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COIIIerviIIe. Tenn.
From an Appeal Correspondent


COLIIERvILLE, October Al see your pa
per OF the first reports me on the sick liAt. 1t
is a mistake. | never was IN better health.
| am stopping three miles north of Collier
vile. You have my sympathy in your dis
tress, and God grant the end of this dread
pestlence Is near at hand. Please make cor
rection In accordance with above
NJ C PEARCE
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ton of rain. Four deaths in the city to-day.
In the city the fever has greatly abated, and
new cases are very few, but they continue in
creasing fearfully throughout the country.
Seventy cases are reported at Delta, op-
posite Vicksburg
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Grand Junction, TEN

GRAND JUNCTION, October 5.-Four new
cases and one death. DIR. Beatty went to
Grenada Wednesday. Organized pretty well
now and things working smoothly.
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Cairo. Hi.

CAIRO, October 1.-Two deaths last even
ing; enc reported as yellow-fever, the other
as doubtful. Two more cases which the at
tending physicians pronounce yellow-fever
and SIX other doubtful. Weather quite cold
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Bay 81. Louis, Miss

BAY ST. LOUIS, October 5.-Nineteen new
cases and three deaths in the last twenty-four
hours. Captain Williamson, after working
night and day, was taken down.
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Jackson, La.

JACKSON, October 5-Two deaths, j. H.
Ledbetter and Matte Taylor. There are sew
eral new cases, including DR.. Byron Lemly,
which closes the only drug store in the main
portion of the city. About thirty whites and
ously
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Chnftnnnnrn Tenn

CHATTANOOGA, October 5.-During the
twenty-four hours ending at four o'clock to
day there were two deaths from yellow-fever,
both colored, and twenty-one new cases, four
teen Of which are colored. Money, supplies
and female nurses are needed promptly.
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Wfn0na- Miss.

WINoNA, October 5.-One death to-day.
No new cases. The balance of the sick are
convalescinG. Several cases and one death
reported seven miles IN the country. The
panic still prevails.
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RfIoxt. Mas

BILOXI, October 5.-Dr. W. Martin, of the
United States monitor Canonicus, on duty
for the Towards at Biloxi, reports forty new
cases and four deaths since last report.
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OavEa- Mas

