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The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-04
WASHINGTON, D. c.
An Extra Session of the Sem ate Called by Pr0clama-
 tiOn of the President.
Does He Want to Hand in His
 Resignation?

Washington, Feb. Is, 1875.
 The following was issued this afternoon:-
 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
 STATES OF AMERICA-A PRoCLA- NATION
 Whereas objects of interest to the United States require that the Senate should be convened at l2 o'clock on the 9th day of March next to receive and act upon such communications as may be made to it on the part of the Executive, now, therefore, l, Ulysses $. Grant, President of the United States, have considered it to be my duty to issue this my proclamation, de- claring that an extraordinary oc- casion requires the Senate of the United States to convene for the transaction of business, at the capital, in the city of Washing ton, on the 9th day of March next at l2 o'clock at noon, on that day of which all who shall at thai time be entitled to act as mem bcrs of that body are hereby re quired 70 take notice.
 Given under my hand and tn, seal ofthe United States, at Wash l ington, the l7th day of February in the year of our Lord 1875, anC of the independence ofthe Cnite' 1 States of America the ninet ninth. By the President.
 |. S. GRANT.
 HAMILTON FIsu, Secretary ( state.
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About County Taxes.

The following act has received executive approval and becomes a law.
 SEC. 1. That the collectors of the several counties of the state be and are hereby prohibited from collecting more than one half of one per cent. for general county purposes, or more than one half of one per cent. to pay indebted : ness existing at the time of the ratification of the present con constitution of the state, being in all one per cent. of the assessed valuation of the property of the county. Provided, that the coun ties os Pulaski, Dorsey, Critten den, Lonoke, Lawrence, Lincoln, Van Buren and Perry be excepted from the provisions of this act.
 Sec. 2. That should the tax books of any county when turned over to the collector show that more than one per centum has been levied for county purposes, the collector of such county is hereby directed and required to make the reduction in his settlement with the taxpayer, and the county courts are hereby instructed to give such collector or collectors credit for such reduction in the final settlement with the county courts.
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imprisoned in the penitentiary for q period not exceeding twenty gears.
 Sec. ?. Every person who shall by any of the unlawful acts emu merated in the preceding section, cause the life of any person or per sons, to be put in immediate peril, or shall cause any engine or car to be actually thrown off the track of any part of a railroad, or the works thereof, shall, upon convic- tion be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not more than twenty years.
 Sec. 3. Every person who shall use any railroad track as common highway for horses, cattle, or ve- hicles, other than those propelled on the rails of such railroad in the operation thereof, shall, on convic- tion, be fined in any sum not ex- ceeding twenty five dollars for each offense, and may be impris oned in the county jail for a pc riod not exceeding thirty days.
 Sec. 4. That this act be in force from and after it's passage.
 Approved, January 2S, 1875.
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people, to drive item to despair
 and provoke them to violent out break in order to furnish an ex-
 cuse for applying military inter
 ferance. We express the hope
 that majority of the present con
 gross will not be found ready to
 sanction such legislation. If it
 be accomplished it would be
 against the protest not only of democrats but of the moral worth
 and statesmanship here of the party in power, and of such repab- licans as Bryant, Eyarts and c. F. Adams and others whose patriot ism and sense of justice are known to the entire country.
 We may, however, be mistaken. The most extreme, oppressive and unconstitutional measures may be imposed upon you. In such an event we would appeal to the wis dom and patriotism of long suf- fering people, by every hope of the future, for the continued for bearance and hopeful reliance up on the virtue and sense of justice of the American people for the ul innate vindication of our rights, the protection of our liberties and the safety of our republican form of government. Signed by Sena- tors Goldthwaite, Stevenson, Nor wood, Cooper, Gordon, Ransom of North Carolina, McCrary, Bogy, Johnson and Merriman, and sign ed by the following members of the house: Messrs. Cook, Cald- well, Bell, Bromberg, Atkins, Waddell, Giddings, Herndon, Miles, Willie, Hancock, Critten den, John Young, Brown, Harris, Young (Ga.), Whitehouse, Bright, Grassland, Beck, Bowen, Bland, Adams, Clark, Arthur, Comingo, Durham, Hunton, Hatch CT, Gunter, Glover, Mclean, Leach, Vance, Robbins, Blount, Harris, Whitehead, Stande.ord, Stone, Sloss, Young of Kentucky Wells of Missouri, Millilen, Read, Lamar.
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REPUBLISHED BY REQUEST. LINES TO A KELETON.
PAULINE.

