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But il may be said no such thing viii
happen in a convention. IL has frequent
~ occurred Does not every one know
that. in the last gGJernatorial convention.
@erro Gords Williams entered the con-
vention only lacking few votes Of
majority Of the Democratic vote Of the
state? vet he was beaten by a candidate
who went into the convention with
much smaller vote than he did-5y a com
bination against hisn. But il is sail that
| wish 10 dictate 10 the committees No
such thing The committees ought to Telsrs-
send he s5sshes Of the Ysefis J merely pro
pose a plan that viii give every Demo
Graf 4 chance to vote for his choice aud
which is as fair for one candidate as an
other, where DO trickery Of ,ings or
cliques can prevail if he election Il con
d,scted aud reported furry.
This plan Is not without precedent, and
has often been resorted 10, and gave sat
isfactioa. In some counties of the us
( trict, primary elections have been order
/ Ell this year 10 settle he claims Of eonnfy
candidates. and the election 10 BE- held on
I = pirate duf al fdrf. The plau isuggcst =
gu 4 general election 'iays hrst Monday ~
August, whca tlle people viii be ut he
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Daily Republican., 1878-10-24
Read IL All.

There is to be had great bargains in
this city if you will call and be convin.
ced in groceries, provisions, flour, fresh
and salt meats, extra fine teas at 40,
80, 90, 70 and 50 cents per b., fine
lot of coifees best Rio 20 TO 2j cts, La
guyra IS, best old Govt. Java 35 or 3
lbs. for sl.00; choice syrups 60 cts. per
gallon, extra family -four from s5.7j to
s6.7j per barrel, but up in one-fourth,
ole-eighth and one-sixteenth; also the
best quality of beef, hams, shoulders
and dried beef will be kept on hand at
the very lowest prices. Lovers of good
beef come and see. X. c. Porter, 2Oj
West 4th street, next door to Chadwick :
Museum. Es- Selling sugars at cost.
Daily Republican., 1878-10-24
WelI,TOna6 Svs1ams.

systems toned and renovated with Hostel
ters Stomach Bitters are most eiicctually de-
tended from disease, That supreme invig0-
rant soon 0vercOmes that distressing feeble
ness consequent upon ailments which impov-
erish the blood and relax the muscles vigor,
appetite, sleep return TO the wasted frame,
and every physical faculty gains greater ac-
tivity through ts benign influence. Nor is
this all, for the Btters have most genial and
cheering effect upon the mind ofthe despond.
ent invalid which Is the natural effect Of the
increased bodily vitality which they produce.
Nervous symptoms disappear in consequence
of the use of this medicine, and the evil con-
sequences sure to result from a premature de-
cay of the physical energies are averted.
Dyspepsia, liver complaints, rheumatic all
ments, urinary and uterine Irregularities ma
larial diseases, and many other dsordered
conditions of the system, are remedied by the
Bitters.
Daily Republican., 1878-10-24
The Assessment Law.

There is another feature Of the as
sessment laws that have not been fully
revealed yet, and which is but one OF
the steps taken in the great defranchis-
ing scheme concocted by the Demo
Gratis of Delaware, to keep Republicans
from voting. On Monday we showed
what the collector had to do with this
scheme and now we will show th~
part the Assessor has to play. We
have stated in previous issues of the
REPUBLICAN, that the Assessors have
been supplied with books, containing
the names of those who have been dis
franchised so that they can make no
mistake and put some name upon the
assessment that had been returned al a
delinquent previously by the collector.
The duties of an assessor according to
the Delaware plan of disfranchising is
found in chapter 81, Volume IA, Della
ware laws of 1873. A careful reading
of the sections will show that the As
SCISSOR is carefully guarded at every
point to enable him to put as few names
as pcssibletupon the books. He is al
lowed to discriminate but as a party
man he will of course look after his
own. Unlike the collectors, assessors
are elected by the votes of the people,
and consequently some Republicans
are elected who carry out the old fash
ioned plan of assessing every male clti-
zen over q years of age. To counter
act this the Levy Court is granted the
power of revising the assessments and
when there happens to be too many
| Republicans on the books, it is but an
easy matter to find trivial causes as eX-
cuses for leaving few of them off. We
are justified in this severe criticism by
the precautions in the law defining their
powers, and this law being passed at
the same time and by the same Legis-
lature that passed the iniquitous law
defining the duties of Collectors,
which we a few days ago exposed
shows that it was passed for partisan
purpose and that it was intended to Sc
operate. The Assessors are now en-,
gagged in assessing the changes of prop
erty or adding to the assessment the
Investments made since the last general
assessment. This we believe is all AS
SCISSORS are particularly required to dc
in the off three years between the
general assessment, though they can il
they wish go over their respective dis.
iricts and put on the names of all poll
taxabIes who have been left off or may
have become of age, and which the law
allows to be put on the books. There
Daily Republican., 1878-10-24
Northern BenevOience - SOuthers
Prsjudtces.

