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Year: 1876

You havn't seen this headline lately
in my letters, and you wouldn't now,
only | have something new. It is
rumored that the whole matter is to be
re-opened early in the spring. Tilton,
it is sad, has new evidence that will
satisfy the public beyond all doubt !;
and to vindicate himself he will COM
mence a new suit, backed with all the
money that may be necessary to fight
it ont. / give this as rumor, for I
cannot vouch for It's correctness. Its a
curious thing that Beecher has taken
no part whatever In the Moody and
Saukey meetings, he being the only
clergyman of any note who has not.
The other clergymen of the city fight
shy of him.
Year: 1876

the social. political, or club life SO far
distant from theirs, in every way.
Writing New York letters under these
restrictions is not making bricks with
out straw, but making them all Of
straw, and pretty finely chopped straw
at that, so it is matter of congratula-
tion to the wliter when he finds his
paragraph on the poor out of work has
moved some one in Yates county to
send him an application for servant
girl to help on farm, offering her
good home for years if she can suit.


The application was handed over to
lady visitor of St Johns Guild who
will take care that the demand is filled
Persons who make such requests in fiji
ture will remember that it is necessary for
them to send satisfactory references
from people of standing as to their abili-
ty to pay and treat a servant well, be-
fore any one will be willing to risk going
to them.


No one who has any feeling for the
poor can object to aid in the work of
helping them to homes and employment
where the benefit is as much on one side
as the other. In the country, where
help is scarce, it is pitiful to see the
numbers out of work here, yet it is diff
ticult to find those willing to leave the
city. A sewing machine agent lately
sent to New York for an operator to
go to a Western city, offering salary
nearly twice what one could get here,
but not one woman could be induced to
take it, though it was offered to some
whose earnings were hardly enough to
pay their board, and whose chance at
best was very preearious. The poor
creatures will run the risk OF starving
rather than go out of town, where-they
would be welcome and comfortable.


The fact is, they will not leave the
city so long as they can exist in it. To
the poor bred here, and accustomed to
the city, there Is nothing SO terrible as
the country. They cling to the city
with all its wretchedness. ignorant that
there is anything better for them out
side. Half the unemployed girls il,
New York are needed in the country,
where they could have good comforta-
bic homes, but they will not go.
Year: 1876

in nowise changes my conviction as


to my duty, only to intensity and con-
| firm it.


feel in earnest now, as I did during


the war. ] have no retreat to make


The reason | have left the Democratic


party is, | have no faith in it, and no


faith IN the old rebel element which I


have long feared would come TO the


front, and which ! now know and see


has come, and whose coming has made


my way clear and my course of duty


plain. Seeing these men again at the


head of the party, and seeing the def
ance of the men who last held Office in


the National Government under the


Democratic party makes things plain
enough. Among the last Democtstic
officers of any note were Floyd and
Jake Thompson, the Democratic Sec
retary of War and the Interior. Thev
sole from the Government they we're
sworn to serve to help the rebellion
raised to destroy it, and beside their
crimes and their corruptions all that
is charged against the Republican Off
cials, admit it all to be true even,sinks
into insignificance.


Why, old Jake Thompson, encour.
aged by the defiance of Ben Hills
speech, went down to Washington
few months ago. and like a braggart
demanded investigation, pompously
saying that he would wave the legal
point of time. He went down there
blowing, and got sue6--for the money
he had stolen for the rebels. IF old
Floyd We're alive, he, too, probably
would go down there, under the pro.
lection of the rebel shadow of Ben
Hill, and demand investigation. But
like the child covered with the curse of
crime against Abraham Lincoln, he
also had the good sense to die. He
was with the other Constitution hug.
gers" at Fort Donelson, but skipped
out early so as to be safe. If he had
stood his ground like brave man, he
would probably had the good fortune
to die earlier. But he lii out. He
could steal for the Confederacy, but he
couldn't die for it.


1t is his fault, gentlemen, and not
mine, that his memory is not to be
spoken of with more respect. This
Thompson and Floyd were the last of
the Democratic rulers, and they rep
resented the domination of the South
in Democracy then. And Thompson
and his friends, and the friends of
Floyd are again pressing to the front
to assume party control. AS they have
come as leaders, | have asked and ta.
ken the privilege of leaving the Dem.
ocratic ranks. This, fellow citizens, is
why l am here tonight.


