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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-11-30

mined to send a solid Democratic dele
CATION TO Congress. The telegraph tell
US they have succeeded; that Mr.. Lyncl
has been defeated. and Gen. Chalmer
has been elected
The "Shoe-string" or "Whip-cord' Dis
trict-it is known by both names-em
braces ten counties-Tunic, Coahoma
Bolivar, Washington. Issaqurna, Warren
Claiborne, Jefferson, Adams and Wllkin
son:
Tunica County has a black population of.-4lZl
white population -
black majority SO
COahoma County has blk population OFFS 81
white population ....-.--.i'''1
A black majority of................. .6is
Bolivar County has a black population of SIG
\ Whlle population of.---.-. .-.-....-.'----L'slo
black majority 200
Washington Co. has blk population of...l2 ,i0j
a whlte population 2'loi
A black majority of......... ..............IO2ll
Issaquena Co. has a bIk population oi.......6 ll6
a white population nof.....-..........-...-.-. '4i
A black majority of............... .4O5
Warren County has a blk population of.-lSS52
white population nof-.-.....----.-...-.--..9, 9,SO'
black majority .9ij
Claiborne Co. has a blk population off,. 1895
white population $50
A black majority of.................... 6.6o6
jefferson Co. has "A blk population of.....lO, ,633
white population of.................... s.2l5
black majority 7,Ils
Adams County has blk population of...l,2s7
white population of... ............-..... 4,'s'
black majority yof...................-......g, $3.50
Wilkinson Co has a blk population of......lO.sG6
white population of-...-.......---....---.S S''2o
black majority 1870
In Mississippi, there is not. and there
never has been, as many "Democratic
niggers," as the shotgun leaders atfec-
tionately call them. as there are native
Southern white Republicans, or SCALA
wags," as the shot gun leaders also call
them-but without affection.
Now let Us look at the population OF
the two races in these ten counties.
There are:
VI Ao0lVg
vi oV'oV
A black majority of........................ 90 50
Aud the Democracy pretend that they
have honestly carried this black belt
against the most popular colored orator
in Mississippi, the present member OF
Congress, Mr.. Lynch. and-please take
notice of this, also-that the negroes
have voted Tor Gen James X Chalmers,
the leader. under Forrest, of the hideous
massacre of negro soldiers at Fort Phi
low. And they SO despise the iutrlli
gence of tine North that they expect Us
to believe their statement!
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-11-30
Y I

Every strong Nation. like every strong
man las Mr.. Bunsby, if ] remember right.
ly. has remarkrd.) is distinguished by
some one pre- eminent trait OF character
as mobility, the French; immobility.
tht. English; dignity, tire Spanish; quick
-ilyrrishness, the Irish; caution, the
Scotch, and thoroughnrss, the German.
W hat is the distinguishing characteristic
IF the American2 j. il magnanimity or
.orgettulness2 No Nation was ever So
generous to "A defeated toe. and no Ma
lion ever showed such genius for Tor
grtfulness. We have forgotten Ander
.unvIlle aud Fort Pillow IL was divInr
to forgive; but it IL madness TO iorget-
until the culprits repent These shot
gun leaders have made the kindly North
0-lieve that the Republicans have invent
ed stories Of outrage IN the South against
the blacks and against the white Union
lists, in order to keep alive the spirit o.
sectional hatred for selfish partisan pur.
poses The old cry of Bleeding Kansas
devised to cast suspicion on the reports
of the wrongs OF the Ere. State squat
ters-has been supplemented by the
same miscreants by the cry OF the
bloody shirt" IL has been too effective
IL has drowned the sghs OF the white
OhiDiAsA1t hAAA hAt ihE EiOAh5 VI tue
black freedmen. But now. az last, the
North has been brought face to face with
a peril which comprls it TO give an ear To
evidence. Ii is not the North now that
waves the bloody shirt" The rebels
again led by South Carolina and Missis-
sippi, deiiantly haunt the bloody gar
meuts OF slaughtered loyalists before our
eyes. Well, we must look AT them now, =,
however offensive the sight may BE- to
sentimental scholars. who know all about
the petty kite aud crow squabbles OF
Greece and Rome. but are profoundly ig-
norant of the history OF the South since
| the rebellion was uominally ended
VII.
What was the Fort Pillow massacre 2
| Hundreds of thousands who voted in
| November have never read of it, Ii is
only a misty tradition to them. Let Us
take "a quick glance at il. For Pillow Is
| situated on the Mississippi River, about
seventy miles below Memphis. On the
| 18th of April, 1864, its garrison consisted
Of l9 officers and 53S enlisted men, ol
whom 262 were colored troops. Major
Booth WAS the ranking officer. A de
mand was made by Gen. Forrest for the
unconditional surrender of the fort.
Our officers determined to hold the
fort"
Early on the morning Of the 18th o.
| Ii. -,
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-11-30

