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Special Dlspdsch ia The Tribune.
BuFrA1n, N. Y, May n5.-Thn baptist Mis'ton'
ayy Union OF the United Statcs ctosca three days
Counctl In this city this evening" About 800 n1en-
bcrs have been in scssiun. Tho representatives
trun nllno!s wcrc tho lscvs. i. Goodman, i.
blnrrl,, c. <: Hewitt .. H. stons e md wsis, O.; ~
Adams G. j. j. Johnson {. H. Nlackn!l AM! Wife,
c. +, Tojlu,au, i. N. Arnold. f. G. Mitchell, A.
John Youns, +. G. ThIrlc. n. q. Ingram. nnd G.
10 the Eastern dssocidifd Press
UrrrAlo, May 9s,-'rhe annual meeting oe tho
American baptist Publication s,oc!ctJ to"k place
inn, Ill sources ior tho ycar ending March !, 1910,
tjG4. tai4. This sum embraced, S1aq, 2oa given
snccfnlly for bnftns. leaving the ordinary hns[-
nc<. receipts tor tI year sao, l9l. Eghtcen new
past ycnr, Of which 7.;so0 copies have been print
e.l. .of the former 's;h!lcations - thctp hss
copies os buosr., ana lss, s6o copies Of
Tract. Of the different pcriod!ene The total iHsnus
q shr year equal to ~ ;'4o, oas page 1sm"
10. uo2, H15 copics nf hooks. tracts, and rcsoAi
calr equal to y. 17i, :'5o.Ii'D 1smo. p'lrr* Tho
toiai uun.hct uf publications on the catalogue
Match j, 1H;iI rns l. 174. seven Thousand dol
lars was subscribed at the meeting to.day for n1s-
eiuuury work In 1tu1Ilt.
, 1876-05-26
MINNESOTA WHEAT.

,y,~oyA, Mimi, May 15.-Tho past tew as's
h.vo witnessed bottor movement Of wEeat lpe
rcrc,n,s al lsot Wing and Lake City have hecn
about /, 900 bushels q day at Zach place spf ~
nnxt inv uys, Thcre in also active eall taf car.
II, tho Winona s st. rcter ltoaA, which dcno's'
fnrrGused grain fCcc!pts.
, 1876-05-26

Spscial Dispasch 10 1As 7ftoun&
OrrAwA, Ill, May .a.-Tho Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy Ila!!.oal Company have died bill In this
Circuit Court for the juno torn praying m injanc-
tou to on}oln the County Treasurer from collecting
tho taxos for 1875 un tho capital stock, OH tho
i temporary injunction by Judge McAlltstos p1S-
fet,ts the collection Of tho tax.
, 1876-05-26
REUNION.

wAsnfxuros. y. c., Mny p5. "a cable d'srasch
wns to-day received hy ticersc II. Stuart frnHn
Tho1uas Nelson, Of llinburc, Announcing That
organic union was this day effected between the
General Assembly of the Frea Church Of Scotland
and taa lrfosmr1 PFcrly ertan synod 81 scotland.
andt hus two historic Ctufcles from thte lay be.
Cu1ne ono In name As he rctofore one In faith
, 1876-05-26
CENTENNIAL. TICKETS.

Tho Chicago Burlington d Quincy. Chicago o
Northwestern, md Chlcago ltock lsland > pacido
railroads have made arrangements BY which thn
Centennial tickets from tho Paclac Coast are Kood
mill December 81 This hus been dons 10 gtv8 lhe
Pacific tnastc1s chance to spend ~ much money
u possible iu tbs Enst.
, 1876-05-26

rlrrsnCHo, Fa., May GA fire occurred last
night al tho Keystone Coffin Works Of WcttaclI.
Couch 4 Co., al the corner Of Market and Nnyasd
ttrcct, Allegheny which bnlly managed the fncto-
~ anil ahont 1000 coCius. The luss Ia about
$50, QUO; fully Insured.
, 1876-05-26

LOUISVILLE. May Tile E2itttts III Kentucky
<alebraied the ons hul.t.euih anniversary u! lh
esst baptst sasnoh ever Pt.achtd In TIC Statt
With tntetesttrE eetcuonMs Ut the Walnut s'1es'
, 1876-05-26
CHICAGO.

WARD AND WAn5woHTH NEXT WEEK.
The trials Of Ward and Watisworth, for nl-
legged completely III tho crooked whisky frauds,
hive trcu postponed until next week. Districts
Attorney llangs had conference with Judge
nlnlrc,t yesterday. In court, anil, rcudsng In.
structfsns fruui Washington to that olllclal, tho
tuuri made the rostroncmcnt. Mr. 1langs tc-
sired new panel iii the Cases, and spcclal ycnire
,rn, ls.ucJ,
, 1876-05-26
ASCEESION-DAY.

