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Year: 1876

Postmaster General Jewell recently spoke most feelingly to lady who ap- piled to him for clerkship. She is the daughter of a member of tho cabinet un. der former administration, gentle man of large means who lived in great state in Washington, and subsequently, was minister to one of the most impor- taut courts of Europe, where also he maintained an expensive establishment, as his great wealth justified him in doing. That was score of years ago. The war so greatly reduced his fortune that his childran are now compelled to labor for their own support. When Postmaster General Jewell had respect fully listened to the lady's application he said, in tones of deep sympathy: "It makes mo sad for you to ask this of me. Twenty years ago, when l was a me. chanic, was in -, and your father was minister there. desired to call on him, but doubted the propriety of my doing so under the circumstances. Now you, his daughter, come to me to ask 8 $9OO appointment. How do I know but what in twenty years my daughter may be compelled to ask 8 similar favor of one of my successors.
Year: 1876

GENERAL MoCnBRNAND AND GENTLE MEN OF THE COMMITTEE: shall at my earliest convenience prepare and trans init to you formal acceptance of the nomination which you now tender to me in behalf of the Democratic National Convention, and do not desire on this occasion to anticipate any topic which might be appropriate to that communi- cation. It may, however, be permitted to me to say that my nomination was not mere personal preference between citizens and statesmen of this republic, who might very we'll have been chosen for so distinguished an honor and for so august duty. It was rather declara- tion of that august body in whose be- half you speak, in favor of administra- tive reform, with which events had asso- ciated me in the public mind. The strength, the universality and the eff ciency of the demand for administrative reform in all governments, and especially government, with which the Democratic masses everywhere were instinct, have led to a series of surprises in the popu- lar assemblages, and perhaps in the con vention itself.

 It would be unnatural, gentlemen, if popular movement, so genuine and so powerful, should stop with 3,O00,O00 Democrats that it should not extend by contagion to that large mass of the independent voters who stand between parties in our country and even to 8 moderate portion of the party under whose administration the evils to be cor rected have grown up. And, perhaps, in what we have witnessed there may be an augury in respect to what we may witness in the election about to take place throughout our country at least let us hope so and believe so. l am not without experience oS the difficulty and the labor of effecting administrative re- form when it requires revolution in policies and in measures long established in government. If were to judge in the year and half in which have been in the State government, should say that the routine duties of the trust have had imposed on me are small burden compared with that created by the attempt to change the policy of the government of which I have been the executive head. Especially is this so where the reform is to be worked out with more or less of the cooperation of public officers who either have beer tainted with the evils to be redressed, ol who have been incapacitated by habit ol toleration of the wrongs to be corrected to which they have been consenting witnesses.

 I, therefore, if your choice should bt ratified by the people at tho election should enter upon the great duties whicl would fall upon mo, not as a holiday recreation, but very much in that spiri of consecration in which soldier enters battle. But let us believe, as do be lieve, that we now see the dawn of Q bette. day for our country, and that difficult a is the work to which the Democratic patty, with many of the allies and forme members of other parties, has addressed self, the republic isyet to be renovated to live in all the future, and to be trans mitted to future generations as Jefferson contributed to form it in his day, and il which it has been ever since, until re cent period, tlessiug to the who'll people.
Year: 1876

In Algeria there is river of genuine ink. It is formed by the union of two streams, one coming from region of ferruginous soil, and the other draining a peat swamp. The water of the former is strongly impregnated with iron, that of the other with gallic acid. When the two waters mingle the acid of the one unites with the iron of the other, form ing true ink.
Year: 1876

The resolution of the convention on the subject of the permanent pacifica- tion of the country, and the complete protection of all it's citizens in the free enjoyment of all their constitutional rights, is timely and of great import ance. The condition of the Southern States attracts the attention and com mands the sympathy of the people of the whole Union. In their progressive recovery from the effects of the war, their first necessity is an intelligent and honest administration of government which will protect all classes of citizens il their political and private rights.

