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Year: 1876

In the selection of Fl FL McMulleI


as their candidate for the Office o1


Sheriff the Republicans Of this county


have shown and acknowledged their ap-


probation Of the present popular de-


mand for the nomination Of good men


for office. Mr.. McMullen is an active,


energetic man and bears a reputation


for strict integrity in his business deal
ings, and will probably prove as strong
candidate as his party could have
chosen. and if he should happen to be
elected, would doubtless make a very
good officer. But Mr.. McMullen cannot
be elected. However unobjectionable
he may be personally he, unfortunately,
is identified with party which, in its
anxiety to retain its hold upon power,
has run to the widest excuses and left
no means, however dangerous to the
institutions Of the country untried
which. it believed, would or could, add
to its numerical strength or increase its
vote. The people Of Delaware hold the
Republican party responsible for the
degradation Of the elective franchise
until what was once pride is now only
exercised, with reluctance, from stern
sense of duty and Of self preservation,
and those who still adhere to that party,
thereby confessing themselves the will
ing abettors of all its excesses and the
abuse Of power and breaches Of trust
committed by its officials, come under
the popular bane and must fall beneath
the general indignation. Mr. McMul-
len is one of these. He has always
been an earnest advocate and adherent
of his party, supporting it in wrong as
we'll as in right, and must, therefore,
be held SO far responsible for all Of its
acts which are SO Objectionable to the
people. Viewed in such light, Mr..
McMullen is not, and cannot be accept
able to the citizens Of this county.
Year: 1876

Remit by Express. Postal Order. Bank
Draft. Certified Check. Registered Letter. or
order through any bank or banking house,
payable to the order Of the Secretary Of the
Industrial Exhibition Company, u KAst lTth
Street. New York Specially chartered By the
State Of New York. for the purpose Of build
ing in New York -l
Year: 1876

RAILROAD FROM TEXAS From Houston we
learn that the railroad from that city to the
Sabine whose steady progress we have been
recoH ding from time to time, is at length COM
p1eted and in running order. The distance be-
tween Houston and Orange is 100 miles. The
trains will run three times o week. Doubtless
the company will speedily establish steam COM
munication between the Sabine river and New
Orleans, either direct by the Mississippi, or by
way of Brashear, pending the promised and
early construction of the road, in this State,
from the Sabine to the DoDaldsonville road
The Times intimsted, few dsys ago, that it is
likely there will be o combination between the
New Orleans, AlexSndris and Shreveport Com
papy aud the New York Company who control
the road from Houston to New Orleans, 80 as to
have the two roads meet at VermillioDville.
This would be an excellent plan, as it would
form q railroad system for the State; and from
the offers made here three years ago by the rich
New York Company, they would doubtless be
glad to join in building the road to Shreveport.
There would then be no rivaly between the two
and both would be strengthened-
OTleaRian.
Year: 1876

Did you ever see a woman throw stone
at hen? It is one Of the most ludicrous
scenes in everyday life. We recently OBJ
served the process-indeed, we paid more
attention than the hen did, for she did not
mind it at all, and laid an egg the next
day IS if nothing had happened. II fact,
that hen will now know for the first time
that she served in the capacity Of target.
The predatory fowl had invaded the pre-
cincts of the flower bed, and was indutr-
ously pecking and scratching for the nu-
tritions seed of the early worm, biisstnlly
unconscious Of impending danger. The
lady now appears on the scene with q
broom. This she drops and picks up a
rocky fragment Of the Siiurian age, and
then makes her first mistake-they all do
it-of selling the projectile with the wrong
hand. Then, with malice aforethought,
she makes the further blunder of swinging
her arms perpendicularly instead Of hori-
zontallr rthereupon the stone flies into the
ali, describing an irregular eliptical curve,
and strikes the surface Of the earth as far
from the hen as the thrower stood at the
time, in a course due west from the same,
and The hen bearing BY the compass north
east by half east. At the second attempt
the stone narrowly missed the head Of the
thrower herself, who seeing that any fur
ther attempt at the kind would be suicide,
did what she might have done first, started
after the hen with an old and familiar
weapon. The moral of whichis: Stick to
the broomstick.
Year: 1876

which gives promise Of the fulflment Of
your desires in life? Do his ambitions and
achievements satisfy you? Does his every
day life shine with the noble endeavors of
a trustworthy man? If you think, and
desire companion in your thinking
who would uulock the deepest depths Of
your mind-to what strata Of humanity
does he belong in the scale Of excellence
and morality? Is he doing all he can to
build up future usefulness and happiness,
in which you can share and feel blessed? !?


