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Year: 1877

An interesting point of law has arisen in Nc
Lean county, Ill. The Judge of the District,
while presiding at q murder trial, temporarily
vacated his seat, and with the consent of the
prisoners counsel, placed a well.known mem
Der of the bar in his stead. The prisoner was
convicted, but appealed his case to the Supreme
Court of the State, which held that the
absence of the district Judge for time, how
ever short, was illegal, and that neither the
prisoner nor bis counsel could make the sub
stitute of another man legal by their consent.
The higher Court has, therefore, decided that
the accused had no legal trial, and that
ceremony will have tS bs gone over once more
before his guilt or innocence can be established.
Year: 1877

NATIONAL TASTE CLEARLY DEFINED
The sale of Atkinson's Whtte Rose exceeds that
of any other perfume and constantly in
creasing, can hardly fall short of q quarter
of million bottles annually.
Year: 1877

" AsHINGToN, April 2. At the cabinet
meeting this morning the secretary of war
was directed to prepare for transferring
the troops from the state house in Coum
bia, South Carolina, to their camp.


The president has signifed his intention
of remaining here most of the summer
and not complying with any Invitations to
visit Long Branch


WASHINGTON, April 2.--When Wade
Hampton was officially notified that an
order would be issued for the removal of
the troops from the state hsuse, he ex,
pressed himself much gratiGed, but said
it was what he expected from the princi
pies announced in the inaugural address
He wished to be present in Columbia
when it was executed. However, as 6
precautionary measure. he said he woulG
at once telegraph to friend in Columbia
his earnest wish was that there should
be no outward demonstrations, such as
might disturb the public peace, and he
was satisfied his advice would be re
spected, and on the withdrawal of tht
troops from the state house he would di
rect that two men, unarmed. be sent there
to guard it from improper intrusion. Ht
| thought such force would be sufficien
for the purpose. He felt satisfied tina
there would be no disturbance whatever
and that the people throughout the stat
would take courage in the effort to re
pair their shattered industries. He calle'
this afternoon to take leave of the presi
dent and thank him for the withdrawal
of the troops, repeating the assurance
given in his recent letter that all shoult
share alike in the protection of law an
not doubling his ability to preserve tn
peace. He does not apprehend that Gov
Chamberlain will take any action with re
gard to the custody of the state house
Gen. Hampton leaves for home tonight
Year: 1877

Do not try to shine in all companies.
Leave room for people to imagine there is
something more in you than appears on
the surface. Remember the more you are
praised the more you will be envied. Pro6t
by the experience of the manufacturer,
of the soap familiarly known as "B. I
Rabbits Best.
Year: 1877

looks upon the proposed plan OF settlement,
If it becomes a law, AS relieving him from
grave responsibility; one, however, from
which he would not shrink in the absence
of legislation distinctly defining his powers
under the constitute n.
Year: 1877

THE REPUBLICAN ELEPBANT-For the
edihcation of hissrepublican friends MIR.
Mast, the caricaturist Of Harpers Weekly,
publishes very striking picture illustrat-
ing the position of their party consequent
upon the result of the late state elections.
The republican elephant is hanging sus-
pended by the tip of his trunk from a
slender twig, Of very uncertain strength,
growing out from a rock, labelled with
the names OF a few republican states, and
overhanging anunfathomable abyss. From
his position, as depicted by Mast, We are
to infer that he has no hope for the ele-
plants salvation. There is no time or
foothold for bridge to be built beneath
INN there can be no ropes let down from
above to save him; and no party, weighed
down with the elephantine load of sin
that the republican organization has to
carry, can ever relieve itself from the per-
ilous position in which the elephant hangs
The ponderous beast, that used to travel
over the country with his boots rolled up
and floating the pennant of immense cleo
ton majorities, is in sad plight. He
travels with the circus no more.
Year: 1877

