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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-17
(See Comptroller Blackburn's S repor
1866, page 69: 1869, pages and IL


The amount Of the debt on the first
of April, 1874, was S27, 800, 1856. show
ing q reduction since the first Janua-
~, 1870, OF S16, ,O72, ,266, besides pay
ing a large floating debt. OF the debt
now existing Sc, ,939. .525 are secured by
solvent assets, leaving only $50, ,0S0, ,S57
to be provided for. How was this re-
ductiOn brought abOut2 By the sale
Of insolvent and almost worthless
railroads the debt was greatly re-
duced. These roads had been a source
of expense to the State, and had as
sisted greatly in increasing the debt.
The railroads which have been sold
are to bring, into the treasu-
~ SO, 59S, 600, which is at least twenty
five per cent. more than they could
now be sold for If you take away the
expenditures made on them by the
companies purchasing them. The
sale of these roads was made under
the supervision of Francis b. Fogg,
r. ]. Mckinney and a. Wright; three
Of the ablest and purest men of the
State, whose characters are made more
bright by the attacks made upon them
by such men as Horace Maynard. 1t
is true Mr.. Pennebaker in his report
estimated three insolvent roads at
$40, $40, 600, but the actual sales and
the proof showed that his estimates
were erroneous by more than three
millions of dollars. The funding bill
passed at the last session Of the legis-
lature did not allow interest upon past
due bonds as dka those passed during
Mr.. BrownlOwS administration.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-17
NUMBER As
"a SLEEP SONgs

s'Sister Slmpliciue.
Sing, sing a song % me-
Sing me 70 sleep.
some legend low ane long.
Slow as the summer song
OF the dun Deep.
Some legend long and low,
Whose equal ebb snd how,
To and FRO, creep
On the deep msrge OF gray
Tween the souls night and day.
Washing awake away
Isto sleep.
''Some legend low aud long.
Never 50 weak or strong
As to l-t 20
While it can hold this heart
Withouten sign or smart,
Or as TO hold this heart
When it sighs, NO.
''Some long. low sxsyiug song,
As the swayed shadows long
Sway 20 and fro.
Where through the Growing cocks
And by the swinging clocks
Some weary mother rocks
Some weary woe"
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How TO TALK.-If you have the
ability TO amuse, talk often in COM
pany, and in a way which shows
that you understand what is said
around you. But do not talk long.
In that case you are apt to tire
your hearers There are many
persons who, though they have no
thing 10 talk OF, never know when
to leave of talking. There arc
some who labor under so great and
Unsuitable a desire for talking that
they will even interrupt others
when about TO speak. We should
in society never talk of our own or
Others domestic affairs. Yours are
of no interest to them, and theirs
should not be 10 you; beside, the
subject is Of so delicate a nature,
that with the best mention it is a
chance il We do not make some
mortilying mistake, or wound She
feeli6gs OF some Of the company.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-17
While Northern woolen miIls ar

While Northern wooleu mills are
stopped, those of Georgia are in
creasing the number Of their looms
and reaping in dividends. Colum-
bus, in that State, has thity-hve
thousand spindles, sixty wooden
and eight hundred and seventy cot
ton looms, all built in less than
seven years by city which lost by
FIRE, about the close OF the war,
sixty thousand bales of cotton,
worth fifteen million dollars, and
millions OF other property. South
ern money has effected all this in
dustrial improvement, while the
Northern carpet-baggers have beer
aiming for Office.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-17
ABOUT WOMEN.


