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Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-06-12
WINSTON, N. c., THURSDAY, JUNE II, 1870.

Now, Freeman loves mischief Hk,
a dog loves to worry q cat, and say:
he:
"The Major was just speaking abou
Gen. Sherman's letter, and he thinks
of voting for him for the next Presi
dent
''Voting for Sherman-Genera
Sherman-tbe brute that robbed us
of everything wo had and carried of
our negroes. Well he wont-not un.
less he loves him better than he does
me. Maybe if nobody runs against
him but ole Satan he. might, but even
then its doubtful who would treat us
| the worst
''But you haventy read his late let
ter" said I.
| 'fNo, aud~t don't want to read it,
and l don't intend to read it. think
Southern paper ought to be ashamed
to print it. I've had no peace or
comfort since the night VIC had TO get
up out Of bed and run away with
nothing but a few clothes. He got
everything we had, and burnt the pi-
ano i'll Madison depot, and when We
got back home we had 20 borrow a
bed to sleep on, and put the poor
children on the floor. He dident leave
but two cows in the county, and we
had TO do without milk, and sugar.
and coffee, and meat, and live on
corn-bread and mush for months. L
say vote for Sherman-neverI -
'But you see," said Freeman, che
wants to he p us out now. He wants
to encourage the Northern people to
come down and buy LAM! and build up
the waste places and show us Low to
get along better than We do
"Well. he's too late SO far as Pm
concerned" said Mrs. Arp. sswhy
dldent he come ten years ago and
write letter. Their buzzaras come
and picked our bones and went back,
and now we can get along without
any of them. The country is set
Ting up fast enough with our own
people. What makes the people SO
crazy about immigration? Do You
like TO see Georgians sell their lands
to foreigners and then move straight
off TO Texas? Gen. Toombs don't,
and he's got more sense than all of
them. Aint they buying up all the
gold mines and iron mines and cop
per mines and railroads in the cour-
try, and by and by they'll own every
thing that's worth having, and we poor
folks will have to move away or hire
to them for cooks and washerwomen."
Familiar sounds from the nursery
indicated a want of harmony and Mrs.
Arp departed.
Freeman ruminated for q minute,
and then says he:
"Major, the women who went
the war will never be harmo
nized, and l don't blame en-. | wish
Col. Howell could hear Mrs. Arp talk
for half an hour. She don't much-up
anybody very much, and she don't
want anybody to much her up-docs
she?"
''Not much," says 1.
Yours, Bull ARP.
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POETRY

III g
Sweet dew-drop. Of a summers morn,
I How short hath been thy stay:
Thou vert too pure to wander Ger
Life's dark and troubled way.
Let none repine for thee, sweet babe,
Thy home is with the blest
'Twere sin to wish thee from the boon
OF thine eternal rest.
Those little smiling lips
Bear witness of thy bliss;
As though an angel stole thy breath,
And blessed the with kiss.
And what is life Z Naught but debt,
That all are doomed to pay;
A narrow path with thorns beset,
A dark and winding way;
Only field TO labor in,
Where work Is never through,
Where every task accomplished makes
A double task to do.
1t is dark and drearT day,
And clouds of sorrow rise,
While pleasures evanescent ray
Scarce fiickers in the skies
1t is a strangely-mingled scene
Of tunult, toll aud strife;
And yet poor human nature clines
Teuaciously to life.
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Gov. Hendricks Denial.
sLANDEROUs CHARGE AGAINST HIM
REFUTED-THE REPORTED ALLY
ANCE WITH KELLY WITHOUT
FOUNDATION,

