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Year: 1876

Every now and then, for these four
hundred years and more, some one has
brought to light the prophecy and mem
Ory OF Mother Shipton.. Asevent follows
event in mechanical progress, her dog
gerel verses fall in 10 apt that they must
needs be quoted. One of the predictions
thereof" Fire and water shall wonders
do"--has come to pass time and again.
This Mother ShiptOn was one that would
have taken high rank as medium in our
day; in hers, the fifteenth century, she
was said to have been begotten, like the
wizard Merlin, Of the phantasm of Apollo
or some aerial demon under that guise,
and beautiful orphan Yorkshire girl
named Agatha. She had the weird.
lonely girlhood that the child of shame
is apt to have, avoided or prosecuted by
those who should have been her mates !;
she was christened Ursula by the abbot
of Beverly, and grew up 80 eccentric
and unnaturally shrewd that by and by
this tradition, in those superstitiOus days,
grew about her birth. Sheprophesied as
she grew older, and even &" persons OF
quality" consulted her. She told the
great Wolsey that he should never come
to York, and, indeed, when within eight
miles of it, he was arrested by NOrthum-
berland at King Henry's order and
brought to Leicester. where he died.
Also she is said to have foretold the great
fire of London, the execution of Charles
!, and many notable events besides, OF
the reformation and the reigns of Eliza
beth and James. At the age of seventy
tiree she foretold her death, and
at the hour predicted she died.
Her name Is a popular tradition in York
shire even to-day, and the tradition
founded in part upon fact. Her famous
prophecy was said to have been pub
lished in her lifetime again two hundred
years ago, for we have seen it in book
of that time, where it was said to be
copied from an older book. Though most
of the items are vague enough, some
show a marked coincidence with remark
able events, such as the invention of
steam, railway locomotives and tunnels,
the telegraph, iron-clads, and the admis.
sisn of Jews into Parliament lin 1850. }
Without further preface, these are the
elegant lines:


Carriages without horses shall 60,


And accidents Hll the world with woe;


Around the world thoughts shall ny


In the twinkle Of an eye.


Water shall yet more wonders do;


Now strange, but yet they shall be true;


The world upside down shall be


And gold be found at the root Of q tree


Through hills man shall ride


And horse nor ass I've at his side


Uuder water men shall walk,


Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk


In the air shall men be seen


In white, In black, in green


Iron In water shall float


As easy as a wooden boat


Gold shall be found and shown


In a land that's not known;


Fire and water shall wonder do;


England shall at last admit Jew.


The world to an end shall come


In eighteen hundred and .ighty7pne.


Springfield Republican.
Year: 1876

REPRESENTATIVE SWAMI, Of Mary
land, has informed Secretary Belknap of
his intention to give to the United States
a deed of the land which has been used
as Balls Bluff National Cemetery. This
is the only National Cemetery in the
country to which the United States do
not now hol an absolute title.
Year: 1876

the doors lay down In bed The quarrel rage4
with herceness than ever, and she her anger,
he says sprang to the floor and rushed upon him with
both lists clinched, ready TO strike him. He bounded
ou, OF bed and in blind frenzy OF passion, struck her
again and again In the head face neck and breast wtA
the hatchet, until no less than


DOZEN HORRIBLE WOUNDS


were inflicted upon her. She resisted with all her
strength and screamed Tor help and couple Of girls.
who were sleeping up STAIRS were aroused. They
took but glance 10 determine the Dature of the
being enacted and they ran across the road TO the
asylum. couple OF men rushed over and seized the
end, who had ceased his attacks apparently Tor lack
OF strength TO continue them.


The woman had fallen to tho floor the narrow
space between the two beds and was lying there all
appearances dead She was tenderly lifted and placed
Oh bed, and the same who went after tho
officers sent DIR. Fred Jaeger, who lives the Sixth
ward, to tho scene OF the tragedy. He arrived about
hali-psst two 0clock aud found the woman nearly
dead that he did not venture on a complete examina
ton Of her injuries. He found terrible cash the
left eye, through the outer plate Of the skull ;
another equally deep the forehead; two fearful cuts
In tho lett check, across each other, two inches IN
depth hafdoZen or more on the left side and back
OF her head, varying IN magnitude and severity cash
In the back OF the neck and two in the left breast She
had bled prousey her feet and hands were as cold as
those Of corpse, and her pulse indicated that but
little life remained IL therefore impossible for
him to ascertain whether not the cuts In her head
further than through the outer plate Of the
otherwise she may possibly The doctor visited
her second time yesterday afternoon, when reaction
had set He thinks ne will he able to speak more
definitely with regard TO her prospects for recovery
to-day.