A poor sewing girl at Indianapo-
lis has fallen heir to Sss,OO0. and
the man for whom she made shirts
at twenty cents each wants to make
her his darling.
A very fat English lady bcasted
that she bad brought her husband
twenty thousand pounds. @Weli,
you look it," replied her friend.
4 romantic young man recently
eloped with a Miss Waters. the
daughter Of wealthy New York
merchant. He doubtless expert
enced, in accordance with the old
maxim; "Stolen waters are sweet"
Conrier-Journal: Every fsAhion-
able woman in Paris hangs to her
bel. an sanbrella, turaip
watch, q pin-cushion, some ivory
tablets and a little mirror. And
the sons of women Ike these are
expected to knock the nonsense
out OF Germany some day
A miss, upon whose haxen eurls
the suns OF fourteen summers had
shed their golden fervor, came
home the other afternoon. weeping
as though her heart would break,
and meeting q playmate, exclaimed
in a parOxysm OF griet, 90, Susie,
We were engaged 10 be married,
and now ChaTley's got the measlesl"
A woman at New London, Conn.
saw her husband carrying a lady's
satehel, and she tore tho lady's
dress of before discovering that it
was her mother, who had dropped
down on the evening train tc sur
prise her. Every husband in the
land who is out evenings should
read this litile item 70 his wife and
hold up the dangers of her becom-
ing suspicious without the best of
cause.
A Toledo girl was to be married
yesterday. She went with the
bridal party TO the door Of the
church, when all II once the fair
bride took 10 her heels and started
of down Cherry street, with bridal
veil, orange blossoms and white
drapery generally tapping in tho
morning wind. rhe groom was
struck dumb at'this sudden depart
ure, but did not follow This was
the situation a last accounts, and
no person can be found who will
offer an explanation --CleUela nd
Piaindealer.
One Of the pluckiest women in
London is she who bears the extra
ordinary name Of Mrs. Giacom-
metti Prodgers., Her mission is TO
resist the demands of exorbitant
cabmen. We doL't know that she
takes rides in their vehicles ex-
pressly 10 catch them, but If any
John swindles her to tho extent Of
a penny, she summons him without
mercy. Only the other day she OBJ
tanned no fewer than four summons
es against single driver. Her
proceedings are regularly noticed
in the newspapers under the head of
HMrs. Prodgers again"
Nov is the time when the roman
tic maiden gathers the falling leaves
and begins 70 exclaIm: "Lo this is
tho Indian summer" and when the
exact oung lady promptly replies:
"No; it comes later, I'm sure" II
think you are mistaken" says Miss
Romantic. "No, indeed, Pm not"
says Miss Exact 81 know you
arel" says Miss Romantic. "No-
thing Of tho sori, says Miss Exact.
HThen suppose you mean to say /
ibg" says Miss Romantic "If the
zap fits you, wear il, 'tsays Miss Ex.
act. "Insulting wretch" says Miss
"Spiteful hussy!' says
Miss Exact
And seasons may ooEne and seasons may g,
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TFtbe time ever comes for The OK

III the timo tFoI VVtut5 IOr nc OK
planation OF the mysteries OF this
world, VIC shall be glad 20 know
why the young man who remarks
on leaving church, Il can p oii .
better sermon than that my. ..' e
content to wear out bis life oS.cr =
counter at $50 month.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-17

NASHVILLE, October sth.s. "a.
FELLOW CITIzEss-The State Demo-
cratic Executive Committee have re-
ceived number Of letters making in
quirles in regard TO the financial con-
dition Of tho State from 1865 to the
present time. We have carefully ex-
amined the comptroller's reports since
1865, and prepared a statement which
we BOW publish as an answer TO these
inquiries.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-17
INCREASE OF THE DEBT.

Leaving to be provided for. 0.9sO. .s5l 25
From these figures it appears that
the debt was increased SIS, ,67S, ,246
from 1855 to 1870. This increase took
place, although no important railroads
exceptt the Nashville and Northwes-
tern, were built during that time, and
even this was commenced and much
work done on IL before that time, and
it was left in a very bad condition; al
most worthless, as the reports of its
operations show. Notwithstanding
this large increase in the debt, a con-
siderable amount of money was paid
into the treasury each year.
1867 7.........-...-......... ssisg7s a
1865. 5..--.........-..... ....-...-..... 99S 30 Il
1863 780264 %
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-17
NASHVILLE, October sth "a

The Democratic Executive Comrnft.
tee or Tennessee 40 the People
OF the 8tnGe-
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-17
HATcHEr's REPoRr.

