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Year: 1876

ANOTHER TOUCH Ut TIE TEAILU ILTEI'


Nearly three weeks of cool weather ended on
Saturday The thermometer no higher than So'.
but the sudden change with close atmosphere and the
absence of the breeze which had been blowing for days
BEFORE made the heat severely felt. The boats and
trains from the city to the pleasure resorts bore more
than the usual Saturday night crowd fleeing rom Tue
heat 20 come and it did in good earnest fester-
day seemed segment Of the heated term" Inc rays
of The sun fc as ercely in the blazing days or Juy
The sky was clOudess and there was niue breeze
to make the heat endurdble. The churches li0t
clos ell for the vacation were sparsey attended
The streets were almost deserted. on broadway me
average less than person To block ~ lar as he
eye could reach. 1t was true AUGUST SUNDAY IN the
cty The mercury marked 93' at the hottest time III
was the first time in IS days that IL has b en- above 3O
since July 20 the highest temperature hds been cS ana
ON three or four days the highest temperature was only
GG while tho general average OF high temperature dug
IN that time has been about SOP.
Year: 1876

VoTE THE WHOLE TICKET. No Dem
ocrat should feel himself at liberty to
reject or refuse to vote for any candi-
date on the ticket. Nothing but GER
tain knowledge or positive proof Of utter
incapacity, or virulent corruption, can
justify a man in scratching his ticket.
No personal likes or dislikes; no un-
proven suspicious; no mere personal
prejudices, can justify man in the sac
ri6cs Of the principles which be believes
correct.
Year: 1876

DEMOCRATS be at the polls early and
when you have voted your own ticket.
look around to see if there is any luke
warm or Indifferent patriot whom you
can persuade to go to the polls and vote
the true ticket Of the Democracy and
Reform. Every vote helps and will
tell in the general result.
Year: 1876

FL Delawareans !! As citizens Of the
J. sovereign State Of Delaware and Of the
great United States, you will be called
upon, on Tuesday next, to assist, BY
your ballots, in the selection Of chief
magistrate Of this great nation Of one
Of your own citizens to represent your
interests in the general Congress and Of
legislature to make and revise laws for
your State and county. The elective
franchise is an inestimabls privilege Of
the American citizen, conferred upon
him by the constitution framed and
adopted BY the founders Of our govern
ment. who risked their lives, their for
tunes and their all in securing the in
dependence and freedom Of the country.
II is therefore q right, inherited and
inalienable, Of the greatest Importance
and to be exercised with grave and care
ful consideration and be who would
cast bis ballot without having bestowed
moments consideration upon the act
or given thought to the consequences
that follow, but votes in careless,
thoughtlsss manner, thereby abuses his
privilege.


An election, but more especially, .
Presidential election, is always an
event Of the greatest Importance, ,fraught
as it is with questions and issues Of
grave moment to the interests and vel
fare Of the people. and no good citizen
can neglect or refuse to avail himself Of
bis high privilege Of doing his part
10 the selection Of his rulers and law
makers without dereliction Of duty to
his country. his family and himself.


The election to be held on Tuesday
next is one Of peculiar and especial
interest. The issues involved are Of
more than ordinary weight and should
be met in full and intelligent compre-
hension Of their importance.


All--the rich and the poor; tho
high and the low-are alike interested
in this contest. It is one Of the peo-
pie against an army Of Office. s.holders,
who, kept in their positions by venal
Chief Magistrate, are draining the rev.
enues Of the countryside very, life
blood Of it's existence. It is contest
Of honesty with corruption battle
for constitutional right and to wrest the
government from the hands Of men who
have most fearfulIy abused the power
entrusted to them.


THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.


