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Year: 1879

IT MAY BE we'll enough for the "Ga-
zette" to say that it has nothing to do
with the Yazoo bull dezing affair; that
it is something which belongs entirely
to Mississippi, and all this kind of thing
hut it cannot see wherein it is concern
I'D but the northern people can see that
it has very important bearing on ma.
tional politics. The fact il the people
Of the north can see that they are a
part Of a government that must submit
o he ruled by fraud and violence If
sucl, thing is allowed to continue,
and they are not prepared to be govern
ed by President chosen by such plans
no more than they are prepared to
have q President as would suit the va.
ZOO outlaws. This is something in
which the whole nation Is interested.
notwithstanding that the Gazette"
cannot see the point. Such wilful blind
ness must be endured more than pit
iod.
Year: 1879

The "Herald" reads every edition of
the REPUBLICAN closely, and notes mi
nutely the exact number of hours and
minutes that elapse from the time a
political convention is held until it
appears in the editions, and then pub
fishes them to show our lack of enter
prise. We are aware that we do
publish sometimes old news on the
late editions, when there is nothing
fresh to publish, and in following this
plan we do what every paper in the
country does, and therefore we have no
apologies to make on that score. We
still advise the "Herald" as we did
yesterday, to take some of the same
kind of medicine that has run the
REPUBLICAN up to 5000 in circulation.
In regard to the pity felt for us for not
taking telegraphic news, the sympathy
comes with bad grace from a paper
that takes none itself. The "Herald"
may have some recollection of a paper
in this city that commenced taking
telegraph dispatches at very lively
rate few years ago. and the bill which
by the way,is very large cne, remains
unpaid yet. 1t appears to us that God,
whom the "Herald" has called upon to
pity us, for not taking telegraph de-
spatches, should more appropriately be
called upon to pity the paper that
takes them, and then cheats the t-le
graph company. Does the "Herald' y
understand
Year: 1879

The New Orleans "Times" says that
the ordinance prohibiting the inter
marriage of whites and blacks does
not form part of the proposed new
Constitution for Louisiana. When it
came up on the third reading it was
postponed until the following Thurs
day, which, as it was we'll understood
that the convention would adjourn one
day before that time, was equivalent
to an indefinite postpon-ment. The
friends of the ordinance did not succeed
in getting any further action upon it
though several efforts were made The
unterrif.d but not unmixed Democracy
of louisiana, could not make law
which would bear SO heavily upon
themselves.
Year: 1879

"o0u0 = noS M8ho~vos


1t is very evident that the floating
debt Of the city up to the end u the


year 1878 was only $lll, 800. Appli-


cation was made to the Legislature for


the passage Of an act to allow Council


TO fund that debt, and in that appli-


cation GAS, 900 was asked for and the


amount was very generously granted.


