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The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1876-10-12
WEST VIRGINIA.

THE STATE CONCEDED TO THE DEMO-
Gratis BY THEIR OPPONENTS.
THE MAJORITY IN THE STATE 1900.
WHEELING, October 12-The returns
are still coming, showing immense
Democratic gainsi in every part of State.
The best opinion of the most careful
calculators put the majority for the
Democratic State ticket at 5000, and
it may reach 10000. The Democrats
have fully two.thirds of both branches
of the Legislature, which, of course,
insures two United States Senators.
We carried all three of the Compression.
al districts, which insures the election
of three members of Congress in No
vember. You may safety write down
West Virginia for 5000 majority for
Tilden, Hendricks and reform.
Indiana.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1876-10-12

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The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1876-10-12
Williams's Election il
Indiana Conceded.
THE REPUBLICANS GAIN TWO
OR THREE CONGRESSMAN.
OHIO REPUBLICAN BY LESS THAN 5000.

WEST VIRGINIA SWEPT BY THE DRMos
Gratis.
Returns from the elections of Tues.
day are by no means complete.
Unexpectedly heavy Republican
majorities in the rural districts of Ohio
give the State to the Republicans by
probably 5000. though Cincinnati
Democrats allow only 1900. The Re-
publicans.gain four Congressman, but
in several districts the fight is very
close and all official count may be re-
quired.
In Indiana the Republicans concede
Williams's election, though he runs
behind the rest of his ticket. The
estimates of the Democratic Committee
are all the way from 1000 to 1000.
Returns from 4G3 towns give Repub-
lican majority of 1.466, loss of ISL as
compared with 1879. The Republi>
cans probably gain three Congress-
men.
In West Virginia the State is conced.
ed to the Democrats by large major
ty.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1876-10-12
WILLIAMS MAJORITY 5000.

CINCINNATI, October I'LL As p. m.
The Enquirer reports from Indiana
give an estimated Democratic MAORI
ty to the State of 5000. The Repub>
lican gains, as sent by the Associated
Press, are rapidly decreasing as the
Southern vote comes in.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-07-05
A REVOLUTIONARY RELIC.

AN OLD BELL CAST IN HOLLAND
IN 1871.
1T WILL USHER IN THE oENTENNIAL FOURTH
IN NEw YORK-ITs HISTORY AND PART IN
REVOLUTIONARY EPISODES.
The New York Times says that the con-
sis:ory of the Collegiate Reformed Dutch
Church of that city have directed that the
old bell In the Fifth Avenue Church be
rung a. midnight on July 8 to usher in
the morning of the nations Centennial.
The history of the old bell isiDterwoven
with the history OF the revolution The Col
legiste Reformed Dutch Church was the
first Evangelical church founded In North
America and dates from the first settle
ment on Manhattan Island. Dominic
BOgardus, who came over from Holland
in 1893, was the first minister. The church
was established in the old fort on the Bat
terry. This continued to be the house of
worship till the church in Garden street
(now Exchange place. was opened for SER
vice in 1893. In 1923 the present structure
at Nassau and Liberty streets was built,
and was known as the Old Middle Church.
For this church the old bell was cast IN
Holland in 1871, and was the gilt OF
COL. ABRAHAM DE PEYsTER,
who died in 1928 before it's completion.
He directed in his will that the bell should
De procured from Holland st his own ex-
pense for the new Middle Church. 1t is
said that a number OF the citizens Of Am
sterdam, where the bell was made, mixed
quantities OF silver coin with the bell metal.
The following ia the inscription on the
ball: "Me fecerunt D. Gravas ct n. Null
Ter, Amsterdam, AoDo 1871. Abraham De
gestorveD [diedl oen Augustus. 1928. En-
legast ssD de Interchangeable Klrke Nieuw
York." A legacy 10 the Low Dutch
Church al New York; This bell contin-
ued with the church In y sssau street until
it was closed in 1874 for religious uses and
leased to the q ,ited States government for
the city postoffice. It was then removed
to the church on Ninth street, near Broad
way, where it
REMAINED UNTIL 1855.
1t was then removed to the Church in La
fsyette place. and finally placed, in 1872
| in its present place in the Dutch church,
corner of Filth avenue and Forty-eighth
street where it will doubtless remain. The
late John Oothout of this city stated an
interes ing tact in relation to this bell
he remarked in a letter to Frederic De
Peyster tnat early in the revolutionary
war, when the British converted the Mid.
die Church into a riding school for thei,
dragons, by removing the pull
pit, gallery, paws snd:f"oring, his father
er Obtained from thecommander-in-
chief, L0rd Howe. permission &C
| take down the bell. He stored it In q
| secure and secret place, where 1t remained
for some years alter the British army had
evacuated tue city. WI en- the church was
repaired and reopened he brought for. /
the old bell IRON its hiding place, and re
stored it to its rightfnl position.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-07-05

