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The Ottawa free trader., 1878-01-19
Ladies' and Children'S Suits and
Fine Under Clothing.

These departments embrace everything pertain
ing TO Female Costume, suited to all ages and cir
cumstances For full particulars see catalogues.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-01-19
HOSIERY.

Ladies'. Misses, and Children's Hosiery from
81. 80 a dozen, up to the finest goods. All the
newest and prettiest designs in Hosiery are repre-
tented In our stock in silk, Cotton and Merino.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-01-19
FORTY YEARS AGO.
How They Treated Aboiitionists in Boston
In 1885.
Portland. Me. AdyertIser.D

Mr. w. Gould, cashier of the First National
Bank, Portland, Me, recently obtained "A copy
of rare placard, printed in Boston, without
date, as follows;
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CENTS FURNISHING.

DRESSING GOWNS. SMOKING JACKETS AND
CAPS, SCARPS, TIES, UMBRELLAS, GLOVES,
AND OTHER ARTICLES FOR GENTLEMEN,
SUITABLE FOR THE HOLIDAYS TO WHICH
THE ATTENTION OF LADIES Is INVITED.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-01-19
GLOVES.

Kid, silk, Lisle Thread and Merino Gloves Of the
new colors and shapes, in great variety.
Lord & Taylor's Kid Gloves, 2 buttons, warranted,
Al $l00 per pair, price last season 81 80.
ALSO,
Lace, Cambria, Linen and SILK Hsndkerchefs, and
beautiful Neckerchiefs, all prices from 25c. upward,
and all kinds Dress Trimmings to match our goods.
fr Our Goods are all hrst-class. We make a
point to all all orders exactly and to the interest OF
purchasers. We guarantee all purchases TO be salts
factory TO buyers, and stand ready to remedy all
errors weinvite ORDERS convinced that first trial
will insure US the regular custom hereafter
Catalogues Of entire stock sent to any address
on application.
All orders for Goods TO be accompanied by the
money, or where parties wish Goods will be sent
by Express, o. O. d. Where the remittance is too
large, we always return the difference.
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,d.,,. ta~py sud 5ddins Cake kept constsntyo.
- - a w. Also crackers, and eNery tDlnkH
the IN. - 49,. say nOsse In the west
Also .r.e s--s,ftls.Ei .; confectionery constAnuy
hs,d s,.tl.. - ., solicited. .....
otis a.. f-'aus.. "a. salt L. hhse.
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For THE HOLIDAYS
LORD 8 AyLoR
NEW YORK.

WE INVITE ATTENTION TO THE FOLLOW
ING DEPARTMENTS OF OUR ESThBLisliMENhn 10
TuE low PRICES AT WHICH OUR GOODS AXE
MARKED. HAVE SPECIAL REFERENCE 10 THE
HOLIDAY SEASON, AND BARGAINS WILL BIZ
FOUND THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE, THIS SEA'
SONS IMPORTATI0NS GIVING Us AN uN-
EQUALED STOCK OF GOODS.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-01-19
CREAM OF OUR EXCHANGES.

