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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-22
POLITICAL More =.
More Republican Indignation in Maine
A Public Meeting il Rangor.

RANa0E nar, I. tu Indignation maNting
held here last aiERt XII N.nIamn tha action af
the Governor AMI Cnunail III counting out
certain recrntly rlcytei Senators ani knpre-
sentativea, waa ovorIl ,WingIy Att ,nlei
Speeches wera ma6o Ivy Senator HumItn, T.
w. Wilson. Capt BouttIle OF tha ata Rnpuh-
llean committce anG others. Capt EaHttlte
declared that II this great wrong was allowed
to 20 on IL would result In bloc ishea aud
believed general uprising OF the people
throughout the State would saeurn sn4t4 II
candidates who received a majority pf tho
votes. committee Was appointed by the
meeting to take such action az might he
thought necessary.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-22
THE TENNESSEE FrrURLtstSs

NASHVILLE. pnc. 2a. A caucus NJ knpnhi-
can members III the Legislature Wa held
last night They adopted resolution
recognizing the State debt A. i paramount
issue. they decided that they wauld -up-
port no proposition looking ~ reputation.
home or abroad.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-22

Washhurn's Lamherts patent fadoloEs photo
graphs are exquisite Have no other kind Of
tlinfI1rn In L
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-22

The sale OF fine oil paintings and engravfngg
commences at 81 Camp street this evening.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-22

Gas fixtures III the latest F'yl"a htyn iURt loo
received N kupagNo4, lt6 PnydrAs rant.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-22

The following la Tho summary Of The eame.
The National tribune., 1879-05-01
Cuss the Woodchuck.

In 1886 Rev. Samuel Whiting D, D. was minister of
Lynn, Mass, Obadiah Turner kept journal at the
time, in which occurs the following:
'1646 June We Sd Allen Brydges hath been choose to
wake We sleepers in meeting, and being much proud
place, need have fox tale ye end Of long staff
wherewh ne may brush the faces OF them vt will have
maps in time of discourse likewise sharp thorne where
with he may prick such be most sounde. On We last
Lord his day he stuted about ye meeting house he did
spy Mr. Tomins sleeping with much comforte his head
kept seade by being ye and hand gaspng We
raie An spying Allen did quice throus his staff be-
hind Dame Balaoc and give him geyous prick nponye
hand. Whereupon Mr.. Tomlns did spring upp much
above and with terrible force struck his against
the wall and to the great wonder of all prophaine
claim in loud voice, the 1000dchuck He dreaming
it seemed vt woodchuc had seized and bit his hand
But coneng to know where he was and ye great scan
dali he had committed he seemed much abashed and did
speak. And think he will soon again 90 to sleep
in meeting He woman may sometimes sleep and none
know it by OF their enormous bOdness Mr. Whit
ing doth pleasantly say y from ye pulpit he doth
be preaching to stacks of straw with men Ong here and
there amOung them.
The National tribune., 1879-05-01
a Slow Tram.

Weare frequently indebted to friend Colonel Yard of
the Monmouth Democrat for anecdotes illustrative of the
character Of the peculiar people who live in New Jersey
He sends this
The Hon. c. T.---tells good story Of a slow rail-
road in the northern part Of the State He says he
there cunning and to short line of road which
single car the forward end Of which was par
ttoned off for baggage. He took his dog in the with
him and put him under the scat Presently the conduct
along and insisted that the dog should go
the baggage-room, which, after atcaton was done
but here the baggage master demanded fee of fifty cents
which denounced ''swindle put up job +" be
the conductor and the baggagemaster and
than pay he would tie the dog the and let him
"work his passage The conductor assented, and the
dog htched the of the tran but the conduct
began get uneasy, making frequent trips TO the
gneer urging him to increase the speed of the tan and
back again watch the effect upon the dog The latter
began to show signs of fatigue, but after while caught
his second wind and keeping along as before The
conductor ordered the engineer stir up the fire.
which being DONE the speed peTceptbly increased.
The conductor again the observe
the effect but the dog had disappeared whereupon he -
umphantly called T---'s attention to the fact The
latter after taking glance the situation quietly point
ed crack in the floor of the car and there says he,
@as the dog comfortably trottng along under the car
and licking the grease from one Of the axle boxes
The National tribune., 1879-05-01
The Senators of the 4eth Congress.

