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kidnapping Characteristic Of Grants
Administration.

The publication 10y the Washington cor
respondent Of the C0cuHdi Gd-,u, of the
facts connected with Tine conspiracy To- ,il-
nap RAYMOND II. PERRY Of Rhode l-ltul
rovivc- the memory Of the darkest page in
the history Of GRANTS Administration.
Mr.. PERRY had revealed certain tlun-ac-
tiou7 relating To- the san Domingo enter
prise which were regarded by those cou-
cculod ia that undertaking as exceedingly
damaging; and they determined to put hiu
out OF the way. For this purpose, us APP
pears by the evidence given Ia the world
long since by TIM Sun and now renewed and
extended by the Ga,,ue, Gen. BAncoCK.
GRANTS most confidential secretary and his
special agent in san Domingo conSprcd
with various persons In the detective SER
vice of tie Treasury Department to have
bogus charge of murder raised against
PERRY I'M an obscure part Of Texas, and then
TO kldnap him in Rhode Island and carry him
OFF oTeXas, either t. kill him there or to in
carccratc him in some prison from which he
could not possibly be released for an inden-
nto period Of time
These are the simple facts as established
by the testimony; and while it il possible
that such conspiracy could have been got
ten up by men 50 near to GRANT and in the
interest Of n project out of which he and his
friends expected 10 make "A great deal Of
money, without his knowing and asserting
TO IT, yet who can believe that such was
the case? Besides, if he did not know it and
agree in II, would he not have resented 1t
and punished it when the truth Of the mat
ter was brought 10 his knowledge by its
publication in TnE Sun some years ago
Another attempt to kidnap which GER
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VIII STREET SkLTtII.S.


Tho life OF the man who has now for nearly
fifteen years been the object Of terror. hatred
and envy to almost everybody in Wall street
and 10 agrcat many people outside is peculiar
one Men Of this stamp are not made in u
common place way. The school and the count
ing house cannot produce them. They are
reared by the hard struggle for daily bread
Hundreds Of them perish; but the few who
succeed become Goulds or Vandcrbilts.
There is considerable similarity in the careers
Of these two men. with only the difference that
the development Of Gould had more intellectual
elements in it than that of Vanderbilt. 1t was
also more precocious. Gould began TO make
money at a much earlier age and in "A much
less mental way than Vanderbilt
Gould's father WAS small farmer NJ tho viii
laec Of RoNhury. Delaware county y. Y. H. il
said 20 have been the first male child born in
that then incipicnt village Jay was the old, 1t
Of his five children. and was pronounced 10y the
father Ia be "puny sort OF a good fOr-noth-
ing The boy would not work ON the farm
steadily enough. and frequent quarrcls between
father and son resulted.
gentleman narrates Mr. Gould. 60 shall be
Of better use 90 you 10y and by"
You can take all the time you want. was
the fathers answer: for it is OF no good any
way
Next day the boy. then about - years old loft
home and went To Hobart. where "A Mr.. Han
ford kopta select school. He entered this estnb.
lishment. and defraycd tho ovn.nsos Of his
board 10y keeping at night time III. books Of th.
village blacksmith and writing letters for him
After having thus spent couple of years lie.
tween the school and the blacksmith sho,
young Gould returned TO his native place ana
entered hardware store Business was not
very brisk at the store. ana the boy had annie
leisure. He employed it in making surveys If
the country around and drawing mans Of If
One day he read the advertisement Of a man
ia Ulster county requiring an experienced hnnd
at this kind of work. He answered the adv.r-
tisement. and struck a bargain with the survey.
or at 500 a month.
Il left the hardware store and started on this
surveying expedition with my cents in my
pocket. II was tho flrst time Inxrari.u.ed WIN,
cold and hunger were. andI suffered intense
w." snV- Mr. G.ull when L,. t,ll- If tt.-..
tunes. The OIL .,tion Of board was always
very vrNatiluS ou,. with him AT that Time ON.
of his great r,,Dur .,s WAS the maxim. # sup-
dia'- for farmers ia return for dinners.
