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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1879-09-16
GOING TO GET EVEN.
How Congressman Daggett Means TO
Make Himself square with
the Railroad.
virginia city Chronicle.


gresham Daggett stands on the rail
road question. He is sound. Con-
versing with Chronicle reporter the
other day he said:
aeI'he railroad people are the petit
est kind Of gougcrs They begin TO
show their hand at Omaha. In the
first place, the fare from Omaha TO
San Francisco is hundred dollars
aud City cents, and everybody who
buys ticket stops 10 growl and ask
what that fifty cents Is for. They are
told that the half dollar il simply the
profit made on each passenger. |
guess the hundred dollars comes near
Or the profit than the half dollar
Then they grab yeur trunk and
shove it behind grating TO be
weighed. You can't see the scales at
all, and sou have no idea about the
weight until man sings out eight
dollars and thirty cents overweight,
aud you have to pungle the money or
your trunk don't 60. Now my trunk
was SO small an affair that could
throw it over my shoulder with one
hand. but they ran up the weight to
260 pounds. Probably it did weigh
that much when acknowledgement
baggage master was sitting on il.
well | paid because hadn't but
two minutes to fight, aud at Ogden the
baggage villain still pursued me, and
paid stme more extra weight 1t
weighed more at 0gden--probably
because heavier man sat on il, or
else the rarefed atmosphere affected
the scales. Then. coming over the
mountains, there vas some extra
charges for ropes. But III get even
l'll get even,
You see, | am entitled, MS u mem
Der Of Congress, to GOO volumes OF Ag-
ricultural reports, 900 Surveyor Gen
erals Reports, 500 Patent Office Re-
ports, and several thousand other
heavy volumes Of equally exciting
eharacter'
Reporter these reports ever
vnadg
Mr. Daggott, NJ. C.-0h, yes; the
printers who set EN- mp are obliged to
read EN- Well, these are sent on 10
my address free, aud the railroad peo-
pie have g carry 'em for nothing, nn-
der their postal contract with the Uni
ted states Government--the biggest
Government on earth, sir Then I'll
give ono copy Of the agricultural 70.
mauces 70 old Farmer Treadway, aud
a copy ii the geological lictions TO
Prof Stewart All the rest need my
self
Reporter For what purpose?
Mr. Daggett, Nj. C--Why, you see,
illput MY Frank on 'em and ship em
10 Zach Chandler ia Wisconsin, and
hen frank en- aud send en- back, and
III frank em again redirect 'em to
him; and these books-two tons of
en- by CT will 10 back aud forth
over that blasted road, free, until the
ucxt session of Congress, when I'll get
bold of some more aud start them
along, too. | propose to keep the
10 ks in motion until they wear out.
and then III sue The Did company
Tor damages. Oh, I'll sickcn 'cm OF
the extra weight dadse. Don't you
forget it,
Every morning tue Congressman
goes down 10 the depot aud pokes
about among the freight Tor his books.
They have not yet arrived, but he ex.
poets them every Gay,
That Meteor.
vinnea ucea s..aer state.
The meteor Whirit was spp,, herr.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1879-09-16

va@ schnnck, Stevenson ~ Co., Wholesale
Druggists, Chicago, supply the trade at man
utncturers' prices.
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The oldest woman in the world is
Mary Benton. who lives in Eaton, Dur
ham. England. She was born III 1871
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PosToFFIcEs.

The following is list Of the postolllces
In Idaho Territory.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02
The South Carolina Way Of Removing
An Officer.

