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Year: 1876

cast vote Tor SAM u Eli D. 1ILDEN
without regard to party or sect. We
do not expect those who are seeking
fat Offices under republican rule to
vote for him. Oh, no! for they are
looking tor chance to dive their
hands deep down into the treasury
and take the,eirom the earnings Of the
hard working people. In the last
eight years deep gloom has been
settling over our country. We could
not pierce with our vision the darkness
that surrounded us. To-day, one
bright star has appeared in TIE lirma'
ment. whose beams are fast dispell-
ing the darkness, and flooding the
earth with its bright effu'gence. That
star is TILDEN and REFORM Let
us one and all follow that star, like
the Shepherds Of old, until We find
where our Saviour is lid.


One OF THE READERS.
Year: 1876

white boys, and know there is no nat.
ural bad feelings between the two ra-
ces), Or vo1rsclf! What can you in
New Hampshire Or NJ line know OF
our condition down here? When you
call our people 'rebcls" you do them
a great wrong. believe the people
Of the South are as loyal to The Union
as those of the North.


ASK YOU AS A CHRISTIAN,


do you think it right to be constantly
abusing the Southern people : They
have come back to the Union and full
ly accepted all ofthe amendments to
the Constitution, with all the results
Of the war. The only reason why
they have made such an effort to get
hold of their own State Governments
IS to protect themselves from the wick
ed plunderings and robbery of carpet
baggers, and every good man, white
and black, ought to join hands 10
emancipate our section from this fear
iul state OF things. Remember, that
our homes in the South are as dear to
us as yours in New Hampshire. Now
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR STATE TO


BE INFESTED


with a gang of these political thieves,
from another far off country, plunder
ing the public treasury and leaving
tax on the people too heavy for them
to bear, exciting riots and causing
bIoodshed ? | ask you, would you
help them to continue the work of de-
struction against your own people
tell you this is our condition, and the
colored people are the main agency by
which they are enabled TO do their
work and In my judgment, nothing
bat division of the colored vote can
bring peace and prosperity. which we
80 much need and feel that no pull
pit work or mission effort will enable
me to do as much for my race as this
work | have


GIVEN THIS MATTER ELEVEN YEARS


THOUGHT,


and for years | have taken great pains
to inform myself as to the true feeling
Of the people South, and these are my
conclusions FIRST. that the whites
desire to live with the colored people
in peace and quietness, and are doing
all they can to gain that object. They
do not want all of the colored people
to vote the Democratic ticket, but be.
lieve it would be best to devide their
yote'between the two parties. This
point would have been gained years
ago but for the terror of the Radical
party and its loyal leagues. There
has


BEEN NO INTIMIDATION IN THE SOUTH
worse than that practised by the car
pet-bagger party of the South. | do
not charge the colored people with
this cruelty. They are not to blame
they are only tools in the hands OF
these bad men. | have known some
co.ored men to be whipped, some
turned ont of their churches, and all
kinds Of intolcrant abuse have been
heaped upon these colored men who
dared vote the Democratic ticket. In
some parts of the South the life Of
colored man Democrat) is not very
safe. submit these facts to you as
the honest convictions of my heart,
and must say | cannot accept your ad-
vice, because in doing 80 l would not
do justice to myself and my race.


Yours, with great respect,


JOHN w. DUNJEE.
Year: 1876

What an Ex Slave and Colorcd
Preacher Has to Say to a Northern
Radical Republican Ignorance, In
tolerance, Bigotry, Hate and Malice
Plainly and Fiuingly Rebuked.
Some Plain Truths Told that the
Northern People Should Digest
Who are the Real Friends of the
Colored Men in the South ? The
Testimony Of an Ex-Slave--'rhe
True Interest of the Colored Voter
is against and not with the Radical
Politicians, who have Usel Him
for their own Advancement.
Year: 1876

RIcuMoSp, Aug. 2l, 1876.


