Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-09

actively prevents any such result sub
stitutes organized plunder for taxation
favoritism Of the grossest kind for jus
tice, COWS all the manlness out of the
men, and all the womanliness out of
the women, replaces the 0oblest affec-
tlons by the fiercest and the meanest
passions, makes dread chronic. servilit7
the only assurance against wholesale
wrong, and apathy the one remedy
against outrage"
10 suppress such an evil as this
Russia enters tho field, and her legions
are now securing over Roumania and
Asia Minor. No horrors of war can
equal Sclavic persecution. No loss of
life can be so terrible as the evil that
occasions it. Its removal at any cost
of fife, money, or misery will be a
blessing to the world - Chicago Tribune
IHE growth Of the country is well
shown by the fact that the mau is still
alive who, after middle age, built the
first railway engine made on this con-
tinent. That man is our esteemed and
philanthropo countryman, Peter Coo
per. He built the engine after his
own designs in Baltimore little more
than thirty years ago, and 1t was sue
cess'ully operated on the Baltimore
and Ohio railway. Mr.. Cooper was
the first person to apply with success
anthracite coal to the pudding of iron,
which be did in a rolling and wire
mill that be had erected in New York
He afterward removed the machinery
to Trenton, New jersey, where he
erected the largest rolling-mill at that
time (lS45) in the United States for
the manufacture of railway iron, and
at which he was subsequently the first
to roll wrought-iron beams for fire.
proof buildings. Mr.. Cooper was 76
last February and feels as deep an in
terest in the country and in all the
people, particularly the laboring class
es, as when he reared that noble mon
ument to bis memory and their abvan.
tage, the Cooper Institute. a..
Pinchback, of Louisiana, is the son
# a Major Holmes, white planter, by
slave woman. The Boston Post says:
"One day he was with Major Holmes
on Mississippi steamboat; the sun
was hot, and in the shade of an awning
the planter with his friends played
poker for high stakes. and to quiet his
nerves drank deep draugbts of iced
whisky punch. The slave boy sat in
corner watching the game, and wait
ing for any orders which might be
given by the players. While he was
occupied in this way, the Captain
stumbled across him, and demanded:
Whose nIgger are you?' We'll, Massa
Cap'n, l don't 'zlckly know was his
reply. L war Major Holmes boy, but
he done bet me on two little pair and
lost. Use got to see the game through
tore l can answer your question.
The boy had told the exact truth.
His unnatural father, having no other
stake, bet him against 81 900 and lost"
PARsoN ..BRowLow of Tennessee,
ex, M ethedist minister, Ex-Governor,
ex United States Senetor, and withall
one of the most vigorous supporters of
slavery and of the Union which the
South ever furnished, died at Knox
vile, last week Saturday, aged. .72 years.
During the war he was arrested for
treason to the confederacy. and sub
sequeutly travelled in the North max
ing strong speeches for the union and
at the same time advocating the cause
of slavery. He was man of strong
and bitter feelings, and after leaving
the ministry devoted what time he
was not engaged in public life to edi-
ting the Knoxville Wing, whose fierce
invectlves against the Abolishionists,
first brought him into prominent no
tice.
THE doctors of Fond du Lac city
have organized a collection bureau.
VIM. E. Cole has been elected collec
tor. The society has resolved that it's
members must settle all bills on pre-
sentaton, and consequently their de-
mands for professional services are due
on presentation. They have also re-
solved to place in the collectors hands
all accounts. "The collector to keep
list for the benefit of the society, of
such individuals as can and will not
pay their honest debts, and to furnish
a copy to each physician. Tt is the
sense OF the society that it will be
against the interest, as we'll as breach
of professional courtesy, to attend any
such individuals until their names
shall be erased from the list Of delin-
quent ts."
The Supreme Court of the United
States last week issued its mandate to
the United States Court in Missouri
directing it to proceed forthwith to COL
lect past-due interest on the bonds issued