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The New York herald., 1876-02-25
CENTENNIAL PAINTINGS.
HISTORICAL PAINTINGS FOR THE CENTENNIAL
ExHIBITIoN.

HISTORICAL PAINTINGS FOR THE cENTENNIAh
KxHIB1TIoN.
There at present on exhibition the Academy Of
Design in this city two paintings, by Mrs lmogene
Robinson Morre on historical subjects, destined to
attract good deal Of attention during the Centennial
celebration for which they Intended The pictures
named respectively 1.-THE First Battle of tho Puri-
tans" and washington Welcoming the Provision
Trains" The former represents the meeting OF Niles
standish with the Indians Pecksuot and Wattamat de-
scribed in Loneenow's "courtship Of Miles standish"
In the foreground stands the white captain,
sword IN hand and wearing his breastplate and helmet
with Hobomok, the interpreter, at his side. The two
chiefs are stretched at standishs feet dead upon
his eathern shield tho other convulsvey graspng the
earth with both hands In his dying struggle To the
right are the wigwams 'between the sea and tho
forest, whose shade rests upon them Further back
AT the eft are the friends OF Standsh with their single
cannon belching forth the thunder that sends the
savaecs scampering through tne woods IN terror.
Behind the group OF white men Is seen
the distant Many Of the figures
are very expressive in face and attitude,
with minute attention 70 detail and strong and effect
i've Arrangement Of the ngurcs The other picture rep
resents scene on the Hudson near Newburg.
washington and his officers mounted on splendid
chargers halt under some near the shade Of two
giant trees over bill little TO the right comes ths
long expected provision trains drawn by slow laborna
little IN advance OF the mounted leaders 10
soldier Of the Revolution still wearing his hunting
tune, and yet further on a number Of small boys
seen whose actions indicate participation
In the general JOY. Their demonstrations naturally
exceed the sober expressions Of satisfaction on older
faces washington Is represented In his forty fourth
year. The expression his face Is that Of dignhed
satisiaction HIS officers seem congratuating him on
their fortunate escape from harassing privaons. The
drawing and colorng OF the horses admirable and
the entire work is strikngly impressive Mrs Morreh
spent four years and half on thsse two splendid pic
lures IN Paris, where they very generally admired
by leading artists They will remain for a week longer
At the Academy before being taken Washington
~hance thew are 20 be conveyed to Philadelnhia
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Many have desired TO calumnlate the Assemblies;
but there does exist government to-day that Is
more worthy Of man hoalthful 70 society
In them speech reigns aud speech is the incarnation
OF the idea and IN the idea the unique elements suf
ncicntly powerful to conquer and contrast force We
have violence IN Assemblies as we have tempests In
the air, prescriptions as In the evil world conflicts
as In every sphere Of the universe but know Of no
better means for directing nations. for making them
illusirous, for teaching them dignity for governing
them by virtue Of the mind elevate them into the
full possession OF right Much "a said Of the char
laans, Of the sophsts, OF the who delight in end.
less argument but they always disappear fall to the
bottom as the hcaihen and end sadly.
The Agora closed, the tribune falls; speech is evan.
GRATED; a conqueror compcls orator to commit.
suede; pretorian pucks the tongue from another;
Caesar confines political debates TO his own narrow
aIcove dragging them in their majesty from the forum
aconquering warrior consummates the infamy Of the
Eighteenth Brumare and human activity must have
Of exit, debates being prohibited they fall
TO aghtng They no longer hear tho clamor Of argu-
ment but toe clash OF arms and after the lapse Of
certain thore added tho sienced conscience
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as secretary.

A competitive examination for the
Normal School scholarships was held at
the office of the school Commissioner o T.
Saturday the 25th and Monday the o7,h
inst, at which the following applicants
manifested sufficient proficiency to en-
tisse them to admission to the school
Middleton w. Brown Marion F. Camp
bell, julius Washington, Paul P. Watson,
Edw. Hamilton Of Beaufort township;
james L. Morrison, of Coosa whatcl.ie
township; j. c. Lawton of Lawton
township; James e. Summons Of Goethe
township; Samuel Graham and Andrew
c. Reynolds of st. Helena township.
Although this county is entitled to but
seven Of the scholarships, the school
Commissioner expresses the hope that
the Others nny be allowed the benefit of
vacancies IN some other counties.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-03-29

