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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-06

ALL TRAINS Leaving Petersburg viii 5'af' hon
the AppOnattOH dsrOL -
SUNDAY EXCURSION TRAINS 'D'e ..-
mono $40 \. VI. aud AS =. NJ; eA's f....'
burg $50 A. VI. and 4 - T.. VI. Fyfrl ~nt-aft
no ID y. y. KLINE. -nu. 4 ~ ~ -
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16
.FEU'S Nv .a NUTSHELL

The peach crop in Mississippi
is said to be an almost total fall
ure.
The Herald says that Weeks
burg is improving every day. and
that it will soon be the prettlest
city in the South,
In Louisville recently an IN
sane son murdered his mother
with a rusty old butcher knife.
The son has been crazy for three
years.
In Warren county, Miss, a ne
gro woman's dress accidentally
caught fire and before assistance
arrived her body was burned to
crisp. This occurred last week.
John Raymond, (col.) and Jno.
Sullivan (white) fell out about
ten cents in New Orleans the
other day, when the former shot
and instantly killed the latter.
A young man who lived near
Starkville, Miss, was drowned
by bridge, over which he was
driving team, giving away and
dropping him into the swollen
stream below, The team escap-
ed.
In the great walking-matct
which ended last Saturday IL
New York, Hart scored 565 miles
in six days. This is the longes
tramp. in the same length o
time, on record.
The New Orleans Picayun'
thinks that Tilden IS as great al
inventor as Edison. Tilden'
inventions, however, are conhne'
to low-down political trickery an
cowardice.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16
Tn it's last issue. the Ouachlta

In it's last issue, the Ouachlta |
Telegraph, one Of our most es-
teemed contemporaries, has a
strong and forclble article upon
the prudency and necessity of
nominating G-n. Hancock tor
the Presidency at the Cincinnati
Convention. The Telegraph con-
cedes the fact that Gen, Grant
is the most formidable candidate
that will be placed in nomiua-
ton by the Republicans at Chi
cago. This being the. fact, the
Telegraph thinks that the COM
ing campaign will be waged upon
the virtue of the military proves
and soldierly fame of the distln-
guisbed nominee Of the Republi-
can party. Hence, according to
the Telegraph, it behooves the
Democracy to place an opponent
to Grant in the field who can
meet him upon the same basis
and with the same claim of mill
tary glory.
Right here is where we dis
sent from the views OF our able
contemporary, Il the preslden-
tial fight is to be made upon The
reputation of it's standard-bear-
ers, as military chieftains, then
it were supreme folly for the De-
mocracy to place Gen. Hancoch
in opposition to Gen. Grant As
a soldier, Gen. Hancock has al
enviable fame; but he sinks into
insignifeance when we compare
him to Gen. Grant. We there
fore think that the best thing oul
party can do is to place e civilian
and q statesman in the field tt
lead the Democratic hosts In the
coming election. Such a man Il
unque.tionably found either ii
the person of Tom Bayard o
Allen G.. Thurman. Either on
! of these celebrities can com
nearer reaching the goal of GU
} desires than Gen. Hancock.
With Grant and Hancock Ii
the race, Grant will assuredl
and emphatically "get Their
first"
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16
NOTICE.,

STATE OF LOUISIANA-6th District
Court, Parish of Morehouse. In the
matter of the Tutorship of the minors
Robt. H., r. M. and Anna P. Parsons.
Whereas, Mrs M. w. Parsons has petit
toned the Court for letters of tutorship
on the estate of the late S. g. Parsons, de-
ceased, interstate.
Notice is hereby given to all whom it
may concern, TO show cause within ten
days why the prayer of the said petit
TONER should not he granted.
By order of the Court,
E. W. ROSS, Clerk Dist Court.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16
DISSOLUTION.

