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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-22
$l,633,266 81

The report of the chief engineer for the
year ending November go 1879, shows
that there are on the lands owned by the
company 70 collieries, exclusive Of the
small operations. Of that number fl were
worked by the company during the year.
The total tonnage mined by the company
was 4, 2G9, ,929,O5.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-22

AT one of the boys lodging houses in
New York these words are chalked under
the desk where they have meetings on Sum
day evenings: BE short and lively"
This is a good hint to speakers when talk
ing to boys, whether the boys are poor or
rich.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-22

WHILE Robert Lincoln was presiding and
Stephen A. Douglass acting as secretary
of the Grant caucus in Springfield, ILL.,,
Napoleon Bonaparte was languishins in
Jail for robbing his grandmother, and
George Washington was in the Chicago
station house awaiting a hearing for
drunken and disorderly conduct.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-22

blossoms caught from amethystine seas!
Swaying so lightly in the summer breeze,
So royalty on thy far-reaching stem
We scarce can touch thy garments purple
hem.
Bend down: From out the largcss OF thy
store
Yield one bright cluster-onc-and yet one
more.
Such lavish mood hath Nature smiled on
thee,
Our arms were piled and yet no lack We
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-13
Letter From WakulIa.

CRAwFoRDvHLE August, 1880.
Our efficient County Commissioners have been
engaged equalzIng the present week the county
our good people had not given in their assess
ments at fair valuation.
The rate Of taxation levied Tor the present
year will be insufficient TO meet the county's in
cidental expenses, TO saynothing of the floating
Indebtedness, which Is as follows: Two mills
county special andgtWo mills proper. The Com
mssioncrs took the ground that they could not
override the statute, hence the foregoing.
Our citizens are greatly incensed at the change
OF schedule of the ST. Marks Branch Railroad
the change thereby having injured our mail facil-
tiles, making them more than poor. Our mails
as they are now received are almost stale. You
can receive mails from New York almost as
early as we get them from Tallahassee, which
does not 10 any sense Of the word accord with
Senator Jones' Fourth of July Grafton, q" Pro-
gress of the Government" In the name of the
people can't the evil be remedied?
The greatest conception Of enthusiasm is now
evinced over our tickets, both State and National,
than has been in any campaign these many
years"
There seems TO be report current in your
town that agoOdly number Of Wakulla's sons
of toll will vote for Mashed up Simon" IT'S
but an idle rumor, and no one but an idiotc fool
will give credence to any such reports. l venture
TO say that he (OOnover) will not have one white
vote pOlled for him In the county al the coming
election. The white element OF Wakua are
honest and determined Democrats
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1t is reported that N. K. Sawyer has
gone to Maine to stump the Fifth Con-
gressienal District
"A dastardly attempt to murder
Sheriff Curry on Monday night last, by
shooting him with pistol while asleep in
bed at the county jail was made. The
night was very dark and stormy. At or
near midnight some assassin approached
40 open window partially overlooking the
bed, and, while Mr.. Curry was lying on
his face, fred > pistol q him she ball en-
tering the small of his back, ranging
downward some three or four inches and
there lodged, which was, extracted by
Dr.. Perry on the following day. In view,
Of this fact, Il becomes duty to warn
this cowardly assassin that Key West ia
no place for him, and the sooner be leaves
il the better. A, party Of determined men,
are On hia track, and, II satisAed of bis.
gail. viii. place him IN : court where there;
= no appeal Tie county oomnn,eaionersi
hass oi>Fsa NO ssx q 4ylasaes %
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The New York city correspondent
of the Boston Herald, an independent
journal with Republican proclivities, thus
notes his own observations. He says:
If one were 10 take a tour among the common
people in and around New York, he would find
it for Hancock from circumference TO centre
The thoughtful and observing, as well as the ig-
norant and enthusiastic, insist that he will carry
the State. The cheers which 60 up from the
Coney Island boats when they pass the huge
collar-box fortress on Governors Island, are
something of an indication of the popular feel
ing. No less so is the fact that one of the me-
dalton manufacturers in New York is selling q
thousand of his little Hancock miniatures all
over the country where he sells hundred of
Garfield. And everywhere you go there are like
indications of the Hancock boom. Whether it
extends into The rural districts or not / am una
BILE TO say, but it is very prevalent in the metrop'
oils and suburbs.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-13

