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The Portland daily press., 1874-05-19
WASHINGTON.
The Arkansas DiHicuIties

WASHINGTON, May 1S.-A Washington de-
spatch says strong efforts will be made in Con-
gress to bave committee appointed to invest-
gate the Arkansas affair to ascertain if that
State has Republican form of government
Representative Wiltshire of that State considers
that Arkansas is now for the first time since
the war in condition where an election by the
people can take place without being ruled by a
rin
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-19

1t is SEATED that another Boston lawyer
named Dickinson is said to be mixed in the
Sanborn matter. He is to be subpoened by the
Ways and Means Committee. 1t is generally
ofet; 'na' VIII t nos asweI quesseons
Of o1i
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-19

MAY CRIMINAL TERM, 1s74-sYMoNDs. j., PRrsIp-
ING.
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-19
ENTERTAINMENT

Ine Members OF the India Street Sunday
School
"Ai give very pleasing and instructive Entertain
ment in their Vestry on
"WEDNESDAY EVENING, NAV 2Osl.
~ Refreshments also for sale
Tickets 20 cents or five for 81 children under fonr
teen 10 cents. nwdo,,JPp
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-19
ENTERTAINMENTS.
hUSlC HALL--PORTLAND, N.
Wards Varieties.
Open Every Evening" and s.,.,s.-
nee.
WIN u nrsi.class Variety Enter
talnment.
Entire change of Programme Mon.
days and Thursdays.

, Admission, Gallery 25 cts, Parquette x sts Or
every Saturday Afternoon at 2 O'Clock Mstt,se
s P,iees Gallery is cts, Parquette and Orshssara
Box Office open from 10 To 12 and In 4 mxtad,~
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-19

Considnees. No. cars. Consionees. No. cars
Kensell & Tabor, corn. 2 Gould & Hastings
Rand, horses. .........1 capboards... .........1
Total. 800
By water conveyance 1000 busn cornmeal to Geo
w True IL Co.
The Portland daily press., 1874-05-19
NEW YORK..

James Watson Webb-His Son Denies the
Charges Made Against Him.
New YORK, May 18.-A son of James Wat
son Webb publishes a card this morning, stat
lug that the latter is now in Europe, but has
been telegraphed to and will probably return
home Immediately to refute the charges recent
ly made against him in connection with the
Brazilian mission.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-06-18
Church Directory.

