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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-03-26

Where were your children born?" ask
ed census taker of Il Corkonian mother.
- Tim was born down stairs, sir, and
Bridget in the attic" was the lucid an
eWer,
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The last time ever ~p"Ne "t'H MI"
was nearly one month ago. Wlirh ! NP'A'
me evening IN ms hof'II WIN MR.. ANA III
dkef. MI flerGG' VI . If"PPeo III
1of IlttIe While. ne friattd lh' cifr'lln-
stances OF ms 1'fst VISIT 10 W a'hInSIQN an0
takInS oinhef wan NE t4t "uHSe7 Ii lil'' i9''-
Preme court; PuoIlslIeH '4ufh 13y' oL Wn'' N,.
ne SaIu on that occasion N l n' ''if'pnl..
ME, sumner roninunlcate9 TO me the par :
tIcuLarN OF M llarfeI WIN Nh ISM '''
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Correspondence Of The Graphic.

WASHINGTON, March l3. The day Mr
Summer appeared for the last time in the
Senate. when | had the mourntu pleasure
of looking at him at the moment the reso-
lutions Of censure were proclaimed as aN-
plunged by the Legislature of Massachu-
sets. | also paid visit I'd the old
HOME OF DANIEL WEBSTER.
where he resided sixteen wears. This
houSe--or rather two houses. which were
then thrown together-has been altered
and a third story added, although the line
OF demarkation is plainly seen in the gable
so that the eve has no difficulty in rpstoI-
ing the premises. The property was own
ed by Mr.. HELEN, who married a lady in
habiting the White House with his kins-
woman. Mrs. John Quincy Adams. Mr
Webster had the place adapted to serve
the purpose Of 4 fine residence and also
OF his extensive law practice
1t stands next door to the nitaran
Church. on ID street. amongst the offices
OF city lawyers. \ door ON the right has
been let into the wall to give access to
the law office, which was MI. Webster
library, room probably forty feet square.
with glass doors Ihjs communicated
with the parIor on state occasions, and
directly behind the small pa~or was Il
large, awkward diMing-room, which had
been enlarged for BIC dinners bv carving
it back tnder the han stairway, and then
erecting 4 sort Of half screen O.. wooden
arches to disguise the elboW shape of the
place From the dning-room and library
Windows large garden, in which the
hoN-bnSh remains. and where a fountain
has been added, suggests, rather than cX-
hlbltS, the once elegant SulrOI ndinGs
W NebSter was prodigal with houses. Be
sides this establishment he had the estate
of Marshtield, u New Hampshire estate,
and town house in Boston, thus affect
ing the style Of an English lord He was
consequently impecuniouS and often com
PEELED to do almost dishonorable things
when IN straits For example. some of
his Boston admirers bought the property
afterwards inhabited by W. W. Corcoran.
the banker facing the Presidents house,
to make a home tor Mr. Webster but he
was compelled to use the money in another
direction, aud its donors felt that they had
been sWindled, Had he lived in the Cor
coran house he wouid have occupied one
Of the four corners Of iatavette square. as
Mr., Summer had another Every house
surrounding the last-namcd square is his
torical Baron kludener. Lord LYONS,
Mrs Madison, Commodore Decatur, Com
modore Rogers, Mr.. Seward, Mr.. Coltax,
Mr.. Sickles, General Belllnap General
Townsend, Carl Schuz, General EwpU
Mr., Sumner, Gideon Wells. Thomas Rit-
chic, and many others have lived in rota-
ton in that series Of dwellings, irregular
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Death of a Literary Cat.


