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X gsassaagf&jgssM Written for The Advertiser. LIZZIE. Jly sister, Ihou hast gone from usr To fairer homes nbore; "Where angels meek and pare and bright. Sing 6ongs of hallowed love. Thy earthly cares, all, all are past Thy tears iiomore Khali flow; . A blessed peace is o'er thee now, Which shines with radiant glow. "We loved thee, fondly; nay, too well; Twas bitter pain to part. But earthly hopes. we find but pain, That grieve, then break the heart. "Why should we mourn when thou nrt blesed, Thy soul so chaste and meet, A heavenly crown upon thy brow, And a seat at Jesus feet? V,'c see the pictures on the wall, - Arranged by your dear hand; ris the brightest face among them all, - That leaves a broken band. And every token thou hast left. Fill our longiug eyes with tears; Our family Joys are not so sweet. As in by-gone happy years. ftomctimes think you sec us here, And look with deathless love, Upon the sorrowing ones you left To soar to realms above. It seems as If yonr gentle voice, . Is whispering in my car: He patient, sister,. wo shall meet, c You will all Join me hero." i, . "We've watched the trees and shrubs so green, - You planted with such pride. And every bud bursts Into bloom. As if you had not died. The honeysuckle twines around The trellis on the lawn ; The waxen flowers give rich perfume, As If you had not gone. Our mother laid your treasures by. With white and saddened face, , And every keepsake brought to mind. How short was your bright race. t Yet faithful, earnest to the last, Your earthly course was run. And by-thy purity of heart. A home in Heaven wa. won. F. THE HARTFOItl) CONVENTION. A Brief Review of its Sessions and Purposes. IThe memory of the Hartford con "c volition, the first secession convention ever held in the United States, is loth ' to die out of American politics. It is . now brought up by a vote of both houses of the Connecticut Legislature appropriating $500,000 fcr the erection of a new State House in Hartford, al ways provided that the authorities of that city subscribe an equal amount .towards the building, and furnish a aite. The present capitol, built in 1790, is memorable as the place in -which the Hartford convention met, and.tradition still points to the right hand as you face the presiding officer of the Senate, as the exact spot where , the twenty-three delegates held their deliberations while sitting in a half circle about tho huge fire rendered grateful by a New England Deccm- ber and January. Assembling on tho 15th of the former month, 1S14, the convention remained In Eessioh to the 5th of January, 1815, tho comgosition jO.f the assembly being as follows: r Fron; Mapeacbusette, 9 delegates; from CoK.nectfiur, 7; Rhode Island, 4;, New Hampshire, 3; Vermont, 1. Tho occasion of the gathering was -c this:. That the Nejv England States doomed themselves h.srdij' used du- -.ring the war of 1814, by the form, or R9 some insists, tho fact, of . draft law o'f the Federal government, and in compliance with a call from Kfasst:- vChusetts for a convention to protest "- against the same, appointed delegate. George Cabot, of Massachusetts, was elected president, and Theodore f Dwight appointed secretary. The sessions of the. convention were ield with closed doors, so that the proceedings were never known be yond the report and very meagre jour--'aalputbttii. This report is in four '-resolutions, which may be thus sy 1 arappsized- firetj denouncing military draftsand conscriptions by the Fed eral government second, applying to ' "said'governraentrfer leave for the New England Siates'to Jefend tlxemselves by State action -t'rird, recorn mending the Legislatures of the several "Sew pgland States to authorize the gov ernors thereof, respectively, to put ttieir militia in fighting trim - and fourtbt calling -on other States to jenito- with those represented in the convention todemand the adoption of Bix amendments to the Federal Con stitution:. Tbe "first of these proposed changes was "to exclude slaves from the basis of he representation, I.e., "to abrogate the three-fifths rule, some . thing which has at last been done, though by .counting the blacks up two-fifths instead of down three; the second to require a two-thirds vote of eaoh house of Congress to admit new -. States, a provision which, it is curious to remark, was incorporated In the Confederate constitution ; third, no embargo for more than sixty days; fourth, no interdiction of commerce - .with foreign nations without a two thirds vote In either house; fifth, to require a like two-thirds vote to de- clare war; and sixth, that the Presi dency should bo but for one term only another provision inserted in the Confederate constitution, aud the ex act doctrine so assiduouslj' favored by Mr. Greeley, and even endorsed when