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The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-05-21
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DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
PREAMBLE.

We, the Liberal Republicans Of the
United States in Convention assembled at
Cincinnati proclaim the following Princi-
pies as essential to just government;
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-05-21
"EvEsYRODY INVITED .

~. FOR the promotion and succe.s NJ
these vital principles, and the support Of
I V Abs csndidates nominated by this convsn'
/. ton, We invite and cordially wslcoms ths
cooperation Of oil patriotic citizens with.
but regard 10 previous political afaiistion
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-05-21


GIoUS OR POLITICAL.
2. WE PLEDGE OURSELVES TO
MAINTAIN THE UNION OF THESE
STATES, EMANCIPATION AND EN-
FRANCHISEMENT, AND TO OP-
POSE ANY REOPENING OF THE
QUESTIONS SETTLED BY THE
THIRTEENTH, FOURTEENTH AND
FIFTEENTH AMENDMENTS OF
THE CONSTITUTION.
UNIVERSAL AMNESTY.
3. We demand the immediate and alb
solute removal of all disabilities imposed
on account of the rebellion which was
finally subdued seven years ago, believing
that UNIVERSAL AMNESTY WILL
RESULT IN THE COMPLETE PAC-
LITIGATION IN ALL SECTIONS OF
THE COUNTRY.
DEMOCRATIC TO THE CORE.
4. LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT
with impartial suffrage, will guard the
rights Of all citizens more securely than
any centralized power. The people and
the public welfare require the SUPRE.
MACY OF THE CIVIL OVER THE
MILITARY AUTHORITY and
FREEDOM OF PERSON UNDER
THE PROTECTION OF THE HA-
BEAS CORPUS. We demand for the
individual the largest liberty consistent
with public order, for the state self-gov.
eminent, and for the nation return te
the methods Of peace and the constitu
tional Limitations of power.
"TRUE As PREACHING"
6. The civil service of the government
has become a mere instrument of partisan
tyranny and personal ambition, and al
object Of selfish greed. 1t is u scands
and reproach upon free institutions, ant
breeds decentralization dangerous to tn,
perpetuity Of republican government.
THEREFORE, A WISE DEMAND.
6. We therefore regard THOROUGH
REFORM OF THE CIVIL SERVICE
as one of the most pressing necessities O
the hour; that honesty, capacity and Adel
ity constitute the only valid claims to pub
lie employment; that the offices of tn
government cease to be matter of arb
trary favoritism and patronage, and tina
public station become again the post {
honor. TO THIS END 1T Is IMPEH
ATIVELY REQUIRED THAT NJ
PRESIDENT SHALL BECOME
CANDIDATE FOR REELECTION.
TAkIfF QUESTION SHOWED ASIDE
7. We demand system of federal Ia,
aticn which shall not unnecessarily inter
fere with the industry Of the people, an
which shall provide the means necessar
TO pay the expenses of the government
economically administered-the pensions
the interest on the public debt and mod
crate annual reduction of the principa
thereof, and recognize that there are il
our midst honest but irreconcilable diff
ferenceS Of opinion with regard to the re
spective systems Of protection and fire.,
trade, WE REMIT THE DISCUS
SION OF THEM TO THE PEOPLE
IN THEIR CONGRESSIONAL DIS
TRICrS, AND THE DECISION OF
CONGRESS THEREON, WHOLLY
FREE OF EXECUTIVE INTEKFER
ENCE AND DICTATION.
No REPUTATION.
6. The public credit must be sacredl
maintained, and We DENOUNCE ri
PUDIATlON in every form and guis
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-05-21
UNIVERSAL ANN EsTY.

3. We demand the immediate and alb
solute removal of all disabilities imposed
on account of the rebellion which was
finally subdued seven years ago, believing
that UNIVERSAL AMNESTY WILL
RESULT IN THE COMPLETE PAC-
LITIGATION IN ALL SECTIONS OF
THE COUNTRY.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-05-21
DEMOCRATIC TO THE CORE.
"TRUE As PREACHING"

6. The civil service of the government
has become mere instrument of partisan
tyranny and personal ambition, and an
object of selfish greed. 1t is a scandal
and reproach upon free institutions, and
breeds u decentralization dangerous to the
perpetuity Of republican government.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-05-21
Nd REPUTATION.

