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The bee., 1883-11-24

wards admitted that he thought
for himself as if the brain did not
give him the power to think. Mr.
Brooks should study philosophy of
reform before attempting to dis
cuss it. Loud talking and braga-
docla declarations are not logic.
The bee., 1883-11-24
TO THE TRADUCERS.
Washington, Nov, 22nd, 1885.

Washington, Nov, 22nd, 1885.
EDITOR BEE: Your well directed and
timely article denouncing the stuff and
nonsense scribbled by Washington Cor
respondents to colored Weeklies, re-
minds me of similar stupidities, written
to the Hun some weeks since, under
the pseudonym, Terra The silly let
ter merits no attention, and, but for your
reference 10 this class of idiots, should
have said nothing publicly. A morbid
appetite for scandal is their CONSPICUOUS
characteristics. They rival the lynx eyed
vulture in its quest for carrion, and like
another bird of prey, when none is found
vomits the foul contents of its own stom-
ach, and re-deyour it. 'Scum of Society,"
fOrsooth Had ''Terra" not look at his
own genuine glass windors, and waste no
time by peIting feathers at supposed ones.
n. E. K.
The bee., 1883-11-24

The mass meeting at Alexan-
dria, Va, last Wednesday evening
was a decided success. The peo-
pie were out in full force. There
were many conjectures as to the
probability of the Washington
speakers going down. We en-
tered the lions den and came
away safe. The Alexandria Ga.
zette to the contrary notwithstand-
ing.
The bee., 1883-11-24

The " Philosophy of Reform" by
Hon. Fred Douglass was too much
for the debaters at the Bethel Lit
erary last Tuesday evening The
attack by Rev. Walter Brooks was
entertained by many to be per
sonal. Mr.. Brooks either misun-
derstood the paper or is ignorant of
the philosophy of reform. The
fiimsy pretext established by him
was illogical. Mr.. Douglas claim
ed that the brain was the great
human educator to which Mr..
Brooks took exceptions and after
The bee., 1883-11-24

The Editor of the BEE in con-
nection with several others will
issue an address to the young
men uext week for the purpose
of organizing a District League.
Young men come to the frcnt and
maintain your rights. Your rights
are being infringed upon. Be
prepared to respond to the call.
The bee., 1883-11-24
INCONSISTENCY.

We submit without comment
for our readers two articles, both
editorials from the New York
tribune of the 14th inst. The two
articles tell their own story. ALL
we can now ask is that the Tribune
will define its position on the
negro question.-ED.
GOD HELPS THOSE WHO HELP
THEMSELVES.
The bee., 1883-11-24
TIE ISSUE NEXT FALL.

1t cost the lives of almost a
dozen human beings, colored men,
to carry the state of Virginia for
the democratic party, on the 9th
day of November. There never
will be trial for any of the par
ties who are known as the ones
that plotted, planned, and had the
deeds executed. There is public
opinion in the South that upholds,
protects, and defends those that
slay by means Of murder black
men who stand in the way of the
democratic party. There is day
coming, its not far off, when such
things as the Danville massacre
will not be. We have appealed
to the loyal North, our appeal has
not gone out in vain nor to deaf
ears.
The quest On that will be the
issue next year in the North will
be, shall the voice of the people at
the ballot box, o: the shot gun,
the pistol and rife, in the hands of
a minority, rule this government
and this people.
There have been some differ
euces Of opinion among the great
leaders Of the North on the var
ious questions, methods, and
management of the party Of the
majority, since 1868. But on the
question as to whether the 10y al
colored citizen Of the South shall
have the free and unrestricted
right and the protection to cast
his Vote as he may desire. On
this question, all leaders, who may
have heretofore on other questions
devided there is and will be a
perfect unity. The North is for
giving of her enemies, yet not for
getful of her faithful allies.
From the beginlng Of recon-
structiou to the present time 1t
is estimated that over seven thou
sand colored persons have been
murdered in the South because
they were republicans. The MUIR
ders were committed by degrees
by the democratic party. Not
one single white man in the whole
South has even been brought to
tria for one or any of the MUIR
ders. The democrats in Virginia
remembered this and knowing
that nothing but the game of
murder and terrorism could win
them a victory over the liberals,
under Gen. Malone, they resorted
to the potent means of saving
themselves, They have won the
game, at the price of shooting the
life out of nine colored men.
There is book that says, Thou
shalt not commit murder. And the
treacherous deed, and most foul
murder must be aUenged.
The bee., 1883-11-24

