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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-11-21
THANK SGHVING.

THE PRESS DENT APPOINTS .NovRMRHE. % AS
l1N<MATIONAL HOLIDAY.
WASHINGTON, October ,3l.--The President
has issued the following proclamatiolA. setting
apart Thurs lay, November %, as aHday OF
thanksgiving
By the PRESIDENT of the United,states @-'t t'.'
The recurrence of that season at which it is
the ha1Mtof our people to make deVOntsand pub
lie confession Of their constant dependence up
on Diviue.faypr for all the good gifts oflife and
happiness 4,and OF public peace. and prpsperity,
exhibits, III the record Of Ghe year abundant
reasons for s.aslr gratitude aaMd Thanksgiving
EXuberant haryests, productive mines, ample
crops OF staples Of trade and manufactures
have etEiched.t the country. The resources thus
furnlslledto aus reylylng industry and expand
ing commerce. are Fastening the day, WAen dis
| cords and dist asses, through the length and
breadth 0f,the land will under the cOntiAR7d ia
vor OF Fh@ggdam2e, have giveEasay to e9nE3 ence
and energy, andsasSured pros W9rity. Peace with
| all nations has remsined unbrokeny> das2 este
| tranquility has prevailed, and the institutions
| Of liberty and justice Which the wisdom anC
virtue OF oNr fathers established. remain the
| glory and defenSe,O of their children. 'EheAaner-
al prevalence 0fthe blessings &ihealth tllnall gh
out our Wide LAND has made na0re >cOnspic,IOu:
the sutferlngs aud sorrows which the dark4shad
oW OF pestllanee has cast upon 8 Dortionnrt oul
| people This heavy attlictlon eF5en the niTint
Ruler has tempered to the suffe.ipg comQHni'
! ties an uflMaFsai y sympathy and succors havt
flowed to their reltef. and the WlR@e nation May
/ rejoice in the unity of spirit in sQnr people b!
which they eheerfuIly share anotsae1ts b,ssaass
Now, therefore, Rutherford Il Hayes. R,es
fident OF the UlnitedsGtates, do aataoint THsps
A1ay, the 2sth day ofNoyember next, as aelSta!
lsof national thanksgiving and prayer land learn
estly recommend, that. withdrawing themselye
from secular cares AMI labors. the people off!1t
! nted States do meet together on THAT fday ~
their respective places of worship, sssere to- gst
&2anks and pGaise tto Almighty Sod for Hi
mercies, and to ,deg9atly beseech tkaireontinu
| as,ce.
! in witness wsleHeoffL have hereunto set IA,
| hs.nd and caused the,saal of the UNlted sSta5S
| tGsbe affixed. tr
! Done at the cfytaf washington tlfi Both ,da..
ofQctOber in the ,Wear,of our Lord onethousaHt
eiaslt hundred and sevelty- eight and the indie
pendence of the InitedA5tateS the ore huniiret
| and third
| Be- the Presidents: r B. MtyNYRs.
W&DLIAM M. EvchEsgs Secretary Of State.
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Secretary Sherman contradicts the
newspaper story that the Treasury De
partment has ordered the withdrawal
of ST and 81 bank notes or greenbacks
from circulation. He says they are
issued like other money, whenever they
are required, and any holder of a de-
mand against the United States is or
dinarily paid in the denomination of
money desired. After the lst Of Jan
uary no bills of a less denomination
than S. can be issued by national
banks, and, no doubt, if the 81 and So
United States notes were withdrawn,
it would make place for more silver.
The Secretary thinks, however, the
public at large ought to have option to
take gold, silver OF paper of any de-
nomination coined and printed. This
is the best way to secure the largest
circulation.
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An IEDEPENDENT CONGRESS
g MAN.

