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ment of political organizations, eau
causes, conventions or election cam
psigns. Their right to vote aud express
their views on public questions, either
orally or through the press is not denied.
provided it does not interfere with the
discharge of their official duties.
Respectfully, r. B. HAYES.
Hon. John Sherman, Esq.
Look on that and now on this. We
have itsllcised the portion of this letter
to which we wish 10 direct special atten-
ton. 1t will be seen that Mr.. HAYES
Instructior To Secretary SHERMAN are
unequivocal and emphatic in opposition
to the practice of appointments to these
business positions being made through
political influences and without reference
to business fitness and capacity. If there
is anything intended by this letter it is
that the collection. of the revenue should
be free from partisan control and organ
lied on a strictly business basis. This is
indeed the burden of. the letter and its
sole purport if language means anything.
Now look on that and then on this
Following up the instructions (2) of
the Presidents letter, Mr.. SHERMAN in
his Instructions to collector AUTHOR says
upon the subject of party influence in
the matter of appointments: "Other
things being equal those aOul be preferred
Who sympaM,ze w,th the party in poa0er'
utpersons in office ought not to be er-
pectsd to serue their party to the neglect
of official duty, Sc"
If Mr.. HAYES regards his instructions
in this connection in accord with the
instructions of Mr.. SHERMAN; or if
Secretary SHERMAN regards his in
structions as fulfilling the directions of
Mr.. HAYES, we confess to very vague
idea of the meaning Of terms, or direct
conflict of language. If civil service
reform is to be dictated by Mr.. HAYES
and executed by Secretary SHERMAN,
after this fashion we may expect progress
after the manner of the mule-the more
it is urged the more it will back.
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Died.

LONDON, May 2s.-Henry Weeks, the
English sculptor, il dead. g.
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additional Markets on 4th Page.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-02-10
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The music is adapted to the human voice,
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This instrument has all the latest inn
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This organ needs only to be seen to be
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Agents wanted, male or female, in every
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A liberal discount made to teachers minis
tiers, churches, schools, lodges, etc, where
we have no agents. Illustrated catalogue
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ready. Address,
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-02-10
First Annual Report Of Peter
Cain, Mine Inspector for
Aliegany and Garrett
Counties.
CUMBERLAND, Dec. 30, 1876
To his Ercellency John Lee Carr0H Governor
Of 4Vayyland:
| Continued.

CONTINUED.
The process of mining out the coal,
ready to be put on the cars, is as fol-
lows:
The miner excavates with his
pick a horizontal slot from one side of
the room to the other, in that part
Of the coal known as "the under
mining" This slot is excavated for
a distance of three to four feet i'll the
solid coal from the face Of the head
ing or room. He usually begins at
one side Of the room, and after cut
ting she slot for several feet, if he is
at all afraid that part Of the breast
may fall before he gets the slot en-
tirely finished for the width of the
room, he puts some wedges in the slot
to hold up the breast coal above it
and keeps adding wedges as he goes
on with the slot.
This process is called by the miners
"underminlng." After he has finish
ed his undermining. he drives another
vertical slot on the side of the room
from the undermining to the roof
This slot is eight or ten inches wide
sometimes a foot. He then drives
a similar slot on the other side of the
room. These side slots are called by
the miners "shearing," After this he
knocks out his wedges from the un,
dermining and drives some iror
wedges near the line of the roof o
the mine and breaks off the mass o
coal which he had undermined
and sheared, and which was helc
only in place by its adhesion to tn
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-02-10
BY P. j. CODY.

BY P. j. CODY.
When throughout the land the dread sum-
mons to war,
Der hillside and mountain re-echoed afar,
The Maryland boys, ever loyal and true,
Stood up for the cause Of the Red, White
and Blue
They rallied and bled this phalanx so
grand
They fought for their homes and old Mary
land
And many grave, alas marks but too
well,
Where fighting so barely those young gal
lants fell.
Oh sad was the parting of mother and
son,
OF husband and wife, when at the roll of
the drum,
The soldiers in uniform hastened away
To fight 'gainst the foeman in battle array.
And sad was the heart of that mother most
true,
Who saw her three sons don the uniform
blue;
And tears filled her eyes as she watched
from the door,
Her boys who were going 70 come, per'aps
no more
When dark shades ofnisht marked the close
of the day,
She with her loved daughters would fer
vently pray
To God, the dispenser of justice and life,
10 guard her sons ever through courage
and strife.
All. how blanched was her cheeks when
heard she the rattle
Or guns dealing death in Antietam's battle;
And srieved was her heart to see troops
which she knew
We're marching to fight 'gainst her own
boys in blue
No pen OF the artist on canvas can trace;
The sorrow that clouded this fond moth
ers face;
Nor fancy imagine the griet in her breast,
W hle thinking of those she loved dearest
and best.
Through camp and past picket she wendcd
her way
10 succor her sons in that terrible fray;
Cndaunted she travelled where battles were
fought,
And cared not for danger but of her sons
thought.
lhe war is all oyer; that mother yet lives,
And sweet is the pleasure her proud heart
it gives,
TO see the old banner in triumph still
wave,
50 peaceful above her three soldier boys
brave
Through courage and slaughter her
prayers did not cease,
70 God, for His mercy and blessings of
peace
The prayer of that mother was fervent
and true,
And she blesses to-day her brave boys in
PEABODY, MASS, Jan, 80; 1877.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-02-10
THE AMERICAN cYcLoPED1A.

