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Sophia Frey, girl Of twenty-five, heiress
to $50, 1000, applies in one Of the PhIladei-
phia courts to be declared sane and given
the control of her property. She was al
Judged lunatic in May, 1876, upon the
application of her aunt who it is said,
will inherit as next Of kin should Sophia
die in an asylum, for lun ,tics do not make
wills-valid wills, that is. When Sophia's
father died, leaving her totally untaught
and ignorant girl Of twelve, she fell into
the hands Of an aunt who sent her of to
a country place in New Jersey. Ste
stayed their nine years, growing up entire
ly wild and heathen- whether at her own
instance or not d, es not appear, except by
suggestion, in the proofs 50 far taken.
But in May, 1876, when he aunt applied
to have her adjudged insane, it was salts
f,ctorlly shown that she could not read or
wri,e-being then twenty-one years old
could not count on her fingers and did not
know what money was. Insane she WIS
declared to be. But in the asylum what
does she do but find n book and teacher
and learn 10 resd with great promptitude,
IS though, being legally lunatic, she yet
had certain sane appreciation Of thinss,
and even in her iuexpsrience wished to
suggest that, had she CHANGED to be taught
she nigh. have learned before. Also \
physician says that abe is really net crazy
though her mind is weak, and That she /,
capable Of administering her own affairs
Ii her cAse is oorrecily reported dou5.i,>
the las will rscosuize that a mind le:t ID,
for twenty Years may be weak as \ cG,.3
SnI vet nos gone.
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Confederate Bonds.

Confederate bonds and notes still have
a certain value, though the figures at which
they are quoted afford no guide to the
general stock market. Some rebel bonds
and notes assets Of the bankrupt Bank OF
North Carolina, were sold at auction in
Raleigh on he 18th inst. One man pa'd
s6,1 20 for 100000 of treasury notes, and
$40 for 100000 in bonds. Another
bought $4,000 worth of the notes for
$50. and SOS, 700 of North Carolina
war bonds for $40. One lot Of unsigned
nctes were sold for S915.
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THE HERALD
rne Mvrusaax Herald

NOTICE TO SuBscRiBERss s~T Those OF our
subatr,bers who are indebted To- the MORN
ING HERALD, will oblige by an early re-
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The desire of our commercial men 10
increase the trade of the United States with
Brazil, appears to be in a fair way of rev
alizstion in the near future. Through the
efforts of Mr.. John Roach, Of Chester, Pa.'
a steamship line will be permanently es-
tablished by April next. ltis TO comprise
me Of the most complete iron steamships
that were ever constructed on either site
of the Atlantic. The Brazilian govern
ment and capitalists favor the support Ct
an American line, SO that the two coun,rie,
may trade directly with each other. TIL,
want OF such communication has been det
rmental to the United States, England
having reared the benefit Of millions Of
dollars Of revenue which would otherwise
have come to this country, for Brazilian
merchants have expressed their desire te
trade directly with the United States.
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If the tramps continue to be so bold II
their depreds,ions throughout this an'
other States, it will become question
whether the authorities will not be JUST
fed in organizing ali armed force and
sweeping these aggressive offenders ont ct
existence. Their recent operations in tn.
eastern part of Pennsylvania have been OF
such desperate character that very de''s-
i've measures should speedily be taken 10
SUPPRESS them. Nothing can Justify the
authorities in suffering these nomadic vii
lians to terrify the country by their lawless
actions any longer.
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WILMINGTON. Del. nov. "a, 1877

THE grain speculators are deeply exer-
cised since the fall of Kars. They arpre-
heud that with the cessation Of hostill''es
marked falling off in the demand to'
breadstuffs on this side will result, and this
will seriously effect number Of existing
contracts for future delivery. 1t is sur
missed by some produce men, however, thai
the recent Russian successes will tend TO
deepen the complications, and that the
coming aggressive movements OF the Gar
will constrain England TO throw her weighs
into the contest in some way.
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snit-PrOfAnity Club.

