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Daily Republican., 1882-08-01
fin haps,nnr.

and ali iIiToGnng, euttering and spoutlng
done bu si9Gs Of job work promptly
" d. Chambers, 215 King st.
Daily Republican., 1882-08-01

has iuss' p townsend, No, Sc. 4th st.,
which fecoi eed car load Of cats
'n Ms is selling cheap, y ''"
Daily Republican., 1882-08-01

Best Patent Flour in the market TO
be had 1t Tcwnsend's, No. 8 Il. Fourth.
Daily Republican., 1882-08-01

For best Minnesota dour go to W. j.
Morrow, AT French street.
Daily Republican., 1882-08-01
State of the Thermometer

at the REPUBLICAN office in the shade
this morning:
7 o'clock 10 O'Clock 12o'olock
75o 81 SO
Daily Republican., 1882-08-01
Special Mention.
Dr R1mms, Pain RearCher.

Said a gentleman a few days ago, I
deem it my duty to call and inform you
that your Pain Searcher relieved my
wife Of terrible pains and cramps after
three days treatment, in which other
medicines and prescriptions had failed.
After taking three doses she slept all
night nicely. Dealers sell this great
pain medicine. Main depot, Fourth
and King streets, Philadelphia depot,
6O2 Arch street, Johnston, Holloway &
Co,
Daily Republican., 1882-08-01
The Latest News.

Holland will make one large photo
graph with frame for $1.25, retouched
In the finest style, no finer made in the
city; fine retouohed cabinets for 81 ;
8 cards finely retouched for 81 pictures
copied and enlarged in same style at
the very lowest prices. The only cheap
tlrst-class gallery in the city, No. 4
East Srd street, between Market and
King streets.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-12-02
Commissioner Sale

rs VIRTUE 81 q lecro u the chanccry
court 10 the Isl district ut rnnoln county.
Mississippi. rudcul on the s3i day of
November, lss1, 10 cause M 1901, !. q.
anil ". ; Nitirum Va. Elijah Wiihpim
letaacl, sale pt land 10 pay 3c1ts, rs
T. lilann, commissioner appointed hy
siil decree, win proceed 10 sell to The
higlrsi bidder at public cutlery On
Naadoy ~ IL my # January 1851,
iu front u the courthouse door in the
town Of Slrlis, the following described
ril estate situate and lying in the coun-
Is 81 Plnnla and state u Mississippi. to-
wi, sactipns onraud two, town 7 range
O. fractional nDrth half ot section 10 town
Z NINA, q, containing q ceres. THE fntc-
Honsl mel section ~ town Z nuge q, and
the southwest diagonal lnlio section %,
town : range ), containing $50 acres.
Terms: Cash. :. X. BLANN,
Clerk mud Commissioner.
Slri.y, Mis-. By ". ". Smith,
Nov. y, lSSl. ncpaty-Cl Clerk.
dec , iw
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-12-02
aH# cnAbaHaa

t'HtAlt sHlim n i nnd Hht sil
f%tsHahle ~ htis WaH min % iln
Manning lHim Nj mntetd A.
tlsr RAE Ntd muah sympathy II
fnanile fad az tte G nj ln Gall
Ing 81 fteifs ths tftithstF ifai
thar isaansth etffsslan Atlie
iwllffihai 81 ww rlHi wi thfff
fere. that ~ staAll III aaista iha
nest Cnrtes4mln y ~ fhi fis
tFiet Ms 4 g. y mrfalif ~
,prs n uissls irpi al ihis
af the mAitee i Give iliaaat ifa@
this upaninn lal ihf nHt4si eaH
a. c%oiuirl ~ 'he Fingers 4 na
hand IL q single csint II iten
thalmprs shvuh D. daitd hi. arhi
on the strength II alah q ttiTial
iaehaicaliiy >. . clerical ttfer, Che
damage e. tho Dampcuiic party
would b. aimpt it~fslarahit Us
fwt II gtarrr consequences than
losing mt only a stii ia Cpngtess
but the party majority in that
briy. Hoqidcs a. a matter q rfin'
ciplc, no honest man ran without
conscientious scruple endorse .his
action. We Dc not inpHah the
act IL the Secretary uf STATE 10 de.
claring Manning elected hc acted
hastily, but fnom his view u The
case, honestly. We d. not h'ld
Gov. Lowry the least ccnsumblc ID
this matter, nor cnn the public
with good reason. The Secretary
of State having decided that MN.
ming was elected, the Governor
could do nothing elsc than issue 4
certificate 30 Manning. Had h.
done otherwise, he would have fill.
en- short Of his duty, The Man.
ning-C chalmers case, like every 9th
or, has two sidcs. Some Of Col.
Manning strong partisins claim
that this clerical error is not the
only ground Of dispute and contro.
sersy In this contest, but charge
that Gen. Chalmers secured his
election through She potent iniu.
encc of the IIubbcll corruption
fund and tho bulldozing and in.
timidatIon Of United Suites mar
shals. II these charges can be- cstab.
lished by reputable witnesses, we
have no hesitation in saying that
Gen. Chalmers ought to b. reject.
ed by Congress. II a man cannot
he elected ON his own merits, he
fhoulu not ne pcrmittrn 10 huy MS
way W Congress. II would be
quite as fair and honorable to win
ON a clerical error rs 10 bribc ones
way to that body. II, on invcsti.
CATION, II appears that bribery was
used 10 elect Gen. Chalmers, We
think justice requires the seat Civ.
en- b Manning ; If on the other
hand, Manning can support his
claim with nothing better and
stronger than a clerical error, jus.
tlce should award the seat TO Chal.
mors.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-12-02
N N SUMNER.

