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u We learn from dispatch to
the Shreveport Times, that on Fri
day last, the selection of the Jury
to try the Colfa2 prisoners was con
cluded and that the trial was pro-
ceeding. This is our latest and
only news from the trial. The com.
plexion of the jury was not given
in the dispatch. We have had no
New Orleans mail since Monday to
learn more particulars. We have
a special CORRESPONDENT in New Or.
leans but his letters have not as
vet reached ne.
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n@ We have been handed by
that genial gentleman and accom-
plished painter, w. 0. Dammon
4 cluster OF thoroughly ripe raspber,,
rics raised by him in his garden.
This proves that these delicious
berries will grow here to perfection,
and may be made a valuable ad
junct to the garden or orchard. For
a dish with cream and sugar the
raspberry ranks next to the straw
berry and as q preserve it has no
superior. Mr.. Dammon has also
g"oseberry bush which last year
grew a few ripe berries. We should
like to see these berries cultivated
more extensively here.
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Regatta! Regatta! !!
s!Elc
This Evening, at 6 o'clock
For the Horns, and Sc so Entrance.

To have one more beat race before
the river falls too much, we are re
quested to announce that there will
be another boat race for tho horns
this evening at 6 o'clock.
To be the same distance, over the
same course, four oars, and for the
purse made up of the entrance fees
OF 50 80 from each entry. Open to
all four cared boats. Judges to be
selected, positions drawn and pre-
liminaries arranged at the Saloon
cot Hess s. French, at 10 o'clock this
morning. The last race of the sea
son! 8
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-05-23

- The war in Arkansas is over.
Grant has declared in favor OF
e3axter as Governor, who, as we
learn from our fastest accounts had
taken possession Of the State House.
ErM Brooks.
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whites to the verge of desperation
and robbinr them to the full extent

whites to the verge of desperation
and robbing them to the full extent
of their means. Thus and thus on
~ could the negro fiji the measure
Of his brutal hate of his former mas.
ters, and only by witnessing this
political degradation and pecunia.
~ bankruptcy Of the white could
lie show his superiority. Hating
his superior intelligence and ENJOY
ing his possession of greater wealth,
the negro instead of attempting to
elevate himself, concluded that it
was easier to drag the white man
down to his own level. And now
when we, having grown weary of
tame submission to this moss desc.
lating war OF the negro upon us,
propose to take bold stand, to as.
sert the dignity of our manhood, to
say in tones of thunder and with
the voice Of the angry elements.
STOP! THUS FAR SHALT
THOU GO, AND NO FURTHER
We are met with the babyish
wall and old maidish Mortified whine
of, Oh! Please don't! You qcill
array the two races IN conflict"
Who,bas arrayed them in conflict Z
Who has been preaching a crusade
of race for seven years' And
what we do care if it does become
necessary to array them in conflict
1'The conflict is only political one,
and if he wants to change it's char
acter or to provoke us to the point
Of exchanging ballots for more fore.
IDLE weapons, who fears the result
or has any misgivings' We would
deeply deplore any such issue of
our efforts to save our State from
irrevocable political damnation,
and we would counsel a. resort to
violence only when it was forced on
us as it was at Colfax, but we are
not to be deferred from a bold aud
outspoken advocacy of our ideas
because such a conflict might take
place. s
The white men have the wealth
rand intelligence Of this country and
their political Acknowledgement can
last no longer. Their wealth and
intelligence must be represented In
this government, and it never will
be, until they take just snch a
Stand asweqgopose for them to take
in this approachi6gqe campaign. :.
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EIF YOU Want TIL E
HIGHEST CASH PRICE FOR
OLD GOLDAND SILVER WARE
CARRY If TO
FERGUSON & SCHNACK.
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q As we 60 to press the clerk of
The weather is on bender and is
clustering away at fearful rate,
without rein as yet. 8
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~ FERGU SON & SCHNACK
PAY THE HIGHEST PRICES IN
CASH, FOR OLD GOLD AND
SILTERWARE.
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RIVER NEW s.

