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Year: 1879

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TUESDAY. Feb 25-6 r. M


There was weeping and wailing this morning in
Offices that were long Of stocks and lamentations over
the prostrate state Of the market dire enough to melt
the heart of the most callous of bears Bulls could
not have looked bluer If they had been piled into
hecatomb for roasting. felt they knew that
events threatened their hopes with general bar
becue In fact. matters the hilarious
for stocks excessively weak and promised to be
weaker and there occurred general trimming off Of
fractions from opening quotations which bid fair to
reduce values to unusual state of slimness How
ever the poet tells that "some griefs are
medcinable" and the stock market gries
are often of that order. 1t quite
evident that they amenable to treatment to-day.
for the hands the clock had hardly reached high
twelve when the whole aspect Of things changed and
prices which had been in slough of despond
struggled out of the mre and placed themselves upon
the high and dry Land of substantial advance. Tho
Improvement essentially due to the vigorous
support given to the Northwestern common shares.
which advanced the price about per cent But
still they not happy these buyers. IL report
speaks truly but rather the reverse being inclined
to call each other bad and to utter accusations
of broken faith and to hint at "irregularities'
in the pool management which had nearly
upset the apple cart of speculation. The
story goes that by some mysterious process the
pool stock, supposed to be securely locked up, had
got adrift upon the street, and when a showing Of
hands called for this morning the part Of the
pool members OF them empty of certificates.
However. successful turn" had been made. and
the sharp operators quite content to buy their
quotas of stock ut market prices. The demand thus
created added to that of the newly formed pool made
the stock very active and advanced the quotations
noted It did even more than this. for it improved
the tone of the whole list and brought the leaden-
heeled market of the morning to the quick step of
decided advance. Western Union, in spite of MIR.
Buffers raw head and bloody bones amend
ment (which, it appears. has not been
adopted after ALL from 1001a to 1O3A, and
closed at the highest figures. Wabash
steady and even slightly stronger in spite of its
being given out that additional issue of $2000O00
OF bonds will be msde-$S24 900 of them to pay of
the Seney mortgage and the balance to go to the
strong box Of the company to be ready in Of q
wet day. Kansas and Texas remained strong and
without material change It is believed that the
Burlington and Quincy Company have been acquir-
ing the stock and bonds Of this road to considerable
extent with the view of controlling the property and
extending their connections into the Indian Terri
tory The rest of the List bare of incident, but
possessed the close appearance OF strength,
which augured well for higher prices Tomorrow.


The opening. highest, lowest and closing prices Of
stocks at the New York Stock Exchange to-day vera
as fouows:-
Year: 1879

The steamer Gamma arrived from Bermuda yes
terday morning after very rough passage. At
eleven A. NJ. on Sunday last they passed the bark
Viking. of Prince Edward Island. dismasted and
abandoned. They then about three hundred
and forty miles to the southeast of this port 1t
blowing gale from the northwest at the time so
that they could not board her. bark, in ballast


bound west. was lying to about mile to windward; I;
and as the Viking appeared to be only recently
abandoned the captain OF the Gamma thinks it very
likely that the of the Viking ON board The
Gamma encountered heavy northwest gale all the
passage. and . terrific was running on saturday
Year: 1879

THE law Of Missouri disqualifies for
jury duty all who are unable to read or
write. This, of course, disqualifies about
nine out of ten Of the colored population,
but as il is not colored contest is doubt
less sound law, not conflicting with the
Constitutional Amendments. 1t must
be considered law calculated TO elevate
the standard of intelligence among juries
and as such is greatly to be COM
mended. There is in the jury system Of
most States sort of premium on ignor-
ance. Any man "who has formed an
opinion az to the guilt or innocence of
the accused" is in capital cases disquah-
fied-that is 10 say all persons who read
the newspapers. Whenever a crime is
committed and the facts are published all
readers of the newspapers form a sort of
provisional opinion upon the facts "A
printed. This in some States units
them for sitting as jurors in the case.
There is hardly any intelligent mar in
these days who does net read the ne VS.
paper. The consequence is that jurors
sometimes have to be selected from
among the class that cannot read the
papers. The Missouri law therefore has
this merit. 1t gets rid of a large block
Of this impenetrable ignorance. There
are some o. her States in which this law
could be adopted with great advan.
tape
Year: 1879

