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Year: 1876

THE story that Mr.. Blaine once said in
letter to Supervisor Mum of Chicago, ct
have no influence with the present admins
tration. No man has who is not thief by
INSTINCT" was too stupid to command the be-
lief of any intelligent person. But recently
Mr.. Blaine having been asked directly by let


ter whether there was any truth in it replies,
that he never wrote letter of any kind to
Mr.. Mum in his life and never received a
letter from him, and that the whole thing is
simply very stupid and very silly falsehood.
Year: 1876

IT is significant that the Associated Press
account Tuesday of the negro outrage in
South Carolina winds up with the statement
that in the riot which ensued six negroes
were killed and one white man wounded.
This is fair sample of Democratic justice in
the South. 1t one negro commits crime
the only adequate vengeance in the estima-
ton of the Democratic whites is to kill a
half dozen or so of black men whose only
offense lies in being of the same complexion
of the criminal.
Year: 1876

THE Democratic papers are still repeating
the exploded stories that Carl Schurz was
about to be Withdrawn from the stump in
Ohio. and that he had expressed doubt of
Republican triumph in that state. Both sto-
ries have been most explicitly denied and not
one particle of trustworthy evidence has been
offered to show that they had any foundation.
Yet the Performers" repeat them just the
same. Lying seems to be treated as duty
in the Democratic reform catechism,
Year: 1876

THE Boston Globe calls the attention oil
the Republican newspapers of Maine to the
enthusiastic reception of Mr.. Blaine in that
city, and wants them to note how their hero
is appreciated in Massachusetts,. Certainly a
person who reads the account of that recep-
tion as published in another column cannot
fail to do SO, and perhaps at the same time he
may not be able to avoid the thought that
the Republican masses of the old Bay State
were not fairly represented at Cincinnati.
Year: 1876

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are In
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used.
Year: 1876

Many years ago gentleman in a sub ordinate department of the Bank of Ire land discovered a device more useful than hair splitting, though of the like nature 1; he found out way of splitting bank notes, so that each note became two, and to all appearances were the same as when they were one, including, of course, the watermark and all the rest of it. Ee was an honest man, and in- formed the government of the result of his ingenuity whereupon, on his solemn promise of never revealing his secret. they made him governor of the bank. Another gentleman, but who, unhappily, is rogue, has lately made Lis appear ance in London !; he has invented cer- tain acid which causes the writing to dis appear from the check, and then he fills up the blank space according to his aspirations. His naodus Operandi is the following He procures real check, drawn by a good name, for seventeen or nineteen pounds the word "pounds" is obliterated so completely that no

 race of the original writing can Le dis cerned even under the microscope, and the words "hundred pounds inserted in it's place two ciphers are added to the figures, and then the thing is done, since all the other parts of the docu-

 ment, including the signature, are quite correct. This ingenious plan is causing great consternation in London, and the gentleman who invented it could get good round sum to retire from business.
Year: 1876

This is all : is it much, my darling? You must

 follow your path in life, Have . head for it's complex windings, hand

 for it's sudden strife. The sun will shine the flowers will bloom,

 though my course mid them all is OCT; would not that those dear living eyes should

 light in their joy no more; Only just for the sake of the happy past aud

 the golden days that have been, By the love we have loved and the hopes we

 have hoped, will you have my grave kept

 green2 Just . moment in the morning, in the eager

 flush of the day, To pluck some creeping weed, perohance, or

 train the white rose spray; Just moment to shade my v.olets from the

 glare of the noontide heat, Just 8 tear and g prayer in the gloaming, ere you leave me with lingering feet An 1t is weak and foolish, but think that in Gods serene L shall know, and love to know, mine own, /. that you keep my grave 50 green. would fain, when the drops are plashing

