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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-10-26
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

The boiler Of the steamer Matamoras
exploded near Morgan's Point, Texas, on
the 14th. Three of the crew were killed and
two wounded. After the explosion the boat
was totally destroyed by fire. Loss, $40, 900;
uninsured.
There were nine interments FROM
death by yellow fever at Savannah on the
18th. ,.
Sergeant Parker, with a detachment
Of the Second Cavalry, who arrived at Gus.
ter City on the night of the 18th, came In
contact with a large body of Indians within
10 miles Of Hunters ranch, at the head Of
Richard Creek, and In the fight which en-.
sued Private Tasker was killed and left on
the field. The Indians had about q hundred
head Of stock, and were heading for Bridg.
er's Ferry.
Sergeant Morgan Boland, of the St.
Louis Police, accompanied by several on
GERS Of the force, on the night Of the 18th
made 9 descent on the house Of DR.. No.
land, about five miles from Independence,
MO-, and arrested . wounded man who was
supposed 70 be Frank James, one Of the es-
capped Mortified bank-robbers. The pris.
oner was conveyed 10 81. Louis and placed
In the County Jail, but there seemed to be
some doubt as to his identity.
Thos. r. Taylor, formerly mail route
agent on the Leavenworth, Lawrence and
Galvestoni Railroad, committed suicide on
the 18th by shooting himself through the
head. Some time ago he was detected In
robbing the mails and dikmissed from
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-10-26
A Chance for Inventors.

A locomotive catcher is .adver-
tised for by the Russian Government
something which will gently pick up
the wayfarer walking on the track and
deposit. him in an uncrushed condition
out of the way Of the train. 1t will be,
we suppose, a development from the
American cow-catchcr, though the de-
velopment must 90 a great way. Tho
COW. catcher is Il reasonably efficient on
t~rivance for securing safety to the train,
but the safety of the COW seems not to
have been much regarded by its design
ers. These animals (and larger and
smaller ones, including men) are usu-
ally removed from the track by the
cow-catcher, but generally in n mutt
lated or disabled condition, valuable
practically only as Il basis of suits for
damages against railroad companies;
and often more valuable thus than they
ever were or could have been, had they
never made The acquaintance of the cow-
catcher. II will be interesting to know
what kinds of devices will be offered to
the Russian Government. We have
in mind a considerable class Of
inventive geniuses On this side Of
the Atlantic, who, we think,
would take great delight in de-
wishing an apparatus to meetthe require
ments, and receive the roubles, of the
Russian Railroad Administration. We
even imagine that we can already see
their claims filed in the Patent Office:
81 claim the air cushions, and the ilex-
iblc fingers, and the jointed levers, and
the inclined planes and the feather-bed,
and the combination of the air cush-
ions, flexible fingers, joiated levers, in
clined planes and the feather-bed, sub
stantial,y as set forth" Next we sup
pose we will have application for the
invention of an apparatus to remove
soldiers from the path of the cannon
ball, "without serious injury" How
ever, our " columns bear witness to
the fact that animals and sometimes
persons, are thrown from the track by
the COW. catcher occasionally without
serious injury, even with trains running
at considerable speed. The stories are
always told as marvels, however, and
we believe that nowhere yet is it safe
to neglect the Injunction to "look out
for the locomotive when the bell
rings ."-Railroad Gazette.
The Irish salmon fishery has been
an unprecedented success in all rivers
this year. In one of them LILY salmon
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-10-26
JOHN B. CADwALLADBR,
Acting Secretary OF State.
AN ORDER BY THE SECRETARY OF wAR.

AN ORDER By THE SECRETARY OF WAR.
wAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON CITY, DC.
tober II. 1876. -Gen W. T.. Sherman, command.
ing United states Army: SIR In view OF the ex.
listing condition Of Affairs In South Carolina there
sapossibility hath proclamation ofthe Presi.
dent OF this date may be disregarded. Toprovide
against such . contingency you will Immediately
order all available force In the Military Division
Of the Atlantic to report TO Gen. Ruger, com.
handing at Columbia, South Carolina. and in.
struot that offcer to station his troops In such
localities that they may be most speedily and
snoctuaiy used In case Of resistance To the au.
thority Of the United States. 1t 10 hoped that a
collision may be avoided, but you will instruct
Gen. Ruger TO let 1t be known that 1t is the fixed
purpose Of the Government to carry out the
spirit OF the proclamation. and to sustain 1t by
the military force Of the General Government,
Supplemented. IL necessary. by tho militia Of the
various States.
Very respectfully. your obedient servant,
lsiEnedJ ID. s. CAMERON,
Secretary Of War.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-10-26