The Harp and the Poet.
BY THOMAS POWELL.
The wind, before Il woos the harp,
Is but the wild and tuneleSs air;
Yet as 10 passes through the chords,
Changes to music rare.
And so the poets soul converts
The Common things That round him lie
Into n gentle voice OF song
Diytnest harmony.
sweet harp and poet, framed alike
BY God, as his Interpreters,
To breathe aloud the silent thought
or everything that stirS.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-11-30

Only Week Ago.
NJ NORA PERRY.
Only a week ago the warmth and glow
or sweetest summer time;
Only a week ago the bud and blow
OF some fair tropic cline.
Only week ago, and now the glow
OffeTvid heat has turned
To wintry snow, and sharp winds blow
Where tropic splendors burned,
Only n week ago-ah very low
My cherished buds are lying;
So low, so low, do not know
IL they are dead or dying.
So low, so low, drencLed all with mire and
snow,
Their beauty smirched with earth:
So low, so low-only Gods breath can blow
Them back To fresher birth.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-11-30

1--WE found evidences of this murder
and cruelty still more painful. We saw
bodies still uuburIed at some distance.
from the tort OF some sick men who had
been fleeing from the hospital aud beaten
down and cruelty murdered, aud their
bodi.s let where they had fallen We
could see the faces and hands of men.
white and black. protruding out of the
ground. whose graves had not been
reached 10y those engaged IN re- intrrring
the victims of the massacre: and al
though "A great deal rain had fallen with
in the preceding two weeks, the ground
more especially on the side At the foot OF
the bluff wherr the most of the murders
had been committed, was still dise"lored
by the blood OF our brave but uniortu-
nate men, and the logs and trees showrd
tut too plainly the evidences Of the afro
cities perpelrated there. Many other
instances OF equally atrocious cruelty
might be enumerated, but your commit.
tee ieel compelled to refrain from giving
here more OF the heart-sickeniug "details
These statements were OBJ
/ tanned from eye-witnesses aud sufferers
Many Of them, as they were examined by
/ your committee. were lying upon beds oI
pain and sdtferingi some 50 feeble that
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-11-30

The "Shoe-string" or "whip-cord" Dis
trict-it is known by both names-em-
braces ten counties-Tunic, Coahoma,
Bolivar, Washington. Issaqurna, Warren.
Claiborne, Jefferson, Adams and Wilkin-
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-11-30

would not be dismantled." they deter
mined to send a solid Democratic dele
cation to Congress. The telegraph tells
US they have succeeded; that Mr.. Lynch
has been defeated. and Gen. Chalmers
has been elected
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-11-30

This district. thus Overwhelmingly Re
publican. returned this man to Congress.
as the Democrats claim. although every
negro along the river is familiar with his
red record
Missi-sippis eight votes for Tilden are
the result of the same horrible terrorism
which made il possible for Gen. Chal.
m-rs to defeat Mr. Lynch.
Let its vote b. thrown out J.R.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-01

CoNsUMPTIvEs, TAKE NoTICE.-Every moment
ofdelay makes your cure more hopeless and much
depends on the judicious cho of a remedy. The
amount of testimony in favor of Dr. Schencks
Pulmonic Syrup, as cure for consumption, far
exceeds all that can be brought to support the pre-
tensions of any other medicine. See DR.. Schenck's
Almanac, containing the certificates of many per-
sons of the highest responsibility, who have been
restored to health, after being pronounced ncura-
BILE by physicians of acknowledged ability
Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup alone has cured many,
as these evidences will show; but the cure is often
promoted by the employment of two other rem
edies which DR.. Schenck provides for the pur-
pose. These additional remedies are schenck's
Sea Weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills. By the
timely use of these medicines according to direc-
tons, DR.. Schenck certifes that most any case OF
Consumption may be cured.
DR.. Schenck is professionally at his principal
Office, corner Sixth and Arch streets, Philadel-
phia, every Monday, where all letters for advice
must be addressed
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-01
4 Romantic Story

