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The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-10-05
Is Curved Ball Pitching a Fallacy

Pitchers talk about curving the ball
this way and that way, when it is an
open question whether there is any such
thing in existence as a curved ball. One
of the best known baseball rer in the
country, excepting Harry Wright and a
resident of Cincinnati, declares that no
pitcher ever curved a ball in its delivery.
and, moreover, declaring it an impossi-
bility to do so. He says he will deposit
81, 900 in bank to cover a bet which any
gentleman wants TO make with him to
chat amount on the above proposition.
He declares that what is called the
pitchers curve is merely a straight de.
caused by the position Of the
and the manner in which he holds
his arm. Without the resistance of a
which touches only one part OF
the ball, this gentleman saws, the laws of
philosophy teach him that a curve can
not be produced, and as the pressure of
the air is equal on every part Of the balls
the theory of the curve is impos.
sible.- Cincinnati Enquirer.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-10-05
ILRONAtNIE.

Ieonainie- angels named her,
And they took the light
Of the laughing stars and framed her
In a smile OF white.
And they made her hair OF gloomy
Midnight, and her eyes oil blooiny
Moonshine, and they brought her 10 mt
In a solemn night.
In a solemn night Of summer,
When my heart OF gloom
Blossomed up to greet the conner
Like a rose In bloom
All forebodings that distressed me
forgot As 10y caressed me-
.OLyiRg 10y that caught and pressed me
In the arms OF doom
Only spake the little lisper
In the angel tonguej
Yet l., listening, heard her whisper
'SOngs are only sung
Here below that they may grieve you-
Tales are told you to deceive YOU
so must Le0nainie leave you
While her love is young
4 hen God smiled and 1t vas morning,
Matches and supreme;
Heavens glory seemed adjoining
Earth with its esteem
Every heart but mine seemed giited
with the voice OF prayer, and lifted
Where my Leonainle drifted
From me like a dream. -b' IL r.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-10-05
NEWS SUMMARY.
THE SOUTH.

A valuable milestone quarry has been
discovered in Caldwell county, North Caro-.
lima.
The Montgomery ice company has
fifty thousand pounds Of ice ready Tor
shipment.
The colored population generally
considered exempt from yellow fever, are
equal sufferers with the whites of Fer
nandina.
The Mammoth caves of Kentucky are
to he connected with the outer world by a
railroad, and a modern hotel will be built
near them.
There are thirty.one thousand acres Of
land in Holmes county, Florida, which can
be purchased at the rate Of seventy.five
cents per acre.
Delegates from all the northern par
ishes of Louisiana are to hold a convention
In Shreveport, October 10, for the encour.
agement of immigration.
Two men swan across the Mississippi
river and back, at New Orleans, on a wager,
Sunday. One made the distance in thirty.
three and the other in thirty.six minutes.
According to the New Orleans Times,
reports from the upper river parishes in
Louisiana are to the effect that wild game,
including deer, bears, turkeys and a smart
sprinkling of panthers, is more abundant
Than for many years.
Savannah News: Evidently the cotton
receipts in the interior cities are far behind
last year. Macon has received two thousand
one hundred and eighty.two bales, against
eight thousand seven hundred and eighty
bales last year up TO the same time.
Chattanooga Dispatch 1t is estimated
that the loss to the growing cotton crop
along the overlooked bottoms of the Warrior
will exceed thirty thousand bales, to say
nothing of the loss in other crops, live stock,
fences, buildings, etc. Colonel Clements,
the speaker of the Alabama house of repre-
sentatives, had eight hundred acres of cotton
covered by the flood, to the depth of twenty.
five feet.
Shreveport (La.) Times: During the
progress of the Liberia movement last Sat
urday, enc OF the workers in the cause got
an old darkey who did not take kindly to
the movement off to one side, and began to
describe the great benefits the negro would
enjoy by emigrating, and among other
things told him that there the negro did not
have to work nature provided everything
for his comfort; there the milk and honey,
and bread and sugar trees covered the
forests, and bananas, c%ocoanuts, pineaprles,
lemons and all the tropical fruits grew as
plentiful as China-berries here. "Dat's
'neugh of dat story" said the old darkey,
"dat amt SO; kase if it was de white man
would a went dar long go. an de niggers
neber would hab known muffin bout it.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-10-05

