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Year: 1875

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SAYS the Chicago Inter- Ocean The Repub-
lican party has been charged of late years by
desire to perpetuate the reign of hatred in
the South; to fight the rebellion over at every
succeeding election, and to keep the 'soutrage
MILL ever grinding for the paltry purpose of
party success. Was ever monstrous false
hood sought to be propagated, having for its
object only the tearing down of one party and
the upbuilding of another? Had the Republi-
can party desired to perpetuatc the reign of
hate, how easy would it have been to keep
the South unreconstructed and under military
or territorial rule for the next generation!
But reconstruction was all too speedy, disabil-
ties were too quickly removed, and the South
ern States were invited to resume their old
places and all their old privileges-slavery
alone excepted. Does this look like perpetu-
ating the reign of hate? Was it not rather an
Inauguration and reign Of good will and clem-
ency, without parallel in all human history?
Who has abused these high privileges? Not
the Republican party, whose mission it was
to grant all of these bounties and concessions.
That the South is not prosperous and happy
to-day, is due to the fact that her leading men
appreciate the aid that the Republican party
has so freely rendered only as it enabled them
to proceed far on the road toward recov-
cry of what they had lost in their appeal to
arms
Year: 1875

The nominations made al the Republican
caucus, held Monday evening, will command
the acquiesence of all Republicans. 1t is
noteworthy that the gentlemen who received
the majority of votes thrown for nominees
for Mayor and Municipal Judge were the
second choice of a great number if not of all
those whose personal preferences were over
ruled in the selection. A wise man has said
that he whom his fellow citizens, divided in
unanimously select for the position next the
throne is the fit man for the higher place.


Mayor Wescott has served two terms, and
has discharged the arduous and responsible
duties of his position to the general satisfac-
ton of the people of the city. He has brought
to the Office the practical experience and in
dustrious habits of business man, coupled
with individual enterprise and energy. During
his terms of service he has acted as chairman
of important committees and in that capacity
has acquitted himself with impartialty and
fidelity. The duties attached to the mayor
atty have been increased within two years, and
he addressed himself to their discharge with
commendable zeal and vigor. The renomi-
nation is merited compliment for past good
service, and it is obvious that he is even bet
ter qualified for the position, because of added
experience, than at bis first election.


The qualities of Mr.. Bonney for the Judge
ship do not need to be blazoned. His fitness,
natural and acquired, is patent, and he will
bring to his work the experience gained by
active practice, the learning which is the fruit
of hard and through study in the theory OF
his profession, the integrity of an honest and
the industry Of hard-working man. The city
of Portland will find in him an able, circum-
spect, and impartial judge.


Advice as to the choice of candidates for
members of the city council and for ward Of
fcers, to be selected at the caucuses held this
evening is superfuous, as able and worthy
men will doubtless be chosen. We may how
ever be permitted to renew the suggestion
that the choice of members of the school
committee be made a non-partizan question,
and to reiterate the hope that every citizen
will vote for those men who are, irrespective
of party predictions or record best suited for
the position by experience, or education or
Datural ability. The choice of those who
shall have the care of our public schools is Lot
party question, and by no fair reasoning
can the subject be made political issue.
Year: 1875

MEssRs Zacharie, Burke and Leonard,
representing the conservative party of Louisi-
ana, had an interview with the President Mon
day. They were introduced to the President
by Colonel Casey. Mr.. Burke proposed to read
his amendment to Mr.. Wheeler's proposition,
but the President informed him that he
could not be party to any agreement, as his
duty was to execute the law and not enter
into any negotiation or compromise, but he
would be rejoiced if the opposing parties in
Louisiana could come to some understanding
by which the present contentious in that
state could be settled. He spoke in the high
est terms of Representative Wheeler in the
character of a compromiser and said that
some mistakes had been made, but if he had
been governor of Louisiana at the time of the
September troubles, he would have turned
the disturbers of the peace over to the courts
instead of consulting with them. The Presi-
dent informed the committee that he would
consult with the other parties to the contest
in Louisiana, and said no man would rejoice
more than himself if an arrangement could be
made by which the conflicting views could
be reconciled.
Year: 1875

