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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
The Stock Market Dull and Irregular
Prices Feverish and Unsettled.
GOLD 1l2 Ia A 1l2 3-8 A III 1-S.
Government Bonds Inactive but Firm-Rail-
road Bonds Steady Money on Call Fer
Cent-The Foreign Market.
WALL SrRKKr,

WEDNESDAY. July So p. NJ
Wall street presents to-day salient points for
criticism. The market commenced with sort OF Gen.
tennial boupa in the Western Union and Lake Shore
crclcs and the strength IS occasioned was not only
fairly maintained during business hours, but by SYM
paihy affected most Of the other securities
Tho transactions werc moderate, however and so
unsuggestive Of natural buying, that is difficult to
Judgment tho real condition Of the specu-
la,vs arena.
The declaration OF dividend in Lake Shore, small rs
1t is, for the stiffness which this stock has
shown for several days We await however, this test
OF the full report before making comments
The Granger stocks are, for the moment, compare
lively neglected. Jersey Central remains bone Of
contention between the bulls and bears, party
standing ready to apply the brakes and squeeze the
shorts. aud the other confident that the
price will rule so much lower that
they can afford to take the risks Michigan Central
likewise showed well up the front to-day, keeping
step to the music the market but toward tho close
felt the effect OF the general reaction.
Tho truth is, that outside Of extremely narrow
circle persons present disposed take
/ fair grip on stocks and make them active. We
Dn the edge Of summers dulness, and nothing but
earthquake at home great abroad stir into
lie the now stagnant pool
THE SALES
The transactions at the Stock Exchange today ag-
eregated S5 900 shares--New York Central ard Hud-
son 230 Ere. 600 Lake Shore AZ 600 Northwestern
400; Northwestern preferred 400; Rock Island 100;
Pacific Mail, $3.50; St Paul 500; ST. Paul preferred
$500; Uhios, 700; Western Union, l6 l70 Wabash
l,lOO; G., G. and c., 100; Michigan Central g. 400;
New Jersey Central s,97O; Delaware Lackawanna and
Western, COO
OPENING, HIGHEST PRICES.
Tho following table shows the opening, highest and
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NEW YORK CATTLE MARKETS.

