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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-02-02
FACTS FOR THE MASSES.
a Brief History of the Great Bond Rob.
bPry-Why the National Debt
AhgUId Not be Paid
in Gold,

Secretary Sherman, in his letter written
to New York broker during the nego.
tiation of the I per cent. bonds, assured
his interroGator that the bonds would be
paid in gold Gold, he said, was de-
mauded for them, and it was not to be
imagined that the government would
redeem them in money Of less value than
it received for them This is very fair
rule if it had been made general from
the beginning, and applied to all bonds,
The people could easily afford to pay the
4 per cent bonds in gold if they were
permitted to pay the other bonds in the
money received for item. Bat, while
Secretary Sherman gives it as the opin-
ion OF the treasury department that the
4 per cents. should be paid in the same
kind of money they were bought with,
be failed on a critical occasion to give
the benefit Of the rule; he advocated and
assisted TO pass bill which bound the
government to pay about eighteen hun
dred million 6 per cent. bonds in money
worth 25 to 60 per cent. more than the
money they were bought with.
recurrence to the negotiation of the
fve-twenty bonds reveal some facts
which are both interesting and instruct
i've at this time. There were several
issues Of these bonds during the period
from 1862 to 1868. inclusive, all Of them
having been sold at par for greenbacks,
each 81 900 bond bringing to the govern
ment 81 600 in greenbacks. Of course
the gold value received for them varied
with the depreciation of greenbacks, the
price Of gold ranging during the period
from 1870 to $50. The first issue was
made in 1862 and was SEQ, 982, $50. They
were sold at par for greenbacks, worth
in gold at the time t44 O30 G49, giving
to the purchasers clean profit of $1G,
95l,S6l. The next issue was SlG0,9,7,-
$50 in 1869. They also sold at par for
greenbacks, the gold value of which was
$l0l $50, S54, leaving to the purchasers
a clear profit Of $50 096 ,G9G, The third
issue was 1881 292 $50, in 1864, the gov
erpment receiving in gold value for them
$lS9 697 ,G3G; leaving to the purchasers
a profitof more than Ole-half the amount,
Sl9l, ,j94 GA. In 1865 the fourth issue
was Emade -$279, ,746, ,150, for which the
government received in gold value S2OS,-
2l4,090, the purchasers making a profit
Of $7l, ,532, 900. In 1856 the fifth issue
was made 1924 9l4 400, tor which the
government received in gold value $685.
j9l,773, leaving to the purchasers
profit of $36 332,627. In 1867 the sixth
issue was made-$42l ,469, $50. the gov.
ernment receiving for them in gold value
1903, ,2l5,5O3, leaving to the purchasers
a profit of Sll8, ,254.04 In 1868 the
seventh and last issue was made--$425,-
443, 800, for which the government re-
ceived in gold value S3l2, ,S26, 1923, leaving
to the purchasers a profit of l12,627,-
All. To sum up:
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-02-02

ered, ana i IS estimated there will be almost
100000 before the season is over.
The Charleston News and Courier
notes the arrival of another band of would.
Be emigrants in that city, which brings the
total now there awaiting the arrival Of the
Phantom Ship up to 375, at yery mod.
crate computation. They have gathered
from South Carolina Georgia, Alabama and
North Carolina. Nothing seems To have
been done to check the influx of dupes api
what to do with the deceiyers and deceived
Is now the question that perplexes the
Charleston authorities. The " emigrants .
many of them, are reported as utterly helD.
less, and will soon be dependent upon char.
ity for support,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-02-02
SCIENTIFIC AND USEFUL.