THE Louisiana committee has decided up
on its report. Messrs Hoar, Frye and Wheel
er will sign one report, and Messrs. Foster
and Phelps will agree to large part of this,
but will dissent from the portion in relation
to the extent of Intimidation, and give their
reasons therefor. All the Republicans agree
that Kellogg should be considered and sup
ported as governor, and the Democrats agree
with all the rest in reporting against the re-
turning board and in favor of reseating the
FIVE elected conservatives. The Democrats
present their reasons for reporting that Kel
logg was not elected. The following are the
conclusions of Messrs. Hoar, Wheeler and
Frye:


On the whole, we are of the opinion, first,
that there has beensand is on the part of the
party calling themselves the white mans party
in Louisiana, purpose to take possession by
force and fraud of the state government with
out regard to the question of who may have
the numerical majority of fair election; Sec
ond, that in the execution of this purpose the
white mans party has refrained and will re-
frain from the use of no instrument which
they think designed to accomplish it, whether
those instruments be murder, fraud, civil war
or coercion of laborers BY employers.
Year: 1875

TIE article from the Boston Aduertiser, in
another column, shows somewhat in detail
the great improvements making by the East
handling freight. 1t is not at all surprising
that so large expenditures have required the
temporary suspension of dividends. The net
profits OF operations since the new grounds
came into use have increased so largely, that
if continued throughout the year, would
put the road upon a dvidend-paying basis.
The net gain for the first two months was
about 100000 over the corresponding period
of the yearlpreceding.
Year: 1875

1t will be hard for most people to get any
comfort out Of the proposed moral exhibition
at Thomaston on Friday next. There was
considerable excitement in those gladiatorial
combats of ancient amphitheatres which are
constantly cited as an evidence of the inhu-
manity of warlike people. There was
useless slaughter, to be sure, but its victims
were in nine cases out of ten as reckless, aban-
doned and worthless members of society as
Wagner and Gordon. They died in the midst
of the excitement of deadly encounter, more
like soldiers on the field of battle than like
slaves and criminals. They had chance for
their lives, and the soldierly Romans were ac-
customed to draw a moral satisfactory to
themselves from the physical endurance and
bravery of the combatants. There was
nothing so cod-blooded and deliberate about
It as in the modern galows spectacle. where
either british Indifference, maudlin religion,
excitement, the paroxysms of terror or
foolish bravado heghten the responsiveness of
the scene. The peculiarly hideous method of
executing criminals which some odd caprice
has made universal in this country results
oftener than otherwise in accessory horrors
which are not theoretically part of the GER
emony. The breaking of ropes and the
Slipping of knots cause the dangling wretch
either TO strangle or to undergo two or three
hangings instead of one. These distressing
accidents are not to be anticipated, however,
among the deft and "handy" people of New
England. Still they sometimes occur, even
when the most extraordinary precautions
have been taken, as if nature made mute
protest against the bal barity of the deed.


eBut why dwell on the agony and terrors
of the gallows? Is there nothing to be said of
the terror and ang uish of the innocent, help
less people who were murdered? Should we
stand weeping by the gibbet of Wagner and
Gordon and not think of the three blameless
women who, in the dead of night were reused
to meet the murderous blows of pitiless
assassin ?-or of thatother quietly slumbeling
family that was waken by iron blows which
spared neither the helplessness Of woman nor
the innocence of childhood but shed the blood
of kindred in a savage frenzy which had no
more adequate motive than lust Of gain or
Jealous grudge?' BY no means are we to
forget or ignore these things! What then?
Can society find no better example to copy
than that of its worst and most brutal muir
ders? Because Gordon and Wagner gave
themselves up to frenzy of wild, unreasonable
revenge or passion, shall society, taking its
cue from them, exhibit itself in like atti-
tude? Because two degraded men take life
in a spirit of wantonness, shall we acting to-
gether through the agency of the state, after
deliberaton of many months, copy the bad
model, without expecting, or hoping thereby
to promote the common good? We might
safely leave the avenging of the bloody trag-
edies of Thorndike and the Isles of Shoals to
Almighty wisdom and justice, limiting ou--
selves tc protecting society from further as
saults from the same persons and to deterring
others from like wickedness by administering
to Gordon and Wagner wholesome and ra-
tional correction.
Year: 1875