 against your window pane, That you should be thinking wistfully of my

 grasses out in the rain That when the winter veil is spread OCT the

 fair white world below, Your tender hands twine the holly wresths

 that mark my rest in the snow. My clasp on life and life's rich gifts grows

 faint and cold, I ween, Yet oh would hold it to the last-the trust

 of my grave kept gl cen. Because it is by such little signs the heart and

 it's faith are read Because the natural man must shrink ere he

 joins the forgotten dead. The heavenly hope is bright and pure, and

 calm is the heavenly rest, Yet the human love olings yearningly to all it has prized the best. We have been so happy, darling, and the part

 ing pang is keen An eoothe it by this last VOW to me-you will

 watch that my grave keeps green?
Year: 1876

This is true story. The happy circum-
stance occurred one Sunday evening. be
had escorted her to and from church, and
upon arriving at her home their discussion
Of the sermon and the extreme heat sug-
gested an invitation which was readily ac-
cepted by Charles, that they step into the
house and partake of a cooling glass of
lemonade. She led him to the dining
room, and there found naughty brother
Ben about to squeeze the last lemon in the
house for his own individual benefit. Call
ing him aside she induced Ben by means of
sundry threats and promises to disect that
lemon and make Charley and herself q
glass. A self-sacrifcing thought struck
her. ''No, Ben, said she, ''put the juice
Of the whole lemon into Charles glass and
bring me glass of water. He wont know
the difference-there is no light in the par
lor" lra


Ben was making one good strong lemon
sde, when Charley slipped out and remark
ed, f1 say Ben, put the juice OF the entlre
lemon in your sisters glass and bring me
some ice water-there is no light in the
parlor, and she won't notice it"


Ben's forte is in obeying orders.


With a merry twinkle in his eye he
drank the lemonade, then carried them
each n glass Of water, which they drank
with much apparent relish, asking each
other, between the sips, if it was sweet
enough? And naughty brother Ben, with
the taste of that lemonade in his mouth,
stood out In the hall and laughed till his
sides ached, to hear them assure each other
that sit was just right, so palatable and
so refreshing" -..
Year: 1876

Gov. Morton forecasts the character Of


Tilden's Administration in case he is elect


ed. and places it before his hearers in IL


clear light:


The Administration of any President


will be in the main what the party which
elected him makes it. If he breaks away
from the party, the chances are that he viii
be broken down. In Government of par
ties like ours the President must have his
party. The men to whom he owes his cleo
tion, who have defended him from assaults,
to whom he must look for support in the
future, will ordinarily control his action,
and he will do nothing offensive to them.
The success Of Mr.. Tilden will mean the
success Of the Confederats Democracy. He
would owe his election chiefly to the South,
and from that section would come the men
of stern will and purpose demanding and
receiving the recognition Of their policy.
The late Rebels would swarm in the Cabi-
net, run the Departments, command the
army and navy, represent the Government
at foreign courts. and find ten thousand
ways to punish the loyal men Of the nation
for their humiliation and defeat. The COM
position Of the present House Of Represen-
tatives at Washington illustrates the
SbTengLu duu Organization OF the Democrat
ic party. The Southern members eOnsti-
tute the body and brains of the party, shape
its action, and control whatever policy it
has. They are the head and body Of the
animal, and the Northern Democracy OOn=
stitute the tail, and our acquaintance with
all quadrupeds teaches US that the body
wsgs the tail and not the tail the body, and
We have seen this winter that the Northern
Democracy are as subserYient to the South
as they were at any time before the War.
The interests and the passions Of the South
viii in future, as in the long and bloody
past, control the action Of the Democratic
party. Among the Democratic members
Of the House there sre sixty four persons
who were officers and soldiers in. the Con-
federaoy. Overthrow by the North and
defeated, they are soured and desperately
in earnest, and with whom the Northern
sympathizers and doughfsces will be as clay
in the hands Of the potter. II you ask me
what viii be the Democratic party in the
future. will answer whatever the South
demands; whatever her interests, hatred,
and passions dictate.
Year: 1876

The Supreme Court of Vermont has
decided the celebrated Brattleboro school
case in favor of the School Board. The
opinion was delivered by Judge Barrett.
1t will be remembered that a large num-
Der of children of Catholic parentage, in
violation of 4 rule of the school, absented
themselves from the public school on
Corpus Christi day thai on previous
'day of Obligation of the Church. they
had similarly aLsented themselves; that,
on this occasion, they had requested to
be excused from attendance, but were de-
MED; and that, in consequence Of their
attendance, they were expelled from
school. The present action was Il bill in
chancery brought to restrain the School
Board from carrying the order for ex-
pulsion into effect.