"There can be no true religion without Il hea'
en- and hell" says an eminent Methodist di'ihe'
II the clercymen abolish the hell OF the bIDic'
there is Washington city; but where's your
heaven.
Springfield, Mass reporter describes a Wo-
man of that town as having "A fea SHAWL anu
fire in her eye"
Blind Toms real name is Bcthunc, and any
competitor who expects to surpass him Will have
10 Bethune about it.
Gen. Miles, the Oregon hero, began life as a
dry goods clerk. He says these lndan- nc al
paca towards, anyhow.
Hosiery is lower to-day-Boston Gioh. There
is only one remedy. They should wei 5irtera.
--Grdphtc.
It is called to mind that Mrs. Polk cXchdcd the
dance from the White House. Perhaps MIS-
Hayes temperance scruplcs will exclude many IL
reel -GGpednto'ca 7elcgrdph
Richard Grant White has been i'll again. His
disorder is thought to have come from an undi-
gested adyerb.-Gd'ary
Said one lawyer to another in the Court OF ses-
sons the other day: 'You are the biggest fool in
New York" The Judge told the gentleman that
he must not forget that he (thc judge was
present.
There is nothing like advertising. Gustav
Steinke. of Mendoza had a valuable horse stolen
from his barn the other night In the morning
be hurried to a printing office and had some bills
struck off, when he Immediately found his morse
in COW shed where it had taken refuge after
breaking out Of the barn.
Kingston, " Y, has q professional juror who,
when the iury rctres for consultation, says to his
fellow members: "Gentlcmen, have agreed 80
and so, and when you come to the same cohciu-
sion. wake me up" He then lies down, ana
when the jury agrees with him he is ready to re-
port but not before.
The clergymcn may agree there is no hell on
the other side, but if they had taken drive into
The country any time during the last two months
they would have been forced to conccde that the
devil, or something, had raised hell with the
roads.
All Jams is the name of Chinaman in Neva-
da. He is addicted to the flowing bowl, ana
some days ago it WAS impossible to recognize
him from his brother Jim Jams.
A young gentleman of Brooklyn has made him
sell crosSeycu ior lhc Wy ""'e"i"5 '' wy ~
nose, threatened with an eruption OF sore bolls.
lie evidently believed that watched spot never
boils
ELNoRA-Both of your poems are wrong IN
meter and we think that you Will discover that
two wrongs don't make one wrtc--poctry'-
lVhhohdH Times
4 definition of bankruptcy lately given by an
English Judge is reported TO have been; when
a man owes lot Of money, and lawyer and ac-
countant divide the property between them"
He wore n look of demonac cowardicc: 81
was local editor of a country newspaper, ana one
day in writing up procession, gave one praas
band seventeen more words Of praise than anoth;
cr. had to murder six musicians before could
yet out Of that town."-hcr.
Rub-a.dub bud,
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VOL. XIII---M0. 80.

an account for room rent, amounting to
$3,249.60, "is Justly due" Mr.. Jones, in
his evidence, says that this is an account
of R. K. Scott for the rent of q cottage
for one year.
It could not be sold for that amount
to-day. Mr.. Greenfield says, in reference
to this matter, that he rented the cottage
in rear of McKenzie's building to r. K.
Scott, to be used as resort or
CAUCUS ROOM
during his candidacy for the United
States Senate, that he was paid by Gov.
Scott, and that be has no knowledge of
pay certificates being used in payment
thereof.
The voucher designated by Woodruff
as No. 26, is for rent of the residence of
John J. Patterson, for the use of Sena-
tors Whittemore, Owens, and others who
revelled in stately mansions, enjoying
their gains stolen from an impoverished
people, while their poor dupes in their
iowiy cabins were suffering for the ne
cessaries of life.
THE ROLL OF RAscALs.
The private bills of State officers, SEN
ators and members of the House, refer
red to in the evidence of Woodruff and
Jones, include the names of those who
were the recipients of supplies, and are
as follows:
Lieutenant- Governor Ransier, Lieu
tenant Governor Gleaves; Senators @. P.
Leslie, L. Wimbush, Frank Arnim, h.
E. Hayne, B. F. Whittemore, 81. j. Max
we'll, G. D. Hayne, Y. ]. p. Owens, W.
E. Johnston, J. NJ. Allen, J. Hollings-
head, Robert Smalls, W. 3. Nash, S. A.
Swails, Geo. F. Mcintyre, F. s. J. Hayes,
Jas. A. Green, John Lee, J. e. Green.
Representatives James A. Bowley, Tim
Hurley, Joseph D. Boston, ]. B. Dennis,
C. H. Sperry, S. J. Lee, p. Simkins, P.
R. Rivers, w. M. Thomas, W. 81. Jones,
F. J. Moses, Benz. Byas, Nelson Davis,
To enumerate the bills designated by
Mr.. Jones in his evidence as myths"
and "queer accounts" would FIJI hundreds
of pages A few are inserted to illus
trate this manner of robbing the treasu-
ry. The originals are submitted in his
r.lI
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Making an aggregate f..~...s20,S6S SO
MYTHS "AND OTHERS"

