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GEN. JAcKSoN'S DUELS,
aIIs FIGHT WITH DICKINsNN AND THE
BENTONS.

HIs FIGHT WITH DICKINsNN AND THF
DBNToNS.
Gen. Andrew Jackson, President ol
the United States, and immortal n,
the patron saint of Democracy, is one
of the few men whose record was not
materially sullied bv his duelling. To
fight seemed in perfect accord with
the mans courageous temperament
and the whole DRIFT of his career
The first affair Of honor in which the
General was engaged was when he
was very young man, and holding
the Office of District Attorney in West.
ern Tennessee. 1t was in the summer
of 1896. Major-General Sewer had
just been elected Governor, and still
retained his commission as General.
Jackson wanted him to resign, and
they became engaged in a dispute, In
which Sewer told Jackson that he had
run off with another mans wife. This
happened in the streets of Knoxville.
Jacksan replied;
''Great God! Do you mention her
sacred nameY' Both drew pistols and
fired several shots in the crowded
street. One man was grazed, but no
one was seriously injured. When
jackson challenged Sewer the latter
declined to fight because he was a
poor man and had large family de-
pendent upon him. Soon after this
meeting the parties came together on
the main road from Knoxville unex-
pectedly. All were on horseback.
jackson, who was accompanied by
DIR. Van Dyke, called upon Sewer to
defend himself. The latter jumped
from his horse, which ran away with
the pistols in the holster. Sewers
son drew on Jackson, saying he would
protect his father, r,and Van Dyke drew
ou Sewer, but travellers interfered,
and no blood was spilled.
In this case Jackson was popularly
adjudged to be in the right, as the Ia
dy in question was then his wife, and
had been deserted by her former hus-
band. He held her name sacred.
Nn 1905 Gen. Jackson heard that
Charles Dickinson, young lawyer,
had spoken disparagingly of Mrs.
Jackson. This was something he
would not allow under am circum-
stances. He found Dickinson, who
tolJhim II he said 1t he must have
been drunk. The matter was for a
tine amicably arranged. Again Jack
300 heard that young Dickinson had
ben talking. The General then went
tothe young mans father-in.iaw and
ted him that he wished the young
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DLToGElAND ATTL2 MARRIAGE

Not rnr.caon,ly both mon md
women cxncc, mon, from m,u.i,y.
than il il m Lnpnu r,,pro t,v.l
In ,bc romnn,;c c,r,,in,. Inv. h,
love making is fr,s.h yp,, sweet prJ
lall eroro.,iur. md ,bc rpy,A.c,;,.
inroccnts 1,l,l.1 i,,, tl, Lo
Lcf ih,t rl, L,,ls ls,rm..,,,,,,.
nl,ne nc.1.i ,o .pcn,n ,h,,nr, l.r., ,r
i,va o,l i,y 81, fl. i,.,h c.r.r l.,
Of ~, w,,,n. y,n,h,,l r,,morn,
iut such nm ontir.p,,,,n Of b,o,r,
ON this car,b cannot hn. The rr.
must cocl l,Au. aud the iu,oS..,,
ton % ioyo sober into The ,raualr
.rly Of fyjoud-hip l,isng great m,, s.
tor to get sqt,,y through the coolno
.moc,s4. The daupor is ,an'. w,cu
it bte.us, uur, OF other. or b a.. IL
nut4nt that IT'S can.. ,ir4 in the u,
turo Of thmga. MAY throw the hllm,
on an inocent palruor. and in bis or
her sweet boart sigh cYpr the avfui
misfortune of ~ d,cary union. This
would not haypan ~ frrpleu'ly ae it
docs If, as is not often tho case, thr
IpsI,,Il opI vtI. ,y.,s 4, r,k. Sc
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-:POETRY:-
"pINNA w HEAR THE SLOGAN

