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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-01-18

CURIOUS THINGS ABOUT ANIMALs.-Nat-
uralists say that a single swallow will de-
your 5000 flies in day.
The army worms in Lyons county, KY, are
being destroyed by myriads of small ants.
A curious sea turtle was found short time
ago off the shore at Manasquan, n. j., in a
sieve net by some fishermen the turtle has
flanges instead of feet; it's weight is 1000
pounds.
A Belgian sparrow has literally built her
nest in the lions mouth, having made her
home in the jaws of the monumental lion sur
mounting the Belgiac mound on the field Of
Waterloo.
a short time ago, while getting out stone
in his quarry, a mile south of Kokomo, Ind,
George w. Defenbough split a massive slab
and found embedded in the solid rock a lizard
of light color, alive and active.
A very large coach whip snake measuring
eight feet in length, and as large as an ordna-
ry mans leg below the knee, visited tie bur-
row of rabbit, at Madison, Fla, and took
therefrom a young one nearly half grown.
The DID, rabbit jumped on the snake, seized
the young rabbit, and tried to rescue it. The
snake held it's head above the reach of the
old rabbit, and escaped with it's prey.
y native named Kahale, while fishing at
Maliko, caught a very small fish in his hand.
lie tried to Kill 1t by biting the back OF Its
head. The fish gave sudden spring, and,
escaping from his hand, darted into his throat,
entirely closing the aperture and lodging half
way down. At first all efforts to dislodge it
were unavailing. 1t was feared the man
would choke to DEATH At last, by being
placed in favorable position and making
a final effort, assisted by friend, the fish
was elected.
Two tpamSters coming to HALEY from Vien-
Ma, Nevada, encamped near the timber above
Boulder. One went out for game, while the
other was to make bread. AS he got out the
sack of salt d cinnamon bear approached.
The teamster held out a handful of salt. The
bear licked his hand clean and asked for more.
The third handful was disappearing when the
other teamster returned, took the trace chains
and some rope, and bound the bear tightly.
His bearship stood the tying with good hu-
NOR, and was placed in the wagon and brought
to HALEY.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-01-18

The RICHEST NINE IN THE WORLD.-To
the westward of the Surry hills, in TASMANIA,
in the county Russell, and at distance of
100 miles from LauncestOn, lies Mount Bisch-
off, and here few adventurers found tin in
1872. A company was formed and workings
were commenced. An eminent mineraloglst
reported that the mountain was almost solid
mass of tin, the ore yielding from 70 to 50 per
cent. of pure metal. Large swelling works
were erected at Launceston, and in the year
1876 1000 tons of tin were raised. Twenty
five shillngs only have been paid upon each
share, but the present market price is from
$50 to :eG9, the company during the last four
years having paid adividend every two months
of 10 shillings per share. A fortunate gen
tleman in Hobort, who expended ;eS75 in the
purchase of 700 shares in 1875 rejoices in the
receipt of 50, 100 4 year as the income of his
investment. LOndon FIeH.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-01-18
Polk. I'm Custody OfUnitcd states
ElarshaI GOsiing. En- Route
G0r Tennessee.
Special to Memphis Appeal