Now every body that understands the


primary principles of arithmetic can


subtract Gill, 500 from $l45, 900 and by


doing SO they will find that there was a


balance left Of 1885, after funding


all the floating debt that could be raksd
up. It is said that the commissions in
negotiating that loan wers "a, $50, leav-
ing only balance unexpended of $780,
$50. Well there is nothing wrong
about that, but the people Of Whining
ton who pay the taxes want to know to
what purpose tie balance Of s29, l50
was applied. As it was borrowed by
the express act Of the Legislature to be
applied to nothing else than the fund
ing of ths floating debt, it might be in
tsresting to know how this balance
could be applied to any other purpose.
1t is We believe claimed that $l3, 900 Of
it was taken to pay off that amount of
school bonds that had been diverted
from It's original purpose by a previous
Council and was used in paying the
current expenses of the city. OF course
the act of the Legislature gave no right
to apply this amount to such purpose
but If this has been done that accounts
for $4,000. This still leaves
balance of SIG, $50 unaccounted for. As
Mr.. Guthrie is chairman Of the Finance
and must know all about
this stray amount Of money for which
the people are inquiring, and as he is
about voluntarily retiring from the City
Council, it is no more than duty
which he owes TO the community at
large, that he should make q detailed
itemized statement to show how much Of
The floating debt has been funded
and to what purposes, and all the pur.
poses, to which the sl45, 900 allowed to
be borrowed by the Legislature have
been applied. If fany portion oft has
been covered into the City Treasury
and applied to the current expenses of
the city, just that amount must be de-
Quoted from the claimed economy OF the
present Democratic Council. We do
not wish to be understood as charging !
any member of Council with the least
tiuge Of dishonesty in the administra-
tion Of city affairs, but a. there are evi
iently sl6, $50 floating around some
where in some Of the appropriations, or
perhaps lying in bank on behalf of the
tax. paying people Of the city, it is the
duty of the Finance Committee to give
the public satisfaction. Though it is
an irregular mode Of procedure to ap-
ply the balance to paying the current
expenses of the city, we shall not OBJ.
ject, but We shall certainly make use Of
it to show that the present Democratic
Council instead of being economical
has been even more extravagant than
its predecessor. With this honest de.
claration on our part, and the respon-
siblity which rests upon the chairman
of the Finance Committee, it is incum-
bent on Mr.. Guthrie to rise and *.
plain before he retires from the City
Council.
Year: 1879

A FEW days ago the "Herald" an.
nounced that the REPUBLICAN, had ruled
itself out of the arena of discussion,
but it seems to have very suddenly
changed its mind. We knew at the
time We could bring that coon down,
and Wa brought him--her or it.
Year: 1879

BANGOR, June II, 1879
To the Editor Of the Wing 4 Cov,ier:


DEAR SIR The reference to myself in
your editorial statement yesterday concern
ing the nomination of candidate for Gov
ernor at the approaching republican conven.
tion, justifes me in presenting in a public
manner my personal position in the matter.
From the first mention of my name as pos
sible candidate until the present time, I have
uniformly said and written that under no cir
cumstances would | consent to allow nv
name to be presented to the convention To
that determination adhere. While il is TO
me matter Of profound regret, costing me a
good deal Of disquietude, that this decision il
not in accordance with the views of some of
my friends, still deem the position taken by
me TO be proper one, the reasons for which
are so personal to myself that the public
would have no interest in them.


Very truly yours,


John A. PETERS.
In accepting the above statement as nal
we can only express the regret which will be
felt By warm friends Of Judge Peters in
all parts of the State, that personal
considerations prevent his acceding to
the general desire for his candidacy. 1t may
slso-be proper and timely TO say that we have
been aware from the first that Judge Peters
Year: 1879

TO THE EDITOR OF THE 1oURNAL:-l ven
ture to ask you to publish few words in re-
gard 10 the management of the State lrcaSu-
ry as matter of need. without regard 10
politics Having been told that the Tribune.
our Greenback paper in Augusta, is the oii-
cial organ of the Treasurer, and owned by
him, ! presume this article would be rejected


if he were asked to publish ii.


Mr.. Charles A. White was elected State
Treasurer as a greenbackcr. He Processes to
be in favor of reform, retrcnchmcnt and econ
omv in the State as well as in the National
government, and is very active and earnest.
apparently, in trying to bring voters To his
way of thinking He makes great prctcntions
to honesty and sincerity in political affairs.


But let MS see how he stands as a iefOyD'er
before the public. The Legislature of 1879
carefully investigated the treasury depart
ment in regard to the number of clerks re-
uuired to perform the work well and easily,
and decided that two men would he liberal
and sufficient force to perform all the work.
S2400 were appropriated as their compensa-
ton, which everybody believes a very liberal
sum-far more liberal than any other depart
ment received. This sum equally divided
would give two clerks $1,000 each, while IL is
believed that tirst-class men can be secured
for $1,000 each. But our strenuous, econom-
zeal ana reform grccnback treasurer upPs
not seem satisfied with the situation. for he
has recently appointed a third clerk in his
department; but the authority for doing so
does not appear to the common greenback-
er, and moreover the Legislature made
no appropriation to pay for extra clerk
hire. Some of our party think the Treasurer
will pay his third man from cash taken from his
own pocket. To those who hHOW the Treas
urer this idea will appear ridiculous, for the
mans brain has not softcned to that extent
In these hard times the people do not want
TO be taxed to furnish extra clerks to please
anybody, or help along anybody's political
schemes tor personal advancement in
state OF national honors. The people gener-
ally and the greenbackers in particular think
they have just reason to complain of the ac
ton of the Treasurer. They expected better
things of him.