MYTHS "AND OTHERS"
Mr.. Jones says these myths" were
pushed through under cover of "and
Others" and that "the number was so
great it would have been foolishness in
him to have made inquiries concerning
them" He also says if he had placed
any impediment in the way Of certifi-
Gates being issued to pay this class of
claims he would have lost his position,
and that in some instances the only sup
plies furnished was the paper on which
the account was made out. Sergt. Will
liams testified that vouchers and accounts
were made out in the names of fictitious
persons for large amounts, passed upon
by the committee on contingent accounts,
and pay certificates drawn for them and
delivered to different members. He re-
cognized No. l referred to in evidence Of
A. O. Jones as one of that class. 1t
calls for SLIPS, and he thinks it was
given to w. II. Jones, a member from
Georgetown. A large number of &C.
counts were made out in the name Of
John Williams, sergeant-at.arms, among
them Nos. So and 81, amounting to
Sc, ,432.O2, also Nos. 50 to Ill, inclusive,
amounting to SIS, ,630.08.
While Mr.. Williams was being exam
ined he said: II know nothing of most
of these accounts. I allowed my name
to be used 10 assist the members from
time to tine. Bowley, Dennis, Thomas
and Others were frequently benefited by
the use o. my name. The State receiv-
ed no consideration whatever for the GER
ti6cates issued in the payment of these
accounts. I did not know my name was
used so often, nor for such large amounts,
until now. I am sure it was arranged by
introducing legislative claim in my
name and adding tho words 'and others
to it, thereby getting it passed without
creating any suspicion that it was q
fraud. I remember the $4,000 account !;
that was for the committee on contingent
accounts. I think they took $500 apiece.
They promised me $500, but never gave
it to me-"
Your committee cannot undertake to
enumerate all the accounts submitted
with this report, but will refer you to q
few rendered by Messrs. Kinard and
w. D. Love & Co., dealers in dry goods,
and to those of Messrs. Strauss q Bro,
D. Epstin, VIM. Robinson, dealers in
clothing.
Clerk Jones, in referring to the accounts
rendered against Sergeant-at-arms Will.
liams, says: "It seems he was appealed
to by those who were naked and he
clothed them, by those who were hungry
and he fed them"
We append statements of prices paid
for articles by our legislators in 1869-7O,
and in 1871-72. The contrast will show
rapid development of taste cultivated
at the ex oense of principle
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A CONTRAST.

We feel that this report would be in
complete if we failed to present to the
General Assembly the list of articles
bought and paid for by the State for the
use of her Statesmen" 1t has been &C.
curately copied from the various accounts
turned over to your committee by the
clerks of the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives:
REFRESHMENTS, WINES AND LIQUORS.
Heidsieck, Green Seal, Win Imperial,
Verzenay and Moet and Chandon Cham
pagnes; Scuppernong, Sparkling Mo-
selIe, Catawba, Chateau La Rose Claret,
Chateau La6tte Claret, Imperial Pale
Sherry, best Madeira, Port, Malaga and
Blackberry Wines; finest Otard, Dupuy
and French Cognac Brandy; Onest Ba-
ker, Cabinet, Rye, Bourbon, Nectar and
Corn Whiskeys Holland Gin, Jamaica
Rum, cases of Hostetter's Indian, Kerr's,
Russian, Baker, St. Domingo and Wine
Bitters; Congress Water, best bottled
Ale, Lager and Porter Sarsaparilla,
Curacao and Maraschino-all by the
cask.
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
Imported Brevas, Partegas, Espanolas
Londres, Conchas, Live Indian, Pantillo
Espanolas Conchas. Finest plug chew.
ing tobacco, finest fine-cut ditto, Durham
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MAKING HASTE TO GROW RICH.

