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Year: 1879

THE following is an extract from
a speech of Senator Lamar, of Mis-
sissippi, made short time ago:


With reference to his course on
Electoral Commission Bill-the
Southern man who supported that
measure could not be reproached by
any fair-minded man. The most
marked feature of that great strug-
gle was its sectional character. Upon
the issue presented the States were
ranged in almost the same order as
that of the war, which was itself
scarcely greater crisis in the affairs
of the country. A solid South was
confronted by almost a solid North.
Those who think the Republicans
were not determined on maintain
ing their position know little Of the
temper of the leaders of the party
backed as they were by the Admin
istration, with the army and the
navy, and by an overwhelming
Northern public sentiment. One of
them, Mr.. Morton, opposed the
Electoral Commission, because he
said without it the Republicans
already had the game in their own
hands, and with it they might loose
it. 1t was aDemOcratic measure
and was supported by such men as
Thur nan, and Bayard who had
been faithful to the South in all
conjunctures. The South had no
voice in originating it and for her
to have opposed it would have been
to place herself in a position Ofgreat
danger. Such was the situation
that if an issue of force had been
precipitated it would have been
charged to the South of which it
would have been said ''she marks
her return to power with return to
arms and blOod,' and the North
would have swept down upon her
with fury and thirst for revenge
the horrors of which no imagina-
tiOn can paint. They may talk of
audacity and courage and of a resort
to arms who know nothing of civil
war. He should ever thank God
that in that time he gave him an
other sort of courage to put aside all
thought of self, all vain glorious
ness, and to think only of the gray
haired fathers and the helpless wo-
men and children of this once desc
lated land upon whom the fury of
another internecine strife must
sweep down an all-consuming fire.
Year: 1879

If Secretary Sherman has found


any leisure from stump-speaking


lately to attend to the business Of


his department even casually, he


must have observed that the revival


OF business activity is beginning to


make itself felt in the public reven-


ues. Estimates from Washington


state the surplus of this month now


closing at the large sum of six mil


lions of dollars, and each succeed


ing month hereafter is expected to


yield much more than the author


lied expenditure. This is very


gratifying. 1t does not particularly


confirm the stalwart stories of an


impending civil war, but it needs


to be turned to proper account.


This growing surplus should be


used, not in reducing the taxes.
The purchases already made of


United States bonds for the sinking
fund are at least five years in adj
vance of the requirements of the
law. Let Congress, when it meets
in December, ascertain the precise
figures from the Treasury, and then
declare the sinking fund full to the
date which these figures shall war
rant. What the country now needs
is reduction of taxation to the full
extent of the estimated surplus rev.
enue. The credit of the country, as
believes at home or abroad |
the raw-head and bloody-bones
tales of the stalwartS, is more than |
good, and there will be no difficulty
in renewing at lower rates of inter- !
est the 6 and per cent. bonds !
which are redeemable in 1881. Let |
this be done, and by the time that |
fresh payments into the sinking
fund become legally due, FIVE or six |
years hence, the increased popula-
lation and trade of the country, as
there is no danger that we shall be |
torn and bled by new civil war,
will provide the means for making
those payments comfortably upon
4 reduced scale of taxation. At
least thi; ty-five millions of dollars
may be and ought to be struck off
rom the taxes at once, on account
Of this years contribution to the
fund already long ago made.
With this let as much more be
struck off as the increasing revenues
shall be seen to permit when Con-
yresS assemblies. The tax-paying
people of the country are entitled to
present relief out of the present sur
plus in the revenues, and heaven
Knows that our customs tariff and
,ur internal revenue system offer
abundant chances for rational re-
luction of the peoples burdens.
Here is a matter of real publicinter-
st for the Secretary of the Treasury
o deal with tonight in his New
York speech. He has only to ex-


mine the records of his own de-
,artment to learn, if he does not


lready know, that the taxes can be
argely reduced with perfect safety
o the public honor and interest.
Year: 1879

