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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-02-21

Senate, Feb 1.-THE vote was reconsidered
by which the House bill authorizing the con-
version Of National gold banks passed, and
amendments correcting the errors but chang
ing the features of the measure agreed to,
and the bill perfected then passed. Mr.. Ran.
dolph was relieved from further service on
the Teller Committee. A bill to amend the
internal revenue laws containing an amend
ment to reduce the tax on tobacco was then
considered. Several amendments were sub
mitted and rejected. The question being on
concurring In the amendment proposed
by the Committee on Finance to tax
snuff "A cents per pound, it was disagreed TO-,
leaving the tax 16 cents per pound, as pro-
posed by the House bill; the same rate of tax
also being retained on tobacco. The Senate
then voted on the amendment proposed by
the committee, and struck out the tax pro-
posed on cigars and cigarettes, leaving the
tax as under the existing law. Mr.. Matthews
offered an amendment proposing that on and
after July 1st, 1879, there shall be levied a
duty OF ten cents pound on tea and two and
a half cents on coffee. Mr.. Matthews had
the floor to give his reason for Offering the
amendment, but gave way to Mr.. Dorsey,
who proposed that by unanimous consent the
Senate woud meet on the following day at
noon, and at three O'Clock vote on the amend
ments and bill without further debate. The
Senate then adjourned.
HolSse.-During the morning hour Mr.. Hale
(under call of States) offered a resolution di-
recting the Committee on Judiciary TO report
joint resolution proposing constitutional
amendment to prohibit the payment of war
claims, excepto of persons loyal TO the Union.
A motion to adjourn was made on the Demo-
cratic side, and the roll-call consumed the re-
mainder of the hour, and the resolution went
over without action. A motion TO suspend
the rules was made by Mr.. Sparks for the pur-
pose of passing the bill appropriating S26, ,OOO,
900 for the payment Of arrears Of pensions,
and on motion Of Mr.. Rice the bill was amend
ed by a vote of 17S yeas to 67 nays to include
special pensions and pensions granted on ac-
count of soldiers who enlisted in the war, but
who died from disabilities incurred after the
cessation of hostilities. The bill appropriates
the amount stated out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated. mo-
tion TO suspend the rules and pass the River
and Harbor bill was agreed TO. Mr.. Blount
moved to suspend the rules and pass the De-
fciency bill reported by him on the 18th from
the Committee on Appropriations. Agreed
to. A recess was taken till evening when
memorial services were held for Representa-
i've SchIelfher' s4a-. --ar-ea---. .-.. .-.-..-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-02-21

quell actual disturbances, or the Supervisor
be in actual need of protection, or fraud be
attempted. A notle pfoSeqta was then entered.
! The Republican members of the Michigan
Legislature, on the 18th, unanimously nomi-
mated Zach. Chandler for United States Sena-
tor
Chas. r. McGill, convicted Of the murder of
Mary Kelley at Cleveland, Ohio, Dec 2, 1877,
was hanged in that city on the 18th.
Five judges of election we're convicted and
| sentenced at Baltimore, on the 18th, for in
terfering with the United States Supervisors
at the recent Congressional election.
AT Smithield, N. e., on the 14th, John Ed
wards was hanged for the murder of apreach-
er named Bader j. Bellard, Oct. 9, 1878.
portion of the track of the Mine Hill
branch Of the Philadelphia s. Reading Rail
road caved into the workings Of the Richard
son Colliery on the 14th. 1t will require sew
eral months to get the road in working order
and fill the cavity.
The steamer A. G. Donnelly was burned near
Island No. in the Mississippi River on the
l4th. The pilot headed the steamer for the
shore and remained at the wheel until the
boat struck the bank. He escaped through
the wheelhouse, jumped into the water and
swan ashore. Several persons were injured
by jumping from the boat to the frozen ground.
The main building Of the Soldiers and
Sailors Orphans Home at Xenia Ohio,
burned on the morning of the 10th. Loss
$75,000. No lives lost.
On the night of the 18th, near Pine Bluff,
Ark, three masked men halted the Little
Rock mail stage in the woods, and robbed the
mail and passengers.
A small steamer running between Marietta
and GAINESVILLE, o., on the Muskingum River ex-
ploded her boilers, when near Beverly, on the
18th, killing the fireman and seriously scad-
ing the Captain and two OF the crew and
three of the passengers. The boat sunk few
minutes after the explosion.
The Democrats of the Michigan Legislature
on the 18th nominated Hon. o. NJ. Barnes, of
Lansing, for United States Senator. The Ma.
tionals nominated Hon. Henry Chamberlain,
of Three Oaks
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-02-21
Losses BY Fire.

