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THE DEMOCRACY.
sp<rtat ft*oatrh 10 TIE 7ffhun>
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Jan. :N.-Thc Democracy
Of tc State arc on the war.path, and have set
tied down to business for the campaign, nnw
TWO years ahcad, With the purpose anil Intention
Of carrying Illinois In the great Presidential
contest to CONC OIL In 18su. The general plan
Of organization has already been lai.l out by The
wtscst, tile coolest, and mort experienced hca.ts
of The party 10 tt State. During the recent meet
lug Of the Democratic State Central Committee
1t HprtnRficlu. grand council was had, In secrct
at which the present aspect Of political affairs was
thoroughly dizcuascd. At that mectuz COM
mlttcc Of three from the Hcuatu nl fyc from The
House was appointed to confer wIti, the State
Central Committee At the LELAND Fiote), Tint
meeting WAN addressed hy The lion. Lyman
Trumbu1l, who also projected the general plan
OF the campaign. which rocks forward to more
compact, efficient, a1id thorough organization Of
tic democracy than t'as ever been knt'wn before
In this atatc. a grand Lcftfal buscau Is to be-
established at Springfield, With proper room
nihl clerks to trnissact tie business mil perform
the work Of correspondence. THIS !5iircau Is to
lie in charge OF thf Central Committee, whcf, Is
TO supervise and tArrv out tim plan proposed bv
tho Conference. Money Was collected by
small asscssnlentt upon the members Of the
Legislature md Pthera present which was 10
form tho nucleud of fund of sufficient pro-
portions to nnsrE the requirements Of the
campaign. The Central Committee Is to con-
fer with tile Congressional Committees Of each
district in the Stale, and give the proper dtscc
tlon to affaIrs. Every school-distrlct, ward,
township, countN legislative, and Congress
siona1 district 10 tho btatc Is to be thoroughly
organized ind controlled by tho great heatl-
ccutru at Springfield. Every voter in the State
Is to be listed and hls political status described,
aud the list forwarlcd to headquarters The
young men, who cast their first ballot, perhaps,
nt that election, arc to be laborsu With uud
brought into tic Democratic shespfold.
MIs. TRuMBuLL
has pledged himself to attend personally to The
organization Of, the wards In Chcago, mil to
brlnR that city into state OF political atllnitY
with the grcat central body Al Springfield. Ele
bus also consented to give great deal Of tmu
and advice to promote the work OF Democratic
salvation In that beutshtr.l rcclon, md l,as
promised to preach the GOSPEL Of repentance for
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received the following telegram fronl Collector
]. D. Harvey It Chicago:
Watchmn0, Tell us Of the ntrht--
What The signs nf proHItc nFe.
The Pike tolnty missfonarY's early Christian
education was quickly brought !nto olay, a1te
he Immediately responded by telegraph:
Traveller, on ron mountain hight,
f}tuf51na heans our morning %iar
The Hon. soi. Hopkins, Of Cook, dsnfes that
the ptous years Of blu early lffr we're spent In
distributing tracts and Bibles.
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STATE EfJA1kfTIt:3,