From reading mn article entitled
"The Supreme Court OF the United
States" by i. V. Smallcy, in the
Century Magazine for December,
II appears that Charles sumner
cherished n malicious and ot,sti.
mate hatred against fancy, even
after the death III the great Chief.
Justice. This prejudice arose from
Tancy's decision in the famous
Dred Scott case, which gave NOR.
tai offensctoth rampant andfanati.
cal anti-slavcry sentiment Of the
North. Mr.. smallcy gives Judge tn.
ncy credit for sincerity. OF his at-
tion In this case he says: "lIis cruel
decision proceeded from, no hand.
ncss Of heart, but was purely the
result Of his political bias and the
honest outcome ~ his logical proe
ccsscs Of reasoning. Grant the lc-
gal aud historical premises upon
wllicl, he bases II, and the conclu-
siops he draws arc inevitable.
Death s'nens the antipathics and
rscjudioes " all pure and noble
hearts, but the following passage
from Mr.. smallcy's article shows
that Mr. Charles Sumner, whom
history holds up ss q great man.
was destitute Of such lofty and
Aish-mindcd qualities: "For sever.
NJ years after bis death, 'Tancy's
llrt was excluded from Ia place
among The chief Justices on the
wall Il The cpurt-rcm. II stesl In
q sort n limls. In n niche In the
senate chamber, anil Charles Sum.
mr. waseh~l every appropriation
bill % nFsyeas an itrm lTina In.
eiudcd 10 authorize IT, purchase.
Wl'en Sumner Aiesl there was M
Further opIsrition 10 paying for II
and irving Il il proper place. :
History haz herrsadptc failed Ia
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-12-02

CHAseIlloR prYruy has lctii.
"a that matrimonial INSURANCE
companies canno. rroiate Tho
amount d money they May have
on hand among the members hold.
ing that the policies maturing
first should be paid in their rcgu.
lar order. This decision was Civ
en- in the ease Of y. r. MclIca NJ.
the Central Matrimonial Associa.
ton Of Jackson.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-12-02

JouS II. RooERs, Congressman
elect from the third district of Ar.
kansas, Is u native Of Mississippi i;
so is Alex. Graves, CONGRESSMAN
elect of the seventh district of
Missouri.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-12-02

MRs. LASGrRY i a beauty, but
Cor all that, as u leg artist, she
cannot compare with Fanny Da.
venport-so the baldheadod men
say. n. B,-Wc are not bald
headed.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-12-02

Tlr Supreme Court has decided
that tax titles are valid, holding
|"if the power to sell exists, mo mere
irrogulafity in It's exercise win in.
validate the sale
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-12-02

GES. FlrznUom LEE, Of Virgin.
il, il lceturing in Southern cities
for the benefit Of the Southern
Historical scicty, his subject be-.
ing the "Battlc of Chanccllorsyillc .
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-12-02

WoMEN arc eligible to school
offices in Iowa, Illinois, Kansas,
Virginia, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, Mississippi, pcnnsyl-
vania, Vermont, Wyoming, and to
any Office in Wisconsin, except
State Superintendent.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-12-02
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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-12-02