New ORLEANS, October 5.--R. g. Raoul,
the telegraph operator at Osyka, died there
last night.
OsYKA, October 5.-Fouf new cases and
one death for the last twenty-four hours; to-
tai, las cases and sixteen deaths to date.
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THIBoDAUx, October 5.-Eighteen new
cases and two deaths for the past twenty four
hours. Total cases, 264; total deaths, 25.
This report does not include cases in the
country.
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LIST OF DEATHS TO SEPTEMBER BOTH.
Dan Oliver, George Featherstone,
Mrs. MDermott Charles Walker
A. Waiver, G. Harris cOIorad
b. Harris, colored, a Carter, colOred.
h Morton, colored, Miss d. Allen,
NJ classy, Mrs. Gaitey's SOD,
u fnllllps, colored, Miss A. Stewart
W. Yancy'S child, Mrs Yancy
Mrs. ]. MCGOWAN, Sister Stella
MI johnston, j. Hastings,
]. Wells's wife, ThOs Wade,
A. Saunders, Sister Marguerite,
E. l.. Downs, A. I. Wiltshire,
James Chism, Frank Ganter,
James Fort, Batman's child
Mrs. E A. Thomas, B. d. Na6eTs,
". B. Todd, Sam Crockett.
Jas Walker, Sam Bonner,
Bateman child T. A Falconer,
u: B. Ross, Miss G. Record,
victory smith, Willie Wooten,
Alex SeYple, X. W Fort,
Father Ooerti Mrs. r. Daniel,
Minerva Lynch, Scott EppS
E. 7. Brlnkley's child, D. Ingram, colored
Ben Casey, En- Jones, colored,
Mr: Dunn, Q; ]. Quiggins's child,
]. ". Weber, Jane M'Gary,
Rebecca Lees child, COL, DR.. Manning,
H. Winburn, J. LaFOuche
J. Fowler, colored, Mary Choison,
Miss L. Allen, Mrs. rtone,
Miss n. Allen, D. Jeffries, colored,
Willie CASTILLO, ]. Berry colored
Mrs. Hutchinson, Jim Wells,
]: R. L. Hunt Jimmie Walter,
Hempton'S son, Glenn FAINT,
Mr. Gh0lston, MIS- A. StrawS,
Mrs. M'Ghery, Mrs &. M'Guire
A F. Browns child, Mrs Jas NuttalI,
Mrs. S Knapp, Gus Smith,
a. F. Moore, j. Chenowith,
B. :. Crump, Chas. CLASSY,
r. L. Watson, Mrs. Blank,
Geo. Wing, VIM. Crump,
Hal. johnson, w. j. Marett,
C. ChenowlJh, J. c. Potter,
A. A Armstrong, c. Schneider,
Richard Daniel, Miss Re i'd,
Mr.. Brannon, 4. w. UpShaw,
Mrs. +. Hastings, NJ. Anderson, colored,
Pat Mcclure, Laura Demmey,
Jas. MKean, Mrs. G. Kimball,
c. Washington, coloTed, Mrs. Eeatherslone,
j. H Stone, s. Knapp,
W. Collins. cOlored, &. T. Brinkley,
Miss L. Butler, Julia StOjOwski,
Eugene Leidy. ir, Noble COx's child, COL,
A. Rollins, colored. Major X. FalcOner,
I. Henderson'S child, DR.. j. W. Fennell,
John Power, Mrs Has rington,
DR.. Lewis, Frank Walter,
A. GOuldon, j. NJ. LumpkinS,
John Banks, Mrs. 4. OGray,
G. Roxy A. Hohenwart,
Miss L. Fort, A W. Goodrich,
Isaac TandleF H. 4. MCroSkey,
Robert NJ lain, B. p. Oliver,
VIM. Hogan, H. Snider's child,
Mrs. Leak, S ADernathy,
Dr. c. Bonner, Jas Nuttall,
Miss j. Waite. II. e. Campbell,
Virginia Lynch, Mrs. J. Dougherty,
Glenn Read, Mrs. S. II Pryor,
E. T. Brnkey's child, Clarlssa Davis,
W. S. FeatherstOn, jr, Henry Epps,
Lizzie Lane, cOlOIed, Mrs. j. Potter,
sam kImball, Geo. Kimball,
g. johnson, colOred, L. Thompson,
l. Ingraham, colored, Mrs. E. d. Miller, .
Ben Boyd, cOlOred, Peter Weber,
Mrs. j. Foreman, Mrs Nj. Knable,
Mrs L. Thompson, Col. H Walter,
Capt. j. Fennell, Fl. Falconer,
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September 2Sth, is considered reliable by the
medical fraternity. 1t Is as follows: Ten
grains bicarbonate of potash. twenty grains
gum arabic, mixed In two GUN ces of ice water
THOMAS WARREN
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Grand JunctIon, Tenn.

special 70 the Appeal
GRAND JUNCTION, October Eight new
cases and two deaths in the last forty eight
hours. We need brandy and whisky. We
are about out Of both. j. NJ. MORRIS,
Chairman and Treasurer of Relief Committee.
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CrystnI @prtugs,. Miss,

CRYSTAL SPRINGS, October Sat the
M'Nairy plantation twelve new cases and
two deaths in the last twenty-four hours.
Two new cases at Dry Grove and only one
death.
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SOUTHWEST Pass, October 6.-Three new
cases have been reported within the past
forty eight hours. Convalescents are doing
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southwest Pass, La.

New ORLEANS, October 5.-The Towards
to-day sent five nurses to Napoleonville, and
DR.. Veasy and two nurses to Port Hudson.
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Little Rock, Ark.