Northern BenevOlence - Southern
Prsjudtces.
From all the fever stricken points OF
the South comes full and frank recog.
milton OF the great benevolent impuls-
which actuated the North in sending
relief to the fever stricken regions. The
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin says the
total offerings will probably be counted
in millions, and not only were these
given with eager liberality, but. with
out doubt, they would be repeated
promptly il necessity for another
similar effort should be shown. Surely
this ought to convince the Southern
people that there is no unfriendly feel
ing for them in the region; but, while
this tact will be recognized to some ex-
tent, there is, we fear, absolutely no
hope at all that it will do much TO
mitigate the intensity of the grudge
that the South imagines it has against
the North, and there is no use OF ex-
pecting that it will persuade the South
to insure for Southerners with North
ern sentiments anything like fair play
in politics. When the fever leaves
Memphis no Republican will have any
better chance to express his sentiments
in that city than he had before, and
the Northern man who attempts to in
dulge in free speech an free action in
New Orleans will run as great risk
as ever OF having bullet sent through
him. The South needs wisdom with
whatever gratitude it feels. If it per
mitted law and order and personal
rights to prevail as they prevail here,
money to develop its industries, to
stimulate its commerce and to urge 1t
forward, prosperity would flow from the
North in streams that would make the
relief fund dwindle into insignifcance,
but obody in the South seems to have
sagacity enough to recognize the posi-
bility of such blessing.
Daily Republican., 1878-10-24

The CHARACTER of the South Carolina
outlaws is fully shown in the informa-
tion which has reached Washington,
that three Of the former confederates OF
Redmond, the famous South Carolina
moonshiner, made a proposition to the
United States officials that for the SUN
OF 81 500 they would capture and de-
liver Redmond up to the law. The pro
position was communicated to the
authorities at Washington and the At
torney General has decided that there
is no fund which could be made legally
available for such purpose. These are
the kind of men that Wade Hampton
has been throwing his protecting arms
around, and who compose the rife
clubs that show " fair play when the
Republicans attempt to hold public
meeting.
Daily Republican., 1878-10-24

THE Ecerg Evening says it. does not ex
pect the REPUBLICAN TO see the differ
ence between paper promise TO pay a
dollar, and dollar. We must confess
that we can't see much difference If the
promise to pay be in the shape Of a
greenback, redeemable at pleasure in
coin. This is the kind Of paper We
have favored, but We don't know much
about the kind with which the h. f..
is familiar-that kind forced upon the
market at a heavy discount.
Daily Republican., 1878-10-24

SEVERAL DEMOCRATIC papers give
prominence to the fact that in South
Carolina the Democrats have placed
several negroes upon their tickets.
This dodge need not deceive anybody,
for the purpose is well known, and
there are always enough unprincipled
negroes willing to become the tools of
the Democracy. Two or three of them
upon the ticket will afford sufficient
stock in trade for argument in favor Of
the fairness of the Democrats, but the
latter will be careful that too many are
not put on their tickets. A little
sprinkling of them can do!no harm--in
fact ii will do the Democrats good, as
the colored men they would elect must
necessarily be of a very low class. The
obscure two penny paper at Fifth and
Market streets gleefully chuckles over
this action Of the Democrats, but has
not word of condemnation of murder
ous bull-dozing of colored Republicans
by the Democrats.
Daily Republican., 1878-10-24

bay crsfk sappins bad built valls dis
torting sheds and fences out Of their
proper angles. The wires we're down
to the east and north Of us oil Of yes
tsrday, and spprehensions Of disasters
on sea and shore were very naturally
INDUCED in. In the city We have to
record, as our local columns will testify,
great number Of minor injuries to
property, and we are sorry to say that
there have been several casualties on
the water, resulting in considerable
loss OF life.
The rainfall, for storm Of such short
duration, was prodigious, and the pow
er and velocity Of the wind very unu-
sual for this latitude. 1t is very sell
dom, indeed, that the wind blows here
at the rate of twenty-five or thirty miles
an hour; yesterday morning it attained
velocity Of fully thirty-six miles an
hour, anl in the course of very few
minutes shifted from northeast, all the
way around to southwest, changing as
the morning progressed, to northwest.
The visiting strangers, now in our
city, may rest assured that such a
storm astonishes everybody. They.
however, have the double opportunity.
during their visit to this city, Of expe-
riencing regular noreaster " but to-
day they have a touch Of balmy south
ern sunshine.
Daily Republican., 1878-10-24

