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Year: 1877

THE first embarrassment experienced by
the War department in consequence of the
failure of Congress to make an appropriation
for the army occurred during the past week.
The second regiment Of infantry, stationed
at Atlanta, Ga, was ordered over ten days
ago to the Pacific coast to join General
Howard for service in fighting the Indians.
On Friday, General Mcdowell, in despatch
to the Secretary of War from San Francisco
said: SIN some way unaccountable to me,
the second infantry ordered here week ago
has not started" 1t is now ascertained that
fact that the railroads leading out of Allan
ia refused to transport them for the reason
that there was no certainty that they would
ever get their pay. The railroad officials
demanded cash down for the service, and, as
Congress had failed to appropriate any
money for the army after the first OF July,
the demand could not be complied with.
While there were urgent reasons for hasten
ing the troops to General Howard, they had
to remain at Atlanta for several days while
negotiations were carried on between the
Secretary OF War and the railr Dad officials.
Finally the latter agreed to accept promises
to pay, and the troops were started on
Friday last, after nearly weeks delay. Ii
these troops fail to reach the scene of the
Indian hostilites in time to save the lives Of
many of their comrades, the country must
lay the blame at the doors of the Democratic
House of Representatives.
Year: 1877

denies to man the ballot, but protects his
person and property, is not better than the
popular system that gives him ballot and
then permits his neighbors to burn his home
or take bis life unhindered and un-
punishedP'
Year: 1877

GENERAL WooDFoBD, of New York,
delivered an excellent address few days ago
before the literary societies of the University
of Mississippi, at Oxford. He was con-
strained, of course, by 1.-THE courtesies of the
occasion to speak in generalities without
naming names, but he used entire plainness
of speech and said many things which it
ought to be good for Missssippians to hear.
The three needs of the Republic, general
education, respect for law and federation or
the practical recognition by all of the rights
of each were forcibly and eloquently pre-
sented, and it is encouraging to hear that the
address was well received. There is nothing
equivocal iu the application of the remark
that "the disregard of the law and its force
full, open, deliberate and unrunlshed violation
is brutalizing to the community in which it
occurs land very demoralizing in its general
effect. Thoughtful monarchists and dis
believers in popular government may well
ask whether the aristocratic system that
Year: 1877

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate couDtersigned by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent
journal
Year: 1877

The Republicans of Maine and all others who pro-
pose to support the candidate of the Republican par
y in the pending election, invited to send dele
gates to State Convention, to be held in
Year: 1877

This is one Of the most useful inventions
of this inventive age. A slight. sudden
rise Of temperature by fire gives the
Alarm, the bell will continue to ring so
long as the heat increases. 1t is not lia-
BILE to get out Of order, will last life
time, is very simple in construction, and
is not expensive.


No description would give an adequate idea of it.
Some of the most scientific men in the country have
pronounced it perfect. 1t must be seen to be appre
ciated. Were this valuable invention universally
adopted extensive fires would be thing of the past.
This most valuable invention is now offered to the
public by the subscribers who the General Agents
Tor the State of Maine. They will be happy to show
the Fire and Burglar Alarm at their Office, No. SO
Exchange ST., to any one, whether they want it or
not where testimonials from some of the parties who
have had it put into their buildings may be seen also
recommendations from the leading Insurance Agents
in this city. All orders executed with despatch and
warranted to give satisfaction.


PORT. AND, July 6, 1877


0XNARD & ROBINSON.
iva door
Year: 1877

And for the benefit of their many
customers and the public general
" In this vicinity, will here state
that they have the best selection
of goods, and the lowest prices
ever offered i'm this market. They
wish it distinctly understood that
they will not be undersold either
by home or. foreign competition.
lais "A cordial invitation is extended to-
all, to call and examine goods and
T1pIRf1S





% $50 q
Year: 1877

ME the undersigned beg leave to in
w form you that we have associated
ourselves together in the Mercantile bus
mess at KNOXVILLE, and have re-
turned from the city with full line OF
Goods which we have now opened and
invite your examination. We propose to
sell Goods upon the closest living profit
for the cash or trade, excepting only
those who deal regularly and pay prompt
ly, upon thirty, sixty and ninety days
time. We cannot do business upon the
old system of twelve months time. Both
duty and interest to ourselves, as well as
our customers, forbid it. We hope, BY
strict attention to business, an earnest
desire to please and give satisfaction, to
merit and receive your support.


