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SEATTLE, W. r., March 4th, 1876.

CENTILE, W. ! :, NHICh AN, lo'O'
II. MoRsE, ESQ.,,
Dear Sir: We antici"atc having grand
celebration here m the Fourth Of July next.
which we intend making general celel ra.
ion for the whole Territory as much as po..
sihle. consequently are soliciting donations
from all the first class newspapers on the
Sound, and knowing that you ar getting n
good share of your patronage from this
city, we feel sure you will donate literally
towards making il grand sncc"ss. We
ask no money but merely reasonable space
in your columns for an advertisement of the
flair Let us hear from you by return oi
steamer.
Yours very Respect u'Iy,
g. A. WEED,
W. II. PUMrHREY,
Committee on Printing.
T. Our advertising columns are pretty well
flle'i already, lint to help along such work
Jas this there is always room. Serd along
your AL" gentlemen, you are welcome to
all The space you want.
, 1876-03-11
Died.

Mrs. MARTHA A. MORSE, formerly Mlrth
A. Turner, Of Monroe county, Iowa, wife o
Eldridge Morse, of this place. Died Satur
hy, March II, 1875, at twenty five minute
past nine o'clock in the forenoon. Her az
was "a yearS, mon hs and 10 days. Funf
,eral TO- morrow At two o'clock P. NJ.
, 1876-03-11
MUKrLTEo March 0, 1867.

MUKTLTEo MNrCh y, I6BI :.
IL. MoRsE. Esq.
Dsar Sir. find m article in the NoRrn.
EuN STAR over nv name purportirg 10 he
IAN advertisement for the Sn'e ot the real and
personal estate Of the hte Peter Gon,rie
The article did not eminatc from me and
shai pay no attention to it whatever.
Rcspt. Yours,
NJ n. FROST.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-16
A Great Feat Accomplished.

"A DISPATCH reaches us to-day that
the work Of cutting through the San
Fernando tunnel, on the Southern Pa
cific Railroad, has been completed.
This is one of the greatest achieve
ments in railroad construction accom-
plished on the Pacific coast. The
length of this tunnel, cut through the
San Fernando Mountains, is $500 feet,
or one mile and 1856 feet. With the
completion of this work, the South
ern Pacific Railroad between San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles will soon be
opened for traffic. There have been
some remarkable specimens of engi-
neering skill in building this road
The tunnel through the Tehachipe
Pass is unique, from the fact that in
the windingS of the tunnel one part
of the roadway is over the other
The san Fernando tunnel is by far
the largest one on the Pacific coast
The longest on the Central Pacific in
crossing the Sierra is not more than
200 feet. not fifth of the length of
this one piercing the San Fernando
mountains. The work has also been
carried out with unprecedented dis
patch. 1t is not two years since the
first borings were made. Many
difficulties have had to be en-
countered. San Fernando is the pc
troeum region of Los Angeles, aud
there were some fears lest in tunnel
ing the mountain the workmen might
come upon vast reservoir of petro-
lpum ar aoually noyiouS HuiIS ap1
gases. The great obstacle has been the
character of the rock, and the enor-
nous pressure upon the timbers placed
as supports. To obyivate this pressure
the tunnel will be lined with masonry
of strong resisting power. -San Fran
cisco Bulletin.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-16

