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BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24 18T6.
VOL. 21 NO. 9.
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF THECOUST-Yi
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iui n-imjUSL.B.VUUa.JCItV"0---gae
A Supplementary C.ill for a Republi
can State Contention to .Nominate
State Officers, Etc
The Republican electors of the State of Ne
braska are hereby called to send delogates
from thewveral counties to meat Instate
Convention at Lincoln on the !tk tiny of
September, 1S76. at 2 o'clock i X., for the pur
pose of placing in nomination candidate for
the following ifluned offices, viz:
Three presidential eleetors.and threealter
nates. One Memlierof Congress.
One Member of Congress Contingent.
Governor.
Lieutenant-Governor. .
Secretary of State. " . :
Treasurer. .
Auditor.
Superintendent of Public Imrtrsetlon.
Attorney GeH0ral,.and
Land Commissioner.
And to transact such other ImIue as may
properly come liefore the convention.
By order of theStato Committee.
Tbasovozal counties are entitle! to repre
sentation In the State Couventlonan follows,
based upon the vote of C. A. Homes for lie
Kent at the electilon In October, DCS. giving
one delegate to each 1.W voles and one jor the
fraction of 70 votes, also one delegate at large
for each organised county:
Adams " Johnson -. -5
Antelope ..- Kearney 2
Boone 2 Kleth
Buffalo 5 Ivnox -
Uurt .... o, I Lancaster 15
Butler --1 Lincoln 1
rn. :.. 'J, Madison ..- 1
VedaV "" 2Merrlck ...54
rharnnnu .... 2'Neniaha (
Clay
G, Nucleoli 2
.... -l.Otoo. 8
.... Jll'axvnnoe . 5
.... -3,1'helps - 1
.. s'l'icrce - 1
.. 8 Platte 3
. it OjK. --
...II Red Willow 2
.. o Richardson........ - 9
,. 3 Saline..... ...... 7
,., X o p. - "
.... 3 Kuuuders................... 9
. 7'Seward .. 6
1 Sherman . 1
.... listantou. ... ....- 2
1 Thayer... . 1
C Valley . 2
.. 7, Washington 0
Colfax ..
Cuming..........
J)akota ......
.Scson...
151 xon :....
Dodgo....
Douglns
Fillmore .......
FrnnkMii
Frontier
Furnas ....
r - - '
Greeley ..
Joper
Jrolt
Hall... .
Hamilton
Harlan
8 nyne. ... x
Hltohcock : 1 1 Webster.
u
Howard 3 ori
C
Jefferson ... - 0!
Geo. L. niiovs. Jaxis W,
Dawes.
Secretary.
Chairman.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
AVjikn, in the economy of Providence, thl land
was to ie purged of human Mavery, and when the
strength of the (jovenmciit of the people, hy the
people, for the people, was to be demonstrated, the
ltcpulilican iartv ramelnlo ikwt. Itideeds have
jiao! into history. aa we look hack to iliem-vr'tlt
pride. Incu'ted iy their luenmrfei and lnj?ii amis
lor the ciod of onr country 'id inanViad.andlook
in; tothefutnrew.tl! unra'iennc con rK',hoie, and
purpose, we, the n'pre ntitivs of the party, in
national eonv.liu' o-M-inb't-d, make the lollow
lnxdf rlarat'.oti of principle-
1. The rn.ti tate- f A i-.e rtca i a nation, not a
team". By the combined w irkmsrsof th" National
and til utef;cvTinu"iL-. under tueirre.-ectiecon-ftltutioiih
'he rl!.s of tv e: citizen are secured at
home and protected abroad, and tin-common wel
fare promoted.
2. The Iteiaibhean party lias preserved those
Kovernmeuts to tlie huiHlredih anniversary orthe
natluij.s)Ttli.and they are now the emtMKllinent?
of the cre.it troths spoken at lt cradle: That all
men are created etjual . tliat they art endowed by
their Cn-alor vvltu certain itialienahle nthts.
anions uliili are life, liberty, and the pursuit or
happiness. thM for the attainment of the-e ends
Koveruments have been Instituted anions mt-n.de-rlvlnc
thc-lr ftibt powers from tho convent of tho
icoverned until those trHths are cheerfully obeyed
or. If needed to be. vigorously enforced, the work
of the Itepubllcan party is untiii!shed.
3. The permanent paclrlcation or the Southern
nectlou of the Union, and the complete protec
tion of Its citizens ih the free enjoyment or ail
their rights are dutlon to whleli tho Kepubli
can party stnla hacredly pledge!. The jvower to
provide forth enlhrcfWMWK rt the oiiMpIes em
bodied In the recent constitutional ainendinenta Is
vested bv those amend menu in the Ooncress ot
the United suites, and we declare it to be the sol
emu ohlisatloii of tin- lesislHli e and executive d.-
pHrtments 4if tlie government to put Into imuiw!.
:ite and vigorous exi-rt .s- :.'l tln-ir constitutioii.ii
Ioatrs f.r removniK an vjnst cause of tlrcontetit
on tlie .part of an cl i- and NS-.irh ? to e erv
Amertein cttien complete hrrty and .-xa- t iijuai
Itvln the e.ereis of a.l civil, poiiwil.am! putlic
rig'its To thK end we Imperatively demand a
t'jingress and a chief executive xvho-e eourace and
HJeUty tolheemit-es shah not falter until these
results are placed Ieond dispute ir rwa.ll.
4. In the hrt act ol nsre!-s s:ied by Preiiieot
Orant. The National Coxeriipiant assurmsl to re
move any double of us duty to discharge nil iust
sttiPcations to public credit',r.s, and solemnly pleI:
rd its faith to miie provision t Uieenrliesi. practi
cable periwl tlw redtitUi of fulled States notes
In coin. Owimerdal irosierlty. public innrals.and
nat'oiml crtnljt deniand thai this promise be fnlrill
1 ay acontlmlwis and ateady progress to iKcie
imvmenr". ...
