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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-02-10
In the Sandwich Islands the Chimes.

IN the Sandwich Islands the Chinese
are known as cooaroaehea
The Republican party Is experience.
ing the misery OF partnrition.
The Western wheat crop has enabled
farmerS wives to wear gros grain.
The arbitration is pronounced a great
DemoeFatic victory without loss of life.
The pen ola rapid writer 1t is said goes
over three hundred miles Of paper in q
year.
TO distracted Republicans she affior-
escence of Cronin's nose is q friendly
beacon.
Short selections from the periodicals
are appropriately headed Sparks in the
magazines.
Ii is now conceded that Chandler
should have destroyed the operators as
we'll as the kilograms.
Captain Kidd's treasures have again
been discovered. This time In New
Jersey and by a Southern man.
In order. to check the decrease in it's
population, the Italian government
has concluded to hang no more MUIR
derers.
Louisiana is the bulb of the political
Thermometer, and it is oniv at rare in.
tersals our mercarial temperament
reaches the higher latitude of the
sastere North.
The.Charleston Journal Of Commerce
says the little boards got US Into the
treuoae and now a big board is going
to get US out.
A distinguished Frencbman said,
AL great minds which have not
tcadied each other are natural enc
mics" Hence the psrsgrsphists asso-
citation,
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BRIGHTER DAYS.

The effect of the action OF Congress
and the President respecting the com
promise bill Is Immediately felt through
out the length and breadth or the
United States To-day the languishiag
commerce and trade, the broken indus
try and sluggish capital OF the whole
country will be quiehened with new
hope, and the clouds Of distrust and
distress will speedily lift themselves
and scatter before the dawn of brighter
days. In one Of the seserest trials 10
which free government could be sub
jected, the devotion of beth rulers and
people 10 law and justice has proved
how boundless are the reserve resources
Of the republic; aud sensitive aud hest,
tating eaatal win have faith. such as II
never had before, in the honest and i'm.
perious viii Of free and enlightened
citir snship. Congress but recorded the
decree of forty millions Of sovereigns
when il turned away from the reyolu.
tionists, and made law the jeweied
crown ofliberty. The end is peace, Toall
who have borne their part with fidelity in
this great struggle, let the nation pay
grateful homage. Party lines and party
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REy RonLET CoLLYrR's idea Of the
special providence theory a. applied
To- such calamities as the burning OF the
Brooklyn Thoater and the fall Of the
Ashtabula bridge is a very practical one
True faith in Divine Providence" he
says, Els faith in solid stone and iron.
Bridges solid az the arches under the
world bear you over safely, though an
atheist build them Bridges with a
fault IN their designs or weakness in
their staying frames go down, though
they are baptized in prayers by the holy
saints. Churches burn as well a. thea
ters. aud factories as well as churches.
aud the poor creatures die in the one ~
"a the other. dismally aud without dis
ungtion Of sinner OF saint, but for hu-
man insight, and honesty and care. The
one thing God will not do ia to draw a
line Of special favor between those who
are crushed by the tower of Sloan, and
those who escape on the ground that
these orc better and those worse, or
that we can do good things by merely
saying good words or find safety in
faith when we work with bad material 20
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GRAND COMMISSIONS.
a"thfng Indicating How Soon Beet
sios VIII be- iisaehed ia the Florida

Nothing Indicating How Soon ~ Beet
sios " III be- ilsaehed ia the Florida
Case.
The Electoral Com m ission met al 10
a. IN. The court ANNOUNCED that two
obiectors on each side would be al
lowed to speak on each case.
Congressman Field spoke IN support
of his objection to the count OF The
Republican vote OF Florida. Abiding
to the action of the boad, he said the
evidence showed the throwing out o:
precincts upon the mere belief that ill.,
timidatiou had been prscticed. He
argued that the present question before
the Commission was whether, ia the
face of such testimony rs this, it caa
be claimed that the fseesof The returns
are conclusive end binding. The usual
form of stating the certificate is an
erroneous form the question should
he revised so ms to read, ''Cau the Ger
tificate go behind the truth aud conceal
it% There is no pretense that the
- 49, a|NeAS' Wt%1lAt kAft4
Mr.. Tlden, the sole pEe;szt for deny
ing It being the certitieax Of Governor
Stearns.
