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Year: 1876

TIE Washington Republican say that the annual report of CommIssionel Burdett, of the General Land Office is a valuable document, and is consid cred by those interested in that par ticular feature of the Government as one ofthe most able and complete pa pers issued from that bureau for many years.
Year: 1876

New Era: The management of the penitentiary of this state has not improved much upon the old manner of conducting its affairs. Nay, It is worse than ever, if all accounts be true. It's inmates are said to be treated like so many galley slaves, worked to the very limits of their physical powers by a lot of cruel taskmasters for the sole benefit of an avaricious ring: for of course there must be di- vision of the spells, else the per nicious system would not be kept up. The hundreds of convicts are sent out to work, some to a great distance from the capital, thus competing with and degrad- ing the labor of honest men. Great indignation exists on this account in many places and since the legislature refused to inter fere, in the name of decency, jus tice and humanity, let the press take it up and not rest till a change for the better is inaagu- rated.
Year: 1876

Occasionally we meet with a man who says he is not able to pay sl-50 per year for the DEMO GRAF.

 We'll we can tell all such, just how to become able. There are few who make such an excuse as this, who do not waste ten times as much every year as a good newspaper would cost.

 Lop off some of your useless and deletcrious habits and you will save enough to pay for sever- al good newspapers. Stop that filthy and dcleterious habit of chewing tobacco, and have your wife stop the nasty snuffdipping. Try this and see if you will not then be able to subscribe and pay for your county paper, which will keep you posted on many things which will save still many more dollars for you every year.
Year: 1876

An act to assess all the lands in

 thIs state heretofore donated to

 any railroad corporation where the title to such lands has passed from the government of the Unit ed States.

 Section 1. That the assessor in the different counties of the state shall, at the time he assesses the personal property in his coun- ty in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy five, assess and place upon the tax book Of his county, under the same rules and restrictions as is required in assessing lands in the state, all the lands in his county heretofore donated, granted, or given to any railroad or railroad corporation, where the title to the lands has passed from the United States government, and such lands shall thereafter be assessed and taxed a3 other lands in the state.
Year: 1876

Some one who has seen good y share of the world, tells some things he has seen:

 l have seen young man self a good farm turn merchant, and die in an insane asylum.

 1 have seen a farmer travel about so much that there was noth- ing at home worth looking after.

 l have seen man spend more money In folly than would support his family in comfort and indepen, dance.
Year: 1876

EX GOVERNOR AMEs is said to be
going into tie lumber business in Min
nesots, and the New York Tribune
asks: "Can't he induce father-in-law
Butler to j1in him? The country would
bid them both God-speed il they would
devote themselves to lumber and let
Craftsmanship alone.
Year: 1876

In THE senate yCs!ernsy the house
bill TO provide for the deficiency in the
printing and erg'aYing bureau of the
treasury department., and for the issue
of silver coin cf the United States in
place of fractional currency, was taken
up, but adjournment was had before 8
vote was reached.
Year: 1876

Below we present a letter from Mayor
Fhppin to the police commissioners, and
give the action Of the board there1n.
The communication Of the mayor and
the subsequent action OF the cOn1mis-
sioners are as follows and explain them
Year: 1876