5. l"ni'ertli"constltution.thePre,identanJheads
r deartiii"nisare to make nomhintfoii forotlice.
U, P uate-ls tnadv Iseand consent toappointnieiit'
mid the House of Hepresentaiii'es lf 10 accuse .ind
prrisccijte faithless oi'tk-er-. 1 he best Interests
oflhe publl senate demand that these ilistiiu tions
he respecK"d : that :viiKtors and ltepre-ematues
xv ho max be judge- and accu-er should not dictate
uppfilntmefjts . office. Tlie invariable nib's lor
BPloIntHi-nts "h-Mild have referencp to honesty, ii
delity. and eap-tti's t. the appointee, gix-ii'.g to the
prty in power those places where haru.wiy and
x-isor of adminisl ration requires its nolle) to le.re
aenteil, and iermittlnc all others to ie filled hy sle
reference to the efficiency of the iubilc service aial
the right of all citizens to share in the honor ol rea
derfiiK faithful scrv ice lo tlieir country.
: xx'e letotfe in the oiiielceiied tnwience of the
people concerinlic ladittcal ntft.irs..iud w ill hold all
piiplic officers lo a rlitidi -rponsUiflity.and engage
tbt the tir.tsecutina
and
punishment ol all v. ho
betray official trusla shall le-
speeay, iuoro.g:i, -ni
7 Tiie public school -y-torn if the several States
is the bulwark of the American Republic, and with
u x'iaw to its security and permanence w ertHXmmend
an amendment to the Const, union of the United
Mates forhlddiuc the application ot any public fund
ir property for the benefit of any schools or institu
tions unde'r sectarian control.
8. The revenue necessary for current exiiendltures
and the obligations of the public debt must be large
1y derived from duties on Importations which, so
ftira-s po-rtble, shonld lie adjusted to promote the
interesta of American labor aod ad ance the pros
perity for the w hole country.
ft, We reaffirm our opiosition to further cranta of
the public lands to corporatons and mnnoiohes.
and demand that tne national donia'n be devoted
to free homes of the people.
111. It 1 the inipenwiveduty of theuovOTninont so
n TnndireeTistinir treaties vvilh Kurooean Govern
imsnariniT.
ments that the same protection shall be allorded to
the adopted .American citizen that Is Riven to trie
tifttlvc-born,nd"iuataU neowsno' lavxsbhould lie
passed to protect lmmicrants Inthcabscnce of pow
er In the states lor that purpose.
11. It is the Immediate duty of Concrees to fully
Investlcate the eirect or the immlcration and im
portation or JloiiKollans ujion the moral and ma
terial Interesta of tluVcormtry.
12. The Itepubllcan iwrtyrecognizesvvlth approv
al the substantial advance recently made toward
the establNment of equal rights for women by the
many Important amendments effected by Itepub
llcan legislation in the laws x hlch concern the per
sonal and property relations of 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 if citizens Tor additional rights
and privileges and immunities, bhould be treated
with respectful consideration.
13. The Constitution confers upon Congress sover
eign iovverovertheTerrilorIesol the United States
for their government, and In the exercise of this
power it lb the r.ght and the duty of Congress to
prohibit and extirpate In the Territories that relic,
nf barbarism, polygamy and ue demand .such leg
islation as fhall secure thi end and tie supremacy
of-American Institution in all tue Territories.
1 1. The phslges which the nation has given to onr
soldiers and sailors lmict be fullilietl. The grateful
people willala.iys hold iho-e who periled their
lives for the couutrv s preservation in the kindest
remembrance.
J5. We t-lncerely -deprecate all sectional feeling
and tendencies We therefore note v.i h deep so
licitude that tho democratic party counts as its
elite
f Jioiie ef su. e- uoo. '. eliTfo'-iul vote of the
uiklted South secured through the efforts of those
vvlwwere riHSfi.tlyarraved. ueuoist the nation, and
xx clnx'oketbeiarn est aiienitoa of the country to tlie
Crave truth thut a success tans arlueved would re
open sectionnl stril and imperil national honor
and human rights.
IS. We charge tlie Icinocratlc partv as being the
Jtame In character and spirit as a hen "it sypathlzed
with trea,-wm: with making Its control ot the House
of ltepres-uianves tlie triumph aial theopportunl
jv of the nation's foes . with reaserting anil np
plaudluir In the national capital the sentiments of
mineiited rebellion, with sen-liu? Vnlon soldiers
-to the rear and promoting ConfwierHte &olHcrs lo
thefnmt; withdehberatly proposlnc to repudiate
the plighted faith oi tht government: with heme
ejiually fiilseand imbecile main Uie overt,hadowlrig
ends ol justice bv its partisan niiiuaiiaen5fctt and
obstrution of Inx-e-tisatlon : with proving ltsr.
throiuli the period of its ascendency ra the 4rwer
liou.se of Congress, utterly competent to adminis
ter the iroveiuiient- We "warn tlie country agauist
trusting a jart- thus alike unworthy, recreant, and
incapable.
17. The national administration meriU commen
dation for its honorable vorc iir the management
of domest'c and ftirei.-r.r.rT.iirs, snd President Oraut
de-erves thecontmneo slid hearty gratitude of tlie
American xip,e Kir ids iatriotlsm and his im-
menseservkes in war and iHace
-Ui . ifc , aPJg'.ri.x-lv-kA,vj.J.j:
H0M1W00D MILLS
Having In my employ Mr.
nc.knowIe'lBed lo be the licst miller In the
fllato. I nui irep;irei to furnlaii GOOD
F.LOUtt In Riiy quantity. Kvery sack war
ranted.
afy l'lonr ta for aale at all the principml
moras In Urowtivillsi.
