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The Russellville Democrat., 1878-11-07

political infuence-where the i,d
 and the dltchdigger confront eag other at the polls--t the destinr
 the State and all it's precious in,a. ests depend upon the amount of ~ Heal knowledge which the citizen ro ~ quires. Most people as have ss,a depend upon schools for their edmos tion: they acqnire little after tLs. leave the schools. If a gleam political intelligence reaches them < the midst Of the affairs of bus,nas" if they seek late desultory ednc. tion Tn the duties of citizenshin. oI, the better would It be if this knoD, edge could be systematically lmnar, ed during the period of life allotted 7. the acquisition of knowledge. AIss, how are our ignorant herds of Voter. swayed ilithcr and thIther by soms short sigted material interest or Son sual qualification; by some misapnre hended principal of political science or the seductions oi some self.sce ing and heartless demagogde. !! could name counties and Con0roS sional districts where politicsl knaves are in the habit of takinr contracts to carry the election of can' didates. And these ignorant, poiti ca! mountebanks hoist themselvo. triumphantly into our halls of leg,s, lation on the backs of those hootin, smufty parodies of freemen; ana there they faunt the emblems of their authority over heads grown grey in knowledge. and pure heart glowing with honest patriotism and political virtue. It may not be posf sible, in the absence of we'll enforced systems of compulsory education to
 make honest and competent voters of this bind and blatent heard: bpt we can, at least, seize every occasion to inoculate them with political wis. bom, even if grammer and vulgar fractions must remain dead secrets Better for these to 'go to the dogs that for the country
 Strong as it is, this statement can scarcely be regarded as overstrailed The amount of ignorance which is manifested every day by men who boldly take upon themselves the task ], ot instructing their fellows from the stump as to their political duties or the bearings of current issues is stu. pendous. For the benefit of the ris. ing generation there should be added to the common school course some practical instruction in political history and economy. If to this there conld be added thorough ac. quaintance on the part of pupils and students with the current and politi. cal news, the movements and the march of events, the system would be infinitely better ed.-Detroit Free Press.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-11-07
WANTON AND COLD FLOODED MURDER.

BENEFITS BAYOU, ARK, Oct. A, '7S.
 EDIToR's GAZETTE: Perhaps it will not be amiss for me to chronicle few items from these parts, etc. About six days ago this county was visited by Deputy U. $. Marshal Hollowell and posse, of Sharp coun- ty, for the purpose (as they claimed ] of capturing some illicit distillers, for which thls county is noted. After capturing few, who were charged with having been engaged in the business, the majority ol the posse started for Little Rock with the prisoners on yesterday morning. A party of four, however, was sent by an old gentleman's by the name of Fant to arrest him and two of his sons, who had been reported by some person as having been guilty of trafficing in whiskey. The party arrived at the house of the old gen tleman last night. Not finding either him or his two sons at home, they stayed there over night This morning they informed one of his little boys, only thirteen years old, that they meant to take him with them. The boy was eating his breakfast. As soon as he was done eating he got up from the table and stepped out to the lot. As he turn ed the corner of the yard fence, one of the party halted him; the boy failing to stop was shot dead; where upon, the murderer and company mounted their horses and left. No attempt has been made as yet to capture .he murderer, but it is hoped ere long Le will be dealt with ac. cording to law. Respectfully,
 J. NJ. FLuTY.
 If the above statement is correct the deed is one of the most heihous that has ever been committed in our State, and the whole power and per severance of our State government should be put actively and vigorous ly at work, and no let.up should ever be made until the majesty of the law has been vindicated and the most eondign punishment visited upon the guilty devils.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-11-07
Sanctum .omious people Editors

Sanctum- -omious people--Editors.
 Bananas grow in China for the plautain.
 Everything by turns and nothing long buckwheat cakes.
 A snmmery proceeding-hurryin to the::sea side.
 A Southern lady is writing a nov. el to be called "bernice" New Or leans Picayune. And Bere nice Book It will doubtless be.
 Schoolmasters grow nervous when they read such signs; "Liquor Swine sand sugar sand suu dries hear"
 Henry Clay would rather be right than President" Hayes wouldn't. = St Louis Times No if Hayes were right he'd be left out of office.
 A little boy having broken his rocking horse the day it was bought, his mother rebuked him. He si. fenced her by inquiring, What's the good of a horse till it's broke"
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-11-07
iH===7s sals---77.=s7-s-a- -
 COTTON.