THURSDAY last, (the day which was to
have made glad the hearts of honest citi-
zcns by witnessing the adjournment Of
the General Assembly, was signali1cd by
one of those disgraceful exhibitions on
The floor oftle house which are SO fire.
-iuentiy observed by northern visitors and
duly reported when they reach home to
t,e great prejudice of all attempts to
draw capital and intelligent labor from
that section. Mr.. Hamilton, who was
few years ago expelled for similar con.
duct, refube to take his seat at the
command of the Speaker, and showed
his fitness as maker of laws by setting
sbe rules of the House at defiance, and his
appreciation Of the depths to which the
halls of legislature have been sunk, by
damning the presiding officer. We have
received a letter from friend, a resident
of one of the literary centres of the North,
who was present on Thursday, and the
shock which his admiration Of republi-
s"ansz institutions received, would be
sdmost ludicrous were it not for the
eenseinuncss that incalculabe injury is
.eafly inflicted upon the honest majority
of citizens Of the.statc through, the shame
less conduct of their unworthy so-ca.led
representatives. 20.
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particular posts as desirable fields for
monev-making, and also Cheyenne agen-
cy> The fond brother in the White
House, it%ill be seen, was disposed in
every way to help the sutler-ship ambi
tions Of enterprising Orvil.
Grant did even more for Orvil. The
posts at Cheyenne and Standing Rock
were In the Sioux Reservation. When
Orvi got the licenses, which he sold for
share of the profits, the Sioux Reserva-
ton was bounded on the cast by the
Missouri river. The traders driven out
therefore crossed the stream and opened
rival shops to Orvil's and run his men a
brisk competition. Orvil wouldn't stand
this, and Grant must have been very in.
d'gnant Mt the presu nption of the old
traders, for lie issued his Presidential,
proclamation extending the Sioux Reser.
vation to the eastern bank of the Mis-.
souri, Thus the rival traders were
chcckmated by Grant himself, through
an act within his power as president,
and Orvil's men enjoyed the monopoly
which enabled them to charge extortion-
ate prices for their goods and pay Orvil
his stipulated dividends. The power of
the President has never been put to so
corrupt use in the history Of the coun-
try.
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TEE Centennial Exhibition will be

TEE Centennial Exhibition Will be
opened with great ceremony on May 10Th
The President is expected to open
bis lips and addzess the invited guests,
tho rest Of mankind being allowed to
look on from distance as they are SO
numerous and anxious to hear the great
Silent Man that it is thought they might
crowd the favored few. theodore Thorn
rs will direct the orchestra OF one hun
dred ond fifty pieces which will then
play the National airs of all nations
]. G. Whittier has written O hymn for
the occasion which will be sung by the
President and the rest of the throng, and
"a chorus of six hundred will render
HSndei's "Halleluiah." The grand march
through the buildings will be beaded
by Gen. Grant, accompanied by the invi-
ted guests, who ut proper time will give
the signal and awaken the immense en-
gine that will give life and motion to the
thirteen acres of machinery on exhi5i
tion and the show will begin at once.
Great preparations have been made for
the accommodation Of the vast crowds
expected during the summer. Several
new hotels have been built close to tho
grounds and the citizens Of Philadelphia
expect to give up all tbtir spare room.
for the use Of curiosity seekers ut tn,
moderate charge Of from two dollars and
halfa day up. AS it is not expected
that the city can give accommodations to
all who will visit the exhibition the lit.
tie towns in the ueighborhood are
making..arrange:nents to take. care of The
rest.
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THE investigation into the headstone

