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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-07-31
Leicester square. London.

Leicester Square, London, so long a
disgrace to the city, has mt last been
made to wear a respectable appearance.
The Daily Telegraph says of It:
"The square was in view yesterday.
and certainly the transformation is
most complete The garden is divided
into four by gravel paths crossing at
right angles, and where they intersect
each other is placed handsome statue
of Shakespeare, raised on a marble pc
destal, the angles ut the base Of which
are filed by dolphins of classical de-
sign, the foot being surrounded bv
flowers. The figure rests with its right
hand on pile of books, and bending
slightly points with its left 10 n scroll
inscribed in golden letters with the
quotation
There Is no darkness but ignorance.
1t is the work of Signor Fontana, and
only by the greatest assiduity has it
been got into its place in time. The
centre of the enclosure is filled with
turf and beds Of flowers, while the four
corners are occupied by life size busts
Of four worthless who formerly lived in
or near it, standing ON pedestals Of Alb
erdeen granite, with the name incribed
IN gold letters. They are as follows -
Sir Joshua Reynolds, by Mr.. II.
Weekes; Hunter, by Mr.. Il. Woolner.
RA.; Hogarth, by Mr.. J. Durham. A.
II. A.; and Sir Isaac Newton, by Mr..
W. Calder Marshall. r.. A. Each of
these busts is backed by raised beds of
evergreens, while the whole garden is
surrounded by handsome railing in
wrought and cast iron, painted choco-
late Tint, much relieved by gliding, and
resting on Sicilian marble, which was
chosen because il is the only material
which will stand the English climate
out Of doors and unprotected. The
footpath round the square has been
paved with the compressed asphalt Of
the Val de Travers Asphalt Company.
The total cost of the work is estimated
at about or, $50, including the land. 3"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-07-31

lsaacson has been arrested, charged with
burning the building in which it started.
Much bitter feeling has engendered between
the Yale and Harvard crews fron the races at
Saratoga. Cook, captain OF the Yale crew
claims foul play, and has challenged the win
hing crew 10 another race
THIS seasons drive Of cattle from Texas
numbers 1855, 900 head
TEXAN Rangers had fight with Indians near
Sherman. The Rangers we're compelled TO re-
turn with the loss Of one man. On being re-
inforced with U. s. troops, the Indians were
dispersed
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-07-31
General.

FHt official decision of The .iudgos in the
intercollegiate race at Saratoga. was: Colnn,.
Ina. first Wesleyan, second Harvard. third
Williams, fourth Cornell dfth Dartmouth
siSth' Princeton and Trinity. doubtful Yale.
ninth. The claim Of foul made Us the Yale
against the Harvard CROW was di~allowed also
the elaine o. foul Nv tho Haryards AGAINST the
lales, aud by the wcslcyms a,,ainst the
Columhias.
sax Francisco has donated 500 600 to The
Louisiana sufferers. The last nstalmont Of
a., ono has been forwarded
TuE temperance crusade AZ Portland, ore.
gon, IA over
INV YoEK physicians have decided that
hydropholia is a disease communicated onl,
by inocuaiion with a specific virus and not
capable Of transmission from noA-rabid aui.
mails.
TnE yacht Foam, recently lost with party
Of eight exourdonists has been found. No
bodies we're aboard
THE big FIRE IN Chicago Is supposed TO have
been the work Of an incondiary, and Nathan
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-07-31
THE NEWS.
ReecI1er--TIlton,

Theodore Iilton has at last made public the
long expected statement, charging Henry
Ward Beecher with improper relations with
the formers wife. The document sets forth
that crim,Gsl intercourse has existed between
the parson and parishioner for years, and gives
dates. Mr. Beecher and Mrs, 1ilton are to
prepare statement refuting the charges, and
will be anxiously looked for. Mrs. Triton has
left her home and is at present living with
friends OF Beechers
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-07-31
A King of Trees.