tn. REPTGLICaI PARTY PARALYZED.
The New York IicJGH has been holding
an inquest upon the republican party ard
prcnoauces it a dead corpus. 1t does not
ytn urc 20 say TIA; the republican party is
d al and that it WAS buried in the same
grave with Senator Morton, but its chances
of life were certainly impaired by the loss
OF that vigorous leader The party strongly
resembles him, both in his infrlnities and
in his Sanguine hope Of recovery when the
hand of death "a visibly upon him. It's
disease is Ike para!ytic shock, which
commonly visits ard diSahles one side be-
fore completing its work on the whole
body The southern half Of the republi-
cali party is in a state of complete. and
hopeless paralysis. There are sixteen of
the thirty y-cight states in which the repub-
lican organization has become extinct.
Although it may be premature as yet to
say that the republican party is dead there
can bc no dispute or question as to its
complete death in sixteen States in the
Union. 1t is ike a man whose whole left
sideis paralyzeland lis right side afflicted
with apparently incurahle wounds Aside
from the wounds how can the paralytic
expect to run political race and win it
Tie author of 'EHudibras" gave his
doughty knight but one-iialf Of PAIR of
spn"s, assigning as a reason that if he
pricked one SIDE OF his horse into gallop
the other could not hang behind. But
the converse OF this grotesaue maxim
would hold equally true, that if one side
Of the steed stood still the other could not
get very far ahead. The same reasoning
applies II paralytie man or a paralytic
party; and that the left or southern side
of the republican party has lost every vital
function is evident to those who VII not
yet admit the death of the party
Year: 1877

WHAT Ir CosT We see it stated that
1t cost one hundred thousand dollars to
enable the late government commission,
under Gen. Terry, to interview Sitting
Bull and get snubbed by that saucy say
age, without accomplishing single thing
of benefit to anybody. This is another in
stance of how the republican adminis;ra-
tion is taking care of the peoples money.
What sense was there in spending all that
money to send commission into the Can
adian wilds to ascertain whether Sitting
Bull would not return to his reservation
In the United States, and ii not, why not !
Should think the government would be
glad to have the desperate chief 60 to
Canada and stay there. Another Sl00, 600
Wasted-thrown away-destroyed.
Year: 1877

FORT WRANGLE, ALASKA, May 8,1S77.
Friend UOrSe'


1t has just occurred to me that my sub
scription must be fully up for the
NORTHERN STAR" and as | don't care
to deprive myself OF such welcome Wis
itant,EI herewith enclose a couple of
Our Uncle Samuels Greenbacks, for
which, of course, you will give me due
c!edit on the book, and Continue the
wheel by sending the STAR as usual.


must compliment you on your sue
GAUSS in making up one of the best pa
pers to represent locality that l ever
saw. Andthe people OF Snohomish Co.
and Puget Sound generally, ought to be
proud of your effort, and give you a
most liberal support, have lived Mt
;he principal towns in Eastern Wash
Year: 1877

ington and also the principal towns on
the Columbia river in W. T.. and have
been interested in trying to CLEAN in
focmnton Of those respective localities
hy reading the local press, but [ have
generally failed to believe that the Local
papers were of much advantage to the
towns represented. And can fully
appreciate the superiority Of the STAR,
when read of the rannblps of the Chief
/ Editor and his description Of the whole
country around, written from personal
observations and fncts obtained IN the
spot. But presume you would like to
hear how matters 90 IN Alaska, and
must say they go slow. There has
not been half as many men going to the
Cassiar diggings this spring, as went last
year. There seems to he no doubt
among honest minded people, but that
Cassiar district has seen its hest days.
Mr.. Neil Nc Milians ideas ofthese mines
as expressed in the STAR some time since
were about as nearly correct as possible.
Although the Cormorants alias merchants
of this section would try and make peo.
pie at distance believe that Alaska was
virtually paved with gold. Parties are
now engaged experimentally at point
some SIXTY miles up the coast from
here called "the Shugh," but reports
from them, indicate but small amountof
gold in that section; the place is easily
reached and is in U. s. territory, and
should good pay be struck-which is
not probable-it would no doubt be
good thing for Alaska. A gold and
silver mining company are operating
near Sitka, on some of the rich quartz
ledgcs WE read about in that section, but
they have not had time 80 far, to publish
| the extent OF their richness. hope they
may be successful The Indians through
the whole of Alaska are maintaining
serene and peaceful demeanor, and would
be much better, were it rot for the con.
tamintion of the whites There seems to
he strong probability that the military
garrison will be withdrawn from Alaska.
and the control of the Territory placed
in the hands OF the Custom officials 1t
is possible this move may be in the in.
terest of economy, but for the peace and
quietness of all things and parties con.
cerned, believe there is nothing so cor
duciVe to good order, with the kind of
men who flock to this Territory. rs the
ever just and strong arm of military law,
which must pertorce, deal justice with
answering impartiality, but the militia.
~ themselves will be glad of the change,
as there is little glory, or even comfort
to be derived from services rendered in
Alaska. The weather during the past
winter has been goob the thermometer
has never fallen to zero and there was
but little snow. The spring rains have
not been heavy, and for several weeks
we have had delightfully."- clear bright
weather. am as ever yours.