THE investigation into the headstones
for union soldiers is adding still more to
the disgrace ofthe secretary of War, as
1t shows that the contract was n OF award
e6 to the lowest bidder nor were the
specifications in the contract as award
cd carried out. When Gen. Meigs
objected to the stones and shaG some of
them rejected the secretary had other
inspectors examine and approve the ones
rejected. Judging from the stones
furnished the cemetery in Beaufort it i.
easy to see how any honest man could
not but reject them, as they are of sort
ct soap stone and when being unloaded
would chip off great pieces if allowed to
touch each other no matter how light
MAS the touch. Then again they were
!,t'cred by the sand-blast process and
whic some were too deeply ,cut others
were hardly legible. If these stones are
not already paid for it would be we'll for
the government to have them inspected
again. One of the men engaged in
setting them boastcd when here that he
was neighbor of Belknap in Iowa and
very intimate with the secretary. He
may have been the famed Bridges, the
tailor who left his bench to assume this
5000 .0o0 contract on the principle of
addition, division and silence"
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March 21st, CLEANED Br. Bg. Mnrgam
Thomas master for Belfast, with 557 tons
of phosphate rcck from Coosaw mines.
-7ard Rr. Big. Ino, Phillips master for
DubliC Ireland with s37 tons of phps-
pha,c rock from Ccosaw mines.
.24th Br. Bg. Fi"rencc. Bcynor master
for Plymouth England with fs1 tons of
phosphate rock from Coosaw mines.
March 22nd ENTERED Russian Bk
Aura Dah!ston master so days from San
tiago Cape dc Verde Islands with 164
tons Of coal to Dshlston.
-22nd Br Bkt Gladstone In distress
bound Tor New castle England from 81
Helena sound with phosphate rock.
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BABcoGK succeeded i'm escaping the
penitentiary by means which Will some
day he revealed. Nine-tcnths of the pub
lic believe him to he guilty of everything q
Charged In the indictment, ard y great
deal more which will yet come to light. He
has been dismissed from the White House
IN disgrace since the trial. GRANT did
his best to protect him in the Whiskey
Ring business, and was not troubled be.
cause Of his corruption. But wien he
detected him in bad faith to himself he
Was ordered out of his Confidently II pace
as secretary
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& In the sunmer of 1874, according to
Owl Grants testimony, Grant wrote
MIN that he had given orders 20 have no
more, post traders appointed until he
gave the word; and subsequently, Inc fur.
thsr showed his fratcrnal affection by
writing to orvil that some suffers were
TO he removed, and that now was his
chance. orvIl was gratiicd with the
post Of trader at Fort Peck, that at
standing Rock. that at Fort Be.knap,
and tina. at Fort Berthoid. Tho ingcu-
nous Orvii testified ti,at "s, far as hc
could rccoliecsp Gr.ut specified these
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-03-29

H!ack ClSth and Worsted Dioganal Suits
from $12 TO $40
Pants from $500 upwards.
Vests from 81 upwards.
Frne English Cashmere pants, tor dress
only 81.
Youths and Boys Suits from &6 to $2s.
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Ex-Gov. Brown, who was Cover

Lx-Gov. Brown, who was Governor of
Georgia during the war, in q recent
speech, said "While would, during the
war, hsve ehcerfuliy given my life to
maintain the institution Of slavery, now,
il by turning my ha2d over coald rein
state it in all its power, vow to you /
would not do il. And in uttenns this
sentiment l only express the feeling Of a
very large majority Of the people of the
South. 1 was somewhat Of q leader in
secession, but want you, my f1ends of
the Northwest, 60 understand that
am opposed to the next civil war, and
with the immense military power We
have proved ourselves capable of exert
ing, am not afraid Of the rext foreign
war"
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WE fear that we have incurred the dis
pleasure Of that eminent statesman
Robert smalls, member Of Congress from
this district and Major General Of the
forces of HIS Excellency Governor Cham
berlain. Our reason for so thinking is that
the Congressional Record which We have
been receiving SO regularly with the
honorable members frank on the corner
has ceased to reach Us for week, and NC
cannot charge tho commission to o'thefault
of the mails. We have scanned this
document carefully for long time in a
vain search for seine evidence that We
have a member of Congress but have al.
ways been obliged to seek fer his name in
the directory excepting sometime. VIII e,
we ind his name recorded as having cast
vote; but as the vote is almost invari
ably on the minority side We can SCARCELY
see The good of his wasting his valuable
time representing his constituents in the
unhealthy atmosphere Of Washington for
the paltry sum Of six thousand dollars
year. 1t is t,uc that the services re-
quircd Of him as member Of the Com
mittec On Agriculture are very arduous
the distribution of corn alone requiring
much labor, and it may be he has not
had time TO attend to any but his con.
s.ituents, and his custom house job hicb
does not seem in a fair way Of being
purchased by the Government, ut ten
times its value.
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Star Shirts from 81 so to 90.
Merino Undervests and Drawers from
SOC to $3.50.
Handkerchiefs, Half Hose, scarfs Ties,
Collars, &C., in great variety.
All goods marked in plain figures. No
deviation.
Making suits to order from $25 upwards.
No trouble in showing goods. Givcus
cali before purchasing elsewhere.
MENKE & MULLER,
22S King cor. Wentworth st.
CHARLESTON, S. G.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-03-29