Dedicated to Hon Thomas V. Coop
er, the fearless and efficient Field
Marshal of the Republican hosts o
the Keystone state.
Hoi pioneers, who led the way with
Fremont, years aga
And sturdy Lincoln vet'rans whose
locks are white as snow,
Unfur, once more our Party Flag
banner of the free
And, with "the boys" whom Garfield
led, we'll march to victory.
CHonus-We'll win again Ia this cam
paign!
"Dinna we hear the slogan"
Well win with Blainc-witll
statesman. Blaine
And Soldier John a. Logan!
See, where our peerless leader waits
to form the fight anew,
And gallant Logan wheels in line his
loyal "boys i'm blue;"
From East and West, and North and
South, the swift battalions come
To rally round the Party Flag ut tap
of Freedoms drum.
CHoRUs-We'll win again in this cam
paign, etc.
Fall In! fall In, and close the ranks
slfe party OF the free
Will follow where the White Plume
nods-'twill lead to victory
The "Brigadiers" who Knocked the
Flag, shall never rule again,
Long as the pine cones rustic upon the
hills of Maine,
CHoRus-Well win again in this crm-
paign, etc.
We need no organs like The Times,
with British notes askew,
Nor dainty, id-gloved HdTpcr's, who
play for RereaNe;;
Wen drum the Mugwumps out OF
camp-crank Schurz and Cnrtis,too;
For pucky Mast and nasty Puck wei
beat the Devils tattoo"
CHoRUs-We'll win again, etc
Twill be little lively, boys, before
the fight is oyer;
Twill thunder all along the lines
but ue're been there before;
Well scoop 'em, as we did the Rebs,
and, when the job Ia done,
Well invite 'em to Blaine's picnic,
next March, at Washington.
CHoRUs--We'll win again in this cani-
paign!
'Dinna ye hear the slogan p
Well win with Blaine-with
James G.. Blaiae--
And gallant John A. Logan.
ROBERT HAwLEY.
Williamport, Pa, July & 1884.
--Gdzettc e BullCtin
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@VsG<~nrz.~ax>>rln~<sa

Rough on Rats'--Tom Cate,
This style of joke twelve for a
dozen.
There is town in Illinois so rigid,
ly temperate that they object to
storms brewing in the neighbor-
hood.
There is luck in odd numbers
That is moro peace in the house j!
there is but one baby instead Of
twins.
A Burlington girl has diary de-,
voted entirely to noting down the
visits OF her beaux. Sue calls it her
asnrt docket.
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Every great passion is but a pro.
longed hope
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Wounds given to honor never
haAk
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FOR RAISING

FOR RAISING
PUMPING, pI RlFY-
ING sui cooling Wei
or tist'ru water. IT'S
the ,n'y Elevator tor
Pump that Wiz destroy
wa'Or lee and wi.Llere.
ana II is tie only means
Ny which well or cistctn
waterrHu bee made Turo,
We lli.rioit SlVU foI
my irst3rCC where u
b al ci-tern cannot TO
vurlil, Il Ia ten dHys
Svl.d i"r descriptive
circular ~ the rittrrurg
" atcr Eleynt0rnIdIu
rihCrto IIfth Ave aud
VI olson -. pit.,bury.
Ia. AGENTS WNA-e5
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SOLE ExIsSNa EVILS.

