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Year: 1877

Investigating the Old Indian Ring.


Important disclosures OF the nefar-
GUS doings of the Indian ring are prom
ised the light Of day soon. 1t is under
stood that the committee of investiga-
tion recently set at work by Secretary
Schurz to ascertain further particulars
of the operations of this infamous COM
bination will unearth facts of start
ling character relative to the issue Of
Indian supplies upon the basis of false
returns as to the number of Indians
upon the reservation or in the tribe for
which supplies were drawn. The COM
mittee are assiduously working under
lock and key, and have already gone
through large number of vouchers
furnished by the Indian Commissioner
and his chief clerk, Mr.. Galpin. 1t is
surmised by those particularly CONVEX
SAINT with the details of the inquiry,
that the committee may be able with
the means before them, to make COM
paratively full expose of the frauds un-
der investigation, unless the old ring
influence should be brought to bear
upon them in such manner as to de-
feat the reformatory purposes of the
Secretary. 1t is understood that while
minor NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in the way
of manipulating vouchers for small
amounts may be shown to have been
practised in the Indian Office, the main
fraud aimed at by. the committee is the
overestimating of the number of In
dians to be supplied by the government
and the drawing of clothing, rations
and other allowances under the eXag-
gerated count by Indian agents and by
their confederates in the operations of
the ring. While this fraudulent cen.
sus system may not be fully brought to
light under the present circumstan-
ces, it is expected that the investigation
will furnish such positive evidence of
its existence that more comprehen-
sive and searching investigation will be
forced upon congress this coming au-
tumn.


There is unquestionably great uneasi-
ness among the officials of the Indian
Bureau, a fact that may be accounted
for upon the hypothesis that wholesale
dismissals, If not arrests and criminal
prosecutions, will result from the dis
closures expected. Grave charges are
made concerning the operations of the
ring in the land department. 1t is al
legged that scrip to the Indians pass
ed from it into the hands Of the ring, by
whom it was used to strip the land of
its timber, whereupon, by collusion in
the Washington Office, the scrip was
lifted from the stripped and located on
q fresh piece of land, the process being
repeated indefinitely, TO the great profit
of the ring.
Year: 1877




Judge Lochrane, of Georgia. was
interviewed day or two since, by a
reporter of the Comrier-Joatrnal in
reference to Hayes Southern policy
and the proposed new party moves
ment. We append an extract from
the Judges remarks:


For the present, Mr.. Hayes being
a Republican, and at the head of that
party, will be naturally regarded as
the represent ative of an organiza-
tion hostile to the hopes of the Dem
ocratic party to gain political ascen-
dency in the next Presidential con-
test, and while Democrats will accept
Office under him, and may here and
there run as independent candidates,
ignoring the caucus system of nom-
ination, they will at last retain a
nominal allegiance to the Demo
cratic organization. There is a pro-
liability of new issues arising in the
governmental policy of the country
during the next few years upon which
the people of the country will more
nearly divide in sentiment than they
have under the sectional war issues
that have been prominent since 1865,
and in the adjustment Of which, by
the selection Of candidates, the col
Ored vote will become more important
as an element Of political strength,
and no one at this instance of time
can reasonably anticipate the com
binations Of party strength that may
induce a division of the Democratic
party South by combining the con-
servative elements together under
some party name to cary out the
policies which may become popular.
But there is no leader with personal
following who is likely to stand for
ward in opposition to the Demo
cratic organization with its great
prestige Of power, and lead any new
party movement. IF such thing
comes, it will come from the masses
driving the leaders on questions of
finance or tax. or from The laboring
elements, whose present condition
is that Of uneasiness under the heavy
burdens on the industry Of the coun-
try in favor of capitalist and bond
holder. For myself, I regard the
system of American labor as pro-
blem Of great future difficulty for all
political parties TO handle, North as
we'll as South; and, while its claims
have been subdued by the higher
claims of issues springing out of the
results of the war, the day is not far
distant when it will assert itself, and
refuse to bear the burden that has
been put upon it in favor of the more
fortuate moneyed interests of the
country.
Year: 1877