COLONEL. LOWE, OF ALABAMA, Piled
GED To ACT INDEPENDENTLY OF THE
DEM0CRACY-THE BOURBON BACK
BONE BROKEN.
Special Disnstch to the New York Times
WASHINGTON, November 1i.-Pri-
vate adviees received from Alabama
assert that Colonel w. M. Lowe, hide
pendent a4pi Greenback candidate
elected to Congress from the Eighth
Congressional District of that State.
stands pledged to act independently of
the Democratic party, and will not 60
into the Democratic caucus. The cleo
ton of Colonel Lowe is regarded as
breaking the backbone of the Bourbon
Democracy in that district, which will
result in further encroochments in the
future, throughout the State. The
discipline of the Bourbons has been SO
strict, ostracising socially and politi-
cally all who showed the least dispo-
sitiOn to rebel against their impera-
tive rule, that few have dared to risk
the results. Colonel Lowe entered the
lists as champion of free-school
system, and antagonized the Bourbon
proposition of his competitor to enact
a property qualification for voters.
The greenback question did not figure
to any appreciable extent in the cam
paign, and Colonel Lowe received the
active support of the Republicans,
white and colored. of that district,
who succeeded'by this means in hay
ing their votes fairly counted.
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49, 49,

Some effort should be made at the
adjourned session Of the Board of SUI
pervlsors, to compile an official abstract
of the records in the Office of the Reg
lister of Deeds. as provided by law.
Such an abstract would be of incalcu-
liable value to the citizens Of this coun-
ty and great saving of time to all
who have occasion to consult the rec
ords. e
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sBEYOMD.

D05see angels laugh, I wonder,
vt us in ourpuny might, 1.4
Striving to pierce the darkness
That,veils onr human sight,
Add claiming when q sparkle
For a, moment lights our way, ,
TGaat the shades Of night havezanished,
And left us perfect day?
Beyond our earthly vision,
sDWells truth inTegions bright;
And we, TIN ouglElnists of epEpr,
Age reaching for, her light.
Bat as we journey onward, .f
Iha shadows darke seem.
Gus Roasted light fast changes,
hike fancies in a. dream
/ Thesgoul lis ever ,baaaging
Ger something yet affair,
Sosne,glory that awaitsit
3Blasht as the morning star. .,...
kniGever in this earth life
Can we that gloryssee,
But an the distant future
ItAHaitS tor ou,andime.
Life'G problems are too many
T0esolve in this short dav,
We Weary'of their studv.
. An6t&alter by theWay.
But in time that's coming,
Beyand this life sOAeet,
Teal our vague cOijeetures
Sh all we find answer sweet.
o- MARY TpksssENCI
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Harper's w eekly.
1879.
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The Weekly remains easily at the
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Its pictorial attractions are superb,
and embrace every variety of subject
and OF artistic Recommendations Hea-
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The Weekly is q potent agency for
the dissemination of correct political
principles, and powerful opponent of
shams, frauds, and. false pretenses.-
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ILLINOIS, productive of great men
and great crops, has now occasion to
rejoice at the production of great Wo-
mana singer, who bids fair to rank
with the greatest in the world. Miss
Won Ellsner (Who has adopted the pro-
fessional name of Maria Lltta), a ma
tive Of Bloomington, inthis State. is
the lady referred to. Her natural mu-
steal powers were discovered when she
was q little girl, and have been gradu-
ally deleloped by education in this
country and under the great masters
in Europe, until now she is acknowl-
edged by musical critics to be the equal,
as a soprano, to the best singers Of the
age. Her appearance in opera in Wen
ma, London and Paris breated a sensa-
ton several months ago, and on last
Saturday evening she appeared for the
first time in opera IN this country-at
McVicer's Theater in this city. It was
a decided triumph, and the reception
she received at the hands of very
large and appreciative audience was
equal to an ovation. We congratulate
Litta upon her success, and predict for
her an illustrious future Chicago
Evening Journal
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The hope that the Republicans had
elected one Congressman in Alabama
and one in Kentucky was "too good to
be true" It is now definitely ascer-
tanned that the delegations from both
those States in the next Congress will
be solidly Dem ocratic; ditto those OF
Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina
Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas.
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THE SHOTGUN POLICY.

