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VOLUME I.
OAKLAND BUSINESS GJIDE.
GUOCEUIES , etc.
w p. to FtenT
'T * GENEKAL MF-KCUAXDISE,
Cor. Main ,fc Alder sts.
|J HJHARD3ON BROS.,
*'*' G OCEKIES, CONFEOTIONFRIES,
Canned Goods, i-'ruit, etc.
I MIN (). MICHAEL,
** OKSUttAL .'IKIU'H A XIMSE.
SecoiM ei > i’riouth Joiltliiitftoii s Hotel.
f W. 8 I’A LNA K ELI,
Grocery ami Provision Store,
Fourth struet. near It. ,fc O. It. It. Co's shop.
4 L. OSBOURN',
A It AMS HXP.tESS OFFICE,
Ut-noral -Merclnunllse.
| BUSH dc SON.
* A • GENEUAL, MKUt'IIAXDISE,
Co". mird -1 la’t sts,
UvWAV-MAN, ' ‘
* General Morclinnrli.se.
(Jor. Aider & Main St*.
HOOKS’
U| UIiEAT NEW YORK STORE,
General Merchandise,
\.gent for Fertilizers,
Depot Building.
n E. OF PUTT,
VW 9 GKXKHA hM E RCIIA NDTSE,
Agricultural Machine*, .M isical instruments,
Guns, Pistols, etc.
§ \ TiTTvuvsF”'
* UitHilX AI, NEW YOltK STORE,
oleaeral Aicrc.iatiuis •. Watches, Clocks, Jew
elry. etc.
£ \ \ VI < A TOWN >il END,
G EX Eit V L MEMC 11 AN DISE,
Agents Agricultural Machines,
Opp site Pulley’s Park.
i < U. MICHAEL,
Vv ‘ GEXEHA'.. MEItCIIA.- DISE,
n i its, t.’l cks, v;>iuectionery, etc., I
Next to Uodiliiitfton's Hot* I.
4J. - )ii E EECiGE,
GKN EH A L M E HOII A XDISK,
( or. Sr.- md & (>ak sis.
I VV.VID DELAWDER,
■ 9 G HOCE HIES, FHESII M E AT,
*iairir in season
| MIN A. DELAWDEII,
GENERAL MEKCItAXIUSE,
Wines, .i i.mrs,etc , Oal; t. near bridge.
SALOOXS.
S. JAMISON,
Wmcs, Liquid's, Oysters, etc.
Hilliard Table.
Opposite ('oi lington’w Hotel,
| UIW A. LiELAVVUEH,
" Wines, Liquid's A Layer Beer,
i in k si., li i'll I’ Drill;:,'.
W. CAl’OiN,
' * I:i.AJ'AEUA.VT.
Fried and s e\v< i • >.* iers. U.ivr on the shell,
i amities supplied.
li ITELB.
OROWXINO HOUSE,
®■* It. T. BiunvxiXG, Proprietor.
Main Street.
jJOWAN WHITE,
* *' OaK Street.
4 k VKLANL) HOUSE, •
i.tci). X. Somemyer, Proprietor. |
Cor. . o ll> l nd v der streels.
AGDiHXG ION’S HOTEL,
W. M. Coi>KINGTON, i’rop’tor,
.Main St.., 0., site Ja nisou s milliard Saloon
BOA itniso HOUSES.
41 its. da vii7luTTneliAltT,
Water Street.
4] ,t.S. RALPH THAYER,
*-'■* Oak mill Tail'd Streets.
g 4 WIS HOUSE,
" Mrs. M. li. Davis, Proprietress.
Cor. Uak Second streets, j
VEW GLA DK HOUSE,
Mrs. R. J. West, Proprietress.
Cor. Third & Alder Sts
/ ’ EOROE BOSLEY'S,
Oak Street.
CA BIXETM I KEItS AMI UX
4 C. BROOKE,
_ * Iter, adjoininy Gazette office.
■ GEL T. WARD,
” Shop oil Fourth Street.
