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Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-30

Booming.-Low prices for cash is
making trade lively at the cheap store
of II. II. Fowler.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-30

Miss Sager has left for her home in
Boston on account of the illness Of
her sister.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-30

Go to Paul & Jackson's for cheap
groceries.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-30

Watermelon seed (Gypsy, the
largest) at Frost's.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-30

Smothers & VOORHEES, keep k;'iso-
mine.
Go to Paul & Jackson's for cheap
groceries.
Fresh garden seeds at Paul q
Jackson's.
Fresh country butter and eggs AT
Hurd Bros.
Smothers & VOORHEES, keep ready
mixed paints.
All kinds of fishing tackle and gar
den seeds at FrOst's.
Highest cash price paid for butter
eggs and rags at Frost's.
Butter, eggs and apples wanted az
Paul & Jackson's grocery.
Smothers & No0rlie, keep lead
oil, colors and vamishes.
Fresh staple and fancy groceries
cheap for cash at lIurd Bros.
SmOthers & VOORHEES, keen alabas-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-30

Mr.. Spence is clerking for c. II
Eubanks.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-30

SOuiItS , tIctt ucStidt igHt.
Every man pay his debts when he
can and if he can't, act accordingly.
DR.. Wayman will preach at Liberty
Street NJ. f. Church next Sunday.
Don't fail to come-to Fowlcr's
with you cash and buy groceries
cheap.
Jackson Street is now opened and
is one of the handsomest streets in
the city.
A. NJ. Harrison has bought Gary
& Gordons brick yard and will run
two yards.
Miss Sager has left for her home in
Boston on account Of the illness Of
her sister.
james Robinson, the champion
bareback rider, left yesterday to join
his company.
Booming.-Low prices for cash is
making trade lively at the cheap store
of II. H. Fowler.
See Joe and Vic Barth's mammoth
advertisement in this issue. 1t is
worth reading.
Another assassination.-R. II. FOw-
Ter has killed high prices by selling
groceries cheap for cash.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-30

r. P. Wolff is clerking for r. H.
Fowler,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-30

Rails county maple syrups
FrOst's.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-30

Smothers & VOORHEES, keep glass of
all sizes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-30
City Ordinance.

