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Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-07-18

The age Of Simon Sturges of AL
lentown, Pa, was 70 years when
he died. He had been married
four times, the weddings have
been on his fortieth, fiftieth, six
tieth and seventeen birthdays.
His last wife was dead, too, and it
is very probable that, had Mr..
Sturges lived another year, he
would have celebrated his eighth
eth birthday in the accustomed
style. because the local paper says
he was a very methOdical old
man,
The Michigan wool crop of this
year is estimated at 100000
pounds.
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VIRGINIA.
COTTON EXCHANGE oRGANIZED IN
NORFOLK.

COTTON EXCHANGE oRGANIZED IN
NORFOLK.
NORFOLK, Va, July I1.--Rep-
rcsentatives from nearly all the
cotton dealing firmsof Norfolk and
Portsmouth met last evening at
the counting rooms Of Baker, Neal
and Shepherd, and completed a
permanent organization, % be
known as the Norfolk and Ports
mouth Cotton Exchange. The
bylaws and rules Of the Augusta
Cotton Exchange were adopted,
with some slight notifications. -
The following officers were elected
to serve for the ensuing year: w.
Gwathmey, President; Major w.
j Baker, vice President: Kader
Riggs, Treasurer; w. ID. Rey-
noids, j, X. Kicks, John James,
e W. Grandy, Geo. w. Arp. board
Of Directors.
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MASSACHUSETTS FLOODS.
Anolher Reservolr Diaasaer.

ANOAhSE AsS>SAt OEE ADA@saHk@Rs
BosToN, July l3. There VA. a
heavy tlood in Hampshire county,
Western Massacusetts,o ON Saturday
night aud Sunday. Reports state
that Vests dam and Shoddy mill
at Chester, were partially destroy
ed also four highway and two
railroad bridges Az Middlefield
the switch station, railroad and
highway bridges are gone, also
two dwellings.
The dam OF the Hampton En-
cry Company, at Chester, was also
carried away All of the six or
seven bridges on The BOSTON and
Albany Railroad, between Mid
dlefeld and Huntington, were par
TALLY destroyed, and travel is sus-
pended.
The reservoir in Middlefield,
covering nearly one hundred acre,
and used for the storage of water
to supply several mills, gave way
swept over many farms and did
great damage. No lives, however,
arc reported lost.
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NEW YORK.
CUBAN PATRIOTS ASKED TO Sur
RENDER.

E ~ 40 - = n let0lFo AZ ~ ~ -
RENDER.
NEW YORK, July 11--Tne Her
aid Cuban correspondent says it
is reported that negotiations are in
progress between Santa Lucia AL
sauna and Concha for the purpose
of procuring the surrender Of the
Cuban patriots. Other patriot
leaders oppose this, and much dis
agreement is alleged to exist in
consequence. The terms Of the
proposed surrender are unknown.
THE ERIE OIL WORKS on FIRE.
NEW YORK ILLUMINATED ALL
NIGHT.
NEW YORK, July III. The fire
which broke out IN Wehawken
last evening was in the Erie oil
works. 1t was caused by stroke
OF lightning, which struck one Of
the tanks containing - 900 barrels
OF oil, during heavy thunder
storm. The flames spread rapid
ly, and onetank after another took
fire until five, each containing 150-
600 barrels, and another contain
ing 20, 600 were soon burning fierce
+ ly. Several smaller tanks, contain
ing in all l25,000 barrels, also took
fire, and it was thought that
the others would follow. The in
accessibility Of the work and the
fact that the fire has ragged steadi..
~ since the commencement
makes il Impossible to give more
definite particulars. The actual
loss could not be ascertained, as
the fire is likely TO burn all day,
but 1t is estimated at $1,000.
These works are probably the
largest in the United States, all
oil coming over the Erie road
being stored there. The light from
them illuminated.New York most
of the night. One hundred and
twenty-five men will be thrown
out of employment. About one
year ago the same works were
struck by lighting, and one of the
tanks was ignited, but it was ex-
tinsuished with but slight loss
THE FIRE STILL BURNING.
New YORK, July 1.-THE fire
which broke out last evening in
the oil depot of the Erie railroad
company, at Weehawken, n. j
is still burning, with no hope of ex-
tinguishing the flames until tits
burned out.
AN EXPLOSION.
At about $50 O'Clock this morn
ing a tank, containing 100000
gallons of refined oil, exploded
with a terrific report. The cap
was blown over 400 feet in the ;lir,
and tower after tower of flames
filled the air TO upwards of 200
feet. The oil ran down upon the
river, and soon it was ablaze with
burning oil. All the oil tanks are
either burned or torn down, and
the cooper shops and one ware
house are burned, while it is not
expected the remaining warehous-
es can be saved. Railroad tracks
have been wrenched from their
sleepers by the great heat, and all
property in the neighborhood has
either been destroyed or badly
damaged. 1t appears that the
burning of the first tank last night
heated one near it to such an ex-
ten that gasses generated blew
the cap off, and in an instant later
the tank was in blaze.
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ILLINOIS.

