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The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-08
A Remark able WORKING 0f the Internal
Revenue system.

Samuel r. Adams 4 Co., OF this city,
215 cases OF bitters, which
they did not consider subject to stamp
duty. The District Internal Revenue
Mr.. Seward, informed a
Of the firm some weeks ago that
the stamp duty, he had concluded, must
be paid, the amount being $103. The
matter was referred to Collector Blake,
and the claim was held open till he
could get translation Of the Dutch
label. Meanwhile, under the ten day
rule, the claim went to the District At
torney for collection, and the firm has
Just got notice Of suit for the collection
Of $4,000 penalties $50 bottle. The
OF the Treasury will be in
voked to stop the suit Y. Sun.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-08

The British ordnance department is
iubilant over the prospect Of possessing
six eighty-one ton cannon, and Herr
Krupp, not to be beaten by the English.
is manufacturing a fancy little piece OF
ordnance in the shape Of a l25-ton gun.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-08

If the people Of the country had not,
in tho autumn OF 1874, declared their de
testation of Grantism, and elected n
House Of Representatives unalterably
opposed to Grant and all his works,
Belknap would still be Secretary Of
War andTstill be selling offices. He
would have been as secure from pun
ishment as Robson was when his ille-
gal and corrupt payment OF $4,000 to
Secor WAS exposed. We are only be-
ginning to gather the wholesome fruits
Of that moral revolution.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-08

The New York World, speaking OF Il
European scandal, remarks: He is
said to have lavished 1000, 900 roubles
upon this lady during as many years. "
This Is not lavish. II Is downright par
simony. No lady can live in any style
on a rouble year-a rOuble is about
equal to 100 copecks, or two sicca rupees
n-l5 Of mohur or efOurth Of halbe
vereinskrOne).
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-08

Hon. Jere HARRISON, colored, Con
gressmen from the Mobile (Ala.) DIS
trict, was once a slave and sold on the
block. Several OF his Republican col,
leagues have sold themselves several
times, and are at it yet.-Pomeroys
Democrat.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-08

1t is a significant circumstance that
Capt. Robinson, who was the first TO ex-
pose Belkhaps corrupt sale OF the Fort
Sill post-tradership says that when Ey
ans went To New York to arrange with
Marsh TO buy the privilege from MIN, he
found that among others Dent q Go.
Dent being brother -in-law Of Grant
were interested in the bargain.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-08

A Philadelphia man tried TO fight the
doctors after the manner OF Charles
O'Conor, and now lies in the cold, cold
ground. One mans meat Is another
mans poison.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-08

II il estimated that not more than
rs 900 cattle will be driven east from
Texas in 1876, against 10000 In 1875, and
BAG, 900 in 1874. The estimate Is made by
n seller Of Texas cattle.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-08

Suppose Belknap, instead OF confess:
ing, had followed Babcock's and Beech
thing and using every legal device to
keep out the evidence against him. He
would have had a party on his side, and
there would have been no end Of fools
to argue chat there wasn't particle Of
evidence OF his guilt. He would proba
bly, have been elected deacon Ia the
Congregational Church, have been in
vited to lecture before Yale College, and
OF course Grant would have liked him
better than ever
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-08

A writer in Sribner says of William
and Mary College: "Almost every Vr-
ginian OF any eminence, in the eighteen
century, had been trained for his work
in the world within it's walls. 1t gave II
ofits students to the army in the Revo-
luton; 2 Attorney Generals TO the
United States; II sent out nearly 20
members OF Congress; 15 United States
Senators; IL Governors 30 judges
Lieutenant General, and other high
OF Independence /; 7 Cabinet officers the
chief draughtsman and author of the
Constitution, Edmund Randolph the
most eminent of the Chief Justices,
John Marshal; and Presidents of the
United States " ~
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-08

The Republicans OF this city are
quicker than their opponents TO recog-
nize and discount the crushing load
Belknap's guilt adds to the burdens of
Mr.. Grants Administration. Measures
to promote harmony in catastrophe
were recommended at numerous dis
trict meetings last night, and one eur
the declaration that the Republican
party was not guilty OF Belknap- no
more, he said, than the Democratic
party had been guilty OF Tweed. TO
the astounding novelty Of this saying
we bow in silence, and commend It to
the hospitable illogicality Of all who
are able to receive tn Y. WOrM.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-08