The court held that the rule was with
in the legal power of the School Board to
make; that requiring the children to at
tend on that day, and refusing to excuse
them, was not such an interference with
the freedom of conscience as to make the
rule in conflict with the Constitution;
that the holding of a session of the school
that day, was not any more illegal than it
would be to hold town meeting on that
day; that the school laws, as well as this
rule, were made for all persons, and, as 1t
did not conflict with the Constitution,
was legal and Of binding force. The
court, therefore, dismissed the bill.


We presume this decision is good law
But it does not prove that the action Of
the School Board was wise kind, and eX-
pedient. If the Protestant people Of the
town were observing day Of prayer, and
parents desired their children to be cX-
cused from attendance at school, it would
be well to give them the privilege and
thus crafty the parents and prevent i'll
feelings. The slight interference with
the classes and studies would be Of no
account compared with the Injury result
ing from doing violence to the consciences
of such parents as think it improper to
send their children to school on days set
apart for religious services. And more
emphaticaly should this right be accord
ed to Roman Catholic parents. Because
Protestants are in the majority in any
Board or community, they should be the
more careful to extend the largest in
diligence to the wishes of the minority,
consistent with integrity and the laws
If permission to the Roman Catholic
children to be absent Il day works the
dissolution of the classes for that day, it
is an evil less than that which follows the
refusal Of Il privilege claimed on eonsclen-
tious grounds. While, therefore, the
decision Of the court is with the law, it by
no means aflirms the wisdom of the School
Board.
Year: 1876

What is Babylon? The figure is taken
from the ancient city of Baylon, and that
took its name from the confusion Of tom
CUES which there took place; hence we
understand that by this symbol is meant
the great mass of confused ard corrupt
Christianity, "whose creeds are as various
as her costly towers


Her fall was a moral fall, caused by re-
jecting the yivifying truth of Gods holy
word, and growing up into popularity,
rather than keeping her humble place as
Christ designed. But, alas she has de-
parted from her first love, that was pure
and holy, and caused all nations to drink
of the wrath Of her fornication, by pre-
senting false doctrine, and teaching per-
nicious errors. Where is the influence of
the Chuch to-day? 1t is sunk very low in
the scale of human degradation, and its
members, where are they? There is more
virtue practiced to-day by the worlds peo-
pie than by the members of the Church,
This seems hard to believe, but look at
what the Apostle Paul says of them in I'd
Timothy, iii 10. BY reading this we see
the condition of the Church members
fully set forth, and by the fifth verse, we
see he does not mean the worlds people,
for they do not claim to have the power
of godlness, but he means the members
of the Church, who claim to have the
power by their profession, and deny the
power thereof by their lives. 1t makes
our heart ache when we look about and
see the condition of the Church. 1t Is
not fulfilling the mission that Christ de-
signed. He said it was the light Of the
world, and that city set upon hill could
not be hid. If we look there for light we
see none; if we look there for truth we
find none, for we are told that through
tradition they have made the command
ment of God of no effect.


Well did Esaias prophesy of them say
lug, 'ThiS people draweth nigh unto me
with their mouths, and honoreth me with
their lips. but their hearts are far from
me. But in vain they do worship
me, teaching for doctrine the command
ments of men,"


Shall we leave this subject here? No,
we cannot leave it without speaking of
the uses that the Church members put
their churches to-. Consider for your
selves this one fact. A church building
erected and dedicated to God, and Him
only, to be thrown open for anything and
everything that comes along, or any en-
tertanment the people. choose, no matter
for what purpose the proceeds are to bt
appropriated d!


