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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-13

SENIOR MATA.-UnOflicial advices received
at the Department Of State, from Mexico, an.
nounce that SenOr Mata has been appointed
the Mexican secretary for foreign affairs
Senior Mata was here for some time before the
advent OF SenOr ZamacOna, representing the
Mexican government, though not officially
recognized by the United States. While here
he created very favorable impression and
was much esteemed by this government. He
always expressed himself as Strongly ooooSed
to the Mexican Rio Grande raids. HIS ap-
p0lntment as minister of foreign affairs is
taken as a further indication THAI the central
government of Mexico deprecate these raids
and wants to prevent them if possible
FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-13

CHEN HAN PIN, ambassador to the United
States from China. will arrive in San Fran,
cisco with his suite in the steamship City
OF Toxic, due on the 18th inst, and will re.
main in California about two weeks before
coming to. Washington. He is accompanied
by consular corps accredited to Cuba Peru
and San Francisco. He visited this country
some years ago to arrange for the education OF
Chinese students.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-13

NY DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., July 11th, 1878.
NOTlCE,-Owners, or agents of owners, and
keepers Of dogs hereby notified that the collec-
tor of taxes is ready to receive the tax of two
do'ars each. levied by act Of Congress- approved
June ID, 1873, upon all dogs owned or kept in the
District of Columbia.
Owners Of dogs will give immediate attention to
this notice. and thereby avoid the summary penal
ties OF the law.
Attest JOHN +. COOK
jy12-1w Collector OF Taxes d. C.,
REP, Post, Critic, Journal, 1wl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-13

RESIGNATION ACCEPTED.-The President has
accepted the resignation of Capt. Alexander
Moore, Sd cavalry The resignation will take
effect March 18th, 1879, and Capt. Moore has
been granted leave OF absence to that date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-13

PAY DIRECTOR THos. S. LooKER u S. N.
having been appointed acting paymaster gen.
eral of the navy, &C., has been relieved from
duty as president of the board to examine can
didateS for the position of assistant paymaster
in the navy. Pay Director j. d. Murray has
been ordered as president of said board, in his
stead
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-13

MOONsHINE.-AssiStant Secretary of State
Seward said to-day that as the moon was get
ting pretty, full he supposed Mexican raids in
Texas would now be in order
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22
OUR NATIONAL CEREAL RESOURCES

At a recent dinner, given in New
York city. the Hon Samuel B. Ruggles,
one Of the ablest and most trustworthy
students Of our agricultural statistics,
conveyed in few striking sentences
our immense national grain resources.
Not only were the facts presented in a
most startling and original manner, but
they were facts relative to our national
agricultural resources, which have not
before been stated SO succinctly aud
forcibly, and which have a most import
ant bearing on the present and future
relations between Europe and the
United States.
Abiding to his own selection as our
national representative to the Inter
national Statistical Congress, at Berlin,
in 1868, he said that Mr.. Lincoln, who
appointed him, said it was fitting op-
portunity to send some one to "show
to Europe our gold and corn which
was Il remark eminentIy characteristic
Of Mr.. Lincoln. As to the performance
of this misson-important then, but by
far more so now-Mr Ruggles said:
| thought it sufficient to report to
the Congress that the cereals annually
produced in our interior States north of
the OHIO river, being 500. S.0G0, 600 Of
bushels, if placed in barrels, side bv
side, would form line which would
encircle the globe: but | omitted to
add, that it would also leave remnant
long enough to span the Atlantic |
also made a miserable mistake in as
suming the results of the past census of
1860 as afording the only safe basis
for the report, aud in wholly failing to
estimate the irresistible increase which
must be realized in subsequent years,
as already shown in the year 1876.
when the officially reported crop Of
| these States reached 1920, 0,01S, coo
bushels, or 244, ,00l, ,030 barrels, forming
line Of about $4,000 miles, which
would twice enclrcle the globe, and
leave a remnant long enough to span
both the Atlantic and the Pacific, and
the intervening United States, from
Hong Kong to Liverpool. We now
commit the pregnant fact to our
thoughtful and energetic representatives
to carry it out TO Europe to convince
the Old World that we of the Ameri-
can Continent may deem it our duty to
stand aside and fully feed all the com
batants in their fights, and to enforce the
solemn truth that the wise and over
ruling Providence which forsees the
future of nations, evidently sent out
Columbus to find this New World of
ours. that it might feed the Old Cont
! nent, if necessary.
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22
THE OHIO INDORSEMENT OF THE
ADMINISTRATION.

