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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-05-03

The pastor's little daughter
sits smiling In the sun,
bcsde her on the old stone bench
The It. Ty-book Just done,
And lurking In her wine.brown eyes
story Just begun,
fof yonder, pruning the apple trees.
Behold the farmers con
Slowly adown the pathway
me pastor comes and goes,
And settles with his long, lean hand
:, The glasses on hi nose.
bore ever dry brown branch befora
70 beautifUl q voseY
An, he thinks his blossom only bud.
Though he watches II as II blows.
10 Il the story Of Moses
In hts rush-wrapped crsdle found,
or OF Joseph and MS brethren,
re thinks a. he lancer roundf
You have nnished your volume, Amy.
sit sonnet hing sedptural end soundf"
And MS little daughter blusaes and star u
And her book fails to the ground.
60 on with your walk, GOOD pastor.
iou do not yourself deceive;
II has been a totiptur story
since Adam q 'st kissed I've
And never blush iinls lsssie,
Tht tals was written above,
No other 50 speaks OF Heaven
40 IN old, old story OF love.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-05-03

r to this day the advent of Gyp
regarded as an Ill omen by the
u peasants. When it is announced
village that a band of Gypsies
bout to make their appearance,
ba hurly'burIy amorg the villas
The men hasten to bring their
In from the fields where they are
\ the women put their POULTRY
cover, and everything that can
Fn 10 concealed. The Gypsy wo.
bho are professional fortune tellers.
Psted with consideration on ac>
|cf the prevailing fear of their
though they are closely watched.
their other evil practices, the
men are charged with setting
Fhe houses Of their enemies, and
|psy women are accused of prsc,
|itchcraft.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-05-03

some very remarkable rob
'his country, robberies that
ingenuity, patient industry,
lew crimes that are dramatic,
startling. But we rarely do
the European fashion. We
pafd the lives of many persons
the prospect OF lucre. At
Sln' the other day, two bombs
va into the church Of San An.
'ae object (unachieved), it is
creating a panic and stealing
asntal plate in the confusion.
w killed, happily, though a
persons were wounded. Such
would hardly have been made
VINO wanted to steal here
'gone among the worshipers,
sSaalted the priests, and car
Y sacred vessels. This plan
y succeeded better, no doubt,
pAnish plan, lacking in intelli-
"'nment and boldness. Not
u 3 french town, four scou n
Ivy to rob a bureau de change
~Mloinlng house and carried
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-05-03
run into the hole in the root Of TIE tree for
a hiding place and there have been caught

run into the hole in the root Of TIE tree fo,
hiding place and there have been csueh,
and petrihed. '-'s"'
There Is law In force in Arizons
under which every person butchering cattle
ior public use Is required to file a bond IN
giu0O with the county commissioners, con,
ditioned that he will keep the hide and ears
OF every animal killed for the space Of
twenty days, for public inspection. and thai
ne viii keep record Of all cattle purchased
BY him, and Of sll brands and marks on
same. A fine Of from fifty to one hundred
dollars is imposed for every day on which a
butcher carries on business without having
hled such bond.
The Russian peasants, though officially
under medical supervision, find it hard To
secure the services Of doctor. The physi-
can OF district with perhaps fifty thousand
INHABITANTS scattered over fifty square miles
can but hurriedly pass through the village
once every month. Under these circum,
stances many OF the peasants, when suffering
from disease, resort to com jnrers, who prac,
tice their incantations with holy water. and
10 the trainers of tanned bears, who lay the
SICK man on the floor and compel bea. to
walk over him several times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-05-03

side with the recovery of hel
J, France has kept in view the
Of her military position. Out
nlation of $4,000, 900, about
pen are in the active army and
the reserve, $4,000 in the
army and 625, 900 in the ter.
serye-making a total of about
men, all of whom have re.
ne amount of military train
e' these, there are some l $780,
Fno' though nominally belong.
army and liable to serve in
Pntingencies, have received no
Against these figures the Ger
TO show in the active army
p the reserve 100000, in the
100000, and in the land
eOOO-making in all 2,611,.
'ho have received some amount
training, besides 3,S45, 900
nave received no training. In
% Germans have the advan.
figures for the two countries
w men and 10000. In artil-
numerical advantage is with
,, the figures being for France,
p and for Germany, 2.124.
Fnse drain of labor which the
pee of this army must impose
nee is in addition to, not in
drain Of money. The army es-
PT reach $l42, ,5OO,eOo yearly.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-05-03

rcH Of the meat sold In London as
|, English beef is American. Ameri.
hsf tent over in refrigerators is
\, good as English many think it
At one Of the first clubs In
sn recently there was served an
bh and an American sirloin Of
/ sut no one could tell the difference.
,hsn and Bohemian beef, too, is
d into the London market. at
\ cents a pound, and much game,
|Islly pheasants, from Bohemia.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-05-03
FACTS AND FASoTEs.