ONLY FIFTY INDIANS KILLED.
CHICAGO, July 11.-Gen Sheri-
dan has returned to this city from
a visit Of several weeks to the In
dians in the Wood River country.
He found great excitement on ac-
count Of Indian raids, but the re-
ports are exaggerated. Captain
Bates By his orders left on an ex-
petition with a competent force in
order 10 teach the redskins q short
lesson. He succeeded in killing
about fifty Of the hostile Indians,
and IN driving the rest away from
ShOshone reservation.
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JOHN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BY WILLIAM WINTER.

The following poem was read
by its autf or. Mr.. William Winter
at the Lotos Club dinner to John
BrOugham, on the 18th of June--a
banqueT preliminary to the actors
departure for Europe. 1t was re-
ceived with remarkable apprecia-
ton Four several times during
the reading the whole company OF
seventy-five rose from the tabll
and interrupted the poet with pro-
onged cheers and waving Of hand
'zerchiess.
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VII

Grief may stand silent in the eye,
And silent on tie lip,
When, poised between the sea and sky
Dips down the fading ship,
But there's one charm his heart to keep,
And hold his constant mind
He'll find no love beyond the deep
Like that he leaves behind
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Soto thy breast old Ocean take
This brother of our soul
Ye winds, be gentle for his sake
Ye pillows smoothly roll
And thou, sad Ireland, green and sair.
Across the waters wild,
Stretch forth strong arms Of loving
care,
And guard thy favorite child.
X,
And whether back to us he drift.
Or pass beyond our view.
Where life's celestial mountains lift
The peaks above the lue-
Gods will be done whose gracious will
Through all our mortal fret,
One sacred blessing leaves us still:
TO love and not forget.
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II buds by hopes Of spring are blessed
That sleep beneath the snow,
And hearts by coming joys caressed,
Which yet they dimly know
On fields where England's daisies CLEAN,
And lreland's shamrock bloom,
To-day shall summer, in her dream,
Be glad with thoughts Of BRou CHAM.
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Everett House.
CORNER QUEEN AND BURKE STREETS,
VIM, Rutledge, Proprietor.

This popular House has been thorough
ly renovated, and the present proprie-
tor who assumed charge on the lst of
April, is now prepared to accommodate
guests in the most comfortable and sat-
isfaetory manner. The House contains
- chambers. all of which have been
handsomely furnished with new furni-
ture.
THE TABLE win be we'll supplied
with the best the market affords, pre-
pared by experienced cooks. Charges
moderate.
THE BAR will be supplied with
choice variety of Pure Wines and
Liquors.
Abundant Stable room, with atten-
tive 0stlers.
My old patrons and the general pub
lie are invited to give me call
april 7,-1y. w.
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INSURANCE THAT Is SURE
&C ArTNA. -
INSURANCE co, OFHARTFORD
CONNECTICUT.


This old and reliable Company has
opened an office in this city.
This Company appears to be remov-
ed beyond the contingency of real dis
aster. 1t may suffer losses, it may en-
counter misfortune against which no
human foresight could provide. Suspi-
cions may be engerd ered by rival COM
panies, but she goes calmly on in a line
of duty laid down by itself and will
never abandon it if it takes the last dol
lar.
Its losses by the Chicago fire were
about -four million dollars, every dollar
Of which was paid before maturity.
Hard upon this, was that great Boston
fire, bringing a loss Of $1.600000; no
man had to wait an hour for his money
Every one who wants insurance is con
erned to know where to look for that,
hat is Sa5'c-which after all is the cheap
st insurance We feel perfectly safe in
saying that for insurance that is per-
tectly SAFE there is no company ahead
of the Aetna, Of Hartford Connecticut
WIN. II MATTE WIS, Agent
July - DIV en-
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IMPORTANT TO FARMERS,
J..F. KILLERS PATENT
Feed and Fodder Cutter.
rT7HE UNDERSIGNED havinr lnade

