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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-08-03

Republican Official Integrity.

Republican Official Integrity.
Senate executive document No. 81,
which has just appeared in print, is
a letter from the Secretary of the
Treasury, as follows:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
June II, 1878.
SIR Il have the honor to &C
knowledge the receipt of Senate res
olution Of April IS, 1878, as follows 4:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-08-03

Whereas on the 18th day Of February, ISL,
the Secretary of the Treasury, in obedience
to resolution of tho House OF Representa-
tiVes, adopted December Is, 1870 made a
statement zen. Doc. 10, 3D. sess. list Congo,
showing balances due from internal revenue
collectors, who were out OF office on the Both
day of June, 1870, from which ii appears that
there was due on that day from collectors not
in Office the sum Of so 700 9S3.33; Therefore pc
it
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treas
ury bc, and lie is hereby, dircctedt to report TO
the Senate what amount or portion Of this
sum has been since collected and paid into
the Treasury; what amount if any, has been
settled by compromise, and the facts touch
ing each compromise made, by whom recon-
mended, and the amounts realized; what
amount or portion of said sum of so iOU,9>'.
33 remains unpaid, and ii any balance is still
due, what steps have been taken to enforce
payment of the same; also to report the
amounts due by internal revenue collectors
on the LIST day of July, 1870 and how much, If
any, of such amounts remains unpaid, and
also the nature or classes Of the items or in
debtCdneSS.
And to transmit herewith copy Of q report
in the matter, dated June 10. 1873, With ac-
companying statements. giving the informal
ton desired, from the FIRST Comptroller OF The
Treasury, to whom the resolution had been
referred. Very respectfully.
JOHN SHERMAN Secretary.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-01
SITUATIONS wAsrrD-rHmALEs.

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SITUATIONS WANTED-rEMALEs.
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NENERAL HoUsEwoRK PRO rEsrANT GIRL TO
Cali. between 10 ami ii. At ios west nth St.
TWO GIRLS; ONE TO DO GENERAL HoUskwoRK.
TWO GOOD aIsLs 70 DO TIE woKN or 4 FAM
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Housekeepers. sc.
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OH WEST 49IH ST.. BETWEEN BROADWAY AND
AOt7ih v.-Youug lady as hou.ekceper B. CHASE.
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A LADY OF EXPERIENCE WISHES A POSITION
hsr. best city
WANrED-BY A MIDDLE AGED AMERICAN wo-
w man. ,ny capable Situation :. ho.sssseper in !.
dress. with particulars, Il. D.. Herald Office.
Laundresses- DC.
5uader...nd. French u.ins. puins. box plating. 1c
first class references.
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years reference from last place.
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CAAs superior taundress; 90 and 70 cents per Dozen
ros,aI c.ras answereu.
IN EAST 4Isr .>r--A KEsPEorAsLE GIRL As
class isundress in private family good city ref
The Van Buren press., 1878-12-17
Subscriptions to L. X. r. 8. Railway.

EDITOR Press We regret to learn that
somo OF our citizens who made snhsorip-
lions of donations, loans, etc, to the l.,
Il. 4 +. 5. Railway, in consideration of
their crossing the river,at this point, have
declined to pay such subscriptions. They
allege, we learn, that we were to get the
roadbed, from this point up the river.
well, now, we all remember Col. Hart
man, the up Sernteadent stated that we
could use all the roadbed they did not
want, As long as they did not need it !;
and that he would sell the bridge over
Lees Creek, for what the materials in it
were or are now worth where they
want 1t. 1t was simply understood thai.
VIC were to get what the railroad
did not need till it did want it. 1t is
true 1t was thought at that time, that the
road would cross lower down, and hence,
as it is part Of tho new roadbed, it is
wanted sooner by the railroad than was
expected. You will remember that, in
HE talks in those meetings, it was stated
that while the Van Buren, people were
not famous for making great promises
on paper, yet we did have the reputation
OF doing all we did promise. We hope
this will be done. We cannot afford to
let our good name suffer- Col. Hartman
received our proposition and forwarded,
and 1t was accepted by the Company,
and they are going ahead, doing the
work in good faith, at a far greater cost
than was at first supposed. Now, shall
we stand in the position Of refusing to
do that we agreed The considerations,
us stipulated in the articles of subscrip-
ton are long, and soon will be complied
with then how are you going to get out
OF it The stipniations say g In con
sidelation of the benefits which we be-
lleve will accrue to us from the crossing
the Arkansas river, at this point, run
ming direct to Fort Smith, on the south
side OF the Arkansas river, we agree"
&c. This will soon be done. Now, let
our citizens all come up as they do, in
other matters and pay like men, as a
number have done.
ONE OF THE CONTRIBUTORS.
The Van Buren press., 1878-12-17
Joe Howard on Rum.