Men who style themselves non-par-
tisan are in the habit Of croaking about
the dishonesty Of politicians and Of as
sertiDg that one party is no better than
another, and that the Democratic party
would be a corrupt IS the Republican
Year: 1876

Men who style themselves non-par-
tisan are in the habit Of croaking about
the dishonesty Of politicians and Of as
sertipg that one party is no better than
another, and that the Democratic party
would be a corrupt IS the Republican
Year: 1876

NATIONAL BANK SHAREHOLDERS
LIABLE.-The shareholders of all ma
tienal banks with capital less than
five millions are liable for the debts,
including those to depostiors, to the
amount of their stock at its par value,
But this liability is only pro rata, to be
divided among them with the limit
specified. After the capital is all gone
then If the uneXtinguished debts
amount to as much more, each stock
holder may be assessed for the same
amount. But if the remaining debts
or liabilitses are only ten per cent OF
the capital, then each can only be
called on for ten per cent. If all pay
the assessment the debt is whslly pro-
vided for, but il any are not able to
pay, the loss will fall on the debtor,
as one stockholder cannot be required
to pay the assessment of another.
Year: 1876

republican State convention defined
republicauism to mean among other
things, "a tariff for revenue, with in.
cidental protection to American indus
try" The Pennsylvania republican
same day that the attempt of the dem
ocrats to infiict revenue tariff upon
the people is an insult to their intelli


gence, and that if any change is made
it should be in the direction of more
protection, rather than of less -"the
remedy for our suffering is in higher
not lower tariff" 1t is hardly worth
while for republican organs to distress
themselves over the doctrinal divisions
of the democratic party.-Balt. Sun.
Year: 1876

WASHINGTON, April 6.-Morton's
Mississippi Outrage Committee hold
meeting tomorrow to consider the
time when they will start South, pro-
badly some time next week, as
they expect to be gone five or six
weeks at least, and want to get back
in the time to take part in the i'm
parchment.
Year: 1876

relief short Of rejecting the whole poll As to the Camp
bell Precinct cannot say.


Monroe County. Courts reluctant 10 reject whole
polls. thereby disfIancbsng the innocent with the
clear proof that IL Is impossible place any reliance
the returns But when you find that the board es this
vised this action, is impossible to say that board
acted In partisan spirit or that it was not fair ques


should not have been willing to throw out the County
OF Manatee The absence of certified copies OF the regis
tration lists at the polls would not In my opinion
Justify the exclusion OF tine county without proof that
those who voted were IN point OF fact not registered


upon single aidavit and It Is not clear that the atten


on OF the other side was directed to the point in time to
readily be ascerained, and II 1t shall appear that poll
plain the action OF the board harsh may have
been the rule applied by them:


not know the facts and proofs and can give no opinion


IL was reported In Tallahassee that Mr. Cooke cOncurred
IN the result In this county but that in his protest


may say here that have no doubt that in deciding
this case, the Judgment OF majority OF the Canyassng
Board was much affected by the example set by the
Democratic House OF Representatives III the election
case OF Patt against Goode in which the OF whole
county, giving large Republican majority was rejected
for the sole reason that few unmportant words OF
copy, correctly attested and certified, produced
This decision was far more agranty wrong than any
cratic Chairman Of the House Committee fr. Thompson
OF Massachusetts the declaration that 1t the great
anE other country words to that effect In view
OF us decision by the Democratic House, IL perhaps
too much to expect that this political tribunal in Florida
shou overlook the serious irregularities and egalies
in th1 polls rejected by them.


Although understand perfectly what the result would
be II the board mad decided the several mentioned
as should have decided them, yet do not feel
to-day whether the vote actually cast gave Hayes
a Tden majority. Several attacks were made on the
Republican slde which the board passed over hurredy
did not decide at ALL and which seemed to have
a good deal OF force iu them The reason, presume,
tnat the time being very Short and the action
had. giving Republican majOrities, other OF
passed What the result would nave been
II all the cases had been fully considered say.
Very respectfully FRANCIS G. BARLOW.
Year: 1876

A LETTER FROM THURLOW WEED.
oNp IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD THE REMoSET1zA-


TIoS OF sILyRR-PAYMENr OF THE DEBT IN


SILVER.


To the EdftOr Of The Tribune.


