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STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., JULY 20, 1876.
NO. 7.
1
Published by Theodore Schoch.
Ti'KM-i Twod.d";rs a yoar in advance and if not
j.n i-1 I !'' ri tlio end of the year, two dollars and fil'ty
(.); w'U '( i-.nro'd.
i, .y No in;i'r dNenntinnrd until all arrcara.os arc
-aid'. ('MVit ;it the option of the Editor.
' f jj"" Advert i'iiviu'nts of on nqnari of (eieM lines) or
n;ii or tluve insertions Si .":. liu.li additional ia-r.'-tio:i,
"il cents. Li'npr r ones in nroportion.
JO 15 1UXT1XG
OF ALT- KINDS,
HxcpiitC'l in the highest style of the Art, and on the
most reainaMe terms.
J.
u. sun.!,, 3i. i.
S'vonJ door Vlow Burnett House. Residence
;ni dior west of llieksite Quaker C'hureli. Otlice
hour- S to ! a. m., 1 to a p. in., 0 to 9 p. m.
Mnv l', K'i-tf.
D
I'li.vsitiau :ml Surcun,
STROUDSBURG, Pa.
I.W", formerly occupied hy Pr. Seip. Residence with
.1. H. Mi'.ier, one door hc'.ow the jeMersojiian Olfico.
hours, 7 to 12 to 3 and li to 1).
M.y 11, 1 !"''. tt".
1 Sur?coa Oculist.
(i !"! in .Ta. F.lincrcr's new ouildinj, nearly njijmsite
t rondsoiip I'-anlv. ias ad:unite: cd for cxtuctiiij;
!! I.
-.int, Pa.
S. N
r.Tau.f.,'70-tf.
r:n's:nx, surgeon and accoucheur.
n.-. in Samuel IToou's ni'W ImSldiii?, nearly op
, t!j" w.-t iirii.e. Jlo.si.h'Ucc on Sarah street,
.ve i'laicklisi.
August ,'7-J-tf
BAST STKOUDSBUKG PA.
.' nowl.-.I:n enl . taken and all hu-inoss pertaining
t ;!i elii' e v;i re i i 1 1 " evM-iUfd.
rii:iisoN .v Tiiorirsos",
11 -. rotate Insurance Agents.
TC'rlr's rt"iv tinitdin? n- i.r the Iepot.
!:.. ;r-..;.tx.u-'. la., Jan. 27. 17.
"1 tvsn s. j-.e:ss,
Om.: d '.cr r.Uove the "Stroiulbiirg House,'
S;ro;i.M;-ir- l'a.
.' .;!e(ti'i; r-rototlv nir.ile.
O. -nivr -2-2, 1374.
WILLIAM S. IlEES,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Eeal Estate Agent.
Farms, Timber Lands and Town Lots
FOR SALS.
OiTiee mcarlv rj);osit? American Houes
nr..! 21 d.xir 'k-1ow tiie Coiner Store.
M ux h "Jit, 1 S7 J-I T-
D R. J. LANTS,
SURGEON t
HANIGAL DENTIST.
.;; l';is hi- .liM-c n M; ill : r.--t, In the sfeon 1 story
,.f !-. W.i'.!..!i" Jrs.-Sc !.iildiiix. iit-arly opptite th'.--,r
II ;i o-l he ttatrs li iuis if t hat ty ei:i-
i r-. e;i:--!aiit pr.eti;-'! a'td the i:iost arii"!t and
i : a! : io'i t o all mr-.n-rs p-riaiiiinir to -r-:
-'.:. i i:::: - i tally a'de to per!vrm ail op.-rations
i:i tin- kiitul li'i'j iu the i.iot careful ynd ykiliful nian-
Mention ziv, n to savin-; the T:tMr;tl Teeth;
r.!--. :'ie ;!:; thin of Ariitirial Teel h on Rnhhrr.
(.el. :;v.-r, 'r Couliiraous (im:is, and perfect tits in all
c ;: i -1 I .
."I .-; p-u;s Icik.w the irreat f.dlr and dnnr of rn
t r'ir In- t!:.-ir work to the inexnci ii iieed. or to I liose liv
in.'a; -.. dU April I I, 174 tf.
