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odus from power! Still, as in the past, it is
so interviewer with the best interests of the
Republic that the triumphs and reverses of
the one will be recorded by impartial history
as the triumphs and reverses of the other.
Not based on temporary popularity, like a
house built on the shifting sands, it has been
founded on such grand principles of justice
and humanity that it is like house built on a
rock, against which the waves of opposition
dash pOwerless and in vain. 1t cannot cor
rect all existing abuses, and establish firmly
and triumphantly all needed reforms: 1t has
ferreted out and punished official dishonesty.
1t has already reformed and elevated the civil
service from the debasement of past Adj
ministratiOn. 1t has, year after year, at
tested its belief in practical revenue reform
by steadily diminishing the burdens OF taxa
ton. 1t has won the approval of millions at
home, as well as the respect OF nations abroad.
And, with debt lessening, credit rising, taxes
falling, and trade prospecting, it has surely de-
served the approval it has won.
There may be divisions as to men; there
NAV be weakening strifes and unfortunate
alterations. But the party is greater than
it's greatest men. Differences among its mil
lions there must be; but at that ballot-box,
where American voters exercise their national
sovereignty, they prove their devotion to
principles not by writing Republican or
" Democrat" on their tickets, but by voting
for those who stand before the nation and the
world as the fairly-chosen representatives of
the principles they profess. Without stop
ping, however, to challenge the conscientious
ness of any who may dissent from this, there
are some persons who cannot afford to allow
Republican ascendency to be overthrow.
The men of business and of property, who de-
sire stability and consequent prosperity, and
do not desire the chaos of reaction, cannot
afford it, The laboring men, whose interests
Republicanism has always protected, and
whose wages it has sought to maintain and
advance, cannot afford it. But, more than
all, the humble and defenseless millions of
the South, who owe their emancipation and
Acknowledgement to the fact of Republican as
tendency over the bitterest opposition, cam
not afford it. On its banner they see that
trinity of principles so priceless to them
Liberty for all, Justice for all, Protection
for all; - and, till they are assured of that
protection against all, neither they nor those
who care for them can afford to see its banner
ftrled in defeat.
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Protection Seath Demanded.

In an article on the tariff question the At
lanta (Ga.) Neao Era, of Saturday, has the
following sound argument, showing that the
South needs protection as well as the North
Under the old system of political economy
in the South, we neither had nor expected to
have manufacturing interest to be protected
by import duties. We are content to raise
cotton, and to purchase our fabrics where
prices ranged lowest. Under such a system,
free trade was supposed to be to our interest,
because 1t gave us an open market for the raw
material where the demand was greatest; and
it opened to us the markets of Europe where
prices of manufactured articles ranged lowest.
The fact that such system of discrimination
against home manufactures was detrimental
to the industry of the Eastern States of the
Union, and, to that extent, injurious to the
real prosperity and independence of the Re-
public, was not considered; or if considered
not thought by Mr.. Calhoun and his followers
of sufficient weight to influence Southern
opinion. In vain did Mr.. Clay and his Wing
allies demonstrate that such narrow, sec
tional policy would ultimately impoverish the
Southern States, by exhausting the productive
power of our soil by sitting everything like
manufactures and diversified industry, and, in
the end, make us the poorest and most de-
pendent section of the Union. The Demo-
cratic party had adroitly linked free trade and
slavery together, and made these the control
ling elements of party faith. The result was
seen in the notification troubles of 1882,
which, however, were finally adjourned until
1860.
The changes wrought during the last de-
cade have been thorough; and the Southern
States of to-day, while they still retain their
climatic and other natural advantages over
those of New England in favor of agriculture,
possess equal advantages with the East as
respects the natural facilities for manuEac-
lures. An elaboration of this point would be
supertiuous. That Georgia in 1872 has even
greater natural facilities for diversified home
industry than Massachusetts,, no man who
has given the subject moments thought
can doubt. Nay, it is now conceded by the
more intelligent and progressive men of both
political parties, that what we now most need
is the development of our great natural re-
sources in the way of mining, manufactures,
and internal improvements. We are then
cOnfessedly as much interested in high pro-
tective tariff us is Massachusetts or Pennsyl-
vania and the other manufacturing and min
ing States. The old Democratic. sectional
hobby of free trade is, therefore, no longer
available with the thinking men of the South,
for it is generally the hopelessly ignorant or
the insanely prejudiced mind that now in
Weighs against protection because the Wings
of former era advocated and John c.. Cal
houn and the sectional Democrats opposed it,.
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The business of whaling, once so great
and profitable, seems to be dying slowly, but
not the less surely. The Ne,o Bedford Stand-
ard tells us that the last year has been one
of great disaster. There was the almost gen.
eral loss of the Arctic fleet, and low prices
were the rule. The number of vessels en-
gagged in the enterprise has constantly de-
creased, nor is there any prospect of an i'll
crease. AT New Bedford, over dozen YES
sells are offered for sale, and several owners
are about to retire from the business. The
Arctic fleet sent out this Spring will number
rs ships-23 American, English, and l Ha-
waiian. The American right whaling fleet,
the past season, consisted of only nine crafts !;
the catch, 3,S25 barrels, was larger than for
four years previously. In sperm, there has
been a fair catch, but nothing like the great
cargoes formerly obtained. During the year
only one vessel was added to the feet, against
70 lost to the business, IS being wreckeds
The numbers of the fleet at present are a.
follows: 81 ships in the Indian Ocean 26 in
the Pacific Ii in the South Pacific; in the
South Atlantic, and 81 in the North Atlantic.
N. Y. Tribune.
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Gen. Grant In Missouri.
The Republican Party United for the Can.
didate OF the Philadelphia Convention,

