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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-10-17

ton Of riots, and in which several republican by
ISLANDERS are killed by chance shots, while none
of the combatants are hurt. Of course the au-
thors of these deeds go unpunished. In the hrst
place, 1t is impossible TO tell who fired the shot.
Then it is unsafe for anyone TO indict anybody
about it, for the officials TO he too jealous IN
investigating prosecuting. But If an assassin
does get into trouble by mprudence. his comrades,
who of course compose most OF the bystanders,
are called as witnesses, and swear him out safely
by giving in doctored testimony.
! now find myself carried back TO the time of
sccesson. Then no sontherner dared avow union
sentiments. There were thousands of them in
the south, but they were ruthlcssy subjected to a
system Of terrorism, and had To choose between
conformity and certain death; and with hardly
an exception they conformed. To-day there are
thousands of whites forced into this Confederate
revival against their Judgment and inclination :
hut they must conform OF take the consequences.
They conform, and then, to avoid the imputston
OF lukewarmness, they endeavOr TO prove their
sincerity by out-doing their comrades in violence
The same men head this movement who led the
state into secession. They have thoroughly re-
viyed the policy of intimidation. Talk OF the
blacks being inundated 1t is through the intim-
idaion Of the whites that the intimidation of the
blacks Is made possible. The election is to be car
ried on the Mississippi plan; part of that pan,
he II remembered, was the intimidation OF the
whites. Wade Hampton is rs much Mississippi
an a SoAth Caronan. 1t is true that he Is
descended from Carolnans famous in the Revo-
luton, that his ancestors have always lived In this
State, that he himself is citizen Of this State,
and that the family homestead is in the City of
Columbia. But besides the immense estates he
owned in South Carolina before the war, he had
vast dcmcsnes in Mississippi and other Southern
States. Tins will not seem surprising when
mention the fact that he possessed 10000 acres of
land in fec simple, and owned 1900 slaves. Now
the war took from him the bulk of his property.
But so much remained after all his losses that lie
Is at this day the wealthiest man in the Southern
States. Most of his property now, however, is in
Mississippi lie has abandoned by far the larger
part of his ancestral estates in South Carolina.
Though his home is in Columbia, he spends half
his time his plantations in Mississippi. lie has
one plantation there on which 800 OF his former
slaves are employed--so well has he been Bile TO
keep up this old plantation plan while the small
farm system has been becoming well nigh uuIvet-
sal The fact desire to call attention to Is this
Hampton was in Mississippi prior to the last
election there, which the democrats carried by the
shotgun policy. The similarity of the methods
employee by tie democrats IN the canvass going
on here now, with Hampton their leader fore
me TO the conclusion that the experiment is to
be repeated here.
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GENERAL Ne W.S.

Servia, it is alleged, will not accept the six
months armstice.
Virginia is said to show only one record of d.
vorce case in all her history.
The railroad track between Houston and Austin
Texas, was recently SO covered with grasshoppers
that it took train two hours to make six miles.
John p. Foley, late managing editor of the
Baltimore Gazette, has gone to New York to take
the place of John Russell Young on the New York
Herald.
A negro preacher in Green county, Ga, is said
to require every candidate for membership to pay
him bushel of corn before he will administer the
ordinance of baptism.
The herring fishermen on the coast of Maine
are having good luck. There is also an active de-
mand for the fish at one dollar per barrel deliver
able on shore.
The heirs Of William Penn now receive from
the British government and are to receive "forev
err $4,000 year, in compensation for their pro-
prietary rights to Pennsylvania.
Charles Bradlaugh was interrupted in lecture
in an English town the other evening, and said
the next man who did SO would be pat out A To-
cal tradesman dared Bradlaugh to do it, and be
NAmc uoWn anu ala IL.
Funny Monkey" said Mrs. Partington, as she
saw him patiently sitting "but he sets as if he had
plumbago in the back, and could wish there wuz
more hair on his represensible tail. cannot be-
lieve, neither that they're our posteriy"
d. H. scott, a coored graduate of Harvard Col
lege has been admitted to practice in the supreme
court OF Pennsy lvania. His father is a wealthy
citizen OF Philadelphia, and be is the second col
ored man ever admitted to the bar of the court of
that State.
There is published in Berlin the journal of
Cooks and Housemaids, in which housckeepers
who lock up their butter and sugar and ipflict
other indignites upon their servants are held nm
TO public obloquy by name. A large number of
the subscribers Of the paper have bound them.
serves not 10 enter the service of any woman who
has been thW advertised three times within the
year.
Joaquin Miller tells curious California s,orv
An emigrant train passing over the prairie met n
herd of buffalo running at full speed. moved nv
one OF the apparently insane impulses which some
times seize these animals. When the immense
herd had passed there was no wagon, there were
no men, oxen, horses left; even their bodies were
obliterated. The one survivor was woman. who
was carried out OF the horrible struggle on the
back of one of the herd how, she never knew
hen first consciousness was that she stood in safe
ty upon little hillock and the whirwind had
gone by.
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fOLIIIC.4L.

