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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-07-28
THE FIFTH MARYLAND REGIMENT AT LONG
BRANCH

LONG BRANCH, July 27.-The last review of
the SIN Maryland Regiment took place this afternoon IN
front of the Ocean Hotel by Gov. Parker and staff Of
Sew-Jersey and Gov Groome and staff OF Maryland
After the review they marched up Oeesn-ave 10 the
West End Hotel, where they received grand
receptiou. and returned to camp. In the
eveung a grand hop given at the East
End Hotel The 5th Regiment leaves here in the morn
ing for Freehold j.. where they will be received by
the 7fh Regiment OF Sew-Jersey and Will yislt the
battlefield OF Monmouth. Gov Parker Will address
them after which they will partake OF dinner ten
d-red them by the citizens Of Freehold and return 10
Long Branch IN the evening
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-07-28
GOVERNHENT WEATHER REPORT
WAR DEPARTMENT,


OFFICE OF TIE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER
WAsHNGTog. ID. c. Tuesday. July 7s-l a. m
Synopsis Tor me DdSf "a hours.
Rain has prevailed in the interior OF New
England aud the Middle states, In the lower lake r.
gioD, and thence southwark 20 FlOda, with light or
gentle winds, low temperature, and less pressure
Partly cloudy weather ana lower temperature havo
allied In the North West, the lake region. In
diana and Illinois, with DOri east winds and incrcased
pressure.
Clear fair weather and high tempsraturs continue
N the Gulf States
The OHIO River has risen Ave feet and ThaY ~ Pitts
burg feet ana hal! at Cincinnati, md st8 Inches
Al louisville. The Missouri has fallen at Oio3hl~
Probabilities.
For vs,r- England and the hiddie states purity 4-idy
,-,aier ,ctH Drcrad rith hght RAIN, otr trnDergfrs
Ight rariabe rldS and stationary ~ rlsng bGro-er
For the South Atlantic states Local rains cas- ~ - an
pInds, no decided rise % Of temperature.
For Gulf states. clear far weather. hin' V<r
able winds high semperai and rising barOmt Ter
For Tennessee and The ONO Valley, partly condF-
weather the eastern portions Of TenneSs,e ats
Kentucky, northeast ant southeast winds, sirhs
changes IN temperature. ana rising barometer.
Por the lower lake p'slOu, light ralus, followed W
clearing aud cool weather. northeast or north ~Se'
winds. aud rising barometer.
For the upper lake region and the SOgth west cea Or
fair weather south winds. slight r-e OF u n
peratgro, aud stationary or falling barometer
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LATEST SRIP Ne WS.
For other Shsp Nesos see rhtrd PGgrl

ARRIVED
s,s,nho B4p.er Joae lmagton 4 c.. naval stores
Brig Lophens Br) Naes,ro Cow BAY B. L ly With oo.L
Bng PrmO ItsL, CAesce Gibraltar a. d,ys' u oAiA']
Schr Alexander Wiley Baschamp' Virginia
Schr. Virgins Dryden. virginia. 90 q, 90, A., -, -
schr. Il smith Evans virginia
NiND-suHsss Ig1t. = cirsr
DOMESTIC PORTS.
sAv -7l Atom irem tans ans
japan JAW 27-irye Al the pss steamships
Pace yesterdAy Steamship NeToHesns ana MISSISSIPPI TOT Ne"
5Alvrsros July 2saI yesterday steamship e Y" Cyio for
Y,YSAH Julg -Arrtved steamship America Baltimore
juiy leared Jo--oh Psh and os
Antwerp D-vden, or Setnn bHgs tih Tor sHyAsi I'm
4. cole, for Baltimore Arrived sears '-A As H ' '' 4''
BSrox July 2--Csred .eam.hps Sauara Or liverpool ".
Sev-lOrk Lord Lhve' Liverpool FA 'e'io'A ''''' 7 ~
sam from Domingo tIy
FOREIGN PORTS.
BERGEN Norway july 21sael steamship Kong >'e'Te JUNO
hATsA July 37-Tae steamship Crescent Cry from Se"'f'rs.
rEkS.Tows JSy 2-Tbe steamship Algeria so~
Ne York July Is. a 70 s. port t1isY. - D..
ioyDoS July 27-saed tine United states omos hss.ri
Telus Arrived ous ron t3e intel nt5Vs & s
nat. Tasmsn4n Magdacla G. she ADOLF Fifmt L. 'Al, a'
Biasgo from tn Juie states "a ae on a', a
Mletus sy,den. Anna, Ia Louisiana ana tnpiai1 B
frun the q ~ INST a 81 lI ,vl.
Triumph rA Also arFigei oui noia M ael at''s
ptI,aJ m The steamship Boston u1,ei "
a m chsro'teiosH iier M 'hp epl9a' "a ~. ~ -
Lover sailed to-day tor Plymouth
DISASTER.
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gapore May L. io' hAA-'A 'A- Wv '''A ''''' "
LaLjn
july Il l1t 40 40 ~ Abigail BIB IRON Au"eIp 20
Ja! IS at 40 40 org Marco PoO cGerl from Se"
Jay Is i1t - 50 oug II Consul Plate Ge m Fll
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THE LATEST CONCLUSIONS.

