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Year: 1874

1t may be civil polity based upon


parliamentary rule, or it may be a


monarchy or despotism. but it will


no longer be a constitutional republic


such as we have seen here for nearly


hundred years, The people


will not consent to see either a


Poland or All Ireland created on this


soil. = Look at South Car


olina. The facts in reference to that
State seem to be about as we'll es>


tablished as any historical facts can


be, and they amount to this-the


negroes, assisted by rescalIy whites,


have held sort of grand orgie in


the State for several years past, have


swallowed up among them pretty


nearly all the private property in the
State. have ruined what NAV be
called the native citizens even more


throughly than the war had done,


have robbed and harried like so
many highwaymen, and have reduced
the State to a condition which must
shock every man who sees it or reads
about it. The very Governor of the
State is thief, The Legislature is
a gang OF thieves. Is this "Repub-
lican government" such as the Cons
stitution expressly guarantees to all
the States?


We venture to say that is not
that, on the contrary, it is a govern
ment of which the Republic has
every reason to be ashamed. Il
Now it is folly to suppose that the
Republican party, as an organization,
will continue much longer to look on
with ierfect satisfaction at this great
failure. The leaders of the present
moment may not pay any attention
to the subject; but if they do not,
other leaders will arise who acjU see
that justice is done Last week we
all Witnessed the United States Senate
engaged for about twenty>four hours
at stretch in passing a bill for the
benefit of the negro, merely out of
sentimental sort Of Difference to the
wishes OF deceased Senator. Re
spect for the dead is incumbent on
us all, but legislation should be bassed
on careful and wise regard for the
welfare of the living. not upon s'man.
dates real or fictitious, Of the dead.
The negro has had very fair amount
of protection. 1t is important be
fore going any further to find out
what use he had made of tn freedom
given to him; in what way he has
exercised the vast political powers
with which he has been endowed;
what sort of government he has
helped to set up in States where he
is most pow erful; whether, in short.
he at this moment stands in need Of
protection from the white man, or
the white man stands inneed OF
protection from him. If Mr. Eaton
intends to raise these questions, de-
pend upon it ne will obtain an
and he cannot be suppress
ed by bowls and groans, and we, for
our part, shall not join in any such
attempts at suppression. We should
like to see the question taken up by
Republicans. Mr.. Carpenter made a
great beginning in reference to Louis
lana. Such a work would be far
more conducive to the good 90. ern-
ment now and hereafter, than the
headloug passage of sentimental bills
i'll favor Of the negro.
Year: 1874




The Memphis Appeal is particularly
severe upon Senator Henry Cooper.
of Tennessee. Iu recent issue, it
says:


The Congressional Directory in
forms US that there is man in the
United States Senate by the name of
Henry Cooper and that he halls from
the State Of Tennessee. Cooper is
modest man. He has hid his light
under bushel SO long that our peo-
pie have forgotten the name Of their
Senator. He has been so quiet in
the Senate that a great many of our
people didn't know he was alive.
Many people began to think that
Cooper's silence in the Senate arose
from his inability to get three ideas
in row on such topics as have been
discussed in Congress. But it seems
if Cooper has been silent, he has
been husbandirg his resources for
one grand effort, and he comes for
ward with a speech on the civil rights
bill on the hydraulic pressure order
a few days since Cooper popped up
in the Senate OF the United States
with the sudden bounce of the spring
scare~crOw in the toy-hox, and de-
liverel a speech. The galleries
were all agog. lazy negroes who
have been lounging for two or three
years, inquired how came that bull
In the Senate china shop; how came
that sepoy in the house of the enemy.
Everybody wanted to know by what
courtesy that stranger was invited to
address the Senate of the United
States. But when told that Cooper
was Senator from Tennessee, they
commenced looking for the cavern
. wn ch he had so long hill himself
As Cooper had been quiet SO long,
it was supposed that if hes made his
on a great occasion he
would be equal to his opp )rtunities';
but the little shallow pond he had
been SO long damming up soon run
~ II 10 SPECCb VII Lit CIV II llREbS |
bill was as eloquent as that of the |
boy i'll bis shirts. .leeves at an olG-feld |
schoolhouse,. He spouted and then
sunk in the deep waters of the wild |
sea of oblivion. 1t will require
Christopher Columbus or another
Stanley to discover him during the
remnant of his two years senatorial
We win institute a vigilant
search for the lost babe of the woods,
and when We discover his hiding eyrie
Or lair, we shall shout Eureka %
We understand that Cooper intends
his speech as the document to secure
bis reelection to the Senate Ten,
lessee has committed many follies
n her time, but she will never again
disgrace herself by returning such
hing to the Senate as Henry Cooper.
lie is about as useful in the Senate
is block of wood or an old shoe.
With such men as Etheridse, or
Year: 1874

