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The daily gazette., 1877-06-16
SEVENTH sEMI-ANNuAL STATEMENT OF THE
.4Aas Fire Insurance Co., of Hartford u
Iyn yANoAhf is'' i0'' 100000.

ASSETS, (MARKEr VALUED.
Ioans on mortgage of Estate,
on
Bank Hartord
led Charter OaX Natlona ha
National Bank
dred for American National BANK
Farmers Mechanics
Fifty National Bank HARTFORD
Forty National Bank, Hart1oru,
ifty United Trust Company iarIloru
nares Trust Company, tiartioru,
Twenty-Five Security Company, Hart1oro, 1
Cash in hand bank, and with agents.
LIABILITIES
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Fashionable Furniture !
]. & ]. N. HARTMAN,
No 40 King street,
WILMINGTON, DEL.

AqE5V We respectfully inform the citis
s-sststiW zens of Wilmington, and the sur
IL rounding country that we continue
kose1g to manufacture and keep on hand
at our large and long established ware
rooms, Furniture of every variety and
style, consisting of Mahogany, Rosewood
and Walnut Furniture suitable for parlor,
dinning-room and chamber uses.
Our assortment of Furniture is larger and
more varied than can be found in Delaware,
and all articles sold at our establishment
are warranted as represented.
Venitian Blinds OF the most fashionable
designs made to order and kept constantly
on hand. We also manufacture and con-
stantly keep a large assortment OF Spring
Hair, Moss and Husk Mattresses.
j. a. j. N. HARMAN,
4l0 King street, Wilmington,
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~ or superior IfNGLLSH manufacture
and justly eetebrdted for Elasticity. Duradiliiy
dnd EuemeSs Of Point. In 10 NMHberS
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS OF THE
ROy0I Canadian L1s. Co., of yM0ntzal, C@1t

JANUARY Ist, 1911.
and
n
Harbor
Mortgage
Mortgages RealE Estate
stocks, (CanadianD
suniry debtors outstanding premiums due home Office COM
missions other claims due
Interest and all other of the Company
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NOTICE.
R. MESSICK.

having removed from his old stand. Fifth
and King street to stalls 46 and 4S Second
ST., Market House would kindly inform
is customers that he is ready to supply
EN- the same as usual with the very best
sh BtLlforl COZ lJy airy butter, whole
q an retail. Als), eggs anl cheese a
e.J JtSJ1ssl.LJ,sG n Lyl-1n'a
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Losses in course of settlement,
STATEMENT OF THE
Guaranty Fire Insurance Co., Of "''
JANUARY 1st, 1877. 5000 900.
CASH CAPITAL,

Cash,
United States Bonds,
New York City and other stocks,
Bonds and Mortgages,
Temporary Loans,
Accrued interest,
Due from agents,
Premiums in course of collection
UnadJustei losses,
June l6-3t law3w.
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assets in the United States.
JANUARY 1st, 1877.


mortgage bonds
Ne York
Harlem Railroad Bonds. coupons)
Cash in bank and in hands of Trustees,
Cash hands
and accrued,
collection,
and due rom Companies reinsurance,
risks, New York statues,
Surplus in Uni ed States owe
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-03
Scarlet Fever in Chicago.

The scourge Of the innocents con-
tinues at Chicago with but little or no
abatement. A correspondent writes /:
"a terrible gloom hangs over the
houses in this city, and in many of
them the gloom has already strength
ened into darkness. That subtle
scOurge, scarlet fever, seems TO defy
the skill of large number of our ply
sicians as it never did before. With
steady and relentless tread it comes
into the houses of the rich and poor,
touching, with flaming hand, here a
bright-eyed boy, there a sunDy-haired
girl, shutting out the sunlight from
one and turning the other into ashes.
During a residence here of many years
| have never known such a terrible
epidemic among the little ones. Ap-
prehensiOns fill the minds of thousands
of parents, and more than one mother
has told me with quivering lips, IL
may be our home next.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-03
mot for an age,
But for all time"