T5KO. JIOJiEWOOD
Hlicrliian MHH.April lt,lS.
Bristow and tlie President.
The New York Herald, of the loth
hist., publishes an interview between
President Grant and its Washington
correspondent. According to the re
pottjaf the interview, tho President
stated that there wero many misrep
resentations made in connection with
the official communication between
himself and ex-Secretary Bristow and
ex-Solicitor Wilson. As au illustra
tion of this, ho haid he never asked
for tho resignation of the former; but
several times, when ho voluntarily
proposed to resign, and was urgently
anxious to do so, ho (President Grant)
prevailed upon him to stay in office.
Once Mr. Bristow Insisted upon his
acceptance of his resignation, because,
he said, ho could not undergo the or
deal of superintending another dis
charge, or the cutting down of Treas
ury employes again, and for tho third
time Mr. Bristow tendered It, and
fixed tho date of its occurrence, as he
would like it to be upon June 21st, be
cause, he said, that waa his forty-
fourth birthday, and ho would be glad
to close his official life on that day.
On tho second occasion the President
prevailed upon Mr. Bristow to remain
because a new order of things in the
Treasury department was about to
take nlace. with tho substitution of
silver for fractional currency, and he
thought it would need tho supervis
ion of Mr. Bri3tow.
So far as anything had been elicited
In the Congressional examination
bearing upon him or the attaches
of the White House, the President
was willing to leave tho whole matter
to thejudgmeutof the country. From
the testimony given by ex-Solicitor
Wilson before tho Congressional In
vestigating Committee, in relation to
that part of Wilson's testimony which
charged Generals Babcock and Porter
with being concerned in the Black
Friday speculations, the President
said he once put a lot of papers, rolled
up for the moment, In a private draw
er of his desk, and subsequently took
them out, handing them to his son,
who was acting as his Private Secre
tary, for examination. Tho papers
he found, when reported upon by U.
S. Grant, jr., did not show any con
nection whatever of Gen. Babcock
with the Black Friday affair at the
time stated, because they could not,
its he was then in San Domingo ; and
before Gen. Porter's connection with
the Black Friday scandal he could
not find that ho had ever bought a
dollar's worth of gold in his life ; but
he had purchased one or two small
pieces of property on Washington
Heights, in New York city, through
or hi connection with Gen. Butter
field, which, from all he could learn,
was a perfectly honorable and
straightforward transaction.
When these many and frequent re
ports were made about those having
near and iuti mate official relation to
him, it was natural that he should ac
cept them with great caution and sus
picion ; but heahvaya signified hi the
most distiuet and emphatic mauner,
as ho did in his letter of Indorsement
"Let no guilty man escape," (which
Bluford Wilson was endeavoring to
abstract, with other papers from the
Treasury Department), that ho did
not desire that any persons, no matter
how high oQiclals they might be,
even if they wero his own intimates,
should enjoy immunity from respon
sibility, or escape punishment for
wrong-doing if proved upon them.
At first, when hints were made to
him, ho was to believo they meant
Casoy and others. He was told by
those who were attacking Generals
Babcock and Porter that the facts
would ho given by General Georgo H,
Sharp, Surveyor of tho Port of Xew
York, and that those papers examin
ed by young Mr. Grant were left by
him ; but at no timo did the Presi
dent stand in the way or intimate an
ything but his strongest desire to
have a full, earnest, and honest ex
amination and prosecution of any
wrong-doing among his friends.
"As for Mr. Bristow," the Presi
dent added, "notwithstanding the
doubts and expostulations of my
friends, I alwaj's regarded him with
the fullest confidence, good will and
respect ; but my friends laughed at
me wjieii I gave it finally as my opin
ion, from the facts and information
brought to my knowledge by persons
whom I thought reliable, that there
was a conspiracy on foot, in which ho
took part, pertaining to the Presiden
tial candidacy, and I regret the con
clusion forced upon me that there was
more than seeming truth in the sup
position concerning himself."
Tho President said tho question of
his integrity or probity, as it might bo
judged now or in after years, never
gave him an emotion of concern, at
least In the way of doubt, because
ho knew that ho had.ever been Impel
led by proper motives, and he did not
believo there was the slightest thing
to tho contrary on record. With the
light of. events and the experience of
p.arlier times, there were many things
that he could see now which he might
do, if again necessary, in a different
way, but they pertained more to the
matter of discretion as to Individuals
than to questions of policy. In eve
rything ho did ho had always adopt
ed tho rule through life to examine
into what was submitted to him care
fully, and without anything but the
principle of doing right, as far as ho
could judge, to guide him. He had
always written, spoken and acted in
J that direction, and in a manner in
which he thought oamc up to that
staiulr rt!.
Bob Ingcrsoll ou Democracy.
Col. R. G. Ingersoll has addressed
tho following to the Peoria Trans
cript: As a great deal has been said about
a few gentlo remarks that I made
beforo the county convention, the
other day, and a great deal more about
remarks that I never made, I
think it right for mo to tell what I did
say:
First I did say that tho worst ward
in Now York, tho ward in which
there is the most Ignorance, the most
crime, tho most vice and the mo3t
lice, would give the largest Democrat
ic majority.
Second I did say, speaking of Gen
eral Grant, that ho had done more
than any otherman, probably, to save
tho nation; that I could not forget
that at Donelson tho eagle circled up
the cliffs to victory for the first timo,
and when I heard a dirty, lousy dem
ocrat or rebel slander and curse him,
that I felt outraged.
Third I said that this was a timo of
general suspicion that everybody
suspected everybody. That If an of
fice holder had adeceutsuitofcIotb.es
ho was charged with stealing them,
and that lazy loafers would sit on the
corners, with faces that had not been
washed for a year, and denounce eve
ry man with a olean shirt as 'a thief.'