DoNALDsoNvILLE, October 5.-New cases
in twenty-four hours, Al; deaths, /. Total
casas I'D
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Morgan City, La.


MORGAN CITY, October 5.-SeveraI new
cases were reported this morning; one death
last night
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Temple of Honor

~ go. B. ELLIOTT and Horace a. Briggs having
NJ died, Rug. W. Moore, the only surviving mem
Der OF the Relief Board will be glad to hear from
any brother needing assistance. Word LEFT at the
APPEAL Office Will reach me. EUG. W. MOORF
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Vicksburr. lIiss.. and DeIta. La.

VICKsBURe, October 5.-Weather close ali
day. Thermometer, eighty three degrees.
Light clouds tonight give slight anticisa-
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w d. OANfOhD,
L. HILL. SR.,
S, Z, SHELTON.

This report was adopted II was ordered that the
address OF Colonel William Sanford delivered at
this meeting be published with the proceedings. 1t
ordered that the chsir. Colonel Sanford and W.
N. White, Esq, be appointed committee to deliver
copies to Mr. Fishers family.
j. H. LAUDERDALE, Chairman.
ZACH TAYLOR, Secretary.
The following address was then delivered by Colo.
mel William Sanford:
Mr. CHAIRMAN-I move the adoption of this paper
reported by your commute and In doing so cannot
Fisher ali my 1fe and ali my life have loved him.
" l think bIaver gentleman,
One more knghtiy or more bold, is not alive
to grace this latter age with noble deeds -
When we remember his fine, open countenance
beaming with Intelligence and spirit, his warm
dial grasp and his tones so expressive of a noble
u seems so hard that our friend. Just now in rich,
ripe manhood, with an afectienate wife. beautiful
children, and devoted parents and friends, with
many years of pleasure, usefulness and honor be-
zoe him, should be called away. But if we rise
above our grief and take a broader view we may say
II Is we'll. In every age and cline human nature
seems to need noble examples-men insensible to
can rise above every selfish feeling and lead tie way
to the elevated plane of benevoience. And heroes
die. High on the roll Of their great names we
proudly write the name of Charles g. Fisher Many,
enthusiasm, have become willing martyrs Others
burning with patriotic fever, when comrades cali
ana ehlyalTy waves her crimson banner In the sky,
rush headlong 'inte the jaws of death" These
men are and ought to be heroic. But what fitting
the calls of wife, children, parents and friends
stood among fleeing thousands calm and unmoVed-
who for weeks walked day and night the streets of
almost deserted city, with death stalking at his
side, knowing that his food. his drink, hts very
breath, were carrying SILENT intangible fatal enc
my INTO the very citadel of ife-and this for those
bound to him By no ties OF blood that helpless de-
serted women and children might be cared for the
hungry fed, the sick tendery nursed, and the dead
buried. Such man was more than heroic he was
God like. He seemed to have taken for his model
the Great Master of benevolenee, who went about
doing good" Such an example ought not to be
lost and We feel assured that in the hearts of the
good and the true there erected our dead friends
memory a monument more beautiful than marble
more enduring than brass-tnat of an undyinp and
grateful remembrance.
No other business being before the meeting, 1t ad-
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The Memphis Co Operative Grocery Store
NO. 263 SECOND STREET.

7 8 now open and will be open, till further notice.
i each day, from am to 4 D m en- Ice GRO,
CERES and FAMILY SUPPLIES, a. old figures.
october 4, 1878.
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Cuscumbia, Michigan City, Moscow.
Raleigh, COllierViIle and Grenada
Rapid Spread Of the Fever in
West Tennessee, Mississippi
and LouIsiana-DOctOrs
ard Nurses Needed.
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Holly Springs. Miss.
Tbs TO SEPTEMBER BOTH.

