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Wilmington journal., 1876-07-07
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR OF THE
TREASURY,

TREASURY,
WASHINGTON, d. c., June 80, 1871
Ny DEAR YARYAN:-It is witt un-
| feigned regret that I learn that your
official connection with the govern
| ment is to cease from to-day. / mean
| no disrespect to others when say that
there are few men in the public service
| of the same, or even higher grade, that
| cannot better be spared than yourself.
Five years of intimate association with
you, and last year sp cnt in the closest
contact with you in a most memorable
campaign against whiskey rings and
kindred ra$calities, as well as against
those who prostituted official station
to their corruption, and have de-
bauched a pablo service that they were
set to protect and purify, gives a right
TO bear testimony to your ability, your
fidelity and your high courage under
circumstances that have tried to the
utmost your personal and official char
acter. You have my entire confidence
and respect and gratitude, and carry
with you into private life my best
wishes for your prosperity and happi-
ness. Ever your friend,
BLUFoRD WILSON.
The points Of this statement are
already known in the full history of
the whiskey war. He further states
that Brashears' rascalities were known
to Columbus Delano, who, after he
became Secretary of the Interior, still
protected his protege in the. Internal
Revenue bureau. Subsequently Bra
shears blackmailing operations became
so plain that General Babcock, who, it
appears, was familiar with the details
of the operations against the whiskey
ring, went to the solicitor, Wilson, and
asked if he didn't think YaIyan was a
little loo fresh in his assaults upon
Brashears. Wilson declined to give
him any satisfaction. and Babcock
went away dissatisfied.
Yaryan further states that one day
last fall Senator Spenear, who, with
Wilmington journal., 1876-07-07
vECETiNE
PurifIes the Blood. Renovates and
Invieorates the Whole System.
It's Medical Properties are
Alternative, TONIC, SOL
VENT and 0iUhETIc.

VsGETINE il made exclusively from the juices
of carefully. selected barks, roots and herbs, and
str, ngly concentrated that ii Will effectually
eradicate from the system every faint of ScrOfula,
Scrofuods Hum6r, Tumors, Cancer, Cancerous
Humor, Erysipelas, Salt Rheum, Syphilitic Dis
eases, Canker, Faintness at the StUmach and all
diseases that arise from impure blood Seiatica,
Infianmatory and Chronic rheumatism, Neural
gia, Gout and Spinal Complaints, only be
effectually cured through the blood
Fot Ulcers and Eruptive diseases of the Skin
Pustues, Pimples, Blotches, Boils, Teiter, Scald-
head and RingwOrm, NEGETINE has never failed
TO effect permanent cure.
For Pains i'll the Back. Kidney Complaints,
DrOpsy, Female Weakness, LeucOrrhOea, arising q
from internal nj Grafton and uterine diseases and
General Debility, VEG eTINH acts directly upon
the causes of these complaints. 1t inVigOrates
and strengthens the whole system, acts upon the
secretive organs, allays Inflammation, cures ulce-
ration and regulates the bowels.
For Catarrh Dyspepsia Hahitual Costiveness,
PalIitation of the Heart, Headache, Piles,
Nervousness and General Prostration of the
Nervous System, no medicine has given such
perfect satisfaction as the VEGETINE. 1t purifies
the blood Cleansos all of the organs and possesses
controlling power over the nervous system.
The remarkable cures effected by vKGErINR
have induced many physicians and apOthecaries
whom we know to prescribe and use it in their
families.
In fact, VEsETINE is the best remedy yet dis
covered for the above diseases and is the only re-
liable Blood Purifier yet placed before
the public.
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THE JOURNAL.

