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The Van Buren press., 1877-11-06
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Women have been known to remove
their jeweiry under the excitement ofa
camp meeting sermon on charity and
humhleness but no one ever saw them
throw away g. real hair switch
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THE well-known and long prlf,a
4 at Van Buren, Arkansas, now md.
charge Of the subscriber. The propriefar,
ing recently put on a large New SteamLo,,
with careful aud experienced Ferrymen. tbsr
confident that they can give universal sati,t
to the travelling public. Thar aim will
meetthc increasing demands Of the lar
grant travelto Texas.
The st, Louis and sherman. Texas !
Mails are carried over this Ferry, which !. j.,
guarantee that it is the shortest as well :,
bestroutefor travel of all Kinds.
This Ferry has the largest and best boat
river, and can cross 26O wagons and team,
day and no detention Oh either bank need
peeted. Enclosures for stock and sheds "a,
elers are being built on both sides ofthe rive
~ pains will be spared 10 oaccommodatcthpn \
WeshaIl strive 10 continue tomake this the
ular routs to and from Missouri and Texas
n. B.--Ferfy Accounts must be settled Nj
ly. No deviation from this rule.
WILL EAkIN Superintenl,
Van Buren,, Feb LIB.
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-,urDt.'a l-,uu I'tp most elegant works oG
art given jr'r tp subscribers The price - ,o
low that almost everybody -uh-uribc- one
agent reports mailing over $50 in week
Alady agent reports taking over 400 suhScrib-
ers in ten days. All who engage make mon
ey fast. \ ou can devote all your tim" to the
business. or only your spare time. You need
not be away from home over night. You
can do it as well a. others, Fun particulars
directions and terms free. Elegant and
expensive outfit free. Ifyou want profitable
work send lis your address Mt once It costs
nothing to try the business. No one who
engages fails to make great pay, Address
The Peoples journal" Portland. Name.
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The best way to cure crying child.'
saws M advertisement, "is to buy a
baby carriage" That is to keep the bawl
,,lliu
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Time flies" suggested she. "Ycs,"
h. aH 'wered, sadly taking "a dark object
out of the cream, "time the flies were
gone
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We won't go home till morning
Till daylight does appear"
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-07-24
A Commodore's Mistake

Daring the .sr!y part ii our clvil var
C.p..in Case ~as ,ppytn'ef C"nsno-
dors # the Erooklyu Navy Yard lie
Vas .',ic' man. AMI ,'rgcd ~ The
Ell pic yss> ~iih r sharp .'jck he
painp III Ri. ware! VA III, '..vorit- /, a.
ing pi.c-. a,G al c.ri.Ia /. ,urs hr s.--
moved tle hstil. ffom u. ~ thu. as no
~at.r eculi i. got ib' :, would he no
excas" 'pr IT,. men guiig tf.re ~ often
He ~As .i.drsd a busy tiian. atd stepped
around ,hs yard very briskly max my
things ve'y lively for the boys
Mr s,ry.ns. Of Hobok-n. had (. con
trsct With the eoverfni.r; for the build
ng 81 l.rc- d.rriok f'r the yard. al
wss on hnid I.Dno u.liy every DIV 70
super i..t-nd the ] !, Wh-r lie arri., 4
at IN. yard n- va Ia he h.nit Il r.
pair q. p*rAhaul. a, st.p III. As
mn # f.~ ~Oid., AT /. hi- iag r,jc
is,in; ii ot,-ef walton wrs secured " hen
hr seated himself on "A pile If iuu.ts.r
where he could oversees his met, ana oy
rGisiCg his hand coca sionaliy couli di-
rect hi< foreman how To proceed with
g.. work L. afT Gns uuscqn,ifted
With tip, la ~tud haye passed "a an
ordinary hborer
CAPTAIN Case dii not know bin. int
far two 81 ihrt. days had Observed hin,
sitting ~ ;a~ lumber pile bppsrrE'ly
doi9G U".nIag The cnpt.in th-rtf re
hasuInily Inferred TIA, be Na, . sku!.cr
inAiii K his time 2~ns. aid AT lbs, de
tesmii.i TO interview 'hc -uyro.rd
idlsr.
Ap.roaeh,ug Mr stevens. he asked
him what department Of tho yard he
belonged to Mr. Stevens answered
that he did no, b,lonH 10 any depart
ment Capt Case next ..ked ham:
who is your tosss"
Nj. = said. Il have M boss.
CAPT. Case grew quite rxcii,d at the
apparent csnlnrss dsplhytd by Mr..
Stew. ns. and demanded IA - po,npnns
voice:
do you know VINO sm:'
Mr. y noolly answered hs did not
Well. SIR" sni1 Capt Case, II want
you 10 understand that am the com
n'.lore of this yard
H. had steppei ~ very close to Mr
St1vens. who. withou, rising. place d hi.
hand on the coat sleeve II the cos; mo.
.iors. and said:
.'Oh. you are. chr You hsv. very
kood place here take care Of it >"
CAPT. Case had never before seeh such
cool indifference displayed by a navy
yard employee. and he hurried away
flushed with rage, determined to find
oat how hs w.. employed. so rs to dis
charge him He asked one of the older
officials:
who 10 that lazy fellow longing
over there"
Why" tho as,onished Official re-
piled. don't you know HIM That is
Mr.. Stevens. the Hoboken millionaire.
~ho 10 building th~ large derrick for
the government.
Capt, Cases feelings. when hc learned
his mistake. may he imagined, bat not
descfi.nd
, 1877-11-24

