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Year: 1879

The Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution made re-
cent allusion to the rumors of movement
to make GRANT the nominee of the South,
saying:


One thing is certain: whatever happens or
fails to happen, the business aud commercial
interests of the South are determined to have
peace. .


The Montgomery (Ala.) Adrertiser ex-
plodes like torpedo, in view of such ru-
mors. 1t denounces such an idea as pre-
"posterous," and then says:


We look upon all this talk about supporting
GRANT us something worse than nonsense-
| it is cowardice. 1t Is treason to our prin-
ciples, treason to the very name of Democracy,
and treason to the Constitution itself. We
hope tho Democracy will not suffer itself to be
! frightened by shadows or threats. 1t should
nominate one of the best men in the party
and fight the battle fairly and openly on priu-
ciple. We can make the war an offensive one
from the start. The Republican party is vul-
nerable in every joint of its armor. With a
sound Democratic statesman, aud with the
| record OF that party, we can push it to the
wall aud make it fight defensive war from
beginning to end And, if we must be de.
| feated, let it be at the close of an honestly
fought battle. We can go down with cOlors
| flying and save our honor and our principles
| Better, q thousand times, be defeated thus
than win victory by the surrender of all that
distinguishes Democracy from Radicalism.


We confess that our sympathes are
strongly and decidedly with the AdUertiSe
in its selection of position on this question
We hope the Democracy will not suffer it.
self to be frightened by shadows or threats
into change of position. We want it &c
stand right where it does now, resisting the
measures born of the war, with its owl
standard bearer Of the black flag of seditor
and revolution until it goes down with it,
colors flying and enters that sea of political
oblivion whose shores it has so long beer
struggling to reach. Thus far the Southern
Democracy has our warmest sympathie:
and best wishes that it may continue to oc
cupy its present position Of hostility to The
Constitution and its war amendments unit
the inevitable overtakes it and consigns i
to condition of political helplessness iron
which it has been once relieved by the hanc
of Republicanism-a favor which it has me
with the basest ingratitude under studieC
system of wrong, oppression, bloodshed an(
murder. There let it remain until it ha
been properly qunrantined and found in {
healthier political condition than has beel
evidenced by its conduct during the las
two wears.
Year: 1879

NEWSPAPER roosters are now cooped up
IN all well-regulated Republican printing
Offices, being fattened for use on the morn
ing after the New York election. Well fed
beforehand, the CORNELL make 'em crow
loudly then
Year: 1879

lNAsMUcH as a large reduction of fare
has been secured over the Northern Central
railroad between this city and Canandagua,
there seems tobe no good reason why every
Republican voter i'll Western New York
residing here should not go home aud vote
at the coming election. That excuse at
least is removed
Year: 1879

All persons who have not already signihed to the
Chairman OF the Executive Committee their inten-
ton of taking part in the Parade for the Inauguration
of the National FAR are respectfully invited to join
the Procession without further ceremony.


The Committee respectfully request that all We
hcles be decorated in a suitable manner. 1t is be-
lieved that sufficient sum has already been sub
scrIbcd, aud that no further amount will be required
Come one and all,


OCT F. II. FINLEY. Chairman
Year: 1879

THE Louisiana State election is to be
held early in December. There is no reason
why that State should not be thoroughly
canvassed by Northern Republican speak
ers and statesmen in the month, almost,
that will intervene after the November
elections in the North. Twenty, thirty or
fifty or even hundred canvassers of this
kind could find plenty of campaign work
to do down there, and at the same time be
assured of the enjoyment of pleasant
climate, generous hospitality from fellow
Republicans, and, last but not least, the
qualification of doing good service to- the
common cause.
Year: 1879

