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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-24

The Baltimore Gazette is surprised
that the Republican party should
have done so well in New Hampshire
at the election following so closely
upon what it is pleased to term the
presidential cheat" But the peo-
pie are not wrong. The Gazette is
wrong. There is a large number of
people, of at least average intelli-
gence and honesty, who cannot look
at President Hayes title to the Pres
.idency through the dark glasses of
the Ga2ette. Others take on a fit of
thankfulness at the country's escape
from a Tildenish administration,
while yet others, and this body en-
braces all classes Of people, irrl spec
tive of race, sectional or partisan
surroundings, are grateful to our new
President for the policy he has in
augurated. They see in it the dawn
Of peace and prosperity to our dis
tracted and stricken country, which
has been for years struggling to free
itself from the evils which followed
the war which came 50 nearly cost
ing the nation its life. Every reas-
enable man sees in President Hayes
the head of Il new era. New Hamp-
shire's sturdy sons are first to give
back the answer. - Ct01b. NelCS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-24

Most of the Democratic journals are
not in humorous mood these days,
but the Cincinnati Enquirer can not
resist the temptation to poke little
fun at Mr.. Tilden. 1t says: Mr.. Til
den will not be a candidate for Pres
ident in 1880. The House formally
declared himelected by resolution on
the Sd inst, and Mr.. Tilden has en-
phatically announced all along the
fact that he was "A one term man.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-24

Later dispatches from Constantine.
pie bring even more gloomy accounts
than before of the state Of affairs in
that city. General dependence has
been succeeded by evaporation, and
discomfort increases daily. The Min
listers are in the receipt of letters in
Weighing against the ''incapable Coy
eminent which takes all able bodied
Mahommedans for soldiers grinds the
people with war taxes and yet makes
a humiliating peace with Servia and
talks Of ceding territory to the Mon
tenegrin robbers" But with rehec-
ting persons the greatest anxiety APP
pears to be for the consequences of a
wholesale disbanding of the army,
who will 60 home probably unpaid
to find their lands untitled and their
homes destitute. The tone of the de-
spatches generally from Europe must
be regarded in nearly every way the
reverse OF pacltlc. II Is with much
force declared that the silent testimo.
ny Of events seems to point more and
more directly to war. There is actu.
ally no pause in military prepare.
lions on either side, while disturban.
ces are spreading in Bosnia, and the
absolute dead lock in the negotiate.
ons for peace with Montenegro con.
tinueS. y special from st. Peters
burg gives it as the general opinion
there that the acceptance of the protO
col by England does not in. the leas
change the situation. Russia canno
demobilize until Turkey disarms anC
Turkey cannot diSarm until the con
clusiOn OF peace with Montenegro
Of which not very much hope is now
felt"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-24

TURKEY has been buying arms
and ammunition Of US and is so well
pleased with her American purchas-
es that she is now coming to us for
blankets and clothing. The Shoe and
Leather Reporter says that forty tons
of bison hair have just been sold to
agents Of the Turkish government in
New York for manufacture into blan-
kets for the Turkish army. The Turks
are also negotiating for goods in
the leather line; and if warlike pros,
poets quicken the demand we may
expect to furnish them with every
thing that can be made by the tanner
and shoemaker. Turkish agents are
also seeking to place an order to
build fifty locomotives.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-24
n Good Cry GrOtCjHg Fainter

