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Year: 1878

With considerable confidence we had an
ticipated this result, but it Is vastly more sat-
isfactory to be assured beyond doubt and re-
call that this arch demsgogue has been disss-
trously routed in his audacious assault upon
the chief magstracy of Massachusetts,. Every
day that the canvass contiued he lost ground,
and had 1t held out two weeks longer be
would almost have disappeared. The vote OF
the State seems to have been very full, and
will hardly fall much short of the Presiden-
tial vote of 1876, which was 259.619, while
that of last year was only 1874, 454, and the
plurality of Rice over CASTOR was only 1S, ,07O.
Talbo,'s plurality over Butler will be between
80, 600 and 40, 900, while the straight Demo-
cratic vote is shriveled up to lees than 10000,
or about 100, 900 less than was cast for TIL
den, while Buffers total vote will stand just
about the same a. Tilden's


This Butler, who has pretended to be
Republican until few weeks since, was able
to get away with almost the entire Democratic
party. While not over 10000 Republicans
seem to have shared his follies and fortunes,
vet this same Butler had $4,000 Republican
votes for Congress in a single district. With
all his shrewdness, unscrupulous audacity
and lavish use of money made during the war,
when his loyalty was cloak for rapacity,
Butler is worse beaten politically than at Big
Bethel. His line of retreat is cut otf, for he
has now betrayed both parties so often that
neither will associate with him or stay in any
organization to which he belongs. The new
party, which he hoped would be national and
dominant, has already fallen into rapid de-
cline before it could be drawn out in battle
array even for the first time. 1t was we'll un-
derstood that if Butler succeeded in carrying
Massachusetts he would become the Green
back candidate for the Presidency two years
hence In losing Que he lost both. and whether
be recognizes the fact or not, is to-day the
worst political bankrupt in the nation. In
ordinary cases we should expect funeral, to
be followed in decent season by administra-
ton upon his political estate, but we confess
that we hsve no faith in ordinary signs In
his case. He seems to have the agility of q
cat and no matter from what height he falls
or what is the nature of the ground on which
he strikes, he is on his feet and off again be-
fore the astonished spectators could assemble
to look for his corpse. If brass instead of
paper had been the material proposed for ma
tional currency by his party. his face would
have furnished an unfailing mine. AS long
as he is out of his coffin we expect no long
time will elapse before he will be heard of In
some new role, making, or attempting at
least, some new coup d etat, mounting some
new popular wave. He is rich and shameless,
while most people are inclined to forgive and
forget. The only real danger to be appre-
hended from him at present Is that he may
become an advocate of hard money.
Year: 1878

No ACTION whatever has been taken on
General Gibbons charge against General
Pope. There is an impression in army cir.
cles that they will not be entertained because
they were not preferred within two years after
the foundation for them became known, as
required by the army regulations.
Year: 1878

AT Cabinet meeting last week it was the
unanimous opinion that the Presidents mes
sage should suggest the enactment of some
provisions either increasing the weight of the
standard silver dollar or dismissing its coin
age. The matter will receive future consid-
Grafton.
Year: 1878

Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.


WAsmISGToS. November l9.-Several
prominent silver men of the last session
have arrived here. They declare with
great emphasis that they and those who
acted with them will oppose every at
tempt to limit the coinage of silver, or
to restrict its legal tender quality. They
are evidently organizing for an attack
upon National banks, under the charge
that the banks are practically demone-
tizing silver. They will not admit
that under the clause OF the
silver act the banks have any right to
take the position assumed by those in
the New York Clsaring House Associa-
ton. They denounce the banks roundly,
and there are indications that At the
coming session the Greenback men will
concentrate their forces for war on the
banks. allowing all old issues in regard
to resumption to rest until they have
had time to observe the early effects OF
resumption. The opinion is gain
ing ground here that the Presi-
dent will not recommend limiting
the legal tender quality OF abe silver
dollar. but it il expected that he will
favor fixing limit to coinage, but plar-
ing that beyond the qucnhty whi' h
would he coined at the end OF two yeais
from the mints began work on the new
coin.