HNHE undersigned having made
a. arrangements to build J. f. KEEL
ler's Patent Feed and Fodder Cutter.
patented Feb'y 18th. 1878, would inform
the farmers Of this and adjoining coun-
ties, that lie has now commenced build
ing Fodder and Feed Cutter which he
thinks viii suit their purpose for cut
ting up their Fodder and Feed, such as
Hay, Straw and Corn-Fodder.
Three sizes ofmachines are being made.
No. ! Is small Cutter, intended to
work by hand. and No 2 is larger
machine, also intended to work by hand
and is more effective; No. is q large
machine, intended to run by hand. and
also By HORSE WEIR.
| would solicit farmers and all others
to call 1T the Tuscarora Works. where
they can see the machines and JUDGE
for themselves, These Cutters are
great favorites, rs far as they have been
introduced. Give me call. Orders
by mail promptly attended to.
j. E Keller, the patentee, is person
ally experimenting the putting up of
the Feed and Fodder Cutters.
SAMUEL FITZ,
Oct NV Martinsburg. w Va
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To-day, Ger miles and miles Of sea,
Beneath the jocund SUI,
With merfier force and madder glee
The hammered winds shall run
To-day great waves shall ramp and
roar,
And clash their shields Of foam,
With bliss to feel the coming keel
That bears the wanderer home
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For be that loved and honored here
God bless his silver head J
@ 'ermany heart, for many year,
The dew of joy has shed,
Longs for the land that gave him birth,
Turns back to boy again,
And, bright with all the flags Of mirth,
Sails homeward DER the main.
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All. well may winds be gay

All, well may winds be gay,
And flowers and streams rejoice,
And that sweet region, far away,
Become one greeting voice.
For he draws backward to that place,
Who ne'er by deed or art.
Made darkness in one human face,
Or sorrow in one heart.
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Made darkness in one human face,
Or sorrow in one heart.
V.
He comes, whom all the rosy spirits,
Round Humor's throne that throng,
Have tended close through the golden
nights
OF laughter, wit and song;
Whom Loves bright angels still have
known
He ne'er forgot to hear
The helpless widows suppliant moan,
Or dry the orphans tear.
VI.
Where boughs of oak and willow toss
His lifse white pathway flows
With many an odor blown across,
OF lily and of rose.
His gentle life that blessings crown
Is fame no chance can dim
And we honor the manhood's best re-
nown,
When now we honor him
VII.
Ambitions idols crowned to-day
Tomorrow are uncrowned
Their fragments are Of commoo clay.
Strewn on the common ground.
But, unto monarchc of the heart
Are crowns immortal given,
And they who choose this better part
Are anchored fast on Heaven.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-09-24
COTTON MANUFACTUREINT ENNES-
SEE Ann f.FOR(,IA

There is no interest which, from an
industrial point of view, is of more Vi
tai importance to the South than the
successful development of cotton spin
ming. Since the war, it has passed be-
yond the range of mere experiment and
has established itself on an enduring
basis. It'll true that every venture of
the kind has not prOspered, but the
great majority have resulted in unusual
profits and proved beyond controversy
that, with ordinary skill and business
management, Southern capital may
find in this direction a safe and de-
cidedly remunsrative investment.
From the Nelo York Commercial and
Financial Chronicle we obtain the fol-
lowing valuable figures, showing the
number of mills and the amount of
cotton consumed in the South, for the
year, fro II July l, 1873, to June 30,
1874:
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-09-24
SHERMAN A REPUDIATOR.

Let the Radical organs which are
abusing the Tennessee Democracy turn
their batteries on Senator Sherman.
Here is what he says:
UNITED STATES SENATE CHAMBER,
WASHINGTON, March 20, 1S6S.-Dear
Sir: l Was pleased to receive your let
ter. My personal interests are the
same as yours, but, like you, do not
intend to be influenced by them. My
construction of the law is the result of
careful examination, and | feel quite
sure an impartial court would confirm
1t. if the case could be tried before a
court. | send you my views as fully
stated in a speech. Your idea is that
we propose to repudiate or violate a
promise when We offer to redeem the
principal" IN legal tenders.
l think the bondholder violates his
promise when he refuses to take the
same kind Of money he paid for the
bonds. If the case Is to be tested by
the law, l am right; if it is to be tested
by Jay Cookies advertisements, / am
wrong. 1 hate Reputation, or any
thing ike 1t, but we ought not to be
deferred from doing what is right by
fear Of undeserved epithets. If, under
the law, as 1t stands, the holders OF the
fve-twenties can only be paid in gold,
then We are regulators if we propose
to pay otherwise. If the bondh&der
can legally demand only the kind of
money he paid, then he is a repudiator
| and extortioner to demand money more
valued than he gives.
Truly yours, JOHN SHERMAN.
To Hon. i. Mann, Jr., Brooklyn
Heights.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-09-24
THE MARQUIS OF RIPON'S DEFEC-
TION

