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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-11-27
Insurances.


rTNHE SOUTHERN MUTUAL
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
AJJJ dULArED CAPITAL, $472, 867.23.
CHARTERED By TIE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
fi;e-No. IL rentn Street, Skaters Ne"
jLlllin1, between Main aid oank otreetS,
RICHMOND, VA.
VA Issue A .ual, Term, and Participating
Policies. N coperty Specially.
DR.. H.o. A.ID5UN, President.
JORDAN Il. MARIN, Vice-rresident.
j. =. NEt5 VAN u SIR, Secretary.
5TATELENriUF les BUSINESS:
To .Jaauary LIST, 1878.
Number of Policies Issued, 7,s
Amount Of Deposit Notes uepos:ted.WIth
the Company, &43o'Zoc :
Amount of >ja>n Premiu MS and, fees
ceIved, 26S,c55
AMOUNT paid for Loss s, tx ~ lses, Sal
aries, Commissions, &c, a264 76
.Iosses adjusted not due, i2u.5
N. FOUNTAIN. Solllitor Stanton, w..
s WALLAHE, Solicitor, Way ueSbo -.
JEo. u. Slower >oilit..r lerS7l
Agents wanted in every City, ruwn a
olnty.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-11-27
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- 49, ~---~~-~--~-O0
d SINCLAIR & CO.,
II. No. SO LIGHT STREET.
BALTIMUkk, Nil.
Manufacturers vi Observation-Disclosures
MACHINERY. Growers ana importers OF Garueh
and Field Seeds, offer to Farmers and Mer'
chants the following named valuable Labor saw
ing Machinery and Implements lor tne coming
season, VIZ: INV OR1ER SeltRake Reaper and
NEW YORKER Self Rake heapera and Mower Com
oined. Tbs Machine took the Gold Medal al the
great Fielo trial 1T Auburn, New YORK, IN July !,
1866 as the besl self Rake Reaper ON the ground,
also the celebrated MONITOR MOWER This IS
Two wheeled Machine, with Flexlbit cutting bar,
the best in use. The BUCHEYk anu CASES Riding
Sulk. Uultivators. Maryland Self Dlscharglne
day and Grain Rake on wheels, the best IN the
Country. Sinclair improved Corn Planter ano
Seed brill. Rce's Premium Cotton Planter
Sinclair Co.'s patent Screw Propeller Hay,
Straw and Fodder Cutter. Patent Masticators
Tor cutting Corn Stalks Sugar Cane, Ha. and
Straw Readings patent horse Power Corn
Shelters ma Cleaners Hand and Power Corr
Shelters, al, SIZES and patterns. Threshers anrd
Seperators Horse Powers, Wheat Fans Grail
Cradles, Revolving Hay R.kes and cleaners,
Plows, Harrows and Cultivators, Machiner, and
Pillow Castings &C., &c.
Also on hand tor Spring sales fresh and genu-
,ne Garden Seeds, of gu, own Raising and I'm.
All goods sold by US warranted to give Salts
actionsnd such as represented.
For particulars &C., send for our Pretoria Cat
.logue. 72mar23,
TO THE FARMERS OF
AUGUSTA COUNTY!
DUGDALE'S
W III T. AT 4 T. R I'll l. Z f. II.
Special Manure tor the heat Crop insur.
ny large yield and luxuriant alter crop OF
frass.
ANAL YZiNG,
PER CENT OF AMMONIA,
20 . - " Soluble BONE PHOSPHATE
10 {" 3" " SOLUBLE IN THE Soil.
| Hade from ISssolUed Bones and Peruvian Guano
| RACGHS CELEBRATED
ESMaU Bone Phosphate,
! hich has been so long a tavori,e in August.
| ountr. GEORGE +. PElt +,
| 12june7y Agent.
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Well Satisfied.

Letters from immigrants who lave re-
Gently been planted in the Stato,are of
highly encouraging character. They
'.epresent themselves. generally, as
pleased with the country and people.
Their rotations to employers arc satisiac-
tory in business point of view, and
agreeable and friendly in personal IL
tercourse. They speak warmly OF the
kindly treatment they have received.
