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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-08-26
The Baby is Dead.

There is a white hatchment over
the portal-a long streamer OF
snowy Grape trails from the muf-
fled bell knob like a film OF ghost
ly morning mist. We know that
an impalpable footstep has fallen
on the threshold; that a shadowy
hand has knocked on this shroud-
ed door; that the dread ~visitant,
who will not be denied Nor turned
away, has entered here. He has
entered and departed; but with
the yelled mourner, sorrow, who
treads solemnly after him, has stay
ed behind.
His ruthless hand has plucked
the white bad of promise that
gladdened the fair garland Of house
hold love-the bud that breathed
and yet embodied perfume of sweet
but underlined hopes that coming
years would ripen to fruitiOn, His
remorseless foot has fallen beside
this hearthstOne-and, lol the
dread footprint has followed q lit
tie gave. The baby is dead:
The tiny image, white as sculp-
\ tured parian, lies yOnder in its
snowy casket, draped in spOtless
fabrics, and wreathed with funeral
! flowers. The mother bends with
anguished eyes above the still,
small effigy of her lost hope, but
the baby is not there. Out of her
I arms and out other life something
has gone that will not return. The
! sealed lids will not uplift from
happy sleep; the wondering eyes
will search her face no more. New
er again the chill, soft lips will
drain the fountains of her aching
heart. The little, restless hands
lie still and p~ulseless, frozen into
eternal quiet, their silken touches,
vague and aimless as the south
wind, will steal into her bosom
and sooth her wearineAs no more
She realizes this with all the live
~pulsating agony of newly bereaved
motherhood, rs she leans above
the dainty coffin, and slow, scald-
ing tears, wrung from the very f.
hers of her bruised life, drop one
By one on the unconscious face.
She folds a sprig of hySsop and
a hslfblcwn rosebud in the waxen
hand, and sends them to the father
as a message and Q t0ken-the
symbols of her grief and baby's
innocence: .'LO!I surrender back
to Thee the soul that Thou didsi
lend me; unsullied, as from Thy
hands, / yield it up in faith and
hope ; but, oh! / give the child
with bitter tears-with breaking
heart-with passionate human wos
unutterable."
And the days lengthsn, the
nights fall, the years go on. She
keeps the key OF the baby's caske1
in her bosom-the memory of ths
rosebud face within her heart
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-08-26
Insane frorll Grief.

ETom the Stanton indicator.
On Tuesday morning a young lady,
who was among the brightest of the
distinguished pupils at the COM
mencement of one of our female col
leges last June, was brought to the
Virginia Hotel, on the way TO the
lunatic asylum, "a raving maniac. A
few weeks since she lost her father,
to whom she was devotedly attached,
and the bereavement dethroned her
reason.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-08-26

We saw q mosquito wsrk about
ten minutes yesterday, trying to
get his bill through the the skin of
a man who owes us one years sub
scription. How We laughed at
the densrslized little Insect Is,
with . look of disgust, he folded
up his little bill, placed 1t in bis
pocket, and went for another vic
tim.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-08-26
Some Queries.

He was a very tall man, and he
held his head very high. This was
perhaps the reason why he struck
his foot against the mat at the head
of the stairs, as he left the lawyers
office. When he struck the first
step he didn't say anything. He
was either thinking of his past
life or else didn't appreciate the
situation as other men would. He
woke up at the second step, and
from thence to the landing each
bump was emphasized as fol-
lows:
3-'GOshv
4-'Thun-!'
5-'And blazesp
6-'Fish hooksv
And whales!
S-'Whoav
9-sMurder !!
10-'P0w-leece
You fell down stairs, did you p
asked man who had witnessed
the accident.
Did / fall up stairs, you fool you
shouted the victim,
Il wouldn't swear YOU didn't
was the cool reply.
'Didd't you see me fall?' deman-
ded the tall man rubbing his ell
bow.
Yes, SIR
Then. sir, you dolt, sir, what
did YOU want to insult me for,
! sir p
Il knew you fell, said the other
one in a soft voice, but / was anx-
ious to find out if you knew it! ]
suppose you dO-don't you"
The tall man kicked with all his
might, but his foot struck the
| wall.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-08-26

