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The Hartford herald., 1879-07-30
Another Proof.

Another proof that Democrats are not
hostile to Union Soldiers, or at least the
Republicans are not their friends as they
pretend to be, is the appointment by
the present Republican administration
of prominent Confederates to important
positions and offices. For instance,
John S. Mosby is Consul of the United
States at the port of Hong Kong. We
all know the history of Guerrilla Mosby.
He was the King Chief among heartless,
fiendish guerrillas during the war, but
all he had to do was to join the Radio
ais and he at once became a Saint. He
manipulates all the patronage, too, in
sight, and is as corrupt as old Satan
would have him be, yet he is retained in
this important position, while the same
men who approve of his appointment
TO, and retention in Office, are donOunc-
ing Democrats for electing humane,
honest, upright tConfederatest to Congress.
Mosby has provided brother and nu-
merous sisters, cousins and aums with
good Federal appointments. H1.l.
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-30
The Buford Case.

Editor Herald:
/ read with care the law and expert
proof i'm this case and was unable to
come to a correct conclusion until i re-
called to my recollection the diagnosis
of steam doctor. Many years ago
when Thompsonianism was put in
vogue, little dapper mercurial gentle
man bought the book and soon an
nounced himself full fieged DIR. of
medicine. About that time our vener-
able old Clerk, Charles Henderson, had
one of the worst, devilish-disposedn negro
girls in the place. She could have
cholera, fits, or any other disease known
whenever crossed or requested to labor.
Our excellent DIR. Peyton, then in his
prime, was called i'm to see the girl in
one of her spells; he acknowledged his
inability to cure her, and advised that
the ThOmsOnian Doctor should be called
in, no doubt anticipating him. He was
soon ON hand with hissteaming aparatus,
Iobelia, No. 6, &c., &c. In short
time DIR. Peyton meeting with the
Thompsonian, with the most assumed
gravity, inquired, "Well, Doctor, what
do you think ails your PATIENT" Fits,
sir, fits, superinduced by adiabolical dis
position" was the dignified reply. i
had about come to this opinion of the
Buford case, and the jury seem to have
arrived at the same conclusion. Il.
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-30
Republican SecessiOnists.

The Republican leaders and speakers
are trying very hard to create the inn
preston that Democrats favor secession.
Mr.. Wedding, in his speech, at the
Courthouse last Wednesday, called the
Democratic party, the secession party,
because they favored State rights. The
right of State to secede from the I'm
ion, if ever contended for, by any DEM
Ocrat, has been recognized by all DEM
ocrats, as being forever settled by the
result Of the late civil war.
In 1876, the Democrats had majori-
ty in the House, and Mr.. Cox, prom
inent leader in the party, on the 23d
Of March, offered the following resolu-
tiOns:
"Mr. COx-I move to suspend the
rules and adopt the following resolu-
tions, which send to the desk:
'The clerk read as follows:
"ResOired, That the people of the
United States constitute nation i'm the
sense, to the extent and for the PURPOSES
defined i'm the Federal Constitution.
"ResOired, That the Government of
the United States Is Federal Union,
and was formed by the people of the
several States i'm theig sovereign capaci-
ty: that the rights and powers of the
United States Government are defined
and limited by the Federal COnstitu-
tion, and those rights and powers can
not be enlarged nor diminished except
by an amendment to the Constitution.
"ResOired, That the rights of the
States have the same sanction and Sc
curity in the Constitution as the rights
and powers of the Federal Govern
ment, and that local domestic govern
ment by the several States within the
limits of the Constitution is absolutely
necessary for the preservation of the lib
critics of the citizen and the continu-
ance of our republican system of Gov
ernment.
"ResOlred. That the doctrine that q
State has a right to secede from the Uh-
ion IS IN conflict Tith the idea Of q per
pet,tm union as contemplated by the
Constitution, and should be regqyried as
being JOrerer ezting,tisled By the results
Of the recent cirH conflict"
These resolutions We're voted for by
every Democratic member present,
Confederate Brigadiers, and all. AZ Re
publicans voted against the resolutions.
Mr.. Blaine was particularly bitter
against the resolutions. 81 Republicans
refused to vote, hoping thereby to de-
feat the measure, by reducing the vote
below quorum.
In the face of all this record, they i'll
sist that they are opposed to secession,
and Democrats favor it.
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-30
Capt. Hill speaks In Behalf Of the
Democrats.

