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A Di.agreeabIc Voyage.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUS-.Sr: The I'M
dcrsigned. cabin passengers OF the Elysia. Of
the Anchor line, on her trip from New York TO
Southampton and London sailing July u. wish
to call the attention OF the public to IA great
wrong perpetrated upon ocean travellers.
We We're trustiul enough in the straightfor-
wardness Of the company to believe from circu-
lars and advertisements that we would bc sup
piled with such ilrst-class accommodation Ms is
usually furnished ocean steamships As though II
were 10 keep the matter concealed until too late
put board by tender nj the last before
n, therefore was not until We were fairly out at
tn, whole hctw' cn-d,cks had been converted into
huse .nnr IN wcu wer. ersmned over ~ horses and
mann deck The cattle aud horses were crowded into a
ventilated ana with no adequate convenience Tor the IN
srrs OF re. ar ard much les or the csrcs Of foul air
:" much 80 that quite number % them died from suh
cnlionthe thermometer generally marking from - IN
th'> poor ANNALS mat ne hosrrs had 10 walk the
,,'1.nI 1" i',a t.p auui thrt numbers were Trimmed
The saloon IN which We took our meals and tho cabins
dr.i Vas that Of stable but atcrwarl sntlci lhst
y aIlan,,d dccomp9'lii"n In IN, d'Fu'une Himo.
The conduonoi the forward part OF the vessel where
M intrmodn'e and st'rrl-o PASSENGER. were quarter
gl Wa 81 'utorrahiA "n,u'l that several came mo
tr ramn hy laSln- the di'rcu0cu mrr. >on' of whom
,.ggeei'eA min,r u,au ,..a,-,r ll',r d ain b, cl.
In submitting tn'~ n,t- d. public uoucc rbc great
and hi officers, not Vn our behalf and also that ol the
oto il Gu.oy. NJ u clnrmpu v,nuor, low
J. hh"i dl,. Sore. street strand
W'8' GHrll',S,' ,,ia'' NaaG ioai i' a N'''''
Rev Bnil $ Ro.,oi, H., and.
= ,oo' .al Mi' = A,nSS'ea,t I,mston,N In
ioetfI Rom. - king suoct. An"rdc'n
Il nnows, Is kiinuum square. London
AifN j Nuuti. fuffNtfu ltlNts
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In the letter by Mr. ELI PERKINS published

IN the letter by Mr.. ELL PERKINS published
the other day the Ro.n savings Bauk spoken ut in
manner TO cast doubt upon its sohoucy. We believe
uai any such doubt wouidhe entirely erroneous. The
bank established in the village OF kosyn Queen,
county, and It's dcrn,ors are cuury IN that o,altv
\" of'r receives any salary the bank hA. no building
4" its own, nrt noincnuouol hulins one nnl ha-alo,t
nnsNl ru'cs at an The gentleman who conduct It nrc
men oi stuu- ami sohlity. ami their name. are guar
Ahi'e o good ami. uuou, a, We'll o business capacity
Iulr url is .Dh is fac iDutnt thor rI.N ,itlll, and
when SIR lttaNs ,a-~i u,iI h,~ au.n. luifru nr l,-
,Nli W.'nni"N. hr wa, talking about Mat Winch hc
dat nut understand
Ihn urSt OF the August magazines 20 appear
isHutoN Hm1h. mitha va,cd and attractive Anic of
contents, an1 wood engra,lnss ot even more than Tie
usAal eAeeAehge.
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When MIR HAYES drove into Bennington,
Vt. on Wednesday afternoon, he found the
dead walls and fences of that historic town
plastcrcd over with big posters displaying these
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overwhelming majority Of the House. on the
one hand and handful Of Irish members. on
the other. will furnish one OF the most piquant
chapters in parliamentary history.
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FRAUD TRIUMPHANT.
kIGHI TO SkykS.
Mr.. HAYES was the invited guest OF the citizens

Mr.. HAYES was the invited guest OF tho citizens
Of bennington. He being their invited guest,
it was exceedingly impolitc TO parade before his
eyes "A reminder Of the most prominent and
most unpleasant fact in his own career. The
occasion. IT is true. was an historical celcbra-
ton. but IT had nothing to do with recent his
tory and there WIS no excuse for obtruding
recent history. The Bennington people either
should have refrainod from inviting MIR. HAYES
to participate in their festival. or. having in
vtcd him. they should have observed u scrupu-
lous silence concerning all that is dscredtable
in his record II, however, the posters wcrc
put up 10y persons who had not acduicsccd in
the invitation there was. Of course. no breach of
courtesy for no citizen is required by polite
ness to condonc the crimes Of his ncighbors'
guests.
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TWO ENGITSVHEN.
How . Colossal Busine. Grew Up-R Rising to
Hcnown.