'N' "S '''Nio' VI h'I" NV''"E'
When they make n hargp 1T is will
tho desire TO inirre or take an un.
fair advance Of those with whom
they are donling. In questioning 4
mau who hrlongs lC tbs class, l.,
said: 81 do not regard it dishuncst
to take any advantage can ofarl
person rs long as do not violate
any statuts law" This SCENE to bc
The opinion held by many mcn win
are regarded nq entirely honest. Ga
the second thought it will be sccu
that such ideas arc unworthy Uf hon
ornblc men A.mans word or &C
tjon should I've regarded as eacrcd n'
his bond. without confidence tnt
business world would very soon b,
wrecked We huvn felt the effects
of it in our business, and suffered
irrcparohlo loss Ivy it.
hueVer n man 'rits 20 take mn
undue advantage Of his fellow husi-
ness men, he should bo branded ~
a Cain. FOR be is au enemy to all that
is pure and good in manhood. 70
take confidence, aye, sentiment ont
OF our lives, and our mission would
he ended. Every hnslucss man
wonid hec)mo .h'Ghwayman' To
mako enc stand and d'hy'r wonId
be more honorable than to ho rohhcd
nnd'r the Sn''o OF trlen"ShiP. The
hfSt r'loifeS lisE an" coHrage'wGl'e
'ho latter ls rs cowavdiy as 1t II
mean
Another matter needing the "t'
'oo'ion OF honorable men, Is yIoln'
lon OF cohhieh'o IN onSlneSS 'ahs'
Hctl'hs' No KNOW man "ho went
to fellow business man Tor II iaV'r'
"nu ~ WAS very great i"'or' III
granting IT, INC recipient al" Don" H.
cihry o' tue Mn" "'t "'5coV're" Il
Ioopnoio thro"Hh "hich he could
crawl ana oehcht hinseIi at ID" eN-
pehee OF MS TREND. Neli' he ana
not succeed pnt IL was not hlS lault.
''0 ''''' ""'" ~ ~ s'' ii' 'oS'' o'
'o"' nv '""' II ''e"'''"'P ""'' ! "' NOV
er "'s'iNo"' """ 'uo i'"u "nom ue
'pJ're" WIZ iooA III Tue iu'u'e "fon
o'h'rs VINO may 10 observing with
e"Sp'e'on'
"''eh III ouS'hesS very s'iEht Ia
V"r may De the means OF great re-
SUITS, an" frequently k'hdiy hahd
haS saved tue tot'erlhG merchant
from utter ruin. just SEQ what m
Injury such man does IN breaking
confidence that might save many Il
worthy man. Such men should be
set of to themselves whore they
would die OF their own infamy.
And yet another matter should
be irowned down, and that is the
habit OF business men--we do not
mean all, but some business mon
have Of meldling with the EMPLOYEES
Of their fellow business mon, seekirp
to obtain business secrets. Many
employees argue with themselves
that when their day q work il done,
the obligation they owe their en-
ployer is vo'ded, end IN ono sense it
is, aud another 1t is not. They have
no right nt any tim, to divulgo any
thing connected with their employ
er's business. 1t matters not how
they may regard what they say
Anything pertaining to his business
is his capital. He is tho sole judge
of the matter, and the questions his
business rivals ask arc not for his in
terest, or they would not ask them
Just to show what low standard Of
morals some men have, wo will tel
an incident that came under our OBJ
seryation. A trusted clork was de.
batting in bis own mind whether he
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-04-18
BREAKING JAIL,
Fight Between Ell LIS searinr PriS-
Omcrs aud PMrAmin. Citizens