The partnership heretofore existing
between r. B. Todd and J. Harvey
Brigham, as attorneys at law, is dissolv-
ed by mutual consent, to take effect
from and after March Sd, 1890. All un-
finished business of the firm, and cases
pending in the courts, are hereby re-
ferred to David Todd, Esq, Bastrop, La,
who will represent MS in the settlement
and trial of the same Fees due said
firm must be paid to either of us, or an
authorized agent.
r. B. TODD,
J. HARVEY BRIGHAM.
Bastrop, La March 3lst, 1880.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16
LIST OF LETTERS

Remaining in the Post Office
for the week ending THURSDAY At
noon:
W. Brannon, Mary Foster, R
L. Glover, Charlie Harrison
Mrs. Mary f. Johnston, Mrs
Jennie Lawson, Mrs. C. C. Nc.
Adams, Wesley Morgan, ~ H.
L. Nichols, D. W. Smith. Mrs.
Emily Jane Thomas, Master Ed
die Williams, Mrs. Harriet E.
Walker, Miss Katie Walker,
Hope Whetstone.
y. M. TURPIN, P. NJ.
Top buggies, steel bows, etc., at
Handy's $50. All leather top bug
gies at Handy's S122 80. Worth
$3.50 in New Orleans. A bargain
open buggies at Handy's ST so
to $50.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16
MILLINERY STORE.

Having just received large and va
as straw hats, laces, ribbons, artificial
flowers, and everything belonging to the
millinery business, am prepared to &C
commodate the ladies, who are request
ed to call aud examine my goods.
Store-In the room adjoining Mrs.
Collins NINE NJ. A. WINFREY.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16

We notice with real pleasure
the emphatic zesl with which the
majority of our exchanges of the
fifth district are rallying to the
support Of General King for
Congressman. This enthusiasm
smacks Of a spirit OF consistent
deliberation upon the part Of the
advocates Of Kings reelection.
1t shows that our people have
learned to consider-"to think
before they jump" It shows that
the days when party tricksters
rule and dictate popular senti-
ment are "among the things that
were," and that the era has
dawned upon US when the peo'
pie place and keep a man iu
Office for his worth and tor his
real value. The people Of this
district haye watched with scru'
tinizing eyes the acts and labors
Of Gen. King; "they have weigh
ed him in the balance and foune
him not wanting" They now de
sire to manifest their apprecia
tion of the interest he has show
toward them by honori1g hin
with a second term in the ma
tional legislature, King richl,
deserves the honor. We ar
glad the press of the distric
which he represents will supper
him. We believe that the fe,
papers that advocate the cleo
ton of a new man will, ere th
assembling Of the convention a
Monroe, conclude that no othe
man in the district can bea
Gen. King. Let US all rally t
his support.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16
New Advertisements.
Notice to Tax.Payers

Of the Corporation of Bastrop. Your
taxes are now due, and if not paid bv
the first day of May next l shall return
the same as delinquent and advertise
al! the real estate for sale, or so mrch
thereof as may be necessary to satisfy
the taxes and costs, allowing all tax
payers the right or privilege of pointing
out property. E.J. HILTON,
Corporation Tax Collector,
Per B. W. SMITH, Deputy.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16
'STRAYED OR STOLEN.

From the Spyker plantation, on the
night of the Goth nlt., dark mare
mule-almost black about Is hands
high, with knee of one hind leg swollen
A liberal reward will be paid for the de-
livery of said mule, or for any informa-
ton leading to the recovery of same
GEO. A. SPYKER.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16

The Honma Courier compares
the Meridionals size to that OF a
one-cent postage stamp. We
shall listen, with intense anxiety,
for a severe rebuke from Addi-
son. "He's bad medicine"
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16

Capt. Glazer, of the steamer
Harry Brown, accidentally shot
and killed Capt. McAllister OF the
steamer Mcdonald, near Natchez
the other day.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16

We are indebted to Messrs.
Wolff. Silbernagel & Co., of St.
Louis, for copy of the Trade
Journal, published in that city.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16

The editor of the Capitolian
has been reelected to the May
orally of the city Of Baton
Rouge. Good luck, Jastremski
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16

The Mississippi guests to the
Cincinnati railroad banquets
speak of the entertainment as
one of the most enjoyable they
ever witnessed. They laud Gin
cinnati's hospitality to the skies.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16

Gen. King has our sincere
thanks for the Daily Congress
SIGNAL Record and other public
documents.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16

The Mobile Fire Department
celebrated it's AID anniversary
last Friday in a grand street pa
rade, which was witnessed by
thousands OF spectators.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16

It is now said that Garfield
will 60 before the Chicago Con-
vention as a candidate for Presi-
dent. Verify, Sherman's pros
poets are growing small. Gar
ield would make no secondclass
President.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16

Three negroes, charged with
murder, were hung at Macon,
Miss, last Friday. All but one
confessed the crime with which
they we're charged. Five thou
sand people witnessed the hang
ing.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16
NOTICE..