T'. :! I'TTr-1 h'-r'-i'V nttnonnces that he ha re
.,'! ' - :n ! in ol-l s!a:d, next door t" Jln-lerV
'; :.i..-. .-'or., tr-t-i. Mroti i-ihinir, l'a., aiil it
I'.d.y p.- punii to atx-oniiu'Mlut. all in want of
BOOTS and SHOES,
mad!: in the Ia:i-t style and of jtoikI rnaterial. liepair-
i.i:t i-t--niT.lt -.- ;itti-;.l.-l to. (iive lili' a fall.
J . :"-! y.j C. LKW1S WATKUS.
IXOlIILli TROP5IV WOX
liV TIIE
ESTEY COTTAGE ORGANS!
T.-.e-e superior and 1eauti fully finislicd in
ptnuaenis so far eclipsed tlitir competitor in
volume, purity, sweetness and delicacy of tone,
as to carry ofi'the first and only premium piv
cn to exliil)itors of reed Organs at the Monroe
County Fair, held September 1, 1S74.
lluv ontv the lost. For price list addresa
Oct I-tf. " J. Y. SIGAFrS,
PAPER HAftSEI?,
GLAZIER AND PAINTER,
M0X110E STREET,
Nearly opposite Kautz's Blacksmith Shop,
Stroudsburq, Pa.
Tlie undersigned would respect fully in
form the citizens of Stroudsburg ond vicinity
that he is now fully prepared to do all kinds
ofl'aper Hanginw, Glazing1 and Painting,
J romptly and at ehort notice, and that he
will kef p constantly on Innd a fine stock of
Paper Hangings of all descriptions and at
Jovv prices. The patronage of the public
is earnestly solictcd.
May 1G, 1672.
Dwelling House for Sale.
A very di .siraMe two story Dwelling H'um contain-
X for a Sfore Koom, ittiat; on Main street,
;;jjTf-l in the lS-rou;h of Stroudsburjt. The
III i',,'"iShiiildiii;? Ls nearly new, and every iHit
trr34'-f it in good coii'diciou. l'or terms Ac,
''"II hi ilii,, olhee.
IX'C 9, 1875-tf.
DOX'T you Know that J. II.
McCarty & Sons arc the only Under
takers in .Stroud.sbu.rg who understands their
husincii.s ? Ifnot, attend a Funeral managed
by any other Undertaker in town, and you
will Mio thu proof of the fact.
Juno KV74-tf
TO WHOM it MAY CONCERN !
SEBASTIAN ECHLE,
Has resnnied the T.OOT and SHOE niakinfr hnsinoss,
in .in ii.i nirioiis uranenes, in tne iiasenient n j. li.
Miller's huildiit, one dtKir Ilaxt of Jetfersonian ( Mliee.
All who desire anything in his line, done tip in the
highest style of the art, are cordial v invitetl to drop
in. March :to, 'Tii-tf.
CAUTION 1
All persons are hereby cautioned not to
trespass on any property of the undersigned,
situate in Stroud township, Monroe county, Pa.
Any one violating this notice will be prosecuted
to the full extent of the law.
JACOIi II. BUTTS.
Strondsburg, July 20, 1S75.
DOWN TOWN
We the undersigned respectfully inform
the citizens of Stroudsburg and vicinity,
that we have added to our large assort
ment of
HATS ABB CAPS,
A complete and careful!' selected stock of
lea's & Youths' Rcsidy
madc Clothing
of the latest and most fashionable styles
and best quaiit". AVe have also a com
plete line of
CELTS' FUnft!SH!?tG GOODS,
Please give us a call and examine our
stock and prices before you purchase else
where. "Ve shall soon ofl'er a lartre assort
ment of
Umbrellas, Traveling Bags, &c.
You will r.d us ono door west of Kej
stotie Drug Store, Main Street, Strouds
burg, Pa.
X. I. Silk Hats ironed and repaired
at short notice. CI ive us a call.
WALTON & WIXTERMUTE.
Stroudsburg, April 0, 1870.
