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Year: 1876

Fom the Boston Post Feb. 22l I'D, .


A contemporary sneeringly inquiries
what advantage It has been to turn out
a Republican majority from the Nation
al House of Representatives, and put In
o Democratic one. 1t must, be excep
tionably Ubtuse not to comprehend il
the flrst place, that the mere independ
ent exercise OF the power Of sovereignty
by the people is the healthiest rebuke
that can be given to a corrupt admins
tration, whether that act results entirely
impulse or not and SO far us demand
ing OF an opposition branch OF
the National Legislature that it shall
on the instant say within three months
Of its assembling--d its way through
the heap OF faults and frauds that have
been accommodating for fifteen years
and emerge with a thoroughly reformed
system or administration, that shall
take effect Immediately in departments
of the Government still in full posses
sion Of the party accused-it is alto.
gether such an appropriation of inhdel
impudencc as will be found hard to par
allel in politics. The Democratic major
ity in the House are steadily pursuing
the course open to them, and will at
tempt no other; and OF the results their





advised for their own tranquility. But
to show the amount Of sincerity in these
calls of the party in power for results,
nothing more is needed than to point 10
the uniform opposition with which all
proposals to reduce the expenditures
are met by it's legislators and journals.
The Republicans are a unit in resisting
all attempts of the Democrats to inau-
gurate policy Of retrenchment.


They are SO eager, under Mr.. Blaine,
to make a 'recOrd" in another matter
that they fatally overlook the fault of
thus resisting the popular desire for
economy in the use Of the public money.
50 they call the cutting down of the
Military Academy expenses q very small
thing, and would like to make the peo-
rs much in that direction themselves rs
was proper. They opposed the reduced
Consular and Diplomatic appropria-
tions on similar ground, reiterating as
their reason for it that they have
long been practicing such rigid econol
my here, as to make further attemps
ridiculously parsimonious. Yet the
Democratic majority can readily find it
consistent and honorable to reduce the
for that branch of the
service by more than half a million. at
which the party In power cry out as u
very significant affair. There are other
plans to be developed, and the opposi-
tion to them Is already foreshadowed by
the administration supporters. They
are anti-retrenchn.ent,~ by instinct as
well as by long habit, and 1t ls perfectly
natural for them to decry we'll intended
efforts to save to the taxpayers OF the
country as many millions as possible.
IT is plain enough that there would have
been nothing said about r6trenthment
if the House had not been wrested from
the hands Of the administration party
by the people. When the latter see the
the public expenditures, by the Demo
Gratis, they will know to their satisfac-
ton what good the revolution of 1874
has accomplished, aud who are the
spendthrifts of their substance and who
the real economists.
Year: 1876




bile Plan.


Mr.. Andrews, Of New York, proposes
new plan OF taxation which, stripped of
details, consists, says the Herdtd, Of two
fundamental features first, IN exeynp-
ton Of real estate from taxation for
State purposes, and, second, permitting
the Board Of Supervisors in each county
to decide whether the local taxes shalt
be raised from real estate alone or from
it and personal property. He would
raise the revenue OF the State govern
ment chiefly by a tax on the capital and
the earnings or dividends OF corpora
tions, supplementing it by licenses if it
should prove deficient. These sources
would be ample, and the release OF real
estate from state taxation would forever
remove the Injustice practiced by the
State Board OF Assessors. This is not
an untried experimental has been for
three or four years in successful opera
tion In Pennsylvania, where it has
wrought a satisfactory cure OF the same
evils from which we seek relief. The
other feature Of the plan would enable
the local Legislative bodies to adapt the
taxation of personal property to the
peculiar interests Of the localities.
Everybody knows how property has been
drawn away from New York to New
Jersey by the exemption OF mortgages
from taxation in the neighboring eoun-
Andrews would enable us to counterVal
that policy without involving other
parts OF the State in plan not suited to
their circumstances. Moreover, it is q
flexible and adjustable plan, capable of
being altered from year to year accord
ing to the varying exigences Of outside
competition. We hope our taxpayers
will weigh its merits and urge it upon
the attention Of the Legislature.
Year: 1876