In the great forest. near Cape Coast
Castle, Africa, the silk-cotton, like a
king Of trees, towers over all others. 1t
IS truly most wonderful tree. 1t
grove faster than any other, for the
wood ls soft. II must be one of the
largest trees in the world. There is n
most wonderful provision of nature
shown m this ia compensating il for
the softncss Of its wood, which, from
ITS immense size, could not support the
weight of the branches and towering
top. Rising far above the othergiants
therefore deriving no shelter from them.
each one stands for greaterpart OF its
height "A separate tree, and exposed TO
the full force of the constant tornadoes
which sweep over this part Of the cuuu.
try during the rains. The nee r,ary
support is given 10 It 10y numb II
large buttressos all round the n -
they are formed 10y the roots which ris,
+ over the ground in tlntteued shape ex.
tending mp the sides Of the trees. and
forming most regular supports AL
round I'm many places the native,
make use Of the spaces between thes,
huttrcsscs as houses merely making !
roof overhead, the house Is complete
As the people of this country ncyet
have more than three walls to thei
houses, and the tree, with two of il,
buttresses supplies thosc, they are Quit,
ready-made houses for them, and in
destrucuble. While the tree is voup,
all the bark is covered with very large
strong thorns. For what purpose il i
provided with these is not So evident
THE tenderest heart loves best IN,
/ bold and courappous npn
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Orare, LabOrare, Et Cantare.
tREPUBLIsHED.l

REPUBLISHED.
Three blissful words name to thee.
Three words Of potent charm,
From eating care thy leart to free,
Thy life to shield from ham.
Whose these blissful words may know,
bold, blithe-fronted face shall show,
And, shod with peace, shall safely 90
Through war and wild alarm.
First ere thy forward foot thou move.
And WELD thine arm Of might,
Lift up thy heart to Him above
That all thy ways be right.
To the prime Source OF life ard power
Let thy soul rise, even as . flower
That skyward climbs in sunny hour.
And seeks the genial light.
Then grid thy loins to manly toll.
And in the toll have joy;
Greet hardship with willing smile,
And love the stern employ.
Thy glory this the harsh to tame,
anu w Wl't HtibhI hiil btltiillt NNftlD,
In God-like Lsbor's fruitful name
Old Chaos to destroy.
Then mid thy workshops dusty din,
Where Titan steam hath sway,
Groom to myself song within.
Or pour the lusty lay;
Even as bird that cheerly sings
In narrow cage, nor frets it's wings,
But with full-breasted joyance filings
Its soul into the day.
For lofty things let others strive
With roll Of vauntful drum;
Keep thou thy heart, honeyed hive.
Like bee with busy hum.
Chase not the bliss with wishful eyes
That ever lures and ever flies.
But in the present Joy be wise,
And let the future come
John Stuart Hdpckie
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Do Something.

If the world seems cool to you,
Kindle fires to warm 1t
Let their comfort hide from You
Winters that deform it.
Hearts as frozen as your own
To that radiance gather;
You will soon forget to moan,
"Ah the cherries weather!
II the worlds "vale of tears,
Smile, till rainbows span it
Breathe the love that life endears-
Clear from clouds to fan it.
OF your gladness lend CLEAN
Unto souls that SILVER;
Show them how dark sorrows stream
Blends with hopes bright river!
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-07-31

Tm tenderest heart loves best IN,
bold and courageous one.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-07-31

A KANSAS girl wouldn't be married
without yellow ribbon around her
waist. and q boy rode three miles to get
il while the guests waited.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-10-30

sentative democratic party, having
an undoubted two-thirds vote in each
House of the General Assembly,. to
call "a Convention by the Legislature
at its approaching session for the pur-
pose of amending the Constitution -
I unequivocally say YES. and l say fur
Their, that in my opinion, If the Legis-
iature fails to do SO, it will be the Sc
verest blow to the Conservative-D
ocratic party of Nor b Carolina, that
it has received for many a day.
Ever since the adoption of this Con-
stitution in 1868. under circumstances
which I need not undertake to detail,
the members of the Consorvative-Dem-
ocratic party, in every section Of the
State, and upon every stump, and i'll
the columns of every newspaper, have
held up to the public gaze the deforrl-
tiles and imperfections of this i'll
shaped and bastard child, conceived
on foreign soil and brought forth
here as one born out of season. If our
party then fail to use the most auspi
cious opportunity and circumstances
that we may have for many years to re-
ieve the people from the burdens of
such a Constitution, what must the
people think of our professions of de-
votion to their interest -? Let our
friends look to this, and act wisely fol-
the best interest of the people of North
Carolina. If they do, [ shall feel that
our glorious old State has still an OPP.
portunity of rebuilding up the waste
| places, and of brilliant existence in
the no distant future. 1 have MOI
time for a fuller expression of my
views upon this most important sub
ject at present. Very truly,
| VIM. A. ALLEN.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-10-30
A BIG ONE.

