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WILMINGTON. Del Juy Is. 1876.
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The daily gazette., 1876-07-15

Wilmington. Del, July iS. iS76'%tm
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17
THE NIEANE>r nF GRIMES.

The St. Louis Republican says
"Robbing the poor and defrauding the
dead, -are, by the common consent of
ihe decent portion humankind. stigma
tized as the meanest of crimes And
vet Be1kpap and his accomplices have
done both. By selling post traderehips
the poor private soldiers stationed on
the Plains have been compelled to pay
three or fol prices for the small luxu-
ries of their hard life. While Republi
can orators in Congress have been pour
ing out an ocean of cheap talk OF our
brave Union soldiers a Cabinet minis
ter of a Republican administration has
literally drained the soldiers pockets
of the last dime. And while these
same Republican orators have been
chanting the praises of the heroes who
fell IN defense of the old flag, this same
Cabinet minister has replenished his
finances by cheating the aforesaid
heroes out OF the gravestones ordered
for them by the government. What
shall be said of the man who stopped
SO low for the sake of money? What
shall be said of theparty which allowed
this miserable theft to go on for years,
and, finally, to owe its exposure and
punishment to an opposition majority
in the House of Representatives? 1t
may be party of great moral ideas.
but it certainly is a party of less pr &C.
teal morality than any other which
has existed in modern times"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17

Government officials must have a
hard time at Washington. We pity
them. There is that poor man Quarter
master General Ingalls,. He has
terrible time of it and is already tired
out and wants to go back to New York
where he says he will have compare
lively easy time. No wonder, poor
man He says he actually has to work
hard eight hours day in Washington.
Dreadful isn't it 5? Who wouldn't
rather be in Gotham? And then too
he can't give the Presidents wife
any little trife, say for example
a watch made for Queen Victoria,
but that envious and jealous and sus-
picious people will say he is trying to
buy promotion and patronage with it.
lis true, tbs pity. pity It's, tits true.
But then you see, you see, so many
people have given Grant gifts and
Grant has afterward given so many of
those same gift-giving people good fat
offices, that the public may we'll be ex-
cused for fearing Greeks or any other
men, though most immaculate quarter
masters bearing gifts, whether houses
and lands, carriages and horses, ready
money, watches, or even setter pups.
Poor Ingalls, Poor Grant!
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17
DIED.

BUKNETT-!n the town OF LII Ins1on
Perder county, N"r arolin', OF tn tttn ~
February, 1876, of tyrh'li pneuih"st., ,,
Futlarto Guuningh I'm Burnett = "a hfty-Ioue
wears The -cc st Il was ha dlnAIv mar.
80 II i'll Sc Il aud whore hs remained unii
atout cen y y = OLD ms h-ttve en- Ip' ~ -.
and scottish i,,ve Of Independent (, OBESITY OF
cbaracip. and devo ion to tee III hL ira l. thA.
always di.tsr gail m-3aus=d Ii IN 10 yeaIn
10 become an A mercAn citizen StoPpihg lOI a
few " aCs in the West Indies, he ieSchei this
country about the age of twenty one years, aho
res ded at the North short time beiors CO nnng
IN WiIm n gtou, EGcre and IN Fender coa"E
he remained fer thirty years ard over, am
leaves 10 his relatives and friends bright record
for persona honor, priority OF cha'ac'eii ST. .ir
tues He brought with him and UNIFORM eN
hibired that pride of bearing ara el.ral0
tion which sigrafz'st mn D ~ o, ,a,, hin
that Il rwci III his TIE Ia e war ielt mn
as t did mot our psC pie poor, but II cou"i K
disro inn o honor, loi OF those y" al II 81
r,DlI- qualiti.s which made ham hosts OF tfiehu
lie leaves thee promising hi'drcu and a ho'l
affActihua and devoted widow DO" hio No.
fully afflicted by her irTepar"b'e 10 :.
.'He who tempe;s the wird 20 the shof' i in'o
remember in III, roy. these fatheriess chlidion
and thia discon>Olate and heart-s'Tlitt I ; w.
under this crushing calamity; HIS cons.,.t t in
much shattered by the malarlous GU .Iosa
which he h I'd lived so l)ng, as well AS ny nv nv
harrassinS cares and entaIlmtnfs OF Po'.thaa
which the results of the war visited upon th1
could not resist the viO'ent :nramm I toI I've
ease which laid him i'll thu grave All wa ..nfrI
which un emitting ueulCal shili- -. IONS
wife, devoted neignbors and swan n- OF tnA IL.
friends could do to aver the fatal - al. !;
large Concourse of Borrowing fl lends ana inlei
gent neighhnrs who attended his fnntrdi. w.
j0ined with the teartnl demonstration aHu IN a.,
ancholy grief OF his heart-str'cken fanny tIv
fol q melancholy evidence that he va 10y
loved and that he worthy OF the h'sh "p
probation of these who knew him we'll ne We"
buried in an elegant and tasteful msillei;
worthy of the high family to which he Or ionsi
in Scotland, and due to those elevated Pr isa
merits libsraI views, RePtlemaplv princip'0
and noble o Roman virtues which were n,s'
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17
George EiLOt-s appearance and

