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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-09-18

We place these documents before the
intelligent reader in sorrow rather than
in triumph. They show, we think, con-
clusively and without the shadow of a
doubt, that James o. Blaine is unworthy
the suffrages of citizens who believe that
the highest office in the gift of the people
should not be given to a man who Is By
his own admissions the tool and conf
dant of jobbers; who prostitutes his po-
sit1on and influence in the House of
Representative to lobbyists and specu-
lators; whose guilt betrays itself in the
painful cries for help. and whose
wretched serviiity to the men who owned
and used him make even those men treat
him with contempt
Every line Of these letters should be
read carefully and thoughtfully. Mr..
Blaine cannot complain if he is judged
BY his own self-made record. And
having read them this question remains
for the people; is it not burning insult
to their honor and intelligence at this
crisis of official venality and almost uni
versal fraud and corruption, when all
issues sink into insignifcance beside the
crying necessity for reform, to see this
self convicted political prostitute pre-
sented to the suffrages Of a great nation
for their highest honor-the place once
held by a Washington - Nesc York
World
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-09-18
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS
NUMBER 4.
N FUN.

The man who has no music in his soul
The chap who wears rubber boots
IT seems funny to say that 4 person is
homesick when in reality he Is away
sick.
Paul did mot live in clover, but he
cultivated Timothy with good success.
= Christian Register.
A wall in the southern part Of China il
said to be made entirely Of fish It can
not help being stronghold
Southworth has written new novel
entitled .'seIf-Raised.7 The title looks
very much like baking powder ad.-
Boston Post
Wilkie Collins has written novel en-
titled II Say No" This would seem to
indicate that it is leap-year in England,
too Graphic.
''Here is an article about The Land Of
the Midaight Sun, said Mrs. Baseom.
1T can't mean this country, because this
is the land Of the midnight husband. -
DyaEe's Nagasias.
/" How do you like itqn asked q yacht
man Of young lady, as the boat went
up and down in the trough Of the waves.
nOh EI-I-it's too awfuIly sweIln'
was the distressed reply.
Somewhere in the world there must be
great and good men who are positively
without sin; but they are never heard Of
in political convention except they 60
there to make the opening prayer--Pie-
ayzne.
''A woman can grow seven crops OF
hair between the ages Of fifteen and
forty-fve," says an exchange. The
word grow is evidently typographi-
cal error. 1t should be ''buy. y.p-PhiEa-
dolphin Call.
ssWhat influence has the moon upon
the tide2' asked the professor. The
class wag replied that he did not know
exactly what influence it had upon the
tied, but that it had tendency to make
the united awfully spooney.
The Arctic regions are not without
their pleasures. The Esquimaux girls
are very pretty, dance, sing and do not
care for ice cream. Hot drinks and wal
rus blubber are their peculiar vanities,
and seal skin sacquss are sold at two
iron hoops and tenpesBy naiL-Bostsa
Transcript.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-09-18
The Deserts Between Cairo and Khatoum.

General R. E. Colston, late Of the
Egyptian general staff, in the September
Century, says, apropos Of the difficulties
opposing the rescue of General Gordon-
The Arabs divide their deserts into two
kinds. The first is called eI jebel Of el
berrye, meaning mountain or wilderness
In this kind of deserts there is more OF
less vegetation, always very scantv; but
yet it is there that the Bedouins roam
and raise their fiocks and camels. Ca
zeIles and other game are also found
The desert between Berber and Suakim
is chiefly of this kind. The other sort Is
called the atmoor, and it is impossible to
imagine anything more barren and desc
late It is literally nothing but sand
and rocks. Not bush. not blade Of
grass ever grew there, and consequently
no animal life at all, not even insects
They are like oceans which you cross on
your "desert ships p but where it j.
death to tarry. The ostrich and the
hyena cross them swiftly by night
These atmoors are generally from eight
to ten days across, with one group Of
wells in the middle. Such Is the At
moor of shigre; which I crossed IN
nine days, and that Of Korosko in seve-
ttwo days less than the usual time)-
Only one group of wells is found half
way, which is called moura-bitter-
None but cameIs and Bedouins can drink
its water. Travellers always carry enough
Nile water to last them across. It is
the only desert where no guide Is need
ed, for the track is perfectly marked BY
the skeletons of camels and cattle, which,
as counted them, average sixty to the
mile Oh the best parts Of the trail, and
four hundred on the worst. Thousands
of camels and oxen perish there yearly.
The latter are driven from the Upper
Nile scantily watered once in forty-eight
hours on the march, and large proper
ton of them die on the way. The
hyenas ana vultures, which are the only
denizens of the atmoor, pick their bones
clean before the next morning, and the
fierce sun heat dries the hides ana bones,
SO that the stencil of the carrion never
taints the desert air.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-09-18
LOUD CRY FOR HELP.
FoRTY-sEcoND CONGRESS, u. s.
HOUSE OF REPRESENT ATrvFs

