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VHT0 NIHH.
Cincinnati LninHtfFettI{ {fnd, Htu,1,

Cincinnati Gn,nntfretai find. RtpI.
It was remarked Inst week III Washington
that II Gen. Garfield had bcon elected Speaker
Of the ltouse, as l,o certainly would have been
II thorc hau been n Republican majority OF that
body, tho arrangement touching Ohio men
would have been complete. Thurman prcsitlcs
in tile Senate, and. with Garfield for Speaker,
Waltz CllBf Justice, Sl1ermnn General, n,lti
Hayes President, MI the highest points would
lavu ueeu adorned with Ohio productions. As
It was, OHIO had four poluta out Of 1.-Two, saytus
GENERAL, md the Secretary Of tho Treasury.
, 1879-05-09

week with Ills own. lie now owns several
hnckney coaches, whtsf, bring him In good doat
OF mtncy; his market Is we'll patronIzcd. mud
he Is hcll II high catecm by all--whlto and
black--who know him,
, 1879-05-09

Ntto Aihdny tfni.} Leeqfr. !itnndarf! tt1s,n..)
II The Democratic Congressman faltcr mud
weaken on the Army bill and get on their knees
before "tt,nt mail naycs," they shonld be
Kicked ly every one Of tlleir constituents upon
thGlr return home. =
, 1879-05-09
SENATOR ben HILL.

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cpu.,rn,, 1,u., 71rrr
49, --- -
r,,s Eal,or or Tin a,lnp,n ,f,o., :, ,hIe,,,o1I.t
s.,."".ts,, ,,",....,".. t,.a ~, tSr,.n.s
illustration ot tho Red'ncne Mt nnsl Culture
ofn "soutl,orn q oantlcrnnt'.''
x,,. liz. ~ W" fo,,...r f.,." .,,,' n.,,s te
we c'ip lhe 'ol!o"tns e isou' t,s 4N'R"sla soa'
E,enfna Ntss Of April 20. Fead It rs an a'fec~
~ M .usst -. ..o ranr.n,om, s,,n a,,,,'r
Ms m 'lluatfatlon OF ttle 1euneH1eht hao cuitufe
Of Southern ecntlcman:f
WASHINGTON, ApsEl a4. 1s1!,.-Fr<d c. Scaraat.
ths i1th nst. was rcee,yed asser.l DAY. ss. ass
have delayed till answer, waiting fos sonie In.
kmow XIX nefsonai;Y. lie ~. !casn. Thu st,ttnr
oi na,,yr publishcd In atlanta, fia,, called ths
ru,ntIon in I'm Sonth. liz Tbfrc; sccn,s fo hc Ia
,nass tnancy by systcm uf Ynrniaclo,ta pandrr,ns
to tl,c lu%sst s1esIunai uassnna. '"''"''''3
~ Sm,, ssr ihnt thn mntTI nhdrrs.cd t,,c Markham
New York n. +. Conforcncr MI fhn aftrrnunn NJ
thv mi, inst.- m ia annth ~ md nd frncdm"n' IN IN
ai,r Ws nc sa,a v, IN raaM T.! th@
ase tho negroes tic arsrcssors. but In cyery In.
stance tie shlcs nrd tGat syery account WI rral
ye,art hin, AZ farther @ saxiny. ..st attn,
,Eart .ith tva n,hnrs ,". ~ n,,, @ - 's isa ~
ponI III ii,a nelshhorhoul ii lilo seasel. md ti,at
srssd mcn-fourtern negroes md two whites, etc.
There Ia mt ono wpri q trnth IN tncse slate
ments They aEe 5niacfabie tlandera. entirely
nhnatae!stea @ III, inr Mckua anu o.as'ohs ratposc'
~, ~ m,'sr t. ~ 9eit! ~ ~;
~ ~ cno nstnlc II ~ ynrtt IN nr,inr ~ oo
uiosry nnt Of thcm. iiIe rnllinc n lar syoEt,
tha,, that OF q highway rubber, and much loss
manly nlil truthful. llow lunc Will tho gool ueo.
bic ii, iho North allow such criminal hypocries to
plny upon their feelings by such manufactured ont-
Iavss 'n utder TO- e. tnsir money! snst. meu asa
aoNs MHss @ % ~ usu7 ~ i ~ wv ~ sn"sSu; n@a
tIop. linn ali tbp toisssional rornus pud Suseass
in Tho Union,
Far years nhilautlirnpic pcopIe In the North have
heen hlcd BY these bud n.en. Abuse and slandcr Of
inc Southern reoplr ia slle nEu!esslonaa nYocaton
winch 1Lo!'salids arc to1loW!ng luf living; and
tha. 10 many Eooa naq ,IIiG,igsnL psop'G sMoalt
~ ,'st ~ ~ pes ~ ge
,n,e. Il mt sc" ,at crsc.i hvncras mp.
iiitcni rmar"acs md fsmsltinr ,nruc;. nagptr.
are now rnravsj In 4 concerted conspIrncy 10 70.
viyo anu increase sectional nnimosit!cs aI,i tIp
pulp1, Tho Sel,utc- Chalnoer The public prrss and
tho lrcsde arc all vigorously rcd to proMntr this
wicked work. 70 what 1xtcnt they viii succeed
VIII depend nltogGthet !lpDn tue cxteit to which
'hn H1aSftl ~ pooP.o hre W.ns 70 ps oeco.SGa' ,'f
,an 5ne sor1es ~, snGta snG , as t .t n md m
, 1879-05-09
Mo HtronEcr nn1 Less Respoctnbtc.