The town of ainesville. Ark, county seat
of Green county, Ia, leen the enc of a most
exciting cpl. ole. Their, were confined in the
Gainesville all eight prisoners. one charged
with murder, three with horse stealing and
+, ur with minor of ns,-. The iailers name
is William Onsby. The ether evening about
o'clocb he made his us al r unds of the
cells with supper for the inmates He
wa3 the only person N the building.
excepting the prisoners. When he entered
tn" cnrlos H. in viii. h the cells were located
ne noticed nothing IN sual. bat while enga ed
IN the distrib ton OF TODD he was lddenlv
struck blow on the back OF the head and
knocke down. As he iumued to his feet he
found himself Sulro ,nded by a desperate
gang OF criminals. armed with chair
backs. chair le2s and such WEAPONS
as they could sec re by breaning
up the stools in their cells
lie ought valian'ly ard sue ee ed in
shooting On o thu pr son T in he leg. but
h was bet n l. t. u > Il @ ct ils n ..li.ityald
dlsarmed. The rl'oLe tn IL a Ia h
for tn" door ha X Sc IL. Cd pCsSe sSion of the
keys, AMI, wi h1lt wa. ting any time.
made for the Iai'or's house Were h
knew there was st red quite ~ AMY
o arms and ANN miti N. Sc uring
the arms the crowd dartei out into
the street The shooting IN the Jail had
alarmed the town, and when the Jail birds
emerged they were met by great crowd of
citizens. But they We're desperate men and
well armed and did not hesitate sh ,ddins
blood to effect their IS, ape. The peo-
pie generally barred their doors, many
of them being under the impression
that the town was being raidcd by gang
OF outlaws for purposes of plum Ter The
outlaws started ON run down the II a n thor
oughiare leading from the courthouse and
jail with citizens on foot and horseback fol-
ing in hot haste, The chase was n cx-
citing one in fdct,a regular running fl t. in
which over Il hmlrcl shots were fired. The
pursuing citizens, Wi.a the town marshal at
their hea l,shot with poor aim, and SO did tho
escaped prisoners. one of the latter
James Beekman- who had boel imprisoned
70" burglary of store. raised
his gun t. sh pot Alon2o S'edmpu. a cti en-.
Ii > oman gpt in hi wo k lrt and ,hot
Eockman rough the head. kill IN. him IL
stantly. Tn e. OF the O e. pr ON as W lie
woun d in tn skim sh, and N,Ic iii. armed
and ak, II back TO ali Il der a ; long ard
The ret of tn gang ont.nu,d tn il II ght,
tn i ICES 70 oN ng, and the chase rs
on y given up when the fugitiy,s reach Il
a cypress swamp and dlrhn s. made
pur ult int that + on Vorl dan
gerous. . one of tn citizens were wounded.
n hen 1t was SC II that further pu suit was
us less til EN- a sed popdlace returned o the
Jail and made pleparati us to lynch the
wound d men, WHO had been re, aptured, but
Jaii,r I nsby. though himself fatally
wo nled, interced, d Tor them ami preve. ted
a lynthing.
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THE WORLDS NEWS.
Eastern and Middle State

ONE of New Works many towering apart
ment houses-the st. George flats, eight
stories high, occupied by thirteen families OF
means-caught fire in the cellar, and the
flames rushed with such rapidity through the
elevator and ventilating shafts that in
short time the immense structure was Quilted,
only the walls remaining. Several persons
were injured. The total loss is about $500,
600.
DIR. L. U. BEACH, a prominent physician
of Altoona, Penn, was received into the l.u-
theran church there, and the next day cut his
wifes head Off He was generally thought
to be insane.
THE First National bank. of st. Adams.
Vt, closed its DOORS being unable to meet its
obligations
THE New York State senate passed the bill
prohibiting the manufacture and sale of cleo
margarine and and butterine.
JOHN DTLLMAN was hanged at Easton,
Penn, for the murder of his wife
AT the Pennsylvania Democratic State
convention i'll Allentown Penn, General
w. II. II. Davis, of Doylestown, was
nominated for Congressman at large, three
presidential electors at large were
put in nomination, six delegates at
large TO the national convention were elected,
and district delegates and electors were
chosen. The platform adopted favors ga
tariff for revenue limit ID to the necessities of
the government and THE abolition of
the internal revenue system of taxes
and such adjustment of the
existing tariff duties as will be consistent
ws.h these prnciples;' dcnounces the cleo
toral fraud of 1867" opposes Capitalization,
monopolics, subsidies, etc, and declares that
Samuel j. Randall is the choice of the De
mocracy of Pennsylvania as the candidate of
their party for President"
A MAN suffering from trichinosis has been
admitted to Bellevue hospital, New York, and
his case is being watched by all the doctors.
A piece of muscular tissue about the size of a
pea taken from his arm was found to be
swarming with trichinR.
The British schooner George Calhoun en-
Coun cred Gloucester, (MaSs) schooner at
sea i'll a sinking condition; and while trying
to transfer the latters crew of five fishermen
TO the former vessel the boat was swamped.
The five fisherire en- and a sailor belonging to
the George Calhoun were drowned. After
ward the George Calhoun was wrecked, and
her remaining crew of four men We're rescued
by the schooner IcnUba and taken to Boston.
JOSEPH AGATE. retired merchant worth
about Sj.OO,O00, chiefly in real estate, COM
mitted suicide in New York hotel by shoot
inc. He was n resident of Nonkers, y. y,
ard left note stating that he was suffering
from nervous proStration and had not had an
hours natural sleep in four months.
AFTER the lapse of nearly a month four
teen of the one hundred and fifty odd miners
killed 10y the catastrophe at Po ahonta', Va,
Were found, partly decomposed and dis
figured almost beyond Identification.
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Washington.