Upon tho subject of shirts, dirt, and
vermin, I made no other observations.
What I did say is bad enough and
true enough without any addition
whatever ; but bad as it is und true as
It is, I am willing to, and do stand by
every word.
I do say that tho worst wards, the
worst cities, the worst States, are tho
democratic wards, the democratic cit
ies, and the democratic States. I do
not say that the Hamburg murderers
are the supporters of Tllden aud Hen
dricks. I do say that the hatera of
liberty the assassins of colored men,
women, and children the masked
wretches who ride to the hut of the
freedman and shoot him down as a
beast, disregarding the prayers and
tears of wife and ohildren, I do say
that these men are not for Hayes and
wheoler.
I do say that the real friends of lib
erty are tho only friends of labor, aud
that those who vote for Hayes and
Wheeler are the best friends of liber
ty, labor and love.
I write this for ono reason, and for
one reason only. I am unwilling that
any ono should believe that I judge
men by their condition or position,
instead of by their heads antHiearts.
-' r. a. rioiW
The Democratic Reformer.
Prom the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
I think he Tilden cannot carry
New York. Those who claim that he
is unassailable do not know him, or,
if they do, then they are quite as dis
honest as he is. He ha3 been counsel
for all the broken down corporations
with which New York has been af
flicted for a long term of years, and
out of them he has not come with
clean hands. August Belmont.
Thia is but one of tho many em
phatic Democratic protests recorded
against the nomination of Samuel J.
Tilden. Wo select this because it is
temperate. Hundreds of likoprotests
from Democrats and Democratic jour
nals might be reproduced, all going to
show that Mr. Tilden Is not only not
regarded as a reformer by leading
Democratic authorities, but that he is
regarded as neither personally honest
nor true to principle. August Bel
mont is in position to know whereof
bespeaks, and he says: "Those who
claim that Tilden is unassailable do
dot know him, or, if they do, they are
quite as dishonest as he is;" and the
Brooklyn Argus, a democratic jour
nal, gives the following damaging an
alysis of hi3 character:
Governor Tilden's advocacy of hard
money is as Insincere as are any of his
other positions. As a reformer Gov
ernor Tilden is a fraud ; as a business
man ho is badly smirched ; as a hard
money man he is without convic
tions; as an advertising adventurer
and suborner of the press he is Impu
dent; and as a political trickster he is
a disgrace. He is willing to talk
about national honor, and advocate
hard mouey at tho east, while violat
ing the lawa of tho country and Issu
ing an illegal currency In the west.
He bid loudly for reform support
throughout tho State by attacking
Dennison Ip. Syracuso, and Lord In
Rochester, where the Democrats have
no strength, while bargaining with
ring scoundrels in Albany, New York
and Brooklyn, where tho Democratic
machine la powerful.
And yet, notwithstanding these
vigorous protests, Tilden was nomin
ated to tho Presldencj at St. Louis!
Notwithstanding his insincerity and
treachery, notwithstanding tho hol
lowness of his pretenses as a reform
er, notwithstanding he i3 badly
smirched as a business manL notwith
standing he is an impudent suborner
of tho press, notwithstanding tho no
torious fact that ho 13 a machine poli
tician of the worst Democratic stripe,
notwithstanding August Belmont
openly denounces him as dishonest,
notwithstanding hi3 damning record
as a- railway jobber notwithstanding
all this Mr. Tilden was, at St. Louis,
nominated to the highest office with
in the gift of tho American people !
Upon a platform demanding reform
in every line the Domocratio party
has placed a man whose known char
acter and notorious reputation alike
render the first stop toward reform
utterly impossible under his direction.
Upon a platform bitterly denouncing
tho Republican party as corrupt the
Democratic party has placed the con
federate and next friend of tho robber
William M. Tweed, whom the Re
publican party sent to jail, and whom
Samuel J. Tilden permitted to escape
from confinement and from the
avenging arm of justice. Upon a
platform demanding reform In every
department of tho public service tho
Democratio party has placed a man
every dollar of whose vast fortune
may bo traced directly or indirectly to
his close alliance with the Tammany
Tweed ring of New York City. The
Incongruity between tho platform and
the man would not have been more
startling had tho convention adopted
the Decalogue and nominated Wil
liam M. Tweed. The nomination of
Mr. Tilden is an insult to tho better
olass of Democrats. They have not
ed the loud professions of their leaders
In favor of reform, as exhibited In the
Democratic press and the Investiga
tions Bet on foot by tho lower house of
Congress. These investigations meant
nothing if they did notmean that the
Democratic party would place before
the country a pure man as candldato
for tho Presidency a man against
whose character and reputation no
other man could wag his tongue with
with good oause. The nomination of
Tilden is not such a nomination, and
honest Demoorats will repudiate it
with scorn.
A Good Thing.
Secretary Camerom has written the
following to Qen. Sherman :
War Department, 1
Washington, D. C. Aug. 15.
To Gen. W. T. Sherman, Command
ing United States Array Sir: Tho
houso of representatives of the United
States, on tho 10th Inst., passed the
following preamble and resolutions,
viz :
Whereas, The right of suffrage pre
scribed by constitutions of the several
States is subjeot to the loth amend
ment of the constitution of tho Unit
ed States.
Article 15, section 1. The right of
citizens of the United States to voto
shall not be denied or abridged by the
United States or by any State, on ac
count of race, color or previous condi
tion of servitude.
