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Year: 1876

In the political decadence of the Papacy,
in its disappearance as State, it has stood
before the world in the persons of two men
the Pope and Cardinal Antonelli. One of
these has now passed away, and the other
cannot, in the course Of nature, remain much
longer. That the Papacy as political power
should be practically blotted out of the rec
ord of European history would not long
since have seemed wildly incredible, and
it is difficult to see what has been left of it
except what was inseparable from the names
of these two men. With the great Secretary
gone, and with the Pope at the threshold
of another world, it is conceiv-
able that the present generation may
see the Power that governed more
widely than any empire which ever existed
dwindled to mere bureau of correspond
ence in the Sacred City in communication
with the churches Of tho earth. It cannot
be made the reproach of Antonelli that the
Papacy fell away from it's splendors while
he was at the helm; for though the d6noue-
ment came then the drama was prepared
beforehand by changes SO deep and great
that no human genius could have averted
their legitimate consequences. If Plus VII.
had not refused the propositions of Napo-
leon the fate Of the spiritual sovereignty of
the world might have been different. Ma
poleon comprehended that the Papacy was
medieval Power, and that unless recon-
structed it could not survive in the modern
world; but the Pope opposed that reconstruc-
ton only to defer an inevitable conflict
in which his sovereignty should fall
into hands less disposed to respect its
proper limits. In these days the Papacy
reaps the fruit of that error. 1t is not pos
sible that q new Pope can have outside the
Church the moral influence that has been
exercised by the names of Plus TX. and An
tonelli, and rs that moral influence is the
main substance of its power tho Papacy will
be poor indeed without it. The German
government, because Of its quarrel with the
Church, will take on immediate interest in
the future of the Papacy to secure in the
main position and as the successor to An
tonelli men amenable to its views, and rs
that government is omnipotent in Europe
that will be the issue upon which the per-
sons of the Papal government will be ap-
pointed.
Year: 1876

IT WOULD BE Coon THING if we could
choose all our important public officers from
The class Of citizens of which Mr.. Levi p.
Morton is type. New York has special
interest in national legislation and should
be represented at Washington by her best
business men. As Mr.. Morton has consented
to run for Congress in the Eleventh district
the people should take care that he is not
defeated. His services would be of great
value to the city, and the candidacy Of such
men should be encouraged.
Year: 1876

Owing TO the action OF portion Of the carriers and
pcwemep who determined that tie public shall
prevent It. We have made arrangements to place tho
HERALD the hands OF all readers at tho reduced
price. Newsboys purchase any quantity they may
aesire at No 1.oe5 Broadway and No. . Ann street.
Year: 1876

Since the memorable contest Of 1924 no
Presidential election has been SO doubtful
as the present seems on the morning of the
day when the vote is to be taken.


The electioneering topics of which most
use was made previous to October had but
little effect. They were on the one side the
bloody shirt and Mr.. Tilden's income tax,
and on the other the corruption of republi-
can office-holders, carpet-bag misrule and
stagnation of business. After the drawn
battle on these issues the republicans sought
for others, and discovered two which they
have been using for the last two weeks
with vigor which has spread alarm through
the democratic camp. The most potent of
these new issues is the charge that if Mr.
Tilden should be elected the solid South
would force the payment of an astounding
amount of Southern war claims, large
enough to double the present national debt
This charge proved to be so alarming and
to the front in contradiction-an evidence of
fright, or at least of uneasiness, which
showed how skilfully the republicans had
selected their weapon. The other election
eering topic introduced by the republicans
in n late stage of the canvass was the as
serted effect of Tildens election on the
market for our bonds in Europe. This
republican shot also proved to be
well aimed, if we may judge by
the futtering it occasioned. 1t was
so promptly denied and sharply resented
only because it was felt to be fatally
damaging if believed. So far as voters can
be persuaded to believe either this or the
charge about Southern war claims they will
be pretty sure to vote against the demo-
cratic candidates. These new elements may
possibly change the drawn battle of Octo-
Der into republican victory in November ;
but even since the introduction of these new
issues the contest is SO doubtful that we
must await the returns before we con have
any secure basis for an opinion.


