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Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-06-25
brom the Philadelphia Evening TELEGRAPH
The Courage of the President.

1t would be simply impossible TO doubt the
magnificent courage OF President Grant, 1or he
demonstrated it on scores of battle.helds throup
four years OF war But in none OF his many
battles did he ever show such signal daring, such
contempt for danger as when, on Tuesday. he
nominated BOSS Shepherd for President Ut
the District Of Columbia Governing Commission
The Congressional Committee appointed 10
investigate the affairs OF the District while they
were under the almost absolute rule Of the "Boss -
found him stepped 10 the lips in the most Inde-
tensible TRANSACTIONS Under has rule a debt oi
twenty nine million dollars wss saddlod upon the
Distrlct, and 10 upon it still under his rule mai
administration, jobbing and fraud were rampant,
and OF his knowledge Of all this ugly mess of cor
ruption be was proved 10 have been cognizant.
That he protited by 1t no one doubts and YET,
when Congress passed law with the express
design OF legislahng him out of the office he had
disgraced and used for the most sordid private
ends, the President, in contempt OF Congress aud
10 defiance Of good morals and public opinion,
reappointed the "Boss" to his old position, where
bis power would be not almost absolute as be.
fore, but altogether absolute, for the other ON.
missioners namrd live in very remote paris of the
country and could not possibly attend TO the al
fairs OF the district The appointment Of Shep.
herd, therefore, seemed 10 be q determination if
continue the rule Of ruin naugurated by the"R
at Washington.
IL 10 to the lntnite credit Of the Senate that il
almost unanimously rejected this shameful uom
nation, giving the "Boss" but six votes out OF ,
Senate of forty.two. While either body OF Con
.gress paintaips its dignity In such manner thcr.
is still hoise for the country.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-06-25

NJ oIiCE.-Sec series of Stock In the "Ex
~ celsior Loan Association" Tor sale The ff,t
payment can be made and shares secured ON M
phcation to d q HAWK M eS W ap
wilmington. Mar. 14-tf. No. 4Oi Market st
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-06-25
Life without Enjoyment,

No human being whose stomach and liver are
disordered can enjoy life. Business is fatigue and
bore. and all amusements fiat and Improbable >
to the victim Of indigestion. bifousness and dis.
turbanees of the bowels and the nerves which
always accompany them. Tho shortest. surest
safest Way to get rid of these evils and of the men
tai dependency which grows out of them is to tone
and regulate the system with Hestettcrs Stomach
Btters. OF all stimulants it is the purest. Of all
vegetable tonies the most active of all catharic.
the mildest. of all antibilious preparations the
most swim aad certain in its operation. During th,
twenty odd wears that 1t has been in use it has lived
down professional preju dice distanced competition
and taken rank as the standard restorative of iht
age. e2ot0jy2
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-06-25
General News.
Sun, . b.

The President and Mis- Grant leave Wash.
ington to-day for trip to West Virginia
Hon. Lyman X Bass has declined the po-
sition Of Assistant Secretary of tie Trea-
sury.
The Buck Mountain Coal Company announces
a dividend Of per cent, payable oD the 10th OF
July.
The Reading Railroad Co, announces a
quarterly dividend of % per cent. payable on
the Oath Of July.
The Women's Stale Temperance Convention
met at Pl,tsburg yesterday. The attendance
was large. Mrs. A. W. Black wood was chosen
permanent president
Yesterday being the twenty-ffth anniversary
Of the accession 10 the priesthood of Bishop Ry-
an, of Buffalo, the Catholic clergymen of his
diocese visited his residence. and after congrat-
ulating him on his silver wedding, present him
with purse containing $500.
The United States Circurt Court, sitting at ST.
Paul, has refused TO order the issue Of 500 600
Winona bonds to the Chicago & st Paul Rail
road, on the ground that the company did not in
the time agreed comply with the condition OF
the bonus in in making a continuous road. Red
Wing and other towns have withheld the bonus
for the same reason, and VI lie governed By the
result of this Gaze.
The Democratic State convention Of Naine
met at Portland tuesday, nominated Hon. Jos
eph A. Titcomb Tor Governor by acclamatiou
and adopted resolutions III favor OF a currency
based on specie ii- lmpii n, declaring for free
trade and unfetter. 4 commerce, denouncing the
recent attempt OF The republicans in Congress to
muzzle the press, favoring civil service reform,
| and denouncing official corruption
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-06-25
A Suit For a Husband.
THE MARRIAGE OF MILLIONAIRE Son
The SKELEIoN IN A CLOSET on CoLVAbi'
HkIoHrs-THEY MET BY CHANCE.