HTNl r FsFJN3kI IE.8s
sp,efa' Hspdteh to 7hs Tribune.
6rRtEgrIELp, ILL.,, Jan. T.-'rl,c State Board
OF Charities was cngaged to-,lsy In examining
The quarterly statements Of the various instit-
ifons under its charge. Theac show ilIat thc
expenses vi the varIuus State charitable tnstit-
tEona during ttc past thrco months have aegrc-
gated &lJ7, ,3sl,89. The average humber vi tn-
tnates las been 2,S3i, MIL The cost Of maI,,-
tenauce per capita Was $53.10.
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moved that It he referred to tlc COMMITTEES oil
Federal Relations, 50 that II snight ba properly
consEdercd and diKestca.
. Mr. Fssw, ot Ford, said he Was heurtily In
favor OF the passage OF tho resolution, and ths
communication OF tho scheme proposed. lfshah
long been III fuvot OF tho plan, of Widening u'ld
deepening the canal, ai.d he believed 1t should
10 transferred to tho Federal uoscsnment.
Nr. Hi.Dee said the caua! WIS not pow deep
enough and wide enough fOs 6hipul1g purposes.
anil that, ~ the proposed improvements would
benefit tho whole United States, tle thought tl.s
Ueueral Government should pay tho cxpcuse Of
tlis Improvements.
Mr. Foabeuder could not sec any need Of
haste, for The reason that Congress
wAa row near tho tins Of adjournment, and
could not act upon the resolution II presented
At once, 1Io called attention to tho fact llsat
the canal bad paid expenses, aud tot number
Of improvements, aud that tho State bad already
paid out millions ot dollars on It. Therefore,
ho VA not In fayos Of eedluE 1t TO the General
Oove1utneut. Ho moved 10 postpone the reso-
luton to oue week from today.
Mr. Matthews favored the resolution, and
thought nothing would ne gained by luisy.
a vote was taken upon ME. Trllsdcll's motion
to refer, which waa lost. Ths question then re.
CURED upon Bit. Fusbesnder's molion to make
tha resolution the special order for one week
hence.
lii. Tzusdell agsin spoke In bshalf Of delay.
and advocated the postponemeat OF action upon
the resolution, without saying that be ws4 really
opposed to II. Hs wanted ttmo 10 eonsidsF tho
question.
lr. Sherman presented An amendment to the
resolution, 70 ~ 10 make the Counties iaQutre
whether tlegtslasloR Has desirable, aut, Il 80,
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tho City Council. Tito bill provides that the
Hoard sllull hnys full contsol Of ths Police and
Fire Departments, xnd fDall Gavo tho nower to
try patroltnru md hrctnen ou any proper
charges brought against them. md nt'ows them
an appeal u tl,c Circuit Court. Under thls bill
tie Superintendent u Police aud tle Chief OF
the Flro Department nominate The nluu, but
t1,ey hayo NJ power to summarily discharge
them.
Assistant-supcs1atenl Dxou Is here lohty-
ing against tic bill.
A uaiorly un1 minority report have been
prepared by tin Committee on RetrcnchHlclIt,
to which wus referred tho resolution Ut Mr.
Fosbcnder, introduced so,1le days sfuee, provld-
Inv tat the prA,ing for the Iinuss bs done BY
plol,s members Ut volunteer Christians wsn
might happcn along. There were . few Irish
Calholtcs on tho Committee, who hive nottce,l
that nu Catholic priest llas ever yet uccn turittd
20 offer prayer for tho liouse. 1ksY claim, with
Iustce, thut their religious feelings should ue
respected u much A. those Ut a'.y otl'cr de-
notloatlon, and are, therefore, In favor Of abol-
!shishtng tbs whole talug. The minority arc in
favor OF tbs old plan Of legislative psety. Tho
names OF the minority members afu blurruy,
Struckman, and Viee.
LEolaLATlvx MOTHS.
One hundred and four hills wcre Introduced
Il. the General Assembly Yesterday.
Mr. Campbell, of Cook, Is the youngest metn-
bea Of tllc ssuste, Sir. Merritt, Of Martot,, ths
most baahful, mud Mesars. biuk mud whiting
the haudsotncst. These two latter statements
lusy cause some heart-bu'ntug, but they are
true.
senator Jack Lee, Of Peoria, recently defeated
for United States Senator, doea not mourn uYcr
tie loss OF the coveted honor. Tie fact u, 10
had neyss set his heart upon It. Jack got QUO
vote Ia the CAUCUS
3lessrs. Crooker, Of l.asalls, and Mason, Of
Cook, arc denotntnated tho baby elephants, and
hare been chri4tened respectively Romeo aud
Juliet.
senator Hamilton, President OF the Senate
pro tem., bas not Jet had a,chanco 10 preside; !;
i thu L1eut-uoycsuor Il too Industrious.
Tue proposition Of Representative Blsbee to
treusier The lllinois Il Aichtgan Causl 10 tho
upItct States Government haa created quite 4
rtppia OF excitement nars.
Benatos Hamllton's proposition for the ap-
polntmont Of = revenue commissions 10 sit dur
| inK seee4s to resiss the revenue eads u meat
Ing with growing favor
About tho time Of the elimination Of the late
Senatorial contest hefe, Representative AssthsHs
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-06-21
Youth and Age.

