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Year: 1879

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The dispatches contain the basis oi
the settlement o! the question of the
State debt by the Convention. Wheth.
ed to "stick," OF whether 1t was In
tended, as the Bee says of another
vote, only to Influence the stock market
in order to allow the members a chance
to speculate, we have no means of as
certaining. A motion to reconsider
may yet be offered and passed. We
cannot predicate anything certain of
this Convention. But if the question is
really settled, the settlement, as Judge
Wiley p. Harris once said of the Kan
sas-Nebraska bill, is sslike Fanny Ellis
lees dancing dress, little too long for
the boys in the pit, and great deal
too short for the ladies in the dress
circle" Neither party eau be said to
be perfectly satisfied with It. The bond
holders, after it had been demonstrated
that they had the Convention under
their thumb, would hardly be perfectly
satisfied with anything less than the
recognition of the principal and inter.
est as they now stand. The taxpayers,
are, of course, not satisfied at all. In
fact, the news of the passage of this Or
dinance has been received In this COM
munity with the utmost Indignation,
and will be so received In every Demo-
cratic District In the State. We have
not seen a man who views the question
in any other light. No such one can
be found unless among the Radical
politicians who are always delighted
with a Radical triumph over the DEM
ocratic party. Twenty-nine Radicals
have ruled the Convention, and have,
in spite of a large Democratic majority,
fastened this Radical load on the peo.
pie. OF course they could not have
accomplished anything unaided, but
they have found thirty-nine Demo-
Gratis to unite with them in the accom-
plishment of their purposes. The peo-
pie are anxious to know who these
men are. We will publish their names
We were opposed from the first to al
lowing the Radicals to have such rep.
resentation in the Convention as to en-
able them to give the trouble we knew
them to be capable of. But every one
said that thirty Radicals could do no
harm in a body so overwhelmingly
Democratic. And yet we see what
harm they have done. Warmoth has
had more complete control of this Con.
vention than he ever had Of one of his
own Legislatures in his most corrupt
days. Then he had only his own party
subservient to his rule; now he find:
Democrats, and among them some 0


the ablest delegates, obsequious to hi
commands.


| What the Convention will do mex


is beyond the possibility of conjecture


1t matters very little what it shall do


Having abandoned the rights of tn
! people on the most important question


before it, we are prepared for anythin,
| else that may be behind. Nothing
! from that quarter would startle u
now,
Year: 1879

That poor Khedive of Egypt is not
in such terribly bad luck, after all.
He simply goes out of business as ruler
of a distracted and bankrupt nation to
become a private gentleman on n mag
nificcnt income. The pension is five
times as much as tho salary of our
president, and although he will have
to cut down his expenses and lop Of
some of his extravagant habits, ht
ought to make both ends meet. Or
$3.50, 900 q man of his tastes should bt
able to live comfortably in Paris
There may be just one little difficulty
in this good genticrnan's way, and tina
is the lack of money in the treasury
on which his drafts will be drawn
After one or two drafts returned to tho
French bankers, who have cashcti
them, inscribed with tho mournfuI
words emo funds," tho Khcdivo muy


find himself as badly off as ordinary


men who have no money.
Year: 1879

what a beautiful face!


I spoke involuntary, and a
lovely old lady sitting near
me on the broad piazza of
the Clarendon, knitting some
white wool, smiled as if we'll
pleased at my outspoken adj
nliration.


She is indeed beautiful,
and as truo as she is lovely


Then we silently watched
the pair on horseback until
they disappeared; but the
pure high bread face, with
the dark eyes filled with love
light as they gazed upon the
proud manly figure of her
escort, remained fixed in my
memory. l instinctively felt
that / had seen a woman who
would do and dare. and /
longed to know more of that
life which I was sure had
been no common one.
Did you know the young
lady 2 / asked of the tiny,
silver-haired lady sitting by
my side.


/ had arrived in Saratoga
but the night before, and had
risen early this lovely June
morning, and had been re-
warded by the sight of the
perfect tace.'


Very we'll. Her mother
was my dearest friend And
while the pair of whom /
have spoken pursued their
way to the Lake, | sat and
listened to as sweet and ten
der a love story rs it has ever
been my lot to hear.


