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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-01-22
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS..
Business Transacted by the Boar d
This Morning.

The Board met in regular session,
all the members present save Mr.. Foote,
and President Bell in the chair.
The Following pay-rolls for the week
ending Saturday wereapproved and Or
1arnl maid.
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loffender was taken before Mayor
Magunnis Saturday and bound over in
1.-THE sum 800 in default of which he
Wiag comtniLLed to iAn,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-01-22

AOaTu Ol OUuuby SOlumlSSluH6lS LuSl
Saturday. Bills to the amount Of $667 81
were passed.
In the case of Henry Holscher against
the lessees of the Public Works, the jury
returned in favor of the plaintiff in the
sum OF 500.
The ladies of the United Presbyterian
Church will give an oyster supper in
the lecture room Of the Church on Thurs.
day evening.
Saturday afternoon wagon lost a
wheel while crossing the Suspension
Bridge, caused by being caught between
,ne rails of the street railway.
Rev. Henry P. Jackson, a former pas
tor Of the ME-. Church, OF this city died,
after brief illness at Natchez, Mlssis.
sippi, on the 9th of December.
Jacob Houser was caught Friday night
In the act Of chicken-stealing and ar
:asted by Officer Samuels. The
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-09-20
-
 SPEAKING OUT.

A prominent citizen of Yell coun- ty, sound Democrat, and a man whom the people have delighted to honor, Hon. J. T. Harrison, a repre- sentative in the last legislature, is serving his constituency in the right way by speaking out OVER HIS OWN SIGNATURE" on the much agitated question of Arkansas bonded in debtedness. It is in the last issue of the Dardanelle Arkansian that Capt. Harrison gives this subject a little airing, and as the people cannot get too much information on this ques, tion we have thought it well to re- produce his letter. We commend a careful perusal of the letter. Notice what Capt. Harrison says of the statement so constantly put forth by the scalers to the effect that the whole just indebtedness of the State can be compromised for less than our actually legitimate and just Indebtedness. Here IS what he says in this connection: "Now, I under take to say, that notwithstanding this assertion has been made so often, and so defiantly put forth, that no one has yet furnished to the public any authority whatever on which such a statement is founded, and that all the facts published, bearing on this subject, go directly to contradict the statement"
 Let the conclusion of Capt. Harri- sons letter be studied by the tax payers of Arkansas.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-09-20

adopting the Adams Redfeld scheme the State will save $S5.OOO, i. e. will get in all doubtful bonds and all of her undisputed bonds also, for $85,- 900 less than her unprecedented bonds alone.
 Now we want information. The people want information.
 Show us how you figure it so as to arrive at this result. We don't be- lieve you work the sum right. We don't believe you have the right answer. Give us the figures so that we may see if your solution is really correct.
 State the amount of undisputed bonds which the agreement will bring in. State what the discount will be at the rate proposed. Then state the amour. of fraudulent bonds the agreement will bring in and tell how much they will cost us at the rate proposed. We can then see very readily whether we will gain or lose by the Adams Redfield plan of ad- jnstment.
 Come on with the figures, Bro. Mitchell!
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-09-20
NOT ANSWERED.. A

Week before last we asked our respected contemporary of the Ben tonville Advance few questions. Instead of giving us an answer he comes back with a batch of ques- tions, and with a lot of vague suppo- sltions.
 Brother Hynes let us be candid. For you or any other man to say that it is disreputablc for man or a firm or State to ignore fraudu- lent demand is simply humbug. It is done continually by every correct business man, and you would do it yourself You know if any man should trump up lot of fraudulent claims against you, you would not talk to him two minutes about them. You would ignore-REPUDrATE if you so choose to term it-such claims without hesitation, and you would think the man . fool who should tell you you had done disreputable act whereby your credit would be injur- ed. We know your pluck too well Brother Hynes, to believe anything else of you. And what would your friends think of you if after some of these fraudulent claimants had re- sorted to the courts and had their claims declared invalid, null and void, you should undertake to com promise with said fraudulent claim ants? They would simply think you had gone crazy. Why therefore advise a policy for the State which you would never think of pursuing in your own private financial affairs? You are following after false hghts Bro. Hynes. Come back to the cause of the people, even if some one does call you "A DEMAGoGUE," q marrow -paped ignoramus," &c. If it is "pEMAGoGUERY" to stand by the people who pay the taxes, let us take it.like little men, for Brother Hynes, it won't pay to desert them when the money sharks are after them. And then, Brother Hynes, be consistent. nnn,t xyo,, romam her tho yarv nanars which now think it so essential to get this bonded indebtedness matter adjusted, thought last winter when the legislature was in session, that it should not be touched. They were for postponement and inactlon and urged the members to vote down every measure to bring it before the people. Why are they now so anx- ious?
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-09-20
STILL DECEIvING THE PEO-
 PILE.