10 the bystanders. ''this games as simple
as pins. Any body can pick out the queen
IL he only watches (" When that
mans back was turned 1 picked mp
the queen and made dent in her back
with my finger nail, and here 1t is" So
SAYING he was about to take up card but
the monte man objected, and the lean man
laughed a sardonic laugh. A green
looking countrym man, who had been watch
ing the game with open eyes In each
of which was speculation, stepped
forward and laid down a IS bank note.
Said he with the manner of a man who has
built horse car aud knows that it will
run. "pll pick out the queeDS put up
your money" The monte man Rlared
ssvsgely at the lean man, and placed q s.
note on the stand. The country
man turned up the marked card,
and it was the deucei Detective
Zundt and Loouey Of Brooklyn In
pstrolling the beach, found Valentine. the
chow CHOW man, getting ready to play
three card monte. They arrested him, and
with him VIM. +. Burce, a "roper in
Valentine declared that he hadn't gsmbled
any, but said that he would have done II
II ne had had chance.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-07-05
KEEP THE LIVER ACTIVE.

The above is a sound health maxim. In
order that the func' ions of digestion, esacua-
ton aud SEC elton shall be discharged with
that degree OF regularity and vigor which is
essential 10 the well being OF botn BODY q d
mind, the liver, upon whose activity they are
dependent for their due performance must be
kept In good working order. Calomsl and
blue pills, besides being hurtful mineral
disorders or uggishness of the great hillary
g and Hostetter,s stomach BitLers on the
conttary, accomp lsh tn roughly what the
alb we medicines I Ill In doing, and are besides
a safe as well as potent remedy for disorders
of the stomach, bowels and orzs ms of urina-
ton, as we'll as an uneQualed general invigo-
rant. They are, moreover, a sterling antidote
to malaria.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-07-05
GEORGE SAND.