All parties indebted to us are required
to come forward and pay same to Aug.
Simon, who has been authorized by us
to collect aud receipt, and all persons
having claims against US are also re-
quested to present them to him for pay
ment.
WOLFF e. SILBERNAGEL.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16

Subscribers, take notice! and
remember that our terms are
$500 in advance, and $500 on
time: This rule will be strictly
adhered to.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16

No man ever sold good leather
top buggies in Bastrop as low as
Handy does. Fact.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16

Don Cameron,o of Pennsylvania,
is exerting all of his powers for
the nomination of Grant at
Chicago. The object Den has
in view is to obtain the position
which John Sherman now occu-
pies, in case of Grants election
It is said that Grant has prom.
ised Cameron the Secretaryship
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16
STATE NEWS.

uo CGubl oil >1oOOA4c'y ~"
iourned sine die last Saturday
night at IL o'clock.
The King boom is spreading
like wild fire all over the Dis
trict.
The editor of the Sparta Times
thinks DR.. Graves the greatest
man he ever saw.
The Monroe Bulletin, as we
surmised, will support Col. Rich
ar lson for Congress.
Baton Rouge now has an ice
factory, which the Capitollan
considers as one of the indlspen-
sables in a Capitol City.
The New Or!eaus Daily States
objects to the ovations that the
people of New Orleans paid to
Gen. y. S. Grant.
The Banner says there has
been some rain over in Bossier
this spring" enough to lay the
dust"
All the streets Of Donaldson
Vile were repaired and thorough
" cleansed for the small sum of
$3.50. That's cheap work.
Capt. r. W. Ford, one of the
first citizens of Shreveport, died
in that city last week. He had
his life insured for fifteen thou
sand dollars.
An exchange says that Alex
andria has as many street CON-
missioners as New Orleans, and
vet the town has no bridges
across its bitches.
The "Merry McAvoys" have
been playing recently in Alexan-
dria to crowded houses. They
are now in Evergreen. Our
readers all remember the Nc.
Avoys with pleasure.
Mr.. J. W. SHINES shot ano
killed Harry Glover, colored, IL
RayyiIle last week. The Beacon
thinks, from the testimony giver
before the coroner, that SHINES
was perfectly justifiable.
. The Beacon talks as if it hat
finally decided to vote for Han
I cock instead of Grant. This de
cision was reached after mature
and sober deliberation. Righ
: again, Mangham.
l The Claiborne Guardian say
that Gen. King will have thre'
opponents in the nominating
: convention, and thinks no on
r of the three stands an equa
}. chance with the laborious King
Just our notion, precisely.
John Cheevers, the newly
= elected Judge of the Twenty
y Second Judicial District, ha
g been enjoined by Judge Dutfe
o the predecessor of Cheevers. N
<. cause given for the order of "
}. junction.
1t Mr.. Hydalgo, a resident {
e Port Barrow, Ascension parish
u and a worthy aud useful citlze1
was accidentally drowned la'
n week in Bayou Laforrche b
ID falling overheard from an emp'
IS fiat boat which he was hoatln
I'd down the stream.
III The Guardian fires grape-she
> into the Legislature of this Sta
for it's shortcomings, and r
81 joices that the day will SOC
In dawn upon US when our la'
es makers will not be annoyed
st the brilliant temptations OF br
OF liant New Orleans:
The Guardian thinks tn
ne there will be universal spirit
an resistance manifested by Il
rs people of this State again
ed Farmers License Law, which
nd denounces as "a fraud" and
cheat OF the first water.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16

Capt. Eads, the celebrated
civil engineer who did such
wonders at the mouth OF the
Mississippi, has been visiting
Vicksburg recently.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16

Sight or time drafts on New Or
leans or elsewhere cashed by J. S.
Handy at a small discount.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16
The Contemplated Railroad.