Ell VSK'IA MS.
*4it. E. H. BARTLETT,
" Office Main si.,op. Dailey’s Park,
J4R. J. LEE MoCOMAS,
Office on Main Street.
(TltT j. w. albrigh i\
L' < >ai mi t )aK Street.
MILLS. ;
/2.RISI’ AND SHINGLE MILLS,
Pisteis, Martin, Proprietor. |
Water Street j
{} AKLAND WOOLEN MILLS,
" * Sam’l Law ton, Manager.
A T TOltXli IS-.I T-LA H*.
JW. VEiTUH,
• State’s Attorney,
< Mice on ()uk street.
JOHN M. REA D,
** Notary Public
And Com. to take Testimony,
Ouico oil Alder S’roet,
| ' S. IIA MILL.
" • Office iii Oil'll It’s Bui Iff iny.
rjn J. PEDDIUORD,
• Oißce over Jamison’s Saloon
PLASTERER.
TAMES ARNOLD,
g Uesideuce on Fourth Stredt
THE REPUBLICAN.
DRUGS AMI MEIIIi IM.S.
QEO. (i. STUUgISS,
" Drug>, Medicines,
Perfumery, foiiet articles, Stationer.\
fobacco ana Ciguiw. Alder si’
HI, If A SMf i 'Us.
( ’HAS. SINUELL,
Lilierty Street.
MILEIM.R 1 AMh I AM i
go run.
41 L. St.'OTT’S Baltimore Store.
ITA. Millinery, Gems’ Furnishing
And Fancy (joods, and shoes
Main Street. Dr. mch 'orrmft office
41RS. M.eTdAVlsT
*'* Cor. Oak ,t Second Sts.
CO V Tit A CTO liSji li t //. h I /.Vs
JOHN M. JARBOK,
** Carpenter, Gontractor A Bui der.
Resideiitv no | .ib< rf v St nearly . }•> D poi.
|> A. CHlsliOl M,
* • Carpenter, Contractor,
And UuiUier.
Residence over Jtunlnii ) i fM>loott.
( ’ EO. A. SPED!)EX,
j Resiil nee opp. S hool house.
fOSEPH M. CHIM,
i Residence o Alder Street.
: 4 C. BROOKE,
' * lies, adjoining Gazette (lice.
HA It HER SHOP.
pilOF. A. W. DILI.EX,
Barlier Shop,
Offutt'* KiiiUllng, .Mni ll street.
' Eli Eli I STABLE
( mias. sweexeyT
! Xyar the Browning House.
M i sO V.N
g > PRI ICIIARD,
Residenee on Second St.
I LOYD CHAMBERS,
-*-* Residence Coddinylon’s Hotel.
JOHN PORTER,
ItesideiuvcOr. Water A Third sts.
SURVEYORS.
4 LEX. C. MASON,
Office over Jamison’s Saloon
mf K. HAMJLL,
(.iiuniy Surveyor,
Office mV mint's Huilding.
101-IN HARXED.
** Address, Post Office.
BOOT AMI snoE~-MAHER.
iy.il. M. WAGNER,
’ * Simp Cor. Second A Oak Sts.
QEO. fTIOCgHRIDGE,
Leave orilcrs at Express office.
( ’ LUCAS^
'■' y * Boot and Shoe Maker,
jk -'.i •;> i W iter i ; i See >nd sts
PA IX VIXG d PA PER HA ME
I.XG.
J VMES EX LOW,
" House and Siyn Painter,
H*sidenc adjoining Gazette office.
j,‘ J. FRINGER,
House ami Siyn Painter.
And I'ajicr Hanger.
Leave orders at Lush's store.
PHOTOGRAPH GA LLEIIY.
(2 W. MERRILL,
' Puoioyrapiis and Ferrotypes
Muue in ii>- best style.
Albums. Picture Frames Picture i ord for sale.
Third Ktreet, Oppositii Giaia Jioi *c
OF£ SSIOKAL OAKD S.
i Ui.Mui. S. .lA.MJLL,
Lr ATTOUXfcV AT LAW
AXI) SOLiUITuU IX G UAXCFKY.
