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Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-01
SheriT'S Sale.

DY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION
- Issued out OF the District Court Of
the Hlnth judicial District OF the State
Of California in and for the County of
Trinity and to me directed and delivered.
tor Judgment rendered and entered in
said Court, on the thirteenth day OF Aug
ust, A. d. 1877, in lnvor Of David Gray
and against Noses Patterson, have lev
led on the following Property, to-wlt:
All the right, title and interest OF said
Moses Patterson in and to that certain
piece or parcel Of land continuing nbout
% ncros and known ms the lIoboken Flat
Ranch, together with the buildings and
improvements thereon, or in anywlse be-
longing thereto;
Also n certain mining claim, known as
the Nj. Patterson Claim, situate below the
Forks of New River, together with the
buildings, bitches, and improvements
thereon, or IN anywise appertaining;
Also one Ditch conveying the water of
Bells Creek to jlobollen and Oak Flat !;
Also about three acres of land, known
ms the Oak Flat Ranch, together with all
Improvements belonging thereto
Also the Store House, known us the
old Caraway Store, at tho Forks of New
River, together with the out buildings
and garden adjoining said store
Also one Ditch used for ilrigatng said
garden
Also one Mining Ditch, conveying the
waters of Panther Creek to a claim known
as the Smith Caim;
Also one Mining Ditch, conveying wa
ter to a claim known as Mason's Claim
and Ditch
Together with all the rights and privi-
lcgeS of the above described bitches and
to their rights of the waters belonging to
snid bitches. a Il said property situate in
the County Of Trinity.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that on tho
aith day of SEPTEMBER, A. ID. 1877.
at IL O'Clock, noon, Of that dav, in front
of the Court House in the Town of Wea-
vervile, County of Trinity, | will sell
the right, title and interest of said Moses
Patterson in and to the above described
property. at Public Auction, for CASH,
Gold Coin of the United States, in hand
to the highest and best bidder, to satisfy
said Execution and all costs.
Dated the First day of September. 1877.
JOHN w. PHILBROOK,
BY w. S. RAINIER, Sheriff.
ii. Under Sheriff.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-01

The CoHYESTIoN.-TLe Bee gives as
reason for holding a Constitutional
Convention the fact that Governor lr-
win makes no mention Of the proposed
amendments in his proclamation, and ar
CUES therefore that the amendments are
lost. Oar usually correct contemporary
is mistaken in this instance. A similar
case arose in 1877, when no law was pass
cd for submitting the amendments to the
popular vote, but the necessary law was
passed in 1869 and that portion of the
constitution prohibiting the State from
making payment Of money for any pc
riod longer than two years adopted.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-01

DUMoNT, the Frenchman who mur-
dered n woman and two children in Mer-
ced county last June, and for whose ap-
prehension rewards aggregating more
than 81 900 were offered, was killed in
Modoc county last week by a. X. Long,
who went in pursuit of him with a band
of Indians. The body was taken to Mer-
ced county for identification.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-01

THE WAR ENDED.-Of thirteen veter-
an volunteers who were sent to restaur-
ant in Louisville, KY, to get ratons for
the citizen soldiers while watching strill-
ers, six wore the Confederate gray, six
the Federal blue, and the other blue
coat and gray trowsers.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-01

AND now the report is that Brigham
Young is dying. We are sorry to hear
it, for we hoped the old scoundrel would
live until hung for his participation in the
Mountain Meadows massacre. Bu! If it
is true won't there be cater waulng
among those "fve and forty wives ?"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-01
DIR. CHARLES w. HAYNES,
DENTIST,

Of Chico, CAL, can be found at the New
York Hotel, for short time. Those do.
string to have Teeth extracted, Artificial
Teeth and Filling, will do well to give
him a call. All work warranted or no
pay. Office. Up Stairs.
Weavervlle, Aug. 23d, 1877. If.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-01

THE Democratic candidate tor County
Clerk in Shasta would be called Gear
pet bagger" if he were Republican,
He is II late importation from the sacred
soil Of Missouri
Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-01

JAY KAY LUTTRELL has been making
one of his Characteristic speeches in So
mona. After demonstrating to his own
satisfaction that the Republican legisa-
tive candidates would vote for Sar-
gert if elected, he wound up by admitting
that Sargent was ar honest man but n
bigoted partisan. Perhaps LuttreIl can
tell the truth when not Il candidate him
self
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-03-08
COUNTY IMMIGRATION
 SOCIETY.

