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The Policy.


The Democratic victory iu Missis.
kippi whereby i Republican MAORI
" Of $4,000 was overcome by q
Democratic one of 10000, has IL.
duced the Shreveport Times, with
the less respectable journals, to lie.
clare the campaign Of 1876 must be
conducted on a strictly color line,
and inausnrate "shot gun" and
plug ngly' canvass. This may be
the programme Of the Democrats for
1876. and an effort may be made to
carry such out, bnt our friends must
recol|ect that Republicans have
some weapons of defense. While
the Republicans are unwilling to re-
pei force by force, they may be in a
condition to be strictly on the de-
fensiye, and prevent what seems to
be an easy task for our political op.
ponents. The Republican party are
armed for the contest OF &c.
1st. Having largely the majority
OF voters, which will be undoubtedly
polled, come what may.
I'd. The platform and State ticket
will be of such a character as will
disarm the Democrats, drawing from
their ranks thousands of Conserya-
tive voters.
Sd. Such guarantees 10 those de.
string free selection of tickets, that
freedom Of speech may be INDUCED
in by Republicans aud Democrats
We admit the defeat to the Re-
publicans in Mississippi was caused
by tho constant outbreaks brought
en- by the White Liners, whereby
thousands Of negroes became intimi-
dated and did not vote, or those yo.
ting, were made for the time being,
Democrats. Such will not bear re-
petition. The attention of the Lead
ers Of the Republican party was
drawn from Mississippi to a severe
contest in those great Northern
States, and the election went by de-
fault. If the Constitutional clause
which says, the Federal Government
shall protect each State against in.
vasion and domestic violence, means
anything, then the Republican party
means to be protected in their rights
..--kuz0rtvu11- ctpii--As,-Ly -afrnna
arm of the Government. Do our
Democratic friends think for a mo-
ment, that such a state Of lawless-
ness will be permitted to exist in this
State? We answer, no. Rather
than advocate violence and mob
law, these Democratic journals should
council moderation, and q declara-
ton Of those principles which per.
mits free expression of opinion, and
free use Of the ballot box. Does the
Times, representing a hopeless mi.
nority, expect to gain allies by such
council? Does it expect to increase
their vote by denounciug men, ex-
communicating and ostracising them
from society, because they differ
with the views Of this journal ?
Many men may be led, not driven,
led by reason, led by argument
but not by threats and abuse. We
only suggest to these journals, what
seems to u.s. proper way of adding
strength to their side. The policy
Of the White Leaguers in 1874, was
to bully Republicans. and we must
admit, it succeeded admirably-for
they came near carrying the State,
but bullying won't do, nothing less
than killing, we mean daylight kill.
ing.
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Thousands Of emigrants and arti.
sans are emigrating back to their
old homes in Europe on account Of
the hard times and scarcity Of work
in the United states.
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That Democratic Victory.