The red and gray GRANTEES found near
the Bay Of Fundy are becoming popular for
building and ornamental purposes
Thirteen of the Ohio railroads paid
dividends last year. Forty.four didn't The
operating expenses Of fifteen Of them ex.
ceeded the gross earnings.
The manufacture of pOtolime, an il.
Illuminating oil made from potatoes, said to be
non.explosivc aud cheaper than kerosene, is
in progress in Iowa City.
Collins from Norway, says the British
Trade journal, represent the latest phase Of
foreign competition, a cargo OF several hun.
dred having been landed. eX steamer Cam.
bria, during the past month In this lugu-
btious branch OF home industry America is
also competing, and in a warehouse almost
within stones throw Of our Office may be
inspected a stock Of 1900 American cotlns
and CaSkPtC,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-02-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

Five thousand pounds of artificial
butter are manufactured daily in pittshnrg
1t is said that the government owes
importers and others 81 100000 for duties
Illegally collected
In Waterford, Pa, three men have
been promf tly sent to prison for Eve yesrs
for tarrlng and feathering woman.
Pennsylvania is paying her bills for
eNE tnses in putting down the riots of last
summer. They will foot up at least $5OO,OOO
An establishment for the manufacture
of trade dollars was broken M in pbiladel.
phil, last week, and Cooper Wiltse. A potorj.
Gus eounterfeittr captured.
The delegations that went to Wash
ington from various parts OF the union are
greatly discouraged in their efforts TO secure
reduction OF the tax on whisky.
Very many Of the cyoss.ties laid on the
Union Pacific several years ago have become
petrliied. 80 solid are these ties that il is
impossible to withdraw the spikes.
The state department Of agriculture
OF Illinois has prepared report showing
the average yield IN bushels Of the corn CROP
Of that state for the year 1871;
Number OF acres...................... Sg35,4ll
ield in 269 6S9,742
,5G2,S7g
Judge Westbrook OF New York has
closed his judicial fist against church fair
lotteries, and he intends TO punish the man
ayers OF every one Of them brought before
him. In recent charge to jury at Kings
ston he said "No matter whether lotteries
were at church fairs or festivals, whether AT
charitable fair Or festival, they were for.
bidden by the law and we're miedemranors,
and that settles the matter
The Rev. J. l.. Lyons, OF Jacksonville,
has received letter from parties in the
Turkish empire, who, weary of Turkish tY.
ranny aud oppression, desire to emgrate to
the United States They are from the an.
cient city of Damascus. They represent
that they have a few thousand dollars in
gold, aud several thousands in Turkish con.
sol5, which, however, they consider worth.
less. They want to come to Florida as the
climate is similar to that of their own native
land. They inquire about the cost Of land,
expense OF the voyage, the probability of
securing home, etc.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-02-02

Cyrus Fl. Mccormick, in 1872, took
his baggage to the depot of the Penn
sylyania company at Philadelphia to be
checked to Chicago. The baggage
ter refused to give checks until tickets
were purchased. Mr., Mccormick went
TO get tickets, and the baggage was put
on The car. On Mr.. McCormick's re-
turn the baggagc-master refused checks
until he was paid for extra weight of
baggage. Mr.. Mccormick refused pay
ment, and demanded his baggage But
the baggage-master said this was impos-
sibe, as other baggage was in the car, and
it could not be reached in time Tor the
starting of the train. Mr.. Mccormick
declined to 60 on the train. The bag
gage went on to Chicago, where it was
stored, and next night destroyed by fire,
Mr.. Mccormick sued the company in
New York for the value of the baggage.
The case went to the court of appeals,
and came back for re-trial. Judge
Donohue has filed the findings of fact
and law, allowing the plaintiff a judg-
ment for 50, 1873 principal and 1884 inN
terest in all, $l5,l27. The court held
that the defendant did not occupy the
position of common carrier toward the
plaintiff, and cannot avail itself of any
rules which have heen established as to
the liabilities of common carriers to pas
sengers. The defendant is liable for the
acts OF its baggage. masters, and because
it had taken tie plaintiffs property with
out his consent, as well as against its own
rules in such cases, it was therefore re-
sponsible.-M Y Tribune,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-02-02

A FIvE-YEAR-oLD came up to his
mother and said, "Mother, ] saw some
thing run across the kitchen floor this
morning, and it hadn't any legs, either;
what do you suppose 1t wa~ The
mother said she supposed it was worm,
or something of that sort. Finally she
gave II up, and the youngsteF calmly
said, Z" II was aVme water"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-02-02

In a hotel at Corning there is the
warning prohibition posted up on the
door of every room Guests are posi-
lively forbidden to light matches on the
wall" And do you know what is the
effect Of that. notice? Every man who
goes TO that hotel lights the match on
the walls, and then wipes itup and down
the cleanest place he can find on the wall
to rub it out, and he doesn't let up 80
long IS there is enough of the match LETT
to make mark with, Burlington Heck
eye,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-02-02
FACTS AND FANCIEs.
No kI...