AT st. Louis, August 9th, the freight
houses Of the Indianapolis and St. Louis
Railroad, two thousand feet of platform,
tracks and also fifty cars, the most of
them laden with merchandise, were burn
ed. One freight house had considerable
cotton, grain and other valuable commod-
tiles in it, awaiting shipment, all of which
were destroyed The loss Of railroad
property and freight is 100000. The
value of merchandise in the freight house
is not known.
Referring to that curious collection
of patriots " in New York the other day,
the San says: "The great feature Of the
occasion was a hot debate between the
Southern patriots, some Of whom wanted
money and moral por-principally
the former-while others declared that
any expenditure at the South would be
waste of resources. Conover, Hicks,
Pinchback and noble West Virginian
advocated the former policy Sypher and
Freeman took the latter side This is the
first time in long experience that Sy-
pher has ever been found against hard or
soft money. Perhaps his antagonism
was excited by distrust Of the virtnous
Republicans who expect to handle the
appropriation. The appeals for aid and
comfort carried the day, and Mr.. Marshall
JEWELS conglomerate convention voted
to strengthen the hands Of the faithful in
the Virginias, North Carolina and Flor
ida. It's gratifying 70 know that Como
yer andeeompany have . prospect Of Set
ting their expenses 70 New York repaid,
with perhaps chanpe for something moro
for the good Of the cause. They win not
have apeshss oppertanity very eoop, apl
a A. ~ 49, s. s - 81 ~ Il -
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Now, my way Of thinking is this, that the large
monster bull frog that cried ont for Hancock, sg-
niies that all the great men Of the nation are 60
Ing for Hancock In tho next place. all the entire
frog family crying ont ct once Cor Bloxham, sig-
miles that Bloxham willcarEy the State BY alarge
majority II the third place. she colors denote
that the white man and black man of the South
are coming together politically and will vote sol.
idly for Hancock and Bloxham In the coming
election. In the fourth place, and last but not
least, that tiny little frog that made his appear
ance on the scene. with his back all skini," one
leg broke and minus An eye, denotes that Como
ver's vote viii be very small indeed, In compari-
son with that Of Bloxham and the manner In
which he approached the pond, and was gobbled
up and carried to the bottom to rise no more,
signifies the utter defeat Of the Republican party.
They will be gobbled up and voted down TO rise
no more and after their utter defeat they will be
seen hopping up TO Washington and peepng In
at the back door Of the public crib. They will,
with meek and low voice, ask, "is there not
little more government pap for usr" Echo an
swers, no, not a spoonful. And then Uncle 81
mon," the defeated, with his little fragment of
party, will lie down and cry and there will be
much mourning and wailing and gnashing of
teeth among the carpet baggers. They will swear
and pull their hair and wish all the public insti
tutions of learning in purgatory; for, If It had
not have been for the school SYSTEM las it is now
carried out by the Democratic party in our
State,) they could have kept the colored man in
ignorance and ruled him now as they ruled him
R,nk nh, xul,o Of oho ho
colored man can now read and understand his
eyes are opened, and he Is no longer tool for
the Republican party, but q man of knowledge
and understanding, and will vote according to
his own will, and not the will of others. He has
now no dread of being returned TO slavery. He
can read the Constitution of the United States
and see that it cannot be done. He can read
General HancOck's letter Of acceptance and see
where he refers 10 the 18th, 14th and 10Th amend
ments, and says that that they shall stand invio-
late. He can now see how badly he has been
duped in former yeurs by the Republican party.
He has discovered the fact that although a black
man, yet he himself is Southern man neverthe-
less that his home is here his whole interest is
here and that the Democratic party North and
South is the party that projects his home, his in
terest and his ALL Why, then, should any one
be surprised at seeing them forming Democratic
clubs all over the country and rallying to the
standard of Democracy? The time is now near
at hand when The white man and black man Of
the South will be firmly united on this political
issue All will be Democrats and all will vote
together, and, in days journey, you could moi
find a colored Republican With Bloxham al
the helm we need have no fears as regards the
Old Ship of Siate-he will see her safe into port
+ SUBSCRIBER.
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Talk with Herald Correspondent
l have, it is true, very definite views
clear to my own mind at least upon
both the topics you submit, free ships
and free trade, and, l trust, upon others
which concern the country's welfare. 1t
was not without serious deliberation that
l concluded they had no proper place in
the letter in which / accepted the great
honor conferred on me by great party.
Two considerations prevailed:
First-That letter of acceptance was not the
right medium through which to announce my
final judgment upon any great question depend.
ing for its solution upon future legislation and
careful executive review.
Second.-That had no right TO mar the pres
ent situation of the party by set of expressions
superfluous to its adopted platform of principles,
with which, as said before, am in full accord.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-13
A Letter from A-evy-Tbe Frogs Yin
COmmOti0n and what IL 9lgnI6ed
Thereby.
ROsEwoOD, August 10, 1880.