Fl


Now, there is gentleman by the
name OF 'rilden who has written an
essay upon fnance. Some people
eall it d letter ofacceptance. Langh.
teri Let me say here that under
the circumstances | don't think il
proper TO say anything of Mr.. Til.
den personally He is under the
shadow, rs understand it, of II great
grief and sorrow; his brother has
recently died, and so | shall only
speak of his political action
[Cheers.l With Samuel J. Tildcn as
n man ] sincerely sympathize; with
Samuel j. Tilden as politician dc
not. Now we have been told in his
essay that one Of the great preventa
tives of paying this debt is having
time fixed when to pay it. have
never taken any notes that IArecol
lect of that there was not something
said in the note about when it was
to be paid; and / had always sup
posed that it was an exceedingly
important part OF the note that there
be at least an indirect allusion Il
some age or epoch ut which the max
or thereof proposed to liquidate th,
aforesaid note. But i find all thil
time l have been mistaken, and tha
nothing in the world will prevent i
being paid SO quick as to have ths
date fixed when it is to be paid. Til
den says the reason of this is tha
you cannot pay note without wis,
preparation, and q wise system o
preparation, and to have date fix
cd plays the very devil with wis,
preparation. laughter Ho alst
tells me that it is necessary to hav,
a central reservoir Of coin, and tha
| If you fix the date the reservoir is a
Year: 1876

FRYER PRocEss.-The editor of the
Virginia City Enterprise, who is we'll
versed in mining and milling matters,
visited the Fryer reduction works last
week, and concludes an article upon
the subject in the following language:
His process is most simple, but is,
after all, a heroic practice which he
prescribes for rebellious oars. The
precious metal is not coaxed out OF
them bat the process acts upon them
as it is said putgatory acts upon the
souls of sinners, all that is base and
impure is pnrged away, The princi-
pie is entirely right and we predict
that process will revolutionize the
working Of, at least, rebcllious ores
al over the world.
Year: 1876

THE nominations. of Hayes and
Wheeler by. the national republican
convention meet the approval Of the
party throughout the country; and the
New York Sun says the democrats
will have all they can do to nominate
q ticket to beat il.
Year: 1876

The committee on agricultural ma.
chinery at the Centennial exhibition
have decided to dispense with fixed
trials Of machines as an unsatistact0
ry test Of their value, but will exam.
inc and report on the machines as
they stand in the hall.
Year: 1876

Remit by Express, Postal Order, Bank
Draft. Certified Check, Registered Letter. OF
payable to the order Of the Secretary Of the
Industrial Exhibition Company, 12 East 18th
Street, New York Specially chartered By the
State Of New York, for the purpose Of build
inR in New York
Year: 1876

SEw YoRK, May 6.-The railroad CON
troyersy has not taken any more definite
shape within the past day or Two, and the
belief is generally expressed BY railroad
men that there will not be an open rup
ture. On the other hand some freight
agents state that though no act Of ac
knowledged cutting had been done, II wa,
generally known that large special re
ductions were constantly made.
Year: 1876

The Republicans OF Brooke county
have not yet moved in the matter Of send
ing delegates to CIarksburg. This is
owing to the fact that most everybody is
deeply engrOssed in local politics up
there. They don't care who is President,
Year: 1876

The Pittsburg Commercial is getting
sadly unreliable as Grant organ
Hear it: "Just so long as there is
enough of the third term carcass left
to catch on the toe of our boot. just SO
long shall we continue to kick it,
What was it born for, excepted for to
be bounced.


Col. John S. Mosby Is reported as
saying: my lord, if we can forgive
Davis for what he did against us can't
you RAIDS forgive him? He burnt down
our capital and beat lis all he could. |
don't think that shaking the bloody
rag will win another time"
Year: 1876

Last night the store of Adam Grubb
& Co., on Market street, Ninth Ward,
was entered by thieves, who piled
some oil casks up close to the store
and gained entrance by the second
story window. They then descended
to the store and secured two boxes of
cigars, twenty pound box of tobacco
and about twelve dollars in specie
from the money drawer when they
were frightened off by the barking of
small dog in the rear of the store
they left no clue behind them.
Year: 1876

taken at tea time is recommended as an
entire substitute for the ordinary supper
Of summer, and will often induce COM
Portable sleep at night, and produce a
good appetite for breakfast.


