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Year: 1878

We parted one eve at the garden gate
When the dew was on the heather,
And promised my love to come back to her
Ere the pleasant autumn weather.


That we twain might wed


When the leaves were red,
And live and love together.
She cut me tress from her nut-brown hair,
As kissed her lips Of cherry,
And gave her ring of the old time gold,
With stone like the mountain berry


As clear and blue


As her eyes were true
Sweet eyes, 50 bright and merry!
"The wealth of my love is all | have
To give you, she said, in turning;
"'rhe gold that wears-like the radiant stars
In yonder blue vault burning"


And took the trust,


As mortal must


Whose soul for love is yesrning.
Fate kept us apart for many years,
And the blue sea rolled between u.s.
Though kissed each day the nut-brown q trees,
And made fresh vows to Venus


Till sought my bride,


And Fate deied,


That had failed from love to wean US.
/ found my love at the garden gate
When the ew was ON the heather,
And we twain were wed at the little kirk
In the pleasant autumn weather;


And the gold that wears


Now soothes my cares.
As we live and love together.
Year: 1878

The Democratic Convention, which met in
this city yesterday, showed its usual fondness
for apostates by nominating as its candidate
for Governor renegade from the Republican
party, Doctor Alonzo Garcelon, of Lewiston,
a man of many estimable qualities, but la
mentally lacking in political efficiency and in
aptitude for public affairs. He is disap-
pointed man, whose merits, he thinks, have
not been recognized by the Republicans, and
he seeks elsewhere that public acknowledge
ment of his abilities which his old party neg
lected to give. For some years now he has
been seeking a gubernatorial nomination
from Democratic conventions, and this latest
convention-apparently with the hope of
Kidding the party OF the importunate demands
of his friends, certainly with no expectation
of electing him-has at length gratified him.
Doubtless he is to be classed with the ''year-
lings" that the Democrats have of late been
offering up on the altar of their inefficient
ambition.


The platform adopted was very fair one
for a Democratic convention. The first reso-
luton reaffirming all the national platforms
which have been adopted by the Democracy
Tor the last ten years is probably the mos
comprehensive resolution ever passed by a
political convention. The Democrats have
been busily engaged during the last decade in
leaping from one deserted Republican plat
form to another, but they have never before
attempted to incorporate all their inconsis-
tencies in one general declaration. The call for
the rapid payment of the bonded debt has
been anticipated by Republican Secretaries of
the Treasury, who have discharged nearly
six hundred millions of that debt since the
close of the war. The third resolution, too,
calling for the same currency for all classes
is plagiarism from Republican plat
forms, as the avowed object of the
Republican party is to bring into circulation
once more coin, the common currency OF all
men in all parts Of the world. The planks
asking that legislation shall be SO admins
tered as to secure to each man the just re-
wards OF his own laI DOR is stock declaration
OF political parties. The Democracy have
shown their SINGER ity in their treat nent Of
the slave. The dec larations in favor of bien
NAL sessions of the Legislature and in favol
OF the substitution of Treasury notes for ma
tional bank notes were evidently inte nded tC
conciliate the Ga eenbackers. But Il ,e con
Year: 1878

THE communication of the Hon. George F
Talbot, published in another column, will be
read with interest, in view Of the financial
views of Daniel Webster. From the opinions
of Mr.. Webster, as expressed in 1916, it is evi-
dent that at that time he did not favor free
banking, but thought that the sole issue Of
paper money should rest with the govern
-ment. But at no time did he ever lend his
countenance to the heresy of irredeemable
paper money. He always recognized the
fact that coin must be the basis of currency.
Year: 1878

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address Of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve CON-
munications that are not used.
Year: 1878