That the immediate result Of the
Potter investigation in its original, but
illy-concealed purpose to invalidatc the
Presidential title, and ultimately to un-
seat Mr. Hayes, has been to harmonizc
and solidify the Republican party gen
orally, no impartial observer of pass
ing political events will deny In the
State Of Ohio this is strkingv the case
as well as in other States in which the
evidences may not be as striking, as in
the State of Michigan, where, since the
date Of the meeting of the Ohio State
Republican Convention, no Endorsement
OF the Administration was attempted.
But irrespective of the opposite action
OF the conventions in these two States,
it is every where evident that better
feeling pervades the Republican ranks.
Not that any marked change of opin-
ion has occurred in the minds of Repub-
licans as to the Administrations aban-
donment OF its party principles, or that
they any the less believe now, than
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22

bill, and told his officer up there at the
War Department, Thus far shalt thou
90 in the expenditure of public money
and no farther and instead Of spend
ing seven or eight million dollars, he
limited the expenditure to two million
dollars, which was ample for the pro
lection of the various public works that
We're then in execution. At time like
this, when we are doing everything in
our power to lift the people out of de-
spair and dependency on account Of
the financial distress prevailing every
where, are we to tax them SS,000,000
for public Improvements No, MIR.
President, no such bill shall receive my
vote, and | would rather omit my own
harbor of Batimore-for which you
vote the paltry, picayune sum of Sl5,-
00O-that port Of entry where so much
is received for duties. | say | would
rather wipe out every dollar of it than
tax the people with this SS,50O,0Oo in
this crucial time of their suffering and
distress
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22
GONE FROM OUR GAZE.

Now that Congress has adjourned
and its well paid members have packed
their bundles and gone home, it would
seem an anspicious moment to indulge
some pious reflections upon the possible
motive and object the Almighty Creator
of "all things" has in view when He
breathes the breath of life into the aver
age congressman. We mean nothing
irreverent at all, but simply to indulge
a reckless and hopeless speculation as
to the use, object and end of the Lower
House of Congress. Patriotism We're
indeed indulging modest wish, in
hoping never to see its like again For
eight long and tedious months, every
material interest of the country has
been quivering and agitated at the pros
pect of its tinkerng touch Every
industry has felt the paralysis of the
presence of Congress. Every CONNER
cial interest has sutfered-eyen tobacco
and whisky-by the uncertainty of its
action; while the principal part of the
session has been wasted on irrelevant
subjects, and in the advocacy of private
measures of legislation.
1t was peculiarly and in every sense
a Democratic assembly; perfect reflex
of the party nationally, reactionary
alike in policy and purpose. For the
first time since the war, the country has
had the opportunity Of seeing a Solid
South in full control of the Lower
House, and has already had some indi-
cation of what remains to be seen, when
that same Solid South shall secure the
control Of the upper one. AS, a body,
it was reckless of the public honor, dan
gerous to the public peace, and careless
of business and industrial interests,
and no national assembly that ever pre-
ceded it was disgraced by the presence
of SO many unmitigated demagogues,
ever ready to pander to the prejudiees
and passions of the ignorant of all
classes. We may all hope never to see
another House of Representatives elect
ed as strictly partisan as this one.
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22