The average democrat is wild with delight be-
cause the funeral of his party has been postponed
a month
A great republican rally will Be held in Buff
Thursday evening, at which the chief speakers
will be Mr.. Blaine aud the Hon. Benjamin X.
Phelps of New York
The Savannah News now says that the demo-
cratic majority in Georgia will reach loO 900.
That is too solid. 1t will sink any party that pre-
tends to decency in the treatment of voters.
One reason why tie vote of West Virginia is so
largely democratic is because the disabilities of
great number of rebels have been removed since
the last election.
William NJ Evarts is to deliver a few speeches
in New York, declining to go out of the State in
consequence of numerous pressing engagements
that will occupy his time.
1t is believed that the withdrawal of Walcott
the Greenback candidate for Governor in Indiana
was an injury to the republicans, and that had be
retained his place the democrats would have been
defeated.
The democrats don't like to talk about the re-
publican gains of Congressman, in fact they
haven't heard of them all yet. They are very
lOuu III NutI ldlh ABOUT gaining Two | ulttu
States Senators in West Virginia, though how it
is gain when the State was represented by two
democrats before is not apparent.
A despatch from Indianapolis, comm ,ning upon
the democratic frauds at the ballot box, says "The
democrats have employed roughs to the utmost of
their ability. They repeated up to the full capac-
ity to the remnants of their barrel of money; >
that they failed to employ twice or thrice as many
is wholly owing to financial reasons. So preva-
lent have been the frauds 10 voting both here and
elsewhere, that if there should be difference in
the total Of only few thousand votes, the con-
clusion should not be that Indiana went demo-
cratic, but that it went as it did simply because
the winning side employed fraud. Squads of re-
peaters in fours and fives, with the same local
guide to lead them, and tell them where they lived
when challenged, were one of the principal and
most notorious features ofelection day. They vot
ed everywhere and as often as time would permit
with scarcely an interruption. Everybody voted
who wished to, and if everybody did not vote two
or fifteen times it is simply due to the fact that
they lacked either time or inclination.
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Scarcity of Money.

There is no doubt but the present condition of
all kinds of business and industry is fearfully de-
pressed, and it behooves every family to look care
fully to their expenses. Winter is coming on
when children are liable to Group, Whoopng
Cough, etc. Coughs and Colds will prevail every
where, and Consumption with other Throat and
Lung disease will carry off many. These diseases
should not he neglected, Doctor Bills are expeu-
sve, ami would advise our people to use
BosCHEE's GERMAN SYRUP. 1t never has failed.
One bottle at Is cents will keep your whole family
well during the winter. Two doses will relieve
any case. Sold in all towns in the United States,
and by your Druggist septic tTT&S&w
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LOCAL AND BUSINESS NOTICES.
THE AMERICAN CENTENNIAL, 1870.
wheeler s. Wilson vIctoriousi

Again the WHEELER & WILSON Sewing Ma
chimes triumph over the world. The Centennial
Commission have officially announced the awards,
and decreed for the New Wheeler & Wilson Ma
chine t,oo Diplomas Of Honor and tpo Medals Of
Merit. This is a double victory. and the highest
award which it was in the power of the Centennial
authorities to bestow. No other sewing machine
received such recognition. More than thirty
of the best producers of machines in this and other
Countries entered for competition, and at Philsdel-
phis in 1876 as at in Vienna 1873, and at Paris in
1867, Wheeler & Wilson lead the list. After .
careful, rigorous, aud exhaustive examination, the
judges unanimously decided that the superior
cellence of these machines deserved more than one
medal or diploma, and consequently, they recon-
mended tlco of each. The Centennial Commission
unanimously ratified the action of the judges, and
the public will ndorse the decision of these ablest
of mechanical experts. claim Of equally distin-
guished honor for any other sewing machine is
only An attempt to hoodwink the people. Read
the following, which stamps the "New Wheeler K
Wilson" as the Standard Stwiag Machine Of the
tp0rd.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-10-17

