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Year: 1875

Wha. is the Class Of persons Of
whom ii Is said that when they fall
odt honest men come by their
own? The old saw which speaks of
them was most happily illustrated at
the close Of the session the other day
by the promptness of President Grant
in refusing his signature TO the Boun-
ty bill as soon as he saw Vice-Presi-
dent Wilson's name affixed to it. No.
body for q moment suspects the Presi.
dent Of any other motive in doing this
than q disintcrested desire to score one
against his detested colleague on the
ticket of 1872. Even the -Eoensne
f'oss speaks of linn as fortunate
soldier" for making this neat hit at his
enemy. But at all events the people
are the gamers, ana the taxpayers OF
the United States may congratulate
themselves that neither Babcock no.
Casey happened to belongto the no.
BILE army of claim-agents in this pay
ticular instance,
Year: 1875

A large meeting WAS held last night
in the City Hall, called by gentlemen Of
both political parties who are opposed
to dividing New Castle county into two
counties. The proposition is to make
new county Of Wilmington, Brandywihe
and Christiana Hundreds. There was
very little discussion Of the matter by
the speakers and the audience left the
Hall about as well informed as TO the
cost Of the proposed measure as they
entered. The resolutions are brief and
simple and may be taken as an express
sion Of opinion; but in candor We can
not say they expressed the full sense Of
the entire meeting, while they evidently
did Of the majority Of those present.
Some Of the gentlemen on the stand in
vited those in favor Of division to
speak bnt Col. Grimshaw held the floor
and rather invited his friends on the
other side to hold their peace and not
attempt SO bold an outrage on pariia-
mentary usage We were in hopes that
Messrs. Bates, OByrne or Bird would
have been allowed to show why they de-
sired division.


This is a new question and the more il
is discussed the more the people will
learn Of the manner in which their local
government has been conducted. For
instance, at the meeting last week An
th6ny Higgins, ESD, u, s. District At
torney, who is pefhaps the most Radical
OF the Republican party in the State. in
his remarks in opposing county division,
said:


ia thsse days Of pee4latsos Delaware
stands first among eiviitsed eomsssnit.e:
for the rigid honesty Of its government.
I am conscious that not dime Of tkt
State has eucy been dishonestly used"
As the above remark comes from one
Of the most ultra of the opponents Of
the Democrats who have governed Della
ware for the last twenty years. it is tri-
butte that should be treasured as valua,
BILE record. It becomes stronger since
Mr.. Higgins did not withdraw, deny or
qualify it in his speech last night.


1t was hoped that il his remarks on
this occasion he would have proved to
the people that the economy in the pres
ent mode Of Conducting our county af-
fairs would be changed by division Of
the county, but this he seemed to care
fully avoid. The most of the officers Of
the county are paid by fees and we hoped
that Mr.. Rigging last night would have
furnished the meeting with some data
by which the people would learn how
much the officers secured for fees, &C.,
as they receive no salaries. If we could
get the opinion Of the cost Of two coun
ties from the opponents of division anG
the same from those who are in favor o!
division, something like fair estimate
Of the actual expense could be arrived
at and proximate comparison made be
tween the existing system and the pro
posed change. The proceedings of tn,
meeting Of last night viii be found full,
reported in our local columns.
Year: 1875

The returns show such Republican
gains in New Hampshire as, to indicate
the election Of Republican Governor
and Legislature. That party claim also
the whole Congressional delegation; bht
it is probable that the Democrats have
elected Jones from the First District.
The Protectionists voted the Republican
ticket very generally.
Year: 1875

A new lot of goods Just come to town.


