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in tho Quaker City was not ut oil devoted to
meditnting I'm solitude on the banks Of tho
Schuylkill. hut in n round OF parties. calls. and
social lionlzing in the denscst pnrt of the city.
SO far as any evidence goes TON MooRE was
mover inside Tom MooRE's cottage. and ora-
tors who mny DO intending to describe their
emotions on seeing this structure and recalling
its hallowod memories should take warning
and forbcar
Not since the golden age OF BLoND1N. TO
which 1t still fondly revorts. has the neighbour
hood Of niagara enjoyed feast OF sensations
like that which Il Ia now talking about II has
lately supped on horrors. First came PEERS
voluntary jump or fall of 1872 feet from the Sds-
pension Bridge into the river. Mt which the
spectators. transilxcd. could only murmur:
" He's gonc He's dcadl" And hard on that
came Pf WALKERS involuntary plunge over tho
cataract. In moro prolonged scene OF anxiety
and dread. which an excursion party from Bur
falo. by almost provdentially arriving on tho
spot in the nick Of time. was enabled to witness.
1t may well be credited that some resident pur-
veyors to tourists. who know full well how
human nature is attracted to fcnis and scenes
like these. arc iubllnnt over so brilliant an
opening Of the summer season. Probably they
would not mind putting up a Joint monument
But yet this kind OF attraction may not be fur
nished throughout tho season.
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To-day occurs the great Epson race for
the Derby stakes. Unfortunately. or fortunately.
American interest in 1t hns been lcssencd since
Uncas dropped away from the probabilities Of
winning. The course at Epson. especially ut
tho finish. Is harder on horse Of Uncas's build
than that at Newmarket. where he was beaten
badly by several o. to-day's entries. or the
favories. Cadogan. Charbcrt. Victor Chief.
Falmouth Ruperra. Zut. Caxtonian. and Rayon
dor. tho two former ran respectively second
and first for the Two Thousand Guineas. in
which Uncas was beaten. But the odds are that
winner Of tho Two Thousand Guineas will
not be n winner also of the Derby. though 1t has
sometimes happened; and besides. Cadogan.
who ran very close to Charihert at Newmarket.
will to-day carry n heavier jockey, and less
AIDED weight. Victor and Falmouth did not run
for the Guneas. and are all the higher in favor
on that account Rayon d'Or ran third and
Sirathcrn fourth for the Guineas. and have
supporters; but Zut. who ran seventh. won tho
Prix du Jockey Club. or French Derby. last
Sunday. and. being also entered for to-day ia
moro in favor than his stable companion. Rayon
dor. owned. like Zut by Count L. DE LAGBANGE.
The race IL felt to bc uncertain. as the distribu-
ton of the betting shows
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-28

We take the risk of spelling tho point OF
some illusions prepared for the Tom MOORE
celebration by correcting one common mistake
about the poets soiourn in this country. There
is n small cottage on the banks Of the Schuyl-
Kill. not far from tho site Of the Centennial
buildings. which is popularity called TOM
MooREs cottage. and the visitor 10 Philadelphia
is sometimes told when tho cottage is pointed
out that there tho poet composed tho verses be-
ginning. Alone by the Schuylkll a wanderer
royed." Tho truth is that the bard's brief stay
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-28
SnInries.

Though the last Legislature was Rcpub-
can, it failed to pass any bill for the rcduc-
tion Of salaries in this city. AS those who
live by these salaries are mainly Democrats,
there was some reason to hope that n prac-
teal reduction might give relief to our tax
payers; but the hope was fallacious.
Did Mr.. SrRAHAN really desire to get his
bill through the Legislature or not Is it
possible IN impossible that bin OF the sort
should ever be passed Can there never be
any dminution in the heavy burdens which
weigh upon the people Of this city?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-28

DAVID DAVIS weighs several hundred
pounds. and he is rcputed to De millionaire
But the fat hasn't got into his brains and tho
money hasn't hegotten in him an afTectation Of
contempt for the Institutions OF his country
aud an unhealthy hankering after monarchy
AMI n poernGc. Like his lifelong friend.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN he is man OF the people
understanding them, sympathlzlng with them
and believing in them, Would that public men
Of this thoroughly American and dcmocrntic
stamp were pleniier among MS in these days.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-28