A Brownsville dispatch to the
San Antonla Ne,os, gives the de-
tails of a horrible crime COM
mitted about forty miles from
Matamoros, Mexico:
About the 10th of September,
Donna Rita Chapa de Menchaca,
a wealthy lady of Matamoros,
accompanied by her niece, Seno-
rite Orila, and one female and
two male attendants, left Mata-
moros bound for Monterey. The
bodies of the whole party were
found four days ago near Lobito
rancho, about forty miles from
Matamoros. The women had
been outraged, bound hand and
foot and gagged. There were no
marks Of shooting or stabbing,
and it is believed they were left
IN that fix to die a horrible death
from starvation and exposure.
Donna Rita had a large amount
of money and much valuable
jewelry on her person. The
greater part Of the money was
in drafts, which the robbers left
undisturbed. Her rings and
other jewelry and money,
amounting in all to near $500,
were taken by the murderers.-
The mules were killed and the
ambulance by which the party
was travelling was thrown into a
lagoon. 1t is reported thatin an
old well a short distance from
the scene of this horrible crime
were found the remains of thir-
teen persons. The authorities
are doing their utmost to obtain
some clew to the perpetrators of
these atrocities, but with little
prospect of success.
, 1877-11-24

to delegate certain of its sove-
reign powers, relating solely to
general interests, to a common
central government, specifically
retaining all the sovereign pow
ers belonging to an Independent
State, save only those thus del
egated. The Union was based
upon State sovereignty; it drew
all its powers and vitality from
a recognition Of the sovereign
right of the individual States to
form and maintain such Union.
But the compact being an act of
sovereignty, perpetual in it's
terms, and in the nature of a trea-
ty between two or more nations,
could only be dissolved by mutu-
al consent or force. The attempt
of one or more of the parties to
the compact to repudiate the
same. was a just cause Of war,
as would have been a violation
of treaty between nations, and
war consequently followed; not
by personal rebellion, but by
State authority; every act of war
was under the authority of or
ganized government incapable of
committing of treason.
These primary principles of
international law were always
recognized by Mr.. Lincoln in all
his official acts and proclama-
tions. Mr.. Seward never spoke
of the war as a "rebelliOn," in
his official foreign correspond
ence, because that would have
subjected him to the ridicule of
foreign diplomatists. Slavery
was abolished as war measure;
the Union was reconstructed
under the war power; and is full
time that We should drop from
our vocabulary a phrase which
is cherished in ignorance and
conveys to a large portion of our
fellOw-citiZenS 4 menace and a
taunt.
, 1877-11-24
alton for the year 1877 as follows, to

