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CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.

The Grant Methed or Rafercins 1.-THE
hicage Peste0ce Employees Fsreed 70
Contribute Money for CamDaisn Purposes.
The assessment for re-electing Gen. Grant,
which gradually has been extending through
tae postoffices and custom houses Of the
country, has at last reached Chicago, and, a
day or two ago, the clerks in the postofi,ce,
both male and female, and all the carriers
were called together BY the chief clerk, and
notified that they were invited to contribute
out Of their salaries a certain amount for
campaign purposes. The news, Of course,
produced = decided commstion, and a uni
versal inquiry was propounded 70 the chief
clerk whether this voluntary contribution
was Of q compulsory nature, to which .
negative answer was given. Several anxious
ladies and lstter-carriers then desired to
know whether, in case they failed to comply
with this pressing invitation, they would be
likely to retain their situations, upon which
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HARPERS' "JOURNAL OF CIylLIZA.
TION.0
More Desecrafien Of Gravcs-An impartial
Opinion Of n Foul slander-A severe but
Just Criticism.

More Desecrafion Of Graves-An mpa rtiaI
Opinion Of n Foul Slauder-A Severe bus
Just Criticism.
From the New York Finaneier Qndepepdsup.
Mr.. Thomas Mast returns in this weeks
number Of Messrs. Harpers' Weekly to his
Jaekal hsbit Of Decorating graves. He has
drawn carlcature, coarse in every respect,
representing Horace Greeley clasping the
hand of Wilkes Booth across the grave OF
Lincoln. All caricatures, TO be effective,
must have basis of truth I; this one is tier
W untrue. No man would dare pretend
that Mr.. Greedy ever did, or now does, re-
gard that act with any feeling but execra-
ton; then if he iratsrnizes now with the
spirit OF that act be does il by accepting the
Baltimore nomination. But the act Of Booth
was not the act Of the South; they who an.
proved 1t were few, and no mar believes
Whatever his first thought at the time NAV
have been-that the great body of the South
ern people had any sympathy with Booth.
10 suppose that the people of one-half of
the United States are assAssins in disposition
IS simply morstrcus, and this caricature
proves too much If 1t proves anything, for
II to extend the hand OF reconciliation to
the South is to grasp the hand of assassins,
ihere can be no safety in political or busi-
ness union with such people, and we are
remanded TO discussion atonce, which in not
what Mr.. Nsst's party prefers to seek. As to
the appeal to the baser passions, the attempt
to revive the hatreds of the war years, the
pulling open of old wounds. which is man
Hest ia such shameful pictures as this, who
ever does not at first sight of them feel a
touch OF indignation will hardly appreciate
them as they are, after careful irterpreta-
ton. The subtitle "a Journal of Ciyiliza-
ilon," appearing above such picture as
this, may be taken as unconscious irony,
and il is disgrace to the United States that
publication containing such a deflement
should g, forth to foreign countries. The
pages OF the Financier ay be searched in
vain for any advocacy Of Mr.. Greeley's
cause, and we are therefore the more tree to
say that if this caricature may be taken as
the disposition of the Grant
party, hardly any greater calamity than its
success couiG befall the country.
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Mr.. Blaine is the boss" in Maine. Last
year Mr.. Blaine's spirit was disquieted
within him on account of the goings on of
the boss" in New York. Mr.. Blaine eased
his mind in a speech at Saratoga. Now let
Us ask Mr.. Blaine wherein, except in mag
nitude, the ring which he shuddered at in
New York differed from the ring which he
regards with coniplacency in Castine. The
New York Court house will compare very
we'll with the Castine Custom house. For
nobody presends that the work done was in
any great disproportion to the wages paid
than as sos to $9,755.1S. The regular off,
GERS Of the Csstine Gus om-h house make a
startling array, when their salaries are com
pared with the value of what they have to
appraise and TO inspect and to collect on.
But the regular officers ere not all. Here is
a superintendent of the " warehouses" which
are necessated by this enormous impor-
tation who got S5l9 for looking after the re-
positories of Sos worth of goods. And here
are especial" deputy collector and a
especial" inspectar and temporary"
weigher, who together cost the country
$3,Ol456, who are all made necessary by
this Especial" and " temporary" and unex-
pectsd increase Of the commerce Of Csstine
to $7o5.
Will Mr.. George William Cur tbs, the emil
nent reformer Of the civil service, please
give us his views of a civil service in which
the Custom-house of Castine 10 possible.
And If that is an instance Of q \" reformed"
civil service, perhaps he will erlighten US
as to what an unreformed civil service may
be.-Ner York World.
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alag, however, a. this exhibit may
- - slowing these impoverished ocmmn-
| :. We teen plundered Of $lss! asS. o..
.arse sEort resrs Of attempted ressorxsscz.
'tlresents q very small part Of the
inflicted. The enhanced cost Of ooa-
lg Slate Administration las fully
pace VITA The unprecedented infissson
49, Faiie taxation has gone in May
!" the extenf Of stripping the puec-
Il o. means Of living. Thus IN Artaa-
.-e elnasi cost Of conducting shs Gov
ne VS., in lSsa, &eeaJeS6. rhiis in
AN fhcwn 90 have been sa.I4alsf
q. lie before the war wss 81 ni.ls N
e.oeeos 20 mills FLORIDA shows n hike
| ~ Tie gcneras tar rase frorn q c<1ss
49, si"s TO sL5a. producing SsIhps Of
1le1 against S4si ,sll Of exi0r.son nc~.
g-s, the expense Of adrninissrssSOz
x q s6e, Ss2syess in 1871. es1a.sl,.
"a AZ rsies increased from 81 es.sz 10
"a me Slet. The tax rate in Louisiana
Up from Eve miils 10 1sg rnraas.
|a.l = Lississippi the conduct Of aesirK-
- eoti annually about t$Se yeps IN 1850
F..'ea al 81 800 900 in 1879, shorrnr a.
80 - se0 Fer cent Alabama likerise
rictimized rrightfully. The tai
sss a .lsre IN 1859 was Sssl,ITl: in 1sse.
With an increase in the rates frycz
-. - on The sias- North Csroliss-
-. manner, has been aeosssitased 10
T.. ~ iour or Eve tinss her saxniss, 10
~nses' passing from ~ ceats 10 8l-sg
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What Ambition Did.