Within the last ten years the progress
of discovery in every department of knoWl-
edge has made new work of reference an
imperative want.
The movement of political affairs has
kept pace with the discoveries Of science
and their fruitful application to the indus
trial and useful arts and the convenience
and retnemcn' Of social life. Great wars
and consequent revolutions have occurred,
involving national changes of peculiar mo-
ment. The civil war Of our own country,
which Was at its height when the last vol
ulne Of the old work appeared, has happily
been endcd, and new course of CONNER
cial and industrial activity has been COM
menced. Large acccssions to our
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-02-10

The work originally published under the
title of THE NEW AMERICAN CYCLIC
P.EDIA was completed in 1863, since which
time the wide circulation which it has at
tanned in all psrts of the United States, and
the sisnallcd developments which have ia
ken place in every branch of science, litera-
ture and art, have induced the editors and
publishers to submit it to an exact and
thorough revision, and to issue new edi'
tion entitled
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-02-10
A Gift Worthy of a RothSchild for
ONE CENT

A COPY of Browns Illustrated Shaks-
N pearian Almanac, together with q
copy of his illustrated paper, the GROWING
WORLD, which is devoted to natural his
tory, will be sent to any one free who will
send us their address on a one cent postal
card. Address DIR. 0. p. BROWN, 81
Grand Street, Jersey City, N. j. MAY 12
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-02-10
ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE.

The cost of their execution is enormous,
and it is believed they will find welcome
reception as an admirable feature of the Cy-
clopBdia, and wor by of its high character.
This work is sold TO subscribers only,
payable on delivery Of each volume 1t
will be complete in Sigteea Lalys Octdco
vo5ImsS, each containn. about 500 pages,
fully illustrated with several thousand wood
snsravings and with numerous colored
Litho.raphic Maps.
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form was sent to each coal company
in Allegany and Garrett counties:
Office Of Inspector Of Mines for ARyany asd
Garrett Counties. Nd.
FRosTBURG, Md, May /, 1878.
To Superintendent Of Company:
DEAR SIR Please furnish me for
publication in my annual report,
statement of the coal mined, number
of men employed, etc, at your works,
for the year beginning May l and
ending Dec 81, 1876. The following
blank is provided to facilitate making
your report.
Respectfully,
PETER CAIN,
Mine Inspector.
Name of mine,
County We're located.
Name of coal firm,
Post Office address,
Average number Of men and boys employ.
ed outside,
Average number OF men and boys employ
ed inside,
Nationality sfmen and boys employed,
Number of horses employed,
Number of mules employed,
Annual production of coal,
List of serious accidents,
List Of fatal accidents,
All the companies, except those no.
ted, filled up and returned reports as
requested by the circulars so deliver
ed to them.
From these returns so made, the
following statements have been COM
piled:
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-02-10
PRINTED ON NEW TYPE,

forming in fact new CyclopSedia, with
the same plan and compass Al its predeces-
sor, but with far greater pecunlary cXpcn-
diture, and with such improvements in its
composition as have been suggested by
longer experience and enlarged knowledge.
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GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE

have been made by the indelatsable ex-
plorers of Africa
The great politicsI revolutions Of the last
decade, with tbs natural result OF the lapse
of time, have brought into public view Il
multitude of ne" men, who's names are in
every ene's mouth, and whose lives every
one is curious to know the particulars
Great battles have been fought and impor
tant sle.es Aave been maintained, of which
the desails are as yet preserved only i'll the
newspapers or in the transient publications
of the day, but which now ought to take
their place in
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-02-10
POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL EVENTS.

The work has been begun after long and
careful preliminary labor, and with the
most ample resources for carrying it on to
q successful terBination.
None Of the original stereotype plates
have Seen used, but every page has been
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-02-10
fFor the Frostburg Mining JouRNAL.]
The Soldiers Mother.

These lines are inscribed to Mrs.
Anastasia Chambers, of Frostburg,
Maryland, whose three sons fought in
the late Rebellion.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-02-10

In preparing the present edition for the
press, it has accordingly been the aim of
the editors to bring down the information
to the latest possible dates, and to furnish
an accurate account of the most recent dis
coveres in science of every fresh produc-
ton in literature, and of the newest invcn-
tions in the practical arts, as well as TO give
a succinct and original record of the prog
rsss of
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-02-10
APPENDIX.