PRESBYTERIAN F1yctteviilC-->crVlccS eF-
cry Sabbath at 1880 and at night; Rev Geo
Hal, pastor; Sunday school at n.
Mcihodist-seryices every Sabbath at
1890 and at night; Rev T B Fisher, pastor;
Sunday school at O'Clock.
Cumberland Prcsbyterian--no regular
pastor; Sunday school at 3.
Methodist. Flvntyille--Seryices lst Sab
bath in cach month at l l and night; Rev W
\ Gill, preacher in charge; Sunday Schoo!
a. q.
Union Church, Pleasant Plains-serziees
at Sabbath each month at IL and night by
the MethodiSts: Rev Mr. Allison, preacher
in clI1rge-second Sabbath each month at
IL by the Associate Reformed Presbyterl-
ans Rev A s Sloan, pastor. Union Sun
day school at 3.
Methodist, Mulberry-services 3rd sun
dav in each month at II O'Clock aud every
Sun Law night; Rev J P Funk, pastor; Sun-
day School at 9.
Cumberland esbytcrian--services 4th
Sunday each month at / / O'Clock N and at
night: Rev \ ID Crawford, pastor; Sabbath
school at ..
Baptist, Mulber-y--ehUrch session Sat
airdsy before Est Sabbath in each month;
services 7st Sabbath at IL; Rev Van Loose
pastor; Sabbath school at
United Presbyterian, Lincoln-services
every Sabbath at HIS A n; Rev W Wait,
pastor; Sunday school at 10.
Methodist, Shady Grove, (Shelton's
crcek)--services 4th Sabbath in each month
A. II o'clock; Bey Z Funk, preacher in
Cumberland Presbyterian, Oak Grove
(uear Flyntville}-services 4th Sabbath In
each month at / O'Clock; Rev A W Suth-
erlcnd, supply.
Presbyterian, Unity, on the Petersburg
road. 6 miles North OF Fayetteville, lst and
:}r9 Sabbaths in each month-also Swan
Greek Church, 2nd and 4th Sabbaths IN each
month; Rev P Osborne, pastor.
Cumberland Presbyterian, Cane Creek, on
Fishing Ford road, miles North OF Fay
ettevillc. 2nd and 4th Sa5baths each month
Rev b Tigert, pastor.
Methodist. Oak Hill-services 4th Sab
bath each month at 1e O'Clock; Rev )
Cvfnberland Presbyterian, Oak Hill-ser'
vices Ist and 3rd Sabbaths at II Md
regular pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN. Petersburg-scr7lces Is
and 3rd Sabbaths at 10 NJ and night; Re'
Allen Woods, pastor.
Nethodist-servces 2nd Sabbath at 10 4
N: Rev w Lowery, P C.
Cumberland byterian-services 4ti
sabbath at 10 NJ: Rev J b Warren, pastor
EJnion sunday school at . i every Sab
bath; PRAYER meeting "Wednesday night
Mt. nermon, Flintyille eireuit--servlce
.3rd Sabbath and preceding Saturday; Rc'
Nv A Gill. preacher in charge.
Macedonia. Flintville circuit-serviees 4u
Sabbath and preceding Saturday; Rev W 4
Gill, preacher in charge.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-06-18
whichis not essential to the pro-
lection of the blacks.

which is not essential to the pro-
lection Of the blacks.
"What the people and the
States of the South need is to
be let alone by Congress, and
given a little opportunity for
recovering from the desolation
and waste Of war. The South
ern people have been whipped in
battle between the sections, and
except a small class Of fossil
lied politicians andalot of weak
minded young men who part
their hair in the middle they ac-
knowledge and feel it. In no
State is The negro deprived of
full equal protection before the
law; but in several Southern
States, like South Carolina, the
white man has no rights which
the negro is bound to respect.
"The Southern people have
been sufficiently punished for
participation in the rebellion,
and instead of harrassing and
further humiliaing them Con-
gross ought to extend to them a
helping hand. The result Of its
passage will be that the school
system will be destroyed; the
war and race prejudices, which
were being rapidly obliterated,
will be revived with unwonted
fury, and the present genera
ton will not live to see so IA
v0rable a condition Of affairs as
exists at this time. a feeling
of returning loyalty, which was
growing in the South, will die
out, and one Of hostility to
the Government will take its
place. The mixed school bill
might appropriately be termed
a bill for the encouragement
OF riot and chaos in the Southern
Safes, and for the humiliation
Of widows and oppression of
the orphans of the South. =
With my views Of this question
I am glad to see that the Super
intendent Of Public Instruction
for Tennessee has taken the ini-
tiatcry step for the abolition of
the whole common school sys-
tenn Of the State, so if the bill
should pass the system may be
abolished without delay. In the
fullest and most emphatic man
ner possible, | wish to see Ten
nessee express the indignation
and disgust Of her people at
this palpabIe invasion OF their
rights in their purely domestic
relations"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-06-18
From m"TkeNewNorthwest, g Portland, Oregon
$50 Near, and Yet So Far. "
By JOHN A YOMACK.