Mr.. G. G. Stewart the spicy cor
respondent of the Baltimore TM-
dicator is the general manager of
the BEE. Mr.. Stew arts business
and energetic qualities are too
well known for comment.
The bee., 1883-11-24

All communications must be addressed to
The Editor and Proprietor. In conjunction
with the BEE, the managers have established
n News Bureau Of the Colored Press. We are
prepared TO furnish biographies. special cor
respondence and news items at a reasonable
price. Tho object of the bureau is to furnish
cnlored Journals with special Washington let
ters when they have no special correspon-
dents. We have some OF the best writers in
the country connected with the bureau, which
viii enable us to furnish truthfnlspicy andn
concise correspondence. Give the News
bureau call.
The bee., 1883-11-24
Whittier's First Poem.

We have before us, says the Portland,
(Me.) transcript, in Mr.. Whittiers hand
writing, the first poem of his that was
ever published. In 1856, when he was in
his nineteenth year, he left it under the
door of the Office of the Free Press, a
weekly paper published by William Lloyd
Garrison in Newburyport. Garrison had
just attained his majority, and this pa
per was his first attempt at journalism.
1t was many weeks after young Whittier
left his manuscript to it's fate before he
heard from it. He was then working on
his fathers rocky farm, in Haverhill, and
his father was q patron of the Free Press.
Week by week the paper arrived, and tho
heart of the young poet sunk within him
as he looked in vain for his verses.
One day he was at work with his Uncle
Moses repairing the stone fence by the
highway, he going along on the outside re-
placing the stones knocked from the wall
by sheep that had scrambled over it.
While so engaged the pOstman came along
on horseback, and to save going to !he
house he tossed the paper to young Whit
tier. 1t was opened with trembling fin
gers. The surprise of finding his poem at
the head of the corner" was so bewilder-
ing that he was dazed by it, and is sure he
did not read word. At length his uncle
called him to his senses by bidding him
keep to work. No success in future years
has ever stirred such tumult of emotion,
as may well be believed.
Garrison was so impressed with his con-
tributor work that he sought him out,
coming up to Hayerhill on horseback to
interview him. When Garrison called,
young Whittier was at work in the field.
He was told gentleman was in the house
inquiring for him. Nobody had ever call
ed for him before, and he felt like running
away. But he got into the house by the
back door, "slicked up and soon stood in
the presence of the young editor, who en-
couraged him to make good use of the tai
ent he had displayed. Whittier's father
came in during the interview, and begged
Garrison not to put such notions into the
head Of his son. But it was too late; the
damage was done! This was the first
meeting of the two men, afterwards so in
thmately associated in anti-slaYery work.
The bee., 1883-11-24

The following extract is from
the Washington Correspondent of
the Baltimore NINDlCATOR:
1t is rumored that a bitter fight
will be made on the present school
board by the local colored press,
who will fire broadslde shots to-
gether, all of whom have repre-
sentatives collecting data in re-
ference to corruption, etc
II What the Correspondent says
is correct, the BEE will be with
him.
The bee., 1883-11-24

A smart but ambitious man wrote his
name and address on a ten dollar bank
note, so that thousands of people would
think of him as they handled that money.
Four days afterwards the note was traced
back to him by this means, with the pleas
ant 6se0-"ru tl,ot ~ was counterfeit
The bee., 1883-11-24
A CARD TO THE PEOPLE.