These are questions which the expert
ence Of after years make many women
weep IN bitterness Of soul, that they had
not thought Of before they answered !" Yes
We should look out for to days regulations
and to-morrow's successes. The witticisms
and endearments layished so freely may
be, and doubtless are, indeed, very pleas
ant; but they will not last. They will
grow tame and spiritless; and, if nothing
else comes to take their place, woe to the
happiness vainly invoked on the shores Of
the desolation opening all around. Be
careful, then, in choosing a partner for life !;
look below the surface; for, as pearls do
not float, neither are the best traits Of char
acter always the most prominent. True
hearts and willing hands unite TO make a
happy home.
Year: 1876

At my return from my first voyage,


whaling, my mother made me stay at home


evenings, and spin yarns about "furrin
parts, " when | wanted to be out sparkin
and, out Of revenge, I used to tell her
some pretty tough stories. told her once,
when we were out on the Indian Ocean,
the weather became foul and We didn'tsee
the sun for twenty days. We lost our reck-
onlng, but kept sailing along, till, finally,
we made land. The captain couldn't tell
what land it was, but thought it might be
Sugar Island, and sure enough it was a
mountain Of pure sugar


We landed and took in good supply.
AT the foot Of the mountain, we saw what
we took to be small lake, but, on APP
preaching it, found it was river OF honey
flowing out from the base of this noun
tain We had nothing but oil casks aboard
Or We should have brought cargo home
instead Of whale-oil We got entirely out
Of meat, and | don't know what we should
have done if it had not been for the flying
fish; they would fly against the sails and
drop on deck, and we salted down fifty
barrels, which lasted the whole voyage
Mother could not quite stand that yarn
and accused me of making it up!


"Well," ] said, "if you don't believe that
| will tell you what | did see. We were
crossing the Red Sea, when heavy storm
came on and We were obliged to anchor
for the night. The next morning being
clear and pleasant, all hands were called
To help heaTe up the anchor; butt would
not heare worth one cent. We thought
it had got caught under rock. Finally
the captain, who weigbed 240 pounds, ad
ded bis weight to the capstsn, and we start.
ed it. Now, mother, when that al chor
came above water, what do you suppose
was in the aue? ..Well, I don't know,
my son; what was it?n '.Why, it was
large, old-fashioned wheel, and the captain
said at once 1t was one Of Pharaoh's char
lot wheels "Well, my son, says the old
lady, u can believe that, for we read Of
these things in the Bible. But don't tell
me anything more about flying fish"
Year: 1876

It'll master it., said the axe, and bis
blows fell heavily on the iron; but every
blow made his edge more blunt till he
ceased to strike.


Leave it to me, said the saw and with
his relentless teeth he worked backward
and forward on It's surface, till they were
all worn down OF broken; then he fell
aside.


"Hal ha Y said the hammer q knew
you wouldn't succeed; I'll show you the
way, but at his first fierce stroke, of
few his head, and the iron remained as
before


@shall | try? asked the soft, small
lame. But they all despised the fame
but he curved gently round the iron, and
embraced 1t, and never left it until itmelt-
ed under his irresistible influence.


There are hearts hard enough to resist
tae force of wrath, the malice of persecu-
ton, and the fury of pride, SO as to make
heir acts recoil on their adyersaries but
there is a power stronger than any ot
these, and hard indeed is the heart that
can resist love.
Year: 1876

Editors OF the Register.