o, it is so sad and dreary TO
might! The cold winter rain,
how it does patter upon my roof !!
And the chill wind, how it blows.
how it roars around my lonely
dwelling and sighs and sings fu
neral strain in unison with my
sad heart. My thoughts are far
away amid the vine clad hills Of
the sweet, sunny South, the home
Of nay childhood.
Ny friends-where are they :?
Some are sleeping silently in the
village church. yard there the
birds may sing, the squirrel may
gambo!, the rains of winter and
the summer sunbeams may fall,
but they sleer. quietly sleep, and
heed not the summer rain, nor
the winters cold. The bright
sunbeam is not seen by them
Sigh on, O, winter rain and
spring, weave chaplets of flowers
around their love-guarded dust
Shine brightly, o sun. and pour
thy golden beams in halo of glo-
ry upon their graves.
Mother! thy wayward son has
not forgotten thee ! Mother! let
melisp thy name to nightas of yore!
A mothers love ! what holy,
what a lovely thing. Mother,
thou art thinking of me tonight.
feel it, and oh, may we meet a
gain /; thy once raven tresses are
white as snow, but thou art my
own dear mother yet. Father,
brothers aud my only sister. are
you thinking of me- to night p
Do they think of me, or are they
listening to the clear, bright
streams Of Tennessee Perchance
tAey are asleep, if SO, may the
sunny smiles Of guardian angels
protect them. Roll on thy swift
wheels, oh, ruthless Time! YOU
have plowed deep burrows in my
soul. When will the spring tim'
OF Eternity come to me with 1T
amaranthine flowers and its ange
music? Do the angels think OF
me?
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-06-18
Delaware Justice.
PiIIory and Post Made Use of.

New CASTLE, May 16-The
semi-annual exhibition of Della
wares peculiar mode of punish
ment, the pillory and whipping
post, took place at New Castle to-
day. The following victims of
this barbarity suffered the peDal-
ty for their several offences, be-
Ing the result of the first week s
work of the court Low in session !:
VIM. Mcconnell, found guilty
of burglary, and sentenced to pay
$500, 10 he imprisoned for the Pc
Rod of five years, stool one hour
in the pillory, and was whipped
with twenty laShes,
Sandy Leonard, found guilty of
larceny, sentenced to pay restitu-
tion money, to be imprisoned SIX
months, was whipped with twenty
lasheS.
John Sykes, found guilty Of
burglarious entry, WAS sentenced
to pay $500. to be imprisoned lor
five years. He stood in the pill.
lory one hour and received twen-
ty lashes.
Thomas D,vis, found gnilty Of
larceny, sentenced to pay restitu-
ton money, tn be imprisoned for
six montis.received twenty lashes.
Frank Biudin, found guilty on
two indictments for larceny. SER
terced to pay restitution money.
to be imprisoned for one year, re-
ceived thirty lashes
Henry Campbell, found guilty
Of larceny, sentenced 20 pay res
titution money, to be imprisoned
for six months, and for six month:
thereafter tD wear il convict $ jack
ct, received twenty lashes.
Raswell RingOld, larceny, sen
teuced to pay restitution money
to be imprisoned for six months
and for six months to wear a CON
vict's jacket, received twenty
lashes.
James Nelson, for assault, stooc
one hour in the piiIory.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-06-18
Marriage by Telegraph
Is it Legal?
m the Lournal of the Telegrap.

