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The daily gazette., 1876-03-16
Firemcn's Centennial Associatien.i


REGULAR MEETING-coMMIrTEE REPORTS
THE BUILDING CONTRACT AWARDED
SUGGESTIONS AND PERSONAL ExPLANA-
TIoNS.
The regular meeting Of the Firemen's
Centennial Association was held in the
Washington engine house, last evening.
President Mccall in the chair.
The Finance Committee reported to-
tai subscriptions amounting to Sl663 IS,
from Wilmington.
The Entertainment Committee report
ed that Duprez 4 Benedict's perform
ance, for the benefit If the association
would take place in the Grand Opera
House on the evening of Tuesday, 21st
inst.
The Publishing Committee reported
that the first number of the paper known
as Detaware at the Exposition, Published
by Jos. l.. Killgore, had been issued and
distributed in the city and State and
that the advertisements had paid all ex-
penses of publication, and no calls were
made on the committee for money.
On motion of J. X. Adams the report
was adopted, and the action of the COM
mittee endorsed and on motion of Jas.
ONelll vote OF thanks was rendered
the committee for the creditable appear
| ance of the paper.
MIR. Adams reported that at meeting
| of the State Commissioners, during the
afternoon, the contract for the erection
| of the building had been awarded to Es
TRANCE Gould, for s2275, the building to
revert to the contractor after the exhi-
| bition. The report was adopted.
| Mr.. Adams hoped the members would
not flay in their efforts to collect money,
and furnish the building after its erec-
| tion.
James O'Neill suggested that the name
every contributor be recorded, and the
accounts of the Association, after the
work is done, audited by a committee of
disinterested citizens. The chair stated
that this course was being pursued.
| Mr.. Blake, chairman of the building
I }committee, stated that his committee,
was getting abused pretty lively by the
Euery Evening ever the Associations pa
per. He thought this looked like trying
to throw cold water ON the Associations
| efforts. He considered the paper a credit
He didn't like to be reported as being
| lost to all sense of decency," and
thought the editor Of Il. e. was going to
| extremes.
Amember suggested that the best way
was to say nothing about the matter and
treat the abusive Editor with contempt.
| Mr.. Blake responded that if he the
| SuiOol heepS Ou lt Will 6eb SOneGHluS
more tnan contempt"
| On motion of James O'Neill the Secre-
tary was instructed to send resolution
of thanks to the boys of school No. /, for
their generous contribution to the fund
of the association.
| A proposition was made to read an OBJ
ljectionable article from Euery Evening,
relative TO some acts of the association,
but the proposition was rejected. mem
bers expressing their utter Indifference
to the contents of the article in question.
The project of holding O. pound par
tty" was not favored by the Entertain
ment Committee, though they rendered
| their assistance to any outside parties
who would get one up.
| Treasurer Adams reported subscrip-
| tion of s2S2 from the machinery de-
partment of the p. w. & B. R. r.
The meeting then adjourned until
Wednesday evening next, at the Fame
Hose house.
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From the Journal of Commerce.
Little Hope for the Senate.

The administration leaders of the
Senate have in advance, pronounced
against the one reform most essential
to the good of the revenue SERVICE
This is the proposition to make the ap-
pointments of revenue collectors and
agents wholly independent of politics,
and give them tenure of office during
good behavior. Senator Gordon of
Georgia appeared as the author of the
scheme, which he desired to refer TO
the Finance Committee for their con
sideration. The exact language of his
suggestion was this: Create q corps
of excise to hold office indefinitely, re.
moval only for incapacity or malfes-
ahce in Office In proof of the wis
dom Of this system Mr.. Gordon
pointed to the English excise corps,
the members of which hold life offices,
forfeitable only for neglect of duty or
other wrongdoing. Feeling secure of
place as long as they behave well, the
British exclsemen has every motive
for i'eing honest and faithful; whereas
IN this country the collector, the su-
peryisor, the storekeeper and the
gaugcr have no position assured be-
yond four years, or the caprice of the
Administration in power, and therefore
it is only natural, if not men of strong
principles, that they should yield to
temptation and enrich themselves out
OF crooked whiskey and other frauds
udon the revenue. This difference of
excise systems explains why England
, collects large tax in gold on all the
products of her distilleries, while our
Government cannot collect in green
| backs more than an estimated third or
fourth OF all the taxes due from whis-
| key. The British eycisemen performs
MS duty as matter of business the
work of his life-while his American
brother gives most of his official time
to politics, AS he is expected to do by
those who appoint him, and does not
, forget to make hay for himself while
the sun (of official favor) shines. For
offering this resolution Mr.. Morton and
MIR. Sherman attacked the Georgia
Senator with great severity. They
challenged his figures; they impugned
his sincerity; they denounced the cor
ruption of his own State, and held
him responsible for it; they charged
him with admiring and wishing to copy
into this country the monarchical in.
stitutions of England, and in fact over
whelmcd HIM with a torrent of denun.
citation and invective-and all this for
ne greater offense than proposing to
make revenue appointments nonparti,
san and permanent during good be-
havior. No action was taken on Mr.
GordCn's resolution, and it is probable
that none will be. Tine majority in
the Senate do not intend to part witt
the present execrable system of Gov,
ernment patronage. either in the reve
nue. service or in any ether branch.
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THE CENTENNIAL FUND.
WHAT THE BOYS OF NO, SCHOOL GAVE
ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS.

