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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07
Current Notes.

Mr.. Tilden will spend a portion
of the summer at Newport.
Gen Garfield thinks that the
Republican party in Ohio is stron,
ger than ever.
Gen. Gideon j. Pillow had a
long interview with the acting
Secretary of State last Saturday.
Hon. Caleb Cushing, late Min
ister to Spain, will spend the
summer at Newberryport, Mass.
achusetts.
Mr. Flipper, the first colored
boy who has graduated from
West Point, passed a good exam
ination last week. He stands
high in his class.
Eph. Holland, the great Demo.
cratic organizer who has not yet
reached the penitentiary, says
that only one officer was legally
elected in Cincinnati last fall.
Rev. Father Bayle, of Washing,
ton, made a furious attack on
Secretary Thompson Sunday on
account Of statements made by
him in his book, "Papacy and the
Civil Power"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07
Republication I'm Tenn ssee.

The New York Times discuss
ing the question of Southern
debts says Of our GLORIOUS Dino
crohtic State of ours:
A certain degree of worldly
wisdom was apparent in the
choice. Tennessee is a State
whice boasts of its natural re-
sources and its acquired wealth.
Its people profess to be high
toned and honorable. They come
North with a proud mien to Dor
row money Tor the enterprises.
They dispatch agents to foreign
countries to obtain the co-opera.
ton of capitalist and confluence
the current of emigra ton. Take
them all in all, the Tennesseeans
as depicted themselves have an
inbred untipathy to meanness
and dishonesty. They repudiate
their debts9 The London banker
who should PROFOUND the inquiry
would be assured that they are
rich as well as proud; that their
taxation is light; that they are
abundantly able to pay a hun
dred cents on every dollar they
owe; that though a little pressed
just now, their securities are as
good to swear by as Bank Of En-
gland notes. Other considera-
doubtless, confirmed the
Committee in the belief that
Tennessee would form q notable
example for the guidance and
encouragement of other States.
The bulk of the Tennessee debt
Of twenty-five millions, or there
about was incurred prior to the
war, Carpet baggers had moth
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07
Gov. IIamp ton A Murderer

The Methodist Advocate says
Of South Carolina affairs:
Hampton was fierce to execute
vengeance on the so-called Lown-
desville (colored) rioters. 1t now
turns out that they were simply
trying to defend themselves from
white murderers and that after a
careful examination of the facts
Gov. Chamberlain had pardoned
them. OF the fifteen charged
with riot, five were murdered,
three hung by Hampton, and the
other seven imprisoned for life.
That is the Justice" which the
colored people receive under
Mr.. Hampton. His promises to
the President are not worth two
cents a bushel.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07

ing to do with its creation. The
bonds which represent it were
sold at fair rates, and their pro
ceeds were expended upon works
undertaken by the State, and
from which it has always derived
substantial advantages. The
p%retenses by which some of the
reconstructed States attempt TO
rid themselves Of responsibility
are not available in Tennessee.
1t got the money borrow in It's
name and has something to show
for the whole of it. Unless the
representations made in its re
sources are fraudulent, it could
well sustain a State tax of six
mills-suflicient to pay six per
cent. interest on its entire bond,
ed bebt, and to retire a portion
every year.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07
Florida Politics.

Governor Drew, Of Florida, ar
old Wing, and a Union man dur
ing the war, was elected by Dem
ocratic votes. He finds in his
party Opposition to public
schools, and especially to negro
schools the opposition coming
from the nnprogressive class Of
whites, Because tho Governor
would not remove competent Re-
publican officers, and because he
favors education Of the negroes,
he is unpopular with the unpro-
gressiye wing Of his party.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07
Excitement i'm France.