Yes! Mr.. Bartlett, you can rally the
dodging politicians who agree with
you that the poor white people have


no rights, and / will meet you with
the honest laborers and poor men
whose rights are outraged and tramp
led upon by this abomination.


On the general subject of the So
called Civil Rights Bill, and what its
advocates call Protecting the Negro" F."
L have few words to say.


The negro now has the equal pro-
lection o. the laws. In other words
he has equal political rights with the
whites. Besides this, in all the South
ern States, he has equal facilities for
education at public expense, though
he does not pay one-tenth of one per
cent. OH the dollar of the taxes which
are collected to support the schools.
No invidious distinctions are made
against him. Education in these
States is out Of the sphere of politics.
The negro is amply protected, and the
National Legislature should cease leg
islating on that educational question,
and creating turmoil and bad blood
where progress and good feeling is
being secured. For several years the
greater portion of the time of our Leg
islators has been occupied in legisla-
ting for the negro race. Amendment
after amendment to the Constitution
has heen adopted, and law after law,
for the further protection of the negro.
has been adopted, until Re is now the
political equdt of the white man. Now
that this has been achieved, the negro
business ought TO stop. The Goun-
try at large is becoming disgusted with
the efforts now being made to oppress
the whites in the passage of bill
which is not essential To the pr0tec-
ton of the blacks. What the people
and States of the South need, is TO be
let alone by Congress and given little
for recovering from the
desolation and waste of war. The
Year: 1874

Bristol, Ia. &c Tenn,


Still Alive andXickinJ.


Suits for Ten Dollars


And suits for Fifteen,


As new and as tasty


AS ever was seen.


a grade or two better,


We have these i'm plenty,


And even yet choicer.


At Eighteen and Twenty


suits in prOfusion


For business or street,


And suits for the paTlor


Surprisingly neat;


For church or for wedding


For party or ball,


No suits in the market


Can beat us at all.


We are ahead in all Seasonable
GOODS for Men and Boys. Whatev-
er others may do, we are quite conf
dent that our prices will be found con-
siderably less, while our goods are in
ferior to none. We only ask a call
aud examination OF our Stock before
purchasing elsewhere, as we have
bought up our stock Of piece goods at
panic prices which we are now daily
having made UP and receiving We
feel confident that during the remain
ing Winter month and Spring to offer
inducements rarely met IN this mar
ket. With fair dealing and polite at
tention we hope to receive liberal
patronage
Year: 1874

WASHINGTON. May 29.-The Capitol was full of
specuatiou to-day as 10 the fate OF the currency
bills that have gone to Conference Committee. The
managers on the part of the Senate appointed by
Senator Carpeuter to-day were Senators Morton,
Sherman and Merrmon. OF course a majority OF
the Conference Committee, as a majority OF both
Houses, is in favor of a large expansion OF
the currency. and there is no doubt that
most liberal bill TO effect tins would
be reocrted were it not known that 1t
would have TO run the gauntlet of the Presidents
veto. As it is there several points on which 1t
may be safely predicted the Committee will agree.
Free banking will, of course, be the basis OF any
compromise measure that may he reported. The
rate at which the greenbacks shall be retired as the
bank notes are issued will be livery troublesome
question to settle. An impression prevails that II
the percentage should be reduced below ~ the
President will not sign the bill while
the majority of the Seuate very strenuous
that the amount shall not be than % per cent


The sham redemption provided by the Senate bill
will also give rise to much discussion. Two
opinions prevail to the result of this conference.
The first is that the Committee will be unable to
agree at all aud the other is that they may agree,
but that the President will veto anything they are
likely 70 report.
Year: 1874

