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Year: 1879

THERE died in Jacksonville, Fla, a
few days ago, colored man, John R.
Scott, whose history is a notable one.
He was in all the great battles of the
war, not as a combatant, but as the
slave and servant of General A. P.
Hill, After realizing that the war
had left him on a higher plane he be-
gan to study and soon became a
scholar. He took to the pulpit and
filled it creditably until his death. He
was in the Florida legislature twice, a
collector of customs at Jacksonville
for number of years and altogether a
man Of wonderful influence among
both whites and blacks.
Year: 1879

On the first of April an opportunity
will be given to try, cxperimentally, a
kind of government saving fund. The
certificates of deposit of the denom-
ination of ten dollars, to be issued then
and thereafter, bear interest at the
rate of four per cent, per annum, but
they do not fully answer the purpose
of savings fund, because they are
not directly redeemable, but may be
converted into four per cent bonds.
Ten dollars having been invested in a
certificate, the holder, to realize upon
it, must sell it at its market value, or
having five of them, convert it into
bond, and sell that at its market value.
The certificate will, however, be very
Year: 1879

SOME of the provisions of the new
constitution of California are rather
remarkable, and indicate a new politi-
cal force in the field. All the prop
erty in the State, including church
property, is subject to taxation. I'm
cultivated lands are to be assessed at
the same rate as cultivated lands Of
the same quality, the intention of this
provision being to break up the large
land holding system by which i'm
mense tracts of land are held by a few
persons untaxed or lightly taxed, be-
cause uncultivated. The tax on mort


gagged property is divided between the
mortgagor and the mortgage. A
property-holder is to be taxed on his
property minus his debts, provided
they are owing to persons in the State.
Year: 1879

In little ech in Philadelphia
the other night, Colonel Forney said
" Not many years ago was denounced
from thirty pulpits in this city for ad,
vocating the right Of the working peo-
pie to travel in our city cars on Sun
day, and now hundreds and thousands
go to church in them on the first day
of the week, and not few of the
clergymen who upbraided me for ask
ing this common boon go to worship in
their own carriages Or in those unholy
PASSENGER cars
Year: 1879

useful to those who desire to buy
bonds out Of small savings for perm
anent investment. They can by means
Of the certificates gain four per cent.
interest on each ten dollars saved in
stead of boarding the money without
profit to themselves until they obtained
fifty dollars. There is, besides, real
advantage to the poor man in having
his small savings put where, with per-
feet security that he can recover, there
is still little obstruction in the way
of his doing SO. This prevents him
from wasting his savings.
Year: 1879

Itappears from the published pro-
ceedings of the legislative council that
certain printing house in the
city, not far from Jefferson street, has
secured the big contract Of printing
the mortuary report for the board of
health. There were several bidders,
but it is charged that this firm had its
bid changed after all were known. As
it was an important matter, involving
much money and the reputation Of
several gentlemen who have hitherto
stood well, committee of three was
appointed to investigate the matter.
We learn that the bill of the success
ful house was $1.75 per month for
printing the mortuary report.
Year: 1879

A step is about to be taken by the
legislative council toward paving one
OF our principal streets in substan-
tial manner with stone. Madison is
the central cross street of the city.
The new custom-house faces the west
end next to the river, and the Mem
phls and Charleston railroad depot
faces the other end proper. Much of
the heavy hauling of the city passes
over this street, and it is one Of the
main arteries Of the cotton and
general trade, besides being the
Wall street for our banking
houses and insurance companies.
The postOfice will be removed to
commodiOus and elegant quarters in
the Masonic Temple, now approaching
completion, by the 1st of May. In
many respects therefore Madison is an
important street, and it will become
all the more so when paved. We
think the policy of paving one street
at time, and that one we'll, the only
policy that should be pursued. If we
fritter away our resources upon half
a dozen streets, or in as many wards.
no permanent good will be done, and
we will never have we'll paved
street, But taking one at a time.
doing it well and paying as
we go, Memphis will have the finest
and most lasting pavements in few
years on all the principal streets. If
this course had been pursued for the
last ten years Memphis would now be
in very different condition. Looking
at the blunders of the past and the
holes IN our streets, we must pick up
courage, make a new start and make
Memphis city of which no one need
be ashamed We have the right kind
of men at the head of affairs, and look
hopefully to the future.
Year: 1879

TIE negro has a right to run for
Office in the North, but no right to be
elected. A respectable negro barber
ran for the Rhode Island legislature
recently, and the Republicans voted
solidly against him and defeated him.
let Rhode Island people are intense
lovers of the negro at "a great distance
aud are moved to tears at the suffer
ings of the poor African down South.
No colored man has ever yet been
elected to an Office OF any great i'm
portance in the North and never will
be-not even in Kansas.
Year: 1879

The jury that held an inquest over
the body of a man frozen to death
brought in verdict 4" that the ther-
mometer was guilty of murder in the
tenth degree-below zero. II White.
hall Times.
Year: 1879

TUE Artzonan says that Yavapai Is now on good friendship with Mo have and trusts that it be extended to Maricopa. We know of no bitter feeling among our citizens against cur neighbor, and trust that we will be closely allied to each other; for It Tt is good to dwell together in peace and unity"
Year: 1879

The dirt placed on Vandever Avenue
over Eleventh street bridge, was a very
good idea, as it acts as a safety to the
bank and keeps the water between the
bank and the street, so that the water
cannot enter the houses as it so often
does, when there is the least kind of a
freshet.
Year: 1879




Aspecial despatch from Washington
to the '"rribune says:


."The Presidential campaign is open
ing very strangely" said one Of the
best informed and clearest-headed
Southern journalists yesterday. '"The
Grant movement, for instance, is q
remarkable phenomenon"


"NO more remarkable than the drift
ofthe Democratic party Tildenward."


"Very true" was the reply; land |
should think that the Grant movement
would be likely to spend itself before
the National Convention next Spring,
especially if the General comes homo
within two or three months. The Til
den movement, on the other hand,
seems to be likely to grow. You
would be surprised to learn what
progress it is making in the South
| believe Georgia would vote for him in
the National Convention if it was to be
held to-day, and that, too, without
any effort to elect delegation favora-
BILE to him.


"Don't you think the other Demo-
cratic candidates will be able to defeat
Tilden Y'


SIT seems doubtful to me. Mr.. Hen
bricks has been strong, but not strong
enough to get the nomination. | have
not thought it possible for the Demo
Gratis to nominate Thurman. His rec
ord on the currency question has been
SO inconsistent, not to say dishonest,
that with him as our candidate we
should certainly lose those Northern
States which we must carry in order to
elect our candidate"


Chow about General Hancock"


"Well, the strongest argument in
favor of his nomination is that his
candidacy would cause the bloody
shirt to be buried. l don't believe
that. On the other hand, tell our
friends that his nomination would
bring sectional questions into promi-
nence by contest. We cannot win
with the North arrayed against the
South. The campaign must be made
on other issues for the Democrats to be
successful


81 took on Senator Bayard as the
strongest man whom we could put into
the field; but have no idea that he
can be nominated. He will not take
advantage Of the machinery necessary
to secure a nomination. Senator Cor
don was in New York on business a
short time ago, and some gentlemen
there who favored Mr.. Bayard's nomi-
nation, asked him if they might form an
organization in his interest and if Sen
ator Bayard himself would not approve
of it. Senator Gordon replied that he
would not like to give such permission,
fearing that the Senator from Delaware
would be displeased. Senator Bayard
is the best representative we have OF
the gentleman in politics; and the puri'
ty of his character, his conservatism
and his consistency would, | believe.
secure him the support of many conser'
vative Republicans in the North.
Year: 1879

We would not like to have the
young people of the school look up
on what we have TO say as advice,
but as II way TO express the interest
we take in them and their progress.


AS believers in the Christian re-
ligion, we must not only think OF
them in the morning of life, but
think of the oldest inhabitant or
the very aged person as but in the
early dawn Of existence, therefore,
during the longest life there is lit
tic enough time TO acquire knowl-
edge.


Those that make the most Of the
few short years Of school, will be
the wise ones in all their course,
and the sooner get possession ol
themselves by preparing well the
material out Of which men and
women OF work and influence are
formed; and such we may just as
well have here as elsewhere.