We are never more impressed
with the wonderful vitality and rug
ged power of the Democratic party
than in the days of its defeat. The
surprise is not in the recent election
that the Democrats, burdened as
they were, suffered defeat, but that
they were able to exhibit such
strength and resolution. Surely
there never was more unkindneSs
shown party in preparing it for
combat. The issues were awful, vet
under these circumstances
that it ought to be matter of sur
prise that there is a Democratic vote
to each Ohio township-the old par
ty comes out grim as an army Of
veterans, and fights to the bitter
end, in the spirit of the soldiers of
Russia, of whom ii is said 1t is not
sufficient to kill them, they must be
knocked down after they are dead.
Now, we are able to rejoice that this
surprising host was discomfited-
beaten few per cent. in a prOdig-
ious vote, and we know that under
the gloom of their defeat there may
be disappointment and resentment,
but never Encouragement. On the
next occasion they will be out with
full ranks.
Year: 1879

Dark, angry clouds overspread
the sky, illuned at intervals by
vivid flashes of lightning; peals of
thunder rent the air like the voices
of angry gods, while the trees and
flowers fell before the heavy gusts
of wind and rain like grain before a
sicle.


The awful grandeur of the scene
struck terror to hearts heretofore
unknown to fear. For more than
an hour the storm ragged on till il
had spent its fury, when the wind
and rain abated, and here and there
tiny riffs appeared in the clouds,
growing larger and still larger, till
the sun broke in glorious effulgence,
Frightening the face of nature with
dazzling brilliancy. Myriads of
diamonds hung on the trees and
glistened on the grass and flowers.
Never was sunshine more beauti-
full.


The terrific storm, so fearful in its
wrath, had purified and washed the
whole earth and decked in the beau
tiful jewels which the shower alone
can give, and though in the east a
rain was falling, it only enhanced
the beauty of the scene; for the cloud
was spanned by beautiful bow
beautiful, not only on account of its
lovely combination of colors, but as
a sign of a glorious promise made
by Him who ruleth the storm by
His infinite power.


Human life has its storms. Ad-
versity, temptation and sorrow
sweep over the soul, filling it with
fear and dread. But after a time,
tiny riffs of Gods mercy pierce the
clouds around us, and if we in pa
tlence walt, the sunshine of his love
will break in beauty over our heads,
and on the spanning clouds that are
away from us, we shall see
the rainbows of the precious prom
Use.
Year: 1879

An Indian known as HPeaving
Tom" had hand to hand encOun-
ter with lot of bears, one day last
week, on the mountains above
Bucks ranch, which must have
been a terrible battle. He was
hunting In the locality spoken Of
and found a "Dear wallow" in
little valley and suddenly came
upon the bears. He says that he
shot one, killing IL, when another
attacked him. His only dependence
now was his butcher knife, and
with this he managed TO kill the
second one. About this time an
other attacked i'm, and the con-
flict must have been fearful. Part
OF the Indians scalp was torn from
his head, his face badly lacerated
and his arm, side and one thigh
fairly "eaten up" No bones were
broken, however, and he managed
TO stagger and crawl to the road,
where he was found and taken 10
Bucks ranch. Mr.. Wagner dressed
his wounds, and at last accounts he
was improving and i'm fair way to
recover. He says he would have
been killed but that he kept his
face down most of the time and let
the bears bite at his back. A party
went out to the scene Of the fight
and found three bears dead and the
Indians knife sticking In one them.
He must ha We been "game 10 the
backbone" and deserves the title
of the "bOss bear hunter.n
Year: 1879

How much in modern education,
says an exchange, is calculated, II


not intended, rather to prepair our


females TO dazzle in the circle of


fashion and the gay party than TO
shine IN the retirement OF home 2
To polish the exterior by what arc
called accomplishment seems to be-
more the object than to give solid
substratum of piety, intelligence,
good sense and social virtue. Never
was a subject less understood than
education. To store the memory
with facts, or to cultivate the taste
for music, singing, drawing, Lam
guages and needlework, Is the ulti-
matum with many. The use Of the
intellect i'm the way of deep refec-
ti0n, sound Judgement, accurate dis
elimination, Is not taught "a IL
should be; while the direction Of
the will, the cultivation of the
heart, and the formation OF the
character are laneDtahly neglected.
We ask not the sacrifice Of anything
that can add grace and elegance and
to the feminine character,
but we do want Incorporated with
this more of what Is masculine In
knowledge and wisdom.
Year: 1879

