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The Morning herald., 1876-05-31

In all the long list of Centenarians that
have been trotted before the country in
the Centennial year, Pottsvllle, Pennsylva-
mia, seems to be at the head Of the class
thus far, boasting proudly upon the strong
mental faculties of Aunt Jane Buel, col
ored woman. " no is one hundred and sixteen
wears old. She never saw Washington, but
recollects having heard talk OF man by
that name commanding a military company
somewhere in the country. The list Of Cen
tenariaus continues to swell, and Is some
thing like the veterans of the war of 1879 who
have an organization in Baltimore, and not
withstanding the members die off at the
rate of five or six year the list does not
diminish. "They are still seven.'
The Morning herald., 1876-05-31

States from the Mississippi to the Delaware
will be SO much abandoned ground to the
Democrats in the contest, and will lose to
the Democrats all the doubtfal Congrt rtss'
ional districts il illinois, Indiana, ONO,
Penns,lvani, and New Jersey. He holds
that the people Of these districts will have
t. be met sqaarely i'll their views on the
fna' cial question; ,hey do not favor con-
traction, nor are they inAationists, but de-
sire that the specie standard should be
reached through natural processes, with
cut forcing statues, and t'.at the Sherman
resumption statue is impossible Of execu'
ton and destructive of their business in
terests. These matters, he contends, must
in great measure by their proper cen-
sideration influence the Pennsylvania del
egation and many others at St. Louis, or
we lose the doubtful districts, and with
lem the National House of Representa-
tives, and with it the State Legislatures,
and the only hope for making the United
States Senate Democratic.
The Morning herald., 1876-05-31

ELIHU B. WAsHBURNE keeps in the back
ground as candidate in the combat for the
Presidency onthe Republican ticket, like the
backward school boy who never shows him
self until he cannot help it. But this ap-
pears very strange as the Washburne family
with Elihu az the leader claim to have made
Grant president. Is it ingratitHde that has
made Grant nurse the Conkling baby, OF
has he too much respect for Washburne to
name him for place that he has unen-
combered of honor? So far Washburne il
ranked as the lowest In the scale but one del
egate being for him. Gov. Rice of MassAchu
setts, though, in the face of all this, says hi
is bound to win at Cincinnati for Vice Presi
dent Wilson told him 20, long before hi
died. 1t all depends upon who is the mos
skillful checker player on the politica
board at Cincinnati next month.
The Morning herald., 1876-05-31

IS the death of G. NJ. D. Bloss of the Gin
cinnati Enquirer, who was instantly killed
OF Sunday night near his country residence
q locomotive running over him, journalism
in the West loses brilliant star. He was
excellent authority upon political statistics
and keen, forcible writer, having serveG
upon the Enquirer for the space Of twenty
i've years. he was warm supporter O
Hon. George H. Pendleton, and although 1
warra advocate OF the Democratic party
never held Office
The Morning herald., 1876-05-31

HARNEr has given in his testimony to the
committee which is conducting the investi-
CATION into the alleged bribery Of Speaker
Kerr. 1t shows literally nothing to sustain
the charges, and is believed to be nothing
more than means Of the ex-Doorkeeper to
cripple the Democratic party for some fan
cied slight. Mr.. Kerr demands that the in
yestigation shall be searching, and con-
tinued until he can fully establish himself
against the assaults that have been made
upon his honor and integrity. The feeling
is all with Mr.. Kerr, and that he will clear
himself by his willingness to offer the CON-
mittee any facilities that will aid them in
carrying out the investigation, in fairness
and justice to all.
The Morning herald., 1876-05-31
SENATOR: WALLACE ON ST. LOUIS

Pennsylvania sends her delegates to ST.
Louis uninstructed. "Thi7 means that they
are 10 exercise their own Judgment in the
selection of candidate, who will best
meet the requirements Of the position he
will be selected to fill. There has been no
opinion expressed one way or the other in
regard to any Of he candidates that have
been offered, and the Keystone State will
appear free from obligations or promises
at ST. Louis. Senator Wallace, who is one
Of the delegates, and who controlled the
last State Convention, in that State, re-
fuses to express Il preference for any one,
and has said in an interview, that he
believed the only purpose Of the delega-
ton at St. Louis would be to 80 act and
vote as to bring about harmony upon prin-
ciples, and to aid in the selecting of those
candidates who would be most likely to
carry sthe necessary number Of electoral
votes and to help secure the lower House
of Congress. He also thinks that If New
York and New England force candi date
and theories upon the convention, the
The Morning herald., 1876-05-31
SOMETHING NEW IN WHINING
TON-THE SUNDAY TABLET.