Philadelphia Times: "Not an hour
ago met one Of the brightest men on
the metropolitan press. Twenty years
ago he was facile priuceps, Ten years
ago he was the managing editor OF u
great daily. Tonight he begged a
drink from me, aud when rendered him
dollar, he thanked me with tears in his
eyes. Make no mistake about tails man.
He's on tear now but in less than ten
days he'll be making his one hundred and
fifty dollars a week ~ easy ss falling of
a log. Rum gets US all The bane Of
New York life is whiskey. They Gil
drink it. Actors, managers, critics dry
goods men and veryboej Use, are slaves
to drink. 1t is the curse of the age III
which we live. A generation of bright
fellows die Off every five years. II our
clergy would bother their heads about
this plague Of our city half as much as
they do about the second coming OF
Christ, it would be a jolly good idea,
and If Christ should chance to drop in
all of sudden, he would perhaps be
quite as well pleased as if his followers
were found on their knees in prayer
The Van Buren press., 1878-12-17
Alma " Takes the Horns.n

We are indebted to Mr.. D. C. Will.
ia'hs' superintendent of cotton awards
Tor the best cotton exhibited at ON,
county fair, for the decision of the Judo.
es, as follows:
The following were the winners of the
prizes offered by the A. l. NJ. Association
Tor first second and third best bales ot
cotton grown in Crawford county.
J'D Neal, first prize, $500.
Allie Powe, second, 1000
o. D. boatrlght, third, 500
1t was decided that the J. D. Neal hale
glnned BY W. r. Boiling was the best
glnned bale Of cotton of the winnino
samples.
In samples exhibited of seed and cot.
ton together, Aliens ginning was decid.
ed the best.
We learn that all of the prizes wee
won ny cotton grown from SEED introdu
eed by j, p. Hollowell h Co, Of Alma
Inc Judges selected by the supcri3tend
ant @efa W. ?. Wiago, J, T followed
j. .. B9suek, N, L Cornelius, aad Il
Llppmaw, Of New Orleans.
The Van Buren press., 1878-12-17
A Choice Volume.


We are glad to welcome anot her book froh
the graceful and fascinating pen OF TIL
prince Of writers of Bible literature. To al
who have perused the poetic. glowing page
OF saNlght Scenes In the Bible,"t mere an
nauncement ci new work will b. haile'
with pleasure. .ingling With the Wild seem
of Gideon. night at t'ack. aud the sad visioI
granted 10 Nehemiah ~ the desolation of Jc
rusalem Is beautiful desc. r,".,.sa' tue ma
night sun Oh the coast Of Norw.. .n ~,
twelve hundre miles Of The North POI. .
Night of Besrasl waksn. .he deepa. a.,
tions of Loving hurts and We shud'sr emo
Darkness Of MONDAY, aud wee at he = ~. the
In the dark sladdw.of nigh. feeling With In!
tense vividneS tls cents hla marvellous 81 IA
has depicted. Tbs box II pree,ou. 70 the
believcr,an its literary .,cellsue. rare word
painting. and poetic imagel. make II = y,ry
delightful work for universal .nsA
From Dark to Dawn. by Re. DANIEL
March, D. D., by j. c. Mceurdv 4 Co., Fn.r-
n.,l,,,,,,. Va. saneinnati. ~ Chicago, ILL.,, and
st. Louis, Mo. Agents wanted. Soc adver-
tisement.
The Van Buren press., 1878-12-17
Neck-Twisting in Churches.