OFFICIAL NOTICE.
$000 EE WARD !
FROM SIKOUDSBDUG,
A tall-compiexioned YOUXG MAX, aged
ft. 0 in., height 1"0 lbs. Had on, when last
seen two pairs of swallow-tailed sealskin
trousers, fashionable mutton cutlet waiseoat,
with delirium trimmings; double-barrelled
frock coat, with horse collar and sausage
lining; patient leather-bottom top shoes, laced
up at the sole, and buttoned inside.
He is deaf and dumb of one eye and hard
of hearing with the other, with a slight squint
in his eye teeth ; stoops very up right with a
loud impediment in his look, chignon on up
per lip with whiskers bitten off short inside;
mouth like a torn pocket ; hair of a deep scarlet
blue and parted from ear to yonder; Calves of
legs risintx 4 years, to be sold cheap on ac
count of the clearness of milk ; very liberal
with other peoples' money, and well known to
a good templar, having been eleventeen years
a member of the I. O. G. T. (I Often Get
Tight Society).
Any one who knows of his whereabouts will
please report at the
Empire Clothing Store,
where he will find the
LARGEST and PEST ASSORTMENT
OF
i
Men and Boy's Clothing,
Hats and Caps,
Gents' Furnishing Goods,
Trunks, Valices, &c. &c.
kept in this vicinity, and which we will sell
at the
LOWEST PANIC PRICES!
If you want to save money don't fail to ex
amine our stock before purchasing elsewhere.
If you want GOOD GOODS at low prices,
there is no place in Monroe County to com
pete with the EMPIRE CLOTHING STORE.
Our new stock is complete in every particu
lar. Please call and examine for yourselves.
SIMON FRIED,
at Empire Cijthixo Store.
Stroudsburg, March 23, 1876 tf.
BLANK MORTGAGE
For sale at this Office.
ftr, rs ff it. aT r?i
GOV. HAYES' LETTER.
CoLUMnns, Ohio, July S, 1S7G.
Hon. Eihmrd McPhcrsun, Hon. Win. A.
lrorcml, Hon. Jos. H. Raincy, and
others, Committee of the Republican
National Contention :
Gentlemen': In reply to your official
communiation of June 17, by which I am
informed of my nomination for the office of
President of the United States by the Re
publican National Convention, at Cincinati,
I accept the nomination with" gratitude,
hoping that, under Providence, I shall be
able if elected to execute the duties of the
high ofiiee as a trust for the benefit of all
the people. I do net deem it necessary to
enter upou an extended examination of the
declaration of the principles made by the
convention. The resolutions arc iu accord
with my views, and I heartily concur in
the principles they announce. In several
of the resolutions, however, questions are
considered which are of such importance
that I deem it proper to briefly express my
convictions in regard to them. The fifth
resolution adopted by the convention is of
paramount interest. More than forty years
ago a system of making appointments to
office grew up based upon the maxim (to
the victors belong the spoils." The rule,
the true rule, that honesty, capacity and
fidelity constitute the only real qualifica
tions for office, ai d that there is no other
claim, gave place to the idea that party
services were to be chiefiy considered. All
parties in practice have adopted this system.