A Paris special Of June 4th says
there is much excitement in con-
sequence Of the arrest Of M. Du-
verdier, President of tho Munich
pal Council. 1t is quite legal,
but most unusual to arrest peo-
pie for olGenses by writing or
speech. Offenders in this are
generally left at liberty till trial,
even without bail. In this case
bail was refused. M. Duverdier
denies the charge against him.
The impression produced is bad,
as the prisoner is popular with
the lower classes. He is a man
of education and Independent
means. He is charged with in
sulting MacMahon and infusing
civil war and assassination.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07
More Endorsement.

The Connecticut correspond emf
Of the New York Times, writes
of the policy" "Of course, the
Democrats here, as everywhere
are delighted with it, and the
Hartford Times, though fighting
shy Of President Hayes by occa-
sionally calling him a fraudulent
President gives it on the whole
the most vigorous support of
any paper in the State, and talks
with more freedom now of the
whole Southern question by i'll
dorsing the rebel side of the old
issues, such as Andersonville
prison and other Confederate
pleasantries.n
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07
THE HOLY BA MIXERS OF RUS
STA AND TURKEY.

1t was stated as an important
fact some weeks ago that the
Russian regiments after their ar.
rival on the Danube exchanged
the imperial standard for the no
ly banner of the Greek Church,
Another statement was to the ef-
feet that every regiment was Civ
en-, IN addition to the national
stan dard, the church banner rep
resenting the religion and the
traditions of the old Greek EN-
pire. This indicated, it was held,
the purpose on the part of the
Oar to wage war in the name of
the church and in behalf Of the
prosecuted Christians of Tur
key.
The Russian imperial standard
is yellow, charged with the doub.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07
The State Debt.

The question of the State debt
continues to occupy the minds
Of our people. The proposition
on the part of the bondholders
TO accept sixty cents on the dol
lar is as fair as any people could
wish. That we owe an enormous
debt, accumulated by misgov
eminent for the last eight years,
we all know too well for our own
good. The debt, although made
by unscupulou politicians isjuSt
on the part of the State creditors
and should be paid. We hope to
see the press Of the State speak
out more fully on the subject.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07
Massachusetts.

A Boston special Of June 9th.
says: Samuel Warhust died Of
hydrophobia at Sangus Centre.
Mass. He was bitten two months
ago. The symptoms were well de-
fined.
The will of Charlotte Harris, of
Charlestown, gives $4,000 to the
Perkins Institution for the Blind;
$4,000 to the Charlestown libra
ry; $4,000 to other institutions,
The rest Of her fortune, after
deducting private legalcies, goes
to the Massachusetts General
Hospital.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07
Grant I'm England.

Americas greatest son is being
received with great enthusiasm
in England. A London special Of
last monday says: Gen. Grant
heard Dean Stanly at Westminis.
ter. After abiding to Mr.. Mot
ley's death, Stanley said: Gener-
al Grant has just laid down the
sceptre Of the American Com
monwealth after having by mill
tary powers, still more by gener-
Gus treatment ofcomrades in vic
tory and enemies in defeat, re
stored unity to a great and divi-
ded people. England welcomes
him as a sign and pledge hat the
two nations Of the Anglo-Saxon
race are still one in heart and
shirt.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07
First Orthe Republican Party

Having been asked by a cor.
responent to state when the late
Republican party was formed
Col. j. W. Forney thus epito.
mics its history, in his Philadel.
phia Press:
The first Republican platform
was adopted at Philadelphia June
II, 1856, by the National Conven-
ton which nominated John @.
Fremont as President, and Will
lam L. Dayton, Of New Jersey, as
Vice President. In the long
struggle for the choice of Speak
er Of the House of Representa-
tives in the Thirty fourth Con
gress, commencing on the Sd OF
December, 1855, and closing on
the I'd Of February, 1856, with
the election of Nathaniel P.
Banks as presiding officer, parties
were divided into Democrats,
Anti Nebraska men and Know
Nothlngs, and Greedy, in the sec
ond volume OF his Almanac, says
that "the Anti Nebraska column,
since called Republican, number
ed about 109, the Democrats
about IS, and the Know othings
near 40" The Republican party
therefore began its organized
career at Philadelphia, June II,
1856.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07
Washington News.