and they show that the Danub, Rhine,
Elbe and other rivers have for many years
been carrying constantly diminishing
quantity of water, and that these is reason
to apprehend that they will eventually
disappear from the list of navigablc rivers
of Germany But all grounds for invcstigat-
ing the possible cauative agency of wood
cutting in relation to this dimunition seem
to be removed from under us when we
realize that records eclipsing in mangitude
all those kept by the hands of men exist in
the terraces surrounding the lakes and
rivers of the Humboldt Basin and other
parts of America terraces which indicate
that the period during which the process
ofdessicatiOn has been going on far antedates
the invention of edged tools by men. Re
cent explorations in Central Asia also show
that the areas Of several great lakes have
been vastly curtailed. In view of these
facts it would seem that the hypothesis of
the forests upon evaporation and rainfall
must be set aside and that we must look
for some grander cause whose scale shall
correspond with such effects. Setting aside,
such as the possible variation is the central
heat beneath the earths crust, there is one
well-known cause which, we think, can
scarcely be demonstrated to be incapable Of
producing the dessication. The suns heat
is VIGOROUSLY the source Of all climates, and
changes III the amount of heat radiated
from the sun are now regarded as causing
| the changes in the terrestrial weather. 1t
is therefore reasonable to ascribe our dry
ing up, since it requires ages for its com
pletion, to a change in the solar cause re-
quiring also long cycle for its fulfillment,
provided that astronomy gives US proof of
any such change. And astronomy does tell
US of two such cycles one in the obliquity
of the ecliptic, and one in the perihelion
distance of the earth from the sun, both
cycles being results plantary perturbations
Of the earth's orbit The effect of the
second of these cycles is too abstruse to ex-
plain here the first is simpler. As the
angle between the plane of the carth's
equator and that Of her orbit diminishes,
the limits of the torrid zone also diminish,
in as much as that zone is bounded by the
| tropics which are determined by the angle
in question. The region then, over which
the sun is occasionally vertical is being
narrowed. An obvious result of this mar
rowing would seem to be an intensifcatiou
of the equatorial phenomena of trade-winds,
heat, and rainfall within the torrid zone,
and corresponding loss of heat and of
precipitation in the extra tropical zones.
Year: 1876

PREPARE for rapid brushing up of
business after the close of the Centennial
Until that time, everybody will be scraping
up their bottom dollar to see the show.
The nearea the close approaches, the more
anxious people are becoming to visit L.
Year: 1876

A CLASH OVER THE PUBLIC PRINTING.
THE Controversy " IN THE HOUSE YEsTERDAY-MR.


sINGLEToN's ATTACK ON MR.. GARFIELD-TELLING


SPEECH BY Mr.. BALLoU.


lpY TELEGRAPH THE TRBUNEI


WASHINGTON May 16.-The greater part OF


the session House to-day was spent In discussion
of the report relative the Government Printer The
speeches Of Vance, Chairman Of the Committee on
Printing and of Mr.. Singleton consisted chiefly of reit-
Grafton OF the main points OF the report and Of lustra-
tons and arguments in their support Unnecessary
travagance by the purchase of material Mt the highest
rates oosencss OF administration and general ncompe
tency and dishonesty were charged by both.
Mr.. Ballou of Rhode Island the only Re
publican on the Committee, and who was
called away from Washington during the preparation OF
the report by sickness in his family, submitted his dis
senng views and made brief speech in their support
he urged the OF Jurisdiction by the House over al
officer of the Senate and dssentcd generally from the
views Of the minority in far any censure on the
Public Printer concerned He denied that any proof
had been obtained that the Government had been de-
frauded of a single dollar. AS to extravaganza III the
purchase of materials and in the payment for labor Mr.
Balou maintained that honest difference of opinion
might exist He did not say that he thought the Govern
ment printing Office had been managed in the most
economical manner but he did boldly charge the major
ity OF the Committee with the purpose of giving the
profitable printing OF Congress to the former publishers
OF The Globe from whom III was taken something nolc
than two years ago. advanced price and without
competition.


An exciting passage occurred between Mr. Garfield
and Singleton pending the speech OF the latter In
which the gentleman from Mississippi charged Mr. Gar


field with having stated untruh in support OF point
order which he made. In moment the excitement OF
the whole House very great and Speaker Cox was
unable TO control it, 1t subsidized however and no
harm was done, except the exchange of few angry
words. Mr.. Baou interrupted Mr.. Singleton several
times OF bis speech to call the attention OF
the House very unjust criticisms upon the Public
Printer


