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Year: 1878

AS a sweet morsel, those people who
oppose an honest constitution, continual
ly roll under their tongue the stale quid
that the "conventionists" favor the repu-
diation of the State debt and the de-.
struction of the State credit This
char sc made against honest and honor
able men only shows to what desperate
straits these people are reduced, i'll
their loyalty to bad in order to
meet our arguments. In order that this.
charge may not have longer the sem
blance Of IL cotemptuous silence which
it deserves, We desire to state most
emphatically that we are in favor of
the rigorous payment of every dol
lar OF our State in debtedness.-
We accepted the scaling law as a COM.
promise with our creditors, and we in
tend to insist that it shall be maintain
cd TO the payment of tho utmost farth-
ing. This, too, is the sentiment Of our
people, and we call on :dl our contrercs
in favor of a constitutional convection to
give tho lie, for once and all, to this stale
charge of our being repudiationsts.-
Natchitochcs Tindicat0r.
Year: 1878

To oil who are engaged in commercial.
enterprises we would speak all. encour-
aging word, for all omens indicate the
return of brighter days. We believe we
are upon tho eve of an unparalleled pros
perity greater than the history of this or
any other land has ever known. Our
mines CLEAN with golden ores; our fertile
fields stand thick with grain,, our people
are daily becoming more thrifty; active
and intelligent, and to all who are will
ing to toll and labor there will como the
certainty of generous reward. Lea our
rulers be men of wisdom and integrity,
and the land will be peaoeable, prosper
ous and happy.-United States Econo'
mist.
Year: 1878

The people who are always anxious to
bestow confidence in their neighbors are
unmitigated nuisances.' There arc some
things one does not care to know, and it
is great annoyance to have a gossiring
ncighbor insist upon making you the de-.
pository of such unpalatable secrets, and
then, perhaps, going on with series OF
questions intended to worm out of you,
an opinion which you are not disposed to-
give. 1t is equally annoying to have
person of this sort intimate that there is
something "hich he might tell you that
would greatly surprise and grieve you;
but which he will for the present with
hold, out of regard for your feelings. 1t
is also an annoyance and an impertinencc


to be questioned as to your views of GER


tain''matters, it may DO, in tho presence OF
the very people before whom you would


be most unwilling to state yonr opinion.
Year: 1878

The power Of the press rs illustrated by
its average use nowadays is more Of a
power to tear down than to build up. In
other words, the most insignificant journal
in the country can destroy personal reputa-
ton or cast discredit upon any public
measure with greater case than ii can build
up either Que or the other. A sensational
SANDER travels the rounds Of the press with
lightning rapidity and constantly increasing
breadth of circulation, while its contralc-
ton or explanation Is apt 10 bo buried from
general observation in the columns wherein
it is originally made. The people them
selves are to be blamed for this to great
extent, because they show an avidity for
Year: 1878

BEN BUrLER's proctor's fee of Sli2,oOO in
the fARRAGUr prize cases continues TO
bother him. He admits that he received
part of it, but just how much he cannot tell.
Perhaps DICK SpoFroRD or some other one
of his associate horny-hnnded sons Of toll
could jog his memory, for it is understood
that some one of them did all the work
there was done in the case, while BurLER
appeared, in Congress and out of it, as the
attorney ofrccord" But it is really amaz-
ing that bondlcss paupcr like BUTLER
should be pressed to account for his share
of this pittance fplunder. 1t IS nevcrthc-
less reasonable to suppose that poor Jack
Tar, out Of whose prize-moncy this mere
bagntelle was reserved ry the courts, can
explain TO n cent what became of the share
that reached his lily-whitc hands
Year: 1878