7NHFFF IFtbHHE tNfp.E
The Dnrid Davis movement tsrot "boom!ngn
to an extent calculated TO fiji tho heart Of tic
fat Senator with satlsfactto1l.. lfo Isn't much
stronger than l!u was In tho lays when liH wls
nn Independent party, mud not half as rcspecta-
bic
, 1879-05-09

THTIodflphf1 Iff1s {RkH,},
Verdict OF tho last Democratic caucuss Tho
President won't be buldozcd, and wo dare not
carry ont Our threat to sto,, tic wheels OF Gov
crument. Let us try to compromise.
, 1879-05-09

= NRIp lbTR 1s9gFfRNFW'T
Tllden still thinks lle Ia the most popular man
IN tho United 8tatcs, a,.ll sleeps with one eye
open, lest the man who stolo Stewsrt's body
should carry him OF.
, 1879-05-09
a Change Of Sentiment.

: NJ 4ftFF 1'N HfFHFH tFeUs3s
"You're hard on ~" rays q Southern man;
''Yon btamu Na hccaueo wo didn't arrest
Tho fellows that murdered tho Hamburg niggers
Aud put bullet in Chtaolm'A breast.
Will, yes; VIC admit we have bren too lax;
1lenceforth VIZ mtte nut pInshmcnt stern:
Lot ytilans bcwnrrl Why. onty Inst week
We hun. ntygur for burning a barni'
, 1879-05-09
CURRENT OPINION.


No Longer Atnno.
l7rfrnft fa,st tRtn.>.
Turner, Of Kentucky, Ia no longer hlonc. Tho
ons!ro Confederate Democratic party IN Con-
gress hasn't smiled in three days.
, 1879-05-09

representatives, with tho,r eyes oncn, ranged
thGmsolvcs alongside tho Nnrthernnnd Western
Democrats, nsnl II Is their duty to htay at tho
front, even after tho Northern Democrats shall
l,avo abandoned them. Tl,rte Is perhaps ono
wny in which theY can cxtrlcate themselves, mud
TINT Is by cunfcestn1 ts,nt they ulap Il mistake
aiMl nlbwetl themselves to be cDzoncd by the
Northern Det,0crAts. Hearty repentance.
coupled With firm determination not to offut,d
aaniu, tnny turn the clso nj tic popular anEcrt
nlthough Il will not ho onsY for the Southern
people to cohtfUne nets which have no excuse
wntuvcr, II they were not Inspired by patriotic
resolution 10 tnku any risk nlil danger ln order to
rclleve tho country 1rnm the danger to WHICH
the parttsnn legIsinti0n on the statute hooks
exposes II. Tii Southern members would be
IN t1cttar plight had thcr followed the hago
counsel Of poaonlus:
Or entrance to a quarrel, bt1l heing in.
Heart that tho oppoacd inny beware OF thcol
Any compromising or pellt1llnu viii cnuse the
Democrats II, CaNgrcas to lose strength In tho
South, without any ronpensating gain in cont;
,lcncn Hn,l rcspoet elsewhere. We see this, md
sny Il, with unaffected regret. Ttleru are pteuty
of opportunities to 0yalle thu conflict Oh the po-
liticai Legislation. Thcso wers 1louted With dia-
tlan. A compromise now. therefore, will k,o an
oVcn acknowledgement tint ale Democratic
members did nat seB bayonh their moses, or, ut
least, werc nut prepared Tor tiH struggle they
Insisted on, nntl would mt be denied. Th.s will
b. something Ike mIllstoAo aronnd tho neck
Of every rccalcttEant Congressman who does not
own bis CoMstitutnts.
, 1879-05-09

