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The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-03-07

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msss under NE sane f0Fm cod d gnitfinns "a thi
san Fnneisra and fauiaFiIis hl afY etn Gov
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prominent ]eififeHa selected ~ fhe nekst hnii#fs
References a. b. the Integrity u this eutsrFfiss
and IS NE nHHrRsmeuf Il made Nv The following
well knUwn rfigemH
sam T.. Tihiuls a Tapouee. . Malsh, J ~
Observation-Disclosures ~ CHy Council
Judge 4 j. Black, Ass't Us Aseesaor Malsh
n BreOnwald. Propfietais Metfopt iifHn Hotel
Eueene Meore. Cts Marshal W. W. Hall, Arch.
itect. J. Kshoe, Constable j. kurf p, Jewelor.
Capt y Howe, Contra toe q u Richmond a Co,
Commission Merchants NJ v Campbell, propfie-
tor Central Hotel. singleton q Cieath, Propfie'
tors Pacific stahlpH, \ y Hitch, Merchant, Sandy,
UtHlr A. g. Garrison, Helena, Montana
We viii also announce that each and every per.
ION bupinr = ticket can NJ any and at times *.
anime our books and all business transactions
connected with the enterprise and nsthe drawing
Of prizes will be placed in the hands Of honest
and iisinterested men, il will insure n fair and
impartial distribution.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-03-07

CoIUMBTA, s. G. FEBRUARY 1.-THE
taxpayers convention ment at noon
today and there were seven hundred
delegates present. In his opening
address President Porter said that
the bad faith of the State Govern
ment and the public corruption and
extravaganza made the re-assembling
Of the convention Necessary. The
Taxpayers arc in dispair. They
have no civil fir edom, but are the
subjects of a plain and naked despot>
ism. The preponderance of political
power is ir the hands Of non ak
pavers, who refuse the taxpayers a
fair representation for their protec-
fion. The proprietary interest, repre-
senting Sl7000000 of property, is
taxed cd libitum without its consent
by those who bear no burden and
eaiov the spoliation Gov. Porter
showed by facts and figures that
while taxable property had declined
from $500, 100000 to $175.O00.C00,
the taxes had risen from 100000 to
over 5 2,500.000. People are virtual
ly required to pay twenty times as
much as before the war ; the bonded
debt is trebled ; the amount Of the
floating debt is unknown: legisla-
tive expenses have risen from $40, 1000
to 100000. and the public printing
from $4,000 to $3.50 900. He sug-
gested that the Convention should
encourage immigration. organize the
taxpayers in every county, and me-
m~orialize Congress for q redress of
grievances by resolute words and
acts. The Federal Government can
do much TO better o condition, for
that Government is the only power
the wrong doors fear. Bancroft the
historian had said that South Caro-
lima founded the American Union
under the lead of Gadsden, and Rut
ledge, and Lynch. She was the first
to answer The call Of Massachusetts
In 1865 ; without her no American
Congress would have been held.
One thing the American people may
be disposed 10 remember against
South Carolina, but there are many
things they cannot afford to forget.
Let ms appeal 10 the American peo-
pie, and II they have nature in them
they will hsed end hear the call.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-03-07

Some of the people In Dubuque arc
indignat because their fellow-citizens
Mr.. Hoffman, took out his wile's
false teeth just before burning her.
But they should not be. In the
world to which Mrs. Hoffman has
rome there may be weeping aud wall
ing, but Mr.. HofTan simply determin-
ed that, 20 far as his wife was con
cerned, there should be no crashing
of teeth.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-03-07

a female lecturer in Boston said :
eGet married, young men and be
quick about IT.. Don't wait for the
girls 10 become angels. You would
look we'll beside angels, wouldn't
you, you bru,es ?"
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-03-07

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merchant ~ a ~asightoflag hfmef
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The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-03-07

A Texan town was recently visited
~ a clergyman for the dfat time IN
lts history, and the hospitatio lnhab'
itahis pfoposel getting op q Lorse
race for his entertainment
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-03-07

A maa In Yates County ~ =.
sho las been an IhFss rate smoksr
Tor 6iy year. hes suddenly ahd per.
inanesny given Il ap lle knocked
the ashs. cot m We rIps In 70 . seg
u blasting powder.
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The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-03-07
tn E LACLEDE HOTEL.
North Side Of Government Street, and
I'D West of 50. Emanuel.
MOBILE ALA.

