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The Russellville Democrat., 1877-06-07
MEXICO.
General Orti's Views on thc Tex.s Border
 Troubles.

General Ord's Views on the Texas Border
 Troubles.
 General Ord, who went to Chicago the other day to counsel with Sheridan about the Mexican raids into Texas, gave q very free expression of his views to the newspaper reporters as to the course to be pursued with Mexico. He said the Texans were subjected to more grievances than ever, and that the only way to defend the border counties was to follow the cattle thieves and crush them wher- ever they could De found. "The Mexi. can government might object;n said he !; but these men don own their central government or any other. Many of the leaders are Irishmen. The people of northern Mexico are responsible for this state of things. They know whenever an expedition starts out clear down to Saltillo and Monterey. The price of horses depends upon their success. The result is that the best class of Mexicans from the northern states are leaving and crossing into Texas, tired of the contin- ual turmoil of their own country. Now, on the lower Rio Grandc there are more Mexicans than any others. A short time dSu a HUI ldbd-OWItcI sdiu bldL II tu6 United States did not soon come to their aid they would have nothing left. This class, mostly old Roman Catholic and Scotch families, are in favor of annexa- ton. The people on otr side are be- coming very much ihcensed. About quarter of million of emigrants are settling in western Texas yearly, and the first thing our government knows, while they are exchanging polite notes with the central government, these men will rise up and take Mexico. We need more troops on the border. There are now about three thousand two hundred. There are no gunboats, they have been sent back, as they drew too much water. The water in many places is not over two feet deep. If we had more troops we could then stop this raiding and the country would gradually be annexed as Russia has extended her boundaries As it is now, the northern Mexican states are actually becoming depopulated. General Ord seems to forget that, while the "central government" of Mexico can do nothing to prevent the raids, and is itself liable to be overthrown within twenty-four hours by the next success full revolutionist, it would undoubtedly be sustained by united Mexican people should the Americanizing process he in- dorses be applied. The Mexicans would fight, and fight we'll, against the first American attempt at atannexation.-COur- rier- Journal, 24h.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-06-07
AN INTERESTING EXHIBIT.
The Condition of Our National C0l
 merce and Finances.

1 The Condition of Our National Co nm. 1 merce and Finances.
 Mir. Lucien J. Barnes of the bureau of statistics, has recently prepared tables showing the movement of specie and bull lion and merchandise between the United States and foreign countries for a series of years. It appears that at no former period has the foreign commerce of the country been in such healthy and favorable condition. In 1874, for 1 the first time in over ten years, the balance of trade in merchandise was in favor of the United States to the amount of $lg, ,000, 900, specie value, and for the | fiscal year ending June, 1876, the balance was nearly $80,000, ,0000, specie value. The most favorable exhibit has been nearly doubled during the three quarters of the present year. During the past seven years we have imported $550, 100000 more merchandise than during the previous ten years, and $1,- 122, 900 GOO more than for the ten years from 1850 to 1860.
 During the past seven years we ex- ported nearly $1,000,000, ,000 more of merchandise in gold values than for the previous ten years, and $l,140, ,000, 900 more than form 1850 to 1860; but our imports of merchandise for. the past seven years have been $343,706, ,481 in excess of our exports of mercantile com modities.
 With the discovery and development of the California gold mines, we began to export specie and bullion in con siderable quantities, and have exported more than we received during every year since then, with the single excep- tion of the year ending June, 1861, for which year we received SIG, ,54S, ,531 more than we exported, although, during that decade CISCO to 1S70), we exported $66 s,256.2 .262 and imported only $170,- 5S1 ,S9S.
 For the past seven years we have ex- ported $596, ,352,611 of specie and bull lion and imported but $14S, ,206, 133. Last year we exported $40, 1000, 900 more than we received from abroad, but with the balance of trade in merchandise turn ing largely in our favor. We are this year retaining our usual annual ship ments of coin, and actually received specie from abroad ill excess of our ex- portations of the precious metals. If the present very hattering prospects are full filled for the remainder of the present fiscal year, MT. Barnes thinks the balance of trade in merchandise will not be short of $2O0, ,000, ,000. in specie va iue in favor of the United States. and that, we have received from abroad probably from $20,000,000 to S50,000, GOO in specie
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-06-07
Evils of Gossip.

have known country society which withered away to nothing under the dry
 rot of gossip only. Friendships, once as firm as granite, dissolved to jelly, and
 then ran away to water only because of this; love that promised future as en- during and as stable as truth, evaporated into morning mist that turned to a days long tears, only because of this; a father and a son were set foot to foot with the fiery breath of an anger that would never cool again between them {; and husband and young wife, each straining at the hated lash which in the beginning had been the promise of a blessed love, sat mournfully by the side of the grave where all their love and all their joy lay buried, and all because of this. have seen faith transformed
 to mean doubt, joy give place to grim despair, and charity take on itself the features of black malevolence, all be- cause of the fell words of scandal, and the magic mutterings of gossip. Great crimes work great wrong, and the deeper tragedies of human life spring from the larger passions; but woeful and most mournful the shipwreck often made of noble natures and lovely lives by the bitter winds and dead salt waters of islander. So easy to say, yet so hard to isprove--throwing on the innocent all the burden and the strain of demonstra. ting their innocence, and punishing them as guilty if unable to pluck out the
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-06-07
The Funniest of Marriages.