The Marion Pdtroit and Herald.
Of the 26th Of April, tells the follow
ing: Quite a sensation was produc-
ed in out town last week, by the
announcement that a young gentle
man had arrived in our midst, claim
ing as q sister one of the young la
dies of the place, who had lived
among US for a number of years as
the adopted daughter of citizen,
but of whose parentage no one pre-
viously knew anything, not even the
young lacy herself,


Some years previous to the war a
gentleman by the name of thinner
man died, in Greenbrier county, Va,
leaving wife and three small chill
dren, one Of them a mere infant.
The grief of the wife was so intense
at the loss of her husband that her
reason became impaired, and labor
ing under temporary fit ofinsanity,
she left her home and friends secret
ly, taking her infant daughter with
her, and leaving the other two chill
dren. a daughter and son behind her.
Those who felt an interest in the
fate of the unfortunate woman and
child, supposed that they had been
! drowned as no trace of them could
! be discovered. And SO the matter
rested. until the daughter and son
left behind had grown up, when, by
some means, they were pnt upon the
track of the missing ones. They
found that the mother had wandered
/ with her child to Bedford county,
Va, that there the authorities had
taken charge of her. and that she
/ had been sent to one of the Lunat ic
Asylums of the State, where she had
died after remaining about two
years. The only thing then to be
done was to find, if possible, the lost
sister. 1t was ascertained that the
child had been left with Mr.. Wade
OF Bedford county, and an effort was
made to learn from him its where
bouts. Letters were written to him !,
] but he declined to give any response.
! Efforts were made through other
/ parties to obtain information from
him, but for a long time be declined
to give any. At last, however, he


was prevailed upon, and told that by
consent of court he had given the
. child to a gentleman and lady who
promised to adopt her as their own
child, and never to let her know that
they were not her parents, he prom.


ising to keep the secret also.


Armed with all the necessary in.
formation and proofs of relationship.


Mr.. NJ. w. Zimmerman came to our


town last week, and made known


his relationship to his sister, who


had lived in our community for more
4 than ten years as the daughter OF


Captain j. V. Deaton. known to the


world as Miss Josie Deaton. The


young lady, about three years ago,


had found out that she was not the


daughter Of Captain Deaton, and O


course it had been to her great


source of pain. We can well imagine
her delight at finding out her paren
tage, and at being united with those
who are made dear by the ties o


blood.


The friends of the young lady art
deeply gratified at the unlocked 70
joy which has come so suddenly ant


unexpectedly upon her. No NOR,


amiable or highly esteemed youns
Year: 1877

" Why, no. The command of tn,
prophet to do anything whateYe
made obedience a sacred duty. I
took away from all crimes, SO called
the faint of criminality. It made
vice virtue. 1t sanctifed practices
totally abhorrent to Christians
even to civilized human nature. Fol-
example, Young frequently permit
ted or directed the marriage of his
favorites to their own wives daugh
ters by other men. Privately he en-.
couraged the marriage of brothers
and sisters, and once he married a
couple who were children of the same
mother but not by the same father.
He admitted that the people were
not sufficiently advanced to bear
much of this, but no one dared open
ly gainsay him when asked by him
to swallow it. The man who weld
ed an influence like this had no diff
ficulty in getting anything accom-
plished. He made himself feared,
as well as respected, through the ter
rible order of the Danites, from
which the Destroying Angels of the
Church were selected. John D. Lee,
Dame, and others, all belonged to
this misnamed. devilish clan. They
were ready to strike at anybody at
the lifting of Brigham Young finger.
even at such a signal as the scratch
ing of his nose"


WHY THE MASSACRE WAS ORDERED.


But what could have beel Young S
motive for directing the commission
of so horrid a crimer'


Some" responded Mrs. Webb,
''have ascribed avarice as a motive,
for these reasons That the Arkansas
emigrant train was the richest that
had passed through Utah since the
mormon settlement there. and that
Brigham is, perhaps, the most ayari-
cious false prophet who ever lived.
Yet, no it was not avarice that chief
ly promptly him on that occasion"


