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Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-08-18
Tho Negro Smith.

The complaint made by the negrU, nmAM
SMITH of this city, Of the deception OF the Repub-
lcan party, which we published in tia GAZETTE'
a few days ago, is a reflex OF the treatment his
rlce has received everywhere from that party in
whose path he so bhndIy follows. The only ex-
e,stiOn Is where the negro has the majority aud
pretcnds to rule but is led, nevertheless, by the
nose, by carpst-baggng scoundreIs, who are rob-
bing the South.
In Virginia, where the EelrJ is moro OF man
than in any other State, he has no influence aud
il not Tecogn ized as a leader, only as he follows
the corrupt men who would wreck the finances OF
tae State as other States have baen by their rlun
deTera.
TIE Conservatives have treated The negro kind
IL, and paid more regard to his welfare than the
Radical Ieaders have. And they propose to take
n right from him, but they maintain with great
force and reason that It would be suicidal to en-
trust the negro with the control of the Old Do
minlon. They are right. In Delaware We see
plainly the consequences that would result the
two States beng very similar in their situations
like results would perhaps follow triumph of the
negro or his party IN either state.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-08-18

The Commercial ridicules the idea of applying
''inmense" TO the "Dover Lobby fee" That Is
the word applied to il bya member sOeihe Br;
and considering the service We think Il very ap-
prOpriatc But no matter, there are a great mum.
Der of taxpayers who AOld shat n Was thrown
away in bad cause, and that $115 was an i'm
mense sum for any menAber of Council to take
the liberty 10 give TO the sharks The action set a
dsrePutAble example, aud one that was Disgrace
full to all concerned. Their names should all be
held up to the public seorn as bnbcrs and brlbe
takers. Had the bill been private one for
individual benefit the matter might have been
different '-tsi SFs 'sft' 81 :
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The Negro in Virginia.
now mK HAS BEEN MIsLED TO BAND AGAINST the
WHITE MAN. a4 se i.-4

now HK HAS BEEN MIsLED TO BAND AGAINST TINE
/ WHITE MAN. - i--4
From the Richmond Enquirer.
The ignorance OF tSe negro affords most avail
able capital for Radical candidates for Office. He
lends willing ear 10 all that is told him of the
desires aud designs, the AmlsctievOAS lnackiall
tions and the subtle strategy ol the Conservatives
to deprive him OF his rights. He has little appre
citation of the actual strength Of the Emaraulees
by which he holds his liberty, and all the fran
chises which, as an American eJtiSen, he enjoys
He has httle conception of the indispOsitiOn of
| the Southern white people TO do him wrong.
He has little knowledge al the real, SINCERE heart
felt wish of the white race Ia The south 10 live Ia
| harmany, in peace and IN friendship with the
c0lOrcd race. And the reason he is 80 sadly at
fault 10 these things Is, that lac has believed his
pretended friends who have inflated him with
false and futile hopes, aud disbelieYed those who
/ are earnest in their profession OF good feel
ing for him, but who make him no promises of
Equality, in all respects, with the white man..
The time will come When the scales will fall
from the negrO's eyes; when he will see the error
OF his way when white men, seeking to climb
into office upon his shoulders will iHd it more
difficult to deceive him. And then, aud not Illl
then, will he cease to oppose every man of every
party who may maintain that the distinctions be-
tween the races were made by God, and should
be observed by man.
The negro in Virginia has no cause of CON-
plant against the Conservative party. 1t has OBJ
served all his rights, recognized all his privileges,
respected ana protected all his interests. IL has
made no war upon him heretofore in political
contests; it makes none upon him now Tue
colored people, instead Of cooperating with the
white people, rs they were sincerely solicited to
do, for the common good Of both races,
went of TO themselves Instituted their 'eagnes;"
stood out openly in opposition to the COnserva-
lives, and thus, by establishing black mans
party, constrained those against whom they were
thus arrayed, to assume the attitude of white
mans party.
If the Conservatives succeed in November, as
they confidently expect to do by majority Of
not less than ten ana perhaps more than twenty
thousand, they will be as just and far aud
friendly 10 the colored men in Virginia they
have been throughOU. the four years Of their
gUo but they do mean thai he shall not Iu:e ia
his Commonwealth if tLeir political power at
the polls eau prevent it,
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-08-18
Tine RepubIlcan RomInatIOn.