Yes. Elaine is very beau
tiful; very like her mother
when she married lawyer
Foster. lie was a stern hus-
baud and monrned little
when bis wife died, leaving
! the little Elaine to his care.
I do not think he ever loved
| the child, but lie was proud
Year: 1879

A SPAsM OF PoL1rESEss.-Y esterd ay
morning saw man go out Of car and
shut the door after him. I have travelled
very constantly for nssrly three years, and
this was the 6rss man ever saw shut the
car door after him as be went out. Il


And he only shut it because was right
behind him, trying to get out, with big
vaIise 10 each hand. When I set down
my valises to open the door, made few
remarks on the general subject Of people
who would get up 10 the night to do the
wrong thing at the wrong time, bot the
man was out on the platform and failed
to catch the drift Of my remark.
I Was cot cory for this, because the
other passengers seemed to enjoy il qnits
IS we'll by themselves, and tho man whose
action called forth this impromp.u ad-,
dress WAS a forbidding looking man, -
big as hay wagon, and looked AZ though
he would have banged n,e clsaS through
the side of box car ii hs had heard, what
said.


l suppose these people who invariably
do the wrong thing at the wrong time
are necessary, but thew s,e awfal:y ua-
pleassnt.-Burlington Haukrye.
Year: 1879

The CAR NICHOLAS AND THE STUDENT
OF the late Gar Nicholas, "A Russian
Nihilist" tells in the North American Re


view striking story. A young student,


relative of the writer, had with few


friends formed literary society in which


the works Of contemporary political econ.


om1sts, pnblicists and philosophers were


read and debated. The secret police de-.


nounced this society as a revolutionary


organization, and the young student was


imprisoned and condemned to Siberia.


All possible influence was brought to bear


upon the Gar, but in vain, and at last the


young mans mother, meeting the Gear in


the Summer Garden, knelt aud implored


her sons pardon, asserting his innocence.


The Gar seemed touched, and promised


to give the youth personal interview


The latter was brought to His Majesty


the next day, and the Gar, forcing him to


bis knees before an image Of the Savior,
exclaimed: "Can you swear before the


Almighty God that neither you nor your
associates had any criminal design against
my life Can you swear that you believe
in the holiness and eternity Of the Russian
autocracy 2" The surprised prisoner an
swered II can swear to your Majesty that
neither l nor any Of my friends had the
remotes: idea against your safety. As to
the autocratic form Of government, can
not conscientiously swear that I believe in
its eternity. The history Of other countries
teaches US that the time must come, even
in Russia, when the people itself will take
part in its government" The Gar ten
der'y embraced the student, aud giving
him ring drawn from the imperial I'm.
ger, said: This is token of respect from
your Czar. You have been sincere and
truthful to me, and there is nothing hate
SO much as lie." lie then approached the
writing table where lay the student. sen.
tence Of exile. and with one stroke Of the
the paper !! Il pity you from
the bottom Of my heart" be said; "you are
an honest man, aud an honest man, true
to his convictions, is more dangerous to
autocracy than an unprincip'sd rascal
Therefore, l must punish you, though
never was this duty more painful to me
han now. God bless you, my son, and
udge me mercifolly if should appear to
oe in the wrong" Then once more EN-.
bracing the student, be dismissed him to
Siberia. g. *@#
Year: 1879

Expose yourself day and night; eat
too much without exercise; work too
hard without rest doctor all the time;
take all the vile nostrums advertised,
and then you will want to know


HOW TO GET WELL.
Which is answered in three words
Take Hop BittersI See another col
umn.
Year: 1879

bone. He grasped the wound with
his hands and ran out doors saying
that he was killed. His fellow work


men followed when he fell. He bade
them good by, and expired just as
they carried him into his mothers
door. He was a good, Industrious
boy, the main support of his mother,
and his sudden, terrible death is
greatly deplored.- PlatteciAe Witness
Year: 1879

WE wish our business men, wheth-
er or not of supersticious, whim-
ical nature, to know and hold tho
same firmly in memory, that We can
furnish as good materia! and do as
good work for the same money US
can be had anywheres.
Year: 1879

TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.-Nn Friday
last while working in the stave mill
cf Runkle Brothers at Lowell. Frank
Burgess, a young man about 10 years
old, was almost instantly killed by
the circular saw. He had thrown
off belt, and was reaching over
another to get it out of the way,
when his foot slipped, and was carri-
ed into the saw which ran through
his bowels and liver, cutting him
completely in two except the back
Year: 1879