. At the court-martial of Versailles, the
sentence of death has just been passed
upon soldier named Pierre Forester.
He dies for the double crime of desert.
ing from the regular army and after.
ward entering the service Of the Com.
mune. TO both charges he pleads
guilty, and gives ambition as his only
excuse. In the regular army he felt
that no real merit, without influential
friends, would gain him advancement.
while in the Commune he was offered
Generalship. For this he deserted
and did his best to deserve the office
promised him. He confesses to horri.
BILE crimes committed by him, and by
others, with his approval. Since the
close Of the siege he has evaded the
police by having one Of his arms close
ly pinioned across his back, under his
blouse, the sleeve Of which hung emp
ty, giving him the appearance of having
but one arm.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-10-04
HENRY WILSON FLAYED.


His PnlxPy and Soeaking Auenpfs g Parry
the ChaFse q ksSw.Nsshiasisn The
--latest Dsdse-Is sseh u Man Fit Fer
vtee-Presidesss
The New York Tri5Hns thus pays its re-
spects to Mr.. jeremiah Colbai.h (Iatterly
known as Henry wilson,, the Grant Vice
Presidential candidate. While the COM
neuts are sharp and incisive, every one
must admi: that they are not whit more
50 than the dishonorabie AID snesking con-
duct OF Mr.. Colbsith warrants:
"JERRY syKAK."
We hope that cur readers will excuse US if
We refer once more to Gen. Wilson's Know
Nothing record That person made speech
at NatIck, Mass, on Friday evening, the
purPort of which was that the speaker was a
Know Nothing, but that he became so out of
the most virtuous motives, and without in
fact becoming q know-Nothing at all So,
We suppose, he took the solemn and tire
merdous saths which the order required OF
its noviees without meaning anything, and
most decidedly without meaning to be true
to them This Natick speech, in view Of the
facts, viii convince nobody, and ought to
convince nobody.
1t il time, perhaps, to sum up this matter.
The facts proved and not now denied by the
General are, that he became Know Moth
ing; that he protested to entertain the dis
tiretive doctrines of the Know Nothings;
that he sat - . delegate in the Know-Noth-
ing Nati ,nal Convention that he was elect
ed Senator BY Know-Nothingv votes. So much
for proven chargesI
Mr. Wilson responds BY saying that he
was . Know-Nothing; that while he pro-
fessed 10 entertain the distinctive doctrines
Of the Know-Nothings he inwardly repu-
dated them all; that he sat in the National
Knov-No-hing Convention as delegate for
the purpose Of defeating the object Of that
game, and while he was at heart friendly
70 foreigners, he was acting with men who
were their avowed enemies.
But the case Of Mr.. Wilson needs to be
considered as . whole, and we propose now
to show il. We have not been censuring
Mr.. Wilson for being Know-Nothins, but
for dishonorably sneaking out of it. We
have no controversy abJut Know No,hingism.
IL - not our habit to discuss dead issues.
when Know-Nothingsm was q live ques-
ton, Ne fought il; now that it 10 dead, We
care nothing about it, and have no contre-
versv with the hundreds OF thousands Of
good men who were once deludeG into a
support of it. But tAis 10 the case Of = man
Who now asPires to be vice-President Of the
United States.
He was asked whether he had not been a
member Of tie Know Nothing party. He re-
piled, Indignantly branding as a mons irous
and wicked sla-der the intimstion that he
mad ever csid one word or done one thing
against the eqasl rights OF all citizens Of
whatever color, race, or nationality. Then
It vas proved BY the unimpeachsole testi- |
mony Of Frank W. Bird, Albert Pike, and
. whole cloud Of witnesses thaG he had been
> duly elected, duly initiated and uncom- |
monty active KnowNoshing. Then come
Germans here mailed him . letter asking |
about it. They received . reply from his
home, under his frank and bearing his sig
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fs1A- Ii IN Gs s. "a al s,s sB4 a. ,Ss
AEaIa See What disastrous influence has
bern exsrted upon lasor and q products by
tnls systennats- robbery Can you wonder
thai u nas should Dc left iils rather than
erIs1Eas%t- OF thzt rone should be willing
20 r-raAag- other tokens Of value for them
us@- Gsve-nlenE itself thEz takes the
shape II eoofscat5onf The striking con
ir-.i mere presented u eloquent Of niszuIe,
