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Year: 1877

Gov. DREW ASSURANCE TO TIE COL
oRED PEoPLE.-In his inaugural address.
Governor Drew, OF Florida, referring. to
10 the freedmen, said:


"Reilecting upon the past only as a
guide for the future, let us endeavor to
bring about an era of good feeling be-
tween all classes, and build up the pros
perlty OF Florida by the combined efforts
OF her entire population. a large portion
OF that population recently enfranchised
have been taught to feel .solicitious of the
continuance oftheir newly-acquired rights
II the party Of which | have been the
honored candidate came into possession of
our State government. Their fears are
groundless, and our colored fellow-citi-
lens may finally rest assured that their
rights as guaranteed by the constitution
will be fully Sustained. 1t is both our
wish and our interest to protect them in all
their rights, and to bring about the kind
est feelings between the races. As the ex-
ecutiVe OF this State | shall exhaust every
legal and constitutional remedy for the
protection of the rights, the life and
liberty of every citizen. feeling that
such course is my highest duty, and
most condutlve to the prosperity of the
State. A Northern man by birth, Uni
on man from principle, | recognize that
the Democracy of Florida in placing me
IN this position, demonstrate their desire
Tor true and fIaternal union of all sect
ions OF our common country. That such
union may be firmly established and
ever remain, peaceful, prosperous and
happy, is the hope ofevery patriot"
Year: 1877

LET DELAWARE Do HER DUTY.-
We feel sure the sentiments of Gov.
Cochran will cause him to regret that the
laws Of the State impose the duty upon
him; but, nevertheless, we doubt whether
ne will be able to permit the parties to
The Bennett-May duel to escape entirely
The punishment which they have subject
ed themselves to by invading our borders
with the avowed intention of breaking
our laws and shedding blood. Duelling
IN Delaware is unlawful, and although
The punishment is not so great as in some
other States, the ofiense is the same, and
our people will expect that strangers will
not be allowed to set our statute aside
with impunity.


THE DELAWARE LAW on DWELLING.


The following, from the Revised
Statutes of Delaware, relates to duel
ling


''Sec. l6. Every person who shall, by
written or verbal message, challenge any
other person to fight duel with any
deadly weapon; or shall accept such chai.
Ienge; or shall knowingly bear or deliver
such challenge; or who shall be engaged
n or shall fight such duel or shall be
the aid, or second to either party in such
duel whether the same be fought OF
not; or shall encourage or abet the fight
ing of such duel, shall be deemed guilty
OF a misdemeanor, and shall be fined 81.
600, shall be imprisoned for three months
and shall be for ever disqualified and in
capable of holding a seat in the Genera
Assembly, or any office of honor, trust
or profit in this State
Year: 1877

Ex-senator Trumbull remarked the
other day that if the truth about Louisi-
ana ever comes out he believes it will be
found that there were more murders,
more scourgings, more whippings and
more abuse of colored men by their own
race for voting the Democratic ticket than
Of colored persons by whites for voting
the Reput lican ticket.
Year: 1877

This is the story to illustrate the posi-
bilities of the Colorado Desert: "Some
three years ago a wandering home hun
ter, having sold out his rude homestead
in Los Angeles county, rugged up team
with good supply of yearling nursery
trees, seeds, etc, intending to go to
Arizona, with his wife and two children.
His way was through this desert. Rest
ing one day to recruit his horses where a
few bushes offered browsing, his children
amused themselves digging hole. The
mother noticed that the loan sand was
moist. In a few minutes she drove a
crowbar down four feet below the hole
and struck water A wisp of straw in
serted brought up by capillary attraction
enough to prove the water good and to
quench thirst. Next day they dug a
well and at six feet found water plenty
on the third day. If this miserable soil
would grow anything we might squat
here, said they. While debating green
spot appeared. 1t was the horses oats
and hay seed which, with spilled water
had grown to lively green on the fourth
day. Where oats and grass grow every
thing will grow; let us pitch our tent
right here And they did so. Very
rude culture, with water, gave them in
sixty days vegetable enough to support
them for year. From this rude begin
ming see now, August, 1877, how quickly
industry with trifing coin can realize a
luxuriant home in climate which
knows no winter, and where vegetable
growth is as active in December as in
beaches b and drf2dX balanhass nhs h1 Italia clover he
cuts every month. Stacks of hay, cows,
sheep, pigs and fowl make it look like a
rich farm long established.
Year: 1877

