smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1877

wilIing to do the city printing at 2o:. q
square. Let Us add that either the Times
or the PicdyuRe would take the State
printing at 25 or so cents per square, and
would have done so on the very day when
1t was awarded to the Democrat at ~
cents. Let us further recall, what every
body knows, that it was q Democratic
reform Legislature W hich passed the law and
Committee of severe Democratic reformers
who signed the contract.


Now 1t cannot be said that the Democrat
was chosen by reason OF its superior ad-
vantages rs an advertising medium. That
paper is the beet advertising medium which
has the best circulation and We suppose
that no o9e doubts the advantage, under
thst test, to have been with either the
Times or PieayuHe as compared with the
Democrat. The fact is there is no good
reason Why the paper which bids lowest
for such work should not have it, provided
that it be decent paper and have good
circulation. IF the dominant party wants
to sustain q party organ it ought not to do
go with public moneys. To do 60 is rob
bery-nothing else.


But that is not all in the way of ex-
travagance, Our State juss before the war
vas rich-rich in plantations of immense
value, rich in slaves now it is impover-
isbed and partially ruined. Then its an
nual expenses for government were scarce J.
II more than half of the present figure.
A certain portion of this increase is indeed
provided for in the Constitution and,
therefore, "a not under legislative control,
but q great part of it has no such sanction
aud ought to have been rigidly retrenched.
The pruning knife was not applied the
nerve was not there; the bona .fde, genu-
inc, honest determination to retrench was
waiting.


What is the moral of all this That
Democracy is an imposture Not at all.
We must judge Democracy by its gospel,
not by its apostolAte; by its frui. when
under cultivation, not when in wild,
unrecIained state. Human nature as q gen.
eral thing, is not very honest on principle /;
it needs watching and optside pressure /; it
must not be too much tempted nor have too
much opportunity. Competition is the
life of trade, while monopoly begets inso-
lsrce and tyranny. Democracy has vir-
tually q monopoly of power in this State /;
it has no respectable opposition, no COM
petition, no fear of exposure, no responsi-
bility to q people who can better them
selves. If the people say to them you are
robbers, they can answer trothfully: if
you do not like Us, accept negro rule and
then you will have not only robbery but
coniscstion.


1t is bad state of things. The sooner
there is another decent white party started,
the better. Then both will be obliged to
offer good men for Office, and both will be
obliged not only to make fine promise G
| bat to keep them.
Year: 1877

Enclosing a Poet Once Money Order Tor e.
We have received the following note: You
will find enclosed the sum of So given by saw
eral little children of Baton Rouge for the
starving people of India"
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, Dec. ia subcommittee of


the Ways and Means will probably report to


the whole committee proposition to reim-


pose an income tax, the object being to obtain


by this means a decrease Of the tobacco tax


and OF one or two other internal taxes. The


argument made In favor of an income tax is


that the Eastern and seaboard Middle States


now pay fas less internal tax than the North


western and the Southern Middle States.
that property and production are overtaxed
IN these latter compared with the burdens
borne by the former, and that an income
tax, would equaize the load Western
and Southern members of the House very
generally favor an income tax, and the
measure Is especially strong among the
Northwestern members, who say that gov
ernment, bonds are almost all owned in the
sseaboard States; that these are exempted
from taxation and that an income tax is the
only way to reach the bondholders. Mr.. Har-
rison, of Illinois, has bill laying a grad
uated income tax and bearing very heavily
on large incomes. which he means to push
after the recess. But his bill will probably
be referred to the Ways and Means Commit
tee, which Is not Of one mind upon the subject
at present but it will thoroughly consider
the question, and 1t is not unlikely that part
OF the comprehensive plan for raising the
revenue needed, which 1t will bring into the
House soon after January 10, will be an in
come tax laid specifically for one year, and to
TALL unless 1t Is renewed by an act of the next
Congress-
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-The condition of
Senator Patterson became very critical early
this morning, and was not improved at n late
hour, this evening. The disorders under
which he is suffering are complicated. and
may prove fatal. When first attacked he had
paralysis In his lower limbs and last night
there were symptoms of congestion OF the
brain, and these have since developed SO
alarmiDgly as to give great anxiety to his
family and medical attendants The ordeal
to which he has been subjected for sew
eral months past in the shape of re-
QUESTIONS from South Carolina, and the
severe criticisms of party friends for his
course in voting for Butler, have completely
prostrated his nervous system, and It gave
way as soon as the pressure was removed
Just after the fight in the Senate was over, he
complained of feeling unwell. This evening
two doctors are at his bedside, and they re,
port that he. cannot survive another shock
like the one of this morning. Senator Butler
was about to start for South Carolina, but has
deferred his visit while the crisis lasts