When we are young We waste great
deal OF time imagining what we will dc
when we grow older, and when we are old
we waste an equal amount of time in lying
about what We did when we were young
IN telling about the cold winters and trouble
experienced in gaining our knowledge
Ol City Derrick.
Year: 1879

The account of the imprisonment of the
coal miners in the Wyoming Valley, neal
Wilkesbarre, Penn, has already been pub
lished, together with some account of the
frantic labor of the population, who work
ed night and day TO rescue their fellows.
The story of the dreary watching for six
days and six nights, the fear of the flood


ing of the mine, despite the constant use OF
the pumps, the presence of the gas in large
quantities and the knowledge that the mine
had been OH fire at the west end, the day
succeeding the calamity, has never been adj
equately summarized. Seven mon were con-
fined in the mine from Wednesday morning
until o'clock Monday night.


We append from tho New York Herald
an account of the first tidings of the rescue:


1t was Just four minutes to 0 o'clock
when strong knocks in rapid succession
were heard upon the trap door that leads
to the dismal abyss. The utmost silence
prevailed. Men with bated breath awaited
the opening of the mouth of the messenger
| 1t might be voice freighted with excessive
| Joy; it might be weighed down with the
bitterest woe. Tho familiar head garb of
miner appeared at the hole. 1t was
Daniel Lewis, and he cried out, "They are
all alive!" Never have the rock-ribbed hills
| of Sugar Notch echoed with joy as they
did in response to this isintelligence. Huzzah
after huzzah was waited out on the atmos-
phere, and the people in the valley came
out of their houses and gazed up to the
place where the devoted men had been
laboring upward of six days IN succession
without stoppage for the rescue of their
fellow men. Speedy messengers were dis
patched to Ashley for physicians and re-
storatives. Miss Riley sister of one of the
rescued men, tainted. While men raised
their voices in exultation, women cried
with Joy and thanked God for the blessing.
Old Mr.. Green, upward of 20 years of age,
started off at once for his home with the
glad tidings. Despite his old age and in
irmities he bounded over the hills with
step as light as youths. There was rejoic-
ing all around, and all gave expression to
their feeling and congratulated one another
upon the result of their protracted search


''HERE THEY COME"


Hardly had the cheers died away before
another rap was heard at the trap-door, and
another miner came up with the shout upon
his tongue, "Here they comel' Twas
true, one after another of the imprisoned
men was helped through the trap. AS fast
as they come up they fell into the hands of
friends with unalloyed pleasure. The
meeting was one of those scenes that can
not be faithfully portrayed. To the friends
who had waited so long for their return it
seemed as if the dead had risen. The res
cued felt then, if never before, the bless
ings of friends and the gloriousness of
Cons sunlight. They were all strong and
healthy notwithstanding their long impris-
onment. They had heard the efforts of
their comrades on Thursday while blasting
the block of coal, and on that day killed
the mule, and prepared some of it to be
eaten. The air in the mine was good, and
the men were enabled to cook their mule
meat by fire. When they came up they
brought up some pieces of the meat and
the stones upon which it was cooked.
Year: 1879

In this issue of the paper offer my
house and lot for sale. My object is to quit
the country possibly for the country s
good For the past nine years have en-
deavored TO make a livelihood here at the
newspaper business, at this writing am a
good breathing representation of the Genius
of Famine, or an allegory of Ireland dur
ing the potato rot. The day star of my
prosperity has gone down behind dark
cloud of unpaid bills and uncancelled obi
cations. IS dernier resort, propose to
cast my lot among the Mongolians of the
Pacific coast, and with this view my leisure
moments are devoted to deciphering the
hieroglyphics on a Chinese tea chest, while
patiently waitthe advent of a purchaser.
Year: 1879

DAN. MoAULEY, colored, at one time


Republican representative in the
|wer branch of the State Legislature
ON Clay county, has been arrested on
Ie charge of being defaulter to the
bvernment while acting as Post Mas
|r at West Point Miss.
Year: 1879

A SKETCH OF A PISTOL LAW.