Inquiries have come from the Wet
TO-DAY, as to whether the report is col
rect that the redemption OF legal tender
notes will take placeat the Sub-Treasury
in New York alone. 1t seems TO be the
present intention OF the Secretary 10
limit this work of redemption to New
York for the present.
Year: 1878

Special Dispatch TO the Register


WASHINGTON, November 20.


With the rest Of the Cabinet, the Sec
retary of War supports the Presidents
Southern policy, and in regard to it says:


The Republican party desires peace
throughout all our borders, but holds
that peace that is worth having and that
will last, must be based upon
and spring from the enforce
ment OF equal justice and equal pro-
lection iur all. We seek reconciliation
upon this basis. We will have II upon
no other. When the States OF the South
shall OF their own accord protect all citi-
zens without discrimination, as the
States of the North do. We may expect
10 SEE and welcome the return OF peace
and prosperity; but without this, the
onlv peace We can have is the peace of
slavery. The peace which is oppressed
can not always secure submission. The
South will continue to suffer In all her
material interests until the Constitution
and laws shall bc faithfully observed and
enforced throughout her borders, and
all her people are iully and equally pro
terted i'm their rights.
Year: 1878

Special Dispatch to the Register.


WASHINGTON, November 20.


In spite OF the fact that action must
be taken on several important bills, the
approaching session does not promise
anything of special interest. The mem
bers that are here, and they are few, all
have special axes to grind, and regard
none of the regular business to come
up rs of Importance. Among the
prominent bills, is the repeal OF
the resumption act to come before
the Senate under the engineering Of
Voorhees,. OF course Hayes will veto
it. should it pass, and the necessary
two-thirds majority il wanting to pass il
over his head. The silver question
promises some interest, and Judge
Buckner, chairman of the Banking and
Currency Committee, thinks the banks
are fighting themselves, and that the
next Congress will put quietus on
them. Potter's great bill TO transfer
claims to the Court of Claims will un-
doubtedly come up, and will be fought
by the Republicans under the rebel
claims cry. Wood will probably give
up his tariff bill, and it is rumored that
Butler will again attack the administra-
ton. this time on the Fishery award.
Year: 1878

WASHINGTON. November 20.-Post-
msster-General Key to day ordered the
Spring Garden, Alabama, postothce to
be discontinued and the mails for that
place to be sent 10 the neighboring post
office at Lsdiga, on account OF riotous
demonstrations and threats made by
portion of the inhabitants against
special agent OF the department, who has
discovered gross frauds in the stamp sales
of the village postmaster, and procured
the latter's arrest upon a warrant from
the United States Commissioner. The
agent reports that in consequence OF this
action he WAS himself speedily arrest
ell on q charge OF libel. and hound over
for trial next April. After nights
detention BY the sheriff he procured
bail and is now at liberty, but he in
forms the department that friends OF the
postmaster declare they will fix the
Jury"
Year: 1878

There is good reason to believe
that the clean newspaper is more
highly priced to-day than it was
four or five years ago. 1t is also
safe to predict that as people in all
ranks of life, who protect their own
at least from contamination, become
more conscious of the pernicious in
fuence of a certain class of Jour
mails, called enterprising because
they are ambitious to serve updirty
scandals, they will be careful to see
that the journals they permit to be
read in the family circle are of the
class that never forget the proprie>
ties of life. Already men and wo-
men ofrefnement and healthy morals
have had their attention called to the
pernicious influence of bad litera-
ture, and have made commendable
efforts to counteract the same by
causing sound literature to be pub
lished and sold at popular prices.
These efforts are working q silent
but sure revolution. The best au-
thors are more generally read to-
day than at any previous time. The
sickly sentimental story paper and
wild ranger and pirate story book
are steadily yielding the field to
Worthier claimants. To the praise
of the decent newspaper, it may be
said that, where it has a place in
the family, and has been read for
years by young and old, it has de-
veloped such a healthy tone and
such discriminating taste that the
literature of the slums has no ad-
mirers.
Year: 1878

WE had expected to be able to give
our readers the full text of the Presi-
dents message this morning, but for
some reason which we are unable to
explain, we failed to receive it. We
received on Saturday morning a tele-
gram from the Presidents Private Sec
retary, stating that it had been for
warded by express. But it failed to
arrive, and we are enabled to give
only a synopsis of it.
Year: 1878

l.