TWELVE NEGROES MURDERED IN TEN
tna SAS PARISH, LA.
t0 New ORLEANS, November 13.-Col.
f. c.. Zachal'ie, Governor Nichols
special Commissioner to investigate
the troubles in Tensas parish, has made
his report. He says that twelve ne
groes were murdered during the ex-
citement anterior to the election in
that parish. 9
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the first step in crime, with acts of
mingled error and wrong-doing. 1t has
been my duty to look into great num-
Der Of such cases, and I have given
much thought and study to our stat
utes with regard to them. Next to
moral and religious influences. we
must rely upon the wisdom of our laws
with regard to youthful offenders. 1t
is comparatively an easy matter to deal
with grave crimes.
The first step toward reform is to-
give magistrates right, within GER
tain limits, to direct such punishments
as they shall see are best fitted to re-
form Wrong-doers. They have all the
facts before them, and best know what
is just and right in each case. This
will not give them undue powers, but
it will take away preteXts for not do
ing their duty. Now they must fine,
or imprison, or discharge. In many
E, cases either of these courses is insult
| able, and many wrong-doers go free,
for to enforce law would only make
things worse.
This state of things is full of evil.
If magistrates could bind them out to
do work, or direct the minors to be
chastised by parents or guardians or
suitable persons, many would be saved
from the moral leprosy which infects
cur jails. Such or like punishments
\ would be inflicted, and there would be
no excuse for letting offenders escape.
Magistrates should have in addition
to their present powers the same ri ght
OF control over Migrants, disorderly
persons, and habitual offenders which
parents or guardians have over their
children or wards The fact that they
belong to these classes should be judic-
: tally decided after a certain number OF
convictions. When they are thus Ell.
rolled in these classes, they should
have no right to vote at any election
AS our laws now stand, notorious Of
{ tenders who do no honest work, who
can only live i'm immoral ways, are
held to be innocent persons, when they
+, are arrested, until the formal, technic
al, and sometimes expensive proofs are
furnished that they are guilty of prac
tices which there is moral certainty
they indulge in. This is right whe1
: they are accused of grave crimes. Blu
there is no hardship in putting sucl
persons into that state Of wardshil
J, in which the law places all persons
who are under the age of twenty-on'
years, OF who are afflicted with disor
dered minds. Should disorderly NOR
ais be more leniently dealt with thai
disordered intellects?
' There is no danger in giving magis
; trates the power over habitual often
ders which parents and guardians have
> over minors-that Of making then
work, of binding them out, and of lock
ing them up; and, in the case Of chill
= dren, having them chastised rather
q shan sent to jails. There is no reason
to fear that this punishment will b.
;. used too often or too harshly. |
, would rarely be applied, but should no
+ be made illegal, as it would give mag
. istrates great control, and would dC
much to put an end to the bravadC
+ and swagger of disorderly boys which
' are so much admired by their weak o
:. youthful companions.-H SEY
, MOUR, in Harper's Magazine for De
. cember.
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1899.
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III. r. PAGE & Co., of Chicago, are

II. R. PAGE & &C., of Chicago, are
just issuing a new sectional map Of
Michigan and Wisconsin. This is a
good opportunity for first class can
vassers who should address L. d.
SAMPSON, State Agent, Geneva, Wis.
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OUR KFTNIsH MENTS FOR CRIME.