Special to Memphis Appeal
PALESTINE, TEX, January 1l-Col. Hal
Gosling, United States Marshal of Texas,
is coming up the road from San Antonio
with the Tennessee defaulting treasurer,
Polk. Marshal Gosling discovered the
alleged detective, Price, on the train
making his escape, and arrested him. He
searched Price and found the money
Polk had given him to put him across the
Rio Grande. The other detective was
arrested by the deputy. Both are now
in Jail at San Antonio. Col. Gosling has
thus not only captured Polk, but will
bring to Justice those so-called and THEY
ing detectives. He will reach Nashville
with Polk Saturday night or Sunday
morning, via st. Louis.
NASHVILLE, January 1.-THE report of
the special committee appointed by the
Legislature to settle with the treasurer
will submit a report tomorrow. II will
contain startling developments, and, be-
sides showing the amount OF the deficit
will show how it was lost, where il went
and who got it. 1t will give the inside
history of some matters that will be very
interesting reading just at this particn-
lar time. Gov. Howkins received tele-
gram from man named Homerway, of
Monterey, Mexico, to-day, asking what
per cent. of the money could he have D.;
that the money was in Mexico. IL is
thought here by parties who know
Homerway that he knows where the
money is, and that being reliable party
he will act squarely and fairly in the
matter.
A telegram was received here stating
that United States Marshal Gosing
would leave Austin tonight for Nash
vile with Polk.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX, January 11.-Last
evening about sunset the people around
the International railroad depot were
interested in train swiftly rolling into
the building. II was the special hired by
United States Marshal Gosling TO bring
Polk on double-quiCk time from Laredo
to San Antonio. The trip was accom-
plished in less than six hours. On the
train, besides the marshal and two depu-
ties, were NJ. T. Polk, late State treasur-
er of Tennessee, and Malcomb Cameron,
of this city, the detective partner of
Price. Both were prisoners. In brief,
the history of the capture of these two
men is as follows: Last Sunday night
Polk and his confederates, Van Leer
Polk and Cameron, boarded the sleeper
for Laredo. w. G. Morrill,, who is a
deputy United States marshal under
Marshal Gosing, spotted the crowd from
certain movements of theirs, and direct.
cd his porter to keep one seat and watch
| them constantly. The man Price wa.
| also on the train, and rode TO Catullo
where he took the return train. Tht
mems movements excited Morrill's sus
picions at the time, and subsequent de
velopments show that these suspicion
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-01-18
The Proposed Transfer Of the
Signal Bureau.

Mr.. Beethoven, of Penn. has intro
duced bill in the House to transfer the
signal service from the War to the In
terror Department. There are many
reasons why this bill should not pass ::
In the first place it would greatly in-
crease tie number of civil employees in
the service OF the Government, and this
alone should defeat it, for the very exist
ence of free institutions is now endan-
gered by the huge proportions 10 which
the "civil list" has been swollen. In the
second place its efficiency would be i'm
paired by placing it under the control
Of political branch of Government
where favor and influence would control
in the appointment Of the corps. In the
third place tits an important army branch
in time of war hence its personel should
be as nearly as possible confined to army
men, and lastly it not only affords en-
ployment to many officers and men who
are necessarily retained upon the army
rolls, but its,peouliar demands are metby
the course Of education pursued at West
Point.
We cannot see one good reason for
taking the chance Of debauching this
important branch of the public service.
while We can see many for maintaining
the Status quo.
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could replace them; but his was a
lighter crime, for there was not the
intent to defraud. Still, it was
indefensible, the highest crime
nuder popular government, crime
against the people"
The Courier Journ0l: "The of
Tense of Col. Polk is only heightened
and intensified by his origin, bis ex-
perience and Lis surroundings. 1t is
a hard thing to believe, and still a
harder thing to say, but the conclu-
sion seems inevitable that he was a
thief at the heart. His wit, his
breeding and his assumptions a,e
terrible witnesses agairs himself He
was a rutfle-shirted Soulhron of the
Southrons; keen polished and false.
There cannot be found the smallest
preteXt for his cri ne against his or
der and the State. Personal courage
he had in plenty, and large personal
popularity and a great name; and he
might have defed, confoundel and
scattered the corruptionists who in-
tested the capital of Tennessee. He
has not so much as the poor excuse
of debauchery to plead in behalf of
his complete moral dissolution, and
though he must forever henceforth,
wherever he abides,in or ont Of prison
behold himself the most fatal crimj
nal of the South; he has not, for all
his pluck on the battle filed, the cour-
age to end life of no further use to
himself and thoroughly dsgraceful
in the eyes Of those who loved him
best"
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-01-18
Old England's Way.

The great powers of Europe have
little cause to complain if England's
manner of adjusting the Egyptian
difficulties and arranging the affairs
of that ancient country, does NOT
suit them. She invited them all to
take part with her before she sent q
ship or soldier to Alexandria, and
nasmuch as they disdained to share
the dangers and expense incident to
the war, she does not propose to in
vite them to a division of the fruits
of the enterprise
1t was all we'll enough for the Off
cial journals of Russia to announce,
just after the capture of Alexandria,
that the Great Powers must be in
vited to share in any programme
arranged for the future government
of Egypt" but now the war is over
but the invitation to confer has not
been issued, and will not be issued
and old mother England drives right
along in her accustomed way fixing
up things to suit herself and the in>
terests Of her own people, regard-
less of the likes or dislikes of Russia
or any other outside power.
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Two photographs OF Polk