OFFICE IN OFFLIT'S LL’Ii.MNO,
(L.)Wei Flooi.
Particular atteu;ion Riven to('onveyaneing.
•ivestigution of land titles and culieciioii of
laims. Loans mifotiafed. j< 11 -1 >
IAS. M. Si.’iILKV,
I AffOUXKV AT LAW.
CUM HEKLA ND, .Ml).
Will prac’tlCe in the Courts of Washington,
AlK*gany and Garrett counties. Agrnt for
*ule ofii..iUo acres oi land in Uarrett county,
within one and a half to three miles of Oak
land. iell-ly
n HA MILL,
HEAL ESTATE AGKNT.
OAKLAND,
Garrett county, Md
Office at residence on Main street. ,*ell-ly
| OHN M. KFAD,
ATTORNEY AT I,AW.
OAKLAN D,
NOTARY PUBLK;. Maryland,
tell-ly
r w. vEiruii,
J k ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND
SOLICITOR IN ( iIANCFUY,
Oakland, Uakrktt Coun i y, Md.
Will practice in the Courts of Garrett loiinty
and tin* adjoining i ouutiesof Wi st Virginia,
and in the Court of Appeals of Maryland.
Jan. ;p-if ;
nrtHOs. j. peddicqrd,
1 Ai'i'ORNEV AT LAW
AND
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
Oakland,Garrett i ounty. Md.
Will practice in the Courts of < ;rret t County
and the adjoining Counties of West Virginia,
and in tin- Court of Appeals of Maryland.
Jan. 30-tf,
DR. J. DAILY,
EEIIIITIIITIST
WESTERN PORT,
MARYLAND.
From one ton full set
of teeth iunerted in the
most beautiful and
substantial manner. A
Part icular attention
paid to cleaning and 7. . '
tiling the natural teeth ’'fr'Vf ;
All work warranted *.■* j
to give satisfaofkm, or
rrvoaey refunded. Je2)-]jr
OAKLAND, MD., SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1877.
LIGHT.
BV WILLIAM I*l rr BALM Ell. -L\
From the quickened womb of the primne
gloom
The sun rolled bleak and bare,
.’il! I wove him a vest for his FtlUOp breast
Of the threads of my golden hair*
Vnd when the broad tent of the tlrmamont
Arose on its airy bars
i penciled the hue of the matchless blue
And spangled it around the taia.
painted the Mowurs of Eden’s bowers.
And their leaves of living green,
Vnd mine were the a> es in the sinless eyes
Oi I.den’s virgin queen;
And When tli- fiend’s ait on the trustful
heart
Had fastened its mortal spell,
In the silvery sphere of tile llrst-born teal
To the trembling earth I fell.
When the waves that burst o’er a w<i -
accursed )}t/ 3
To* i- wo k of wr.iiU Util *
And the ark’s lone fc\V. tl)e tried ifffd true.
Came for li nmnncsf thb d-ml.
With the wondrous glealhs of hiy txddal
beams
I bade their terrors cense,
As I wrote on the roll of the storm's dark
scroll
God's covenant of Peace.
Like a pal at rest on a sehseless breast,
Night s funeral shadow slept—
When shepherd swains on Bethlehem's
plains,
Their lowly virglls kept—
Then I flushed on their sight the heralds
bright
As they chanted the morn of a Saviour born
J'y,joy to thenutca t man !
Eqtia! favor I show to the lofty arid low,
On the jus* and unjust I descend;
E'en the blind, whose vdin spheres roll In
darkness and tears.
Feel my smile, t'• o best ‘ mile of a f iend.
Nay, the flower o 1 thu waste by my love is
embraced
As the rose in 'lie garden of klmrs.
At the erysali Mer of the worm I appear.
And lo! ’lie guy butterfly wings.