Miss Ella W. Seal, heiress of the late
Squire Jerolamon, of Kearney, n. j., it
is stated, is to be married on the 9th of
February to James Gillian, a young
Scotch Canadian A few weeks ago
publicity was given to the unusual con-
ditions attached to her inheriting the
property. According to the terms of
his will she was to become heiress, pro-
vided she did not marry John Boyd,
Jr., Of Woodside Several years ago
Miss Seal, while visiting in Canada, met
Mr.. Gillian. The acquaintance ripened
and they became engaged. On Miss
Seals return to Kearny her mother as
certained the circumstances, and wrote
to the principal police officer where
Gillian resided as to his reputation.
The officer was an intimate friend of
Mr.. Gillian, and showed him the letter,
whereupon Gillian became highly in
dignant, and wrote to his sweetheart
breaking the engagement. After her
stepfather died a newspaper, containg
an account Of the disposition Of the
property, was sent to young Gillian.
He renewed his suit, and cards have
been sent out for the marriage
ark ADVERTISER.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-01
DIR. Pierce.
From the Toledo Blaze.

Success is never achieved without
merit. A man may make poor article and
sell it once, and there being 10000 600 peo-
pie in the United States, the sale to each
one would be enough to make a decent
fortune. But an article that holds the field
year after year, and the sales of which in
crease regularly and rapidly, must have alb
solute merit
Dr. R. " Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y, occu-
pies our entire eighth page to-day with his
various articles. We admit it, because we
know the Doctor, and know of his articles
We know him to be a regularly educated
physician, whose diploma hangs on the wall
of his Office and we know that he has asso-
ciated with him several of the most eminent
practitioners in the country. We know that
parties consult him, by mail and in person,
from all the States in the Union every day,
and that they are fairly and honestly dealt
with.
This grand result has been accomplished
by two agencies reliable articles-ar-
ticles which, once introduced, work easily
their own way-and splendid business man
agement. They have succeeded because
they ought to have succeeded"
fyou would patronize medicines, scien-
tifcally prepared by a skilled Physician and
Chemist, use Dr. Pierces Family Medicines
Golden Medical Discovery is nutritious, ton
ic Alternative and blood-cleansing, and an I'M
equaled Cough Remedy; Pleasant Purgative
Pellets, scarcely larger than mustard seeds,
constitute an agreeable and reliable physic;
Favorate Prescription, a remedy for debili-
tated females; Extract of Smart Weed, a
magical remedy for pain, bowel complaints
and an unequaled liniment for both human
and horse-fesh; while his DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy is known the world over as the
greatest specific for Catarrh and Gold in the
Head ever given to the public. They are
sold by druggists
20 YEARS A sUFFERER.-CURED BY THE GOLDEN
MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
DIR. R. V. PIERCE
Dear Sir,-Twenty years ago l was ship
wrecked on the Atlantic Ocean, and the cold
and exposure caused a large abscess to form
on each leg which kept continually dis
charging. l was attended by doctors in
Liverpool, Havre, New Orleans, New York,
and at the hospital on Staten Island (where
the doctors wanted to take one leg Off.
Finally, after spending hundreds of dollars,
[ was persuaded to try your "Golden Medi-
| cal Discovery" and now, in less than three
months after taking the first bottle | am
thankful to say | am completely cured and
for the first time in ten years can put my
left heel to the ground | am at home near
ly every evening and shall be glad to satisfy
any person of the truth of this information.
1 am, sir, yours respectfully,
WILLIAM RYDER,
81 Jefferson Street Buffalo, n Y
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-01
A Better Story to Tell than to Believe.

