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National Republican., 1875-06-23
DROPOSALS FOR FU Ell.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,

NAVY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, ID. o., June I, 1875.
Sealed proposals. indorsed and addressed to
the Secretary Of the Navy, will be received until
noon SATURDAY. June %, to supply the Navy
Department and Offices thereof in Washington
with fuel, viz:
2JO tons, (2,24O lbs to the TOM best quality
white ash egg coal.
10 tons, (22iO lbs. to the ten,) best quality
. white ash nut coal.
100 cords, 12S cubic feet,) Of we'll seasoned
good size oak wood.
IS cords: G2s cubic ieet;) of we'll seasoned
10 cords, (l2s cubic feet,) well seasoned bakers
pine wood.
All of which will be weighed, measured and
Inspected by the Navy Department inspector,
at tho expense Of the contractor, according to
the requirements Of the act Of Congress ap-
proved July IL, 1870.
These supplies must be delivered at the Navy
Department, or Office for which required, by the
10Th Of July next, to insure which bonds Will be
required Of the successful bidder.
Bids may be made for either wood or coal, or
for beth; but must state so much per cord or ton,
as the case may be, without distinguishing IS to
size Of coal or kind of wood.
GEO. NJ. ROBSON,
les. Secretary of the NAVY,
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ASAu goods Will be sold left with R. Fulton
over three months. 3l4 Ninth street, near Penn
sylyania avenue. je5
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Aa&suaI gepablitau
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
Monetary.

WAsHIHsToE, Tuesday Evening, June Il
In the local stock marke: duIIness reiSRs su-
preme. The guaranteed S-s5 bonds continue to
decline in the presence of a steady issue and tho
absence Of q demand. The bonds are in good
odor with large holders who are increasing their
stock, and concessions are only made by persons
who ind it necessary TO raise money by extreme
measures to meet other engagements. If the
market were cleared Of about S5OO,OOO the price
would go up higher than ever before. Events
seem to indicate that the existing stagnation will
shortly be superseded by an active period. With
the addition during the summer Of so OO0,OO1 to
the idle wealth Of the country, investors will nat
urally inquire into the various securities IN the
market, and the best financial authorities of thA
country, in their oficial and unofficial opinions,
are unanimous In their recommendation Of the
65 bonds.
Gold continues to move toward New York
under the temptation Of high prices.
Money unchanged at sGlO per cent.
Messrs. Sherman Grant, No. I425 strOse,
quote the following buying and selling rates foc
Governments, gold. SC:
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AhRHABN~OAh
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

Containing Cards OF FiFst-CIass Estabs
Subhments in all Branches OF BuHiS
ReEs In the District.
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Reliable agents wanted everywhere. -
Tor Iuu Information apply to JOHN i. HEN.
DERSON, 7l9 Market space, over <. G.. Davis
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-18
No. CXXIX.

An Act in relation to the Collection of the Taxes in the different counties in the State for the year 1874. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Of the State of Arkansas.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-18
PAY YOUR TAXES NOW.

Up to date not half of our peo- pie in Pope county have paid their tax. We are very well aware that times are hard and it will be only by close nipping that some of our people will be able to keep the commissary department supplied for this year, but we ad- wise all who can pay their tax this year before the penalty IS added, to do so by all means. It will be better to pay now even ii it causes some little privation, than to allow two or three years taxes to come on at once, and a penalty of fifteen per cent besides. Better sell some surplus stock or other property, or borrow the money, than to get behind any further, because next year it is altogether probable that tine full demands of the tax collector will have to be met without any fur ther delay, or else the full penalty for delinquency will be..enforced. It is scarcely probable that relief will be made for delinquents two years in succession. We, there fore, believe evo y effort should be made to pay now.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-18