But whichever of the two candidates is
elected the country will be safe, at least for
the next two years. Even if Mr.. Tilden is
elected there will be republican majority
in the Senate until March, 1879. The re-
publican Senators cannot only block revo-
lutionary legislation, if such should be
attempted, but they can reject every
appointment by democratic President
which they may deem unwise for the
public interests. If the democrats carry the
election they will be held in check by the
Senate for the first half of the Presidential
term, and they can have no hope. of con-
trolling the Senate for the last half if they
should have the folly to launch into re-
dictionary measures. There will accordingly
be no reason to despair of the Republic, let
the result Of to-day's voting be as it may.
Year: 1876

BunaLAn's DAY.-The Sabbath, which is to
the work day world day of rest and to the
Christian world day Of devotion, is to our
burglars a day of profit Scarcely Monday
morning passes without some vigilant police
officer or early porter discovering that rob-
berry was committed the day before in some
Of our business houses. Then the astute
police captain and the mysterious detectives
arrive and find out how the burglars got in
and how they got out mo clew to the
robbers" The latest silk robbery, reported
elsewhere, is a fair sample. Sunday in all
countries where the Sabbath is observed is
the great burglars day. It gives them
twenty-four TO thirty hours for operations.
This is known to the police as we'll rs to the
thieves, and should be better guarded
aqninst. Our merchants must be also aware
Of it, yet it is astonishing how negligent
they are in the matter. The detection Of
che burglars at Claims BY IN automatic
kusxlas alarm should not bs lost upon thsm-.
Year: 1876

THE following instructive comparison from
the New York Times between the Boston
and Utica conventions is worth the attention
of independents:


The contrast between the Republican pro-
ceedings at Boston and the Democratic pro-
ceedipgs at Utica would seem sufficient to show
how independent Teformers might be expected
to act if they were amenabe to the practical
considerations of ordinary life. Here are the
members of Republican Convention animated
by sincere desire to adapt the policy and the
management of their party to the interests and
wants of the country. They denounee pre-
vailing abuses uDsparngly, and they indicate
measures which commend themselves to the
consciences as we'll as the judgments of patri-
otic people There is no contention about per-
sons-nO disposition to evade a great duty.
Here, again, is Democratic Convention whose
members devote all one day and part of anoth.
er to disgusting squabble between two fac
tions, and who finally identify themselves
with the faction whose name is in this City
synonymous with theft and fraud and corrup-
ton; convention packed in the interest of
certain candidate for the Presidency, whose ca
reer In the office he now occupies has placed
him On level with the veriest demagogue-
who has no chance of nomination, except as
the result of intrigue and bribery-and whose
pretensions to purity are belied by his affilia-
tions and antecedents not less than by his con-
duct in the Gubernatorial chair; conven-
tion, moreover, whose platform is composed of
plattudes which the conduct of the Democrat
ic majority in the House of Representatives
has rendered contemplate. Does not the con-
Year: 1876

CAULFIELDs committee do not seem at all
anxious to find out what Davenport knows.
On the contrary they are very anxious he
shall not tell. But Mr.. Conger, the only
Republican member OF the committee, hes
few questions to ask by-and-by, the answers
to which will throw considerable light upon
the way in which Democratic majorities in
New York city have been obtained.
Year: 1876

THERE is prospect of considerable incon-
venience for time, occasioned by the with.
drawal of scrip and the slow substitution of
silver coins. The Treasury has only paid out
about million dollars so far, and very little
of this sum has got into circulation, people
choosing to hoard instead OF to pass it. The
stringency cannot last long, however at the
rate the mints are working. The demand
for silver is increasing daily, an indication
that the substitution is satisfactory one.
Year: 1876

THE question is frequently asked,
not only of DR.. Reynolds but of 9TH
ers, what course drinking man should
pursue to rid himself of the Craving
appetite for liquor. None but one
who has been there knows how terri
bic is this appetite and how difficult it
is to resist its demands. The desire
for just one more drink besets every
man who has ever fallen victim to the
curse, and the cries for something to
fill up the void without return to
the Intoxicating cup are heard every
where. 1t is pleasure to announce
that such substitute does exist. A
drinking man can supply himself cas-
lily with the remedies used at nearly
all of the inebriate asylums and be his
own physician at his own house, with
out the necessity, expense and pub
licity of visiting the WashingtOnian
Home or any other reformatory insti-
tuition.