That Democratic Victory.
Does any person believe that Mis-
sissippl was fairly and honestly car
ried by the Democrats? No SAN
man can believe it who consider
the previous political condition o
the State or the circumstances unde
which the recent election was con
Quoted. That they have carried tn
State is undoubtedly true, but tia
they carried it by fair or homes
means is a lie. Ii the election wa
quiet and peaceable it was so simp|!
because the colored voters locked
themselves up in their cabins OF
election day and kept away from tht
polls. The Democracy has carriei
a Republican State by a deliberate
system Of terrorism. By means O
violence, intimidation and murder 8
Republican majority Of more than
1000 has been overcome, and in its
place We have a sweeping Demo
cratic victory" So completely or.
ganized was this scheme Of violence
that Republicans were afraid to run
for Office, and in many localities
there were no Republican candidates.
Where there were candidates most
of the voters were afraid to vote.
The public can not have forgotten
the repeated massacres Of negroes
perpetrated in different parts OF the
State while the registration was 90.
ing on These have been supple
mented by anonymous letters posted
up in all the country towns and at
the crossroads, warning the negroes
not to vote. Republican meetings
heve been broken up by bodies Of
armed men, and Republican speak
ers have been chased into the
swamps for no other odense than the
crime of free speech. Colored men
have been shot down while peace
ably working in the cotton fields,
and have been waylaid and hung in
sequesteted places by the roadside.
They have been hunted like squir-
rels and murdered like dogs. The
Democratic White Leaguers have
waved the bloody shirt with such
effect as to keep about 10000 Re-
publicans from the polls. The very
thing has taken place which Sena-
tor Morton predicted years ago, and
for which he was vilifed and abused
by the Democratic and "indepen-
dent press" The rebel element Of
the Democratic party has asserted
itself, and the principle of universal
suffrage has been trampIed in the
dust. Mississippi has been carried
for the Democracy in the same way
that other Southern States have been
carried before and will be hereafter
by systematic murder and intimi-
dalton. While the bloody work is
being done and the machinery Of
liolence put in operation at the
South, the Northern allies of the
White Leaguers-Democrats, dough-
faces and gushers-laugh and joke
about the "blooay shirt" and do all
in their power to distract the pub
lie mind until the purpose Of their
Southern colleagues shall be consum-
mated. The essence OF the Demo-
cratic victory in Mississippi is a
great outrage on universal suffrage
AN open violation of law, and a
burlesque upon free elections In
dianapolis journal.
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The following is said b y =
latest composition in pIepanso9s
the piano: Backward, n -
ward, oh skirts, in your GshE 4,
boys see me good Just fx bhk
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Tricks of the P Politicians,
TIE BROOKLYN RINGS EFFORTS TO COUNT
IN EvNs AND THE ALDERMEN.

Brooklyn politicians are excited
over the proposed attempt to show
that Thomas Nevins, the Ring can
didate for Sheriff. was elected over
Albert Daggett, the Republican can
didate. A careful count of the off.
cial vote in the Police Central Office
Yesterday showed q majority Of 1907
p the city for Daggett. No official
return is yet made from the county
towns, but Nevin's friends do not
count on 400 majority there, and
this will reduce the majority to about
600. Nevins says that five hundred
Republican State tickets with bis
name for Sheriff printed on them
were counted in Daggett's favor.
He says that there are other grounds
for q contest which bis lawyer is con-
sidering. Daggett's friends say that
} il ANY such discovery as this is made,
il will be after the ballot boxes have
been handled by the Police captains,
in whose charge they are. Mr..
Daggett considers the attempt as
very foolish. and says that be be-
lieves that there will be no change
from the official returns.
The Republican leaders say that
they have limitations Of q strong
effort to be made to count in q Dem
ocratic Board Of Aldermen that 10.
vestigations that would be likely On.
der = Republican board may be
warded of. At present, as the re-
turns show. there is q Republican
majority Of Eve, but. in the Eighth,
Eighteenth, Tventy-6fth W ar d 8
there are contests, which may end in
the counting out Of three Reputli-
cans. This will leave q majority of
two, and the Rings money has new
or failed on at least this number OF
Aldermen ont of twelve, The Of
fetal canvaesers meet to-day to
count the vote. All of the mistakes
60 far discovered have favored the
defeated Ring candidates.-lN. Y.
Sun.
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rL4-1.aool Board in New
Orleans, has been complained Of.
Mass meetings were held for the
purpose Of coercing designations of
Its members. Committees appoint
ed to wait upon the Superintendent
Of Public Education, with a view Of
giving the peoples party q repre-.
sentation, which by the by, We think
in some degree of reason, and after
all, three places were rendered to
well known and responsible parties,
those enjoying the confidence of the
New Orleans commuuity-in each
instance these offers have been res
pectfully declined. Hons. G. L.
Hall, Louis Witt and ]. N. Marks
all in letters refused to act upon
the School Board. We regret
to see this spirit evinced by
such gentlemen, for certainly they
could not expect the entire control
of this Board. The trouble With our
Democratic friends are that they be-
ing a minority in the State, they are
not satisfied with q respectable mi
nority representation but want all.
The Republicans are unwilling to
award this, and very properly. If
our political opponents would take
these minority positions probably a
better state Of feelings would prevail.
Complaint has always been made
against the Republican party, Of ill.,
competency Of its officials, and when
the error is attempted to bs correct.
cd by soliciting our opponents to
accept positions-have been invari.
ably met with the objection than an
insud6ciency is rendered. In our
parish, Conservatives have been ten
dered Trustworthy positions, and
from fear of public censare for hold
ing place under the so called
'usurping government" have de-
'clined. We will admit as a fact, the
Republican party does not always
possess material 10 its ranks TO fll
these positions, and with q desire to
be liberal and considerate, invita-
tions have been extended to our 20.
itcal opponents However in the
three letters Of these gentlemen they
have been gailty Of the same breach
Of courtesy-in the eyes Of the
Bourbons-oi acknowledging it as
IN honor-as did our friendk Leon
ard to Packard. We hope they will
reconsider their act1 aud accept, as
sisting in continuing q proper pub
liz education. ~ .
s,4.. e,a
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Queen Victoria has been told by q
gypsy that sue bad forty years yet
to live
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Ext Governor Vance, of North Car
olins, has been lecturing on the
Scattered Nation
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ths Rad Of 4 SaAi'v.
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Middletown transcript., 1875-08-07