Mr.. Hamin, of Maine, is the oldest member he has
reache dhree and ten Mr. Bruce of Asessip the
onlycoored Senator, is the youngest He thrtyeigh
Nxt to Mr. >Hamlin in point of age. lis Mr. Morrill,, who
siXtyninc and ov Houston next at sXtyeight
Messrs. Thurman, Chandler and krSwood were all born
IL 1873 and Groom is the most youthful senator except
Bruce he being forty Senators Wallace Pendleton and
Logan apparently sensitive to their they do
not allow the Congressional directory to iel IT, ONO is
the mother of senator's viz. Mcdonald voorhees,
(both born in Butler county Pendleton Allison, Plumb
Window and Sharon. New orlS Virginia Kentucky are
all with Ohio the number of senators who FIRST
the lights in those states New York boast of the
production Of Teller Hill COLI Paddock Mcpherson.
Conkling. Herman and Cameron Wis Kentucky, Of Walk
er Call Williams Jones' Vest Saunders and Maxey; and
Virginia ~af Farley Bruce Thurman Coke Johnson.
Withers and Hereford. Tennessee and Maryland
next, with five EACH Morgan, Houston, Garland Bailey
and Harris having been born the former State and Davis
the latter Kellogg EdmundS Morrill,, and Carpenter
born Vermont; Blame Mcmillan, Wallace and Don Came
ron Pennsylvania Gordon, Hill and Lamar natives
OF Georgia; Ingalls,, Hoar and DAVIS Of Massachusetts,
Chandler Rollins Of New Hampshire Booth and Burn
side Of Indiana; Logan aHs Slater Of Illinois Hamln and
Grover OF Maine Ferry Cockreli Randolph, Anthony,
Ransom and Vance, Butler and Hampton Bayard and
Salisbury, Eaton and Patt all natives of the States
they represent Altogether there thirtyfour SEN
who represent their mother States Senator Beck
born in Scotand Jones, of Florida in Ireland and
Jones' of Nevada, in England.
OF the thirty Senators from the South Including Kel-
logg) fifteen in the Confederate army, viz. Morgan
Walker, Gordon Williams Jonas, Lamar Cockrell Ran
SOM, Vance Butler Hampton, Harris, MaXey, Coke and
Withers. OF the other fifteen Garland Hill and Vest,
in the Confederate Congress- Logan Plum and
Burnside MajoTGenerals in the Union army SEN
ato formerly Judge Davis of Illinois, is the largest
of the company, and Senator est the smallest Blaine
Conkling, Edmunds and Carpenter reported the
abest debaers the Republican side: and Thurman,
Bayard, EIil and Morgan on the Democratic Senator
Thurman is PRESIDENT pre- tenn, of the Senate and in the
the death othe Presdentand Vice President would
be Presidel of the United States -Four Senator'S are
prominent candidates for the Presidency in 1SS0Blaine,
Conkling Thurman and Bayard Senator Logan is the
especial fayorte of the "Boys in Bue and his ringing
voice their behalf is pnfequenty heard There
vacancies IN the body Seventysix representing
thirty-eight States is the full number.
The National tribune., 1879-05-01

Quite recently we have been enabled through fortui
circumstances make arrangements for procuring
large supply of those beautiful little gems of nicke
rated clocks, with heavy pateglass fronts and stem
winding which now so exceedingly popular in the
East and wherever used (See illustration above) All
the movements of this clock perfect. They manu-
featured Of the best materials with polished steel springs
and a the plates screwed together In short this
clock state, is gen. thoroughly reliable time
keeper and admirably fitted to grace any mantle Shelf
or stand in any parlor, dining sleeping Now,
having related these unquesonabe facts pertaining to this
clock, which designate " The NATIONAL TRIBUNE
Clock, beg leave impress it upon the minds of all
readers that owing to special arrangements
abed to offer to any and all The National Tribune
Clock and " lHe Natiana Tribune Newspaper" for the
unprecedented low price of S75 In clubs Of
subscribers desiring clock and paper we will allow
clock and paper for the getting up of every said
club of ten. The clock and paper will be sod under no
circumstances for less than dollar and seventyve
cents whether in orders for hundred and in all
Of ordering, parties must pay the freight, the
of which will be but trife. No fears need be
entertained of breakage of the clock or disarrangemen
of it's parts by transportation. Thus give YOU
peror clock and excellent newspaper of special interest
the thousands Of soldiers of the country concerning
their patriotism their rights and their pockets while
general it publishes relating to matters Washing
ton social gossip lively sketches choice selections
&c Will render II welcome guest III every fally circle
Now, here is prospectus for good profitable bust
ness which soldiers especially could make great success
Almost every householder would buy of these clocks
he had several hand and those who have none
would surely buy. Go to work then and get up your
clubs Think of it. beautiful family clock entirely
reliable and interesting family newspaper both for
dollar and seventy-ive cents together with ex-
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Beoen clocks and eleUen newspapers for 8oenteen dol
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Specimen of paper sent free
Address at once,
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In accordance with the foregoing the Hon. j. A. Bent
ley Commissioner Of Pensions, issued order recogniz
ing in all filed by Mr. Pntchard prior to Octo-
ber g. 1876 wherein he hath the power Of substitution
The National tribune., 1879-05-01
Important to Readers-observe thus Carefully.