The Democratic Situation In Now York.
1tthHAy JaHfRai tRtp,).
The following postal-cara correspondence will
explain itself:
DEEnP1ELu Apri1. 1S70.-A. belmont, Eea.
ReallY cann1t run for Governor next fail. AIy
health Will not permit mo TO enter tho CANVASS.
uDnArIQ SEYMOUR,
NEw Y0nK, April, 1870. Seymour, Esq.,:
Your excuse Ii not yall. Yon nrcn't half Rs sick us
the party is. a. BELMONT.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-07-19
CONVENTION NOTES.

Mr.. E. A. Palfrey appeared be-
fore the Convention to answer to the
charge of contempt, in refusing to
answer certain questions PROFOUND
ed to him 10y the investigating COM
mittee. He persisted in his refusal
20 answer. SO the Convention, by
vote of ~ to 6S, discharged him.
The ordinance reported by the
Judiciary Committee was adopted
on its second reading.
The above ordinance contains an
article providing that the judicial
power shall be vested in the Su-
preme Court, in Courts of Appeal,
in District Courts and in Justices OF
the Peace. 'Exode" parish courts
The Supreme Judges are to be
appointed by the Governor, Circuit
Judges elected by the General AS
sembly. and District Judges elected
by the people.
The article in reference to clerks
of court provides that there shall be
a Clerk of the District Court in
each parish of the State Orleans
excepted. who shall be er o6icio
Clerk of the Court of Appeal,
parish Recorder of Conveyances and
Mortgages and other acts, and
notary public.
An ordinance was adopted pro-
viding that the question of the
State debt shall be- submitted to the
people for settlement, at the cleo
ton held for the ratification or re-
lection of the new constitution, each
voter to have written or printed on
his ballot the words. For ordinance
relative to State debt, or the words
Against ordinance relative to State
debt"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-07-19

hands we're yet too small and weak
to hold the great volume. My be-
loved mother, now in Paradise,
would place it upon the table, aud
/ would kneel upon a chair in order
to bend over it, and through all the
long years that lie between then and
now, I have read it INCREASINGLY, and
found it source of unfailing conso-
lation-a sure refugee sweet
solace. Philosophy and science can
find no substitute for it When the
boasted wisdom of the age robs
man of that chart, he is left like
dismantled wreck upon the ocean.
That Book is to me "a splendor
dropped out of Heaven" From
lid to lid it quivers with such mar
vellous vitality that, in the language
Of our American Plato, IF you could
cut the words they would bleed"
From the magnificent Creation to
the sublime Revelation, it CLOVIS.
dazzles with Jewels that will, on
the stretched fore6nger Of Time,
sparkle forever" aye, and me-
things, in eternity!
Holmes said, in his happy way,
king David, in Heaven, must feel
a thrill of earthly pleasure when he
remembers. The Lord is My Shop
herd" All! who can number those
to whom the glorious old Balm has
given a thrill Of Heavenly pleasure
on earth? Blessed words are they.
Of assurance, comfort, victory!
In conclusion, let me remind you
of the emphatic declaration of Jesus
Christ: Search the Scriptures, for
in them We think ye have eternal
life"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-07-19
New Advertisement.
SUCCESSION OF MRS ARCESE
CHATTELLIER.
Parish Court for the Parish Of st. Tan.
many-State of Louisiana

