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The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-03-13

Undoubtedly With children. attributed
t"herc uses. is occasipned BY Worms.
BHowN's VERMiFU0E CoMFIrs, Oh
Worm l. zrpg-s. although e6ectoai ia
Destroying w"r,ns. can 10 no possible
injury tn The must delicate child. This
valuable co,n binatiou has been success-
fully used BY physicians. aud found "a
be absolutely sure in eradicatioe
worms. 20 hurtful to children. Twenty.
Eve cents o box.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-03-13

ARRIVED. -Aooag thoss who arrived
hess o. Thassdsy sight wess Mr. J. II.
Colman ltoo 6sa Franciseo and Hartes
Hill esI lliss Camesoa frea Portland.
lGr. Gilman wsnt tmmediately b the
Lake trsstls ard aasnned charRe~e The
repeirs thers sader vsy. III Hin aad
lgisa Can0ssa ass gstsia9 thinGs u
readiness Tar shs saleStaiamesss tAsy
are % gtve eus psspls oext week.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-03-13

ecAaAkr fxvHA-TAs terrible de.
- y sfsstiss eossiesrsb,s ssssaesna.
' = Newcastle. Hix casas are there
nost:d. The too schools il the plaos
~ 49, ~ claasd u seessQseaes, and
49, precautions ase keise taken "a
ssses ths spssad q ~ d1so1 dc
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-03-13

8BERxAN HYDE & Co. Pacific Coast
Agents. Also agents for the celebrated
Estey and Standard Orgsas. For Sheet
Music and Brass lnatfunsntA address
HHHnNAN, HYDE = Co.,
aug3l -dAwly SaA francisco.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-03-13

Nleholsss laEAi1ibDe Infection,
Guaranteed to euro promptly and per-
msnently every case OF 0onorvhose.
elect ard Whites. no matter OF how
long standing. II directions sse followed.
Internal medicine not recommended or
necessary. A cure guaranteed or monsy
refunded. For sale BY N. r. Cody 4
Co. Wholesale and retail druggists. Sc
attic. W. +. ol6d&w6m
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-03-13

the Boss LUNCH AND THE BIS1
BEER. you will always and .. The
ConcordiA Hall. on MIL street. not
only the heat Of hose made. but also
the excellent Humboldt Lager Beer.
Also imported bser in qsaft OF pint
hotties. Boiled ham and ill kinds q
cold lunOhes 60 o91er.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-12
Can be Curedi
% w; HALLS
Lungs 70, q, BAL. Am

Cures Consumption, Colds, Pneumonia, mfu-
enza, Bronchial Difficulties, Bronchitis, IInars-
ness, Asthma, Group, Whoopiug Cough and all
Diseases of the Breathing Organs, II Soothcs
and heals the Membrane of the Lungs, innamed
aud poisoned by the disease, and prevents the
uiShtswe0ts and tightness across Inc chest which
accompany it, Consumption is not al, iucurahle
malady, tits only necessary to have the right
remedy, and HALLS BALSNM is that remedy
Don't despair Of Relief, Tor This benign specific
will eure You, even though professional aid tais
For sale 10y THOMPSON, SCHGTT a Co
Wholesale druggists. Dallas, IoNns.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-12

When you wants nea, Job of printing
lone either plain or in colors, send youl
orders to the tERALD Book AND jon PRINT.
ING establishment.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-12
Pretty and Young,

In every feature but the hair which had
grown white from ii'rer. This lady at 81
writes us; IL have used Parker, Hair Bal.
sam six months md am more than pleased
with it. 1t has restored the natural brown
color ofmy hair and given il u ST Ky sot)ness,
nicer than ever before, There s no Dan
druti, no falling hair md it leaves the scalp so
clean and nice and cool that nm ever So
much pleased, and feel md look like my.
sell again" The beautiful, fresh and vigor-
ous hair 1t produces, together with its prop
erty OF restoring gray or faded hair to the
natural youthful color, and entirely freeing
the head from dandruh and itching. sur
prises no less han it pleascs. Sold in large
bottles at only j0cts. and 81 90, by all first.
class druggists. d&w
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-12
Warning 10 Counterrei,er-.

