davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-05-29

sake of the public satisfaction resulting from
the completion OF 90 great work, we are glad
that the condition and the Affairs OF the ROAD
are no worse. Better they might be- Dut IL Is
q great comfort that the road is built.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-05-29

The workingmen of this city propose to hold
great outdoor demonstration in honor OF
Gen. Grant and the Eight Hour law.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-05-29
TIE TRLRHNE IN PARLS

MesSrs BOWles Brothers 81 Co, No. 10 Rue
De Ia PaK are agents In Paris 70 receive subsSrip
E0nI ana Advertisements FOG THs TRIBUNE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-05-29

FIRST PAGE. lie
Foreign Correspondence j
Letters from Great Re
Britain, France, and
Spain. IN
Through to the Pacific. MI,
SECOND PAGE. ~ ~
Gems and Precious Wares. g..
Boating.
Spring Fashions. IA,
Through the South. Noi
Foreign Agents. pro
North Carolina. ~
THIRD PAGE. ~
Washington Dispatches. Co. 90
Religious. Tbf
Domestic Tel News' Mai
Foreign News. ~
FOURTH PAGE, sne
Presbyterian Counclis, 'F0
Letter from ocH"'O' IJt,
Grimes. NJ poc
Probable Eject OF WO- Do Do
man Suffrage. n nod
Letters from the People hed
Political - CIT,
MYSTERIOUS Murder near shll
Chicago. Via
General Notes.
FITTH PAGR. HOl
The Cuban Revolution. The
Mississippi. IL
The Drama, Loo
The Humboldt Monument. A Z
The Weber PlanO-FOrte Lat
WarerOOms. AuN
Anniversary OF the Juvc-
nile Asylum Sunday Inc
school. Inc
Labor Movements. Inc
The Reunion of the Army Inc
OF the Potomac. w
The Belgian Pavement. MOI
A Case OF False Pretenses. MAJ
Attempt 20 Rob Safe.
4 Suspicious Case. AuN
lnQugSts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-05-29
s'1etpi2)otk Dailp Gribmore,
SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1869.
TRIPLE SHEET.
1ABLE or CONTENTS.

Heartless Desertion Dy "
Daughter.
Religious Notice. Ice
Tho Day Of the DEAD:
lie iie 1DickinsOn's Lecture.
Political Economy.
Editorial Para graphs.
Business Notices.
SEVENTH PACE.
Editorial Paragraphs.
Nothing Unreasonable.
protection from Counter1
feiter5.
Army Gazette.
Navy Gazette.
The State Of Trade.
Marriages, Deaths, and
Funerals.
Special Notices.
EIGHTH PAGE.
Literary Items.
Book Advertisements.
Real Estate.
Real Estate Ady'ments.
NINTH PAGB.
Ship News.
Classified Advertisements
TENTH PAGE.
Home News.
Tho Hicks.st. (BrOoklyn)
Homicide.
Local News.
A Chapter OF Accidents.
Latest Ship News.
Advertisements.
ELEVENTH PAGE.
The Courts.
The Central Park.
The Quakers.
The Widening OF Broad
way.
Money Market.
Markets.
TWELFTH FACE
Advertisements.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-10-08
Murder of a Maine Nam

Herbert l.. Field, formerly Of Auburn,
Me, wac has recently been in the bank
ing business AT Manislcc, Wisconsin, in
the firm of Field Il Vanderpool. was re-
Gently murdered by his partner. under the
most jendi>h circumstances. They had
dissolved partnership, divided the funds
and passed receipts in the presence of wit
neSSes. The money OF each was placed
in the safe Tor security Tor one night, Van
derpool using the inner safe, which was
secured by a combination lock, the num-
bers ofwhich were known only 10 himself
Field placed his money in the outer cham
Der, the combination of the lock of which
was known to both. In the morning
Field had disappeared and his money also
Much anxiety was felt for his Whereabouts,
and every effort was made to get trace of
him. After some time his body was found
having tloated twenty miles away from
where il had been thrown into the lake.
ana tnen been washed ashore: 1t bore
three deep gashes in the skull, apparently
made by a Ratchet In the mean time
other revelations had pointed Ia Wander
pool "a the murderer, and he was arrested
The jury of inquest rendered verde,
against him. Both partners were young
men of good reputation-Vanderpool hav-
ing wife and children. Fields father
lives in Poland, Me-. and sister and other
relatives in Auburn.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-10-08
Fryeburg Items.