From the Journal of the Telegraph.
On Thursday, April lG, 1t min
ister in the Keokuk Qowa) office
OF the Western Union Telegraph
Company married couple at Bo'
naparte, Iowa, he performing the
ceremony and they Pronounclng
the marriage vow over the wire
Five o'clock was the hour fixed
ior the ceremony. and precisely at
that time a desp tch was sent to
Keokuk to the effect that the call
didates were at the telegraph office
in Bopaparte, ,and ready to proceed.
The following was then sent:
kEoKUK. Iowa. Al iril Is, 1874.
John SuUiUan and Francis Go
doavn, Bonaparte, IoacG.
Please join hands and take the
pledge. WILLIAM Y. PRATr'
The following isa copy Of the
pledge which had been lett with
them
You mutually and solemnly
promise before God aud the wit,
nesses present, that you will take
the one you hold by the hand to
be your lawful and welded COM
panion that, forsaking all Others
you will cleave to each other III
sickness and health, and perform
all the duties of "a faithful com
panion until you are separated by
death. Il TO this you agree, send
me "A message to this effect?
Then came the response
BoNAPARTE, April l6, 1874.
Vim. G.. Pratt, Keokuk.
We take the pledge.
JOIN SULLIVAN.
FRANCIS GODOWN,
The concluding dispatch was
then sent, as follows:
KEoKUK. Iowa. April 16, 1874.
JON SuJiran and Francis 90
doaUn, Bonaparte, IOa0G.
By authority | pronounce yol
husband and wife, and may Coo
bless you. WILLIAM c. PRATT:
The operators along the Inns
then rendered their congratula
tions to the happy couple upOr
their marriage by the Lightning
process. We believe this is tn
fist authenticated marriage cere
mony performed through the me
dium of the telegraph. Mana
cels Dolbear Of Keokuk and Del
wilero oil Bonaphrte were the olhc
ating telegraphiSts.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-06-18

When a man milks COW he
should not attempt to smoke
a cigar at the same time. a
Young man out in the country
tried it, and got along we'll e.
nough until he lowered his head
and touched the cows flank
with the lighted end Of his weed.
The next instant himself and ci-
gar were dreadfully "put out. "
The cow introduced about two
tons weight into her hindleg and
then passed it under the mixers
law. When he ceased whirline
around, and the myriads of stars
had disappeared, he said farm
ing was the hardest work MAI
could put his hand at.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-06-18

In moving for the sentence
of a man who had been convic-
ted of taking a bribe for his
vote at Louisville, KY, Baird,
the prosecuting attorney, said
that no punishment could be too
great, no infamy too damning.
The convict deserves to be
hanged by the neck to the near
est tree like Judas Iscariot.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-06-18
hou aimst at be thy Countrys thy Gods and Truths"
'S!ghoirePQei
Guilty or not Guilty.


Guilty or not Guilty.
She stood at the bar of justice,
A creature wan and wild,
In form too small for a woman,
In features too old for a child;
For a look too warm and pathetic
Was stamped on her pale young face,
1t seemed long years OF suffering
Must have lett that silent trace.
"Your name" said the judge, as he eyed hel
With kindly look, yet keen,
"Is''-'.Mary Mcclure, if you please, sir"
"And your age Pr Il am turned fifteen"
"Well, Mary" and then from paper
"He slowly and gravely read,
You're charged here, 1 am sorry to say it,
With stealing three loaves of bread"
"You look not like an offender,
And hope that you can show.
The charge to be false. Now, tell NE
Are you guilty of this, or no %
A passionate burst of weeping
Was at first the sole reply,
But she dried her eyes in a moment,
And looked in the judges eye.
81 will tell you how it was, sir
Ny father and my mother are dead,
And my little brothers and SISTERS
Were hungry and asked me for bread.
At first earned it for them
By working Lard all day,
But somehow the times were hard, sir
And all the work fell away.
Il could get no employment
The weather was bitter cold,
The young ones cried and shivered-
Little Johnny's but four years Old)-
So what was to do, sir
am g',ilty, but do not condemn,
took-oh, was it stealing ,
The bread to give 1t to them"
Every man in the courtroom
Gray beard and thoughtless youth
Knew, as he looked upon her,
That the prisoner spoke the truth,
Out from their pockets came 'kerchiefs,
Out from their eyes sprung tears,
And out from old faded wallets
Treas ures boarded for years.
The Judges face was study
The straDgest you ever saw,
As he cleared his throat and murmured
Something about the law;
For one so learned in such matters
So wise in dealing with men,
fYe seemed, on a simple question,
Sorey puzzled juStthen.
But no one blamed him or wondered,
When at last these words they heard
..'The sentence Of this young prisoner
Is, Tor the present, deferred -
And no one blamed him or " ondered
When he went to her and smiled,
And tenderly led from the court room
Mary, the guilty child"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-06-18