 What the South most needs is "peace ;'' and peace depends upon the supremacy of the law. There can be no enduring peace if the constitutional rights of any portion of tho people are habitually disregarded. A division of political parties resting merely on sec- tional lines is always unfortunate, and may be disastrous. The welfare of the South, alike with that of every other part of this country, depends upon the attractions it can offer to labor and inn migration and capital. But laborers will not go, and capital will not be ven

 

 laws are set at defiance, and distraction, apprehension, and alarm take the place of peace-loving and law-abldlng social life. All parts of the Constitution are sacred, and must be sacredly observed the parts that are new no less than the parts that are old.

 The moral and national prosperity of the Southern States can be most efec- tually advanced by 8 hearty and gener- ous recognition of the rights of all, by ala recognition without reserve or exception. With such recognition fully accorded, it will be practicable to promote by the influence of all legiti- mate agencies of the general govern ment, the efforts of the people of those States to obtain for themselves the bless. ings of honest and capable local govern ment. If elected, I shall consider il not only my duty, but it will be my ardent desire to labor for the attainment of this end.

 Let me assure my countrymen of the Southern States that if I shall be charged with the duty of organizing ar administration, it will be one which vii regard and cherish their truest interests the interests of the white and of the colored people both, and equally; ani which will put forth it's best efforts il behalf of civil policy which will wip. out forever the distinction Eetwee1 North and South in our common coun try. With civil service organized upon g system which will secure purity, expe rience, efficiency and economy, 'stric regard for the public welfare solely il appointments. and the speedy, thorough and unsparing prosecution and punish ment of all public officers who betray official trusts; with sound currency with education unsectarian and free tc all; with simplicity and frugality il public and private affairs, and with { fraternal spirit of harmony pervadine the people of all sections and classes, w may reasonably hope that the secont century of our existence as a nation will with the blessing of God, bepre-eminen as an era of good feeling, and @ periot of progress, prosperity and happiness

 Very respectfully, your fellow citizen | (Signed R. B. HAYES.
Year: 1876

CURE FoRP1MpLEs.- -Moisten a piece of hard brown soap and apply it to the face upon retiring. washing 1t off the next morning; persevering with this treatment the afflicted will find the pim- pies will disappear and the face become soft and smooth
Year: 1876

TnE COLORADO BEETLE.-lnasmuch
as Eastern farmers are likely to suffer
from the ravages of the Colorado pota-
TO bug this season, | would like TO give
them some advice. My fields have
been troubled with these pests for the
past six years, and the best and most
expeditions remedy | have ever found
was to catch the old ones when they
made their appearance on the vines.
This will be as soon as the tops of the
potato vines are out of the ground
Last season | caught fiity-four from q
patch two rods square, some of the
hills not being up yet. The bugs are
in the earth, and come to the surface
as soon as the spring opens One Of
these bugs, | should think, will lay
from 500 TO 1000 eggs, and the young
from that deposit will destroy a large
patch OF potatoes In looking for bugs,
keep your eyes out also for the eggs
on the under side Of the leaves. By a
little attention to the catching of the
old bugs at the start, man can save
vast amount OF trouble, for as soon
as the bugs hatch they are hard to be
got rid of.-Nao York Tribune.
Year: 1876

This is the last and extra" day of
February.


Last nights snow fall was not very
extensive.


Wilmington Loan Association N Gets
this evening.


Tonight the annual meeting OF
Hope Loan Association will be held.


The new primary public school in
the Taylor Academy. will be opened
tomorrow morning. There are enough
scholars waiting to fill it in day or
two.


The Red Tea Store in Third street,
between Market and Shipley is the
place to get the best tea and coffee
cheap, and nice piece of glassware,
beside, given away.