A correspondent of the Lewiston Jour
nal, says:
The West Oxford Agricultural Society's
fair and cattle show will occur on the 18th,
18th and l4th of October, at this place,
and there is every assurance of its being
very successful. The Portland Il Ogdens-
burg r. r. has been located the middle
OF the fair grounds, and this will probably
be the last show held upon them, possibly
the last in this town, as other towns near
are offering inducements to the society to
locate new grounds in their vicinity, and
many in Fryeburg are willing to let it 90
under the clrcumstances-at least we pre-
fer the rail road and machine shops to the
show, if both cannot be retained
The Fryeburg base ball club played a
game with the Star club of Bridgton on
Saturday last, which was won by the lat
ter, their score standing u to the Frye
burg's 20.
A cornet band of II pieces was organic
ed here last winter under the direction OF
Mr.. d. l.. Lamson, which has made great
proficiency, and will soon be able 10 60
out and entertain their friends.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-10-08

Sandy river at the same place, and corn
factory were carried away The loss was
heavy.
A train passed up the Androscoggin
rail road from Lewiston to Leeds Monday
morning, where its progress was stayed,
a bridge over the Dead river in Leeds
having been carried off by the flood. A
town bridge in Leeds, over the same
stream was also carried away.
The damage to railroads all over the
State is considerable On the Grand
Trunk TO Island Pond many culveits are
damaged and the track badly washed.
The bridge near Paris is impossible, the
trick 1T either end being washed away
and the abutmen,s damaged,
At Wa,erville Gen. Franklin Smith
loses all his logs and his new saw mill Is
somewhat damaged The Scbasticook
river rose eleven feet in five hours Mon
day night
At kendalls Mills. j. Winslow Jones
loses another corn factory in addition to
that reported gone at Pennington. The
Messrs. Tolmon lose nj! their logs, as do
also Fogg & Newhall.
The Watervilc toll bridge is carried
away and great damage has been done to
the numbering interests all along the line
of the river.
The loss near Wateryiile by the food Is
estimated at 100000.
The highways all over the State are
badly damaged.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-10-08
NOr1CaU TENS.

Mr.. John l.. Horne OF this village, has
been luxuriating on sweet potatoes raised
in his garlen-which were nice and good.
The Express Agent here, few days
ago, received a telegram from Berlin
Falls, n. H., purporting to be from his
father, requesting him to send S25 by the
next express train, as he needed it badly.
But as his father happened to be athome,
instead of in New Hampshire, the money
was not sent.
Feyers are prevailing here to a consid-
cradle extent; several new cases are re.
ported within the last two or three days,
says the Lewiston Journal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-10-08
Green Corn Cannina.

