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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-16
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THE POTTER COMMITTEE.
New York, Aug. 15.-John A. Leete tes-
titled before the Potter committee to-day.
Anderson told him that he had carried out
the programme arranged between him and
Kellogg to keep the republicans from voting
IN East Feliciana. Anderson said the re-
would have been defeated. He didn't mean
where: the land lay. Witness advised An
derson not to protest, though Kellogg vas
exceedingly anxious he should protest.
Witness and Anderson agreed the republic
cans we're defeated we're sorry for Hayes,
but glad Packard was beaten. They also
agreed the republicans would win the day. a.
witness knew Sherman and the visiting
statesmen came down to steal the state.
MURAT HALsTEAD.
New York, Aug. 15.-Murat Halstead,
editor Of the Cincinnati Commercial, sailed
for Europe to-day with his two daughters.
He said to the Tribune concerning the testi-
mony}of Col. Robertssbefore the Potter COM
mittee, that he and Lamar had said nothing
looking to negotiations for seating Hayes.
Lamar wa apprehensive the spark would
6e struck in Louisiana to .kindle dangerous
tires, n he lent Lamar IngersolIs lectures
on God to cheer him up. There was moth
ing in the lie ter introducing Roberts to
Hayes that would promote the happiness of
General Butler, and if sealed it was sealed
from force of habit. 1t merely contained a
suggestion that Roberts could give the in.
side view of Louisiana politics. No a~llusion
to the bargain or statement that Roberts was
authorized to act for the southern people.
Reporter-Do you know anything else
about this alleged bariaini
Mr. Hal.tead-I know there was no bar
gain. | had . very long conversation with
Gov. Hayes three weeks before he was in
augurated president. We passed tine pub
lie ways and measures of the country in re
view, beginning in Maine and ending in Cali
fornia. We talked freely, az we had of GU,
ward politics 20 years before. There wa!
not the flavor Of a bargain about any of BIZ
conversations with me. He was even lher
in doubt as to whether he was to be presi
dent, and refused to do anything prcdicatet
on the idea that he was to be.
Mr.. Halstead called at the Potter com
mittee room to see whether any furthe,
light OF the subject of the alleged bargai,
was desired, and Gen. Butler being asked
if he desired to examine Mr.. Halstead sal,
he did not.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-16
PUNCHES o RIVAL.

A PoMca Editor Goes His Length I'm Dispar.
aging a Neighbour.
Editors Of newspapers in rival towns will
occasionally get after each other, even at
the expense Of the truth. The Ponca Jour-
nal is given to this sort of weakness. 1t
says:
Our reporter visited Elk Psint a short
time since, and had intended writing an ex-
tended account of his trip, but the crowded
state of our columns compels us to chop it
down to a few of the most prominent ideas
which struck him.
Elk Point is about the deadest town that
a man ever set eyes on, about these days.
Like Mark Twain's grandmother, it's lawful
deadp Had Goldsmith lived and. written
his Deserted Village" in modern times, it
would not have commenced with "Sweet
Auburn! Loveliest village of the plain" but
with "Poor Elk P'int!!l Deadest town of
the Missouri Bottoms" Time was when
Elk Point was a lively town. So were Sod
ON and Gomorrah, Baalbec and Palmyra.
But from present appearances she is going
down hill with a rush, and unlike the mass
of humanity we'll refrain from kicking her.
Doubtless a few more years will see her in
the same condition az in the good old days
when Harry Fairchild kept three papers of
saleratus, a keg of nails and a bag of salt
and called 1t his ~'store'' and Vanderveer
sold beer in the "little log, cabin in
the lane" About the only excite.
ment is on political matters,
which are getting hot, The tail end of Dan
Rice's circus troop gave a concert while we
were there. We attended. As to the merits
of the performance we can't speak, as our
modesty was so great that we were obliged
to keep our hands over our lovely face in
order to hide the burning bushes which
would persist in rising. However, we "peek-
ed" thro' sufficiently to see that as usual,
all the bald-headed and staid old gentlemen
in town were on the front benches taking in
all and wishing for more. Artemus Ward,
of blessed memory, once attended a rendition
ofthe Black Crook. On coming out, friend
asked him how he enjoyed it. Artemuf
could only reply: "Legs, legs! o, such
many legsp Tons of dictionaries could no,
express more. Speaking Of politics, SOM
of the boys told us that one of the tickets
this fall would run something like this
Treasurer Jorgen J~orgenson; clerk Jump
over Railfenceson; judge, Jim Jamson
sheriff, Bully Hitterson; coroner Hitter
Bullison, superintendent, Seeker Sockitto
emson. This was the republican ticket, we
believe. The democrats are still quiet. o.
borne, the great discoverer and Hon. Lev
Caldwell from the school section, will stump
the county for the above ticket.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-16