The Americans are a nation of readers. Many ladies
and gentlemen take half dozen newspapers and maga
zines and yet demand Are they fully supplied un
less patron of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, journal spec
iay devoted the interests of the soldiers of the
try their only and immediate organ in the United States
and containing the time general and spicy news
and information which readers will relish.
Now. ia order to accommodate all who desire our paper
we have made arrangements to furnish it and others hav
ing a national reputation at the following rates:
The National tribune., 1879-05-01

IT said that Of the members Of the Indiana Leg
isature had his curiosity excited by observing the nut
crackers at the hotel table and asked what the thun
der is them bulet-mOlds dom hereT
The National tribune., 1879-05-01

This is the most economical plan you adopt to
cure valuable and interesting reading,
Send your subscriptions at once, in moneyorder
registered letter.
We furnish any othec leading papers or magazines
in connection with the NATIONAL RIBUNE and when
you think Of subscribing any paper not the above
list Just write to u.s. and you may rely upon securing
upon the very best terms and that it will be forwarded
very promptly No subscriptions received for less than
year.
Now specially call upon the soldiers to help us in
the work of enargng subscription list by the means
here presented 1t can readily be done if they will put
their shoulders the wheel If they regard their
paper-whch it is most emphatically-they will feel
pride in it's success.
The larger subscription list the more money we can
afford to expend in making additionally attractive
sheet.
We would like to hear from any soldiers, North South,
East Vest who would be pleased to labor in the cause
Let us hear from YOU boys
Address at
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The National tribune., 1879-05-01

The attention of the former clients of B. F. Prchard,
Esq, of indianapolis, Indiana who have written to
me since December 1876, is again called to the follow
ing;
INDIANAPOLIS IND. Nov. 49, 1876.
GEORGE F.. LEMON, Esq, Washington, d. O.:
hereby authorized notify each OF
all their evidences
that desire that they should correspond with
hereafter and forward such evidence as you may need TO complete
their claims
(Sgned) Is +. PRlICHARI
This proposed transfer submitted to the Hon. T.
Chandler Secretary of the Interior for his consideration
action The following extract from his letter. written
to the Hon j. A. Bentley, Commissioner Of Pensions
plains itself and to it your attention is invited
DEP INTERIOR
Washington, ID. c.. December 9, 1875.
facts existing
good standing attorney
partnent apparent faith in this
action the opinion that it would be allow the
transfer to be made
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"THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE COMPANY"
Washington d. {
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Washington, ID. c., December 9, 1871
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-12-03
Card Of Col. Z. J.. Lipseonab, Su-:
-, perintenGlent of the Peni- ,
..,' ... tentiary., 90. a->.i.y 4.
CoLyMBIA,, &c.,
No-,poLor TX S7O

=. = -'S'St~@ON~ ~ -Sso'
In your issue of the 18th instant;
there appears a communication head
ed The Railroad Conyiets. The de-
fence of the. Greenwood and Augusta
Railroad directors. How: the con-
victs have been cared for The true
inwardness of the Penisentisry inVes =
tigation." Dated October 22, 1S79aa i
In this communication it svery va
CUE as to who is charged with enmity,
conspiracy, opposition to the Green
wood and Augusta Railroad, and false
charges and accusations against its
directors. j. So faras / am, concerned {
|. I assert that I acted solely as an. off,.
Ger of the State in the discharge ofmy
duty, and that alone. I therefore say
that if anything in the communica-
tion referred to was intended to-, as
sert or imply that,I made false charges
or acted from improper motives, l.
hereby denounce that much of it as
utterly untrue and maliciously. unjust:
Major W. <. Bradley, whose, name
appears among the signatures, asserts
that he did not sign it, nor-did he au- 3;
thorize any one elsesto do. so for, him.
Whether other gentlemen may have
been misrepreseuted in the same way
I have no means of knowing. Il 3: =
* -....-,s, T. j. LIPscoMB. 2:
ThePress and Banner denies, in
the following language, that several
of the directors signed the published
report: "Senator Maxwell and several
other diractors Of the Greenwood and
Augusta Railroad did not sisdorsei an
toto the recent defence published by
that Board in the Press and Banner,
and protested against its publicity with
out certain erasures." ="
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-12-03