Washington. d. c., Nov. 15 1883.
The public and my patrons are hereby mott
fed that / have removed to 73S 18th street
n. w. with c. H. Pearson, where can &C
commodate all who may favor me with their
patronage. Hair-cutting, Shampooing, SHAY
ing and Dying done in first class style.
Very Respectfully,
WILLIAM p, GRAY,
The bee., 1883-11-24

1t is with much pleasure that we
again welcome among our ex-
changes the Washington, d. G.
BEE, one of the best. most inter-
estlng and ablest edited colored
papers in the land Savanaah Echo.
The bee., 1883-11-24
REPLY TO MR.. BROWN.
MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH.
Yours Respectfully,
HOWARD l.. SMITH,

MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH,
Hillsiale, d, c., Nov. 10, 1888.
Dear Editor of the BEE:
Your Edition of the 10th
contains an article from Prof. solomon G..
Brown, giving description of the village of
Hillsdale, ID. {. In it / see three churches of
four regular stationed pastors, and the Mace
donia Baptist church only supplied. We beg
leave to inform you for your next edition
that we are satisfied with our pastor. We have
one whom we have called from our midst.
one whom we have confidence in, one who
has been with us in time of confusion and in
time of peace. We called Rev. l.. Harrod of
our midst to ordination and pastorship of our
church on Sunday the 2lst of Oct 1888. We
beg this insertion for information of the pub
lie.
We are Respectfully, &c.
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The bee., 1883-11-24

The democrats of the old state
of Virginia were aroused last
Wednesday to the height of indig-
nation.
The bee., 1883-11-24

We call special attention to
Louise letter this week which
every mother should read.
The bee., 1883-11-24

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ready for the collector
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Iow used owing to the cost of transpor-

now used owing to the cost of transpor-
tation.
Inexhaustible beds ofgypsum enclrcle
the entire Hills, just inside the foothills
and outside the main Black Hills. At
present it is only used by plasterers.
With the advent of railroads, it will be
shipped to the states east Of the Missouri
rive, there to be used as a fertilizer on
their worn out lands.
Petroleum is found on the west side Of
the Hills in Wyoming territory near the
boundary line between Dakota and
Wyoming. No works have as yet been
established for refining. 1t is only used
for lubricating purposes by the Home
stake and other companies at their
mills.
Salt springs are situated about eight
miles northeast Of the oil springs and III
Wyoming territory. Salt for the entire
Hills is manufactured here, and sold on
the ground for two cents per pound.
Marble Of beautiful purple color is
found near Rapid City and Custer, and
sand stone, granite, slate porphyry and
limestone is plentiful, and is found in
every part Of the Hills.
The Black Hills is a well watered
country, being drained by the forks of
the Cheyenne river and their tributa-
ries. On Hot Spring creek in Custer
county are situated mineral springs
which are fast acquiring reputation for
curative powers second to none in the
United States. The average tempera-
ture is % degrees Fahrenheit.
The average prices of the different
products of the country are as follows:
Cogn, 81 per busbel oats, 81 wheat,
1925; potatoes, 81 onions, $3.50; flour
- per hundred Weight; eggs, fifty cents
per dozen; butter, forty cents per pound;
groceries cost about ) cents more than
in Chicago; dayboard So per month /;
with lodging $50. Farm hands, $50 per
month teamsters, $40 to $50; day labor
ers, 81 per day mechanics from 81 to So
per day; miners, 81 per day.
Money is loaned at from Is to 50 per
cent per annum. The reason ofsuch high
rate of interest is that there are SO many
opportunities Of investing money TO
good advantage that few people have
any TO loan. and the demand has always
exceeded the suppl.
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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-11-20
The. Virginia Elections.