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


We cannot undertake to return reserve commu-
nications that are not used.
Year: 1875

THE GEORGIA MINsTRELs. 90.


Tomorrow evening these King Laugh
Makers will make their bow before WI
mington audience at the Opera House.
Their fun is fairly side splitting, and keeps
the audience in continued roar Of laugh
ter from the beginning to the close Of the
performance. Their recent engagement in
Boston was perfect ovation, The houses
being crowded nightly by the elite Of the
city.


The Boston Journal says: "As to the
merits of this company, 1t Is enough to say
that any one who attends their perform
ances, is in danger Of falling into chronic
state Of laughter. The troupe is made up
of gentlemen whose faces vary in ahade-
from the ightest mulstto, to those upon
whom charcoal would leave white mark.
The troupe must be heard and seen to be
appreciated. No minstrel company has ever
enjoyed such popularity. Their success has
been immense"
Year: 1875

The famous submarine tunnel Of the
English Channel will soon begun. The
members Of the French Commission, COM
pose.l for the most part Of practical men
and engineers, declare that an underground
communication between France and Eng
land is only a question Of expense, and
their report leads to the belief that the
project can be carried out with less expense
than was at first imagined, and that the
danger Of leakage and infiltration will not
be 90 great as was originally supposed.
A shaft will shortly be sunk ON the French
side Of the Channel, near Calais, to depth
Of $50 feet for the purpose Of hauling up
the earth and rock from the excavation.
Year: 1875

Chicago, July ga Washington
Special says The Congressional
Committee that has collected thou
sand of dollars Ia the shape ofp0litical
assessments from poor clerks is to be
placed upon the defensive. Some of
the b0lder of the clerks propose to re-
sist the assessments of the committee
upon the ground that it has no legal
existence. 1t was appointed by the
Forty Third Congress for a spe-
cific object. That object is fulfilled,
and the Forty Third Congress
no longer exists. Until the meet
ing of Forty Fourth Congress
and another appointment by it,
there will be no such thing as legal
committee The men who are at pre-
sent robbing the clerks i'll the name of
the Republican party, have no more
authority for what they do than
any highwaymen. The assessors have
as yet avoided pressing those who OBJ
ject to their demands. The exposures
In relation to the standing OF the
committee make them fearful that q
good, honest prosecution against them
by the men who have nothing to lose
officially, would land them in the pen
itentiary.
Year: 1875

However obscure the causes may be which con- tribute to render nervous debility a disease so prevalent, affecting as it does, nearly one-haf of our adult population, it is melancholy fact that day by day, and year by year, we witness a most hightful increase of nervous affections from the slightest neuralgia to the more grave and extreme forms of
Year: 1875

It is of the highest importance, then, that in- dividuals should be able to judge for themselves by their own feelings, if and to what extent they are attacked by this sidious enemy to ill health, comfort, and even life itself if left to run it's course unchecked, by the early and prompt ap- plication of curative remedies.
Year: 1875

AN OVER REACHING SYSTEM OF TRADE.- It is stated that an injunction has been granted by Judge Barrett to retain certain agents of sewing machine company from continuing certain system of trade which they have adopted heretofore. This ap- pears at first sight merely personal and trivial affair of business but it is, in fact, a matter of life and death to hundreds of poor women in this country and death to hundreds of poor women In all large cities. The method of sale is known as the installment system-a woman receiv- ing sewing machine, to be paid for in weekly sums at the first default in these payments the machine is withdrawn and the sum already paid forfeited. In the present case the gain appears to have ac- crued to the agent and not the company, which was under agreement to him to pay back 50 per cent. of the price for every machine returned. His practice, as they allege, was to obtain all but the last pay ment from the purchaser, then, in case of delay, to foreclose and return the machine.