AID carries with ii u0thIng 20 commend
E1eA EnvsrEEszt ID the affections Of the
people % pressed. or Go recnrcile them to the
ole ss-nrs 81 rspGblicIsn thus held up for
their s1nsTrAt5sc and sdheaior-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-10-04
|CARPET-BAG MISRULE.
How the Radical VulturS have Proved
Oh The fr0Strate South and De-
F0ured Bier Substance.
Seven Hundred thousand SQUARE
Miles Of Territory Given
Up to Pillage.
Exioriions Unprecedented in the Worlds
HistOry-The Dreaded War
Of Races.
Extracts fron the Speech Of Gsv. b,
Gratx Brown. at Springfield III.

Eoy aEs il been at the south. where re
oscillation Was 20 be cOmpzsssd. Hc-
lave lie and the family been erviror -;
Ett an atmosphere o. secarisye Hoz has
-sde besa encouraged, taxation lighfersS
prosperity p-obecteds In other words IN.
the Adm nisfrafion th.,e been a svncnvm
= such sense of god government. Sarcegr
viii ar contend SO. On the confrAry 90
am haritase 10 affirm that it has been an a.
saniEea system Of depreciation and plun6e-
Whereby 4 most DECEASED set Of trzt6ckers II
yo-ihern honor have been foissei upeE
s5uthe--- communities 90 strip them al thar
substance in the name Of loyalty The ex-
Kai 70 which this has gone is sl1nosi in
edible Sc enormous does the compufa-
Con aggregate thai il might well be dsbe-
eyed were Il not borne at by the osseinl
eport G Congress Com mlsxsOr- IL IA
rom the information therein contained that
ne figures are drawn, which ! desire now
submit 10 your thoughtful eonside-atson-
hey vii well repay your sfu3y. even When
60 rei--r 10 your homes. for thew tell the
strange, sad story OF nearly 0yStg square
aAes o. territory given up 10 pillHge under
ae os'e1s be forms Of Republican Govern
nelL
ISL HUNDRED AND SEVENTY MILLIONS srotEx-
4he al-erence between the debts Of The
trr-tl States subjected TO this dominsr5ur
The National Adm;nisira.5on before thss
Fsni ir.o effect, and nj the present time.
VII measure approximately the injury thnr
rs oesI DONE The increased Fate Of taxa
% arc cost Of government viii show the
AArdsap that must hereafter be borne By
e people il has undertaken 10 care for
ne I'VE together will throw additional light
2 the laestion why the conquered seefSo,s
I've ~ been reconciled TO such rule n has
-en prescribed by the conquest
lpcn The termination of hcstilifi q . null
a'F occupancy was had Of the Sfa-es thai
--a beer n rebellion, and By act OF Con-
ress Of Nareh 2, 1867, they were oO,s.i-u-
e separate military departments Saaissed
aAi there was every disposition manifested
-ere 70 Lequiesee IN the result Of the var.
ld confirmed still further IN that belief ~
De rero-t CT the General of the Army. Who
mace az extended tour Of inspersicn vita ths.
r"' tcngress By acts passed in June, ISIS,
rstn tie work Of reconstructaor- Prior 90
lsi Tine tbs Confederate debts. local and
taertl, Tad been repadiaiea, SO thai the
NJ decrease which has since resulted 10 ali
AZ seAble directly 10 the recorstruesSon
aleT Q; The President IL has been done
al-ely 1cder the auspices Of Republs- \
:. rue II has been sustained and forts- \
20 tArelghout by the 16minisxrssscn ss \
ashingson. What the measure Of shAs \
l4aIpn 1aS actually been may be hess \
1hn..
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stiiief AID commended there TO the conf
dsaee OF both Faces than aEy which nave
yet been advanced BY the Administration.
III y - 10 DC war, tler rest assured the SYM
pashies Of tnis nation will follow those
aga nst whom injustice aud oppression ard
deprivation = rights may be wantonly en-
breed II u IL % be war, then the fellow
snip Of kindred blood will connect over this
iari, and they who have needed the entire
moral support Of afreedon-loving people 20
rescue them from bondage will stand isolated
IN me attempt 70 perpetu1te the same in
justice from ~hieh they themselves have
Just been delivered Nor will i, be a success.
oat failure so dismal that history will
weep To record its misfortanes. Let it not
De war IN any event, if the patriotism of the
nation can avert suca ending.
HARsosrzArIoS or TEE RACES.
The nine Southern States whose recon
struetion, as il is called, has been under
taken by the Administration, contain, ac-
thus enumerated.
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MORE OF CRAMPS BEEF.EATERs,
How They are Refersnlng the Civil Service
-Tanmany Laid in the shade.

