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IN: MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1877,
An Island Of

OFF the northeastern shore of
Virginia, and about five miles from
the mainland, lies a small island
known as Chincoteague-an island
possessed Of peculiarities shared by
no other portion of the eastern
United States; for here roams, in
an entirely untamed state, breed
of horses, or rather ponies, as wild
as the mustangs Of Texas or the
Pampas.
How these ponies first came upon
the island is not known except
through vague tradition, for when
the first settlers came there, early
in the eighteenth century, they
found the animals already roaming
wild about its piney meadows. The
tradition received from the Indians
of the mainland was that a vessel
loaded with horses, sailing to one
of the Elizabethan settlements of
Virginia, was wrecked upon the
southern point of the island, where
the horses escaped, while the whites
were rescued by the then friendly
Indians and carried to the main
land, whence they found their way
to come of the early settlements.
The horses, left to themselves upon
their new territory, became entirely
wild, and probably through hard
ships endured degenerated into a
peculiar breed of ponies.
In 1870 the island was first pros.
pected; it was subsequently granted
by King James II to person. by
whom it was sold in minor sections
to various others. At present it is
greatly subdivided, though one
landowner, Kendall Jester bv
name, holds over six hundred acres
of marsh and pine land, and there
are others holding scarcely less in
extent. Among the earliest settlers
were the Thurstons, Taylors and
Miffiins; the head of the last nqmed
family was a well.known Quaker,
who, upon the introduction of slay-
cry upon the island, removed thence
to the town of Camden, in the up
per part Of the province of Mary
land, near Delaware.
1t was long before Ohincoteague
was fairly settled, and even as late
as 1888 there were but twenty-six
houses there; now, however, many
strangers, tempted by the excep-
tionally good fishing and oyster
dredging of the place, are pouring
in from the main land to settle
there. To mere visitors the ponies
are still a great, if not the main,
attraction, and during the period
of "penning driving them into
corral numerous guests arrive
daily from the coast.
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Row senator Nre Lost . Horse.

And now comes the Virginia
(Ney.) Enterprise with the follow
ing story Of how the late Senator
Nye lost a horse: He was telling
us of incidents of a journey to
Europe, from which he had lust
returned. Among the rest, he said
the Sultan of Turkey ordered in
his honor, as a senator of the
United States, grand review of
the army in Constantinople. On
the occasion the grand vizier
mounted the senator upon q steed
which he described as magnificent.
Said Nye; "He was pure Arabian.
He had coat like velvet; he felt
like a myriad Of steel springs be-
meath a man his eye was between
a liens and a woman's, with all the
courage Of the one and all the
human gentleness and beauty of the
other blended; you could put your
hand in his nostrils; and yet he
knew | was an old man, and was as
tender of me as a child. When
| dismounted | could not refrain
from expressing to the grand
vizier my admiration for the in
comparable creature. He heard
me through an interpreter, and
then, bowing low, begged me to
accept the horse as mark of the
profound regard which the sultan
entertained for me-" "Did you
accept him, senator 2" we asked. A
peculiar look came into the old
mans eyes as he replied; 81 made
a rapid calculation, and saw that |
had not enough money and could
send to no place for enough money,
to pay the freight on the animal to
New York, so ! took high ground,
| bowed low in return to the grand
vizier, and bade the interpreter ex-
plain to him that while touched to
the heart by this appreciation and
generosity Of the sultan, it was, |
was sorry to say, against the laws
of my country for a senator of the
United States to accept a present
from any foreign prince, potentate
or power"
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Senator Blaine, In o conversation
with party of friends the other
day, was asked how he liked the
nov cabinet, and Immediately told
the following story by way Of illus
trating his opinion; "Qnce upon q
time party Of gentlemen in Maine
started out on a hunting expedi-
ton. On the way they elected one
Of their number to the responsible
position of cook, with the under,
standing thai the first one who
growled or objected to the cooking
should take the cooks place, and
that this rule should continue
throughout the trip. On the first
morning out, while at breakfast,
one Of the party took up a biscuit,
put it to his mouth, bit out a
piece, and Immediately exclaimed /:
'Whewl how salty; but | like it. ,"
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The extracts read as follows, the
last date being "Port Elizabeth,
December IA, 1876"
"0h! Oliver, this is a terrible
country. Thank God we can get
out of it, which we are going to do
next week. Terrible is no name
for it, 1t is only fit for beasts to
live in, and the black people.
" = Only think, we had to
wear our winter clothing all
through this hot summer. You
have never experienced such a sum-
mer, and hope you never will.
The way we happened to be forced
to wear winter clothing was this:
We sent all our luggage ahead by
bullock trains to the diamond fields,
and they did not arrive till two
weeks after we had started for here.
The reason was that the streams
were all swollen, and they had
to wait on the banks for days and
days till the water was low enough
for them to ford. We have to ford
nearly all the rivers here, for there
are no bridges and very few punts.
So when the rivers are high we
have to live on the banks for days
and very often for weeks before we
can cross. That is the kind of
travelling they have in this country.
"Nog there is no safe for dia
monds ; the whole Of South Africa
is in a dreadful state, and this war,
too The English home govern
ment has sent two regiments Of SOL
diers for the protection of the colo
ny. O, they expect to have some
lively times there about Christmas.
+ The vessel that these
troops were sent out in went on
shore in broad daylight-it was
proved afterward by the neglect Of
the captain and second officer. She
went on the rocks and was a total
wreck. They lost all their ammu-
milton and guns and mountain
cannons, and all the supplies that
were brought for the regiments on
board, and for a regiment that is
stationed here at the Cape.
" We have seen enough Of this
country. We have driven over
1900 miles of it, so if we do not
know it, who does? We are all
heartily sick of it, and have had
one misfortune after another, for
you know troubles never come
Singly. hope the next time to
write you a more cheerful letter
from Mauritius, where we expect to
go. We shall have to go in a sailing
vessel, as there are no steamers run
ming there. + Weexpected
to stay two months at the diamond
fields, but only played seven nights
there"
Mr.. Oliver Wren, who is now
living in Williamsburg, is anxious
ly looking for letters and papers Of
late date from that portion of the
world where the tragedy is supposed
to have occurred, but thus far has
been unable to get any more def
mite information than is given
above.
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MEMPHIS q LITTLE ROCK R.R,
ShrOt Line to Arkansas aud Texas
TIME CARD

