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The Evening critic., 1883-03-01
The HicI.e,lest Town.

Al the Baptist ministers meeting in New
York on Monday, Rev. Harvey Wood, who has
recently resigned the pastorate OF the Baptist
Church in Leadville, Col, which he pronounces
"the wickedest town on earth," gave some in-
cidents OF life there. He said "As 10 the
standard OF Christianity in Leadville, 1t Is
not exalted. For instance, next to the church
building was blacksmith shop, and on Sun
day the blacksmith was always busy. As /
did not believe thar pounding and expound.
ing 60 together on Sunday, went out Just
TO stop. The blacksmith told mo to go to q
place considerably warmer than Florida, and
added that he was working for q member Of
my church. And sure enough. there stood
the treasurer OF the church having his horse
shod. Gambling is licensed, and so ls rum.
Last year 100000 was paid for rum license
and SO table In the gambling hells. ala
my level best TO get some Of my people to go
into some OF these gambling places, but they
were afraid, for murder is an everyday
affair"
The Evening critic., 1883-03-01
tho Amended Pension RIII.

When our report closed yesterday the SEN
ate had under consideration the bill lncreas-
Ing the pension OF one-armed and QUE legged
soldiers. After voting down several amend
menis, Mr.. Platt offered the substitute OF
which he gave notice some days ago, and,
after several motions to amend had been re-
lected, II was adopted by vote OF yeas 81 TO
The bill as passed Is In the following Ian
guage:
That from and after the passage OF this act
all persons on the pension roll and all persons
hereafter granted pension, who while in the
military or naval service OF the United States,
and In the llne Of duty, shall have lost one
hand or one foot, or been totally or perma-
nenlly disabled In the same, or otherwise SO
disabled as to render their lncapaclty
20 perform manual labor, equivalent
10 the loss Of a hand or foot, shall
receive n pension OF S21 per month; that
all persons now on the pension roll and
all persons hereafter granted n pension who In
like manner shall have lost either an arm at
or above the elbow, or leg az or above tho
knee, or shall have been Otherwise 50 dis
abled as 10 be incapacitated for performing
any manual labor, but not so much as u re-
quire regular personal aid and attendance
shall receive a pension OF $50 per month.
Provided that nothing contained In THIS ret
shall be construed 10 lrepeal section 1893 OF
change the rate OF SIS per month therein men-
toned TO be proportlonately divided for any
| degree OF disability established for which Sec
| tlon 1696 makes no provision.
Al a few minutes after 10 O'Clock the Senate
went into executive session, and at 10 80 id
| iourned.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-01
REAL ESTATE.
The omciaI Transfers, as Recorded
To-day.

Messra. Dancnhowor h SON., roal.ostate
brokers', 1926 street northwest, report the
following transfers In real estate in the Dis.
trlct to-day, as compiled by thom from the on
clal records In the Office Of tho Recorder of
Deeds;
Frances Lamb to NJ. f. Miller, lot !, square
521, on Fourth street, between and X north
west, nominal.
DO. Knight to Ida d. State, lot 2, square
S13, on Fourth street, between public space
and street northeast, nominal
Jose NJ, Ygnaga, trustee, to Flora d. Cabell
lot 8, square 750, on Third street, between
East Capitol and northeast, S2,6JO,
James l.. Barbour 10 Margaret $. Gardner,
lot 80, square 2Gl, on Thirteenth street,
between and streets southwest, $500.
James A. Griffin to W. II. Grlfflln lot q,
square 10, on Twenty-sixth street, betwcen X
and streets northwest, $500.
Cynthia Force TO Charles Payson, lot "a,
square 159, on street, between Seventeenth
and Eighteenth streets northwest 50, 1917.
John West to Thomas o'Conner, lots 90 and
81, square 500, on Union street, between NJ
and streets southeast, 5000.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-01
FACTS AND OPINIONS
kbout Public Men Expressed With
Great Freedom.