The New York Chronicle, from sta
tistics carefully collected, shows that
during the year 1873 the losses by fire
in the United States and Canada
amount to $40, ,267, 400, of which sum
the insurance companies were liable
for $39. .678, ,600-the balance, S3l, ,000,-
600 nearly, being borne by property
owners who chose to take their own
chances. During the year as far as
could be ascertained by the Chronicle
there were l2,02S fires in the United
States and Canada, or one fire in nearly
every forty-three minutes during the
year, and S192,511 was destroyed every
day during the year. The following
statistics from the Chronicle viii afford
an idea of the losses by conhagrations
the past four years:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-02-21
.ss27 .ss7 OBS Sl6s .6O9, ,OuO

Totals 1897 .S97 OBS Sl69 ,6O9,O ,O0
While the aggregate losses during
the year 1873 were not so large as those
of the preceding years, it will be seen
that the number of fires largely
increased last year over those given in
1876 and 1877. This increase would
seem to indicate growing carelessness
since fires do not and cannot occur
themselves, and do largely result from
heedlesSpess and stupidity. At the
rate wethave begun in 1879, the number
of fires promises to be greater than in
any previous year. In January alone
more than $l0,000.000 went into the
air as smoke and to the earth as useless
ashes.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-02-21

Newfoundland will have 1915, 900
of the Halifax award and Canada $4,-
1878 Great Britain retains $137,-
600 for expenses. 1t is understood
that Prince Edward Island will enter a
claim for 81, 100000 ON the ground that
by the showing before the Commission
her fisheries are more valuable than
those of any other province.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-02-21

ALL but one of the official thieves of
Warren County, N, j.. who are being
hustled OFF to prison. are now poor men
some of them entirely destitute. Yet
seventeen of them have divided 500, 900
stealings within three years, and gen
orally passed for rich men. Robbery,
as an occupation, has its drawbaeks.-
Buffalo Express.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-02-21

1T is no sign because you see three
canary bird cages hanging in the win
dow and hearing the little birds sing
ing their songs that the inmates of the
mansion are any happier than if they
only had dog tied up in the cellar. =
~ Y ErDress
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-02-21

A one-legged man can never ex-
perience the thrill of pleasure which
permeates every fibre of the being of
the fellow who scratches one foot with
the other.-HackensGck Republican.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-02-21
WASHINGTON. Feb. II.