They sec the advantages OF the country
and arc discovering how easy it is to
better their condition in it. They have
m ego to securing land to work on their
own account. This is natural and pro-
per, AMI those who. have to wait and
gather the means necessary 10 give
them toothold on the soil, eau bring
40 better recommendation, no stronger
guarantee, by which they may get in
diligence and assistance in this object
of their desire, than by patient toll,
honest discharge of reasonable obliga-
tiong and agreeable demeanor in their
present situation. This is the way to
establish confidence. The more useful,
faithful and obliging they show them.
selves, tho easier will all obstacles to
thcir RIO Ie removed. Such men are
wantod, and snch mon Will bo taken
warmly by the hand. Men who have
means, large or small, arc cordially
welcomed to come in to cultivate the
soil, develop industries and acquire al
she rights. privileges and advantages o
citizenship. SO aro men without Other
capital than active brain, ready hant
md willing dispo,it;on. Hobcttcr pass
por. to respect and consideration, nc
surer opening to competence, prospafit,
nnd wealth.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-03-22

y Great Barrin gton (alass.) merchant
found box CT parlor matches on the
store floor tho other morning, which
had been knocked OF the shelf by rat
or mousr during the night. On open
ing tho box, the discovery was made
that, by the conclusion, every match in
the box had been lighted, and the wood
OF which they were made was charrnd
and turned brown. Fortunately, the
box was 80 tight as to smother the fire,
and no harm resulted. It was narrow
escape; and if fire had taken place, its
cause would have been perpetual mys.
terry.
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Tho supplementary Civil Rights Bill,
which Mr.. Sumner ieft as legacy to
Congress, proposes to abolish all dis
tinctions on account Of color in all
places to which the public hnvc the
right of access. Mr.. Eldridge, OF Wis
consin, proposes to the House bill Of
the same character IA amendment, pro-
viding that nothing III tho Act shall bc
so construed rs to prevent any person
or corporation from making any scpa.
rate arrangements or provision for the
accommodation, convenience or comfort
OF tho white citizens Of the United
States.
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LIE COLISEUM AT RoME-ABoLtlio:;
|oF OLD RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES The
'PasQuino Committee" OF carnival rr-
vollers lately applied to the Roman au-
thorities for permission to hold mimic
Gladlatorial display in the Coliseum, but
were Informed by the Minister Of Pub
lie Instruction that no ancient monu.
mcnt was hcncef0rward TO be used for
any spectac.es or public amusements.
The clearing out of the arena has begun
with the removal Of the incumbrances
Of the cross in the centre, and the
chapeis OF the Via Cruss, thu! have ex.
listed since their erection by Pope Bene-
dict XIV, in 1910. The pulpit from
which, thc Franciscan friars have held
forth every Friday during the last 100
years and more, has been luiu low, and
earth has been removed ia parts down
to the original level Of the nmphitLe;..
tire. lac snb.ssructures disclosed, says
tAe swiss Tines, are said to correspond
exactly with those OF the arena at Ca.
pna, and to resemble the sub scenic ar.
rangemeats Of most modern theatres.
The cAapc!s, which arc built Of traver.
tine, belong to the confratcruity OF the
"Logers Of Jesus and Mary" and Sig
! nos Rosa, the director of the Govern.
ment excavations, wrote to Cardinal
Guldi, tic protector Of that society, in
forming him ot the necessary dcstruc.
ton Of the Via Cruss, and requesting,
II possible, prompt reply. Ills Emi.
neacc replied With u courteous note, in.
tlmating the necessity he felt OF refer.
ring the affair to the Holy Father. The
results OF the excavations, which anti.
qUaries have raiuly pleaded for since
carly in the present century, are EXPECT.
cd to be extremely interesting
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RETEID DUTIOS.-As an evidence that Il
better time is approaching, when honest
men will DO able to hold up their houls,
and thieves will fly terror stricken from
their sight, wo copy, from nost mex
pec:od source, the following paragraph.
