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Year: 1875

striking the leg Of another and producing
slight wound. 1t was stated that Turner
had seduced Williams sister, and her
brother had pleaded with Turner to save
her from disgrace by marrying her. Viii
Hams had that night called him out of the
house and demonstrated with him, telling
him at last that if he did not lead her to
the altar he would kill him. Turner re-
sponded that he would not marry her, and
that he was not afraid. The sequel Of that
conversation was Turner's death"
Year: 1875

The Whiskey Ring desperately hate the EN-
cient Secretary who is 70 firmly aud steadily
bringing them to justice, Nothing oould more
assuage their bitterness than the innictien upon
him of public injury. They know perfectly well
that his record is as clean as theirs is foul and that
he has had no more connection with their frauds
than the archangels, but the intinaton of swift
witness, at st. Louis, on Friday, that he had
heard, he couldn't remember or wouldn't tell
from whom, that General Brstow had been in
terested in distillery or liquor house at Louis
vile, served for moment to revive the down
cast spirits of the Ring. They know that they
are themselves on the road to destruction, but if
by the way, they could smirch General Bristow
it would bo some consolation.


But the telegram which the Secretary sen
from Washington to st. Louis, on Saturday, Il
cruaher. It strikes tho business square on the
head, and while nobody believed the sneakint
little libel before, everybody will jeer at it, now
It is absurd to presume that the Secretary woul'
have undertaken this, the most energetic ant
courageous prosecution of public corruption eve
carried on by Departmental officer. If he has
not known his own record to be clean, honorable
and above impeachment, and this the people ey
erywhere realize fer themselves. but the quic
and conclusive response which he makes serve
to further impress and convince their minds
While it was not re lurel to maintain the splen
did character which he has established, il contrl
butes further to his elevation in the opinion Q
the country.
Year: 1875

sistence or support, would be an act Of cruelty
Are you willing to raise and secure the pay
ment of fifteen thousand dollars for their ben
eft, if should be induced to free them The
security of the payment of that sum would
materially lessen the obstacle in the way OF
their emancipation.


And now, Mr.. Mendenhall, I must take res
pectful leave of you. W. separate, as we
have met, with no unkind feelings, no excited
anger or dissatisfaction on my part, whatever
may have been your motives, and these re-
fer to our common Judge above, to whom we
are both responsible. Go home, and mind
your own business, and leave other people to
take care of theirs Limit your benevolent
exertions to your own neighborhood. Within
that circle you will find ample scope for the
exercise of all your charities. Dry up the
tears of the afflicted widows around you, con
sole and comfort the helpless orphan, clothe
the naked, and feed and help the poor, black
and white, who need succor and you will be
better and wiser man than you have this
day shown yourself.
Year: 1875

man. The inhabitants of the colony were,
with few exceptions. firmly united in their
opposition to the arbitrary and despotic meas
urss of the proprietors. For them they cher
ished no love, and being aware Of their weak
ness, they had no fear for their authority;
They saw it demonstrated that the interests or
the colony and those of the proPrietors con,
ficted. It had now become evident that If
things remained as they now were, that the
reduction of the people of the colony to mere
serfs of the soil, was only matter of time.


TTo BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.
Year: 1875

This elegant preparation is prepared from the
true Jamaica Ginger, combined with choice arc.
matics and genuine French brandy, and is vastly
superior to every other Extract or Essence of Gfn
ger before the publi,-all of which are prepared
with alcohol by the old process.
Year: 1875

n n n WILL BE PAID Tor q bottle of any
XInlu other Extract or Essence OF Jamaica
ID Uvv Ginger If found to equal IL in fine flavor


purity, and prompt medicinal effect.
Largest, Cheapest and Best Take no other until
you have given it a trial.
Year: 1875

A gentleman from Marcos, Texas, tells
of the capture Of wild boy few miles
from that place. The boy was first dis.
covered wallowing in pond of shallow
water, and when approached he broke like
a quarter-horse, running about mile be-


fore he could be overtaken by men on
ponies. Riding up near, the boy was
lassoed, when a fierce contest ensued, the
strange being striking, Kicking and
lunging about in the most fearful manner,
and apparently being frightened almast to
death. Finally he was overpowered, tied
and taken to the house Of the man who
first discovered him. His body was covered
with hair about four inches long, and from
size and appearance he is supposed to be
about twelve years old. He is unable to
talk, but possesses reasoning power, and
now follows his captor about like dog.
Year: 1875