BY the quiet fireside at home, the
true mother, in the midst OF her
children, is sowing, as in vases OF
earth, the seeds Of plants that shall
sometime give TO heaven the fra
GRANGE OF their blossoms, and whose
fruit be as a rosary of angelic deeds
and the noblest offering that she can
made through the ever ascending
and expanding souls OF herchildren
to. her Maker. Every word that
she utters goes from heart TO heart
with the power Of which she
dreams. Solemn is the thought
that every word that falls from her
lips, every expression from her
cOuntenauce, even In the sheltered
walk and retirement, may have an
impression upon the old souls
around her, and from, rs II were,
the underlying strain OF that educa-
tiOn which peoples heaven with
that celestial being that gives TO the
white brow Of the angel, next 10
the grace Of God, Its crown Of glory.
Year: 1879

P S-Cothing will be made speciality this fall, and
will be sold 10 per cent cheaper than any other house in
the city will sell them


We also have large lot of Remnants in Calico and
WOrsted goods which will sell for 90 cents on the
dollar 4i< sept 27-1y
Year: 1879

THE tabled mysteries of the wand
of magicians, or the supernatural
powers of AIaddin's lamp, lSere
called to mind yesterday in the
changed appearance of every bust
ness thoroughfare in the city. From
the dull, dismal, dead pictures of
the past four months, even up to
the close of the last week, yesterday
presented a sudden, almost magical
change to panorama of activity, of
busy life. The streets were thronged
from the rising of the sun until late
at night. And to-day and the days
that follow this week will present
greater activity in proportion to the
arrivals of those whose departure
from their various places of refuge
have already been heralded. If
those who predicted commercial
disaster for Memphis could witness
the evidences Of prosperity already
apparent, they would be convinced
of the folly Of their false prophesies.
Appeal, Oct. 2S.
Year: 1879

Our entire stock of CARPETS Is per cheaper than
Eastern cost, to close out.


We invite you to come and price goods, We will
you the goods and biggest bundles for the least
money


We also will inform the public that have made
rangements with Eastern Buyer who will watch the
market closely, and send New GOODS WEEKLY, which
will sell Is per cent cheaper than any other house IN
the city


Our motto will be- Quick SALES SMALL PROFITS,
and we will not be under-sold by anybody.
The Trade Palace is the Place to Buy Your Goods,
And it behooves the rich and the poor the farm
e and the mechanic the aborer and the rest of mankind
call and convince yourselves before you buy elsewhere
as dollar saved is dollar made.


Thanking the public and my friends for their very ber
al patronage in the past and hoping continuance of the
same in the future Respectfully
Year: 1879

A new and novel treatment Of drunk
enness was devised and tested by DOr
buque wife. Her husband came home
moderately intoxicated, and expected TO
get the usual scolding. He was aston
ished. therefore. when the women re-
ceived him smilingly, asked him If he
would have some brandy and produced
q bottle and glass. He promptly accepted
the liquor and drank so much that he
was helpless. Then she tied him To 4
bedpost and whipped him with raw
hide until, as the Telegraph says, b was
rs tender as beefsteak
Year: 1879

The great astronomer lives in Kansas.
He has found comet that is coming
directly toward the earth and in broad
daylight on the fourth of March, 1881.
will strike the earth just in the middle
of the United States.
Year: 1879

BARNEY ARMSTRONG, the cow boy,
and James Kelley, the cook, who
were connected with the Olive in
fanny, broke out of the Dawson
county Jail on the 9th ult., by cap
turing the guard who was acting as
jailor, at the point of revolver and
large knife, compelling him to enter
into the service by furnishing his
two horses for "a ride, with the pleas
ure of riding behind one of the
prisoners for about eight miles.
where they left the guard TO medi-
tate upon the loss of his two horses
and the happy escape with his life:
They are probably vending their
way to Texas.
Year: 1879