Hon. Boyd Winchester being COM
PEELED to recall his appointment to speak
here last Wednesday on behalf Of the
Democratic ticket, the large crowd as
sembled to hear him were determined
to have a speech and they called on
Capt. sam. f. Hill, who, in speech of
about one hour, defined the issues in-
vOlved in the pending canvass i'm an
unusually lucid and vigorous manner.
The Captain traced the contest for civil
liberty and impartial juries from Mag
na-charter down to the present;called at
tentiOn to the striking similarity Of the
Issues of to-day to those of 1900 to 1904,
defined the nice distinctions between
Federal and State authority, and showed
how dangerous to the perpetuatiOn of
free institutions for the people to permit
any encrOachment of the former upon
the latter. He defined the difference
between notification and secession and
the legitimate and constitutional rights
and Jurisdictions of the States; exposed
and denounced the devious election and
judicial methods of the Republican
party, and enjoined an unfaltering sup
port of the Democratic ticket at the ap-
preaching election from Blackburn to
Hooker, and took his seat amidst hearty
and uproarous applause.
Altogether, it was the speech of the
season, and proved too much for Mr..
Geo. G. Wedding, who appeared for the
Republicans, to answer. Mr.. We'd
ding's speech was a respectable one,
from Republican standpoint but in
stead of answering the Captains argu-
ment, engaged i'm the usual delight OF
waving the bloody shirt and defending
the great Presidential steal. But few
well-directed broadsides from the Cap
tain's battery, sent Mr.. Wedding to
grass, amid shouts of applause and
roars of laughter. Hurrah for Hill and
Hooker!
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-30
FOR REGISTER OF THE LAND OFFICE,
RALPH SHELDON.
County Ticket.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,,
X. p. HOOKER.

THIS Is the last week before the cleo
tion. Our neighbor, the NcnS, is pub
lished ON Tuesday. This week, for rea-
sons hest known TO themselves, the
Ne,os Is held back, and has not yet
made its appearance. What is the
matter? Are you afraid of having your
tricks ventilated and exposed? We
warn the people against any statement
made on the eve of the election by n
paper that will resort to such trickery.
The HERALD Is ON time. We are not
afraid Of having our statements exam
ined and criticised by the Ne,cs or any
other man. Wedeal in facts and figures,
and our statements are backed by the
records.
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-30

wALToN's CREEK, July %.


Editor Herald:
Mr.. W, of this vicinity, is still
going to see his girl, he has about come to
the conclusion that n virtuous marriage
is next to angelic bliss, how could II be
otherwise.
Health is very good in this vicinity,
with the exceptions of a few cases OF
Cholera-morbus. Mrs. +. II. Ashby,
who has been i'll of lung disease for
some time past, is some better, hopes
are entertained as to her slow but steady
recovery.
Threshing has commenced in this vi
cinity, wheat an average yield, oats
half yield Corn and Tobacco crops
are looking well, prospects are latter
ing for good yield.
Our school trustees, Messrs. E. X.
Ashby, l.. c. Morton and j. Bennett,
have employed Mr.. A. l.. Rowe, one of
our most intelligent and enterprising
Young men, to teach our district school
the ensuing winter. --. ..
Remember the election is near at
hand. Let all the Democrats assemble
at the various precints of the county for
the purpose Of giving Hon. r.. p. Hook
er their hearty support. He is, in our
biAC va ohy AAAe&At -
county i'm point of learning, discipline
and any other characteristic necessary
to make him qualified for the position
to which he aspires. He is man OF
stability and influence, who We believe
if elected, will faithfully and honorably
perform all his duties with becoming
modesty.
Leland, let the columns of the HER
AID he graced oftener with your lively
and interesting productions.
We visited the HERALD Office the
18th inst, and the Editor showed us the
nOdus Operdndi of printing on the
power press, its working is very simple
and rapid, it is simply lightning per-
sonified and with it time is annihilated.
Modoc, did you ever see tree hollow,
if you did what kind of a noise did 1t
make?
Success to the HERALD is the wish of
MENACLAs.
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-30
DIR. MEADOR'S WHIPPING POST.
Interesting Reading.

