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Year: 1874

The Republicans Of East Tennessee
should not fail to do their whole duty
in the coming election. Every man
should vote, and see that his ueighbor
votes, Bring out the lazy ones. We
begin to feel that Middle and West
Tennessee are going TO do better than
they have ever done before, 1t would
be a matter Of regret If we should lose
the election by "a failure Of East Tenn
esseo to poll her full vote, especially as
that section, more than the others, is
interested i'm q Republican victory.
We have the mineral wealth Of the
State and the Democrats are assault
ing, violently, the laws upon which
its development depends. Ramamber
that by voting the Democratic ticket.
or failing 10 vote, you may be gYbuing
yourselves of profitable employment.
audaiding to strugle, by hostile lcgis-
lati0n, the most promising industry
Of our section. -LhQHuB0Qga COM
Year: 1874

questions which can be asked the former Com
mssloners. Did they ever know OF case
where 1000 pounds of the best cohee was
shipped from New-York City to some western
Indian reservation in bags with the Govern
ment stamp on Them Did there start at the
same time ON the same train 1900 pounds OF
the vlest imitation of coffee ever cOncOcted7
lnd these two cargoes travel side by side till
tbov CANA IN the pOint where they were put
ON wagons to cross the plains, and were they
on the plains changed from one SET OIL Days ~
the other, the bogus compound given W .'o
Indians and the cotfco bought WIN 'ho
Government money distributed TO the iraoe's
who subsequently sold it at fabulous prices
Who was responsible for this outrase' hau
the Interior Department been less weak cou'd
II NOT have been prevented Again, was not
n similar fraud pcrpetratcd in blankets ana
other articlesf


When these transactions have been brought
IN light. let it be ascertained whether the con-
tractors and traders who have fattened on
the Indian supplies paid any bonuses to the
Interior Department for their appointments
in the Indian country. A list of the amounts
paid would bc extremely interesting. Let
Assistant Attorney General Smith be sum-
moned, and let him explain why it is he is
always able to recommend the payment OF
large contracts, and finds it so easy to cut
down without mercy the small and more hon
est ones. Does he 60 on the principle OF a
celebrated Rhode Island lawyer that the CHIEF
aim of the legal profession is for lawyer to
"get pay for all he does 2"


There is still another point to be searched.
How are the Indian wars startedf Is not
their origin explained by the drunken frank
ness of one OF the scoundrcls who fatten on
themf "When there is no war, there is no
"monev going around; but when we stir up
ga war, money is plenty and it is easy for
everybody to get some" These are few
questions which can be asked with profit. 10
answer them we suggest that the former
Board of Commissioners be summoned. They
are men of National regulations, and their
replies would make very entertaining reading
Year: 1874

spontaneous choice for Senator. 1t shows q
good heart and a fine sense of gratitude in
the toiling and ill-requited. Possibly some
person, actuated by personal rancOr and spite,
may jeer at the application of the terms
Legislator and statesman" to Mr.. Committee
man Wallace. Just so when the could gen
"tleman" at home told his neighbors how he
had heard from his boy Pat in America-that
he was doing first rate and had an office under
Government, which he forgot the name OF. but
it was "lapin the bounty" he believed they
called it-there were people heartless enough
to laugh at his simplicity. But we maintain
that in both instances there is shown great
kindness of heart.
Year: 1874




convince any sensible man that these abuses
compare in any degree with those perpetrated
under cover of the franking privilege.


1t is not astonishing that the Right and Left
Centers of the French Assembly should be
unable to form union. However, their fail
ure to agree seems to seal the late OF tne
Constitutional Bills The Extreme Repub-
licans have no present interest in supporting
those measures, and the members of the Ex-
treme Right are inclined to do nothing to
consolidate the powers of the President. If
he wants to accomplish anything, the best
thing for him to do is to follow the example
of NJ. Thiers and become Republican.