of the peace by the law regulating attachments before justices: Pro vided, the affiant shall only be re- quired to state the amount and justice of the claim or share, and that plaintiff is entitled to the benefit to such lien: and provided further, that the same shall be in stituted within sixty days from the time it becomes due.
 Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That if any one shall wilfully in terfere with, cntice away, know ingly employ, or induce laborel or renter, who has contracted as herein provided, to leave his em- ployer, or the place rented, before the expiration of his contract, he shall be liable to the party or par ties injured, in the sum of all moneys due and damages in the case.
 Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That justices of the peace shall have jurisdiction, within consti- tutional limits, of all actions bas- ed upon contracts and actions ex delicto, and penal otfenses affect ing the rights and interests of employers and laborers; that the rights of appeal shall be reserved as in other cases.
 Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be and are hereby repealed, and this act to take effect and be in force from and after it's passage.
 Approved, March 6, 1875.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-18
LEGAL PUBLICATIONS,

Below we give the act regula. ting the publication of legal ad, vertiscments in newspapers.
 It will be seen that it is a great improvement on the old law, as it allows the clerks and sheriffs oi the counties to select the news paper in which they will insert their legal advertisements. They can now publish in any paper having bona fide circulation in their counties; provided that if there is any paper published in the county, it shall have the print ing. We would here remind all partiee concerned that the DEMO GRAF has a good and rapidly in creasing circulation in Pope, Con- way, Searcy, Newton and Van Buren counties, and as there is no paper published in either of these counties, we respectfully so. cicit the legal printing of those counties. The law reads as fol lows:
 An Act to regulate the publication
 Of Legal Advertisements in News
 papers.
 Be it Enacted, etc.:
 SECTION l. That when any le- gal publication of any character, IS requied by existing or future laws, Cor the order of any court, or the provisions of any deed of trust, mortgage or other agree. ment or by any state, county, dis trict township or municipal off. 1 eer), to be made by advertisement in a newspaper printed in this state, it shall be published in | some daily or weekly newspaper, | printed in the county where the | suit or proceeding is pending or
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-18
STATE ITEMS.

A terrible Tornado passed over the country 8 or 9 miles South and East of this place on last Sunday night. Trees were swept away and one or two houses blown down. Mir. Rash's dwell ling was hurled to the ground and some of his family had to be ex- tricated, by means of the axe, from the fallen timbers; but for tunately no serious damage was done to the individuals. We learn that a child was killed on the Simpkins' place few miles below but have nothing authentic. -[ -[Monticellonian.
 J. D. Fowler, J. s. Thomas, J. T. Johnson and John Walker, four prisoners confined in our town jail for stealing sundry arti- cles from warehouse, made their escape last Friday night. They went through the floor, where a horse thief had made his escape about a year ago. We do not know where the blame should rest in this instance, but somebody is to blame. The town council should see that the town jail is made more secure for thelr part. --[ Des Arc Citizen.
 O.: Tuesday last, the sports of Clarksville agreed to have prize fight, to keep pace with "civiliza- tion," as one of the passengers in- formed us, who furnishes the fol- lowing report of the affair:
 The two men who engaged in the fight are named Melville and Ellis, the former saloon keeper the other a barber. Each believ- ed himself to be the "best man." and for purse of $2O0 they a. greed to settle the question ac- cording to the rules and regula- tions of the prize ring. The two worthies and,their friends selected the battlefield within two miles of Clarksville, but Sheriff Armstrong and Constable King, refused to allow the combat to take place in Johnson county. Not to be baulked, the men and their friends crossed the river to Sarber county, where ring was formed, and the fight began. Three rounds were fought, and both men badly pun ished. On the third round Ellis ''scalped" his friend, who threw up the sponge, giving Ellis the light and stakes. Ellis is light weight, his opponent being much heavier. The fight lasted about half an hour-[L. R. Gazette.
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that he will apply to the county court, ten days or more after the service of the notice, for leave to cancel such exemption, or so much thereof as is subject to taxation; :; and if, upon the hearing, the court shall be of the opinion that the property is not exempt from taxation within the meaning and intent of this act, it may order the assessor to cancel such ex- emption, or so much thereof as IS, in the opinion of the court, sub feet to taxation, and the tax as originally assessed, as hereinbe- fore provided, together with fifty per cent. penalty and the costs of the proceedings shall be collected as other taxes are.
 Sec. 4. This act shall take eff feet and be in force from and after it's passage.
 Thus it will be seen that those who desire to seek homes in Ar kansas, can get the same almost for the asking-while those who have capital, and desire to invest in the richest mineral state of the union, can have the same exempt ed from taxation for a term of seven years.
 The political affairs of Arkan- sas are now in settled condition !; as great peace and quiet prevail here as in any state in the union, and we earnestly invite the atten- tion of immigrants and capitalists to the advantages which our state presents at this time.
 J. N. SMITHEE. Commissioner of Immigration and
 State Lands.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-18
NOBILITY.

