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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-08-15

Section 6 arraigns the Democratic party for
enaoting Q law abolishing humorous precincts
in large Republican counties, whereby thou
sands OF Republican voters are virtually dis
tranohised, or compelled to walk twenty miles
and cross rivers ia ordor to VOTE
Section z says: while condemnine the
conduct OF oil public officers who mar have
in years past violated the trusts conGdud to
them. and while denouncing all fraudulent
ana dishonest practices, and disclaiming any
desire to shield any individual proved to be
guilty OF such offences, we denouuce tho
method by which the Democratic party,
through manufactured testimony, sought to
inonlpate men whose only offence was their
Kepublioanism; and we further denounce the
unfair and partisan character Of the recent
ieglelative Investigations in this State where.
by tho frauds committed by Democrats have
been carefully screened from the public yiess,
aud oil Testimony looking to their exposure
has been studiously avoided"
Section realhras the declaration, already
repeatedly made, that at tho lost election not
only we're the Republican Presidential elect.
| ors duly chosen, but that D. II. Chamberlain.
| together with the entire Republican State
ticket, was also elected by the votes of q
majority Of che qualified electors Of this State.
| :, Section declares that it Is deemed inexpe.
owipg 70 the condition Of affairs In this State,
oocasioned by rife club rale and two years Of
Democratic supremacy. Republican voters
cannot organize or vote at the tpext elootion
| Sittont mourning great personal dange
section l0 feads: - pledge pnrselyest 10
sas'ss in tte syofls Of fifyittg tle public
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1878-07-19

N1. i, Brick Bujag Adjoining Haonic HaIl. Nall Street.
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cause he was afraid that on McGib-
bon's return he would tell the truth
about the enterprise, and to damage
| it in the opinion Of the American pub
lie Mr.. Collins came in the City of
Richmond He brought with him five
hundred men to work on the railroad.
Two hundred of these were Indians,
the rest mechanics of various trades.
The discomfort led to a conspiracy
among the men and forty-eight of
them had planned to seize launch
and push on for the Bolivian gold
mines. They were found out, howev-
er, before they could lay up sufficient
supply of food to enable them to start.
In order to repress disorder it has
been found necessary to organize the
colony and Mr.. Collins has been elect
ed Mayor. A prison has been built
of railroad iron. When any serious
crime is committed the party is sent
down to Para. Before this there was
considerable drunkenness, but now the
selling of cassagh, the native rum, is
prohibited. The second division of
engineers was sent on to San Antonio
and suffered good deal. also, from
want of supplies. They had to de-
pend or their rifles for food. Fortu-
nately there were plenty of tapirs,
monkeys and parrots, and these fur
nished good supply Of food Mon
key soup was a special favorite, aud
| tell you its real good. When | left
the colony had got to work; saw mills
had already been erected and things
were in better ship shape.
On our way home there was a good
deal Of suffering on board, owing to
want of small stores aud coal There
were no medical supplies on board,
though all hands fell sick of the fever,
from the first officer down. On our
arrival here The ship was seized for
debt, and the crew had not yet received
their wages A great deal of suffer
has been caused by this, but in this
there is no protection for sail
0rs. They are cheatened on all sides.
1t is very hard, for many of the crew
have families and expected to get
their wages on arrival; but they had
not got cent, and some Of them are
going about without shoe to their
feet. It's pretty hard, but / suppose
there is no hely for poor Jack" [
hope this story will be of use to 9th
ers, who, if they go to Brazil, will go
with their eyes open.-N Y Herald
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1878-07-19
Curious NestNOf Poisonous Insect.

The nest of the tarantula, OCCASION
ally found, excites the admiration of
both old and young, and, indeed. moth
ing could be more ingeniously con
trived 1t is a subterranean house
about the size and shape of cocoanut
Of medium growth, and is made of
small pebbles and grains of sand
glued together with some viscid mat
ter. It's interior is lined with silky
material as fine and white as satin.
Just at the surface of the ground is a
circular opening nearly an Inch in di-
ameter. Into this fits little door or
lid, made of sand and fine gravel
glued together This lid is lined with
the same silken stuff as the nest prop.
er, and at one side has hinge made
of many strands of the same. This
door the tarantula can open and close
at pleasure. When the lid is closed it
is almost impossible to find the hest,
as. owing to the sand and gravel on
its upper side, it presents the same APP
pearance as the surrounding ground,
from which were gathered the materi-
ais of which it was constructed
Virginia City (Ney Enterprise.
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MANY times, wien Washington was
supposed to be swearing, he was
merely abiding to Martha's first hGs.
band Buffalo Express.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1878-07-19
UP THE AMAZON.