The Cincinnati NeooS says of Polk,
that she was a genial companion, with
a remarkably bright vein of sparkling
wit. He had been once exceedingly
dissipated, but for twenty years be
had practiced absolute total abstiN
nence. He was a man without vices,
but not the ordinary cluss>leading or
psalm-singinS defaulter. He was
social. iovial, ran with the boys, but
spent money moderately. and Joined
in none but the most innocent pleas~
ures, no matter what others did. He
vas in no way extlavagant, and yet
he fell. His case is as sad one as
was ever recorded. We do not be
leve lie ever did a dishonest thing
in his life before. That does not les
sen the crime, but it saddens it, and
it warns him who vaunteth himself to
beware. When the war ended, leav-
ing Polk out of service and poor, he
went to work, and partly in coun>
try newspaper and partly on a farm
made a meager but decent living. six
years ago he was elected treasurer of
the State. Without business habits
or business knowledge,a simple mind
ed man, as simple as child, he fell
into the hands of the rings and
sharks which invest State whose
people are noble and honest, ,beguiled
by demagogues to believe that they
ought not to pay up an honest debt,
or having honestly settled it ought
to readjust it. The result of the pol
icy has made the State prey to rings
and sharks of all parties and factions
Supplemented, and simple in his
tastes,not strong in will or exceeding
strong in capacity, he was a pure and
honorable man until beguiled and led
beyond his depth by designing
knaves. 1t may he that he deserves
no mercy, and will receive none at
the hands of those who gle poor fra.
ilty name, but no manly man will
deny sympathy. The sharks who in
volved him in speculation, who prom
ised that no loss should befall; who
Aeeced him, are the criminals. Poll
cannot get free of deep blame for as.
suming that he could honestly use
funds not his own if he was aure ht
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-01-18

We now know that vessels once came
to Natchez and loaded directly from that
port, and as citizens in keeping with the
progress of the age. we owe it to the fu-
ture commercial greatness of our State
to build up some great city IN our own
borders; let us center commercially at
some point. This plan of leaving the
prairie belt of North Mississippi depend
ent on Mobile, the Delta on New Orleans,
and North Mississippi upon Memphis
parcels out our State until we have no
commercial unity. Railroads are valua>
bic, but the great cities of the world are
on the water courses, and the creation of
some great commercial center is Missis-
sippIs greatest need d.-JachsOn MiSsis-
sippim
We cannot very well see how North or
East Mississippi can be benefited by
shipping cotton to Natchez, and while
we have great faith in the future of that
beautiful city, we believe that it must
look to the river valley--on both sides
for the trade that is to sustain it. As to
the prairie belt, it has long since ceased
to be dependent upon Mobile. Its three
principal shipping points, Aberdeen,
Columbus and Meridian, and we suppose
the other towns, ship the great bulk of
their cotton directly to the Eastern mills,
or through Mobile to New Orleans.
Columbus and Aberdeen buy almost
every bale of cotton that reaches them
and it is usually re-sold to the buyers
for the mills, from the tables of local
commission merchants, and never chan
ges hands after leaving our towns until
it goes upon the market in the shape of
manufactured goods. AS to imports, we
buy all of our dry goods in New York;
all of our iron in st Louis and Pittsburg;
all of our boots and shoes in Massachu-
setts; our drugs in Philadelphia and
New York; our -four from the mill
agents; our whisky in Cincinnati and
Louisville; our bacon and groceries in
Chicago and st Louis; our sugar, molas
ses and coffee in New Orleans and Mos
bile, and our millinery and fancy goods
IN New York. The stocks that are car
ried by merchants in this portion of the
State necessitate buying in the leading
markets of the country, for we have no
city or town in the State that boasts a
store that could furnish first class
Aberdeen or Columbus establishment
with full stock without selling itself
| out.
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Is u Congressman u state Officer
Or u Federal officer.