The STORM.-Our oldest inhabitant is
entirely demoralized by the storm of
yesterday morning. He never recol-
Iects of having seen anything like it.
The fogs and vaporous tumult and low
hanging clouds of Tuesday, foreboded
bad weather, but few persons anticipa-
ted that they held in their dingy
depths such deluge of rain, such a
tempest of circling hurricane as burst
upon us early yesterday morning, flood
ing streets, converting ordinary dwell
ling houses into mere bailable offences,
wrenching trees, awning posts, and tel
egraph poles out by the roots, capsizing
Daily Republican., 1878-10-24

TIE Ecery Ereninq says we steal from
its columns nearly every thing which it
obtains by energy and enterprise, and
yet that paper says the REPUBLICAN is
ignorant and untruthful. Is this its
estimate Of its own articles'
Daily Republican., 1878-10-24

THE Erery Ecening says; "The RE-
PUBLICAN is evidently laboring under
the delusion that the Every Ecening is
the originator of hard money ideas" Oh
no, we don't credit il with originating
any thing good. Nobody does who
knows its incapaeity.
Daily Republican., 1878-10-24

THIS Is NOT THE first time that Ben.
Butler run for Governor of Massachu
sets. In 1860 there were four candi-
dates for Governor, and one of them
was this same BEN njamin +. Butler, who
was then the right bower of the Breck
enridge Democracy of that State. He
was not, however, elected that time for
the want of votes. After the ballots
had been counted it was found that
Andrews, Republican, had lo2, 900 ;
Beach, Douglas Democrat, $4,000 =;
Lawrence, Bell and Everett, 5000, and
Butler, Breckenridge Democrat, 5000.
This was before Ben. became the spoon
General of New Orleans, or the hero OF
Dutch Gap. Having been a Republican
the most of the time since then he will
be more popular with the Democrats,
and will get more votes than he did in
1860, but not enough to elect him.
Daily Republican., 1878-10-24

A CARD.--TO all who are suffering from
"A the indiscretions of youth, ner YOU
weakness, early decay, loss of manhood, etc.
I will send you a receipt that will cure you
FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy
was discovered by a missionary In South
America. Send self addressed envelope t.
Rev. Joseph 7. Inman, Station ID. Bible
House. New York City
Daily Republican., 1878-10-24
1878.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.

REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.
FOR SHERIFF.
PHILIP K. CLARK.
PoR CORONER.
THOMAS ]. BENNETT.
FOR STATE SENATOR'S.
JAMES H. Mccoy, Pencader.
EDwlS C. REYBoLD, Red Lion.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,.
JoHS GREEN, Wilmington.
JAMES NJ. BRAcKIS, Christiana.
ABRAM CHANDLER, Mill Greek.
JAMES NJ. WISE, JR., New Castle.
JOEL THOMPSON, White Clay Creek.
MERRITT N. WlLLRTTs, St. Georges.
JoHS A. DERRicxsos, Blackbird,
FOR LEVY COURT COMMISSIONERS.
JACOB CHANDLER, Mill Creek.
ABRAM RoTHwELL, White Clay Creek
JAMES B. HENRY, Red Lion. -
JAMES J. JASvIER, St. Georges.
JoHN D. CARTER, Appoquinimink.
ISAAC r. STAArs, Blackbird.
Daily Republican., 1878-10-24
TmUnsDAY, OcroBER . :, 1878.

rhs REPUBLICAN has the largest
sirculation Of any paper In Dela-
ware. Advertiser take . note Of
tb1h.
Daily Republican., 1878-10-24
THOMAS NJ. WIER.

YAMES SMITH,
400 SH p LEY ST Ek.,
Whslesale and retail dealer IN
TEAS, COFFEES, SPICES, ETC
The public are respectfully invited TO CIV
me call. tetl
Daily Republican., 1878-10-24
RAlI.HOAD LISEs.

