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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-10
The Story Of q Louisiana Attempt at Bull
doing.

aOLinS.
Levisee, one of the Louisiana cleo
tors, has made an affidavit in which he
testifes that while remaining at the
house of a friend in New Orleans, he re-
ceived a note from a man well known as
a prominent Democratic politician ,urg-
ing him to meet the writer the next
morning, November 5th. From hints
he received he was convinced the pur-
pose of all this was to offer a bride for
his vote, and in order to develop fully
the circumstances and names Of the
parties connected with the move, and
to keep the bribers in pursuit of him
until it was too late to attack anyone
else, he visited the place appointed,
acting under advice of United States
Marshal Pitkin, met the party, whose
name he does not designate specifically,
except as Mr.. B., and a conversation
ensued, Mr.. B. stating he had merely
a business proposition to make, and
asked eff for forty or fifty thousand
dollars he would refuse the governors
certificate IS e~lector, and thus defeat
the election of Hayes" Levisee made
no direct answer, but suggested a larg-
er sum might be necessary, etc.
At the next interview, on the same
day, B. said, ''that if Levisee would
cast his vote direct for Tilden he could
offer him n hundred thousand dol
lars" This was again left unsettled,
and an hour later B. returned, giving a
statement of how and where the money
could be obtained, naming a Mr.. o.,
well known to the deponent.
Together they went to see the latter,
who is wealthy and entirely responsible.
On the morning for casting the elector-
al vote, B. met deponent and said,
''the money was in the hands of c., who
would pay it over when the act was con-
summated."
At this point, believing his purpose
had been accomplished, Levisee told B.
the amount was insufficient, and they
would drop the matter. He promised
B. not to disclose names, unless Judi
cially compelled.
Levisee is known as an i~rreproacha-
BILE and respected citizen, native of
Louisiana.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-10

Washington could not settle amieably
the presidential difieulty, they oughtto
go home and give their Constituents a
chance to put wiser men in their pllees,
for party purposes. He said he had
been put in a false attitude before the
North in the late canvass, but those
who know his record and disposition
will bear him out in saying that no man
deprec iates ultra measures more than
he, or is more earnestly determined to
maintain the interest of the whole
Union; he could see no contingency
growing out of the present situation
that would justify either party in pre-
cipitating an armed conflict.
Hill believes that public opinion will
demand of Congress aspeedy and peace
able solution of the whole question; he
thinks well of McCrary's proposition in
trodueed~ yesterday, for a joint commit
tee of both Houses to report some legal
or constitutional measure to meet the
present emergency. Hills views seem
to be entertained by nearly every infu-
entail Democrat from the Southern
States.
The Tribune has several squibs at
Growers expense, whereof the follow
ing r samples:
1t is high time for Grover to emf
CRATE; this country is already too warm
for him. The revised statutes of Ore
gon is a volume in greatest demand at
law libraries. 1t is a common enough
thing for two persons to claim to be one,
but Cronin of Oregon stands alone in
history as the first and last man who
claimed to be a plurality of a board of
three members.
Grover has already been called Bene-
dict Arnold 1897 times and Judas Iscar-
lot 1858 times. 1t seems to be a case of
unanimous verdict without consulta-
ton; even Democrats fail to defend him,
which is the most startling condemns
ton possible.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-10
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
Impending Legislation.

A bill introduced by Congressman
Piper last Friday proposes to grant to
Wazencraft and associates all Colorado
desert lands west of the river, section
by section, as fast as they convey from
the river sufhcient water to irrigate
them. This grant is also conditioned,
OF Wazencraft's furnishing within 10
years sufficient fresh water on said de-
sert for purposes of travel and emigra-
ton; the work must commence within
two years. Piper's bill concerning the
Black Hills country, proposes the i'm
mediate creation of an ordinary terri
torial government for that region; he
considers this very important, and there
fore will urge the prompt passage
of the bill.
Great significance attaches to the
Senate's action sustaining Ferry's de-
cision that the joint rules of last con-
gress are no longer in force. Bayard,
Herman, Wallace and a few other prom
inent Democratic Senators united with
the Republicans in making this declar-
alton, which is exactly contrary to Speak
er Randall's ruling in the House; only
four Democratic Senators voted the
other way. The question will probably
be again raised in the House and an ap-
peal will be taken from Speaker Ran
dall's decision, with some prospect that
sufficient Democrats will now unite
with the Republican members to over
rule it.
The agreement Of the House judic-
icary committee to recommend the adop-
ton of McCrary's proposition, looking
to the count of the electoral votes by
the U. S. Supreme Court, is also con-
sidered highly significant of the sub
stantial acknowledgment that Gov.
Growers action will not necessarily re-
suit in throwing the presidential cleo
ton into the House. The excitement
over the presidential question has great
ly subsidized during the last "a hours, and
though much anxiety is still expressed,
more general confidence prevails that
the matter will be peacefully decided
and the result accepted without serious
disturbance in any quarter.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-01-27
Love and Labor.