SpecfuI WttFtch 70 7ne 7f9bNHF.
MENDOZA, ill.,, May 25-Arccfsion-D WIS
more particularly observed hero by the German
Catholics. Abent 1fiy girls, vr'lcd and
drosscd In white. and tho fhme number Of boys
suitably clad. followed by tic German benevolent
Bocietics, including the Frnncn |crctn, marched
In processIon to tho German Catholic Church for
iheif trst communion. The 1tcy. II. Wagner nnl.
cIated, tia nuns and Sisters Ut Charity nssistlng
The cu1nu1unicants. Nearly nll tho farmers from
the surrounding country were IN to wttucss 1hs
RnfcHc]o.
, 1876-05-26

why, which Aggregate about e. 900, 00o. have t"cn
cell, Ut Glengarry, respectively.
, 1876-05-26

Nxw Your, May 25.-Arrlyea, stcamc1 81 Inv
rent, from lTavtu. -.-x.,o
sntrr,1Anr7os, May 25.-sseamship Nuremoo's
from Baltimore, Aas arrived.
, 1876-05-26

THE CANADIAN PACIFIC.
Spscfal D4,patch 10 7hs Tribune.
ot1AwA, Nay ~. o.-ConiJAots lot eseuona 20 .s *na
Is Ut thg Thunder usy branch Of tho PaclnQ NALL
, 1876-05-26

DLooMtSuTpS, ILL.,. May III The hulnc OF Mrs
Honey, an aged wi'luw. vas destroyed by ffc this
morning, act BY an tnccnlary. Mrs. IsoncY WINS
with great 0!tllculty scsc'Ict from tho burning
building,
, 1876-05-26

SOUTHERN rHI;sHYTER1ANs.
BAyAaxAu. Auy 1J.-'rho Presbyterian Atson-
bly, to-day, by vote of 7S 10 10. adppscd 1rsou'
lion providing for representation !u the southern
TsesbytcE!xn Church at the Pan lEestytcElah
Confederation " be held In Eulnb4tX III lhtf.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-06-21
IBLE OF THE FISHES OF THE NEsHANIc.

The largest fish caught was catfish whose
length was thirteen inches and half, and
whose weight was one pound. The largest
sucker caught was fourteen inches long, and
weighed fifteen ounces. The largest sunfish
caught was seven inches Tong. and weighed
three ounces. The smallest fish caught was a
redfin whose length was an inch and quarter
and whose weight was SIX grains.
think it is safe to say, that in our catcl,
there we're thousand fish, no one of which
would have weighed ten grains. In order
,that,a better idea Of the yaiious species Of fish
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-06-21

Idleness is the nursery of crime. II tb 8
prolific gsrm of which all rank and poisonous
vines are the fruits. 1t is the source Of temp
tation. 1t is the field whc,e 9 the enemy COWS
ares while men Sleep Could we trace tho
history Of a la e class Of yic,s, we should
find that hey originated from the want Of
employment, and are brou ght In to sapply ia
place.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-06-21

The day with its care, Is ending;
The toll aud the strife and the fear.
And the lengthening shadows bctoken,
That the night of rest Is near.
We linger awhile in the twilight,
And over our spirits creep.
The peace of that faithful promise,
.He gveth His loved ones sleep"
The day of life is ending;
Are its duties faithfully done?
Have we trusted the Hand that has led us,
Through The toil-frelghted hours that are gone
Then ours is the rest OF the spirit
In that land where they never more weep;
Dust to dust" till the last great awakening,
For He giveth his loved ones sleep"
May 18th, 1876. NJ g. 7.
--Ne,rark Daily Advertiser.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-06-21

Small lumns Of upslacIsed live placed al'ow
the hcuse willextcrminats beetles
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-06-21

AGENTS WANTED male or Female, 10
sake orders DanielF Beatty, Washington. New Jersey
Feb. I0,iss5.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-05-11
DA VENPORTS VOUCHERS.