Between Missouri Valley and Chicago.
This ls the only line running two express
0ains daily. between Sioux City and Chicago.
7hr0uM Time Table. in effect Sept LIST. 1877
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-11-24

he made the matter known. Coming to the
city it seems again even suspicious that he
should keep the way-bill in his pocket and
make no reference to the matter to connect
ing messengers or his companions and should
wait about four hours before reporting the
matter to Superintendent O'Brien. The
twenty-five thousand dollars was immedi-
ately refunded to Geo. w. Williams
q Co., by the express company.
The express company has had deal
ings IN such matters before, and its perse-
this affair has been and will continue to be
vigorously carried on. General Superintend-
ent O'Brien has taken the affair in hand,
aud together with Superintendent Dempsey,
Mr.. Mays and the officers of the company,
no efforts will be relaxed or stone unturned
to bring to light the whole affair. The char
acter Of these officials is we'll known, aud
their efficiency been often the subject of dis
tinguished compliment, and to the disclosure
OF this whole affair their energies will be ex-
erted. AS said by Colonel O'Brien, we
have quite a collection of thieves In our art
gallery, and some were hunted Tor months
and years, and if there is / thief at the
bottom of this affair he will be found
in months or years, it matters not how long
the search may be- The company have men
at Charleston, Savannah, Port Royal, 1emas-
see and Augusta, who are working the mat
ter up, and it Is safe to say that If there is
anything in it they will bring it to the sur
face. In this connection especial credit Is
due to Captain Christian, Lieutenant Prather,
and the police force here for their work
in the matter. They have their eyes open
and are working quietly but surely. The
whole affair has created a genuine sensation
andwill be recorded as one of the big mys-
fo,-,ac -
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-11-24
TaE COTTON EXCHANGE.

Memphis has no institution that gives her
greater cause for pride than its cotton ex-
change. From the outset it was a success.
It obtained q frst-class reputation among
the various similar institutions in the United
States. Its reports have had no rivals In
comprehensveness and accuracy, and in con-
nection with all public questions respecting
cotton, and the commercial interests con-
nected with it, it has always had great weight,
while its annual reports haye been every
where received as of high authority. It's in
ternal affairs were no less admirably man
aged than its external policy; so admirably,
indeed, that from the time of its organiza-
ton until this day it has never been in debt,
never has there been day, from the time of
its getting into working order IN 1873 until
now, that it has not had credit of from
eleven hundred to as many thousands of
dollars On its bank book. It's members
would not suffer it to fall into enbar-
rassmert. Valuing its advantages; aware
of what it had done to correct the irreg-
ularities thai existed N the Memphis cot
ton market before its or organization, knowing
how this market had been favorably brought
before the cotton trade Of the world by its
excellent working; yaluing the influence it
has exercised on local and State legislation,
and eZen influenced congressional A. GOV
ernmental action at Washington, its mem
bers judged no sum too high to pay to pre-
serve and enhance its reputation. The con-
sequence was that when its excellent secre-
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-11-24