Tho House agreed to the resolution directing the
Speaker TO transmit the evidence TO the Criminal Court
by Yeas 1877. Nays "a; strict party vote except =
Ainsworth, Democrat. and Potter. Liberal I'epuo-
lcan. voting No The resolution directing the Judiciary
Committee 10 inquire whether officer Of the Senate
could be impeached was adopted The resolution in
structng tie Appropriations Committee to arrange to
give printing Of The Record To Franklin Rivers en-
countercd considerable opposition. and the whole SUD
ject was finally recommited 30 the Printing Committee
1t was evident from the temper of the House that this
resolution is defeated
Year: 1876

A CENSIJRE UPON EOBL5DN IHEKEFOE PRDBABlsL


THE sECRETARY's FRIENDS PROTEST


frRoM A REGULAR CORREsPoSDESr or THE IkIBuNEl


WASHINGTON, May 16.-The House Naval
Committee hao nearly finished the investigation INTO tie
management OF the Navy Department and will probably
report next week II is said an effort will be made 10
censure Secretary account Of certain facts III con
uectiOn with the furnishing OF clothing To the navy ana
the receipt by the Catels OF about $4,000 from the
successful contractors. Thus far Mr. Robson has not
been called before the Committee and asked to Affirm or
deny the charges and the testimony taken


His friends claim that the examination OF the Commit
tee been unjust and Onesded from the first that
only the side against him has been 10 kcd after that
disappointed contractors, discharged officers and EN-
poyes aud the professional mud tbrowers only have
been examined and that IL by chance the coming out OF
some fact favorable the Secretary seemed impending


way would be found TO keep 1t back the rules OF owl
dence been respected and the doors have been
thrown open for tho most extravagant and monsrous
statements opportunity given to the Secretary to
rcpIy as for the contracts for clothing and supplies the
Secretary has nothing to do with them high officers Of
tho navy whose standing Is above question. III most
cases are at the head Of the different bureaus OF the De
partmen and they make the contracts, without regard
10 The Secretary 1t would seem to be in the highest
degree improper and unjust to condemn high officer OF
the Government anybody else prina (aeie testi
mony without asking him II he would Ike to be
heard In his behalf.


The Secretary Is engaged in preparing report on
the connection OF the notorious Norman Wizard with the
Department.
Year: 1876

ALBANY, May 16.-The Canal Investigating
Commission met at the State Hall today all the men,
bers being present considered the substance OF two
additional reports upon the canal frauds which they
will forward to the Governor in few days They also
proceeded TO the settlement Of their final accounts. ar
Orr goes to Europe Saturday.
Year: 1876

Navy Department, thus making 1t impossible for Con-


ress people to ascertain the cost OF work done
by any particular bureau, Mr. Willis would also forbid
Finally. he would abolish the Office Of civil engineer In
all navy-yards, leaving only officer Of that character
In the Bureau Of Yards and Docks


This part Of Mr. Wliss report will probably DO acted
upon at the next meeting Of the Committee.
Year: 1876

Osx Of the first things that Chicago
girl has TO learn when she goes away
from home is. that il isn't CONNECT; fi'f
for young Lady to lean over garden
gate until her bustle is on a horizontal
linz with her chignon.
Year: 1876

Vulcan, we are told, was raised among the
gods, but was kicked out of the heavenly
abode and fell for nine days before he struck
the earth He presided over fires, and was
always connected with flaming work of some
kind or another. Molten metal and metal At
white heat quivering upon the anvil into
shapes of beauty or strength figure in the
history fthe limping god. But day came
when the great god Pan and all
the court of Jupiter Olympus faded
into night. Then their great souls be-
came translated into stars. Venus, bright
and beautiful, rose from the waves at eve and
the great Jupiter beamed glowing beacon
in the sky. Red-handed Mars lived once
again in q fiery planet above our
heads. Old Saturn ranged aloft far.
weird point of light. Fleet-footed Mer-
curry was seen at rare times and
for moments space above the
western verge of the sky, as fitting to
one whose mission was to 60 hither and
thither between heaven and earth, and
oftener on the road than visible in either
Neptune for centuries was lost, but 10 the
sage Leverrier found him at last sail
ing serenely in his car on the
far verge of the solar system. as he
did over the waste Of the waters of old.
Vulcan seemed lost forever, but at last it was
shrewdly thought that, if he had been saved
from annihilation and had q choice Of abodes,
that surely his would be near where the met
ais that he whilom loved to work were incan-
descent in the mighty furnace Of the SUM-
And by long looking they found him where
he had loated for centuries Ozark with ex-
cessive bright" On the I'd or Sd of October
he is to pass between the earth and the sun.
and all the great telescopes of the world will
be turned to watch for the fitting of small
black spot The knowing men at the eye
pieces will recognize it as the soul Of him
who fashioned the armor of Achilles and
hammered out the thunderbolts of Jove