The desolate morn, like a mourner forlorn,
Conceals all flu* pride of his charms,
Till I bid the bright hours cha e the night
from her I) -wers
Ami lead her young day to her arms?
And when the gay rover seeks Lve for his
lover
And sinks to her balmy repose,
I wrap the soft rest by I lie zephyr fanned
West.
In curtains of amber and rose!
From my sentinel sleep by the night-dreaded
deep
I gaz” with unsiumhering eyes.
When the cv nosure star of the mariner
Is blotted from out the sky !
And guided by me through the merciless sea,
Though spread by the hurricane's wP gs
His compass less, dark, lone weltering bark
To l.lie haven home . ab ly he brings.
I waken tluf flowers In the dew-spangled
bowers,
Tin birds in their eliuntbersof grben,
And tiie mountain nil i plaid gldw with
beauty again.
As they biivk in their ma’fnal sheen.
O, it such the “lad worth of my presence on
earth,
Though fro’ful and fleeting the while,
Wliatglories must rest on tlie hotnc of the
blest.
Ever bright with the Deity’s smile!
Hewitt and Hoar.
We Like from the Nt'\y York Tri
bune cot re-ponihwi* tin- -ollowiny
iiccount of the a!tuck which Mr.
Hewitt made upon Mr. Hoar of the
Commission, and the reply which the
latter made :
“It has been for many days
whispered about the Capitol that
Mr. Hewitt would on some oe
casion, before! tin* counting of the
votes was completed, attack .Mr.
Hoar and accu-e him of li.nl faith in
b iviny promised the Democrats that
the Commission should {*'o l> hind t lie
returns and consider the evidence on
which they were based, and of hav
ing breken his word When the
cha,mi.in oi the Democratic commit
tee took tiie floor, therefore, it was
not necessary lor the* Speaker to in
sist upon order. Everybody —Rep
resentatives, vi-iiors to whom tin
privilege ol the floor hud been given,
a; d tiie hundreds gathered in the
galleties—bent forward to listen 10
wliat lie had to say. Heading ii-oiii
tile record of the Electoral Commis
sion the entry which showed that.
Commissioner Hoar submitted the
order that evidence he not received
in tiie Louisiana case, lie
that Mr Edmunds and Mr. Frenng
liuysen had either not ex pi essed an
opinion as to the power ol the (ami
mission to go behind ihe returns or
hudailirimd that there was no such
power in certain cases, lie referred
to Gen. Uuriield’s speech, in which
he was understood to declare that
there was such power in certain cases,
lie referred also to Mr. Morton’s
declaration in tiie Senate that it was
the bounden duty of the Tribunal to
go behind the returns, lie then
quoted from Mr. float's speech in
tiie liotise on tiie 2iith of January
the assertion that the lull was not a
compromise measure, that it simply
gave the man wiio had a righteous
claim the power to assert, maintain
and enforce “by argument and
proof,” emphasizing tlie last word,
l’liis then was the ground on which
he was to accuse Mr. Hoar of had
faith, fits subsequent rehearsal of
s sfWinff took lace in the joint cotnmit
'eeadded nothing which proved any
; fin ore directly tlm’ the gentlemm
:r ' M " Massachusetts had held tin
•qiini ni wnich Mr. Hewitt attributed
*fo him.
f rite impression made by Mr. Hew
it.’s speed, Was not a favorable one.
His ciosi g words in favor of aceep
‘iog in good faith the awards of tin
Uoninii-shm, ■mt withstanding tin
fai t that lie believed tiie party hue
I'een deceived, brought forth a liun
| lursl of applause and simuts o.
"Unml! goml!” Ir*mi nifferent pans
ot the chamber; but tie general
iceling was Unit tlm evidence against
Mr. Hoar was not of a st ong etiar
’ .te'er.
r.wjjri uoar was evidently prepared
for ibis attack. His answer to it was
loiiiimive and over , helming, lie
showed that the hid had already
i'its'sed tiie Senate when lie made lii
sp'eeh upon it in die House, and
thd Senator Thurman had pnsitivel.
asso'ted tiiat all tinse questions <n
jiiri'diciioii, etc., were left open and
undivided by thff bill. Accepting
j that, in'erpretatioh of the law, he
had Hied tiie language which Mr.
