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The Russellville Democrat., 1877-10-04

CIRCULAR TO THE FARMERS, MANUFAC-
 TURERs, MINERS, ETC, OF ARKAN-
 sAs.
 LITTLE RocK, Sep. IT, 1877.
 The Fairmount Park Commits sioners, representing the city of Philadelphia, having given the use of Machinery Hall, in Fairmont Park building which covers four teen acres--for the establishment of a National Immigration Bureau, Mir. Lee Crandall, who is highly indors- ed by leading citizens of Philadel- phIa and other sections of the coun try, has taken charge of the same, and invites all the States and Terri tories to make contributions of spec linens of minerals, farm products, manufactures, works of art, etc, to be placed on permanent exhibition, free of charge. The object of the bureau Is to foster and encourage immigration in all the States and Territories desiring it.
 Such an exhibition ofthe products of Arkansas, where they can con stantly be seen by those desiring homes in the Sonth, it is believed, will be of lncalculable benefit to our State, being the most effective way of advertising our resources, as was demonstrated by the. display of Ar kansas products at tue Centennial Exhibition of 1876.
 That Arkansas may have per manent display of her varied pro ducts on exhibition at this place, |
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|. O. G. Y.

At the recent meeting of the Grand Lodge Independent Order of Good Templars, held in Forrest City, the following grand officers were elected fer the ensuing year: T. NJ. Gibson, c. w. c. Templar; J. II. sparks, c, w. Counselor; Miss Willie Malone, c. W. V. Tenplar; John T. Cox, c. W. Secretary; W. L. Thompson, G. W. Treasurer; W. c. Malone, G. ". Chaplain; c. ". Wilson, G. W. Marshal; Miss Sallie Griflith, c. W. Guard; Rces Brad. field, c. W. Sentinel; Miss Annie Griffith, A. c. W. Secretary; Miss Alice McMackln, A. c. w. Marshal; T. NJ. Gibson, Representative to R. w. G. Lodge; J. H, Sparks, Alter nate; J. T. Cox, Delegate to the Chattanooga Convention; c, w. Will son, Alternate.
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iuHu TOT thc iIiltdtiob VI oui puu- lie ofllsers and even tualiy it is prob able with all it's accumulated load af interest to succeed in obtaining rec- ognitlon at the hands of a future legislature
 1 Now of the above debts there is due on the New Beaas, as will be seen above, and ,de on the U. S, and ion the scrip debt, which the Scalers don't proposeto touch, about, S3,50O,- GOO, to this add A. and R's. new bonds S4,00O,00O and we have the debt of the State s7,500,000; while no one heretofore has ever estimated the admitted debt all told includidg the part of the Holford bonds which many thnk we oughtvto pay, as over six millions or six millions two or hundred thousand dollars.
 And now, MT. Editor, as much as I abhor this whole Scaling process, l yet if Gov. Miller and the Finance Board will come mp to the proposi- tion contained in the above extract from his special message and which had the influence to defeat all action on the part, of the Legislature; -and that is to settle the whole debt for the amount of the admitted debt; to get this matter settled forever, l think I could give it my support, supposing, of course, the proposition came from the holders of the admit ted debt.
 The proposition is certainly very different.
 It carries the debt $1, 500, 900 above what we owe after compounding in terest on interest. It makes the old debt six or eight hundred thousand dollars more than has ever before been estl- mated, even with this compounding of interest. It will be understood of course, Tn these calculations the Rail Road and Levee bonds are left out as they are generally considered fraud ulent and the proposition is to can eel them in the Adams Redfeld settlement.
 Another part of the proposition of Adams and Redfield deserves serious consideration. They do not propose to bring in all the bonds, cancel them and take new bonds at once in their plan, butas they present cer- tain amounts, they are to get their valne in new bonds. Now, as yet we have seen no authority showing they can control all the bonds, and the State certainly has no security that they can or will do it. Surely no man of sense would favor the is- suing of new bonds to any amount whatever, till the old bonds were ready for cancellation. This may be excess of caution, but one thIng we may remember, and should never forget it, and that is that every movement regarding this debt, both the old and the new, has been 8 swindle on the people, and that in fact the State has never realized probably one-half a million of dollars from the whole bonded debt.
 J. T.. HARRISON. r-s-r-~~-~-~~.-ssssz.--~sx.-~m
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VOL. III.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
STATE or ARKANSAS.
FIFTH Jr-DIcIAL DISTRICT.