Finally, gentlemen, l would say
keep a solid front and we will beat
them. l hope and think we will. I
am with you in earnest. Close up to
the fight. They mean business, and
we must. 1t is something of the old
fight, only it is to be fought at the bal
lot box instead of on the battle field.


| thank you gentlemen, for having
heard me so patiently. 1 have not
tried to make speech; l am not n
speaker. l have tried simply to tell
you, my neighbors, why / have chang
ed parties, and at the same time to
make brief answer to few ofthe many
mad and venomous charges which have
been made against me because of my
act.
Year: 1876

Perhaps the severest loss which the


Democratic party has yet suffered in


the West is that of Gen. James M.


futile, Of Iowa, who has abandoned


the party unequivocally, and told in


vigorous language why he can no lon


ger remain with it. Gen. Tuttle was
War Democrat and, as a, successful


officer and strong man Of great popu-


larity, he has been the head of the
Iowa Democracy for fifteen years,
their candidate for Governor in 1853,
and for Congress in 1860. He was
always stronger than the party, and


has always maintained the principles
for which he fought. The recent sue
cesses of his party and the doings of
the House of Representative and the
st. Louis Convention have shown him
what would be the result of Democrat.
ic victory in the Presidential canvass.
He therefore repudiates his party and
their two faced ticket, and announces
himself a voter and worker for Hayes
and Wheeler. This he did in response
to serenade by the Hayes and
Wheeler club Of Des Moines, recently
rendered. We take the leading points
of his speech from the IotOd State Req
ister. The speech was impromptu but
is none the worse for that, as it
breathes throughout with strong, clear.
cut sentences. Gen. Tuttle spoke as
follows:


Mr.. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMAN
OF THE HAYES AND WHEELER CLUB:
When concluded to change my party
I thought that might get to do it
quietly. 1t was private act and re-
quired no public announcement, and
there was no one to whom / was obli-
gated to account for such an action.
But as my course has been so assaiIed,
and l have been called so severely to
account, may as we'll embrace this
opportunity to tell both my Demo.
cratic and my Republican friends why
| have left the old Democracy and
why am here tonight. The act of
my change was private one, but my
reasons for SO doing were public ones,
and they may be told, and shall be.
| am no speaker and make no preten-
sions of being. But / can talk to you
as neighbors. have been considered
doubtful by many Democrats for
nearly two years. Indeed / never
have been Democrat if fhe issues on
which they are fighting this year are
the principles of the party. But
nearly two years ago the course of
duty was developed much more plainly
than it ever had been before. What
| had seen before that was wrong l
had continued to hope would be found
to be mistakes that would be mend
ed.
Year: 1876

And now, in conclusion, as to the
reason why 1 have not left the Demo
cratic party sooner. They say | want
Office, anR that | have wanted office.
If had, gentlemen, would have left
the Democratic party years ago, for it
is matter Of record that l have said
for years that there was never any
hope Of the Democrats carrying Iowa.
If / had been an office seeker l should
have left the old party long ago. l
am not candidate for Office, and new
er will be. have no aspirations for
prominence in politics, and l do not
see why, when as a private citizen /
have tried to change my party quietly,
all this abuse should be heaped upon
me. ! can stand it all, though, and it
Year: 1876

THIS is the first day of tie fall seaSOn,
but the weather IL SO hot at this writ
ing u A.M.) that We will omit the Gus
tomary piece about the glories Of Autumn
until the thermometer falls little.
Year: 1876

TIE address Of the Slate Democratic
committee, which we publish to-day,
ought to be rssd by every Democrat in
the Slate. 1t cheers and counsels st the
same time, bat is most especially urgent
in the matter Of steady, earnest work
until the seventh OF November. It is a
spirited, energetic and comforting docu.
ment that will, 90 doubt, be felt for all
it is worth in q canvass that just now is
more thsn us1alIy exciting in this pant
Year: 1876