A WAsumoroN dispatch says ths
presentation Of tho address from Ire
iudto Prsstasnt Grant Ahrusgh Msssrs,
O Conner. I$wetAnd hArnell, meeebcl
OF Parliament, hxs been deferred
PoweSA andl Psrnslt have been
iniormSd TINT, sccofaing 70 ed.
quetts, the resolutions will have "a
como through the British Minister
here and the State Department to the
Presidsnt.- An obstacle has bean found
10 the OF the 6rst step In the
wording Of certain parts q tho resolu'
tons. One part citesthat, !" having suf-
fered through seven centuries Of tyran-
ny, the Irish people mako their greet
ings) % the unitsd Statss And
it, President" etc. This can
not, % u commended, be passed by with.
out an act Of disrespect on the part Of
President Giant to her MAjesty's repre-
septAtive.9 The resolutions are magni-
fcent evidences Of art and taste, ap-
pearing like . plate Of purest a~labaster,
inlaid with mosaic. They are left In
one, Of the rooms Of the White House.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-10-26

THERE was an old flour-mill in San
ia Clara County, California, which
James Lick bought in the beginning of
his palmy days. At first 1t was Of but
little profit to him, but eventually it
well repaid his investment. He used
to got up in the morning and eat a spar
ing breakfast, and, with n pocket full
of doughnuts for dinner, trudge of to
it, not returning till evening. Some
time after buying the property he built
a new mill on the site, which cost him,
in sums spent at different times, $780,
900.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-10-26

The mind is the man. Farming, in
the highest sense. is not simply doing
the hard work necessary. This can be
done by muscle when directed by brains.
The true farmer is he who a plan, d.
rect and control skillfully,
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-10-26

Mrs. T. Burk, Of Edin, Wis, while
engaged in making brush-heaps and
burning them, was burned SO badly that
she died in q few hours,
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-10-26

r. N. WALLACE. United States Mar
shaltor South Carolina, has made an
oAacial report 10 Attornsy-G General Taft
~oonssrniDg the recent troubles at Cain
hoy, 8. O.. He says that . white man
fired the first shot, which killed y col
prsd man. The negroes then opened
6rs and drove the white men away.
killing ak Of their opoaents and wound.
ing several others. II u not known
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-10-26

OFFICIAL returns Of the Indiana cleo
ton show an aggregate vote on the
Stsfe ticket Of 4s3,40s, Of which WI
liams Oem.) received 2l3,O Harri-
son Rep.) 207,979, and Harrington
Qnd.) 1926. Williams's majority over
Harrison, SLID. This is the largest
vote ever polled in the State, the largest
former vote being at the gubernatorial
election in 1872, when the total number
of votes cast was 377,Ss9, or less by
1904 votes than that of the Last cleo
ton. The total vote for President in
1879 was 35I, 1885, "a falling off Of 2G,69I
from the October vote of the same
year. The Republicans have chosen
Congressmen in nine districts by ma
~jorities aggrsgating 10,S4s; the Dem
ocrats have chosen Congressman in
four districts by majorities aggregating
i6,626. The Independent vote for Con-
gressmsn,a aggregated 1859. The
largest Independent vote cast was for
Neysoas candidate for Treasurer Of
State D,SlS. The Legislature stands
~-Hcuss Republicans, %; Democrats,
-, Independents. 2. Senate: Repub-
licans, Isl Democrats. 25j Independ-
euhs $50 AZ ssr IA 4nltge 9lts
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-10-26