DAVENPORT, when called upon to show
his vouchers for the expenditure of the
$4,000 Secret Service funds unlawfully
placed in his hands, desires to tell
Cousin Sally billiard story, but admits
that he has not got the vouchers fixed up
yet. He explained the other day that the
reason he drew the money before
he had earned it was because
he was afraid Attorney-General
Williams would spend it among the
Southern carpet-baggers. In the mean
time one Troutelette, Chicago marshal
testifes that he has examined the papers
in the Treasury Department, and finds
them to be false as far as he is concern
ed. He finds that he is charged with
receiving sums of money which he never
received. That is to say, where he re-
ceived one dollar, some one makesit two,
so that the inference is irresistible that
somebody pocketed the odd dollar in
Troutelette's case, and possibly in many
others. This is possibly the way Daven-
port will account far they money spent
Mr.. Davenport after being allowed ten
days grace has utterly failed to make
good his pompous boast that he could
account for every cent of the money.
lustead of doing this, which is clearly
impossible, he has fixed up an intermin-
able rigmarole which he wants to read
to the Committee, wholly evading the
questions asked him. The Radical men,
bers of the committee are furious be-
cause the majority will not permit John
ny to dodge the questions. But by the
time that Caulfeld and Cochrane get
through with him, his feathers will be in
a very dilapidated condition.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-05-11
THURMAN FOR PRESIDENT.

The indications are strengthening daily
that Senator Allen G. Thurman, of Ohio,
is the coming man for the Democratic
Presidential nomination. We admire
Governor Tilden, of New York, and be-
lieve that he would make the country an
enlightened and honest Chief Magistrate
but the preponderance of Democratic
opinion evidently turns to the West as
the point from which the Presidential
nominee should be taken. We regard
Senator Thurman as being not only one
of the ablest statesmen of the country, but
the most available Western man for the
Presidential nomination. His Denocrat-
ic record is distinguished and unsullied.
His views upon the great questions Of the
times are sound and statesmanlike; and
we believe that, if nominated by the
National Democratic Convention, he will
command the enthusiastic support of the
Democracy throughout the Union, and
prove a triumphant leader of the party
in Noyember-L eringtOn (Ky.) Dispatch,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-05-11

THE charge made by Morton of fraud
by Thomas Jefferson, in directing the
Clerk of the House to open the envelope
containing the vote of the State of Geor-
gia, and count it, making tie betW cen
himself and Aaron Burr for President, is
an old story told by Matthew L. Davis in
his life of Burr. When the election of
President devolves upon the House of
Representatives each State has one vote,
and the members of the House decide
for whom the vote shall be cast. Thelaw
requires the vote of each State to be en-
closed in an envelope, and endorsed with
the name of the State. For instance, the
"vote of the State Of Ohio for President"
In the case referred to by Davis the vote
had been taken and recorded. Burr was
elected by one majority, but the vote of
Georgia was not recorded. The Clerk,
before announcing the result as Davis
states in his book, informed Jefferson,
who was in one of the ante-rooms, of the
condition of things and that there was
sealed blank envelope on his tabble,
which probably contained the missing
vote. Mr.. Jefferson, who was the Speak
er of the House, and had vacated the
chair pending the election, directed the
Clerk to open the blank envelope, and if
the vote of Georgia were it, to count it,
and that the Clerk, as instructed, found
the vote, counted it and proclaimed tie.
We read this statement thirty years ago,
and have very little doubt but what It'll
strictly true.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-05-11
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

MAY 3.-Senate-The bill appropriating
$4,000 for subsisting the Apache lndi-
ans, and removal to the San Carlos
Agency, was passed.
The Commissioner of the District Of
Columbia was called on for information
as to whether there is discrimination be-
tween white and colored children in the
District schools.
The bill in relation to the japanese
indemnity fund was considered without
final action.
Mr.. Morton made a personal explana-
ton as to charges in the New York World
in regard to S250,000 received from the
Government and expended by him in Or
ganizing Indiana troops. He said that in
1868 the President advanced him $780,
600 for military operations. He expended
$l33, 332 "a, and returned to the Treasury
$1l6,697 90, for which he had the receipt
of the Secretary of the Treasury. He
explained how a Democratic Legislature
locked the State Treasury against him,
and how, after an appeal to the people,
banks, etc, he was still short two hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars which
was advanced to him by the Govern.
ment. A Democratic committee had re-
ported his accounts correct to a cent, in
Guiding his expenditures from the Gov
ernment fund.
The House bill authorizing the transfer
of $4,000 for payment OF lighthouse
keepers, etc, was passed
MAY 3-HOuSe-A resolution of inquiry
as to the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany's possession of Little Rock and Fort
Smith bonds. was adopted.
A motion to accept Hallet KiIbourr's
offer to testify before the Real Estate
Pool committee was laid on the table by
party vote.
Objection was made to bill reported
from the Committee OH Banking and
Currency, authorizing the Secretary of
the Treasury to issue coin now in the
Treasury to an amount not exceeding ten
million dollars, in exchange for an equal
amount of legal tender notes, the notes
to be reissued only On the retirement Of
a like amount of fractional currency.
In th Illinois contested election case
LemMne was declared entitled to the seat.
The Postoffice appropriation bill was
considered in Committee of the Whole.
MAY4.-SENATE-Mr. Conkling pre-.
sented large number of petitions repre-
senting the case of E. OM. Condor. The
Senate refused to postpone impeachment
proceeding on account of proposed ad-
iournment.to attend the opening of the
Centennial Mr.. Blair, for Belknap
made an argument against the jurisdic-
ton of the Senate.
HOUSE-Some time was spent in com
mitree of the whole on the Postoliice APP
preparation bill A bill was passed ap-
propriating $4,000 for the expenses of
the committee to investigate Federal Of
fees in Louisiana. The ways and means
committee was instructed to consider
some means of relief from threatened
scarcity of fractional currency. A mes
sage was received from the President, de.
clining to furnish the House information
asNkp his various absences from Washing
ton.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-05-11