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Of current expenditure have gone on aug
mcntng since the war in considerable ra-
ito The sum allotted to primary education
has risen from million and quarter OF
dollars TO two millions, and the amount as
signed to the police department from about
three millions 20 four. On the other hand
the outlay for the municipal guard and the
fire department is identical with that of 1863,
namely, $4,000. II we look now TO the gen
cral budget of cxpcnscs we find that this. i'm
1869 did not exceed thrty-thrcc and three
iifths millions for all purposes, including in
tcrest on city debt. The outlay Of the pres
cnt year is expected TO reach lifty-fOur mil
lion dollars, and that for 1873 is estimated
at hfty-one millions. Since 1875 there has
been no nominal deficit, hut IL IL to be noted
that this equilibrium is secured by supple
mcnting the regular income by what is called
extraordinary receipts. which are nothing
more or less than nstallments of past loans.
We arc thus brought TO the interesting
question, how so vast an aggregate Of an
nual disbursements can be met. In the csti.
mated budget for ISIS the total receipts, cX-
elusive of loans, are computed at nearly
fOrty-nvc million dollars. Here we have an
excess Of wcl-nigh million over the rcgu-
lar income OF the current year. and II we may
accept the promise Of recent experience the
actual returns will probably exceed the cal
citations by about that sum. Tho great
enlargement of revenue since the Second
Empire is, " course, partly due to aug
mcntcd consumption. but far more largely
to an increase in the rates of taxation. as
will appear conspicuOusly in the ease Of the
special tax known ms the ociroi. The munich
pal income of Paris is derived from numerous
sources. which may be grouped. however,
In four classes, namely, direct taxes, indirect
lcvics, the proceeds of public real estate and
Of privileges connected with II. and finally.
the share reserved TO the 'iiy In the conccs-
sions granted to corporate, 80, and the con-
tributions of the national Government
Under the first head belong the sO-called
communal centimcs, or specific share of the
municipality in the direct taxes levied 10y
the State within its area. In the accounts
of 1877 this chapter Of the revenue figures
for about five millions of dollars. gain since
1869 Of moro than four hundred per cent
But this gain presses heavily upon the citl-
zen. being almost entirely caused by Il
serious advance IN the rate OF taxation
The second and most prolific source OF in
come is an indirect contribution, the octroL
or entrance foe. Ia which all the staples of
consumption are subjected at the city gates.
This species OF interior customs, which in
the last year of the empire had touched
some twcnty-one million dollars. dropped
In 1871, to twelve but is now moro fruitful
than ever. representing in 1876 and in the
present budget about twcnty-four million
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JoHS SHERMAN

joins SHERMAN docs not find much favor
in the rycs Of independent thinkers. We can
not ~ on with this man. writes one who has
been studying III" financial part Of his Mans
field speech. ." | thought he might have some
thing To- say. hut IA" hns not. lie belongs To the
vast multitude of fools"
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Brevet Brigadicr-Gcncral DoNS PIATT de-
clarcs for Mauor-Gen. BrS BUTLER for Speaker.
Very well ~ a Republican candidate nobody
could be better. Ben BUTLER is far away the
most honest man on that side of the House.
There Is no Fraud either in his words or his
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The Ohio Republicans promised happy
medium between eNorbitant profits and runous
losses-has the Federal Government hit that
ia il administration Of the Navy. War. and
Post Onlee Departments Can 1t hop" to hit
it in running the railroads Of the United States
john SnaRMAN. while bidding Tor votes IN
Ohio. must have known that the Government
cannot adjust freight charges in the United
States without throwing the whole tran-p oita-
ton business OF the country into confusion.
Before bidding for the votes in Ohio ne knew
that the Federal Government has no more right
10 regulate and limit railroad freight charg =
than it ha-,.o rrsulnt' and limit his wife =
clothing. SnEEMAN's Ohio speech is a platform
Of sh '"r a4rnrlanism. and HAYES. GALfILLp.
SHERMAN. WEST. and MATTHEWS Will bc buried
under
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JoHN SHERMAN says it Is the duty of the
Federal Government to secure profitable cm-
ploymcnt to railway ahorcrs. But these have
no higher claims nor greater rights than other
mhorors All labor has equal rights in politics
and law. The Ohio Republican platform thus
promises to all lahorin the United States pro-
tection and rcmuner fiv" wages II the pledge
Is kept. and this exp fimcnt IN Communism II
tried. our republic Will undergo a complete
transformation.
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as MS iathcr. JoHN COLLINS.
,r, ,.. ~, - 80,
Wv" "'' ''''""''
LON" bhANoH' aug u he clerk Of the
N'h' Ehd hoDl at Long Branch informed Tue
nuN rrp'rl last evening that Mr.. Jnmes r.
Meme VINO mas been stopping at that house for
| TWO months was not only too III to see amy one.
bu' '"uld not receive personal communi cations.
nv reporter l'hrncd' however. that Mr. sam
""ru hau pe'h Mr. hcehrs constant compln-
| ION since the 81 oil last July.