The Right Honorable w. II. Smith, the
Few British 1rsrst Luid Ul th~-rdTrr'iliy-thcr
has been no Lord High Admiral since william
~. held that office. then Duke Of Clarcncc-was
born under IA lucky star. Forty years ago his
father opened u little newspaper shop in llol-
we'll street. Strand-a thoroughfarc of unsavory
reputation. given up to secondhand book stores.
and. until Lord Campbclls act came into force.
twenty years ago. vendors Of obscene literature.
When railroads began Mr.. Smith had the happy
thought Of opening stall Of books and papers
at one of the London stations II was n success.
and he soon opened others. until he became in
time the greatest purvcyor of papers in Eng
land. In fact the firm of W. II. Smith 4 Co.
can. 10y simply refusing to put periodical on
their stalls do very much toward keeping it out
Of the market. When this cnterprising man
passed away, his son rcigncd in his stead. and
proved himself cmincntly competent. The old
stand I'm Holywc street was abandoned for u
commanding position in tho adjoining great
artery. known as the Strand. whore some
twelve years ago. the firm erected magnificent
Offices which are the headquarters VI u colossal
business. Mr.. W. II. Smith. who Is about 30.
actively supcrintendcd the business. until he
took Office. under Lord Bcnconsfcd. as Finan-
cial Secretary OF the Treasury.
About ten years ago he stood Tor Wcstm nStcr.
and failed hit succeeded next time, and il very
popular with his constituency. He has agrce-
able manners. ami nigh character IN private
and social life: and that he must be highly cs-
tccmcd in point Of ability IL evident by such cx
ceptionnlly rapid promotion.
The First Lord of the Admiralty has an ON,
cial residence aud ei.50O u year. The Financial
Secretary Of the Treasury has no OH a resi-.
denre, and but f2,OOO year. Mr. Smith Will
probably end with pocragc.
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The British merchants are flooding tho mar
k' Der" WIN cheap Wan, ht-i' Hrcs. Winch trA have
the heck a. can American drls WhrncNpostnlat 1
WIN ON the rhm heY irankN con ess they cannot an'rd
the genuine al lcr and mat The Chimes, VIII buy uuhr
other 80 u,S counterfeit our best hrands-sin f,an,o
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Our esteemed contemporary the Times
speaks highly Of chief JosurH. md describes
the Me- pcrccs as superior Indians. we'll on
lowed by nature. sklful In agriculture on their
reservation. peaceful. DESTROYS Of education
and with considerable capacity for prog
ress. Tho main chief Of the tribe is n
man Of character; his brother is n regularly
ordained Presbyterian preacher in Oregon.
JosFPH band have many grievances for
which they could not obtain redress and they
were lately driven away from their little patch
Of ground. through the desire Of white men 10
posses II. In short according to the Times:
"Josfrn has a cause which we regret 20 say l. too
much founded In Justice; he ami his tribe haV, been
wrvngcd and the costly hc Is now wasing couid
with ordinary good sense and sincere purpose ~ do i
justice. have been prevented"
Thus. according 10 the Times. JOSEPH Il 1ght-
ing for a cause founded in justice. and Howard
il fighting ON the side Of wrong. Now would
1t not have been ms well for the Government to-
refrain from encouraging and upho!ding tho
wrongs perpetratcd upon JosrrH's band as to
rush into n wicked and disgraccfu war for the
determination Of JosEPHs band when 1t had
taken up arms for self preservation
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There is trouble about fraudulent bonds in

