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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-02-27
WASHINGTON.

Tie internal Revenue Bib DILIGENTLY
Ece0nciIld - Charges OF Corruption
in the Pension Oliice-SenatOr
Fdmunds's Bill for the Pro-
lection Of the Rights
OF Citizens.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-02-27
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Associated Press Dispatch. ]

NASHVILLE February 26.-At the meeting
OF the Nationa! agricultural congress, Prof.
Lapton, OF Vanderbilt university, read an es--
say on Chemistry and Agriculture, and
Jonathan Peusm, OF Chicago, on The In
auenCe Of the Press on Agriculture and tie
the Development OF Civilization. The Old
officers were re elected. The next meeting
viii be held at Atlanta, Georgia, August 26-h,
next.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-02-27
A PEhSOHAL ALIEhCAIIONs

D titl-i-.-J.u0 OCCURRED u the senate IuUOF
- ,sr o'clUcK to--:Eht between D0an
o. sri VIM. - 'Garrighau, ~h.Sa. though
1f go brief duration, resulted IN Pratt.
icing badly punished about the head ana
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-19
The Spirit Of Prophecy.

In his memorable oration on the
completion of the Bunker Hill monu-
ment, Daniel Webster described the
present situation with almost the spirit
Of prophecy, in these striking words
Quite too frequent resort il made
to military force and quite too much
of the substance Of the people is con-
sumed in maintaining armies, not for
defense against foreign aggression,
but for enforcing obedience 10 domestic
authority. Standing armies are the
oppressive instruments for governing
the people in the hands of hereditary
aud arbitrary monarchs. A military
republic, a republic founded on mock
elections, and supported only by the
sword, is n movement indeed, but n
rctrogradc and disastrous movement,
from the regular and old fashioned
monarchical systems.
Z" If men would enjoy the blessings
Of republican government they must
govern themselves by reason, by mu-
tual counsel and consultation, by a
sense and feeling of general interest,
aud by the acquicscence Of the min0r.
dy IN the ,OW Of he mqjority, properly
expressed, and above all the military
must be kept according to the langu-
age Of our bill Of rights, in strict sub.
ordination TO the civil authority
Wherever this Lesson i not learned
and practiccd, there eau be no politi-
cal freedom. Absurd, prepostcrous is
it, scoH and a satire Oh free forms Of
constitutional liberty, for frames Of
government to be prescribed by mill.
tary Ieaders and the right, Of suffrage
10 be erercised at the point Of he
strord."
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-19
The Jews.

Moses, the wi.cst Of law-giyers, was
a jew. Joshua, one Of the cleyorc.t
generals in the world. was jew.
David, "a man after Gods own heart"
was jew solomon, the wi-est $50
called of men, whose fame j. greater
to-day than when he built the temple,
was n jew. All the prophets were
Jews all the apostles were Jews;
Jesus Christ himself was a jew. His
mother was Jewess. In every age
and country the Jews have done their
whole duty to the country in which
they have resided, and TO society.
Marshal Soult, one of Napoleon
ablcs; mar.hals, and who stood faith
fully by him 10 the last at Waterloo,
was a jew. Judah i. Benjamin, one
OF the ablest and most faithful Of men,
and to-day the leading lawyer of Eng
land, is a jew. Senator Jonas of
Louisiana is jew. The present prime
minister of Great Britain j. a Jew.
The Rothschilds are Jews. From the
earliest dawn of history to the present
time, the Jews have furnished their
full share Of brave and honorable
men, and of pure and beautiful women.
None have surpassed them in public
spirit, in works of charity and devo-
tion to principle.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-19
The Cause Of Thunder.