Will suit the ladies all around;
think the goods will suit your eye


Just take your cash, come and try.
Our stock of goods is now complete,


And we do promise to sell cheap;
One dollar cash, we do say,


Will buy load for Ready Pay.
Dry Goods and Shoes OF every kind,


Will suit the body and the mind;
They almost give you Cash tehy say,


To come and take the Goods away.
Just send your Boys and Girls 30 nice,
They'll have the goods at the same price;
Well load them we'll from off our shelves,
AS cheap as tho you came yourselves.
One price to all who buy our stuff,


And that one price is low enough.
We want you to understand


That SMITH d Co. are still on hand.
Come on, we are going to have some fun.
Year: 1875

THE proposition TO remit Tie people,
the interests and the future Of the city Of
Memphis TO the absolute government Of
three men, without bond, which has been
debated before the chamber Of commerce
foT three dsys, was yesterday adopted
by a vote Of twenty to nineteen, two
hundred and nine members failing or
refusing 10 vote. To put it plsinly,
twenty members of the chamber Of
commerce, speaking for that chamber,
announced to The world that
the people Of Memphis cannot man.
age their own affairs; that they can vote
for State officers and Federal, but have
neither the sense nor the gumption to
vote intelligently or correctly for city
officials; and, be it remembered, the
members OF the chamber OF commerce,
in thus voting, confess that they them
selves, being a part OF the peo-
pie thus stigmatised, go farther,
and confess that they, while they
have the sense to conduct their
private affairs proftably and creditably
for themselves and the community,
are yet not to be trusted in municipal


Ell 81 Ioag, ,p;fl H. Lg.l.zt anA
most precious rights Of freemen. II the
chamber OF commerce of the city Of
Memphis is willing to stand in the
attitude in which it is thus placed by
twenty votes out of a membership Of
two hundred and forty-eight, we have
nothing TO say. That is their business,
aud we are silent. But, on be-
half Of the ten Thousand voters Of the
city OF Memphis, we desire to notify
them that the city at large refuses to be
50 stigmatized, and hurls back with the
contempt it deserves q report which
brands them with incompetency; re-
port that RENTS them to slavery; re-
port that impudently advises their dis
frsnchisement, and that cOmplacent-
IL and with an ineffable cheek, councils
their government by three irrespon-
sible commissioners. We deeply regret
that the chamber of commerce could
thus be made use of. 1t has sometimes
been used for the advocacy and ad-
vertisement OF visionary and chimerical
schemes, but never for one that before
the legislature will prove so ignomini-
Gus q failure. We turn from the contem-
plation Of it more in SORROW than anger,
filed with shame that the chamber OF
commerce should, through twenty of
It's members, brand ten thousand voters
with iDcompetency in regard
to their most intimate pub
lie affairs, and in doing so
indorse Grant in his usurpations and
defiance Of the popular will. This is
the sorriest spectacle Of the century.
Were it not for the interests at stake we
might call it the sorriest farce. We in
vite capital and immigration through
the chamber of commerce and through
the same body notify the world thst we
are incompetent to manage our corpor-
ate affairs. Did any one ever hear Of
live, energetic capitalists joining hands
with a community Of imbeciles who can
not be trusted with the election of mayor
and aldermen? We pause for reply.
Year: 1875




JACKSON, MISS, January I4.-The
committee reached here last evening
and resumed investigation at seven
o'clock, and continued tiIf near mid
night. Thomas Rigby, president of the
Vicksburg and Meridian railroad, testi-
TED that on the day Of the fight he had
heard man who was intoxicated say
he would take Crosby out of the court
house and hang him that night. l had
then requested prominent citizens to
put Crosby in jail for safety. Judge
Brown, of the circuit court, was exam
ined during the remainder Of the session.
The principal points of his testimony
were-that 1aan Crosby was forced to re-
sign she had written to the governor
that armed men, several hundred strong,
were in possession of the courthouse,
and that the courts were pOWerless, a nd
asking for help from abroad; that he
mad urged Crosby to make satisfactory
bond i'll an interview with him on Fri
day, and had believed that Crosby was
endeavoring to do this until 1 saw his
card; / didn't think there would have
been bloodshed if the negroes hadn't
attempted to enter the city with arms;
had offered to go out and try to induce
them to turn back, but was informed
by the whites that if he showed such
influence over the blacks it might in
flame the worst class of whites against
him and endauger his life; that he had
told the citizens that he would take a
gun and join them in defending the
city; had never told Crosby to summon
such a posse as he did, as the one he
brought was not legal posse. The
committee will endeavOr to leave for
Washington this evening,
Year: 1875

large proportion Of Democracy Of Ten
nesSee:


''The election for United States senator
comes on next week, and we will give
some reasons why we think Governor
john G. Brown should be the man
chosen to represent US. In the first
place, ne is man OF decided sbiliJy,
and has manifested talents Of the high.
est order ia the administration Of State
affairs. He has caused the penitentiary,
which was q source ufeXpense in former
times, to yield to the State revenue Of
Ihirty-three thousand dollars per an
mum. He has reduced the State debt
sixteen million dollars in five Years. He
has, without any increase in taxation,
paid the interest upon our State debt,
which had not bean done in many years
before. He mas suppressed Iawlessness
in such q manner as to command the
appreciation of the whole country
north and southland to elicit the ap.
plause of his political opponents. He
has national reputation equal to any
man OF the south, as 8 sound con-
servative statesman. He has been as
sailed by his partisan enemies with
raaeor unknown in modern political
Hssdare, snd he has proved himself clear
OF all CHARGE made against him, and
defed his enemies to make good their
accusations, which they have failed to
do. The Radical press of the State and
the Radical candidates have traduced
his good name and vilified his character
as has not been done to any other man
since the war. Had they permitted
him to quietly retire, he would not now
be forced by his friends to be a candi-
Aafo fC,r hn hox o,1
to say against any of the true Demo-
cratic candidates now before the cOun-
try for the Office of United States sena-
tor. Many of them are eminently wor-
thy of the position, but the Democratic
party in the State OF Tennessee owes it
to the Democracy of the Union 10 elect
a man to the senate who had done 30
much to secure Democratic victories
throughout the whole country, and who
would do honor to our State in the SEN
ate chamber, and whose election would
be a stingiug rebuke to the Rad
icals for their vindictive assaults
upon, and through him, upon the
Democratic party OF Tennessee. These
are some of the reasons why we think
he should be elected United States SEN
ator. 1t is net on bis own account or
for his benefit that he should be elected,
but because it would so much benefit the
State. He would exercise more influ-
ence in toe United States senate than
any other man that we could send. His
position as a Confederate general, and
as sound conservative statesman, &C
cepting in good raith the results of the
war, would command the confidence
and respect of the conservative senators
from the northern States. The very fact
that Governor Brown had been de-
nounced for wishing to maintain the
honor and credit of the State, and for
suppressi' g lawIessness, would make hlm
more influential with the Democratic
statesmen of the north"


The above must commend itself to
everyone as true and just.


TENNESSEAN
Year: 1875

John appel OF Cypress Hills, fourteen years old, an
operative in tho factory OF Mcssrs alanco Gurgeau
at Woodhaven was yesterday sitting In a window
Of the factory eating his lunch when he suddenly
pushed by fellow operative in play, and roll under
heavy piece OF machinery which in motion and was
caught by II and terribly mangled The machinery was
stopped as soon possible and Il found necessary
TO employ tho services OF number Of men, with levers
before he could be extrcatod His right leg was found


to be mangled in dreadful manner being crushed 70
jelly and half Of the other foot torn on Dr. Wlham
d. Wood Of jamaica called and did al he could Tor
tho sufferer but IL is thought probable ths yoaag Ap
peu VIII ia.
Year: 1875

TnE COUNSEL will probably decide to
night what sort Of brick they desire the
contractor to put into the Capitol build
ing. Before they conclude to make an
experiment with fre.brick We trust thai
some member will rise and tell the COun'
ell lust what he knows, Of his ora kROr'
tdr, as to building houses with fre-brick'
twill cost two thousand or twenty-five
hundred dollars, direct and immediate
to make the experiment with lire'brickr
and before ten years are gone it may cost
Ms several times these amounts. What is
wanted therefore is reliable personal in
formation, not hearsay reports. We all
know that good, we'll burned common
brick, will stand the wear and tear Of
time. Do any Of us know how long fire
brick will stand the same test?
Year: 1875

VNAXpAYERS TAKE NOTICE THAT, IN
i Pursuance of acts Of the Legislature, you
oath or affirmation according to the form fur
nished by me, so far as the same is applicable
to your case, and deliver the same TO me or at
my office, within five days from the day de-
mand is made, or the Assessor will estimate
the value of your property and assess the
same accordingly, and no deduction will be
made BY the Board OF Equalization in the as
scssment made by the Assessor: and you are
further notified that in case you have not
value to secure tho taxes, demand will be
made for immediate payment of the same,
and if not paid without delay. it will be my
duty to collect the same by distraint and sale
of property.