Dear Brother Curtis


Yours of July 26th is before me,
asking me about rumors which you
have heard in regard to my going
over TO the "rebels." First, would
state that have tried to fulfil my
whole duty in my work here, and have
not ut any time neglected my mission
duties. No man is more interested III
all that pertains to the best welfare OF
the colored people and their highest
development. So, ! have tired to
conduct myself and teach my people
tnat it is their Christian duty to make
friends with the white people OF the
South, among whom they live This
can be done without sacrificing sny
principle of manhood in fact, the
Southern people do not ask the colored
people to compromise single right.
But we who live here see The great
importance of full and manly


RECONCILIATION BETWEEN TIE TWO
RACES.


This can be done by dividing the
colorcd vote between the two parties.
As soon as 1t is thus divided they will
cease to be an object of ostracism and
bone of contention. Both parties
will then treat them with due respect,
Take Virginia, aud the white people
of this State are as friendly to the col
cred people as they are anywhere in
America the most friendly feelings
exist between the two races. What
we. who are interested in the great
cause of humanity, are endeav oring to
do. is to break down all color lines
and altogether tol get slavery, the war
and the past, and go on to higher at
tainments and a broader Christian
manhood. | believe the


WHITE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH


are true in the professions they are
now making. They do not desire any
more slavery they will stand by all
the results of the war they are liz the
Union to 90 out no more forever
They are aboring nobly III our State
tor public education, without regard
to color. I have every right in Rich
mond that | would have in Boston
They are doing all for the colored
people i'll Il benevolent way they car
do. You lnow the late war laid III
withering hand upon the South, ond
there are many poor people, both
white and black Notwithstanding
there are many Of the white gentle


men who have contributed largel y ,'
mission work for our people in Ric,


mond and other places in the SoU,h


There are $1,000 coiored people il
this city who are depending on the
whites for the bread they eat. Many
poor people Of color would starve tc
death here but for the kindness of til,
whites in giving them shelter ant
food. You can have no idea of tn,
true conditions Of things here. Now
: in face of all these facts, J. do no
think the white people of the Soutl
very dangerous rebels. Just wor(
: about some of ouv troubles. 1ol
have heard much talk about


CARPET. BAGGERs.


You have no idea the amount o
trouble these men have given W. Mel
, who were of the worst characters il
, the North, who We're from the loves
haunts of New York and Boston, mel
as bad as crime could make them
: who were negrohaters at the North
+ have come South and taken advant


age of the ignorance Of the colore'
$ people, and have been elevated t.
: places of high trust in our State Gov


erumeu,s, ftr the sole purpose on thel
Year: 1876

Been in general use for twenty years. Everywhere
proved the most SAFE, SIMPLE, ECONOMICAL,
and EFFICIENT medicines known. They just
what tine people want, saving time and money, avert
ng sickness and suffering Each single specific the
we'll tried prescription of an eminent physician.
Year: 1876

COUNTY EXECUTIVE MEErTNG.-A meeting
of the Republican County Executive Com
mittee was held on Saturday afternoon at
Temple. No business of public interest
was transacted, but the feeling of those
present was good.
Year: 1876

Yesterday afternoon well-dressed man
called at one of the uptown residences, in
this city, and asked If the gentleman of the
house was at home. The girl who answered
the door said she did not know; but if he
would come in she would see. The gentle
man passed into the parlor, at the same
time giving the servant girl card bearing
the name Of "Marshall Wren" This she
took to her masters room, but, finding him
out, went to her mistress, and pres ented
the card. The lady, thinking she could be
of service, and, perhaps answer for her
husband, descended the stairs and walked
into the parlor.


The gentleman bowed, and asked to see
Mr.. -, whereupon the lady told him
that her husband had gone to Philadelphia,
and would not probably return before late
in the evening, but that she would be happy
to serve him. "Mr. Wren," replied that it
was only little matter, and really owing
to his own negligence, that he was COM
PEELED to trouble her at all. "But,"
he continued, "early this morning, in trans
acting little business with your husband,
he gave me his check for $12.87, and being
stranger here, I have been unable to get
it cashei. We're not in absolute need of
the amount to pay my fare in the cars home,
it would make no difference at all; but If
you can give me money in exchange for it,
1t will answer every purpose" The lady
took the check, and noticing that it was
drawn on one of our city banks very natur-
ally supposed everything was perfectly
right, and began to look for the money.
Fortunately as 1t turned out, she did not
have near the amount, but offered the gen
tlemar the last contents of her purse, 50 81.
He thanked her and said he could not think
of taking all her small change, but accepted
the three dollars, and assuring her that she
could keep the check for security as it would
be all right when her husband came home,
he, with many apologies for troubling her,
and thanks for the favor, took his leave.