iHE Senate on thursday having rcfus-
ed to concur in the House resolution
relative to the prosecution by the attor-
ney-general of parties implicated in the
Solomon's bank business, the House went
to work and passed resolution on its
own account directing the attorney-gener-
al, with the assistance of five members of
the House,to proceed at once, both civilly
and criminally, against any and every
party whom they may deem to be implica-
ted in the Solomon's bank swindle. 1t i.
claimed by parties who know, that this
resolution absolutely means nothing more
than to give said members of committee
chance to feather their nests, and then
come in and report, if they ever report
anything, tina. they could find no grounds
for proceeding against anybody.
The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1876-03-29

The Citizens Of Saw annah are stlll
exerting themselves to secure The order
ing OF the feet to Tybeo. At o meeting
OF the city council last Wednesday even
ing assurances were given that there were
good prospects Of success, that their
representatives in Cong,es. were laborinp
hard In their behalf and tina. it was al.
most an accomplished fact. They do not
seem to realize that the larger vessels
such as the Dictator, New Hampshire
and Others could never hope to enter
their harbor ON account of the depth of
water, which is an insuperable barrier to
the success oftheir plans. II Port Royal
can offer no other sdvantagc than its
great depth of water on its bar this alone
compels the government to make this
station IL one is to be established be-
tween Norfolk and Key West.
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not the railroad a.

ARE not the railroad companies
responsible to great extent for the length
of the legislative sessionss Does sns one
suppose that with the tigEtness Of money,
even with Legislators, that they would
extend session four months if they had
TO pay railway fare on their way to aud
from Columbia' Does any one suppose
that the members from Beaufort, 0conee
or Horny county would run A,mc for a
few days every two or three weeks il they
had to payf ofcourse they woald nos,
and if.they could not, they would .djoarn
sine die at the end OF forty or Atty
days session. Several of the roads have
abolished the prnicious system Of grant
ing dead head passes to legislstors.- I'm
on Herald.
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WE take pleasure 10 welcoming the
appearance Of The Carolina Teacher, a
Journal devoted to the interests of educa
tion in the State of South Carolina. II
is started under the the energetic manage.
ment OF Mr.. NJ. A. Warren, the principal
OF the State Normal school, and if 1t
meets with the encouragement which
1t deserves, the cause which it aims to de-
veIope will be advanced by the meals
afforded of making pubic the neves,
and most npProved methods of teaching
and by discussing needed changes and
improvements in the management of the
public schools.
Maryville Republican. (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-1877, 1876-08-05
The Bible in India.

At the late anniversary Of the Brit
ish and Foreign Bible Society, the
Earl of SEaftesbury read tho follow
ing letter from Sir Bartlo Frere, who
had Just returned in the company oi
the Prince Of Wales, from his tour in
her mai,sty's Indian possessions:
At different places, during his roy
al high1esss tour, the prince received
from various bodies copies of trans
Iations Of the Holy Scriptures into,
believe, no less than eleven languages,
and in l think, no less than nine
cases the translations comprised the
whole Bible, and some of the most
important portions Of both Testa .
ments were presented, which had
been translated into nine other
languages in which no complete
translation of the whole Bible had
vet been finished. This may afford
some .dea of the number of readers
in India to whom the Holy Scriptures
are now accessible in their own In
dian dialect; and when l mention
that Of all these versions four only
we're, believe, complete when | first
went to India, forty-two years ago,
we may have some idea Of the great
present activity of the society S
agents, in a great number Of missions
scattered through such q number OF
nations speaking SO many different
dialects.
Then, as to the effect produced,
apart from direct and entire convor-
siors from other religions to Chris
tiamty, l may mention the fact, which
struck me greatly, that l was assured
from many quarters that many thou
sands of Hindoos, who do not make
any profession of Christianity, habits
uaily use books Of the Old aud Now
Testamonts as their models in prayer
and their standards Of morality !
need not trouble you with comments
on the iact, but ! am sure that all
friends of the Bible society will re-
ioico to think that the devotional
portions of the Bible, and the moral
teachings of our Lord and his apos-
ties, are largely read and deeply
thought on by great bodies OF their
fellow-subjecis who are still in search
Of a rule of life.
Maryville Republican. (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-1877, 1876-08-05
Farm and Household
Top-Dressing Orchards.