Ele-spread fame of Hostet,ers,
n'tters causes n necessity on our par.
N rom time tn time, whom it may
~ he fact that initiating said article
saa1 le offence, and we now give this
~Vion, that we will most assuredly
fe persons engaged in re.tllling
nhnd bottles, selling by the gallon
n any manner whatsoever palm
n N ine public a spurious article pur-
woe our preparation, punished to
ex'ont of the law. We never fail to
g Re New Orleans and St. Louis
'ecoris fully affirm.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-12
CrONier 4 ROhnY.

u Mr.: Leopold Bohny, late proprietor of the
Tivoli hall, after II short respite has again
gone into business He has formeda copsrt-
nership with Mr.. William Crozier, and their
neat handsome saloon at the corner of Main
and Poydras streets will be glad to meet all
his old friends, for whom he has cordial
welcome. With the choicest liquors and
wines, fresh beer always on tap and fragrant
cigars and cosy, pleasant place at which to
while away leisure hour Crozier & Bohny's
some Of the most popular resorts in all the
cit,r
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-12
STERN REALITY.

Nyasash 7l-gPt n rW
H. a. l-clIls uef q plays
ln, her si-up ak ma pt ggtd'
a 81 cent boquct
she wen, hDme her dear mama
I'm with b pleasant | oh,
r. id, "Now, Mary Ann lille IN
ld takemy place as--cook,
Mary Ann popped up her nose
od said, MA "a | won
4 come right on o. c"oo aud e oa
gn b.t your SOcksvlon I"
hnxious, over De- wing ma,
Il any mother shoUlu,
MARY Ann hen at the car
ilh a great b Z stick of wood.
ow that school,, nj graduate,
HI Measure ia her eye,
f1ok steak or wash u SHIFT,
'hna dl h rug flG.
IN tnct laugh her what twas
II al u'etul Ii e
II e 70 ~ chaps Cunning there,
I'm wants her for his cook
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-12

The management cal attention to the liber
scheme which has met with such popular fay
heretofore, and which win again be present
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-12
Silycrand Plated Ware.

a magnificent stock of every description
of solid Silver and Plated Wares is carried
by the great jewellery house of Mermod, Jac-
card 4 Co., corner Of Fourth u Locust SITS.
Should you desire q Castor. lee pitcher, Tea
Service, Cake stand, Fruit Bowl, or Spoons
or Forks. write to them for designs an'
prices, for ey are selling fine goods cheaper
han any other house in the West or South
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-12

The entire proceeds arising from the sal4 OF
this work are devt ted to The Hood Or,han
Memorial tuud, VIII. oh Is Invested In DATED
81 ties Registerc Bonds { II the nurture. care,
support y d educatio,. of the ten infants ne
prived of their parents last summer at New
u leans, 1.-THE melancholy incidents of which
raj bereavement are still fresh in the public
mind J
Tue book is an elegant octave, co ntnin In
3nO pag 3, with a fine photograph Ii h en- IS and
n line steel engraving, made expressly for the
work, four large maps of battle fields, bound In
handsome gray English cloth at THREE DOL
LARS, or In n fine sheep binding, with marble
edge. THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS
lin half bound Morocco, library stvle, FOUR
DOLLARS, or in best Levant Turkey Morocco,
full gilt sides and edges, I'VE DOLLARS.
On the receipt from any person RENTING by
mail or express, of the amount IN registered
letter or by postal order, bank draft, or check,
a copy will be Immediately sent free of postage
registered as seCon'-class mattel
The volume is published in the best style of
typography, on elegant paper with t'lustra-
ton 5, eNt cuted as highest specimens OF art.
The author, the sdbject, the puIpose, all alike
render il worthy place in every library, -on
every desk or un0n the book shelf of every
house In the country.
Agents wanted In every town and county in
the United states, and Il preference will be
given to honoranly discharged veterans from
the army.
10 tue adies, VIII, feel desire to express
their svinnathy with The Hood orphan Memo-
rial Fund, tn. sale ofthis book among their cir
clA of friends, will il"rl an excellent way OF
cor trlhuimc substantial aid 10 So deserving
cause,
For Terms, Rates TO Agents, etc., address
with full particulars,
Gen. G. T. Beauregard, Publisher
Authorized by the Commonwealth ofKentucky
and the Fairest In the World.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-12
CNnglIing in Church.

