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Year: 1876

POvERTY'S OFFERING.-TO be poor in
a great city is to have nothing, to be
nobody, and to be ever struggling and
planning. for bread alone. The fact
might have entered the mind of the lad
who, one day, while walking by cot
tage tenanted by poverty and despair,
tossed his painted rubber ball to
ragged little girl sitting on the door
step. 1t was a prize more valuable
than the child would have dared to ask
for, and, as she played with it, there
was more sunshine in her heart than
ever before. Wealth and poverty may
be found with only a fence between.
The next house to the cottage is almost
palace, and one day a curly-haired
boy climbed upon the fence, saw the
ball in the hands of the ragged girl, and
wept because he had none, though he
might have had hundred for the ask
ing. He did not climb up again, but a
week later the knot of white and black
on the door told that he was dead. The
ragged girl heard his name spoken, and,
while weeping relatives and grieving
friends were moving softly about, she
assembled the steps, stood in the open
door, and, handing out the. ball, softly
whispered:


''Please, ma'am, but your little boy
cried for my ball, and 1 didn't give it
up; and now he's dead, and if you'll
put it into his coffin I'll play with a
ball of mud, and never be so stingy
againp'


Poverty is sometimes wickedness and
degradation, but nobler action or a
greater offering could not be made
The millionaire who had offered half
his wealth would not have offered what
poverty's daughter did.
Year: 1876

In response to the invitation rendered last
week to the crews of Cambridge and Dublin
Universities and London Rowing Club, an an
swer accepting the same from the first two has
been received. 1t is doubtful, however, whether
the London Rowing Club will participate in
any more races in this country. The Cambridge
and Dublin crews will arrive here Tuesday
next, and a race between them is being ar
ranged, to take place during the latter part of
next week. We are quite sure that such hos
pitalities will be extended to them by our pub
lic-spirited citizens as will cause these famous
oarsmen to look upon their visit to Washing
ton as one of the most pleasant episodes of
their stay in this country.
Year: 1876

1T is stated that the supply of gold in
the vaults OF the Bank of France con-
tlnues to increase, amounting at present
in round numbers, to $325, ,0O0, 900, said
to be the largest amount ever held BY
any single institution. The French cur
rency Is now at par"


1t is not little extraordinary that
France, which came out of disastrous
war, in which she was whipped at all
points, and made to pay an unheard of
sum in gold to get rid of the Prussian
armies that had sacked her towns and
threatened to sack Paris, should now have
her Golfers overrunning with gold, and
her paper money at par in all the world,
while the United States which had
emerged victorious from a war six years
previous, and has been robbing her con-
quered States ever since, has not gold
dollar which can be appropriated to re-
deeming the hundreds of millions of
greenbacks that float around our streets,
bearing the printed lie in and out of
every mans dwelling, disgrace to our
people in every country.


Anterior to the war, when the Demo
Gratis conducted the government on
economical principles the United States
ranked as one of the first pow ers of the
world now the government is SO poor
that it dares not demonstrate against the
monstrous outrage against humanity
that is daily being perpetrated on the ad
Jacent Island of Cuba, by one of the
most bloody despotisms on the earth.


Americans everywhere are ashamed of
their rulers. And very soon if there is
not stop put to the robberies by which
the taxes are enhanced, the people will
begin to question the legality of the Ma
tional debt; and no impartial judge in
Christendom, taking the Constitution
and the laws into consideration, can
truthfully affirm that it is even SO Legal
as the forced loans of the Sultan Of Tur.
key, which are often little less than down
right robbery.
Year: 1876

The Senate Committee on Pensions reports
an amendment to the bill passed by the
House awarding pension to the widow and
the parents of General Custer The House
proposed to give the parents one hundred
dollars month This was because they
lost three sons and two sons-in-law in the
action. 1t proposed also to give Mrs. Gus
ter fifty dollars a month The Senate COM
mittee now suggests that the pension TO the
parents shall simply be a pension to the
mother, to cease when she dies, and that the
pension to the widow shall be reduced from
fifty dollars month to thirty The report
awaits the decision Of the Senate


