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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-04-28
The MeArdle Case.


The McArdle case which has lust been
disposed of by the Supreme Court has ex
cited much attention. and was made the OBJ
jOct of special legislation by Congress, an
act being passed to deprive the Supreme
Court of jurisdiction, in order to avert
decision which would have adjudged the
sO-ealled recOnstructIOn acts to be uncon-
stitutional. Mr.. McArdle Was the editor of q
neEspaper in Mississippi, and -8as. arrested
hY tie military authorities On charge of
Pnbl I-1gg . seditious srtclo In order to
test The coustitutiOnality Of the laqF Of Con-
gress uader which the military commander
hold the anomalous position of Governor of
Mississippi, and undertook to do away with
this civil law, q writ of hdbe0S cOrpaGs
from The United States District Court of
Mississippi was demanded by McArdie,
and being then denied, an appeal WAS taken
to the Supreme Court of the United States.
That distinguished lawyer Jeremiah s.
Black was employed as counsel by McArdle,.
and under his able management the case
wss carried forward until the Court was
just on the eve Of rendering decision,
which it was generally believed would pro-
nounce the reconstruction acts unconstitu-
tional and void d6 i7EtLio. To prevent
this the act depriying the Supreme Court of
jurisdiction IN such cases was huFriedlY
passed, and now, Chief Justice Chase deei-
ded, in accordance with this outrageous act
that the Court has no jurisdiction, and the
case is dismissed on that ground Itis thus
decided that there is no Iedress for citizens
who may be subjected to imprisonment hy
an arbitrary power created by Congress,
decision which may well cause every citi-
zen to ask himself what protection there Is
IN this land for personal hbery-for this
decision not only involves the rights of
citizen of Mississippi, but those of all the
citizens of every State in the Union.
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Some Plain Truths.

From a late Washington letter,
published in the Cincinnati CoMiMer-
ciat of the 18th, and written by DOM
PIATT, we subjoin an extract, of
which we ask candid Tea1 ling from
Republican readers f.
The Increase in the number OF Dem
ocrats in Congress is having a healthy
effect. The more one experiences the
evils of q two-thirds majority, the
more satisfied one becomes with the
necessity OF an opposition, and a
strong opposition, in Congress.
Till within few weeks the DemOc-
ratio party seemed to have no existence
IN Washington. You could noLsee il,
nor hear it, nor feel IT; and if the too
a-rurals of Ohio, who edit the country
printing with so much ability, and
censune me for criticisms on my own
organization, were to come here as
correspondents they would be puzzled
to know what to write Of If they
sought to devote the remainder of
their ill-spent lives to the abuse of
Copperheads. 1t is all very we'll at
the various county-seats, where the
principal hotel feeds its bed bugs dur
ing court week, to howl with anguish
.ag the sight of q Copperhead; but in
Washington, Nhere ono is not to be
~~NN- ~ OsCAA AACeltA OAg AANOD AOHA-
ing Indicates rather had digestion
than a loyal heart.
With our tWO>thirds majority We
have had full swing, and with the
prOneneSs of poor human nature to
lniqility, we have done much wrong.
It'S my duty TO expose such evil work
as we'll as ci.Ii; and If In 90 doing i
seem TO occupy the place of the op-
position, my friends at home, whOse'l
inielleets are devoted to pic
torlal horse bills, must possess their |
souls in, peace. They don't know Ii,
but d", that the Viiest rCOpperhead |
! ever encountered is an honest man !
by the side of Ben. Butler. The
toughest rough OF the Democracy
isa gentleman by the side otChandler.
And the stupIdest ass that hoWlS mig |
ger" at the cross roads Is statesman, !
by the side Of Kelley. Now am I t6 |
heap abusa on Fernando Wood and I
Jimmy Brooks, and hold my peace |
IN the presence Of such fellows, whose
unlicensed liberty not only endang-
ers our organization, but threatens
the country? su - l1G ,.al-r
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Natures Rd1ot vPay Your Way

