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Year: 1872

F." PoLITIcAL SPECULATIoN-There is
some speculation going on as to the prob
ability Of the Democrats endorsing the
Laboring Mems nominee, Judge Davis, for
the pre,i 'ency. Lis even aid hat Judge
Davis expects this. If so, we incline to the
opinion that be will be disappointed. He
could not be successful with the Democratic
endorsement The Democratic party is at
present so constituted that its strength
could not be centered on him, and many of
them would vote for Grant in preference.
The only show is for the Democracy to
make fair and square nomination, and for
the opponents of Grants administration to
unite upon and elect him Butte Record.
Year: 1872

Of the Churches Of all Denonsinations IN Kent


County, DeL:


DEAR BRETHREN Allow me to ask your
attention moment to the following facts. The
Kent County Bible Society is auxiliary to the
American Bible Society, in New York, and its
next annual meeting is to be held in the Pres
byterian Church, in Dover, Thursday, Sept
5th, 1872 at which time you are all earnestly
requested to be present, with one or more of
the lay members of your church. You are
also requested to take your collection tor the
Bible Cause, and pay the same to the Treasur-
er, A. j. Wright, of Dover, in time to be in
cludcd in his report to the Society on that day
Please try to make your collections as good as
possible, and members Of the Wilmington
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
will take receipts from the Treasurer as their
vouchers, to be given in at the next session of
the Conference The Secretary of the Society
will publish the meeting in the County papers;
please also give notice of it from your pulpit
the Sabbath previous. The local committee in
Dover will make all needed arrangements for
the meeting.


T. j. THOMPSON, President


viii other papers in the County please
COPY?
Year: 1872

frequently is the remedy called for, and the
more reckless does society become. Where
the law is the most conscientiously abided by
Is where great crimes are the rarest.


1t is alleged in this case that the punishment
meeted out by the law Qife Imprisonment is
not adequate to the offense committed. That
may be- but it were better to abide by it until
1t can be made more stringent than to subject
society to mob violence. Well executed laws
are our only safeguard
Year: 1872

ACCIDENTAL SHooTING.-Iast Sunday week a
pistol was accidentally discharged while in the
hands Of son Of John Maag's, at the bakery on
Loockermun street, and the ball entered the hip of
white girl acting servant in the family. The
doctors say the ball is mbedded in the bone and can
only be removed at the risk Of the patients life
DeldLrdredn
Year: 1872

The progress of the age so marvellous
and startling, exacts Of journalism a com
mensurate spirit aud enterprise and such
he conductors Of the Missouri RsrUnLlCAS
endeavor to infuse into allit varied depart
ments. Intimately identified with every
effort for the Advancement of the West and
South, the REPCBLICAs has long been the
acknowledged reflector and exponent of the
material interests of those sections. But
its sphere is not confined to the West and
South. The concerns of the nation are dis
cussed in its columns, and the intelligence
it prints is gathered from al quarters of
the globe.


Independent. and fearless the REPUBLIcAS
is never subseryient to c!iques or coteries.
Its highest aim is to be the organ of the in
teiligcnt thought Of the people. It's mission
: to teach, to elevate, TO reform and its
political creed embraces those great prin-
ciples of liberty and government which
form the groundwork of our Uuion. and Of
which the Democratic party has long been
;he ouly true exponent n America.


In the discussions Of the vital questions
which must arise within the next twelve
months the REPUBLICAN will be found at
the front pointing the way. not waiting 10
be shown. The Missouri Policy" with
which it is prominently identified, is al
ready recognized as furnis hing the only
hope Of relief from the opRessions Of the
dominant party. u mas struck respon-
sivc chord in the hearts of the people and
will continue to grow in popular favor till
it finds its crowning glory at the polls on
the 4th of next November.


