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The Russellville Democrat., 1877-07-26
A true copy: JACOB FRoLIcH,
 Sec. Ark. Press Association.
DOVER, July l, 1877.

DOVER, July l, 1877,
 EDITOR DEMOCRAT: In what 1 have to say to the readers of the DEMOCRAT, it is not my purpose, during this time of political repose in Arkansas, to introduce politics except in rare instances; and for the first time will ask your indulgence while touch upon matter purely political, yet one which so deeply concerns the business and social In terests of the people that l am sur prised to find it allowed to pass without notice from the press of the State.
 The Globe-Democrat, of May 3, in an article on "The future of the Negro" indulges in certain prophe- sies which are astounding, amazing! Referring to an act of the Florida Legislature providing that Gin cases where a knowledge of reading and writing is essential to forming a judgment, jurors who do not possess such knowledge shall not be allow ed to sit" the G. D. admits that it is impossible to argue against the ex- clusion of ignorance and stupidity from the jury box" yet it regards Florida law as 8 blow aimed at the negroes. "The negro's political power is gone. He is still free to vote, but only on condi- ton that his vote shall not elect anybody" This is partly true and partly false. It is true that minor ity of negroes cannot outvote ma jorlty of white people, and to that extent negro political power is gone. But 1t is undeniable that the negro vote can and does elect people to office. l saw last winter half |
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THE PRESS OF ARK ANSAS,
 AND RAILROADS.

At the last meeting of the State Press Association, held at Ft. Smith June 9th, committee was appoint ed to present resolutions upon the subject of Railroads. Our crowded space ever since has precluded the publication of the resolutions any sooner. We now give them. as fol- lows.
 Your committee, to whom was as- signed the duty of suggesting some action in regard to our railroad in terests, beg leave to submit the fol lowing resolutions as their report
 Resolved, That railroads are sim ply the best of all highways for trade and travel between states, counties and communities; and as they are always the inseperable com panions, and often, the pioneers of civilization, the press should encour- age their construction wherever they can be built without overlooking the people with debt.
 2d, That the commerce of the Un- ion, and particularly the necessities of the States south of the 36th para Tell, demand the speedy construction of a great highway from the Allan, tic to the Pacific, through Texas, with branches crossing the Mississ- ippi river at St. Louis, Memphis, Vicksburg and New Orleans.
 3d. That, as the press of the South and West can arouse the people of those sections to the importance and necessity of the Southern or Texas Pacific Railroad, it will be derilict to it's own and all other interests if it does not, from this time forth, take an open and unequivical stand upon this leading question: and that it should urge upon our Congressional representatives the simple justice of securing for the southern portion of the Union the same liberal action with regard to this railroad, which congress has heretofore taken toward the Northern and the Union Pacific railroads.
 4th. That all our State papers are requested to publish these resolu- tiops; and that copies of them be sent to the leading dailies of St. Louis, Memphis, Louisville, and Cincinati; and also to the chambers of commerce of those cities.
 A. c. MATHEWS,
 l.. ROUSAN,
 JESSE B. MOORE,
 Committee. A true copy:
 JACOB FRoLIcH,
 Sec. Ark. Press Association.
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LABOR NS. SOULLESS CORPO- NATIONS AND BOND-
 HOLDERS

We see from our list of exchanges that there is a considerable war be- tween the operatives and the rail road corporations of tine northwest and that it bids falr to spread oyer the entire Union, and that the mill tia ot the different states are power less to subdue what is called sStrik
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Bic PrNEY, PoPE Go, ARKs., ]
 July l6th. 1877. {
To the Editor of the DEMOCRAT:

To the Editor of the DEMOCRAT:
 SIR; You will please publish the following statement for the benefit of all whom 1t may concern, and re- quest other papers of the state to copy.
 l bought a bill of trees, shrubs, &c., from the Rosebank Nurseries, pro prietors, Truitt's Sons & Morgan, amounting to eighty dollars, to be delivered at Russellville on the 24th day Of November, 1876, in good order was there on that day and found their agent and received my trees, carried them home and undone the bundle and found the trees bad ly damaged, some entirely dead and others nearly so. l set out all that showed any sign of life and those that were entirely dead I threw away. In the spring of 1877 an other agent from the same firm, Charley Hamilton, called on me and wanted to sell me more trees. I told him of the treatment l had had from the firm, and showed him the trees: he agreed to write to the firm and tell them that the trees were nicely set, and that he was satisfied that the majority of them were dead before they were set out. l don't know whether he wrote them or not. have written to the firm twice since myself, asking them to fill the part of my bill that was dead, this com ing fall without further cost. 1 learned from one of the clerks at the depot that the trees had been ship ped to Russelville about three weeks before the day of delivery and thrown out on the platform and probably the trees died while there. l stated these facts to the firm and cant get any answer from them. 1 feel confident that they don't lDtend to make their contractgood. Among the lot of trees 1 bought Blood Red Leaf Peach trees for ornament They happened to live and their leaves are colored like other peach trees, so l don't know but the fruit trees would have beeL something l did not want even if they had lived Now, as many of our citizens have engaged trees from that nursery to be delivered this coming fall, l will warn all to examine their trees close ly and know that they are alive, as
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ty lastsJune.~ It consisted in out raging the person of q white girl and then murdering her. On Fri day night July 18th the negro man, who had been apprchended and in carcerated in jail, vas taken there from by mob of between. sixty and seventy men5 conveyed some four miles from Hamburg and literally burned to ashes at the stake. While we believe the wretch should have suffered the extreme penalty of the law, we have no words with which to condemn too highly the action, fiendlsh and barbarous, Of this de moniacal mob. Thelr crime is no less than the negro's, and no plea that they may set up will be sufii- cient to palliate their deed. This spirit of mob law must be quelled. Men must be taught to look to the law for their protection and for the punishment of crime The crime which the leaders of this mob are guilty of is murder, cold blooded, barbarous murder: it is a crime at which a savage might blush. Such deeds must be stopped.
 -Rand's New York City Business Directory for 1877. The second volume of this valuable and indis- pensable work has just been issued by the Publishers, Messrs. Walter Heugh < O., of Park Place, New York. No pains or expense has been spared in the production of the present volume, to make it complete and reliable. In typographical ap- pearance and binding, certainly it is fine specimen of book making. It contains over one hundred pages more matter than last years volume, winch has added largely to the cost of the production of the work, and compelled the Publishers to issue hereafter only the full cloth bound edition at. One Dollar per copy. upon the receipt of which sum they will forward the work to any address in the United States or Canada, by mail, postage prepaid.
 Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for August is full of interesting mat ter and highly entertaining. It con. tains ans article illustrative of the ''Jew in eAmeriea," with thirteen fine engravings, showing various re- ligious ceremonies, institutions, DOT traits, etc., in the Jewish Church. "A run along the Smyrna Coast" by Leonard Scett: ''All about Turtle Hunting;" "The Provisioning of Paris" "Southern Scenes;" "Manu- fracture of Paper;' "The Opium Habit. A variety o1 Dlo9faphlcal and other interesting paragraphs, a number of beautiful short stories, etc, etc, all contained in I28 pages, and enriched with 100 illustrations. The publication is highly merito- rious one and is entitled to the con tinued patronage and praise of all who cal appreciate so good a maga zine, and withal it is cheap. It may be obtained for eonc year, by mail, postpaid, for $2.50, or single num- bers, as also the great Summer Holi- day Number for p cents, by address ing your orders, with price enclosed, direct to Frank Leslle's Publishing House, 537 Pearl Street, New York.
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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-06