A srHTN0 siADRisAL.
Bird soicts tf1,nhie on the brsess.
Thefro are ali R-hum.
The huttercups peep fhro' the grass.
Ihc sprirg, the spring has come
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-27
LYNCH LAW.
A Mississippi Desperadg Hanged ny n
Meb Near Ansite. La.
tAmlle Inlnbentlantl

tAmiie Independentl
On Wednesday last Mr.. David Stern, of thj C.
place. sued out warrant for the arrest of one
John Vaughan, charging him with the lar
eeny Of an UvereOat Mr.. Nelson, who Was In
the Judges Office at the line the warrant was
issued, told the sheriff that party Of citizens
had Vaughan besieged In house at or near
would keep him there until the arrival of an
officer 10 take him In charge. He said, fur
ther, that Vaughan had committed many
crimes In that neighborhood such as sheep
stealing. hOuse-bfeaking, larceny, and threat
ening the lives Of citizens. He had gone SO
far as 10 drive family out Of their house, and
take possession of It,
AS Mr.. Nelson intended to go TO Welsh's
Will that day and return on the next. he was
deputized and furnished with the warrant TO
take Vaughan into his custody
Nelson had no difficulty In securing his
prisoner, and, with o posse OF three imme-
diately started to bring him to Amite. At a
late hour In the night, and when they had got
about siS miles on the road. they rode into
an ambuseads Of armed men. who seized the
prisoner, and, by threats, etc, made the
guard travel on. Nelson came to this place
and made report according with the above
statement.
Yesterday Information was brought here
that the dead body of John Vaughan had
been found hanging 10 q tree In the woods.
and this morning Coroner Henderson started
tor the spot to hold an inquest.
We are told that Vaughan is from Missis-
sippi, coming to this State last fall A full
investigation OF the circumstances OF his
death will be had, and strenuous efforts will be
made to ascertain who perpetrated the deed.
Mr.. Stern learned That Vaughn went to
FranklntOn, and, following on, found his
coat the thief having sold II there.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-27
a Religion. war ~ vetersb"rr.

PETERSBURG, Va, Jan. 2e.-The religious war
IN THE city which originated from the lecture
delivered at the Academy Of Music hy tho
Right Rev. Bishop !. ]. Keane Of the Rchmond
diocese. a few evening ago, Oh THE Church and
Human Nature" has created Intense excite-
ment among the clergy ard Protestant public
generally. The lecture which was de-
nounced by the Rev. +. " Witherspoon.
pastor Of the Tabb Street Presbyterlon Church
pitr, produced card from bishop Kaana to
which DIR. Witherspoon replies In 10. days pa
pers In his card Dr. Witherspnon says that
hla object In denouncinp the cell was to prevent
bis congreg alton from being sold In similar
way on some future day.
Dr. WitherspDon and Rev. J. Powell Garland
llvered sermons germaue tD the bishops lecture
Tuesday night. Father T.. j, Wilson, Of st,
yosephs Church, will tell how he tried 10
ply TO the lecture delivered by the Rev. Henry
Mcdonald, pastor Of the Second Baptist Church
OF Richmond. In this city. a fewlevenings since.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-27
A new idea In yeurnatjs,,,.

Some time ago Wilbur X Storey, Of the Chi
caRo Tymes. set the Western newspaper men
on the qui viDe by mortgaging his newspaper
building for $4,000 The other day one of HE
old reparters, who is now at work on the
Cheyenne Leader, spied Storey In q Pacific
express car, and straightway tackled him.
Storey was shy at first, but finally told the
reporter that he was bound for San Francjsco
70 make arrangements for the publication of
the Times in that city every morning. The
San Francisco edition Of the Times will be
Identical with the Chicago edition, except In
tne matter Of local news TeIegraphic and
editCriai matter will be wired from Chicago
to Frisco, special arrangements having been
made with q telegraph Company.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-27
Didn't Know Wis Engine was on the
Track.