PROM Mature
have lately seen it stated in text
book upon electricity and magnetism
that the phenomenon of thunder il not
fully accounted for by any theory az
yet brought forward. Whether tbis
be ~ Or not ! am not sufficiently ac4
quninted with the subject 10 say. /
believe the commonly accepted theory
Is that vacuum is created in the path
Of the electric spark, and that the sub
scqucnt in-rush Of the air produces the
detonation. II, however, il be allowed
that the electric spark il not matcri-
al substance, but merely a natural
force or mode of motion, the possibil-
lty Of this theory is at once disposed Of.
1t Is well-known fact that the passage
Of electricity in high state Of tension,
through mixture of oxygen and by
drogen, not onl y causes an explosion,
but also causes the formation OF water,
aud II seems 10 nae that, given the ex-
Istencc Of free oxygen and hydrogen in
the region Of the electric disturbance,
the phenomenon Of thunder il sufiici-
emily accounted for. Whether the
normal amount Of hydrogen in the air
Is sufficient 10 cause the stupcnduOus
noise OF thunder ! am not competent
10 Judge, but if not, would suggest
that the presence Of an abnormal
amount might be accounted for by the
process Of the clcctroly.i., which
would probably occur between the
two pole of the thundcr-cloud before
the tension became 80 great a. 10 cause
a rupture 6f the circuit and conse-
qucnt discharge Of the electric spark.
/ would also draw your attention 10
the fact that every thunder-clap il
Immediately followed by an increase
in the quantity Of water deposited in
the shape Of rain. Doe- not this point
TO the formation Of water by the cx-
ploslon Of the case As | myself am
unable, both from want Of means aud
time, to investigate the matter, !
should be glad TO find that some one
better qualified had taken the subject
in hand. Ii j. frequent experiment
Of DIR. Tyndall'- to show hi- audience
red clouds feel convinced that bv
following this line Of inquiry he could
give us a real Thunderstorm.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-19

when / and my brother were small
boys, but | remember her face. was
successful in making the side leap of
my arms when ! drew myselfupon the
ledge and rested for n time. From
here upward my climbing way was la
borious but less dangerous. reached
the top of the canon just AZ the sun
was sinking down behind the snowy
range, and hastencd to our camp at
the mouth Of the canon, where found
my brother all safe. Charley said
he, have You had your head in flous
sackY 1t was then | discovered that
my hair was as white rs you see it
now"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-19

At the city of Medina, in Italy, and
about four miles around it, wherever
the earth is dug, whenever the work
men arrive at a distance Of sixty-three
feet they come to bed of chalk. which
they bore with an auger, five feet deep
They then withdraw from the pit be-
fore the auger is removed, aud upon
its extraction the water bursts up
through the aperture with great vio-
lence, and quickly fills the newly made
we'll, which continues full and is affect
ed neither by rain nor draught But
what is the most remarkable in this
operation is the layers of earth as we
descend. At the depth of fourteen
feet are found the ruins of an ancient
city, paved streets. houses, floors and
different pieces of mason work. Un-
der this is found soft, oozy earth,
made up Of vegetables. and at twenty.
six feet, large trees entire, such rs wal.
nut trees, with the walnuts still stick
ing 20 The stem, and the leaves and
branches in a perfect state Of prcser-
vatiou. At twenty eight feet deep a
soft chalk is found mixed with vast
quantity of shells, and the bed is clev.
en- feet thick. Under this vegetables
arc found again.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-19

State Superintendent Wickersham
has issued the following notice, which
we publish for the benefit of teachers
more than supcrintendents, the latter
probably being already posted
"The signs of the times indicate the
application of largely increased num-
bers of persons for teachers certifi-
Gates during the current year. They
will come to examination possessing
all degrees of qualification for the
work of teaching, very good, good, fair,
poor and very poor. The purpose of
this article is to request the superin-
tendents to adopt such standard of
qualifications as will shut out all ap-
pIicaDts except about enough to sup
ply the schools. In this way the
schools will be protected from the rush
Of incompetent teachers, the teachers
profession will be strengthened and
elevated, and the educational interests
Of the public will be greatly subserv-
ed. The threatened evil is a swarm of
incompetents in our school-rooms at
very low salaries. If not checked, II
will drive the best teachers out of the
profession and greatly impair III
efficiency of our schools. The men to
guard the school interests thus jeop.
ardized are the Superintendents. II
is their duty TO do it without fear or
favor.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-19
A Newsboy's Funny Adventure.