In these days when a man, af- ter he has insulted, oppressed and outraged helpless people all he can-after he has stood hard by
 and hissed on the dogs of war un- til he has seen almost the last drop of life-blood drained from the lascerated veins of the pros trate victim-after he has gloated his vindictive passions to satia- tion-after he has joined in with the merciless prosecutors, and heaped insult upon injury as long as twas popular, never daring to raise his voice in protest against the grossest wrongs which his co-workers of iniquity have perpetrated, and never once de- manding justice for vanquished foe-when after all this, he finds that the tide of popular sentiment has changed and that the masses of the people are disgusted and ready to hurl him from place and power,-he fiops about and in or der to save himself from the just indignation of the people, profes- ses great and overfiowing at tachment for the dear oppressed people, and for truth, justice and right, it is imputed to him for and the Jacobin is by some strange magic changed into the great man. This kind of nobility may accord with the ideas of some, but our opinion is, that it falls far below the correct stan dard.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-18

An Act in relation to the Collection of the
 Taxes in the different counties in the
 State for the year 1874.
 Be it enacted by the General Assembly oi
 the State of Arkansas.
 SECTION l. That the county taxes reduced in amount in the aggregate to one per centum, by act of the present general assem- ply, entitled an act to regulate the collection of county taxes for the year 1874, shall be and the same are hereby directed to be collected as follows, to-wit: Fol general county purposes 4 mills; for tax to pay outstanding indebt- edness, existing at the time ofthe adoption of the constitution oi 1874, 14 mills: for road taxes, mill; for bridge tax, ] mill; foI pauper tax, amill: for court house and jail tax, 2d mills.
 Sec. ?. Be it further enacted, That in counties where there is no jail or courthouse tax, the amount of such tax as above sta ted shall be added in collecting to the other taxes, as follows, to-wit To tax for general purposes, 2 mill; to road tax, l mill; to bridge tax, I mill; to pauper tax, ] mill; to tax to pay outstanding indebt. edness, { mill.
 Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That should either or any one oi the different taxes above enumer- ated not have been levied for said year 1874, the amount opposite same as above shall be added to the other taxes as follows, to-wit To tax for general purpose first, until the same reaches five mills; then to the pauper tax till the same reaches one mill, and then to the road, or if there be no road, then to the bridge tax.
 Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to in crease in any county the taxes therein levied for the year 1874.
 Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after it's pas sage.
 Approved, March 8, 1874.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-18

