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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-02-05
OUR NElGHBORS.

The Duhield's Granger store has
declared semi-annual dividend of
4 per cent.
A writer i'm the Shepherdstown
Register suggests Col. w. A. Nor
gan, of that county for state Sena-
tor.
The Register welcomes the return
TO Shepherdst0wn OF Mr.. Presley
Msrmaduke, "A native citizen Of that
place.
Col. +. w. NJ. Holiday, of Win
chester. delivered am address before
the Jefferson Literary Association,
of Charlestown, on Thursday evening
last.
The revival in the NJ. L. Church
at Shepherdst0wn still continues.
Nearly one hundred have professed
religion, and many have been added
to the church.
The Times contradicts a rumor To
the effect that the Baptist congrega-
ton of Winchester would be unable
to maintain their church organiZa-
ton, and that the pastor would re-
sign and the building be sold.
Messrs. Rentch and Morgan Miller
have sold their farm, situated near
the Antietam Iron Works, Washing
ton county, Md, containing l27
acres, TO Mr.. James Peyton, for the
sum of $50 per acre or $3.50.
We are always pleased 10 recommend
a good article. DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup
never fails to cure a Cough OF Cold in
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-02-05

MARVELLOUS RESULT Josep b Collins,
Waterford, N. Y, bad Catarrh and
Lung Disease tiCs1ty gears Doctors left
him to die He says "NIsART's PINE
TREE TAR CORDIAL saved his Life"
Also says many others hare been cur
ed by its Blood properties blfdlii5le
Remedy for Coughs, Colds and
Consumption!
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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-02-05

We are always pleased 70 recommend
a good article DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup
never fails to cure a Cough OF Cold in
short time. The price is 20 cents.
, 1876-02-27

$721, 600 900, with purchasing power OF
$500, 900, 600. Was this increase of both
quantity and value contraction? Or mdst we
admit tho unpleasant fact that the only con-
traction Mr.. KELLEY has proved to exists that
Of bis own veracity and intellectual faculties :!
Mr. KELLEY certainly does not understand
the arithmetic Of the currency question. HIS
logic, however, is os romantic as his figures.
He SAYS that the contraction-as illustrated
above-cnused IN undue expansion Of credit,
and hence the collapse Of 1878. He follows
this up with philosophical induction IN the
style of the Pig-Iron school. He says 'Ihat
nothing is taught with mora constant reitera~
ton by the experience Of England and the
United States than that protracted con-
traction Of tho money Of a country is the
sure precursor of wild imitation Of private
credit" Here the will OF the wisp chases
itself to its own destruction. The AMI
NAL that disappeared in its own stomach
loses al1 interest besides the P. I. G. who
shows that the panic was caused by col
1apse of credit cnused by contraction OF
c,,rrencv that caused IN imitation of credit.
You contract the currency and extend credit; !;
you contract the currency and credit col
1anses
, 1876-02-27

a1iztng and deproyinclAlzing ou1selses' nno
bringing us properly into the view oi Eusope ~ w.
true character as the representative city OF A1neca
that city pEcsentinR the best aud most dstnet'eS
American features that city which best reflects the
true and better Life Of our people. To the European
mind, hencesor.h, Philadelphia will be tho CITY OF
America, and Montreal, Boston, New YORK. aren:on'
Germantown, St. Lous, Chicago, and san f'anc'8co
outlying towns Of moro or less h'ssoHc Ut i'19A
interest.
This is all very well, il. But suppose
the big show ends in bust, suppose that 1t
doesn't pay expenses, aud exhibitors get DE-
frauded, and people don't flock to the sho"
like doves to the windows, and so on, and so
on, and Philadelphia has to take down the
sign and put up the shutters, what then !!
Would it not have been better for her to nave
remained an outlying suburb OF New YORK,
with more or less historic or local interest!
Philadelphia should not halloo until it is out
Of the woods. It's most eminent citizen has
Just failed to bolster up Centennial sho" III
London, or draw bakers dozen to 1t, and1s
coming home Having included Chicago IN
its list of possible suburbs, We feel warranted
! in advising it to 'sPull down its vest" and
in suggesting to it that, if such possibility
| should occur, Chicago would bo the 1vel'est
| suburb that WILLIAM PENN, BENJAMIN fRASK-
LEN, Col FoRSEY, and the other people OF
| that town, ever dreamed OF.
, 1876-02-27

In the cross-exauination of the President
when making his deposition in the BAncock
case, he testified, it will be recollected' that
"Severa1 Congressman had busted themselves
in urging him to interfere with the Conn1s-
sioner Of Internal Revenue; but le thought
it not worth while to name them Ihe
cross-e1aminer said, in that case, he would
not press the matter But in this he was
derelict in his duty; he ought to have press
ed the question for their names. The coun-
t1yshould have the names of the Congressman
who nre prowling around the White-House IN
the interest of the Whisky Rings and using
their influence with the President to have
him interfere with the orders and efforts OF
the Treasury Department to stop stealing
the revenues of the Government. The
names should have been obtained and made
public. The President might feel personal
reluctance to tell who they were, but the
attorney for the prosecution had no such EN-
barrassment holding him back, and nobody
would laye reflected on the President fol
diyuleing their names when acting as q Wit
ness and under oath.
, 1876-02-27

It is said that the Board of Trade Trans
poration Committee is in possession OF evl-
denca which shows that the Southwestern
cross-lines arc cutting rates as bad1y as ever,
and it is now believed that the recent tariff
was made up by the Eastern pool Lines simply
to quiet public opinion and enable them to
pursue surreptitiously the same discrlmina-
tons against Chicago as before. We have
not much doubt that there is good deal
of truth in ali this. Now, We suggest
that the very best way to counteract
these determinations for the present is to
reduce all the terminal charges ct this point
to the minimum rate. We do not hear that
this movement is being pressed with the
vigor that ought to be used The subject
has been sufficiently ngitated, and the injury
Of the present terminal charges amply demon
strated. to secure their reduction. The
basis suggested Of l cent bushel for mrs
storage charges ito be paid by the railroads
| and the abandonment of the switching, side
| tracking, and Is trimming charges, Will mak'
a saving to the shipper of between 1 and
| cents q bushel, or equal to railroad pull
TOO miles, A reduction in charges to tha
extent can be made without any cooperation
on the part of Eastern pool lines, and it VII
attract grain to this point that might b
otherwise diverted by the cutting of rates q
interior points. In this far, at least, tn
Chicago people can help themselves, and tn
! Board of Trade should insist upon the reform
| immediately
, 1876-02-27

We have reason to believe that the efforts
to prejudice the President against Secretary
Bg,srow, Solicitor WILSON, and other officers
who have been most efficient in the prosecu-
ton of the whisky~thieyes, have failed, and
that the President is abundanty satisfied, af-
ter thorough examination, that all the cases
have been and will be prosecuted solely with
reference to the public good. If this infor-
nation be correct,-and it comes to us from q
source worthy Of all credence,- is matter
for universal congratulation, and it IS also
an assurance that the Chicago cases will be
prosecuted as conscientiously and forcibly as
the St. Louis cases have been 1t Is good
news for the Republican party and the whole
country, for it will leave Messrs' Bn1s1ow
and WILSON free to complete the good WORK
which they have so successfully begun.
, 1876-02-27

All signs show that the back of winter is
broken, and that We are emerging upon the
activity and new life Of spring. Builders are
already ut work upon new foundations, arch
itects are busi1y drawing plans, and soon the
work of building will commence in earnest.
Navigation will open earlier than usual, and
all along the docks the vessel-men are getting
ready for trade. The roads have been so oao
all winter that not much grain has come 1o1-
ward, but they will soon be settled and tho
farmers will be alive with business again
In every direction there are signs OF FORTH
coming activity and every indication that the
season will be en unusually busy one. The
columns of TIE TRIBUNE this morning, which
are always unerring indications, show that
people have ceased to hibernate, and arc now
bending down to the work Of the year in q
manner that shows Chicago will soon be alive
and stirring all through her vast hive.
, 1876-02-27

The above figures speak very wen 1oi .1lo
temperance cause. 1t will be not1ceo .nA'
the consumption Of ten has more 'n'n
doubled, while tho consumption OF liquors
las only increased from 1.2o to l'oo per ne.,''
or by. 10 per cent. In 1861 the espltal oi .no
old Trustee savings banks was $15l, ,aoS,2'o,
in 1876 it had increased to S2o'' '4o' 49,
the capital of the Post-oflice savings Dumas
was $115, ,7S7, ,345. The fdH 4udt1 o1o3e'
sums it all up as follows:
On the whole, then it may DO said that the popa's-
ton OF the United hnsaon increases III sne n;,a
o., m on -. avaraoe at least twice "a well of
they were in 1851 that they drank in 1874 twice as
much tea and sugar they dEan1 in 1851 and 40 per
cent more spiztta vine anu Deer .nss .nes nAa
, 1876-02-27

Il Washington is not d healthy place, it Is
not for want Of vigorous and formidable
Board of Health in the District It COM
prises 5 commissioners, i health officer, I
chief clerk, II inspectors, analytical chem
ist, attorney, 9 physicians, and II apothe-
raries. Besides this, the President OF the
Board is an II. D., LII. D., and the secreta~
vaLL D. With such hygienical follow
ing as this, what might not Dr.. Ben MILLER
accomplish? At the head Of such htte
nruy he would march ci ct a,mis against the
Bridgeport stenches and overcome them IN
tUinkling.
, 1876-02-27
Gl)t QIb1fagp Qriba1'1t.
Sunday Morning, February 27, 1878.
GreepbacLs. at the New York Stock E1-
change Saturday, ranged at s14@s1tc.

The Collector at Sitka, Alaska, has written
to the Secretary of the Treasury that the
Deputy Collector at kodiac reports that
miners oil the Kent River had been making
from 81 to SC per day in coarse gold This
letter was received in Washington Feb. u,
and the 10. has not yet printed any flaming
headlines or urged the c1edulous to sell out
their effects, purchase an outfit, and start for
Alaska to dig gold. This failure shows re-
1narkable degree of negligence upon the part
Of the organ Of spectators and land agents
in looking nftcr their interests.
, 1876-02-27
PROGRESS OF GREAT BRITAIN IN TWENTY
POUR YEARS.

It is an American characteristic to boast Of
progress. 1t is peculiarly Western charac-
teristic to institute comparisons Of statistics,
wear by year, and to vaunt ourselves upon
our growth and increase in all directions.
Latterly the English have been insituting
some comparisons of statistics concerning
their own growth, and one of these compare
sous, made by the London Times between
the material condition Of the Kingdom in
1851 and 1875, thus covering quarter of
century, gives color Of truth to the assertion
CT the Pau Hall Budg<t that !" We may fairly
conclude TINT no nation in the world ever
previously enjoyed quarter of century
distinguished by equal prosperity" The Sta
tistics printed in the London Tines certainly
warrant this statement, and are SO remarka-
BILE in character that We reproduce few OF
the more important of them. The population
of the United Kingdom rose from 27,993, ,337
in 1851 to 32,737, ,405 in 1875. England in
that time increased 5.s51,6lo; Scotland,
59s, ,l99; while unfortunate Ireland decreased
1.1GG,741 on account Of excessive emigra-
ton. Pauperage also shows decrease, not
withstanding the large increase Of population.
The number of paupers in the United King
dom in 1851 was 1,1S4,453 +; in 1875 it was
1.0Oo,475, showing decrease of 184, ,453.
Tho criminal statistics are even more remark
able. In 1851 there were sc, ,G45 persons COM
mitted for trial, or l person in every 1855,
while in 1875 there were 22.125, or but in
1.4so Of the population In the primary
schools Of Great Britain there were 271, ,12G
children in 1851, while in 1875 there we're
e,o3o, ,7s+, showing that, while l child for
every 70 persons was receiving instruction in
1851, child for every Is persons was receiv-
iuc instruction in 1876. Thus much for the
increase Of population, industry, and educa-
ton, and the diminution Of crime.
The financial and commercial statistics
| present results which are quite as striking as
| the foregoing. In 1851 the gross revenue Of
| the United Kingdom was $2s7, 500, $50; in
| 1875 it was 1914 ,609, ,3G5-an increase of
| ss7, ,o09,515. The gross expenditure in 1851
was Sa5oo, o43, ,Cs5; in 1875 it was S371, ,G40,-
! ooo-au increase of S119, ,39G,515. The gross
amount Of the annual value of property and
nro6ts assessed to the income tax in 1851
(Ireland excepted, where the income tax was
not then collected,) was $1,2s6, 9G3 ,615; in
1872 Qreland included), it was S2,569, ,037, >
535. or almost exactly double. The total
value Of exports for 1851 was S372,243, ,G1o;
in 1875 it was 1,117,472,s5o. The value Of
imports is not given, as they were not ascer.
, 1876-02-27

The Chicago produce markets were inegu-
lar on Saturday. Mess pork was more active,
and d15@2oc per brl higher, closing at so1. 224
mo1 d cash and SCI 524@21.55 for April
Lard was quiet and 1o@1etc per 1ool1s high;
er closing at S12.724@l2.75 cash and
sl2.s74@12.so for April Meats were quiet
and easier, closing at Sc for boxed shoulders, ,
lie for do short ribs, and life for do short
clears. Highwines were quiet and IN
changed, at s1.os per gallon. rlou! our ~as re
7anced 1c, closing at $1.o24 cash and sS3e
for March. Corn Was dull and 4c higher
closing ct 415c cash and 40 for March:
Oats were quiet and 4c lower, closing at sla
s1tc cash aud 14cfor March Rye was dnil'
at e4@o5c. Barley was quiet and l@13e
lower, closing At SIC for March Hoge were
dull and loo lower, closing weak at s'.'oSe
, 1876-02-27

The death of the distinguished French
nnnter and publisher, AMBROSE F1RM1S
n1nor. which was announced by cable day
or two since, brings to notice the history OF
this remarkable family. The firm was estab-
lished in 1713 by FRANCIS DDo7, who pub
lshed many noted works. His two sons'
FRANCOIS AMBROSE and PHRRE FRANCOIS,
succeeded him. Among their standard pub
lications we're the Collection dATtols and the
Collection des Czassiques Francais, issued by
order of LOUIS XVI HENRI DDoT, the son
Of PIERRE, made microscopical types, from
which he printed volumes of remarkable
beauty, The sons Of FRANCOIS succeeded
him. and became noted Us the publishers OF
the Editions du Louvre Of the French and
Latin classics. F1R,uS, one Of the sons, re-
yived stereotyping, and brought the process
almost to perfection. The AMBROSE ftRA1S
who has Just died was son Of this FmNS,
md. with his brother HrACETHE, succeeded
to the business. Their principal publica-
tons are Monuments de rEgypte ct de "a
Nu5x, bv CHAMpo111oS the younger; foy:
ACE de Jacquemont dams Flnde; Expedition
Sc<uifque d<s Francois en- Moree; the
1xe$aurus Linguo Greco of HENRY STEPHENS
and q cheap edition Of the Greek writer's
The present generation of D1DoTs VIII nf
represented by ALFRED md Paul, sons OF tht
t deceased.
, 1876-02-27
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

The taxpayers justly insist that every ex-
penditure of money for municipal purposes
shall be cut down to the lowest possible
notch. It does not follow, however, that the
schools should be closed, the fremen dis
charged, the Water-Works stopped, the police
force disbandcd, the street-lamps e1tln-
euished, or the Public Library shut up.
There is, we regret to say, an ignorant faction
in tho Common Council inimical to the
Library from every point of view. The
Library affords no pickings for anybody, and
it does disseminate useful knowledge
very potent reasons in the eyes Of a certain
class for abolshing it entirely. The sums
appropriated to it heretofore have been SO
small that little progress could be made in
the way of purchasing books to add to the
munifcent English donation that game
to us after the fire. Nevertheless, it hns
| been kept open, and has been of great
public benefit Complaint has been made
of the large number of works Of fiction
kept Oh hand, and of the prefer
enoe of the majority of those frequenting
the Library for works of this kind. This is
| true not only of our Library, but Of every
other Public Library in the country, and
Of every Public Circulating Library in
ENGLAND; but it is not true that
this department is the only one eager-
ly sought after by the public. More
| than Is per cent Of oil the works Of history,
biography, and natural science in the Library
are out in the hands of readers all the time,
and there is great demand for duplicates in
these higher departments of literature. AS
to the novels and so-called trash" it should
be remembered that the persons who resort
to the Library for these works would prob
ably be spending their spare time in ways
much worse than novel-reading if they had
not Library to 60 to, and, since nothing Of
IN immoral or corrupting tendency is kept
in the Library, it is to be presumed that
those who read novels exclusively at first
will soon acquire taste for something better.
No, it will not do to close the Library fol
want of the funds to pay its current expenses,
its bills for binding, and the subscriptions for
its reading-room. We should be sorry tc
stand in the shoes of any Alderman or Other
public officer who should incur the odium OF
voting for such policy. The people who
visit the Library and who enjoy its benedceni
influence are q very large number. They viii
make it persona matter, and we shall helE
them to do SO, if the Council shall refuse the
really necessary support to the institution.
, 1876-02-27

