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Year: 1877




LOWELL, MASS, Nov. 7.-GenerAl
Butler makes no secret of his opposi-
ton to the policy Of President Hayes,
as far as 1t has been developed, but says
that with other Republican members OF
Congress who are of his opinion, he
has not desired to present any fartlous
opposition to It aud hastily precipit'te
quarrel In the party, which would
increase the peril now menacing il.
When asked by your correspondent
what the feeling Of Republican Con-
gressmen ia In regard 10 the policy, be
said that, ofninety-six Representatives
men oil the party in whose company he
was a few days since, but one sustained
the President in all his policy thuS far
promulgated. The Southern policy
had been a deAlh.blow 10 he party In
that section, and history demonstrated
the fact II is easier to care for party
aflel il Is formed than it IS TO organize
and build up q new one. This mis-
chief that nas been done in the South
can not be undoue. Continuing the
conversation in rcgsrd to the policy,
the General sst that if service as q
General Ia the Confederate army Is
deemed compatible with and is with
propriety rewarded by a seat In the
Presidents Cabinet, be should favor q
pension 10 the MANNED and disabled
Confederate soldier. The rank and file
are not supposed to be as intelligent
nor as responsible for their treas enable
acts as those who led them, and II one
class is to be rewarded the other should
not be neglected. In regard to civil
service reform the General said that be
could not say whether he supported
the Presidents policy until be knew
definitely what the policy is. The Pres.
ident's acts have been contrary 10 biz
precepis in thls particular. In Penn.
- lvania be had expressed a willing
n,ss TO award an important foreign
mission to any individual that might be
selected by the legislators of that State,
Heretofore the fArthest q President has
gone Is 10 receive accommodations, and
after a personal consideration Of their
fitness, act upon his own judgment In
the selection made.
Year: 1877

The friends Of the Texas Pacific Rail-
road say there Ia no doubt about the
Senate being favorable 10 the bill, but
there is considerable doubt as to tue
feeling In the House. Only fifty votes
as yet can certainly be counted on in
the House.
Year: 1877

meeting held by our Cotton Ex.
change yesterday, some good resolu-
tions were passed Ger. Chalmers
was very properly remembered in a
suitable manner for the interest he has
taken in our harbor, and the planters
Of the adjacent country were invited 10
use the Exchange hall for their
Convention. This is the right
spirit. The cotton dealers oil
Vicksburg want to build up a
big trade here, and they know this can
be done If the planters to whom this
market is the most convenient will
cooperate With them. They ask this
cooperation. They invite the planters
to come to our city, TO the end that we
may oil talk over and adjust the trade
In cotton by customs that will insure
satisfaction both TO The planter and the
merchant. This can surely be accom-.
| Dlished.
Year: 1877

factors in supporting the town of
OIympis.


Enough may he cleaned from the
foregoing To- give force to the state.
m4nt that such All institution can be
made largely subservient to the best
interests of Port Townsend in the
future. ltr-mains but for our citi.
lens to decide. Who will make the
hrst move? We do not object to
Prof. Huffman, or what he has done
in the past, but he will no doubt
freely admit that the school building
is not such an edifice as a growing
town might be proud Of; that the
school is not provided with such an
outfit OF instruments, necessary &c
proper illustration of many studies
as is indispensable to the successful
working Of high school, and that
the very best of teachers for the in
termediate and primary department:
ought to be employed.
Year: 1877

The Institute of Mechanic Arts closed
last night after very successful exhibition.
Tae managers deserve the thanks of the
community for their zeal and labor In get
ting up and managing the affair co we'll
We hope the exhibition just closed will BE-
only the forerunner Of still better exhibi-
tion next year, one to which We could in.
vito our neighbors of Pennsylvania, Mary.
land and Jersey with the certainty of pleas.
Ing and instructing tLem. The managers
deserve well of their city.
Year: 1877

Misses Lochie and Dora Rankin
left yesterday for Oak Lodge, Indian
Territory, where the former has been
teaching the past year. ON leaving
Miss LOchie left a very appreciative
compliment to the EXCHANGE" for
which she has our thanks. We wish
them a safe trip and pleasant sojourn
in the Territory.
Year: 1877

Required 10 capture HIM.