The MARRIAGE OF A MILLIONAIRE NON
The SKELRIoN IN A CLOSET ON COLUMBIA
HkIoHrs-THEy MET BY CHANCE
A youug woman dressed in mourning, with
her coursel. Mr.. w, J.Dsinty, appeared before
Judge Tappln 10 Brooklyn We tsrday. She said
she was formerly Miss Gertrude a. Thompson,
and that on the 9th Of December last she was
married by the Rev. W. K. Davis OF the Meth
odist Episcopal church of Cermont avenue 10
Mr.. Sterling 5. Smith sou of Mr.. Sterling Smith,
millionaire cf Columbia Heights. After they
were married they went 10 Washington ON the
bridal tour.
Ihey returoed, At her husbands request, and
when their carriage drove up to Columbia street
he left her saving he wished to see his father
before she wss introduced. Shehtd never seen
him since She called at the house and the
door was slammed iu her face by her fatber-jn-
law She said she believed that her husband
loved her aud would return to her if his father
did not restrain him, and she prayed the court
to order her father in-law TO give her husband
up.
Mr.. Samuel Brown, for Mr.. Smith. said that
Sterling 6. Smith was drunk when he married
Miss Thompson, and he thought he could prove
that the woman wss also intoxicated. When
Smith came TO his senses he discovered the
character Of the woman he had married, and
wrote TO his father telling him everything He
said he would not live with her. He had since
gone away :rom home, and is 10 the country
now
Mrs. Sterling s. Smith is an attractive blonde
She asseats that she is a respectable woman oi
respe ctable family, and that she was introduced
to Mr Smith on Fulton ferry boat She says
that she has brought this action against Mr.
Smith, Sr., because she believes that he has
incarcerated her husband 10 lunslic asylum,
and is keeping him there against his will. She
seems determined to maintain her rights for The
possession of her husband, and it may he sci
down a. the first instant on record in King:
county of woman suing her falher-n-law fol
the possession Of the person Of her husband
Mr. Sierliog Smith il a csrrisge hardware
dealer at - Bowery, New York, ana lives al
l73 Columbia Heights. Judge Tappen orde red
thai the case he given TO referee ". J
| Sun Oh.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-06-25

"ln the Of the Presidents salary, alone, we
too little. but as for the members of Congress, we
always considered their pay quite equal TO the
value of their ervices."-C0mmerciai
And yet the Commercial justides Mr.. Lofand
for voting to increase their pay to $4,000 and
travelling expenses. We have yet to see the first
line 10 the Commercial condemnng any single
member for taking The SALARY grab" who was moi
u Democrat, while there were two Radicals that
took it and kept 1t to one Democrat tha; did SO
This fact, together with the fact that the Radical:
had large majority of both Houses, is sufficient
TO stamp the law as party measure. But in al
ditlon, the head OF the Radical party, the Pres
dent, made the act law by signing the bill ant
keeping the back pay
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-06-25
Was the President Drunk ?
SHEPHERDS REJECTION ENRAGEs III