| From the New ork Tribune
Stumpv is dead To the outer wulltl It
may be necessary to say that Stumpy wa
a eat which for twelve wears or more had
| been 4 real terror to the rat at tllr lr-
| bune office She was honest mild ami
amiable, and had All abbreviated Tail. from
which latter fact Wa~ derived her peculiar
name, 1t was never satisfactorily known
whether that tail was an abnormal de-
| velopment, OF whether it had been mtimr-
| " dockcd in infancy 1t was generally
| believed, however. that the caudal aIt-
| pendage was Il natural characteristic ol
| the cat-born with her. 80 to speak. Stun
pv inhabited the composing room of the
Tribune, and though having no regular
sit, made herself comfortable and wei
| come at the case of every cOmpO%itOr, She
was not exclusive, but, during Il long Hud
| peaceful life, she bestowed her company
as Il distinguished Senator sheds his mon
ey, ON the lust and on the unjust During
| the eyenttnl period of her connection
| with journalism, Stumpy witnessed many
! changes. She saw the rise and fall of Re
pubicanism, gaZed undismayed ON BlacE
Friday reloiced At the end of the Rebel
lion, and serenelv saw the types -et to an
nounce TO the world all OF the great events
which have happened during the last
eighth Of century. When the old Tri-
bune building was demolished she watch
ed its fall, brick by brick. her attitude of
pensive observation being only interrupted
by the appearance of Il fugitive rat, to
which printing office pest She remained.
up to the day of her death, Il terror and
scourge Though not Il literary eat, she
was the cause of literary effort from others.
During the twelve years OF her life she
was acquainted with Il generation OF 1r-
bune editorial writers, and verses in her
honor were written by men eminent in
letters among whom such poets as Bavard
Taylor and others were glad to shine. Her
friends and acquaintances were among
those whom the world has honorcd; ana
her modest subsistence was derived from
q fund regularly subscribed by the com
positors of the Tribune, She was not a
cat to linger supertluous; and ON the morn
ing of February 26, after seeking a Seclud-
ed retreat in which to shuttle OFT this NOR
tai coil, she waited until the paper had
gone to press, when she too locked up her
| form in deaths embrace and, in the dark
ness of the stereotype room, breathed her
last. She was faithful public servant,
an honest cat, a devoted friend. Peace 10
her ashes
Another lady assures the CINCINNATI Ga
zette that the above receipt is capable of
some Improvement. She SAYS -
In the use of buttermilk or other sour
milk in making bread of any kind soda
| will be needed to neutralize the acid in the
milk in order to render the bread palata-
BILE. With this addition | see no reason
why the formula given should not produce
good cakes Here, however, is something
better Take of sparkling cider sufficient
quantity one teaspoontul OF soda to each
pint of cider; salt to taste; stir in pure
bbuckwheat flour enough to make Your
batter as thick as You desire, and bake i'm
mediately,
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TIE Foot OF A HORSE. The human
hand has often been taken to illustrate
Divine wlsdom-and very well. But have
you ever examined your horses foot? 1t
is hardly less curious in its way Its parts
are somewhat more complicated, yet their
design is simple and obvious The hoot
is not as it appears to the careless eye, q
mere lump Of insensible bone, fastened TO
the leg by joint. It's made up of q series
Of thin layers, OF leaves Of horn, about
800 in number, and nicely fitted to each
other, and forming lining to the foot it
self Then there are as many more layers,
belonging to what is called the "cotfin
bone" and fitted into this These are elias
tic. Take quire of paper and insert the
leaves one by one into those Of another
quire, and you will get some idea of the
arrangement of the several layers. Now
the weight Of the horse rests on as many
elastic springs as there are layers in his
four feet-about 4 ,O00-and all this is con-
trived, not only for the convenience of his
own body, but for whatever burdens may
be laid on him.
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HIS rANII

But it is with the colored race that
Sumner will always enjoy the full meas
ure Of his tame-more, | think, than any
white man that ever lived; more than
Lincoln, who had no great passion for
negro company. Mr.. Sumner died sur
rounded with the colored people, and
Wormley, the caterer, who had often
gratifed his love of good food and also
taken his part against the President, was
as near him as anybody in the world. He
is remembered in Washington by mag
nifcent school-house, with rich Renais-
sance tower, where his name stands out
in gilt letters, while his portrait is within.
While he was dying, Ike, the best artist
we have, was putting the last touches up
on splendid portrait of Mr.. Sumner for
the Haytian Government. A statue of
MI Sumner will doubtless be erected
jointly by the colored people and Massa-
chusett9 men at the capital and there is
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-03-26
Domestic Receipts.

