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Year: 1876

We are not informed as to the strength |
of the temperance movement now pro-
posed by Messrs. Geo. w. Roberts and
Rev. Mr.. Davis.
AT first we understood from theirpubli-
cations that they only intended to nomi-
nate temperance man for Congress.
But by latter publications We see that
they propose to include the Legislature.


1t is quite possible the Republican
party in Kent and Sussex, which has
heretofore proposed to make no ticket,
may put up nominations under the cloak
of temperance ticket and thus endeavor
to divide the Democratic party.


In this county they will endeavor to de-
feat the Democratic ticket; and to do
this we believe they will try to induce
honest Democrats through pledges into
voting the temperance ticket, while some
of the more dishonest in the movement
will give the Republican voters the assur-
ance that they are not expected to aban-
don the Republican ticket.


The Democratic Party is engaged in an
earnest effort to get the enormous taxes
removed from our land and real estate
and confidence restored at the South and
all over the Union, believing that when
this is done, business will revive in all
parts of the country and labor will be
more plenty and more remunerative.


Now, we believe that our candidat,
for Congress, Hon. James Williams, vii
meet the wishes Of the people on al
questions of Retrenchment and Reform
and no Democrat should fail to vote TO
his return to the House of Representa-
tives, where every vote he has yet give
has been approved.


The next Legislature will doubtless rC
elect Hon. Eli Salisbury 10 the U.
Senate, at least his time will expire, an
his place will be to fill. We cannot b
better represented in the Senate. Hi
course and his votes have been such as Oh
Democratic white people approved. Hi
life has been one of toll and his moralit
is without reproach. He is known as a
active consistent member of the Meth,
dist Church, and his best efforts ha,
been given for Retrenchment and Il
form, when there was little hope


being able to accomplish anything al
they will be redoubled in future if Il
Democrats are successful in Novembt
For these reasons We speak plainly al
honestly TO our temperance friends. v
are opposed to their aim. We hope
Democrat will swap any name on /
ticket ; or vote any other ticket than til
of his own parry. We are all oppress
with taxation, and our advice is to wo
hard to get it off. The best temperan
society in the world is the Clurc
All preachers ought to work TO get III
into the church. Some Of the me
wicked and profane men We know ;
members Of temperance societies, and ,
we fiud men who pretend 10 be "calle
Year: 1876

Every vote for Mr.. Jenkins is vote fol
woman suffrage in Delaware and the
Constitution as amended denies the right
of the State to discriminate as to color


Every vote for Mr.. jenkins is vote TO
abolish the lash as an instrument to de-
ter petty larceny and crimes of worse
character. His nomination was made in
part to test especially the strength Of his
peculiar principles in this country.


Another test is as to the propriety OF
putting negroes on the Legislative, Levy
Court and City Council tickets. He is
known to be an advocate for this ; and il
he runs ahead of his ticket all these mea-
sures will be settled as he proposes to set
tie them SO far as the Republican party is
concerned.


So far as qualifications are concerned
we presume Mr. jenkins is quite equal to
the best on the Republican ticket. But
he not represent the views Of the
mass of the white people Of this city,
this county or this State. Personally lie
is temperate, active and Jealous in any
thing he undertakes. If he even takes a
glass of lager We don't know il. Those
who indulge in the opinion that lie will
be- ''cut" by the "Old Ring might as
well be told at once that they are mis-
.aken-the "Old Ring" are politician,
who never wayer-they will tell you thai
they will ''vote for the devil against th'
Democrats" if he gets on their ticket
And the way that Old Ring works for it
party might convince saint that it woul,
not be afraid to make bargain with Oh
Nick at any time if that would secure Ger
tainty Of success. If Mr.. jenkins run
behind his party ticket he must be cut b
the intelligent voters interested in pre-
serving Delaware laws.
Year: 1876

The Poston Post thinks that, las po-
litlcal curiosity, the man who has been
elevated to the United States Senate
as means Of enabling him to evade the
investigation Of the House is worth going
to see; for his species will soon become ex-
tinct and FOSSIL
Year: 1876

to preach, babbling temperance who fail
TO convert soul in year. Temperance
is good but preachers should never for
get that their business is not with politics,
but to save the souls of men.
Year: 1876

Col. A. n. waddeII as He Appears


to the Eyes Oi a European.