SHEPHERDS REJECTION ENRAGES HIN.
The Washington despatch to the New York
Tribune says:
When the result was announced to the Presi-
dent he was in a towering rage, and his express
eions in regard 10 the Senate are said TO nave
been anything but complimentary. He at once
sent In The name of ex-senator Cattell, OF New
Jersey and he was at once confirmed The COM
mission as it now stands would be satisfactory
were it not for the general belief that It's mem
bers will not serve, and that on receiving their
designations President Grant will fill their places
with members of the old Hng.
The six Senators who voed in the affirmative
are said TO have been Messrs. Patterson Clayton,
Spencer, F flanagan, Sargent and Jones.
That is the kind OF a man to whom 4 Radical
Congress voted double the pay given to either OF
the Presidents who preceded him some OF whose
names are so interviewer with the worlds history
Us to bo already regarded as the most eminent
champions OF tho most liberal ag" and their
numes are already immortalizci among the nc
blest and best Of their race. How low this mon
ey getting President sinks in comparison. de
cent man drunk would hardly have acted worse
The Presidents Carpet tag2ing
Expedient.
The action Of President Grant in appointing
carpet-baggers to the highest offices in the gov
eminent Of the District of Columbia, is certainly
one OF The most reckless expedients We have yet
been required to chronicle. As tins Is done not
withstanding the open aud oppressed condemna-
tion oil carpet bag government, the President
must be desrous OF counting public censure OF
uusble to find an honest man OF high character
in the District who Will take am office under him,
and submit, as he no doAbt would have 10 do, to
the dictations of such men "Boss" Shepherd
who will most likely still continue to run the
government in the interest OF few contractors
Tor the money that can be made out OF jobs at
two or three prices. When President Of the
United States adheres to such characters as Boss
Shepherd 1t is time Tor every decent party 10 join
10 request for his resignation and retirement
from the high position he dsgraces.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-06-25
Resumption Of Specie Payments.

Judge Allison, register of the Treasury, IN
q recent letter touching the propriety OF nxing
a day for specie resumption, discloses some
very remarkable facts In connection with the
finances OF the National Government How
ever desiTable1t mAyto accomplish that pur-
pose he thinks that "a premature attempt 10
that direction, would be attended with the
most disastrous results In the general business
interests of the country" and thar the real
cause Of the depression now existing Is not so
much from arrangement OF industries as IRON
actual pecuniary exhaustion of the people.
10 show the magnitude of the drains upon the
people the register says;
In 1906 the maximum of our national debt
was resohed At twenty-sevcn hundred mill
ions. To date eight years, the government has
paid five hundred and forty millions OF that
principal, and al annual interest of about one
hundred and twenty five millions in addition
to the current expenses Of the government -
When we add 70 this the yearly interest paid
by the county at large upon State, county,
city and city railroad bonds, we can form some
idea of the appalling demands made upon the
Industry and earnings of the people. The to-
during the period above mentioned was eleven
hundred millions, which added to the amount
J of debt reduced, makes sixteen hundred and
| forty fiye Millions, OF sum three hundred
| millions greater than the aggregate wealth. OF
the people of the United State in 1920. These
ca pital and gains of industry and the produc-
| tive enterprises OF the country. The annual
drain in interest on all classes of Indebtedness
government and local is about three hundred
| millions,
| A comparison of the national debts of the
war of 1912 and Go presents remarkable
contrast. The former OF one hundred twenty
seven millions consumed twenty years in
psyment,or about six millions and three hun
dred thousand year. AS already stated the
debt of4he late war has already beenreduced
| over five hundred millions, or abOuG six mil
lions per month for seven years. In 1920 our
population was nine millions, showing per
capita indebtedness OF fourteen dollars. In
1870 the rate was seveatythree dollars per
capita. In the last seven years we have paid
nine times as much as was paid by the gov.
ernment from 1916 to 1882. .whan that -Mar
was finally paid off.
She register concludes by saying that the
designation of a day in the near fulure would
cause alarm and stop enterprises, lessen the
demand for labor, compel The cancellation OF
debts by process of law, expose TO forced
sales vast quantities of real estate, and thus
cause great shrinkage of values and distres.
among the people.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-06-25