WHAT THE BOYS OF NO, SCHOOL GAVE
ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS.
At No. l school yesterday afternoon
the regular lessons were temporarily
suspended, between three and four o.
clock, to enable the beys of the school
to publicly make their contributions to
the fund of the Firemen's Centennial
Associ alton. With this object in view
the boys have been subscribing for
some time past, until their fund
amounted to $47,25. This amount,
they yesterday turned over to the As
sociation, the officers of which were
present and received it. Charlie Rey-
nolds, of the school made an appropri-
ate presentation speech, and Mayor
Whitley received the gift on behalf of
the Association. The following addi-
tlonal subscriptions have been received
by the Treasurer of the Association
Eli Wilson, So; Geo. s. Grubb, 81; j.
Mcbianus, SO; John Finn, 81, Jesse
Lane, $2O; B. S. Clark, 81; Miss Ar
gilla jefferson, $5; Susie Patterson, 80
cents; James Grubb 81, Maggie Blake,
and class in school No. 3, $1.35; Heis-
Ter, Mcbride & Co., S.; =. II. Ridge
way, 81; Boys of School No. /, $47.S5.
The total of subscriptions received in
Wilmington is $1634. As, which, with
the subscriptions from the other parts
of the State. make a grand total OF
over So, zoo.
NEw CASTLE COMING FORWARD.
j. Henry Rogers, Of New Castle, has
collected $105 rs for the State Centen-
NAL building in amounts as follows;
Chas Beasten $l0,..S. G. Riggs So, J.
B. Spotswood $5, s. P. Truss $5, J.
Janvier $5, N. Lambson 81, Mrs.
Giffin 81. Jas. Wilmot SOC. T. u.
Vandever S., Platt s. Elkinton ST., l,
o. Roberts soc. l. 8. Eckels SOC, ohm
D. Cannon 81, George II. Twillington
81, Charles E. Ferris 81, John keegan
So, John II. Rodney $40; S. M. Ceuper
Sl0, John Johns SIS j, Henry Rodgers
$5, John Burnham S., NJ. N. Wier Csc,
Cash Csc, DR.. J. j. Black 81, VIM.
Kemmey Soc, Jacob Herman 5oc..
John McFarlan &C., Elkmer w. Clark
So, Geo. w. Turner 81, ]. M. Wise
Csc, George Whitfield IS, George s.
Beckett S., Miss j. Young IS. w. "a.
jefferson 81 Co., 2.
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Jail Escapade.

CHETERTowN, Kent county, Md,
March 14.-Five celored prisoners es-
capped frem Jail here at sunrise this
morning. One was in prison for rape
and the others for larceny. Warden
Price, as usual, took up breakfast for
the prisoners, and when he unlocked
the door they rushed down stairs
through the kitchen and escaped by
the back way, obtaining fifteen min.
utes' start in the pursuit which follow
ed. Warden Price was not injured
There has been no recapture as yet.
The names of the escaped prisoners
are Levin Pierce, Thomas Scott, JAS
Riley, John Brannage and Eleazel
Dobson.
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General " eus.

An examination of the affairs of
Tufts Sc Co., of New York and Boston
show their liabilities to be $3.50, 900,
and their assets $250,0U0.
The public schools of Elizabeth, N.
j., were closed yesterday, there being
no appropriation for their support, and
they will probably remain closed for
several weeks.
Tallant & Co., bankers of San Fran
cisco, say they will be only tempor-
arily Inconvenience by the failure of
the National Bank Of the State of New
York. Checks and transfers drawn
by them on that bank will be paid by
Drexel, Morgan & Co.
1t is reported at Chicago, "on good
authority" that J. f. Hoyt, ex.Chlef
Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue
who was indicted for completely IN
the whiskey frauds, has gone to Can.
ada. Ex Revenue Agent Bridges is
also rumored to have gone to the same
place.
The daily gazette., 1876-03-16
A Young Woman Proposes.