what, them


"a brutal and misguided resent
ment laundering military encour-
aged by the fanatic desperation Of
the Mormon priesthood next under
him. At that time the whole Nor
mon fabric was endangered for the
third or fourth time by the power
of the United States government.
The outside prejudice against Nor
monism, east and west, was intense,
and a report was circulated that the
people of the approaching emigrant
train had used belligerent language.
On the North we were threatened by
Johnston's army, and in the South
there was, or might have been, reason
to suppose that the emigrants would
take the part of the government
against the Saints There was
great excitement in the Mormon set
Element, as L well recollect, on ac,
count of the approach Of Gen. john
ston. But most of the Mormons,
except the priesthood and the people
living in the vicinity Of Mountain
Meadows, did not hear of the emil
grant train or of the massacre until
considerable teme after the kill
ing"
Year: 1877

hereby inform my old customer and the pub
lie generally, that have moved in my NEW SHOP
in the east end of Morristown, opposite J. Brown
& Sons Carriage Shop, where will keep on hand
and make to order, all kinds of FURNITURE.
Special attention given to Picture Framing. L al
so keep on hand and make and trim to order all
kinds of WOODEN COFFINS, with or without


glass over the face All kinds of repairing done IN


the Furniture line. Having had y years expert
euce in the FURNITURE and COFFIN trade,
feel that can guarantee satisfaction in either line
of business All kinds of PRODUCE taken in ex-
change for work Prices to suit the hard times
Prompt attention given to all orders for CoFFISs,


and liberal reduction in former prizes on all work.
Spring-seat Sofas and Chairs repaired IN good
order NJ. A. WHIT.
March %, I876-tf.
Year: 1877

DON'T SCoLD.-For the sake Of
your children, don't do it. 1t is a
great misfortune to have children
reared in the presence and under
the influence of a scold. The effect
of the everlasting complaining and
fault-finding of such persons is to
make the young who hear it unamia-
BILE, malicious, callous-hearted and
they often learn to take pleasure in
doing the very things for which they
receive such tongue.lashiEgs. AS
they are always getting the blame
of wrong-doing, whether they do it
or not, they might as we'll do wrong
as right. They lose all ambition to
strive for the favorable opinion of
the Pathfinder, since, they always
strive in vain. Thus is scold not
only nuisance, but a destroyer Of
the morals Of children. If these
unioved, dreaded people could only
see themselves as others see them,
they would flee to the mountains in
very shame.
Year: 1877

Ex-Governor Henderson Of Texas
who is an old man and a paralytic,
while riding with his daughter recent
" near Galveston, lost his route,
and they finally found thems elves
in a wilderness at night, their horse
tired out and the Ex-Governor scarce
ly able to walk. They passed one
night in the carriage and another
under q tree, the daughter in the
daytime searching for some way out
of the woods. On the third day she
heard a cow bell ring, and following
the sound found negro cottage,
where an old man showed them the
path to sawmiIl, where they met a
party who were looking for them.
Year: 1877

Judge Bradley may possibly be
the Republican candidate for the
Presidency in 1880.


The past winter in Texas has been
unusually severe, causing the death
of many cattle for want of food.
Stock cattle are selling at $Sa head.
/" All flesh is grass, sighed Snod-
gers after dinner one day, but Of
all grasses give me plump grass
widow"
Year: 1877

A "Rcbert Fulton Monumental
Park Association" has been recently
organized in Lancaster Co., Pa, the
ayowed object of which organization
is to obtain piece of land contain
ing about ten acres, embellish and
Improve, and erect upon it colossal
statue Of Robert Fulton. Unless
the colossal structure which it is pro
posed to produce shall be of high
er order Of artistic merit than the
majority Of American monuments,
the Association would act wisely in
restricting themselves to piece of
real estate, say ten yards square, and
in digging hole in the same wide
enough aud deep enough to bury
their bronze monster in, leaving the
steam vessels of the world to supply
IN themselves fitting monument to
the father of steam navigation.
Year: 1877

BY the Constitution of the new
State Of Colorado the Legislature is
required to submit the woman suff-
rage question to a vote of the people
next fall. 1t is thought that ma
iority of the inhabitants are in favor
ofthe measure, and that in order to
stop the agitation of the subject wo-
men will be endowed with the elect
i've franchise in the Centennial State.
There is a Mexican population of
about eighteen thousand in the
southern part Of the State who would
naturally vote solid against it, but it
is thought that this could be over
come by sending Miss Anthony, DR..
Mary Walker, and Woodhull and
Clafiin down among the greasers a
few weeks before election.
Year: 1877