are in the hands of the Demo la:ic whites,
and they have been permitted even to
abuse their rights of self government by
practically multiplying the Constitutional
amendments. What he says about "cen-
tralized imperialism" is likewise intend
ed to confuse the Interpretation which
should be put upon his utterance. The
only centralized Imperialism there is
IN this country consists of the exercise of
the National rights to make treaties, pre-
serve our foreign relations, levy and col
lect the taxes, exercise jurisdiction over
the Territories put down instructions,
and perform such other duties and assume
such other responsibilities as appertain to
a Nation. But Mr. Hendricks idea is that
this is not Nation, but only league;
and the logical conclusion from his
premises is that every State, by and for
itself, should exercise the sovereign
powers that invest in a separate, distinct,
and sovereign Nation. This includes, of
course, the right of withdrawal from the
compact known as the Union of States,
just as the United States Government has
recently abrogated an eXtradition treaty
with Great Britain.
A restoration of the Democratic party
means undoubtedly restoration OF the
normal operation of the Constitution as
that party has always construed it. Among
the sovereign powers which Mr.. Hend-
ricks believes TO be vested in every State
for itself must be the power to regulate
absolutely the right of suffrage, and he
would hold that the league OF States has
no authority to prescribe that race,
color, or previous condition of servitude"
shall not be permitted to interfere with
such regulation of the franchise. Mr..
Hendricks, when in the United States
Senate, voted against the Constitutional
amendments because he believed them to
be a fragrant violation of the principles
of State Sovereignty. What political
rights would the negroes at the South
have under such a construction as the
Democrats put upon the United States
Constitution and amendments? What
power would the General Government
exert under Tilden and Hendricks to put
down "A mob in any Southern State that
should forcibly prevent the colored
people from enjoying their political
rights? What intervention could Messrs.
1ilden and Hendricks order or approve
in case of another attempt at secession,
holding, as they do, to the pernicious
falacy of the sovereignty of every in
dividual State? Thus it is the old fight
over again, "a fight for the Union and the
only principles upon which it can be pre-
served; the only difference is, that the
fight is just now at the ballot-b box instead
of the battle field. But let the doctrine
OF State Sovereignty again prevail in this
country, and the issue will inevitably
come to the battle field again, sooner or
later .--Chicago Tribune
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-16

be utterly impossible for him to control
the eager mob of hungry and reckless
oftice-seekers who have nominated him,
and who, having been so long " out in the
cold, would insist upon the practical and
instant enforcement of ,he ancient and
abominable Democratic motto Of 9 To the
victors belong the spoils." No fact OF
human probability is more certain than
that the ascendency of the wolfish
political party of which Tilden is the
head, would be attended by the most dis
gushing spectacle of greed, extravaganza
and official recklessness ever witnessed in
our Governmental history. This political
pronunciamento is sham from begin
ming to end, just as is the platform of the
st. Louis Convention.
Poor Hendricks could not in his letter
OF acceptance, conceal his chagrin at being
the tail, instead of the head, of the Demo
cratic ticket But he tries hard to smile
| az he munches his crow. He and Iilden
tinkered their letters so as TO make them
harmonic as far as possible 1t is evil
dent, however, from their general tone,
that one is in sympathy with the con
tractioniSts and goldists of Wall street,
while the other is in accord, really, with
the intlationsts of his own State. Two or
three times Tilden uses the word gold'
in connection with the bonds where the
proper term is - COIN Until recently
the two terms were often used synony-
mously, with no definite idea of any distinc-
ton of meaning; but, in the light of re-
cent monetary discussions, there is IA very
marked difference between them. Tilden' s
departure from the wording of the laws
under which our debts were contracted
shows plainly that he is for the demone-
tization of silver Hendricks substitutes
for the term " COIN the words gold
and SILVER" thus as plainly showing that
he is in favor of restoring silver to its old
place AS "a legal tender The two candi-
dates are dramatically opposed to each
other upon what is to-day the most
vital issue of American finance. Nasts
picture Of double-headed tiger, each end
pulling away from the other, with immi-
nent danger of severance of the body, is
portrait, and not caricature, of the
positions on currency really taken by Til
den and Henricks in their letters of accept.
ancc, and this fact is made all the palmer
by the preposterous efforts both make to
conceal their antagonism,
Inc letters are the carefully concOcted
preparations of cunning and calculating
demagogues, who evidently appreciate the
full forCe of Talleyrand's saying, that the
use of words is 10 conceal our ideas, and
the very fact that over a months time was
required to frame these cunningly-w orded
eplstles-or, in other words, to decide
what they believe, and how to tell what
they believe-is of Itself sufficiently sig
nificent to impress any intelligent reader
with their utter hollowness and worthless
ness as induces either of the real senti.
ments or the real intentions of their auth
ors, who, by habit and nature, are the YER
lest tricksters in politics and the merest
juggers and pretenders in craftsmanship.
Chicdgo Journal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-16
international Sunday-SchOOl Lessons,
He Giyeth More Grace.