Recently a stranger. Mr.. c,
fell into the Scrape, little river flow.
ing below Hanson, France; n young
man threw "A his coat to plunge in
and rescue the drowning man. This
done, he resumed his coat, when he
discovered that his handkerchief was
missing. lie went into a shop TO buy
one and found that his pockei-bOok
was gone, too. The shopman, think.
ing he had TO deal with swindler,
brusquely refused the young man
credit, whereupon young girl, an
employe in the establishment. offered
to lend him the price of the handkcr.
chief. lie accepted the loan, and the
next day returned TO pay his debt,
when he noticed that his creditor was
n very charming Young lady Of
eighteen years. lie fell desperately
in love with her, and lost no time in
asking her hand, and was accepted.
She is very respectable girl. and he
is the sou of rich proprietor of st,
Amand.
Year: 1878

ONLY ten years ago in a little Ken
lucky city a young man OF fine educa.
tion, fine appearance and large fortune,
stood at the altar and held the hand Of
sweet maiden who confidently swore
away her young life and love to him.
To pass their home a few months after.
wards was to envy the hopeful welded
couple. Only a few waeks ago the
crack of pistol was heard and on
the floor of a bar.room fell u bank.
rupt, wretched drunkard whose death
by suicide ended the life of the hero
OF our scene of ten years ago. Ii was
liquor, first as a merciless master that
hurled him from the throne of youth
ful promise and expectation, though
a night of hopeless gloom to suicide
drunkard's grave,-[Good Templar's
Advocate.
Year: 1878

REMAIHAELE. - 4 soldier va,
struck on the head with hall which
passed through the skull, AMI the sur.
geons. afraid to probe the wound in
search of il. left the man to die. In
the course Of time he recovered, bnt
had lost his reason. and was sent to
an insane asylum. where he remained
eight years. At the expiration OF
that time the ball was removed by n
skillful physician, when the patient
Immediately recovered his reason.
Another case was that of u boy whose
gun exploded while shooting. and
drove the lock into the brain. The
piece was taken out by the surg ion
without injury to the patient
Year: 1878

4 WELL Spent LIFE. How sweet
it is when manhood's summer day is
merging into the glorious evening of
old age, to look back from the shad-
ows Of the dark valley, which will
soon he dispelled by the sun Of morn
ing in a more glorious world, and con.
template spent life where no intcn,
iional missteps can he recalled, and
where We can remember no time when
we have stood between the sun and
those we love. Then will the rough
and uneven places in our pathway
look less un.nviting in the twilight of
liie,and the bright, sunny spots spark
le rs so many diamonds in the crown
awaiting US. Happy indeed are those
whose Intercourse with the whole
world has not changed the course Of
their holier feelings.
Year: 1878

About nine o'clock yesterday morning a
young man named William Burch met with a
severe accident while unloading some barrels
Of whisky in front of Hall x Humes store. lie
was in the act of taking ono of the barrels OF
liquor out of the wagon when it slipped from
his grasp, and in attempting to regain his hold
he fell upon the pavement and the barrel rolled
upon his right leg, breaking it in two places.
Drs. Hyatt and Hall rendered surgical aid,
after which the injured man was taken to
Providence Hospital.
Year: 1878

Fifty millions is a large sum. But Secre-
tayy Sherman has not only secured the pay
meut of $4,000, 900 in gold TO the Treasury
He has taken the best possible course TO pre-
vent an outgo of $5,OOO,000 a week in pay
mcnf for bonds returned from Europe. The
bankers with whom his latest contract was
made are those whose rates in large degree
control foreign exchange. They undertake TO
make a market for United States bonds, and
therefore undertake TO make the rates
Of exchange such that bonds in large amount
cannot be imported. No one doubts
their power, when they have $5O,OOOOOO OF
United States 1l2 per cents to sell. The
quick change in the price of bonds yesterday
is proof that their power is admitted IN Europe
as well as in this country. They can stop, and
il now becomes their interest TO stop, the ship
mcnt of bonds from Europe, and in this point
of view the contract made by the Secretary
ON Thursday was incOmparably more advan-
tageous to tho country than any that 1T was
possible to make with the associated banks of
this city.