Some time since a man calling him.
self l.. w. James went to Bradford
and engaged to work at McCleskey's
mill. He said he was from Missouri,
and we believe no fault was found with
him as workman A short time
since he persuaded a lad by the name
of Matt. Hynes to accompany him to
Lauderdale county on some business.
After he had started, he told Hynes
he intended to steal some horses, and
that he must help him-if he did not,
he would kill him. He said that he
had been horse thief for many years,
and that he belonged to a band which
operated in Missouri and Arkansas.
After reaching Lauderdale county, he
managed to steal two horses, a wagon,
saddle and harness from Messrs. Nc
Fadden and Price. On his way back
to Bradford he picked up number
of small articles at blacksmith shops
and other places where he could find
them in the absence of the owners.
After getting back, young Hynes
wrote McFadden and Price an account
of the expedition, and told them they
could secure their property by going
to Bradford. They Immediately went
there and had James arrested, but,
after being a short time under guard,
he quietly walked off and hid himself
in the bushes. Constable j. T.. White
learned of his whereabouts through a
| friend who had been carrying food to
HIM. He summoned a pOsse-about
| forty men volunteering-then set a
trap for and surrounded him; but he
broke through the line Of pickets,
firing at every man who came near
him, when hc made for the river bot
tom, He being armed with double
barrel SHOTGUN and navy-six, and
being more Shan willing to use them,
his pursuers found it no easy matter
to capture him. When they came
near him he would wheel and order
them back and fire as they advanced.
Many shots were fred at him, but
only a single squirrel shot wounded
him slightly in the face. Finally,
after chasing him about five miles
through thickets and swamps, he ran
into slough aud got stuck in the
mud, being too near exhausted to get
out. Here he kept his pursuers at
bay for some time, refusing to sur
render until Constable White came
up and rushed in and disarmed him
lust in time to save him from double
charge of buck-shot. He was, after
a preliminary examination, chained
and carried to Trenton Jail. lie said
the reason he remained near Bradford
after his first arrest was, that he in
tended to "get even with some people
and ride fine horse out of the coun>
try" 1t is thought by some that he
Is one of the famous James brothers
who have done so much robbing in
the Northwest. At any rate, he is Il
very desperate man, and one Of the
gamest our officers have had to deal
with in long time. He claims to
have killed several men.
Year: 1877

In Massachusetts, the spitz dog has
) been vindicated. The Legislature OF
that State appointed committee on
Spitz dogs and the most searching
examination into the habits and char
acter of this animal. and into his
views of hydrophobia, has been made
The committee finds that the Spitz is
no more given to the disease than any
other dog, and recommends that no
legislation discriminating against him
be taken.
Year: 1877

The President has Informed gen.
tleman who is related to him by family
ties, and who comes well recommended
for certain Office witain his kinsmau s
gift, that his connection With the
Hayes family is an objection to hi.
appointment, and on that account it Is
refused to him. Nepotism Is not
likely to thrive in this Administration.
There was no other objection inter-
posed.
Year: 1877




MR. .WHITHoUsE, who died the other
day, was millionaire two years ago
He believed in real estate as an In
vestment. He bought right and left.
He lost nearly every thing he had
[ saw gentleman to-day trying to sell
an estate just out Of the city. He
had half million in cash In bank
bouse. The house stopped paymena
suddenly and disastrously, and the
man is bankrupt. A lady from one OF
the lake cities came to New York to
visit her mother. In her absence her
husband died y. " He had IA fine store,
full Of goods, paid for. She had an
offer of $4,000 for the concern. She
sent her lawyer to consummate the
sale. He reached this city on Satur-
day at noon,s bringing the money with
him. He put it into the bank to
hand it over to the widow on Monday
The bank never opened. The woman
never saw dollar of her money,
and was left in absolute destitution.-
"Bur7eigNs" New York Letter.
Year: 1877