As wriser in the London Lancet re-
marks, few people know the value of
lemon Juice. A piece of lemon bound
upon corn will cure it in few days; it
should be renewed night and morning.
A free use of lemon juice and sugar will
always relieve a cough. Most people
feel poorly in the spring, but if they
would eat lemon before breakfast every
day for a week-with or without sugar,
as they like-they would find it better
than any medicine. Lemon juice used
according to this recipe will sometimes
cure consumption: Put dozen lemons
into cold water and slowly bring to a
boil; boil slowly until the lemons are
soft, but not to soft, then squeeze until
all the juice is extracted, add sugar to
your taste, and drink. In this way use
one dozen lemons a day. If they cause
pain, or loosen the bowels too much, les
sen the quantity and use only five or six
day until you are better, and then be-
gin again with dozen a day. After
using five or six dozen, the patient will
begin to gain flesh and enjoy food. Hold
freely several weeks more. Another use
of lemons is for refreshing drink in
summer, or in sickness at any time. Pre-
pare as directed above and add water and
sugar. But in order to have this keep
well, after boiling the lemons, queeze
them and strain carefully; then to every
half pint of juice add one pound of loaf
or crushed sugar, boil and stir few min
utes more until the sugar is dissolved,
skim carefully, and bottle. You will
get more juice from the lemons by boil
ing them, and the preparation keep bet
rte
Year: 1877

in her armor, armament, or machinery to fit
her for sea-going, and offensive or defensive
operation.


ESTIMATES for the support of the army
for the present fiscal year have been pre-
pared by the War Department and sent to
the Treasury Department, which will trans
nit them to Congress at the extra session.
These are the only estimates to be sent in.


SHOULD Mexico succeed in preventing
boarder raids, of which complaint is made,
our government will recognize Mr.. Mata as
representative of that Republic, thus resum-
ing diplomatic relations between the two
governments.


The case of the vessel Edward Lee,
supposed to have been fired upon by Span
ish war vessel near the southern coast of
Cuba, has been brought to the attention of
the department of State. Inquiry thus far
has not shown any foundation for the alle-
CATION in the case of the Lee.
Year: 1877

A YOUNG gentleman attached to a
western paser went to hear Miss Abbott
sing, and this is the way it affected him !:
" Miss Abbott is beautiful as an angel,
and was dressed in green. Her voice is
grooming her only babe to sleep, and
strong as a tempest when it roars in the
forest and smashes the monarchs of the
woody wales. Listening to her, the soul
is lifted ON the wings of infinite joy, and
scars INTO the realms of eternal glory.
When she ceased singing We fell back
again to earth, and were as stunned by
the conclusion as though me had fallen
from the topof four story house or been
hit in the stomach by 3 mule"
Year: 1877

The Shellpot Literary Society which has
been holding regular meeting for the past
two months is no more. On Wednesday
night last member quarrellcd with the
President, who 1t is said spoke three differ
ent times in the debate, which was against
tho rules. We hope this Ill feeling will not
last long; a. tic society aid much good.
Year: 1877