This is the romance Of the stars.
Year: 1876

THE FIRST Snow OF THE SEASON appeared
on the SUBMITS of tho Catskill Mountains
yesterday morning. The despatch from
Ulster county, published in the HERALD tc-
day, also states that a slight snow squall
visited Tivoli on Wednesday. 1t was due to
the rapid rise in the barometer and equally
sudden fall in temperature. The atmo-
sphere in the region indicated was suf-
ciently humid, the degree Of moisture being
equal to seventy-one per cent. to produce
the rainfall, which was converted into snow
as it descended through the cold stratum of
air. The recent severe heats of summer
must be compensated for by cold winter,
and this early indication of its approach
serves as timely warning to prepare for its
coming. The present distress among the
poor will be further aggravated by the pierre
ing cold, and now is the time for the chari-
tably disposed to prepare for giving out of
their abundance to those who sadly need
relief. Invalids will also suffer from the
sudden change. and we may look for de-
cided increase in the number of cases of
pneumonia and its kindred diseases, which
are due as much to indiscreet exposure and
delay in donning of warm winter clothing
as to natural delicacy of constitution.
Year: 1876

unfit for his Office as he is. has the support
OF the Northern republican leaders. For the
furtherance of his own ambition he allows
whole State to fall into social disorder, and
he is countenanced by the national repub-
lican party. or by its leaders. Can they
afford to support him? Can they afford, in
the face of the approaching election. to
identify themselves and their party with
Chamberlain Is it no, necessary, before
they can properly ask Northern men to vote
the republican ticket, that they shall openly
cut the party loose from such hangers-on as
Chamberlain, Packard and Spencer?
Year: 1876

We reprint elsewhere o remarkable article
from the Charleston Necs and Courier, of Sep
tember %. 1t gives a melancholy picture
of lawlessness in the lower parts of the State.
The Ne,rs and Courier is democratic journal,
but it is conducted by honorable men, who
did not hesitate to speak out when the Ham,
burg massacre occurred, and who have
shown by their course that they are sin
cerely deslrous of justice to white and black
alike. The instances of lawlessness they
recito are aggravated by the manner in which
the republican State government deals with
them. Nothing is done by the republican
Governor or the republican judges and
other officers to repress or punish outrage.
Governor Cham mbcrlain abandons his post
of duty in the midst of such events. He is
ready enough to call for federal troops but
he and his officers are evidently unfit for
their duties. Yet they seek reelection.
Of course they ought to fail and we again
advise the peaceable colored people Of the
State to vote for General Hampton and the
democratic ticket. 1t is their duty to the
State and to themselves to do so


