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The Last of Beau Hickman,

From tie, Washington .ca,ontcte, Sep. l.
Ere this issue meets our readers
Robert S, Hickman, lbetter known a,
I" Beau" viii, in all probability have
(to use his own familiar phrase) pass
ed in his checks" and be among the
things that were. To give Beau's
biography would be superfuous, even
could ths points thereof, be definitely
asoertained. There is not resident
of the District to whom. his face is
unfamiliar, while his red (gold) and
white (silver) chips Have lightened
the pockets Of nearly. every promi-
nent man in the country. His ances-
try is found in a Virginia family, the
members of which, it is stated, have
of late years cut him off altogether:
In early life he was what is termed,
."gay boy" andiE thu chances Of
the turf he invested. unsuccessfully,
an inheritance Of nearly, $40 900.
Down as he was in pocket, though,
his turf friends stood by him until
he became, with natural talent and
oily tongee;sa recognized ward of the
travelling public. He never drank,
but always" took a cigar" and to
his credit it must be, said that, al
though he lived from hand to mouth,
at times, in his patronage of barroom
cheese and cracker boxes, he never
ordered a meal or q condiment which
he did not promptly pay for. Many
are the anecdotes related Of his in
g,esInuity i n 'foolingEailroad conductors.
hotel.keepers ana sothers; and, in
fact, some of his doings in that re-
s}pe6t have become traditional Amerii-
can sl Jokes; but sc respaotful vas he
in mfen at all tines that no one will
utter other than compassionate SEN
timent over hisremains. He.has been
ailine forabout aWeekI land on Thurs
day last became coh6ned to his room
on Maryland ayaue, southwest, and
on Saturday afternoon, being discov-
eted,in a adying condition, was rernoy-
ed by Sanitary Officer Burns. to the
Providence Hospital, where his life's
tide was ebbing :ast when DIR report,
er left last night, he was paralyzed
on one side,the .fectionr completely
enyeloping the Fatiipp.;. tip; i vas remark
ed that not a ipGson had called to
see. him since:hiI entrance into the
hospital, He sad to a friend few
weeks since ie = 'sthR he s#ass fifty nine
ysarseof' age, an1,, that although he
was reported rid ia,spetty savinga,
he never knew fom day to day where
his meals were b come from.
- ~ 4 niinists LII Lexington, Ken
tuoky, lately saifinithe pulpit that he
had seen n q pa6k,f cards, aad 4 bactgah,-
] mon board In tb parlor OF a1nember Of
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For the Advertiser.

Mr.. EpIEoR;:-I propose in. :. this this
communication to. make good my
former statement; It would Be a
strange thing, indeed if I lad pub
lished theae;thinga, and not been sure
of my poisson, Mr. Relanger has
had the .,Hrontery to proaopnes my
statement as false in regard to his
nice language, The following GER
tifcate will prove my position, 4:
I hereby acegtifys;,that 1scalled in
the Auditors office, somewhere about
the first Of August, and en'leavored
to give in my assessment, and several
of my neighbors, when the following
wordr occurred. I first handed in
the assessment Of one neighbor, aRd
after looking at it he said, There
must be damn poor stock up your
way" then handed him another
assessment, and he asked me "if I
expected to make the returns. l
said did. He says, "You cant do
it, Every man must sign his own
assessment, and I have appointed a
man to go to every ones house in
your section; and if property is not
assessed high enough, I'll be Cd
damned if ] don't put IL high enough
after it comes back to me-. i will
swear to this statement before any
tribunal in the State.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-09-11
THE OLD COUPLE.