Youth commiserates Age because she
can not share in his pleasures and fol-
lies, because she walks totteringly,
wears spectacles and a wig, or dresses
her hair in by-gone fashion, lives in
the past, and has no glorious earthly
future or career ahead while Age is in
tolerant of Youth and his pastimes, his
love-making, the cut of his coat, the
color of his meerschaum, and his crude
opinions. The young talk and conduct
as if they were never to grow old; the
old complain and criticise as if they had
never been young. One would suppose
that the first possessed some spell
against the paralysis of Time, and that
the second had never skipped rope, or
staid out in the evening dew, or had
never worn her clothes for vanity in
stead of comfort, or enjoyed the de-
licious nonsense of "sweet-and-twenty." )"
The old person reminds us that girls
were different in her day, though the
main difference is in the point of view.
In her days she regarded them with
young eyes; she sees them now reflect
ed in Claude Lorraine glass, so to
speak, wearing the ineffable charm of
remoteness. The girl of the period is
so close at hand that she has no claim
to picturesqueness; all her angles are
visible even to imperfect eyesight.
"Old peoples eyes are strongest for
things a long way off. like their men,
ories," says George Eliot. Those vir-
tues about which the precious past has
cast its glamour are quite plain to
them, but these of the present are too
near, too much part of every days
commonplaces, for complete recogni.
ton. Perhaps it is because youth is the
season of hope and beauty that the
poets have all consented to espouse its
cause and sing its praises, as if it alone
possessed all the advantages the human
soul could covet, as if age had not a
poetry and pathos as well. Is there
more poetry in looking forward to hopes
that may succeed or fail than in looking
backward to those that have disappoint-
ed us? Does not the fading rose touch
the imagination more sensibly than the
opening fowerP "When was young" "
is the poetry of the old, since we all
look for it in " something afar from the
sphere of our sorrow" but does not
something of the tender bloom of heart
remain, whatever Byrons may say, al
though we fancy that it abides only with
the bloom of youthp
Life is but thought; so think will
| That Youth and are house mates still.
If age has gout and rheumatism, it is,
at least, exempt from love-sickness, and
immaturity, and the uncertainty OF
what things Fate may have in store: il
"youth is nimble on the road, age has
not so far to travel, and can afford tC
take it easily; moreover, it has learned
that heaven is not place but a state
and that "youth's Il stuff will not en-
dure. ."-Hdrper's Bazaar.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-06-21
Agassiz and the Snake.

OF Prof. Agassiz, Miss A. G. Brackett
writes in the National Journal of Edu-
cation recalling day in the Farming
ham school when one of the pupils pro-
duced little field-snake from her desk,
and when, amid the confusion that en-
sued in the group around, Agassiz walk
ed quickly up to us, instantly detached
the little, brown, terrified thing, and
took it at once gently into his hand,
calling it by its own name, and thereby,
as it were, giving it a welcoming right
into the one great family to live and en-
Joy itself. As Mr.. Whipple says, the
dumb creation recognizes their friend,
for even the little snake curled itself at
once contentedly round his strong right
hand
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-06-21
CURRENT NEWS.
WASHINGTON.

The Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections, at private meeting held on the
10th, considered the case Of Senator Ingalls,.
Two Democratic Senators, Fill and Vance,
and two Republicans, Cameron of Wiscon-
sin and Hoar, expressed themselves, that, in
view of the investigation by the Kansas
Legislature, there is not enough in the case
to put ingalls, again on his defense, and
therefore they would not recommend an
investigation by the Senate. The remain
ing four Democratic members were of the
opinion that the investigation ought to be
ordered. Senator ingalls,, who is himself
the ninth member Of the committee, was
absent
Reports received at the General Land
Office in Washington show that, during the
months Of January, February, March and
April last, as many acres were taken up as
ever before in any single year, which indi-
Gates an unprecedented and encouraging in
crease in the volume of immigration.
A Republican Senatorial Caucus, held on
the 14th, agreed to antagonize the passage of
both the Army and the Legislative Appro-
priation bills as presented. The objection
raised is to the Sixth Section of the Army
bill, which it is claimed would prevent the
use of troops for the enforcement of any law
on election days in time of peace, and also
that 1t infringed npon the Constitutional
power Of the President as Commander in
Chief Of the Army. The restrictive clauses
in the Legislative bill regarding judicial ex-
penses are also declared Objectionable.
The evidence before the Senate Commit
tee in the Kellogg Spofford case has closed,
after the usual amount Of hard swearing.
Two of the colored men summoned rs Spot
ford's witnesses, and who made afiidavits
in support of his claims, but finally testified
in favor Of Kellogg, are now on bail under
charges of perjury made at the instance of
Spofford's agent, Cavanac; and Murray, the
principal colored agent for Spoford, has
been arrested at the instance of some of the
colored Kellogg witnesses, on a charge of
subornstion Of perjury.
The House Committee on Elections have
decided that the Iowa October elections were
legal; that although the Constitution of the
State was vague on the contested points, the
construction placed upon it by the Judicial
and civil officers of the State was the best
method Of determining its meaning Under
this decision Messrs. Sapp and Carpenter
will retain their seats.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-06-21
At Kansas City, Mo-, on the night of the
18th, Mrs. F. G. Noonan was shot and killed