GATHERING COCuANUTS. .-COcoanut for
rests of thousands of acres are spread over
the plain back of Gale. The tIees run up
without knot or limb from thirty to eighty
\ matured tree is only about one foot to
foot and a half in circumference at the
the way up. How is the fruit gathered at
such hight? The coolies climb these
trees like squirrels; they place rope
around the legs near the ankles so as to
holj them in position around the Tree, and
then without a spur or other artificial help,
thy climb up with astonishing CELEBRITY,
gather the fruit and drop it on the ground.
A single tree produces about dozen cocoa
nuts and the coolie harvester is allowed
one for gathering the fruit of each tree
These co1oanuts forests are really beautiful,
presenting symmetrical growth, graceful
propo, tons and charming shade. The
fruia itself with inclosed milk affords
healthfui food and cooling drink: it is a
source of considerable revenue from sx.
post; the fibre of the she'll is largely utl-
izsd for the manufactory Of cloth and rope.
Next to coffee, the cocoanut is the most
important and valuable product on this
is,and.-Troy Times.
Year: 1877

"A little cutting affair took place on
the corner near Bengston's drug store
yesterday, in which James Garen received
a slight wound in the fore arm from knife
in the hands OF boy named Hurley, whom
he was teasing and whom, it is said. be
had slapped in the face--no complaint and
no arrests.
Year: 1877

Mr.. Darwin, in writing or the cab
sence of White Color in Animals" :"
mentions a poisonous plant growing
in Virginia which kills white haired
swine but does not kill those with
black hair DR.. O5le says in expla-
nation Of the fact that there is no
evidence that the black swine cat the
plant, and that. as a matter OF fact,
the white swine, because they are not
supplied with certain black pigment
necessary to the possession Of taste
and smell, ore efficient in both tastes,
ard are therefore unable to discrimi-
nate between poisonous and non
poisonous plants. They therefore
eat poisonous plants which the black
pigs, with better taste, refuse to eat
A correspondent of the Scientific
American writes TO say that he does
not know anything about the effects
Of poisonous plants on the pigs Of
Virginia, but in Florida upon which
black hogs fatten, While Those with
white loofs after eating it become
lame and their hoofs dlep off. He
says that. ''if a hog has three black
hoofs and one white, the white one
will fall off, and leaves us to con
clude that the black hoofs will stay
on. These hog stories have now adj
vanced far enough. to make it worth
while for some one to make very sure
of the facts before undertaking to
explain them.
Year: 1877

This law was amended by She last
Legislature. As it now stands. crops
RAISED on rented land, shall be held in
possession of the owner of the land
until rents are paid, unless the parties
should make different agreement in
the bargain. The lien on the crop
also holds until the advancements for
making and saving the crop are paid,
and the renter or cropper shall not
remove the crop without the consent
of the owner until the said claims are
paid. When the land owner refuses
after five days notice to have set
Element and pay over to the tenant
his share, the renter shall be entitled
to recover his part by action upon g
claim for tue delivery of personal
property. In cases of appeal, the
party holding the property shall give
security.
Year: 1877

MACHINE POLIrIcIANS.-THES San Fran
cisco Examiner realizes that the radical
party does not monopOlize all the rascality
in the country, and is free to admit that
the democrats have their full share of
machine politicians. The truth is that the
democratic party has, Just as well as the
radical, its machine and its engineers, a
large, well disciplined and formidable or
ganization of office holders and office-seek-
,ers. 1t matters very little that the policy
and principles of the party are sonndsand
cOmmendable if it is to be managed by the
ward-bummer and the wire worker who
preach reform with the glibness of parrots,
and who practice bribery and corruption
with the expertness Of thieves. If the
party is ever to do any thing really valua-
bic and permanent: hereafter, it must be-
gin by purifying its own ranks and antici-
pating its enemies in the work of reform
ing its administration In order that this
may be done the more efectually, it would
be well to lay aside that coarse, unmean-
ing vituperation which passes current in
certain vulgar quarters for. wit and wis
dom, and which is the whole stock in
trade of minor politicians on the stump.
We Recommend the substitution of graver
and calmer tone, greater economy IN the
use of snper,atives and less III the state
ment of facts.
Year: 1877