The total length of projected
narrow gauge railroads in America
is 4,6S04 miles-3, ,0693 III the
United States and 79l in Canadas-
OF this there are completed l ,3643
miles-92S3 in the United States
and 436 in Gambia
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-06-18

CALYINIsN Rev. DR.. Thomas,
a distinguished Methodist Divine.
Of Chicago, thus speaks: Il know
no system Of belief, ancient or
modern, Pagan or Christian. SO
dishonoriug to God and 50 destruc'
tive Of every sentiment OF justice
To my mind, common profanity
is piety compared to such !eaeh-
ings."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-06-18

On a tombstone in South Caro-
lima is the following tribute to de
parted worth:
"Here lies the body Of Roberf Gorden'
Teeth almighty and mouth according
Stranger, tread lightly DER this wonder.
If ne opes his mouth you'll 90 UNDER
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-06-18
The PerilS Of Newspaper
Enterprise.
From the Toledo Blad,

of half al hour, and one is glad
to stretch his legs by a walk up
and down th4 street. Springfield
is more like Western city than
any other place | have been in
east of Buffalo. The streets are
not built up solidly, like Hartford,
but are fist being so. The United
States arsenal and the railroad
shops have built up the city 1t
is quite railroad centre, and will
grow more in the next ten years
than in the last. Many manufac-
tories are starting, ard the people
are enterprising. Insurance is
quite lending business, but the
Republican has done more to make
Springfield known Throughout the
country than aught else. II is
tie best paper in New England,
md one of the best edited papers
III IhS COuiitA
| supposed that every one in
these parts liked the Springfield
Republican, but fourd one man
who didn't. He got on at Thomp
lsonville, and | offered him a Be
publican | had finished reading,
bat he handel it back when he
read the name, saying:
Il don't want any news from
that paper"
Il supposed that everybody
read it in these parts" | answered.
{s'H,s it been pitching into You! y
"Pitching INTO Inc ? Great C@
sarl | should say it had. Ii it
had only pitched into me, | would
not care, But just let me meet
Bowles.'
"You never make anything by
striking an editor" | SAID ; "better
grin and bear it.
Yes, that's all right for You 10
say; but inst let me meet that
man B1wles / Il show him how
to run a paper"
"What did he do?'
"Do? he did good deal. IIere's
how it is: l often went up 10
Springfield on the last train at
might, did my business in the eve
ming. and caue home on the first
morning train. Well, one night
met an old crouy and we went to
Music Hall TO the theatre. When
we came ont we met two girls
who Jun said were his cousins, but
thav weren't t. it was all a fraud
| | didn't know it, and when jim
offered his arm to one gIrl | did
the same to the other. They
took us 10 their rooms, and | saw
how it was. Of course | u.du'l
get right out, 50 treated ; then
Jim treated !; then the girls treat
] ed in fact we were having a pref
;. ty good time, when some fellow:
, came in and commenced raising 8
row. In less than no time the pD
lice were In and had US. The
next morning | was hauled before
the court and fined s. 40. | die
mot care much, because l gave {
!. false name. and | knew my wife
couldn't find it out ; but, the nezt
; morning, III be e'ernally funkec
if that Republican didn't have ii
all in and my own name toe"
Did your wife see ?"
II should say she did"
. did she make ii fuss 2
Fuss! Godfrey Elishal Are
> you married .
Yes"
"Thsn you know how it is.
| have to go to Springfield in th'
daytime now. Just let me set
: Bowles =
But said l. feeling l ought Il
take a newspapers Dart, ''you cal
hardly blame him, You know
Il was only showing the prope
enterprise. "
Enterprise! enterprise be ID
There's such thing as having %
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-06-18