MIR. Turner. of Virginia, follower
Mr.. field on the Demoyatie side. 10
concluding his objections, lie gave
notice that as soon us the court should
prescribe the mode, they were pre-
pared to unkennel the frauds aud ille-
gality which attend the title of the
claimants.
Messrs Kassoa and McCIary fol-
lowed on the Republican, side. -4- y.
This closes the oajscuons. To-
morrow evidence Will ee read. and the
case will proceed under the manage
ment % Toe lawyers. :.
Mr. kasson argued strongly against
going back Of the action Of the return
ing board. 80. ....---s..,-
There is nothing in the proceedings
70 indicate how soon a deeisfoa will
be reached. --
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Was not pardon the whisky thieves
at once? says the Philadelphia Times.
Why not bunch the job aud get through
with ~ IL has been foregone con.
clusion from the start. tina. the whole
whisky ring in the West, so unexpect-
edly convicted aud sent to the peniten-
tiary, would be pardone,l by the presi-
dent. that delays and circumlocrtions
around Father TAft's red tape. and
letting one fellow out this week and
another next, are sheer ahecta,ion, and
Grant may n well let the few remain
ing untortunates go at once. We are
not complaining Of the exercise Of
presidential elemency in the cases, but
the country is much more grieyed at
the stupid attempt at Discrimination in
Washington than al the pardon of the
revenue thieves. The nation kecnly
feels the humiliation that the release Of
these men is deemed necessity by
President Grant. because Of his devotion
70 political or personal friends who have
abused his trust, but It's well under.
stood TO b. necessity, and III 'twere
done, when tis done, then tw.re well il
were done quickly"
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u Is fortunate los Texas that she has
little interest IA the late assemblage Of
Southern State creditors in New York.
She Is amply able to pay her debt and
hasn't q Thought Of proposing eompro-
mise But wi h many Of her sister
State. this compromise business Is Of
absorbing interest, aud means continu-
ed poverty or an era of prosperity and
consequent happiness. Ii is noticeable
10 the discussion Of these compromise
proposal. that such intensely radical
papers as the New York Tines and
T,i.o,s and Philadelphia ff4H4til insist
that the cotton crops of the South ar,
good aud that every Southern State
should pay in full These partisan
sheets overlook either wilfully on
through ignorance several important
considerations when they speak OF the
cotton crop and the vast amount Of gold
it brings IN the Grst place, the cotton
crop is almost the only crop o. many
millions Of people, who must first be
supported out OF il second. no agrieui
turpl statistics can make the taxable
capacity Of the South at present nearly
equal TO that Of the North; third, the
carpet.bag debt was mcst dislone-tly in.
cured and we don't believe there Is
morally speaking, single innocent
holtler Of Southern bonds issued since
the war--that il, holder who did not
know that those States we're in tran
sition epoch, aud that his securities
were highly speculative. Very few o.
the present holders paid par for amy o.
them. Finally, these debts never viii
be paid in full. and the creditors AZ,
simply acting the part Of prudence IN
trying to have some voice in the ulti
mate arrangement We are speaking
Of course, of States like the Carolina,
and Louisiana, where osrpet-bae and
negro rule have been responsible foi
large debts, some of which the State.
have already sealed down.
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tho bad 70 nes'eetY Good ronaanoss
are read hy scraFufous Pc nrie. WHO eau.
iionsly select those tllat are pure III.
tone. As these people do not baa;sa
from their houses the entire world Of
fiction, because of some bad examples,
mr. deny themselves the pleasure of
reading Tenuyson because Swinburrte Is
improper, they have no moral
right to subject the ,heater to test to
which nothing else Of the kind is
brought and wh5eh nothing else of the
kind could successfully stand. There
Is much that Is strange in the history
of the stage. Bitterly as il has been
condemned, evil IS i, is supposed to be,
it has vet given TO the world some 81
the highest and most exquisite creations
known to aIt--the most perfect ideals
of womanhood, The modest portraittire
OF men, the sweetest idYIs OF love. the
best TYPES Of hyroism What strange
and subtitle quality rs there in an Ar.
which. under oiloquY and evil, blossoms
into 20 many hes ltiful forms?