ISn LALELPHIA, Ia. -
WILMINGTON AND ~ .
BALTIMORE RAILROAD.
SEPTEMBER %. 1873.
Trains will leave Wilmington M follows =
For Philadelphia. and intermediate stations
Z Us, s 10, go. 9&7, 10 90, IL 81 a. m. 81, 4oo
" 20. 0.46, p. IN.
Philadelpkia and NewYork, 2 On. ) " An
IL 81, IL ", 5 46p. m. .....
Baltimore and intermediate Stations 80 an
Baltimore and Washington 2tl, 10, $50
IN. IL ~, u ~, 8 20 p. IN.
Trains for Delaware Division leave Tor
New Castle o 20. 3 lb a. IN. 0b,j
Wyoming and intermediate station
IN. 06,o 80 pm.
Dellnar Intermediate stations Is al
p. m.
SUNDAY TRAINS
Philadelphia and intermediate stations 8 10
M, 8 O0, Q 30 p. IN.
Philadelphia and New York, 2 %, so 4. N
Baltimore and Washington IL bl; 10 a. N.
For further information passengers arc 70
ierred to the timetables posted at the depot
noy20- II. +. KINNEY. Supt
Daily Republican., 1878-10-24

THANdE OF hUuRS-DELAWAkE
" X WESTERN RAILROAD'-Com
nencing Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1877. Trains will
run az follows:
Leave Wilmington 10 % q. m, and 30 pm
Leave Landenberg 8 u a m., and 30 p. N.
Arive atWilmingtOn IS an and 10 p m
m.
Arrive at Landenbergst IL M. and 6+op.D
IN.
Connections-Trains leaving Landenberg N
10 a. III. connect with train for Philadelphis
~ 8 10 q. m..
Train leaving Wilmington at 10 70 q. u
with train leaving Philadelphia at 8 10 a. IN
and Pennsylvania and Delaware train leaving
I.andenberg at COP. m.
Train leaving Landenberg or. rl.vttf
Pennsylvania and Delaware trai- , nd With
train leaving for Philadelphia t. ( 80 p. m.
Trains leaving WilmiLs :oh at 30 p. m,
with train leaving ?. Philadelphia at 10 p. IN
mypdti ID. CONNEIIL. Supt
Daily Republican., 1878-10-24

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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-06-26
Sherman's Money.

Greedy of gain as John Sherman is known
to be, and without scraple as to the means
employed to attain the end, there are Occa-
sions on which even bis avarice yields to
another passion or interest. He sent check
for five thousand dollars as his offering to
the bride of Don Cameron at the recent
wedding. And now, when his character is
assailed by cloud of witnesses, and his own
letters rise up in judgment against him, he
hands over another check of five thousand
dollars to his counsel, as a retainer, in the
hope of being saved from all impending
doom and disgrace.
All great criminals are liberal in their ex-
penditures for counsel when threatened
with the penitentiary. Tweed squandered
enormous sums that way. The great bank
burglars and other professionals of that type
keep able lawyers regularly retained, as the
great corporations do, to be prepared for all
emergencies. John Sherman only follows
the beaten track Of Illustrouspredecesso
1t costs him nothing to pay the largest fees
By lifting his finger any day In Wall street
he can make what he pleases, merely by an
abuse OF the power he yields III the treasury
department.
A man who entered congress poor, who
has pursued politics as a vocation, who has
engaged IN no other business, and who at
the end of twenty years service is reputed
to be a millionaire. and who is certainly
wealth that are not common to the ordinary
legislator. Honest John Sherman was at
the head of the finance committee OF the
senate when all the public loans were au-
thorized, and he held the most intimate re-
lations with Jay Cook & Co., who nego-
tiated their sale, and stood near the con-
fidence of Mr. Chase, then secretary of the
treasury. When these facts are all dove.
tailed together, and it is remembered how
the civil war engrOssed public attention, so
as to withdraw scrutiny from these huge
financial operations, many of which will yet
be exposed, it is not difficult to understand
how easy it was for any man in Sherman's
position, and with his desire to accumulate
fortune rapidly. to have put aside millions
against rainy day, and to have enriched
his friends without the least exertion. He
loves money for itself, and worships wealth
cs power; but he is prepared to open his
private Golfers and indeed he has already
opened them, in order to escape the punish
ment due to his crime. What is half mill
lion or so to him, if the prejudices of wit
nesses can be conquered. and impeachment
or the penitentiary be avoided?
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-06-26
rELEGRAPHIC NOTES