Tho Senate Yesterday discussed tho Cattle
TRANSPORTATION bill at some length. and post
poned the subject till the first Monday in De-
cembor. The Subsidiary Coin bill was further
discussed. but no action was taken. Early in
the day. Mr. DAWES arose to contradict the in
situation made hy Mr. MCDONALD on the pre-
vious day that election supervisors were en-
ployed In Massachusetts TO keep Con. BUTLER
away from Beacon Hill and the State House.
and GEORGE +. lIoAR stood up in support Of
his colleagues contradiction.
In the House. tho morning hour was occupied
by a successful effort on the part Of the Repuh-
Leans to prevent action on the bill relating to
the removal Of cases from the State to the Fcd-
eral courts The bill to prevent the introdtc-
tion Of contagious or infectious diseases in tho
United States was taken NJ. and 1t led 10 the
recitation OF some familiar sentiments on the
subject OF State rights. Mr. CoNGrR Of Michi-
gan was the only member who became eloquent.
and he observed that II state rights could in
tcrtore with the exercise Of the omnipotcnt
powers OF Congress to defend the people. let
them come!'-mcaning State rights. The bill
was carried without amendment. and being the
Senate bill, 1t now goes to HAYES.
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The hero of Saarbrtick and heir to the
French Empire. who il in Xululnnd to play his
part Of championing the cause Of British cyili-
cation, may really after all, have n chance to
win his SPURS Tho forward movement has
probably by this time begun, and tho impotence
with which the Bonaparlists Of France and Eng
land have been awaiting Prince LoUIss con-
quest Of CETYwAYo and his second baptism OF
fire, viii not grow less feycrish until they learn
the result.
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The Philadelphia Times says that the pop
ular branch OF the Pennsylvania Legislature
will soon be called upon 10 discharge one Of
the most delicate and responsible duties i'm
posed upon it by the Constitution and the laws"
and that since the adoption Of the new Const-
tuition there has boon but one occasion that
called for tho exercise Of the cXtreme powers OF
the House by the expulsion Of its own mem
bers" Tho Times believes that lit is not
doubted by any dispassionate observer Of events
at Harrisburg during the present session that
any report from the GATcHELL Committee. ut
all founded on the evidence before IT, must be
accompanied with resolutions for the expulsion
Of several members Of the House" and II
advises the House 10 consider tho vital
question whether less than two-thirds Of
all the members elected cnn eXpc mem
h'r, tho now Constitution being without any
positive mandate on that point. The Times
also asserts thnt it Is the plain duty Of tho In
yestigntng Committee TO direct the attention Of
the Grand Jury and District Attorney Of Dau-
Ihin County TO the evidence implcatinga num-
bor Of persons in the corrupt solicitation Of
legisators;' and 1t might bo added that. il the
Grand Jury and the District Attorney do their
duty, the King OF the BOOSTERS" may have
chance to mediate in the solitude Of peniten-
tiary cell upon tho vicisstudcs Of a career de-
voted TO Addition, Division. and Silence.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-04-05

curities III the recognized mon
ely markets Of the world. If
the convention can accomplish
this, no man, whatever the
legal and technical nature of
his claim may he, has any
right whatever to complain.
AS we understand it, there is
no disposition on tile part OF
our people to repudiate. They
merely propose to ascertain
what they can pay and what
they owe, and accommodate
the two facts alter they are
ascertained.
This is not reputation, nor
dishonesty, nor evasion. 1t is
plain, square, bedrock prac>
ticality aud common-sense.
and the sooner the bondhold-
ers realize and accept it as
such The better it will be for
chem.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-04-05
A C0MMON-sENsE VIEW.