ROSEWOOD, August 10, 1880.
Editor FzOr5diGn:
DEAR SIR: Ipromised in my last letter To say
more about the orange this week, but will have
TO omit for the next In my last letter spoke of
some rain, but the rain did not fairly set in until
Wednesday morning about 8 O'Clock. The clouds
rolled up from the southwest, and 1t raned in
torrents As soon as one cloud would pass away
another wonld Ill Its place. and it continued on
this way until Friday noon, when II ceased, and
old Sol once more shOne out in all his glory II
rained, altogether, "a hours, and l am satisfied
from my own knowledge and what can learn
from Others, that there was not an intermisson
of more than 30 minutes al any time The result
IL that all the low lands In both hammock and
pine woods are under water, and the cotton, cane
and potato crops are compelled to be damaged to
some extent. We have rain enough now 10 do us
until after the election. We bad Harrison fresh.
ct In 1910. 90 called from the fact that Within
Henry Harrison was q candidate for President at
that time, and think We might justly term this
a Hancock food. The hogs gathered in countless
numbers to . small pond near by, and oil seemed
TO enjoy themselves finely, hopping. swimming
and diving In the water They sung merrily all
the while, night and day. and particular atten-
lion was paid 10 them until one monster old bull
frog crswled up on . little willow stump and,
with stentoriOus voIce. began 10 cry out, HAN
COCK HANCOCK HANCOCK He stopped short,
and thousand tongues cried ont inst acrnss the
waters, Bloxhaml Bloxham Bloxham Blox-
ham and they continued TO cry Bloxhsm for
half an hour, when all ofa sudden huge old fel-
low with green jacket hoped up on rock and
cried out, Orderl Orderl 0rdsri Good enough
says dozen at once, and IN ceased. presume
that this old fellow was ths chairman. Just al
this timeI observed q tiny little frog, with his
back all /" skini," one leg broke and sticking out
like pump handle, and minus one eye, Cooking
- though be had been swallowed and moi found
palaisble, like Jopah.) making hia way q best he
could towards the pond. he finally reached the
edge of ihe water, came 70 . dead halt, peeped In
as he crowd belOre bin, and, raising hinssli up
a. besi he coald. he spoke loVly and slowly.
Oonoesri Obmopsri and ere be could repeat h
agaIn. 81 lsast ahupdred iloes made t0e him, and,
grabbIne him III every jmae inahleNa they car
RED him 70 The bottom 10 rise % mora Now,
Who will - thnt old LasylIa nos DuROcraiic,
whes I'D dsnopslgasioas - llae ahpyeaSe Get
lofih ~ - lgnest 80 atslgsQs
ID E0sz dnlonel iIaDs fsa a this
80 ee.a1i n |
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Monticello Constitution August l2.]
Ne Democrats Around, and with
erspOon imparts a Secret False
hood to his Ignorant Partisans.