Comptroller Ratchet, IN his report.
dated October, 1865, pages 21 and %,
puts the whole debt of the State at
| S25. .277, ,4O6, of which there was State
debt proper, 81, IA, PIG; solvent rail-
roads, 81, 900, ,066; insolvent railroads,
! S5, ,933, l21; debt in 1861, S20.1O5, COS:
FOwler's report, page l9. The solvent
railroads have paid or are able 10 nav
the ent re amount Of the debt they
owe the State. If the insolvent rail-
roads had been worthless, had
/ brought nothing into the State treas
ury, the whole amount of the debt
for which the State would have been
compelled to proYide on the first Oc-
tober, 1865, would have been s10.-
677, $40. But If these insolvent rail-
roads had been worth one-third OF
their Indebtedness to the State-and
they doubtless could have been sold
for that much-then this would have
amounted to S1,977, 707, thereby re-
ducing the amount to be provided for
by the State, to IS, 799, ,63S. This was
the condition of affairs on the first
of October, 1866, according to Comp
troller Hatchet's report.
BONDS ISSUED BY RADICALS.
The amount Of bonds issued ND 10
October l, 1869, since the war, was:
To railroad companies. sI3,2g7OOo
Turnptkes- ..-.....--. ...............-.. 5000
Total. .....-..--.----... Sl3 $50 900
(See Blackburn's report, October,
1869, page 26.)
The whole amount Of bonds issued
since the war by the Republicans was
as follows:
For funding renewal ofbords s 1855. 900
Railroads and dturnplkes---.....-.-. A.5O6O0O
Had there been no issue of bonds
either to new railroad companies or TO
short and Improbable lines, the State
debt would not have been much in
creased except by the accumulation
of interest or by Wasteful extrava-
gance, but, unfortunately, most of the
bonds issued 10 railroad companies,
from 1865 to 1870, we're of compara-
lively little value, having no connec-
tiOns to make them profitable. Had
the aid of the State been given only
to important lines, making good con-
nections, then the debt never would
have been anything like so large as 1t
has become.
INCREASE OF THE DEBT.
In each of the years 1866, 1868 and
1870 funding bill was passed which
allowed interest upon bonds after
they became due. (See acts of as
sembly for 1865 and 1866, page u;
acts Of assembly 1865. page II extra
session. The following table, show
ing the financial condition of the State.
speaks for itself:
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-17

A poor sewing girl at Indianapo-
lis has fallen heir to sss,OOO. and
the man for whom she made shirts
at twenty cents each wants to make
her his darling
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BEEonER's BRAvApo.-Mr. BeeeL

And seasons may come and seasons may g.,
but women wag on forever.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1873-1875, 1874-09-23
Black Hills.
THE SHORTEST, BEST AND
SAFEST ROUTE.
Excitement Along the Northern
Pacific.
NO BETTER FIELD IN WHICH TIC
PLANT SEEDS OF FORTUNE,

From Correspondence Inter- Ocean.
i In all these beautiful little cities on
the Northern frontier, we find the re.
ports vf gold discoveries have preceded
us, and the Black Hills expedition and
its results are the topics Of converse.
tion everywhere. Old erontiersmen are
recollecting what they have heard the
Indians say in years back, and have ad.
, ded fuel to the fame until it has already
reached
A GLOW THAT WILL SOON BE FELT
all over the country. The border news
papers, especially those on the line OF
the Northern Pacific Railway, are full
Of gold stories, gold hopes, and plans
for golden realizations. They have is
sued extras in which they proclaim the
discoveries in trumpet tones, coupled
with the convincing argument that
TIE NORTHERN PACIFIC
is the only feasible and the shortest
route to the Black Hills. There is no
doubt but this is true, and it may give
this country an impetus which will ben
eft not only the railroad and it's towns,
but the whole territory Of the North
west.
IN A CONVERSATION WITH ROSS AND NC KAY
the practical miners who accompanied
the expedition, and who are now at Bis
marck, both expressed their intention Of
organizing, as soon as possible -
A RETURN EXPEDITION
to prospect the country more thorough
~. Chicago spectators can find no
better field in which to plant the seeds
Of fortune.
The return trail Of the expedition to
Fort Lincoln leads directly to the gold
country, and by the most direct and
feasible route; and there is no doubt
that Bismarck will be the point of gem
eraf embarkation should expeditions be
permitted to 60. The indications that
we saw in the Black Hills seemed to
show that " z
THE WINTERS THERE WERE NOT AT ALL
-.... .. - SEVERE, r.- ...
and from the fact that there were not
visible traces of freshets, we judged
the fall of snow was usually light; and
it may be that party can start out
this fall to spend the winter there.
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RIYER NEWS.