reported conversations eloquent aud
for so old man, his line OF
thought is quite analogous 10 that ol
the Bishops, Mr. Carlyle, in speaking
OF free thinkers, says this Of Darwin \
have known three generations OF the
Dorwins, grandfather, father, and son;
atheists all The brother OF the prosent
famous naturalist, u quiet man, who
lives not far from here, told me that
anonp his granllnthcrs effects he
found a seal engayen with this legend
"Omuja er copchis; everything from u
clam shell saw the naturalist not
many months ugo told him had read
his Origin of the Species and other
books; that he had by no means satisli-
ed me that men were descendants from
monkeys but had gone far in pcrsuad'
ing me that he and his socalled scicn
tfc brethren had brought the present
generation of Englishmen very near tc
monkeys. A good sort Of
IL man is this Darwin, and
well.meaning, but with very little intel
lect. All it's Il sad and terrible thing
to see nigh whole generation OF mcr
and women protesting to be cultivated
looking around in n purblind fashion
and finding no God in this universe
suppose it is areaction from the roigl
Of cant and hollow pretencc, PROCESSING
| TO believe what in fact they do not be
lievc. And this is what we have got to
All things from frog spawn; the gospe
Of dirt the order of the day. The oldc
| grow--and / now stand upon tn
brink Of eternity the more comes bacl
to me the sentence Of the catcchlsn
which learned when child, and tn
fuller and deeper its meaning becomes
What is the chief end Of mnnY Ut
glorfy God and to enjoy Him forever
No gospel Of dirt, teaching that mel
have descended from frogs through
monkeys can eyer set that aside
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-06
WORTH REPRODUCING.

At time when Curran WAS only just
rising into notice, and while he was yet
poor and struggling man, Judge Rob
inson, it is said, ventured upon sheer
ing joke, which, small though it was,
but for Curan's ready wit and scathing
eloqucnce, might have done him ire
parable injury. Speaking of some opin-
ion of counsel ON the opposite side Cur
ran said he had consulted all his books
and could not find Gaze in which the
principle in dispute was thus cstnb-
lished. THAT may be, Mr.. Cuuan,"
sncercd the judge, "but suspect your
law library is rather limited Curran
eyed tho hearlless toady for moment,
and then broke forth with this noble re-
taliati0n at IL very true, my lord
That am poor and this circumstance
has certainly rather curtaicd my libra
ry. My books are not numerous, but
they are select, and hone have been
perused with proper dispositions. !
have prepared myself for this high pro-
fession rather by the study of few
good books than by the composition of
II great many bad ones. | am not
ashamed of my poverty, but ! should be
% ~ | n,,,ll "a
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communities rnne NotlccI

Every moment Of delay makes yOuI cure
more hopeless, ana much depends on the
judioluus choice OF q remedy the amount
of testimony in favor Of DR., SchencI's Pull
monte syrup, rs cure Tor Consumption,
far oXct od1 ali tnnJ can ba brought TO sup
port the protcnsions Of any other medicine.
See DR.. schenCt'S almanac, containing the
certificates Of many persons Of the highest
respectubility, who have been restored TO
health, after being pronounced incurable
by physiciaus OF acknowledged ability.
Schcnck's PuImOuIc syrup alone has cured
many, ns these evidences will show; hut the
cure IL often prom Oted by the Employment
OF two , thcr remedies which Or. SchcuCk
provides Tor the purpose. Shcso additional
remedies are Schcnck'S Sea Weed Tonic and
Mandrake ils. ~ the timely use Of those
medicines, according 10 directions, Dr.
Schcncl cortlc'thut most amy case of Con
sumption may b. cured.
Or. Schonok h professionally at his prin-
cipal ONO, corner sixth md Arch streets,
Philadelphia, every Monday, where all ct
tprs for advicu muut he address,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-06

The lIERLLp gave in its Geographic
columns some weeks since, the account
of tho killing of I'lippin and Harrison,
by young Markham, at Pilot Point,
1t seems that Markham gave bond
and repaired to Missouri. The st. Louis
Republican gives the sequel A ter
rihle lynching affair occurred ON
Tuesday night last at II polct near
Dunnegans Grove, in Vernon county,
about five and one half miles north
from Milford and about seven miles
west of Monteyallo, mt house known
rs the Buck Markham house A Mr.,
Markham, u brother OF the one who
lived there, had recently come in from
Texas and was staying with the family
of his brother Another gentleman
from Milford, was also there, having
put up for the night. About o'clock
in tho evening two strange men came
w INV llpuS' hllt uch'N w
warm, which Of course was granted.
They sat down for awhile and then
arose as if to 60, and, turning to the
Texas man, asked ifhis name was not
Markham. He said that it was upon
which they drew revolvers and selling
him threw him out OF the house, and
after shooting him four times, hung
him to an oak tree, dead, Four other
men were in the yard and prevented
any assistance by Mr.. Wilson or the
brother of the unfortunate q man by
threatening instant death and display
ing revolvers. No cause has been
assigned for the terrible transaction.
1t is believed by some to be parties
from Texas; others say it was the work
of desperate lot of vigiiants from n
neighborhood to the north of there,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-06
To Lesscn Taxation One-HnIE