TX ACCURATE LIST or THE DEAD IMPOSSIBLE TO OBJ
rNN-THE HIGHEST ESTIMATE 2l9-REIIEF MEAS
UREs ALREADY TAKEN.
PITTSBURGH, July 27.-Up TO midnight very
few particulars III addition 10 those sent previously
came Nearly all the papers Of the city have tried
-renuousy 10 obtain accurate list Of all the dead.
and estimate of the loss Of property but have been
unsuccessful.
Tue scattered position OF the districts devastated by
the food and the bewdered condition Of the people IN
the places ted render impossible 10 give any
thing like an accurate to facts and figures
All reports as to therefore, TO great extent
simply estimates.
lie Commercial places the loss " life in the Butchers
gheny City districts at i47 while The Des
patch only males I25. The most carefully prepared
hsurcs however give the total loss OF life az 30 Win
regard u property Il simply impossible TO give au
idea that eau be considered Trustworthy
A. meeting Of the citizens OF Allegheny City Tonight
number Of the leading citizens pledged themselves to
raise $1,000 for the immediate RELIEF OF
the sufferers and have been taken TO have ali
the dead bodies IN the ruins removed as posi-
bic meeting has called by the Mayor OF Pitts
burgh FOR Tomorrow II viii probably be several days be-
fore the accurate figures will be known concerning the
entire result Of the sad devastation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-07-28
THE TOWN OF AZAGRA OVERWHELMED BY
A TORRENT.

LONDON, July 27.-A special dispatch to The
London Times from Vienna giving account OF the
storm in Moravia saws the town OF Azagra was over
whelmed by torrent 81 houses were demolished, and
few OF the inhabitants escaped with their lives. The
RAILWAYS were badly damaged IN every direction.
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SEVERE THUNDER-sToRM IN ONTARIO.

SARSIA, Ont, July 27.-A terrific thunder
storm passed this place sunday morning lasting
from until O'Clock. number Of houses were struck
by lightning The Presbyterian Church was also struck
and badly damaged. The streets were flooded with
water ana many sidewalks carried away. Reports from
various places IN this section indicate that the storm
was OF most severe and tue loss Of property
very heavy,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-07-28

