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Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, March S.-The reason
why Mr.. McCrary was transferred to
the War Department from the De-
partment of Justice, to which he was
first assigned, and for which he was
moro peculiarly qualified, was that
General Deyens would not consent to
leave the position he now holds on
the Massachusetts, bench for any 9TH
er position than that which he was
given. He was first rendered the
Navy Department, but he declined it,
stating that while he desired posi-
tion in the Cabinet, he did not feel
himself qualified for anything but
the Department of Justice. Prcsi-
dent Hayes was anxious to take him
into his official family, and he decid.
Year: 1877

We have, ever since the first year
Of President Grants eight years in
Office had given us sufficient light to
found judgment upon, pronounced
his administration most able and just.
Many times during that eight years
VIC have had occasion to repeat our
first judgment announced early in his
first term. Now at the close of his
eight years Of service as the chief
officer of the greatest nation on the
globe, we haye but to say that, sum-
ming up the work of those years, he
has never had superior in success
among all the great and good men
who have occupied the National EX-
ecutive Chair.


1t is far too early to recount the
history of his rule, and point out in
anything like detail the reasons for
the opinion we have formed and ex-
pressed concerning his administra-
tion. The events are too recent, and
remain yet too clear in the memory of
the people, and the minds of his ene-
mics are yet blinded by the prejudice
which has and does still totally dis
tort just Judgment


The near future will, however, as
sure rs the sun shall shine in the
heavens, exalt Grant and his deeds on
the pages Of history in full verifica-
tion OF our judgment now pro-
nounccd.


1t is but twelve years since Lincoln
was taken from the Republic he so
nobly served, by the hand of an assas-
sin, the brain of the latter having
been fired to the crime of murder it
had planned, by. the false accusations
of his fellow-partisans-and yet for
years past hundreds of thousands,
who SO maligned Lincoln in V5, have
been loud in their praises Of the mar
tyred President. We doubt not, only
a brief time will elapse before the
garrulous, easy-virtued and bias-bc-
logged enemies Of Grant, will be
lauding the object Of their present
hate, and transferring the latter to
President Hayes.
Year: 1877

David M. Key, whom tits said is to
go into Hayes Cabinet was a Lieu
tenant Colonel in the rebel army, and
after the close of the war was Prose-
cutting Attorney of the Chattanooga
District. He was appointed to fill
the vacancy in the Senate occasioned
by the death of Andrew Johnson
He is reputed an able and conserva-
tive man.
Year: 1877

The President gives the keys over
to the keeping of the Steward until
the new Executive claims them, and
will probably meet the incoming
President at the White House door
when he returns from taking the
oath at the Capitol, and make little
speech of welcome and good will.
President Buchanan expressed his
feelings sixteen years ago in few
words: 81 hope you are as happy a
man OH entering the White House as
I am at leaving it, Mr.. Lincoln.
Good morning, SIR" And then he
put on his hat and marched forth to
private citizenship.
Year: 1877

The cabinet Will be round elsewhere
in our telegraphic columns. Its make
up has as many surprises in it, as did
the first cabinet of President Grant.


The public expected that Evarts
and Sherman would have the places
assigned them, and it expected with
equal confidence that McCrary would
have the Attorney Generals port
folio, a position for which his great
legal qualifications eminently flttcd
him. instead Of tho war office, for
whichhe certainly has no experience
or natural affinity. II


The public was not expecting that
Richard M. Thompson, Wing ora
tor and Congressman who was CO.
temporary Of Clay in 1S4O, would be
Secretary Of the Navy, or that Gen.
Charles Devens, of Massachusetts,, q
comparatively unknown man, would
be Attorney General. That public
however will not be asgreatly SUR
prised at the nomination of Key and
Schurz.


There is plenty of brains in the
Cabinet however, and it only now
remains to be seen whether or not it
Is so made up that it will work as a
advisory household for
the new President, and inspire the
necessary confidence in the country.
Year: 1877

ed to send McCrary to the Interior


Department and Schurz to the War
Office, but General Sherman objected
to having Schurz put over him


Schurz having been volunteer of.
ncer during the war, and General
Sherman's opinion Of his military
abilities is on record in his memoirs.
Then Mr.. McCrary was assigned to
the War Department, not being OBJ
lJeclionable to Sherman, but McCrary
did not like this, and would have do.
clined Cabinet position altogether
had not President Hayes and vice
President Wheeler made his remain
ing a subject Of earnest solicitation.
He feels out Of place in the War or
flee. but his duties there are purely
ministerial, and require no particular
knowledge of military science.


