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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-03

arrival Of a lot OF rails and spikes from
the Riverside Mills at Wheeling.
Some sheep sheariDg has already be en-
done in Washington county. Imagine
the feelings OF those sheep yesterday After
being thus early and prematurely robbed
Of their protection against cold weather
The delivery Of hogs for Spring pack.
ing has commenced, and the RspNter no,
tees the forwarding Of several car load
to this ciIy.s
The Washington county farmers still
continue to import stock cattle from the
west. Thfee car loads arrived via the
IIempdeld on Sunday last.
Liberal prices are being offered for
llofseS. The season for giving them
away has passed.
The man who supports his family on
from fifty cents to a dollar per day, has
only to look ut barrel OF hou. to enable
him to realize the effects Of war, even il
war be on the opposite side Of the globe
to him.-RPoTte.
The First National Bank Of Washing.
ton announces semi.annnal dividend Of
9 per cent "Glcar Of all taxes Who
says the banks are eaten up with taxes
when they Canpay IL per cent per annun
free OF all taxes"
The annual meeting Of the stockhold
crs Of the HempGela Railroad Company
Nv. T. s u. now) takes place at Wash
ington next Monday.
The Preabytcsy Of Washington, com
posed Of 50 ministers, 5 licentiates and
Al churches, as given in the minutes,
met in Dnrgettslown on the 2ith and 25tE
of April. The next meeting takes place
At the Forks Of Wheeling Creek on III,
fourth Tuesday Of next September.
Taxes are due in Washington county
this month. The Treasurer announce.
the days on which he will meet the peopl,
in the various townships. lie begins a
Washington on the 2ls! Of May and end
at Cross Creek Village on the 18th o.
July. Five PER cent ia Sbated on al
taxes paid before the lat Of August.
The bonds Issued by Washington coun
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The PUBLIC LANps.-Maj Powell, the
explorer OF the plains, in recent article
on the public lands before the American
Academy Of Sciences says that the pro.
portion oi public lands LEI, suitable for
settlement Is very small. There is not
Left unsod in the whole United States,
OF land which poor man could turn into
farm enough 10 make one average
county in WISCONSIN," Possibly there Is
some land Ia Texas and the Indian Ter
ritofy, which could not be brought with,
in this limit, but none elsewhere. The
great grazing areas on the plains Of
Coure cannot be taken up and utilized
in quarter sections Of 100 acres. The
public lands are humid or arid, reckon
ing a4 humid all those which will sup.
port agriculture without irrigation
Most Of the humid lands arc now
conGEci to the syamps OF Florida
and other sollhorn S;ate2, and Mime,
sofa alone hr, any arabic lands which
could he taken mp under TIE homestead
Law. oithe 100000 acres Of arid land,
about PER c,n, Is irrigable. Maj,
Powell does not include in this statement
the millions Of acre. Of the lands Of rail,
roads, which are offered 10 settlers on
terms nearly d favorable as those OF the
government, nor does lie discuss the
effect of railroads and small settlements
in changing Tie climate and converting
arid swastcs into regions of rainfall
There are large sections Of the country
which can never he very thickly peopled
Prof. Morgan in a subsequent discussion
thought the Indians and the buffalo
should be permitted to live together III
the grazing regions, and Prof. Henry
said that he had long regarded the system
oil public land distribution as wrong,
based as it was on uniformity Of char.
acter in the soil which did not exist.
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PROPOSALS.
Cry cLEaE's oFTIcr,