An excellent remedy. DR. Bulls
Vegetable Pills are superior as a
cathartic to any other in all the
xses to which . purgative il en-
ploysd.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-08-26

Fesr hundred gamblers are col
lectsd ct Cheyenne, ready for the
opening season In the Black Hills
country.
National Republican., 1876-09-13


SOME CONTROVERSY and accompanying
wild statements. have been provoked by
the public announcement that Carl Schurz
has informed his personal friends that the
chances Of Republican success in Ohio
ard Indiana are precarious. To put
these controversies at rest we rise to ex-
plain that Mr.. Schurz, to the best of
our information, did write a letter to
an intimate friend, in which the predic
ton referred to was most unequivocally
pronounced. In explanation of this, it is
asserted that his speeches in the campaign
thus far have been addressed to the subject
of civil service reform, and that their
groundwork has been baseless assault
upon the Administration of President
Grant. Ia the opinion of competent party
authority. speeches of this kind are not
calculated to advance the interests Of the
common cause, and, it is rumored, Mr..
Schurz was advised 10 mend his ways.
Hence these tears.
National Republican., 1876-09-13

Col. NJ. SHAUGHNEssY, Republican can
didate for Congress In the jackson Clinton
Raymond district of Mississippi, wherein
the great riots and horrible massacres took
place during tine last campaign, left for his
post of duty last night to take the stump
in behalf of the Republican cause. Here
is an example for other Mississippi Repub-
hcans, as well as Republicans from other
Southern States, who confne their can
Sassing during the present campaign to
streets, hotel corridors and Departments IN
Washington. First they canvass q with
the Attorney General, then with the
Treasury Department, and then with such
newspaper men as are willing to hear
their Trades. This is patriotic, of course,
but il is the kind Of patriotism that during
the late war was only apparent in meetings
Of sympathy for the poor boys at the
front"
National Republican., 1876-09-13

1875. Had the President ordered called
session of Congress at any time between
these dates there would have been no rep
resentation. At the November electi IN
Lamar, Hooker, Singleton & %. were put
in Congress by force. They came here in
December, and Immediately drew pay from
the 4th of March, 1875. They had noright
to dollar of pay except from the day of
their so-called election. From the 4th OF
March to the first Tuesday in November is
just eight months. The amount of pay
which these reformers-Lamar, Hooker,
Singletcn-each distracted from the Uni
ted States, was exactly $3,333. While
they were doing this wholesale stealing on
their own account directly from the Gov
eminent they were busily engaged in the
impeachment of Belknap and reducing the
pay of the poor Department clerks. These
men are specimen reformers, and we have
no doubt will return this money to the
Treasury when their reform leader, Til
den, pays the amount due On his income
National Republican., 1876-09-13
A RpcENT Democratic meetin