more in bonds, about SIS 900 in currency,
and between $4,000 and $4,000 in gold
coin. In fine, it turned out that during
the twenty-three years of his miserable
existence in Cincinnati, August salpius
had boarded up property worth nearly
$4,000, most of which, in coin and cur
rency, had been lying idle for years in
dark and filthy back room of the store.
He could not "be bothered about invest
ing it" he exclaimed, in reply to the sur
prise expressed by his friend upon learn
ing these things. Even all of his bonds,
amounting to $4,000, belonged to an old
denomination that had been called in
1872, and had ceased to bear interest
since that year.
Salpius finally determined to buy gold
drafts on European bankers, and prepare
to leave the country. Meantime his sue
cessor, who lad only bought the little
drug store for the purpose of obtaining
its patronage, moved to the corner of
Thirteenth and Walnut Salpius wand
cred about like specter for while, 10th
to leave his old haunts, and apparently
miserably lonesome. On the day before
yesterday he left New York for Bremen.
Twenty-Five years of loneliness and
selNabnegation, of comfortless labor and
cherries confinement. of squalid wretch
edness in the midst of wealth, of heart
gnawing anxiety for the safety of that
wealth, of selfinaicted hunger and cold
and sickness. of days never frightened
by the ghost of sensual enjoyment, of
evenings never charmed by the presence
of woman or the cares of child But
then-seventy thousand dollars Gin.
Commercial, April 29h.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-05-11
CARL SCH URZ.

There is to be Conference in New
York in May of the leaders ofthe Repub-
lican party ofwhich Mr.. Schurz is shin
ing light He has written long letter
to the editor of the N, Y. Public in which
he says;
must confess | have been somewhat
surprised at the ill.temper with which
some Republican papers have denounc-
ed the proposed conference as sort of
gunpowder plot, gotten up for revolu-
tionary purposes. by set of reckless
'oidealists," as they call us, when they
want to make the moral superiority of
the practical politician" strikingly ap-
parent. 1t might, perhaps, be well for
them to remember that some of those
"idealists" four or FIVE years ago strongly
denounced the abuses of the government
which then and since came to light, and
warned the party In power of the couse-
quences which inevitably would follow,
if the iniquitous agencies then at work
were not sternly resisted. If the Ideal,
lists" had been listened to, Mcdonald
would not have been permitted to orga-
nize the Whisky Ring in St. Louis, the
Belknaps and BabcoCks would not have
remained great and powerful men in the
Government, and the Republican party
would not now be obliged to struggle un-
der that load of disgrace which to-day is
its greatest element of weakness. We
were then told by the practical polite
ians" that, if such abuses existed, they
would be corrected and everything put
right "inside." The "idealists" were put
outside, and the practical politicians"
had their way "inside." You know the
result. The "idealists" do not appearto
have been quite wrong, after all. Now |
find some newspapers exercising their
wit at the idea that the "idealists" insist
upon "a perfect angel for the Presi-
dercy, and will not be satisfied with any
thing less. As the "idealists" were not
quite wrong four or five years ago, so |
they are not quite wrong now.
They think that, in its present situation,
the country needs man for the Presi-
dency who can de depended upon to pos
sess the moral courage and ability requir
ed for as great an effort as human ener,
gy is capable of, to crush corruption and
to make this pure Government once
more, whatever opposition he may have
to encounter, even if it should come from
his own party friends. This may be
called an ideal notion, but it is also an
eminently practical one, so much, indeed,
that it must be carried out if the honor of
the country is to be saved and Republi-
can institutions preserved. Ifto use an
expression employed by Governor Allen,
ofOhio, with regard to specie payments,
honest government can be laughed down
as a barren ideality," then we may
tremble for the future of the Republic
1t seems to me the papers referred to are
not quite prudent in scofing atthe idea
lists, for, unless l am greatly mistaken
the "idealists" will be in great demand
as soon as the Presidential campaign is
opened, as they we're last summer in
Ohio and rnanv fines before
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-05-11
MORTON EXPLAINS.