AN exchange gives as a reason why
paint peels from buildings that nearly
all the oil sold as pure linseed is largely
made up Of porgy oil. The nature oi
this fish oil is entirely different from that
made from seed and it does not dry near
ly so readily. Paint surface with lead
and porgy oil, and in few hours you
can press the hand lightly over it with
impunity, but press the finger on it and
push slightly, and you will find, even
after it has been on several days, that
the paint has not set," but the outer
skin can be easily removed, leaving that
next the wood as soft nearly as when first
put on. The way to prevent the paint
from peeling off is to let each coat-and
particularly the first-remain from ten
days to several weeks before applying an
other coat.
Year: 1876

The tinware may be kept bright and
free from rust indefinitely by rubbing
fresh lard over every part of the dish,
and then placingit in hot oven and
heating it thoroughly.


A MOTHER writes: Once a week inva-
riably gave the children dinner which
was hailed with delight. This was a dish
of boiled onions, The little things knew
not that they were taking the best of
medicine for expelling what most chill
dren suffer from-worms. l believe
mine were kept free by this remedy
alone.


The almost universal testimony of
men and women who have undergone
great fatigue, such as riding long journeys
without stopping, or sitting up several
nights in succession, is that they could
do 1t best upon an occasional cup of tea
and nothing else. But little tea or
coffee restores quite as much as great
deal; and great deal of tea, and espe-
cially of coffee, impairs the power of di-
gestion.


ALL do not know that lemons sprinkled
with loaf sugar almost completely allay
feverish thirst. They are indispensable
in the sick room. Invalids affected with
feverishness can safely consume three or
four lemons day. Alemon or two thus
Year: 1876

NEW YoR4 CITY, July IL.


Mr.. PRssIDENT-I have the honor, this moment,
to receive your letter OF yesterday, In which, re-
ferring with approval TO my refusal to efy before
the Committee OF the House OF Representatives as
TO what occurred between the President ahd myself
while held the Office OF Secretary Of the Treasury,
you pleased To add that you wish to relieve me
from all obligations OF secrecy, and TO express your
desire that all members Of your Cabinet may be
the Committee last week. in obedience TO their sum-
mons, 1 refused to answer any and all
questions which required me to state ang
conversation between you and myself concerning
official matters, whether such conversation took
place at q meeting of the Cabinet or at any time,
saying, however, TO the Committee, that no infer
refusal TO answer their questions. took the
position, distinctly, that considered all converse
tons between the President and the heads Of De-
partments, on official matters, confidential and
privileged, and that the privilege existed not 30
much Tor the protection Of the parties Immediately
concerned as for the interests OF the public service.
follow that the privilege can not be waived, by
either both Of the parties. Indeed said TO the
Committee that 1 would not feel at liberty to
answer their questions with your consent.
Although have had no opportunity TO examine
the authorities on this subject, 1 am still
Of the opinion that the public duty TO treat such
conversations confidential and privileged Is not
removed or modified by your consent that should
make full answer to the questions IL the privilege
were merely personal, II might be waived, but
place 1t on higher ground. respectfully suggest





parments before committee Of Congress TO testify
TO conversations between the President and them
selves, running through period Of many months,
would almost inevitably lead to disclosure Of differ
ences of recollection, and present TO the country
an unseemly conflict 10 which could not willingly
be party. Besides, IL seems TO me that such an
inquiry by committee Of Congress tends to the
absorption, II not TO the complete destruction Of
the Executive power, and to the establishment
of a purely legislative government. In any view
1 am able TO take, Il seems to me that duty
requires me TO adhere to my announced purpose not
to answer the questions propounded to me by the
committee. 1 beg to remind you that my opinion
this subject repeatedly stated TO you and the
members OF your Cabinet, and, as understood, met
Cabinet does not alter modify my duty in this
respect, nor have my own views undergone any
change. hope will not be recalled BY the COM
mittee but should they proper to call me again.
can not consent at present advised to testify to
conversations held with the President on official
business. With great respect am