By virtue Of an order Of sale to me d.
rected by the honorable the Parish Court,
bearing date July 8. 1879, will proceed
to sell at public auction, on the preml
ises OF Arcsns Chsttellier, in the town of
jacksonville. parish and State aforesaid,
on TUESDAY, the 18th day of August,
1873. between legal sale hours, the
following described property, to-wit:
!. ONE HOUSE AND LOT, situated
in the town of Msdisonville, corner Of
Rampant street and Covington road.
2. ONE HOUSE AND LOT adjoining
the house and lot corner Of Ram pAsS
street and Covington road, situated in
the town of Madisonville, La.
8. A CERTAIN PIECE OK PORTION
OF GROUND situated in the Parish of
81. Tammany, State of Louisiana, lying
within or near the corporation limits Of
the town Of Jacksonville, commencing
at stake in the center Of Q street be-
tween the lands OF Jxs. L. johnson and
the lands of VIM. lemons, running
north two arpents, and from said begin
ming stake in q northwestsriy direction,
to q stake known as the Curtis survey;
thence east tn the place whore Il would
Intersect said tract Of land on lite north.
4. ONE LOT OF FURNITURE
Terms of sale--Cssh.
W.. b. COOK. SHERIFF
Corington. La. July ~. ls10.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-07-19

Those boys who are accepted
must serve until they are twenty
one years of age. The education of
the boys will comprise the elements
of an ordinary English education,
alternating with practical seaman
ship and other professional occupa-
tions designed to prepare them for
sailors in the navy. They will be
enlisted as third class boys, at the
rat. of So so per month and one ra.
ton. While serving on the train
ing ships, they may, if deserving,
be proinntsd to the rating of second
and FIRST class boys, with the pay of
$40 so and $ll So per month, re-
spectivsly. They will be furnished
with III outfit of clothing, the cost
Of which will be charged to their
respective accounts. The boys will
not be permitted to allot any por-
ton OF their pay to parents or
guardians. nor will they be allowed
u draw amy money from the pay
master tor this purpose. They will
be allowed to draw one dollar per
month Tor pocket money. if out of
debt, and will be allowed to 60 on
shore at the discretion of the COM
maudiny officer. They will not be
discharged until twenty-one years
Of sgs, except upon y medica sur
wy. inaptItuie for the service, or
tor misconduct
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-07-19
A BLACK LIST.

The following is list of the
Democrats in the Convention who
voted with the Republicans in fas.
tening upon the people an illegal
debt created by Governments never
recognized by the masses:
Parish of Orleans-W. A. Bell,
G. A. Breaux, H. Breen, F. j. Bull
ger, j. Chaffe, j. Collins, J. G. Denis,
S. Howell, P. Lanaux, G. LeGar-
deur, w. Long, F. Marks, j. Nc
Cornell, V. Oliver, ]. Phelps and T.
j. Semmes.
Parish of Bapides-G. W. Bolten.
WINS. NJ. Brian.
st. Mary-D. Caffrey.
Point Coupee-F. L. Claiborne,
C. Parlange.
Claiborne-J. T. Davidson, W.
F. Moreland.
Vermont. c. Davis.
Tangipahoa N. S. Edwards.
Webster-A. b. George, J. D.
Watkins.
East Baton Rouge-A. S. Heron,
R. 7. Young.
Plaquemines-H. P. Kernochan.
Lafourche-C. knoblock, /. D.
Moore.
West Feliciana-W. W. Leake.
East Feliciana-T. B. Lyons, j.
H. Skane.
Catahoula-J.F F. Marshall.
Washington-C. D. OFT.
St. James-F. P. Poche.
St. Landry-W. A. Robertson.
Pass them around. = LiUings-
t0ninn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-07-19

NEW SWEET PorAToEs.-Mr. VIM.
Wilson, residing six miles from Gov
ington, has presented us with some
new sweet potatoes, "ths first Of
the season" They are of the South
ern Queen variety, and are unusu-
ally large and fine. Mr. Wilson in
forms Us that the yield is remarks
bly, good. averging lao bushels to
the acre.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-07-19
CONVICTION. La:
Saturday, July 10, 1879.

The U. S. Man-of- War Wachusett,
engaged in eHlisting boys for the
naval service, has returned to New
Orleans. The number of applicants
40 far has been small About a
dozen boys, accompanied by their
parents or guardians, applied for
enlistment last Wednesday, several
of whom were accepted. In order
to enter the service, the boys must
be between the ages of fifteen and
eighteen years; no boys will be en-
listed without the consent Of their
parents or guardians; they must be
of robust frame. intelligent. and Of
perfectly sound and healthy consti-
tuition; they must be able to read
write, although in special cases,
where the boy shows general in
telligenss. and is otherwise quail
fed, the examining board may en-
list him, notwithstanding his knowl-
edge of reading and writing is i'm
perfect; his height and measure
must be as follows:
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-07-19

An expedition, consisting Of
fourteen companies. left Fort
Pack, Montana, last Tuesday. to
move toward the British line, in
search of Sitting Bull and the hos
tile Sioux.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-07-19
WRITTEN FOR THE FARMER.
SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES.
Affeetionately addressed to the children
of Covington.
BIZ A FRIEND.