The Postmaster at Blackville, S. c.,
was Objectionable to Hamburg Butler
and his Democratic admirers in that
region, and they undertook to secure
his removal by the simple and direct
process of assassination. He was OBJ
iectionable because he was q colored
man who had the grit to stand up for
his rights, and also because he had
superseded young woman who ran the
office chiefly as a Democratic campaign
auxiliary. When the Blackville Post
master was shot and dangerously
wounded, the local authorities, being
Democrats, and therefore in full SYM
pathy with the plan of removal, re-
fused to render him any assistance, or
to bring his assailant to justice; and If
the latter is punished at all it will be in
plain violation of the doctrine of State
rights and by the centralized power of
the Federal Government. While the
slow process of justice is going forward,
there is another and eminently desir-
able mode of redress within the prov
ince of the Postmaster-G General to en-
force, and that is the closing altogether
of the Post-office at Blackville, and it
is gratifying to know that this will be
done If necessary in order to convince
these Rebel bulldozers that in shooting
the Postmaster they have fired upon the
Government of the United States, which
is able and inclined to resent the indig-
nifty in suitable manner. This plan
was tried once in similar circumstances
in Mississippi. and was entirely sue
cessful in bringing the Yazoo chivalry
to a fitting sense of National suprem-
acy so far as post-ofices are concerned,
and it would doubtless work well in
South Carolina.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02
The Republican Party.

The Republican party must from this
time forth wage an aggressive warfare,
such as it did from 1860 to 1865, for il
has nothing to defend but the National
welfare, and that can be done more sue
cessfully by aggressiveness toward the
common enemy than in any other way.
Its cause is just, and now let its line of
battle be wisely and judiciously planned,
and its forces be pressed on to victory
in every State throughout the North
and West. The South is given over to
oppression, outlawry and crime, and
Republicanism has little to hope for
from that quarter. For a season intim-
idation and awe accomplished mischiev.
Gus and even dire consequences to Re.
publicanism and to the Nation. The
enemy took advantage of this unfortu-
nate condition of things, and went
through the land shrieking fraud and
corruption, with hypocrisy becoming
the author of sin, until liberal and cred
ulous men were deceived, intimidated
and swerved from their political pro.
priety.
Time, reason and experience, how
ever, are working a cure. The false
hoods, the trickery and the hypocrisy
of the Democratic party have at last
been exposed, and the truth is begin
ming to break with force upon the pub
lie mind. The Republican party is
rapidly rising with the emergency to a
mastery of the situation. 1t is arous-
ing everywhere throughout the country
to a high sense of duty and to an asser-
tion of its legitimate power. The rebel
brigadier, the champion of States
rights, the blatant demagogue, the
knave, the communist, the hypocrite
and the murderer and all have
enlisted on the Democratic side, but in
spite of all these combined the Re-
pull ans will soon enter once more
upo.. full and entire rule of the Gov
ernment in all its departments. The
people-that is the loyal men of the Ma.
tion, and they are in a large majority
are not prepared to entrust the destinies
of the Republic to the hands of those
who have pledged their lives and their
fortunes. to say nothing of their sacred
honors, to destroy it. They are be.
ginning to understand the hypocrisies,
sophistries and deceptions practiced by
the Democrats, and are nerving them
selves for the contest which is to decide
the future of this imperiled Nation.
Democracy must be put where it car
inflict no harm, and every Republican
energy must be concentrated toward
that end. In no other way can the fu'
tnre peace, prosperity and happiness o1
the republic be assufed. BY such agen
cies and processes it can be. The en-
tire responsibility now rests with the
Republican party. Its duty is plain
and to neglect it will be crime
] Washington Republican,
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02
The Nation and the States.

Governor Blackburn, on the occasion
of his inauguration, in Kentucky, said:
"Ours will undoubtedly prove the best
Government ever known if both our
Federal and State Governments will
strictly confine themselves to their Con-
stitutional powers and functions. This
sounds very well, but, unless parties
should behave in the future differently
from the manner they behaved in the
past, there will be much trouble brought
upon the country. The Democratic
party, which always has claimed, and
which now claims, to be the especial
champion of State rights, has not the
less been the enemy of those rights
whenever it has had occasion to ad-
vance its own ends at the expense of
the country. 1t began its career as
dominant party in 1901, and in a few
wears it had become the most perfect
specimen of a consolidated party that
this Nation has ever known. Two of
the acts, that most helped to change
its character, the purchase of Louisi-
ana and the war of 1872 did it honor,
and must ever stand to its credit in
history; but neither the one nor the
other was in keeping with the party's
creed or the party's purpose. Presi-
dent jefferson himself, who made the
purchase of Louisiana, admitted that
the Constitution gave him no authority
to acquire the vast territory that Bona
parte sold for a sum of money. He
did not, therefore, confine the Federal
Government to its Constitutional pow
ers and functions, but acted quite as
independently as any Bonaparte ever
acted when acquiring territory from
the head of foreign nation. Consid-
cred as q piece of craftsmanship, Mr..
Jefferson's course in 1908 cannot
be too highly praised; but if we
look at it as the work of the
great champion of Democracy and
State rights, its grandeur cannot save
it from being laughed at. Itwas a mag
nificent specimen of sublime inconsist-
ency; and had Mr.. John Adams been
reelected to the Presidency in 1901,
and had he purchased Louisiana, the
Democrats would have denounced his
action in the loudest terms, and Mr..
Jefferson would have led in the howl
ing work. The fact that the acquisition
was well and wisely made has nothing
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02
EPISODE OF THE RUSSO.TURKISR
WAR.