FRYING A BEEFsTEAK. Perhaps, say
the Germantown Telegraph, the very
worst thing to do with beet is to fry it,
| Not that beefcannot be fried SO that it will
be palatable and wholesome, but it seldom
if ever is. The following mode. recently
offered. is the best we have seen. and if
carefully followed, such fried steak may
be digestible =
Cut thin across the grain pound well F.;
heat a skillet with sufficient butter, lard
on. what is better, melted tallow: fry un-
covered as quickly as possible without
| burning. turning several times with 4
knife; when of a light brown, place on 4
dish previously warmed; spread a little
butter over. and send to table Immediate
H..
FRIED PArrIEs. Mince little cold veal
and ham, allowing one-third ham and
two-third9 veal; add an egg boiled hard
and chopped, and a seasoning OF pounded
mace, salt, pepper and lemon-peel; moist
en- with n little gravy and cream; make 4
good pufl-paste; roll rather thin aud cut
into round OF square pieces; put the mnce
between two of them, pinch the edges TO
keep i'll the gravy, and fry light brown.
They may also be baked in patty pans; i'll
that case, they should be brushed over
with the yolk of an egg before they are
put into the oven. TO make q variety.
oysters may be substituted for the ham.
Fry the pattes about fifteen minutes.
SAUSAGE DuMPLINGs. Make one pound
of flour, and two ounces Of drippings or
chopped suct into a stiff paste, by adding
lust enough water to enable you to knead
the whole together Divide the whole into
twelve equal parts, roll each of these out
sufficiently large to be able to fold up one
pork sausage in it, wet the edge OF the
paste to t;tsten the sausage securely in, and
as YOU finish off each sausage dumping,
drop it gently into a large enough sauce
pan, containing plenty of boiling water !;
when the whole are finished, allow them
to boil gently by the side OF the fire for one
hour, and then take up the dumplings
with a spoon from the water, on to a dish,
and eat them while hot.
BuCkwHEAT CAKES A lady correspond
ent of the Rural New Yorker gives the
following as the way to make 1.-THE best
buckwheat cakes in the world -
Take three tablespoonfuls hop yeast,
lOtlI lttcuI1S Dulltllllilh, one ttdCuI) Wdilil
water, Il little salt handful Indian meal
about three teacups OF pure buckwheat
flour, mix all together in a stone jar, and
SET by the fire to rise. When it begins to
look like bread sponge, set it away in a
cool place (to prevent it from souring J it
is then ready for use, and will make cakes
that saleratus ones cannot be compared to,
and more wholesome, too There is as
much difference between the two kinds as
there is between nice raised bread and
saleratus biscuit. If the first named cakes
We're used there would be as much differ
ence between the persons who eat them
and those who eat saleratus ones As there
Is between a robust, healthy person and a
| dyspeptic
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HIS HABITS

1t is 4 mistake to suppose that he was a
temperance man. He did not use tobac-
co, but was ALWAYS lover of fine vino
and much of it. Ills Boston friends pro
yided hun with many a cask and basket
and | never tasted an inferior glass Of
wine in his house His palate took wide
range-trom sicilian and Spanish light
wines 10 port anu Ail,ieria and the best
clarets of France and Hungary He was
4 very great eater, and liked sweetbreads,
game, large hot joints, and the mountain
mutton Of the Bull Run and Caoctin coun-
try. He breakiasted light and, | think
ate no lunch. but, when he returned from
the Senate consumed two hours 1t the
table, and then sat up by drop-light,
opening his mall reading and talking,
until midnight His religious belief was
Harvard Unitaranism, but he had great
regard tor the orthodox fathers in the
Puritan, i.utheran AID also the Catholic
Church, | never heard him express re-
pulsion for anybody or anything dead. 1t
was to the credit OF his memory that some
foolish adversary brought him to write in
1872 that he had nothing but charity tor
Preston $. Brooks. He ALWAYS called
Webster the great Daniel" and with 4
cheerful twinkle, as he recited the easy
way Webster had Of overthrowing the
Freo-soilers when he put on 4 new suit of
clothes and stalked into :; Whig or mixed
caucus. "When we saw the great Daniel
come in said Mr. Sumner on two or
three occasions, eve knew we had gone
up" presume Mr. Sumner looked upon
Webster rs a sort OF Bohemian always in
pawn to some interest. Queerly enough,
they were two South Carolnians who
fastened the affections of Massachusetts,
upon these two Senators. llayne and
Brooks. Brooks is remembered without
acerbity even by Republicans, and have
heard it generally said that he was 4 hand
some, kindly fellow. who looked upon
Mr.. Sumner, as did nine-tenths of the peo-
pie of the country at that day, as a sort
of moral monster who designed to TO
ment inSUrrectiOu
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-11-21
PRICE-FIvE CENTS.
the pROOKLYN ARGUS LIBEL CASE.