Some law of the following tenor and
character seems to be necessity to ar
rest the pestilence of murder:
Be it enacted, That each and every per-
son who in a rencontre discharges q loaded
pistol in any street of any town, or in any
store, hotel, bar>room or barbershop, shall
be guilty of misdemeanor, and in all
cases where the jury may acquit such per-
son of murder, it shall be the duty of the
court to fine the person $3.50 for wantonly
endangering the lives of the citizens of the
State by discharging pistol in a public
place.


Be it further enacted, That the widow,
child or children of any male citizen of this
State, who may hereafter be killed, except
in actual self-defense by the slayer, shall be
entitled to one-third of the real or personal
properly of such murderer, to be recovered
by bill filed in the Chancery Court of the
county, ard in case the slayer shall have no
property, he may be hired out for five years
for the support of the widow and children
of the victim, in all cases where he is ac>
quilted by the jury.


Be it enacted, That it shall be a misde-
meanor in any person who has not taken
out license to carry about his person a pis-
tol in time of peace, and upon conviction,
any person so offending shall be fined not
less than $25.


Be it further enacted, That the license
for carrying pistol about the person shall
be issued by the Clerk of the Circuit Court,
upon the payment of % to the county and
81 to the Clerk; and it shall be the duty
of said Clerk to publish in some news
paper and to post on the Courthouse door,
list of the persons to whom license has
been issued under this law.


Here is the way lawyer takes up this
bill and tears it to pieces. After the vet
eran reads this dissection of his bill, we
doubt whether he would recognize himself
if he looked in a glass


''Beit enacted, =" (by whom or what9) )"That
each and every person, who in renconter
discharges a loaded pistol IN any street of
any town, or in any store, hotel, bar-room
or barbershop" (though it may be done to
any extent in churches, theaters, livery
stables, etc., without crime,) ''shall be
guilty Of q misdemeanor, and in all cases
Year: 1879

ISan Francisco Post.l


The lamentable occurrence which
has to-day added a new stain on
this city's already dark records of
crime and misrule is the direct re-
suit of unlicened speech and press.
A political campaign is in progress
here, characterized by more of Bit
terness and personal hate than has
been known since the days OF the
Vigilance Committee. The ordin-
ary rules of political discussion and
warfare have been ignored, and all
that venom, invective, malice and
bilious hate can Invent has been
compressed into outspoken slander
and printed libel. Not only what
candidates for Office have done,
but as we'll lies concocted for
political effect have been distort-
ell and thrown broadcast
regardless of decency, fairness or
consistency. The result Of this has
been the creation of heart-bitter-
ness and RANGER that have had no
previous parallel in our political
history. Coming to considera-
tion OF the all engrossing topic of
the hour, We sec that Rev. Isaac
Kalloch, the nominee of the Work
ingmen's party for Mayor of this
city has been subjected for some
time past to review by the
Chronicle of every act of his past
life, in which the vilest crimes
have been laid at his door, and the
most obscene transactions charged
to his commission. And not alone
he, but his father, who has been
put away In his grave many long
years ago, was put upon the rack
Of slanderous criticism in order
to point an argument or
envenom q lampoon. Smart.
ing under this indignity to himself
and desecration of his parent, the
resentful splrit of manhood was
naturally aroused; and even as the
Chronicle had used its implements
and forum to traduce to the lowest
depths its political opponent, so did
Kalloch retaliate in kind. Where
the former employed the press and
its readers, the latter used his pull
pit and his audience. Each In
turn reflected in the severest terms
possible to command on the blood
and lineage of the other. II 1t was
allowable in one case, can impartial
history censure 1t in the other? II
il was Incumbent on either to retail.
late by personal violence, the
query naturally arises, whence
came the first offenceq All
men of spirit agree that mans
bounden duty Is to defend the
good name Of his father and moth
or. This being admitted, the spir'
itual warning il not inappropriate
"Woe to him through whom the
offense cometh. 1t is naturally
incumbent upon one who takes uk
the sword TO Be prepared for . llks
Year: 1879

have been brought along to engender lev
sporadic cases, but without a criminal dis
regard Of the simplest sanitary laws, We do
not believe there is any danger of the dis
esse assuming epidemic form in ibis local
ity. still, az we have said above, the rad
ical changes which have already taken
place in the character of the disease, reuder
it altogether possible that it NAV undergo
such further chinees az will send it even IA
far North as this, and in any event it is
better to be on the safe side; if We
don't want to be visited by yellow
fever or cholera, or any other
pes,ilence, there is no better wsy t.
insure ourselves against it than to nave a
decent regard for the laws Of health, By
enforcing prudent sanitary regulations.
Not only is such q course desirable rs
a means of insuring US against pestilence
and epidemics Of the classes referred to,
but the evils of cur ordinary indemic dis
eases msy he greatly mitigstsd by such a
cour-e Filth is prolific parent OF disease