Muucy, Pa, can boast Of an "Anll'
Profanity Club" consisting of three mem
bers The penalty for swearing Is that
the other members must Lounce" the
culprit at once and show him but little
mercy. The president has already almost
lost the Use of his right arm in dealing
out the required punishment.
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REGISTERS ORDERS.
n EGIsTER's ORDER

X, ISEG ,siEk'S OFF|CE, .-
New Cn side County, October 4, 1871.
Upon theapplicatioa Of John Cummlihgs' IN
executor OF Jim Brown. late OF WllmlnG.
ton Hundred, in said county, deceased. ~
is ordered and directed by the hegl"ei
that the executor aforesaid give notice VI
granting letters testamer'ary upon tne es-
ta,e of the deceas,d. with the date oi
granting tllrrpo bv causing auVertlse-
mcnts to be post, d wi hin forty days
rom the dale OF such letters IN
six of the most public oi'ces oi
the county OF New Castle. requiring az
persons having demands against the es'ase
to present the same or abide by an acI OF AZ
sem bly, in such case made and proVlueu;;
Ard a so cause the same to be inserted
within the same period In the MORNING
HE AID, newspaper published IN vii
minston, and TO be con! !Mueu theieih
three weeks le. o. d.
Given under the hand and seHl OF ONCE
of the Register aforesaid, NJ New
T EALl Castle, Ia New Castle C' un'y, Hore-
said, the dav and year ABOVE wrl'-
ten, sc. BIGGS, Register.
NUTICF.---All persons having CLAIMS
asainst the estate tf the decease q mu>t
present tire same duly atteSteh 10 the TX
ecutor q, or before october 4th, 1913, or
abide the Act of Assembly IN such case
made and provided.
Address Wilmington. Del. oc6-eou
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EGISTER'S ORDER.
REGISTERS OFFICE,


New Castle County. Oc'ooer ,oI
IrpOu tue application Ot Isaac GrubD, AL
miliis,rntor G, n. A OF Rose 'uXbaum, ATE
Of wilmington Hundred IN said county
dr. ceased, ii IS ordered and directed by the
Register that the Administrator ar !resalu. !.
give notice of the granting OF Letters OF
Administration Z. 4. A. upon tne fstate
of the deceased, with the granting tnereol;
by causing advertisements to be pos'ea
within tolty days from the date OF sucn
etters in NIX of the most public !aces OF
the County OF New Castle, requiring al
persons having demands against The Estate
To present the same, or abide by an Act
Of Assembly In such case made and pro-
y!ded Aud also eau z the same TO he IN
serted within ,he same period IN Inc
MORNING HERALD, newspaper puollsh
ed in Wilmington, and 10 be contlLueu
therein three weeks [e. o. d.
Given under the hand aud aeal OF e11ce
of the Register Aforesaid. at New
[sEALl Castle in New Castle c~nnty sfore-
said, the day and year above writ
e. g. RIGGS, Register.
NOTICE--All persons having claims
against the Estate of the deceased must
present the same dnlN atte ted 10 the Al
MINI traitor on or be ore the 9Th day Of
Octouer, A. d, SIS or abide tue Act OF
Assembly in such cases m de and proVl-
ded. ISAAC Gko 6b.
AdmiriStr ilOr, G. I. A.
Address. New Castle Del.
octl5-3weod
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Continuing the very best articles puohsh,
In the torei.n sci 'ntitic journa and
reviews,
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TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
ALL SECURE!
THE E.TD .V'EaEEsEs1'G
Kcl!0.2's (1GiNls Eejected.
ENstis Es';E he Seated TO-
Gay!
Especial to the Vindicator. I