cold uapor as that it shall supersede all
other mechanical appliances as motive
powers Mr.. Sergeant, q gentleman Of
New York, who has Investigated the
.,New Motor" says that it is inevitably
destined to revolutionize the mechanical
world, and render. possible, and even
easy, feats which seem now beyond the
power of the most perfect machinery in
the world. and compared with which
the widest dreams Of the Arabian story
teller will seem commonplace.
Mr.. Keely, it is stated, will soon
publicly demonstrate the entire practi-
liability ofhis discovery in its applica-
ton to railroad train between Camden
and Jersey City. The public anxiously
await the result Of this trial, and it is
hoped he may be able to convince the
most lincredulous. even the Scientific
.American, which,. while it is an ac-
knowledged authority in matters scien-
tifc, is adverse in its criticisms upon the
Keely Motor, that there is safer and
more economical motive appliance than
has hitherto been employed.
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Reconciliation.

| AN ARKANSAS ECHO OF THE BOSTON LOW
FEAST AROUND BUNKER HILL.
A few weeks since resident Of Bos
ton.s who had been passing year II
Texas, started for home with his wife
| to renew his business connections il
Boston. He reached Little Rock few
| days after thes17th of June, and, hav-
| ing recorded his name and residence
was shown to his room. He had scarcely
busted his coat and washed up when 9
rap at the door was given. Upon open.
ing it he found three strangers =
You are from Boston, | think 2 said
the spokesman. n
Boston is my native place, and Bos-
ton is my destination, replied the gen
man
well, you are the gentleman we arc
looking after continued the Little
Rocker We want you to step down
stairs few minutes.
Don, go. said his wife, who had
| unpleasant "reminiscences of past un.
plcasantness.
I'VE want you to 60, too continued
| the gentleman.
Well. what does all this mean !?
| said the Bostonian. Has anything
broken, gentlemen !?
Broken n reiterated another mem
Der Of the self-appointed committee
Haven't you read the newspapers
| Have not seen a newspaper for three
days was the reply.
Well. my friend he continued,
Massachusetts and South Carolina
have buried the Ratchet on Bunker
Hill. and Maryland and Virginia saw
it accomplished. But come down
stairs, forsswe'ye got something on ice,
and as you are the first Bostonian that
we have got hold of, We propose to have
| the deed Of reconciliation between Ar
kansas and old Massachusetts, signed
and witnessed right here and now
The Bostonian was little dazed, but
he went down stairs, where he was re-
| ceived with cheers. He was interview
ed by the local editor, he and his wife
were shown the beauties Of the place in
the best turnout in the place, and he
was sent on his way rejoicing, with his
hat chalked and his hotel bill paid. He
| now states that he is prouder than ever
| of old Boston, and relates the inciden,
as indicative of athe effect Of the greet
ings given to our visitors by the people
of Boston on the occasion of the centen-
NAL Of the battle of Bunker Hill.
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g Selttt! poeltrp.
WE MEET AGAIN.
FROM THE GERMAN.