ALTHOUGH the participation Of Tilton
in the famous libel suit between himself
and Beecher, has thrown taint Of dishon-
Or about him, at the same time it appears
to have in no way detracted from his pop
ularity as lecturer. He is now lectur-
ing upon the "Problem of Life" which
we should think nobody would have a
harder time at solving than himself, if we
are to take his practice in life as evidence
Of his ideas upon this subject. He has
been greeted everywhere that he has lee
tured by large crowds; seeking learning
from such teacher, or prompted by mere
curiosity, as question, would lead to the
latter as an answer. The trial proved a
bait to those Of morbid, curious, ..fancies,
and Tilton is availing himself Of the gold
en- opportunities to improve his finances by
this chance.
Year: 1875

WE are in receipt of circular announ.
cling that the first annual fair Of the Bridge.
Vile Agricultural and Mechanical Society
will be held on the 10th, Goth and 2lst Of
October. This is the first fair that has
been held in Sussex county, and we are
confident that it will meet with abundant
success. We adverted to the Importance
of holding fairs in the lever counties in an
editorial yesterday, and hope that the one
in Bridgeville will prove an incentive by


the success that will attend it for the farm


ers to continue them. .-a go,
Year: 1875

President Grant was present yesterday


at the reunion of the armies of Tennessee,


in Des Noines, Iowa. As is usually the


case when he lends his distinguished pres


ence to an occasion he was called upon to


speak. He surprised all, for he responded


and made the longest speech of his life.


Not only was it surprise in this respect,


but the tore Of the oratorical effort was one
of conciliation and peace toward the South.


The cry Of the President has always been


'let US have peace" but SO poorly has he


preserved the sentiment Of this cry that all


faith in the virtue Of his protested peace
policy has been destroyed. 1t became as


empty as his speeches have always been


and as unproductive Of any good results as


the policy he has exhibited in matters


where efforts to secure peace would have


brought forth good results. And for him to


make speeches just now, advocating peace


and reconciliation smirks entirely too much


of political machination to carry any great


weight. When the South needed the exc
cution of his peace policy it was reserved
and far worse fate extended them than if
they had had a more blunt but reasonable
master to administer to them. Instead Of
peace the whole South was overrun with
soldiery that prostrated all the rights of
citizenship to its despotic laws. Broke
down the sacred privileges and uses of self
government by military rule and with the
full knowledge of he who now speaks for
peace and reconciliation, hoping by such to
win the confidence and esteem of those
whose life and property he had placed at
the mercy of his soldiery. r..,l RI


He goes on further to state. "We arc
not prepared to apologize for the past. To
guard against recurrence of those days,
we must begin by guarding against every
enemy preventing the prosperity of Free
Republican institutions" There are none
who will ask an apology for the prosecu-
tion of the war; but there are few who will
be able to interpret his meaning when he
speaks Of ''the Free Republican Ifstitu-
tions." To the people Of the South they
are anything but free institutions, the
harshest sides of them have been turned
in that direction, and havemade more abject
slaves than the negroes ever were. Under
his administration this has occurred. and
then he speaks Of peace as though he ex-
pected the people Of the section he alludes
to licking the hand that had struck them.
1t is more than probable that his remarks
Of having no apologies to make for the
past, contained truth in more senses than
the one implied, for he is of the unrelent-
ing kind, and would act towards the South
tomorrow as he has doue since his adj
begun, if it were policy to do
so. But it is not policy as he wants
third term, and the eloqucnce Of his tongue
must be used to pacify those whom he has
But it comes from poor source
to contain any interest. Following SO
closely upon the injuries he has inflicted,
one is inclined to think that he doth pro-
ess too much, and that it smacks strongly
# political trickery.
Year: 1875

When you see a woman with
raw-hide hid in the back draperY of
her morning wrapper, and calling
William Henre-e-e, in key about
four octaves above high G, you may
know that a whaling expedition is
about to set sail.
Year: 1875

THE QUESTION OF JUDGMENTS AGAINST THE CITY.