The nominations by the Republican party were
made on Saturday'aiternOon. That for City Trcn-
is especially unfortunate for the best inter
ests ol the city. The ward nominations are
scarcely up 10 the standard. But We presume
they will suit the colOred voters, who claim to
hold the balance of power. II, however, Hiram
Smiths advise 10 his colored friends is taken,
and the negroes remain from the polls and refuse
to vote because there is no negro nominated, the
Democrats will settle the business, aud we will
have change that will be beneficial 10 all par
ties the negroes included since their taxes would
bs reduced with those OF all other citizens.
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INSTRUMENTATION.

The Aareytlser very uniustly charges the GA
zGTTE with the authenticity of the annexed para.
gfaph. Its lecture is, therefore, wasted, unless
turned tOWarl the source from which the editor
ofthe AdUeTfiSeT got the item. II is an old trick
" tn unscrupuIous writers to cut an objections
bic piece from one paper and credit it to another
hlsely charging that other with the odious senti-
ments advanced. Whether Intentionally or by
mistake or not this has been dons by the AdpeTti-
s.T. and hope that paper will have the fairness
to make the correction. The paragraph is as fol-
lows:
ScOundrelSm. A. 1t is stated that young man
recently seduced girl in Ssaford, under the
promise OF marriage. Another at Laurel also
acted equally dlshonorably. Ii the young men do
not behave more manly the girls should try the
charge of rape upon them. A little lying on one
side would be no worse than httlc lying on 1.-THE
other.
As above, the article appeared in the Replsbli-
can. Our reporter tells US that he copied il from
the Republican, giving that paper the usual credit
and by examining the local columns OF the issue
of the 4th instant, We find it and so accredited
that we are l. to believe that the AdUertlspr
could not have taken it from the GAZETTE. We
have always maintained that seduction should be
made g criminal oSense, punished with fine and
imprisonment, bat are as much opposed 10 the ad-
vice given to the girls" in the Paragraph quoted.
asany one. And the girl" that would follow it
would be guilty Of a great and terrible crime.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-08-18

tbs DAILY GAZETTE is published every afternoon,
except Sunday at 4l6 Market street. and served by
carriers 70 subscribers in all parts Of Wilmington
and the surrounding tow and villages. for six
cents week. payable weekly. YEARLY subscribers
sS In advance.
The DELAWARE GAZETTE. established 1854
is the largest aud most AOurishinE weekly the
State, aud has larger circulation than any other
ON the Peninsular. Published every Friday morn
ing at a2 a year. in advance tr
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-08-18

THE expense IS as nAught, when compared to
Its usefulness.
About a week ago lady who was employed
In the jute mill in East Fourth street. had finger
torn of by the machinery. She was poor aud
friendless, but proud aud industrious-but for the
city Hospital, the deep humiliation of casual
bed Ia the poor house would have been bers.-
This Is one Of the instances of the benehcience
Of the Charity.-AdUertisey.
AS the proprietor Of the Advertiser lives ont
of the city and do not vote within its limits or
pay tax to tho treasury thereof, its advice as to
the expense Is wholly gratuitOus.
II Is well 10 examine the cost. We have hear
of no other patients being sent to the "cily hos
pital, and II there are none, the cost may wei
be reckOneA when the reader understands that
the house and grounds cost about $25, 600; tho
physician IL employed by the year at what salary
we do not know; but II Ia likely TO be made quite
heavy; then the superintendent; the nurse; the
cook the laundry womln, and house maid, are
all 10 be paid. Whether the city supplies the food
for these people, independent Of their salaries,
we do not know. Bat whether or not the cost
CONES OF the city. Add the cost Of all these 10
gethcr and the expense Of this lady's inJ1ry will
iou nd considerable.
pleasanter and cheaper way would have been
for the city to have sent physician to her board
ing house paid for dressing her fnger aud be-
come responsible for a week OF two Of board.
This might have been done too In a more ecrip-
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tural way sluCe charity ls not expected to "vauut
itself" So M N - a
ON an averags an ipinEy occurs about pc in
a month W presume, and ~ injured q ght "
cheaper and more HleasaABly cntertaInc by "
city at the Clayton HoNse. NJ
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Young man. said Aunt Jean. 81
don't know much about you and what ]
know is not the best that might be; but
yon re not an i'll young man. as
men go: On the whole m inclined to
he on your side. Aud take my advice.
Don't make too little of yourself; don
be at everybody call stand up for your
self. if you would have other folk stand
mp for you. So far as I've seen, your
fault Is that your are better than most
folks. Don't be that that's the worst
of all mistakes. Nobody thinks the more
of You for being too kind. A willing
horse is aye oyer-ridden; but that's not
all. In this world folk take yon at your
own word They think little of man
that holds him self cheap. It's no advan
ta9e either with man o.. woman The
best thing you can do it to let folk see
that favor from you is a real favor, not
easy to get. not given to everybody
Mrs. Oiiphnnt
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A Thoughtful Woman.