At political meeting recently held in
the neighborhood of Mr. r. d. Johnson's
plantation, Rev. George w. Witherspoon
the Republican candidate for congress
sional honors, was present, and discover
ing that the "brethren and sistern" were
not very enthusiastic for the purpose of
creating interest and excitement, he re-
sorted to the utterance of deliberate
falsehood.
"Brother Anthony Brown" said With
erspoon, "please examine the premises
and ascertain if there are any Democrats
around, as Ihave an important secret mat
ter to refer to!" "Brother Brown re-
ported the coast perfectly clear, when the
aspiring parson proceeded: MY breth-
rem, / have a terrible tale to unfold, but
in strict confidence. Our party is in
deplorable fx-defeat stares us in the
face-and the consequences are awful to
contemplate. Perhaps you are ignorant
of the fact: ] know you are, my poor ig
norant brethren, but nevertheless it is
true" he continued, "that the Federal
Government owes the Southern white
people four hundred millions of dollars,
the price of your emancipation, and if the
Democrats are successful in the present
campaign, the South will demand an i'm
mediate settlement.
1.-THE Federal government cannot pay the
amount, and the result will be that you,
my poor bretheren and sisteren, sciH all
be returned again to the bonds Of SLAVERY!
Therefore," proceeded the shrewd parson,
"you will perceive the necessity for
every colored man sticking close to the
Republican party. It is the only way by
which you can be saved. The claim of
the white man is valid one, but the gov
eminent is very much in debt and cannot
pay it; therefore, repeat, if you permit
the Democrats to get control of the gov
eminent you will be sold into slavery
For Witherspooa to thus impose upon
the credulity oil his race-to terrify and
excite their passions-and for the sole
purpose of creating partisan enthusiasm
where none exists, is infamous, and it is
certainly evident that his party is in o
deplorable condition. The Federal gov
erment is not indebted to Southern men
one dollar for emancipated slaves, and we
could not be induced to accept their bond
age as gift. This Witherspoon knows.
He is shrewd and intelligent, but the next
time he sends brother Brown to recon-
hotter. he should remember that Demo
Gratis sometimes have dark skins, and do
not swallow Radical lies.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-13
WARRINGTON LETTER.
TWO REMARKABLE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IN
voKR EPIsroLARY DYNAMITE-MR GARFIELD
MORALLY OBLIQUR, BUT GREAT MAN.
Qrom our Regular Correspondent

From our Regular Correspondent
WARRINGTON, D. c., Aug z, $780,
II is not too much 10 say that the appearance
of General Hancock's letter of acceptance, fol-
lowed by the publication of his remarkable let
ter TO General Sherman, has produced feeling
of depression, almost despair, among the thou
sands of ofice.holders here. whose bread and
butter depend upon his defeat. Republicans had
begun 10 recover from the shock of what all ad-
mitied was s,ngularly strong and wise nomi-
nation. Their splendid organization, If not proof
against defeat, was, at least, proof against CON-
pete route in the beginning of the campaign.
Their boundless resources, used effectively, had
stimulated the most faint-hearted, if not with
confidence, at least with hope An improved
action was beginning to be felt in the re-lubri-
Gated machine But to have their own guns cap
tured and turned against them would have been
too much for the sieadiest discipline and most
splendid morale.
The chief danger TO Democratic success now
vulnerability Of their leader. General Hancock's
unimpeachable record In war and in peace, his
undoubted ability which makes him, even in
private letter discussing national affairs in most
critical period, talk with the direct simplicity of
soldier and the profound insight Of states
man, has silenced the argument that he was
military man merely, AMI untitled to measure
and weigh the great questions that modern civ
ilization propOunds to executive statesmanship.
That argument was futile against Grant, even
amer be had justified it by The most deplorAble
Presidential term In our history, and those who
have been using Il with inaneteraiion against
Hancock, were the very persons whom neither
the theory nor the practice could convince in
two terms Of Grant, but who endeavored 10 give
him third term.
That General Garfield is morally obliIue, the
Credit Hobilier and De Golyer episodes, but CO.
pecially the Electoral Commission history, show.
have been taken TO task for denying, In q for
mer letter. that be was man Of great intellect.
We judge in'ellects BY comparison I have seen
and heard The Republican candidate In various
situAtions during the Last seven years have
also had an opportunity 10 compare him with
other men who hare achieved greatness, 90
called Ike Thurman; or been born great, like
Don Cameron or have had greatness forced upon
them, lke Acklen, Spencer and Patterson, Of the
Solid South. Compared with the latter three
think GAfiield b . great nan, but 40 compared
With Ihufnsans Gladslone and GAmbelia, he q
IKE she conblned ntslspess 81 Acklen. Spencer.
and RAtierlpp Hus ~ s1seriion pt Io non,
~ - f1lly n - q = lko nlnnlzne 4 {
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Sum-.

