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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-05-04
a SYNOPSIS OF T'EEE BIBLE.
By DIR. 5. w. GROVE,
THE SUBLIME PAST

THE SUBLIME PAST
Six thousand years have rolled away
Since the beginning Of that day,
When God ordained creatIOn's birth.
The universe. the heavens, the earth,
The sun, the moon, the starry spheres,
And man, in Gods own form appears.
Bat by temptation yilely crossed,
He falls, and Paradise Is lost.
The dcluge comes the waters dark
Enguli all things save Noah's ark.
The building OF the lofty tower.
The nations scattered by Gods power,
Their tongues confused, their minds estrarged
Their foolish purposes deranged.
The Hebrews flight from Egypt's coast
The fate of Pharoah and his host,
King David's wonderful career,
His torttude, his lack of fear,
His splendid reign, his grievOus wars,
His wirkcdness which God abhors.
The death OF his rebellious son,
The reign If wise King solomon,
The record Of our Savior's birth
His beautiful career on earth.
His loving Kindness whose last breath,
Blessed those who urged his cruel death.
His resurrection and his rise
Beyond the blue, ethereal skies,
Are scarce 1.-THE of the events
The oracle OF God presents.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-05-04

ANCIENT SCIENCE AND ART.
Within the Bible is expressed
In simple language unsurpassed
A history of foreign parts,
A record of the earliest arts
Here gardening, farming. pasturage
Find mention in their rudest stage:
Here hung the grape upon the vine
Ere Bacchus was crowned god of wine:
Here ships were built and manned complete.
A thousand years ere Jason's feet,
And interchanged 'twixt distant shores
Rich merchandise and precious stores
Cargoes of silver, gold and brass.
The which no modern times surpass
And here was architectural skill
Down to our times unequalled still,
Displayed upon the Hebrew Temple
And on the Jewish Tabernacle.
And even by way of ornament,
With all our female pride intent,
Here. too, the sciences first dawnctl.
The moon, the stars the worlds beyond
Were studied by the shepherd boys,
Who understood kind natures voice,
The herbs, the plants, the flowers, the trees.
Beasts, reptiles, fishes. birds and bees,
Were known as well to youth ard sage
As in our more enlightened age.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-05-04
Helena, Montana, Thursday, May 4, 1876.
His natural tendency to Quarrel:

His natural tendency to quarrel;
His wealth, his knowledge, and his splendOr,
His hardened heart, his feelings tender.
His politics now patriarchal
Now democratic and mOnarchial.
His love of power, his love OF life,
His waging of incessant strife.
Open the Book. Here brutal Cain
Murders his brother on the plain.
Most cruel cOntrived, enviOuS crime,
And punished by Gods wrath sublime.
vi.
PATHETIC BIBLE SCENES.
Among the minor Incidents,
The deluge to our mind presents
Those two sweet episodes of love,
The rainbow and the carrier dove,
Thrill through our hearts more true delight
Than Byrons most exquisite flight.
And Hagar, with her Ishmael,
Where is the scene that can excel
Her wandering in the wilderness!
Her love, her grief her wretcheness,
When underneath the bushes wild
She cast her first-born banished child,
When it with thirst and hunger slept;
Then sat her down far-Otf and Wept.
Crying to Heaven with sObbing breath,
"Let me not see my dear child's DEATH.
What kindly natured human eye
Can check the tear Of sympathy,
At such sad picture of distress?
Or view the utter heplessness
OF RiZpah, widow of the King,
Whose murdered childrens corpses swing
Before her ever weeping sight,
As she sits mourning day and night;
Driving the beasts and birds away
That hover round the sickening prey.
And there she s1ts till wind and rain
Drop bone by bone. upon the plain;
Which gathered in her fond embrace
She buries in their resting place
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-05-04


Ruth's strong attachment to her kin,
Eether's bravery and Hamans sin.
And Abraham's empowering faith,
WIDEN Isaac to the patriarch saith:
'Behold, the altar and the fire.,
''But when the Lamb. my worthy sire?"
The vengeful flames that fiercely rain
Upon the cities of the plain,
That buried meath the Dead Sea he,
Their cinders plain to every eye.
Rebeckah at the desert we'll
The acts of Sampson, his death knell-
EliIah-and the wicked king
His food brought or the ravens wing
The hand writing upon the wall
Foretelling Beltsha1zars fall,
The life restored to Lazarus,
Paul's sore distress at Mltus.
And that sweet tale of love and truth
The life OF Joseph, noble youth.
Turn to the dramas of Shakespeare
Othello, Hamlet, or King Lear
TO the great works OF Walter Scott,
Cooper, or Dickens-yOu will not
Find anything that can compare
With this theme fraught with beauty rare.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-11-29
'Ehe COIOrrd Vote Ehe PrepOs1er
Ous Assumption of tine Rad
teal SPOiIsmen.