IF we have ever SO little sincere de-
sire to serve God and to be His, is it
not absolutely certain, from the whole
tenor of His words and deeds, that He
will meet us more than half way, and
bring us on in the right path with more
than mothers tenderness? He re-
qulres from us very arduous stand
ard of sentiment and duty. Granted.
But does He demand anything which
He is not ready to supply? Is He a
Pharaoh. who, while he requires us to
build pyramid, bids us go get straw
where we can find it? Truly, no. For
every responsibility which we have to
meet, He offers to qualify us. For
every height which we have to climb,
He furnishes an inward strength. SO
that, whatever be our faithless fore
castings before we fairly come up with
our burdens, it is extremely questiona-
BILE whether, while we are bearing
them, the heavier seems more OPP
pressive than the lighter. For the
feeling of a burdens oppressiveness
must of course be proportional to
our strength, And if with double
puidVl tiiC Lulu supplies a. uOuDlt
strength, it is exactly the same to our
experience as if with half burden He
left us half the strength. Isaac leads
a quiet life; and it is not recorded that
any great revelation was made to him.
Jacob is tossed with troubles, and in
the midst of them he dreams of the
great, bright ladder which spanned the
distance between heaven and earth.
The same is the law of the Christian
life; an easy pilgrimage, and no ex-
traordinary support; a tempest-tossed
career, and strong consolation. We
need not faint, then, at any prospect
before us. Progress in grace may be
arduous, difficult, impossible to flesh
and blood-out of the question. it may
be said, while living in the old world
but to all alleged difficulties there is
one simple answer, "He gireth more
grace. "-Church Union.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-16
..I HAVE OTHER WORK TO DO?"

In eighteen hundred sixty -four
Rebellion still was rife.
Zen in the North. dread treason bore
brazen front in that evil honr,
Threatening ths Nations life.
The boys In blue were In the field
Battling the rebel host
But we'd foes at home that lay concealed,
Who'd laugh when'er we lost the field
These foes were dreaded most.
Ohio felt her danger sore
And missed her sampson then.
They ionged for Hayes to quell The roar
And give to treason's champion more
Than he would want again.
But where was Hayes In arms arrayed
Against our Southern foe
Yet the word was Gent with lightning speed
To - leave the ranks your help we need,
He straightway answered No
Mot in my country's darkest hour
Could thus come 10 you,
For while yon distant lannon's roar
Pr0claims the contest is not Ger,
I've other work to do.
Were man so base at such time
scalping were his due,
And seel my boys are now In line,
Adieul with thanks must decline,
I've other work 10 do.
Loud cheers went up from rank and hle,
Proud were the boys in blue
To think no boon could cen bcguile
Or tempt him from his trust the while
He'd other work to do.
Huntington HqmkEye.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-16
Missed Blessings.

ALONG the path of every human life
the Lord has placed innumerable bless
ings. They are thick as the blades Of
grass in the meadow walk, or the fall
len leaves in the forest. We see and
enjoy son . of PEP but many we
miss until we have D. ssed them, and
it is too late to return. In looking
back over the history of our lives, we
can all recall occasions more or less
numerous in which, by our ignor-
ance, heedleSSneSs or willfulnesS, we
have thus missed blessings which the
Lord had placed within our reach.
Doubtless we all pass by unnoticed
many more than we see or stop to
possess and enjoy. The business man
remembers where the path opened to
wealth, but he did not enter it, and
now it is closed against him. The stu
dent can see where knowledge spread
her fair and wonderful pages to him, but
blinded by some illusion of a more SEN
suous good, he did not recognize them.
Now he has become immersed in other
duties, and it is too late We came,
perhaps, within the sweet attractions
of pleasant social relations, or the
more sacred atfinities of a congenial
heart; but some spirit of perverseness,
or some temporary or more powerful
influence prevailed, and we missed the
richest blessings of life. But, most
deplorable of all, every one can see
where the Lord gave him the means
and the opportunity to confer great
blessing upon others, but some selfish
or worldly love controlled his action,
and missed the opportunity and lost
the means.-Netc Jerusalem Messe1a-
Uar
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-16
A Hateful Habit.