Forkel is very rciccnt about the tragedy especially
since he has secured an attorDey-Jerome w. Murray
and his story yesterday only such verdc0ton Of
the above as could be squeezed out OF him.
Year: 1876




Before Judge Kasmre.


Patrick REILLY is poor aborer, beneath whose hum
Bile waistcoat beats a and charitable heart
Among those who enlisted his earnest sympathy is q
woman whose name is unknown aud who has for some
time past been sinking under grievous disease See
ing her gradually grow worse Patrick determined TO
take her TO the hospital With this object he hired
wagon drove her the Roosevelt Hospital where
the doctors having examiner her pronounced her in
curabe and Tor this reason, declined receive her
He directed by them to go To the Twenty second
precinct house and ask the sergeant charge
to telegraph for an ambulance, that she might be
sent to the proper hospital The acting sergeant,
Weston, instead of doing rs in duty bound declined to
be ''bohered" with the matter Rcllly, naturally in
censed, persisted in his demand, when tho sergeant
tod him he getting impertnent and ordered his
arrest a charge OF having driven a wagon without
number 1t, thus violating one OF the city ordinances
Reilly, overwhelmed with surprise at finding his
benevolent act construed into crime meckly sub
mtted, and was led away to Jail. The woman whose
lie fast ebbng away, was left all this while in
miserable box wagon. Reilly arraigned at this
Court TN hearing the above facts Justice Kasmre be-
highly indignant ordered the sergeant appear
court, then dismissed Reilly and severely repri
manded the sergeant saying that such hcarless
ness wholly unparalleled.
Year: 1876

Al two O'Clock yesterday morning unknown man
found dead in vacant lot at Thirty fourth street
and First He about thirty-hve years old,
five feet eight inches high. had brown hair, chin
whiskers and light gray coat dark pants and
ves black soft hat, white shirt Congress CATERS
The body removed 70 the Morgue word sent 10
tht COruale a Office
Year: 1876

Coroner Ellinger held an inquest yesterday morning
n the of Isaac Goldstein OF No 1917 Fourth
nue. who shot himself with revolver at his residence
Tuesday morning Business troubles found to
have been the The jury returned q verdict OF
suicide
Year: 1876

When Packer engaged in the pardon
brokerage he was a Republican State
Senator-was subsequently a Private
Secretary in the Executive office, by APP
pointment of acting Governor Davis
and was afterwards Adjutant- General and
confidential adviser of Governor Ames.
1t was through him that the latter
bounded his war dogs on the people of
Warren county.
Year: 1876

Communications received from COrpoIdti NOuil
eel Whitney and the Commissioner of Public Work. as 10
the power Of the Common Council 10 direct thai improve
mcnt ha be- done by contract days work and as to
The best mode OF performing such wors hf. whitney
holds that the statute intended TO vest IN tbe COns
soncr of Public Works exclusively the discretion as to
the manner which materials and labor should be pro
cured.
performing the lie by cont act in very great part
II sometimes happens even under the most CaTeiuIN
arranged contract hat port Oh of the work mas 10
he done and paid for by the day though the proportion
OF this kind of work is very small think the interests
of The city will be promoted by leaving 1t discretionary
with the Commissioner TO which OF the two eystens
contract DAYS work. and how much 0f either shsl
be employed il being always understood that contract
work shall be subject to inspection by fully qualified per
IONS" TIE reading Of this communication was received
Sitb Kisses by the crowded lObOy.
Year: 1876

The Social Democratic WOrkingmen held a
meeting at No. 283 seventhave last evening Peter Me
CURE who had been sent out tour In the Western
eates gave an account of the condition Of the working
men in those dstreA The same saenston Of labor pre-
Year: 1876