Cotton, cotton, cotton! More of it and less for it! More and more the South increases her cotton produc- tion year by year, and down, down, down goes the price. Five million bales, or more, is now the estimate for the present crop. The Liverpool quotation for the staple on the first of the month was lower than it has ever been since the liberation of the slaves of the South. Thirty three or thirty four dollars per bale of four hundred and fifty pounds is all that our cotton will net us this year. Our cotton crop this year-five mill ion bales or more-will bring us no more money than the crop did when we produced only four million bales. We expend the toll and sweat of our brow to add a million bales to our crop without adding cent to our net aggregate receipts from the same. Our planters are all complaining. So are our merchants who supply the planters and have to take the cotton for pay. The planter says he cannot produce cotton at present prices without coming out in debt
 He says when he pays his rent, his pickers and hls store account he has nothing Jeff, luckily he can do all this. The merchant says the cotton business is breaking him up too. He claims that he, too, is losing on the staple--and so far as our obser- vation and belief goes he is. The spinner says cotton is too high yet
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-11-07
THANKSGIVING DAY.

The President has issued the fol- lowing proclamation, setting apart Thursday, November tue 2sth as q national thanksgiving day:
 By the President of the United
 States.
 A PROCLAMATION.
 The recurrence of that season at which it is the habit of our people to make devout and public confes- sion of their constant dependence upon Divine favor for all the good gifts of life, of happiness, and pub lie peace and prosperity, exhibits in the record of the year abundant req. ssas for our gratitude s4ond thanks giving. Exuberant haryests and productive mines, ample crops of the staples of trade and manufactures, nave enriched the country; the re- sources tbGs furnished to our reviv- ing industry and expanding com. merce hastening the day when dis cords and distresses throughout the length and breadth of the land will, under the continued favor of Proyl- dcnce. have given way to confidence aud energy, and assured prosperity.
 The peace with all nations has re mained unbroken, domestic tranquil ity has prevailed, and the institu tions of liberty and justice which the wisdom and virtue of our fathers established remain the glory and defense of their children. The gen eral prevalence of the blessings of health through our wide land, has made more conspicuous the suffer ings and sorrows which the dark shadow of pestilence has cast upon a portion of our people. This heavy affllction, even the Divine Ruler has tempered to tue suffering communi- ties, in the universal sympathy and succor which have flowed to their relief, and the whole nation may re- joice in the unity in spirit of our people, by which they cheerfully share another's burdens.
 Now, therefore, l Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States, do appoint Thursday, the 18th day of November next, as day of National thanksgiving and prayer, and earnestly recommend the with drawing of themselves from secular cares and labors; that the people of the United States do meet together on that day Tn their respective places of worship, there to give thanks and prayer to Almighty God for hls mer- cies, and to deyoutly beseech thelr continuance. In witness whereof 1 have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
 Done at the City of Washington tLis 30th day of October, in the year of our Lord 1878, and independence of the United States one hundred and third. k. E. HAYES. By the President:
 WM. NJ. EvARTs, Sec. of State.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-11-07

A British farmer by the name of Mckinley, has this year performed the Herculean task of collecting and planting six hundred varieties of potatoes, and it is thought this great assortment will afford excellent opportunity to correct much of the existing potato nomenclature.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-11-07
"vECETINE,"

Says q Boston physician, s'has no equal as blood purifier. Hearing of it's
 many wonderful cures after all other remedies had failed, visited the Lab oratory, and convinced myself of its genuine merit. It is prepared from
 barks, roots, and herbs, each of which is highly effective, and they are com pounded in such manner as to pro- duce astOuiShinr resiilts ''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-11-16
FleasaHt Hiu, Tenn, Nov. z, 1878.
THE EXHIBITION OF 1880.