,
Sealed Proposals will be received at the otilcp
Of the City Clerk until Monday, May lib, at 6P.
NJ for furnishing and setting all the curb and
crossing stones that may b required by the city Of
Wheeling for one year from date the curling 10 10
Of TIE best quality Of and stone, and OIdimenSionl
not less than iour Meet long twentyt 20 2nches
deep and hvc(6) Inches thick. The Gtnnes are to
DO carefully dressed and squared at their ends their
full depth. They must be Pick-dresseI eight Isl
inches deep en- the outside and three 81 inches
deep on the inside Crossing stones TO he not less
than Ex (G feet long, two feOt wide and ten 10,
inches thick, Of the best MATERIAL the c1ds are 10
BE- carefully squared and chlSel.drCSied.
Bids also will be received for PAVING with cobhle
stone, all the streets and cutters that may be re
qulred BY tho city. The stones are to lie Of the
best quality, and are 10 measure from four to eight
inches, as required. They arc to 10 laid In pure
gravel bed fourteen inches deep, thoroughly ram.
med and covered with ans gravel two inches deep
Al the above work subject TO the Comnlssiaper
on Streets and Alleys.
The Committee reserve the light to reject any
and all bids.
Proposals. are to he addressed to the Committee
on Streets and Alleys. at tho office Of the City
CRfk. myG
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FOR SALE
.PUPlic SALE OF
VALUABLE BUILDING LOTS
In Wheeling and Martin, Fer,


The undersigned will oder for ale Al up,i....
ton, n The Walnut Grove, In Martini Fs,ty' os y.
SATURDAY, APRIL q, ISL; '''a
The following dcairahlo prop.r,v o..
the Eighth Ward, South Wheeling, tSn 10y ~ 10
the Seventh Ward, 2AneI Island, AZ. ~ ~ %
nut Grove property, east Of Fllih StfCet W,,,l.n'
Ferry, extending 70 the {. &P.RR, All tSHThi
on Filth street, Martins feuy, fronting IN ~"
nut Grove. One acre Of land eGst q Cb w,
-bleetighra hcase, thfoush Witch stream d T,,,
er aoWS, and which has 4 number Of 1ha5s ,,.' ~,
upon II, A clear title with usual covenant, Nc
given. Sale 10 commence 1t 10 o'tlock
TRRNs-Dne-thifd In hand: the bal,prs T., 4,
annual payments, Evidenced by the bond, a. Nv
purchaser, bearing Interest from date Ind ,a
BY lien on the property sold. ,''''
.rg.s WIN. D. CABElI
For Estate Col, Chas. Ellst, Jr, 81. Jsms' Bo,,
aPn '1'''l
An undivided interest Of one-tlil In LOT, ils,.,
lac, on the Island, will afro be Iold. 'a'
Alter talo Of South Wheeling lots and I,l,s,
lots, IN the event Il Il found impossible 10 nj ~
beautiful Walnut Grove property and Ann W W
lolhing-either ls . hrm or In lolS-the ama M
Be rented 70 hohlghest bidder. The attebtIo, y,
builders Ia called 20 the fact that there /, ~
containing about % psrchel cut stone, which MI
b sold. WI
The attention Of gardeners IA called to the .,,,
Is belpg convenient and productive, and 10 tbs,s
desiring pleasant summer resort for excursion \,
ties, the grove would be valuable, on account u
beauuful green turi, shady trees and One ssrns,,
There are lev spots on the Ohio iIrtr more st,I,
tive.
The nle Is postponed til SATURDAY, M,v5,.
when the property will be offered A. 4 whole Or II
part by the acre or lot, Mr., Van pelt, Ohio ~.
Bank, Martins Ferry, will show the pfop,it :
there, or give information. al
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-03
COMMISSIONERS SALE.
InthO Nun eIPal Court of'wheellng.
william J. Hull

Fanny D, Hall and others
The undersigned Special Commissioner hereby
gives notice that by virtue Of the Anthotlty Vt,ti
In him by decree made by aid Court In nd
cause on the 9Th dAy Of April, 1877, he will on
TUESDAY, the ed day Of May, iS77,
Commencing At 10 o'Clock a. ~, proceed to Iell
public auction at The front door Of the Court Htu,,
o. Ohio county, West Virginia, In the tiy
Of Wheeling, the following described real C'lis
Ltnate In said city, county and state, that !, 70
bfc addition to Iaid city, beginning for saii Iat Of
SAID lot at the southwest corner Of Bail lot on ia
cob Atreet, formerly sixth street, at the IOut o!
intersection Of an alley with said street; theme
running noTthwarlly with the eastern hOuIdbrT
llnou said stree thirty feet; thence eaNwlrIlT
nj right angler with said street sixty feet the Wd
Of said lot; thence s1nthwardly and parallel via
Jacob street thirty feet TO the north BOUNDARY its
Of said alley; thence with the north line q ill.,
alley 70 the place Of beginning. Said part Of aid
lot fronting thirty feet on Jacob street. aud runRp!
back Of thatWid sixty feet, and having brIiE
house thereon.
Said decree provides that the sale shall intlaie
the dover right Of sarah Jane KeiiOr, whoUp
widow Of VIM. Hull, decd, In raid part lot.
TERNs or SALE-One-ihirl Of the putthi,s
money, or " much more "a the purchaser mas
elect 10 pay, In cash, the remainder In two Qua
installments payable six and twelve months re-
sTectiyey after the date Of sale, with Interest tyu
that date the purchaser giving his bond With -,
proved personal security for each Of said h,DS.
menis and interest as Aforesaid and the title iOiLs
property TO 10 retained until the whole Of the Pun.
GEORGE B. CALDWELL,
Special Commissioner,
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TRUSTEES SALE.