The Washington city Republican,
President Gront's own peculiar organ,
says theat sat the present time vote
q" for the Democracy, is vote in
&c favor of the payment of the Confed-
" crate debt; of the pensioning of Con-
" federate soldiers; of compensation
@ for the emancipated slaves; of the
issuance of more irredeemable paper
money and of national reputation. !"
We presume this assertion is inten-
ded for 'home consumption" in the
approaching Northern November cleo
tions, and we take much consolation
in the assurance thus afforded that the
Radical party has nothing better to
base its hopes of success upon than
such reckless and absurd fabrications.
But did any one ever see effrontery
equal to that displayed in this declara-
ton of the Presidents own organ {?
Payment of the Confederate debt!
Pensioning Conf derate soldiers Com
pensation for the emancipated slaves!
Surely Mr.. Landaulet Williams, the
Federal Attorney General, must have
bestowed his valuable time and atten-
ton upon the editorial department of
the Republican
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-10-30

seconds, for the pleasure of the spec
tators. The mile dash. on the last
day, between Pineyw and Hope,
in which the former was winner, was
a splendid race. There were also
other good races, both trot5ing and
running, which / have not space to
describe. For the success of this de-
partment, we are much indebted to
the indefatigable exertions of DR.. Ct.
81. Macon, who deserves the thanks of
all lovers of the sport.
THE ADDRESS
of Col. Goodwin, of Portsmouth, Va,
it would be objectionable to omit. 1t
received the hearty commentator OF
all who heard it, as a chaste, able and
eloquent effort. L am gratified to learn
that it will appear in the Roanoke
Meas of this week. 1 had thought
from the extended reputation of Col
Goodwin that he was much older man
but he does not seem to have reached
middle life. He has made many friends
among us, and will always be cordially
welcomed.
There are many other matters which
I would be glad to notice, but have
already trespassed too far on your val
liable space. Adieu until the frs
week In December, when L hope t.
take notes, at your Fair. among tn
| beauties of the Cape Fear-if thei
| charms are such as fame represent
them, they should not want chroni
cler. A VISITOR.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-10-30
THE CAUSE OF THE HARD
TIMES.

A northern paper says that the ques-
ton now most frequently heard in New
York, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore,
&c. is ''what is the matter with trade?"
This question, says the Lynchburg
NeWs, is not proposed by the great
merchants of the Northern cities, for
they know the cause. They know it
better than Congress knows it. They
know it better than Cabinet ministers
or even editors know it. Collectors
and drummers, the reportorial CORES
pondents of the great merchants, never
make errors in their reports. They
work with the certainty that purely
business habits bestow. Ask them
what is the matter with trade, and
they will tell you in a single sentence.
That sentence is-"No money at the
South-no property worth rush in
the South" That's what is the matter
with trade. There is no collecting
money in the South, there is no selling
anything there; and if heventure North,
the Southerner is not now sure that
without buying single bill of goods
h" can find credit enough to pay his
h . ~ t'la 81 Nicholas and purchase a
retuln t.ch6t.
southern paper is disappearing from
the discount mart. Representing moth
ing of present valne, it is no longer
offered as medium of trade exchange.
For time it was believed that this
utter prostration of things in the
South was confined chiefly to South
Carolina and Louisiana. Would it
were! But the truth is, it is nearly
the case in every State. Wherever
under the name of "Repubican party,
and loyalty, and right to the negro,
ETC., etc." the adventurous carpet |
Dagger has ruled or now rules, there
the same exhaustion is. It stares
hopelessly from the blank windows of |
the tenantless shops of Montgomery
and Mobile, as from those that line |
the once busy sidewalks of Meeting
and st. Charles streets in Charleston.
In the city Of Mobile to-day, one Of |
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-10-30