1t stands in sunny meadow,
The house 80 mossy and browns
With its cumbrous, old stone chmneys
And tina gray roof sloping down. ;.
The trees fold their green arms around it
Tho trees, century old;., ~
And the winds SO chanting through them,
And the sunbeams drop their gold.
The cowshps spring in the marshes,
And the roses bloom on the hill;
And beside the brook ON the pastures,
The herds go fesding at'wIl. =
The children have gone ndleft them,f =
They sit in the sun alonel
And the old wife's tears are falling,
AS she harks to the wen-known tone.
That won her hearttin, her girlhood, -
That has soothed her in many care,~
And praises her now for the brightness
Her old face Used to wear.
She thinks again of her bridal
How, dressed in her robe Of white,
She stood by her gay young lover,
In the mornings rosy light. a. . = Z.
Oh, the morning is rosy as ever,
But the rose from her cheek is fled;
And the sunshine still is golden,
But it falisJon silvered head.
And the girlhood dreams, once vanished,
Come back in her winter time,
Til her feeble pulses tremble
With the thrill offspring times prime.
And looking forth from the window,
She thinks how the trees have grown,
Since, clad in her bridal whiteness
She crossed the old door stone.
Though dimmed her eyes bright azure,
And diu;med her hairs young gold;
The love in her girlhood plighted,
Has never grown dim nor old.
They sat in peace in the sunshine,
TIL the day was almost done;
And then, of its CLOSE, an angel
Stole over the threshold stone.
He folded their hands together -
= Heltouched their eyelids with BALM;
And their last breath .foated upward,
Like the close OF a solemn psalm. +,
Like bridal pair they traversed,
Lie uho0ChS AAy StASot toooi
That leads to the beautiful city,
"Whcse builder and maker is God"
Perhaps in that miracle country
They will give hsr lost youth back;
And the flowers ofa vanished spring-time,
Will bloom in the spirit track. /
One draught from the living waters,
Shall call back his manhood's prime
And eternal years shall measure,
The love that outlived time.
But the shapes that they left behind them,
The wrinkles and silver hair,
Made holy to US by the kisses
The angel had printed there,
We will hide away meath the willows,
When the day is low in the west; =,
Where the spnbeams cannot find them,
Northe winds disturb sheir rest II.
And we'll suffer no tell.tale tombstone,
With il ,age and date TO rise -'-----.-----.
Ger the two who are old nQ,longep
FIN the Fathers House In he skies.rss
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ADMINISTRATION CANDIDATE FOR
MAYOR OF CHARLESTON.

The idea, as expressed by Sore
head scalawag, is TO turn the city
over entirely to carpet-baggers, and
not give single office there, wbe:Ler
Federal, State or municipal, to any
native. QU1 V1yE
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49, - S.-W. SAMPLE
August 80, 1878. ~


August 80, 1878, ~
You will see by this Mr.. Editor,
who it is has lied. He may be polite
to you because you may wear better
clothes than we poor country rustics,
and that; you know goes long way
with some people though it may be
from policy, or toinvite such a note
as yon:placea at the end of his COM
munication.
The man who gave the above Ger
tifcateis regarded by his friends and
neighbors as a man of truth and
honor, aud any one who is acquainted
with him, will believe what he has
certified.
In regard TO the assessment in the
Huiet Township. 7 am. ahle to prove
every thing 1 have stated. The
books may be different, I do not be-
lieve the Assessor himself will deny
but what I made correct statement.
If truth is what you wish to arrive
at, I am willing for it to be investi-
gated by a committee.
The first assessment of Mr.. D. B.
Peurifoy s property is as represent
ed. and be and his wife told me TO-
day that they would tell it to. any
one and stand by it. In regard to
the widow s--=-h's property, they
did attemptito put it at one thousand
dollars, and did assess it at six hun
dred; but I understand that since
the, appearance Of my article, and
before the assessment reached Edge
field, a gentleman had it changed
to four huudredi and the adjoining
property Of her neighbors is just as
7 represented. Mr.. Thomas Crouch,
who .sI' p'etslfEpad ff0ml Georgia las. J ear,
| bought his land for $4.56 per acre.
! This same land (the arabic and
woods was assessed at eight dollars
per acre.. He told them thas,it was
too much, and q every one will tell
him he was assessed twice too much
on all MS property. Statements at
variance between two men cannot be
settled by their, assertions. The only
way is for disintefested parties to be
the judges. Lam anxious. and more
, than willing that Belanger himself
shonld Gomez and Lwi1 prove to him
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-#he-asssorasesssg s14nsss,
represented him when writing upon
this subject before in stating that he
favored an indiseriminate scale of
fifty per cent. He claims to be an
advocate. and I believe one Of the
origlnators, Of the proportional plan.
HONEST JOHN
is here on flying visit. There was
a fiockins of the political vultures. at
his house yesterday, Rumor has it
that the gathering was for the pur,
poSe Of taking counsel upon this very
question of the State debt. am
told by sotae Of the cid Blue Ridge
party that
THE DEAR DEPARTED SCRIP
is to be'resurrected and placed along
with the rest of the doubtful debt in
the new sealing process. 1t is said,
too, chat al the a,atina dsbs, war
rants. 'efy'iscsfr&, ind all existing
claims against the State are 10 he pui.
in the pool, so that when the settling
is:fnishe't the Republican party IS.
to coluiaence with clean sheet 10
inaugurate all sorts of economy and
reform in the mahagemel.. Of the
States finances harsa,,iss. / an told
here, in semi-oilicial quarters that
General Quincy is undoubtedly to
he
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-09-11