All kinds of marketing, including corn,
received in exchange for goods.


Respectfully.


MELVIN & STRIDER.
Unionville, Nov.3, 1877. II
Year: 1877

tunately there was a skeptical doc
torin the neighborhood who desired
to examine Riviere, but on the day
fixed for the examination the happy
Lilgrim was nowhere to be found.
This sudden disappearance was
about to be attributed to another
miracle when he suddenly turned up
between a brace of gensdarmes who
had arrested him for swindling.
1t then came out that he was very
old offender, and had feigned the
infrmities with the object of i'm
posing on public credulity and
charity; in short, he was a profes-
sional beggar.
Year: 1877

l. That upon our Annual Carnival visit
all political strife shall cease and ger tie har-
mohy prevail am0ng our subjects


u.-That We will enter aud take possession
Of our good city Of Memphis, at high noon on
Year: 1877

The State Grange held successful
session st Fsirmont this week, the pro-
ceedings of which have been printed in
the REGISTER from day to day. The or
der is claimed to be in good condition in
the State. It's membership is not more
numerous than it was one yesr ago, but
it has been improved in character. The
order is doing much better work than
ever before, IN the interest manifested IN
the successful management of county
fairs. in education enterprises and busl-
ness projects. The Grange has men,
bership of 5000 earnest, intelligent farm.
ers, and its influence for good will be
sensibly felt in the affairs of the State.
Year: 1877

went down to Windsor Castle by n
special train previous to the council, and
spent two hours with the Queen. 1t is
believed that he isvors war, and at once
although most of his colleagues and the
country at large are not prepared to 90
so far. Hence further
Year: 1877

whose name We are not at liberty 10 quote,
says tonight: Within two weeks after
Congress assemblies following the holiday
recess Hayes will either make terms with
the Republicans who sutsgonize him or
he will be forced to make his bed IN the
Democratic camp. We are done with
trifing; We must either say tothe Demo-
Gratis take this man, whom we repudiate
in office as yours, or force Us to abandon


him, whom you SAID before he was in
sngursted thst he was fraud, and whom
you still believe to be one, but use him
for the selfish purpose of gratifying your
Year: 1877

Implies that the National representa-
tives are not to be allowed to express
their sentiments in Parliament until the
Premier has had more time for such In
diyidual executive action Ms may
Year: 1877

One would think that, cold and dread
full as the Arctic regions are known to
be, the inhabitants would need every
comfort that could be imagined in the
way of q. house. But no. The first
thing the Esquimaux does in his home
building is to clear away the snow and
ice from a spot of ground of the right
size for his house. This he makes as
smooth as he can, leaving one end
little higher than the other. The
higher end is to serve as parlor and bed


room; the lower as workshop and
kitchen. Around this cleared spot of
earth blocks of hard frozen snow are
laid in such fashion that they form
low reundvroof, resembling in, shape
the half of a hollow ball. By way of q
window, a small square of rather thin
and clear ice is set into the wall. On
the side of the house -least exposed to
wind is long and very low passage
way leading to. the open air. This
passage is so low that the inmates of
the house have to crawl
through it on their hands and
knees. The door is only loose block
of snow. These huts do not appear to


be very charming residences, but there
are two good things about them. One
is, that the high winds of that desolate
region can not, possibly blow a hut
over, though they may bury it in snow;
the. other good thing is, that no one hat
can be lived i'll longer than
seasons j.; The '79poor Esquimaux.
are, unfortunately, "a very
dirty people, and if they lived ever so
long in one house they would never
clean it. But the ssnow-house finally
cleans itself in the mestthereugh man
ner, for as soon as the warm days of
summer. come it melts away, and its in
mate must set about building a seal
skin tent that will shelter them till win
ter comes again.-St. Nicholas for Jass,s-
arg. ~.: a-79 sa:sa.l guf tpa.. .s..,
Year: 1877