REPRESENTATIVE ELLIS, of Louis
lana, in bis speech before the House
on the Louisiana decision, made some
telling points against the perpetrators
of the great crime. In closing, he
said:
"Sir, the deed is done. The crime
is accomplished. For four years from
the 4th Of March next the Republican
party will hold the shadow ofexecutive
power. | say the shadow, because
the substance of usurped power is
over and can never be realized. The
immortal pencil of Gustave Dore has
illustrated the legend Of the Wander
ing jew. You have all seen it. In
all that dreary march of years he found
no rest, no resting-place from his
crime and its memories. Whether
amid the busy haunts of men or in the
dim aisles of the forest; whether
upon the mountain top or amid the
roar and spray Of the ocean storm,
there was ever the memory of the
crime of the Jew. the pale, suffering
face of the Redemeer, and the accus-
ing voice forever In his ear. So it
must be with the Republican party and
the unjust judges Of this Commission.
The spoils of Office will not compen-
safe it. The splendors of the Presiden-
tial receptions and levees can not ban
ish its presence. The silence and
gravity Of the Cabinet meetings will
not Danish or hush its accusing voice,
and in four years more this great
American people, this wronged, out
ragged people, will rise in their majesty
and will hurl these drunken guests OF
the feast from power everywhere, and
brand with the indelible brand oil
infamy these, men who have aided,
countenanced, abetted and defended
this monstrous crime"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-03


The pastor Of a church ia one OF
our large cities said not long ago Il
have officiated at forty weddings since
came here, and in every case save
one / felt that the bride waa running
an awful risk. Young met Of bad
habits aud fast tendencies nsver mar
ry girls of their own sort, but demand
a wife above suspicion. SO pure,
sweet women, kept from the touch Of
evil through the years of their girl
hood, give themselves, with all their
costly dover Of wOmanh0od, into the
keeping Of men who, in base associa-
tions, have learned to undervalue al
that belong to them, and then find no
time for repentance in the sad after
years. There is but one way out OF
this that | can see, and that ls for you
the young women Of the country
to require, ia association and marriage,
purity for purity, sobriety for sobriety,
and honor for honor. There is no
reason why the young men Of this
Christian land should not be Just as
virtuous as its young women; and ii
the loss of your society and love be
the price they are forced 20 pay for
vice, they will not pay il. admit
with sadness that not all Of our young
women are capable Of this high stand
ard for themselves or others. hut be-
lieve there are enough earnest, thought
tul girls in the society Of our country
to work wonders il faithfully aroused"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-03
Chandler's Bank Account

II has been mentioned that one oI
the House Committee had by som,
means come into possession of trans,
script of Secretary Chambers Bank
account as Chairman Of the National
Republican Committee. tits believed
among the Republicans that this re.
port is true, and therefore they are be.
ginning to vouehsafe explanations aud
to furnish information on the subject.
1t seems that Mr.. Chandler sent one
check for $4,000, payable to Cover
nor Hayes order. Governor Hayes
Immediately endorsed il and passed il
over to Mr.. MikOff, the Chairman of
the Ohio Republican State Committee.
The heaviest single contributor TO the
fund was JAY Gould, who gave a check
for $50, 1000, and in addition gave his
promise that the New York Tribune
should support Hayes. This promise.
as is we'll known, has been very faith
fully carried out. Don Cameron gave
5000. John NJ. Forbes, Of Massa-
chusetts, turned into the Committee the
largest amount of fcOllections, reaching
about $4,000. They say that old Zach
ives rather stingy with his own money.
aud did not give much, and he evident
ly thought that his forced leVies on the
Department Clerks would do for his
share.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-03
A Description Of the Telephone.

As the teleghone, the new invention
of Prof. A. Graham Bell, is but little
understood, the following reprint des-
cription and explanation of the instru-
ment may not be amiss:
The telephone in its present form
consists Of a powerful, compound, per-
manent magnet, to the poles Of which
are attached ordinary telegraph coils
of insulated wire. In front of the
poles, surrounded by these coils of
wire, is placed diphragm Of iron. A
mouth piece to converge the sound
upon this diaphragm substantially
completes the arrangement. The mo-
ton of steel or iron in front of the
poles of a magnet creates current OF
electricity in coils surrounding the
poles of the magnet, and the duration
of this current of electricity comedies
with the duration of the motion Of
the steel or iron moved or vibrated in
the proximity of the magnet. When
the human voice causes the diaphran
to vibrate, electrical undulatiOns are
! induced in the coils environing the
magnets precisely analagus to the un
dulations of the air produced by tha
voice. These coils are connected witt
the line wire, which may be of an!
length, provided the insulation b
good. The undulations which are In
duced in these coils travel the lint
wire, and, passing through the coils o
an instrument Of precisely simila
construction at the distant station, ar
again resolved into air undulations b.
the diaphragm of this instrument.
1t was by this wonderfully simpl
instrument that the three-quarters o
a column report of Prof. Bells lee
ture was transmitted from Salem t
the Globe by the voice on. Monda
evening. All who saw the working Q
the instrument was astonished at tn
results obtained.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-03
Carlyle on Darwin.

