The Russellville Democrat., 1882-02-23
VOL. VIII.

A DiiI lldS Decu lulTOuuceu III JHc House by Mr. Warner, of Tennessee, to repeal the law chartering national banks and abolish them.
 Ut will be about eight months be- fore the tunnel Is cut through on the Frisco road. The grading from the tunnel on this side to Van Buren is nearly completed.
 -ButterwOrth' bill to retire army officers from active service at the age of sixty-two is favorably regarded by the army, and HOO military men have signed petition urging its passage. The retirement is not left to discretion, but is made mandatory.
 Ut is not likely that the Sixth judi cial district will go begging for candi- dates for judicial honors, from the way the announcements come teeming in, loading the columns of the newspapers in that district. Is it possible that there will be no candidates in the 9th judicial district for liko honors?
 More than q $1 ,000, 900 per day The fiscal years government revenue is es- timated at $370 ,O00, ,O0O. Counting at the rates of $l00 per minute, or s6000 per nour, or $l4l 900 per day, it would require 2569 days, 10 hours and 40 min utes to count the revenue of this gov ernment for one year.
 D. l.. Payne has sued Gen. Pope, commander of the department of Mis- souri, in the District Court at LeaiSn- worth, Kansas. for S25, ,000 damages for ciectng him from Oklahoma on the 18th of June and 7th of August, 1881. The bill alleges that Oklahoma is Uni- ted States land and subject to settle ment.
 A new weekly has sprung into ex- istence in New York City, called the Democratic Advance. It is very sweet on Mr. Tilden, does not see how he can refuse to become the nominee for gov ernor, and speaks touchingly of $. J. T. in connection with 1SS4.-Gazette.
 Do you belong to that race of pigmies whose blood coagulates with treaeher- oas ingrattude to Tilden?
 -Tammany has gone where she ought to have gone sometime ago-to the republicans. 10th Feb. they voted with the republicans and elected John son, republican, clerk of the House. And in the Senate they voted with the republicans on resolution to vest the appointment of committees in the lieu tenant-governor.
 The constant rains have caused great damage to railroads. Some have been necessarily compelled to suspend the brim and running over. The over- flow has done great damage. 4 great deal of stock has been drowned. Hell ena has been kept in constant dread for week, the river threatening to deluge or submerge the town.
 J. N, Smithee, chairman, calls for a meeting of the Democratic State Central Committee, at the hall of the House of Representatives, in the City of Little Rock, March l4th. Wonder if Fishback will not go down, demand the keys, and declare him self the par ty. The people are getting very tired of Mir. Fishback as well as MT. Smithce. They are both blather- sixties, and neither would hesitate to espouse any policy toappease their ann bitiol.
 It will be remembered that the Su- preme Court of Tennessee declared the funding act of that State unconstitu- tiomal on the sole ground that the cou- pons were made receivable for taxes. Feb. lith the council for the funding board made application to the court to modify the decree so as to enjoin fund- ing into bonds with tax receivable cOu- pons, and to permit the funding to pro- ceed with ordinary coupons, in other words to expunge from the act the tax coupon feature, but the court refused to enter tain the motion.
 The Virginia debt in 1861 was S3l 100000. The re-adjusters passed the Riddleberger debt bill which strikes out onc-third of the anti-war debt and interest taccumuldtions. They did this on the preteXt that much of the debt was properly West Virginia's. You never saw ropudiationist with out preteXt. The republican party introduced repudiation in Virginia. The readjusters are republicans. To the honor of .hc Virginia democracy they made a gallant stand against the RtddlebCrgcr bill.
 The stalwarts are enjoying Blaine's American Congress policy hugely, be- cause, as they believe. it is damaging him with the people. The stalwarts further threaten Blaine witE his rec ord. They say that among the records Of the State Department there is mate rial to make a scandal against him. We should not wonder. It would be out of the ordinary course of things if the same Is not true of every stalwart who has made record. Blaine Is bold an- tagonist, He Is going to press row With the administration, He need not