TERRITORIAL PRIsoNERs--A PROPOSE
ton has been submitted to the legislature
of Washington territory by Mr.. William
Billings, sheriff of Thurston county, IN
which he offers to take and keep the Grim
inals of the territory during the next SIX
years He proposes TO erect suitable
prison at OF near Olympia, and will put
all the prisoners at work. Under the pres
ent management there Is no organized
system of prison industry, and the con-
victs are idle the greater part of the time.
At the end Of six years he would turn the
establishment over to the territory at
fair valuation for the property, should the
legislature see fit to purchase it He claims
that at the termination of this period the
prisoners would be almost self-supporting,
and thereafter could he carried on with
out much cost to the territory During
the term Of his contract he would require
the territory to pay him seventy-fve cents
a day for keeping each prisoner. At pres
ent most Of them are confined IN county
jails, and the territory pays eighty-hve
cents day for keeking them. William
Billings undertakes to show that accept
hnce of his plan would save the territory
81, 600 in six years on the present num-
ber of criminals, and that it is reasonable
to suppose the number will be much in
creased, owing to the rapid growth of the
population of the territory.-Orrgonian.
Year: 1877

GENERAL HOwARD'S RErURS.-General
Howard is on his way back from the Indi-
an war, having gained very little by his
campaign, either in results or reputation.
While We have carefully refrained from
joining in the chorus of clamorous fault
finders who pursued this officer almost
from the beginning, and discounted his
failures in abuse before they had occurred,
it is tolerably evident now that he was not
the right man in the right place in the
Nez Perce war, and that had it not been
for the energy and persistence of Colonel
Miles, the Indians would almost certainly
have been on the warpath yet While
disposed to make every allowance for the
scantiness of his equipment and the diff
culties of the pursuit, the fact seems in
disputable that Howard signally failed
where his subordinates have succeeded,
and that this success was not due to any
sagacity or provision on his part--Sae.
Union Record
Year: 1877

TaE PRESIDENTS NOMINATIONS. The
Inter Oceaa-a staunch republican paper
which is not staunch supporter of the
present administration that
the senate will refuse to confirm democrats
whom the president has nominated in the
Southern states. Their reasons for this
course are, that Southern republicans and


the colOred race have lost every means OF
defence and protection except that federal
courts, and that they intend to insist that
the officers of these courts shall be men
whose loyalty to the cause of human free
dom can be relied on, If the republican
majority in the senate can remain un-
broken in such a contest, their purpose
can be carried out But if two or three


republicans should fall away, the demo-
cratic senators, who would probably sup
port the president on such an issue, wonld
make up the required majority. 1t is not
by any means certain that democratic SEN
ators would vote to confirm the president S
nomination on an issue involving a sena-
tors right to voice in the selection, but
they probably would if the politics of the
nominee was made the basis of objection.
Year: 1877

The AKsr Bill Whatever else the
democrats in congress may do in in regard
~ army matters, it is hoped they will de.
FEAT every measure to increase its person.
mel With the Indian troubles generally
composed, and the reign of peace in every
portion of the Union, there is no reason
Why the army should be increased. So
far as possible troubles with Mexico are
concerned, if the army is not large enough
to do the work which shall be required
IN the event of war with that republic,
. call for volunteers would be responded
to with such alacrity as to quickly bring a
force far in excess OF that required into
the fed. The trouble would be not in
recruiting. but In selecting, from all that
offered, which companies or regiments to
enlist and employ. Under no possible cir
cumstances does the country need an in.
crease of the regular army
Year: 1877

AGAINST THE School SYSrEM.-The
public schools are not SO popular in Geor-
gia as in most other parts Of the Country.
Judge Gibson, IN his charge to the grand
jury of the superior court of Richmond
county, in that state, told them lit was
well to inquire whether system which
levies an annual tax of S25 900 for educa-
ton is right at all" The Judge thought
there were "too many educated mendi-
cants Ill the country now" Said he : Give
me the man who studies at night by the
light of lishtwood knot, and ! will show
yon man. This thing of people living
on their fathers OF mothers, or what some
relative has left them, won't do. The
time will come when all this will be ston-
ped and every man will have to live by
his own honest work.
Year: 1877