There is trouble about fraudulent bonds in
several counties Of Kansas. and II such bonds
have been issued. II is certainly right to bring
the question of their validity To II judicial do
cision. so that the people whose property is
affected by these bonds may. if they are de-
clared TO be fraudulent bo saved from loss
through such fraud.
A for the greatest fraud Of all-Electoral
Fraud-it will certainly he dealt with in the cleo
ton Of 1850 though perhaps. the question may
soon be brought 10 trial in the ease Of the mem
bers OF the Electoral Commission of Louisiana.
Any way. let fraud of every kind big and little.
be put down.
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The libclling of the steamship Denmark.
under Treasury orders. is the elimination of
Capt. BRAcKETT's vigorous searches in the
haunts Of the smugglcrs. The smugglcrs
threatened the Captain while he was prose-
cutting his investigations. and. on his making
an arrest. he was removed. But an indignant
public opinion was aroused and uttered on the
subject hy the press Of New York, aud BRAcK-
EFT is still an officer in active service. There
are some kinds Of fraud hat even the Fraudu-
lent Administration dare not publicly foster.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-09-05
Life.

If we die to-day, the sun will shine as
brightly, the birds will sing as sweetiy
tomorrow. Business will not be sus-
pended moment, and the great mass
will not bestow thought upon our men,
ories. lis he dead?" will be the solemn
inquiry of few, as they pass to their
work. But no one will miss us, except
ing our immediate connections, and in a
short time they will forget and laugh as
merrily as when we sat beside them.
Thus shall we all, now active in life,
pass away. Our children crowd close
behind US, and they will soon pass away.
In few years not living being can say,
81 remember him." We lived in anoth-
er age, and did business with those who
slumber in the tomb. Thus is life !!
How rapidly it passes.
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Rapid CROWN OF tho EaiIrond.

In 1910 il has been estimated that our
yearly average Of railroad construction
was about 800 miles La 1880 this aver
age had increased TO 1900 miles I'm 1860
is was nearly 10000, and in 1871 it was
stated that enterprises requiring am eK-
penditure Of $500, 900, 900, and iuvoIv-
ing the construction Of 10000 miles of
railroad, were nj actual process of accom-
plishment. In 1872 the aggregate capi-
tai of the railroads Of the United States.
which were estimated 10 embrace Onc-half
Of the railroads of the civilized world,
was stated 10 amount 20 the sum of S3,
159, 423, O57, their gross revenue being
SAB, 241, OJj.
Thus within forty years, within a lite
tie more than q generation, this eu0r-
nous amount Of wealth had, as 70 were,
been created from nothing Here Is pro-
badly twenty times more wealth than was
obtained by the "cOuquistadOres" of tho
sixteenth century at the time of the dis
covery Of America, when all Europe was
made wild by the stories Of untold gold
in the new-fOuud world. The difference
in the methods Of its acquisition may
roughly indicate the progress made iu
two centuries toward the organization OF
labor. The Spanish conquerors decima-
ted the Furnishing countries they obtained
possession Of by the sword, and making
slaves Of the natives, actually eXtermiu-
ated them in many Of the West India
Islands by their enforced labor ing tho
mines. The advent Of the railroad has
made the settlement Of the whole West
possible and raised the production of
cereals in the United States for the va-u
1872, according to the Agricultural De-
partment, to the enormous total 0f a .-
$50, 1913, 100 bushels.
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THE LOVERS CHOICE.

some love "a face at charming grace.
fairy form of uugel-beauty.
bat Tor my part give me the heart
inspired by caudor. love and duty.
homely look is like book,
Plain outside, bur within it
Are gem 90 thought, by wisdom wrought.
\ higher worth go Win h..
~omc love face of marble grace
N Inner fuuut revealing.
No JOY or grief however brief
NJ gusn 90 warmer feeling.
The moonlight glow DER fields of snow
To- some minds mHy Doe tender,
bat give tu Wr the sunlight tree
That gi'ds tbv flowers with .pIeudor.
Some love face Of smiling grace.
Bestowed uu ull ut pleasure.
But love lies deep. aud oit must vccp.
g. win Chat sacred treasure.
While killing time. time steals our prime
Aud strength we need BOB sorrow
The darkest night o. turned 20 HgHt
When love shines uu thc morrow.
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TEIE OHIO CAMPAIGN.

