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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-11-18
The Reviewing

stand, the members saluting the Mayor, and the
visiting company then drew up In line with their
band on their right flank, while the remainder OF
the procession passed in review. The Washington
Company then formed in rear Of the procession,
aud the route was continued down Broad street
to East Bay and through Queen and State streets
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-11-18

Buist, president OF the S:oneWal company ana
chairman OF the Board OF Firemasters, by Chief
Engineer II. Il. Nathans, who said:
Remarks OF Chief Nathans.
M. President Buist-To me has been assigned
the agreeab Q duty ofintroducing the officers and
members OF that distinguished company now be.
fore YOU. They are representatives or city and
Stare which have national reputation for the
hipn tone End generous character or their hre-
men, and in presenting them to you can but
concratulaie those present to receive them upon
the favorable opportunity It is permitted ihem TO
enjoy. .~.- ~--..
The introduction was followed by round Of
cheers responded to with will by the Delaware
Company on the motion Of their chief marshal.
When the applause had subsidized, Major Buist
came forward and said:
Remarks OF President Buist.
Mr.. President ana Gentlen,ea OF the Washing
ton Fire Company, Of Wilmington, Deld,oare-1
proler to you the friendly greetings OF my orotner
aremen OF Charleston. In their name tender
you a sincere and cordial welcome to the hospi.
talites OF our city.
We are indeed proud to enjoy the favor Of your
presence, and thank you for honoring us with
visit.
THIS time honored organization is rot unmind
ful OF the many ties which bind US as fremen to-
geiher.
zens OF an illustrlous Commonwealth Of our great
and common country, the tendency OF whose
wise and conservative craftsmanship has been 30
10 influence the government as that |. should be
conducted wisely. bsnencently, and for the benent
and protecti IN OF all And, Sir. when we reflect
that it.Was through the honauity and hberaity
The noble people OF your State that many OF our
Sonored and patriotic sons, In times Of great
trial we're the cpenss a1 Of relst now can we in
oratuIsse ourselves that the present opportunity
Is our'. A., ,,,,,o,,o+,roo q, . o,,
oyeY which the genius OF enterprise mas been
Eorsr,nr You are the pioneers TO this depart
nent of that portion Of our Northern brethren
WSn have for the first time in our history permit
led as TO extend the right hand OF ienowship d IL
tnirtr and In truth, as nremen are wont 10 90.
And when assert that that enterprise anc
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-11-18

| that disposition 20 fraternize emana'es from
people who, like us, know that the sweat uIops
on the brow OF homes; toll are more precious than
the Jewels OF an imperial crown, well can we ap
preciare the principles we arc alike dedicated 10
inculcate. ,...
lat which Major b. graspei both hands 0! tne
lie. rasentatlve Of the Wilmington ians, VINO s'oSu
before iim., Into the hands OF those nave tne
honor to represent dol confidently Somm,t youi for
And now, brother figemen o. charleston, ioI VI
your guests and for tie sac from @nence .ne!
come, let the words cf your mouth give express
ion to the pulsations OF your hearts.
The remarks Of Major Buist were received Win
hearty applause.
Response of MIR. j. Frank Hazeii'
Mr.. Hazel said that never in the whole course
of his life had he iet the insuc:ency OF language
70 nortray the demands Of feeling as on the pres
emf occasion. His embarrassment was not les
sened when he remembered that he stood upon
the soil OF a State which had produced such ora
tors az Hayne, McDulhe, Preston and Calhoun,
and that, as had been shown, the ART OF clothing
thoughts that live with words that burn had not
been lost TO her children. He felt, however, that
there was every reason why the States OF South
Carolina and Delaware sh ,ud be drawn together
In mutual sympathy and trust. In the FsVolu-
tionary War they had stood shoulder to shoulder,
their sons had faced the common 1je togetner,
and two OF the most honored names in their hsto.
ry, Pickens and Rogers, had fallen upon the same
field, their LIFE blood mingling In common
stream. In accepting the invitation OF the
Charleston dremen he begged them TO notice that
the delay in their arrival, which had caused 30
much annoy vance, was owing to circumstances
wholly beyond their control. They had met with
an ovation which was beyoni what they had ex-
pected or deserved and he thanked them cordial
ly for that evidence OF that courteous hospitality
for which their State had alway borne an honored
name. In conclusion he invoked the blessing OF
Heaven upon both the States, and closed with
poetcal and eloquent peroration upon the virtues
and the pride OF gallant South Carolina and little
Delaware.
Another round Of cheers was given at the
conclusion OF Mr.. Hazell's remarks, AMI the Vari
ous companies marched or the ground in the
order OF rank to form the procession on Chapel
street. The visiting company was preceded by
McClurg's band Of PhiIsdelphia, which attracted
the greatest attention and admiration. The uni.
form Of the band is particularly brilliant. and Is
apparently copied from that Of the famous Guides
band Of Berlin. It consists Of white dress coat
OF lady's cloth, turned up with scarlet, with gold
buttons and:embroidery, gold bullion epaulettes,
very deeply fringed, blue and gold body and cross
belts, Prussian blue cloth pantaloons with white
stripe edged with scarlet, regulation chapeau
with scarlet pompon, and brsised fatigue cap
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-04-21
An Independent Press.