The question of removing troops
from the South is likely to rest for
the present, as there is no disposition
on the part of the President to make
any move hastily. There is nothing
significant in the fact that none except
Sherman of the Cabinet nominees
were acted upon by the Senate to-day,
sherman having been chairman of the
Committee, it would have been an act
OF dlscourtesy to leave his name out
entirely in making up the Committee
or to announce his successor on the
FINANCE Committee before they had
confirmed his nomination as Secreta-
rry OF the Treasury, and consequently
the Senate confirmed him.
Year: 1877

A Mother Leaves Her Child to Die g


From Starvation.


The hlood-curdling particulars of the
inhumanity OF mother who left her
newborn babe to starve to death have
just come to light.


a col0red woman named Rachel Cole
man on last Thursday or Friday brought
to lie healthy boy, at her room in a
house at the corner of New and North
streets.


Rachel, who has been living at that
place for some time, is unmarried and
about thirty years old. She is now in
The Cincinnati Hospital.


Tne day on which she was delivered
Of the child, the inhuman mother threw
it under the bed and left it there to per-
ish. Sick as she was, and hardly able
to stand, she left the house and found
her way to the Hospital. Nothing of
the affair was known to the neighbors,
not even that the woman had been en-
Ciente


Tne body of the child was discovered
about noon tC-iay by accident, and the
Coroner Immediately notified. He will
visit the premises this evening and hold
an inquest. The case, as far as known,
seems to be one OF premeditated infanti-
eide.
Year: 1877

together. The last time saw deceased
and spoke to him was on last Monday
evening about 81 O'clock. l noticed
no phial In his room at the time. The
only thing unusual that l noticed
about deceased of late, that he would
not wait on his customers as he did
before; in fact, he returned the
money to them. When saw
him on Monday evening ne was in
the best humor, and told me he saw The
name of Mr.. Lipman published as being
at the baby show, and he hoped
would get the prize. ceased told
me that the reason that he gave the
money back to the party who called on
min was that he did not want anything
TO do with them, or with that kind OF
nennla.
Year: 1877

THE WASHINGTON MARkET SOUP HOUSE.


The Washington Market soup house yesterday morn.
ing showed the dire poverty which exists among the
espccablc Idle workingmcn OF this cty. Only few
days ago this place was made known through the
columns OF tho HERALD, and now II is daily crowded
with the poor On Saturday last nearly 900 persons
applied there for meal Yesterday before two O'Clock
inward of 500 persons mad got q meal Those who
are applying all respectable IN appearance. Wne
the reporter there yesterday he men standing
In line waiting for their turn 10 be served VINO
well dressed ana apparently in every way deserving.
police officer stood at the door keeping the line Of
Applicants in order. The numbers applying at this
SOUP house have been daily increasing. Tho Fulton
Market soup kitchen was closed.
Year: 1877

fENHE design Of this work, which has been


i very carefully prepared by Judge L. O.
| Bridewell, of Copiah county, and which will
| supersede the FORM Book here ofore issued
| by the undersigned, is to impart to novices,
| gentlemen not learned in the Jaw above their
| fellows" the routine of business required of
won when they assume the responsible and


then important office of Justice of the Peace.
| Under the present Constitution of Mississip-
pi, the Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace in
Civil Suits is raised to one hundred and fifty
dollars, and in all criminal matters their Ju-
risdictlon is concurrent with that of the Cir
cult Courts in all cases where the punishment
prescribed by the laws does not extend beyond
a fine and Imprisonment in the county jail.
The Office is cerainl Y one of great dignity, and
the main design of this work is to be of some
assistance to the unlearned Justice of the
Peace by placing the law relating to his jurs-


diction before him In compact form, with forms
and preCedents, covering almost, if not every
case, which can come before him. Notes are
| added to many of the forms for the guidance


and information of the Justice, endeavoring
thereby to explain the law and use of the FORM
so that none, however ignorant of the law
generally, can 60 far wrong.


