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Year: 1879

WHAT THE DEMOCRATS SAY.


IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSE.I


WASHINGTON, June 4.-Secretary Sherman ex-
presses himself as greatly pleased that there has
been no coalition between the Democrats and the
Greenbackers in Ohio. lie thinks that the nOmina-
tions render the victory of the Republicans as
surcd.


General Garfield has read with great satisfaction
the bulletin announcing the fact that a coalition
was impossible. After hearing of the nomination
of Ewing and Rice. General Garfield said he
thought the chief element of strength the ticket
possesses that it may draw considerable portion
of the National vote He said he had not heard any
thing about the platform but would not be sur
prised if they made hard-mOney platform for
Ewing to stand on, as the Democrats are in the
habit of getting Good Lord, good devil" in as
close proximity to each other as possible. He
thought the Greenback nomination of Patt might
turn out to be not bona iide but a to deliver
the Nationals to the Democrats before election day.
He said he had no doubt that the nomination OF
Ewing would cost the party great many votes on
account of Ewing's initiation proclvities.


The Democrats here claim to be much elated ut
the nomination of General Ewing, and say that it
will take war issues away from the canvass because
Ewing and Rice are both Union soldiers They say
that Ewing will also get the Greenback vote not
wlthstanding the fact that the Greenbackers have
made regular nominations; they overlook the fact
that hard-money Democrats will hardly vote for
Ewing. Many Democrats here also rejoiced at
the success of Ewing for the reason that it is a
humiliation and perhaps a final defeat for John G.
Thompson, the Sergeant-at-ATms Of the House OF
Representatives who has claimed to be the " boss
of 0hio
Year: 1879




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W.sUNGIOy June 4.-The belief strengthens
every dav that the Senate Committee on Finance
will not report the Warner Silver bill at this
sion. Indeed Senator Jones' of Nevada who Is one
of the strongest advocates of the bill and member
of the Finance Committee, said to-day that he had
little hope of the bill being reported at this session.
Mr. Jones was asked if it is true that the bill is
mperfect even in the opinion of its friends. He re-
nlied with some warmth that the bill Is not mpcr-
feet IN any particular, that 1t is complete and
perfect in all it proposed to do. He stated
further that while the friends of the measure are
very anxious to have action upon it, and would be
very glad to have the bill passed this session. still
they are not disposed to rush things or to urge the
immediate consideration of the BILL when it would
probably give rise to discussion that might last
for an indefinite period and keep Congress III ses-
sion throughout the hot weather. Besides he said
there is a custom in the Senate that when one or
two members of the committee ask TO be allowed
reasonable length of time In which to ex-
anime a measure the request Is usually
granted. In this instance several mem
bers Of the Finance Committee are averse 10
the proposition to hurry 30 important measure
through without the fullest examination or 10, and
they have pleaded for more time.


Mr. Jones thinks the request reasonable, and
while he does not speak officially he advances
his individual opinion that the Silver bill will not
Le reportcd at this session. As the Finance Com
mittec will meet again ON Friday, II Is probable
Year: 1879


PETTY FEELING OF PARTISAN SPITE AMONG The


DEMOCRATS OF The SENATE.


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WASHINGTON, June 4.-There is strong move
ment among the extreme Democrats to prevent the
confirmation of Secretary McCrary as Judge of the
Iowa Circuit. This arises from the pronounced
position he has taken in regard to the pending at
tempt to coerce the Executive and for the strong
support he has given to the President. If he is re-
jected il will be because the Democrats Of the SEN
ate are unable to hold themselves above petty Spite
Year: 1879

It was evident that Bishop was whipped. He
could hope for accessions another ballot, and
his hackers saw that the only satisfaction left them
was to slaughter John G. ThompsOn's candidate in
revenge for his successful warfare on the old Gov


ernor. At the close of the second ballot the vote
Year: 1879

The State concluded its testimony in the
Witham case yesterday and the defence be-
gan.


The Governor has signed the pardon of
Blake in prison for murder, and also of one
Boyd confined in Portland Jail for larceny.


The House committee on appropriations has
decided to report favorably on Senate amend
ments to the Legislative bill


William Lloyd Garrison is gradually sink
ing


Fernando Wood says the election laws must
be repealed if the Democrats would carry New
York.