HOLLY SPRINGS, October 5.-Five deaths
to-day. New cases on the decrease. Total
deaths, $50.
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PIAUCEK3

ONLY two clothing stores open in the city now.
one of which is the large and deservedly popular
wholesale and retail establishment of GRUBBS,
AUSTIN & BERRY, 1923 Main street. who are over
stocked, and are selling goods at the marks put on
them when there was competition. Terms strictly
cash during the epidemic. Business hours, $50
a m TIL d.2O n m
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NOTfCEV

ON and after this date the old Memphis Bakery.
corner Meal and Shslby streets will be Oman
Fresh Bread and Cakes constantly on hand.
q NTTESCu
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First Appearance of the Fever at Gar
ner's StatlOn-Thel Situation at
Brownsville, Grand Junction,
Water Valley, Gadsden, Ma
sons and Chattanooga,
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THE FEVER ABROAD.

Meeting at COVingtOn-HOnOrs to the
Memory OF the late Charles G.. Fisher
List or the Dead OF Holly
Springs, Miss.-Results Of
the .pidemie at Paris, Z
Tennessee. ~
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Water Valley, Miss.

Paris they would all have been called the
yellow-fever.
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fernando, Miss.

From an Appeal Correspondent
HERNANDo, October 4.-The outlook is
gloomy za-day. Ten new cases and three
deaths in the last forty eight hours. Among
the new cases are Hon. Donald M 'KenzIe
and R. Kicking and wife. The striking
down Of Messrs. NJ KeDzie and Hickling is
a sad blow to our town. They have been our
best and most efficient workers. Their loss
cannot be repaired. Mr.. M'Kenzie has a
mild case, but Mr.. Hickling's is very Sc
we're case. Our hope Is that they will both
prove to be of mild type and yield readily to
treatment. Since the death of our doctor,
J. w. Powell. we have only two physicians,
J. Fl. p. Westbrook and L. J.. Sanders, left
to handle our town. Thanks to kind Prov
idence that we are blessed with such medl-
cal talent. The prayers of this people are
that they may be spared. We have up to
date some fifty-fve cases, eight convalesclng,
twenty three under treatment, and our death
roll foots up twenty-four, as follows:
Mrs John Johnston, Bob Wise, colored
Mrs. HiderbIand, May Washington, c0lored
Miss Soelfker, Mrs. Henry Taylor, colored
Mrs. s. B. M'Neese, Eddie Deinhard,
Mr. e. j. Vorndrdn, Mrs. Butler p. Anderson
Mrs. E. ]. Vorndran, Mrs. 2. Vorndran,
Colonel J. c. Avera, Miss Harder.
DIR. j. W. Powell, Mr.. Campbell.
Mike Conley, Mir John B. Ford,
Mrs. Mike COnley, Mr. ]. T. Ford,
Crot Jones, ST, Mr. FlaheTty,
Mrs. R. r. West, HACKS Baker.
The last eight on this list were refugees
from your city. R. C. IRWIN.
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IN AIEAfORIAM.

An informal meeting of the citizens of Upton
county was held at COvington, September 81, 1873,
On the announcement of the death Of our beloved
friend c. G. Fisher at which the following proceed
ings we're had:
j. h. Lauderdale, Esq, was called to the chair.
Zach Taylor was appointed secretary. On motion
OF William Sanford, ESQ.,, the cpair appointed
committee of three to draft resolutions suitable to
the occasion, and expressive of our deep grief for
the irreparable loss said committee, consisting of
VIM. Sanford, ESQ.,, Dr. L. HILL ST., ana S. R.
report at two O'Clock on the twenty -eigbth. No
other business being before the meeting, it ad-
iOurned I'LL Two O'Clock SATURDAY..
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TO OUR FRIENDS.

TWO boats will leave ST. Louis each week for all
landings low as Prentss by which our friends can
ship cotton to our house at ST. Louis or at Memphis
and we can ship them supplies from St. Louis till
Memphis packets can resume trips
Our Memphis cotton-shed is always open, and cot
ton well cared for HILL, FONTAINE d co.
September %, 1878.
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From an Appeal CORRESPONDENCE
CovINGToN, October Enclosed find copy
of proceedings of mass meeting, of which as
secretary, am instructed to request publiea-
ton. We have one case of yellow-fever, w.
J. Wiseman, postmaster. A general stam-
pede of citizens. A relief association was
organized this morning. ZACH TAYLOR.
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Its Urk Done.