THE JOURNAL.
To place it in the reach of every one
desiring to take a newspaper,
THE JOURNAL
will hereafter be furnished to its pa
irons and subscribers
AT GREATLY REDUCED RATES.
The price o. subscription for
TIE DAILY JOURNAL,
the oldest daily in the State, is as
follows. payable in advance:
For one year. .$b w
ss six months. hs........ 3 25
SO three months. .... 1 rs
" one month. ... 70
To subscribers in any part of the
city the paper will be delivered at
FIFTEEN CENTS per week.
So long as the wants of subscribers,
who are dependent upon the Carolina
Central Railway for mail facilities,
may require it,
AN EVENING EDITION
of the JOURNAL will be issued daily
from and after the 1st of July. 1876
(Sundays excepted containing the
latest kilograms. market reports, news
items, &C., &C., upto the time of going
to press.
OUR ADVERTISING RATES,
as printed below, it will be found we
think,
ARE THE VERY CHEAPEST
that have been published in this city
since the war ended.
Advertisements will be inserted in
the DAILY JOURNAL at the following
extremely low rates:
I Co
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TERMS:
Postage free toSall Subscribers In the Uih ~
Statos.
Harper's BazaT, one year ......... AW
81 Includes prepayment OF United S~s~
postage by the publishers. .,,
Subscriptions to Harper's Magazine. wSeAW 70 ~
and Bazaar, to one address for one year, $lO' y.
two OF Harper's Periodicals, to ono sddf Oh 'O'
one year, 81 postage tree. -..k.
lg or Bazaar will be supplied gratis for sve.y
Clu 70 of -Four Subscribers at 81 each. In one
mittance; Oh Six Copies for $40, sithout eAu'
copy; postage free. -
Back Numbers can be supplied 1t and TIM:
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neat cloth binding, will be sent ov expre0,n~
of expense, for 81 each A complete set, coI
prtsing Eight Volumes, sent on receipt OF csso
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of purchaser. Address
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dac15tf New YORK.
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Treasury Department, Office In
tc5'nat Rcrehue, Washington, June B,
1876.-H. Il. Yaryan, Esq Dear Sir:
am in receipt of your letter of this
date. rendering your resignation as
thief of the division of revenue agents.
[ part from you with sincere regret on
personal and public grounds. Having
been closely connected with me- Of
ticially for more than thirteen months,
no one has had better opportunity of
knowing the true worth of your SER
vices to the government than myself.
During all these long months i'll which
so much has been accomplished in the
publication OF the service, the dis
covery of frauds, the punishment of
wrong>doers, the breaking up Of
illicit dstilleries and the energetic
collection of internal revenue taxes, I
have ever found you in hearty co.op-
Grafton with the Secretary aud myself,
and have relied with mistaken conf
dence in your intelligence, Judgment,
zeai and str ct integrity, AID I feel that
the success of this bureau in the re-
suits accomplished is largely dne to
the qualities / have enum Grated, and
whi ,h have been conspicuously exem-
plified in your official actions. In
passing into retirement you have my
hearty wishes for your prosperity and
my sincere respect.
Very truly, your friend,
d. d. PRATT.
Commissioner Internal Revenue.
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4 Repository ofEaShion, PIeaSus
and Instruction.
Harper's Bazar.
ILLUSTRATED.
NnIncaa of the Pree

Nouces OF the Preas.
I he Bazaar is edited With . comblnsu0no "
tact and talent that we seldom 6nd in any Iout.
n1l- and the journal itee II is the organ Ol '''
great world OF fashion Boston Traveller.
The Bazaar commends itself to every menp.~.
of the household-tO the children by dron eIs
pretty pictures, to the young ladies ~ ms s,dsnt
matron by its patterns for the cnlidren
Clothes to paterfa milIss by its tasteful deslgn.
ing gowns. But the reading matter Of .ns the
Bazaar is uniformly Of great excellence iSs Ss
paper has acquired wide popularity 10, ~.
Il eside enjoyment it affords Evening -
In its way there is nothing like it. Fresn S s.S
trustwoI ths as a fashion guide, its st0riet sr1
essays, its poetry ana squibs. are all invigo's"
ing to the mind.-Evening Journal.
Wilmington journal., 1876-07-07
Address the Publishers,

D, APPLETON & co.,
$40 and 551 Broadway, N. I.
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knENTo 25 elegant 9X11 Chromos, 81;
AU Z " . 100 for S3. National Chrome
Co., PHILADELPHIA, Pa.
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A rHpTngTTY A ten-dollar bill of 1916
b UUllUOIl l., sent free for stamp. Address
Hurst & Co., II Nassau St, n. Y.
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In every case the paper will be sent
until the returns of the election shall
be received and published, aud we invite
the attention of Executive Committees
of counties and townships to the Cam
paign JOURNAL as sure and cheap
means of furnis ling information to the
people
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-04-27
Gallons
Nalnabeg. of Beer made iql
The Dreaded Plague.