opsnsd slow ss. s 'S about Ike
Rsr X o s'' auy
ss s Arns sm epsss . s
s.r loads arsoid At ,sx,iesS street ysds +, g.
ps4 ras.H % w:sS. ,SS for es st 81 % Illinois Illinois steer. at s
soss per in with fraction of per b. weight e swt;
as s:s w. ssS S don
e ~ SH Gs * .ss S &C. ssss s ss:
head. weisS, ~ q Illinois oSc ioss Der
see a I tor @ 81 se.
Elm s Sss = % Morris p. %"'s ss
* ewt - Illinois steers at lne per b., weishs ~
S:ss xsi as. =
was S.SS st sa q :a' .s.
:y sy PER Sas.y = .ss Sssn III
ss es; 90 ED .o o
$s.r 's % s,a as s;:: s =
% At H s sss ~ isd wi wss B
w; sws sN Dudley .od for aiSss rs 81 s, id
Illinois ssers two yards a. 9nc per s weight e, ewt
81 ew, ID Illinois steers sc perS with SOC. Of per
$40 Of the weight sS, ssani 20 Illinois Steers
Seer ss NJ TisA w..,s.;%.r :.'i Sss%
= Reynolds co, 81 Illinois a, sse; d.. weight
a Ghs5HhsS s ss, At &c @ Mes We w Tor
selves II still fed Illinois bulls gross weight his
per head 4c per H. hold sale 10 Illinois steers s.
DonncIl sold s W. Aerton AZ still fed Illinois
IUc H., weight IA cwt So Illinois
cwt Illinois steers at Ole oisc per To-. weight
cwt.; 10 Illinois steers At lOc. per lb, weight
~ cwt. n. Codschmidt sold for Hirsch, Meyer
Co. 30 Illinois steers at &c lb weight GA cwt.
el6 cwt IL illinois ut 9c lb wit soc per
head weight IA cwt. scant; Illinois ss4c per
h. with s. the lot weight 7i.c. 81 Illinois steers
per H.. weight cwt ss4c cwt ~ Illinois
lO4r. b. weight 7st cwt; for klopfer Co.. 10 Mis-
souri, &C. b with ~ head weight Ga
SHEEP LAMBs.Trade very slow ana sheep of i,c per
sheep sold 4ac Ac lb, lambs ut 81 SO So -
per cwt &c. Mc(;raw sold Al Michigan sheep. weight o
lbs per head. 4c. per h. Hume Elliott sold 21 Ohio
weight 10 lbs head at h. S7 Ohio Sheep
weight 81 lbs head at 5c perb 26 Ohio sheep weight
lbs per head 51,c per h.. o6 state sheep weight
81 lbs per head at 4c per H. st state lambs weight 81
lbs per head 6.c per b W. Elliott sold II KentucSy
sheep weight 100 lbs per head, at 5ic per lb SO Ken
tucky sheep. weight lo5 lbs head. at H. 63
Kentucky sheep wsight l2 lbs head. ut Sc per ID
IL Kentucky lambs weight 62 lbs head Gkc per
b.: 1876 Kentucky lambs. weight 60 lbs per head.
Sc 80 per ~ Kentucky lambs weight 81 lbs per
head 7sc b. 80 Kentucky lambs. weight ~ lbs
per head at 7sc b; 90 Kentucky lambs weight 81
65 lbs per head, Sc. per b.: ~ Kentucky lambs
weight lbs head &C. b 100 Kentucky lambs
weight lbs per head at sc per lb kase Pdcock sod
Ohio sheep. weight ~ lb-. head at DC b -
Ohio sheep, weight 40 lbs per heat at Sac ID. II
lambs weigh; e3 lbs per head ut 7c per 10 4: Newton
sold ios OF sheep, weight KS lbs head 47,c
h. Monday sold load OF sIeep
SO lbs per head. AZ Sc. per ID.
Mich Cows.-No quotations on this forenoon.
vFALs CALvgs.-A few smooth quality vcals have
sold at 47sc &C. per lb Trade slow and small.
uoCs.-Ihere sale
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Wheat dull. but prime samples firmly held the
70 eendon; and q Il ssI j. 70. Miwau.es. Ihtssss
do 81 iS.si 80; aaw.nEss' 81 y for 20; DO.
yrIng siss,a =, for ansraasa spring and &c for No
Ssea Sss rpst ss sales oSer about Se
5ac for damaged ana heated 5ec for mixed; ss for
ansradeI Yellow oa,. we're stssdy, with moderate in
% *. s as, Of aeGs @ Tor s s
4ll,c Tor No white; SIC for no DO ssc for rejected
%ixea sse si for mixed State. sac sse for wnss
state. and s7c 4sc for white Western Rye quiet
nssy ,se Ths %a5ss. =. va. anies We quote;
souOI. aaa s g so. go for rough; Manila hemp e gold
hemp. 4,,c gold Is,Ie 5isc. as,sc gold
casa su's, aye
80 o, i ace .sdp"s & zoe fns. d. s" s s
New Orleans fair to good 4se 52c prime to cnolce soc
NAVAL sronnsThs market for spirits of turpcnns
eaie, but prise. we're not ma.srsiy CHANGED osin
We quot. Spirits % ,a,psn'.ne A. q, 2g'ss sc ko.n.
99'" g e. DO % wilmington Via % Acsiess @'"f'om from
WILMINGTON we're as follows; -so.in steady; strained
Ssatne .tssdy: hard, 81; .o ST s5 virgin g. sUirIss
OTIS marsc. steady bbls sperm sold at New
Bedford for manaseta.inx ats 81 We quote -linseed
4sc. SOC; yellow winter 5ec 5sc white winter s5c.
lard s'ens ake sss &C. SOC er"a = e. ss DO
crude Northern zoe DO southern 55c pleachsd wirtsr
'Es si AZ. & s4sds h s1;ss ss
q 31c
PrrRoLFuM-Thc market was quiet but firm A small
closing prices were as follows Crude, IN bulk
lse a. les ss eases s Essasa 'f .s FhaasSss u Ss
l5t,c; do at Baltimore, ,sc. Ad,ices from Creek
follows .-ParEers United ~ i2is; shipments
So 30. Cans quote OIL City: no In Exchange.
Provisions kecepts-Pork. 322 bbls lard 730 tiercss
375 Isl packages: beef x17 terces
PA bbIs 1916 There almost market
pcrs. hodsr. nrmer their views we're
ngh.r closing the second ''callr as follows - nly
10 bid s2o 80 asked August $40 bid so IS asked
September S1O bid SO ~ asked: October bid 80
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HAVANA MARKET.