You have probably noticed what +.
thoughtful woman your wife is. She
never forgets anything. aud when she
goes down cellar after an article she is
sure to bring up something beside that
she may need. She calls that making
her head save her heels" Once in a
while she may neglect something. but
that IA because she has so much on her
mind that she can't think of everything
at once. and if some people had as much
to do and keep track of as she has, there
would be nothing Gone at all. After she
says this it is time you either left or bus
led yourself with something else. We
never knew a man who continued the
conversation to appear satisfied after
wards. She exhibits this thoughtfulness
in many ways, but more particularly some
hight when you have just got to bed. and
neglected to leave match near the lamp
Then she starts up with the exclamation
Il declare there isn't only bread enough
for breakfast - So you get up aad skipi
around for a match, and after securing a
light accompany her to the kitchen
where you hold the light while she goes
through with the operations required in
setting emptyings" And after you
have stood around on your bare feet for
ten minutes. holding the lamp with one
hand and frequently slapping yourself
with the other, you go back to bed OPP
pressed by the consciousness that in some
way y,u are responsible for the whole
trouble.-Dan5uy Ne,cs.
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Encourage YOur Children.

Encouragement works wonders with
almost anybody, no matter what his oc-
cupation in life may be. A boy likes 10
be encouraged; SO does girl man
old grandfather and grandmother have
a relish for it.
not giving their Children credit when
they do a thing we'll; aud some uninten
tionally let lesson that has been studied
very hard, or piece of work that has
been well done. by a boy or girl. pass by
without the leas knotice. This di>cnura-
ges child, aud has bad effect other
wise.
Encouragement puts new life in a
child, especially if it be bestowed by &
parent. Yet there. are people. who.
though anxious to have their children do
well, are continually, and in dispiriting
way, telling them that they shouldn't do
so and so. and that that ia wrong. etc,
without ever having little friendly
talk with them, and giving them good
advice. and encouraging them when they
do right.
Some parents also make mistake in
leaving the education of their children
wholly to the schools. They think if
they send their children to school, and
pay their way. that they-the PARENTS
are doing their part and that the chill
dren should do theirs. This may work
very well with good boys, but with tie
careless. the thouehtless and the indiGet-
ent it does not work we'll.
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rhe AfectatfOn OF CO0imess. BE Nafur.
al

