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The Portland daily press., 1877-07-10
From the New York Tribune.l
Gail HamiltOn's Twelfth Letter.
Rules Adopted by the Cabinet-How They
Have Not been Observed-RemOvals "for
Cause''-F orced Resiguations.

To the Editor of the Tribune.
SIR: All minor matters of thelCivil Service
Reform are.swept out''of sight by the pronun-
ciamento3all on the Wild March morning of the
29th. We had been having sundry "bl ind an
nouncements," as the publishers call them, of
a new code of laws by which the Civil Service
was to be regulated aud the nation purged of
that corruption which, for Mr.. Schurz, pois-
oned all the sweets of our Centennial year.
The President was reported as closeted with
Mr.. Schurz and Mr.. Schurz opened the door
crack and let in Mr.. Evarts, then the rest of
then some of the older and more experienced
clerks; and, from time to time. even the gen.
eral public was allowed to "peek." From
these ''peeks'' we learned that a mysterious
and powerful set of ''rules" were terminating,
whose mission was ''to greatly check, if not to
entirely stop, office-seeking." They will pro-
vide for an assured tenure of office, based upon
meritorous service" "They are to apply to all
ton alone, but throughout the country"
'"rheir main purpose is to establish certain
principles" one of which is assured tenure
of office" On March 20, they are to be 're-
ported at the Cabinet tomorrow" After all
this delay and trumpeting, what is our surprise
to learn that they 'are very much the same as
those adopted by the Civil Service Commission
in 1S70r' 1t seems as if the Administration
might have whipped that old raglan out of the
camphor chest and had it beaten aud turned,
and cut over and made up, and ready to weaf
again as dolman before this time; but Mr..
Schurz, says the Special is troubled that
the salaries of the assistants and bureau officers
The Portland daily press., 1877-07-10
WHILE the alleged frauds of the Iouisia

WHILE the alleged frauds of the louisiana
Returning Board are subjected to investiga-
tion. it would be well if the murderers of hun,
dreds of black Republicans in the interior
counties of Louisiana could be brought to
justice and the fabricators of ''bull-dozed''
returns punished. BY violence, intimidatio n
and fraud, the Republican imaiority in that
state was reduced several thousands. In Mis-
sissippi and Alabama the Republicans were
deprived of thousands of votes by the same
means. If the machinery of justice is to be
put in operation, let wrong-doers be brought
within its province. Gov. Stone of Misss.
sippi may we'll turn his attention to the CHS
ohm massacre, and have the cowardly perpe-
traitors Of those infamous massacres brought
to punishment.
The Portland daily press., 1877-07-10

BY prompt action and marvellous presence
Of mind, the whites of Osceola (Ark) have
been saved from the rule of the negroes. A
colored man having been arrested, the whites
rose to the necessity Misrepresentation, har-
messed one mule to his neck and another to
his feet, and tore him to pieces before he
could carry out his hellish design of killing
the inhabitants and sacking the town.
The Portland daily press., 1877-07-10
The President and the Party.

1nere Is HUE 10 justify the apprehension
entertained of permanent breach in the
ranks of the Republican party because of dis
agreement of opinion in regard to the policy
of President Hayes. That there are differ
ences of opinion is very evident. But there
have been in the past, under other admins
trations, quite as serious differences, which
resulted in no lasting breach nor serious
harm. The Republican party is an organiza-
ton which tolerates great liberty of opinion
in its ranks. Its members have always been
in the habit of freely expressing their views
in regard to the lines of policy indicated BY
its chiefs, and long and earnest discussion has
followed. The result has always been that the
minority have cheerfully acquiesced in the
course which the majority have thought fit to
adopt. There have been individual secessions
it is true, but the few deserters have scarcely
been missed.
That there should. be wide differences of
opinion in regard to the policy of the admin.
stration is to be expected. Many entertain
grave doubts as to its justice and wisdom.
Many give it unqualified support. Its strong
adherents and its strong opponents are natur-
ally and laudably tree and earnest in the ex-
preston of their views. THIS is well, for only
by thorough and frank discussion can the
merits or dement's .of the policy be clearly
placed before the public. Any measure which
cannot endure sharp criticism and public dis.
cussion is bad measure. A good measure
cannot suffer by examination. The policy of
President Hayes is as yet only his own. If,
on careful consideration, the majority of Re-
publicans adopt it., then it becomes the policy
of the party. The President is not the man
to demand its adoption merely because OF
fealty to him. He is not the man to object to
lis thorough discussion.
That such discussion will be earnestly and
sharply conducted is to be expected. That
plain and even angry language will be indulg-
ed in by opponents aud defenders of the pol
icy is to be expected. Meanwhile the mass
of the party listens to the arguments, and is
slowly making up its mind. 1t is not going
to antagonize the administration. 1t is not
going to endorse any measure until it under
stands and heartily approves that measure.
Its attitude is expectant. If the policy brings
about those results which its admirers antici-
pate it will be its own justification, and we
shall rejoice. If it fails it must be class ed
with other mistakes. There is no dispositi on
among Republicans to bring about failure.
This position of the mass of the party is il
lustrated in the proceedings of the Iowa Con-
vention. A majority of the members of t hat
body distrusted the policy of the President
and could not bring themselves to endorse it.
But they had no mind to put themselves in
antagonism to the President, or to make an
unnecessary breach in the party. They were
content to wait and judge by results.
The Portland daily press., 1877-07-10
e. III A &c O AL.