The fact that General MALONE has begun
the business OF waving the bloody shirt,
and is fairly rivalling the efforts OF the
MoRToYs. ZACH. CHANDLERs, and such like
characters of reconstruction days, leads us
to suggest to Mr.. BARBoUB that it may be-
come his duty to furnish to the northern
people such testimony as cannot be gain
sayed in regard to the manner OF conduct
Ing the late elections in this State, and par
ticularly as to whether there was any in
timidation Of the negro voters. The
Democratic State Central Committee,
OF which he is chairman, consists OF
forty-five gentlemen of the highest
character residing in every section OF
the Commonwealth. These gentlemen
might well be convened to consider this
subject. Their own testimony ought to
be sufficient TO satisfy any reasonable man.
Nevertheless, il will be for them, II con-
yened, to consider whether they shall or
shall not procure and give to the public
the testimony OF well-known merchants,
mechanics, lawyers, judges, planters, farm
ers, and even clergymen. Our Virginia
merchants are well known in New York
mercantile circles; our Virginia mechanics
nv persons engaged ia the same occupa-
tlons with them; our lawyers and judges
to the northern judges and lawyers; and
so on. There will be no difficulty what
ever In establishing the facts.
Then there may be Republican witnesses
General WICKHAM, Mr.. DEzENDoRf, Mr..
Boris, and various other Republicans
might be called upon TO testify.
Finally, there are no doubt Readjusters
who will be glad to come forward and ne
lieve Virginia Of the odium which woult
justly attach to her II her people wers
guilty Of intimidating negro voters.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-11-20
A Card from General Wickham I'm
Reply to General Malone.

NVNbhDLh III, 1000
To the Editors of the Dispatch
Gentlemen,-I have seen the summary
OF the address of William Malone, chair
man, in the New York Times of to-day.
Nothing short of lunacy would justify
such an address, and have no doubt that
the wholesale SANDERS it contains Will be
fully refuted by statement of figures and
facts in the next few days. But see that
he speaks OF my county OF Hanover as one
Of the points at which "the crack OF the
Bourbon weapon, engaged iH political
murder, resounded. and the Bourbon knife
sank Deep" and deem il my duty as
q citizen OF the county, and their repre-
sentative in the Senate OF Virginia, at once
TO announce the falsity OF that charge. A
colored man named Robertson was few
weeks ago killed in the county of Hanover
by. II Is alleged, another colored man
named Lewis. Lewis is now in jail, and
win be tried, and, II guilty. punished for
the offence. The first notice that appeared
In the papers Of the commission OF the
crime spoke OF Lewis as Wick
ham man and Robertson as Jones
that 1t was done for political purposes
but within the next two or three days the
Richmond Wing itself, the Virginia organ
OF William Malone, chairman, bad the
fairness, In its local column. to say that the
murder grew out OF an old grudge be-
tween the parties, and had no political
significance whatever. William Malone,
chairman, ought to have been aware OF
these facts hen he penned this address.
II ne was not, by what principle Of JUS
tice did he utter so vile SANDER upon the
people ct Hanover-who, from an intimate
acquaintance with them for fifty years, l
can truly say are as law-abiding as any
people on earth--without informing him.
self In regard to thcmi
Your obedient servant,
WINS. G. WIcKHAx.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-11-20
Terrible Railway Collision.
A PASSENGER TRAIN RUNS INTO A FREIG
WHILE GOING FORTY MILES AN HOUR.

PASSENGER TRAIN RUNS INTO A FREIGHT
WHILE GOING FORTY MILES AN HOUR.
A Cairo Qlll telegram says: Trust
worthy information confirms the previous
report OF an accident Yesterday afternoon
near Bradford station, Tenn. on the South
ern division OF the Illinois Central rail-
road. Train No. 8, going south. was
tagged at Bradford for orders. While the
conductor was in the telegraph office getting
the orders, his engineer, who had failed TO
see the flag, rang the bell, and on receiving
an answer by the bell-cord, left the station
without the conductor. Unsuccessful at
tempts were made with freight engine
whistle to call him back. When two miles
below Bradford a lady living along the
line tagged the train. and IL was coming TO
a stop. when a north-bonnd passenger
train came round curve at the rate OF
forty miles an hour, and the trains coming
together, both were wrecked. aud five cars
burned. Mr.. Coburn, an express messen-
ger, telegraph-line repoirer. and n col
ored porter, were killed. The engineer Of
train No. Q was seriously hurt, and seven
or eight passengers were injured, but none
seriously. Major Burke, OF the New Or
leans Times Democrat, and wife, were pas
sengers. The N jor escaped unhurt, but
his wife was slightly injured.