A moose paper-a death war rant.
 False pride goes before false hair.
 Old time rocks-rocking tbe cradle.
 How to signal bark-pull dogs tail.
 Lament of the sidewalk: "Ev- erybody is down on me-"
 The most melancholy spectacle is cold pancake.
 The novel for policeman liar from the madding crowd
 A statistician estimates that courtships average three tons of coal each.
 Adam was proudly concious that he never made mistake ia his boyhood.
 The easiest way to pay gas bill is to burn kerosene.
 The sea faring men of new foundland call pastors the skip pers of the church,
 The Millerites. now keep the day on which they are going up profound secret.
 Lafayette, Ind, isn't half civ ilized. It has no city debt.
 There is an Amenia man who yells in his shop: "Mr. Evarts, your objection is overruled." |,
 What is the difference between a tube and a foolish dutehman? one is a hollow cylinder, and the other is a silly Hollander..
 "ls there any man in this town named Afternoons inquired q Mississippi Postmaster. as he held up a letter directed "P. M."
 A man may forget his business, his family, and all the sacred ob. legations of life, but he always re- members where he got that coun- terfeit bill.
 The furniturs recently sold at the Aster House in New York, was rich with historical "reminiscences and insects.
 Colonel Forney appears in the personals of the Italian papers as Capitano Giovanni Fornez. and h he is in danger of being mistaken for bandit.
 An English judge has recently defined gentleman as tel. which includes anybody who has nothing to do and is outside of the workhouse.
 A Washington man who was 'reated to "25 center" slipped back to the cigar store, the 'ther day, and economically ex. it for "three for quarter"
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-18

where the land, property Of sr K ject of the proceeding or publ " tion is situated; Provided, the. z be any newspaper printed ifS
 county, having bona fide W lation therein, which shall L.
 been regularly published in sa county for the period of one mon % next before the date of the Duh cation of said advertisement. #
 Sec. 2. If there be more th,k one such newspaper published N a county, then the officer, litigaS or individual, tor the attorneEs record or agent of such person. whose duty it is to cause or 1ireA such publication, may select an newspaper authorized by the prd viso to section one hereof, as tba medium of publication of sue advertisement.
 Sec. 3. If there be no sucI newspaper printed in a countT and there be occasion for publish ing any such legal advertisementl then the person whose duty it I to cause such publication to bd made, as aforesaid, may selectan anJ newspaper printed Tn the statel having circulation thereid which is duly authorized to pub fish the same.
 Sec. 4. The affidavit of any ed itor, publisher or proprietor, or the principal accountant of any news paper authorized by this act t publish legal advertisements, tc the effect that a legal advertise ment has been published in hi! paper for the length of tin e.ant number of insertions it has beer so published, with a printed cop, of such advertisement appended thereto, subscribed before any off cer of this state authorized to ed minister oaths, shall be evidenc, of the publication thereof. a therein set forth: Provided Ina no editor, publisher, proprieto or principal accountant of'a news paper shall be required to mak, such affidavit or deliver sucl proof of publication to the persol ordering the said advertisemen published, until the cost of sai, affidavit and the legal printers fe therefor shall have been first paid The printers receipt for the cos of proof and fee for printing shal be attached to such proof of publi cation, and the amount thereo shall be taxed and collected a other costs of the case.
 Sec. 6. Any officer who levie on goods or chattels, lands or ten ements, or is charged with tn duty of selling the same by virtu of any writ of execution, may t2 fuse to publish notice of sal thereof by advertisement in newspaper, until the party fo whose beuefit such execution i issued, his agent or attorney, shal advance to such officer so mucl money as shall be sufficient to dis charge the legal fees of the prin ter for publishing such notice.
 Sec. '. The act approved Ma 30th, 1874 entitled "An act t regulate the publication of lega notices, etc, and section 403l 4032, 4033. 4034 and 4035 vp Gantt's Digest, and all other law or parts oflaws in conflict with tn provisions, of this act are hereb repealed, and this act shall talk effect and be in force from and al ter its passage.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-18
THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.