In the evening, when Mr.. -- came
home, he was shown the check, and the in
cident of the day recited. Much to the sur
prise of the estimable lady, she was in
formed that her husband had never seen the
said ''Mr. Wren," and that the check was
forgery The lady was "sold."


The man who played this little game, is
described as being quite prepossessing in
appearance about five feet six inches In height
rather broad across the shoulders, and full
breasted. His head is covered with suit
of dark hair, which was brushed back from
clear, white forehead. His eyes are of q
dark grey or blue, and peculiarly bright.
His face was entirely smooth, save small
goatee. He was well dressed, in suit oi
dark material, and had the appearance Of
&sAsAsSss~eees N saSs 5 9ss "a n sffA Il s Ss
Year: 1876

PROPOSALS


FOR CONSTRUCTING A CULVERT ON


SHIPLEY RUN


About seventy feet in length, connecting
with the culVert on the SOutherly side OF
Eighth street. between Madison and Mon
roe streets, and extending back to or about
Edward NJ. Jackson's line between Seventh
and Eighth streets.


Sealed proposals will he received by the
street Committee, at the office OF the Street
Commissioner, until


THURSDAY, AUGUST Sd, 1876,


t5oclock, p. M.


For furnishing Brick, Stone, Lime, Sand
and Cement; also the Centres for turning
the arch and doing all the necessary d1gging
and other work connected Herewith.


The said wall will be about seventy CO.
feet long and eight (8) feet wide in the clear
and TWO feet six inches thick, and three q,
feet high above the top of the pavement; In
the bottom of Culvert the wall must ne
we'll bonded together and built on a good
solid foundation; the pavement In the bot
tom to be inches deep; the arch Will be !
the span, and built Of good hard brick, and
all TO be laid in good cement.


The whole work to be done in good work
manlike manner and under the direction
of and to the satisfaction Of the Street
The committee reserve the right to reject
any or all bids.


No bid will be accepted unless 1t be from
responsible party -
iy25.taug3 Chairman of Street Com.
Year: 1876

In the proceedings of Council in yester-
days issue, the type made us say that it
was $400 taken from the fund of current
expenses and placed to the credit of Cool
Spring reservoir when it should have been
$4,000. This amount with $1,000 besides
was taken from the fund of the reservoir
some time ago.
Year: 1876

Shields Library Association will make
their fifth annual excursion to Cape May,
on the commodious and fast sailing steamer
Twilight, on August 18th. As there are
few excursions going to this beautiful wat
ering place, and this association is noted for
giving trst-class ones, all who wish to dip
in the old ocean, had better embrace this
opportunity.
Year: 1876

The unscrupulous person who manages
and controls the Intelligencer, attempts
to make his readers believe that in case
the Democrats carry this election, certain
Southern war claims" will be paid out of
the United States treasury. This clap trap
Is thoroughly base as we'll as hope
lessly silly. There is nothing that is
even plausible in this statement. 1t is
so bald falsehood, that it is an insult
to popular intelligence to assume that it
can be repeated often enough to gain it
any credence.


The amended constitution simply pro-
hibits the payment of any and all such
claims growing out of the war, just as 1t
prohibits, forever, the payment of the
Confederate debt.


Is not that binding and conclusive?


If it is not, then it is the fault of the
Republican party itself, that framed the
amendments and forced them through
the Legislatures of sufficient ratitying
number of states.


The Constitution and its amendments
are the supreme law, which can never be
changed but by the action of the states
themselves, Northern as we'll as
Southern.


If this knavish Radical editor puts so
little faith In the amendments to the
Constitution procured by his own party,
with what honesty can he ask the people
to sustain in power party on whose
highest acts he himself places no reli-
ance? If he is obliged to admit that his
party has proven q failure in providing
against the payment of these
rebel claims, during its fifteen
wears of unrestricted sway, with
what show of sense or decency can he
ask it to be continued in power for the
future?