witnesses to be summoned.
WASHINGTON, Feb IT.
The affldavits of Judge H. c. Ripley and a.
NJ. Mcintosh were placed on file, to the effect
that during the sitting of the Florida Board
of State Canvassers they called at the office of
the Acknowledgement and met at the door
Attorney-General Cooke, who stated that he
had twice been TO the office of the Secretary
of State and had found the door locked, and that
while standing in front of the Secretary's Of
fee they saw Governor Sterns and General
Noyes come out and walk across to the Gov
ernor's office. Mcintosh adds that Judge
Cooke said to him: "Those internal
scOundrels, McLin and Cowgirl, (the
other two members of the board)
have got me locked out" or words to
that effect. John +. Coyle was examined
at length; he said he went to Florida during
the election of 1876 upon request made him
by Colonel Pelton; Edward Cooper gave him
his instructions and also cipher key; was to
send his dispatches to Henry Havemeyer; in
structions were to go to Florida and aid
the Democrats there in obtaining all the evil
dence requisite to secure truthful count, to
defray any expenses requisite for that pur-
pose, and to aid them in any way he could;
was authorized to employ money, limited
in amount by his own Judgment and
discretion; expended and authorized the
expenditure of pretty nearly $4,000,
obtained through drafts on Cooper;
number % of the cipher meant Edward Coop
er, Vllio ulspdtClcs, L nave uTdWu ON IOf
80 and so;'' had destroyed his key; the
dispatch stating "supply $1,000 to the
credit of Woolley and COyle'' was a mis-
take, AS he and Woolley never had any
transactions together that required money
In reply to a question of Mr. Reed TO
state the details of the $200,000 proposition
lnade him, witness stated that it was made to
him by Alexander Their, gentleman to whom
Mr. Hewitt introduced witness before he left
Washington; Their said to him that the Re-
turning Board could be bought for S200,000,
but as he had received telegram from New
York cautioning him to have no communiea-
tion with the gentleman to whom he had been
introduced in the National Committee room,
80 he paid no attention to him. Witness
stated that his knowledge of Governor Tilden
and of the affairs of the canvass would make
him positive that Governor Tilden did not
know ANYTHING of these dispatches. Woolley
once asked witness if he had authority to
draw any money, and being informed that he
had for all legitimate purposes, Woolley
then asked witness If he felt authorized
to draw considerable sum, think
he mentioned $4,000; informed Wool
ley that under some circumstances
might be authorized to draw so much.
Thomas c. Dunn, now residing in Boston, and
in November, 1876, one of the South Carolina
Returning Board, testified that the testimony
of Smith M. Weed before the subcommittee
in New York as being one of the Board who
made negotiations with Hardy Solomon for
the sale OF the Board, as entirely false as con-
cerned himself.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-02-21
The Potter Investigating Committee.
WASHINGTON. Feb. II

" AbHINUION, CD. II.
I he Potter Committee held a secret meet
ing and a majority of the committee, It was
stated, did not intend TO call any witnesses at
present, whether they would subsequently
remained to be considered. The Republicans
mentioned that they would like to have one
or two witnesses testify regarding points
elected in New York. Woolley is one of the
witnesses to be summoned.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-02-21

THE penny's mightier than the sword.
- Whitehall Times.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-01-24
Khe Teller Committee.

WASHINGTON, January 19.-Senators
Mcdonald and Randolph left Wash
ington tonight for Charleston, S. c.,
wccre they will replace Senators Gar
land and Bailey upon the Teller Com
mittee, which has been investigating
alledgcd election frauds in Louisiana
for ten days past. The two Senators
first mentioned expect TO meet the
majority Of the subcommittee in
Charleston on Tuesday. The South
Carolina inquiry will probably not
occupy more than two weeks time at
the most. TIE Democratic State
Committee of South Carolina, in an
ticipation Of visit from the Teller
Committee, has paved the way
for the fullest investigation
of the recent elections. The names
and addresses of persons of both po'
litical parties in charge Of the poll.
ing places where disturbances are
alleged to have occurred and names
Of citizens OF the highest respecta.
bility who Witnessed the scenes a,
the polls will be given the committee
and all that will he necessary to as
certain the truth of the general char
ges made by the President..and Blaine
will be to issue subpenas. Senator
MbDcnnld has in his possession the
the names of some witnesses furnish
ed by Senators Thurman and Butler
who will be subpenaed to testify
Ne,u York World.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-01-24
State Officers.

Before the war Presidential Elec-
tors were elected-s.sS the General As
sembly of this State, SO likewise we're
the Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
Judges and chiefs of State Depart
ments, and never did q State enjoy q
better government, or was blessed
with officers Of higher order Of tai.
ent and purity CT character than
South Carolina. Since the war the
election Of these officers has been sub.
mitted to the people, and with the
change has been introduced a thous.
and and one evils TO corrupt society
and so vitiate the political life Of oul
people. Nc. the least among then
is the elcctioneering trickery whicl
divides our citizens and keeps then
divided, and which brings them ir
contact with the most corrupting in
tlucnces known in the catalogue o
political crime: deception, persecu
tion, slander, bribery and even vul
gality. Familiarity with which car
not but corrupt the purest character
We do not desire to be charged will
the imputation of fogyism but con
fcss we would rejoice to see the good
and timc-honored modes Of ante-bel
lum days re-instituted here, Ala
hama has in part adopted them and
shows her wisdom in doing it, not Sc
much in freeing herself from Federal
influence on election occasions, bu:
in seeking to protect Ler citizezs from
the corrupting influences incident
TO exciting general elections. In
this State the Constitution provides
otherwise, but every consideration of
policy as well as principle points out
the necessity. OF amendments to that
instrument, and tho quicker these be
made, tue better for the honor Of the
State, the purity Of her citizens and
the prosperity of both.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-01-24
Governor Hampton.

