davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1877-12-01
WIN. EHI.EIss,
BOOT AND sHoTNAx1s,

uREENvILLE.
fsho2 on Mulberry street, nearly opposite
n. B JOHNSON : Co's.)
Having opened . Boot and Shoe
shop, I am now prepared 10 make
Boots and Shoes,
Of any style or description to or
der, aud respectfully ask tho people
Of isrecnyille and the surrounding
country for 8 share of their palro-
uage, and I shall try to merit the
same. Repairing done neatly.
ALSO A0ENT rOl
Howe Sewing Machine.
January IS, 1917.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1877-12-01
A TEXAS iDyL.

Not drum was heard, nor funsfal nots,
Al bis corpse to lhs outsklrts thsy hurried,
Not ranger discharged his farewell shot
Ger the grave where TIE strnugsr wus barred
They bu. irsl him dsrkly, q dead Of plshs,
And without any pomp Or pageant;
As hey shOvcled him IL they said " An
fight,''
1s was only lishtnins rod sgsnt.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1877-12-01

Shelly oIce remarked. All Of
US who are worth anything spend
our manhood in unlearming the
follies or sxpiatiny the mistakes Of
our yonth.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1877-12-01

Atrhsfalays wosld become larger
ard Aatter. II the Of waters The
whole river were equally divided
with Aichafalaya. Il would soon
abandon its channel below that
outlet aud would discharge the -
tire volume through Atchafalaya.
The greater ratio Of friction to
volume in Atchafalays now pre-
vents it's steep slope and short
route to the sea from being taken
BY the whole river. II is about
ome-tLird the distance BY it to the
gulf that It is BY tho main river.
Steep slopes and small volumes
are always found together in allu.
wal streams, unless the channel IL
filling up or abandoned, hence It is
suicidal to the planters to permit
Red river to discharge through
Atchatalaya. Its volume, added
to that VI the main river, would
increase the volume aud lower the
slope from Red river to the sea at
least one-tourth inch per mile.
This would lower tho foods from
Cairo to Red river over six feet.
~ The islands increase tho slope
for the same reason that they di.
vide the volume into smaller
streams and increase the friction.
The wide expanses which are 50
frequent above Red river increase
the slope, for they also increase the
friction. BY bringing these to a |
uniformity Of width correspond
ing 10 the narrow parts OF the
river, and compelling it to flow in
one channel where 1t is divided BY
islands, Mr.. Eads is confident the
Hood slope eau be lowered sutii-
cicntly to render lcvecs mnncces-
sarv.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1877-12-01
Rate OF Taxation.

Fer convenience ofrcfercncc, wc
herewith publish i tabular state.
mens of State, Lcvce aud Town
taxes:
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1877-12-01
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

Regular meetings arc held BY tho
Board Of Supervisors on the lsl
M0ndays Of January, March, July.
August, and October, and may
continue in session : days end 70
longer.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1877-12-01

n%Such Regular Advertisement %
must be paid at tke beginrius Of
each quarter.
RULE -FOUR.
All Editorial Notices. except
~hen accompanying the drst inses.
ton Of An advertisement, will be
charged 10 cents per line; Ohisua.
rIcs the same. Simple announce
mcnts Of deaths or inarr ;ngcs free.
Pcrsons who wish 70 indulge Ia
what is termed personal notices I"
will be required tn pay In accord.
ance viii, the nature VI their arti.
cles.
ROLE FIVE.
FEES ron ANNOUNCING CANDl.
BATES:
For State and Distrlcs OfYices. SO
For County Ql1ices: ,......-..~. &c
For Beat Ofliccs. s...................~ s
RULE Xix.
Orders FROM transient customers
verbal as written, fsr Job work, al.
vertisinS, or subscription, nluls b.
accompanied. by tho CASH to obtain
attention. Accounts Of regular
clstpmcrs due and presented the
i; of each meath.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1877-12-01
cRANcERY couR7,

CuAs. CLARK, Chasoelioy.
Coshoma county--4th Monday Of
October and April, anA continue
twelve days.
Bolivar oounty-9d Monday of
November and Nay, and ecntiuus
twelve days.
Washington county-4th Mon
day Of November and Nay, and
continue eighteen days.
IssaQucna cOunty--3d Monday OF
October and April, aud CONTINUE
six days.
6hnrkey county--2d Monday Of
October aud April, and continue
ak days.
0unnower county--1st Monday
Of October and April, and con.
tinuc six days
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1877-12-01
L. CAFJAL,
FASHIONABLE
BOOT AND SHOEMAKER.

