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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-03-25
POETRY.
"cURrEw MUST NOR Rrse To.xIeHr.,

"CURFEW MUST NOR RING T0zNIGHT.'
Engands setting DER the hills 50 far away,
Filled teand with misty beauty at the ELISE Of one sad
And the ast rays kssd he forehead Of man and mai
He with tep slow and weary she withsunny floating
He with bowed head sad and thoughtful she With lips
.. cold and white,
Struggled b Keep back the murmur, "Curfew must moi
ring Tonight"
sexton ssies white lips faltered, pointing to tho
with IS walls slland gloomy, walls so dark and damp
4rvs lSverin that prsen, doomed this very night to
At the Ss rine of tie rfew and no earthly i. nigh
cromwelEillnot come all sunset" and her face grew
As she spoke p husky whispers curfew must not ring
''-''sA' -
Bessie cally spoke the sexton-every word pierced
Like thSassad cleaning arrows like deadly poisoned
Lons lonsyears rye runs the curfew from that gloomy
Every evening just at sunset n has told the twilight
n.ss sSs ssIed u .as /. ina right
Now Tn cs hwill not miss IT girl the criew rings to-
night .
wild her eyes and pale her features stern white her
And within her hearts deep centre Bessie sdca solemn
She had listened whe the judges read without tear
aAt the ringing of the eurfcw--Bas Underwood must
And her breath came fast aud faster and her eyes grew
One low nuTlnar scarcely spoken" curfew rot ring
to-nightts 49, - @
She with light step bounded forward sprans Within the
Len the old man coming slowly, paths he'd trod oft
Not one moment paused the maiden, but witheheek and
Staggered spsss where the bell swung to
Then she climbed the Shiny ladderdark, without one ray
Upward Still her pale lips saying curfcw sAaR ring
~ e
She has reached The opmos ladder DER the great
And the awful gloom beneath like the pathway down
see the pohdsrops togas swinging, tits the hour of
And the chilled her BOSOM stopped her breath
Shall she ii Il ring no, never her eyessash with
And she spliS s and sasps armlycursw shall not
Out she swung far out tbccity seemed tiny speck be-
There iwixthcven and earth suspended, as the bell
And the halfdesr sexton ringing years he had not heard
And he tSoasns the twilight curfew rang young Basil,
sim the maiden den ensug rmly cheek and brow pale
aud white ~
sted her frightened hearts wild beating" cafeu shall
not ring fp-nigkn "a w
1t was oer-the bell ceased swayins and the maiden
stepped once more
Firmly on tile damp old lauder where for hundred years
Human foot has not been plantedi and what she this
should he to long ages afteras Che rays of setting
Light the SIX with mellow Beauty aged sires with heads
ofwhite sasssa 60 - ..ss,
Tell the chdreh Why the curfew dtd not ring that one
sad night
DER the distant hills came Cromwell; Bessie saw him
and her brow.
Lately white with sickeniny horror CLOVIS with Sudden
beauty now; ss.xx
At his feet shetod her her hands aifprsee
and torn,
And her sweet young ce 50 haggard with look SO sac
aud worits ~ gza 80
Touched his heart with Sudden pity-t his eyes VIII
7 misty light; M
"Go your lover lives cried CROMWELL Curiew snail no
ring Tonight" E&E
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-03-25

THE CENTENSIAL.-"I dare say wrote
Robert Burns to the Edinburgh Epening
Courant, nearly century ago, the American
Congress, in 1776, win be allowed to be as
able and enlightened as the English conven-
ton was in 1888; and that their posterity will
celebrate the centenary Of their deliverance
from us as duly and sincerely as We do ours
from the oppressive measures of the wrong
headed house of Stuart" M
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-03-25

COLD WATER Sps.--Drinking kindness is
drunken friendship.
Wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.
Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.
Full bottles and glasses make swearers and
asses. 4..ssfi#,s IS ~.
Drink and drought come not always to-
gether. s
Wine is a turncoat- first friend, then an
enemy.
/ Wine neither keeps secrets nor fuldlls prom
ises-
| Wine washes off the daub and discovers the
man.
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary mad
ness.
Good wine ruins the purse, and is bad for
the stomach.
Drunkenness is an egg from which all vices
are matched.
Drink wine in winter for cold and in Sum-
mer for heat.
Drunkards have FOOLS tongue and
knave's heart. 4
| OF wine the middle, oil the top, and honey
the bottom is best.
Passion maketh man a beast, but wine
maketh him worse.
Drunkenness makes some men fools, some
beasts, and some devils.
Drunkenness is pair of spectacles to SEQ
the devil and all his works.
Drunkenness turns man out of himself
and leaves q beast in his room.
Drinking water neither makes a man sick
nor in debt, nor his wife widow. -
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AT one time salmon were 50 abundant in
British waters that the London apprentices
had clause In their indentures that they
should not be obliged to cat salmon moro than
twice week.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-03-25