The Commercial in long article dis
cusses the decision of the Supreme Court
on the Enforcement Act, and says the
GAZETTE Seems to Imagine that the
rulings of Judges Bradford and Strong In
the trial of Given have now been revers-
ed. On the contrary they are sustained.
Given has not a particle of encourage
ment for his claim for reimbursement
from the State or county in this deci-
SION"


was unnecessarily hurried there was no
sufficient reason as we believe for trying
it before decision was had upon the le-
galty of the Enforcement Act. The Con,-
usereiat, says


Now the second section, as our read
ers may see by reference thereto, is expli-
city confined to the protection of the cit
izen against being disqualified for the
exercise of the franchise, on account of
race, color, or previous condition" Its
scope is to provide a punishment for a
Stare officer who shall not, because of
race, color" &C., give equal opportunl-
ty to perform the prerequisites for vot-
ing. If he refuses to do his duty, because
OF that influence or animus, he violates
this law if he refuses on some other
ground, he does not-though he may
then become amenable to the State laws.


We remark, therefore, that an import
ant part of the Enforcement Act is, to all
practical intent, declared constitutional
and valid by this decision of the Supreme
Court. The idea that the whole scope
of the Act is defeated, as, (using the H.
lustration Of the New York Tribune one
puncture in balloon destroys it entire
ly, is altogether false. This is a fact of
more interest in this quarter than it may
be elsewhere, for it was upon the second
section of the Act that the indictments
were based on which Mr. Archibald Civ
en-, the collector of taxes for this county.
was convicted in the U. S. Circuit Court
Of Delaware, before Judges Strong and
Bradford"


We dissent entirely from the CONNER
eats opinion that the second section of
the Enforcement was declared consti-
tutional and valid by the decision of the
Supreme Court On the contrary we
believe that whenever, a case clearly
within that section shall be brought be-
fore the Court it will be ruled out. In
fact we believe that the whole law is de-
fective and that the Tribune is right in
its estimate, and that it will finally be
held to be unconstitutional"


We adhere to the opinion that the
States are bound to protect their officer.
appointed to execute their election laws
and as election laws are State laws
it becomes the duty of the State to pun
ish for dereliction of duty. That tn,
government has no right to invade ou
civil jurisdiction and undertake to pun
ish State officers for non performance o
duty. The government must assume t.
take the whole of the election laws un
der its jurisdiction or abandon the grounc
to the State. If it assumes to elect Repre-
sentatives and chose Senators then tn,
whole Federal fabric falls to the ground
and the Representative ceases to be I
State representative, and the chief aim o
the centraliem is gained.
Year: 1876

THE Holly Springs Reporter says that
whatever the Avalanche may cay in his
defense, the sentiment Of the country
south is against Mr.. Key, and srgu-
ments may be strang out to the crack
Of doom in his vindication and the peo-
pie Of this section will not be convince d
that his position is q correct one.
Year: 1876

EXCELSIOR CLUB RALLY.-As will be seen
by an advertisement published elsewhere,
the members of the gallant Excelsior Club
are called to meet at their rooms on Broad
street tonight at O'Clock, where they will
be joined by the members Of the K. X. 4.
the grand ratification meeting. The Club
the campaign with great enthusiasm, and
commence the fight tonight in earnest.
Year: 1876

The CITY GUARD PARADE has been post
poned until Tuesday evening next in con-
Sequence of the fact that the uniforms can cal
not be completed before that time. The
company win start from Old Market Hall at
s O'Clock, and parade through Main street.
The same programme as announced on yes
terday will be carried out.
Year: 1876

ENGLISH BIGoTRY.-" There has been storm
in tea-cup at Lancaster" says the London
Tablet, "about the important question whether
she Mayor, who is a Catholic, should go in his
official robes to hear the Cardinal Archbishop
preach. The Mayor intended to do ss is done,
we believe, in Dublin when the Lord Mayor is
q Catholic, but some of the more sensitive
Protestants of the town, and specially some Of
the local papers, got up an agitation and q
protest. When the matter came to the know
ledge of the Cardinal Archbishop, it was soon
settled in the manner in which everybody
might have been certain that it would be, for
his Eminence at once wrote to the Mayor, and
after acknowledging with thanks the motive
which prompted his intended act, requested
him in his own name, and for his own sake
to forego the exercise of his civic privileges
1t would said his Eminenoe, be a subject OF
much regret to me if my visit to Lancaster
which hoped would be one of peace and good
will to our oountrymen, even though We are
unbappily divided in faith, should become an
occasion of variance and of trouble to your.
self The Mayer of course complied-ob
serving however that he did not believe that
his fellow townsmen sympathized with the
opposition which had been got up-and or
Sunday he, the ex-msyOr, and three of the
aldermen were present at the Catholic Church
| in their private capacity"
Year: 1876