FREQUENT complaints have been recently re-
ceived at this Office about the short supply OF
TRIBUNES on the trains OF the Harlem anu
New-Jersey Central Railroads, as well as at
the usual stands in Boston and at one or TWO
other points. In each case, representations
have been made to the proper authori'ies'
and an increased supply of the paper has Deeh
promised. We shall always esteem 1t 1aVor
if our friends will inform us wherever dealers
are unable on account of short stock 10 sup
ply them with TIE TRIBUNE. The universal
renort. not only of our readers but OF the
now s-dealers. is that no matter how large
their supply, THE TRIBUNE Is almost always
the first paper exhausted at the stands.


The lesson of Miss Louisa Lee Schuyler's
admirable report of her observations on the
European system of dealing with pauperlsm,
as presented to the State Charity Aid Asso-
citation, of which she is the President, Is that
to raise paupers to condition of sclf-sup-
port they must be dealt with as individuals
and by individuals. There can be no
question that our poor-houSe system
needs reorganization, that able-bodled
paupers should nowhere be sustained
in idleness at the public expense. and that
pauper children should not he kept IN aims
houses, or held together as a separate class in
pauper schools. In word, pauperism should
be dealt with as temporary, and not por-
manent, condition in life, and paupers should
not be supported so much as encouraged to
support themselves


| The Supplementary Civil Rights bill emerses
from the House judiciary Committee III still
another form. The principal notifications IN
this substitute for the bill passed by the
| Senate last Winter are the omission OF ceme-
teries, and the insertion of provision for
separate schools for the races In those States
in which each is afforded the same educational
facilities These changes will remove the
objections entertained by many sincere friends
of the negro, who have feared that mixed
schools might increase rather than dissipate
the prejudice Of race against race, and be
fatal to the public school systems of the
Southern States But with the opposition of
those who doubt the expediency of any legis-
lation on the subject. combined with that of
many who think the proposed substitute does
not 60 far enough, and the indifference of
others, there is little probability that even this
bill will ever be found on the statute book
Year: 1874

ernment out of the postage on Republican
campaign documents; but it will be hard to
convince any sensible man that these abuses
compare in any degree with those perpetrated
under cover of the franking privilege.
Year: 1874

and her play II she has been an illtreated wife
she has our sympathy; but suppose all ill-trosted
wives should insist upon bringing out dramas Alas
more and more arc we satisfied that the domestic
linen should be washed at home that marital
squabbles should lie adjusted without making jury
of the whole public; and that newspapers are not
printed solely to inform the world how Darby has
cut up rough and Joan turned rusty.
Year: 1874

The resolves bearing upon the race is
sue which were adopted are as follows.


The Democratic and Conservative party Of
Alabama in convention assemble d do resolve
and declare:


First-That the radical and dominant fac
ton of the Republican party in this State
persistently by false and fraudulent represen-
tations have inflamed the passions and prelu-
dices of the negroes as a race against the
white people and have thereby made it nee
essary for the white people to unite and act
together in self-defence and for the ptes>rYa-
ton of white civilization.


Second-That the rights Of AL classes OF
men under the Constitution and laws OF the
land must be respected and preserved invio-
late; but we deny that Congress can constr
tutionally enact laws TO force the two races
into social union or equality.


ThiId-That the sG-called Civil Rights tlll'
recently passed by the Federal Senate and now
pending in the House is fragrant and dan
gerous invasion of the ancient conservative
principles of personal liberty and free gov
ernment, and is a palpable violation OF the
Federal Constitution, and presents an is
sue of vital moment to the American peo-
ple and calls upon them TO decide at the bal
lot box whether they will or will not be co.
creed to the absolute social as well as po!iti
cal equality of the negro race with them
selves. We view with adherence the attempt
on the part of the Federal Government to
take the control of the schools, colleges,
churches, hotels, railroads, steamboats,, thea
tres, and graveyards for the purpose of es-
tablishing negro equality and enforcing 1t un-
der numerous penalties of fines, damages,
and imprisonment.


