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The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-02

President revealed to Babcock ev-
erything touching the conspiracy
communicated to him by Mr.. Will
son. In letter to Secretary Bris-
tow, dated Jan. 10th, 1876, Mr..
Wilson used the following language:
In less thnn an
hour from our return from the White House
Babcock came in little white and good
deal nervous, and asked me if had any
news. l replied that had none except
wha: had given the president, to which he
said, "Yes, it is about that which desire
to dsk you. What does Everest claim
about the $5Oo?::' etc., showing that bis Ex-
celsency had conveyed at once to Babcock
every item OF possible evidence which he
nad received from me. Babcock STAYED
quite awhile, and had a very prompt and
emphat'c denial to every story, and theory
10 nj 1t. he asked me on going away to
tell MN Il anything new turned up. This I
positively refused, but added that II
coaid not deny when the president asked"
lie laughed, and eaid, "that would do Jus:
as well" and We see that it does.
Further along his evidence devel-
ops other circumstances all going
to confirm the opinion that the
President was really working in the
interest Of Babcock, after the lat
ter's indictment, and that he allowed
himself to be used by the conspirat.
ors as an instrument to defeat the
prosecutions against them. There
is no allegation of criminality on the
part of the President, nor is the in
ference that he knew or suspected
the crimlnality of Babcock and
others at all necessary. 1t is, how
ever, difficult to reconcile Mr.. VIII
sons testimony with the theory that
President is entirely innocent or ig-
norant, and while his friends NAV
profess to believe this, there are
pegs innumerable upon which his
enemies may hang we'll grounded
lnsinuations of guilty knowledge
and suspicious of criminal compiled.
ty with the conspirators.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-02

The evidence of Bluford Will
son, Esq, on the ''crooked whisky"
conspiracy, given before the con-
gressional committee a few days
ago, involves very serious charge
against President Grant, in that it
established clearly the fact that the
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-02
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VOL. I'LL.
The True Inwardness."

Zhe democrats and so-c2lled in
dependent party leaders, seem un-
willing to believe that anybody else
possesses intelligence, honesty, or
sincerity. Notwithstanding that
Gen. Hayes letter of acceptance is
an explicit declaration of senti-
ments mainly in accord with the
professions made by themselves,
they seem not to tire of misrepre-
senting the contents of that docu-
ment. They tell us that if he is
elected he will continue the policy
Of the present administration, yet
they have not nearly as good rea-
son for that assertion as we would
have for declaring that if Mr.. I'll
'1en is elected he will adopt the pol
icy pursued by Boss Tweed and his
Zammany associates.
True, Gen. Hayes belongs to the
same party that elected Grant, but
he is no more responsible tor the
latter's conduct than is the humblest
Individual in that organization; and
if it is maintained that party associ-
alton involves such responsibility, it
must follow that Mr. Tildell is res
ponsible for Tweed's thefts, for he be-
longed not only to the same party,
but to the same club, and the same
committee, and was in a position
where he could influence the con-
duct of Tweed to a very consider
able extent. The true meaning of
these fault finders does not appear
on the surface. That is something
they try to conceal, but it is occa-
sionally exposed by their indiscreet
utterances. Gen. Hayes wisely OBJ
jects to. the use of executive patron
age for party purposes, and leaves
it to be inferred that he would make
no changes Of subordinate officers
except for misconduct. This is
what they claim will be a continu-
ing Of "Grantism;" and they appeal
to the patriotism of the masses to
oppose a system generally regarded
as thoroughly corrupt.
To such as aspire to federal ap-
pointments they use this same argu-
ment in another form. They are
told that they will not be ad-
vantaged by the election of Gen.
Hayes, but that, if he is elected,
their chances for political positions
will be greatly reduced by the adop-
ton Of this policy Of making life
96zfes. "He will continue the pres
ent officers in power" say they,
land if that policy is once estab.
]lshed his successors will hardly dare
to change it. TO prevent the ad
option of this underlying principle o1
civil service reform is shown to be
to the interest of all who seek feder.
al appointments for the sake of the
spoils.
This is the Grantism which will be
perpetuated by the election of Gen.
Hayes, and, for our part, we should
like to see the policy adopted, for We
believe its adoption essential to the
welfare Of our republican institu
tions.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-02

