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Year: 1876

form as Governor Hayes is now; but he was
he wanted a quiet life and q little influence
with his own administration he must sur
reuder to them. He did surrender; and
who shall assure us that Governor Hayes
will not also be forced to succumb? He is
said to be man of determination


eral Grant? We can Gull out of the
Presidents remarks, reports and mes
sages from 1865 to 1870 sentiments and dec
larations precisely those for which Governor
Hayes letter is now justly praised. But the
machine men" were too much for him.
What, we repeat, shall assure US against
similar misfortune if Governor Hayes is
elected? We warn republican reformers
that they cannot afford to sit still and let
Mr.. Chandler and the Ring manage the party
affairs They must themselves take the
lead; they must speak out against the policy
whose details we have shown. They must
protest and make the weight Of their protest
felt 1t is far better for the reform republi-
cans that the party should be beaten than
that they should help once more, and for
another four years, to saddle the country
with the rule Of such men as the Spencers
Sargents, Packards, Shepherds, Babcocks,
Logans, Carpenters, Frelinghuysens, Robe
sons, Camerons and Mortons. We advise
them to make their influence clearly pre-
dominant or else to abandon what, if they
cannot do SO, must be hopeless task.
Year: 1876

There are many candidates presented to
the suffrages of New York for the demo-
cratic nomination for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor, but none of them
have the conspicuous merits of Marble
and Dorsheimer. Mr.. Marble has been
for many years the leading democratic
journalist of the country. In the darkest
hours of the history of the democracy he
was loyal and brave. He is q man of rare
Now, when there is an opportunity to honor
so much devotion, the man to name is
Marble. Governor Tilden has made his ad-
ministration peculiarly one of reform. He
believes in his work. He cannot wish to
have all that he has done fall to the ground.
There is no one among all the democratic
leaders who can take up this work with the
earnestness of Mr. Marble. We want poll
tician who is not bound up with rings and
political complications, man who will have
the ambition to rival the splendid career of
the Governor. If the democrats content
themselves with a ring nomination they
must be content with q ring rule. The re-
PuUlICduo Lucdu W oI1CubtAcA tuCAuScAVSu
and to carry New York if it is possible.
The democrats cannot give them trick in
the game and hope to win. For this
reason, in taking Mr.. Marble they take q
man who represents all the strength of the
democracy and who is burdened by none Of
its weakness. To Mr.. Marble we owe tho
splendid hard money platform of the St
Louis Convention. To Mr.. Dorsheimer we
owe the plucky fight for that platform which
saved it in the Convention. The men to
carry the banner of Tilden and reform in
this State are the men who championed the
credit of the country at st. Louis. With
Marble for Governor and Dorsheimer for
Lieutenant Governor the fight in New
York, SO far as Tilden is concerned, will. in
all probability, be fight to win.
Year: 1876

The entries for the Centennial Rowing Re-
gatta ON the Schuylkill close to-day, and
there is little doubt that the most prominent
rowing clubs in the country have made en-
tries for the races on the programme. In
view Of the fact that we have invited amateur
oarsmen from all parts of the world to COM
pete, that one of the Cambridge University
crews is already here and in practice and
that other crews are coming it behooves the
Qualification Committee in Philadelphia to
closely scrutinizs every entry made, SO that
we shall have fair and honorable competition
in the sports. Of late there seems to be
tendency on the part of some rowing clubs
to get racing crews together for the purpose
of winning prizes and putting money in the
pockets Of the men who back such crews If
they win. There are men connected with
some of these boat clubs who do nothing but
row, have no employment but that of being
members of such clubs, and who,
during the winter, when there is no
racing, are willing to turn their hands
to any kind of labor to make hv-
ing. In the summer, or during the row.
ing season, they row shell boats, go into
training and live without any expense to
themselves. And these men are called ANA
teurs, some of them graduates of colleges,
and their sole means of supporting them
selves is their connection with boat club.
Amateurs who have legitimate business to
attend to, and who only practise and be-
come proficient in the sport in their leisure
hours, have no chance to compete with
these professionals, who do nothing
else but row and who use the sport as
means of help or profit The Centennial
Regatta Committee, as well as the National
Association of Amateur Oarsmen,. will do
well to consider thoroughly this question
without delay, and seek means to avoid the
evils it is likely to produce.
Year: 1876