OsCiDlatiOn--39. O6.
DATE. Above Low Below High
Water ~. Water 1866.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-12-10

we are reading the history Of Gods
chosen people"
"You believe, then. thxt there isa
! God 2"
Certainly we do.s -
"Once / believed it; but after liz.
ing in Paris, and studying Philast-
ply, mathematics and politics, am
convinced that God is an empty
word" n re Z
II, sir, was never in Parisi / have
never studied philosophy or mathss
matics; but since you are so learned
and say there is no God, you can
easily tell me whence the egg
comes?" ie .7e i frr :
"a funny question. truly; the egg
come from the hem" ~
"And now, sir, whence comes the
HEMP s f'.'''e
"You know that as well as I do,
Miss; the hen comes from the egg.
(Which of them existed frsi--thS
egg or the hen?"
Il really do not know what you
intended with this question, and with
your hen; but vet that which existed
first was the hen. ''-''.'s
"rhere is hen then. which did
not come from the egg p
"Beg pardon. Miss, / did not tsko
notice that the egg existed fret"
There Is, then, an egg which did
not come from a hen ?"
"Oh if you-beg pardon-thatis is
you see"
II see sir, that you do not know
whether the egg existed before tho
hen. or the hen before the egg
"Well, then, say the hen"
~ cry well there is then, hen
which did not come from an egg.
Tell me who made the first hen, fron
which all other hens and eggs come
from?'
"With your hens and your eggs, it
seems TO me, you take me Tor pour
try dealer"
"By 10 means, sir !; l only asked
you to tell me whence the mother Of
all hens and eggs came"
"But, for what object 7?
"Well since you do not know, you
will permit me to toll you. He
who created the first hen, or "a
you would rather have it, the first
egg, is the same who created the
world ; and this being we call God.
You who cannot explain the exist
ence of hen or an egg without
God, still maintain that you are able
to explain the existence Of this world
without God"
Tho young philosopher was silent:
he quietly took his hat, and. full OF
shame. departed.
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New Bindery,

Nth complete OUTFIT Of Maehin-
ery and stock.
HreH DUNE will ssperintend the bind
cry, and nothing hut the best of work
will be turned ont under his supervision.
Blank Books made to order on short
nohce Music and Magazines hound 70
order, Old Books rebound in any style
Ordere win receive prompt attention.
IS MpAvIDs0N,
Isontar Book, Store.
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SONG AND STORY.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
BIZ n. P. WILLIS.

BI ~. r. WILLIS.
love 20 look on q scene like this,
or wild and careless play.
And persuade myself that j am not OLD,
And my locks are not yet gray;
For 1t stirs the blood in an old man's heart,
And makes his pulses fiy,
To catch the thrill OF happy voice,
And the light of pleasant eye.
! Ihave walked the world for four score years
And they say thar am old,
And my heart is ripe for the reaper, Death,
And my years are well-nigh told.
II Is very true; IL is very true:
I'm old, and 81 bide my tilne:"
But my heart will leap At sceae IKE inis,
And half renew my prime.
Play on, play on: am with YOU there,
In the midst of merry ring;
lean feel the thrill OF the daring jump,
Ahd rush OF the GREATNESS swing.
/ hide with you IN the fragrant hay,
And / Hhoop. the smothered call.
And NV feet slip up on the seedy floor,
And care not for the fall.
Tam willing 70 die when my time shall come
And shall he glad 10 go;
For The world at best Is a weary place,
And my pulse is getting low.
But the grave is dark, and the heart VIII lai
III treading its gloomy way;
And 1t wlles my heart from It's d-earlness
To see the.young so gay.
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RAILROAD LINES.
CHEAPRAE E & Ohio RAILWAY!
On and after July 9Th, 's74, passenger
trains will run as follows:
FaoM HUNTINGTON

t0:25 A. NJ EXPESSS-FOr AIleghauv ana al M
terinediste stations tOaiovington. Millboro, co
shen. stanton, Charlottesville, G0rdonsvllle
and Richmond daily except Sunday. This
train cynrec,s ~ Charlottesville for Ltnchourg
Bristol aud Chattanooga; al Gordonsville lOI
AleNaDdria. Washington. Baltimore. and the
North. and az Richmond 'Or Petersburg. Norfolk.
Weldon. ssalegh Danville Charlotte. Greensboro,
Co.umhia. Augusta, savannah, Charleston, and
All nuints south.
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A QUESTION WITH ONLY OxE A.

A QUESTION WITH ONLY OSE Az
swER. "A young man who was sent
to Paris to finish his education had
the misfortune to get into bad com
pany. He went so far as TO wish and
say: There l. no God-Cod was On.
ly a word. After staying several
years in the capital, the young mar
returned to bis family. One day he
was invited to a respectable house
where there was a numerous compa
ny. While there he asked:-
"What romance are you reading
20 a.tentiveIy. my young ladies 2
"Wo arc reading M romance 1r
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TO The
Nervous 81 Debi,itatcd
OF BOTH SEXES.
No charge for advice and consultation.