A special dispatch to the News &
Courier from Columbia, under date OF
January 22nd, says: "Governol
Hampton to-day revisited the State
House for the first time since his ac-
cident. He sat for some time in his
office, together with Governor Simp-
son, and was then called upon by the
heads Of departments and many other
gentlemen, who hastened to pay their
respects upon hearing Of his presence
in town. lie has not yet fully recov-
cred his strength, but is looking we'll :,
and is surely, if slowly, improving"
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-01-24
Hampton Courthouse.

The new Courthouse of Hampton
cotifity is completed, and is saId TO
be G'handsome, durable and comforta-
BILE building, admirably adapted for
the purpUses foT which it is intended.
Here is the beginning of what may
be an important town in that section
Of the State. In the wild woods and
with all the rubbish of low country
forest about it there will be need OF
all the energy and enterprise Of years
10 build up town with public build,
ings, streets, stores and dwellings
commensurate with the respectability
of the county and the honor of him
whose services furnish the name.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-01-24
ObaGua0H.v.

Died In Orangeburg Comfy, 8. c..
January 10. 1879, Vara g., second daugh-
ter of y. G. and a. Z. Stoudenmire, In
her ninth year.
Only three days before her death Vara
met end mingled in childish glee with
her young friends and companions Mt
school, and shared IN the happy days
and joys, which are peculiar to the
young, but suddenly she ceased to come
among us, ''turned and sought her
couch to lie down and die"
Taught by piOus parents from her in
fancy TO ''dc good and eschew evil" she
exhibited, IN marked degree, many no.
BILE traits, which go to make up true
character; prominent among which were
integrity of purpose, gentleness of dis
position, and kindness toward those with
whom she associated. Truly the ways
OF Providence are mysterious, in calling
one to die, who promised SO much. Yet
we bow in submission. and remember
that ''it Is sweet in childhood to give
back the spirit to Its maker, ere the heart
has grown familiar with the paths of
sin, aud sown to garner up its bitter
fruit" To the afflicted parents there
| comes the consolin2 recollection that
"She is not dead. but sleepeth.''
"Aslecp in Jesus peaceful restl
Whose waking is suprcmely blest;
No fear-no woe shall dim that hour
That manifest the Savior's power"
Pine GrOue, Jan. II, 1879. IRA.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-01-24

like q good rainy day." said an
idle boy, "too rainy TO go to school,
and just rainy enough TO go afshrng."
A Justice Of tho Peace at Red
Wing Minnesota, had to knock cul-
pril down with chair TO get him
quiet to try him.
Glr. Flogg says he was knocked a.
most fiat the other day by suddenly
rejecting that nearly all the pretty
girls are but incipicnt moLhers-in-l law.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-01-24