Everlasting equilibrium, or pay uy0ur
tCGy, is q fundamental principle Rhdsan- in,
exoTsble law of nature. If yOu do not pay
then nature taxes pay. The account must
De and is kept square; and nature never
makes mistake-is never deceived. Nor
IS there any use In trying to elude her de-
nrees, or 10 escape her Jurisdiction, or 10
evace her sheriff when she issues execution,
Her detectives are born in our own bosoms
and have access to the vOFyi reeesses of our
being. 4 selfish man may surround him
self with-eyerythin which he most covets :;
he may lay under tribute the wales of Cash
mere, the looms of Persia, the spice fields
of Arabia, and the mines of 9olcOnda, and
fence himself around with wall Of gold
and Yet the Nemesis of violated equilibrium,
balance sheet and bill in hand, will scale
that wall, and blast those Injuries, and hurl
all the plaques of Egypt upon the deliu-
quent. The water of his hope shall be
turHed to the blood of disappOintment; the
frogs of discOntent shall crpsk in all his
chambers tho ice Of secret evils shall in
fest his whole being !; the flies. of censori~
Onsness shall sting him the muFTain- Of In
diligence shall consume him; the bOfls Of
shameless Vslekedness- shall cover him; the
hail Of perverted BLESSINGS shall Ernite hims
the locusts OF mslEgoleuR shall deyppr him,
| the thick darkDess of pr0srinRed fscJ1ties
shall enHelOp him ando ever all shall be
heard his vail fOF the Hdoath of hiss drst
bOFn---of that which he had most trusted
for happiness, on which. be had most cher
ishmgly SET his heart of heai -OLTvER
DYE4, In PacksFdis AtOHthlyy for May. Z
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Facet1@.

Can a bare assertion be called naked
truth?
How to prevent sea-sickness-Keep
on shore. t--
Dyers are as liable to err as any body.
They arc but hue-me7l.
Punch thinks the poorest farmer in
the land, ifunabIe to feed his calves,
can always Craze his shins.
An Irishman complained to his ply
sician that he stuffed him so much
with drugs that he was sick a long
time after he got well.
It has been said that fowl3 are the
most economical things farmers can
Keep, because for every grain they
give a peck.
A person passing throus n "A certaiIa
town, and observing upon u door the
name Of HasWeIl, remarked that the
gentleman's name would be az well
without the ''H." . e!.
A traveller inquired OF guide the
reason why 'Pchon was always snOk-
ca OF as '-she," and was informed
that it was because it always had the
last word.
A rlchly-dressed lady stopped boy
trudging along with basket, and ask
ed: 'My little boy, haVeyOu got re-
ligioR?" mo, ma'am," said the in
nocent, I've got potatoes
Josh Billings says: ~ don't suppose
there Is ever killed, on an average,
during any one year, more than Is
heas in the whole Ov.t the United States
ov America" T
An Irishmau's definition OF meta
physics: Two men are talking to-
gether, and one Of them Is trying to
explain soInthing he don't know any
thing about, and the other can't un-
derstand." sr#
Mrs. Murphy Mcguire has five
children, all Ofwhom hSve red heads,
Both she and Murphy arc In the same
condition, 80 we presunE: Ii IA red
headitaTy in the family.
There Is man in the West who
moves so often that whenever a COW
cred wagon comes near his house, his
chickens all fall on their backs and
cross their legs, ready to be tied and
carried to the next stopping place.
3 An eloquent orator proposes to
''grasp ray of light from the great
orb Of day, spin il into threads ofgold,
and with them weave a shroud In
which TO wrap the whirIWind which
dies upon the bosom Of our Western
praiTies.
Punch says he once saw q father
knock down his boy, and he thought
1t the most ''strikelng" picture OF q
"sun down" ne ever beheld.
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known until after the finding of the
body, and its Identification was so alb
solute that of course no search Yves
made for woman known TO be dead.
On the other hand, she had heard
| nothing, in q retired spot OF distant
| State, of her supposed death and the
| subsequent events, and her return,
timely as 1T WAS, had been purely ac-
| cidentai. She was Mortified when
confronted with the results of her
thoughtless freak, and, although she
made no noisy demonstrations of re.
gret, and was not profuse in promises
of amendment in the future, il is
pleasant to know that this terrible
experience was not without fruit
Buckson was, of course, Immediately
released, the legal proceedings against
him at once dismissed, and thereafter
| he found in his home haven of rest
| that was q recompense for the suffer-
ing by which it had been purchased.
But mystery has always brOoded
over the cottage, and the murder al
ways remained an insoIubIe enigma.
Eighteen years have elapsed without
| any second Identification of the body
unearthed by the little dog, and, as
consequence, without any detection of
the murderer. The clothes in which
the body was dressed, and the ear
rings and articles of jeWeIry upon it,
were undoubtedly the property of
Mrs. Buckson, for, upon her return
she found those articles missing from
the house. a close scrutiny of the
cottage showed that the woman had
not only been there, but proba bfy
been murdered there during the night
after Buckson and his wife had left.
The cord found in the room had fit
ted the neck, and the chloride Of
lime had evidently been disturbed. -
Many articles of value, too, were gone
and the house generally disarranged.
Upon these circumstances a theory
was founded that the woman was one
of a party of burglars that had enter
ed the cottage, andsfnding il deserted,
had leisurely ransacked it. The pFO--.
man had arrayed herself in tho prop
erty of the absent mistress, and after-
ward some quarrel had arisen and
she had been murdered by the UUiier
members of the party. Subsequently
this theory was in part thoroughly es-
tahlisned, when a complete female
outfit, of coarse material, was accIden-
tally fiShed out of an old aud unused
well in the cottage garden. 4
Detectives are apt to attach the
names of noted criminals to eXtraor-
binary crimes, and many years effer
the events Itarrated, rtIfuor was
prevalent among the police of Provi-
deuce that the murdered woman had
been the wife of an English burglar
named Collins, then living in proVi-
dence, and celebrated all over the
Union for his success and reeklessness.
The rumUF had no better foundation
than that Collins and his wife Ciisap- !
peared at about the time of the muir
der, and it only lived because theories |
always thrive when facts are impos-
sible To obtain. .rar .ar
The case yet remains among unfin- |
iShed police business. No human ef- |
fort has ever learned more than was |
discovered by the brute instincts of
the dog when he paved the secret Of |
the murder from the shallow grave !
in the dark forest. ..---. |
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The FOrt Wayne suicids.