From the Titusville Herald
A timid young maa was visiting a
beautiful young woman on one of our
streets the other evening, when after
pause she said, looking at him close
ly. "Now, want to propose to you"
"You are very kind" said this diff.
dent young man, between gasps and
bushes, ''but am not worthy of such
happiness-and, in fact, none of our
family. are marrying people-besides
my Income is limited-my 'differen-
ces' are on the wrong side-1 have to
meet Mr.. Smith, and I'm afraid I'll be
late" Then, without waiting to put
IN his overcoat, he tried to make exit
through the door of a cupboard.
"Why," said the young woman, lifting
her eyebrows in surprise, 81 wanted
yeu to accompany nae to friends on
Main street." "Oh, in that case" an
swered the swain, 'If your heads
level and the boot is on the other foot,
l shall only be too happy; but I was
afraid-that is, almost dared to hope
in fact am subject to these seizures"
and he sat down on the coal scuttle, and
said it was very cold day-hadn't
seen such weather since the Fourth OF
July.
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WASHINGTON.
The Real r state Pool inquiry,
Kitb0usBe Getting Ready to
SQueaI on his Wicked Partners.

Special Dispatch to the Times,
WAsHINGToo, Mrch Is. --Hallett Kill
ourne will not remain in Jail long
unless the House receives important
and much-needed support from some
source. He came near telling all he
knew last night, but the timely coun-
sci of Boss Shepherd and other ring
friends sent him to Jail instead. While
in the office of the Sergeant alarms
yesterday evening he was informed
by Jere. Black that he had done all
he could that it was evident the House
would not yield, and his (Kilbourne's 's)
future course must be determined by
himself alone. At this Kilburne grew
quite nervous and protested that he
had already borne enough for others,
that it was not right that he
should bear it longer, concluding with
the remark, Call your committee to-
gether, gentlemen" Carriages were
at once procured and the city was
secured in search of the committee,
but quorum could not be found.
Meantime Kilburne was conveyed to
his residence at his own solicitation
and there met his confreres, who stiff
itucu up HIS UaChDOue lot uliu. DuU
it will probably be only day or two
before it weakens again, and then he
will give the facts. Jere. Black is
said to have withdrawn from the ease,
and Kilbourne has employed David
Dudley Field, Matt. Carpenter and
bDavidge, who defended the safc-burg-
larry conspirators.
n LtsH i'm the eInUestigafin0A arena.
| Special Dispatch to the Times
WASHINGTON. March 15.-This is GER
tainly the lull after the storm. The Sem
| ate adjourned almost before it met the
House talked all day on every jMagina-
BILE subject but the bill before it-Ran-
dalPa legislative, etc. appropriation bill,
and in the investigating committees but
little of interest took place. Clymer' s
| committee had the witness Burleigh (of
whom | spoke before) before it, and he
and others showed pretty conclusively
that General Grant issued two military
orders driving all the opposition traders
out of the Indian country on the upper
| Missouri-an action which left Orville
Grant and his partners sole possessors of
field in which he could fleece the In
dians to his heart content and moi have
! q rival i'll the business.
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After what had preceded tho election

After what had preceded tho election
held in New Hampshire yesterday,
everybody was prepared for the result.
Fer time it was believed that the
revelations of stupendous Republican
official rascality at Washington would
have the effect of inducing the Yam
KEGS to cast their votes in favor of an
honcat administration of the Govern
ment, but the almighty dollar prevailed
over their love for honesty, and they
sold themselves forGovernment money
aud in such numbers as to secure for
the Republicans another triumph, ii
that may be called apolitical triumph,
which is purchased at the cost Of the
integrity of the voters.-OAr0r scIe.
The daily gazette., 1876-03-16

EaJ-Ridge's Food for Infants Invalids, and
see advertisement. teb3l-9m
The daily gazette., 1876-03-16
Effects of the.N New York Bank Failure