Fourth--Civil remedies for the protection
of civil rights are adequately provided for by
the common law to all races of men in this
State, and added to these are social remedies
of men are properly left free by the laws to
adopt for themselves; so that the negro race
has the same means Of protecting itself
against the invasions OF its civil rights un-
der the law, and against intrusion upon its
so-called rights and privileges by the white
race, that we have TO preserve and protect
ourselves and families against the intrusion
of the negro race. Under these laws
the race to which in the providence
of God we belong has achieved an eminence
among the people of the world which is our
proud Inheritance, and has become to us
trust we cannot resign without dishonor. We
therefore denounce, as violative Of the letter
and spirit of our Constitution, and as dIshon-
oring to the genius of our race, all legislative
enactments which attempt to convert into
crimes the rules and maxlms of our social
intercourse, to which we are indebted f5r
the excellence and glory Of our civilization,
or to punish with degrading penalties our re
fusal to admit an ignorant and barbarous race
to equal participation with our families in
our social institutions.
Year: 1874

The democrats of Alabama at their re-
cent State convention planted themselves
in their platform squarely upon color as a
political issue. There has been great
deal said about the formation of White
Mans Party, but this is the first time that
any convention has passed resolves in ia
vor of it. In plain words the Alabama
democrats say that it is necessary for the
white people to unite and act together in
self defence and for the preservation of
white civilization" This of course
means war of races. white against black
such war as every friend of humanity
must deprecate.


Thus there is placed upon the shoulders
of the democratic party heavy response
bility. They cannot escape accountable,
ty for whatever evil consequences may
result from the arraying of race against
race in political conflict. They have
struck the first blow. Every man of good
sense and fair judgment " i'll say that color
should be no test of mems politics. but
the democrats propose to make il the su-
preme test by organizing a White Man 5
Party.


While the democrats contented them
selves with denouncing the negroes, their
course was not Objectionable farther than it
might lead to produce race animosity, but
when their conventions adopt resolutions
in favor Of White Mans Party, then
their policy in relation to the blacks be-
comes matter of serious concern, to be
promptly disavowed by every man who is
a democrat and denounced by all who are
friends of justice and humanity. viii
Hon. Joseph Titcomb inform the people
OF this State what he thinks of the
Alabama resolutions Is he in favor
of sanctioning the war of races now
initiated by his brethren in Alabama
The voters of the State have right to
know his opinion upon this question of
color, now forced upon the attention Of
the country by democratic convention.
Year: 1874

The reduction of the public debt con-
tinues. Less than year ago the panic
stopped payment of the debt, but we have
since regained the ground then lost, and
now every monthly statement shows de-
crease of our liabilities. If Secretary
Bristow continues this kind of thing, he
will have to smell democratic birthstone
Year: 1874

single dose taken when the symptoms of any
bowel complaint manifest themselves will prevent


any serious attack. So beneficial is this elegant
preparation In regulating the proper flow OF the
gastric juices, that fermentation of food and gem


GRAFTON of acid gases during the summer season,
are rendered impossible, iftaken daily during hot
weather. We recommend it for the prompt relief
Year: 1874

Our attention has been called to the
condition Of the alley between Main and
Thir dstreets, and an appeal has been made
us to as independent journalists and lovers
of purity, to espouse the cause of c]eanli-
ness and to expose the filthiness of said alley,
and the filthy practices Of the keepers of
barns, stables. and pig sites thereon and Of
those who use the same as place for the de-
posit of swill, slops, straw, wood, boxes, ma
nures and filth Of infinite and unmentionable
kinds; and to generally come down on the
City Fathers, the City Marshal and all 9TH
ers. whose solemn duty it is to keep the
streets and alleys in healthy wholesome
and sweet smelling condition, and therefore
all this We proceed forth with to do.
Year: 1874

Mr.. E. A. Sargent Of the Town of
Burnside in this County one day last week
found perfect double white rose growing
on an apple tree in his yard. It was about
the usual size of common rose.