His laboratory need contain only a
small quantity of cayenne pepper, a
pot of concentrated extract of beef
and a few grains of bromide of po-
tassium. When the desire for drink
reeurs, make tea from the cayenne
pepper, as strong as can be taken with
any degree of comfort, sweeten it with
milk and sugar and drink. The tea
will supply the same place that glass
of liquor would fill. and will leave no
injurious effects behind. Repeated
daily, or so often as the appetite re-
turns, it will be but few days before
Year: 1876

THE private houses Of Damascus are
a theme of wonder and admiration
throughout the Orient. In land in
which moist spot is called a garden,
and canal bordered by willows a
Paradise, the fancy constructs a pal
ace Of the utmost splendor and luxury
out of materials which in less glow
ing country would scarcely satisfy
moderate notions of comfort or of os-
tentatiOn.


But the East is a region of contrasts
as well as of luxury, and it is difficult
to say how much of their reputation
the celebrated mansions of Damascus
owe ~ the wretchednesS Of the Ordi-
nary dwellings, and also to the rag
gedness of their surroundings. We
spent day in visiting several of the
richest dwellings, and sleeping our
selves in the dazzling luxury they
offer


The exterior Of a private house gives
no idea of its interior. Sometimes its
plain mud wall has solid, handsome
street door, and if it is very old, per-
haps a rich Saracenic portal; but usu-
ally you slip from the gutter, lined
with mud walls, called a street, into
an alley, crooked, probably dirty, pass
through a stable-yard and enter
small court, which may he cheered by
a tree and a basin Of water. Thence
you wind through a narrow passage
into large court, a parallelOgram of
tessellated marble, having fountain
in the center, and about it orange and
lemon trees and roses and vines. The
house, two stories high, is built about
this court, upon which all the rooms
open without communicating with
each other. Perhaps the building
is Of marble and carved, or it may be
highly Ornamented with stuccO
and painted in gay colOrs- If the es-
tablishment belongs to a MOslem, it
will have beyond this court a second,
larger and finer, with more fountains,
trees and flowers, and a house more
highly decorated. This is the harem,
and the way to it is a crooked alley, so
that by no chance can the slaves or
visitors of the master get glimpse
into the apartments Of the women.
The first house We visited was of this
kind; all the portion the gentlemen Of
the party were admitted into was in a
state of shabby decay; its court in
disrepair. its rooms void of comfort
a condition of things to which we had
become well accustomed in every thing
Moslem. But the ladies found the
court of the harem beautiful, and its
apartments old and very rich in wood
carving and in arabesques, som ething
like the best old Saracenic houses in
Cairo. - Charles Dudley Warmers
80 Oyie1ltzI TTnreZ'
Year: 1876

We know Of scarce any animal pos
sessing more instinct than the beaver.
\ very small pond they dam up in such
a way as to render approach to their
hahitati0ns almost impossible. 4
house is constructed of RATS laid
across a main beam and covered with
bushes and turf. 1t is divided into
two compartments, one for the animal
to dry itself in after coming out of the
pond, and another to eat and sleep in.
1t is entered through a passage-way
communicating with the outer edge Of
the pond (but in such way as not to
admit of water entering the house,
and about midway between the sur
face and the bottom. On the least in
dicaUion of danger he leaves his house
by this subterranean passage, and does
not rise TO the surface till far beyond
the reach of danger on the other side
of the pond. The only plan, there
fore, is to cut number of stakes,
drive them closely together in the bot
tom of the pond and close to the bank
then take the roof off the house, and,
in some part of the passage way, the
family, which consists of three or four,
may be found. In this way a man
from Nackawick got four a few days
agO.-St. John on. b. Telegraph.
Year: 1876