In the course of an article in last Wednesdays Daily Gazette, that paper says:
 "When the people of Arkansas understand, as they will understand, that they are called upon to pay only the amount of their legal indebt- edness-that they are to pay not one cent for fraudulent or doubtful bonds THAT BY THIS PLAN THEY GET POS SESSION OF ALL PAPER OF WHATEVER KIND AGAINST THEM--that the ar engagement is satisfactory to all the credltors-that the settlement will be for all time. and that the amount required is within their ability to meet, they will give the proposition their unqualified indorsement." Now the Gazette has a perfect right to it's opinion on this subject, and it is to be expected that it will endeavor to make the people believe that it is right, But we are aston ished that that paper resorts to such outright deception to cary it's point. We ask that paper if it does not know that the assertion which we have placed in small capitals in the above extract is not so. Does that paper not know that there are sever al millions of dollars of other paper out of which the bondolders will not surrender under the Adams < Red field scheme? The cause must be weak and the organ of the scalers must be getting desperate to make use of statements at such variance with facts. It is evident that the organ of the scalers and bondholders will scruple at no means of carrying it's point.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-09-20
KEEPING BACK THEIR SIG.
 NATURES.

Some days ago the Gazette, by way of invitation for the scalers to come to it's relief said, that the prom inent men of Arkansas could we'll afford to speak out freely on the compromise of our bonded debt, OVER THEIR OWN SIGNATURES. Since that tune the Gazette has been pub fishing extracts from PROMINENT MEN NOT OVER THEIR OWN SIGNATURES.
 Why don't it and it's writers give their names that we may know who they are? Why not come out lover theIr own signatures" like Capt. Harrison of Yell county has donei Do they fear to give their names to the people in advocacy of cause which they know is odious and nn- popular with the masses? If not this, what then keeps them from giving their real names2
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-09-20

The Scalers admit that under their plan the State must issue VIZ, 173 more new bonds than the valid bonds taken up, but still they claim the sum of sS2, ,OOO on the undisputed kebt. How do they figure it? Sim ply by counting the INTEREST wrong for the FIRST THREE YEARS. Why don't they count the interest ON FOR THE WHOLE TERM OF TEARS which the new bonds run? We have done this for them, and shown the result Tn Table No. 3. Now the Scalers can see, that either Intentionally or through ignorance, they have de ceived the people. They can take either horn of tha dilemma which they may chocs..
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-09-20

Georgia and Minnesota have re- pudiatcd their debts and are now re- ceiving their just condemnation. We trust Arkansas will take heed and save her credit, and we venture the assertion that had there been less said on the repudiation question and not quite so many advocates, Arkansas credit abroad would have been far better than it is.-Harrison Times.
 If the credit of Arkansas has to be saved by her disregarding the decisions of her Supreme Court and paying bonds not worth the paper on which they are printed-if this is is to be, only to make her credit good enough to borrow money from Wall Street Shyloeks at usurlous rate of interest as she has done be- fore, we say devil take the credit ot Arkansas. She had better have nc credit. Credit when it costs too much is curse.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-09-20
An Extraordinary Feature.

On Friday morning singular and extraordinary natural curiosity was witnessed by our townspeople. A negro man named Frank Jones, who resides near Roseville, Logan coun- ty, and who IS now fifty six years of age presents the remarkable phe- nomena of black African gradu- ally but surely being transfigured into white man.
 The process is entirely completed as to his hands and his wrists, as far as the forearm, and partially con- pleted as to his face; while his body presents as grotesque piece of Mo- saic in cuticle as one would wish to see.
 His account of himself is that he was born slave and of full -blooded negro parents, in Rutherford county, Tennessee, and was the property at his birth of one MT. Townsend. From Tennessee he came to Arkan- sas,. and was up to the Emancipation the property of Mir. Jones, whose name he adopted. He says that the change of color began about forty years ago, was very slow at first, but became more rapid as he advanced in years, until LOW, four-fifths of the entire skin surface has be- come pure flesh white-not pallid and leprous, but natural and healthy. He. enjoys excellent health, and is sprightly and intelligent bey1 he average of his colored b< The Almighty has wrought M IT, and Frank Jones is the showing forth thereof.-Independent Arkan- sian.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-09-20
SOUND AS A DOLLAR.