The Treasury is the most important de
partment connected with the State govern
ment 1t is the place where the peoples
money is received and disburscd, and the
management should be such as to command
the respect and confidence of every citizen.
at least. The Treasurer cannot afford to ig
more the law nor his constituents. He should
not allow the position to turn his head. He
had better keep out of his head the idea that
he is out of the reach of the voters. The
official robe he wears hangs by slender
thread The man is only public servant.
1t is a dclusion if he thinks himself our mas
ter. GREENBACKER.


Gardiner, June Is, 1879.
Year: 1879

Mr. John H. Lenow, treasurer has just
had erected telephone line from his
Office to Superintendent Phillips office, at
the north entrance Of Elmwood cemetery.
The following message was sent to its
venerable president:


To Captain Joseph Lcnow, President of Elm


wood Cemetery


The telephone line connecting the
treasurer's Office, on Union street, with
the superintendent's Office, at the north
gate of the cemetery, is now completed
and, before the transaction of any bust
ness over the line, we desire to send greet
ing to you, its chief officer. We learn
that for more than twenty years you have
been its president, and that you have de-
voted a large portion of your time to It's
affairs. To you must be given the credit
and to you justly belongs the praise for
its beauty. Through evil and good report
you have watched and guarded its inter-
ests, and in the twilight of your days you
may well feel proud in hearing visitors say
that it is the most beautiful cemetery in
all our southland. Others have done
much, but you have done more than any
one else for this home of our dead.1 Its
walks and drives, its pretty lots and
shrubbery bear record of your work and
of the tireless brain that has, through 60
many years, directed its Improvements
and adomments. AS long as its great
oaks and stately poplars stand as sentinel:
over the dead buried there, so long will
your memory and virtues be revered
They have stood and bufFeted many d
storm, and so have you. Many of your
co-managers have gone down beneath the
fury of the gale, and the early friends OF
the cemetery are resting beneath its hal
lowed dust Progress has sent you the
telephone, and with this great instrument
this instrument of value--distance has
been bridged and instant communication
can now be held between your treasurer
and superintendent, though they are two
and half miles apart. You have lived
to be three score and five, and in sending
cut the electric current to Elmwood Gem
etery, knowing that the "Old Man is
generally around, we hope that its gal
vanic thrills may reach him, may re-
awaken the slumbering fires, and that
many years may still be added to life
that has proved so useful to this com
munity. God Bless you, Captain Lenow,


To Mr.. Phillips, the excellent superin-
tsndent Of Elmwood Cemstery He has
served it faithfully for nearly thirteen
years. He has been through epidemic
after epidemic, and like the faithful pilot,
steering his ship, heis always at the helu,
with brave heart ready to weather tho
pestilential storm. May he long i've.
Year: 1879

NewDuryport Journal.


