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Year: 1878

THE MOST able, truthful and convincing
speeches that we have seen during this
campaign, are those by Senator Thur
man, of Ohio. We heretofore published
one of his able and logical arguments
from the stump. 1t was SO clear, so con-
else and argumentative, that it became
the key note tor the campaign from one
end of the Union to the other. He shows
conclusively that the expenditures of the
government under the Republican adj
ministratlons, aside from the interest on
the public debt and the amount paid as
pensions, which are chargeable to the
| war, We're nearly double that under Dem
ocratic administrations. There can be no


mistake about this. The farmers and


mechanics are taxed fully double what


they were before the rebellion, to pay


high salaries and to keep up thirty thou


sand otlice-holders more than is needed.


But Independent Of this the gold gamb-


lers, by demonetzing silver hoped to


make these taxes higher. The young
people now coming of age, had nothing


TO do with the war; We're wholly innocent


Of it, and yet the bad men, such as John


Sherman, who brought it on and made


millions out of it, have tried and are


trying to make these innocent young
men pay double the tax that a fair and
, honest calculation of the first cost of the
bonds and war expenditures would
, amount to. The taxes are so enormous


that our youth dare scarcely to enter


tain an idea of marriage. Even the


most industrious and frugal of them find
lit difficult to study out how they could


make ''the two ends meet" if they desire


to take upon themselves the duty OF


maintaining partner in life. And the
problem is as difficult to solve in the


country as in the cities. The taxes upon
3 the people are laid upon everything; and
; absorb all the profits Of labor. The in.
a terest account alone costs more than all
Q the expenditures Of the government I'M
ll der Mr.. Buchanan's administration
s while the pension account amounts to al
e incredible sum also. We only wonder
III that the young men are not all Demo
e Gratis; since they are opposed to sucl


enormous expenditures.
Year: 1878

WHO knows whether the officers of the
Bank OF England are not as corrupt as
those Of the Bank of Glasgow. We
should not be more surprised that there
should be an English bank thief, than
That there is aScotch thief; for of all thieves
the English thieves are said to be the
most adroit, and we believe that Londol
has the credit of producing more of these
gentry than amy other city.
Year: 1878

JACK FROST continues TO drive the
yellow demon before him. Wherever he
appears the scourge disappears. The
summer of 1878 will be a memorable one
to the people of the South, and many
years must elapse before they can forget
their desolat'o on and sorrow.
Year: 1878

TIE Troy firemen who have been
spending day or two with our fire de-
panment, nave been very gentlemanly in
their conduct. We hope they have left
us with as good an opinion of our peo-
pie as We have formed of our visitors
from Troy.
Year: 1878

saw one old fellow laying on q log
and few feet above him was hard
she'll turtle. We passed within
few feet but could not scare them off.


We had the benefit of two good


showers on us that day and after


pulling twenty miles we camped at
Jake Smiths bluff early in the after
noon. We put out some lines and
soon had fish enough for supper and


breakfast. We rolled our duck,
feathers and all, in mud, and covered


it with fire, and when cooked, we


found it to be delicious. AS soon as
the sun went down the mosquitoes


began to swarm around us, but be-
ing provided with portable bar we
passed comfortable night in spite
OF the concert they kept up around
it. We left early next morning.
Near the st. Johns we found lettuce
bed half a mile through, which we
struggled in half an hour or so. At
last we came in sight of st. Johns,
the little mail boat, Pastime, was
beautifully steaming up the river, and
passed just before we entered it. Co
ing across where Capt. Lous was
building wharf for the Wekiva
freight, we learned that the Dsvid
Clark, the boat l wanted to go down
on, had not come up, and there was
nothing for me to do but wait all day
for the Hattie. In the afternoon the
barge Apopka, came down the We.
kiva from Clay Springs, and until the
arrival of the Hattie l was entertain
ed with discussions of Wekiva freight
business by the two rival barge Can.
tains. Sundown found us aboard the
Hattie going up into Lake Monroe
sIfis ri knafves iarge i'iss = 80 60
freight were put of. We lay ali /
night at Mellonville and at five on
the morning Of the 4th we moved out
from the wharf, went over to Enter
prise and at last VIC turned our heads
and | realized that at last
was leaving grand old Orange
county and its thrifty orange groves.
We had pleasant lot of passengers
down. The gentlemanly officers,
Coxetlcr and Seaving fully maintain
ed their high reputation for courtesy
and regard for the comfort Of their
and thanks to their kind
ness, we had a most delightful trip
down the noble old St. Johns.