Mr. Nard received the reporter yer, kindly.
ne sa'u 'h"' II WIS true Mr.. hecn' hhd bocn
uhuer ms personal care -ihr" his 'knoss.
Mr. Meme continued Mr. ware, brought
me warm l'u'r oil Introduction last winter
rom valued friend III california; hii Jaw
llul. oil MN uhtli thehrrlN"i ia June oil my cous-
IN Mr. nan M'Alls''r' VINO accompan ed mo
| 10 N"lorha III loi'' ana II now th' oldest
hhu prop"py inc most eminent member 81 tho
san fran'is'o bar MY cousin Interested me
10y ms description OF Inc California nagnaie
| us Il man oil HSh'nins comprehension, sinncsi
integrity ana Snr'"d J"'ks'hiah rn"'l'y Of
purpose MT, h'eh'S Illness thrr" VS. to-
s''her' ana nave l"und MIN KIND "i heart,
| S'hlhl IN rharh ter swirl ui hppreheh. on. at.
| '''u'nh'e III uisp"stlon' WAN u cores ending
! her'"h'Hs ul resentment when wrong"d. There
| must Ice something volcanic i'm an organization
! that las proved lis mental Virlty 10y a." VIM
nins OF a colossal iortnnron Montgomery street
Ia loss than iiv" years
AT TINS moment Mr. ward presented 'hc re-
porter to Mr.. Henry Fiuhugh. of the arm #
iiNhush stewart - Broadway, in wl.'h Mr..
he'ne Is a special partner Mr. FiL.nush at
| once entered into II warm pauegyrir ol Mr..
kecncs judgment, decision. and courage ls
said further that Mr. hcene had de- Hoped
much culture and refinement during thor m
tercourse. Mr. fitzhugh added that although
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pro~s,ry rh-str~-1he pinrc. Matinee.
f~rsr~t rrrt G~rd~o-vtri ~
Bg,pti.s usit-sith Il. aud 81 av
tu,b Asepu- Theatre An SIN. Matinee.
ctimor. = ssrd-n-Grelt attractions
Er."a Op-r. uou~--rhe Kerry Co.,. M'iinee.
Nfbror G.rd~--Ihe Poor OF New Yvt. Matinee.
New Work Aa.. -,.,a-Brosdwsy aud sstnsI
p~rL Th-atr--Bahy
Theatre Comi-"--vareiy Matinee
Into. square Ib-s,r--rins uomiuos. Matinee.
WaiIs.L'~ Theatre Blue beard
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Brother BLAINE Of Maine Is a lucky man,
but his luck was peculiar when HAYES declined
to 20 TO Augusta on his invitation. BLAINE
would have been bored to death If HAYES had
In..l.t.i..l
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An unknown American Of middle ngc was
recently found dead on the shore of lIilo hay.
in the Sandwich Islands. Certain Indications
about his skull warranted the belief that he had
been Drained with n club 10y the savages. The
friends of eX-rOstmHster Comfy need feel no
apprehension. HAYGs's Hawaiian Minister is
still in Columbus. Ohio. illustrating the beau
ties Of u reformed civil service 10y editing a
newspaper in the interests Of the Fraudulent
Administration. 1t may be positively asserted
that the kanakas have not Drained Comfy.
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HAYES has returned to Washington but
in less than fortnight he intends 10 go West,
taking in Ohio and Kentucky. and returning 10y
way of Nashville. Chattanooga Lynchhurg. and
Richmond. There is therefore prospect of an
indefinite extension of the sort Of thing which
We have had Tor II week past in Vermont and
Massachusetts,. The inter sting question is
whether II AYES will take KEY along with him
into Tennessee and Virginia. and play him
there IN the part of tho peniirnt sinner
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anyhodys name without adding Mr.toH TIA
Will narratc II most disgrnrcful trick of this ~.
that person. vet meyer apply nuopprohrious,,,.
tlct to it, pcrpctrator. His old st and mo., ne.
t'r enemies say that hc has mover been know,
To swear or to u.s. strong language. II .,,,n,
to i' in this respect like the othcrw. ., vnry
dissimilar Senator Flanagan Of TcNn-. o,ls
IN" venerable Senator keeps "a s..r,tnr,.