Charcoal burned to order until Nov. 30th-any OF
the following grades: Grey Birch. Stick,
Screened and Turf.burnea; SIS per hundred
bushels in lois of not less than fifty bushels; Maple
S14, Oak 49, Hard and White Pine $40. Retail cts.
per busbel additional.
L will satisfy all who will favor me with their
tie money you have to give under these warrants
ought be object of interest to all who want good
order Address r T Mc6ANIET,
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The Portland daily press., 1877-07-10

THERE is one thing to say in answer to
the clamor for the silver dollar of the fathers,
which is so potent that it may have been said
many times before, but which will bear re-
peatiHg and emphasizing. There is now no
such thing as the silver dollar as it was pre-.
vious to 1878. 1t doesn't exist and no magic
can resuscitate it. 1t is deader than the as or
obolus. The silver dollar as it existed, or as
it might have existed if anybody had coined
it five years ago, was "a disk of metal of 4121
grains weight, 9-10 pure silver, and worth in
the neighborhood of 100 cents, measured by
the worlds standard of value. There isn't and
can't be any such coin now, No legislature
or mint can make it. A coin of the weight
and fineness of the old dollar would be worth
but 80 cents. A coin like it and of the same
value would have to weigh ten per cent.
more. The old coin can be recreated or re-
surrected. 1t has glided irretrievably into
the limbo of things past and gone,
The Portland daily press., 1877-07-10
Maine Central Railroad,

NsHE = attention of shippers of freight at Portland
Il Is called to the new arrangement of freight
trains on Name Central r. r., to take effect APRIL
I'd, 1871.
Freight tor Lewiston, Auburn, Bangor,
md Belfast received at freight house before 30
p NJ, will be torwar9ed same day, and will be ready
for early delivery at destination next morning
PAYSON TUCKER Superintendent.
March 3lst. 1877. audit
The Portland daily press., 1877-07-10

FRANCE has officially reiterated, in des-
patches sent to the State Department at
Washington, determination to open the
Paris International Exposition on the 1st of
May next, but it is said that our Government
will take no steps for American participation
in advance of appropriate action by Congress.
The Portland daily press., 1877-07-10
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 10.

p We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address Of the writer are In
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu.
ncations that are not used
The Portland daily press., 1877-07-10

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate couDtersigned by Stanley I.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
journal.
The Portland daily press., 1877-07-10
For Sale,

IN this city first class Gas, Pipe and Fixture
Il Store well Amounted and good location doing a
good business. Excellent run of custom. Cause of
sale, change OF business. Good bargain II applied
for soon. Inquire or address "W," Press once;
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-11-14
Freight BY water and Rail.

Our inland commerce amounts to 25,.
100000 tons annually; and while the
average cost Of carrying freight by rail
is three cents per mile and one cent by
BY canal, 1t Is only three mills by river,
two and half mills by lake and one and
quarter mills by sea, The average cost
Of carriage is as much for 100 miles by
rail Us it is for 1000 miles by river, and
the transportation Of the S25, 0O0, 600 tons
oil inland commerce q single mile would
cost by rail $4,000 ard by river S75, 600.
These facts ought " luGuee the govern.
ment TO remove Instructions 10 river
commerce instead Of multiplying them,
and to make all improvements in rivers
that will facilitate the passage Of boats
with cafgoes
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-11-14
The Modern Grandfather.