THE great cities of the Pacific slope have
already given to General GRANT % recep-
ton which outrivaled the similar demon
stratons Of honor rendered to him by the
peoples and powers of the Old World Chi
cago will in her turn, which soon occurs,
attempt, and probably succeed, in outdoing
them in this same line. After that Washing
ton and the District will undoubtedly then
have an opportunity TO over-top Chicago.
Will we do it The answer comes to this
question from every progressive spirit in the
communicative WILL There need be, and
there will be, no politics in this proposed
demonstration, for it is prompted by pure
and patriotic regard among his felIow-citi-
zens for the foremost American of his age
and further, by the fact that the District of
Columbia never had truer or more inhu-
entail friend than U. S. GRANT.
Year: 1879

TIE forty thousand strangers who are
expected to visit Washington next month


in attendance upon the Reunion of the So.
ciety of the Army Of the Cumberland aud


the unveiliug of the statue of General


THOMAS will have ample opportunity to
test the prOverbial hospitality and public
spirit of our people. The preparations for
their entertainment and for the public dis
play incident to the unyeiling ceremonies
should therefore be made with no stinted
regard for the reputation of our city. The
mere sordid considerations Of trade sug-
gested by the advent Of such an extraordi-
narily large number of visitors are enough
of themselves TO induce a general co-opera-
tion of business men in these preparations,
but aside from that there is every prompt
ing and motive Ulat can be required in the
Year: 1879

premises to induce our citizens in every
walk Of life to put their shoulders to the
wheel and push the arrangements forward
with boom. In such matters as these
there is no danger of overriding the thing
or of being too demonstrntive with properly
directed efforts. Every one can help more
or less, and those who fail to try to help
will fail of their duty as good citizens.
Year: 1879

y The Highland Sentinel claims that it is
now the only Democratic paper in Doniphau
County. This was last week. We don't know
what it will claim to be, this week. But it
should bear in mind that one paper in Doniphan
County has just split itself wide open by trying
to straddle too much at once
Year: 1879

u The New York Custom House nominations
have at last been confirmed by the Senate.
Whether they were right or wrong, the Senate
got tired Of the personal squabble involved in it.
No mans personal grievances are so important
but that the general public will weary of having
them for breakfast, dinner and supper, after
having enjoyed them for eight or ten years.
Year: 1879

An Industrious and peaceable citizen
who resides in the Tenth Ward, came
home from his work last evening and
found his wife beastly drunk. He very
naturally felt somewhat provoked, as
she had just been liberated from the
Aims House, where she had been plac,
ed for the purpose of reforming, after
pledging herself before priest that
she would not drink again. He put her
out of the house into the back yard,
where she began to scream and make
all kinds of hideous noises, and in or
der to stop her cries he undertook to
bring her back, but she resisted, and
he Knocked her right and left, making
the blood fly in every direction.


She held on to the fence and tore
down pannel after pannel. The ex-
element was intense and large crowd
of nrighbors gathered. The man finally
succeeded in putting her out of the
yard when he locked up the house, she
going one way and he another, while
their three children were left out in
the street to find home as best they
could.
Year: 1879

We still have to take notice of p,
Mccullough 4 Co.'S, Palace Boot and
Shoe Store, 302 Market street. We can,
rot help it, it is worth the time of the
citizens not only Of Wilmin yton but Of
the surrounding country TO visit their
store and be convinced that it is the
largest store and the largest, best and
most suppeior stock ever selected or
manufactured for any retail store in
Delaware or any whore else, and with
out doubt they have the finest class
of hand made shoes ever before seen in
or ont of Wilmington, besides they EN-
ploy competent clerks and plenty Of
them for their business undoubtedly
demands it. Their number is 3o2
Market street next door to the Tele-
graph Office.
Year: 1879

Another consignment sale of large
stock of ready made clothing will take
place at the store No. 221 Market street.
The stock is from q large wholesale
clothing manufactory in New York that
has failed, and the entire stock will BE-
sold at so per cent. less than actual
cost, and it is ordered tina, the estate
must positively be closed up within the
next 80 days. See adv. in another col
umn.
Year: 1879

The people living at Third and Mar
krt streets complains very much of the
young men loaling around the corner.
A party informed us this morning
that every Saturday and Sunday, a
certain class of young men are in the
habit of congregating in the building
of Philip Plunkett, and annoying the
people who occupy rooms in the house.
There rtainly should be stop put
to such proceedings.
Year: 1879

Can any one tell why men who canno
| find money to pay small bills. c,m always
find money to buy liquor, and treat whe,
among friends?
Can any one tell why young men who
are 4. t'ays behind hand with their land
lords. can play billiards night and day. and
always be ready with game OF cards when
money is a. stake?