The following extract is from the
HdddingtOashire Courier. Scotland,
Of June Odd, taken from a communica-
tion to that paper by its Editor.
who is visiting the United States. The
extract gives his impressions of the
House of Representatives and it's
members, and particularly of Colouel
Waddell, the able representative from


this Congressional District:


The House of Representatives, an
swe1ing to our House of Commons, is
separated from the Senate House by
the main building, where the national
library has found an appropriate rest
ing place-the two great deliberative
bodies being kept apart or rath r
united by this common literary bond !;
but at the same time having free facil
tiles, in tha ample lobbies that ira
verse the interior, to hold friendly in-
tercourse with each other while the
Houses are in session. I was fortunate
enough to find them in this position.
though equally unfortunate to go at
an hour when the Senate were in
secret session on the Belknap scandal,
and had therefore strictly closed their
doors against the outside pnblic. The
House of Representatives conduct
their business in more popular man
ner, and, under the guidance of my
experienced and obliging cicerone. [
felt myself somewhat unexpectedly on
the floor of the House, and ere was
aware, in conversation, one after an
other, with more than q dozen of the
memb srs, to whom was introduced
as a stranger from Scotland. Now it
was a representative from Iowa, then
one from Kentucky, at another lively
member from New York or Penusyiva-
MIA, but confess that the gentleman
of all others whose temporary ac>
quaintance gave me the greatest pleas
ure was Mr.. Waddell, the member
for North Carolina. He was the very
type of a we'll bred Southerner, frank
and gentlemanly in his manners; mans
ly, bold, AMI decided in the expression
of his opinions; and I was not sur
prised to learn that he had held a dis
tinguished position in the Southern
armies when the death struggle was
at it's fiercest. It was not little sim
gular to find a man who had so
recently revolted against his Federal
allegiance holding an influential posi-
tion in the counsels of the still United
States, but all parties seem to have
made up their minds that bygones
must be bygones, and that the Ratchet
of civil war must be forever buried.
A debate of some kind or other was
going on during the hour or two [
remained in the hall, but with the
exception of one or two rows of
benches round the speakers no one
seemed very much interested in what
they had to say; and the orators, not
a few of whom seemed to have made
the spasmodic school of elocution their
special study. get it pretty much their
own way. This apathy could be ac-
counted for on no other reasons than
Indifference to the question on hand.
Year: 1876

The above is a sound health maxim. In order
that the functions of digestion, evacuation and
secretion shall be discharged with that degree of
regularity and vigor which is essential to the well
being of both body and mind, the liver, vpon
whose activity they are dependent for their due
performance, must be kept in good working or
der. Calomel and blue pills. besides being hurt
full mineral drugs, only partially and temporarily
rectify disorders or sluggishness of the great
hillary gland. HOstetter's Stomach Bitters, on
the contrary, accomplish thoroughly what the
above medicines fap in doing, and are besides .
safe as well as potent remedy for disorders of the
stomach, bowels and organs of urination, a. well
as an uuequalled general invigorant. They are,
moreover, q sterling antidote to malaria.
Year: 1876




We have from a very valued corr
respondent a communication, the pub
lication Of which we omit for lack of
space, m which the hope is expressed
that Hon. T. B. Vance will be elected
Governor that we shall have a large
majority in the Legislature on joint
ballot and that Gov Vance will be
sent to the Senate to succeed Senator
Ransom.