A wOMAN's ESTIMATE OF HER GENIUS AND
INFLUENCE-HER LAST HOURS AND FU-
NERAL CEREMONIES.
Mrs Lucy Hooper writes to the New
York World from Paris of the death and
funeral OF Madam George Sand as follows:
The death OF George Sand has produced a
deep and painful impression upon literary
circles in Paris. In a land where genius
is worshipped beyond all things
George Sand was hailed as a d.
vi 1itv. The glory OF the authors
ge0ius couceals all the frsilties
The princes of the pen WED with each
other in doing honor to her remains AL
ex&ndre Dumas was one of the pail
bearers, and Victor Hugo sent discourse
to be pronounced beside the grave,
his great age aud his public duties
preventing him from being present in
person. Here are the opening para
graphs of his address, which was read by
NJ Paul Meurice: 81 vsep for tue dead
aud salute he immortal. have loved
her; 1 have admired her; L have venersted
her; to-day in the presence of the august
serenity of death / contemplate her. l
felicitste her, because what she has done is
grest, and thank her because what she
has done is good. L remember that one
DAY WrOto 10 ner, tDank you Tor
BEING so GREAT SOUL.
Have We lest her? No. These deity fig
lures disappear, but they do not vanish.
Gar from it; one can slmost say they are
realized. By becoming invisible under
one form they become visible under an
other. A sublime trsnsfigurstion. The
human form is an occulstiou. 1t masks
the real and divine usage which Ia tbedeea.
George Ssnd wss an idea; she escaped
IRON the fl sh, and behold she is free; she
Is dead and b-hold she Is living. Pstuit
dss-~ The mslsdy of which George SAND
died vas osrsly sis Of the bowels. She sui
fer ID terribly for week preceding ber
oe-th. Her son and d-ughier were witt
her at the last, snO she Rss tenderly nursed
by her daughter aud Der dsughter-in-lsw
Her last words were, "Do not destroy
the verdurs." IL was at fret thought tbas
she was delirious. and then IL was remem-
bered that she had herself planted certain
tree IN the Cemetery, beneath which she
had expressed a wish to be buried. As
soon she brest ed her last the clock on
the chimney-pisce of her bedroom was
stopped, Der body was borne To-
another apartment. and the room wa
locked up, to be kept unchanged as 1t was
az the moment OF her death.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-07-05

point mile below the village the hill runs
clear down to the river, and from the road
to the opposite eide, the stream being
crossed by a long covered bridge. The hur-
ricsne struck this bridge and lifted it bodi-
" from its abutmsnts, breaking tin three
pieces. One piece was thrown into q
field ten rods away; another, thirty feet
long, and weighing many tons, was carried
a long distan % down the stream. lDto
which IL finally fell; and the third, almost
as large, having been caught In the IN DIST
OF the clouds, was borne nearlv mile
away, whsre the wreck fell on the farm of
Charles Goodman, crashing into his barn
yard and killing a COW and horse. Mr..
Goodmsn's family saw the black mass
coming and fled in terror to the fields. No
damage was done below his farm. The
wind cloud passed of to the south OF the
village, and the damage done here was
confined to that caused by the belt OF wind
accompanying the wind cloud, wbicG aid
not seem TO cover an area more than a
quarter of q mile wide. II was severe
.ale, however, and
UNRooFED SEVEN HOUSES
in the village, demolished the steeple of
the Union Church, removed several
buildings from their foundations, and up
rooted hundreds OF trees, rendering one or
two streets impossible. A small building
containing a calf was lifted in the air and
carried hundred feet, when it fell into
the river and flosted down the stream.
When the wind struck the river
| it dashed the water into wave,
and turned it into whirlpools.
A party of five young men were swim
ming in Bunt's Eddy, and were caught by
the storm. Branches of trees and other
! moving articles filled the air along the
shore, and the party thought il safest to
remain in the water. They had a terrible
struggle. There was no loss of life, but
several narrow escapes In the valley
during the PROCESS of the hurri-
cane through it. William Clark, OF this
village, attempted to 60 70 bis barn to shut
his cow in. He was lifted from his fest by
the gale and thrown heavily against his
house. He had two ribs broken and was
badly bruised. A farmer named Johnson
was driving along tie road when the storm
overlook him. He jumped from bis
carriage and elapsed small tree. His
horse was blown down an embsnkment
and his carriage swept away in a hundred
| pieces,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-07-05
A PENNSYLVANIA ZEPHYR
DEvAsTATEs TOWN AND COUNTRY