wilmingtob N. c. Sun.
At the time the big rain storm came
along, yesterday, Tony Frcebone, n
news boy, was doubled up in one of
the dry goods boxes in front of Louis
Otterbourg's, on Market ST., one block
from the river The terrible torrent of
water began 10 move the box, and
pretty soon ii began to gain speed, and.
in common with lot of barrels and
boxes, floated rapidly toward the riv-
or. Two or three men were running
about trying TO stop the floating box
es, and succeeded in checking four of
them, though. as luck had it, the box
Tony was in slipped by and was plung-
cd into the river. Nobody knew there
was boy in it, but by the time the
box had gone under and come up once.
everybody on Market street was ap-
prised of the fact by hearing a series
of yells that even deafened the thunder
for time. Looking in the direction
of the river, the boy, scrambling over
u sinking box, was seen, aud three col
orcd men rushed out and made for him
in boat. They reached him in good
time and got him ashore safe. Tony
Is done with sleeping in boxes, and
hereafter will pick out the highest
roost he can get.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-19
A Large California Land Holder.

The largest wheat grower in Califor-
MIA is DR., III. J. Glenn, whose rancho
in Colusa county embraces $4,000
acres, or about 81 square miles Of good
land, nearly all arabic. lie has this
year 5000 acres in wheat which, it is
estimated, will yield 100000 bushels,
worth, at 50 cents bushel, S67j. 900.
And vet, with failures of crops, which
occur about two years out of five. and
the heavy interest he is paving on
loans, DIR. Glenn is, perhaps, not SO
well of as an independent farmer who
owns only one hundred acres and is
out of debt Nearly all the princely
farmers ofIllinois of ten years ago have
come to bankruptcy, and it will be a
wonder if DIR. Glenn escapes that foe.
Under the new Constitution the great
ranche-owners will have their unculii-
waited lands assessed at the same value
as the cultivated, a provision that will
force them TO break up their estates
and sell them out in small farms.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-19

Prom the Nsu TorE Herald.
Sophia Lehrbergcr, aged twenty.
four years, a native of Germany, eight
months ago, incautiously placed a pm
in her mouth. Soon after she was
taken with sudden fit of coughing
and accidently swallowed the pin.
She became greatly alarmed and at
once sought the advice Of the family
physician. Every effort was made to
cause the dislodgment Of the pin, but
without avail She soon experienced
severe pains in the throat, which
gradually extended TO the chest and
from thence to the region Of the stom.
ach. She suffered considerably in
health and. as a consequence became
confirmed invalid. Her appetite
failed her and she wasted away until
~he became emaciated. Dr. j. w.
Ranney, Of East Forty-sixth street.
attended her during her illness, but
was unable TO do more than alleviate
her sufFerings, while death approached
by imperceptible degrees. The pa
tient sank gradually until she expired
last Tuesday. The post-mortem re-
vealed that the pin passed through
the abdominal walls.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-19

ACCORDING TO the most recent cal
culations-those of Peterman-the
population Of the world Is now .424.-
100000, II is well known that not a
few thinkers have called in question
the account Of the origin of mankind,
as given TO the Biblical writings. on
The ground that it was impossible that
in the period in question so many
could have descended from two ancos-
tors-Adam and Eve. This objection,
however, Euler has undertaken to
meet by showing that, in n process Of
doubling the population from ono pair
II might amount to any conceivable
number. II has been laid down that
a population eau double itself In
twenty-five years. IL Is true that.
if the population increased TO its pres
cnt pitch in $3.50 years, il may have
doubled itself every two hundred years.
The inhabitants Of the earth would
thus, in tao hundred years, approach
1900. 100000; aud at the same rate
the difference between the birth rates
and the death rates would be nearly
constant, although themselves varying
widely.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-19
lnprinciplcd Performance.

