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tons of Grant. But this man is
stolid and unconcerned; this man
We call President, whose official life has
been simply Infamous, whose career,
from the Bowen house transaction,
through the Black Friday, San Domingo
and French arms, up to the hour when,
himself q candidate for reelection, ne
ordered his creatures, headed 10y one OF
his own family, TO drive out the CHOSEN
legislature Of sovereign State at the
point Of the bsyonet-this man VINO re-
tsins Williams as encouragement alter
senate Of his own party branded him as
dishonest; the President who makes
imbeciIity q qualification for the bench,
as in the case OF Richardson; the grand
commander of carpetbaggers plum
dering in the south, Of carpetbag-
gers fostering in Utah, of Sanborn
thieves expressing northern indus
tries-this man, we say, walks, comfort
able and serene, corrupt and coTupting,
and even has the hardihoOd 10 desire 3
third term The Radicals are too shrewd
to psnder to his vanity. Having used
him they will cast away the squeezed
lemon. This the Democrats regret, IS
Grant is now the weakest man in his
party. He has not been equal to his
and his administration
will form a dark page in the history of
the country.
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TEXAS.


Jefferson has baseball clubs.
Austin is infested with burglars.
Austin has several Cinnamon and a
large amount Of rats.
The Jefferson .Jjnlplecllte is fighting
at the Austin Statesman.
At Austin cotton is selling at ten and
three-quarters to eleven and three.qusT-
/ ter cents.
/ The Texas pecan crop is poor. These
nuts sell for two dollars and fifty cents
! per bushel at Austin.
The Austin Statesman says: Corn
still commands a good price-seveuty
cents by the wagOn-lOsd.n
Judge A. B. Norton hiss Just started 8
| Republican paper at Austin called the
! IitteJljge Echo. He ought to be
ashamed of himself to attempt such q
thing just after the late election.
The duplicate Of Friday last says:
Five hundred and nineteen bales of
cotton in one day, and thirteen thou
sand dollars good and lawful money
slung right out among the people! Does
that look like the doings of deeaying
city? Nary time Bully for Jefferson!
Bully for Texas! Bully FOR all Of US!
Three Indians recently created a sem
sation al Austin, and this Is what the
! statesman says about it: ave opened
our conversation with Wan tina Skuk,
which, in plain Anglo Saxon, is moth
ing more or less than J. &. Anderson.
We found Wah tina Skuk, who proved
to be the interpreter, familiar with the
English language, and quite intelligent
and gentlemsuly. He informed us that
the Indians were from the reservation,
and that they belonged to the Kickapco
and PottaWattomie tribes, one being
named Wah he CoSe, and the other Che
Quamka, the latter Of whom was Pot
tawattomie chief, and the former the
medicine man of the KickapoOs. They
are on their way to Mexico, in charge
OF Colonel H. N. Atkinson, Indian
commissioner, to induce the balance Of
their tribes TO join those already on the
reservation. The party left yesterday
morning on the San Antonio stage, and
viii hurry on TO Mexico as fast as posi-
bic. Ii viii be recollected that about
fifty Indians, mostly women and chill
dreD, belonging to these tribes, passed
through this city q little over a year
ago, in charge of United States soldiers,
they having been captured in camp
while 5be warriors were out on the wsr-
path on a stealing expedition. VIVA
tina Skuk said that while their presence
always seemed to excite curiosity on the
part OF the whites, yet they were always
treated civilly and kindly"
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from the garden Of Colonel S. c. De-
| Rrlhl p IhaDs not 8 laroa nasE.et