SIR: The passage yesterday by the House oi kep-
resentatives of Mr.. Kelley's bill restoring to silver
its legal-tender character by nearly two-thirds
majority is in the highest degree creditable to the
intelligence and patriotism of the representatives
of the people This emphatic action OF the House,
reversing what seemed TO be its sentiment upon the
liver question at its first session, indicates graft
fyiug condition of public sentiment and commend
able response to that sentiment by one branch OF the
National Legislature There is reason to hope there
fore notwithstanding the persistent hostility OF
the leading journals of our city, that gold and silver
will become the legal tender as it has always been
the constitutional currency of the Government and
people.


have listened attentively to all that has been
said against restoring silver to the monetary reia
tions il has held since the existence Of the earliest
forms of human government. find nothing stronger
or better in support of what regard to be the wrong
side of this dnestion than that the Latin govern
uents have discovered that double legaltender
standard is ipconreaiet To this question OF iRcon
rep;e,ee we reply that, in accordance and harmony
with the Governments Of the Old World silver and
gold were made the legal-tender currency OF our
country During the recent war our Government
borrowed nearly four thousand million dollars, prom
isng in the laws authorizing the loans payment OF
interest and principal in coin. Such being the terms
and tenor of tie contract between the borrower and
the lender, it is not only nconvenient but uncon-
stitutiona to nvalidate the contract. Our National
debt is sufficiently bur1ensome in all its aspects, but
have 40 words to express my astonlshment al
finding leading New-York journals earnestly adVo-
eating policy which depriyes us OF 80 per cent Oh
the egaltender ability to meet the demands OF the
National creditor! This voluntary zeal to aggra-
vate pecuniary embarTassments, from the pressure
of which all our industrial interests are suffering.
reveals a new trait in human character. H. In ac-
cordance with this idea, tho Latin governments
sbould discover that the use OF cotton was incoh-
venient and call upon to unite with them III us
couraQing It's production, would the press urge
Congress to prohibit its exportationi And yet tss
is precisely what Congress did do in 1873 by de-
monetizing silver and what the press is now dong
in urcing tho Senate to reject and the President 10
veto a bill which, should it become law, would
insnre an early resumption Of specie payments ana
restore prosperity and happiness to the American
people.


Ns,,- York Dee l3, 1876
Year: 1876

To The EditOr or The TrtOhhe.


SIR: notice in your paper of Dec. some
editorial criticism and the use Of the word
"impudent" applied by some OF your Southern Fellow
citizens in connection with the negroes. Now had you
associated the word with the social and not the political
state Of the case you would have msled many read
ers nor set up straw topple him over with the
powerful editorial pen have no desire to discuss this
case but beg to state few recent instances OF social
history we'll known here. and directly bearing ON the
question. A few days since white lady having acct-
dentally stepped the train OF negro woman was In
the very act OF apology violently slapped In the face by
tie latter. Again. in King-st young negro seized one
OF ladies walking together. by the waist kissed her.
and then stated no cared nothing for the kiss but only
wanted 10 insult Now the absolute fact OF social
distinctions in society all over the civilized WOrlh
whether In q monarchy republic, what better word
than impudence" will such as cited Any
thing you please but clerical error" or Nuban hum0r


Charleston. S. O., Dec. Z, 1875
Year: 1876

HIS DESCRIPTION OF WHAT HE SAW IN LONDON


IMPRESSIONS OF SCOTLAND.


To the Editor OF The Tribune.


SIR: | thought | would write and let
YOU know that u little American boy way OF here
I'm Scotland reads your paper, and likes 1t so
much MY papa has THE TRIBUNE every week,
and he likes 1t better than the Scotch papers.
I thought perhaps some OF the little boys and
girls In America would like TO hear about the things over
here My home here Is not one built like the one had
IN New-York do not like 10 "a well, and the boys all
talk go queer They say 'wee" when they little,
aud bonnie when they think anything is real nice
and a great many other queer words We live by the
water aud there lots OF seagus flying about all the
time They are very pretty and they sail len the water
lust like ducks Sometimes 20 to Glasgow with mamma
and papa II is big city with large stores like those we
have in New-YOrk but 1t is so smoky aud dull
do not like 1t. One time I went TO London
Then I had fun. l visited the Kew Gardens
and saw lots OF beautiful flowers but best Of all were
the Geological Gardens. They are full Of animals.
think they Barnums show all to pieces. There are
bears ons tigers and the funniest monkeys you ever
saw One man put his cane in monkeys cage and the
monkey shook il as though it had been the mans hand
and he wanted to say How do you lot" went to the
British Museum. but got very tired; there the animals
ore all stuffed and do not growl Bit Mamma said
there were some very wonderful things there, but
guess little boys do understand much about them
as big folks. There pair Of earrings there that
everybody was looking at did not think they were half
NJ pretty as mammals but sister said that because
was little boy and did not know. One day they all
went TO the Crystal Palace but was not well enough to
20. Papa says he will take me some time; so If you
would like to hear about 1t will tell yOa when make
nv next visit 10 London what things see there. am
going to Paris too. before go home and perhaps to
Germany am afraid have made my letter too long,
80 will stop now. FRED. -.