There is q town and port of entry in Maine
called Castine. The gazetteer tells Us that
it has population of 1857. 1t has also a
Custom house for its foreign trade. Last
year, ending March 81, that trade was as
follows:
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PARIS had ALT suicides lest year.
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Why endure what 10 Durable.

"What can't be cured must be endured fays the
proverb; but Indigestion can be cured and there.
fore it is the merest stupidity to endure 1t. Dys.
peptics have certainly right to continue dyspep-
tics to the end Of their days If they choose but as
Is not supposed that any rational being prefers ply
steal torment to ease and health, the probability is
that If all sufferers from indigestion were con.
vnced that an absolute nfallible remedy for their
complaint existed, they would with one accord re.
sort to it. We most emphatcally declare that such
a remedy does exist, and that its name is Hostel.
ter's Stomach Bitters. The record of its success
extends over period OF more than twenty years
and it is fearlessIy alleged that during the whole
of that time it has never failed to afford permanen
relief in any disorder or arrangement of the stom
ach that was not organic, malignant, and ncurable
The testimonials that go to establish this important
fact can be counted by the thousand Stomach
complaints that had been aggravated by a total
disregard Of all dietary rules, and intensified and
rendered chronic by medicinal treatment drastic
purgation, have In hundreds Of instances been
cured within three months by the systematic use OF
this celebrated somachic and Alternative. 1t should
be remembered that weakness Of the digestive or.
gans involves many other ailments. Biliousness,
the heart rush Of blood to the head, nausea, verti.
go, and sleeplessness are among its concomitants
and res suit; and for all these the great vegetable
ionic Is specific. 1t acts first upon the stomach,
and through the stomach upon the secretory and
nervous systems and the bowels, its general effect
being always genial and benencent.
declOf&weod
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Maine Manufacturing News.

Hartland is one of the triftiest villages in
Maine. A. Linn, manufacturer of shawls,
&c., employs eighty hands; c. Shaw & Son
manufacturers Of sole leather. employ fifteen
hands; j. Page Son, manufacturers of up
per leather, nine men; Hunt & Cook, manu-
fscturers of spools, eight men; J. w. & A.
J. Moore, manufacturers of furniture, lunl-
Der, &C., four men. Ten stores are doing
good business.
The wooden factories of Dexter Dexter
Mills" and "Abbott's Mills" employ about
three hundred operatives, with monthly pay
roll Of not far from $4,000.
Four hundred and fifty dollars have been
subscribed for the new cheese factory at East
Rumford. There has been a party from Bos-
ton to Rumford Falls to examine the location.
They want the owners to let them know what
they will sell for In the spring.
There are already twenty-five girls en-
ployed in the new hustle mandatory at the
Woodman & True block in Portland. The
force is to be enlarged as soon as the desired
help can be obtained.
The slate quarries at East Madison are to
be operated by company styled the Madison
Slate Co., with T. Ii. Dinsmore of Skowhe-
gan as the business manager. This quarry is
only five miles from the depot at Skowhegan,
and has an inexhaustable supply Of the best
quality Of slate. This slate is now being laid
on the large new cotton mill at Lewiston.
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FROM WASHINGTON,