MORTON, like Davenport, processes to
be able to show the vouchers for large
sum Of money spent by him during the
war. This money he says was spent in
preventing the Indiana Democracy
from putting the State in least par
tisan sympathy with the Rebellion"
1t will be observed that Mr.. Morton has
prepared himself with very large blan-
ket and one of truly loyal texture. He
will demonstrate that to take money out
Of the United States Ire lsury to defeat
the Democratic party in Indiana was a
perfectly legitimate proceeding. We re.
collect that at one election in Indiana, as
inOhio regiments ofsoldiers were moved
from point to point on the railroads and
voted from ten to twenty times, in def
ance of the law, and it is said that one
Massachusetts, regiment 8oo strong, sue
ceeded in casting some 5000 votes in
one day under this admirable system Of
preventing Indiana from getting into
partisan sympathy with the Rebellion, ="
at the moderate cost Of $4,000.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-05-11
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
To the Democracy Of Ohio;
DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL
Committee Rooms

DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL \
COMMITTEE Rooms,
COLUMBUS, March II, '76. J
At meeting of the Democratic State
Contra Committee of Ohio, held in the
city of Columbus, on Friday, the 18th day
of March, 1876, it was resolved that a
State Convention be held on the 18th
day of May. 1875, at II o'clock a. M, at
the city of Cincinnati, to nominate the
following officers, to-wit;
Secretary of State.
Judge Of the Supreme Court,
Member of the Board of Public Works,
Two Presidential Electors for the State
at large.
Also to select four delegates at large,
and four alternates, to the Democratic
National Convention, to be held in the
city of St. Louis, on the 9th day of June,
1876. I
The following is the ratio of repre-
sentation in said Convention: ..r
One delegate for each county, and, in
addition thereto, one delegate for every
five hundred votes, and one for every
fraction of two hundred and fifty votes
and upwards, cast at the general election
of 1875, for William Allen, for Governor
Under this apportionment the respective
counties will be entitled to the following
number of delegates, to-wit
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-05-11

1t is recommended to the delegates to
the State Convention from the several
counties, where district delegates to the
National Democratic Convention shall
not have been otherwise chosen to meet
by their several Congressional delega-
tions at the State Convention, and select
two delegates and two alternates for their
respective districts to said National Con-
vention, and report them to the State
Convention
1t is further recommended that the
County Central Committees provide for
the selection of delegates by county con-
vention, or otherwise, on Saturday, the
18th day of May, where such delegates
shall not have been previously chosen.
A. T. WALLING,
Chairman Dem. State Cen. Com.
JosLPH GUTzwIELER, Secretary.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-05-11
AKERMAN TESTItIES.

Washington, April "a -Ex. Attorney
General Akerman appeared before he
Committee on Expenditures in the De-
partment of Justice to-day, and testified
that he authorized the payment to John
T. Davenport of money to defray the ex-
penses for the suppression of frauds in
the New York ell ctions. He was asked
if he consulted with the President be-
for paying the money. Mr.. Akerman
desired time to consider what reply he
would make to the question, and was
given till tomorrow.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-05-11

Akron, April 24.-Two men were ar
rested here, Saturday, for passing coun-
terieit money. They were captured after
a hard chase by the police, and consid-
erabe quantity of counterfeit money
found on their persons. After an exami-
nation they we're placed under bonds OF
S5UO each to appear at the next term OF
court.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-05-11
NOTICE.

Sealed proposals will be received by the mfr
mary Directors, for the furnishing of meat to the
Stark County Inhrmary. The meat must be ten
pound, of hind quarter steak to every one hun
dred pounds Of fore quarter. Proposals NAV be
sent to Lock Box 1A Post Office, up to Saturday
May 3 The Superintendent has the right to re-
ject any meat he finds not fit to be used.
my42o ra By order Of the Directors.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-05-11
Very respectfully,
B. H. BR1sTow, Secretary.

By this it will be seen, that in obedi.
ence to the order of the President, he re-
fuses to comply with the request. The
offer to set aside room in the Treasury
for the use of the chairman of the com
mittee or any member thereof is a mere
subterfuge. The committee have no right
to be absent from the House without
special leave granted them, and, more
over they desire the accounts constantly
to enable them to properly examine the
witnesses thereon. This executive order
is simply designed to throw distractions
in the way of a speedy and thorough in
vestigation of the unlawful use of the
public money to advance the interests of
the administration party.