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place long time afterward nobody
knows how long. It may be a hundred
years, for all, even the children who
knew the matricides, have grown old
and died. The tradition of the crime
Is almost forgotten. ~
The scene is laid in the interior of
the house of the angakok, or the
prlest'magician. It is night-a winter
night in the Arctic, with an Arctic
moon throwing its glamor over the
plains and mountains Of ice and snow.
Inside the house the priest.magician is
performing q: conjuration, and the peo:
pie are gathered around, silent and
trembling, listening to his nas,ttered
incantations.
Suddenly they hear Il cry outside,
and the angak0k says, F'Somethine
evil is aporoaching.'
They 60 to the door and look out.
There they behold a gigantic hunter !,
little distance away, standing in the
moonlight. His hair is as white as
the snow on which he is standing, and
it hangs down over his shoulders in
long, silvery locks.
But his face is black as night. =
They watch him for moment, and
he gazes at them with burning, fiery
eyes.
Then the angakok comes forward
and asks the stranger who he is and
what he wants.
The other replies:
''Do you not know me q
They answer in the negative.
Then he asks:
''D0 you remember the son who
used his mother for a hunting blad.
der =
A very old woman then remembers
hearing her mother talk about the
crime when she was a very little child
The hunter replies:
81 am that man, and still live-''
Then he tells them something of the
life he and his sister have lived since
that time; says they are still suffering
all the tortures of rem0rse as OH the
day of their flight; then he has been
driven by some mysterious power to
come and denounce himself to the
people, that the crime may not be for.
gotten, and-fearful retribution-dur.
ing all this life of three generations,
day and night, the voice of their mur.
dered mother has been always ringing
in their ears
''Oh my son =! it was I that sucked
thee, it was that sucked thee!''
Then he disappears, and was never
heard of more.
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woR1H1NGIoN CO., MINNESOTA JULY 13 1876
SONG OF 1876.

SONG OF 1876.
BY BAYARD TAYLOR.
Waken, voice Of the Lands Devotion!
Spirit of freedom, awaken all!
Ring, ye shores, to the Song Of Ocean,
Rivers. answer, and mountains, call!
The golden day has come:
Let every tongue be dumb
That sounded its malice or murmurcd its fears;
She hath won her story;
She wears her glory;
We crown her the Land Of q Hundred Years
Out of darkness and toll and danger
Into the light Of Victory's day
Help to the weak and Home to the stranger,
Freedom to all, she hath held her way!
Now Europe's orphans rest
Upon her mo.her-breast.
The voices of nations are heard in the cheers
That shall last upon her ,s-~
New love and honor,
And crown her the Queen of a hundred Years.
North and South, we are met as brothers;
East and West, we are welded as one!
Right Of each shall secure our mother's-
Child Of each is her faithful son!
We give thee heart and hand,
Our glorious native land,
For battle has tried thee, and time endears
We will write thy story,
And keep thy glory
As pure as Of old for Thousand Years!
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The Declaration of independence.

The text of the original resolution,
which was discussed in the Committee
of the Whole, and, which was adopted
by the Congress on July 4, l77o, is in
these words:
''Resolved, That these U. S. are, and
and of right ought to be, free and in.
dependent States that they are alb
solved from all allegiance to the British
Crown; that all political connection
between them and the State of Great
Britain is and ought to be totally dis.
solved"
On the 11th of June, Thomas Jeffer.
son, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin,
Roger Sherman, and R. r. Livingston
were appointed a committee to draft
a Declaration; Jefferson being the
youngest and most expert penman, tc
him was assigned the details, and tax
ing the resolution as his text prepared
what has gone into history as a second
Sermon on the Mount. But was that
Declaration read in open Congress on
on the 4th day of July, l776! It does
not SO appear on the journals, public
and secret, of the Colonial Congress,
Gov. Mexican says that on the 10Th of
July it was ordered engrossed upon
parchment and signed by every mem
signed on the I'd of August. Yet in
1926, Charles Carroll informs the edi'
tor of the Baltimore Gazette that he
signed it on the day he took his seat.
July 18, 1776.
Concurrent testimony undoubtedly
establishes the fact that late in the
afternoon of July 4, l776, the Colonial
Congress formally voted the resolu'
tion given here, for on the next day
John Adams writes: ''Yesterday the
greatest question was decided which
was ever decided among men. A re-
solution was passed unanimously that
these United States are, and Of right
ought to be, free and independent
States.'" Mexican, however, asserts
positively that Willing, Humphries
and Read voted "no." Adams wrote
in the same letter just quoted: ''The
Fourth of July, 1776, will be memor'
able epoch in the history of America
It ought to be commemorated as the
day Of deliverance by solemn acts OF
devotion to Almighty God. 1t ought
to be solemnized with pomp, shows
games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires
illuminations-from one end of the
Continent to the otler.' And so il
has been celebrated.
The Mecklenburg Declaration of In
dependence, which, during Mr., Jeffer
sons lifetime, was set up as the orig
inal Declaration of independence
seems to have no more claim to au
thenticity than the action of the dep
uties of Pennsylvania, when, on the
Oath of June, l776, they resolved sub
stantially the same as the Colonial
Congress affirmed ON July 4, 1776.
Strictly constructed, therefore, the
4th of July, 1776, is not the legal ami
versary of the Declaration of indie
pendence, for that document was moi
actionable nor would it have been 81
held by Great Britain, until after thu
signature of asserting parties had beer
affixed. But for all the purposes o.
patriotism it is as good date as an!
other, and having the sanction Of Gus
tom in its observance an hundred
years, so let it be recorded. Then al
hail, the Glorious Fourth!
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More Democratic Reform.