Many who are opposed to the ex-
listing law regulating the "Presiden-
tial succession base their objection
upon the assumption that the PRESS
dent pro tempore of the Senate and
the Speaker of the House are both
State officers, representing their
States in their respective Chambers
and not the body of the Republic. In
opposition TO this theory Senator
Lamar take the following position:
"The doctrine that Senator is not
an officer of the United States but of
a State is founded upon the fact that
he is chosen by State. A very
slight examination will show the
fallacy of Lthis idea: The President
of the United States is chosen by the
electors OF each State, is he therefore
an officer of each State and not of
the Federal Government! The Sen.
ator is chosen by the Legislature of
a State,not by virture of any author
ity inherent in the States sovereign.
ty, but by virture of power dele
gated to the State by the Federal
Constitution. The choosing of q
Senator or Represan tative is not one
of the reserved rights of a State, it
is delegated to the State by the Fed
eral Constitution, and is as pu,ely a
delegated power, as that of levying
taxes or declaring war is power
delegated to Congress--no one of
these powers would have existed but
for the Constitution.
"The Senate Of the United States
constitutes no part of the machinery
of II State Government, and Sena-
tor cannot exercise a single function
of State administration.
"The Legislature of n State is
designated by the Federal Constitu-
ton as the body of Electors fol
choosing Senators so are the Presi'
dental Eelectors of each State des>
ignated by tho Constitution as the
body to chose a President and sc
are the Electors to chose a Repre-
sentative in the lower branch of Con
gress designated.
"In one case the Electoral body is
created by the Constitution, in thu
other it is designated, but botl
bodies derive all their authority from
the Constitution of the United States
alone, and therefore those who are
elected are officers of the creating
power and not of the States to which
they are accredited. "
This argument seems to us soun(
and logical, and to overcome the OBJ
iections of those who claim that j
the Presidential office in the event o
the death of both the President anC
Vice President, passes TO the Presi'
dent pro tenn of the Senate or Speak
er of the House, it goes from a Fed
eral officer to estate officer
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-01-18

WAsHINGToN Jan. 1.-THE bill fn
the relief of Fuz JOHN Porter, as
passed by the Senate TO dry anthori
zes the President to nominate and,
with the advice and consent of the
Senate, to appoint Fitz John Porter,
late major-general of the Uoited
States volunteers, and brevet- bliga>
der general and colonel the mmy.to
the position of colonel in the army
of the United States of the same
grade and rank held by him at the
time of his Dismissal; and, in his dis
cretion, to place hlm on the retired
list of the army as Of that grade, the
retired list being thereby increased
in number to that exent, provided
that the said Fiiz John Porter shall
receive no pay, compensation or 81
le"on"o 'uhntSnever pr,nr ~ his an
poin tment under this act.
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THANKS to the generosity of the
great American philanthropist, Mr..
Corcoran, of Washington, the ashes
of John Howard Payne, the author
of "Home, Sweet Home" have been
removed from Tunis,in North Africa,
and are now on their way to the Cap
ital of his native country, where they
will be inferred in a lovely lot in Oak
Hill Cemetery that has been pur,
chased and prepared for their recep-
tion, by Mr.. Corcoran.
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perform Senatorial duties, though a
President pro tenn, acting as Vice
President, cam In this event his
seat in the Senate must remain tenn
porarily empty, for no vacancy exists
that will authorize q Legislature to
elect or Governor to appoint; but
his State is supposed to be fully
compensated during the interreg,
num by the honor conferred upon
her in the temporary elevation of
one of her sons.
This appears to US to be fair
statement of the case.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-01-18

SToNEwALL College, an old and
noted educational establishment at
Ripley, Tippah county, was destroy
ed by fire on Tuesday of last week.
The loss is estimated at about $4,000
with no insurance, and will fall heav>
ily upon Mrs. Buchanan, the owner
of the building and Principal OF the
school.
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Springfield, Robertson Co., Tenn,
November 9th, 1850