AT A RECENT Democratic meeting at!
Charleston, s. c.. tine full bent and 1ncli-
nation of the proscriptive spirit which
actuates that party was developed by the
unanimous adoption Of the following pre-
amble and resolutions:
"Let us know who are the rich men in this
city and State, be they Democrats 'nominallY'
or k-hearted Republicans who, for money,
are aiding Radical Republican officials in
waging war against our race and property,
and who are responsible for every riot that
occurs in our political campaign.
"ReSolUed, That this meeting, In behalf of
the honest white voting population of South
Carolina, ask the Democratic papers OF
Charleston to arrange and publish In their
columns an honest and exact directory of all
the bonded officials in this State, their names,
nativity, politics. Office, official bond, the name
of the bondsmen, his nativity, politics, busi-
ness, place of business and the amount for
which he bonds himself, and the considera-
tion received by him if the latter information
is obtainable.
"Resolved, That it is the honest conviction
of this meeting, ard, we believe, of every
honest citizen of the South, that no true and
honorable Democrat could sign his name as
the bonds man and guarantee OF any Radical Re-
publican official in this State, having been a
resident in South Carolina since R. K. Scott was
elected Governor by the said Republican party
in 1865"
The discussion preceding the adoption
of these infamous resolves was illustrated
by exhibitions of the most bitter animosity
towards Republicans of every class and
condition. That this feeling is general all
over the State, as we'll as throughout the
entire South, no one can truthfully deny who
knows anything of the facts. For exam
pie, the Chester Reporter, printed in
another part of the State, says:
"There is some excitement in Charleston on
account of statement recently made in one
of the papers of that city that several Demo-
Gratis had become sureties on the official bond
of one Berney, who has been selected by Hon.
John Patterson for the Office of postmaster of
Charleston, in place of Boseman, the present
incumbent, who is q Republican. but not zeal
GUS enough in the great work of five years
good stealing This subject of becoming
sureties on the bonds of Radical officials is one
which comes home to us here In Chester.
Some Of our best citizens have been and still
are bondsmen for carpet-baggers, whose oc-
cupation here is office-holding and alternating
the blacks against the whites. We submit
the question whether, at a time like this,
when the people are engaged in an earnest
struggle to save their property from public
robbers, those of our citizens who are sureties
for these officials are not practically giving aid
snd comfort to the enemyG Let all Demo
cratic bondsmen of Radical officials ponder the
nnesfiOn -
National Republican., 1876-09-13

in Union county, of that State, were sue
cessfully worked until within few years,
when they ceased to prove remunerative.
In the northwestern counties of Georgia
valuable deposits of gold and also diamonds
have been found. 1t is common thing
after heavy rain to pick up nuggets of
the value of from five to ten dollars in the
town of Habersham in that portion Of
Georgia. DR.. Stephenson, native geol-
ogist of some reputation, has had in his
possession for years very valuable speci-
mems of gold found among the mountain
streams of that region, and he also possesses
rich specimens of the black diamond,
in Clarke county. In the vicinity of
Charlotte, N. c., there are several mines
which have contributed paying returns of
gold, which, however, are not at present
being mined, the impression prevailing
that the veins have been exhausted.
Chief Engineer Captain Crarry, Of
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing,
who has put himself to some pains to be-
come informed upon the relative values of
Southern minerals, is of the opinion that
by far the richest deposits Of the Charlotte
mines have not yet been reached, and is
satisfied, from specimens he has seen, that
there is a sub strata. (which will eventually
be found to be very rich in gold. Captain
Crarry once saw a specimen of ore from
these mines which was capable of yielding
as high as $1,000 to the ton. Then there
are the once famous mines in the neighbor-
hood of Dalonigs, Ga, where Ex-Governor
Joseph E. Brown, of that State, earned his
daily bread as q laborer when quite a
young man. Iron and coal are also found
in portions of Alabama, Georgia and Vir-
ginia. The famous Bethorian coal mine,
in Northwest Virginia, is, perhaps, the
oldest coal deposit in the country, and is at
present being successfully worked. Iron
of superior quality is being manufactured at
Chattanooga, Tenn, and, indeed, it is
said that an establishment for the manu-
facture of the famous ''T'' iron at that
place paid larger dividend last year thsn
any similar concern in the country. The
South is rich in natural resources, and
nothing but skilled labor and capital are
wanting to make it vie with Northern
communities in successful development.
National Republican., 1876-09-13

