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The Russellville Democrat., 1878-06-13

greenbacks; the repeal of tho re sumption act, and the reinonetiza. tion of silver; stopping the further increase of the bonded debt, and fix ing the legal rates of interest in pri- vate contracts at six per cent.
 These comprehend all the practi- cal measures of finance advocated by the Greenbackers, and there is, therefore, no longer any necessity for any Democrat, however zealous a Grcenbacker he may be, to go out side of his party to find all he may long for III the way of q financial policy.
 Now that the Democrats of Pulas- Xii county, and the state, are about to take position with the Democracy of5adlana, Ohio and other Western sad Southern States who have de clarcd in favor of the Greenback policy, every Democrat who enter, tainS these Views may find useful and profitable employment for his vote and influence in the ranks of his own party. No need or necessi- ty now for any Democratic Green packer to go outside of his party. to follow the uncertain fortunes of 9 new and untried party, but under his own vine and fig tree, in the house of his own friends, with asso citations hallowed and sanctified by many past conflict, he may labor for the doctrines and measures he holds most dear, with reasonable as surance that his labors may count for something, for with the Green back doctrines now inscribed upon it's banners the Democratic party is sure to march on to victory and sue cess.-L. R. Gazette.
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Tribute of Resnent

Whereas, It has pleased Almich.. God in his wise ,lispensation to ren,. re5,y from our midst Andrew ). Coehtss ! zealoils co-worker in the cansa z, ', Sabbath Schools at Gum Log. VI We bow with humble submission i. his will, yet we offer our sincere ss.s v pathy to the bererved family, and ;ha. ~. our sabbath school has lost za,la,'s lss worker. A' Whereas, This Sabbath school desu. it their duty for the respect they ha~' h' for the departed brother, to wear s 7, usual badge Of mourning for 30 day. " ' Resolved, That the Rnssellyille br,, ocRAr be requested to publish. and !. copy be rendered to tie bereayed f,,. fly.
 I. N. McCoLLuM.
 WINsANT MeASAiy
 G. W. 0. DAVIS.
 Committee.
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the office as Deputy Commissioner and chief clerk, and has done much of the work which has placed the business of the office in such good shape and made order and system out of chaos and confusion.
 Ut seems that Col. Gunter will not have the race for Congress all to himself this year. Mir. Cunningham of Fulton, and MT. Byrd Smith, of Izard county, are fairly on the track and have opened the campaign by addresses at Mountain Home.
 --THE HoT STRINGS ILLUSTRATED MoNTHLY.-We must congratulate Messrs. Recter & Cutter upon the very creditable and excellent style in winch they are now getting up thls paper. The last number will com pare favorably in it's whole make up with any publication of the kind in the country. The typographical ap- pearance is clear, bright and perfect; the illustrations are much better than we often see in illustrated jour nals of far greater pretentions. We commend the enterprise of Mcssrs. Rector & Gutter to the people of Ar kansas, and trust they may meet with that encouragement which their publication deserves.
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RUSSELLvILLE MALE & FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL,

PROF. ROWLAND DoGGETT, A. M., Principal. The Spring Secession will open nth, Fei iSS and close III June. with an annual exaniina. ton.
 The course of study will be as extensive ar5 varied as will be found in any institution of approved in use.
 RATES oFTUTTf0N, PER MO. Spelling, Reading, Writing. Primary
 Grammar. Primary Arifhmetic, Prima- Practical Grammar, Practical Arithmefic V Geography, History, Natural Science,
 each or all n Rhetoric. Algebra, Geometry. Trigonon,-
 etry Latin or Greek. French. each or all "a, Ineidental Fee, per session B The tuition will be required monthly. Stu. dents will pc charged from time of entrance tes the close or the session allowing no deductions except in cases of protracted sickuesi, nnless by special contract.
 For Circulars. &e.. apply to the Principal
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Assessment of the Fit. Smith Road