THE attention of medical men in
this great Republic is called to the in
ludicious and absolutely hateful habit.
much in vogue in the rural districts
and among carly riSrrs in the city. of
getting up in the night to eat. This
nocturnal meal is family disguised
under the name of breakfast. and there
is no doubt that it has much to do
with creating. spreading and sustain
ing the National disease. dyspepsia.
The custom is sometimes visited by
severe judgments, but nothing seems
able to deter its votarieS from contin-
ming its practices. We once took sum
mer boarding with man who used To
eat in the night and reused up all his
household To share the unnatural meal.
One night he stirred us all up at half
past four o clock To eat. We rose and
ate. That very day his best COW inn
molated herself on wire fence. one
of his horses bit himself with a rattle
snake. reaping-machine ate up his
best farm hand. distant relative sent
his youngest boy drum, his wife took
TO writing poetry. and one of his most
popular, talented and handsome
boarders fitted. leaving an unpaid
summers board bill to remember him
by. The latter circumstance is indel-
IDLY impressed upon our memory. and
We often think Of it in connection with
the somewhat striking coincidence
that We have never been in that county
since Burlington Ha1ck-Eye.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-16
THE ANGEL OF PATIENCE

To WARY hearts. to mourning homes.
Gods meekest angel gently comes;
No power has he TO Danish pain,
Or give US back our lost again,
And yet in tenderest love, our dear
And heavenly Father sends him here.
There's quiet in that angels glance.
There's rest in his still countenancei
He mocks no grief with idle cheer.
Nor wounds with words the mourner's ear.
But ills and woes he may not cure
He kindly trains Us to endure.
Angel OF Patiencei sent to calm
Our fev'rish brows with cooling palm:
To lay the storm Of hope and fear,
And reconcile iife's smile and tear:
The throbs of wounded pride to still.
And make us own our Fathers will.
o thou who mournest on thy way,
With longings for the close Of day.
He walks with those, that angel kind.
And gently whispers: ''B resigi ed:
Bear up, bear on, the end shall tell
The dear Lord ordereth al. things well!"
j. g. Whittier.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-16

Although these twin letters cover vast
deal of space in print, they are, neverthc-
thcleSs, remarkably narrow in their range
of thought Tilden with all his mas of
words does not get beyond ringing the
changes ON the term reform, and try
ing To- explain the palpahle absur}ity of
the Democratic platform in pretending to
favor resumption and AT the same time ue-
handing the repeal of the law providing
TOR il. TO no other feature of National
politics or craftsmanship does he 81 much
rs allude And, when carefully Scruti.
nized, his letter is found singularly de.
ticicut in dctnitcneSS, Ii deals freely in
reckless denuucialions of the Republican
party and in the statement of ideal objects
worthy of attainment, hut which at pres
ent are practically unattajnable, hut when
it comes to the suggestion of ways and
means, he deals entirely in vague general.
tiles He talks yolubly of rctrenchment,
which he falsely charges the Republican
party with opposing, vet ON the very day
tina; he gives out his letter the Democrat
lie House of Representatives refused 10
concur with the Republican Senate in
$500 600 of reductions in the River
and Harhor Appropriation bill, II is
notorious tact that whenever and
wherever the Democracy has had full
swing. the public service has been tNCep.
tiouAlly corrupt and proHiga,c. IL lily
becomes a man who was lauMauy
Sagatm during Twetd'S robbCr rule to
pirate of reform" either in the civil
. service or in public extravaganza and IAN
alton should this cunning old fox
j ChaDcc TO secure the Presidency, Il would
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-16

suddenly announced for Hayes and
Wheeler, and the probabilities are he will
be chosen President Of the Republican
Club Mr.. Willard is one Of our most es-
teemed citizens, a gentleman Of the loft
lest integrity and character, and one Of
our most successful business men. 1t is
predicted that his declaration for Hayes
and Wheeler is but the first of number
of similar changes
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-16

BETWEEN parents and their children
there is so great society of nature and
OF manners, of blessing and cursing,
that an evil parent cannot perish in
single death. Holy parents never eat
their meal of blessing alone. but they
make the room shine like the fire of a
holy sacrifice; and a fathers or q
mothers piety makes all the house a
festival and full of joy, from generation
to generation.-Bis Taylor.
GODS ways seem very slow some
times, What we would see doEe
waits long for the doing and we grow
impatient, But if we believe in God
we should possess our souls in pa
thence. In His own good time every
thing Will come right.
WHOSoEvER hath Christ, cannot be
poor; whosoever wants Him cannot be
lch.-RutheJord.
New-York tribune., 1876-09-02
LIBERALS YET INDEPENDENT.
NO TRANSFER or THEIR VOTES TO EITHER PARTY
PossIBLE-Goy. HAYES AND THE SOUTH.
To the Editor Of Inc Tribune.