Next Sunday morning THE SUNDAY
TABLET will make its appearance from
this Office, and be presented to the public
to supply a want that has long been felt
in this community 1t will be the pur-
pose of the proprietors, the OByrne
Brothers, to make it in every way merit
that liberal support which we cordially
solicit for it, In making this venture We
are not unmindful Of the prejudice that
some associate with Sunday journals. at
tributable in great measure to the erro-
neous belief that the labor is all SUNDAY
work. But such is really not the case as
the bulk Of labor apon Sunday paper is
performed on Saturday and Saturday
night.
But the paper in pursuit of its object,
which is to furnish the people of this city
and State with the latest news, will be free
from anything of an Objectionable charac-
ter. Nothing of a sensational nature that
can vitiate the tone Of wholesome public
taste, or debar the paper from the accom-
plishment Of the end to produce a Journal
that will be one of usefulness and instruc-
ton, shall be encouraged. Its editorials
will be strictly non-partizan, and discuss
matters of leading interest Its news col
umns will be carefully edited, the locals
spicy, miscellaneous matter newsy and its
literary selections made with care
THE TABLET has made special ar.
rangements for the latest and most re-
liable information of base ball an(
ether sporting news. There will bt
something for the fremen; tie latest mode
in fashions will be discussed, and to relic
ious news the paper will give large
amount Of its consideration. To aid lis il
this the ministers Of The gospel and the
church members can do great deal b,
furnishing information of anything tha
will make an item Of newsy advice con
cernlng those churches to which they ar,
attached. Correspondence touching upor
all topics Of general interest is asked, fror
readers in both the city and country, III
clOdi"g ladies a. well as gentlemen.
II II our purpose to make The SUND4l
TABLET a Journal for the people contain
ing something to interest every one, an
VS. are ard .jlagmen' to temper lis ton,
As to be il is0n with the rnbic pu =.
e. < lie favor OF ne desirable class
,."t; "..eardi' { 4 catering to ,hooe It
i-lis.l n SUNDAY paper none other tha
lrose Of ! highly sen-a :onal cllarac .rl
rs such i r. psr"- will Jlesent i o
rext S 'rday morning u candidate 10
1ivor and trust that it will be a welcou
visitor in every household throughout th
civ aad State
The Morning herald., 1876-05-31
IHE REV: LUTON IN Tl'a,

Tie Ira1e., OF the pnpuiace in 7
haze matte an operative dem Id +
abdication Of The throne by the :,
which has been complied with, ar
nephew, the heir apparent, Me
Murad Eaendi. succeeds him. The!
cjpal reason for deposlng the Sult
supposed to be the terrible conditi
the Empire under his rule. Its fl Il
condition is that Of almost utter rui
moralzation has marked every feai
his government, and the necessity 4
a change as that which has been Cd
mated by his removal was essential
safety of its institutions.
The Morning herald., 1876-05-31
DECORATION DAY.

The poets tell US that flowers have their
language; each one in its bright colors ex-
presses some sentiment of poetical thought.
The sad Ophelia said as she strewed the
flowers over the dead body of her MUIR
dered father, which was only present to the
imagination OF her diseased brain: 'There' :
rosemary that's for remembrance, anc
there's pansies. that's for thoughts" + {
spirit which prompted our people yester-
day to decorate the graves OF the dead
heroes, was the same tenderness of remem-
brance and thought that the rosemary and
pansy reflect. In our cemeteries where
those who fell in defence of the Union are
sleeping, kind hands strewed the choicest
flowers. There were meme there, perhaps,
who have rot felt the pangs of sorrow that
the war has carried to i.lany hearts. There
was among the number those who had
passed through the same perils that their
comrades had fallen in.
The work then is one of love, tribute
TO the dead, the only reward we can offer
to those who passed away in a violent
grasp. Upon the field many are buried
| whose graves are unmarked by stone or
mound; under the laurel and cypress of
the sunny South hundreds are sleeping
and their graves neglected. Wives,
mothers, daughters, sisters and brothers
mourn for these, and feel their loss when
the graves Of the known are decked with
flowers, and while some are buried in un.
known places in which no kind hand cal
seek them out to offer tribute of love
they are not forgotten; the velvety gras
forms the canopy, and nature offers thu
lilly and the buttercup to supply what thu
human hand has failed to give.
In the South the same work of love il
performed as at the North Msthers aut
fathers pay token of love to their de II
boys wives, sisters and sons, group thei
affections over the graves of the ia
theirs wto fell in war. They died in tn
cause they esteemed the right one, an
their heroic deeds call for expressions c
love. Decoration day over the who!
country is one of mourning, and we coul
not have it more prettily expressed in sen
timent than by such patriotism and Low
as that which assembled in our buria
places yesterday, in the gentle kindness {
woman, the remembrance of the bs,t
Scared veterans and tAe thoughtful citizel
1t .oid thai peace hath her victories no les
tn var renown. % the performance ,
tie sad duty, peace to the world shol
abovei it all, and shed the light of r,
united counry, tha. has barred tie bilt,
pat and looks only to the happiness an
prosperity Of the future.
The Morning herald., 1876-05-31
INFANTS OUTFITS
CHILDREN's DRESSES.