To induce the formation Of clubs the fol-
lowing liberal scheme of premiums has
been arranged. Besides the continuance of
the present extremely low cub-rates and
the commission of ten per cent allowed 10
the getter-up of the club TwESTF-FoUR
GRAND PREMIUMS, eight for each edition, are
provided the extent and value of which are
practically unlimited, being wholly depend
ent on the efforts of the agent. From fifty
10 fifteen per cent. of the " hole amount o:
money collected by the agent will be re-
turned premium according to the follow
ing scheme:
Year: 1872

ls without doubt the best Political and
Family Journal in the State, and the best
evidence Of its character and appreciation
OF rs readers is found in the fact that but
iew VINO subscribe for il ever cease taking
il. Each number contains thirty-six col.
umns of choice reading matter.
Year: 1872

TO THOSE WHO WANT
a GOOD NEWSPAPER
Paper for the Merchant, the Farmer. The
Mechanic, the Stock Trader, The Poll.
ticlan, the man Of Leisure. the
Family Circle, the Workshop,


and the Office
Year: 1872

IT Is little amusing to hear our
Democratic friends cussing and dis
cussing General Grant. They get
virtuously indignant and shower all
sorts Of epithets upon him, charging
him with all manner Of corruption,
thievery, debauchery, and other
things of the kind which do not
characterize, usually, good gentle
man of Republican instincts. The
New York World has been especial
ly severe in this way. 1t has endeav-
ored to maintain its position as q
Democratic organ by going to the
full length of its tetEer in this abuse
and SANDER of Grant. The Demoo-
rscy can never admit that any terms
are too severe with which to eharse-
terize that gentleman and his course.


The casual observer is only tore
up in his mind when he suddenly
turns from this Democratic picture
to contemplate a second one, which
presents Grant in the light of a rood
Democrat. The World for instance
had the other day long article,
carefully prepared, to show that
Grant is at heart a Democrat now,
and always has been. It is q mas
terly production, as is usually the
case with articles published as edi-
torials in that high toned journal,
and is very plausible to any one
who does not know better. The
question is, why, if Grant is such
scoundrel as the World pretends he
is, does it try so hard to prove him
a Democrat Are there not already
enough thieves and sWindlers in that
party? Must it strain itself to get
more in the ranks? And if it is so
apparent and notorious that Grant
is a rascal is it not necessary that
loud observation and labored eff
forts should be made, to prove that
said rascal is Demoorat2 Is n'ti it
a commonly accepted opinion, that
when you prove a man q rascal you
prove him a Democrat2 Don't eVerV
thief in Republican disguise, turn
Democrat as soon as he is caught
and exposed by the Republican par
ty? Taking everything into con-
sideration, isn't the time devoted to
proving Grant Democrat after as
serting that he is a scoundrel, vast
ed? Or is the World preparing the
Democratic party to support Grant2
Or is it possible that it is hard up
for editorial matter7 Or does it pro,
pose to acknowledge, in a quiet and
Ingenious way, that all the charges
of crime and wrongdoing it has here
tofore brought against Grant must
fall to the ground unlsss it can prove


that he is q Democrat.


The truth probably lies IN this:
That the World feels keenly its fail
ure, as well as the failure of the Dem
ocratic party, to injure General
Grant in the estimation of the peo-
pie in any othsr way, and as the Iast
grand effort, the climacteric, as it
were, tries to accomplish its object
by the fendish insinuation that he
is a Democrat! But the thing won't
work, it's too thin.-State Journal.
Year: 1872




ward" Here he slept on the floor;


but "the window had a pleasant
prospect Of a timber yard" and the
poor little lodger, feeling that he
was close to his true home, the
prisoner, thought the new sleeping
room a Paradise.


When his father left prison, the
boy (who had by that time been re-
moved from the blaeking establish
ment) was put, at about twelve years
of age, to school in the Hampstead
Road, where he soon became noted
for his Yivscity and fun. A favor
lite trick Of his was heading a num-
Der Of his school fellows in the
streets in pretending to be beggars.
When the old ladies of whom they
begged answered with tart speeches,
Charles would explode with laugh
ter, and take to his heels.


By and by came the start in life
first as a lawyers clerk, then as a
newspaper reporter, and then as 8
successful author. His old poverty
became a mine of riches to him, and
the rough msterisl Of his fame. He
never lost the habit Of coming his
life into enduring fiction. The Do
ra of "David COpperfeld" was, it
seems, his first love, the memory Of
whom always dwelt with him; and
the Flora Of "Little Dorrit," was the
was the same lady, not dead in fact,
but somewhat altered by the lapse
of a quarter of a century las that
same quarter Of century will change
us all, to whom, one day, Dickens
and bis wife paid q formal visit, and
found the stuffed favorite, Jip, in the
passage.
Year: 1872