SIR: am glad to know that it Is proposed
to celebrate the centennial anniversary the uangura-
ton OF George Washington aud the establishment Of
tituttOnal government in this city, by the holding
o great National aud International exhibition I'm the
year 1850, anu int Il Is commanding large share
Of public Tie idea Is grand in its conception
and can scarcey be- realized. when we remember that
ninety years slnce he 30th OF April the represent
atves OF thirteen States assembled iuaugurae gov
crament that Is now !OOkcd upon among the
in the family o. nations. Many OF tue inhab-
1tanis the STATE OF Virginia. then the leading com
monwcalth OF the Nation, imagined that civilization
could never extend beyond the Bluc Ridge
The vast West. then bowling wilderness
where the savage, the buffalo, bear and pan
tier roamed nc pleasure. Is now the richest
aud productive portion Of the country. The nhab
OF tOse States That formed the Union under The
Consultation in 1883 will In 1889 TOOK w1.h pleasure
a. the stawdrt daughter the rui, II that unioa.
forward from great Northwest to participate in GEL
ebratins important marriage The sister states Of
the South VII then present Themselves with soot.ess
orb, and will HstOni-h the world with their vast pro-
duct in cotton, furnishing employment ard God to many
millions Of people throughout the globe IHen chr's
tire Pacific With iis golden arIuuT. hIDg Ire confis 81
the Government with It's precious metals me abundance
al W1irn never lals 10 command f-Ptct ON ~, ~
ual. state, Nation. Tie hcT-EnGidnd ana MIA lie
States O that cOmpaet are now prepared 10 VIE WIN tne
world IN t9elr manufactured product ,..., h,...
II il to be hoped that every State In the Union py az
adjustment o. its Ob iZati1ns Will BE- IN the Iuil enjoy
ment 0f State AZ wei ~ National credit len yeaTsB
too prepare tOr the celebration ~ ms the
important event that has ever occurred on TINS
continent TlrOugl the estaDllshmcntOT our Govern
mert we hold relations with all the people Of the
world through tFeIr espeetIve Governments Ne"fork
the great metropolis IN which the event occurred III
1885, proper place for celebrating the centennial
OF il, which should be done appropriately, and upOn
lead ns nation OF IN, world Let rhe demOnsra ton
the 30t " April 1879, foreshadow the Er M event OF
Nec York. Nov IL, 1873.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-11-16
THE POSTAL LAWS.

To TIE Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR: / write to inquire whether the postal
service OF the United States conducted for the service
and venence OF the people, or in cunnngly devised
scheme by which the public may be robbed with IMMUNITY
of Their hard earned pcpniesi CCran II Is that as a
present conducted the last named object Is the one
attained. To partcularze; Yesterday friend In
Maine sent me q book weighing eight ounces prepay
Ing book postage but to make secure he sealed
the wrapper Instead OF tying IT, and the Office
charged 90 cents letter postage IN addition u that
already paid Again l send uewspancr 10 friend
the wrapper loose and to secure 1t aK the stamp TO
the wrapper and the paper both the department
charges me letter rates for that Again. drop letter
forwarded 10 me- one cent PREPAID; the department
charges double letter postage for that TIE package
with tight knot instead OF a slip knot and charged
letter postage Tor mat
During hr past months have sent seycra hundred
COPIES of an sfOriCal work through the NevGOrk Office
Offices using the scalt =. have declared that Il
cents The utmost that could have heen legally
acted These on few out 81 a buHtlTed Instances
that might he adluccd showing hOE the public sub
ircfrd uiinitr ycXaiOn and loss OF the hands OF
postal officials, and under Of law. The question
Is How long the public intend Ia submit To IT. IL
n useless 10 say that people snuud study the law for
the ordinary intellect can't fathoiu H. and f 10 could,
hasn't weeks To spare IN acquiring IT, Besides the
rulings Of 81 department are ally ~ yaria with
any common construction ~ lt What want IA
new postal law simple, effective with few regulations
and those easily una. rst0Od; AM II Congress Is not
equal 10 task let e turn the matter 10 the bus
n,,s men 81 NcwYOrk. who a.Ow from experience
iu,t what Is wanted and these evils and annoyauccs
would speedily disappear. G. H.. +.
York, Oct. 20, 1873.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-11-16
SHORTEN THE HOURS or WORK.