Should Senator Patterson be carried off
Gov Hampton would appoint Democrat to
succeed him, and the Senate would then be n
tie, counting David Davis among the Demo-
Gratis, thus giving the Vice President the cast
ing vote. Under such circumstances the alb
sence of Senator Sharon would be fatal to the
Republican side
Year: 1877

-, During domestic row in Granger county,
Tenn. between the Lees and Legers recently,
Gabe Lee was wounded in the neck and side,
and his mother In the head; Pierce Lee, his
father, was cut in the leg Bill Leger was
killed, and James Leger badly wounded.
The latter was subsequently killed by Henry
jackson, q constable of that vicinity Several
Intellectual shots were fired in the encounter.
Gabe Lee had seven shots through his hat,
two balls grazing the top of his head, and a
slight cut on the hand
Year: 1877

Interesting Opinions and Speculations.


Washington, Jan. 5.-The possibility
of failure to complete the electoral
count and of a consequent new election
next fall continues to be the leading
topic Of tank here. It is said by some
that there is nothing in the constitu-
ton or laws to cover the case unless
precedent is held to have the force of
law. sGoy. Hayes himself might be
chosen to the place, and might thus
have an opportunity of showing to the
country what kind of an administration
he could make before the people would
be called upon to vote for or against
him, or if it were thought wiser to run
Blaine, Conkling, Morton OF any other
available candidate, he might be chosen
on the 4th of March as presiding officer
of the Senate, and enter the White
House Immediately afterwards.


Several Republican members and one
or two Democratic members take the
singular view that there can be no pop
ular election this year, maintaining
that the failure Of a joint committee Of
the House tn elect, does NOT create
vacancy in tie Office Of President with
in the meaning Of sections 146 and lat
of the Revised Statutes, and that the
president pro tenn of the Senate De-
comes President of the United States
for the full term Of four years.


Leading lawyers here regard this
view of the case as utterly untenable,
saying that the latter mentioned section
is declared to mean most explicitly that
u writ shall be, issued by the secretary
of state to the governors of the various
states for a new election by the people.


Hewitt says that in case of any con-
test he would rather appeal to ballots
than bullets. Other Democrats express
the same sentiments. Lamar said he
deemed new election preferable to the
Inauguration of two presidents.
Year: 1877

v

 Major J. IT. Stout, agent for the Pi- ma and Maricopa Indlans, arrived in

 Tucson last Saturday, and will on the first Of April. assume The duties. He

 would have done SD on his arrlyal. but desired to avoid the making of extra papers for the few days of the present quarter That agency has come to b. very difficult to manage well, and i'm possible to be done tO the satisfaction of all whose interests are or may be affected one way or another by the It.