GEO. A. POTEET. p. nj.
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bcsdc,, thcro has been enough VI periodical aud
newspaper discussions. Tnc period of writing history
has come when the writer's should read, NOT
only tho printed, but the living documents. As TO
the Thomas controversy, think Grant, in his otncal
report Uut the best possible face hat-at least go
flr as tho impaucucc vt Washington ~ was cou-
ccrucd. cannot agree With you to the course of
we prsucd exactly the right coursc for the lnfau-
try had the shortest possible line from Columbia In
SIriug iill by good turnpike road thero nOth-
inR to prevent IT. getting thcrc In ample tmo to meet
any movement nf the Cucuy uvCr dirt roads against
that point Ths II shown by the fact that stanley
division actually reached that point In ample time o
frus'uto Hoods movement. contend further, that
" had not concentrated my command on the Lewis
burg pike Forrest would have ccrtainiy-and HOODS
infantry posslhly-movcd hy that road aud boatcu
army tn Franklin, fBr moro important point than
spring liln. Had the game takon this shapo we
should have lost IT., and my command would IN all
probability have hcon the only one to escape. As
there was uncertainty loft by my dispatches after
midnight, either In the mind " GEN Thomas Con.
Schoncd as to what Intended or thought best to do,
aud as to what really did do aud thought the lnfan-
try ought to do, II seems to mo your criticism is not
we'll taken. Had gono to Spring llil could have
done more than stanley did the result could not
thereby have been possibly changed on that line to-
our advantage, whereas the Lcwishurg pike, having
thus bcon LETT uncovered Forrest cOnld lcasily have
reached franklin ahead Of us, especially " had staid
at spring lli to help stanley. other considerations
might Nlso be- stated In Justification Of the course
actually pursued, but look upon these already
Stoned as sufficient.
weunderstaud that Gen. Wilson win revlcw Con-
CoN's book In tito New York Sun Of to-day SUNDAY,
aud his article will doubtless ho an interesting
uibutlou to this controversy.
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lIowARp CARROLL has already shown his
yeaness lIo has copied q stock salwart slur about
civil Service examinations and repeated itln speech.
Ho saidi
There has been great deal said about Cyl Service
Reform, and nobody can doubt that such efurm Is
necessary. LOf course, thoy all say that do not
believe, however, that tho rules under which appolnt
ments are made In the custom houses and intcr
nal revenue offices always secure the best men IL
does not seom the best thing to ask man how high
mountain IL when he Is to be made gauger OF whisky,
nor is Il necessary to ask man as to the depth OF the
when he Is seeking position rs appraiser OF
goods should be disposed to advocate such rules rs
would tend tn the best suited for the par
ticuar duties which they will be required to perform.
For this the Ecening Post deity fts young Carroll
up by the coat collar and spanks him. Examinations
are Just what the Past knows all about 1t says OF
MIR Howard Carroll:
Tho Illustrations he uses about the gauger and the
mountain, and tho sea and the appraiser, explain
clearly why It Is he believes ''that the rule under
which appointments are now made In the customs
house do not always secure the best men, He Is
right to the fact, but the for believing
II Is that system Of human cOntriyance 'a always
secures the best men ~ for anything. ms reason is,
however, the very plain and commonplace one that
he evidently knows nothing whatever about the eN-
amlnatons. He has evidently never attended then ur
the papers. His Illustrations arc therefore
simple connections Of his own fancy, and arc Intended
To he sneer at the only practical attempt ut CiVl
Service Reform yet made. His first duty now, be-
fore he speaks again civil Service Reform, Is to
20 down to the customs house, and Inform HIMSELF
either hy witnessing exlmlnatlOn or reading
the eNamnaton papers, whether there Is the smallest
Foundation ror his Ioks lie viii nnd that the ques.
tinns are emRently practical that they go straight
to the candidates general Intelligence aud special
fitness for special work. and that they are Just such
private employer would ask candidates FOR sltua
tlOns under him. If he had no previous knowledge of
them. MIR. Carroll is young, Is Just entering OH
political career, and Is handling question which Is
fast becoming the burning question OF the day, and
1t may prove highly incOnvenient To him hereafter tO
havo cvor talked about 1t hrpantly, or without due
Information.
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What we see in Ohio, in New York, and in
Pennsylv vania, bears marks of n moral awak-
ening of the American people from the par
tsan and sectional blindness which has for
time closed their eyes TO the obvious abuses
and public scandals into which the low tone
of the men dominant in public life has been
plunging the country. Men all over the
land appear to be taking renewed interest
in civic affairs, and to look upon 4 reforma-
tion of the public service as a duty which
is pressing upon all citizens. There is much
in the voice of the press and OF the rostrum
at this time which reminds of what was heard
in the better days of the Republic for surely
star routism and IIubbellism have reached
height never before known in our history.
1t was precisely this moral conception Of
civic duty which formerly gave to American
politics their peculiar warmth, and to Ameri-
can statesmen their tran5cendent dignity.
We need not be surprised if this very
spoils system, intended as the corners tone
on which the supremacy of radicaism was to
rest, becomes the stumbling g-block on which
However splendid the power of the Republi
can party may seem, yet its footing is feeble,
because it ignores and contemns the moral
forces and the spirit of freedom still existing
in tho American communities. The party
leaders, devoid of intellectual life, are like
wise without the remotost conception of
moral forces, and are incapable of truly
uniting and leading the nation; they
can only take. they have noting to give; they
merely know how to Oppress free opinion by
brutal force, and to Introduce oligaroAical
party governments. The new rising should
serve as a warning to Democrats as we'll as
Republicans, for It is undeniable that a large
section of the active politicians in the Oppo.
sition are thoroughly permeated with the
vicious ideas of the Stalwarts.
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THE Ithaca journal gives its adhesion to the
doctrine of Civil-Service Reform, ESQ did Don
Cameron's convention, for that matter, but
1t cannot see any reason why that reform should
need tie enginery Of party. The Republican
Organization believes Itself able, and has declared It.
self willing, to carry ont tho necessary legislation 10
make tho Gf Office stable during the good bela-
vlor Of the incumbent sHd 70 do away with the ro-
voting features OF bosssin.
As the Republican party has had absolute
control for over twenty-one years, during
which all branches of the public service
have been honeycombed again and again
with scandalous practices, Credit Mobilier
frauds, whisky steals, and Star-Route job.
berry, and during which time the degradation
Of the Civil Service has been pushed to a
depth never before dreamed Of the
people begin to think it has come
Of age, should be held responsible, and
turned out Of Office TO earn an honest living.
That Is why reform needs " tbs sn ginery Of
" q new party" FIVE wait for it ifoIa the
Republicans, we shall have to wait twenty
one years longer.
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GENERAL Cox oS SPuISd ImL,-Our
readers VIII have observed somo comments upon
General Cox's attempt inflis scribuor history 10
~ .mo General j. II. Wilson for the dangerous adar
At spung iIs on the retreat from Columbia 10 Frank
iIn when 0enesat se gnelds army barely escaped do
stiuctlou and then only ~ no lneSplicable failure
OF Chcatam to pros the attack uroH ue ~. nowiiI
which General stanley Win only one division, ~a-
covering the line OF retreat General II. v BoyniOn
has oDtalped from General Wilson aud published in
the Cincinnati G.'sls letter covering this point
written by General WIisgg 10 Cox before the ap'
peaTauge Of tho book, IL 10 0yldoLt from this letter.
taken IA connection with the staenIonts ia tte llg-
lgrJ that General Cox has not dOa fairly with all tho
aclOr.G The events he narraes. While uy consulting
General schOneid and accepting fully his Views, he
did not consult General Np.On regarding ;he reason
ofmOyomeuts for which Le Is severely GensuIed until
as hs Informs him his book "is past recall O. male
RAJ alteration" General Wilson says
IA receipt Cf your valued favor Of the IN, aud
although your book 1. past recall or material allefa-
tlOn venture 10 reply with tbs View Of putting you
right ON ono two points. OF course II you nave
put all the same footing as 10 eoDisIene0 and
consultation you have therein done no Injustice, but
left all free 10 eritlcise es wo sec nj. take II,
however that this not likely ~ produce tho best pos
slble result siuco criticism can reach the same
degree Of permAucy that the book criticised viii have
uuess the criticism is also put iuto book f0rmi and
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For the coming WeeH aCe shaU
O1erfUe cases 3O-inch Wide RuGans
at IL 1-2c. No house IN the country
can initiate this grand bar0ain.
FiUe, cases Crale CiOth, In al
the. teadinD shades a,,d JtacL, at
12 l-2c. SOtd in other stores at 25c.
FiUe cases Fancy Dress Goods at
IOc. IHese De 6OuOht last Jann-
drY for cash, ami mere kclt espe-
cidtty for oar opening.
Three cases 4O-tnch Wide fine al
aOOOt Cashneres at i5c., VOrfh
G2 I-2c.
IfOO cases ODera-shddcs dli-WOOE
Cdshmeres at 50c., aOOrth ?5c.
II fuItine of al the an Ost fashion,
able Dress Goods at oar pOpHkar
prices.
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A WORD TO TuB WisB.-Wo trust that the
managers OF the Jockey club will put the best men
who can he found Into the judges stand at Ivy city
this week, and will keep sharp lookout for the
practices which are rapidly bringing the turf into
dlsrepute. owners are too much inclined to claim q
discretion about the way their horses shall run,
which must, u allowed convert racing Into a skin
game OF gamblers. Last week, at Baltimore, Glen
more and Bushwhacker contendcd In heat race.
The nrst-named was strong favorlte and easily
the first heat. lie lost the second heat, when the
odds changed. Then lie won the third heat In q way
that showed he could iust rs easily have taken the
second, " 1t had suited his Jockey to ride for It,
Now those who backed BushwhackOr after the see
osd heat wcro outrageously swindled. II racing
can only he sustained by allowing owners to milk the
outside public by throwing either races or heats
then racing mad better stop. The dissatisfaction Of
a few skin gamblers who own race-horses will not
hunt the jockey Club In the least. But 1t win 10
ruined IL the National Race Course Is allowed to sink
into a second Brighton Beach affair.
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"omIo,s TIDAL wAvr.,,-Upder this head