tary. John S. Toof. Esq, retired, a short time
ago. from a position he had so admirably
filed, in his letter of withdrawal he could
point proudly to the fact that he lett the in
stitution untrammeled with any debt. Such
being its enyiable position, many of its mem
bers, and business men outside of it, greatly
regretted that the cotton news association, in
a resolution passed before its dissolution,
should have spoken of ''any debt owing by
the said cotton exchange If put hypothet-
ically, the phrase is regarded as uncourteous
toward the business standing of the ex-
change; if as an allegation, what we have
stated above-and we state it authoritatively
shows it to be utterly unfounded and in
correct. So evident is the unpleasantness OF
the connection of unpaid debt with the cot
ton exchange, that we have no doubt some
courteous member of the late organization
will make an explanation that will satisfy all
who are connected with the cotton exchange
that the phrase objected to was used IN no
offensive sense. This, under the clrcum-
stances, will not be considered too much for
those to receive who value so highly the
credit of the institution of which they are
proud to be members.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-11-24

tb. injection must erect safeguards which will pro-
tec their citizens IN any event; and they should
OUT throwing them wholly upon the charity OF the
outside world II the worst should come TO the worst
These remarks apply with equal force to
Tennessee. Our cotemporary did not read
the APPEAL correctly if it understood us as
saying that we regarded "a rigid quarantine
of our seaboard" as our only hope for safe
ty. While the seaboard should be Quaran-
tined, fortified against the approach Of an
enemy more terrible than an army with ban
ners, the southern States, towns and cities,
should enact such legislation as is necessary
for protecting themselves from another cpl
demic. Peace Is the time to prepare for war,
and while the insidious foe of the southern
people has gone into winter quarters, there
to await the return of the summers sun, let
US prepare to meet him. In few weeks the
legislature of Tennessee will be In session.
The members from Shelby county, no doubt,
have an adequate conception of the import
ance of an organized, systematic effort for
the protection of health. Several of them
wrestled with the yellow-fever, and they
know its terrors. Casey Young, al
and foremost in advocating national DURAN
tine, and our members to the State legisla-
lature will no doubt be equally as efficient in
devislng laws which will protect the whole
State from a pestilence that has struck
down thousands of our best citizens and de-
stroyed the material interest of the State.
If Memphis is the gateway through which
the yellow-fever makes Its appearance in oul
midst, the State should incur the expense
and devise the means by which to guard thi;
citadel against the approach of the enemy
Every citizen in Tennessee is interested, anC
the State should erect safeguards for theil
protection. While the legislature enacts law:
for the protection of such portions of the
State as are liable to the infection, let the
towns, counties and cities have power to act
for their own protection. Governor Stone
of Mississippi, has been urgently pressed tx
convene the legislature in extraordinary
session, for the purpose of enactlng suci
legislation as may be deemed necessary TO
protecting the State from another epidemic
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-11-24
THE MEMPHIS AND CINCINNATI
PACKET COMPANY.

1t is always pleasant to recall the good
deeds of good men. They are precious pos
sessions, jewels without price. During the
late epidemic great many of our people
became temporary residents of Cincinnati,
some of whom were straltened in means,
many of them wholly impoverished. They
were far from their homes, cut off from all
their avenues of support. At such a time,
and under such circumstances, friend in
need is a friend indeed. Commodore James
S. Wise, president of the Memphis and Gin
cinnati packet company, acting upon the in
SEPARATIONS of generous and noble nature,
proved himself that friend. He not only
gave with a lavish hand for the
support of the sick and needy who
here were victims of the fever, but also
to those who were nearer TO him, and whom
stress Of circumstances had temporarily made
poor. He acted in each case as if it had a
special merit, and with all as if they had
claims upon him that could not be over
looked. His interest in the memphis refl-
gees was made manifest every day in a
thousand pleasant and bene6cent ways, and
at the close of long weary night Of woe,
when day dawned for US again, and the hour
arrived when friend was to be restored to
friend, aud the homes so long vacant were
to be made glad, he rendered free passes to
those who were without means, and reduced
the fares for all. He proved himself good
Samaritan. He bound up the wounds of
those whom he found helpless by the way
side and carried them to their homes in
safety. Such man is worthy of all
honor, he is worthy of special honors at our
hands, and ought to be held in grateful re-
membrance by US. When the people of
Memphis meet, as meet they some time must,
to take cognizance of all the facts of the ep-
idemic, and give thanks, as they should, for
the wealth of tender sympathy and the law
ish charity of which we were the recipients,
Commodore James S. Wise ought to have
special mention as one of the first and best
of the friends our suffering people found
abroad.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-11-24
Russian Financial Troubles.