alton for the year 1877 as follows, to
wit:
County tax. Eight mills on dollar
School tax. -Four mills on a dollar
Territori'l tax. -Four mills on a dollar
Special tax. Two mills on a dollar
Road Prop tax Four mills on dollar
The Auditor was instructed to no.
tify the jailor that by virtue of
law passed by the Legislative As
sembly of the Territory of Wash
ington at its last session, 1t is made
the duty of the Sheriff to pay the
jailor's wages, and that hereafter the
Board will not be responsible for
his wages.
The Auditor was instructed to adj
vertise in the WEEKLY DISPATCH for
bids for the burial Of all deceased
persons for whose burial the county
is responsible, exclusive of those at
the County Poor House, said de-
ceased persons to be buried in the
county cemetery. All bids to be
fled with the Auditor on or before
the first Monday in February, 1878.
Board adjourned sine die.
M. S. BOOTH,
Clerk of Board.
, 1877-11-24
The New York Herald hopes

The New York Herald hopes
that some arrangement will be
made between the cigar manu-
facturers and their employees
by which the latter will not be
driven from their homes and the
suffering occasioned by the
strike immeasurably increased.
The differences between the con-
testants ought to be compro-
missed as soon as possible.
, 1877-11-24

not represented in the Senate at
all, and South Carolina has but
one Senator. These three seats
belong, Of right, to the Demo.
Gratis, and if. the Democratic
claimants are admitted the Re-
publican majority in the Senate
is hopelessly gone for the whole
of Mr.. Hayes term.
, 1877-11-24

A VERY rapid, safe and easy way
to make money, is to procure terri
tory to introduce the latest useful in.
vention that is wanted every day, by
every one, everywhere, who has q
not a full sized sewing machine.
with table and treadle, for only
Eighteen Dollars,
MANUFACTURED BY THE PEERLESS MFG
co. OF PHILADELPHIA,
does the same work asa machine you
pay eighty dollars for, rapid, smooth
and firm work, and makes a seam SC
strong the cloth will tear before the
stitches rip apart. Agents only need
show them in operation to sell in
every house they enter. Thirty dol
lars and upwards cleared daily by
smart agents. No such machine
was ever offered at any such price.
HIGHEST AWARDS AT CENTENNIAL Elk.
HIBTTIoN. THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES
USING THEM
Demand increasing every day
where they become known. Min.
listers. Judges, lawyers, editors tail
ors, machinests, &C., reccomend
them perfect. Rights given free to
first applicants. If there isno agen.
cy in your place write for it or buy q
machine for your family or relative,
there is none better or SO cheap.
Machines sent to all parts of the
country, on receipt of price, $18.
Read advertisement beginning.
ied&w1y
, 1877-11-24
Political Character Of the Next
Congress.

The New York Herald says the
death of Senator Morton dimin-
ishes the slender and waning
Republican majority in the Sen
ate. That body now stands 80
Republicans against 33 Demo
Gratis. Senator Patterson, of
South Carolina, who is under in
dictment for felony, Is likely to
lose his Seat by expulsion, and
his successor will be a Democrat.
Senator Davis, of Illinois, who
attended the Senatorial caucus
of neither party, will probably
act with the Democrats IN ques-
tions where they have right and
Justice on their side. If the
Democratic claimants from Lou
isiana and South Carolina are
admitted to seats the long Re-
publican ascendancy in the Sen
ate is gone and the Democratic
party will have a majority in
both branches of Congress. 1t
is certain enough that the Dem
ocrats will control the Senate
during the last two years OF
President Hayes term, and there
seems almost an even chance
that they may gain this advan-
tage in the Forty-fifth Congress.
The appointment of Dan Voor-
hees as Morton's successor re-
duces the Republican majority
to four, and to three as often as
Judge Davis votes on the Dem
Ocratic side. The almost certain
expulsion of Patterson will leave
a majority OF two, and Of only
one after his successor is seated
With Sharon absent, as he feels
at liberty to be great part OF
the time, the Republicans would
be annihilated as soon as Patter
son is replaced by Democrat,
and the Senate would be brought
to a tie on political questions.
But a tie would not destroy Re-
publican control, since the Vice
President, who is a Republican,
has a casting vote whenever the
Senate is equally divided. But
it must be remembered that there
are are three vacant seats, and
that the filling of these may re-
duce the Republicans to an alb
solute minority, when the cast
ing vote of the Vice President
cannot help them. Louisiana is
, 1877-11-24