Section 2. That congress shall have
power to enforce this article by appro
priate legislation ; and, whereas, the
right of suffrage so prescribed and
regulated, should be faithfully main
tained and observed by the United
States, aud tho sevoral States and cit
izens thereof; and, whereas, it is as
serted that the exerolse of the right of
suffrjiggjs, in some of the States, not-
citizens to the contrary, resisted and
controlled by fraud, intimidation and
violence, go that In such cases the ob
ject of the amendment is defeated;
and, whereas, all citizens, without dis
tinction of class or color are entitled
to tho protection preferred by such ar
ticle. Therefore, be it
Resolved, by the house of represen
tatives, that all attempts by force,
fraud, terror, intimidation, or other
wise, to prevent tiie freo exercise of
the right of suffrage in any State,
should meet with certain, condign and
effectual punishment; and that in
any case which has heretofore occur
red, or that may hereafter occur, In
which any violence or murder has
been or shall be committed by ono
race or class upon the other, the
prompt prosecution and punishment
of the oriminals in any court having
jurisdiction, is imperatively demand
ed, whether tho crime bo one punish
able by fine or imprisonment, or one
demanding the penalty of death.
The President decides that in ac
cordance with the spirit of the above,
you aro to hold all the available force
under your command, not now en
gaged in subduing the savages of the
western frontier, in readiness to be
used upon the call or requisition of the
proper legal authorities, for protecting
all citizens, without distinction of
race, color, or political opinion, in the
exercise of the right to vote, as guar
anteed by the loth amendment, and
to ass'Ist in enforoing certain, condign,
an effectual punishment upon all per
sona who shall attempt by force, fraud,
terror, Intimidation, or otherwise, to
prevent the exercise of the right of
suffrage, as provided by the law of
the United States ; and have euch
force so distributed and stationed as to
be able to render prompt assistance in
the enforcement of the law. Such ad
ditional orders as may be necessary to
carry out the purpose of these Instruc
tions, will be given to you from time
to time, after consultation with the
law officers of the government. Very
respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. D. Cameron
Secretary of War.
Washing Day.
Washing day!
Things In tho way
There they lay
Liko a pile of hay f
Ctllco dresses and dirty clothes
Give to a man his many xvoes.
Cold potatoes! warmed up dinner!
Every wash day I grow thinner.
Cook In a scold !
Jfieat that Is old,
Aud everything cold
Except the weather.
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Governor Tilden's letter shows the
craft and shuffling timidity of the
politician rather than the comprehen
sive grasp and outspoken boldness of
the statesman. It is in no sense a
great paper. Tho long, wordy, cir
cumstantial, and tedious disseration
on finance which it embodies Illus
trates Talleyrand's saying, that the
proper use of words is to conceal ideas
Philadelphia Prcsn. '
OUE NEW jTOEK LETTER.
Political Health Tho Opium Habit
Cost or High Li Ting Yandcr-
bilt Business.
Correspondence Nebraska Advertiser.
New York, August 18, 1S7G.
POLITICAL.
The letter of Tilden and Hendricks
fell like a wet blanket on the Democ
racy of the city. The fact is, Tilden's
longdelay , his evident attempt to com
promise with Hendricks, his selling
out to the inflationists to keep them
in line, has disgusted the solid Democ
racy of the city, and they are making
tho most severe fight against him.
Tilden is known to be a pronounced
hard money man, and tho better class
of Democracy expected a prompt de
cided repudiation of the inflation her
esy, so plain as to leave no question ob
to his standing on that question. He
contributed money last fall to beat
Alien in Ohio, but his action now
shows that it was not in tho interest
of an honest currency that ho did it,
but solely to get a dangerous competi
tor out of tho way. He has sold out
to the very men he was opposed last
fall, and consequently has demoraliz
ed his party. The' Republicans are
standing shoulder to shoulder, and
making a very vigorous fight. Fen
ton and Conklin,Dlx and Morgan, all
tho lights of tho party, aro working
once rnoro in unison, and there can
be no doubt as to tho result, New York
will vote for Hayes, by au enormous
majority.
THE HEALTH OF THE CITY.
It seems as though we were never
going to get through with tho hot
season. This week the thermometer
ha3 gone up into the nineties again,
and the mortality among children is
again frightful. Over six hundred
died last week, an average of almost
one hundred a day, and the adults are
suffering almost In the same propor
tion. A peouliar form of dysentery is
raging through the city, caused by the
long coutinued heat, though, probab
ly, the water, which is unfit to use
half tho time, has quite as much to
do with It. It is not a cholera, nor is
it like anything the city ever saw.
The victim goes through hot and cold
stages und Iu a few hours is a corpse.
The doctors were puzzled by it, though
they now have it under control. If
taken in timo they are saving all who
have not been in the habit of U3ing
ardent spirits to excess.
- THf. OPIU-M: HABIT ("
is making fearful progress in the c. j.
The retail druggists say they are sell
lug ten time? as much of this drug as
they did five years ago, and that
its use is not confined to any ono class,
though women form a very large per
cent of their customers. Tho women
of wealth and refinement are more ad
dicted to its use than those of the low
er classes. The favorite form of tak
ing the drug is in laudanum, for the
reason that in that shape its use can
be more easily concealed. Women on
the avenues meet at each other's hous
es to indulge in the vice, aud opium
drunks aro becoming as common in
tho houses of the wealthy as whisky
drunks aro in the dens down town.
A great many commenced the use of
the drug for the effect it had on their
appearance. At first a dose of opium
brightens the eyes, and brings color
to the cheeks, and quickens tlie wit,
while the effect lasts. Ladies in so
ciety take a dose before going to a ball,
or party, and have small doses in their
pockets to take In tho course of the
evening. Asa matter of course it on
ly takes a few weeks for tho habit to
to become fixed, and onco fixed it
is never broken. The victim uses
more and more, until it cannot be
concealed. At this stage they do not
care to conceal It, for they give them
solves up to it, soul and body, and care
for nothing else. A movoment is be
ing made to regulate the sale of opi
um, bylaw, with a view of checking
the evil.