"OHIo's TIDAL WAVE. ."-Undcr this head
that thoughtful and consistent Republican Journal,
the BROOKLYN DIig Times, makes some observations
which contain more truth than is generally found In
political editorials. 1t says:
The magnitude Of the disaster that has ovcrtakcn
the Republican party in ohio shows that 1t cannot be
attributed wholly chiefly to the lndiscree at
titude OF the party the temperance question. Not
only have the great cities, whore the beer drinking
German element predOmluates, returned large Demo
cratic majorites, but even the temperance strong
hOl is In the Western Reserves, where the prohihi-
tlonlsts have always found their most sympathetIc
audiences, have yielded to tho Impulse OF the hour.
So far ohio Is concerned. 1t Is tho tidal wave of
1874 over again. In politics there is no lamp to
guide our feet but the lamp Of experience. II we
would find the causes that havo brought abOut this
new catastrophe, must look back trace out the
inspiration and meinng ut tho political revolution
that changed the complexion of 80 many States eight
years ago Apart from tho financial collapse the
full weight Of which had not begun to be felt In 1874
the chief cause OF the troubles that beset the Republ
| can party IN that year was, undoubtedly, less the
lack OF faith on the part OF the people In Republican
The leaders who hal assumed control ut the
destnes OF the party. President Grant had
fallen into the tolls Of sposmen and self seekers and
his Administration was believed 10 he hOneycOmbed
with fraud. COnkllng rcgned supreme In New York
and simon Cameron In Pennsylvania, while Butler
and his portePs simmons, ruled the roast In Mas
sachusetts The Republican party refused to tolerate
such leadership and the disasters ora and 10 showed
the Intensity OF public feeling against them. II
not until this regime dethrOned, and the Adj
minstraton Of Hayes and tie nomination and elec-
tior Of Garnci gave promise of restoration Of the
Republican party worthy leadership that the
party regained Its old ascendency throughout tile
Northern States. Through the foul act OF Guitcau,
this hopeful tendency has been checked. The old
dynasty has beHn restored 10 power and the dethroned
bosses ~ have audaclously reasserei their author
ity. The utter failure OF tho Star Route prosecution
has destroyed popular confidence ia the honest pur
poses OF the Administration the forced retirement
such men AS James and MacNeagh from the Cabinet
has created Impression that honest and faithful
officers not wanted there, while the methods by
which Stalwart ascendency has been restored In New
York aud Pennsylvania have been sufficient con-
vince thu public that the Republican BonrbOns have
learned nothing from the experiences OF the past
Under the circumstances II is not strange that OHIO
has again passed under Democratic rule. Until the
dlshOnOTed and distrusted StalwaTt chiefs per-
manently to the rear, 1t is idle to appeal
public to maintain the Republican party In power.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-10-22