we r61fal06u laSt WEN IiOuI
commenting upon the proceed
ings of the convention held here
for several reasons. In this ar
ticIe we do not propose to crlti-
cize the action Of that bod y at
all. We do say, however, that
we believe conclusions could
have been arrived at which
would have been more beneficial
than are those submitted to the
public by that convention. Wiser
heads than ours performed the
work, and we must admit that
they did what their superior
wisdom dictated as the very
best.
We desire to say few words
TO the members of the committee
appointed in this parish to can
yass the country and solicit sub
scriptions toward the construc-
ton of the road. Now it is a
well-known fact that when you
touch mans pocket-book you
get right close to his heart-you
arouse his thinking machine.
Men usually wish to see at least
a prospective benefit to accrue
from an outlay of dollars and
cents. We believe the people of
this parish are anxious for a
railroad. The enthusiasm mani
tested by our delegates in that
convention attests that fact. We
also believe that our people will
aid, with substantial donations
and subscriptions, to build the
road. The only thing, in our
opinion, that is necessary to in
duce the people to aid in this
enterprise is TO give them some
valid assurance that they are not
Casting pearls before swine"
In other words. men will demand
before they subscribe to a rail-
road fund, that some proof be
given them that capitalists will
take hold Of the road and put it
through. We know Of many in
stances in which people have
been "sucked into" trouble OF
the worst and meanest kind by
taking indiscEeet and thought
less steps in railroad enterprises
, Nothing is easier than to &c,
, linked up in an inextrlcaol@
web of vexatious litigation, anc
it is never so vexatious as Wher
so huge an enterprise al
a railroad is involved. More
house parish subscrihes fft.
). thousand dollars toward a rail
+ road. A charter for the road il
t granted by the State. AS soo1
8 as the charter is obtained th
b State instructs her collector t
J. demand tax of that enterprise
J. The road is not finished. TIL
J. people - the subscribers - ar
,: waiting anxiously for capitalist
to come to their rescue, to thei
g assistance. Capitalists learn th
'e dilemma in which tho charte
70 has plunged the taxpayer, an
'e they hold on. The idea is t
'r make the subscribers to the roa
u sick of the burden of taxation
II and then buy out their claim
10 upon the enterprise for mel
d. song. This has been done RI
70 peatedly by capitalists, and ST.
TX pendous fortunes have bee
d. made by it. Now if the con
10 mittee whom the convention il
"a structed to solicit subscription
a. from the people of this paris
~ will act wisely and successful
o. they will first ascertain fro
~ capitalists what they will do, al
us then demand an assurance tn
us they will promptly perform the
u part. Until this is done men
Us responsibility and of means "
u be very slow to undertake t
ha construction of q railroad. Y
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16
FOR SALE.

AT A VERY LOW FIGURE FOB
CASH a desirable residence in BastreR
with half square of ground Also % %
acres land in the limits of the corpora
ton. Apply to .u,.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16

Go to Heller & Turner's for light
wagons.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16

The Oregon delegation will
vote for Justice Fields at the
Cincinnati Convention
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16
DAISIES =!

In calicoes ana piques-just re-
ceived at
SCHUsTER & SHBERNAGEIs.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16
DRESSMAKING /!
AND MILLINERY STORE.

Miss CARRIE WHITE,
In connection with dress making, cut
ting and fittir 6. stamping. plating, etc.
has added nice line Of millinery and
fancy goods, hats and bonnets, Of the
latest styles, for spring and summer
Old hats made new.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-16

Go to Heller & Turner for good
wagon.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-06-18
The Wife and Children.

Garfield has five children living, four
of them boys, and lost two in infancy.
Harry and James, the older boys, are
at school in New Hampshire, rosy
checked Molly, about IL years old, be-
ing still at home with the younger boys,
Irwin and Abram.
Mrs. Garfield will henor the White
House by her gentle presence. She is
a woman of a sweet and winning spir-
it, and of bright and cultivated mind.
AS Miss Lucretia Rudolph she was an
exceedingly pretty and interesting girl,
and her marriage with the general was
on both sides one of ideal affection.
Her intellect has kept pace with her
husbands; she has studied the books
he studied, taken up languages with
him, and has so trained herself as to fit
her boys for college in the most thor
ough manner. She is an excellent Lat
in scholar, and is also proficient in sew
eral modern languages. She is little
lady, graceful in carriage, and having
most frank and charming manners.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-06-18