Rothesay Scotland, Nov. 2s, 1876.
Year: 1876

MISS sCHoFIELDS STATEMENTS rRUE-THR EFFORT


TO wREsr REPRESENTATION FROM THE NEGRO.


To the EdttOr OF The Tribune.


SIR: Miss SchOfeld and others who, like her, sur
rounded with ease and comfort at home, have gone
South to do what they can toward raising the negro
in the social SCALE are entitled TO the gratitude of
every loyal heart; nay, of all who love humanity.
They have to bear the bitter scOrn of the native
whites and what is still harder they too often en-
counter the sneers of Northern visitors, too blind to
see through the thin vail of caresses and speciOus
falsehood which is thrown around them by the
"best society" of the South.


Shame upon all who would disparage or ridicule
such women Her letters will do more for the cause
of Justice than all the soldiers in South Carolina
People may perhaps be excused for doubling the
stories of Republican officials, but how can they
doubt tho truth of woman like Miss Schodedi
Having witnessed two elections in the Carolinas,
know that there are many sections where affairs are
as bad as described by her. am amazed at the ap-
athy of Northern people who really love the princ-
pies of Justice and freedom. Have tlsy forgotten
Kansas Have they forgotten the Bold, defiant
spirit spurning all laws. human and divine, yet up
held by legislators and ministers, which drove
Judge HOar out of Charleston and made it i'm
possible for an Independent man from the
North to live in the South Is it thought
that few years have changed habits and
principles which have been taking root for
generatiOnsi In many sections of the South there
is to-day tact league binding all classes of white
society to sustain each other in every crime, not ex
cepting murder and perjury, which will tend to de-
prive the negro of his equal rights before the law
Yet every accusation of these men against those of
Northern birth, some of whom at least have made
the South their homes through the purest motives
ia eaperlv believed. while the latter are too often
heard with coOlness and incredulty. The whites of
the South say there will never be peace until the
little representation which the negroes still hold is
wrested from them and welded by their former
masters They are mistaken. There will be no real
peace till white man be punished for the muir
der of a negro easily negro for the murder OF
a white man-until Justice is so blind that she can
not distinguish between white and black skin.


Wilmington, ~ c. Dec. 8, 1875. K.
Year: 1876

hereafter he trusted they would have greater value as
being gift from him. The young lady handed her
Of tho men, but he returned 1t with the
remark that he could not rob an orphan. The men
packed up their plunder slowed away In wagon had
excellent supper in the dining room and then drove
OR
Year: 1876

The election law of West Virginia
provides that the general election tor
state, district and county officers and
members Of the legislature, shall be held
on the second Tuesday of October.


Electors for President and Vice Presi-
dent and representatives in Congress
are elected on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November.


All Of the commissioners, the conduc-
tors and clerks appointed for any cleo
ton shall be sworn before entering upon
their duties.


The voting shall be by ballot, but the
voter is left free to vote by either open or
secret ballot. as he may prefer.


Tickets must be written or printed up
on Gear white paper


The ballot box shall have an aperture
in the lid, or top, to receive the ballots
of the voters. While the polls are open,
it shall be kept where it may be seen by
the voters, and shall not be removed
from the table until the polls are closed,
and after the polls are close until the
votes are counted and the certit-
Gates of the result are signed,
shall remain in the imme-
diate custody of the conductor and COM
missioners or any two of them, or in the
custody of commissioner and at least
one of the clerks, with the consent of the
others, but the seal shall not be opened
unless three of said election officers are
present and if left at any time in the
custody of two of them, it shall be care
fully sealed so that it cannot be opened
or any ballot taken therefrom or entered
therein without breaking the seal, and
the others shall write their names across
the place or places where it is sealed.