The Hillsborough Republicans declared
by formal resolution that their party has
been greatly injured by the nomination
of men who have no interest in the State,
and who obtain nomination to high Office
by working on the sympathy of the in
experienced masses. This exactly fits the
case of DIR. Conover, and it was cut to fit
him. The repugnance to recognize him
as fit candidate for Governor takes on
enlargement every day. We have failed
to find locality where Republicans have
made their homes in which some of them
do not vigorously kick Conover's nomi-
nation. In our county, we are proud to
say, there is large number of the very
best class of citizens who, up to the time
of his nomination, had been active and in
fiuential in support of Republican candi-
dates for Governor, but who are now
open and sincere in their advocacy of the
election of Governor Bloxham. In this
they are acting like men of sense; and,
by this token, we recognize in Conover,
"the dead duck"
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Texas is to have the benefit of an
immigration company, organized on a
comprehensive scale under charter from
the Legislature of that State, the general
object of which will be to induce immi-
grafton to Texas. and the public are
promised that no sectional, local, corpor
ate or individual interest will be specially
subserved. The officers of government
municipal, county and State-are to CO.
operate in the movement.
General Mcdonald, late of the St.
Louis whiskey ring, is not only going to
write book but he will lecture. What
his lecture is to be about he does not say,
but his travelling agent has told HIM that
"it will rip up his old party&rom hell to
breakfast. Mcdonald will stump through
Indiana in September, and writes to a
friend in indianapolis that " the people
of this country are not aware of the dan
ger in store for them in the election of
Garfield. He is in the hands of the Grant
crowd, and if they are successful this time
they will have the old man in again in
1884. Then, goodbye to the Republic.
l know the determination of the Grant
gang, and if Garfield will not come to
terms, Conkling, Cameron and Logan will
do nothing; if, on the other hand, he will
sign the proper contract, they will run
the machine in his favor"
The Key ofMe Gulf of the 18th inst.
says: eve understand that several col
ored men, who have heretofore voted with
the Republican party, had signifed their
intention of voting with the Democrats in
the coming election, and have Joined the
Hancock and English Club, were waylaid
at night, assaulted and beaten. On Fri
day night last two of these men, Manuel
Sinclair and James Styles, on their way
home between ten and eleven O'Clock,
were attacked, the former receiving a Sc
we're blow on the left arm, and the latter
q wound over the eye. On Saturday night
another man, Stephen Baptiste, was set
upon and severely beaten over the head.
On Sunday Baptiste charged colored
man, Thos Poinsett, as his asssilant on the
previous night, and used strong language
toward him, for which he was again
knocked down." The Key justly adds:
Proceedings such ~ the above are the
very same that the Republicans are con-
tinually charging the Democrats in the
South as being guilty of; but when it
suits Republicans to intiDsid0te and ball
dose voters in their interest, we find that
they resort to It Is well as the others.
Every citizen has perfect right guaran-
teed by the Constitution and laws of the
State and of the United States to cast his
ballot for whom he pleases, and the pen
atty for preventing any one from doing
50 ID very heavy one Il is reported that
these midnight msrauders are encouraged,
aided and advised BY men who ought to
know better, and who, II proven upon,
win suffer equally - well as those who
commit the acts. To say the least, the
whole affair i > disgrace TO our peseef1l
community, ed We hops - hsar 20 inore
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