Your ebedient servant,


[slgnedl IL. b. BRIsrow.
Year: 1876

GIVE call the attention to the advertise
ment of Simmons Liver Regulator, which
appears in the paper to-day. This standard
remedy does not deserve to be classed with
the many patent nostrums SO literally ad.
vertised throughout the country. 1t is one
of the very best preparations of its kind in
use; and is Recommended by the regular
practitioners of medicine. 1t has a large
sale in this city, and can be found in all our
drug stores. A bottle or package should be
found in every family, as its judicious use is
almost certain to prevent a bilious attack, if
taken when the symptoms first show them.
selves"
Year: 1876

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SPICE CAKE.-Take a teacup.of butter,
two pounds of brown sugar, and three
eggs, beat all we'll together then add a
half cup of sour milk, with a teaspoonful
of soda in; then two teaspoonfuls of
each, ground cloves, cinnamon, allspice.
and one nutmeg then two and two
third cups of -four; last of all, two cups
chopped raisins. Bake in slow oven,
and you will have an excellent cake and
one that will last through hot weather.
And here allow me to tell you, if raisins
are put in a cake the last thing and
stirred only just enough to mix, your
raisins will not fall to the bottom of the
cake. Use the above recipe-omitting
the milk-dissolve soda in little hot
water, and you will have very nice
cookies.


STRAWBERRY BLANC MANGE.-For a
quart Of strawberries take four ounces
of white sugar; crush the Strawberries
with silver spoon and mix them we'll
with the sugar. In four hours strain
them through sieve. In pint OF
boiling milk dissolve two ounces of gela.
tine, add to it four ounces of sugar, strain
through bit of muslin, and mix with
it one and one-fourth pints of cream, stir
till nearly cold, then add the strawber-
ries gradually, beating the two quickly
together; then drop in a little at time
the juice of one lemon. Butter a mold,
pour the mixture in, and set in cold
place over night.


APPLE CHARTREUsE-In q quart of
milk boil till tender half a pound of rice
with four ounces of sugar. Pare seven
good-sized apples, and take out the cores
without opening them through. Put in
each apple some kind of jam and fill
with cream. Put in deep dish and ar
range the rice round them, leaving the
tops of the apples uncovered, make the
whole smooth, and frost with the white
of an egg well beaten; sift sugar over it
and bake forty minutes.
Year: 1876

A FACT worth remembering-Fi cents
worth of Sheridan's Cavalry Condition P0a0-
ders, given to a horse twice a week, will save
double that amount in grain, and the horse
will be fatter, sleeker, and every way worth
more money than though he did not have
Year: 1876

General Sheridan has forwarded the fol-
lowing dispatches TO General Sherman:


had already ordered General Merritt to join
General Crook but he will be detained few aays
attempting to intercept the Indians who have left
the Red Cloud Agency. would suggest TO Crook
to unite with Terry and attack or chase the Indians
but am far away that will have TO leave all to
than hav dona
Year: 1876

Is no Patent Medicine Humbug, got up TO


dupe the ignorant and credulous, nor Is il
represented as being /" composed OF rare and


precious substances brought from the four
corners of the earth, carried seven times
across the Great Desert of Sahara on the
backs Of fourteen camels, and brought across
the Atlantic Ocean on two ships" 1t Is q
Specific for Catarrh and Cold in the Head p
also for Offensive Breath, Loss or Impair
ment of the sense of Smell, Taste, or Hear.
Ing, Watery or Weak Eyes, Pain or Pressure
in the Head, when caused, as they all not
unfrequently are, by the violence of Catarrh.
Year: 1876

5ssse of She spld-faahioned slipper would doubt less baa6h them better manners. ss- PS. A yo6ng man, who shall te nameless, gives an account of similar adventure that befel him on that same road recently. He was walking home with his in amorata on aafk night when he saw sights and heard sounds that it has never been his lot to see or hear before or since. Every rock and bush seemed to be alive with more noisy bipeds than he could ''shake a stick at. who passed and re-passed the steady young couple on the road. For nearly mile they favored them with their entertaining company, closing the journey with diabolical yell

 Several young men from the sur rounding villages have been in town in quest of farms to rent, induced by the hard times to seek a. vocation. they once despised; and, though we have several farms aiting for occupants. all cannot be supplied. Some of our sturdy young farmers are likewise trying to induce their neighbours daughters to enter into partner ship with them, in the butter and cheese business so, if ''the course of true love runs smooth" (which it is proverbially said not to do), we shall probably have to record a number of weddings in the course of the next few years s-.-

 The recent fall of snow tempted some of our young gallants to try a sleigh-ride to the spelling-school; but getting half way there, they gave it up in disgust, and turned back homo to hitch the old nag in front of the wheels again. We havn't had sleigh-ride yet, but have promised somebody to take a trip to Waterbury if the snow ever gets deep enough

 Our store is getting to be "thing of beauty, and we don't often have ''tight" man in it. ..