Fears are entertained for the
safety Of Gen. Crooks command, a
report having come through Indian
sources that he has been surrounded
and beaten.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-02
PORTABLE STEAM ENGINES

The improvements on these are of such
nature as to ma Ike them .frst-class power.
we have added larger wheels, making easier
draft in moving, and the adjustable Aanee hubs
are admirable. We have no hesitation in sav-
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economy, our Ten-Horse Portable Engine has
no superior for farm work.
For further Information apply to
f.. L. BAKER, AGENT,
Red Hing, Minn,
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AuD1ToR's OFFICE, \
Goodhue Co. MINI. !
Red Wing, July 18th, 1876.

" "'uS, ouIy AOtu, 1910.
The undersigned Board of Auditors Of
Goodhue County, Minnesota, for examining
inc account books and vouchers OF the Co.
treasurer, do hereby report: That, on the
18TH day ofJuly, 1876, we proceeded to ex-
anime ;he accounts, books and vouchers of
the county treasurer Of Goodhue county and
10 count anu ascertain the kind, description
and amount OF funds in the Treasury Of said
county and found the funds as follows
Total amount in County
Treasury at this date,
charged to Treasurer, $40 900 ~
Money deposited in the
Banks Of Red Wing, as
per bank books, in name
OF l.. A. Hancock. as Co.
Treasurer-In First Ma
tional Rank Of Red
Wing, S25 65s9q
In the Bank Of Pierce
Simmons & Co., Red
Wing. 2l,725.65--47as4e a.
Town. city and School
district orders, 57A-A6
Cash in Treasury. 1o.o 80
4e,s29.7s
The Board Of Auditors also COMPARED the
Ireasurer's books and accounts with the
books and accounts in the county Auditors
oftlce and found the same to agree and COR
respond and the amount charged to the
county treasurer at this date to be correct.
Given under our hands and seals thi. 18th
day of July, 1876.
WV. P. BkowS,
Chm. Board of Co. Com.
HANs JOHNSON,
Clerk of District Court.
81. WILLARD,
County Auditor.
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n. P. Peterson wishes to reduce his
very large Stock Of Watches, Clocks,
Jcwelry and Silver-ware, and will sell
or the next Sixty days at the very lowest
prices.
The Osceola times., 1876-04-29
FOREIGN.

The drought is severe in Cuba, and is
running the growing corn and other crops
In the Vuelta Abajo region the tobacco crop
especially is 10 very bad condition, and
planters are disheartened.
The three European powers have inti-
mated to the porte that if massacre should
follow the arming of the Mshommedan popu-
lation military expedition, composed Of
Austrian and Russian troops, will certainly
be undertaken.
The revolution in Hayti is triumphant.
Dominique, late president, has fed. Presi.
dent Ramea, and Larquet, the general in
command of the government forces, have
been shot Biron Canal, who was exiled
from the country, is now in Port au Prince,
and it is presumed that he will take charge
of the government
The Chinese have given up the contest
with the Portuguese over the possession Of the
island city OF Macao. The dispatch relating
to this matter states that the Portuguese oc-
cupy Macao wrongfully, but three hundred
years ago, it seems, the territory was awarded
them by China Cor defending the Chinese
coast from japanese pirates.
The Osceola times., 1876-04-29

PUBLIC OPINION. Mr.. Dsraeli is
credited with this reminiscence: ! re-
member that | once asked one of the
most sagacious gentlemen who ever sat
in this house-Mr. Walter, the father of
one of our colleagues now in the house
of commons who had great knowl-
edge of the press and of public opinion
i asked him, How do you ascertain
what is public opinion? ?" "Well," he
he said, the way | ascertain public
opinion is this-petitions may be got up
and meetings may be got up, or the
country may feel great deal without
expressing its opinion either by petitions
OF by public meetings; but" he said,
"therc is an infallible test, and that is
the post. The way always know what
is the real feeling of the country is the
letter-bag." He then had the conduct Of
one of those powerful journals which it
is the fashion now to quote in the house
of commons. II was never so when |
first entered it. He said: 81 receive
about one hundred letters day, per-
haps moro, when there is anything stir.
ring in the country and understand
and find out what is public feeling from
the post bag. 1T is that which tells me
what the feeling of the country is, and l
know it before petitions or public meet
ings-they follow it,"
The Osceola times., 1876-04-29
ReorganIzing the United States Army.