If there were no barrooms the little
courts would be idle and policemen
have no employment. The sole occu,
patton of the police force consists in
watching whisky-headed people, who
IRE apt to steal or use knives and pts
tolls Whisky is the vertebra on which
empty skulls rest It is the courage OF
towards, the backbone of murderers
and the stimulus otthieves and burglars
Put it where it is not so easily reached
and where it does not protfer resistless
attractions to these classes, and Mayor
Wheeler may sleepquietly onights. He
will rarely hear the iire.alarm bell.
Drunken people will not fall over stoves
orbreak kerosene lamps, and the drowsy
policeman who takes mods and tods 10y
nips, when the retail whisky business is
no more, may do wholesale sleeping.
The poor red-eyed whisky headed devils
whiskied up each morning before the
mayors court cost Taxpayers of Austin
twenty to forty dollars each, and when
there is jury trial before his honor, as
the habit is, there are u dozen or two
people, bailitis and jurors and witnesses
by the score, to be paid. WI N each
rial is siited to the bottom the whole
had its origin in whisky, and wherever
the story ends it began in retail
whisky shop. When the women of the
town must be subjected to the monthly
process of settling up for daily and
hourly violations of the law, the nice
young men dragged in as unwilling
witnesses must ever confess that they
went from the bar-room to the bagnio
itself bar-room. They who saunter
slothfully along the street, pitiably
and painfully and incurably dis.
eased with leisure to repent, con
TESS in sorrowful accents that they were
tempted by the brilliant beauty and
splendid sheen of the gilded bar.room
and its artistically compounded bever-
ages, and that step by step they went
down to beggary or were arrested by
that terrible malwiy that makes Morton
a monster of hell born malignity. Chill
dren inherit the foul contagion, and the
damning torrent OF whisky flowing
downward through the veins of ac-
cursed descendants leaves its brand
upon the necks and in the glands and
makes the brain rot, and the thirst gem
Grated in the man of to-day haunts his
through successive gem
erations Do women, as well
as men, ever think of these thingsY
Close the drim shors, not that the
drunkards may be reformed, but that
the sober may not become drunkards,
and that the habitually temperate may
not DO drawn insensibly into habits
hat become incurable; that social,
cornwall feelings may not be employed
10 debase and degrade and destroy
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-06

In ~ fortunate foe Texas that she has
little interest in the late assemblage of
Southern State creditors in New York.
She is amply able to pay her debt and
hasn't thought ofproposing compro-
mise, But wi h many of her sister
States this compromise business is of
absorbing interest, and means continu-
ed poverty or an era Of prosperity and
consequent happiness. 1t is noticeable
in the discussion Of these compromise
proposals that such intensely radical
papers as the New York Times and
Tribune and Philadelphia Bulletin insist
that the cotton crops Of the South are
good and that every Southern State
should pay in full. These partisan
sheets overlook either wilfully or
through ignorance several important
considerations when they speak of the
cotton crop and the vast amount of gold
it brings. In the first place, the cotton
crop is almost the only crop of many
millions Of people, who must first be
supported out of it; second, no agricul-
tural statistics can make the taxable
capacity of the South at present nearly
equal to that of the North; third, the
carpetbag debt was NEST dishonesty in
Cured, and we don't believe there is,
morally speaking, single innocent
holder of Southern bonds issued since
the war-that is, holder who did not
know that those States were in tran.
sition epoch and that his securities
were highly speculative. Very few OF
the present holders paid par for any of
them. Finally, these debts never will
be paid in full, and the creditors are
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 Carolinas
and Louisiana, where carpet-bag and
negro rule have been responsible for
large debts, some of which the States
have already scaled down.