In the Turkish script n small steel PIN
used for Putting oit the eyes of prisoners;
and an ugly looking gun, which, am
happy to state, is generally not very
dangerous. Some of these fends how,
ever, are beginning to get possession OF
Winchester rifles, made in America, to
XIII Christians with, and sold with the
knowledge that they will lie used to shed
the blood of harmeless m and chill,
dren. (Hum! it makes one pause n
reflect, dosen't it ?)-EdlSard Kings letter
10 the Boston Journal.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-10-05

Memphis and gave the information that
Horace F. Smith is still living, thus
nipping in the bud a stupendous scheme
10 swindle the insurance companies out
of $4,000.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-04-05

raH Revival SERVICES ~ aosros
The bad weathsf sAs beea he eKcaaa
fsrths great falling e IL TIE ~asdiesees
of NJ Moody. bot he crowd which
throaEed the tabernacle 90 Monday
. sht 10 bear Phillips Brooks was good
iadirec, evidence that Boston Is saii.
ated with Moody he Is Eeiiiag cross
about IA too. AID mates little pstulAus
remarks ubisvorAble 30 Boston There
has been no revival yet. 10 The ,eehni-
cal sense Of the word-ycry few con-
veris have been made, aud The excite
meut has bees slight and superficial
since The drsi fortnight, This Is &C
counted for differently by different per.
sons; bat the favorite theory now lie
that Moody has preached too bitter 5
form Of CAIvinism. Mr.. Murray seem
to take that view. and ia now opposing
Moody, whom for a while be favored.
| doubt II this has much 10 DO with the
comparative failure OF the revival
Calviaism 10 = more trcnchAnt shape
would very likely succeed better /
think Dir Moody has disappointed eH-
psctAlions, and that Mr.. Saukey has
done 80 still more The Tabernacle
did not draw so well as was expected.
and there was little Of the deeper cur
rents Of excitement about spiritual
things. when il began TO grow tiresome
as a place Of amusement. So people
have lett Moody and gone 10 the thea
ter. ! asked At one theater what effect
the tabernacle bad on the theatrical
audiences. q. said the iickst.selIer, it
helps us, The ridicule Of the Sunday
Times is more an indication Of the pop
ular current than q means Of thwarting
the evangelists. The fun is not very
good Ia itself, but there are some good
cAricatures. and the people arc willing
TO laugh at them An editor who should
~caricature Phillips Brooks would soon
see bis mistake. The popularity Of that
clergyman is remarkable. and all the
more crafty ing because it is based on
solid qualities rather than outside at.
fractions. DR.. Bartol. at the Chestnut
street club last Monday. set the seal Of
bis gentle but conclusive censure upon
both Moody and Joseph Cook, The
latter will perhaps reply, for he
likes to give his critics a rap but
Moody is wiser aud pursues his W
course what ever may be said or sneer-
cd. He is a great social force, notwith.
standing his i'll success here,-Boston
Letter to Springfield Republican.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-04-05

The Tribune says Woodward -
prslalAy dla sn.y living person wbo
ctu sweAf a. say payments % Hall.
Tweel can testify ooly 70 Halls
general kaowledgc Of the fraudulent
character o. the warrants which they
jointly signsd. TIE delay 10 the Tweed
settlement j. caused BY the resignation
0fO'Conor from the charge Of the case
The attorney general ia now conduct
Ing them, declining assistance from
Peokham on the ground that the latter.
although retained for the people, had
taken ! Zee Of $1,000 from Woodward
The amount received by Peckham as
state attorney Ia the ring suits is oyer
$4,000.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-04-05
sourn csaolsxa.