FURNISHING THE STATE HousE.-we have
been called on by Lewis Thompson, Esq who
informs us that the contract for furnishing the
new State House at Dover was not accepted by
himself and Senator Riddle, but by The unani
nous consent of the committeeman present
and that they were bound by the law TO accepl
The lowest responsible bidder. We have no hcsi
tation in expressing regret that the committee
did not advertise for proposals in the newspaper.
and thus avoid all responsibility for favoring par
ties. So far as we hear there were but two bid
ders from Philadelphia.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-06-25
The Syracuse Disaster.

SYRACUSE, N. ", June 24.-Furthsr search this
morning in the debris of the Central Baptist
Church disaster failed 10 find any more bodies
The list Of killed numbers thirteen. Last nights
list is correct, except ia the reported death o.
the boy Ostrander The numbers Of wounded
foots up one hundred, of whom twenty are Ter
iously injured There have besn no deaths TO
day The scene Of the disaster has been visited
by thousands during the entire day. A squard
OF police have possession Ct the building peLd-
ing the coroner's inquest.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-06-25

THE CITY HosPITAL.-The law authorizing
the City Council to establish q City Hospital
contains provision that the yearly expenditure
to maintain it shall not exceed s., 600 This pro-
vision of the law il is believed. has been disre-
gsrded entirely.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-06-25
The Resignation of the Postma el
General

Postmaster General Cresswell has resigned
his resignation to take effect on the appoint
ment ofhis successor. IT is believed in Wash
ington that the President has offered the
Postmaster Generalshp to Hon. Eugene II ale
Representative IN Congress from the Fifth Dis
trict iG Maine. Mr.. Hale was at Altoo ma
yesterday, on trip West, but telegram was
sentto him By the President.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-06-25
Sin is very much tie offspring Of physic

Sin is very much tie offspring Of physical i'll
health and feeble stom2ehs. During one-third Of
our time the processes of digestion must on in our
bodies. and if the stomach and bowels are not well,
nothing is well, To be dyspeptic is to be miserable
moreover dyspepsia is the foundation Of fevers and
diseases Of the blood liver, skin. 4 kidneys. Dys
pepsia invariably yields TO the virtues of the veget
able ngred elts contained in that eat puryer Of
California VIStG4R BirTERs. 4w
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-06-25
The Commercial vs.. the CONNER

"Ths bill in regard to salaries ior which Mr..
Lofand voted, was that repeating the Grab
Commercial, June l3.
"Major Lofand, it appeared, did not vote for
the bill which finally passed, restoring the old
rate of pay. but we did not say he 'dodged."-
Commercial June "a.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-06-25

Ths Lumber4sns National Convention, in
ssstion at Williamspqit. unanimously adopted
sssolstioss yesterday, declaring that the adop-
tiOn Of ,hs treaty Of reciprocity with Canada
would be most disastrous O.las lanbsr interest
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-25
Pacific Mail Steamer Burned.

Hone KoNG, Dec. l9.-The Pacific
Mail Company's steamship Japan from
San Francisco aud Yokohama for this
port was burned Thursday last when
sixty miles out from Yokohama A
few Of the crew and passengers have mr..
rived here. II Ia feared that mnny lives
have been lost
New YoRK, Dec. l0.--The following
dispatch has been received from
Washington at the Office Of the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company. "The State
department has dispatch that the ia.
pan was burned at sea, near Hong Kong,
with a fearful loss Of life and the mail"
The Japan left San Francisco. Nov.
II, arriving at Yokohama Dec. 10 aud
sailed thence on the 18th for Hong
Kong, with three cabin passengers aud
42i Chinese in the Storage. The stca-
mer left San Francisco with 937 IONS
freight aud $375,000 in treasure.
Hone KoNG, Dec. 2t..~Tho captain
and several Of the crew and passengers
of tho Japan have arrived. The follow
Ing are unheard from: II. NJ Quindeli,
cabin passenger, Surgeon Gale, and sew
eral Of the crew aud four hundred
Chinese. Tho fire occurred hundred
aud fifty. miles from Hong Kong. The
mails wero lost.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-25