A Fort Wayne paper OF Saturday
gives the following additional partie-
ulars OF the suicide of Mark Kirby
at that place: .-
About live O'Clock Friday morn
ing he was detected by Captain Ward
in an attempt to take hislife by hang
ing. Everything with which he could
possibly destroy himself was removed
from the cell, but he was so deter
mined on self-destruction that he took
OFF his socks, tied them together, and
during the lew minutes that the Of
1cer was away he made a second and
successful attempt. He was found a
few minutes later, but life was extinct
Ia order TO commit the act ne was
obliged to hold his feet off the floor,
throw his whole weight upon the
stockings, and thus strangle himself
The deceased was thirty years of age,
a graduate of Wabash College, and of
respectable parents in Boone County,
Indiana. Among several notes left,
one read, in bold handwriting: "a
want Of money is the cause ofall this.
L wanted the money-not for money'5
sake, but to help my loved ones at
nome Help, oh, GOdl and comfort
father, mother, William, Florence,
Ella, Rosa, Theodore and Lew" He
had been engaged as salesman until
recently, when he was discharged for
dissipation.
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THE Tribune has a letter from W.
T. Sherman, relative TO his action at
the surrender Of General Johnson
He says that at an interview between
President Lincoln, General Grant,
Admiral Porter and himself, on the
position OF affairs and the then soon
probable defeat of the rebel army un-
der Lee, President Lincoln expressed
the hope that no. more blood would
be shed. Ali that he wished WAS the
dispersion Ofthe armies and the re-
sumption of civil rule. General Sher-
man says he drew up the terms of
JOhnson's surrender himself. Breck-
inridge had nothing to do with them,
ana he proceeded to effect his escape
from the country, course that Gen
eral Sherman believes President Lin
coin wished Davis and ali the other
leading Southern political leaders
should be successful in pursuing. =
General Sherman says he makes these
in order that there shall
be no construction OF terms whereby
the course pursued by him should be
thrown upon President Lincoln.
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Where ls the Government as Charters d
-i IN 1857.
[From the Albany Argus. I