z Building castles in Spain, Mr.. s. ~ said
the landlady to spicer, who was thoughtfully
regarding his breakfast cup. " No, ma am, =
said Spicer, "only looking over my grounds
in Java
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A gentleman going up Sixth avenues New
York, met a laborer, to whom he said, " Win
you tell me IL am half way TO Central
Park?" "Faith, an will, was the reply,
" if you will tell me where you started from. "
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-03-25

A Western critic recently said of new
novel, "It's incidents follow each other like
a shovelfull Of hot GOALS"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-03-25

PARIS STREErs.--A Paris correspondent
says The English girls in their seal skin
coats look snug and comfortable enough, as
they pace along the boulevards, but the
French demoiselles, in their more jaunty cos
tunes of silk, look somewhat pinched and
frost-bitten, especially about the tips of their
noses How they keep from being frozen stiff
in their apartments, where furnace fires are
not and wood wastes itselfin the smoke and
gas that goes up the chimney, is to me
marvel. | do not wonder that the Parsians
live SO much in the streets. When one
realizes the comfortless nature of their homes,
ill-ventilated, ill-lightcd, and ill-warmed, we
cannot wonder that they prefer the broad
sweep of the sunny boalevards, the bright ex-
panse of the Tuilleries garden, or the gay pam
Drama of the Champs Elysees, to the five rsix
stuffy little rooms wherein most of them (tlat
is all save the very rich) find their habitation.
No wonder that the French language has
ches sol and no better word for home"
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"If ladies' be but young and fair, they have
the gift to know it"-They are, indeed, re-
markably conscious., a
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-03-25

"He draweth out the thread Of his yerbos-
ity finer than the staple Of his argument p
The "heavy - editor.
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LAnfBERTvT1I.E n ri WEDNESDAY. MARCH %, 1874


THE SON, Ola, SToRYy'--WHY PREsrDExT
BUCHANAN NEVER MARRIED.
Many years ago a lawyer In the .Quaker
City, poor and unknown to fame, fell in love
with a beautiful young lady If Baltimore, and
his love being reciprocateds an engagement
ensued.
The mother of the young lady, however,
did not view the engagement with satisfaction
or pleasure. Indeed, she heartily disapproved
Of it. forthe young lawyer was altogether too
poor and obscure to marry into one of the
wealthiest and most aristccratic of Baltimore
families. This, at least, was the opinion of
the young girls mother, who, being very
ambitious and correspondingly proud desired
that her daughter should wed some person
prominent either in this or some other coun-
try.
She brought all her influence to bear upon
the girl, and did all she possibly could to in
dunc her to give up her lover, but failing, she
resorted las mothers have done before-to
deception and other contemplate means to
break off the engagement. Letters were in
tercepted, handwriting initiated servants
bribed and falsehoods circulated promscuous-
ly. The natural and inevitable result was
that misunderstanding arose between the
betrothed for which neither in reality was re-
sponsible. One day the lawyer received a
note written in the handwriting of his .fonccc
ACCOMPANIED by a packet of letters and a box
Of trinkcts. The note stated that the writer
had. upon careful consideration and Thought
decided that she did not love him as n woman
about ~ 10 his v;fe should and for th;s aud
otber roo sors beroad n no re,a,sed froc, hor
ero.oemeut
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dor tho ;,nnress;on that be had been ,;,tod 10
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and where their first child was horn. He
entertainments were Of unusual ELEGANCE. he
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\ her eonipare the finest ever seen on Walnn
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Bv and bv scandal circulated about her
Mrs. -Grundy said she neglected her family
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Il ~
IminedIasely after the organization Of the
present government, Gen. Washington repair
ed to Fredericksburg, to pay his humble duty
to his mother, preparatory to his departure to
New York. An affecting scene ensued. The
son fseIingly remarked the ravages which a.
torturing disease had mado upon the aged
frame Of his mother, and thus addressed her 4
q The people, madam, have been pleased,
with the most Watering unsninity, ID eleet
mo 70 the Chiof Maxist1zcy 81 the United
States, but before can assume Tie functions
Of my Office, i have como to bid you "a aiIsot-
tomato farewell. So soon as the public busi-
ness which must necessarily be encountered
in aranginga new government, can be dis
posed Of, shall hasten to Virginia, and --'y
Here the matron interrupted him. You
win see me no more. Ny great age and tho
disease which is fast approaching my vitais,
warn me that shall not be long Of this world.
trust in God am somewhat prepared for q
better. But 60, George, fulfill the high des-
TIMES which Heaven appears to assign you
60, my son, and may that Heavens and your
mothers blessings be with You always
The President was deeply affected. His
head rested ON the shoulder Of his parent,
whose aged arm feobly, yet fondly, encircled
his neck. That brow on which fame had
wreathed the purest laurel virtue ever gave
to created man, relaxed from its lofty bearing.
That look which could have awed Roman
Senate in Its Fabrician day. was bent in fila,
=
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Owe HUNDRKD YEARs eco.


