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Year: 1879

first engineer, to let loose, and he did, and
we were soon steaming down the river.


"'We weren't long under way until
we had one hundred and fifty pounds of
steam on, and still rising. Curtis detailed
me to look after the boilers-we had four
which were on deck-and | went off to
my post The first thing / noticed was
that the safety-valve wasn't weighted
heavy enough for the extra pressure, and
the steam escaped. | couldn't see any
thing lying around TO weigh it down with
but large lump of coal. | lifted that
onto the lever, but it was no use, as it
was tumbled off in a minute or two. BY
this time we must have had fully two
hundred pounds of steam on, and on
looking out | saw the rebel gunboat, the
General Lowell, steaming up and firing at
us. We had no guns aboard and only
eleven sharpshooters, and the shot was
flying around us pretty lively. knew
it was the captains intention to try to
sink the Lowell, and saw that it would
never do to allow the steam to escape as
it was doing. had to think quick
there was nothing near that could weight
down the valve with, but | was bound
not to be beat, and just got astride of
the lever myself and sat down on it. 1t
was pretty hot, but | stuck it out. |
looked out and the Lowell was only
couple of hundred yards OFF. She stop
ped to round-to, but the Queen was too
quick for her, and with a rush. we were
into her, Just astem Of the wheel, and
almost went clean through her | was
so excited that | never took my eyes off
her when we were coming up, and just
bore my weight down on the lever, never
thinking to hold on to anything. When
we struck, the shock was 50 terrible it
Just knocked ME head and heels over the
boilers Curtis was watching me, and
thought was killed, and halloed out:
There goes poor jimmy but | wasn't
gone was stunned for a minute, but
jumped up and climbed over the boilers
and straddled the lever again, this time
taking a good hold.


The Lowell sank in about five min
utes, but we had hardly time to get clear
of her before another rebel craft, the
Beauregard, steamed up toward US. We
treated her the same way as we treated
the Lowell, bnt this time kept my seat
and chung on for dear life, and the shock
didn't knock me off. Soon after the
Queen, having nothing more to do, drew
out from the fight and got down from
my perch. felt a little sore, and had
few burns-tor it was a hot place | was
in-but that was all the worse | was for
the adventure.
Year: 1879

Jimmy Carr came to America in
1885" says the Cincinnati Enquirer, land
took up his abode in this city soon after


ward. Liking the country he settled here
to work at his business of machinist and
engineer, and was always good citizen
and faithful employe He was rather
old to begin the profession of arms when
the war began, but he did the next best
thing, he went into the navy, enlisting as
assistant engineer on the steamer Queen
of the West, a freight boat which had
been bought by the government and al
tered into a ram here in Cincinnati.
The vessel, which was under command of
Captain Elliott, was ordered South, and
it was at the battle of Memphis that
Jimmy Carr met with this particular ad-
venture, which made him hero in as
peculiar manner as ever hero gained the
title. We give the tale as he tells it:


"'It was on the sixth of June, said
Jimmy, that Memphis was taken. |
remember it, well, too, l can tell you.
The fleet was laying five miles above
Memphis, and the Queen was a volunteer
that morning. Early in the day we got
orders to move down toward the rebel
batteries, but had no sooner got within
range than the 'Johnnies' opened fire on
us. Our captain called on Curtis, the
Year: 1879

THERE have recently been some extra
ordinary pretensions put forth as to the
certainty of the hold of the Democrats
on the next Legislature. They will hard
ly bear analysis, if we compute the re-
suit Oh the vote for Secretary of State in
1878. Soon after the last October cleo
tion we published carefelly prepared
table showing what the result would be
were the vote this year to show no
changes in favor of the Republicans.
But there is not an intelligent man in
the State who believes the Republican
vote for Foster will not show decided
gain on that given for Barnes last year.


Taking that vote as a basis, however,
it was demonstrated that the House
would be tie, standing 81 Democrat to
to 81 Republican, while the Senate
would stand, as closely as then
could be estimated, 2S Democrats to II
Republicans; thus giving the majority
of three on the joint ballot, should no
changes occur. In the counties accredlt-
ed to the Democrats are no less than ten
with majorities under 800, and about the
same number which the Republicans
carried by equally small margins.