It has been essentially modified since its
first introduction. It has not, however,
been improved. At first the President,
either directly or through the heads of de
partments, made all the appointments. Rut
irradually the appointing power in many
cases passed into the control of members of
Congress. The ohices m these cases have
become, not merely rewards for party ser
vices, but rewards for services to party
leaders. This system destroys the inde
pendence of the separate departments of
the Government. It tends directly to ex
travagance and official incapacity. It is a
temptation to dishonesty. It hinders ami
impairs that careful supervision and strict
accountability bv which alone faithful and
efficient public servants can be secured. It
obstructs the prompt removal and sure
punishment of the unworthy. In every
way it degrades the civil service and the
character of the Government. It is felt, 1
am confident, b a large majority of the
members of Congress to bo an intolerable
burden and an unwarrantable hindrance to
the proper discharge of their legitimate
duties. It cucrht to be abolished. The re
form should be thorough, radical, and com
plete. We should return to tho principles
and practices of the founders of the Govern
ment, supplving bv legislation when needed
that which was formerly an established cus
tom. Ihcy neither expected nor desired
from the public officer any partisan service
They meant that public officers should own
their whole service to the Government and
to the people ; they meant that the officer
should be secure in his tenure as long as
his personal character remains untarnished
and the performance of his duties satisfac
tory. If elected, I shall conduct the ad
ministration of the Government upon these
principles, and all constitutional powers
vested in the Executive will be employed
to establish this reform. The declaration
of principles by the Cincinnati Convention
makes announcement in favor of a single
Presidential term. I do not assume to add
to that declaration, but believing that the
restoration of the civil service to the sys
tem cstablised by "W ahington and followed
by the early J 'residents can be best accom
plished by an Executive who is under no
temptation to use the patronage of his of
fice to promote his own re-election, I desire
to perform what I regard as a duty in stat
ing now my inflexible purpose if elected
not to be a candidate for election to a se
cond term. On the currency question I
have frequently expressed my views in pub
lic, and I stand by my record on this sub
ject. I regard all the laws of the United
States relating to the payment of the pub
lic indebtedness, the legal-tender notes in
cluded, as constituting a pledge and moral
obligation of the Government which must
in good faith be kept. It is my conviction
that the feeling of uncertainty inseparable
from an irredeemable currency, with its
fluctuation of values, is one of the great
obstacles to a revival of confidence and busi
ness and to a return of prosperity. That
uncertainty can be ended in but one way :
the resumption of specie payment ; but the
longer the instability connected with our
present money system is permitted to con
tinue the greater will be the injury inflicted
upon our economical interests and all clas
ses of society. If elected I shall approve
every appropriate measure to accomplish
the desired end, and shall oppose any step
backward. The resolution with respect to
the public-school system is one which should
receive the hearty support of the Ameri
can people. Agitation upon this subject is
to be apprehended until by constitutional
amendment the schools are placed beyond
all danger of sectarian control or interfer
ence. The Republican party is pledged to
secure such an amendment. The resolu
tion of the Convention on the subject of
the permanent pacification of the country
and the complete protection of all its citi
zens in free enjoyment of all their constitu
tional rights is timely and of great import
ance. The condition of the Southern
States attracts the attention and commands
the sympathy of the people of tho whole
Union in their progressive recovery from
the effects of the war. Their first necessity
is an intelligent and honest administration
of government which will protect all classes
of citizens in all their political and private
rights. What the South most needs is
peace, and depends upon the supremacy of
law. lucre can be no enduring peace if
the constitutional rights of any portion of
the people are habitually disregarded. A
division of political parties resting merely
upon distinction of race or upon sectional
lines is always unfortunate, and may bedis
astrous. The welfare of the South, alike
with that of every other part of the coun
try, depends upon the attraction it can of
fer to labor, to immigration, and to capital,
but laborers will not go and capital will not
be ventured where the Constitution and the
laws are set at defiance, and distraction, ap
prehension and alarm take the place of
peace-loving and law-abiding social life. All
parts of the Constitution arc sacred, and must
be sacredty observed, the parts that are
new no less than the parts that arc old.
The moral and material prosperity of the
Southern States can be most effectually ad
vanced by a hearty and generous recogni
tion of the rights of all by all a recogni
tion without reserve or exception. With
such recognition fully accorded it will be
practicable to promote, by the influence of
all legitimate agencies oi'the General Gov
ernment, the effort of the people of those
States to obtain for themselves the bless
ings of honest and capable local covern-
ment. If elected, I shall consider it not
only my duty, but it will be my ardent de
sire to labor for the attainment of thi3end.