One hundred and ten years ago there was
not a single white man in what is now Ken
tucky Ohio Indiana or Illinois. Then, what
is now the most fiourishing part Of the United
States, was as little known as the country III
the heart of Africa itself. II was not TIL 1916
that Boone left his home in North Carolina
to become the FIRST settler in Kentucky. And
the first pioneers Of Ohio did not settle till
twenty years later still. A hundred years ago
Canada belonged to France, and Washington
was a modest Virginia Colonel, and the
United States the most loyal part Of the
British Empire, and scarcely speck on the
political horizon Indicated the struggle that
in score of years was to lay the foundation
of the greatest Republic in the world.
A hundred years ago there were but four
small newspapers in America steam en-
gines had not been imagined, and locomotives,
and steamboats,, and railroads, and telegraphs,
and friction matches, and reviewers, and per-
cussion caps, and breech-ioaders, and stoves,
and furnaces, and gas for dwellings, and India
rubber shoes, and Squalding's glue, and sew
ing machines, and anthracite coal, and photo
graphs, and chrome paintings, and kerosene
oil, and the safety lamp, and the compound
blow-pipe, and free schools, and spring mat
tresses, and wood engraving and Brussels
carpets, and lever watches, and greenbacks,
and cotton and WOODEN factories, in anything
like the present meaning Of these terms, were
utterly unknown. f..s.. "a Is
A hundred years ago the spinning wheel
was in almost every family, and clothing was
spun, and woven and made up in the house,
hold, and the printing press was cumbrous
machine, worked by hand and nail, or a
knife, or a pair of shears or scissors, or a ra-
zor or woven pair of stockings, or an axe,
or hoe, or shovel, ora lock or key, or plate
of glass of any size, was not made in what is
now the United States. Even in 100 there
were only seventy-fivc post Offices III the coun-
try, and the whole extent Of the post-routes
was less than nineteen hundred miles. Cheap
postage was unheard Of, and had any one
suggested the transmission Of messages with
lightning speed he would have been thought
utterly insane. Microscopes ON one hand,
hIie ttic IclcsCOpo Ou tiic VohSit WCiO IA eAAOiA
infancy as instruments of science; and geol-
ogy and chemistry were almost unknown. In
word, it is true that to the century past have
been allotted more improvements in theil
bearing OH the comfort and happiness of man
kind, than to any other which has elapset
since the creation of the world.
/ With all these wonderful improvement
within the century, who would allow sue
narrow contracted views as to object to a suit
table Centennial celebration Of the marvellor
progress of the age ?--Baltimore american.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-13
NEW HAMPSHIRE.

A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE OF
REPREsRNTATIvEs-AD DEMOCRATIC VICTORY
ASSURED.
CONCORD, N. H., March 1.-Two hundred
and seventeen tswns give Weaton "a l72 Nc
Cutchins, 1885; Blacsmer and scattering, g.
OFT. Seventeen towns remain to be heard from,
which gave last year Weston, 1913; Straw, l.
o94 scattering, so. Majority for Weston, 252
Weston fails Of an election by the people from
800 to 500 votes.
The following Senators are probably elected /;
Democrats-For District No. 3, G. B. Chandler;
District No. 6, s. w. Sanborn ) District No. ii
w. F. Daniels, District No. IL, E. B. Parker,
Total A.
Republicans--D District No. /, Hall District
No. A. Todd District No. 8. Wallace District
No. 9, Abbott. Total A. 1t is quite certain
that there lie NO choice in Nos. 2, 2, 8, and 10.
From the returns already in the House stands
Democrats l72 Republicans 1859. The towns
to hear from are Columbia, Pittsburg, Eaton,
jackson, Carroll, Clarksville, Enrol, and Straf-
ford, which last year elected Democrat and prob.
ably haye done 30 this year.
The Democrats have plurality in Hillsborc
County, which probably elects their county offi'
cers.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-13
Tho oyster Difficulty.