With the evidences of the abuse, cor
ruption, fraud, theft, usurpation and in
knavery which are piled up
against the Radical party, by the recent
Investigations by the Democrats, fresh
in the minds of the people, no amount
of bowling about rebel.claims will divert
public attention from the source OF all
our misfortune.
Year: 1876

Some Facts About Gov. hayes.
From the Fayette Enterprise.


We have refrained from making any
reference to the facts we give below until
now, from the tact that we are opposed
to making personal canvass against
anyone. But US personalities are the
theme of Radical papers in this state, we
give them few items more which 1t
may be necessary for them to take up
and comment upon.


1t is well known that Governor
Hayes was located, for time during the
war, at this point. In fact, he Is said,
by the Radical press to be the man who,
as a commanding officer in the Fedora
army, ordered STEAMBOATS, to be brought
up to this place from Chsrleston-when
ne was two thousand ieet above the sea
.,vel-to convey him and his forces to
Gallipolis to intercept John Morgan in
las famous Ohio raid


When Governor Hayes first came to
this place however, he was Colonel OF
Federal regiment, and soon after his ar
rival he rented from one OF .he most es-
timable ladies in this county her resi-
denee. 20 occupy as his quarters. he
occupied the house, which was an excel
lent one, for two months, and then
moved to Raleigh. After making an
explicit contract to pay for the use OF the
house, the lady actually quilted the pre-
mises and moved to the country
to her fathers house, with
large family, Governor Hayes
has never to this day, paid her
a dime for the use of the propety, when
he had positively agreed so to do and got
possession of the same. 1t may be said
that he was suddenly driven out by the
Confederates and he thus failed to see
the lady from whom he had rented, but
such is not the case. When he left the
house, he moved from this point to Ra-
leigh, and passed by the door of the
house in which he knew the lady TO be
living. AS he had sent her there. He had
All the opportunity an honest man would
want to pay the bill, yet he failed to do
so and the same remains unpaid.


This is not all. Daring his stay at
this place he became Uery fond OF ne
GRO woman who was owned by and
llNpu Will MI. W. bhNi @ S's'f'NA
of this town, and when he left there he
was seen by number OF as good and
truthful people as live in any country,
riding in buggy with this negro wench
beside HIM. He took this negro with
HIM, and for aught we know, still has
her with him, as she has never returned,


Now we don't wish to quibble about
ANYTHING. What we have said, we Can
sustain by positive proof, and that, too,
by the people whose veracity is above
reproach upon any subject.


Can it bc, then, that the Radicals OF
this or any other state would attempt at
making a personal canvass against any
man when they have nominee for the
greatest Office in the government who
has evaded the payment of just debt to
an almost helpless woman, and is also
known to have been criminally asso-
cisted with negro wench2 Wake up,
"centlemen," and explain. Nothing
short of facts will do in this case. We
have the proof and 1t will be furnished if
desired.
Year: 1876

THEY are not all ON one side. At the
recent Democratic mass meeting in the
Republican city of Cleveland, large
TILpEN and HENDRICKS club composed
of coloreG men bore banners and trans
parencies in the procession, inscribed
mo more Freedmen's Bank in ours"
"We are the Republican slaves no
longer" The intelligent colored men Of
the country, North ana South, begin to
see that their prosperity Is linked with
the white race, and that they cannot al
ford to promote sntagonisms for the ben
eft of ninety thousand Republican office
holders.
Year: 1876

lsASYBoDY thinks the Democracy Of
ONO county are not united, harmonious,
enthusiastic and good for glorious vic
tory next Tuesday week, that person
would have walked up to his error had
be been in the city last night.
Year: 1876