The KENTUCKY KU KLUx-NoT "A
PARTY OEGANIzATIoN.-The Louis
vile Coawiea-Jom7.at, in its efforts to
rid Kentucky of the presence of the
marauding bands Of Kn Klux which
disgrace several remote and rugged
Counties in that. state, says those
desperadoes are notinfuenced by po,
Litical or party considerations, but
that they are practical Communist,
and agrarians, confederated together
for thepurpose Of dispossessihg prop
erty owners. I" Generally speaking
says the Journal, the klan is com
posed of the most poyerty,stricken,
hea- bitten set OF saas cmloaeS to be
found in the country. Too lazy to
work, too stout Tor appeals to charity,
too poor for a regular income other
than their labor produces, they think
by making labor. scarce and sales, OF
real and personal estate frequent,
they can finally come into good
property without adequate compen
sation. The terrorism they have ex
cited hath this extent, no more; save
where, here and there, some one is
whipped or murdered through; mo
tiyesr of vengeance. Mu1rells gang
Rsse-ahsQlu gsatispe ashE thsssiass
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\ = n
FrancissiP..l Blair, Gen. Jackson;s
old editorof the Globe, and one oil
the shrewdest politicians now living,
being ,intetsiieWe& by p New York
Herald reporter, says. ! have no
doubt. Grant would like to be PEesi-
dent allhis, lifes s-.He has nothing
else to do. But things have cemeto
a'pretty pass, if''a man lis to be- per
petuated in Office merely to give ! him
employment. | suppose, toe, his par
ty, would be glad to keep him. in;the
White House 1 read the other day
the platform adopted. as the Colnm-
bus Go lvention, Ohio, ,on the nornina-
tion of the State ticket. L have not
seen this many a, year SO much TO-
crafty me SIS the. tenor Of the reso-
lutions adopted on. that. occasion.
They brought back, pleasant ttrecollec-
tionss and Iaaid to myself, if these
principles are adopted by the De-
mocracy all over thecountryY three
years hence will find the Democratic
party perfectly restored and able to
give battle to the ruling army of Re
publican politicians. The good old
days of Jefferson's administration
were revived in my memory, and it !.
seemed to me the long hidden roots
in his time were sprouting
forth. And that leads me TO another
matter. The. Republican party, now
twelve years'in power, has become
Its basis is not principle. 4
Wealth, corporations, monopolies,
institutions-yes, the nation !
Il banking system, speculation and
greed for money as. well as Office are
al that are left Of that-party. 1t has
grown up like hot-house plant, rich
y manured: but possessing no inher-
snt vitality. tits a'sort of fungus on
he body politic OF our. country. You
know what The fate Of such a growth
Is this must BE-"
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ftONuNSo ny buC
unfavorable and unexpected decision
in the bond case, which was. never SO
great as the grave interests involved
would appear to demand, has almost
entirely subsidized. Our people are
not to be aroused from the
LETHARG1C INDIFFERENCE
to public affairs which has settled
upon them, even by the danger of
largely increased taxation. Besides,
there is a very general impression
that the tax will not be levied any
way; chat the Republican party can
not afford to enforce it, and that
something will be done by the Legis-
lature to prevent it before the time
for collection arrives. have talked
with great many Republicans upon
the subject, and with some of the
State officials, and they are unani-
mously of thu. opinion that =
NO TAX WILL BE LEVIED
to pay interest until the debt shall
have been arranged upon some basis
consistent with the pledges of the
party made last year in relation
thereto. 1t is regarded now as a
fixed fact that the General Assembly
is to be convened in extra session on
the 2lst Of October. This I learn
from members of the administration
The chief
OBJECT OF THE EXTRA SESSION
is to make an arrangement of the
debt, and determine the expenditures
for the next fiscal year before the
18th day of November, on or before
which day the notice of the rate per
centum to be levied has to be given
by the comptroller-general to the va
rious county auditors. An effort, I
learn, is certainly to be made to
SCALE THE DEBT,
and the scheme will be strongly urged
by the Governor in his message. The
plan; recommended, it is said will be
the one mentioned in one of my pre-
vlous letters as being most strongly
favored by Patterson. This is, that
the whole debt, $l6,O0O,0O0 or with,
accrued interest say $lS,O0O,O0O,
must be scaled proportionately to the
present value of the different classes
Of bonds. 10 explain, will assume
for instance that there is now out
standing $6,00O.O0o of the unques-
tionably valid debt quoted in New
York at 5a4 scaling this at double
the present value which would be Is |
cents, we would have new debt of
100000 in place Of the old $6,OOO,-
ODO. Taking the balance Of the debt, !
about .Sl2,000,000 at an average of
III as its present value, and doub-
ling it so as to make 35, We would
have new debt of 42QQQe.QoQ; thus
I6Iar. Nrw nrpr an .Do,.n
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! Scaling the State Debt t..
Correspondent Charleston NcaOs d; Courier
ror