Composed of the counties of Pope, Johnson, Yell, Franklin, and Conway. Yell County, at Danville, 2d Monday in February and August.
 Conway County, 3d Monday after the 2d Monday in February and August. Pope County, 4th Monday of March and September.
 Johnson County, 3d Monday after the 4th Monday in March and September. Franklin County, 9th Monday after 4th Monday in March and September. Circuit Judge ,.. W. W. MANSFIELD. Pros. Atty y.....--. J. r. BY FRS.
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Wanted.

To know the length of stitch in sowing grain.
 A shoe for the foot of hill. A tongue for the mouth of river. A brush for the tooth of drag. Fingers for the hand of time. A hat for the head of lake. A collar for the neck of a bottle. Speech from the tongue of wagon.
 Specs for the eye of a reedle. Eyes for the head of pin. A handkerchief for the nose of Q teakettle.
 Sheets for the bed of an ocean. A key for the trunk of a tree. A hair from the head of drum. A feather from the wings of tho wind.
 And last of all, some one to spin the top of . mountain.
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POPE COURT CALENDAR.

County Court: First Monday in January, April, July and October.
 On the First Monday in October, each year, the County Court, consti- tuted of the County Judge and major ity of the Justices of the Peace shall meet for the purpose of leyying county taxes and making appropriations for the expenses of the County.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-10-04

AAp EsS> Great chance to make mon ksEEk EE ey. If you can't get gold yon EfEEE HS. you can get greenbacss We ~@ &~ gez Eg Naeed person in 5very town ahN 'cst Illustrated family publication m the Nurld Any one can become successful agent The most elegant works of art given Tree tu subscribers, The price Is 90 low that almost cycryho subscribes. One agent re- ports making over Sl50 in week lady aGrht reports taking over 100 subsCribers ih hdaNs. An who engage make money iast, lAu can devote all your time to the business, or only your spare time. Ton meet not be away from home over night. You can do tt as wei as others. Fall particulars, directions "od terms free Elegant ard eNpcusiYe outht lfeg. li N"U want profitable work send ua your a0dles at once, lt costs nothing to try the hd 'ntas, No one who cnga ges ftils tn mako great pay. Address "rhe Peoples J0Urnal' Portland. Maine.
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 MAIL SCHEDULE.
RAILWAY TIME "A BILE.

EAST.--Arrivc 12:00 m. Leave P; 20 D. m.
 WEST.-Arrive 80 p. m. Leave ] :50 D. m. G. F. HOWELL, Agent. ". J. REYNOLDS, Tel. Operator.
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$1.5o5,o9o.

Leaves, $1,505,09O.
 Now take this $1 ,505, ,090 from $4, 6SO, O,S45 and we have $3,l75,755 the highest amount of the admitted debt of the State ever heretofore published to the people, and yet Mir. Adams and the Finance Board sud denly makes this same old debt, $3, 727,S27. And another feature of this estimate, both of Gov. Miller and the Finance Board that has not heretofore been noticed, so far as l have seen, is that Tn 1869 and 1870 this new funded debt was refunded, and interest up to that time added to the principal, the interest being largely in excess of the original debt, and their calculations are all based on interest thus counted from 1870, thus adding largly to the amount actually due, or fair count of interest. And this state ment, now made, will explain why some of Col. Fishback's calculations differ from the above estimate.
 Now, Sir, where do these men get the figures to make this debt $3, ,727,- S27?
 Now, Gov. Miller in his Special Message urging the legislature to do nothing, said: "I do not hesitate to express my belief (and l speak after due consideration and with full ap- preciation of the gravity of the an nouncement) that if time be allowed the Finance Board will be able to re- port to the next General Assembly, or if deemed expedient to an extra ordinary session of the present, a proposition acceptable by our credit ors, which will cancel the whole present Bonded and Floating indebt. edness of our State and afford us a receipt in full for its entire amount, upon the same terms, or substantial fly upon the same terms or which, should other counsels prevail our undisputed debt alone would be paid, while rejected claims for mil lions of dollars would still be left hanging over ns, to keep down our credit, to torment our politics, to constitute permanent corruption
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Total, $4,6S0, S45 Now the Holford part of this debt according to Au- ditor Miller's report, is (See statement No. A. $1, ,090 Take from this the $121- 900 and interest, amount ing in all to about, $4Oo,000
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-10-04

lfGod has chosen your way, de pend upon it, it is the best that could be chosen; 1t may he rough but it is right, it may be tedious, bat 1t IS safe.
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES.