A good story is told of how he per. formed the ceremony of marriage while he was justice of the peace. It was his first attempt, and the applicants were oi the true wtstcrntype. They called upon Cody in the log cabin where he held his justice office. Bill had book o forms, which he took down and studied atten. lively to get some idea of how he should tie the knot. There were forms for nearly every transaction of life, but he failed to find what Le was looking for. and finally slammed the book down and observed to the parties:
 You two fellers join hands," and the "two fellers" did so.
 Then he said to the groom: "Are you willing to take this woman to be your lawful and welded wife, to love her, honor her, and obey her?''
 "You bet your butes," was the re- sponse of the bashful hair-lifter.
 "And you, Miss, are you willing to take this here man to be your welded husband, to love him, honor him, and support him?"
 She giggled, and nodded in the afflrma- tive; but this didn't suit Bill, who said "See here, Miss, we've got to have this thing on a dead square, and we can't marry folks by halves in this country. We are bound to go the whole hog. If you want this here man for husband you must speak out and say so, as though you meant it sure. I'll ask you again. Will you take this here man to be your lawful welded husband, to love him, honor him and support him"
 This time the lady responded bravely, "Yes sir, l will.'
 This satisfied his honor, and he re. marked, That settles it. Now look here, you two; you are man and wife, and whoever Bill Cody and God Al mighty have joined together, let no man put asunder."
 And now," added Bill, "let's take another sip oftarantular juice, and drink to the happiness of the happy couple, which everybody, with true western unanimity, proceeded to do.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-06-07
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The importations of corn were 39,- 95S, ,226 cwt., of which upwards of 50 per cent came from this country. Canadian exports of grain are included in those of this country. It will be seen that Rus sia and Turkey have furnished 22.6 per cent. of the supplies to England. In h. dia dearth prevails this year. Egypt being subject to the suzerainty of the porte, will be affected by the war, and whether the war is localized or whether it draws into it the other European pow CTS it is evident that the demand for American breadstuffs will be increased in the neighborhood of 25 per cent. in case of the cutting off of the Russian and Turkish supplies from market by pro- longed war. Italy imports very largely from Odessa, on the Black Sea, and war will also create an active demand for our breadstuffs in Mediterranean ports. In this country the visible supply of wheat is only about one.half what it was this time last year, and if the Russian supply is cut off from the English mar ket the supply of wheat until the next harvest will be very scant, and prices necessarily high. This will tend to make good market for corn, of which there is in this country more than twice the quantity in store than there was at this time last year. although the exports to England have been larger than last year. While much depends upon the area of hostilitics and the length of the war, it is the opinion of statisticians that the eastern war can not fail to ere ate an extraordinary demand for our breadstuffs. Boston Herald.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-06-07
A Look at Jassy, the Russian Base in
 Europe.

had been prepared, know not by means of what absurd prejudices to hnd in the vicinity of the Pruth and the Bessarabian frontier nothing but small and miserable villages, in which comfort was impossible. l was therefore con siderably surprised when I was informed in Bucharest that Jassy was town of 90,000 inhabitants, with geod hotelr, fine mansions and well paved streets. Arriving there, after about seventeen hours of railway travel, found all these statements pleasantly confirmed. Jassy is built on the top and along the slopes of range of hills which in sum mer are said te be remarkably beautiful, but in the bleak, rainy weather of to- day they were somewhat dreary. dis embarked into A sea of mud, however, quite like those had seen in the peas ants villages 4 Russian mujik, dressed in an immense great coat descending to his colossal boot heels, with girdle about his waist, and capdrawn down to the bridge of his nose, escorted me to his "droskhy," as the carriages are called even on this side of the frontier, and was soon wheeling me through muddy pools in the lower part of the town, As soon as we reached the hill discovered that the streets of upper Jassy were raved with asphalt and were as clean as those of Paris. The long straight roads were | filled with droskhys rattling to and ITO, and with country vehicles, the hlgh I wooden arched collar above the horse neck proclaiming the Russian manufac- ture of wagons. At every corner saw the Jew in his gaberdine, with his black skull cap coquettishly perched on top of his gray hair The Jews in Roumania are one of the most important elements of the population, and shall have some thing to say of them in future letter. They have been greatly abused here even latterly-and they do not look upon the coming of the Russians with any marked degree of pleasure. The Turk has generally shown himself civil to the Jew, but not because of desire to be civil; rather because of general negli- gence.
 The fain fell in binding shoe ts as my mujik drove into the muddy courtyard of the principal hotel ia Jassy. In the corridors of this hestelry find any num- Der of square jawed, red faced servants sitting outside their masters doors, whence, I conclude, there are Russians here already. Four or five of these ser wants appear to belong to one man, who continually calls them in loud voice, creating the most intense excitement m their ranks. When any guest oi the hotel passes, these servants rise and re- main standing until hen 9assed. - Ed,sord Kmg's Iassy Letter so Bosfon Joatrnn.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-06-07
THE EMPTY CRADLE.