fIhe following poem was found near q skeleton ill the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, Lin coln's Inn, London, and was sent for publication in the Morning Though fifty guineas reward was offered for the discovery of the author, his nam9 has never transpired.
 Behold this ruin. Twas skull, Once of eth ,areal spirit full;
 This uarrow cell was liic's retreat. This space was thoughts my stcrious sea. Waat beauteous visions filled this spot. What dreams of pleasure long forgot! Nor hope, nor love, nor joy. nor fear, Have left one trace or record here. Beneath that mouldcring canopy once shone the bright and busy eye. But start not at the dismal void; Ifsorial love that eve employed. If with no lawless fire it gleamed, But through the dew of kindness beamed, That eve shall be forever bright
 When stars and suns are sunk Ill nIght. Within this hollow cavern hung The ready, swift and tuneful tongue, If falsehood's honey it disd dained, And when it could not praise, was ehain'd, F bold in virtne's cause it apoke,
 pt gentle cOucOru never spoke. That silent tongue shall plead for thee When time unveils eternity.
 Say. did those fingers delve the mine! Or with it's envied rubies shine!
 To hew the rock or wear the gem. Can little now avail to them,
 But if the page of truth they sought, Or comfort to the mourner brought, The hands richer need shall claim Than all that wait on wealth or fame. Avails it whether bare or shod
 Those feet the path of duty trod?
 If from the halls of ease they fled
 To seek aiilictions humble shed.
 If grandeur's guilty bribe they spurned, And home to virtues cot returned, Those feet with angels ways shall vie, And tread the palace of the sky.
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A Relic of Daniel Boone.

Mir. James, a farmer residing on the headwaters of siX-mile creek, about ten miles from Frank
 fort, some weeks ago stumbled upon forest memento of the great old pioneer of Kentucky, on his place, which it seems romark- able, was not discovered before. This, however, may be accounted for by the loneliness and out of the-way character of the locality. In a deep dell, near the bank of a little stream which is one of the continents of SiX-mile creek, he found on a beech tree, some five or six feet from the ground, the following deeply-engraved inscrip- tion: 'Daniel Boone, Jnly 10,l TO-" MT. James proceeded to cut down the tree, and to saw a sec tion of it containing the inscrip- tion. The tree from which the block is sawed, four or five feet from the ground, was found to Do thirty three inches in diameter.
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State and to Sus pend the Enforcement o1
 the Collection of Taxes for the years les3 and 1874.
 WHEREAS, The people are in a bankrupt and impoverished con dition, brought about from the enormous taxes unjustly imposed upon them for the last five ) years; and
 Whereas, In consequence of the extreme dry weather the crops are unusually short, and in many parts an entire failure, and the people are unable to pay their taxes; therefore
 Be it enacted by the Gcner ol Assembly of
 the state of Arkansas.
 SECTION |. That the sale of all property. both personal and real, for the payment of taxes for the years eighteen hundred and seventy three (1S73) and eighteen
 
 hundred and seventy-four (1S74) be and the same are hereby sus- pended for the period of one year from and after the thirty first (31st) day of March, eighteen hundred and seventy five (lS75) and the several sherilfs and col lectors of revenue are hereby re- strained from making sales ofprop- erty, either personal or real, for said period of one year, for the non-payment of taxes for the years eighteen hundred and seventy three (1S73), and eighteen hun dred and seventy-four { (lS74).
 Sec. 2. That if any person or persons shall fail to pay their tax es for the years eighteen hundred and seventy-three (1S73), and eighteen hundred and seventy-four 1S74), within the time now pre- scribed by law, it shall be the duty of the sheriffs and collectors of the several counties, to make out a true and perfect list of such de- l linquent taxes, and file the same in the office of the county clerk of the respective counties, on or by the first lst) day of June, eight cen hundred and seventy-five (1S75).
 Sec. 3. That the county clerks of the several counties, in making out the tax books for the year eighteen hundred and seventy five 1 (1S75), shall also include such de- linquent list for the years eighteen hundred and seventy three (1373), and eighteen hundred and seven y-four (1s74), together with a penalty of fifteen (l5) per centum on such delinquent trxes, which shall be collected as other taxes, and paid into the treasury as re- quired by law.
 Sec. 1. That all acts, and parts of acts now in force, and in con flict with the provisions of this act, are hereby suspended and this act shall be in full force and effect for the period of one year from and after the thirty-first l (3lst) day of March, eighteen hundred and seventy-tive (lS75)
 Approved, February P, 1875.
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No. XLIY.