Especial to the Vindicator.
New Orleans, March 7th.- Major
Burke has just arrived from Washing
ton, he explains the situation and
gives publicity to our grounds for
hopes.
A written pledge was given for the
suStainance of the Nichols govern
ment,s signed by John Sherman, Stan
~ Mathews, Charles Foster, and 9th
er leading Republicans, and approved
by
PRESIDENT HAYES,
who also pledges himself to Maj.
Burke and the Louisiana delegation,
in addition, to support the Nichols
government and recognize it fully.
Q Blaine and one other Senator are
the only opponents to President
Hayes NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. policy
now. Morton is making a little fight
so that he can come down easy.
Tell your people to rest assured
all is, and will end we'll.
Kellogg's credentials signed by
Packard were tabled by the Senate.
I will send you news of the seating
Of Eustis, Tomorrow. E.
New Orleans, 9Th March.
Special to Vindicator
The latest is that Morton, Hoar,
and their set, are at logger heads
with President Hayes already, and
denounce him as second ANDY
johnson.
Governor Nichols is thoroughly
convinced of lis ultimate recognition
very soon.
An attempt was made yesterday,
BY some of Packard's henchmen to
blow up the Supreme Court rooms,
but was frustrated. Eight kegs of
powder and slow matches were found
opposite, in the Morrison building.
New Orleans, March "A prom;-
nent Republican has dispatch from
Kellogg, in which is stated, "the bot.
tom has dropped ont of the Packard
government"
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A staggering blow has been struck
the Nichols government from a quar-.
ter so unsupported and powerful that
1t must astonish the party who struck
1t in a most fearful manner.
A negro on q railroad track was
"bu|ged" into by passing locomo-
tive; scrambling to his feet a NO.
ment after, some thirty yards from
the track, the darkey yelled out
"who flung dat brick "
P A. Simmons, parish Judge of
Natchitochcs parish, by grace of ne
gro votes and Blunt's intimidation.
we understand has fatty refused to
recognize the authority of the legal
governor Of this State. In other
words Simmons has got on the rail-
road track and when tho locomotive
bulges into him he will be as ready
as the darkey to say-"who flung
dat brick"
Simmons, We always regarded as a
first class ass, and this attempt to
"act big" shows conclusively just
what kind Of brain the fellow has.
When Governor Nichols "sits down.
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In the Bright Sunshine.

Congratulation at this honr won|t1
be mockcry almost, to our joy. The
d;scnthral|cd and fee Caucasian, long
held in chains by the mailed hand of
military power, stands forth to-day
in Louisiana the power of the State.
From palatial mansions and lowly
huts g, up this night to Heaven
heartfelt prayers for our dr]ivcrancc.
and
"Joy will kncc], at mons rosy prime.
In worship t" tn" riSin" SUM-
For ten long, drcary years the bat
tie of virtue and right against might
and ignorance has been fnu.ht-vic-
tory has at last pcrc|lcd on the snowy
banner Of the good and the pure.
Let us not forget in this hour of
supreme happiness onr duty as citiz
ems and christi, ms lie vi O pens the g.
lines has suffered in spi'1t and flesh
all that con1d he hcapcd upon man
from the hands of our enemies, and
he is ready to forgive them all they
have done even though he can never
forget.
Let us not forget Southern man.
hood and honor in our triumph
we have no war to make upon IN.
armed and vanqnished enemies : our
swords and lanccs are for the armed
and resisting.
Our loyal, good and noble Governor
Nichols, counsels peace, law and Or
der. Let us obey his request. We will
show by our conduct that we are as
ready to forgive as to resist, and
building our future upon peace, love
and respect for the rights of all
men, so On to the glory that awaits
our commonwealth. 1t is our salts
faction to feel assured we speak the
sentiments of every man when we
say that with Governor Nichols THE
EMPIRE is PEACE.
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Col. VIM. N. Levy told tile Interview
ers of the Chicago TINES the other day.
who were anxious to know why We
didn't want to "wait four years more"
down here, for that "righting OF our
wrongs
ut is all lie about trade. We down
in Louisiana can not afford to wait an
other four years, as your people of the
North can afford to do. You are govern
Ell by Republicans, perhaps, but tot
thieves as are We. We must have our
State Government, but that we will give
up two United States Senators, or in any
way compromise OUT position as Demo
Gratis, is utterly and atrociously false,'
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1t may be observed that no attempt is
made to hunt up ont-of-the way or I'M
known places to find names to endorse
Simmons Liver Regulator:
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens.
John W Beckwith, Bishop of Ga.
General Jno. b. Gordon, U. S. Senator.
Hon. Jno. Gill Shorter, OK Gov. of Ala.
Rev. David Wills, d D, President Og-
lethorpe College.
Bishop Pierce (of Ga.)
Hon. James Jackson firm Howell
Cobb g. James Jackson), Attorney
at Law, Macon, Ga:
Jno. B. Cobb.
Il. L. Mott, Columbus, Gu.
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The Pauper Fraud.