A citizen who should be preparing
himself for the unknown life beyond
the grave instead Of being up to such
trick-, removed the setting from his
big gold ring the other day, leaving Il
decided vacancy. lie gets Oh a street
car, holds his hand 50 the ring must
be seen, and pretty soon n man bend,
forward and remarks;
Excuse me, sir, but you have lost
the set from your ring"
$50 ! have replies the owner, a.
he looks around on the floor.
Every passenger began to peer
around, and the man who makes the
discovery finally asks;
Was it valuable -
1t wa a thousand dollar diamond. ."
There i another movement on the
part Of the passengers. Some look
along the seat, aud under it, and some
make a dive for pearl buttons aud 9TH
er small objects.
"Whcn did YOU miss it?' asked the
first man n the search weakcn- a little.
"a year and half ago, when was
attending camp meeting in Illinois -
Then every passenger straightcns
up, each eye looks into vacancy, and
not the iaintcst smile can be seen on
any face
a person boarding the car just then
would wonder what great man in the
city bad just died, aud if the passen.
gers were on their way to take a sad
farewell look at the remains.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-19
---solsmn, sweet vibrations,
Like The vlire ofChri.t. sall "Iear.

Such servility of judges and jurics,
which Penn denounced and condemned,
became the reproach of history but
this very reproach lifted the jury above
the ordinary machinery of justice and
gave it lofty place in our jurispru.
dcnce.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-19

NoTHTSG is more amiable than true
and nothing is more con-
than the false. The one
guards virtue, the other betrays II.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-15

Hon. JOE BLACKBURN, chairman of the
House District Committee since the death of
General WILLIAMS, offered bill the other
day which is said to contain u revision of
all the laws in force in the District Is this
revision or a compilation of the laws? To
revise is one thing, and TO compile the laws
quite another. Now, if thisis really what it
purports to be-a revision of the laws-we
would like TO know what prominent lawyers
or citizens have been consulted in its prep
aration. The laws of Congress affecting
the District bear the same relation to the
District that n constitution does to a State,
and it is submitted that it is not altogether
consistent with the spirit Of republican gov
ernment to force laws upon q people with
out some expression Of their will We call
attention to this matter so that the proper
ty-owners who seem TO think they have the
sole welfare of the District in their keeping,
may look to it when the bill is printed.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-15

are seeking to remodel their similar SER
vices, knowing that its personnel is composed
of the brightest intollccts of the army men
who are well and favorably known in all
the walks Of military science; knowing,
we say, all this it seems perfectly incom-
prehensible that u commission of intelli-
gent men should have listened TO the in
sidious and invidious words of few ignor-
ant malconteuts, who are seeking to pull
down and destroy the whole beautifully
complete structure, that they may secure
their own personal Advancement without
regard to the public interest
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-15

lT is not unnatural that the Charleston
Nelcs and Courier should rejoice in the fact
that under intimidation aud bull-dozing but
one county in the State shows a Republican
majority. That is Beaufort, in which it says
there are "ten colored voters to every white
"voter." There the job of bull-dOzing was
little hazardous, and hence was not at
tempted to much extent. The Ne,rs and
Courier treats this subject in the following
ilippant style:
In South Carolina, to certainty, an abso-
lutely uuinfluenced negro vote would give the
State as bad government rs that of SCOTT
or MOSES, under such of the old leaders us were
out Of the penitentiary and in the State. 70
prevent this the whites will exert every neces-
sary influence until there is no longer any
danger of the ascendency of colored party in
State politics. 1t is reasonable, therefore, TO
expect that in course of time the coored people
will abandon every hope Of retaining a party
of their own, and will go over to the white
party. After that, the deuge.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-15

Is ii strange that malaria" should pre-
vail at the National Capital, and that NOR
tality should increase, when every family
is compelled so use and drink water that
is fetid with impurities and bears in its ev-
cry drop the seeds Of disease? Such is the
character of the water that now flows
through the pipes that furnish our water
supply-a fact that calls loudly for a reform
of some kind. If the reservoirs are not so
constructed as to extract the impurities
from the water supply before it is precip-
itated into our dwellings and places of bus
iness for use, they should be reconstructed.
If the reservoirs are impure, of course they
will not send forth pure water-an element
which health demands. We think it high
time that the Health Physician should in
spect the water supply and guard the pub
lie health in that direction.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-15
TO ABOLISH THE ORDNANCE CORPS.