Tue latest of the gossippy volumes of per.
sona "reminiscences plentiful Just Is Lieutenant
Colonel bale arras Dalrymple Wardlaw Ramsay's
" Rccolloctons of n Lifetime" This retired olcer
tells number of good stories. ono is about the
great singer Cataani:
Byron tell OF the Catalani fuforo and how he came
home one night with his clothes all torn In the crush
Ito see Catalanl In truusers.' Ramsay lad the
good fortune to meet her when u boy In ltaly-at
least II that can he called good fOttune-whlch ended
In most unpleasant disaster. Prince roniatowsh
asked her to sing, AMI sho got up moving toward
the plano as II tn comply with the Princes request,
she dld not sing however, but sat down again with
out looking behind her. In his anxiety to hear the
great singer Ramsay deposited an Ce cream, red and
rosy on her chair, which he had not time to remove
before she pumped down on 1t. The weather being
very warm and the fair prima dOnnas garments OF
the thlnnest texture, the sensatlon evidently 4
quickly unpleasant ono. She Jumped up eNclaimng,
" Heavens ! what Is this y'' and then she saw hcr
white muslin dyed red. Ramsay was standing with
his mouth open, perlhed with terror, when the great
songttress opened on him battery of Tuscan execra
tlon before which he fled, and, jumping out of low
window, did not stop until he found himself within
the walls at Porta san Gallo.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-10-22

Thu Forthcoming annual reports viii show
that thenumber oi miioa of Star-Routo service
has decidedly increased over iLaL Of the ls-
cal year ending June 30 1850. Althougi. he
distance which the mails have been carried
by stage has Increased, the cost of maintaining
the Star Route service has been less than in
1850 by more than million oG dollars. Yet
several Of our esteemed contemporaries in-
sist, and with some yocieratiom of nttorance,
that the postal administration oi-of Post
master General Key, We will say-was a
model Of purity and economy.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-10-22