The Opposition started off with a
noble vehemence upon the settle
ment of the Presidential question,
and called Mr.. Hayes hard names
with remarkable frankness and free
dom. Fraudulency, Returning
Board Hayes, Usurper, Cheat, In
pOstOr-these were among the most
mitigated titles which were bestowed
upon him, while in one newspaper
he was plumply charged with steal
ing $4,000 of the peoples money an
nually. All this, however, did not
alter the fact that he was lawfully
elected to the. office which he holds.
and which (if he should live he will
continue to hold for four years to
come. 1t may be said without fear
of honest contradiction that the peo-
pie of the United States would not
submit peacefully or patiently to
anything approaching the wrong and
outrage which it is said has been in
flicted upon them; and whoever in
slsts that there has been such wrong,
insults the people and substantially
declares them to be slaves. We have
watched with some care the indica-
tons of feeling throughout the coun-
try. We observe no signs Of discon-
tent, while we are sure that there
would be civil war if anything like
the crime had been committed of
which the few disconnected talk so
much. Thus stands the case. We
have de .facto and de .j1tre Presi-
dent nor is there shadow of doubt
about the legality of his title. Nor
do we observe anything more than
partisan dissatisfaction. A great
deal is said simply because a discom-
fitted party must say something. But
the real public feeling is this:
We have at least an honest Presi-
pent. If he acts III a mistaken way
he will do so conscientiously and
conscientious Presidents, even of or
binary intelligence, do not often
make mistakes. At any rate he
should have fair playa full oppor-
tunity to develop his policy, and es-
pecially so much of it as relates to
the Cancellation of the South. If he
sticks to his pledges he will have Ito
quote the words of a newspaper
which did not support HIM ian
overwhelming majority at his back. !"
We can trust him at least at present;
at any rate, we will not condemn
until he has done something worthy
of condemnation.
This is language which we find
substantially used by newspapers
which are expected to lead off in the
fiery opposition counseled by other
newspapers not much given to lead
ing. These have surrendered them.
selves to miserable and meaningless
mounting of which we shall hear
hardly whisper in less than thirty
days. About the distinct, constitu-
tional, and legal right Of the Presi-
dent to the seat which he occupies,
very little is now said of much con-
sequence, and that little will pres
emily be less. The trifiing dissatis-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-24
General Sheridan returned to Chi

General Sheridan returned to Chi
cago on Monday from Cheyenne,
where he has been in consultation
with General Crook relative to the
campaign against the Sioux. He said
that Sitting Bull, with his band of
fifty lodges, had gone above the head
waters of the Missouri river Crazy
Horse had, through some mysterious
dispensation Of Divine Providence,
become imbued with Il little common
sense, and was gathering up his scat
tered followers for the purpose of
surrendering his arms and ponies.
General Sheridan thought that there
would not be, in military senSe. an
active campaign as the troops would
be simply engaged in a vigoruS pol
icy duty through the Indian county,
bringing in the Struggling bands who
have been roaming around the Black
Hills i'll search of plunder and food.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-24

EX-President Grant having been
stopped on the street by Office seek
ers and asked to sign their papers one
day last week remarked, on calling
at the White House, "Mr. Hayes,
these fellows are all after me to sign
their papers; they seem TO think that
| have more influence with this Adj
ministration than l had with the
last one.'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-24

Postmaster General Key is a siren
uous advocate Ola non partisan civil
service. He will appoint Demo-
crat to Il vacant post Office Whenever
he cannot find Il Republican good
enough to put in it. We have said
many bitter thingsof the Republican
party, but We think there are more
honest men in it than there are va
cant post Offices Ctnsd. AHegoaiog,.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-24
TELEGRAPHIC.
THE SITUATION IN THE SOUTH.

