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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-09-18
TONTlNE PLAN,

orupon the principle OF acsumulating profits fol
definite periods, which was first introduced by this
Society, and has been recommended and endorsed
ing business men. Forty flour per cent. has beel
earned and accumulated OIL the premiums paid OF
sit Tontine Life Policies, and forty per cent. on it,
years.
The Directors OF the Equitable Life Assuranc.
society represent exclusively the intel ests OF the
toncy-noders, and in presenting the Society to no
uce they iee that II has strong claims upen public
confidence, because OF the strict and conservative
principles by which It's various Departments ar
ot the Society, perfect security s given for the f.
ture, which is of great importance those depend.
ihg Upon their insurance policies TOR the ultimate
pport OF their families.
No Life Insurance Company has such args an.
nual transactions as the Equitable; none is mere
prompt and Just in it's dealings.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-09-18
S9,OOO,OOO.

The Lives Insured by the Society are carefu "
selected in different parts of North America an,
Europe, furnishing by this broad field OF opera.
tons, an additional and exceptional safety to the
Policy-holders. The Insurances are made only OF
the Mutual Principle. The Surplus Premiums AZ,
returned annually to the Insured
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-09

DEcoRArIoS DAY.-The ceremonies Of dec.
Grating the graves Of those who were killed.
and those who have since died, who served in
the unfortunate war between the North and
the South, took place on Sunday evening last,
and was participated in by very large mum
Der ofsour citizens. The ceremonies were
opened by the singing of "How Sleep the
Brave" which was joined in by the audience,
+. c. Klein, theological student OF Western
Maryland College made an appropriate prayer
after which Mr.. A. ii. Norris, OF New Windsor,
delivered an Grafton, aud the choir rendered
the "National Conservation Chant which
was finely sung. Mr. George o. Carey, a
student Of Western Maryland College, then
read an original Poem BY Emma Alice
Browne, of this city, which we give below.
A procession was then formed, headed bY
the draped flag and mutfed drum, marshaled
by Capts. Byers and Kuhn, when the graves
were covered with flowers. The graves of
soldiers buried in the Catholic and Episcopal
church yards we're also visited, aud the grave
of Lieut.. Murray, c. s. A., Of Nirgnin, who
was killed in a skrmish between Stuart
advance guard aud company Of Delaware
cavalry, in this city, June 90, 1868, was pro-
insely decorated. The entire programme was
devised and successfully carried out 10y Miss
Mary Il. Shellman Of this city. Mrs. !, Il.
Pearson presided at the organ.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-09
Foreign Affairs.

The British Government has given formal
lnhmatlon TO Russia that an ATTEMPT 10
blockade or TO in any manner Interfere with
the Suez Canal or its approaches will be- 70.
garded as menace to lndia, grave injury
10 the commerce Of the world and incompati.
Bile with Engand's attitude of passive men.
trality. The Porte aud the Khediye have also
been informed of her firm determination NOT
to permit the canal to be the scene of nny
warhke operations.
Russia refuses all applications of British
ohcers as spectators Of the military operations
Inns international courtesy had grown up 10
be sort OF custom. Officers from the re.
specuVe European armies 20 along with
headquarters and study AS at a school of mil.
itary science the conduct of war. The Car
mas stopped this, at least so far as English
oihcers are concerned.
=, A reception was given to General Grant by
Minister Pierrepout, in London, on Tncsdsy
night About 1000 Of the best aud mos, dis.
unguished OF English and American society
were present, the company including tbs
members OF Her Majestys Cabinet, the entire
u'piomatie corps, many members of Parlia.
mehti and men eminent in the literary and
scientific world. ""N
Ii is declared that .'If after cross;r, H.,
danube Russia is able to conclude peace,
anu a, me same time realize her programme,
ana u the powers adopt towards Turkey an
at'ltuue snthciently hrm to complete the les.
aon Received from the arms of Russia, then an
equitable and dignifed peace might be ar.
ranged and the necessity of pushing the wa,
to extremes be avoided "'
A telegram from London, Ontario, reports
that trains on the different railroads IN tha,
section we're much delayed Tuesday morning
by the swarming Of millions Of eaterpillars oS
The tracks. L was found necessary on Inc
Fort Stanley Railroad to shorten the trains
a. An express train in Russia, carrying @, 900.
ooo ISneles, has altogether disappeared with
out leaving the slightest clue as 10 what La.
become oft. """' ""'
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-09