J. S. Brown.
Year: 1877

We have received Z Of from a
friend of theatrical ambition asking if**
can accomplish much in this s. He says
that when he looks I the audience
breaks out in !. We advise him to
- up and - in before hard times
puts q to enthusiasm. We now ~"
him over to the manager
Year: 1877

The Louisville (Ky.) Commercial of
a recent date says: "This year our
goose has insisted upon taking its own
time getting fat, and numerous letters
have been received from different parts
of the country inquiring about our little
prophet, but before our goose got fat
and offered up its life as a sacrifice to
science there was no chance for con-
sultation. A study of its meteorological
cOloring indicates that we are to have a
severe winter. There is some cold
weather about the 1st of December,
which we are now realizing, but it will
not last long, and the next week or two
will be more pleasant, with the pros
poets good for fair Christmas weather;
altogether December will not be a very
cold month, but what il lacks will be
fully made up in January. The new
year will probably be welcomed by
bright weather, but the welcome will
be brief, and we will have cold weather
before the middle of the month, which
will continue, with the interspersion of
few bright days, and running, at the
last of the month, into the most severe
weather we have had for years. Feb
ruary will he q cold, clustering month,
and winter will no doubt go a good
way along with spring, carrying cold
weather and snow into March. Those
who take stock in the goose-bone will
lay in their fuel and keep plenty of
warm clothing about the house, as the
little prophet predicts long winter,
and some very severe weather during
January; according to it, we will have
long spell of cold weather during the
first two months of the new year. -
Year: 1877

Capt Henry ROmeyn, of the Fifth
Infantry, is now in Detroit recovering
from the wounds which he received in
the last battle with Joseph's warriors.
He tells the story thus: "YOu see,
had been struck five times. One ball
shattered my tield-glass; another raised
a disagreeable lump on my left shoul-
der, and the others only damaged my
clothing. / ought TO say that very
early in the fight my horse was killed,
and when saw Gen. Miles riding close
up, apparently unconscious that he was
getting into hot corner, warned him
to keep back. had been lying COM
paratively hidden in the long grass. |
stood up to take an observation, when
quicker than flash some warrior sin
gled me out and let drive. felt as if
a red-hot iron bar had been thrust
through me. stood rooted in my
tracks for moment, gasped, and felt
the air coming in at my back. The
next instant my mouth filled with blood,
and then knew that had been shot
in the lung. i walked about seventy
five yards and then fell.n


A WOMAN who makes practice OF
borrowing quart of milk generally
Year: 1877

"A man named Spiegel, who formed
one of a party of six that were attacked
by Indians short time since, rode up
TO Meyers rancho, near Crook City,
ID. T.. the other day, with an In
dian corpse dragging at the end of
a lariat, the other end of which was
fastened TO the pommel of his sad
die. He reported having engaged in a
running fight with three Indians, two
of whom he wounded, and the third ao-
companied him as above stated,
Year: 1877

A corresdondent of the New York Tribune, thus tells how the United States Army came near being disband- ed at cabinet session:

 The subject was two or three times seriously discussed i'll cabinet whether it might not be wise, patriotic, and eX- pedient to decline 70 call an extra ses- sion of Congress altogether, and 10 per init the army to be dIsbanded. The argument of the members of the cabI- net who favored lhis plan was substan- tially thIs: Congress, by its action Tn refusing an appropriation, has express ed its opinion that the army was not needed; that it would be becoming in the Executive tO recognize this Opin- Ion, and give it iis full force; that the country was in state of profound peace, and about to enter on new era of prosperity; that the real theory of the American Republic is that among ils citizens are enough able, well-cOn- diiioned, obedient loyal men ready at any moment to spring to the defense of the country at the tap of the drum ;| that the governors of the frontier States are quite willing and able to protect. their own frontiers without the army ;I that there Is no national eXigcncy which requires the existence of the ar my, and that as there IS no money tOI pay for its support, and as Congress- has not thought ils services necessary, the President would inform the army that under the laws he has TO seryiceI for them 70 do, and that so far as the Executive is concerned the army of the United States of America might cease to be. This plan was supported by asI good a lawyer as Chief Justice Cartier, l of the Supreme Court of the Distric', and it is said that vote even was talk en upon it in cabinet, and that three of those present heartily favored it. 1 While others could not consent, it was argued that under the law and the in view of the action of Congress, such a proceeding on the, part of the Executive would certainly have been regular, and doubtless would have received the approval of the American people.
Year: 1877

TIE CITIZEN OFFICE is now letter than ever supplied with job papers, and is pre-

 pared to do better and cheaper work than Ifs done elsewhere in Arizona. The b.ii-

 head and letter papers are the very best and they will be printed 10 order at very small profit; also have great variety oi cards which will be printed and sold from

 sSCO per thousand upwards.
Year: 1877

ARIZONA CITIZEN

 Job Office

 has a New and - FIRST CLASS MACHINE PRESS.

 - together with A. NEW STOCK OF JOB TYPE

 of the LATEST EsIGNs AND STYLES

 The - PRESENT OUTFIT OF JOB MATERIAL has been selected in the SAN FRANCISCO TYPE BOUNDARIES.

 with great care and - Keeping in view the especial demands and needs Of this market. No necessity whatever to- Send Outside Arizona for Job Work. The late unanimous evidence Of all par ties who have had work done in this office is that they could have got NO BETTER DESIGNS OR FINISH

 -Of- IN SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, And that the work was done as Cheap ly as if executed In the large cities,

 and at a - LOWER PRICE THAN EVER BEFORE KNOWN IN ARIZONA. PROMPT ATTENTION AND EXPEDI-

 TIOUS WORK.
Year: 1877

We hope none of our readers will fail to
notice the communication on the "Tax Mud
die" which we publish in to-day's GazeRe
1t is from source thoroughly well informed
on the subject of which it treats.
Year: 1877

AN HONEST PRovIDENCE.-Rev. Robert
Collyer has some very practical ideas on
the perfect honesty of the divine law. as
applied to such calamities as the burning
OF the Southern hotel aud the Brooklyn
theatre and the fall of the Ashtabula
bridge. He says: True faith in Provi.
dence is faith in solid stone and iron.
Bridges solid as the arches under the world
bear you over safely. though an atheist
build them. Bridges with a fault in their
designs or weakness in their staying
frames go down, though they are baptised
in prayers by the holy saints. Churches
burn AS well as theatres, and factories as
well as churches, and the poor creatures
die in the one as in the other, dismallv
and without distinction of sinner or saint,
but for human insight and honesty and
care. The one thing God will not do is to
draw line of special favor between those
who are crushed by the tower of Sloan
and those who escape, on the ground that
these are better and those are worse, or
that we can do good things by merely say
ing good words, or find safety in faith
when we work with bad material"
Year: 1877

For the past eight months there has
been from sixteen to twenty-five COL
umns OF bona tide advertisements in the
STAR. No effort has been made to pro-
cure advertisements from distance no
Quack medicines or other advertising of
things in which the community is not
interested has been given place in our
columns. With the acceptance Of all
these catch advertisements that benefit
community little, several columns more
OF standard advertisements could easily
be secured. What is the meaning of
this large and well sustained advertising
patronage, but it pays those who thus
eXpend their money in patroniaing the
columns OF the STAR to tell their friends
what they have tor the public. The fact
of the cause is that the large circulation
OF this journal is among the best produ-
GERS Of the Sound those who
afford the best market for the wares of
tue artisan and merchant consequently
very few who have tried our columns
find they can afford not to patronize us.
AS matter Uf course the merchants and
other business men of this river find it
to their interest to patronize the STAR,
yet they are not the only ones, rs we
have carried some ten or twelve columns
of Seattle advertisements, many cuntinu-
ing our patrons almost from the first
number OF the STAR, and not few as
suring US that our columns brought
them more new custom than their own
enterprising journals published in Seattle
where they were presumably known, and
speaking from personal knowledge, we
can add that our patrons embrace nearly
all the representative business men Of
this county, with the most enterprlsing,
liberal, go-ahead men OF Seattle, as well
as OF other places.