Much has been said and written
upon the effects of forests upon. rain
tall, and yet with all our destruction
eff forests the records do not show that
the annual rainfall has been decreased;
yet it is almost certain that heavily
timbered areas play their part in pre-
venting too rapid evaporation; and
thus while they do not effect the total
amount, they have the effect of retaip-
iog it and preventing sudden and dis
astrous foods peculiar to woodless re-
gions. La winter they retain the
heavy snowfails much longer, and In
stead of sudden freshets every spring
we have gradual change from snow
to water. We think there has been
needless alarm as to the timber supply
of our country; while it does seem
probable that the supply of certain
kinds Of wood is becoming exhausted,
yet at the. same time we should re-
member that ieon and steel are being
substituted in many cases for wood
and within ten years the substitution
will be still more marked. 4d
Year: 1877

Many are predicting lively session
OF Congress when it meets in June.
They assert that should either Louis
lana or South Carolina have been de.
cded against the Democratic clai-
mants before that time or not decid-
ed at all, we may expect new in
stallment Of Democratic wrath
compared to which everything wit
messed during the past two years will
seem child's play. This may be and
probably is an effort at intimation and
bulldozing which have proved SO effec-
tual IN the past, that it is quite im-
possible to wholly forbear from their
practice, if only for pastime. 80


The sale at auction Of the ring Club
House on New York Avenue marks
another step in the progressive decline
that has brought that once powertul
combination to grief, that once fattened
on the Freedman's Bank and fat con-
tracts, and drove the old nabobs oi
society into retirement. But the latter
are now having their revenge, and il
is not materially tempered with mercy.


Weather last week almost sultry for
three days, but now cold and disagree
able with piping northeast rain
storm. MAXWELL.
Year: 1877

Gently Exhumed at Pueblo.


From The Rocky Mountain Neus.


The great What~is~it, the Colora-
do giant recently oxhumed by Mr..
W. A. Conant, near Pueblo, in Colo
RADIO, arrived in Denver last Tues
day, and is now on exhibition. The
"giant," says the Denver Tribune,
is certainly master curiosity, and
is likely to receive no small dogree
of attention from tho scientists and
curious. 1t has not yet boon ex-
amined by any one capable of saying
what it is, but opinions SOON to be
divided between it's being = petri~
faction and q piece of sculpture.
Whichever it may DO, it is truly a
wonder. If the potriiod remains of
man, it will bo ono of the strong
est arguments for Darwin's theory
of tho dovelopement Of the raco that
has ever come to the attention Of
mankind. Indeed it will provo al-
most the missing link. The arms
are very long in proportion to the
other members Of the body, and one
can sec at a glance that it could have
used these for fore feet without the
least Inconvenience to it's move
monts. 1t has q tail, real tail,
a caudal appendage as we'll devel-
oped as that of rabbit at least.
The tail is four inches long, and of
such n nature that no ono can mis-
take the purpose for which it was
intended. The figure is certainly
that of man, and the material
is stone. Tho limbs arc all we'll
developed, but do not look to have
been as muscular as bony. Tho
body and arms are longer in proper.
ton than the legs. The features of
the face arc not repulsive, and are
well marked, if we except the fore
head. There is very little forehead
indeed, tho head receding from the
eyebrows. Tho nose is rather large,
and he would have been known as
rather "cheely" individual had he,
lived in the nineteenth century.
The mouth and chin are not unlike
men of our present day The great>
er part of the head is behind the
ears. The body looks very much
like any other stone that has been
subjected to the weather. The stone
is pecked all over as if rain had
fallen on it until the water had
beaton it's way into the stone, giving
the whole body tho appearance Of a
man who had died with smallpox.
One hand falls by the side of the
body and the other rests with an air
of repose upon the breast. The
hands and feet are largo and fiat,
and seem to Indicate that tho being
would have been rs much OF home
in the water as on land.
Year: 1877

There are four or five different
kinds of babies. There is the big
baby, the little baby, the white baby,
and the poodle dog, and there is the
baby elephant.


Most of these babies was born
in a boarding house, sept the baby
elephant :; l think he was born on a
railroad train, cause he allius car
RIGS his trunk with him.