luc ptactiCdl WOTklnSS Ol Iut civil rights measure so far as de- veloped up to date, promise to be of no benefit to anybody; and it is now generally conceded that the stress that has been laid upon it by republican politicians was merely for effect, and not for any good which it portended for the eolored race. Petty disturbances and insignificant lawsuits have been the fruits of it thus far, and we may expect more serious re- suits where bigoted negroes and desperate whites are brought in conjunction. The full extent to which the bill may be made a means of aggravation and annoy ance to the white people of the South, depends entirely upon the good sense and decorum of the celored people.
 Discontented and evil disposed persons will no doubt urge cases great provocation, and in most of such cases the colored dupe of such malcontents will be the suf- ferer.
 There is barrier between the social commingling of the two races established by natures God, and sanctioned by the intelligence of the whole world, and all ef- forts to break down and set aside this barrier must and will prove abortive and detrimental. The eolored man if left to himself will have no trouble in getting along with the people of the South, and will have no cause for complaining at not getting equal political rights and equal justice before the law. His social equal ity with the white race is some thing different however, and is 
 something which all human legis- lation will fail to accomplish. The social relations which the col ored man must hereafter enjoy depends entirely upon his own conduct and actions. From our knowledge of the southern peo- pie we have no doubt in the world that true merit in the colored man will get the same recognition that it would from a white man. In deed, we know old colored people who are as much respected, in their place, as any white man in their position in life would be, and an indignity against whom would be resented and condemned by our white people, as soon and in as severe terms as the same in dignity against any white man would be. The assertion that the whites of the south are not will ling for the black race to have full and equal political rights, and full and fair chance to ac- quire and possess property and to have justice and protection be- fore the law, is false in toto. For the social position of the colored race the Southern people cannot be held responsible and should not be reprimanded.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-18

over the land. Let our people profit by the lessons before them, and next year peace and plenty will sit smiling at the doors of our farmers.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-18

An Act to Regulate ti1e Labor System.
 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of | the State of Arkansas:
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-18
CIRCULAR LETTER.
To Capitalists and Immigrants State Lands-Mines and
 Manufactures.
OFFICE COMMISSIONER EMIGRATION
 AND STATE LANDS,

 LITTLE ROCK, Ark, March Il, 1s75.> The frequent application to the commissioner of immigration and state lands for information in re. gard to the landed and other inter ests of the state, induces the pub. lication of this circular. STATE LANDS.
 The lands of the state, except those forfeited for taxes, are com posed of different grants by con- gress, and are known as internal improvement, seminary, saline, sixteenth sexion, and swamp and overhowed.
 The original grants embraced the following number of acres: Internal improvement 500,0 acres. Seminary y........... 46, ,0SO acres. Saline ............... 46, ,0S0 acres Swamp & overfiowed s,652 ,432 acres. Making total of 9,244 ,592 acres. besides section 16 in every town ship of the state. The forfeited lands embrace at the present time about 100000 acres, and are composed of lands which have been forfeited to the state for non payment of taxes. The state has, at the present time, under her con trol, and most of it for disposal, the following land:
 NO. OF ACRES. Swamp and overfowed M 20, ,4O4 Saline .,............. .s....,. 16,204 Internal improvement lands l95, ,474 Saline lands s........ 26 O35 Real Estate bank ... S7h3 Forfeited for taxes. s.....l.O34' 30S
 IotaI ....,,... 1,307, PCS And, in addition the following, which will eventually be in her possession:
 NO. OF ACRES. unconfirmed swamp, about 1000, ,OOO Unconfirmed Seminary 6,223 Unconfirmed internal im-
 provement t.. 110l Swamp land in Champag- nolle district, claimed by the Mississippi, Ouachita and Red River railroad,
 about .......". 275,e 600
 Total - 2,5s9, ,2lO Besides the lands yearly forfeit ed for taxes, and the sixteenth |
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-03-18

One of our favorite prima don mas has a falsetto' teeth.
 A negro woman in Pitt county, N. C., recently gave birth to trip lets; the first was white, the sec ond mulatto, and the third black. This all comes from Civil Rights.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-12-15
DXECUroR-s NOTICE.

- 5f John Ware. I5te CT Allegheny town
ship. cceg1scd.
Letters tasiauertary du the above estate
r-vsrr been rrartea = she undersigned notice i
hereby given o. those indebted % u % make i'm
Mediate payment auA tEnse having claims
against IT. tC present thau duly authenticated
~ settlement a. the late rCsilence3F the de-
ceased On SATURDAY. November %. Is75
JOHN q. REITZ,
ci6 ENccu tor.