In the Police Court at Richmond, Va,
woman, Mrs. Nancy Lynch, was
sentenced to receive twenty-five lashes
for stealing a piece of iron from the
Chesapeake and Ohio II. r. Co. Soon
after she stood i'm the yard of the city
Jail, with her eyes fixed upon the whip
ping post, a stout brown post about
seven feet high and three feet in circum-
ference. An official in the yard called
to an attendant, '"ThrOw me down that
tickler;;" whereupOn a cowhide about
half an inch i'm diameter at the butt and
tapering down to u point, was tossed
into his hand. Nancy shuddered. The
official said, ''Take down your clothes,
Nancy, and hug the widder."
"Must / take all Off"
ayes, and hurry up"
Nancy unbuttoned her dress in front,
and stripped to the waist, her upper
clothing falling down over her hips and
exposing to the gaze of the few by
ISLANDERS glossy skin from shoulders to
waist. In a moment more she had en-
braced the "widder," or whipping post.
She gripped the post, her head turned
toward the official, and, as he raised the
cowhide, seemed to nerve herself for
the lashes. Rapidly the twenty-five
stripes were laid on, each making hor-
rible mark on the skin. At first the
victim did not move; but as the re-
mainder descended in rapid succession,
she writhed and twisted In agony, and
the tears poured down ber cheeks.-Er.
THE COMMENTSOF THE OHIO COUNTY
NEWS ON THE ABOVE.
The Ne,cs last week published the
above clipping and then commented on
it as follows:
This is simply an outrage ON civiliza-
ton. Virginia cannot afford to practice
such an infamous thing. Let this relic
of the dark ages be blotted out. 1t is
inhuman, unchristian and wholly
beyond the dignity of our institutions.
Reform is called for in our criminal laws
in all of the States. No criminal must
be whipped, nor should be allowed to
labor, but undergo punishment without
labor
Now turn to pages 1908 and l 1,3O4 of
the House Journal of our last Legisla-
ture and you will see that DIR. ]. w.
MeadOr voted for a ichipping post lao
to punish petit larceny by stripes not ex-
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-30
Constitutional Convention.
Editor Herald,

Editor Herald:
In former communications, We have
endeavored to point out the necessity Of
calling a convention to remodel our
State Constitution. The object We had
in view, was to present the matter to
the public and have the question dis
cussed by the people and the press Of
the State. | believe the press of the
State, without exception, have de-
clared i'm its favor. The constituted au-
thorities Of all political parties in the
State, have declared i'm favor of it, and
| believe that a large majority of the
voters of the State favor the measure.
A majority of all the voters of the
State il necessary to carry the PROPOSE
tion-hence the friends of the cOnven-
ton should be sure to vote themselves,
and have as full vote epolled as they can,
for all who fail to vote, will be counted
against ii.
At the earliest, a convention cannot
assemble until after the lst Of August,
1882, and if the proposition fails at the
coming election, 1t will, Of necessity, he
delayed two years longer.
Then let all the friends Of the meas
ure, vote for it, and let us have Con-
stitution that will meet the demands of
the age.
We need a Constitution prohibiting
lot.l legislation, defining the power of
the Legislature in regard to State aid to
internal improvements, and prohibiting
counties and municipalities from hank
rupting themselves, by voting aid to
corporations.
We need reorganized and revised
judicial system in the State.
We need to get rid of the annoyance
and expense Of too frequent elections.
We need to have the obsolete and in
operative clauses of the Constitution
stricken out. In fact, We need a COM
plete and thorough revision Of our Or
ganic law.
Give the matter serious thought, and
you will not fail to vote for calling the
convention. +.
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-30

ceeding hirty-nine on the bare back tCith
an amendment that they Were 10 be
iceU laid on. We agree with the Nc,cs
for once at least, and use its own Ian
guage, and say the act sis s'inhuman, an
outrage ON civilization, unchristian and
wholly beyond the dignity of our insti-
tutions. Let this relic of the dark ages
be blotted out" The process the Ne,cs
takes to blot it out is to elevate to office
"A man who favors the law and voted for
il. We say the proper way to blot it
out is to spot the man who voted for and
advocated the passage of such Il law i'm
the last Legislature. Fellow-citizens,
blot out the man politically that dares,
In the face Of the civilization of this
day and time, to advocate such n bar
barous measure.
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-30

ARE you i'm favor of the Sargeant-at-
Arms of the House and Senate getting
eight dollars per day for mere nominal
services, while you have to labor
from early morn to late at night at
seventy-five cents to one dollar per day
to make the money to pay the taxes out
of which these officers are paid? then
vote for DIR. Meador, for he, asyour rep
resentative, failed TO vote against this
allowance of eight dollars per day and
had an opportunity to vote for tsreduc-
ton to five dollars IA day, but did not do
IL
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-30
A Republican Compliment to Green
hackers.