To this last suggestion we cannot
for many reasons give assent. In the
first place we think it would be deal
ing unfairly with the people of the
State, who need for the next four years
the vigorous hand and administrative
talent of Gov. Vance at Raleigh. In
the next place it would be dealing IN
fairly with Gen. Ransom and the East
ern counties and. besides, we can
no. spare the t1etiator, who is now one
Of the most popular and experienced
members or that body. His long ser
vice in tie Senate has fitted him for
his duties as no new man could be
fitted for several years. This way our
people have of wis hing to change men
lust as often as they become efficient
is what has kept North Carolina in the
back ground in spite of the splendid
genius of SO manyof her distinguished
sons. Since 1866 we have looked tC
Gen. Ransom as the natural leader @.
large eleraent ony,yIel ID the highest
repEoct o:3 ascouht of it's numbers. Its
& Intelligence and its influence. And,
surely, since he has been in the Sen
ate, no proportion of the party has had
reason TO censure his action. By al
means. say We, elect Vance, and q
Democratic Legislature; but do not lei
us sacrifice so pure and able &
statesman as the gallant arG gifted
Rausom-a man q wLon she whole
pation May Justly feel proud W'd'
| AlrdkG
Year: 1876

Governor Vance addressed large
assemblage at Smithfeld on Saturday.
Scarcely any notice had been given,
and yet large gathering of not less
than six hundred assembled and lis
tened with the greatest interest to
two hours speech. The enthusiasm
of the white men of Johnston is said
to be at fever heat.
Year: 1876

Whenever you 60 to a Democratic
meeting and hear somebody on the
outskirts of the crowd cry, "Hurrah
for jeff Davis" let him have a brick
between the eyes. and the next morn
ing You will hear of Radical bum
mer laid up with a broken head.-
Courier. Journal.
Year: 1876

TIE HOUSE COMMITTEE IN Favor OF DEvOTISG


THE PROCEEDS OF LAND SALES TO EDUCATION.


by rELEeKAfH TO IHE TRIBuSEl


WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The House Committee
Education and Labor at its meeting tomorrow
morning expects to conclude the consideration Of
numerous bills referred to II, all having for their
general object the appropriation Of proceeds Of
future sales OF public lands to educational purposes
The blu which will he reported will not probably
differ much from that introduced by Chairman
Walker early the This bill provides that
al the Close of each fiscal year the Secretary Of the
Interior shall certify TO the Secretary Of the Treasury
the amount which has been received from the sale
of public lands during the past twelve months. and
that for Ave years this sum. which now amounts
to about 81 SOC, 900 annually shall be distributed
among the States in the ratio Of relative illiteracy
in EACH "a shown by the before the distrbu-
tion. No State is to receive any part Of these
funds which has not already established a
common school system. and which does not
of itself support common schools for at least three
months In the year. In case any portion of the
money is lost or squandered, then the State which
has wasted It's portion is not to any further
share Of the money until Its losses have been made
good. After FIVE years one-hah OF tho proceeds of
the sales of public lands only are to be distributed
the other half to be invested a. permanent fund,
the interest only to be used as before described
After ten years no further distribution OF annual c
eeipts is to be made but the whole sum Is to be in
vested and the interest only used. Thereafter the
distribution is to DO made according to the popula.


ton Of the States instead Of in the ratio Of iteraey
In each. Some Of ths Committee favor dividing
Niece funds between tho common schools and higher
Year: 1876

INSTRUCTIONS OF THE PORTE TO THE ExEcU-
TIVE COUNCIL FOR REFORM IN THE PROV


INCEs.


From the London Times Jan. 101


We have been favored by the Turkish Embassy with
a copy Of the instructions which have just boen issued
by the Sublime Porte regulating the functions OF the
council appointed execute the recent reforms de-
clared by the Sultan.


DISTRACTIONS
are as follows


The present Executive Council las been appointed by
the Sublime Porte In order TO carry out completely and
gradually all the provinces OF the Empire the dis
positions Of the imperial hrman which has just been
promulgated on the subject OF general reforms


The Council which Is placed under the presidency OF
the Grand vizier, composed Of adequate number
Of permanent members selected from the high digni
tares and other unctonares of the State ana OF tho
Secretary General The Ministers for tho time beng
sit by right in the Council The reports OF the Minis
OF the Departments relative to the execution
OF the dispositions OF the imperial lrman are 10 be
crred TO the State Connci which authorized 70 draw
up and transmit without delay the answers 10 any ques
tons which may arise from the said reports, vol
any orders OF the Vizer's which Il may be deemed
necessary for any instructions explanations
which may be required TO the execution Of the dis
positions OF the imperial hrman.