Exchange.
Washington has arace of bloodsuckers who
advance money to Government employees at
usurious rates OF interest. one employe Is
said TO have paid $500 on an original loan OF
500. Secretary Folger has made rule that
the salaries Of Treasury employees be paid only
to themselves, thus putting stop TO giving
orders on the department. and placing 1t out
Of the power Of these fellows to secure moro
than the employo Will himself pay over. One
OF these brokers, so runs the story, came into
the secretary's Office to prOtest-cool, impu-
dent and confident. The Secretary explained
quietly why he had made the rule. The man
persisted that It was unfair, and finally said
perily that he had no right to do it. The Sec
retary wheeled around and faced him, white
with anger. 81 have-the right" said he,
speaking slowly in the effort to control his
anger, 'to protect-the employes-of this de-
partment-against the rapacity OF Shylocks!
The man got up and SUNK out or the once
without another word.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-01
Who wouldn't Live in England ?

IACnhHkt'
An English woman, whose husband had
beaten her, torn off her clothes, thrown her
down, reviled her, wiped his shoes on her
mantle, sat up all night to burn her clothes
one side of her head, was told by the Judge
that her suit for divorce was premature, and
that she must walt until her husband should
put her In danger of serious "injury In life
and limb"
The Evening critic., 1883-03-01

Missouri don't want prohibition yet
Missouri makes too much whisky, wine
and Ibeer for prohibition to make much
headway. The best practical temperance
law is high license. Here in Washington,
make it 81 900 year, payable quarterly, or
yearly, in advance, with heavy penalties
for selling iAoxicants without a license.
This kind of law would close up half the
saloons in this District, and would lessen
drunkenness iikalmost the same proper
tion.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-01

Burlington Cvt.) Letter to Chicago News.
$40 you know" said a lady, whom asked
about the Senator'S homo life, "that MI. Ed
munds is model husband and father? 1t is
no uncommon thing for him, II Mrs. Edmunds
is sick, which she Is good deal Of the time,
TO make her cup Of tea or coffee or broil her
a steak, and prepare her as dainty repast as
the most exacting palate could demand, with
his own hands. And that is not all" she said,
"for he Is one of the best neighbors in the city
OF Burlington. i never saw man so ready or
one who would put himself out so much TO ac-
commodate another as Mr. Edmunds.'
The Evening critic., 1883-03-01

NEWSPAPERS nowadays are as villain
ously abusive as in the earlier and alleged
better days of the Republic, as witness the
coarse vituperation and foul lies constantly
circulated for the past two years about the
defendants in the Star-Route cases. They
equal the following billingsgate published
about the Father of his Country short
time before his retirement from the Presi-
dency in the Philadelphia Aurora:
II ever nation has been debauched by man
the American Nation has peen debauched by
Washington. II ever q nation has been de-
ceived by man, the American Nation has been
deceived by Washington.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-01

THE Sun congratulates Hiscock 'on his
unwonted opposition to fraud" This is n
neat left-handed compliment and Hiscock
fully deserves 1t.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-01

GOVERNOR CAMERON has gone out on
another expedition against the piratical
oyster dredgers who are infesting the waters
of Virginia. A successful war against the
Mediterranean pirates made Pompey
lIGsnnnA .
The Evening critic., 1883-03-01

THE most considerate legislator of the
day is William Davidson, a member of the
Arkansas Legislature. He got drunk and
early yesterday morning jumped into the
swollen Arkansas River and drowned him
self Would that some of our Congressman
had the grace to follow his example.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-01

SAM Cox addressed some personal re.
marks to Mr.. Page the other day and yes
terday apologized for the same. We sup
pose the latter feels soothed while the
former feels safer.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-01

DAVID DAVIS will have the satisfaction
Of knowing that he more nearly filed the
chair than any other presiding officer of
the Senate ever did.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-01

ALTOONA, PENN, is agitated at finding
itself on the verge of bankruptcy and mu-
nicipal ruin. The comfortable sum of
S15oo0o has been spent, ostensibly for pub
lie improvements. The money is gone and
the improvements have failed to arrive. In
the meantime the city has defaulted on the
interest and is in danger Of collapse.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-01

IT Is denied for about the forty-niuth
time that Folger will resign. Well, who
said he would !?
The Evening critic., 1883-03-01
Thursday, March I, 1888.