If vvitlhad (plot d; itcou.d properly
lie madt to carry no su h meaning as
the gentleman from New York un
dertook t attribute to it. Mr. Hour
[dosed his speech will, a very apt
quotation 'nun one of Webster's
| speeches, il which lie Said: ‘We
have a m ixi.n in X. w England when
j certain men make exhibitions of]
j themselves that in the mind of such i
i a man there is a screw louse some
where-. lo this man’s mind all the
screws are lodsE” A t this point tlie
House hurst iiHo laughter and ap
plause, evidently supposing that the
lasi sentence was original with the
i speaker, and not a ipi'oiation from
Webster. Mr. Hour, momentarily
disconcerted, immediately recovered
himself, and continued -“lam quo
ting Mr. Webster about Air. luger
soll, you understand.” lie then
j "cut on—“'file w machine* s. id
j Mr. Webster, ‘rickety, shaky, crazy,
] out ol joint i’” and Mr. Hoar con
] eluded—“l ii. ve sometimes llmught
i have seen instances of gentlemen
whom great responsibilities have
-di l nig, ll into a line condition of
ii 11 mi.”
Tiiis isnnlv equalled in folly by
this same Mr. Hewitt’s attack on
Postmaster James, of New York, for
Wliiiii lie puidiely apologized in the
llousv, ami saying tlint he really had
no ground for tiie serious imputation
i lie hull so rashly made. The “greedy
| cuss” was no. content with theca.-ti
; galimi so fearfully administered l y
| Mr. Hoar, lie ventured to‘'strikenut
agiin,” with what result is faithfully
set forth by the same Gnoniclffr.
11 Hound 2. When time was called
and llewitt toed tiie scratch, lie
looked a little groggy ; and although
; Ins bottle holder had sp nged away
the claret from his conk, he was putty
about the goggles, and showed that
| he was suffering from the Welister
ian punishment which had been ud
miiiist! ml lo him in tiie first round.
Hoai smiled mischief asheadvanced
from his corner. The representative
of iron and g ue iiegan to idree tiie
i tigh iug, and shot out a Louisiana
love tap for tlte Tribunal’s brainc ui
i isti r. Jiat the Yankee neatly stopped
him, and got in with a heavy tu
quoqne left hander on the mule deal
er’s nnzz'e. (Nine to one on Faiieuil
Hall; with no takers.) Then came
some cautious sparring and counter
ing, Denn craey’s snorer meanwhile
swelling like a war claim, until it
looked as big as Cooper Institute.
Finally N'-w York invaded Massa
chusetts wit It a Belknap rib roster,
when the Pilgrim Fathers appealed
from Pniliip drunk and suddenly
landed a vi ion- bunch of lives plumb
on A uain’s orat.ou trap, and the
Pi'oclaimuiou faelory dropped to
grass in a very limpsy and demur
alized condition.”
It is somewhat -ignillca.il to find
so thoroughly partisan a Republican
newspaper as tlte Boston 'Traveller
\ saying;
“Why should riot President Hayes
make overtures to the honest and
intelligent and liberal men who
cling to the Dene eratic wreck be
cause their prejudices in its behalf
have not bp n removed until tlte
present controversy came to en
lighten them? If the Republican
parly can lie strengthened, and the
country can hemorethor ughly uni
ted, and the nation can lie better
governed, let us adopt that policy
which shall promote these obj els.
I II it ean be done by giving places in
the Cabinet to libeiul man hi the
South; it should be done.
The New Administration.
Prisident Hayes will he iuaugura
ted with no such difficulties as beset
Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S.
Grant on the dff.y that they took the
>itth of office. Mr. Linco n assumed
Ihe duties of Chief Executive witli
ne inutterings of civil waraml whis
,'iered threats of assassination in hi
ears and all over powerin ; sense of
■csponsiiiility pressingupon his soul.
