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The Osceola times., 1876-04-01
EAST.

New jersey puts up $4,000 to exhibit
her schools at the centennial.
The domestic export trade of Philadel
phia for the month of February aggregated
sS,Ss9,797.
The reduction of twelve and half pei
cent. in wages at Great Falls mills went into
effect Tuesday. The weavers left in body
refusing TO work.
Conray, one of the Utica, New York
masked burglars, who had turned state,
evidence, was shot dead last week, during q
parey between the officer who had him in
charge and party of men who claimed him
asserting that they were officers, but who are
supposed to have belonged to a gang Of bur
glars.
New York city thinks of solving the
problem of an increased water supply by
utilizing the salt water of East and North
rivers for extinguishing fires, thus confninl
the use of Creton to drinking and cooking
purposes. The question of salt caking in
the pipes and hose, and the means of remov
ing such incrustations have been considered
and the plan pronounced feasible, but tn,
enormous cost of duplicating the presen
network of pipes, appals taxpayers.
The report of the New York PrisoI
association, just published, shows that il
every hundred convicts, there was foun,
forty-six who have been grossly neglecte,
while children, forty orphaned or abandone,
in childhood, eighteen who were confesse,
members OF criminal families, twenty.tw,
were of pauper stock, forty-three who wer
Of inebriate families, chiefly children o
drunkards, twenty three who belonged I,
families in which insanity, epilepsy, and dis
abling disorders of the nervous system ex
isted thirty nine who confessed to bein,
habitual drunkards, while seventy-six wer,
habtua criminals. Every convict belong
to two or more of these classifications. Man,
of the habituai criminals are habitual drunk
ards and most Of them were neglected o
abandoned in childhood.
The Osceola times., 1876-04-01
LATEST NEWS.
SOliTIa AND " est.


A hundred pounds of -four costs $2S
in the Black Hills.
Cucumbers are selling at one dollar
apiece in San Francisco.
The Ohio democratic state convention
will be held at Cincinnati, May 17th.
Thirty lone Augusta cotton dealer
have made estimates of the cotton crop, which
average 4,O06, 900 bales.
John Connolly has been convicted at
Holly Springs, Miss, of the murder of the
Jew peddler, Marcus Lewis.
The state conservative committee OF
Virginia has changed the day of holding the
state convention to May 3ist.
The rush of Black Killers is undmin-
| ished. Trains are over crowded daily with
them, en- route for Cheyenne.
Lee Bennett, son of DIR. Bennett, of
Fort Smith, Ark, shot and killed man
named Clarendeitcher on the Goth.
a vein of amethyst has been found
near Monticello, Ga. Some of the stones are
very large and sell for 800 pound.
Mississippi farmers say that they will
hereafter make their own smoked meat and
not give cotton for blcon to western smoke.
houses.
1t is reported, on the authority of
Vice-Presdent Bond, that trains on the Texas
Pacific railroad will by the LIST of June be
running to Fort Worth.
Ina;ob T,r,.r aJ;,,r e Al
N. C., Sentinel, and W. II. II. Hamerton,
secretary OF state, have been arrested on
the charge of conspiracy and libel.
a fire at jackson, Louisiana, last week,
destroyed the greater portion of the busines.
part Of the town. Loss estimated at fifty to
seventy thousand dollars. Insurance only
eight thousand dollars.
Treasurer Flanders, at New Orleans,
has received 100000 in silver coin, half
dollars and dimes, sent from San Francisco
by order Of Secretary Bristow. 1t is expected
million will he sent to that point.
Throughout Louisiana at present re.
markable curiosity is visible. On many orange
trees are to be seen fruit of last years growth,
which is most deliciously sweet; partly grown
green oranges, from blossoms of early winter,
and fresh blooms, which have now appeared
at the proper period.
by the recent storm at New Orleans
six coal barges were wrecked and sunk at the
foot of St Joseph street. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000. 4 barge of slaves also
went to pieces. Loss, 5000. Capt. Reid, of
the steamship st. Louis, reports encounteing
in mid.ocean, March 9th, the bark Chatham,
from Wilmington, N. c., with 3,2i2 barrels of
resin for Rotterdam, in helpless condition.
On the 22d of February storm carried away
the sails and washed everything on deck
overheard, including charts and provisions.
The captain and two men were also washed
overheard. The men on board the bark de-
termined to abandon her. Capt. Reid put
prize crew ON board the Chatham, supplied
sails, charts, provisions, etc, and ordered
them to proceed to Liverpool. The bark,
except from loss of sails, was but little dam
aged
The Osceola times., 1876-04-01