mlnistration of President Munroe, sold him
bottle of peppermint that cured the Chief
Executive of the Nation and caused him to
give the peddler grand reception.-N.
How unlike Grants magnaminity. A
pedder in politics sold him the Republican
vote of Pennsylvania, and he rewarded him
with Cabinet position. But then Grants
case was more desperate one than that OF
stomach ache
The Morning herald., 1876-05-31

A RECENT number of the Vicksburg,
Miss, Hsrdld contained the following:
"The war has been over twelve years, and
If any of the Northern people hate the
Southern people because they were go hard
to lick, we cant help it, but We feel that
discussing IL can answer no good purpose
noW'
The Morning herald., 1876-05-31
THE HERALD.

IBA MORNING HERALD .Lblished
every morning. SUNDAY e~oHptedJ ana
delivered IN tne city OF Wilmington ana
IS SURROUNDING places fol six cents Fef Wees
% .yable to the carriers. Mail subscriptions
postage free, three dollars per annuDl ~
advance.
O'ByRNE Bros, Publishers,
No. 5US Shipley street,
Wilmington Del.
The Morning herald., 1876-05-31

Men armed with iron claws 1ght like wild
! beasts in Baroda, India.-Ex.
The same thing will be witnessed at Gin
cinnati on the 14th Of next month, and
Grant will be tho naughty boy to seek them
on,
The Morning herald., 1876-05-31

NJ. Casmir Perier the French Statesman
was slightly better yesterday, but his ply
sician give no hope of his recovery.
The Morning herald., 1876-05-31

THE South is rapidly recovering from ths
terrible scourge Of Radical rule, which de
noraliznh its people and wealth far worst
The Morning herald., 1876-05-31

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The Morning herald., 1876-05-31

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The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09
THE VALLEY OF THE CONGO.

We have lately had some very re-
markable revelations of the condition
of the African tribes in the populous
and fertile valley Of the Congo,
through the explorations Of Lieut..
Cameron, the first European who has
ever crossed and reconnoitred that
portion Of the African continent, and
travelled among its people. It vas
magnificent region that he found
few hundred miles back from the
western coast. 1t is surprising to
read his accounts Of the appearance
Of that country, Of its agricultural
development, and Of the numerous
products Of its soil, as we'll as Of the
natives and their ways and customs.
There ought to be an extensive COM
merce with that part Of the world,
which is able to furnish many pro-
ducts that can always find market.
1t is strange that so little has been
done to open it up by the residents in
the European settlements Of the we
stern coast. The thing most needed
in the valley of the Congo is ar en-
terprisins and intellectual press,
which would bring its Importance
and its interests before the world at
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09
4 LETTER FROM A HAPPY PAPA.