DIAMOND Cur DIAMOND The follow
ing story was told Oft Yankee ship.cap.
tain and his mate: whenever there was
plum-pudding made, by the captains
orders all ofthe plums Were put into one
end OF it, and that end placed next TO
the captain, who, after helping himself,
passed 1t to the mate, who never found
any plums i'll lis part Of it, well, after
the game had been played for some time,
the mate prevailed on the steward TO
place the end which had no plums in il
next TO the captain. The captain no
sooner saw the pudding than he saw he
had the wrong end OF it. Picking up
the dish, and turning it in his haal as if
merely examining the china, he said


This dish cost me two slillings in Liver.
pool and set it down again, as though
without design, with the plum end next
to himself. us it possible ?" said the
mate; II shouldn't suppose it was worth
more than shilling and, as if in per.
feet innocence, lie put down tle dish
with the plum end next to himself. The
captain looked at the mate, the mate
looked at the captain. The captain
laughed, the mate laughed. II tell you
what young one said the captain, you've
found me out, 50 we'll just cut the pud.
ding lcngthwiso this time, and have the
plums fairly distributed hereafter.
Year: 1876

Another plan Of the Republicans, revolu-
tonary in its character, is editorially an
nounced IN the Star this evening, which is
that the senate may remain away from the
joint convention and elect Vice-President,
who may become President in the absence Of
any choice by the house. The Republican
members Of the latter are to withdraw 10
break up a quorum. The Democrats are
quite amused at this The twelfth article I'M
peratively says: The president Of the senate
shall open the certificates in the presence of
the house As to the want Of quorum by
Republicans Withdrawing from the house,
the twelfth article further says that, in choos-
ing President, quorum Of the house shall
consist Of "a member Or members from two
thirds Of the States, and majority of the
States elect. The Democrats have "a mem
ber" from two-thirds of the States.
Year: 1876

ST. PAUL MIN, December l2.-At half
past nine o clock tins morning fire destroyed
the Jefferson schcOl-bUlding IN Minneapolis.
valued at eighteen thousand dollars. The
fire caught from the, furnace. There were
over three hundred children in the building
when the FIRE was discovered, and although
the flames spread very rapidly. and many Of
the teachers and children lest their outer gar
ments, there was no panic, and all escaped
uniniured. Great praise Is due to the teach
ers for the presence Of mind and decision
shown by them upon the discovery of the fire.
The building was three stories, the stairway
narrow and winding, and It's condition al
that was needful for wild scene Of panic
and death; but the teachers maintained dis
cipline and control. They bade the children
10 remain in their seats, and permitted them
20 depart only in a regular manner, two at a
time, and without more disorder than at
regular dismissal
Year: 1876

WASHINGTON, December 9.-Many of the
more Radical type still continue to insist that
the president Of the senate has the right to
open and count the electoral votes. and it is
not doubted that this will grow IN the party
with the session. The Republican came out
to-day IN favor Of it, and quoted the resolu-
tons passed In the convention which framed
the constitution to give effect to the first cleo
ton under it, which proposed that the sena-
tors should appoint a President for the pur-
pose OF receiving, opening and counting the
vote for President 1t failed TO note, how
ever, as the U'orld has recently shown, that
at the next election the house insisted ON It's
rights in counting the vote, and that the SEN
ate readily joined the house in joint conyen-
ton for that purpose.
Year: 1876