The committee on military affairs of
the United States house agreed upon a
bill TO reorganize the army, it being
Representative Banning's bill, with some
amendments, and ordered 1t TO be re-
ported favsrably to the house. II does
not reduce the present effective force Of
the army, but reduces the number of in
fantry regiments from twenty-five TO
twenty, ard the cavalry from ten to eight,
thus reducing the number of infantry
officers fifty-fve and of cavalry officers
fifteen, and increases the size Of the COM
panics and regiments. II docs away with
the regimental organization of the artil-
lery, reducing the field officers of artillery
seventeen. 1t consolidates the quarter
master and commissary departments into
one, designated as the department of sup.
plies, making large reduction of officers
1t provides for board to examine Off
GERS and for the discharge Of all worthless
and inefficient officers, and for an exam
ination Of the condition of retired officers
All officers who lose their places under
the bill are placed upon a list of super.
numeraries, and are permitted TO resign
WIN one year . pay ioI oach oiSns ycais
of service, or remain in service to per.
form such duty as they may be assigned to,
II provides for the education Of non
commissioned officers and soldiers by the
commissioned officers, and for the promo
ton of non. on.commissioned officers to com
missioned officers. 1t abolishes the Office
Of Judge advocate, fixes the pay Of fins,
sergeants at $40 per month, makes the
headquarters of the general Of the army
at Washington in time of peace, and pro
vides that he may act as secretary of wal
in the absence Of the secretary or tenn
porary vacancy in the Office.
1t provides that suffers and post
traders shall be frs. elected by council
of the administration, approved by the
depai tment commander and the genera
of the army, and appointed by the secre
tary of war. 1t reduces the staff Of al
general officers, and requires the genera
of the army to report reforms to Congress
annually, and To look to economy in al
branches of the army. The bill is ap
proved by the testimony of many of thu
officers of the army. 1t is reduction o
about two hundred officers, and proposes
reforms which, IL adopted, will, a Wash
ington dispatch says, it is claimed, ado
greatly to the efficiency Of the army.
The Osceola times., 1876-04-29
MINCELI.ANEOlIS.

The new census of Philadelphia, just
taken, shows population Of sl7,42s.
The direct cable has been repaired and
telegraphic communication is restored.
The president has vetoed the bill re-
ducing the salary of president to $4,000 per
annum from and after the 4th of March next.
A championship bicycle race of fifty
miles, between d. Stanton, English champion,
and w. l.. Mcclellan, American champion,
took place at New York Monday night and
resulted in a victory for Stanton, who fin-
ished the fifty miles in three hours and four
minutes.
The baby farming business, as carried
on in Montreal, is attracting considerable
attention. rhe board Of health had meet
ing and discussed the subject. 1t was shown
that out of seven hundred and nineteen
babies received at the Gray Nun hospital
last year, only eighty-eight survived.
The Osceola times., 1876-04-29
FACTS AND FASCIES.