Elsewhere in to.day's DEMOCRAT will be found call of Vice Presi- dent Perry, made in pursuance of Sec. l, of Art. 5, of the Constitu- tion of the State Society, for a meeting at this place, on the 24th inst, for the purpose of effecting a county organization. This is a matter which appeals at once to the public spirit of every citizen of our county and we hope to see the people take hold of 1t in earn est and in good faith. The bless ings which will come to us from healthy immigration are too plain and apparent to need ex- plaining. The excitement and turmoil of the election and inaug- uration is now over, and it be. hooves us to now turn our atten
 tioh to the more pleasant and fal more profitable employment oi looking after our own best inter ests. For the past year every
 thing has been unsettled and un' certain, and it has been useless for us to try to do anything iol the development and upbnildina
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-03-08
SOUTH CAROLINA. AMI
 LOUISIANA.

Are the days of tribulation and
 suffering over for these two unfor-
 tunate, shamefully oppressed
 States? May they now rise up after a scourge of long years of the most infamous abuse that has ever been heaped upon a people, and assume q position in the gal axy of States composing this American Union, even and co
 equal with their sister States? Is the patient forbearance and the good behavior of the citizens of those two States now be rewarded by a free recognition of their loy- alty, their patriotism and their rights as American citizens? Are the shackles which were fastened upon these people by a horde of booty-hunters and conscienceless political adventurers, who were placed in power by the uncertain chances of war, now about to be stricken from their weary limbs and the sweets of liberty again to be restored to them? Is South Carolina and Louisiana to be once more elevated to the position of States in a great Republic, or are they to be still kept in the attitude of subjugated provinces prey to thieves and a curse to the country? Have not the most remorseless and bitter enemies ci those suffering States seen enough of their agony to satiate theil vengeful ire? Has not justice been deferred yet long enough God grant that their day of deliv- erance is at last here; and forbid that they should again be remand
 ed to condition of servility and degradation. We hope and trust that even as oui own State has been forever freed from the clutch
 es of her despoilers. so may Seutf Carolina and Louisiana now rise from their degradation and entcl upon an era of peace and prosper
 ity. We trust that Mir. Hayes will not be so dead to justice an, right as to displace Hampton ane Nichols. We trust that the new administration will lose no tims in placing it's seal of condemra
 ton upon the attempts of sh' would be usurpers, Chamberlain
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-03-08
CHEER UP COMRADES,

There Is no philosophy or com mon sense in pining over defeat. Bad as 1t is, it might be worse. We have lost the Presidency, but uut of the contest we have come with no tairt of dishonor. By close attention to our own affairs, and by wise administration of our State Governments, the peo' pie uf the South may make a grand future vita hut little assist ance from the Federal Govern menL The greatest boon that we can ask of Mr. Hayes is to suffer us to work out our own future. ."-Gszette.
 Words, these are, which are true and brave, and worthy of all aocel tatioa by a true, brave peo- pie. There is no use, as the old saying goes, of crying over spilt milk. We are not afraid of Ihe people of the South doing this Az e people we have seen their good sense, their fortituds and thels patience tried too oftcn during the past decade, Co doubt that they Will now conduct them selves so as to rvtain the high yharaeter which they have won. A Democratic party we have unth.ng to despair at We may hs disgusted and sickened by the hul mrans by e. ieh a fairly won sigtufy ha. hvcn snatched away irm us, hut stil we caa look hsck at the campaign made by our party sith inhnite pride and satisfaction. Never did any DO ui, al party make more brilliant contest The result of that con Get attests the growth and health oi ths democratic party. and even how. lu the presence of the great '- e which is being perpetrat eu uInu tho Cuunty by the in sisiiauoa of "a fraudulent Presi
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-03-08

indebted 1ess of the state and looking to compromise with the holders. The resolution pro vides for an extra sesslon of the legislature in December to receive the reyort of the Finance Board.
 The result of the whole matter should the Senate concur in the resolution, will be an additional expense of $5OOO to make the in vest:gation, and $20,000 to $25- 900 to pay the expenses of the extra session and nothing accom- plished. God have mercy on the tax payer.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-03-08
One Desperate Killed, and another Wounded by a
 Sheriff's Posse.
DOVER. Ark. March 5, 1S7