But there is not one of these close Re
publican counties which are not sure to
increase their majorities of last year,
while there are several which then went
Democratic in which Foster is certain
to carry and the boom for the State
ticket will surely help the Representa-
tive candidates where no local causes
exist to induce scratching a gain of
two members, upon the basis of the cleo
tion last year, will give the Republicans
the Legislature.


The Republicans should, however, un-
Year: 1879

THE pension arrears payments order
ed by the extra session of Congress have
become the largest item of expenditure
in the Interior Department of the gov
ernment. Last month the amount paid
out on this account was over $S,OOO,OOO
making the decrease of the public debt
about S2,OOO,OOO, when it might have
been five times that amount. The most
serious aspect of the matter is that each
week new and entirely unexpected cases
arise, in which, in accordance with the
law, sums varying from a few hundred
to a few Thousand dollars have to be
paid. Many complicated cases also arise
in which, whether the claims are paid
or not, the costs of Investigation are
very considerable. During september
there was a very considerable increase
of internal revenue and customs re-
ceipts, and with the exception of the
pension arrears item, the public debt
statement is very satisfactory. The
prospects are that Secretary Sherman's
estimate of the ultimate cost of that
piece of legislation will be found much
under rather than over the mark-Balto.
American.
Year: 1879

We have all heard the sickening details
of lawlessness, intolerance and violence
in the solid South" We have all heard
of the spirit, again rampant, that carried
US into Rebellion, and our hearts are
again fired with indignation at the au-
thors or all the miseries of the war and
who would again plunge us into inter-
necine strife. We all fully realize this,
and have, since the house of rebel Briga


diers attempted their revolution last
winter. Now, we appeal to yOu-What
are you doing to arrest this calamity :?
Are you watching with fidelity, that no
duty is left undone to secure the tri-
umph of your party at the coming cleo
tion? We know you are aware of the
threatening danger-but what are you
doing to arrest it? Is there doubtful
voter, talk with him, convince him of
his duty, and see that he votes right.


Does any one lack papers ?-have them
procured. Is there any man likely to be
kept from the election by avoidable
causes ?-lend him helping hand, and
secure his vote. Have you aged voters
that need assistance to get to the polls,
provide conveyances and help them out.


We implore you to arouse to the ne
cessity of the hour. Put on your whole
armor-bravely battle for the right from
now till the close of the polls. We will
not insult your intelligence by repeating
the reasons for this; they are all known
to you; they are written in the intoler-
ance and wicked designs of the Demo
cratic party, written in blood, are clad
in the habiliments of treason, again
rampant-all these, and more, appeal to
you to do your duty, your whole duty.
Year: 1879

derstand that while they are reasonably


sure of the State, the contest for the


Legislature will be close, with the


chances in their favor. They must


make determined fight, and not go to


trading votes, out of apprehension of the
defeat of the State ticket, and not above
all not swap" for the sake of electing
some county officers. A United States
SenatOrship is at stake, and the prospects
of Thurman for the Presidential nOmi-
nation are involved. The loss of the
State will put an end to Ewing's ambi-
ton for time at least. And the loss of
the Legislature will be Thurman's
qu!etus for the Presidency. To these
two men more than any others are due
the prominence of financial and State
rights heresies in the politics of the
country, and they should be buried so
deep under the votes of the people of
Ohio that search warrant will be need
ed to find them.-Cin. Commercial.
Year: 1879

THE apologists of Governor Black
burn have abandoned their plea of mis-
taken identity as defence against the
charge of having planned the intrOduc-
tion of yellow fever in the North, and
now take the ground that it was all a
joke, as the Louisville Courier-Jour
says: During the war DR.. Blackburn
was younger than he is now, and, if not
more social and genial, at least more
convivial than he is now He has al
ways been voluminous and cook talk
er, having the faculty of amusing and
entertaining an audience for hours. He
was in Canada. The Federals were all
about him. Something of practical
joker, as well as a conversatiOnalist and
he doubtless did work up
as one might invent ghost
story about exterminating the Yankees
Year: 1879