This Is pronounced IAN extrayagant
claim but it will be seen that, so far as
Ohio and Indiana are concerned, the real
ity exceeds the estimate. We think the
figures throughout are very reasonable,
and that. unless some new adverse influ-
ence should turn up. and unless the repub-
licsn members from the South should be
almost wholly cut off-now numbering Is
the republicans have fair prospect of
obtaining good working majority in the
next House.
The Senate is reliably republican for
some time to come. There are now hold
ing over or substantially secured for new
terms thiry-four republicans members and
twenty -eight democratic. The elections
yet to be decided. as affecting Senatorial
seats. are In seven Northern States, viz ::
Illinois. Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, Nebraska and New Jersey ;
and in five Southern States, viz: Della
ware, Louisiana, North Carolina, South
Carolina and Tennessee--Lo Louisiana and
Tennessee electing two Senators each.
Even allowing all The Southei n States to
turn up "solid'' for the democracy in this
respect. while the Northern States 20 re-
publican, then there would be Al republi-
cans and IS democrats. The chances are
tina; the actual result will be better than
this. On the whole therefore. the pros
poets OF recovering republican control In
the next Congress are good enough TO in
spire the most determined effort during
the brief remainder of the campaign"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-10-17
The Business Outlook.

The Business Outlook" is interpreted
with discriminating hope. not unmixed
with caution. in the quarterly circular OF
Dun, Barlow d Co.'S Mercantile Agency
just issued. AT the first glance, the retro
spect is not encouraging. The failures in
the third quarter of the current year were
by some hundreds more numerous than In
the quarter Immediately preceding. The
consolatery fact is. that, though the num-
Der of failures was greater, the average Of
liabilities was considerably reduced. Com.
pairing the first nine months Of the presen,
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SRrINGFIELD, VT, April q, 1871.

SkrlNGFIELD Vt, April q, ISL.
AlesSrs. Seth W. Fowle 4 Sons:
Gentlemen-Several years ago was attacked
with a severe lung difficulty, which was quite
alarming. had severe night sweats, and all the
premonnarv symptoms OF Consumption. After
having tried several remedies and the skill of ply
sicians without benefit, was induced to use Wis
tar's Balsam, the first bottle of which afforded
immediate relief; and continuance of its use
soon restored me 10 my usual health. For TWEEN
ty-hye wears past it has failed to afford en-
tire sat siaction in all of colds or any throat
or lungs difficulties. | know of no medicine con-
sidcr its equal Yours truly, JAS. MITCHELL.
octll-teodNwlw
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-10-17

AWARDS TO WHEELER & WILSON.
|. A Medal and Diploma for The New Wheeler
& Wilson Sewing Machine" for the following
reasons:
~ Loci stiah Securing Machine unsurpassed
'"hs fine workmanship cfits parts. great orig
inaity, great ddaptabhty TO different hinds Of
work both in cloth and leather. beauty Of
sach stitch, and rapidly Of motion, and com.
piese mess Of display"
?. Medal and Diploma for THE New Wheeler
4 Wilson Sewing Machine" for Leather, for
superior quality Of '0ork in leather Stitching"
No soap is so nice the Forest Tar for the
nnrsery and the toilet. octl5d,NMlw
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-10-17

The appointment OF w. j. Corthell as
State Superintendent of Common Schools
brings to that important Office scholar, a
practical educator. and a gentleman OF
well known ability and experience in pub
lie affairs Mr.. Corthell is largely and
generally endorsed by the educators OF
the State as well qualified for the position.
and we II st his administration OF the Of
fee will rebound to the honor and adj
vantage of the State.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-10-17