Now we ask, is 1t right to convert the
church into place Of mere amuse-
ment, and to make the gospel Of our as
Year: 1876

cended Lord q matter of entertainment,
instead of dealing with Gods truth and
mems souls as the most important matter
of our lives? But instead Of this we see
every way that man can think Of to get
money for the support of the Churches
They even go into gambling for money to
support preaching, in many ways that we
have neither time nor space to cnumerate'
And until there is thorough reform in
Church and its individual members, we
must ascribe to them the same language
that we commenced with-Babylon is fal-
len.-is fallen. JUSTICE.


Essex junction..
Year: 1876

WORTHY EMULATION. The editor
Of the Lewistown PAY Sentinel has
lately received a legacy Of $4,000
from an old citizen of Mifflin county
as some acknowledgment of the bene
fit derived from he reading of tina,
newspaper. An act worthy Of emu
lation. How different the feelings o,
that "dear departed' in his new home
from those of the poor fellows who
were taken out in debt to the printer
Reader, you may not be able to leave
a $4,000 legacy to.your editor, bu,
do, do try to get square with him.
[ Exchange.
Year: 1876

There will be band of music at Chad
wick's Museum and Ice Cream Garden,
No. 207 West Fourth street, this evening.
The lovers of good music and ice cream
should not fail to attend, if they wish to
spend an hour in mirth and music. The
garden will lie illuminated.
Year: 1876

The virtuous carpet-baggers Of the
South at first used the argument to secure
the negro vote, that if the Democrats got
into power they would reduce the colored
man to slavery again, and since the negro
has become sufficiently advanced in politi-
cal knowledge to know it was q lie, the
pious carpet.bagger now tells them that if
the Democrats get into power they will
pass law regulating the price to be paid
the colored man for his labor. The price to
be paid to the colored man is 81 per month,
and 50 per month for colored women. It
is thought by such devices the Republi-
can managers maintain their influence over
the unsophisticated colored man.
Year: 1876

IT now seems there are great doubts about


Mr.. Seymour's acceptance. It was well


known that he declined to be candidate


for nomination in the most positive terms,


and his desire to be left out of the list of
candidates was sincere. His refusal to


accept the nomination will bring about thu


most complicated state of affairs that ever


occurred in American politics. His nomi-


nation was regarded as being fortunate for


theDemocracy ,and was hailed with delight.


1t was nomination which gave universal


satisfaction to the Democratic party. It


was Roland for the Oliver of the Repub-


lican strategy Of the State. Ifit is true,


that the labors Of the campaign and the
excitement Of the canvass would be pre-
judicial to his health, if not absolutely


fatal, Mr.. Seymours refusal of acceptance
will be justifable, but if such is not the
case, it would be criminal in Mr.. Seymour
to decline. We see that some Of the leaders
of the party still hope for his acceptance Of
the nomination even under the adverse
circumstances. At this time when the
result Of the Presidential election may
depend on. the choice Of a Gubernatoria,
candidate in New York, Mr.. Seymour 8
action in the emergency is awaited for
with intense interest, by all parties
Year: 1876

| tDDuEAk 0R0eT-BAo OkIAClAIS
| The horrible ending Of the prize fight d


Thursday last, j. foul stain upon the


Centennial city. and proof Of IL bad


municipal government. Mayor 6tokeiey


and his police force are responsible for the


city's disgrace. and shepld be held ac-


countable for their disregard Of the city's


fair fame and for their wanton neglect Of


official duty. The death Of the bruiser
Walker was morally : murder, committed


with the full knowledge Of the Mayor and


his police, and the sooner there Is change


ia its city officers the better will it be for


the credit Of Philadelphia, and the honor


and peace of its citizens. For weeks before


the fight the city papers informed the


public that the bruises Walker and
Weeden were to meet and test which was
the greatest brute and bruiser. 1t was
publicly announced, and the Mayor and
his police were aware Of the fact, that
these bruiser law breakers had openly
declared their purpose to trample on the
law and commit brutal crime, but no
attempt on the part of the Mayor and his
city guardians (?) was made to prevent the
brutal occurrence, but virtually by their
negligence to prevent the beastly encoun-
ter, gave it their approval. Mayor
stokeley and his police are for this brutal
homicide responsible and should be held
70 strict responsibility. l.