The State Department has off
cial information that the princi
plality Of Roumania has made q
treaty with Russia and placed
herself under Russian protection.
The State Department also has
advices through the Turkish
Minister that the Ottoman EN-.
pire, Notwithstanding the revolt
of Roumania, will treat Rouman
ianS and Roumanian shipping
within its control the same as
loyal subjects.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07
The President and Morton.

An article going the rounds Of
the papers TO the effect that the
President is afraid of Senator
Morton is entirely too thin.
1t is true that Mr.. Morton is a
foe to be dreaded, but Mr.. Hayes
is not the man to dread anybody.
His recent acts go to show that,
like Collins Ram, lie has a head
Of his own, and don't fear any
man or his influence.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07
Grant I'm $3.50,

The Democratic papers arc
greatly excited over the pros.
poets of Grant being a candidate
for the Presidency in 1880. These
scarry editors need not be unea-
sy, because if the Republicans
want him they will elect him,
and for our part we hope they
will want him or some other
man with a "head on" who is not
afraid to stand by his friends.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07
Ohio Democratic Prospects.

Gen. Comfy thinks hat it is
doubtful ifthe Republicans can
carry Ohio this fall, He says
that the Republicans generally
loose the State upon a light vote,
and hat it requires the full vo-
ting strength of the State to'be
polled in order to win a victory.
He says that their strength in
the State is only ffty-one hun
dredth, and as there is every
prospect Of a quiet, uninteresting
election this fallitis very possible
that the Democrats may be vic
torious. This defeat, however,
he thinks will not be attributed
TO anything like disafrection in
the Republican ranks.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07
illinois,,

A special of yesterday says:
Mount Carmel, H., which was
nearly destroyed by a tornado
last evening, is a thriving town
of about 5000 inhabitant, on the
Cairo and Vincennes Railroads.
The loss is estimated at from
100000 to 100000. The same
tornado damaged a number of
buildings in other towns lying in
its pathway.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07

Mr.. Beecher talked war talk at
the Plymouth Church prayer
meeting the other night. He is
Individually in favor Of grinding
the Turkish empire to powder and
hopes that England, "always the
ally of despotism," will get her
ears pulled, or words to that eff
feet.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07
ms Hnrnnr Come.

Fletcher Harper, the last one
of the four brothers, the founders
Of Harpers Weekly and other
publications, died at his home in
New York the other day at the
age Of 65 years. Thus goes one
of the most successful publishers
the world ever knew.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07

The Democratic papers have
already figured up a majority of
10000 for the Ohio Democratic
ticket this fall. That is counting
chickens before they are Matched.
Figures are easily made-on pa
per.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07
Strange but Tru @.

If you want to marry a "cullud
lady" you must go to South Gar.
olina. That Democratic Legisla-
lature has refused to pass a law
forbidding the intermarriage Of
the white and black races.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07
A Law,

Oregon has a new expedient
for keeping her citizens sober.
Every man who drinks is obliged
to take out license costing s.. 1t
is a penal offense for any liquor
dealer to sell a drink to an unli-
censed person.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07
The south cTn POIicy.,,

The President, it is said, has a
great distaste for the phrase,
Hayes Southern policy" He
says he has no Southern policy"
that his policy is a national
policy" intended for the good of
the whole country.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07
w. l.. SHARP'S
EE A? CASH sTlRE!