AN editorial on Grants proclamation,
from the New York Herald OF the nine
teentb, published in another column,
will be found most encouraging reading
Just at this time. is full OF wisdom
and good advice.
Year: 1876

23S Main St., 2 Doors North of Jefferson.
Clothing You Must Have, Sooner or Later
The merchant, the banker, as well as


the baker,
The doctor, the lawyer and the actor,
Must either buy clothes or manufacture,
The preacher at the pulpit, the man


with the shovel,
The dandy on the street, and the poor


in his hovel,
Az Of these men have clothing to buy,
Be the same cheap or ever so high.
So, if you need clothing for sunshine or


rain,
i advise you to call at "Great Western, u


227 Main,
For there you can find bargains of all


kind


To satisfy all who are sound in mind.
Be he as hard as the hardest OF stone,
He will surely buy his clothes when he


Calls on HARRY OOHN.
Year: 1876

OUR suggestion concerning the
Linden Road seems to meet with
general favor, ana we have strong
hopes of secingi Il acted apon.. Min.
eral Point people favor it, and wil
subscribe literally to stock if COM
pany is ogganized; but there is a
feeling araong some that the initia-
tive should be taken by Linden.
Their reson for this is that if it were
entirely or mainly Mineral Point
enterprise jealousies and misunder-
standings might arise shat would not
II the two towns were equally or
proportionately interested in its sue
cess What say you, good people of
Linden
Year: 1876

ALREADY in many places steps are
being takal coward a fitting celebra-
ton Of the Centennial Anniversary of
American Independence. In Grant
and other counties the celebration is
to be a county affair, and we see not
why the same may not be done in
Iowa. 1t seems to us that to have q
grand celebration at Dodgeville for
instance, in which the people from
all parts of the county would partic-
ipate, would be better than to have
little ens horse displays of enthus-
iasm in a dozen different places If
DodSeville people are not inclined to
encourage this proposition, si.en
Mineral Point we are sure viii be
glad to do the honors Of the occas-
ion, and give the people of the
county a warm reception.
Year: 1876

OK Monday the 10th as the Mar
row Gauge was going to Galena, the
tender jumped the track pHlling with
it the passenger car which was turned
on its side. Fortunately the train
was not running fast and the passen-
gers escaped with few slight bruises,
Year: 1876

WE notice from our exchanges
that leap year parties are to be the
thing this winter. Now let the
ladies of this city get up grand
party of this kind. We will guar
antes that our gentlemen viii be
pleased with the arrangement, that
is those who shall receive invitations.
Year: 1876

AS one Of the effects of the recent
mild weather, there is an apple tree
on the farm Of Mr.. II. Lorentz. two
miles southwest Of Platteville, which
had leaved out, the leaves were al
ready as large as a squirrels ears.
Such freaks of nature are seldom
seen in this latitude at this season of
the year.
Year: 1876

Tho betting on The match at Crecdmoor tomorrow
quite lively last night at all tho pool rooms and
both were bought eagerly In tho carly part of
evening the betting oven, but the hour grew
later the Irish had the call and the
TIL the pools closed. The following IA average ac.
count Of the business dono at tho different rooms:
Year: 1876

New YORK, October l4.-The re-
ported shooting yesterday, of Mrs. Cora
Cheesemsu by herself, is becoming the
subject of public interest. Early this
morning the coroner visited the bedside
OF the wounded woman and found 3
strange lady attending her. Mrs. Cheese
man, who had spent very bad night,
was considerably excited, and more than
ever refused TO make n sworn statement
to the coroner as to how she received the
wound. The coroner finding he could
obtain no statement from the
patient, turned his attention TO
the strange lady, and elected
from her that she was a friend of Mrs.
Cheeseman and had come from Lynn, in
answer to telegram sent Thursday
night informing her that Cora had been
murdered, and that she should come on at
once. This dispatch was signed "Cora.
The coroner questioned the lady in par
lor adjoining the room in which Mrs.
Cheeseman was lying. When the latter
saw the coroner speak to her friend, she
called her to her bedside, and forbade
her to make any further statement.
Thus batfsd in all his efforts, the cor
oner applied to the Superintendent for
his official assistance, as the case since
the contents OF the telegram are known
has become more mysterious than ever.
The condition of Mrs. Cheeseman is
very precarious. Nothing has been
seen of or heard from the husband Of the
wounded woman.
Year: 1876