There has been some severe fighting in
Thessaly between the Turks and the insurgents
in which both sides lost heavily.


Political affairs in Hayti are in very un-
settled state and the government is buying
arms.


A severe earthquake in Mexico is reported.
1t is feared much damage has been done in
the interi or.


The Democrats are preparing very elabor-
ate report on the veto of the Army bill and
will use it as campaign document


The House committee ON the electoral count
have perfected bill, and it will soon be
reported to the House.


The Republicans will resist any attempt at
general legislation after the silver bill is dis
posed of, and will insist that only the appro-
priaton bills be considered,


The Senate spent the day yesterday consider
ing the contagious diseases bill. Little pro-
gress was made. In the House the morning
\ Al,
providing for the transfer of the cases from
State to National courts. The bill went ov el
without action. The silver bill was then
taken up and discussed. Mr.. Reed spoke
against the bill. A vote was not reached.
Year: 1879

WASHINGTON, May 22.-The House commit
tee on appropriations after general discussion
on the legislative bill agreed to concur in the
Senate amendments thereto.


Republicans Seeking to Stop General


~ Legislation.


There is a decided disposition on the Repub-
lican side of the House to prevent the consid-
GRAFTON of any general legislation after the dis
posal of the Warner silver bill, and prominent
members say there is no doubt the Republi-
cans will follow this course if an attempt is
made to take up any of the various other
measures reported by the committees during
the present session, other than those making
appropriations for the army and executive
branches OF the government


Manufacturing Campaign Literature.


The report to be made on the veto of the
army Interference bill is a very elaborate doc
ument 1t is possible it will be issued as an
address to the people through the Democratic
campaign committee.


The Electoral Connt.


The House committee on the law respecting
the ascertainment and declaration of the re-
suits of the election for President and Vice
President agreed upon a bill and authorized
Mr. Bicknell to report it to the House.


Transportation of Animals


The Senate committee on commerce author
lied the reporting back with a unanimity rec
ommendation for its passage McPherson's bill
amendatory of the laws relative to the trans
portation of animals.
Year: 1879

In view of the summer prospect, writer in
ours grave responsibility who encourages inn
migration to Leadville From all the infor-
nation that can be obtained it seems probable
that not less than 10000 people will come here
this season from the three states of Kansas,
Missouri and Tennessee alone. If the other
states contribute in even an infnitesimal ratio,
the slopes of the Grand Divide and the Mos
quito and Buffalo ranges will be whitened next
fall with the bones of men who have died of
hunger and cold-for it is impossible for the
country to feed so many. In this, the richest
camp ever known in mining history, only 15
per centum of the prospectors discover any
thing; IS per centum fail, and in this region
and climate will be likely to perish. But this
dismal prospect does not alter the facts with
regard to the mines And these facts are
readily ascertained by persons who are compe-
tent to weigh evidence and have access to the
proper sources of information. Whatever
motive the owners of the Little Pittsburg may
have had in reducing their force, and suffering
IL to bo understood that the mine had "petered
out" it is perfectly well known in inside cir
cles that the mine never had so much ore in
sight, and was never worth more than to-day


But the Judge Pendry is still more in point


Six months ago scientific men declared that if
the miners of this region would drive through
the lime on which the carbonate deposits rest
they would find at a lower depth second and
possibly third deposit of carbonate richer
than the upper one. The owners of the Jodge
Pendry mine acted upon the suggestion, and
they were rewarded by striking at 800 feet be-
low ground, the second layer of carbonate, parts
of which assayed in the fabulous proportion of
Il, 900 ounces of silver to the ton. There is no
reason for supposing that what has been done
in the Judge Pendry may not be done in the
As other paying mines in this neigh
borhood. In view of such prospects
it is difficult to speak with moderation Of the
future OF Lake county. In his address to the
Legislature the governor estimated the silver
product of 1879 at $11, 900 900, against 50 7OO-
900 in 1878. The general estimate of miners at
present is nearer $30,0O000O than $21 100000