The New York stock market was
much unsettled by the suspension of
the Bank of the State of New York.
Prices declined several per cent. but
afterward rallied. Gold fell off from
1164 to ia 3-S. Money on call hard
encd from 81 to per cent. and 1-32
commission. Governments were high
cr, especially for 1SG7's
The Herald says the career of the
bank has been arrested at SO early u
stage that none of its creditors will be
involved in serious loss, but says its
last weekly statement would create the
impression that it was one of the safest
and most solvent of moneyed institu>
tions, and its failure has shaken conf.
dence in other banks, Its stock has
been selling at six per cent above par.
The last statement was as follows;-
Total assets Sc, 400, 600, viz: Loans So
$50, 600, specie $325, 600, legal tenders
ST, ,05, ,OO0. Total liabilities SO, 105, goo,
viz: Deposits 81, 1855, 900, circulation
$3.50, 600.
From other papers it is learned that
in October, 1874, its net deposits were
about 81, 100000 For last week the
average OF net deposits ~cported IS
only $2,655,200 The vice'president
of the bank had lent a sum of $3.50, 600
to himself. A concern called the
United States Attrition Flour Company
had overdrawn its account $3.50, 600,
and the same concern had borrowed
in addition the sum of s425, 600. None
of these loans were forfeited by good
security. A firm in the produce com
mission business had also been permit
ted 20 ooverdraw $3.50, ,00U, and S24e, 900
of protested paper, besides the sums
before mentioned, are among the as
sets. All these sums put together,
counted as a total loss do not wipe out
the capital and surplus, and unless
and unless there is great deal more
of wreck stuff than is now suspected,
the entire loss will be sustained by the
shareholders.
The daily gazette., 1876-03-16

ATTEMPTED ESCAPE. - About ten
o'clock Tuesday night, Warden Broom
field, of the New Castle Jail, hearing
noise in the jail yard, went out and
found Enoch Rash and Isaac Hayden.
two prisoners, hiding in an out of tho
way corner Of the yard. He gave tho
alarm to the sheriff, and on further
examination it was found that they
had cut the IRON bars of their cell win
dow and torn their bed clothes up into
ropes, and that with the aid of an iron
hook, which was secured to the outer
wall; they were ready to bid farewell
to their late quarters. they were at
once taken back to their cell and secure
" ironed..
The daily gazette., 1876-03-16
Bankruptcy of Gen. PILLOW.

Memphis. March 15.-The residence
of Gen. Gideon Pillow was sold at
bankrupt sale yesterday. There was
no competition in the bidding. The
residence, which is probably worth $S,-
600, was bought by gentleman for
$26, and the valuable library by aneth-
CT person for $11; and both were pre-.
sented to Mrs. Pillow.
The daily gazette., 1876-03-16

The bill to reduce the salary of the
President of the United States frem
S50,000 to s25, 900 year was passed
by the U. s. Senate, years 26, nays
20. II Republicans voted year.
The daily gazette., 1876-03-16

According to the St. Louis Repubii-
can, the expenses incurred in the
whiskey ring trials in that city amount
to $50, ,6S4 IS. OF this sum Gener-
al Henderson claims S22 900, and two
other lawyers $4,000 each, The de-
struction Of the ring at this figure was
cheep.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-03

steady demand. Over 100 Of the 128 COT
Ion mills in the State ars now In opers-
ton. The population Of the United States
is estimated at 46,75O,0oO. The crop Of
cotton is restored to ante-war figures, and
it is predicted there will have to be q
yearly increase of from 200, 900 to $50, 900
spindles to keep up the ratio of produc-
ton and consumption. The Financial
Chronicle is quoted to show that
The prospect is now better for all parties in
the cotton interest. Tho Southern farmer
never got % large Q proportion of the cash
prices Of his staple - he will resp for the
crop now growing. The Southern manufac-
to increase. The Northern manufacturer 10
assured of . market for 200, 900 bales Of
tho staple in the ensuing year Ut prices
which will afford . fair profit, to say nothing
Of the possibilities in the line Of exporta-
ton of cotton goods.
This export was last year $4,000 pieces
of cloth. 1t has improved from one yard
in seventy to one in every fourteen export
ed by England. If the United States can
supply half the British goods consumed
in North and South America, every
American spindle North and South would
be employed.
The Journal also asserts the growth of
the iron and dry goods interests, and as
serts that money is in effect easy, and
adequate to the improved production of
manufactures
With such cheering signs and sound
evidences of improved progress we are
satisfied that the prospesity and progress
of all sections of the United States are
fair. The Republican principles of pro-
lection and development have operated
this encouraging advance, and we trust
that no impediment may be thrown in its
way by the Democratic obstruction which
has denied Louisiana her levees, railroad.
Mint and other equal facilities, while it
repealed the protection on the sugar and
rice of Louisiana, so far as these articles
are the growth and product of the Sand
wich Islands and possibly of other tropi-
cal countries.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-03
THE DOCTORS DISAGREE