Sad is the heart Of the mother
 Who sits by the lonely hearth, W here never again the children
 shall waken their songs of mirth. And still through the painful silence, She listens for voices and tread, Outside of the heart, there only
 She knows that they are not dead. Here Is the desolate cradle,
 Tbe pillows so lately pressed, H't far away has the birding
 Flown from its little nest. Grooming he lullabies over,
 That once were her babe's delight, All through the misty spaces
 She follows its upward flight. Little she thought of a moment
 So gloomy and sad as hts When close to her heart she gathered Her chIld for it's goodnight kiss. She should be tenderly cherished, Never grlef should she know, Wealth, and the prid of princess, These would A mother bestow. And this is the darling portion
 In heaven-where she has fed By angels securely guarded,
 Ky angels securely led. HroOding in sorrowful silence
 Over the empty nest, Can you not see through the shadows Why it is all for the hest7 Better the heavenly kingdom
 Than riches or earthly crown, Better the early morning flight Than one when the sun is down, Better an empty cssket
 Than the jewels besmirched with sin, Safer than these without the fold Are those that have entered in.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-06-07
FACTS AND RANCHES.
FORTUNE does not change men; it only unmasks them.

FORTUNE does not change men; it
 only unmasks them.
 BRIGHAM You've says: |" MJ mar riage with Ann Eliza was foolish thing. It was a thing that I allowed her parents l to persuade inc into. l did it for her good"
 THE newly elected president of the l Cincinnati school board said, l would | have preferred that this honor had fell on some other member;" and they gave
 him grammar.
 ONE can not be too careful this weather A swell exchanged his heavy winter cane for light bamboo, and the consequence was severe cold that laid him up for week.
 THE first time man is interviewed he l tells you faintly that he doesn't see what his opinion is worth and then he smiles as if he had put on too much mustard.-- ~ Y. Herold
 SAY nothing respecting yourself, either good, bad or indifferent; nothing good, for that is vanity nothing bad, for that isaffectation; nothing indifferent, for that is silly.
 SHERIFF HOLMES, who was shot through the bead at Trinity Texas, the 1tth ult., while attempting to arrest Captain McGee, late of Indian territory, died the 26th ult. McGee is at large.
 SrRAws swim upon the surface. but pearls lie at the bottom. Snowy parts strike every common eye, but solid ones are only to be discovered by the most accurate observers of the human head and human heart.
 THE last words in the new French die tionary is zigomanique, signifying a man with his facial muscles So organized as to produce permanent grin. This is regarded as deformity, for a man may smile and smile and be william.
 MANY persons when they find them- selves in danger of shipwreck in the voyage of life, throw their darling vices overheard, as other mariners do, only to fish them up again after the storm is over.
 WREN woman drinks soda she hoists the glass at an angle of eight degrees, bends over, holds in her dress, and as she looks out of the corners of her eyes, seem- ing to be in an ecstacy of appreciation, a little drop of soda runs down her chiu and goes like peril plummet to the floor.
 THE Chinese missionary who is trying to convert Americans to Buddhism has got to give bonds that his religion will not interfere with man who wants to run a grocery bill of $500 per annum on a salary of $500. or he will not get many converts in central New York. - Rome Sentinel.
 IT is said to be fact in the history of silver production that wherever in any part of the world silver mines have been worked they are worked now, unless ar- rested for some explainable cause. The mines of the Andes have been worked for three centuries. Those of old Spain from the middle ages, and are in working condition now. In Hungary the same mines worked by the Romans before the birth of Christ still yield their steady increase. Those of Freiberg in Saxouy, worked from the eleventh century, know no dimunition. In Bohemia, Tyrol, Norway and Sweden, in the Ural and Atlas mountains, and wherever else dis covaries of silver have been made, we be- lieve, without exception, the mines con tinue to be worked, and are generally more productive now than at any time in their past history.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-06-07
THE TRADE IN CEREALS.
The Tctai ptoducti0a or Euf6pe-Tni
 Crops and Imp8fts of tss6.