The Morning Herald, of st. Joseph, Mis-
souri,, the leading Liberal Republican" pa
per, outside of st. Louis, in that State, replies
to the claim Of the Schurz clique to represent
the Liberals as against Gen. Grant. After
declaring that the principal Liberal leaders
are with the regular organization, and in IA
vor of the Presidents denomination, it says !:
"The statement that the Liberal Republic
cans of 1870 are not in favor of the renomina-
ton of Gen. Grant is evidently based upon
the assumption that the movement of 1870
was hostile to the President. This is not 80,
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Correspondence of the Woman's Journal.
Mrs. HOwe's Letters.
First Chances and Greetings I'm Santo Do
mingO.
SANTANA, SAN DOMINGO,
Fehrr,ary % 1870


February 20, 1872.
Sunday at Puerto Plata was day of more
interests than one. At 10 O'Clock A. NJ, we
went to attend morning service in the little
WESLEYAN chapel, which is at once the only
Protestant church in the place and the only
one in which the English language is enl-
ployed. The church is about as large as an
ordinary country schOOl-hOuse in New Eng
land. Ornament it has none, unless q very
simple reading-desk, covered for the nonce
with black wooden stuff, may deserve the
name. The service is the Wesleyan selection
from the Anglican Book of Common PRAYER
read by person who occupies the position
of local preacher in the denomination. The
little congregation, OF every shade between
black and white, gathered itself in the cool,
quiet enclosure with pleasant decorum.
The dresses of the women were scrupulously
neat, and the linen of the men irreproachable.
Some negresses appeared, wearing the folded
turbans which so well become them. But
there was also quite a display OF straw hats,
and even of summer bonnetS. SO Tar as we
could see, every face bore the expression Of
earnest attention. The music was primitive,
unaccompanied by any instrument, but rich
in that body of sweetness which belongs to
the voices of the negro race. The baptism
of a baby formed part of the programme of
the occasion. Rev. DIR. Norris, a man VEN
cradle in the Methodist denomination. and a
passenger with us in the "Tybee," gave the
water and the benediction, adding also a
short and interesting address. The sermon,
by the preacher in charge of the chapel,
breathed the spirit Of piety, which is the es-
sentlal OF religious instruction. Yet its limi-
tations made me very DESTROYS that an edu-
Gated minister might be sent to these people,
and that fuller pulse from the great bosom
OF Cristendom might visit and refresh them
The service at end, I'VE exchanged greetings
with various members of the congregation,
and came away. What had we seen? A
road Shakan nv tho yyindS A man clofhad
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The best thing in the way of historical
curiosity which they can get up in Indiana is
dilapidated old silver watch which once be-
lOnged to General Harrison. "Old Tip' lost
his time piece some seventy years ago. In
1918 the outside case was found, and the in
side case some twelve years ago. The works,
or what remained of them undevoured by
rust, were discovered in 1868, and now the
parts have all been collected together at In
dlanapolis
, 1872-03-20
Bekjendtgjoxelse