SwISDLING THE GOVERNMENT New
YORK Commercial Adrertiser says Mr..
jackson Schultz is blunt, plain.spoken man.
In his remarks yesterday before the Custom
House conference, on the subject of frauds
on the Government, he said that hardly any
man ever went TO Europe and returned with.
out smuggling He placed the average num-
Der Of packages at ten or twelve apiece. We
are. he said, males and females alike, ma
lion Of smugglers. He had known ladies of
good families, some Of them wives ofminis.
tiers, to hide watches in old shoes and laces
among soiled linen. On his last trip among
his ship companions were four members of
Congress who did not pay their duties. A
credltable United States detective once in
formed him that he traced camel's hair
shawl that had been struggled over the Dor
der to the wife of Judge Of an Eastern State
and recovered it. Mr.. Schultz's remedy
would be to allow every passenger one trunk
or package, to be examined on arrival, all
the others to 20 to the public stores. The
suggestion Of Mr. Schultz is good one. 1t
would have the effect Of stopping, to a
certain extent, the enormous frauds praeticed
upon the Government by the "most respecta.
BILE members of society," 1t would not only
have effect OF making people more honest,
but 1t would discourage American snobbery
from going abroad to pRtronize French mill.
ners and English tailors. The Government
is swindled every year in the most outrageous
manner by people who make the greatest
pretentions to honesty and responsibility. It
Is high time to arrest this monstrous evil.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-09
MisosgsuatiOu.


The Rhode Island Legislature refuses to
permit intermarriages between whites and
blacks The South Carolina Legislature
recently refused to prohibit such mar
riages, and the Baltimore Gozette thinks
that that body exhibited its good sense in so
doing; that if a white man fanciss a negro
woman for wife, or a negro woman a
white man for husband the law should
not interpose to prevent the union. This
is strange uttennce from Maryland
journal, but We believe the Gasciie is not
conducted by Marylander. The senti-
ment is not only repEgnant to sound mo-
rality, but at variance with the laws Of
nature. The physical degenency which
attends the violation Of these laws, as seen
in the mulatto, more notably in the ID or
Sd generation, is proof positive that nature
cries out against it Shall the press wink
at such an evil and permit such ideas to
pass unehallcuged, to debauch the public
mind aud to break down the barriers be-
tween the races which nature herself has
established?
The following is the extract from the
Gazette
The South Carolina House has shown its
good seI9e by ,fnsing to pass u bill to pre-,
vent marriage between the black and white
races. If any South Carolina maiden sees fit
to become q blackamoor's Desdemona, the
state ought not to stand between her and her
dreams of welded bliss. If white man
wants to WOO and wed a dusky damsel, the
same holds good. There will still be people
who will not take advantage of the privilege.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-09

The BANK WITH THE LARGEST CArIrAL.-
The Virginia City (Nevada) Chronicle, saws
The Bank of Commerce Of the City of New
York has recently reduced its capital from
100000 TO S5,Oo0,OO0. This action on
the part Of that old and conservative organiza.
ton leaves the Bank Of Nevada, in San Fran.
cisco, the wealthiest banking corporation in
the United States. II also shows that bank.
ing capital is in greater demand on this coast
than at the East The capital Of the Bank Of
Nevada is now SIC, 00O, 600, held by Eve indi.
yiduals, Messrs. Flood, 0'Bren, Mackey.
and Fair eaeh own %, 100 Of the shares, or
S2,3I5,O Of the stock, and Louis McLane,
the President, 5000 shares, or 81, ZOO, 600 OF
the stock. The only bank on the Continent
exceeding it is the Bank Of Montreal, whose
capital is So, 600, 900. The Merchants Bank
of Montreal ranks next to the Nevada Bank,
with capital of $4,000, 600. The Central
Railroad and Banking Company Of Savannah.
Ca, has a capital Of S., 900, 900. There are
three banks in New York with capital of
$1,000, 900 each. The united capital of the
Bank Of Nevada and the Bank Of California
offsets these three,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-09