One Of tho fashionable follies of the
day is the affectation OF great GOODNESS
1t is considered vulgar to be demonstra-
rive. You meet an old friend. it is a
blessing to your eyes to behold him once
more. Your heart leaps up at the sight
of him. Your impulse is to grasp him
warmly by the hand. You feel almost
like embracing bin.
You must do nothing of the kind. No
ripple must De permitted TO ruff1e the
smooth equilibrium and indifference Of
your feelings You must greet him
politely, but without emotion. So the
false etiquette of which we speak teach.
eS.
Self possession is strong quality, but
we do not believe in this kind of self. jog.
session.. And the people who school
themselves in this are not apt to have the
other and the better kind. They are not
ept to manifest self possession on such
occasions as really Call for it-occasions OF
difficulty and danger and of great trials.
Touch their self-love, make any unusual
demand upon them for self-denial, and
their assumed and superficial self-posses-
sion vanishes in an instant.
For ourselves, we like naturalness of
manner. Seem as you feel. Let the
heart speak out, or what is the use in
having heart.
There are crops which grow only on
light soils, and the school of philosophy
-miscalled philosophical which we
speak, must have originatediin shallow
brains.
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was the first to reach the ferry. He had
never seen Atkinson SO quiet. With the
| exception Of those who had crossed on
the ferry and few early risers who we're
hurrying up the street. the town seemed
asleep; but as be passed Commercial
street, lie saw a man who was riding a
mule, coming down in great haste. who
cried out. How d y. John"
Why. Jake! !" he replied. us that
you ? l allowed you was half way to Dem
yer afore now"
I'VE started yesterday. but we had a
powerful storm on the prairie out here.
last night. We CHANGED to be right near
to house and they let US in; but it sent
our old wagon rolling over and over
across the prairie, like patch oftumble
wheels. and our oxen Ill stampeded L IN
on the hunt of 'em
sit don't look like it had reached At
Crimson.
No; reckon it just took streak. !"
| John hurried on down the river. The
road ran SO near the bank that the steady
swash of the water seemed under his
feet. The birds were singing in the trees,
and the sunshine came creeping down the
bluffs overhead. How eager he was to
get home that morning. His heart was
full of new plans and new purposes. He
could keep his promise. and he would !;
he would never make Nancy's heart ache
again by breaking that promise. He
stopped suddenly-had the storm reach
ed Sumner? The tall buildings along the
wharf were leaning roofess, one this way
another that; AS if the wind coming over
the bluffs. had reached just low enough
to unroof them. He FASTENED around
the foot of the hill !; there lay the brick
| hotel. the boast of the town, in scattered
| fragments on the ground, like a wasp s
nest scattered by the housekeeper' =
broom. He looked around three fourths
of the town lay in ruins. How was il
with his home He ran up the street
until he could see where it sto,d Gone |!
Perhaps they had escaped before the
storm; perhaps Scarce knowing what
he did. he hurried to Inc nearest house
that was yet standing, and without ceIe-
mony opened the door.-There was no
one in the room. but ON a couch in one
corner. a white sheet sunk to the still
propositions of two silent forms. Nov
ed by some strange impulse, he turned
| back the covering that shrouded the
faces-Nancy and the baby! Shocked.
stunned, he sank on his knees and laid
his face on that dear form. Who can de-
scribe, who can comprehend the utter
desolation of that hour? None but those
who have felt it. Oh, the thoughts and
memories that crowded upon him-many
of them bitter. regretfnl thoughts. Blu,
there was one memory for which he was
thankful: that he had not listened to the
tempter which whispered to him yester-
morn, that it would be weak and uumau.
ly To yield to her request.
They found him there an hour after
ward. but he asks no questions. made nc
reply to their attempts at consolation,
and they left him alone with his dead
There was "hurrying to ard fro" in
Sumner that day, for many were lei
homeless many bruised and crippled by
the storm. And the mourners wh1
wendell rheir way up the long hill 10 the
bsrying ground, were as sad rs though
the silence had been broken by the toll.
ing of solemn bells-Knnsas Monthly.
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MISCELLANEOUS.