the largest hotels is offered rent free
to any one who will pay the taxes.
Along Commerce street the stores that
rented for twelve hundred a year are
now vainly offered for four hundred.
No business square is unornamensed
with the notice "To Let Cheap
Alas! they are all dear at any price
just now. Without goods, or money,
or the credit to procure goods, OF
what avail is the store at any rent?
With goods and store and all, what
avail the possession when nobody
has any money to buy withal? The
people are just as poor in Alabama as
in Louisiana, and if we except Shelby
county, they are just as poor in Ten
nessee. This is no fancy picture. Il
comes from no party reports. The
condition of Alabama is detailed al
length in the New York times, Re.
publican paper, which, until very late
ly applauded, or defended, or excused
every one of those acts by the govern
ing party-the acts which have led tt
the desolation itself now mourns. L
mourns over the South now, not be
cause of the South, but because OF tn
North, to whom the price of the cot
ton, the sugar, and of the turpentin
comes not in exchange for goods dry
or hard, or liquid.
All this is the work of the carpet
baggers. Wherever they go, thes
political locusts turn the garden int
a wilderness. But where did the
come from The North. In the Bibl
the locusts are spoken of under til
figurative name of ''the Norther
Army" That is their literal descriI
ton here. If the North is beginnin
to reap the fruit of their doings, sb
has only herself to blame that she di
not crush them out long ago.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-10-30
Here is the Difference.

Hon. y. A. McKoy and Capt. ". S.
Norment, Judge and Solicitor, arrived
in the city yesterday evening and will
be on hand at the opening of the
Court tomorrow morning. = Whining
tom Journal
IF the Judge had been Tourgee he
would have gone in on Tuesday, or
more probably on Wednesday, or it
might not be until the second Monday
of the term.
Judge Kerr and Solicitor Strudwick
made it point to open Court on the
morning of the first day of the term.
The very presence of Judge Kerr gives
an assurance to all men without regard
to race, color or previous condition,
that they will receive justice. Hartley,
the elocutionist, said that conversation
and association with Judge Kerr would
elevate and improve any society, and
make Christians of men who came in
contact with him. He felt better and
thought better of humanity after hear
ing Judge Kerr talk. Solicitor Strud-
wick has made his reputation before
he has finished the first riding of the
circuit. Justice and humanity are sure
to mark his course as Solicitor
RaieiSh Sentinel.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-10-30
The care az Cacahuamilna in Sc

The cave of Cacahuamilpa in Mexi-
CO, which is not down III guide books,
is said to be the largest III the world
It is covered by volcanic mountain
with an extinct crater. Mr.. Porter
G. Bliss has twice examined and ex-
plored it, the last time in February OF
the present year. Six hundred per-
sons constituted the last exploring
party, and they were provided with
Bengal lights and scientific appliances.
After reaching level at perhaps fifty
feet depth, they proceeded 81 miles
into the interior. The roof was SO
high-a succession of halls-that rock
cts often exploded before striking it.
Labyrinthine passages leave the main
hall in every direction. Stalagmites
and stalactites are abundant. Below
this cave, at a great depth, are two
other immense caves, from each of
which issues branch of great river,
uniting here. These two rivers enter
some five miles distant at the other
side of the mountain; now parallel and
issue at last together.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-10-30
THE CONVENTION QUESTION.
The Newbern Jouanol of Commerce

THE CONVENTION QUESTION.
The Newbern Joarnot of Commerce
says:
1t is apparent that the Convention
cause is steadily gaining ground. The
necessity for change in the organic
law is admitted on all sides; and the
recent elections in the North will do
much to allay the fears of those who,
while favoring change in the Consti-
tuition, are yet opposed to a call for a
Convention at the present time. If
the elections to be held in November
result as favorably as we have every
reason to believe, the cause will be
still further strengthened. Let the
friends of Convention, then, continue
to agitate the question. Keep it con-
stantly before the members of the
Legislature. Let them be impressed
with the necessity of affording us
government in which the white people
of Eastern North Carolina may have
some voice. Activity and persever-
ance must secure the support of the
Democratic members. It cannot be
denied that the great mass of the party
earnestly desire a Convention, and it
is only necessary to keep this fact
prominently before our friends in the
Legislature to secure our object.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-10-30
ALEXANDER III. STEPHENS.