+. G.. Hubbard il the Chairman of
the Republican Executive Committee,
of this Congressional District. In his
speech at the barbecue pin Baizetown,
he called the Greenbackers "Damn
fools" Are these men, thus compli-
mented, going to vote for Bennett, who
has not a ghost of a chance to be elect
ed, and thereby indirectly aid the cleo
ton of the candidate of the party
whose spokesman calls them damn
fools! and he too, hard moneyed
man? or will they vote for Mr.. Hooker,
who is i'm accord with them on all the
vital issues of the day, and has never
by word or act, insulted them?
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-30

DIR. j. w. MEADOR, while in the Leg
islature INTRODUCED a bill to reduce the
fees of A. l.. Morton, clerk of the Ohio
County Circuit Court. Mr.. Morton gets
the same fees that all other Circuit
Clerks get. He is agood clerk, an hon.
orable man, and why was this? Ought
not the fees of the Circuit Court Clerk
in each of the ll6 counties to lie the
same? Is the man who will prostitute
the honorable position as representative
of a large county i'm the law-makinp de-
partment, by bringing in a bill singing
out and attacking solitary officer to
crafty a spite or personal feeling against
him; we repeat, is such man good tim
Der out of which to make Legislator!
Why did he not do as Mr.. Hooker did,
bring i'm a bill to reduce the fees Of all
officers Of the Commonwealth?
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-30
Mrs. jerks OF the Sherman Marines,
Helping to Carry ON the Govern
ment at WashintOn.

Communication in Washington Post.l
IL may be news to your numerous
readers that Agnes jerks, the female
from Louisiana, whose capacity for per-
jury was so signally exhibited by the
examination of Gen. Butler, during the
Potter committee investigation of the
Presidential steal, holds sinecure po-
sitiOn under John Sherman i'm the
Treasury Department building, which
pays her 81 800 per annum. Any day
she can be seen Haunting up and down
the principal corridors of the Treasury
building. Occasionally she visits Sec
retary Carl Schurz, by whom she is re-
ceived with seeming delight and friend
illness. Evidently John Sherman was
afraid that Agnes jerks would make
an affidavit that she perjured herself
when she testified that she dictated the
letter that John Sherman undoubtedly
wrote to Weber and Anderson; hence
the 81 800 per annum sinecure. Sher-
man has made the Treasury a refuge
and place of reward for nearly all the
scoundrels who assisted him to steal the
Presidency. Even the Telegraphic Op-
orators who transmitted and received
the criminal messages that passed be-
tween the Republican managers and
their agents in South Carolina, Florida,
Louisiana and Oregon, during the period
between November, 1876, and March,
1S1I--the dispatches subsequently stolen
by Bullock, now United States Consul in
Europe-are to be seen there in possess
sion of places intended to paddock their
mouths and paralyze their memories i'm
the event of their being required to tes-
tify before an investigating committee
of Congress, but the presence of Agnes
jerks was necessary to make the dis
gusting spectacle complete. Yet this
identical John Sherman expects to be
the Presidential candidate in 1880.
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-30

THE Secretary of the Executive COM
mittee of the Greenback party, says, in
the columns of the AgricdtWdl-Legdl-
Tender, that he has received informa-
ton that convinces him that the 2nd
Congressional District will give Judge
Cook, the Greenback candidate for
Governor, majority. Well, now, if
we amt crazy, he will receive different
information about the 5th or 9th Of
August. DIR. l.. p. Blackburn will carry
this district by very large majority, il
we are a prophet or any kin to IA prophet.
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-30

DEMOCRATIC Greenbackers, wehave
just word to say to you. There is no
probability, not even a seeming posssi-
bility to elect your candidate, J. A.
Bennett, Esq, next Monday. Thecon
test is between Mr.. Hooker, farmer
and Greenback Democrat, and DIR. ].
w. Meador, neutrality-suspicious. Re
publican. We tell you now, and next
Mondays vote will prove 1t, nearly all
the Republican Greenbackers of the
county will vote for Meador, now If you
stick to Bennett you indirectly aid and
make possible the election of DIR. Mead
or, who is against you financially and
politically. BY voting for Mr.. Hooker
you secure beyond doubt, the election
of IA Greenbacker, one who is with you
on all the essential principles, but be-
lieves relief can soonest andsurest he OBJ
tanned i'm the Democratic party. Which
will you do? .- .t...
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-30

THE Republican stalwart speakers try
very hard to create the impression that
Democrats favor secession. On the 23d
of March, 1876, the Democratic House
passed a resolution embodying the SEN
timent shat a State has no right, from
any cause, to sececie from the onion"
The Democrats voted for the resolution,
but The Repubticuns rotod against il,
thereby placing themselves on record as
believing that State, under some cir
cumstdnces, has q right to secede. We
have been particular to refer to the very
day ON which the resolution was offered
so that you can see whether we have
given it right or not.
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-30
Roesporf Racket
ROCKPORT, KY, July q.