Charity is Il sublime virtue but its
practice has been completely driven
to earth with MS. The "Paupcrs and
the pauper fraud' have been the
cloaks Of the pilfering of 4 hundred
thousand dollars at least from the
parish in six years. For two years
have had no city government empow.
cred or authorized to issue scri p or
pay cash to paupers. A Mayor was
the sum total of our radical af1l;ction.
The pnbljc thought, while cousratu-
lating itself upon forcing a non issue
by having no government and there
by getting out Of debt, that the pau
pers, who hung like leach upon the
city treasury, would die or run off.
No sane man imagined they were
possessed of the powers of the bear !;
were able to house up and suck their
paws for two years but alas! for
human calculation-theys have done
it. No sooner does the city govern
ment open for business, than swarms
Of these parasites crowd the lobies of
the "town Office and demand, in the
name of Holy charity, ~ pay to sup
port them.
There was never a grander fraud
than this self. set of paupers.
Every one, or nearly 50, have rela-
tons able to support them and they
should, by city ordinance, he made to
do so.
Give a pauper S. warrant and
what does he or she do with it !?
Trade it off to some store keeper for
candy, sardines or tobacco, at a dis
count of 60 cents on the dollar.
We have been told that bills we're
presented to the Dranguet Board for
back pay for tvo gears by these frauds
OF course they were ''laughed out of
court" but this goes to show just
what kind of,paupers there are with
us.
In the name of every able bodied
tax payer who works for his bread,
we beg our city fathers to stop the
pauper issue. 1t is a fraud of the
first magnitule-cut them off
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A SQUARE MEAL FOR FIFTY
CENTS at Burdick's Boarding House

The Pieoyune is respectfully inform
ed that the failure to credit an article
which was published in this paper
from itscolumns, was, We hope, a par
donable oversight. Would it not have
Ieen courtesy for the Picayuae to
have said; 'it is claimed by the VIM
dictator that the gang pillow will break
up Ave acres of land per day, &c."
We are more than willing to take les
sons in journalistic courtesy from our
Older and more venerated contempo.
raries, but at the same time we would
mildly suggest the prop'iety of our
metropolitan friends indu1ging in a
little of the practice of the creed
they preach, as for instance the above
citation.
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The Legislature.