WASHINGTON, D. c., April q, 1871.
MY DEAR Mr. CALDwELL-On the 29th
INST, the second note of the loan 1 negotiated
m december last falls due The first for
e S,052 5o-lo0,. which fell due March ist-4th
Twas compelled to meet at the gravest Dos
slDie Inconvenience to myself I drew on
Mr. Fisher for the amount but he declined
TO notice the draft. The fote which falls due
on the 10Th inst, is for s., SIS 3-51OO. II
seems extremely hard and unjust that 1
should be compelled to pay this money. 1t is
no more my debt than the debt of President
eirant OF Queen Victoria, and cannot be-
heve that you and Mr.. Fisher, bothor either.
intend to leave this burden on me.
u you do, 1t viii crush me. l have no DOS
slDle means wherew1th to meet these notes
and beg Of you and Mr.. Fisher, either or
both, to come to my relief. In letter from
Mr. Fisher under date of January 24th he
writes me as follows:
I'm regard to the S25 900 which vo,, bor
rowed and loaned to Mr. Caldwell or rather
MI fratt, as 1t was assumed by Mr. Pratt.
because you received from him $4,000 Land
bonds for the amount Upon my visiting the
ofllce for the first time after YOU left the city.
Mr.. Pratt said he and Mr. Harrington gave
70 you their individual bonds, and they kept
the money and in order to obtain the money
and get 1t out of Mr.. Pratt's hands. I OBJ
tanned $4,000 Land bonds, and took what T
supposed 70 be money; but it was not there.
dr1 q IL mad Deen mlsapplled to other mat
ters; Sl5,oO0 of u loaned to Mr. CaldloeH:
the balance went into house at Little Rock
without my knowledge or consent. and
Pnllman cars, ETC., etc n
NOW, my dear sir, if this be a correct state
ment, may not hope you will relieve me to
the extent of the S15, 600, and Mr.. Fisher viii
surely pay the other $4,000
As wholly innocent third party doing my
pest TO act as sincere and steadfast friend
to both Of you, | ought not to be left exposed
10 financial ruin and personal humiliation
Please read this to Mr.. Fisher. have ad-
vised of my writing you.
Sincerely yours,
J. G. BLAINE.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-09-18
find money very tight and rates well 10 to