The National debt on the first
of the month was two thousand
and forty-seven million dollars,
with a small trif1e of four or five
hundred thousand dollars ad-
ditionaI.
, 1877-11-24

A trio of New York brokers
leighton, Bernard and Potter
to teach San Fran
cisco some lessons in stock job
bing, and have been locked up
for their pains.
, 1877-11-24

Dom Pedro is credited in Bra
zil with an intention to reform
the whole administration of the
Empire, and all the rings and
combinations, are of course,
alarmed. Brazil, it seems, needs
reform as sadly as some other
laces.
, 1877-11-24

A colored lawyer has created
a sensation in Georgia by apply
ing for admission to practice,
What a godsepd it will be for
the anti-administration Repub-
licans if some stupid judge re-
iects him.
, 1877-11-24

Scandinavia and Switzerland
have become the principal Nor
mon recruiting grounds, the ex-
posures of the infamy of the
SaH Lake Saints not having yet
extended to those countries.
, 1877-11-24

Some person who was leaving an
overloaded omnibus the other day,
steadied himself by resting his
hands on the knees of several of the
passengers. "What a savage| ex-
claimed one of the ladies'. Eyes, -
replied her companion. He's a
Pawnae
, 1877-11-24
Office Dispatch Buildings, James Street.
SATURDAY NOV. "a, 1877
Judge Deady's Lecture.

The lecture OF Judge Deadly,
delivered last evening to an au-
dience which did not in num-
bers creditably represent the
popular intelligence of this city,
was one of absorbing interest to
the majority of those who heard
it. He traced the history of the
system Of trial by jury from its
earliest adoption to the present
time, showing its relations to the
the various forms of government
under which it has existed, and
its necessity as an auxiliary to
the judicial determination of
the rights Of person and proper
sy, especially in a popular gov
eernment.
We have neither the time nor
space to devote to an extended
review of the lecture, but cannot
let the occasion pass without en-
stering our protest against the
use of a single phrase, which,
coming from so distinguished a
jHrist, not only astonlshed but
startled US. In speaking in con-
demnatlon of the lawless author
ity and mob rule which prevail
ed during the late war, he spoke
OF that war as "the war of re-
bellion." The lecturer knew
better; he knew that this was
only slang phrase, but phrase
pregnant with dangerous conse-
.quences in promoting and per-
petuating ignorant sectional pre-
judices. Rebellion, as the lee
turer we'll knows, is personal
crime, a felony under the laws
of all nations, and is not even
admitted to the category of po-
litical offences, but is specified
as statutory crime not within
the province Of international law.
If the war was a rebellion on one
side, the army on the other side
was only a posse con'etatus called
to the aid Of the civil authorities
to hunt down and bring to JUS
tice predatory bands Of outlaws.
If the persons engaged in max
ing war against the United
States, either as soldiers or civil
ians, were rebels, then are one
third Of the present citizens of
the United States escaped felons,
holding their lives and liberties
by the clemency Of the civil au-
torities; seventy or more of these
"scape-gallowses" hold seats in
Congress, and one in the Cabinet
of the President, while many
Others, both in this and in the
preceding administration, were
among the confidential friends
and personal advisers of the
President; while there is not an
army officer who achieved any
honorable distinction during the
war, who does not regard the
late enemy ..
With that pr I'd joy which warriors fe
In foemen worthy Of iheir steel
There was not an incident of
the war, from its inception to it's
close, which under any statute
or national law, or any recogni-
zed authority upon international
law, which gives a shadow Of
countenance to the assumption
that it was rebellion, insurrec-
ton or revolt. "Can a State
commit treason?' asked the En-
glish statesman, Burke; and no
one could ever answer the ques-
tion in the affirmative. The
States which attempted to secede
came into the Union as sove-
reign, independent States, capable
of contracting and being con-
tracted with, and by their own
voluntary act entered into
compact perpetual in its terms,
, 1877-11-24
Postal Savings Bank System