No Klha.
kiss me, Will - sang Marguerite
Ioa pretty little tune,
Holding up her dainty mouth
Sweet as roses born In june.
VIII vas ten years old that dav
And he pulled her golden curiu
Ieasiugly, and answer made:
" I'm too odd don't kiss girls.n
len years pass, anil Marguerite
Smiles, as viii kneels at her feet.
Gazing iondly ia her eyes
Praying, Won't YOU kiss me, syep, ~
Rite is seventeen to-day;
With her blrthdiy-ring she tors
For a moment, then replies.
m too old don't kiss boys"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-02-02

tion in which they now were. II this bill
was passed, would not the iron men come
here and asked to be saved from the danger
threatened by the reduction of the tariff on
iron Would not all other interests come,
and thus make the revenue laws series of
pIasters and patchwork ?..... In the midst of
great confusion the amendment reported by
the ways and means committee was read and
adopted, which amendment ia to add the
words "And acknowledged gtheir liability
under the terms OF said bond for the period
for which said extension is granted" as II
the same was inserted in the body of said
bill AFTER further scenes of confusion
and excitement, the committee rose without
any further action on the amendment, and
the house adjourned.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-02-02

arg I Va. J Appeal: Four hum
ky dollars were subscribed in the
lolk Tor the relief of the sufferers
res river flood, in the town of Bu-
po lar as we know, this is the only
nay so lar been made, in or out Of
o 'he appeal Tor relief lately put
a number OF the leading citizens
1T county.
ultor OF public accounts of Vir-
ePort made to the house, estimates
some notifications, the MOffett
ouuGe annually between FIVE and
~ thousand dollars. He has re-
ual returns from all the cities and
v counties. The auditor reports
aS is working satisfactorily, and
I" now but little complaint against
iexas) Gazette: The depre-
.le Mexican dollar has been a
aViOund surprise to us. We see
10y the director Of the mint rates
@ oiu' 1t is represented on other
VlIy as being intrinsically more
T nan TWO half dollars American
teAas 1t is especially unfortunate
ny snould be degraded, as 1t must
Mexican trade.
I3e lunatic asylum at Raleigh
~ a, IN 1901, the total number of ad
az Deen 1925, and the total number
s,s lor the same period Is 94S, oi
were cured, 1872 improved, 1SC
~, and 1913 died-leading under
40 There have been l5l new
iof admission during the year,
uaVe been taken in, owing to the
P'oe' etc., and these with great
hunting in the staked
ION the Austin (Texas) Gazette
ounaloes collect in countless
"Ster, and II is in the water holes
lPIured. The leader Is first shot
"a asnge gun, and this demoralizes
~ I Ihe shooting may be continued
Iney are killed for the value
W say iAhtY oF ninety cents, and
we left 10 perish. Two hundred
HVau have already been slaught
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-02
THE SOFT. WHITE HAND.

I've seen them sitting @side by side
A lady fair, of gentle mien,
And he in strength of manly PRIDE
In many q gay and glittring scene.
And sometimes, when from harp and bant
Do thrilling foods of music sIrealn,
I've seen her little, soft, Whlte hahu
A moment on his shoulder gieam'
And oft. at home, when passing by.
AS he racIines In his armchair,
I've seen her little, soft hand lie
Unheeded on his shining hair.
Rut oftanest. when they're alone
For hearts like hers are pure and shy
Her little, soft hand seeks his own,
Alas unnotiCed there to lie.
He loves her? Yes; but love Of man
SIS of his life thing apart
He cannot, as woman can,
Enshrine an idol in his heart.
Love ID. with him, q pleasant hour,
Snatched from the ard0r Of the DAY.
Enjoyed as perfume of a flower.
And then as lightly cast away.
He dreams not of the longing there,
In her much-lOving, trusting breast
That makes her life one yearning prayer,
SO mutely, touchingly expressed
A pray'r that. If he love her yet
With that sweet love of early years,
III mercy never to forget
That hidden love makes hidden tears.
And o Il Net may come to this:
That ali of earth at his command
He'd give for that one transient bliss,
The vanished touch Of that soft hand
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-02
Russian Babies