DR.. j. BRADFTELD.
SIR-My daughter has been suffering for
manv wears with that dreadful ahi ctjon known
a, Female Diseases, which has cost me many
dollars, and notwithstanding | had the best
t,edical attendance, could not find relief. |
have used many other kinds Of medicines with =
out any effect. ! had lust about ven her M,
was ont of heart, hut happened in the store OF
". w. Eckler several weeks since, and he,
knowing OF my daughters nf'lictiOn persuaded
nue. to buy u hottie OF your Female Regulator.
Sle he gan to improve ut once, l was so delight
ed with It's effects that bought several more
bottles. The pr ce, ~ 80 hottie, see med TO he
very high at first but now think It tue cheap
est preparation on the globe; ana, knowing
what do about it. it to-day one OF NV famil 5
was suffering with that awiul disease, would
have it it it cost S5n II hotte,tVr can truihfuly
sav-it has cured my daughter sound and well
mend vour FEMME prguIator 70 be iusi What n
ia recommended tu be. Respectfully.
"a u FTATnERsToS.
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This medicinal preparation Is one out
of a thousand of the patent kind placed
before the public which has what II
CLAIMS, "intrinsic merits, aud does afford
relief in diseases like dyspepsia, general
debility, and many kinds of disorders
endorsement of hundreds of people Of
good standing throughout the country,
and should it sometimes fail to effect Il
cure it may be taken without dcleteriouS
results. 1t has become staple medicine
with druggists. One or two bottles, used
in season, may save heavy bill from the
family physician.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-01-18

Special to the memphis AppraII

Special to the Memphis AppraIl
JACKSON, Miss, January lO.-A ma
Jority of the standing committees of the
various dioceses in the United States
have officially given their consent to the
conservation of the Rev Hugh Miller
Thompson as assistant bishop of Missis-
sippl. In accordance with canon of the
Church, steps will at once he taken to
obtain the consent of the bishops to the
same. A deep and earnest interest is
manifested here in the matter of Dr..
Thompson's acceptance. A letter, nun .
erousIy signed by members of this
parish, will soon be forwarded, urging
him to accept.
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The Eufaula Bulletin relates that Mr.,
Mcdowell has recently brought from
his plantation in Henry county, Ala
Thirteen large bnles of neatly packed
crab grass hay. 1t amounted to thirty
tons, and was the second crop of hay on
a forty acre meadow. He will realize
from this SIS per ton or 5000 for the
crop. Speaking of his manner of pack
ing Mr.. Mcdowell made the following
statement to the Bulletin;
"The hay i'll question is packed the
and is bound with wire bought at a
hardware store in this city. The hay is
stored at a warehouse iu Eufnuln, and
you can rest assured the odor of it is
very pleasant. 1t is remarkably clean
and fine, and will command the highest
market price. Good hay sells as high
as $50 a ton. McDowell's yield was
comparatively small, thirty tons to forty
acres, yet it will pay him about $l5 an
acre, after good crop of oats had been
produced on the same meadow land"
Here is n new industry which prom
ises sure and large results for the peo,
pie of the South. The success Mr.. Nc.
Dowell has attained in packing crab
grass hay, can be attained by every
planter in this section with little trouble
and expense. The grass is native of
the South, grows wild, and makes ex-
cellent hay. What is needed and what
can be easily secured everywhere is the
means of packing and storing. Nearly all
4 al, Inn
are now filed with Timothy and other
kinds of hay from the North and West.
If our farmers and planters would adopt
the policy of Mr.. Mcdowell, and singly
or jointly, erect hay presses for packing
our natl We grasses they would make II
long step in the direction of Southern
independence. .--C0iumbus Dispatch.
We think if our ncighbor of the Dis.
pitch will make the inquiry he will find
that almost all of the farmers of Lowndes
are large savers of Crab Grass Hay. So
iar as Monroe county is concerned this
industry is almost universal among her
people, and our livery stables and feed
stores are full of Mississippi hay, and all
the Timothy, Clover, Herds grass and
other hay from improved grasses" that
is to be found in the town or county, was
grown in Old Monroe. In this county
we can mention the following planters
whose average harvest of hay last fall
will exceed that reported for Mr.. Nc.
Dowell, to wit: Hatch Bros; Judge
O'Conor; B. p. Holiday Robt. Brown;
W. W. Troup; L. E. Houston; J. W.
Howard; JAS. IIuughton; John L. Jami
son and others, while hardly farmer
can be found on the West side Of the
river who has not saved from five to
thirty tons, and the moving on the
East Side has been proportloned to the
extent of the fields in that part OF the
county.
We suppose that Monroe county leads
the State or in fuct any county in the
Gulf States, in this industry, but have
no doubt but that quite n number of
farmers in Lowndcs, Clay, Noxubeo,
Oktibbehn, Chickasaw and Lee, can boast
of having saved more hay during the
past season than the gentleman from
Henry county, Ala, is credited with.