One OF the most important and in
teresting enterprise Of modern times,
so far as modern interests are con
cerned, is the building of the railroad
destined to connect the navigable wa
tiers of the Rio Madeira, which flows
into the Amazon, with the Rio Mar
more. This work will open "a new
channel for the trade of the Bolivian
plateau and cause a great saving in
the cost of transportation. At pres
ent the trade of this section seeks an
outlet by the Pacific coast, and falls
almost wholly into the hands of Brit
sh merchants. The proposed railroad,
10y connecting the Rio Marmore and
the network OF rivers which flow east
through Bolivia from the Andes and
fail into the Rio Guapore, must revo
lutionize the transport system Of the
rich and extensive Bolivian plateau
and iuru Its vast commerce into the
Amazon, thereby enabling America to
compete on favorable terms with Eng
land for the carrying trade, giving our
manufacturers an easy access to a
region from which hitherto have been
practically excluded by British com
petition. The length Of the projected
line does not exceed $50 miles, but
the way lies through dense tropical
forest, and there are a good many en-
gineering difficulties to be. overcome.
Some years ago the binding of this
line was undertaken by an English
company, but, owing to the difficult
ties encountered, and, it is said, to
acknowledgement OH the part Of the
the work was ahan Toned.
Nearly 600 English workmen lost
their lives during the progress Of the
work. Tie undertaking has now fall
len into American hands, but it must
be confessed that It's beginning has
not been suspicious. The loss Of the /
Metropolis, with workmcn intended to
build the road is too fresh in the minds
Of the public to need extended refer
ence, and the story told by one of the
crew of the sister ship, the Mercidita,
gives reason to fear that many more
valuable lives may be sacrificed be-
fore the project has been successfully
carried out.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1878-07-19
SAN SCOTS STORY.

We left New York in the latter
part of December in the steamer
Mercidita, of about 800 tons burden,
and went to Philadelphia, where we
took in freight and passengers. The
passengers numbered about 20S, and
of these about Ito were civil engi-
neers; the rest were mechanics of va
rious trades, employed to work on the
railroad So great was the desire on
the part of workmen to go out that
we were obliged to set guard to pre-
vent men slowing themselves away,
and the day we sailed it was necessa-
ry to use violence to keep back the
crowd Of unemployed men who sought
to come ON board in tho hope that
they would be carried away. 1t was
on January 2, 1878, that we sailed
from Philadelphia, and before we
reached Barbados we ran short of wa
ter and coal. 1t took US seventeen
days to reach Barbados, owing to the
bad sailing qualities of the ship, and
it was twelve days from the latter port
before we sighted the lightship at
Para, although the shipowners had
guaranteed to land us in Para within
eighteen days. We were scarcely in
sight of Brazil when our troubles be-
gan. We lost All anchor near the
Amazon Iightship, lut getting pilot
next day we reached Para all right.
Here we took two pilots on board, one
for the Amazon and the other for the
Madeira river, but through their blum
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A SIGN posted up in Wisconsin
saw mill reads: "The saws are all
rnnning-no use to touch them to con-
vince your selves"
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TWINS have occurred fifty six times
in Ohio within the past year, so great
is the demand for Ohio men.
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glahu 5eni~}ueekIg suorld
Published

The Idaho World Tfllltlng company
gRuAN JoaES. BUSINESS MANAGER.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-01-12
Tennessee,s DeFauIt.