A WoRKISaMESs MEETING was held in
Tompkins square yesterday, after which a
procession was formed and proceeded to the
City Hall to ask for work from the Mayor,
the Comptroller and the Commissioner of
Public Works. All this was well enough,
but these workingmen seem to forget that
public works are not undertaken merely to
supply men out of employment with labor
and that city governments are not organized
as labor bureaus. In times of public dis
tress cities are no better off than other en-
ployers, and if this city should undertake
the impossible task of keeping our unem-
ployed laborers employed the effort would
increase rather than diminish the general
suffarinr.
Year: 1876

WISsLow's WAILISos, which we print this
morning, are singularly interesting not only
rs plant for what was good and pure in
his own life, but as an illustration of the
way in which business is done in the godly
city Of Boston. The main purpose of
Winslow's letters is to prove that he was not
all his life IA pious fraud : but this being
accepted MS true his story becomes all the
more painful Evidently he was as much a
victim of the loose business notions of the
time as to any natural inclination toward
wrong doing.
Year: 1876

IL SECRETARY robson is guilty of the
charges alleged against him in Mr. Whit
thornes speech in the House yesterday it is
clearly public duty to let the Senate deter
mine whether his offence is impeachable.
As the matter now stands it is in very fair
shape for the campaign; but if the Secretary
is not guilty it is very unjust to him, and if
he is guilty the country is wronged by any
delay in bringing him TO trial.
Year: 1876

CRITICS who marvel that Hendricks can
support hard money now, after his record in
favor of Allen, show dim appreciation Of
politics. We felt sure that if Tilden wsre
firm Hendricks would come down. When
the tail found it could not wag the dog il
the tail. The dog and the tail are essential
one to the other, and vivisection is not to be
copcidared
Year: 1876

THE PoIIcE secured first class burglar
yesterday, and captured his pal" and his
exit" 1t the man can only be punished
now that he is in custody it will be well, but
at any rate the example of Detectives Fields
and O'Connor is worthy of imitation by
other detectives. BY following up the arrest
Of Jones by an examination of the premises
where he resided the evidence of his nefari-
pas business was discovered, and now it only
remains to arraign and punish him for some
of his many offences.
Year: 1876

THE LoNasHoIEMEN's STRIKE is the latest
blunder. In city where probably hundred
thousand men are out of employment three
or four thousand suddenly stop work upon
q demand for increased pay. The demand
is probably just, but where there are SO many
without bread There will be plenty to accept
the half leaf, and those who possessed it will
lose il
Year: 1876

SIMPSONS LITTLE GAME, as it is told in the
HERALD this morning, is something new in
the way of confidence operations. Simpson
who had got religion and he expected to live
by It, His scheme was discovered, how
ever and now he will become a real convict
and nobody will care whether he gets
religion or not.
Year: 1876

NEARLY all of our exchanges and notably
The independent press speak in the highest
terms OF the fitness of Senator Morrill, for
the most responsible position OF Secretary of
the Treasury. He takes to the high Office
that wisdom and ripe experience which are
the results of his long service in the Senate,
and no man in the country possesses to a
greater degree the public confidence.
Year: 1876

ELSEWHERE will be found the opinion
which Hon. Carl Schurz entertains respect
ing the Democratic ticket and the action of
that party generally on the currency ques-
ton. 1t is only necessary to call attention to
the article to secure careful perusal.
Year: 1876