TIE Congressional commission to pre-
pare plan for the government of the Dis
trict of Columbia will meet to-day. 1t is
barely possible that quorum will be pres
ent and it is almost certain that the major
ity of those who do assemble will be Dem
ocrats. The commission consists Of Sena-
tors Spencer, Window and Whyte, with
Representative Clymer, Hunton and Hen
dee-three Republicans and three Demo
Gratis. If the latter happen to have the
majority when the commission convenes,
The organization will undoubtedly be effect
ed in the interests of the Opposition. 1t is
to be hoped, however, that their delibera-
lions will result in something beneficial to
the community at large, irrespective of
party or partisan considerations. Whist we
want is a good and sufficient government
one that will give the people some voice in
the management of their municipal affairs,
and at the same time give assurance that
the General Government shall bear its due
proportion of the burden Of taxation.
National Republican., 1876-09-13
government

"REFoRRUM" said Milesian gentleman
The other day. "Who the dtvil is Reforrumi
81 know Tilden; he was the Boss's friend
1'but who's Reforrum?" The explanation
being made that Tilden claims to be great
Teformer, he exclaimed: chin, begorrs,
H'I'm farninst him; I've been down upon
rtbim reforrumers iver since Martin Luci.
i'fer, the furst and foremost of thin, wint
r'back upon the Pope"
National Republican., 1876-09-13

BY SPECIAL ACT of the Legislature of
Mississippi, approved by Congress, the cleo
tion for Representatives to the Forty fourth
Congress was not held until November,
g5, As the term of the members Of the
receding Congress expired on the 4th of
iarch, 1875, there was q vacancy from
[ississippi from March until NoVember'
National Republican., 1876-09-13

MIR. SIMON WOLF. who has returned to
Washington from an extended electioneer-
ing tour in Indiana and Ohio, brings en-
couragiDg reports of Republican successes
in both of those States. Unlike Mr.. Schurz,
he is confident that the German element is
staunch and true to the principles of good
government
National Republican., 1876-09-13
RESOURCES OF THE SOUTHERN STATES.

1t is not generally known that several of
the Southern States are very rich in min
eral deposits. Especially is this the case
in Virginia, North and South Carolina,
Georgia and Tennessee In the northern
counties of South Carolina gold of q very
superior quality has been discovered, and
as far back as 1856 mine of great rich
ness was successfully opened in Abbeville
county, from which its possessor soon
amassed very large fortune. The mines
National Republican., 1876-09-13

Population in 1861 81, 600, 600; expenses
per capita, S2.61 under Buchanan. Popu-
lation in 1875, $4,000. 900; expenses per
capita under Grant, $2.05. 1t will be seen
that Mr.. Tilden's reproaches all come home
to him and his party. The war made by
him and his partissns has caused this great
outlay and this alleged extrsvsgance.
When these and other new sources of ex-
pense are deducted, it is patent that the
Republican party has administered the
Government at 56 cents per capita less in
1875 than Buchanan did in 1860 So much
for Tilden's brag.
National Republican., 1876-09-13

TIE average Democrat is inclined to ig-
more the fact that an election was held in
Maine last Monday. The enthusiastic
Democrat bothers his head with compari
Sons of votes of different years, and finally
abandoDs the task with d sigh of disgust
National Republican., 1876-09-13

Persons Iedoing the city during tbs sum-
pser months, and wishtng to be irformed Of
matters trdnspIring at the city Of Wash
f19tOn, can hGOs the DAILY NATIONAL Re-
PUBLICAN nsaiEed to their address, fros Of
postage, at the JoEEoOing rates, payable in
National Republican., 1876-09-13

TLDEN's FAIIERE to pay his income in
1862 had bad outcome in the Maine in
1876, and will have worse one yet
National Republican., 1876-09-13
OF THE COMMISSION.
rs ERs OF THE SINKING FUND.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. 6, 1876.
Sealed proposals will be received at this office
until FRIDAY, the 18th instant, at II O'Clock m,
for the sale to the Commissioners OF the Sinking
Fund of fifteen thousand seven hundred and sixty
three dollars and forty-three cents (Sl5, 49, OF
bonds Of the cities of Washington and Georgetown
and the District of Columbia. viz:
Market SteC4, coupon bonds, per cent.
currency interest. .:........: 400 90
currency interest. 100 o,
currency interest: $50 90
Registered stock of the late corporation of
Washington, act August l9. 1913, per
cent. currency interest," 4SV 90
Registered stock of the late corporation of
cent. % cnfrency int interest oDs. ~ .'.', 5l7 .
Georgetown, 8 per cent. currency Interest. ss5 90
Registered market stock of the late corpora
interest ......... ..................:. sO4at
The commissioners reserve the right to accept
such offers as in their jud gment may be most adyan
tageous MOSES KELLY,
sepS&i3 Treasurer.
National Republican., 1876-09-13