Up to this time the smelters have taken no ac-
count of ores which carried only 40 ounces or
less OF silver to the ton. But when all the new
smelling works are in operation it will be
found pretty profitable to reduce ores which
yield $40 to the ton. 1t would seem to trespass
upon the credulity of your readers to set down
in black and white the number of tons of this
so-called Glow grade" ore which are in sight in
this neighborhood, and which have never been
sent to the smelter. There is enough however
to make sensible stir in the value of silver
throughout the world.-Corr. N. Y. Evening
Post
Year: 1879

A young man in the Smithsonian Institute
writes the Washington correspondent of the
Cleveland Leader has just made public the
discovery of the method employed in making
the stone and volcanic glass arrow-heads, dag
gers, knives, axes and razors of the prehistoric
races. Up to this time this has been a great
problem to all antiquarian students, but no the
ory has ever been advanced showing so practi-
cal results as Cushings. He started to solve
the difficulty by putting himself in the identi-
crl position of the AztecS or Mound-Builders-
without anything to work with except sticks
various-shaped stones such as he could find ON
the banks of any stream, and his hands. After
making some rude implements by chipping one
flint with another, he discovered that no
amount of chipping would produce surfaces
like the best OF those which he was trying to
initiate. He therefore came to the conclusion
that there was another way of doing it, and
by chance tried pressure with the point of a
stick, instead of chipping by blows of stone
when, presto! he found that he could break
Stone, nf1It, OF obsidian in amy Shape ha -ohase-
Soon he had made spear-heads and daggers that
would cut like razor, as good as any he had
before him, which had been picked up all over
the world. By little more observation, he
found that the taking" which he calls his
process, on the old arrowhead left grooves that
all turned one way. He produced like result
by turning his stick the easiest way from right
to left. He therefore concludes that the pre-
histories We're right-handed people like our
selves. This conclusion is reinforced by the
TACT that occasionally an arrowhead is found
that has flakes running from left to right
showing left-handed person. The importanc
OF this discovery is that it shows that the early
races were able to do this work without the use
OF IRON or bronze, q thing long doubted
Year: 1879

In commenting on the attitude of the
Democratic party in regard to free elections,
the Ogdensburg Journal justly says: ga
really free election in the entire South, and
an honest vote in all the great cities of the
country, would throw the Democratic party
IN Congress into a minority, and would di-
vest it of power in three-fourths of the
States, and they know it, They do not want
free elections by lawful authority, with
polling places guarded from the tyranny and
terrorism of an irresponsible and reckless
mOh ;,
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
al cases Indispensable not necessarily for publca
non but as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
Year: 1879

The banking and currency committee
will not report the bill for withdrawing ma
tional bank notes and substituting green
backs. The Democrats don't think the
Greenbackers have stood by them in their
contest with the President and so will grant
no favors.


THE Washington correspondent of the
New Orleans Times says that he has inter
viewed many leading Democrats from Ohio
and other Western States, and their opin-
ions are almost unanimous that Ewing's
sition which has been under discussion for
some months-that the West and South
shall cut loose from the East and make the
fight together in 1880.
Year: 1879

A little fellow, who had recently had a
pineapple CUT on his head, kept feeling Of
his short hair, rubbing his hand back and
forth over the top of his head. His father
asked him why he did so, and the urchin re-
piled: 81 want to feel the cutness of it,
Year: 1879

Hawkeye: There is no authentic photo
graph of Medusa ON file that we know of, but
it is generally understood that the expression
of her countenance was that of man who has
just gone into the cupboard in the dark, groped
along the shelf for the old flat bottle with the
broken cork, collared the wrong one, and
swallowed about three ounces of rheumatism
lininent before he found it out
Year: 1879

ance of the bonds, and all the shrinkage in
the value Of property brought on by com
mon calamity and all other equities that we
can plead in the case. 1 think it certainly
is and that the best interest of the State de-
mands that it should be accepted without
hesitation. Yet 1 hear 1t contended by
some that it is the railroads that owe the
debt and not the State. And by others that
it is unconstitutional and void But this
seems to me to be proposition too absurd
to deceive any voter in the State.