Let me assure my countrymen of the
Southern States that if I shall be charged
with the duty of organizing an adminis
tration, it will be one which will regard
and cherish their true interests the inter
ests of the white and of the colored people
both and equally and which will. put forth
its best efforts in behalf of a civil policy
which will wipe out forever the distinction
between Xorth and South in our common
couutry. With a civil-service organized
upou a system which will secure purity, ex
perience, efficiency, and economy ; a strict
regard for the public welfare solely in ap
pointment, and the speedy, thorough, and
unsparing prosecution and punishment of
all public officers who betray official trust
with a sound currency, with education un
sectarian and free to all, with simplicity
and frugality in public and private affairs,
and with a fraternal spirit of harmony per
vading the people of all sections and clas
ses, we mav reasonably hope that the sc
cond century of our existence as a nation
will, by the blessing of God, be pre-eminent
as an era of good feeling and a period of
progress, prosperity and happiness.
A'cry respectfully, your fellow-citizen,
R. R. Hayes.
The Back Pay Record.
A few unprincipled journals that prefer
falsehood to t rut ii have charged m. A.
Wheeler with supporting the "salary grab'
measure. The following letter from Mr
Wheeler ought to convince any fair-minded
man that the charge is made out of whole
cloth :
New York, March 19, 1S73
Silt: The law passed by the late Con
gress for increased compensation to mem
bers of the House of Representatives and
other officials gives mo for the last two
years, after specified deduction, S4,4b.40
As this measure was opposed by my vote
m all its stages, it does not comport with
my views of consistency or propriety to take
the above sum to my personal use. I de
sire, therefore, without giving publicity to
the act, to return it to the Treasury, which
I do by inclosing herewith five-twenty
bonds of the -united States, purchased with
said funds and assigned by me to you for
the sole purpose of collection, as follows :
Ronds and broker's com. on pur
chase, 4,412 75
Express charges, 2 2S
Balance,
Total. S4,4S2 40
The balance is remitted by my check
hcrcwitlK Please acknowledge the receipt
and oblige. Respectfully yours,
W. A. WHEELER.
Hon. Wm. A. Richardson, Secretary of
the
Treasury, Washington, I). C.
To this the Secretary replied as follows :
Treasury Pepartmet,
Wasiiinoton, P. C, March 22, 1S73.
Sir : Your letter of tho 19th inst., in
closing coupon bonds of the act of June
30, 1874, amounting to 3,bO(J, and cur
rency draft for $07.37, has been received.
Tho proceeds of bonds and draft have been
covered into the general lreasury ot tnc
United States, in accardancc with your
wishes. Aery respectfully,
W. A. RICHARDSON, Secretary.
Hon. W. A. Wheeler, Malone, Frank
lin Co., iV". Y.
An English journal gives the following
advice to housekeepers whose carpets arc
in danger from the attacks of moth : "Take
a sheet or other cloth, lay it upon the car
pet and then run a hot flat-iron over it, so
as to convert the water into steam, which
permeates the carpet beneath and destroys
the life ot the inchoate moth.
Congressman Singleton, of Illinois, a
lcadincr Democrat of that State, utterly re
fuses to swallow the St. Louis crow. He
nermnntorilv reiects the whole business as
i 1 j .
an outrage alike upon the Democratic party
and upon the entire American nation.
San Francisco now claims a population
of 272,000, an increase in the past year of
about 42,000. Thisestiruate gives San
Francisco rauk with New Orleans, Liucm
natir Baltimore and Boston.
Political Xolcs.
Hon. J. W. Dixon, of Iowa, is another
influential Democrat who refuses to support
Tilden and Hendricks.
Keep it before the people that Governor
Tilden was the successful plunderer of a
dozen Western railroads, and the paid at
torney of the Credit Mobilier.
The Chillieothe Post (Dem.) says that
Captaki Tom Worthington (brother of
icneral orthinrton) lavors Haves for
President. He has been an active Demo
crat heretofore. Also Colonel W. E. Gil-
more, another leading Democrat of that
city.
Every one of the old Tweed and Sweeny
Guard in New York are among the most
cuthusiastic supporters of Tilden. Birds
of a feather flock together. No fear of
any of the old Tammany gang voting for
Hayes and heeler. Ihcy have no fel-
owship in that direction.
An old soldier under Hayes writes of
um : "He was no carpet knight, but
roughed it in the field with his troops, and
was never absent except when his wounds
compelled it." Let's see, where were
Tilden and Hendricks all that time?
Roughing it among the peace men !