~ At certain periods Of life a tonic necessity,
" using stnusnts that rare the Of g--
Ehe giving temporary relief To obAte this aud to bs
public from alcoholic poison Dr. Greene prepared hs
OxrGRyArED nearly thirty ago Tor Dys
1spl and al zndred Sold everywhere JoHS HESRr.
CggRAS 20 Propretos, AID . ColegepAee. Se~-iorG
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NRwORrRASs July 27F'our dull II treble Rtira s6s
- Cl1s quet S2 MTei Sc .er feow.
Tor Mixed . ior q
Ban duH 9Oc Ha7-P1me SIS CAece so
Pork Meats for shoulders Bacon dai
gac sonlieFs lie for Clear RID SIDES II y & teaI
ifII1c Lard m COOL nat1 anh aor Al
lac fierce. dull Size Tor Low Far ""
Good WHISKY tal add aonay Al Tor
Iouisana ~ %. Tor Cnciuns- Coffee quiet l9id'5c or
Ordinary meal dan and lover % - ~ bn- loJS
hKchaage-Nev. York sight y premium sterlns- Oh
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Htnncssy and recognized by the latter "a the man who
struck him. He then foeked up IN the cens st The
Twenty seventh Precinct The friends who were piay
mig with Henlessy retlcent, declaring
they did how be received his inJuriee
No weapon OF any description was found In the roon
Deputy Coroner Shine was summoned 10 take Hen
nassys ante-mortem statement Last night, bat found
him doing well that he did not deem II necessary.
The ply sicians think the wound will certainly provo
fat al
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CATTLE MARKET.

CHICAGO rulg 27.-CATTLB-R-eeps 1000 hesd m frt afp
Quotations unchanged Stocken - % ar4 % nifA steers
- p a - 80: Butchers 5000 shipments lDuD bad
5000 head, mAgArt urn anl srt
Poor u, Medium 5OD6 Is Good Extra 20 7O@S@ 20 'as
9f the safes. 70 7O0@o JJs shipments. 5000 head n
SHggPeecp BOO head quotations aomaa $3.50 S1 tor '"
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DESTRUCTIVE STORM IN THE WEST.

DESTRUCTIVE STORM IN THE WEST
RAILROAD BRIDGES DAMAGED By WATER AND
TRAINS DTCHED-BOATs SWEPT AWAY On THE
LICKING RfvER-THF Loss OF PROPERTY LARGE
ClNCINNATI, July 27.-The storm last night
was very severe In Kentucky and although heavy rain
fell here. it was not 50 heavy as at other
points. The Marietta and Cincinnati. and Louis
Vile short Line trains are the only
ones detained tonight The bridges near Lynchburg on
the Hlsboro branch Of the Marietta road have been
washed away The main line up noon to-day was I'M
obstruc,ed The roads west and not affected.
Al sparta on the Louisville short Line. southwark
bound freight train went through bridge damaged by
water No hurt. A mile and haif sonih oil
Sparta the engine baggage caT and one OF Vie pseh
ger ears Of a train went through bridge. One man
was fatally and three seriously Injured Five miles fur
Their souih five baggage cars were dItched.
Between Cincinnati and Walton bridges are down.
The damage principally to rolling stock The officers
Of the Company say the trains Will regularly IN two
days.
Great damage is reported TO the corn crops. by being
broken down by the wind, in Ono Indiana, and Ken
lucky The Ohio River here nearly i've feet in a
few hours and still rising Llckin. River, early this
morning came down with the water OF feet higher
than the surface OF the Ohio and shot across the stream
driving drtwOod against the boats at the public land
ing on this side Of the river The greatest damage was
from the tearing coal boats from their m0orngs ana
sinking Them The loss now T. estimated NJ 100000.
with possibility Of being Dlucn less tecOEuIDs " we
number OF boats recovered
About Loo saw logs driven 7rt NJ the Licking
River. Al Swits Iron Works IA empty 6arges were
loose and carried our into the ONO, together win
the new iron steamer Alexander swift. The latter
boat was safely landed AT West COyiugton.
tanning coal. r. j. Wll.amson's Coal Elevator Com
pany barges and float with u cars washed
away. number Of valuable rowing ooats were also
carried away.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-07-28