A very eminent man once said of
a great Divine, II love to hear him,
because every word comes red-hot
from his heart" Now ! like to be-
lieve that you will, for the same rea-
son. give your attention to a few
words on subject of vital import
ance, which come warm from q
heart that loves you, and knows the
value of the wise mans assertion,
that "a word fifty spoken, is like
apples of gold in pictures of silver. !"
My subject is, "The Bible" I
am often grieved and surprised to
see how it is neglected by the young
of this day. 1t is to them a sealed
book. Dear children, this should
not be. I want you to read it, to
love it, to live by ito hold fast to
Through sunny youth, or chow
ever darkly days may 60" 1t is
the only safe, unerring guide to the
eternal home. We are told that
the true question to ask respecting
a book is, has it helped any human
soul?" Let US read what has been
uttered by few of the wise, the
good, the holy of earth. Said Arch
Deacon Hare: "The Bible is Gods
great medicine book, full of recipes
for every spiritual malady." Again:
"The Bible, to say nothing Of its
holiness, contains more specimens
of genius than any volume in exist
ence."
Roman testifes thus: 1.-THE more
you read, study and pray over the
Bible, the more you will take heed
unto it, as unto light that shineth
in dark place. have been read
ing the Bible forty years, and am
yet but an "A B c. scholar in it. 1t
is fresh as ever"
Coleridge said: Where are the
life, beauty and freshness of our
language found in SO heaped a
as in that pure we'll of
the Bible? Nothing can be
palmer or simpler than its vocabu-
larry, yet how rich it is in all that
concerns the moral, the spiritual,
and even the intellectual interests
Of humanity"
Norman Mcleod said: Il find, in
daily study Of the Bible, u daily
What was formerly un-
known, becomes known; what SEEM
I'd solitary coast, becomes part of
!. great whole; what seemed wild,
and lonely. becomes to me
q green pasture and refreshing
water, the abode Of my fireside re-
aections." l will digress a moment
10 tell you how good a man this
was. When his dark funeral column
moved slowly past, man exclaim-
ed: There goes Norman Mcleod.
If he had done no more than what
ae has done for my soul, he would
shine as the stars forever and ever"
Oh! children, see what glory to
The world is one good man-and
the beautiful, strong
words OF our own great poet, Long
elbow:
The lives Of great men all remind US
We can make our lives sublime; II
Ind departing, leave behiud US
Footprints on the sands OF time.
Footprints that perhaps another, +,
Sailing DER iite's solemn main,
foriorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again. I
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-07-19

ihS 'ouchinS passage: VINO Will
! not say that the uncommon beauty
and marvellous English of the
Protestant Bible is not one of the
strongholds of heresy in this conn
try? It lives on the ear like music
that can never be forgotten; its
felicities seem to be things, rather
than mere words; the memory Of the
dead passes into it; the potent ira
ditions Of childhood are stereotyped
in its verses; the power of all the
trials and griefs of man is hidden
beneath its words; it is the repre-
sentative of his first, best moments,
and all that there has been about
him soft and gentle, pure, penitent
and good, speaks to him forever out
of his English Bible. tits a sacred
thing, which doubt has never
dimmed and controversy never
soiled."
Listen, if you please, to an elo-
quent tribute from the scholarly,
vigorous pen of England's great es-
sayist: "Take only the historical
parts of the Old Testament, or the
mora! sentiments of the New; there
is nothing like them in the power
of exciting awe and admiration, or
of riveting sympathy. See what
Milton has made of the account of
the Creation Or what is there
equal to the story of Joseph and his
brethren; of Rachael and Laban; of
Jacobs Dream; of Ruth and Boaz:
the descriptions in the book of Job;
the deliverance of the Jews out of
Egypt, or the account of their cap
tivity and return from Babylon?
To pass over the ophic hymns of Da-
vid, the prophetic denunciations of
Isaiah, or the gorgeous visions Of
Ezekiel. There is, in all these, all
origin ality, avastness of conception,
q depth and tenderness of feeling,
and a touching simplicity, which Lie
who does not feel must needs be
made of impsnetrable stuff
The truly great and good Sir
Scott, when, in his last days,
bis son asked what book he should |
read to him, replied, "My son,
there is but one book-the Bible"
The priceless literary legacy which
his own noble inspiration bequeath-
ed to the world, he considered
worthless in comparison. Perhaps
your bright eyes have grown misty
over the story of the innocent, un-
fortunate little English princess
found dead in her bed, her beauti-
'ul, young face resting upon an
open Bible-which touching scene
he Queen of Great Britain recently
had reproduced in iInperishable
marble. The only light that fell
lpon that strangely darkened young
life, was from the pages of holy
writ. But time would fail me we're
to try to tell you the half that I
night. To testimony like the above.
would not presume to add a fee
lie word, but for the thought that
ii these great, wise. noble person
gees seem 30 far away, so unreal to
1ou. Perhaps the experience of one
rho once dwelt in your midst, who
you with interest-who
owes children, and whose earnest
lesire is to help them-perhsps such
sill seem more real and practical.
lay God give the increase" Il
'egan to read that wonderful Book
q dear old Covington, when myl
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-07-19