1t is determined in Gods plan,
From what he loveth- best, that man
~+s - Must part.
And yet of earthly ills we know
This most of all doth grisve us so
To part. Yes, part
Ifthou when freshly psuck'd doth place
The tender bud in water-vase,
Then know
The morning brings to thee rose,
Twill wither ere the evening close.
This know. :. Yes know
Hath God 10 thee loved one given,
And holdest thou here under heaven
None so dear?
The loved one shall not long remain, ~
And thou alone must drop in pain,
A tear Yes, a tear
Yet shouldst not thou too much complain
Too much complain,
For when loves ties are rent in twain,
We still can says "We meet again,
Yes, meet again.
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lCHuRCHEs.

FOREST PREsByTERIAN-Rev John Patton,
ID. Pastor. Divine service every Sunday
At 10 30 a. m. and I 20 IN. Sunday School
at9a.m. Lecture on Wednesdays at 7.3O P.
m. Sunday School in the Chapel at Arm
strong's every Sunday at 2.30 P. m.
Sr. ANNE's Protestant EPIscoPAL.-Kev
VIM. C. Butler, Rector. Service on Sundays
ut 10 90 a. III. and 6 sop, m. Sunday School
at 9.O0a m. Lecture on Fridays at p. m.
METHODIST EPIscopAL, Rev. L. Y. Matlack,
DID,, Pastor. Service every Sunday at ~
a. M and I 80 p. m. Sunday school at 9.oo
a. m. and 2.30 p. m. Prayer Meeting on
Thursdays at 7.a0 p. m.
CoLoRED METHODIST. Rev. ]. W. Brown,
Pastor. Service every other Sunday at 10. 80
an, and 8 p nj. Sunday School every
Sunday at p. m. ~ .ls
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tirely, but I'll throw off $50 on cigars.

tirely, but I'll throw off $50 on cigars.
very well. And the hats. caps
&C.; and all the rest. Couldn't yor
save 300 on the balance You know
good suit of clothes will last more
than one season.
We'll, I might possibly make it $1OC
less,' says he.
That makes. with the $155 left over
and above your stated expenses as a
bachelor. $500, says the ready Anne.
liza you may add to that $75 dollars
which you could readily save on amuse-
ments, and you have the snug sum Of
1915 yearly to lay BY A few years Of
such economy would enable you to buy
a nice little home Of your own, where,
with frugal wife, you could both live
very comfortably for what it costs you
to live by your self now m
If Henry is anything like the man he
ought to be he will say at this juncture
that the very wife to live in such house
is the young lady who has herself sug-
gested it, and will forthwith proceed to
act upon her advice. There are. with
out doubt, good many Amelias in
Chicago, they could only speak but
the trouble is that they may find no op-
portunities, and possibly no Henrys to
chat with thus con6dentially, and SO
the old bachelors and the old maids
will multiply, and a serious problem in
social science is presented for consider
alton. This self-enforced separation Of
the sexes will just as certainly lead to
crime and immortality as any well un-
derstood cause leads to an equally well
understood effect And it will increase
as the number of the unmarried increase,
until every considerable city Of this
country will become miniature Paris,
save with sadder result, as our national
temperament is capable Of deeper feeling
and more terrible remorss. The ratio
of unmarried persons is constantly aug
menting. and the question Of a remedy
is one that deserves the greatest con-
sideration. In the older settlements
the females predominant in such num-
bers that marriage for large proper
tion is impossible in any event In the
newer parts of the country, where the
sexes are in about equal numbers, the
question Of expense frightens the would
be husband. and the result is quite as
bad The way to reform is not plain,
though the necessity for it is indisput-
able. Inter Ocean.
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Franks ola Minnesota Tornado.

