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, 1876-03-13

The Chicago produce markets were rather
1o* on Saturday, except wheat. Mess pork
was quiet aud firm, closing at 9oo, o,19t t@2o. Is
cash and $22.:5@:2.274 for April Lard
was active and DC per 100 tbs higher, closing
It $la.2o@1a.25 cash and $ls.8:a@I3.86
selleE April. Meats vera dull and steady, at
s@o Tor bozsd shoulders, l2c for do ahort
rba, snd 13ac tor do short clears. High
vines veFs quiet .and unchanged, 1t Sl.05
per gallon. Flour was quiet and steady.
Wheat vas moFs tefp7s sna 10 higher, eloaing
II oslo for March aud soso for April. Corn
WA qulst and unchanged. oloaing ii 4a1o for
1aTAh and 4ats for April 0a1 vszs qulss
, 1876-03-13

Ono Of Tho leading points decided by
Judge TAFT, now Secretary Of War, in the
famous Dible-in-tho-schools case, was that
the ordinance Of 1897, which AIr. q. G. BoN-
NEH cites, bud nothing to do with tho ques-
ton, and that nothing in tho ordinance could
fairly be construed to requiro religious in-
struc6on in tho public schools, nor to pre-
vent the prohibition of tho reading therein
Of tho Rih1n.
, 1876-03-13

Lot V1cron1A have her now title Of Empress
Of India, or whatever she likes best; aud lot
there bo no unnecessary dclay about 1t, for it
is announced that the proclamation which
gives her added distinction in tho family OF
sovereigns Is to DO followed by tho raloaso Of
ali the Feniau prisoners
, 1876-03-13
HIS DEATH.

Gen. J. D. Wobstor. Collector OF IntesnL
Revenue, died Ut 8:10 o'clock yesterday morning
at tho Palmer House. Hla laat illness Was ok
Bhort duration and almost painless In ohatactex'
Friday evening. March 8. he wAa present 1t q
meeting Of tho Firat Ward Republican Club
held In tho Palmer House, and made briet I'd.
dress which waa reported in TIE TRIBUNE. Thu
next day be complained Of aoronoaa Ia hts lunn
aud kept IN hls room. expecting to overcome i,
With ordinary caro- and prccautfon. Tho symp.
toms, however, rapidly became worso, aud d..
Q. G. Smith was called In to prescribe for him.
He pronounced 1t An attack Of pnoumonla. aud
Tho disoaBo assumed no alarming fohtuseG
until lagt Thursday night, when It began
to invade tho right lung. From this tims ths
symptoms progressed rapidly, notwithstanding
The Generals nephew. DR.. WebHter, volunteered
llia services, and several ladiea devoted thom-
selVos night and day to purgng. Saturday
afternoon both lungs becnmo Involved. and De. 4.
A. aohn.on q; .n Tss called IL to give sd,ee ss e d:
faiIed rapidly, and 1t $40 O'Clock yesterday
morning no expired. His wtfo, who Ind been
summoned by telegraph from Florida at tho fin.
attack. arrived just about An hour befoss biz
doath. lie ,waa conscious up to lsts hour on
While The General waa advanced in years, n.
hla temperate llfo and excellent conBtttutiba
would have either brought him aafely. through
1t not beeu for tho nontal wear and tear 10
which ho has boon subjected for tho last a1
month";. He assumed tho dutiss Of tho Oollso-
or'a office against his will, taking, thu
PLACE rather ~ mattor Of military
obodloncs TO his superior officer. Gut
onco installed, 10 performed bis nor
dnstca With that sincerity devotion, and thor.
oughncsa which Characterized au he did. 1bis
toll exhausted him; and on top Of al that cana
sho charges against himself which no ono be-
licvcd, but which, nevo.thsleaa, cut him to tho
hoart. Tho discovery OF the fraudH Of . trusted
clotk, tho efforts Of Supervisor Tuition to undo
what Gen. Webstor believed had boep Rightly
done, which compelled him 10 visit Washington
to lay tho rea facts in tho caAe before tho pfssl
dent-Rll these things acted through tho mind
upon the body, and loft him In no condition to
resist an attack Of sickness.
Yesterday evening tho remains OF tho deceased
wsts taken to tie houBo formerly occupied bf
Judge Ebenszsr Peck No. Ii Walton place.
, 1876-03-13