first entering the white house by Mr. Grant and that no State furnish the President two term3 in succession. "Whether a disruption of the Union was ever mooted In the convention is a matter that can now hardly be cleared of doubt. In 1S32-, the secre- tary, Mr. Dwight, published a history of the body, but does not meet this point as fully as hisgopportunities al lowed him, and in tho certificate of Mr. Cabot, the 'president, that the journal put forth is an actual -transcript of the proceedings, there is a like mistiness, the certification speak ing of diseussions, when on the jour nal no discussions appear, but only ' tho mention that there were discus Kione. The popular Impression long was that tho propriety of secession was considered, and the probabilities lean in favor of this view. Whatever Is talked of, however, the old Connec ticut State house, soon to be replaced by tt modern structure, wasthe sea son hall of tho far-famed Hartford Convention, nild in tho passing away of tho antique edifice one more a on ii'mcnt of our politico-legislative lis Urry d!SRPlens Lincoln, Hayes, Tilden. From the Inter-Ocean. On the journey to Washington, in 1SGI, where he was about to take the oath of office and assume the duties of the Presidency, Mr. Lincoln pass ed through Philadelphia. While there he made a brief speech upon the occa sion of the raising of the United States flag over Independence Hall. He eaid : I have often pondered over the dan gers incurred by the men who assem bled here and framed and adopted the Declaration of Independence. I have pondered over the toils that were en dured b3 the officers and soldiers of the army who achieved that inde pendence. I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this confederaci so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the mother-land ; but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which. oave liberty not alone to the peo ple of this country r bid, I hope, to the world for all future time. It was that which gave promise that in due time. the weight woxdd be lifted from the shoulders of all men. This is the sen timent embodied in the Declaration of Independence. Now, my friends, can this country be saved on that ba sis? If it can I will consider myself one of the happiest men In the world if I can help to save it. If it cannot be saved on this basis it will be truly awful. Jhit if this country eannol be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say that would rather be assassinated on this tpol than surren der it. A few months later, when it had become necessary for Mr. Lincoln to appeal to the people for volunteer sol diers to save the country, the present Republican candidate for President, Rutherford B. Hayes, in response to Lincoln's call, said : I would prefer to go into to this war, if I knetv I was to die or be killed in the course of it, rather than live through and after it without taking any part in it. In 1S04, after Mr. Lincoln had labor ed three years for the salvation of the country on the basl9 of the principle of equal rights laid down in the Dec laration of Independence, and after Colonel Hayes had fought three years in the field in fulfillment of hi3 patri otic declaration of 1S61, Samuel J. Tilden, tho Democratic candidate for President, being appointed a member of the Democratic National Conven tion Committee on Platform, reported the following resolution, which was adopted : Iicsolvcd, That this convention does explicitly declare as the sense of the American people, that after four years of failure to restore the Union by tho experiment of war during which, under the pretense of a military ne cessity or war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, ami public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired justice, humanity, Jibert, and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts be madefor a cessation of hostilities, with a view to an ultimate conventi6n of the States, or other peaceable means, tho end that at the earliest practicable "moment peace may be restored on the bnsisof the Federal States. The American people sustained the resolutions and.auts of Abraham Lin coln and Rutherford B. Hayes, and put the seal of the emphatic condem nation upon the resolution of Samuel J. Tilden. Will they noiv trust tho m.tn who was o false, so cowardly. i Odd so unpatriotic twelve years ago? In 2SG4 the Union and tho great principle of equal rights enunciated in theDeolaration 0f Independence were tremLl'ng i'1 tho balance. Rather than .sbandon the Union and this principle .Lincoln declared, before a blow had .been struck, tuat lie would prefer to bo Assassinated ; and Hayes said he would rather be killed than live through ad ufter the war with out taking part in it. Rut Tilden de nounced the war:as a failure, aud de manded a cessation of