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The New Orleans Democrat has the fol-
lowing:
The New England mills are still closed;
300, 600 men are ont of employment ia New
York, Philadelphia, Chicago and other
Northern cities; the winter is close upon
| them, and no provision made, none in sight,
for these homeless ones; yet these glib cam;
| palgn orators are beginning to speak of
| prosperity, a restoration of business, as if
their bluff would bring these back again.
We do not doubt that this very cursory
view of the industrial situation is due to
an exclusive devotion to Federal politics,
which has not left time for an accurate
examination of the industrial question.
Per contra, we have the Providence Jour-
nal which takes view wholly different Of
the manufacturing prospects of the New
England States. It should be remem-
bered that the Journal is the organ of the
Rhode Island cotton and wooden interests.
1t, therefore, speaks with knowledge and
authority upon the prospect of these and
other manufactures. The theory of the
Journal is that the country suffered from
over production of manufactures, which
were not worked off until 1873. This
excessive surplus has been reduced
by stoppage of mills and work
shops, and by consumption, so that
resumption of production occurs just
when it may be accommodated to the
adjusted demand. The Journal mentions
the further fact that the cost of cotton
production has been reduced by the re-
puced cost of fuel and food. The New
Orleans press and people can not be sur
prlsed at one assertion in respect to the
latter economy. 1t is that
In 1868 the freight on bushel of wheat
from Chicago to New York was 2l.19
cents; now it is cents. 1t was 1872 cents
on bushel OF corn; now it is IL cents. |
In the eight months past the grain receipts
at the Western ports has increased l8 per |
cent, the shipments 30 per cent. Anal the re-
ceipts at Atlantic ports 1914 DER cent. The
grain receipts at Eastern ports for eight |
months past has been about $3.50, 900 bush |
sls. The export OF provisions has been 26h
Dor cent greater than for the same time in
1875. Six hundred care asses of cattle have
been shipped weekly to England for some
lime.
The Journal states the fact that s'this
has been greatly assisted by the
abroad war, now in its fourth month"
Now for tho results Of cheap feed and
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-03
DESIGNATING THE SABBATH.

Louisiana Democrats are noted through.
out the Union for their disregard of the
Sabbath day. A Sunday in New Orleans
is day for balls, parties, picnics, fire.
mems entertainments, theatre-going,
fights, murders and drunkenness. In
politics committees meet and caucuses
are held on Sunday, and the Vaudeville,
the Breaux Bridge and other meetings
recently addressed by Democratic speak
ers on Sundays, and which were better
attended than similar meetings held on
week days, indicate that Sunday is the
favorite day for Democratic harangues.
Indeed, since the campaign opened the
number of Sunday meetings have only
been limited by the number of Sundays
and Democratic speakers. On the sub
ject Of using Sunday for political pur-
poses, the Iberville South, the new Demo-
cratic organ of Iberville parish, says in
its issue of last Saturday:
A party that uses the Sabbath day to do
its electioneering don't stand very high in
the grace of the Almighty. But as these
fellows are all on the road to the devil. they
don't care upon what day or what convey
ance they travel toward his dominions.
In order that MI. John Shanks, the
too Jealous editor CT the South, may not
be tripped up and run out of the party
by the chairman of the Democratic State
Central Committee, we must do him the
justice to say that his remarks were in
tended to apply solely to the Republican
meeting advertised to be held on Sunday
at Plaquemine, Iberville parish.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-03
A CARD.

1beg to announce to my friends and the public
in general that on the first of OctoberI shall trans.
fer my retail Levee store. between Madison and
Oumaine streets, to
NOS. 81 AND So CANAL STREET.
Where shall keep, as usual, the largest stock of
MEMS, YOUTHS and BOYS CLOTHING, HATS
and FURNISHING GOODS in the city.
Thanking the public. for the liberal patronage
extended to my store ON the levee for thirty
years, respectfully ask q continuance Of the
same. All my employees will be found at my Canal
street store, ready to serve their friends to the
best of their ability.
LEON GODCRAUX.
Nos. 81 and SO Canal street. between Charities and
DOroiore streets. ao2a took