To the razor or The rrt5Une.
SIR: Production, so vastly increased i'll the
use Of less and less manual labor ought and should be
benefit to tho working part OF the people But We all
know that moS. depiorabiy the reverse Is the case
Therefore the only remedy for the dsointed times
sulting from oyerrroductioD, and TO make ills ready
production benefit Is the shortening OF the hours Of
Labor. II hours labor vii produce as much as ten
hours formerly did, why not reduce the time to seven
hours employ hsuGs constantly instead Of
less number spasmOdically and uncertainty, throwing
such vast numbers Of work altogether! II all indus
trial establishments tGc basis that 49, all
working the samo number of houfs, will have
advantage in that particular others, hence prices
ard profits Will be the throughout and, therefore,
there be for complaint the pant Of en-
pOyers Then. too, during seven hours a man can eX-
ert himself ut work, which woman can do for
ten hours Therefore, undoubtedly, more would be ac
compished IN days WORK OF seven hours than in any
nine hours out OF days work often hours.
The matter OF wages will regulate Iisclf the same
when the tenhOur system was adopted In place OF the
fourteen hours with which the writer vi this began LIE
as workiugman and no interest person injured
benefited Wages began to advance but the ability 20
pay wages sci. From the time tina the Ten
hour adopted until the prGSrut times, which
bearing hard upon the worRng classes, thrre WAS q
marked and constant mproyem NJ ID the condition. and
and intelligence and Jbit., ana enlOYmeuts
II thc working cas More of the products Of indus
try were consumed by them which OF course enhanced
let Congress enact hat no more than seven hours
OF manual labor shall be required or permitted for a
DAVIS work except in obviously exceptional for
instane flrenien BGd hose having the OF macIn
cry and Others where personal Attendance required
leaving the matter OF wages 10 be arranged by employ
ers and employees Themselves Then soon as things
became adjusted that there would be employ
ment for all. Investments Industrial enterprises
would become remuueratIve, consumption would be
stimulated all branches OF business would improve,
tramps would he unknown. No more would be heard
such q pathetic expression fell trom poor young
factory girl few GAYS since after an anxious and
hut a X.
thought there too many girls in the world
Netc- York, Nov. l, 1873. j. NJ II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-11-16
REMOVING SHEET INSTRUCTIONS.

AN UPROAR IN WASHINGTON MARKET.
THE DEPARTMENT OF PCELIC WORKS DESTROYS
BOOTHS IN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF THE
POLICE.
Washington Market was the scene of min
aure war yesterday between the Department Pubic
Works and the owners of several poultry booths. The
conflict caused great excitement in the vicinity. The
booths were erected the south side OF Vesyst.,
tween Church and Greenwch-srs.. and EXTENDED into
the roadway from four to SIX feet This narrowed the
roadway that two wagons could scarcely at the
same time. The drivers of wagons complained OF the
obstruction at the Department OF Public Works. Com
missioner Campbell accordingly instructed Joseph
Blumentbal. superintendent OF the Bureau OF Ineuu-
FRANCES % clear the street Three days Mr. Blunen
thai gave the requisite notice 10 the owners Of the OBJ
ieetIonabe bOVGGs that they must remove their
property. The warning was disfUgarded by most Of
Inc dealers Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Bumenthal sent
Charles Bryce, OF his assistants and several
crs 70 Vescy-st with instructions 10 pull down the
booths Mr. Bryce obtained large truck carry away
the boards Of uca the booths made aud placed
in it several crOwbars to IL destroying The
lures BRYCE, upon reaching Nesey-st, found there
two pOlCem II guarding tBe booths said that they
would arrest him If he attempted to execute his task
Bryce puzz oy this attitude Of the police returned
thf city Had, and told Mr. Bumenthal what had
Mr. Blumenthal laughed and said that the policemen
were actng oolishIy the Department Of Punlc
works by law was gwen the rigat 10 remove obstruc
tons from lie then proceeded the mar
keL with Bryce On bis way ne met Police Captain san
OF the Twenyseyrntn Precinct Who ncins told OF
the action Of the patrulmen' sad th"l they had not
any instructions from MIN Arriving 20 the market MI
Blumenthal ordered the owner OF stand at Greenwich
ana Vcsey-,ts 81 remove the booth The mau refused
t. comply with tic order. WhrreulOn Hlunennal
ously attacked the booth with crow bar. policeman
AT once saia that he would lave 10 him nIsnuch
as Mr. Keenan,, clerk u Washington Market had given
.ucu OrIrrs The Ctuau CuutcnIed himself, how
eyer with arTcstiu 200 90 M Bun,nLual- tauts
J. aurp.y and =. ,ruan and look them 10 tho
rvrutv-..ycni.i Pre-. ItOu-hOuse There the
gc.nt on dut, at the aB,d ne had no power TO hold
Inc nr,.,ueis auI u,cuai- "a them from custody Mean
wLIr Mr. Blum hal ana biz other assistants we're hard
at orK pul ug down tis a. the market. Crowds col
Isctnd md watched Tnt Nulk ui DlUItlJu. MI Keenan,
G",tb winch VS. lu-t about hciu- dt-lodgrd not 10
urruIt ITS removal. NLra the attack Was made tina
man requested q poIlrrmdh 10 arrest MI bryce Inc
E,u-. me Sergt discharged iEc prisoner anu whn
asked by The policeman what ousht 20 DC Vi'e t,Ilru
own nu.iuts on Nesev-st for the rest dl the ddi, hud
before nIgatfa the Last OF The booths 6tt"teh
and & rrrnwicl-sts. had disappeared Mt. bluhrhthhl
mas Instructed subOTdnates 10 continue tcr war
fare upon these stands to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-11-16
WHY THE CHINESE CANNOT VOTE.