An Act to prevent injury 10 kallrohus anu
 to Prevent injury to Persons and Liie on
 the same.
 SECTION l. That every person who shall willfully and malicious lv place an obstruction by stones, logs, or any other thing on the track of railroad, or shall tear up or remove, or burn or destroy any part of any railroad, or the works thereof, with intent to ob- struct the passage of car or cars thereon, or to throw them off the track, shall, upon conviction, be
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-04

Mrs. Holmes, of Katie King in fanny, according to her own state ment, is .'cick of the hoal busi- ness"
 Kalakaua is doubtless home ere this, and getting mixed up under the cross Questioning of Mrs. Kalakaua.
 The want of the age is some other method of freezing nove- lists hero than with horror
 Huldah B. Loud is a promi- nent Massachusettes suffragist, and when she don't shrck we sup pose she talks like thunder.
 When Comstocker wants to discharge another he says; "when you thoroughly prospect him, you'll find no bonanza in him.
 Brother Hammond is familiarity addressed by the California min CTS as "Old Pard,' and is in sore distress to learn what they mean by it.
 You can get a good bonnet in Paris for from twenty five to thir- ty-five dollars-Boston Post. What does a nightcap cost?- Mi ners' Journal. About a frame a glass.
 The young ladies of Rockford, | H., have formed ''co-operative self-escorting church and party going society,"" the object of which is to make the young men of the period more useless than ever.
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Somebody s stolen my book,-one will say; Somebody's taken my pencil away; Somebody's csten the last hit of pie; Somebody's causing the baby to cry. Somebody's pulled up the flowers on the bor- der, Somebody's gotten this room out of order. Somebody has called and somebody said, That "Llle' was married and ''Charlie" was dead. Then somebody called and somebody said, That CHARLIE was married and LILLE was dead So you see how he twists and turns all one ''gad" Until we can't tell whether tis good news or bad. And though this somebody still rovcs all about, It seems from some cause we can't find him out. But tis my opinion quite publicly ex- pressed, To leok closely we'd find him within the .'home- nest" Yes, search your own heart and reflect on the past And think yoUll admit you have found him at last. Yes. yes. you'll aimit perhaps with sigh, This meddlesome SOMEBODY is NOBODY but-"l."
 p4rIISE
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setting pure gold

In a box-the Beecher jury.
 Wine improves with age, but kisses don't.
 Hush money-the money paid Q baby's nurse.
 In regard to the tax on whisky, that's easily recti1ied,
 A Williamsburgh woman has an artificial jaw. Did she wear the other one out?
 Butler will be fifty-six years old next November. The propos al to make the anniversary of his birth a day of national fasting and prayer excites much enthusiasm.
 Inscription on tombstone in Columbia, Tenn: "Escaped the bullets of the enemy to be assassi, mated by a cowardly pup-a kind husband, an aflectionate father.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

special notices dorhle inc above rates Editorial notices twenty five cents line for the nr,t aaa dftecn cents for each addi- ton insertion. All transient advertisements cash in advance. Marriage and obituary notices not to exceed four lines, free; over lour twenty cent per line.
 Cards or communications of a personal character, if admissible at all, double the r-raI ia.rs. and strictly in advance.
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Some ambitious Cincinnatian wants that city to be known as the modern Athens, probably becausc of her much Greece.
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For the DEMOCRAT.
 "SoMEBODY.'