The human understanding can nov be
greatly improved and cmbellished without
delay and At small expense by calling on
SHARP at once who Is opening a splendid
stock Of BOOTS and SHOES, embracing
Men : Brogans at Sl.3j, 80, 1881 T5.
Mems Alexis, Mems BoUaOed boots,
Mems cable sewed Mems peg7ed calf "
Mems calf Br1gan, Mems Goat Leg,
Mems Jersey lies, Mems seWed calf.
Ladies Oil Goat,
Lrdies Kid fox,
Ladies Glove Kid,
Ladies front and side lace-AlsO Boys,
Misses & Children shoes. Part Cf our seock
Is direct from the factory OF Winchester,
Va, and arc reliable goods. A word TO the
wise is enough.
REMEMBER "MONEY SAVED
is MONEY MADE.n
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07

The last account Of the foreign
war says the Turks were defeat
ed. The fortunes Of war seem to
be on the side of Russia.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07

1t is now reported that the
Gar will take command of the
Russian army in person. Then
comes the tug of war.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07
The Weekly Herald.
JUNE 9TH, 1877.

The President is said to be in
favor of making the silver dollar
a legal tender.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-06-07
STATE AND COUNTY MANAGE,
mENT.
Ought our Citizens 10 Know
How our state and County
Affairs are Managed.


The most serious evils under
which we labor as a people, sucf
as unjust and exorbitant taxa
ton; burdensome expense; wan
of judicious economy and fairness
in State and County business; anC
general looseness and careless
ness in State and county affairs
are chargeable to the lack of at
tention and scrutiny on the par
of citizens to the conduct of those
they have entrusted with office
Officers, in theory, are for the ben
eft of the people, and should be
so in practice. Our system Of
elections enables the people of g
county or district to retire an in.
competent, careless, inefficient
or dishonest officer at the end OF
every term of office.
1t has been said that corruption
and dishonesty abound in oul
land. The defalcations Of officers
in Tennessee for the year 1872 ac.
cording TO the estimates of Gen.
eral w. Q. Jackson amounted to
upwards Of nine hundred and six.
ty thousand dollars. The pnbliC
defalcations of the succeeding
years have not been so accurate.
ly ascertained but they are i'm
mense. The losses of counties
have been on a scale of cores
ponding magnitude.
The tax payers have groaned,
and will continue to groan, I'M
der the pressure Of taxes created
by such losses. But if the scoun.
ty courts had been as faithful and
vigilant, in having good bonds
made, as the law required and in
keeping them good from court to
court, there would have been no
defaults or the losses would have
been made good. Our taxpayers
have looked too much from home
to the fuss made about such men
as Tweed, Balknap, Cakes Ames
and jim. Fisk, instead Of looking
at their own county affairs and
county rings.
If the groaning taxpayer would
look closely into county affairs he
would soon find that the larger
portion of t ak that has been
ground out Of him, has been spent
in his own county,-Take Brad.
ley county as an illustration.
What has become Of the thous-
ands ofdollars that have been tax
ed out of her citizens for county
purposes for the last twelve
years? Has it been put into pub
lie buildings? or the improve
ment ofpublic roads ? or in bull
ding neat school houses in every
district, or even to the repairing
or building a decent county
Academy at the county site ! The
county court has done none of
these things. Bnt it has talked
over the poor house, and over the
disposition TO be made of a Gozen
oaupers, and passed orders and re-
5cinded orders, and dubbed over
.icayune allowances for work
and labor done, and undone, its
appropriations, discussed ques-
and voted upon questions
without regard to parliamentary
till none of the court nor
else knew what it was
or trying to do.
An observer would conclude
hat the business was, to confuse
md bewilder some Of its own
MEMBERSHIP younger ones, But
by watching long and carefully
ne would see that the public rev.
,nue was in bad order; tibet each
I'D member of the court was a
.uler, by laying the rate of taxes
or county purposes, by discuss
ng taxes, by assessing taxes, by
pleasing taxes, and by keeping
he whole matter of taxes EXCEPT
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-31
TWO YEARS AN INVALID
CURED.