they did three months ago, that Mr.
HAYES has betrayed the great party
that elected him, but simply that they
as party stand solid iii defense Of the
VALIDITY OF HIS TITLE as President
That this is all the ambiguous indorse-
ment of his administration meant even
in Ohio is plain. The Convention in
that State got over, or got AROUND, the
question of indorsing the Administra-
tion in about the wisest practicable
method
A few weeks ago the PENNSYLVANIA
plan of ignoring the President would
have been adopted, but since the Potter
investigation Mr. Hayes has gained in
popularity, and there is disposition
to look forgivingly upon him, simply
out of sympathy for him and indgna-
ton at the assaults upon him. The
dominant sentiment was to heartily
recognize Mr.. Hayes as President, who
has given the country a pure Admins
tration, and to say nothing about the
features of his policy or about specific
performances which have not met with
the unanimous approval Of the party
This was the only sensible course to
take There are thousands Of Repub-
licans who would not vote the ticket if
the platform had contained general
Endorsement Of the Administration, and
there are other thousands who would
not vote it if the President were ignored
or any slur put upon him. Mutual con-
cession and a spirit Of tolerance toward
all opinions on this subject will consoIi-
date the party and bring out the full
vote; and it was such a spirit which
controlled the shaping of the platform
and the action Of the convention. This
was what the Endorsement meant and
nothing more. The Republicans of
Ohio sunk for the moment their disap-
probation of Hayes in their greater de-
sire for the welfare of the Republican
party.
Not so, however, the Republicans of
Iowa They could not easily have
passed the President by with more con-
spicuous disapprobation. All mention
of him is carefully excluded from their
platform, even in its references to the
controversy over his title, in which the
illusions to the office Itself are strictly
impersonal. The only knowledge of
the existence Of Mr. Hayes, which the
platform betrays, is in a keen thrust at
his Southern speeches last year, in which
the Convention declares that the civil
war was not " Il mere trial of physical
force between Creeks The course Of
his Administration is most severely
criticized, but onl V by implication the
Convention declaring that the loss Of
five Southern States to the Republicans
has followed upon Democratic intimi-
dation and failure to enforce the prn-
ciples of the Republican party, and de-
nouncing the attempt to restrict citi-
zens in the exercise Of their political
rights The Convention also checred
Justify for Grant 1t couldn't cheer for
Hayes, under the circumstances, and it
had to cheer for somebody But by a
coincidence, it seems to be Gen. Grant
that conventions Of Western Republi-
cans find it most handy to cheer for
NOWADAYS.
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22
WIN. PiNkNEY WHYTE EULOGIXES
GENERAL GRANT.

In the debate in the L. S. Senate, on
Saturday, on the River and Harbor
bill, Senator Whyte, of Maryland, thus
eulogized General Grant We com,
mend the Senator's honesty and frank
ness for imitation by his bourbon
brethren:
| admire Ulysses S Grant. There
was heap Of Roman in that man,
which inspired the admiration of every
American. He was great in the battle
field he was great in the White House,
and that character which likencd him
to Andrew jackson won upon the hearts
of the American people, and he never
did braver act than when, in the
Summer Of 1876, he took his sword
and stuck it into the River and Harbor
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22
Notice to Creditors.

This is to give notice. that the subscriber of Ceci
county, hath obtained from the Orphans Court of sal
county, letters of Administration the personal
"f JESSE II SHIPPERS
late of said county deceased All persons having claim
AZ inst the said deceased hereby warned cNhib
the with the vouchers thereof duly authenticated,
On ur before the 9th day OF May. 1874:
they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit
of said estate. All persons indebted said
reqncS ted to make immediate payment To the subscriber
Given under my hand, this lIth day May 1873.
JOHN W. SHIPPERS,
Administrator of Jesse IL. Shippers decd.
Tcst-REuBES d. JAMAE, Register.
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22
Notice so Creditors.

This is 10 give notic" that the subscriber Of Cecil
county, hath obtain from tn. Orphans Court OF said
county letters Gcstamenty the personal estate of
ELIZA GRANT.
late Of said county deceased. All persons having claims
against the said deCris hereby warned exhibit
the same, with the yuuC nr thereof duly authenticated
or Lefnrr the lIth day of May. 1879
they may otherwise, by law he Nclu led from IL benefit
Ut said estate. All persons indebted 10 sad estate
requested To make immediate payment To the subscriber.
Given under my hand, this 18th day OF May. 1873.
EDWIN J. BROWN
ENtcU' or of Eliza Grant, decd
T,st-REJAES d. JsM,R, Register.
lN-6y
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22

GENERAL GRANT will be nominated,
if at all, only because the best interests
of the nation are to be subserved by his
candidature and election a nomina-
ton thus necessitated will be equivalent
to an Acknowledgment Gazette.
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22

GEN GRANTS PLACE.-In sober
truth it may be said that General Grant
occupies in the hearts and minds of his
countrymen place second to ne other
distinguished American, living or dead,
except Washington. He has reached
this proud position, not at the close of
life, but in vigorous middle age, with,
as life goes, future still before him.
When we speak of him as the greatest
living American, we but give him the
place to which his countrymen and the
would have assigned him-Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22

THE sympathy of the whole country
will 90 out toward the venerable Mont
gomery Blair. His indefatigable jaw,
after the ceaseless activity of nearly a
century, has been rudely dislocated by
his own OartV.
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22

Mr.. JAMES w CLAYTON, formerly of
this county, has been appointed Minute
and Journal Clerk of the U. s. Senate
Mr.. Clayton filled a similar position for
a number of years in the House of
Representatives lie is gentleman of
recognized clerical ability, and we con-
gratulate him on his appointment.
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22
SENSATIONAL JOURNALISM.