II would seem tina: the English cores
pOndentS Of American newspapers had not
by any means exaggerated the importance
of the conversion to Catholicism Of the
Marquis of RipOn. The English Govern
ment processes to see in it rank detection,
ifnOt treason. The London Times. the
mOuth-pieoe of The Government, treats the
matter with bitterness and gravity ALSO
lutely stunning 10 us whose ideas Of re-
li9iOus liberty and federation have never
vet been warped by the DEGREES of an estab-
lished church. "A statesman" says the
Thunderer, "whO becomes a convert TO Ro-
man Catholicism, fOrfeitS at once the conf
dence of the English people. Such a step
involves complete abandonment of any
claim TO political or even social in
fluence in the nation at large, and
can only be regarded as betraying an
irTeparabie weakness of character. To be-
come a Roman Catholic and remain a
thorough Englishman are-it cannot be
diSgUiSed-almost Incompatible cOndi-
tiOns.' The writer adds that men who
have been born and brought up in that faith
may hold it as harmless and colOrlesS ele-
ment in their opinions, but that states
man of the dignity and experience of the
Marquis of Ripon SHOULD submit himself
10 the yoke of the Roman Catholic priest
hood, can only be due to some fatal Oh
aiquity Of temperament" Such decided
Language as this in the Government organ
sbetrays a concern which it is not easy to
comprehend. If it is meant as a check
upon the tendency of the aristocracy to
fyield themselves up to the influence of
sROme, it indicates a condition of affairs
whose gravity is not by any means under
stood in this country.
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uN,Us ON rnE SITUATION.

To the Union and American
Your quotation from Junius' dedication
of his letters to the English nation reminds
me of another extract from that great
writer, which / think equally applicable to
the present times. The appointment Of
the British Luttrell was not a whit more
arbitrary than that of the Louisiana Kel-
log. The extract IS from letter adj
dressed to the Duke Of Grafton, much of
which might now be addressed with equal
propyiety 10 Mr.. Grant. Junius says:
siIt seems YOU meant tObe distinguished,
and to a mind like yours, there was no other
road TO fame, but by the destruction of a
noble fabric, which you thought had been
too long the admiration Of mankind. The
use YOU have made of the military force
introduced an alarming change in the mode
of executing the laws. The arbitrary APP
pointment of Mr.. Luttrell invades the
foundation of the laws themselves, as it
manifestly transfers the right Of legislation
from those whom the people haze chosen
to those whom they have rejected. With
succession OF such appointments we may
soon see a House of Commons collected in
the choice of which the other
towns and counties of England will
have as little share as the devoted
county of Middlesex. Yet l trust your
Grace will find that the people of this coun-
try are neither to be inundated by violent
measures nor deceived by refinements.
When they see Mr.. Luttrell seated in the
House of Commons by mere dint of pow
er, and in direct opposition to the choice of
a whole county, they will not listen to
those subtilties by which every arbitrary
eXertion of authority is explained into the
law and privilege of Parliament. 1t re-
quires no persuasion of argument, but
simply the evidence of the senses
to convince them that, to transfer the
right of election from the collective to the
representative body of the people, con-
tradicts all those ideas of House Of Com
mons which they have received from their
fOrefathers, and which they have already,
though vainly, perhaps, delivered to their
children. The principles on which this vi
client measure has been defended, have add-
ed scOrn to injury, and forced us to feel that
we are not only oppressed, but insulted.7
From this extract some slight parallel
NAV be traced between the conduct of Grant
in the present day and that Of the Duke of
Grafton more than a hundred years ago.
Alas, that we have no Junius To arouse our
Northern brothers to their duty to them
selves We of the South can but yainly
protest. PHILo-JUNIUs.
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WHY MORTON DEFENDS THE LOT,
ISIANA THIEVES.
IndtanapolIs sunday Head.