Governor Booth, of Califor-
MIA, vetoed twenty-five bills that
were passed hastily in the clos
ing hours of the Legislature.
He did not write messages, but
simply deposited the bills in
the wastezbasket.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-06-18

The Legislature Of Wisconsin
some time since passed a law
fixing the rate Of carges to be
made by Railroad companies for
carrying freight and passengers.
Two companies have notified
the Governor that they will dis
regard the law. On the other
hand the Governor has issued
a circular calling upon all good
citizens to sustain the law by
refusing to pay more than the
legal rate.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-06-18
Confession by Ordeal

A recent transaction i'll the
Criminal Court of Memphis
illustrates the spirit Of barba-
rism and lawlessness which yet
prevails on some Of the Mlssls-
sippi steamers. Henry Powers,
acting Captain of the steamer
Clarksville, was arraigned for
the lynching of a Hebrew named
Samuel Buhrman, for alleged
larceny of jewelry. Some jew
elry being missed, Buhrman,
was suspected, and was swung
up three times with a rope 10
extort a confession. To save
his life he said lie had stolen
the articles and thrown them
overheard. He was then put
on the Mississippi, shore his
hands tied behind him. Buhr-
man, who is the son of an IN
surance agent in Louisville, de-
clares that he made the pretcn-
ded confession from fear, ano
was innocent. Powers was held
for appearance in the Criminal
Court, and has also been arres-
ed in a civil suit III which
100000 damages was claimed.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-06-18

The New Jersey Democrats
are preparing for a vigorous IS
campaign for the government OF
that State.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-06-18

Ten persons, men and women,
we G arrested last week in Gin
ci. natl, by .. S. detectives, for
counterfeiting.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-06-18
Mail Directory.
Fayetteville POst-Omee.

Railroad-leaves every day except sun
5av At 6 A. NJ; arrives at 8 p N. Supplies
the following offices: kelso, Lincoln, Flynt-
viue Oregon. Georges Stere, Flora, Hunt S
station. salem. Winchester and Decherd.
Shelbyville stage-arrives Monday, We'd
nesday and Friday at i0A A. NJ; leaves same
days at 2P.m. Supplies Mulberry, Lynch
burr. Bonneville, County Line, ohelbyEille.
Huntsville stage-leaVes Monday and
Thursday at A. n; arrives Tuesday and
Friday at 4P.M Supplies Goshen, Halle
Graen Neridianyille and Huntsville.
Sbelbyyille hoTse-leaves Mondays and
THURSDAYS at 8 A. NJ; arrives Tuesday and
F,;daV at NJ Supplies Norris Greek,
Chestnut Ridge, Hawthorne and Shelbyville.
PuIaski herse-arriyes every Friday at II
Jesves same day at 1890. Supplies Cy-
rnston. Boons Uill, MillVIlle, Plsgah, Brad
shaw and Pulaski.
blanche horse-leayes every FRIDAY al
n: arrives Saturday at 3 P II. Sup
lilies Camargo. Molino and Blanche.
Money Orders can be obtained at TINS Of
Gee unop post offices in all parts ell the u
n;tad States. 4 list Of Money Order Offices
NAV be seen on application. Rates OF COM
mission for Money Orders are as follows;
MOI exceeding SO. .............- cents
1n..,~3 ,,ot exceeding 500 " 10 do
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-06-18

A minister in Atlanta, Ga, says
lotteries are sinful swiDdles. lie
is out $500 by the last Lou'svll-
famous drawing.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-06-18
TERMS.

S& Two Dollars for one year. taUa-
aaGiy ~ Gdcoace; Two uOti;ars and
Fifty Censs if payment be deferred three
months. All papers going out of the county
TO be pai for an aGeaace.
RS single copies, Five Cents each.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-06-18

If a man dreams the devil IS
after him, it is a sign he had bet
ter settle his subscription bill.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-06-18

Virginia has paid S3O,ooO,OO0
on tobacco alone, since the war;,