THREE of the congrcssmcn-clcc
Of New York do not live in the
districts which elected them. No
State makes such Il requirement, as
some believe.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-12-02

ArrER all rotation scores a victo
ry in Mississippi; this state will
send four new members to the
next Congress.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-12-02

Is the late Nebraska election
whisky dealers, foreigners and the
r0lorcd voters combined to crush
the woman suffrage amendment,
thus securing IFS defeat.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-12-02

lr is thought there will be fifty
election contests before Congress.
Let Congress reject all thnsc who
were rejected by the people.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-12-02

LATE statistics slow that chic
roform causes one death In each
thousand persons to whom 1t Is
given,
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-12-02

W. W. foorR, lately elected one
Of the Railrod Commissioners Of
California, is n native q fthis State,
a son Of Ex-Goy. Henry $. Footc.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-12-02

fv'hs<tk In The nli-= ease shows
thai mot dsrts'sr u no, earn oset
<ItsH 1 yEaf
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-12-02

or The f,nrtren States thai have
passed prohibition laws. eleven.
have repealed them.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-12-02

TnE Texas Changers have 100
cooperative stores that are doing
a satisfactory business.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-12-02

I ''" nu lI
s aala Wade HAMILTON III +
''.I' IIim Ih
county
Tlr vlarr mon ofilovillara III
'f''a "I. a'i t organize :"
1.'HiN ne -'r'c'I.
Atilp recent tafm W circuit
Nprj A.'1 t'iie county sent ~
c5af.. p ""csT
owen r rias M wa. fined s1l
lv tlr Nsr4f ~ NariIiBu f1r .tral.
'HE TIVE bottle "t cordial.
Tho Farmer publishes n lit Of
seven men IN S~at comfy whose
ago, range from y % S. wears.
Tn CLARK. who moved from
Tiupah county 10 Arkansas. i, dis
satisfied and viii return.
made on three onarters # an acre
Of land 30 gallons Of mnlnsscs.
ar
~
ed 20 the Chickasaw Messenger.
p.u. ~. 49,,
81,
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n.
.,..I
Frlt1 HeSlcy, one OF the petty
an. 49, :
M" 49, ''"s
Bost'ck ireland, q Harrison
county farmer, had "a moss Of
green peas on the 10Th ulti and
AT Holly Springs on October
lblh, g. n Frazer hired n buggy
and dtd not return 1t. lie was
tr'ccd To La''rangc' Ark, arrested,
And Is now IN jail at Holly Springs
Ike bell : gin,houso and eleven
bales Of cotton were lately burned
near l"nlotoc' Inc ilfo was eans'
cl ny man taxing lighted candle
III thr hh'-rool'' Loss about sloV'
no insurance
Morgan smith, assistant pay
master oi inc y . A. isat Match
~, paying bounty money To cx'
union soldiers aud Their heirs. al
NicNSours Ne lald ont about ten
thousand dollars
At nyhalia, MARSHALL county
Ne'ly ana Mcdonald hae a hight
IN Mhieh the losniHr threw a hi
llaru nlll, striking hls antagonist
III the eye, knocking him down
anu severely lnJnfing him'
The Southern baptist saws Il
knows n prca her in this Stat,
who avs he has neycr taken ant
WIZ never take a hewsliapcr-Ft
"s'o"s VI no o'"'t A''' "u' !
"i'F' no Is not bap'is'' though
A prisoner in the iail Of Tisho
mingo county. almost succeeded II
burning his was out. lie sci hr,
10 the door and was standing b,
with a bucket Il water, ready /,
ex'lngulsh The llamcs as soon a
he burned a hole large enough
Near pontotor, a few DAYS since
a boy named Foster LYON wa.
struck by the lever If a cotto,
press the first blow almost opcal
d his scalp OH" and tho sccon,
struck him on the hack aud hurl
cd him forty feet. The how stil
lives.
:,
ANllDH H. AfANIA. DI 4NMtftluV
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-12-02

u 1871 chattanooaa proposes Ia
have . National Mineral and Ne.
Fhaaltal Exposition.
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A NEW POST AT HAMILTON. N y.