EUROPEAN dispatches Of the 18th
were an confrmatory Of the report that
Russia had detarmined to reject pro-
posals for peace, and was making
active preparations for war upon Tur-
key. both by land and sea. The news
had q very exciting effect upon the
markets Of the world, causing q decided
advance in the prices-of breadstuffs and
provisions. Wheat in New York ad-
vanced from si.I0sto s1.l6A, but fell
back q fraction after the first excite
ment had spent itself. Gold advanced
from ll0a to 1iSi, but IL also fell back
to iii. Russian securities in the Lon
don market fell of nearly 20 per cent.
within the week. gf rar.
The Paris correspondent of the
London Times, on the 10Th, dispatched
the following: "There is no doubt Of
complete accord between Russia and
Germany and Austria. 1t can be easily
seen that England and France will moi
break their neutrality; therefore, Rus.
STA only has Turkey to face......,
Russis wishes the absolute
Independence Of Servia, the recognized
Independence Of Montenegro, with ~
extension of territory, and the annexa
ton of the port of Spissa and the pc
lidcal and administrative autonomy O
Bosnia Herzegovina and Bulgaria
She wishes the strip Of Bessarabia taker
from her In 1856, and to have the liber
ity OF the Dardanelles established"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-10-26

AT ? Cabinet meeting, held on the
18th, there was . lengthy discussion OF
the condition Of affairs in South Caro-
lima, - represented to the Government
BY the Chief Executive Of that State,
and the result Of the Conference was
the issue Of . proclamation by the Pres
idcnts which 10 published In another COL
umn. .Ji nj aff
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-10-26

skss nossl Asa oSs sossfyd man wSs
injured.
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The Irish salmon fishery has been
an unprecedented success in all rivers
this year. In one of them LILY salmon
were caught with one shot Of net.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-10-26

The Mayor OF Savannah, Ca. has
given public notice that no more con.
rtributions are needed at present for the
care OF the sick in that city. He also
expresses,7 on behalf Of the citizens,
his heartfelt thanks for the liberal aid
contributed from nearly every portion
of the country. les s4 10 qt-.
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A BLACK HILLS dispatch says that
Gen. Merritt, with a picked force from
the Second, Third and Fifth Cavalry,
carrying 10 days rations, on the 18th
started on a flying expedition against
the Indians under Crazy Horse, who are
said to have gone into winter quarters
on tho fork Of the Cheyenne River.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-08-25

The syracuse correspondent Oi
the New York TINES, writing OF
dissatisfaction with Tilden in New
York, says: ut is the honest Dem
ccrats hereabout who don't like
the turn things have taken.
When they turn back and read
.Tlden's message inaugurating
The crusade against the canal
ring, and find ten persons singled
out b. name as swindlers and
robbers Of the State Treasury, and
then call to mind the fact that not
q man Of them has been brought
20 justice, nor any vigorous at
tempt made to bring them to jus
tee they naturally doubt the hon
esty and good faith Of the Ea,ole
movement. They see in Il only a
political trick of TIE crafty rail
road lawyer 10 gain credit for
himself as a "reformer,' and at
the same time to kill off his great
rival, Church, by shutting his
friends as canal thieves"
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''SGkEAWAGS'

"Scalawags," in the clgant par
lance of classic Southern Democ-
racy, are white natives Of the
South who vote the Republican
ticket. The epithet is one of the
worst reproach, and signifies a
yagabond of the vilest class.
General LoNGsTREET, one Of the
ablest and bravest officers of the
Confederate army, who was held
in high estimation by General
LEE, has voted the Republican
ticket for years, and Southern
Democrats dub him with the
name of"scalaWag." Judge SET
TIE, Republican candidate for
Governor in North Carolina, be-
longs to one Of the Oldest and
most distinguished families Of
that State, and was a Supreme
Judge Of great ability before the
war. lie, too, is called a ~"scala-
wag' by the Southern Democrat.
Colonel NIOsDY was one Of the
bravest, most brilliant, and able
Of all the Virginia cavalry leaders
in the rebel army. lie chozen to
vote with the Republicans as Il
private citizen, since the war, and
he too is derided as Il "scalawag'
by the miserable Virginia Bour-
boDi-ts, who kept out Of harms
way.
This is a fair sample Of the toll
Grafton and good will shown to
the best blood Of the South, when
it uses its own judgement and
prefers a brave soldier and pure
stateman like HAYES to Il Tamma-
ny Coppcrhead like TILDEN.-Com-
nlCTCiui,
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TFHE EATi0ESE REPTBEEEAN
P~LkTE0ESES.