On GREENWOOD 4 AUGUSTA h. t.,
EDGEFIELD COUNTY, S. c.,
Oct. %, 1879.
To the Public: So many horri-.
bic charges of cruelty and bruali-
ty towards the convicts at work
on the Greenwood and Augusta
Railroad, have lately been publish
cd in the newspapers, that the
undersigned board Of directors of
said road feel it due to the public,
to themselves and to the employ
ees Of the road, to make the fol-
lowing plain statement of facts:
1t is sadly true that during the
little over two years that the con-
yicts have been at work on our
road, about half of those we had
in charge have died, but it is also
true that about half Of all their
deaths occurred the five next suc-
ceeding months of the present
year, dating from Goth April, 1879,
when we received our last batch
of convicts from the Penitentiary,
and we are sorry to have to add
that we now believe most of them
died of scurvy, although uudou bt.
edly very many of the dead con-
victs likewise had syphilis and
other chronic diseases.
At each Of the stockades estab-
lished on our road every reasona-
bic effort has been made by the
board to provide for the comfort
and health Of the convicts consist
ent wish their safe-keeping. Eve
ry stockade has had good spring
or we'll of pure water. A large
yard has been enclosed for exer.
else of the sick commodious pris-
on pens have been erected, anoth-
er separate structure tor hospi-
tai has been built, still another
cabin for commissary stores put
up, another for guardhouse, yet
another for the superintendent,
besides two large tents for various
uses. A bountiful supply Of ba-
con, corn bread, peas and such
other vegetables as could be had
in the neighborhood have been
the usual diet Of the we'll convicts,
but they have also bad potatoes,
onions, sugar, molasses, turnips,
collards, &C., by the barrel or wag-
on load, and lemons by she box,
while -four, rice, chickens, milk
and other delicacies have been
furnished the sick in large quanti-
ties, both by the company and by
the neighboring citizens. Many
and many q box Of tobacco has
been served to the we'll convicts
and " hiskey has been freely ad-
ministered to the sick ones, es-
pecially since we ascertained, on
the 10Th day of August last, that
they had scurvy, since which time
they have also been supplied lib
orally with ripe fruit, vegetables,
fresh meats, pure apple vinegar,
potatoes, &c. Particular care and
attention have also been given to
the cooking, and regular diplo-
matized practiclng physician has
been employed to attend TO the
~;ck at each stockade. CleanIi-
ness Of person, quarters, night
tubs, &c, has been studiously OBJ
served. An abundance Of medi-
cine, shoes, clothing, blankets, &C.,
have always been kept on hand,
except once or twice in summer
when we have been a little short
of clothing and shoes, but during
the present year each Of our con-
r;otc hos had threa snits of
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-12-03
JOB PRINTING