Mrs. J.. A. SAMPLE. Proprietress
cE~ Transient Terms are So 90 per day special
rates by the week or month can be agreed upon
by those wishing to remain permanen.ly.sAl
This new and commodious House has re-
Gently been opened to the Public. IL is one of
the best and most conveniently located Hotels
in the city being in full view of the NEW
ORLEANS, MOBILE AND TEXAS RAIL
ROAD DEPOT, and easy of access TO all the
Depots by lines of street Cars passing on three
sides of the House.
1t Is completely fitted up with New Fuini-
ture. Carpets and Surfing Beds, and most of the
ccnyenienees of a
FIRST CLASS HOTEL.
This House is beyond question, the NOR.
comfortable and pleasant Hotel in the city, hav.
ing a large frontage on aevernmeut ~.
and a large expesure swards Mobile Ray,
with Fcar Halls passing through, from Nroth
10 South, making the Ventilation unusually
Coed
Persons stopping at This House may feel
cssured that every sttenfion viii Re shown them
that may sdd to their pleasure and confed.
sep2sm3
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Good aud Responsibie Agents Wanted
Liberal Commission Allowed.

t-grMoney should be cent by Express or by
Draft on any solvent bank, by Postoiiee Money
Order, or Registered Letter, at our risk. For
particulars, ADDRESS Il. W. MORGAN, Manager
janlS3 L ok Box .55, Corinne, Utah
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-07-04
STATE NEWS.

Marshall Normal College has
turned out eighteen graduates in
the last two years.
| Mr.. Washington FL. Berry, of
Braxton county, has a chicken
with four legs, all peri t.
Seventeen thousane dollars of
| the $4,000 in bonds issued by
Grafton, for street purposes have
been sold.
The Parkersburg E,ronsiner, and
Clarksburg Conservative are offer
ed for sale, They are both Dem
ocratic.
Michael Lyon, of Grafton, was
fined 5000 for illicit sales of whis-
ky-two cases, 500 and costs in
each case.
Mr.. Thomas Patterson, o.
Brooke county, sold a pair Of fan
cy match black horses to Mr..
John Lewis, Sr., for $500.
The Pan Handle Necs says
Wellsburg is infested with a lot
of sneak-thieves, and admonishes
them to be careful, or an inquest
may be held over their bodies
some fine morning and verdict
rendered ofjustifiable homicide.
Among the candidates for ad-
mission to West Point is one
named Sauermilch, from Pennsyl-
vania. Should he graduate he may
do for frontier service, but he can
never represent the cream of tn
army.
The Mason County papers are
becoming lively The Register say:
The Clifton Coal Company want
to purchase three mules. We sug-
gest that they bargain for the edi-
tors of the Mason County Jodrnol,
they'll fill the bill exactly!
Is the Wing party about to re-
vive? The Point Pleasant Reg
lister of June Is, say: Last Sun
day John l.. Charles, ESQ.,, cap
tured a raccoon upon the street in
front of his residence, and was Sc
verely bitten through the fin
gers.
The editor of the Wheeling Stan
ddrd has interviewed "A man one
hundred and seven years old-Mr.
Michael Edwards, ST., of Monds-
vile.
The mountain Herald wants
the Legislature to put up fish lad
ders at Kanawha and Richmond
Falls, to enable the fish running
up in the Spring to go or up into
New river, which abounds only
in cat and other inferior fish.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-07-04
GENERAL NOTES.