Go WAY DARN this town there il
an old lymphatic negro who has wonder
fully large feet, and is always willing to
take rest. One afternoon while he was
sleeping on his cabin-fsor, with his feet
presented to the glimmering fire-light,
he opened one eye little, and, getting a
glimpse of his huge pedals, mist0ok them
for two little negroes, and called out,
"Get fun fore me, ] say Kick you in
dc fiah, if you DON'T will, shuah !"
And again he snorcd. But his dreams
not being pleasant, he presently opened
both eyes, and still seeing the pests he
drew up his feet for the threatened
kick; but, alarmed TO zee the enemy ad
vancing upon him, he beloved out
" Wha-wha, you comm to, now? &c
way dar /"
The Osceola times., 1876-04-01
FOREIGN.

An official return states the gross num-
Der of slaves in the Brazilian empire at 1, ,i09,-
AS.
Eight out OF every ten of the leading
journals in England and Scotland will send
correspondents to the centennial.
Paul Dahlgren, consul.general of the
United States to Italy, and son of the late
Rear Admiral Dahlgren, died at Rome last
week.
A dispatch from Vera Cruz says the
reyolutionists have captured Jalapa, and that
the state Of Vera Cruz is declared in a state
Of siege.
a Madrid dispatch reports that recruit
ing for Cuba is actively progressing, and even
soldiers who served under Don Carlos are
allowed to enlist
The Bavarian government has put a
sudden stop to duelling by denying Christian
burial to persons killed in this manner, hold
The Osceola times., 1876-04-01
POLITICAL NOTES.

IT looks as If Belknap exercised con-
siderable "discretion in awarding the
contracts for headstones for soldiers
graves.
JF republican ofiice-holders can afford
to pay political assessments, why can
they not afford to have their pay re-
duced?
"No administration senator" says the
New York Evening Post, Islands any
chance of becoming the next president Of
the United States"
TREASURER New thinks he will resign
April first, if the president is willing.
There are fifty hoosier radicals waiting to
plump themselves into News place by
the grace Of Merton.
IT is conceded that Bclknap should be
tried and punished for selling post-trader-
ships. But if Belknap had brother to
whom he gave control Of certain posts,
and if the brother sold them for whatever
he could get, would there be anything
wrong in the transaction? The brother
would probably be grateful, and 80 was
Orville Grant when his brother gave
him the "tip" in respect to vacant In
dian traderships.
EVEN the Soldiers Home at Washing
ton must be investigated, If economy i
to be the watchword of success Tn,
cost of this institution is enormous. Il
would be cheaper to board all the inmates
at Willard's, dress them in broadclotl
and give them enough spending money
to keep up appearances. If the invalit
soldiers got the benefit of this extrava
gance, it might be well enough, but sus
picious democrats think able-bodied Off
cials make away with the heavy appro
priations in manner not altogether
honest.
The New York Evening Post, which
is certainly not democratic journal, IL
commenting upon the testimony of Peck
before the house committee on expendi
lures in the war department, says: "It
is impossible to believe that all thi
wretched buying and selling of patron
age could have gone on about the presi
dent, upon the threshold of his hous,
and under his very nose, without an un
paralleled, and almost inconceivable in
sensibility on the part of the president
himself Is it possible thai
| the president can surround himself will
official and personal associates so obtus'
without sharing their obtuseness; tha
he can live in such an atmosphere Of in
sensibility without suffering from th'
moral malaria? General Sherman right,
SAYS that General Grant did enough 4
entitle him TO absol,te confidence il
military life. President Grant in civi
life is a startling illustration Of the los
Federal sense-the decent sensc o
shame"
The Osceola times., 1876-04-01