Chicago Tribune.
The Democrats of the House, in
search of material for campaign doc
ument, passed resolution the other
day calling upon Secretary Chandler
to communicate all possible informa-
tion relating to the investment of the
Indian trust fund by former Secrc-
taries Of the Interior. Notwithstand.
ing the hot weather, old Zach set about
the work, and, although he is not yet
half through, he has opened up a mine
of Democratic rOttenness that is pan.
ming out with extraordinary richness.
Under the law which was passed in
l84l the Secretary of the Interior was
directed to invest the money held in
trust for the benefit of certain tribes
in United States bonds, but the state
ment of the Democratic robberies
which Secretary Chandler has pre-
pared, and upon which he is bringing
suits to recover, shows that the differ
ent Secretaries invested largely in
Southern State bonds, old canal and
turnpike stock, repudiated bonds, and
other truck which was comparatively
worthless, and much of it never ne
gotiable In this way of Democratic
investment over two millions of dol.
lars were placed, Mr.. Buchannan's
Secretary of the Interior, Jacob
Thompson, being responsible for one.
half of the robbery. With principal
and. interest, the government is out to
the tune of $5,O00,000 Thompson's
share of the plunder went into the
Confederacy and helped it along. The
balance probably was devoted to the
interests of Democratic reform. 1t
was a neat little operation-the pur-
chase of these stocks at an immense
discount, the best Of them never being
worth over fifty cents on the dollar,
and their entry upon the books of the
department as bought at face value.
Meanwhile, the government under the
law has been paying the Indians per
cent. interest from the time when the
bonds were purchased until the pres.
ent time, and, as the bonds have of
course yielded no interest to offset the
interest appropriation, the govern.
ment is out for both principal and in
terest.
Notes and Opinions.
The Boston Jouanal thinks there is
truth if not poetry in.this -
Who stuck to Tweed through thick and thinl
Who counted John T. Hoffman inl
Who thought the Union War 4 sinl
Sam Tilden.
''None of Uncle Sans barrel of
money is salary grab" " says the Madi'
son Democrat, The Post and Mail re.
plies, "But it is all railroad steal,'
and it don't not see wherein that is any
better.
The Springfield Republican abandons
Adams for a minute to say !: "Mr:
HAYES is a very clean man. He got
his nomination in clean way. He
has the better constituency behind
him at the opening Of the canvass
No decision that Governor Hendricks
has ever made has won him 50 much
noteriety as his indecision on the Vice
Presidency question. It is a remarka.
BILE case Of a small fish nibbling at a
big bait-a sucker, as it were, playing
with bass hook,
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POLITICAL:
Governor Hayes and Governor Tilden.