 We are sorry to hear that our deba- ters at the Lyceum, last week, let their temper get the better of their judgment, and debated III language more fofclble than elegant and in tones more loud than sweet. But we leave it for your other correspondent to describe the stormy scene, the weather being too unpropitious for us to attend.

 The past rainy weather has been duly appreciated and improved by our farmers having tobacco to ''strip." And if our reportorial efforts are appreciated also, and you will keep your part of the con- tract, we expect to send you a few vol- umes more as occasion requires.

 We lay down the quill after subscribing ourselves, Your affectionate

 LITTLE GHoNNIE
Year: 1876

its influence as the old doctrine of State
rights The boys of 1861 are the rank and
file of the "rifie clubs" the "ssbre clubs, I"
the "White Liners" and the "Sioux" and
'tassassins" of to-day-by all these names
are the bands of men whose business 1t is
to intimidate, assault and murder Repub-
licans in the South, self-styled. They are
more dangerous than their predecessors in
that they are more ignorant more passion
ate and more brutal. The leaders ofseces-
sion were generally men of some culture and
education. They were most of them versed
in public affairs. They professed to de-
fend their position by argument, even if
occasionally they did resort to violence
when argument failed. But the boys of
1861 in the South, who are the men of
1876, are as mass ignorant and unedu-
Gated. Their schools and colleges were
broken up by the war and the intellectual
requirements Of the white men of thirty
years of age to-day in the South bear no
comparison to what were possessed by
men of the same age there in 1860. The
women of the South and other non-com-
batants, not excluding clergymen, were
inspired with far deeper hatred to the
National Government at the close of the


war than were the Confederate
soldiers. Those who were boys
during the war have inherited all the
venom of their mothers, and are
slaves to instincts and passions ut
terly irreconcilsble with the habits of law
observing, law.reverencing peoples. The
power of the National Government is alone
the agency by which this population can
and must be controlled. When for a series
of years their experience shall show them
that obedience to the laws and the Consti-
tuition is enforced they may. by habit, learn
the duties of citizens. Now they respect
neither Constitution nor laws. Force is all
they do respect, and where the rights of
citizens are imperiled by these rebels and
sons of rebels. it is the duty of the Govern
ment to show force enough to command
and compel their obedience.


There is no disposition to "persecute the
innocent for the sins of the guilty - but if
we do not mistake the temper of this peo
pie there is solemn VOW registered in
their hearts that the guarantees of the Con-
s:itution and the protection of the laws
shall be thoroughly enforced wherever an
American citizen attempts to exercise his
rights under them. When the Southern
whites cease to use unlawful means to re
gain their lost power they need fear neither
DersecTtionn nor DrOspcutiOn
Year: 1876

IT WILL be remembered that Mr.. Tilden
in his letter of acceptance, quoted from a
saying of his own, either real or imaginary,
to the Secretary of the Treasury in 1865,
after the fashion of "Sairey Camp
"What you want to do now is to cut down
"yCur expenses and live within your in
come" By reference to the letter of
Acting Secretary Conant, which is printed
on the first page of this issue, it will be
seen that this advice has been as closely
followed by the Republican Administra-
tiops since the war, as it was neglected by
the Democratic Administrations before the
war While Mr.. Tilden was living on his
income tar he was advising Secretary
McCuilOch, so he says, to live within his
income. What check
Year: 1876

The centennial anniversary of the battle
of Bunker HUI was last year celebrated
with great demonstrations of Joy at Charles
town and Boston. Military companies from
tendance, and the civilians and soldiery of
the North and South "clasped hands over
the bloody chasm" to the music Of cham
payne corks and National airs. To read
the speeches on the OCCASION one would
suppose that an "era of good feeling" be-
tween the different sections of the Union
had come never more to depart Those
who had worn the gray embraced with