A correspondent asks the editor of the Prescott (Nevada Co.,. Dis patch for his opinion On the green back question and also on the seal ing proposition. We append his open, fair, sound reply which we fully endorse throughout:
 G.) As so the .greenback ques- tion," we can see no particular ob- jection to the policy of the green packers" Yet, at this time we think the discussion of the question is premature, and is calculated to divide and disrupt the democl atic party. Our greatest desire is to see the government in the hands of hon est patriotic democrats, and when that object IS accomplished, it will be time enough to take up the greenback and hard money quarrel, and we incline now to go with the ''greenback party" our sympatlies are certainly with them. But in the next campaign, both State and Ma tional, we will oppose the agitation of the question, and devote our time and paper to the support of the reg ular nominees of the democratic party. We can see no good to be accomplished by the discussion of the question now, and regret that so many good democratic papers are urging it. The democratic party IS good enough for US, and we will ''stick to it'' until the government is wrested from the hands of the thieves who have so long plundercd it.
 e.. We are opposed, now and for ever. to any sealing or funding of the State debt. We want to see every dollar of that portion of it which is fraudulent repudiated in toto. While that portion which IS honest and just, we desire to see paid. And this paper will in the next campaign ] advocate that plan, and support for office no men who do not entertain similar views. We do not want the people taxed to pay a debt from , which they never derived any advan tage, and which was conceived in sin and brought forth Tn iniquity" by set of carpet-bag thieves and scoundrels, who plundered and robbed the people so long.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-09-20
 STAND BY THE SUPREME
 COURT.

The Pine Bluff Press, makes a forcible appeal to the people of Ark ansas to stand by the decisions of the Supreme Court and not to com promise it's dignity and power ny undertaking to take up the Railroad Bonds as is contemplated in the Adams Redfield plan of adjustment The Press thinks it would be mon strous for the people to thus say that the Supreme Court did not know it's duty. If we may override it's decision in this matter, the Press very pertinently asks why may we not override it in other matters We think the Press editors head i: about level.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-09-20

Hope City Times: Molasses making has become Q regular busi- ness with many people in this sec tion. Messrs. Johnson x Bowden have had their mill in full operation several weeks, and it is said they make the best quality of molasses. Barrels are shipped to this place by carloads, and the demand is so great that the people are not sup piled as fast as they desire.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-09-20
OUR TABLES,

OON lADAILos
 In to-day's paper we present oul readers the result of some figuring which we have done on the much a9itated Bonds of Arkansas.
 We commend these tables to the closest scrutiny, not only of those who are with us on this question, but more especially of those who diff. fer with us.
 Table No. shows that $4,0O0,0 is by far too much for the State to pay for the surrender of the bonds embraced Tn the proposition which Messrs. Adams and Redfeld have submitted to the Finance Board and which the Board has accepted.
 It has been asserted by the Gazette and it's followers that by the Adams Redfeld plan, the State, for $4,000 900 will get in the $3,727,S27 undis puted bonds and the $11, ,474,5 ol fraudulent bonds embraced in theil proposition, for $S5,000 less than the UNDIsPUTED bonds alone, and that the fraudulent bonds will cost NOT l CENT. Table 3 shows the falacy of their figures, and demonstrates that under the Adams Redfield plan the State pays PAR FACE VALUE for the undisputed bonds, TWO CENTS ON THE DOLLAR for Railroad and Levee Bonds, and 13 cents for the disputed portion of the Holford Bonds. Ex- anime this table closely.
 Table No. 3 shows just what the heading lndicates-that the State will not save $S7,S2 by the adopt tion of the Adams -Redtield plan, but will lose $4l1,073, We invite the special attention of the Gazette to this table.
 Table No. shows the price which the holders of the disputed bonds will reallze for each 5000 of their good bonds accompanied by the pro rata of disputed bonds which they are to surrender. The figures show just where the speculation" come in, for the bond holders. There is a margin, taking the disputed bonds at their best quoted value, of an inn mense sum which the State, and not the bond holders should have the benefit of.
 From the figures which we have made, we are confirmed in our be- lief that the $4,000,000 proposition is bad one for the State. The State can pay face value for all the undisputed bonds which Messrs. Adams and Redfield propose to turn in, and also pay the market value for the Levee bonds and then get off at less then $4,OOO,0O0. The Levee Bonds are the only disputed bonds included in their proposition but which have been declared null and void by our Supreme Court. We oppose, straightout, the payment of one cent. for the Railroad and the disputed portion of the Holford Bonds. We contend that the decis- ion of the Supreme Court has settled them.
 Again we say examine our tables. We urge members of the Legislature to examine them, for the chances are that there will be an effort to convene the Legislature and get through the plan now accepted by the Finance Board.
 We will also give in this weeks pa per, if our space does not give out, the text ot the proposition submit ted by Mcssrs. Adams and Rediield. Ii our space gives out this week, we will give it next.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-09-20