 In a test ease decided in Philadelphia last week covering this very ground, the Court ordered the agent not only to return $3O, the sum already collected, but also to pay $l2O as compensation for the loss and damage inflicted by withdrawal of the ma chine. We should be glad if this decision could be made precedent in the matter.
Year: 1875

It is to be presumed we have not suffered from the effects of this prolonged panic as much as most other places in this section, as we are singularly fortunate in our indus tries. If our furnaces are compelled to 'blow out, new marble quarry or ore bed will crop out, donating from mother earth a quality of it's productions, superior to that before obtained, and which immedi- ately invites capital and muscle to our viii lage; or a new brick kiln, lime kiln, or for ought we know, pulpit manufactory, will suddenly spring into existence, and our usual serenity of mind is thus not permit ted to be disturbed by forebodings of evil. Why this is thus, we are not sufficiently in- terested to know to inquire. If we are blessed above the ordinary lot of man, we are content to remain so, without manifest ing, like old Mother Eve, an undue curios- ity to know what perhaps will be ot no benefit to us......A little more than fifty two years ago, the Congregational church in this village was dedicated. At the dedica- tion a chorus of over seventy voices made the walls and ceilings of the then new church ring as they never will again. MT. Leonard Lawrence sang in the choir at

 that time. He has sung in this church fifty years; and his wife, Mrs. Mary Lawrence, has sung there for over forty years. There was time when the town of North Canaan could boast of having some of the best home church musical concerts in the coun- ty. But most of those rare old voices are stilled forever in this life. Those ancient musicians appeared to enter into the execu- tion of their music with so much enthusiasm they seemed, and we think they really did, enjoy themselves better, as we'll as render far greater amount of enjoyment to their hearers, than any of the modern hop skip and jump choirs No disrespect to mod ern choirs, to be sure, but we might as well tell the truth about it as to lie; 'twont cost any more......Here and there on the sides of Canaan Mountain, are visible, patches of ice and snow, vivid reminders of the past terrible winter. They can gQ as soon as they choose: We don't care to be re- minded too frequently of our recent strug

 gles with Jack Frost. Perhaps to end this rambling communication right here would appear slightly abrupt: Lets try it and see. X.
Year: 1875

a correspondent of the Norfolk
Landmark writes the following scan
dal from Washington:


One of our last scandals, if not the
latest has just commenced to be whls-
pered around in private circles, good
food for the gossips to gloat over dur
ing the "duIl season." An official oc-
cupying position in one of the depart
ments fell in love with high toned
lady, proposed, and was accepted.
Nothing remarkable in that. Every
thing went on happily until the ap-
pointment of Office of beautiful lady.
and being assigned a desk in the Off
cial's room, who had everything in her
favor to captivata him, which she
seems to have done with n perfectly
reckless hand. During office hours
they exchanged glances, smiles, and
seem to affiliate from the start. The
official stopped his visits to his inten-
ded, and soon the rumor was spread
arouud that he was engaged to his
pretty clerkess. He paid her all the at
tention and court that an enamored
lover could. He gave her handsome
diamond ring, and magnificent locket
that excited the envy of many dam,
! sells. His sister dying, his mother pre-
sented her with several rolls OF silk
for dresses that had been bought fol
sister, but owing to her sickness ano
| demise had never been made up
! The fall was to unite two loving hearts


as he thought. When the summer


months came she thought that some


recuperation would be benficial to hel


health. SO he promised that after his


Office hours were over he would attenc


to her duties, Thereby saving her pa.


for her. Under this agreement she re
ceived two months leave with pay


The first month passed and at its err


he forwarded her pay to her address
which she received and thanked hin
Year: 1875

The Convention has been called; it's
delegates have been elected, and will
begin their labors three weeks from
tomorrow, and thus ends tho Conven-
tioE agitation that begun one year ago.