eH.I nave employed three good
excellent journeymen, and am
prepared to tlll all orders WITH
~ esmAus sv.. esmss tssss'.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1877-12-01

JUDGES opTnD suPn1n1D CoURr. I.
II r Slmrsll. Chief Jusooeos n Cholmeso.
4 4. r. csnpbeAls Assooh6Q.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1877-12-01

The San FrAncisco Bulletin says
that the steamer City Of Pckin,
which sailed on September IA from
that port, carried the largest group
Of missionaries that has ever Ion
at ono time. They. we're seven IL
number, besides . Japanese lady,
who 10 rot urniug 70 her natlvs lspd.
A general union Of the thdfuhoo
was held TO hear from ~ mission
aries and bid them God speed on
their journey.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1877-12-01

nobt. 4. NM, @u1.e.
Geo + Swami, CIerk
Sessions commence n jachson IN Tie a.
Mondays efjuns and January.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1877-12-01
SupRsnas CouRT.

SupRBMB C0UkT.
Terms Of Supreme Court-com.
'ncncc on the Srd Nondays Of April
and October.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1877-12-01

Cogscitxrs Il; wnczinski, MAJOR. ".
A. Eyerlnan. = W. GhIelas, John He6WaS
D.'E Bfooks. Msrshal, ! II NsiSen, C1seS
Thsodore Pohl, treasure.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1877-12-01

Town couNc,r,

The Town Counel-meets o.
the 16t Tuesdays 0f each month.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1877-12-01
ore1cs RULU.

JOFftCB RULES.
ngGB ONE.
subserip0en 1erDs.
M. copy srs year. = aAsasoes oSs0O
nns % Copy s,E uenthGs1s sAsa1os 2st 10
RULE 100.
Advertising Betoa.
transient Advertising. ono
square. cue InssTtaoe. ....... CLIO
r.c', subsequent Inoes(6oe-. Is
Fees fbr L.oesi uoticee, vhieA afs
,ncludcd pudes this head. do on
:, before last pubiiceti0n. No oeoof
S,rnished uutll paid tns
RJIE THREH
QUARTERLY. HALF-yEA1LY AND
YEARLY RATES:
.'-s- ..''.-'. Ii|iIi
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-03

Such is substantially the law for conduct
ing elections In Louisiana, except so far as
relates to presidential electors, to which L
shall hereafter have occasion to refer. Let
us inquire
HOW THIS ELECTION LAW rs ADMINISTERED.
You will bear in mind that Kellogg, who
was fraudulently counted in as governor in
1872, is still the acting governor of the
state, and that the whole machinery of the
state government is in his hands and his
conspirators' The present returning
board consists of Wells, Anderson, Casan-
ave and kenner, the same persons who
constituted the returning board in 1874.
Wells is surveyor of the port of New Or
leans by appointment of President Grant.
Anderson was a candidate for Office
at the recent election. Casanave and
kenner are colored men, one an un-
dertaker and the other on-keeper in
New Orleans, They are all Republicans,
and violent partizans They refused to
fill the vacancy in the board, which had
existed for more than two years, though
repeatedly asked to do so. Every super
visor of registration in the state was APP
pointed by Kellogg, and every one was, of
course, a Republican partizan. Many of
of them were non residents of the parish
for which they were appointed, wholly un-
acquainted with the inhabitants they
were to register. Some who were appoint
ed supervisors of registration of remote
parishes were employees in the custom
house at New Orleans. Others were non
residents of the state. Others under in-
n or ont for ~
most disreputable characters, These were
the persons to whom was intrusted the
conduct of the election in Louisiana. Nc
man could vote unless registered by them.
To them was con6ded the fixing of the
voting places, and the appointment of the
commissioners or judges of election
throughout the state.
is IT ANY WONDER
that an election conducted by such persons
should have presented many obstacles to @
fair vote by their political adversaries
And such we found to be the case. In
some Democratic parishes it was with the
greatest difficulty that the people were
able to procure registration of the voter
in others the voting places were 6xec
without previous notice and at inconven
lent points. The supervisor of registra
ton of one parish failed to forward the
returns of his parish to the state board a
all, and in many cases supervisors of reg
lstration left out the list of votes returned
by the commissioners of election at Demo
cratic polls in their parishes, and forward
ed the returns from only part of the polling
places in the parish; and the state boarC
in such cases refused to receive certified
copies of the original duplicate lists filed il
the Office Of the district clerk, and thus by
their own neglect of duty sought t,
Continued on next page.)
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-03
MEDICAL
SYMPTOMS of a Diseased Liver.