DEVASTATES TOWN AND COUNTRY.
INCIDENTS OF THE STORM IA BRIDaE BLOWN
A MILE-A CALF STABLE, WITH ITS oCCU
PANT, RAISED A HUNDRED FEET IN THE
AIR.
A New York Sun dispatch from Port
age, Penn, says that about 6 o'clock Sat-
nrday evening disastrous hurricane broke
on that place. 1t came from the west, aud
was first noticed in the shape of two black
clouds, which increased rapidly In size.
and approached escn other with great We
locity. They rushed Swiftly toward the
village. When about mile away, at
the beginning of WyckC II mountain, the
two clouds came together with a binding
fash OF lightning and g fearfal clap Of
thunder. The cloud bee ame q revolving
pillar and rushed along the mountain with
a rush and roar that terrified the inhabs-
tau Of the valley. Many fled across the
river to the open fields. The cloud In Il 8
progress tore up great trees, demDlish he'd
stood in its path, and filled the air with
timber, trees and debris. The cloud con-
stsntly revolved, and now aud then
would
LEAP A HUNDRED FEET IN TIE AIR,
and then sweep down upon the earth with
fairy. It followed the course of ths mouu-
tain for a mile below toe village. A road
runs along the base of the mountain, and
this was literally choked up with the d. /.
bris thrown down by the hurricane. At q
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-07-05
WATERING PLACE WIZARDS.

THREE CARD MONTE on @ MY IsLAND-THE
LITTLE GAME HAS REACHED HE EAST.
1t was intolersb y warm at Coney Island
yesterday, and IS The day grew older the
crowd increased. aud al 6 O'Clock ever p
hostelrie wa full of guests, and the wal er
side was tbrpDged with an ever-mov-
ing ,m1ltitude. A dark faced man
with black m9stscbe and a
stubble heard set no his little table In
front of the Point Comfort HOUSE. and be-
gan TO manipulate bis cards aud TO essay
by plausible a tn inveigiei the un wary.
he played with queen, deuce and fl We
spot. The queen, geatlemen." said be,
sweedy, lis your card. the other two are
mine. Tell me wDere the queen Is when
lay tae cards down, aud L will pay you
the amount of your bet. Don't all
speak ct once" He fuEered Ene
cards 30 msl-sdroitiy that an inno-
cent German was st ones caught
81 bet You tres dollar 1 tell de gween.1 %
said be; ard ne put his horny finger upon
the queen and won his money. TBe next
time ne tried it he lost IS snd dxew out
with the remark. - ,u'n a "a ttef. -
O5her victims were aided To the monte
mans string. A long, lsnk, lean man
stepped up and wat soed the shUfiing of
the cards. thiak I can % ok out the
queen" sid he "Bt you en- dollars
you csn't, /" said the monte man,
WITH A WHINING SMILE.
The cards were emitted hi her and thither
the stakes were pat up and the lean ms n
won. He trled again, and again he woD
The monte mgu began 10 loss tempsr and
to Upbraid tbe wioDer "Why, gensIe-
men," remarked the lucky man, turning
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-07-05

U1O a dav at home. Agents wanted. Out
O1Z nt and terms free. TRUE CO., Au-
gusta, Maine.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-07-05

Notice is her bv given that the undersigned
has been appointed BY the Marion civil Cir
emit Court of Marion county. Indiana. admin
tstraso OF the e-'ate OF Jane Flan cyan,
late OF said COUNTY, deceased. Said es aJe Is
supposed 90 be solvent
w. N. ROBERTSON,
June IA, 1873. Adminlsl atcr.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-07-05
PRESCRIPTION FREE.

ESOR the Hpeedy cure of Seminal Weak oe&
II Lost Manhood and oil diforders brought or
Dy inolscISuon or excess. any Druggist bsf
ROx 2726. New York.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-05-05
A Rag man,s RakinRs.

A rag buyer at Victor, Ia, the other day,
dumped his purchases upon the floor, and
was surprised to see roll out package of
greenback rags of over $40O in value. He
Congratulated himself on his good fortune,
and was considering whether his next suit
should be green, when woman in breath
less haste entered, and informed him that
while she was absent from home, Just a
moment, to visit neighbor, her husband
had sold the family rag-hag, and in the bag
she had slowed away, for safe-keeping,
over $400, and she expected it was gon g
where she would never see it again. The
rag buyer handed her the missing money,
and she departed.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-05-05
THE PosT-OFFICE CARRIER SYSTEM.

