The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-04-15


gliding, when it struck n snag. Alarmed
the ladies started, and the boat upset. The
unfortunate ladies were carried TO dry
land by the unfortunate gentlemen. Not
one Of the party was drowned. The
moral OF this -, that Young men and
young ladies should not ride in condolas
on the raging sipe water.
| THE PENDING ELEcTios.-Mr. Hsr-
mon Black insists that our molrnful cor
respondent is serious fraui The sol,
soap the correspondent cndeavored to
spread upon Harmon, Harmon don't ap.
prostate. The kindness that la,ters with
promises Of office in the future, he will
have mono Oft is, in BIS estimation.
ninety-iyc per cent. below par He wants
an Office Hoic-- wants 20 beat Webb, and
will, If be can. Mr.. Black is an energetic
driving man, and he will beat or know
the reason why.
Mr.. james Carroll proposes become TO
acandilate for alderman in the fifth ward,
and is promising to inaugurstc the mil
lenium in the upper par. of the city IL nc
should be elected. James is lively man
but hc ought TO blow bis buglo far moro
softly than he is now winding it. lie
should initiate our example, and be bash
ful-re.iring.
- Mr.. Thomas Halliday is a candidate
f.r al 20 H.
should 10 elected. Ho knows whs. tie
city needs, and has the courage to sIyo-
cate what he believes is necessary TO the
welfare Of the city, and the courage to op.
pose bai measures AMI bad men.
-Messrs. }. VI. Phillips and Issac " al
der are announced as candidates for alder
men in the first ward. They are both
good men. Phillips is mem Der q. this
time--a very worthy members and Ike,
who is one Of cur most active citizen, will,
If elected, be always az his post, and will
always do his duty, as lie understands it,
without fear or favor.
Hon. ". T. Scott returns Ir. Thomas
Freemsns shot. Scot. ir,ima:es tha.
freeman is dfunksrl, and regard. him.
self with surprise !f by Gccilen, no ever
lind. himself sober. From what Mr..
Scott said TO Us he will be ac.u-
ally forced by his friends 70 run for the
council but he sadly anticipates defeat,
not because Freeman has any influence,
but because there ATE no: enough black
voters in the ward. /. The white vote
can be sufficiently divided be may slip IN.
Our MOUgSFUL CoEEEsPoNpEST.-
We regret g say ;ha. Mr. Walter Mckee
has been suspected Of the crime Of writ
ing the communication signed "Rsllaw,"
and which Appeared ia tue Sunday issue
Of this paper.
Measure our ra.l9r Me-. Mckee did
not write the communication. The SEN
timonts of It we are sure be endorses, bu,
he did no: write 4: sui We aimos. hesi-
tate 81 diyulga tho manner in which it
came into our possession. We would not
if n strong sense OF duty did no. impe!
Us to write ths truth and nothing bu, tho
truth.
| On Saturday afternoon, JUS, after we
had concluded tho meridian meal, We
wero seated in our sanclum. Silence
regned supreme. The Office boy beneath
us had Discontinued his Tarpsichorean
smuaements; our negro boy hal con-
cluded to not whistle tor moment or
too and Mr.. Burnett was no. in the city.
All WAS calm. We wore con-
sulting with ourself, aud We
had asked ourselg what wc should
write about, aud had said in reply:
"Wo don't know. a. that moment VIC
heard rap upon our dosk. We were
startled; but We graspoi "a slate we always
have at hand and placed it under tho deck,
without pencil upon it. Instantly We
became aware OF tho fac, that Il spirit WA
writing on it, The message was as fol-
lows;
OS THE OTHER SHORE,
April IL, 1874.
DEAR JoHY: All good spirits wish 20
write for IHE BULLETIN, and Of course |
do. am Walt Whitman, who was
poet on earth that nobody could under
stand, but have taken to prose Poetry
does no, sell horc. 1t is drug. With
your permission, ! would like 20 take
part in the impinging controversy.
Truly Yours,
WALT WWTNAE.
This 10 not Waits style, and We thought