The carpet-bag office holders and
their sctllawag allies assume as an in
cQntrovertibie premise that the co!ored
vote is permanently Radical and that
they and their heirs have an indisputa-
bic ownership OF it, and that whenever a
colored voter does not cast his ballot for
their ticket, fraud has been Dractised
upon them. On the other hand, the
Democratic theory.is that the negro is a
free agent, and has a right to consult
his judgment AMI conscience and to vote
as he pleases. The Democrats argue,
furthermore, that after the numerous
and f,grant.. examples of the wickedn ess
of Radical rule, and the progeny of evils
which haye sprung from it in every
Southern State where il has Gourished, ,
the eolQred voters could not fail to dis
Germ that the, welfare of their own, as
we'll as ofsthe white race, hiss absolutely
demanded that it should be repudiated
and spurned by both.
Upon the Democratic theory of genu-
in. free agency in the negro, and the
Democratic argument that the party
which has shown itself to be an ilstru-
ment of fraud, corruption and strife, and
essentially curse to the colored people,
whom its leaders have deceived and mis-
led-immense numbers of colored voters
have joined the Democratic party and
helped to swell the majority for Tilden
and Hendricks. The Radical leaders have
no other ground than the preposterous
pretensiSn that the votes of the colored
people are their property, tke qse of
which they have been cheated out of,
for assuming that there was fraud and
intimidation practised in the election
that has stipvrecked their fortunes
while the Democrats stand upon The i'm
preguable position that the negro had
the same right Of other American citi
zens to vote the Democratic ticket if he
preferred and that it required but the
exercise of the feeblest intellect to dis
cover that Radicalism means enmity to
the peace aHd prosperity Of both races.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-11-29
The Souahern Democratic State
Committees.

1t will be seen that the members of the
Democratic State Committee of Ohio
and other leading men of the party in
that State, have been 10 consultation
upon the situation. Resolutions were
adopted declaring for ready acquies-
cence in the result of the Presidential
election as fairly ascertained, but that 1t
is indispensable to the preservation of
free government that the President shall
not be chosen by fraud CT force con
demning the concentration of troops at
Washington By the President on the eve
of the assembling of Congress, as calcu-
lated to discredit the disposition of the
people to obey the law, and imperil
peace at home ard public credit abroad /;
and recommending concert of action
among the Democratic Committees of the
several States, Gin maintaining the rights
OF the people in the late Presidential
election, as determined by the proper le-
gal authorities"
This action is highly proper in the
Committees Of the Northern States, but
so far as those of the South, and especial
" of Mississippi, Of whose action We
have right to speak, are concerned,
there is nothing for them to do. What
ever course they might take would lead
to misconstruction. They have done
their part in the election, aud We propose
that the North shall take the lead in
securing its results. We want no resolu-
tons of any kind. There are times when
they will serve good purpose. There
are other times when they can do no
possible good and might do harm, and
this is one of them.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-11-29