Leaves. AfrlF3bs
Mail -ain, daily............5.OO pm. lilo pm.
FREIGHT train leaves Hope
fieid daily lex. ,unday)6 80 am. 7lS ? m
Passenge,-s going on this road will take
trains AZ Tho depot of the Louisville, Nash
Vile and 3reet Southern railroad. Mail
trains make close connection et Argenta for
noints on the / itt,e Rock and Fort Smith
railroad and at Little Rock with the Cairo
and Fulton railroad foi points in Southwest
Pullman ralacs sleeping Cars on all night
trains.
For tickets and Information Npply ~ Tickst
Offices 27. and 2S7 Man street. and at dehoI
foot of Washington street, or at LoulsvIle'
Nashville ana Great Southern railroad depot,
or TO the undersigned
\. A. WILLIAMS. Pass. Ag't, Memphis.
NJ STAY ~. P. AVID 7. Ag't, little Rock.
W i. SMITH, Sup't, Memphis Tenn.
123-t
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Books, Maps. Full Information, also "TfE
PlONBER" sent free to all parts Of the world,
Address o. DAVIS ''lA'
Land Com. u. PR r.. Omaha, Neb
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MISSISSIPPI & TENNESSEE
YsAELROARo


NNAND AFTER SUNDAY, MARCH 4TH,
q 1877, trains win run as follows:
Leave. Arrive.
Vow Orleans mail, daily ...3:40 pm. l2:4O pm
Sardis Ac'm dation. daily
Except sunday ....,...."ll:30 am % m
Freight train, daily lex
III M. BURKE, Sup't.
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QRSSQ7r1 q Week TO Agents. $40 outfit
OOOTpl ! Free. P. o: VICKERY. Au-
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&12 day at heme, Agents wanted. Out
PA~ At end terms free. TRUE & CO., Au-
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WANTED men to travel and sell our
WAN ~ Lsmp Goods to DEALERS. SIS
2 month, hotel and travelling expense paid.
No psddliAg.. Address MONITOR LAMP
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Mild Climate. Fertile Soil, Best Country fo,
Stock Raising in tho United States.
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RAILROADS.
LOUISVILLE AND NASH } .aGE
AND
Great Southern Railroad.