The Tcfal pkoducti0n Of Euf6pe-ThS
 Crops and Imp8fts 6f is76.
 According to very careful statistical exhibits recently fnsde by the French government, the total cereral production Of Europe amounts at present to an average of 4,994 100000 bushels per annum. Of this Russia alone furnishes 1,606, ,000, 900 bushels or nearly one-third of the whole; Germany, TAP 5oO,OOo and o%dinss Austria ta6e bsbe Tss 1,537 ,250,00Q bushels, or thirty-nine and d half bushels to each inhabitant, while Europe, with population of 297 ,00O, ,000, produces only about sixteen and half bushels per head. The follow ing table gives the amount of cereals per inhabitant produced by the. various states of Eurppa:
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-06-07

authorities. and could have produced no other result than increased exasperation on both sides. The provocation given by the papal invectives is, no dorbt, great; i; but heretofore the strength of Italy has lain Tn her calm persistence. In the clerical abuses bil, her government, if we may so say, strikes wildly.
The Russellville Democrat., 1877-06-07
RUssELLvILLE, POPE O., ARK THURSDAY JUNE !, 1877

ptings they never zee, and to silence words they never hear gossip and islander are the deadliest and cruelest weapons man has ever forged for his brothers heart.--AN fhe Year Round.
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-06-09
NUMBER .l6;

we are yearly drawing i'll more of tho
trade from surrounding towns; we !
have the confidence Of our customers;
we have the confidence Of Wholesale
dealers; we can buy to the best adyan
tage. 10 all these privileges yonwill
succeed. Rarely is there such an
opening for II young man. Consult
our books, consider our profits, reflect
uron the income from tho most
Office
"Sir," interrupted I, in thunderro,uisi
tones, "by the blessing Of Providence: 4
and The bencvolencc Of my aunt, who |.
is o have monument that will bring.
glow to the bosom Of The president
of our Cemetery association, J am
now the recipient of n modest compe
tencc, and shall I squander no more
years Of precious life On vulgar, Soul
wearying dry goods and groceries,
subject ever 10 the fluctuations of
Amoskeagc and Peppcrclls. or shall
live OIL my income and avail myself
Of the humanizing influences Of lois
urc and culture? Conscience and the
voice of reason within my soul cry:
Live on your income = Mover more
will lift my aching cycballs toscan
yon to shelf for cotton batting and /;
Agawan mixed: never shall my
trembling fingers seek TO fit on warp
ed pastcboard box covers; never shall
my wearied ears be greeted by tho
ccaselcss tinkle Of the money drawer
bell, or my sated nostrils by the oders
Of the grinding coffee! No more shall
the brown paper bag and the white
cotton string mioglc in al my deans
Sir, hate tea, detest salcratus, abior1.
Goldfish, and loathc that postoitico and
three stamps?"
| was done, and knew by the hush.
that fell upon thet store that, what
ever else | might be, I was an--zora,
Wulpcr's Nugazine. @ .g
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-06-09

WHOLESALE EXECUTIONS IN;
Penn YlvANIA.-Thc 21st Of June
will be a remarkable day in the
criminal annals Of Pennsylvania, for
not less than ten murdcrcrs will then
be put to denth-uinc Of them being
Molly Maguires. The others Of the
same class will be hanged on the 9th
Of August. The number Of death
warrants issued by the Governor to
be executed between this time and
the 9th of August is sixteen.
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-06-09

The Nation notices tue !, fact that
at the recent Chambsrsofa Com aierce
dinner sins eW I ilo ii.i fsrenes
was nade to the colored men. Slips
building, civil service reform, taeD
tariff and the currency were talked
about, but the colorcd man not men
toned. Democrats and Republicans
alike are fully agreed ut last upon
this point-the colorel man must
work out his own salvation" When
every sensible man has come to this
conclusion, Senator Norton raises the,
whoop.
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-06-09

Postmaster General Key and the
commission left Atlanta, Ga, yestcr--
day afternoon for Chattanooga.
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-06-09

In the Kingdom Of Prussia, among
100000 births, there were seventy
nine cases Of four at n birth anu ona
case Of five at birth. No doubt the
cxtravagant births were visited upon
poor, cripolc men. That's tho case in
this country.
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-06-09

The National Rifle Association will
send q United kingdom team to
Crcelmoor this year This will re,
suit in probably the greatest rifle
match yet fought. The British team
will include the pick Of the Scottish,
Irish and English small bore shots,
while the american team will COM
prize :he cream Of Crccdmoor, Chica.
go and other American rifle ranges.
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-06-09

Judge Davis, OF New York, has
made q decision that a corporation
is not liable OH forged bonds
where the corporation had dono
nothing to induce the purchase
by the innocent party. This is.
u decision which will impress on busi.
ness men the necessity for greater
care i'll their transactions.
Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-06-09

appalled,. Neverdid I dream of this.
OF what mad ex travance have 1 been
guilty!" and wildly hurled my
cigar into the camomi]e bed.