ind money very tight and rates well up to
eper cent-stsH al that
The most of it will be for5 or 6 months.
Ii had had more time and earlier notice
could have raised more & at easier rates. 1
have seen most Of the parties to whom bonds
are due. do not have much trouble abort
Tie Jafauary Coupon OF the 1st Mortgage
5onds-but they of course growl some-on
SIX OF the Bonds. I would be glad to have
the Coupon promised them Individually,
to make it right in the future / did not in
any way use the name of the Company nor
commit you to anything, ,;-only myself
On the Land Bonds J canfiot make
therh zee the equity Of removing
che April Coupon, & promised to try and
adjust the matter with you after my re-
turn to Boston. They all agree with one
voice that no bond shall be exposed for SALE
wish You could give me the benefit OF that
fraction making 81 of 1st Mortgage Bonds for
the S3l, 800 due | use the extra $500 in ads
justipg the interest matter, & 1t fits Id con1.
pletely will make it all right with you
What | want, then is
200 nm S32, 900 1st Mortgage Bonds
$4,000 Land Bonds
and FIR tollatefal to the hotes for S25,0G0 an
additional S5o,000 of Land Bonds.
Please meet me at Mr.. Caldwel1A private
office op Saturday ct 1915 sharp. ] shall try
to be there precisely at noon, bu5 allow Il
minutes for grace. 1t is very important that
have everything completed that day, as a
man will come to Boston with me to tax,
charge of the Bonds.
Yours in git haste, j. G. BLAINE.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-09-18
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Cryolite, mineral which is of great
value in the potash manufacture. has
been discovered in the Yellowstone Park.
Heretofore it has been obtained only in
Greenland.
French Piseiculturists have succeeded
in aecIimatizing a Chinese fish called the
gourant. It has very delicate meat and
its bones are more easily removed than
those of any other fish.
n: p. CalIiburges passed current of
purified air at ordinary temperatures, or
65 degrees c., through 52.s pints Of
grape juice. The fermented liquor OBJ
tanned was perfectly clear and free from
cotton-iike sediments when examined af-
ter the lapse of thirteen months. 1t
contained 1s.4o per cent. of alcohol By
volume
Experiments on an extensive scale
have been made by the Dutch govern
ment to ascertain the relative strength
Of iron and steel girders. The soft steel
girders proved to be twenty-five per
cent. and the hard steel girders sixty six
per cent stronger than the iron girders.
It was pretty well established that the
strength Of steel girders is about the
same for the two fianges if they are made
alike in section.
Writing in the Naturs about canniDal-
ism in snakes, Mr.. Johh rockingham
says: "About eighteen months ago, just
previous to my leaving India, at Dava-
lab in the Wynaad, the horsekeepers
chased and killed large cobra five feet
four inches in length. Previous to its
death it was thrown down in front Of
the door Of our house, when, after q
good deal Of twisting and wavy con-
tortion of the body, it disgorged a small
rock snake over four inches in length.
had heard Of the same thing before In
India, so / do not think cannibalism in
snakes uncommon
Man, according to Mr.. W. J. Knowles,
must have taken up his residence in Ire
land at very early stage in the history
Of the world Mr. Knowles has dis
covered fints at Lane and other places
on the northeast coast of that country,
some of which he believes show evident
traces of human workmanship One
large Clipped instrument was found in
what appeared to be true undisturbed
boulder clay. There are other tools
which Mr.. Knowles has in his possession
which seem to indicate that man has
lived in Ireland long before the paleo-
lithic period, during, in fact, the glacial
epoch.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-09-18
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
WASHINGTON, D. c

December, 0, 1870.
MY DEAR Mr.. FIsHER-I wrote very
hastily, both to yourself and Mr.. Caldwell in
regard to the Bank. A further Conference
with the Comptroller of the Currency pives
some additional facts which are of Interest
and this letter is intended alike for vourself
and MIR. Caldwell Please show it to him
lhey are now allowing 80 per cent. circ1lla-
ton on lO-4O Bonds, instead Of so. and then
80 at different periods in the past. They give
me the assurance that you shall have full
S40O O,O00 circulation on Bank of half a MIL
lion capital
You can, OF course, deposit 5-20's if you
please; but you viii get no more than 30 per
cent circulation. They will cost you more,
OF course, and though you get more interest.
you VIII very likely be disturbed in the quiet
possession q them very soon by the operation
OF the Funding Scheme
Inc opinion gains ground here quite rapidly.
as you might infer from Secretary Boutweli's
report, that the debt cannot be funded at less
than per cent
By taking 1910 Bonds, therefore. you yould
be undisturbed as long as the Banking System
Lasts, or at least for thirty years and more.
None OF the 10-40's mature before A. d. 1904.
and that Is quite long enough to embrace
wltnln the scope OF any financial operation.
~ mgnt be well to have your forrIa ap plica-
ton Tor yr increase of capital, ana then
take such time as you may wish for getting
your Stock subscribed. II you desire, / will
confer with Senator Rice in regard to forms.
&c 1t might be BETTER now to let him take
the lead
Yours very truly,
J. G.. BLAINE
w. FISHER, JR-, ESQ.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-09-18