One OF the busiest places imaglnabie,
is green Corn Canning establishment,
in full blast. as we found Messrs. Burl-
ham 4 Morrilrs, at South Paris, last Fri
day, the day they closed up.
Few of our readers have any idea OF
the process of canning the corn, or the
business. rs We had not before we visited
it. 1t is a great enterprise, and compar-
atiyely new thing, ont of the cities.
Several are now established in different
parts of the State. and the stimulus
they have given to the cultivation of
sweet corn has been quite profitable to
our farmers. As the editor of the Farm
ington Chronicle recently visited the es-
tablishmcnt Of Mr. Jones. in that town
and wrote out nm account of The process
of The enterprise, which applies to this
territory with some change of figures.
we avail ourselves Of it.
The corn i first huSkcd on the outside
of the building, in large yard, and then
taken in baskets into the main working
room and turned into the trays, number
inc 81. and at each OF which sits person
with a knife formed in the shape of a half
circle. the blade Just fitting around the
ear, ready to cut the corn from the cob.
II is then shorclcd into the press, and hy
a lever iambcd down through n tube into
the cans placed underneath. Two Of
these presses are in operation. each with
the assistance of two men. being capable
cot filling 10000 cans per day. Each can.
when filed must weigh pounds, and II
Is the duty of the wcighcr To take out, or
iill up. to the standard the corn in each
can ~ it comes from the press The can
i, filled through an aperture in the top
about one inch in ,lnmc,ct When the
can passes from the hands of the wcigher.
il i, washed and wiped. and the opening
in the top j. covered with a piece of tn
Iust fitting it. This little coyer i, then
picked through with brad awl. in order
10 let the steam escape when the corn Is
heated; the cover ,oldcrcd on. and then
the cans 20 into the bath room holding
90 OF them There are hundred of
these pans. When they are all filled they
are lowered into boilers. 10y meauS pull
lcyS, " here they remain about five hours
in boiling hot water, and are then taken
ou, and thoroughly tested, 10y pounding,
and picking additional hole, in the tops.
10 Jc sure that the mir has all escaped
These little aperture> are then soldercd
up. the cans labeled and boxed up for
market and use.
Some two hundred men and women are
employed, and 100. 900 to 200. 200 cans
have 0ecu prepared for the market,
The farmers receive lie, per eau for
their corn. II TWO hundred thousand cans
are put up this year, $1,000 will have
been distributed among our farmers.
Mr.. Jonathan Richards produced the
best acre oil corn, netting him $4,000,
Leonard Young gets $4,000 from an
acre and quarter. The yield Of corn,
though better than was anticipated a
month ago. is only about half what it
was last year, on the same amount of
land, though more has been planted
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-10-08

leave the car and descend on foot TO the
one coming up. The desire was grah'eo
and quite anumber ofus soon met the ap-
preaching train, pointing upward 10 the
skies.
We climbed up over rocks and stringers
and sleepers. and packed ourselves on
the car seat, which was an old platform
freight car. pressed up by an old freight
engine. that was little out of date. ~
the two trains descended one alter the
other; and 10 Us verr beautiful was the
sight presented from that platform car.
The sun about 10 b. concealed from our
SIGHT, behind the hi Il hills of Vermont
shone -out through tfe broken clouds Up
on the picturesque lar d;cape in most IN
wonted grandeur. , e. vivid lights, and
the deep shades pro 'uced by It's brilliant
ravs, can be tar better imagined, than
described. As he was about 10 bid Us,
faded. weary pilgrims TO the physical
noun, Of God, good night, by his actions,
seemingly said 10 Us, rs YOU have hard,
tiresorne day. | will exhibit TO voc view
of the vast works O. the Almighty. the
like Of which, in sub,imity, You will not
witness for many years.
We all arrived safely at the depot at 5
o'clock in the evening, near the time
when we all expected in the morning, 10
be near home. Fla ing ,aken refresh
meats. and collected ur extra garments.
we began % retrace our Step> bacl, g. he
banks orthe Connect at A. theai, was
mild and balmv. al the bright rinor
lent her charm. anC no wind 20 di> Vrh
the dust Of the street nj all the ellen hts
Of nature huShcd n peaceful sile0'e,
we had a most delic ful nights ride IT
irving at the home We LETT "a o'Cl K,
fully coateut 10 tar within doors he
next dav. and refresh our minds viii he
picturesque scenes. and the rongHtic
events experienced the pr'viou, 6.y,
We can speak with ridence Of the m
pie ability Of men to .tantlv >.optheclrS
on any part otthe raj adup NoUn'W 81
ington. The only 'ullr, Is he dun ,er
u overlooking the -ength o. The -o-
pclHug machinery. This j. mos, L.
lichtul way Of ascending the Mouutlin.
y. G..
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-10-08
" est Paris.