WASHINGTON, October l5.-District
Attorney Wells announces his purpose
to call the safe burglary case of Richard
Harrington as soon as he can make
the necessary arrangements for that
purpose. 1t is said that Harrington will
make full statement in relation to his
connection with the safe burglary and
let the court and jury pass upon it,
SO that all the facts being admitted no
witnesses will be needed and the case
will be a short one.
Year: 1876

The Triumph or TiIdcn and Reform
Almost CerIain-Haye Success
Scarcely Possible if the friends OF
Honest Government Rally 10 their
Cause Facts and Figures to Prove
1.-two Interesting Tables and the
Lesson they Teach.
Year: 1876

This is just the way the case stands
since the result of Tuesdays elections
hss become known. 1t leaves Mr.,
Tihen's success about as certain as
Frank Pierce's was after the elections
of October, 1852. We have no longer
any doubt of the complete triumph Of the
Reform party. But 1t will lot be
achieved without an earnest struggle.
The party of corruption will die hard.
The possession OF power will only be
surrendered sfter desperate fighting.
In the State OF New York
especially. the combat will be
most intense and incessant from this
day forth until the election OF
Tuesday, Nov, I. Every trick and de-
vice will be resorted to BY the men in
Office to save themselves from the dire ne-
cessity OF seeking new occupation. But
no trick and no device, however cunning,
or however sudacIous, can overcome the
Year: 1876

90 seek by every device known to
mankind to improperly influence the
true and faithful. But they have
their falkland hopes anchored with
IN the vail" No stratagem of the
enemy can draw them from this safe
position.


Truth and perseverance will give
to Spiritualists in the near fu-
ture glorious realization. To-day
the professors of Bethel church ara
little more than stumbling blocks to
purity and progress, and thinking
minds place very little confidence in
the doctrines there taught, and much
less in the practice of those who
profess them. We do not wish TO
tear down churches, for we feel that
it would be loss to any community
to let any church go down, there
fore we wish to build them up. If
we expect to be happy in the spirit
world, we must work and have faith
while here in spiritual things. I
hope we oil win try to grow in the
higher life; but the bible teaches us
that spiritual things must be spirit
ually discerned.


j. l.. BEARDSLEY.
| Mineral Point Nov ~ IS-c
Year: 1876

the same being a Court of Record. do hereby
certify that whose genuine
signature appears to the foregoing affidavit, was,
at the time Of signing the same, justice of the
peace in and for the county and State aforesaid,
duly qualified, and that all his official acts as
such are entitled to full faith and credit.


In testimony whereof have hereunto set my
hand clerk, and affixed the seal Of said court,
on this - day of -, 1877.
Year: 1876

By authority conferred on me as commissioner, by
virtue of DEGREES passed by the District Court of the
United States for the District of West Virginia. at
Wheeling, in the above three several chancery
causes, shall proceed on
Year: 1876

In Paris all stray dogs are taken to
the Prefecture Of Police, where they are
examined and divided into lots accord
ing to their value. Those of a high
breed are well cared for, as it is known
that the owners will soon appear and
pay handsomely for their. board and
lodging. Those of good breed, but
less valuable, are also treated handsome
II, as at the sale which takes place
weekly they will fetch a good price; but
the worthless. ours, which constitute
the largest portion, are taken to the
Fourriere, or municipal pound, where
they are left without any food for two
days, and are then, if unclaimed, or if
they do not die in the meantime of hum
ger, hung up by hooks fastened in their
throats and tortured in the eruelest
manner.
Year: 1876

