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The Portland daily press., 1876-12-08
louisiana.
The Message aud the Letter-Report of the
Republican Visiting Commitfee-Gross
Fraud and Tntim idation.

The following is the message which the Pres
ident sent to Congress enclosing the report OF
Senator Sherman and other members of the
committee which visited New Orleans, togeth-
or with the accompanying testimony in re-
gard to the recent election in louisiana
To the Senate and House of Representatives.
have the honor to transmit herewith let
ter accomp panies by testimony, addressed to me
by John Sherman and other distinguished citl-
zsps. in regard 10 the canvass of vote for the
eieo'''' ~ ''' '0''''' - q. S. GRANT.
Executive mansion, December 6, 1879.
THE LETTER.
The letter transmitted by the President is as
follows:
To the President Of the United StateS:-
In pursuance of your request that several of
the undersigned should proceed TO New Orleans
and there witness the canvass by the returning
hoard of the State OF Louisiana the votes cast
in that States, we have performed that duty,
and now most respectfully.repor that on our
arrival i 4 that city we found several gentlemen
from other States, who had proceeded there at
the reque st of the national Democratic COM
mittee, an we also found that several gentle
men who C anne representing the Republlcan
State organ izations, who have throughout CO
operated wi tn those who went at your request,
| and whose names are also Appended 10 thls
communicat ion. Between the gentlemen rep
| resenting the Democratic party and ourselves
correspondence in writing ensued, a copy 0i
| which is app, nded hereto. reference 10 III Will
disclose that a conference with US lot the pur-
nose of exercising an inhuen 20 upon the return
mo hoard was declined, on the ground that the
nnlv duty devolved upon us was to attend
before the board, carefully note its proceedings,
| and finally to report a faithful history thereof
with such opinions concerning the same as
The Portland daily press., 1876-12-08
The Treasury RepOrt.

The comprehensive report of Secretary
Morrill, is, apart from the gratifying review
OF the operations of the Treasury during the
year, valuable for its:suggestions on two i'm
portant questions, the question of resumption
and the question of the authorization of silver
as an unlimited legal tender. Upon these
points the utterances of the Secretary have
no uncertain sound. He clearly perceives
that gradual contraction Of our redundant pa
per currency is the safest and cheapest way
to resumption. That the present is an op-
perfume time to begin this contraction hes is
very clear, and in this view he will be sup
ported kby the business experience of the
country. The volume of the circulating me-
dunn now considerably exceeds the amount
demanded by the wants of trade, and great
masses of greenbacks are lying idle and can
be withdrawn without any shock to business
As the Treasury does not possess the gold to
redeem its notes it must fund them, and ex-
perienced financiers hold that bonds bearing
low rate of interest will command a ready
market. Some legislation additional to the
act of 1875 will be necessary, and to the per-
fection of such legislation Congress should
specify devote its attention. Unless the
method of funding be adopted and at once it
is not clear how resumption is to be achieved
in 1879. The necessary amount of gold to
redeem over three hundred millions in
notes cannot be accumulated by that
time without serious disturbance to
the fmoney markets of the world, and
without great expense to our govern
ment. Indeed it is not certain that it can be
accumulated in two years under any circum-
stances. The volume of greenbacks can
gradually be reduced within manageable COM
pass by 1879, its place can be partially sup
piled by silver, and the notes left unredeemed
can be taken care of with comparative ease
two years hence. At that time the Treasury
will hsTes considerable stock of gold on
hand. The sales of that metal are no longer
necessary, as the paper receipts are now
sufficient for the requirements of the gov
ernment, and $3o,OOO,OOO year in gold can
easily be boarded. The volume of green
backs can .be speedily reduced to three hum
dred millions, and that too without injury to
business. Of the three hundred millions in
paper, eighty millions can, the Secretary esti-
mates, be displaced by silver. Of the notes
remaining not more than one half, and prob
ably not thatlfproportion, will be presented
for redemption in 1870, and the amount can
easily be taken care of with the stock of gold
on hand. The interests of the country de-
mand that Congress shall, as soon as prac-
ticable, turn its attention to this or some
equally speedy and safe scheme of resump-
ton.
Secretary MorrilPs views on the silver
question will commend themselves at once to
all honest, candid and intelligent citizens.
While conceding that silver may be legally
used ia paying off our immense debt he
clearly exposes the essential dishonesty of the
scheme. Those whom the consideration of
honesty does not affect may be influenced by
the clear evidence which the Secretary sets
forth of the impolicy of the proposal.
The Portland daily press., 1876-12-08