8. The public credit must be sacredly
maintained, and We DENOUNCE RE.
PUDIATION in every form and guise
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-05-21

LIBERAL FOREIGN POLICY.

y. We hold that II is the duty of the
government In its intercourse with foreign
nations TO cultivate friendships of peace
by treating with all on fair and equal
Terms, regarding it alike dishonorsble
elinsf 70 demand what is not right or sub.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-07-19
DIR. LIVINGSTONE.
pior.rEThe Progress Of Ei- Explorations

Ia Africa.
A cable telegram announces that
letters have been received at London
from Stanley, the explorer sent out by
the New York Herald In search of Dr.
Livingstone, of which the following is n
summary;
From Unyanyhube, where Stanley ar.
rived in September last, he intended
advancing on Uj,ji, but Mirimbo, King
of Ujowa, declared that no caravan
should pass Ujiji, except over his body
The Arabs had declared war and antici-
pated victory. I" gave assistance
the first day, and in concert with the
Arabs attacked two villages and cap
tured, killed and drove away the in.
habitants. On the third day the Arabs
were ambushed and routed with terrific
slaughter. The fourth day was n gen
eral desertion of the Arabs and my own
men," After considerable difficulty, he
reached the suburbs of Ujiji. Il enter.
ed, firing guns and carrying the Amer.
lean flag. The astonished natives fiocked
in crowds, with deafening shouts.
noticed, in the center, a group of Arabs,
strongly contrasting their sun-burnt
faces with those Of hale choking, gray
bearded white man, wearing a naval cap
with faded gold band and red wool.
en- shirt. Preserving q demeanor of
calmness before the Arabs, | inquired :
Dr. Livingstone, | presume?' He,
smiling, answered Eyes" He in
formed me that he started in March,
1866, with twelve Sepoys, nine Johanna
men, and seven liberated slaves. He
travelled up the banks of the Koruna.
His men got frightened, deserted, and
reported Livingstone dead as their ex.
cuse for the desertion. He crossed the
Chambezi, and found it not the Portu-
guese Zambezi, but wholly separate
river. He found it was called, further
on, Lualaba. He explored 700 miles,
and found that Chambezi is doubtless
the source of the river Nile, and that
the length of the Nile is 1900 miles. 1t
is not supplied by Tan ganyika. He
reached within $50 miles of the ex.
plored ground, when he was obliged to
return to Ujiji, destitute. He here met
me. We both left on the 10th of Octo-
Der, and arrived at Nayanamba at the
end of November. We spent % days
in exploring the district together. Liv.
ingstone | left at Unyanyembe to ex-
plore north of Tanganyika lake, and the
remaining $50 miles of Lualaba river
This will occupy the next two years.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-07-19
WASHED ASHORE.

" Baysde,' rs its owner somewhat
ambtiously christ ened the incongruous
aggregation of discomforts and wooden
balconies at the head of the little cove,
was one of those numberless saltwater
summer refugees with which the shore
of Long Island Sound is studded.
1t was quiet sort of place, and the
neighborhood was good but the most
remarkable feature of Bayside that sum.
mer was the presence of Nellie Martin.
Of course, there were other girls enough,
that came and went; but the steady
possession, week after week, of even
one undeniable be uty, is windfall for
a small watering-pl zee. Old Bowers
and his managing wife frankly admitted
te each other that they could have af.
forded TO board Nellie for nothing.
But not her mother added the
good lady; those tall, thin people are
awful eaters"
But rather like the old gentle.
man." responded her spouse. " He's
a good fisherman, and he brings home
mis- fish but | don't believe he's rich. !"
of they amt pretty well off, " said his
wife, " they've no business to have
sDOileu Nellie 10 JndI degree.
And beyond all doubt, the willful
beauty had been spoiled "to that de-
gree" so that she frankly accepted all
male attention and devotion as no
more than her due, without the least
apparent idea that it could rightfully
demand repayment in more serious coin
than her own smiling approval.
To do her justice, however, her fault
extended to her dealings with even the
children; and she seemed as happy
among the veriest babies that came to
Bayside as with the most of her grown.
up admirers.
Even when her pale-faced mother
chided Nellie on her behavior, she
could obtain no more than kiss of
peace, and,
" Nonsense, mamma I'm sure it
won't hurt either of them"
And Mrs. Martin shook her head low.
5ngy, and held her peace, for when,
among so many young gentlemen as
appeared and disappeared at Bay
side, young lady like Nellie could
say "either OF them" it was very clear
shat there were two in particular.
Both of them knew very well which
two, for Nellie's other worshippers were
undecided whether Jack Loutrel OF
Murray Nesbitt were most deserving
their bitterest resentment. One at leas
of the more favored or skillful pair WA
.ure to lie in the way of anybody else
WHO dreamed of aspiring to tete-a.tet
with Nellie Martins blue eyes and gol
den hair.
Fine, presentable fellows were thel
both, and old Mr.. Martin knew al
about them, and their fathers befor'
them.
Either would do" he had said to hi
wife more than once.
Yes but, husband"
"Oh, now, Nellie must choose for her
self; and | amt at all sure she fancie
either of them
No more was Nellie; but they boil
amused her in just such way she likec
70 be amused.
Jack and Murray calamity main
Iained an outward semblance of per
ronal goodwill to each other, through
all the ups and downs of their doubtful
rivalry but who shall blame Jack ii h'
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-07-19
A Tragical Enigma.