The British papers publish the fol-
lowing extract of letter written to a
friend by Carlyle:
"A good sort Of man is Darwin, and
we'll meaning, but with very little in
tellect. All, il is sad, terrible thing,
to see nigh a whole generation Of men
and women protesting to be cultivated,
locking around in a purblind fashion
and finding no God in this universe.
suppose it is q reaction from the
reign of cant and hollow pretense, pro-
Tossing to believe what we have got to.
All things from frog spawn. The gos-
pei of dirt is the order Of the day,
The older l grow-and / now stand
on the brink of eternity-the more
comes back to me the sentence in the
catechism which / learned when q
child, and the fuller and deeper its
meaning becomes, What is the chiei
end of man To gloriiy God and en-
10y Him forever. No gospel of dirt
teaching that men have descended
from frogs, through monkeys, can evel
set that aside"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-03
A Beautiful Thought.

When the summer of youth is slow
ly wasting on the night-fall of age, and
the shadow of the path becomes deep
er, and life wears to its close, it is
pleasant to look through the vista of
time upon the sorrows and felicities of
our earlier years. If we have had a
home to shelter and hearts to rejoice
with us, and friends have been gath
cred around our freside, the rough
places of wayfaripg will have been
worn and smoothed away in the twilight
of life, and dark spots we have passed
will grow brighter and more beautiful.
Happy indeed are those whose inter-
course with the world has not changed
the tone of their holier feeling, or
broken those musical chords of the
heart, whose vibrations are so melodi-
Gus, so tender and so touching in the
evening Of their lives.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-03
Death of a Big-headed Boy.
Troy Times

Matthew Dorm, the monster headed
boy, is dead. He was fifteen years of
age, and was certainly q curiosity, if
not monstrosity, so far as his head
was concerned. 1t is said that it was
four feet in circumference, and weigh
ed almost eighty pounds. He was of
Irish parentage. When six weeks old
his head began growing much more
rapidly than his body, and continu-
ed up to grow up to within few
weeks of his death. He was never
able to sit up, but could move his head
from right to left while lying on his
pillow. During the Centennial Ex-
hibition, at Philadelphia, he was taken
there by speculative persons, but the
undertaking did not prove successful
there or in Albany, where he was sub
sequently exhibited for a few days.
His body at the time of his death
weighed about one-half as much as
his head.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-03

THOUSANDS of men, who had previ.
ously entertained no settled views az
to the true merits Of the question, on
felt no interest in its determination,
are now convinced that the Commits.
sion has. forfeited all claims 10 the re
spect Of the people, because Of ia
treachery to every principle Of justice,
aud that Hayes can not accept its ere.
dentials, and be inducted into the ex.
ecutive Office under its auspices, with
out entailing odium upon his admins
tration.-iS. Louis Times,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-03
Short Sermon On Manliness.

Learn from the earliest days to en-
ure your principles against the perils of
ridicule You can no more exercise
your reason if you live in the constant
dread of laughter, than you can enjoy
your life if you are in constant terror
of death. If you think it right to diff
fer from the times, and to make point
of morals, do it. however rustic, how
ever antiquated, however pedantic it
may appear; do it pot for insolence,
but seriously aud grandly-as q man
who wore a soul of his own in his
bosom, and did not wait till it was
breathed into him by the breath Of
fashion.-Sidney Smith.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-03

An Irish girl was ordered to ham
the washed clothes on the horse in th'
kitchen to dry. Her mistress shortly
after found very gentle family horse
standing in the Kitchen completely
covered with the articles that hac
been washed that day. Upon interro
eating the girl, the reply was. Och
to be sure ye told me to hang the
clothes upon the horse in the kitchen
aud the baste is the kindest / eve
saw"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-03