from the garden Of Colonel S. G. De-
Bruhl." THAT'S not large basket.
Atlanta NeWs: "His name ia Regis
( ter, and he halls from Berrien county,
and registers his intention to contest the
election Of John l.. Mathews tor the leg
islature.
Savannah Netos: CIT is asserted that
among the riotous crowd at Crawford
precinct on Tuesday were number Of
/ butchers who have stalls in the Savan-
nah market. Find out who they are. !"
A Savannah clearinghouse harbors
two widows, three widowers, four spin
sters and six bachelors. The lsndiady
confidently informed a friend that she
anticipates several matches during the
winter. There is certainly sufaeiency
Of material.
Rowe Humphries, convicted OF MUIR
der; Ann Robertson, Deke Lampkir,
Sam Edwards, and Green Wilkersou,
charged with Arson, and John Mat
thias, who was charged with commit
ting a rape escaped from the Carters-
Vile Jail last week.
In a difficulty which occurred at
/ Woodville last week between a white
man and negro, the latter was stabbed
in the throat and instantly killed. The
white man gave himself up to the au-
/ thoEities, but was released, having clear
! ly acted in self-defense.
Between three and four hundred
armed negroes from Chatham county
went to bingham county Tuesday and
took possession Of the polls. The peO-
| pie of the county have resolved upon q
vigorous prosecution of the leaders OF
the affair before the United States court.
w. H. Blskely left Columbus on the
| Julia st. Clair last week, in q state of
deliriIH1 treDleIls produced by drink.
He was last seen Sunday morning about
five o'clock Just after the boat left Co.
lumbia for Eufsula. When next looked
for, some miles below the latter place,
he wss found to be missing and nothing
Of his whereabouts could be discovered.
The boat had made no landing. It is
supposed he stepped off the bow, was
immediately swept under the boat and
found wstery grave.
The Macon Star says: awe had a
call last night from Neal Solomon, late
of the original Ethiopian Ministries.
Neal was born and raised q slave in this
city, and left here Immediately after the
war with minstrel troupe Of genuine
negroes. Upnorth they met with gen.
tlemaB named Hague, who was 90 much
pleased with their performances that he
made an arrangement with them 10y
which he took the entire troop to Eu-
rope, where, under bis management,
they played ia England, Wales, Scot
land, and other countries. But a few
months ago Neal sighed for the hOme of
his youth, and to see his mother, who
still resides here, and leaving the COM
pany, came back. He is the best jlg
dancer we have ever seen, and he play
ed here two nights with the MariCnetJe /
troupe. He has gold medal, pIe5en ted
to him by Mr.. Hague on his leaving the |
company. Altogether he has an event |
full history, and is quite an intelligent
darkey."
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/ sEMPHTS APPEAL
MORNINe, NOY. ", Sc.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