The following are the comments ot
81 Chase on the recent election. in
which he suuils out the democratic patty.
The article doesn't look much ike aflilia-
tom or compromise with the democrats
The election last NJ lndly j. an tye-
opencr. The logic Of The election proves
that until the financial question is settled
there can he bat two parties in Maine,
AMI one of them cant be the democratic
pl.iv. The old democratic party under
Jef.t>9n AMI Jackson fought the same
bajle against the monied power that the
q euhackers are fighting to day. Misses
o democrats have seen thi, long ago. and
have acted accordingly. Their comrades
will n,w Zee there j., no way To strike
down the men who have flied their own
Golfers, and At ia" same tim, have filed
thu. Cir lard with beggU> and traup',
only 10 unit with The greenbtck party,
that has grown in two vars from 800 10
40 0Oo strong. The democratic party has
done the country good service. Under
Jefferson it saved the Republic Under
Jackson il crashed out "A HYDRA headed
monster tba, was sucking the blood from
the sinews OF the country. It, virtues are
engraved upon the hearts Of the people,
and will live from generation t genera
lion. Is work is done. The L'rl Civ
eth. the Lord takrth away and blessed he
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capacity as a home. invited nobody to en-
ter. Oar readers probably remember
with what dramatic force the capacity and
resources of the Australian colonies were
set forth in Philadelphia and their advan-
tlges urged upon emlerants. The result
was that hundreds of emigrants actually
left this country for Van Diemen's Land.
What if our Government had given such
an exhibit of its strength and the machin.
ely of it, working As il did in the Gov
ernment building in 1876. and each State
had made Il representation of its individu-
al resourcts and capacity? 1t would have
been such representation rs no other ma
ton could offer. grand in scope and sig
uticant in every detail. II woul not only
have brought Immigrants and capitalists
To our shores, but have done much to give
u, our proper place among nations.
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General News.

Last year in M,s-chu,ett. Ii. 737 couple. were
joined IN the bond of wedlock. OF these there
were 9,9l5 bachelors who chose ma dens TO he
their wives, and Cos who chose widows; W lie
1895 Wild wers married msdens ami S8 married
widows From this 1t appears that 1888 more wild
overs than widows were married again, and that
1896 maiden, married widowers, when only COS
bachelors married widows.
dispatch from Warrington Gays that DR.. Ram.
sey, one Of the physicians who have returned from
Memphis because the authorities there would not
accept the services of unacclims,ea people. re-
ports that some of the fac's about the p'ague in
Memphis sre too horrible to be spoken about.
The otor from the city Is noticeable for dis
tauce of five miles, he says. When asked what
seems to be the greatest need of the city he re-
Piled: Provisions, clothing, physicians, money
nurses aud medicines, about in the order named
The best thing that can now be done is to send
plenty of provisions and clothing. The negroes
and many poor whites for section of $50 miles
around Memphi. have fucked 10 there, heari.g
they could get something to eat: and as for clothes
hundreds of poor people are going about the
streets, especially colored women, with hardly
anything on al all. The sights in this respect
are distressing. So far serious outbreak has
occu red, but the better classes are 10 constant
terror of riot. The city is 10 the hands of col.
ored police altogether; aud, while they behave
very we'll there is still lurking fear on the part
of the whites of some additional evil"
"Kleptomauia," asked the judge in the most in.
nocent manner "whst j. kleptomsnla = "a dis
ease. my lord" said her counsel, the Subject OF
which is unconlrolahly afflicted to Larceny
"Oh, | see said The judge, "and dsea-e, sir,
which the Judges are sent on circuit, physicians
to cure. My prescription on the pre- ent occasion
| is twelve months imprisonment with hard Ia
| bpr."
4 Philadep hian tells a verv queer starry
Sono Yeas ago neighbor was murder and a
der. The gentleman fteqr My visited the uuror.
tuna man in frison, hecane CONVINCED OF hi, in
nocerce and hi Il to save him. When he fonnd
hi. forts useless, the thought one d,y entered
bis mind tbst il woud do no harm to save The vic
TIM from DR., adml death by gvirg him chIoro-
frm or str, ci nine, bat the idea was at once dis
missed. Al he Aston ilou'e. few days ago the
gen'leman saw a lady looking iniently at him.
who finally said that she saw beside him the spirt
of the man who had been hanged giving hi.
name, AMI stating thai h, was innoc nj The
gentleman asked for fgriher proof of The reality
of the appearance. hen the lady. TO hi surprise
told him OF his momentary thought of giving the
man clio 'oiorm OF TRY chrine. though he states
that he never mentioned the matter to any one,
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Political.