A FIRST GLASS TICKET TO THE DEVIL.
There is said to be young man ia tho
Missouri penitentiary whose parents at
their death, left him fortune of $50 600.
That is whore his parents made fearful
mistake, says a blunt philosopher. IL
they had taken the precaution to invest
that sum in small dog, and then shot
him, and then had simply left II jackplano
or n wood sawSwith printed instructions
how to use it, the chances are that, he
would not be in the penitentiary, but
surely working his way up to handsome
competency and an honorable age. But
ever since the days of Adam and Eve.
parent have made it point to toll and
struggle all their lives in order to realize
a sufficient sum Of money to purchase,
when they are dead and gone, their sons,
each q first class through ticket to The dew
il, and it is not much to be wondered at
that so many Of their boys, reared in vice
and idleness, MS too many of them of;en
are, have 10 higher ambition than to in
vest their inheritance in just that sort of
transportation.
Year: 1877

Numerous stories have been told of wo-
men being abducted by ourangoutangs,
carried off to the wooden retreat and
treated with the utmost Difference and ad-
miration. Incredulous persons have
questioned these stories, but here is one
that cannot be doubted, for we have it on
the authority of grave and dignfed
college professor, no less a parsonage
than Prof. Austin, of Cambridge.


In 1868 young fellow by the name of
Tuba was missing from one of the Bor-
mean villages. His people began to fear
that some terrible accident had befallen
him, and concluded TO ferret out the
mystery.


Having armed themselves they accord
ingly started out and searched through.
the jungle for four days without finding
any trace of the lost. On the fifth day
they came to the Sakarang River, where
every one of them went in bathing. They
went down the river short distance,
when one of the number fortunately dis
covered some clothing on the nearest
bank, which, on examination proved to
be that Of their missing friend, Close
beside it lay the sumitan, or blow-pipe,
and the short sword which he always
carried with him.


A little later the party heard voice,
and after dressing they set out in search
They followed n ravine which led back
from the river, scanning every nook and
hole, searching under coverts Of leaves and
dead, fallen branches, but in vain. They
were on the point Of retracing their steps
when they again heard the voice.


1t was the voice of Tuba, and strange
as it may appear, he was soon discovered
high in tree naked, and a large orang
outang was his companion. A rife shot
brought the animal to the ground, where
they finished her with knives. Then the
young man came down and told the story
of his singular adventure.


He had been out hunting, he said, and
late in the afternoon had gone into the
water Of the Sakarang to bathe. On re-
turning to the bank to dress, he was seiz-
ed by the arms by an orang-Outang, who
made him follow her into the ravine
They arrived at the foot of tall tree
which the youth was forced to ascend un-
til he had reached the animals nest where
he found himself prisoner in comlorta-
bic lodgings. Day after day he remained
there, the orang-outang graciously sup
plying him with fresh fruit and vegeta
bes, and even bringing him water in {
cocoa-nut.


When | heard this story | very nat
urally refused to believe it. But NOR,
searching investigation proved conclu
sively that the facts of the case were in
disputabe and the attending circumstan
ces corroborative in full. This inciden
has ,ully established in my mind th
conviction that abduction by orang
Dngs have taken place--a conviction
which | find is also shared by st. Joh
the author of very readable work O
Bornean travels.
Year: 1877

A LAST KIcK.-In the first division,
second corps, we had a mule noted for
his wonderful kicking powers. In fact,
he was ready to give any one kick, up
on all occasions. On the road to Rich
mond he got his leg broken in a bridge,
and was taken out Of the team and shot,
and was to all appearances dead, when a
soldier ran up, seized the mule by the tail,
and exclaimed:


"Now kick !"