London TimeS'S Berlin correspondence
"The peculiar financial policy of the Russian
government and the way it reacts upon for
eign countries will be apparent from the fol-
lowing extracts. The st. Petersburg Er
change Gazette says: There is no denying
the fact that henceforth we shall have to de-
vote one hundred and eighty million rubles
nue-to the payment of interest on the
national debt. This sum is not likely to de-
crease; on the contrary, it may increase. We
have increased our debt the last two years by
one and three-fourths, and, accordingly, re-
quire seventy million year more to cover
the interest, and this though we had q de-
felt in 1876, before the war began. No little
cunning will be required to combat the diff
cultles arising from this state of things.
The Exchange Gazette might have added
that the army and navy having required over
two hundred million rubles year before the
war, it follows that even were peace restored
to- day, more than two-thirds of the whole
revenue would be consumed by the military
and public debt departments. But even this
does not show the full extent of the evil.
Five hundred million rubles worth of I'M
covered notes having been added during the
war to the seven hundred million rubles'
worth in circulation before the first shot was
fred, those one million two hundred thousand
ruoles constitute an additional debt of the
government to the people, and the existence
of this debt depreciates the currency by nearly
one-haif, causing a corresponding INCREASE In
the rate of exchange and in the ninety
million rubles annual interest to be paid
to foreign creditors. Add to this that the
war expenditure is continued, and there is
but too much truth in what the Erchange-
Gazette observes respecting the difficulties
ahead ~
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-11-24

Letter from Niagara Fails to the Daven-
port 0owa) Gazette: ga capital joke is told
here of Miss Eva Davis, saleswoman at Table
Rock museum Canada side). A visitor was
inspecting the curiosities, and seemed taken
with the 'Derhyshire spar work, which, Miss
Eva said, was manufactured from Table i1ock
stone, which statement be was inclined to
question; but this sweet biack-eyed merchant
assured him it was all as she represented,
and, furtherulore, they now had si4teen art
lists in a back room engaged in mahlng the
same kind of ware. She handed him a piece
of genuine English spar for scrutiny. well,
said the taaoeent stranger, please show no
into this room where the sixteen artists are
at work, and l will believe what you say is a
fact oh, no, indeed quoth his fair els a.
Uis, that would not do; It's against our rules;
we never give anybody the ''open sesame to
this secret chamber which contains our
wealth. 'Alas!' said the gentleman, then
please set all these kickshaws back on the
shelf (about one hundred and nifty dollars
WORTH, and do accept this twenty dollar bill
as faint token of my regard Why said
she, what do you meanS' We'll. Miss, l
must tell you fact. Ny name is Samuel
Bowers; l live in Derbyshire, England, where
| manufacture this ';spar work" Further
more, your rather is ape OF Lay best custo1a-
ers, and you, Miss Eva, his daughter, are the
"boss" salesman.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-11-24
CATHOLICISM.
Important Changes in the GOvernme mt
of the Roman Catholic Church-FrOm
Pastor TO Rector, with Right or
Trial Before a Court OF
Causes.