The following instructions to tax col
lectors have been issued by the Auditor
of Pubic Accounts;
OFFICE AUDITOR PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
jackson, Miss. Nov. Is, 1876.
To .Sheri1s and Tar Collectors:
As some confusion has arisen on ac-
count of the implied authority given
Tax Collectors to receive current State
and county taxes on lands held by the
State (whIla the same remain unsold) by
section +, Chapter /, Acts 1876, it Is
deemed advisable to communicate with
you ON the subject, that errors and com
plicatons may be avoided.
The section referred to was enacted
to prevent the collection Of current
taxes on lands held by the Stste. and
then receiving credit i'll final settle
ment on same lands, and not 10 author
ize the collection of current taxes.
Many grave errors arose under the for
mer mode of settlement, and large
amounts annually collected on State and
levee lands never found their way into
the State Treasury.
In final settlements, you must furnish
list of State lands verified as by said see
ton. While this will be required, you
are advised that the law does not au-
thorize you to collect current tarss on
lands held by the State except on applica-
ton to purchase. See section 48, Chap
ter 104, page 1913, Acts 1876
While Sections, 4 of Chapter |, seems
to imply the power to collect current
taxes, by requiring list to be he made of
4, hoII oh
not been paid subsequent legislation
is in conflict with it, and repuguaut to
the idea, that the intention of the Leg
stature was to empower the collection Of
taxes on lands already held. This would
lead to the greatest confusion, As by
Section 4S, Revenue Law, page 1873, the
Chancery Clerk is required to certify to
amount of taxes for which the land was
sold, and all taxes that have accrued
! theron since the sale"
Aud again in Section 40, the Chan
| oery Clerk "shall charge each subdiyi-
sion of land with all subsequent taxes as
they accrue, up to the time of the re
demption or purchase of the same. "
And Section AZ, 1.-The Auditor shall
charge all such lands with State and
county taxes thereon etc.
Hence, if current taxes on State lands
are paid by individuals, neither the Clerk
nor Auditor can ever tell to a certainty
whether their statements are correct and
when they charge up accrued taxes, "
as required by law, that some one may
not have paid some years taxes, and thus,
possibly, cloud the States conveyance to
these lands.
Please see Sections 81, Al, 40, At, As
and 40, of Chapter 1914, Acts 1876.
Where lands are held by the State,
whether assessed to the State or individ-
uals, you will not receive current taxes,
except in purchases from the State, in
which cases, Of course, certificates must
be forwarded to this Office as required by
law.
Your attention is especially called to
section CT, (Revenue Law Acts 1876.
Very respectfully,
w. II. GIBBS,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-11-29

question whether the power VS. 10 b.
exercised be 50 properly committed a. [,
the body which is to exercise the power,
to that great popular branch OF the q *
ernment which specially represents "a
people, and whose members, of all thos
connected with the Federal Government,
are alone elected by the people Hav-
ing, then, the ordinary and usual author
ity of every superior body, invested with
the exercise of a supreme function, OF
determining for itself the occasion when
it may be lawfully exercised, and having,
therefore, the authority TO decide Tor
itself whether a President has been
chosen by the electors or not, and, II not,
to then itself to choose the President,
who can lawfully dispute the authority OF
the President whom the House of Repre-
sentatives may thus choose?
Gentlemen who talk lightly, therefore,
of having the Nice-President or the Sen
ate receive and count the vote OF Louisi-
ana against the objection of the House,
or of choosing some energetic man Pres
ident Of the senate that they may have
forcible officer 10 lead the Republican
party after the 4th OF March, or Of an in
terregnum IN which Gen. Grant shall hOIu
over, talk rebellion. The House of Rep
resentatives will not refuse to attend the
counting of the electoral vote. 1t will
permit the counting of every vote which
it may Judge lawful to be counted, and
no vote csn be lawfully counted without
its concurrence or against its judgment
and direction. Whoever, by the vote SC
| counted, shall appear to have the MAORI
ty of all the electors appointed will be
President, and will be accepted by the
Democratic party as such and whoever,
if no President be so chosen, the popul al
branch of the Government shall then, III
due form, choose to be President, will be
so accepted by them; and it will b
those who may see fit to resist the Execu
tive thus lawfully elected who will be de
flying the law.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-11-29
Thanksgiving Proclamation.

DY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF
ID MISSISSIPPI: The PEOPLE or THE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI should be fl-d with
deep gratitude to Almighty God for the mani
fold ana gnal blessings which they have
enjoyed during the year now drawing to a
close And is right and proper that they
should render thanks INTO Him for His low
ing, benedcent are;
THEREFORE, l. J. VI. STONE, Governor Of
the state Of Mississippi, in accordance with
wise usage, do hereby designate
Thursday, November 3Oth, 1875,
as a day Of Thanksgiving and Prayer, and
do recommend to the people Of this State to
abstain from all secular occupations on that
day, and TO assemble in their res pectiye places
of worship, and give grateful thanks for the
blessings of the pasf, and offer prayers TO our
Heavenly Father that He viii continue to Us,
both as a State and individuals, His divine
tayors
Is TESTIMONY THEREOF, have here
unto set nay hand. and caused the
Great Seal Of the State TO be affixed,
at Jackson this the 18th day of No
Yember A. D. 1876
J. VI. STONE
By the Governor:
JAMES HILL, Secretary of State.
Nov 22-2t.
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History OfMississippi.

