
umns this morning bear ample testimony to
the frequency of homicide in this neighbor-
hood. We have fuller details of the Hun
ter's Point tragedy, together with On ac-
count of the commutation of the sentence
Of Schwamb in New Jersey 20 imprisonment
for life, and the story of mistaken identity


upon which Ryan and Oschwald expect to
receive a new trial And these are only


part of the record of crime for single day.
Year: 1876

The ELEVATED RAILROAD in Greenwich
street and Ninth avenue has grown from
small beginning to a most important under
taking. After this week two hundred and
val between trains will be only eight
minutes This is n great public accommo-
dation, as is evidenced by these increased
facilities, and what is most remarkable is
that there has never been serious accident
on the line.
Year: 1876

CHARLES READE's Description Of the flood
which swept everything before it, as in the
case of the Mill River disaster, would scarcely
suffice in its intensity for the thrilling and
terrific accident reported in our columns
this morning Of runaway coal train DASH
ing down an inclined plane in the noun
tains of the Pennsylvania coal regions The
scene is one which may be imagined, but it
is easier to describe the velocity and de-
structiveness Of a cannon ball than such u
spectacle. No words could picture it, and it
must be left to the imaaination.