THE House committee ON judiciary adopted
Representative Maybe1y's adverse report on
the joint resolution proposing constitutional
amendment to give women the right of suf
frage. Mr.. Dorshemer was of opinion that
it would he advisable at some future time
give women the right to vote
A MAJORITY of the House committee ON
public lands have adopted report declaring
the unealned portion of the Northern Pa
citic land grant forfeited,
Mr.. NEwCoMB, naturalist of the Jeanette
expedition, appeared before the House inveS-
tigation committee and testified as to the
trouble on the vessel during the Inflated voy
age
THE subcommittee of the House committee
on the judiciary has agreed upon a joint reso-
luton proposing n constitutional amendment
relating to the currency. The proposed
amendment is as follows: THE legislative
powers granted to Congress 10y the Constitu-
ton shall not be construed to include the
power to pass any law making anything but
gold and silver coin a tender in payment of
debts except after declaration of war, or in
case of rebellion or invasion, when the public
safety may demand it,
INSPECTOR WOODWARD, of the postofice
department, appeared before the House com
| mittce of Investigation and explained the
good results which had followed the star
route prosecutions in a reform Of the service.
GENERAL ADAM BADEAU. who has been
two years, has forwarded his resignation TO
the state department at Washington.
! THE Senate in executive session passed the
! resolution authorizing tine President To- rec
ognize the African international association
as the ruling power in the Congo region.
A SPECIAL camp fire of the department of
the Potomac of the Grand Army of the Re-
| public was held in Washington to commend
| rate the operations against \icksburg. Cen
cral Joseph X. Hawley presided, and among
! the guests Were PRESIDENT Arthur, General
Grant, Secretary Lincoln, and General Lo-
| gan.
! MEMBERS of the House committee on public
! lands are of opinion that a bill will be re-
! ported TO repeal the pre-emption and timber
! culture acts, and to amend the homestead
| act.
COMPLETE returns of the postal revenues
| for the first and second quarters OF the pres
ent fiscal year and estimates for the third
| quarter give the following results; Gross Re
! ceipts for the quarter ended September 80,
! lSS3, SlO,595, q; for the quarter ended De
cemhor 81, 1883. asCertaincd, Sll, lJ9, Gl6 est
mated for the quarter ending March 81 1884,
| SlO,1G9,6l4 estimated for the quarter ending
June 80, 1851, $40, 49,, 80; total estimated
revenue for the year 5 IS, 262 446; total reVe-
nue. for year ended June 50, 1851. ST., sos, G92.
| falling Off in the revenue for the present year.
S2,446,3iG
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LATER NEWS