W
By virtue Of I've several deeds OF trust made lv
GibsOn L. CranmeT, Trustee for Mary lIunld.
Walker Hunter, and Mary Hunter, wife Of Wake
Hunter, to the undersigned Trustee, siil deeds e
trust being respectively dated 30th December, 49,.
Both December. 1871, 3,ih December, ~, M
March, 1875 and 9Th Of February, 1874, and o. 70,
cord In the Clerks office Of the County Court
Ohio county, West Virginia, will on
SATURDAY, 18th Of May, Isis,
Beginning at 10 O'Clock \. ", ut the Ionl do.re
the Court House Of Ohio county, proceed 10 ic n
the highest and best bidder the following de- nt.i
real estate situate on EAne's Island, Ohio cGGrty
West virginia, to-Nit: Commencing ut north ifr
corner Of lot numbered eleven IN, laid oJl ly
Daniel Zane; thence south eighty-siT ,stl itrt 90
Huron street; thence west one hundred and iHtn.
ty-hve (l26 feet to Hunters alley; thtucs moth
ninety 1907 leet; thence east one hundred aud srE
ty.hvG Q25) feet 10 place Of beginning. EIcg,
that pieoe Of real estate Ou Wheeling lsaul. 'IOH,
ing on North Huron street and founded as io,l0E,
Beginning al point on the West side Of Soy,h H..
ron street, which point Is the north east COrhG Ct
the property conveyed by Walker Hunter and VII.
TO Elizabeth Dew by deed datea 10th SGptCmNsf
1854, and now Of record In the Clerks Office Of te
County Court Of Ohio county In deed book IL !O!5-
81 and 50 land now owned by q. L. CiaHHT
thence running with the north line Of slid prV,i,
~ conveyed 10 Elizabeth Dew rs aforesaid 10 a.
alley commonly called Hunters alley; thence ua.
Ming in northerly direction with the eIst SIDE {!
the alley thlrty.tWo (S2) ieetj thence running 10
lind parallel With aid north line Of - prOrii!
conveyed 10 Elizabeth Dew TO the west side Of s0Hb
Huron street, and thence running with tie Hl
west side Of South Huron street to the place q b.
ginning.
Telling rs Trustee, will oIly convey such tide
S Is vested in me rs such Trustee.
Terms made known on day Of sale.
WM. II. Caldwell, 'TTusl,r
]. c. HRRvRY, Auctoneer. apg
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TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

tDllly except suniRy-CumIeIlInd Accommo.
dati0n.
tDatly except sunday-Nswark Accommodation.
tsteuhenyille Accommodation train dur.
ing the day passes backward md forward between
Martins Ferry and Bellzire, Stopping when Tequi-
red at sherman HOUSE, RtnRVille, West Wheeling
and Gravel Hill.
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OpIITmAIMy.