General Grant began his first term
when the opposition to the enfran
chisement ot the colored people was
at it-height, and the reconstruct ion
acts passed by Congress Were practi
cally nullified by the tierce hostility
wnich they proveked in the Sxiuth.
there wa.- a growing sediment in
tli ■ West in favor of paying off the
alien d debt in paper money, and
gold was at a premium of 11,8). Due
ing tiie eig tyearsthat have entcr
vened nearly all the issues upon
which 'he country was divided in
18 8 have been definitely settled,and
although i lit* results have not always
been satisfactory, there is no person
in the whole land that eon templates
the overturning of the legislation
through which they were aceom
piished.
The great work to which tin* new
Administration will have to address
i self will he the pacification of ihe
country. Political feeling lias been
mightily stirred by the dispute over
the count ol tiie vote for President
and a large number of well meaning
people believe that the Electoral '
Commission ought to have given the I
votes ol Florida and Louisiana to
Tilden. Perhaps after the excite-1
inent growing out of the Pnsiden-1
tiai contest lias subsided the suppor
ters of Mr. Tilden may come to wiser
conclusions upon questions of law
and fact which they now view from
a partisan stand point, hut whether
they continue to dissent from the de
cisions of the Commission or oilier
wise, we trust that they will reeog- j
idze .lie honesty, the patriotism and !
the good intentions of (lie man who j
is about to assume the responsibili
ties of tiie Presidential chair.
if President Hayes succeeds in
southing tiie public temper and al
laying tlm irritation whilst Jlfee j.ro
h’ingeil contest oV'crThe result ol the
elecli 'ii has produced, lie will have
performed a most patriotic service.
What we need is tin* elimination of
sectionalism from polities and the
cultivation of a thoroughly national i
spirit. We do not attach any great ]
importance to the rumors that are]
flying about concerning the “South
ern policy” of the new admitiistrn- |
lion, but we have no doubt but that
President Hayes will do everything
in his power to promote the peace
and prosperity of the South, and to I
give t at section of the Union itsdue
weight and influence in the Govern
ment.
Tiie currency qui stion, which has
fir s-ed heavily on Pre-i lent Grant’s
Administration, is in a fairway of
settling itself. Notwithstanding the
dissatisfaction of tiie people with
some of the President’s acts tlte su
prenmey of the Republican parry in
ihe National Government would not
have been seriously disputed if it
laid not been for the defection of the
“paper money” men in the West.;
We owe tiie Presidential disputeand
all the evils and perils that have at- ]
tended it to tiie prevalent belief in
Indiana that a redundant currency
would hem-tit the debtor class.
President Ilayes will not lie obliged
to combat the theories of the Wes-]
tern flnanek rs, and his administra- j
linn will escape the censure which I
has been showered upon President I
Gram fur his courageous opposition I
to the greenback heresy. While tli > ]
controversy over the Electoral count
lias been going on, gold has fallen lo
104), and we may wake rip any
morning ami tint! that specie pay
ments have been resumed llt rough
the Operation of the laws of trade
without the aid of special legislation.
Whatever misfortunes may overtake
tiie new Administration, we do not
think that its success will la* imper
illed by the clash of conflicting of in
ions . ml theories upon tiie eurreu -y
question.— JSuUo. American .
About Some New York Salaries.
Tlte sensation of the hour is tiie
attempt to reduce the salaries of men
in every station in life.- School teach
ers, pirltechier., clerks, bank men and
insurance officers are greatiy exci
ted. The Legislature is stirring in
the matter, and ask o' ail tiie insur
ance companies a statement of the
amount ol salaries paid to the otii
eers. Ten thousand dollars, fifteen
thousand dollars, twenty thousand
NUMBER 2
d illars is a great .'alary to he paid
10 .i president. Good men tire scarce.