School district No. 3 in Burnside in this
County will build two story brick school
house the present summer. This speaks
we'll for the thrift and enterprise of the
District
Year: 1874

ELsWHERE we call attention to the
filthy condition of an alley back Of Main
street. That an alley in the centre of bus
mess, and one so much used should be left
in such horrid condition is simply dis
grace to the city.
Year: 1874

Efv At the gaming table the Duke Of
Richmond incurred a debt Of honor to
Lord Cardigan which he was unable to
paw. and it was agreed that his son. q lad
of fifteen, who bore the title Of the Earl
of March. should marry a still younger
daughter Of Lord Cardigan The boy
was sent for from school aid the girl from
the nursery. a clergyman was In atten-
dance, aud the children we're told that
they were to be married on the spot
The girl had nothing to say; the boy cried
out. They surely arc not going to MAR
~ ire to tha. dowdy 7" but married
they were. A pos,chaise was at the door.
the bridegroom vas packed Of with his
tutor to make the grand tour. and the
bride vas sent back to her mother. Lord
March remained abroad for several years.
after which he returned to London WE'LL
educated. handsome young man. but in
no haste to meet bis wife. whom he had
never seen except upon the occasion Of
their hasiy marriage. So he tsrried at
London to smuse himself One night in
the opera his attention was attracted to u
beauiiful young lady in the tozes. "Wh"
is that - he asked Of a gentleman beside
him. You must BE- stranger 10 Loa-
dom" was the reply. 'not to know the
toast of the town. the beautiful Lady
March," The Earl went straight to .hs
box. announced himself. and claimed his
, bride. The two f,l in lovs with each
other on the spot. and lived long ana hap
PLY together. and when the husband died
she also died Of broken heart witi,;u .
few mouths.
Year: 1874

DON'T SPOIL SNEEZE.-One may be
pardoned for sneezing under any circum-
stances, in view of the experience of a
woman from this city in Westfed, re-
Gently. Being in company, and attempt
ing to suppress sneeze, she felt queer
sensation in the left side of her face, which
soon began swelling and drawing out of
shape. A physician was called, but by
the time he had arrived her mouth and
the left side of her face had become drawn
up, disfguring her so that her most in
innate friends could not recognize her
features, while she found it impossible to
close her left eye. The physicians say it
is kind ofparalysis, caused by the great
effort she made in suppressing the sneeze,
and give but faint hope that her features
will ever resume their natural appear
ance. She is now in this city seeking
medical adyice.--Sprinafetd Repu6h-
can
Year: 1874

A KNIFE SwALLowED.-A female 26
years old, during an attack Of delirlum
tremens, swallowed a dessert knife, the
metal part of which measured six inches
and half. Eight weeks later, globu-
lar swelling made its appearance in the
right side, nearly on Il level with the
umbiicus, and the sharp edge of the for
eign body could be felt distending the
skin. which was freely movable over the
tumor, After some days the blade OF the
knife protruded through the skin, and
was easily removed by slight traction
without additional incision. The ivory
handle had been entirely dgested, and
the extremity OF the blade was rendered
very thin by the action of the gastric
juice. The nervous shock was consider
able at the time Of the removal of that
offending body, but good recovery was
made without the formation of a gastric
fstula.-LiUe1pOot and Manchester Med
iGat and Surgical Reports.
Year: 1874

A KENTUCKY breach of promise suit
wherein forty thousand dollars were
claimed, has been settled for thirteen dol
la and mu Q, which is just about the
figure the jury would have returned.
Year: 1874

THE great Democratic pow.wow comes
of today at Ellenboro, whercat 1t Is pro.
posed to nominate q candidate for Con-
gress from this District. Quite large
delegation left this city last evening for
the seat Of war. At last accounts the
probabilities were that Col BEN WILSON
would be nominated on the first ballot.
II he does not go through at once he may
miss it altogether, as there is an element
among the Democracy decidedly averse
TO his nomination. Col. BEN is not man
Of universal popularity with his party in
this District, and there are some who
think him one Of the weakest, if not the
very weakest candidate before the con-
vention. Whoever may be the nominee,
however, the opposition will be apt to
give him lively fight for an election.
Year: 1874

The most important item Of news In
our dispatches this morning Is the inior.
nation that England, France and Ger
many have recognized the Republic Of
Spain. While this recognition may not
put an end at once TO the Carlist rebellion
yet 1t will undoubtedly tend decidedly to
demoralize It.
Year: 1874

year. The death rate In the city Of


Wheeling for the six months ending July
lst, was less than one and one half per
cent Of the population. Counting the rate
however at two per cent per snuum, and
each member Of o mutual aid association
numbering five hundred members would
pay $40 per annum in order 10 provide
$4,000 for their families in case Of death.
This Is probably as cheap provision as
any man can make for his family. How
many Of these aid associations exist In
the city we do not know, noryet the e1-
tent OF thelDmembership, but where they
are conducted on business principles they
should afford the same protection to the
families of those who belong to them that
q well conducted Fire Insurance Com
pany does to those who arc insured in It.
Year: 1874