The tragedy at Bridgeport, Conn, of
which Capt George NJ. Colvocoresses
was the victim, promises, from late de-
velopments, to absorb more of public
interest than it has yet received.
AT first there was no question but
this was deliberate, carefully concoct
ed murder for the sake of gain, which
had been carried into execution with
extraordinary nerve. Committed early
in the evening, in street Of large
city, usually much frequented at that
hour, the murder seemed to have been
done by one who had patiently followed
his victim, and finding darkness and
solitude where neither could have
been expected, seized the opportunity
thus suddenly presented. There was
nothing improbable thus far in the
theory of murder, and it was greatly
strengthened by the discovery of memo
randa which seemed TO show that Capt.
Colvocoresses had been robbed of a
large amount in securities. Here was
a motive for the crime, and the officers
appear to have worked as honestly and
patiently, as they have fruitlessly, upon
this basis. They seem to have been
troubled from the beginning by a cir
cumstance never before encountered in
murder though the dead man had been
shot through the heart, his coat and
vest had not been perforated and his
shirt had been burned, thus showing
conclusively that the muzzle of the
pistol had been placed within the two
outer garments before the shot was
| -,
imagine what sort of an assassin he
must have been, who would have taken
the chance OF defeating his purpose by
his shot going astray, as there was
great danger it would from being hur-
riedly fired from the side, as it mu st
have been.
Failing to find the slightest clue to
the murderer, the detectives went back
to the dead body, and have commenced
a critical examination of the pistol and
satchel found beside it, which il i
singular was not made before. 1t il
found that there are indentations in
the latter, in which the muzzle and
hamme r ofthe weapon exactly fit, thus
raising the inference that the pistol
was the property Of the deceased, and
consequently that he died by his own
hand. As fact leading to the same
conclusion, it is announced that few
months before his death Capt. Colvo
coresses insured his life for the unusu
ally large amount oil $4,000; and be
ing sixty-tive years of age, he was pay
ing twenty thousand dollars per annun
in premiums, although now supposed
to have been comparatively poo
man. Doubts have arisen whether h,
ever possessed the securities men
toned in his memoranda, and thes,
are taken as additional evidence tina
the tragedy was nothing more than
suicide.
But it is urged against this theor,
no man ever deliberately took his owl
life in the cause of philanthropy, anC
that the will of Capt. Colvocoresses
executed March 9, 1872, containin,
charitable requests to the amount of
few thousand dollars, shows that it il
impossible that his death should have
been the contamination OF a shrewdl!
concocted plan to defraud the insur
ance companies.-New York Times
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Red Riding-HOed.

Cool and dark the shadows glimmered
In the gloomy. grim old wood,
Where. with careless lingering f0otsteps'
Wandered fair Red Riding Hood.
Dark the shadows grow ans DINNER,
While the gray wolf by her side
Promised-low and treach 'rous pleading
That no harm should her betide.
Beat her pulses swift and strangely.
Fluttered fast her trusting heart;
Yet she told him all her errand
Ere at last they turned TO part.
Well we know the tragic ending
OF the simple and old tale;
How. for once. in fairy stories
Evil projects did not fail.
Not all wolves are dead and buried.
Nor all maidens wiser grown;
Many hearts sill iutter strangely
At a specious pleading tone.
Therefore. lnger not 10 listen
When your path by wolves is crossed.
BE you deaf unto the pleading
She who hesitates IL lost.
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Personal.