CoLUMBIA, September i.
The excitement produced by the
unfavorable and unexpected decision
in the bond case, which was. never SO
great as the grave interests involved
would appear to demand, has almost
entirely subsidized. Our people are
MT m ho orot,ood from +bo
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Is - i'sl - I'll ~ S . s~-..s
e. - ~ aa.4
80 s..s.a "a 7- ~!
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aadyiCe to Girls,

~ = ~ -ilIa NfT-' % = 3l:Ir q
yAawiter in the Ashtabulh 10g
Sentinel addresses the following ..i;; ads;
vice togirls who,may be engagedre
AR, =. =, =. >. ~. =, q. .,s,, -.,i.s s.,s,..
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-03-04
Death Of a Distinguished Editor.

DR. ] 'shua Leavitt, managing edit
or of the N Y Independent, died al
his home in Nav York City on the
l7lh u!t, Of paralysis.
DE- Ieavitt was born Septem Der
8 h 1894 in Hath, hill town of
Western Massach usetis. His father.
Col. Roger Leavitt, was q man of
wealth and local magistrate. Hi
grandfa her was Rev JDnat han Loa-
witt, of Charlemnnt, and his mater
nal grandfather, Col. Hugh Maxwell
of the revolutionary army, AID who
came TO this country from tho north
f Irelaud. DR. Leavitt was a lead
er and an originator in numerons and
divers lines of reform. In 1881 he
became editor aud proprietor of he
E0dngellSt This be sold in 1897 and
became editor Of the n Y Emanci.
pa'or, which he moved TO B stun. il
184l. In 1913 he became managing
editor Of The Independent, and re-
maiAed on the staff Of the paper IN.
I'll his sudden death, on Thursday,
last IL was the first lecturer senL
out by the American Temperance
Society; ana his was the frat lecture
on Temperance ever delivered in New
Haven, and many other towns in be
neighborhood. He gave the / est
portion Of his life to the caHee an
ti-slavery. As early as 1926 be
wrote for the Christian Spectator
agaitst slavery. In 1893 he helped
organize the n Y Auti--lavery So
eiety, and was member of it's exec
utive committee. a. also Of the ma
tIonsl society into which this war
merged. he was one Of those who
were compelled To a 20 TO the city
when Lewis Tappan'z and DR. C~x'r
houses were mobbed. John G CAL
houn said that his Emancipator was
more injurious to 5 ,uLhsrn interests
han anything elsc in the country.
He live / 10 see the lgbors of bis life
crowned with success and his last
years were his happlest.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-03-04
aIs. --VOL. "a, NO. 40.
Occupations for Women.