Henry Ward Beecher WAS sixty
one years old Wednesday last.
Gideon Welles is spending the
evening of his days a his home in
Connecticut
DR.. Michael Hatch for sixty
years a practicing physician la
EnOsboro', Vermont. died recent
~ 10 the Sheldon Poor Housc,aged
1902 years.
Florida bases a new claim ia be-
ing one Of the heaIthiest S atps IN
the Union on the fact that nobody
has been hung there for thrce
years.
Connecticut has SIPS factories,
employing 61,6S4 men, 20, SOL wo-
men and 1923 children.
San Francisco claims TO have
exported 81 ,034 ,537 ,245 in gold and
silver in twenty five years.
The number of extraordinary
things ladies viii do in the cause Of
charity is marvellous. a party of
ladies in Australia recently played
criCkeI match TO raise money for
charitable purposes, in which they
were very succ' ssfui.
\ man WI, was seen coming out
Of a newspaper office with a split
nose and With oaIy one eve ana
one ear, explained to a policeman
that re entered the Office simply
10 soc whether the editor was in.
And he MAS IN" added the vic
tin mournfully.
Advices from New England and
the Northwestern States predict
all unusually large apple crop.
1t is stated that fifty Of the I'M
dergraduates at Oxford have taken
the advica Of Mr. Ruskin, and are
actively at work making improve
ments at the adjancent village of
Hinckley, using shoyeis instead of
oars, and spades instead OF bats.
George NJ. Derby, son Of the
late Capt. John FL. Derby r"John
Ph9niX"l has been at a preparato
ry school in New York of late.
prior to entering West Point, and
is said to have taken the highest
honors in every "a Of bis classes
The Boston ;laveler is in a fog,
for if Mr.. Sarttoris married the
young lady whose portrait is pub
lished in Harper's Weekly, he has
Tilted The poor girl in Frank Les
lies, and if he was welded the
latter his conduct towards the
pretty face in the Graphic is in
the highest degree reprehensible.
a little boy in ST. Cloud few
days ago undertook to see if he
could lift himself by hanging on a
mules tail. He found out all
about it, and the doctors think
the skin on his forehead will grow
up, but will leave a bad scar.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-07-04

The Poet Office Department ought
not TO be hard to fill with an executive
head, still the office seems to go beg
ging Mr.. Hale went to Washington,
shifted around little, and arrived at
the conclusion that it was healthier up
in Maine Now, West Virginia has sew
cral men who could draw the pay of
that office. We could do it gracefully
eurself, and we know our friend j Mar
shall Hagans would prefer the position
to being returned to seat in Congress
by grateful constituency, who elected
him so triumphantly, and whom he has
served so faithfully. President Grant
ought to get some person at once to re-
lieve Mr. Creswel, and it ought to be a
very easy matter to find some one who
does not desire to retire to the shades
Of private life.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-07-04
A ESTION OF RESPONSE
BILITY.

The Supreme Court of Maine has
just rendered an important decis-
ion in a case brought against the
Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, by Bartlett & Wood, a firm
operating in grain i'm that State, to
recover damages for the incorrect
transmission Of message. The
despatch was to Hobbs & Co.,
Chicago, ordering ten thousand
bushels of corn, but as received
read, zone thousand bushels 1t
required two or three days
to correct the error, and mean
while the price of corn had adj
vanced ten cents per bushel. max
ing a loss for Bartlett & Wood of
5000. In giving judgment for the
plaintiffs the court says:
ga rule adopted by a telegraph
company las follows: The Western
Union Telegraph Company will
receive messages for all stations
east of the Mississippi river, to be
sent during the night, at one-half
the usual rates, on condition that
tlc COulpduy SudlI HOd De llttOiS
for errors or delay in the trans
mission or delivery, or for nom
delivery of such messages, from
whatever cause occurring.an shall
only be bound in such case to re-
turn the amount paid by the
sender'-is against public policy,
and is therefore void. When as
scented to by the sender, so as to
become a contract, it is equally
void as against public policy, and
also because its terms are repug-
nant, assuming to impose an OBJ
legation, and by the same act re
leasing from all obligations. In an
action to recover damages of a tel
egraph company for an error i'm
the transmission of a message, in
the absence of any rule or contract
fixing the company's liability,
the plaintiff makes out a primo
fdcie case by proof of the under
taking, error and damage. The
burden rests upon the company to
show that the error was caused by
SOME agency for which it is not
liable.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-07-04
THE DEGENERATION SCAN
Dali.