It is no longer matter of surprise to
YOUR committee that members who only
received six dollars per diem could, in a
few weeks after their arrival in Columbia,
obtain elegant furniture for their rooms,
and Brussels carpets for their floors, and
recline on Oriental spring and sponge
mattresses, while their constituents were
being bounded down by the ine1orable
ta1-gatherer to pay the price of these
luxuries.
AS a further illustration Of the inordi-
nate greed of this horde of robbers, we
present the following, for nothing, how
ever small, escaped the Argus-eyed COM
mitteemen who so dexterously played the
game of addition, division and silence: :"
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8 TIE THIEVES, CARNTYAL.
! sS;ssr yrfII. VEIL FROM TEE NOt
=. -, DENTS OF ROBBER RULE.

'The Report OF ths COMMITTEES on Frauds
- -rsich Revelations OF the Style in which
tho oHcial Piunderers sguandered the
Peoples Money.
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& GoIrMBfA q; Tuesday Night, FEB. IS.
5 sThe feasufe of to-day's sessiolisof the
General Assembly was the Report OF the
Committee on Frauds, which was pre-,
serted in both Houses. The document
IS probably unique In the annals Of legls-
iatiou. It is as follows:
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baskets, stoves and pipes, coffee higgins,
teapots, saucepans, cooking stoves and
utensils, tin buckets, wooden buckets,
tin cases, blacking, blacking brushes,
jugs, bags, demijohns, lead pipes, Ian
terms, brooms, fruit jars and elastics,
kegs, wash tubs, wash boards, cork
screws, slop pals, busters and dust pans,
foot tubs, Manila paper, hand saws, files,
axes, water coolers, granite chambers,
bed pans, coffee mills, axe-helves, stove
polish.
CONCLUSION.
Your committee feel assured that no
language, by way of comment, would add
force to the simple statement of facts
attending this era of revelry, embracing
peculation, embezzlements and robberies
of o character hitherto unknown in South
Carolina. The perpetrators are covered
with infamy and disgrace, and should be
pursued during their natural lives with
the sword of Justice hanging by threat
over their heads.
But in justice to the honest taxpayers
of the State, what can be said to relieve
those merchants and dealers who partic-
ipated in their profits arising from such
| stupendous frauds? The testimony sub
mitted shows that these persons either
were reckless of the interests of the peo-
pie of the State, or winked at, connived
at, or colluded with the robbers to fleece
the people-a collusion as humiliating
as the facts are disgraceful and culpable.
We regret to place this on record; but
it is true, and the facts as proved justify
your committee in joining with the good
people of the State in denouncing such
conduct now and forever.
JOHN R. COCHRAN, Chairman.
81. A. MEETzE,
On part of Senate.
S. DIBBLE,
G. MULLER,
J. G. BLUE,
On part of House.
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Are Blaine and Thurman Laid on the
shelf.