II. G.. Brown, Esq. has sold his Stand
10 Jacob Heath OF Line o In. for $500, 90.
He intends 10 visit the West, to look
around, but we hope the sight there will
not be tempting enough to draw him away
iSom old Oxford.
John Bicknell Jr., OF South Paris, has
bought the Bacon stand there and gone
into the Livery business
+. +. Julkins. formerly OF North Paris,
is making some nice carriages & sleighs.
He does his work well, and sells reasona-
biy,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-10-08

The Times is informed that DR. W. :.
George. n prominent citizen of Norway,
died on Sunday evening, of consumption
after lingering illness at his residence.
at the age offfty seven years. The Times
than relates the following remarkable in
cident in the experience of the deceased
that occurred few years ago. Wien IN
Boston il appears that he had pocket
book distracted from his pocket, contain
ing some 81, 900. Allefiorts for it. rccoY-
cry were futile One day the doctor re-
ceived note stating substantially, that,
If he would proceed TO Boston, he would
hear of something for his benefit. On ar
irving in that city, the doctor was waited
upon at his hotel, by an individual who
was muffied to the teeth with thick coat,
and who wore pair of goggles. This IN
diyidual delivered into the hands of the
doctor, an envelope, and without making
any particular explanation turned and left,
and that was the last ever seen Of him.
On opening the envelope, the doctor found
it to contain 81 900 of the missing money,
which he felt very grateful in recovering
DR.. George was buried on Wednesday
last, with Masonic honors.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-10-08
OvforO 1ltmOtrat.
PARIS. MAINE. OCT 5. 1863.
The OXFORD RcgiStcr.

This is the title OF new paper. demo
ocratic i'm politics, puporting To bc pub
li>hcd Al Pai> Hill. 10y Watson Bros.
and edited 10y George h. Shaw. 1t IL
what We minated IL was to he-tbe
Nurs d. ,crat. printed Al Biddeiord,
with new beading, md a short editorial
ami a few local items pertaining 10 our
County.
We have no fsult find with orr dem
ocratfc friends in IN efforts to sid ic
circulation oi the u e pama.-U h.>
County. excepting I :, Ike modem h.
mocucy, it i, t.gs~- ,uethiuZ ti, l.al
from what IL purpori % ue.
The 6r,; sentence %, iuuod, tin.
L. IA, public. j. ruh, modest, o \ le
least. ;oNNu. Cons j.u- ot the inn or-
tauyr of bayju. frs ra,> paprs'li>
county adapted % re wants it. ,..j-
zeu-. and especially q 'he demo II IT,
ms,>--. we assume q publication p.
n- r5 E,.ir.- W lppo-ctlr,l,nr
h9, the idea that ol l.ai.hrrJ .,.sg
has had nn f-s. class oler -.a.e b. .r.t
the prforf Daa.sr1t -oue ,w,i.. .,3-
ago but uow ,'y, e h,,, returned fo
Maine, though aaa-. ,o give bi, m q
pal attention o. Y & county. 20, u
still. oro,l ac4uan nee sake .u,IJy
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-10-08

What uuraycivr, and tell tale things"
local elections sometimes prove. The
vote of the town OF S,e.son 40 m, recent
election shows how we'll in hand men
hold taeir principles and how cunple,e
they thus triumph. Mr. Ilichboru did not
receive a single vote in town and the re-
PUblicau majority wa, increased over any
iormeryea. This was. perhaps. largely
dut t. the Influence sud activity of Hon.
Lewis Barker the ,tJ mp orator OF New
England. and who elected Relres,r-
tati'c - tAe Legs ,urc Jy The lr-e {
majority ever given that togu for any
person for any po,ji office. Nj. Ia.
ker has pracJieed law a tie town h,r1sy
represents ior quite ny years. a , roles
sion Fostering and .elul to tie I3b.i.
and Vet the people al Jrg whom l., crew
Up and mas ever lived si,e him an ,r,,rl-
aSement most signal running him quit.
twenty votes above uy other name on
the ticket. Thi, &C nes rishtu, s.oag
side the vote Of VASES .b0ro forourrai RI
Dor Lang. -kcnneb.c Journal.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-10-08

PAPER CREDITS. OF the four towns
which have commenced suits TO recover
money paid out during the war for paper
credits, in other words from sham sub.
sttutes for drafted men. Waterville and
Sidney have brought actions against Pike
& Colby and John P. Deering & Co.,
brokers, and Monmouth and Reedfield
against Mr.. A. b. Farwell, Representative
elect from Augusta. Portland Adv.
This is denied, so far as Mr.. Farwell
is concerned. led.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-10-08
[For the Oxford Democrat
CdrriOdin.