"B. d." writes as follows, from
Nashville to the New York Journal
or Commerce:
The adjournment of our legisla-
ture without a compromise of the
public debt is indeed a severe blow
at the integrity of Tennessee. The
majority charge to the Government
at Washington all our poverty, loss
of manhood and indispOsition to be
honest, and insist that our creditors
shall wait the pleasure of the Cen
eral Government in its action to-
wards the debtor class. While Ten
nessee is perfectly able to pay inter-
est on the public debt, as proposed
by the Coe Committee, large par
ty in the State says, we shall not do
it. The Republicans and portion
of the Democrats in the Legislature
say they are more than willing to
pay that much or more. Such is
the hostility in thisLegislature to-
ward the financial policy of the
Government at Washington, in
their madness they include all our
creditors as sworn enemies to this
community. Except to preferred
creditors no interest will be paid on
the State debt; and we have no
election until November, 1878.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-01-12
TWO HALVES LESS THAN THE
WHOLE.

AS soon as the standard silverdol-
lar is restored to its rightful none
tary position, Congress has an inn
portant duty to perform in order to
remedy the tinkering legislation of
the demonetizing period. At that
time a trade dollar was invented
containing largely more silver than
the standard, which is 412l grains,
and a fractional currency of halves,
quarters, dimes and half-dimes, con-
tanning considerably less than the
standard. We are thus in the alb
surd position of having coinage
in which two half-dollars fall far
short of making a dollar. One de-
cidedly incOnvenient result of this
blunder is that the one and two
dollar greenbacks are at premium
as compared with the underweight-
ed halves and quarters, and our re-
tail traders are selling them at the
banks for the underWeighted silver,
a small premium being allowed on
the transaction. The result is the
disappearing from circulation of
these one and twO-dOllar green
backs, handful of silver being
given in change instead of them.
When shall we have a uniform sill
yer currency, consisting Of the dol
lar of our fathers with halves, quar-
tiers and dimes to match?
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-01-12
DEATH OF THE KING OF ITALY

Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy,
died on the 9th inst, of malariOus
fever, a disease which very nearly
caused his death seventeen years
ago. The train of circumstances
which raised him from being king
of the small States of Sardinia, to
become ruler of a united Italy,
forms one of the most interesting
chapters of European history in the
nineteenth century. Victor him.
self however, did little personally
towards this result. Mazzini did
most of the preliminary work Of
undermining the Austrian rule in
Italy, Louis Napoleon struck the
decisive blow which destroyed it,
and when the field was thus open
for the establishment of Italian in
dependence, CavOur was the brain
and Garibaldi the strong right arm
which did the work, against the di-
plOmacy of that very Louis NapO-
leon whose victories at MAGENTA and
SOlferinO had made it possible,
against the anathemas of Pope Plus
the Ninth, who has so Unexpectedly
survived his life long antagonist,
and against the Encouragement of
croakers who contended that Italy
was only a geographical idea.
For the king himself, his fitting
occupation would have been to COM
mand division of cavalry; he was
brave, jovial, free in his manners,
far from unexceptionable in his
morals, idolized by the people, exc
Grated by the priests. His old en-
envy the Pope, is said to have
manifested much creditable emo
ton at his death, sending him the
apostolic benediction IN dytjculO
morris.
He is succeeded by son Humbert,
now in his ,thirty-fourth year. Vic
tor Emmanuel was born March II,
1920, became king of Sardinia in
1919, and king of Italy in 1861. He
had four children, Prince Humbert
who succeeds him, Prince Amade-
us who was for a short time king of
Spain, Princess Clotilde who mar
ried the Prince Napoleon, and Prin-
cess Maria Pia who married LUZ,
king of Portugal.
He died in the communion of the
Roman Catholic church.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-01-12
Tobacco i'm BROOKLYN.

We notice in a Brooklyn contem-
porary q description of a great to-
bacco inspecting warehouse started
by j. p. and G. G. Robinson at Erie
Basin, Red Hook, Brooklyn, n. Y.
After describing the business of to-
baceo-inspecting our contemporary
gives the following paragraph, from
which it appears that the important
and responsible duties of the inspect
ing department are in the hands of
two we'll known citizens of Clarks-
vile, Messrs. Townsend and Ewing
Thomas:
Themen concerned in this business
build up a reputation and are known
through the tobacco trade in accord
anee with the degree of their profess
sional skill. The gentlemen who
will fill the responsible position of
inspectors in the new warehouse are
Messrs. Townsend A. Thomas and
Ewing M. Thomas. The last named
gentleman has been for several years
connected with the Fulton Tobacco
Inspection of David Doves & Co.,
just above Fulton Ferry, while both
have had large experience in the to-
bacco trade of the South and South
west. The new stores opened for
business Wednesday, January ,.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-01-12
FROsr NEW PROvnDENCE.