A white baby is pootier nor a ele-
phant baby, but he can't eat so
much hay.


All the babies what / have ever
seen We e born very young, especially
the gal babies, and they can't none
of them talk the United States Ian
guage.


My father had-I mean my moth
er had baby once. 1t was not an
elephant baby; it was little white
baby; it coined one day when there
was nobody home, it was a funny
looking fellow, just like a lobster.
L asked my father was it boy
or girl, and he say he don't know
whether he was afather or a mother.


This little b..by has got two legs,
just like a monkey.


His name his Mariah.
He don't look like my father nor
my mother bnt he looks just like my
uncle Tom, cause the little baby
aint got no hair on his head.


One day l asked my uncle Tom
what was the reason he amt got no
hair and the little baby amt got no
hair. He says he don't l now 'cept
tfat the little baby was born so, that
he was marrieb man. One day
pulled a feather out of the old roost-
tail and | stuck itup the baby's nose
and it tickled him so he almost died.
1t was only bit of feather, and
| didn't see what he wanted to
make such fuss about itfor.
My mother said | ought'er be
ashamed of myself, and | didn't get
no bread on my butter for morn a
week.


One day the sheriff come in the
house to collect bill of nine dollars
for crockery. My father says he
"can't pay the bill," and the sheriff
say, "then | take something, "anC
he took look around the room an
he seed the little baby and he say
i All, ah | take this" and he pick.
ed up the little baby, and he wraI
him up in newspaper and he tax,
him away to the station-house.


Then my mother she commenced
to cry,an' my father, "Hush Mary
e Ann, that was all right. Don't yol
see how we fooled that fellow! Don


you see the bill for crockery was fo
nine dollars. and the little baby wa


only worth two and a half"


l think I'd rather be girl not


boy, cause when a girl gets whip


ping she gets it on her fingers, bu


when a boy gets licking he gets


all over.


l don't like babies very much anv


how, cause they make so much noise
D l never knew but one quiet baby
laud he died.
Year: 1877

From the Hampstead Inquirer,


The death of Capt. Thomas NJ. May.
hew, which we recorded in to-day's pa-
per, resulted from gangrenc, occasioncd
by one of the most extraordinary causes
we have cverseen recorded. Some time
ago the deceased was annoyed by "A sharp
pain in his hip, which, after few days
passed away. Subsequently the same
kind of pain was felt in the knee. This
also left him without any clue to the
cause. Some time afterward while
walking with his wife in the city, he
suddenly felt severe pricking in his
foot, which became so keen and painful
as to prevent his walking. Stepping
into neighboring store he took off his
boot and found blood upon his stocking,
Examining the place where the blood
was, he saw the point of a needle pro-
truding. With the aid of forceps the
needle was extracted in IN oxidized or
rusty condition. Temporary relief from
pain resulted, but, after returning to
his home wet of this village, inham-
nation set in, and medical advice was
sought.


His physician told him that it would
be necessary to lay open tn, flesh to
the bone and use powerful remedies to
prevent the spread of modification
Capt. Mayhem declined to allow this to
be done at the time, consequently the
very thing his physician predicted came
to pass. Finally, in order, if possible,
to save his life, amputation became nee
essary, and his foot was removed and,
we understand, subsequently portion
of his leg. The modification had, how
ever, so permeated his system that death
resulted on Saturday last Capt. May
hew had no recollection of ever having
swallowed needle, but that he had
done so Mt some time in his younger
days, and that it had gradually worked
through his body is generally supposed.
The deceased was well known in this
community and highly respected.
Year: 1877

not do. Does it need anything NOR,
than that to show plain business MAJ
why gold and greenbacks are not on
par? Would not Nh ordinary and dis
interested merchant, manufacturer,
mechanic or laborer have been apt tc
say that the way to make greenbacks as
good as gold was to let then
do the same work? Would not IN hon
est grocer think the proper wayt to make
a caddy of tea worth as much as a chest
of tea would be to put the same amount
of tea with it rather than to make cad,
dies of tea scarce? Our government
have been trying to make our people
think that part of loaf was as good
as a whole loaf by starving the people
to it. Even the American Government,
powerful as it is, can never make two
unequal things equal while leaving them
unequal. To settle this simple question
of how to make greenbacks good as
gold, has been the subject of discussion
and conventions, by tinanciers and by
statesman, and the result reached and
the plan pursued was based on this
proposition. As we have no gold and
cannot get it, We will keep the green.
backs inferior in working power until
we deprive ourselves of them also; then
we can declare two things we haven't
got, convertible into each other and
they will be equal.