SYMPTOMS of a Diseased Liver.
DAIN in the right side, under the edge
of the ribs, increases on pressure;
sometimes the pain is in the leftside; the
patient is rarely able to lie on the left
side; sometimes the pain is felt under
the blade, and it frequently ex
tends to the top of the shoulder, and is
sometimes mistaken for rheumatism in
the arm. The stomach is affected with
loss of appetite and sickness; the bowels
in general are Costive, sometimes alterna-
tive with lax; the head is troubled with
pain, accompanied with a dull, heavy
sensation in the back part. There is
generally considerable loss ofmemory,
accompanied with painful sensation of
having left undone something which
ought 10 have been done. A slight, dry
cough is sometimes an attendant. The
patient complains of WEAKNESS and de-
bility he is easily startled his feet are
cold or burning, and he complains of a
prickly sensation of the skin; his spirits
are low and although he is satisfied that
exercise would be beneficial to him, yet
he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he diStrusts
every remedy. Several of the above
symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred wherefew ofthem existed,
yet examination ofthe body, after death,
has shown the LIVER to have been ex-
tcnsiVely deranged.
AGUE AND FEVER.
DR.. c. McLANE's LIVER PILLS, IN
CASES OF AGUE AND FEVER, when taken
with Quinine, are productive of the
most happy results. No better cathartic
can be used, preparatory to, or after
taking Quinine. We would advise all
who are afflicted with this disease to
give them A FAIR TRIAL.
For all Bilious arrangements, and as
a simple purgative, they are unequaied.
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.
The genuine DR.. c. McLANE' S Liver
PILLS are never sugar coated.
Every box has red wax seal on the
lid, with the impression DR.. M?LANE' s
LIVER PILLS.
The genuine McLANE's LIVER PILLS
bear the signatures of c. McLANE and
FLEMING Bros on the wrappers.
Rsg~ Insist on your druggist OF
storekeeper giving you the genuine
DR.. c. McLANE's LIVER PILLS, pre-
pared by Fleming Bros, Pittsburgh, Pa
Sold by all respectable druggists anc
country storekeeperS generally.
To those wishing to give DR.. c. McLANE's LIVE
PILLs a trial. we will mail post paid any part of tn
United States box of Pills for twenty-five cents.
| FLEMING BROS. Pittsburgh. Pa
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-03

For Book BINDING or Ruling, 90 to
THE ARGUS Bindery No better work
can be done in this vicinity. Prioes reason
able, Work done quick, Leave orders at
The ARGUS Counting Room, opposite the
the Post Office
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-03
SCI a n D ~ e z .
HOTTSE.

Cor, Michigan Av, and jackson Street,
CHICAGO, Observation-Disclosures. ILL.
THIS elegant hotel acknowledges no rival either
! in its management. appointments, or location.
In the latter respect it affords its guests charming
and unobstructed view from of its lofty fronts
of Lake Michigan far at the eye can reach. the
finest waterscape view in America. Is diagOnally
opposite the Great Exposition Building, and but
one block from the Wabash Avenue amp State ST.,
lines of Horse Railway leading to all parts of the
city, rnd convenient to places of amusement. 1t
has $50 large and elegantly furnished rooms, with
all modern improvements, including Tufts Passenr
ger Elevator. c. FL, GAUBERT, Proprietor.
FRANK WENTWORTH. Chief Clerk
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-03
LOVERS GUIDE ; IS; s; .! e. i:

Model Love Letters-Art of gaining love and mar
rying who and when you please-How TO be hand
some-Cures for hundreds of diseases: also many
new secrets. arts, mysteries money making meth
ODDS, &c, that all should know Mailed free to any
address by the UNION PUBLISHING CO, New
ark, n. j.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-03
Hotels
AMERICAN HOTEL
BARNUM's HOTEL.

Mo.
I N order to meet the wants of the transient pat
= rous OF this Hotel. rates have been reduced to
$3.50 and $200 per- day, according to location of
rooms. Its eminent standing will be fully main
tained in every particular.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-07-12

Advertising Rates.