William Howard Taft. OF Cincinnati, Is
salutatorian of Yale senior class.
The governor of Illinois has steadily re
fused to reprieve the murderers Sherry and
Connolly, and the wilt be executed to-day
between 8 and II o'clock.
Brayton Ives. president of the stock ex.
chance of New York, yesterday addressed
the members stating he would endeayor to
prevent fictitious sales of stock, the sale OF
''puts" and calls and the sale Of prospec-
tive dividends on stocks, and would try to
enforce the rules of the exchange more
strictly.
The ninth annual meeting of the National
Christian anti-secret society was held in Chi
caeo Yesterday, and q new building valued
at about $40 900 was presented to the asso-
citation by Hon. Philo Carpenter. The Rev.
]. B. Walker, ID. D., made an address OF
thanks, which set forth fully the objects of
the association.
The first award of Indian supply contracts
was made at New York yesterday afternoon,
those for flour being the only ones yet an
nounced Twenty-Five bidders receive con-
tracts for 5000, 900 pounds OF hour to be de-
livered at various Indian agencies. The con-
tracts involve about So, 100000.
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"a STATE sENTINEL WEDNESDAY, MORNING. JUNE 20, 1878.

there, in palatial residence. had been kept
just as ne left it, and no man ever slept in it
since him, at least during the life of the PRO-
prietor.
THE LATE WAR.
From the Mexican war General Shields
turned to little meeting between himself
Winchester. They were so we'll posted
he tried little Irish Yankee trick. He left
his campfres burning, everything in confu-
sion, and gave an order to retreat in haste.
The deception was complete that even his
own troops thought old Shields was running
away, for the first time in his life. All the
retreat they were ieered at. even by the
ladies. In fact, they were the worst. Finally,
they halted, and in the night got round
again. and got between Jackson and Win
chester in good position. He set a trap
there for StonewaG, and if he bad been like
some generals he would have been caught
in it like rat. But he wasn't that kind OF
man. Then came the battle of Winches-
ter. He was pitted against the best force OF
the south. But he had good force himself,
and it was good battle 1t was fought on
both sides in a gentlemanly way, and he
(Shields) got the advantage. With his usual
luck, he got a wound in this action-an arm
broken by shell. The arm was set wrong
and had TO be broken and reset. This the
doctors refused to do. and he got sergeant
IN his command to so break it for him.
With this incident the lecture closed
During its delivery General Shields was fire.
quently interrupted with applause and
cheers At Its close he was escorted to the
hotel by the Sheridan guards.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-06-26
TOWARD THE NORTH POLE.
Sailing OF an Expedition I'm Search OF
Relics of Sir John Franklin.

NEW YORK, June 19.-The schooner Eothen
sailed to-day for the Arctic regions to search
for relics of Sir John Franklin. A distin-
tinguished party accompanied the party as
far as Sandy Hook.
Colonel Glider, just before starting, stated
that the voysgers would probably be absent
for two years or more. The searching party
expect to make voyage northward in about
two months, reaching Repulse bay during
the latter part of August 1t is intended to
stop at that place until spring, there being
no snow on the ground during the winter.
In the early part of spring the party will
cross the country on sledges to King William's
land. The journey will occupy probably
four or five weeks. After landing the search
ing party at Repulse bay the Eothen will
depart on a whaling voyage. The entire
party are armed.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-06-26


The women clerks in the departments at
Washington, who receive a beggarly salary,
have been assessed by the republican con-
gressional committee s. each. 1t is suggested
by the Philadelphia Times that If the presi-
dent would send in his munifcent contribu-
ton to the fund it might enable these strug-
Cling women to escape from the clutches of
Mr.. Eugene Hale and his committee. The
president has not yet been so good as to indi-
cate the size OF his contribution, but 1t will
doubtless be something magnificent for him
say $50. AS TO the poor women, they ought
to be assessed double the amount levied on
men clerks. They don't help by voting, and
the committee should see that they render
every possible service TO the party. Seven
dollars is too modest an assessment. Perhaps
the women themselves, proceeding voluntar-
lily, of course, for there must not be any
coercion In this matter, will decide to double
the amount. II would be charming exhi-
bition of that patriotism and public spirit of
which the president and Mrs. Hayes dis
course so beautifully.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-06-26
THE ANGUISH OF HOMES WIFE,


The career of General Bonneville, who
died at Fort Smith, Arkansas, on Wednes-
day. was very singular one. He was born
in France, and was graduated from West
Point in 1915. While on a furlough In 1881
he set out on an exploring expedition in the
Rocky mountains, and was not heard of for
nearly five years, his name being dropped
from the army list. The journal of his adj
ventures was edited by Washington Irving,
and published in 1S43. He afterward served
in the Indian and Mexican wars, doing duty
during the civil war as superintendent OF the
recruiting service in Missouri. He was SO
wears old