A printed circular in the following
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-02-10

ALL the employees of the Midland
railway, England, have to submit to
an examination, to make sure that
they are not color blind.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-02-10

,AeSAugusta (Ga.1 cotton factory
Aads IN the last six months of the
yeaf a two per cent. dividend and
4l6, ,9el@ yards of goods, chiefly adapt
ed to and intended for Southern con-
sumption.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-10-05
A violent earthquake took place at CabIia

A violent earthquake took place at Oabiia,
Bolivia, on the 23d ult.
Russia insists on servia speedily finishing
the work Of mobilization and complains that
sefvian hesitation enabled the Turks TO re-
lieve Plevna.
The Hungarian policy as announced is TO
protect the interests of that country without
war II possible, but at the same time protect
them in every contingency. Austria will pre-.
serve strict neutrality.
Yellow-fever prevails at Santa Cruz.
Ex.President Grant and party were at STRAIT
ord-on-Avon on the 2Sth ult, and had a
brilliant reception. They visited Shakes
peare's birthplace and other places Of inter
est. ....U
A large quantity of munitions of war have
been seized by the Government at the Gus
om-house in Pesth.
Herra has resigned and been succeeded by
Gen. Guardia as President of Costa Rico.
On the night of the 9th ult. eight children
lost their lives by the burning of a farm
house at st. Gregorie, Can. Five were
burned TO death and three suffocate6.
Cardinal Sporza is dead.
1t is estimated that 100000 persons have
died from famine in India.
A crisis is imminent in the French Minis.
Try.
A Glasgow letter says ex-President
Grants daily round is TO pray half an hour,
breakfast an hour, be made Burgess or go
sightseeing three or four hours, lunch half
an hour, go sightseeing again, drive from
one to five hours, or after dinner spend the
evening with invited guests of His Lord
Ghip,n the host.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-10-05
WAR NOTES.

The Turkish army at Plevna has been REIN
forced and fully provisioned.
1t is stated that the Russian and Rouma-
nian losses before Plevna exceed q, 900 killed
and wounded. r..
The Turkish troops at Orchanie are to be
sent to Plevna. The Russian army before
Plevna has been reinforced.
A Constantinople dispatch Of the 26th says
Osman Pasha's position is now believed to
be secure and the impression is that the
Russians and Roumanians are gradually
Withdrawing from the attempt against
Plevna.
Goransko has surrendered to the Monte
negrins.
Mehemet Ali is reported retreating to his
former position on the Kara LON.
The Roumanian army suffered severely in
an attack on the second Grivica redoubt on
the Goth.
The Montenegrins occupy Piya- and have
captured Fort Crkvica.
A correspondent at Russian headquarters
telegraphs that the discomfort and discour-
agement are great in the Russian army. The
officers regard success as nearly hopeless.
Very deep snow is reported at the foot of
According to a London dispatch of the
2Sth ult. the Russian staff officers In front
Of Plevna express confidence that the place
will fall into their hands.
The roads are almost impossible in the
Dobrudscha on account of rains.
Considerable sickness is reported in the
Russian armies.
Russia demands that the Servians shall
enter the field when a success at Plevna is
obtained. r..
Sulieman Pasha is fortifying his camp and
apparently intends TO winter at Schipka Pass.
The second Turkish convoy for Plevna re-
turned to Orkani on the 3Oth ult., the Rou-
manians having captured a portion of it.
A Bucharest dispatch declares that media
tion is impossible. The battlefield must
give the solution; diplomacy may intervene
later.
A St. Petersburg telegram says uninvited
offers OF mediation would be regarded almost
as 4 national insult.
servian Intervention is regarded as quite
certain,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-10-05
Train Robbers Killed.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept. %.
A Buffalo Station (Kan) special
gives the particulars of the capture and
killing of two Union Pacific Express rob.
bers yesterday, and the recovery of
$20,000 in gold. About nine o'clock two
men riding jaded horses and leading a
heavilyloaded pony came into the sta
ton and stopped for refreshments. The
station agents suspicion was aroused by
noticing the name of Joel Collins on an
envelope in the pocket of one of the
men, which was exposed in drawing his
handkerchief. 1t happened that Sheriff
Beardsley, of Ellis County, and a squad
of soldiers on the watch for the robbers
were encamped in ravine near by, and
as soon as the men left the agent notified
the Sheriff, who mounted his men and
soon overlook the robbers. They told
him he was mistaken in the men; that
they were Texas cattle men returning
home. The Sheriff asked them to return
to the station, which they cheerfully
agreed to do. They had gone only
short distance when Collins sud
denly turned and said to his COM
panions: If we have to die, let us do
it gamely." Both attempted to draw
revolvers, but the Sheriffs posse was too
quick for them and fired, killing both
men instantly. The gold was sewed up
in the legs of pair of pantaloons, and
consists oftwenty- dollar pieces of the mint
of 1877. The bodies were taken to Ellis,
where an inquest will be held. There
were no papers on their bodies except a
roll of poetry dedicated to Collins by a
young lady, and which he seemed to
prize highly. The name of the other
man is not given. Collins is said to be
from Dallas, Tex, and to be of high.
ly respectable family, Sheriff Beardsley
and citizens are in hot pursuit of the re.
mainder of the gang. .t"t
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-10-05