From the London World

FIOm the London World
A slight presence, of middle height,
as the height OF women goes; a face
somewhat long, whose every feature
tells of intellectual power. frightened
by the perpetual play OF changing ex-
preston; voice of most sympathetic
compass and richness; a manner full
Of u grave sweetness, uniformly gentle
ana intensely womanly, which o.
claims the depth of the interest taken
in ordinary and obscure things and
Poop e; conversation which lends it,
self rs readily 10 topics trivial as to
topics profound, and which is full
OF humpr--as, indeed, are her
writings-that is redeemed from sar-
casm by its ever-present sympathy;
such is rough aud imperfect sketch
of George Eliot, as she may be seen
when she is occupied with her Sunday
receptions in her pleasant home near
Regents Park. Far from strong in
health. she feels the effort of author
ship SO severely, the interest which she
tiny of the creations of her brain, who
might be better described as the gene
from her own personal
knowledge and experience, is so pain
fully and Accordingly deep, hat she is
unequal to the task of going very
generally or very much into society.
So thoroughly does she think out her
books, even to the structure of her
before she commences to
write them, that, unlike Dickens,
though like Thackeray, her manuscript
displays scarcely an erasure or blot.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17

The New York 1Enaes, while profess
ing to condemn Belknap, is not yet
satisfied with the way in which he was
brought to grief. 1t complains that it
was done by 'the Committee on Elk
penditures in the War Department. a
committee which, until now, never re-
norted on anything since the founda-
ton Of the government" and says the
investigation into the Beiknap Fort
Sill britery was ga matter that prop
erly belonged to the Committee on
Military Affairs" we rather think the
Times will fail to raise any strife be-
tween the two committees. The great
point was. to expose the sooundrel.
That done thoroughly, as was shown
by Bellsnap's resignation, the people
will care little by which committee the
investigation was made. Each COM
pittee is equally the servant of the
people.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17

Strange it is that men should see
things in such different lights. The
New York Times takes the gIouul
that all this furs about Beiknap's
bribery comes not from lower stand
ard of morality and official probity In
America brought about by sixteen
years of Radical rue, but that it is
due to the fact that "we have raised
orr standard of official integrity AMI
because our sense of honor and dis
honor ha, become keener." That is a
pretty theory. doubtless, and very
soothing to the Radical feelings that
promise to be daily lacerated on the
ragged edge of despair until the
November election, But is it sus-
tanned 10y the facts Ere the pres
Cnt century began, English sense
of honor and dishonor was keen enough
to impeach and try for bribery an
corruption the great Warren Hastings
who had done England so much
service i'll establishing her dominion in
Iudia. Aud as far back as two hundred
and fifty years ago also. that same
English sense of honor and dishOnOr
Was keen enough to make men i'm
peach, try, convict aud disgrace fer
bribery and corruption in office, as the
meanest of mankind, Lord Bacon, him
who was also admitted to be the great
est and wiseSt. But how does the mod
ern American sense of honor and dis,
honor compare with the ancient
English article Vice President Col
fax was not impeached; let him answer.
Nor was Richardson impeached, nor
Delano, nor Williams, nor Cresswell;
no, has Robesou been impeached; let
all these guilty Cabinet minister,
answer whether or not the modern
American sense of honor and dishonor
is any keener than was that of our
English ancestors.
But however much the facts may
fail to sustain it, the idea that sixteen
years of Radical rule could make mems
sense of honor keener is a good one
that deserves the benefit of the most
liberal copyright law on the ground
of novelty and of impudence as we'll.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17