We are disposed to grant our leg
islature all the Indulgence, and ac-
ccpt their apologies as satisfactory
for their sixty days useless session.
We are aware that they labored I'M
der manifold difficulties, but we hope
the extra session will he productive
| of those results whicl, the people
confidently expect, and to achieve
which, those legislators were elected.
In some bills passed mistakes have
been made, and one notable error is
in the retention of a sinecnre in the
School law. There is no earthly use
of q "Divislon Superintendent" of
Public Education. save it he to draw
thousand dollar salary for no scrvi-
ceS. Is it possible for any one to sup
pose that the people will he satisfied
with such an excuse as that framed
in the bin, as "t|lc dutics' of this cx-
tra ot1icial-tbat he is to "visit and
report the condition of schools in hi;
pi>trct.' Of what use to the use.
fnIlnrSS Of the Schools, or Of qualiii-
cation of the teachers, will he be,
pray Cannot the parish Boards
guard the interests of public etlnca-
tinn as we'll as 4 thousand dollar in
spector, aud "rcport condition. As
we'll, if not better. The Office is
simply a Radical incnm|"rancc found
in the buil,lin%-and we hope the leg
i>|aturc will remove it.
Now, there is another grave point
at which there seems to be some hest
fancy. Those hinge and grinding mo.
nopol;e>- the Levee and Slaughter
House Companies, and that worse
than damniny evil, the Louisiana
State Lottery. We desire eminently
to see some of those grim warriors of
legislative reform, who, wit h bloody
hand, smote the "poor printer" hip
aud thigh, dig into these monstrous in
iquiics. Here is metal more attrac-
tive. Why is it our sturdy warriors
panse and pon1er9 Has Charles
Howard and the President of the
Louisiana Levee Company waived in
the face of our legislative bull that
green .No9 which quiets the heart and
palSics the arm of the reformer(7)
Perish the thought.
Candidly though-these people
must do something more than pirate.
The garden to be rooted out is full of
work !; all desire to see it done, and
done efftctually. The Legislators
are on trial now, and must within the
fifteen days, show us of what metal
they are.
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We sincerely trust the Senate and
Legislature will declare the seats of
those who persistantly cling to Pack
ards usurpation, vacant.
The citizens of this State require
healthy legislation, and it cannot be
accomplished by meu that we know
are hanging to Packard and his
fortunes A new order of things
takes place, and the old must stand
aside. Louisiana has seen the last
Of carpet bag scalawag- senegambian
Legislators. Let the House and SEN
ate give them the last grand bounce
at once.
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.(rw GAlrertj5rmfnt5,
EXTENSIVE SCI L OFT

Uncle Sam Srll his constitution
For II Amendments,
L. S Grant snapped Sam Ti|'lrn
For Hayes and Casey,
Hayes snapped Pack ri for Nichols
Chamberlain sold his tay collectors
70 Wade Hampton.
Packard gave the Stat" House as a dom
alton Noriis Cause to
Francis 7. Nichols.
Jacob A., sold his stock Of goods, wood.
yard and ware house
business to Joseph n
W0llnon.
In retiring from the trade have been
in for the last - years, in this parish, l
desire to express III! thanks to my friends
and customers and commend them to the
new firm who purchases NY stock and
have the facilities required to supply
their wants. Very Respectfully,
JACOB 4. WOLFSON.
GTlppr'S Bluff. March ), 1877.
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SINCE selling out seems legalized
by the Democratic party, the COM
plant suddenly breaks out with our
old and esteemed friend Jacob A.
Wolfson, ESQ.,, who, it will be seen
by his advertisements, takes advan-
tage of the new 8 to- state of affairs
aud sells out to his son Joseph show
ing that Quo instance has occurred
when it was "for Joe" and not against
him. Joseph N. Wolfson, as we'll as
the entire family, are too well and
popularity known to require enco-
mium at our liands.-All the public is
asked to do is to 80 to Grapes Bluff
and they will all be-"for Joe."
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on this judicial Jobber just once he
will feel as if lightning express
train had struck square in the local
ity of his b,ains. We venture to say
that Simmons will come up to taw,
however, with his thumb in his
mouth and plead the "hahy act'' for
his acting thus far in the cause Of
the usurpcr Packard.
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AIEIN 10.

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contracted with our Age"ts.
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T, Hal]er's Stove emporium
keeps HerndOn's Patent Churn.

Evidence presented to a Committee
of the Massachusetts Legislature
seems to show that the Spitz dog is
veaomous even when not mad. Ply
sically, there is nothing improbable
in the theory. When the bite of so
mild an animal as the common skunk
causes death, rs it Invariably does
within certain climatic boundaries in
the United States, a bad tempered
family Of dogs may be suspected of
any degree Of iniquity.