There seems to have been misapprehen


sion as TO argument OF Controller Green, in the
Board OF Estimate and Appointment. in support Of


motion for the s20OOO in bonds 10 meet claims
ana Judgments against the city 1t woud be unlawful
to pay the salaries Of the Aldermon or Supervisors
out OF these bonds The Controller alluded 10 tne jlJs
ments got monthly by the firm OF Brown, Hall
G.Vanderpoel for various Supervisors OF last year,
ana stated nat their claims could not be paid because
the Board OF AppotOnnent had provided no moneys to
meet them. The Controller believes the claim for
salaries Supervisors authorized by law but If the
Courts give judgment for Them the Controller must pay.
Even il he thought them legal he could pay unless
the Board OF AppOrtonment provided for them
and ts they aid do year. and have not done for
this year judgments got it Is the fault OF
the Board OF Apportionmens and OF the Controller
Year: 1875

EXCITEMENT ~ A RICHMOND THEATER-A CoLoRED


MAN PERSUADED TO GIVE UP HIS sEAr-AN


ocTORooN CoyRTEsAN EXPELLED FROM The


DRESS CIRCLE


RICHMOND, Va, March s.-The opening Of
the Richmond Theater tonight for the frs. time since
the passage Of the Civil Rights b extracted an i'm
crowd both inside and ont, In the anticipation
that the negroes would attempt TO exercise sher newly
acquired rights. There genera! disappointment as
any concerted action for only negro entered
tho theater It Is not known how he procured
ticket. but he was discovered In the
paIquete, there considerable excitement and vo
ciierous cries Of Put him out during which the ne
remained perfectly quiet This soon Brought Nan
ager Powell to the scene who, TO avoid difficulty,
which seemed imminent. requested the negro 10 ,tep
into the lobby. where. after some talk be prevailed
upon the negro TO exchange Bis ticket for one for tue
gallery hitherto set apart for cOlOred people reundlng
him the difference IN price. Shortly Afterwards
it discovered that octOrO0n courtesan
In tho dress circle. her ticket there having been
purchased by a white The attention OF the police
being called 10 her she requested to leave the dress
circle, account OF color, but because or
her character The audience during these two ncdents
hi gh state OF exltement, but the performance
closed without further interruption. The white man
who boughG the ticket for the woman had person2i
difficulty afterward In the barrOOm on account or the
part no had taken. and was roughly handled
Year: 1875

LARGE ACCUMULATION OF sNOw-THE RIVER pISfNG


Tile PEOPLE PREPARING TO ABANDON THEIR


HOMES on THE BANK.


rrpoM rIiz SPECIAL C0RREsPOSDgVT or THE TRIBUNE


Port JERYIs, March S.-l Yesterdays snow
fall was the heaviest OF the Winter ills valley Il Is
% inches deep On level grOupl and closely packed To-
day the weat her has been clear but warm, and the
snow has thawed considerably. There has not been so
much snow TIE Delaware valley in many years. On
surrounding mountains It les several feet Deep ana
the rapid approach OF weather makes an extra
ordinary inuudatlon inevitable. The streets here are
banked four feet high with snow, which ia RAPIDLY melt
ina II IA the opinion OF many that in
few days there Will DO great freshet, even
II tho ice gorge should cause damage.
The river being blocked up there is no channel by
which the snow Oh. and whom the torrents
pegin to pour down from the steep hills oyerhanging
the town the valley may he turned into ldke1


This morning Mayor Abbott telegraphed to Mr..
Chanute that Le would leave the question OF attempt
Ing to blast and melt the ice entirely his Judgment.
II thinks It best to make the attempt the town Will
bear its share Of the expense Mayor Abbott thinks the
plan is not feasible. He teegraphei today 10 Prcs
dent Jewett that the present weather was favorable 10
the safety the The Ice remains IN about
the same condition.