 b0r, trade or mischief of the Indians

 The late legislature passed a memo rial asking that the Indians in Salt river valley be returned to their bones on the reserve. The late and present Agents say that number of appllca- tions are on file at the Agency, by citI- zens of that valley, to have the In dIaus remain there. Ciphered right down, lt seems the Indians are bene- fit 10 some and d nuisance 10 others, and they are judged accordingly. They are very unfortunately located for sue cesSful management. The great South ern Overland mail and freight road pas ses from end to end of the resfrva- ton. Increased as trade and travel have been and will continue to be along the road oveG their grounds, there is little hope that their increasing dcmoraliza;ion can be checked or their mischief be wholly prevented, even if the Agent had means to work with. Congress has failed to provide 8 dol lar for police force or anything else but inadequate salaries for officers. Without an organized and paid Indian police force on the reserve, many wrongs will be committed and pass unpunished We trust Agent Stout will as far as possible use his personal endeavors among the Indians to con vince them of the folly and ultimate injuiry to themselves, of cOntinu- ance in stealing and killing stock not their own. As before said, the loca- ton is most unfavorable for anything but continued and increased demorali- zation. Agent Stout favors the remov- al of the Indians to Indian Territory. With the increase of travel and traffic and population sure to come right along with the advancing railway and development of inc surrounding coun- try, and the impracticaJIlity of find ing another route for a highway to take the place of the one through the reserve, there seems hardly a hope of the condition or conduct of the Indians until located elsewhere and away from such constant and, We might say, unavoidable contact with citizen trade and travel To their. there are objectors; to their stay and conduct there are objectors.

 l. seems clear that little improve ment is possible where they are, and therefore We think the people general ly would be much better of and also the Indians, il the latter were removed Osome place remote from citizen travel and traffic and the whole reserve be l thrown open to citizen settlement
Year: 1877

IT is anouuced that Congress will meet in extra session June f. Chief Clerk Adams asserts that after conced- ing the Republicans all they claim, the Democrats will have three Or four majority
Year: 1877

When CATERING III. aEi her suceesso
amused themselves at Peterhoif, the waterr
power was taken into-.service to play prs tcical
jokes on the unwary people, which cannot
be called enjoyable. In one retire NOOK
there sta0ds gigantic mushroom. large
enough 10 have a bench around its stem A
soon as anybody undertakes to seat himself
upon it, the water stream out Of the whole
periphery of the spreading top enciosin g the
captive Ia sPiashing cylin Ter. To rise


again stops the fow OF water, but peopIe
have not always the resence of mind to
think that. In another secluded SPOT there
IS what is called tie Lovers Seat. y and
mere came upon poor boy in rather
diSdgrerble plight. Under p spreading elm
the branches ofwhch are artfully interviewer
with water-pipes, there stands bench. lust
vide enough for two, with n bed of flowers
IN Trout containing some art iicial and some
natural shrubs and two huge east iron thistIes


Some fun loving individuals had enticed the
boy to sit down there and turned on the
water; which was pouring over him from all
directions, from the bench, and from every
branch and thorn OF the shrubs. 1t must be an
ardent lover indeed that would survive such n
dousing In The boys case there was no
tender flame to overcome, and he bounced
from his seat with yell and led across the
park, his cowhide boots causing sad havoc
among the flower beds, while his dripping

garments secured him plenty of elbow room
wherever he strack a gayly dressed crowd.
Year: 1877

On THE DowN GRADE. = Adviees from
San Francisco are to the effect that wheat IS
steadily declining in price. The decline in
prices is felt in this market where from 20
cents bushel freely offered two weeks since,
the highest figure is 62s cents. We have
noticed about harvest time that spectators
usually manage to depreciate the price of
grain, and that just as soon rs they gain
control of the crops prices go up again.
Whether this is the secret of the present de-
cline in price we are not quite sure, but un-
der all the circumstances we think that
farmers should be in 10 hurry about selling.
The high price for grain was mainly occa-
stoned BY the European war, and certainly
this influence is still at work. Instead Of
e short war, to be settled in a single cam
paign, it is now quite certain that it will
60 over to another year. and not unlikely
viii involve al the leading nations OF Europe.
With this outlook, high prices for bread
stuffs are likely to prevail for several years,
and hence we incline TO the opinion that the
present depreciation has been brought about
by SPECTATORS who aim to control the grain
market.
Year: 1877