Yours truly, S. P,S.
Year: 1878

Editor Florida AgTiculturiSt


Seating ourselves in our little row
boat, my brother and I pushed out
from Montrose Spring, which is so
beautifully situated on the banks of
the Wekiva, in the rapidly growing
settlement Of Altamonte, in Orange
county. and glided down the stream.
1t was one of July's freshest and love-
liest mornings. The clouds, hang
ing low, were fast drifting from the
Atlantic, ready at any moment to
form in one black mass, and pour out
their suspended waters upon us.
The river looked its prettiest bound
ed by its semi tropical shores, where
the graceful cabbage palm mingled
its foliage with evergreens of many
kinds. The water was nearly as
clear as crysta5 aud as we fioated
we could look down into its depths
and see countless numbers of the fin
ny tribe playing around. The bot
tom of the river was a sealed curios7
NY II ws5s eoniniersiv - sssS = 10
vegetation. In places a long leaf
grass was growing, whose ends came
up to the surface no matter how deep
the water was; in others, MOSES
were waving, whose beauty was lost
the moment they were pulled up.
Here and there were large patches OF
bonnet lilies, whose large leaves lay
on the water, field of green; one
large patch has the express We name
of "fddlers green" In still places
the queer little water lettuce was
growing, which, as the plants grow
larger, push themselves over and out
into the current, then drift on down
into some narrow, still place and bed
over the water, and become the dread
OF the boatmen, on small craft.


There were but few birds on the
river. Limpkins were very scarce.
n few years ago they were very
plentiful, but have been hunted too
much. They now seldom made their
peculiar cry We were much anus
ed at one old blue heron; he would
choose his perch upon the tallest tree
and upon the approach Of the boat he
would lift himself gracefully upon
his broad wings and seek another
farther down. We followed him so
far that he concluded we were going
all the way, and decided to leave u.s.
Turning bend in the river sudden
" We came right on water-turkey
sitting on limb, he dropped as II
shot and disappeared in the water
While wondering what had become
of him, we saw some distance below
what seemed to be the head OF a
snake, but soon found it was the tur-
kew, Flocks of ducks occasionally
rose before us, but it was difficult to
Get shot, so we succeeded in get
ting only one. Often we would star
tie alligators summing themselves
when they would plunge into the
river with tremendous noise We
Year: 1878

We copy the following comments
from the Shreveport Times, on an article
in the Alexandria Democrat, advising
that the Democratic party should hold
no State Convention this year:


We find the subjoined views, with re-
ference to Democratic state conven.o
ton, in the Alexandria Democrat of
the Goth. There is no editor in the state
who has more authority to speak for
the party than Mr.. Biossat, as he has
for long years been doing yeoman's
service in the cause, and whose opinions
are always we'll matured and forcibly
expressed. Yet we must take issue
with him on this question. He assumes
that the Democratic party intends to
vote for Major Moncure for treasurer
the only state officer to be elected. But
is it not to be fairly apprehended that,
if there be no nomination by the party,
we will have cloud of candidates who
will claim that they have a perfect
right to run as Democrats, as the party
had failed or refused to nominate 7
This we regard as an event sure to
happen and will invite inevitable de-
feat. p


While all must admit the scarcity OF
money duu tle Inconvenience W Souh
try people Of attending a state conven-
ton it would involve very little more
time and expense than the attending
congressional conventions. There is no
objection, per Sc, to delegates serving in
dual capacity, and more especially not
where only one state officer is to be
nominated, as at this time.


