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Year: 1877

Spring is trying season. Indications OF sick
ness should at once be attended to- Fatal diseases
may be caused by allowing the bowels to become
constipated and the system to remain in a dlsor-
dered condition, rnt the disorder has time to de-
velop ilself. An ounce of prevention is worth q
pound of cure, is an old and truthful saying.
Therefore, we advise all who are troubled with the
complaints now very prevalent headache indiges-
ton, disordered liver want of appetite, nausea, or
feverish skin, to take, without delay, Schenck's
Mandrake Pills. We know of no remedy 80 harm
less and decisive in its action It at once strikes
at the root of the disease and produces healthy
tone to the system. People never need suffer from
any disease arising from disordered condition OF
the liver If they would take this excellant medicine


when they feel the first indications of the malady.
Families leaving home for the summer months
should take three or four boxes Of these pills with
them. They have almost instaneous effect,
They will relieve the patient of headache in one oil
two hours, and will rapidly cleanse the liver o.
surrounding bile, and will effectualy prevent q


bilious attack. They sold by all Druggist.
Year: 1877

IMPORTANT TO PERSONS VISITING NEW
1oRK.-One Of the best kept and most
convenient Hotels for Merchants and
others to stop at when in New York is the
Grand Union Hotel, nearly opposite the
Grand Central Depot, kept on the Euro
pean plan--you therefore only pay for
what you get. Everything is first class,
and prices moderate, adapted to the string
ency of the times, You save the expense
of carriage hire, and by leaving your bag
gage check on the counter of the Hotel
your baggage will be delivered in you
rooms. tifteens minutes after the arriva
of the cars, free of expense. We advise
you to give the Grand Union trial.
Year: 1877

Since we were in Rock Island last. Mr..
Harper has greatly improved the Harper
House in some of its features, and it is now
one of the most attractive hotels in the
country, as it has always been the best.
You may travel the wide world over, and
you will not find pleasanter dining room
than that of the Harper. 1t is light
roomy and airy, and every nook and corner
is reflected in hdge plate glass mirrors
No expense has been spared to make guests
comfortable, and the most hattering sue
cess is the result.
Year: 1877

The readers Of The ARGUS who may
this summer have occasion to visit Boston,
will thank US for reminding them that the
American House more than sustains its
we'll earned reputation as one of the best
hotels of New England, Particular atten-
ton is paid to the comfort of guests, and
a desire to please is apparent in all parts
of the house.


Put the American down in your note
book, and stop there when in Boston.
Year: 1877

The london Tines secs clearly what the America aa
press. with the exception Of The TRIBUNE and The
Herald, do not seem to appreciate, namely that tel
egraphic consolidation always involves the robbery
of tho press. The movement to bring about in Lon
don an arrangement between the Anglo-Americaa
and the Direct United States Cable companies was
based upon the ground that it would be better for
both companies to stop fighting and to share
profits. The constitution Of the Direct Cable Com.
pany precluded it from any participation in the
profits of the Anglo-Amercan Company and the
chairman of the Globe Trust issued circular to the
shareholders of the Direct Gable Company, inviting
them to have their prohibltOry clause repealed The
directors of the Direct Cable Company called an ex-
traordnary meeting for the purpose OF considering
the advantage of making this proposed arrangement
for joint purse with the Anglo Company, whie
working still undeg separate organizations and
also the "expediency of altering the articles OF
association to the power of the directors to mako
any agreements they think fit with other compa-
MES Except the Anglo-American Company with
out reference to the shareholders" The Tines sums
up the case very sensibly: Should the purposes
shadowed forth in this circular be carried out COM
petition for the telegraphic business with America
will once more be at an end. and we may expect Q
return to monopoly rates"
Year: 1877