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


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

was crossing bridge some
40 feet in height, the engine ran from
the rails, and plunged into the chasm,
all but one Of the cars with
it. About q dozen passengers were
killed, and as mauy more seriously in.
iured, the others, wonderful to relate.
(for the cars were headed ON each
other and smashed to fragments), es-
Gaping with but slight wounds or
bruises. The engineer and stoker we-e
crushed to jelly. and the chief guard
decapitated. A mail clerk was fatally
scalded. though death did not release
him for several hours during which he
lay bepeath the ruin, audibly lamenting
the fate of his family and entreatiug for
water. which could not be conveyed to
him. A pregnant woman, whose
mothers brains were dashed out by an
iron bar by her side. escaped uninjured.
and gave birth to her child while yet
entangled in the wreck. Examination
showed that the slaughter was not the
result of an accident, for hands accus-
toned to railroad work had removed the
nuts and bolts from five rails on one
side of the curve and then replaced the
rails SO that the track appeared safe
and untouched. The affair is all the
mere horrible because but little while
before three attempts had been made in
precisely similar manner to wreck
trains on another road.
Year: 1876

Last night August Richter, aged nifty. OF No. SO
Stanton street, was found hanging by his neck to the
door OF HIS The OF tho deed Ia known
The Coroner nouhed 10 investigate the case.
Year: 1876

The Planes Are Discovered ana Ex-


ttn9uished.


About six months ago James Lloyd,
a negro, succeeded In stealing some
railroad iron from the depot in Gretna.
He was caught In the act and incar-
business turn OF mind, and knowing that
his chances were good to take trip to
Baton Rouge at the expense OF the State,
made up his mind to break Jail, and
after little perseverance, succeeded
in gaining his freedom. He also dis
covered that the little berg OF Gretna
was too small to hold him with safety,
50 he left for parts unknown.


Six months have elapsed since Jimmy
committed this little breach Of the law,
and, thinking that time had blotted out
his past offenses, returned to Gretna TO
live in harmony with his fellow man.


Regardless OF the rain that fell Sun
day evening, Jimmy concluded that he
would take q promenade. Hardly had
he walked five squares when he dis
covered the man that he'd denounced
him az a thief and scoundrel. Jimmy
was pluck. and he waded into his &C
cuser. The assalant had hardl y reached
tho third round. when to his utter sur
prise, found that his antagonist was
the better man. In few minutes
peeler p,n in an appearance and Jimmy
was locked up for assault and battery,
and on close inspection he was, discov-
cred to be the same chap that had broke
Jail some six months ago, and was duly
incarcerated TO his surprise. the Jail
was not the old barn that he previous
ly made his escape from with such ease.
but this did not even battle him.
Another thought flashed through his
brain, and that was to burn the Jail,
Jimmy went right to work to accomplish
the deed. Taking the blanket that was
in the cell. he placed it near the door
and ignited it with match. The
flames were discovered by the turnkey
and extinguished.a and Jimmy was trans
ferred to tho Sixth Precinct for safe
Keeping
Year: 1876

White duck pants look well and are
fashionable. but the trouble i n man
must always be looking around after a
napkin II he wears them. You can't
wipe the least biz Of dirt OF your fingers
on the leg OF white duck brccchsa but
what some one will notice it-l Fulton
Timca
Year: 1876

The future pitcher and catcher Of some
champion baseball nine were observed
yesterday praeticing with a half brick
done up in an old stocking. This
Is what may be called the ragged edge Of
the game.
Year: 1876

The Convention did not look A. though
treason was an odious thing. nor that
rebels were any the less to be honored
than patriots The gathering proved
again what the Democratic House had
already proved. that the old rebel Gle.
ment is running the Democratic party.
and that its whole hope Of success l.
staked on their solid support They
were all there at 81. Louis, aud were the
lions Of the day, especially honored and
Year: 1876

new device for securing Artificial Teeth
firmly In place, and rendering them perfectly
comfortable and reliable in Eating, Talking,
Laughing, Singing, Coughing and Sneezing.