The old year of 1877 has passed
away, with all its pleasures and
pains, its good and evil, and what
ever we may have enjoyed or suf-
fered, or the good or evil we may
have done is now with the things of
the past; but yet it is not too late for
US to profit by the experience we
have had. We should take cogni-
zance of them and govern ourselves
accordingly. Christmas came, and
withitrain, mud andsloppy weather,
which kept the young folks indoors,
very much to their dissatisfaction
The new year was ushered in by a
very cold week, which has afforded
fine opportunity for getting ice,
which our citizens made use of.
Since we lost Hilda-and a great
loss it was-you have heard very
little from New Providence; but in
this connection let me say that [
don't want you to understand me
that this letter is intended to fill the
place of one of Hilda's; far from it.
Hilda's pen has very few equals.
| We wish Hilda would come home.
A good many changes have taken
place among our statesmen this year /;
we hardly know for awhile where
| to find our friends. We have two
additional statesmen added to our
list in the persons of Mr.. Brad Mar
tin, who has accepted d situation
with r. F. Crabtree, and Mr.. Sam.
Kelly, with W. J. Powers & Co.
We welcome you, young gentlemen,
to our town.
Miss Etha Grigg, very accom-
plished young lady from Evansville,
Ind, who has been spending several
weeks in our town, left last Thurs
day for her home in Evansville. /
have already seen the sad faces OF
several of our young men and heard
them utter sighs of regret. The
kindest wishes of many friends will
follow Miss Grigg home.
The pulpit of the NJ. f. Church
was occupied last Sunday by the
Rev. John w. Hammer, ST., who
preached a powerful sermon, hold
ing the undivided attention of the
audience for an hour and twenty
minutes. His text was "God is a
spirit, and those who worship him
must worship him in spirit and in
trust" The congregation of the
Methodist Church ought certainly to
feel themselves blest this Conference
year in having Rev. John w. Han
ner, Jr., for their pastor and an oc-
casional sermon from his father.
If Congress will only repeal the re-
sumption act and pass thesilver bill,
you may expect another letter from
BYRNE.
Jan. Sth, 1873.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-01-12
Tribute of Respect.

Wiley Bagwell died at his residence, near
Fredonia, Montgomery county, Tenn, on
Tuesday, the 18th uIt,, at noon, in the 18th
year of his age. He was a native of Virginia,
but removed TO Montgomery county. Tenn,
when quite young man, and, with the ex-
ception of a few years spent in Missouri,
lived here until his death. He had a thirst
for knowledge, and loved to read, which
prompted him to obtain a good library. He
was also a regular subscriber for one or more
good newspapers. About the last business
he attended to was to renew his subscription
to the Nashville Christian Advocate, only a
day or two before he died. His intelligence
and kindness of heart made him a most
agreeable companion. In early life he pro-
fessed religion and Joined the NJ. E. Church,
and continued a faithful member during
life. AS a Christian he was uniform, eXem-
plary and devoted-a burning and a shining
light, He awaited himself of every oppor-
tunity to lend a helping hand to the church,
and was diligent in striving to advance the
interests of Ch ristianity at home and abroad.
His goodness was so apparent that all his
acquaintance loved him and, we dare say,
he had as few enemies rs any man.
Bro. Bagwell became a member of FREE
donia Lodge twenty live years ago. A good
Christian always makes good Mason, and
Bro. Wiley Bagwell fully verified this asser-
ton. By his death we have lost one of our
oldest and most worthy members. Just
before he died his physician appraised him
of his danger; his reply was, "All is right"
He was buried, with Masonic honors, in the
family cemetery, near the tomb of his wife,
who died several years ago.
Another link has been severed from the
fraternal chain that binds us together; may
we who survive him be more strongly ce-
mented in the ties of union and friendship!
Resolved, That in the death of Bro. Bag
and devoted father; the Church one of its
most brilliant lights FredOnia Lodge one of
its most worthy and beloved members, and
the world an upright and useful citizen.
Resolved, That we tender our coincidence
to his bereaYed children and brother, COM
mending them to the care of Him who doeth
all things right, and heals the wounded
heart.
Resolved, That in token of our esteem and
confidence in him, as brother, friend and
citizen. the members of FTedonia Lodge
wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty
days.
Resolved, That copy of the foregoing
preamble and resolutions be spread upon the
records of the Lodge, and a copy be furnished
the GAINESVILLE CHRONICLE for publication,
with request that the Nashville Christian
Advocate please copy. -
H. L. BURNEY,
q. w. BROWN,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-01-12