DR.. J. n. DYoTT, graduate of Jefferson Medi
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has rnSce al espscl7l study et3s. l.. Lac O. ie-
male, no matter from what caust originating
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Cures guaranteed Charges reasonable, Those
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J. b. DYOTT NJ. D.,
Physician and Surgeon, i94 Duane St., y. 7.
Jan %. "a. ~
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Varieties Of All Kinds.
Sky llghts-Stars.


Sky llghts--Stars. s
Natural slippers--Eels. al
Good bread is often kneaded.
Open-order-Six on the half she'll.
The fastest city in the world-Elcc.
tricity.
Never waste your timc; waste somo-
body else's.
You can't "take trick with the
trump Of fame"
How to get rich--Live on air and
sleep on q clothes line.
A corn-extractor that has neref
been patented-The crow.
Many "play the knave' without
ever coming to the card table.
When the thermometer falls. how
often on an average does it break.
King Koffee. who has been boiling
over lately has settled down again.
There are six George Washing
tons in the Pennsylvania State Pris'
on.
Mrs. Goodale, of Pequonic, Conn.
is 100 years old. Good ale keeps
well.
A Western clergyman preached A
sermon one Sunday 10 billiard "a.
soon. He made nineteen points.
The worst toothache or neuralgia
coming from the teeth, may be speed.
lily ended by the application OF amo
MIA.
Four times as many patents were
issued in this country. last year, ~
were granted in England during the
same time.
To do business with tho aid OF ad.
vertising has the same advantage rs
to make war with riled guns--it hits
at long range.
It is strange that mineral waters
are only beneficial TO the wealthy.
We never knew physician 30 at.
wise poor man TO g. 10 a watering
place.
|. that your offspring. madame'
asked Missourijudgc Of woman
whe had bold of stnb nosed boys
hand. No, cir, she replied, thisis my
oldest boy.
A aentIeman Asys that alter looe-
| ing 100 chickens by cholera he found
that a tablespoonful Of coda mixed
with aquart Of milk and given with
the food was cure.
A widow who had just lost her
husband was weeping bitterly for tho
dear departed. A friend tried to con-
sole her. mo. no." said the fair
mourner, Oct me have my cry out
after that I shan't think anything
about IT,"
A man went into butchers shop,
and finding the owners wife in at
tendance, in the absence Of her hus-
band. thought he would have joke
at her expense. and said: madame.
can you supply me with yard 'f
pork? "Yes, sir, she said and
I then, turning to boy, che added I:
James, give that gentleman three
pigs feet"
A young woman in Galloway couu'
ty, No., recently arose. while III .
somnambulistic state. and dressed
herself as for a ball, dreaming that
her escort was waiting for Ter
and that che Was in crest hurry.
Instead Of trimming her hair che
pr ocecded 10 cnt it Of. 10 wbah
Occupation .hv .xas ~'ssged S'sn
di~orcr'd
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DIRECT TRADE.

A. II. OAKLAND, Preside
j. NJ. MOORE, Secretary.
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ESTABLISHED 1910.
IN CONGRESS-,


The senate was not in session yester-
day. In the house, resolution was in
troduced rendering the thanks of this
government to Sir Lambton Lorraine,
commander Of the British frigate Niobe,
flr his humane and generous interposi-
ton at Santiago de Cuba, in protecting
The lives Of the survivors Of the Vir-
ginius expedition. A resolution was
a iopted, instructing the committee on
civil service reform to Enquire into the ex-
pedieney of providing for the election of
Postmasters by the people. The appro-
priation bill was resumed and discussed,
and finally some reductions Of clerical
salaries were made, and an amendment
adopted, on motion of Mr.. Ward, that
male employees shall not be paid more
than female employees for the same SER
vice. the committee then rose, without
having disposed Of single paragraph
Of tie bill.
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ARKANSAE.