On Monday and Tuesday evening next
the Great London Sensation Ghost Illusion
exhibition or ethescope, will be at the Grand
Opera House. The illusions are startling
and beautiful and are received with i'm
mense applause by the audience. The en-
tertainment is well worth seeing and can
not be appreciated unless 1t 10 seen. The
spirits in the air, while they can move and
talk, are transparent and fade away like
vapor. There are other features of the
entertainment worthy of notice.
Year: 1876

favorite programme with the hotel dead
beat is to hand large sealed envelope, stuffed
with paper, to the clerk and ask him to take
care of those "three hundred dollars for few
days" The game has been played at one
hotel in this city, aud the clerks are on their
guard. A seedy- looking old man registered at
the house yesterday, and after dinner he
handed the day clerk an envelope marked
$780," and asked that it be put in the safe.
"You can't play that game on me, mister !"
replied the clerk, and he tore the package in
two. As he held up the ends his eyes began
to bulge out. He had torn eighteen new SO
bills in half, and he had insulted the owner.
One reason why he wasn't at his post the
balance of the afternoon was because he was
pasting those bills together.-Detroit Free
Press.
Year: 1876

Printing offices with small facilities can
save money by having their printing done at
the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN Job Office. Our
unlimited assortment of job type and fast
presses will enable US to allow twenty per cent.
on al orders.
Year: 1876

The trial was resumed at the appointed time,
every seat in the courtroom being occupied,
and space was at premium.


District Attorney Wells opened and contin-
ued his argument to some length, maintaining
that the Government had made out clear
case of conspiracy against the accused, and
that the prosecution should ask for verdict in
its favor.


IlHe will be followed by Judge Fullerton for
the defense this morning.
Year: 1876

All wheat fields which were manured
last fall with guano, phosphate or other
manures calculated to strengthen the
soil should be sown now in clover
which, two years hence, can be turned
10, and thus the foundation of the rem
ovation Of your land is permanently
laid-the seed can be sown and it is
preferred by many to sow il on the
snow as it then can be more easily seen
that the seed is regularly distributed
it will gradually sink with the melting
Of the snow into. the earth-or if this
is not done, from want Of opportunity
or inclination to SOW so early it is
better to wait until, by the absence Of
frost, the earth has become firm and
warm, when the seed can be sown and
rolled in. If you intend sowing clover
seed with oats, the operation can be
performed when that grain is put in
the oats to be narrowed and cross har-
rowed first, when the clover seed is to
be sown and rolled in-or, if you do,
to. wait until the oats are 8 or inches
high, then SOW and roll the clover seed
in. About six quarts or two gallons Of
seed to the acre. is about right
Year: 1876

BY series of experiments made Some
years ago, in England. it was shown
that barDyard manures benefited crops
most the first season, when covered
about two inches deep with soil. This
result appears reasonable. but the ques-
ton is, how can farmers place their
manures in the ground at this depth !
It is not practicable in any case. but
they can approximate to it in some
cases. When manure is ploughed un-
der in the ordinary way. some of it is
covered too deep to benefit the crop the
same season, and it is made available
if the land be ploughed the second year.
Some farmers plough their land. then
spread on the manure and harrow it in,
but much Of it is left upon the surface,
and is partially lost. as the ammonia
that goes off in the atmosphere is the
virtue OF the manure itself.


It is strange that we should find in
telhgent' farmers. at this late day in
agricultural progress, who deny that
barnyard manure can be injured by ex-
posure to the air and sun; yet they do
exist! A few years ago, farmer in
Central New York, wrote several arti-
cles for publication, in which he at
tempted to prove that when manure lies
upon the surface of the land and dries
up. its fertility is still in it, concen-
trated in the small crusts that remain !!


Farmers, let me caution you against
the folly Of carting your manures upon
your field, and spreading them for
week or longer, before you plough them
under. If this be done in the spring.
with warm sun. and high. drying
winds, a large portion of them, or
rather Of their fertility, will pass off in
the atmosphere. Don't be deceived in
this matter while your olfactory nerves
bear pungent evidence Of the truth Of
what say. You cannot afford to work
your farms on this wasting principle.
Manure is money, and if one should see
you scattering 'greenbacks" over the
field, on some windy day, the evidence
Of your insanity would be but little
more tangible, than when you spread
your manures, and leave them to evap-
crate in the sun and by the winds.
Year: 1876

We are born for higher destiny
than that Of earth, there is realm
where the rainbow never fades, where
the stars will BE- spread before US like
islands that slumher on the ocean, and
where the beautiful which begins here
and passes before US like shadows, will
stay in our presence forever.