Editors lutelllgencer:
Very unlike the modern grandmother
Is the modern grandfather. He admires
to have grandchildren; he does not care
how fast they come; the more the merrier
he thinks. 1t is really amusing to Oh
serve grandfather with his first grand
child. How he handles it up and down,
how he rocks it, how he hugs and kisses
it, how he chides its mother il he thinks
she does not attend to it properly. all
his conversation among his friends and
acquaintance is about THAT baby" lie
tells them it is the prettiest and smartest
bsby that ever was known. He tells
them it is the exact counterpart OF him
self, and he is proud that he is a grand.
father. He feels more exhilerated and
jubllant, il that is possible, than when he
first became father himself.
he thinks nothing is too good or too
costly Tor that wonderful baby. He ran.
sacks the toy shops from one end Of town
to the other, in order 10 buy the most
beautiful presents he can find for his
grandchilG; while as for candies and
sveetmeats he purchases them by the
wholesale, and it ia mystery unfathon-
able il the poor little innocents are not
surfeited with sweetness. l am glad, for
the children's sake, that the modern
grandfather is not like the modern grand.
mother. While abe is given to dress and
frivolous pleasures, he, in the largeness
Of his heart, welcomes each grandchild
as it comes, and thanks the Almighty for
His blessings. lsuppose the grandmoth.
ers will curse me-not loud, but deep
Tor showing them up 20 plainly, but !
must write the truth, let what will hap
pen. l have the approval OF my own
conscience and the grandtathers. VIC,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-11-14

A ReminIscenc Of The West Wiz.
glnln Legislature of 1S7S-The
Visit 10 MAI. FranIhelm's Wine
Cellar-A Precedent for All
Democratic Bodies 10 Follow.
WEsToN, November 10, 1877.
Edl'on IntelllgunceT;
notice that some Of the newspapers
that aspire to the high moral standard Of
journalism arc making serious COM
plants about Congress adiourning one
day In order to witness the famous race
between Parole and Ten Brock. 1t
seems 10 me this is straiulng a point, for
il really does strike the mind Of the lover
Of good racing land this embraces the
whole American people, that the average
Congressman could return to his duties,
alter such u race a. that witnessed
at Pimlico, refreshed, re.invigorAted,
with more love for the people
and a greater respect for the institutions
Of our own beloved country, than even
before. Besides, 1t Is, In point Of mum.
bers, a Democratic Congress; and the
State OF West Virginia-the Democratic
stronghold Of the Ohio Valley-eyer
prolific in Observation-Disclosures rule
on this subject which covers and excuses
the action OF Congress in this respect.
You no doubt remember that during the
session OF the Legislature OF 1875, that
genial and hoSpitable citizen Of Wheeling,
the late Major George W. FranEheim
than whom better man never lived
invited the Legislature on one occasion
to an elegant little supper he had pre-.
pared for the members. The chieffealure
Of the affair was, however, sub rosa invi.
tation to the magnificent wine cellars
in Major Franzheim's building. Now an
invitation Of this kind 10 a Democrat.
land, by the way, to about three.thirds Of
the Repubicans,) is irresistible, and 1t
was not at all surprising TO see a portly
old gentleman from the Eastern Pan
Handle "a jovisl, big.heArted Virgtnian)
arise from his seat and say: "Mr. Speak.
er, there are now waiting the members Of
this body feast of-of the good things
Of life in the matter Of solids, and a AOw
Of everything in liquid form that finds
a welcome in every Democratic stomach,
and, l may be pardoned in saying, in the
stomach Of every Republican, save one /,
that it has been my pleasure to meet
during this session Of the LegiSla-
lure. This feast and flow awaits
US at the magnificent business
house Of Major Geo. W. Franzheim. ]
therefore move, Mr.. Speaker, that this
House do now adjourn; the Senate has
already concurred." It's needless to add
that the motion prevailed, and that
jolly good time was had that night.
The "ieast and flow" were fully appre.
ciatel, as will appear by appropriate
resolutions published in the Wheeling
INTELLIoENcER Of the day following.
My point, Mr.. Editor, is this: that
when good and reliable Democratic au.
tbority, such as the West Virginia Leg.
lslature, establishes a precedent upon a
subject like this, it is in fact a decision
er catkedra, and Congress should be COM
mended, not condemned, for living up TO
astrict construction Of the rule.
YORKSHIRE,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-11-14
TRAVELLERS GUIDE.
DEPARTURE OF mana

elm Grove Accommodation This train only
runs between Wheeling md Elm Grove.
tDaily except acknowledgements Accommodation.
tStenbenylllo Accommodations train dur.
!nc the day passes backward and forward between
Martins Ferry and BCllliTC, stopping WHEN requi-
red at sherman House, KtnaVillo, West Wheeling
and Gravel Hill.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-11-14