@CHEDULE.
Express train leaves daily Except
Saturday. 1l;l5 p.n
Mail Train leaves daily q. 10
Accommodation leaves daily lex
cept Sunday ).................. .....''' 4'lo pm
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cara on all night
trains.
For tickets or information, apply at Ticket
Office, 2S7 Main, northwest corner OF Madison
street
JOHN T. FLYNN, SGp't Memphis Div.
JAMES SPEED. Ticket Agent. ISt
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2EoQO0 per day at home. Samples Torth
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A LUCRATIVE BUSINESS,
SEWING MACHINE en-.
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10. u s;Ez9a9z2 ST., sAL-IgosE, u.
Patent Portable d Stationary Engines
H$ Patent Circular Saw Mills.
I,tAsh1N Gang, Muley &, Sash mills,
ti Grist e. Flour Mills, Water
Wheels, Shiugle. Barrel e
t5ts,zi{ssf Woodworking Machinery.
Adt4esA4Gn TaniIe Emery Wheels and
Grinders. Saws. Mill Supplies. DC, dc.
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A HOME AND FAHM
OF YOUR OWN.
Now is the Time to Secure It.

On the line Of a GREAT RAILROAD. with
good markets both EAST and WEST.
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commercial risks tageR at fair rates, and
losses paid Immediately apon adjustment.
3s-37Xxiv
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BtANdiog Finance Committee.
J.J. Busby. or J J. Busby l. Co.; Owen
rwyer, X. P. Do ling.
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INSURANCE.
Capital Authorized, S5OO,OOO
Home Insurance Co.
OF MEMPHIS.

LOUIS HANAUER, President
+. N. WHITE, Vice President
u. P BOILING, secretary
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MEMPHIS g. CBARLESTOaB,a
CAJANGE or SCHEDULE.
0NAND AFTER SUNDAY, MARCH 18th

Time Twenty INMATES Faster thar
city Time.
BARyrr HpGuFs, Ticket Ag',t. 27s Main st.
G JORDAN,
ii Chief Enrceer and General sup't.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-06-14