We cannot doubt for moment as to the
course of the Senate. This business is so
Of every American. 1t is said that there are
certain precedents in the awards of pensions
which the Senate must follow. But such a
theory should not be entertained. Congress
has absolute power. II there is any prece-
dent that will justify ali action as mean as
what the Pension Committee propose the
sooner it is abolished the better for the fair
fame of that body. Tho fate of Custer is
without precedent. There is no precedent
for his gallantry, his devotion, his selfde-
NAL; no precedent for the slaughter of one
of the finest regiments in our service; no
precedent for the heroism shown by the
noble Seventh cavalry. Congress should,
therefore, rise above the meanness of cutting
down the pension of the parents and widow
of n general like Custer to small, beggarly
pittance n month.


If the Senate is insensible to the higher
conscientious of o question like this-con-
siderations which stir the soul of every one
who appreciates valor and heroism-if it is
the saving of money alone which prompts
this report from the committee, let the
Senate clip On edge off the corrupt River
and Harbor bill, which proposes to squander
seven millions on gigantic scheme of job
berry. This is the economy which the coun-
try expects and respects. But when it
comes to carving pensions the country re-
volts. 1t generally happens thai when re-
Year: 1876

General Grant should issue an order
at once turning every Indian agency
over to the military. This is necessary
as q war measure. We hear of wounded
Indians coming into various agencies.
Indians were disabled in the late fights
with Crook and Custer. OF course
Sitting Bull will be too happy to have his
wounded carried into On agency and nursed.
The Indian warrior is always anxious about
his dead and wounded Even if Indians are
friendly, like Red Cloud and Spotted Tail
they have been great chiefs in their day
their hearts are on the warpath. and they
would never refuse succor to a wounded
friend. Unless the agencies are closely
watched they will become hospitals and
bases of supply for the fighting Indians.
When Sitting Bull plundered Clusters COM
mand he obtained good sum Of money, as
the troops had just been paid. With this
money he could purchase arms and ammu-
milton for new campaign, and there is not
q rascally Indian trader on the Plains who
would not be glad to sell him all he wanted
Now the way to prevent this is tor the
soldiers to take charge of every agency in
the Sioux region and prevent Sitting Bull
from using them to make war upon the
whites
Year: 1876

The assassination and mutilation of unof-
Tending and helpless colored men at Ham,
burg took place on the 8th of July. Here
we are at the end of the month. What is
Governor Chamberlain doing about it /?
Some, at least of the authors of this brutal
outrage are known. Has any one been
arrested? We print elsewhere a very calm
and temperate, but, we confess, to us very
irritating account Of the transaction, resting,
it is said, upon evidence and signed by a
number of persons some of them at least
well known to be responsible. What is
Governor Chamberlain doing in the face of
these facts? We trust he is not going to let
this affair pass over. He must do his duty
as Governor oc the State, sworn to maintain
order and see justice done. He cannot let
the matter go f; to do that is to lay himself
liable to the suspicion that he and his
advisers prefer to let it be used as a scam
paign outrage and care nothing about
justice.


We urge the Governor to do his duty
without further delay or, if he will not,
then he had better leave the State. 1t is not
good time just now for the ''bloody shirt. "
We in the North have come to understand
that such lawlessness is too often brought
on by the imbecility or the cold-blooded
political calculations of republican rulers
in the South. We now wait to see
what the Governor will do. Let
him act promptly; let him put upon
the white people of the county the
responsibility OF helping him, or of refusing
to help him, if they are insane enough to do
that If they obstruct him in his effort to
we shall understand the matter and then,
indeed, it will assume degree of political
Importance deserving of attention. Just
now we have right to hold the Governor
responsible, and he cannot evade that with
out resigning. If he does what his oath and
his duty demand, and if then he is resisted,
or if the white people do not show proper
alacrity in coming to his assistance, in that
case we at the North will know whom to
hold responsible.