THE COST OF HIGH LTKE.
The fashionable people are discuss
ing tho question of the cost of living
in New York. The cutting down of
incomes consequent upon the lower
ing of rents and the general shrink
age, has brought to the surface some
very curious facts. For instance, the
late Mr. Garner, who was drowned In
his yacht Mohawk, lived according to
this schedule:
Interest of purchase money on House in New
York ? 7.000
Interest on purchasemoney ofcountry seat... 7,000
Taicson both . . 6,000
Summer villa, Newport .1,003
Yacht (exclusive or entertain'ns onh) -.- 23.C 3
Entlor and two footmen . 1,3)0
Grooms -. .--...... 1.3)0
Cook ...., . 7,00
Other servants ..., l,V
jfnlnteuimcB of household 7,C"0
Two thousand guests, being an averse of
about five a day, at $10 per hoad. 23JK0
Repairs and maintaining of houses and fur
niture .. .
5,000
2,800
5,0
3,0(3
5,000
Feed of ten horses .
Stable expenses, harness, repairs, etc.
Maintaining gardens aud grounds at count-y
house- ... .......
A Winter hall
' Total 5W.200
It cost A.-T. Stewart probably twice
that amount to live, and he didn't
waste any money on yachtt either.
The Lorillards, who made their mou
ey in tobacco, expend more than this,
and so do a number of other families.
But now all tho figures havo to be re
duced. The people who used toget$16,
000 per year for a store are mighty
glad to secure a tenant for the
same property at $2,500, and as a mat
ter of course they have got to reduce
tho coat of their living In proportion.
Tho hight-flyera at tho clubs who us
ed to pay $5 for champaign have dis
covered that bottled lager, at ten
cents, tastes very well, and the num
ber who have found that40eent bran
dy is unhealthy is encouraging. And,
moreover, you shall see on a great
many of their attenuated legs, panta
loons for whioh thoy did not pay $25
on Broadway, but which did come
from the Bowery at $G. Twenty dol
lar boots are going out of fashion, and
so aro tho hundred dollar coats. In
short economy is being praoticed, not
because anybody likes It but because
they must. New York is very
virtuous now because the people
havn't the money to be vicious on.
VANDERBILT
Is still alive, but the pii3'siclan3 say
that he never will again be seen out
side of his room. His son William is
in charge of his vast Interests, and the
old man, consolous that his end is at
hand, is arranging so that matters
will be smooth for him. His inten
tion is that hiason shall succeed him
that everything shall go on just the
same as though he were alive, and
that there shall be ohange in nothing.
The junior has been trained to this
end, and knows as muoh of his fath
er's business as the old man himself.
If any man supposes that tho country
is to be relieved ofja monopoly by the
death of the old man they are mistak
en. Young Vanderbilt Is just as
shrewd as his father, and, if any differ
enca, more grasping.
BUSINESS
is as dull as possible. There is abso
lutely nothing doing and no prospect
of anything between tho hot weather
and the dull times, New York is as
disagreeable a spot 'as there is on
earth. Pietro.
POLITICAL ITEMS.
ThoEvansville (Ind.) Journal pro
nounces Senator Morton's speech at
Indianapolis one of the ablest efforts
of his life.
The Tennessee Democrats have se
lected Isham G. Harris as one of the
Tilden electors. Harris was Govern
or of Tennessee in 1SC0-G1, and forced
tho Stato into rebellion. He was
among tho first to leave Nashville af
ter the capture of Fort Donelsou. It
is fcafe to say he doesn't represent the
loyal sentiment of tho State. But
neither do the Democrats.
The Slate, a Democratic organ in
Tennessee, indicates tho spirit of the
campaign in that Stato: "Let it be
known before tho election that the
furmorn haTo Rg-ro..l to pnfc fVtry
leading Radical negro in tiie country
and treat him as an enemy for all
time to come."-
The Boston Journal, in referring to
the course of General Sigel, says the
General for tlie past four j'ears or more
has held a $30,000 office in New York
city, and so far as he has acted at all
in politics has been on the bido of his
bread und butter.
If any man sees in Mr. Tilden tho
promise of a reformer, he must bo en
dowed with extraordinary insight
into liuman character, To the or
dinary comprehension he la a
shrewd politician, playing for big
stakes, and ready to sacrifice princi
ples where they conflict with his in
terests. Cincinnati Commercial.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, tho lead
ing Democratic organ in Ohio, doesn't
liko the way tho currency reformers
aro treated, and every few daya has
an outburst like this : "The only
Democrats in Ohio who are disposed
to bolt the nomination of Tilden are
the Democrats who have made tho
doctrine of Currency Reform tbelr
religion. These men aro the friends
of the Enquirer. If we can't perduade
them to vote for Tilden and reform,
we aro certain that nobody can drive
them Into it. Please remember this."
Governor THden is particularly
strong in denial. Upon the presenta
tion of each now bill of indictment
he formally enters the plea of "not
guilty." He denies that he wrote the
ballot-box-stuffing letter of 1S6S, to
whioh his name wa3 signed. He de
nies that ho was the author of the
celebrated resolution of the Demo
cratic party declaring the war a fail
ure In 1SG1. And now he denie3 the
right of the complainants in the Ter
re Haute, Alton and St. Louis Rail
way case lo inquire whether he (Til
den) stole $2S4,00O worth of bonds and
stocks in 18GI. These three denial8
are especially conspicuous on account
of the gravity of the offenses charged.
He denies : 1. That he ia a ballot-box
stutter. 2. That ho was a traitor in
1SG4. 3. That the complainants in a
certain cause havo a right to inquire
whether or not he (Tilden) Is a thief.