AFTER eonfeuisg ~ilh both Hampton
aud Chamberlaih the Presidett hAs
dsed upon = policy 70 he observed is
The South Czroiias matter The troops
will be- removed frum ths State house
sal the people left 70 settle the dim
Guilty 10 their way, provided that
ao acu 81 yioleaee are ~resorted 10 %
either eide. The troops sill he retained
o The state for the present bat will not
he used 10 advance The interests Of
either party bu. will be used 10 prevent
any overt acts on either side. This de.
termination on the part Of the Presi.
dent will result in the establishment OF
the Hampton government, not because
a majority ofibe people Of the state are
tn favor NJ il. bat because q very large
majority Of the people Of wealth aud
Influence are on that side. They are
hNNHA W thFN NhE hARAt anu VIZ AN uDA
blame them 30 much for that a. for tho
means they use to carry their point.
The foundation stone of our govern.
mcni i the right Of the majority to
govern, and a poor and ignorant mans
vote counts just as much as an intel.
iigent rich mans. but il tho intelligent
rich men are 10 The right they ought TO
be able TO convince enough OF the other
party to carry their points fairly with
out resort to intimidation and force.
There can be no freedom or safety in q
government where the elective fran.
chise under the law is not perfectly
free and there Is no question that
several Of the southern states are o
trolled more or less by force aud that
South Carolina will be If the present
policy is carried out. II may be that
the result will be a better state govern.
ment, and 1t is equally true that a state
government which has to be supported
continually by federal bayonets is not
worthy the name. It seems to US that
the dominant class at the south might,
by judicious management. gain control
without resorting 10 violence aud muir
ders, but they will not. They have al.
always been brought up TO use force,
as far as the blacks arc concerned, and
this generation will never be quite free
Of il. II was very bitter medicine for
them TO give the blacks the right Of suf-
frage and they think il no sin to cheat
him out Of it. We arc inclined to think
that government made a mistake when
il conferred the right of suffrage on
the negroes Unfortunately and that
the present determination is a partial
backing down from that position. We
think the whole matter might be settled
in a change of the election laws 80 that
no person, white or black, can vote
without being able to read and write,
A certain degree Of intelligence is nee
cssary to enable a man to become well
enough informed to vote ~ he ought,
and such a qualification as this would
get rid Of a very undesirable element
Of politics at the north as well as at the
south.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-04-05
THE IssUE or ADDITIONAL NATIONAL
NOTES.

NONGN
The amount Of additional national
bank notes issued by the comptroller
Of the currency during the past month
was 1919, 100, The comptroller says
this is the largest amount OF additional
circulation issued during any month for
the past two years. and that about
two thirds Of the amount was reissued
to banks which had previously retired
their circulation and taken up their
bonds. The amount of national bank
circulation outstanding on January IA,
1875. was 1851 ,000, 900. The act Of
that date authorized the issue Of circu-
lating notes without limit, sui ject TO
existing laws; aud also provided thai
an amount equal TO eighty per cent. of
the additional national bank notes is
sued should be retired Of le~gal.tender
notes Since that date t5T, 900. 900 Of
national bank notes have been retired
aud surrendered, and $24, O00, 900 Of
additional circulation issued, making a
total decrease of $33, 000, 900 of
national bank notes, the amount now
outstanding being s3ls, 600, 900. II the
amount Of legal tender notes on deposit
for the purpose Of retiring national
bank notes amounting 10 SIC, 900, 900
be deducted from the amount Of natl
onai bank notes now outstanding, it
will leave sS02. 900, 900. which Is but
slightly IN excess Of the $500, 000. 600
authorised by the national bank act Of
Jane 80. 1874
The total amount issued under the
act Of January ia, 1878, 10 date WAS
81 ls0. rs eighty per eeb, OF which
amount. Of Sl9,3l5,795 in legal tender
noies. has bten retired by the secretary
- tbs treasury leaving The amount Of
legal tcuotr notes outstanding 1882.
6S6, 29t
The comptroller a ) tina, consider
allie amounts 81 dsubtful paper. Of
which. ~hswesef. a greater or less pro
portion may reasonably be expected to
bs recovered 10 future, are being
charged 10 the accumulated surplus Of
tie national banks. ~ a result Of the
hard times. As might be expected.
there ATe signs u weakness among
some u The banks. bot as a Whole The
national banks o. the coontry are 10 =
good condition. and 10 bis opinion the
national banking system ~ill be strong
e after having successfully sustained
itself duriag 80 long a period Of basi-
ness depression.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-04-05

A Rome correspondent writes that
the Pope, amid the ieverish excitement
aud renting labor relative to the con.
sistofy has fallen ~ again After a
secret consistory on the l2th inst. he
faioted. and had 70 quit reading allocu
lion These i%ainting fits have REQUIRED
and tho Pope has remained unconscious
longer oaeh time. lie does not like bis
iilness q be perceived and makes
strong eifIts 10 hide 1t. These pro-
doce a painful reaction aud the mo-
nrnt BE- gets brh 20 hi. own apart.
Hrass be sinks into a chair aud remains
motohless &ilb his eyes closed like a
corpse his physicians regard the
hdiguing receptions 81 the Pilgrims
witt great Apprehension Mca while
lhr Iopes aasisersa are e~adeasonng by
essg means d gen + ance asl Aos,ria
81 fe,i,r the Aomsa qaesrion. II il
a"pri q iadnoe Italy - e~de the Ito,
So : City u the l,oiy See whetc 81
rei 80. orders eNpe led from Rome
eea 6ss as asylum
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-04-05