1t viii be remembered that these bonds
were issued by the State under the provis-
ions of the constitution of 1843, which au-
thorized and advised the Legislature to
organize and encourage well regulated
system of internal improvement. And if
gentlemen will take the pains to examine
they viii find that most of the bonds now
outstanding were isued without any suspicion
of fraud ever attaching to them. and many
OF them for other purposes than railroads.
There Is large amount of outstanding bonds
that was Issued years ago to build our noble
capitol that stands on Capitol Hill at Nash
vile, the pride and boast of every Tennes-
seean. And shall that temple be veiled in
mantle of fraud by refusing to pay even
One-half its cost at per cent interest. And
so 1t is with what Is known as the Uermit-
age bonds. The State some years age pur-
chased the Hermitage, a large tract of the
finest laud in the State and issued her bonds
in payment, and set apart some 40 acres,
| including the old homestead and tomb of
Gen. Jackson to improve, adorn, decorate
and beautify in honor of the memory and
| distinguished SCI vices of that good man Z;
and retained to the State the balance of the
land, say some seven hundred and odd
acres, worth perhaps 500 per acre. And
now shall we refuse to pay even 5Octs on the
dollar at per cent interest on those bonds
after getting the benefit of all that valuable
property. My God, gentlemen, suppose
| departed spirits could be consulted, as some
say they can, what would be Gen. Jackson's
response to this proposition? 1 can imagine
! (from my knowledge OF the old hero in his
lifetime,) that it would be something like
this By the eternal ,gentlemen,yo you must pay
and not obscure all this beauty you have
placed here under cloud of fraud that will
be source sorrow to every true friend have
left in the world. Yes pay if you have to
sell the land, homestead, tomb and all, to
somebody that can and will paw, and let me
have the consolation Of reposing beneath
the sod of an honest man.


And again in point of fact there never
was any suspicion of fraud in the issuance
of any bonds before the war, and to charge
now that they are fraudulent Is to SANDER
Year: 1879

every Legislature, and every Governor, the
State has had for the last 80 or 40 years up
to the adoption of the present constitution,
for they all issued bonds. But that we have
evidences of fraud, corruption and irrcgu
larity in both the issuances and application
of some of the bonds issued since the war
will not be denied by anybody, and especi-
ally not denied by me, because was placed
by former Legislature in position TO in
vestigate that subject for about forty days
and nights, and joined in an elaborate rc
port setting forth all the facts in the case
years ago; and this in my judgment, COL
stitutcs one Of our strongest equities in de-
manding an equitable compromise.


But some gentlemen in eargerness to
disgrace the Legislature of IS69-7O, argue
that ali these fraudulent bonds have been
bought up and paid back 10 the State by
the railroads Now how this may be, 1 don't
know, but one thing do know, if any ille-
payment of anything to the State since 1870
it has been so received in open violation Of
plainly written statute; but suppose it is so
is that any reason why We should reject the
compromise and refuse to pay the honest
man anything because the dishonest one
has already got his pay. Strange reasoning
this is, but not more absurcd than others l
: frequently hear used by those pay-nothing
gentlemen.


There is much more that mig t al
should be said on this dangerous subject, as
to what would be the probable consequences
of rejecting this compromise. But that
would involve a legal argument which
would be presumption in me 10 attempt,
not being lawyer.


And 1 will conclude BY giving it as my
honest and candid opinion, that this is the
/ last proposition OF com promise that will
ever be offered by either party, and while it
may not be quite all every compromise
man think it should be, vet is seems clear
to my mind that we should accept it in
preference to ttking the dangerous risk Of
having the whole debt enforced by the
courts at per cent. which would plunge
the State into disgrace and ruin for the next
/ regeneration at least, when if we accept tie
| compromise the State with her present re-
| sources can carry the debt without hurting
anybody and place Tennessee back where
she properly belongs, among fine noblest
States of this Union.


i know that these pay-nothing gentlemen
tell you the State cannot be sued and that
you take no risk by rejecting the comprO-
mise. But l am slow TO believe that the
11th section of that constitution made by
Washington, old John Adams, Jefferson,
| Madison and their associates ever intended
to say 10 the States that you may borrow as
much money as You please, we will protect
you from ever paving it back. No my
| friends the chances are many to one, the
cOnrts will enforce the payment. Hoping
you may reject seriously before taking this
rash step Of rejection. Respectfully,
J. L. ROSSON.
Year: 1879