How FAT Boy INFLUENCED THE BUILD
mo OF THE SUEz CANAL. Tho Suez canal
was an old scheme of M. de Lesseps.
and by 1862 he had submitted plans for
It's construction to the porte, but the
porte decided that Turkey was not con
cerned. However, when Mohammed
Said came to be Viceroy Of Egypt the
Frenchman had q friend i'm power, and
tho work was ordered to go on. When
~ &c Lesseps was q consul in Egypt,
Said was great fat boy, and his father.
Mehemet Ali, annoyed at seeing this
fatness increase, had him put on re-
stricted diet, and used to send him
for two hours a day to walk round the
city, to skip with rope, to row and to
climb the masts of ships. The how
made friends with M. de Lesseps and
got secret meals OF maeearon from his
servants. This was the beginning OF %
friendship which led to such memora-
BILE results; and 1t is q curious instance
OF how great things and small are In
terwoyen in the web Of life, that If Said
Pasha had not been fat boy with u Sc
we're father, M. dc Lesseps' scheme
might have been treated by him with
as little attention as 1t was by the porte,
and we should have had no Suez canal
Inc iSpV ltih Obo'f f'F SbtS IAE-
payers know that the true interests of
society are. identified with their peou.
mary interests, and what promotes tho
prosperity OF the people, as whole.
makes them richer, and better able to
pay their taxes. AS the General Gov
ernment permits books to be imported
free Of duty for public Libraries, so The
state government permits its citizens to
build houses, untaxed, in which to meet
for moral instruction and divine culture
and worship. 1t pays to do so. The
State is richer. stronger and better.
The man who bit his own nose off to
spite his face, was just as wise as tho
State would be that taxes churches out
OF existence, or puts burden upon tho
back OF one Of them. There is such 10
thing as being penny wise and pound
foolish, but there Is no example Of it
equal to that of taxing the property
that is used for the moral improvement
Of the people,"
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-08
FOREIGN NEWS.

FOREIGN NEWS.
u. .. Securities weakened BY Exposures
Of Omcial Frauds.
LONDON. March THE Times money
article says United States speculative
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-08
TELEGRAPHIC.
=, the Southern and Atlantic Telegraph
Company. -.-t

omoe. Corner Grapie and Carondela streets.
JOHN d. LAFITTE. President
n LxLoup Manager.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-08

PHGNIxvILLE, Pa, March Z. The
boys department of the Chester Spring
Orphan School, at Chester, was totally
destroyed by fire last night. The build;
ing was known as the Old Hotel, and
was occupied at the time by one hun
dred boys, all OF whom escaped. "A great
deal of furniture was saved, and the ad-
joining buildings, through the exertlons
OF willing hands, we're also saved. The
fire originated in the kitchen OF the bake
house. Loss 5000.
The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-08

SHREVEPORT, March THE river has risen
four inches and one foot at Fulton for the
past twenty four hours. Twelve hours heavy
rain In the upper river. Departed: Sandy for
lower coast Arrived: Lotus from Albany Point
with 400 bales wet cotton. She will be re-
paired here and take out load Of cotton.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-01-20
NOTICE TO cooPERs.

M ~ ASfN ~
ASHLAND, BoYp Co., KY, Jan. II, 1876.
Sealed Proposals will be received at the office Of
the Norton Iron Works In this place. until the 18th
day OF February next, for all the Nall Kegs said
Norton Iron Works may want rome year from the
GIst day Of June next Tor longer II agreed upon,
said Kegs TO be delivered daily At the KeS Factory
Of said Company In such quantities as may be ne
cesSary for packing all the Nails said Company may
make each day. Ample security will be required
to secure the faithful performance Of said contract
SAID Kegs to be equal In quality to the Kegs here
tOfore made for and nscd by said Company.
BIDS should be directed ~ above 10 this Office,
sealed and plainly written on the outside, "Propo-
sal for supplying Nall Kegs"
For further Information, application may be
mads'at this Office either In person or by letter.
This Company always rcserying the privilege Of
rejecting any and all bids. e..
jal9o NORTON IRON WORKS.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-01-20

life has been rapid and appalling, He
quotes largely from American publica-
tons to substantiate his positions, He
dwells principally on the CorruptiOn
manifest in New York city oilate years,
the disgraeeful character Of which patti-
otto Americans confess withbbamea Nr.
Greg is not naturally a democrat, but he
is certainly not an enemy to America,
and his merciless review Of our natiSHai
sins deserves patient consideration al
our hands. That he has overlooked our
virtues; thathe has but barely mentioned
our vast recuperative power; that lie
flights the integrity ind intelligence Of
the great mass of our people, will not e1-
cuse us for seeking to cover up and hide
our shameful transgfessions. Our pres
ent, imperative duty Is to fulfil the hope
expressed by Mr., Greg, "that we will turn
over a new leaf and retrace our falSe
steps, and endeayor to. attain to asoeial
and political condition Of which We may
be justly proud" We may and ought te
throw overheard that class offpolitical
adventures, whose shameless rapaeity
disgraccs and dishonors US in the eyes o
the civilized world. The nation is sound
at the core, and these disgusting excre
SCIENCES ought to be cut away.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-01-20
.IIIom the Blood is Uttered.