No place in the world equals London for
the constant barking kept up in the churches.
II is like a perpetual fusil1de of small arm..
Why don't they take Halls Balsam and get
rid Of their cough 1t is the most wonder
tul remedy; the propriotors warrant ii in
every instance. Let all coughers give it u
Tisl.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-12
'NITED STATES RAILWAYS


Nv cklaving on the Santa Fe has reached
o]f creek, two miles this side the Ypgua.-
Banner.
"a . Oo9 miles of railroad in California
.,b e., the nnrnose of tsxs,inn sal .
XXI ;" rs assumed br the S,nte board 81
VA y,ti5n
. WV, .,,..;,,.. g ~, u;,., 8 ..
'1rE " r'Slr,sd cnmn,nv for the E,1r wasL. liz,
s Isso ware XXI al mad far tba ,.n W.
Ia iing wsak ol $50 $40 454-increas.
7 5@0
.# ,.,.-.
1 uoN en- VI ~ - Wy inHHs 20
A'G INC noe' VI ''','V ,.,. oH'S VI .Na.
! ~ P'opoIoe :" S"T''''''e luV rest
1880 '; " CIV s i"nI sIah.s' ana
Al oria ~ "
WI = ,,;, mn.
~ cost y, oni"S'nE sho LIMOS I'M IS,, ana
'n'gAh eaua' anu Improving 'ne l'lihois
Ms " "iiow 'ro p"SsnGe Vi ooa's ol
" IONS oIt'ueii lro.n a,1 ShIeago 70 me
cnsppsa o ooo nno VI OF mics. Is esu,
~ Nv @lo'V'''oo0' "i' "'e''So VI @oo'ooo
'nile'
|heprospects are that the railroad from
70 Orange oour mouse, va
S*Hisioh Vi 'he NnSlna Mi an, rail-
g, w so1h oe couIpleteI' ne Track
'ps mus OeGh coliilIie,iceu ana Is oeihS
,aVs iorWaIu MS 'ap'u'y "s possloie'
F5Rl Tram IL no" ehgageu III nauilhS 'les
I1tntv Wagner sleen;no oars ar, he;no
|tkq the Gilbert & Bush comnsnv to rnS
{keNew York Central and Hudson River
|r1Sd The cost of these will he .bout
20N coch In tneir desirn intarinr fin.
i6sybishinc and recommendation thev will
bl eur,a.sed nv INV cars 'nf thlir clsS.
uill constitnt an IMMIGRANT adaition ~
,Assence eouinments of this line
X, me-. ,.t..'.I.-,.,,
Il w S'uor u1S " Jung man ooeSu' atlcAet
t1 Nsl' a uepo', Noc .' New lorN'
80" ',,n n.'',. ''oJs te'uT TJ DasSasc III
n u'"G i, "a. cAe,', ,;nr lie .'.u sne aSen'
4o'''u Ru,a i3r 'lGNc' ouG iIau hot re-
Z; y ,u' t Th toll nm 10 reel
eaou gh there was the missing tickle; be.
h his lips, where he had placed and for
IN IT. though itimpeded his conversation.
sneral I r Gor1on Is ou,ta3 hy ,bo
,hinp,on Star nc SAYING thpt fhe rennri
nj hi pcren cd he nosi,inn NJ lasdin,, |
,sol7 f,r the Ton;sv,lla e. N..h,.;,o raiH !
stS50 00O a y"or s"Iarv w". - nn'
stbst he hid several Gre ctEr.. "mora
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-12
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Of the
DALLAS & WICHITA RAILROAD.