CESTESARIASs.-A correspondent, writing
to the London Times, says that at the Star
and Garter, Richmond, yesterday, banquet
was given by members of his family and
large number Of friends, to Mr.. Edward Nor
gan, of Brougham- house, Willesden, to cele
brate the completion of his lO6th birthday
The old gentleman, who was present in vi
gorous health, and displaying remarkable &c q.
tiyity, was born in Bristol on the Dist of May,
ITO, the date being stated in very old
family Bible. He was the founder Of the we'll
known firm Of coachbuilding of that name in
Longacre, from which he only retired few
years ago. His children, grandchildren and
great-grandchildre number l02, of whom 81
assembled to wish him ''many happy returns
Of the day." Our Birmingham correspon.
dent says :-'Mrs. Ann Timmins, of Ne.
chelle, Birmingham, died on Friday last,
aged l0l years and six months. She was
born in Kedderminster, on the 18th Of No.
vember, l775, but came to Birmingham "a
years ago, and has since resided at Nechells,
with her sou. She is the mother of six chill
dren, the eldest of whom is still living and
has attained the age Of 70years. Her grand.
father and grandmother were also famed for
their longevity, the former having reached
the age of 100 and the latter 81 years.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-09
Another Broken Bridge.


y sAd Dis'lster al an English Fair-One Hundr.d
ti yvpii lIeeipitAted into the Avon River-Tweiye
Li'es Lost and finyone Wounded. "'''e
LONDON, June G.-The Bath and We., 81
England society centenary was celebrated a,
Bath to-day. The Widcombe susnens;o ny
bridge fell and about one hundred nersona
we're precipitated thirty feet into tbe rus
Avon. A dispatch from Bath gives the eol
loving particulars:-"About 10. 20 o'elocL
THIS morning on the arrival of train.load o +
exeurslonists on the Weymouth branch ~ ia
Great Western railway to attend the arr;c ss
,urai show, between 100 aud 200 persons. ba.
longing mostly TO the well.to.do farmer class
rushed upon the toll bridge leading from ~
railway platforms the bridge was wooden os
light construction, narrow, about tb;rtv a., ~,
long, between thirty and forty feet above tba
river Avon, resting upon posts mortieed ;n,e
the stone'work at either end, and witbor, y
centre support. The bridge snapped n ia
centre and the two ends were wrenehed civ,
from the sides. The whole mass. win III, ,In
people, was plunged into the middle If ,he
stream, which was about seven feet dean
Boats from the shore were immed;s,sIv y,
work rescaing the living and searching a. ,h y.
DEAD IL IS estimated that about twelve mo-
sons were killed and iify.one Injured sp'na
fatally, by the fall Of the bridge. 'O"'e
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-09
Is Mr.. Hayes in Earnest.


If Mr. Hayes is really sincere in his
purposes Of reform, as outlined in his let
ter of May goth, to John Sherman, he
has it in his power to enforce his wishes
beyond doubt. 1t is. his wish, he says,
that ''the collection of the revenues should
be free from party bias" That party
leaders should have no more influence in
the appointments than other equally re-
spectacle citizens" That "no assessments
for political purposes on officers or subor-
dinates should be allowed" That 'no
useless officer or employee should be re-
tanned, and that "no officer should be
permitted to take part in the management
ofpolitieal organizations, caucuses and con-
yentioDs or election campaigns. These
are most wholesome reforms and sould be
carried out to the letter, and if they are
not, he will be justly censurable, for he
has the power Of removal and ought to re-
move any person holding government
position who violates them. The oficious
intermeddling Of Federal officials in party
affairs, has long been crying evil, and
the President can put an effectual stop to
it, If he toR Grant issued orders against
political assessments and ofFice-holding
party managers, but what did his orders
amount to. He did not enforce them and
they were not respected. VIII Mr.. Hayes
also hold the word of promise to the car
and break it to the hope? We shall see.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-09
Probable War With Mexico.

Gen Ord, who commands the troops on
the Rio Grande, has received instructions
to pursue the Mexican raiders and cattle
thieves across the river into Mexican ter
ritOry, to punish the maraudsrs, and bring
back their stolen. plumber and restore it TO
the rightful owners. This, Of course, is
easaR bclli, and will be certain to bring
on war with Mexico, unless that power
shall establish limo of pickets along the
river that viii keep her robbers aud cattle
thieves from crossing into Texas Mexico
Is likely to receive this intelligence with
evaporation, but she has so weakened
herself BY successive revolutions that she
is unable to repel our troops or to keep
her own robber hordes within bounds.
The prospect, therefore, is decidedly favor
able to hostilities, aud war with Mexico
viii be made the basis of demand in
Congress for increased appropriations and
an increase in the army. There is no
need, however, for either. Our army
now, consists of $4,000 men, aud We had
only $4,000 during the Mexican war. We
are in better condition now to conduct a
war with Mexico with $4,000 men than
we were then with 5000 more troops than
we have at this time. We are in better
position on the Rio Grande and have our
lines Of communication much better es-
tablished. We hope, therefore, if Mex
lean war is made the pretext for an increase
of the army, that the demand viii at once
be promptly and sternly met with de-
cided negative.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-09