COLUMBUS, August 23.-The campaign for
the Democracy was opened in this city to-
night. A large audience congregated in
Capitol Square, and were addressed by the
Hon. Geo: III. Pendleton, of Cincinnati, and
Gen. Thomas Ewing, Of Lancaster. Mr..
Pendleton spoke for upwards of an hour,
and was followed by Gen. Ewing. Mr..
Pendleton's plea was made chiefly 20 the
working classes. and he dwelt long and adj
versely on the financial policy Of the Adj
ministration As expressed by Secretary Sher-
man in in his recent speech. He arraigued
the Republican party tor its fraudulent in
auguTation of a President.
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THE PUBLIC LANDS.

During the last fifteen years the Repub-
lican party have given away to railroads
aud other corporations, two hundred and
fifteen millions of acres of the public lands.
The area of these grants would be equal TO
ten States of the size of Mississippi aud at
81 % per acre would be worth two hundred
and sixty eight millions, seven hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, or a little over
one seventh ofOur whole public debt. Had
these lands been reserved to the Government
for actual settlers, they would have given a
home of eighty acres to two millions, six
hundred heads of families, which would
have probably covered every case of the
sort in the United States. Yet these lands
have all passed from under the control of the
government, without one single dollar of
com pensatioG, except what comes to the
country in a general way from the benefit
of railroads. From report OF Major Powell.
one of the government employees in sur
veying the public lands. il appears thac there
is now belonging TO the Government but very
little land suited : to cultivation. Our vast
public domain has passed into the hands of
large moneyed corporations, who use it 60
increase their power and influence over the
labor of the country.
As long as homes could be had on Govern
ment lands for 81 . per acre. and upon
time. foreign emigration and unemployed
labor graVitated to our unsettled domain.
where, at least, the neceSsaries of life could
be obtained and famine avoided. But so
soon as they fell into the hands of the rail-
road corporations, the prices increased to
double or treble those demanded by the
Government with two-fold object First
to cut off agricultural labor, and throw
back upon the cities large class of the poor
who could not pay the advanced prices fol
land, but were compelled To seek employ
oment as day laboreEs. The greater tbs
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Times are hard with US but they seem
wonderfully easy when we hear of the
wholesale famine in India, where the to-
tai amount required to give each of the
sufferers the two or cents day necessary
to keep them alive in that cheap market
fOots up the stnpendous sum of $50, 500,
600.
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PRESIDENTIAL COUNTS.
settlement Of Electoral Dis
putes.

The New York world is indebted to Miss
Sarah \. Randolph, great-grand- daught-
or OF Thomas jefferson, for a memorandum,
prepared by her illustrious ancestor, OF
practical suggestions towards "A bill 20 reg
ulate the decision OF disputes over the re
suits of Presidential election. The fol-
lowing is the memorandum, which is pub
lished by the World in fac smile:
JEFFERsoN's MEMORANDUM.
Whereas on an election Of President or V.
President of the l.. :. questions may arise
whether an elector has been appointed ia
such manner as the Legislature of his State
may have directed.
Whether the time at which he was chosen
and the day on which he gave his vote,
were those determined by Congress?
Whether he were not at the time a Scna-
tor or Representative Of the L. $ or held
an office of trust or profit under the u. :.
Whether one at least of the persons he
has voted for is an inhabitant OF "A State
other than his own?
Whether the electors voted By ballot and
have signed, certified and transmitted to
the President of the Senate a list of all the
persons voted for and of the number Of votes
for each?
Whether the persons voted for are natu-
raj born citizens of the l.. >. at the time OF
the adoption OF the constitution, were 81
years old aud had been fourteen years resi-
dent within the L. s.?
And the Constitution Of the u. 5. having
directed that the President Of the Senate
shall, in the presence Of the Senate ana III.
of Representatives open all the certificates,
and that the votes shall then be counted.
from which i most reasonably in ferred ia AT
they are to be counted by the members com
posing the said houses and brought there
for that office, no other being assigned themY
and inferred the more reasonably, as thereby
the constitutional weight OF each State IN
the election of these high officers is exact
| ly preserved In the tribunal which Is 70
| Judge of its validity, the number Of Senators
and Representatives from each state COM
posing the said tribunal being exactly that
Of the electors of the same State.
Be il therefore enacted, &c, there insert
the former clause.
Provides that the certificates of the Exec
utive of any State shall be conclusive evil
dence that the requisite mum Der OF votes nas
been given for each electOr named by him
as such. Here add all other limitations on
the proceeding questions which may be
thought proper, stating what the two houses
shall not decide.
And be it further enacted, That when
soever the vote of one or more of the cleo
tors of any State shall, for any cause what
ever, be adjudged invalid IL. shall be law
| full for Senators and Representatives Of the
said State, either in the presence OF the TWO
houses. or separately and Withdrawn from
them, decide by their own votes to- which
OF the persons voted for by any OF the cleo
tors of their State (or TO what person. the
| invalid vote or votes shall be given, for
which purpose they shall be allowed the
term OF one hour and no longer, during
which no other certificate shall be offered
or proceeded on.
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If ever household affections and loves
are graceful things, they are graceful ir
the poor The ties that bind the wealthy
and the proud 10 home may be forged
on earth, but those that link the poor
man to his humble hearth is Of the bnrs
metal and bears the stamp Of heaven
Dickens,
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POLITICAL NEWS.
THE PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRACY.
THEIR PLATFORM.