There are practices which are tolerated
in religious congregations which Chris
tians, who are jealous of the honor oil
their Masters house, should utterly con
demn. Decorum is the handmaid oil
devotional Irenny. ann fnr rnis ransom .
church should never he disturbed by the
slightest approach to irreverence. "il
is part of my religion said pious
old lady, when asked why she wen,
early to church, ut is u part of my re.
ligon not to interrupt the religion OF
others"
Aud we believe if many congrega
ton made il part OF their religion no,
to twist their necks out OF joint to wit.
ness the entrance Of every person who
passed up the aisle Of the church, it would
be better for their necks aud their religi
gion a gross abuse OF religious deco
rum sometimes needs harsh remedy
We give that adopted by Henry Clay
Dean, who was at one time the Chaplain
of Congress The anecdote il from q
paper called the Pacific Methodist:
Being worried one afternoon by this
turning practice in his congregation,
Mr.. Dean stopped in his sermon, and
said:
NOW, you listen to me, and I'll tell
you who the people are as each one of
them comes in"
He then went on with his discourse un-
til gentleman entered, when he balled
out like an usher:
Deacon A, who keeps shop
over the way"
He then went on with his sermon. when
presently another man passed into the
aisle, and he gave his name, residence
and occupation so he continued for some
time,
At length some one opened the door
who was unknown to Mr. Dean, when no
cried out:
"a little old man, with drab coat and
an old white hat; don't know him look
for yourselves.
The congregation was cured.
The Van Buren press., 1878-12-17

Almost daily the papers spread before
the community the details Of some new
case of suicide. The interesting traits
of the deceased character are dwelt up
on, and the sympathies Of the reader
enlisted, until he gets in his mind con-
fused association of agreeable qualities
mixed up with that peculiar mode Of
death.
1t is a matter of very grave doubt
whether 1t is possible to print accounts
Of suieidc in such a manner rs not 10 in
crease the number Of suicides. When a
story Of self-destruction in some peculiar
way Is printed, it is almost always FOL
Lowell 10y another similar case within a
short time. There are many evidences
going to show that dwelling upon suicide
has a tendency to incite persons to self
destruction. Where garrison was sta.
toned ut one time in Europe, q soldier
hanged himself to "a post in the yard.
Within few months II men had hang
ed themselves to that particular post.
The post was removed, and there was
not another suicide.
But it is probably practically impossi.
BILE to abolish the custom OF publishing
suicides, with the full particulars. Aud
it would be hard If a mans virtues could
never be extol!ed because he died by his
own hand. But we do think it would
exercise salutary influence if the press
were always to characterize suicide itself.
by whomsoever committed, as an act of
cowardice, for such it is. A man who
quails before the adverse circumstances
of life-the buffetings Of fortune Wis a
coward.
The virtues of suicide should be
summed up with the conclusion, severe
but Just, that at last. by one browning
act he wrote coward over his name
cowaid tor his epitaah New York
Sun.
The Van Buren press., 1878-12-17

What is an editor 9---An editors bizness
II to write editorials, grind out poetry,
sort manuscript keep a mighty big waste
basket; steal matter, fte other peoples
battles, take white beans and apple sass
for pay when he can get it, work nine
teen hours out of twenty -four, and be
damned by everybody. Billings.
A wng who thought to have a joke at
the expense Of an Irish provision deal
er said ..can you supply mo with y
yard of pork ?' "Pat said the dealer 10
his assistant, "giye this gentleman three
pigs feet.
1t is beauty's privilege to kill time, and
times privilege TO kill beauty.
The Van Buren press., 1878-12-17