However IT has come about the stage
m this particular is unique, the most
persistentiy condemned and deplorel
of every imaginative art, ii has taken a
foremost place in the creation of beauty,
and has given to mankind a group OF
men and women that the world could
almost less afford TO lose than anything
else art or Imagination has endowed it
s...fI
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Baltimore Gazette: Uncle Sam is
monarch of | ,l33, c95, 2I45 SO unsurveyed
acres, and b that much better of than
Alexander Seikirk, who was only
monarch Of what he surveyed.
The claim that "man proposes is,
the Graphic thinks, disposed Of by the
iroaicad fact that forty thousand wo-
men In Massachusetts still have to
button their own CATERS.
DrPetermann, the eminent German
geographer, has received grant OF
si0O,0o0 from The Portuguese govern
Inent TO aid hln in exploring the In
terror of Africa by way of the Congo
river.
Dioa Boucicault recently told a
friend of his that the whole mum Der OF
dramatic pieces which he had put
upon the stage is 1867, and that they
have yielded him rot far from 49,
900, coo.
One Of the last reported sayings OF
Diaz, the French painter, WAS bitter
comment on the value OF fame. 1.-THE
public. IL our tlmes,n he said. ais like
an echo. II repeats all names and
remembers none.n
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CONGRESSIONAL

The Presidsnr- ss--azr oa ..H.
ResasGprisu.-Prsr. |r
house ana ~~nat..
Hcsse The uinsf OF IA, Gas
samed in committee 81 tLr 81
Legislative, judicial sni eZ-elI
preparation.
The vote on the hiii iDrrra-
Presidents salary 10 Ehy ta
dollars per aBuHm WAS. yea- g. ..
Gays i2G. The SALARIES OF -auat H-
representative remain unllaa
Tn Presidents Ee-1EaPiisa -l=-H..
Toe following Is the pEes.iol.
sage:
TO the senate and H0uSe % a. preset.
/ By the at of CasEte-- o..
January II, $50, l. pruEii-
resumption 81 specie Taym-lr
OF January. ls79. u tih--i a. o..
! when saeh Fezssa.sptiun j. g. .a-
may not he desirable O. Ia e.
date when Il shSil sctusl'y
obligatory upon the gsyr-Hu.
redeem it OOLsiAud4Hg i-E.l
nutes in coin ON PreseLtaiieu, Dr.
eertsiniy mu-t desirable, H-
prove mot beneficial o.
peeuBiary interest 90 iEe g..f
hasten the day wuua -l.
circulation II the yagl-...
gold colt shall ulte ,sGa
"a later G.y, q clrF-le-
suDOid retain eti.al --4e-
tscome advi-Gt-e % at
direct reslDptioB- ] bsll~r- f..
has come when. 10y n simple a.
legislative branch OF tae gsstl.
this most desirable Fe.4a r--
attained. | am siren--lrl..
, view by the course trade fa- tsa.
the last two years, and D. tEe -.r-E-
; Of The credit Of tie United -ta-'- -.
home and abroad. boz The ia. a.
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The President Believes Resumption Is
Aitainable Now by Simple Act
OF the Legislative Branch
OF the Government.
The Bargain and sale Corrcspon-
dence Between Gov. Wells.
Senator West and Wit
ness Maddox.
The Louisiana lnfamy-nr. Stephens is
Evidently Better Appointments and
conhrmations-A Tame Day in
the House and Senate
Gossip.

WASHINGTON, February The
secretary OF the treasurer wss atsenl
from the cabinet meeting to-day.
Mr.. Stephens is evidently better 10.
day. His physicians are greatly en-
Outraged.
J. Il. Maddox is succeeded MS specia,
agent OF internal revenue by Colonel
b T. Cham berlain, DOW of Virgins.
out formerly of the regular army. The
change was made to-day, at the in
stance of the president.
Senator Thurman is suffering from
neuralgia.
NominatioBs-C Charming Richards.
attorney for Ike southern district OF
Ohio; ). G. Shade, collector customs.
Porte del Norte, Texas.
Among the Oregon kilograms is the
following:
WAsEINeros, D. G., Dec. E, 1876.
Judge q. Strong, Salem, oregon:
Tilden has Que hundred aud eighty.
nve votes, including one from Oregon.