But it should be borne in mind that
although Tilden denies that he was a
ballot-box stuffer In-1858, still the ev
idence that he wa3 is overwhelming;
that although he denies that he w7is
the author of a treasonable resolution
in 1864, the evidence that ho support
ed the resolution is conclusive; and
that he does not even deny that he
stole $284,000 worth . of bonds and
stocks, but denies that the complain
ants have a right to know whether or
not he Btole the property. Inter
Ocean. In arraigning the Republican" party
for Its cruel treatment of the late reb
els, Mr. Tilden soya :
"Besides the ordinary effects of igno
rant and dishonest administration, it
has inflicted upon them enormous is
sues of fraudulent bonds, the scanty
avails of which were wasted or stolen,
and the existence of which is a pub
lic discredit, tending to bankruptcy
or repudiation."
Wo charge the Democratio candi
date fcr the Presidency with having
coolly, deliberately, and knowingly
lied when he wroto the abovo f-en-tonce.
Wo are sorry to havo to ue
so harsh a term, but uothlng elso will
express the meanness of the offense.
He has made the assertion ; now let
him or his friends prove It; failing to
do this, let the candidate of reform
wear the brand of a deliberate falsifi
er, which we hereby affix to him.
Inter- Ocean.
"Brlok" Pomeroy, whoso saying
used to bo considered law and gospel
from a democratio standpoint, gives
this as his opinion of the democratic
nominee for president: "Ho Is a cool,
cold-hearted, selfish, cunning, calcul
ating aspirant for offioe. What he
wants la power, and doea not care how
It comes to him. When we opposed
the Tweed system of plundering. Mr.
Tilden said We did wrong to jeopardize
the democratio party in New York,
and that it was not the business of any
private citizen toquarrel with his par
ty, no matter what it did, as guided
by ita leaders. We opposed him, as
havo thousands of good, honest, well
informed democrats of that state(New
York,) because wo know him as ono
of the Tweed ring, and because wo
have felt a deep conviction that he la
not a safo man to trust "to high-official
position."
The South Caroling negroes are get
ting their backs up. They had bet
ter remember the fate of their breth
ern In Mississippi. "An ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of cure."
Lynchburg ( Va.) Star.
The Psalm of Sam Tilden.
In good Boss Tweed's successful days,
I ruled the Stato Committee;
But when they found our crooked ways,
O, wasn't it a pity?
I stuck to William, fast and tt uo,
I spent tho money stolen,
I put the facllo Hoffman through
Oh, wasn't I a cool ono?
Bnt when O'Brien gave the Times
Thoso all-convincing figures,
And Jones began to ring the chimes,
By Jove, I had the rigors ;
I took to water dived, In fact.
Played 'possum for a season ;
And when all safe came up intact,
And charged old Tweed with treason.
This plan I've followed all through life.
To keep an eye to leeward,
And when your brother falls In strife,
Hani offa while to seaward ;
If ho comes up, throw out n suck.
And clasp your arms nround lilm ;
If lie goes down.glvo him a kick.
And let him sink, confound him.
W hen Dlx had mado an easy path,
I went It for "Reform,"
Uncorked tho vials of my wrath,
And bared my uwful arm.
I smote Canal Rings hln nnd thigh
But mark. In this connection,
Your Uncle kept a wary eye
For effect ou the election.
At last, by hook and crook I've got
Tho longed-for nomination ;
But then there Is a dreadful blot
That mars tho situation ;
That ugly baby, made of rags,
Xllilt ITon drlolco hoopa a xitirj.lii
Out squalls my most vociferous brags,
And sola mo almost cursing.
And then to hear tho peoplo cry
"HuTrah for old Sham THden
And Tommy Il'iulrenco!" May Id'o
And my Httlo bed be filled in
If I don't fear tho game Is up
For this old double dealer;
Men may uotdloor may not sleep,
But they'll vole for Hayes and Wneeler.
Don't Judge by Appearances.
A sharp trick that was, as told to ua
last evening, which occurred recently
in a saloon in this city. We are told
that the trick is an old one, Intro
duced into this country from across
the big pond. On the day in question
a flashily dressed fellow entered the
saloon referred to, called for a cock
tall, and then took a seat at a table,
read the papers awhile, and then fell
asleep. Presently two men entered,
who, after taking a drink, seated
themselves at an adjoining table and
engaged iu conversation about some
property one was trying to sell to the
other. In the course of a half hour
there wero some three or four other
arrivals, when one of tho first men
tioned two gents addressed hia friend
In a voice that could be heard by all :
"If I wa3 that gent I wouldn't sleep
in a saloon; it Isn't quite safe with
all that jewelry on hia person." The
sleeplug gent had one of these heavy
gold neck chains, with a massive
slide, and, judging from that, he must
have had a valuable gold watch at
tached to it. The other mado answer,
"Oh, I gues3 It's snide ; or very like
ly he has only an oroide watch."
And In a playful manner he proceed
ed to draw what ought to be the
watch from lli6 sleeper'a pocket.
This of course attracted the attention
of tho others in the bar-room, and
one of them asked him if he was ac
quainted with the gentleman asleep.