Som F6lge af de forandrede Reuter- for
de engelske transatlantiske Damppaketfar-
t6ier, vile disse f%remtidigt afgaae fra st.
Thomas til Europa den 15de og 27de hver
Maaned, og ankomme til St. Thomas den
3die og lode i hvor Manned Paketposterne
fra st. Croix vile herefter oversendes til
st. Thomas den 13de og 25de i hver Maa-
ned, t6rste Gang den 25de d. NJ.
Gouvernements Seeretariatet, st. Groix
den lode Marts 1879.
r. PETERSEN.
, 1872-03-20

yer, is a judicial obligation on the Judge
he has to set before the defendant all what
the prosecutor, the Policemaster, has re-
presented as his confessions, and to shew
him all the evidences against him. Now,
there is certainly a vast difference be-
tween a moral duty and a judicial duty.
Let us then, in the face of cps assertion
examine what benefit a defendant really
does have of the counsel appointed him.
Any body having the least interest in the
question may look at the way in which
the lawyers here discharge the trust com
mltted to them in regard to public criI1i-
nal suits he will find that the whole in
stitution of a plaintiffs counsel and defen-
less waste of time and a cumbersome for
mality, at all events where the defendant
is under criminal action and is therefore
detained IN custody !; if he is not in custo-
dy, he may sometimes find his way to the
counsel or lawyer, and may prevail on him
to interest himself in his cause, but q
defendant who is not in custody is most
generally least in need of protection. The
lawyers say, they have no fee for attending
to public suits they have reluctantly
agreed to the obligation to discharge those
duties, as otherwise they would have got
no grant to practice at all. Then again, it
is far from being agreeable for a lawyer to
complain OF the mistakes or the arbitrary
steps committed by a Magistrate investiga-
ting a criminal case the lawyers are desi-
rous, and with good reason, to be on good
terms with the Magistrate, who, OF course,
does not very well like to hear complaints
made of his official acts a Jealous and firm
lawyer would not suffer himself to be infu-
encel by this,-but how lightly are emo
raE' duties nct set aside, for the cake of
ease and comfort, if not from other reasons 3?
And the evil is after all-so the lawyers argue
hot sOVery great if an Old 'rogue" get a
little higher punishment than strictly war
ranted by law I'VE need scarcely re-
mind CT of the arbitrary power vested
In a Policemaster by the Ordinance of 9th
January 1852 in reference to a large num-
Der OF the most current criminal cases, by
virtue of which he can indict penalty of
several months hard Iabour on a delin-
quent !; a circumstance all the more no.
ticeabIo as we all know that lawyers do not
appear in the Police Court; the examina-
tions are conducted by the Policemaster,
sentence passed, and communicated to the
delinquent by him, the acquiescence Tor
non-acquiescence?) of the delinquent noted
by the Policemaster or two of his police
men /; Government sanctions the sentence,
anA-lt IS executed On the prisoner.-This is
a palladium |! PED.
, 1872-03-20
March 18th 1872.
70 the Editor OF the ''St. CrOix Avis"
Dear Sir!

hCdI oil
In your leader Of the 18th instant advo-
eating the separation of the office of Town
Judge from that Of Policemaster, your
chief argument appears to be the protec-
ton such a measure would afford every
defendant in criminal cases, to have the
preliminary proceedings of the Policemas-
ter brought before the Town Judge, before
whom the defendant personally appears,
which you say he is not permitted to do in
the Superior Court.
Now, although it is generally the case,
that the defendant in criminal cases does
not appear personally in the Upper Court,
but by the Lawyer who by Government
Is ordered to defend hin, there is no legal
prohibition against his personal appear
ance, if he is on the spot, and in all in
stances where the defendant, being on the
spot, wishes to appear, he is permitted to
do so, whilst the Upper Court is entitled
to cause the said defendant to appear per-
sunaiiy before it, should it be found p
dent. Besides there is one great palladium
tor said defendant, which you do not touch
upon. In every criminal case, there is a
Lawyer appointed by Government to de-
fend him. He can consult with him freely
and state his grievances to him, who then
conscientiously will lay them before the
Court, or take such other measures as he
may think expedient, and if such
grievances be not taken notice of by the
Town Judge, they will still be embodied
IN the proceedings, which under an appeal
will belaid before the Upper Court, where
q public appointed Lawyer likewise de-
tends the criminal, and which Upper
Court is not limited To tn formal side of
, 1872-03-20
R. PETERSEN.
Translation.