hostilities. He oried, peace! peacb I" when there could be no peace witut dishonor, no peace without the sacrifice of the great principle of equal rights. Such records as that of Tilden in rSG4canuot be, are never, forgotten. As tL'e memo ry of the Tory of the first Revolution is despised even to this day, so the" sym pathizer with the rebellion of 1S61 will be looked upon with distrust a.Ti suspicion to the latest day of his lift"- The destinies of the govertnent of this country will never be intrusted to the party that resolved the war against the rebllion a failure, and in favor of begging for a dishonorable peace! When Samuel J. Tilden put his name to that fatal resolution he sigued away all olaim to the confidence of tho American peoplo. An Incident in the Career erf Hayes. A gentleman of this city, who- was an officer in thoservice of the Confed eracy during thq War, tells how he formed the acquaintance of Rutherford B. Hayes at n critical moment In the life of that distinguished gentleman. Hayes, while Colonel of an Ohio reg iment, was captured and brought into tho Confederate camp, where a young officer, being Intoxicated, drew a pistol, and attempted to fire at him. Our ta formant, luckily for tho Presidential candidate, seized the weapon in the hands of the intoxicated officer, and placed him under arrest. Eventoally, the surrender follwed, and his rescuer met Colonel Hayes (now General; in this citv and thev talked over the incident referred to, which came bo near blasting all hopes of future Pre sidential honors. Hayes expressed his gratitude, and assured him of any favors that might lie In hia power to grant. The nomination of Mr. Hayes has reminded him forcibly of this in cident, and he now has in preparation a congratulatory letter to that gentle man, timidly reminding him of that promise. Knoxville, Tcnn., Age. Vell.sare, said a Centennial rest aurant keeper, shrugging his shoul ders when a customer fronl Arkansas demurred to paying one dollar for a cup of coffee and a roll, 'ze price he may luke large, zat I admete- but zen, sare, refleot zat you nafer hafe anorzer Bhance like zese for une h.un-dreiyare.' In the l'Shephcrd of the Valley" published at St. Louis, under the im mediate supervision of Archbishop Kendrick, of the Roman Catholic Church, the following editorial re cently appeared : "We confesss that tho Roman Catholio Church is intolerant; that is to eay, that it uses all means in its power for the extirpation of error and sin; but this intolerance is the logical and necessary cansequence of its infalibility. She alone has the right be intolerant, because she alone has the truth. The Church tolerates heretics, but hates them mortally, and employs all her force to secure their annihilation. When the oatholica shall here be in possesson of consider able majority which will certainly be the case bye and bye, although the time may belong defered then relig ious liberty will have come to an end in tho republic of tlio United States. Our enemies say this, wo believe with them. Our enemies know that wo do not pretend to bo better than our Church, and in what concerns tills, her history is open to tho eyes of all. They know, then, how the Roman Church dealt with heretics in the middle ages, and how she deals with them to-day, everywhere, where she has the power. Wo no more think of denying these historical facts, than wo ioof blaming tho saints of God, and the princes of the Church for what they have done or approved In theso matters. Heresy Is mortal sin; it kills the soul, and precipitates the whole soul into Hell. It is more over a most contagious disease, and propagates itself indefinitely wher ever it has got foothold, and thus puts in jeopardy the temporal aud moral welfare of innumerable generations to come. This is the reason why princes, truly Christian, extirpate heresy, root aud branch, in their king doms, and that Christian States drive it out of their territories, as far as they are able to do it. If we now abstain from persecution heretics here we bold ly repeat it, it is because we are too weak, and because we believe that in this condition of things, we should, in attempting it, do the Church we serve more harm than good." Reform Is necessary to put a stop to the profligate waste of the public lauds, and their diversion from actual settlers, by the party in power, which lias squandered 200,000,000 acres upon railroads alone. National Democrat ic Platform. About the time of the adoption of the Democratic platform, of which the above is a plank, at St. Louis, the Hon. Thomas L. Jones, of Kentucky, Chairman of the Committee on Rail ways and Canals, made the following declaration in the lower house of Con gress : Now I beg the gentlemen not to bo too much frightened about subsidies. Mr. Speaker, I profess, and so do my brethren on