EDMUNDs will rattle around in the Vice
Presidential chair like pea in dry gourd.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-01

Senator Tabor has made a speech. When
the Senate passed its Tariff bill he raised his
two hands high in the air and shouted Good"
1t was the greatest effort Of his life. Senator
ships come very high in Colorado and Nevada,
the bonanza States, where bonanza kings
compete for the privilege of crowning lucky
'tstrike" with political honors. > 1t would be
Interesting to know Just how much Senator
Tabor paid for the privilege OF uttering those
four letters in the sanctuary OF Sumner, Sew
ard and Webster,
The Evening critic., 1883-03-01

On Tuesday we referred to the proposed
new National Stock Exchange to be estab-
lished in New York, and Of which Mr., Will
liam Window Is one Of the trustees and
The Evening critic., 1883-03-01

RETRIIUTIvE justice has overtakeu at
least one pawnbroker. The late William
c. Lobb, of Philadelphia, amassed a fortune
of 100000 and retired from business. In
his old age he developed mania for buying
pawn tickets. Persons inscriptions as
well, say as INSCRIPTIONS as Brewster Cam
eron-took advantage of his mania to swim
die him. They would, for instance pawn
gold watch for SEQ and raise the ticket
by adding cipher, giving it an apparent
value Of $3.50 They would then offer it
for sale to the old man for from 800 to
$3.50, and lie, knowing the ample margin
exacted by the three-ball fraternity, would
buy 1t, thinking he had done fine stroke
ofbusiness. So simple minded had he be-
come that he failed to detect the swindles
and never protested against them. He
finally dissipated his fortune and died in
poverty.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-01

Detroit Free Press.
At all events, Hatton and Hazen are two nui.
sanccs who should be abated at once.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-01

COMMANDER GoRRISGE has hurt his own
case very much by his persistent and bitter
personal attacks upon Secretary Chandler
Hatibnfp (Ct.J .iDertcQn.
We concede that Mr. Gorringes assertion
that Secretary Chandler is " liar" and
"blackguard is altogether a side issue.
The gist of Mr.. Gorringe's accusations lies
in the charges that Mr. Chandler is "a we'll
paid servant Of subsidy jobbers" aud that
he is the attorney os John Roach On this
account, says Mr.. Gorringe, the Secretary,
learning that he was negotiating for ship
yard, regarded him as a rival to his
(Chandlers) client, Johu Roach, aud en-
deavored to bulldoze him. Mr., Gorringe
escaped the persecution of his superior by
throwing up his commission.
There is a way in which Secretary Chand-
Ter can set himself right if these charges
are untrue. win he profit by it?
The Evening critic., 1883-03-01

sPRING oyERcoATs at a. saks &co.'s.
The Evening critic., 1883-03-01

THE Post, we regret to say, loses its men-
tai balance every time 1t thinks of General
Malone. Its editorial this morning with
AIohane for a subject is a perfect specimen
of error and unreason. Well, we don't
wonder that Mahone's name acts upon its
sober-sensitive nerves like red rag dis
played before bull. He has defeated the
Blaine and Bourbon forces combined, and
the defeat of either is sufficient to throw
that usually amiable paper into "connip-
tion fits" And when the Post is thus at
tackled its antics are so ludicrously serious
as to convulse its audience with laughter.
THE Republicans have got themselves
into a sweet pickle over the Revenue and
Tariff bill. The House Republicans had to
adopt an unprecedented and outrageous
gag rule to get the bill before Conference
Committee at all, and they so bound their
conferrees that the conference would be
anything but free and fair one. The result
is that all of the conferrees representing
the minority have formally withdrawn but
one Mr.. Carlisle, and he left the conference
in disgust last night. 1t is good thing
for the Republicans that the session is near
its close. And still better that they are
in woeful minority in the next Congress.
If they had majority in the Forty eighth
Congress, judging by their course in this
Congress, there wouldn't be enough of the
Republican party left to furnish corpse
for the funeral.
The banner-enterprise., 1883-05-31
How Jones Of Nevada Became Rich.