NO TRANSFER OF THEIR VOTES TO EITHER PARTY
PossIBLE-Gov. HAYES AND THE SOUTH.
To the Editor OF Ihe Tribune.
SIR: AS an original Liberal Republican,
hearty admirer and believer In the lamented Horace
Greeley and present member of the General Committee
OF said organization in this city, permit Join my
"prot that OF H. c. Brown published in your ed
ton OF Saturday Aug 49, under head OF "An Appeal TO
Liberal Republicans" likewise neither approve
nor follow the pursued by Mr. John Cochrane,
nor deem In any wso consistent with bis past position
and utterauoes hs present be justiable then
who have been wont TO listen to and take counsel
OF him In times past have fed not sober TRUTH but
on brilliant sophistres gtterIng generaltes 1t has
always been proud aud distinctive boast OF Liberals
that thought and convictions founded thereupon,
individual prerogatve that blind felty Is due to no
man or party How then can mf CoenIns expect % 10
the medium OF personal convention, Ike duiub driven
CATTLE the whole body OF Liberals IN this state without
overriding their cardinal principles and sltfying him-
self II Mr. Hayes means what his manly letter says
and the real welfare OF the South at heart now Is
the time and opportunity 10 prove IL BY public. en-
phato disapprova OF the late official threat OF the
called Republican Admins ration toward that section OF
our country. No matter what other or weighty
considerations might bear up me, could not aud
would not vote TO perpetuae or continue In any degree
or under any further military despotism toward
the South other section OF the country. H. this
RepuOci Then by what right after all these years Of
reconstruction and in this Centennial year. Is
ton OF the United States ruled or threatened 10 be ruled
by military forcei as yet am an active member
tom that has done and Is continuing effective
service In purifying aud eleyating general politics !;
conversion In Isarel else although my tendencies
strongly toward q return to the parent iold shall
Phstines election day, working ami voting for him
who has illustrated among us the saying OF Holy WRIT
"By their acts ye shall know them
Thanking you your independent method ~ business,
BY which the people get the only real newspaper OF The
valuable time aud space, | remain
SeH- York, Aug. Il, 1875. AN HAbIuAL READER
New-York tribune., 1876-09-02
MIR. TrLDEN's INCOME TAX.

SIR: Mr.. Inquirer, in his letter entitled
" a. ruden and the Income Tax" in THE TRIBUNE of
to-day 10 my notion utterly fails in understanding the
difference between income" and capital" The profit
only on the shoemaers account IL income' the bal
ance is previously invested "capital" returned Now
so much OF that profit" made or due from sales
OF the previous year should not he considered rs
come for the year in which the account collected
Lee me propose what appears to 10 be parallel case
For three years clerk, at say. salary OF S25uo
per do not, however draw my salary put az
low IN 10 accumulate in my employers hands. AT tue
end OF the third year draw the accumulated fund OF
81 500 and this year. for the FIRST time an income tax
levied Should nay 81 500 81, 800 OF this fundf
n you answer $500, l ask further, suppose during
those three years mad incusred business losse pay
ment uf had been deferred, amounting to S1oO0
aud in the third year the fund Of $500 W pay
them could charge them all TO this account or
only those incurred in The last year. RespectuiIy'
Neic- York, Aug. %, 1876 r. H. 8.
New-York tribune., 1876-09-02
MR.. MoRGAN's NOMINATION.

To the Editor or The Trtbune
SIR: The nomination of the Hon. Edwin ID.
Morgan and sherman Rogers for Governor and Lieu
respectively gives great satisfaction 20
the Republicans o. this city, aud more especially to those
who are sincerely esrous OF seeing honest and patr
otc innistration of public affairs. week ago, when
the Pioneer Hayes Club of this city recommended the
state Convention nominate Mr.. Morgan the Custom
house Ring became angry and made more strenuous
efforts i behalf OF Mr.. Cornell To-day they accept the
situation much the poor Louisiana colored man did
In 1868 when, with pistol pointed 70 his temple, he
for permission to pray over the matter and prayed
Lord this Thy poor unf rtunate colored servant Is
not willing To Yoe for Seymour and Blair, bnt under
these threatening aud peculiar circumstances els
HE duty comply with tue request OF these gentlemen
Amcnp NkkIrAs
RnnnLo Aug. 27. 1875.