ing them in the eyes of the law the same a
sncides.
The yacht Octavia, captured by |
| Spanish gunboat had cargo of 2i3 boxes o
powder, As boxes of cartridges, IL boxes o
shells, 100 rifles, 100 carbines and two piece
of artillery.
A great eruption of Mount Vesuviu,
is in progress. The scene as observed from
a distance is grand in the extreme. Tn,
eruption threatens to be one Of the mos
violent for many years.
An epidemic of typhoidal character ha'
just broken out in Lancashire England
village OF about 800 inhabitants, where l5(
people were taken i'll. 1t was shown con
clusively that the poison came from the milk
of a sick COW.
The last discovered grievance of the
Christians in Turkey is strange one. Hith
erto they have paid a small poll tax and been
exempt from military service. BY virtue OF
the sultan's proclamation promising perfect
equality with the Mussulmans they now claim
admission into the ranks, and are clamorous
for the very burden to escape which two
thirds OF the French and German conscripts
would readily pay good round sum.
A Paris dispatch says an arch of the
railroad bridge of the river III, near Latter.
bach, gave way under the pressure of the
floods. A passenger train from Mulhouse.
for Strasburg, which was crossing at the time,
was precipitated into the river. The car
riages iell on top of one another and were
dashed to pieces. Owing to the violence of
the stream, none of the passengers could be
saved All were either crushed to death or
drowned. Thirty corpses have already been
recovered.
The French government has published
an official report on the Paris commune of
1871, and the fate of the captured commun-
lists. The report shows that over 200, 600 men
served in the ranks of the communists, with
5000 officers. 1t shows also that the total
number of prisoners was $1,000, including
5000 soldiers, $50 women and $50 young per.
sons of sixteen years OF age or under. About
1000 were released very soon after their
arrest. Soon after 10000 more were set at
liberty about 5000 of them discharged as
havin been imprisoned wrongfully, the rest
freed for want of evidence; six months later
5000 more were discharged. Out of the
women only 200 were sent to trial; of the
children only eighty. The courts first dealt
with about 5000 principal offenders, but
afterwards disposed regularly of about 1000
ordinary cases month of these they con-
demned about $500, acquitted about 1900,
and released about 1000; about one per
cent. % their sentences were annulled on
appeal twenty three men and eight women
were executed, but always for some signal
crime. Out of the 10000 convicted, two
thirds were sentenced to simple transporta-
tion or to Imprisonment without hard labor.
The Osceola times., 1876-04-01

CIRCUMsTANTIAL EvIpENCE.-A very
wealthy young man, with a reputation
for fastness, married recently. On the
morning after the wedding the bride
asked her husband to perform an Office
of the toilet for her, made necessary by
the absence of her maid. The husband
did it willingly. and when it was con.
cluded was astonished to find his pretty
wife in tears. "why, myown preclous'
said he, "what is the matter with her
hubby's pet ?" 90 Jimmie !" replied
the poor girl, crying as if her heart
would break, "if you hadn't laced a
thousand corsets, you never could have
done it like that"
The Osceola times., 1876-04-01

QUAINT TExT.-"The devil, as a roar.
ing lion, walketh about seeking whom
he may devour." Now, my friends, we
will divide the subject of our text into
four heads: First we shall seek TO learn
"Who the devil he was;" secondly, we
shall inquire into his geographical posi-
ton, namely, "Where the devil he was,
and where the devil he was going !"
thirdly (and this is of personal charac-
teri, "Who the devil he was seeking !"
and iourthly, we shall endeavor to solve
a question which has never been solved
yet, "What the devil he was roaring
about"
The Osceola times., 1876-04-01

The sound parts Of the old Boston
elm have been sent away to be made into
furniture for the city hall and souvenirs
to be givea to historical societies all over
the country.
The Osceola times., 1876-04-01

THE Bay st. Louis Herald says "the
bluff along Bayon Lacroix is lined with
wax myrtle bushes and the berries are
ripe and fit to be melted into candles.
The candles made from these berries era
said to burn clearly, are very hard and
not affected by heat" Bay Of st. Louis
ought 70 light up"
The Osceola times., 1876-04-01

CARDINAL MANNING in a recent SER
mon referred to English pauperism in
the following pointed language: En-
gland the richest of all countries, has
upon il stain and shame not 10 be
found in countries which Englishmen as
sumo to dcspise he meant pauperism, an
intense demoralized state of poverty.
Poverty in itself was an honorable state !;
but pauperism was something altogether
distinct from poverty. Pauperism was
that wrecked condition of men and of
families out of which there was no rising
by any effort Of their own. And what
did il come froml 1t would take too long
TO endeavor to say. One reason he would
state; the overwhelming prosperity of
the rich, the closeness of the hands and
the hearts, and the ignorance in which
the rich lived and died, of the state of
the poor who lived and died round
about their dwellings. The possession
of wealth and prosperity generated sell
ishness and an unconsciousness of the
suherings of Others, so that men were
wrapped up in their own daily indul-
gcnce, and were forgetful of those who
were in want"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-17
Our Duty as a State.

