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Year: 1877

New YORK, June 10.


At the Manhattan club banquet Gov.
Tilden said Everybody knows that after
the recent election the men who were
elected by the people president and vice.
president of the United States were
"counted out" and the men who were not
elected were ''counted in" and seated. 1
disclaim any thought Of personal wrong in-
or word Of mine shall that be dwarfed or
degraded into personal grievance which
10 in truth the greatest wrong that has
stained our national annals. To every
man of the four and quarter million who
were defrauded of the fruits of their cleo
tive franchise 1t is as great wrong as 1t is
to me and no less; to every man of the mi
nority will the ultimate consequences ex-
tend.


Evils in government grow by success
and by impurity they do not arrest their
own progress; they can never be limited
except by external force. If men in pos
session of a government can in one instance
maintain themselves in power against an
adverse decision at elections, such an ex-
ample will be initiated. The temptation
exists always. Devices to give color of
law and false pretences on which to found
fraudulent decisions, will grow into
practice if once condoned. In the worlds
-, t,o of
ernments have usually been the result of
fraud or force.


1t has been our faith and our pride that
we had established more of a peaceful
change to be worked out by the ballot box.
The question now is whether our elective
system In its substance, as well as its form,
of questions. Until it is finally settled
there can be no politics founded on inferior
questions of administrative policy. 1t in
wolves the fundamental rights of the peo-
pie; it involves the election principle; it
involves the whole system of popular gov
ernment.


The people must signally condemn the
great wrong which has been done to them ;
they must strip the example of everything
that can attract imtators; they must re-
fuse prosperous immunity to crime. This
is not all. The people will not be able to
trustl the authors or benefciaries of the
wrong to devise remedies, but when those
who condemn the wrong shall have power
they n-st aovise measures which shall
render a repetition of the wrong forever
impossible.


| II my voice could reach throughout the
country and be heard in its remotest ham,
let, would say: Be Of good cheer. The
republic will live. The institutions of our
fathers are not to expire in shame. The
sovereignty Of the people shall be rescued
from this peril and re-established. Sue
cessful wrong never appears so triumphant
as on the very eve of Its fall. Seven years
ago a corrupt dynasty eliminated in its
power over a million of people who live in
the city of New York. 1t had conquered,
or bribed, or flattered, and won almost
everybody in acquiescence. 1t appeared to
be invincible. A year or two later its
members were in penetentiaries or in exile.
History abounds in similar examples. We
must believe in the right and the future.
A great and noble nation will not sever its
political from its moral life.


Governor Hendricks also talked to the
extent Of column or more.


Il -
Year: 1877

We republished last week, from the


Bankers Magazine, an article by Geo.


M. Weston, Recording Secretary of the


Silver Commission, on the question Of


using silver for coin i'm this country.


wherein some points bearing on that


question are well stated; but Mr.. Weston,


like most writers thereon, does not touch


the heart of the subject; the vital points


whereon the ssue turns. This heart is


the fact that silver is not mere prom


Use, but the thing itself which a note
promises. Hence, even if depreciated-
which need not be-siIver-is far better
than paper for currency basis. Notes
promising to deliver coin can not be
over-issued as a rule, unless they have
some kind of Government Endorsement
to give them credit and circulation.
But notes for which coin is not deliver.
able on demand or short notice, or
which are not payable in any thing, can
be greatly over-issued. They can be
worked into circulation till they depre-
ciate so as to cease passing. Especially
easy is this initiation when the notes are
issued and forced into passage by Gov
ernment. Not only can large masses be +.
put afoat, but as long as the issuer is
not bound to pay such notes in coin on
presentation they can be secretly issu-
ed to an additional and almost unlimited
extent. Coin, being thing and not
promise, can not be over-issued, either
openly or in secret. If general, infia-
tion with its long train of mischiefs can
not take place with coin basis of COM
merce; and when on such basis it does,
it can not go nearly so far nor work
nearly so much harm as when 10 occurs
on a foundation of irredeemable promis-
es. There is not gold enough in the
country, nor is there likely to be, to
answer alone the purpose of currency
in the place of the green-back; but with
the aid of the silver, coin may be sub
stituted with great advantage. The
demonetization or that metal by some
other countries, is likely to be a benefit
rather than an injury to us, since il
probably secures to America an ample
supply of the metal for the purpose of
coming silver dollar full value, and
gives us a metallic coin which is not
(ike goldl liable to the danger of sud-
den and extensive export. In European
where coin can be imported
from abroad within few hours or
very few days, this consideration is not
of great weight; but in this country,
where sudden demand may be i'm
possible to meet for week or two by
reason of the distance whence gold
must be imported, it is matter OF real
IRA YitY
Year: 1877

A silver dollar represents day $
work for the laborer. 1t is given to
boy. He has no idea of what it is
worth. He would be as likely to
give a dollar as dime for top or
any other toy. But if the boy has
learned to earn the dimes and dollars
by the sweat of his face he knows
the difference. Hard work is to him
measure of values that can never
be rubbed out of his mind. Let him
learn by experience that a hundred
dollars represent a hundred weary
days labor, and it seems great sum
of money; thousand dollars is
fortune, and ten thousand is almost
inconceivable, for it is far more than
he ever expects to possess. When
he has earned a dollar he thinks
twice before he spends it. He wants
to invest it so as to get the full val
ue of a days work for it. It is
great wrong to society and to a boy
to bring him up to mans estate with
out this knowledge. A fortune at
twenty-one without it is almost ine-
vitably thrown away. With it and
a little capital to start on he will
make his own fortune better than
anyone can make 1t for hin.
Year: 1877

One day last week young Ivey.
who had been addressing Miss Bull
lard against the wishes of her father
drove up to the house of the latter
for the purpose of carrying away his
prize in the absence of the old man,
who had gone fishing. 1t appears
that the old gentleman had made
ready by loading his gun with slugs
of lead cut from the sinkers on his
lines to shoot the lover if be persist
ed in the effort to carry offhi daugh-
ter. The two lovers were seated in
buggy and making their way to
North Carolina when they were over
taken by a small brother of the
bride elect, who levelled the old
gun and commanded them to halt.
Not needing the command. the
youngster pulled down upon them.
and severely wounded his sister in
the side, but missed her lover, the
shot lodging in the back of the bug
gy. Nothing daunted, the two pro-
ceeded on their journey until they
reached the house OF a preacher,
who made them one. The young
lady was so weak that she was sup
ported while the ceremony was per-
formed. 1t seems that the boy act
ed under his fathers instructions
Marion IS. c. Merchant and Far
qIleT.
Year: 1877

Some temptations come TO the in
dustrious but all temptations attack
the idle. Idle Christians are not
tempted of the devil so much as they
do prompt the devil to tempt them.
IdIeness sets the door of the heart
ajar, and asks Satan to come in, but
if we are occupied from morning till
night, should Satan get in, he must
break through the door. Under
sovereign grace, and next TO faith,
there is no better shield against
temptation than obedience to the
precept that ye be mot siothful in
business fervent in spirit, serving
the Lord
Year: 1877

Take care of your pennies.


Look well to your spending.


No matter what comes in, if more
goes out you will always be poor.


The art is not in making money.
but in keeping it.


Little expenses, like mice in a
barn, when they are many make a
great waste.


Hair by hair heads get bald straw
by straw the thatch goes off the cot
tage, and drop by drop the rain
comes in the chamber.


A barrel is soon empty if the tap
leaks but drop a minute.


When you mean to save begin
with your mouth many thieves pass
down the red lane.


The ale jug is great waste.


In all other things keep within
compass.


Never stretch your legs further
than your blanket will reach, or yon
will soon be cold.


In clothes choose suitable and
lasting stuff, and not tawdry finer
les.


To be warm is the main thing
never mind the looks.


a fool may make money. but it
needs wise man to spend it.


Remember it is easier TO build two
chimneys than to keep one going.


you give all to the back and
board there is nothing left for the
savings bank.


Fare hard and work hard when
you are young. and you will have q
chance to rest when you are old.
Year: 1877

A letter from Fort Fetterman tells the
story of young hero who, alcne and
single handed kept band of Indians at
bay for two days in a sort of natural re-
doubt of stone. When found, he was
dead, and on his body were thirteen
wounds. The photograph of a hand
some young lady was found on his per-
son with the name mamie" written at
the bottom, Attached to it was a lock
Of hair tied with bit OF blue ribbon.
There was no. clue to the young mans
name or place of residence, but the pic
ture of the lady was taken in Chicago.
The soldiers who found the body
buried it in a nameless grave and carved
on tree near by, "Mamie's Friend,
May 26, 1877
Year: 1877

A committee of three appointed
by the miners at Coal Creek Mines,
in Anderson county, East Tennes-
see, arrived in the city this morning
and visited Governor Porter at the
Capitol. They are here for the pur-
pose of comforting with the lessees of
the peniteutiary in regard to the re-
port that the latter were going to
place convicts at work in the mines.
The miners say that they are oppos-
ed to such a movement, and that if
it should be carried into effect it
would be ruinous to their interests
There is small colony of them a:
the mines, and most of them own
properly there. They claim that if
their places in the mines are filled
with convicts they will perhaps be
compelled to leave that section of
the country.


1t has been rumored in East Ten.
nessee that the miners were arming
themselves and drilling every night,
and that it is their intention not to
allow the convicts to go there. Gov
ernor Porter says that the commit
tee discussed the matter like sensi-
BILE men, and disclaime ed any violence
on the part of the miners. Cover
nor Porter has no power to Interfere
in the matter unless snch state of
affairs should exist as to necessitate
the calling out of the State troops,
and no such thing is feared.


The committee of miners will
meet the lessees of the penitentiary
afternoon at o'clock, and will en-
deavor to pursuade them to take
some other action and dispose Of
their conyicts in some other way
than they have here to fore done
Nashville Banner of Friday evening.
Year: 1877

How little we know of each other,


We pass through the journey of life,
With its struggles, its fears and temptations
It's heart-breaking cares and its strifes!
We can only see thinks on the surface,


For few people glory in sin,
And an unrufied face is no index


To the tumult which RACES within.
How little we know of each otherl


The man who to-day passes by
Blessed with fortune and honor and titles,
And holding his proud head on high,
May carry dread secret with him


Which makes his bosom hell,
And he, sooner or later, q feloH,


May write in the prisoners cell
How little we know of each other!


That woman of fashion, who sneers
At the poor girl betrayed and abandoned,
And left to her sighs and her tears,
May, ere the snn ris es tomorrow,


Have the mask rude1y torn from her face,
And sink from the height OF her glory,
To the dark shades of shame and disgrace.
How little we know of each otheri


Of ourselves too little we know;
We are all weak when under temptation,
All subject to error and woe,
Then let blessed charity rule us,
Let us put away envy and spite
For the skeleton grim in our closet
May some dry be brought to the light.
Year: 1877

Many woman of the Russian wealthy
class have enrolled themselves as hos
pitaI nurses for the army. Their uniform
is a gray dress, on the breast of which is
a red cross, a white hood and a short
black cloak.
Year: 1877

'Jane, what was Bills arm doing
round your waist when you were at the
gate last night" asked precocious boy
of his sister. ''His arm wasn't round
my waist! l won a belt from him, and
he was taking my measure" she replied.
Year: 1877

The YorkvilIe Enquirer,
says a young friend Of ours,
on leaving Baltimore recent
ly, where he had been attend
ing college, received from a
lady friend the following adj
mirable advice, which though
intended for his own perusal,
we take the liberty OF pre-
senting to puryoung readers:


at is easier to be a good
business man than "a poor
one. Half the energy dis
played in keeping ahead that
is required to catch up when


behind, will save credit, give


more time to business, and
add to the profit and reputa-
ton Of your work. Honor
your engagements. If You
promise TO meet a man, or dc
a certain thing at a certain
moment, be ready at the ap-
pointed time. If you go on
business, attend promptly to
the matter in hand, and then
as promptly go about your
own business. DO not stop
to tell stories in business
hours. If you have II place
of business, be found there
when wanted. No man car,
get rich by sitting around
stores and saloons. If You
have to labor for a living,
remember that one hour in
the morning is better than
two at night. If you employ
others, be on hand to see that
they attend to their duties,
and to direct with regularity,
pronptness and liberality.
Do not meddle with any
business you know nothing
of. Never buy thing slmp-
.Iy because the man that sells


will take it out in trade.
Trade is money. Time is
money. Never use quick
words or allow yourself to
make hasty or nngentleman-
Year: 1877




Those persons who seem to
think that the farmer does
not stand in particular need
of an education, arc entirely
wrong. There are many rea-
sons why he should be edu~
Gated. If for no other rea
son fand there are hosts OF
others) he ought to be edn-
Gated for the benefit of his
children. The surroundings
Of his children will lead them
to ask any number OF ques-
tions that the uneducated
man will not be able to ans
swer correctly and usefuliy.
They will want to know why
stlse gress- groig-s, where's td4e
dew comes from, why the ap-
pie trees bloom. and what the
rainbow is made of, and why
pitcher sWeats in hotsweath
er, and all that sort of things
" hen they find he is unable
to explain these things they
cnucludn that he ia not aS in
tel!igent as some other per-
SONS are, and then they be
Gin to ask themselves why.
Finally the conviction takes
hold Of them that itcomcs OF
his being Il farmer, and then
they begin 10 think of the
wiser people in the cities
who write the books, and
who could tell them any
thing they wanted to know.
The city people are smart
for the settlement doctor is
from the cry, ana his saat-
teflmg Of science and knoWi-
edge makes him Il very mar
vel Of wisdom in their eyes
SO .is Il result the country
boy, who can get but little
real information from his
father, decides that he had
better go to the city at once
and become "a doctor. Or
perclauce the lawyer visits
the farm house, aud holds
spell bound for a whole even
ing the entire family with Il
dissertation on some branch
of science that he had Incl
deatalIy looked into while
pursuing his other studies,
and the ambitious boy goes
to bed to dream that he is a
learned lawyer, in whose
presence courts uncover their
heads and before whose wis
dom crowds of gaping russ
ties stand in wandering awe.
That boy is ruined for far
uer. Now, we hold it the
duty of the farmer to be as
intelligent as the physician
or lawyer, that his profession
may bid fer the best young
men OF the land.
Year: 1877

A young girl scarcely yet
awake to the mysteries OF
her nature, and fiutterng
over the first demonstrations
of love, is like "a child sports
ing on the ripping strand Of
the sea, when a high tide is
about coming in,
Year: 1877

Lemon Juice Stains-Let
the spotted part of the cloth
absorb a little water without t
dipping, and hold the part
over a common birthstone
match at a proper distance.
The sulphurous gas which is
discharged soon causes the
spots to disappear.


Currant Shrub-To 4 PINE
of strained currant juice put
d pound of sugar; boil gently
together for eight or ten min
utes; then set it where 1t will
cool, when lukwarm add II
wlne-glass of brandy to a pint
of syrup; bottle and cork tight
ly and keep in a cool place.
Year: 1877

Flowers FOR Observation-Disclosures
living on the line of the Richmond and Dan
willie railroad who have flowers to send for
the decoration at Hollywood tomorrow can
do so without cost by directing them to
their friends giving address) in Richmond.
They will be taken charge OF by Captain
CARRIER and delivered. Those without par
ticular address will be delivered to the
president of the Association.
Year: 1877

ENTERTAINMENT AT ATLEE's.-Remember
the excursion to Atlee's tonight. Train
leaves the Chesapeake and Ohio depot at 6
P. NJ, and will stop at Hunslett for the ac-
commodation of those at the Howitzer BAN
ouet. A fine supper and pleasant enter
tainment is promised all who shall attend.
The proceeds will be given to the Cool
Spring church; and this should insure a
large attendance.
Year: 1877

POLICE Court, YEsTERDAY.-TheP Police
Court docket yesterday was long and tire
some, though the cases upon it were OF
small Importance. Justice White went
through it patiently and carefully. The
courtroom was hot, and the air foul and
heavy. The crowd OF negroes and IDLE
whites in attendance was as large as ever.
Most OF them had no business there except
as spectators. In that capacity they were
little at ease themselves, and they rendered
all others in the room extremely uncom-
Portable. The plan adopted by the Police
Justice last summer. il brought into play
again and strictly enforced. would be pro.
ductive OF much good-viz., to put guard
at the street-door instead Of at the bar, and
to permit none but those having business to
enter. AS moral show no courtroom Is a
success, and no good can possibly be accom-
plished by the attendance Of large crowds.
Year: 1877

CAPTURED AND BROCGHT BACK.-Sergeant
Hall reached the city from Smyth county
yesterday, having in charge Tom White, a
colored man, who is to answer the accusa-
ton of burglariously entering the store at
Granite and stealing therefrom lot OF
goods
Year: 1877

A QUESTION. would like to
spring a question that has been often
suggested to us. Can't Mexico have
a market house. Numerous advan-
tages would be derived from such an
enterprise. 1t would not only bene-
fit the farmer but the citizen. 1t
would eventually be beneficial to all.
At present we only broach the sub
ject, but perhaps in a short time it
will appear expedient to every one.
Year: 1877

Smart men seldom care to hear
theselves talk. Fools always put in
their gab when nobody wants to hear
from them. A man who has
sense enough to keep his mouth shut
when others are talking, ought to be
in the Lunatic Asylum. We have
several such in Mexico. Hope they
viii see this and improve by it.
Year: 1877

We are authorized to announce ID.
| w. Steele for Marshal of the city of
Mexico. Subject to the decision of


the people at the ensuing election
We are. authorized to announce We
b. Mcintyre as a candidate for Ciky


Attorney at the coming spring elee-


ton. a@ 70


The Moberly Enterprise-Monitor
man ?! comes at asagain this week.
He says that he always thought that
the Editor of the LEDGER was a.
'jackass, but now he thinks we are
not even respectable poodle dog
Col, are you sick! Have you got the
dyspepsia. Have you been disappoint-
ed, or did we get on your toes last
week? Ii so, why don't you take
something for it, blue glass for In
stance. Now, we don't propose to
call you any hard names, for you
talk Like an infant
in experience and we might
make you feel bad. We guess you
are gentleman in your way, but your
way is a small one, so small that we
have not heard of any one that has
seen it. You think you are a bad
bulldozer don't you? Go ahead old
man and deal us seven spot if you
wish and we will go behind the
''boards. Now do you know what
that means? Did you ever live i'll
Mexico? Oh, you start do you? Mr..
Bulldozer, where do you find room to
bury all the men you scare to death2
Will you order a space for us.
Year: 1877

cigar a week, and very cheap one at
that: less than the barber would
charge by the year to keep ones hair
trimmed less than a good sized
Christmas turkey less than an ener-
getic kitchen girl will waste in a
week. A penny day can be saved
in many better way than in stop
ping your paper.


Bring your horse and jack bills to
the LEDGER office. We do job work
cheap and neat guaranteeing satisfac-
ton.


Some person about feet 6 inches
high, that is when he stands up, was
found in a state of 80 How come you
so on last Monday and was found
sleeping on the soft side Of curb
stone. Marshal Potts put him in the
jug.


The family of Jerry Taylor, of
Santa Fe, left for Kentucky Monday
last where they expect to remain for
some time, and in the meantime Mr..
Taylor will travel and sell Bates
Gang and Stbsoil Plow, of which the
papers speak very highly.
Year: 1877

Apropos of Jenny Lind, recently had
a long and interesting conversation re-
spectlng her with lady who has often
met her in musical circles in England and
has heard her sing. Though every ves-
tige OF the once glorious voice (and how
glorious 1t was we middle. aged lovers of
music can we'll remember) has long since
departed, the peerless method and ex-
quisite finish of her style still reveal some
OF the marvellous qualities that made Jen-
ny Lind the greatest singer of the day
and generation. Her hair Is well-nigh
snow white, but the kindly, intelligent
features still preserve a strong resSSn-
blance to the portraits and busIs mat wero
taken OF her in the heyday of her career.
now well nigh thirty years ago. She left
the stage, 1t is said, not from any religious
prejudces, as has often been stated, but
because the excitement of acting never
failed to bring on an excruciating nervous
headache which left her PROSTATE for the
whole OF the succeeding day. She still
suffers extremely from nervousness. and
her otherwise happy and tranquil exist
ence Is embittered by the recollection of
one deeply regretted action of her life
her retirement while still in full possess
sion OF her unrivalled voice. She knows





now what she then relinquished; but no
regrets can call back the years that might
have given her added fame and fortune,
and brought her the delight Of enchanting
thousands by the witchery Of her song.
She has but little admiration for the sing
ers of the day. with the one exception Of
Albani. and there is nothing that will so
quickly ruffle her usually placid temper
AS to hear any one style Nilsson 1.-THE Sec
ond Swedish nightingale" Strange to
say, she detests the music OF the future,
and never has been brought to listen to
any of Wagner's operas save under pro-
test. Her eldest daughter has very
charming voice, but has no aspirations for
an artistic career. and refuses to study.
at may be all Tor the BEST" once sadly
remarked she who had once been unri-
vailed among the stars of the lyric stage.
Mrs. Hooper.