A LADY ON Detroit street car handed
two-dollar bill TO a man near her to
hand to the driver aud pay her fare and
receive change. He folded the bill up,
put II in his vest pocket, deliberately go,
OF the car and walked away. The lady
was so taken back by his coolness that
she hadn't word TO say until IL was too
late 10 pursue the fellow.
Year: 1874

AN INDIANA RoMANCE.-She couldn't
see it in that light. She didn't want to
marry him, and he was bound she should.
They both lived a couple Of miles from
the city, and near neighbors. She re-
fused to listen to his courting, and he
grew desperate. So he went off to the


West, and while out there persuaded a
friend to write letter saying that he was
dead, and asking, as his dying request,
that she might, if ever she went out that
way, stop for a moment and toss a weed
or perchance flower on his lonely grave.
This was tender, but it didn't take worth
cent and she wrote back letter to the
friend saying that if he had any consid-
Grafton for her feelings at all to send her
the dead lovers watch and chain, his
money and all his valuables. To carry
out his plans, the dead man sent home
his brass jewelry and other effects, and
she Immediately proceeded to don the
trinkets anG start to singing school with
the chosen "fe;ler" of her heart. On
their way back home the pair were start
led by the apparition of the lost lover,
clad in ghostly white, but with the old
lincaments intact. The young man fled,
but the girl stood still, and putting up
paw which resembled an elephants foot,
naively inquired if the ghost wanted to
be kicked to death by mule. To which
his ghostship replied thus " Lord! Jeru-
sha, hev come all the way home to find
you false?" You bet" replied the fair
one, laughing heartily, for she had dis
covered that it was really the person Of
her dead lover. The fellow had played
a nice game, and had followed his goods
and chattels back to the land of his nativ-
ity very quickly. The damsel was so
disgusted with the other fellow for run
ming at sight of the ghost, that she i'm
mediately began preparations to marry
the ghost.-TeJTe Haute Express.
Year: 1874

A LADY's PROPERTY IN HER FEA-
TUREs.-A new departure is announced
in the Graphic. Having been about to
publish a portrait of Mrs. Attorney Gen
eral Williams, and having been requested
by her husb band not to do so, it announce
es that it has yielded in this instance to
the Attorney Generals request, but in
future will under similar circumstances
refuse. The new principle and practice
is thus formulated "The wife of
prominent officer ir the Government
whose character and claims are canvass
cd by the people in all sections Of the
country, is herself an object of public
interest, and if she dresses and arrays
herself for levces where she will be the
cynosure Of a thousand curious eyes, has
no right to complain if her portrait is
shown to 100000 readers of a respectable
journal. And while we insist upon the
propriety as a matter Of ethics, we arc
willing to test the Legality of it in the
courts. Hereafter when we have made
arrangements to give portrait of dis
tinguished man or woman, we shall not
feel compelled to regard the wishes or re-
quests of the party concerned"
Year: 1874

CRUELTY TO DUMB ANIMALs.--On
our statute books there is law to punish
cruelty to dumb animals, but none to
punish men who are allowing them to
die off in large numbers every winter,
to a greater or less extent, according to
the severity Of the winter, by failing to
provide for their sustenance. There are
many persons in this and other counties,
who never think of such thing as get
ting in straw, and other feed for their
cattle through the winter, hence it looks
to us as though such neglect would come
under the same rule as cruelty to ami
mails, for it is nothing else, only in an
other sense from what the law in force
Yrekd JOu1nai.
Year: 1874

THE Nashua, n. H., 1elegraPh says
the familiar sentence, Zone touch Of ma
ture," was beautifully illustrated by three
little girls who not long since lost their
mother by death. Hearing that lady
friend Of the family was dying these three
little children went to their grandmother,
called her aside and whispered in her ear:
" Mrs. - is dying and we want you to so
to her and tell her to give our best love
to our mother"
Year: 1874

Ventura county has a burning
mountain, supposed to have been
caused from the fact that about forty
years ago brush fire swept over the
outcroppings of sulphur, which have
been slowly burning since.
Year: 1874

ua- The tide ofimmigration is steadily set
ting In, and the first thing eastern people do
is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
a new one of DESMOND. They say there is no
comparison between the two. 2Lo
Year: 1874