SCARCITY OF WATER. = People living at
the lower end Of town complain that they
are unable to obtain water for irrigating pur-
poses. MANY of them have been at consider
able expense in the way of planting trees,
shrubbery, etc, and in that way greatly
beautifed their premises and enhanced the
beauty of the town. They now find vegeta-
ton whitening away, and the plants and
flowers they have learned to love, doomed
TO decay. The troable is that the mills be-
low town require all the water for milling
purposes, and as a consequence the fumes
leading to the gardens are turned of. Many
persons are of the opinion that if properly
utilized there is abundance of water for both
the mills and irrigating purposes. The fow
of Mil Creek is as great ROW as at any former
period, and those who were here few years
since VIII reeollest that the mills and irrigat-
ing bitches were all abundantiy supplied
with water. This IS matter that should be
enauired into, and if possible the distribution
Of the water SO arranged as to meet the wants
of the mills, and at the same time enable lot
owners to irrigate their premises
Year: 1877

WHAT SHOULD BE TAUGHT. - The true
mission Of public schools is, TO great ex-
tent, misunderstood There are thousands
OF people who look upon the public schools
as the means of emancipating their children
from the trades and bringing them into the
already over-crowded professions. The fun
damental idea of public education, however,
is to make the masses of the people intelE-
gent men and women, whatever may be
their subsequent vocation in life That is
what we need in this country-less unskill-
ed, unintelligent labor, and mere of the
skilled labor which our growing industries
demand. A well educated youth viii mas
ter the mysteries of trade with half the ex-
ertion required in the case of the ignorant
boy In many trades an education is abso-
lutely necessary, and the training in the pub.
he schools should be with view to prepar-
ing youth for the farm and workshop. These
ideas are suggested by the fact that in an
other week the public schools viii open for
the fall and Writer term. and We would
have the boys understand when they take
their places in the school room that it is to
prepare themselves for life Of usefulness.
Year: 1877

BUsrSEsS PUNCTU4LITY.--It is astonishing
low many people are unPunctuaL Thousands
have failed in life fram this cause alone. 1t
is not only a serious vice in itself, but the
fruitful parent of numerous other vices, so
that he who becomes its victim is soon in
volved In tolls from which it is almost i'm
possible to escape. il makes the merchant
wasteful OF time, saps the business reputs-
ton of the lawyer, and Injuries the prospects
of the mechanic who might otherwise rise
to fortune; in word, there is not a protes-
sion nor station in life which is not liable to
the caaI.er OF this destructive habit A
gentleman who is building himself pleas
ant home In this city, over three month ago
ordered his doors, ard now when be is ready
TO hang them he finds thai the contractor has
neglected his work We give this instance
as showing the annoyance that people snffer
from a lack OF punetuaiity. Whenever you
undertake 10 do anything do 1t at once, and
thus build up areputstion for punctuaiiSy.
Year: 1877

ACCIDENTALLY KILLED, One day last
TeekamaanamedG G'SaiiiEan was hauling hay
near the town o. Dayton, VIXEN the double
tree OF his wagon broke and he was thrown
TO the ground, breaking his spine. lie lived
a day or two after the accident. He was in
the employ OF John Birch, and it was his
eam he was driving. Deceased leaves 4
vile and large family Of children in destitute
circumstances.
Year: 1877

SALE OF FARMS.-We learn Of the sale of
a farm on Mil Greek. eight miles from town
Prce $1,000, payable in installnents- We
also hear OF the sale Of a hay ranch On Dry
creek, the figure sl0G0O cash down. This
las; clam includes eight hundred acres of
land, and is intended by the purchaser to be
converted INTO q vast sheep range.
Year: 1877