Fi.e Angus Chronicle and Sentinel
says: minister Na>hburne has ber
paJ4us Erutus on a au4a,I scale. His
sou was appointed by Gaueral Grant
5 cretary of the American Legation at
81. Petersburg. 1t afterwards trans
PRED that the young maG. while con
nccted with the ni,assy at Paris. WIS
also an agent of al American circus.
The stern Old Roman, the father, I'M
mediateiy telegr4phed the erring son,
demar ding his resignation. The de-
maud was complied with. aud youn2
Wash. has been sacrificed upon the
altar of his country"
Is not that rather hard on Brutus'
sons9 We never heard it charged
before On those misguided youths,
conspiratots though they were, that
either of them was circus agent.
Oar G-orgis friend will oblige us per-
sonally by apoiogizing to those ag
gfitved young tne3. We make the re-
quest with confidence rs we are quite
sure onr contemporary intended no such
It fl ctiuu.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17

A special dispatch from Washington
says: Comment upon the hasty recall
of Gen. Meigs from his European
iunket reveals some interesting facts.
1t is believed that the President is
anxious to have Meigs resume his old
place in Washington at the head of the
principal Bureau of the War Depart
ment, and GUST Gen. Rufus Ingalls,
therefrom, before any damaging dis
closures regarding the latter's alleged
misconduct in Office are made. Ingalls,
downfall is predicted by intelligent in
dividuals with as much positiveness as
was that of Belknap before the latter
fell, and it is asserted that if he is not
caught while in the Office of Quarter
master General, he will at all events
be cashiered and dismissed in disgrace
from the army.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17
The Unfortunate - ~eUvard II o,s e. ,,
lFrom the Mash!ngton Chruncle.l

rom Ulc " ASH 5tOn CffrUnCle-i
1t would seem as if some terrible
misfortune is sure to follow all Official
life who pass any time in a certain
mansion which SHOULD be haunted, if
glo,' my associations could invite the
presence of ghosts. When General
Belknap first came to Washington he
took apartments for himself and wife
IN what is, AMI possibly always VIII be,
known as the Seward House, or
"Club House, these titles connecting
it with two of the tragedies among the
many sorrowfui Incidents with which
it is associated. And the record of
the sojoorn ia Washington. of rA-oec-
stary Belkuap adds other IS ocia-
tons of a tragic character to its gloomy
history, though his second wife did not
die there, nor did the present Mrs.
Belknap pass more than two months
there. john G. Spencer, when Secre-
tary of War, resided there, and his
son was hung for mutiny to the yard
arm of the vessel on WHICH he was
cruising. A member OF the Cabinet
who peSlGhed IN the fatal explosion
which, during Tyler's administration,
converted a pleasure party on the
Potomac into a funeral of states
men, also had lived in that house
though [ believe he was residing else
where at the time of his tragic death
The attempted assassination in that
house OF Secretary Seward, the death
therein of his lovely daughter. and
the killing of Barton Key Immediately
after he lett its threshold, are some of
the other melancholy associations of
the old house, built with pIize money
by Commodore Rogers, the father of
the wife of General Meigs. A singular
and very sad coincidence connected
with the leath of Ma. Carrie Belknap
it will be as we'll to recall now Mrs.
Grant continued her receptions through
the spring of 1870, and always invited
q number of ladies, both matrons aud
maidens. to receive with her At her
last reception til & year Mrs. Carrie
Beiknap and Miss Maggie Hesk, both
handsome and popular Kentuckians
ithe latter lady the daughter of James
Beck, the Representative in Congress
from his State. and now Senator elect,
We're the receiving Earty. Before
another public reception vas held at
the White House, she ffower-covered
Goliins containing the remains of Mrs.
Be KNAPP and Mrs. Corcoran, nee Beck.
the latter a bride of a few weeks,
wearing her wedding robes as shroud,
rested sideby side in tha chapel at
Oak Hill. The two died within a few
days OF each other.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17
nRE RIRIEF-lANESSCK!-'