A. .. HEWITT.
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IHF friluas. in spite OF it, recent 10y
ally to tho administration, beg. Judge
Davis not 20 resign before the lth Of
Mtrch. A. IL truly says, "No citizen
who regards with anything Of respect
"r pride the highest court in the nation,
and who remembers the nominations of
Catch Cushing aud Attorney General
Williams when the office Of Chief JUS
ties ivll vacant, can contemplate the
possibility Of President Grants making
another appointment to the Supreme
bench without . shudder And it
would be a kindness not to put temp
tation in his way.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-02-10

IHE HERlID gave in its telegraphic
columns some weeks since, the account
Of the killing CT Fhppin and HARRISON
by young Merkham, at Pilot Point.
1t seems that Markham gave bond
and repaired to Missouri The ST. Louis
R,Ps5tieap, gives the sequel A ter
'ihle lynching affair occurred on
tuesday night last at poiE: neay
Duunegan's Grove, in Vernon county,
about I'VE and one half miles north
from Milford and about seven miles
west of MontegalIo, at house known
a. the Buck Markham house. A Mr..
Markham, brother OF the one who
lived there. had recently come in from
Texas, and was staying with the family
of bis brother Another gentleman
from Milford, Was also there, having
put up for the night About o'clock
in the evening two strange men came
to the house and asked permission TO
warm. which of course was granted.
They sat down for awhile and then
arose as if to 90. aud, turning 10 the
Texas man, asked if his name was not
Markham. He said that il was, upon
which they drew reyolvers and sei1ins
him threw him out of the house, ard
after shooting him four times, hung
him TO an oa!s tree, dead. Four other
men were an the ward and prevented
any assistance by Mr. Wilson or the
brother Of the unfortunate /: man by
threatening instant death and display
ing reviewers. No cause has been
assigned for the terrible transaction
II IS believed by some to be parties
from Texas others say il was the work
Of . desperate lot of vigilants from a
neighborhooI 10 the north Of there.
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THE JUDGES WHO ARE TO COUNT THE
VOTE.

Mr.. George Alfred Townsend, in a
letter to the New York GrapA{e, thus
briefly sketches four members of the
Supreme Court who are TO assist in
counting the electoral vote should the
plan recommended lly the joint CON
gressiohal committee be saoptad
Clifford is "a man stepped IN reyer-
enee for the tribunal where he has pass
ed SO many years. This old man, colossal
in size, weighing about or above three
hundred pounds, made the treaty with
Mexico in 1917. lie was appointed by
y Democratic administration, and is
hardly ever heard 10 refer TO political
questions.
Judge Miller speaks pleasantly about
the new duty devoiving upon him. He
is universally regarded in Missouri by
the ex-rebels, as well Is by the Republi.
cans of Iowa. as the abiest l1rist west Of
the Mississippi river. BY birth he is a
Kentuckian, ana WAS once doctor.
Judge Field is man of stupendons
reading aud information, the ablest
lawyer on the Pacific side, and the peei
VI aiit boiN an tjlG court, lie Is u man
OF rely opinions, but as judge his
impartiality is unqaestioned,
Judge Strong is the most judicial
looking man on the bencii-of a noble
head. With grey locks from his crown
His position IN Pennsylvania was OF tbs
highest he is seldom heard OF here
Except in the legal social circle
While many look upon Dayis as the
fifth judge, some iay that Gonkiing'
appointee-W ard Hnpt-would be apt
20 initiate Conklings embodied motive.
and forget the PARTISAN in the pphlis
officer. and that he mag be the. choice
Others think that the Judges will selec,
the easy and agreeable Bradley, who
was appointed Republican, but whose
State vent for Iilden by 20 great ma
jority that he will be evenly balanced ii
the influences which environ him.
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Nr.H ly- lac could have awaited him.
.a. . DIS privilege a- a senator and
t..u.g 3D. dyulrs the contents OF tho
Wells lsuet This is q decidedly re
.aauus statement. The letter was in
rug bands 10. the committee and could
have been opened with or without
West consent Wells never did have
control OF 10 until Fields handed it u
n.m Go bee opened in the presence Of
tue committee lie dared not refuse
Jl Open them
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Nsw points in life insurance law are
constantly coming up. One Of the latest
was raised and decided in ST. Louis
few DAYS since The case was an action
brought against one Of the leading com.