The following article, taken from
our esteemed cotemporary,t the Raleigh
Meas, expresses our views thoroughly
in regard to Mr.. Stephens. No one
entertaining the opinions that Mr..
Stephens does, can with truth, claim
to I've a representative man of the
South.
The Netos says: The press of the
South has heretofore dealt most len
iently and generously with Mr..
Stephens, but the time has come when
duty to truth and to the sentiments Of
the Southern people demands that an
emphatic dissent should be made to
the positions he has taken on some of
the vital questions Of the day. Mr..
Stephens seems to have q remarkable
| infatuation concerning President
Grant. Some months since, at the
time indeed, when the infamous Kel-
logg usurpation was fastened upon the
people Of Louisiana by Durell's order
and Grants bayonets, Mr.. Stephens
was swift in his justification of the
President, INDUCING in highly lauda-
tory remarks upon his patriotism,
ability and worth. Recently, since
the McEnery revolution" he has
written a letter, in which the conduct
of the President in that matter is de,
Tended and endorsed.
He dismisses the able, learned ar
guments Of Mcssrs Johnson and
OConor with the sneering declaration
that they are ''botches," opposing tc
the reasoning of these gentlemen his
simple assertion that they are il
error.
Added to this defence of what the
best legal talent Of the land has de
: clared to be a wrong, Mr.. Stephens
has further run counter to the senti
5 ment of our people by his recent ut
: terances upon the subject OF THIRD
term for the President. Whatever he
! may think upon the subject, the De
: mocracy of the South are unalterably
opposed to this movement. They cal
g scarcely imagine any contingency il
! which they could give their assent t.
it. They know that there is no con
!! stitutional inhibition of a third term
but they know too that it is violativt
| of the cherished traditions of the ma
ton, long stride towards the destruc
4 ton of Republican institutions in
, America and the erection upon the
s ruins thereof of a strong, persona
Q government.
4 Holding these views, Mr.. Stephens
!, is, in no sense, representative of the
} people of the South generally; and We
3 cannot believethat thepeople Of the dis
trict from which he has been chosen tt
Congress agree with him in the opin
q ions which we have noticed. They have
3 allowed their gratitude for past ser
vices and their respect for his admit
tedly great ability to betray them into
the election of man from whom they
g differ in sentiment. At any rate, We
3 protest against Mr.. Stephens recogni
ton as representative of Southern
thought or feeling. Upon all the
great questions now prominent in oul
politics, he is more ready in sym.
!, pathy with the Republican party thar
with that to which he processes allie
!, glance.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-10-30

A. Georgia rice pond was drained
last year and the ground planted in
corn. A hybrid crop has made its ap-
pearance, the stock, blades and cob
resembling corn, while the kernels on
the cob are grains of rice.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. G. Hall celebrated
their golden wedding in London on
the Goth ult. Mr.. Hall is one of the
most noticeable men in London liter
airy circles. His age is 70. He and
his wife, Anna Maria Hall, have pro-
duced between them some 200 volumes.
The pair are staunch believers in spir-
itualism.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-10-30
WHAT WILL GOVEROR BROG.
DEN DOl

The administration of justice in the
Raleigh District has become worse
than farce. So much for the cleo
ton of Mr.. Harris, the new Radical
Solicitor. We learn from the Raleigh
NeaUs that:
On Monday of the second week of
the term CAST Wake Superior COURT
presentments were made against
Sheriff Lee for bribery and embezzle-
ment, and Capt. Ashe appointed to
draw the bills.
Four bills of Indictment were pre-
pared and the witnesses were duly
summoned. Harris then took the
bills to sign, as Solicitor, which was
not required las we are told by several
prominent lawyers. He kept the bills
In his possession until Captain Ashe
insisted that they should be returned
to him in order to have the witnesses
sworn and sent before the grand jury.
Whereupon Harris comes into court
and positively declined to permit the
bills to 60 before the Grand Jury. in
sisting upon his right as Solicitor to
control the whole matter, and stating
that he did not intend that the bills
should 60 before the Grand Jury.
After this the Grand Jury came into
Court and asked instructions from the
Court about the matter, stating their
desire and willingness to discharge
their full duty in bringing to punish
ment officers charged with bribery
and embezzlement. Whereupon Judge
Henry informed the Grand Jury that
when they had made the presentment
their duty was done. That the matter
was then in the hands of the Solicitor.
and that Solicitor Harris had declin-
ed to let the bills be sent to the Grand
jury, and that he was powerless to
control the action of the Solicitor in
the matter.
It may be that the Court is thus
powerless to prevent the Solicitor
from openly and:publicly defeating
the ends of justice, but it so happens
that even if in such case the Judge is
unable to maintain the integrity of the