They are going TO build a narrow
| gauge from Arkadelphia to Hot Springs
They have volcano in the shape-of {
4 daily newspaper at Hot Springs. 1t ad
vises the Democracy TO rGhl-ly.
They spell gnat with Ak" over the
river, and so does a Memphis merchant
on Main above Madison street.
All the White river country isin costa
cies because the G. w. Cheek and Her
mann, the caterer, are running In that
jolly swollen stream.
The Helena World says: Napoleon,
Desha county, is under water, and is al
most depopulated. There is as much as
fifteen feet of water in some places"
White RiUer Journal, April 18th:
t'The train going east this morning did
not stop, and we are without our Little
Rock exchanges and western mail. Why
is this?"
Arkansas Gazette: "Certain railroad
consultations are going on, which, we
have reason TO believe, will insure the
early completion of the Little Rock aud
Fort Smith railroad to Fort Gibson.
The Helena World says: "City scrip is
down to fifty cents on the dollar, which
makes it impolitic for the council to
have any work done on the streets at
present, but we can have good streets il
we only urge the matter, without a great
amount of cost to the city"
Washington Telegram: "On last
Monday night, April lst, we had 8
heavy frost, which considerably injured
the gardens. Forward vegetables of a
tender nature were killed, and many are
of the opinion that large proportion Of
the fruit crop has been DESTROYED also.
We can well afford, however, to lose a
gread deal OF fruit, and then have
enough for all purposes"
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AI.AB AVA,


The Mobile Register is discussing
"bee culture"
The recent break on the Mobile and
Montgomery railroad was q culvert
washed out at Georgisna.
The probate Judge of Montgomery
county has been fined five hundred dol
lars for granting a msrriage-license to a
minor.
A large bald-eagle, with q broken
wing, was recently captured by the en-
plOyes of the passenger-train on the Mo-
bile and Montgomery railroad.
Between Birmingham and Decatur, a
distance of ninety-three miles, on the
South and North Alabama railroad,
there are no less than fifty bridges, ac-
tusl count, over rivers, creeks and water
courses generally.
Pigeon creek, Butler county, empties
into Escambia river, thence through the
bay Of Pensacola into the gulf Several
genuine white shad have been caught in
this creek recently.
The Eufsuls NelUs says the corn crop
in that section is very fine, and that the
oat crop throughout southeast Alabama
aud southwestern Georgia is unprece-
dentedly large and as fine as could be
desired.
the Greenville AlG5dmGiR, OF the
eleventh, says: "Another flood visited
this section on Monday night about
nine O'Clock, and continued steadily and
very hard until about four o'clock in the
morning. 1t washed the lands much
more than the other, and no doubt did
much other damage we have not yet
heard of. As yet we haye only heard Of
but one mill-dam breaking, that of
Messrs. Rouse & Thagsrd's, better
known as Cooks mill, about three miles
from the city. The same dam was
washed away by the rain before. The rail-
road was washed badly about one mile
below, and slightly washed above at
Hsrtley's old mill-cTeek. We received
no mail on Thursday in consequence.
Trains will be running regularly to-day.
The rain was not so general as the other,
only extending from Fort Deposit to
GeOrgianau
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POLITICAL NEWS.