NEW York, Nov. 2O.-The trial Of Demas
Barnes, proprietor of the Brooklyn Daily
Argus, ON an indictment tor slandering Henry
G. Bowen, in the publication of an article re-
Aecting ON the character of his deceased wife,
commenced this morning in Kings County
Court Sessions. District Attorney Winslow
recited the law of libel and related the circum-
stances Of the case. The article complained
of was a letter from a correspondent in Chi
cago in which was related a conversation
which the writer had with Rev. Dr. Patton as
to the death bed scene of Mrs. Henry G.
Bowen.
She confessed to having committed adultery
with Rev. H. w. Beecher. and that this was
VIVA: led Bowen to take the letter from Tilton
to Beecher asking him to leave Plymouth
Church. This was also to have been the
cause, it was stated. of his leaving the etito-
rial chair at the office of the Independent, of
which Bowen was proprietor. II. g. Bowen
was examined and denied that his wife on her
deathbed had made any such confession. She
was not able to articulate, having paralysis Of
the tongue.
The case was submitted to the jury without
argument on either side. The Judge charged
that proof of malice was necessary to convict,
and the jury, after a brief consultation,
brought in verdict of acquittal. The jurors
at the same time handed written statement
to the Court, to the effect that while the de-
PENDANT was legally exempt from conviction,
yet they believed the printed matter in rela-
ton to deceased, Mrs. Bowen, was atrocious
o,,l
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-11-21
DOMESTIC MARKETS.

| NEW YORK, Nov. 20, Evening Cotton closed
steady; Middling Uplandt l4s. Or Orleans l5l.
closed weak; sales 22,9o6 bales, as fellows:
November IA 13.16te14 q. 80, December IA 27-32
@14a, January Is 5-32@153 16, February IS Is 80,
March Is 25-32a15 1916, April 16 3.32, May
16 l3-l6@16 ZIG, June 1Ga @16 1l.16.
Southern flour quiet and unchanged. Wheat
less active; 81 1901 25 for winter red Western.
Corn, SO for Western mixed in store. Coffee
quiet and firm. Sugar active, higher, closing
firm; sa@sl for air to good refining, m ~ ior
7K@8i, Porto Rico 8, centrifugal ehned advanc-
ing, Os@103@lO2 for hard grades Molasses e
foreign continues dull. New Orleans quiet. GAO
GA. Rice quiet, only limited jobbing demand.
strained. Turpentine steady, 35s. Pork firm;
Western mess SOL Beef unchanged. Lard
opened firm, closed heavy; IA for prime steam
rendered. Whisky lower, 81 O2l0l o2a.
Middline 144. Flour steady, demand moderate.
| Wheat demand fair. market firm !; red 81 05@
/ OS. Corn 70. Oats-demand light, holders
firm, $500. Pork-demand fair, marks firm,
easier, steam 13j @13l kettle l44 Bulk meats-
demand fair, market firm; shoulders 7a073,
clear rib 1Oi@1Oa, clear 1Oa@1O4 Bacon-scsrce
and firm only jobbing trade. Whisky steady,
demand moderate, SO.
ings light. Flour quiet and unchanged. Wheat
oniet. very little done, No. red fall 98, No. red
winter 81 06@1 g6a. Corn No. 2 mixed 70 on
track. Oats trmer, generally held above buyer.
views: No. 2 57058. Whisky steady, 81. Pork
active and higher for future delivery, $50 cash.
Dry salt meats and bacon--only Iobbing and or
der trade Lard active and higher for future de-
livery; choice kettle at Quincy, IA.
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 20. Cotton quiet. Flour
and wheat quiet and unchanged. Corn quiet, u
07s. Oats quiet, 58@6O. Pork quiet, s21 Bacon
none mere Sugar.cured hams 1908. Bulk
meats shoulders "a. clear RIB 10s, clear 10s.
Lard-tierces 14a@l43: kegs 154 Whisky 90.
CHICAGO, Nov 2O-Flour quiet and unchanged.
Wheat dull; No. / spring Chicago 81; No. 80.
Corn quiet; No. mixed 79l, new 70@7l. Oats are
in fair demand, No. 2 5C2. Pork quiet and weak.
$40. Lard quiet and weak, 13A. Bulk meats
steady, Demand moderate. Whisky is in fair de-
mand at lower rates, 98A.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-11-21
BOSTON MATTERS.