There Is ono thing which We trust Con-
gress will not fail to do, aad that is to make
tho American flag free, o,-that is, tako tho ta1
OF tho 1natorials Of which It il made. Wo
arc In tho Contonnial Anniversary OF National
Independence, aud yet no MN Gun expend
dollar for national flag without paying M
other dollar as special bounty to mill at
Lowoll, hlasa. This mill has practical mo-
nopoly Of tho manufacture Of bunting. Tho
foroign-mado bunting is imported in small
quantities; tho total Value imported in 1865
was about 81 1850, and the present tax thero-
on Is III per cent in gold, or oqual to 1888
per cent in currency.
4 man who wanta to go into an extensive
display Of bunting during this year, will havo
to pay handsomely therefor. Tho bunting
which can be purchased in England for 81 GOO
in gold, costs, utter passing through our
Custom-H House, $2,117 In gold, OF $3.50
in currency, not including freight, commits
stons, or importers prohta. If, instead of
sending to England for his bunting, 10 pur-
chasoB the manufacture Of tho Lowell mill, lie
finds that, though TINT establishment can pre-
duce aud sell tho article ns choap ns 1t can DO
p04l AVA AZ A4AklAfA4f A0 WILL D0 l1AkSA "
Therefor, not tho price at vhichit can bo prof
itahly sold for, but the price at which 1t can
bo obtained by importation. Tho result is,
thoroforo, that he will have to pay about
$4,000 in currency for what he ought to get
for 81 900 in gold. Tho difference gooa to tho
Lowell mill to encourage American industry.
singular rosu1& Of this monopoly is tho great
falling off in the consumption Of bunting, and
the destruction Of tho onco profitable business
Of 1ag-making. Bunting flags have, Tor
all purposes OF elaborate display, given
why to flags printed on cotton. Instead Of
paying $50 for two largo andhaudsomo bunt-
ing flags, the average naa finds his $50 will
purchase but ono Gag; go, instead Of taking
that, he e1pends his $50 in stock Of printed
flaga, ringing from the size Of ono by two
inches up to.those Of the largest Dimensions,
and, instoad Of having ono aag, ho has two
hundred flags. Tho mtortion has over
reached itself, and tho cotton milla Of 1876
will bo run night and day printing American
haga to supply the places of the e1ponaive
bunting Ben Butler Is Ono Of tho proprio-
tors Of the bunting mill, aud while in Con-
grosa WIS active in having this tax placed on
tho article. Is not tho occasion a timely ono
to takc of tho tax on bunting, and lot every
man who wants 1ag get il without taxing
him 100 per cont? "Whan freedom from hcr
mountain height unfurled her standard to tho
air" she did not imagine her Bona woula tax
1t at the rnto Of 25 cents square yard and
"whon sho toro tho azuro robe Of night and
sot tho atars Of glory there" ahe madc no
mention Of taxing thom 81 par cent, I'd va-
lorem. 1a not the Centennial year fitting
timo to soy "that, with freodom's soil be-
meath our feet" we can havo freedoms ban
nor streaming DER US" without paying 1so per
cent ta1 for the pleasure?
, 1876-03-13