HAvANA- July 4. 1910
Spanish gold 2I7is 1918 Exchange firm the nted
States 90 days currency ~ discount; short sight
7sos discount ", days goid. S'a 80 premium short
~ d. ~ premium; on LONDON lss ~ premium
ON Paris .2.s . 3 premium. baxar hfm.
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MURDER IN ROCHESTER.
ICONTINUED FROM EIGHTH PAGE. ]

mitted the Coroner inquired after the deadly weapon
II found To be our shooter, something like m
old fashioned pcppcr box' revolver Strange to say,
The snatched 1t from fairbanks hand only
succeeded IN gaining possession Of the barrel, the
handle having been found some time later under the
bed on which the old lady sleeping II carries
large bali and three OF the barrels were empty.
oFPIcER's HISTORY
Louis Gommenginrer was born IN Germany IN lS4l
and leaves wife and three little ones TO mourn the
0ss OF q loving husband and an indulgent lather
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The GERMAN SOCIETY.

The regular meeting OF the German Society was hele
yesterday afternoon at No IL Broadway The Treasures
reported tho receipts as s. 9G3 II; disbursements
$s46 49, leaving II balance Of 1923 5s expended IL
charity, $l42 So One hundred and two sick persona
we're treated and employment found for 1877 personI
During the month oi May l3. l5 immigrants arrived IN
this country OF whom TO- 563 had never been here
before The total German immigration during the same
month was 1855. oi whom 4g4 had never been ia the
country before. The decline in the Immigration from
Is, OF January TO the 3lst OF May 1876 697
and the decline IN the German Immigration was 3 3I8
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For future delivery the sales follows Friday.
after two +. July. 500 at II za32c August, 100 st
l2c 100 lts4c. November 100 II 1880, n
li@sc December 100 at IL 1890. ito nc Nay 100
2hc TOTAL p 100 bales To-day, up to two NJ July,
900 II 2532c 800 At &c, $40 at IL - 32c August
800 at Il5c eol at 27.s2c, 80 st Is Ice 1900 at
IL 25-slc at IKE, lDO At II 2332c: September
1910 at II l3.lec 300 Is4c, 2oos. a 2332e 800 At
ike 200 IL 23 32c October ,2Ol At IL l72c 100
iilsc; November, 200 At ll1ac 100 at lie; De-
cember 800 ut H. lac, 100 at IL l532c 400 I1lxc
9lec June. 100 at l24c. Total. 1880 bales
Grand total 10 500 bales The receipts at ports
follows :: Galveston 81 bales: New Orleans. 79s; No
bile II; Savannah Ii Charleston, 81; Wilmington 81 Nor
fox 173 Now York, 297 Philadelphia 5I. Total .ss7
bae. This day last week 2545. This day last year 6,
closed folows:To Havre. by steam, ssc, compressed
to Hamburg steam. 7kc., compressed to Bremen by
steau s,c compressed: to Liverpool. Sled. by steam.
sail. s:i2d. -
FLOUR AND GRAIN. -RecciptsFour. 30 429 bbia wheat
4O3 bushels meal $40 obs and ass sacks
GO6f7 bushoIs corn 29S. .y52 do barley malt Cos
do The Hour market dull but unchanged The sales
were about 1900 bbs. including state Western and
Southern the quotations Rye Hour quiet
with sales OF bbis. 81 u s. Is meal was
steady with sales of $50 bb $3 70 s. IS for Brandy
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DROWNED.