OF the many astonishing things to be
found in the pending army bill, perhaps the
most astounding is the section aboishing
the Ordnance Corps If there is any one
thing which should be specially known to
the people, and consequently to their Rep
resentatives, il is the fact that the Engineer
and Ordnance Corps are the two corps of
the army that were founded in the infancy
of the Republic for the benefit of the mill
tary establishment and therefore TO endure
without regard to the strength of the regu-
lar army. The military establishment is
not the regular army, 1t is far more for
it includes the lorti1cations of our sea coast,
our arsenals for the preparation and storage
of our accumulated war material, our Mill
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-15

GENERAL Ben BUTLER is bent upon the
destruction, so to speak, of Attorney-General
DEvENs, the latter having accepted and
treated the doughty BEN's statements re-
garding bull-dozing in the late elections in
Massachusetts as joke or as the buncombe
ofa would-be political martyr. If he is
wise he will treat the pending demonstro-
tion from the same source in the same way.
BuTLER's dangerous days are passed; his
eye-teeth and grinders have rotted away,
He may bark, snarl, and snap, but he can't
bite
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-15

of the Government to redeem its currency
in gold is fixed and legal fact, but also ns
a convenience to the business public. There
is no express or definite law upon the sub
iect and the secretary's course cannot he
said to be based upon any discretionary
power vested in him. 1t is the result,
simply and plainly, Of mntured and logi-
cal construction of all the laws bearing upon
the subject. As matter of course Congress
will in due time, undoubtedly during the
present session, enact law covering the
rnge
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-15
posr.nEsuMpr1oN LEGAL.rENpnRs.

TO the Editor of the National Republican,;
SIR: Embryo statesmen in and about the
corridors Of the Capitol have of late been dis
cussing this question Is the legal tender
power Of the grcenbaGk destroyed by resump.
tiun? Those taking the negative Of the ques-
tion argue that as the resumption act does not
declare that hereafter Treasury notes shall
not be a legal tender, &C., &c, the legal
tender act must still be in force. Those taking
the affirmative argue that the clause, "All acts
and parts of of acts inconsistent" &c, &c, is
sufficient to destroy the legal tender power of
the greenback, or else there is q glaring inCon-
sistoncy in the whole thing.
The REPUBLICAN is good authority hence
their appeal. GREENOUGH.
To this The NATIONAL REPUBLICAN re-
plies First-The leGal-tender power of the
greenback was not destroyed by Resump-
tiOn. The Resumption act does not interfere
with any of the qualities Of the legal-tender
notes, and they are to be accepted now in
the payment Of all debts and dues, with
certain defined and well-understood eXcep-
tons the same rs they were before the LIST
of January. Second-The clause therein
repeating "all acts and parts Of acts" &C.,
did not and does not affect the legal-tender
act.
We add that under a construction, which
is sustained by the most eminent lawyers
in the country, including at least one mem
Der of the Supreme Court, Of all the laws
in the premises Secretary SHERMAN
permits and directs the acceptance Of
greenbacks for duties on imports
and the payment of them, at the discretion
of the recipient, as interest on the public
debt. This action is not only justiGable by
the truthful assumption that the obligation
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-15

EX-MARsHAL WARD LAMoN is not done
with Gath" yet. Having described him
as being, among other things a "pericardiol
prostitute" he now enlarges upon his pc
cular qualities as follows:
The impudence of this infamous Lazarito at
this late day attempting to defend and become
the champion in defense of Mr.. LrNcoLN,
when the ink is scarcely dry that flowed from
his reckless pen in defamation of his charac-
teri This is sacrlege; for while Mr. LINCOLN
lived he was his persistent enemy; and if
BooTH had wrapped his bullet in a shred of
GEORGE ALFRED TowNsESD's correspondence
he might have lodged vindication of his
crime in the brain of his victim.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-01-15

SENATOR EDMuNDs' reputation az far
seeing statesman and competent political
leader has long been acknowledged through
out the confines of intelligent political
thought and current information in this
country; but now it has reached Arkansas.
The Little Rock Democrat, having been
penetrated by this verify, compliments him
as follows:
Ifthere is one man in the United States Sen.
ate that the Democrats need TO watch more
than another, it is EDMUNDs. He is a bad
citizen, and for cunning shrewdness and deep.
laid schemes he stands unrivaled. He is now
engaged in building two or three Trojan
horses.
When Republican leader stands un-
rivaled in the estimation of the Southern
Bourbons as q "bad citizen" he has achieved
the highest Of political honors.