nc tn the nature and effect of these mlsdeeds.
The claim, which savors strongly of partisan
shin. that they were ordered from party head
ouarters. may be dismissed as trivial and Irrel-
eyant. The same deeds, if perpetrated without
sucb instigation, would have been equally
violation of law, and would have been as
likely to prevent n free and legal eiectloh'
Several thousand witnesses swear That they
saw the effects of this violence; some, that
they were personally assaulted; some, that
they knew of the murder of Others and were
warned that it would not be safe to vote the
Republican ticket; some, that they were per-
sonally threatened or warned; many. that they
did not vote rs they wished, because or the
real or suppOsed danger; and many others, that
among their acduaintances there were many
Rcpublcans thus cOcrccd or driven from the
polls by fear. Such is the nature OF the evil
dence on one side. Thousands swear that they
personally know certain facts. On the other
side. thousands swear that they did not see
anv intimidation, nor hear any threats, AMI
that they know nothing to warrant the bellet
that the election was not fair and free. Which
GET of witnesses is to be believed Which
would he believed, if the issue were the guilt
or innocence of man accused OF horse
stealngf


In these few words the Louisiana case,
"a it now stands is summed up; thousands
swear that they saw and thousands more that
they did not see. The Presidency OF the
United States depends, in equity If not In
actual result, upon the degree of credibllIty TO
which such conflicting testimony is entitled.
There are all manner of side issues. Especially
there is the strictly technical view taken by
Judge Trumbul and others who composed the
Democratic committee. which amounts to TINS:
that the Returning Board had not legal au-
thority to consider much of the evidence pre-
scnted. Plain people Of honest instincts Will
asl, not what the Board had technical right
TO find out but what were the actual facts.
As to these we must either believe the thou
sands who swear to what they saw and sui
fercd. or the tho usands who swear that they
did not see and did not suffer.
Year: 1877




When fifty men testify that they did not see
certain thing, and fifty, more or less, testify
that they did see that thing which side is
to be bclieved7 Everybody knows the rule of
law and of common sense. One man who saw,
and swears to il, Outweighs fifty who did not
see, and swear to that strip the Louisiana
case of all DISCUSSES and excrescenccs, and it
is simply an illustration of this wcll-knOwn
rule. One man who saw that his life was in
danger If he voted as he pleased ought to
outweigh many men who did not see any
violence or hear any threats. We are sup
posing that the witnesses are equally credible !;
that there is no reason TO doubt that each
swcars to what he believes to be the truth.
Yet the knowledge of one man outweighs the
ignorance of thousands. Assassination, beating,
intimidation of voters in any form, are crimes
in Louisiana. No man takes pains to commit
crimes with all possible publicity. The one
witness who saw q murder committed, and
identifies the murderer is infinitely more i'm
portant than the many who did not see, and
who think that the murder was not com
mittcd at all, or was committed by somebody
else.


1t is not denied that some horrible crimes
nave Dccll cOHlInlJtcu III Louisiana. HIS Inc
Democrats admit but claim that they had no
political origin. Two questions of fact arise :
Were those crimes committed for political ends,
and was the effect of them and of other acts
of violence and threats such as To deter men
who wished to do so from voting the Rcpubl-
can ticket AS to the purpose, We must say
that the facts speak for themselves. A great
many persons were killed, or assaulted with
| violence they were nearly all Republicans ;
and in nearly every case they were Repub-
cans of such local importance that the fact
of their assassination would necessarily
alarm many others, and deter Republican
voters. Precisely in the parishes where
these things occurred, the Republican vote
most unaceOuntably dccreased-unaccOmtab
if we suppose that these acts of violence were
not the cause. Nobody has attempted to give
any explanation of the fact that, out of thou
sands Of known Republicans in East Felciana,
for example, only one solitary man dared to
vote, excepting upon the theory that they were
deferred 10y violence. No man has given, and
no man can give, any explanation of the amaz-
ing decrease of Republican votes in certain
localities and not in other parts of that State,
who ignores the fact that Ill those very lOcali-
ties acts of violence were most frequent


We come, then, to the conflicting testimony
Year: 1877




As usual after the election of Speaker, the
State capital is full of gossip and rumOr about
the composition of the committees We hear
great many stories of bargains between va
rious leading statesmen of the Legislature and
gentlemen who professed to be the agents or
next friends of Mr.. Sloan, and the Speaker is now
called upon to fulfill the promises said to have
been made by these persons to the members
who secured his election. We do not believe
that Mr.. Sloan was a party to any such COM
pacts. We are certain that he is in no way
bound by the unauthorized pledges of OfliciOus
friends, and we trust that he will disregard
them.