There is, it must be confessed, some
grounds of apprehension that con-
vention might operate injury to the
party by the incorporate action OF
some of it's members. But, on the
other hand, calm discussion Of those
questions upon which Democrats have
been divided in opinion should and
doubtless would have a salutary effect.
These differences of opinion are not so
great as to justify party dissension.
Whatever may have been the short
comings of the late legislature, in the
opinion of the mass Of the people, they
will by no means justify a desertion OF
the party. The interests of the state
imperatively demand that the radical
party shall be kept out of power, and If
the people are displeased with the
course of their servants, all left for
them to do is to elect men who will
carry out their wishes:
Year: 1878

There seems to be lively revival 60
ing on just now IN favor OF hanging.
Our hanging statistics show an exceed
ing large business done in this line last
year, both legal and extra judicial, and
the promise for 1878 is even more fiat
tering. The attention of the entire
country has lately been attracted to the
State of West Virginia, where q num-
ber of iynchings have just occurred. 1t
was found upon investigatio that while
Judge Lynch had provided the hempen
necktie for more men in West Virginia
than have been so accommodated in any
other State of the Union, that not sin
gle man had ever been sent to the gal
lows by the courts of that State; that is,
all the hanging has been done by the
mob, none by outraged justice. This
fact has caused a strong reaction in
public sentiment on the hanging ques-
ton not only in West Virginia but in
other States as well, and it has been
generally resolved that in futureif there
is any hanging to be done it shall be
done by order of court


Iowa, which few years ago abolished
capital punishment, has reconsidered
the matter and re-es stablished it, and
will, in future, try to compete with
other States in this business,


Altogether, there is the best Of reason
for believing that the gallows crop will
be larger this year than for any past
year. This will have the effect, it is
hoped, of decreasing, at the same time,
the number Of murders and the lynch
ings, for which latter festivities we are
getting rather too noted.-[New Orleans
Democrat
Year: 1878

The planters are not so we'll advanced
with their crops as we had anticipated.
Between this place and Summerfield
we notice that but little ploughing has
been done. On some farms fences have
been reset and logs burned, but others
seem neglected so far. There must of
course be some good reason for the de-
lay, but we cannot avoid making notice
Of the difference between the present
stage of farming and it's advancement
one year ago. However, Claiborne far
mers are known to make long strides
on the home stretch. We mean to say
that the yield is almost always better
than one would suppose from the out
look early in the year.-[Claiborne
Year: 1878

We call attention to the advertisement
of that enterprising townsman OF ours,
"Frank the Baker, No one that has
ever paid his establishment one visit
that can resist the temptation of calling
again. His lunches are all that a man
can desire in the eating line. His bread
and cakes are the best and cheapest the
market effords. Any one who does not
believe it can call and see for himself.
Year: 1878

1t is thought by very many Of the most active
friends Of Temperance that the cause could be great
ly advanced In this State, by more judicious con-
centraton Of purpose and effort on the part of the
various Temperance organizations, the Church and
the public generally, by association in State or
ganizaton, similar in plan and scope to that Of the
Massachusetts State Temperance Alliance" which
organization has existed in that State for upwards Of
twenty-five years, and embraces in active member
ship, members OF all the various Temperance organ
izatoAs, as well as the Clergy and Church of almost
every denomination; receiving and dsbursing from
fourteen to eighteen thousand dollars every year.


thenticating and sending out Lecturers into every
portion Of the State; arranging for public meetings
and supplying speakers, and closely watching the
Temperance pulse and providing means and meas
ures to keep it in healthy and vigorous state care
fully scrutinizing all legislation, and ready at all
times to sound the alarm when encroachments from
the enemy are attempted. With view to organiz-
Ing similar Alliance in Maine and auxiliary to the
to the National Temperance Alliance, the under
signed invite the friends Of Temperance to meet at
Year: 1878