Every one has noticed the dark spots
which mottle the surface of the full moon.
L hese long ago used to be considered
seas, and in the geography OF the lunar
orb went under such names as the Sea
of Tranquility, the Sea of Nectar, the
Sea of Serenity, the Sea of Ruins, and
the Ocean of Tempests. They are still
designated seas by astronomers, for
convenience sake, but are known to be
nothing but vast plains hemmed in, in
some cases, by lofty rugged mountains.
When examined through the telescope
some of these plains exhibit a greenish
tint, strongly marked, but here and
there difficult to catch except under
favorable conditions. This verdant hue
has excited speculation. If the moon
has no atmosphere and no water it may
arise from the color of the ground, but
certainly can not indicate vegetation.
Ii, however, the moon has an atmos-
phere the case is entirely altered, and
recent studies OF the state of the lunar
surface have excited grave doubts as to
its being nothing but an airless, water
less, unalterable desert, a changeless
mass of dead matter. An American
scientific cotemporary proceeds boldly
from doubt 30 certainty. ''The moon,"
it observes, sis now known to have an
atmosphere of considerable volume and
density, to present abundant evidence
of physical activity and change,
and to have in all probability water
enough to make life easily possibleaon
its surface. The moon is dying, but
not dead. Being SO much smaller than
the earth it has run its course more
rapidly, but it is still good way off
from that goal of ultimate deafness to
which so many astronomers have theo-
retically assigned it. There is not the
slightest adequate evidence, Nelson
says, of the popular view of want of
life, and its truth would be admitted by
no astronomer who had devoted suffi-
cient attention to selenography to ena-
BILE him to thoroughly realize the prob
able present condition of the moon"
If such is the case, the green-tinted
plains may be nothing bat vast grassy
regions covered with flocks and herds.
The "man in the moon'' may have
abundant pasturage for his cattle, and
many shepherd-boy may be there seat
ed on the ground, piping as though he
should never grow old. 1t is pity we
can only speculate. Reality is true
romance, and if we knew all that goes
on in the moon, astronomers would
probably shut up their books and break
their eiescopes.-Cassel's Magazine.
Year: 1877

been there and left good proof thereof
And another thing, let none omit seeing
it because of the roughness of the last
half of the climb. For the view from
1000 feet below the extreme point of
peak transcends all that most mortals
would wish to see, and few ever accom-
plish.
Year: 1877

IT is said that Senator p ATTERsoN pro-
poses to return to South Carolina in January
and make arrangements for his trial and ad-
mission to bail. He says he believes that
there is change in public sentiment there,
which will insure him fair trial.
Year: 1877

Tho caucussng Tor President Of the Common Coun.
Gil, both democratic and republican, has been
tive during the past week. To-day the organization
will be effected The democrats in have chosen
as thcir nominee for President Robert Black OF tho
Fourth ward The democrats have majority Of one
IN the Common Council and they expect, therefore, 10
control tho appointments In The interests of their
party. Tho republican choice Tor President OF tho
Board Is Alderman Fisher. OF the Twenty third ward
Alderman Acker OF the sixteenth ward denies that he
has sold out to tho democrnts, as reported
Year: 1877

could most admire IN the was the deep under
tone OF religious feeling which manifest Not
withstanding Mr. Beecher had said an unkind thing IN
that respect he was man and square
In his dealings and he had tender heart and deep
consciousness OF his responsibility to God. No doubt
liberality OF his appropriations In behalf OF the city
In regard TO himself he showed during his last SICK
ness simple, chdliKe trust that all would be well
with bin, which was most touching In such a man.
Bound up apparently, in business concerns, he could
upon .Snrs ,ha, we're mnsrisb.he rcnea,ina the
familiar hymns Of the Church like litte child In
that spirit OF trust God and entire submission 10 His
will the grcat 6nancier patiently waited for death to
come, and finally yielded up spirit void OF offence TO
God or man.
Year: 1877

The natural effect of the high price
of sugar, consequent upon the Cuban
troubles, and the restOi alton of good
government and public confidence in
Louisiana, is extensive plantation i'm
provement throughout the whole
State. Never before, in the entire
history of Louisiana, was the pros
peet for the sugar interest so promis-
ing as now. Tie only drawback at
present is the scarcity of labor, but
that will be rapidly overcome BIZ the
influx of white immigrants-fOr this
class ARE this very year to turn their
attention to view Louisiana, which
offers better Inducements to working
men than any other State in the Union.