Theodore Tilton in the Golden
| 19e, in the course Of criticism up
on the non-committal attitude of the
editors of the Western Christian
1dcocate toward an important
question being discussed in the
Methodist denomination, makes the
following effective plea for indie
| pendent, honest, courageous journ-
alism:
"The best possible use to which
the editorial page Of every journal
in America could be put would be
the frank, honest, sincere utterance
of its editors own individual con
victions, unbiased by any supposed
proper, intellectual or moral sub
servicncy to any party or sect in
state or church. The press would
thus prove, day by day, and week
by week, far richer cpitome of the
thought of the time than under any
such restrictive plan as the Western
Adrocote pursucs. Owing to the
too great prevalence of this plan,
half the political and half the re-
ligious journals of the country have
no opinions of their own. They are
party organs; they live on party
support, they advocate party meas
ures, and they must follow party
lead. OF course in saying this we
are far from intimating that such
editors are sycophants or slaves;
there is no small independence even
in strict party service, whether III
political or ecclesiastical organiza-
tons; but every experienced jour
nalist knows that there is manifest
incubus resting both on religious
and political journalism in this
country, representing its free spirit,
enervating its courage, weakening
it's sincerity land willing its strength.
The public journal is the greatest
invention of modern times; and its
chief glory is not as chronicle of
outward affairs but as transcript
of inward thoughts, but as soon as
newspaper compels its editor to
suppress his own convictions, and
! to utter something else in place of
these, at that moment the degrade
ton of the press has begun"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-04-21

The Golden 4ge has the follow
ing pleasant words in commcnda.
ton of the system of discipline ad'
opted in the Iowa State Agricultu-
raj College:
The State of Iowa is great not on.
ly in territory and in wealth, but in
magnanimity. We are never sur
prised by any report gifts good deeds
or brave thoughts. Within that
valiant State is now growing mp, an
educational institution which is sol,
wing one of the most vcxations Of ed
vocational problems-th that of dis
cipline in the colleges and profess
sional schools of America. The
Iowa Agricultural College, under
the charge of the Hon. A. S. Wclch,
an educator of long experience and
of great sagacity, has had the cour-
age to say to it's students. "The
good order Of this little community
IS chiefly your affair. "Take it into
your own hands. Organize and
then govern your "selyes" The
organization growing out of this
permission has taken form as fol,
lows: The occupants of the college.
building are divided into seven
sections, two of ladies, and five of
gentlemen; the sections correspond
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-04-21
Methodist State Convention.

The Methodist Committees, that
lately met here, have issued the
following call for State Conven-
ton, to be held in this city, com
mencing July 18th and continuing
three days:
1t has been decided by the Gen
cral Committee, appointed for that
purpose by three Conferences OF
this State, to hold Methodist
State Convention. The committee
met in Iowa City, March, Dist, 1871,
which city they selected as the
place, and Tuesday, July 18th, as
the time for holding the Convcn-
ton which is to continue i'll session
for three days.
The following topics were select
ed to be discussed, and speakers
assigned to lead in them:
lst. The Historical and Stats
teal record of Methodism in Iowa.
Rev. DR.. Keller, Rev. +. II. War
ring and Rev. DR.. Goliday. Time
two hours.
I'd. Our Educational Interests,
their Present Condition and Future
Demands. DR.. Burns, DR.. Wheel
er and DR.. King. Time, three
hours. wv
Sd. The Demand Of the West
for q more extended and constant
Episcopal supervision. Rev. H. W.
Reid and F, w. Evans. Time, two
hours. ..
4th. The Methodist Pulpit OF
Iowa: it's Present and Future; It's
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-04-21