"a AAAA' AAes VI WI III.
Postal Savings Bank System.
The Postmaster General, in
his forthcoming annual report,
is to make a long argument in
favor Of the Postal Savings De-
pository system that was first
proposed by Postmaster General
Creswell, and elaborated by him
in his report for 1873. These
institutions are not designed to
encroach upon legitimate powers
and duties of the National banks.
They are totally distinct in their
scope and character, and in the
ends they are intended to &C
complish: Mr.. CreswelPs posi-
ton was thus explained in his
report: The details would be
simple, safe and efficient. Money
order officers as agents of the
Government would receive de-
posits in small sums, ranged from
one dollar upward, to the limit
fixed by law, which sums the
Postmaster would forward at
short intervals to tho nearest
depository of the United States
Treasury. A certificate, fixing
the responsibility Of the Govern
ment, would be issued immedi-
ately to the depositor by the
Postmaster, and notice would be
sent either to the department or
some established branch Office,
to the end that true entry there
of might be made, and a more
formal acknowledgment for
warded to the depositor. No
depositor should be allowed in
any one year to deposit exceed
ing $500. No greater accumula-
ton of deposits should be per-
mitted for any one depositor
than $1,000, and no greater &C
emulation of deposits and inter
est should be allowed than
$1,000.
Meantime, however, the Unit
ed States should contract to pay
interest not exceeding four per
cent, to be computed from the
first day Of the month following
the deposit, and to stop upon the
first day of the month in which
any withdrawal might be made.
Interest should be computed to
the end of the fiscal year, and
then if not drawn should be add.
ed to the principal. Il would,
of course, be necessary to keep
an extra account of all such de-
posits, and of the expenses in
cident to the management there
of in the Treasury Department
also to make provision for the
payment of the amounts due de-
pos1tors whenever and wherever
they might desire to withdraw
them, and to allow and credit to
such accumulation a somewhat
greater rate of interest than that
paid out to deposltors, so that all
expenses might be paid out Of
the fund and the institution
made self sustaining.
A system thus organized, would
not only encourage habits Of
saving on the part of all who
might be in the way of earning
small sums of money, but would
tend largely to utilize and keep
in circulation the immense
amounts which are paid out for
wages and in business, and give
every depositor a direct interest
in the stability of the Govern
ment. 1t would strengthen our
national finances by pouring
these accumulations into the
treasury, which, in turn, by ju-
dlcious investments, could afford
to monetary and banking institu-
tions the very relief they now so
eagerly seek.
, 1877-11-24

New Advertisements.
, 1877-03-16

PoIsoNED.-Last Thursday week Mr..
Mcdonald and wife, formerly restaurant
Keepers in ltbis place, but now shipped
on board the bark Columbia bound for
Australia, as steward and stewardess, had
narrow escaI}e fr6m death. After hav-
ing assumed theirduties some one sent on
board the vessel a bottle of whisky as
present to them in which had been put
quantity OF croton oil, whether by acci-
dent or design Is not fully known. Nc
Donald and wife partOok heartily of the
contents Of the bottle, Joined by the cook
and soon after all of them were taken
sick. DIR. Minor was called, and by his
aid, and the fact that they had taken such
large quantity OF the deadly poison their
lives were saved.