A good deal of interest is being felt
and expressed among the people in rela-
ton to the political campaign which is
shortly TO open in this State. Recent
developments at Washington City have
started and aroused the honest men OF
the whole nation, and many men who
have consented heretofore to take no
more active part in political affairs than
merely to go to the polls on election
day and vote for the can
didstes whom the party convention
had selected, now feel like coming to the
front and exercising some voice IN the
selection of the candidates themselves.
Men actively engaged in business or in
professional labors, who have heretofore
paid but slight attention to political
affairs, are awaking to the necessity OF
putting forth some earnest effort to stay
the tide of corruption that is disgracing
the American name and destroying the
foundations of our government.


Among the business men OF this city L
have heard during the past few days the
name of Mr., Robert NJ. Delaplaih very
favorably mentioned, as q candidate for
Congress. Itstrik0s me that the sugges-
ton is an excellent one, and well wor-
thy of adoption. Mr.. Delaplain is gen.
tleman of liberal education and mental
culture; we'll informed upon al
the questions of the day; a
representative business man; and
man OF unimpeachable integrity,
honesty, and honor. He would doubtless
prove capa bic and influential guardian
of the interests of his constituents should
he be elected to a seat in the House Of
Representatives. Let the business men
of the District consider OF the matter.


Respectfully, &c,


DEMOCRAT.
Year: 1876

! statement as that be was going to leave
/ on the 10 o'clock train. Referring TO MI.
Bass having left the committee room IN
order to have a'conference with the Pres
ident, he suggested that he had enter.
tanned the hope that the recently vacated
war office was about to be filled BY
a member of the committe which had
| imbursed Its late occupant. Whether Mr..
Bass had been sent tor TO be converted
into Secretary of War or to advise the
President and council in regard 10 the
prosecution of Marsh, he Blackburn
did not know. The Executive, the gen.
tleman from New York and the Lord
only did know. If that gentleman
wanted Marsh detained, why had
he not suggested it to the
President or to the Attorney
General to stop him. That gentleman


Bass had sat in the committee room, as
senting by his silence to the discharge OF
Marsh, as had every other member of
the committee. Whether he Bass had
acted in good taste, or had illustrated his
appreciation of fair treatment, he Black
burn was willing to leave to the
House and the country to determine.
He repeated that that gentleman Bass
never objected to the discharge Of Marsh
after his cross-examination. lie saw the
witness leave the room without making
single objection.


Mr.. Bass Insisted


that the record ofth committee bore out
his original statement that the committee
had held only two meetings prior to tele-
graphing for Marsh, these meetings be-
ing on the ID and 10Th of February.
AS to the suggestion about mis- advising
the Attorney General or the
President to stop the escape OF
Marshf he regarded it as too absurd to
require an answer. The only tribunal IN
the world that had jurisdiction over
Marsh was the Committee on E1pendl.
lures in the War Department, subordl-
nate to the authority of the House.
Witness had been discharged before any
of the Republican members OF the Com
mittee had any knowledge of it. How
could the Republican members have
known when the Chairman left the
committee room with the witness or'what
directions were TO be given to him. De
nunciations had been hurled in this
House by the gentleman frem Kentucky
at the head of the Secretary
OF War and charges made
that he had sought TO shield himself be
hind the dishonor Of his family, whereas
every member of the committee knew
that the struggle had been made on his
part to avoid their dishonor, and to
shoulder the burden himself.


A Settler.


Mr.. Blackburn said he was glad to
know that the sentence had gone on the
record, and that he, Blackburn, stood
before the House and country MS one
who had done all that an honorable man
could do to shield from them the critl-
cism and censure an innocent woman.
The gentlemad from New York was
welcome to stand before the country as
he did, now striving to shield from
punishment guilty man [applause from
galleries and sneers from the Republican
ide OF the House. Adjourned,
Year: 1876

By reference to the advertisement pub.
lished above AID also to the special dis
patch elsewhere, it will be seen that the
time for holding the convention will be
Thursday June sth, linstead of the 9th
as reported yesterday and the object ot
thesame will be to nominate full State
ticket and appoint tine delegates two
from each Congressional district, and four
from the State at lurge) to the National
Convcntioa st -. Louis June 9th.