THERE is good reason to believe that
disease is occasionally disseminated
through the medium of funerals. We
have at least one fair authenticated i'll
stance in this country of diphtheria
being dIffused broadcast through the
crowding incidental occasionally to the
last ceremony. In America this ques-
tiOn is beginning to receive much at
tention, and several cases have been
reported Of late where the transmits
sion of the disease from the corpse
seemed highly probable. The Suffolk
District Medical Society sent out 400
circulars to medical practitioners, with
a view to aScer3aining the opinion of
the profession on the alleged danger
of permitting public funerals of per-
sons who had died from diphtheria.
Two hundred and thirty-nine answers
were received. Of these. 143 writers
expressed belief in the possible DALI
ger Of cOntagiOn at such funerals; sew
enteen believe that there is danger
from funerals in the houses of the
dead, but none in churches; twenty
nine fancy that, in the present state of
knowledge, there is no Justification in
prohibiting public funerals: and eight
record circumstances which occurred
in their own experience confrmatory
Of the proposition that peril may en-
sue, but the testimony these latter ad


vance is not quite satisfactory. The
Society, after due consideration,
recommend that funerals at the houses
of those who have died of diphtheria
should be private, owing to possible
exposure to the poison of the disease.


-L61ldon Lancet.
Year: 1876

We call particular attention to the announcement in another column, of the May.day picnic and steamboat excursion, for the enjoyment and benefit of the children of the public school. Let all friends of the children and of free education who can leave their business for a day, turn out and help to make themselves and the little ones happy. All persons who possess good hearts are made better and happier by contlibut- ing to the enjoyment of the chil- dren. The picnic and excursion on the first of last May was grand success, and it is intended to make this fully as enjoyable. and if pos sible more so. The c. s. N. Com pany, with its usual liberality, will run their new and fine steam CT Noltave ou the occasion.
Year: 1876

The Chicago Times few days since
IN an article advocating Tilden's elec-
ton, unwittingly furnished very
forclble argument against it. TIE


Times was combating the proposition
that in case OF Tilden's success, the
country would be called upon to pay
the rebel claims for damages on ac-
count Of the late war. The Times ar
gued that Tllden can do no harm
during his term of Office, if elected,
because the Republicans will have q
majority in the Senate and can there
fore hold Tilden and Democratic
house Of Representatives in check.
You can safely elect Mr.. Tilden," "
says the Times ':tor no matter how i'm
beetle or tricky be may be, or how
much be may be disposed to favor the
-confederates In their clamorous de-
mands for compensation for emanci-
pated slaves and the loss of property
by the war. his vicious propensities will
be acid in check by Republican op.
position"


Here, then, is an admission that the
safety Of the country lies in the Re
publican party. The Times has con-
fessed too much for its own good and
the good of its party. 1t is au argu-
ment which the people will do we'll to
follow to its legitimate conclusion,
which is that if a Republican Senate
can be the means of avertiIg so much
danger to the country, a Republican
House of Representatives and Re
publican President are equally essen
to its perpesuity and welfare. We
commend the argument of the Times
to sober minded men of all parties and
ask them to consider how convincing
plea it is in favor Of Hayes, Wheeler
and Csswell.
Year: 1876

LONDON, October 1S.-The Times
editonally says: 'Tbe hopes we have
SO aaxiouely cherished must, we fear.
at length be abandoned, and we must
recognize the fact that negotiations are
practically at an end; and that the
two belligerents, now face to face in
European Turkey, must be left to the
consequences of their fate


Another twenty-four ours has
brought no relief to the ten ion under
which we were laboriog, and events
are evidently moving too fast on the
Danube to be arrested by slow progress
of even telegraphic diplomacy


The Evening Post, speaking of the
war prospects in its financial column,
says: Looking over the whole situa-
alton, however, it is impossible to come
70 any other conclusion than that war.
even if it is confined to Russia and
Turkey, which is hardly among the
possibilities, will be all that is needed
to thoroughly awaken the dormant in
dnstres of this country, and give us a
degree of profitable activity in every
branch of business such as has not been
seen for many years So far as the
price of gold is affected By foreign
trade, the movement, it must be borne
in mind, that, as respects breadstuifs,
one of the great sources of supply for
wheat will be cut off. A good part of
the wheat which supplies the world
comes from Russia; that there will be
an enormous demand for our bread
stufs and provisions, in fact, all food
and products: that there also viii be a
( reat demand fer coarse manufactures
and particularly for everything that
comes under the head of war supplies
that demand will directly help trans
portation lines Of all kinds. and VIII
indirectly stimulate every branch of
industry. 1t must rot be forgotten
however, that at least part of what
our exports will gain in this way will
be lost on cotton, of which we have an
enormous crop this year. Whether
the domestic consumption of cotton
can be increased so as to compensate
for whatever reduction there may be IN
the foreign demand, is another question.
Year: 1876