Now that the gold barons have declared
through Federal legislation that sill yer is
no longer money for government pur-
poses, thus trampling upon the express
constitutional provision that reeog-
nizes gold and silver as currency, let
Tennessee, through its next Legislature,
provide by law for the recognition CT
silver coin OF all denominations as re-
ceivable for all taxes and amounts due
the State This step will at once turn
the silver tide upon our State, to fructify
and bless our debt-stricken Common
wealth.
This demonstration of silver is only
temporary Democratic ascendancy in
the councils of the nation will undo this
class legislation.
Let US then fill our State with this cur
rency, and thus seek adv antages from the
wiles of q debauched monied oligarchy
Let us hear from the press throughout
the State on this subj ect. 1t is worthy
Of public notice, aud should secure the
attention of our next Legislature At an
other time We win refer II detail to the
history of this iniquitous demonstration
of silver.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-17
The State Convention.

The late State Convention was largel6
attended by the substantial men Of the
Commonwealth. Each section was
strongly represented by prominent par
ty leaders. The deliberations Of she
body were solidly directed to mcntain
intact the organization AMI integrity of
the party throughout the State. It was
soon evident TO even the casual obse rVer
that the foremost and best thing to be
done was the denomination of Gov. Por~
ter. Some delegates preferred that
another should secure the candidacy bat
after reviewing the whole field, il was
finally concluded that the interests of the
present State and Federal elections de-
mGnded that we should net swap horses
in mid stream and inasmuch as His
Excellency has thus far safely piloted
our State ship, he should be entrusted
with another term of high civil service.
The Platform adopted was what we
may fguratively style sailing between
Scylla and Charybdis. 1t declared
tAe5eAAAASB al AZ CdoS VI teaAablOu dLQ fAG-
feFred to leaye to the people as repre-
sented in the incoming Legislature to
decide the exact rate and to have such
legisla ton as their representative, then
fresh from the masses, should see fit to
enact. The gallant Gen. Bate was che
sen one of the Electors at large. There
is much magnetism about this distin-
guished gentleman. This quality coupl ed
with high personal worth and an enviable
military record will draw around him in
Tennessee crowds of willing hearers
His associate is ex-GoY. Harris, This
gentleman possesses commanding intel
lectual endowments AMI is justly mark
ed as a peer of any in the land in the
honorable field of American statesman
ship.
With such men to lead in the cam
paign of Tilden and Hendricks against
the Republicans, we have but 70 hold up
the hands of these eminent men and victo-
ry, re-assuring victory will bless our mis-
ruled land
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-17
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.

At meeting of the Democratic Execu
tive Committee of the Tenth Congression-
al District of Tennessee, held at the
Office eff the Chairman, in Memphis, July
%, 1876, it was resolved THAT a COnven-
ton of Delegates, to nominate a Demo
cratic candidate for the 18th Congress
from said District, be held at Memphis
on Thursday, September 7, 1876.
1t was resolved and the Committe
respectfully recommend that the basis Of
representation in said Convention be one
delegate for every 100 votes cast for
Hon. Jas. D. Porter for Governor at his
election in November, 1874, in his coun-
ties of Hardeman, Fayette and Shelby,
and the Democratic Executive Commit.
tees of said counties are respectfully re-
quested to see to the proper spportion
ment and election or appointment Of
their respective Delegates.
NJ. d. L. STEWART,
Chairman.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-17
LETTER FROM KENTUCKY.
COvINGroN, KY, Aug. 7, 1876.