A Philadelphia woman who had
broken her leg was so modest that
she would not permit the surgeon to
set it, and there being no female
doctor around, modification ensued,
which resulted In death.
Year: 1872

| also give official notice to the electors
of Forest county that, by an act entitled
" An act further supplemental TO the act
relative to the elections of this Common
wealth." approved April 18th, 1869, it is
provided as follows:


SECTION l. BE il enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted
bv the authority of the same, That it shSll
be the duty of each Of the aSsesSOrs of this
Commonwealth, on the first Monday of
June of each year, TO take up the transcript
he has received from the county commits
sioners under the eighth section of the act
of 18th of April 1884, and proceed TO an m
mediate revision of the same by striking
therefrom the name of every person who
is known by him to have died or removed
since the last previous assessment from
the district of which he is the assessor, or
whose death or removal shall he made
known 20 him, and to add to the same the
namo of any qualified voter who shall be
made known to him, 10 have removed in
to the district since the last previous as
Scssment, or whose removal into the same
shall be or shall have been made known
to him, and also the names of all who make
claim TO him to be qualified voters therein.


As soon Us this revision is completed he
shall visit every dwelling house in his dis
trict and make careful inquiry if any per-
son whose name is on his list has died or


removed from the district, and if so, to


take the same therefrom, or whether any


qualified voter resides therein whose name


is not on his list, and If so, 10 add the same


thereto, and in all cases whore name is


added to the list a tax shall forthwith be


assessed against the person, and the asses


sor shall in all cases ascertain by inquiry


upon what ground the person so assessed


claims to be voter. Upon the completion


of this work il shall be the duty of each


assessor as afol esuid TO proceed to make


out a list in alphabetical order of the free
men above twenty-Onc years of age claim
ing to be qualified voters in the ward, hor-
ough, township or district of which he is
assessor, and opposite to each ofsaid names
state whether said freeman is or is not Il
se-keeper, and if ne is, the number OF
his residence, in towns whore the same are
numbered, with the. street, alley, OF court
in which situate, and If in a town where
there are no numbers, the name of the


street, alley or court on which said house
fronts also the occupation of the person,
and where he is not housekeeper, the oc-
cupation, place of boarding and with
! whom, and il working for another, the
name of employer, aud write opposite
| each of said names the word voter and
where any person claims 20 vote by reason
/ of naturalization he shall exhibit his GER
| ttlicate thereof to the assessor, unless hC
! has been for five consecutive years EoXl
Year: 1872

AN ATTEMPT TO RECONCILE THE POPE


AND KING.


Rome dec. IA Correspondence OF the Pail Mall


Gazette.


am in aposition to furnish you with au-
thentc details Of the attempts made BY the
emperor Of Brazil to bring about peace be-
tween the pope and the king OF Italy. In
the first interview which took place be-
tween the pope and the emperor, the latter
spoke long, warmly, and eloquently on
the necessity of reconciliation. The
pope, after listening very attentively to
him, aaid that he wss very much surpris-
ed 10 hear such language used to him by
the emperor of Brazil. IL am foi the
nourv," replied the emperor, only Don
holiness Very well, my dear Don Pedro
ID Alcantara," said the pope, ''people say
you are philosopher, and / believe t.
Consult your books, and when you find in
| any one Of them that the day unites itself
with the night bring the work TO me, and
shall have precedent for the reconcile
alton you advocate To the empress the
pope made himself still more disagreeable
and spoke to her sarcastically of her hav-
ing acted as cicerone to her husband over
the royal palace at Naples, she being the
daughter of King Francis l, Of the Two
Siciles. "Verily," said his holiness, "the
emperor could have discovered no ono bet
ter qualified than you, madam, to do him
the honors ofthe palace of your ancestors y
The empress was very much hurt At this
and did not visit the pope again even to
take leave Of him. But the emperor returned
to see him Immediately before his depart
ure, and commenced once more on the sub
ject of reconciliation, and even went so far
as to say that he would bring Victor En-
manuel secretly to the Vatican. ~ will
get him to come here in cab" he said,
"and no one will know anything about it,"
The pope was much irritsted at this, and
parted very coldly with the emperor. What
is most original about this affair is, that
the king Of Italy had never authorized
Don Pedro to negotiate an interview be-
tween him and the holy father much less
to drive with him in q cab to the Vatican.
The emperor of Brazil acted throughout
propria motu.
Year: 1872