SEWARD is in feeble health.
WALT. WHITMAN's poems are quite
popular in France, having been trans
lated.
A FLORIDA negro, named Rollinstone,
gathers $50 worth of moss every week.
Miss NELLIE GRANT, accompanied by
Minister Schenck, visited the British
House of Lords July 2.
JOAQUIN MILLER, the "poet of the
Slerras," passed through Chicago last
week.
LOUIS RUIZ, nineteen years old, and
son OF the Republican candidate for
State Treasurer of Illinois, was recently
drowned at East st. Louis.
The University of New York has con.
ferred the degree of Master of Arts on
Whitelaw Reid, of the New York
Tribune.
DETROIT has wealthy old lady who has
taken within to peddle oranges and figs,
and goes about the streets retailing her
wares.
JULIA WARD HOWE is in London, try
ing TO enlist the active support of the
women of England 10 crusade against
war.
AMONG the Senators whose terms ex-
pire next March are Spencer, of Ala.
bama Pomeroy, of Kansas Kellogg,
of Louisiana; Nye, Ct Nevada Conk-
ling, of New York, and Cameron, of
Pennsylvania.
MISS FOLEY, an American sculptor at
Rome, has been about the most sue.
cessful artist in the holy City, during
the past season. Most If her work has
gone to England
Miss CoRT, pretty young brunette of
eighteen summers, was married day or
two since to j. F. Fox, alas Leslie, a
convicted horse thief, under sentence of
years confinement in the Colorado
Penitentiary.
CAPT. JAMES B. EADs, the builder of
the American rams and iron. clads, and
the engineer of the great bridge over
the Mississippi at st. Louis, has been
made an LID. by the st. Louis Uni
versity.
Mrs. ELIZA CALLAGHAN purchased a
cabin ticket from New York TO London
derry in the Anchor steamship India.
She was not willing to wait tor another
vessel, and as the cabin was full the Off
GERS gave her a berth in the steerage.
She was taken sick on the passage. She
sued the company in the Supreme
Court for $1,000 damages, and was
awarded $1,000.
New YORK millionaires do not seem
content to let their families depend
upon what may be left of their transient
fortunes, after they themselves have
passed away. Hence we find that
numbers of them are the largest
patrons of the life insurance companies.
Francis S. Skiddy pays on policies
amounting to 100000; F. E. Roberts,
Cyrus w. Field and Alexander Barrett,
100000; A. B. Cornell August Bel
mont, and three or four more gentle.
men on Sl25,0O0; A. T. Stewart, Henry
Ward Beecher, L. B. Sutton and a
dozen others on 100000; II. B. Clatlin
Ben. Wood and Judge Fullerton, on
$4,000; Billy Tweed values his life at
$4,000, which is the figure that a score
or so of other rich men put upon theirs
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-07-19

A SAN Francisco manufacturer Of
bird.cages discharged his workmen, to
whom he had been paying 50 per day,
and filled their places with Cinnamon,
at one-third that sum. When the new
hands had learned the business, they
struck for 81. The employer refused.
Thereupon they went into the business
on their own account, and now bid fair
to drive him out of the market by the
superior excellence and cheapness of
their wares.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-07-19

UNCOMFORTABLE suits to wear-Libel
suits.
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We frequently hear of showers of
worms, fish, frogs, etc, but the latest
and most remarkable development in
this line Is reported from Sandburg in
this State, where, just after brief but
heavy shower, live baby was found in
the woods. It's intimate connection
with the squall previously MOTEL is in.
sisted upon by all the people living in
the neighborhood.-Ne,o York World,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-09-27
Total. 0,012
Robin 5 ma 1,G13
9TH DISTRICT.
SALLIE'S BEDTIME.

A father, not very far from here, read in
the paper the other morning that the
''Utica girls who want their beauX to 90
home the same night they call, pull string
at the proper hour which reverses pic
ture, Oh the back of which appear the
words g Ten O'Clock is my bedtime"
This father, who has daughter given to
late hours when a certain youth sits up and
helps her keep them, thought be would
try this Utica plan, SO he wrote in large
charact ers Oh the back Of huge portrait
of George Washington, this inscription
10 O'CLOCK is SALLIE5'S BEDTIME."
Then he arranged the picture so that
when he attached a string To the frame, he
could reverse it from his bed-chamter.-
But when Sailie entered the room an hour
later, her aesthetic eye was outraged by
observing the portrait of George hanging
slightly out of plumb, so to speak, and i'll
adjusting it her fathers little game was re-
vealed in all its subtitle ingenuity.
Salle was not Utica girl, however, so
she just went to work and neatly eiiaced
the figure "O,' leaving the l standing soli-
tary and upright-which, you will observe,
made few hours difference in her bed
time. That night, as usual, Salle received
a visit from her young man-which his
front name it was IIenry-and her pater-
nal parent attached his striug to u. w
pOrtI ait, and retired to his downy couch.
About 10 O'Clock, while Harry and Sallie
were deeply absorbed i'll some knotty prob
lem, with their heads so contiguous chat
you couldn't insert a piece OF tissue paper
between them, the father Of his country
suddenly turned his face to the wall, as if
he was ashamed to gaze upon such doings.
Henry, with a sudden start, glanced at the
picture, and saw the handwriting pn the
wall, as it were, which read: 81 O'CLOCK is
/ Salies bedtime" Then Henry looked at
Sallie with All Interrogation in lis eye,
/ which was partly dispeled by the fair maid
D1urmuring, GIt's all right" Henry said
4 of course it was all right-that he had long
known l O'Clock was her bedtime, and JIG
thought it was plenty late enough for &
young girl 20 he out OF bed, but what b tsi
LESS, H.. sid had George Washington:
portrait ii.pping about in that way
I Then S4lli" ">. II ad-and the t"ain lie
ott3I q. n t'i problem, Ilet,y pat
Liug his arii- d oallie to pre-. eli he
falliIc off the CHI. r.
NcanN ii.Ie the Old man was li5tcnID- -
the frobt door TO open and his wOnin-'o
soll-in-laW's footsteps patteriu9 over tn
pavement with The toes Of his boots point
ing from the house. The sounds not fall
ing upon his ears, and thinking maybe Tia
old thing didI'C HOlk right, he gave TIL
string another pull, and George w. asai
faced the audience. Then he listened; hIl
he heard no footsteps-nothing but pe
cular sound, something resembling th
popping of champagne corks.
Then>he grew cross, and gave the strin
another jerk, causing q. w. to turn abCu
with violent suddenness, lust as if he va
dreadftllly out of humor, too.
And still all is quiet bclow-eXcept tha
popping sound.
Then the string was pulled again-an
again-and again-lndicating that the oil
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-09-27