Sam Bush and "Scottie" attempted
to escape from New Castle Jail, Sun
day, by saving one of the bars ol
their cell windows. They were de
! tected and securely ironed.
Year: 1876

The Khedive of Egypt telegraphed
to the Grand Vizier at Constsntinople
that the Suez Canal shares sold by him
to England had never been of any use
to him and were simply burden on
the Egyptian Treasury. Like Lord
Del by, he regards the transaction as a
purely financial one, and thinks he
has made good bargain.
Year: 1876

Oh coull there in this world be found
Some lille spot of happy ground
Where village pleasures might 20 round'
Without the village tatliing-
How doubly blest that spot would be,
Where All might dwell in liberty,
Free from the bitter misery


OF gossip's endless prauling
Year: 1876

A correspondent of the New York Herald
inquiries Instead of erecting monument
to General Custer would it not be better to
make a collection among our married men
to assure Mrs. Custer competency for
life She is now reduced to beggary and
will have to await the tardy action Of the
Pension Office to insure her $50 per month
Do you not think that if Custer himself
could speak he would prefer bread for his
widow TO stone for himself


During our late war 50 many officers were
complimented with swords, when their chill
dren needed shoes, that 1 have often
thought how much better it would have
been to have presented their families will
a paid up policy for a reasonable amount
rather than giving them a sword for which
they had no use, the one they already own
ed being quite sufficient to answer all prae
tical purposes.
Year: 1876

CH1LD LosT.-A colored woman living at
Eleventh and Shipley streets, yesterday,
sent child by the name of Rosa Ross on
an errand, since which time she has not
been heard Of Any information will be
thankfully received at Wash JacksoD's
headquarters for lost children.
Year: 1876

The members of our Legislature are
soon to assemble. "a great work is be-
fore them-the ''Augean Stables" are to
be cleanseG-the rubbish removed be-
fore they can commence putting things
in order, aud place our State on the
high road to prosperity. A Herculean
task it is. | believe we have elected
Legislature equal to the emergency-to
the requirements of the times. In my
opinion, never before has Mississippi had
Legislature to surpas5 this in intellect,
moral courage and patriotic zeal. Our
terpiblc surroundings have brought our
best men to the front, wherever 1t was
possible to reach them. have a conf
dence they will not disappoint the just
expectations of the country. The pru-
ming knife must be used heavily at the
very outset, if we mean reform. Ames,
the chief architect of our troubles, is IN
the way of restoration of good govern


ment and his exalted position should not


screen him from Just retributiOn for


the high crimes he has committed


against the constitution, peace, welfare


and prosperity of our State. which he


had sworn to guard and foster. We


must 20 to the root Of the evil. The


sickIy sentimentality on this subject,


that [ have seen shadowed forth in Ger
tain quarter is altogether out of place


Is in antagonism with everything upol
which the political battle was fought ano
won, and in singular contrast with tn
bugle notes of the gifted author an(
leader, when warming up his follower
for the charge that gave us victory.


Z The impeachment of Ames is a fore
gone conclusion, if we would not stultlt.
, ourselves, and be true to the best inter
5 ests of our State.
Year: 1876

Because it publishes every change in price
of all things bought and sold, full information
of the movements of trade, the progress OF
business enterprises, and all the news OF the
world.


Tue TRIBUNE as a newspaper Is Wlde-a"ake,
and in noint of enterprise second TO no paper
in the country Cincinnati Gazette (Adm.
Rem
Year: 1876

Lionel Tenuyson, eldest son of the poet,
passed at Cambridge University as first class
in mechanics and theology.
An exchange remarks that it is wonderful to
see how exact line man can draw with his
shovel on snowy morning between his own
premises and his next door nei9hbor's
In the time of Charles III. tobacco was sup
posed to be mighty antidote to the plague
aud Hearne says, when at Eton, the worst
hoggings the students ever received were be-
cause they refused to smoke


The Chief Baron and other judges of the
Irish Court of Exchequer have decided that
money left for the celebration of masses is not
for charitable purpose, and is accordingly
subject to legacy duty


Thanks, and thousand of them, to the un-
Known genius who entrusted trunk, with q
hiys of bees in it, to the tender mercies of a
Syracuse baggage master the other day. The
company will pay for the bees, and the doctor
thinks his patient will be around again In a
fortnight or so.