THE ROLL OF THE DEAD AND MISSING
THE NAMES OF THE PERSONS KNOWN TO HAVE
REIN pRowNED-TwESTY-FIv OTHERS MISSING
TROOPS TO SURROUND THE OVERLOOKED DIS
TRCT.
Below are given the names of 81 persons who are
known 10 have been drowned. Twenty-Five other
nersons whose names have not been ascertained are
missing. and bodies are still being recovered from
the rivers:
Arnold, Archibald.
Bolster, Augustus. years of age, tson Of Alderman
BolsterJ
Britton, Thomas and son.
Connolly. Mary.
Fuchs. Mr. and Mrs, one child. and brother Of Fuchs,
O'Hara-st.
Geutzler Conrad. and wife.
Hapbert. Mr. and Mrs. aud three children, O'Hara-st.
Huber, =, boy
Hnfnagle. NJ and Mrs. and shree children
o'Hara-st.
uumbard. A., drowned while attempting to rescue a
family OhiO-st.
Hunter Ida, child.
Leopold Mrs Heury and four children, o'Hara-se
Lee. Betsey.
Mckee, Miss.
Matteson. Mr. and Mrs. Henry, son and daughter,
Madison-ave.
MetzIer. Mr. and Mrs and one child, o'Hara-se
OCOnDor John.
RykOf, Mr. aud child
sohnapper, Jacob.
sebnnpper Mrs John and three daughters
shearing John. son Of, years Old
sfottler Michael and child months old.
Temple Mrs, Dorothy.
Tmopp, Mrs. Isaiah.
wlnker. Mr. and Mrs. J. and children.
The following persons are missing and supposed "
be drowned
Britton, Mrs. Thomas.
Horsley, Vim. wife and two children
Hunter Thomas, wife and three children,
Joues. George. sou a9d daugater.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-07-28

Commodore Thompson Darrah Shaw, retired
officer of the Navy died yesterday az Germantown AZ
the age OF rs years crfe eXpreu In FeDrnary
detpuAa,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-07-28

The New Elastic Truss l6s3 Broaiwsyl. a:er a, sna
ou as whole Asa,eAs al Startled mra sfa4
All aug pad jscssmiths sItn is rolling ID ,ef,
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CHEESE MARKETS

Uric, July 81 $40 offered fuf syd sTe "a
lay at 20lSc ZINE factories sold al Tie highest ngpfr
At Falls y 900 boxes sold q. I-I5c "iih ln .Ai' a.
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NA'sN
the RICH. 70 deal Nth
Post-Ornce Notice.-rhe MAILS POR BURoPB he
ending SATURDAY Aus l. lsi all dose Al his once a. iSlo..s
ON TUESDAY q u IN 90 WEDNESDAY AZ u on IHOS-
LAY al II , a H. on SATURDAY At IA > sad ~ NJ .
I l.. JANIS, N
Coal Min. for -aIe.-ssV00 viii boy HALP INTEREST
m one Of H. b.,, arranged sofsr ne
stale VI Indiana 4 appAo oI a. % ease Of ~
acres ! en q best qnAht' steam eoa w nile.
I'm tnt,u.n,is 1876 Chicago ST. LOuis, veil
nv abroad trsde osded railroad
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Mcvey, Frederick wife aud three chiiaSsn'
ONeill, Frank, and daughter.
Thropp, Isaiah, and ave children.
Gen. A. L. Pearson has issued order to the fFsf'
Division of the 9th Corps Of the Satcuai Guard Oh
Pennsyyan ia 90 surround the inundated DISTRICTS
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TIE SITE Of Tribe.
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Suecial Notices

10 ~ptruIHIt IN Nfoths,
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OFFICE or TIE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER
WASHINGTON. ID. g.. Tuesday. July 7s-l A. m ,
Syn0Dsfs for me DdSf "a hours
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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-11-26
RANDOM THOUGHTS.
By THE EDITOR.