Advertisements inserted at the rate of 81 90
per square, Of (9) nino lines, OR LESS, for the
first insertion, and SO cents for each subse-
Quent insertion.
Contracts made for THREE, SIX or TWELVE
months, on favorable terms.
Advertisements not having the number of
insertiona morked on them, will be published
until forbid and charged accordingly.
These terms are so simple any child may
understand them. Nine lines is o square
one inch. In every instance we charge by
the space occupied, as eight or ten lines can
be made to occupy four or five squares, as the
advertiser may wish, and is charged by the
space.
D6Ss Advertisers will please state the num-
ber Of squares they wish their advertisements
to make.
B6s~ Business men who advertise to be
benefited, will bear in mind that the
SENTINEL has large and increasing cir
culation, and is taken by the very class Of
dersons whose trade they desire.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-07-12
Acts Passed and Approved at the Spe'
cial Session Of 1877.

An Act to reduce and fix the salaries
of certain officers.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of South Carolina. now
met and sitting in General Assembly.
and by the authority of the same,
That the public officers hereinafter
named shall receive the annual sa-
laries hereinafter mentioned, respec-
lively, to wit: The Governor, So, 500;
the Governors Private Secretary,
$1,275; the Governors messenger.
$500; the Lieut.. Governor, 81 900;
to take effect after the next general
election; the Secretary of State, So
100; Chief Clerk of the Secretary Of
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-07-12
The Negro and His Rights.

NOW CDaC the Southern COnserva-
tives have captured the negro, body
and soul, as they havo in nearly ev-
cry State; the questions that arise are
how to hold him and what to do with
him. Upon their decision rests tho
negro's status in politics for some
years to come and in great degree the
peace and prosperity of ho South
Cnffee rises like Wells bcf,ro Dudley
Fields committee, and very naturally
begs to know whether ho is q vassa
or a peer. Tho answer that comes IS
as yet by no means unanimous, but it
is gratifying to the friends alike of
tho Southern negro and tho Southern
white man that tho truly Representa-
tive men Of the more intelligent race
arc disposed to insist upon the obser-
vance Of the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments in their spirits as well
as in their letter, thereby ensuring to
tho freedman all his rights, civil and
political. Indeed, there is no out
spoken opposition to this policy; the
only antagonistic plans appearing in
very modest disguiscs. But as to dc
tails there is some difference of opin.
ion, and in Wow of tho lingering dis,
trust in some quarters the true the
ory of the race relations cannot be
too plainly laid down.
Governor Hampton struck the key
note of tho policy that ought to he
followed in his Auburn speech, when
he 'aVerred that the white men of the
SouthVere bound by every moral
and legal obligation to protect the ne
groin, all his rights. He did not
conceal, however. his belief that the
intelligent property holding class are
best fitted, to govern, and that with
out their supremacy no honest ad-
ministration Of governmental func-
tions, shedding it's benefits alike upon
poor and rich, could be expected. To
secure such government corporation
is necessary, but untill the black man
shall be intelligent enough to, ehare
in its administration by official posi-
tions, and is in tact able to protect
himself from himself, he must look
to the whites for protection. He has
the right to elect a field hand to the
Legislature or the ben Ii, or a carpet
bagger to handle the public funds
this right will not be denied; but il
lis suffrage is thus perverted il is at
his own peril.
AT present not one negro in q thou
sand 1--WE speak of of those who COM
pose the bulk of the population of the
cotton and sugar States) has any Of
of the Jeffersonian qualifications for
oficeholdipg. Let them wait, there
fore, until they are qualified for Off
cial position otherwise than by mere
manhood, and in the meantime chose
theirilegislators and judges, tax gath
erers and school boards from among
the whites, taking care to elect only
those by whom their confidence is
not likely to be betrayed. This
guardianship may be distastetul, but
experience shows that it is wise. The
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-07-12