The lumber cut in Michigan during this year
will be about 2, ,lO0,O00OOO feet. At this rate,
estimating the average yield per acre at 5000
feet, 100000 acres of pine lumber are annually
cut. If the work of destruction should go on
at this rate for fifteen years, only stumps and
scattering groups of pines will remain of the
vast forests that once covered the state.
Year: 1876

Tonight the Republicans of Portland are
to meet at the several ward rooms to nomi-
nate candidate for Mayor to be supported
and, we trust, elected by them on Monday
March 9th. In the past the Republican vot-
ers have, as rule, made wise nominations
for that most important Office. In view of
the general interest in the party, and tie
marked harmony and good will that exists
among all classes of Republicans, we are con-
fident that the candidate who shall be named
will not only be worthy of the confidence of
the entire party but will receive its enthus-
astic support. If such IS not the. case, we
fail to read the signs of the times correctly.
Not even in the Presidential election of
1872 was there so general good feel
ing and so general readiness to
close up the ranks and fight for
victory. On the eve of an important
national election, with fresh and startling
evidence of the purposes of the controlling
element of the Democratic party, that dan
gerous apathy and do1bt which have pervaded
the Republican masses since the brilliant
triumphs of 1872, have vanished and much of
the old time zeal, harmony and enthusiasm
has succeeded.


Let every Republican remember that the
first step toward victory can be taken at the
caucCses tonight. To this end, every Re-
publican should attend; and there vote to
make that man the candidate for that re-
sponsble position whom he shall deem tittest
and who will bring about the greatest degree
of harmony and rally the most enthusiastic
support. Personal preferences must be
made secondary consideration, Or better,
not enter into the question at all.


We must not forget that our enemy is ter
ribly in earnest. He will employ every pos
sible means, foul as soon as fair. 10 secure
triumph. He acts on the principle that call
is fair in war; We know his character in
the past. There has been no change. The
Democratic leopard cannot change his spots
though he now attempt to disguise them. We
meet the old foe. and if we mean to vanquish
him we must battle with the same courage
that has ever characterized the Republican
party when it has won its most brilliant VIC
tories.


Those of our friends best informed, are
confident that victory next Monday is clearly
within the grasp of the Republicans of Port
land. Let us take the first step by rallying
to the caucuses tonight, and follow up the
work of organizing victory until the close of
the polls Monday next. Republicans of Port
land, let us put ourselves to the work with
TIE "men and brethren" fervor of the glori-
GUS past! To THE cAUoUsEs TONIGHT!
Year: 1876

DEMOCRATIC papers which thought they
saw in the Babceck trial an opportunity to
make some political capital, and are deeply
grieved because the verdict of ajury, which
was admitted on all sides TO be intelligent
and impartial, deprived them of it, are now
making great howl because Babcock did
not explain the suspicious kilograms. With
about their usual fairness they take good care
not to state that defendant in the United
States court is not allowed to testify in his
own behalf, and consequently that no matter
how anxious Gen. Babcock may have been
to furnish. the explanation, the law shut his
mouth, literally said he shouldn't. Since
they were not allowed to explain them is it
surprising that the Generals counsel OBJ.
jected to their admission?
Year: 1876

we could not, to be sure, have what is styled
free breakfast" but we should enjoy an hon.
est breakfast, realizing that, with every cup of
tea and every cup of coffee, we were drinking,
If not to the health of the constitution. to the
renovation of our financial system-to the res
utution of sound currency. In twenty years a
duty of fifteen cents pounds on tea and three
cents ponnd on coffee would cancel every leg
al-tender note, were the consumption to re-
MAN no greater than it is now. The immedi-


ate effect of such law would be to cause
transfer OF greenbacks to San Francisco in ex.
Grange for the gold of California, both tea and
coHee Delng largely imported into that State
Year: 1876

IT is quite evident from their actions that
the Democratic leaders in this city do not re-
gard the administration of Mayor Richardson
such remarkable success that they have
no hesitation about nominating him ten DAYS
before election as they did last year. There
are some very interesting matters relative to
the ''reform-economy- -retrenchment admins
tration" of Mayor Richardson which would
be very entertaining and if published in full
might scare the leaders TO such an extent as
to cause them to put some other man at
the head of their ticket than Roswell NJ.
Richardson. That's why the leaders delay
until the night before the election.
Year: 1876