The Fontenelle left for Carroll on the
18th, carrying 220 tons Of Montana
freight. ,.,
The May Lowry, when last heard
from, was making good time for Car
roll. II. , ].
The Peninah is in the transferr busi-
ness between Bismarck and Fort Rice.
She will soon go to Stevenson with
wood.
The Key West arrived last Monday,
and proceeded Immediately up the river.
There are one hundred and forty tons
Montana freight now here.
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AKOTA.
Report Of the Governor AS To
The Condition Of It's Crops and
People. s- .... .a...a. -...ra
TERRITORY OF DAKOTA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Vankfon Auo,1st 1874.


Hon. Frederick WATTS, Commissioner
Of Agriculture, Washington, D. G.
S1R-You. are of course apprised of
the fact that the ever to be dreaded
grasshoppers have visited this and other
sections of the Northwest during the
present season, and that in many locali-
ties they have worked great destruction
to growing crops. From the accounts
that have been given to the public, their
ravages have been especially damaging
in some sections of the States Of Kan
sas and Minnesota.
Our farming friends are subject to so
many disasters. and encounter so many
misfortunes, that they are easily de-
pressed, and very frequently over.esti-
mate their losses from these various
sources.
True, the grasshoppers have visited
many sections of Dakota, and in some
few localities very disastrously, and wild
and extravagant reports have gone
abroad, which are calculated, if not con-
tradicted, to do US serious Injury; but
the truth is, we yet have left to US the
largest aggregate crop, by far, ever
raised IN the Territory.
With a view of ascertaining as near
as might be. the extent of the damage
to the crops, by grasshoppers, and the
probable yield Notwithstanding their
depredations, I have travelled, since the
3Oth Of Jnly, in company with Hon. G..
G. Wicker, of Chicago, President Of the
Dakota Southern Railroad, and Judge
Brookings, Of this. city, over two hun
dred and fifty miles, in the most thickly
settled and productive part of Southern
Dakota. We travelled through portions
Of Bon Homme. Hutchinson, Turner,
Minnehaha, Lincoln, Clay and Yankton
counties. We took especisl pains to
see and talk with the people, and more
especially Is to the yield Of wheat, which
| is the main staple with US, and the only
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We are in receipt of a fine lithograph
picture of Gen. Custer, given as . prem
ium to every subscriber Of the Bismarck
TRIBUNE. We never saw Custer. but the
picture gives evidence that the original
is dare devil. brilliant, or sort Of "red-
hot" army officer, whose "boys" would
follow into the jaws Of death if neces-
sary, aud call it good thing. Custer
is q Cas-, and the ...RlBrSE is enterpris.
Ing. s.-BrnineSd Tribune.
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GOLD FIELDS.
EXTENT OF THE NEW Ell.
" DORADO.
What Gen. Forsythe Saw In
The Black Hills.
HAD SEEN 200 SPECIMENS OF
GOLD TAKEN OUT THERE.