WASHINGTON, December S.-The Repub-
hcan position, as far as can be judged at this
time, will be that the president OF the senate.
seeing under the direct authority of the con-
stltutlon, shall count the votes, which IN


wolves the power, of course, to count which
ever set OF electors from Oregon he may deem
Just and legal. All the precedents from the


beginning Of the government show that the
intention Of the constitution was for the pres
ldent OF the senate to make the count. The
appointment of tellers was not for the DUR
pose Of indicating that the two houses had
anypOwer to interfere in the count, but OnlytO
give official expression to the fact that the two
houses wers present. The suggestion that one
house OF congress alone could throw out
the electoral vote Of State was never heard
Of until the twenty-second Joint rule was hur-
nedly framed In 1865. It5was made for the
purpose Of prOyidmga method for excluding
the votes OF. seeded Ssates, which had been
proposed or suggested should be sent to
congress. The ule was passed for a special
case, Just as some people are now endeavor-
ing patch up a cOnsttional amendment 1t
filed its purpose, although it was made upon
a wrong principle; for it Is clear enough to
common sense that if a State is to be deprived
of its vote for President the concurrence Of
both houses Of congress, at least, should be
required. The maintenance Of the prncirle
OF the twenty-second joint rule being now
convenient for the Democrats, they are en-
deayoring to find authority in the constitu-
ton to sustain it. while it is safe to say that
but for the previous existence Of this rule not
a single member Of congress would have
dreamed of discovering any such power In
the constitution. The action of the senate
annulling the Joint rule was taken last Au-
gust, before any one could possibly f0resee
what the effect would be upon the Presiden-
tial election. 1t was repudiated by the senate
bill that should determine in advance the
method of deciding all the questions that
have now arisen, and if the Democrats had
then joined with the Republicans in securing
legislative action, there would now be no oc-
casion for dispute about the counting Of the
electoral vote
Year: 1876

ST. LOUIS, December PAT an early hour
tins morning there was a rush of ice from
some point north of here, which, forcing upon
the ice in the harbor opposite the city, carried
1t down stream with great power, taking with
it several steamers lying at the bank in the
southern part Of the CITY. So far as known,
the Fannie keener, an Illinois river boat. is
sunk opposite the arsenal, and will probably
be wreck. The Southern Belle and Jennie
Baldwin, small boats, were also sunk in the
same vicinity. The loss on these steamers
cannot now be stated, but will not be heavy.
as they are small boats. Among the other
vessels carried down by the current and the
ice are the Centennial, Alex. Mitchell, Min
nesota, Bayard, and Davenport, but their
whereabouts are not yet definitely ascer-
tanned. The river is now supposed to be open
for the south. At the barracks one or two
small boats were pushed up on the East St.
Louis shore, and a hatboat or two were
wrecked, but the loss is tr1iing.


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particulars OF the destruction Of the steamers this
forenoon IL appears that nearly all the boats Of fine
heokuk northern line were In winter quarters at or
near the compaugs shlp-yards, between Anna street
ana the arsenal, and were supposed to be secure from
danger: When the Ice started these steamers were
forced from their mOOrngs and carried down stream
The war Eagle and Golden Eagle two large and val
liable boats we're fOTceC on shore opposite the arse
nal wall, IN such manner as 10 block the paSsage
and the other boats lay IN about the following order
Az The upper end OF the arsenal wall Jennie Bald
YIN low on shore and sinking slowly at sten Lake
Superior and Alex Mitchell The Centennial a nev
boat which has notyet made trip, was crushed be-
tween the latter and the Andy johnson; then the
Bayard, an old craft. with her forward guards and
deck crushed Below these were the Rock Island and
Davenport, both pretty old and not OF great value
Ihen lay the War Eagle, valued at sixty thousand
dollars, with the nose Of her consort. the Golden
Eagle, equally valuable, thrust through her after
guard The latter was partly forced on the rocks on
shoTe and was hOgged up under her boilers,
and her knuckle plank was broken. Below
again we're the Red Wing, Northwestern, Rob Roy
and Minneapolis lying with their bows at the bank
anl annarentlE hnf little hlf f1n n,cnck an tl,o
Year: 1876

The cabinet met to-day, all the members
being present. The meeting lasted over two
hours. The only important question consid-
cred was the nature of the response to be
made TO the resolution of congress relative to
the use of troops inthe southern States during
the late election.