The Herald declares the Tweed com.
promise shelvcd tos a considerable time
II not forever, because the reconvey.
apoo of Tsecds transferred property
cannot he obtained The Sun rumors
that Tweeds compromise has been &C
cepied, aud Sweeney issues a card de-.
uyiug that Ne has any revelation about
liau or any one else, aud that be is en-.
gagged in cogpromise The comp
troler shows that S2uS.7lI 81 has been
expended in the ring suits, aud the re.
oeipts from the Watson estate aud
Woodward have been 5000. $40 50. Re.
o5rier HaesetL bas remarked that he
received a dispatch from Oakley Hall
Saturday.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-04-05

The new secretary Of the treasury
has taken up the prosecution Of the
whiskey Fiog at the point where Score.
tary Bristow was obliged to ~relioquish
It lie has peremptorily refused bis
sanction to tho pending applications
iar release from the civil suits ia the
Northwest and has ordered the prose.
c%utions to proceed in all cases without
delay. 1t is reported that the lapse 10
the war against Illicit dis,iIling that
followed the retirement Of Mr. Bristow
has led 10 a renewal Of operations in
diaereut cities Of the West. Against
the new offenders, as against the old
oaes, Mr.. sherman will proceed With
ali the vigor Of his predecessor.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-04-05
PaonABLE MURDER IN BENNINGTON

PROBABLE MURDER IN BENnINGToS.
Sunday evening a drunken row oc-
Cured between four men Of bennington
aud four Of West Bennington, at the
crossing Of the Harlem Extension rail.
road. Two Of the four became highly
excited, and during the melee Chester
Butler. in the employ Of Edward Kings
ley, drew his revolver aud fired two
shots at bis adversary, a young man Of
about twenty years OF age, named Pat
rick Mullday. the first shot passing
through his coat, but the second en-
tered bis side and penetrated his aldo.
men. Mullady had been 10 the employ
OF a farmer Healy. The wound. accor-
ding TO DR.. Morgan, must necessarily
prove fatal. and the victim is now lying
at the point Of death. Butler, together
with the other members Of the party,
have fed aud their whereabouts Is un-
known. One strange item 10 connec
tioH with this tragedy is the fact that a
pedlar 10 the employ Of II c. Breese
Of the Hooeac valley nursery, dreamed
Of the shooting on Sunday night. and
that he was shscklei and IN prison for
the murder. lie thought nothing II
The dream till Monday morning, When
the ffst intelligence Of the shooting
came to lis EARS The poor fellow
nearly tainted when tod oft. Consid
ering the fact that he could not possibly
have known anything about the affair,
the dream is certainly = strange coinci-
dence.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-04-05
cENTENNlAI..

One hundred years ago the embryo
state Of Vermont wss passing through
exciting sccnes Claimed by both New
Hampshire and New York, having no
voice in the Continental Congress, ex-
posed to the invasion Of hostile British
and Indians by way of Lake Cham.
plain and her northern frontier, few in
numbers but stout of heart the little
state had hardly commenced its exis-
tence, and it was a serious question
whether il would be swallowed up by
its older and more populous neighbors,
gobbled up by a common foe or strug-
gle along by itself and live or die as
the case might be.
The summer of 1777, commencing
with the invasion of Burgoyne and en-.
ding with the battle of Bennington was
the eliminating point in the early his.
tory of the state. BY successfully re.
sistiug a powerful invasion and reject.
ing all overtures of peace from the foe
Vermont proved her right to be called
q sovereign state and soon after the
close OF the war was formally admitted
into the union. This year we celebrate
the centennial of these events, and as
Bennington county was then the most
populous and Influential portion Of the
state and took a leading part in those
trying events we hope this county will
wake up once again and with the old
time fervor and zeal celebrate our cen
t%ennial.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-04-05

The wonderful discoveries OF DR..
Sehiiemann II Mycenae have greatly
excited thinking people drought the
civilized world He has made history
Of Mythology He has found the tombs
Of Agamemnon. Errymedon aud Cas-.
nanjfa, and given the world to believe
that they lived aud died as Homer said
they iii Whether DR. s~chliemann's
interpretations shall prove correct or
nut Il Is certain that his discoveries
VIII throw uew light upon the life Of
the ancient world. aud Homer's Had
viii be read with far greater interest
nov that II appears to bc founded upon
history.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-04-05
InllN FARRAR,s rsrArr-