! [From the Louisville Courier-Journal.l
Mr.. Thomas A. Hendricks. of
Indiana, is in conspiracy to de-
feat the denomination of the old
ticket. Mr.. John Kelly, of New
York, is his hacker. The two are
engaged in an intrigue to lose New
York to the Democrats this Fall.
So much will account for our New
York special. 1t is the end of
Hendricks. lie is fool as we'll as
a conspirator. Let all men disown
him.
indianapolis Special to Gin. Enquirer !
our correspondent called on
Gov. Hendricks to-day and asked
him if he h ad any answer he would
like to make to the article in tho
Courier Journal of yesterday.
mo, said be, Il can only say
that the article was entirely with
out truth | never made any com
binatlon of any kind with Mr..
Kelly or any one who acted with
hIm-never knew of any appoint
ments or confirm ations, and can
not understand the animus of the
attack. If there was the slightest
truth in the charges made by the
Courier Journal, | could imagine
that the editor had heard an exag-
gerated story but as there is not,
L can only say it asfonishes me-"
'It is charged said the Enqui
fer representative, "that you gave
your Influence to Burch, OF Ten.
nessee, 10 secure his selection as
Secretary OF the Senate, aud for it
you were to have the Tennessee
delegation in the Convention of
1880, and the senior Watterson so
it,
''That is not true, and it is an
swered by the fact that the Indiana
Senators voted for Mr.. Watterson.
| had nothing to do with the mat
ter, but [ certainly felt very kindly
Mr.. v atterson. | do not
propose to be candidate for Vice
President with any one, aud have
declared this publicly, and, so far
us am concerned, the Oiu ticket
will not be in the field"
The general feeling here, among
Democrats, is that the article is
very unjust to Mr.. Hondricks. His
friends claim that he has been very
frank in expressing his intentions
ard feelings, and that he has a
right to decline IL nomination if he
wants to. They also assert that
he will accept no nomination for
Vice-Ptesidepcy, and that he will
not enter any combination or trade
10 secure that result. This is by
the card, aud can be printed as re
lia''le. and with it the fact that the
solid Indiana delegation will stand |
for Mr.. Hendricks in
1850 if not another State votes for
bim.
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Who Pays the Taxes
A CRITICISM UPON ONE OF SENATOR
CoNkLING' s CARELESS GENE
RAL;ZATIONS.

Mr. Conkling, in his recent speech
IN the Senate rot long ago, stated
that of the S235, 100000 OF internal
taxes paid by the people Of the
United States Government all OK
cept 13,000,000 were paid by the
States which remained in allegiance
TO the Union dnripg the late civil
war. This statement is doubtless
correct, in the nominal sense Of the
word that the taxes were paid di-
rectiy by citizens oil those States,
but he is too well informed not to
be aware that the consumers of
whisky, beer and tobacco are the
ultimate payer Of the internal taxes.
The manufacturers of these articles
make 10 complaint of the taxes
Indeed, so far as the large manu.
tacturers are concerned, they favor
high taxes, as they tend to make
monopoly for those who have large
capitals invested. The Lorillards.
Of New York, are said to have been
opposed to a reduction of the taxes
on the manufacture Of tobacco, and
they reluctantly came into the
measure of reducing the rates from
24 cents to 1e only to settle the
controversy, which injured sales
They pay the government nearly
or quite two millions per annum
and yet are willing to bear the
hurthen. ShutelGt & Co, OF Chica-
go, pay about $1,000 per day on
the manufactured whisky and have
grown enormously rich under the
weight OF taxation, which they i'm
meciately transfer to the shoulders
OF the consumers Of the article, with
interest on their Investment i'm
stamps. Blackwell & Co. of Dur
ham, N. g., pay annually above six
hundred thousand dollars, and have
in ten years built up fortunes for
themselves and thriving town of
three thousand inhabitants for the
State.
1t would be equally fair and
logical for Mr.. ConkliEg tc claim
that New York city pays two-thrds
OF the customs duties, or about one
hundred and sixty-tivc ont Of two
hundred millions. The duties are
paid there, and her merchants re-
gard the fact as q great privilege i
and well they may, since it has
made New York one of the greatest
commercial cities in the world. But
a New York suhoolboy who should
complain that that city sustains the
government by the enormous taxes !
imposed on its merchants would be !
laughed at by his fellow pupils. 1T
is a fact, however, and Mr.. Conk-
ling should have the benefit of it,
that before the adoption of the
Federal Constitution the New
I Workers, but especially the Rhode
Islanders, opposed it on the grourG |
that tho citizens Of those States and .
others through which foreign com
arc imported would be
called on to pay all the taxes. The
idea was very silly, but the subject
was then new, and it required all
the logical acumcn of Hamilton to
expose the fallacy ard to convince
the wiseacres that the consumers
ultimately pay the duties, and that
it was most lucrative privilege
enjoyed by the importing merchants
to pay them in the first instance =
So far as the manufacture of tobac-
60 is concerned, theSouthern States,
in which the article is mainly pro
duced, will willingly take on them.
selves the manufacture of the Gu
tire annual crop, aud they will be
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Jumping Over niagara
SAM PATCH FEAT AT THE FALLS
oCrDONE by AN AMBITIOUS