The time is fast approaching when the
people Of the North will fully appreciate
the dirciul meaning of Il solid South under
bourbon Confederate control. The currency
question very naturally Uhsorbs much of
their attention now; but the time is al
ready at hand when public speaker can eN-
prcss his fears regarding Confederate aggres-
sion in the Government without incurrinS the
ridicule of u certain class Of thOuGhtlcss, ig-
norant, or designing men who few years
ago would have denounced him rs Il disciple
of the Bloody Shirt In the campaign of
l-79 and 10 some extent in that Of l-16,
the false professions of the Southern BOur-
bOn9 of submission to the war amendments
TO the Constitution were very generally ac-
ccptcd by Northern Republicans rs truthful.
But this has all changed. Suspicion cn-
gcudcrcd by the sudden and mNccounta-
BILE revolution in the political character
of the Southern delegations in Con-
gres, has led TO an investigation OF
its causes and men who so far believed in
the honesty of the profcssed patriotism OF
the cX-rebels rs to accept the Cancellation
policy of the present Administration as law
aud gospel are now foremost in expressions
of distrust and uttcranccs Of solemn warm
! lug ior the future. When Mr., SINGLETON


of Mississippi, declared on the floor OF the
! House his allegiance to his state to he para


mount TO his allegiance to the General Goy'


erumeut, he did more to convert the Comcil


iators to the accepted doctrines Of Stalwar


ism than the murder Of the thousands u
Republican voters in the Southern State
Year: 1878

THEY propose to give the Chinese Em-
bassy public reception on the occasion of
their visit to New York. The pig-tailed
ENJOYS had such pheasant time" in San
Franci5co and Chicago that some rcparation
is due to them. But voc to the political
leader who goes TO the front on this occa-
sion. HERR S'HwAB and other horny
handed sons of toll will see to it that cheap
Chinese labor is not encouraged in the East,
The heathcns don't drink beer.
Year: 1878

AMONG the most serious consequences Of
the yellow fever epidemic in the South is
the consequent partial interruption Of
mail communication through the infected
points. Towns and cities south Of Grenada
have established quarantincs against that
locality, which in effect shut them OH from
all southern bound mails from the entire
North on that line Of railroad. The di,lr-
rangcmcnt Of commercial ailIhs resultant
from this cannot fail to be lasting in its
consequences for evil
Year: 1878

WHEN Senator BLAINE met with an acci-
dent the other day, from which he narrowly
escaped with his life the ilippant press
writers of the country attempted TO amusc
their readers with squibS to the effect that
the announcement was too premature; it
would he forgotten before l-S0, aud all that
sort of stuff We have waited for the echoes
of the mcrrimCnt this wit was expected to
evoke, and waited in vain. But that such
remarks were witty, real witty, no one will
dare to doubt, under pain of o charge Of
being too stupid to sec an evident point in
what were really lot of portlcss jokes.
One or these fine days this kind Of funny
business in the press will strike in, as the
saying iS and some Sclf-conceited parI-
graphcr will find himself impdlcd upon the
stuffed club Of his own dull humOr
Year: 1878




General William s. Harney, of this city,
when q young man, had the reputation Of
being the swiftest runner in the army, a.
well as the best Indian fighter. He was
strict disciplinarian, but not one Of the
"stuck-up" SO common nowadays. He
would often mingle with his men, when not
on duty, and laugh and joke with them ON
terms of familiarity, and went so far at
times as to compete with them in the
exciting sport of foot racing. An impress
sion prevailed at one time that almost any
Indian could outrun white man; but
General Harvey believed that he could beat
any red rascal that wore moccasins, and
whenever he met q warrior who boasted of
his feetness of foot, he took great pleAeur0
in giving him q trial, and always came ont
ahead. Only once did he fail to reach the
Wnnng post n1s
at Fort Winnebago in the winter of 1899,
when Fox river was frozen over and tho
weather was very cold. An Indian had
committed some breach Of the rules Of tho
garrison, for which Harney, then captain,
concluded to administer o fogging. He
always believed in giving every man q fair
chance, white or red, and on this occasion
he conducted the Indian some distance up
the river, and giving him q hundred yards
the start, told him il he reached certain
point without being overtaken be would
escape the nogging. The race was on the
ice, which at some places was thinner than
at others, on account of the formation of
'air- holes" Both men wore moccasinss
and both were stripped and belted for the
race, Harney swinging q cowhide in his
hand, with which he confidently expected
to accelerate the movements of the Winnie
bago on overtaking him. At the word "go'
both started at full speed, the Indian doing
his best to save his hide, and the white
man anxious to preserve his reputation as
a runner. Harvey gained rapidly on the
warrior, and was getting ready to swing
his rawhide, when the cunning savage
made an oblique movement toward spot
where the ice was thin. Being of much
lighter weight than his pursuer, he passed
over the dangerous spot in safety, but as
soon as Harvey stepped upon the thin ice
it was shivered like glass, and down won't
the tall captain, sinking into the cold water
like sea lion. Being good swimmer, .
few strokes brought him to the edge of the
thick ice, and clambering upon it he made
his way to his quarters, spangled with
icicles, and as mad as buffalo bull. He
lost his cowhide in the water, but that was
o small matter, as the Indian never return
ed to the fort while the captain remained
there. Captain Harney's foot-race afforded
cold Twiggs" occasion for many joke,
and it was a long time before be heard the
last of it.
Year: 1878