1t is the general opinion that, apart from
tbis consideration, Secretary Sherman made u
remarkably good bargain for the Government.
W,
tbe market price on Thursday-but one mil
lion could not have been sold in open market
without depressing the price. Even if he
had given / per cent-$5OO, ,OOO-tO the bank
ers who thus placed themselves under bonds
TO assist the Government in its work of re-
SUMPTION, he would have paid a small price
for very great service. His success is the
greater since he secures the service, and
vet sells the bonds at the market rate.
Had the associated banks of this city offered
as much as l per cent more than the bankers
of the Syndicate, Mr.. Sherman would still
have been justified in preferring the latter,
because of their superior power in affecting
foreign exchange and the return of bonds
from abroad. Fortunately, he was able to
| make not only as good but better terms with
the bankers who control foreign exchange
than with those whose efforts to accumulate
gold would probably have diminished their
ability to sustain the mercantile community.
Let it now be taken for granted that re-
sumption is coming at the date named in the
| Act of 1875. Two members of the Senate
| Committee on Finance deserve credit for stat
| ing that they will not cOuntenance the repeal
| of the Resumption Act, although they were
jealous advocates Of the Silver Bill. Without
their aid the bill cannot get favorable action
| in committee, and it is believed that their OPP
posing votes insure its defeat in the Senate


If Secretary Sherman is not to be hampered
by additional legislation, he has ample power
| to bring about resumption on the Is


Of January next, and has shown, in hi
| conversations with committees Of tn,
Year: 1878

The history of William NJ. Tweed is elo-


uent iu warnings alike to honest citizens and
rogries. 1t shows how easily the government
of a great city can be seized 10y its worst ele-
ments, how naturally, indeed, it drops into the
hands of thieves and it reminds plunderng
rings that every combination of swindlers
contains within itself the seeds of speedy
and inevitable ruin. We look back at the or
ganization of the old Tammany Ring and the
personal character of its members, and we are
overcome with shame and amazement at the
ease with which such gang of vulgar
thieves stole our money by the million
and made every interest in the metropO-
lis tributary to their brutal pleasures. There
was hardly man among them all whose
election to q responsible Office, even sup
posing him to be honest, would not have
been travesty upon republican self-govern-
ment. we shall make great mistake if we
allow our estimate of them to be affected by
their subsequent misfortunes. Exiled, ruined,
broken, dead, they are not proper objects
of compassion OF forglving comment; the
plain hard truth should be spoken of them
now, as freely as it was spoken in the first
days of their fall. Tweed was an irredeemably
vulgar and ostentatious thief, and his immense
wealth never spread even the thinnest gliding
over the coarse fibre of his bad and selfish
Year: 1878

Senate and the House, that he COM
prehends and means to use his power
The blighting uncertainty which has SO long
paralyzed commerce should now pass away.
The solid basis of honest money is near. The
last serious obstacle is removed by the con-
tract of the Secretary with the bankers OF
the Syndicate, and there is reason to expecI d
prompt and vigorous revival OF business
Secretary Sherman VIII find his reward In que
time. His firmness, sagacity and tact VIII
not be forgotten. In the brighter and better
days which we hope are coming. men VIII not
fail to remember the officer who gave the
country hope at it's darkest hour, and not only
devised wise plans, but possessed the faculty
to execute them.
Year: 1878

not willingly disclose his retreat. Well, then,
we are in favor of setting Glover at work On
him with his experts. The Democratic party is
not safe while this retreat for irregular candi-
dates remains undiscovered.
Year: 1878

Our correspondent in London gives us to-day
"the volce of society," on the resignation of
Lord Derby. And society's voice is very shnll
for the Turk The announcement OF the re-
tirement of the Foreign Secretary Is welcomed
with an outburst of applause at a dinner
party at one of the great houses-an explosion
of enthusiasm which must have made the
well-bred walters stare; the Russian Amhas-
sador is subjected TO personal inciTilitics at
the hands of the highest personagcs IN The
realm; and the same Queen that will not
allow divorced ladies to be presented at her
drawiug-rooms, has authorized the Prince of
Wales to restore ex-COlonel Baker to his
former social rank His notorious crime Is
forgiven for the sake of his services to the
Turk Verify, good society in England seems
TO have gone mad, but good society does not
always rule England.
Year: 1878

The Postmaster here is unwilling that We
should verify these figures from his records,
rs to the other papers, without their consent;
but ,as the figures all reached us from the
same source, and as those relating to our own
business are correct, we have no doubt that
the rest arc also. We shall gladly unite,
however, with any two of the other eight
page papers in a formal request to Postmaster
James for transcript in detail from his books.