CANADIAN.
BUFFALO, May 21.-This after
noon Mr.. II. Peer, OF Tetervillr,
Ont, accomplished the daring but
silly feat of jumping from the new
Suspension Bridge at Niagara Fails,
into the river below, distance of
1872 feet. This entirely cclipscs
the famous performance of Sam
Patch. Peers dress consisted of
mcrino hose and full suit of tights,
and inflated rubber life preservcr,
funnel shaped and of his own con
strncticn, which covered his hips
and extended up to the armpits.-
Cotton cloth was bandaged tightly
over the prescrver, about the hips
and loins, while - broad sponge
protected his mouth and nostrils,
and his ears were stuffed with the
same material, the sponge being
slightly moistencd with spirits =
His thighs were confined with an
elastic strap and likewise his feet.
Over his shoulders was leather
brace with a ring in the centre, to
which was attached cable COM
posed of 220 feet of No. "a brass
wire in six strands. This was call.
ed balance and WAS for the pur-
pose of assisting to retain his
position, particularly if the wind
should be strong. 1t was reelcd
over cylinder attached to tho
guarG-rail Of the bridge, and which
was operated with Il brakc-handlo
like that used upon old time wells,
SO that the mans speed as he de-
scended could he controlled to u
certain extent. 1t was not fastened,
and at the final end followed tho
man into the water. Mr.. Peer
took his place upon the temporary
platform from which he was TO
drop. The platform consisted
simply of two rlanks fastened about
Is inches apart.
Alter taking a little simulant and
displaying little nervousness,
for this was his greatest undrrtak-
ing, he suspended himself between
the boards for moment or two hy
his hands. The word was given
and he was gone like flash, whiie
the thousand spectators who lined
the bank looked on with suspense,
fear and trembling. The four sec
onds that interviewed before he
strnck created terrible excitement,
but as he passed under the water
feet foremost with great splash,
and came up i'll few seconds more
and began to swim, cheer after cheer
rent the air. He was picked up by
some boatnen and was IN no worse
than if he had jumped
into a cistern of water.
In fact he assisted to pull the
boat to the shore. Mr.. Peer WAS
born July Il, 1914, in the county
of Halton, township of Nelson,
Dominion Of Canada. He stands
5 feet q inches high, is of slender
frame, weighs L34 pounds, and in
is rather gcntlcmanliko and
nnassuming. He has a wife and
one child. The highest point from
which he has ever jumped before
was los feet. He has been a sailor
and his experience has been obtains
ed i'll jumping from the n1.ast heads.
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Now, Freeman loves mischief like
a dog loves to worry cat, and says
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-06-12

very glad to pay the taxes upon tho
manufacture of all the tobacco that
Is raised in the Northern States
In like manner, Illinois will gladly
take the contract for the manutac-
ture of all the whisky and pay all
the tax, while Wisconsin will mako
the beer on the same terms.
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Kearney on the Scene.