A good story as to how Jones, of Ne.
vada, became wealthy, has come to the
surface, and is in effect as follows: He
had an associate in California among
the Forty miners named Hayward, a
man of intelligence, from Vermont.
One day Hayward came to him and told
him he must have two thousand dol
lars 4 am working claim, he said,
and know that I am very near to
wonderful vein, | know it and feel it.
But | am fat broke and | must have
that much money Jones listened to
him, aud when he had finished, said,
after some reflection, We'll, Hayward,
you shall have it. But mind, no more.
| have seen many men in just the same
way, with big fortunes just awaiting
them-but they never get them. But
| will let you have this. l have three
thousand dollars buried under the fire.
place, and when the Chinese cook and
the fire go out I'll get the money for
you. But don't ask me for any more. ;
Hayward thanked him and said: When
| strike it you shall have quarter of
what [ make About month after
ward Hayward did strikeit. He struck
pocket Of almost pure gold. The
first thing he did was to go to Jones
and tell him of it. Together they ex
4mined the mine, and, proceeding to
San Francisco, got mining expert to
examine it. He pronounced it the
greatest strike of the time, and Hay
ward sold the mine to Wells, Fargo and
seme others, for five million dollars.
The same day he gave Jones one fourth
Of the money, a million aud a quarter
dollars. Jones afterwards married a
daughter Of Hayward,
The banner-enterprise., 1883-05-31
THE COLORED CONTENTION.

The committee which met at Wash
ington, sometime since, and issued an
order for all the Negroes of the South
to come up to Washington next Sep'
tember to be sold as the "bosses
might direct, has evidently felt the
force of the Southern Negroes man
hood. Notwithstanding the boast of
this nobody knows how constituted)
committee that they had decided that
the proposed convention be held in
Washington and that settled it, they
held meeting last week and agreed
that the convention should convene
in Louisville, Ky, September 18th,
1888. Well.
The banner-enterprise., 1883-05-31
ZION WESLEY INSTITUTE.

This institution of learning, located
at Salisbury, will close its first ses-
sion next Tuesday, the 5th prox,
No like school with whose history
we are familiar, has ever made such
progress-has ever reached such de-
gree of success during its first session
as has this. And we, with its found
ers, supporters and friends, most
heartily rejoice at what it has accom-
plished, and accept it as an indication
Of what may be expected of Zion Yves
Icy, when it shall have added years
to its history. The annual address
BY Rt. Rev. S. 7. Jones, d. D., will
take place at 1890 O'Clock q. M, and
the exercises by the students at 2
O'Clock p. m. We return thanks to
President Price for an invitation to
be present on the occasion.
The banner-enterprise., 1883-05-31
FREDERICK DOUGLASS.

The house of this gentleman is
considerably worked up just about
this time, and crimination and re-
elimination seems to be the order OF
the day. He has been charged by
Mr.. Williams, the historian, with
having been defeated in ar ument by
little Mr.. Greener, at Sararoga, New
York, several years ago. He pei :
sonally denies the soft impeachment
and accuses Mr.. Williams OF mis-.
stating the facts. The real fact is
that Mr.. Douglass, psrc, did not go
to Saratoga at the time stated, and
did not therefore make any verbal
argument on the Exodus question.
B,tt he did send his paper TO be read,
which he does not, nor do any of
his defenders deny. 1t was read by
President Wsyland, of the Yale Law
School, and successfully torn to pieces
by the resistless cloquence, logical
reasoning and common sense argu-
ment of Richard I. Greener. We
remember the occasion well. In an
article of seventy lines in the New
York Globe, Of Saturday last, Fred
Jr., the hope and flower of the family,
undertakes to squelch Mr.. Williams
by telling tho public what it had
learned the week previous through
the same medium and under Vii
liams' signature. He even does not
deny that the paper was sent b.
his father, because he knows it was.
We don't see any need of sticking
over the matter. We all know that
the friends of Mr.. Frederick Doug
lass, Sr., regard him as the greatest
Negro that Divine Providence ever
smiled upon, and that they regard
him a. being infallibe as well as imr
maculats. We differ in this regard,
however, and hold that ths young
are not always giddy nor are the aged
always wise. 1t would seem to us
to be more manly on the part Of the
Negro's patron saint and his defend
ers to acknowledge the corn by yield.
ing to Prof. Greener the donors, yea,
the glery with which he covered him
self all over in that honorable and
never to-bs forgotten occasion - any
thing short of this, gentlemen, won't
do. The National Republican, in a
recent issue, says of Mr.. Douglass
"He has come down to US from a
former generation. he is the most
eminent American in whose veins
courses African blood. Here the
Republican makes two assertions, the
former we readily admit, but the lat
ter we do not accept. He Was, but
i, not.
The banner-enterprise., 1883-05-31