PREMIUM LIsTs.-0ne means whereby the
annual fair can be made success Is the Tree
distribution of the premium lists These
lists were printed month since, but up to
this date their circulation has been limited
Fairs are very much ike shows-they must
be well advertised In order to secure success.
In this respect the local society has always
been behind the times, and the limited sue
cess Of the fairs is measurably owing to this
cause
Year: 1877

4 DEAD Bopr was found n the brush be-
low the old race track yesterday, which on
examination proved to be that of Joseph
McCuisin, a native of Millville, Ray county,
Missouri. where he has brother living


He killed himself by taking poison. The
reason he gave for the rash act was that he
was out of money and in bad health. He
had made his home at the Star restaurant.
Year: 1877

We should accept in good faith and
spirit the action of that Joint Commits
tee on The Presidential count Let us
exhaust its practicalness in the solution
Of the controversies now disturbing pub
lie attention, even if some iondly cher
ished constitutional theories are tempo
rarily compromised.


The country is in the presence of q
terrible danger, and the people have no
heart to stand and quarrel over the
mere construction of bridge, when a
sure way is opened to span the yawning
chasm of deep bitter partisan struggle,
Messrs. Bright, Douglass, Randall,
Black, and others of tn, Democratic
party in Congress should not tax their
wits to see whether the platform adopted
Fy that Joint Committee is regullFly
ongue-and-grooved, planed and polished,
according to exact Democratic nicetv in
constitutional hair-splitting Ic is enough
for them a%d all other patriots to con-
slider whether the plan proposed is able
TO carry the country safely through the
present Presidential disturbance. They
need not undertake to scheme and legis-
late for other aud remote election strug-
gles. The Ship of State is now pressed
by severe storm, and these at the helm
should seize the first opportunity to make
a landing. Frottcd and Distressed, the
nation anxiously seeks thessecurity of IA
peaceful harbor.


Moreover, tho Democratic partyscan
not afford. to decline this proffsr Of set
clement and run the risk of pluuging the
country into civil war. To do which,
would be to assume responsibility that
would crush the rarty at the bar OF putt
he opinion throughout the worl3


Eor days to come Congress will CLEAN
with an immense display of pyrotechriC
tIoquence over the constitutiorality o.
many questions involved in the authority
delegated to this great Commission o
Fifteen. Learned disquisitions anC
fiery speech will be invoked, The evenly
=
tion will be used all to break the force
of the Committees decision, but Temsm-
ber that the voice of the people as repre-
sented by Boards Ct Trade, Mercantile
and Stock Exchanges, and as expressed
by the millions of unemployed laborers
out of bread and without credit, speaks
in stentorian strength for the ful
acceptance Of THIS proposition of settle
ment Congressman, as politicians, may
debate for capital, but the peopl
demand peaeeab!e adjustment of th
pending question. Let US in hope ant
with a good will allow this Commission
to rob, if possible, the storm cloud of it
fury and restore to the country tn
benefits and blessing of an establishe,
Feace.
Year: 1877

not unconcrneed spectators of the issues
involved The intelligence. purity and
patriotism represented by such Tribunal
will be equal to pacific solution of all
distuTbing questions, and it remains for
the people to sustain these eminent men
who have so wisely and well planned to
save the country further trouble.
Year: 1877

SUGAR BEETS.-The last Legislature ap-
propriated $500 to promote the cultivation
of sugar beets in this State, and appointed
three commissioners, one for each county,
to distribute the seed and attend to such
other matters as may be necessary to
induce the farmers to make a trial in this
beet culture. Saml B. Cooper. of Camden,
the commissioner for this county, has pub
lshed a card in all the county papers an
nouncing that he will send small package
of seed gratis to any farmer in the county
who will send him name and postoffice
address. We publish his letter in this
issue.


The object is to see if we cannot produce
our own sugar just as easily as we produce
our own bread. In France, Germany and
other European countries it is done sue
cessfully from these sugar beets, and it is
thought it can be done in this country
quite as easily as in Europe. We say this
much merely to call attention to Mr..
Cooper's letter.