Michael Walsh residing in Warren street,
Columbia. Brooklyn. was drowned Yesterday at the
loot OF Congress street, while bathing
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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE SALES

WEDNESDAY. July S, 1874
lO.l, AND u3J n.
$1,000 6's 's1. 100 5000 Us 52o.c '6sbcc 2i7S
400 Us 5-2o V7.. ll9k luooO S5's. lo4o. llS;s
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FINANCIAL.

A 4 REASONABLE RATks.-MoNEY on LIFE AND
n Endowment Insurance Policies Mortgages and other
seeurss insurance OF all kinda elected with
psniss J. HABRICu co. ~ Broadway.
A LII PERSONS NOT DESIRING 70 DISPOSE or
"A their Life Insurance Policies by absolute sale may
borrow temporarily the cash surrender value.
SHkLDRAkE 4 co, No Pine St
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PRINTING CLOTHS MARKET
Providence. X L., July 3, 1870.
Printing cloths quiet bu steady previous quota
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Balance. S9s.OUO $l,OSo,OOO
During the past six months about 5000 tons Of steel
rails have been substituted for iron The cost Of tho
substitution was all pad out Of current revenue and IS
included the amount Of expenses above stated. BY
this the fund applicable to such substitution,
spoken OF in the statement published on the 9th Of
January, 1875, remains unimpaircd
Tho company has floating debt outstanding
obligations in that nature.
During the past six months the bonded debt has been
reduced $125 600 by the purchase OF that Of
DO nds the half years requirement TOR tho SINKING
fund, and compares with 1st of January last as
folows:-At this date, $780, l25. 600: 1st January,
1876 $685. $50 900. The road, machinery and property
have been in all respects iuIy maintained at their high
standard condition. and in many respects materially
improved. whereupon it resolved, ''That dvi-
dend Of per cent upon the capital stock of tho
earnings the six months ending with June 30 1885,
be paid the LIST day OF August next at the office Of
Messrs Chase e. Atkins, No. Is Broad street, New
York. ~
Approximate earnings OF the Toledo, Peoria and War
saw Railroad Company for the term ending June 80,
1S7C-six working days.
0o
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RS)g.ITICAI.

PoLlrIcAL roLIricAd
CAMPAIGN CAMPAIGN
EQUIPMENTS. EQUIPMENTS.
Clubs organize at once that victory cf
Wear imposing Centennial Hat and Cape made
oi blue and yellow. with silver ea glcs on hats
Full Campaign Equipcnts consisting OF hats fos
color stylcl with patent double
swing and stick furnished to clubs nt factory
prices.
Send for full particulars come 60 headquar.ers
WIN. II. kNAUSS.
2yS broadway, New York city.
rNILDEN AND HENDRICKS. HAYES AND WHEELER
/ aud all men of brains should SHAYNE'S ce,e.
brsted halfounce Hat price, ~ CO. Broadway and 18th
Wall. Tbeat
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PRODUCE STATISTICS.

special despatch from Chicago gives the following
Agures:-The receipts OF produce &c, ut Chicago,
for the months of June 1878 1885, were foows:
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The following stocks wero sold at auction to-day
81, 900 Lake Superior Ship Canal Railroad and Iron
Company first mortgage land grant $40 per cent
gold bond, No 1sl, pa per cent; $500 Portage Lake
and Lake Superior Ship Canal 10 per cent bond, No.
974 5h; 10 shares Evcns, Day Co.. $42 30 per
share; 10 shares Evcns, Day Co., $40 per share.
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$1,000 DIS Col 3. 65's..
100 l. 4 W B con-.
5000 VI a sP c sf. XII
800 Z a N " &C & b.
iUoUo Har LIST rs. c. =.
1000 en- Pxc gold b.
iOpn N PAc kEist..
1000 Clev 4 r 4th.x
800 do. 49,.
1000 \ J Cen cow. b G
10 shs Fourth N Bk. xd
sou Con CoxL 800. be
ilu Dsl 4 II Can. b e
100 A 4 r Tel b c
SCbJ iac N ali IS be
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Increase Of grain June, 1876, 76sOt54 bushels, or
l67 per cent increase Of -four June, 1876 So 6O2 bar
rels A per cent increase OF hogs June 1876
81 per cent Average price OF No. spring
wheat in Chicago, June, 1875, 97c average price of
No 2 spring wheat In Chicago June, 1876, 81 O5i4;
In July, 1876, No. spring wheat sold in Chicago at
81 2SX. In August 1875, No. spring wheat sold in
Chicago at 81 301a.
THE LAKE MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILWAY
COMPANY.
At meeting of the Board Of Directors, held this
day, the following report from the Auditor pre-.
sented -
January January
to June, 1915 TO June 1876
Gross earnings Sc, 900 600 $1,000 600
Operating expenses and taxes. 5,46I 900 4594 900
Not earnings. Asa, 900 $2,4lO,00O
Interest rents and dividend OF
LIST August on guaranteed
stock. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. laos, 900 1875, 900
Balance. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $4S.00O S ,O35, 600
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MUSICAL.