There's a meddlesome somebody going
 around, And playing his tricks in country and
 town. He's in this place and that, just over the
 way;- He's in all our work-he's in all our play. He's up stairs and down with the rich and
 the poor, And you can't make visit where he's not
 been before. He's such a great bother, pest and tease Not even the CHILDREN can rest at their case.
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CITY OFFICERS.
B. W. CLEANER, Carpenter, Builder,
 AND Undertaken,

RUSSELINlLLE... ARKANSAS. All Work promptly attended to and satis-
 faction guaranteed. nl,Y~ shop Southeast corner of River and DaNid streets. l-lI
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Unintended Generosity

A lady travelling in a London omnibus recently had wealth thrust upon her in singularly agreeable manner. During the journey a lashily dressed young man, of dubious appearance, sat by her side but got out before it came to her turn for alighting. When she did alight, her purse, containing luckily only l2s. was gone. Without any doubt the hashily dressed young man had picked her pocket in transitu and made off with the proceeds. So said the conductor, and the ma jority of the passengers agreed with his opinion. But the lady thinking that she might have been mistaken, again searched her pocket. The purse did not meet her fingers but something else did. Withdrawing her hand, she produced a massive ring set with what appeared to be white crystal. The lady and her hus- band next day took the gewgaw to leading jeweler, who offered
 fS0 for it, the stone being re- markedly fine brilliant and the setting pure gold.
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TIE DEMOCRAT

All bills with our advertisers are to be settled at the end of every month without fail. and advertisements not settled for at that time will be discontinued, without no- tice, unless special arrangements are made.
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All local notices must be paid for at the rate of ten cents per line, for each insertion. This rue is imperative and must be ad- hercd to.
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'. Q. C. r.
STATE OFFICERS.
9th Judicial District.

Composed of the counties of Pope, John son, Franklin, Crawford, Sebastian, sarDer and Yell. r, Circuit. Judge, ... W. W. MANSFIELD. Pros. Atty, .,.............J ]. F. BY ERS.
 lth Senatorial Dist.
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

CUMBERLAND PREsBYTERIaN CHURCH On Main street. Services every first Sun,la, at 10 o'clock q. m. and "a o'clock r. m. All are invited. Rev. A. Cox, Pastor.
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BAPTIST CHuRcH-op Main street. Ser vices every third sabbath. All are invited to attend. Rev. NJ. Crawford Pastor.
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FrateFn ai.

a MAsoNs-Meet on Main street on EA the nst and third saturdays in each X x Month. J. w. Russell, W. NJ. J. E. w Erwin See'ty.
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No. LXXI.

An Act to Relieve the Taxpayers of this State, and to Stis pend the Enforcement of the Collection of Taxes for the years 1s13 and 1874.
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COUNTY OFFICERS.

,ator, .CHAs. E. ToBEY
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1875-05-15
4 FATAL AFFEAY.
Can't. T.. &. FOriicr. Of New Or.
leans. and Others. Killed
Four Dead Men and Four
Widows Ten Children Faith
crIcsS.

The Weekly PIcayune of the Srh instant
makes the following sad announcement:
From the Galveston New Of the I;h inst.
we learn that an unfortunate ant fatal aray
occurred at Moss Bluff, Liberty county,
Texas, late on Saturday last. Two brothers
Capt F.. e. and c. $ Forricr aud Ludo.ph
GllorI had difficulty with A2rno Lacour
aud hi two sous, Joseph and Archie. IA which
Mr. Lacour was dangerously wounded, lo.
>cph slightly and Archie killed. Capt For
tier was dangerously aud his bother slightly
wounded Mr.. GrlIard alone escaped an
harmed. The For,icr party were arrested
aud taken to tie town of Liberty. The par
ties in tins affair are all related For want of
a Jail the three prisoners were quariered III
Brl,ticys hotel, where they remained under
guard since Sunday evening.
About 10 O'Clock Uu the morning of the ith
inst. party of thirty or forty men. armed
aud masked, entered the hotel, Ovcrpowcrcd
the guard and got INTO tire prison room, where
they killed the Two brothers furIcr and CHI
lard.
The Liberty CORES spondent of the Calves
ton News, from whom we take Tie above
facts, says that bv tiIi> sad affair four men
have lost their lives, four widows have been
maze and ten children mourn the loss OF their
fathers,
Mr. Azcno Lacour. who was wounded on
Saturday by the Forier party, is supposed to
bJ dying
No information is given a to the cause Of
the difficulty
All the parties in tins unfortunate affair
resided formerly in New Orleans. Mr. +. G.
Forter was in 1873 ani the early part Of
1874 captain Of police of tie Second Precinct
AT Pacauicr Staten, in the Fourth District of
tins city.
Previous to the engagement between The
people of New Orleans and the Metropolitan
Police, on the llrh September last, Capt.
ForIcr obtained leave Of absence aud left tor
Liberty, Texas, where he owned a store aud
"A small farm. On IN return Ia tins city a
few weeks after. hc was Informed that his
place had been filled by order of the Police
Board. tie stated 10 one Of the reporters ot
the Pcayunc that his store had h"cn burnt 10y
an incendiarv whist he (Fortier) was IN tins
city, and that he had been left with scarcely
any means 10 support his large family.
Capt. FOrrlcr was n handsome, courteous
and brave man. o. a generous and impul-
slve nature, he hal rlade many friends III this
his native city. lie hat been second IN many
of the iuels which have occurred ia New
OleanS.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1875-05-15
4 Box of Horrors.
New York Hcrall.l