A majority Of the Democratic papers
OF Alabama declare for straight ont
Presidential ticket, There il n very re-
spectacle amount Of writing capacity
displayed by the Alabama press, and
sometimes more zeal than Judgment.
Year: 1872

We are desired by Professor Hardness to
state that any subscriber who has failed to get
the first number of the new magazine, will
please excuse an omission, SO obvious to q
same to Sixth and Market, or 224 Market, to
an order through the Post Office. the Mag
azine will be promptly delivered at any mum
ber Of any street.
Year: 1872

lor - sr.h us. Che gentleman who bad been elected
70 the Presidency of Theological Seminary by the last
Synod position the Committee hef ore bad The
work performed By Woodbridge Tho Committee called atten-


ton 70 the fact 30 studying both the
semnaes Of the Church expressed the opinion tina, the ma
the ground that the OF theology


high should be- This they desired to see changed and
thar Chair established In the Seminary the science
Of Christian Apooeee and that Of established reputation be Sc
10 on IL The report special order for this morning.
report the Revision Of the Constitution WIS
Orlc Or q
Year: 1872

\ correspondent writing during
4 voyage across the Atlantic says:
"One of the features of sea voyage
which it is very difficult for a lands
man to aecustom himself to, is the
entire absence of all news from the
outside world. Accustomed as we
are to have our daily paper Gil our
table every morning, and to glance
over the news that untiring CORES
pondents have CLEANED from every
part Of the world, it seems = strange
deprivation to pass day after day in
entire ignorance of whatever is tran
spring among the haunts of men,
Then there is no postoffice to go to
two or three times every day; no
letters to be received from friend
or kindred. The ships company
is, for the time being, a community
apart by itself, and it has to live,
rs it were, in a world of its own.-
Yet even here there are advantages
to offset these inconyeniences. The
favored spoculator can rest fol
awhile, with no gold speculations
to perplex and annoy him. We are
for season out of the reach of the
telegraph, where no gloomy, wor.
rying dispatches can ferret us out


The letters that await us at oul
journeys end are read with a hun.
gering delight and enjoyment such
as we do not feel at other times
With an appetite sharpened by alb
stinence, we eagerly glance over the
files Of newspapers, and we learn te
appreciate how much we are in


debted to the press for q large share
of our enjoyment and instructions -
| have spoken Of the social spirit
which Manifests itself among the
passengers. But toward the end o.


the voyage one finds that there Il
another aspect Of the subject under
the workings Of the same social law
we cluster into afiinities on ship


board rs well as elsewhere. Many
persons who We're quite intimate al
first, have very plainly become tired
of each other, and were it not fol
the fact that they are coopedup ane
walled in on shipboard, would GO


as far away from each other as pos


sible. I can imagine persons who
are not specially congenial to each
Year: 1872

Yesterday morning man named
Powers, living on Fifteenth street,
at either No. 153 or No. 1876, con-
cluded to have the plumbers convey
the water from the pipes just down
on the street into his kitchen. Mr..
Powers built his house, and has
lived in it for the last ten or twelve
years, it never being empty for a
day. The laborers employed in dig
ging the trench for the piping had
to tear up part Of the kitchen
floor. While pulling up a board
one Of the men found an enormous
ly big wallet, and brought it out. 1t
was hardly wallet, but more like
large piece of leather, and it was
rolled up around the biggest pile of
grecnbacks which any Of the men
ever saw. Powers was called, and
all the men crowded around. With
the open wallet in his hand he could
see that nearly every bill was mark
ed $3.50" or "$lOo" on the corner,
and that the pile was at least six
inches thick. Everybody was excl
ted and jubilant, when Powers
clutched at the pile to hold up the
bills, and 10! he held in his hands a
mass Of moldy fragments. More
care was taken in trying to handle
the balance, but the bills faded to
dust and mold, as soon as touched,
and in five minutes more the money
was heaped up in the wash dish,
looking like a pile of black ashes
except that one could see the figures
$780," "loo," and $780," here and
there.