The Argus caps the democratic extrav-
agances and absurdities occasioned by
the defeat of that party in Indiana and
Ohio. by frantically calling upon the dem
ocrats in Maine to rally and endeavor to
carry the State in November. lnsatiate
Argus will not one thras hing a year sui
ffcep
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-10-17

Mr.. Bion Bradbury publishes another
letter in the Argus concerning the Dow
aud johnson case, which is mainly a re-
hash of his former letter, somewhat soft
ened 10 tone. His affirmation that he had
seen letter from Judge Clark, complain
ing OF injustice to Judge Clifford by Mr..
Blaine, but that it was private and he had
no control of it, is of small account when
weighed against the open letter by Judge
Clark to Mr.. Blaine. II he has no control
Of the letter he mentions, where and how
did he obtain the right to filch its reputed
contents and give them to the public?
The Next Congress.
A good beginning has been made
toward redeeming the House from the
hands OF the x-Confederates. Ten re-
publican members have been gained In
Ohio and Indiana. The next House will
consist Of 293 members, being one more
than the present House, in which there are
III republicans and lSl democrats and
Notwithstanding practical classification
indicated by the experience of the last ses-
sion. A majority of the next House will
be 147. SO that the republicans need to
gain Sc members, in order to reach that
position. I'VE have the word says the
Boston Journal of democratic cores
pendent, who appears week or two ago
to have been ia communication with the
democratic National Committee, that the
republican estimate OF Congressional gains
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-10-17

1t is an interesting fact that nature has provided
her own healing remedies-no one of which
has so wide a reputation as tar. Forest Tar" is
simply pure preparation of tar for the Throat,
Lungs, and Catarth. sept23- t&wlm
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-10-17

But she does not preserve and purify them. That
must be done with fragrant SozoboNr. The
dental bone and its enamel casing are made in
vulnerable to all destructive influences by the
daily use of this benificent preparation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-10-17

Let that cough continue and die of consump-
ton, or pay 30 cents and be cured by Adamson' s
Botanic Bslsam. Free sample bottle at the drug
gists. Large bottles 70 cents. octll-t&wlw
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-25
FInauciaI Uneasiness In England.

New York, July 22.-The fluctuations
in prices of BritiAh consols have been
greater in the past few days than ever be.
fore, except under the varying fortunes
Of some great European war. On July
S they were 936, but from that time have
advanced in an irregular and jerkey
manner very unusual for these conserva.
tive, old fashioned securities, until this
morning they were quoted at 81 7-l6,
though the afternoon London quotation
was SO 14-l0. This unusualrise for consols
which generally have run pretty steady
through the years between 90 and 95, in
dicatcs disturbance of finances in Great
Britain equal to those caused by great
war in which that country was involved.
In the present case, however, the cause Of
this disturbance is we'll known to be the
disorganization Of tho British industries
and Of the British East India trade in
consequence Of tho demonstration OF sil.
ver Nearly all the great British manu-
featuring concerns Of every sort are in
trouble, and incident to these there have
been number OF important failures in
the grain trade in tho past week. Capital
in Great Britain Is completely demorallz.
ed, and seems to be only seeking a place
OF rcluge in securities, and it is this which
causes the demand for consols, and has
probably created something Of specula.
live movement in them.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-25

CmCAoo, July 24.-The plethora Of
idlo money in this market is shown BY the
fact that the bids for the 100000 Of
Cook County per cent bonds to-day
ranged from l.07 to l.O72 for various
amounts. The average prices Of these
bonds few years ago used TO be 81 to 9s,
and that was when the credit Of both the
city Of Chicago and the county OF Cook
was great deal better than at present.
The rates for money continue about as
heretofore, viz: FIVE to six per cent per
annum for thirty and sixty daysin the
open market on collateralS, and an aver
age Of eight per cent for discounts at the
banks. There ia, however, q larger de-
mAnd for money than a week ago. The
country'banks are sending in good deal
OF paper for rediScount, and in the city
We note that lumbermcn are borrowing
heavily. Their trade ia very dull, and
they are selling almost nothing, while
their yards arc crowded TO Overlooking
with stock,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-25