The meeting q! the Executive Com
mitteo was very harmonious, and the
points under discussion were, 1st, wheth-
or the location of the Convention should
be changed from Charleston to some
other point; I'd, the time for the Conven-
ton to assemble, and Sd, whether there
should be two Conventions, or two meet
ings Of single one-one before the Ma
tional Convent N, to simply appoint
delegates to St. Louis, and the other after
the sad Convention, to ratify the Ma
tional nominees, and place the State ticket
in the ield-or whether there should be
only one Convention to do all the work
ST one meeting.


The objection advanced TO Charleston
as the place, was that there were no hotel
accommodations there. Upon its being
ascertained that there would be no diff
Guilty in this respect, the objection, of
course, tell to the ground, and the former
determination of the committee on that
point was adhered to.


The result of the discussion of the
second question has been already men.
toned, and as to the third, it was de-
cided to have only one session and one
convention for the following reasons:
That if there should be held two con-
veptiops, it would involve considerable
trouble and expense. and prosably Meth
er would be very numerously attended,
and this same objection also existed con-
cerning the holding Of two meetings OF
the same convention. Again the only
objects of making nominations after the
national, ticket was in the field would be
for the purpose Of ratltylng the
same. and framing platform.
The ratification would be
simply formal proceeding, and
1t was the unanimous expression of the
Committee that no platform was needed
in the State What the party proposes to
fight on is simply opposition to general
fraud dishonesty and corruption con-
den,ed into the one word "Radicalism."
That is a simple platform, one readily
understood. and therefore all that Is need
ed. We believe that in this regard, the
determination of the Committee Is wise
and proper. And in this con-
nection we simply desire to
call attention TO the adver-
ment of the Committee heretofore men
toned. 1t Contains the ring Of the true
metal Harmonious action is advocated
and everybody, without regard to past
political record, who is opposed to corrup-
tiOn in high places, and to the reputation
of shame and disgrace which has been
fastened upon us by the dominant party
Year: 1876

is invited to join with the Democracy in
waglng its warfare.


All that is necessary further is to put
an unexceptionable ticket in the field,
and an overwhelming majority in the
fall will prove how generally this invita-
ton has been accepted.
Year: 1876

He was willing to have the full RESPONSE
bllity for it with any other members OF
the Committee. He repeated his belief
that there was no legal power IN The
Committee to have detsin ed Marsh and
that his detention by the Committee
would have been an outrage and q
wrong.
Year: 1876

On the 18th of May, at five O'Clock IN the
afternoon, Prince Mouroussi % Judge of
the First Court in Alexandria, in Egypt)
was on visit to Count Zizinia, at Ramleh,
. little town near Alexandria. The day
had been very warm, and both gentlemen
were availing themselves of the cool even
ing BY walking on the large terrace in front
of the palace and facing the sea. Suddenly
The Prince thought he saw man struggling
in the water. On longer examination both
gentlemen discovered that young man was
drowning before their eyes. Immediately
the Count gave orders for help to be given
to the unfortunate man, who was visibly
losing strength, and servants were also
sent to the nearest guards stations on the
coast. In the mean time Prince Mouroussi
lndressed and threw himself into the sea,
with the hope of saving the drowning man.
In spite of the violence OF the waves he was
fortunate enough to reach him, but just as
he was going to seize him by the hand, a
wave separated them, and the young fellow
was driven further off shore. BY this time
the coastguards had arrived, and were ener-
getically urged to give assistance. But no.
These worthy officials replied "that ninety
thousand Christians might perish, but that
they would not raise finger to help them"
They also loaded with the foulcst insults
the struggling men in the sea, and the
lookers-on were powerless to aid them


Two Greeks at last cut off boat belonging
to the Schultz bathing establishment ard
hastened to the rescue of the drowning
youth, and succeeded in saving him and
bringing him to shore. But here the Mus


sulman fanatics would not allow the body
to be taken from the boat, nor would they
allow medical attendants to interfere. The
guards surrounded the boat, and by force
drove away doctors and all others who
strove to burst their ranks to give aid to
the dying man in the boat These guards
went so far as to prevent the Prince dress
ing hia: self. and took the two Greeks pris-
onera. Toward eight O'Clock the Countess
Zzinia sent to inform Count Voidans of the
affair. But when he came it was too late.
All lie could do was to deliver the Greeks
from confinement, and Prince Mouroussi
was allowed to dress himself.
Year: 1876