Major Tom Ochiitrcc. to do tn" swearing a.,
him, while don't know that MIR. Could has
anybody to do this kind of work for ham. nm.
less it hc the gallant Signor Morosini
Like the same Texas senator he also q. ,t,bo,
drinks. smokes. nor plays cards. cNcs.. r.r,
haps. when on u tedious Journey u m-roo,o,
over the Pafn road. H. then makes l.. soma
times game Of cards with Mr.. Sidn,, Dul,n
For the ben, III Of those who have n,,.rs.,r
Jay Could and who form their ideas oi mon
10y weighing and measuring them. il may hs
stated hero that he il a dark man. with Oriental
features. under live feet six inches, in height
weighs. probably. not more than l2U rnuud.
IL Al years Of agc and II said 10 bc worth ovn,
ten millions " dollars H. married VI .- Ellen
Miller. daughter Of rich and well known Nn,v
York merchant. and il now the father If five
children. Of whom the eldest hoy. Gcort,a. al,,,t
10 years old. promises it IL suid. to be- a- smart
'ls his lather. JoHN COLLINS.
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tainly was devised and carried on with the
full knowledge of President GRANT, was
that made by HENRY ID. Cooke and ALEX
AMBER X. SHEPHERD, when they undertook
to carry of Mr.. DANA from this city to
Washington, on process so Illegal and
worthless that Judge BLATcnFoRD turned
it out Of court rs soon as the case was heard
by him On that occasion, too there is little
reason to doubt that behind the Kidnapping
scheme there was deadly, murdcrous in
tent.
Akin TO both those operations was the
safc-burglary conspiracy, In which BAR
COCK was likewise n conspicuous actor. all
his confcdcratcs being in the same manner
intimate friends Of President GRANT. A more
wicked crime was never undertaken than
that which failed with the failure of this
conspiracy: but the guilt Of the villains who
concoctcd it, and the deep suspicion which
his close connection with them casts upon
the name Of GRANT, cannot be cradicated
from the memory of men.
Similar to these was the conspiracy "
GRANTS Secretary Of the Navy to entice
MIR. WHfTrHoRNE of the House of Repre-
scntativcs, Chairman Of an investigating
committee, into house Of i'll fame in Wash
ington in order that he might there have
him arrested. and thus gain over him
power to control the investigation and him
der the presentation In the House or the
publication of any damaging report.
Conspiracics to kidnap, conspiracics TO
blackcn innocent persons with unfOundcd
accusations of crime form one of the most
remarkable characteristics of GRANTS Adj
minstration. They seem almost Incredible,
even at this brief distance and yet they
actually occurred as We have stated. And
yet Gen. GRANT and some of his friends still
think that he may bc nominated for third
term for President of the United States!
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ions snrnMAN. sncakIng for HAYrs,s nd.

JONI SHERMAN, speaking for HAYEs's Adj
ministraton aud the Ohio Republican STATE
ticket. said the Federal Government ought to
establish and limit railroad frcixhts, " so that
the produ lions Of the farmer may not be In
danger Of conilscation by eNorbitant rates.
But how can the farmer produce prontaby
without cheap machinery? l. he to he left to
struggle with poverty because Of the cxurhitant
prices Of pluughs. reapcrs and mowers 2
HAYES. SHERMAN. and GARFIELD arc bound to
pass II bill through Congress to limit the maxi
mum charges Of all the agricultural implement
makers in the country. Reckless gamblers in
Ohio politics. don't you see that the road YOU
have driven your party into in that STATE FORKS
everywhere. and 10y every fork leuds to ruin ?
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ton with Mr. DRgxEf., was thinking OF making
an offer for Mr.. BuNNErT's Herold. our brilliant
neighbor would have regarded any advances
made to the World by him with qualification, II
not with favor" Such advances. II appears
were not then made Mr. GUILDS was and is u
stanch Republican, while the WOrld. year ago
was q Democratic newspaper. If time and COM
mon sympathy with = Fraudulent Adminstra-
tiun have removed the obstacle. and Mr.. CnILDs
still chershos his ambition t. buy a New York
newspaper. why not say, in the language Of that
other great poet, the immortal SHAKESPEARE
that the Worifs his oyster?
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-09-15

IT is rather singular that the business
Of preserving and canning fruits and veg
etables should be confined almost exclu.
sively 10 the Eastern and Middle States.
In the Western States this important in.
dustry is entirely neglected, and cOnse.
quently the annual loss must be enorm.