The anticipation of the fight had been
1ppermost in sporting circles for two
months, and the Mayor could have pre-
rented the fight, but instead of doing so,
lis police suffered the brutes who were
'peculating in this murder of the prize
ing to pass to their field of blood without
to prevent them. Walkerwho
vas murdered, was only nineteen years Of
Ige, and he and his murderer were warm
,ersonal friends, and had they not been
,oaded on by party Of roughs, who saw +
n them fitting tools for sport and money
making, would be living warm friends
s-day. IL
Year: 1876

The HERALD will issue an extra edition
this evening as soon as the returns can be
obtained from all the wards. We have
made arrangements 10 procure them at the
earliest possible moment, and will soon
thereaft er place the extra edition on the
streets.
Year: 1876

AN afternoon paper Of this city makes
the announcement that it has double the
circulation Of any paper in the city. This
we deny, and state that its circulation but
vary little exceeds that Of The HrRA1D.
Year: 1876

Governor Hayes the Republican nomi.


nee for President, has sadly failed to vindi-


cate himself for truth, honor. honesty and


integrity in his answer to the Philadelphia


Times through the Columbus estate


Journal" The Presidential candidate


journal" letter should distrust all candid


men in his apparently sincere declarations


in behalf Of sectional peace in his letter OF


acceptance. The Times" asked Hayes to


disavow Secretary cameron's revolution


ary order, which was done VIGOROUSLY to


coerce certain States to cast their electoral


votes for him (Hayes) against the sober


judgment Of the people Of mingled races.


When order and safety prevailed in every


part of the South, when two Southern


States at confessedly peaceable and lawful


elections had declared against Hayes


Presidential pretentions, did Secretary


Cameron issue his bayonet election order,


and by that order remanded the whole


reconstructed States to the arbitrary law
Of the sword. As the "limes" truly says,
"either Governor Hayes letter Of accept
ance is replete with falsehood and deceit, or
Secretary Cameron's order is an insult to
Hayes as it is a mockery of decency and
law; and it means that he shall be elected
by Cameron violence and come into the
Presidency in the Cameron tolls, in utter
contempt Of his professions of peace and
REFORM" Governor Hayes in his letter
has signally failed to vindicate the SINGER
ity Of his professions in the acceptance of
his nomination. Had Governor Hayes
been honest in his declaration of sentiments
set forth in his letter of acceptance, be |
would have in his Columbus letter de-
nounced and ignored Cameron's wanton
order from the peaceful ballot to the arbi-
trary mandate Of the sword, but instead of
doing so, he sits passive, merely saying
that while he cannot endorse, he dare not
disavow Mr.. Cameron's bayonet election
order. Governor Hayes is willing and
satisfied to let Grant and his minions
through debauchery and violence place
him in tie White House Chair. Notwith-
his declarations in behalf of sec
tienal peace, the Republican candidates
For the Presidency, when every section of
The country is hungering for unity and
lacks the honor and manhood to
leclare to the people that he is opposed 10
his mission of the bayonet.


Now is the time for American people to
leclare that no party can survive the wan
on appeal from the peaceful ballot to the
arbitrary mandate of the sword. Let the
mission OF the bayonet be ended. Let there
" peace through justice in all sections and
! fair voluntary election Of President. No
deserving man, no lover of his country or
especter of its institutions would suffer
imself to bs elevated to theChiefMajestry
{ the nation through an arbitrary military
mandate. Hayes as the "Times" says,
sits passively on his insulted pledges of
eacs and integrity"
Year: 1876

A roof may be covered with very cheap
single, and by application OF this Slate be
made TO last from 70 to 25 years. O.d zoos
can be patched and coated, looking much
better, and lasting longer than new shin
giles without the slate, for


One Third the Cost OF Reshinqlinu.


The expense of stating new shingles Ia
only about the cost of simply laying them.
The paint is FIRE-PROoF against sparks or
flying embers, as may be easily tested BY
Any one.