The remark made by Horace Greeley,
which 1 quoted and indorsed a short time
ago, has nettled the Democrats consider
ably. They keep referring to it. They
evidently feel that there is a good deal
more truth than poetry in it. Greeley
said that the Democracy was the organ
lied vice and ignorance of the country,
and to prove it he referred to certain To-
calities. and among others to the Five
Points in New York. This place was
admitted to be the lowest and vilest in
the United States, if not in the civilized
world The election returns showed that
they we're about all Democrats there
that they not only voted the Democratic
ticket, but that they voted it many times
on the same day. After Greeley had said
this thing about the Democrats, they
nominated him as their candidate for
President, and Endorsed him as distin-
guished for his honesty and truthfulness.
Now do not want my Democratic friends
to think hard of me for quoting what
their last candidate for President said
about them, especially as they have
vouched for his honesty and truthfulness
since he made the remark. l feel like
making the apology that man in Scioto
township made to a neighbor woman.
The late DR.. O. C. Miller told me the an
ecdote. l omit the names of the parties
Old Mr.. k was down the hollow be-
low his house one Sunday making sled,
when old Mrs. r came along going
to church. Said she, "NIr. k, it is very
wicked to be at work on the Sabbath. If
you do not go to church, you should at
least keep from work on the Sabbath" ="
'Get along with you," said old X.
"You old hypocrite; you are all the
week running around the neighborhood
tattling and making mischief among the
neighbors, while your poor old husband
is at home hard at work to support you.
Get along with you" When he went
home he told his wife what had passed
between him and old Mrs. T. His
wife told him it was extremely rude to
talk so to an old woman, and he ought to
make an apology. He said he believed
she was right. So next morning he went
over and said: Mrs. r, think
was little rude and rough in my re
marks to you yesterday, and have come
to make an apology" Indeed, it was
very rough language, Mr.. X. Very
rough language" YES" said old K
ait was indeed very rough language, bu
then you knoa0, Mrs. =, 1t aoas all true.
My Democratic friends can make theil
own application.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-11-26
GEN. BUTLER.

The Cincinnati Gazette of che nth, furnishes
chuckling notice of Buffers defeat, which
would read well in the Commercial or Enquirer,
but the wisdom of which in the Gazette we fail
to discern. Will our respected contemporary
political sins, in order that we and others as
poorly informed, may be able TO SympatnlZe
WIN the lehaihg % pr PIC raSslee ps1l H General
-CrcleUtHe Union.
The almost unanimous assault upon
Gen. Butler by the press of the country
is strange He has defed his enemies to
point to a single dishonest act he has
ever committed. He says he handled
property during the war to the amount
Of millions of dollars, and investigations
into his official conduct have been had,
and he proudly says that no dollar of
public property, or public money, which
ever came to his hands has not been fully
and satisfactorily accounted for by him.
H was a terror to traitors; but why the
Republican papers all over the country
hould join the universal rebel howl
against him, we never could understand.
1t is true that Gen. Butter voted for the
salary grab, but he was bold and honest
about it, not sneakingly voting against it
and then taking the money; but he no
doubt thought it was right, and never
lodged. When he found that the peo-
pie objected to it, he voted for its repeal,
if we are not mistaken.
Gen. Butler is the last of the great and
prominent men in Congress who have
not been afraid to raise their voices in
favor of the colored race. Owen Lovejoy
and Thaddeus Stevens are dead, and
Benjamin F. Wade is out of Congress.
Butler will soon retire. No wonder that
rebels rejoice; but that any true Repub-
lican paper should join in to give Butler
parting kick, is passing strange.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-11-26

Ironton now has six newspapers, five
English and one German. and one of the
English papers a 'try-weakly, making
some eight or nine issues in each week.
Two of them, the Pilot and the Democrat,
have but recently been started. 1t has
been observed that this is a good time to
start newspapers, especially in the iron
region.
By the way, what has become of that
Wellston paper2 Every once in a while
we hear it said that there will soon be
paper at Wellston. Then some city
paper will announce that there is a paper
there.
If anybody thinks that a newspaper
especially new one. is paying institu
ton, let him try it, Recently a new pa
per was started at Portsmouth, and now
it is said that It is for sale-the publisher
failing in health. 1t is enough TO make
any man sick to attempt to run new pa
per now in the iron region.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-11-26