THE Boston Herald is very proud OF its
new building, as it ought to be, for it is very
handsomely housed. But matter Of greater
pride should be its wonderful successes success
fairly earned by honesty and enterprise and
brains. From small beginnings it has come
to be one of the most powerful and infuen-
ental journals in the country, and is recog-
nized as an organ Of opinion as well as the
newsiest of newspapers.
Year: 1878

We do not read anonymous etters and communi
cations The name and address Of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used,
Year: 1878

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate couDtersgned by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer a favor upon US by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
Year: 1878

GOLDEN CoFFEE.-For two per-
sons, take four heaping teaspoons
ground coffee, tie up in a piece OF
Swiss muslin Qeave room for ex-
pansion), pour on one pint boiling
water, cover close, and set on back
of stove ten minutes. Beat one egg
with dover egg beater thoroughly,
divide it into Two coffee cups, add
the usual quantity OF sugar for each.
Hold the coffee urn high, pour the
boiling coffee on the egg, add the
warm milk, and with the golden
foam standing above the rim of the
cup. you have a pretty picture TO
look at, and you will think you new
er knew how good coffee could
taste before.
Year: 1878

CRoPs ON RAINY RIVER, From
an article in the Alberton Star we
take the following account of the
crops in the country $50 miles di-
rectly north of this place: "The
crops in this section look well, and
will III our opinion, compare favor
ably with any other part of the Do
minion, both as regards quality and
quantity to the acre. In passing
through the settlement a few DAYS
ago we had a chance to view the
crops on the different farms, and to
satisfy ourselves on one point, viz !:
as a productive country it comes
fully up to our expectations and is
certainly entitled to be called the
garden Of the west. Wheat, oats,
barley, rye and timothy, are a splen-
did crop; potatoes, turnips and car
rots are also good vegetables OF
various kinds are far beyond the
average crop, and had we a chance
to compete or exhibit with our sis
ter provinces at any Of the agricul-
tural exhibitions that yearly take
place throughout the Dominion, we
then could show that we do not
lack one particle of what is so
much desired by agriculturists, viz:
good climate, good land, water and
timber"
Year: 1878

An investigation has been made
by the Cincinnati COnn1ercidL into
the probability of the occurrence of
great strikes in Ohio during this
summer. There has been an abun-
dance of rumOrs that formidable
demonstrations have been prepared
for, and that they will be made in
concert as soon as the word is given,
but our c0tempOrary can find no
ground for confidence in these re-
ports. If they are true the evidence
is carefully hidden out of sight, and
the Worllmen and railroad employees
profess to be as well satisfied as the
circumstances Justify. The matter is
Of some importance because rumOrs
Of great labor uprisings in the North
and West have been freely cIrculat-
ed, and have excited some apprehen-
sion. 1t is not the strikes that are
so much dreaded as the participation
of class of idle vagabonds with in
cendiary notions in their heads, and
loose ideas of the rights of property
in their minds. 1t will be remcm-
bered that last summer it was not
the strikers on the railroads who
wrought the destruction of such vast
amounts OF property; that was most
ly done by the vagrants and tramps
who carried the strikes to laWless-
ness, and compelled the strikers at
last TO side with those who, whether
sympathizing with them or not,
stood up for law and order, and assls-
ted in enforcing the laws. We think,
however, that there as is little reason
for fear of lab II riots this year any,
where throughout the country as
there is in Ohio. The experience of
1877 as'snot been thrown away,
either upon the disorderly elements
or the conservators of the peace.
The former had their nerves some
what shaken, and the latter have
found out that there are precautions
worth while taking, and have been
taught By experience how to take
them. Aa outbreak started now in
one Of the principal cities would in
all likelihood never be allowed to
gain the headWay of those of last
July.
Year: 1878

TO TIE EDITOR HERALD:-


Arriving at the Grand Central Depot at seven p N.
on the Sd inst, my wife and decided to take the
elevated railroad for down town. As about
to board the train q number OF passengers were
orowding on the rear platform Of tho last car;
official requested step forward TO the other end
Just my wife was about place foot on the
platform OF the car The tram started with suoden
lurch, aud on It went at rapid rate oil speed. Had
she with the baby In her arms, been nome
quicker and placed her foot the catastrophe
that would have followed Is terrible plate.