Person, suffering rom 0hhthalmy should Us,
our Perfected spectaclCs, aud thus insure pGrma.
nent relief. Thee glassCs can he used with CON.
fort and satlEincton e1uay a. well by lamp OF gas
llrht as by daylight With their use ceases all
dizziness, GlimmerinS weakness and IeltlcsIness
Of the Cyts. Call at ll05 Main ItrcOt for 5pccta.
Plated Ware, Gold Pens, Gold Head Canes, &c.
pq.speCial attention given 10 repairing.
nJj ONTOBY 4 DUFEfcs.u,
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A pMINIsrRAToRs NorEcE.
.EA.ED PROPOSALS. ,

SEAI.ED PROPOSALS.
stalei proposals. via 10 receive Ly the under
signed ut the office Of the Citizens Railway Com.
pany up 10 O'Clock p. ~, May the 18th, lsT7, FOR
bfcct!ng ear house, stables and hay house.
Pans and bbeciheGtions cdn he seen Gt the Otlce
q the Company, 1910 Market street, on aud alter
May !, 1917. The Bolrd reserves The right TO re-
!eet any or all bids.
EyCfdtr Of the liolnL -lglH :.
n-" va. HALL,
mlh Secretary.
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FINANCIAL.

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WHEELING
VGVVIuVu
--f,i 90
This Bank Is organized and prepared TO transact
the business Of banking in,all It's details
II succeeds the First National Bank Of Wheeling,
is owned by the same dkfl ind Is ind er ND
By clreiuily resirdIns the interests Of lis Cor
respondents and DepoaitorS, and by prompt and
faithful execution Of their wishes II hopes to merit
their esteem and condolences, .IF
EoteB and Bills discounted. 'ft
Collections made on Ill pplnis Throughout the
United States.
Deposit Accounts subject to check al tIShi re-
cdyed from Banks, Bankers, Films, Corporations
and lndiVidnalS.I IF '., 1'tF ~
: csFt!acl s W.. q Deposit Issued payable on demand
Interest allowed on Special Deposits
DIRECTORS:
John John X < BBSSt 1sg w Z As'ssimp:SP'
VIM. A. lBett, John l.. Hobbs
A. NJ. Adams, o. c. Dewey.
Henry N. Harper, . py2l-dAW
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-03
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

EREE EYE ANDEAR DIsPENsARY.-Ip pro
l. pose 10 establish free Eye and Ear DlIpeE-
slTy tQT the beneht u the poor Of the eiy and w
etnity. All poor peglona unable 10 my will b
treated without charge. All Eneh pOIS6nI, ire.
spectlve Of feo, are Invited 10 avail thbhsoTO1 Of
thiAmtaEs d RELIEF. Several PIODilneht PHI
Of the city vii be present on disponoIy deyp,
which win h on wednesday and saturday Ailef-
noOns from . 20 8 O'Clock. | II. L. HARDES1i,
N. D., OfPee 1916 Market street mJS
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SELECT soCIAL.--To 30 given BY Baltimore
= Lodge No. 9, K. o. p, on Thursday evening
May 5, Ut Beethoven Hall, corner Of Main An1 iifh
streets. A China Tea sGtt Will DO voted for. The
eahaldAteSRr0 Mn. KilllIm Schultz, MrS. Chris,
sIbtO, Mrs. Adam Hellrigel and Ma. Porter
SInith. All Knights and friends Of the Order are
cirdlAlly invited. Tickets So. SUPPER lTeS. M.
sic BY Johnny BIrch's Rand. my2
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0RUsTEE's SALE.

1lRUsTEE's SALE.
IL F -
Dy virtue Of Deed Of Trust from tie Citizens
Eire, Marine and Life Insurance Company OF
Wheeling, to me, bearing date tho gilh day OF
March, 1877, and on record In the Clerks Office OF
the County Court Of Ohio, will proceed 10 sell Al
Public Auction at 10 O'Clock A. NJ on
WEDNESDAY, THE % DAY OF MAY, ls7.
at the frOnt door Of tho Court House Of Ohio
County highest BIDDER, the following property
known ~
BALDWIN'S ROW,
that Is 10 iNT; Tho undivided onc.hnli Of lot No.
100 situated on tho corner Of Eotf and Seventeenth
streets, In the city Of Wheeling, ". Va and on The
north lido o; aid ReyenteGth street and cas-; q
E0 hteevt, aud also Of the west One.hAf OF loI No
l75 Immediately adjoining mid lot No. IT6, 10th
being htuHted In that part Of the city Of Wheeling
Commonly called East Wheeling. ThurO pfe hyc
htifk IenPIncnn On BAld property, all under lease
Tor the cnming year, and the property will be sold
| n Whole or in parcels 10 suit puTehAArrI
TKRNH or SALEs-One third eaSh and the balAnfe
In two equal insiAlmOnts at Eix and twelve month
with interest from the day Of tale, aid dClgreI
payments 10 te secured BY Decd u Trust on rais
property.
Tho other onO-hAli Of EaId property will 10 pOI
81 same tllno and place and on slme terms by IN
owner Thereof. II. z, sHRIvEB
mF9l Tfu1le,
The above sale Is postponed until Saturday, NAV
l., at 10 O'clock, A. n. II. q. sHRIVEE,
m!5 Tr1siee.
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SPRING and Summer Stock
SILKS & DRESS GOODS,