IdE EUSISUtElGE CAhhlER SYSTEM.
No progress was made In the House, yes
terday, with the post-office appropriation
bill. 1t contains, in the shape reported,
provision that the free delivery and collect
ion system shall not be continued in cities
with less than 10000 people. This is
matter OF serious importance to a large
number of cities, including our own. AL
though the population of Wilmington is at
least 10000, and probably something over,
yet there has been no census since 1870,
when it was a trifle under 81 1000. II the
law should pass, therefore, in its present
shape, unless the City Council have a CEN
sus taken and it should show the requisite
number of inhabitants, the free system of
collection and delivery, one Of the great
est improvements and conveniences which
have been added to the postal service, will
bs abolished in Wilmington, as in many
other cities.
In the anticipation Of this absurd and in
defensible retrograde movement, there has
been already, considerable agitation
amongst the people protesting against it,
In Easton, Pa, few days age, mass
meeting was held, committee appointed to
go to Washington, and remonstrances bear
ing several thousand names were sent to
Congress. In many other cities similar ac-
ton has been taken, including Harrisburg,
Pottsville, Elmira, N. Y; Petersburg, Va.
Springfield, ILL.,. Leavenworth, Kan and
others.
One fact may be fairly kept in view The
postal service in Wilmington and cities like
it is largely profitable to the Government.
A nett balance, amounting to a large sum,
is sent every year to Washington. IL, is
therefore, fair on its face that we should ls
well served, and that the Accommoda PM
OF the carrier system should not be taken
away from ue.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-05-05
NEW CASTLE COUNTY DELEGATES.

At the meeting of the Republican Committee of
New Castle county April 18TH, it was ordered that
the elections of delegates be held in this county
Wilmington, from to Z, p. m; in the other dis
tricts, from to 8, p. m. The respective Wards,
gates as follows; Wilmington, lst Ward4, I'd Ward
9 Sd Ward 4. 4th Ward 5. 9th Ward s, 9Th Ward 2,
7th Ward A. sth Ward g. 9Th Ward 2, 10th Ward 2;
Brandywine East 2, Brandywine West 9, Ohristiana
North 3, Christiana South 8, New Castle 4, White
East 2, Red Lion West l, st. Georges East 3, st.
Georges West 3, Appoquinomink 3, Blackbird 2:
Total for New Castle county rs delegates.
At the same time and place with the delegates
each voting district will elect three members OF the
Republican County Committee.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-05-05
D EPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.

A State Convention of the Republican Party of
Delaware, will be held at Dover, on Thursday, May
18th at O'clock p NJ, for the purpose of electing
sIx delegates to the National Republican Conven-
ton to be held at Cincinnati on June 14th and for
the transaction of such other business as may be
brought before it.
In accordance with custom, New Castle County
will elect seventyeight, Kent County forty-two, and
Sussex County forttwo delegates to said State Con-
venton.
The Executive Committee for each county are re-
ouested TO give early notice of the number Of dele
gates each voting district is entitled to- and the time
and place of their election, =. ..
Chairman Republican State Central Committee.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-05-05
Spefial gntifes.
TO PHYSICIANS.
"CACHETS DE PAIN IS

"CACHETS DE PAIN"
FOR RENDERING THE MOST BITTER MEDI.
CINES TASTELESS.
These Caehets are made Of simple flour paste and
adapted TO substances in powder form they dissolve
very readily in the stomach thereby allowing the
contents to act at onceA They are prepared as the
physician requires theIh therefore the tents are
tSssh eiss %steTH m I % @ RT as m %s6
pleasant odor, 1ke-1Asssf sfoetda, can be tsken with
perfect comfort by the most sensitive pstent the
taste and smell being perfectly and completely dis
guised. Te be up with the requirements OF the
times and the demands of our customers we have
supplied ourselves with the requisite apparatus for
neatly and expeditousy filling and preparing Ca
chefs for use which are much approved by both ply
sician and patient.
r. BRINGHURST 4 CO.,
-APoTHEcARIEs
N. W. Cor. Sixth and Market Sts., Wilmington.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-05-05
whitt,er,s Oentenntal Hvmm.