this floor from the Soutli who advocate railroads, to be as much devoted to State rights as any mem bers here ; but I givo fair notice that we intend, before this Cohgress ex pires, and In the next Congress, If any or us aiiuuiu bo here, iu hk rut a subsidy from the General Govern ment to build a railroad through the South. Tho Democratic party ia very ac commodating. Its national conven tion denounces all subsidies to rail ways, aud pledges the party to oppose and defeat them one and all ; but the Democratic Chairman of the commit tee which has the question of railway subsidies hi charge bold!jT declares that he and his Democratic brethren will demand a government Bubsidy to build a railroad through the South. The people can take their choice. Those who are opposed to subsidies can pin their faith to the National Democratic platform, while those who are in favor of subsidies can rely upon the honorable Chairman of the nouso Committee on Railways and Canals. Both declarations aro Dem ocratic, und they look both ways. Robinson Crusoe's Island. Every boy who has read the story of Robinson Crusoe's will be glad to know how that island looks today. Tho latoProf. Agasaiz wrote of it as follows: "The Island of Juan Fernandez is more famous from Defoe's description than from Selkirk's history. Selkirk ..discovered the island in 1713 and iu tioduced goats. In 1771 an Italian waO loft there and subsisted on goats thret years- before taken oil. In 1804 a Scotch tailor, Alexander' Selkirk, was left there and taken off? in 1S09, having h'ved there four years and four months in solitude, living Kke hia Italian prea'ecessor, mostly on goats' flesh. Ho told his story to Defoe.' The wild go. "Us are still numerous there, and flocks of hundreds of them may be seen upon the mountains. This island is about ten or twelve miles long by four in breadth, the shores mostly precipitous and the mountain sides three thousand feet in height. The waters aiound the is land is deep, aud the wholeappearanco Is as if there had once been au expen sive island with a rugged chain up.in It, that suddenly the bottom had been nuuuiicu nuiu uuuer mi u.-i.t:trjt iuia I... i..i r. .. I -ii .. . l.i patch of ten miles by four, and all but this patch had sunk into the eea. Val leys and mountain spurs and gentle slopes are all cut off by this precipi tous edge, and there are but few. pla ces on the island where you can effect a landing. There are to-day twelve persons, in cluding several children, living on the islaud. They have good poultry and vegetables, splendid beef and oan get goats by climbing after them. Other thiug they purchase with the proceeds of their beef, milk and poultry, for which they find purchasers in Ameri can whalers." ; A certain gentleman of this county had a daughter who married. A short time after she was taken sick, and her father being in town one day, was asked by a lady : Your daughter i3 convalescent, I learn.' The father, who has an aversion to any word of more than one syllable, responded with a twinkle of the eye : 'Oh, no, 'ttoiut time forthat yet: 'faint that." A RARE ROMANCE. Tho Adventures of a Polish Count. From the Buffalo Courier. One of the most fiequent habitues of Fifth avenue is an old Polish Count who has taken hia daily stroll there lorover iwentj' year3. His story is as strange as acy that the novelist in vent. Twenty-eight years ago he was cast into prison for taking part in the Polish Insurrection. He was be trothed to a young woman, and she visited him frequently in prison and cheered him with hopes of speedy re lease. Finally she proposed a meas ure that would insure his freedom. Money would be neoessary, a great deal of it. Ho possessed considerable wealth, but owing to his situation could not command it. She suggest ed that if it were in her hands she could use it to get him out of prison. They would then leave the country together, marry, and bo happy. His faitli in her devotion was strong. The property that was his became hers. Her influential friends were at work, she said, and ho would be released very soon. One day her usual visit was made. Another day passed, and another, and she did not come. A week passed, and the lonely prisoner then learned that he had been deceiv ed. His beautiful intended bride had turned his property Into cash, and eloped with a man whom he had al ways regarded as a friend. A year af terward his prison doors opened and lie walked forth to Freedom. A few brief inquiries satisfied him that the woman and her accomplice had made their way across tho oceau. He determined to follow them, and came to New York. It was months before he got any trace of them. He learned then that they had gone westward, and he went to St. Louis in pursuit. They had gone to New Orleans ; he followed them. For over a year he continued the chase, visiting in turn almost every city in the United States, but never overtaking them. At last he returned to New York, and in less than a week he met them face to face in Broadway. He upbraided the wo man and fiercely threatened the man. The upshot of all was a proposal from the latter that so shocked the count that ho turned away speechless. Said the scoundrel in substance : "Take her now and marry her if you wish to I don't want her any longer." The count never saw them again. Two 3'ears later ho heard of the woman's death by suicide and he procured a decent burial for the body. What be came of her companion he neither knew or cared. A Fearful Summons. 