SIR: Are the Chinese allowed tO.vOte? If
not why they not, under Section Of Article 10 ct
the Coustltutioni Bv answering the above You will
greatly OhiIg' yours truly ". i. Il.
UrbdHd. ohio, Nov. 10. 1873
because they are not "citizens of the United
States" The only clause in the Constitution
which defines citizenship of the United States is
the first one Of the Fourteenth Amendment, which
declares that all persons born OF naturaIzed IN
the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction
thereof are citizens Of the United States and OF
the State wherein they reside" The naturalization
laws OF the United States are held to apply only to
white persons and to aliens of African nativity
and to persons of African descent" to whom
these provisions were expressly extended by
an act of Congress passed IN 1870 No law
has ever been enac5ed comforting citizenship upon
Cinnamon. On the other hand, the Burhngame
Treaty of sos declares that nothing contained in
it shall i've held 10 confer naturalization upon
subjects of China in the United states" As
Cinnamon cannot, therefore, become citizens Of the
United States the Fifteenth Amendment which
deals only with citizens" and declares that the
States shall not deny to them the right to vote on
account OF race, does not apply to them.-Ld.1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-11-16
TILDEN AND MORAL PORCEs.v
To the Editor Of The Trfbuns

SIR: Tilden's aDologists proclaim that his
reliance upon the moral forces" strong TO al
low him 10 attempt to reach tho goal OF his ambition
through fraud or the connvanee at fraud. Mr. Tideu
never recognized moral force IN She TiBGs OF his party
md never mentioned II in any o. bis diatrbcs before
the numerous conventions he accustomed TO open.
He always had much 70 say about the Centrifugal aud
rfpetaI forces md often dd he ring the changes
those mathematical forces that you remesbe,
how his own partisans contem7iuOusy dubbed aim "Od
Centrifugal" and frequently interrupted his harAngucs
with the polite request 10 "dry MP"
Centrifugal Is fhe word, and the centrifugal fqrce Of
bis baFl" Of money the power upon which he 70.
lied Tor his pOt cal succrss When he announced him
self candidatP for Governor the Democratic party
gTinly smi ed. money secured bis nomination q Syra-
Cus well ~ ~. Louis and man who would snbst-
die pTeEs aud purchasT conventions could have
la much confidence IN moral fore 80 Afcr spending
"bar'ls" OF money ma nomination. Is " proIa-
Bile that he would hesitate 10 purchase Returning Boards
electoral
The CIPHER dispatch although. so far "a ven
have disclosed, neither directed 10 OF signed bT
him, are no worse and suggestive ~ no m alter m.
fanny than the rcuiaF issued by the Democratic Rtata
CJusB.tsee "A few years over his True.
be- Canad no knowledge OF tbe circular hat ~ the e
OF recent events who believes him now n he believed
him them A refOrmcr! P1liacN spoke 81 on. wb9
"SOle tho livery OF tie court ~ Heaven serve he
Dcy.lin." with one bdud He dropped a penay n the
poverty WIN The othe took smiling ont 20
How NOud tho lin. apply 90 sammy q a Tcioun,r
AlGdHy, Nov. 7. 1873. K
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-11-16
orEER Arr CRITICISM.
70 me EdttOr Of The IrtDuRe.
Al ,..,.....

To N EdIfOF OF Iht Irlbunt.
SIR: One Of the city newspapers an even
ing umiuary 10 notice OF the picture, al the Loan TX
hlbton asks permission OF readers 10 drop into
Dlntes Inferno for quotation "sweeter than the
lids OF Juno't eyc,." Anybody's Inferno would be n
queer place To 10 Winters Tale and though
know that shakespeare is said, by some, 10 bcru
written by Bacon, l never before heard that he was
written by Dante. In the article readers aru told
that Mr. WIN. Hunt painted the face OF his " Rather "
in a very short time, say IN half hour. Mr. Hunt Is
much smarter than tue writer IN Zhe EreHIHg BOds az
lows He painted the face OF the Bather ~ tess tan
no time for the boy hasn't face he stands WITH DIS
back 10 the public. 5tiI. again. the writer surprises
me- for he speaks in glowing terms OF Mr.. La farges