rTGUNS FOR SALE.-WE HAVE
R@ Just received (besides our ordinary stock of
secondhand and new Guns) large consignms snt Of
which must Be sold within thirty days we there.
fore offer them at 2 per cent less than they cost to
import in gold. Each Is fully warranted. Some
samples have been shop-worn, and will be sold very
low. Among the assortment are W. W. Greener,
Claghbour & Sons, (their latest make, with all mod
ern improvements from 10 to Il gauge, % to 80 in
barrel; from 64 to 81 pound London fine twist,
lamenated and Damascus barrels, rebounding and
Tiple-wedge locks. Pistol and other choice stocks
Also, fine stock of gun findings and revolvers, at
q. GOLDSTElN q CO.'S,
LOAN AND COMMISSION BROKERS,
au3I-G Corner Tenth and streets.
National Republican., 1876-09-13

pARTIES HAVING A No. NOTES FOB
discount can have the same discounted daily at
the Office Of ASBURY G. APPLEAAE,
1881 Pennsylvania avenue.
National Republican., 1876-09-13
SPECIAL NOTICES.
kIBe TICE. 8.

hc n o T CE.
All persons wishing to avail themselves OF the ad-
vantages of Prof. j. Esputa's five dollar per an.
NUN MUSIC CLASS would do well to call at Linz
coin Hall and enter their names, the class will
open on SATURDAY, September 10, at2 O'Clock p.
m, after which no one will be admitted. sell-st
~FLUID LIGHTNING CURES
rs pleurisy, nervous pains, &C., quicker
than any other remedy In the world. Sold by Al
druggists. sepSn
FPPREsCR1PTIO PREPARED
rs at Coughlin's Temple Drug Store, and
Ninth streets, at moderate prices. sep5-G
h~NEURALGIA,H HEADACHE, &C.,
~ cured instantly by Fluid Lightning. Sold
at Temple Drug Store and by other druggists.
National Republican., 1876-09-13

eI%OFFICE OF THE METROPOLI.
~ TAN MIDDLINGs PURIFYING COMPANY OF
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 6U sByHNrH STREET
NORTHWEST. WASHINGTON, August 81, 1S76.-The
annual meeting of the stockholders of this Company
for the election of trustees will be held at the office
Of the Company on THURSDAY, the 5th day OF
October next, from y o'clock m. to O'Clock p. m.
A. G.. HALL,
se2-S&d Secretary.
National Republican., 1876-09-13
HOUSES.

EOR RENT-M STREET, NEW BRICK,
II nine rooms; all conveniences; SO. Fourteenth
street. new brick, ten rooms; complete house; 40.
VIM. L. BR AMHALE,
se1t-1w COZ Seventh street northwest.
EyNGLISH AND FRENCH SCHOOL FOR
II Young Ladies, III Maryland avenue northeast,
Miss s. L. Jones PRINCIPAL. Duties resumed MON
DAY, September Is. Eight boarding pupils re-
ceiyed. sel3-3ln
National Republican., 1876-09-13

rrREMEMBER JUS HIS OLD
R STAND. He pays for Second nd-hand Cloth
ing Boots, Shoes, &c., ''fsir (cash) prices''
he always has, at 6l9 b street, between Sixth and
Seventh streets northwest. Note by mail promptly
attended to, sepll-u
National Republican., 1876-09-13