WE notice some of our State pa
pers are wondering why Horace can
go to Taxas to lecture agriculturally,
when he could not come to Iowa to
lecture editorally. We have no
wonder over that. The cream on
the milk Of that cocoa-nut is easily
skinned. The President of the
Texas Agricultural Society inciosed
with his invitation to Horace a
check for $500, which carried an
eloquence with it that Hold could
not resist. The President of the
Iowa Press Association didn't hap
pen to put $500 postscript in his
invitation, but tried to make up for
it by telling the good old soul how
glad every editor in Iowa would be
to see him. The philosopher had
lived long enough in this world to
know that the numerals in draft
are more eloquent in their ontroaty
than the nouns in an eulogy, and so
he let the culogy go to thunder and
concluded to 60 himself to Texas.
The President of the Iowa Pross
| Association ought to have known
better than to have attempted to
make fino words run a muck against
u $500 draft. Register.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-04-21

The correspondent ofthe Chicago
Tribune says that on Tuesday Gen
cral Butler experienced a severe
disappointment. 1t has been known
that he was intending to fire part
ing shot a Garrett Davis in the
shape of apersonal explanation. On
that morning copies of his intended
remarks were sent to the various
evening papers in the country, in
order that they might be published
as soon as delivered; but when he
rose to explain, Mr.. Beck, of Ken
lucky, objected, and said that he
would continue to object till the
Massachusetts member made suit
able apology to Kentucky. So the
explanation will not be make.
No other man than Butler could
live half an hour with that speech
"bottlcd up" in him.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-04-21

WHATEVER hold Senator lIarlan's
late speech may give him upon
Presidential favor,it does not seem to
have rendered him omnipotent in the
Senate. That body has recently con-
firmed appointments of postmasters
at Nc Gregor and Burlington against
his decided and persistent protest.
The appointments were made at the
request of Mr.. Donnan in the first
instance and that Of Mr.. McCrary
of the lst Dist. in the last, but Mr..
Harlan, doubtless in accordance
with designs of his own, saw fit tie
interfere for the purpose of defeat
ing the confirmation of the APP
pointecs, and with the result above
indicated.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-04-21

THE extensive publishing estab-
lishment of Weed, Parsons & Co..
Albany, N. Y, was destroyed by
fire, on the morning of April 18th,
involving loss of half million
dollars and the throwing out of en-
ployment of over 800 persons. 1t
was at FIRST feared that Hon. E. H.
Stiles, Reporter ofthe Iowa Supreme
Court, was a heavy loser in the fire,
by the destruction of the stereotype
plates of the 2sth and Goth Iowa re.
ports. The plates from the 22nd to
the Goth volumes inclusive were in
the building. All but the 2sth and
29th were stored in fre-proo1
vault. Mr.. Stiles had just complet.
cd the preparative of these latter
two volumes, and the plates were
in the hands of the printers when
the building was burned. The Of
tumwa Courier says that Mr.. Stiles
has received a dispatch from Weed,
Parsons & Co. to the effect that the
plates of volume % were saved, but
that those of the Goth volume and
all the books printed from both vol
umes were destroyed. This will
make it necessary for Mr.. Stiles to
again prepare the matter for the
latter volume, which he has already
commenced to do.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-04-21

Efficiency and Support. Rev. J. G.
Dimmitt and Gen. J. B. Weaver.
Time, two hours.
5th. How can our local wants
as to Methodist Periodical Litera-
ture be best supplied. Rev. J.
Power, D. D., and Rev. Emory
Miller. Time, two hours.
9th. The Responsibility of the
Christian Citizen to the Common
wealth of Iowa, especially on the
temperance question. Hon. G. c..
Wright and Hon. Hiram Price.
Time, two hours.
It'll. Iowa Methodism; its spir-
ituality, and how best promoted.
Rev. A. B. Kendig. Time, one hour.
9Th. Labor and Capital; their
relation to Christianity. Hon.
James Harlan and Hon. c. F. Clark.
son. Time, two hours.
Thursday afternoon will be devo-
ted to miscellaneous business; and
on the evening of the same day
will be held grand reunion.
The convention is to be compos-
ed Of one pastor and two lay dele
gates from each pastoral charge
in Iowa.
Arrangements are being made
to endeavcr to secure reduced rates
on all the railways and steamboats,
leading to Iowa City.
Parties intending to attend the
convention are requested to notify
Rev. J. w. Clinton, the pastor
at Iowa City, at least two weeks
before the assembling of the con
vention, in order that places of res
idence in the city during their stay
may be assigned.
Papers throughoutt the State arc
requested to copy the above. ~
Zoaca city Republican.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-04-21
f. p. GREELEY, President, and