The death of woman in Louisville, real
ly caused by heart disease, was attributed
for while to poison, as she dad immedi
ately after drinking ale that her husband
had bought and he had habitually ill-treat-
ed her. An inquest made the truth clear,
and her husband then said 81 amt no
darned fool. A doctor told me that she had
the heart disease, and couldn't live more
than a year--so wouldn't run my neck in
to a moose by pis'ning her when the year
was most up, would II"
Year: 1876

open to suspicion, and followed him up Carefully ~
police believe that there several persons who VIZ
engaged In the robbery and that stolen uons


divided among them They arr believed not n ~
professionals, but fast young who spend their muss
reoklessly The full particulars Of the ease are wi,S
held from the public By the poll ~ for ths
present, because they hore TO be able nos
only to arrest the thieves but also to rscgvss
part at least Of the stolen property. The young man
arrested yesterday appeared cool aud unconcerned Hs
did not ask what he had been arrested for but al
silent all the time that he at the Police Central
Office He Is shrewd looking but his bore the Darts
of dissipation. His name is w.bheid by The police who
do wish his accompces to know that he las been
arrested Inspector Dlks ordered Detective Clark 10
take the prisoner To inspector Thoine, IN whose district
upon tue case Tie police determined to leave M,


mans untied 10 bring the thieves to Justice, and restoe
10 Mrs Polhamus her stolen fortune, without which aha
will be left destitute, she s too old her own


living Inspector Dks said that he believed that Detec.
tive Clark had good clew. and wOnd probably be abs
~ recover y portion OF tho money soon.
Year: 1876

covered itself with bunting 10 such an extent on any
occasion The demonstration was not worked up IN adj
vance by the newspapers A few paragraphs appeared
suggesting proprley Of appropriately celebrating the
day, but that all In the spontaneity OF the mani
festation might DO seen Indication Of the profound
interest felt by all OF the people IN the Centennial
celebration In the afternoon there parade OF the
city mil tary.


Tonight the illumination s almost general as was
the decoration to-day Independence Hall Is the cen-
ter Of attraction and blaze Of light In many shops
and houses there is the od'asoned way Of illuminating,
by candles in tho Windows but In most OF them method
equally effective, and perhaps pretter, is adopedthat
Of opening all shutters lighting all the gasburnors, and
placing fags flowers, or Other ornaments, IN the win
dows.
Year: 1876

There are very few farmers who are not
ready to acknowledge that the rising of
wheat is doubtful propriety, that it almost
never brings a profit, but on the other
hand, loss is generally entailed by grow
ing this very uncertain and land destroy
ing crop.


The English, Irish and Scotch farmers
aim to sell as little off the farm as pos
sible in form of grain or forage, having
long since learned that this could not be
done, maintaining the fertility ofthe land
at the same time. Feeding grain, roots
of success, because if you haul your hay
and grain to market for ten years your
land, like an old coat, becomes reduced
in value in proportion as tits worn. Even
when no profit is made at farming, if you
support your family, pay your taxes, and
maintain the fertility of your land, there
are at least no backward steps being taken.
The man who grows wheat not only fails
to profit himself, but his land, like the
coat on his back, is wearing out, and his
steps are backward continually. 1t hardly
needs an illustration orargumentto to prove
these long established facts, and those
farmers who improve their facilities for
keeping, breeding. and feeding the more
profitable descriptions Of cattle, sheep, and
swine, giving good care to othese, will,with
these beginning, lay the foundation for
an easier system of farming, having the
fertility saving clause, with chances for
increased profits to commend it.


These thoughts are not advanced to
pave the way for commendation of any
particular class of stock, nor any branch
of either class. The taste of men -, and
of their SONS, takenin connection with
the capabilities of their farmers, govern


the selections to be kept, whether of one


kind, cattle or swine, or of both with
sheep added.