AS we understand it, says
the N. O. DEMOCRAT, the ne.
cessity for a constitutional
convention and the discussion
Of State finances which that
proposition has provoked,
grew out Of the inability Of the
people to bear the onerous
taxation under which they
have so long languished in Or
der to de'ray the expenses Of
a government, intentionally
made as costly as possible for
purposes of party and official
robbery. 10 afford relief
against the intolerahle exac-
tons that are imperative I'M
der the existing establishment,
then, is the sole object that
the convention can have in
view. The natural and logical
process of getting at the attain
ment of this end would be to
first ascertain what amount
Of taxation the people can
bear, and fix a certain limit,
which it shall not exceed, and
then regulate the expenditures
Of the State accordingly. How
high this limit shall be is The
question. In several States
taxation does not exceed one
mill, and, in the majority, it
is less than five mills, or the
half Of one per cent. We do
not believe that it should
much exceed five mills in Lou
islana. But, however high or
low this estimate may be, to
fix a limit is the very first
question that the convention
will have to agree upon. This
once determined upon, the
convention will then estimate
the probable return from such |
taxation, and proceed to ac-
commodate, as best it car, the
expenses of government there>
to. The debt, the manner of
the largest possible |
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-04-05

BA1-EIS SALINE ApEHIENT hat is
it 1t is mild, pleasant and delightful
pnrgative, which spaIklcs and cflcrves-
ces just like soda water. 1t is coming
INTO extensive Use among all classes. who
have become tired of pills. It acts mild
ly upon the bowels, is cooling and refresh
ing, relieving headache, acid stomach,
heartburn, indi digestion, constipation, sc
1t lnvigorates the weak and depressed.
a!Iays fever, promotes hcalthful perspira-
ton, regulates 'he flow Of bile, mitigatcs
the panss of rheumatism, and keeps the
brai, cool and clear. For the dyspe ptic.
rheumatic and govt it has wonderful
soothing and palliating effect. It is
white powder, and it is only necessary to
pour little water on tablespoonful and
take as soda water
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-04-05

"W!LL HE NEVER RETURN. This girl
was standing at the trout door pale, ex-
cited and almost motonless. The night
was dark and gloomy, rain was pourin =
down in torrents thunders roared and
iightnings flashed yet she stood pecping
through the darkness. ''Wili he never
r-turn,' she sighed. Her heart was
heavy and her thoughts were of her
mother, who lay in a room close by, pros
tratcd with a chrome female complaint
aud had been despaiged Of by all. Some
one said that Engis Female Bitters
would cure her mother, and this girl had
dispatched some one to the drug store for
Il bottle. 1t came, her mother used it and
Il rapid cure was the result. That girl is
worth marrying. All sickly females,
married or single, can be cured by using
the sam medicine.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-04-05
THE MURDER OF MRS. sURRATT:

Gen. e. W. SIocum, one of the
most distinguis he'd brigade, div,s~
ion, corps and grand division COM
manders of The war, recently deiv-
cred lecture in Brooklyn on
events Of the great struggle, during
the course Of which he expressed
the opinion, always held by the
Union, that Mrs Surratt was a mur,
dcred woman. He said:
l am going to speak to you one
word about the execution of Mrs.
surratt at the close Of the war, for
think some good lessons can be
learned from the story Of her trial
AND death. l believe any people
situated as We were ought 10 be
cautioned against placing impiic!;
confidence in evidence given at 8
time of high excitement. | could
stand here Tonight aud relate to
you FIFTY incidents that would serve
TO caution everybody against tax
ing evidence against Others when
the people were all in q state Of
intense eXci,cGent. Taere never
Was a day, there never was an
hour, that [ did not believe that
Mrs. Surralt was as innocent wo
man as there is in this hall. Ap-
plau-e She was the keeper Of a
boarding house in Washington.
she boarded Booth and half a doz-
en- other rebel sympathizcrs, and |
she had sou, John Ii. Surratt. |
Wilkes Booth was gailty Of shoot
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-04-05
THE WASTE OF FIRE.

During the past year, without the oc-
currence of any remarkable fires, it has
cost the United States about 100000 a
day to furnish employment to our town
and city fire departments. What the
fire departments cost we do not knew ::
it is Il good round sum at the least cal
culation Architects, say that 10 Or Is per
cent of the cost of any building, properly
eNpen led, will make it practically fire
proof. Our daily fire losses would there
fore tireproof from 81 100000 to So, 600 900
worth Of new structures a day, or up
wards of 100000 600 worth year. At
this rate it would not take many years to
tive insgnilicance.
1t might not be bad thing to forbid
in towns and cities the erection of houses
upon which less than S per cent of the
total cost should be devoted to approved
plans for preventing the spread OF fire. In
view also of the Increased indi florence to
fro risks incident to fire insurance, it
might be good policy to require that, for
every dollar spent for insurance, pro
portional sum should be expended upon
means for preventing fires, or upon ap-
piarces for securing the prompt extinc-
ton of such as might be started. Irprc-
vcntive measures were TINS made
imperative for Il decade or So the coun.
try would soon be able o save Il cuusid- |
cradle portion Of the $l00,o0o,"00 a year
no directly or indirectly sacrificed to
The ''tire tiend''-an item certainly worth |
taking account of.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-04-05