On the 18th of September, 1877, a
new government Was chartered, and
subsequently approved by the States
and put in operation on the 4th3 Of
March. 1888, with Washington. at iLs
head. The charter was simple, plain
and clear in its provisions, limited ia
Its Qbiecta aud nQwerss and designed
exclusively for the protection. Of Ghe
State governments in their reserved
rights and sovereignty, with none to
modify or control, such as the people
In their might should ordain and es-
tablish. The States were unrestrain-
ed in their powers, except in those
few cases where they expressly relin-
quished them, and had charge ofneaf
~ all the rights and dUlieS pertaining
to Individual independence interests
and prosperity. The people looked
TO the States at home, alone, for pro-
tectiOn in their pursuit OF happiness,
and 70 the Federal goYernInent for
security and vindicatiOa. abroad. A
more perfect model OF q good, practi-
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THE new Gait House, Louisville,
KY, which was built upon the site
of that old time honored Institution,
which was destroyed by fire January,
1865, was opened for the reception
of guests on Thursday, April 1st.--
Thi Is one ofthe largest hotels IN the
United States, and was built and FUR
nished regardless of cost. Captain
Silas f. Miller, the famous caterer is
the "mine hOst.'' Some idea may
be formed of the gigantic proportions
of this pile, when it Is known that
the enormous quantity Of 6,977, 600
brick, exclusive OF the fire brick, has
heen pui into the walls and chimneys-
In the foundations, basement and
front elevations, there are $50 peTcheS
of stone masonry. The plastering
covers ar aggregate of G4 ,512 yards or
l44 acres. OF flooring there are 100.
7lS square feet; 1900 superficial feet
of which are marble fiooIs. There
are 223 tons of sash weights, II tons
OF wrought iron girders. Ten miles
or bell wire and five miles of gas pipe
ramify the building. the gas char
delieis number 700, and the house,
exclusive OF halls and corridors, is
divided in 546 Apartnents, I
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THE quarrel between Minister Hale and
his Secretary of Legation, SIR. Perry, has
been settled by the removal of both parties.
BIr. Hale had got into the habit, according
to the statement of Mr.. Perry, OF using his
diplomatic franchise, to import goods FREQ
of duty. These were turned over TO certain
merchants and sold, to the detTiment OF the
revenue of the country Hale, from all ac-
counts, must have made 4 good thing of it,
and it will oc ,asion no regret to any one,
except Hale, that he has been recalled
The country has been disgraced by such .
representative, long enough,
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NUMBER AZ.

when in latitude 81 degrees all furth-
er endeavors were put stop to by a
collision with an ice block, which
opened a large leak in the vessels
side. With great difficulty they re-
gained the land, with water standing
two feet over the cabin floor. The
intention OF Wintering here was then
abandoned, and the Sofia returned to
NORWAY. .--- --
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They SET their teeth, they're all on hand
To whom but unto them belong
The power and money-bags of place
Thes, friends of Progress muster strong
Ye never hacked for cheek or face
FuTEENTH A1nIHDNENT column chargel
Friends of RREoRN go in advance
RETRENoH4ENr advocates at large
Up to the elbowsl Now's your chance I
And Fame to land and age afar ,,
Shall glorify them doubly great d ~
Unbaffled soldiers of the war, l-i
E Whe fight for places in the State. =
The White House doors are barr'd and
Chained =.
pr VIII that protect thee, General Grant,
In vain those heavy links are strained
Chains hinder patriots o they can't q.
Oh band. to high occasion true -1
The instinct of your noses brought
Ye unto him whose words were few,
To tell for what it was ye fought.
Nature, in her unerring ways,
Fulhlls the least or larger need
Rewards come. in these blessed days,
To all the Forney tribe and breed.
Nor lightly may the land forget .s
These men of nerve, who never lag,
But who in war did boldly get --l D
Their friends to rally round the Flag -
Oh, land, thus ruled and thus redeemed
The Bow of Peace ascendant now, -
Win brightly gleam when all are filed
IL -
oh, day OF all the lands desire
OF night long promise and release o.
All other interests may expire
Give us but Ofiice-thcre'll be Peace
-Harper's iSq'te0ker. 1ltt7rh I3.
Post-Ofice Brigade, Hartford, March I, go.
"A literal fact, on the 22d of March.
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Chs pflnoegat.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES rs.
A. MceREeOR. EDITOR,
"MONEY IS OUR SUIT"