kearney arrived on the Vallejo boat
this evening. At the wharf he was
met by crowd of several thousand,
who received their leader with almost
frantic exhibitions of joy. Three Of
the workinguen's military companies,
numbering 100 men, with rifles and
fixed bayonets, were on hand as escort.
With Kearney at the head, the pro-
cession moved up Market street for the
Sand Lots, filling the street for several
blocks and making the air ring with
cheers for Kearney and cries of sshang
DeYoung."
The procession, on the way to the
Sand Lots, stopped at the workingmen's
headquarters on Market street, near
Fifth, where ward presidents are in
session celebrating ON the course to
pursue. Kearney entered the building
and Joined the ward presidents. The
crowd gathered around, blocking up
the street. The entrance was guarded
by sentinels with fixed bayonets, and
no one was admittedswithout the coun-
tersign. 1t was announced from the
window that nothing would be done
without due deliberation, but that ven
geance would be taken. No reporters
were admitted, and the nature of the
deliberations are unknown. In few
minutes the march for the Sand Lots
was resumed.
Charles DeYoung was interviewed
in prison last night, and stated that he
realized his situation, and knew that
he was risking his life when he vindi-
Gated his mothers reputation. The
city is quiet.
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THE EPIDEMIC.
Progress of the Fever.

New York, Aug. 23.-Mrs. Van Blu.
rem, Memphis refugee, was found suf.
fering from what is supposed to be an
attack of yellow fever, in the Pennsyl-
vania railroad depot, Jersey City, last
night, and was taken in one of the city
ambulances to the Jersey City charity
hospital. The visiting physician has
not announced his conclusions, after
making diagnosis of the case.
. Vicksburg, August 23.-Quarantine
against New Orleans has been re-estab-
lished.
Memphis. Aug. 23.-Seventeen new
cases are reported, ten being colored.
Two additional deaths have occurred
since noon, both colored. James Rosa,
well known wagon man, is down with
the fever five miles east of this city.
The total number of new cases report
ed for the week is 14S; whites SO, col
ored 70. The total number of deaths
from yellow fever for the week is 81; to
date III. 1t has been raining steadily
all the afternoon. The thermometer
ranged to-day from 72o to 76o.
Louisville, Aug. 23.-A refugee from
Memphis named Graft, has been sick
several days here, and to-day the dis
ease developed into yellow fever.
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Press Comments.

The Bulletin says in effect, that the
shooting was deliberate assassination,
and reminds its readers that twenty
three years ago the people of the city
hanged man who killed an editor who
dared to express his convictions, but
that now the laws of society seemed to
be that an editor may say what he
pleases, but if the assaulted party talks
his life is to be forfeited. 1t warns the
workingmen that the course they pur-
sue will be the best evidence of their
ability to administer the affairs of the
city, and says that resort to violence
would be fatal mistake.
The Post practically claims that
either Kalloch or DeYoung was justi-
fed in personal attack by the lau-
guage used, but that DeY Young was the
most to blame, for beginning the quar-
rel by lampooning the father of Kali
loch.
Chicago, Aug. 23.-The Journal says
nothing editorially of the shooting, but
alludes to DeYoung as murderer.
The Tribune gives details of the facts
leading up to the shooting, giving both
of the leading characters in the tragedy
bad character, concluding by saying:
That as Kalloch at public meeting
on Friday night, hurled at the head of
DeYoung the most infamous insult of
which the English language is capable,
and as DeYoung took the only ven
geance that could make a possible
atonement, that although the affair will
be deplored by all good citizens because
of its tendency to degrade American
local politics in the eyes of the world,
no reputable man will waste any SYM
pathy on Kalloch, and the almost uni
versal verdict will be: ''Served him
right.''
The Times gives Kalloch credit for
being acquitted of the charge made
against him in Boston, but says that
Kalloch obscenely attacking DeYoung's
mother, excused, if it did not justify.
the shooting.
Leavenworth, Kas., Aug. 23.-The
news of the shooting of ]. s. .Kalloch,
at San Francisco, is the general subject
of comment in this city. Kalloch for
merly resided here, and was generally
liked for his many generous qualities.
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Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 23.-On Thurs
day night last Police Sergeant Jacob
Nohl arrested man named Ross Sauls-
bury, an old offender, who has served
in various penitentiaries for burglary,
ETC., on the charge of being a suspicious
person. This morning Salisbury came
out in a card abusing Nohl and reflect
ing on his character and qualification;
as an officer. About IL O'Clock this
forenoon Nohl called on Salisbury ant
demanded retractiohn, which being
refused, Nohl shot Salisbury twice and
then shot himself. Both died in a shor
time. Nohl was faithful, efiicien
officer, and was respected by the mem
bers of the police force and citizen
generally.
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PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR.
TERRITORY OF WYOMING.
q he People of Wuomina:

To the People Of Wyoming:
By virtue of the authority conferred
by the act of congress, entitled, An
act to provide for the apportionment of
the Territory of Wyoming for legisla-
tive purposes, approved Jan. 90, 1874,
and by the act of the legislative assem-
bly, of this territory. entitled, "An act
to increase the number of members of
the Territorial Council and House of
Representatives of the Territory of
Wyoming" approved December 2, 1873,
1, John w. Hoyt, Governor of said Ter
apportionment for memberso of the Coun-
Gil and House of Representatives of the
legislature, to be chosen at the general
election to be held on the first Tuesday
of September next:
The county of Albany will elect three
members of the Council.
The county of Carbon will elect two
members of the Council.
The county of Laramie will elect
four members of the Council.
The county of Sweetwater will elect
two members of the Council.
The county of Uinta will elect two
members of the Council.
The county of Albany will elect six
members of the House of Representa-
tives.
The county of Carbon will elect four
members Of the House of Representa-.
tives.
The county of Laramie will elect
nine members of the House of Repre-
sentatives.
The county of Sweetwater will elect
four members of the House of Repre-
sentatives.
The county of Unita will elect -four
members of the House of Representa-
tives.
Given under my hand and the great
seal of the Territory, at the City OF
Cheyenne, this the 18th day of July, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine, and Of the
Independence of the United States the
one hundred and fourth.
SEAL JOHN w. HoYT.
BY the Governor:
A. WORTH SPATEs,
Secretary Wyo. Territory.
jy15 &wtf
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TERRIFIC TORNADO.
A Cyclone Tears Things in rexs

A Cyclone Tears Things in Texas.
Galveston, Aug. 23.-A Ne,cs spec ial
from Orange says that a terrific cyclone
struck there from the northwest on Fr.-
day. The wind rapidly increased in
velocity until z O'Clock, when there was
a short lull, and the wind veered sud-
denly to the south, blowing down
fences, unroofng houses, uprooting
trees and doing other damages. Nearly
all the saw mills are damaged and sew
eral million feet of timber blown or
foated away. The steamer Flora was
sunk and other steamers seriously dam
aged. Cars standing ON the track were
blown off, railway construction camps
demolished, and the laborers compelled
to seek the open prairie for safety.
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militia will be able to suppress it,
without calling upon Gen. Mcdowell,
VINO Is In command of the military
division of the Pacific, and whose head.
quarters are in San Francisco.
The president and secretary of war
are both at the soldiers home, but are
in telegraphic communication with
Washington, all dispatches sent to them
being repeated over private wires of
the signal service.
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Man and Money Missing.

Kansas City, Aug. 23.-W. r. Bell,
cashier of the American Express COM
pany, is missing, and so is $4,000 of
the company's money. He has been
absent since the 20th inst. Nothing is
known of his whereabouts.
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Wholesale Poisoning,

Milwaukee, Aug. 23.-A case of
wholesale poisoning at a harvest
picnic occurred at Mukwanago, in
Waukesha county, last Friday. The
investigation showed that tartar emetic
had been mixed through mistake in
some lemonade, and those who drank it
were taken violently sick and are now
in dangerous condition.
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The Strikers Resuming.

st. Louis, Aug. 23.-The stove foun-
ders who struck are resuming. The
coopers have again stopped work, claim
ing bad faith on the part of their en-
ployers. The cigar makers are still out.
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BRIEF TELEGRAMs.

The Times Journal was sold yester-
day for fifty thousand dollars.
Sophia: A FIRE here on Friday night
burned the artillery barracks and much
war material,
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historical Dept; Cheyenne, Eyo.