THE body of Payne V. c. Tbillv n nro,,;
nent saloon keeper of Cincinnati. was reduced
to ashes at the lie Moynev cremotorv Wasb-
nlsUon, Iehn', making the twenty ninth case
oil cremation which has taken place there.
CHARLES b. FINLAYsoN, seventeen vears
old, convicted of his grandmother's murder
hanged himself i'll the Portland COrel mil
A REMARKABLE case of insomnia is report.
ed from Wheeling, w. Va, where Joseph
Salisbury, ship carpenter, sixty years of
age, has not slept an hour at a time nor moro
than ten hours in all, since January /.
otherwise he seems sound and healthy, and
works every day at his trade.
EIGHT prison rs at Gainesville. Ark. as
saulted the jail,r, prob bly, fatally iniiiing
him, and escaped. The citizens met the e,-
Gaping ri oner-, and after a de .perate fl In
succeeded in xii ing one and would ding ard
recaptuing three Others.
DURING the first quarter of this year there
has been large incro ase-more than twenty
seven per cent in the sale of two-cent post
age stamps over the corresponding teriod of
le'i. The issue of postal cards has fallen OF
about l3,OCO,OO0 pieces since the two-cent rate
was begun.
a ELL to- restrict the use of distilled spirits
to the arts and manufactures has been re-
ported adver ely in the House.
LONDON newspapers are calling upon
america to put stop to the dynamite war.
Is assertedthat there is a coalition of French,
German, Irish and English dynamiters.
y BAND of fortytwo Cuban insurgents was
attacked by Spanish troops and thirty hit
of them killed.
EDWARD NJ. Smith, United States consul
at Mannheim, Germany died few days since
of apoplexy while on railroad train in
England. He was born in Rochester. n. Y.
in ISL and had served a. mayor of that city.
GENERAL AQUERo's il surgent force III
Cuba has b en- incrcas d to / 100 men.
HENRY j. BYRON, the English drllnatist.
is dead.
THE FRENCH troops in Tonqun attacked
the villages before Hong-hoa, and that town
was thereupon fired and evacuated bv the
Chinese
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NATIONAL EDUCATION.
The Blair Bill as IL Passed the
United states Senate.

The important points of the Blair Educa-
tional bill, as it passed the United States Sen
ate and went before the House, are as fol
lows:
That for eight years next after the passage
of this act there shall be annually appropr-
ated from the money in the treasury the fol
lowing sums to wit The first year the sum
of -. 100000, the second year the sum of
of $4,000, 600, the third year the sum OF SD,
100000, the fourth year the sum of Sl3,OOO,OOO,
the fifth year the sum of Sll 100000, the
sixth year the sum of 500 00J0 the seventh
year the sum of $1.g0000l. the eighth year
the sum of $1,000, 900, which several sums
shall be expended to secure the benefits of
/ common school education to all the children
of the school age mentioned hereafter living
in the United States that such money shall
annually be divided among and paid out in the
/ several States and Territories in that pro-
/ portion which the whole number of persons
in each who, being of the age of ten years and
/ over, cannot write, bears to the whole num-
Der of such persons i'll the United States.
Such computations shall be made according
to the census of 1850.
No money shall be paid out under this act
to any State or Territory that shall not have
provided 10y law a system of free common
schools for all of its children of school age
without distinction of race or color, either in
the raising or distribution of school revenue
or in the school facilities afforded: provided
that separate schools for white and colorcd
children shall not be considered violation
of this condition.
That the instruction in the common schools
whereon these moneys shall be expended shall
include the art of reading, writing and speak
ing the English language, arithmetic, geo
graphy, history of the United States and such
other branches of useful knowledge as may he
taught under local laws.
The money appropriated and apportioned
under the provisions of this act to the use of
any Territory shall be applied to the use of
common and industrial schools therein 10y tine
secretary of the interior.
No greater part o.. the money appropriated
under this act shall he paid out to any State
or Territory in any one year than the sum
expended out of its own revenues in the pre-
ceding year for the maintenance of common
schools, not including the sums expended in
the erection of school buildings.
\ part of the money appropriated to each
State or Territory, not exceeding one-tenth
thereof, may yearly be applied 10 the edu-
cation of teachers for the common schools
therein.
No part of the educational fund allotted to
any State OF Territory shall be used for the
erection of school houses or school buildings
of any description, nor for rent of the same.
The moneys distributed under the provis-
ions of this act shall be used only for common
schools not sectarian in character