THE frightful calamity at the Brooklyn
theatre will call public attention to the inad-
equacy of the means of egress from too many
places of amusement. 1t is wonder that
fires do not occur oftener in theatres, for the
stage, with its frames of canvass, its maze of
machinery, its bewildering array of furniture
and trappings, and its general collection of
combustibles, is magazine of infammables
in close proximity to many rows of gas jets.
Were it not for; the extraordinary precau-
cautions and unwearied care almost invaria-
bly, taken by those who have charge of the
stage, the burning Of a theatre would be a
common occurrence.
The Portland daily press., 1876-12-08
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE

In any doubt or uncertainty respecting the
result in Louisiana or the action of the re-
turning board, the Republicans of the country
will largely rely on the judgment of the sa-
gacious and fair-minded men who repre-
sented them in New Orleans. Senator Sher-
man, Gen. Garfield, Gov Noyes, Judge
Stanley Matthews, Eugene Hale, Judge
stoughton, and their associates, are men in
whose character, penetration and wisdom,
the country has confidence. We do not be-.
lieve they will sanction any wrong, ard we
do believe they will treat the matter in a
candid and fair temper. The people can
afford to wait for their conclusions.
The Portland daily press., 1876-12-08

ONE of the questions fairly raised by the
recent election was clearly and sharply
touched in the resolution of Senator Ed
munds; and that is the question of full repre-
sentation for the South when large part OF
its population is practically denied participa-
ton in the election. The South is now prac-
tically using the blacks to increase its repre-
sentative strength without allowing them a
proportionate voice. Senator Edmunds very
properly proposes an inquiry into the mat
fer.
The Portland daily press., 1876-12-08

The Democrats of the Honse illustrated
their temper in refusing the admission of the
Colorado member. Colorado is in full blast
as state. 1t has complete state govern
ment. It's Senators are already seated. But
upon the vague idea that possibly they may
need to fall back upon the exclusion of Colo
RADIO in order to defeat Hayes-the least of all
their chances-the Democrats deny the
member his seat.
The Portland daily press., 1876-12-08

SEVENTEEN Democratic Members of the
present House, who voted against the seating
Of the Colorado representative, voted in a
former House for the admission of Colorado.
They now think that admission unconstitu-
al. They are fair specimens of Democratic
consistency.
The Portland daily press., 1876-12-08
Prices Reduced !!

we nave succeeded in obtaining a reduction in the
prices of Newark Boots of 75 cents and
$1.OO per pair, ana at the same time an i'm
pr0yement in the manufacture, SO that we are now
selling better Boots for less money than formerly.
oc3ldu Nj. G. PALMER
The Portland daily press., 1876-12-08
THE PRESS
FRIDAY MORNING, DEC. s, 1875

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersigned by Stanley 7.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
journal.
The Portland daily press., 1876-12-08

We do not read anonymous letters and commune
cations. The name and address of the writer are In
all cases Indispensable not necessarily tor publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or reserve eommu-
nications that are not used.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-29
The CsfisAisn Military College.

The Military College at Kingston,
to which Canada looks for lhc training
of a school of officers, il ~ be self
supporting institution. The lumber
Of cadets Is limited at present TO
twenty-five, their ages are to be be
tween fifteen and twenty, the length
of the eoursc is to be for four years.
and efilfahee il to- be obtained by open
competition. The cadets arc to be
subject TO the Queens regulations and
articles of war, and are 10 pay 5000,
or shout 940 on the first year and EDO
on the three succeeding years. The
rewards of success are to be a sword
of merit at the final examination. and
for three cadets the antedatiDg of their
commissions i'm the militia for one year.
Among the subjects selected for the
entrance examination an especial point
is made of knowledge of Canadian as
well as of English history, ana stress
is laid on al acquaintance with the
geography of Canada and the United
States. The education at the college
is to be purely military, embracing in
strnction in tactics, fertilization and
engineering. The establishment of
this college is an important step in the
history Of the Dominion; it is one of
the first indications of determined
plan to provide for an efficient mill
tary force in which the commands will
he given to native Canadians trained
under the supervision Of officers of the
English army.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-29
The Side-Way Clutch.