Can any one tell how men live and sup
port their families. who have no Income
and no work. when others who are indus
triOus are halt starved!


Can any one tell why four-tifths OF the
yong women prefer a brainless fop under
plug hat, with tight pants and short
coat. TO 4 man with brains?


Can any one tell why it is that some
mothers are ready to sew for the distant
heather, and their children at home are
ragged and dirty?


Can any one tell how a man who is al
ways complaining that he cannot afford to
subscribe tor the village newspaper. and
from week to week borrow it from his
can afford to attend every ball
and entertainment given in the village
halls?
Year: 1879

The man who does not like to hear him.
! self talk.
| Women who can walk gracefully with
small heels.
| Young lady with pretty teeth who does
not like laughing.


The man who can ''smile and smile' and
not he villain.
The man who takes out a paper of fine
cut in a crowd.


Young lady with mole on her arm who
likes short sleeves.


The man who never drinks ANYTHING
stronger than buttermilk.


A young man of twenty who does not
know more than man of forty.


Young married man who doesn't cringe
when he wheels out his first baby.


An editor who Is not capable Of running
his paper better than other people that try
to.


The man who preserves perfect urbanitv
in company of ladies when his suspender
button has Just parted.
Year: 1879

Miss Susan B. Anthony is the one only


person who answers to Epcs Sargeant's


problem of '.The Woman Who Dared
afraid. She told the New York LegisIa-
tlre in a speech at Albany the other night,
that marriage was simply a woman bind
ing herself out to man for board, lOds-
ing and clothes. She also told them that
she had made her first appearance before
that body more than thirty years ago.
when most of those who now heard her
were ut school. Can female herOism 60
one step further than this :
Year: 1879

Coroner Carrick held an inquest this
morning on the body of the unknown fe.
male baby, who as reported in Saturdays
last edition was found in privy vault in
the rear of No. Ill Plum street. He was
unable to discover the cause of death or the
name of the person who threw the child
into the vault
Year: 1879

A South AMERICAN NAVAL FIGHT. Details
of the battle between the Peruvian iron clad
Huascar-the strongest ship Of war owned by
Peru-and the Chilau iron-clad Cochrane
and Blanco, on the Sth of October show it to
have been the bloodiest sea fight of modern
times. 1t was fought not only with the heavy
ordnance of our times but with nusketry and
gatling guns. The Huascar fought the Coch-
rRue for an hour and half when the other
Ohiliau iron-clad arrived on the scene and
Immediately opened fire, directing her atten-
tion to the Huascar's fighting turret and the
little tower near the smoke stack, which was
the battle station of her commander, Admiral
Grau. The Blauco's guns We're well served
and their effect was terrible. The tower was
carried away and Admiral Grau taken down
below with one of his legs torn of While in
the cabin solid 3OO-pound shot from the
Blanco struck the Huascar in the stern, de-
stroying the steering gear, and passing direct
ly through the ship left gaping aperture
large enough for a boat to enter. This shot
killed the brave Admiral, his aid, Lieutenant
Ferre, and several others. The HuascAr was
now unmanageabe, and from the proximity
of the enemy it was impossible to even fit up
temporary steering apparatus, as their mus
kerry and mitrailleuses literally swept the
deck Captain Elias Aguirre assumed com
mand of the ship on the death of the Admir-
al and took his station in the gun-turret


The turret was hit by heavy shell, which,
passing through port, exploded inside, dis
abling one of the two guns and killing Aguirre
and all who were serving the piece. Thre e
of the five commanders who succeeded each
other were killed and another badly wound
cd. The guns of the vessel were fired as long
as it was possible to man them, and no one
thought of surrender. A boarding party of
Chilians were driven back by the brave sur
vivors, but a second was successful, and the
flag of the Huascar was lowered by the enc
my. She was disabled beyond repair in the
fight, all but Sc of her PIG men were killed
and the others were most of them wounded