Notice is given to all concerned that on Tuesday,
the 18th day ofJune next, and from day TO day
thereafter until The business is completed, win
proceed to take proofs and hear evidence of all
matters referred 10 me- as special master by the
decree, in the ease OF Allen NettletOn VS. The
Dallas X Vic tia Railroad Co. ct al, including
the Indebtedness of said Reilroad Company, Sc
cured by its mortgage bond and incurred In the
way ofcosts and expenditures IN aboyecase. All
persons interested IN said matters are notified to
apnear before me with their proofs on said date,
aud from day 10 day rs the hearing may be adj
iOurned ut the law Office OF Mossrs. Wellbon,
Leake x Henry. ia the city of Dallas.
Sd. ADAMS, Special Master.
Dallas, NAV 26, 1880,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-12
500 DIFFERENT VARIETIES
Ton Wagon Scale. $50: 4 Ton. $50
700 lib. brasS cotton Beam md
Frame, SIS.

MI other kinds at NIB ut half the prices
perfect and to give satisfaction send for full
Price List. Sold Wholesale aud retail by
MITCHELL n SlRUGGS, Dallas, TeAas.
apl2O
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-06-10
Letter from Melikoff to Burdstte.
darlington harksys.


.'My dear Robbie, your favor OF the
Cd with enclosure OF Sl5 is ut hand. i
am stsrnally obliged and will hand 1t to
you the Arst time I meet you in st.
Petersburg. Such . time as we had
yesterday morning at the Winter Palace.
The Gar got out OF bed on the wrong
side. and was as cross as two sticks.
Nothing pleased him. and toward noon
he began sinking so rapidly that the
court physician was summoned. de
talked with his Majesty few moments
and then said to me conhdentially.
He needs excitement; he lacks his
usual stimulant. When was he last
shot at2' said. Nearly three weeks
ago. The physican shook his head.
and said II was enough to kill him;
and instructed me to do some.
thing. So I fixed II all up and
when the Gar was coming down the
front stairs. I sprung out from behind q
door and hit him an awful clip with q
bolster. Somebody else hit him In the
face with o SNOWFALL. we threw him
through the glass doors OF the conserva-
tory, poured a Tub OF ice water over him,
fred Q shotgun behind his head, split
his coat down the back. emptied can
Of kerosene on his head, kicked him
down the kitchen stairs and blacked his
eye with q pair OF brass knuckles. II
would have just done you good to see
how the old man frightened up. 'Ah,
hs said. rubbing his hands chserfuliy
while tha doctor was pastinS court.
plasters all over him, and couple oil
attendants were pulling slivers out OF his
back, 'Ah,' he said. smiling upon us,
this 10 something like living. Meliky.
dear. cut somebody's head of and well
20 in to breakfast Eggs are cheap and
butter is scarce. We haven't had any
rain for nearly two weeks. Love to
your brother John and come to see me
some time. Ever yours"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-06-10

"Silsncs is golden" Aunt" Has
suy one been ct these preseryes2 (Dead
silence Have You touched them, jim
myf" Jimmy-"Pa never lows me to
talk At dinner"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-06-10

"vic.or Hugo "-wo do not know
who wrote My Mother.in.Law." but
you are right in saying the odds are
seven to one be did not have any when
the book was written.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-06-10

GOO week IN Jour own town. TERMS and
9oQ q octat ire. Ad1Rsss n. hAias11 >
o.. Portland. Maine.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-06-10

SEC. II. Every person or nrm engaged IN
the business Of keeping daguerrean or photo
graphic gallery. or In painting portfsits OF
mini ,tures. rh all pay. quarterly, for . license
to carry ON the same. according to his, her. or
Their average mouthly sAles or receipts ~ IN
the follow schedule:
hundred dollars Of. over, quarterly license, ten
dollars.
second Ciass-Monthly sales or receipts
under eight hundred dollars. quarterly license
ave dollars.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-06-10
TOWN ORDINANCES.
ORDINANCE NO 1903.