T.. z. GREELEY, President, and
Andy Felt, Secretary of the Mil
waukee & Nashua Railway, are III
Dubuque working up an interest IN
the project in that city. The line
of the proposed road is from Chick
asaw station on the Iowa d Dakota
Division of the Milwaukee d St.Paul
r. r. south westerly taro' Nashua,
Butler Centre, Acklcy, Ames, Polk
City, Des Moines, to St. Joseph, Mo-
Surveys have been made of the
greater part of the line and portions
Of it have been graded by other
companies and will be turned over
to this organization. 1t is a Dig
thing and will probably be pro
PEELED by steam.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-04-21
inc with the halls in which thew

ing with the halls in which they
room. At the opening of the term
each section meets, ratifies the rules
of order, and chooses a judicial
officer. The seven officers so chosen
constitute a council or court. A
captain and lieutenant are next
chosen, who have charge Of the
section, and report any violation of
law to the council. The council at
regular meeting tries the offender,
and if he is found guilty, records
the offender by means of certain
marks. When these marks reach
five in number against any student,
he is privately warned by the Presi-
dent; when they reach ten, he is
again warned, and his friends also
are informed of the fact; when they
reach fifteen he is required to leave
the college. This admirable system
of educational democracy has now
been tried two years, and is work
ing with absolute success.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-04-21

Speaking Of the active outdoor
habits of the English, as contrasted
with the languid, pent-up life Of the
higher classes in America, Wash
ington correspondent remarks:
Taking a walk in the country with
a friend yesterday, we met the Earl
de Gray, Sir Stafford Northcote, and
Professor Bernard, about four miles
from the city limits, walking
towards the city at a gait which
could be maintained by very few
Americans for an hour. They all
three wore thick heavy shoes, and
carried massive sticks. When we
met them they were not less than
five miles from their residence, so
that including the five miles from
their domicils to the place where
we met them, their fore-dinner
tramp could not have been less than
ten miles. When it is recollected
that the Youngest of the party,
Northcote, is on the shady side OF
sixty, it will be seen how well con
stituted such men are, to bear up
against labors and pleasures that
ould kill other men. The late Sir
Frederick Bruce. when British min
lister here, walked not less than a
dozen miles every day before his
dinner, and his successor, Mr..
Thornton, can be seen every after
noon, accompanied by his two girls,
walking briskly to or from the coun-
try. The girls are aged abouttwelve
and fourteen, and meeting them the
other day | was curious to know
their walking costumes. Plain felt
hats, somewhat similar to those
worn by boys, decorated with small
bunch ofpheasant feathers, consti-
tuted their head dress. Closely fit
ting gray cloaks with capcs, over
wooden plaid dresses, served to keep
them comfortable, whilst heavy
gray stockings and thick-soled gal
tiers guarded the limbs from the
damp and frosty air. AS | looked
at these healthy, plain dressed girls,
and contrastcd their rosy cheeks
and elastic steps with the dyspeptic
and overdressed young ladies who
fitted by them, l could not avoid
wishing that our girls would imi
tate the example set them by their
English sisters.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-04-21

STATE SUPERINTENDENT The
Cedar Falls Gazette, of two weeks
ago, contained an article giving
some very cogent reasons why Prof.
Jerome Allan should be nominated,
at the coming Republican State
Convention, to the Office of Supcrin-
tendent of Public Instruction in
place of Mr.. Kissell, the present in
cumbent. We have not the pleas
ure of the acquaintance of Prof. Al
len, but we hear such good accounts
of his excellent qualifications, his
zeal and enthusiasm in educational
affairs, and his ripe experience,
from parties whose opinions are en-
titled to weight, that we are inclin-
ed to look with a degree Of favor
upon the suggestion of his name.
Prof. Piper, also, is warmly sup
ported for the position by many
friends, in all parts Of the State, and
has qualifications which would ad-
mirably fit him for the elformance
of it's duties. There are certain
matters connected with the educa-
lional interests of our State-normal
schools, for instancc-which re-
quire the utmost vigilance, energy,
and untiring persistence on the part
of the chief educational officer of
the State to bring them to success
full issue. These qualifications are
possessed in an eminent degree by
both the gentlemen named, and #
either of them shall secure the noms
ination, these important interests
will not fail or languish on account
Of inefficient backing.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-04-21
Would Like to, but CAM.