The acreage in cane has been much
increased this year, and next season
it will be still more largely SO. We
base our assertion upon the fact that
sugar lands are every where in de-
mand, aud many new sugar-house
are now being erected, and others,
which have been idle for wears, are
being repaired, ready for taking off a
crop this fall.


Thus the good work of redeeming
the sugar interest of Louisiana has
fairly begun, and we predict that IN
less than five years the crop will he
double that Of 1876, and within ten
years it will be larger than ever be-
fore III our most prosperous days.
Year: 1877

DoN'r PAy.-Mr. Stacy will with
draw the streamcr Zephyr from the
Port Townsend route to-day and tie
her up for few days. when be will
probably decide to put her on some
other route. After giving this route s
fair trial he has decided tha. there is no
money in it, and as he don't propose TO
run his boat fof glory, he has decided
to withdraw her. The rumor aheut an
interes, in the Zephyr having been sold
is in orrec,. and there Is. further, no
prospect of any interest la her being
sold 10 any parties,
Year: 1877

Tux ASTORIA FIRE The loss from
the FIRE az Astoria is estimated Ut SEQ
600 Had it not been for change in
the wind. il is thought all the business
part of the town would have been de-
s,rayed
Year: 1877

A few weeks ago, q gentleman In
Brooklyn, while sitting in his psrlor in
the evening, was called by the servant
girl TO drive dog away which was lying
on the window sill when she went to
close the shutters. The gentleman's wife
accompanied him to the kitchen,
and, taking a fancy to the dog-for
il was handsome little animal-begged
that it be taken into the house. The
gentleman put forth his hand and gently
attempting to lift it inside was
snapped at by the dog for his pains.
The dogs teeth caught through the loose
piece of flesh between the thumb and
fore-6nger, larceratlng it somewhat.
The gentleman Immediately repaired to
his physician, and had the wound csu-
terlzed. The dog showed no signs of
being mad, yet in two weeks time the
gentleman died horrible death rom
hydrophobis.


In another part Of the REGISTER we
print an article from the Cincinnati
Commercial, detailing furious attack
made upon little girl by family pet
dog which had grown up with the child
and had been as fond of it, apparently, as
if it had been a twin. brother. The
ferocious brute, for no visible cause,
bounced upon the child with the savage
ferocity of tiger and would bave utterly
torn her to pieces had not relief been
near at hand. AS it was the child has
probably died ere this from its wounds


The question is, have we any use tor
these brutes that will compensate US for
the risk we run in having them swarm
ing so thickly among US? The WAR that
is everywhere being waged against the
Spitz dog shoul! probably take wider
range. That miserable mon grel may be
as he is represented, ga bad haired dog,
but he does not stand alone in that cata-
CORY.
Year: 1877

BERLIN, March 23.-Some of the more
advanced newspapers couple their loyal
greetings with the west that the En-
peror may witness the speedy recovery
of the nation from the melancholy OF the
present commercial and financial crisis.
1t Is unfortunately too true that the de-
preston of trade had assumed serious
proportions.
Year: 1877

1t is wondrous advantage to man, in every
pursuit or vocation, to secure an adviser in
sensible woman. In woman there is at once
subtle delicacy Of tact and plain soundness
of judgement which are rarely combined ts
al equal degree in man. A woman, if she be
really your friend, will have sensible regard
for your character, honor and repute. She
will seldom counsel you to do q shabby
thing, for woman friend always desires to
be proud of ysu. AT the same time, hsr con-
stitational timidity makes her more cautious
than your male friend. She, therefore. sell
dom eounsels you to do an imPrudent thing.
A man's best female friend is wife of go~d
sapsa and heart
Year: 1877