Whom the blood contains the acrid elements
which produce rheunatlan. govt and venal disord.
en- the kidneys ought, for Is their occ, 10 fltcr
from the blood, in IFS passage Through them, these
huttful impurities. When they do not, they may
be melted to thorough performance Of their duty,
and the blood thoroughly dcpuratOd by that adml-
rable corrective Of Organic Inactivity, Iosietters
Stomach BIttes. Not only Is tOrpIdlty Of the kid
neys overcome, through he'agcney Of the Blttrrs,
but digestion Is facilitated bilious tendencies eoun-
toractcd, and the bowels stimulated to a duo dis
charge Of their function, which, in connection with
that Of the kidneys tends to nee thesystem from
the bodily refuse, whose retention Is 50 rrculieial
n bsaIIb
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lecturer on agriculture and accept the
homages and the Offices that could be be-
slowed by'a grateful people. He also
mentioned that thirteen thousand M
tional soldiers had been done to death
within the stOckaae at Andersonyiue,
where they wete exposed like herd Of
BEAST, and starved and compelled TO drink
pdaltid water, N within the knowledge
Of JEFF Davis, who had been guided in this,
as in other matters, by malignant and
petulant vanity. This was the act OF all
incendiary. Conservative people de.
nouncc Blaine and speak humorously OF
the broad banner Of the bloody shirt.
Such conduct on the part Of Blaine
called for n conservative and patriotic
statesman from the South, He appeared
in the person Of Mr.. Hill, Of Georgia
who yindicated Andersonyille; denounced
the administration Of the wicked Aboli'
tionbt Lincoln; complained that the So
cred South had been driven out Of the
Union by awful nggressionS, which were
displayed In the failure to execute the
Fugitive Slave Law and to extend slavery
over the Territories, and in something OIL
squeamishness about the repeal Of the
Missouri Compromise. II thus appeared
again that the rSouthetn Coniederaey
mus. have been entirely in the right, and
the American Nation entirely In The
wrong, during the war which resulted sc
lisastfouSly TO the champions OF States
rights, popular liberties and African
slayery-Democracy out-shrieking free
dom at the fall Of KoSciusko when Lee
surrendered his sword at Appomattox
II follows, Of course. that the mission o.
the conservative and liberty-loVing Dem
ocratic party is to redeem the memory
Of the Southern Confederacy by estab'
fishing its principles, and that the frs!
holy duty Is to add the seven hundred
and ffty disabled veterans TO the nobl'
army Of officers Of our common country
under the bSEefcent auspices tsAo pfn
Oeratic party, bearing "the bonnie blue
| IauU sH,I
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Ben. Hill as n Model Democratic
Statesman.

From the Cincinnati Commercially
There are seven hundred and fifty o.
the citizens who "went with their States
into the Southern Confederacy, and gath,
cred up their rights during the war, who,
since they magnanimously surrendered
in order TO restore the house OF theil
fathers TO It's ancient glory, have not beer
invited to step up to the official places
and take part in the profit and honor oil
governing the country TO which theygcn
erously aspired by their unconditional
surrender. ,...,,, Cd r.i,4.
Ii was to repair this strange and IN.
precedented state Of affairs that The Hon
Sam. Randall stepped to the front with
his Amnesty bill. The first measure thai
struck him, Us a great American states
man, was the addition OF seven hundred
and fifty able-bodied Contederates to The
candidates for Office in the South. The
Northern Democrats, he felt, would be ID
trouble without the augmentation Of this
productive political class. nls i
It was assumed in the pomp Of Randall
that the Republicans had been evil
wretchel, who had kept back and trodder
down tho budding hopes Of the seven
hupdred and fifty free and brave South.
ern citizens, who are suffering for want Of
lucrative offices to console them for their
return to the house Of their prodigal
father, who misused them by failing to
execute the Fugitive Slave Law and 9TH
or measures intended TO promote the
breeding and sale Of black and yellow
slaves, and the spread Of the Gospel BY
the diffusion Of slavery from tho Rocky
Mountains to the rolling seas.
Blaine vCntured to claim that the tact
Of not hanging the free and tho brave
ought to count for something, and he OBJ.
jected to prostrating the United States,
rs II were, ut the feet Of JEFF. Davis, and
begging him to drop his retlrementm a
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-08-03
A Singular Pair.

