The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-18
The increase by states of the negro pop.
ulation in tits country from 1870 to 1880,
is shown by the following statement:

ulatlon IN tbs country from 1871 10 looU
is shown by the following statement:
States. 1870. 1880
Alabama. .......,......... ...... 40 $40 600 II
Arkansas leg 1919 slG 62
Delaware - 7gi 26 -
Florida ..,...'''''.,,,,,' '''''' " Wy -, ~
Norgla',,..,..,." ''''3lo ~ - va
| hcnlucky,.. ....'..'''...''-ss ~ 80 ~
| Louisiana, ,oul Nv - w
Maryland ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10 pIl w ~
MISSISSIPPI .'''''.''''''. ~ ~ W -
Miss url ,........,.. 10 va 10 -
South Carolina. Sli Cos -
Icnncssec",'... '''' %. opi wv; ",
Neutrality-suspicious., .''1l- ~ upl iT
West Nirglniu,......,,,... ..t,.'' Il "No - ~
Texas. ..'..'"'''' .,.'''''' ''''
The total number OF blacks IN these states
was 4,242,O03 in 1870 and 5,643,S0l in
1880. This shows during these ten years
the enormous increase of 1,40l, SSS, or more
than 33 per cent. Adding Texas, and the
colorcd population of the south now eX-
ceeds SIX millions. In the north the blacks
number half million.
A special session of the circuit court
was called and convened at seven o'clock,
yesterday evening, in order to examine a
number of men who had been subpGnaed
by baiIils during the afternoon for the
Jury in the Whtcamp case.
Six Jurors had been selected on Wednesday,
but Of these one was discharged yesterday,
and during the day, although great num-
Der of men were examined, only one was
found, so that at supper time yesterday
evening, the former number SIX was again
full. After seven o'clock only one more
was obtained, making the number seven.
The names of these seven are: Mathew
Homes, Sandusky; Jacob Christian, Thebes;
j. NJ. Edwards, Hodges Park; VIM
Holmes, Sandusky; John W. Martin, Goose
Island; W. II. Gilmore Cairo Emanuel
Holmes, Hodges Park.
The Dubuque Qowa) excursion train
of which we spoke in former ISSUE ar
rived here on WednC sday, at 1910 p. M,
having left Dubuque at eight o'clock on the
morning of the fifteenth instant. A special
train Of three sleepcrs, two coaches and one
baggage car left East Cairo for New Or
leans, with the eXcursionists on board, at
40 o'clock Wednesday and arrived at
New Orleans at II :3j yesterday morning,
making the run from East Cairo to New Or
leans in twenty-five hours and five minutes.
But this includes delay of over two hours,
caused by eating dinner at one point and
blockade at another, so that the actual run
ming time Of the train was less than twenty
hours, or twcnty.scvcn and half miles per
hour, But tins does not yet include the
time occupied in stopping at regular
stations, which, if done, would bring the
actual rate Of speed close up to thirty miles
an hour.
The following resolution was intro.
duccd in the Illinois legislature by Mr..
Own and referred to the committee on
revenue; "Whcrcas the entire payment
Of taxes at one time has become oncrous to
large classes Of law abiding citizens of this
state; and Whereas, 1t is the part Of true
craftsmanship to ALLEVIATE such burthcn
whenever it can be done. Therefore, be it
Resolved, that the committee on revenue
of this house be instructed to consider the
possibility of so amending the present
revenue law as to make one half of all taxes
payable during what may seem to that
committee the most eligible months for that
purpose OF the first and last half of each
year, and if in their judgment such change
seems practicable, to report early bill en-.
bodyng such provisions 10 the house" An
act passed in accordance with this resolu-
ton would be hailed with pleasure by all
whose taxes are Of any amount.
Some weeks ago, on the morning of
the second instant The BULLETIN pub
lishcd for the information OF the public the
following item Of important news "To.
day is ground-hog day when, according to
the old saw, that animal leaves his hole to
see if he casts shadow, ard if so, crawls
back into his hole again to avoid the wntry
blasts which are sure to come" We con.
graduated oursclf upon the beauty and the
proloundncss of thought displayed in this
paragraph and upon the clearncsS with
which we had set it forth,
but as will be apparent from the following
extracts from the Illinois press. We are
shocked OF the brozcnncss of some people
who can not even understand mediocre
reasoning, much less discover or appreciate
the grandeur of an inspired thought but
VINO presume to teach the nnb-
lie through the medium of the prcss
But here are the extracts and If the roadcr