'Mr. Smith, I called toseeiflco'd take your life.' 'Wh wh what d'you say?' ex claimed Smith, in same alarm. 'I say that I've como around to take your life. My namo is Gunn. As soon as I heard you were unprotected, that von had nothintr on your life. I thought I would just run in and set tle tho thing for you at once Then Smith got up aud went to Iho other side of the table, aud said to himself: 'It's a lunatic who has broken out of the asylum. He'll kill me if I hal loo or run. I must humor him.' Theu Gunn, fumbling in his pocket for his mortality tables, followed Smith around the room and said to him : 'You cau choose your own plan, you know. It is immaterial to me. Some folks like one way, and some like an other. It's a matter of taste. Which one do you prefer?' 'I'd rather not die at all,' said Smith iu dispair. But you've got to die, of course,' said Gunn; 'that is a thing there fe no choice about. All I can do Is to make death easy for you ; to make you feel happy as you go off. Now which plan will you take?' 'Couldn't you postpone it until to morrow, so as to givo me time to think?' 'No ; I prefer to take you on the spot. I might as well do it now as at any other time. You have a wife and children?' Yes, and I think you might have some consideration for them, aud Jet me off.' Well, that's a curious kind of ar gument,' said Gunn. When I take you your family will be perfectly pro tected, o"f course, and not otherwise.' But why do you want to murder mo? I' Murderyou! Murder you ! Who in thunder Is talkingabout murdering you?' 'Why, didn't you say ' 'I called to get you to take out a life insurance policy in our company aud I ' Oh, you did, did you?' eaid Smith, suddenly becoming fierce. 'Well, I ain't agoing to do it, and I want you to skip out of this office, or I'll brain you with the poker. Como now skip!' Then Mr. Guun withdrew without selling a policy, and Mr. Smith was s uuiuaureu. s-nu. isuucun Mr. John Kelly, who led the anti Tilden delegation at the St. Louis convention, amongst other remarks Baid : There, sitting in the New York del ogation, is a very respectable minority who agree with me that it would be a fatal polioy to nominate Samuel J. Tilden. Their mouths are stifled, their tongues are closed within their mouths ; they can say nothing here In view of the action taken by the majority of the delegation. If they were allowed to speak they would tell you that, sitting directly in front of me, there are seventeen delegates op posed to Mr. Tilden's nomination." Mr. Kelly, however, now saj'3, not enthusiastically, that he will do what he can for the "fatal policy." John,' said a fond little wife, en thusiastically, pointing out to her husband a little shop in a fashionable street, 'when you die, I'm going to take the life insurance money and buy ...f liftln nlnnn n n A .,... .. r. a .vt.lli Jiuub unit jj.inti'.-) uuu cui up. us a miin-Iier.' Pointed Paragraphs. Wiiat a blessing it is to be simple; to have the body satisfied with simple food and the mind satisfied With sim ple truth. After all Is said and done, if there was not anything but lambs in the world, life and mutton would be a great drug. Tho more a man or woman knows the less they gossip about their neigh bors. Culture kills gab. . The road to ruin Is always kept In good order, and those who travel It pay the expenses. If men of brains were always men of honor, this world would be com paratively safe. It is tough to bo poor but to be ashamed of it is putting salt on a sore. We are all of us poorjust as we want more, and rioh as wo want less. Tho more intellect a man has, the more simple ho can afford to be. Everybody laughs at a monkey, but nobody respects him. The bottom round of the ladder Is safer than the top one. On board tho Cunard steamers the church service is read every Sunday morning. The muster-roll of tho crew is called over, and they attend service. A gentleman one day said to one of the sailors, 'Are you obliged to attend public worship?' 'Not exact ly obliged, sir,' replied Jack ; 'we should lose our grog if we didn't.' Ki in Central Pennsylvania lias potato bugs, and as the worthy husbandman in drab wanders about his garden he remarks feelingly to his wife, 'Veri ly, Martha, the spirit almost moves me to eject with vehemeuce sundry of the quaint phrases common with the lost ones of the world's people. 