The Chilian vessels were more heavily ar
mored than the Peruvian and received little
damage and reported very few casualties
Year: 1879

trial. Why this trial never took place remains a.
state secret, known perhaps to none now living
But he should have been tried and by military
court martial and then we would have had no Pas
cagoua speech The intent of the Union soldiers
would have been carried out though not on
sour apple tree.n Now, what are the purposes of
this man? Is he desirous that in the former re-
beous States, now restored to their normal rea-
tons to the Government the flame of treason should
be kept constantly burning by the women of that
section and be transmitted from children living
to those hereafter to be born


This language certainly bears that construction.
He would advise and encourage the women of the
South to establish and maintain nurseries of trca
son. to rear children with hatred of their coun-
try and its institutions, to prepare them again for
carnage and destruction Equally infamous and in
fatuated must be the man who would write or speak
such sentence, and coming from who owes
his existence to the mercifu government he magns,
his offence is magnifed hundred fold. Jefer-
son Davis, thou art viper biting file, indeed
When thou art in dust and centuries after thou art
totally forgotten, this free Republic will live on one
and undivided, constant blessing to the untold
millions who will nhabit it.
Year: 1879

forest constantly in the shade cast by overshadow


ing trees He needs the sunlight and air of freedom
or he will ever be dwarfed. The rights which he
should enjoy are so much absorbed and appropriated
by kings princes, and noblemen that he derives
healthy and nvgorating nutriment The day, then,
that gave birth to this sentiment marked new era
in the history of humanity. 1t not only the
time when we cut aloof from a monarchical power,
but period when man was born again. when
the plowman the plain became sovereign by
virtue of his manhood Let our mission then
in the future be- it has been in the past to show
the pathway Of freedom and equality to nations
where peor stricken humanity gropes in midnight
darkness crushed beneath the heels of despots, and
living and dying in ignorance and degradation.
Year: 1879

1t has been decided that under the operations of
the Arrears of Pension Law, limitations which,
under the old pension laws against widows
who remarked without having applied for . pen
sion within five years from the death of the SOL
dier, and children and brothers and sisters of de-
ceased soldier who under sixteen years of age
at the time of the atters DEATH but who neglected
to file an application for pension before they attained
the age of twenty-one years, have been swept away
SO that the late widow of soldier who died in
the service or, after discharge of disability which
originated while in the service and in the line of
soldiers death up to the date of her remarriage
provided she has not received the same Also chill
dren who have been who would have been de-
barred pension under the old pension laws by rea-
son of the youngest having attained the age of
twenty-one years without having made an applica-
ton, should now apply also brothers and sisters
who were under sixteen years of age at the date of
the soldiers death and dependent upon him for sup
port (the soldier having left neither widow minor
child children surviving him, and the mother and
attained the age of sixteen years now havea valid
claim.


The classes above referred to number tens of
thousands and this good will be cheering
indeed to them, especially it comes so unex
pectedly upon the heels of the dsalowance of their
claims or information that they had title to pen
sion
Year: 1879

Upon the eve of going TO press with our March
number we We're handed what parported to be an
official copy of an act of Congress approved March
8, 1879, and in our desire to lay so important
matter before our readers in that number of our
paper inserted the text of the act without yeri-
fcation of the by the official copy at the De
pertinent of State, according to our rule


The following is the correct text of the act re-
ferred to:


AN Act for the relief of Soldiers and Sailors becoming


totally blind in the service of the country.


BE enacted 5g the and House Of Representatives
of the United States Of 4eTica IN Congress assembled,
That the of June seventeenth eighteen hundred and
seveny-eght entitled An act TO increase the pensions
soldiers and sailors who have lost both their
hands, both their feet orthe sight of both their
in service of the country be oconsted as TO include
all soldiers and sailors who have become totally blind from
causes occurring in the service of the United States.