Russian babies lead a mummy,,like exist
ence until they are able to help themselves.
They are always swaddled, and rolled up
tight in bandages, SO that they may be con
venientiy put away without risk Of getting
themselves into mischief or danger. On en-
tering one Of their houses an enthusiastic
traveller thinks he, has come upon Pagan
tribe, having their idols and penates, with the
heads well carved out and the rest of the body
left in block. He looks curiou8ly at one laid
upon a shelf, another hung to the wall on
peg, third swung over one of the main beams
Of the roof, and rocked by the mother, who
has the cord loOped over her foot. Why,
that is child!' cries the traveller, with feel
ing similar to that experienced on treading
upon toad which was supposed +, to y be a
swers the mother Having learned so much
in 50 short a time, the inquistive traXeler
wishes to inform himself about the habits OF
the creature; but the curiosity being some
what damped by the extreme dirt of the little
figure, he inquiries of the parent when it was
washed. ''Washedw' shrieks the terrified
mother, washed what, wash child? You
would kill it,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-02

ASSETS OF THE COMPANY AT THEIR
MARKET VALUE
Cash In bank. $58.O85 70
Real estate. 1925 IL
United States Gold Bonds.
New Orleans City Rail-
road Company. Jackson
and Great Northern Rail-
road Company list mort
gage bonds). Bank and
Insurance stocks and
Louisiana State Consols. 1876 800 ~
Bills receivable tfor pre-
miums). l1,429 SO
First mortgage notes and
pledge notes. 166,523 81
Premiums in course of col
lection. 7O.21O s4-$619 1896 40
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-02

Twins have occurred tifty-Six times in Ohio
within the past year. so great is the demand
for Ohio men.-ENeW Haven Register.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-02

The Board OF Directors. at a meeting held on
the nineteenth day of January. 1878, after set
ting aside $4,000 to reserve fund from the not
earnings Of the year. and paying 10 per cent
dividend to the stockholders. have resolved to
pay q CASH DIVIDEND OF TWENTY FIVE
PER CENT on the net earned participating
premiums of the year ending December 81
1877. said dividend payable on and after Mon.
day the twenty eighth day of January. 1878.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-02

The foregoing statement lis a Just. true and
correct transcript from the books OF the com.
panV.
Fl. CARPENTER. Secretary.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-02

Sworn to and subscribed before me thi
eighteenth day of January. 1878.
A. INGRAHAM. Notary Public.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-02

The above statement is q true and correct
transcript from the books of the company.
J. TUYES. President
J. ". HINCKS. Secretary.
Sworn to and subscribed before me. this six.
teenth January. A. D. 1873.
JOHN LARESCHE,
Third Justice of the Peace,
at meeting Of the Board Of Directors held
on the tenth instant, II was resolved TO pay the
semi-annual interest DIVIDEND OF FIVE PER
CENT on the capital shock to the stockholders.
or their legal representatives. on and after the
tenth instant
J. ". HINCKS, Secretary
New Orleans. January t. 1873,
DIRECTORS:
Ernest Merilh, Il. GallY.
Charles LATTE, Ant. Carrtere,
Charles E Schmidt, Jules Aldige,
Charles ]. Leeds. ". A. Bell.
D. Fatjo Pierre Poutz,
A. Schneider. Jules Tuyes,
ja1s
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-05-30
Attempted Murder.

sunday evening Benjamin Pierce Of South San
ford. in this state. Shot bis son in-aw. Huston in
the breast and the surgeons at present think the
ball struck the breast bone and glanced off with
but surface wound. Huston, with his wife and
child, had been at Perces during the day and both
parties had drank more OIL less. After the Illusions
had started for home. Pierce called Huston back,
asking him, as he re-entered the house if he was
ever afraid of anybody, and on his answering in
the negative deliberately aimed the pistol and
fired. There does not appear to have been any
quarrelling between the parties Pierce has been
arrested, examined before a Justice. bound over
to the September term Of court. and lodged in Al
fred jail to await trial. Pierce is man over 60
years old. In the course of conversation Sunday
he is reported to have said there We're four or FIVE
men he wanted to kill then he should die easy
Huston was only slightly wounded.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-05-30
How 1t Works in Practice.