Why was Mr.. Mcrrick told that he might
have the selection Of an attorney to nyesti-
gate the Star.Routc Jury bribery charge
"only lac must not appoint DcmocratN'
Why was the appointment then made
without consulting Mr.. Merricli at all
Does the present Administration want
every guilty star router convicted, or is it
trying to make scapegoats Of Brady, aud a
few poor devils who have neither money or
influential friends
What power near the stalwart throne
stepped forth to protect William =. Kellogg
from indictment
Did some power above the Attorney Gen
cral connive at the absence of that important
witness, ex-senator Spencer
Are as many StarRoute cases as possible
to be delayed until barred Ivy the statute Of
limitations, and the trials Of the cases al
ready under way to gradually die by in
anition
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-10-22

All kidney and urinary complaints, espe-
Giay bright's Disease, babs0s and Liver troubles,
Hop liltters Will surely and lastingy cure Cases
exactly Ike your own have been cured In your own
heiglborhood aud you can nnd reliable proof AT home
of what Hop Bitters has ana can do.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-10-22

Tng Administration seems to be singu-
larly obtuse ON various points connected
with the Star-Route trial.. Can II not draw
an obvious moral from the persistent out
cries of the accused because the jury bribery
investigation has been taken out Of the
hands of the District Attorneys ONCE
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-10-22

Tax certificate Of character Of which Att0r'
ney General Brewster should be most proud
is that which Is given him daily by some
persons under prosecution for conspiring to
defraud the public treasury.
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MAIsISIICD.

NuGENT-CoE.-on October H. at st. James \
Church, skancaeles, n. Y, by the ltev. g. T.. Jon-
mhgi y. I'D, Mllio Leslie COe, daughter Of EdW ard
u. Coo, ESD To Frederick Foylo Nugent son Of OIL
Robert Nugent, u. y. A.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-10-22

GEORGE W. SMALLgY writes a long letter
from paris to the TriH an to tell his readers that
AmoTicans-nUt eyou the cultured OF Boston nor the
wealthy Of YuIk-neyer get Into good society IN Paris
HOW does "G. ". s. know
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1RMY pROltnTYONS

The Philadelphia Times makes the re.
for a strong appeal in favor of the promotion
of Colonel Ranald s. Mackenzie. 1t says;
General Mackenzie graduated at the Military Acad
emy In ii62. Joining the Engineer Battalion OF the
Army Of the Potomac he was at once selected as q
staG orlcer, and from this time on his promotion
rapid One OF the youngest brlgadlcr generals in an
army of young soldiers, ho made his namo famous In
the annals OF our great When colonel and but
a mere boy he was called by his Superlors IN age,
rank, and experience In council more than once.
With all the quick conception and brilliant eHecu-
tOn OF skobeleG he has all OF Woseley's steadness
aud inyinclbe determination to succeed. Added to
this ho has modesty peculiarly his own. Although
only forty-two years Of age General Mackenzie has
few uperlors In his profession, and his promotion
Will undoubtedly give great satisfaction to the Army
This allusion TO Skobelei and Wolseley
Is rather far-fetched, since Mackenzie never
conducted operations which would afford
comparison with the campaigns of those cele
brated generals, however capable he may
have proved in minor commands. With this
exception we cordially indorse all that is
said in his praise. But the Tones shows a
painful lack of knowledge of our military
history when it forgets that of the twenty
five or more colonels of the line not to speak
of officers of engineers like Parke, Gilmore,
Weitzel, etc, at least 4 dozen, all Mac
kenzie's seniors in age, have been qnite
as distinguished for gallantry and good
conduct, and have held with credit in action
larger commands than Mackenzie ever did
This young officer, who did not leave the
Military Academy until 1862, can surely
afford to wait until those who were com.
manding hrigades at Bull Run, and Antie.
tam, and divisions from fredericksburg tc
AppomattoX, have received their stars
Surely favoritism must have run mad when
it is proposed to bar further promotion fol
Getty, Stanley, Grover. Gibbon, Merritt
Neill, .Ayres, Wheaton, Brooke, Wilcox
and others perhaps equally distinguished
for the sake of promoting one who has al
ready been favored by extraordinary ad
vancement The Times is very wide of the
mark when it says Maclien2ie's promotion
twill undoubtedly give great satisfaction to
"the Army" 1t would instead give that
demoralizing dissatisfaction which alway,
follows obvious injustice. George w. Getty
should be the next brigadier general
Mackenzie has youth on his side and car
afford to wait.
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