How SHALL WE ELECT Our PRESIDENTS
Efforts will be made by this Congress to
80 amend the federal constitution as to avoid
In futs.e the dangers which assai!ed the Re
public last winter: A motion has been made
in the Senate to appoint committee of able
and experienced men to devise and digest a
plan, and Mr. Springer. OF the house, has al
ready matured plan of his own which he
will soon present
Year: 1877

SrEAL'NG TaUN3ER.-Theu unfair thing
about Hayes is that he has appropriated
democratic thunder and has not the man.
liness to give credit. We do not object
to his Southern Cancellation policy, as it
is called in force, but he ought to have
honesty enough to admit that his adoption
of it was due, not to his own original con-
victions, but from necessity
Year: 1877

COMING RETlIBUTION.-"Ju Justice tray-
els with leaden heel but strikes with an
iron hand. Wait till the food-ga is lift
ed, and full head Of water comes rushing
on. Wait ard you will see fine grind
ing then" Thus spoke Judge Black in
his speech before the electoral commis-
sion.
Year: 1877

First horse three hundred, 81 horse one hundred
"a The Trotting to be governed by the Rules of
the National Association. Running to be governed


by the Pacific Jockey Club Running Rules. Entrance


10 per cent for all the above purses Three to enter
and three TO start in all the above races
eSg- In the event of bad weather the Proprietor


reserves the right to postpone until it is fair. The
Gate and Grand Stand free to all ladies'
45-5w c. S. BUSH, Proprietor.
Year: 1877

NJ. THEIRS is about issuing apolitical man
ifesto to the French people. Already sort of
table of contents has appeared in one of the
Paris journals. He will point out how-as
he predicted-the Empire declined from the
time of the Mexican expedition; he will urge
that clerical and anti-Republcan party is
unsuited to France and to Frenchmen; he
will urge that the Assembly must be elected
in three months at the outside from the day
on which it was dissolved; he will deny the
right claimed by President Mcmahon and his
Ministers to proclaim aHstate of siege in the
departments when the National Assembly is
not sitting 1t is further declared that, by
M. Thiers' advice, series of actions for Libel
will be commenced by ex-deputies and exist
ing Senators of the Republican party against
the journals in the pay of the government.
A great deal of political and personal calum-
ny has been INDUCED in by these journals,
under the protection of the government, and
it is to be seen whether this can be done with
impunity.
Year: 1877

The amount of popular subscriptions to
est estimates of the most sanguine, and
reaches nearly seventy million dollars. 1t
will not compare unfavorably, considering all
circumstances, with the surprising popular
subscriptions to the French loan, after the
Franco-German war. The amount is greatly
less, as our amount of surplus funds lis less,
but the readiness with which the loan was
taken shows that our people have as strong a
faith in home credit as do our old allies across
the sea. The success of the new four per
cents, is conclusive evidence that the great
majority of the Americans entertain no fear
that the plans of the greenback infationists
or Of the advocates of unlimited silver coin
age will ever be carried into effect. 1t is un-
derstood that the Treasury in placing this
loan upon the market has taken its first step
toward resumption in 1879, and the amount
and readiness of the subscriptions should
teach it that the step is heartily approved.


Of late the clamor for silver made by few
in the West has had no inconsiderable infu-


ence upon Secretary Sherman, and rumors
are rife that he contemplates receding from


the position he took soon after his appoint


ment to the head of the Treasury Depart


ment. He should take courage from the suc-
cess of his first step, and not be turned aside
by any resolutions in favor of deprecated
currency which Western conventions in their
madness may pass. The majority OF the
supporters of the administration demand
that the financial plank of the Cincinnati
platform shall not be discarded, and that the
pledge there made shall be carried into effect.
That minority desire to repudiate that
pledge is evident. But the fact that the re-
pudiating minority happen to be majority
in the state of Ohio does not justify the
President or his ministers in disregarding the
promises which secured to him his election.
Year: 1877

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

we 40 not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


we cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used.