Ministers, Lawyers,
and all public speakers who have been greatly
em ha rrassed by their Teeth dropping at the
most inopportune times, can now get set of
Teeth which will remain firmly in place under
all circumstances.
Year: 1876

OLIVE LOGAN ON HAIR-DREssING.-Oliy
Logan writes "Girls, attend to your coli
fure. No matter how simple your dress is,
look out for your capillary adornments, and
all will be well. Avoid, il possible, all false
hair about the face. Corkscrew curls, ven
tilated scratches, and bogus bangs look well
enough on the stage or under veil, but
they give age when the wearer is subjected
to close inspection. 4 tiny little lock OF your
own hair shipped off at the top Of your noses


bridge and rolled up in airing with hairpin


at night will make pretty little curly fringe


across your forehead in the morning, and
will never be noticed, even il the fashion


changes and you wish to brush the short
locks back with the rest. Comb up the back
hair as high as you can without dragging
your arms out of their sockets; encircle the
ton of your Uranium with smoothly
brushed and neatly plated braid, and in the
vac,rumistic aborrence which this perform
ance creates stick high comb or volumi-
nous bow, and you have coitfurc-Which,
if not SO stunningly dressy as some hair
artist might build, is still thoroughly lady
like, inevitably becoming, and indisputably
CONNIE Il faut.
Year: 1876

FAIR THIS EvENNG.-The ladies OF the
Grace-Street Presbyterian church will open
their fair In the lecture-room OF the church,
corner Fourth and Grace streets, this eve.
ming. They will have for sale their usual
assortment of useful and fancy articles, De-
sides q plenty OF good things to eat. z
Year: 1876

An amusing story is told of James
town lady who was jealous of her hus-
band, and suspected him of kissing the
cook. She kept quiet, however, and
bided her time, intending to catch him
in the act. One evening she heard him
come in quietly and seek the kitchen,
whereupon she prepared for action. As
that happened to be Katy's (the cook's)
" might out" the kitchen was dark /; so
the wife, taking some matches, threw a
shawl over her head, after Katy's fashion,
and entering the kitchen by the back
door, was almost Immediately seized and
embraced in the most ardent manner.
Almost bursting with rage and jealousy,
and intending to wreak summary ven
geance upon her faithless lord, she struck
a match and stood facing the hired man.
Tableauxl 1t is difficult to tell on which
face was pictured the greatest astonish-
ment. The husband says he don't know
how it is, but his wife never treated him
so well since the first month they were
married as she has for the past few days.
Year: 1876

A correspondent of the London Times
gives an interesting account of the exc
cution of some of the men who took part
in the assassination of the French and
German Consuls at Salonica. The
Turkish authorities can not be said to
be dilatory in giving satisfaction to the
aggrieyed- foreigners ON this occasion.
The Sultan ordered the offenders to be
punished within eight days, and on the
second day the troops were observed to
be assembling in a large, clear space on
the quay, close to the waters edge, and
nearly opposite the main street of the
town, which terminates at the landing
place, and in little while individuals
were seen to be putting up eight
erections, which soon assumed the form
of gibbets. After the arrangements
were complete, a boat from the Turkish
man-of-war came on shore. bearing pris-
oners who had been condemned by the
court few hours before. These unfor-
tunate wretches were allowed to say
short prayer each, after being marched
to their respective gibbets, in full view
of the ships officers. When that prayer
was over each had to stand on chair
which was borrowed from an adjacent
cafe for the occasion, and as soon as the
rope was adjusted the chair was kicked
away from under them, letting them
drop only that height. As they can not
get any Turks to take the part of execu-
tioners, they have to catch gypsies and
Albanians from the neighborhood two or
three days beforehand and make them do
it, with the option of losing their own
lives in case of refusal. The Mohamme-
dan priest who was present told each
prisoner he was dying martyr to his
religion, and one of them, a negro, would
not allow himself to be polluted by the
touch of an Albanian, but got on the
chair, adjusted the rope, and kicked the
chair away himself.
Year: 1876