The weather here has had some effect
on the side-way clutch. Do you know
what thas is? You must have had it
in St. Louis. All New York women
have it bad. It's the universal fashion
of wearing the right hand as far in the
rear as practicable, with fist full OF
petticoat in it. Out of a hundred la
dies passing at any hour the corner OF
Fourteenth street and Broadway l will
stake my best bonnet ninety-nine of
them sail along with their dress-skirts
walloped together in bunch, and
raised at just such an angle by frozen
claw in kid. About the first of the
pull-back time an item went the rounds
of the papers giving directions for this
sort of thing. The lady was "to lean
back and sideway, take as much of her
skirt as she conveniently could and
straighten up" This was the pre-
scribed way of walking, and it has been
adopted with unanimity perfectly
laug hable During a cold snap 1t
would be comfortable idea to take an
extra sleeve, stuff a glove, and sew some
dress-skirt between the fingers. This
invention hung at the side will allow a
woman to put both hands in her muft
and still be fashionable. But, good
mercy, what won't woman suffer to
be fashionable Y-Ne,u York Letter.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-29
A Romance * cNitsSSo;

Yesterday evening a pale, thin wo-
man, meanly clad, was seen shiveriDg
ci1 he 3oetsteb Of a fashionable man.
sion on Ashland aVethtE. Her whole
appearance betokened poverty aha
misery. The master of the house, a
comparatively young man, clad in a
costly fur overcoat, ran up the steps at
the same moment and gave the poor
creature a Quarter, which she received
with pr6ftrse manifestations Of graft
ttde: It seems romantic, but It Is a
fact, that eleven Years ago that young
woman lived in that same mansion,
the beautiful, accomplished, and idol
i.ea daughter of wealthy parents. Two
suitors sought hef hahd--sne was a
fashionable young man, the other the
Plumbers apprentice, who, while visit
ing her fathers lordly mansion to thaw
out the water-pipes, saw afla loved the
beauteous apparition. He preferred
his suit in blunt, manly style, told her
that his time would soon be out, and
showed her how the bills were made out
to meet her objection rs to his lack OF
fortiinei The hat,ghts and infatuated
girl rejected his suit and riiafiied the
handsome young mall with whom she
set up housekeeping in a costly man
sion on Ashland avenue. Wonderful
are the alternatives of fortune! The
plumber rose steadily, became wealthy,
and purchased the family mansion
when the young husband was COM
PEELED, through going short ON No. 2
spring at an inopportnhe moment, to
sell out his property. The young hus-
band took to drink, and finally was
buried in pauper's grave, and last
evening his starving widow asked and
received aims ON the doorstep of a
house formerly her own from the
hands of her discarded plumber-lover,
now its owner and a millionaire.
(Slow curtain. Chicago Times.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-29
Which Shall Il Ba2