For months past the stories af-
fecting the clerical name and repu-
tation of Henry Ward Beecher,
have been in circulation. Church,
goers and non-church-goers have
discussed it pro and con, and to
those who cavil at religion, it has
furnished food for taunts and jeers.
AS long as the yarification of the
charge was confined to the ladies.
Woodruff and Claflin, the better
classes hooted it down, for to every
true man, it seemed that such base
rumors must be false, or else a hus-
band standing 50 high in the world
as Theodore Triton, certainly
would not remain quiet. But, now,
at this hour, when it cannot bring
any honor to him, though he may
crush the eloquent and supposed
sainted minister of Plymouth
church, he opens the wounds afresh
by publishing letter from Mr..
Beecher to himself, which puts Mr..
Beecher in the position of
an AFFECT, pitiable petitioner
for silence and clemency. We
are certainly living in very
corrupt times, but we had
hopes, that even if the country as
represented by officials was full
or evil, or that the Press occasion
ally sinned, as in the instance of
the Washington frauds; still the
church, rs represented by the min
listers in the Pulpit and the wor-
shippers at the affairs would present
an unsullied and unstained front to
evil ofeyery kind. 1t now becomes
Mr.. Beecher, for the sake of reli-
gjous organizations, to refute if
possible, these charges, else he
SHOULD off with the sacredotal robes
at once. If guilty, between now
and the day of his death, though
he should live out the next centu-
ry, he cannot repair the injury he
has committed.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-07-04

~ correspondent writes 10 the
Scientific american that the worst
toothache, or neuralgia coming
from the teeth, may be speedily
and delightfully."- ended by the APP
plication Of small bit of clern cot
ton saturated in strong solution
of ammonia to the defective tooth.
S ometimes the late sufferer is
prompted to momentary nervous
laughter by the application, but
the pain has disappeared.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-07-04

They are thinning out the clerical
force at Washington. Hundreds Of young
ladies and young men are thus thrown
out Of employment, at time when all
the departments Of industry are exceed
ingly dull Those who have husbanded
their means are probably prepared
to meet the emergency. But the
gilded butterflies Of fashion-those
whose money was FILTERED away in fine
clothes, or at soirees and the theatres, or
in useless and degrading frivolty-poor
creatures-the outlook contains no ray
OF hope for them. Well, some persons
must learn through adversely, and even
then they learn slowly.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-07-04

lHK CHASE CONTROVERSY I'm
2 resi' y of Judge Worden's life of
NJ. base Mack" editor of the
~. Louis Globe, called attention to
lie i;l Il hat in 1864 the friends of
the late Grief Justice bribed some
OF tie newspaper correspondent to
defane Mr.. Lincoln in the inlelest
OF Mf. Chase. 10 this the Cincin-
natl Commercial responds: ut is
quite true that Mr.. Chase did not
estimate President Lincoln as
highly as ii has become the fash
ion 10 place him, and was sensible
Of the weakness OF his administra-
tiOn Beyond that, MACK" has
mistaken his dreams for testimo-
ny, or his infurmants have been
deficient in truth aud Judgment.
Still, Mr.. John Russell Young
might as we'll say there is no such
document as is referred to i'm the
above extract" The Globe an
swers: Gan right. Perhaps Mr..
flalstead can get from Mr.. Young
an assertion that the document IS
not in his possession, and that he
has never seen it, That is an ina.
portant point in the history of MIR.
ldncoin's administration and as
Colonel John Hay is writing book
ON the subject Of LincOln's admin
istration, Ne trust he will search
for the facts, and that the irrelle-
want circumstance that Mr.. White
iSW Reed II editor of the Tribune
will not q, ;er him from printing
them" Aud now the Washington
Repa6licdn makes the statement:
The GLOBE is right and the Com
me cidi wrong as 10 The list OF cor
espondenis. The list is in exist.
ence, and the exact amount paid
to each.n
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-07-04

PROHIBITING RUNNING OF Pos
tai Cause.-The Baltimore papers
state that the President Of the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad Company has
notified the Postmaster General
that after July l that road will
not haul the United States post
Office cars over its road, but will
carry the mails as formerly like
other freight, charging full fare
for every employee Of the Postof-
fee Department who goes over the
road. The Postmaster General.
it is reported, will then begin suit
in the United States Courts to com
pei the road to take the postal cars
The company holds that the
United States cannot require the
road to carry the mails in a given
way, so long as the company is not
consulted as to the price to be paid.
The management of the road have
offered to submit the question of
compensation to a jury or to arbi-
traitors, but as the Post Master
General, it is said refuses 10 do
this, the company will tahe the
course Indicated in order to make
a test case.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-07-04