We were asked last week by one
person to let him have this paper a
year for $l.3O, and by another to let
it go at $3.50. Gentlemen, we can't
do it. Actually, were it not for our
advertising patronage, we, as well
as every country publisher in Iowa,
would be compelled to charge each
subscriber $500 year in order to
realize the actual cost ofpaper, type
setting, and mailing, saying nothing
of rent, fuel, insurance, interest on
investment, and wear of type. This
is no clap trap statement, but sober
truth. We would chcerfully fur
nish our paper at $3.50, or even 81,
if we could afford. We have had
it urged upon us sometimes that
some New York, Cincinnati, or
Chicago paper has more reading
matter and sold cheaper. True
enough. But, "stop a lcctle." Most
of these cheap weeklies are pub
lished in connection with dalies
that are of themselves self-sustain-
ing. These wccklics cost nothing
for type setting and editorial labor.
1t is simply white paper, press-work
and mailing, the aggregate of
which for fifty two copies is not far
from seventy-five cents, and thus it
will be seen that the publishers of
city weeklies realize from fifty to
one hundred per cent profit, which
is certainly comfortable for the pub
fishers. We have no fault to find.
We advise all our subscribers to
take city weekly too, and thus
hcvc all the news both ut home and
abroad.
Singularly enough the rule holds
good i'll other vocations Your
home shoemaker charges you much
more for the boots you have made
than the eastern-made goods he
keeps and is willing to sell you.
Your home tailor asks and gets
more for the suit of clothes he makes
you than the ready-made clothing
you can so across the street and
buy.
Take your minister, for example.
Your church has hundred mem
bers. 1t costs you $40 for his SER
vices. DO you expect to secure a
Sturgeon, a Beecher, a Chaplin, a
Sanford, for your $1,000? No in
deed. But yon go to your modest
church, and worship rs fervently
and accept your thousand dollar
preachers cxpositions MS sincerely
as though You were purse-proud
city merchant, and your minister
enjoying $4,000 income and a
free trip to Europe.
Is it necessary to argue further
that we must have 81 Il year for our
paper, and that in advance?-Del.
Co. Union.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-04-21

brutaAly w h1ppoO, anu NOAOEoO
Man Dragged from His House and
Murdered.
From the Columbia IS CO. Onion, April II.
On Friday morning, the 18th in
slant, twenty masked men, boldly
representing themselves as Ku-Klux
entered the town of Belair, situated
in the northern part Of Lancaster
county, in this State, and immedia-
tely proceeded to the house Of Mr..
Lawson H. Long, merchant, which
they broke into, and then, dragged
him therefrom some distance, beat
ing him in a most unmerciful man.
ner. He received in all about one
hundred and seventy severe blows,
and was then ordered to leave the
State within fifteen days or else to
suffer death.
After finishing their outrageous
work with Long, they sought
another victim, where greater deeds
of violence should satisfy their de-
sire for blood. Proceeding to the
house of Isaac Cowles, quiet, in
offensive colored citizen, timer by
trade, living about a half mile from
Lyons, they burst in his door,
dragged him from his house before
he could defend himself, and, when
they reached the yard, riddled him
with bullets, one passing through
his head, sufficient alone to kill him.
When the body was found, the
fiends had so mangled and dis
figured it as to render recognition
difficult. Cowlcs had the reputation
of being hard-working mechanic,
objected to only, as was the case
| with Long, because his political
principles, which were Republican.
This band oflawless and disguised
men made threats also against others
on the same grounds. 1t is stated
the good citizens Of Lancaster are
much exercised over this occurrence
but from the fact that no attempts
to discover and arrest the parties
have been reported, it is presumed
to be about the same feeling that
has characterized other commune
ties where similar acts have been
| committed.