BosToN, October "a, 1871.
MY DEAR BLAINE-Ye Yesterday l received
your favor of the 2lst inst. to which | re-
piled by telegram ;---s.Mr. C. has not been in
this city for four weeks. He is now in st.
Louis.n
cHn gst no information when Mr. Cald-
well is to return; when he does / will lay
your letters before him In the mean
time l can say nothing in regard to the
matter further than what l have heretofore
told you-that Mr. Caldwell represented tome
that he had paid for your account, and for
which he has your receipts, all but 81 500 Of
the Us, 600 which you loaned, and for which
you received as collateral SO, 900 of the Little
Rock and Fort Smith Land Grant Bonds,
which you since sold at 80 cents on the dollar,
realizing therefor $4,000, leaving you now in
advance of funds, even if Mr.. Caldwell had
taid yof nothing -.
/ lave heretofore advised you that l had
been frequently importuned for the Securi-
ties of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and as
d last resort had to surrender your obliga-
ton for the benefit of the parties in interest,
who now say that after so long delay they viii
not take the securities, but require you to re-
fund the money.
remain,
WARREN FISHER JR
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-09-18
BURNING AND HUMILIATING.
FoRTY-FIRsT CONGRESS, u. S.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
WASHINGTON, d. c., january 26, 1871.
MY DEAR Mr. .FIsHER.Et have this
moment written to Mr.. Caldwsll9 suggesting
that. in case can arrange a meeting in this
city next week with Col Thomas a. Scott,
to come on here. l have some reason for be-
heving that very advantageous arrange
ment may be made for taking say $500, 900.
will telegraph Mr.. Caldwell by Tuesday
evening if can arrange the meeting, and
wish him to hold himself in readiness for the
journey: Your letter is this moment
received; you ask my advice. Let me have
an accurate and reliable statement of your
financial condition, and / can do something. I
feel very saIguine, with Thomas A. Scott.
| think you will not deem me unreasonable
when L again and persistently urge that /
ought to have good notes for the S25, GOO and
that | ought also to have the SS2 900 bonds,
winch were made by yourself and Mr.. Cald-
well the express basis of the 5000 loan. I
do not believe y'r company has a stronger or
more equitable and legal claim than mine
while its personal hardships to me are bitter,
and burning, and humiliating to the last de-
gree.
Sincerely you friend, ]. G. BLAINE.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-09-18
Patents IndustriasIy CLASSIFIED.

A table prepared by Commissioner
Butterworth shows that Of the nearly
300, 600 patents issued By the government,
the various lines of machinery and in
dustries have received the following
number:
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-09-18
SOME ADVICE TO ELAINE.

BosToN, September 80, 1871.
MY DEAR BLAISE-ft is the greatest i'm.
portance that the parties owning the in
terest in the SIS, 600 and invested bv them
In the Northern Pacific railroad, should re-
ceive what is due them; and unless some
thing is done about it, / shall be forced to
turn the document over to them. and let you
settle directly with them / am constantly
reminded about it, and they all say, Why
don't Blaine deliver to you our INTEREST," Mr.
Caldwell tells me he has paid you his last nofs
due You, and gave you the Sc, 900 Land Bonds
IN addition | should judge it was for your
interest to settle the matter at once, and
have no further delay. You must be your
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-09-18

AUGUSTA, Me, Sth November, 1871
MY DEAR Mr. FIsHER-I am pressed daily
for the bonds, which up to this time have
never been able to deliver Let me assure
you, that if l were suffering in this matter
alone l would not bother you, but wait in
silence the issue of events. But how can do
this with parties who have paid their money
earnestly demanding of me the consideration
promised by me, but which [ am not able to
give. because | do not receive the bonds to
which am entitled by contracts | amready
to receive any kind Of reasonable proposition
you may make 1t is not aquestion Of money
making with me 1t is simply question of
saving my word with others lcin sacrifice
great deal to get a settlement feel as
sured of your friendly disposition toward
me and therefore l do not wish to seem inn
Fortunate and troublesome; but if you knew
the agonfes have suffered in this matter dur
ing the past six months, you would pity me
| am sure, and make great effort to relieve me.
Pray let me klolc lchdt / am to erpect.
Yours very sincerely,
T y. Pr
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-09-18
WARREN FISHER, JR,, ESQ.
BLAINE a LITTLE AHEAD.