The Law as found in the Code of 1871, and


in the pamphlet Acts since, SO far as it is dis
tinctly appica bic to the Justice of the Peace


the practice in his Court, will be given full, in
| arranged under appropriate heads. The whole
will be carefully and fully indexed. Alto
gether, we hazard nothing in saying that it
will be the most complete Manual for Justices


of the Peace ever published in this. or, per-
haps any other State, and will be useful to


every attorney, every public officer, every


merchant, and indeed every citizen. AS the


work will not be stereotyped, and as the edi-


ton will be limited 10 the probable demand
those who would secure copies, should file their
their orders without delay. The MISSISSIPPI


JUSTICE will make volume of about five hun


dred pages, will be printed on best quality of


paper, and substantially bound. Price, by
mail $500. Address,


POWER & BARKSDALE,
Jackson Miss
Year: 1877

The committee on elections of the House
adopted resolution that Buttz had prima
fdcie title to seat from a certificate OF the
Supreme court of South Carolina, and that
he had received a majority of votes in the
Second Congressional District; Southern
committee sit with closed doors.


The report of Privileges and Powers of
the House is under discussion which may
crowd out Paynes report of the joint elec
toral bill to day. ButtZ is seated.
Year: 1877

"Flowers are the alphabet OF Angels"


Who would wish to live Without fl Iwers?
Where would tie poet fly for his imsg1s of
beauty if they were to perish frever Are
they not tie emblems Of loveliness and in
nocence, the loving types of all that is
pleasing and graceful? We compare young
lips TO the rose, and the white brow TO the
radiant lily. The winning eye gathers lis
glow from the violet and sweet voige is
like breeze kissing its way through fow-
ers. We hang delicate blossoms on the
silken riDglets of the young bride, and strew
her path with the fragrant bells when she
leaves the church. We place them around
the marble face of the dead in the narrow
coffin, and they become symbols of our af-
fections, pleasures remembered and hopes
faded, wishes flown and scenes cherished,
the more that they will never return. Sull
we look TO the far off spring in other val
leys, to the eternal summer beyond the
grave where the flowers which have faded
shall again bloom in starry fields where no
rude winter can intrude. They come up
on us in spring like the recollections OF .
dream which hovered above us in sleep,
peoped with shadowy BEAUTIES and pur-
pie delights, fancy y-bordered, sweet fiowersl
that bring before our eyes scenes of child
hood, faces remembered in youth, when
love was a straRger to himself The mossy
banks by the wayside where we 30 often
sat for hours drinking in the beauty of the
primrose with our eyes, the sheltered glen,
darkly green, filled with the perfume of
violets that shone In their intense blue like
another sky spread upon the earth, the
laughter of many voices. the sweet song OF
the maiden, the downcast eye, the spread
ing blush, the kiss ashamed at its own
sound, are all brought back to memory by
flower. RAo.
Year: 1877

These settlements consist of two, or
perhaps four, houses, with the necessary
out-buildings, and seem generally inhab-
tied by the several members of the same
family. Some Of them have existed a
considerable time, and are occupied now
by the grandchildren or great grand
children Of the original settlers. Origin
ally the government granted free gifts of
land, but they have now ceased to do
this, and the number of the settlers does
not appear to be receiving many addi-
tons from outside. The houses usually
consist of two or more large rooms on
the ground floor, with lofts above, aud
vast chimney hearths in one corner, in
which the logs of pine, some two or three
feet in length, are piled upright when a
fire is wanted; being Lit, they burn up in
a few minutes into roaring fire, which
gives out an intense heat.


The family live chiefly in the kitchen.
and this aad the guest-cnamber are about
twenty or thirty feet square, and fur
nished with q kind of sofa bedstead
which pulls out so as to afford q sleep
ing accommodation of about five feet six
inches by three feet. The kitchen itself
is not over-clean, nor are the personal
habits of the people without reproach in
this respect; yet the guest-chamber, the
linen and the crockery, leave nothing to
be desired.


The houses are surrounded by a small
clearing, where the settlers cultivate for
their own consumption sufficient oats
and other grain, hay and potatoes. They
SOW their corn in June, and so rapid is
the growth under the influence of the
heightened days that they reap the har-
vest in six or seven weeks afterward, and
sometimes get two crops in their short
season. The cultivation is restricted to
the actual wants Of the settlement, as the
difficulty of transit precludes the posi-
bility of market for the surplus. Cattle
and ponies, and sometimes sheep and
poultry, are kept at each station, but the
food Of the family is limited to fish
which is dried for winter use-milk,
black or rather brown bread and rein
deer flesh, with an occasional change in
the shape of game or wild fowl killed on
the hills or lakes. Everywhere, even in
the poorest houses, the most excellent
coffee is obtainable, the green berries
being roasted over the fire and ground
whenever a cupful or more is wanted.