But Mn Chamberlain, inefficient, clearly
Year: 1876

Tomorrow the fall meeting of the Ameri-
can Jockey Club begins on the beautiful
race course at Jerome Park under the best
promise Of fine sport and crowded attend
ance The racing will be continued on the
Sd, 5th, 7th, 10th, 18th aud 14th days OF
October. Thirty three events are to be de-
cided by the feet-footed animals, which. In
addition to their olden hold upon our admi-
ration, are interesting from the glorifcation
they have received at the hands Of Professor
Huxley. Just as the Bourgeois Gentilhomme
of Moiere had been talking prose all his life
without knowing it so most of US have been
prasing the horse and prating about i'm
proving his breed, without being aware
what aid we were giving to the evolution
theory Of the scientists These gentlemen
look back through the ages, or rather down
through the rocks to the time when the
horse had four fingers and thumb, and
went about throwing hand springs over the
rocks and powders of very primitive
world. If one Of these hobbling. hoohess
creatures could be revivified and entered for
the Nursery Stakes the brilliant gathering of





gazing at as they saw the youngsters dash
away from this very old horse. We should
like to compare his time over four miles
with that of Ten Broeck's the other day at
Louisville. But we have not to 60 back
quite SO far to judge how much the Ameri-
can Jockey Club has done for the breed of
horses in America. When the turf was rap
idly drifting into disrepute and there was
nothing SO unreliable as the honesty OF
horse race the organization of the American
Jockey Club came to the rescue of this beau
tiful sport and gave gentlemen who desired
to become the owners of blooded animals for
racing purposes firm ground ON which to
practise it. Hence arose wider interest
in the breed Of the horse and bestowal Of
public favor upon the racing gatherings of
America, which is steadily on the increase.


AS this meeting falls within the centen-
NAL period we may expect to see thou
sands of the visitors who are aocking
from all over the country to the Exhibition
at Philadelphia spend day at the races.
With very few exceptions the visitors from
distant points spend from day to a week in
New York, and carriage drive through Cen
tral Park is sure to be on their programme.
As this ride through Central Park is by
far the most delightful route to the race
course, and as at this period Of the year,
when the trees are putting on their russet
glories, the Park is at it's best, we may ex-
pect that the visitors will kill two birds
with one stone-i. e., enjoy day Of genuine
sport at the course and feast their eyes upon
our lovely Park as they so and return. To-
morrows contests will include three-quar-
ters of mile dash with maiden allowances
the Jerome Stakes for three-year-olds, two
miles always fine race; the Nursery
Stakes for two-year-olds, one mile the Man
haitian Handicap, one mile and q quarter; and
a selling race, one mile and m eighth. We,
therefore, look forward to fine sport and
brilliant throng, with scenes upon the road
that will make pageant from Madison square
to the gates of Jerome Park.
Year: 1876

picion can be put upon the motives of Secre-
tary Fish.


If we were to find any fault with Mr.. Fish
or with his predecessor, Mr. Seward, re-
specting extradition between this country
and Spain, it would be in the form of blame
for not having made treaty covering this
subject. To be sure. it takes two parties to
make contract, and Spain is not nation
that easily adopts improvements. But when
she was so anxious to get possession of
Arguelles Mr.. Seward might have taken adj
vantage of the occasion to propose treaty
Of extradition. Mr.. Fish had no such oppor-
tunity in the case of Tweed, because we were
the nation that was seeking a favor. But
there is no evidence that either he or Mr..
Seward ever made the faintest attempt to
negotiate on extradition treaty with Spain.
The whole drift and tendency of modern
opinion, especially in free countries, is to
withdraw this question from the discretion
or caprice of rulers for the time being,
and make it the subject of obligatory
regulation, in accordance with strict
rules In international as we'll as domestic
administration 1t is important to substitute
o government of law for a government Of
caprice 1t is consistent with justice and
necessary for the protection of innocence
that surrenders shall be made only on evil
dence duly examined by proper magistrates.
All extradition treaties make provision for
this, and we trust the time is not distant
when the old doctrine of international COM
ity on this subject will be wholly super
seded by treaty arrangements We are so
near to Cuba and so near to Canada that it
is especially important that we have extra
dition treaties with Great Britain and
Spain ; but unfortunately we ore dependent
on the mere comfy of one and have lately
found our treaty with the other worthless,
broken reed. We would fain hope that be-
fore Mr.. Fish retires from Office he will
crown his career with efficient extradition
treaties with these two nations