As a matter Of course, the Senator's
voice is for incorporating war, re-
constructed reconstruction, the heavy
hand at the throat of rebellion" and
the iron heel on the neck of insurrec-
ton. He could not do less than sus-
tain the Kellogg despOtism. Had it
not been for him, it is safe to say that
Kellogg's infamy never would have
been consummated. By the power Of
his eloquence and the force of his char
acter he sustained 1t when it would
have gone down before the returning
sense of justice in Congress. Identi-
fed as he is with what is now generally
regarded as blunder, if not a crime,
on the part of the Administration, SEN
ator Morton could not recede. He
must 90 ahead, no matter what the
consequences-go ahead, even at the
risk of another war, with all its sick
ening consequences.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-09-24

AT a recent meetingin Staunton, Va,
Rev. DR.. Sears, agent Of the Peabody
fund, threw out a few suggestions
which win bear bordering by those who
would not render education impossible
in the South. The doctor said he did
not believe that mixed schools would
ever be enforced. He did not think 1t
could be done. He said, further: 81
deny that Congress possesses the phys
zeal power to enforce mixed schools,
laying aside the want Of constitutional
power
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A curious fact, and one lot particu-
larry creditable to Tennessee, is that
while we have as many mills forty
two-as Georgia, she consumed three
times as much cotton as we did In the
twelve months covered by the above
statement. This is doubtless to be ac-
counted for by the fact that, as a rule,
the Georgia mills are more extensive
establishments than those in Tennes-
see. Two-thirds of the 1920 bales
seported in The statement were proba-
bly, used INF the factories at Augusta
and Colum Ius, while our own can boast
of only ono llarge mill. At any rate,
the differenee between the productive
capacity of the two States should re-
ceive due consideration in Tennessee,
and especially among our coEtn manu-
facturers. With the finest water power
on the CONTINENT, with the rawmaterial
at our very doors, with ample rail and
water facilities for shipping the pro-
ducts of a rr mills to the principal
markets of the country, we should con-
sumo in the manufacture of cotton
three times more, instead of three times
less, cotton than Georgia.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-09-24

The new Constitution Of Hayti,
adopted a few weeks ago, provides that
no white man can acquire citizenship,
but he is subject to all the obligations,
taxes, etc, Of citizens. 1t is under
stood that the object of this Constitu-
lion. under which white men have no
rights which black men are bound to
respect. is to driv9tte whites from the
country. Such are civil rights among
the black republicans Of Hayti.
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original Attachment.

State OF Tennessee, Davidson COunty-NOn-
resident notice.
II COHEN vs.. l.. GOODMAN.-In this
III, cause II appearing to the satisfaction of
the court from affidavit Of3laintih, that the de
PENDANT is a nOu-resdent of the State OF Ten
not be served ON him, and that said defendant
is indebted 10 plaintiff in the sum Of fifty dol
lars, due by him on account OF money wrong
fully paid: II is therefore ordered that publiea-
ton be made in the Union and American,
newspaper published in the city OF Nashville,
for four consecutive weeks, 50 as 10 compel said
defendant 10 appear before me at my office, in
the city OF Nashville, ON Monday, 18th day of
october, 1874, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, TO plead 5
answer or demur TO said attachment, or the
same will be taken a. confessed and set for hear
ing eNparte.
Given under NY hand this 22d day OF Septsm-
Der, 1874. JAS. EVERETT, j. p.
sepZ3 Oaw4t
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The testimony before the coroncr's
Jury sitting on the Fall River holo-
caust, shows that no fre-escape was
provided for the top story where some
sixty Fcomensand children were con-
stantly at work. This culpable neglect
abacoHeS criminal Nhen the testimony
shows fn Their that fires are frequent in
cotton mills, owing t. the friction of
greasy machinery amid the combusti.
lie fatrics and debris Of manufacture.
HuEireds IF other mails are without
adequate fre-escapes, jeopardizing
tb~nsands Of white slaves. The women
and children who are compelled thus
10 take their lives in their hands and
truSglc for bread are certainly little
ettc2 than slaves. If it be the mis-
sion Of the central government to look
after the lives vi its citizens through
out the land, these mills should be reg
ulated with q stern hand-that Is,
If white ytomep and children in the
North be as dear to the loyal heart as
negroes insthe South. But We forget;
the former Aa9e no votes.