RABBITs have 80 increased in Ken
tucky that hunting them down has be-
come an absolute necessity.
CHICAGO, ever fertile in novelties, has
a new name for the barkeeper. He II
now known as the cocktail architect.
MOREOVER, brethren, avoid the use Of
the nose as an organ of speech. for the
best authorities are agreed that IL 10 in
tended to smell with.-Spurgeon.
JOHN +. OWENS keeps on acting, he
says, mot that care for the money, but
because / Just want TO zee how much Of
the derned stuff can scrape together"
sHuN the inquisitive, for thou wilt b
sure to find him leaky; open ears do not
keep conscientiously what has been in
trusted to them, and q word once spoken
flies never 10 he recalled.
TuE largest feet known 10 history
must be those Of the Maryland editor
who writes: ave bixck our bcots with
Is, 900, 900 boxes of domestic backing
year.
TIE following epitaph is from a tomb
stone in Indiana:
Under This sod our Babie Lies,
it neither Cries nor IIolErs
1T LivEd Just twenty Days,
And cost us $40.
LOVE has the tendency OF pressing to-
gether all the lights-all the rays emitted
from the beloved object by the burning
glass of fantasy--into one focus, and
making of them one radiant sun without
any spots. go,
IT Is beacuse gold is rare that gliding
has been invented, which, without hav-
ing its solidity, has all its brilliansy.
Thus, to replace the kindness We lack,
we have devised politeness, which has all
its appearance.
DEATH il the wish Of rome, the relief
of many, and the end Of all. II sets the
slave at liberty, carries the banished
man home, and places all men ON the
same level, insomuch that life itself were
a punishment without 1t.
A VERY practical old lady having
priced a very comfortable looking an
tique chair al store devoted TO the sale
Of old curiosities, remarked, with .
flounce, Good graciousl your Cid truck
costs more than the new"
THE editor Of a henthen paper In Ben
gal says, IN an article which will pass for
a sort OF review Of the Scriptures: " lfa
person studies the English language with
view to gain wisdom, there is not q
hook more worthy Of being read than the
Bible"
Col. NICHOLAS SMITH derives the
name "Smith" from Shcm; n 6hem,
Shcmit, Shmit, Smith. This recalls
| Jeremy Cockloft' y derivation Of" mango"
from Jeremiah King;" ~ Jeremiah
King, Jerry King, Jerkin, gherkin, Gu.
cumber, mango.
A MAN may beat down. the bitter fruit
from an evil tree until he h weary whilst
the root abides in strength and vig0r, the
beating down Of the present fruit Will
not hinder 1t from bringing forth man.
This is the folly of some men. They ut
themselves with all earnestness and dill
gence against the appearing erupti0ns Of
lust, but, leaving the principle and root
untouched, perhaps unsearched out, they
make but little or no progress IN this
work of modification.
The Osceola times., 1876-04-29

NORMAN M'LEoD was once preaching
iu district IN Ayres, where the reading
OF sermon is regarded as the greatest
fault of which the minister can be guilty.
When the congregation dispersed, an old
woman, overfowing with enthusiasm,
addressed her pcighbor: "Did ye ever
hear any thing sac gran ? Wasna that a
sermon ?" but her expressions OF admi-
ration being met by stolid glance, she
shouted, "Speak, woman wasna that a
sermon?" "Oh, ay," replied her friend
sulkily. "but he read it," Read it,
said tho other, with indignant emphasis,
"Iwadna ha cared if he had whustled it. "
The Osceola times., 1876-04-29

Mr.. BUCKLE states that human ma
ture has changed very little in the last
three thousand years, but we do not re-
member any record of Roman senator
trying to account to his wife for a light
deposit Of pearl powder on the left shoul-
der of his toga on the ground that he had
been playing checkers in grist mill.
The Osceola times., 1876-04-29

THEart Of being happy lies in the power
of abstracting happiness from very COM
mon things. If we pitch our expecta-
tions high, If we are arrogant in our pre-
tensions, if We will not be happy except
when our self-love is gratifed, our pride
stimulated, our vanity fed, or fierce
excitement kindled, then we shall have
but little satisfaction out of this life.
The Osceola times., 1876-04-29

These lost imports were not diverted to
other ports, nearly all the other importing
cities in this country showing proportioned
loss
The Osceola times., 1876-04-29

JEWISH POPULATION OF THE UNITED
STATEs.-A Jewish paper Published In
London says that of the six million Jews
in the world. quarter Of a million are
10 be found in the United States. We
have no accurate figures Of recent date
10 confirm or correct this estimate, ~
our decennial census returns give no dis
tinctive enumeration Of Jews; but we
Judge from number Of facts before US,
that the estimate of the london Jewish
paper is far too low. Rabbi Gottheil,
who is we'll informed, and careful IN his
language, says that the Jewtsh porula..
tion OF this city alone is over 20, 600; and
the Jews are to he counted by many
thousands in oil our large cities, includ.
ing New Orleans, San Francisco, Chica-
20. st. Louis and Cincinnati. Them has
been large immigration Of Jews 70 the
United States from various countries of
Europe during the last twenty ycau
and the prosperity they have enjoyed
has enlarged the current In this dirction
from year to ysar.-Mesc Ysrk SsA
The Osceola times., 1876-04-29
TIMELY TOPICS.