Saul is evidently among the prophets,
as will be seen in the following extract
from q recent editorial in Hpper's
IVeehly:
"The public disgust and wrath with
corruption OF every kind, arc quito as
remarkable at this moment ps tho cor.
ruption itself. The country is dividing
into those who believe in political ho.
ncsty, and who mean to secure it, and
those who laugh it to scorn, as impracti.
cable sentimentality. What sincere Re.
pub!icans ask, and do not receive. is
some unmistakable sign from Washing.
ton that their administration is with tht
former, and not with the latter. They
do not sec that sign in tho appointment
OF Governor Shepherd, in the Sanbor1
contract, in the nomination OF the Dos
ton collectorship, as they did not SEQ il
in the approval of tho salary grab, il
the retention of Mr.. Casey. in the tend
ency to initiate the currency, md in tn,
hesitation to retrench. That demand
however, will not be relaxed An at
tempt in the White House to Johnson
ize the Republican party failed, and ar
effort to Dutlerize it will be equally use
less."
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NERVOUS DEDILITY.-A DEPRESSED.
Inh1rABLE STATE OF MIND; WEAK, NEEA
yoUs, EXHAUSTED FEELING; no ENEKcil B.
OR ANIMATION; CONFUSED HEAD, wEAL1
MEMORY, OFTEN WITH DEB1L1rAvING. IN
VOLUNTARY DISCHARGES.--The conse A
quence OF cXcesscs, mental over-work orr
indiscretions This NERVOUS DEBILITY
finds SOVEREIGN CURE in HUMPHREYS J
HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFIC, No. %. III
tones up the system, arrests discharges
dispcls the mental gloom and despondy
ency, and rejnvenates the entire system, \
it j! is perfectly harmless and always ef.
ticicnt. Price, 70 for package Of five
boxes and large 50 vial of powder.
which is important in old serious cases 4
or 81 per single box. Sonl by ALI
druggists, or sent by mail on receipt oA
price. Address HUMPHREYS SpEcIF1
HoMEpATHIc MEDIo1NE COMPANY, Nd :.
562 Broadway. N. Y. For; sale Ii
GE1GEE X McGREGoR, Columbia, S. g
Dec17 Him
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Y CHAMPION EIKEMAS. Tho Eaili-
more Gusehe states that King ilcllee, of
Ashantee, is great fireman, nrd would
rather run WIKI the machine than eat
frie.i man-atcak. i:c is tie chief Of the
Ire department Of !i.s capital Of Coo.
massic, and allows 20 one to beat him
running TO a fire. He breaks up q
Council OF STATE at .Ae first alarm Of q
conhagration, end treats putting out
fires as the most important business of
his kingdom. When the Gro boys are
called up out of bed by an alarm, they
are not detained by putting on panta-
looms. King and uii make straight
shoot Tor the light, which makes their
darkness visible.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-03-22
COLUMBIA. s.. C..
Sunday Morning. March %, 1874.
The misch,ef OF Unlimited Suffrage.

The mischief OF Unlimited Suffrage.
II those who legislated tho oolored
people into the rights Of citizenship
could have foreseen the consequences oil
their sudden investments with unre
s.ricted suffrage, they would have hesi.
tated about going 30 far. The evils
which have flowed from that ono un.
wise and untimely concession have
covered tho land with desolation. They
have fallen heavily upon the colored
people themselves. They have rejoiced
IN the suffrage as privilege, but not
appreciated it as duty. They have been
intoxicated by the power which it has
conferred, but have studiously ignored
tho obligations which it imposed. Lad
qualified and impartial suffrage, with
restrictions applicable to both races,
been adopted US the policy in this State,
the colored people would have been
much more advanced in intelligence and
the qualifications for citizenship than
'they now are. As tits, they are caught at
elections in the drag-net of crafty and
unprincipied manipulators. They vote
mot for measures, but for corrupt men.