Love lives to labor; it lives to give
itself away. There is no such thing
as Indolent love. Look within your
heart and see if this is not true. If
you love any one truly and deeply,
the cry ofyour heart is to spend and
be spentin the loved ones service
Love would die if it could not ben
eft. Its keenest suffer-, 9 is met
with when it finds itself unable to
assist. What man could see the
woman he loves lack anything, and
he unable to give it to her and not
suffer? Why, love makes one a
slave! 1t tolls night and day, re-
fusing all wages and all reward save
the smile of the one unto whom it is
bound, in whose service it finds it's
delight, at whose feet it alone dis
covers its heaven. There is no dan
ger that language can be too strong
or too fervently used to love. By
cradle and couch. by sickbed and
coffin, in hut and palace the minis
tries Of love are being wrought
The eyes of all behold them; the
hearts of all are moved at the spec
tacle
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-01-27

Little Sadie was very much at
tached to her pastor, and paid great
attention to his preaching. One
Sunday morning his subject was
"Elijah's Faith" and how the rain
came in answer to his prayer
There had been a great drouth in
that region; and the pastor exhorted
his congregation to pray for rain.
When starting to the afternoon
service she was observed taking her
little umbrella. Her father said,
''What are YOU takingyour umbrella
for?' She quietly said. Because
the minister said we must pray for
rain" The father smiled at the
child's simplicity las the sun was
shining brightly,l but allowed her
to have her way. During the service
a brisk shower surprised the audi
ence, and no one had an umbrella
except little Sadie-not even the
pastor.
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The debate ON the Amnestv h

The debate on the Amnesty bill
will be the event of the session.
Blaine falsifed the record of war to
make capital for himself, as a Presi-
dental candidate, and tore passion
into taJters in the vain effort to insult
the South through its pure states
man, jefferson Davis--forgeting in
his maddened zeal that he. was trans
hitting to posterity, the unavoidable
conclusion, that his fears magnified
the danger to be apprehended from
the enfranchisement of a single in
dividual in all the South and that
man as gentle and refined in feeling
as the purest woman. But whether
fear, or a baser motive, prompted
his outrage upon truth, justice and
humanity, we have little doubt that
the whitening rebuke and excoriat-
ing lashing administered by S. 5.
Cox and q. IL. Hill, have made the
Presidential aspirant from the outer
verge of New England civilization,
regret that he called into play those
nobler attributes of man which
spun the grovelHng meanness of the
demagogue and the greater baseness
ofthe corrupt partizan. Blaine may
have made capital with the Ravens
of the church and the ruling spirits
of thieving rings, but he has won no
advocate whom heightened gentle
man would recognize as a friend
Chronicle.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-01-27

Mr.. George Hilliard, of Boston,
gives US words of gold in the fol
lowing extract: Il confess" avs
he, that increasing years brings
with them an increasing respect for
men who do not succeed in life, as
those words are commonly used
Heaven has been said TO be a place
for those who do not succeed upon
earth; and it is surely true that &C.
lestlal graces do not thrive and
bloom in the hot blaze of worldly
prosperity. Ill success sometimes
arises from a superabundance of
qualities in themselves good-from
a conscience too sensitive, a taste
too fastidious, a self-forgetfulness
too romantic, mOdesty too retir-
ing. do not go so far as to say
with a living poet that the world
knows nothing of it's greatest men,
but there are forms of greatness, or
at least of excellence, which die
and make no sign;' there are mar
tyrs that miss the palm but not the
stake; heroes without the laurel, and
conquerers without the crown
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Shadows

Not household shall you find
upon which some shadow has not
fallen, OF is hanging over ready to
fall. You will find there is scarcely
one household that does not know
some sorrow not known to the world
Who do not have some trial there,
peculiar message, which they do not
talk about except among themsel-
YES? some hope that has been blast
ed? some expectation or aspiration
cast to earth? some wrong, real or
imaginary which some member Of
the household has suffered? tremb-
ling anxieties? trials from the pecu
liar temperament of somebody in the
house, or some envy that binds us
from without? some thorn in the
flesh? some physical disability that
cripples our energies when we want
to use them the most? some spot in
the house where death has left his
track, or we are painfully listening
to hear his footsteps coming on?
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To Young Ladies.