The most important place in his gift is
perhaps the craftsmanship Of the Committee
on Railroads. The people will watch the ap-
pontment to that post with peculiar interest.
The election of Mr.. Sloan was understood to
be a signal defeat of the Railroad Ring, and
now that the purpose of the Railroad Ring is
virtually confessed and the danger which it
imports to the commerce of our State and our
metropolis is clearly understood Mr.. SlOan's
position becomes q matter of general concern
The railroads are engaged in a scheme to de-
stroy the Erie Canal, in order that they may
monOpolze the carrying trade of New-York.
The Legislature of 1877 has got to fight them,
and we look to Mr.. Sloan to justify the good
opinion which his party formed OF him when
he was elevated to the chair
Year: 1877

The prolonged illness of Mr.. Vanderbilt has
for months been matter of public interest
which has eliminated in his demise at last.
The death of any man of extraordinary wealth
is sure to arrest the general attention. 1t comes
home in the first place TO the business and
bosoms of the very large number employed by
him. of those who are his debtors, and OF
those whose fortunes are more or less directly
complicated with his own Whether the pub
lie shares in his riches or not. the capitalist Is
a public character. The mere numerical state
ment of his wealth very few of us can con-
slider without certain degree of reverence.
Whatever may be our theoretical contempt for
money, we respect the qualities which have
served for its unusual accumulation. Nor is it
necessary for us to point out that man like
the late Mr.. Vanderbilt really possessed un-
Year: 1877

The Conference at COnstantinople is acting
like those theaters which announce successive
last performances. The meeting yesterday,
which was to have ended its sessions, resulted
simply in the Porte being accorded three days
more for deliberation. This delay Will
strengthen the opinion that negotiations Will
drag along until Russia is ready to begin war
with most advantage.
Year: 1877

While Gov. Hayes's message deals entirely
with State matters, leaving the discussion OF
national politics to the Democratic Governors,
it has a far wider interest. 1t not only shows
the hand of a clear-headed man of business, but
some of its recommendations, especially those
in relation to the deplorable increase in
municipal Indebtedness, and the folly of dis
turbing local governments by political con-
tests on any but local issues, are per-
tinent to the people of every State.
Perhaps the recommendation of greatest gem
eral interest is that IN favor of holding the
State elections in Presidential years upon the
same day with the Presidential election. As
to the wisdom Of this suggestion there can be
no doubt as to the probability of its adoption
there is good deal The concentration of the
Presidential campaigns upon two or three
States must work much mischief to the people,
whatever benefit it brings to the politicians.
Each party has usually funds enough to cor
upt State, but neither has enough to bribe
the whole country. Nevertheless, as has often
been shown the system is not likely to be
changed so long as reform depends upon the
politicians who are profting by the abuse.
When they can draw upon the entire party
for campaign expenses, and find themselves
lifted into national prominence, they are not
likely with their own hands to let themselves
down to the level of ordinary wire-pullcrs in
an ordinary State. This reform must come
from the inside, but it will come, like all
other reforms of that sort, after no little out
oibo rraSgurp
Year: 1877

newing the attempt in another season. 1t was
pointed out in these columns shortly after the
return of the expedition that the scurvy had
made the return necessary, and that that dis
case was caused by the want of limc-juice.
similar conclusion is gradually forcing itself
on the British mind. There was plenty OF
lime-juice on board ship, but it was not used
on the siedging expeditions. 1t still looks as
if somebody bundered.
Year: 1877

Gov Rice announces the substantial compile
ton of the Troy and Greenfield Railroad and
the Hoosac Tunnel Like all Massachusetts
work, it is thoroughly done. Statistics Will
soon begin to show how much of the com
merce that should come to this city VIII
travel off through that hole in the mountains.
Boston enterprise may be trusted to look out
for its own interest and not to suffer by freight
discriminot otions
Year: 1877