Assessors office. Eureka, New, April %
1919. j. G. POWELL, Assessor,


ap23-tf Eureka county. New.
Year: 1875

Would you keep your rosy complexion,
wear thick soled shoes.


Would you enjoy quiet content, do
away with airs and pretenses.


Would you have others respect your
opinions. hold and never disown them
yourself


Would you have good health, go out
in the sunshine. Sickness is worse than
freckles.


Would you respect yourself, keep your
heart aud body clean.


Would you retain the love of friend,
do not seldshly act.


Would you gain the confidence of
business men, do not try to support the
style of your employer.


Would you never be told lie, do not
ask personal questions.


Would you sleep well and have a
good appetite, attend to your own busi-
ness.


Would you have the respect Of men,
never permit yourself to indulge in vul-
gar conversation.
Year: 1875

Ireland puts her best foot forward on
whichever side you approach her. With
in she is barren and bleak, and awfully
uninteresting. Some miles Of peat bog
will do very we'll for a background, but
when you find yourself swamped in the
middle of it somehow you lose all inter-
est in this life and naturally begin think
ing of your latter end. Ireland is so
lonesome. 50 melancholy, so thoroughly
forsaken, that when you come upon a
town Of any considerable size, you won
der how they manage to keep it up.
There is plenty Of land there, most of
it rich and mellow, but it lies idle sim
ply because there is no one to work it,
or worse, those who have remained at
home and are willing to work cannot af-
ford to undertake it; they haven't a
penny to bless themselves with. They
have pig which bathes in green water
in front of the door and dries himself
on the hearth by the peat fire in the one
room of the cottage. The hens lay eggs
in the bed-that is, when they can af-
ford to make shells and fill them; the
COW looks in at the back window, which
is without glass or sash, and swears at

the scarcity of bran. l have seen a COW
in the house examining a chest of draw
ers to see if there we're anything eatable
thereabouts, while the family was liter
ally crowded into the mud under the
dOor-sill where the pet pig snored luxu-
riously. These very people would give
you sharp and witty reply. and very
often a graceful one, to any remonstrance
you might be pleased to make. You find
fragmentary, unpublished pages Of Lev
er, Charlton. Banim. Maxwell, Griffin,
/ Mrs 5. G. Hall, and a host Of other
novelists in any howell you enter; but
for the unbounded good humor Of Pat
and his Biddy, Ireland would indeed be
a sorrowful Charles Warren .Stod-
dard
Year: 1875

man. stunned as if he had been dealt
severe blow. the pain of which crimson
ed his cheeks and neck. turned and went
out. The great moral teacher was left
to 20 on with his work undisturbed, but
his sermons and books on the law of
kindness will be but an empty sound to
the brother who was cut to the quick by
his cruel rebuff, and who could doubt
less teach this famous reformer that
courtesy is not below the dignity of true
greatness -ChriStian Weekly
Year: 1875

1t is not enough to be kind in action,
but we should be kind and considerate
i'll speech. We sometimes extract all
the sweetness from favor and even rem
der it bitter to the recipient by our man.
ner of conferring it. Most of US recoil
from inficting a blow on the body of
another, but many of us are quite
thoughtless of how We give inside bruis-
es yet the body RECEIVERS from rude
handling much sooner than the feelings.
An outside wound soon heals over it is
the inward hurt that chafes and rankles
and is slow in healing.