About forty years ago young man
named Wilson, residing near the
town of Perth, conceived the lunatic
idea of leading a hermit's life. The
youth had from his early age showed
symptoms of arrangement, and this
proceeding on his part was not consid
cred STANCE by his friends. The chosen
place of his hermitage was three-quar
tiers of a mile from his parental home
stead, in the recess of dense bush,
where he erected small howell and fur
nished it with an old log canoe, which
he used as a couch to sleep in Divest-
ing himself of all clothing, he has ever
since remained perfectly nude, with the
exception of a tattered remnant of a
shirt, which his fancy leads him to re-
tain. In this nude state for forty
years he has lived, walking in the
depth of winter through the snow, and
yet he has never been known to have
received frost bite. When he requires
a drink he walks deliberately into the
river, it mattering not to him what sea-
son of the year it may be, and wades
out till the water reaches his waist, and
then he stoops and quenches his thirst
His food Is brought to him by his
friends, and when given to him is eaten
with the righteousness of
an animal, which he now re-
sembles moro than a man.
his body being as heavily coated with
hair as that of a cow. He never shows
a dangerous disposition, and chatters in
monosylables. When people cross his
path he invariably begs for tobacco, for
which he has an evident partially, and
in chattering tones will utter "bacca"
until his request is granted. His hair
is long, gray and unkempt, falling far
over his shoulders, and his beard, which
is similar, reaches down below his waist.
He is now between sixty and seventy
years of age, and is possibly the only
living being ever known to have lived
year after year perfectly naked, and ex-
posed to all the inolemencies of wealth
er which mark Canadian winters.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-01
Louis KOssuth.

A correspondent of a French news
paper gives the following account of a
visit to the ex-Dictator of Hungary, at
Barraconne, near Turin, Italy: | had
not seen Kossuth for about four
years. The great agitator has not
changed IN opinion or in appearance.
He is a handsome old man, still robust,
lively, with a sympathetic face, upon
which the rude course of life has left
ne other traces then the entire whiten-
ing of his hair and beard. [ found him
entirely given up to the culture of
flowers, fruits and vegetables, and sur
rounded by collections of minerals and
insects. After the first few comph-
ments were passed | had to visit in
detail the greenhouse, the wall fruits
and the vegetable garden, taste few
peaches and Muscatel grapes, and
swallow a cup of excellent cafe noir.
The fare of the ex-Dictator is far more
luxurious, Judging from the dejeuner of
which [ partook; milk, bread, fruits
and water, without wine as a beverage;
that was all. He seemed to take par
tlcular pains as to the limpiditv of his
water, of which he drank the contents
of reddish-browh pitcher of earthen-
ware, and probably his admirable health
Is owing to his sobriety. To finish the
description [ must add that Kossuth
lives with his niece and two or three SER
wants. His sons one of them holds
nigh post in the railway company de la
Haute Italia, and the other is an
engineer, frequently come to see him.
His niece speaks to him of his dear
Hungary. The house is large, well
kept and has as an inmate large white
mountaine dog, who never leaves his
master, not even in the drawing-room.
He is my sole companion" said Kos
suth; " [ am unlearning somewhat the
languages of men, and am practising
barking, so that we may understand
each other" This, however, is only. a
sportive remark of the former govern
or, as he still remains a polyglot of the
first order: He speaks French like
true Partisan.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-01
The great mills of Ofsanikoff. the

The great mills of Ofsanikoff, the
chief contractor for -four to the Russian
army, were lately destroyed by an u1l-
explained and disastrous fire, one of
the many reported from the empire.
1t appearing that the troops have ever
since been supplied with very inferior
flour, bought up at various places where
bad stocks had been some time kept on
hand, Ofsanikoff and two Of his assist
ants have been arrested, and are COM
mitted for trial for arson, the govern
ment suspecting that the fire was
caused by them to make the contracts
more profitable.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-01
The Utility of Impoverished Peers.
From the London Observer.