And the mule, having just one kick
let him have it, breaking the soldiers
jaw, and sent him rolling in the ditch.
The soldier never heard the last Of being
kicked by dead N ale.
Year: 1877

A CLERGYMAN says that while visiting
a colored school in the South he asked
tiny darkey what he studied for, and
what was his object in attending school.
Hesitating for moment or two the little
fellow answered ITO git otis"
Year: 1877

Asmodeus was making some revelations


the other day about prominent men in New
York who never pay their debts, and
| confess that he astonished me. Having an
intimate acquaintance with literary and
professional people generally, he dove
deep into the heart of the mystery, and the


result was that 1t was infinitely more in
teresting than the perusal of How to
Live on 81, 900 Year" or any of those
nice little, tight little brochures of i'm


practicable economy. From mis- revela-


tons it appears that there is a, certain
literary man in our town who is notorious


for never paying any bills but those which


he is positively compelled to in order to


subsist. This gentleman is received with


distinguished courtesy both at home and


abroad, but it is quite certain that an in


stant after he has grasped some great
dignitary by the hand he may hesitate to


meet the eye of his grocer. He never


flinches in his course, however; he simply


will not and does not pay. A jewelry


house had bill of thirty dollars against


him for years; no collector could obtain


the sum, and the firm disliked to institute


legal proceedings for SO trivial an amount.


At last, however, the debtor sent in


valuable clock to be repaired, and this the


firm promptly seized upon for liquidation


of the debt and retained. An even more


fragrant case is that of a distinguished


professional man belonging to one of the


best families of the State. He lives in a


handsome house, fairly encountered with


works of art and objects of vertu, but he


lived religiously up to Pistols maxim:


Base is the slave that paysp' He is
aided and abetted by smiling house
keeper. who, seeming creditor afar Oft,
opens the door herself, and with the
blandest possible grace answers all in
quiries to the utter defeat of the question
er. He nay pay many visits to that
brown-stone front, but that little bill is
bound to go unsatisfied. This-pardon!
--aristocratic g dead beat" has withal the
most luxurious and refined tastes; he will
buy anything-provided that immediate
payment is not required. For instance,
let dealer call upon him with some
choice work Of art. The host will admire
it and then say he would greatly like to \
purchase it, but he feared it would be i'm
possible" the fact is have no money
about me-" he would confess. The dealer,
imnressed by theselegance apd taste afthe
owner, cries that it does not matter; he
will call again. He calls many times
again, but if he ever obtains payment he
is a noteworthy exception. And yet my
informant assures me that the man who
perpetrates all this wrong is singularly
kind hearted, and is surrounded by de-
pendents to whom it is inferred he actually
gives money, since they are constant in
their presence. "It is possible that he
gives them all he has," suggested. But
Twas assured that he was q wealthy man
by inheritance, and, moreover, in receipt
Of a handsome income from his practice. =
He is simply averse to paying anybody
whom he can do" The world is his
Dysterni and every month, according to
him, has an r in it.-N. Y. Cor. Wash.
iagton Capstat. @a 7'
Year: 1877

There is possibility that you may not fully
understand our principles and doctrines, and
10 take our paper for year, which many could
afford out Of mere curiosity TO do, would be Il
sure method Of becoming fully informed con-
cerning our faitb, our works and our hopes.
Year: 1877

No, neverl Always rally your
forces for a more desperate assault
upon adversely. If calumny assails
YOU, and the world-as it is aptsto in
such cases-take part with your
traducers, don't turn moody or mis-
anthropic, or worse still, seek to
drown your unhapiness in dissipation.
Bide your time. Disprove the SLAM
der If you can, if not, live it down.
If poverty comes upon you like a
thief at night, what then? Let it
rouse you, as the presence of the real
thief would to energetic action. No
matter how deeply you may have
gone into hot water-always pro-
vided you did not help the father of
lies to heat it-your case, if you are
of the right kind of stuff, is not des-
perate, nor is it in accord with the
divine order and sweep Of things that
life should have any difficulties
which an honest, determined man,
with Heavens help, caunot surmount.


AN clipping girl in France, menaced
by her fathers pistol, dropped from
a window she had chosen for an exit
and killed a washer woman who as
passing below. The least the sur
vivors can do it to erect a handsome
monument with the touching words,
"Died for Love"
Year: 1877

Elder S. G. Lusk, prominent Baptist
minister of Pamela county. accidentally
shot and killed himself recently. 1t
seems that he had been squirrel hunt
ing, and upon returning home he set
his gun against the fence and took his
pose pose Of giving I him 'a s0 ride, and nd when he
raised the gun up the hammer caught
on the fence and coming down on
the cap, the gun went off, the whole
charge taking effect and killing him
almost instantly.