THE Germantown Telegraph. dlscerns
indications every year that sheep and
wool raising is on the advance IN the
Northwest and West, and this business
Ia destined to become one OF our most
profitable branches of agriculture. NOT
only is the wool steadily growing IN de-
mand from our own factories, but the
carcass is becoming more and more used
in the domestic economy. with REFER
ence to mutton which has been regarded
as delicious in this vcnity-the choice
Virginia mountain especially selling
freely and high-the Telegraph publish
ed only SO miles away from us, dis
courses as follows: Many families now
consume more or less mutton that twenty
wears ago never had il upon their table.
Mutton is a meat different from beef,
veal or pork. These we naturally take
to as early in life as we are permitted to
eat meat at all. But mutton, unless we
a,quire taste for it in early life, some
times is resisted until middle life, when
all at once we discover how much we
have deprived ourselves by not learning
to eat mutton earlier. Many people are
now Just making this discovery.
Year: 1879

THE Republican spent nearly col


umn in its issue of yesterday i'll an


effort to make people entertain the pre-


posterous idea that a high tax is more


economical than the low tax which the


Democratic City Council have levied.


The Republican seems, however, to have
arrived at no definite conclusion beyond
the inferental one that the Democrats
will gain votes by not assessing higher
tax, and the Republicans will have the
more difficulty in securing majority OF
the members at the election in Septem-
Der. But even in this matter we might
help to relieve the Republican of its
fears, by suggesting to it that its voters
can pay lighter tax easier than heavy
one; therefore, that paper ought TO be
favorable to the present reduced levy.
pleased to find the Council making an
effort to reduce the taxes and they are
hot iihciN W aee'Pt tiiS Noi'laiS views
which the Republican is arguing ont at a
tedious length. When the Democrats
came into power last year they found
the city with an immense floating debt
a large mass of bills due to be paid, and
no money in the treasury to pay then
with. In referring TO the statements
made last September we find that whef
the Republicans. Went into power IL
September, 1877, they found s26,9o5 2.
in the Treasury; but when the Demo
Gratis went into power last September
1878, they found the Republicans ha
accumulated floating debt of S7l, SOC
The Republicans had then gone out {
power and left not one dollar in the Tres
sury. In fact they had overdrawn thei
account in bank SOL And this wa
under a high tax, too.
Year: 1879

MooRE's RURAL LIFE for July is
very handsomely printed and interesting
work Cottagers in the country should
buv it. They would find it pleasant
instructor in many things about their
homos
Year: 1879

and more sparkle in his eye. By the manner in
which he took up the thread OF his journey 1t
seemed that the friends who had declared that there
was much more of vigor in him than was manifest
on the surface we're likely to be verified before the
twenty-four hours had expired. His long stride was
full of vigor and the muscular action less labored
than before


DIAGRAM or THE TRACE.


For tho benefit of those who have not had an op-
portunity to be present at the great walk we suboin
corrected diagram of Gilmore's Garden. 1t differs
in few details from that given yesterday
Year: 1879

a small reduction in the amount OF the
greenbacks The Resumption law OF lofo'
before it was altered by subsequent legisia-
ton, required that the legal tender notes
should be reduced to the sum of three hun
dred million dollars and remain stationary
at that point. Mr.. Sherman desires the
restoration of that feature of the original
law. We have small hope that he will be
able 10 get that much done, for his recon-
mendation rests on no principle, whereas
the most effective weapon of currency re-
form is q bold assertion of financial truth.


Mr.. Sherman surprises and delights us
by recommending the admission OF foreign
built ships to American ownership ana
registry. He would indeed have an I'M
port duty placed upon ships, but we are
willing that the healthful medicine be
sugar coated if that will induce the patient
to swallow it. When our merchants can
buy foreign ships as freely as they buy
foreign commodities, subject only to such
varying duties as Congress may impose,
the principle Of our obsolete Navigation
law will have been abandoned, and we
may safely trust to time and the growth OF
public opinion to do tho rest.