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Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1877-01-25
NArVsURE.


When Chandler was on stand
last Saturday. Mr.. David Dudley
Field questioned him about a tel
egram, which was first given to the
public by the St. Louis Republican
In a skilful manner brought out .
good part of its history. The
following verbatim report of a
portion of the examination will
show the facts we're adroitly drawn
one at q time, from the chairman
of the Republican com. ni'tee un'
I'll he stood condemned by his own
adm ssions:
20. On the 9th of November
did you communicate by telegraph
or letter with any persons in
Florida? A. l can not answer
that question; | should think it
every likely, but l have no reeol.
lection.
@. To the best Of your recolc
lection did you? A. | should think
that the probability was that |
did.
@. With whom? A. IF with
anybody, it was with Gov. Stearns
/ remember receiving a telegram
my impression would be that | re-
ceived it, but am not certain on
chat point. .
@. What was the telegram
which you received from him? A
I cannot answer that; there was
something in it about a train be-
ing wrecked which was taking peo'
pie to investigate; l should think
1t might have been the night after
the election that that telegram
was received.
O. Were the words 'Ku Klux'
used in it? A. That l cannot all
swer; the idea was that this wreck
ing Of trains was done BY evil>dis-
posed persons to prevent the true
returns from being brought in.
@. Was that telegram received
from Stearns after YOU had sent
him two kilograms that same day?
A. No, sir; l should say not; nv
recollection would be that l had
sent him no telegram prior 10 that
@. Was not this telegram from
Stearns to you--viz: eve cannot
carry it for Hayes unless We have
the army to back us and money
Immediately. Train wrecked Ku
Klux? A, don't think that was
the telegram.
Q, Win you state that it was
not? A. No, sir; / have never
seen the telegram from that day
TO this.
Q. You have no recollection
about its contents? A. (afier ex>
aiming the memorandum quoted
By MIR. Field) l will try to find
that telegram, but it would not be
according to my recollection.
@. Did you not, on the 7th Of
November, about four O'Clock in
the afternoon, telegraph this 10
Gov. Stearns: "We have blank
votes and must have Florida, South
Carolina and Louisiana by fair
means or otherwise; you can have
all the soldiers and money you
waHsS A. No, sir ; l never sent
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co z A T e

Bills, Bonds and Postage stamps Want
ed. $40 for rarest bills, So for rarest
stamps. 1t will pay to send immedia'e-
". Other G. S. curiosities etc, Ameri-
can Stamp Co., Box 4045, New York.
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any such telegram, nor the sub
stance of il.
q, Were any kilograms sent m
your name, without your knowl-
edge? Not that | am swere Of.
Q. Had anybody any authority
to use your name in the telegraph
Office? A. No, sir; except under
nv direction.
Q. Did you. on the same day
and after the pne which | have
asked about, if any snch was sent
telegraph to Gov. Stesrns this:
You must send couriers 10 every
county aud doctor the returns 10
show a majority for H,yes! A.
No, air ; | sent no such dlsp Itch
20. Did you send any 1t 'h,'
prrport in any way? a l. l.
very possible that | my have tel
egrsphed 70 written to tiu 10 send
y man out to exsmiue returns ani
prevent frauds. IL | sent one az
al it was to that purport.
20. In your communications
with Gov. Stearn4 did you in any
way say or 'n'm te anything
about money? A. Think not. -
| have no recollection of IT..
20. Did yousay or intimate any
thing about troops? A. | should
think | did.
| 20. What did You intimate o'
say? Az That troops would h'
sent to keep the peace. or word
to that effect, sent to Tallahassee
@. Had you any authority e
say that troops would be sent! A
| decline to answer.
20. On what grounR A. o.
The ground tuat | have IN right u
divulge anything between the FIX
ecutiye and a member Of his Cabi
net.
Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1877-01-25

Democratic Committee LIST Congress
siopaI Dtytriet
Washington "A. 5. DEADRlCk, Chn
Greene. III G. CARER.
Suuipan'-JoHs SLACK.
.dhuson.-J. ii. WAGNER.
Hevkins.-W. II. WAEasoS.
Hancock. w. b. DAVIS.
Granor.-S. j. JONES.
Ramben. e. T. MAGRP,
Coeke.-J. NJ, JOKES.
Ciaborne.-J. N. Treece.
Unicol Prank Hanrum.
Carter-John Upton.
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Highest Premium at the Centennial
Awarded 10 the
LAMB KNITTING MACHINEi
C..uI:,. 10 Minutpa-