the speeches of Mr.. Greeley, as published
on che first page and in the telegraphic
columns of the JOURNAL this morning,
without being conscious of warmer feel
ing than mere acquiescence in a policy
dictated solely by cold calculation of ma
terial advantages, is cooler than we either
profess or desire to be.
If there be any weak point in the candi-
dacy of MIR. Greeley, at the North, it is the
fact of his known advocacy of just and
generous policy toward the South. And
yet, well knowing this fact, he hesitates
not to avow his sentiments in the most pub
lie manner, and when he is we'll aware
that thousands and thousands Of unscru-
pulous men all over the country are hang
ing upon his most trivial utterances, in the
hope of finding something they may distort
and pervert to his disadvantage.
All honor, then, say we, to the brave,
honest old man!
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For the journal
OFFICE OF REGISTER OF DEEDS, }
jacksonville, Onslow CO.,
Sentember 18th. 1872,

Nj. Editor: notice in the Raleigh ETG
of recent GATE, statement that in some
counties (Onslow for cne) the County
Commissioners failed to comply with the
laws, previous to last election, by not ap-
pointing an equal number of Republicans
with Conservatives to act as poll-inspec-
tors at each precint.
l know not what may have been the
case in other counties, but so far as Ons-
low is concerned, l pronounce the state
ment false, and the author who penned it
knew, # he knew anything about it, that
it was false.
The Commissioners appointed the poll
inspectors for this county at their regular
meeting on the first Monday i'll July, 1872,
and were Ue,y. particular in selecting the
inspectors, and taking care to get two Re-
publicans at each election precinct If the
Era gentleman or any one else doubts the
veracity of my statement, they can refer to
tie Minutes Of the Commissioners, in my
office, book No. 1, folios 10 and III. L
am no newspaper correspondent, neither
have l any disposition to ''dabble" i'll pO'
litical matters, but feel it duty owe to
the Commissioners, and to the good people
of my county, to refute the shameful, dis
graceful and outrageous misrepresentation.
Will the Era do me and the people Of Ons-
low county the justice to publish this card:
Let's see. L. M. CoSTIN,
Res'r of Deeds, Ex-oficio G. B. G.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-09-27

fellow was just ready to explode with rage.
And for fully fifteen minutes did he have
The portrait of the man who could not tell
a lie turning excited flip-faps and things
on the wall, like bewitched gymnast, uil-
til he tell asleep xhausted-Sallie's father
fell asleep, not the portrait.
Henry kissed Sallie good night at 1
O'Clock a. M, remarking as he did so that
it would seem like long, long, weary year
ere he would see Ler again-Itcause you
know, lie didn't expect To see her again un-
til the evening of that day.
The next morning her father examined
that portrait, and when lie fully under
stood the situation lie was panied. He shed
silent tear, detached the string, sponced
out the inscription, and walked away With
the weight of fifty-flve years on his shoul-
ders-tlat being his age. lie says a girl
who Will go back on her father that way
would just as lief as not disgrace her pa
rents by marrying a COngressman-R
Dddd IN NOrristOtcn Herald.