l respectfully urge upon your attention
that Congressional elections in every dis,
trict, in a very important sense, are justly
matter of political interest and concern
throughout the whole country. Every
State, every political party, is entitled to
power which is conferred by legal and
constitutional suffrage. It is right of
every citizen possessing the qualifications
prescribed by law to cast one unintimidated
ballot, and to have his ballot honestly
counted; so long as the exercise of this
power and the enjoyment of this right are
common, and equal practically, as we'll
as formally, the submission to the results
of the suffrage will be accorded loyalty
and cheerfully. and all departments of the
Government will feel that true power Of
the popular will thus expressed. No
temporary or administrative interest Of
the Government, however urgent or
weighty will ever displace tie zeal Of our
people in defence of the primary rights Of
They understand that the
protection of liberty requires its mainte
nance in suffrage, and wil sustain the full
authority of the G0ver.1non to enforce
laws which are framed to preserve these
inestimable rights. Material progress and
welfare of States depend on the protection
afforded to their citizens. There can be no
peace without such protection, no prosperity
without peace, and the whole country Is
deeply interested in the growth and pros |
perity of ell its parts
Year: 1878

II you can spare room in your val
liable paper, l wish to give you few
hotes of my trip south and what is
worth noticing. I had nice trip and
found good sales, and great demand
for D. S. Wright & Sons Garden
Seeds, Anti Bilious Pills and Cough
Syrup. Who says that man can't do
but one thing at time Is
Wright g. Sons run farm and gar
den, seed business and medicine busi-
ness, and they make a success of all.
Life is short, and the fashions of this
world will soon pass away. In my
travels l notice many styles and fash
ions; one is, that there are private
places at public tables. According
to how a man is dressed they appoint
to him certain chairs or tables. They
DO not appear to know that one mans s
money is as good as another, or ought
to be to them. Hotels lock up their
parlors against travellers and keep
them for visitors, and think that is
fashionable. 1t is the same with men
and women that it is with vegetation.
Go into the garden and you will find
flowers growing, and as you go up the
mountain, birch, hemlock and spruce
are to be found. AS you go towards
the top you will find little stunted
trees getting miserable sustenance
out of the crevices of rocks. You
might as well try to raise flowers
where those rocks and briars are as to
raise great men and women where you
have not got the soil. I often see
men that begun in this world with
nothing, and have held their own
ever since. When 1 am at home in
the north about election time, I hear
about our paying the rebel debt, and
| answer like this, can man have
his head cut off and stuck on again
and live? One is as reasonable as
the other. Mr.. Kesley, of Fairmont,
Va, raised two blacks, male and fe-
male, by the name of Bonafeld, aged
respectively Is and 20 years. At the
commencement of the war, Mr.. Kes-
ley could neither beg nor hire them to
stay-master and mistress both old
and the woman sick. After being
away twelve years, they came back
married, poor and ragged. Nobody
cared for them or wanted them, but
their old master gave them furniture
and made his will last July, and died
last August leaving them one hund-
red dollars apiece. I heard of this
and went to the darkey to ask him,
and he said yes sir; and if we had
staid | expect we would have got
something handsome. This is true,
but some may not believe it, as they
do Uncle Toms Cabin, not half of
which was true, yet at the north there
is a great rush to go and hear it for
so cents. The trakeling company had
better 60 to work and till the soil.


Happy count the farmers life,


Its various rounds of wholesome toll,


An honest man with loving wife,


And oasprings native to the SOIL"


met two Of my sons-George and
David Wright, Jr.-at Piedmont, w.
Va, and stopped over the Sabbath day
and had pleasant time. When cross
ing the Potomac river at Westernport,
Nd, we saw the rock where the In.
Year: 1878

