Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1882-07-22
NOTES AND OPINIONS.

4 Republican journals in Maine are
predicting the election Of their en-
tire ticket by 10000 majority.
Several regiments Of Irish militia
have volunteered tor service IN the
war with Egypt.
/ In these days it is a good deal
cheaper to visit your country cousin
than to stay at home and buy beef.
Perhaps prices will be lower by time
YOUR country cousin comes to retail
late in the season Of snow and thea
| tres.
/ Arab Bey may twist the caudal
excrescence of the British lion as
much as he feels disposed, but if
he gets to trampling around On our
grand old baldheaded American
eagle wen paralyze him with one
fell stroke of our nayy.-Admiral
Nicholson.
j Young men, the debt made by a
Democratic war was reduced over
a hundred million dollars last fiscal
year. A Republican administration
is doing it, meanwhile floating bonds
at 3 per cent. When the party came
in power our bonds went begging at
II per cent. Think of it. 1t is an
undeniable fact.-Er.
Mr.. Paul Strob0ch, of Albany, pre-
scented the President with copy
of resolution adopted at conven-
ton of Republicans at Montgomery,
Ala, endorsing the wise and patriot
ic administration of President Ar
thur, and commencing it to the
country as worthy to receive two
years hence a renewed expression of
it's confidence.
| 1t is feared another crisis is ap-
preaching in ireland. The weather
threatens utter destruction to what
promised to be one of the finest har-
vests ever reaped in Ireland. Heavy
and almost incessant rains have
laid low many flourishing fields.
Potatoes suffered severely. If the
weather improves there will still be
hope of recovery.
! An interesting sight at Long
Branch is General Grant riding on
Ocean avenue enveloped in dus-
ter and wearing high white hat.
He drives dark sorrel horse to a
light road wagon. This is indeed a
thrilling picture, aud nothing could
exceed its simple beauty unless some.
body was to discover a dark s0rrel
driving General Grant to linen
, dustur.
y In a recent letter General Simon
Cameron says that he does not look
for any compromise between the
Regular and Independent Republi.
cans in Pennsylvania. But he says
he "counts on the sober, intelligent,
thoughtful Republican voters. They
are for honesty and fair play, and
they will not be found voting
against a Republican candidate like
General Beaver-a man whose pri
vate character is unspotted, whose
public record is irreproachable."
J Governor Jarvis, of North Carroll
, ma, having challenged the Repub!i
cans of his State to joint discus
/ sion ofparty issue, has had an accept
, ed ofhis challenge from James Harris
prominent colored man. He ha!
backed out rather than endure tn,
comments OF his party upon sgicl
/, recognition of equality as debate
with a negro upon the stump would
) provoke. Perhaps the fear of being
worsted in the encounter alst
prompted refusal. That he never
could have slrvived.-Americdw.
The Republican national policy
with regard to the management OF
the public debt has been so wise, SO
statesmanlike, so sound, SO honest ia
the national creditors, yet SO little
burdensome to the people, that all
the Republican States Of the North
and West have initiated it in the man
agement of their own State debts,
and have thus been enabled to pay
off and reduce both the principal
and interest of their debts without
increasing the burdens of taxation.
NORTH american.
Since the slaughter of 5000 Chris
tians by Mohammedans at Damas-
Gus IN 1860, the world has witnessed
no such colossal tragedy as that en-
acted at Alexandria by bloodthirsty
Bedouins and escaped conyicts. 1t
is estimated that 1000 persons were
massacred. And England gazes up
on this revolving scene Of outrage,
bloodshed and pillage-the direct
and foreseen result of British rapac-
ity and crime-without the slightest
compunction. Nothing remarkable
about it, however. In British
craftsmanship there is no element
of philanthrophy or common human
ity. Three years ago, it will be re-
membered, British bloodhounds
were employed to catch half-naked
Zulus in South Africa Cincinnati
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