.H ..-t ...' ''I-.H
And money we must have to do
business There is no use talking.
Crediting. and waiting has only
involved us more in pecuniary
embarrassments. We assure one
and all-IT is PLAYED OUT.
On and after May 1st therefore,
we shall adopt strictly the CASH
SYSTEM in all our business. Our
subscribers too, will bear, in mind
that all papers, without excep-
ton, viii be discontinued, unless
paid in advance, after May 1st.
We give this as fair warning,
being compelled thereto. Let
no one therefore take offence / =
.
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( PEESTICE pEetends TO be impartial, but
for allithat he says be Is unable TO look at
the negroes except on the dark side
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The Negro Suffrage Amendment anc
the Republican Party.

The Negro Suffrage Amendment and
the Republican Party.
The New York Times expresses a
disgust at the new condition of the
Reconstruction bill allowing Virgins,
Mississippi and Texas toreturn to tile
Union, on condition that their Legis-
latures ratify the 10Th amendment to
the Constitution, that is remarkable
in Republican paper. The Times
says: .4--E .FE
'It is the work of Mr.. Morton, one.
of the Senators from Indiana, and is
another illustration ofthe reckless and
INSCRIPTIONS temper with which ne
| pursueS his political ends. 1t Is very
| generally understood that In his own
! State, Indiana, as well as in Ohio,
I New YORK and perhaps some others
OF the larger and more powerful of the.
old States, the sentiment of the peO-
/ pie Is opposed to the amendment. In.
/ neither of them would it's friends ven
ture to submit 1t to the pOpularlVOte.
! The object of Mr.. Morton's amend
ment, therefore, was to dispense en-
/ tirely with the votes Of these States
| by coercing the Southern States which
] ttAN LC-duAllh5LOn the Union,
| to vote in its favor, and thus render
| the votes-of the others needless. BY
| this device the amendment NAV be
adopted. But IL will not command
! the respect Of the people. and will
contribute eyentuPlly TO weaken, and
! possibly Orerthrolc tie party 1rhich
makes Itself responsible for ~
\ - .-- r
\ EX-PresIdent johnson, D. In this
speech at Knoxville, Tenn, after re-
ferring to his official acts and defend
iag himself against the SANDERS haap p
eduponhIm by the Radicals, ,fnsdeuse
/ OF the following eloquent Language:
"And then let me beseech you as
4 one who has nothing to ask-as one
4 Vgllo has come among the people to
I heip 10, bear the bHrdens that he is not
/ capable eofremoving from theix should.
ers-to consider these things. Let me
tell you here to-day that would
rather be in your midst, privileged to
Vindicate the Constitution, than be
re-inauguratedoP President Of the Uni
i ted States. / would rather wear up
on.my garments the bur5, and furs,
aud dust of the field, as badges Of hon
est t. Ill, than. wear 3 Rilded itassel on
| my hat, support a strap upon my
lshouIder and Q sword eriplsOned in
my brothers. blood dangling in scab-
bard at my side"L = &JCalq q
y
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THE FIRST OF ALL The LAND,

Up TO the outraged seats of power
They come, the first of all the land,
They know that noW's their battle hour,
They sci their teeth, they're all on hand.
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Hollands German Ritters

a entirely vegetable, and contains no
l1lnor. Id II sAaen.nPSund a. Flul1 Ex-
rron vVlllck ,thcse exlracts ares mado
u re EotAereS In Gernany.
are eLLraefedHN from them By
- 1cie n a. G ~ chemist. Th e6o
eLtrncts are then Forwarded 20 this
country 10 be uasd expressly for the
manufacture Of these BttterB. There L.
No alcoholic su batAucs OF any kind used
In eomPOundlnE the E8itters, hence ig q
the only Bitters that can be used In
eases where alcoholic stiEaulants are
o =, ~ 81 A.H
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Chcf lusI!cs Of the sup-cne Court OF Pennsylvania
PHILApELPHiA, March I6, 1887.
IEnd f!orfgnGs Grl1aaR Biners'i u il0t tIst05-
ictne ttrslags bat good taie disSTdeTs
ef ths dig,sffus eTgss. 5d e gTSai b>e IA e0Sss Of
dshsif'y dsd N0si g GcttoE, "a lge system
Years 'rsslu,
GE0 W WOODWARD.