Death is never dignifed.
Epitaph for an aeronaut-" Gone up"
The early advertiser catches the worm.
A handsome store is good advertise
ment.
Twins, like misfortunes, never come
singly.
A paper "mill' fight between rival
journals.
Cold snaps play much hob with the.
printers rollers.
A hourishing Understandable
penmanship.
The best printing this side of the
ocean is done at Cambridge.
It is significant that 'to advertise"
rhymes with 'to realize"
The Wilmington, N. G. Star prints
column, entitled "Star-dust."
T Mast is registered on the alphabet
cal list of arrivals at Boston as Mast, T.
This is the time for sentimental girls to
gather autumn leaves and hornets nests.
There is nothing so effective in bring
ing man up to the scratch as a healthy
and hlgh-spirited flea.
Writing about the Sports of the
Maumee," a chap tells about how he saw
female horse-thief hung.
Fuss works hard all day, and don't do
emmy thing, goes to bed tired at night,
then gets up next morning, and begins
agin WHARF she left Billings.
A contemporary says that "Stray
leaves from soon-coming orange bios
SONS flutter around in prophecy of
weddings to be-" Let 'em fut
A little girl was asked what was the
meaning of the word happy. She gave
a pretty answer, saying, sit is to feel as
if you wanted to give all your things to
your little sister,"
A Nebraska man on his dying bed. re-
membered that his wife was smoking
hams, and he said, CHOW, Marietta,
don't go to snufiing around and forget
them HAMS
A young man at Evansville coughed
up twenty-fve-cent currency note the
other day, and he has gone right back to
the boarding house whooze hash he form
erly complained of.
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Shawls from so $50 piece My Cloth Department
full from Cotonae the finest Broadcot My stock of
Ready Made Clothing full and very choice also that i'll
Boots and Shoes which very extensive among which
Waterproof warranted My stock of of Hats Caps and Gloves
Of the latest style and that of Crockery and Glassware quite
extensive have paid especial attention purchases Of
Ship rpener Tools ard Hardware generally My stock of
Groceries and Family Provisions complete in all its details
Teas of the best qualities As all these goods have been bou
continue buy all kinds of country produce the highest cash
prices All who have dealt with before, KIN that mean
whnt Isay, and only that shall do
to merit their continued favor ask for liberal share of the
public patronage CHAS, ROCK,
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Did you ever stand on a bench and try
to reach something aud hav the bench
give out? Not smash down, but shoot
out behind aud ding you. Tha: is what
happened to the North ST. man Monday
night. while he Wa, putting up = picture
aud when he went down he made a gully
in the wall with his nose nine inches long
and nearly turned the valuable organ bot
tom upward. Ne,cs.
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Cream is allowed to mold and spoil.
Silver spoons are used to scrape kettle 8.
The scrubbing brush is left in the water.
water. Brooms are never hung up and
soon are spoiled. Dish clothes are
thrown where mice can destroy them.
Tubs and barrrls are left In the Sun to
dry and fall apart. Clothes are left on
the line to whip to threads in the wind.
Pie crust is left to sour insteed of being
made into pies Vegetables are thrown
away that would warm for breakfast.
Pork spoils for want of salt and beef be-
ususe the tniue wsuts soaking.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-11-06

CATCHING A LITTLE TARTAR,-"So
you don care about donkey-riding Miss.
And Why p "Oh Eye got pony, and
ond doesn't care about donkeys after that,
you knowl" Has the pony got any more
legs than a donkey. then 2" Miss (who
didn't like TO be choffed Yes; exacrly
twice as many as some donkeys that |
ksp1 Of
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-11-06

Carl Vogt has discovered Darwin s
missing link. lie argues that Adam was
monkey befure Eve was created; be-
cause gorilla has thirteen ribs and man
Only twelve. one having been removed to
make woman
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CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE. Digby, the
other day, found some money in the
street. All T. said he, with know
Ing look, papers have been saying that
muney's tight. but L wouldn't have be-
lieved it if hadn't found it in the gut
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The near sig GIFTED ben that ate sawdust
surprising it to be corn meal. then went
ard laid a nest full of bureau knobs, set
on them three weeks, and hatched out a
completed set of parlor furniture. was a
pretty fair hen.
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ab,u, her neck. If she could only find
something to cover them from tie stor M
She reached around. but could touch
only cold mud
Oh iha, terrible painl She had al
most forgotten it 10 her anxiety for her
be. Ii seemed as though the hai..stones
struck through into her brain. What if
they killed ter? Was she afraid to die
Visions of eternity, of the heaven of her
faith. rose before her-Should she dwell
with God and the angels forever? Was
it pos sible that there would never be an
end? No. she was not afraid Of death.
But h.. r child. her husbsnd-how could
she leave them? Not yeti No. DO, when
life op med before her She mus, live to
he y John keep his promise. God would
spare her for that. How long it would
be until morning. How could she tear
the pain so lon, ? Oh it would be terri.
bic if John should come and 6nd her ly-
ing there. cold ard stiff. John did love
her, oh I. so well. He had loved her 40
long. It seemed SO many years since he
first told her that he loved her; it was
on the mountaIp-side, 10 dear e,d Ten
nessee How far off it seemed. How the
sun shone. the birds sang. How dreamy,
bewildered her thoughts were. How
still the baby was Yes. she could feel
his hears beat. She M longer felt the
peltinR of the storm; had it ceased?
Her thought was answered b. q rush
of wind from new direction. She feIs
the great weight lifting OF from her
She Was free Tnen-=onisthins struck
he
The train vent snorting into Winthrop
hna - asyiistA John iumlvd IL nd
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A Green Bay man called a young lady
his precious darling little honcydew of
blooming rosebud" and then stood q
breach Of promise suit before he married
her