Advocates of the abolition of capital punish
mept will find encouragement in the message
of Gov. Conner of Maine. He shows that the
substitution of imprisonment for life for the
loss of life itself has not replaced sufficient
penalty with an insufficient one. There has
been no increase in cIime since the change.
An experiment which works so well IN one
State is likely to be tried i'll others.
Year: 1877

In one of its rcceLt spasms of economy the
late Board of Apportionment refused to allow
the Street Cleaning Bureau fifty thousand dol
lars for the removal of snow and ice from the
principal streets. Now it is demanding OF the
Police Commissioners the reason why Broad
way is not cleaned. The organization OF the
Bureau was never more nearly perfect than 1t
has recently been made by Commissioner
Nichols, and the work could readily be done
in few hours without obstructing business,
were il not for the lack of the funds thus IN
considerably denied the department.
Year: 1877

His objection to her WIS that, although IN
other respects good wife, she lacked spontanet-
tr, One day when he was on step-ladder mr.
ranging some curtains over the parlor windows,
she spontaneously unlitchcd the connecting
rod OF the ladder and let him down all In q heap
quite suddenly, AZ it were. He has been able
to leave bed anA move around for the last few
days, and would look like Els old self II he
could only get that pieee Of his ear back again
and raise the bridge OF his nose.
Year: 1877

Another ire-brand has been quenched.
An ex Frecdmen's Bureau agent, who
happens to be a. member of the New
York Methods: Conference, made q
stump speech, We are told, IN that
body a day or two ago with a view 10
arousirg the war passions OF the
brethren by playing upon their sympa-
thies for the negro. His idea was to
secure the passage of bull-dozing reso-
lutions similar to those which had been
introduced ''amid great applause" in
the New England Conference on the
day before. But the TRADE of Wen
dell Phillips against the President and
his "slave-h hound Cabinet had made
even less impression in New York than
in Massachusetts,. The brethren prayer
fully considered the subject through
the Sabbath and came together Mon
day to adopt a series of resolutions
which, instead of attacking the admin
istration, approved its policy of con-
ciliation warmly and bade the Presi-
dent God-speed in the work he has so
we'll begun. The wisdom of political
deliverances by ecclesiastical bodies is
always questionable, but when it is
thought advisable for clergymen to
raise their voice all will agree that, as
in this instance, it should be on the
side of peace, law and order. The
country has had enough of the gospel
of hate.
Year: 1877

THE warlike tenor of the European
news has had the effect of advancing
the prices of gold and breadstuffs in
this country, the market reports show
ing an important rise. Wheat is sell
ing in Chicago for 81. so per bushel for
May delivery, and the market is excited
ana active, while the gold premium
has advanced from 104 10 107. The
position of the country is every way
favorable to general revival Of indus
tries when once the clash OF arms in
Europe takes place. The abstraction
of more than a million of able-bodied
men from the farms ana workshops to
the destructive feld of Mars will cause
steady demand for the provisions,
munitions and manufactures of Amer
ica, while the most important sign of
al Is the sense of stability and hope
fulness for the future since the presi-
Dental difficulty has been peacefully
settled IA feeling such as has not OBJ
tanned since the panic of 1878, and
which reaches every important branch
of Industry.
Year: 1877

ters they may bring upon the country.
hope such thing will never happen,
but II they will not accept il, what can
BET The North can not say that they
were defeated (; that free labor is wrong;
that slavery is right; nor can she tear
from her history the page of glory. and
she never will. Great applause,


But the North can say with all mag
nanimlty, 1--WE will forgive you il you
will forget" IApplause. The North
can say, "Let us be friends The
North can say, "We will assist you in
building up the broken WALL" The
North can say, ''Let US join hands, and
united we are the greatest nation on
earth.n Remember we commenced
with 5000, 600 people, and commenced
to push our way West. Think OF the
toll it has taken TO push that govern
ment from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
And vet we have done it. Think of
the valor Of the labor that has done it.
This mau aud that one building their
little homes alone in the forest, with
the smoke coming out of the little
chimney all by itself, with no other
column of smoke in sight. There these
men chopped down trees and plowed
the land, aud planted the corn aud
raised children. And there they fought
the savage and drove him further and
further, until progress has swept from
the Atlantic 10 the Pacific, and we have
covered the whole continent with the
valor of American labor. Applause.
l say Jet us unite again, and lot uspush
our schools North and South. Let us
go on until the American controls the
continent. Ladies and gentlemen, l
thank you. Applause.
Year: 1877