Itisa general rule in politics, that IL an
aspirant for Presidential nomination loses
his state in an election when lie ought to
have carried it. he must Withdraw from the
list of competing candidates. Tried by this
rather severe rule. what becomes of Mr..
BLAINE and Mr.. THURMAN?
From the formation of tho Republican
party down 60 the September contest Of this
year. the Republicans of Maine never failed
to carry the Governor. all the members of
Congress. and a decided majorty VI the
Legislature. They have now lost their can
didatc for Govcinurand twOuf the five mcm-
hcr- Of Congress. while the majority of the
incoming Legislature Will bc controlled 10y
their opponents. In the recent contest MIR.
BLAiNE lei his party without rival, and
managed tine campaign in his own way
from the beginning tu the end. But I'm spite
Of all his efforts the state went against him.
Must Mr.. BLAINr. ,hcn. hc stricken from
the li-t of available Republican candidates
for the Presidency in lSso?
Last year Mr.. BISHOP. the Democratic
candidate for Governor Of Ohio, obtained n
majority ~ 22.5D over Judge WEsr the
Republican nominee for that Office Mr..
~
contest. This present year the distinguished
senator wa- more than ever the leader in
the campaign. At the outset he made Il
speech ON the finances that contained some
doctrines which bore a strong flavor Of soft
money. lie gave to his new departure the
name Of " the Ohio idea
The recent battle WAS fought on the ground
selected by Mr. THURMAN. The result Of
the conflict l. that the Republican state
ticket beats the Democratic state ticket 10y
a majority of $500. thus showing a Demo-
cratic loss Of $4,000 ON the popular vote since
last years election
II does not alter this view of the case 10
say that the Democrats have elected eleven
of the twenty members Of Congress. which
is gain OF three when compared with the
result II 1876. This Is due To- the change in
the Congress districts which the Democratic
Legislature made last winter. The aggre-
gate vote cast by the Democrats and Rrpub-
Leans for Congressman j. probably about
the same aS that thrown iul their respective
State tickets.
Do these facts rule Mr. THURMAN of ,nr
course ms an available Democratic candidate
.ol ilc-idcnt in iSs0
Not many weeks hence events may an
swer these questions in respect to both
BLAINE and THURMAN. The result Of the
November elections may have a good deal
to do with shaping this answer. However,
il will be safe to assume that JAMES q.
BLAINE and ALLEN G. THURMAN will be
rather lively members Of the retired list Of
Presidential candidates, and it will be well
for their rivals to keep an eye on them.
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The BILLINGS murder trial WAS concluded,
at Rallston, yesterday, by the disagreement
Of the Jury and their discharge. The Dis
trict Attorney announced that they stood
eleven who believed in the prisoners inno-
ccnco and one who held him guilty.
Such n result has for some days seemed
more probable than any other With the
evidence produced against Mr.. BILLINGS it
was almost impossible to find him guilty.
OF course, the prisoner must now be released
on bail. lie Is, however liable 10 bo tried
again, should the District Attorney Of the
county think best to try him. II no adj
ditioual evidence rs discovered such new
trial is rather unlikcly; hut If new and
stronger PROFITS should be- produced against
nina, he cannot escape il,
H. tho sense Of the law, every accused man
must be- held innocent until he is proved
guilty. Thus Mr. iilLLlNuS has escaped
the gallows, yet he occupies no cpviable
position. The disclosures which the trial
has afforded respecting his domestic habits
, nlid his personal character have hrrn my
ding but crcditnblr, whllc the appearance
81 hs daughter his only child, IA the strong
est witness against him, has given most
! painful and even tragical quality to the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-15
hat IL Demonstrates.