The first requisite of pupils on
entering school-room is TO feel O
hearty good will toward the teach
crs-the friends and companions az
well as guides in their studies. No
one outside the school-room can
know how grateful TO the heart Of
the weary teacher is even a flower
from little child; how much more
grateful the kindness and consider
alton that ii shown by older pupils
The recollections Of the virtues b
instructors, rank next 70 parents in
the hearts Of most, who have left
their youth behind them.
Year: 1879

Those who are educated in the
public schools early become sup
portcrs of q national institution
and III n sense become citizens and
have responsibilities, May they
see to it that only the better side of
of them is trained and cultivated;
they can well afford to let the other
side remain idle and ndeveloped.
In this way the Golden Age of in
hucncc would soon be ushered in.


Ia the school room each ono
should govern himself and have all
the time for learning,


1t remains very much with tho
scholars whether they have u high
school or not, high from the lowest
class to the highest, in all that
builds up the reputation of u
school


In these days when SO much is
said about patriotism, it should
make every boy and girl proud of
their birth and mcito in them n
n determination to maintain in
honor all its institutions, ono
Of which is their own school.
Year: 1879

Can Dodgeville afford to give aid
for the extension Of this road2


If Dodgeville cannot afford, and
will not attempt to assist now in
the building of this road, it had
better put sticking plaster over
its name wherever it occurs on II
geographical map, and then write
over the top of the plaster, dis
continued


4 man who can afford to pay
SIS for pair of Kentucky jeans
pants with only one white bone
suspender button on each side, and
no buckle on behind, could GER
tainly afford to pay $5 for a nice
pair of English worsted brCeches
with six cloth-covcred buttons on
the waist, a bright brass buckle on,
two hip pockets and a watch fob,
and double spring buttons with red
leather on to turn up behind and
the man who couldn't distinguish
the difference between two such
garments would make a first-class
chairman of committee TO pre-
pare plans and specifications for a
lunatic asylum; but such a man
would not be competent to draft a
plan for a cupola to n chicken coop
if he would work at the business q
thousand years.


A man who never got from
Dodgeville to Mineral Point in any
other manner than being hauled as
freight by the teamsters may not
be any more capable Of estimating
the benefits and financial saving
that Il railroad would afford, than a
tombstone is Of calculating with
chronological exactncss the period
of time that is to intervene before
the resurrection; but he ought TO
be.


If man would take one-fourth
as much time TO make a calculation,
as il would take TO deliver him into
Mineral Point by freight, he would
discover that the people Of Dodge
vile have paid as much money 10
have their goods and wares carted
TO Dodgeyille by teams through the
rain, slush and mud, as would
build double track steel railroad
to Mineral Point, with q couple Of
engines and q sixteen-pockct con
ductor and bcll-punch thrown III.
There las been enough iron worn
out iii horse-shoes iii the last
twenty-five years to lay the track
to Mineral Point. There has been
Year: 1879

1t may have been fancy or 1t may have been


dream,
Or the fruit of idle musing by laughing, sun


light stream.
1t may have been a picture in the misty long


ago,
Or strain Of witchng music sung by voices soft


and low.
Itmay have been the glory of a pre-exlstent morn
Or a ray Of heavenly beauty born with me when


was born
But somewhere have seen it = know neither


time nor place
1 have seen the lovely image of strangely lovely


face,
Mysterousy beautiful and marveously fair,
With its light brown eyes respendent and its


wealth of light brown hair
Not pale and cold and passionless magnhlcently


grand:
Neither royalty imperious, as born but to COM


mand;
But sweet and pure and lovely, with modest


grace and mein,
With woman's deepest feelings and girllsh


hate OF spleen.
A being mirrored in the face, that one would like


to love
With the highest purest passion that a willing


mind could move
, The face is ever with me, though wander where
will,
And the brown hair floats around me, and the


brown eyes haunt me still.
Inever yet have found it, though I've searched


for many year,
For the strangely sweet reality know it's some.


where near.
feel it growing nearer and I'm thnklng,by and


by,
That the face my fancy images beneath my gaze


shall lie.
Not only then the image, and not only then the


sign,
But the lovelier reality shall be forever mine.
Year: 1879

SURE, THIS TIME.-The telegraph
announced several days ago that the
appointment OF Judge Roger S.
Greene, of Olympia, as Chief Justice
of this Territory, had been confirmed
by the U. S. Senate, and that the ap
pointment of Hon. John P. Hoyt, OF
Michigan, as Associate Justice, had
also been confirmed. This, then, is
final, aud works a change by which
Judge Lewis will be left out entire
ly, Judge Greene taking his position
as Judge of the Third Judicial Dis
trict. While we know Judge
Greene to be a deeply pious man,
one who is "unspotted before the
world" and in every way desirable
as an executive officer of justice, we
know there could have been no good
reason why such a man as Judge
Lewis should be removed. 1t is one
Of the lamentable feature of our
government that the tenure Of office
in a case like the above depends
wholly upon the whims aud preju
dices Of those having the appoint
ing power. A Judge should, Of all
public men, hold his office for life,
or, during good behavior. He could
then devote himself solely and ex-
clusively to the duties of his posi-


ton, without indulging in anxious
forebodings about the future. But
be this as it may, it is certain that a
change has been made. Now that


Judge Lewis is out there will be
plenty to rejoice over the matter,
who were previously outspoken in
his favor-as evidenced by the tone
of the Olympia "Transcript" and the
comments of public and private irdi


viduals. During his term of Office,
the Judge has shown himself pos
sessed Of qualities which all good
men admire. So far from fawningly
courting favor with those Of lnfu.
ence and power, he has pursued a
straightforward, independent and
conscientious course. His demon
strations to the people of this judi.
cial district that law with US is no
farce has been such lesson as will
not soon be forgotten. People call
him severe 10 All unwarran,ed extent,
yet none can deny that he has done
more for the morals of the public in
his jurisdiction than any of his pre-
decessors in office. Crime has been
lessened, and the expenses Of main
tanning laws and courts, have dc.
creased correspondingly. We do
not anticipate ruin for Judge Lewis,
because there are certainly plenty OF
positions of trust and honor in the
country, to which his eminent ability
Will entitle him; but we think il
Judge Greene fills the shoes of Lewis
to the satisfaction of the pualic there
will not be much left to brag about
Year: 1879

THE "Astorian has taken up the
cudgel in active warfare for direct
railway communication with the Will
lametts valley. The recent ice block.
ade in the Columbia river stirred up
more than one nest Of hornets.
Year: 1879

A pCIop'i "lH'''f, W. -" ''S''' $500


fornia, recently, in search of an
opening for business, says: "a
short time since, among others, | mo-
sliced paper edited by you at Port
Townsend. l perused it with min,
gled surprise and pleasure, for | had
thought your town had very few in
habitants and consequently must
necessarily be an inferior place; but
if the paper l saw was sample of
what we might expect in all business
in your town, it must be a thriving
locality" The person writing was
M entire stranger to US, and the can
dor of the communication indicates
the case to be a fair sample Of many
others. There is no use in trying to
ignore the fact that properly sup
ported and we'll conducted local
newspaper is the most desirable aid
town can have. A newspaper
which makes favorable impression
abroad where it circulates, which in
dicates to agood advantage the men.
tai, moral, and commercial standing
of its town, speaks loud words for
local growth and prosperity. If it
be used as political engine merely,
to further political or partizan
schemes, if it is devoted to hatching
up local quarrels and venting spite
upon some one, if it contains prin-
cipally cheap, sensational, trashy
stuff with merely local application,
it will certainly fail to accomplish
much for the benefit of the town or
locality from whence it issues. But
rightly conducted journal is pow
ER for good. Port Townsend, like
other towns on the Sound, needs
building up; it needs men of all
trades and occupations to develop
its surrounding resources and help
it to GROW. A newspaper is sup


posed, even by the most casual OBJ
server, to be fair indication of the
town and people from whence it EN-.
anates-hence the more creditable
its appearance the more it does tow
ard attracting immigration, for men
who start across the continent or
away from home to better their con-
dition have decided preference for
thrifty and enterprsing localities.