CovINGToN, KY, Aug. 7, 1876.
Aessrs. EdttOrs:-a
As promised you should hear from
ne, desire briefly to say to you and my
trends generally, that my departure from
Bolivar was somewhat sudden, and
doubtless unexpected to some, but not
altogether so to myself; having almost
completed the arduous duties which had
been assigned 70 me in your county
by the Quartermaster Department, and
on account of the fixed determination
en- the part of Congress not to make the
necessary appropriation to pay the cur
rent expenses in the investigation of
many just and meritorious claims due to
loyal citizens of the United States; hence
the services of the Government Agents
and the payment of such CLAIMS, must
necessarily, for the time being, be sus
pended. Aad until the next Congress
makes the necessary provisions for the
adjustment and payment of the Govern
ments Legitimate Indebtedness to those
who bear the burthen of taxation in its
support, which 1 trust will soon occur, and
l may aga n be permitted to enjoy the
presence of those for whom, on so short
an acquaintance, [ became so warmly
attached, on account of many favors and
courtesies extended to me by the citizens
of Bolivar and Hardeman county, for
which I feel profoundly grateful, and for
whom l shall ever cherish the liveliest
recollection. And l trust my presence
among you has caused no regrets.
On nay return to Covington, I heard
on all sides the universal complaint of
dull times and scarcity of money, how
ever are hopeful of the future, in any
political event, anticipating, as you are,
a rich harvest from the growint crop,
which never looked more promising than
at the present time. Should we realize
the anticipated foreign demand for our
surplus, in view of the "unpleasautness"
existing abroad, at fair prices, our coun
try will soon recover from its embarrassed
condition, and our people, l trust, once
more united and happy.
We are to day in the midst of heated
election for county officers. All Demo
Gratis except our candidate Cor Sheriff and
one Constable in the city, who are Re-
publicans. The race for Sheriff is con
sIdered doubtful, The Rep. candidate
for Constable in my District will beeleet-
ed by decided majority.
l shall remain at home but few days,
and then go to Washington where my
best efforts will be ezerted in behalf of
your people, for whom feel an abiding
interest. hope to hear from you soon
With kind regards to yourselves and
friends generally, I am very sincerely
Your obedient servant,
o. Ii. BURBRIDGE,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-17
NJ. ID. l.. STEWART,
Chairman

Forty thousand hungry laborers in
New York city are barking at the heels
of James Gordon Bennett demanding
that he must champion their cause by
becoming a candidate for Mayor. Ben
nett will be but poor medicine to cure
the ills that affect the working classes of
that metropolis. The cause of the dis
tress is outside of any one human being,
it lies in the prscoRcerted and determin-
ed action Of those bloated bond-million-
aires IN the East, who have striven since
the war to enrich themselves at the ex-
pense of the producing classes. They
have converted bonds based originally
upon greenbacks into bonds based upon
gold, thus requiring the resources Of the
country to be taxed to yield them
$l00,0OO,000, annually as gold interest
whereas by greater and prior right the
legal tenders alone should be used to
meet this demand. This policy, togeth-
er with the paTi passu and co-incident
contraction scheme, has brought honest
labor to the verge Of starvation in a
land of plenty.
In this whole subject is wrapped up a
revolution of more Importance and graver
concern to the American people than
any known in the annals of the country
Close corporations and steel-clad monied
monopolies are stretching their Briarean
arms to subsidiEe and enslave the labor
ing millions on this continent. When
the despolism of George III could not be
endured, then it was, that the people as
a sleeping giant awOke and breke the
withes that bound them, and asserted
and nobly maintained a valorous resist
ance, finally achieving at Yorktwon a
complete and substantial independence
Thus it viii be with oppressed labor IL
America. It will yet give q Waterloo
defeat to the imperious rule of q heart
less. monied dictatorship.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-08-17
Attention 4!

We are anxious to have cooperative
Clubs orga nized in all the Civil Districts
of the County. We have on hand val
liable documents and important papers
for each corresponding Club VIII not
some working De mocrat organize a club
at once, and forward to this Office the
name Of tho President or Secretary
Come, fellow Democrats, let US align
ourselves with the patriotic masses
throughout the country in projecting a
campaign that will drive the Republican
pirates from the citadel Of our constitu-
tional rights. These profane hands have
blurred and befouIed the parchment
scroll of our chartered privileges, and
we are called on to remedy the ravages
of this traitor-foe To the rescue Don't
delay