These memorable words of our
Presidential automaton are made the
basis of an interesting dialogue which
we find in the Charlotte Observer, and
which is we'll wol thy of being repro
duced. The Observer puts it thus:
1st Messenger-ToG General Grant lei
1876: The Democrats have swept this
whole country-Massachu has de-
serted us-Ben Butler has been de-
feated-the Ku Klux Democracy and
rebels have large majority in the
National House of Representatives.
and
Gen. Grant-''Be brief; am sick. "
I'd Messenger-YourP Private Secre-
be en- indicted for stealing the whisky
revenues, and people do say you had
some knowledge
Grant-''Be orief; am sick"
3rd MISCONCEPTIONS own Cabinet
officer and the Secretary of the War
Department Las made an open confess
sion that he sold offices and received
large brides, and people do say
Grant-"Be brief: [ am sick"
4th Messenger-Eng says that
you have sent ii Minister over to her
shores who has been engaged i'll the
most Infamous swindles-that through
the influence of his high Office he has
induced many ignorant people to ins
vest in a gigantic fraud called the
Emma Mine-that he has deceived her
people, and disgraced the American
England is mad and demands his re-
call-and people do say
Grant-''Be brief; I am sick"
9Th MISCONCEPTIONS is that Con-
federate House of Representatives.
if you had only let them gone out of
the Union we could steal as much as
we please-but they watch over this
government like they are interested in
it--they are hot upon the track OF
Pierrepont, Robeson, and Orville
Grant. your brother, and people do
say that
Grant Bring me a whiskytoddy,
and be brief, for l am sick" The
scene ends, and the curtain drops.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17

1t now looks as if the President
would not be allowed in the future to
"stand by his friends" so much as has
been HE custom. Mr.. Luckey is not
fairly warm i'll that snug seat in the
Interior Department before this churl-
ish growl is hurled at him by the Gin
cinnati Gazette; 1--WE do not believe
comfortable place in the Interior De
partmenl is the right place for Luckey,
the late associate of Babcock at the
White House, and we call upon Secre-
tary Chandler to move him. That whole
set ought to be dispersed. Their pres
enee at the national capital in Official
positions is 40 insult to honest people,
and especially to kepubiicans, who
party they betrayed" The noble
family of ''sore heads" is increasing
with startling rapidity.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17

By careful calculation the conclu-
sion is reached that the original predic-
ton by MIR. Randall, as Chairman of
the Committee onApproF riations, that
yearly forty million dollars reduction
in the expenses of the Covenant
would be made this year, will be near
ly fulfilled. as by the bills already
passed and those ready for passage. it
is estimated that the aggregate reduc-
ton of Government expenses this year
will reach ttirty-fve million dollars.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17
QJ1lilnliil(Qton Yourno!.
WILMINGTON, N. c.,
FRIDAY, MARCH II, 1876.
WIZ. CLYMER,S GREAT WORK.

The following truthful and forcible
presentation of the great work accom-
plished by Mr.. CLeMER and the COM
mittee of which he is chairman, we
take fir om the New York World.
That Belknap hes been compelled
to leave the Cabinet, says the World,
every one sees. Who compelled him
Not the President, for he accepted
Belknap's resignation with regret.
The Times and other Republican jour
IA concede that Mr.. Clymer and his
committee applied the compulsion to
Belknap, but snarl and sulk over the
methods employed. They complain
that the meetings of the committee
were held at improper places or in i'm
proper hours; that the Republican
members were absent; that Marsh was
discharged from attachment by Mr..
Ciymer after he had answered all the
questions which Mr.. C!ymer summoned
him to answer, and that the witness
straightway fed to CaDada. But admit
ting all this to betrue, what OF 1t? Is not
Belknap out of office? Have not the
post trader frauds been exposed Has
not Evans at Fort Sill been removed :?
And has not the Roof been taken off
the house Of GrdntiSn1? Who did all
this Was it Bass The country
strongly suspects that other high Of
ficials are guilty of much the same
things as Belkuap, but who Will prove
the facts as clearly as Mr. CLYAIER ee-
tablished the charges against Bolknnl?
The Republican members were present
on the examination of Orville Grant,
and the committee meetings were reg
ular, but has the success been equal to
that which followed Mr.. CLYMERs
methods ? Marsh has escaped to Can
ada, we are told every morning By the
Republican patriots. What Of that,
we reply, so long as Grantism has
been exposed; the soldiers put In way
to be protected; Belknap expelled,
and the third-term project crushed 2
But Belknap cannot be impeached,
We are told What of that. we
reply, since impeachment is little
more than a continuance to rid, by
IegisIatire power, the country, OF a
civil officer who will not resign and the
President will not remove ? And be-
sides, if Grant had refused to accept
BelknaD's resignation with regret
but had suspended him from his func-
tions, the whole aspect would have
been different. And it the indictme nt
aud conviction of Belknap are made
difficult, or impossible, by the flight Of
Marsh, the Presidents offer of pardon
will quickly bring him back.
But Grant is dead, In John Ran
dolph's phrase, HE stinks and shines.
and shines and stinks. like a dead
mackereI in the moonlight" Even
gentlemen of the Union League Club
have taken courage TO spit upon
Gyantisn1, and organize for the Re
publican candidacy OF Bristow.
Who but Mr.. CLYMER and the Dem
ocratc members of bis committee have
done this great work, SO marvellous IL
all eyes 2"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17