DR. PRIME admits that comparatively
a small proportion OF clergymen's sons
become preachers, but Indignantly de-
mes the assertion that ministers sons
are the worst in the parish" Zone prod
igai, he says, from the pastor own
fold makes more talk than ninety.and
nine apostates from the rest of the
church."
1T is highly probable that the widow
OF Alexander T. Stewart will be annoyed
and prosecuted beyond measure by beg
gars of various degrees, even now that
Judge Hilton is employed to assist her
in disbursing it. If she had retained the
whole she could not, during her life, give
away more than the merest fraction of
the interest of her vast fortune. If she
knew OIL whom to bestow il, and occu-
pied all her time in making small dona-
tions, she could not give it all away
during her lifetime. Supposing her to be
worth $50, 900, 900, and to disburse only
the interest, she could get rid of $40, 600
day, or 81 900 every working hour. In
other words, she could perpetually give
away SIG a minute for ten hours of every
working day and never touch the prin.
cipal! IL resolved to transfer to others
the entire fortune, it would take her
year if she counted out g.. so a second.
The Disraeli minister in Great Britain
must he considered a success in its abil-
ity to find avenues for the expenditure
of money. 1t does not propose to
adopt the cheese-paring policy" of
Gladstone, by means of which cxpcndi-
lures were 50 curtailed that reduction
in taxation was possible. Disraeli wants
upwards of $4,000, 900 for the current
fiscal year, an amount larger by several
million pounds sterling than was ex-
pended in any one year when Glad
stone was at the helm of state. With the
present sources of revenue there would
be deficiency of nearly $500, 900, and
this the chancellor of the exchequer pro-
poses to make up and have a surplus of
fS65,ooO by an increase of penny a
pound in the income tax. This tax is
made a great source of revenue in En-
gland whenever an unusual sum of mon.
ey isnecded. A tax ofa penny pound,
though only little over two.iifths of
one per cent. will produce, according to
the chancellor of the exchequer, about
El,OoOOOO per annum. This shows
what immense wealth is concentrated in
the united kingdom in the hands of
the men who have incomes subject to
taxation.
The Osceola times., 1876-04-29
Curious Transfers In Stewards Estate,

The New York Tribune says: While
the late merchant prince still lay robed
for the grave in his house on Fifth
avenue, an inventory Of his property
was taken, the amount, according TO
current but perhaps inaccurate report,
being found 10 be something 1.-The twenty
five millions Of dollars. On Good
Friday, the day after the funeral, bis
widow sold the entire property, only ex'
ccpting the real estate In New York
city, to Judge Hilton himself, receiving
in payment the million of dollars which
the dead man had left the judge for his
service "in managing, closing and
winding up the partnership business
affairs.'
This is a rapid succession Of important
events. The business transactions arc
of a gigantic magnitude, and, on their
face, seem of 10 extraordinary nature
that it is impossible to accept them ~
cmbedying the whole case, OF ~ . pos
sible fnality. They are observed BY
the people Of New York with the keen
interest Of legatees. -.
For there was given to the public,
with the will, and by the authority of
the widow and heir, letter from Mr.
Stewart to his wife, renewing bic oft re-
peated declaration Of his purpose to pro-
vide for various public charities, inti-
mating that he had been engaged In
celebrating several plans for the welfare
of his fellow-beings, and had already
begun rome of them, and In the event OF
his sudden death, should depend upon
his widow in carry them out. he 3D.
ded, that their friend Judge Hilton
would give any assistance in his power,
and referred her to him for details.
There was no intimation that Judge
Hilton was to bestow these charities.
Mr.. Stewards letter informed his wife
thas he must depend upon her to carry
out the plans he had devised. For the
consideration Of the million dollars
which he gave 70 Judge Hilton, in order
| to secure and reward his interest in this
matter, the widow has now, under the
Judges advice, sold all the property, ex-
cepting the New York real estate, to
the Judge himself In other words, the
Judge seems to have traded his own
legacy tor the rest Of the property.
The Osceola times., 1876-04-29
EAST.

Besides the losses from the unparal-
leled falling Of in immigration, New York
has lost one.fourth of its import trade in four
years, as the subioin ed table will show: