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Year: 1877

COURAGE TO LIVE, We need not
preach the courage to die-that is
common enough-but the courage to
live; to be true though all is dark
except where God shines in; to be
faithful though the heavens fall and
hearts break and friendships turn to
gall. Yes, we must teach men to be
popular, to be misapprehended, to be
ahead Of the times, to follow the voice
of God, though it leads into the will
deness; to tell the devil to his face
that he lies and also to give himhi dues
an act which requires the supremest
courage at times. l wouldn't give a
farthing for the triumphant faith of
the death hour, unless it comes from
the triumphant faith that makes life our
full Of noblest daring, that is ready to
fling aside honor, wealth, the praise
offriends, rather than impair for mo-
ment the souls integrity. O, for such
a courage, the courage to think, to
act, to tell the harsh truths, to over
throw splendid fasehoods, to disown
sweet lies and to Danish tender asso-
Citations rather than check in the least
the free movement Of the sovereign
soul. l a
Year: 1877

The Woonsocket police found a.
young girl on the street recently, well
dressed and decent looking, who said,
she wanted some place to stay for the
night. She told some story about her
working in a mill and losing her place
and not being able to find another:
and the police, not wishing to take her
to the lookup, took her to the Woon-
socket Hotel. There they met man
who said he was her father, and that
he had been looking for her. He said
she had run away from her home in
Pawtucket. He took her in charge,
presumably to place her once more
under the paternal roof. There is %
little mystery about the affair.
Year: 1877

Gossips of both genders giveup the
shameful trade of tale bearing; don't
be the devils bellows any longer to
blow up the fire Of strife. Leave of
setting people by the ears. If you do
not cut a bit Off your tongues, ~ least
season them with the. salt Of grace.
Praise God more and blame neighbors
less. Any goose can cackle, any fly
can find a sore place, any empty bar
rel can give forth sound, any brier
can tear q mans flesh. No flies will
60 down your throat if you keep your
mouth shut, and no evil speaking will
come up. Think much, but say little ;
be quick at work and slow at talk ;
and, above all, ask the great Lord to
set watch over yourhps. -Spurgeon.
Year: 1877

AS, before the tribunal Of physical
law, no man has any business to stuff
and glut and gorge his body until it
weighs five hundred, so in the court
of conscience no man hasNthe moral
right TO become, and foreman, "worth
his millions" There is a plain com
mand "Freely ye have received, free
ly give" And there is another, as
plain: "Charge them that are rich in
this world, that they do good, that
they be rich in good works, ready to
distribute, willing to communicate. "
1t is simply impossible that a mer-
chant, or a business man of any sort,
who begins, and carries forward and
controls his life by the principles OF
the Word Of God (Which simply enun-
ciate what, as matter Of fact, is
most for his happiness anGS3}PEerity
here and hereafter, ana Hi0sIF i5r the
good of the world, and Che glory OF
God, through him), shall grow to be
worth many millions. He may have
large property-and neither God
nor good men can object to that. But
so long as there is-according to the
Divine intent-an outletcouespondent
in size to the indowing, there will be
no glut or gorge, but by as much more
copious as may be the spring pouring
into his treasury its abundant tribute,
by to much more broad, and deep,
and sweet, and salubrious, will be the
river Of his beneicence flowing fa1
and wide, to make men bless him be-
cause he blesses them.-The Congre-
gationalist.
Year: 1877

A HUSBANDS UNEXPECTED RETURN.
AT an early hour on the morning of
the 9th inst, most brutal and afro
cious murder and suicide occurred at
Monmouth, Ill. Howard Reynolds, a
contractor and builder, returning un-
expectedly that morning from Spring
field, ILL.,, discovered his wife and
Charles Kirk, a grain dealer, in the
bedroom together. Kirk made good
his escape, but left a good portion of
his clothing behind. Reynolds went
to the stand drawer and got a revolver
shooting his wife and killing her in
stantly. The noise of the weapon at
tracted the attention Of a milkman who
was in the back part of the house, who,
on hearing the report Of the revolver,
went into the room where Reynolds
was, when the latter turned and fired
at the milkman, and at almost the
same time shot himself through the
temple, producing death instantly.
When the coroner was summoned all
three were in their blood. Reynolds
was a wealthy man, and had for some
time past entertained suspicious that
his wife and Kirk had been guilty Of
illicit intercourse.
Year: 1877

A babbling brook, or little foun-
tain throwing its jet into the air, at
tracts more attention than the hidden
forces of nature, which drew millions
of tons of water from the earth beneath,
and spread it out in herbage and foli-
age, clothing the fields with beauty,
crowning the forests with green, and
difusing fertility and life through all
the land.
Year: 1877

and ash box. The next per-
son to suffer was Jimmy Evans


a fifteen year old boy: de


had hold Of the truck rope


when he fell. The wheels OF


the carriage broke his leg


midway between the knee and
thigh, and severely bruised
his head. Johnny Annis. an
| other boy aged fifteen, son OF


the editor Of the Advocate,


started in the race on the rope
of the engine. He let 60. was
run against by another person


and knocked down, and pc


fore he could roll clear OF the


engine the wheels ran over


his right thigh just below the
groin, raging diagonally across
!. the limb and crushing the
bone from below the groin
8 nearly down to the knee. 1t


is believed the injury " will
d cripple him for life. Mr.. Nick
e Vitzhum, a member of Wash
i ington Company, aeld on to
n the rope for dear life, and was
: dragged helplessly until the
. horse could be stopped, when
t he was picked up in a faintine
'e condition, uninjured save by q
D. few bruises. The Advocate
J. is pardonably severe upo11
al those to be blamed for suci
ia reckless driving and those VIII


a should prevent boys from run
nd ming with the fire mach'nes'-
OF IN. .. Picayune,
Year: 1877




A Young Man Uhae Coupling cars Is Caught
and Fdtdlly Injured.


Last evening about 8 o'clock as John
McCafferty brakeman on the +. w. &
b. r. R., was engaged in coupling a
car to the locomotive at Delaware juno
ton, he was caught between them and
very badly squeezed across the back and
chest from the effect of which he died this
morning at 8 o'clock.


1t appears that the first intimation that
those who were out with him had, was
when the engineer started to pull out and
finding that the engine had not been
coupled to the car he glanced back, and
saw the wounded man fall to the track.
He Immediately left the engine and going
to him picked him up, and in doing SO
found that he was very seriously injured.
He was put on the engine and brought to
the depot, after which he was taken to
his parents residence, No 400 E. Ninth
street. DR.. Kane was Immediately sum-
moned, and did all that medical aid
conld do to alleviate the suffering of the
unfortunate young man. At the time
he was picked up blood was flowing from
his ears. nose and mouth. He was about
% years of age, unmarried, and had beer
on the road but short time. The Caro-
ner has been notified and will hold ar
inquest sometime during the day.
Year: 1877

Hollands New York Restaurant, No
316 Market street, is just such an insti
tuition as Wilmington has long stood
in need of. Here ladies and gentle
men can call at any hour of the day
and secure a good, palatable meal for
very little money His place is crowd
ed every day, and no wonder, tor per
sons who go once are sure to go again
Year: 1877

This morning at IL o'clock. before Es>
quire Frazer, Mary Simmons brought
maintenance of an illegltimate child.
The case was clearly proven and the
prisoner was sentenced to give bail in
the sum of $160 to indemnify the trustees
of the poor, pay the costs Of the case,
and pay So per month to the mother of
the child until it was seven years of age.
In default of the sentence he was com-
mitted to jail. Both parties are colored
Year: 1877




Some five years ago Harry Odgers,
a miner from Truro, Cornwall, Eng
land, arrived in this locality. Before
leaving home he loved certain lass,
the daughter of an inn-keeper, to
whom he proposed marriage but was
rejected. Two years ago Harry, who
was employed in the Delaware mine,
met with an accident by which he
lost his eyesight. The news of his
terrible misfortune didn't reach the
ears of his Truro sweetheart until
quite recently. She thought of the
man who once told her he loved her,
and her woman's heart softened.-
She wrote to q friend in Keweenaw
county, and in time got history Of
his condition and the sad plight he
was in on the distant shores of Lake
Superior. The other evening quiet
little woman arrived on the stage
from L'Anse, and before many hours
she was at the house where the maim-
ed and blind miner was stopping
She came to take Harry back to Eng
land, without any fuss or noise, and,
if he'll allow her, she intends to care
for him as his wife the balance Of his
days. Mondays stage took Harry
and his old sweet heart on their way
back to Cornwall. She doesn't want
to get married until she gets home
If there is one seat better than anoth-
er in heaven, we know little woman
who will be entitled to it when she
leaves this world. ie75
Year: 1877

Parson Brownlow on Himself.


Ihave been q laboring man all my
life long, and have acted upon the
Scriptural maxim of eating my bread
In the sweat of my brow. Though q
Southern man in feeling and princi-
pie, 1 do not think it degrading for q
man to labor, as do most Southern
disunionists. Whether East or West,
North or South, recognize the Dig
nifty of labor, and look forwork to q
day, not very far distant, when edu-
Gated labor will be the salvation OF
ovrth<-ys un. Ma~ " n
throughout the length and breadth
of the land as the "Fighting Parson, .
while I may say, without incurring
the charge of egotism. that no man is
more pcaceable, as my neighbors will
testify. Always poor, and always
oppressed with security debts, few
men in my section, and with my lin
tied means, have given away more in
the course of each year to charitable
objects. l have never been arraigned
in the church for immortality. new
er played card. Inever was pro-
fame swearer. I never drank dram
in my life until within few years,
when it was taken as medicine. I
never had a cigar or chew Of tobacco
in my mouth. Incver was in attend
ance at theatre. / never attended q
horse race, and never witnessed their
running save on the fair grounds of
my own county. Inever courted but
one woman, and her 1 married. am
about six feet high, and have weighed
as high as It's pounds-have had as
fine constitution as any man need
desire. I have very few gray hairs
in my head, and, although hard IA
vored otherwise, I will pass for q
man of forty years. l have had as
strong a voice as any man in East
Tennessee, where l have resided for
the last thirty years, and have a fam
lily of seven children.
Year: 1877

ARMY and navy officers must 60
without their pay, government i'm.
provements must stop, the United
States Courts can do no business un-
til the 18th of October, because the
administration is afraid to have its
policy discussed by an early session
of Congress.


The above, from the Keokuk Con-
ititution, is an exhibition of the
readiness with which the thief cries
stop thief! The democratic House
last winter refused to make any APP
preparation to pay the army and navy,
and in that act, was revolutionary.
The same men who performed this
revolutionary act were once, in large
part, in open or covert treason. In
order to compel the President and
Senate to do its bidding, the House
would not provide for the payment
of the servants of the nation. Now,
because tho President thinks he can
squeeze along and not give rise for
the extraordinary outlay of an extra
session of Congress until October,
when it can run right along into the
general session in December, the par.
ty which by revolutionary means ne.
fused to provide for the payment OF
the army, is in mortal agony because
the officers cannot be paid, and be-
cause the President don't at once re.
assemble that Democratic House tc
do something they ought to have done
before.
Year: 1877

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A correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune writes that there is colony
of Spiritualists who have settled down
among the mountain Businesses of
Tennessee, and who claim to have
been directed thither by the spirit of
a dead hunter, who was wont to tread
his way through the masses and laby-
rinths of the deep gulches that line
the mountain sides. Here, while on
his hunt after bears and other wild
animals, he-so he communicates
through the medium-had discovered
a certain spot, and at the bottom of
the gulch an exhaustless gold mine.
1t was stated to the credulous believ-
ers, that, if they dug down to the
depth of two hundred feet, they
would strike the rich vein, and the
fortune Of every individual engaged
in the search would be assured. The
little colony lived frugally, dwelling
in little comfortlcss log huts, and
when they could spare the time from
the delving after the precious metal,
they raised small patches Of potatoes,
and corn, which, with the wild meats
they brought down with the rifle,
furnished them with q livelihood.


Here, isolated from all the rest of the
busy world, struggling for mythical
store of gold, the deluded beings have
for years labored, and grown old and
gray in the service, and many have
sunk down into the grave without
even getting sight of the goal of
their hopes. Tho hard flint and
tough marble that dulled the edges of
their instruments seemed almost beds
OF iron, yet they never yielded, only
making more strenuous efforts and
the dclving down in the unpromising
bowels of the earth, was carried on
in the face of almost insurmountable
difficulties. The faith still fingers,
and, were any ono to inform the
workers that they were laboring un-
der delusion, he would doubtless be
laughed at for his exceeding stupidi-
ty in discrediting the statement Of the
dead Indian hunter.
Year: 1877

A few days ago John Mcintyre, Of
Mitchell county, had valuable horse
stolen. Pursuit was made and the
horse found in the woods on Cedar
river, in the hands of the thieves, who
were busily engaged in coloring the
horse black. They had painted one
coat Of logwood, and were getting
ready copperas to complete the job,
and in few moments the dapple
gray would have been a red roam.
The thief, William Conley, Is years
Of age, was captured with the color
Ing dye on his hands. He is said to
be one of the most expert horse
thieves In the country.
Year: 1877

NEW YORK, May ga Salt Lake
City dispatch says, in the Tabernacle
on Sunday, Brigham Young arose at
an unexpected moment and broke
forth in an address to the saints and
sinners which gave the latter to UNDER
stand that If they wanted blood they
could have plenty Gift and that they
were likely to have more Of it let out
Of their veins than they could spare,
at an early period. Many discreet


gentiles are quietly arranging for the


removal Of their families at the first


sign Of an outbreak. The Nauvoo


Legion are drilling in the meeting.
houses, barns, stables and corralls Of
Salt Lake City and in minor towns.
Brecch loading rifles have been ship
ped in great numbers during the last
fortnight from the east to this place.
Year: 1877

The committee of coal shippers have madc little
progress forming the 'ncw combination TO restrict
the shipping OF coal to New York. They state that
all tc presidents OF the railroad companies carrying
coal conccdc the dcslrabty OF the comb nation but
are afraid to trust each other. Meanwhile coal con-
tho termini OF the roads IN Jersey are iliod, and
many thousands OF tons In trucks awaiting place
IN IN
Year: 1877

The present friendly, though ami
mated, contest over the gubernatorial
nomination now being carried on in
Mississippi by the friends Of the dis
tinguished gentlemen who are consider
ed as deserving Of the position, has
excited lively interest in adjacent
States.


AS in close proximity to its scene we
witness this cumulative struggle. we can
not but feel an interest in its result
almost, if not quite, as deep as that felt
by the participants therein; though it is
with due Difference to the mass Of intel
ligent voters in our sister State that we
give expression to our thoughts in the
matter.


The present indications seem to point
to the probable nomination Of ex-Gov.
Benjamin G. Humphreys, whose claims,
Year: 1877

Those OF our citizens who ere fortunate enough
to te able to seek respite from the lsbors of the
Business season just closed. and TO recuperate
their energies at some OF the many delightful
summer resorts to be found In tho Northern
States and Canada, will be glad to learn that the
old favorite Jackson route, under vigorous and
efficient management, has become ore of the
very best travelling thoroug ghfareoin the country.


Hundreds Of thousands Of dollars have been
expended, as we are credibly informed during
the past twelve months for new iron and steel
rails, new cross-ties and new bridges, and to day
it may be- safely said that no road south OF the
Ohio river surpasses the great Jackson route in
smoothness and perfect safety. W. have had
occasion, during The past few weeks, to travel
quite extensively that road, and ws can thus,
from actual experience, bear witness to its ex-
ceence in every particular which goes to consti-
tute good road.
Year: 1877

An interesting question of law was
raised in a case Of extradition some
time since by Dan VOORHEES, in a case
that came up in Michigan city, Indiana.
In March, 1874, two burglars were dis
covered by Mr.. Joseph Dain, who re-
sides near Toronto, in his house. On
his approach they fed, and being hotly
pursued by him, one Of them turned and
shot him. Before he died one Of them
was captured and sentenced on his evil
dence to imprisonment for life for bur-
glary and shooting with intent to MUIR
der. Last Christmas Dain died and the
Grown at once took steps to arrest the
companion Of Leavitt, the man who had
been convicted, and he was given to
understand that his sentence would be
committed to five years If he
made clean breast Of the matter.


He did so, and stated that the shoot
ing was done by one Frank Meeker,
who was then serving out a term in the
Indiana penitentiary under the alias Of
Lewis Armstrong. A requisition was
made by the Ontario government on the
State Of Indiana for the extradition Of
the criminal. Mr.. VOORHEES, was en-
ployed to make the demand and con-
duct the necessary legal proceedings,
and that gentleman obtained from the
Supreme Court writ Of habeas corpus
for the production Of Meeker, alias Arm
strong, and contended that the govern
ment whose laws were first violated had
right to the possession of the prisoner.
The Supreme Court avoided a decision
of the question by recommending that
the Governor pardon the prisoner,
which was done, and he was handed
over to the Canadian authorities. His
conviction in Canada for murder is re-
garded certain.
Year: 1877

though not ardently urged, press them
selves forward with unusual force.


Mississippi, though fortunate in hav-
ing sooner than Louisiana and South
Carolina thrown off the oppressive
shackles which bound her liberties and
thwarted all her noble efforts at re-
covering from the devastating ills of
war, has yet much to be done for her
that craftsmanship can do and execu-
tive firmness work out before she can
be restored to that place of power and
wealth among the States which belongs
to her. Many Of her citizens are un-
doubtedly qualified with sufficient
knowledge Of the science Of statesman
ship and with political wisdom to sue
cessfully lead her back to that position,
but it is questionable whether any one
OF them Is more conspicuous for
these qualities than their gallant
soldier and Ex-Governor, who was bru-
tally forced from the executive chair by
Federal bayonets and thrust aside to
make room for the New England ad-
venturer, Ames-the fellow who was i'm
posed upon the State to crafty Sec
tional vindictiveness, to please his bes-
tial father-in-law, Butler, and to give
him fair opportunity for plunder while
ne accomplished his aim Of keeping up
turmoil and strife as capital for his
party's campaign purposes.


Gen. Humphreys, like Nichols and
Hampton, we believe, was educated at
West Point. Like them, during the
short term of his executive power, he
evinced the firmness Of character re-
quired for the efficient discharge of his
duties, and his administration, to Judge
from its earliestacts, would have proved
of vast benefit to the State which placed
the reigns Of power in his hands, had it
not been nipped in the bud by Federal
usurpation.
Year: 1877

The World commends the White Sui
phur Springs meeting as symptom of
the return of the 'good old times" when
the South asserted her natural import
ance in the Union. The World thinks
it high time she was entering again as
an active force into the councils and
policy Of the nation, and that good will
follow from the conference by making
the Southern leaders forget their State
and local issues. It will also do the
Northern politicians good to meet them
in the same way. We are glad to see
that the World does not regard the re-
covery Of the just and rightful influence
of the South in national affairs with the
apprehension and sectional jealousy
that is manifested by some OF Our
Northern exchanges.
Year: 1877

The DEMOCRAT has just added to its Office a
new and complete Steam Job Printing depart
ment, with all the latest and most desirable i'm
.provements in types, rules, borderc, etc. We are
now fully prepared to compete with any job
printing establishment in the South. We can
turn out, at the shortest notice, anything from a
newspaper or book TO lady's visiting card, in
the best style Of the art. We shall devote
special attention to commercial printing and to
the printing OF lawyers briefs. We earnestly
solcit the support OF our friends in our progress
Give efforts
Year: 1877

A Western correspondent Of the New
York Sun quotes Republican member
Of Congress from Michigan or Wiscon-
sin as saying that the Republican
party is in a very bad way. and that
the only salvation for it is to shave
enough niggers killed in the South to
make "solid North"
Year: 1877

at $1,7SO,311 SO. The object Of this act


Of the Legislature was simply to au-
thorize q judicial investigation and
liquidation Of the accounts between the
State and the Levee Company; and
there is no danger that the State will
suffer from lack of attention to this
suit
Year: 1877

Our subscribers will confer favor upon us by
reporting at this Office every failure in the de-
livery to their address OF the DEMOCRAT, as we
are particularly desirous Of achieving absolute
exactitude and punctuality.
Year: 1877

A SINGLE bitter rword may disquiet
an entire family for a whole day.
One surly glance casts gloom over
household, while a smile like a
gleam of sunshine, may light up the
darkest and weariest hours. Like
unexpected flow ers which spring up
along our path, full of freshness,
fragrance and beauty, SO do kind
words and gentle acts and sweet
dispositions make glad the home
where peace and blessings dwell.
No matter how humble the abode if
it be thus garnished with grace, and
sweetened with kindness and smiles.
the heart will turn lengingly tow ard
it from all the tumults of the world:
and a home, if it be ever so humble,
will be the dearest spot beneath the
circait of the sun.
Year: 1877

PERHAPS there are no people so
lntolerant as those who carry pro-
fessed independence to the extreme
of partisanship, and are critical to
the extent of captiousnes. They
are extremely disagreeable and al
together useless people; they
merel y tear down and never build
up. The only compensation for the
annoyance they occasion other peo-
pie is that they themselves are in a
state of chronic morbldness and un-
mitigated misery. - Chicago. Ti-
6une.