And now Mrs. Relknap has told a
.dy interviewer represe nting the New
York Herald that "she never said any
such thing" about other people in high
places being deeper in the mud than
her husband was in the mlre of cor
rupt on She says it is al awful
story. She hopes, however, that Mrs.
'iIms will say any thing she chooses.
She evidently does mt love that WON N.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17

1t is related of Secretary Bristow
that, while looking for house l aast
autumn. when he had found one that
he liked he asked what the rent was.
"oeven thousand DOLLARS" answered
the agent. Mr.. Bristow thought for a
moment and then said: Il Was woder-
ing what could possibly do with that
other thousand,' Cabinet minister's
salary being only eight thousand dol
ars year. The seven thousand dollar
house was not rented.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17
MrSSlSSIPPI.

Mississippi is making great strides
toward good government. The Demo
cratic Legislature there has its hands
full, for the task of repairing the dam
ages caused by long years of radical
negro rule is no light one, but we are
truly glad to see that it is doing its
work we'll, doing it thoroughly.
The impeachment and conviction of
Lieutenant Governor Davis for high
crimes and misdemeanors in Office is
another warning to rascals every
that Judgment day though some times
long deferred will surely come, that
their crimes will surely find them out,
and not only that, but will be severely
punished also. We are especially glad
to see that members of the guilty GRIM
malls own party, of both colors, had the
manliness and honesty to vote for his
conviction.
We sincerely trust the impeachment
of the military carpet-bagger,G Governor
Ames so-called, will speedily be brought
to an equally successful termination
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17

Mrs. Belknap told the New York
Herald lady interviewer that the late
Secretary was a poor man, AMI she was
sure she did not know what in the
world they would do for a living.
Every bit of the property they had
was hers. Independ mt of the utter
impos-ibihty Of doubling the truth of
statement made by beautiful
woman who wears II shoes, we believe
Mrs. Belknap is correct in saying that
all the property belongs to her. 1t is
not an unusual thing in these days,
when the catastrophe comes, for peo-
Pile to find that all the property be
longs to the wife.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17

The Republican, anti-Democratic
New York Erening Post, while dis
claiming to be prophet, puts upon
record it's prediction ''that the Repnb-
licans will be compelled before June
next to send their Grants, Mortons and
Conklings into Coventry, and to put
into the forefront their Bristows and
say in no other way can they uchleye
so much a. -i " Of sucGess, as the
general indignation Bgu Dst official NAL
fcasnnce Will :Ici''.t eve, ry man that is
not earnestly id-nt fed 1lth form.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17

In regard to the shower of flesh in
Bath county, Kentucky; Prof. Smith,
the scientist, says in analysis of speci-
mems examined: I'm my mind this
matter gives every Indication of being
the dried spawn of bahcachian reptiles,
doubtless that of the frog. They have
been transported from the ponds and
swampy grounds by currents of winds,
aud have ultimately fallen on the spot
where they were found. This is NO
isolated occurrence of the kind. L have
come across several in the eonrse OF
my reading. The only one [ can now
fix the date of is recorded by Muschon-
brock as occurring in Ireland in
1875"
We sincerely trust this explanation
will be entirely satisfactory. It ought
to be so for several reasons: l. 1t
comes from scientist" 2. "Bahca-
chan reptiles" even in the dried
spawn state, are doubtless capable ii
any eccentr city. 3. The testimony OF
Muschonbroeck ought to oe sufficient
to convince any reasonable man of any
unreasonable thing.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-03-17

A United States army officer of high
rank told Herald man the other day
that while he thought Rabcock
was innocent of corrupt intent ne
thought it was probable he had been
imprudent from generous and noble
impulses. He said, too. that Bah was
fortunate in being tried before Q civil
court rather than by "court martial
composed of such stern guardians of
the honor of the service as Sherman,
Sheridan and Terry" Whew!