Washington, d. c., IL. Commander A.
T. Mahan is ordered to command the Wasp,
on the South Atlantic station.
The headquarters of the military division
Of the Atlantic are transferred, by the direc-
ton of the President from Philadelphia to
New York.
Secretary Delano having to-day been ques-
toned as to the truth Of the report that he
was going to Cuba for the benefit of his health
replied, II am going South under the direc-
ton of DR.. Bliss, for rest, and for no other
purpose, and shall probably visit Havana on
my return"
The House Committee in Claims will not
act on the report of the Southern claims
commission until after the holidays, owing to
the requisite preliminary labor of classifying
and arranging the cases upon which favor
able report has been made by the commission.
The committee on claims has recently exam
ined witnesses in relation to the claim Of
Commissioner Douglass for relief, he having
paid a certain amount of money TO make
good the sum distracted from his Office by his
deputy at the time he was collector of Inter-
ternal Revenue at Eric, Pa, amounting to
about $4,000. The object of the commission
is to determine whether Douglass used due
viglence to guard against peculation- The
evidence thus far taken is in his faver
Senator Gen. Phillips arrived to day, and
assumed his official duties.
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TUESDAY, Dec TO-
The shipments of Boots and Shoes from this
market to places outside OF New England for the
past week, exclusive of what has been shipped d.
rectly from the factories, comprise 1868 cases,
against IL 1858 cases for the same week last year.
The total shipments from this market since Jan.
have been lI5l, ol9 cases, agains: 1874 1874 cases
for the same period last year.
The shipments from Lynn for the week have been
l4o9 cases. against ss3 cases for the week last
year.
The shipments from Haverhill for the week have
been $50 cases, against 1872 for the same week
last year.
Manufacturers are proceeding with extreme eau
ton, and except where orders have been taken or
where supply of raw material had been purchas.
cd before the advance there is much less than the
usual amount Of work being done at this season.
In fact 1t Is not only an unwise but very unsafe
thing to pile up goods to that extent, that buyers
will lind the market fully stocked when they are
ready to purchase, and thus obtain goods at their
own price. There are certain lines of goods which
every buyer must have, and for which orders in
small quantities are being given, and this relieves
the manufacturing towns from total prostration
Of busin, ss. Certain descriptions of Lynn goods
are in fair demand, and the best workmen find em.
ployment at fair prices.
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NEWS BY NAIL.

The snow is three inches deep At Little
Rock, Ark, and the weather is very cold.
The President Of the Scandinavian Nation
al Bank of Chicago has turned out bad, and
is missing.
The captain of sloop 3. F. Rodman, lying
at Norfolk, Va, has been found murdered on
his vessel.
Several vessels have been wrecked and all
their crews lost in the recent storm on Lake
Superior.
John J. Patterson, Senator elect from South
Carolina, has been arrested on n charge of
| bribery.
| Sandy Thompson, keeper Ct the notorious
Rock Valley House, near Holyoke, was killed
by his brother.in-law in a quarrel Tuesday
morning. The murderer 10 not yet arrested.
At the session of the Centennial Commits
sion at Philadelphia on Tuesday a resolution
was adopted that the Executive Committee
use all efforts to inform the people of the pur-
| pose of the Commission and call upon them
! for patriotic CO. cooperation.
There is new legislative proposition be-
fore the French Assembly. It consists in
proposal tor a prolongation Of Theirs Office
four years, the election of vice -president,
the partial renewal of the Assembly yearly,
and other similar reformatory measures.
Mr. Hale presented in the House Tuesday,
the petition cf Daniel Heustis of Co. E, 9th
Maine Volunteers, asking to have his &C.
counts settled by the Paymaster- General.
Also, the petition of owners Of the brig Olive
Francis for indemnity for being run down by
the gunboat Winooski, both of which were
appropriately offered.
The statue of the late Chief Justice Roger
b. fancy, erected by his native State MARY
land), was unveiled at the State capitol. An
napolis, on Tuesday, with appropriate cere-
monies, including addresses by s. Teakler
Wallis and Governor Whyte. The statute
was executed by Rinchart and cast ia the
Royal Foundry at Munich. 1t is of heroic
size, representing the Chief Justice in his
robes OF office, presiding in the Supreme
Court
Mayor Castor was reelected mayor OF
Boston on Tuesday by plurality of 352
votes.