As il it were not enough that the HAYES
Administration ha-, in single summer.
brought upon the country two needless In
dian wars. W. are now told that these wars
demonstrate the danger of trying to reduce
the army
How do they demonstrate that danger
There remain at this moment east Of the
Mississippi twelve companies Of the First
Artillery. eight oi the ,"cond. twelve of the
Third. one Of the Fourth ana twelve Of the
Fifth forty-iyc companies in ALL There
are ten companies of the Thirteenth lnfan-
try In Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas, aud
ialama: ten Of the Eighteenth in Georgia
and Tennessee, seven Of the Seventh and
one II the Seventeenth in Minnesota; and
ten of the Twrnt y-socond IN New York and
Michigan thrty-cght companies in all.
Is il pretended that none OF these eighty
three companies could bee spared for frontier
service. or that II not 80 needed, as appar-
emily they are not they offer no candidate
for army reduction?
The Ncz Perez. Baunock, and Cheyenne
wars which have adorned the HAYES Adj
mni-tration, prove nothing against th"
wisdom of army reduction. because they
-prang from official ignorance. neglect, in
Justice, and fraud. With injustice and fraud
done away. these three wars would never
have existed, had the army been hut half as
large; with injustice and fraud subsisting,
those wars could not have been prevented
by an army twice as large. The history of
all races. red or white, shows that indigna-
tiun founded on outrage and tyranny, takes
no note Of odds in rushing to war for re-
dress.
In view of a campaign like that of the
| Cheyeunos, will anybody say how big an
army would guarantee the country against
/ Indian revohs; Fame has recorded the cN-
ploits Of the discounted Generals, COlOncls,
/ Majors Captains, and Lieutenants who
/ have taken part in this campaign; she has
not yet learned even the name Of that I'M
/ known Cheyenne chief who, with iourscoro
or fiVcscorc warriors, encountered with thciI
wives and children, successfully ran the
gauntlet Of thirty-one companies Of regular
troops for four hundred miles, defeating al
those whom he did not oyadc
The lesson 81 the Cheyenne war Is like
that Of the Bannock, Ncz Perez. Sioux, Mo
doe, and all others that preceded 1t.
HOWARD campaigns deliberately 10y tele
graph and a PorE 10y railroad, but some
Indian chief battles all their calculations
and with few score warriors maintains fol
months a bloody and costly war. AZ The
end, il is found that the hundreds Of live
and the millions Of dollars wasted might al
have been saved by common honesty il
dealing with the injured band. This an'
not any peril in army reduction, is villa
such war demonstrates.
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A Favorable Time for an Independent
Ticket.

The various clans who propose TO unite to
defeat Tammany at the approaching mu-
nicipal election have Il favorable oppurtuu-
ty TO carry their project into execution.
The municipal election is not mixed up with
n general State election or the election Of Il
President either Of which would give Tam
many marked advantage il docs not now
possess. We have shown what could be
done under less favorable circumstances.
In some cases we have come out ahead and
In others we have given the disciplined
troops of Tammnny no little trouble. 1t
would seem to bc entirely practicable for
the combined opposition 10 win a victory
now.
Would the victory be- worth achieving;
II would he an assertion Of the right ~
the people to sclfgovcrnmcnt right which
cannot bc asserted too often. II would be
the throwing Of of a temporary City King.
just as in the Revolution that established
our Government our fathers throw of an
hereditary King Of the whole country.
The campaign may be conducted with the
utmost amiahility. There Is no occasion for
W -. W." y. w., Iva .....1 ~ ,ir ,,o"h' only Tor
that opposition to their dictatioi 80, II
comes from the feeling Of manhood and self
respect. The people are stronger than the
King and the Clown, if the people only put
forth their strength.
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An Abuse of Judicial Authority.

without any reference tO the result OF the
BILLrNGs trial, we must pointcdly condemn
the action of Judge LANDoN in keeping the
jury locked up, day after day and night after
night, for the purpose of forcing them to an
agreement. A verdict obtained in this way
is not properly verdict. 1t Is not a true
saying. II j. determination to which the
fatigue and not the will Of part Of the ju-
rurs asscuts
A confession procured by similarproccss
would not be- admissible in evidence
To hang a man on such Il verdict would
itself be the noXt thing TO deliberate murder.
In harharous times tyranncal Judges as
sumcd to punish discomfort jurors by I'M
prisonmcnt. This il spoken of now rs mon
strous, and people wonder that such Il thing
could ever have been tolerated.
Yet wherein H. the conduct Of Judge LAM
pos any better; 1t is just the same thing
precisely, only he Furnishes by imprison-
mont the ilrm-mindcd. independent jurors
before instead # after verdict.
There l. wdc difference Of opinion rs to
the guilt or Innocence Of JESSE BILLINGS.
Jr; but there ought not To- be- any division
of sentiment in regard to the improperly of
Judge LANNON'S course.