A NATIVE PRINCE ABDUCTs A
MARRIED WOMAN. - A curious
story is told by a cotemporary con-
corning his IIighness the Mahara-
JAN of Gwall0r Scindia, while
staying at Lucknow, the othernOw
succeeded for time in obtaining
by violence, possession of the law
full wife of a Mussulman resident
Of that city. The woman had for
merly been the Maharaiah'S mis-
tress, and he had two sons by her
trew grown ny. She quilted his
territories and put to Lucknow,
there she contracted an alliance,
with a respectable Mahometan,
who converted her to his faith and
who became his lawful wife at
Mecca, which place both Of them
visited. The Maharajah wished
10 see this woman when at Luck
now lately, and not being able to
do SO with her consent, collected
a number of armed men and for
chilly siezed her On the proceed
ings coming 10 the knowledge of
the magistrate he forwarded the
information to the Chief Commits
sioner, who politely requested the
Mahajarah to quit Lucknow forth
with, which he did by special
train. This open defiance Of our
laws 1t is fortunate for the Ma
harajah, proceeded no further
than to give the police AZ the near
est Thanna some little trouble to
rescue the woman who returned
10 her home.
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INDEPE NDEN'I
Published Daily and Weekly by the
INDEPENDENT FRIkTIEG CO.
Blondeps Building Corner Queen g. MnrtlnSs:

The German banking house of
Lassing, Weis & Co., of New York,
suspended on Saturday afternoon.
One million ofgold will be sold
by the government in New York,
on each Thursday during the
month of July.
Hon. Thomas Swami is out in
the Baltimore papers announcing
that he has "permitted the use of
his name for denomination for
another term" to Congress. Who
wouldn't?
The infatuated Grand Duke
Nicholas, who stole his mothers
Jewels and gave them to an aban-
doned American adventures, has
been sentenced by is uncle, the
Cxar Of Russia. to Punishment for
life to the Caucasus. This is GER
tainly a very severe punishment.
A correspondent of the Balti-
more San writing from Moorefield
says the branch of the B. & O. r.
from Green Spring to Romney,
will be extended to Moorefield in
order to develop the vast beds of
rich iron ore near that town, and
extending for many miles up the
Valley.
The session of the New Hamp-
shire Legislature on Friday was
an unusually excited one, and
lasted until 1:15 o'clock on Satur-
day morning. The yeas and nays
were called forty times. The bus
ines was mainly that of removing
Republicans from Office and SUBJ
stituting Democrats. A number of
officers in several counties were re-
moved.
The reduction of the clerical
force in the various departments
at Washington has commenced.
Unfortunately the reduction has
fallen principally upon poor work.
ing girls, whose services the Gov
eminent does not need, but who
are entirely dependent on their
own labor for living. In the Bu-
reau of Printing and Engraving
375 female clerks were discharged
on Tuesday, and fourteen of the
poor girls tainted when they learn
ed their fate. Twelve hundred
yet remain, and no doubt three
hundred more will be discharged
next month.
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PENNSYLVANIA.

UNDERTOOK DEATH SENTENCE CON
FIRMED.
PHILADELPHIA, July 2.-The Su-
preme Court to day affirmed the
Judgment of death in the Udder
zook case.
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twenty-five husbands are in the
New Hampshire almshouse for
failing to support their WIVES
They are obliged to work for their
own board, and any surplus wages
go for the support of their families.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-07-04

Mis-. issippi seems to be the last
place ia the world for temperance
experiments on a large scale, vet
the Missis> ippians are trying a Pc
culiar one By a law Of the last
Legislature, no licenses to sell liq-
uor are granted except the petit
tion therefor be signed BY una
jority of the electors OF he vici-
mage and twO-thirds of the women
over eighteen. The result is said
10 be very disastrous to the ardent
trade. In many of towns all the
ladies are signing protests against
the traffic, and in some a majority
of the males.
According to the best authori-
ties on the subject the average
profit of the railroad companies il
about four and cne-half to five per
cent, on Western roads, and
about seven per cent. on Eastern
roads on the cost of building the
roads
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-07-04

President and Mrs. Grant ar
rived at Charleston, this State, on
Saturday, and were received by
Col. Benjamin Smith in speech
of welcome.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-07-04

The Palace Hotel, being con-
structed in San Francisco, will alb
sorb 100000 bricks and 375 tons
of cast and wrought iron.
In California stylish young men
are known by the length of the
alligator boots which they wear at
balls. A young man who really
cares about his looks wears boots a
yard long.