DEAR SISTER: I now take my
seat and sit down to take this oppor-
tunity to inform you that I am
daddy at last. Able has got nice tat
baby, and we hope these few lines
may find you enjoying the same bless.
ing. Now this is to be strictly a
business letter. Firstly, as l said be-
fore, Able has got as nice baby as
ever made up faces. Next]y, have
swapped away old Buckskin, and I
think have a pretty nice horse; it
is girl and weighs nine pounds Il
mean the baby and it is as fatas butter,
and has got good strong pair Of
lungs. She has got blue eyes and
dimple in the chin Il mean the baby
now, and just the prettiest mouth
that ever opened to receive pap; and
Judging from her teeth I should think
she is about six years old. Il mean
the horse now.) She is sound, smooth
and kind 4 mean the horse or baby
either now, and the doctor says she
is the fairest he ever saw without ex-
ception. He means the baby. I
got twenty-five dollars to boot (not
on the baby, though, for in its case
the boot was on the other foot, and
two or three sizes larger, as near as
can find OUT. She is as hearty as
pig, ate an egg, a biscuit, and drank
three cups Of tea for dinner q mean
Abbe). She is getting along nicely,
and if she doesn't have any bad luck
she will get along frst-rate. she is
troubled with disorders of the .stom-
ach, and they say this is , sign of
the collie. Il mean the baby) I
hope it il, Tor the nurse says colicy
babies never die. She talks out of
her nose as she takes snuff. (The
nurse | mean now.)
There, I've been reading this over,
and I see plainly that l amt fit to
write. The amount of it is, I am
frustrated, l am happy daddy, and
that accounts for it; so you must ex-
cuse me this time.
S. II. S.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09
MOMENTS.

lie In heavy trance,
With world Of DREAM without me, T.
Shapes OF shadow dance, rs
In wavefing bands about me; ..,
But, ,ttines, soms my Aie thing,
Appear in this phantom :lstr,, :.
That almost seem to' me visitings o.,
on Truth known slSeWhSSep"
The xorais wide, these thins,l are sa,aAa,
They may be nothing, but they art Al.
Aprayer in an hour Of pain, ".'
Degun with M undertone,'
Then lowered, y II would fain,
Be heard by the heart alone;
A throb, when the soul is entered
Bya light that 10 lit above,'
D., Where the God Of Nature has cehtsred
The Beauty Of Love.
The world is wide,-these things are small,
They may be nothing, but they are All.
A look that is telling a tale
Which looks alone dare tell
When cheek is no longer PALE:
That has caught the glance, - It fell;
A touch, which seems to unlock
Treasures unknown as yet,
And the bitter-sweet first shock,
One can never forget;
The world Is wide,--these things are small,
They may be nothing, but they IRE All:>:2 r.
A sense of an earnest VIII
To help lowly- living,
And terrible heart thrill, .
1fyou have no power Of giving;
An arm Of aid to the weak,
A friendly hand % the: ftisndlessi
KIM. words, SO short to speak,
But whose echo is endless l. .:
The world is wide,-these things are small,
They may be nothing, but they are All.
The moment We think we have learnt
The love Of the a1l-wise One,
By which We could 'staha sanburnt
On the ridge Of the seetadns SON. Z.
The moment we grasp At the clue,
Long l6st-and d'stranssly rf1en,'J
Which guides our soul eotthe True,
And tho Poet to Heaven.
Theworld il wids. Athese things are lnAlj;
II they be nothing, whist 10 thses ak az :
-LaCd HxoAao1.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09
JOHN G.. WHITTIER.

\ musing farmers boy, working
in the fields, and ignorant of books,
he early felt the poetic instinct NOV
ing in his soul, but thought his sur
roundings were essentially prosaic,
and could never be sung. At last
one afternoon, while he was gathering
in the hay, a peddler dropped copy
of Burns into his hands. Instantly
his eyes were unsealed. There in
the neighboring field was "Highland
Mary" "The Cotter's Saturday
Night occurred in his own fathers
pious New England home and the
birds which caroled over his head,
the flowers which grew under his feet,
were as poetic as those to which the
Scottish pIowman had given perenni-
al interest. Burns taught him to de-
tect the beautiful in the common, but
Burns could not corrupt the singular
ly pure soul of the lad by his entic-
ing suggestions Of idealized physical
enjoyment and unregulated passion.
The boy grew into man, cultivating
assiduously his gift of song, though
shy of showing it. The antislavery
storm swept over the land, awakening
consciences as we'll as stimulating in
tellects. Whittier had always lived
in region of moral ideas, and this
antislavery inspiration infamed his
moral ideas into moral passion and
moral wrath. If Garrison may be
considered the prophet of antislavery
and Phillips it orator, and Mrs. Stowe
its novelist, and Sumner its states.
man, there can be no doubt that
Viii tier was its poet. Quaker as
he was, his martial lyrics had some
thing Of the energy of a primitive
bard urging on hosts to battle. Every
word was blow, as uttered by this
newly enrolled soldier of the Lord.
THE silent, shy, peace'loving man.
became ''6ery partisan" and held
his intrepid way. >s!
against the public frown,
The ban Of church and state, the fierce mob's
bounding down"
He reused, condensed, and elevated
the public sentiment against slavery.
The poetry was as genuine as the
wrath was terrific, and many po-
litical time-server, who Was proof
against Garrison's hottest denuncia-
tions and Phillips most singing in
vect1ves, quailed before Whittier's
shifting rhymes.-Ed,oin p: Whipple
IL, Horpers Magazine for March.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09
garet Bradhurst, described so we'll in in
these lines that one might readily be
lieve they:were written Of her