Mr.. MORRISON finds his path a rather
thorny one. Heis growing despondent, almost
despairing over the prospect of bringing in a
finance bill. Doubtless it will be as well for
the country if he doesn't, for soft money
Democrats are too many and too unyielding
in their demands to allow anything but
compromise measure in which bulonists will
have the shadow and rag money advocates
the substance. Mr.. Mopison's dependency
is on the whole hopeful sign.
Year: 1876

The Advertiser mentions the name of
Gen r. b. Shepherd of Skowhegan as Mr..
Btaine's successor in the Third District.
There is a good deal of quiet talk in that
direction, and if the Kennebec district desire
sterling business man to represent them in
Congress, the gentleman above named must
stand near the head of the list so tar as quail
ifications 90.
Year: 1876

1T seems as though the first step toward
resumption, after the withdrawal of the frac-
tional currency and the substitution therefor
OF silver, should be the withdrawal of small
notes, as the ones and twos, and perhaps
lives. Silver coin can take the place of the
two lower denominations, and gold of the
Guao
Year: 1876

A CORRESPONDENT of the New York
Tribune propounds the following conundrum
To day gold is reported at ia. Suppose
gold was to go up until it stood at 12S. 1t
has done so several times. No great ruin
was the result; that is, things were not
worse than they are now or than they ought
to be when we attempt to do business on
impudent lies-as the greenbacks are. Now,
instead of adding IA to ia, substract it.
Gold will then be 100 and specie payments
will be resumed Will the ruin be any
greater by diminishing the rate of gold by
IA than by increasing it by IA? We have
tried the addition business several times.
Let US try honesty once, and substraet ID.
Government can easily initiate again il that
plan fails. But it won't fail.
Year: 1876

We do not read Anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer in
all indispensable not necessarily tor publication
but as a guaranty Cf good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used.
Year: 1876

IT is stated that the Republican executive
committee are seriously considering the
changing the place of holding the national
convention owing to the extortionate prices
of Cincinnati hotel keepers,
Year: 1876

4 YOUNG Man from eighteen to twenty years of
"A age to learn the Wholesale Grocery Business.
Salary first year small. Address in own handwriting
giving name and residence. Box 1858, City.


feb25 div
Year: 1876

An account of the death and a sketch OF


the life of Chief Justice Gilpin is published


IN our local columns. The Judge was q


a man of marked individuality. He was


self-reliant, exact, prompt to decide, and
resoiute to his purpose-characterist that


would have marked him under any circum-
stances, and that particularly fitted him for
the position he filled with such unoues.
toned appreciation. Without ANYTHING
like genius, in the general acceptation of
that word; without even high scholastic
attaInments, he yet had those other quail
ties that so often give men success when
genius and scholarship fail, viz: hard.
practical common sense and decision of
character.


Ills early training was practical rather
than theoretical. He commenced life in n
tannery. Work with him in the start was
not optional, but necessity, it seems. and
ne accepted the necessity with the same
resolute determination that he met every
other task that came upon him in life. He
mad self-reliance drilled into him by force
OF circumstances, and this, with clear
Notwithstanding more-made him the
lawyer and Judge he was acknowledged to
be- Innate love of honesty made him the
honorable man he was in social life. Hav.
ing to make his own way in life, he seems
to have had little time to sow wild oats.
de knew his line of duty and followed it.
de gained his education, his book learn
ing," whilst plodding with his legal studies.
ana this ne made to answer his purpose.


lie was a man Of strong imrul-a. and
his likes and dislikes with the members Of
the bar were generally pretty clearly de-
fined His bearing towards some of the
lawyers, at times, during the sittings of the
courts, was by no means consoIing to their
feelings or lenient to their defects. His
course in this particular was sometimes
brought in question. Young or buneline
barristers have frequently been made to
wit to their very shoes underhis seemingly
unsompathetic criticisms. Being thorough.
ly practically himself, he had no patience
with the mere gush of legal speech.making
ana lawyers were sometimes brought up
short IN their random fights or disjointed
pleadings.