Special Correspondence National Tribune.
HAMILTON, n. Y, July ga new Grand
Army Post, known as Post Arthur l.. Brooks.
No. 2I2,' has just been organized here under
the most tlatterinS auspices. There was very
large attendance of visiting comrades, among
them being Col. G. A. Cantine, Inspector Gen
crat OF the Department of New York; Com
mandcr Sayles, and Comrades Judge w. b.
Bliss, postmaster, and Captain c. NJ. Palmer;
J. c. Noochler, w. VI. Rich and VIM Rowland
of Skillcn Post, No Il, Rome; Commander
Faulkner and Comrades w. H. Shepherd, 5. T.
jackson, ;. T. Arnold, l.. Nourse, j. r. Law
son, W. b. Downcr and |. Irons, of Knowlton
Post, No 100, Cazenovia the Commander and
six comrades OF the West Eaton Post, lately es-
tablished there and comrades of the Peterboro
Post.
The veterans assembled at the office of the
Democratic Republican, and headed by the Ham
llton Brass Band marched to the Park House,
where being joined by the speaker and visiting
comrades they marched to the Baptist Church.
The meeting was presided over by C0mrade
Van Slyck, and after prayer by Rev. DR.. Brooks
an address was made by Col. Canine
The address concluded, the visiting comrades
and the veterans present formed without delay
and marched to Smiths Hall Here the Post
was Instituted and ffty-fOur members mus
tered III by Commander SayIcs, of Skllen Post,
Rome, assisted by the Commanders of Knowl-
ton Post, the West Eaton Post, and other COM
rades. The Post being organized, an election
was held, and the folIowing-namcd comrades
were chosen and installed by Commander
Sayles as the officers of Arthur l.. Brooks Post.
NO. 2'2 TOR the present term:
Commander, C. j. Johnson; S. V. c., F.. Il.
Throop; j. v c., Z. ID. Van Slyck; Chaplain.
lev. DIR. IL. s. Lloyd; Surgeon, F. ID. Beebe; Q.
NJ. d. IL. Foster; o. d., Frank Kennedy; o.
IT,, N. J. Hyland; Adjutant, c. w. UnderhiII;
Segt. Maj, Willis Merryfeld O. NJ. Sergeant,
Burnie Ershine.
The following are the names of the veterans
who were mustered in as members of the Post,
In addition to those above given:
W. III. ALBERT, A. S. Bates, o. F. Blanding,
John A. Brady, D. L. Bartlett, Jacob Carpen-
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DOING A GOOD WORK.

To The Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Herewith please find subscription to your
valuable paper for one year. L notice with
pleasure the great improvement made therein,
and sincerely hope that your subscription list
may continue TO increase, and your success be
commensurate with the improvement TIE
TRIBUNE is doing a good work, and should, in
my opinion receive the hearty and cordial sup
port Of all who wore the blue" and / shall
take occasion at the next meeting OF my Post
10 call attention to it, and particularly with re-
spect 10 what it recently said Of Maryland in
The war" Very respectfully and fraternally,
yours, &c, WEN. a. MChELLIP,
s.V.C, Dept. Of Nd, Com. Burns Post, No.13.
MEsTMINsrER. ND, July ~.
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TIE ORDER I'M NEW JFRSEY


HProHI Correspondence N"uoiai IH'"he.
TRENTON, y. j., July 10, l0o2-C commander
Campbell, of the Department Of New jersey
ba, issued the following order.
iIi-.l ~ Az i-RS DEPT OF AZ" JERSEY,
"hAND ARMY or THE I,ErJ BLIC,
IRENIoN' July 10 49,.
"rtfrm OL"nS' N0. o.
l. Inc borrowing ioStS nave beeh mustered
mo service since ihe Issue OIL General orders,
80. -
Gen, - a huNSeI FoSt' No. D. iiammonton.
L. II. iarRhur't' commander.
Lafayette I0St 40 oS, Salem. Daniel WHIT
HcI, COMMANDER.
fd"ard townsend foSt No. ~. cape May
court House. James Chester Commander
o'G o. recently mustered AZ New brunS-
"lrK' mas adopted the name OF Robert "osgs.
ne names adopted are hereby approved
H. me iolloWlhE iOH'S reported Wllhlh the
'IH'o "'o"eu l0i hoHVrdpIe mention WAl-e
'nt't arc ci'tHSeu according 10 receipt at mead
quarters, an are e4udly comnenAEu'
oSta o. i, ~ 40 80 3D. 20 o. y, ~ w. h.
- ~, No. d. Id, -, o, ~ D. 70 3D. %, t. - y
3D. o. o. i'' H. ~ o. ~ ~ I, H. o. - /.
Ill ne louoWinG addlilohaI appointments
UH nc sta" Oh inc Dei'''iheHi CoHl.hahdGr are
H'i''| announces" LIcy Will ne ooeyed ana
i'Ti''tI" @rCoL"lhg'E:
10 DC Al"-LS- lamp: OomraNe Henry NJ
N -, us o. Oh h,Ho p"i'>- ,,-.,,.
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GRAND ARMY NOTES.