in every form, and the people who tolerate


filthy streets, filthy alleys, filthy back


yards, and putrid ponds in their midst


cannot hope to be healthy. Cleanliness il


one of the laws Of nature, and disease il


the penalty We pay for its violence.
Year: 1879

The solidity Of Southern elections this
year will surpass all previous records
This is made apparent by the early activity
Of the bulldozers and by the arrogant tone
of the Southern newspapers. The Issue
raised by the extra session just suits them,
and the security which they now feel
sgain-t legal rrosecuti n for driving voters
from the polls will prompt them TO more
reckless bulldozing thsn ever. Ii is 8 fe,
therefore, to predict enormous Democratic
msio,itie- in every Southern State, without
ashsdow OF Republican success any here.
That South Carolina warning TO Swails
sounds the keynote for the campaign, and
every man, black or white, who sends up a
hostile shout will indeed shave a lively
time and be glad TO retire"
Year: 1879

Senator Lsmsr. who has returned from a
short visit to Mississippi, says that the &C
counts of the fever are in no sense exsg-
gerated, and that he is very apprehensive
that unless the most stringent measures are
adopted by the National Board of Health
and local authorizes of the South the epi-
demic will be more violent and fatal than
last season. He still thinks, however, that
past experience will contribute largely to
the confinement of the disease to within
narrow limits, and the adoption of more
stingent quarantine regulations in all the
seaport and river towns of the South will
tend TO that end. He says further that the
return Of this dreadful disease following
the colored exodus greatly exaggerates the
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Year: 1879

They are having a good deal of fun with
Mr.. Clover, vino recently set himself to
work to unesTth frauds in the Treasury
Department The gTest trouble was that
when Mr. Glover put in his hook to draw
out fraud he Usually brought Democrat
with it.
Year: 1879

The new York police bravely msintsin
their reputation for eccentricity. Iester
day a woman took a rocket-book from 4
Chinamsn the Chinsman tried to get it
away from her; a crowd gathered and some
one fired pistol and wounded All Sing in
the face. The woman with the pocket
book and the msn who fired the pistol both
walked away. All Sing was arrested.
Year: 1879

We find in the Fort Smith Elevator of
the l1th, a well-timed and conservative
article on the approaching national con-
test. Coming from the editorial depart.
ment of two so old and woll-posted pol
itcians. it deserves, as it will receive,
more than ordinary attention. This is
the article


ave have watched, tho movement of
the political pot, for some time, and find
that it boils, as OF old, Tor the interested
members Of the political parties and
families, without much regard for any
one who may wish to dine with them.
We have read much and often on the
subject, and we find the question will
terminate, in the canvass to come, as Il
sectional one, and not to be discussed AS
Il political ono at ALL though some may
so regard it. The north and the east
are the party or section that hold the
purse-strings of this government, and il
possible the political movers will induce
the moneyed power to vote (Which, OF
course, they will submit toy for the in
terest of their own section, pecuniaral-
ly, without regard to party or men, If
the conservatives will put into the field
man that can carry the monied inter
ests of the north and cast, as matter o!
course the democracy South will unite on
him, and victory will be theirs other
wise, we regard it as folly to make any
nomination whatever, ID the democratic
ranks with hope OF success.


ct we believe the democracy to be
stronger at this time than they have been
since the war and also that we have
more of tho able men, in the union, in
congress than heretofore since the war,
and if. the proper course is pursued in
the incoming canvass, success is certain.
AS to the question of soft and hard mo-
ney candidates, we do not take the trou,
bic to learn who are he one or who arc
the other. All we want is an admin
istration that will give us a sufficient
amount OF money to carry on the busi-
ness of the country, and to give prop
erty place among the articles that
have some price.


We do not belong to any particular
man, nor are we welded to any partic-
ular kind OF money, but are willing to
support. in our meagre manner, any can
didate that the democracy north may re-
gard as sufficiently strong to be placed
before the country