Powers estimates that there was
at least s15, 700 in the wallet. How
the money came under the kitchen
is more than he can imagine. 1t is
not remembered that any robbery
involving the loss Of so much mon
ey has taken place within the last
six or eight years, but it seems GER
tain that the money was put under
the house by thief, who may have
been sent to prison, or died since
the event. The spot where the wal
let lay was qnite dry, and it would
have taken several years for the
money to become SO eaten up by
mold. The news Of the discovery
travelled over the neighborhood, and
people visited the place all day to
gaze into the wash basin and heave
a sigh of regret that some one could
not have been benefited by the filthy
lucre. Persons who have summer
kitchens should lose no time in tear
ing up the floors and making thor
ouoh Search.-DetrOit Post. Oct. II.
Year: 1872

That sprightly lady correspon-
dent, Kate Field, writing from Ems
to the 1mericon Register, thus
describes some Of the present as
poets Of German life and thought:


81 don't know whether it be the
effect of beer OF victory, but certain
ly never saw such a satisfied look
ing people as these Germans
Their complacency is absolutely
exasperating, and | do not wonder
that sanguine Frcnchmen are driven
almost wild by the sight Of Prus-
sian helmet. A settled rock of-ages
expression about their faces here
suggests eternity rather than time,
and to associate death with such
imperturbablc life seems almost i'm
possible. AS to the Emperor, he
carries cut the idea of everlasting
life by being as active at rs as ma
ny are at 55. He is sun, moon and
stars to every German man, woman
and child at Ems. l gave great Of
Tense to one woman by saying that
he looked very much like other
men, which is true ia Scotchman
here resembling him so much as to
be called the Emperor'), and ex-
cited Indignation in the breast of a
patriot by meekly inquiring about
the Imperial income, and expressing
surprise at his ignorance of the
amount. 1T makes no difference
what the Kaiser's income is re-
piled the irate Prussian, resent
ing the innocent question as though
| had accused the royal family
Of highway robbery. "A few
millions, more OF less and what
odds?' A new broom sweeps clean.
In England there are free born Brit
ons sufficiently mean in spirit to
dwell upon the cost Of Royalty
but Prussians are so satisfied with
the brand new Empire as to view
all questions in the light of insults.
Before 1866 Germany hated Prussia
for what was called Berlin pride.'
Now she has gone over to the enc
my sweetly obliyious of the past
If you ever experienced the wrath
of a boy for doubling the unequaled
beauty of his first pair of boots, you
will have an adequate idea of the
state of mind into which German
throws himself when any one dares
to criticise the Vaterland or Ho-
henzollems. Austrians, however,
though they are scrupulously polite
to their victorious neighbors, do
not hesitate to unbosom themselves
before disinterested foreigners
Bah! you can't speak to a Prussian
officer nowadays exclaimed a
Viennese nobleman the other day.
'They weigh twice as many pounds
as they weighed before they whip
ped the French. They 60 about
with an insulting air of superiority,
as though they were invincible.-
Nous cerroas.'"
Year: 1872

Among the attendants at late
Methodist conference was very
beautiful and intelligent-looking
young lady, who drew the admiring
gaze of many eyes, particularly eyes
masculine, always on the lookout
for feminine faces. During the in
termission at noon, a spruce young
minister stepped up to the presid-
ing elder, and said, with an air of
great secrecy:


"Did you observe the young lady
who sat by the first pillar on the
left?"


eyes," said the elder. "What of
her."


"Why," said the young man, II
feel impressed that the Lord de-
sires me to take that lady for my
wife. | think she would make a
good companion and helpmate in
the arduous work of the ministry"


The elder, as a good christian
ought, had nothing to object.


But, in a few moments, another
candidate for ministerial efforts and
honors, and for the name Of husband
came confdentlally to make known
a like impression regarding the
same identical young lady.


"You had better wait awhile. 1t
is not best to be too hasty in deter
mining the source of such impress
ions," said the prudent elder.


And he said well, for hardly were
the steps of the second youth cold
at his side, ere third approached
with the same story, and while the
worthy confidant still marveled,
fourth drew near, with the ques-
ton:


"Did you notice the fine, noble
looking woman on your left?"


eyes" cried the swelling elder.


"Well, SIR" went on the fourth
victim of that unsuspicious girl,
Kit is strongly borne in upon my
mind that it is the will Of the Lord
that ! should make proposals of
marriage to that lady. He has i'm
pressed me that she is to be my
wife,"


The elder could hold in no
longer.


'Impossible! impossibler' he ex-
claimed, in an excited tone; the
Lord never could have intended
that four men should marry that one
womanw