We priut this morning m interesting letter
from Canadn, giving comprehensive history
!. of the finances Of that country. It discloses
TINT Cangda is country which has neyar
suspended apecio-paymcnts.
The financial history Of tho sovcra Prov.
inces, prior 10 tho Confederation in 1867,
differs but little from that Of tho Con-
federation. What was provincial then
is national now. Tho country hns nevor
been without m abundance of paper
money, but it haa been tho universal
sentiment Of tho country that no "promiso to
pay " was to bo recognized that could not bo
redeemed On demand. That national ecnti-
mont has rl1od in tho Provinces, and sinco
then in the Dominion Tho melancholy c1-
amplo Of tho United states with its dopre.
ciated ug-money has strengthened tho hard
money notions Of our Dritish neighbors.
Having uAe for gold, thore has mover boon
any scarcity Of it
Tho Buccoas Of tho Canadians in main.ain-
ing specie y0luoa haa boon tho moro remark-
abba becauao Of THAR proximity to tho Unitod
States md their close commercial relations
with this country. There is a largo trade be-
tween tho two countries, and our grcenbacks
circulate freely in all parts OF Canada, but
they circulate there as they do in California
for their specie, aud not their facc value.
They arc subjected to the test Of what thoy
will buy ut gold values, and arc taken at that.
Tho late Vice-President WusoS, in his speech
at Worcester, month before ho died, called
attention to the fact TINT tho notes OF tho
smallest bank In Canadn wero worth 15 cents
on tho do1lar moro than tho notos isauod by
tho United States We print List Of the
Canadian banks, with tho amount Of spe-
clio hold by each, md tho statement shows
that the public confidence In tho banks
rosta upon the experience aud personal
character Of the mnnagenA And II is
strange comment on the wny businesu is
tlono in the United States, that the banks
which have failed there recently lost public
confidence because they did business on tho
"American PLAN" Banking is recognized In
CANADA as profession, requiring long study
md experience, and, in tho absence Of these,
banks canuot hope for g,lecesa.
The Dominion, all told, contains o popu-
lation hardly in excess Of TINT Of the stato
Of Now York. It's territory extends over
wido area Its principal Provincca are frozen
in nearly half tho year. The soil and climate
are adyerae 70 any extensive incroaae Of aGri-
cultural surplus. a largo part OF her trade
Is IN tho agsloultnfa1 products OF the North
western states OF tho American Union, which
ahe exports TO Europe. AL the atfaira OF tho
government tue receipts from customs, the
expenditures 1oT Ill puTposea, oil trade
.salSae''ons' u, ua conouctoo Oh speoie Va4uess
ING Amofacan MAKING pufcAaso OF s5
"ofta OF eooaa aaa 1enoef1ng greenoac2a
aaa 70 pay So'1o' Whale the nota OF any one
OF the village BANKS IN the dominion will be
, 1876-03-13

We are in receipt Of telegram from Mr.
J. D. WooL1EY, post-trador at Fort D. A.
Russell, to tho effect that tho statement ot
tho New York Sun, copied into our columns,
that he (WooLIEx) paid for his appointment,
is utterly falBo.
, 1876-03-13

Signs Of incroasing dissatisfaction with
MAoHAnoNs CHOICE Of now Cabinet are
mado manifest in mannor so marked that
n1rcady 1t Ia predicted that tho Ministry can.
not last. GAa1nErrA is hostile and hopeful
MAoMAuoN discouraged and uneasy at the
prospect
, 1876-03-13

A continuation Of tho present bracing
weather is underlined on the meteorological
programme for to-day in this noighborhood.
, 1876-03-13

4 posthumous ave-aot tragedy by Lord
BuLwEn has just boon discovered. Tho
soone Is laid in Athens,
, 1876-03-13
Gbt Gb1ts1gp Gxib1r,re.
Monday Morning, March 10, 1870,