nClu ny blG duNlSClS O1 L lSoAuChI
Hayes was held to day. The South
ern situation was the topic discussed.
There was a unanimous expression
of opinion that it was the policy of
the Administration to take such
speedy steps as would lead to the pa
eificatiCn of the Sonth, but what
steps to take still puzzle the Presi-
dent. 1t has been represented to the
President by the agents of the Mich
oils government here that if the
United State troops were withdrawn
from the State House to the barracks
the chances were nine out Of ten that
Governor Packard would very soon
give up the claims to the Gubernato-
rial honors and leave Nichols mas
ter of the situation. This was predi-
jority of the taXpaying population of
the State would refuse to pay taxes
to the Packard government, and the
logical sequence was that it would
fall both from the want OF financial
and moral support.
Recent dew lOpments at New Or
leans lead to the conclusion that
those who inclined to the belief that
Packard would quietly get out of the
way have reckOned without their
hosts. The private information re-
ceived here is to the effect that he is
now enrolling and arming cOlored
militia to take the place Of the Uni
ted States troops in case they are
withdrawn. He advises his friends
that he has been elected Governor of
Louisiana, and means to administer
the Executive office unless he is re-
strained by the Federal order of the
Government or is overcome by the
! forces OF the rival Governor.
At to days Cabinet meeting the
precariOus condition Of affairs was,
fully discussed. There was general
regret that the situation on its face
looked threatening, and this very
fact tended to further complicate the
difficult question. President Hayes
submitted to his Cabinet officers the
assurances made by the representa-,
tives Of the Nichols and Uampton
Governments, that il the troops We're
Withdrawn neither Packard or"
Chamberlain should be disturbed
that the peace should not be broken,
and that the rivals claimants to the
Executive Office should not be pre-
vented from maintaining thejrcaims
provided the people of the States re-
spectiyely of which they claim. to he
the Executives supported them.
1t had evidently been the inten-
ton, before Packard's recent diver.
sion, to try the experiment of re-
moving the Federal troops from
around the State House in New Or
leans to the battle ground, some five
miles from the city. 1t is almost
certain that the representatives OF the
| Nichols Government, who left here
last Saturday night for New Orleans,
had assurances of some kind that Il
decisive step would be taken at to-
days Cabinet meeting, and that the
order for the removal would be pro-
mulgated tomorrow. The threaten.
ing attitude of the Packard militia
has, however, constrained the Presi-
dent to halt.
OVER THREE HUNDRED SURREN-
DER.
NEW WORK, March 19'-An At
lanta dispatch says: Scores of distil-
lers are taking advantage of the. late
pardon proclamation and are surren-
dering themselves. Six came in Sat
nrlMN nnl lAlnnlnl .rnilt,r .,1rni,,rH
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-24
OVER THREE HUNDRED SURREN-
DER.

NEW YORK, March 19.-An At
lanta dispatch says: Scores of distil-
lers are taking advantage of the late
pardon proclamation and are surren-
deripg themselves. Six came in Sat-
urday and pleaded guilty, against
whom there had never been any char
ges. They state that they wanted to,
quite the business, and took advan-
tage of the pardon offered. Over
three hundred have already pleaded
guilty and received pardons.
THE MURDER OF LIEgT. MCINTYRE.
The murder of Lieut.. Mcintyre by
the illicit distilers is still the sensa-
ton. The examination of the Sec
ond batch of men arrested for COM
plicity in the murder was closed Sat-
urday the prisoners being discharged
1t is probable that the murderers
will never be captured. Lieut.. Har~
kins' testimony shows that McIn-
tyre was killed in the house OF
Ayres Jones.
GEN. GRANTS PROPOSED EUROPEAN.
TRIP.
a Washington dispatch says: Gem
eral and Mrs. Grant will leave WASH
ingtOn during the present week fora
visit to the west. Accompanied by
their youngest son now in college,
they will sail for Europe in May.
They expect to be absent from the
country at least two years, and it is
Geneal Grants desire to travel as any
other private citizen. of the United
States, without public demonstra-
lions by the government authorities Of
the countries he will visit.
ALL QUIET AT NEW ORLEANS.
New ORLEANS, March 20.-The
city is very quiet. There has been
no hostile demonstration from any
quarter. A conflict involving loss
of life is now regarded improbable.
The Nichols police to day arrested
four more of Packard's recruiting
officers. They We're imprisoned,
charged with treason
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-04-09

LONDON. April III l2.Io last
MONDAY morning. OL-ary @td Weston
beean their walk Of siA days i.,r s. 900
side. at Agricultural Hall. l-ilHg,on.
AZ $50 this afternoon, o Leary ha6
completed 500 miles. Weston Was
then - miles behind The walk viii
b. flushed a. midnight.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-04-09
Anna CEnVSr roGA As il