Among the articles sent over the
Twenty-third street ferry yesterday
morning for transportation to the
West by the Erie railway was an
ordinary soap-box, about two feet in
length, ten inches in depth, and four
teen inches wide. 1t was directed to
Mrs. NJ. W. Woodford, Van Vert,
Van Vert county, Ohio, via a. & G.
w. Il. r., ;" and was labelled in addi-
tion 80" which was supposed to
designate the weight. The box was
50 light, however, that suspicion was
aroused, and it was broken open,
when a horrible spectacle was pre-.
sented. A human body, chopped up,
was packed into the box, intermingled
with charcoal. the skull, the hands,
the feet, aud spinal column, with ribs
attached; the humeral bones, legs
and arms, all denuded of the flesh,
were packed in, and the fresh, red
flesh portions that adhered TO the
bones indicated very plainly that the
carving process had been only recent.
ly performed. The remains were ap-
parently those of female. The box
was consigned by man giving his
name as "Dr. Wethies," Of New York,
but the city directory contains no
such name. Superintendent Brown,
of the Pavonia ferry, sent Detectives
O'Brien and Millinery to police head
quarters in New York, and Superin.
tendent Walling sent Detective Reilly
to work up the case. County Physi-
clan Stout, of Jersey City, was also
notified, and be, too. examined the
remains. 1t was decided to have the
box and its contents forwarded to
Ohio, where detectives will be placed
on the alert. One singular circum-
stance in the case is, that on one end
Of the hox was written, in pencil, the
word Bones" but whether it was
written before consignment or during
the investigation yesterday was not
ascertained In addition to the
suspicious lightness of the box, the
dripping of blood through the joints
led to the examination. How many
such articles of freight pass along the
railroads urdetected is now the seri
Ous question. The detectives, in this
case, are satisfied that there was foul
play, and no pains will be spared in
hunting up the man who consigned
the box.
Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1875-05-15
I'm the arms of MOrpheus"-An
Indignant Darkey.

Our friend, Col =, residing not a
thousand miles from here, informs Us
that a colorcI youth in his employ
who has been with him for some con-
siderable length of time, and for
whom, "a he has proven himself
faithful and trustworthy, he naturally
feels some attachment The young
man concluded a short time since
that he would like 10 see little of
the world anG take little recreation,
so he applied for permission, which
was readily granted, drew the wages
due him amounting To about ohe
hundred and fifty dollars, departed on
a trip up the country. After being
absent for some weeks and spending
all his money he returned and report
ed for duty. In few days after
wards he solicited an Interview with
Col. :, informing him that during
his trip he bad met with du>ky
dam5cl who had captured his aifec-
tions, and be wished his employer to
write 10 DPT LOT MN. L NC request
was complied with, and in due course
of mail an answer came, written in n
very neat female hand, the boys
sweetheart having evidently secured
a. amanuensiS young lady of culture
and refinement. The correspondence
was kept up for some time, our friend,
Col S, enjoying it as well as the
parties most intimately interested.
At last there came billet doux'
abounding more in expressions of
tender regard and affection than any
that had preceded it, which was duly
read to the smitten youth, the con-
Guiding lines of which were as nearly
as can be recollected, as follows:
81 think Of you the first thing in
the morning, and think Of you the
last thing at night, as | fall iIto the
arms of Morpheus
The reader had progressed thus far
when the boy sprang up, commenced
pulling off his coat, aud eXcitedly ex-
claimed, "In the arms of who?
By, Col. s.. III whip that ID
nigger, if it costs me half my years
wages. Temperance IIatchman.