Governor Groome has issued proclamation
warning citizens of this State against dredging for
oysters beyond the Davldson-Lovatt line. Fol-
the time being this boundary is to be observed
and respected by the oystermsn Of the two States.
This uestion of boundary has been an irritating
one for number Of years past. At times actual
hostilities have broken out between the people on
either side and arrests and retaliatory measures
resortsd to, to annoy and deter rival dredgers.-
The Virginia end Maryland Legislatures are con
sidering this question at this time and a PROPOSE
ton has been made to submit II to arbitration
Virginia seems disposed to accept and thus settl,
the dispute permanently. The boundary question
is quite important, since the possession ofsevsra
immense oyster beds depends upon its decision
Until the permanent line is established the Gov
renor ptoclaims the continuance OF ths sgrsemen
between Governors Bowie and Walker recognizinI
the Davdson-Lovatt line as the boundary Ball
Nescs
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-13
7hs Sinking Saved.

The combination Of tonic alternative and stimu-
latipg properties in Hostetters Stomach Btters
pecialy adapts that famous specific to the cure of
Of long protractsd morbid habit is to be surmount-
ed. In chronic dyspepsia and liver complaint. and
in chronic constipation and other obstinate diseases.
it is beyond all comparison the best remedy that can
be taken. As q means of restoring the strength
and vital energy of persons who are sinking under
the facilitating effects of painful disorders. this
standard vegetable invigorant is confessedly un-
equalled, The permanent tonics included in the
preparation are associated with difusable stimu-
ments Is modified by the presence OF Alternative
gradients slower in their operation and capable of
producing more lasting local and general effects.
For feeble convalescents and in all phases OF debi
IT, it Is the best as wel as the most agreeable Of
restoFatives. mar12tol9
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-13

How Inspector.G General Baird showed the
dishonesty and untruthfulness of the regu-
lar army argument that the soldiers quar-
tered In the forts on the seaboard and lax %
are necessary TO keep the works in repair
and to preserve them His testimony be-
fore the House Military Committee was "a
follows:
"Q.-Ordinarily how many men can take
oafe Of one Of those seac0ast fortihoations,to TO
preserve ftfrom decay and destruction by
the elsIsats, or from marauders sod In
"A.-one or two companies are sufncisn,
for that" ...,-
"Q.-Could not squad of ten or iftsen
men under sergeant attend to III"
a. Yes, q squad could do So"
"Q.-How much OF the work of keeping
In repair and preventing from destruction
By the elements 10 done by soldiers who
OCCUPY thenO posts ~ A3 go a "a artH
"k.-very little. The Engineer Depart.
ment keeps the Qualifications In repair !"
"Q.-Do they hire civilians for that pur-
posefu t1o l5.tll siH7A" g 81
"A.-I presume that when damages ts
fortifications occur. they hire hands. M
.eo,k on any n tts Psrmeaeat Jorideatton'
This testimony Il oouclusiye. The sol
disrs In The, ssa6srd and lake forts are use
fal, not 70 keep the works In repair, but q
give commands to ofacers. For this us'
the taxpayers can't and Won't see the mex
Of . large army In time Of peace.
Let the regular army be reduced to 10, ,OO'
3sp, thsy ssy'
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-13
The Contrast. .

At the close of the wal the Southern
States were all under the administration Of
careful, honest and capable persons, but the
Ramp Congrsss at Washington thou ght 1t
could do better, and therefore passed some
''reconstruction laws which threw the
South into the hands Of the negroes and q
let OF carpet baggers. all without ability or
character. Under this administration the
expenses OF the State governments have
run up year by ysar, until We have in Soath
Carolins, for instance, q comparative show
ing aa fClloWa:
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-13
The Anti-Butler Rebellion.