feel the same old tingling pain to-
day as recall certain harsh words that
were said to me when | was deal youn-
ger than | am now. remember a lit
tie instance. too trivial to mention. ex-
cept for the fact that the pain it gave
will not let me forget it. We had a
rich uncle of influence and power, rath-
er mighty in the eyes of US children, and
once on his arrival at our house when
making one of his not very frequent Wis
its, it came down to my little turn to
shake hands with him, when | rather
timidly put out my left one. The 9TH
er hand, the other hand, child" gruffiy
and severely said the big uncle. My
hand dropped by my side as if it had
been stung, and there was sting of in
jured, mortified pride that always came
back to me whenever | took the hand of
the mighty man thereafter. The unkind
tone of the rebuke would have better fit-
ted theft or falsehood than a child
ish mistake of putting out the wrong
hand. | have always known my right
hand from my left since. but the knOwl-
edge was dearly gained.


"Be courteous. is not one of the ten
commandments, yet it is an inspired in
junction given for the good of every one,
and it cannot be set aside without great
harm. have heard of one man. but
fear his descendants are not numerous,
who could deny person favor so gra-
ciously that it seemed as pleasant as il
granted by any other. Do you say We
cannot live on smiles and pleasant
words ? True. But with a tolerable
su lply of bread and butter they dc
sweeten life wonderfully. There is Z
talismanic charm in polite speech, while
rude. abrupt. ineisiye manner Is al
ways forbidding.


| know famous man who breaches
and writes. and lectures. for the good o.
his fellows He teaches courtesy, for
bearance. and good will in an eminent
degree. and forgiveness so broad. anC
full. and free that it makes my owl
seem but halfway pardons. as if still
holding on to piece Of the old grudge
Well, this benevolent teacher was inter
rupted one day in his business Office. b.
q felloW-worker. who wished to make
staple inquiry, and get perhaps littl
insight in matter Of common interes
te beth men. The modest man prefsce'
his qSestion by saying in a difiden
manner, Excuse me sir. but | wish {
know" He got no farther. for he wa
answered in a brusque, churlish tone
! '1'll excuse you. sir. at once" And th
Year: 1875

Fro., the World, July 18th.


The Sauret troupe have gone up the
eoast-not up the flume.


Senator Sargent will be here on the
18th. We ought to receive him in
fine style.


Most ofthe bee men with whom we
have conversed, agree in saying that
the crop of honey this year will be
short of what it was last year, though
the augmentation in the business
may give us about rs much, ii not
more honey.


1t Is not little curious to observe
the working of the great bee hive, at
the old Mission. The hive is stored
away inside one Of the decaying clois-
tiers, and has been there for many
years. At present, as the hive has
not been robbed this year, for seve-
raj feet the roofing where it joins the
wall is honey-combed with the rich
honey of this section large amount
of which is deposited there.
Year: 1875

I 4 I'll STREET PIT WEST-THE ENTIRE SECOND
Floor and other Rooms handsomely furnished let.
suite and singly with Board private table if desired
house unusually desirable; references.
Year: 1875

ETH AVENUE, 300 AND 3O7.-A PARLOR FLOOR AND
- nSecond Floor TO rent in fats with without Board
furnished unfurnished private table If desired
making their winter arrangement will find this desirable
Eeierences
Year: 1875

A PARTY OF TWO OR THREE GENTLEMEN CAN
"A have entire Floor with Breakfast in the house of
family the well furnished and the house
dcsiraby located Address E., box I61 Herald Uptown
Branch office.
Year: 1875

Our Government is founded solely upon the
consent of the people. and its powers are
subject to their control The evils we now
live under have resulted from the acts OF
unfaithful representatives, who have set the
interest of party above that Of the people.
These evils are chiefly displayed in our none
tary system and the monopolies which it has
engendered; this system being monarchical
in its principles and subversive of Repubi-
can Government. And as experience demon
strates that we Ca. have no hope of reform
from existing political parties. it becomes our
impressive duty to organize new party, TO
the end that we may resist the encroach.
ments OF the money power upon the rights Of
the people, stay the tide Of corruption and
extravaganza which overfows the land, and
place the control of the resources and finances
of the country in the hands Of the people.
We therefore establish the Independent
party, and declare its principles to be 40 fol
lows:


l. It Is the duty Of the Government