The following is an extract from the
Centennial Address delivered at Phila
telphia on the 10th of July by Gen. A.
M. West:
Mississippi Territory was three times
owned by individuals, and was frs
granted to Sir Robert Heath, OF Greal
Britain. In 1857 Heath transferred his
grant ta Lord Maltrayers, end subse
quently it became the property of Mt.
Daniel Coke, of the province of New
Jersey and in 1893, the same year that
the French established themselves at BIZ
loxi, under Iberville, his title was rec
ognlzed as valid by the attorney of King
William. And, lastly, was she property
OF the Gtata Of Georgia, and, as before
stated, was coded by that State to the
United States in 1902. As previously
stated, ''the Mississippi Territorial Gov
eminent was organized by an act Of Con-
gress of April 7th, 1898: Congress, how
eyer, reserved the right TO divide it into
TWO districts, with separate government.
Winthrop Sargent was first Governor,
and by proclamation dated April ID,
1879, divided the Territory into two
counties" The 4th of June, 1880, he
created an additional county. The first
session of the Legislature of the Terri
tory was held at Natchez, January 22d,
1869. In 1902, two more coun les were
created.
A session of the1 legislature was held
at the town of Washington, November
18th, 1911. There were then nine coun.
ties In the Territory. The sum of $31, :
$40. 46 had been collected for taxes, and
of that SIS, 911.43 had been disbursed
There were then about l ,S1S freeholders
residing in the Territory. A second SEES
sion of the Legislature net at the town
of Washington, November, 1872.
David Holmes was then Governor. In
his message, he commended the people
of the Territory for their prompt response
to the United States for troops in her
war with Great Britain. Other calls
were made by the President of the United
States, and by Major General jackson,
and were responded to with equal alacri-
ty. There was received into the Terrific
nal Treasury, for taxes in 1914, S26, 684.
The taxes were deemed oppressive by
those who paid them. The disbursements
amounted to SIG, COL.
By authority of the United States,
Convention from the western part of
Mississippi Territory met at Washington,
July, 1917. There were then fourteen
counties, and they were represented by
forty seven mem bers. A State Constitu-
ton was adopted and the State named
Mississippi. The first Legislature under
this Constitution met at Washington,
and on the 9Th of October, 1917,
elected Walter Leake and Thos.
FL. Willisn3s United States Senators.
There was received in the Treasury iR
1648, SAC, 1886; and there was disbursed
S37 500. There was in the Treasury
when the State Government was inaugu-
rated, 1869. January LIST, 1918, VIM.
3. Shields, John Taylor, ]. p. Hampton
and PoWhattan Ellis, were elected
Judges, and Lyman Harding, the first
General under the State Con
LII January, 1920, the Legis-
Lature met at Columbus; there were
nineteen counties.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-11-29
The Next House Of Representa-
fiV~s-NO Time for snGi~crc-
lions and Nonsense.

The Democrats will have probably
about sixteen majority in the lower
branch of the next Congress This is a
narrow margin and is not encouraging IN
view Of the fact that in the present Con
gre=s they have a majority of about sew
enty-five 1t should teach a lesson Of
wisdom and craftsmanship TO the Demo
cratic members, else they may find that
before Dir. Tilden's term expires, if he
should be declared elected, he will be
hampered and restricted in the execution
of his policy by an opposition Senate and
House of Representatives and the coun-
try will thus be deprived of the adVan-
tages of the victory they have won by a
change in the Executive department.
That the Democrats have much to learn
from the blunders of the majority in ths
present House, is fact which was seri-
ouslv felt in the Presidential contest.
The Northern supporters of Tilden and
Hendricks had the burden Of these blum
ders to bear and came nigh losing the
election in consequence.
Il will be bad policy and worse taste
for the Southern portion of the par
ty to assume the leadership or
to set up pretensions to conspic-
uous positions in Committees. 1t
must be remembered that we have
been but recently readmit.ed to
the places at the council-board from
which we had voluntarily Withdrawn ;
and that, though we are abstractly speak
ing, equal in fights to the most favored,
good taste dictates that Ua should not
assume to take uppermost seats at tbs
feast. And especially should we abstain
from demanding "indemnity for the
past" when the most we can reasonably
expect to is have equality of political
privilege and the benefits of the COM
mon government recognized and accorded
to us in the future. Above all things,
is to be deprecated the willingness which
was too frequently eyinced by Southern
men in the last Congress TO be drawn by
their cunning antagonists into the ms
chievous game of fighting over the bat
ties of the civil war. and irritating the
old sore. If the predictions which were
made by the Republican leaders in the
canvass concerning the intentions of the
South in the event of Mr.. Tilden's cleo
ton, to disturb the issues settled by the
war, and to assert Southern supremacy
in the Democratic administration, should
receive color of verifcation from the
action of the Southern Representatives,
we may we'll apprehend tidal wave two
years hence which will sweep the Demo
cratic majority in the lower branch of
Congress, and deprive the friends of re
form of all hopes of supremacy in the
Senate. Thisis no time for indiscretions ;
nor for nonsense of any kind. Never
was there gFaater safety in the observance
of the old maxim, Make haste slowly"
An immense responsibility rests upon the
Democratic majority in the incoming
House of Representatives.
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ssf.qaaIisrd Electors.