Anna CEnUNr ToGt A. il oc-
Cured in the ancient Roman Republic
il has happened with u tha; the mil
sary rtgllse is u Aseeied by TIA, If the
lawyers Arms yield IN the gown. -
The Presiien. AMI Nsce rressden, beins
both lawyers. the former has sur
rounded himself ~.:h psof, ssionAl
brethren In tbs cabinet without eAccp-
tion. aai has >hown a tc. led prefer
enc. ia gen sr.l tnr anealh ST. uf the bar
in the ehciee Of sppoiu.ecs
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-04-09

VICTORIAN ExroKIs The froyln
esal minister Of m,n.s reports that the
exports ii gold frou British Columbia
since lssS. have b>en SO a>4 .osh. /,
is noticeable. however. tina, the goi |
product Of the province las been lie
citnang for soae time past, bat ,Al,
is ccun,srhalAnoesi in degree is :he
EXPANSION of the cal Aad lumtser III
interest
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-04-09
INTELLIGENCE
AND
shipping commission OFFICE |

I'HE UNDERSIGNED Is PREPARED tn
1 furnish Seamen On short notice or n.-,,..
wanting situations would do Well to apply ,pS
those wishing e. employ men, would do vsu. u
communicate with me. st the DAILY Ixrr,,,a.w'
CIR pfhce. Seattle W T.
mh2t ST Cooups
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-04-09

Of the L. $ a, Shanghai. states tha. the
pablishet! allegations as4iI.s. Minister
Seward are unfounied
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-04-09
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS :.
NOTICE TO Carpenters.

HE DIRECTORS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT
! n. King County. Wl.l receje. y ans. speci-
Hcstiahs AMI BIDS ou the sane AZ the expense =
tie bidder. for the CONSTRUCTION Of asCHOOL
HOUSE on Block Forty Nine. IN Bor-n1s Pat
ths house g. not COS. more than 81 90. The III
reo'crs reserve the righi g. rvieSt any or a.
speClat A'iuns AMI bids
Bids - Re received untN l.. NJ FRIDAY. AVril
9Th -.
by order - the L rrs-tore
sp'-llw3t T. BRYAN CjerL.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-04-09
NOTICE.

Y oTICE II HEREBY OWN TO ALI. FAR.
;. y ties x.os iEz Themselves - - 3E2sAtssi g.
Fes. a. call AM s..ie kefors the 18th tnstsnt and
save asts All balls Rot pa.A prcvioes - Ia:
time ali - pat lat the AaE3s q c0iec esr ~
gasa.ess u persUAs
L ptLIEE
apI-A froPrisfcF. C1ty MARKET.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-29
PLANT TREES.
An exchange says:

An exchange says.
The influence of man upon climate has
been favorite subject OF late years, and
it is now we'll known that, by cutting
down forests and draining the soil, man
can materially change the climate OF
country. Some recent experiments con-
Quoted in Germany confirm this belief
by showing the extent to which woods
will affect the rainfall. Two observa-
tories were established for the purpose of
comparison one over clump of pine
trees forty feet high, and the other over
a bare sandy plain about three hundred
and thirty yards from the wood. Both
observatOries were built at the same
heigth from the ground. Twelve months,
observation showed that of the total
rainfall within the period 10 per cent,
more rain fell over the trees than over
the bare sand distant three hundred and
thirty yards from them. Further, the
air over the wood was found during the
whole year of observation to be charged
with acqueous vapor to the extent OF 10
per cent, in excess OF the air over the
barren open soil. The ground, too, un-
der the trees, retained far more water
than the exposed earth, the evaporation
from the surface. thanks to its shade OF
trees and moss, being only one-sixth
of that outside their friendly shelter.
These results are valuable in that they
point out possible means of improving
the condition of sterile tracts, /. e. by the
planting of trees.
There is no more important question
for our people to consider than that OF
tree planting. What noble mon
ument grove of trees will be for you
good-reader, long years after you have
passed away! Not a little piece o
white stone in graveyard, soon to bt
trampled, perhaps, under the ieet o
clowns and cattle; but great, leafy
arboreal monument: land mark FOL
miles around, and a blessing to ever,
living thing that dwells near it. TIL,
birds will sing and WOO and build an,
brood in a thousand branches through
a hundred generations,I among,the tree
you planted,
Don't pass away until ysu have pro
vided such monument for yourself.
is but little thing to drop a seed o
set cutting in the earth, saud Gods in
finite goodness does the rest: you
work is but suggestion to the Almigt
! "; hint to His great forces of sun an,
wind and rain and fertile earth to d
their best.
By oil means, plant trees.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-29