"Along the sky, in wavy lines,
Der isle and reach and bay;
Green belted with eternal pines,
The mountains stretch away.
Below, the maple masses sleep
where shore with water blends,
While midway on the tranquil deep
The evening light descends.
There lowered Chocorua's peak; and west,
Moosehillocks woods were seen,
With many a nameless siide-searred crest
And pine.dark gorge between.
Beyond them, like a sun trimmed cioudi
The great Notch mountains shonc,
Watched over by the solemn-browed
And awful face Of stonep'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-10-08

The New York parties who gained the
disgraeeful notoriety OF producing the
corner" in gold on Friday and the day
before, are VIM. Woodward. Jay Gould,
Marvin, Bros. & Co., Smith. Gould,
Martin & Co., and James Fisk, Jr.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-10-08

An uglSta CORE spcndent ofthe som
erSet Reporter says 'A4t the AssuInpiipu
Commission are drawing near the closr
of their labors. Gov Chamberlain could
not have selected thu e men better nt,ed
for this difficult anda iUou, labor. Their
report will be looked r',ard to with great
interest.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-10-08

The oxford Register, the new Demo
cratic paper for this County, printed at
Biddeiord, says The citizens of this
town Dixfeld) have recently had q town
meeting, and the democrats, The true
friends of the Temperance cause, carried
the town by more than two thirds vote.
So the new organ should be considered
first class on the temperance question, al
so!
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-10-08

Hon. Nathaniel A. Joy, OF Ellsworth,
has declined the appointment rendered
him rs one Of the Valuation Commission
arS
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-04-15
Meat Market.

IsSS"JjFA The undersigned would res.
,lLslsa. pectillly iuiorm The citizens OF Point
Pleasant and vicinity la. he has removed his
Meat Shop 10 hi'new building on the corner
OF 9Th aud Naine streets, where viii be found
at Ill Times fresh beef, pork veal and mutton,
also choice bacon, such rs hams sides and
,boaldom. Always on hand good supply o.
lard, tallow, &c. Al OF which will be sold
in quantities to suit, ut the lowest cash prices
B'The highest market price paid Tor bee!
mch iii GEO BARCUs.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-04-15

-N-------'-------- - -
America IN Gngyess as,snl5ie9 That tbs
Office Of chief ri staff win tho am Of
hfgadier general To the Gamer, ror.
manlios tue army be, AID tbe same Is
hereby, nboli ned. y
SEC Q. And b. II 6pLsr eaacioJ Tbo,
all laws and psus OF lava ipcoo.f.tsc,
with tho provisions OF ihisostb,. aoJ III,
same ore hereby. repealed.
Approved, Ap,il 9 1864
$780,
How MARS TWAIN vas SaLpE Nav
ARK. The Newark INK, cc.iofo, ,bo
rolIo,v;, .o,,.i,;,. ,ta.t., 4, =.
go, ',,. $3.50 - "''H "'
'.'"' F" .cE'a 7 RAM P'fP''rA'eH ou
MN duFins reo9nI lecIuring visit to
that city:
II IL seldom nl,a,,n, In ,s, ., mn,
self but sometirns. +, /. cor, ~ ,oE r
to man 10 mgko a sad conhssi,o T
with to unbutl.n INV MIMI oop onI On,
I limos, bgli.co maj an n,o,oJ - a.,
i, NOR, beeause lao 10 b,ing c,,s,-,
upon snolt,r man IN tsn,,,.-, Ja,;.,
to popr balm u,nn mo- wnno,ioi a.,
a ioot know vim, hahn +. I'm. b.ii,y,
It is-tka oouee, evsrss.;on ia mo-. 10
thi, connectiou-oeysr bayias saan nm.
balm) You nav rem,mbgr ,h.tI l.a
cured 10 Nswars l,,aly for ,bo Cnyonio,
Society | did AZ apg lale Doripr tho
sf,etoooo Of ,ba, der + ys, tlgiag Si,,,
ono Of The youog goarisueo jas. rer.uoi
to sod ho said Ro hid An yocls vbo
from some cause Or Other seemed to hago
gtosn permanently beraft Of all cmo.ioo.
And win tears In hi eve. tb, yonns
man seid:
oh, il could ONLY see him laugh
ono more Oh. if / could only see blu
weep!
was touched. could nsyer with
stand diaress. said:
'Bdng him to my lecture IN start
Lin for you.
'OuI II cluIl out 40 It! Ii you cpv ID
gu! DO q. a'Iour family you'd bless you
Tor e'eFmore Tor ha Is very dear to us
Oh my haneIacior con you mose lin
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-04-15