The Minneapolis Tribune relates some
Of the pranks cut up by arecent tornado
near. Mendoza, MINI. We are told,
among other things, that pine stick
two inches square was driven into an
elm tree with such force that it was
fairly bedded in the living wood A
woman, Mrs. Patrick Tully, was car
ried a distance of FIVE rods, clear acrsss
one ravine and deposited in another.
The lady is still suffering severely from
the injuries-having been badly cut
and bruised. A farmer named Edward
Pareau, living two miles south Of Men
dota, owned little flock Of sheep, when
the storm struck his place, and Of this
number eleven we're missing. Subse-
quently, eight of them were found in
the tree-tops. fully one mile from bis
house. Two of them were found pinned
together BY board that had been driven
through the bodies Of the poor animals
and then into the ground - fact which
will be considered as suggestiveof new
mode for sstringing" mutton. The
fencing on Mr.. Pareau's farm was
blown from the ground posts and all.
Mr.. George Gage, living six miles
southwest of Mendoza, had ten acres Of
heavy oak timber on his place, and they
were swept clean blythe wind. as if an
army Of choppers had passed through
thestract on . tour of malicious destruc-
ton. Some large trees. roots and an.
were carried q distance Of one and q
half miles. John Berke, farmer, liv-
ing four miles from Mendoza, had hia
house lifted bodily from its foundations,
and torn to pieces while whirling in the
air, and crashing against other debris
Of the storm
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C0uIpduiobH y ooou JoiuSo a. uSi S.At
ment.
That evening Mr.. Merrill turned to
his daughter, saying. Eva, | do not
think you need wear the willow any
longer for Mr.. Beldon he seems to be
consoling himself
'Wha. do you mean, fatherT she
inquired very demurely, but almost
choked with suppressed laughter.
Il met him riding with lady to-day
SO closely yelled that could not see
her face, They seemed to be enjoying
themselves very much.
4 do not suppose Mr.. Beldon will be
silly enough to make hermit Of him
self and renounce the society of all other
ladies because he has been dismissed
from the house Of the girl he loves.
hope that he will find consolation
somewhere.
Il think, Eva, that you had better
find consolation in the society of the
gentleman you were with to-day
The gentleman | was riding with
papa?
ai,sYes dear..'d s2f&
Why wouldn't you object To me mar
rying him 2
L should be most happy to see You
his wife
Well, I'll tell him., and laughing
mischievously, she ran out of the room
SO much for girls love. What
did I tell you, mother? | knew she
| would be fascinated with the next good
looking fellow that came alongN ex-
claimed the gentleman.
i have not changed my opinion yet
Of Eva she replied
Have not changed your opinion ? ~
You do not believe she is still in love
with Beldon. do your
Wait and see.'
Why. l have just given my consent
to her marrying William Curtis and
she went of happy as bird
The mother smiled incredulously, but
said nothing more. =.
The next day Mr. Merrill was sitting
in his office, when suddenly the door
opened, and Eva entered, leaning on
Mr.. Beldon's arm, looking very happy,
but little nervous
MY husband, father, said the auda-
lsrious little lady.
What's that 2 he inquired putting
back his chair.
Don't scold now. papa, she contin-
ued l. you said I might marry the gen.
tleman Iirode with yesterday -and this
is he l was the yelled lady who was
consoling him
Mr. Merrill looked very grave for a
moment, and then said : q
We'll, children, your two young
heads were more than. a match for. my
oldsone; 60 and see your mother
And the happy couple were very sure
theyeheard a sound strongly resembling
laughter as they left the room.
AsPapa, said sweet voice, few mo-
ments afterwards. you were anxious,
you knowsto have. VIII Curtis in the
family -and-he is willing =
asWhat do you mean, Maud? You
haven't commenced your affairs in good
earnest. have you 2
Eva is settled and Mr.. Curtis wants
me to marry him. "a
Not for two years yet,
sHei willing towait., And kissing
her father dozen times, she also left
him, to join her impatient lover,
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RuILDING AND LOAN.

MIppLRrowN B. & L. ASSOCIATION. Samuel
Pennington, Pres; A. G. Cox, Secretary. Meets
on the Grst Thursday Of ever month at 8
O'Clock, pm. ~
Mutual LOAN Association or MIDDLEToWN.
Jas. H. Scowdrick, Pres; A. q. Cox, Sec
retary. Meets on the third Tuesday OF every
month at 8 o'clock, p. m.