Some years ago two strangers came
to West Point, and at the quarter
masters Office they offered large sum
Of money for permission to dig into
the ground, with an agreement on
their part not to damage the United
States property nor to leave the sur
face broken when they left, intimating
that their object was to unearth some
hidden treasure. The negotiations
failed through the want of confidence
of the military authorities in the en-
terprise, and thus the matter has
rested until this time, when it has
been discovered that mysterious
company has made considerable ad
vance in the work of excavation near
the old redouts erected in the summer
Of 1879 southwest of Fort Putnam,
near the Kinsley line, and east of the
bank road. 1t is said the digging was
done at night. A hole four feet square
and eight feet deep has been made at
the base of the redoubt; then the pas
sage makes sharp turn and goes down
ward at an angle of forty-fve degrees
for twelve feet, where a heavy bowlder
stopped the further progress of the
diggers. Tracks were found but no
tools or marks of candles. Although
a large amount of earth had been re-
moved, no shoveling had been done, as
the material had been brought out in
a vessel of some kind and piled in a
heap quite away from the pit. Appa-
rently foiled by the bowlder, the dig.
gers commenced an excavation away
from the old work, and had gallery
twelve feet long, directed SO as to
strike the abandoned pit. In this the
shovel had been used and the dirt left
on the bank, but, as in the other case,
no tools were found. Part of the work
was done before, and much of it since,
the late rain, and all has been in pro
gress up to and including Friday last.
Much curiosity is evinced in this dis
covery, and it is proposed to adopt
means to secure to the descendants OF
the patriots residing in the town their
fair share of the find if any shall
be reached.
Year: 1879

The Olean (Ind.) Times tells the
following remarkable story:


Living in a plain cottage situated
between two farms on the main settle
ment near Portville, about seven
miles from 0lean, is a young woman
named Mary Langdon. Her mother
has been almost hopeless invalid for
many years, She herself has long
suffered with a terrible cancer in the
upper part of the left arm. TO cure
this, or to alleviate the torment of
mind and body which it has
caused, has been her constant thought.
her ever-present care. The aid of
competent physicians has been called
in, and every kind of treatment re.
sorted to, but with no hopeful results.
Expert medical men pronounced the
case a hopeless one, and the poor girl
was regarded by all, and by herself, as
the doomed victim of the dreadful
disease, A lady doctor of reputed
skill in the treatment of cancer re-
Gently visited the sufferer, but gave
no word Of encouragement.


After she had gone Mary shed no
tears, but she had resolved upon a
desperate and dangerous experiment.
and when she had resolved speedily
carried her design into execution
She ran a stout needle beneath the
cancer, drawing thread through it.
With this thread she tied the artery,
using her teeth to aid her. She then
took a sharp table-knife and cut the
cancer, which, was of unusual size, out
Of her arm. qhis done, she took the
mass of quivering flesh which she had
removed from her arm, and, without a
word to any one, buried it in the rear
of the cottage. So quietly had the
girl gone through with the terrible
operation that no one in the house
was reof it until some time after.
Having bound up and covered the
terrible wound in her arm, she went
about her household work as usual.
Of course the result of this fearful
piece Of surgery is difficult to predict.
The girl is not at present suffering any
Ill effects, and it is sincerely to be
hoped that so much courage and
endurance will be rewarded by a CON-
plete cure,
Year: 1879

BISHOP HAVEN wants to secure a
more perfect government through the
agency of the clergy and the United


States marshals. The full text of his
late speech shows he thinks that the


Democracy are hyehas; reconciliation
pandering to the hellish passion Of
caste, and the only salvation Of the
country is to appoint United States
marshals to control congressional and
Presidential elections, who shall
prepare the list of voters, challenge
them, receive, count and announce
the vote.'' @
Year: 1879

A willing worker from among those
who cannot leave the city speaks in
behalf of her sisters, and the neces-
sity Of giving them something to do,
that they may earn a little and render
help to those needing II. She says


Suppose the Howard Association
keep a register of the names and resi-,
dence of the home nurses, accepting
only such as can bring a certificate OF
experience, intelligence and good char
acter. Out of this class there might
be organized q corps of nuFsas sufli
ciently strong TO take care of our sick
even in such an epidemic as we had
last year, aud thereby save as The hu-
initiation Of asking other cities 10 heir
us nurse our sick. Such q plan might
save many lives.
Year: 1879

county, | think. He is president of
the gas company, and has, therefore, a
good deal Of local influence; but he is
not known beyond the limits of Gin
cinnati. The fight in Hamilton county
is always very sharp. and as that
county sends thirteen members to the
legislature it is an important point,
especially as a United States senator
is to be elected to take my place.
There were some funny mistakes made
about General Hickenlooper in the
central and extreme portions of the
State the day after the nomination, as
nobody knew him and his name was
printed in all sorts of ways. He is a
very good man, | understand, but his
name adds very little strength to the
ticket"
Year: 1879