In estimating the significance OF these fig
ures, it must be remembered that they repre-
sent the weight of seven daily issues Of the
other papers, against only six of TIE TRIB-
UNE (since we have no Sunday paper; that
the weight of The Herald seems unduly great
on account of its frequent triple, quadTupe
and qlIintuple sheets, and that the weight OF
The Zines Is also swollen by the heavy wood
paper which its Walter presses require.
Year: 1878

Vigorous verlicts are coming into fashion
The official report upon the Metropolis disaster
names names also, and leaves no doubt OF its
meaning at any point. The report declares
that the repairs to the vessel were made in
such a manner as to deceive both the United
States and insurance inspectors, and singles out
Mr.. Lunt the experimenting owner of the
vessel, and Eben MunsOn, shipbuilder. OF New
burypOrt as persons who were cognzant OF
all the facts, and might have prevented a
great loss of lite if they had chosen to do
so. Mr. MunsOn is recommended for criminal
prosecution. The report is as explicit in ex-
Oneration as in censure. Captain Ankers is
declared to have been ignorant of the condi-
ton of the ship at the time it started, and to
have acted throughout as a brave seaman
should. This is gratifying clause in the
verdict, as Captain Ankers has no doubt been
sujected to much unjust criticism.
Year: 1878

Our Washington correspondence points ont a
suspicious clause in the bill for amending the
patent laws. We have previously found oc-
casion for favorable comment on its other
provisions, but this one seems open TO very
serious objection. 1t will prevent patentee
from recovering for the use of his
invention, unless the user has made
profit in the branch of business
in which the device was employed, although
the use may have diminished loss If this
provision becomes law, no doubt the railroad
companies would obtain undue advantage over
inventors but So also, would almost every
class of users of patented devices, since nearly
all kinds of manufacturers and machine
makers may claim that they have lost money
within the past few years.
Year: 1878

BY the favorable report of the Commission
there is a nearer prospect than hitherto that
Brooklyn will be able to purchase from the
United States a portion of the Navy Yard
property. The land is not of special service to
the Navy Department, but can be made very
useful to Brooklyn as the site of a market
No other city of considerable size is so desti-
tute of public markets, and the price OF a
large part of the food consumed by her citl-
zens is heightened by the cost of a double
transit over the East River. The purchase OF
this property will also give a site for ferry
where it is greatly needed, more than a mile
of waterfront having at present no such ac-
cOmmOdatiOn.
Year: 1878

one-quarter of all the bills introduced in the
House during the present session are for
Southern claims. At this rate there won't be
grist enough for the Confederate hopper, even
If the whole North is dumped inl
Year: 1878

We present, on another page, full list of
the singers engaged for the ensuing year in
the prominent church choirs of this city and
Broollyn. The numerous changes noted will
interest many church members as well as
musical neonIe
Year: 1878

The present Attoney-General is not the
man to rejoice over the death of anybody
but the sudden departure of William NJ
Tweed relieves him of a grievous dilemma
Now neither John Kelly nor the public neet
be offended.
Year: 1878