We do not mean to let this matter drop.
It is crucial event Here can be brought
to light the truth about such outrages, and
we can learn whether they happen because
the republican State government fails to do
its duty in Furnishing crime, or whether the
white people are to blame. Riot and mur-
der were done in open daylight by men who
were neither masked nor unknown. When
does the Governor mean to move toward ar
resting those concerned in the riot?
Year: 1876

We print letter on the silver question
from ex-senator Stewart this morning, in
which he reviews all the legislation we have
had bearing upon this species of coin, and
makes strong plea in favor of the double
standard specie basis. 1t is to be noted that
Mr.. Stewart is largely interested in the sill
yer mines of Nevada and the Pacific slope
fact which will account for the earnestness
and excuse the sophistry of his arguments.
In answer to what he has to say in behalf of
the restoration of silver to its legal tender
position and its equality with gold as a
money standard it is only necessary to re-
member few of the palmer principles
of political economy. One of these is that
no legislation can fix the value Of one kind
of money in comparison with another kind


If silver dollar is intrinsically worth only
three-fourths much rs a gold dollar we
may make it legal tender, but its pur-
chasing power will be only seventy-five
cents. We have seen this illustrated in every
phase of our greenback experience, and
hence it follows that Mr. Stewart is wrong in
asserting that the purchasing power of gold
has been increased Over-production and
other causes have diminished the market
value of silver, and the mineral has become
simple commodity, like iron, copper, lead
and zinc. If we are sentimental people and
like the history of silver, which for many
centuries held its place by the side of gold
as one of the two precious metals. we might
deplore it's demone;ization as Mr.. Stewart
does; but rot owning any mines or mining
stocks, and being in the habit of accepting
things as we find them, we cannot insist that
that which was but is not shall be again.


Silver has deprecated far below gold in its
| intrinsic value. and so it is impossible longer
Year: 1876

We hear that the Indian chief Crazy Horse
wants peace and proposes to come in and be
a ''good Indian" We believe Crazy Horse
was o chief under Sitting Bull in the recent
fight with Custer. The question whether
we should have terms with a chief who took
part in that massacre is serious one It
may be said that these are savages who
acted according to their nature, and that
it is too late, considering our whole course
with the Indians, to think of revenge or
retaliation. But if Sitting Bull can send
within our lines every crippled detachment.
if he can make up parties of wounded and
infirm warriors and quarter them upon US
as peaceful Intlians it will be q constant
recruiting of his army. 1t seems that all
the young men are going out on the war
path. while all the old men, the squaws, the
wounded and infirm are within the reserva-
tions. There should be an end of this. We
should treat with the Indians rs one tribe.
If Crazy Horse comes in and brings with
him Sitting Bull and his band there will be
no trouble. We can disarm them, enclose
them within o reservation and set them to
useful employment. We trust this war will
not end until the Indian tribes are under
the control of the government. When,
therefore, Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull and
other chiefs ask to ''come in and make
peace" the authorities should see that ala
the bands are included in the surrender.
Year: 1876

much less broken. All the nominations,
tions in Office, show that the power is still in
supreme control, and not a single intluen-
tial voice is lifted up to protest against this
state of things. 1t is this policy especially,
as shown in the acquiescence Of the repub-
licans in the Senate and the House in the
removals OF men from Office as honorable
and competent as Mr.. Pratt and Mr.. Jewell,
in the protection of every vagabond influence
in the party, that burdens the canvass of
Hayes. The republicans have many chances
of winning the election. Their candidate
meets the approval of men of all parties The
name of Wheeler will help the canvass in
New York. The republican party has within
it the elements of victory. Its organization
has eighty thousand oflice-holders who fight
for Hayes rs for bread and butter. The con-
servative influences which hocked away to
Greeley four years since have returned.
Nothing can defeat the republican ticket but
republican incapacity to read the temper of
the country. This is not to be walk-over
to either side. If the democrats can satisfy
the people that the election Of Mr.. Tilden
would not be the signal for revolution-that
all the results Of the war will be accepted in
good faith-thcy will win. If tho republi-
cans can show that their purpose is to profit
by experience, to throw away the worser half
of their discipline and tendencies and prove
themselves worthy of continued authority,
n
bearing the ills we have rather than flying to
others we know not Of A few days will
show the drifts of the currents.
Year: 1876