A few Of the items in the long list
of benefits which the nation has de-
rived at the hands of the Republican
party are, currency of uniform value
il every State of the Union; public
credit unequaled in our history; per
sonal freedom vouchsafed to the hum
blest individual; wise homestead
system, giving farms to all who live
upon them; and peace az home and
abroad.
Year: 1876

The death of a once famous polite
iao is reported Hon E. ?. Blair AS
long ago as when Andrew Jackson was
in the zenith of his power, Mr.. Blair
was one Of the most influential men at
Washington. He was journalist by
profession, his ambition being to be the
head Of the ''power behind the throne" /"
When the Republican party was born,
be emerged from his retirement (for
he was even then an old man, long alb
sent from public afairs) and oficiated
somewhat prominently at the christen.
ing. That was his last public appear
ance OF any note. His sou, Montgom-
cry, received a place in Mr.. Lincoln's s
Cabinet, mainly in gratitude to the
father for his services six years before.
The late General Frank P. Blair. Jr..
was another of his sons. At one time
his death would have been of very
considerable moment to the country,
but he has been so very long in retire
ment that his demise is the gentle fall
of leaf in Autumn. He was 81
years old.
Year: 1876

The ELECTORAL VoTE.-Electors
meet at their respective State capitals
on the first Wednesday Of December OF
the year in which they are elected,
vote by ballot for President and Vice
President, and transmit a record of
their votes to the President of the
United States Senate. A law of Con-
gress provides that the Electoral vote
shall be counted by the two houses in
joint session on the second Wednesday
In February next succeeding the meet
ing of the Electors of President and
Vice President. The twenty-second
joint rule Of the two houses provides
that the houses shall assemble in the
hall of the house Of Representative al
l P. NJ, and that the President OF the
Senate shall be their presiding officer
No vote objected to by either House
shall be counted. In case of disa-
greement, the Senate retires, and both
bodies deliberate on the admission or
rejection of the vote Of any State. In
case they agree, on reassembling the
vote is counted, but in case they are
divided, the vote is not counted.
Year: 1876

A SIX weeks armistice will probably
be agreed upou between Russia, Tur-
key and the insurgent Turkish prov
lnces, and Its extension beyond that
time, if deemed desirable, in order to
give the Powers further opportunity
to come to an amicable settlement of
the question at issue.
Year: 1876

Sitting Bull, with some of his war
riors, has come into Fort Peck, Mon
tana Territory, begging for peace
The authorities at Washington have
sent word to the agent at Fort Peck to
tell him that nothing short of an un-
conditional surrender would be lis.
tened to.
Year: 1876

From the several places where Hon.
l.. b Caswell, Republican candidate
Tor Congress. has spoken, we have re-
ports that he is received with great
enthusiasm and that his remarks give
complete satisfaction to the people


Mr. Caswell is an able speaker. is very
thoroughly booked up on affairs of
.,tate, ana his presentations of the is
sues OF the day are so clear and his
manner SO candid that he inspires the
fullest confidence of the people, and
they viii! vote fer him. they know
that he is an honest and faithful rep
rosentative Of the interests of the dis
trlct. and know that he is a man they
can trust. Mr.. Caswell viii receive
the full vote of his party, and draw
goodly number from the opposition.


This fact the sigus of the times fully
indicate There is certainly no reason
why be should not receive he vote of
every Republican in the District His
opponent is not his superior in any
respect, that goes to constitute a mem


Der of Congress He may be more
gifted and experienced as an orator,
but in soundness Of judgment, in ca
paciiy to exert beneficial influence in
Congress, Mr.. Caswell is fully equal.
If not superior to his oponent- -Madi-
son Journal