limited supply of clear, cool water, that
is said to be infinitely purer and sweet
er than Creton. At downtown hotels
water was struck within a reasonable
distance-at French's in less than fifty
feet-but uptown the wells had to pen
citrate much deeper. The well bored
ed the depth of between twelve and
thirteen hundred feet, and as yet there
is no positive sign of water. The pro-
cess of boring is peculiar, and worthy
of short description. The drill proper
is steel pipe inch in thickness, and
81 inches i'm diameter and IL feet long.
In its cutting end fifteen diamonds,
from one to three and a half carats
each, are set. These cut circle into
the rock, the score" going into the
pipe and being forced upward by new
accessions from below. The pipe is in
sections, screwed together. To remove
the core each section must be unscrew-
ed, and to resume work all must be
screwed together and lowered into the
we'll. Thus far the drillers have en-
countered principally granite and
gneiss, which are easily bored, the
granite being soft, chippy, useless
stone exceedingly plenty on this island.
At one point they struck stratum of
1877 feet deep, which forced them to re-
place their drill about every nine feet.
In sandstone boring single drill will
go through 900 feet; in this well the
average wear of drills has been one to
every 10 feet. There are sandstone
indications now, which give hopes that
water is near at hand. RADIX.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-06-18
What Edmunds Says.

81 am very well pleased with the
nomination. Gen. Garfield is an ac-
complished man in various ways, and
would make an excellent president"
care you astonished at the result9"
''Not bit" "Why did you not seek
the nomination yourself, senator?" 81
really did not care for it. l have been
long enough in public life and long
enough in Washington to know that
the position of President is not an en-
viable one" "But, senator, there is
the honor and glory" "Oh! what is
the honor and glory? Where is the
happiness that man can call his own
beyond what the day gives him2 l am
a philosopher in this regard, and | am
really happy that the lightning has not
struck me. My people (meaning his
wife and daughter) are as delighted as
am myself that the nomination has
escaped me-" "Your constituency,
however, wanted You for presidentW
Eyes, they were eager for it, and it
would be pleasure to crafty them,
but they are fully aware of my feelings
on this question, and they are indul
gent" "What do you think of the
combination that beat Grant?n swell,
l look upon it just as lot of men play
ing game of one kind or another, or
boys playing checkers. There is moth
ing staked on the game, but there is an
ambition to win, and people will often
times struggle very hard to accomplish
an end that actually brings them no
tangible benefit" "Then you feel no
regrets, senator, and the prospect is
"NOne whatever, and l
think the nomination is as eXcellout n
one as could be made"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-06-18
Third District Convention.

The Republicans of the Third Con-
gressional District meet at Hyde Park,
on Wednesday, the Both day of June,
at 10 o'clock a. M, for the purpose of
nominating candidate for member of
Congress, also to nominate one Presi-
Dental elector. The following is the
basis of the representation for Essex
county: Concord 3 delegates, Brighton,
Canaan, Guildhall and Lunenburg 2;
the rest l each. The people of the
county seem to be very generally in
favor of nominating Gen. Grout of Bar
ton to represent them in Congress.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-06-18
Garheld's Remarks.
ON BEING NOTIFIED OF HIS NoMINA-
TON.

ON BEING NOTIFIED OF HIS NoMINA-
TON.
1 assure you that the information you
have officially given me brings sense
of grave responsibility, and especially
so in view of the fact that was mem
Der of your body, a fact that could not
have existed with propriety had I had
the slightest expectation that my name
would be connected with the nomina-
ton for the Office. 1 have felt, with
you, great solicitude concerning the
situation of our party during this strug-
gle, but, believing that you are correct
in assuring me that a substantial unity
has been reached-a conclusion which
gives me a qualification far greater
than any personal pleasure your an
nouncement can bring-I accept the
trust committed to my hands. AS to
the work of our party, as to the char
acter of the campaign to be entered
upon, will take early occasion to re-
ply more fully than l can properly do
tonight. thank you for the assur-
ances of confidence and esteem you
have presented to me, and hope we
shall see our future as promising as are
the indications tonight.