8' e A wealthy but miserly old man, di ning in the city one day, with hisson at a restaurant, whispered in hia ear: Tom, you must eat for to-day and to morrow.' 'Oh, yes,' replied the half starved lad, 'but I hain't eaten for to day and yesterday, yet.' She was a young lady from Chicago, and he asked her if she would partake of an ice cream, and she gently ans wered: 'If it's good, square confec tioner's cream, I'm there; but if it's church fair or strawberry festival slush, count me out.' 'Harry, givo me a bite of your ap ple,' said one little fellow to another. 'No,' refused Harry, eating away rap idJy, 'you wouldn't like this, it is a cooking apple and I nevergivea fel low a bite of a cooking apple.' REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. Wines', in tlio economy of Providence, this lanil was to tc jmiijt'il of litinmn slnvery.a-'d when tlio strenstli of the govenmetit of ttie people, by the people, for the people, wns to beclemonstratetl.tlip itepunlican party cameinto power. Itsdeeri have paHl into history, ami we look back to them with pride. Inciotwl by their memories and high aims for the good of our country and mankind, and look ins to the tuture with u nfalteringconraRe. hope, and purpose, we. the representatives of the party. In ..i..n!l cuijventjon nssrmhlod, make tho lollop ing declaration of principles: 1. The United States or America is a nation, not a league. Hy the combined workings of the National and State CSovernments.tindertheirrespectivecon stltutions the rights or every citizen are secured at home and protected abroad, and the common wel fare promoted. 2. The Republican party has preserved those governments to the hundredth anniversary of the nation's birth, and they nre now the embodiments of the great truths spoken at its cradle: That all men are created equal: that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, nmon which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that for the; attainment of these ends governments have been instituted among men, de riving their just powers from the consent of the governed nntll those truths are cheerfully obeyed or, if needed to be. vigorously enforced, the work of Uip Republican party is untinlnhed. 3. The permanent pacification of the Southern section of the Union, and the complete protec tion of its citizens in the free enjovment of all their rights are duties to which the Republi can party stunds sacredly pledged. The power to provide for the enforcement of the pli clpies em bodied iu the recent constitutional amendments is vested by those amendments in the Congress ol the United States, and we declare it to be the sol emn obligation of the legislative and executive de partments of the government to put into immedi ate nnd vigorous exercise aU their constitutional powers for removing anyjust cause of discontent on the part of any class and securing to every American citizen complete uoerty and exact equal ity in the exercise or all civil, political, and public rights. To this end we imperatively- demand n Congress and a chief executive whose courage and lidellty to these duties shall not falter until these results are placed beyond dispute or recall. 4. In the lirst act of Congress signed by President Grant, the National Government assumed to re move any doubts of its duty to discharge all lust obligations to public creditors, and solemnly pledg ed Its faith to make provision at the earliest practi cable period the redemption of United States notes In coin. Commercial prosperity, public morals. and national credit demand that this promise be fnl lin ed by a continuous and steady progress to specie payments. 5. Under the constitution, the President and heads or departments are to make nomination for oIMcc, the Senate istoadviseandconyenttoappointments, nnd the Houe of Representatives is to accuse and prosecute faithless ollicers. The best Interests of the public service demand that these distinctions be respected ; that Senators and Representatives who may be Judges nnd accusers should not dictate appointments to oflice. The invariable rules for appointments should have reference to honesty, fi delity, and capacity to the appointee, giving to the party in power those places where harmony and vigor of administration requires its policy to be pre sented, and permitting all others to be tilled bvsole reference to the efficiency of the public service and the right of all citizens tosharein the honor of ren dering faithful service to their country. G. We rejoice In the quickened cotfsclencc of the people concemingpoilticai ulhilra.and will hold all punhc oflleers to a rlcld responsibility, and encaco that the prosecution and punishment of all who betray oflicial trusts shall be speedy, thorough, and unsparing. 