EXHAUSTION OF TALK.-IIow long the
lamp of conversation holds out TO burn
between two persons only is curiously
set down in passage from Count Gen.
failoner's account of his Imprisonment.
" Fifteen years | existed in a dungeon
ten feet square. During six years l had
II companion ; during nine | was alone.
| could never rightly distinguish the face
of him who shared my captivity in the
eternal twilight Of our cell. The first
year we talked necessarily together. We
related our past lives, our joys forever
gone, over and over again. The next We
communicated our thoughts on all sub
jects. The third year we had no ideas to
communicate we were beginning TO lose
the power Of reflection. The fourth, at
the interval Of month or so, we would
open our lips to ask each other If 1t were
possible that the world went on as gay
and bustling as when We formed por-
ton of mankind. The fifth we were ST.
lant. The sixth he was taken away-I
never knew where, to execution or liber-
ty. But was glad when he was gone
even solitude was better than the pale,
vacant face. One day Gt must have been
a year after my companion left me), tho
dungeon door was opened. Whence pro-
ceedng knew not, the following words
we're uttered By order of his Imperial
Majesty, intimate to you that your wife
died a yoar ago. Then tho door was
shut and | heard no more. They had
flung this great agony upon me and left
me alone with it,
Year: 1874

A WICKED INVENTION Those bald
headed martyrs who lost their hair by
having admiring young ladies seize them
by it, and pull them into second-story
windows, are in trouble again. Some
malicious genius has invented a large
leather sucker, after the fashion Of those
used by boys for pulling bricks out OF
the sidewalk, which will instantly ad-
here to a bald head, and the owner may
be jerked into even third or fourth story
window before he knows what has hap
pGhed. Bald headed men, who are anx-
ious to escape being thus elevated, are
advised to walk in the middle Of the
street.
Year: 1874

WAKEFULNEss.- When persons who
do not otherwise appear to be sick suffer
from wakefulness, this is sure sign of
mental exhaustion. When any part of
the body is especially exerted, the blood
flows in increased quantity to that part.
So when there is any stress laid on the
brain, the head becomes surcharged with
blood, as is shown by the flushing of the
face. If this condition is long continued,
the blood-vessels lose tho power of con-
tracing.


The brain remains in an excited state,
even when the mind has no longer any
desire to work, and it cannot take its
proper rest in sleep. In order to enjoy
refreshing sleep it is necessary that the
blood be not concentrated in the head,
but be diffused equally through all parts
of the body. This is probably the reason
why a warm bath just before going to
bed is so conducive to a good nights re-
pose. 1t is, however, the best way not
to allow the mind to get excited near the
hour of rest, but to let it run down grad
ually like clock, in the evening.


There have been some wonderful cases
Of sleeplessness caused by undue mental
exertion. Boerhaave, the Dutch philoso-
pher, tells us that at one time he was so
absorbed in a particular study that he
did not close his eyes in sleep for six
weeks. This seems incredible. A French
general asserted that for whole year,
while engaged in active warfare, he slept
but one hour in twenty four. These and
similar cases are probably exaggerated
We all know how often people are un-
willing to admit that they have been
asleep, when they have really had a
sound nap. The persons mentioned could
not have survived such prolonged wake
fulness. An attendant on the late EN-
peror Louis Napoleon, whose nervous
system had become deranged, died sim
ply from inability to sleep.
Year: 1874

At Dubuque wedding, among the
presents ostcutatiously displayed was
one hundred dollar bill, a present from
the dotiog father to his darling daughter
After the guests had departed the old man
cody rolled up the biIland put it in bis
vest pocket, and that was the end Of it.
Year: 1874

No man'slifo is free from struggles and
notifications, not even The happicS!, but
every one may build up his own happiness
by seeking mental pleasure, and thus ma,
king himself independence outward for
tune.