The indications are that the weather " grow warner
in which case the volume of water u tho river ii b.
come too great TO pass Underneath the gorge which
must then either give way a 1ool. II prob
able that the Heversink viii Oyefog in Ct sud
den tAaW rain and II !ne ice gorge in the Delaware
should be crowded Gow2 BY pressure from above far
enough 10 choke up its mouth 10 would iLuudate the
lower end Of the and old Port Jcrvs This after
noon water appeared the top Of the iee having run
down from the hills and having been unable reach
the bed Of the river The nlstream which enters the
Delaware Just above the Suspension Bridge has over
flowed near the xas works, which Will be inundated II
the water continues TO rise cn;e1h watch will lie
kept up all night and a timely alarm will 90 given In
case OF further danger.


Late IN the DAY several families living near the river
bank packed up and removed their goods anu furniture
TO higher ground, preparatory to abandoning their
dwellings In case OF need. People who two days ago
thought all danger over shake their heads and say
"It Ia a question Of chances" The thaw ha' not yet
continued long enough 10 the river than az
Year: 1875

c mmitting court there has never been any
d Jubt.


Acting on this the Court of Appeals pro-
ceeded to reopen the case, and decided
that the sentence Of Tweed on one indict-
ment must be limited to one offense, and
that his sentence, except SO far as it re-
lated to one offense, was void. AS the
punishment CS25O fine and one year, i'm
prisonmenO for one offense has already
been suffered, he became, of course, en-
titled TO release. 1t is thought by some
that this will profit him but little; but
when it is recollected with what difficulty
his conviction was obtained, what mighty
appliances and subtle arts were resorted to
to defeat justice of her due, the public will
learn with regret that any misstep has been
made in bringing to justice man whose
crimes are undeniable.


Much interest in Tweed's case has been
felt by his former party associates IN this
city. 1t will be remembered that no IN
considerable amount of Tweed's plunder
was used to subsidize Democratic newspa-
pers in various portions of the United States.
Much of the carping and abuse of the Presi-
dent that passed for genuine party zeal,
and some that passed even for patriotism,
was paid for with money stolen from the
treasury of the city of New York. Tweed
was principal owner of the leading Demo
cratic organ here, established during Gen.
Grants first term, as a stepping stone to
the Inauguration of Mr.. Tweed as power
in the National Government. Those who
recollect the reckless denunciation of
what the organ of Mr.. Tweed was fond of
styling the profigate expenditures of the
Government, but who must have long
since seen the foulness of the stream
which fed this fountain of abuse, may now
realize how easy it is for rogues to impute
their own crimes to honest men. This
organ was TWeed's gift to Washington.
Would 1t not be we'll for his former para
sites here to tender public congratulations
to the free air of heaven that it has again
the honor of furnishing breath to the man
who as 1t was boasted, would go his
bottom dollar" to redeem Washington from
corrupt misrule? Some of the delegates
that we're appointed to the Ohio conven-
ton, but have been snubbed by their party
there, might find employment while they
are waiting for something to turn up in
disinfecting Tweed's reputation.
Year: 1875

The arm Of justice is shortened. The
success Of the Democrats at the recent elec-
tion in New York has produced one result
at least William n. Tweed, public thief,
convicted and known of all men for his
gigantic robberies, has been discharged from
the prison to which the verdict of jury
and the righteous sentence of the court had
committed him, to serve long term of i'm
prisonment as, in some sort, penalty for
his crimes.


After Tweed had been convicted on q
single indictment of a number Of offenses
and sentenced on each one of them, an ap-
plication for writ of hG6eGs corpus was
made on the allegation that there could be
but one conviction and that of one offense
under a single Indictment. In reply to
this it was urged that the sentence of
Tweed on one conviction for the various
offenses Of which that verdict determined
he was gr;lty was fully warranted by the
law OF -Icv York, and further, that the
question of his just conviction and sentence
was res adjudicat and that the produc-
ton of the record of his sentence by q
court Of general jurisdiction was full re.
turn to any writ of hGbsaS corpus and pre-,
claded further inquiry. s....- d


The Supreme Court of Appeals of New
York held, however, as Mr.. Justice Mac
Arthur held here IN the case Of Irwin, (held
q few months ago by the House of Repre-
sentatives as recusant witness in the Pa.
cifc Mail subsidy Investigation, } that while
the return was prima Jaoie evidence of the
facts alleged therein, yet the allegation
mir be contracted by proof. Of the


contest the Jurisdiction Of the
Year: 1875

SOME TINE AGO the Cincinnati Gazette
mildly remarked.