The hymn written for the Centennial
opening, by John G. Whittier, and set to
music by J. K. Payne, was rehearsed for
the fRet time, in Philadelphia on Wednes-
day evening, by the Centennial Chorus,
numbering nearly 300 voices, under the
leadership of Theodore Thomas. The mu-
sic, like the hymn itself, is so natural and
simple in the flow of its measures that but
a few repetitions were necessary before the
expression, as well as the music, was fully
acquired and rendered. The following are
the words:
CENTENNIAL HYMN.
Our fathers God from out whose hand
The centuries fall like grains of sand,
We meet, to-day, united, free,
And loyal to our land and Thee,
To thank Thee for the era done,
And trust Thee for the opening one.
Here, where of old, by Thy design,
The fathers spake that word of Thine
Whose echo is the glad refrain
OF rended bolt and falling chain,
To grace our festal time from all
The zones of earth our guests we call.
Be with us while the New World greets
The Old World thronging all its streets,
dwelling all the triumphs won
By art or toll beneath the sun;
And unto common good ordain
This rivalship of hand and brain.
Thou who hast here in concord furled
The war flags of a gathered world,
Beneath our western skies fulfil
The Orent's mission of good will,
And, freighted with Loves golden fleece,
Send back the Argonauts of peace.
For art and labor met in truce,
For beauty made the bride of use,
We thank Thee, while withal we crave
The austere virtues strong to save,
The honor proof to place or gold,
The manhood never bought or sold
o make Thou us, through centuries long,
In pesce secure, in justice strong
Around our gilt of freedom draw
The safeguards OF Thy righteous law,
And cast in some diviner mould,
Let the new cycle shame the old
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-05-05
0aiGp Commercial.
WILMINGTON, DEL.
Friday, May 5, 1876.

PUBLISHED EVERY A AFTERNOON, (Sun-
daps eScepted,) at the COMMERCIAL d BUILD
ING. 9Th and Market Sts., and sold at ONE CENT
A COPY. Subscribers serUed In Wilmington
a4d toions throughout the State at cents tUeek
The COMMERCIAL L lDitt be mailed to subscribers
POSTA qE PREPAID, at $9 Near.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-05-05

In distinction from Whittier's compost
tion, the cantata, by Sidney Lanier, of Bal
timore, which is to be sung at the Centen-
nial opening, is not little critici, ed. One
Philadelphis critic pronounces it "ambi-
tious and unintelligible, and one of the
bAssos who is to sing it on Wednesday is
reported to have severely said: sit strikes
me that Punch, brothers, punch with care,
contains more wit and sense, and expresses
better the genius Of the American people
than this cantata. In singing it l always
feel as though had seen some word wrong
and had lost the connection"
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-05-05

Whittier's Centennial Hymn will certainly
meet the approval Of the people. tbs sim
pie, direct, and strong, good specimen of
Whittier's pure English poetry. Every as
piration in it, every prayer to the Deity, is
such as Christian patriot may fervently
and sincerely breathe to Heaven. The
music, it is said, is worthy of the words,
and the multitude who hear it rendered
next Wednesday will doubtless pronounce
it hymnal worthy of the grand occasion.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-05-05

The manufacturing interests of New Eng
land have suffered severely under the de.
preston of the times. A telegram from
Springfield yesterday states the failure Of
different firms and mills in that section
ksachusetts, with liabilities aggre-
! ], , 900, ,OCO. Their assets con-
which cost 1880, 900, but
4 Il III lsalable at this time. 800
wn out of employment by