INkBE INSTRUCTION IN SINGING 80 A LIMITED
number OF ladies': separate lessons until October Ad
dress letter (no CARD OPERA, station ID.
NOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL MUsIC.--vOCAL
specially taught In exch Tor lady
student Lcpsic Conservatory and Of best
Italy italian language IL desired Address VOCAL boz
1896 Herald Uptown Branch Office
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posi- OFFICE NOTICE.

DOsr OFFICE NOTICE.-riiE FOREIGN MAILS Foa
the week ending saturday July 4. 1876. will close
this Office Tuesday. At A. NJ. TOR Europe per steam
ship Wyoming via Queenstown; on Wednesday at IL NJ
for Europe, steamship Abyssina. via Queenstown;
Thursday. At ~ 30 NJ for Europe steamship Wcland
via Plymouth Chtrbourg and Hamturg; on Saturday. q
IL 80 A. NJ for Germany, Denmark sweden and Norway pa
steamship Hhen via southampton and Bremen and ~ l:
VI. Scotland direct he specially Addressed po
steamship Victoria via Glasgow ana at IL " for franc
direct per steamship Canada via svre and 1t ~ IL,
EuroDc per steamship Germanic via Oueenstown scrmu
French espondence this mship
be specially addressed The direct mail Tor Brazil 6c. will
leave New York July Tie mails 'or tue West Indies wild
leave New lork July The malls for Australia. de-. will
leave san Francisco August
L. LANES. Pnstmaxtor.
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VlrANTED TO BUY CiEAP-A PAIR OF fEOU,
mni Burrstones three four feet diameter Address
with dimension and price, W. ID. Pos: orhee box 3lt0
ylyANTED--A GOOD-sizED SkCOND nAND xAl
w In good order; must be cheap AdAlrevs. giving
Measurements. w. H. BURT. box s.065 Post onlso.
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(NoLLENDFK's STANDARD AMER
" billiard Tables. with the cciebrssoa
combination eushions. Tor sale In this ~
wN
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QQnn PARTNER wANTkD-wITH $500 IN CASH.
poVV. To join advertiser respectable cash business
oot oftown. paying 300 month profit No idsrs
need apply. Gail Tor GRAY. ~ West 32d ss.
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$1,000 Us e's sl.. 1870 5000 $40 67 be b3 ll9x
2OOO Us 3. u.s. l611 ltOco $40. 67. 10Y
10000 US 52ur ll13s 1900 US 52O '6S.. l2l1a

III w .s.s.-.....
100 Pacific Mail sS. be
2h' r.rir sIi. l. c.s3
100 Del. l. & W RR
400 do. e.. b chs
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iBllsLiAN lbS,