Who isto blame? Is the cause to
be found'in any one element OF their
socfety,-of cdueatioR OF religion, or
of the climateH Isig not the result
of corrupt body, some of the limbs
of which are healthy and sound
though the body he diseased /; or is it
the mature fruit Of corrupt tree?
Were such crimes committed at
the South and particularly in South
Carolina, hundred news mongers or
political capital gatherers of the
Northern press would weave together
as many fabrics of slioddy morality
and false. humanity to poison the
heart of every good thinking mind
in New England against the people
of the South; yet the brutality in
Benja amin Hunters hanging finds ex-
preston only in a highly colored ar-
ticle Of the New York Sun and other
sheets to pardon vicious taste rath.
er than condemnatory of the act.
Who does not therefore fear for
Southern humanity when such COR
rupt element has been engrafted upon
it as that represented by, the thousand
carpet-baggers and political emisarics
who were busily engaged for eight or
ten years sowing the seeds of North
ern humanity in our Southern soil.
Already we see its fruit among us in
the absolute impossiblity of bringing
corrupt Radical officials to justice, in
the willingness Of our people to for
get and forgive the crimes of those
who used every effort to slander and
10 plunder our citizens and to bring
ruin upon our society, and in the
doubtful propriety, to say the least
of it, in many of our leading Demo
Gratis of pandering to leading Radi-
Gals because Of their support or Of n
questionable past connection with
them. Such is the case in many OF
our counties to-day notwithstanding
the monuments of Radical trickery
are everywhere about us and express
their guilt rs plainly as the hand
writing upon the wall. To keep our
citizens pure, all the elements which
make up correct civil society must
be fostered and cultivated by our
people. Our schools must be taught
and the chairs in colleges filed by our
own educated young men that our
youth, both white and colored, may
be properly instructed and such ele.
ments cultivated as will give them Il
ljust conception of the relation they
sustain to the State and to one an.
other. 1
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-01-24
Married.

At the residence of the BRIDES father,
on the I'd of JahHRsy, 1879, by the Rev.
w. G. Mack, Mr.. John Robinson 10 Miss
Arabella North, ell Of Orangeburg Coun-
ty, SC.
On the 18th Of January, 1879, ct the
residence of the BRIDES father. by the
Rev. w. G. Mack, Mr.. Joseph Harley to
Miss Anne Reed, all of Orangeburs
County, s. G.
On the 18th of January, 1870, at the
residence Of w. II. Fogle, by Rev. j. s.
Hayden, Mr.. D. S. Fogle, of Orangcburg
County, to Miss Hattie Collins, of Barn.
well County.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-01-24
Reply to Farmer.
Editors Orangeburq Democrat: ::

Editors Ordnge6urg Democrat:
The writer, farmer, whose arti-
Gle appeared in the DEMOCRAT of
January Sd, is mistaken as to the
conclusions arrived at by the Agri-
cultural Society at their meeting on
December 23d, 1873. I claim sto be
a member of that body, and will say
that we did not counsel, as your cor
respondent said, to. raise stock. and
provisions to pay debts and to plant
side crop Of cotton, but we did
advise the farmer (if mistaken I wish
to by corrected by some brother men,
ber) to raise plentifully everything
needed for the real comfort and sub
sistance Of their families and benefit
of their places, and then TO make all
the cotton possible TO pay debts.
Now, MFR. Farmer, you have the
conclusion of the Society, as I un-
derstood It, in nut-shell.
/ find it not so difficult to know
what to do to run a place success
fully, as to know how to do it with
the proper will, energy and tact to
carry it out. This last is the most
important as we'll as most difficult
part. Now, Mr.. Editor, l will give
you my views-why the advice Of
the Srciety is good and Che manner
in which it may be carried out, more
or less successfully on q large, as
we'll as small scale.
1t is good because every article
produced whether for profit or con-
sumption is low down and on firm
er foundation. Money and specula-
ton are lower, and all we have to do
in debt or out Of debt, is to narrow
down our habits and frugal wants to
the times, and always make before
we spend or speculate. 1t can be
carried out because I know instances,
both on small and n large scale,
where it has been done with success
even with all the past extravaganza
hanging around them; yet, ut the
same time, admit there are more
failures than successes but the fault
lies in the management.
Your correspondent does not seem
to trust the Society in carrying out
its counscls. We do not pretend to
hold up to the country that we al
ways work to the best advantage
l can cite the writer, however, to
many men both out and in this So
ciety, known to him, who have sue
ceeded, but because one succeeds and
two fails he condemns all as failures.
The point, Mr.. Editor, is not so much |
to make, but to use what is made to |
advantage.
Allow me to go back to 'GG when
VIC were left bankrupt by the war
with every thing in confusion. From
that period to IT we struggled un-
der the most Infamous and destruc-
tive government on earth, yet we
sec thousands Of money and other
values have passed through our peo-
pies hands aud to-day, in 1879, the
whole cry is poverty, want and ina
bility to pay debts. What is the
cause of this sttte Of things except,