 RELIGIOUS NOTICES. CUMBERLAND PREsBYTERIAN CHURCH On Main Street. Services every third and fourth Sundays at Il a'clock a. m. All are invited.
 Rev. J. D. BOONE, Pastor. BAPTIST CHURCH-On Main street. Services every second Sabbath. All are invited to attend.
 Rev. G. W. REEVES, Pastor. METHODIST CHURCH South-every First sabbath. All are invited to at ;cud. Rev. C. ". NJ MYATT, ,, Pastor. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.-Ev- cry first and third Sabbath in each month at II o'clock a. m., and at 7la o'clock D. m. All are invited.
 D. II. uPCHUEClf, Pastor. SUNDAY SCHOOL at the Presbyterian Church every Sabbath at o'clock d. m. All children and parents are re- spectully invited to attend.
 R. J. WILSON, Supt.
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Letter from Judge Harrison.
DARDANELLE, ARKs. l September "A, 1877.

DARDANELLE, ARKs.
 September "A, 1877.
 J. E. BATTENFIELp, EsQ.
 DEAR SIR:-Your favor, with copy of the DEMOCRAT, received After thanks, permit me to say your calcu- lation seems correct. But one thing is certain, the base of all these cal culations is grossly incorrect, or ev- cry statement heretofore made of the amount of the old Pubhc Debt is un- derestimated by about three fourths of million of dollars. Col. Fish back has lately shown the discovery, ] in figures and calculations hardly to be questioned; but even his full statement don't show it all.
 I have before me four official statements of the Publlc Debt; Au- ditor Miller's report to the last Legislature: Governor Miller report in his Special Message to the same; a statement published for the use of the Consti- tutional Convention of 1874, and the published statement of the Finance Board in 1876. Now these state ments are all substantially the same. And as it IS most convenient, I sub nit Gov. Miller's in his special Mes sage. It interest counted to July 1, 1877:
 Floating debt and int. $910,444 Debt due United States, 1,737,956 New Bonds, 5l5,6Ss Old Bonds, Unfunded, 4S5,335 New Funded Debt, 4,195,510 Railroad Aid Bonds, 7,157,145 Levee Bonds, 2,751 ,1ls Total est. to July l, TT, S17,752,196 And the Floating debt is underes- timated by about three or four hun dred thousand dollars, because of the refunding of the scrip tax of 1876, which added to the above will make the debt over $1S,0o0,0O0.
 Now of the above debt, the scrip debt, the debt due the U. S., and the new bonds, are entirely left out of the proposition of Messrs. Adams x Redfield. This leaves to be settled by the Adams Redfield proposition: The old bonds, unfunded, $4S5.33 New funded debt, 4,195,5 ,5l0
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OFFICERS OF THE ARKANSAS lMMIGRA-
 TIoN SOCIETY: T. B. MILLS, Little Rock, President. JESSIE TURN FER, Van Buren, Vice President.
 J. D. DARDEN, Little Rock, Recor- ding Secretary.
 ". A. WEBBFR, Little Rock, Cor responding Secretary.
 l.. A. WARREN, Prescott, Assistant Corresponding Secretary. j. E. BATTENFIELD, Russellville, Assistant Correspond lg Secretary. LOGAN II. ROOTS, Little Rock, Treasurer.
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CITY OFFICERS.

POPE COUNTY IMMIGRATION SOCIETY. President--Dr. G. w. Harlley. Vice President-James Potts. Secretary--Robt. B. Wilson.
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COUNTY OFFICERS.

FOURTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. Senator r............ GHAS. E. TOBEY
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National Immigration Bureau.

CIRCULAR TO THE FARMERS, MANUFAC- TuRERs, MINERS, ETC, OF ARKAN- sAs.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-12-28
TO.DAY,S DISPATCHES