tent with the circumstances by which
each county may be surrounded. By
this means ample time is given for the
people to ascertain tho fitness and the
competency of the various aspirants
and these in turn are allowed to test
their strength with the masses. If ac'
ceptable men do not present themselves
voluntarily, the people will readily find
the means to bring forward their favor
ties.


A word as to the State Executive
Committee, in this connection. The
"suggestions" and Recommendation"
put forth in regard to primary elections
are simply the embodiment of practical
ideas concerning this system. In no
sense can the propositions laid down be
accepted as mandatory or absolute. The
Democratic clubs. in which repose the
sovereignty of our party organization,
must adopt tho suggestions aud recom-
mendations before they can become
operative and vitalized. The members
of the State Executive Committee feel
that their plain duty has been discharged
in placing this ncw system square'y be-
fore the people for their adoption or re-
lection. It was done in response to mum.
erous enquiries from almost every quar-
ter of the State, and with the presenta-
ton of their conclusions as 10 the best
mode of conducting primary elections,
the duty of the State Executive Com
mittee has ended in this regard. With
respect to other criticisms on their re.
cont action, We will have more to Say
hereafter.
Year: 1878

Is there any joy greater than that
which is experienced by one person
when he helps another person! There
are some men so low down that it is
said they cannot bear to have the sme II
of their clover go into the highway tor
fear that other" folk will get something
that belongs to them without paying for
it; there are some men who are said to
be grudge bees tho honey which they
take from their flowers without leaving
anything behind, but that is doubtless
imaginary. A man whose heart does
not respond 10 au ac. of doing good or
giving happiness is no longer a man,
He has passed the line of manhood and
suvuid bs rynksd sp0uy bss'tt
Year: 1878

W. Il, A Coleman, q citizen Of Honduras, and
who has not been in this city but u very few
days, Tuesday night repaired to the levee md,
at the time being drunk. discharged his pistol


Officer Comfort approached him and asked
him why he was firing off his pistol. He RS.
piled that he was doing 1t for fun. The officer
then attompted to take him prisoner and as
pistol and fired but fortunately without effect.
The officer then seized hold Of his assailants
pistol with one hand, while with the other he
during which Coleman tore tbs officers coat al
most into threads.


At this stage Of the fight Officer flanagan, of
together with Officer Comfort the accused was
landed In the Harbor Station. charged with
shooting with intent to commit murder. While
the officers by offering them s75 apiece to let
them go. which proposition was promptly re-
fused by the officers.
Year: 1878

Ended in Rou.-The Arlington and
Green Stocking Baseball Clubs were to
have engaged in the last Of their series oil
games for the championship Saturday eve.
ming, but soon after the commencement ol
the game it was brought to termination
by some outside interference.
Year: 1878

From JLd!0thian.-A prominent gent'o.
man from thiS section yesterday reported
the feeling in bis section As beng almost
unanimous for General Johnston for Con-
greSs.


More coal is being raised therein lately, and
he does not think the people OF his section
ayerse 10 paying something towards repair
ing the Free bridge, which they all Use
more or less.
Year: 1878

Minor Iopics.-Workmen were engaged
Saturday evening in repairing and strength
ening the south end Of dayo's bridge.


No definite action has as yet been taken
By the Council on the Mayors message in
regard to the deplorable condition Of lower
Hull street.