Nothing can be done by any one who does
not care enough for the matter to take a good
deal Of trouble to get what he wants., and to
those who insist so warmly that house can
not be made pretty and attractive without
money, venture to insist as warmly that
money is the least important element in the
business. Taste and contrivance are of far
NOR. importance than money; and of all the
attractive houses that it has been my good
fortune to see, by far the greater number
have owed their attractiveness to the taste
and to the ingenuity of their owners rather
than TO their long purses A person with no
need to think about the cost of anything may
go into Cottier's rooms and buy and order
right and left, and give the house commission
to decorate and furnish, and upholster, and
oil his cabinets with ''old blue" and never
spare for cost, and when all is done, nobody
who comes to visit him shall say, GLOW
beautiful this is How interestingl What
taste you have!" but only, ''Oh, then, see
Cottier has been with you'll" There his SIM
ply been transfer of goods frcm one show
place to another


The truth is, we are depending too much in
these days on furniture and bric-a-brac for
the ornament of our houses, and not enough
on things more permanently interesting We
We ought to seek Cat lesst so it seems to me)
the individual expression of ourselves, of our
own family life, our own ways of living,
thinking, acting, more than tie doing as other
people are doing, more than the having what
other people are having. am not in for a
tilt against fashion; fashionable people may
do what they like; 'twere vain to say them
nay. They may buy embossed brass coal
scuttles and put them in the middle of their
parlor hearths m front of dummy fire-places,
neither coal-scuttle nor fire place ever having
been intended to be used; they may put china
cats nursing their kittens on their satin sofas,
and enjoy their being taken for real ones by
old beans and maiden ladies; they may put ar
tifcial flowers in garden-boxes ia their win
dows; they may do anything that comes into
their nonsensical pretty heads, and all we
shall have to say about it is what old Mrs.
C. said after some stylish girls had been
s'going on" and Showing off" their new
tangled dress and airs: ''Row nice it is of 'em
to do 80. dear ~ Clarence Cook, Scribner
for May.
Year: 1877

1t is well for mortal man, that God in His infinite
wisdom, gave him no knowledge of the future. Had
it been otherwise this world would have been
of unmitgated anguish. As it is, every day only
bring its heartaehes to some and happiness to 9th
ers; vet we must bear in mind, that all pleasure
brings with it pang, be it more or less and only
live to realize how transient all earthly joys If
we had hope of future, where perfect happiness
can be found, our life would almost seem failure.
God has given His promise that we shall find rest
with Him and the angels in Heaven, after the weary
pilgrimage of life is over, If We are faithful.


And the sorrowing mother at midnight, rocking her
fevers babe its costly crib thought of that precious
PROMISE and with renewed energy tried to east off
the anxious care that was pressing her down, and
with laid her trials at the feet of her Saviour
asking Him in pleading tones, to help her in this
hour of agony. And where was the one that had
sworn to protect her thrcusk life = At that lonely
midnight hour he had left her to revel with his
panons around the card table, and sink his soul in
degrading drunkenness. Only two Summers had
passed, since he had claimed her for his own, and
took her from the love and care of afectonate pa
rents. Wealth was his; diamonds cleaned in her
jewel case velvet and laces covered broken heart
her idol had been shattered, and she was left, that
stormy night, to watch and weep over her dying
child; for the Death Angel was already lowering
over that precious little FORM waiting to bear it gen.
ty to the of loving Saviour. Yes the talented
cultured husband had become prey to wine, and it
was dsing its work fearfnlly. AT first he was what
society calls n hgh-toned drinker,' only taking
social glass now and then with friend: but now he
had fallen from that position and we find him
in such condition, that wife, child, and manhood
were forgotten. But hush. The agony of the moth
era heart is poured out in prayer .Oh. God, pos
sbe let this bitter cup pass by; but If it must bef
must give my child to Thy care-may it be the
means of restoring my husband to me; and ere it is
too late let him see the fearful abyss before him.
The husband at the time Of that prayer, was about
to raise another glass of wine to his hps-but God
stayed his hand and thoughts Of home and wife came
struggling to his bewildered mind He arose, stag
gered to the door, bidding his companions goodnight
and never entered there again He bent his footsteps
towards his home-conscience was doing its work
the prayer of that young wife was ansvsred-he
reached home in time to press one long kiss ON his
goldenhaired boys lips, they were sealed forever


in death God claimed the child and saved the father
Who say there is no power in prayeri And yet,
some will say that he was saved at fearful price.
We will admit this; but how much better our Re
deemer guide the mind and actions of each Of us


and bring ont all things wisely, than we can possibly
do it for ourselves. j..