When NJ DEITERs, the Clerk OF the
Board of Commissioners, sends the bal
lot boxes to the various precincts he will
enclose copies OF the election law, Let
the officers examine its provisions with
care.
Year: 1876

On Thursday night or early Friday morn
ing, an attempt was made to rob the meat.
and provision store of William II McGarety,
Seventh and Poplar, the thieves tried to ef-
feet an entrance by cutting a hole in the
door. Last Saturday, an attempt was also
made to rob the store, the robbers cutting a
hole in the door, and it is thought that they
were the same that made the last effort.
Nothing was stolen.
Year: 1876

S790@S30


An era OF absolutely unchecked
democratic ascendcncy in the country
was one Of dcspotic southern header
ship, Of undisguised hostility to the
Union, to the people Of the north and
to safeguards Of American liberty.
1t is this knowledge, and the con.
sciousness that the traditions and
training Of two generations do not
pass like a morning vapor, tlrat cause
those who sustained the war, but who
now differ radically upon some great
questions of public policy, still to
maintain their party organization. and
to oppose united aud resolutc front
to the effort to secure democratic
restoration, not for the purpose Of Sec
tionals oppression, but for the sake Of
the common welfare, and Of fastening
the era of a real fraternity.
Year: 1876

The Progress and General Condition
of our City from an Official stand
point-SOme Sensible but Rather
Expehsive sugxestiOns-Whicb the
Council may put i'm their Pipe and
smoke-The Most Elaborate and
Business-like Document that has
Ever Emanated from the Mayors
Office.
Year: 1876

CITY BUILDINGS.


The incOnvenient and disgraceful
adobe huts which have hitherto done
duty as public buildings are no, only
"a libel on our civilization and inferior
to the public buildings Of any city in
the State of our size and wealth, but
they are positively unsafe repositories
for the valuable public records which
they contain. The impression made
on the mind of stranger by them is
not at all in our favor, the conclusion
that the character OF a people is shown
by the style of their public edifices
being at once drawn very much to our
discredit. During the year no less
than three committees from this Coun-
cil have been appointed to confer with
the Board of Supervisors of the coun-
ty in order to arrive at some plan
whereby the city and county could
combine and erect such a building as
our position and importance demand.
The efforts of these committees seem to
have been barren of any practical re-
suits, and though L recognize the ad-
visibility of the union of the city and
county in this matter, yet if the coun-
ty authorities are not inclined to meet
us at least half way, / would suggest
that your Honorable Body consider
the practicability Of constructing a
Year: 1876

WHILE al! tie house committees are
striving to make large reductions Of ex-
psndituras in all branches Of the public
service, and will dOubtlefs so report in
all their appropriation bills, it is not
probable that The house will be seconded
by the Republican msiority in the SEN
ate 10 full extent.
Year: 1876

Rs- The OILY DIRECTORY is in the
hands Of the printers and is being rapidly put
in type. Changes may yet be made in the In
formation already given; and those who have
changed residence or business recently, and
who have not notified US, will please do so at
once. Our desire is to publish trst-class
Directory, complete and accurate up to date
of publication, and we can only do so by the
aid of our citizens in this particular.


BOYLE & CHAPMAN,


ja25 Z7915 Main Street.
Year: 1876

experiences abound in every paper so that
she will be able to fill good sized volume.
How valuable this book will be in few
years, aud increasingly so the older 1t be-
comes.


with the exception of the parlor scrap
book, all of these can be made out Of books
that have outived their usefulness, and
been consigned TO upper shelves and dark
corners. Patent office reports, school books
that have been superseded by newer and
better editions, aud others that are no long
or valuable in themselves. Cut, do not
tear, out every other leaf, leaving small
part connected with the binding. If the
leaves arc torn out, The binding will be
loosened, aud the book will soon fall TO
pieces.


Children's scrap. books can be made by
pasting pictures on smooth white muslin,
about eight inches square, and ancrward
lacking them together in book form. Clear
starch as prepared for laundry purposes Is
considered the best for pasting. II is well
to have smooth, clean board TO prepare
the work upon, and then there will not be
any danger OF soillng tables and chairs.
Material for this work should be kept TO-
gether in box or drawer, easy of access,
so that precious time will not lie lost hunt
ing for this and that, as persons are oflen
deferred from doing piece Of work by 60
ing into a distant part OF the house, or even
into another room, for the articles neces-
sarv