The ballot is snare to tue weak and
Ignorant OF this reos, the support Of cor.
rnption, and the means by which it is
sustained. Now. il IL, colored people
had had before them the necessity of
acquiring certain amount Of property
and q certain amount of intelligence and
education, as the Indispensable pre-
zequlslte tor the exercise of suffrage, it
, 4ould have exer.ed most beneficial
effect upon them. It would have been
an incentive and O stimulus to their
progress. It would have been barrier
which they must perforoe get over, uud
in doing that, they would have deve-
loped the manhood and gained the &C.
oomplishnents which would have been
'Mhsir unrest title 10 respect as citizens
aud to consideration as voters. Had
ssSey been subjected to this wholesome
diecipline-this valuable probation-
they might hnve escaped much oppro.
<'htium as race. They might not have
been, rs the bulk Of them now are, the
sarest instruments OF corruption and
stumbling-block in the way of all pro-
gress. honor and enlightenment. As
iurymen, they would not have been sub
jected to the disgrace of being deprived
s-cf taeir functions, as a jury was in Cam
,aen by Judge Carpenter, from on utter
want Of qualifications to serve the coun-
try in that capacity. They might have
|seen spared the indignity of being ad-
. dressed by the same functionary as he
addressed twelve negroes selected as the
jury, the other day, in Edge6eld: "Gen-
tlemen, retire to the iury-room. and if
you can find one of your number who
can write the verdict, select him for
your foreman" Unhappily, the un.
checked and unlimited power which was
thoughtlessly or wickelly conferred
upon them, has been nuisance aud in
jury to the white race, to the country
and to themselves. It is difficult to
counteract it. It tends to perpetuate
ignorance and e1alt irresponsibility.
.f ----s-e S->---
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MAIL The n ortherr
mail opens $50 A. NJ, P. NJ; closes
Ii A. NJ, SIP. NJ. Charleston opens s
A. NJ, 5.3oP. NJ; closes A. NJ, 6 P.
NJ. Western opcns6 6 A. n, 12.3OP. NJ:
closes 6. 1.30 P. II. Greenville opens
6.45 F. A.; closes 6 A. NJ. Wilmington
opens ?. NJ; closes 1890 A. NJ. Or
Sunday open from 2. 80 to 3.3OP.
| 10 SUBSCRIBERS AND ADVERTISERS. =
Orders for advertisements, Job work,
etc., must be accompanied with the
CASH. No exceptions can be made.
Ordinary advertisements 81 per square
OF nine printed lines for first insertion; !;
fifty cents each subsequent insertion; !;
weekly, monthly and yearly rates fur.
nished Oh application. Advertisements
inserted once IL week, 81 ench insertion.
Marriages and funeral invitations, 81.
Notices in local column Gfteen cents
line, each insertion.
The Union- Herald man is disgl tiled.
Hear him:
The cheapes! things in town-officiat
promises.
Certificates Of indebtedness are com.
ing, my beloved brethren" Certif.
Gates OF bankruptcy are all owe, town,
my fellow citizens"
Sitting on monument smiling at
grief IL nothing to hanging around ths
public marble-yard snickering at o Ger.
| tifcate.
| Information wanted about some mursL
land, sold in Beaufort at twenty-five
cents per acre and resold,
magnificent carriages and diamonds
are good things to have about the house
Better salt the ''swag" down in seven.
thirtIes, or Ia nice home By the blue
| Mosellc.
PHGS1XI ANA.-It is not work that kill;
men, it is worry.
Motto of invincible Western Gernaa
saloon -keepers-"Dry. dry again"
A maiden forgets how she looks.
| Hence mirrors.
We are mover SO happy or SO nhappy
as we imagine.
State House emotto-Many are called,
but few are paid.
Fear secretes aoid, but love and truth
are sweet juices.
Live mindful of old age and death,
which silly men think the greatest of all
evils. =,
Some men seem to be rnade of a cross
grained timber. and always trying to di-
gest cross-cut saw.
Can man who loses his mind from
the effects of the sun on his brain pro
perly be called lunatic?
Cheerfulness is tantamonnt to repose.
1t enables nature to recruit its strength: ;:
whereas, worry and discomfort debilitate
it, involving constant wear and tear.
From all parts of The country come
reports OF destructive foods. Can't the
temperance women do something to
prevent the rivers getting high?