AMERICAN STANDARD BEvRL
N Tables; also . large Stock OF Balls. Cuexz
daced prices; seeoqd hand Tables At great barry
w. H. GRIFFITH A co.
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4 YOUNG MAN OF EXPERIENCE As TEACHER
~ who give instruction In the classics, English
branches French spanish German win give lessons 70
exchange home references furnished character
and abilities. Address INST UCrOR, Herald Cptowa
Branch Office
nR BEkNHEIMs VACATION COURSE EAST go
IL s-Elementary and higher classes Tour lanrunees
sciences and nAtics swimming fencing aud
gymnastics. preparations for examnstious hours
daily terms, 81 monthly. Apply for inscriptions S5o
East 18th 1t.
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r OxC;s HOTEL. NEW bond SE AND CLiFFuKO
IL stTbs well known comfortable hotel families and
gentlemen the only In this nov
comaodous and luxunousiy appointed smoking and
reading room. with large bay window
chserfu Of this important and fashionable thorough
visit solicited should already
choice cf hvtei In the West End of London Under the
m Of W. L. and Mrs Chambers
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-11-02

Constitution provides that in each and every
State the citizens of every State shall
enjoy all the rights, privileges, and immunities
of citizenship. The South is richer than we.
She has all our agriculture, and she has fields
of cotton, sugar, rice, and tobacco. She has
swamps in which jute grows In as boundless
profusion as in India, and fair fields on which
the new fibrous plant ramie may be proftably
cultivated. And through yonder range of
mountains in Western and West Virginia, East
Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and Texas are
deposits of minerals exceeding those of the
North; coal Of every shade, including, it is
said, anthracite, copper, lead, zinc, nickel, and
corundum. All the useful metals and mine
rails are there, and they are the inheritance
of the American people. You have right to
go and settle in their midst. Your children
through all generations will have the right to
go, carrying with them their manhood and
their political convictions, and so long as a
Northern man cannot go there and participate
in politics without being socially ostracized and
denounced as a carpet-bagger, so long you are
deprived ofyour rights, one and all. Applause. l
So long as a Southern man cannot proclaim his
own honest convictions, and support the Con-
stitution as he understands it, and vote with
the party of his choice without being denounced
as a scalawag and prescribed, so long freedom is
stranger to the South. No, no keep the whip
and the brake at least, if you don't keep the
lines but for the present l think you had bet
ter keep all three. Applause.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-11-02
MODEL "REFORMERS."

The Harrisburg Telegraph says " In the courts
of New York John Morrissey is brought for
ward to answer for refusing to account for
moneys entrusted to him as the head of a
gambling policy business, and he pleads the
illegal nature of the business in bar of prosecu-
cution to force him to disgorge; and Trenor W.
Park, president of the notorious Emma Mine,
swears that himself, Mr. Seigman, Samuel j.
Iiden, and TNden's t,co brothers, owned the
Central Underground Railroad in New York,
and that they had put up $4,000 to buy
additional legislation from the Legislature
of New York hlorrssey's defence took place
in New York city. Tlden's disgrace was ex-
hibited at Poughkeepsie. Thus on the same
day we find the Democratic Presidential can
didate sworn to part of lobby to corrupt
the New York Legislature, and his chief sup
porter, the leading gambler of the United
States, pleading the rascally character of his
doings to escape punishment for defrauding
his dupes. Is this the sort Of men to whom the
country safely look for reforml Is the
country awake to the horror impending over
it, when such a man Tilden aspires to its
Chief Magistracy, supported by such a creature
as Morrissey, his trusted lieutenant Verify,
those who are eager for "a change would do
well to study for moment the kind of change
such man as Tilden offers it.. 1t seems impos-
sible that such a nameless disgrace as Tilden's
election can impend over this country but it is
the easiest thing in the world to estimate the
degradation sure to flow from such calamity"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-11-02
TILDEN HAS A DREAM.

Tilden had dream the other night He
dreamed that he was elected and was making up
his Cabinet For Secretary of the Treasury he
had three candidates. hard-money Democrat,
a soft-money Democrat, and Confederate
general. While he was puzzling over the
matter he remembered that he had about
eighty thousand offices to fill without Of
Tending the Hards, the Softs, or the solid
South. Did he send for Hendricks9 Not
much. He took pencil and wrote "The
Softs don't count; the Hards must wait the
solid South, with one hundred and thirty
eight electoral votes, made my election posi-
Softs counted, after all, for the solid
South wanted Greenbacks by the bale, and the
Hards were left out in the cold, scarcely know
ing how their cunning success with platform
and candidates had proved their gain.