Greenhacks ruled steady ut tho Now York
Exchange on Saturday at 874.
, 1876-03-13


scarcely BE- assumed by any successor with
tho ean.o pnblio confidence which he has on
joyod and morited. Ills sudden talzing-od at
this timo is, therefore, something more than
a shock to largo cirole Of porsonhl friends
md admirors it is also public calamity.
Though his brief illneas-an acute at
tack Of pneumonia-was Of d character
to warrant serious apprehension that ho
would not recover, tho announcement TINT
he is no moro will bo received by the public
with TINT peculiar pang which attends sud-
don death, for it ia but fow days since he
Was at his Office in his usual faithful dis
charge of tho arduou8 and trying duties
with which ho was intrlsted. Though not q
man who impressed ono as Of robust phys
ical constitution, the oven hea1thfulness TINT
Is the reward Of the most exemplary per-
sonal habits promised him longer lease Of
lifo than was given him, and death overlook
him baforo he had carried out to their
Termination the moro recent undertakings hc
had assumed on bohalt Of his country. II il
in this sense TINT his demiso must be re-
garded as sudden and untimely as II he had
boon younger. man.
We rivo in another column the detailed
story Of Gen. WsnsrERs careor from his
birth to his death. tits remarkable record
Of steady and uniform progress, in which
not single pago is blurred with spot Or
taint horn in Now Hampshire nearly SIXTY
five yeara ago, he came Of family that haa
al1eady earned m enviablo reputation for
learning and usofu1uoss, md started in lifo
with tho puro motives and sterling ambition
which aro tho greatest boons that tho princi.
ple Of hercdity can proyida. uo passod
through d collegiate courBe at Dartmouth,
and throughout his Life retained moro of his
classical studios than the great majority Of
college-bred mon,--a circumstance which, in
nll his pursuita, inclined him to books, Sci
enco. literature, md learning. After grad.
uating from college, be spent throa years In
law-stulias, bur abandoned tho law as a pro-
fcssion because It was not congsnial to him.
1Io had both tasto and capacity for methe-
matical studies, and it was this preference
which led him to accent a position ~
Civil Enoinscr nnf,or tbo Govornm.nt r.
WIS ono Of the first to identity hinsolf
with tho United statcs Typographical Engi-
ueor Corps upon the organization Of that
body, and 1t was his duty in this new field
TINT first brought him to tho West, He wac
charged with the supervision Of tho Govern.
ment Lako Survey. and first located at bfi1.
waukce. subsequently he wont to Detroit to
supe.intend the construction Of tho mort.
md later he went to Mo1ico for tho Govern,
mont to mako o surycy Of tbs Rio Graude.
, 1876-03-13
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ADJUSTMENTS.
HooLEYH THEATNE-Ilandofph street, between
CaAtk and IAHallo. Ths California Mlnstfo11.
ADELpH1 THEATRE-peasborn strest corner
Monroe. Uutupty Dutnpty.'
Hov1cKEn's T11EATuE-.tad1un street, be.vsun
Dearborn snd 6tsta, Engagement ot Emma Waller.
Meg Mstrtiie2~
PLYMOUTH 0uURCn-DoAton Philharmonic Club
Conccft
The daily gazette., 1876-02-16

The companies have felt so serious
ly the popular action that they have
tried to stay the tide against them by
reducing the price of gas to $225 per
thousand feet to the city and $3.50 to
private consumers. So far they have
failed TO arrest the indignation of the
public, and cart loads of meters are
being daily returned to the gas houses
and lamps and oil continue to be sub
stituted. The City Council has done
away with lighting lamps in front of
churches and has ordered coal oil
lamps to be placed in the suburbs,
thus reducing largely the quantity of
gas used by the corporation. The war
has been an earnest one. and the arro-
CANT extOrtionists who haye lorded it
SO long and insolently are ready to
make the largest concessions to cure
the epidemic their own greed pro
voked.
The daily gazette., 1876-02-16
Senator Christiancy's Courtship.
[Anna S. H.. in Boston Trans ,ript.l