The Knoxville Chronicle Is lugubrioui
about the State Indebtedness and the in
terest thereon. This vast debt was en-
tailed upon the people Of Tennessee by
the Radical party, and we are not sur
prised that Radical newspapers SHOULD
feel sad in lis contemplation. The Chron
5cle says: "Our people already complain
at the burden Of taxation, and viii no
quietly submit to any increase on the
present rates" Who proposes an in
crease? The Democratic platform adopt
ed by the State convention on the nine
teenth of August expressly and eXPilci'-
ly opposes any increase OF the rate Oh
taxation. We hsve heard OF no propo-
sition to levy additional burdens upon
the people. While the indebtedness Of
the southern States, under Radical rule,
has constantly, regularly and invariably
increased. the indebtedness Of Tennes-
ssa under the able and efficient admin
istratiou Of Governor Brown, has been
diminished one-half. The same finan-
cisl policy viii soon extinguish the
State debt. The people Of Tennessee are
taxed only forty cents on one hundred
dollars, and as we have repeatedly
shown. this is less than the tax
Of any other States in the Union
save three. In over half the States
the rate Of taxation is double that OF
Tennessee, and our people can surely
endure one-half the burdens imposed
on one-hslf the States Of the Union.
Whilst no one proposes to increase the
State tax. none but the regulators adj
vocate 8 reduction Of taxation. Bat We
are gratified to know that this class are
few in numbers and without influence.
The people OF Tennessee are honest, and
have no more use for the citizen who
would defraud a State creditor than the
knave who would repudiate a note
given te his neighbor for money Dor
rOwed in the hour Of need. 1t was re-
Gently said, with truth, that repudia-
ton is the most expensive manner IN
which debts can bs paid, whether
State, Federal, municipal or individual.
A very large portion OF our bonded
debt is held by subjects of foreign ns-
tons, bought direct from the author
lied agents of our government. Nsttel,
in his Lars Of Nations, declares
one OF the just causes Of war
to be the recovery of debts due from
one State TO the citizens
or subjects of another. Suppose
that this policy OF reputation be put
into execution. How long would it be
before the combined armies and nRvies |
Of Europe would demand indemnity, I
aud even suppOsing that we made a sue |
cessful defense, the expense of the war |
would exceed our present Indebtedness, |
and because our credit had been de- /
strOyed, il would have to be betrayed by |
forced loans and cOnfiscstiOns of prop |
erty. Then We would see taxation in |
earnest. The French intervention in |
Mexico was made for the purpose Of en- |
forcing the payment Of Mexican indebt- /
edness, and although the expedition /
failed because our government was de-
termlned TO inforce the Monroe doctrine,
yet the war it caused made Mexico more
expense than she would have incurred
in paying her honest debts.
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The Oxford Falcon has entered upon
its tenth volume. The editor says: "For
nine years, under many discourage
ments and trials, We have labOred faith
fully TO give the people reliable and
trustworthy journal, and the liberal
patronage We have received assures us
that our efforts nave not been in vain.
We have larger circulation now than
any paper in the county has ever Oh
tanned, and it is steadily increasing
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On the twenty-eighth ultim0, PROBES
scr Tynda1 delivered one Of a course o.
lectures to workingmen at Free Trade
hall, Manchester, England. His sua-
iect was Crystalline and Molecular
Forces" In the course Of his lecture he
denied squarely the charge Of atheism
which has been brought against him by
his sdyersaries. Those who heard his
.reverent uttersnees on this subject, SAYS
the New York Tribune, when lecturing
at Cooper institute, wiz scarcely need
this additional testimony. His belief
in deity has been frequently indicated
10 his writings, and might have been
inferred even from his Belfast address;
but it has never been expressed in words
80 unmistaksble as those 1T Free Trade
hall
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A TELEGRAM from Washington Gays
that since Mr.. Blaine's chances for re-
election to the speakership have been
snuffed out by the recent Democratic
victories, he will enter the list for the
senatorship from Maine against Hamlin,
who, up to the other day, had a sure
thing OF it. Blaine will be a formidable
competitor, and viii most likely carry
off the nriza
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GENERAL BANKS is spoken OF as 8
possible candidate for speaker of the
house of representatives. II will be re-
membered that he filed that position
before the war, and in a manner satisfae-
tory to all the members, Democratic as
well as Republican, and that be was
much cOmplimented for his fairness in
the distribution OF the committees and
his decisions at a time when party feel
ing was running very high. Twenty
one years ago he was the only Demo
cratic mempsr Of congress from Mas
sachusetts, and for fifteen years
he has been successful Re
publican politician, until two years
ago, when he espoused the
cause Of Liberalism in the Greeley cam
psign, and renowned the Radical party.
General Banks was elected to congress
last Tuesday IS an Independent, but he
will cooperate with the Democratic
party, aud possibly return to the fold,
as Independents are now played out
He contributed largely to the Democrat
ie successes in Massachusetts, and him
more than any other one man did the
administration exert itself TO defeat. His
election, il not triumph for Demo-
cracy, was, at least, a saddening defeat
to the administration, but we very much
doubt that he will be speaker Of the next
house for all that. There are too many
able Democrats before him. Men like
Kerr, Cox, Randall, Wood and Lamar.
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THIS is the way our late successes are
accepted in the country: In q business
letter received by a friend from an act
i've, live business man Of New Orleans,
the writer says: I'VE are indeed most
fortunate in achieving the late victory.
Without it bankruptcy would have re-
suited TO the State aud city. Our peo-
pie are now hopeful and cheerful, and
under the influence Of this feeling our
business is already reviviDg" So say
~.
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THE repudiators in Tennessee can
learn lesson by reading the news from
Richmond, Virginia, ia another column.
Old Virginia scorns reputation, and
will stand up to the rack Of even a
RsdicaI-made debt. So do all homes,
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The following verses, entitled Torch
light Hymn, are from the pen Of L. j..
BIeckley, Of Atlanta, Georgia, and were
written for the occasion OF the celenra-
ton in that city Of the recent great tri-
umph Of the Democracy. They embOdy
good thoughts, such as every true Dem
Ocrat in the south subscribes to, and are
for that reason, if no other, worthy of
preservation:
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a7-one Hundred Pianos for saloon monthly
Cash Down-s50, sl00, sl50, 500, s250, $780, $780,
$500, $50, SEQ. -. -. -.
Mapthiy Payments-s45, $40, S25, $50, So. $50,
sl5 SIC 81 or a liberal discount for all cash
downs Sheet Music ana Musical Merchan-
disc, Now 81 she time 10 b1y.
pialioa tuned and repaired by competent
n. A. HENSON, BIZ Main SO.
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TORCHLIGHT HMM