An ORDINANCE 60 FIX and Collect
. License Tax Upon Certain
Trades and Business Within sho
Corporate Limits or shs Town of
Gold Hill.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-06-10
HAKKH8.

SEC. Il. Every person. arm or association
engaged in carrying on business a. . baker Of
brad, pies and cake. or either Of thers articles.
sh,lI Day, quarterly. or license TO carry on the
ssme. a. In the following schedule:
firrt class-Monihly sales or receipts seven
hundred and my dollars or over, quarterly
lcenss, twenty dollars,
second Ciass-Monthly sales or receipts nve
hrrdred dollar or over and under seven hun.
dr.d and nfty dollArr, quartesly license, nfteen
dollars. ,s..
ThIrd Clsss-Monthly sAles OF receipts under
lars.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-06-10

lW RESTORED

Free 5G. .ss .S.:Ss :Ss Cir III at e
Ssrsstss hss thS insrsdisnta .Addrsss
SXFInSOS II CO.. 10 Nassaa ~, u. u.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-06-10
uIsCELLANRoUs.

MISCELLANEOUS.
sMITH's AMERICAN
PIANOS AND ORGANS !
NEW YORK AND BOSTON
STAND YOUR CLIMATE
THE BEST I
WARRANTED FOR TEN YEARS
AND SOLD At
WHOLESALE PRICES I
No Agents, No Drummen.
No Sslf.styled Professors,
Or HALFWAY Ausieians,
-ENPLoYKD To-
ExToRT MONEY FROM THE PUBLIC
Smiths Pianos and Organs
Are INDoRsRD By THE Besr NJ.
slCIANs UPON THEIR MERITS.
send and see what those say who have
SMITHS PIANOS In } our midst on this Coast
Save your money and buy a. FlhST HANDS.
Don't be humbuRged, but send for Catalogue
and particulars and satisfy yourselves OF mo
uJuu hnv =, .tyls T 's's 81 PIANO or ORGAN ssut on
FiFl'REI DAYS TEST TRIAL, by turniahing
Bankers, Rxprsss or Railroad oompanys csr'
tihcate OF deposit for amount
Also sHRRT MUSIC st ons-half market price
JAMES 3. SMITH,
tMsuuisctursn' Rsprsssntativs),
SIS Marhet Street,
nm San FRANo1sco. CAL.
STEVEN S o MS
Patent Mould Board
AMALGAMATNG PAN.
PATENTED, APRIL 10, 1870.
INTERNATIONAL ExhIsiTioN. Z.
Philadelphia. 1875.
AWARDED FIRST PREMIUM
FOR AZ IxYao,xD-
Grinding and Amalgamating Pan.
rNUIs PAN Is FAR SUPERIOR TO ALL
others In several important psrtioulars.
The Grinding Mullsrl are near the center. 70
raise the quicksilver with the pulp regularly.
with lees power. without violsnce. and with
better amalgamating eject. besides admitting Q
larger charge The inclinsdshapcd housings
OF the muller.p plate openings efficiently force
the pulp directly undsr the mullers.
Manufactured at the Golden etats and niners'
Iron Works, 2S1 to 81 First street, Ban Fran.
cisco, and at the Gates 4 Scoville Iron Worts,
81 South Canal street, Chicago. where u can 30
examlned and further particular be learned |;
or perpons may apply 70 the Inventor and Pat
entee, O. O. sTRvENS0N. ct ths Douglas MIL.
Gold Hill, Nevada, where the Pans have long
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-18