wish II particularly noted that the train started OF
with the gates both cars wide OPEN B. b.
Year: 1878

Clark A. HartsocK, aged thirty years. was found BY
Oniser Dougherty, of the Second precinct lying on
the sidewalk In Hudson avenue Brooklyn, about half
past one O'CLOCK yesterday msrning bleeding from .
severe cut the back OF tho and soGcrpg from
a fracture OF the wrist He removed TO the CITY
Hospital He stated that he mad been assaulted by a
man while passing through tho City Park, but though
the latter
Year: 1878

fNorE.-Letters Intended for this column must be
accompanied by the writer's full name and address to
insure attention. compainants who are unwilling to
comply with this rule simply waste time 10 writing
Write only ON one side OF the papeE.-fD. HERALD
Year: 1878

To rHE EDITOR HERALp:-


desire TO call the attention OF the Board OF Health
TO the oeomargarne factory situated at tho loot OF
West 1l8th street, which is becoming an intoerabIe
nuisance 10 the Residents In that locality.
Year: 1878

TO THE EDITOR OF HERALD:-


Il there any good reason why the Harlem Railroad
Company canDot accommodate ladies' who tako the
trains at Harlem by erecting platform step the
crsP AS II Is now they have step from the track
the step OF the car which Is about two and q half
feet nigh. K
Year: 1878

ENoCH ARDEN oUTDoNE.-Pars, which fur nishes from real life so many plots for novels and dramas, now sends us a story which, if true, makes Enoch Arden quite an ordinary hero. A few weeks ago there appeared in a Paris newspaper an advertisement saying :; ''A widow, young and good looking, mother of four children, without fortune, desires to marry wealthy and honorable man. Address B. R." Penniless widows with four children are not generally sought after with much zeal in the matrimonial market, but this advertise ment brought three answers. These went, however, not into the hands of the ''widow, young and good looking" but into the hands of her husband. In fact the lady in question was not yet widow at all, and the advertise ment did not come from her. Her husband, after a struggle such as many men have made in recent years, despaired of being able to SUD- port his family. He therefore decided on a plan to save them from want When the an- swers to his advertisement were received he investigated them carefully and assured him. self that one of them came from man whose intentions were honorable and whose world yl goods were abundant. He finished his work by putting this gentleman in the way of communicating with his wife, and then he made her widow by drowning himself

 Of the result the report says that the man whose answer to the advertisement was approved, learning the true state of the case, took charge of the education of the children Whether wedding will follow we are not in- formed.
Year: 1878

An Act relating to the Action of Replevin

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep

 resentatives in General Assembly convened:

 Section. 1. Where property is held by an officer by virtue of writ of attachment, any person. other than the defendant, having a general or special property therein with right to the immediate possession thereof, may bring replevin against such officer alone, or against the plaintiff in said writ of attachment, or against both, in the manner now provided by law.

 Sec ?. In all actions of replevin now pend ing In any court against any officer to recover possession of property held by such officer | under writ of attachment, the plaintiff in re- plevin may cite the plaintiff in such writ of attachment to appear and defend such replevin | suit; and in case the plaintiff in said attach l ment suit is a nonresident, service of such

 citation may be made upon the attorney of re-

 cord of said plaintiff in said attachment suit 1; l but no such citation shall be issued unless the plaintiff in said replevin shall bind himself to the person thus made defendant in a recogniz- ance conditioned in all respects like that taken

 upon issuing such writ of replevin, and this

 recognizance shall be entered at the foot of such citation before the same is issued and

 copies of the citation left in service shall also contain such recognizance. If judgment shall

 be rendered in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant thus cited in, judgment of re- l turn shall net be made in favor of the officer, but judgment for costs may be at the discre- l ton of the court. And upon the giving of the new bond, as aforesaid, the bond given to the