In his wind-shaken tent the soldier sits,
Beside him flares an oil-lamp smokily.
Whose dim light glooms and fiickers on the sheet
b lsas st smile
The faxen- bearded, sunburnt face lights up
Within % his nAs yearnine m % Reara: the gentle hand
That those sweet, loving words hath traced, will
Ever again in his protecting clasp
Eafold it? Who Gan tell! He can but kiss,
With wild intensity, the page that hand
Hath touched. Each line, each word, read and
At last there is no more. With swimming eyes
Yet see those lines with pencil widely ruled.
What do they say, those baby characters,
30 feebly huge?
When win you come home again?
My own dear papa!
As he reads this the tent to him grows darker,
In his blue eyes. and blur the struggling words.
What need to see? The words are stamped upon
His heart, and his whole soul doth feel them
The wind on gusty wing sweeps by. and lol
With its wild voice. his child's sweet treble
In accents family clear:
When will You come home again?
My own dear papa .--
And now his head is bowed into his hands,
His brave heart for q moment seems To climb
Thus sharply leaps among and slays the sad
wmd-v9ices of the autumn night with shrlll n,
And startled sleepers, at its fierce appeal,
Half dreaming clutch their swords, and gasping
How many soon to sleep again-in death,
And on that fathers heart the pealing cry
Strikes cold as ice, though soldier there's none
For still above the bugle's thrilling breath
Tint pleading child-voice sweetly calls:
When will Won come home again?
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02
The Mississippi Infamy.

The disgusting travesty of justice
which has been dignified with the name
of the Chisholm trial has ended in the
prompt acquittal of the murderer, and
in this respect has not disappointed
public opinion. 1t was foregone con-
clusion from the very outset that the
wretch Gully would never be punished
for his brutal murder of Cornelia CHS
holm, nor any of his gang who joined
with him in the murder of Judge CHS
holm, his little boy, and his two friends.
The circumstances of this trial stamp it
as the most deliberate violation of law
and perversion and intimidation of JUS
tice ever known in the criminal annals
of this country. The evidence in the
case was as clear as the sunlight. There
was no room for the shadow of doubt
that Gully murdered the brave girl Cor
nelia Chisholm deliberately and wan
tonly. The defense introduced no tes-
timony that even threw a doubt upon
the main fact. The most rigid cross
examination failed to disturb single
statement of those who saw the murder
and had the courage to testify. In any
community which was not ruled by vio-
lence and stepped in barbarism, the
Jury would have declared the wretch
guilty without leaving their seats, and
the Court would have sentenced him on
the spot. But, the DeKalb jury, shiv-
ering for their lives and covering un-
der the threatening glances of the mob
of Gully's followers who swarmed into
the courtroom and were hanging about
the building, surrendered all their cour-
age and manliness at the bidding of
these desperadoes, and, waiting a few
minutes for the sake of common decen-
cy, came in and declared Gully not
guilty!
There was no phase of this trial that
was not a mockery of justice, and a dis
grace to the Court, the town, the
county and the State where it was held.
The murderer himself, who was on
trial for one of the most awful and
brutal crimes ever perpetrated even in
that bloody region, was not under re-
straint. He came and went at his
pleasure, the convenient Sheriff taking
his word that he would appear when
ever wanted. Knowing that he would
be acquitted, and that there was not
power enough in Kemper County to
punish him, he appeared promptly
enough each morning, and spent his
time in the courtroom or in the town,
streets and saloons, as best suited his
pleasure; if there had been any doubt
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02