BOSTON, Nov. 10, 1871.
My DEAR BLAINE.-I am in receipt of your
favor of the Sth inst, from which | am led
to infer that the contracts l made through
you to your Eastern friends have not been
fulfilled on my part; but such is not the fact,
as l have delivered each and every one of
them all the securities in accordance with the
contracts, and they have surrendered to me
my obligations. You are well aware of the
condition of the road, and that you have re
ceived your full proportion of the bonds to
which you were entitled under the Eastern
contracts, when you consider the length of
the road only completed l think you can
readily see that | can make no proposition
further, than as the road progresses to de
liver you bonds in accordance / know but
little of your obligations to deliver bonds to
otherss but taking into account the 800, 900
bonds you sold to Tom Scott, and the amount
Of money you received on the Eastern CON
tracts, our relative positions financially in the
Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad bear a
wide contrast Mr.. Caldwell is here but
have not seen him; still presume he has paid
proper attention to your letter addressed to
him.
remain with kind regards
WARREN ETCHEP Tn
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-09-18
FoRrY-F1Rsr conanrss- n :

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
WASHINGTON, d. c., December Z, 1870.
Mr.. Boutwell's answer. =
presume you will deem it necessary to
come on here; if so, let me know Of it day
or two in advance. '
have written Mr. Caldwell about the
pa Bank; no trouble in securing a Blk of $500
Secy OF War will not allow the use Of the
Arsenal at Little Rock,-says it is impossible.
Very hastily & truly, J. e. b
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-09-18
Respectfully yours,
WARREN FISHER. .JR

The reply to this letter is Mr.. Blaine's
letter of April 18th, 1872, already pub
'lished.
The expression obtaining the credit \
in the above letter refers to a request by
Mr. Fisher that Mr.. Blaine would give
him letter Of credit, to be drawn
against BY Mr. Fisher during proposed
European trip, Mr.. Blaine being at the
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-09-18
MORE MULLIGAN LETTERS
Blaine's Shameless Acts Of
Public Jobbery.
Setsag Services as Speaker. .To,.
stocks, Bonds and Cash
Pleading for Mercy When
Fears of Exposure
Haunted Him.

BesToNs September.12, 1884.
To THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES
Believing that it is our duty to lay
before our fellow countrymen the fol
lowing documents which have been in
our possession. we have placed the orig
inals for safe keeping in the hands Of
Messrs- Sohier and WEIGH, counselors, Of
Boston, and herewith submit their CON
tents without comment. The letters
from Mr.. Fisher are letter-press copies
of the originals.
The words sIndeed, l am sure that
no one received bonds on anv other
terms, were iuterined in the foregoing
letter in Mr.. Blaine's own handwriting.
We hereby certify the following to
be true and correct copies OF the orig
inals.
WARREN FISHER.
JAMES MULLIGAN.
AUGUSTA, Ne, Oct. 4, 1869
MY DEAR Mr.. FIsHER-Find enclosed
sivVuO cneck In pay't of A. & p. Coburn's
subscription
presume you win receive by same mail
the ~ pr ct. due on all the subscriptions al
ready forwarded to you, and also on the fol-
lowing:
Philo Hersey Belfast. AZ OOo
A. w. johnson < 1s00
7. n =. johnson .,........s.. 5000
r a4lti ud.oi1; Z, Munfoe !, .':.::....... 5000
y. D. aazeltlhe ............ 5000
This makes S125,OOO in all have disposed
pr 1t is doubtful if l dispose of any more,
but | shall know by tomorrow. So there
viii be no delay to embarTass you in any
way. No one will ever know from me that
nave disposed of single dollar in Maine. So
there need be ne embarrassment in talking
with Mr.. Caldwell don't wish YOU to SET
tie that matter with Mr. Caldwell till YOU
hear from me again Please send receipt to
A a +. Coburn, Skowhegan, Me.
Yours truly, JAMES G. BLAINE
w. FISHER, Jr, ESQ.
After l reed the letter in regard to Mr.,
Adams case l telegraphed again. Delano
had ret'd, and | think the suspension was At
once ordered by him r a r
p 81 send only $1,000 this morning.
VIII send 81, 900 remaining tomorrow morn
ing.