he is the father of two children and
that it will be a great damage to him il
he is prevented from paying twice as
much for book as it is worth! And so
he applies to the court to protect him
by declaring the law unconstitutional.
Here is an interesting extract from
the Pioneer-Press Of the 18th inst:
Messrs. Carpenter, Scheffer ard Stud
dart, the committee of the Board of Ed
ucation of the city Of st. Paul have just
completed contract with Hinkle, vii,
son 81 Company. of Cincinnati, for the
school books, used in the public school
OF St. Paul. Under this contract, which
extends over five years, all books used in
board and delivered to the scholars at
prices ffty-two and a half per cent, less
tnaB the prices now paid. Not only are
the books used, cheaper, but the furni-
ture used is still cheaper. Slate pencils,
etc., etc., are from sixty>fve to seventy
per cent, less States that have hereto
fore cost 80 cents each, can now be had
at Is and 20 cents each. Now the guess
ton naturally arises, why have such
outrageous and extortionate prices been
charged for school books heretofore?
And what caused the sudden fall of these
educational necessaries from swindling
figures down to reasonable rates? The
answers to these questions are obvious
Mr.. D. D. Merrill in proposing to the
State to save the children of Minnesota
quarter of million dollars annually,
has knocked the school monopoly fraud
into fragments and Mr.. Merrill is likely
to receive the usual reward which is
bestowed upon great retermers and in.
ventors. In other words, he will be
allowed to fight the school book ring in
the courts, while the people will enjoy
the blessings conferred with supreme in
difference as to the fate Of the hand that
bestowed them. Suppose, in conclusion,
that Mr.. Merrill's contract with the
State is cancelled, how long are the
prices Of books and school apparatus
likely to remain at the reasonable fig
ures now fixed by the publishers?
A curious part Of this performance il
found in the fact, that the brother of ont
of this Cincinnati firm was a member O
the last House and fought the school bool
bill savagely, and attacked our good~na
tured self ferociously; and now tina
same firm comes in and offers to furnisl
school books at 80 ID per cent less thai
former prices!
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-29
4 MISTAKE.
The Waseca Radical says

The Pioneer-Press, in its report Of House
proceedings, says of the rail road bond bill:
"That section was stricken out which pro-
vided that in case the law was not ratlhed by
the people. 'the act shall not be construed as
funding said Minnesota State railroad bonds,
or as ascertaining or determining on the part OF
the State as to the amount due or to become
due on said Minnesota railroad bonds Wltn
these slight changes the bin was recommended
to pass
This simply confirms what we have all along
suspected, viz: that the bondholders are at
tempting to overreach the people by double
deal. They have got one bill which, if passed
by the legislature, will fund and attempt to
legalize the old swindling bonds, and another
to provide for paying the bonds by setting
apart and appropriating thereto the proceeds OF
the internal improvement lands. If this be
true it is swinde upon the people equal to
the original fraud.
The section quoted was added to the
bill in the Senate on motion Of Senator
Doran. 1t was to prevent any action
being had under the bill which related
to the adjustment of the old debt, in case
the people voted down the bill to devote
the 500, 900 acres of land to the payment
of the new bonds. But when the Dill
went to the House, Mr.. Sullivan, an
opponent of the bill, offered an amend
ment, that mo act should be performed
under the first bill unless tho other was
approved by the people. This covered
the point proposed to be reached by
Senator Doran's amendment SO much
more effectually, that Mr.. Doran's amend
ment was then stricken out as surplus
age.
Whatever may be thought of the pro.
posed plan of settlement, one thing i
sure, unless the people approve OF thu
act devoting the 100000 acres of inter
nal improvement lands to the paymen
of the old bonds, the other bill, adjusting
the debt, is as completely dead lette
as if it had never been enacted.