Approved March 3, 1879.
Year: 1879

Scarce an exchange has reached us during the
past month which did not bring record of Grafton
delivered on this memorable day in our history.
Many of these are trite and commonplace and few
touch upon point which Americans should ever
remember and that is, that our progress and adj
vancement, though due in measure to the glorious
land we inhabit teeming with all the blessings that
a good Providence grants to man and to our pluck
and energy people, is owing infinitely more to
the institutions under which we live. To illustrate
this more fully let Us look at the Northeastern
States of our Republic, known as New England
and compare their condition with any of the pro-
vinces of Canada The soil of many parts of
Canada especially that part known as Ontario, is of
most excellent quality; it has abundance of SUI
perior timber, unbounded advantages of water
power, vast mineral wealth and people belonging
to the same race as ourselves, and yet behold all
these blessings for humanity neglected and coun-
try almost in a condition of nature.


Turning to New England, we see even the rocky
hills of New Hampshire and the sterile plains of
Massachusetts brought up to degree of fertility
capable of yielding abundance for the support OF
man. while every rill is utilized for the purposes of
the loom spindle and forge. The offspring of Eng


land. Scotland, Ireland, Germany, and France make
up the populations Of both Canada and New Eng
land Then, why the difference? Because in the
one country the sentiment, promulgated in that God
given instrument our Declaration of Independence,
"we hold these truths to be self evident, shat all
men are created free and equal, that they are en-
dowed by their Creator with certain inalienable
rights, among which life, liberty, and the pur-
suit of happiness, is believed in and practced up
ON, and in the other it is abjured and denied.


This inspired sentence has been rdiculed as false
AS a mere handsomely constructed sentences
rhetorical hourish-by those either too ignorant to
understand or too proud TO admit its truth. JEFF
ferson of course was not such idiot to assert
that all men were created free and equal save in
their right to themselves and in this respect the
day laborer is the peer of the titled lord, Judging
4 by our American standard Such alone is the mean
ing of the sentence We Americans are fully aware
that man cannot come up to the full strength OF
his individuality the entire knowledge OF his capa
bilites while at the same time his most laudable
ambitions will be crushed in any land where he does
not feel himself equal in national rights to all Other
men He is, as II were, small struggling shrub il
Year: 1879

Let all who are getting up clubs for our paper try
to fill up their lists speedily. Remember that if you
only send three at time they count just the
same if all come at once. We have on hand now
a splendid lot of The TRIBUNE clocks and anyone
sending $3.50 for fifteen subscribers, will get one
as soon his money is received in full. Bear in
mind, also, that who gets subscriptions
amounting to SIT so for ten papers and ten clocks
viii receive extra clock and paper With but
little trouble you may secure splendid time-piece
and a valuable newspaper for nothing.
Year: 1879

from the San Francisco Examiner.]


Referring to the contemplated visit of General
Grant to Ireland the Marysville Appeal remarks:-


General Grant will receive very hearty reception
In Ireland. Irishmen are generally brave and they
admire the brave military achievements of General
Grant.


Yes. the Irish brave, General Grant very
we'll knows. and they generous and mag
unanimous they are brave. Therefore they will
give him a hearty reception. But their hospitabls
conduct toward him will only place in harsher con-
trast his notorious ltreatment of their countrymen
in his land, when he at the head of the army
and while he President. proscriptive
hatcr Of the Irish and bigoted enemy OF the
religion OF ninetenths OF that people lived.
To be Irish, under General Grant to be stricken
from the line of compliment praise or promotion;
and during his Presidency the warning was ever fg
urativey hung out in front of the White House, vNo
Irish need apply In battle he invariably ordered
the regiments with most Irish in them to where the
fire hottest and the peril greatest; but when it
came to mention in his Official reports somehow lie
could hardly recollect an Irish name, if he
did it was to slur slight it. In politics, he
viewed the Irish utterly unworthy his considera-
ton. When Irishmen vote for Grant they disgrace
themselves.