In the present straitened condition OF
Year: 1878

ORDINANCES AND POLICE REGULATIONS


Of this city would dispel that doubt in this
case Section II Of chapter 81 OF the City
Ordinances edition OF 1879 provides that
..the whole police force shall endeavor to
prevent the commission OF offences in
the city and to preserve the good order
and ceace thereof, and secure its inhabitants
from personal violence aud their property
from loss and injury, and shall generally
have power to do whatever may be neces-
sary TO these ends. Every member of the
force shall earnestly endeavor when any
offence is committed in The city to detect
and arrest the offender, aud strive to en-
force all ordinances prescribing any tine or
punishment for, and all acts OF Assembly
relating to, offences in the city or the pc
lice thereon. Although an officer or police
man he applied to 1ohen 1t is not hts time for
regular duty, he shall, upon application
whether In the day or night, dc all that the
emergency requires . And section is pro-
Year: 1878

Ex-GOvEENoR HoRATo SEYMOUR, in an
address to a DAiryman's Association at
Utica, few days since, proffered some
sound advice on the subject of hard times,
saying: The times are bad enough, and
they are beyond our control. Let us not
waste our time repining at these facts, but
combine our energies to bring back again
prosperity to the country. We are not
suffering because we are deprived Of the
elements Of success. but because we lack
the industry and virtue requisite to that
success. The American people should earn
their substance by labor and industry, and
not by the hazards of speculation"
Year: 1878

vote OF As to 81, thus giving the bill more
than a two-thirds vote. The principal
amendment adopted was the striking out
OF the free coinage clause Of the Bland bill.
and the insertion of the Senate finance
committees amendment, limiting the pur.
chase of silver bullion to $4,000, 900 worth
per month. and giving the government the
profit on the coinage; another amendment
adopted provides for an international con-


ference of the silver.mining nations to de.
eide, if possible, on a uniform basis of rela.
tive valuation in silver and gold, and still
another amendment authorizes the issue of
silver certificates in exchange for silver coin
in sums of not less than ten dollars. These
amendments will send the bill back to the
House, which will likely accept the bill as
amended. The provision for an inter,
national commission, after the coinage has
been issued, looks like placing the cart be.
fore the horse.


With all their professed devotion to the
dollar of the fathers, if that paternal and
patriotic coin should be restored to lust
what it was when ii was dropped-
worth los cents in gold so as to make
gold the actual and single standard-they
would have none Of it. Even the cautious
Senator Jones was betrayed into saying on
Saturday morning that he wanted gold to
be driven out of the country. That is
what they all want. Now, if the silver law
should turn out to be not so bad as it seems.
the reputation party would not let the
financial question rest. Failing in their
metallic scheme of depreciation and inlla.
tion, they would turn to paper money
again and clamor for the renewed activity !
of, the Government note printing press |
This is the real object Of most Of them.
Year: 1878

The maximum limit fixed in the silver
bill for the new dollar coins is 100000
per month, or S4S,O00OO0 per year. At
this rate it will take four years to replace
the gold coin driven from the country with
out adding dollar to the volume of cur.
rency and long before that time we should
have been on specie basis, with no dis.
turbinG financial element and doubtless in
a state of renewed business prosperity as
before the war. Can the new issue promise
such results
Year: 1878

YOU to your child but in words OF re-
spect and affection, Though she always
spoke sfysu as dead


MY chile! You know my child"


Il know and lsve her. Do you not
guess, Uncle George, where l saw that
bracelet whose duplicate l. recognized
at once, whose face is living copy Of
the one in your locket' Must tell you
adopted daughters gssd fortune, but
consoled herself with the thought that
Ada must have left her to be Hilton's
wife. and after all, they would still be
neighbers.


But she would not give her up until
after q most brilliant wedding, and
George Hilton only welcomed bis
daughter to her home when he also
gave tender greeting to Hilton's vile
Year: 1878

A Bergen man pleasantly sat down to
breakfast, and his loving wife said:
Darling. does your head ache' He re-
piled with sufficient dignity, No, why
do you ask me?' And she said back,
We'll, dear, you came home at three
o'clock this morning and as you couldn't
hang your hat on the rack, you put the
rack on the floor, and said you'd hang
every hat in the house on it. and, and
7 thought your head might ACHE
Year: 1878