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 From L. R. Evening Post, June 5.l Yesterday we announced the as. sembllng of the Board of County Clerks along the line of the Fort Smith railway pursuant to provis- ions of the revenue laws of the State. for the purpose of assessing the per sonal property of that road. Hav- ing organized in the morning, the Board again met in the afternoon, when a statement from Mr. T. Hart man, superintendent of the road was read, showing the number of miles of main and side tracks, valuation of property necessary to tEe daily oper- ation of the road, and table show ing the gross receipts and expenses for each month, ending May 3l, 1878.
 Mir. J. M. Thompson, Clerk of Johnson county moved that the per sonal property of the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad, as defined by law, be assessed at $5, 5000 per mile, which was carried. Said as sessment was apportioned as follows, viz.
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Is ItCOitiIucuucu Dl uil I H} siSistuSs VALLEY STREAM, QUEENS Co.,, LONG
 ISLAND, N. Y.
 MR. H. R. STEvENS:- :--
 DEAR SIR,--I take the pleasure of writing you small certificate concern ing Vegetine prepared by you. have been sufferer with the Dyspepsia for over forty years, and have had the Chronic Diarrh9a for over six months, and have tried most every thing; was given up to die, and did not expect to live from day to day, and no physician could touch my case. l saw your Veg etine recommended to cure Dyspepsia. commenced using it, and continued doing so, and ar now well woman and restored to perfect health. All who are afflicted with this terrible dis ease, would kindly recommend to try it for the benefit of their health, and it is excellent as a. blood purifier
 By. Dr. T. E. FoRBEs, NJ. D., for.
 MRS. VIM. H. FORBES.
 VRGETINE.-When the blood becomes 'liteless and stagnant, either from change of weather or of climate. want of exercise, irregular diet, or from any other cause, the Vegctine will renew the blood, carry off the putrid humors, cleanse the stomach, regulate the bow els, and impart a tone of vigor to the whole body.
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Gov. Miller Speaks out on the
 Senatorial Question.


 LITTLE RocK, June 6, 1878. Editor Arkansas Democrat:
 My attention has been called to several statements, or rather, insin- nations, to the effect that had en- tered into some arrangement or combination with one of the aspi- rants to the United States senator ship, for the purpose Of influencing the coming senatorial election. As these insinuations are evidently made fot the purpose of sowing dis. cord among my friends, I tl1nk it proper to say publicly lhat they are wholly without even the slight est foundation. As governor of the state, l think it improper to at tempt to use any infiueycc in the senatorial election. That is mate ter that belongs to thezgsperal ss- sembly. In connection with this election 1 have never said or done anything that could give rise to the statements or insinnstions I have referred to, and wGich arc pure fictions. Respectfully,
 w. R. MILLER.
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The Greenback Policy.

We are very glad to note that the Pulaski County Democratic Centra Committee, at their meeting on las1 Saturday, adopted a resolution in dorsing the declarations of the In diana Democracy in relation to Ma tional finances, and declaring sucl to be the sentiments of the Democ racy of Pulaski.
 We know that q very large ma jority of tle Democrats of Pulaski as we'll as of the State, have long been ill favor of the Greenback pol icy; and we are satisfied that the County Convention will promptly and cordially respond to this resolu ton of their Executive Committee And, furthermore, that the State Convention will meet the expecta- tions and desires of the party by adopting platform in regard to the National finances similar to that oi the Indiana platform.
 The party has long been in ad- vance of it's leaders in respect to these great questions and measures of public policy. Prudential con- alterations of great weight and mo ment have heretofore prevented a full and true expression of the senti- ments of the party in their Convcn tional platforms, but circumstances have very greatly changed in the last two or three years, and we may now expect that the voice of the rank and file will henceforth be heard through the Conventions of the party, and that their will and wishes will be truly and faithfully represented in their platforms.
 The platform of the St. Louis Con vention was NOT a true reflex of the prevailing sentiment of the party on the question of finance, and every intelligent Democrat knows it. The strongest proof of this is that almost every State convention that has since met has made departures from it, while it has been utterly ignored and repudiated by our Represents tives in Congress-. In fact, it has been so thoroughly discarded by the party as no longer to be regarded as of any binding force whatever.
 There is as much difference be- tween the platforms of the Indiana Democracy and that of the St. Louis Convention as there is between light and darkness. One is Democratic all over, and the other is aristocratic all over; one is for the people, the other is for the bondholders; one is timid, time-serving and conserva- tive, covered up in sickly mass of jargon, the other IS bold, outspoken and aggressive and clothed in lan- gGage which is used to convey and not conceal ideas.
 There is no doubt about the mean ing of the Indiana platform. In plain and nnambiguous terms is favors all the doctrines and measures demanded by the advocates of the Greenback policy--the right of the Government to issue paper money, and the policy of issuing it in such amounts as the business interests of the country may require; the mak- ing of greenbacks n full legal tender for. the payment of all debts and dues pnbIic as well as private: the abolition of the National banks and the substitution of their issues with
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vEGETLNE . gard it as u valuable Family
 Medicine.