The disagreements of the Democratic
doctors as to the state of the county are
enough to raise doubt as to the propriety
of trusting the patient to their treatment
For example, Mr.. PendletOn says the
equalization of currency and specie was
brought about by the forced process of
contraction of the greenback and bond
currency, through terrible calamity, and
that although it is a good achieved, it
was achieved at terrible sacrifice, and
that the party which did it ought to be
condemned. On the other hand, Mr..
Hendricks says that the claim that John
Sherman's measures brought about re-
sumption is false, for it was done by the
voluntary economies of the whole people,
which reduced purchases, and so turned
the balance of trade in our favor. Thus
one makes the whole process a healthy
and wealthy one, and the other a cause
of disaster


But Mr.. Pendleton sees only frown-
ing providence in all this, and declares
it course of calamity. And Mr.. Ewing
denies that there is any good anywhere; !;
any prosperity or any signs of it. He
says all is poverty and suffering, and
will continue so, and he insists that
everybody shall be poor and distressed
until we elect him Governor, and then
elect him President, and set the green
back mills running, and depreciate our
currency one-half. While Democratic
statesmen differ so widely in their views
of the state of the country, is it better to
put it into their hands to be tinkered?
Year: 1879

How many people in this State think
it would be bad thing to meddle with
our present currency? How many
think that dollar worth one hundred
cents in gold in any part of the world is
better than an irredeemable paper dol
lar with fluctuating, uncertain value
like the greenback before the resump-
tion of specie payments? Phe vote poll
ed against Thomas Ewing this fall will
ethe answer to these conundrums.-
Cleveland Herald.
Year: 1879

THE Republican vote at the last State
election in Ohio would have elected a
majority in both branches of the Legis-
lature had the election been for Repre-
sentatives and Senators instead of for
Secretary of State. We apprehend that
the Republican party this year are pre-
pared to do fully as much as they did
last
Year: 1879

On the basis of the vote for Congress
men last fall, the Republicans can elect
this year nineteen Senators and sixty
members of the lower house of the Leg
islature-a majority large enough for all
practical purposes. But the Republicans
are in better fighting trim now than
then, and they will do much better than
that
Year: 1879

DoN'T trade off" Every Republican
should understand that he has nothing
to gain and everything to lose by "trad-
ing" Put in square Republican vote
and you will never have reason to regret
n
Year: 1879

DURING the vital crisis of the re-
bellion. when defeat after defeat rolled
back upon our armies in the field, and
our great cities rocked with fierce in
ternal cOmmOtiOn, as the time drew
round for the Fall elections in the North,
the loyal hearts of the nation looked
anXiOusly for the annual verdict of Ohio,
well knowing that as she spoke would
be voiced in clarion tones, encourage
ment to our gallant soldiers, and cOrre-
spending chagrin and disappointment to
the rebel leaders and skulking treason
at home. Ohio seldom failed to respond
most unequivocally to the anticipations
of that loyal sentiment. Voters of Bel
mont county, the same sentiment is
looking to you toOn next Tuesday to
aid in placing the State again in the Re-
publican column, and to strike the key
note for the great campaign of 1880.
And you will do it.
Year: 1879

THE investigation into the election
case of Senator ingalls,, of Kansas, has
turned out to be complete failure. No
evidence has been produced to show that
his election to the United States Senate
was not fair and honest.
Year: 1879

THE Treasurer and several Assistant
Treasurers of the United States have
been directed to freely pay out gold and
silver coin upon all Government Obliga-
tons presented for payment and payable
at their respective offices.
Year: 1879

Mr.. Blaine's voice is not remarkably
powerful. and but small portion Of
the great audience at Bellaire could hear
all he said. and enough fell of from the
main crowd to organize half-dozen or
dinary-sized Democratic rallies. In


HIS MANNER


He is a thorough stumper. He must
have space in which to speak at least
ten feet by four, and he will cover eve
ry foot of it. and keep those crowded
Year: 1879

Spring soldiers are set out in drill

 The position of a judge is tryin; one.

 The jolly minstrel is banjovia fellow.

 Come to stay all summer-warn weather.

 Hope is the sugar coating on tn, pill of life.

 Sharp practice--learDing to stral razor.

 Eve Is the first woman who wen, to the devil.

 Ice cream men freeze in the hot test of weather.

 To make fine eye water-sticl an onion on it.

 Going the rounds of the press the girl who waltzes.