The Police Jury held meeting at
the Courthouse last Monday. See
proceedings on next page,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-12-04
The Legal Tender Recommendation
REPRESENTATIVE FORTS INTERVIEW WITH THE
PRESIDENT

The Legal Tender Recommendation
REPRESENTATIVE FORTS INTERVIEW WITH THE
PRESIDENT.
Mr.. Fort, of Illinois, was sent for yesterday
by President Hayes, and there was quite an ex-
tended conversation between them touching the
financial recommendations in the message. The
President indicated that the views therein con
tained were his own, but that he should not
deem it either mark of diScourtesy or feel at
all displeased If Congress adopted Mr.. Forts
resolution declaring any change in the currency
system mischfevtouS Mr.. Fort told the PreSi-
dent that he did not believe a republican candi-
date nominated on a platform in accordance
with his financial views could carry all OF the
western states, and that it would be folly in the
light of political policy to attempt the legtsla-
ton recommended
REPRESENTATIVE FRYE AMUSED AT THE STORIES
OF REPUBLICAN DISAGREEMENT.
MI. Frye, of Maine, said to-day that il amused
him to read Of the divisions in the republican
party over the financial recommendations. Said
he. 81 guess the democrats would like to see us
divide, but they will find us solid enough"
"DO you think the Fort resolution will be
passed." quoth the STAR man.
"YeS, or something similar" said Mr. FRYE
'and that will be the end of it. You know that
the committees of the House are democratic. If
democratic committee chooses to report bill
in accordance with the Presidents views then
there will be chance to discuss the wisdom of
the Presidents recommendations don't think
though that any democratic committee will re-
port any such bill, and do know the republi-
cans could not If they would, and would not if
they could"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-12-04
Wall Street To-day.

NEW YORK, Dec. 4-The Posts hnancfal art1-
active than OF late. United States bonds are y
higher for the 1SS0s and SIS OF 1881, and y lower
for the IS and SIS. Railroad bonds are strong
and generally higher, as are also share invest
mentS. The market for speculative shares was
uncertain In tone during the first hour, but has
since been strong, the active stocks having been
Erie, Delaware, Lac6awaRna and Western, Kan
saS and Texas Milwaudie and St Paul, wabash
and Pacific, Hannibal and s Joseph. and Pacific
Mail, all OF which, as we write, are
higher than yesterday. Among the mining and
miscellaneous stocks Excelsior has sold at 25aa
&c; Little Pittsburg at 80 u asa: La Plata at 4S;
Carbon at AS; Standard at 29s4 a30: Boston Land
at 1913, and Sutro at S'Sa46. In the money
market 6a1 per cent. is the quotation for call
loans on stocks and 5 per cent. on United States
bonds Time loans and prime mercantile paper
are both quoted at sac per cent The market for
foreign exchange, while strong, is very dull, for
reasons given yesterday. The posted rates or
the leading drawers OF sterling are 4S2 and 4s4H;
the actual rates are 4Sl Sllsaa, and 4S3 Sa4S4.