The New y ork Tribune recently
contained some verv sensible views,
strongly expressed, relative to the mod
ern style Of journalism, which delights
in parading the most prurient gossip
concerning men or women Of more or
less prominence 1t is not merely the
offensive personalism of large class Of
journals, against which the well-aimed
shafts of the - Tribune ARE hurled. but
against the too apparent desire of so
large a class of city dailies to pander
to the lowest and most depraved tastes
of society, by the production Of scan
dalous personal news items. The most
offensive details are paradcd at length
Startling stories of immortality are given
to their readers with the apparent pur-
pose of yindicating character, but really
for the qualification Of the lowest and
most depraved instincts
Such newspapers serve as collect
pipes for all the social and political
sewage of the exchanges. The busi-
ness of journalism Of this type is to
put its fingers on the weak spots Of
human nature and to enlarge them
1t aims to leave a sour and rancid taste
in every readers mouth each day of
the week, and to convince mankind that
whatever is is wrong 1t never builds
| up anything, but is constantly pulling
something to pieces. Whether it at
tacks public institutions or private repu-
tations, it acts like a corrosive acid
upon public morality and private vir-
tue. Its methods are we'll illustrated in
the case OF the octogenarlan Bishop Of
| Michigan Here is man Of advanced
age and unblemished reputation who
has been faithful to his charge Of forty
two years. He resigns his Office OF
the score Of bodily infrmity and old
age, and takes passage for Europe At
once every scandal-monger stands with
distended nostril and sensual leer and
snut1s social carriOn from afar. Sud
denly the Bishops reputation is black
ened with scandal nastier than prairie
mud or Chicago filth. : * The
Bishop is accused, tried and condemned
by newspaper, and there is general
hilarity and godlessness and we doubt
not that if the case should ever be taken
into the courts and set before jury,
| there are journals that would SUM up
the case in pamphlets, and assume an
inlaIiibility in passing Judgment on the
| evidence that will hedge close upon
! Divine omuiscence
This is good, square, honest talk Of
the sort that ought to be found in every
| paper which desires the good will Of
! decent men and women, and that circu-
lates i'll respectable and virtuous fami-
lies. TIE depraved journalism, which
the "Trlbune' rebukes, is to-day the
most hanetul agency at work against
the pure manhood and womanhood of
the present and the coming generations
Its effects upon society can only be illus
trated in material way bv the fatal
malarial poisons that noiselessly, but
no less insdiousIy, infect alike the man
sions Of the rich and the humble cot
tages of the lowly. Such newspaper
literature can be indulged in harmlessIy
by no one, however well fortified in
morals, education, or virtuous surround
ings.
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22
Burns and scalds.

This Liniment has proved itself to be
one Of the best remedies ever used for
Burns and Scalds. Its quickness iH ale
Waiting pain when applied, gives it great
superiority over all other preparations.
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22
ELkTON, JUNE 22, ISIS.

IF Hayes administration were as
sound as his title, we can see how much
easier it would be for Republican con-
ventions to indorse it without equivoca-
tion.-Utica Republican.
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22

THE sweeping majority by which the
House sustained the involabiltv Of the
Presidents title to his Office has so
shocked Mr. NJ. Blair that his friends
have thus far found it impossible to
to make him happy. Mr.. Blair had
built his hopes upon ousting Mr. Hayes
from the White House, and felt quite
certain that the present Congress would
do it, and install Mr.. Samuel Tilden.-
Mr.. Blair, it must be understood, sought
no Office, but he had a few patriotic
friends who have been out in the cold
for many years, who wanted vindication
The vote upon Mr.. Burchard's resolu-
tion in the House on Friday Of last
week has blasted his hopes, and he will
not likely be heard from again very
soon.
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22