FEARS are expressed that the Presby-
terian and other Protestant missionaries
may be greatly disturbed by the military
movements in Eastern Turkey. Erzerum
is one of the stations of the American
Board, which has other stations at Mar
poot, Sivas, Marsovan, and Broosa.
Should the war be protracted it may be-
come necessary for the missionaries at
some points to retire for time to safer
nlarae
Year: 1877

Tho pleasure with which these public favorites are
lways received was attested BY the large audience
vhch assembled IN their pretty theatre last evening"
he occasion being the reopenng by them os the fal!
md winter season. Fresh jokes, fresh songs fresh
voiccs fresh lun dscae that the company have
not idle during their vacation and that the pub
lie may 10 count on the rich entertainment
Thar heretofore marked the place. Birch is In hts
pest humor and Backus could not be serious II he
would. Between these two Individualtics and the
g. pg dance and miscellaneous action OF the evening
The public have reason to complain OF . lack or
lmuseueul
Year: 1877

Santa Barbara Press: The holiness of
a Colorado Desert Summer was strikingly
illustrated to gentleman who recently
came to Santa Barbara from that fervid
region. Stopping at waysids hamlet
after hard days journey. he asked the
woman of the house to make him cup
OF tea. She assented and proceeded to
put tea leaves and water into G cup, and
then to set the cup out of doors in the
sand and cover i. over. "Is that the
way you make ten in this country?"
asked the traveller. "Oh, yes" replied
the woman. I'VE bile it IN the sand"
And, sure enough, in few minutes the
cup was brought in containing a very
fair quality OF hot tea.
Year: 1877

The Calaveras Chronicle says: We
saw q nugget Of native gold this week
that weighed one and ihree-fourths
pounds. We are not authorized to state
exactly where the chisps was found, but
it will do no harm to say that it was taken
from tunnel claim not thousand miles
from Moselumpe Hill And the claim
where the nugget was found-that is not
the only one discovered by any means
laid idle for years, abandoned. The eD-
ployment OF a little more muscle and less
gas wonId qu+stionsbly lead to the
development of the fact that more of the
abandoned ground in this vicinity would
pay we'll for working.
Year: 1877

A German writer says Prof. Hollay
has been making experiments extending
over four years, to ascertain the most
profitable way of growing potatoes
From them it appears that tubers with
rough surface are both in quantity and
quality the most commendable. They
contain less water and more starch. II
the potatoes used as seed have been air.
dried and withered, the result has been
harvest of especially large tubers, not


less IN number on the average than il
the seed had been in the usual condi.
tion. Prof. Hollay believes further to
have reasons to conclude that as to the
position OF the tuber in the earth. il is
best to lay the tuber navel uppermost,
The renson is said to be that in this
position the germs spread wide apart,
and are deeper in the ground. The same
has been observed with potatoes cut in
pieces, when the cut surface should
always be uppermost. The Guilch
method of allotting to every plant hill
tor itself, billing crosswise and giving
space freely has been surpassed BY the
common Silesian method, with the plant
sixteen inches apart, laid in a groove
SIX inches deep and thirty inches apart.
The former method is said to foster the
best seed potatoes, but not equaline the
latter in quantity.
Year: 1877

THE TIGER TO BE WoREED.-Wc were shown a telegram this morning from J. II. Helm, who has bonded the Tiger mine for six months. MT, Helm k in san Francisco and tclegraphs Bowers X Richards that he will ship his hoisting works on Saturday next. NIT. Helm has taken the mine for six months, k to do ten thousand dollars worth of work on it, and when the time is up is either 10 take the mine and pay two dollars per share for the incorporated stock, or de liver it over to the owners, together with all the ore he shall have taken out. MT. Helm has examined the property. and in making this arrangement has virtually bet ten thous- and dollars against the chances of a fortune that the mine is bonanza. We hope and believe that he will find It even better than he anticipates, and that the Tiger at last is about to assume its proper place among the large producing mines of the world.
Year: 1877