Qua, owing to the perishNble nature of
many garden and farm products. The
means and appliances for the preservation
Of the fruits and vegetables incapable OF
consumption during the brief season Of
their natural state, suggests the propriety
and importance Of extending this indus.
try. The art Of preserving food Of this
kind has now reached degree Of perfec.
ton that renders possible the luxury Of
summer fruits and vegetables in midwin.
ter, with flavor and freshness but little
inferior to the seasouabIe state, and this
boon on the score Of health alone is wor.
thy OF important consideration. There
is no reason to suppose that this impor-
business might not be followed in the
Weat with profit to the farmers and bcne-
fit TO the pulic.
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PULmONIC SYRUP.
FOR THE CURE OF CONSUMPTION, COUGH
AND COLDS.


The great virtue Of this medicine is that
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the system, purities the blood and thus ef.
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The Tonic produces healthy action of
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These Pills are Alternative, and produce n
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least danger, rs they arc free from calomel,
and yet more eltiCaciouS in restoring
healthy action Of the liver.
These remedies are n certain cure for
Consumption, Us the Pulmonic Syrup ripens
the matter and purifes the blood. The
Mandrake Pills act upon the liver, create n
healthy bile, and remove all diseases the
liver, often n cause OF Consumption. The
Sea Weed Tonic gives tone and strength to
the stomach, makes q good digestion, and
enables the organs TO form good blood; aud
thus creates healthy circulation OF healthy
blood, The combined action Of these medi.
cines, as thus explained, will cure every
case OF Consumption, II taken in time, and
the use OF the medicine persevered in.
DR.. Schenck is professionally at his prin-
cipal office, corner Sixth and Arch streets,
Philadelphia, every Monday, where all let.
tiers for advice may be addressed. Schenck's
medicines for sale by all Druggists. cod
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FROM TExAs.-Last week we noted the
emigration Of two families to Texas from
this county, and this week we note the
return Of Messrs. John Trenton and John
W. Bush, who went 10 Texas last spring,
accompanied by several others whose
names we did not learn, who landed in
this place Friday last, thorough ly con.
WINGED that Texas is not the place for
West Vlrginians. They feel they would
be far better of had they taken the ad-
vice published in the Reporter prior to
their departure for the west. Others
would come back TO the productive hills
OF Marshall county had they the funds
Aoundsrlis Reporter.
The experience Of these people is not at
all peculiar or uncommon. We related
some months ago the personal observa.
tions OF an old resident Of Brooke county,
made after sojourn Of many months in
Texas, and, as will be remembered, they
correspondent, exactly with the obserya.
vAtions Of these Marshall county people.
We do not wish to be understood rs
saying that an immigrant cannot do we'll
in Texas, or any other State, provided he
ia we'll equipped when he goes there with
the necessary means, and has.the prudence
and energy to turn them to good account.
What We do say is simply that people
who can do we'll in new country can, as
arule, do better in an old State like West
Virginia, where the land is cheap and the
climate mild and healthiul.
There may be some people who make
tia point TO turn over new leaf when
they go away from their old homes, and
become industrious and economical, but
rs rule the characteristics Of IN immi.
grant do not change simply because he
changes his location. If he is lazy and
thriftless in West Virginia he is not like
ly to DO otherwise in Texas. II he is
hard worker and a close saver here he is
almost sure toget well of in few years,
and in the process Of doing 80 enjoys, as
a rule, better health and better social
and Observation-Disclosures than in most
now regions.
There are tens Of thousands Of acres Of
cheap land in West Virginia that invite
immigration, and that sooner or later are
bound to be thickly populated by people
from the East aud North. We refer TO
such counties us Gilmer, Calhoun
Braxton, Upshur, Webster and Poca-
hontas. II the large holders Of these
lands would take more pains to place
them before the public they could sell ten
acres where they now sell one by mere
chance as it were. The recent letters to
parties hereabout show that there are
many people in the North who look with
favor upon,the latitude Of West Virginia,
and who would like to make their homes
within our boundaries, but they are with
out any information in regard to the soil,
products and general agricultural char.
acteristics Of tho State. Whstwonder so
few Of them ever come into our midst
What wonder our development Is so
slowi
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THE ESTIMATES for the support Of the
army for the present fiscal year have been
prepared by the War department and
sent 10 the Treasury department. which
will transmit them to Congress at the
extra session. These are the only esti-
mates to be sent in. The Presidents
message and accompanying documents
will relutSonly to the bushes. for which
Congress Is especially convened and not
to subjects Of general Legislation. 1t is
thought, therefore, that the message will
be hrlef.