JAN. T, Iotos MR. II. K. STEvEFs :--
 DEAR SIR, -l take pleasure in saying that have used the Vegetine in my family with good results, and l have known of several cases of remarkable cure effected by it. l regard it as a valuable family medicine. Truly yours,
 REV. WM. MCDONALD. The Rev. Vim. Mcdonald Is well known through the United States as | minister in the NJ. k. Church.
 THOUSANDS SrEAK.-Negetine is ac- knowledged and recommended by phy- sicians and apothecaries 10 be the best purifier and cleanser of tue blood yet discovered, and thousands speak in its praise who have been restored to health.
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REMEMBER YOUR PRIMA.
 RES.

The Democrats of Illinois town ship hold their Primary Convention Saturday. We presume other town ships which have not yet held pri- maries will do likewise. We urge upon every Democrat in each town ship to attend these primaries. Don't leave it for few men to speak for the masses on this occasion, but at- tend en masse and give a plain, un- equivocal expression of your will and wishes. Say whom you wish your delegates to vote for for the different State offices. Say how you want it decided who shall be the regular nominees of the party for county ofiices-whether by Conven- tion or by Primary Election. In struct your delegates to favor the adoption by the State Convention of a sound greenback plank in the party platform.
 These primaries arc the most di- rect utterances of the people and it is through them alone that the i'm press of the peoples will can be given to the political affairs. of our state. If our people neglect their primaries the politicians then can shape things to suit themselves and crooked and devious are the ways of the average politician.
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The Lawrence county primario. we understand from a gentleman wha was present, instructed last Saturdsv for Miller, Churchill, Frolich, Cras ford, Henderson, Williams, Lear and Butler for congress.-L. R Democrat.
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for months.
 The Congress of the Eastern powers is to meet at Berlin today.
 Nevada, Drew, Dorsey and Con- way counties went for Gen. Churchill last Saturday.
 There was horrible coal mine disaster in England last week. Two or three hundred operatives lost their lives.
 The Pacific Railroad Bill has gone over and will receive no further consideration at the present session of Congress.
 The House of Representative in Committee of the Whole has agreed to reduce the tax on Tobacco from A to Is cents per pound.
 The Pine Bluff Press says it would be a great calamity for the "Johnson dynasty" to again ride in to power In our State.
 The call for the Congressional Convention of the 3d District to meet at Hot Springs on the Sd of July has been revoked.
 The Primaries of Conway coun- ty last Saturday were solid for Col. Tom Fletcher. He also carried two of the heaviest townships in Hemp stead.
 The Little Rock Sun didn't shine long until it scooted behind a cloud from whence it has not yet emerged. Meirs, the editor skipped the town. Sic transit, &c.
 The Secretary of the Press As sociatian informs us that there will perhaps be the best attendance at the meeting next month at Hot Springs that we have ever yet had.
 The Gazette puts things nicely. It says the withdrawal of the Adams Redfield plan" "Withdraw- al' is good, but if that AR. plan wasn't KILLED too dead to now find 9 mourner in the land, we are woefully mistaken.
 From our exchanges from the different parts of the State we learn that the wheat crop has turned out some better than was expected. There has been wheat enough made for home consumption, anyhow, and perhaps some to spare.
 Smith, the Baptist preacher, who was convicted at the recent term of the Logan Circuit Court of murdering boy last fall in that county, and was, sentenced to be hanged on the 2d day of August, committed suicide last Friday nigh in the Logan county jail, by twisting ap his bedclothes and hanging him. self herewith.
 Hon. M. L. Bell, of Pine Bluff, has at last, formerly announced him. self candidate for the U. $. Senate. Walker, Royston, Baxter, Johnson, Jones, Newton, Bell,- and how many more to come, time alone will reveal.
 The Daily Democrat says the Levee Bond case WAS argued orally in the Supreme Court last week by Attorney General Henderson for the State, and John M. Moore, Esq, for the appellee. We shall await the de- eision, which is expected at an car ly day, with great interest.
 The Honest Tom Fletcher coun- ties are beginning to speak out. He got instructions for about 10 new votes last Saturday.
 The Gazette learns that the indl- cations are that in Nevada and Con- way counties Fletcher will get the instructions.
 --CoL T. M. GuNTER-We call the special attention of our readers  to the communication in to-day's pa per, addressed to the voters of the 4th Congressional Dis trict. All honor to the worthy ser want who sticks to his post of duty in preference to coming home to en. sage in the campaign for Lhc fall electon
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strict in to-day's paper.