 The girl who makes the bread is the flower of the family.

 In the vegetable race who ever saw the tomato ketchup.

 The most gaudlly -attired belle oi the season is Rose Verbena. Dogs appreciate good care. Ii not kept clean they will flea the house.

 There is always the dues to pay when 8 married man belongs to a lodge.

 A prescription warranted to make any sick woman reccver-a new dress.

 The saddest words of tongue or pen; q intend to pay, but can't say when."

 Spring divorce suits arc cut lower in the neck than usual, with scan dal en train.

 The most popular man with the ladies is the man who never met g homely woman.

 What is that:which brings q cold, cures cold, and pays the doctor $ bill2 A draft.

 The soul that is in earnest will not stop to count the cost. It is the same way with hen.

 We must have patience as the young physician remarked when he folded up his diploma. The sign on a returning emigrants wagon read: "Rough on Texas. Go ing back to my mother-in-law."

 The most honest and upright man in the world will beat carpet without the least compunction of conscience. There are 4000 postmistresses in America. Now we know why il takes postal card so long to reach us. However bold a man is, he will vince little when a woman seizes a rollingpin and. demands a bucket oi water.

 When a society reporter.wishes to puff a plain, vulgar girl, he remarks that she is as beautiful as she is ac. complished.

 "How can I leave theeT said Adam to Eve. She made no reply but pointed calmly to 8 fig tree ir the distance. | What is the difference between the weather and the baby? One nev CT rains but it pours, the other never pains but it roars.

 When woman promenades the streets leading dog it looks as Ii she couldn't get anything else or her string.

 A question that is giving the Pitt burg law students the head ache, is Gan a man marry his widows sis ter"

 If a lady wants favor of bo, she praises him; of young mar she hires him: of an old man sh' fatters him.

 A weary-looking man called hi wlfe's aunt one of the eternal vigil ants because she is the price of lib erty.

 Eve was the first, and we recon the only woman who did not gather up her dress and yell at the sight 0 snake.

 There is a man in Boston ninety years old whose third set of teetl arc comming. The dentist saysthe, will be finished next week.

 It is very poor newspaper offic' that hasn't got at least one compost
Year: 1879

Salt River Valley are disfranchised by an executive order, and brought under the federal laws governing In dian reservations.

 It is fine of $50OO, with imprison- ment, for selling spurious liquors within the boundaries, and the mer- chants cannot continue trade without q license from an Indian agent.

 I am at a loss to conceive what malignant influence could have been exercised upon the President to induce the issuance of an executive order leaving such manifest injustice and crushing calamity.

 The Territory is smothercd with Observations"

 Two reservations, each eighty miles in width, from cast to west through the Territory for Railroad companies who have never laid a rail.

 The Indian reservations are absurd " large. Then the military reserva- ton and the private land claims leave nothing for the settler besides barren wastes of sand.

 believe you will not find in the whole history of the wretchedly man aged Indian bureau a previous in stance in which a reservation" has been extended to embrace a large population of white men, women and childrcn-corraling a communi- . ty.

 : You know perfectly well it will be impossible for the Indian and white to live in peace upon alternate sec tions of land.

 ! Fortunately for the whites they have some water rights" which the Indians are bound to respect; and l fancy they will also maintain their rights Co inc lands which they have reclaimed from q desert at immense cost in money and labor. In the strife for land and water a conflict is certain to cnsue sooner or later, and the consequencos-howcver lameniablc for the Iudians-it i- hardly necessary to predict

 The worst enemy of both the whites and the Indians could scarcely have conceived a plan more prolific of mischief

 The only remedy can suggest is that the people of Salt River get up a pumpkin show" and invite the President out to inspect the situation. He has never declined an invitation of that kind yet.

 Your obedient servant,

 CHARLI.s D. PoST0N.
Year: 1879

The following is the letter of President Hayes making the Salt River Valley a reservation for the Pima and Maricopa Indians:

 TCoPYl

 EXECUTIVE MAEsIoS.

 January 10, 1879.