With all the glaring corruption of the
Administration and the Administrators
office-holders staring them in the face, it
is no wonder that such journals as the
New York Times and Chicago Tribune
should gloat over the adoption of the six
teenth plank in the Republican platform,
where all Democrats are arraigned as
traitors aud sympathizers with treason,
Representatives is charged with cover
shadowing the ends of justice by par
tisan mismanagementa and obstruction of
investigation" There is only one party
in Congress and in the country which
has obstructed investigation" and that
is assuredly the party which most needs
and which has been most damaged by
it. Because the Democratic House of
Representatives has unearthed the ras-
cality, the imbecility and the jobbery of
the Belknaps, Robesons, Shepherds, Bah
cocks, and others of that ilk, the Repub-


ican platform arraigns the Democratic
party for being utterly incompetent 10
administer the Government" The six
teenth plank of the platform is huge
joke; but it is about the only plank the
opposition can cling to or fight upon.


The Republicans will be kept very
busy during the campaign defending the
conduct of the men whom they wish
third time to place in power. In order
to divert the attention of the people
from the real issue, they will assail the
Democratic party-as the party has been
assailed in their buncombe Platforms
sympathizers with treasorand secession
will try toseduce the negroes with the idea
that they will again be enslaved, and
the people of the North with the ridicu-
lous notion that the Confederate debt
will be paid, in the event of the success
of that party which, in the Lower House
of Congress, has been unearthing the
corruption and rascality of Radicals
during the past ten years. Every Op-
portunity was offered the Republicans in
Congress to investigate previous to the
election of majority Of Democrats in
the House of Representatives, but they
would net, dare not, make an exposition
of the duplicity and rascality OF the
Administration and the Administrations
friends. In the language of promi-
nent Republican in Congress, "These in
vestigations will be damn the party"
The people are pretty much inclined to
think that a party composed of such
material should be damned, nevermore
10 be resurrected. No wonder the Re-
publicans in their platform warn the
country against trusting" the Democ-
racy. When the day of judgment comes
there will be woe in the camps of the
opposition.
Year: 1876

THE Neacberp IN. C.) Nut Shell says:
We learn through gentleman from Fort
Macon that on Sunday last one of the
sergeants at the fort lost his son in hor-
rible manner. The.little boy was in the
surf bathing in the rear of the fort when
he suddenly disappeared from sight, and
from the commotion made in the water
and the non-appearance of even the
least vestige of the boy it was presumed
that shark had taken him under the
water and devoured him. The mother
of the little fellow was lying very low in
one of the dwellings at the fort, and for
fear the shock would result in her death
the horrible news was not taken to her.
Year: 1876

AN explosion of one hundred and
thirty tons of powder stored on Ellis Is
land, in the harbor, according to cal
culation made by the Scientific american,
would shock buildings in the lower part
of the city equal to force of twenty
pounds to the square foot ofexposed sur
face. This would be the effect of the
entire quantity of powder exploded at
once; but if only half detonated stimuli
taneously, the force would be sufficient
to destroy the shipping in the harbor,
overturn steeples in the cities of New
York, Jersey City, and Brooklyn, and SO
jar the buildings below City Hall that
they would probably have to be taken
down. Other effects are foretold, as fol-
lows: Every church within twenty
five miles would suffer from cracked
walls and windows; and if the disaster
occurred at night, every gaslight in the
cities of New York, Jersey City, and
Brooklyn, would be extingnished. The
loss of life due to falling buildings would
probably be great. People in the streets
in the lower part of the city would be
thrown down, and many rendered deaf.
Far less extensive explosions have over
thrown horses and ripped off their shoes,
a curious result of the inertia due to the
differing specific gravities of the animal
and the metal. 1t is likely that not a
bird within fifteen miles radius would
survive. The iron water mains in the
part of the city below the City Hall
would also be ruptured, as that effect
has followed less extensive explosions .