In consequence of the new routes for
the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's
vessels, the Dates of Departure from St.
Thomas for Europe will be the 18th and
9th, and the Dates of Arrival at st. Tho
mas the 3rd and 10th of every month. The
Mails from st. Croix will in future be dis
patched to st. Thomas on the 18th and
25th of every month, first time on the 25M
aaStGnt.
Government Secretary's Office, st. Croix
10Th March 1872.
r. PETERSEN.
, 1872-03-20

TO by adopting Mr., Anthon's Opinion as
expressed in the Commission in 1870 viz.
the appointment of one Inspector for the
whole Island, with one controller in each
town, and tidewaiters, which plan would,
however, involve the necessity of paying
into the treasury every fifth day the money
receiYed.-Ep.
, 1872-03-20
To the Editor Ofthe "St. CrOix Avis "
Sir,

In the last number of your paper I no
tice an article on the Budget signed "H,"
in which the writer makes the following
statement, ga yearly public expense Of on
ly 81 pr. head is certainly not too much"
This statement would lead your readers to
think that the taxes imposed on the people
OF this Island amount to 81 pr. head of the
population, but if you take the population
at $4,000 (the last census returns give
22,760) you will fnl that the amount pr.
head on this years budget of $183, 900 is
81. 80, an amount of taxation not paid by
most Of the English West India Islands. I
have reliable statistics, from Government
sources, of the taxation paid by the inhabi-
tants Of Barbados and St. Kits, and the
amount pr. head in the former Island is on
ly SO, GO and in the latter IS. n. 1t may
also interest your readers to know, that
while the expenditure of Barbados and st.
Kits amount respectively to 9.4 pr. CT.
and 1876 pr. CT, on the value of their ex-
ports, our expenditure for an average of i
years 1865 to 1869 ($l83,3O6) amounted
to the ~frightfal figure of 20 8 pr. Ct.
APP says "In comparison to the pro-
duce of the Island the public expenses are
not to be considered too heavy; let me
quote another authority on the matter, that
of the late Governor Birch, who in writing
to the Finance Minister on 18th Septem-
Der 1870, on the affairs of the Island, made
use of the following words sit cannot be de-
''nied that the total amount ofTaxes andIm-
''posts ($183 ,306), at present raised from the
''Island and It's Produce, is very high in pro-
''portion to the Islands resources" / leave
the public to judge which of the two opin-
ions is the correct one, and remain, Sir,
Yours truly,
AN OLD SUBSCRIBER.
NIL 1cL1- 1n~O
, 1872-03-20

the case only, but the real Il III also
under its notice in all its bearings.
Yours truly.
18th March 1872.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-11-06


From the san Franchise Commercial Herald
ta Los Augs.s. county, on the eastern
slope OF the S.n FrancisCO range Of moan
tatua, sod 10 the immediate vicinity O. the
Leaning Petroleum c1mpsny's oil region,
there b. the most wonderful collection OF
Wild honey IN existence The ave - local
cd 70 a rilt, which p-DstrAi,s he rock to the
depth Of probably 100 fvet. The or.6cs il
80 feet long and " feet W,ds tour passA-
gss. The riff Naa discovered 70 be the
abiding place Of svHrm Of bees, that is re-
presented As coming oct in a nearly sohd
column one foot in diameter. Certain par
ties have ebdeavored 10 descend 10 the i'm
merse store OF honey collected by these
bees bot we're invariably driven back. and
one msn lost his life 10 the effort. Others
have. Al the expense Of much labor and
money, built scsfflid l2j feet high, 10
The hope OF reaching q place whence they
could ron rih into the rock, and extract
igs well boarded sweets, but finally
ceased their work. Within four years III
bees have sdded not less than fifteen feet #
depth to their MEASURE, a. AscsrISned by
Gotusl measurement, and it IL thought that
al the present time thsrN cannot be leas than
giybt or ten tons Of honey 10 tho rock. A
mAu named b. Bfophy lives in a cabin not
far from the spot and obtained, from the
melting Of the honey by the suns heat,
enough for his family requirements All
through that region immense stores Of Wild
honey ave found 10 trees, IN the rocks, near.
ly every place where it's industrious manu-.
fActurers think oi-ior bees seem 10 think--
that il will be sseAre, They consume a very
small proportion, as tbs climate enables
them TO keep up operations nearly sVey dAl
in the year, aud flowers Of some sort are al
Ways IN bloom. IL must be = very severe
season Indeed when the little fellows are
no, seen abroad in ysaI Numbers, busily en-
gagged in their melihuCus work.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-11-06