Maj. Henry Kyd Douglas, of Hagers-
town, requests US to state that Washington
Cemetery Confederate at that place will
be dedicated on the afternoon of Tuesday
next. Gen. Fitz Lee will deliver an
Grafton, and Hon. D. Bedinger Lucas, of
West Va, will recite Poem. Excursion
trains win be run over the Baltimore and
Ohio and Western Maryland Railroads.
An invitation is extended to all to be
present, especially those who fought for the
lost cause. The cemetery contains the
remains of $500 Confederate soldiers who
were killed at Antietam and South Noun
tain.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-09

Gen. Grant is feted and honored abroad,
but closer contact with him will convince
The Englishmeu that they have looked at
him through spectaeles whose long focal
range was only exceeded by their great
magnifying power. Distance has lent en-
chantment to the view. Ga nearer APP
proach they will discover him to be much
more Of pigmy than a colossus. We
conld wish the ex-President we're man
of such intellectual and social parts and
qualities as might spare his English ad :
mirers so great disappointment as they
are doomed to experience.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-09

FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS IN MARY
LAND.-Maryland seems to hold losing
hand, so far as it relates to Federal ap-
pointments. Gen. Tyler, an Ohio man,
has been put in the Baltimore postofhce,
and John A. Logan. of Illinois, has been
given the mission to Brazil, in place Of
MIR. James r. Partridge, of Baltimore.
So it goes all round the board. Maryland
lies so Immediately under the eye of the
new President, that he overlooks her alto
gether.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-09
OVER THEIR GRAVES.
FOR DECORATION DAY.
ny EMMA ALICE BROWNE.

Again the Lily aud the Laurel Leaf
With Rose and fadelcs lninOrtcile We twine,
And yield the welded gnrands Of our grief
And untorgetting Love, ut val1r's shrine!
While sunsDfs melancholy glOrics burn,
And peusiNe Iwilights uOtiYv tears are she'd,
We lay on pale memorial shan aud urn
Our flond tribute to the llononed Dead
The Great Disbauded-who 10 glorious arms
shall leap at Wars rrtic ucyermorcl
Whose peaceful Camps no rude surprise alarms
Whose silent tents are pitched on hill and shore!
their sweet rcpuSe no earthly strife can mar
HIRE all unhOly fouds and dlscnrls cease
For them the lurid. Crimson Flower OF war
Hath rpgned To the golden haryost-Pcacc.
Unyext they lie: above each quiet breast,
The daisies whiten, and the grlsses creep
No clang OF arms disturbs their utter p,st-
No shock Of Battle breaks their solemn sleep.
In vain the hollow winds, at Even fall
Or Morn, their gh0Suy muslcrrull repeat
The muhled drum, the walling Buglecall
For them have sounded the last long retreat
The busy din and iumuli ~ call Life
The restless waves OF human Joy and pain
The troubled tides Of Time. and Change and strife,
Beat ON their marble gates Of peace--in vain
They will not hear or answer On their Hips
And listless ears the seal OF silence lies
Till Angel hands shall burst their Wondering Crypts,
And rend the vail nom their unseeins eyes
Defenders Of the Nations Solemn Trusl
Honor 10 the brave Hearts that rtst below
keepgreen the graves thatshrne their haluw'd dust,
While sprngtimes wake, aud summer Roses blow,
Keep green their names their deeds arc dCathlcss
Here,
Where yalor sleeps, the sacred task be ours
To crown and cOnseCnlte. from year u year,
These altars, with the Nations Feast Of Flowers!
Strew Myrtle Hearts'case, tender Violet
Heap Rose and Lily on the ruthless scnrs,
TIL we, in nobler memories shall forget
The record of our ancient icudS and wars
80 shall we know these did not die In vain.
When one united people standing forth
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-09