A very important change in the govern
ment of the Roman Catholic church In this
country is announced to take place on the
first of January next. Some of the chief dig
nitarles of the church in this country have re-
ceIved "briet, or circular letter from Pope
Leo NH, and as soon as the matter con-
tanned therein can be arranged, copies will be
sent to all bishops. Wears general and priests
in the country. The letter of Pope Leo be-
gins by referring TO certain provisions made
b. the provincial council of Baltimore, held in
1866, for the adjustment of questions which
might grow out of the peculiar condition OF
the church IN the United States as compared
with the hierarchy in European countries
where the Catholic religion has fiourlshed for
hundreds of years. Some of these provisions,
however, it has been found either lmprac
ticable or undesirable to carry oct, owing to
the unexpectedly rapid growth of catholicism,
which has necessltated the adoption of sys-
tenn approaching in many respects the gov
eminent of the church III countries where the
canon law has long been in full force. The
church IN the United States has been on a
missionary basis, as most always Is the case
where there is sparse Catholic population
that renders necessary more summary
course of procedure than that which exists in
countries where almost the entire population
is Catholic. The brief ordains that under
the new system pastors Of parishes shall be
known as ''rectors, " their official title being
rectoyes niiSsionis. On the first of January
all such priests will become ipS0 .facto rec
| tors, with most of the canonical rights which
now belong to the parish priests in Ireland
| and the head" priests in England and Scot
land. All disputes between priest and bishop
shall be settled by court of causes, -
composed of "Judices Causarum," FIVE in
number, selected at a synod or convention by
| the Joint action of the bishop and the rectors,
| or by the bishop alone whenever, III his be-
| lief, there are sufficient reasons for adopting
such an exceptional course. Rectors shall
not be removed by the bishop without the
| consent OF this court, whose decision, how
ever, shall not necessarily be final as either
| party to a suit may take his grievance to the
| court of Rome. The new law, however, will
not bind any clergyman to bring his case be-
fore this court. and will allow him to make
use Of the privilege, which has always exist
ed here, Of appealing to the court of Rome
| The judges of causes shall be sworn to hear
and determine cases according to the laws
and canons of the church, and they shall
| hold Office for fixed term.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-11-24
"PLAYING WITH FIRE

We publish in another column of this day
APPEAL an editorial from the New York
World that must commend itself to the con-
siderate Judgment of every decent, thinking
man, no matter what State he may be a
citizen Of of every man who loves the Union
and who desires the perpetdity and stability
of our government. This article in plain
but strong words points out what must ulti-
mately be the result if Republicans, ignorant
of cur section of the country, and animated
toward US by cruel and relentless animos-
ity, continue to sow the seeds of discussion
between the whites and blacks, and encour-
age the agrarianIsm and anarchy to which
ignorance and vice steadily incline. If idle
ness, thrftlessness and vagabondage are to
be encouraged at the south, no matter under
what pretense, why not also at the north +!
If it is right for the negro laborer to be ar
rayed for purposes of destruction, is it not
equally so that the poor white laborer of the
north should be, those poor people whose
sad condition excites the commisseration of
all who have hearts to gauge the
depths of profound misfortune? Bound
together by the laws of trade
as well as by common constitution, misfor-
tunes and misgovernment must lbe shared
| by all. The north cannot suffer by loss OF
trade that we do not feel it, and the south
cannot suffer from prolonged seige of cpl
demic disease without its being felt ln every
other part of the Union. If carelessness is
encouraged here 1t must be to the endanger-
ing of life and property also in those great
centers where there exists already elias:
only waiting a favoring opportunity 10 at
| tempt the life of society itself. What would
be thought of southern Democrats were they
to become the propagandists of anarchy al
the north, and our southern newspaper;
were to be devoted to the steady assailment
of northern society-socially as well as po-
| litically-and we were continuously to de.
nounce the rich man as the enemy of the
poor, and preach division of capital? AnC
| yet this is what northern Republican paper;
are constantly doing. They are every day
| feeding the negro laborer with ideas that SAP
his peace of mind, are aggravatirg the dis
content bred of his poverty, and sustaining
an antagonism where none should exist. Tht
| World has done the whole country service
by the happy presentation of facts In the ar
ticle referred to, and by bringing forcibly
home to the people of the north the anarchy
and confusion which the Republican party il
encouraging among the southern laborers.