The following is the platform, as
adopted by the National Republican
Convention that nominated Hayes
and Wheeler:
When in the economy of Provi-
dcnce this land was to be purged Of
human slavery, and whcnthe strength
Of the Government of the people, by
the people, for the people, was dem
%onstrated, the Republican party came
into.power. ITS deeds have passed
into history, and we look back to
them with pride. Incitcd by their
memories and high aims for the good
of our country and mankind, aud
looking to the future with UHfaltcr-
ing courage, hope and purpose, we,
the representatives Of the party in
National Convention assembled make
the following declaration of princi-
pies;
First, The United States of Amer
lea as a nation, not a league; by the
combined working Of the National
and State governments under their
respective Constitutions, the rights Of
every citizen are secured at home and
protected abroad, and their common
welfare promoted,
Second. The Republican party
has preserved those governments to
the hundredtA anniversary of the ma
tion's birth, and they are now embod-
iments Of the great truths spoken at
its cradle, thai all men .rG created
equal; that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain inalienablc
rights, among which are life, liberty
and lhe pursuit of happiness; that
for the attainment of these ends gov
crnments have been instituted among
men, deriving their just powers from
the consent Of the governed; until
those truths are cheerfully obeyed, if
needed to be vigorously enforced, the
work Of the Republican party is un-
finished. The permanent pacifcation
of the Southern section of the Union,
the complete protection of all its citi-
zens in the free enjoyment Of all
their rights are duties to which the
Republican party are sacredly pledg-
ed. Applause. The power to pro-
vide for the enforcement Of principles
embodied in the recent constitutional
amendments is vested by the amend
ments in the Congress of the United
States, and we declare il to be the
obligation Of the Legislative
and executive departments Of tie
Government to put into immediate
and vigorous exercise all their consti-
tutional powers for removing any
lust causes Of discomfort on the part
Of any class, andsecuring every Amer
can citizen cQmpletc liberty and ex-
act equality in the exercises OF all
civil, political and public rights (Ap-
To this end we imperitiveiy
demand a congress, and chief execu-
i've whose courage and fidelity to
hose duties shall not after until
yhese results are placed beyond dis
oute or recall. Applause.
Fourth. In the first act Of congress
iigned by President Grant, the Ma
ional government assumed to remove
my doubts of its purpose to dis
all Just obligations to public
.rcditors, oud solcmnly pledged It's
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-08-25

ties IN the State relative to crops
and grasshoppers. From south of
Platte the uni!Hrsd report is n
fine yield Of small grain; wheat
will rank better than last year;
oats not quite as. heavy yield but
good; barley and rye 4 !; corn
prospect better than last year; no
grasShoppers except in Adams
county where they are thick, but
have done no serious damage as
yet. Reports from north ofPlatte
not 30 favorable as to grasshOp
pers and corn; in some localities
have already done considerable
damage in some localities. In
Cunning county il is estimated
that half the corn crop is already
gone. The grasshoppers in most
localities are not as vOraciGqs a.
usual and will doubtless move on
the first wind froM the north.
The yield of small grains is very
good, improved in qualities and
all harvested. In some localities
the wheat is already being mar
keted. Tie general review of
the situation is very favorable
and their is no apprehension of
failure to harvest a fine and large
crop.
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Sam TiIden.

The following paragraphs re-
garding Tilden are all from the
Cincinnati Enquirer the leading
Democratic paper Of the West;
"He appears as a reformer and
dissolves partnership with Tweed
to assume that role
The political jobbers, thieves
and betrayers Of the people are
very generally IN favor ofIilden.'
Had Governor Tilden been
disposed, he could have had
Tweed Gagged long ago.
There has been a shameless;
expenditure Of money and IN IN
precedented advertisement of q
quack candidate in promoting the
political fortunes qf Samuel j
Iilden.'
at was the PLATFORM, not the
ticket, that was rebuked in 1864. II
was Sam Tilden who was respon.
sible f0- the platform"
"Tilden's surroundings are bad
If elected, he would take to the
White House the worst set of Pc.
@litical jobberS and thieves evel
seen in Washington"
at could not but be that a mar
educated in cunning, in hypocri.
sy, in iniquity, nominated in cor.
ruption and shameless ~etirontery
even though his million could
elect him, would give us the mos
corrupt administration the coun.
try has ever known"
"On the banks of the Hudson
Mr.. Tilden shouts that gold is the
only fit currency. BY the shores
Of Lake Superior he subjects him.
self to Imprisonment for three
years in the State prison by issu:
ing a spurious, worthless, bastard
currency as it was termed by
by the court"
"He has sought this high office
by methods so unprecedently
shameless and disreputable, that
it would be an everlasting stigma
upon a Democratic Convention tc
nominate him, and a reproacl
upon the American people tc
elect him if nominated"
1T is not only true that Sam
Tilden is so hostile to the senti.
ment of the West and of the
South, that he could not carry 6
Western or Northwestern State.
but his nomination would kindle
an opposition of another sort. His
candidacy has been the most
shameless and indecent in our
history"
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Our Taxation.