DOVER, Ark. March 5, 1877.
 To the editor of the DEMOCRAT:
 The people of Pope and adjoin- ing counties are not unacquainted with the name of John Hughes whose depredations entitle him to the questionable title of che Leo nard Valley desperado; nor need they be told who Ben Bookout is, the facts of his killing William McAllaster and making his escape from his guard after being sen fenced to ten years Imprisonment in the penetentiary being gensr- ally known. But recent events have given additional prominence to the names of those men Hughes having been killed and Bo0kout so severely wounded by pursuing party that it seems impossible for him to recover. The killing of Hughes and the wounding of Bookout occurred on Thursday last at the head of Hur- ricane, near the Newton County line. To afford your many read CTS correct idea of the surroun' dlag circumstances. and as indi- eating to the general public the determination of the good people of Pope county to handle desper- ate characters without gloves, the following facts, coming from the most trustworthy sources, aresub- mitted to your readers for their consideration.
 After Hughes made his escape from jail in Dover, of which the DEMOCRAT published an account at the time, he returned to his home in Leenard's S Valley, breath ing out threatnings against some of the most prominent citizens of that part of the country, who had assisted in his capture and incar- ceration. Either by accident Or design, a junction was formed by Hughes with Ben Bookout, on Sunday the 25th ult. Hughes ac- companied by Bookout, rode ur to his CHS house declaring that he intended to burn his cotton gin and mill house, which threats were duly executed. Hughes al so threatened to kill Mir. Doug lass, a worthy citizen and neal neighbor, but was prevented from so doing by Bookout. Mir. Doug lass and several other lawabidinl citizens immediately came to Do yer for assistance in capturing the desperadoes and bringing them to justice. At that time Sheriff Hogins was in Liberty townshll collecting taxes, but was notified of what was wantec, and at once summoned posse, consisting O. $. Malony. F. Johnson, J. Halle K. and J. White, J. Bayliss, c Ray, l.. and NJ. Parks, Jas. and J Felkins, T. Simms and J. Ross The party proceeded up Piney searching every house on tha1 stream and it's tributaries, and ar resting all ths friends or those supposed to be friends to Bookoul or Hughes. The ShcriTs posse
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-03-08

THE Gazette and the Grange are again engaged in a bitter con troversy, cutting, slashing and traducing each other. Each one seems intent upon proving that the other is not democaatic journal. It strikes us that this is a poor business for those papers. Their readers will not be edified much thereby, to say the least; and we don't think either one of them will come out of the fight covered with any great glory. They both seem to bank high on the virtue of personal epithets and degrading terms. There is no argument in such strife and no good to be accomplished by it. We are sorry to see it.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-03-08
THE Arkansas Legislature ad

THE Arkansas Legislature ad- journs to-day.
 TIE latest news from Washing ton is very favorable to Hampton and Nichols.
 TIE Louisiana Legislature will meet in extra session by procla nation of Coy. Nichols.
 R. B. Hayes, President by fraud and perjury, was duly inaugura- ted at Washington last Monday.
 HAS Grantism left the White House with Ulysses, or will 1t still be characteristic of the new administration?
 THE Washington Capital, Dom Piatt's paper,is red-hot, and by no means subdued if it's editor has been indicted.
 THE present session of the leg islature has passed about twenty acts. Each new act, therefore, has cost the taxpayers ot the State about 5000.
 BROTHER Morris is making a good paper of the Forrest City Times. The people of that coun- ty should give it a generous sup port.
 Ar little after 4 o'clock A. M on Friday morning the Electoral commission finished its work, and by giving Hayes every dispu- ted vote, awarded him the neces sary 1885.
 TnE people of the United States from California to Maine ought tc demand of the new administration an immediate recognation of the Hampton and the Nicaols gov ernments,
 TnE Forrest City Times pro tests against the reduction of th' present rate of taxation for tho support of the Free School system Let every newspaper in Arkansas demand a fostering care for th' free schools of our State.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-03-08