In view of the great dangers Esaset-
ting young people of the present day,
in the form of bad newspapers, illus
trated "juvenile" monthlies and week
lies of vile character, surreptitiously
and extensively circulated, and finding
their secret way into the best homes and
sehoolhouses Of the land. the dullest
managers Of p,t,p periodical for the
young hardly can fail to burn with a
holy Rfe. IF they only Can do a mega
tive good, in crowding bad reading to
the wall, in taking up the children's at
tention SO that foul publications are
UNDECIDED, a great work is accomplished; ;
their mission is blessed one, and good
citizens everywhere should rally to their
assistance. Let not parents deceive
themselves. No home is too sacred or
too carefully guarded for those fendish
invaders, the vendors of low and dam
gerous juvenile publications, to ply
their unholy trade. Every child is in
danger, for whom good, well selected,
enjoyable teading is net provided by
those most directly having Its best In
terests at heart All dangerous publ
cations do not betray their character at
a glance. Often they wear the mask
of graceful information, and even
piety. "A mere general oversight will
not suffice. Do not force your child to
spend time in reading, but look to it
that all his or her reading time be prop
erly and pleasantly filed. While you
blindly congratulate yourself that your
boy or girl, through fondness for
books and periodicals, must necessarily
be learning something it may be well to
know what that something is. Undue
Observation-Disclosures for children is bad
enough, but emotional stimulus is
worse. In the hands of unprincipled
purveyors, it opens the way to moral
errors of every kind, and BY quicken
ing an else slow growth to what Is holy,
develops only precocity and vice. The
point of the wedge is easily inserted,
and, at first: as easily thrust back , but
beware of the silent force that having
once gained an entrance may split the
peace and purity of your home
/" Home and Society" Scribner.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-29

murmurfng far-of INTO their caves: The
man is now man. The blessed glow
of labor in him, is it not as purifying
fire wherein all poison is burnt up, and
Of, sour, smoke itself there is made
bright, blessed flannel" This is only
true when we bend ourselves to our
task with loyal love and pride, resolved
to Go It Handsomely. 1t rs not true at
all of the sloven, Tie eye-servant, and
the botch. Something else Is required
to make life joyous. 1t is love. That
man is blest indeed who, after a fair
days work for fair compensation, has
a home where there afs hearts made
glad by his coming. Our work be-
ing well done and suitably rewarded, /
would define happiness in words like
these: Happiness consists in living in
the same house with people whom we
love, and by whom we are beloved
James Parton.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-29
LITTLE WHILE


A little Willie with tides of dark and liybt
The moon shall fill;
Warn Autumn's gold be changed to sbroud.
ing white
And winters chill,
A little while shall tender human flowers
In beauty blow;
And eeaselessly through shade and sunny
hours
Deaths harvest grow
A htffe while shall tranquil planets speed
kound central fame;
New empires spring and pass, new names
succeed
And lapse from fame.
"A little lille shall cold star-tapers burn
Through times brief night;
1nen shall my souls beloved One return
with dayspring bright $50,
How oft in golden dreams see Him stand.
list his voice,
As winning largess from His lifted hand
The poor rejoice:
But waking bears that vision dear away,
Ny better part, -
And leave me to this pale and empty day,
This longing heart.
L cannot see Thee, but love Thee On,
Thine eyes that read
The deepest secrets Of the spirit know
lis love indeed,
A little while; but al how long it seems.
Ny Jesus, co0e,
Surpass the rapture of my sweetest Dreams
And tske me homei =
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-29

sheep and hogs. The farmers now
want hogs to eat the surplus corn so as
to convert it into money. They want
sheep because they are beginning to
realize that sheep pay better than
any other kind of stock. This is the
result wherever they read, think and
show willingness to get out of the
old beaten track. In many counties
the demand for hogs cannot be half
supplied, owing to the scarcity of
grain to bring them through last win
ter, tollowed by Cholera. THIS spfihg
and summer. In most localities ten
sheep could be sold where one can be
found for sale; for they are now COM
ing into favor, as the love for sheep
killing dogs dies out, under the opera
ton of the dog law. Down with the
worthless ours, and up with the valua-
bic shepherd dogs and wellpaying
sheep.
Now is the time 70 feed and fatteh
all the scrub stock, sell Or kill them;
and convert them Tito Money or food,
and then supply their places with stock
that will pay.-Southe,m Rural Gentle
man.
SHOULD HORSES WEAR BLENDERS.
This is still mooted question among
horsemen. The following, from for
eign paper, makes some good points
on the negative side. 1--WE never
could see what vice or deformity lay in
the horses eve that should make it
necessary to Cover 1t up and shut out
it's owner from at least two-thirds of his
rightful vision. The poets ay that old
age looks backward; but we never
heard such an idiosyncrasy charged
upon the horses. The theory that a
horse is less apt to be frightened when
shut put ffoti every thing behind him
we suspect to be a fallacy, else saddle
blinded horses and Warehouses would
be duly blinded. Every horse is as
familiar with his own carriage as with
his own tail; and, as far as "personal
fortitude is concerned, Is no more dis |
turbed at being ptifsted By bhs thai
the other. As for other scarecrows
that come behind, they are mostly so |
familiar to the animal that the more
fully the horse can Perceive thei the |
IhOAC 4uACtAy uOCS liz SuOmit W LllCll l
approach. Then it is such a pity to |
cover up one of the most brilliant |
features of this brilliant creature.
The horse has borne such hand in |
the civilization of this rotigk-aiid-
tumble world that it seems hot 81
much cruelty as a discourtesy, as
we'll as a disgrace to hide his form with
embarrassing toggery. No wonder we
estimate the force in the world rs
horse, pover; no Wonder the Romans
and Germans, each In their own lam
guages, designated their .aristocraGy as
riders; no wonder their descendants
made chivalry synonym for their high
est virtues. LIT the horse~be given
his due and unblinded. The check
rein is another nuisance in harness
wear which has almost entirely disap-
peared from England, the army having
at last given it up by order of the Conn
Chief. SirGeorge Burgoyne.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-29
PARAGRAPHS OF THE PERIOD