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RELIGIOUS SERVICES Tnis DAY.-St.
Peters (Catholic) Church-Rev. J. L.
Fullerton, First Mass A. NJ; Second
| 4'AnS' ~, ~: a. Az. FeSpers 4 = L. NJ.
trinity Chnrch-Rev. P. J. Shand,
Rector, IL y. NJ. and ut 4PM.
| Lutheran Church-Rey. A. r. Rude
IL A. NJ.
=, Washington Street (Methoaist)
Church-Rev. o. A. Darby, IL a. NJ
Rev. a. Coke Smith, 7ls P. NJ. Sun.
day School, 8 A. NJ. Seats free,
Marion Street (Methodist) Church
kev. W. d. Kirkland, IL 4. NJ, and
~ L. NJ. Sunday School. o., a. M.
Baptist Church-Rev. j. X. Menden.
hall. II \: NJ. and IL P. NJ. Sunday
School at 3 z. NJ.
Presbyterian Church-Rev. J. II.
Bryson. IL 4. NJ. and ~ P. NJ.
LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Convention of Myrtle Lodge.
Edward -Watch-maker.
u. @. Peixotto & Sons-Auction Sale.
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Rise and Explain.

On Tuesday. last, at 3 P. NJ. the
General Assembly Of Sonth Carolina
adjourned, or took rocess. The Acts
and Joint Resolutions ratified in its
closing hours were entrusted to the
charge of Maxwell, Chairman OF the
Committee on Enrolled Bills, to be
taken to the Governor for his signature
He did take Acts and Resolutions to the
Executive Office and got receipt fol-
them at 8 o'clock. The Governor says
be did not with these receive the Join,
Resolution which authorizes and directs
the Attorney. General to institute legal
proceedings against N. G. Paker, late
State Treasurer, for illegal issue oi
bonds. He acknowledges that ho did
subsequently ION Tuesday, recsive and
receipt for the resolution. Having
heard statements TO this effect on Thurs
day, wo called upon Maxwell. in our
Fridays issue, to explain his connection
! with the transaction. We asked him to
account for what seems strange. the cir
cumstance, namely, that he did not
miss this particular resolution. One
would suppose that hc would have
known whether he took it with others
or not. He has not responded. Ger
tain explanations are reported to have
been mado by him, but VIC havo not
heard from him directly upon the sub
jeot.
We turn next to the Governor. lie
must know that tho public and the Lc-
gislature will not be satisfied with his
silence on 30 gravo occasion. He must
have had full knowledge that the joint
resolution did pass both houses and was
ratified. He knew that it was among
the most important Acts of the session.
He knew that there were earnest men,
representing M earnest constituency,
engaged in passing this measure. He
knew that there was committee ap-
pointed under it to assist the Attorney
General IN carrying out its provisions.
He must have known, too; that it was
the initial step to moro full and search
ing Investigations, which would involve
others besides Parker. In other words,
he knew all about it, and as much as
any one in the State must have appre-
dated it's Significance. The public will
be constrained to ask the Governor this
question: How did it happen that in
receipting for ratified Acts and resolu-
tions, he did not discover TINT this one
was not amongst them? or, upon the
hypothesis that it was. what has become
of it? The people of the State will look
to him to throw some light upon this
dark and disreputable affair. They will
expect him to institute some proceed.
ings which lock to the detection and
punishment OF this larceny. They will
expect to hoar from him whether he
means to accept this clandestine pro-
ceeding as matter Of course, md final.
Are the Attorney General and the COM
mittees to be estopped by it2 Is Niles
G. Parker to escape, through this hcin-
GUS fraud, the prosecution which the
people have demanded and the Legisla-
ture enacted? The Governor must an
swor these mild and easy questions. and
promptly, too, or harder ones will bo
put to him.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-03-22
LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Convention of Myrtle Lodge.
Edward Matchmaker.
u. Q. Pcixotto & Sous-Auction Sale.
hound Trip Tickets to Charleston.