dent, the Democratic party is en- titled to the further gratitude and thanks of the whole country for it's magnanimous course. For the sake of peace and for the sake of the great business interests of the country, the party has made concessions which have been talk en advantage of by opposite party for the practice of that sharp fraud and false judgment which has awarded the Presidency to a defeated party. But there is nobler worK ahead for us than re-
 pining and giving up to despair. There is a bright future before us. There is the great material inter ests of our State to develop and build up, and it is to this task that we must now turn our efforts. Let the fraudulent President en- joy his little four years of fraudu
 lently attained power, but let us go ahead with the grand work of rehabilitating our states and de velopfng our latent greatness Let us conduct ourselves so as tC command the admiration oi even our enemies. Four years is not long, and just so sure as the Democracy of the South shall properly conduct themselves dur ing that time, just so sure will they be crowned with full win
 dication of tue justice of theil cause at the next election.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-03-08

of our county. But now we may go to work, and go to work, too, with the moral certainty that for honest work we will receive 2 full return. Immigration will now begin to move. We have one of the most inviting fields to display, that IS to be found in the Union, and if we will do well our work, we will soon see broad acres of golden, waving grain, and herds of grazing stock where there is now only almost a wilderness. We will soon see school houses and churches dotted thick all over our land, and instead of q few of us here tugging and pull ing to get the car of progress started, we will have 2 population so dense ana thlck that IL VIII De no trouble to make the whole thing move along smoothly and easily. Let everybody feel an in
 terest in this matter. It is some thing in which we can ali join republicans, democrats, indeperd- ents, grangers, and all. Let ev- erybody consider himself special ly invited to attend the meeting on the 24th inst, and let us see if we cannot make the Pope couu- ty seciety about the liveliest, most wide awake one in the State.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-03-08

and Packard, to still further i'm pose a government upon those States which has been rcpudiated by the people.
 Hampton and Nichols must be sustained, and no State in the Union should submit to sec them deposed.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-03-08

THE Supreme Court of South Carolina has decided that Hamp- ton is the legal governor of the State. The pardon of a prisoner, Tilda Norris, whom Hampton had pardoned, but whose release was refused on the ground that Hamp- ton was not Governor, formed the basis of the case. The Judiciary of the State has now, in some form or other, recognized Hampton as Governor.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-03-08
DAYS OF NOMINATION.

DAYS OF HuM,LIATloN.--The New York Sun of the Sd inst, was in complete mourning. In a short double leaded editorial it says:
 '"rhese are days of humiliation, shame and mourning, for every patriotic American. A man whom the people rejected at the polls, has been declared President of the United States, through pro- cesses of fraud. A cheat is to sit in the seat of George Washington. Let every upright citizen gird himself up for the work ofredress- ing this nlonstrous iniqnity. No
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-03-08

THE House of Representatives of the State of Ohio, Mir. Hayes own State, on the 22d inst, adopt ed resolution declaring that Hayes had received the 1S5 votes necessary to elect him President, only through fraud, perjury and stealth.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-03-08
THE LEGAL ADVERTISING
 BILL.