The Nashville Banner has an article
on newspaper borrowers from which
we extract:
There are small villages in the South
where q single daily newspaper is read,
perhaps, by almost the entire male por-
ton of that community. In Southern
cities even, there are scores OF people
who get daily news rs lunch punishers
get their square meals, /. e.. thrown in
with the drink, which they purchase on
long time. or obtain, through the liber-
alily Of some free. handed acquaintance
who Stands treat" There are num-
bcrs of able bodied creatures who get
their daily intellectual pabulum and
telegraphic news free NJ barber shops
aud in beer saloons, and there davo been
instances where borrowers would even
borrow q paper from news boy To
read only the Geographic headlines,
aud return II without, oven thanks for
the time wastcd.
A newspaper can hardly be published
in any community without benefit TO
every individual member of that com
munitv. If il is not intellectually benc-
| fetal TO readers, il ia materially bcne.
! fetal 20 the town, as its representative
and spokcsman ahroad--th npt and
brief chroniclei of its commerce aud
progtcss. In like manner The common
wealth NJ large derives benefit rom the
foreign and home circulation ot its
leading newspapers. II isto the inter.
est Of every imhabitani that II should
thrive aud prosper. No more accurate
barometer is furnished of the material.
icommercia aud intellectual progress of
the State, or Of It's cities aud towns than
these daily and weekly messengers.
| 1t Is short-siehtcd economy TO begin
reduction OF expenditures with the cut
ting Off the insignificant annual outlay
OF ones newspaper subscription. The In
dividual or family must be poor indeed
that cannot take newspaper. a town,
city or State are judged by the APP
pcarancc Of their newspapers. People
who have never seen the town, city or
State may see their newspapers. In
deed they generally see them first. and
Judge Of the character of their places
accordingly. And il Southern aewspa-
pcrs do not present rs beautiful an APP
pearance rs their Northern coiempora.
ries. Inc cause Is to be attributed, In
great measure, to the noble army OF
newspaper borrowers"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-25
From Washington.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2l.--The Rcpubli.
can Senators held q caucus this after.
noon, " the solicitation the Southern
Republican Senators and Representa-.
tives, at which the condition OF the
South was considered.
Senators from the South advocated
the sending of troops to several Of the
States OF that section. They feared that
the Republican party was hopelcssly
dead unless decisive steps were taken
during the present, session to put down
the turbulent whites. They confessed
,heir inability to poll white votes. The
Northern Senators did not endorse the
proposition, and some Of them openly
expressed themselves against further
interference with the affairs Of the
South, saying they had lost many votes
in the North by it.
Senator Lewis, of Virginia, declared
that the Republican party had lost pow
er in the South because Of the bad char.
acter Of many OF its wonld.be teachers
and the advocacy OF the civil rights bill
which he considered most ubiquitous
measure. The South could only be car
ried for the Republican party, az nj pre-
sent organized, by sending soldiers
enough there to prevent the people
from voting.
The majority evidently agreed with
him, as before n vote was taken many
Senators left the room, and Senator
Morton, who was relied upon by the
extreme Republicans, did not come to
their relief.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-12-25
The Enurfh District

The Democratic Congressional Con-
vcntion Of the Fourth Congressional
District nominated Judge Samuel NJ.
Fife, Of Carthage, TO Gil the vacancy oc-
casioned by the death of Hon. John W.
Head. The Nashville Union and Amer
lean says Judge Fito's nomination gives
very general satisfaction, and that he is
good Cor at least ten thousand majority
over any Republican that may DO put
upon the track. II is, however, under
stood the Republicans will save their
money and breath by declining to make
any contest. So Juge Fite will walk
over the course.