GRANT on THE RAMPAGE Grants course
in removing honest and worthy men without
cause leads to this question :-'Have good
republicans, who do not believe in Babcock,
Belknap, the third term and Boss Shepherd,
any rights which republican President is
bound to respect?" If we had a republican
Senate worthy of the name, whose members
were not gorged with patronage this ques-
lion would be speedily answered.
Year: 1876

to acceps IL as proper specie basis. This
is the whole case, and neither legislation nor
letters to the newspapers can make it other
wise. Complications and loss must neces-
sarily result from such radical change in
the exchange system of the world, but it is
for the courts to see that contracts are en-
forced, and not for legislatures to declare that
a dollar in silver or paper shall be equal to
dollar in cold.
Year: 1876

generous act there is sure to be some mean,
narrow soul to find motive or ''prece-
dent" for a contrary course. We should
have thought that the profound emotion
caused by the achievements and the fate OF
Custer would have inspired an impulse Of
are Senators rs mean now as when they
haggled over pension to the widow of Lin
coin. We trust that the bill will be restored
to what it was when it passed the House,
and that our government will show that
republics are not always as ungrateful as the
world would have us believe.
Year: 1876

The CUBAN RESURRECTION is certainly far
from losing its vigor. Hitherto the railroads
have been comparatively unmolested, but
the attack on the train near Sancti Espiritu
Shows that other counsels are beginning to
prevail among the brave and patient Mambi.
It is noticeable that wherever of late the
patriots strike the blow achieves its object.


Hcw long can Spain stand this steady drain !?
Year: 1876

CHARLEY Ross. Once more the story of
The poor little fellow stolen from German
town comes to the surface. SO many prom
ising clews have ended in disappointment
that the sympathizing public may not catch
much glimmer of hope in the stories told
elsewhere, but those most interested in the
,earch cannot give it up while there is any
uncertainty in the little lads fate.
Year: 1876




While the lawyers are by no means tie
only class in the community who have
concern as to the courts and iudges-how
happy might We all be, if they were !-un-
questionably their suggestion to the Gov
ernor as to the selection of Chief Justice
must have much weight. They are good,
and probably tile best, judges OF the capa-
bility of those amongst their own number
who may be named for the place, and it
is reasonable to presume that any
one of them whom nearly all the
rest are willing to have elevated as the UNI
pire and authority for all must be at least
a fair-nlin led person, who may safely be
entrusted with the important functions of
the place. There is, on account of these
considerations and others, very general
Willingness OIL the part of the community tc
acquiesce in Recommendations so strong
ly made by the bar of this and Kent county
in favor of Mr. Comegys as Chief Justice
and should be disappointed, ,as now seems tC
be o general expectation, we have no doub
the decision will be highly satisfactory
Mr.. Comegys has dignity, urbanity, and 1
Judicial mind his uprightness and integ
rity of character are worthy to follow tn
long line Of just judges who have honore'
the bench in Delaware and his ability as
lawyer is unquestioned.


1t may be hoped, in behalf of all the put
lie interests involved, that selection wi
not be long delayed by the Governor, an
from what we hear, we imagine it will ne
be-
Year: 1876

The President intends to leave Washing
ton this morning by the limited express
train for PhiladelpMs. He does not Ao.
eept President scott's free train. Why
would it not be well, by the way, for Con-
gressmen, whether they prefer to travel by
the ordinary route or not, to pay their own
fare, and not show 30 much anxiety for q
dead head ride around over Colonel SCOTS
circumbendibus
Year: 1876

THE annual report of the Coun- ty Treasurer, occupying double has crowded out of our inside much interesting matter. We commend this report of our excellent and efficient Treasurer, to the perusal of the Tax payers of the County. It is clear, com- prehensiVe and able.
Year: 1876

AN ancient idol has been taken from
mound in the neighborhood Of Plasa,
Illinois. 1t is a representation Of hui
man head OF the Aztec mould. 1t is six
inches in diameter, sandstone, and is so
cut as to rest upon n fiat base in place OF
shoulders. Upon the bottom Of this base
are cut representations Of the rising sun,
the moon, human figure in the attitude
Of worship, fish and other devices.
Year: 1876

From the Santa Barbara (Cal Press, Jan. 2s.