The article on Lime, on the fourth page,
from the pen of Professor j. D. Warfeld,
of the Maryland Agricultural College,
possesses great interest for our agricultural
readers. They will read it aud remember
its instructions with profit. Though lime
has long been in use for agricultural pur-
poses, its proper application is still but i'm
perfectly understood among farmers. The
article from the pen of Professor War6eld
throws considerable light upon the subject.
Let every farmer who takes the Advocate
read il attentively.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-09

The wordy warfare between Gen. Butler
and Wayne Mac eagh continues in another
long rambling letter from the Massachu.
sets Ishmaelite and sharp rejoinder from
the sOn-in-law Of the old Winnebago Chief,
from whom he appears to have learned
the art of welding the tomahawk and
sealping knife. Buffers scalp, however,
docs not seem to be regarded as a trophy
of much value in the belt Of this ally
Of the Clan Cameron.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-09

AMERICAN COMMERCE. Time was when
the commercial marine Of this country was
as great as that of any other, but eireum-
stances have conspired to reduce it very
far below what it once was. Our carrying
trade is now largely in the hands of Eng
iishmen to whom American merchants
pay large freights and commissions. A
high tariff, which interferes with the
building of cheap vessels, and our naviga-
ton laws which forbid registration to any
other than American bottoms, keeps our
commercial marine at its present low STAN
dard, and we can neither buy nor build to
advantage. Don't fail to read the article
entitled American Shipping" which will
be found on the first page of this issue.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-09

Over 1000 clerks have been kept upon
the pay roll Of the Treasury Department
at Washington, when 300 only are requir-
ed to do the work. Hay'nt the Radicals
been carrying things with high hand III
Washington Well, they have, and they
would have continued to do so still, had
not the abominable "cOpperhead" "rebeP'
Democracy stepped in and spoiled their
sport.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-09

In the hrst diagram there are eight blocks
in each direction, making sixty.four; in the
second diagram there are thirteen blocks in
one direction and FIVE blocks in the other,
making a total of sixty.fve We should like
to have an explanation from some of the
professors and students of the Western Mary.
land College. F.w.S.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-09

A naval battle must be fought not far from
the scene Of the celebrated battle Of the Nile.
Egypts contingent Of troops have been de.
tanned at Alexandria by a Russian man. DIVA
who is waiting for them to embark. Two
lronelads have been sent to drive her of,
But perhaps she won't drive.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-09

N JAMS v OF lRoS.--Aorris Wanda, ofGnnyille
r y, 4, aged ~ years, and weighing iGo
P P;,h deserves the title Of champion SMap
WHINE wltn we iron ron Jaw. A few days ago man
~e,9nlng zoo pounds sat on a heavy table in
saloon here, Wanda stood on a chair md
s sse,zlng the table on one side with his teeth.
n al'ea u ana the man two feet clear Of the
nSor and held them fifteen seconds. He
li.ed a cask OF whisky weighing 400 pounds
s soa Of which two men whose weight was
ogy pounds more, by seizing it by the chime
win ms teeth, holding it out straight. Three
men pulling on rope which he held In his
teeth could not bulge Wanda from his tracks
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-09

The theatres and the concert aud lecture
rooms have closed, and the summer re-
sorts have opened The cities are emptying
themselves into the country. Fresh air
and outdoor exercise, pure milk, rich
cream, and golden butter, fresh vcgeta-
bles from country gardens, instead Of the
limp and stale, are now in rcquisition,
while morning and evening drives stimulate
the appetite and invigorate both mind and
body
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-09

The will of Charlotte Harris, OF Charles.
town, Mass, gives $4,000 to the Perkins
Institution for the Blind, $40. 900 to the Char.
lesion Library, $1,000 to other institutions.
and the rest Of her property, after dedncting
some private legacies, to the Massaehu ,etts
General Hospital.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-09
PROPOSALS FOR col

SEALED PROPOSALS will be !.
~ until Monday, July I'd, 1871,
O'Clock, NJ. by the Commissioners d
county for the following kinds and q.
o. coal, each ton to be Of 22IO lbs. =
yrflye tons Of Broken, Fifty, Five
Egg, and Twenty.Fi tons of Nut q
nsered at Westminster on cars, not ~
we SSfh ef August, 1877. The Cons
ers reserve the right To reject any BID
June 9-4t l.. C. TRUMB0, 2
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-09

1t is plain to be seen, that the fact that
Mr.. Hayes is fraudulent President, is to
be thrown into his teeth every day for
the balance Of his term. There are no
Lethean waters capable of washing out the
memory Of that fact.