Knitting 10 The heel and narrowing
off the toe complete; knits all sizes;
nafrows and widens at will, an1 knits
the web either fu nlar or Fat single
Double or Ri,bel. Producing all Varl-
rt,es Of kni,e apparel. Send for Cir
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KNITTING MACHINE CO.,
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GOVERNOR HENDRICKS thinks

GOVERNOR HENDRICKS thinks
the compromise bill! will be accepts
ell by the country. lie says:
Il BIN gratif Il that so fair
bill has been rep r;ed. 1t may
not satisfy those who demanded
success IN advance. bu, | think it
viii be accepted by the c'nn'ry.
Certainty the commissioners may
IN Ike a prop~r and righteous de-
cl,,on Under it H. VIII inflow
snch latltudr of ~iaveS.ig 4 "o and
inItment ~ viii cnni" tl'm "a
cd he rtgHJ it1alis pre,eo.
,n,ue He bill wlI.Uug aiio' lhe
.cam ur-slm to e'u -lj1J 81 matters
ot e~,lieua- a- folly a- lle 'No
liou.rs Of Congress could ~
constructing r'r gfcsllnr ft,rroil
The r,ce- 'cy a~~.nlocn5s can
easily b. mal bn lts provIsi as
lNpaar ample ,a tnd respect.
Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1877-01-25
Money will oppose it and vote

niohry VIII oPpooo " a"o WV
against &c.
Ia the Tennessee delegation.
Mr.. Briglt has al'eaay prepared
q speech opposing the bill. lie
regards il as clearly nnconstitu :
tional. Other Numbers OF tn
delegation were not as positive as
Mr. Bright.
IN the Kentucky delegation
Proctor Kn1tt said. with same
warmth. that he night b., called
high headed or harl, heade'l, hut
he was never accused Of shrinking
a hill, End, rs far rs ADVISED, he
was ''uneouditionally sgin the
bill"
Mr. Wa'tersnn will support the
bill, m =. This va Mr.. Ciik 'n-
tcntian uuii' ~ beard 30 oSpI jpe !
~ caurp>, when he 6acawr som
Shat c,,tu,r n BIZ ideas of ~.
power Of IT,. House ga m,ke IA,
A>>ociltp JUSTICES 90 he uprpm
Court me,nbrrs of he cImni,slon.
The members ~ the drleg uiOu>
were generally inclined 70 BE- con
servatlv in their views.
The Democratic Members from
o il, with the exceptinn OF Mr.
Payne, were not disposed to favor
the measure.
Ia the Indiana delegation the
ID .mocrats, like those from Ohio,
could see no gIoi in .he IN assure
Mr.. Larders an Il the only re-
deeming thing about it vas that il
vas opposed BY S nator Morton.
The Republican members fr"uI
Iadiana regard the bill as a : feaI
fully wonderful proposition, in
spired by the dead"
In the Illinois delegation tie
| Democrats from Chicago will sup
port the bill. AS Mr.. Harrison
expressed il, Anything that
Springer and tIoar can agree tt
ought to be supported unanimous.
ly:' Mr.. Sparks, from the Six,
tsenth District, summed up hi~
opinion by saying that the bill
placed the selection of the Presi
dent upon the Flip OF a copper
Mr.. Springer, a member Of the
committee, said that only favora
Bile comments had been made in
tis hearing, but these, he though,
might have been influenced by a
regard for his feelings.
The Republican members from
Illinois did not appear as enthu,
%|iastic supporters of the bill. Gen
ilulburt called it a prize pack,
age" a surrender on both side-
and creditsble to n.ither. Mr..
Bufchard was wanting in friend
ship for the bill, while the other
Republicans pleaded ignorance o!
The bill as an excuse fur not CIV
Ing an opinion.
The Missouri delegation, thir.
Teen Democrats, it is understood
will vote for the bill, that being
the intention after the caucus to-
lay. The four D, mocra,s from
Arkansas r among the non>com-
initials, although they are counted
as solid with the Missouri Demo-
Gratis.
The Michigan Republica ~ are
divided, Conger and llubbeli doubt
The exnediency Of conferring mon
the Supreme Court authority over
political questions, though Villa 4
4 member Of the joint Committee.
thinks the bin will he supported
by his coIlpIguns "n IFS passage
The Wisconsin delegation is de-
cided' Mr.. Lynd'., " D"mocra'ic
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Centeial Red1oston
in Advertising.