North Adams gpseial 10 Boston Herald.l
The Boston and Albany road had narrow
escape from terrible accident the other
night When the engine left the II 80 train
at the Pittsfield depot and switched out OF the
that the journal was broken, and 1t was after
ward aseertained that the train had come a
distance OF two miles with one Of the locoruo-
tive wheels Off the track and running on the
snow and Ice, between the rails, Neither tho
firemen nor engineer had noticed anything
unusual In the running Of the train. and were
greatly astonlshed when the accident was dis
covered, which was not until the attempt was
made to back the engine into the round house.
The train had two slespers and three ordi-
nary coaches. and q usually full complement
OF passengers. Had the wheel entirely broken
off and dropped upon the track the train must
have been wrecked, with probably large loss
Of life for It was hurried at full speed to make
up twenty minutes lost time.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-27
Ievy's L1ttery Business.
New York Snn.1


James Connolly, y negro was srraigned in
assaultlng Abraham Levy, Of iD5 Broome
his store, offered q forged paper, and on pay
about and threatened tn kill somebody. Con-
molly laid before Justice Murray policy slip
torn TO pieces.
You see, Jedge," he said. ~ and my old
woman, we had q dream Dat was de day
dreamed Az. Says she, James. de Lord has
Well, Jsdge, de ole woman give me forty-fUur
cents, and bought de numbers Of Mr.. Levy.
In do afternoon found dat hit de flst capt.
tai. went TO Mr.. Lsvys and showed him
my slips, and says, I've won sSO' Mr.. Levy,
he looked pale, and he said. I never sold YOU
Dc Slip and | says, Mr.. Levy, dats your
writif,.' Says he, I can't pay dat: You have
10 70 to my backsr, Mr.. Brown, OF 2s71s
Bowsry, he will pay you / says. you are
spUnsibls for DIS Mr.. Levy, and / want
my money; you can't play 1t on me- He
made O grab at my slip and he
tore It up. / jumped Mt him and took de
pieces from him. He screamed and q lot of
men rushed In, but put tn back against the
door. Suddenly / felt o crack ON my head,
and turned around and see dis policeman.
then throw up hands and say. Dat settles
10; I'll come along"
Then Mr.. Levy keeps policy shopr''
asked Justice Murray.
Yes, your Honor"
Levy was committed for trial and Connolly
was sent to the House Of Detention as O..
Witness
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-27
IN. Y. Harald.j

To the supporters Of President Hayes in this
State the reelection OF Senator Conkling is O.
bitter dose, and 1t is to be seen whether they
will swallow 1t without making wry faces.
The administration has been waging war
against him ever since II came into power.
but the only effect has been to make his tri-
umph more respondent Last week Mr..
Conkling made speech In secret session of
the Senate, In which he handled the President
without gloves, and this week be will be
elected to the Senate for the third time with
less opposition and by larger majority than
ever before. It is difficult to conceive how
Mr.. Conklings great abilities could be more
signally attested than by this shining victory
over his political opponents In both parties.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-27
MISCELLANEOUS.
Durning sf the Missouri state Insane
Asylum.

H1. Louis, Jan. 2e.--All of the 2is Inmates Of
the Missouri state Insane Asylum NJ. O. near
ht Joseph, burned Yesterday, have been ac-
counted Tor. and there is no lose Of life, as at
fret feared Those suffering from milder
forms of Insanity are being cared r In the
hotels, public halls and private residences OF
Ht Joseph. TIE worst cases are being kept
under strong guard In the court. house.
An inspection was made by The architects to-
day, and It is stated that three foutths Of the
wells can be nsed again end the structure re-
built for s7Eonn. The original building cost
ssso,ooo There was no Insurance, The State
having allowed oil policies to elapee since 1s75
Tor want OF the necessary appropriation. The
origin OF the FIRE is az vet mystery, There
had been no use Of the drylrg room. In which
the hames originated since THURSDAY,
Great excitement has prevailed In Ht Joseph
all day. 1t being feared that there would be seriA
Gus trouble with the madmen. who are now
pent up In the. courthouse, and can be re-
strained only with the greatest difficulty. Some
OF the Inmates wandered about the country ali
night, and parties were out nearly all day
searching for them. the Last being found this
evening,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-27
THE LOTTERY AND THE FARO BANK