ing Mr.. Lincoln, and this poor
woman was brought to trial in con-
nection with Wilkes Booth, and
through the excitement OF the times
her neck was brought to the halter.
Her daughter, young girl cigh-
teen or nineteen years Of age. on
the morning Of the execution went,
to the Presidents room and beg
ged permission to say a few words
TO him on behalf Of her mother, and
a United States Senator from our
own State, who acted as door ten
der, repulsed her saying, mo, no,
you cannot go in" Worse than
that. meaner than that, the poor
girl three or four years afterward
married clerk in the Treasury
Department. No charges were
made against him, but because this
c'er9 had married the daughter Of
Mrs. Snr att he wa discharged.
Let US brag Of our achievements,
bu; at the same time let US learn to
look our faults and errors fairly and
>quarely in the face and acknowl-
edge them when we have cause to.
The murder of Mrs Surratt was
the most cruel aud cowardly ac'
ever committed in any civilized
country. 1t is a curious and sug-
gestive fact that all who were chief
~ responsible for the execution of
that innocent woman have felt the |
unseen hand Of the Great Avenger.
stanton. Secretary Of War, who
was perhaps the worst of the mum
DER, committed suicide in a fit Of
'emorse, although the fact was
sought to be concealed. Preston
King. the Senator from New York
who rcpulsed Annie Surratt at the
Presidents door. in like mans
Ter ended his own lite by de-
iberately jumping from a ferry boat
nto the North River at New Yo,k
nd drowning himself. Andrew
ohpshD, who signed the death
'arrant and despotical|y suspended
be writ Of habeas corpus that had
cen granted by the courts, was
.ricken suddenly witt. death upon {
is return 10 the Senate after he
i'd left the Presidency. Judge '
dvocate Holt, who conducted the
rosecution, long ago disappeared c
ON public view, and whether
cad or alive nobody knows and {
obody cares. And John A. Bing> S
am, who assisted Holt, was driven +
ON Congress in disgrace as one Of e
re Credit Mobilier bride takers 4
I'd sought refuge in Japan, where,
e believe, he now is.-Rochester
Nor. q
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-04-05
THE FELlClANA SENTINEL.
OUR INTEREST BURDEN.

The aute-bellua, debts Of Louisi
ana as State, and New Orleau.
as a city, were assumed when ne.
g:oes bad taxable value whict
figured largely in our real or i'm.
agina.y wea h az a political com
muni,y. And what is true OF OUT
public debts it equally true of pri-
vate ones. Plantations, well stock
ed with involuntary laborers, found
no difficulty in securing handsome
mortgage loans. and in paying high
rates of interest. For instance, a
plantation so circunstanced, and
valued, with its chattels. at $500,
600, was scarcely considered en-
numbered u hen the mortgage claim
against it did not exceed $4,000.
But the case was entirely dinereut
after emanc patton had freed the ne
grocs, and the ravagea Of war and
subsequent shrinkages had reduced
the value Of the land and improve
men's to thirty or forty thousand
dollars. We will suppose that thu
$50 900 10 Question had been bor-
rowcd from city factors or banks,
in whole or in part, fer the pur-
chase of plantation Lands, aud with
this assump tion, the hopeless con-
dition Of the planter may be readi~
1y conceived. Herein, moreover,
may DC found one of the great
drawbacks of Louisiana since the
war. Her people have been pay
ing interest on the purcha-e price |
e' dead or emancipated negroes-
on debts which never would have
been contracted had negroes not
beed recognized by the constitution
and laws of the land as property.
1t is the sweeping away of so large
a portion of our former assessa bic
values which renders the burden of
Our Indebtedness, and, more par
tieular]y, the interest burden, 50
terribly onerous. With fearful =
contracted assets we are paying for
" hat our Northern friends signif
,antly call "a dead horse," and
find the operation by no means
pleasant one.
Obligations assumed unde: such
circumstances are certainly proper
'ubJects for equitable compromise,
md they must be so arranged be-
ore our planting interests can be
placed on satisfactory basis. But
( ii be hard for our plan ters, in
lew Of their altered circumstances,
0 pay debts voluntarily contracted
y them in their Individual capaci
y, low much harder is it for our
axpaycrs to provide for public OBJ
ica,ions frequently issued in their
name when the rights of sel(-gov- y
were denied! The eqni- y
les should be religiously consulted y
n determining the exsen, Of our :,
ublic Indebtedness, and as our iu- +
ure taxation must necessarily be .
United in amount. our creditors :
'ill show their good sense by maxi \
az concessions in the way OF inter- 4
st.-.N, O. C;tu Item.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-04-05