''We have word of advice to THE NATIONAL
REPUBLICAN, the best intentiOned in the world.
Drop the Third-term nonsense. 1t smells very
bad. 1t will not do to handle it now. Bury
the thing. Bury it right off. He is poor
friend of President Grant who insists on keep
ing the corpse above ground"


The St. Paul Pioneer Press, quoting
this remark, says: "THE NATIONAL Re-
PUBLICAN continues to advocate the re-
''nomination of the President with re-
doubled ZEAL" Whilst we accept the
best-intentioned advice in the world, we
seriously object to being misrepresented.
We have never advocated the renomina-
tion of President Grant, although we have
given space in our columns to many COM
munications from Southern Republicans and
others intended to show why he should be
renominated. Our position always has
been, and always will be, that the people
will settle this question to suit themselves;
that common sense and experience teaches
the advIEability Of retaining good men in
political offices the same as they are re-
tanned in private positions; that it is the
sheerest nonsense in the world to attempt
to write unaDrittcn law. The origin of this
Third Term bugbear, it must be remem-
bered, was in the sensational vacuity
known as the Intellectual Department of
the barn-yard organ of the Central Park
wild beasts. We have always treated it in
its personal application to President Grant
as sensation coming from such source
should be treated.
Year: 1875

THE New York Herald declares that it
''likes Vice President Wilson for one quail
''ity at least, and that is his courage" No
one will doubt Mr.. Wilson's courage who
has had occasion to watch his remarkable
career as public man. He has given evil
dence of it in many instances, not the least
prominent of which is his habit of speak
ing out in meeting" as the saying is, ana
injuring his party by the indiscreet deduc-
tions of too casual observation of the politi-
cal situation. But we yield him the credit
of being honest in his convictions, however
ill-founded they may be. This quality
should also attract the admiration of the
Herald on the ground that it is natural that
it should admire in others the qualities it
does not possess itself
Year: 1875

THE Richmond Whig, replying to a re-
cent article in these columns regarding the
disorganization of the colored vote in the
South. e. the practical disfranchisement
of the blacks-assumes that 1.-the carpet
"baggers and other emissaries of the Re-
publican Administration organized and
"banded the colored people on the line Of
"color, and have kept them SO organized
"and banded, aRd that if the ascendency
"of that party is broken the colored people
twill be free to vote as they choose; that
Gas race party they will be disorganized. "
The Whig knows as well as we do that the
cline of color" is not the result of the
efforts of those terrible "emissaries," but
is the natural consequence Of the policy Of
non-intercourse-political non intercourse
we mean, for there are other kinds of in
tercourse that are not rejected by some Of
the whItes-pursuel by the sham Couser-
vative party in Virginia and elsewhere.
The last convention held by that party in
that Stste described itself as the Gentle
mems Convention, and boasts were made
that its membership did not include sim
gle black delegate. 1t is about time that
journal so pretentiously intelligent as the
Wing should abandon the foolish attempt
to deceive the public with the false assertion
that the "color line in politics is the re-
suit Of Republican management. That
idea will not go down with respectfully
informed people.
Year: 1875

CFrom the Madison (Ind.) Courler.1


The course of the Democratic press in re-
gard to the "Third Term" since the publica-
ton OF Gen. Grants letter to the Pennsylva-
mia Republican State convention, reminds us
of Beecher's story of the dog Towser. The
dog ran q squirrel into hole In an old log,
would go to the log and bark at the hole.
The Democratic press made political hole of
this Third-term business. There was never any
thing in it, nevertheless continual barking
was kept up at it. And now the Democratic
barking is continued from habit.
Year: 1875

IT is SAID that Carl Schurz threatens to
write an early history Of the United States.
This is unkind. II his design had been
known soon enough we would have in
sisted that he should be kept busy at some
thing eIse-even at the public expense.
Year: 1875

THERE is some talk of moving the Rich
-aond Enquirer newspaper to Washington.
We hope the talk is not unfounded. A
first-clas Southern Democratic newspaper
ought to be killed, and Washington is just
the place in which that result would be
speedily realized.