Not from Bacon Oh, the hog,
the beautiful hog, curving his
back as he watches the dog; de-
flying the law for his bread and
meat remaining at large through
every street; hunting, grunting,
nosing around, till the open front
gate is sure to be found--with its
hinges broken and ruined quite,
by the lovers who hang there
Sunday night won't stay shut
ii wont hang level SO in walks
the hog and raises the devil
Exchange.
The banner-enterprise., 1883-05-31

A jolly uncle had been relating
some incidents of his earlier life to
his nephew.
'Of all the women you ever met,
uncle, says the young man, 'by
which we're you most struck
by your aunt, my boy; by your
aunt!' replied the old gentleman,
dropping his voice and feeling the
back of his head tenderly.
The banner-enterprise., 1883-05-31

TIE coronation of the Gar Of
Russia took place at Moscow on the
9th inst. The ringing of bells and
the laundering of cannon ushered in
the day.
The banner-enterprise., 1883-05-31
THE INDUSTRIAL AND 'EDUC4-
TION4L ADVANCEMENT or
THE NEGRO, THE BEST EVE
DENCES OF HIS PROGRESS.

The Negro cannot demonstrate his
f ness or capacity for the exercise OF
his right as citizen by means OF the
ballot alone. Ali politicians are not
necessarily good citizens, nor are all
good citizens politicians. There was
a time, however, il the history OF
American politics when 1t was re-
garded as a high honor for gentlemen
to he identified with the political
parties of their day and time, and
when they were as greatly interested
in elections, State and National, as
the INSCRIPTIONS, willy and designing
fellows who now manipulate the wires
and hold office, but those days have
passed away. And now every man
who can write his name and count nifty
esteems it big thing to be known as
politician and still bigger thing
to be elected constable, even If he
has to purchase the votes by which
he is elected with mean whisky and
somebody else's money. Corruption
is the prime element in American
politics to-day--a man may resort to
any method to carry his point so long
as he keeps within the bounds OF the
laws, and appears to give the color OF
his legitimacy and honesty to his
transactions. He may bribe his fel-
lows, if he so Wills, and if there be
any inclination or desire to be brlbed
on the part of his fellows, the law
cannot reach him if he knows his
business or understands the phllos-
ophy of addition, div isiou, and ST.
lence. Most politicians, indeed
large number Of them are feNrtully
corrupt in their methods and prac"
tees, and therefore the term 'shrewd
politician is synonymous with shre"@
rascal. The Negro cannot advance Z.
the proper way by resorting to OF
adopting the methods OF "shrewd
polticipns.' He can never be wholly
honest SO long as he continues to
emulate the examples Of the political
iay birds who wink at dishonesty
and esteem it honorable to take mean
advantages of the masses
The highest encomiums were
heaped upon the head of the man
who corruptly and dishonesty, yet
legitimatsly, bought up the vot"rs
of Indiana in 1880, for Garfield and
Arthur, and he is now paying the
penalty of his loyalty by being prose-
cuted for dsfrauding the government,
and by the very administration which
he was largely instrumental In bring
ing into existence.
The best thing for the Negroes
to do is to emulate the example of
the Jews; acquire wealth and
knowledge, buy land, and thus pre-
pare themselves to meet the issue
when these elements will have be-
come the standards by which the citi-
zen Of the future will unquestionably
BE- jadged. he Negro has the right to
vote; let him exercise that right, and
while waiting for the opportunity so
to do let him look well to his per-
sonal interests and save himself from
the humiliation aud disgrace which
must inevitably follow long reign
of ignorance and mob rule. The
spelling-book must and shall be made
the sceptre Of national power; with
out it's benefcent inf lence the Negro
will fail to attain to that eminence
in the family Of nations which our
Creator designed that we should at
tain to.
The banner-enterprise., 1883-05-31

Mrs. Myrs Clark Gaines, in a
letter to the Mayor of New
Orleans, proposes to compromise
her judgments against that city
for $1,317,000.
The banner-enterprise., 1883-05-31
PUBLISHERS ANNOUNCEMENT

The late Carolina Enterprise and
the Banner, published respectively al
Goidsboro and Raleigh, the former
by Smith Il Mebane and the latter
BY J. H. Williamson, have been con
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sll whose subscription, to either the
late Enterprise or Banner, has moi
expired.
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