The democratic editor is making feeble at
tempt to excuse his party. support of the striker
Murch for Congres in Maine. by remarklnp that
Lincoln was a rsil splitter. So Re was, hut be
had risen by hard labor TO the rank of a success
ful LAWYER before the republican party had given
bin office. Much was failure as lsborer and
as striker as wei, for the strike" Of Stone
cutt'r, which he led cost his followers S25 0O0.-
". Y. Tribune.
The Cleveland Herald says OF Hon. Eugene
Hale "Hsle is a ready debater, and one of the
beet parhamentaisns in Congress. While Blaine
was Speaker it was often charged that Hale's po-
siton among The leading republicans was due sole
ly to the Influence of his powerful colleague, who
pushed him forward on all occasions, but when
Blaine went to the Senate, Hale soon demonstrat-
ed that he had the talent to make his way without
assistance"
Secretary Sherman is reported to be of the opin-
ion that the Greenbscktrs will absorb the demo-
cratic party, and that the Maine election may be
the premouitory symptom Of the resdj ustment of
parties on new issues.
At the Ipswich republican caucus, committee
was appointed TO organize an anti Butler CLUB,
and 10 invite Hon. James G Blaine to address the
people Of that town. The d, noc,aric Caucus
elected a strong anti Butler town committee.
The devil is loose ard as usual, the democrat
ic party lejoces.
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A glance at the different Platforms Of
the republican and democratic parties in
New Hampshire, just adopted. will reveal
the difference between the two parties.
The republicans declare, in the strongest
possible language, that "lhe solemn prom
Uses Of the nation shall be redeemed, dol.
lar for dollar, in goll or silver" The
democrats declare in favor OF Zone COM
mon currency for the government aud
the people, the laborer and the Office
holder. pensioner and solder, and the pro-
Queer and the bondholder.n but they care
fully omitted to say what this currency
should be. The design is TO catch tie
greenbackers, but it may result as in
Maine-the greenbackers swallowing the
democrats.
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ranged from ~ 30 to $50 per ton. and
The waste was a large percentage. Con-
.idering Tie inc q, between a vessel from
Boston TO New Orleans, and I'M waste, a
train OF ears from Boston to Me rphs or
any otter point South, and the advantage
is in favor OF the car trgfllc II the plan
in contemplation succeeds the great ice
interest of Maine as well as that of the
o.her New England States will receive Il
new impetus.
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We publish on the frs p ,ge the detailed
Gubernatorial vote. by counties, of the
recent election. The returns are official
and are complete with the exception OF a
few small towns and plantations. They
give Conner 56,4l9 votes, Garcelou y =
s72, Smith 4l.404. Connor's plurality
over Garcelon. % 5i7; his plurality over
Smith. 17015 The vote for Smith and
Garcelon combined aggregates 69,276,
and therefore Common lacks just II sos
votes Of an election by the people The
aggregate vote thrown was 1875, 726. Total
vote last year. l0l.19l.