Thee Thousand, two hundred and
fttv do'lars werth oF newspap4 r adver'
Il 'ry at publishers schedule rates,
sigep for 300, and a three months
lols accepted in payment from atver-'
Il. > Of responsibility. A printed list
. ing aan. character aetna. daily and
weekly circulation, and Schedule Rates
of Advertising sent free to any address.
Apply to Geo. p. RIwell 81 Co, News
paper Advertising Agents, Al Park
Row, N. Y.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-13
The Doctors Reward.

Justice ComstOcks Office at Detroit
had such a hOmclike air that the reporter
for the free Press sat down 10 hear an
anecdote. IL did not commence: "Oncc
upon time there was poor but honest
baker who always put sixteen ounces Of
stock into his pound loavcs," but il
started off ~ follows: Once there WAS
q we'll 90 do DctrOiter who ate too much
succOtash for dinner. COlic seized him
and put him to bed, and so frightened
was The man that hc called out 10 the
doctor:
Save me, Doctor, and I'll give you
"a check for a thousand dOllarsW
The doctor gave him n remedy that
soon eased him, and he called out:
Keep at it, Doctor, and I'll give you
q check for five hundred dOllarsW
In half an hour more ne was able to sit
up, and he calmly remarked
Doctor, ] feel like giving you fifty
dollar bill.'
When the doctor was ready 10 20 the
sick man was up and dressed, and he
followed the physician to the door, and
said
Say, Doc, send in your bill the first
Of the month"
When six months had been gathered
to Times bosom the doctor sent in bill
amounting TO five dollars. He was
pressed to cut il down to three, and
after so doing he sued IL, got Judgment
and the patient put in n stay Of execu
ton. The poet was pretty correct whcr
he wrote:
4" i know no man whom would hust:
I buy and sell for cash
Zach day know what am worth
And thus avoid a sniash.n
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-13
Crazy Horse. the Dead Indian.

lRed Cloud Agency Letter TO chicago Tribune.I
Early in the morning the body of
Crazy Horse was brought i'm the ambu-
lance from the post by Indian soldiers,
and delivered TO his relatives in the vii
lage near the agency. There was a ter
rible amount of crying done by the
women and children and, Just before
noon, the relatives Of Crazy Horse took
the body to Spotted Tail Agency. Crazy
Horse was brave man, reckless and fool
hardy, of very little intelligence. and
had gained his notorcty through his
brute courage and stubborn will. He
was very young-appearing man, al
though thirty-seven years Of age. Every
effort had been made by the Indians
here, and his own particular leaders. to
induce him to listen 10 the whites and
obey the orders given him-but tO no
avail He persisted in his refusal to 90
TO Washington, talked impudently and
dcfantly, and opposed every effort made
by the agent DIR. Irwin, the military,
and the Indians, 10 pacify him, and TO
persuade him 60 listen to advice. He
would not listen, and at last got his own
people disgusted with him, and q num-
Der of Indians were known to have re-
marked, on the day that the northern
Indians were surrounded, that they
would like TO kill him like n dog IL he re-
sisted. Now his career is over, and IL is
probable that no more trouble will arise
here, as his death has been TO the Indians
good and effective lesson.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-13

another private staff whose names are
unknown save To the head of the depart
ment and the permanent Secretary and
this one comprises persons of beth sexes
and of every class, from the highest to
the lowest. Out of its ranks is drawn
the ooRtTc-p0iice, which acts as the key
stone of the whole French detective sys
tenn, and which keeps the honesty of
the ordinary detective under check
most efficient owing To its secrecy. When
French detective has IN important
case intrustcd To him he has ALWAYS
reason to suspect that some one else. un-
known To him, is working ut il also in
the datk; and lac lis aware that there
is no chance of his discovering that un-
known colleague, who is possibly a
person of good social position who con-
ceals his connection with the police even
from his own family. This system is
expensive, but il renders collusiou al
most impossible. Moreover, the arhi-
trary powers of u project are 80 extern
sive that an unfaithful detective would bc
dealt with at once without fuss or pub
licity by being handed over to a iudge d
instruction, who might keep him in soli-
tary confinement for a twelvemonth
under preiense of investigating charge
against him. after which he would re,
ceiye orders to quit the country. Not
withstanding all this, politics take up SO
much of the time of the police that the
French detective staff does not certainly
render the services which it might If its
energies were directed entirely To the
prevention and repression of oilcnses
against common law. Considering that
a Frenchman in custody has no means of
concealing his identity and antecedents; {;
that, further the secret examining pro-
cedure of the judge d'instruction sell
dom fails 10 worm out frOm him hy
mortal torture full confession of his
crime and disclosures as to his accom-
plices, If he have any; considering,
also, that couvicts on their discharge are
prohibited 10y the 47th Article of the
Code from residing in Paris and
agglomerating into criminal mass
and that in addition To this, the police
system of the whole country is central
lied in these things. il will be seen that
a staff of two hundred and twenty able
detectives work under most promising
circumstances. The most that can be
said of the French police, however, is
that they run down a suspected person
pretty quickly if they once obtain clue
and that as class they must be above
pecuniary temptation, since no scandal
has occurred for many years to suggest
the contrary. 1t must also bc said To
their credit that they obey the regula-
tion which forbids them from accepting
money in reward of services which they
render to private persons. They know
that any laxity in this matter-even
when they have been instrumental in
recovering large sums of money from alb
sconding defaulters-might entail dis
missa and loss of pension rights The
American system stands greatly in need
of improvement, but until we put politics
farther away from the detective Office
and pay the men more than they now re-
ceive but little benefit may bc expected.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-13
LITTLE BROWN HANDS.
ny NARY n. KRoUr.