MISSION OF THE GREENRACES


"In conclusion" said Mr.. Allis, Il
wish to say that was long in doubt as
to the propricty of making this a po-
litical question. 1t has seemed to me
as sacred and essential as our religion
or our family relations, and as certainly
to be finally acknowledged by all parties
and all classes But there seemed no
longer escape, for other party issues
there We're none and our country is on
downward road at rate of speed fear
ful to contemplate, and it is country be-
fore paaty. This ruin must be arrested,
or consequences / dare not depict to
you will surely result. Your form of
government itself is at stake, for at the
bottom of this ruin, unless arrested, lies
either despotism or anarchy. Unless
the coming session Of Congress passes
measures of relief, neither you nor /
will spend much time on either Rcpub-
lican or Democratic parties, for such
commercial ruin will prevail as will
shake our Government from center to
circumference, if, indeed, it survives
the shock. 1t is in the hope that may
in some degree be instrumental in
averting this dire calamity that I have
accepted the position / now occupy.
There are as extreme advocates of only
paper money on one side as there are
bullionists on the other, but the con-
servative advocates of paper money, of
whom am one with all my heart, wage
no war upon gold, upon capital or upon
banks, but deem them as vital and cs.
sential elements in the elevation of
labor, which rcsult-thc elevation of
labor and the people is the foremost
problem in the present progress of the
age"
Year: 1877

News from the seat of war has for ten
days past been unusually contradictory,
and it is exceedingly difficult TO form an in
tclligcnt opinion as to the condition of af-
fairs there. Each side have daily claimed
important victories, and each side, accord
ing as the reports come from Turkey or
Russia, is being heavily reinforced, Shipka
pass has been the scene of operations, and
there is no doubt that some of the engage
mcnts have been very bloody A limited
reinforcement has been made to each of the
combatants, and there can be no doubt
that another forward movement toward
Constantinople will be attempted at an ear
ly daV
Year: 1877

correspondent ofthc Chicago Times,
who visited the scene of the Custer
massacre quite recently, gives shock
ing account of the condition in which
the bones of the butchercd soldiers have
been left. The details are circumstan-
tial, and the description will provoke a
feeling of Indignation at the abominable
negligence of the persons whose duty it
has been to see that the remains of the
heroes of that terrible field were proper
ly buried.
Year: 1877

Please let us look at this matter of
discount on greenbacks in simple
business way and see if it is very in
tricate matter. We have two kinds of
legal tender money-gold and green
backs. Gold is legal tender for every
thing. Greenbacks are legal tenders
for everything except duties on imports
and interest on the public debts. Here,


then, are two very important things
that gold will do that greenbacks will
Year: 1877

Cable dispatches report that the Gar
OF Russia is in II state of great anxiety,
desiring that IN energetic and even dcs-
pcratc movement shall be made by his
armies south of the Danube, and that if
successful he will be ready to treat for
comparatively moderate terms of peace
This report agrees with otherindications
of the approach of an effort intended to
be decisive, to regain lost ground by the
Russian forces.
Year: 1877

The Bachelor sBoat Club will hold q
meeting to morrow evening, at the usua
place. for the purpose of eiecting officers
md making other arrangements Tor the
summer boating season. On friday
evening the crew was out practising ano
In sh ort time will enter upon regular
and active practice. A..


The Delaware Rowing Club and the
Pacific Boat Club will also soon com.
nance practising and there is every
Indication that coating operations on
the Christiana duriug the summer will
he active and interesting. One or more
reoattas are in contemplation.