New York, June 30.-The Bulletin
of to-day says: The opening of this
seasons trade In western cattle is now
near at hand. Within the next fort
night the arrivals of Colorado, Wyo-
ming and Montana cattle are expected
to be larger than ever before. More
than three-forths of the cattle product
OF that region find their way to Chicago.
The latest report from the plains is,
that east from Ogallala the cattle win
tered poorly and will be from two to
four weeks late, while west of that
point they came through in good condi-
tion and will be ready for market as
early as last season.
Year: 1879

Fall River, Mass, June 3O.-A
slight disturbance occurred at the Mer-
chants mill this afternoon. The corpo-
ration has several out Of town spinners
quartered over the Office, a
small building in the mill yard. A
crowd of young men from sixteen to
twenty years Of age gathered in the
street near the building, threw stones
through the open window and created
considerable disturbance. The police
dispersed the crowd. Two spinners
left town tonight tonight to solicit
aid in New York and New Jersey and
six or eight other spinners have been
sent through New England.
Year: 1879

mentioned in any section of this act until
an appropriation sufficient to meet such
contract or pay such liability, shall
have first been made by law"


Upon reconsideration in the House
of Representatives of the bill which
contained these provisions it lacked
a constitutional majority, and therefore
failed to become a law. In order to
secure its enactment the same measure
is again presented for my approval,
coupled in the bill before me with the
appropriations for the support of
marshals and their deputies during the
next fiscal year. The object manifestly
is to place before the executive this
alternative, either to allow necessary
functions of public service to be Grip
pied or suspend for want OF appropria-
tions required to keep them in opera
tion, or to approve legislation, which in
official communications to Congress, he
has declared would be violation Of
his constitutional duty. Thus in this
bill the principle Is clearly embodied
that by virtue of the provisions of the
constitution which require that "all
bills for raising revenue should origin
ate in the House Representatives,
a bare majority of the House Of
Representatives has no right to with
hold an appropriation for the support
of the government unless the executive
consents to approve any legislation
which may be attached to appropria-
tion bills.


respectfully refer to the communi-
cations on this subject which / have
sent to Congress during its present ses-
sion, for statement of the grounds of
my conclusions, and desire here merely
to repeat, that, in my judgment, to
establish the principle of this bill is to
make a radical, dangerous and uncon-
stitutional change in the character of
our institutions.


[Signed. RUTHERFORD B. HAYES,


Executive Mansion, June 30, 1879.
Year: 1879

Washington, June 30.-The story OF
an alleged bargain for the votes Of the
Fourteenth and Fifteenth southern
representatives to procure the passage
of the marshals' appropriation bill
without the riders (which was quoted
but discredited in these dispatches last
night, has been entirely exploded to-
day.


A careful inquiry proves also that
there is no prospect of any break in
the democratic ranks upon this ques-
tion for any cause or in any contingen-
cy at all likely to arise. The democrats
in both branches of congress appear to
be unanimously in favor of not only ad-
journing as soon as the veto is received,
but of adjourning Immediately after
the possible call.


Even such conservative democrats
as Alex. II. Stephens now unite with
the rest of the party in open expressions
Of this determination.


Stephens said to-day, with reference
to the marshals' appropriation bill: 81
am for sending it to the president as
often as he calls us together without
dotting an i' or crossing IT. and am
willing to set here and do that until
the Forty-sixth congress expires" He
added that he did not know of a single
democrat in the house who could not be
relied upon to fight out this controversy
to the end.


Senator Ben Hill who has been one
of the most conservative counsellors in
all of the democratic caucauses hereto
fore held this session, asserts positively
that no southern democrat will make
any further concession.