From the Boston Transcript :@s"
Governor Hayes addressed his
friends and neighbors after his nom-
ination, pleading for a s,lrcease of par
tisan bitterness, and advocated such q
conduct of the canvass as would divest
it of those elements apt to cause not
only political but personal hostility.
He avoided all illusion to the position
or deeds of the Democratic party.
How different was Governor TildOn's
course at Albany. He delivered a
thinly disguised partisan larangue,
| reeking with demagogism, and by this
time notorious for its distortion and
suppression of facts. Governor Til.
don who has made several millions of
dollars out of the bankrupt corpora
tions-what has become of their poor
stockholders ?-tlippantly talks about
the wolf at every mans door, as if
though behind his money bags he
could realize the poverty Of any class
in the community. Besides, this coun-
try is not so absolutely impoverished
as the New York pollution assumes.
His jeremiade respecting the depressed
condition of every interest, with the
den1agOgic purpose of tracing that
depression to the Government in its
present hands, will not produce an i'm
preston favorable to the author of the
lamentati0n. This is not the period
for croaking.
Justice Davis For Hayes and Wheeler.
There Will be mourning in Demo.
cratic circles when they learn that
Justice David Davis, of the Supreme
Court, who was strongly talked of as
the nominee at the St. Louis Conven-
tion, and who has a very large person.
al following in the Democratic party,
composed mostly of Liberal men, has
announced his intention of voting for
Hayes and Wheeler, and not for TIL
den. In letter to personal friend
here, Justice Davis says the nomina-
tion of Hayes is good enough for him,
and ought to be satisfactory to Liberal
Republicans everywhere, and that they
should join in and help to achieve
their success in November. This all
nouncement will have, it is believed,
marked effect throughout the c0un-
try, and bring to the support of Hayes
large number of Conservative voters
who have for some years voted with
the Democrats. Judge Davis friends
say that he had very strong follow.
ing in the Democratic party, and that
he would have received large num-
Der of votes in the St. Louis Conven-
ton if he had not written a letter per-
emptorily forbidding the use Of his
name. After Gov. Hayes was nomi-
mated at Cincinnati, he became salts
fed that the Republican party was
destined to continue in power, and
that it would purify the. civil service
and carry out needed reform. Enter
tanning these views, Judge Davis ad-
vises all his friends to support the Re-
publican nominees.
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One hundred years ago the members
of the continental congress rode to
Philadelphia horseback. To-day our
national congress dead-beats its way
there on railroad train, and charges
mileage. Surely the country has
grown!
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The National C0lonu.

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National Colony Agent 1oe Fifth Ay, Chicago Ill.,
Or F. G. TAYLOR, l84 Dearborn St, Chicago, III.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
The Morning Courier.

DECENT POLITICAL EVENTS
III indicate speedy return of the
Democratic party TO supreme power in
the nation. The House of Representa-
tives is now Democratic by q large
majority; the government Of more than
one half of the States is administered
by Democrats; the party enters upon
the Presidential contest with the
brightest hopes, and under the most
substantial encouragement.
The wonderful revelations Of rascal
ity and corruption on the part of Re-
publican leaders, which have hurdened
the press and horrified the people dur
ing the past three years, make it clear
ly the duty Of every man to take an
active part in the great contest OF the
present year. More than at any pre-
yious tine in the history of the coun-
try, trustworthy daily newspaper is
nov necessary to every citizen. in or
der that he may intelligently discharge
his political duties. The CHICAGO
MORNING COURIER is a consistent
Democratic newspaper. 1t will be de-
voted to the work of aiding in rescning
the nation from the party that has de-
bauched its service, sQuandercd its
treasure and enslavcd its liberties. 1t
will advocate Il speedy return to specie
payments. bnt believes that this result
should he brought about by economical
management of the Government, and
not by arbitrary enactment. 1t he
Iieves in greenhacks at par, and the
sane currency for the rich and the
poor. It will advocate Home Rule,
Free Trade and public economy, the
old cardinal principles of the Demo
cratic party H" #j'. 81
. The Courier has. established wide
spread reputation as first class news
paper The aim of its management is
to make it all that the public in these
hurryins days can desire, Damely-
a complete newspaper. Every facility
known TO modern journalism will be
utilized to insure the prompt presenta-
ton of all important intelligence from
all parts Of the world, while the utmost
care will be eyrised to CLEAN only such
as is worth printing. In short, tile
Cnurier will give all the news as
PROMPTLY as any other parer, and con-
densea into more attractive aud read
able form than the blanket sheets.
Terms-Mail suhscriptinns, postage
free, six dollars per annum. or. fifty
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A POSTMASTER HAS His OwN WIFE
AND Cn1LD ARRESTED FOR THEFr.-
Some time since we mentioned the
fact that A. j. Swinson, white Re
publican, and Magistrate in North
west Township, Brunswick County,
made an attack on his wife which
was at first thought to be serious
that Mrs. Swinson and her son had
left his house, and that he had post
ed notice on his door preventing
their return to his roof. It seems
that Swinson is also Postmaster,
and that he has since added another
chapter to his own degradation, i
such thing is possible, by issuing
ont a warrant against his wife AMI
son, charging them with a theft o
money, postal-cards and.stamps from
/ the office under his control. Th
case was heard yesterday afternoo
before United States COMMISSIONS
Cassidy, aud the lad, A. S. Swinsol
was hound over for his appearing
at the next term Of the Distrit
4 Conrt i'll the. sum of 500. Il wi
Imington Review.
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The Democrat.
TER. MS:

THE DEMOCRAT is published Week
Is, at Four DOLLARS per annum-
Two DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS for
ak months, PAY ABLE IN AID
VANCE! No subscription taken
for less period than six months.
ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the rate
of One DOLLAR per square for the
first insertion and FIFTY CENTS for
each subsequent one.
EIGHT lines or less, (BREvlER) consti-
tute a square.
OBITUARY Notices, Marriages, Public
Meetings, Cards of Thanks, ETC., to
be paid for as advertisements.
y Personal CARDS, when admis-
sible, charged double the usual adver-
tising rates.
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The Supreme Court-A Warning.