It is fact perhaps not generally known that there is firm doing busi- ness in San Francisco who purchase the thousands of dogs slaughtered by the pound master of that city, or that may have been otherwise killed, for which they pay forty cents each. The carcas- ses are conveyed to their manufactory at South San Francisco, where the skins are removed and sold to the tanneries, the hair taken off and resold to plaster CTS, the hide tanned, made into gloves and sold in the market. The denuded carcass is then thrown into huge cal dron and boiled until the bones are easily separated from the flesh, when they are removed and sold to the sugar re6neries, where they are ground to a fine powder and used to clarify sugar. The oil that rises to the surface of the boiling mass is skinned off and manu- factured into cod liver oil, and the re- mainder is used for the purpose of fat tening hogs.
Year: 1876

The New York Herald, in an article on horse racing, says:

 A horse is of little use that cannot carry man of ordinary weight, and 1t is sheer nonsense to prate about racing for the advancement and improvement of the breed of the thoroughbred horse without he can be bred to carry man weighing one hundred and fifty pounds or more and run fast also. It is his torical fact that a three-year- thor oughbred, Copenhagen, bore the Dukc of Wellington on his back for twelve hours on the last day of the battle of Waterloo, and when the French were beaten and Wellington dismounted the colt came near kicking the duke's brains out by letting his heels fly over the great generals head. Of such colts is this country much in need at the pres ent time, as too much attention has been wasted on the breeding of fast short dis tance runners, instead of having them, as we said before, to carry weight and run too. A horse that can run with one hundred and fifty pounds on his back four miles in eight minutes IS an nm, nitelv superior animal to the one tha' could run a mile i'll one minute thirty nine and one-half seconds, as Longfel low was said to have done in the tirs mile in the race for the Saratoga cul with Kingfsher. And it is probable that Longfellow would not have broker down in his rae with Harry Bassett hat the weights been what a fouryear-ol, will have to carry next summer, as it ha been demonstrated that it is the pac and not the weight that breaks down tn forelegs of tho racer.
Year: 1876

Old Phin, Pennsylvania hunter, tells a great many stories of his adventures i'll the woods, and loves to dwell on the many scrapes he has been in during his long life as hunter. He tells about being treed once by wounded and re- vengeful buck, and says it was about the most exciting adventure he ever had. It was on the borders of Wayne and Pike counties, in the year 1921, about three miles from the village of Hawley. He was hunting on what is called the Paul pack ridge. There were three in the party, one being the late Hon. Paul s. Preston. Phin stood on a runway near the Wallenpaupack creek, and all at once an immense buck came tearing down from the mountain and plunged into the stream. The hunter sent rife ball after him, and put it behind his foreshoulder. The buck went down, but was up again in a second, and turn ed to take the back track. Phin met him on the bank, and drawing his hunt ing knife attacked him. The buck used his horns and feet to such advantage that the hunter was compelled to flee to save his life. The deer was evidently determined to have nothing less than 8 complete victory, and pursued. Phin "shinned it up the nealest tree, and took @ position on limb out of the reach of the infuriated beast. He SUD- posed, of course, that the buck would finally succumb to the shot he had given or make off into the woods. It did neither, but after walking around the tree several times lay down on the ground beneath it, as much as to say that he had plenty of time and would wait for the hunter to come down. Phln had left his gun on the bank of the stream. It was bitter cold, and night was coming on. To add to the unpleas- antness of his position it was not likely that his companions would come that way, as they were to meet at place about mile up the creek. He knew from experience that wounded buck brought to bay was the worst thing in the world to fight; and he did not care to get out of the tree to test the qualities of the one in question. The deer was alert, and at every move of the treed hunter was on it's feet in an instant ready for wh might come. Phin shouted for his companions until he was hoarse. Night came on, and every minute 1t grew colder. He remained in the tree, watch ed by the deer, from five o'clock in the afternoon till ten at night. The moon was shining, and it was as light as day. To keep his blood in circulation he climbed from his perch to the top of the tree and back from time to time, feat that was attended with no little dlth- culty and danger. About ten o'clock he heard shout, and returned 1t. Ills companions were out looking for him. They approached the tree, but the deer was still game, and stood his ground against the attack of the hounds, until ball from Paul Preston's rifle went whizzing through his heart, and he fell dead in his tracks. Although this hap pened fifty years ago and more, old Phin still laughs heartily at the recollection of his ridiculous yet very unpleasant adven- ] t1ra.