The dead Democratic party has been
kicking about rather lively in New
Hampshire and Connecticut.
The New York Herald expresses the
opinion that 'New Hampshire and Con-
necticut are sure forerunners OF a great
change"
''Of with bis head; so much for
Buckingham; is the cry Of the Con-
necticut Democrats, and they will send
a Democrat 70 the United States senate
in his place.
1t is remarkable how many witnesses
called before the congressional commit.
tee, to investigate the ring frauds in the
District of Columbia, are afflicted with
deficient memory.
Congressman McCrary, of the frs,
Iowa district, announces that he will not
be candidate for reelection, giving as
reason that his private affairs demand
his undivided attention.
The Knoxville Press and Herald
thinks "the unwillingneSs of the Demo
cratic party TO remain dead is truly
cruel" When was il dead, good friend,
that it should remain" so?
The Bristol .Nel0s explains that Judge
GlllenW2teIs Is opposed 10 permitting
the Democrats to regain power; but then
he wants the Republican party TO ad.
vance backward little with him.
Among the latest acts of the Missouri
legislature was the passage of Law per
mitting the redemption of all lands ol
property delinquent for taxes prior to
lS73, upon the payment Of the face OF
the tax bill, striking of-both the penalty
and accrued interest.
A resolution has been introduced iu
the Texas legislature 1nstructing Gov
ernor Coke to open correspondence with
the governor of Arkansas relative 10 the
acquisition by the State Of Texas of that
portion of the county Of Lafayette, u
Texas south of Red river.
This is the. upkind and disrespectful
way in which the Troy Times speaks ol
~the director OF our national finances
oSecretary Richardson don't know any.
thing more about bis intended rtsieua.
ton than he did about the Sanborn con
tracts. Won't somebody get hina to sign
a resignation In the ordinary routine -
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Chattanooga wants a wharfboat.
The teachers association meets June
18th at Knoxville.
Colonel Coulter is talked Of for con.
gress in the Ripley district.
c. w. Charlton will conduct an abb,
grange newspaper at Knoxville.
They talk of making Mr.. Etheridgt
governor over in East Tennessee.
Senator Brownlow is bitterly opposed
TO mixed white and black schools.
The Academy Of Music at Nashvill,
was blown down by the storm last Tues
day night.
Oranges are multiplying in Lauder.
dale. They are going to smash all the
politicians states.
Sweetwater has an agricultural imple-
ment manufactory. Memphis manu-
factures comparatively nothing.
DR.. w. w. Lea is still pegging away,
and we hope will succeed IN building
his Tennessee Central road to Fulton.
The Bedford county court levies one
dollar on polls, and eighteen cents on
each one hundred dollars of property
How is that for low?
Humboldt has a gay dramatic club
1t plays East Lynne, and by this means
get the lunatic asylum properly located.
Convenient, you'll observe.
Some of our exchanges are still talk
ing about q. compromise and final adjust
ment OF partisan troubles, as If any ex.
listed. II is proposed TO send Andy
Johnson to the senate, make Cheatham
governor, and-snd-vhat win they dc
with Maynard2
Nashville Uai0H and american, fiE
teenth: " The State authorities yester.
day received fifteen bonds Of one thou.
sand dollars each, q payment on the
purcEase Of the Edgefield and Kentucky
railfoad, for which said purchasers re-
celve 4 credit oi eleven thousand eight
hubdfed aad sixty dollars, each bond
l's'f7a s1ori fFo hendred and ten dollars
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DIRECTORS.
SPORTING NEWS.


Mr.. A. NJ. Burton, of Nashville,
reached the city yesterday. His stable
of race-horses, with that of Mr.. Ran.
Barry, of Sumner county, both in charge
of Barney Reilley, Esq, left Nashville
for Memphis, by freight-train over the
Decatur road, on Tuesdey night last.
Mr.. Burton expected to find the horses
here on his arrival, but it appears the
train on which they embarked at Nash
vile was overturned at Columbia by the
storm of Tuesday night, which did such
fearful damage to the railroads and in
terrupted communication in almost
every direction. The last Mr.. Burton
knew of his horses, till his arrival in
this city yesterday, was that they had
reached Decatur in safety, from which
point they started for Memphis. But
on account of breaks in the Charleston
road, the train, as ne learned yesterday,
was stopped at Burnsville. Here, it
seems, a council of war was called, and
the question discussed whether to return
to Nashville or wait till the road should
be repaired, and then proceed to Mem
phis. Upon investigation it was ascer-
tanned that it was impossible to return
to Nashville, on account OF breaks in
the Decatur EOdus anu aS II WUulu It.
quire day or two TO complete the re-
pairs on the Charleston road, it was
finally decided to proceed TO
Corinth, take the Mobile and Ohio road
to Humboldt, and from Humboldt reach
Memphis by the Louisville lire. Mr..
Burton received dispatch from Reilly
last night, from Humboldt, stating that
the horses are all right, and will reach
here at ten o'clock this morning. Mr..
Burton may congratulate himself on his
good luck, that his horses viii arrive
safely, after four-days confinement in
the cars, zigzsgging from Nashville to
Decatur, from DECATUR to Corinth, from
Corinth to Humboldt, and from Hum
bOldt to Memphis, passing unscathed
through one of the severest storms that
has visited the country for years. When
Mr.. Burton left the Taee-track at Nash
vile was completely submerged by the
rise in the Cumberland river, and the
horses had all left in search Of dry
ground. Most of them had taken up
their quarters Temporarily at the State
fail grounds. The overflow, Mr.. Burton
states, will in no way interfere with the
meeting, which will take place as ad-
vertised, on the fifth, sixth, seventh,
eighth and ninth of May. About sew
enty horses are in training in and
around Nashville, and the indications
are that the coming spring meeting will
be one of unusual interest.