44 While Governor of this State / learn
ed that the Suffering for crime, as Il
rule, fell not Upon the offelder, but up
on his family. When / look over our
penal laws, their titles, to my mind,
read between their lines, g. Aotsto pun
ISL q0i0es GaaG o93eildre7g of those aOt0 ri
Oz0te their terms. / was constantly
appealed to so pardon convicts for
these reasons, and in some cases 10y the
wives of those who made the COM
plants upon which the wEong-doer
was convicted. When this Was told to
them. their answer was, that while that
was true, yet when the Husbands were
in jail, where they were fed and warm
ed, their wives and children we've left
to starve and freeze for want of support.
There is no perfect way Of dealing
with crime. but there is no worse way
than the system of this State Some
years ago leading lawyer Of New
York travelled through Egypt lie
met the chief of a wandering tribe OF
the desert, and, among other things he
told this wild ruler of our laws, and
the ways we dealt with crime. He
was heard with establishment, and for
the first time he hiaElself was struck
with their absurdities. After his return
he used to say that he was never SO
thoroughly ashamed Of his country as
when he was telling his supplemented
auditor what laws we had upon these
subjects, and how they were enforced
While we may not frame perfect
systems, much can be done to make a
better state of things-to simplify JUS
ti6e, and to break up the tendency to
disorderly. conduct and TO vagrancy,
We can not hope to make any marked
Improvement in our jails. Each coun-
ty naust have one. and its population
will determine the character of it's
place of confinement. Those in charge
of them will be frequently changed,
and save in the large cities the num-
Der and character of the inmates will
not admit of classification. etc.
The irst change should be one that
will allow our Judges to impose punish
ments other than sending the offenders
to these common schools of vice.
AS nothing can be worse than our
present laws, there can be no harm in
trying new plans. We must have jails,
as there are cases when the safety Of
society makes it necessary to lock men
up. But, as a rule, other restraints
can be used which will check, not
teach. crime Our laws only allow
two pnnishments to be inflicted for
minor offences fines Or imprisonment
and these must be imposed without
regard to age, sex, condition, or cir
cumstances. The law demands these,
it matters not what moral or material
mischief they may do. AS arule, fines
infict distress ON families and friends,
while jails are a gateway to course Of
Wickedness which leads to the State
prisons. For these reasons no punish
ments are inflicted until the offenders
have grown into hardened criminals
who excite no sympathy. There is
no power to deal in right way with
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1878-01-06

HABANA, diciembre 81 de 1877.
ST.. Don Jose Perez Morris.

Mi estimado amigo Ante todo. per-
mitame Y. quo EN- esta carta le saiude,
Y salude afectuosamente los lectores
de su estimable periodico, deseandoles
buen aiio nuevo. El que estd para con-
cluir ha sido para Cuba de luchas y
agitaciones y ha engendrado Ia esperan-
"a en- los animos, ,esaesperanza que alien
ia fortifca por la que SO realizan
las mas atrevidas empresas. Ojah que
ell pr6ximo a1o sea de reahdades lison-
ieras que Ell sus primeros dias poda-
mos toear 4 las puertas de ese temple de
la Paz, que las tiene oerradas haoe mas
de nuave amos y guarda en- su reeinto ell
germen de todos los hienes y Ell manan-
tial fecundo de la riquezsI Hora es va
de que ese deseo Sc realize Y por lograr-
10, SO trabaja incansablemente en- todas
las esferas, EI general Martinez Cam
pos SO multiplica, y en- todas parties Sc
encuentra, y en- todas parties lleya su di-
reccion personal, consiguiendo, merced
& ella, resultados lisoniefos. por mucho
que nayan trabaiado los jefes que han
tenido 1 su cargo Ia direction de la que
IRA, ninguno 10 ha polido haeer como
|el marques de Sagunto, porque su cuer-
po de hero no Sc doblega al peso de
Ia fatiga, su vafonil entereza no SO que,
branta por las contrariedades. y tantc
significa para 6l como lecho ell duro sue
lc y como alfmento Ia pobre raciop de
soldado, como blanda CANA y riqufsi
mos maljares. Es menester conocer Ia
vida del general dia por dia, para apre.
ciar su aDnegacion y entereza, y conocel
hasta que punto merece la gratitud de Ii
patria como per su esfuerzo Sc lograr
los resaltados que tocamos, La hidal
guia espahola, Ia generosidad sin limi
tes, la compassion hacia el vencido, o
6nsia de repafar las orueles hefidas
que abri6 la gaerra, la asiduidad ool
que atiende levantar de su postraoior
la agriculture en- aquellos lugares Ell