Supper is now ready in the smoking
| car" shouted the brakeman, and Il young
man from Hartford who was on his way
to San francisco. got up and went for,
ward to see what the brakeman meant.
He went into tue smoking car and found
II party of Bavarian emigrants cooking
two kinds Of cheese and three denomina-
tons of sausages on tue stove. He came
out very pale and gave the brakeman half
dollar to stand on the platform aud
burn matches under his nose. "Was it
very bad - an old gentleman asked him,
when he returned to the coach. Sir"
said the young man OF Hartford, "you'll
never SIN ell anything like it until you have
been dead about six months
A poor Irishman at Rochester owed q
rich man some money, and was unable
to pay. The rich man obtained a Judge
ment and an execution, but there was
nothing on which the sheriff could levy
The freshman had two large pigs, but
the law allows a man two, and the sheriff
could no, take them. The rich man then
brought two little pigs, had them presen-
ted to the Irishman, and thereupon took
his two large ones
love is blind" and that is the rea.
son why it can get along with one small
hand lamp, turned down as low as it will
go, as well as under blazing chandelier
of fifty burners.
Pulling a husbands hair. and leaving
him unprotected at the polls, is known
to jurists as wigamy.
The right kind OF man WIN nave Ms
ife insured II gives his wife's second
husband a start.
Statistics declare that blue eyed wo-
men commit most murder. Keep your
eyes peeled,
Mrs Partiugton says that her minister
preached about the parody of the proba-
BILE son.
The woman--and all the sex do--who
chances under the bed at night, before
retiring, evidently has in mind the prov
erb. " Look, before you leap bed
A book on etiquette, says never
refer to PERSONS nose under any cir
cumstances The woman who wrote
the book has wart on her nose.
It was in Stumptown Sunday school
visitor, who. was .interrogati & the chill.
dren, asked the question, "Why was Loti
wife turned into pillar Of salt p There
was pause. and til a small boy, With 9
preternatursl growth Of head. piped out
a. s'pose it was because she was toe
fresh
The editor who takes all the advertise
ments out in trade will be gratilied tc
learn that n new pill, just patented, vii
keep a man alive whole week without
eating. All he wants now to make him
happy is a liver syrup that will make
suit of clothes last for soventy-five years
American Newspaper Reporter.
] Josh Billings suggets that many q
Young poet might be able to collect bis
scattered thoughts if he would look into
an editors waste basket early in thu
morning,
The Van Buren press., 1878-12-17
A REMARKABLE RESULT.

II makes no difference HOY many phys
icisns, or how much medicine you have
tried, it is now an established fact that
German Syrup is tue only rem.dy giving
complete satisfaction in severe gases Of
Lung diseases. 1t 10 true there are thou-
sands Of pesons who are predisposed Of
Throat aud Lung Affections, CousuIpp
ton, Hemorrhages, Astlms, Severe Colds
settled on the Breast, Pneumonia, Whoop.
ing Cough, DC, who have no personal
knowledge Of Bosches's German Syrup
TO such we would say shat 80 600 dozen
were sold last year without one com
plant. Consumptives try just enc bot
tie. Regular: size Is cents. Sold by
Ward Il Ogden, Druggists. Y
The Van Buren press., 1878-12-17
/" Rock In the Road"

During our perlgrlnatlons through life
many are heard to exclalm, Rock In the
his onward mar,h Is prevented, aud 81 his
TIME Is very valuable to his family, he Is u
great haste to clear tho road of this rock that
detains him. This rock Is nothing more MOI
less than case of chills which stops HIN
from tue daily work by which his family are
supported. But friend passes along. ant
tells him to send to the nearest store and ge
one bottle of Days Ague Tonic, and hs VII
not have another "rock In the road"
The Van Buren press., 1878-12-17
The Southern Question in a Nutshell.
The Charleston Is, CO. News and Cou-

The Charleston Is, CD News and Cou-
rier says:
"The recent elections in South Carroll.
ma and in every other Southern state are
evidence that tho white people OF the
South, with the eolored people who
are their political allies, are determined
that they will never again be robbed and
oppressed as this state was from 1868 to
1876. And the elections are evidence
that the colored people, even where they
have the numerical majority, can not
hold their own against tho superior in,
teliigence, means aud courage OF the
whites. Not drop Of blood was shed
in Louisiana on election day. Yet ac.
cording to the Northern papers, eighty
thousand or ninety thousand citizens (oi
African deseenD were DISTINGUISHED or
detrauded of their civil rights on that
day, The plain truth is that emancipa-
ton and the suffrage cost the colored
man nothing, and he will not make, for
the maintenance of his rights and privi-
leges, the sacrifices chceriully made by
the white race, to whom the ballot and
the right of self government represent
the results Of struggling for liberty for
centuries. When the two races come in
conflict, whether in politics or in indus
trial life, the weaker race gees to the
wall. This is the philosophy of the
overthrow Of negro denomination in the
South. Mr.. Hayes can not mend or
change it unless he can plant in the body
Of every negro the heart and brain and
soul of the white man."
This is g tho truth, the whole trath
and nothing but the truth"-in nutshell.
Republican rule in the South-which
means the denomination Of carpet bag
gers and niggcrs-cannot be rs-establsh-
ed without the perpetual presence of a
standing army. The Southern people
will never, voluntarily, go back where
they were from 1868 to 1876. They pre-
fer rather-and will have, if worst comes
to worst-a military government, pure
and simple. No quantity or quality OF
education or legislation, or both combin-
cd, can make the black man the equal OF
tho white and as long as the two races
dwell together, the superior will, in one
way or another, manifest and maintain
its superiority. Here is the sum and es.
serco of the Southern question, and the
| Republican party may as we'll accept il
and act accordingly. "The solid South
has its foundation in human nature, not
in politics; and the North, under similar
circumstances, would be just as solid ,aud
for precisey the same reason--selt-pres
ervation. Democracy or Republicanism
as such have nothing whatever to dc
with it.
Now if Mr. HAYES and his Radical ad
visers think the colored vote in the
South OF sufficient consequence to the
Republican party to justify thu CONVEX
sion Of that section Of the country into
a military garrison, let them take the
proper measures at once. The objec
can be accomplished in no other way
and all experimenting in other direction.
is so much waste OF time and trouble
'Ai.e imam, ana PerststenJ use Oh payo
nets may put the negro on the back Of
the white, and keep him there but moth
ing else ever did, and nothing else evel
can.--St. Louis Republican.
The Van Buren press., 1878-12-17
GreeIy's Trouble With His Shirts.