TORCHLlGHT HYMN.
Make the torches big and bright,
Let their flame devour the aight-
Burn the darkness into light!
Raise the song ana swell the shout
Ring the tones OF gladness out;
Fire and voice give fuh employ,
FIFTY 10 proclaim our joy
Meath the new November sun,
What a deed has Just been done
In this land Of Washington!
Hail. We fTeenen. good ana true,
All who helped the deed to do
Ne are worthy to prevail;
Hail to every one-au hail!
Care we not where you reside,
North or south, you are our pride
llen we trust as brothers tried.
Word or wish or thought TO pain,
Come between US not again.
Feuds and nights OF heretofore
Buried now be ever more.
After this fraterral Test
Vengeance in the east and west
Surely must be well at resi-.
Hearts and hands alike repOse,
Rage has stopped as well as blows;
War, at last, mas had TO cease
Peace doth NIL the name Of Peace!
GEORGIA DEMOCRAT.
The following, entitled "Massachu-
sets to Louisiana" is another good
specimen Of the verses inspired by the
great Democratic victory. They are
rom the pen Of John Boyle O'ReiiIy, Of
he Boston Pilot, one Of the best Of the
rising young poets Of the country:
MASSACHU SETS TO LOUISIANA.
sister, We have longed 10 speskU!
We have waited long 10 save;
We have yesrned to speak the welcome:
"Enter-be no more slave!
Every ear that fell, we saw IL,
AS we braced TO meet the shock
Now come in-the door is open,
Sit thou here by Plymouth rock.
We have seen thee al disheveled,
Seen thee bend with trembling alp
When the men who should have loved thee
Raised again the brutal whip;
But we knew their day was coming,
As We know their day has come,
Ring their doom. Louisiana!
Massac husetts drives them home.
Queen thou wertin all thy sOruow
Queen thou shalt be Yet in pride,
Many-thrOned Columbia calls thee
Where her queens SIT side by side.
And thy regal robes are ready,
Ana thy crown is on the throne,
For we knew our Cinderella
Would come back % claim her own.
shall one be driven
To the desert: neVermore
Shall the children Of the Union
On their brethren bar the door.
God be thanked FOR love grown stronger;
Heart and hope 90 hand in hand.
We SIZE north and south no longer,
Bat great united land.
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GAIT HOUSE,
CORNER FIRST s. MAIN STS.,
LOUISVILLE, NY.

IN ORDER to meet the views of the great
4 travelling community, The Gait House will
in future only charge on the fifth fourth and
entresOl floors : hrse Dollars per day.
In making this reduction, / desire TO say
that IL shall not in any way impair the &C.
eolnmodation heretofore given 10 the public.
The. past reputation Of tue House will be
fully maintained in every particular, while in
It's appointments and arrangements we claim
that II IS not surpassed in the world.
j. p. JOH NSON, Manager.
LOUISVILLE, KY, OctoOer2l 1874. oc29
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GRAND EXCURSION
TO NEW ORLEANS.

THE Trfennial COncIave Of the Grand En-
4 camDmeut of the United states, Knights
templar viii be held in New Orleans Decem-
Der ], 1874.
The MAGNIFICENT steamer BELLE LEX
viii leave this city NOFEEBEH 10Th, 40 D
O'Clock pm, under The control Of Cyrene
COinnandery, No. 4.
A splendid band has been engaged for the
trip, and everything viii be done 10 make the
excursion pleasant one. Al persons wish
Ing to avail themselves OF TINS opportunity
viii apply to ]. 81. PETrIGREW. Z5G Front
street, where diagram OF the cabin may he
seen, and all necessary information obtained.
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No. 90 Madison Street.

ss-rskss Fire aud Marine EihEz. Bwesin
HOUSES and is0lRfsu Country stores
esDaeiaiip solicited. gas1
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-10

poses; retaining also the Indianapolis ar
senal, Indiana Kennebec arsenal, Maine |;
Fortress Monroe arsenal, Virginia, and Au-
gusta arsenal, Georgia, as places for stor
age and repair. 1t recommends the sale
Of the Allegheny, Columbus, Detroit.
Pikesville, Watervliet, Waterfowl, and
Washington arsenals, the sales to be made
as rapidly as circumstances will permit,
the proceeds to be devoted to the purchase
uf site and the erection of buildings tor
the grand arsenal. The secretary heartily
concurs in these recommendations.
The establishment of powder depot
and an experimental ground for heavy
cannon are also discussed by the board,
and its recommendations are approved:
An estimate of these very important and
desirable objects has been made, which 1t
is earnestly urged that congress take ia
vorable action upon. The great gun prob,
lem cannot be solved without continued
experiments, considerable expenditure:
and all the facilities of well appointed
experimental and proving ground. The
i'm movements in modern gunnery are as
much the result of the hourly demonstra-
tons on the experimental ground as the
success of mechanical manipulation and
skill in the workshop, and certainly no ex.
ercise of theoretical knowledge will avail
without the tests of experimental proof.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-10
A Good Word for Cox.