The Woman's Club in Boston un-
iertook 10 count the women in that
Aty who were living or starving by
needle work. We believe they
fund about eighteen thousand.
ln the work, Our Girls" publish.
d some time ago, were brought for
ward more than hundred occupa.
ions to which women are perfectly
'daptsd, bat to which they have not
neen as yet introduced. We take
the liberty to qnote word from
hat work about watch-cleaning:
Let us speak 6rst of watoh.clean-
ng. Wnst are the qualifications Of
good watch-cleaner2 Nimble. sen.
.itfve fingers, neatness and carefuIl-
meas.
Now put your finger there and
lot me show you a watch cleaner
H. works 10 a window only two
quares from my residence. He
weighs about two hundred and
wenIy pounds, and has a fist big
enough 10 knock down an OK. The
whole thing looked so comics 10
me, thought one day / would 90
in and plague him little. 81, after
n little chat about watches in gener-
al, | said:
By me way, it has occurred to
me that tconlen might work at watch
cleaning
I" Women I said he: why they
couldn't clean wathes. They hsvn't
the skill. they havn't the mechanical
genius for IL. sir / don't go in for
none Of your women rights" sir
think women should attend to their
own business
"And, pray, what do you regard
as their business ?"
"Why, staving at home in their
own sphere, and attending to the
domestic cOncerns-tsking care OF
their children and keeping their hus-
bands clothes mended.'
II saw at once that the case was
altogether too deem for me, and 80 |
simply remarked Yes, to be sure, of
course and is it not strange that
they should not be willing TO stay at
home and rock the baby especially
the seventy thousand in The state of
Massa .husetts, who eau never expect
TO have husbands 2"
Cleaning watches is a business
that should at once pass into tn,
hands Of women. The opinion that
they have not the requisite mechani.
cal capacity to take a watch to pie.
ces and to put it together again, 10
the opinion Of a goose. They can
do the work quicker and better than
men. 1t is an employ ment that nat.
urally belongs to them.
I'm the Matchmaking establish
ment at WAltham several hundred
bright, intelIigen: young womea fud
employment and.good pay.
There is factory 10 England
where i've hundred women are em.
ployed in making interior chains for
ohronometers They are preferred
to men on account Of their being
naturally more dexterous with their
fingers, and therefore being found to
require less training"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-03-04
LANCASTER, WISCONSIN, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1878.

totally different from that abou
which we have written here
This, which in its highest and m o.
perfect manifestations, develops int
insanity and commits it's suhjec',
wrecked in his inner nature, to th'
safety Of an asylum, il no part OF
Christianity at all Christia uity j.
to be held responsible for 10 result
of this sort Christ's religion il t.
produce perfect sanity-Derfec
Wilderness royal will guiding tn
entire nature at peace and rest, unde'
q conscience declaring The unerrinR
law of God in all its utterances.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-03-04
CHEERS FOB KING GRASS.
NJ akoRarN. nuyaAs

~ NhVn9A '" eeNNAss
A low born piebian vas he,
Though not the child OF charity;
Downtrodd@n on the patient ground,
Creeping In silence up the mound,
Wandering In Wales where waters run.
Lifting his green arms Ia tire san,
0r folding 10 his heart q stone.
He reached At last his emerald throne
He wandered over hill aud plain.
blessed with the light btptizsf With rain;
The sweet wild nower was 81 his sid,
constant smiling red Tipped bride
And whom he spread his mantle green,
III little beauty, horn qa.en.
Came there and cast her chapist doan,
That Grass nigh wear tbs royal cowni
Along the common path h, trod.
Leaving his footprints on the sod;
Filiag the toi!er's bin With brad
And heaping on the table spread,
The luxury which plenty vie de
FROM -ieh abund 'ncs In her n.lds;
And now. his highest honors won.
Grass sways his sceptre in the sun.
Crown our green king with wreaths q wheat,
Braided With blossoms rich and sweet
He sits snthroned on tempted hills,
His praise is sung by shoutiag riils,
And vale aud mountain echoes ring
The joyful news that 0rass IL king;
The bdght-eyed morn low stopping down,
Puts on his head a golden crown
Gold was oar king 10 days OF yors,
Now yellow gold Is king no more;
Losg live King Grass, our noble King
Loud let his praise Ia raptur.. ring
Long may his fragrant banners wave
Long may he rule the just aad bravei
And long may all the people ding.
Long live king Grass, our noble kiugi"
Cold water Is the vine he drinks,
dis Ministries are the boboIink~;
He never reorns the rich nor p,or,
He mods and smiles az every door.
II battle plows the ground with shot,
He drrps his mantle on the spot,
And hides the sad and silent scars
Under rosettes Of blossom stars.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-03-04

sA- Records kept at Muscatine,
Iowa, show that during the past thir.
ty-eight years the average length OF
lime for which the Mississippi at
that point has been closed by ice is
-ixty-seven days. II has already
been closed since the fiflh of Deem.
Der this year, making seveBty.eigbl
days, so that if the Father Of Waters
ha- any regard for the law of gener-
al averages It III be compelled to de
prive the people of the use of free
bridges very soon. In ell the peri.
DDS for which records have been
kept. there were but three winters
during which il has been closed over
eighty-6Ve days -Nitwaukee Senti-
mel,