cuniary loss to the newspapers of Arkanss that we regret the de- feat Tn the House of the bill amendatory to the existing laws regulating tae publication of lc- gal notices. The newspapers of the State have heretofore lived without the fees which that bill would have given, and they can still live. To be sure the passage of the bill would have been con- siderable aid to the press of the State, but it is more on account of the reflection which the rejection of the bill casts upon our people, than on account of the loss of the aid, that we regret the killing of the bill. The very argument which those gentlemen who op- posed the bill used, is reflection upon the people of the State, and will lead intelligent people of other States to believe that we must either have a miserably pow erty stricken people, or a people who are too far behind the times to appreciate the value of the newspaper press.
 The astuteness of the gentle men who opposed the bill is cer- ly very profound, and we now move that they vote brass med al to each one of themselves for this grand stroke against the op- pressson of the people!
 Mir. Stubbs, of Independence, a rEAcHAR ) by prefes ion, spoke in opposition to the bill. Just hear him:
 "Posting up notices on trees and fences was sufficient. He agreed that newspapers were good agents of education and civ ilization. The people were per fectly satisfied to read notices on trees and court house doors. This bill was good bill to op- press the people"
 Now if that is not profound as tuteness, just tell us what it is!
 MT. Stubbs' speech is an insult to tue press and to the people. The speeches of the other gen. tlemen were of like character. Instead of giving the people a law which would force adminia- trators, guardians, executors, trustees, commissioners, &c., tc put their legal notices in tne newspapers, where the people could have them in readable shape, and so that the people could read them at home sitting by their fire Tn the winter or or their shady porches during the summer, these astute gentlemen would force their constituency tC repair to the blacksmith shop o' to some tree at a cross road, ant there stand and try to deciphel illegible scrawls amid the winters snow and the scorching rays O the summers suI.
 Let the people understand thi' matter fairly once, and we think these gentlemen will find tha they have not made much capital
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-03-08
POPE CO.,. ARK. THURSDAY MARCH 8. 1877.

truce with the guilty conspirators. No rest for them and nc mercy until their political punishment and destruction are complete" The flag on the Sun building was displayed at half mast, with the Union down. A sad, sad commen- tary upon the degencrAcy of the timcs.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-03-08
STATE FINANCES.

The house last Saturday adopt ed resolution offered by Mr.. McKennon, of Johnson, provid
 ing for an investigation by the Finance Board of the Bonded
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-03-08
 IN FAVOR OF KEEPING THE PEOPLE IN IGNO- RANGE.

The vote an Senate Bill No. 70, taken in the House last Friday shows conclusively what mem bers of that body are in favor of keeping the people in ignorance. It shows this fit shows anything; for when you starve the press you suppress one of the greatest ed ucators of the masses that hu- man ingenuity has ever yet in- vented. As means of dissemi- mating practical kl owIedge and useful information among the masses the newspapers stand at the head of all other appliances for this purpose. Senate bill No. 1 70 would have thrown few crumbs to a starving press in Arkansas; but not as gratuity for the news papers would have earned every cent which they would have received under the bill. Not only this, bat tue mon- ey paid to them under the bill would have been the best invest ment for the parties who would have been required to pay it, that could possibly have been made of it. We say unhesitatingly that the gentlemen who voted against this bIll have put themselves on record as opposed to the enlight- enment of the people, they have put themselves on record as op- posed to progress, they have put themselves on recordas relics fold fogyism, who are amazingly out of their sphere in the Legislature. | Here are their names. Let the people remember them, and If any one of them ever seeks cleo tion again let them be reminded that they have proved them selves unfit for the trust. Here are their names: Avary, of Ouachita; Barnett, of Bradley; Berry, of Franklin; Brock, of Pike; Brown, of Lee; Chaney, of Arkansas; Coleman, of Clark Duncan, of Howard; Dunagin, of Benton; Fisher, of White; Floyd, of Sevier: Foster, of Stone Gardner, of Izard; Gibson, oi Lawrence; Gray, of Independ
 ence; Harrison, of Saline: Head lee, of Clay; Hearne, of Clark Jacks, of Philipps, Jennings, oi Van Buren; Jones, of Perry Lawhon, of Lonoke; Lee, of New ton; Mainard, of Pulaski; Matth- ews, of Ouachita; McKenion, of Johnson; Mcleod, of Polk; Mil CT, of Sebastion; Murphy, of lief
 ferson; Peevey, of St. Francis; Poyner, of Carroll; Price, of Lee Sans, of Madison; Smith, of Scott; Stubbs, of Independence; Tate, of Baxter; Thomson, Of Washington; Walker, of Wash ington; Warren, of Union; Wat son, of Benton; Weaver, of Boone, | Wells, of White; Whitson, oi Monroe; Williams, of Hot Springs, Williimson, of Hemp stead; Killgoro, of Columbia.