The Philadelphia papers are putting on
airs with their old Centennial big show, and
are beginning to datter themselves that they
will soon cease to be suburb of New York
CITY. The Press, in burst of e1ultation,
says:
In coming years 1876 will be noted as that date on
which Phil.delphs emerged from her own provincial
isn, from the territorial lmitations Of single ua-
tion and took her rank the first city Of her own
land among the first cities Of the world Tho two
fold influence Of the Centennial Exposition ia Already
dage1oping itseN With marked 4orce. It dcsecton-
, 1876-02-27
THE CITY FINANCES AND DEBT.

r.
It is with no pleasure that We again refer
to the question Of the legality of the out
standing certificates issued by the city. Nor
do ne consider the discussion Of the subject
as necessarily fatal or injurious to the credit
Of the city. We can imagine no measure so
calculated TO destroy the credit OF the city
as the persistent issue of Illegal and unau-
thorized paper after the Illegally Of. that
paper is established and we contend that
the best way to maintain the credit OF the
city is, upon the discovery of the mistake or
blunder, TO instantly stop the repetition OF
the error, and to take up as rapidly IS posi-
BILE the unauthorized paper that has been
;ssued. We have been furnished with copy
of IN opinion by Mr.. JOHN n. BrsKIET, of the
Chicago Bar, which holds the issue of the
certificates Of loan to be legal, upon the re-
markab1e ground that the constitutional and
charter prohibitions against becoming IN
debted "in any manner and for any pur-
nose" beyond o certain amount, was
intended and, in fact, applies exclu-
siyely to bonded indebtedness! And this,
after all, is the only legal defense that can be
offered under the present charter for the
issue of these illegal certificates. All other
things pleaded in extenuation Of the issue OF
such paper are but weak subterfuges. If the
Constitution prohibited any and every form
of increased debt, then these certificates are
illegal; if the Constitution merely prohibited
debts in the form Of what is called bonds,
! then the city may become indebted to any e1-
tent to which the Legislature or Common
Council may authorize it. Under these CIR
cumstances, the act OF 1866 may be considered
in force, in defiance of the present charter
| and the plain words of the Constitution
To assume that the Constitution was in.
tended to restrain municipal corporation.
from incu1ring debts in the form OF "bonds
| onlv, and that they were to be at liberty tc
| run in debt to any extent in any other way,
is to assume that the Constitution III fac'
sanctioned and authorized the very evi
| which it intended to arrest Thus it pro
hibits the creation of any debt within the
per cent limitation, unless ta1 be LEVIED a
the same time equal to the payment OF tha
debt with the interest at maturity. Under tht
forced Interpretation placed On the Constitu
ton now tnRL tne pronloluon appAes otuJ u
bonded debts, municipal corporations may
authorize loans, and appropriate the proceed'
thereof, and levy no taxes therefor, and thu!
build up mass of Indebtedness far exceed
ing any bonded debt they could incur. /
public debt, whether in the form OF bond
or certificates of loans, or in any other form, i
legal, is equally obligatory, legally and morally
upon the community. The obligation to pa
is no stronger in the case of twenty yea
,. hond than in the si1-months certificate Of il
debtedness. It is, to our mind, impossible t
aav that either is any more "debt" tha