Well, what objection can fair man make
TO that? Don't the Southern taxpayer con-
tribute his portion OF the money to pay pen
sions TO Northern soldiers and their widows
and orphans, while the Confederate soldiers
and their widows and orphans are neglectedg
Southern members OF Congress believe rs
firmly in the justice of the Confederate
cause as the Northern members believe In
the justice Of the Union, and they sink their
manhood and eat dirt when they vote apprO-
priations TO pension Federal soldiers, and
their widows and orphans to the exclusion
of the Confederate. A magnanimous Gov
ernment should pension all. They are all
the victims of civil war, and paciied Gov
ernment cannot consistently or safely dis
criminate between them in this matter where
the party Disseminated against beaIs an
equal proportion of the burden F'W When
they''-the Democrats" get into power" IL
they will do this wise and Just thing, which
Morton predicts, to-wit: Pension all or PEN
sion uone," il will do more to conquer the
rebellious feeling of Southern people which
he took pains TO portray to the Oregonians
than is in the power of the Federal guns he
has so much faith in. kind and just Gov
ernment can only remember it's crippled sol
diers, whether they wore the blue OF the gray,
and their widows and orphans alike; 1t Is
only malignant Government that repels
fealty that can discriminate. It is the part
of ststesmauship to sooth, not irritate, the
sores Of the late war.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-10-05
Secretary Sherman on the Ohio Campaign.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. 26.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT..
WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept 26 (
DEAR SIR: Tam so deeply impressed
with the Importance of the campaign in
Ohio that it makes me uneasy and rest
less that cannot participate in it. What
a magnificent chance the Republican
party in Ohio now has, not only to place
itself in the vanguard in the United
States, but to do this country service
as great as any victory won by the Union
army during the war. Here it is demon
strated by the cordial reception of the
President in the South, by his hearty in
dorsement in Massachusetts, and by a
public sentiment now growing and
spreading with amazing rapidity, that in
his Southern policy he has opened up the
means of order, safety, peace, and secur-
ity in all the Southern States. Now
when it is demonstrated that the diff
culties in the way of resumption we're
myths, conjured up by the fantasies of
demagogues; when our notes are worth
within per cent. of gold; d;when Prov
idence has favored us with boundless
crops, and prosperity is again coming
upon us at dreary time of distress
and trial caused by inflated paper
money, why is it that we cannot
see all these things and avail ourselves
of the advantage they give US in our po-
litical contest? 1t seems to me that we
ought to carry the State by an over
whelming majority, and if we do so we
will establish the beneficent principles of
our party beyond danger to overthrow
by reaction, and we will secure tie
peaceful and orderly developments Of in
dustry without parallel in our previous
history wish it were in my power to
impress every Republican in Ohio with
my earnest conviction about this matter;
but here, constantly occupied by officia.
duty, can only remain watching all
waiting in anxious suspense lest t., I
great advantages we possess shall be frit-
tered away or lost by inaction or mis-
takes. l know you will do your utmost
for success, and only write you this to
show you how earnestly sympathize
with you your efforts. Very truly yours,
JOHN SHERMAN.
Gen. J. S. ROBINSON, Chairman State Republican
| Committee Columbus
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-10-05
Pension All or Pension None. II

While in Oregon directing the investi-
cation into the manner of Gov. Growers
election to the U, s. Senate, Senator Nor
ton made public address in the course
of which he said;
II the Democratic party get into power, do
you think they will ever vote dollar TO pay
the pensions unless you pay the pensions OF
their soldiers engaged in the rebelliony
When they get INTO power II will be pension
all or pension none.
The above paragraph and some others
from the same speech have been extern
sively copied by the Southern newspa-
pers and commented upon. The Merid'
ian (Miss) Mercury, which is published
near the scene of the ChisOlm butcheryr
and which paper warmly defended and
applauded that atrocily, in commenting
on the paragraph from Morton's speech
above quoted, thus boldly advocates the
placing of Confederate soldiers, and sol
diers' widows and orphans, on the pen
sion-rolls;