A gentleman travelling in Scotland
says in letter to a friend in Virginia:
" | will now tell you of two young wo'
men who, disappointed in marriage,
and being intimate, revealed their
minds to each other and resolved to
live as man and wife in some place
where they were not known. They
drew lots to decide who should be the
man. The one on whom it fell assum-
ed the name of James. Ham, They
then set out on their journey, and at
last came to Epping, leased a house
there, and kept an inn, each perform
ing the duties belonging to his or her
station. They gained good deal Of
money, were we'll respected, and lived
together thirty one years, until at last
the wife died, when the discovery was
made. James Han served in all the
offices of the place except constable,
and was to have been church warden
if the discovery had not been made"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-08-03
Trades of The Past.

Half a century ago bellows.making
was thriving trade. Every house
had its pair of bellows, and in very
we'll furnished mansion there was
pair hung by the side Of every fire
place.
But as stoves and CRATES took the
place of open freplaces, and as coal
was substituted for wood, the demand
for bellows diminished, and the busi-
ness, as a separate trade, died out.
The same is true of flint-cutting.
Flints we're once necessary, not only
for tinderboxes-and a tinder box was
as necessary for every house as a grid
iron or a skillet. Every one who
looks back to a childhood Of forty odd
years ago must remember the cold
Winter mornings when the persistent
crack of the flint against the steel sent
up from the kitchen an odor of igni-
ting tinder and sulphur which pervad-
ed the house. We have no more idea
what became of the fint-producers
than of the old man Of serowful memo.
ries, who, three or four times week
called at our store with birthstone
matches, for sale at penny the half
dozen punches. Both have complete.
ly vanished from the country.
Then, again, are gone the pin
makers, who, though they have been in
their graves this quarter of a century,
still figure in lectures and essays to il
lustrate the advantages of division Of
labor. Instead of a pin taking doz-
en- men or more to cut, grind, point,
head, polish, and what not, as it used
to do, pins are now made by neat little
machines at the rate of three hundred
minute, of which machines a single
child tends to half a dozen.
Nail-making at the forge is another
lost industry Time was, and that in
this nineteenth century, when every
nail was made on the anvil. Now,
from one hundred to one thousand
nails per minute are made by ma.
chimes, The mailer who works at the
forge has but bad chance of compe
ting with such antagonists, and he
would have no chance at all were it
not that his nails are tenfold tougher
than the former.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-08-03
Qn. s,h eannp Democrat mapn atp gnusdsg r ns O. 1e76

and learning to respect his worth he
had also learned to love the frank,
bright face, the clear, ringing vOipe OF
the young clerk. 1t grew to be a very
frequent occurrence for him to ask the
support of the strong young arm when
the streets were slippery, and at the
door to invite Raymond to dine, sure
of a beaming look of pleasure from
Bertha.
There came day, after two long
years of faithful service, when Ray
mond was informed in the privacy of
his counting house that junior part
nership was his if he would accept it.
Some emotion checked the utterance
of Raymond's heartfelt gratitude. He
extended his hand to meet a cordial
grasp and hear: -
"Yes, yesl I know. And now II
you want to tell Bertha the news you
may take a holiday"
dMay toll her more? May | tell
her I love-that the one hope of my
life IS to win her love in return2"
"You may tell her that l have been
your most sincere friend and warmest
well-wisher for two years. You may
tell her" and the old mans eyes twink
led, ''that I have looked upon you as
a son ever since the day she met you
driving on express wagon"
"And behaved like an angeIPs
"Yes, yes, of course, they always
do. There; get along with you. I'm
busy. Take my love to Bertha, if
you are not too overburdened with
your own"
And so-you know the rest. There
was a wedding, and Amabel gave the
bride parure of diamonds, and own
ed, when in a burst of confidence Ber,
tina told the whole story, that after all
the Thurston pride was not so good in
the end as Raymonds pride.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-08-03

The Turks have received a severe de-
feat in their last battle with the Seryi-
ans at Urbiza. They admit the loss Of
one thousand men killed, besides the
capture of Osmar Pacha, one of the COM
manding generals. Selim Pacha is re-
ported killed. General CONSERVATION
seems to pervade the Turkish army, and
they are now willing to listen to terms
of reconciliation. A..