They drive home the cows from the pasture,
~ through the long shady lone,
Nhere the quail whistles loud i'm the W heat field
That are yellow with ripening grain.
lney Ind in the thick waving grasses.
where the scarlct-lippss,i strawberry grows
Ihey gather the earliest snowdropS,
Ana the hrt crimson buds of the rose.
They toss the hay in the meadow;
hey gather the clder-hloOm white.
lhey mud where the dusty grapes purple
In soft-tntcd October light
lhey know where the apples hang ripest
Ana are swceter than ltaly's wines;
Ihey know where the fruit hangs the thickest
On the long thorny blackberry vines
Ihey gather the long delicate Sea-weetls,
Ana build tiny castles OF sand;
Ihcy pick mp the beautiful sea shells
airy harks that have driftcd to land:
ihey wave from the TALL rocking trec-topS
where the orioles hammock nest swings
And at nighttime are folded in slumbcr
by song that fond mother sings.
Those who toll bravcly are strongest:
The humble and poor become great;
Aud trom these brown n-handcd children
shall grow mighty rulers of state.
lhe pen Of the author aud statesman-
The noble and wise of the land
The sword and chssl and paIctto
Shall be held in the little brown hand
Indianapolis Herald
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-13
lie Lied.

" He was the orfulcst liar ever SEEN"
said Cooley OLeary, as we returned
from his friends funeral. Why, he
told me once that he lived on small
island out in the Pacific Ocean on
which there was volcano. And he said
that there was an active demand out in
that region for watermelons, 40 he went
to the business of raising them. And
he said one year his whole crop failed
except one melon, and that kept on
growing at such a fearful rate that il
crowded him off the lowland and up ON
the side of the volcano, which generated
steam and caused an explosion which
blew up the whole concern TO atoms,
and shot him four hundred miles out to
sea, where he was picked up by a
whaler. He used TO tell me that the one
great mistake of his life was that he
didn't drive plug in the crater of the
volcano so as to make il watertight, and
then slice open the watermelon and come
sailing home on the half shell.
He would lie. He said that once he
was cast away on an iceberg, with no
baggage but pair of skates and a
fishing pole. But he skated around
until he came across dead whale, frozen
into the ice. So he took off his shirt.
it was night for six months that year III
therefore il into strips for wick. ran
the strips through the bamboo fishing.
rod stuck the rod into the tat of the
whale, and lit the other end. He said
IL burned splendidly, and the iceberg
reflected the light so strongly that il
was bright as day for forty mile,
around, and one vessel ran into the berp
hfpb fr,l.N l. -
he sold the iceberg To the captain foI
$4,000, and the captain split 10 up and
took IL home, and made two hundred
per cent profit disposing OF it TO ice
companies.
Lie? well sir, he beat any man evel
came across. Told me that once out ir
Nevada, n mountain lion attacked him
with his mouth wide open. He haC
presence of mind enough to grab il by
the tongue and pull The lion roareC
with pain, but he did his level bes
pulling, and pretty soon the tongue be
gan TO give and the tail TO shorten, and
directly out they came, the tongue anC
the tail in one long continuous string
He said he had 'em at home and ht
showed 'em 10 me, but my belief is they
were only three or four cow-hides and
bulls tail dovetailed together.
He was astonishing as truth
crusher Said he served on gunboat
during the war which was very smal
and light, while the mortar on the decl
was very large and heavy, and he sale
the first time they tried TO fire a fifteen
inch shell, the she'll remained stationary
while the recoil was 80 great that il Ere,
the. gunboat four miles up the strean
and landed it in n tree. He was n liar
but now he'sdead reckon be II ketch it.
There was no doubt about it. Mr.
OLeary was very successful a.
rnnsfrucfnr of cnernolic trnrLa Of Gciinr.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-13
Love.MakIng at the white Sulphur.
tCinoinnati Enquirer.