WHILE uperserviceable partisans
clamor for office and are penetrated
with the idea that postoffices were
made to reward party services, the idea
of the President and the Postmaster
General is that they were made to
transact the largest amount of the peo-
pies business in the least time. While
the politicians are deeply disgusted,
the people, who will have secured good
business men and prompt service in the
postoffice business, are likely to be well
satisfied. If Congress will only legis-
late to reduce a few of the four thou
sand dollar salaries now paid to post
masters and increase the small stipends
received by the chief clerks and depu-
tics who do most of the work in the
pOstoffiCes, it will be still better for the
public business. A vigorous breaking
up of t whole system of speculative
mail-lettings and straw bids will, it is
declared, be another feature of post
Office administration under the new
regime. Here is a wide field for man
of thorough honesty and business capac-
ity combined; and it Is believed that
Postmaster General Key, who has the
former, will demonstrate marked
capacity in the latter quality as well.
Year: 1877

ALL Of the prominent business pa
pers of New York City advocate the
plan of city government proposed tc
the Legislature by the Eyarts com.
mission, the principal feature being au
amendment to the Constitution by
which the financial affairs of cities are
directed by board elected by property
owners and municipal taxpayers. New
York City is staggering under the debt
piled up by Tweed and his gang OF
fellow thieves, and q hundred other
cites North and South have been siml-
larly victimized. RAbble suffrage will
work out the same results everywhere
it is merely question of time. Austin
Is fast following in the footsteps of
these wrecked and wasted corporations,
and the Rutabsga convention was vain
ly besought to extend saving arm by
inserting into the Constitution of our
State clause like that recommended
by the Evaris commission of New
York. But such common-sense ex-
pedient had no charms in the eyes of
the rustics who framed that pitiable
farce known as our organic law, and it
was scarcely vouchsafed hearing. So
we 60 on increasing Our city debt un-
til property and prosperity alike sink
under the burden.
Year: 1877

TIE good man who objected to an
investment of three-fourths of cen;
for each day in the year, that he and
his boys and girls and good wife may
keep pace with the worlds progress,
spent sixty-fve cents in whisky and
forty cents in cigars yesterday, and at
this average loss on each occasion he
visits Austin or the village near which
he lives twice each week. He says
that next week he will quit whisky,
take the paper and begin a new life,
and save during the year $125 in moL-
ey, have more intelligent wife and
children, live more happily, be richer
and live longer to enjoy his luck and
his newspaper. 1t was great reform
In a mans habits effected by our friend
who advised the farmer to test the vir-
tues of the reformed modes of life, and
each reader of the STATESMAN who
would serve God and country can do
both, as shown in this case, by serving
the STATESMAN. Each subscriber
should give us another.
Year: 1877

IT is but just to say that Hayes's
Democratic enemies of the South don't
object to the Presidents conduct to.
wards the South, nor to the success OF
his policy in this behalf; but they dc
abhor the fact that Hayes. while show
ering blessings upon the country, may
dissolve the party. We hardly think
it necessary to destroy the Democratic
party in order to save the South and
the whole country, but if the President
differ from us and accomplish botI
purposes, patriots will still rcj1ice,
while the heads of party leaders must
become fountains of tears.
Year: 1877

IT is said that fly has appeared in
Grimes county which is mortal enemy
to the grasshopper. This may be true.
''There is no disease without a CORE
spending remedy" they say, and the
hand that sends plague always re-
moves it. We may not see now how
to get rid of the insect which is de
stroying all our crops, but it will be
revealed to us by and by. Gentlemen
stated here yesterday that this un-
known enemy of the prasshopper was
destroying countless myriads of these
pests on the suburbs on the southern
side of the Colorado. At this point
the grasshoppers have been heaped up
in vain efforts to cross the stream.