The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-02-04
sTA1TToRD. Ky.

W. n. WALTON. EdIssy
TIM New York Tmes, in figuring
cut a Cabinet for Gen. Garfield, puts
Gen. Williams G. Wickham. Of Nir
gInia, down asSecrciary Of the Navy.
We have known Con. Wickham from
boyhoOd, and We speak bat the truth
when We say that no man in his State
stands higher tor honesty and integ.
riiy than he. Believing al the out
break Of the war that the liberty Of
the people Of the South was at stake,
he entered the Confederate army. and
was soon promoted to the position Of
Brigndier General. The people o.
his State, proud Of HE many deeds Of
valor, elected him to the Confederate
Congress, where he served but a short
lime, preicring to be again at the
front, battling for a cause then 50 dear
to every Southern man. Afterwards,
in n fierce hand TO hand cavalry bat
lie, the General was not only dagger
ously shot, but received sabre wound,
which for a lcng time confined him to
his bed aud from the effects Of which
he has never recovered. A Wing DO.
fore the war, he accepted the situation
after its close, and became a mild Re.
publican. This he did through con.
sciontious motives, and not from a de-
sire for Office, as he has never offered
for any and does not now seek one.
As Vice President Of the Chesapeake
Il Ohio r. r. he has done much for
Virginia, and although he is now a
pronounced Republican, there are but
few men in his State that DO not re.
spect aud honor him. We believe
that his selection as cabinet officer
would be a vice one, and give entire
satisfaction everywhere.
TIM Sunday -lrgus contained an
item in its last issue saying that Mr..
Dan o. Sullivan, the accomplished
manipulation Of the Fresh Kentucky
News in the Louisville Post, had
gone to Russellsville to sacrifice him
self on the altar Of matrimony. Upon
reading il we sharpencd our Faber
and began one Of the most compli-
meniary and high-falutin notices that
we could write Of the happy couple
The compositor was set to work, and
about the time he was through with
the wonderful production, Mondays
Pot arrived, which couiradicted the
item AID characterized it as a weak
invention Of the enemy; Mr.. O'Sulli-
van himself IemarkiDg in pleading
tones; "Our word for il, girls, there
is nothing in il. Der production Of
course had to lie killed, and the COM
positOr who set it up says he intends
to fix the Sunday Argus man in the
same way If he ever lays eyes on him.
TnE Central Bulletin, Of Lancaster,
made lie debut last Saturday, present
ing a very creditable appearance and
some good evidences that its editor,
MIR. Nasco ID. Brown, is a live man.
lis pretended anxiety about the dan
ger il imagines we are in, might have
,een expended mere deservingly. We
eel fully capable Of taking care Of
10. 1. and right here it may be per-
inent 10 state that we never write in
! "blood-thirsty style" bu. when we
re convinced that any person has
'iolated the law. we do not mince our
words. We do this without malice,
nd when il is done. we regard our
elves personally responsible for it.
Ne would also suggest 10 the Bulletin
hat il could find much more inter
sting subject, to its readers, than our
elves to write about. aud We trust
hat 1t will do il.
BECAUSE We iniimated that but one
aper could thrive in Richmond, the
ssinine senior editor Of the Herald
cts his "back up, and after more
han half column Of the merest bosh,
haracterizes our article as ungentle-
lanly. We hardly think he would
ave uttered such a word in our pres
nee; but some men are very brave
paper, especially when a consider
bio distance interyenes between him
nd the pers0n he assails. We have
D deaire tor a newspaper controversy,
nd do not intend to be led into one by
lch small game; so we dismiss this
after, and in inform the a. s. e. that
he feels aggrievoi, our address is
ways Stanford, Ky.
II THERE couli be bigger outrage
ian the verdict Of the Buiord Jury,
was the allowance by Judge Jack
N to Judge Mcnamara, prosecuting
torney, Of 81 200 Tor his services as 6
ch. This is out Of all proportion :
the services rendered, aud is a di-
ct and concerted raid on the State '
reasury that ought not to be allowed. 8
cAlanama only allowed his own APP
'intee $3.50 per day, and he GER d
inly should not have expected more d