To the Editor Of the Democrat!
cannot think a charter for company to
carry on faro, keno. buneo and other sport
ing; or to exhibit cock fights, dog fights, bull
baits, ETC.. OF to Keep grand hotel of prosti-
tuition; or to establish a stnpendois drinking
palace, and run" the same. or for CARRYING
On lottery gambling on large scale; OF for
organizing and bringing under control thiev-
ing and burglary, can be regarded as involv-
Ing contract within the power Of our Legis-
lature to make; for all these are subjects
which are on the wrong side Of the line that
separates good from evil. virtue from Vice,
honesty from dishonesty, and legitimate en-
terprises and useful pursuits from those that
are wrong and low and pfomotive Of ideness,
dishonesty and vice; while every step and act
OF government should be on the side Of good
ness, truth and justice | do not think the
Leg islature can have any right to make any
contract with anybody, about anything, on
the contract consists In Its pfetermisslon Of
Its powers and duties OF government for a
term OF years It's powers and duties Of con
stantly preventing or remedying these very
evils
To show how completely some of our leejs-
lators stand on false ground In this matter, |
will quote short passage from Angel and
Ames on Corporations, page s. Persons who
are disposed to make appropriations for any
useful purpose, can never fully attain their
object without an incorporating act of the
government, and accordingly 1t has been
general y the policy and the custom especially
in the United statesl to Incorporate ell asso-
Citations lrhieh tend 10 the public adtanfd0e, in
relation to municipal government. commerce.
literature, charity and religion. The public
benefit these italics only are the author'sl
is deemed sufficient consideration of grant
OF corporate privileges. and hence when n
grant Of such privileges is made (beng in the
nature Of an executed eontraet II cannot. In
the case OF private corporation. which In
wolves private rights, be revoked.* The
object OF creating corporation is. In fact.
to gain the union, contribution and as
distance OF several persons for The successful
promotion Of some design Of general utiiifu.
though the corporation may. at the same
time, he established for the advantage of
those who are the members OF II. The prin-
cipie Is, and has been go Ibid dorm bu Domdf.
thai The design Of q corporation in to provide
for some good that is useful 10 The pubHc.
II Domat Civil Law Asa
merely quote the above without comment,
for there is so much involved in the discus
siUn that eEeites my indignation that can
hardly deem myself In tit mood for calm
argument.
In conclusion Mr.. Editor. | am sorry to
think the Senate will be compelled to amend
and return the bill 10 the House, for. accord
ing to 447 g. q. TO which called your a, ten
tionl, the corporation can only be dissolved
when indsm nifty is provided for. It might be
well TO publish said article again.
The House Of Representatives should have
fastened more slowly.
Yours. respectfully.
y Blackstone. ACT: Dartmouth College case.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-27
NEW YORK.
DlsrMss IN tire Atlantic Guilty Wf mar
rMtry-Anet ther Pedestrian Lunatic.

NEW YoRH. Jan. se.-The Hamburg steam hin
0lbert arrived at her dock yesterday. after a
EfT stormy passage from Havre in fourteen
llys. She left Havre on the eleventh Instant IN
IA weather. On the eighteenth che encoun.
ND hurricane, which continued with great
Violence for sixteen hours. Heavy aeaH washed
gef her deck, doing snme Hmall damage The
1Afometer sank to ~ degrees. On the following
ly smother hurricane was encountered. and
hl lasted for ten hours From that day until
within two days Of her arrival IN New York ths
rather was very suually, with head winds.
The storms came from the east and blew round
hthe northwest. No accidents were suffered
John G. Sullivan. member Of the Common
gouncll of Harrison. N, j.. was convicted yes.
isfdsy In the Hudson Ununty COURT of General
leseons Of barratry His was the first indict.
nent found Ia New Jersey for that offense, and
H iH the third person convicted OF 1t In the
gei,ed States. The crime is defined to be the
eAglng up, moving, promoting. exciting or
pfeeurlng suits or. proceedings at law, or
4ftaiing falee and malicious reports vex.
hiously TO the disturb anee of public peace aud
lplet The sentence will be imposed next
lfidar,
Mas Annie Bartell proposes to endeavor to
eiipss the feat Of Nine. Anderson aud will. to-
9offgw evening. commence walking 5000 quar-.
" milee In 5000 quarter hours.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-27
MONTREAL.