simple truth that when we receiv-
ed the second and third batch of
conVicts above mentioned, Mr..
Parmele, the then superintendent
Of the Penitentiary, streniously
objected to our taking them, be-
cause, as be said, most Of them
were badly diseased and would
die on our hands. We unfortu-
nately failed to heed his counsel
IN our eagerness to get labor of
any sort. They have died as he.
predicted they would in great
numbers; but the last lot of sew
enty-fve received from superin-
tendent Lipscomb on the 7th Of
April, 1879, have died at a far
more appalling rate, considering
the time we have had them, than
any OF the other lots.
In August, 1878, Superintendent
Parmele visited our Stockade. No.
3 at time when there was nearly,
as much sickness and as many
deaths among the convicts as there
were at Stockade No, 5, in Au-2
gust, 1879, when Superintendent
Lipscomb visited it at our request
Superintendent .Parmele highly
praised the general plan of our
stockade as we'll as our manage
ment Of the prisoners, both sick
and we'll, saying we were doing a
better part by, the conyicts: in our
temporary country quarters than:
be could do for them in. the per-!
manent quartersa the Penitentia-
:ry Although -soar. :stockade No.
5 in, its appointments 4anda disci-l
pline is almost a duplicate ofStock-
ade No. 3 which elected the warm
;encomiums ofSuperintendentPar2
mele in 1873, set Superintendent
Lipscomb was not satisfied with, ;
anything he saw at Stockade No.
5 in 1879=----'s---.---==o---'-'e
II NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of
facts to the public, we claim that
if mistakes have been made they
were unintentionals s.H =.:4 E. Il
. 2. That 9conviets have always
been well fed, and generally we'll ID
clothed. :.la-re +. .:s2..,i.J ...tsr-. .:s:s,-
3. That the. secretary's: minutes i:
show that thec directors have is ?
sued every order and used all due
vigilance to preEenteruelty, hard
ship or .inhumanity. 80 5z5s5::a.z5.,st-
s. 4. That the mortality was due
largely to pgeVious condition of
convicts, and to disease beyond
the pale Of medicine. : >! q:
81 That the eonvictss :havedbeen4
attended by physicians mho are -,
the peers Of any. in the State :. r..
, 6. That the hospital treatment Z:
was as good as could be given to =.
manacled prisoners, and equalatoaE.
that received by the ordinary sla-ae'
'borer of the country. y59.rs* ~; I.
, AS a large number Of newspa-
pers found space:to publish severe
attacks on. our management. Of.
eonvicts, we hope their sense Of
Justice will induce them to.publishi
this response.fazs=E 81; 3: as:sg" : -
:" P..H. BRADLEY, President. a2: =
G.. D. T1LLMAN, Viee-President. =
A. NJ. AIKEN, Secretary.
R. W. Lites,, ,-. lG. w. Nixon,s -.
W. K. Bradley, J. D. Neel, J.: 4>,.:.s:;
A. B; Kennedy, j. c., Maxwell. &
R. H. Middleton, B. Reynolds, Jr., Z:
Jesse Stone, J. N. Dendy, -
W. l.. Parks, S. B. Hodges, ...r-.
Jos. Merriwether j Il. Parksy : Y}ss
EN-. Burkhater, J.L. Presley; +:
L. s.. T. F.. Riley. - u l4:.-as'>: Ii.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-12-03

STocKADE No. 5,
On GREENWOOD 4 AUGUSTA r. R.,
EDGEFIELD COUNTY, S. O.,
Oct. %, 1879.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-12-03
8tseeIlaneons. 9
THE GREENWOOD & Angus
TAR r. AND THE PENl-
TERTIARY CONVECTS.

The correspondence below has
appeared in the Abbeville papers.
DEFENSE OF THE RAIL ROAD DIREC-
, 1879-05-08
COMMUNl lCATED.

EDITOR ARGUs:-On Monday, May
9Th, the staunch and fast steamer
Mary Taylor, which for some time
had been idly swinging at her anchor,
steamed ups" and, under the able
management of Messrs. Henry Lew
is, engineer, and Capt. Peter Thomp-
son, pilot, glded out of this harbor
and moved like thing of life to her
destination, Port Discovery.
The party on board was small but
alive to the beauties of sea, shore,
and sky, not emitting the many ex-
cel!ent qualities of the good ship,
which swiftly throbbed along past
point, bay and headland, and in three
hours time, under easy steam, land
ed US on the wharf at Discovery.
Our time being limited, a few
hurried but very pleasant visits were
made; and, as the bright, full moon
rose over of the tree top, scattering
its silver on the tremulous waters of
the bay, we gave parting salute,
and, fully impressed with what we
had seen and heard, and the many
improvements made Co this splendid
property in recent years, steamed off
again to Port Townsend.
With small but very agreeable
addition to our passenger list, the
trip home was made all the more
pleasant, for the night was fine, and
every one enjoyed it. The return
from Discovery to Port Townsend
was made in 24 hours, under 26 lbs.
of steam. The Taylor carrier 30 lbs
when under full pressure.
With many thanks to her owner
for the pleasure conferred, we bade
him good night and good bye.
, 1879-05-08
Portland Market.

Wheat-$l G5ql 81 . for average.
Potatoes. quotable at Sl2Ogl 25 per 100
lb'. as to description and quality.
Oats, feed per GENITAL, 81 2Sgl %.
Bacon. sides 0gl0c; hams 1OGl2.
Lard, in kegs none; new in tins, lie.
Butter, we quote choice dairy at 321a9
80 cts; good fresh roll, 27g30c; ordinary,
l5glS, whether brine or selid; common
l2gl5c; market steady; California fresh
roll. 3Sg40.
Poultry, chickens, young $393 80 per
doz; old, So 75g4 so.
Hogs, Dressed 5 cts; on foot cts.
Beef. live weight $685. cts for choice.
Sheep, live weight pa i@3 cts.
Hides, qu0tnble ut II cts tor all over lG
lbs. one-third off for under that, also one
third of for culs.
Talow, quotable at G@Gla
Hay, timothy baled, buying at $llGl3
per ton.