WE have no heart TO comment upo
a spectacle that is n judicial disgraC
to the American name and characte
a burning libel upon the very name
popular government and Tepublics
liberty, which are sure 70 condemn u
highest judicial tribunal Of our couE
try to the contempt Of mankind
Omaha Herald.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-03

i ACCEPT the nomination With graf
itude, hoping that, under Providence.
/ shall be able, if elected, to execute
the duties of the high Office as a trust
for the benefit of all the people. =
That is what Hayes said after he re
ceived the news from Cincinnati. He
has never been elected, but he propo-
ses to take the Office in the capacity Of
a usurper, whom the people have re-
pudiated at the polls. A usurper new
er executes his Office for the benefit
Of all the people. In the case Of Hayes
he will execute" for the benefit of
the scoundrels who delivered TO him
the stolen goods.-Courier- Journal.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-03

WE did not think these men coul
be induced, by indorsing the damn
bic Louisiana board and the Scout
drelism of Wells, kellogg. PackaT
and the other Internal thieves an
sooundrels, TO commit suicide aud lou
the Republican party with an incubl
that would hasten its descent TO Il
devil.--iSetma Times.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-03

THEY tender Gov. Hayes 8 Gift
which he can not receive without be-
ing polluted and blistered By its Dos.
session. He will be haunted By the
sentiment Of Gen. Grant, that no man
worthy to be President would bo count
ed in on returns tainted with suspic
ion Of fraud. He is 20 be pitied rather
than congratulated. He will be the
first Returning Board President
GaLUestOn Neps.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-03

THAT the Tribunal has proved
neither fair nor hOnest-thAt il has re
fused to discharge its duty in man
ner TO secure the the respect and con-
fidence of the country.-that il has
made itself simply q machine for sus-
tanning fraud-must cause regret and
humiliation to those who sustained the
bill as well as TO those who opposed il.
But certainly this cannot justify any
outcry against our respected leaders
Montgomery AdUertiser.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-03

Mr.. BoaY, of Missouri, uttered q
prophecy which the future will verify
when, lin the United States Senate, he
said "The name of that man who
changed his vote upon that commits
sion (Justice Bradley will go dOwI
to after ages disgraced his name will
be associated with Marlborough and
Jeffreys. aud il never will be pro.
nounced without a hiss from al good
men In this country"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-03

A DIsGRACEFUL denouement 20 the
Brooklyn Theater disaster is the de-
mand of the coroner for his full fees
on the dead bodies exhumed at the
rate Of $3.50 per corpse, which, ac-
cording to this "crowner's quest law.
makes his bill aggregate $500 for his
weeks work at the horrible holocaust,
and this is exclusive Of witness and
jury fees.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-03

Miss KATE FIELD, always q bril-
liant newspaper worker, but an un
successful actress, has returned 10 he
first love in London, aud is now writin
regularly on American subjects for th
Examiner. 1t is presumed that IL i
her hand which has urgently oorreote,
Punch for putting the negro worI
tote" in the mouth Of typical Yam
kee.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-03

A WOMAN is either worth a good
deal or nothing. If good for nothing,
she is not worth getting jealous for
if she be a true woman she will give no
cause for jealousy. A man is brute
to be jealous Of a good woman. and q
fool to be jealous OF a worthless one,
but he is a double fool 10 cut bis
throat for either of them.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-03

CosT OF GROWING CRoPs.-A far
mer should know what things cost,
and how he is coming out at the end
of year. A celebrated farmer Of
Michigan, who raises little of every
thing, kept a careful account of his
wheat crop this (last) year, and after
allowing for every expense, interest
on land, wear and tear of implements,
ETC., he finds that wheat cost him 72
cents per busbel. He sold the crop at
81 per bushel, realizing profit Of Is
cents, which he regarded as very salts.
factory. Germantown Telegraph.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-03

Rowland Hill was once requested
preach a sermon TO the elect. l
promptly replied: Have the goo
ness to mark the elect with a piece
chalk, so that / may know them
The request was not insisted on.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-03

1t is the right Of every domestic a
imal TO have good food, good air, Al
shelter from ths weather, and IL pl
thelr owners. in every way, 10 turni
them.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-03

There were built last year in the
United States 2,4423 miles of new rail-
road, Texas and California being the
leading States, having respectively
1914 and 1904 miles.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-03
HOUSE.