-QUERY.-"Why will men smoke common tobacco, when they can buy Marburg Bros. Seal of North Caro- lina,' at tue same price?'
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Professional men are aimost ttar- wing. Young man, stick to the farm. Ton will never starye upon it. Make yourself known by being the most intelligent farmer in your neighbor- hood.
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THE RACEF FOR CONGRESS IN
 THE FOURTH DISTRICT.

The Fayetteville Sentinel has re- |prrduced the following extract from our paper:
 IA petition requesting Hon. John R. Homer Scott. of Dover, to become candidate for congressman of this district is numcrously signed by our citizens. With deference to our presentable representative we should say that no better choice could be made, for we think there Is not a man in the fourth congressional district more ably fitted to fill this position. Should he consent to make the run, we are for him first and last, and we echo the sentiments of our entire community"
 Now the inference from the above would be that that extract is an edi- torial paragraph from the democrat. Such, however, is not the case. If the Sentinel had noticed more care fully it would have seen that the par agraph is not an editorial note, but is a paragraph which occurs in our Atkins correspondence from 1.-Two of the Boys" What our correspond ent says about the qualifications of our distinguished fellow-c country man, Hon. John R. Homer Scott, meets with our entire endorsement; but at the same time, we are not now, nor have we ever been dissatisfied with she course Of our present able repre- sentative, Hon. T. NJ. Gunter, who is a candidate for re election. He has made an able, hard working, eff cient representative, and it would be with no little reluctance that we would see him retired. We consider that he has made but one mistake since elected, and that was shared by most of the democrats in congress We refer to the vote in favor of the electoral Commission for counting the Presidential vote. As much, however, as we should regret to with draw our support from Col. Gunter, we would feel it our duty should our honored fellow-countryman, Capt Scatt, become candidate, 10 favor his claims. Knowing that he IS as pure man, as able man for the DO sition, and as perfect gentleman in every sense of the term, as any man in the district, our feelings of county pride would compel us to support him-not that we regard Col. Gunter as less worthy, but simply as mat ter of personal preference between two equally high toned gentlemen.
 Since writing the above we learn from note from Capt. Scott that he has replied to the call made upon him through the Bentonyille Advance, de clining to enter the race for Congress. We therefore announce, now, that we shall favor the reelection of the
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l67.7s
$92S,29o

Col. F. Clark and c. w. Hunting ton, attorneys for said road, gave no- tice of an appeal from the action of the Board.
 Board adjourned sine die.
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MARRIED.