StHb NJ a brass band. Here's an
American ss4ssl writing another His-
tory of Greece.
OLD Sardeane has q female canine
that gives birth to litter every spring
and fall. He calls her the dog ma Of
infallibility.
If it were not for poverty all the
poor would be comfortably of, and
all the comfortably off would be affiu-
ent. Both extremes would then meet.
as now only one may do. Wealth
were not relative were there no poor
relations.
MfLfoN's house in Westminster is
still standing, although slightly altered.
We believe that William Hazlitt lived
i'm the house for some time, and that
he catised the tablet to Millions memo
nv, to be fixed 10 the garden front OF
the house, which now looks toward the
Wellington barracks.
ZEb CRUMMEF says old Deacon
Ransom went to circus and took his
grandchild, remarking to every ne
auaintance he met that the boy wanted
to see the sacred animals, and he
couldn't find il in his heart to refuse
him. Arriving at the tent he cried 10
go home, and the deacon had to spank
him to make him go in.
AN amusing incident has come to
likht, misty with age, of the march of
the British through old Cambridge.
Mass, TO Concord. Passing field
where an old ma, vas sowing seed, one
Of the red coats, in lest, said to him.
!" You may sow, but we shall reap.
Well, perhaps +os may, replied the
native, "for I'm sowing hemp
A REVEREND gentleman, during q
soiosttr among the hills of New Hamp-
shire, stopping at a cottage inquired Of
the occupant II there were any Episco-
paIians in the ncighborhood. j don't
exactly know" replied the dame: {"
believe John shot one in the garden
last week but be thought il was a
chifaouhk.
AT a school examination n clergy
man made brief address TO the pupils
on the necessity of obcying their teach
crs and growing up loyal and useful
citizens. To emphasize his remarks he
pointed to a large national flag spread
on one side of the room, and inquired
;. Bows, what l. that flag for?" A little
.,rcbin, who understood the condition
IF the house better than the speaker.
promptly answered, "To hide the dirt,
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-29
ADVERTISING RATES.
FAREWELL

Farewell? No, ns7i unblessed cannot leave
thee
Denied; plead against thy queenly power,
And importune, Though importuning grieves
thee
Yield me this blessing in this bitter hour,
Farewell? Nay, nayi kiss thy face Of sno"
And paIIid lips that sadly say "No, mol"
please le, me think, say'st thou1 Think
well, beloved
Think well Of me just NOW before
Dispel the gloom that shrouds this parting
moment:
Recall that word. Take back the cruel
"no!"
Thy face is hid Farewelli For aye
/ stay! hear thee softly say: "No, MOI"
battle my soul in thy sweet acquiescence,
While rests my heart on pillows wondrsu
fairf
The peace, the joy, the rapture OF the prescott
Atones for all the sorrow and the care.
Out of thy love now shall ever 60,
I thank thee. Heaven-my darling snswsrs:
moi"