GOVERNOR TILDEN complains of extraY-
agance in expenditures by the Republicans
and the grand scale of taxation that has
been pursued. Buchanan's average annual
expenses were, gold, SS1, 100000.
National Republican., 1876-09-13

~ASSEsSORS' OFFICE,
% DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,
August 26, 1876.
Notice is hereby given that on and after the lIth
day of September next the Board of Assessors of
the District of Columbia WILL in compliance with
and personal property in said District assess the
personal property Of all persons who have isiied 70
act In section 10 Of said act of July T. 1876, 1t Is
HPTOrided, That If any person, firm or corpora
ton shall fail to make the list of mis- or its said prop
erty, in this section provided for, the assessor
shall. from the best information he can procure,
make an assessment against such person, firm or
corporation to which he shall add fifty per centum
GEORGE A. BOHRER,
X. BRACE,
VIM. DIXON,
ISAAC LANDIC.
B. ID. CARPENTER,
National Republican., 1876-09-13

nTFRENCH, ENGLISH AND DO
sS MESTIC Articles for ladies' toilet use at
Coughlin, Temple Drug Store. sepS-tf
National Republican., 1876-09-13

N% H U MP HREY'S SPECIFICS,
k EPond's Extract, Homeopathic Medicines,
sold at Temple Drug Store, + and Ninth streets.
National Republican., 1876-09-13

se9-l0t Corner Eleventh and streets.
1701 NEW YORK AVENUE, NEAR
l. IL New State Department-For Rent-A
two-story Brick House, eight rooms, hall, cellar,
front and back yards: south front; 80 month, IN
advance. Inquire on the premises, or next door.
HOUSES AND FARMS FOR SALE.-SEV-
IL eral two-story HOUSES and COTTAGES -
monthly payments. Valuable Building LOTS EH
on easy terms. Also, FARMS in the District, -
Maryland and Virginia for Sale or exchange.
APPLETON p. CLARK,
nh15WFMn U6 street northwest.
EOR RENT-A GOOr dOUSE AND STORE,
IL with all the modem improvements-gas, water,
&c.-situated ~ the northeast corner Of Thirteen
and-s-half and streets northwest. Apply at the
opposite corner
National Republican., 1876-09-13

WEDNESDAY, MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1s. 1875
National Republican., 1876-09-13

A W. SCHARIT HAS REMOVED HIS
~ law office up stairs, 45s Louisiana avenue.
National Republican., 1876-09-13

nor r ENT.
No. 200 South A street, II rooms. s............s1O
Corner Second and A southeast, furnished. I25
Corner First and streets southeast, IA rooms. 100
66 street, II rooms. so
lie Droit Park, II rooms. 60
1852 street northwest, rooms. ................. 80
1I39 Twenty-fourth street, rooms. ........... 25
Several others, large and small houses.
Two very large BklCK STABLES, with all mod
ern conveniences.
Two beautiful COTTAGES at Mount Pleasant.
THEU. F. GATOHEL,
The daily gazette., 1876-05-19
STRAY JVAIES.

Clayton Loan Association meets this
evening,
The Centennial attendance daily
maintains high figures.
The old flag pole is being replaced
upon the southside of the City Hall.
Quickstep VS.. Quickstep. this after
noon, on the Rodney street grounds.
And now the "Ring" declares that
Harry McMullen must be slaughter
ed.
Buffalo Bill will appear at the Grand
Opera House, June Sd, and remain two
nights.
The Democratic county meeting
will be held at New Castle one. week
from to morrow.
Ring Republicans are jubilant to day
while the anti lingites are correspon-
dinghy depressed,
Fifty half chest of very superior
new crop black and Japan tea just
| opened very cheap,at the great Canton
and Japan Tea Co.'s new store No. g.
w. Third street.
The First Delaware Association " IL
meet at the office of j. Park Postles
on Tuesday evening next, 7.30 O'Clock
to make arrangements for appropriate
| ly observing Decoration Day.