The quotations below have a
lesson for every Tennesseean:
Ex-senator Brownlow says the
Observation-Disclosures against an
iHcrcse Of taxation over forty
cents, at the present time, means
reputation. Will the ex-senator
advise the Republican State Con
vention to favoEa fifty or sixty
cents taX-and will they do it.
We shall see."-Nashyille Ameri.
en-.
Ex-senator Brownlow has said
nothing Of the kind, and the wri-
ter in the American probably
knows it as well as any one else.
But we do say that unless an hon
est effort is to be made to pay
the interest 6h the State debt, a
forty cents tax is wholly unnec-
essary. If the State debt is to be
neglected, and nothing is to be
paid except the current expenses
Of state. a twenty cents tax is
more than sufficient. We do not
intend to be- misunderstood. We
are in favor of paying the State
debt to the utmost farthing and
levying a tax for that purpose,
but ifno effort is made TO pay the
interest on the debt or any por-
ton oft, we are decidedly oppos-
ed to taxing the people merely to
create a fund upon which a horde
Of oifice-holders are to grow rich.
This is our position, and it is the
position of three-fourths Of the
people in this section, regardless
Of party lines.- Knoxville
Chronicle, 10th.
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The Cincinnati Gazette reviyes
this interesting piece Of IIcnd-
bricks political history;
"On the 10Th day Of November.
1868, Charles W. Woolley, Of this
city, wrote a letter to the Hon.
TIoratio Seymour, Of New York.
which was Afterwards published
in the New York Sun, of February
-. 1869, in which the reform
characteristics Of the Democratic
party, and especially that Of Mr.,
Hendricks, appears with rugged
distinetness. Mr.. Woolley said:
"'In a few days aftorward ! re-
turned to New York, represented
the condition of affairs to all there
to whom had access, wrote to
General Greene that unless some
thing was done the State was
gone, and appealed personally
upon every proper occasion to
your supposed political and per
sonol friends TO help us from The
shock which, described. The re.
salt was hat the State of New
York, according to q stqtca'eat made
to me by Mr.. Bingham, tho p@arman
Of our Stcto Central CommifIce, CON
hibatcd $500 to carry tie great State
Of Ohio IL October, that, Il migM 90 for
you IN November, and seat $4,000 to
the State Of Indiana, mlc@ they k'e'r
that $4,000 had been raiscd IN Ken
tNchy for Mr.. Hendricks and 10000
rioters imported from Mat Site to aid in
Secmja1 IBIS election, and that no
money had been raised outside Of
orr own state for Us, and no vot.
crs were sought 10 be brought
it,
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OIs "a still Hunt.
Detroit Free Press.

'N'i'' hNF''
James Manville, what are you
doing in this town anyway ask
ed the Court Of an old seed who
had led forth at n slow pace.
Speaking to me!' asked the
prisoner, looking around the room
in a vacant way,
Here, old patriot-here | am?'
called Che Court.
"And here | ami" said the pris-
oner, folding his arms.
"You are under arrest for loaf
ing around hard up-no home
being a yagrant,' continued his
Honor,
"i'vo got business in this town."
replied james, after taking long
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time to reflect.

Time 10 fcLcct.
"Polishing lamp-posts('
"Nozur."
Holding boxes townl'
"NOZur."
"Well, VIA them
81 am in mis- town on q still
hunt, Mr.. Esquire Judge"
"Still hunting for q square
meal, | suppose
"Nozur. ! am looking for G.
&c. r. stand for cold rabbit.
said the Court. crossing his hands
over his head. Il don't believe
you will find any cold rabbit in
Detroit jGst poIg.n
"laon't want ANY cold rabbit,
sir" replied the prisoner, looking
very digniiied. 81 want to find
Charles Ross
AN! wen, you must be tired
and discouraged, | will give you
rest for thirty days"
II want no rest. sir
but you'll have to take one
81 won't sir
He did, though. 1t took foul
officers to lift him into the BLACK
Maria, but once in he seemed
very much at home, and appeared
to want nothing but some Califor
MA pears to make him happy.