We could almost wish that dead


wall were built around Mississippi,


and the state shut off from the rest of
the country as a plague-spot. 1t is a
hard thing to put upon any sovereign


member of our great Republic the
brand of infamy and disgrace but
Mississippi has a long list of unaveng-
ed crimes. We have been hoping,
almost against hope, that the people of
Kemper County would in the trial of
the assassins of the Chisholms vindi-
cate their honor and punish as they
deserve to be punished the awful
crimes committed at DeKalb. We
were not surprised, therefore, to hear
that Henry J. Gully, the base fiend
who deliberately took the life of the
fair young Cornelia Chisholm, walked
out of the courtroom legally innocent


His was the test case of the series
Now that a jury has bid him in th'
Year: 1879

Two herdsmen quarreled on Nebras.
ka prairie, and each threatened to kill
the other. Neither was armed, but
there was a gun in their hut, a mile
away. Both started for the weapon, and
1T was race for life, for the man who
got it was certain to shoot his compan-
ION. They mad several fights on the
way, and were bruised and exhausted
when they neared the goal, but IL ey
ran With desperation, and kept abreast
until close to the house. Then one
tESPped and fell, giving the other the
Lead. The victor dashed into the build
ing, pulled the gun from its hooks, and
mercilessly murdered his fallen foe.
Year: 1879

HE 6rst case under the civil rights
act of 1875 that has ever arisen in New
York took practical shape one day last
week in the issue of warrant of attach
'nent against the steamboat Continental,
belonging to the New Haven steamboat
company. The complainant is Charles
M. Cooper, barber of New York, who
claims to have been elected from dining
at the regular table on board the steam.
boat when travelling from New Haven to
New York, week or two ago, though
ne had bought irst-class ticket, and to
have been excluded from the cabin.
The damages claimed for election from the
the diningNrOOJn are 1900, and an adds
tional 5000 IL claimed for exclusion from
the cabU.. The case is pending befoie
Judge Choate.
Year: 1879

GEN. HANc.CK is strongly in favor of
the transfer of the Indian bureau to the
war department. He says: " Harmony
IN the administration of Indian affairs
demands that the whole command be in
ore mans hands. When every little
difference becomes a cabinet question
between cabinet officers it is easy to see
shat the Indian affairs must suffer. The
only objection to the transfer comes
from a certain religious element in the
country which does not understand the
merits of the case. The Indians will be
just as open to proselytizing as they
are now and more. The war depart
ment is as anxious to have the Indians
christisnized as the department of the
interior. OF course the semi-civilized


Indians may be let alone they do not
need the strong hand to control them"
Year: 1879

of bread ct Belyaneh, the stronger tore
it from the lips Of those weaker than
themselves, and struggled till exhausted
for the meTest scrap. At Edfoo there
lay an old woman by the bank, with the
water washing half over her, tao weak
tOlmove or speak. Her eyes were sunk
into her had, and her whole skin was
like dried parchment from the san.
Her body was shriveled to the size of
an apple. She could not swallow, ex-
cept by artificial outside friction, while
another woman forced the food down her
throat. This was . uncommon case,
woman and children, from their smaller
strength afording the most ghastly spec
tacles OF the march of famine.
Year: 1879

The Icelanders have a most curious
custom and q most efectusl one of pre-,
venting horses from straying, which Is
entirely peculiar TO this island. Two gen
tlemen, for instance, are riding together
without attendants, and wishing to alight
ior the purpose of visiting some objects
at a distance from the road, they tie the
head of one horss to the tail Of another,
and the head of this to the tail of the
former. Ia this state it is utterly inn
possible that they can move on, either
backward or forward, one pulling the
one way and the other the other; and,
therefore, If disposed TO move at all, it
will be only in a circle, and, even then,
there must be an agreement 70 turn
their heads the same way.