Some two weeks ago, during that heavy storm, word
was brought in to county authorities that woman
was lying in the open air with child that had just
been oorn Accordingly Mr.. Rynerson at once dc.
spatched hack TO bring her In and she taken
the ST. Charles Hotel She gave her name as Mrs.
Gertrude Ward. From what we CLEAN OF her his
tory II appears that she came from New York with
her husband and at Chicago, either Intentionally or
otherwise she got separated from him and cra
miles on her journey toward California before she
missed him. At San Francisco she got on board a
steamer coming south, with the intention, sho aor
ward stated Of jumping overheard. She got OF here
and wandered out in the country, where she
taken by the storm and gave birth to the child She
appeared very dcspondent during her sojourn at the
hotel and yesterday she ended her misery by taking
dose OF poison The story bears upon the face Of II
cruel case OF desertlon by the who sworo to pro-
tect and cherish her Surely there is Nemesis that
will ovcrtakc a villain who will betray woman and
desert her in the hour OF her need Her troubles have
now ceased. Rsquiescdt in pace
Year: 1876

[From the Doylestown (Pa.) Democrat


A few weeks ago Jacob Klinck. farmer, near Fox
chase saving down large chestnut tree whom the
tooth of the came in contact with metallic
substance. Fearing the presence OF something expo
sivo he directed the workmen to the other side
of the tree They did After the tree had been
felied gold watch, two gold pencil cases and gold
chain found imbedded in the wood sightoon
inches from the surface. They wrapped in asoed
sock The trec sawed of close TO tho ground and
they had evidently boen hidden at tho junction of
roots aud the wood had grown and enclosed them
The watch old fashioned having case which
could bo detached, and inscribed with the date
1I40 One OF the pencil cases provided with pen.
The other had only poncl and minus the seal.
The chain long and was intended to pass around
the neck of the There was also gold watch
key which, however, did not nt the watch. The tree
had attained great age being about six feet in dame
ter old mansion stood by, and IL is sup
posed that the articles in question buried during
the War OF the Revolution. The watch was uninjurcd,
except that the hands rusted of. The finder has
had IL repaired and will exhibit II to any who curl
GUS TO SEQ such relic. He lives about mile above
Foxchasc, on the county linc
Year: 1876

MODES or DYING.-Augustus Cesar
chose to die in standing position, and
was careful in arranging his person and
dress for the occasion. Julius C@sar,
when slain by the conspirators in the Cap
itol. concealed his face beneath the folds
of his toga so that his enemies might
not see the death pang upon his counte-
nance. Siward, Earl of Northum ber-
land, when at the point Of death, quilted
his bed and put on his armor, saying,
at becomes not man to die like a
beast" Maria Louisa of Austria, a short
time before she breathed her last, had
fallen into an apparent slight slumber
and one Of the ladies in attendance re-
marked that Her Majesty seemed to be
asleep. "No" replied she; 81 could
sleep if | would indulge repose but /
am sensible ofthe near approach ofdeoth,
and | would not allow myself to be sur
prised by him in my sleep | wish to
meet him wide awake" Lord Nelson,
on receiving the fatal shot, said to Cap
tain Hardy MY backbone is shot
through :" and had the presence Of mind
to take out his handkerchief and cover
his face and stars, to be concealed from
the gaze of the crew. And last Of all
the great Bonaparte died in his field mar
shall's uniform and boots, which he had
ordered to be puton a short time previous
to his dissolution.
Year: 1876

FooT LAMP. One Of the most inter
esting things in the Holy Land is the fact
that one meets everywhere, in daily life,
the things that illustrate the word Of the
Lord. The streets ofJerusalem are very
narrow, and no one is allowed TO 60 out
at night without light. Throw open
your lattice in the evening and look out,
you will see what seems to be little stars
twinkling on tho pavement. You will
hear the clatter Of sandals as the late trav-
eler rattlcs along. As the party approach
es, you will see that he has little lamp
fastened to bis foot, to mako his step a
safe one. In nm instant the verse comes
to your memory, written in that same
city three thousand years ago, "Thy
word is a lamp to my feet, and light to
my path"