Chairman Atkins says 81 shall not
report the bill again. In fact l shall
not call a meeting of the committee on
appropriations until next December,
unless congress gets into general legis-
lation and in that event we will not re-
port any other bill in relation to mar
shals.n


1t is therefore evident that the domi-
nant party has reached the sticking
point" and a later despatch tonight
may very possibly convey to your read
ers informotion that In view of this
firm determination President Hayes has
concluded to abandon all purpose of
calling another extra session.
Year: 1879

BY virtue of and in Obedience to
an order of seizure and sale, issued
in the above entitled and numbered
case, | have seized and will offer
for sale at public auction, at the
door of the Court House in NHpo-
leonville, to the last and highest
bidder, on
Year: 1879

We second the motion of the business men who propose ;he erection of ten- stamp mill in Prescott. Tbeenterprise is not only one which is very much needed in the town bat ii is DO less needed in the sid of the mining interests adjacent. Fuel and water can both be obtained at a trifling COST. and there are plenty of mines in sight of town that would furnish the ore 10 keep it running.

 In Colorado. mIner can derelope his property however poor he may be, because he can fEnd a market for the product of his mine. Be it one hundred or thousand pounds. be can sell it for its assay value, aud with the cash thus obtained. get the means of subsistence and resume bis wnrk of developing bis property. In this way, b undreds of mines are beng opened that w ,uid never prove valuable at all

 Here ia Arizsua. a man may have q mine worth large sum Of money. buE he is not able to bay the food to sustain life while he performs inc labor of sinking shaft to sufficient depth 10 prove Its value

 Let the mill bo erected and purchase the ore of these men.

 Let the comP4ny huy the productof these mines as merchant buys the produce of the farmer.

 If ore enough was not at once fuEn- ished tn keep it going, the company could lease or purchas mines aud make it very profitable investment.

 The Isabella mill at Globe City hss oaIy five stamps. and yet it is turnisg out some 10000 ounces ofhullion per week r. has in- fused new life aad hope in the Globe Dis triet, and the success has caused the erec- ton of three or four OtLeT mitls in that lo- cality.

 There is plenty of capital in Prescott and the business men are not wanting 70 make II marvellous success. There could be DO Better investment in Arizona than q mill of this kind. Lsi the company be organized at once. Who will inaugurate the move -mentl
Year: 1879

Tucson Citizen: Mr Manuel vasquez with his family returned from a six weeks trip south, which extended as far a5. Guay- mas, on the Gulf. Mir. Vasquez reports politics and business dull, with the exUep- tion of the Altar District In this district times are more prosperous and the outloc k more promising than for a long period past. Among the great resources of this district arc the extensive placer mines, which Mir. Vasquez thinks it Will be impossible to wash out in 300 years 10 come. Many poor men are trusted for an outfit for the placers and in a few days return with sufficient dust to pay up and buy more. As an evidence of what is being done, Mir. Nssquez brought with him S0is ounces of gold dust and bullion, valued at sl ,449 The gold taken from the Altar dIstuct is all of a very high grade.

 Besides mining there are important graz ing and agricultural interests, the merchants are all busy, greenbacks are quite numer- ous and are much preferred to silver. Al together the present condition of Altar dis trict is very encouraging and considerable geld may be exported from there this year.
Year: 1879

The Board of Supervisors met this morn- ing for the purpose of settling with the District Attorney and receiving the list of delinquent tax-payes for the year 1878. The Board examined the list and found it cor rect. The list IS to be published and if there is a single person whose name appears in the list that holds receipt it is his or her duty to notify the Clerk of the Board. We hope the list will appear soon.
Year: 1879

They looked upon the pulseless form and said
With moan of bitter pain: 1.-The child is deadl"
Then hopeless wept, nor would be cOmforted.
But in the hush and silence of the night
There shone the glory of a sudden light,
And on the light vision.


In His garden


The Master of the flowers


Was walking to and fro;


And looking downward


Upon a bed all shining,
All shimmering with the flowers OF Paradise,
He paused, and with deep accent
OF tender love He murmured:
'The bed is not yet perfect.


There is lacking
A pure, white blossom for its centre.


Shall not place one there


That it may be the fairer2'


So the Master STOPPING
Down to the earth where all the seeds were wait
ing,
Took one and planted it in darkness;
And straightway blOomed in splendOr
lily in the Masters garden.
And then all vanished. But they, waking, cried {:
Father we thank Thee that the child has died"


Ell
Year: 1879

HIS INTRODUCTION OF GEN. HAWLEY AT


A REPUBLICAN MEETING IN ELMIRA. |.


NY.