The Hungarian papers, in their art-i
cles on the meeting of the Emperors in
Gastein, express anything but satisfac-
ton with the intimate relations between
Austro- Hungary and Germany. They
accuse Prince Bismarck with having IN
spired Count Andrassy's Eastern policy.
The Poster Lloyd says: "We cannot
base our policy on the presumption OF
the stability of Prince Bismarck's for
eign policy. We therefore must culti-
vate q good understanding with En-
gland and France, who are the repre-
sentatives of conservative principles in
the East"
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02

"NOw, Mr.. Robinson" said fair
Young city visitor to the nd-hearted
farmer, won't you show US your wa
termelon orchard?'' 81 haven't a wa
termelon tree on the place this year,
ma am; they were all Winter killed.
and his Questioner wondered why he
smiled so pleasantly as he answered
her.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02
CAN Eastern Statesman'' writes in

IAN Eastern Statesman" writes in
the Contemporary Repieso that under the
most oppressive taxes the revenue of
Turkey was never enough to pay the in
terest on the debt, and it is absolutely
impossible for her to pay the interest
on her present funded debt. Her best
course Is to avow absolute bankruptcy,
reduce expenditures, and give up all
idea of borrowing. The Russian war
indemnity, $3.50. 600, 600, has yet to be
paid.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02

ONE of a party of six Highland dis
trict boys, who are spending their va
cation at Kenebeck, sent the following
expressive letter home: We dug
woodchuck out of his hole; it was a
skunk; we slept in the barn that night"
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02
Harness Shops.

Z. WELLS. sadiicr and Harness Maker. The best
vorkmen employed. and only The best stock used
An work done under my supervision. North side
Mechanic Street.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02
Boots and Shoes,

W. n. ASHFORD. Manufacturer and dealer In
Booes and Shoes and all kinds Of frst class custom
work All work and materials fully warranted Shop
south side of Liberty Street, Wellington, o.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02
Planning MIL.

WELLINGTON PL AIMING MILL. Manufacturer
and dealers in Sash. Doors Blinds Brackets Bat
tinss, Lumber. Shingles, Lath. Cheese and Butter
Boxes Scroll Saving Matching and Planning done to
order. L. wadsworth. Prop. once. near rail-
road Depot.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02

Bring your printing to the -erprse once. All
kinds of printing doGe neatly and promptly. once
west side Public Square. over Houshtons Dru.
Store,
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02

l. Q, EvKKKrT. h. q. srARn-
EvEIasTT STARR Manufacturing CbemistaI
and Wholesale and Retail dealers In Drugs, Medi-
cines and full line of Notions and Druggists Sun.
dries. North side Liberty Street.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02
Insurance Agent.

r n. GOODWIN, The Insurance Agent. win be
found ct his once in Hustled Bros' Boot and Shoe
Store where he viii be pleased to see his oil Gus
toners needing anything in his Inc. Standard COM
panies represented and rates reasonable. Losses
pruoptiy adjusted and paid at his agency.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02

NOREH0UsE MINER. Dealer In all kinds Of
Cut Meats fresh and salt. Of better quality than
has heretofore been sold In Wellington. We have .
new patent cooler md all the appliances for doing
frst ciass business. Our prices higher than
otherscharge for inferior meats Market North
side Liberty Street
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02

J. p. EIDT. Baker and Grocer. Fresh Bread Cake
and Pies every day. Also . choice and complete -
oortment Of Grocerfes Manufactures and sella
Wholesale and retail. Candies and CONFECTIONERY,
West side North Main Street.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02
Cigars and Tobacco.