The London Gdrden says "Top,
dressing can bo applied to orchard
trees on grass with the perfect conf
dence that improved crops will follow,
although the grass itself may be the
first to show the top-dressing. There
is before us an instance of an orchard
Of apple trees planted on thin gray
ely soil the trees were covered with
moss and stuntod, although not by
any means old (about 25 year1.) The
grass of this orchard had been
mown year after year for the sake of
tidinoss, thus eXhausting the soil
more than the trees did A rather
rough system of top-dressing was
inaugurated at q sacrifice of appears
ances all sorts of refuse material
were wheeled or carried into the
orchard and spread over the surface,
such as sifted coal ashes, old decayed
tan, the old soil and rubbish from
the potting bench, sweepings and
scrapings of roads, etc, until a con-
siderable thickness Of material had
accumulated. The first result was Il
troublesome growth of grass, which
was kept down with the scythe, but
not cleared away-on the contrary,
allowed to rot on the surface by
and by the trees began to emit guam
titles of young roots from the lower
parts of their boles into the top
dressing, aud the second result was,
that the next crop of apples was
considerably larger and of much
improved quality; the branches were
severely thinned to admit light and
air, well busted with quick lime to
remove moss and lichons, and they
were amply repaid annually by this
simple attention"
Maryville Republican. (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-1877, 1876-08-05
Religious Column.
Jesus Among the Corn.

at the time Jesus went on the Sabbath
day through the corn. MARI. XII: l.
JESUS went through the corn, and,
taking things seen and known of all
men for the subject OF His teachings
on various occasions, looked upon the
harvest with a holy eye, discerning
spiritual truths beneath outward
forms, and reproducing them in para
bles which spoke to every heart. The
parallels of the sower, OF the wheat,
and of the rich man whose ground
brought forth plentifully, as also His
touching illusions at SyChar to the
spiritual fields white already unto
harvest and His yearning pity for
the multitude when He marked how
the harvest was great and the labor
ers were few-reveal the thoughts of
Jesus and the heart of Jesus while
walking on the Sabbath through the
golden fields of corn. The objects of
His Fathers bounty suggested mat
ter for some of His lovliest teachings,
and the corn became His textbook
for parallels that will not cease to
edify His people as long as the world
endures.
Not such we're the thoughts of the
Pharisees who accompanied him
They perceived neither Gods bounty
in the harvest, nor Christ's spiritual
teaching in the corn parallels; but they
were quick to perceive the hungry
fishermen who followed Him, rubbing
the ears o. corn in their hand for
food and, delighted to have an op-
portunity Of attacking the Master
through the disciples, they immedi-
ately ask: why do they that which
it is not lawful to do upon the Sab1
bath day." 1t is easier to be sancti~
monious than to be holy. The letter
of the law may be kept where the
spirit of tits broken the Pharisee
may walk through the corn and find
nothing Int matter for cavil, while
Jesus finds rich spiritual food where.
with to nOurish His people in every
age.
Maryville Republican. (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-1877, 1876-08-05
,enatOrial Convention.

| he Republicans Of tie bird
lSnaoriI District composed Qf
N counties Of Jefferson, C0cde,
yritr and Bl0unt:
Convention is hereby called to
IA at Sevierville, Tenn, Thursday,
\. 10th, 1876, for the purpose of
'3natng a candidate to represent
|. Third Senatorial District in the
h General Assembly. Counties
n have not already appointed dele.
l.s are requested to do so at as
DIV a day as practicable.
]. NAT. LYLE, Chm Ex. Com.
lndriige, Tenn,
July 2G, 1876. I
Maryville Republican. (Maryville, Tenn.) 187?-1877, 1876-08-05
no Clcnn Looklng CHICO.

Take newspaper, fold it small,
dip it in n basin Of cold water. When
thoroughly wet squeeze it out as you
would a sponge; then rub it over
the surface Of the glass, taking care
that it is not so wet as to run down
in streams; in fact the paper must
only be completely moistened, or
damponed all through. Let it rest a
few minutes, then 90 over the glass
with fresh newspaper till it looks
clear and bright. The insides OF
windows may be cleaned in the same
way, also spectacle glassess, lamp
glasses, etc. White paper that has
not been printed on is better; but in
tho absence of that a very old news
paper, on which the ink has become
thoroughly dried should be used.