tne establishment of common and free schools.
What use did the Democrats make OF this
magnlhcent grant? Did they create great
and lasting school fund as was done by the
Governments OF Western States? Did they es-
tablish large number of schools? Nothing of
the sort From the report of one of their num-
Der, Mr.. Greer, who was Secretary of State
and School Commissioner in 1856, it appears
that about twenty-five common schools have
been organized and sustained by the common
school fund" In other words, during each
year of their rule up to 1856 the Democrats of
Arkansas established one school and a quarter
of a school, And even this record they could
not keep up, for, in his report of 1860, S. NJ
Weaver, the last Democratic Secretary of
State and School Commissioner before the war,
states that at that time there were only ten
schools in all the States. Ten schools sus-
tanned from the proceeds of 100000 acres of
United States land! Such is the record made
by the Democrats of Arkansas. in marked
contrast is the grand work done by the Repub-
licans From official reports which are not
disputed, it appears that during the first year
they were in power they established and sup
ported 622 schools, the second year 240, the
third year All. the fourth year 302, the fifth
year 1877, and the sixth and last year, during
part of which, under Gov. Baxter, they had no
control, lii free public schools.
To sum up the completed record of the two
parties in regard to the common schools of
Arkansas, it appears, from exhaustive and
trustworthy data recently collected by the
Hon. NJ. W. Benjamin, of Little Rock, that
during period of nearlo forty years rule the
Democrats built 313 schoo-houses while, with
1885, ,601 school children in the State, the great
est number that ever attended school in any
day one year under their administration was
53,046. On the other hand, the Republicans,
during rule of only little over five years,
built 1,SS2 school-houses, or 1864 more than
was erected by the Democrats in forty years.
Further than this, it appears that the maxi
mum number of children attending school in
out of 1902 school children in the State. In
the face of this showing it will perhaps be ad-
mtted that the Republicans of Arkansas have
no reason to be ashamed of their record on the
public school question.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-18
Senator Edmunds on Rebel Claims
Mason, Mich, News.l

Mason, Mich, News.l
In The Grand Rapids Weekly Democrat OF
Augusta 18th appeared a review of recent
speech of Senator Edm unds of Vermont, in
which the senator spoke strongly of the dan
ger of the allowance of rebel claims amount
ing to millions of dollars in the case OF Han
cocks election. Tho hoDemocrat article was a
e,der. ana>uccupied about two-thirds of col
.,.an. 1t was filled with singularly unkind
language towards the senator, charging him
knew was not tenable, and applying harsh epi-
thets to him. 1t cited the fourth section of the
fourteenth amendment to the constitution as
interposing an insuperable barrier to the pay
ment of rebel claims, and claimed that Sena-
tor Edmunds delivered the speech in question
well knowing that fact. We cut out he arti-
Gle and enclosed it with short letter to Mr..
Edmunds, and promptly received the following
in reply:
BURLINGTON, VT, Aug. 80, 1880.
Dear Sir-Yours of the 18th came just as
was going out of town. l fear the editor of
The Grand Rapids Democrat is not very hun
CRY to find out exactly what the fourth section
of the fourteenth amendment covers in point
of law.
The rebel claims referred to are not claims
of rebels for aiding the rebellion, but for prop
erty, amounting altogether to hundreds and
probably thousands of millions, taken or de-
stroyed by armies of the United States, and
therefore the moment the test of loyalty Of any
claimant is repealed the claim of the rebel
stands exactly like the claim of any other citi-
zen against the government an account of its
action, and not on account OF the action of the
rebel authorities.
The Democrats in Congress have tried time
after time to repeal the distinction in respect
of claims of loyal and disloyal persons, and
they have bills now pending in the senate to
effect that object and they will effect it by
solid or nearly solid Democratic vote the mo-
ment they get possession of all the departments
OF the government.
AS to the rebel pensions, the editor of The
Democrat, if he will reflect little, will, I am
sure, agree that a pension does not in any case
fall within the description of "any debt or obli-
gation," and if so, it is not within the prohibit
tion of the fourteenth amendment A pension
is and always has been granted upon the
ground or bounty Of gratitude and not of legal
obligation 1t is perfectly clear, therefore,
that the constitution does not stand in the way
of Congress pensioning every rebel soldier or
soldiers widow and children, or indeed every
other rebel, if it pleases.
will not reciprocate the epithets of this
worthy editor. Very truly yours,
GEORGE F. EDMUNDs.