A p. DMOCK Manufactured. Wholesale and Re-
tail dealer in Cigars, Tobaccos, etc. nne sssort-
mcnt always kept in stock at lowest cash priceA
salesroo,n North side of Liberty Street.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02

Z @. FULLER, Dealer In Fresh and Salt Meats,
bologna and Pork sau age. Highest market prics
paid for Beeves, Sheep. Hogs. Hides, Etc. Markst
south side Liberty Street
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-04-16

the court and q commissioner, to be appointed
by the Judge, which commissioner shall be q
well-known member of the principal political
party opposing that to which the clerk shall
belong. It also repeats sections 2,0l6, 20l8
and 1920, and all the succeeding sections down
to and including 2,027, and also section 5,522.
1t also strikes out Of section 2,0l9 the words
L" for the purpose OF engaging in the work Of
.canrassing the ballots" and strikes out Of Sec
ton 2,028 the words or a deputy marshal"
and the words "city, town, county, parish"
It also repeats section 2,03l, except such part
Of it as relates to the pay of supervisors Of
elections. 1t repeats all other sections and
laws authorizing the appointment Of chief su-
pervisors of elections and special or deputy
marshals Of elections. The bill was ordered
printed, and referred to the committee OF the
whole 49,. In committee of the whole consid-
Grafton Of the army appropriation bill was re-
sumed. The discussion Of the clause forbidding
the military ct the polls was participated in by
Messrs. Muldrow, Chalmers and Hurd on the
Democratic side, and by Messrs. Bedford, Con-
ger and Frye on the Republican. Adjourned.
time fixed for closing the debate on the army
appropriation bill. Suggestions were made to
have a night session, to restrict speeches to
fifteen minutes each, and to close the debate
the next dny. Objections was mnde to all
these propositions, Mr.. Conger stating that
n number Of gentlemen on both sides had given
notice Of their desire to speak; also that many
had prepared speeches, and would not like to
be restricted TO fifteen minutes; and also, TINT
few members would be present Mt the night
session. On both sides it was declared that
there was no desire to shut off debate; and
the speaker gnve it as his experience that an
unlimited debate was the shortest debate.
Finally, on motion of Mr.. Dunnell, all general
debate WIS ordered closed on the following
Friday, leaving the fve-minute debate still
open. The debate was then continued by
Messrs. Townshend, Lounsbury, Phister, Her.
bert and Buckner, Democrats, and Messrs.
Williams, Calkins and White, Republicans.
Adialrnnd
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-04-16
The FitZ.JOhn Porter Case.

The official report Of the board of in
quiry in the Fitz-John Porter case has
been approved by the President and
the Secretary of War, and the general
will now be restored to his old rank and
position in the army. The report of the
board, which consisted of Generals
Schofield, Terry and Getty, gives q mar
rative of tile events which gave rise to
the charges against. General Porter,
emitting unessential details and limiting
themselves to q plain statement of es-
sential facts established by positive
proof. Concerning the charge of which
General Porter was found ~guilty-not
having moved his command on the
night of August 81, 1862, in obedience to
an order from General Pope-the board
report that it was a manifest physical
impossibility to march over that road
that night; that nothing would have
been gained by the attempt, and that it
would have been wiser if General Porter
had delayed the attempt still longer
than he did; that he exercised
the very ordinary discretion of a
corps commander, and that it was
his plain duty to so exercise it.:
Lie IcpOIt ClOScS tS lOllOWS. NCIClhl
Porter was, in effect, condemned for not
having taken any part in his own
battle. Such was the error upon which
General Porter was pronounced guilty
of the most shameful crime known
among soldiers. We believe not one
among all the gallant soldiers o that
bloody field was less deserving of such
condemnation than he. The evidence Of
bad animus in Porter's case ceases to be
material in view of the evidence Of his
soldierly and faithful conduct. But it
is our duty to say that the indiscreet and
unkind terms in which General Porter
expressed his distrust of the capacity of
his superior commander General Pope
cannot be defended, and to that indis-
erection was due in very great measure
the misrepresentation of both his mo-
tives and his conduct and his consequent
condemnation. Having thus given the
reasons for u conclusions, we have the
honor to report, in accordance with the
Presidents order, that in our opinion
Justice requires at his hands such action
us may be necessary to annul and set
aside tie findings and sentence of the
court-martial in the case of Major-Gen-
eral Fitz-John Porter and to restore him
to the position Of which that sentence
deprived him, such restoration to take
effect from the date of his dismissal from
the service"