He answered, "No, but I want to aee
what time it is.'r In place of a watch
it turned out to be a nicely polished
piece of wood, made in the shape of
a watch. When It. was exposed to
view of course there was a geuerai
laugh, which woke up the gentleman,
and he was greeted on all sides with,
"My friend, what time Is it?" "Nice
watch, that, you carry!" etc Seem
ing not to understand their questions,
he placed hia hand over hia pocket,
and feeling that everything was all
right, simply remarked, "Gentlemen,
my watch has run down." Thia, of
course only renewed the laughter on
the part of the crowd, when tho gen
tlemen who made tho exposure offer
ed to bet him $10 that there was not a
watch key in tho, city that would fit
that watch of hia. Another offered to
bet him $10 more that he didn't have
a watch, when the gent Indignantly
said he did if he was not robbed while
he slept, apd that he would take that
bet. "While taking out hia pocket
bc?ok, two or three othera offered to
bet $10 more to $5 the same way. All
the bets were very coolly taken, and
tho money deposited in tho hands of
the vevg gentleman who extracted tho
wooden model from the sleeppr'f
pocket, and then ho was- asked to
show the watoh. Ho very deliberate
ly pulled out tho pieco of polished
wood attaohed to his chain, and held
it up to view. Juatasjall were getting
ready to laugh again, nnd to olairxi
their bots, ho very coolly aid : "Hold
on, gentlemen, you havent seen tho
watch as yet," and touching a spring
In tho side the model flow open, re
vealing as nice a little gold watch in
side a3 you ever saw. As ho turned
and held out his hand for the st,ake8j
which ho stowed away in his pocket,
he romarked that "It Is always a los
ing game to judge by app'oarancea." ,,
It is hardly necessary to say that -tho
two. gentlemen first referred to
wero accomplices with tho owner of
the watch in this clever Httlo trick.
Davenport Democrat.
In the Sdnnte TIio Hamburg 3Iassacro
The Senate then resumed consider
ation of the unfinished buainesa the
resolution of Mr. Morton to print
10,000 extra copies of the- niessago of
the President and accompanying
documents iu regard to the recoufi
trouble at Hamburg ; and Mr.iPaXtet
son resumediiiJo remarks. He com
mented at great length upon tho laws
passed by the South Carolina Demo
cratic Legislature in 1865 In the days
of reconstruction and argued
that the Southern peoplo .w.ere
unwilling to accord to tho. color
ed men of the South the rghta secur
ed them by the war. If Samuel J.
Tilden were to go to Edgefield county
to-morrow, the chances are M. C. But
ler, who was concerned in tho HamT
burg affair, would be chairman
of tho committee to receive blrin
Let Tilden be eleoted President
by tho votea of honest peo
ple and everybody would say amen
but for tbo sako of civilization it
should not go abroad that he could
not bo elected unless ho got tho votea
of all the murderers iu the South.
South Carolina was a Republican
State bj a largo majority, and If sho
should be takon out of the list of Rep
ublican States, and the whole South
should become Democratio, it would
simply be that section arrayed against
tho North ae;iiin, and it meant war.
There would bo a now horror, and
the penalty would be visited iipon
tho people of tho South again by tho
North. Tho Democratio party of tho
North encouraged tho Domocrats of
tho South to go into trio war, and
when they got them into that trouble
they sneaked back. Tho result was
that tho Democrats of tho South hati
a supremo contempt for the Northern
Democracy. He defended tho present
lecislatlon of South Carolina, and
said it was as wise and useful aa tho
Legislature of any other Stato. That:
State had 2,500 schools. 3,000 BchooL
teachers, and 110,000 children going to"
school. Ho said he spoko In favor of
peace and harmony, and declared that
tbore had been more men milrdored.
in tho South for opinion's sake slnoa
tho war than wero killed on the Fed
eral side in any tattle during the war.
How Idaho got its Fame.
The late Dr. George "E-.Willing waa.
the first delegato to Congress from the.
young mining community. At thd
time when the subject of the orgapiza-.
tion of the now territory was under
debate, ho was, as a matter of course",,
on tho lloorof the Houso of Represent-,
ativea. Various names had been pro
posed without any soomlng approach,
to agreement, and the doctor, whoso,
familiarity with the Indian dialects,
was pretty well known, was appealed,
to by some of hi3 Legislative frienda.
for a suggestion. One of them Bald :
"Something round an4.smoo.th now."
Now it happened that the little daugh
ter of ono of these gentlemen waa on
the floor that morning, and tho,
doctor, who was fond of children,, had
just been calling her to. him with,
"Ida, ho, come and see mo."
Nothiqg could bo better, and th'e.vet-j
eran explorer promptly reaponded
with tho name "Idaho."
"But what doea jt mean?" , . i
"Gem of the -mountains,",, xspHed,
the quick-witted doctor, with nglanco.
at fresh face behind him, and tho
Interpretation, like tho name, "stuck"
to thlB day.
Dr. Willing told about It at. tho
time, or soon afterward, with a most;
gleeful appreciation of tho humor of
tho thing.
At the Centennial celebration ol
New a England town tho chairman
called upon "our esteemed fellow-:
citizen, Colonel Boozer," to make, a
few remarks. The Colonel, who waat
pretty heavily loaded, "commenced
firing," after the following style :'
"Fellerci'zens, er hundred years 'go
th Injuns were thicker 'n .round!
bore " Here one of the committee,
noticing tho Colonel's condition,
ohook his head 03 a hint for more
elegant language, which the cpeakef.
construing into a denial of his asaert-t
ion, turned fiercely on hi3 adviser and,,
continued, Tell ye they were thicket
'n flies .'round m'laases cask. Why,,
a man couldn't go-out to weed his gar
den -'thout gettin' the aeatof hia bree-,
dies stuck full of arrera "Here, amid,
a general roar, tho Colonel was per-
Lsuaded to postpone the remainder of
hia speech. Bonlon ComBulleiint
Would a man frequently calculate
hia income and expenditure, ho would,
escape many a bittor reflection j" for
ho must be lost to every generous feel
ing of pride and honorablo principle"
who wantonly incurs debts, wMerh; n'o
cannot discharge. -
Dupes, indeed, are many ; but of'
all dupes there Is none so fatally slta-.
ated as he who lives in undue terrox
of being duped.
Many adorn tho tombs of those-
whom, living, they persecuted!1 wii;h,
ou vy.
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