Honest, capable men ere rare. One
man is dear at one t housnhd dollars,
another is cl cap at twenty-five timu
aud. Stout,of the Shoe and Lcn iter
Bank, keeps up his stock at ?HO,
with none in the market. The bank
could afford to give hi n fifty ihous
uid ratner than lose him. Morriam,
ol the Manhattan, was a young clerk
in the old Unite i stat es Bank. The
L’ashier of the Manhattan stole every
dollar of the cipital and cleared out.
The officers came together to wind
up the concern. The charter of tie
ank was a valuable one. It was
-muggled through an unwilling Li g
glatnre hy a iron Burr,under Mitt pre
tence of intro iuci ig water int > New
York. A Director snM: “Let us try*
11 again; I ean find you a capable
man; lie is a Irue blue, Cuineroniati
PiVshyterian; you can trust iii n any
where.” So Morrison earns to the
front. He raised the stock to 8159.
He is now President, with a salary
>1 twenty-live thousand dollars.
The president of one of our largest
banks uas called upon by men rep
resenting a large cash institution.
Flic institution was in trouble. Two
‘"'•lions would save it, and tiie
i ank must lurnisli it. The institution
had been a g.*nt patron of the bank,
and it kept on deposit a heavy bal
ance for years. “I cannot uelp you,
said the president, “uniesi I ruin
more than a thousand customers who
look to me to protect them and to
the bank fora reasonable discount.”
Tiie heaviest pressure was brought to
hear upon the president, but in vain.
He regarded theappiication as wrong
in principle and nrit to he entertained
The institution went up, as it would
have gone up anyhow. The bank
was saved a lose of two millions.
That single transaction pays the
Salary of Uventy-ti'e thousand a
year. The Mutual Life of New York
witt. its assets of eight millions, de
mands first class talent to take care
of it. Mr. Winston, the President,
and Mr. McCurdy, the Vice Presi
dent, on whom the burden of this
great respo sibility rests, could have
made a fortune in merchandise or in
the law. That the institution is run
mlirst-cl;rss -style no one questions,
and such men would lie cheap at
any price.—. Veto York Letter lo Bos
ton Journal.
Hawk-Eyetems.
Mr. Tilden is now engaged in wri
ting a letter declining the St. Louis
nomination.
It appears that the democrats are
not .selecting Mr. Tilden’s cabinet so
mueh as they were six weeks ago.
They must have it completed.
Pools arc selling even that tiie war
in Europe will lie over before the
Ameriean democrats becoiheresigned
to arbitration and its consequences.
It appears to us that something lias
occurred to irritate our democratic
Irh nds. They betray a growing
Irascibility for which we cannot ac
count.
It is now believed that somehody
lain a piece of blue glass over the
ground bug’s hole, and thus spoiled
Ids prophecy and let the bottom out
of Ids weather prognostications.
George Washington died yesterday
but there are so many men like Mr.
Tilden, and Littlefieul, and Hewitt,
and Senator Kelly, and Madd >x, in
the world tiiat George is hardly
missed.
Mr. Tilden was so mad that ho
was with ri' ulty restrained from
giruing uj loins and falling upon
the messi boy who brought tiie
dispatch, a. smiting him hip and
thigh,“Louisiana counted for Hayes”
he snarled. "That’s a sweet .*c nted
kind of a valentine to send me.”
The Union Pc fi R Broad Com
pany has decided to construct and t -
equip a branch road to the Black
Hills. Three routes are to be surveyed
this spring, and the work of constru
ction will tie begun as soon as the
line is located. Tiie branch will prob
ably start on Ni hraskasoff. It Know
barely eighteen months since gold
was discovered in the Black Hills by
John B.Pearson and six companions,
fhe pioneers had travelled 140 mills,
and were resting on the hank of a lit
tlestream. Being thirsty, the leader
of the par'y threw himself on his
hands and knees and bent over the
hank to lap up tiie water. A frag
ment of white flint quartz glistened
in the dear water mid caught his
eye. It wastthe first, gold found in
the Black Hills. “Boys, you can
stick your pegs here.” It was tlio*
lfith of August, 1875. And now
comes tin l locomotive.