The wonderful stories about the beau
tiful Black Hills country and the valua
BILE gold diggings which they contain
are confirmed by Col. ForsYthe, Of Gen
Sheridan's staff, who reached Chicago
yesterday. He, as will be remembered,
was with Gen. Custer's expedition, and,
having seen with his own eyes, what he
says can be relied on. A reporter found
him last evening, and interviewed him
to this effect: ...1s -.
Reporter-Are the reports about the
Black Hills true? ~..G " II.
Col. Forsythe-There is no doubt
that there is great deal of gold there.
Reporter-What sort Of country is
it out that way?
Col. Forsythe-It is series Of little
valleys, with plenty of good spring-wa-
ter, fine grass, and fine growth of pine
timber. 1t is about as fine grazing
country as have ever seen.
Reporters it easily accessible?
-, Col. Forsythe-It will be when the
Government opens It up; ;. ..sa
Reporter-Do the Sioux seem deter
mined to keep people at distance? =
Col. Forsythe-They do. They claim
the country as their reservation.
Reporter-Do you know whether the
Government contemplates moving them
or contracting the bounds of their ter
ritory? sa ....g- 81 .--
Col. Forsythe-I do not; have not
heard anything about it. 49,
Reporter-Would it pay to do it.
Col. Forsythe-Yes; the opening of
that country is of great national inn
portance. ..~@
* X
Reporter-Did you see any of the
gold Nat was found among the Hills?
Col. Forsythe-Yes; in alluvial wash
ings. We had two miners with US, and
almost every time they tried they found
paying dirt; and we had very little time
to prospect, as we were moving all the
time. They thought 50 much of it that
they took claims; but they will not be
good in law.
Reporter-Did you come across any
other minerals? ... M..........,.. ...
Col. .Forsy the-On the outskirts of the
Hills we found some hematite iron ore,
and also some plumbago.
Reporter you meet with gold in
more than one locality?
Col. Forsythe-ln several, and water
which could be made available. The
gulch diggings discovered, would pay
now $40 day per man:
X * --s .. o..
Reporter-Was the result of the ex-
petition satisfactory? .5..
Col. Forsythe-Yes, very. 1t is re.
markably fine country for agricultural
purposes, and not q mass of granite
bills, as was supposed before we start
ed. &5
Another gentleman who was present
during the interview, stated that ne had
been among the Black Hills and bevond,
and that he had seen 200 specimens of
gold which were taken from there. In
his opinion, the territory in which gold
could be found was $50 miles north
and south, and $50 miles east and
vest Chicago Tribune.
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AS travelling party were riding
through Palestine the attention of .
certain American was called to the re-
puted site of Moses tomb.
Moses who?' says Johnathan.
why, the great Moses, who led the
children Of Isarel through the desert
for forty years
How far is that
Three hundred miles, maybe
Upon which the American remarked, :,
The Pacific and Chicago Railway would
have taken 'em through, guess, in
eight hours
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FIRE. -r.~
FARGO, Sept. 22.-The Headquarters
Hotel was burned to the ground this
morning. The furniture belonging to
hotel was all saved. Loss about $780,
600. ...... ~ ...-..
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passage of the Northern Pacific bill. If
it prevails, four hundred miles will be
built the next season.
&, POLITICAL.
Col. S. W. King will certainly be
elected to Congress in this district.
This and Kidder's success will do much
towards securing Of the Northern Pa
ciic. ~
Window has exchanged his interest
in the N. P. for Minneapolis property,
cutting himself loose from all entang-
ling alliance, in order to put himself in
position to work for N. p. interests
without laboring to promote personal
interests. a& st
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-02-20
Items From Troy Township.

Messrs. MCCUTCHEN, ELDER & KoH-
LER have erected new saw mill in the
vicinity Of the Empire House, which they
put in operation about two weeks since,
and are now doing good business.
Mr.. WESLEY BEAN has purchased his
brothers interest in the store at Stony
Ridge. formerly owned by Mr.. II. BUCK-
LAND, and has stocked it with fine lot Of
dry goods, groceries, drugs, &C., to meet
the wants Of that vicinity.
Mr.. JEROME McCUTCHEN has ''little"
school girl, only ten years of age, who
weighs 2G3 pounds. Shs is healthy, at
tends school regularly and Is flle sch IL
ar for one of her years. We are infIrm-
ed that Mr.. NJ. has been offered $500 p T
month IL he will travel and exhibit her TO
the public, which offer he has twice re-
fused.
Mr.. JOSEPH SaooK took charge OF the
Empire House about nine months ago,
and has proven himself to be the right
man in the right place. 1t is commodi-
GUS house, with good ballroom attach
ed, and Mr.. S. does not have to go be-
yond the limits of his own family to fur
nish good music for sleighing or other
p lrties who may drop in upon him on
short notice.