SILKS & DRESS GOODS.
BLACK SILKs--Bsst Makes, Cheap.
CoLoRED sILEs-Ia all shades.
DAMAssEE slLEs-Black and Coils.
SILK BRoCADEs--Black and Co.'s.
SILK GEENADINEs-Black aud Coils
FEsHNEr GRENADINES, in Black.
BRoCADE GRENADINES, in Black.
PRINTED ORGANIZES,
PRINTED LINEN LAWNS.
PRINTED JACKoNET LAWNS.
PRINTED BATlSTE.
ZEPHYR CLOTH.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
PLAID LINEN GRENADINES
q PERSIAN suITINGs,
coioRED cREToNNEs,
GRAY MoHAIRs,
MATELAssEE MoHAIRs,
MATELAssEE BAeE,
GREY DEBAGE,
BLK AND COL. MoHAIRs,
FRENCH cHrN1zEs,
AMERICAN CHIETZEs,
LINEN suITINGs, &c, &c.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-31

ty, simplicity of life and character, fdeiitv
to friendship and charity to all mankind
Both were beloved in their day and gener-
alton, and both died, it is believed, without
leaving an enemy behind. Their purses.
as their hands, were open as day, 10 the
appeal of the widow AMI the orphan. Inc
helpless and distress ! were never turned
away empty from their hospi able abodes
Hardy sons IF tell, in early life strug-
Cling with adverse fortune. without the
advantages of liberal education. or wealthy
and Influential friends. thev rose to indie
pendence, and commanded the respect ana
affection of all who knew them.
Those very struggles. with the self-denlais
and sacrifices they imposed, instead OF
hardening their hearts, melted them IN
sympathy for all who We're called to travel
over the same rugged and thorny road.
Two more supplemented, pure-hearted,
generous, hospitablp, benevolent men, the
writer Of this tribute never knew 1hey
were the friends and patrons of his own
eally struggles, now more than iorty years
ago. and he is able, from his own personal
experience, 10 testify of the noble virtues
which adorned their characters. Whilst
the elder of them passed TO his rest, as we
trust, in the bosom Of his Heavenly Father,
more than twenty-three years ago, they
were SO strikingly identified, when both
were living, that we cannot separate them
now that both are dead. The Siamese
blv connected By afteshy lgamen then were
the brothers, David and Andrew Thomas
in similarity of character and brotherly
affection
Whatever was most striking or marked
| in the character of the one, was equally
prominent In the character of the other
| Differing, by only two ,ears. in age, they
started upon the journey of life, hand II
hand, each ready to deny himself to advance
| the other.
The connection between them was rem
dered closer still by the fact that, in earl!
life they married sisters. lived near eaci
other. and the two families mingled as child
rem of the same family.
Eulogy might exhaust itself, and fail T.
do Justice to them in their dom1sti rela
tons, for these were all that heart coul
! wish.
Andrew Thomas departed this life in tn
| fellowship and communion OF the Baptis
church, of which he had long been mem
Der, and in full assurance of 4 blessed i'm
mortality beyond the grave.
ERIEND
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MISUNDERSTANDING DAY
EVENING SESSION.