A Saohmaker 10 Rochester has Just
hnishsd a 7ach m1vsnen, which will
run eight d'ys ri'hout Winding, [, has
Two maia.sPrings,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-04-15

To soc butter ny this .ahy in tn.
'prins--siI down TO a brsa,ias. Of buck
ahEat c5lss.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-04-15

W. l,o always complaining that our
asys ore few, bv, ae,jn. % ,hcaga here
would be no end 10 tbem.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-04-15

+ what's the Least popaIar kial Of
cuff? The hanicUff,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-04-15

\ paony toz 90 Opera tickets supports,
u Paris 7.S20 charity beds.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-04-15

Amertea IN Gngres' asem5,ea, That the
oitieo Of chief Ct staff with the tank Of
hrigadier general to the Genera com.
mandoS tue army be. AID the sane is
hereby, aboli ned.
SEC .. AID ~ il fgllsc enacted, Tba.
all laws and parts OF ldYi ipcon.i,teo,
with tho provisions Of 'bis act b., and he
same ore hereby. repealed,
Approved, April 3, 1869
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-04-15

There IS mau in town tha, has a
nose, hat is no nose, il being a lIt,G
reddish,
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-02
,S.EN.A TOR PRA TT.
An Address on The Condition of the
Nation,

The Hon. Daniel ID. Pratt, the recently elected
Senator from Indiana, made modest ana torci
bic address TO the Legislature of that State the
other day, IN which, among other good things,
he said:-
The country demands peace, order, and pro-
lection. In those communities where the
Rebellion remains, famed occasionally here
and there into consuming flame, the dIsaifected
must be made to submit absolutely TO the law.
Turbulence, disorder, and outrages upon life
and property must be stopped at every hazard.
Protection from the Government is the eQuiVa-
lent which the citizen receives, or should
receive, tor the taxes he pays and the military
service he owes, and he is deirauded and the
Government disboDored whenever 1t fails to
render that protection to the huInbest of its
citizens. At home and abroad 1t is his rig ut to
enjoy the blessings OF life, liberty, aud The pur-
suit of happiness. If there is any one thing to
which both of the great parties committed
and pledged themselves during the past
year by their suffrages, as was to the retrench-
ment Of expenses, the abolition OF unnecessary
offices, the striCtest Accountability OF puolic
officers, and efficiency and honesty in every
branch OF the public service. These pledges
must be redeemed. While our people pay their
burdensome taxes contentedly, when satisfied
that they are honestly applied, they have set
their faces like flint against waste OF the
public revenue by their servants. They demand
that all our resources from taxation be applied
to the reductionOf the public debt as rapidly as
may be, and they demand that the expenses of
the Government be reduced to the lowest prac-
tiCable limit consistent with its efficient admin
is,ration. They demand that all schemes of
internal improvement and corporate enterprises,
however plausible they may seem, which look
to the Government for aid by way of subsidies,
be postponed while this mountain of debt con.
tnues TO cast its SHADOW over the nation. They
demand that the offices be filed with competent
irustworty men, selected solely with reference
to their fitness to best serve the interests of the
Republic.