We have never regarded the
movement that has thus eliminated
as mere Dartizan measure, but as one
of fur greater and graver import, in
vOlying, az it did, the restoration and
preservation of the dearest rights of
freemcn in the government under
which they must live. Thus think
ing, we supported the movement with
all the zeal and ability that we pos
sessed. And we shrink from no re-
sponslbility that may have thereby
attached to us. If it be true, as is
alleged, that the call of the Conven-
tion is due to the efforts of the JOUR-
NAL, we are neither afraid nor are we
ashamed because of it. We most as
suredly did what we could, and the
day is not far distant when our course
will be fully vindicated, even if it be
| not so now. But it is not so much
our purpose to discuss the expediency
| of the initiation of the Convention
campaign, as it is to consider the les
sons its result teaches.


These lessons arc


1st. Discipline, organization and
harmon .ous concert OF action. arc alb
| solntely essential to the success of our
party.


| I'd. It is inexpedient to discuss ques-
tions of policy within our party lines
in such manner as to furnish the enc
my ammunition to fight us with.


Sd. Small white constituencies bless
Ell with white representation and
white rule, owe something to large
white constituencies, cursed with negro
representation and negro rule.


The first lesson is Ca plain one.
In Sampson county, if we are
correctly informed. instead of
confning the campaign to legiti-
mate Convention issues, the Temper
ance question was permitted to exer-
else an influence, and we carried, by
only thirty five majority. a county
that last year gave US five hundred and
ffty majority. In Wayne the Usury
question was brought in, a question
that had nothing upon earth to dc
with any Convention Issue, and we lost
county that last year We carried by
more than two hundred majority
( In Johnston the removal oi
the county seat from it's present
to. some other point, a purely loca
issue, was permitted to overshadov
/ Convention issues. and we lost
Year: 1875

Deen consumed IN freight CHARGES,


We repeat therefore, that there
ought to be upon the Commission
one gentleman in whose hands the
people of this section will be satisfied
to trust their interests. And we again
suggest that Colnoel Fremont be that
man
Year: 1875

There are two counties in the State
that White men can always count on,
and it is needles to say these counties
are Columbus and Duplin. Apathy and
Indifference may cause other counties
to fail to come up to the full measure
of their duty; temptations may seduoe
them from the narrow path of duty;
self-agrandlscment may ieafen them
to the call Of patriotism, but never do
these things, nor any embellishments or
allurements, make the good people Of
Columbus and Duplin falter or waver
in their allegiance to the principles of
good government and white mans rule


The people of these two counties have
right to be proud of of their vote in
the recent election, for in each county
the majority was greater than ever be
fore given. Had the other white
counties in the State done their duty
as we'll, the Democratic majority in
the Convention would be overwhelm-
ing. But then it would be out of


reason to expect the whole State to do


as well as Duplin and Columbus.


Hurrah for Columbus and Duplin
Year: 1875

DR.. Linderman. the Director Of the
in Virginia City, the supply Of gold bull
lion will be eat off to the extent of one
million per month for four months, and
the supply of silver bullion one and
half millions per month for the same
time.


Further particulars of the tIe in Vir-
ginia City show that a space half mile
by three quarters" was burned over, in
cluding not only the principal business
portion, but many Of the finest dwell:


lings. The Catholic. Presbyterian and
Episcopal churches were all destroyed.
The loss is now estimated at from three


to four millions. During the fire team


ster was shot dead By man whom he


had made desperate by exorbitant de-
mands.
Year: 1875

THE CITY HALL.-The work of tear
ing out and repairing the police station
was commenced this morning. The
Council Chamber has been fitted up
and will be occupied by City Council
this evening.