7. Tho public school system of the several States is the bulwark of the American Republic, and with aviwtoltssecurityandpernianencewcrecomniend an amendment to the Constitution of the United htates forbidding the application of any public fund or property for the benefit of any schools or institu tions under sectarian control. 8. The revenuenecessaryforcurrent expenditures and the obligations or the publicdebt must be large ly derived from duties on importations which, so iarns possible, should beadlusted to promote the Interests of American labor and advance tho pros perity for tho whole country. . We reaffirm our opposition to further grants of the public lands to corporators and monopolies, nnd demand that the national domain be devoted to free homes of the people. in. It Is the imperative duty of the government ko to modify existing treaties with Kuropean govern ments that the same protection shall be afforded to the adopted American citizen that is given to tne native-born, nnd that all necessary laws should be passed to protect Immigrants In the absence of pow er in tho States ior that purpose. 11. It is the immediate duty of Congrecs to fuliy lnvestigaic ineeuecioi me immigration- ana im portation of Mongolians upon the moral and ma terial Interests of the country. 12. The Republican partyrecognlzeswith approv al the substantial advance recently made toward the establisment of equal rights for women by tho many important amendments effected by Repub lican legislation in the laws which concern the per sonal nnd property relations or wives, mothers, and widows, and by the appointment and election of women to the superintendence of education, charters, and other public trusts. The honest de mands of this class of citizens for additional rights and privileges and immunities, should be treated with respectful consideration. IX The Constitution confers upon Congress sover eign power over thoTcrritorJes of tbeUnited States for their government, and in the exercise of this power it is the right and the duty of Congress to prohibit and extirpate in the Territories that relic or barbarism, polygamy, and we demand such leg islation a shall secure this end and the supremacy of American institutions in all the Territories. 14. Tb pledges- which the nation has given to our soldiers and Siiilors must be fdlfllled. The grateful people will always hold those who periled their fives for the country's preservation in the kindest remembrance. 15. We sincerely deprecate all sectional feeling and tendencies. "e therefore note wi'h deep so licitude that the democratic party counts as its chief hope of success upon the electorial vote of the united' South secured through the efforts of those who were recently arrayed, against the nation, ana we invoke theearnest attention of thecountry to the grave truth that a success tnus achieved would re open sectional strife and imperil national honor aud human rights. 1R. We charge the Pemocratic party as being the snnip In character and sniritas when It syn.ithized- with treason; with making its control ol thellousfr or Representatives the triumph anu me opportuni ty of the nation's foes: with reasserting and ap p'laudins In the natiocal capital the sentiments of unrepented rebellion: with sending Union soldiers to the rear and promoting Confederate soldiers to the front; with deliberatly proposing to repudiate the plighted faith ol the government: with being equally faHe and imbecileupon the overshadowing ends of Justice bvits partisan mismanagement and nhomrinn nf in'vp&tfemtion : with proving itself. through the period of its ascendency in the lower j house or congress, uueny mcuuij'eiein. iu .u-iiuuii.-s- ter the govenment. We want thecountry against trusting a party thus alike unworthy, recreant, and incapable. ..... .. 17. The national administration merits commen dation for Its honorable work in the management nrinip;t!r( nnd fnrpln affairs, and PresidentOriint deserves the continued and hearty gratitude of the American people for his patriotism and hia Im mense services la war and icace. JOB PRINTING. THE ADVERTISER JOB PRINTING DEPAHTilKXT. A fine cssortment of Type, Bor ders, Jtnles, Stock, c, for printing, BUSINESS, VISITING & WEDDING CARDS, Colored and Bronzed Labels, STATEMENTS. LETTER & BILLHEADS ENVELOPES, Circulars, Dodgers, Programmes, Show Cards, T.LANK WORK OF ALL K1XDS, With neatness nnd dispatch CiiKAr or Inferior "Work XOT SOLICITED. FAIRBHOTHER & HACKEH, STcPherson Block, BROIVKVIIi&E, NED. All for One Dollar ! Tcu elfgaut Sheets ol Choico Music ar ranged for the Piano Forto will be sent by mall on receipt of one dollar, (post paid), or single copies at 15 cents each. They can also bo ordered through any