negro has never done 80 we'll as when
he appealed to the honor of his old
master; when he shows fight he goes
to the wall, and when he looks to
strangers for prtection he leans upon
a broken reed. 1t is Hampton's
policy to accept this guardianship in
good faith, to fight for the negrois
rights as for his own, and to lend
every effort to fit the newly enfran-
chised race for the discharge of the
high duties to which they may in
time be called.
This does not, however, mean the
absolute exclusion of the negro from
Office; on the contrary, by way of en~
couragement, point is to be strain
ed in his favor. An example of this
was seen in Charleston last week,
where, in nominating candidates for
the Legislature, the conservatives put
three colored men on their ticket
Men of passable attainments being
found, they were pressed into service,
and the wisdom of such action was
seen at the election yesterday, which
resulted in the success of this compo.
site ticket in the face of large Re-
publican majority in the city.
OF course the cry will bo raised
that the rights of the negroes are I'M
periled because offices are not allot-
ted to them according to their census
siren 9TH, but that is absurd. In no
Northern community are three fifths
of the Offices given to the Irish be-
cause the voters of the Irish descent
form that proportion of the popula-
ton; nor are the Germans dealt with
by either political party in accordance
with any such theory of ufiico holding.
Neither color, nor nativity, nor de-
scont, nor religion, i'll itself, qualities
q man to receive an Office either BY
appointment or election, and of these
several characteristics of a citizen col
or is perhaps the least entitled TO
consideration. Honesty and capaci-
ty arc avowodly, if not in reality, the
qualifications other than citizenship
for office, and good government re-
quires that when man fails to bear
the passports he shall take q back
seat. In this matter we cannot make
one law for the North and another
for the South. That experiment has
beon tried and failed. The bottom
rail may be placed on top; if rotten
it cannot be kept there.
The il lligent colored men in Lou
isiana and South Carolina showed
their appreciation of the situation
when they deserted the carpet bag
gers and supported Nichols and
Hampton in the last campaign, and
the result has justified their course.
they have placed their political for
times in the hands of the best of tho
old slaveholding class. We cannot
believe that their confidence has been
misplaced. Hence we observe with
pleasure action like that of the Char
lesion conservatives and similar ac-
tion in Louisiana in fulfllment OF
campaign pledges, and entreat hon
orable Southern mon to walk in the
same path to the very end. Only by
confidence mutually bestowed and
mutually respected can good governs
ment be assured to the South and tho
tics between the races be welded into
everlasting friendship philadelphia
Times.
Acts Passed and Approved at the Spe,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-07-12

TO DO thrown upon ones own res
sources is to he cast into in tho very
lap of fortune; for our faculties then
undergo development and display
an emery Of which they were pro
viously unsusceptibles
The daily gazette., 1877-12-29

State Quurries Leased.-Machlon
Stotsenburg, of this city, has leased the
Virginia State Quarries, near Chariot
tesville, Va, and will begin to operate
them in a few weeks. These quarries
were formerly owned by a company OF
Wilmingtonians, composed Of Theodore
F. Crawford, Major Henry Judd, DR.. L.
P. Bush, Mr.. Darrah, Francis Vincent,
and one or two others. Now they are
owned solely by MIR. Crawford and DR..
Bush. They were operated at various
times by number OF parties who were
very unsuccessful, anu lost, in all about
$4,000. Now they pay quite hand
somely, and yield and excellent quality
Of slate, which meets with a ready and
profitable sale.
Home Loan. AT the regular monthly
meeting of Home Loan Association, last
night, $1,000 sold at 81 per cent. premium
$1,000 at 10Y and 500 at 19. The remain
ing receipts were applied to the payment
OF matured stock, first series.
Mothers will grow weary and sigh
over the baby's troubles when DR.. Bulls
baby syrup, would relieve the child and
thereby give the mother rest.
The daily gazette., 1877-12-29
A FEATHERED BANDIT.

John BOroughs, in Scribner for
January, calls the shrike "bird
with the mark of Cain upon him.
lie says But let me change the
strain and contemplate for few
moments this feathered bandit-this
bird with the mark of Cain upon
him (Collyris borealis), the great
shrlke or butcher bird. Usually the
character of a bird of prey is we'll
defined; there is no mistaking him.
His claws, his beak, his head, his
wings, in fact his whole build point
to the fact that he subsists upon live
creatures he is armed to catch them
and to slay them. Every bird knows
hawk, and knows him from the
start, and is on the lookout for him.
The hawk takes life, but he does it to
maintain his own, and it is a public
and universally known fact. Nature
has sent him abroad in that charac-
ter and has advised all creatures of
it. Not 80 with the shrike here she
has concealed the character of a
murderer under form as innocent
as that of the robin. Feet, wings,
tail, color, head, and general form
and size are all those of song bird
very much, indeed, like that
master songster, the mocking-bird-
| vet this -hird is a rerular Rlna Ro,rd
among its kind. Its only character
istic features is its break, the upper
mandible having two sharp process
ses and a sharp, hooked point. Il
cannot fly away to any distance with
the bird it kills nor hold it in its
claws to feed upon it. 1t usually
impales it victim upon a thorn OF
thrusts it in the fork of limb. Fol
the most part, however, its food
seems to consist of insects-spiders.