INDIANAPOLIS, November, 10.-About
ten days prior to Senator Morton's de-
parlure from Richmond to this city he ex-
pressed desire TO make his will. AT
that time tho following was prepared,
which was admitted to probate this morn
Ing. He signed the instrument, writing
his name for the last time:
III, Oliver P. Morton of the City Of
Indianapolis, in the State OF Indiana, do
make and publish this my last will and
testament:
~. devise and hequealh all my estate,
real, and personal, chooses in action, and
property Of every kind whatsoever, to my
dear wife Lucinda N. Morton, and her
heirs and assigns forever.
go l request my said vile TO pay one
hundred dollars TO Anna Maria Hart.
"3. Request my said wife to have my
son, Oliver 7. Morton, to complete his
collegiate education, and to aid him in
doing go, and also in the study OF the pro.
fession he may select. and also to aid my
sou Walter TO complete his studies.
u. l request my said wife to render
such assistance and aid TO our children az
she, in her judgement and discretion, may
deem necessary or proper; she being the
the sole judge Of what aid shall be rem.
dered.
%, request my said vile to give such
assistance to Sarah L. Gill, Rachael Z.
Scott, and Mary L, Burbank as she in her
Judgement may think right.
&c. IrequeSt my said wife to give to
William Il. Holloway and John A. Bur.
bank some testimonial OF my regard and
appreciation Of their uniform kindness to
me.
~. l request my said wife to administer
my estate for the common benefit OF her
self and my three sons, John, Walter and
Oliver, as far as in her judgment she can
do 20.
7"s. Imake no bequcst to Mrs. W. r.
Holloway, because she needs none, but my
love for her Is none the less,
80. reqest my wife to give fne copy
OF Webster's Dictionary to Eddie Morton
Holloway, and also TO Oliver Morton
Scott, and also to Seymour Scott.
no. request my said wife to give n
copy Of Bryant's collection OF poems TO
May Burbank, and also to Josie B. Gill,
and also to Margaretta Scott.
al. request my said wife TO pay 10
Mrs. Abbie Caldwell 500.
"l2 1t is my desire that my old friend,
Jesse P. siddell act as attorney for my es-
tate.
"lS. request that no bond or inyen.
tory OF my estate bO required Of my exc.
cltor.
I'D. I appoint my dear vile, Lucinda
n. Morton, executor OF this will.
"Witness my hand and seal this 18th
day Of September, 1877.
OLIVER P. MORTON.
ATTEST: jesse P, Siddell, W. Clinton
Tompson."
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-11-14
An Economical Little Narrow
Gauge.

Rhl~ay Age.
ave have noticed several cheaply built
local railways, but the Pennsboro' and
Harrisvslle, in West Virginia e feet
gauge), is about the cheapest yet. The
President writes us that the whole cost
OF nine miles of road, including loco
motive, n passenger car, and . gordola
cars, is $4,000, which is an average Of
SS,SSS per mile, The capital stock is
$4,000, and the property is mortsgaged
for the iron, ect., ior $4,000, running
ten years at s per cent. The earnings
from $500 to $500 per month; the expen
sea aboutS260 Al this rate net earnings
are from $3.50 to $3.50 per month, or say,
from So, SO0to 81 900 per year. The low.
est figure would pay handsome interest
on the entire cost OF the property,
which is what very few railways
in this or any other country do
nova days. We would like very much
to have the exact figures for an entire
years operation. One other noteworthy
feature besides the remarkably small cost
OF the road is suggested in this item. No
paid officers on this road but two freight
agents, who are paid Sl00 per annum
each. Here is something for other com.
panies to read and consider. When they
get the aggregate pay Of their officers and
agents down to $500 per year they will be-
gin to make money"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-11-14

A--NANAsA@AtNA
2 Much jeWelry e vulgar.
Do not smack while eating.
Do not run alter famous people.
Do not cut your nails in company.
Cheese should be eaten with fork.
Feeling walters ia paying blaekmail.
Unsweetened coffee cureS bad breath.
Let the vile deal with the female ser.
wants.
Short nails make the finger tiFs grow
broad.
4 formal call is very long If II lasts
half an hour,
In going up or down stairs precede the
lady.
4 lady should not stretch her feet out
incompany.
ADD e,I yOSr vile as I" Mrs" your hu'
only naughty brunette should wear
yellow colors.
1t is impolits 10 keep a musician con-
Stantly playing.
a girl should not stroll away with .
gentleman at a picnic.
No man respects a girl who llrtS,
though he tlirtS with her.
A pink ribbon under the chin makes d
pale woman look brighter.
No gentleman will smoke in a lady'e
presence without permission.
The lady Of the house should receive
the guests at formal reception.
Always take the last peics Of anything
Their Is supposed to be more.
An engagement Of marriage Is little
less sacred than an actual marriage.
A married man has no right to be fam.
iliar with another lady, not a relative.
II you meet gentleman friend with a
strange lady on his arm, salute both.
II 1t is necessary for you to use your
handkerchief sonOrouSly, leave the room
quietly,
Before introducing two persons be sure
they both desire the introduction, unless
they are both your guests.
II agentIeman is making formal call
he may keep his hat in his hand, but
there is no necessity for doing so.
At a party gentleman is never iuSti.
fed in touching lady-even her hands
unless she accepts an invitation TO
dance-then you can hug her TO your
hearts content.