The permanent members Of the Executive Council
10 meet daily, and TO watch the permanent
and thorough execution OF their mission. All debera
ons on urgent affairs are to be held under the pres
dency OF the Grand Vizer and in the presence Of all
the ordinary and extraordinary Councillors


The permanent members are Instructed TO watch
over the execution OF the reforms OF the provinces
However considering the absolute necessity OF
cising constant surveillance and OF making frequent
Investigations, committee of SUPERVISION composed
OF competent persons will be attached 10 the Council
with the view Of providing for the permanent dis
charge OF the functions in question throughout the
provinces.


The Executive Council being thus intrusted with tho
duty OF watching the execution and cont oil Of the
above measures delegates nominated by the of
the people authorized their side bring the
knowledge OF the Sublime Porte all legitimate COM
plants, well as ali acts which may have been COM
mtted contrary TO justice and 10 the orders Of His
perial Majesty the Sultan


The Executive Council while watching the
ryng OF the above reforms authorized to study
other projects OF reform and submit them the Sub
lime Porte


The attributes Of the Executive Council defined
by the present regulations will hereafter any
necessary in order to carry the reforms decreed
into practical execution
Year: 1876

Ever since General Grant was first
made President, it has been evident
that he has looked upon the position
as something that was his due, on ac-
count of services rendered to the
country. His taste of power has en-
gendered such desire for lis continu.
ance, that he was greatly annoyed
when he found it impossible to secure
a third term. All his actions have
been conceived and carried out with
supreme contempt for the wishes or
the interests Of the people who placed
him where he is. He has exercised
his authority as a despot, who was far
removed from responsibility to any
one for what he did, and he looked for
third term to establish his power
upon permanent basis. According
to his idea the people we're made to
obey, and he to govern.


The third term being out of the
question, it remained TO devise a plan
by which the autocrat's ambitious de.
signs might be carried out with another
in the Presidential chair. Everything
was therefore done to defeat Blaine's
aspirations for the succession. He
would be President de taeto as well as
de jure, and would therefore not do. A
lucky hit was made in the choice Of
Governor Hayes. He would be pli-
able enough and sufficiently easy to
manage. Indeed, he was just the man,
and now that Grant so sees it, he is
straining every nerve to secure his
election.


Hayes success can only be obtained
through the work of GrInt's civil ad-
visers. If this be achieved he will be
supported in his position by the same
men. They will control and he will
do as they decree. Then either Sher-
man will be removed and Grant put
in his place, or the command will be
divided, and Grant given rank and
authority equal to Sherman. He will
be in full accord with the men who
have pledged themselves to his de-
signs, and, together, they will, under
the cloak of Hayes, apply to the whole
country the same principles of govern
ment as are now enforced upon the
South. The plan will work much bet
ter when il can be carried out ostensi-
bly, under the orders Of another.


The people, who do not wish to un'
dergo another bitter struggle to release
their country from the iron grasp of a
military despotism, must be up and
working now. If Governor Tilden be
not the next President of the United
States, it may be long time before
the ballot shall again decide who shall
occupy the seat of Government
I Exchange.
Year: 1876

The New York Tribune is striking
vigorous blows for Hayes, yet it has
the good sense to look at the dragoon-
ing of the South for political purposes
in its true light. Read this;


There is no reason why the South
ern States should not support the Re
publican ticket; but if there is to be
Republican majority in those regions,
it should be a free and unintimidated
majority. No other can exercise any
permanent inhuence-no other can
promote wholesome results. Why
should we desire President Hayes, at
the very outset of his administrati N,
to be Kindred and embarrassed by that
reaction through the whole South
which will be sure to follow electoral
votes secured through military coer-
cionY If the South prefers to vote for
Messrs. Tilden and HendI icks, it is
infinitely better to permit it to do SO
than to dragon it into an opposite
course, which, at the very first oppor-
tunity, it will abandon. Why begin
by breeding for the President to come,
a vigorous and even malignant opposi-
ton which will infallibly spring up the
moment the pressure of the Federal
arms is taken off? If the Grant ad-
miuistration were capable Of such
degree of foresight, We might imagine
it to be preparing, under the pretenses
of amity, for the embarrassment and
failure of its successors. 1t already
assumes that the majority must be
fortified, coddled, protected every
where by the Federal battalions. Are
they to be kept on guard forever Has
the Administration no legacy to leave
to its successors save that Of force ?
Can we not elect an honest President
without conditions and drawbacks
which will make his official life one
long trouble, and neutralize all those
benefits which should be secured by
his election ?"
Year: 1876