TIE commercial Editor reports eheese
Year: 1879

WASHINGTON, September s.-A Southern
journalist having a wide range of ac-
quaintance among public men af that sec.
ton, who has spent nearly the entire sea-
son at White Sulphur Springs, says that
the late representations at the North that
a majority Of the politicians visiting there
were found to be Tor Tilden are altogether
erroneous. He declares that, on the con.
trary, he felt confident that not six out OF
the thousand who made any stay there
were for Tlden. The feeling against him
was found to be strong among q prominent
party OF men from all parts Of the South
Year: 1879

TnE contractors on the extension Of the
Insane Asylum at Weston are well along
will, their work, and will be ready for the
winter weather when it comes. The State
struck tho depression in prices at a pretty
low ebb when the directors made their
contracts for the extension, as It Is not
probable that in 1880 the same work would
ha undertaken for the same money.
Year: 1879

Tho Meaning OF the Result In California


and MnIne-A solid North Agair Con.


fronting n Solid South.


The Cincinnati Gazette Of yesterday dis.
courses as follows upon the meaning the
election results in two far apart States of
the North-Caliiornia on the Pacific and
Maine on the Atlantic:


"This is the beginning Of the answer OF
the Northern people to the Confederate
South, made solid by military force, aud
seeking to impose the lost cause OH the
nation. Itshows that solid South will
inevitably make solid North. And when
the Northern States are united, the $juth
is weak minority. The Northen people
are aware that free elections can not be
restored by the United States Marshals
and the United States army where the
ruling inhabitants are banded to destroy
them. But so long as free elections are
suppressed by force OF arms in the south
there should be no division in the North.


All division in the Northern people en-.
courages this crime in the South. On the
other hand, the unity of the Northern
people intimidates this crime. These
elections are the greeting which the
Northern people send to those who
fanCled they could put Confederate poll
tics into the control Of the nation. And
these are but foretaste OF what is com.
ing. The signs everywhere are of closing
up the Republican ranks and OF the split
ting up Of the opposition. Everywhere
the course Of the Republican party is
straightforward; everywhere the Demo-
cratic party is sinking its own flag to
make coalitions, and Is scattering itself in
side issues.


The "boom" betokens the complete tri-
umph Of the Republicans in the election OF
President and Of the next Congress. At the
present it is the trump for the elections
now pending. The gain OF Congressman
destroys the Democratic majority in the
House, and makes that party depend on
the National members. The general Re-
publican tide is pretty good assurance
against the election ofa President going in
to the House; but for such an event, the
gain in California balances the votes by
States, and gives to De La Matyr the bal
ance OF power in the Indiana delegation,
which would hold the balance in the cleo.
ton OF o President by the House.


The glory OF this is not merely that it is
party victory, and that It promises com.
plete party triumph, but because this
tends to the paCiication Of the country;
to the suppression Of the rising Conieder-
ate cause to the formation OF respect for
law in the South; to the establishment OF
law and order where force now rules, and
to the protection OF the rights Of all per-
sons.
Year: 1879

No man can do a good job of work,
preach good sermon, try law suit
well, doctor a patient, or write a good
article when he feels miserable aud
dull, with sluggish brain aud unsteady
nerves, and none should make the at
tempt in such condition when it can
be so easily and cheaply removed by
a little Hop Bitters. See "Truths'
and .Proverbs,n other column.
Year: 1879

A college professor once said that
she who erpects to rate high in his
class, must not erpectorote on the
floor. Much of the hawking and
splitting was, no doubt, caused by
catarrh, which the professor knew
could be readily cured by the use of
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
Year: 1879

Citizen; Dr. Hitchcock's cabinet IS the recipient of new curiosity. On Friday last parties digging a well near Nine Mile Station, found at depth of sixty feet, rude cup carved in what appears to be very light lava. The cup is about three inches in diameter and one inch and half high. The hollow is two inches across by three quarters of an inch in depth. The rim and circumfer- ence are covered oyer with deeply indented scroll carving, which fol lows the style known as the Aztec. How the cup came to be buried sixty feet in the earth, is what puzzles tho of Tucson.
Year: 1879

Citizen: Cannot the county afford a little oil for the wheelbarrows used by the chain gang? The shrili shrieking of the wheels and the clanki9g of the chains remind us of what one might possibly hear at the doorway entering that country just beyond tho river StyX. Being very wicked we are correspondinglS sea- sitive and hen;e strongly object to these painful reminders of coming wrath. Bring forth inc lubricatoE