] the nGmOer ana salaries o
s officers-all of those are guess
tons we regard as merely in
= cidental matters, with which
. the constitution, the funda-
mental law, has nothing to do
) Immediately, but which must
be accommodated to certain
! elementary principles and fix
ed and absolute limitations,
: which the convention shall
prescribe.
We do not hesitate, howev-
er, to affirm that the first duty
Of the State IS, after reducing
the number Of it's officials to
the smallest possible number
and fixing their salaries at lie
lowest figures, to pay them in
full. dollar for dollar, in tie
current money of the realm,
the last cent to which they
are entitled. 1t is a disgrace
to any commonwealth that it's
officials, from Governor down,
including even the dignatarics
Of its judiciary department,
should be forced to hawk their
warrants on the street to mon
ey-nongers and curb->tone
brokers. The public servants
should be emancipated from
their slavery to this precaricu
class The same may be said I
of our State debt. As it now |
stands, it is nothing ell than
a roulette wheel for Carondclet
street to gamble on. 1t simply /
furnishes a base and unnatur-
al excitement for a class OF
men whose avocation it is to
speculate on human industry,
and whose ante-types our Sa-
vior kicked ont of the Temple
as defilers Of His holy sanc1ua~
ry.
Yet this is the debt AID
these are the men in whose
behalf the people Of this State
are bound, by all the obliga-
tons Of honor and morality, to
wear the yoke of a confscat-
ing taxation. There are sane t
and the man who ven
lures even to question the ,
origin aud justice of the iii c
burdens they i'm
pose upon the people is an i
example Of private and public +
a defaulter and a r
repupiator-' u
But wac raises a voice in t
1efense of the poor and over a
worked employees Of the o
State, and parish and the city, "
Who worked day and night to a
honestly earn the poor pay IL
hey have to hawk on the W
treets to h'nt-hearted userers? III
What becomes Of these peo-
lie nobody knows and moody :.
ares. Our policemen, for ex- n ,r
mpie, are lost sight of in our &C
ender and merciful considera- in
on for The money changers n:
nd dove>sellers who have IN
assessed themselves Of their be
'arrants. The poor, over 1t
'orked, oonsumptive women al a:
no teach our children are tn
breed in order to AVOID star br
alton, to alternatives we dare rh
OF mention. Yet, there is 20 so
ord. no thong ht even, for W. No
1ese. They have been crowd ia
d out OF our hearts and our -
lercltul memories by the al
'aJs present aAd obtrusive
onsc'ousness that our money
!ongcTs mast be cared for
'st, and cared for tenderly.
Out upon such mercy, such
.tegrlty, such honesty, sucn
onor as this! The FIST duty
I'd honor Of the State and
the CITY are TO nav its
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-04-05
Ayers
H0er VI:gor,
For restoring Gray Hair d
It's natural VITALITY and Colo

oTaysnaI color, auth the gloss and
freshness Of youth. Thin hair Isl
thicSened, falling hair checked, and
badness often, though not always,
cured by its use. Nothing can re.
store the hair where the follicles are
destroyed, or the glands atrophied
and decaycd. But such as remain
can be saved for usefulness by this
application. Instead of fouling the
hair with a pasty sediment, it will /
keep it clean and vigorous. Its
occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, !
and consequently prevent badness
Free from those deleterious sub I
stances which make some prepala
tons dangerous and injurious to Z
the hair, the Vigor can only benefit /
but not harm it. If wanted merely
for q