Boston, Nov. 20.-The Labor Council Con
mittee on the Navy Yard has reported that
has proof that $50 men we're hired during 4
two weeks preceding the election, most j
whom were discharged after the election; tl
the recommendations for hiring these mi
were signed by Congressional candidate Coco
and that the additional force had little OF an
thing to do during their term of service.
Council recommended that this statemN
be submitted through the representatives.
Congress, OF the State of Massachusetts,, !
the Senate, and House to appoint a sped
committee to inquire into these alleged ca
rupt and disgraceful practices. e
Prominent Republicans in this State has
organized Kommonwealth Club"
The preamble to the constitution recita
that members dissatisfied with the corruptia
which now prevails in politics, and convinc
that this disaffection Is not confined to ~
political party or section of society, but !
shared by all honest men alike, agree to ion
an association in the hope that thereby b
ter understanding will be promoted among
men who hold these opinions, and that ami
terest in all public measures will be exctA
among those who now stand aloof throua
apathy aud disgust
In so doing we give no pledge, nor do e
abandon the organization to which we ~
belong
The officers of the Club are Hon. E.
Hoar, President; Henry L. Pierce, Riclai
Olvey, John Q. Adams and VIM. E. Perkja,
Presidents.
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RTyER AND STEAMBOATS,.

CINCINNATI, Nov. 20 - River feet 10 inches and
rising. Weather cloudy and colder, with light
PrrrsBUno, Nov. 2O.-River feet inches and
rising. A slight rain with some snow to-day.
Weather cloudy and cold. g
EVANSVILLE, Nov. 20 Weather cloudy and
cold, rain last night. River rising, with feet on
the gusge.
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 2O-River stationary; rs
inches in the canal. Weather clear and cold.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 20.-Arrived: Paragon mon
New Orleans, Julia from Vicksburg. Departed
Osceola for New Orleans. The river is about sta-
tionary. Weather cloudy and cold during ths
dav, clear and freezing t.-night.
CAIRO, Nov. 2O.-Arrived: City Of vicksburk
from st. Louis at S p. NJ. No departures.
The several steamers char tered by the Knights
Templar, for the New Orleans excursion, arc
now announced to leave here November Is, In
stead Of 26th, on account Of low water.
River 6 feet 2 inches and rising. Weather
clear. Murcu-y 80.
MEMPHIs, Nov. 19.-The river has risen
inches during the last twenty-four hourGs
Weather clear and cool. Arrived ClarksvilI9
from White River. Departed: City Of Helena foe
Vicksburg.,
v1cKsBURo, Nov. 2O.-Passed up: Utah p. r.
Down: Z. E. Lee, Up. n. Arrived Capitol City
at 9 A. N. River fell inches. Weather clear and
cool.
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THE RETURNING BOARD.

Mr.. Arroyo, before the board was called to
order yesterday. in general conversation
among the members, announced his intention
of retaining his position few days longer
He said that the bearing of the members to-
ward him during his connection with them
had been so uniformly courteous and kind
that he thought it but an act Of justice to stay
while longer, at least until the city was COM
pieted, and assist them in comparing the tally
Sheets
The returns from the parishes of Red River
and VIM, were turned in Thursday night,
and there now remains to kear from East Fe-
iciana, Lafayette, Msrehcuse and Grant
At 1l:3O, ell the members being present.
Wells called the Board TO order.
Mr.. Arroyo said that while the Board had
under consideration, on the day previous, the
Tenth Ward, it was found that there was no
tally sheet or recorded statement Of DOLL No. 3.
He understood that they were in the ballot
box, and he moved that the President Of the
Board be authorized to request the Judge of
the Superior Criminal Court to have the box
Drought before the returning officers.
His motion prevailed.
The vote Of the city was again taken up,
coEtln ling from the Thirteenth Ward. Ac.
companying the combined statement of votes
was communication from the Assistant
Supervisor of Registration, stating that the
Commissioners Of Election at each poll, fol-
lowing their Interpretation of the law, had
placed their tally sheets in the ballot-boxes
where they were at the time Of writing, and
as no copies had been made, in consequence
the same were not furnished.
The Board proceeded with the canvass, tax
ing the statements of votes as evidence, and
all the remaining wards were canvassed, and
the Board adjourned until II o'clock to-day
Thursday next has been set apart for the
hearing Of evidence in the contest case Of Ola
and Benham in the parish of Carroll.
There are three or four contests in the CITY.
the time for the trial of which has not vet been
fixed. OF course, until they are disposed OF,
there can be no compilation or official promul-
CATION of the vote.