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W.T. th,u rr,u .lr. ,har rhr nourl w /.
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w. vru Il, the lessons II history. rcrhaps
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-05-30

A HARD PULL IN DORY.. Two of
the crew Of sch. Ida A. Thurlow Of East
port, named Alex S. Morse and Thomas
I. Goodwin, were recently lost from their
vessel while attending to their travis in a
dory, and after an exposure Of eighty
two hours, without compass, food Or
water, by making a perilous voyage Of
one hundred and twenty miles, succeed
ed in landing through fearful breakers
forty-five miles east of Halifax.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-05-30
Fogg, Again.

The most remarkable orator and author
that ever arose in Maine, is undoubtedly
Fogg, who on one occasion GRATED in this
city and is the editor Of Chase's Chronicle.
We last week gave specimen of his e.
oquence and accuracy, in the shape Of a
personal sketch Of Mr.. Rust the leading
aspirant to the Greenback nomination
for Governor. Since that time, this as
tOnishing Fogg has shifted from biogra-
ply to geography, and goes off in this
style
LIBERTY. Liberty is noted for its herring fish
cries and is the boss herring town in the United
States. Herring boxes kicking around all over the
United States has made name for Liberty a
name the same as onions has for Weatherseld.
The business is depressed the same as other avo-
cations idle ships are lying at the wharyes the
same as at all the coast towns.
AS Liberty is an interior town, fifteen
miles from salt water, it may be inferred
that although the odoriferous onion may
flourish therein, the wharves, ships, and
kicking herring boxes do not abound.
The next demonstration Of FOgg is await
ed with great curiosity.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-05-30

A performance was given, May %, at
the Gaiety Theatre, London, in aid of the
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Library
and Gallery now nearly completed at
Stratford- on-Avon. 1t was a great sue
cess. \ large proportion of the audience
were Americans. Between the acts the
music Of harp played at Shakespeare s
birthplace was distinctly audible through
a telephone which was placed upon the
stage.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-05-30

liStlIolittl l'oiNN ANoNN tIlt
liberties allowed, the autocratic power in
Russia was never stronger or more Sc
cure than at the present moment. The
furtherest eXtremities of the empire are
in immediate connection with this vast
central guiding power. These facilities
of communication have all grown within
two decades During the war of the
Crimea, there We're in Russia only about
$50 miles of railway now there are more
than IL 900 miles, and every year new
lines are built All these roads are con
structed with reference primarily to their
military utility. Russia will never be
caught again as she was in 1854 50, when
troops and stores had to be conveyed
hundreds of miles by slow and primitive
means Of transportation when whole
regiments persisted in default OF any way
of being transported The late war with
Turkey has thrown much light on the
railway map of the empire, which puzzled
some people, for the roads We're said To
actually avoid the towns.
In giving free scope to the Russian ten
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-05-30

\ Paris letter to the New.York Herald
contains an interview with General Grant,
in which he denies the statement of rebel
Gen. Dick Taylor that he (GranN fought
bis campaign in Virginia against his own
Judgment, and at the loss Of the lives OF
100000 men. General Grant quite nobly
says, Eff there were bunders in that cam
paign, the blunders were mine, and not
those Of Lincoln and Stanton"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-05-30

Potato bugs in large numbers in Staten Island
have ruined many potato fields. Farmers say that
the bugs are on the surface Of the ground and de
stroy sprouts soon they come up In some
sections the farmers are preparing to plant corn
where the potato vines were DESTROYED
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1878-05-30


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