MONTREAL, Jan. 7s-Alderman Clendepnipa
has returned to the city. He offered no parti.
eular explanation for his efratic conduc but
said that some outside papers, more pattieu-
larly the Detroit Ne,cs. had treated him hafsbly.
The statement made to the effect that he had
taken, emgng. other moneys, $4,000 OF the st.
James Methodist Church fuL de, he positively
denies
Last eveninv flre broke out In Nordbeimer's g
Hall, which. De Houche has been converting
euished from $4,000 to SIS .oso damage was dopa
Gould. dealer In musical Instruments, whose
store is under the hall, es stimates bis losses at
$4,000. The origin of the re is said to have been
candle left burning under the stage
The weather has been Intensely cold since
yesterday. aud an lee bridge has been formed
opposite the city.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-27
THE MORgAN ROAD.

Isupar BOWL


Being In New Orleans, we last Frida,
called upon Mr. George Pandsly, superia
tendent of the Morgan Railroad. for the pur.
pose of obtaining reliable Information about
the progress OF the work on the line west O
Berwick's Bay. Mr.. Pandely informed us
that they now had about eighty men at work
IN three gangs-one building bridge neal
Pattefsenvlle. another ON Fairfax planta.
tlon, and the third and larger number still
engaged In filling In the Lacey swamp, a few
miles below Centievlle. the latter work being
more than half done.
:. In reply to our inquiry about track laying
Mr. Pandely exhibited to US a bill for 1900
tons Of steel rails, for which they paid s7s.OOt
cash, besides another bill for the necessary
fastenings, all OF which were shipped from,
Iittsburg on December 21. but had been de.
layed by Ice At the time Of our interview he
was daily expecting their arrival, and within
forty-eight hours after they were landed here
he would have men ut work putting them
down on the track at Berwick Bay, He ex-
pected to lay quarter Of a mile per day
making Berwick City. Mound plantation aud
Franklin the first bases Of operations for the
landing Of materials He remarked. AT that
rate the track will be complete TO New Iberia
In 100 days"-six months from day of com
neneing to put down rails-and to vermil-
liOnville little over two months later
Mr.. Pandely said they would continue
their line on directly TO Opelousas, which
would be their terminus. but beyond vermll.
llOHNllle bhey woulu pf0bably make new
track, as the old one did not belong TO the
Morgan company. They had purchased end
paid for the grade between Vermillionville
and Berwirk's Bay.
We also learned from Mr.. Pandely that
engineers were at work on the other line
between Vermllionville and Orange Texas
and he had authentic information that work
would be commenced there Immediately. II
is the understanding that the road will be
complete almost as soon as theMorgan divI-
sion reaches Vermllionvilis, THUS completing
the line between New Orleans and Texas.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-27
WASHINGTON.
THE PENSION ARREARS nlLL-MONEy
TO NE ArPRerRlATED TO GARay
IT OUT.
wrishts nil for the settlement NJ the
public Dgneia-seaater shields I'm
Washlng tom. Etc.

Whs@sWRseN.
WAsHINaToN, Jan Ex-senator Hlee. of Ohio
author. oi the bill providing for. the pay
ment OF arrears of pensioners says that he will
at an early day, Introduce a. bill approptiatine
q sufficient sum to carry the bill Into effect The
bll will also probably prrvide for an Increase
OF force In the Pension Office.
There is much diversity Of opinion ret az ta
what the total payments under the bill will
reach. and estimates vary from 5000 900 to
5000 e90eUo. There is known to be a very large
number OF SOLDIERS. who served In the late war
entitled to pensions. but from some reason
or other have meter made application, but now
hat the amount to be appropriated In bulk is
large, 1t is believed that thousands OF new pen.
sionefs Will be added TO the already long list.
The lowest amount that AIRY new pensIunet
will receive under this bill win exec ed $500 and
The highest. In some Instances. will exceed
eGggD.
Gen. James Shields, newly elected United
States Senator from Missouri, arrived TO-DAY
aud has taken quarters at Wlllard's Hotel where
he was waited spop to. tay by n large numbeI
OF prominent pc pie. He has not received his
certificate OF election. and consequently cannoi
take his seat In the Senate until II arrives.
Wrlghts bill giving 100 acres OF land and q
loan by the government OF $500 tn every settler
the call OF States to morrow
Wright. II is understood. has BEEN appealed II
by the Democrats to Withdraw the bill. which
he refuses to do. An effort will be made tt
teplaee II by going Into c9mmittee Of the whole
on he postoffee appropriation bill. This will
require two.thifds majority, and 1t is doubtful
III hat can be had,
Navigation on the Potomac between Washing
ton and Alexandria was resumed to-day.