Gov. Young has written letter de
clining to be candidate for Governor.
He is not afraid of a Republican defeat.
That is not it. The salary OF the Cover
nor. four thousand dollars per year. is
not enough, and then his private affairs
need attention. He says:
The Hayes policy Of pacifcation will
be enthusiastically indorsed by our con
vention, and made plank in our plat
form; and the amusing feature Of this
subject is that the democracy dare not
find fault.with it.
That is what we want. Let "our con.
vention" indorse the Hayes policy with a
high hand, an outstretched arm, q stiff
upper lip, and tight-ness Of all the
muscles.
OF course it will be amusing to see the
poor Democrats not able to find fault
with policy which goes far ahead ot
them in deviltry.
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Mackley. Of the jackson Standard has
joined the Murphy movement aud quit
drinking. This will prove severe blow
IN the saloon keepers OF Jackson. =
Waverly Watchman.
Some years ago the papers were in the
habit of publishing such jokes as the
above, but we paid no attention to them.
X. M. Stimson, now State Librarian
then editor of the Marietta Register.
published an article saying that it was
wrong to publish such charges constantly,
even in joke.
We will now say what we said at q
Murphy meeting recently at the NJ. E
Church in this place. We have resided
in Jackson over % years, and in all that
time no man, woman or child, ever saw
us taste intoxicating liquor OF any kind.
in any saloon in Jackson. We will fur
ther say, that we have resided in Jack
son county for more than Sc years, and
there are several men living in this
county who have known us intimately
since our childhood, and if any one Of
them has ever seen us under the inhu.
ence Of intoxicating liquor, let him step
forward and say where and when. We
were never intoxicated and have no idea
how a man feels when he is drunk
Will the Watchman. this once, do us
the justice to publish the above2
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The following was set up as part Of
our article in reply to the Bucyrus Jour
nal, but thinking it rather rough on our
old friend, we had the printer TO lit
it out:
] can forgive you for calling me a reck.
less, unjust and indecent liar, without
any sense, when ! remember your furious
efforts to retain the Office you now hold
under Rebel General. You GRE Post
master at Bucyrus. and the Cincinnati
Times, a reliable Republican paper, thus
speaks Of the Postmaster. General, under
whom you hold your place:
Key was Democrat Of the genuine
Southern type-a supporter Of Breckin.
ridge in 1860, OF Secession in 1861, and q
Confederate officer during the war. lie
processes fidelity to State Rights Domoc-
racy still, without change.
To placate this rebel, you talk as flip
PANTY about the Federal Executive be
ing restrained from interfering with a
sovereign State, as the veriest copperheads
and rebels talked from 1861 to 1865.
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ton OF the State Central Committee have
appointed the State Convention to assem-
ble at Cleveland, an extreme place on the
extreme end OF the State, thereby doing
great nj lstice to two third, OF the Re-
publicans Of the State, besides setting a
precedent which may become. if followed,
AN intolerable nuisance and dangerous to
the welfare of the party.
In view o! this. would it not be we'll to
insist that the location OF the State Con.
vention shall be reconsid.red. with "a
view OF having it meet at Columbus, as
usual2
Should you acquiesce in this. please
forward whatever remarks you may urge
in your paper upon this point. would
suggest that you also send "A atked copy
To the Ohio State Journal. which. OF
course will aid in eff.cting the desired
change.
In thus demanding a recons liberation.
it will be desirable to secure the CO oper.
alton ol your Central Committeeman.
Very faithfully yours.
JOHS lIoPLEY.
The following has been copied by the
State journal, and by several other pa
pers, with remarks in favor of the change:
From the Bucyrus Journal.l
TIE STATE CONVENTION.
The change of place of the State Con
vention from Columbus is certainly a
mistake.
Cleveland is one OF the most attractive
| cities IN the West-its thrift. enterprise
and prosperity are worthy Of OhiO-but
that does not make her central and easy
Of access from all parts Of the State. and
the location of the State Convention at
one edge OF the State is an imposition on
two thirds Of the State.
The curse of our people j. frequent
change O. their annual business meetings.
The State Fair, the Editorial Association.
and other meetings. are thus changed
until the objects Tor which they are called
are well nigh destroyed.
The best thing the State Central Com.
mittee can do is to reconsider the ap
pointment. and hold the convention at
Columbus. Failing to do this. the Re
publican press had better do justice tc
their readers, and DEMAND the change in
such terms that the demand will d.
needed. The journal il always on the
side OF justice and fair play.
On Monday we received the above il
the shape OF proof slip, from the oflic'
of the BucyIus Journal In answer ",
will say, We were invited to go To COlum
bus to consult in references to this mat
ter, but the chairman, Mr.. Wikof, an'
the balance Of the committee. sneakr,
up some back alley and met aud fixed tia
thing up to suit the new rebel policy.
without consulting any one. Now w
propose to stand back and see the saliva
tion Of this policy
We see no use in holding Republican
convention. fthe party has been wron
all the past sixteen years, and the Den
ocrats have been right. as the adoptio
Of their policy admits, why would it no
be honest to vote squarely for the part
! which has been consistent and honest2
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From the Bucyrus Journal.l
No. 3.-The Presidents Policy.
REPLY BY THE JOURNAL.

|. No answer is necessary to the first
paragraph.
, S-ction two opens with the admis
ion that the journal has reluted the
Standard in one point. The Standard
then proceeds in that section to make
broad and unsustained assertions which
,re as unworthy to be called argument
rs they are to be answered.
3 Section three claims an omission to
notice that there were three tickets in
Cincinnati That does not alter the fact
that the Republicans elected the Mayor,
and if the omission be important, it is
still more important that the Standard
omitted TO notice that Chicago and ST
Louis were also included IL may be
lurther invited to consider New IIamp-
-hire. and the general strengthening Of
the Republican vote as popular responses
TO the Presidents policy.
4. Paragraph tour opens as follows:
You say Hayes did not make radi.
cal Republican speech in Jackson August
I, 1919. ] say he did
The Journal said nothing of the kind
rhe same Standard that contains this
reckless falsehood. contains what the
Journal did say. which was this:
Whatever radicalism therefore in Mr..
Hayes satisfied the Standard it was not
radicalism about the treatment OF the
South. upon that occasion.
The Standard also declares that the
Jackson speech was not printed although
Furay and Loomis, representing the Ga
l-tte and the Commercial were both
present.
Tue speech made 10y Mr.. Hayes on that
tour acas printed, and it will be found in
both the GaZ-tte and State journal OF
August . Moreover Mr.. Fursy did re
port Mr. Hayes speech at jackson. it
wi be found in the Gazette OF the 7th
and the synopsis given accords exactly
with the speech reported in full above
cited. and with the synopsis given by
the Journal two weeks ago.
5. The Standard in section five endea-
vOrs to sustain the error in section four.
by exhibiting what is represented as a
portion of speech delivered by Mr.
Hayes in 1866 Granting that the exhi.
bit is correct report what thenI In
1866, johnson was endeavoring To force
a Southern policy in opposition to Con
gress; neither the Fourteenth nor FIT
teenth Amendments were passed. and
the civil rights bill had been passed over
he Presidents veto Mr.. Hayes speech
therefore ia 1866 was pertinent to the is.
sues then pending, as all his speeches
are.
An attentive reading Of the extract
given by the Standard will show that
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OHIO UNIVERSITY COMMENCE.
METT. - 1877.