His health is much better. Columbus came
with him % DesMoincs City, and is there at
work He viii come home soon. Madison is
LETT in the grasshopper regions, and was past
work with the rheumatism, and twelve miles
from timber. He has not written for some
time, and we are uneasy about him. There are
six car loads of provisions leave Omaha every
week TO help the sufferers west. must stop, as
am going to church. -
ELEANOR SMITH.
In order to understand the latter part
of Ghis letter, it will be necessary to
make an extract from one written Sep
tember f. 1874.
Madison moved to Nebraska last spring. and
Albert went with him. Madison took all his
stock on the cars. He was doing well, and had
good crop growing, when the grasshoppers
came like black cloud, and roared like thun-
der, and ate up every thing but the wheat and
some of the oats that We're ripe. Then their
dependence was upon wild grass, but high
waters came and swept of twenty tons OF
hay, &c.
She stated in this letter that her son
Wayne is preacher.
The Boyd family is much scattered.
One of my nephews, R. B. NJ Boyd, is
editing and publishing the Baker City
Herald, in Oregon. Jacob N. Boyd is a
practicing physician in Baker City, Ore
gon, and is said to be wealthy and
prominent citizen. John H, the oldest
is some place in Iowa Greenville and
Sebastian are dead. Greenville edited
two or three papers in Oregon, and was
a very talented young man.
My old and particular friend William
Allen, resides in Washington county
Iowa. He is farmer, I think, and is {
worthy and esteemed citizen.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-11-26

1t is really strange why so many peo-
pie appear to think that slavery never
will, or never can, be established in this
country. The recent elections fully dem
onstrated that the same old hatred of
the colored race still exists in this ooun-
try, nearly as intense as it did before the
war. The mere idea that colored chill
dren might possibly be sent to school,
ran thousands of Republicans nearly
frantic, and caused them to vote the
Democratic ticket.
We do not suppose that slavery will be
established by one single enactment, or
proclamation, as it was abolished; but
one by one, and by tens, and by scores
and by hundreds, the colored people will
be sold into bondage, first perhaps for a
term of years, and then it will be per-
petual.
The Columbus Journal Lcomprehends the
true idea of the matter, and saws:
bill has already passed the lower branch OF
| the Texas Legislature, the effect of which would
| be to practically restore slavery in that State.
In its first section il is provided that whenever
| any person shall hereafter be convicted OF any
| the county can employ such person to labor
upon the public works or roads during the
| whole term of his i'm priSOnment, or he NAV
'hire him out to the highest bidder, either by
public or private CONTRACT" Under the provis-
ions of the second section any person, under
sentence of imprisonment for non-payment OF
| fine, may be hired out in like manner until
he has worked out the amount of the fine. The
| third section provides that '-alI persons con-
| fined in Jail on charge of having committed a
| misdemeanor or petty offense may be employed
| in like manner from the time of Imprisonment
until the time of trial, and if, upon trial, such
person shall be acquitted, he shall be paid not
| less than . cents nor more than 81 per day, as
the presiding Justice may contract: provided
that, before trial and conviction, no person
shall be held to labor without his consent
This infamous bill is chiefly aimed, of course
a the lately emancipated freedmen, and is q
cunningly devised scheme for remanding ;
large proportion of them again to a state o.
serVltude- By making charges against theS
people OF imaginary crimes, and denying them
bail, 1t Will be very easy to secure their imprS-
onment, and the next step will of course be tt
hire them out '-to the highest bidder" to dc
such service as he may be required. Similar
laws Were passed in several OF the Southern
States directly after the war, and during the re
vival of rebelliOus feeling inspired by Presiden
Johnsons peculiar policy. These statutes were
nulllf1ed, however, for the time being, by Con
greSslonal lnterposition, pending the process o
reconstruction, and no serious attempt ha
- since been made to revive them until the on
above mentioned in Texas. Probably the re
cent Democratic successes have inspired tht
| late shareholders with the idea that such legis
lat1on may now be enacted and enforced with
out let or hindranee.