In introducing to you Gen. Joseph r.
Hawley, member of congress, late presi-
dent of the centennial commission, for
merly general in the army, once a
governor of Connecticut, chairman of
the Chicago convention which nominat-
ed Gen. Grant, head of an excellent
daily newspaper, member of my church
i'll Hartford, and author of Beautiful
Snow" it is not my province to enlarge
upon matters generally. | am here
simply to give him IA character from his
last place. AS afeIlow-townsman and
dutitul citizen, | have high respect fol-
him as personal friend of long stand
ing, have a warm regard for him as
a neighbOr, whose vegetable garden ad
joins my own, well, | watch him.
But that is nothing-we all do that with
any neighbor. Gen. Hawley is man
who keeps his promises; he is a man
who always speaks the truth, and not
only in private life, but IN politics he
is an editor who believes what he says
in his own newspaper; as author of
Beautiful Snow" he has added new
pang to winter. The public honor, pub
lie money, church thing
and all things that are strictly public
are safe in his hands. l have watched
him many time as the contribution
box went by, and / never saw him take
anything out OF it. Would that we had
more such men in politics. Charity,
compassion, benevolence, are inborn in
Gen. Hawley ; he never sends the tramp
empty from his door, but gives him
note of introduction to me. But above
all, and beyond all, it can be said with
entire sincerity that he is square, hon
est man in politics, think of that-and
l will remark here, in confidence, that
he occupies an almighty lonesome posi-
ton. Gen. Hawley's public aspect is as
creditable us his private one. AS "a
member of congress he has upheld our
excellent presidents hands; his voice
and his vote have always been for the
best good of his country cOnsidera-
tiOns of self have never influenced his
policy he has never backed down be-
fore responsibility nor lodged one.
AS citizen of the republic he is with
out reprOach in his faith in her iusti-
tutions, in his pride in her greatness, in
his affection fol- her and belief in her
high destiny, he is an American of the
Americans. AS president of the cen
tennial commission, he carried through
and brought to successful issue, an
enterprise which has borne the fame of
our resources and industries to distant
regions, aud made our country a re-
spected competitor to markets where
her rivalry was of little moment before.
AS governor of his state, he governed
well and righteously as a soldier, he
earned lasting praise and honor. His
public trusts have been many and va
ried his record in them all is wholly
without stain. He is a man against
whose honor and high principle not
word can be spoken. The presence of
such a man in politics is like a vase Of
Ottar of roses in glue factory-it can't
eXtinguish the stencil, but it modifies it
In what have been saying about Gen
Hawley | have not meant to flatter, bul
only to speak the plain and simple
truth. have not said anything about
him which | would not say about my
self.
Year: 1879

above the fence-top upon his aerial
creature, and, perhaps, might mourn
for the loss of his dignity, but not for a
long while. There were parishes which
objected to the use of horses by minis
ters, but such have ceased to exist.
Here and there may be found some
simple soul like the old lady who said
her minister might do a great many
things as the worlds people did, but
there was one thing she was determined
he should not do, and that was to eat
ice-cream. The novelty will be gone
after the first visit. 1t will become Il
matter of course, and all good people
will be glad of the increased frequency
of the visits of him whom they will no
man of God" The most sanity and
spiritually minded people in a parish
not far from Boston, have been the
most hearty in their congratulations OF
their pastors new method of travelling,
and have not lost their respect or their
love for him because he has made use
of mans skill in trying to further Gods
work.


The expense is not nearly so large as
that attending the purchase of horse
aud Its needed accompaniments. The
care of the bicycle is limited to itself;
OF horse, must be increased by the
care of the vehicle, the harness and the
stable. The cost of maintenance of the
two is as the ratio between one and a
Thousand. If the minister be a man of
the Goliath pattern his bicycle will be
much more expensive than if he be like
Zaccheus, ''small of stature" (for BIZ
cycles, like dry goods, are sold by linear
measure.) But the good quality and
workmanship of the materials, and their
construction, make it reasonably GER
tain that with the care that ''the man
OF care" should exercise, his iron horse
would be in vigorous youth when his
living horse would have entered into
that most undesirable state best de-
scribed as "Sans hair, sans eyes. sans
teeth, sans everything"
Year: 1879

u An account is given of an inter
esting race of two post cards sent by a
gentleman in Sweden round the world.
The one was sent east via Madras and
San Francisco, the other west via San
Francisco and Madras. 1t is remark
able proof of the regularity of the postal
service that the cards got back within
a day of each other, the one taking 116
days, the other III days. When it is
considered that the cards sent have to
be detained at various places on the
road to catch steamers and other con-
nections, the punctuality with which
each made the circle is surprising.
Year: 1879

LINES WRITTEN ON THE DEATH OF J. &c


We wonder how it seems to her
To lay aside the work of life,-
Its cares, its troubles, and its strife,


And be with God.