Mr.. HALsTEAD's third term mono
mania has assumed new form He
threatens, unless General Grants ad-
mirers are less demonstrative, to renom-
mate Hayes for second term. He is
careful to say he doesn't do so yet, but
he talks like man who is likely to do
it at any minute He labors under a
burdensome conviction that he has only
to mention the thing TO knock the Grant
movement into smithereens. Without
any desire to interfere in so tremendous
piece Of strategy, it may not be i'm
pertinent to suggest that the effect
would be much more irresistible were
the ticket made Hayes and Stanley
Matthews. That would make things
buzz.
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22

Is The curative properties of Keller
Vegetable Life Drops are truly wonderful
They cure every case of Dyspepsia,
Liver Complaint, Headache, Biiousness,
Heartburn, and by their blood purifying
qualities, prevent Fever and Ague, and
other malrrial iseases.
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22
EXAMINATION Of TEACHERS,

4 n Examination Of Teachers will be
~ hold in PORT DEPOSIT, on Saturday, JuHe 22d
aud At EIKTUN. on Saturday, June 29th. The Exam
uer proposes to make the examination thorough, aud
to grant certificates unless the applicant shall
MP To the requirements of the second grade and first
class except in of those for coorcd schools
JOHN SQUIER
June l5-2w Examiner.
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22
NOTICE.

4 LII persons having claims against
"A Jacob 5. Hayes hereby notified to file the
same with affidavit attached. with S L. Grant Cherry
iil!, Cecil county, NJ l., before the 3lst day Of
August next. S. Is. GRANT,
june Sim Assignee
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22
liberated Sores.

The healing and purifying qualities of
X KElLER's IINIHIENr render it the best
article for the speedy and safe cure of
liberated sores.
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22
Toothache.

This painful and annoying complaint
is instantaneously cured by the applica-
ton of the I.iniment.
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22
Frosted Feet.

The Roman Linimcnt has proved effect
ua! III all cases where il has been properly
used. No instance is known where it
has failed i'll giving immediate relief.
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22
Neuralgia.

This excrlciatingly painful disease is
instantly relieved and rapidly cured by
the continued application of this Lini-
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22

o. No one can develop the grace of
aeo!iuess hy listenig TO a crying baby
Stop its Tretfulness by curing the Colo
with Dir, Bulls Baby Syrup.
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22
LINlMENT. .
Rheumatism.

Time and money have been wasted il,
futile eudeavors to obtain some embroca
ton that would prove a cure for thi-
cxcruciating disease; but all have failed
except kELLEK's ROMAN LINIMENT, and
that has been successful in almost every
instance whore it has been employed,
whether such has been of the iniiammatorv
or chronic type. In Lumbago and Sciatica
it affords instant relief
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22

G33 Largest stock of White Goods, Tar
letaDS, French MuslnS, Lawus, Piques,
and soft flashed Muslins.
GLASS FRONT,
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22
Meetings Of County Commissioners.

TE1iE regular meetings of the County Commissioners
i will be held the second TUESDAY OF every
month.
Persons having claims against the County will please
file the the Commissioners Office with a legal
YOU her: account will he allowed not properly
charGrabie to the same.
Collectors and others having accounts lie stated
settled Will apply 10 the Clerk during tae Of the
Board BY Order
|. F. NANARSDALE. Clerk
Commissioners OF Cecil County.
De lS6T-y
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22

a Newly ork socialist, VIM. A. Car
sey, who has been abashing the Finance
Committee of the Senate with argu-
ments for the repea! of the Resumption
Act, predicts that there will be riots
this Summer. "They tell us, he whis-
pers in the ear of a reporter of " The
Washington Post" "that we must
respect the law. just so. 1t NAV be
law of nature that mans tooth must
ache, but when it does, he SAYS, Blast
the law. Pull that TOOTH Now if we
are starving and the law stands in the
way, we'll kill the law Wen take
matters into our own hands. and we'll
kick out these fellows who are starving
us" Mr.. Carsey maintains that every
man who is worth more than $4,000
has robbed somebody else. If a man
has million, it stands to reason that
he has made a thousand other men
poor As for the banks, this Socialist
regards them as pawnshops that will
bust ~
The Cecil Whig., 1878-06-22
4 Stitch il the Back

j. caused by sudden wrenching of the
spine, and produces violent and acute
pains, making it very difficult for the
person to move 1t should not be neg
lcrtesl. rs the curvature of the spine is
often brought on by neglect Of this com
mon rNmnl.LiuI