NEW YORK, December 2S.-Rev. Mr.. Glen
denDing was expected TO attempt TO oficiste at
his church in Jersey City yesterday, and a
ing that be should abide by the decision of the
Presbytery until action on his appeal I'D been
taken by the Synod.
Year: 1874

NEW YEAR RRCEPTIoNs.-As has been its
rule heretofore, THE EVENING STAR will con-
tain on Thursday next list of those persons
proposing TO receive on New Year Day who
who, themselves, or by some one authorized to
act for them, furnish the necessary data for
that purpose. Such announcements, which we
will be very glad to receive and publish in
brief form, should give the names of the ladies,
if any, who will assist in receiving, together
with the street and number of the residence.
They should in each case be accompanied by
responsible signature, as a guarantee of su-
thenticity, and must be sent in before eleven
O'Clock Thursday morning to secure insertion.
Year: 1874

ing rifed heavy ordnance. Three gums have
been made and rified according to his plans
and fired at thick armor plating at short range.
satisfactory, but also smashed the gun, which
was not so satisfactory. Another kept smash
ing armor plates until the thirteenth round
when IL was itself converted into old iron. The
third fred twice with fifty pounds Of powder In
each charge, and with one hundred pounds
burst. The experiments have demonstrated At
cost OF e100 900 TO the government, that armor
plating at short range cannot stand the Wizard
gun, and that the Wizard gun cannot stand its
own discharges. Now Wizard can 20 off,
C1euelond Herald.
Year: 1874

GIN. SHERIDAN TO 60 TO NEW ORLEANS
The President has decided to send Gen. 'Sheri-
dan TO New Orleans. This course has been
urged by Senator West and his assistants upon
the ground that some officer should be in com
mand there who will make the best possible
disposition of the troops to m eet any emergency
and who will act promptly and effectively.
Year: 1874




The Popular Science Monthly has this
item which will be good reading for
mothers:


One of the great dangers attending the
use of the various sedatives employed in
the nursery is that they tend to produce
the opium habit. These quack medi-
cines owe their soothing and quieting
effects to the action of opium, and the
infant is by them given a morbid appe-
tite for narcotic stimulants. The offer
ing for sale of such nostrums should be
and moral deterioration of the race. In
India, mothers give to their infants pills
containing opium, and the result is a
languid, sensual race of hopeless de-
bauchees. In the United States, the
poisonous dose is administered under
another name, but the consequences viii
probably be the same.
Year: 1874

The Boy WHO WANTED TO KNOW
The following is strictly true: A lady
coming to this State recently stopped at
one of the Chicago hotels with her lit
tie sou. The boy was not perfectly sat
isied with matters and things at the
nner-table, and expressed himself fire.
quently to that effect. The mother fin
ally rose and remarked, in an undertOne,
to the youthful offender:


Come with me upstairs, and | will
attend to your case"


The lad understood at once what "at-
tending to his case," meant, but there
was an important matter of detail which
he was painfully anxious to have more
fully explained, SO, pulling backward on
the hand of his mother, he blubbered
out, in a voice loud enough to be heard
over most of the well filled dining
room:


Say mother, are you going to take
your hand or your slipper?" 80


The enthusiasm with which this brief
address was received was unbounded.


Poor little fellow, how often have we
wanted to know the same thing ourself7
With a brief reason of waiting we gen
ally found out, as he undoubtedly did.
Year: 1874

ALFALFA HAY FOR HoGs.-It is a
strange sounding proposition to feed
hogs with hay, but we have experience
in this line, and however strange or
odd it may seem, it is, nothwithstand-
ing, fact that hogs will not only eat
alfalfa hay, but that they will do well
on it. We first discovered the fact by
throwing lot of alfalfa chaff, from
which the seed had been cleaned, over
to some hogs for a nest, when, to our
surprise, they devoured it with as much
greediness as they would so much oats
or barley. Our own experience and
observation since has proved to us that
good alfalfa hay, with plenty of water,
ggill keep hogs in good growing con-
dition all through the winter. They
may be foddered in the same way you
would fodder sheep or cattle, but if cut
up with cutting machine, and wet be-
fore feeding, they will eat 1t cleaner
and do better on it.-[Sacramento
Union.
Year: 1874