1t is not an idle boast to say that
the ARGUS, since passing under it's
present management, has outstripped
all its predecessors and competitors
in every important and desirable
feature of local journal. Its ad-
vertising columns give evidence of
liberal local support and indicate
pretty fully the extent and diversity
of thriving business enterprises in its
locality. 1t has never failed to speak
out boldly in matters of reform or
progress, wherein the best interests
of the town are concerned. 1t is our
personal enterprise, and has claired
our earnest and untiring attention to
such an extent as to largely seclude
us from mingling in society. We
announced at the outset that it was
to all intents and purposes life


work with us, and our constant aim
has been to keep it improving as
rapidly as circumstances and its
support would warrant. We have
never appropriated dollar out of its
income, save enough for a decent
support and reasonable contributions
for charitable purposes--al has been
applied in buying new material, in J..
creasing the facilities Of the Office for
work and paying off Indebtedness
for the original purchase. While
we deem It's support sufficient
cause for pride in its standing, we
Year: 1879

Attempt to Assassinate Booth.


Chicago, April 23.-An attempt was
made tonight in the theatre, by man
named Mark Gray, to assassinate Ed
win Booth. The play was Richard II.
Near the finish of the last act, when
Booth sat in the glare of the calcium
light, with all the other lights turned
down, and engaged in the soliloquy, he
sat little to the right of the centre of
the stage, the prison on one side and
the cottage on the other. The intend
ing assassin sat nearly on level with
him, in the first balcony, and some
thirty feet distant. The pistol was
concealed in his sleeve, and his left
hand copy of the play. which he evil
IDENTIFY had been following with the dire
purpose of firing only at the right time.
When the first shot rang out there was
a dead silence. Booth did not stir, but
as the second came whizzing down and
plowed its way through board in the
cottage, Booth quietly rose and went
toward the wing. A rush was imme--
diately made for Gray, and as there
seemed to be some doubt which was the
man, Booth stepped out and pointed
directly at him, and saw him taken into
custody. All this time there was a
wild uproar in the house, and shouts of
"throw him over;" ''hang him." "pitch
him out the window" and the like,
were audible. He was, however,
speedily hustled off to the station and
locked I'D.
Year: 1879

A resolution was adopted appropriat-
ing 5000 to meet the expenses of the
labor committee, and granting leave to
sit during recess.


On the motion of Fernando Wood a
resolution was adopted requesting the
president to consider the expediency of
entering into convention with France
for the negotiation of treaty which
shall secure more equal interchange
of products and manufactures of each
country.


The house then went into committee
of the whole on the legislative bill.
Year: 1879

a high order of craftsmanship. to emu
late their illustrious predecessors in
these halls in advocacy of human rights,
to listen to the voice of peace and not
force needlessly this question.
Year: 1879

Washington, April 23.-Prominent
democrats in congress express great
qualification with the speech delivered
in the senate yesterday by Judge Davis,
of Illinois, and attach much Importance
to it as means of influencing public
sentiment. Its general character was
a surprise, for everyone expected legal
argument from the ex-justice of the
supreme court rather than plain talk
in popular and somewhat discur-
sive vein, which embodied his conclu-
sions without any elaborate statement
of the processes of reasoning by which
he reached them, and without indeed
making any attempt to establish the
truth of several important propositions
upon which these conclusions were
primarily based. His speech, neverthe-
less, produced stirring impression,
and was listened to on both sides Of
the chamber with close attention. Al
striking passage was that in which he
referred to his personal intimacy with
President Lincoln, and emphatically
expressed his belief that so far from
there being any foundation for the idea
that the repeal of the law in question
would he reflection upon the memory
of the president who signed it, Mr..
Lincoln, if now alive, would be one of
the first to desire its obliteration from
the statute books, together with other
war measures not needed in time of
peace.


Senator Davis assumes that the ex-
listing authority for the use of troops to
keep the peace at federal elections,
originated in time Of war, and that it
is no longer needed, will undoubtedly be
made the basis for some very trouble
some replies, for which several republic
can leaders were to-day observed to be
taking notes during the delivery of the
judges complacent remarks from his
carefully prepared manuscript.


Senator Farley to-day presented in
the senate petition, signed by seventy
female citizens Of Santa Anna, Los
Angeles county, California, praying for
such legislation as will make effective
the anti-polygamy law of 1862.