By Mr.. Campbell: To incorporte the MIS-
sissippi Improvement Company; passed.
Rv Mr.. Percy: To amend the charter OF
the Greenville Building ASSOCIATION;
passed. III, 90 oro,d
the charter of Sarepta, Lafayette county
By MIR. Percy: To amend the act creating
Sharkey county. Also to amend the char,
ter of Greenville; also. for relief OF w. Il.
Hunt, Sheriff of Washington county; also,
TO amend the act abolishing the ONCE OF
Iiouidatino Levee Commissioner; lies over
mir. Turley called up 5. B. to authorize
Vicksburg to compromise its bonded IN
dcbtedness; also, S. B. to amend the act TO
promote agriculture in Warren county !;
both passed.
Mr.. Stands called up S. B to exempt GER
tain Tate county lands from levee tax;
passed
B, Mr.. Saunders To reduce official bonds
| of Pearl and Hancock counties; passed
| BY Mr.. Hall: To amend the charter OF
| Courtland, Pamela colnty; passed.
| Bv Mr.. Gibson: To amend the charter OF
! Bonneville; passed.
By Mr.. Jarnigin To authorize Nox-
uba county to purchase certain lands ;
| passed.
By Mr.. Troup: To regulate the proceed
mos of Board of Supervisors of Menroe
county; passed; also, called Up ID. b. 10
provide for payment of teachers fund IN
| debtedness of Monroe county. Senate
| amendments cOncurred in.
By Mr.. Trice: To prevent trespass on Gull
| tiyated lands referred; also called up ,. b
to incorporate the E i.ha Galloway Female
Institute. OF Macon also E1geworth Hall
Female College; both passed.
Mr.. Yellowby called up S. B. for relief OF
Mrs Kate Barlow, of Madison; passed.
Mr.. Bridges called up Ell. B. for relief OIL
G. NJ. Gillaspie, Sheriff of Newton county
By Mr.. Tison For relief of Il. Z. Cobb
lies over.
By Mr. Bird, of Lawrence: For relief Of
&c. w. Jones, Of Lawrence county; re-
ferred
By Mr.. Muldrow: In relation to treasurer
of Oxford University; referred.
/ S. B. in relation to Waholak agricultural
district; passed.
By Mr.. Griffin: memorial to Congress
adopted
By Mr. Clifton To authorize Jackson tC
issue an series of bonds; passed.
s. B. To authorize Harrison county tc
pay for certain official printing; pissed.
BY Mr.. Byrd of Franklin: For the reliel
Of r J. Williams, sheriff of Franklir
county passed.
Mr.. Rowan called up the bill for the col
lection of school taxes in Copiah county
also TO amend the charter of Wesson
, both passed.
By Mr.. Byrd of Franklin: To change
the time of holding Chancery courts o
Amite and Franklin county; passed.
Mr.. Drake called up the bill to authoriz
the Supervisors of Claiborne to pay 70
publishing proceedings; passed.
Mr.. Clay called up the bill to amen
the act abolishing the liquidating levet
commissioner; pending consideration a
IL p M, the House adjourned.
The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-31

Recently a meeting was held in New
York of the prominent bankers, mer-
chants and other citizens, to give sup
"port to the movement for arranging a
settlement between the defaulting
"Southern States and their creditors. "
These bankers and other dealers in the
bonds created by the carpet bag admin
istrations in the South, have themselves
to blame for their misfortunes. No doubt
two thirds of them are Republicans, who
took special delight in foisting the alien
adventures over the people of the South,
ern States, and from no other class than
theirs did President Grant, in his igno
rance of the duties Of his Office, receive
more encouragement in his use of the
bayonet to prop up the rotten carpet-bag
administrations. They Toasted and
toasted and feted and lavished presents
upon him with one hand, and with the
other, they opened their money bags to
the political adventures upon whom they
smiled eomplacently regardless of eth
er the wishes or the sufferings of the unfor.
tunate and downtrodden people to whom,
since the carpet-bag bubble has exploded,
they are looking for idemnity While
we commiserate the misfortunes of the
bondholders, the strongest current of our
sympathy goes out to the impoverished
people over whom the adventures ruled.
But we cannot forget that they were
encouraged and abetted by the self-same
money lenders whose compunctious visit
ings never came until they discovered
that in doing this great wrong to the
downtrodden people, they were robbing
themselves. They are wiser and repent
ant now; but their wisdom and repent
ance have come little too late for the
uholesomeness of their money chests.