panies upon policy fer E. 500 issued
upon the lifc Of Watkins wolfr Tie
policy was in the usual form. one of the
siipulation- being that 1t was to be void
in the event Of the insured committing
an act Of sell destruction The evidence
introduced at the trial showed that the
deceased was killed by blow on the
head, inflicted by one Kauli, that the
deceased made ana unproeoled assault
upoh hauli, who TO save his oSn life,
slew his assailant. The defense was
that the insured Was bound to use every
reasonable csrs TO protect his life. and
when he voluntarily aud reekiessly
placed It ~ jeopardy, and lost il by his
own foolhardy act, the policy was for
feited. The jury took this view. ard
gave verdict for the defendant. To
70 a certain point this kind Of verdict
may he satisfactory, but the limit ought
to be defined very carefully. The
theory might be stTained so "a TO for.
te,t policy if the assured should break
his neck through carelessly leaving his
ruhbers at home in slippery weather
which would be very unfortunate The
less reaus have to do with these very
technical and uncertain companies the
/ better.
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W.. gives p,uzy explanation Of
H- conspiracy with Wells TO sell Louisi
au', electoral votes. when anuding
Co ,hr fact that tbeye We're millions
Boo 10. o. .. the Louisiana vote. West in
uuccut.y say. that his pal was only in
.m'Eng W an expression used by the
celebrated Colonel SELLERS. That he
meant mo- harm. only to De u little
funny Nery clear statement, this
No. West had better Try his hand at 1t
arHru
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-,sl months .,uo, ever, on" thought
,harl,- ugonor ea- diving hut yrstcr-
dos hs wa. making the grande-t speech
.. bis lte. uu the grsudo,t cause that
ever engaged the genius Of counsel
rru- millions Of voters were his clients
a1l .re awaiting luNou-,y tho resul,
o.. h.. effort
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10 order that our contemporaries Of
the press may sFeathe easier and not
lose even one of tho many thousand
dollar bills passing through their hands.
ms hfHALp gives description of the
new.eounterfsit thousand dollar bill
General appearance very good and
work well executed paper made greasy.
10 make il appear genuine in the
center Of the bill the vignette OF Robert
Morris, though well formed, looks as II
\ lck-msrked, and white Of eyes like
pin-holes, eyebrows irregular, nose as il
pinehed and the shadow on its left. near
the point. seems part OF that organ,
while the original has q bright, intell-
sent iaca. and nose straight and clearly
defined large words United States
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The House was engaged ali day In
COMMITTEES efths Whole o.. ne isEis,a.
Tive appropriation bin.
a proposed reduction Of the salaries
Of srnsis,ls aud members from $500
to 81, so Mas r.Jsc;e.i with mach ridi
eule.
The COMMITTEES only got through
twelve Of the seventy 1--we pages Of the
bill.
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fur yrfeytlou TO insuuug his lie
made by veteran gambler I don't
use tp play game where I've got 70
100. 60 wan. s.. thus delicately para
rlrts.i by ftstdious writer Men
u,tu,uyely dislike the contemplation
OBJ, contract IN which death j. a neces
lazy incident to give it value to their
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CONGRESSIONAL.
Finance. Isdians and Railroad Nat
tiers, with - spurt ~ ,Econeny. Con
nunne the Day

r"sssO s1e Wy
Senate: Recess having been ordered
yesterday till 10 q. M. TO day, at that
hour half dozen senators only were
in the chamber, and The recess was
continued till noon.
The Senate passed the bill reported
by the committee OIL finance for the
punishment of persons-inakipg or hay
ing in their in their possession dice,
moulds, etc, for manufacturing SCUM
terfei. coin,
/ Ingalls,, OF Kansas, introduced a bill
to enable Indians to become citizens
of kaRsss, and it was seferred to the
| COMMITTEES on Indian affairs. =
The Senate bill passed barring all
claims against the United States VIII ich
the bureau officers are authorized Ia
examine, unless presented within six
years. ss ssst t.ss,l
The Pacific railroad sinking fund
bill was postponed. --,s
Recess was ordered to 10 q. IN. to-
morrow.
A flag floats over both houses. indi.
eating continuous session.
House: The recess tin 10 to-day was
extended TO it:4o. owing 10 very fev
Ineuhers being in the house "a, the si-
poiated time.
| A biiI is pending TO enable the House
and Senste tosbreak the perpetual ses
sion, so az to give regular days for leg
islation. Under the present electors
Law, q, legislation will bear date o.
Thursd, Z, and nntil the count Is COM
pleted. s.e
No action was taken ON the bill "a
break the continuous session.