tftEr = NKNAoEF. hsaehsstsf & sfusL -
fh ffehtta Uonfs hstA a. Manchester NaAie
ass - ssaa district - he Roa ess 81 Arsl
4 n tsITs
rfrsaat Han + D Bnrasn tak
A8unattsfE 90 see HstAss - iaks
ceased praRosine g ftHEey As seoeans q hs
Al asstrsiaa ea sstA tslsis. ISIS ariefsd ~
aHi3 NHaft thst a. q KpagaNs ~ efFm nea fef A.
watst st . s6sst1n Mrffnf G. tr hrd ~ 80
tHotah eae 60 Msaehesier in sNi stFtsf SO
Me sta aat ~ April A. b ftH sa4 tbat HRtsce
ta gitsn ta Al petssus 1iefsttet bf The Fatlis
aAt8aH M this nf8sr 4u ths M&N hesteE 1ua AxAt,
= apsspspef puated 81 ss3 Manchester thfgs
seeks sascesfFsiF RTetiaus u ssla umR q
hstrlaE
A true rceoFd.
Attest. a. g. nUBr0N Iu1ge
Atrse ooByuf record.
Altes y n BUTTON. ls1g,
Aas@
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-04-05

: 9fsnahe ro,r shssA i be deemed
necessary g call a1oGheE Hseetiag.
There i = slfonE oPPosl,ioa 70 bosaiag
tnsst1 - c. n. DavssPort. y Etsy
q "a aad sirougly aAnksa by he ma.
suty II he farming commaniiy. Who
express belief that the reQBifea ameusi
ear be raised hy sabseupuoa. an a..
sitiaaal soliciting committee were &C.
csr8inKiy chosen.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-04-05

ge3ga Macsief has gaae 70 Bahiug.
toa And opened tbe y s. District ahd
Cirealt courts Ga Tarsdsy There Nil
probably BE- " Jury u1sls this term 30,
= large amount 81 business has 0
mgla,sa which be will dispose II IS
soon as possible.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-04-05

TIE Ncfaiaat Centennial Com mission
meets At Bennington y day 10 make
preliainATy arrangements fer the eelc.
lu4taa next August The veteran
solAier. 10 different parts of the stale
sfe mshisg arrangements 20 be present
aa8 theu snl doubtless be a iall atten
dance ~ boys Ia bloc
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-04-05

Nathan Holt aud Trumbail Hunt OF
Qaeechy, drove TO town meeting. They
len the horse iH = stable near by. Oar
ing their kbseRe1 The horse got bis head
through the hsyrsck. and when found
was dead. The stable was Is perfect IS
any Ia the plAec. ills said. Mr.. liant
bad hired The horse Of Nr. Holt The
question Of where the responsibility
shoald rest. coruing up, our friend, NJ.
Parker, was chosen referee, aud be de-
cidsd that Mr.. Hunt should pay half the
Vaiae ofthe borse.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-04-05

Cine = the largest town meetings
esef heiA "a frAiiiebofa convened 90
SATURDAY afternoon 81 the purpose a
aseeaaslhg what. Hany, all would be
girea q The contemplated Brattleboro
and Whitehall BARROW gauge railroad
OWiag t. a technical mistake ID The
warrant no vnse aas taken. although
il : tboaght BY the friends q the pro.
eel that sahcieni iauresi vas mAai
fest il the spirited discussion which oc.
capied lhe entire afternoon to insure q
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-04-05
HOMNlSsI0NER's NoTleR.

Esiste - Charlse fhiNiFs
We, ne Subscribers, being appointed ~
thc Her. the Probate Court iuf pU District -
Manchester. Commissioners o. receive. examine
spd aAlnkt TIE elaine apd demands ~ an puFHens
RKaiusf Tie Lsiate -
CHARLES rhilhps late ~ Ariugtan.
10 said District deceased. aud alro Al claims and
demands exhibited 10 odsot thereto. hereby
give neuce, that DC vil most far The pufpoae
aioTcaAid, a. tha Hotel u A y Bartlett ia aid
Arlington, on the 81 asy q October, uett from ?
uici0ck, a No., uHtii four o'clock, y. n. on said
dar snd that s41 months from The 81 day q
April. 1871, IL the NUe limited BY aal4 Court fuF
aid creditors e present their elai os Sc M fer
examination aud allowance.
Dated Al A~rliugton, this 81 day ~ April
ID lsTg.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-04-05

o4ag Haa A4s been - ara tn
Iea4aa. hssia sfast3 ihsfs ia The
fsssasy Victoria Ao coed fessou bas
pei bcfn aaa Euel Tor hfs sogufar set
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-04-05

TIE AtttsAiemeat bows . decrease
safag Marsh e sitle5 ole 81. q
waich 81 $50 200 consists q cAsoelltd
Gegtra award b1a3s