Washington, Dec. 21.-Secre,arv Schur7 says he may be removed, but never cxpec:s to resign.
 Portland, Maine, Dee. 27.-G. 4. Bailey, late ypublisher of the Congressional Globe, died al Doering. yesterday. Wilkesbarre, Dec. 27.-Ten men. convicted of riot, in interfering with mining operations, in August, were sentenced to-day to pay fines from SIC to Sl00 each and imprison- ment from 30 days to 9 months. Toronto, Dee. 27.-About loo unemployed laborers waited on the Mayor to-day and 1 stated that they must have work or they and their families would ssrve. They will be setto work breaking stones tomorrow. Paris, Dec. 27.-Thc Fronch Government; has requested Don Carlos to leave France, and he has started for the frontier. Belgrade, Dec. 27.-The Servians have oc. cupicd Leskoyts and kurshumli. and have captured quantity of cattle ana provisions.
 London, 2G.-A Russian official dispatch, dated at Bogot, states that the Turkish pris- oners from Plevna are dying of cold, and it is impossible to afford them aid.
 Alexis, Dec. 26.-Thirty thousand SeryiaDs. with l20 guns, are investing Nispic.
 Paris. Dee. 27.-The Russian war stean,er Russland has returned 10 SebastopoI from her cruise from the Bosphorus, bringing as prize the Turkish transport steamer Mes sena, with 700 Turkish troops.
 Ragusa. Dec 27.-rhe Montencuraps yes terday, defeated body of Turks in an en- trcnched position between the river Boloua and the town of Dulcique. The Tarks lost many prisoners, three flags and Il quantity of provisions.
 St. Petersburg, Dee. 27.-The English Cabi. net, in encouraging the Porte to further re- sistancc, by convoking the British Pariia nIent earlier than usual, will compel the Russians to march on Constan;inople, caus- ing the precise results which it seeks to avert.
 The Agencie Russo says the Poste's re- reques, for mediation will be declined. and mediation without the request of both beiig. eTonts becomes intervention. Belgrade, Dec. 27.--Prince Wrede, the Austrian diplomatic agent, has informed the Servian Government. beforehand. that Aus tria distinctly protests against Servis's ex. tending her action to Bosnia and Hcrzogo- ! nia. Servis has given orders to refrain from 1 hostilities in that direction.
 Napa City, Cal, Dec. 27.-Hon. Nathan 1 Combs. . pioneer and prominent Repnbli. 1 'an, died at his residence, near this city to. lay.
 Money unchanged. Tiriop, ,e
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The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-12-28
AN EXTENSIVE PRACTICE.

In examining the published reports o proceedings in the Supreme Court of Cali fornia, We find the name of the present Chef Justice of Arizona. Judge C. c. W French, occurring three hundred and ,hIr teen times, in connection with three hun ,lred and thirteen separate aad distinct mo lions. in nearly as many separate causes between the 18th day of ,Fuly. 1868 and tn, goth day of April, lSi4. lnasmuch as ;h, Judge practieed at the Sacramento bar fol over twenty years, 1t would, of course, b, too tedious a work for us to attempt Ia TUT through and count all :!Ie motions eYer made by him in the Supreme Court during all these years. but taking the six years that We have examined. as a criterian. it must ceT- tainly show 8 record of extensive practice, superior. in the number of cases, at least, ia that of any lawyer who has ever practiced before the Supreme CoHrt of that State.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-12-28
Excessive boasting is sign of ignorance 


 Excessive ioasting is $ sign of ignorance and cowardice. 1 He is q slave to the greatest slave who serves no one but himself. All are net thieves whom dogs bark at Gaming like quick sand, may swallow ; nan up ia moment.
 The hypocritc pays tribute to God, that he may impose upon men.
 Spend not where you may save, and spare not where you must spenG.
 Give a child his will, and a whelp his fill and neither will thrive.
 The greatest bankers are not always inc hardest bitcrs.
 W. \. Kelley would make good Mayor, ard should be selected for the position. Ino-d;nate demands should meet with bold denials. Every potter praises his own pot, and the more if it bc broken. Few envy the merit of others that have any of their own- Scandal will rub out like dirt when dry.
 Some men talk ike philosophers and yet act like fools. The gathering of riches is apleasapt tor mcnt.
 \ Hog that is bemired is never easy until hc has bemired others.
 Every man who is capable of doing secret injury is coward.
 Villains may prosper for time but there end is ignominy.
 Unwillingiy go ;o law, and willingly ad- just your difference.
 The Eye of the boss does more work than both his hands.
 Put DO faith in tsle bearers. He who has lost oxen is always listening for the bells.
 TTis folly to fret when grief Is no comfort. Those who wrong others generally islander them to cover their owH iBfamy. It is stated that ten members og the United states Senate are priaters by trade.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-12-28

''Ye olden time" is cxcmplitied in the old Western Farmers Almanac, which has made its appearance for lS'S ou our table as bright, entertaining. and vigorous as ever, notwithstanding TIME has added an- other tO its half century of years. Among the many original articles We may mention ''Going out to farn." by fhe versatile hi- morist. NJ. Quaid. It is a1aughable sketch. '.Agricultural Chemistry, from the pen of Prof Robert Peter. one of, if not the ables; writer on such subjects in America, is of interest to all who til the soil for pleasure or profit. Wheat and Wheat Lands of Amenca," by Duncan. is another we'll writ ten and valuable article. In short, all are meritOnous and valuable. In the selected matter there is little of everything. Even the notices which line the margins of the pages are fund of amusement and in Struction in themselves. It Is an easy and cheap way to make your firesides cherry through the tedious hours of winter night Ten cents will bring it to you. Jno. P. Morton & Co, publishers, Louisville, Kentucky.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-12-28