Governor Tilden says that "the wolf is
at the door of nearly every house in the
land." Rut the crafty old railroad lawyer
has continued, nevertheless, to pile up a
fortune of 310,000,000 for the gratification
of his wants in spite of the sufferings of
the people for whom he professes so deep
a symapthy.
Gen. Tuttle, of Iowa, says that he does
not pronounce against the Democratic ticket
because of the supposed attitude of the
Democracy on the currency or the tariff
question. He abandons the Democracy be
cause it has abandoned itself to the old re
bels, and because he knows the nation would
be in peril in its hands.
The Democrats had better drop the sub
ject of the increase of Congressmen's sala
ries in lbbo. Governor Hayes was a mem
ber at that time and he voted asrainst the
bill. Mr. Hendricks was a Senator and he
voted for the bill. Severe criticism of
Hayes' acceptance of tho increase bears a
little too hard on Hendricks to be servicea
ble to the Democratic cause.
A correspondent of the Chicago Inter
Occan, writing from Rowling Green, Mo.,
on the 4th, says : "All is quiet in our
town, except, as I write, I can see from my
window the Confederate flag floating from
the County Building, with Tildcn's and
Ilcndrick's names inscribed on it. The
resolution of ISO I, the Confederate flag,
and Tilden and Hendricks make a strong
trio in this part of Dixie."
Governor Tilden stands charged by the
stockholders of the St. Louis, Alton and
Terrc Haute Railroad with fraudulently
appropriating S77o,000 worth of stocks
and bonds to his own use some years ago.
They brought suit to recover last spring,
and 31 r. Tilden had the time for return
ing answer extended until after the St.
Louis Convention. When tho second ap
pointed time came, July 1st, Mr. Tilden
got the case postponed again until early in
October ; and when October comes he will
have it postponed again. He will never
permit that case to he heard while he is a
candidate, because he dare uot.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati En
quirer, writing from Lafayette, Indiana,
says : ''The people, to a man, are for a pa
per currency, and hold to their doctrine
with enthusiastic zeal. Wo have never
seen a community so unanimous and per
siscnt in their opinions. The Independ
ents, uuder the leadership of Templeton,
and directed by the Tocsin, edited by T.
II. Ronham, are making strenuous efforts
to carry Ronton count, and unless both
parties arc more vigilant, they will succeed.
Mr. Rondam has a resolution signed by
one hundred and seventy-four Democrats,
pledging themselves to do till in their pow
er to accomplish the total defeat of Tilden
and Hendricks. This state of affairs is cer
tainly very discouraging, but the truth
stares us in the face."
Why Judge Davis is opposed to Tilden
is probably accounted for by the fact that
he presided over the trial of a case grow
ing out of one of Tilden's railroad swin
dles, in which swindle the stockholders of
the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad
Company were cheated out of their stock
by a consolidation with another railroad,
which consolidation was manipulated by
Tilden. In pronouncing judgment iu that
case against Tilden and others, his associ
ates in the fraud, the Judge used the fol
lowing severe language :
Finally, those stockholders of the Galena
and Chicago Union Railroad Company who
have exchanged their stock in iguorance of
their rights can now be restored, and the
bondholders saved from impending ruin
by joining in the efforts which are now be
ing made to set aside the pretended consol
idation which icas consummated hy triclcery
and fraud, while the piddle can be rescued
from the despotism of the most gigantic and
heartless rnonojwly ever attempted to he
fastened vpon a free people, by making
proper efforts to sustain those who are now
engaged in contending againts the self
constituted monopoly.
Having been compelled by his duty as a
judge upon the bench, upon clear proof, to
pronounce as above upon Tilden's char
acter as a swindler of innocent stockhold
ers, naturally Justice Davis cannot support
for the Presidency a man convicted iu his
own court of "trickery and fraud."
This is the way Tilden used to write to
his friend Tweed :
"No. 15 Gramkrcy Park, Ait". 12,
1S0G 11 A. m. My Dear Sir: I de
cided to go to Philadelphia- in the morn
ing, and shall not be able to see you before
I leave. Mr. Richmond is at the St.