lhhhh y. lI't IA oosboh 4Ihus jIlptJ
WASHINGTON, February s.
Had the leaning spire of the Metro
politan Church suddenly fallen, crash
ing out the last dIscord of its chimes,
it would never have startled so much
as the announcement of Senator CHS
tiancy's marriage. The old gentlemen
has moved about so like a shadow,
dropping his head in deep meditation,
sitting quietly at his desk during the
hours of Senatorial work, and never
once suggesting to any observer that
in that slender frame there could be
any hiding place for romantic ideas.
But when Senator Christiancy return
ed from the holiday recess, fate sent
him to procure rooms at Mrs, Choate's
on Indiana avenue, Rooming In the
same house was demure little Dotty
Dimple of damsel, with innocent
blue eyes, fair hair, waving back from
fairer forehead and general sugges-
i; tiveness of>petability. She had way
of curling herself up in great chairs
or nesting in sofa corners that was
very charming; so the grave Senator
turned from abstruse political conun-
drums with an indulgent smile, TO
watch the young lady. Fate cliuckled
and made opportunities for frequent
greetings that should involve hand
clasps, and the thing was done. Don't
you know how much there is in the
merest touch of a velvet palmg So,
when our Senator took in his own thai
warm, soft. little morsel of Miss Lilies
there crept through all his nerves
little thrill, so delicious that, like
Oliver Twist, he involuntarily asked
for "more;" then, growing still more
covetuous, he wanted the sole right to
the aforesaid little hand, and in q
month from the time they met, the
momentuous question had been asked,
and answered with a sweet shy Y es."
That was two weeks ago, but nobody
guessed the secret. The little maiden
went daily to her duties in that forlorn
division of the Treasury known as
McCarter's Bureau, till the 1st of Feb.
resigning then, she has only spent
week in preparing to join the Senatorial
circle, and this morning there was
quiet wedding, making of Miss Lille
Lugenbal Mrs. Judge Christiancyi
About as much difference in the re-
lative social position as in the age of
the high contracting parties, for the
Judge is sixty four ard his bride not
yet twenty. There are six children by
the former wife, who only died nine
months ago.
The daily gazette., 1876-02-16
THE UNIMPAIRED-CONFI- D.
DENLE NAN

Gen. Grants testimony to the char
acter of Babcock is at best a little am
biguous when one considers the source
lie does not say, 81 have known Bab-
cock very intimately for twelve years
and never knew him to lie or to take a
gift, or to steal or to join q combina-
ton to swindle," but he says, 81 have
been intimately associated with him
for IL years, and have learned nothing
calculated to impair my confidence in
his integrity"-which is avery different
thing. For 1t takes so very much more
TO impair Grants confidence in certain
peoples integrity than to impair the
confidence of the avera ge man that
this testimonial does not 90 very far.
1t will be remembered that Williams,
who had prostituted the Department
OF Justice, received a similar testimo-
nial. Delano. who was forced to resign
by howl of Indignation at his steal
ings. had done nothing to impair
Grants confidence in his integrity
Mr.. Harrington, while on trial in the
Criminal Court for safe burglary, with
tissue of facts amounting TO demon
stration against him, was invited to
the White House hospitalities, because
lie had done nothing to impair Grants
confidence in his integrity. "Boss
Shepherd" has done nothing to impair
Grants confidence in his integrity
Mr.. Schenck, who now defends him
self from criminal arrest in England
by his privileges as ambassador, has
done nothing to impair Grants conf
dence in his integrity. And it may be
said in general terms that the more fla
grant and open are the evidences of
the guilt of a personal friend, the less
Grant loses confidence IN his personal
integrity.
1t will thus be seen that open bran
ded criminals, whom all decent people
have hooted out of sight, always retire
with certificate Of good character
from the "Great Silent Man." He loses
confidence at once in pure mind
ed, capable and patriotic men like
Motley, Adams and Bristow; but De-
lano, Shepherd, Schenek, Harrington,
and all the rest bring out the full fla
vor Of his loyal heart. "Hc put his
foot down" and would not abandon
Delano or Williams "under fire"
''flre" being the public Indignation at
the proofs Of their iniquities. And he
seems to think this very noble trait
of character-this cleaving to scoun-
drels and Gespising the indignant
voice of outraged decency. 1t is as
though he boastfully said: 81 will
stick to Schenck and Harrington, and
Shepherd and Babcock unto death;
that's the kind Of a man l am"
The daily gazette., 1876-02-16
RUBBER IND CAPCINE.