1t is difficult in these days to believe
in the possibility of novel SO bad that
it has to go begging for publisher, and
our bewilderment is increased when we
find that the work in question is written
by a person of quality" According,
however, to an advertisement in the
4then8une. " a nobleman," to whom, in
spite of his rank, remuneration is in
dispensable," is anxious " to treat with
an English or American firm for bring
ing out work of fiction" Unless the
announcement is an elaborate joke
which seems hardly probably is to
be feared that the unfortunate noble
man in question is hardly aware of the
full commercial value of his title 1t
is, indeed, somewhat sad to see a peer
endeavoring to earn an honest penny
by novel writing, which ne could make
a really handsome income out of pro-
noting, or could at any rate live COM
fortably by letting himself out to subur-
ban dinner parties at five guineas a
night and his cab fare. On the other
hand, the position of nobleman who
has nothing to live upon beyond his
title is, no doubt, in many respects a
very serious one, ana, on the prlnclple
that single solid fact is worth any
amount of theory, the Leicester Square
orators, whose favorite topic is a fervid
denunciation of "our bloated aristoc-
racy" might do worse than reflect
upon the stern reality of a nobleman
who, in despair of every other mode of
making a living, has actually taken to
writing novels-a branch of literature
confessedly far less remunerative than
that of writing testimonials for the ven
doris of patent medicines. tits, indeed,
strange to find peer wasting time, ink
and paper over three-volume romance,
when graceful tribute on a single
sheet of paper to cheap sherry, a
novel hair-oye, or harmless after-din-
ner pill would bring linn in a handsome
annuity.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-01

ALL DISEASES OF THE BLOoD.-If
Vegetine will relieve pain, cleanse, purify
and cure such diseases, restoring the patient
to perfect health after trying different physi-
clans, many remdies, suffering for years, is
it not conclusive proof, if you are aufferer,
you can be cured? Why is this medicine
performing such great cures 1t works in
the blood, in the circulating fluid. 1t can
truly be called the great blood purifier. The
great source of disease originates in the
blood; and no medicine that does. not act
directly upon it, to purify and renovate has
any just claim upon public attention
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-01

The TitusviIle PENN Herald has re-
ceived from correspondent a copy of
the following receipt from the original
in the Commissioners office at
Tionesta: Received, the 10th of
November, 1855, seven shiilings nine
pence for expenses on going express to
the governor with letters concerning the
enemy, Indians. / say received by me
David Leisberger.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-01

IT was a Cheyenne small boy who
was being talked to by Sunday-school
teacher on sins and frailties of the body,
and was asked: "Well, my son, what
have you besides this sinful body ?"
Quick as thought the urchin responded:
g A clean shirt and nice new pair of
breeches.o
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-01

CHAPpED hands, face, pimples, ring
worms, saltrheum, and other cutaneous af-
fections cured, and rough skin made soft
and smooth, by using Juniper Tar Soap.
Be careful to get that made by Caswell,
Hazard & Co., New York, as there are many
limitations made with common tar, all of
which are Worthless.-Com
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-01
LenTaken.

The tenderest love at last is mute,
One or the other silent grows:
Then comes the quiet of the SHOWS
And then the robin with his flute.
Over the enc the seasons fly.
A birds note here to tell of June.
And the tossing branches tune
Their twigs to winter melody.
The other sitting in the glow
Of the red hearth, with dropping head,
Thinks of the lost one cold and dead
Whispering: I'VE loved each other so -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-01

AN Iowa postmaster spent week in
vain effort to balance his accounts. and
then his wife, discovering what he was
after, informed him that she had been
IN the habit of drawing her "pin
money" from the office funds.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-01

The general talk is Dobbins' Electric
Soap, (made by Cragin & Co., Phila-
delphia,) There never was a soap so
highly and generally praised. It tells a
story of it's own merits, that cannot be
contradicted Try it.-Com.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-01

ONE of the most pitiable sights in this
life is the spectacle of a man who has
been married but three months, wear
ing cotton in his ears Chicago Tribune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-01

You can rely on Ritnaeier's California
Wine Batters in cases Of diarrhoea and other
indispOsitions caused by taking cold.-Com.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-01

Will start about May LIST, 1876 Great inducements
offered to parties wishing to oinus Pamphlets con-
New Mexico Stock q Agricultural AssO'n,
$50 Dearborn Street Chicago
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-01

IO0K MARK TWAIN'S New Book out
sells everything. Don't worry about
hard times. Sell this book and see how
GENTS easy they are. Send for circulars to
OlN OIL American Publishing Co, Chicago, III
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-01

or In Don day at home Samples worth ST sent
WU Iu Wlu free. STlNsoN d Co., Portland, Me-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-01

WE PAY SS5 A MONTH and travelling
w penses to SELL our GOODS To DEALERS in every
county in the U. S. No PEDDLING. Cincinnati Nov
city Manufacturing Company, Cincinnati, OHIO.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-01

tQIn A MoNTH-Agents wanted A best sell
49, Address JAY BRONSON, Detroit, Mich.