One winter Mrs Greedy vert to the
West Indies for he health, and the fol.
lowing spring she sent for her husband
to come after her and bring her bone to
New York. Now, if there was anything
the old mau hated, it was the sea. The
very smell of salt water made him sick
But nevertheless he obeyed his wife, S call,
as h. was accustomed to obey her every
within, In due time they got back to
Gotham. ami that morning Mr. Sinclair
rec lived word that Greedy was not feel
mo well. owing to his uast"r" ""@ he'u
decided to stay at home for the day In
the evening Sinclair was going to Wash
ington on business, and so, v lise in hand,
he called at Greely's house all hour or
two before The train was to start. He
found the old man in bed. and actually
very i'll, having suffered terribly from sea.
sickness all the way out and all the way
back. He was alone, the other members
OF The family being i'll or away from
home, ami so Sinclair determined to pass
the ni4 hit with him. giving up for that
time his trip to the capital,
" Sinclair" said he, in that quernlous
whine of his. "l'm as naked as the day
was born. My trunks haven't arrived
yet, and l haven't got Id night
gown
"Bnt why not wear this? p pointing to
the garment he had taken off before get
ting into bed.
"Oh, expect to be out tomorrow
and | want that to wear then How the
blazes would it look after I'd slept in
itf"
Well, in due time his luggage ar
rived, and Sinclair made bolt for the
article he wantel. After some rummag
ing he found it, and helped the old man
put 1t on 1t was speedily fastened at
the neck, and the nurse took up one of
the wrists and tried to button it. There,
hswever, he stuck fast. The ends
wouldn't meet by fully two inches. He
tugged and twisted to his utmost. but it
was no 90. Still, as the patient said moth.
ing, he supposed it ought to be fastened,
and redoubled his efforts for that pur.
pose For about twenty minutes be
labored without success. Then he said (:
"This is failure 1t won't fasten'
No." replied Greedy, with exaspera
ting calmness, 81 knew it wouldn't The
fact is, never could button the Internal
thing myself But you seemed to enjoy
it, so didn't disturb you
He lay back on the pillow few mo
ments, as if thinking deeply, and then
sitting upright, he brought his fist down
upon the quilt and exclaimed ssvagely:
| If Mormonism works as far east as
this, I'll be ID if don't have one wife
to take care of my shirts !" Chicago
| Tribune
The Van Buren press., 1878-12-17
Let eravcns shrink. and towards sigh,
,lr,a ahina 70 ID And moi To die ~

Young men. these modern times, ale be'
ginning to look after lady's health before
asking her hand. As a matter Of business
this Is quite right. Who wants pale, sick
lifeless nervous, and hysterieal woman for y
wifes Young lady. your disease Is depleted
in your very countenanee. Your feeble walk
your short breathing, your want of bloom t.
the cheek, your lifeless eYe--all speak that
YOU are In i'll. health, and as many young
gents are experts. these days. they perceive
your condition and do not wish to marry
you. If you should be thus afflicted send al
once for Dir. Dromgoole's English Female
Bitters. aud Its Use VIII ut once restore you
to health,