~! sweet, pale, Margaret :: o! rare, pale, Marga-
F,' rot, g.. '.,
What Lit; your eyes with fearful power, +
Like moonlight on falling shower?
Who lent you, love, your mortal dewer
Of pensive thought and aspect pale, your melan-
choly, sweet and ftail
As perfume Of the cuckoo-aower?'
But Lorne's love was soon known
at home, and parental injunction was
laid upon further proceedings by the
command that money was the primal
requisite for an Argyll. So Lorne
came home on his orders from Argyll,
went through London, and staying
there, met his fate. Margaret was
left in quite an unmanly fashion,
while the ducal coronet had
"Gone, glimmering through the dream OF thing.
that were"
Another straw which point the
way the wind blows comes from Lon
don to Florence, where the Princess
Louise is said to have
FOUND A RIVAL
for the charming Duckworth in the
person Of Dick Connolly, the sculp,
tor. Now Connolly, who is really a
garron d. esprit, affects the w,ld-look-
ing artist, a: form eccentric genius al.
ways takes for personal display. His
hair is long,: his eyes large, his voice
rather soft, his hand and foot Irather
comely, and his face is considered
handsome His dress is usually of
the artist type. Well, when Louise
was in. Florence she visited his studio
and repeated her visit a number Of
times during her stay, informing
Connolly that if she. had remained
there any length of time she would
have made him givedher lessons in
his art and hers. Such is the story,
a royal romance in real life, a real
romance in royal life. Lorne lives
and has a hard time Of it, while the
princess perhaps envies the canon's
plebian position and his unwon love.
Margaret is married, and Lorne is
nothing to her, only presence which
has passed away, dream forgotten
in the light of latter days. Duck
worth is on his way to power and
position, the only one who secured
anything in the issues of the royal
row. To him fell the prize.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-09

The French idea of well.brought
up young lady is, that she should
not know anything whatever about
love and marriage; that she should
be both Innocent and ignorant, and
both in the supreme degree,-both to
a degree which no English person
can imagine.
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+ sthe:place would have; been decided
on. Commands were given, to- the
fnother:supsfior that the Wilt 81 hould:
he kept u found secret. No sister
was'to khok Who the guest was With.
in Che: eonvsnt walls. ~ So her iaajes-
tycahtses and while exam mining q into
Fthe teavsnt dijciplihe,," sister pass
ed III one IN the long: covered corri-
ddrs; and in passing made the most
profound obeisance, bending nearly
to the ground. The queen, tur rning
quickly 70 the mother-s,iperior,
said: :
II thought I commanded that my
visit should be unknown to any; ;one."
Your orders have been obeyed !:
the reverence made by the sister was
to mo as superior of the order; no
one knows of. your majesty's visit"
This incident and answer was
hardly y calculated to pour oil Ion a
troubled conscience, but whether it
had any determining influence is not
known. III the meantime the plan Of
marrying Tie love smitten princess III to
'nlobler man had been broached and
considered Feasible, if the groom to
be captured was. Of sufficient rank.
OF necessity it must be the etdest' son
Of a; duke, 1.-The heir to the highest
nobility next to the crown. Tha p1ah
approved, the young men obtaihabie
were talkeas over. Whethe{ the
young noblsmen then in I'D dndon
:knewo Of the queens intentions, j. not
known outside, but reertainly their
actions atathe !timeof the :qneea's- re:
turn from tGlear1 and the cohsi idera: das
ton: Of the splahFof marriage Would
confirm :th1t:s sapposition::! +: Lordl
Hamilton, .the future duke Of Abeear-
corn. started for Ireland, aud hi en-
gaeement TO Miss Curzen, who was
staying, athis father'su residencd was
announced Lord Harrington the
duke Of Devonshire that is >t3 be,
and the coming duke of Kent, also
left London. .