; X MAGNIFICENT DoME.-Probably the larg. est and highest rock in the world is the south dome of Yosemite. Standing at the fork of ihe upper valley, it rears itself. a solid rocky loaf, G,000 feetabove the ground
 \ more powerful hand than that of Titan has cut away tac eastern half, leaving a sheer prec;pice oyer mile ip height. No mn ever trod the top of this till last year.
 Former visitors gszci in wonder at the spikes driven into the rock by hardy spir. its, who had repeatedly endeavored to scale it. The sh:eds of rope dangling in the wind told the story of their failure. Last year, however. after thousands of dollars were spent. several persons found their way to tie top of the dome. and this summer two or three sheep were discovered brows- ing on the hifherto-inaccessible peak. How the sheep got there is q mystery. They hal plenty of bunch grass to eat, but no water only the dew that fell on the dome al night
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EMBARGO ON FIEE,yeop.

People of Montana are in fix. Hereto fore they hHvc been cutting their fircwood where tlley conii iind i.. without asking per mission of the government, as people in a new country always do. Bnt last month just as they had finished getting supply, in anticipation of cold winter, an order came from Washington far the seizure of all the wood that could be found. On the 22d the marshal seized several thousand cords at Helena The Herald ,icnounccs the pro- ceeding in bitter terms; says that the pol icy, il continued. will squelch civilization and depopulate the whole vast interior, and will yield the government no profit.
 The gsxt thing ye expect io be compelled t0 chronicle will be that some ''StagYy" will be prowIing around oHr hIlis and canyons prohibiting the cutting of timber unless it be purchased first iron, she government.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-12-28
THE LAND OF THE PHARAoHs.

The past lends to Egypt q charm more en- traucing than its clouileSs skies and de- licious climate. to where you will, an- tiquity meets you al every turn, Around you lie the ruins of cities whose vesy names have been obliterated in the silent march of the ages. Before you flows the sacred river upon whose waves fioated centuries ago the little ark of the ou;cast Hebrew infant and the golden barge of the gorgeous daughter of the Ptoiemics. Time was when this oid Nile was the highway down which many successive nations rushed to conquest, for the Ethiopian the AsSvriaB, the Persian. the Roman and the Saraccn have all lorded # in turn in this ancient rcim of the PharaohS. Now, yexed no longer with the fleets of rival monarcls. tho mighty river rocks with slumbering swell the lotus lilies on its tran aui! breast. and an it's lonely banks. which have rung so often in days gone by with the shriu pgeans of triumph, the palms in the sultTy uountide throw their loHg shadows athwart the ruined temples and colossal stat ueS. grand in execution and iaultless in de- tail, which reveal in every outline the per lection to which the arts of architecture and sculpture were carried la this their earliest cradle. The soil is strcwed with fragments of broken columns and defaced colossals. Buried beneath the drifting sand of tue desert lie the glorious and yet grotesque masterpieces of tAc Egyptian chisel. Serene, grave, majestic, inundated with fiood of harmoniziug light, the calm features of the once inscrutablo Sphinx look down upon ps, as many centuries ago, they looked down in their grand repose upon the wonderful father of history. Time has pressed lightly on these Titanic temples and vast tomb places, but from their shadowy portals the worship, CTS have gone forever. Dcsolatc and state fallen, they opsn BOW only 10 admit the curious stTaGger.-(Ex.
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: It cannot be that earth Is mans only abid- ing place. Ii cannot he tiIat our life Is q bubble cast by eternity, to float moment upon its waves and sink into Dothingucss. Else why i> it that the high and glorious aS- pirations which ioap like angels from the temple of our hearts are forever wanderir 7 uusatisiicd. Why Is il that the rainbow and cioud come over us with beauty that Is not of earth, and then pass of to leave us ;o muse on their ioyelincSS! Why is il the stars which hold their te tiVal around the mid night throne are set above inc grasp of our limited faculties. forever mocking Us with their unappTaachablc glory! And iiualiy, why is it that bright forms ofhUman beauty are presented to our view and taken from us, leaving the thousand streams of our af- lection to flow back in aR Alpine torrentup- on our hearts! There is realm where the rainbow never fades, where ilie stars will be spread out before Us like inc islands that slumbcr in the oceans, and where the beau tiful beings which pass before Us like shad- ows will stay forever in our preseace.-t;eo, D. Prentice.