 II is hereby ordered that all the public lands embraced within the fol- lowing boundaries, lying within the Territory of Arizona, viz: Com mencing at the mouth of the Salt river, thence up the Gila river to the south line oftownship No. ? south, Gila and Salt river base line, thence cast with said line 10 the southeast corner of township No.2 south, range 6 cast, thence north with said line to a point two mil"s south of the Salt river, thence following the course of said stream in an eastcrly direction and two miles south of the same to the west line of the White Mountain reservation, thence north with the line of said reservation, or the eXien- tension of the same to point two miles north of said river, thence in a westerly direction, following the course ot said river and two miles north of the same to the east line of range 6 east, thence north with said line to the northeast corner of town ship north, range 6 east. thence west with the north line of said township to the Gila and Salt river meridian line, thence south with said line to the GIla river, and thence along said river to place Of beginning, be and the same are hereby withdrawn from sale and set apart for the use of the Pima and MIaricopa Indians, in addi- ton to their present reservation in said Territory.

 (signeD R. B. HAYES.
Year: 1879

Two educated and not bad looking
young ladies, with matrimony so strong
on the brain as to amount to insanity
have lately tried to marry the already
married President Of the United states
polens roEens. This comes OF there not
being enough marriageable men to court
the girls, who mean business" 1t on
present constitutional convention would
spend some of its time. in adopting al
article, that no man after twenty-five
years Of age, who is unmarried, shall be
allowed to vote OR hold any office OF
trust or profit in the State, OF be em-
ployed in any public capacity whatever,
there would he no necessity for an
asylum for such cases as the two above
mentioned.
Year: 1879

There is no place Of the size of Npe-
lousas i'll the State, which can justly
boast Of as much musical ability and
taste as this same little town of ours.
This is fact of which we have been
cOgnizant long time, but it seemed to
strike us rs Il newlcvclation on Monday
night. At least we recognized the fact
that the Philharmonic Society, under
the control Of the most accomplished
musicians in town, is developing the
musical ability of its members in an
astonishing manner, considering the
short period Of its cstablishmcnt-only
two months.


The entertainment Oh Monday night


would have done credit to any musical
society. The programme was u very
good one, not 50 elaborate us to weary
uncutivatcd cars, and yet addressing
itself to cultured tastes. We have no
space to enter into 4 detailed account
of the concert, but cannot avoid men
tionin& the admirable manner in which
ItiH music Oh \ On ana DON WAS ltnuclCu.
We have heard it before, but never
given with mere spirit and humor.
Altogether the concert was a success
as far as the execution Of the performers
and the pleasure they gave their
audience were concerned.


The hall was tolcrable- full, but not as


packed as we would have liked to have
seen it. An organization like the Phil
halmonics, which seeks the improve


ment of the community, and affords it
the refined pleasure OF good music,
should BE encouraged. Every man,
woman and child, should take a personal
| interest in advancing its prosperity and
continuance personal pride in its
success.


In country place like Opclousas We
cannot afford to neglect or disregard


any means by which the popular taste


can be elevated and refined by the cS-
cellent music OF this Association.
Year: 1879

The constitutional convention, having
expended all the money appropriated
by the Legislature, las adopted an Or
dinance directing the Fiscal Agent OF
the State to negotiate loan of $4,000
bearing ginterestat7 per cent per annum'
AS the convention did not repudiate
the State debt, but simply reduced the
interest on it to 3 per cent per annum
for fifteen years, and per cent there
after. there win probably be no difficulty
in negotiating this loan. But il the
majority report had been adopted, which
practically repudiated the entire debt,
the asking of such a loan would have
been treated with derision 10y all money
lenders. Honesty is the best policy )"
and it is better even to pay a bad debt,
than suffer from the results of repudia-
tion.
Year: 1879

The Supreme Court is now i'll session
in this place. One of the members,
Justice Spencer is quite sick at his
home, aud has been unable to attend
Court There is quite small docket,
owing to so many Of the lawyers being
epga ged in the convention at New Or
leans. We will publish i'll our next
ISSUE the decisions in the different cases.
Year: 1879

Our town has been considerably ell
livened this week, owing to the number
of visitors who are here for the purpose
of attending the Supreme Court. The
entertainment given by the Philhar-
monic Society on Monday, the ball
Dy the young men Oh Tuesday and the
Catholic fair to be given tonight, will
have made the week one of gaiety and
y,Tna c1,ra