ROcKPORT, KY, July q.
Editor HeraId:
A couple of young fellows were ar
rested here last Friday night, charged
with using some very insulting Ian
guage towards Mrs. Z. ]. Davenport, of
this place. They were tried on Satur-
urday. Rock was fined 81 and cost,
total, s. go. Bell was fined S25 and
cost, total, S35 so. Too much "old red
eye on board" Join the Good Tenn
plars, boys; the amount Of your fine
will pay your dues for seventeen years,
with an over-plus of twenty cents
apiece for pocket change.
Mr.. Collie Duncan, I understand, is
under treatment for some kind of an
optical affection, which was caused by
winking at one of Stuttz's show girls.
We hope he will regain his vision soon.
Mr.. Raley, one of the best Op-
orators, and one of the most Obliging
agents ON the +. x p. r. r., will launch
himself into a new suit of clothes soon
Guess he's got girl on the brain.
Mr.. Thomas Fry, of Princeton, XIV.
has taken a position behind one OF
the bankers at Walcott & Bros, and
makes the marble dust fly muchly.
And that boy Bob, who is cutting bases
for them, is "bad medicine"
Sadness gathers around my heart as
my pen glides over the paper, to ehron-
icle the death of little Maud, daughter
Of p. r., and Bette Robertson, who
died on the % inst. Only a faint shad-
ow of what bereaved parents feel when
the light of their house is gone, can fall
upon paper. Dear little Maud, thine
eyes, once so full of life and joy, are
closed, closed forever, and their lashes
lie like silken fringe, upon their lids of
alabaster. That rounded brow and sill
ver skin, so laced with faint traces of
azure veins, will fade and yield to
death imperial reign. But what of
that? Maud has only gone before,
only climbed the golden stair to Heav-
en-, and sometime, ere long, parents and
daughter may meet On that beautiful
shore where little children are robed in
white, and crowned with love, and
beautiful with all the souls expan-
sion." OUyRIER.
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-30

OWING to an extension of the term of
Quarterly Court over Saturday and
Monday, where Mr.. Fogle was detained
attending to duties towards his clients
who Were litigating, he was unable to
fill his appointments as advertised at
Fordsville and Buford. He espoke, how
ever, on yesterday at Rockport, and
speaks to-day at Rosine. Mr.. Fogle
made strong and forcible speech at
Rockport, showing the Radical tendency
to Capitalization and the historical
phase of what was settled by the war
and conclusively representing to every
unbiased mind that soldiers at the polls
and supervisors of election and deputy
marshals and test oaths for jurors were
subversiye of the rights and liberties of
free people. .4.l irs
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-30

the Democratic ticket. He has far
better Republican record to-day than
their candidate for Legislature, DIR. ].
W. Meador. He is prompt, efficient
carrier and it is nobody's business how
he votes, he has given bond and securi-
ty to discharge his duty and 1t is not a
political office and the sneaking effort
to oust him is low, mean and contempt
ible.
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-30
BufOrd's Fate.

The jury in the case of Thos. Buford
returned verdict last "Wednesday
morning early, finding him guilty of
murder and fixing his punishment con-
finement in the penitentiary for life.
A motion was made for n new trial
which was Overruled, and the ease taken
to the Court of Appeals. Buford has
been sent back to Jail in Louisville until
the Court Of Appeals acts on his case.
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-30

AUSTIN CoRBIN, president of the
Manhattan Beach Railroad and Hotel
Company, New York, announces that
he does not want Jews 10 ride on his
cars or stop at his hotel. The Jews are
of course indignant at being thus pub
licly insulted and ostracised. We can
see no good reason for such an act.
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-30

THE Daviess county fair he held at
Owensboro, commencing Wednesday,
October sth, 1879, and continuing three
days. The Messenger says the amphi-
theatreis being reconstructed, and grand
preparations are being made, and the
prospects for a successful fair very fiat
teriug
The Hartford herald., 1879-07-30
HaynesviIle Hash.
Editor Herald:

Farmers are encouraged by the recent
rains. Corn was never better i'm this To-
cality. Wheat has been threshed and
yielded well. Tobacco is late n a gen.
eral thing but is doing well. Oats were
almost an entire failure. X. p. Hooker
is the man to NOW the MeadO(r)w in
this part of the county.
Success to the HERALD is the wish of
WILLIE MAY.