HBPullman Drawing Room and Sleeping Cars
from 6teubGnylllc and Columbus through i5ithOhf
change, to Cincinnati, Louisville, indianapolis and
1t. Louis, and from Columbus 10 Chicago.
The pleasure seeker or those seeking HonIEI In The
RtIt should call on or address the undersigned for
through time tables, maps, land circulars and fur.
ther Information.
". L. O'BRIEN,
GCu'l Passenger and Ticket Agent, Eol2lS high
street, Columbus, Ohio, my20
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-25

Austria and France are not exempt
from the warnings which are addressed
to Germany and Italy. Both Powers,
according 70 Plus TX, were formerly de-
tenders Of the Holy See, and both have
abandoned their duty. The consequence
has been that they first went TO war with
one :another, and that afterwards they
were successiVely crushed BY common
enemy, II the disasters Of the defeated
CONTESTANTS Of Solierino and Sedan were
punishments for sin, II would seem 10 fol-
low that the triumphs OF the conqueror
were rewards Of virtue. Austria, which
in vain endeavored to defend her own in
tluence. in Italy against the schismatic
PiedmonteSe, might seem entitled to more
generous notice. Again, in the war Of
1866, every Catholic 10 Europe who pre-
ferred sectarian to political oonsidera-
tons both desired the success OF Austria
and believed that it would rebound to
the advantage OF the Church. Even the
Pope, il he ever descends from his region
Of curses and apocryphal examples, can
not but know that the French clergy,
probably with his own sanction, impelled
the Emperor, by female and Courtly in.
tiuence, into the war which resulted in
hiSruin. Notwithstanding the shortcom-
ingS Of France, it was deemed intOlerable
that the predominant power on the
Continent should be ruled by a
Protestant Government, and Napo'
leon III. was at the time OF his
fall, the champion OF the Church. In
the meantime the main offenders con-
tinue TO flourish. England, which Is
and Russia, which Is both
schismatic and perseCuting, have shared
in none Of the misfortunes which have |
their orthodox neIghbors. Pro-
testant Germany, above all, has risen to |
an Unprecedented height Of prosperity,
and apostate Italy has been admitted for |
the FIRST time to the council Of great
powers. It would be interesting to learn
whether any human being, except the |
Pope, as far as he Is human, ever con.
neCted the follies, the crimes and the pun
ishment OF Abdul Aziz with miserable
ecclesiastical squabblc, to which he must
have been wholly Indifferent. The crowds
VI NOtAIleo hHV lOLh VII auuleHS0 LOA -
pal addresses are almost as puzzling as
the Holy Father himself. The twists
and quirks and crotchets OF a single in
tellect may be explained by personal &C.
but that hundreds or thou
sands Of tolerably educated men should
adopt the Pope's vagaries is strange and
His public speeches are
probably not delivered er catIedra, so that
The queerest paradoxes which they con.
tain may perhaps be reconcilable with
infallibility; but the head Of great re-
ligious communion might be expected not
10 fall below the intellectual level Of an
ordinary priest. If the tree is known by
Its fruit, it is for political botanists to de-
Inc the plant Of which the fruit Is non
tense
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-25

BALTIMORE, July 24.-Cottou-Quiet
and easier; mildling lie. Flour-steadyi
western superfne So 00A3 70; extra s. 56a
4 80: do family SO 0OaG 60; City Mills super
fine So rs; extra 81 25a6 90; do no brands
SO 25a8 20; do family IS 90. Wheat-Ac'
tive; strong and higher; Maryland red good
to prime 81 17H1 %; amber 81 goal %; white
81 10al 20. Corn--Firmer and higher; west.
ern mixed 55a55lSc spot; Soc August; 57ksc
September. Oats-Steady and firm er; west,
ern white 3ea3sc; do mixed, SSa$5c. Rye
Quiet and firm at GOa85e. Provisions
Quiet and steady Pork-$2O 6Oa2l 90.
Bulk Meats-Shoulder SIC; clear rib sides
lie, loose; packed sXal1Hc. Bacon
Shoulders 95fasAo; clear rib sides ia
l2Kc; hams 155fa15Nc. Butter-Dull, ex.
oept good grades, which are scarce and firm;
western good to prime 1Gal9c; extra fine 20
a2lc. Petroleum-Strong and higher crude
83+aSSc; refined 17Aa17%c. Cof1ee-Dull;
Rio cargoes 14Nal7Ic; jobbing l64ala3lc.
Whisky-Dull at Sl2lX.