just before I left White Sulphur n
gentleman whose daughter was one of the
bellies Of the place explained TO my
mother and self the etiquette Of love
making at White Sulphur. lie said IL
was understood by both gentleman and
ladies that no matter how far q gentle
man might go in professions Of love for
a lady, neither she nor any one else was
TO understand him seriously, but TO take
IL for granted that he was merely de-
sirous Of paying the lady a compliment.
II being admitted that the highest com
plimcnta n man can pay woman is TO ask
her 10 marry him, gentlemen desirous Of
carrying the language Of hattery to its
utmost limit sometimes even ask that
important question, but il was distinctly
understood that he was not TO be taken
at his word. of" continued my in
fOrmant, man is in earnest i'm his de
sire to marry lady 20 whom nc pays at
tention here, he will not ask her while
she Is at this place, but will wait until
after her departure, because owing to the
etiquette ] have explained, she would
not believe him to be serious If he put
the question here"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-13

About six o'clock the other evening n
young woman, carrying babe about
year old, entered car bound for West
Philadelphia and dropped into a vacant
seat beside a spruce looking young man.
As she was busy searching for ticket
the youngstcr, attracted by the glitter Of
the young mans watch chain, made n
grab for IL and fell over into his lap.
The mother quickly reached for the
child, and as she did so she noticed a
heavy frown settle on the young mans
brow, 30 with trembling voice she NUT
tered an apology. Instead Of receding
the frown on his brow grew deeper, and
rudely turning his back upon her he
snatched paper from his pocket and
pretended 20 read. A few blocks further
on, as tall, sharp-featured woman
arose and left the car, the young man
heayed a sigh Of relief folded up his
paper, and turning To- the discOmfted
mother, he whispered Excuse me,
madam, for behaving so much like an
idiot but ! had TO pretend 10 be awful
cross for that wall-eycd woman who Just
left the car lives next door to the young
lady ] call upon, and if ] hadn't pre-
tended to bc very angry she would have
kicked up muss by telling my girl that
she was sure ! was married, for she saw
me have my wife and baby with nc in
the cars. IT was very rude, ! know, but
j hope you will excuse me when ! tell
you that the girls father is worth over
$4,000 and ] don't want anything to
cause hard feelings between us"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-13

THE recent death Of the grandson and
last male relative Of the poet Schiller
has led To- the statement that there is
not now living single descendant in the
male line Of Chauccr, Shakespeare,
Spenscr, Milton, COwlcy, Butler, Dryden,
Pope, Cowpcr, Goldsmith, Scott, Byron,
Moore, Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Walter
Raleigh Drake Cromwell, Hampden,
Monk Marlborough, Peterborough, Mel
son, Stafford, Ormond, Clarendon, Ad-
Olson, Swift, johnson, Walpolc, Boiling
broke, Chatham, Pitt Fox, Burke,
Grattan, Canning, Bacon, Locke, New
ton, Davy, Hume, Gibbon, Macaulay,
Hogarth, Sir Joshua Reynolds, David
Garrick, or Edmund Kcan.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-13
NY LITTLE WOMAN.

Would the diamond seem such peerless gem
IL II measured ono foot roundf
Would the rose-lcaf yield such sweet perfume
IL IL covered yards of groundG
Would the dew-drops seem ~ clear aud pure
II dew like rain should ialif
Or the little woman be half ~ great
IL she were six feet tall9
Ills the hand as soft rs the nesting bird
That grips with the grip Of stccl
lis the voice rs sweet ~ the summer wind
That rules without appeal.
Aud the warrior, scholar, the saint aud sagc
May fight and plan and pray;
The world will wag To the end Of time
In the little woman's way.
--S1R Erdncisco Nccs Later.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-13

FINLAND has only thirty-eight news
papers, and only one is q daily, printed
half in Finnish and half in Swedish.
The most important printing establish
ment in the country employs only sixty
men and boys, and belongs to the Fin
nish Literary Society.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-13

Az lrishman, on seeing n vessel very
heavily laden, and scarcely above the
waters edge, exclaimed, upon my
sowl, If the river was but a little higher,
the ship would go to the bottom"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-13

NEW YORK Commercial: The death
of J.. l.. Davenport, the actor, was due
TO q .quack doctor, who poured his
medicine into him. Being public
character, the fact has become known /;
but If il could be learned how many
thousands prove victims TO the quacks
every year, an astonishing exhibit
would be made.