grounds only. He would not assume legislative or
executive functions such q case. He would
not 80 into the question OF whether the
claim OF she man WAS legal or not
The man referred to In the text. continued tho
preacher was probably rich oy fair means: he was
an Industrious, honest, laborious man. His wealth
Was no doubt amassed In honorable waya He was
farmer, and by the gracious gifts OF God-ths ram
his barns were filled TO oveTlowiDg ana he became
his heart was set entirely on his riches He had no
thought OF God. who had given them TO him.
ne had no care Tor the iu'ure. As
1.-Two IN luxury Therefore. he said ''Eat drink aud
be merry" This SIN OF covstousness Is FAR CON-
mon In snidst. Who IN this audience viii Shrow
the frat this substantial and weashy farmer
The preacher then told Of aged in New Jersey
who was worth over million and half, but VINO.
wnen recently asked to contribute to . benevolent
fund, hesitated and made the humiliating acknowi-
odgment That the older he grow and The
weslthier he became the less benevolent he
The OF covetousness, exempli6ed IN his
case, is growing one, and shows that exist In
tho midst Of abundance we'll us In want Thus the
farmer, satisfied with his great wealth. must
nesds pull down his barns that he might add 10 it.
He dcspcabie miser and an idolnter, Tor God
says that covetousnesS IL idolatry. Thousands OF
men and women In New York are more gu ilty than
the farmer. Thousands Of young men and women
at the present time living without God. Tney
think only Of thor possessions and how augme
them. II Is great sin and will surely bring It's pun
ishmCut,
Year: 1878

human happncss.


The conclusion 10 that 10 perfectly safe now 10 let
the human mind soar into whatever region OF
thought II WILL The demand Of symyathy the recos-
milton OF brotherhood, the needs OF fellowship among
men, arc required OF religion To work up the human
conscience 10 the heroic pitch Is the Office OF religion
This cons once more the reconciliation between tns
world and the next viii be accomplished.
Year: 1878

THEY have gone up tie Sound, and the
boys here are terribly mortified over mis-
sing Il chance to get up regular old
fashioned cImriyarri. olympia it seems
is where the wedding is to be.
Year: 1878

The Gloves are strong, being made
of heavy skin and are specially
adapted to the present season.
When we say the Goods are Cheap
it but family expresses it, as some
Of them are worth $1.00.


We respec ctfully announce that
only one pair will be sold to each
customer, as we want GOO of tho
Ladies of this City and vacinity to
have pair Of our % cent Kids.
Year: 1878

The prohibitory enactments in force in Maine are not stringent enough to suit Gen. Neal Dow, who has prepared q measure for the consideration of the Maine Legislature that places liquor dealers on par with grave crimi- nals. The bill provides as a penalty for the first conviction of single sale, $2OO fine and six months imprisonment at hard labor in the county jail. For the second offence, the same fine and one year at hard labor in State prison. In default of payment of the fine, another year of imprisonment is to be imposed. When liquor is found upon premises the occupant of the premises is to be deemed to be the owner of the liquor, unless he proves the fact to be otherwise The discovery of apparatus for the sale of liquor is to be taken as evidence of guilt. A horse and wagon found conveying liquor may be seized and confiscated for the benefit of the county or State. A per son arrested as @ common drunkard may be sent to the county jail for one year, to be released upon the conviction of the in- dividual who sold liquor to him. Agents taking orders for or making sales of liquor are to be fined $1, 1000 and costs, and confined one year. Tue penalty for displaying the sign of liquor dealer is to be fine of $500 and six months i'm prisonment.
Year: 1878

AN INDIAN SToRY.-A story is going the round of the East Indian papers of 8 frontier officer just after the conquest of the Puniaub being in conversation with Sikh chief, when the latter remarked |: You English do not know how to man. age Pathan. I will tell you what you should do. You should get sack and put your Pathan into it, then fill it with chaff and set fire to it. That is the way to manage Pathan." Shortly after the same officer fell in with some Pa- thans, and in course of conversation one of them observed, " You English do not know how to manage Sikh. I will tell you what you should do. You should get a sack and put your Sikh into it, then fill it with chaff and set fire. That is the way to manage Sikh."
Year: 1878

siot Court udcal District The State Of
al persoue companies coporaou Who have claim right
title claim lien the several
land in the list attached described
penalties for the
ooueot on flied the Office Of the Cek
tho Redwood Of which that
COW each hereby required file the Office
Clerk within days after the last publication Of this notice. your
t.r.s and penalties thereof upon parcel land
scred II said list which you have claim any title
clam or kin


default Judgment will BE- entered against such piece
Gel Of lsnd said list appearing against and for oil penalties
interest," aud cost.


w. a. HAWK.