D. 2a!5J G#t g. Hg 4.F :Ys
Our people cannot be warned too
often against the delusions which
some of the decisions Of the abortion,
known as the Supreme Court of Lou
isiana. are apt to convey. 1t is nat
ural that the unwary, or those not
conversant with law and legal
matters should be impressed by the
so-cal!ed opinions of the highest tri-
bunal Of the State, to, the. extent of
accepting them as guides to their
conduct in business or other transac
tons liable to result in litigation and
to be brought before the Supreme
Court; and the danger, therefore, be-
comes doubly great. With an hon
est Judiciary to interpret the law and
administer justice there are certain
principles which are tlnswervingly
and jealously maintained and vigor-
ouslyS applied. Whatever the char
acter Of 'the question at issue, and
whomsoever the persons involved,
uncontrovertible truths expounded
which no respectable counselor
would advise a client to defy, and
which individuals may with full Sc
curity adopt in their. considerations
of right and wrong. With the pres
ent fungus Supreme Court no such
security offers itself: Since its exis-
tence these principles aud truths
have not only been set aside, not only
been defed, but they have been tor
tured, twisted and distorted accord
ing as their greedy appetites for pelf
have dictated it to their mouldy
minds. The record is so full of the
oblique interpretations and DEGREES
of this court, courteously termed by
legal gentlemen as contradictions,
that it would take a work as exten.
sive as the Encyclopedia to recite
them, even in an abridged FORM
Nevertheless, VIC propose, at some
future time, to take up some Of the
wonderful elucubrations of the men
presiding over this Court and publish
the facts connected with them fol
the edification of our friends-anc
our enemies as well; facts which, i
we did not have the respectable opin
ion of the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States to authorize us in believ
I ing the motives Of our Supreme
Court to be corrupt. would otherwise
have to be stamped as the emana
lions of the brains of driyeling idiot
and lunatics.
Meanwhile we must repeat on
warning to the people not to be in
duced into error by many of thes
decisions, which might otherwis
have baneful effect upon their judg
ment and may leopard their fo1
tunes, and, mayhaps, their honor an
reputation, and which decisions wi
never be sustained by any decor
and respectable tribunal that ma
succeed the odious Supreme Cou
now strewing legal chaft among u
IN. O. Democrat.
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"A DETRo1TER who was deceived
by tile warm weather in March into
taking his parlor stove down, had it
back again in four days. Next week
he took it down again, and the next
restored it. He remembered of six DIFF
ferent changes, the last Of which was
made yesterday, and as he sat with a
leg on either side of the grateful heat,
he patted the top of the stove and re-
marked: "Don't blame you at ail-Im
the fool; You are up here for five thou
sand years now, and I'll hire man to
keep you red hot all through the
months of July and August.-[Detroit
Free Press. s....
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On His Muscle.
HOW AN EDITOR RECEIVED THE MAN
NHO WANTED TO SEE
HIN. uI

Yesterday afternoon as the editor
of this paper was quietly attending
to his business, L. A. Buckner came
in and excitedly asked: care You
the editor Of this papers" We an
swercd eyes" He then drew wills
tier, and pointing it in our vicinity,
snapped it. We Instantly threw him
down, the stove going over at the
same time. We stopped down and
began to wipe the floor with his COW
ardly carcass, not noticing the pis-
toll which lie was still trying to use.
4, printer jumped in and took the
pistol from Buckner, when we allow
ed him to get up and ordered him to
go out of doors. He picked up a bar
of steal about twenty inches long,
and undertook to strike us with it,
but was prevented by our gentle grip
upon his windpipe. In showing him
toward the door we showed him
through the glass, fragment of
which cut small cash in the edito-
rial scalp.
The article that we suppose the
superannuated old fool took offense
at called no names, ard was a matter
of common street talk, and was pub
lished as an item of news. We shall
continue to publish all news items
we can come across, regardless of.
who it hits, and hereafter be pre-
pared to defend ourselves against
whoever comes to assassinate US.
We retract nothing, nor are We sorry
for the mercy shown an, "old man.
Lay on, Macduff! and damned be be
who first cries, Hold, enoughr' The,
|. cold man" left his howitzer on the
field Of battle, and can have the same
by calling, proving property, paying
damages, and apologizing for his
cowardly attempt at assassination.
Il Winnemucca Register.
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slows mother?" asked the
Prince of Wales after he had kissed
his wife and babies all around.
"The Hempress is WE'LL" replied
Alexandra. "Hempress be 'anged,"
retorted the Prince. "she ought to
ave knocked around Hindia as Hi
ave, and then she might talk about
bein' Hempress,'' and he gave his
head contemptuous toss Chicago
Times.