Sunday, June IL. lOl AN, Baccalau.
reate. 10y President Scott.
Monday. June IS, y PM. Address be
fore the Literary Societies. by Rev. Alex
ander Clark. d D.. Of Pittsburr. Pa
Tuesday. June 10. 2 PM. Contest be
tween the Athenian aud Philomathean
Societies.
wednesday. June 20. % AN, Annual
Meeting Of the Board OF Trustees.
"Wednesday. June %. ~ PM. Social
Reunion Of the Alumni
"Wednesday. June 20. - PM, Univer.
sity Address, 10y John Hancock, Dayton.
Ohio
Thursday, June 81, AM, Bachelors
Orations
Thursday. June 81. Masters Grafton,
by G. A. Atkinson. Glass Of "A.
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In pursuance of the new policy, Of
turning all over to the rebels. President
Hayes has put out OF Office Miss Van
Lew, Postmaster at Richmond, Virginia
Her offensa was, she had been n Union
women during the rebellion and did no
BILE work for the Union cause. To Offset
this, q rebel woman has been appointed
Postmaster at Louisville, Kentucky. The
Kentucky Republicans are an unreason
able set, and are not satisfied about the
workings of my policy" Some Of them
have been interviewed, and they re
sponded as follows:
Col. Sam. Mckee said: IL think the
appointment one that ought not to have
been made. Mrs. Thompson, no doubt.
is q worthy woman, but there are hun
dred Just as worthy, as well educated and
trained, and fitted Tor this place as she is.
who are also needy and poor and unfor-
tunate; who are widows and orphans OF
men who gave their labor and their lives
for their country. while Mrs. Thompson s
feelings and those Of her husband were
all on the side Of treason, as / under.
stand. She has my sympathies in her
misfortunes-but ] do not believe a Re.
publican President should ignore Repub
licans, and gives places TO Democrats
when there are those who are equally fit
for the place, who are Republicans. And
/ believe there are in this State Republi
cans enough to fill all the offices here in
Kentucky, and those who have as much
claim to sympathy, as much ability, ca
pacity and fitting, and as good social
liv
ing or dead Democrat"
Captain Silas Miller said: III am free
to say that disspprove of the appoint
ment oi Mrs. Thompson, and consider il
n reflection on the Republican party in
Kentucky. IL seems to me that the
President believes there is none in the
State competent to fill the office. and
every Republican, in fact, every man
have spoken to. disapproves of il. saving
few CsmpbellIte., who consider il a con
cession or a triumph for their church.
have the greatest respect for Mrs. Thomp
son as a lady, but believe her appoint
ment unfortunate, unwise. and inexpedi
ent from every standpoint"
r. M. Cunningham said: 81 consider
the selection peculiarly unfortunate, a.
Mrs. Thompson had made the applica
tion with view OF Tilhen being Presi.
dent; and wherefore Mr.. Hayes should
give it to her is past finding out. Mostly
all the the signatures to her petition
were obtained with the understanding
that her application should be addressed
to Mr.. Tilden. 1t is inappropriate. un-
Just, and damaging to the Republican
party everywhere.
Dexter Hewitt said: IL am a staunch
Democrat, but thus far approve of Mr..
Hayes policy, though ] can not approve
OF Mrs. Thompson's appointment
to the postofiice, for many reasons, es
pecially in a business point Of view.
think the sentiment OF the community
ought to be considered paramount to any
outside individual influence in this aP-
pointment."
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BucYRrs. OnIo. June 5.

BUcYRus, ONO. June s. 1877.
Dear Sir-In the call of the Republican
State Executive Committee Tor the Re
publican State Convention. the recon
mendation is made that efforts will be
made to so appoint delegates that the
people snail be fairly represented IN the
State.
But you are doubtless aware that Por-