X two-stamp mill has been purchased for the Pinal mines. They are cheap, and every mine owner should possess one of these little mills, whereby they might be able to develop their valuable mines, and thus line their pockets with the needful.
Year: 1877

A NEW RoUTE-Parties have been over the new route from old Camp Date Creek, or rather GilSons ranch, to Aubrey, on the Colorado river, with a view to open a route for teams which will be practicable and can be used to transmit goods over. We under stand that the distance is estimated not to bc over 1iO miles from our village, and if q good road can he made it is thought that goods can be frcightcd from the Colorado, bv this route. for three cents per pound.
Year: 1877

X load of Zalida ore passed our office this morning on its way to the Aztlan mill where number oi tons are accommodating propara- tory to being reduced and fair test oi the value of the Zalida mine arrived at.
Year: 1877

Al large team belonging to C. T. Hayden. of Salt River. arrived in town this morning with load of fresh flour. made from new wheat This flour can be found al the store of fhe firm. east side of the plaza.
Year: 1877

Cherry Pie.-Stone the cherries, line
pan with pastry, put in the cherries,
sugar to taste, and J cup of water, put
on paste cover, and bake in a quick
oven. When done lift off the upper
crust, and, just before serving, pour
over the cherries cup of cream; return
the cover and serve.
Year: 1877

The papers opposing the nomination
Of Gen. Humphreys for the position
from which be was removed TO make
place for Ames, attempt to create the
impression that his friends are basing
his claims to the Office solely upon thai
removal. This is very great mistake
and an injustice to Gen. Humphreys
We think him eminently qualified in
every respect to be the Chief Executive
Of Mississippi. In fact, we think biz
qualifications for the position equal tC
If not superior to those of any of hil
competitors. Among his acquaintancel
bis sterling honesty is a matter
Of constant reference. His frmnesl
has been tested on many occasions, and
the people know that no influence
could be brought that would swervC
him from his duty. His judgment oi
men and measures is excellent, and VIC
think there are few men In Mississippi
who know her needs better than he
does. lie is thoroughly identified with
the State In which he has grown to be
sn old man, and there is not one who
can point to single thing thai
weighs to his discredit.


There 10 another very strong reason
why the people should support Hum.
phreys: He seeks the otice solely to
exercise the functions Of that office. He
has no Senatorial aspirations whatever
aud the people, II they elect him, will
know that the high position is not be.
ing used with regard to future emolu-
ments or honorS, nor will the Office be
used to aid the ambitious designs Of pol.
iticians. We do not charge that others
are seeking the Office to use 1t in politi-
cal combinations, or to use It as step.
pings'tone to higher position we mere
ly say that If Humphreys is chosen, such
an abuse fthe high position would be
impossibl'. These are matters OF
grave importance for the delegates OF
the people to consider, for nothing will
cause q division among our people
quicker than for them to know that the
Executive Department of the State is
to be used to further the political am.
bitiOn Of politicians.
Year: 1877

A QUIcK.WITTzD lXD.Ax.--An In.
dian from the railroad was entertaining
group Of his red friends on corner
this forenoon by drawing on a piece
Of pasteboard picture OF a railroad
train. The representation was quite
correct, with tie exception that the
cowcatcher Of the locomotive wa. SO,
nearly at the top Of the smoke,lack.
This itnperieclion was pointed out b,


white on-looker, and the Indian artist
got out of the difficulty By So, ing
Heap smssh-up." I Austin New
Reveille.
Year: 1877

Boss TWEED IS said to be utterly broken down at last and ready to make any terms to bring his troubles to an end, even to the surrender of all the property still in his control, and a clean breast of the whole ring business.
Year: 1877

THERE was telegram received here lately that the Silver King Co. had in corporated with 100000 shares and that the shares had been put on the market in San Francisco and were selling at $500 per share.
Year: 1877

The Odessa Dramatic Association intend to
give one Of their pleasant entertainments in
the Town Hall, Of that town, next Monday
and Tuesday evenings. They will be as
sisted BY the Odessa Social Orchestra. Those
who have ever attended one Of the entertain
ments Of that company know how very agree
able and pleasant they are. Our Odessa friends
know how to do these things. They usually
spend much time and labor in rehearsal and
preparation and, as result, get up really first
class affairs. We wish them full house on
this occasion.