SEAL1 Clerk Of the District


in said County of Redwood
Year: 1878

Too MUCH.-We find that in stating
the estimate of the annual cost of the
t,co policemen which were added to the
force by the City Council on Thursday
night, we put it at $1,000. This is too
much. The actual cost, we are told, is
$3.50 for each man, $1,000. Now, we
hope the Council will save much more
than this by contracting for lighting the
city alone. Twice this could have been
saved by contracting for cleaning the
streets if the Republican Council would
have done so. But their caucus deter
min ed otherwise.
Year: 1878

The amount of the reduction In the
naval appropriation bill reported to-day
over last year is Sl27.000. An eflott will
be made when II comes before the House
by the Republicans, >upportt d by few
Eastern d mociats, to Increase the
amount, especially the expenditures for
the navy yards. The aggregate for the
consular and diplomatic service is the
same AS The present year.
Year: 1878

THE VALUE of circumstantial evil
dence is shown by the case of the man
Hart, who was sentenced short time
ago in Maine to imprisonment for life
for murder. 1t will be seen, from the
letter elsewhere printed, that the opinion
that he is innocent is all but unanimous.
The strongest evidence against him had
no better foundation than DREAMY.
Y. Herald.
Year: 1878

in his trunk the box that held the bait,
came and laid it down at the majors
feet then picking up his rod, he held it
out 20 his master.


"What do you want me 10 DO with
this Old Soup" said the major.


The creature lifted one great foot after
the other, and again began to utter his
plaintive cry. Out of mischief, ] took
Jimmy's part. and picking up the bait
box, pretended to run with it. He
dipped his trunk into the Ganges and in
an instant squirted stream of water
over me with all the force and precision
of a fireengine, to the immense amuse-
ment OF the children.


The major at once made Soup sign to
stop, and, to make my peace with the
old fellow, 1 baited his hook myself.
Quivering with joy, as baby does when
it gets hold at last OF plaything some
one has taken from it, old Soupramany
hardly paused TO thank me by soft note
of Joy for batting his line for him before
he went back TO his place, and was again
watching his cork as it trembled in the
ripPles OF the river st. Nicholas.
Year: 1878

fitted by listening rs well as by singing.
But those who listen find emotions stir
ring within them which II will do them
good TO express for themselves; and
therefore the congregation ought to have
an opportunity to pour out its voice in
grand choral song. And when the con-
gregation is called on to sing, the value
of the chorus as leader is felt. The
congregation will sing with chorus TO
lead and led by such force of steadily
marching melody it is quite impossible
that there should be any dragging
or that the discords should make
Themselves prominent.


The great meetings OF the evangelsts
show us the value of both of these
methods of praise. The solos of Mr..
Sankey are often impressive; who will
cavil at this method of conveying truth
or awakening emotion The choruses
of the great choir are often still NOR
impressive no person who watches
congregation listening to spirited and
triumphant sacred song from large
body of trained singers will doubt the
value of such service a. means of
religions impression. And yet for the
proper rendering of these choruses 1t Is
better that portions of them be sung by
q single voice, or by two or three or
four voices. A phrase or stanza may
often be well delivered in this manner
heightening the effect Of the music, and
fixing attention still mere strongly
upon the words of the song. Then,
when the great congregation, moved
by the singing to which it has listened,
and the other services in which il has
engaged, is called to "stsnd up and bless
the Lord in some simple and familiar
hymn, its response is burst OF praise in
which the angels might well wish TO Join.


Whatever, therefore Mr. Moody's theo-
ries of church music may be, his meet.
ings show us the value of solo singing,
of quartette singing, of chorus singing
and Of congregational singing, and make
plain TO us that we can afford to dispense
with neither of these methods of praise
in our churches.
Year: 1878

Two objects are to be sought in church
music, religious impression aud religious
expression. 1t Is crude notion that no
music s legitimate in church except that
in which the whole congregation may
join. The congregation may be bene-