Zone Of the most distinguished Republicans
Of Vermont" writes as follows to the Springfield
Reps5iiean:
"You are right there is to be q new BIRTH
The Republican party has lost its savor and is to
be cas. out and trodden under foot. l am ready
for the new crystalization, which should begin in
Massachusetts,. But fear the old fogies there
won't see 1t. Bring the good men together, and
let those who seek ouly vulgar ends by vulgar
means 60 with Butler and Grant"
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-13
Zach. Chandler's Libel Suit.

Concerning the 100000 libel suit which ssna-
tor Chandler has brought against 1t, the Detroit
Free Press says:
I'VE propose to keep our temper, advise the
people as best we can what of good or evil their
servants in public life are doing, and VIXEN the
Senator's libel suit comes off to be ready with
our witnesses.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-13
Salaries.
Deficiencies,
Total,
$3.50, ,24s o. e, ,257, ,64e O

Total, $26O,24S o. $2,257 ,646 %
Here ls difference in seven items OF ex.
psnditure Of 81. .997 1897 SO in one year! This
sum wss sufficient to pay all the expenses
Of the State government for seven years,
managed as It was before the carpet -baggers
and negroes took possess sion! OF course NO
one win pretend that this enormous In .
crease was Legitimate, and the fact stands
ont clearly that not less than one and hall
millions Of dollars year are stolen from
the taxpayers of the Palmetto State. 1t ia
no wonder that taxes have increased 90
outrageously, in many cases amounting to
fourteen hundred per cent, and much prop
erty has already bean condscatsd. In re.
turn for this We have mad loyal govern.
ment in South Carolina, and as We dldn'l
have TO pay for 1t perhaps we ought not tt
complain Pomeroy's Democrat.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-13
osnS,a sissss.

The World says each drunkaid costs The oOin
munity $4,000
The funeral of 81. President Fillmore took place
yesterday at Buffalo.
The New York Ssnsie a. yesterday adoptsd reso-
luton eulogistic ofex- President Fillmore. sinshe
House, resolntiens salos sist,o of Me- asamnsHwers
made the special order for Wednesday evening
next. ANN
day. Both Houses resolved to attend the funeral
of Senator Sumner to-day, and ordered the ap-
pointment of a committse to accomprpy, hissre-
mains to the place Of burial.
The Massachusetts LesiAlathre will probably
elect successor to Mr.. sumner on the 26th iinst.
Among those named for the succession are Repre-
sentative Dawes, Ex-Governor Bullock. Hon. H.
r. Hoar, Ex-Governor Clifford, Governor " Ak
burne Gen. Bsslts tieus Bet 'er aaaS pc kes sass-
ford. -
the ID Leg,sutul. yesterday in refer
encs 10 the deceasc OF Senator hummer and 1t was
referred to joint special committee W ith nstrue-
tions to report some proper mode of recognition
Of the services and character of the deceased The
City Councils OF Boston, at q special meeting,
yesterday, also took appropriate action in regard
10 the dead Senator yts4 - ~ sss
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-13

Ben. Butler, it is said, has already commenced
to electioneer for the vacant seat in the Senate,
and the Massachusetts, legislature, which Is now
in session, Is expected to be the scene of tre-
msndous struggle for the Senatorship during
the next few weeks. Decency would have dicta.
ted that time be allowed for the interment OF
Summers remains, at least, before the fight fol
his place commenced.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-13

The arrival Of Col II. 8. McComb at New Or
leans was made the occasion Of quite handsome
ovation to our enterprising and successful towns
man, a. will be seen be reference 10 extracts from
papers OF that city on our first page.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-13
the Radical County Convention

The radical county OonSenSton
Il called to meet at New Castle tomorrow. It
should be attended by equal numbers of whites
and blacks; and to be up with the main feature
of the platforms and published purposes Of that
party the officers of the meeting and the commit
tees should all be composed of an equal number
Of each color; and further, the chairmanship Of
the committees should be equally divided, one
half given to the black and one-halr to the white
men Of the party 1t boasts of its desire to make
the negro the equal OF the white In citizenship,
and to be consistent with Its proposed purpose it
cannot do otherwise than thus share the official
positions.
This course recommends itself to that party
from the fact that about one-half its votes are
cast BY the negroes The negroes themselves
have complained that they were put of with
promises, and in q meeting held in this city few
days since resolved that they would be held BY
promises no longer. And If such is their deter
mination Of course they will be expected TO be on
hand 10 force tomorrow to see that their race is
treated fairly and equally at the opening of the
campaign.