Be cheerful, but not gigglers. BE
serious, but not dull. Be communi
cative, but not forward. Be kind,
but beware of silly, thoughtless
speeches; although You may forget
them, others will not. Beware of
levity and familiarity with young
men; a modest reserve, without af-
fectation, is the only safe path
Court and encourage serious CONVEX
sation with those who are truly Sc
rious and conversible; and do not go
into valuable company without en-
deayoring to improve by the inter
course permitted you. Nothing is
more unDecoming when one part of
a company is engaged in profitable
and interesting conversation, than
that another part should be trifiing
and talking comparative nonsense
to each other.
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Make the Best of Yourself.

Are you making the best of your
self? Are you using to the best adj
vantage the natural powers of body
and mind given you by your Crea-
tor? Or are you droaing through
life in half efforts, and steadily drift
ting behind men of less ability than
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Sunshine.

Did you ever notice what a differ
ent aspect everything wears in the
sunshine from what it does in the
shadow? And did you ever think
what an analogy there was between
the sunlight of the cloudless skies
and the sunlight that CLEANS into
the darkenod chamber of the
human soul? How bright and
beautiful are the golden beams
that break through the riven clouds
to light up the world again after a
succession of dark and stormy days
How peaceful and happy are the
blessed words of hope and cheer
that touch the heart and fill the soul
with emotions of peace and JOY after
long period of sorrow! There are
none living who do not, in a greater
or less degree, have an influence over
the earthly happiness of others
The sense of contributing to the
pleasure Of others augments our,own
happiness. Unselfsh, Christian
charity and loving kindness are sun
beams of the soul
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Sometime since the columbia
Journal copied an article from this
column headed "Let us Reform"
and last week in the GAINESVILLE
Chronical was another entitled 'Em-
plovment for Women" Our con-
temporaries may not be aware that
these articles are original; indeed,
such things are of small import to
those who are already covered with
glory; but dear, friends, a timid fe-
male just venturing into this broad
field Of labor with you, is a little
jealous of these slight honors, and
while it is exceedingly gratifying
to her to know that you consider any
production Of hers worthy a place
in your columns, it would be still
more gratifying if you would but
deem it worth while to credit her
with them. A woman whose oh
ject it is to become a writer for the
benefit of her own sex, feels, when
she says anything calculated to do
good, that she would like for it to
be known by whose heart it was
dictated. 1t is the purpose Of the
editor of the Ladies' Column, that
the leading articles, at least, shall
always be from her own pen and the
others such selections as are appro-
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"a Repository of Fashion. Pleasure,
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Harper's Weekly.
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Wedding journeys, like the prac-
tice ofmaking wedding presents, &C
cording to the latest fashionable in
telligence, are out of style. Happy
and favored young men and women
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and encouraging change.
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According to the figures furnished
by State Superintendent Trousdale,
the total Of our school population,
black and white. is 425,9OI, which,
multiplied by the usual figures of
census calculators, gives us u popu-
lation of 2,I29,505. A good show
ing for the Centennial, since the
United States census Of 1870 gave
rs only 1,25S, $50.
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LADIES COLUMN.
, HARoLEEN HAROLD, EDITOR.

To-day Estelle Vehse makes her
last appeal to the citizens Of Giles
for the Confederate dead. Shall it
be in vain? Why will not the la
dies take hold of this matter and
carry it through. They can do it with
little trouble if they will but try.
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Flowers nearly always begin to
fade and droop after being kept in
water twenty hours; few may be
revived by substituting fresh, but
all may be restored by the use of
hot water, For this purpose place
the flowers in scalding water, deep
enough to cover about one third of
the length of the stems BY the
time this is cold the flower will have
become erect and fresh. Then cut
Oft the shrunken ends of the stems
and put them into cold water.
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