REcONCILIAPIoE.-E reeoncilia-
ton is difficult with woman. She in
variably keeps certain reserves. When
she has once parted from you in spirit,
she will hardly return. Though she
seems to, she does not. She gives her
hand again-perhaps her lips; but the
heart is no longer in one, nor the soul
in the other. Kiss her you have once
rOundly quarreled with-if it be not a
mere lovers guarrel-and you will find
the statue under the crimson curve, the
chill of the marble through the bound
ing blood. A keen observer may deter
mine in society whether you have had
discord with a woman you meet. How
ever perfect the breeding, however
disciplined the manners, the past dis
cord leaves shadow that will not be
lifted. The old wound may be closed ;
it is not healed, nor can it be by the
highest skill in spiritual surgery. Ere
quently men like one another better af-
ter fighting; women never, be the foe
OF either sex. With these the bloom of
favor is taken off. not to be restored.
They feel, though they may not say or
even think it, that slight or injury ad-
mits of no atonement. Woman reads
the proverb: To err is feminine, to
forgive impossible.-[The Galaxy.
Year: 1874

All who have real estate for sale or to let
and those desiring purchase rent such property,
will find to their interest to advertise IN THE TRIBUNE.
Its aggregate circulation exceeds that OF other news
paper anu in addition TO this advantage THE TRIBUNE
will be found only in NewYork and all its cities and
villages but every State and Territory throughout the
Union. Tho advertisement should be as brief as will
allow Of tne advantages claimed being made clear oths
reader We woad especially dwell on the fact that tho
subscribers for the three editions Of THE TRIBUNE, Daily
Seui-Weeky, and Weekly, comprise individuals in every
business profession; consequently,
are read by all classes The TRIBUNE deyOtes especial
attention reports OF sales of real estate both in city
and country thus adding greatly to the value of s coli
advertising medium. The charges for adver


Using follows: DAILY TRIBUNE, 30 cents per Inns
foreach insertion. WEEKLY TRIBUNE, s. per line; SENT


WEEKLY TRIBUNE 25 cents per line. About ten words or
our wide columns average line. Terms cash in advance
Year: 1874

From tho Sugar Planter.


Should the water rcccde in time from
the Overfowcd lands Say the 10Th OF
next month--fair crops Of corn and cot
ton may be made. But 1t Is necessary
to observe one precaution in planting
either or both. 1t is well known that
planting corn in lands that have been
Overfiowcd, the grains arc apt to e
eaten by insects while in the ground
or the leaves when they begin to ap-
pear above the surface. To prevent
this, let the corn be well soaked in coal
tar or in coal oil before planting and
no insect will come near IL. Crops Of
corn can only be assured by adopting
this simple Precauti0n. We are in
formed by one Of the most experienced
planters in our parish, that cotton seeds
treated in the same manner will obtain
the same results. Bear in mind, how
ever, that soaking cotton seed in the
manner prescribed, will not secure
immunity from catterpilInrs op army
wOrms-tfIOsc arc chances that must
be run independent of the others. In
former years, after crevasse waters had
subsided, cotton in many places, has
yielded from one thousand to fifteen
hundred pounds per acre which is
about the average of Il half bale to that
quantity Of land, and that is worth
working for in times like the present.
Efforts should be made in every over
flowed parish TO plant as many acres in
corn and cotton as possible so soon as
the water rcccdes, provided, of course
there is time so to do. The corn will
give bread, and cotton means to pur-
chase other supplies, such as clothing,
groceries, pay taxes, etc. These points
ought now to be entertained by those
whose lands have been oyerfiowed and
prepare to plant 80 soon as the land will
permit,
Year: 1874

ps- The tide ofimmigration is steadily set
ting in, and the first thing eastern people do
Is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
a new one of DESMOND. They say there Is no
comparison between the two. go
Year: 1874

the man you are looking for. He will give
you the incest fitting garments to be had in


the city; cloth Of the best material; work
done upon honor, and the best satisfaction
generally. Call on him and have full suit
made at once. jy2 tf-9
Year: 1874

We have to dispose Of our immense
Stock of Clothing, Dress Goods, ETC., etc., to
make room for q very extensive Stock OF Fall
Goods, just purchased in New York, and en-
route for us. We have reduced the prices, and
you will find 1t to your advantage to call a
the