For nine days one of the five famous
performing elephants of the Great Lon
dor circus has had sore throat, which
has prevented him from swallowing any
food except little cruel. George Arst-
ingtall, the trainer, had been unwearied
in his care of "Ned,n the beast in ques-
tiua, and has even taken the trouble to
concOct with his own hands various in
Flllibl3 remedies, which he afterward
forced down Ned's throat. With the
docility for which elephants are noted,
Ned took the remedies one after the
ii. r and grew worse and worse. He
treasured up all these injuries in his
memory, however. Yesterday after
noon Arstingtall administered a new
kind of Cruel to Ned. The elephant
waited patiently until he was through,
and then bent down his head and twin
ed his trunk about the body of the
trainer. When he had taken good
hold he lifted ArStingtall from the
ground and held him in the air for some
time, as if debating what he should do
next. Then he hurled him violently
across the stable. A canvas screen had
been put up day or two before on one
side OF the stable to protect the elephants
from the draught, Arstingtall fell
against the partition, and in doing so
escaped serious injury. Directly behind
this screen is the cataract, and had the
professor fallen into it, he would have
been badly hurt. He says that he never
had a good opinion of elephants, and
that he does not believe that one ever
conceived true affection for human
being, although sometimes they make
friends with other animals, such as dogs,
cats or camels.-NeU York World.
Year: 1878

A young wife in Michigan had just
got settled in her new home. All SEEM
ed fair and promising, for she did not
know that her husband was drunkard.
But one night he came home at very
late hour and much the worse for liquor.
When he staggered into the house the
wife, who was greatly shocked, told him
he was sick aud to lie down at once, and
in moment or two he was comfortably
settled on sofa in a drunken sleep. His
face was reddish purple, his breathing
was heavy, and altogether he was a
pitiable-looking object.


The Doctor was sent for post-haste
and mustard applied to his feet and
hands. When the Doctor came and felt
his pulse and examined him and found
that he was only drunk, he said;


"He will be all right in the morning"


But the wife insisted that he was very
sick, and that severe remedies must be
used.


"You must shave his head and apply
blisters," she urged, " or will send for
some one who will"


The husbands head was accordingly
shaved closely and blisters applied.


The patient lay all night in drunken
sleep, and Notwithstanding the blisters
were eating into his flesh, it was not till
near morning that he began to beat
about disturbed by pain.


About daylight he woke up to most
uncomfortable consciousness of blistered
agonies.


"What does this mean?n he said, put
ting his hands to his bandaged head.


"Lie still-you mustn't STIR said the
wife; "yOu have been very sick"


"I'm not sick"


"Oh, yes, you are; you have the brain
fever. We have worked with you all
night"


Il Ishould think you had," groaned
the poor victim. "What's the matter
with my feet?"


"They are blistered."


"Well, I'm better now; take off the
blisters-do,n he pleaded piteously.


He was in most uncomfortable state
his head covered with sores and his
feet and hands were still worse.


"Dear," he said, groaning, "if |
should ever get sick in this way again,
don't be alarmed and send for a doc
Year: 1878

The experienced editor can always
tell at sight the man who comes in with
his first attempt at original poetry. He
walks on tiptoe, and looks as though he
had just passed counterfeit bill Or
strangled u baby.-Cineinnati Break
fast Table.
Year: 1878

In but one month of these nine did the
deposits in al the other seventy-two
banks exceed those in the First National,
and that was one on the eve of the meet
lie more than a million and half Of
dollars. The capital of this pet bank is
100000. This enormous sum was de-
posted without interest, and in way TO
allow the bank a percentage on the
bonds ac ually sold or to give the bank
credit for the sale of bonds by nominal
deposit, when no coin at all passed into
the vaults. Or, as has been suggested,
bonds to the extent of the stated deposits
may be laid away in the safe Of the bank
and the interest thereon be drawn every
SIX months, without paying dime iuto
the Treasury or doing anything NOR,
than keeping the bonds under lock ant
key.


This mode of financiering is worthy o
the genius and the practices of Johl
Sherman, and if pursued it would sool
put millions INTO the pockets Of banl
king. When the Treasury statemen
was presented to the House Mr.. Hewitt
endeavored to call attention 10 the start
ling figures and favori ism which it dis
closed, but Mr.. Townsend of Troy, VIII
has been left at home by his constituents
and De Golyer Garfield were quick t
interpose objections, which under til
rules prevented full exposure then an
there"
Year: 1878

john SHERNAN's PET BANK.-Under
this head the New York Sun says "In
his list the First National Bank here
figures as holding TWO hundred and forty
per cent. more than all the other banks
in the United Sta es collectively, as will
be seen by this comparison