There is scarcely n branch OF human indus
Try IN which India Rubber has not in some
form found Its way. Although widely known
and used. but few are aware otits medicinal
virtues and great curative properties. Prac-
ticai experiment has proven that it is natur-
al reservoir OF electricity, containing more
than any known substance or compound.
owing to this fact 1t has been used with sue
cess In curing Nervous complaints and Rheu-
matism that were invulnerable to drugs.
IL has also been discovered that India Rub
Der possesses all the properties valuable as
aspe ihc Tor pulmonary complaints and cures
many ormB OF Consumption and Lung dis
eases. Combined with Capcine it is unparal-
leled as Pain Reliever, whether external
or internal. Nearly all the Surgeons have
adopted 1t on account OF its great healing
properties.
The most effectual way Of using the article
Is in the form OF a perforated plaster. The
extensive use OF Ordinary PerfoI ated or Por-
GUS Plasters, is a testimony to its merit.
dinary Rubber Porous Plaster is that it acts
TOO siowly-requiring days and continuous
wear to relieve pam or to effect cure.
A celebrated Physician of New York who
Der study has succeeded in making great
improvement In Porous Plaster by introduc-
ing Capcine, which overcomes all the former
objections, causing the Plaster to do in a
few moments or hours that which 1t former.
ly required days or weeks
Capcine is the most valuable ingredient
ever used as an externalremedy. Itoperates
with astonishing vigorand relieves pain i'm
medistey. Its scurativeproperties have be
come SO famous that anenterprising firm in
rev York took it in hand and by bringing
Capclne tiaster to the attention OF Physi
clans, have met with unprecedented success
The article is known as BkNSON'S CAP
CINE PLASTER Tho price IS the same as
the ordinary Porous Plaster, 25 cents. Every
Druggist has them.
SEABURY & JOHNSON,
Agents, N. Y.
A1-For sale in Wilmington by E. Bring
hurst u Co., 9Th and Market and f. Mclna II
I'd and Market. janl9eod&w-lm
The daily gazette., 1876-02-16

MIR. Blaine's "lIttle bub," Master
Hale, of Maine, since any appeal to
that extremity on which he wears his
hat is vain, should have his intellect
and sense of decency stimulated by an
application a postsri0ri of a slipper or
some light weapon of reproof. The
impertinence of the young man in in
Producing buncombe specie resump-
tion resolution "to have an expression
of the opinion of the House." is rem
dered more delightful by remembering
that on Friday last, when the Diplo-
matte and Consular Appropriation bill
was pat on its passage, he piped; "Let
it go through without the yeas and
nays" Mr.. Morrison will have the
support of all sensible men in treating
such silly resolutions as they deserve.
The Democracy is responsible for the
legislation of the lower House, and
when it brings forward its "caucus
measure, Mr. Hale will have an oppor-
tunityofmoving his amendment. When
ever theseMaineRadica are invited to
place themselves squarely ON the re-
cord, they either dodge, rs Mr.. Blaine
did on the third term motion, or else
with pitiful squeak swallow their
own speeches, as his ''little bub" did
last Friday World.
The daily gazette., 1876-02-16

ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF IcK.-
The rise in the price of ice in New
York, which has been for some time
impending, was announced to go into
effect yesterday. Sixty cents per
hundred pounds is TO be hereafter
charged to private families, and forty
cents to the large cash trade, including
butchers, pork packers. restaurant
keeper and others. This is an advance
of 100 per cent. on existing prices. The
New York Times says it is acknowl-
edged on all hands that unless the
weather changes entirely, and contin-
ues more than odrinarlly cold during
the next four weeks, there will be
little or no ice gathered in that latitude. /.
Already the dealers along the Pcnob-
scot and other rivers in Maine are
holding their stock in expectation of a
heavy rise, and cannot be induced to
sell except at the highest prices.