"People's Remedies" are seven in
number and are manufactured by DR..
NJ. NJ. Fenner, Fredonia, n. Y. No
one of them is put forward as ''cure
ALL but each is adapted to special
class of diseases, as described in the
circular entitled "PeOple's Remedies"
which is wrapped around every bottle.
Each remedy, in its place, is curative
in the highest sense possible, in the
present advanced state of medical
science. When thus adapted it will
apparently work wonders. Many
thousands of certificates of cures Oh
file, written by grateful invalids who
have been restored by them to health.
Some of these are published in the cir
cular above referred to, representing
all classes of society, from the lowly
cottage to the princely palaces and
offices of state. Ask your druggist for
one.
New Bethlehem, Pa, July Goth. 1875.
DR.. NJ. NJ. Fenner, Fredonia, N. Y.-Dear
Sir: About two years ago had an eruption
Ol Jne SIX III anu swelling Oh my upper lip ana
both legs. l could not wear a boot for nine
months, | had also a bad cough for about
fifteen years. l met you at the MNutt
House, here, last February, showed you my
swollen limbs and you examined my lungs.
You prescribed your Blood and Liver
Remedy and Nerve Tonic, your Salt Rheum
Ointment and your Improved Cough Honey.
l commenced their use at once as you direc-
ted. The effect surprised me, and and all
who knew my case. The cough almost inn
medately ceased. The eruption disappeared,
and the swelling went "down and out" 1t
is now about six months since commenced
the treatment. l improved that / COM
menced work the first of March, and now
wear my boots and labor as before was sick
No trace either of the Cough, Swelling or
Eruption remains. The cure is complete.
and | feel as well as before l was sick. l am
willing to be qualified as to the truthful
ness of the above, and will cheerfully
answer all inquiries l feel as grateful to
you as it is possible for a restored invalid to
feel. Yours truly,
j. NJ. SEILER.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-31
NEW MUSIC.

We have just received from the
Publisher, II copy of new Temper
ance Song and Chorus by the popular
and favorite author Jas. G. Clark, en-
titled Nowhere to CO."
This is the latest as it is one of the
best of Mr. Clark's popular songs-and
comes most opportune just now when
there is such an interest in the tenn
perance cause. Mr.. Clark's produc-
tions including "When the mists
have rolled away" and the "Two Viii
lagos" are known and sung through
out the land, their beautiful melodies,
choice poetry, and rare adaptation of
music to the words rendering them
universal favorites. We append tue
opening stanza of Nowhere to co."
Homeless tonight and with no one to pity,
Weary ofliving and dying with Woe;
Homeless tonight in the heart of the city
Frerzing and starving yet nowhere to go.
Mail postpaid on receipt of S5cts.
Address,
w. w. WHITNEY,
Publisher,
Toledo, Ohio.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-31

A horrible accident recently occur
red at Johnsonville, Northampton
county, by which several young men
were seriously injured. Mr.. Hiram
Kressler engaged his son, young
man about seventeen years of age,
young colored man about the same
aye and several other young men, to
blast rocks in large field. The young
men had drilled a hole in large rock,
and were preparing the charge to blast,
when it exploded prematurely, knock
ing them in all directions. Mr.. Kres-
sler's son had both eyes blown out and
his face considerably disfigured. The
colored man had one eye Knocked out
and both arms horribly mutilated. The
other young men were injured by
being struck with the flying stones.
The Erie Dispatch says: General
Aliens friends affirm that he has suf-
fered everything for the past ten years
in consequence of the infamous con-
duct of his wife. On her account he
has been socially ostracised wherever
he has lived, but his affections for her
prompted him to repeatedly condone
her faults, hoping that she might bo
induced to reform her manner of life.
His treatment of her has been remar-
kably kind and generous, and he de-
layed the step he is now taking as
long as it was possible to do SO. She
has been married three times. From
her first husband (who is now living
at Warren) she was divorced her
second was killed during the war, and
then she married General Allen. 1t
is sad thing for the general, and he
is deserving OF the sympathy which
he receives from nine-tenths of those
who are acquainted with the parties