Fairbury Post, No. -, at Farbury, H., is in
a very prosperous condition. Several recruits
are mustered in each mastering night. At the
present rate of increase the membership will
soon be very large.
The veterans-numbering about fifty-re-
siding in the vicinity of Elroy and IIilIsbor-
ough, Wis, are arranging for the organization
of Post. The outlook is good for strong
organization.
The veterans of Mount Vernon, Ind, have
formed Post of the G.. 4. L. at that place
with twenty charter members. Major
Miner has been selected Post Commander
The name of the new Post has not yet been
decided upon. 1t is confidently believed that
it will soon have Il large and active member
ship.
A new Post has been organized at Bad Axe,
Mich, to be called Wisncr Post. Twenty four
members have already been enrolled and the
prospects for a rapid growth are excellent.
John Brown Post, No. 20, of Exeter, Neb.. has
a membership of fifty and is growing rapidly.
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A. c Monroe,
Acting Adj Gen.
FARRAGUT POST FIELD SPORTS.

FarragIt Post, Grand Army OF the Republic,
of New York, INDUCED in some interesting
field sports on Monday last Those who were
on the grounds fully enjoyed the sport. The
awards were sufficiently generous and hand
some. Among the more prominent events of the
day was the 4i0yards running race for boys sons
of veterans, the prize being 4 silver cup, won
by Austin Frank; the second prize being -.
In the 4t0-yard hurdle race, two heats in
three, a gold Grand Army badge WAS won
by John Fcitzer, the second prize, Il barrel
of ale, falling To Mr.. Phelps. The mile and a
half toe walking match was won by Fred w.
Ritchic, Mr.. Jones being second. In the fat
mems race, :22O yards, J. L. Rourk passed the
line first, VIM. Miller second. Then followed
the usual go-as-you-pleasc, jumping and run
ming races, with the sack race, for which there
was only one sack needed, the wcarcr having a
walk over. Iii the rifle shooting William
Phelps won the gold badge, valued at $50 and
Roundsman Donovan a gold badge, valued at
SO. Perhaps the most exciting event of the
day was the race among the members of the
band in which T. Hayes came in first and 4.
Hartman second, out OF start of some seven
or eight competitors.
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" THE DRUMMER BOZ"

We desire to call the special attention of our
soldier readers to the card of Messrs. Percival
& Lewis in another column of THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE, announcing their readiness to ar
range with Grand Army Posts for the produc-
ton during the coming season of the new play
entitled THE Drummer Boy; or, the Battle
of Shiloh" 1t is said to be the best military
drama on the stage to-day, and wherever it has
been produced has received the strongest in
dorsements. Comrade Percival has been per-
sonly Endorsed by Starr Post, No. 138, OF New
Lisbon, Ohio, as a gentleman, soldier, and
actor, and well qualified for producing the play
successfully.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1882-07-29
"a MIGHTY POWER IN THE LAND"

t. the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
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TRIBUNE one year. / am always glad when
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a mighty power in the land Thanks to The
TuEuNE, John A. Logan, ingalls,, Dan Voor-
n.os. not forgetting our own darling boy"
George Vest, missouri is almighty proud of
him. Gar noble friend, the onc-legged veteran
presiding over pension affairs, will be able to
execute the law and carry out the dictates of
his kind and symPathzing heart. Those oily
lmmom honorables, who are trying to delay
Justice 10 our Suffering comrades by obstructive
measures in the House OF Representatives, will
de well 10 remember two things first, in few
weeks t.ry must meet their constituents: sec
ond, tLa: in ordinary politics many of the
soldiers are good, honest Democrats; more of
Them are good, honest Republicans; but on
every question involving the rights of a COM