SOME traveller OF high, artistic
mind, evidently foreigner, is led to
observe; "No one can walk along the
platform of a railroad depot and
glance in at the car windows without
noticing the total absence of beauty
that characterizes the average Ameri-
can nose"
Year: 1876

IT's sometimes little difficult to tell
who is running one-horse town but
a week or two ago when ten or fifteen
desperadoes came into a Colorado town
and began to bang away at the people,
it didn't take long to tell who was do
ing the running of that town.-lGlas-
gov Ky Times.
Year: 1876

"a GIRL died in Vermont the 9TH
er day from poison in the colored
stockings which she had been in the
habit Of wearing" This should serve
as Il lesson to girls not to pull their
colored stockings on with their teeth.
Herald.
Year: 1876

Peach orchards that have not beer
plowed or otherwise cultivated this sea.
son should be shallow plowed in this
month or early in August. If this
work is delayed until later in the sea.
son the cut roots will not have enough
of the growing season left to enable
them. to throw out new rootlets that will
gain volume and power sufficient to i'm
part the greatest vigor to the tree. 1t
is net a bad plan to SOW clover seed on
the freshly turned soil of the orchard at
this season of the year. This clover
will get such start before cold weather
comes on as to insure an early crop to
plow under the next season, which will
greatly fructify and improve the trees.
Orchards frequently suffer from cult
vation for want Of humus and from the
exhaustion of the vegetable matter Of
the soil This is remedied by the quick
growth and turning under Of clover
crop. Besides this the roots of the clo-
yer plants furnish supply Of potash. to
the surface soil distracted from the SUBJ
soil and slowed away in its own organi-
cation.


1t will not do to allow the clover to
stand long in the peach orchard. 1t
may be sown in July or August and
turned under in the following May or
early june. So managed it will be
found to be one of the best methods Of
treating our peach trees. 1t maintains
the fertility of the soil and keeps it
we'll supplied with vegetable matter.
thereby rendering it loose, mellow and
friable.-Miltord New.
Year: 1876

The Brandywine and other good
varieties Of this fruit have paid very
handsome profits to- growers in this To-
cality, while the poor black varieties
have been improbable, Except as they
have been cured by evaporation The
same is true as to strawberries and this
experience shows the necessity Of cult
vating only or chiefly the best. Any
body can raise common fruit, but it re-
quires care and good management to
get the best and the skill to do this
only comes from experience and that
dilligent effort which the great majority
Of cultivators will not give. 1t is in
this branch Of busines as in all others,
only those who excel can reap the best
rewards. This excellence comes first
from intelligence, that store Of knowl-
edge which enables the cultivator to
forecast in a measure the future and
make wise provisions for wants, and
second, from that care and industry
which constitutes skill in production
The best products in any art always
meet with an appreciation that makes
them profitable to the producer, even in
a market full Of inferior goods. 1t is
this demand for the highest excellence
that our small fruit growers should
strive to meet. 1t can be done by cul-
tivating the best varieties in the best
manner and putting them on the mar
ket in the most attractive form.


It is not wise to conine this culture
to any one variety, but three or four Of
each, selected with view to higher
quality, large and snowy appearance
and regular and continuous succession
SO that the season may be as prolonged,
as possible. Our experience here in
this business has certainly demonstrated
t his as the best method Of management,
and we commend it to the careful con-
sideration ofour growers. OF the best
varieties our readers are no doubt well
enough informed, but for strawberries,
in addition to the Wilson, which we
would not wholly discard, the Triomphe
de Grand, Boyden's No. 80, Monarch of
the West, Jocunda and Kentucky are
worthy trial here. Of raspberries,
the Brandywine, Herstine and Della
ware are the most promising g.-M!ford
News.