The London Times, the Lancet, and
other English journals, appear to be
getting really alarmed about the con-
tinued approach of the plague. The
disease has been absent from England
and the continent of Europe for more than
$50 years, and from it's once favorite
haunts in Egypt, Syria and Mesopo-
tamia for about forty years. During the
last two years, the disease has appeared
now and again in villages on the lower
Euphrates, and it has now broken out
at lillian, and several severe cases have
occurred at Bagdad. The recent out
breaks have shown no diminution of the
old virulence, and in the opinion of the
Times there can be little doubt, when
the present state of commercial COM
munication is considered, that the malady
NAV soon be conveyed from Bagdad to
the Lavant. From the Levant it might
easily pass to Europe, and even to the
shores Of England. The plague was last
prevalent in Bagdad in 1915, and it
is believed that between the 28th of
March and the 29th of April, 1881, not
less than 10000 persons fell victims to
the disease among population esti-
mated at $50, 900.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-04-27
Centennial Railroad Fares.

The concession of twenty-five per
cent. On round-trip tickets to the Cen
tennial exposition is regarded by the
press of the East and West as INSULT
cient to increase the travel percephbly
over what it would be were the regular
rates maintained. The New York World
pronounces it "suicidal to the rail
roads and fearfully detrimental to the
Exposition. There is to beno reduction,
either, on large excursions. The rate is
the same for hundred excursionists as
| for one person.
The effect of this will be to keep away
from the show thousands who, were the
rates reduced one-half, as has been the
rule with railroads making ARRANGE
ments for conventions, mass-meetings
and other large assemblies, would flock
to Philadelphia. The best friends of the
Exposition, says the New York Evening
Post, ssbegin to fear that the very open
ing of its life will be clouded with some
thing like failure" and all due to the
plumbers of the railroad managers in
adopting rates that are too high for the
masses of the people.
| The Pennsylvania railroad has literally
the inside track to the Centennial, and
it is in it's power either to keep rates up
or put them down. IF the opening
shows that the people are not absolutely
frantic to go to Philadelphia, and will
not attend unless rates of fare are re-
| duced, the managers of the roads will
make more accommodating terms. But
it may then be too Late to attract them to
Paramount Park. The experience of
| Vienna in 1873 should be avoided at
Philadelphia. People in Europe were
frightened by the prices of everything
in the Austrian capital, and when they
were reduced, and the railroads as well
as the graspiug landlords put down
prices, they could not be persuaded to
visit Vienna. The consequence was q
financial failure, and a deficit of millions
of dollars, which the Government had to
make good, while the shop-keepers and
landlords were, many of them, ruined
Cincinnati Commercial.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-04-27
Ancient NeMSnanersa

At the coming Centennial Newspaper
Exhibition at Philadelphia it has been
decided to display copies of antique
journals and other cllriosities of newspa-
per literature. To this interesting col
lection all persons having ancient, quaint,
or curious specimens are invited to con-
tribute and should the response be as
hearty and general as we hope to find it,
this gathering of time-worn publications
will prove to be not only leading trait
of the Newspaper department, but also
one of the salient attractions of The Ex-
hibition as whole. All having the abili-
ty and the will to aid on the project
should transmit their consignments
without delay to the Philadelphia office
of the Newspaper Exhibition, Ledger
Building, ITO South Sixth street, Phila-
delphia. While on view, these exhibits
will have attached to them labels desig-
mating by whom they are contributed,
and all consistent care will be taken to
preserve them from damage. After the
close of the Exhibition they will be
again at the service of their owners, or,
in the absence of different instructions,
will be transferred to some historical
society or museum.
During the late war there were many
ne wspapers issued which illustrated the
straits in which their publishers found
themselves. Pink, blue, and yellow
sheets, wrapping paper, and many other
substitutes were pressed into service.
Specimens of these now possess curl
GUS interest.
The advantages to the public of SUCH
gathering are manifest to a degree
which renders elucidation unnecessary,
and the opportunity to do very useful
act is placed within easy reach. A sin
gle copy of some senile broadsheet may
not be of much worth to its proprietor,
yet in conjunction with1 others it will
make up worthy collectio,4. Many peo-
pie there are who, having preserved
such curiosities for years, can turn them
to little or no practical account, and it is
not too much to nope that the response
given by such will be ready and general.
Without loss to themselves, they can
materially benefit visitors to the Great
Centennial Exhibition and appreciably
advance patriotic movement,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-04-27
A. T. Stewards Everyday Life.