Philadelphia seems to have abandoned Keeley's motor. and is now inviting the at, tention of the country to flying machine which is the basis of great expectations. Exhibitions of the machine were given re- gently, and the first, like the first and sub sequent exhibitions of the Keeley motor, was not entirely successful. A second at tempt was more interesting. The machine got into the air and fiosted about sufficient ly to prove that it could rise, carry man, aud sustain itself in air for brief time The flying power of the machine is gas, anG the improvements over the ordinary balloon seem to consist of steering and other con trolling apparatus.
Year: 1878

An Augusta hen which had been foiled in her desire to set, recently took possession of 8 litter of kittene during the absence of the mother cat and nestled over them. The bewilderment of the cat when she returned and found the hen calmly sitting near the place where she had deposited her kittens, and no sign of the presence Of the kittens themselves, is described as being ludicrous in the extreme.
Year: 1878

If there is anything in the world that can
soothe our savage soul 1t Is music. We admit
that upon certain occasions, and under particu-
lar circumstances leading us to the climax We
sometimes get spooney over the melodious CO.
ordination Of notes. whether sung by fine
voice or executed on the piano by well educated
fingers There is one thing. however.
that our delicate nerves cannot with
stand. 1t Is the eternal repetition OF the
same tune indefinitely by everybody
wherever we go. Of such are some Of the tunes
from Madame ,Angot. The hand organs have
and we congratulate them. as piece of retri-
butve justice and as an exempliflcation of the
eternal balance of things as shown by the see-
application the music of Madame Angot. We
are not nervous or inclined to. be excited by
small things. but the prick of needle oft
popaa sSan 1fpsesssf wee feel eso1sy sa 50 nensd Sfsd
as anq go t E.
lgious idea the organst strikes up tune from
Madame dame Angot ia and i away goes all our RELIGIOUS
have been woefully deceived in our aspirations
towards the infinite. and stroll forth on the
street to look at the, cerulean skies and grace
we can satisfy our thirst for the truly good and
beautiful-but alack the day. an organ grinder,
as as we d walk along along, meliauously spoqts from
Ills uOIIlu SIlSIu5 h tAu5 from MhuhIlS
Angot. We rush away to escape the
infliction. and meet with a military company
sane idea strikes us that we will hear the brass
band .a at the head of the pageant playing either
Guards. but no. marching down the street the
strains of music bring to our ears only the de-
testable sounds of the waltz from Madame
Angot. We fly, we escape the infliction. in the


The shades of night are falling fast: what
shall we do with our evening? We will 90 to
there we will rest our weary souls and find in
spiration among the youthful ones. But what
was our horror and dismay! The graceful lit
tie darlings tripped light fantastic toe to the
strains of Madame Angot and when the tableau
came up the music Of Madame Angot gave in
spiration to the poses of the children. Give us
q rest. for Gods sake!
Year: 1878

NEW YORK, May 12.-The presence
of Russian naval officers, that are now
stopping at the Everett House, has Gre
ated considerable excitement among the
and although in some instances they insist
that the Russians had no intention of buying
any vessels, there has been very decided
advance in the market price of all sea-going
steamers that are in first-class order.


Up to the present the Russian officials
openly made. to purchase any vessels, al
though they do not attempt to deny that they
might be induced to make some purchases II
they were met in reasonable manner.


The, fact is, the rumors that have been
spread of the Russian government having
sent over agents to buy line of sea-going
fast steamers has SO carried away the owners
OF nearly all available vessels that it is un-
derstOod they are prepared to ask a price
equivalent to more than what vessels could
be built for.


II the Russian officers find they cannot get
any vessels at a reasonable figure they may
possibly have some built, as there are build
ers now ready to furnish the vessels they re-
quire In four months from the date of an or
der. One difficulty in the way of Russian
officials Is the competition that Is raised hy
English agents, that are also said to be in the
market.


It was learned yesterday through reliable
source that several steamers had been care
fully inspected by English agents. and an Of
fer had also been submitted to their owners.
There Is no doubt that the English are equally
as well represented in this market as the
Russians, but they appear also to be pre-
vented from making any purchases by the
prices that are being asked by owners One
gentleman intimately connected with English
officials said yesterday that they had cabled
across to purchase four steamers that had
been offered them In France, as they were far