CONkLING's NEW TACTICS.


The political atmosphere is rife
with rumors of new attack on the
President organized by the malcon-
tent Radicals with B. o. Butler and
Roscoe Conkling at their head. The
scheme is nothing short of a COM
mission to be appointed by reso-
luton of the Senate to enquire into
alleged fraudulent transactions in
counting the vote at the late Pres
idential election with view to dis
placing Hayes and Wheeler and
substituting Tilden and Hendricks
in their places. We know nothing
about the truth of these rumors but
conjecture that nothing further is
really contemplated than to bring
out some exposures damaging to
Mr.. Hayes character as a reform
ing President Nothing has occur
red in the recent history of parties
so signally demonstrating the des-
peration to which the extreme Rad
zeal party has been reduced as this
new move. Mr.. Conkling himself
probably more than any other man
was privy to the rascalities of the
late election, and eager to cover
them up with the diituade device of
the Electoral Commission. We
are reminded of the terrible stories
told of starving mariners at sea
who i'll their desperation have taken
to Staying and devouring one an
other. 1t would be an ineXcuSable
blunder in any Democrat to take
part in such a scheme. Nothing is
so favorable to the ultimate tri-
umph of the party as the present
state of things exactly as it stands
and to all Overtures for concerted
action with the Radical malcontents
the reply should be.
Non tall 0JGriliO nee defenSOJi6u,
/ iefiS
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-01-12
Good AUTHORITY.

One would think that the ROths-
childs were good authority on the
subject of money matters, Here is
what the French member of that
great house said before a monetary
convention at Paris in 1869:
The simultaneous employment of
the two precious metals is satisfac-
tory, and gives rise to no complaint.
Whether gold or silver dominates
for the time being, it is always true
that the two metals concur together
in forming the monetary circulation
of the world, and it is the general
mass of the two metals combined
which serves as the measure of the
value of things. The suppression of
silver would amount to veritable
destruction of values without any
compensation"
And NJ. Rowland, Governor of
the Bank of France, said at the
same conference:
eve have not to deal with ideal
theories. The two moneys have
actually cO-existed since the origin
of human society. They cO-exist
because the two together are neces-
sary, by their quantity, TO meet the
needs of circulation. The necessity
of the two metals, has it ceased to
exist? Is it established that the
quantity of actual and prospective
gold is such that we can now re-
nounce the use of silver without
disaster?r
Let the falling prices and rising
multitudes of unemployed man an
swer these observation-disclosures
IKhig.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-01-12

WE clip the following paragraph
from Gov. McCreary's message to
the Kentucky Legislature, on the
subject of immigration:
Kentucky has an average popu-
lation of 36 persons to the square
mile, whilst the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, has
an average population to the square
mile of 239 persons, and Belgium
442, and other European powers a
still greater average to the square
mile of territory. All other inter
ests require the adoption of policy
that will encourage immigration to
our State; yet Kentucky has not
given as much attention to this sub
ject as Tennessee, Georgia, Ala
bama and Virginia, despite the fact
that these war-desolated States are
oppressed with debt and taxation.
/ believe that progressive spirit is
beginning to awaken in Kentucky,
and | especially desire that it be
fOstered and encouraged, and that
our State be kept in line with the
other States of this Union, and that
our people have Infused into them
that vitality and energy which is
giving life and strength to the New
South.