At Kansas City, Mo-, on the night of the
18th, Mrs. F. G. Noonan was shot and killed
by her husband under most distressing cir.
cumstances. During the night Mr.. Noonan
was awakened by his wife, who stated that
robbers were in the house. He got up,
seized revolver, and went to a
front room his wife following. Arriving
there, his wife thought she saw a robber,
and, uttering an exclamation, grabbed her
husband about the neck. He became
frightened, and thinking, in his excitement,
that he had hold of a robber, fired, and his
wife dropped dead at his feet.
The Kansas Pacific Railroad, after being
for nearly three years In the hands of re-
ceiver, has been transferred, by order of the
United States Court, to s. II. II. Clark, Gen
eral Manager of the Union Pacific Railroad,
representing the Jay Gould interest.
The Republicans of the Fifth Iowa Dis
trict have nominated Mayor Thompson to
fill the vacancy in Congress made by the de-
cease Of Representative Clark.
At Hunters Creek, Mich, on the Detroit
and Bay City Railroad, on the morning OF
the 18th, Manly Stevens, Jr., a night-watch-
man in a saw-mill, went home and found
John House in company with Mrs. Stevens.
The infuriated husband shot the intruder
five times through various parts Of the body,
shot his wife through the head, and then
shot himself, also through the head, dying
instantly. Mrs. st vens and House were
both mortally wounded.
Rev. Samuel S. Harris has accepted the
Bishopric of Michigan, to which he was
elected by the Episcopal Convention held re-
Gently at Detroit. Mr.. Harris has been for
some years the rector Of st. James's Church,
Chicago. He is about 3S years of age, Of fine
personal appearance, and stands high among
the clergy as an eloquent preacher and able
debater.
At Boswell, Ind, during q sudden thun-
der storm on the evening of the 14th, large
number of persons present at a shooting
match took shelter under a low lumber
shed. The shed was struck by lightning and
two men were instantly killed and two ia
tally injured, and several others were badly
stunned.
George r. Reynolds, the Salt Lake Nor
mon, convicted of bigamy under the United
States law, has been sentenced to two years.
imprisonment in the Detroit Penitenti-
ary and $500 fine. A strong effort is being
made to induce President Hayes to grant a
pardon.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-06-21

a strict party vote. all =, the Democrats
voting aye and the Republicans no.
Mr.. Young 3D., Tenn.) introduced a bill
granting pension of $50 a month to the
widow of Lieut.. Hiram Benner. On motion
of Mr.. Ryan (R., Kas) the bill was passed for
the relief of settlers on the Usage trust and
diminished reserve lands in Kansas. On
motion of Mr.. Washburn (R., Mimi. the bill
was passed allowing pre- -emption settlers IL
months after date of filing their entries to
complete their residence.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-06-21
GENERAL.

Returns to the Department of Agricul-
ture indicate an increase in the area planted
in cotton of somewhat over2 per cent. The
average conditicn is 98. 1t was 90 last year.
The average condition of the winter wheat
for June is 80 against 9s last year. The acre
age Of spring wheat sown is about per
cent. increase over last year.
The Cincinnati Gazette IL authority for the
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-06-21

New Hampshire's manufactures
last year amounted to over $96, 900, 900,
among them being $50, ,5S3 800 worth of
cotton goods, 81, 9,000 of boots and
shoes, and 50 ,222 ,000 of woolens.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-06-21
FOREIGN.


Alexander Solovieff, who attempted the
assassination of the Emperor Of Russia on
the 14th of April, was banged on the 9th.
The famine in Cashmere is taking its
course, and the people are reported dying
by hundreds.
The eruption of Mount Etna has ceased,
but the volcano continues to give forth
smoke.
The Emperor Williams Golden Wedding
was celebrated with great splendor at Ber-
lin on the 11th. The whole city was gayly
decorated, and at night the banks of the
Rhine were illuminated by big bonfires.
There were in attendance, as guests of the
Royal family, representatives from nearly
every ruling family in Europe.
Fresh discoveries Of the revolutionary
propaganda in Russia continue to be made
almost daily. One of the most startling is
that of the discovery of a number of secret
gunpowder manufactures at Tonne, in ST.
IBERIA. 1t appears that these mills have been
in operation for several months, and it is be-
lieved that large quantities of powder made
by them have been distributed among the
disaffected populace of this portion of the
country.
The Prince Of Orange, heir apparent to the
throne Of the Netherlands, is dead.
Reports have reached the Government of
India of fresh massacres of royal Princes at
Mandalay, prompted by the King of Bur-
nah.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg states that
the Governor General of Moscow has found
1t necessary to extend martial law to five ad-
jscent provinces.
The long distance pedestrian contest for
the Ashley belt was begun at Agricultural
Hall, London, on the 10th. Four contestants
appeared-John Ennis of Chicago, Blower
Brown of Turnham Green, r. Harding of
Blackwell, and E. p. Weston of New York.
Rowell, present champion, was unable to
enter, on account of an injury to his foot. He
therefore forfeits his stake and the belt.
A telegram from Rio Janeiro states that
Gen. Goby has deposed the President OF
Paraguay and seized upon the Govern
ment.
The International boat race at Newcastle
on-Tyne, England, on the 10th, between
Hanlan, the American, and Elliott, the En-
glish oarsman, was won by the American
easily by 10 boat-lengths.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-06-21