Nicholas, somewhat ill. If well enough
he will come on the 2 i m. train. Whether
he is there to day or not, I hope you will
not fail to be in I'hikdelphia.
"Very truly your friend,
"S. J. Tilden."
"Hon. Wm. M. Tweed."
"Hon. Wm. M. Tweed My Dear
Sir : 1 beg to present to your attention
the case cf Mr. Samuel Allen, a very old
friend of ours, who is in great need of a
small appointment under your department,
for which he has applied. He would be
content with something, for a time, of not
a very high rank. You know him so well
that I need add nothing. Hi used to be a
very efficient and ttseful tcorher, and is an
entirely reliable man, and I should bo
personally glad if you could help him.
"Truly yours,
"S. J. Tilden."
. "New York, Sept. 8, 1SGS The First
National Broadway Rank will pay to order
of Willian M. Tweed five thousand dol
lars. Signed
" illiam M. Tweed."
Indorsed "Pay S. J. Tilden or order.
"William M. Tweed."
"For deposit in the Bank of North
America. S. J. Tilden."
Tricky and Selfish.
The Troy Tiniest says : " The chief
mental characteristics of Mr. Tilden are
cunning and an ardent devotion to his own
personal interests. He is clear-headed,
cooL, sagacious, and preserving in the pur
suit of his objects, and perfectly unscrupu
lous as to the means he employs. For
-ears he worked in close relations with
Tweed and the other robbers connected
with the Metropolitan ring, iu the prose
cution of political ends, "and the good
understanding between them was broken
only after the exposures made through the
columns of the New York Times rendered
further intercourse with the gang danger
ous to Mr? Tilden's further "prospects.
The latter then remorselessly turned upon
his old friends of whose rascalities he
could not have been ignorant, and aided in ,
hounding them down. Upon this exhibi
tion of treachery he has since based a
claim to be regarded as a 'reformer.' Pre
vious to his nomination for governor he
had also been in close communication with
the leading members of what was known
as the canal ring. Some of them, however,
had the temerity to oppose his nomination,
and in consequence, immediately after he
jL-ame in power at Albany he opened a war
upon those who stood most prominently in
his way, concerning the details of which
the public is already pretty thoroughly in
formed. And this piece of revenge, also,
he seeks to use for the purpose of main
taining his claims as a champion of -reform
But from all that he has done it is impos
sible to discover that the people have de
rived appreciable benefit. He was moved
by a vindictive desire to punish those who
had obstructed his way to preferment, but
of course he was not unwilling to derive
such incidental benefit from the perform
ance as could be made available. His zeal
for 'reform,' is a palpable sham, a pretense
so thin that it is a wonder anybody can be
deceived by it. But he docs enjoy 'get
ting even' with those who offend him, and
Democrats who have resisted his nomina
tion for the presidency will find, in the
rather improbable event of his election,
that he has neither forgotten nor forgiven
them,"
Alphabet of Proverbs.
A grain of prodencc is worth a pound of
craft.
Boasters are cousins to liars.
Confession of a fault makes half amends.
Denying a fault doubles it.
Envy shootcth at others and woundcth
herself.
Foolish fear doubles danger.
God reaches us good things by our own
hands.
lie has hard work who has nothing to
do.
It costs more to revengue wrongs than
to bear them.
Knavery is the worst trade.
Learning makes a man fit company for
himself.
Modesty is a guard to virtue.
Not to hear conscience is the way to si
lence it.
One hour to-day is worth two to-morrow.
Proud looks make foul work in fair faces.
(Juict conscience gives quiet sleep.
Richest is he that wants least.
Small faults indulged are little thieves.
The boughs that bear most hang lowest.
Upright walking is sure walking.
Virtue and happiness arc near kin.
Wise men make more opportunities than
they find.
You never lose by doing a good turn.
. .
The Republican national committeo met
at Philadelphia Saturday and effected a
permantent organization by tho election of
Hon. Z. Chandler, chairman, and Hon. R.
C McCormiek, secretary.
The loss in the state of Iowa by the re
cent floods amounts to one million dol'a s.
The loss in Warren county alone is thvec
hundred thousand dollars.
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