On motion of Mr.. Smith the resolu-
ton in regard to the committee to go
to New York and confer with the
ond-holders was taken up and adopt
ed after a suspension of the rules.
If now the right sort of commit
tee be appointed, if they do their work
we'll and do it quickly, and if, on their
reporting back to the Assembly, our
Representatives and Senators legislate
Justly, wisely and with energy, they
will atone for many instances in which
they have done those things which
they ought not to have done, and left
undone those things which they ought
to have done"
But there is an alarming number of
IFS in this hypothesis.
The daily gazette., 1877-02-03
FIRST EDITION!
IHe BraaiIIiam stea,,e }.

The side wheel steamer Aropiry, built
by Pusey Jones Il Co., of this city for the
Enterprise Navigation Company, OF
MaraJo, Para Brazil, will leave for that
place on Monday. The steamer was to
have left to-day but owing to unforeseen
difficulties. will not leave until the above
day, Monday next.
The steamer is 140 feet in length % feet
beam and feet depth of hold, her capa-
city is 200 tons. She is built principally
for the carrying of cattle although fitted
up for freight and passengers. On leaving
this city she will be commanded by Capt.
WI. Symms Of this city, assisted by
James Justiss as first mate, and a crew Of
IA men.
As before stated she was to carry the
.. y. mail forpoints inBrazil and DO ches
have been received by postmaster Pyle
OF this city, from New York, PhiIadel.
phia and Baltimore, The pouches will
remain open for additional mail matter
until Monday morning.
The daily gazette., 1877-02-03
u. -. Court.

The L. S. District Court met yesterday
morning at 10 o'clock, Judge Bradford
presiding.
In the case of Thomas j. Graves, in
bankruptcy, rules against the assignee
III. @. Robinson, to show cause why
mortgages held by Julia Brinkley and
Mrs. Maria j. Robinson should not be
satisfied were made absolete, and the as
signee was directed to pay same out OF
funds in his hands.
In the admiralty ease of Morris, Maull
& Co., against the schooner William II.
Prenttss hearing e1-pdrte upon the libel,
testimony and examination taken in said
cause was had. The court decreed in
favor of the hbellants for their salvage
services $500, and for supplies 5000.
In the admiralty case of Mary e.
Churchman and Daniel G. C.Boyer et al re,.
sus the same schooner the court decreed
salvage to the amount of $3.50.
The case of j. III. Flitner g. Co.. in
collision case with the same schooner
was discontinued.
The daily gazette., 1877-02-03

'Toddie. one of the originals of ''He-
lens Babies" died suddenly of membran-
GUS Group Tuesday evening, in Brooklyn.
He was the youngest son Of John Hab-
berton, the author of the book named
and was child of unusual quaintnes:
and promise.
It appears that Colonel Valentine Ba-
ker dined with the Prince of Wales and
the Duke of Cambridge after his release
from prison, and that there are fewer be-
levers now in the truth of Miss Dicken-
sons story.
After being ice-bound for ftty-six
days, the river at st. Louis finally
burst its bonds between 10 and II
o'clock vest erday morning. and ice
has been passing the city, but not in
great quantities, ever since navigation
southwark was resumed. No damage
was done to river craft or property
along the shore in this vicinity. The
ice now coming down looks as though
| it came from the Missouri river, and
is thought that stream is open for many
miles. Il-
The daily gazette., 1877-02-03

A UNION TEMPERANCE MEETING,
expressive of the christian and moral
sense Of this community on the local
option question will be held next Sun
day at Institute Hall, at 81 o'clock. We,
the undersigned, unite in making the
above call, and earnestly request the peo-
pie to be present: Rev. L. L. Pierson,
Rev. II. Z. Martindale, William Candy,
Rev. VIM. z. Davis, Henry c. Robinson,
Rev. L. Marks, George w. Wells, John
Peoples, James Morrow, Rev. Thomas f.
Plummer, Miss Elizabeth Goats, Mrs. A.
Maitindale, Stewart Carlisle, Edward
Bringhurst, Sarah Bringhurst, Nelson j
Lee, Z. p. H. Martin, George S. Hagany
Rev. A. d. Davis, Charles Moore, Rev.
+. b. DuVal, Edward Moore, Rev. Henry
|Sanderson, Rev. Samuel y. Young, VIM
d. Pickles, George Lobdell, Mrs. Edward
Moore, Rev. L. E. Arnold, William II
Wright, j. G. johnson, Charles II. Sent
man, Homer Barry, Il. Pickles, John X
Babcock, and many others.