GENERAL JOE JOHNSTON told an
interviewer that he did not know
much about politics, and did not care
to talk on that subject, but if the
newspaper man wanted to converse on
the agriculture Of the South and the
means of recuperating that section Of
the country, he (the generaD would
be very glad to hear him, and he might
have something to say himself. Sen
sible man-and what boon it would
be to all sections of the country il
other members of congress would dc
likewise RafOl
Year: 1879




The experiment by the Democrats
of Cincinnati with large convention
was so satisfactory last spring, that
the county committee, on Saturday
last, called convention on the 9TH
of August, for the important work Of
nominating Legislative and county Of
fcers, on the basis of one delegate for
every twenty votes cast for the Demo
cratic candidate for secretary of state
last fall. This will give convention
of 1l77 delegates large enough
ito swamp the hummer element
and the managing politicians, and
permit the Intelligent sentiment
of the mass of the party to
make the nominations. The chances
are better for an acceptable and
good ticket, and there will not be
the usual division and sore-headed-
ness over nominations. This conven-
ton will nominate thirteen members
Of the legislature, and these thirteen
may determine the political complex.
ion of the legislature and thus a
United States senator. Judge Thur,
man, says the Pittsburg Post, will
either succeed himself, or will be
succeeded by a Republican. The
conventions action therefore becomes
matter of national Importance.
Whatever conflicting views there may
be about Judge Thurman as a Presi-
Dental candidate, failing in that al
Democrats desire he should retain hi
present place as the leader Of the
senate.
Year: 1879

A new order has been issued by the
Pennsylvania railroad, directing that
all passengers as they arrive at their
destinations shall make their exit
from the front end of the car
and enter at the rear. 1t is further
ordered that the passengers must re-
main seated until the train comes to a
full stop. The order has already gone
into effect.
Year: 1879

The Central Missouri papers an
nounce that General 10 Shelby is
about to engage extensively in the
cattle business. Some will naturally
accept this as an intimation that he
intends to pursue his long contem-
plated scheme Of running for governor
in 1880.
Year: 1879

The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is s5 per annum and
SOC per month for less than one year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER Is 81 per annun-
postage free.


Persons leaving the city for the summer
can order the DAILY LEDGER at SOC pei
month in advance, with the privilege o.
changing pOstofHce.
Year: 1879

SUBSCRIBERS who wish 10 re-
new will d" us a favor by SEND
ING MONEY before their time
expires, as our mail list Is very
large, and our force TO do the
work small. NO USE TO SEND
ORDERS WITHOUT the MONEY.
Year: 1879

AT about halt-past three o'clock
Saturday morning DR. b. j, Coy
kendall breathed the last of this
life; aged 33 years. About seven
years ago the Doctor established
himself in Mineral Point, with
bright prospects of long and useful
life before him. After q short elapse
of time he went to Racine, from
whence he first came, and was united
by marriage to q fair and noble
woman. He then returned with his
bride to this city aud sustained an
active practice in dentistry up to
the time of his death. Consumption
is the accused destroyer of this prom
inent character in our social circle,
and but for pluck and brave bat
tling he would probably have honored
his grave months ago. The COM
munity loses greatly by his death,
and to the distressed wife, with her
two sweet, innocent babes, extends
feeling of sympathy and regret for
her untimely trouble which is be.
yond full expression.
Year: 1879

A FlRsT-cLAss family nag, young
and sound; Dexter King spring
buggy, good as new, and a good sin
gle breast harness can be bought at
reasonable prices, For further par
ticulars step into this office.