At the residence of the brides fatb0, on the 9th June, by Elder c. P. Kellr Mir. Allen 5. Garrison, Jr., to Mis,, syrentha Rocks, all of Pope.
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" ~NF''IF " F7VlfF VN tF4F IFTFFE I TTINs Before q. h. Burney, !. F, Illinois Township,
 Pope County. Arkansas: Miller < Penzel, rlaintills,
 ... vs. Warning Order. Il, w. Cummings, Defrndant
 The defendant, J. " CuniNinRs Is warned 70 appear in this court uiifnn thirty stsys t0 answer the tiAi,a oi ii.e plaintiGs. Ehas Miller and Lhas. r Fenxei, llfnl doing hnsnsss pn- der thsshrgn nanse of Aister ~ fsefeti.
 Given under my hand this lith day of May, 1873. C. E BURNEY, ]. r.
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A singular case of suicide was that of a 9,year-old boy near Berne, Switzerland, who recently hung him. self. An insane woman had com mitted the same act, and some fool lsh gossip in the town as to strange noises and singing being among the sensations in such cases, led the poor child to try the experiment..
 A rope-walker collected seven dol lars from crowd that had gathered in Catasauqua, Pa, to see him per. form. He spent the money in bar room, and was drunk when the time came for his feat The rope was stretched across a street from the roofs of two houses. He started un- steadily, reached the center and then icll. His recovery IS improb- abhe.
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Since writing the above we learn from a note from Capt. Scott that he has replied to the call made upon him through the Bentonyille Advance, de- clining to enter the race for Congress. We therefore announce, now, that we shall favor the reelection of the Hon. Thomas NJ. Gunter, who, as soon as he can leave his post of duty at Washington, will be around to see his friends throughout the District. And in this connection we call atten- tion to his letter to the voters of this District in to-day's paper.
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L.e cal Notice.

ro f. W. Cunmings. Guardian, Sc.:
 You arc hereby notified that ]. as sutct apon your bond As guardian pf Hattie BfpNlt Cora Brown apd Wolfe BroWp, childnn u' your Mife, eea BpppiNted as such by the iig be- NQtirf ti Pope reuhfF. un April " filed nAF application ,a Tho said conri' co bs released As sNtstg ppgp Yqur said bond, i'l nt n reason that ot have lefs tho state aud si no' now q eitisen thereof. J. l.. SHIN,
 Russciiyiile, May 70, isis. 7'
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vEGETINE

Is recommended by all Physicians. VALLEY STREAM, QUEENS Co.,, LoSG ISLAND, N. II.
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L. c. BERsAYs.
National Republican., 1878-08-21
The Typos aud the Post"

To the Editor u the National Republican:
SIR In the Post day or two ago is a COM
munication signed"Westcrn Typo" lie states ::
81 am employed IN the Government Printing
Office. ! take the Post. | have the courage
to take It, read 1t, and defend it," Western
Typo represents class Of clerks who arc alto
gether too unanimous as to the merits Of that
paper. do not understand that conciliation
means that employees of the Departments
shall bring to the Office u paper like the Post,
with the view Of discussing the political ques-
tions of the day, yet we find the patrons Of
that paper IN the departments. making use OF
matters. As stalwarts we believe the Presi-
dent was honestly elected that he does not
hold his Office rs q gift from thieves. If
the clerks whom Western Typo" repre-
sents were Republicans. instead of being
Democratic ingratcs, the Post instead of being
good paper for them TO support, would be
very obnoxious. ! make the assertion and
am prepared to prove it, too, that when the
Democratic party governed the country they
discharged clerks because they subscribed for
the New York TriLTnc.
Before the war prominent Democrat of the
State Of Maryland, who controlled the patron.
removal Of the postmaster of one of the towns
in his county, the charge was pading and
circulating the New York TiJrnr, aud that
his neiphhors suspected him Of being in favor
ofl.mcolu's election. REPUBLICAN,.