We have no desire to fight the Gazette, Maj Adams, nor any other Scaler. It is not the Gazette, as a paper, nor Maj. Adams as an individ- ual, that we are fighting. It is their scaling plan and arguments rather assertions, for statements based on false figuring are nothing but asser- tions), they use in deluding the peo- pie, which we oppose ard combat. So far as their scaling plan is con cerned we will bust them if we can.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-09-20

Will the Editor of the Benton ville Advance, the White County Record, the Camden Beacon, the Lewisburg State, and the Brinkley Times, all of whom seem to have been guIled into the belief that the State saves $S5,0OO by the Adams Redfield plan and pays nothing fol the fraudulent Bonds, please exam inc our Tables in to-dav's paper, and after having scrutinized them close ly, tell us which they think to Dc correct, our tables or the assertions of the Scalers?
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-09-20

The "well-known citizens" of Arkansas do not take to the Gazette s Scaling doctrine fast enough to suit the Editor, and he has commenced to write to them to bring them out. This we judge from the letter of Hon. Jesse Turner, of Crawford, who re- plies to Col. Mitchell through the Gazette of last Sunday.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-09-20
The Rentonville Advance ha

The Bentonville Advance has just entered upon it's fifth volume. We are glad to see the Advance prosper, and wish it great prosperity in everything EXCEPT in it's efforts to assist the Gazette bamboozle the people into accepting the put up job which the holders of the State bonds are trying to accomplish.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-09-20

We understand that the issue of the DEMOCRAT of the 18th inst, some what riled the prominent Scaiers of Little Rock. Now let them chew awhile on this issue and see if they can find any consolation in the Tables which we give.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-09-20
GIVE US THE FIGURES.

We know that the Editor of the Gazette IS capable of doing hard sums, and we have therefore no hes itancy in calling upon him for a lit tie ciphering. He tells us that by
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-09-20

-Georgia's Constitutional Con vention adjourned on the 1st inst. The new Constitution will be sub- mitted to the vote of the people for ratification on the second Wednes- day in December
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-09-20

Forrest City Democrat: MT. Jas, Dougherty showed us apple few days ago which weighed one and one-fourth pounds and measured thirteen and a half inches around. Now trot out your big apples.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-09-20

Our State Fair opens 22d Oct, and lasts five days.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-09-20

California went Democratic.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-09-20

St. Louis Fair is . big thing.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-09-20
Figures Don't Lie.
The Adams-RedfeId Proposition ExamInined and a 8lg Discrepancy found between their Figures and Our Figures.
 which ts Right7

Showing what the State OUGHT to take her Bonded in Redaeld's proposition for: Amount Amount sndPs E M ssss. sss ss Ss hs Supreme Court be disputed adndicate Supreme Amouo osaff y Tsh ssn nsas % @ s highest price ever quoted for them lo9ooo
 .2es5aOo that the Adams which % the B9a5a @ disputed Moford if M Bonds '"a sc on the Si dollar: Amount of Bonds to be ssued $iOOoooo s.. is ,s ssss s i5
 .nios No" s svs 1 snsr's .sis a9 gss a's And on q disputed np f Moford % Bonus lsc
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 TABLE No ss7,ss7.os, sl,07syoo. Amount nnaspud as bonds be surrendered ss5s sm 1 n hassss ea s5 gssP' gs gssf per cent Int on s4 100000. year e per cent sso,ooo .,,.eo Int Int on d yea, per s:, cent; .ss s ;s., cent, % ss saved the Sd year. sar, @ sess7o  issued H7s) sloeo Deduct saving of interest for the first ye Ass As ss. ssasss of 's9ss And we have total loss of s4o7s
 TABLE No. 4. go go~a %a a b Sn Total nno9n of good 5 bonds % be % h with each Amount ffrandunt or disputed olod good APO dollars a % will bring % the s s @ dollars of disputed bring them
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The Russellville Democrat., 1877-09-20

The European war goes on.