IT the Radicals succeed IN pulling their
candidates through all three of The de
batable States by the trickery OF the
returning boards, and thus give to Hayes
pretended majority of one, they are still
confronted by serious obstacles. As if
to bring all their plans for perpetuating
their wicked rule to naught, an overruling
power put it into their heads to choose
for their electors one federal office holder
in Vermont and Oregon each, who is
ine.ig. bic The consequence is that
their votes for these two persons were
thrown away, and the next highest
candidates, who happened TO be Demo
Gratis, are elected. 1t was first said that
when these United States officials resign
ed their offices, they would be eligible,
but this position in view of the constitu-
tional mandate that "no person holding
an Office of profit or trust under the
4" Constitution, shall be appointed an
" elector," has been abandoned If the
appointment was made at all, it was
made On the 18th of November A vote
cast on that day for United States
office holder was the same as if it had
been cast for a dumb brute, child, a
log 1t was, in fact, thrown away. If
there had been no more persons voted for
in those States than were sufficient TO
constitute the electoral board thereof, al
vacancy would have existed 10 be filled
under such regulations as the States con-
cerned have adopted, but it so happens
that both in Oregon and Vermont there
were double as many candidates voted
for as there were electors chosen. Con-
sequently the persons receiviAg the next
highest votes to the Ineligible persons,
were elected. This principle and the
rule of action based upon it, is not new
1t is familiar to the Republicans who
ngrafted it upon the Constitution, which
they framed for Mississippi. Section 10,
Art. y, declares eff any candidate,
g receiving the highest number of votes
cast, cannot take the oath of office
presented (viz: is not eligible in this
=" Constitution, then, and in that case,
"he candidate receiUing the merit highest
90 cote shall be entitled to enter upon and
g" perform the duties of tie office
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An Hill OILS Fruit-Ieaiscr Expert
menGinS i'm south Mississippi.

A rece number of the McComb City
Intelligencer mentioned that Mr.. Parker
Earle, the largest fruit grower in South
ern Illinois, was on a visit to that place,
with view of establishing an orchard
for supplying Chicago and other Western
markets, with early fruit. The last num-
Der mentions that he has selected loca
ton within the corporation limits of thai
town, and is busily engaged with his
enterprise. Me-. Earle informs US that
he has iull confidence in its success.
We are glad to know that the
Mississippi Valley Company has entered
cordially into the spirit of his designs and
have been prompt to afford him such
facilities as are at their command. From
all classes of our people, he will receive,
as he deserves, cordial welcome. We
will report the result of his experiment.
McComb City Intelligencer.l
Mr. Parker Earle, to whom we referred
in our last issue, is getting along finely
in setting his fruit He has already
planted several thousand strawberries,
and some ten thousand more arrived yes
terday. Mr.. Earle will plant about
twenty thousand plants of this fruit
mainly of Wilson's Albany, but the ex
pertinent will include the Monarch Of the
West, Charles Downing, and a Seeding
originated near his home-Cobden, Hi
nois. He will, also, plant quite rum
Der of red raspberries-a fruit almost
untried in this section of the State
These experiments, if nothing more is
done, (and he will probably plant some
Cherries will be exceedingly valuable.
Mr. Earle has strong prepossessions in
avor of this soil and climate for pears
nd other fruits, and probabilities all
oint to his being largely identified with
his community in fruit raising-an
anticipation We hail with great satisfac-
ion,