TEE ARGUS has the honor Of first pro-
posing Hon. s. s. Cox for speaker,
the N, Y. Heraldin an article on the varl-
GUS persons talked about says
Samuel s. Cox has some useful qualifl-
cations for the Speakership and Is per
sonally very popular. he IS an oid mem
Der; is perfectly familiar with the rules OF
the House he could not be obfuscated
for moment by any sharp parliamentary
dodge, and he would be certain to treat the
Republican members with unexceptionable
courtesy. He refused his share Of the sal
ary grab and his personal integrity has
never been impeached. But the South
ern members will probably prefer differ
ent candidate, because there has never
been any tincture of Bourbonism in Mr..
Cox's Democracy and he was one of the
earliest members of the party to accept the
political results of the war.
And Pomeroy's n. Y. Democrat in an
article on the same subject says
s, s. Cox, Of this city is an expert in
parliamentary tactics-a true Democrat
and strictly honest man. His reputation
is worldwide. He is not all the time for
self, but really sympathizes with the peo-
pie and has a record on which there is not
a spot or blemish The election of such a
man as Speaker would encourage the hon,
est sentiment and advance the interests OF
Democracy in its promised efforts for the
public good Mr.. Cox has no price; He
is not for sale. He never votes for the fen
at the expense of the many. lie work.
for measures more than for men. The
election of Cox would give the Democrats,
next year, hundred thousand more votes
than this, while the election Of any man
who soiled himself by grabbing the back
pay plumber we'll disgust honest men, dam
age Democratic hopes, and set the party
back into the mud and mire from which it
is emerging. Honest men are now wanted.
So long as there are honest men let them
be honored.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-10
Contracts with the Confederate Gov
ernn emit Declared Null and Void.

The supreme court of the United States
has lust rendered decision in which, for
the first time, the question of the power
of the so called confederate government to
make valid contract has been adjudica-
ted The plaintiff had, knowingly, pur-
chased cotton OF an agent OF the confeder-
ate states. This cotton was subsequently
seized by the United States, and the pro
ceeds converted into the treasury. PlalD-
tiff brought suit in the court OF claims to
recover. This court rejected the claim.
The supreme court aihrms this decision
of the court of claims on two grounds:
First, because the purchase OF the cotton
and the payment of the consideration nee
essarily tended to give aid to the rebellion.
and all such contracts are void, as contrary
to public policy This was concurred in
by the whole court Second, because the
so called government of the confederate
states. had no existence except asi con-
spiracy to overthrow lawful authority Its
foundation was treason against the existing
federal authority. Its single purpose, so
long as it lasted was to make that treason
successful. 1t was not necessary to the
organization of civil government and the
support of social order but was destruct-
i've of the best interests of society, its ex
| istence being an enormous evil. When II
was overthrown it persisted totally, leaving
no laws, no statues, no DEGREES or authority
which can give support to any contract Oh
act done in its service, or in aid of its pur
pose, or which contributed to- protract it
existence. Hence the plaintiff could moi
derive any title to this cotton under The
contract made by him with an agent Of thu
50 called confederate government, sucl
contract being totally void.
In support Of this second position of the
court the chief justice and six associate
justices concur Two-Mr Justice Clifford
and Mr. Justice Davis--iisseut on the
ground that its announcement was not nee
essary to the decision Of this case.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-10
Pages Climax Salve, a Family
blessing for o. cents.

Pages Climax Salve, a Family
blessing for 25 cents.
1t heals without a scar. No
family should be without it.
We warrant it to cure ScrOfula
Sores, Salt Rheum, Chilblains,
Sore Breasts or Nipples, Burns,
Scalds, Cuts, and Sprains.
1t has been used over twenty
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Hhasno parallel-haying per.
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had failed. 1t is a compound of
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