From the Washington Chronicle.
10 1850 aud 1860 a special appropriation
Of $4,000 vas expended by the Bureau Of
Agriculture, ia introducing taa culture to
tbs people Of the Uuited SJAtca Selsc
lions Of seeds we're made by Mr.. Fortune,
Of England, as the agent Of the United
States. and these we're conveyed 10 WArdAb
case. 70 this country. terminating on the
voyage. When further developed in the
government greenhouses in Washington
they we're distributed IN limited numbers un.
der The franks Of Northern aud Wss'err
Senators aud Representatives,. aud in very
large quAufiIies, through various means o
conveyance to the South. They seem t'
have psrished under the irosts Of he North
aud but few have been heard from in thu
South. Al the time Of their reception "th'
busy not. Of preparation" for "a civil wal
possessed all minda. Mr. Connolly, Of No
457 NJ street Bofthwsst, Yesterday presented
10 us eating from n tree in hia garden
With rs glossy leaves and grteaiih white
and o,angs-colorsd blossoms. The ire
has never received airy protection in all III
sieVen -tu,ers II has fysd and, tn Jugh n
large w prosperous enough 10 enc SurAgs G
peumenta 10 more favorable 10 oAlities an
BY more practical cnluvAtors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-11-06
Daily argus.
wednesday, November 8, 1879.

A numbsr Of gArblsd extracts fron our
New York letters appear 10 the Onio''' ana
.Asy convict the mau who arranged them
for publication Of desire TO misrePressn'
nj. lie 10 the same man who proved mat
murder vas com nau1ed BY the Bible lie
did il 10 this way The Bible SAYS Cain
killed Absl :" and IL says go thou aud do
ELsvu..n He is q brilliant genius, but be
will never set the Mississippi on ere. A
word or two will .AnSwer in explanation OF
his garbling; l.."Jsw' is not a term OF
rsproach, among intelligent people, and the
Jews do not 80 regard IT, ?, Every RsPub-
licAu ought to be sorry 10 see any Republic
destroyed 3. The statistics show that New
York County has Always cast less votes IN
proportion to population than Republican
counties 10 tbs interior Of the State or, il
fact, Republican districts generally. W.
invite the onion TO n comparison Of figures
1. No claim was ever made tha, the manage
men. Of city affairs in New YORK under 'n'
new charter, vAA ever corrupt Inc eo'roP
tions occurred uuder the old charter, wheT
there WAS ring composed Of Republican
and Dsmocras, in equal numbers, VIII
audited aud allowed the oorrupt bills an,
divided the spo,ls Esch party was equal
at fault. except thar the law which mad
this STATE Of things possible was passed b
n R.publicAn legislature. 3. A sOon a
Mr.. DAnfor,h vas convinced Of th
currupuous Of the Tweed ring, he lie
thom and worked Nth the retormers, 40
voted tor HorA,io n. Twombly, Bepnbl
ca, for the legislature, in order TO help p
dow the Tweed gang Fair aud u
garblci extracts flom bis letters wou
need no eHplAnstion--nor do lie garbl
extracts pablShsi in tbs Union, except
people Who never read ,be original. in ~
Did IL ever occur u he editor Of
Union that il lily becomes bin to talk
oounsienCy, after his course towards :
Liberal Repuh ieaDs A. long as they =
mun,d 10 IA. Gtsut pt5,y tJsi- Was no
tug too good '5r tin Q. ssy OF 'bam.
soon ~ tbsy lrft DE- Cr.r.pu;y there =
nothing TOO baa Jar hin .rsag OF ,t.m.
the vsg .suI b.. r.ra...L o. sdIti
which appeared 30 u.s payer ja-, tsi
Judge rroubull ~ts Is,f r..e.rc.s d 90
senate /, would Ua ...cr.-ir4 raj
lost uo~.