With thanks tor this liberal support
in the past, we expect soon to So Increase
our circulation and improve it IN many
other respects, that it will be worth still
more to all who may patronize its col
umns hereafter in this way.
Year: 1877

Mayor Ely disapproyes of the proposed
mass meeting to give expression to the SEN
timents of the people Of New York on the
question of counting the electoral vote:
first, because he does not think such meet
ing necessary; and, next, because he fears it
might obstruct an amicable settlement of the
difficulty. The movement was commenced
before the satisfactory conclusion of the
joint Congressional committee had been
reached. If both the Senate and
House of Representatives accept the plan
will be no occasion for the proposed demon
stration. But if either the republican Sem
ate or the democratic House should en-
deavor to defeat the settlement or to throw
distractions in its way in the shape of mis-
chievous amendments the people cannot
too promptly or too emphatically condemn
the act. In such a case and for such pur-
pose public meetings all over the country,
and especially in the great CONNER
cial metropolis, might be desirable.
But to make them effective they
should be held, not under the auspices of
the Democratic National Committee or of
any other political organization, but at the
call of prominent citizens of all parties. 1t
is to be hoped that both the Senate and the
House will SO significantly foreshadow their
approval of the joint committees plan of
settlement that no such demonstrations will
be needed, and we agree with the Mayor
that at this time any purely political mass
meeting here or elsewhere would be ill-ad-
viaed
Year: 1877

No official action regarding car-heating
can now be expected until next Thursday,
by which time midwinter will have passed.
This delay suits the car companies exactly,
and promises plenty of business to doctors
and gravediggers; but the fact remains that
society does not exist for the sole benefit of
these three classes. The request for an
opinion from the Board of Health will, un-
less persistently followed up, be made the
ventilation of the peculiar sanitary ideas
which entitle the street car autocrats to the
highest places on the roll of great American
humorists All this delay may be perfectly
legal, but it is at the same time utterly in
excusable, nonsensical and dangerous. No
sane and unprejudiced. person can doubt
for a moment that the only real objection to
warming the cars has it's source in the ava
rice of the companies upon whom the ex-
pcnse would fall. The case is that of the
many against the few and the suffering
against the heartless, and all such cases
demand instant attention. All talk about
possible danger to health by the use Of
warmed cars is utter nonsense while the
real dangers of the present system are so
apparent to every one who rides over the
rails in our city streets. Further delibera-
ton is uncalled for; prompt action is de-
manded by the facts which every one but
car owners admit; the Aldermanic commit
tee has ample power, and the whole body
of the people will refuse to accept any ex-
cuse for further delay.
Year: 1877

possible that they should not prefer law and
justice to partisan wrong from which they,
at least, have absolutely nothing to gain.


The adoption of this plan will get the
country safely out of the turmoil in which
it has been forced to live since last June,
and especially since November, and which
has depressed all industry and enormously
increased poverty and pauperism everywhere.
1t gives the best assurance Of a just settle
all apprehensions of stormy 4th of March
and of the vague dangers which every man
feels may easily become but too real.
1t provides for settlement which
all honest citizens of whatever party
would consider final, and immediate and
cheerful acquiescence in which will be
imperatively demanded by public opinion.
What more can be asked? Men may shout
and asseverate 'Hayes is elected" "Tlldcn
is elected" to the end of time but mere
assertion amounts to nothing and convinces
no one of the opposite belief Almost any
way Of getting a decision would have been
better than continued uncertainty and tur-
moil. Here is method all the elements OF
which are constitutional and promise
an honest and legal result. II this
plan should be rejected by Congress no other
can be contrived, for there is not time. Tie
country would then be left to a fate we do not
like to contemplate-to wrangling and fu-
rious Congress +; to the secret intrigues and
bolder strokes of demagogues to an in
creasing excitement among the people, all
ending probably in violence and perhaps in
civil war, or at the best in lasting discon-
tent on one side or the other. Is that de-
sirable prospect?