Mr.. Stewart usually breakfasted at
o'clock, his meal ordinarily consisting of
plain bread, bit of fish, an egg, and
some oatmeal porridge. Then he
was driven down to his retail establish
ment, where he spent two or three hours,
walking through every part OF it, asking
the statesmen the prices of goods in order
to ascertain whether they were up In
their duties, and observing how affairs
were carried on. Then he went down in
his carriage to the wholesale store. There
he read bis letters, and transacted bust
ness until o'clock. For many years he
was accustomed to dine at Delmonlco's,
on the opposite side of Broadway, but
latterly he dined at home. Getting an
interview with him was much like get
ting access to the Prime Minister of
England. He was to be seen only at the
downtown store, and on the visitor
entering, the floor walker near the door
would first inquire that visitors bust
ness. IF he said that he wanted to see
Mr.. Stewart, he was asked what he
wanted of him, and if it was anything
that subordinate could attend to, he
was turned over to him. II he still in
sisted upon seeing the great man him
self, he was allowed to go as far as the
foot of the stairs, where another Cerbe-
rus was in waiting, and unless he could
be satisfied that it was worth while dis
turbing Mr.. Stewart the visitor was
turned back. Often q message came
down which would enable the business
to be settled by simple yes or no. Ii
not, the visitor was allowed to go up the
stairs and wait again within sight OF the
glazed Enclosure where Mr.. Stewart sat,
and in due time was summoned into his
presence. Though courteous In man
ner, Mr.. Stewart wasted no words, and
anything like bore was surnmariy dis
missed. And in no other way could he
have got through with the immense
number of calls that were daily made
upon him.-NeaO York Herald.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-04-27

Ex-Gov. Hoffman, of New York, act
ing as a referee, has rendered the decis-
ion that the remarriage of persons who
have been divorced is illegal, and this
will be likely to put stop to o rather
popular amusement. The particulars
are given in the Troy Times. In 1870
the wife of George I. Amsdell, wealthy
brewer of Albany, obtained divorce
from her husband on grounds Of adultery.
She was granted an alimony of $50, 900,
$4,000 of which was paid In cash and
$50, 1000 in bonds and mortgage. In 1874
he again courted his former wife, prom
Used reformation and was remarked.
After time the $4,000 mortgage was
returned, and they lived happily together
for just one year, when Mr.. Amsden re-
turned to his old associations. In June,
1875, the wife applied to her counsel,
Hon. Matthew Hale, stating the history
of her married life. Mr.. Hale told her
she was not Mr.. Amsdell's wife in the
eyes of the law. A suit was commenced
Immediately for the recovery of the
$50, 900 mortgage, and after prelimi-
nary hearing it was referred to Ex-Gov.
Hoffman. The referee has decided that
the remarriage was null and void, as by
the decree of divorce Mr.. Amsdell had
no right to marry during the lifetime of
his divorced wife. He cites decision
of Chancellor Walworth to the effect
that q marriage with former wife was
illegal and without first getting the de-
cree annulled.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-04-27
The Yield of Gold and Silver.

In this country the yield of gold in
1875 was about the same as in 1874, and
equal to the average of the last ten years.
while there was an increase In silver of
nearly So, 500, 900, the exact totals being
500, 349, Ats of gold and S54, 539, 261 OF
silver, making the aggregate $50, 889, O37.
1t is estimated that the silver mines will
largely increase their production this
year, and the total yield of gold and sill
yer in 1875 will be 800, 600. There
seems to be no prospect of materially in
creasing the production of gold in this
country. Portland (Oregoa) CONNER
c&al Reporter.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-04-27
Statistics of Beer. Drinking.

The question of relative beer-drinking
by the different nations has been deter
mined by curious compilation made by
M. G.. Norback, an eminent scientist,
and published in the Journal de la
Societe de St0tiQue de P0r6s. The re-
turns, as will be seen below, are curious
and instructive. Bavaria, Belgium,
Wurtemburg and Great Britain consume
more than all the other nation COM
bined, Bavaria and Belgium having the
honor to head the list with per capita
consumption of fifty-four and forty five
gallons to each man, woman and child.
It is also curious to note that in Prussia
and Hanover, where there are 5000
breweries, the consumption is under ten
gallons to each person, while Great
Britain consumes in the aggregate more
than any other three nations.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-04-27
Failures

Twenty eight hundred failures in three
months The statement would hardly
be credited but for the established repu-
tation for accuracy of Mr.. Wiman, the
statistician of Dun, Barlow & Co., whose
quarterly circular has just been issued.
In number, the failures reported by this
agency for the quarter ending March
81, exceed those Of any previous quarter
since its valuable records have been pub
lished. The nearest approach was in
the last quarter of 1875, when the fail
ures in the United States numbered
g. 405. The total for the last six months
is 5,211, a number exceeded by only
three full years in our history. In mag
nitude of liabilities, however, the fail
ures of the first quarter of 1876 fall be-
low those of the last quarter of 1875 by
six millions. Comparisons, in this case,
are decidedly odious but quite Instruct
i've, and the following statement of fail
ures and liabilities since 1856 deserves
attention.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-04-27
attention