News Denier In tho United States. Happier Days Instraraental......Tom Broxrn Why can I not Forget ..Clarlbcl Far O'er tho Waves.... .Mnylnth High Life Waltz Strauss Down where tho Violets Grow......Westcrne When Old Jackson had his day ...... Westerne The Grand Old Fnrm..... Ttuhlee The College Quickstep Stoddart There's a Letter in the Candle. ......Coote Do you Really Think ho Hid? Address orders to Bexj. W. Hitchcock Publisher, 355 Third Avenue, New York. 23m6 PLOTT'S STAR ORGANS Aro ns perfect parlor organs as are manufac tured. Correspondencesollcited with organ ists, musicians, nnd the trade. Address E D WAUD PLOTTS, Washington, K. J. ZBZ-AWXiIEr Are agents MARSH JuIEn. pssaiS5gBawgffliig iHfr5 H3 "EA.STEE," 3 Binder Revolving Binding Table. The King of Harvesters. JIRBY REAPERS, EIRBY MOWERS, Self-Rake Combined. The "Haines Illinois Harvesters," Improved single gear ; perfectly balanced; the sickle is driven from the centre; with wide rudder wheel, and don't plow at the corners. Don't fail to BROWNVILLE BUSINESS 3BL. 33 jfc. MANUFACTURE!'. AND DEALER IN SADDLES, BEIDLES, C0LLAES, WHIPS, K0BES, Blanlsftts, Brushes, CTy Koto, 3zo. SfJT Rspalrlng done on short notice. The celebrated Vacuum OH Blacking, for preserving Harness, Boots, Shoes, Ac. always ou hand. G 1 Main St., BROTVNVIIAE, NEB. JOIIX CItADDOCK. CRADDOCK & " G-TTjST SMITHS ! T BBEEeil.T.OAPING SHOT GUNS. KIFLES,CARBIXJ!S,Aai3IUXIT10iV,SrOKTIXG GOODS Guns made to order, nnd Repairing neatly done. No. 11 Main Street, Brownville, Neb. B. F. SOUBER, Manufacturer and Dealer in &S3.T ir-TS ITjs. ..... .. SESSBILf 7JS? M A U M LVV Vft &3HHIU00iOttUULLU,IimiU MMfi COLLARS. Vl)0 ZIK l'AIlS, URUSHfcS, HiiA.h.iia, sags&c-a Robes. &c. BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. ELEPHANT LIVERY, FEED -C0rricr FlT anjAtlflntlc Sta. vL &vr, -w -? SS&r "eSr Ei.'V--"fc-w-kai-tSK; - M " Jk --- K?. - . rjiSS5- -, STA.B3LES. JOSH. ROGERS. . , . BROBRIETQRA DRY GOODS TOU CAN IDIR,"" GOOD GROCERIES I CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS, SOOTS, SHOES, Queensjware, Glassware CHEAPER OF JOHN rrix CL3JL CV it ct,xz.;jr jEXo-na 3 Main Street, Erownville, Nebraska. H0MEV700D MILLS Having In ray employ Mr. UDSlVIiY SHIFFER, acknowledged to be the best miller In the State. I am prepared to furnish GOOD FLOUR In any quantity. Every sack war ranted. My Flour is for sale at all the principal stores In Urownvllle. GEO. HOMEWOOD. Sheridan Mllls.April 1st. 1875. $rrQf?n perdayathome. Sampleswort JLUViW tree. Stinson & Co.. Portland, orth SI. Me. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. for the following Harvesting HARVESTER. The only reliable, well tried machine of its r-rr iirisiEJ see ivhat ive have, and HOUSES. T 3ES 3E1. , E --?" r) irK ,-j?, " x j ... f-" - - - . fr ijn. m -m w r - jr " Tip BOOT AND SHOE MAKEP '''fZ&MbZ CUSTOM WORK "OLD RELIABLE" MEATIAREE: BODY tD BROTHER, EH UJL1JLUJ.1 XJLU JLUJJi rRon T-Fc.e?ta.bI,n.lonnJ?.t,01w,i" the House. Stage office for all poll East, est.orth and South. Omnlbusses to connect with all trains. Sa pie Room on first floor. r. r. ckapdock. SO IV, State BafltoNebraska Capital, Si00,000. Organized, i870. . Tran.etSR general banklnc: Imsinetw. sells Drafts on allthetr! cipal cities of the 'nlietl States and Kiirojx. Special aeromuio.' tions granted to depositors. State, Cooiirv aud rati- SeMirtt bought and sold. L. nOADLKY. J inm r-rt lit II ! nrt W. W. HACKNEY. II. C. V H PV W3T.IMIOOVKR. C.3I. W.ll. McCRKERY, BRIDLES. SALE ''ImIs. Sill lOtfl u.i!in IlUlIil ANI GX.O?HING. T iix S ifcli Kolb 3px.a ir. S2T5.00 Parlor Organ earned by a lady In Two Weeks Canvassers Wan ted male or female. Serl 10 cents for sample Magazine and full partic ulars. Address ZKH CRUMMET'S NAGA ZINE, "Washington, IVevr Jersey. Plott's Star Organs. Are In cases warranted not to crock or warp-,. If properly used. Send for catalogue. Ad dress. EDWARD PLOTTS, Washing ton, I. J, Machines : BSD-MSa Jcincl in use. "lbadbE;" cc Self-Rake Reaper and Mower, two inde pendent machines in one. get the best ! BROWNVILLE BUSINESS HOUSES. a te3 irara a? fpW?1 ITYSGCI01VAJBXE srxwi fir"" fiu u h y bsi w 3IADE TO OUDEIt. FITS ALWAYS GUARAXTEI SO Main Street, BROWN VH,UE, NEBRASKA. Good, sweet, fresh Meat always on ha and satisfaction guarantied to cotton. ixetob. Officers nml Jlircctort O. DKrsXR. I.KTT W.H.IflcCREERT, Pres -J.CDEUSER, V.Prest H- E. GATES, Cashier BROWNVILLE XAUFFMA VTPIW COMIANY. ITavIag a rst claw Pen Verry, and owning and f' r troling the Tra3er L; from RrownTille..teraips. we are prepared to rtfl'. entire satMAu-tioB in t ij transfer of FreigHt a; " Passengers. "Wenyittr.t - ularllaeof BUSSES toall trains Allerders atR. K. Ticket olHo' recvi ve prom p t attqn tio MERCHANT TAIL0; Dealer In FineEnglish,French. Scotch- and Ta.n t laths, estinc, ht., Ktc. MTOEI JOJEPIOTO 1P?5