We wonder what were in her thoughts
AS she awoke to see the dawn
Of that bright never-ending morn,


In Gods own home


We wonder if the bells were ringing,
To welcome her, the ransomed one,
Saved by the blood of Christ the Son,


Who died on Calvary.


We know it is happy day
We know she must rejoice and sing
As she beholds her blessed King


Jesus. the Lord.


We miss her kind and pleasant ways;
We would have kept her with us still
And yet we pray "Oh God Thy WILL


Not ours. be DONE"


We will not weep for our dear friend;
She is at rest-an angel fair
We pray that we may meet her there


When We are called.
Hanover, Sept. g, 1879. j. B.
Year: 1879

The bicycle is a greater boon to min
isters-i. e., to those of them who max ke
pastoral visits-than to any other class
or profession among men. They move
about more, and in localities most fa-
vorable to the use of "the silent steed.n
They need, as sedentary men, just the
kind of exercise thus furnished. They
cannot generally afford the time or the
expense of keeping a horse, and it is
particularly unpleasant for them to be
hostler and gentleman at the same time.
The machine is refined in appearance,
in feeling, and in that 'quietness which
is the mark of a gentleman" 1t is
easily mounted; it affords excellent
opportunities for the cultivation of
those graces of motion which greatly
increase personal influence. 1t can be
ridden from door to door, left without
charge or special care, and will furnish
the visited family no anxiety lest the
sidewalk be excavated by its hoOf, the
tree branches be stripped by it's hungry
mouth, or the fence be pulled down by
some frantic start.


A minister with an ordinary amount
of JUNCTION and that patient persever-
ance which characterizes the profession
can learn to keep his balance upon the
machine so as to ride upon a hall flool
in half an hour or less; and in three
weeks more through streets or roads
free from ruts and loose sand, and make
| frequent mounts and dismounts with
out soiling the most immaculate broad
cloth. The number of calls which will
this truly great time-saver he can MAKE
will be increased largely. In som,
parishes it would amount to quarter
more in some almost to twice as man,
as would be made on foot.


The parishioners might he surprised
at first, to see their pastor sailing alon.
Year: 1879

repast was over, he said, as if answer
ing himself, "At any rate, they know
now what am capable of, and it is to
be hoped they will leave me alone" He
spoke about various French kings.
Henry ", he said was not great man,
for he wanted dignity. "a sovereign
must avoid being good-natured. 1t is
foolish to remind people that one is a
man like themselves. Alexander the
Great showed true political instinct
in tracing his descent from god"
Year: 1879

THE Baltimore Gazette, among the most
stalwart of the Bourbons, makes the follow
ing admission: 'It is with deep regret we
are compelled to admit that the Democratic
outlook for 1SS0i not as roseate as we
would like it to be. 1t seems as if our
friends imagine that success is the easiest
thing in the world, and that it did not make
the slightest difference how much they
wrangled or who they nominated. Unless
the DEMOCRATIC factions soon come to some
amicable arrangement, the Empire State
will be irretrievably lost to the Democracy
this year, and also in the Presidential can
Year: 1879

GEORGIA hasn't been cursed with carpet
bag rule for some years; but its controller
has just resigned to escape impeachment
the State treasurer is on the point of i'm
peachment; and the commissioner of agri.
culture, attorney general and keeper of the
penitentiary are accused of corrupt practices
in office,
Year: 1879

A CORRESPONDENT wishes to enquire of
the Argus what town in Waldo county did
not give Mr.. Davis vote? The correspon-
dent says he is led to make this inquiry by
the statement which he saw in that pa
per that there were towns in Waldo where
not Republican voter could be found.