HE Fraud by which the People
were Deprived 81 their Choice
Of President Denounced.
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MOBILE, ALA.-Admiral Semmes died at z
o'clock this morning at Point Clear,
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Corporations Must be Restrained
by Wholesome eGisIaIIOn.
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peIivered mt Carthage, Hiss, on
IN. 81 day Of september. 1877,
before a Mass Meeting of
the Citizens of IeaIGe
and Adjoining
Counties.
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THE SEA CAPTAINS YARN.
Oh
A PAIR OF BROGANS.

MY NIEGHBOR, old Captain Crosby
lVl has in the attic of his house mot
ley array of curious things, mostly col
lected by himself during his numerous
voyages to sea. He took me one day up
into his museum, as he called it, where
I spent an hour in examining, with
much interest, such curiosities as shells,
marine birds stuffed and embalmed with
skill worthy of professional, miniature
canoes and paddles from various islands
in the Pacific, and barbaric costumes,
weapons in great variety. But one thing
which specially excited my curiosity
was half-worn pair of shoes, which
had special place assigned to them at
one end of long shelf They were
brogans of immense size, indicating tnat
the wearer, whoever he was, must have
been man of large understanding.
They were apparently made of coarse,
half-tanned hide, and had very heavy
soles, thiokly studded with nails.
"What's the history of those shoes 2"
I inquired. "Surely you never wore
them yourself 2"
,",No, not IT, answered the jolly old
salt. 81 have had them among my col
lection these thirty years and more, but
1 shouldn't care to lug such a clumsy
load about on my feet. They look very
strange to you, ,-of course, but they are
the sort0f shoes that are worn, or were
formerly worn, by the convicts in Aus
tralia, who worked in the stone quar-
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Select Poetry.
PASSING AWAY.

Passing away passing away;
The sweet summer roses are passing away
Their beauty is wasted, their fragrance has
fed,
And with'rlng they lie in their damp, lowly
bed.
The fair, dewy morns in their spleudor will
rise,
The pale stars grow soft in evenings clear
skies
The cooling dew fall, and the musical rain
But these roses will brighten, ahl never
again
Passing away passing away;
Bright hopes of my youth--how they'repassihg
away
With the beautiful visions that gladdened my
eyes
By daytime and nighttime, as sunlight the
skies!
Oh, hope may come back to my sorrowful
heart,
Bright dreams from their long-sllent chambers
may start,
But those of my youth may WOO all in vain,
For they neer will return in their beauty
again
Passing away; passing away;
Friends l have loved-how they're passing
away
haye watched them go down to that cold
solemn tide,
While the pale, silent boatman kept close to
their side
I've caught the dull dip of their deep, muflled
oar,
AS he bore them away to that echoless shore !
And my heart cryeth out in its desolate pain,
But they meier will return to bless me again
Passing away; passing away;
Yet know of land where there is no decay,
Where the balmy airs filled with the richest
perfume
From sweet, fragrant flowers, and fadeless
their bloom;
Where the soul never grieves, as it doth here
below,
O'er fair, vanished dreams, o'er hopes fltful
glow
Where linked and forever is loves golden
chain,
And parting words chill us, o, never again
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ries. There's story connected with
those brogans, which will tell you If
you care to listen to IT,"
or course did, and Captain Crosby,
who was always ready with story, pro-
ceeded to relate how the queer shoes
came into his possession.