HOTEL ARRIVALS. March 81, 1874
IVAeeler House-F NJ Button and wife,
l; 4 A Palmer and wife, N Y; Mrs
iced, Miss Meade, Augusta: = L Bryan,
n q; Q Z Darling, city; II NIcDevitt,
T. a Belanger, Edgedeld; S II Melli-
champ, q L 3 Marsh, Ii W Shun, n G;
L s farrow, wife, three children and
servant, Spnrtanburg; S Browning,
Charleston; T Hitler, NJ L Hitler, King
stree; s W NJ Decker and sister, n 4;
NJ Mercer, Pa; H Simmons, Texas. 4
Hendrix HoHse-W NJ J Assman, Lex.
lngton; . G Ablo, Leesyille; James
Gedder, Baltimore; Charles AIcGim.
4 ROsenbaum, G Rosenbaum. G Cooper.
New York; J B Minter, Union.
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The domination Of Gen. McLaws as
Collector Of Customs in Georgia, gives
universal satisfaction in the South, SO
far ps we can learn.
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MAIL The n ortherr
mail opens $50 A. NJ, 8 P. NJ. (; closes
Ii a. NJ, 6{P!. NJ. Charleston opens s
A. NJ, 5.3OP. NJ; closes A. NJ, 6 P.
NJ. Western opens 6 A. NJ, 12.3OP. II. {;
closes 6, 1.30 P. Il. Greenville opens
5.45 F. A.; closes 6 A. III. Wilmington
opens 4 ?. A.. closes 1890 A. NJ. Or
Sunday open from 2.30 to 3.3OP. III.
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fifths and tenths remain, but they are
going OF rapidly. The time is very
short.
The Governor has made tho follow.
ing appointments: Mr.. J. w. Dillon, Of
Marion County, as Notary Public; Mr..
William L. Brown, OF Tilton. Ga, a
Commissioner Of Deeds for this State;
and Samuel t. Norris, OF Spartanburg
County, Trial Justice, nics Il. y. Gates,
removed.
Transfer printing inks are invaluable
to railroad companies, banks, mer-
chants, manufacturers and others. They
are enduring and changeless, and will
copy sharp and clear for on indefinite
period OF time. Having just received o
fresh supply OF inks. we are prepared to
execute orders at moderate prices.
The Governor has commutod the sen
tence of Capt. Georce E. Tupper, who
was convicted of manslaughter at the
May term, 1878, of the General Ses-
sions for this County and sentenced to
tivo years imprisonment. to five years
in the County jail, where he has been
since the sentence was pronounced,
awaiting The resnlt Of legal steos that
We're taken by the cornscl in his case.
The highest duty of man is to provide
for those who may be dependent upon
him. When business is dull and times
are hard, such provision can be made, ut
the least expense, by securing policy
in the LE:na Life Insurance Company,
tho old md firmly established institu-
ton, with nineieen millions Of assets.
". =. Guli,k is. the General Agent Of
the Company.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-04-29

CURRENCY, GEESE AND BLACK SuREp.--
Gen. Butler, doubtless with squaint toward
the approval Of the Athens of America, has
been treating the House to some choice class
ical information, appropos of the currency
Before coin was introduced, he said, the SHEEP
was legal tender in Rome, whence the word
"pccuna" He should also have informed
the House that in Rome the goose was kept
at the Capitol, and was a sacred animal be-
cause it saved the Republic but in this coun-
try, while we send our geese to the Capitol in
large focks we do not venerate them much.
because they have never shown themselves to
he capable of saving much beside their sala-
ries and pckings One thing is certain, how
ever, if black sheep were legal tender in this
Republic, b. +. Butler would be considerably
above parry. J. World.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-04-29

For two Or three weeks tho country along
the Mississippi, from the Arkansas riverto its
mouth has been submerged by the breaking
of the levecs, caused by high water. I'M
tations, and no cotton can be made tins sea-
son. The whole territory of the parishes of
Baton Rouge and Ibcrville is under water and
the inhabitants have had to fly to higher
beyond control, and cannot be stopped until
the river reaches a low stage, which may not
be for months. The President has directed
provisions and clothing to be issued from the
ing people.