The unveiling of the bust of VIM.
Gilmore Simms, the poet and novelist,
took place at White Point Garden,
Charleston, s, c., on the 18th.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-06-21
School and Church.

During May there were held in Eng:
land 1l8 religious anniversaries. All
denominations except the Roman Catho-
lie were represented.
The American Wesleyans, who do
not tolerate secret societies, have men,
bership of about 10000, and a publish
ing house at Syracuse, N. Y.
Parts of the Bible have been trans
latei into 200 languages, yet in only 90
languages are there complete transla-
tions from Genesis to Revelations.
The congregation of the Church OF
the Messiah of New York have unani-
mously agreed to call Rev. Robt. Coll
yer of Chicago to the pastorate OF that
church.
One cent a day from each member
of the Methodist Church at Dunellen,
N. j., is expected to pay the church
debt. The brethren have begun, and
say they will keep on to the end.
-Twenty-three of the 20 members OF
the senior class of the Allegheny Theo'
logical Seminary have offered them
selves as missionaries, some for fields
in this country, and some to go among
the heather of far off lands.
The Quakers in Western Pennsyl.
vania are much exercised over the mil
linery question. Some of the sisters
will persist in wearing the ungodly hats
glorified in the fashion-books, and fol
so doing several have been excommu,
nicated.
up to the 18th of May, nearly z 900
900 francs had been sent to the Arch
bishop of Paris as subscriptions for the
Church of the Sacred Heart, now being
built in that city. The subterrane II
vault of the edifice is nearly finished
and its dimensions surpass those o
any existing cathedral in France.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-06-21

The American Missionary Associa.
ton has $4,000 Iudians and 1929 stu.
dents under its care.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-06-21

statement that the friends of Senator Zach
Chandler are determined upon pushing hin
for the Presidency.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-06-21
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.

At Philadelphia, on the 9th, Edward Parr,
convicted of the murder OF his daughter,
swallowed a dose of poison in the court
room and died few hours afterward from
the effects, notwithstanding the heroic rem
edies administered by physicians to save
his life.
A most horrible crime was committed in
New York City on the night of the 10th.
The wife of DIR. Alonzo j. Hull, a wealthy
physician, residing at No. 140 West Forty
second Street, was found dead In her bed
on the following morning. Her hands and
feet were tied; she was blindfolded, and a
gag was In her mouth. Her rings were strip
ped from her fingers. A trunk at the bed
side was open and rified of its contents.
There was no clew to the perpetrator of the
murder.
An immense destruction of petroleum and
shipping occurred at Point Breeze, on the
Schuylkill River, near Philadelphia, on the
11th, occasioned by a stroke of lightning
which set on fire quantity of oil, and the
rapid spread of the flames Tapped up num-
ber of vessels taking on cargoes for ship
ment to Europe. The loss will probably
reach 81 ,OO0, 900.
A gang of 10 convicts, at work in the con-
Chatham County, on the 14th made a break
for liberty. The guards promptly fred up
on them, killing four and seriously wound.
ing four others. Two escaped unscathed.
Henry w. Blair is the Republican nomi-
nee for United States Senator from New
Hampshire, which is equivalent to an elec-
ton. He is about As years Of age and serv-
ed in the Forty-fourfh Congress. Harry
Bingham is his Democratic competitor.
The Fall River (Mass.) spinners, at a
meeting held on the 14th, determined that
after 10 days notice, unless their demand
for Is per cent. increase was acceded to,
they would inaugurate general strike.
The manufacturers are equally firm in their
determination not to accede to the demands
of the spinners, and say they will close their
mills in the event Of a spinners' strike, thus
throwing out of work some l., 900 operatives