During the last six months the num-
Der of failures has been 5,211 and the
liabilities 1914, 100000. This aggregate
was exceeded during twelve months in
1857, in 1861, and in 1878, 1874, and
1875, but not in any other year. Dur
ing the three years and one-quarter en-
braced in the present period of CONNER
cial disaster the number of failures has
been 81, $50 and the liabilities $649, 49,,
sos. The three years 1879 saw only
1910 failures, with liabilities of $451,
1913, 900; the three years 1902 saw only
IL 318 failures, with liabilities of $780,
O66, 300, and the three years 1902,
though years of comparative prosperity,
witnessed 10, 535 failures, with liabilities
of 1924, $500 Remembering that
there were comparatively few failures
during the first quarter of 1878, we may
fairly say that within the past three years
the number of killed and wounded In
the battle of commerce has been greater
than during the four worst years of all
our preceding history.-NeaO York I1'5-
baG7oe.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-04-27
Funny Experiment with Restless Chill
dren.

The latest thing in the invention line
is continuance for preventing uneasy
and mischievous children from "jOg-
Cling" each other in school. 1t is de-
scribed as follows Gin the seat OF each
chair is placed small metallic plate
connected by wire with galvanic bat
terry on the teachers desk. Each alter
nate chair is connected with the positive
pole of the battery and the others with
the negative pole. So long IS the chill
dren remain quiet no shock is expert
enced, bat the moment one child
touches another an electric current is
created, and both the victim and his as
saiiant are held fast. An uproar is Gre
ated and the attention of the teacher is
attracted" This novel plan is desig-
mated "machine to prevent jogging
in school-rooms, and the inventor has
actually enlisted the help of the keeper
of small private school In the Tenth
ward to allow him to exhibit the effect
iveness OF the invention. 1t is no ex-
aggeration to say that it is complete
success, and that restless boys once I'M
der the operation Of this galvanic shock
are done forever with logging" as
means of grace.-NeaO York Letter.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-04-27
+" THE BOYS"
BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.

Are we sthe,b boys " that used to make
The tables ring with noisy follies?
Whose deep-lung'd laughter oft would shake
The ceiling with its thunder-volleys
Are we the youths with lips unshorn.
AT beauty's feet unwrinkled suitors,
Whose memories reach traditions mora
The days of prehistoric tutors?
g. he boys " we knew--but who are these
Whose heads might serve for Plutarch's sages,
OF Fox's martyrs if you please,
Or hermits of the dismal ages?
The boys we knew-can these be those
Their cheeks with mornings blush were pail ted /;
Where are the Harrys Jims aud Joee,
With whom we once were well acquainted?
If we are they, we're not the same;
If they are we, why, then they're masking;
Do tell us, neighbor, Whst's-yeur-name,
Who are you ?-What's the use of asking?
You once We're George or Bill, or Ben;
There's you, yourself-there's you, that other:
know you now-I knew you then
You used to be your younger brother!
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-04-27
JOHN TO JONATHAN.


Said John to Jonathan, My son,
I'm rather apprehenilve
That by your conduct you are bent
On taking the offensive;
You know what my opinions are,
Have often heard them stated,
And still l find that my commands
Are daily violated.
- Now, Johnathan, this will not do!
III have you understand, sir,
That where Britannia ruaes the wave
John Bull is in command, sir!
And if within my family
Is rebel son or daughter,
Tagl shut them in prison cell
and give them bread and Water! .
Said Jonathan unto himself,
"'Tis time that operations
Began that viii protect me from
Such bullying relations.
This little isle can't furnish room
FOR half of my descendants.
And iona than had better now
Declare his indedendence.
The Lion is a noble beast,
And am much it's debtor.
And yet. on some accounts, think
like the eagle better.
For when it sweeps along the sky,
On wide extended pinions,
1t seems to bear the soul along
To liberty's dominions."
And SO this slip of BritiFh oak
Was speedily transplanted;
And in America obtained
The latitude it wanted.
While John, desiring to express
His strong disapprobatioD,
Puts in one comprehensive word
His wrathtul condemnation.
Gx1iljc,