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Year: 1877

The people of Louisiana are to have aIay
of thanksgiving for the good Providence hat
has brought an end of their political turmoil.
That is very well; and now if :hey will re-
member that politics has not been their sole
trouble, and will intelligently and faithfully
devote themselves to good, honest work ior
the rebuilding Of their material prosperity,
they may learn that Providence helps those
who help themselves.
Year: 1877

A suffrage petition, signed by over a thous-
and women who own real estate and pay
taxes, was presented to the Louisiana Legis-
lature on the last day of the session, and by
unanimous consent the petition was referred
to the judiciary com mmittee, who will report it
back at the next session. Both the political
parties in Louisiana. are reported as favoring
woman suffrage, an d it is expected that the
Legislature at the next session will adopt a
constitutional amendment to that end, which
the people will vote upon in 1878.
Year: 1877

WHATEVER may be the temper of the
Southern Conservatives, the Democracy Of
the North do not appear to be satisfied with
the concessions which have already been
made. They want more. The New York
World declares that ''the Democratic organ
ization, North and South, does not intend to
rest content with removal of the army from
the State-houses of South Carolina and Lou
isiana, but proposes to agitate for something
more, and to obtain it''
Year: 1877

we do not read anonymous letters 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 reserve commu-
nications that are not used.
Year: 1877

CALIFORNIA has at last been discovered
by the tramps, and a very paradise is opened
to their rapturous occupation. They have
gradually filtered through by stolen rides on
the railroad, and have grown up in the state
itself, till now therel is large population of
them rowing about, and attention is just be-
ing drawn to them as class. The only ex-
PLANTATION we have heard of the prevalence
of tramps here, says the Bulletin, is, that
the climate of California is peculiarly favor
able to their development. For eight or nine
months in the year people can comfortably
sleep out-of-doors, and life in the open air is
enjoyable. Added to this is the fact that no
man ever asked genuine Californian for
meal without having his request complied
with. This proverbial generosity acts as an
encouragement to the dissolute and begets
rowing disposition.
Year: 1877

Those Of our citizens who are fortunate enough
to be able to seek respite from the labors Of the
business season just closed. and to recuperate
their energies at some OF the many delightful
summer resorts TO be found in the Northern
States and Canada, will be glad to learn that the
old favorite Jackson route, under vigorous and
efficient management. has become one OF the
very best travelling thoroughfares in the country.


Hundreds Of thousands Of dollars have been
expended, as we are credibly informed, during
the past twelve months for new iron and steel
rails, new cross-ties and new bridges, and to-day
1t may BIZ safely said that no road south Of the
Ohio river surpasses the great Jackson route in
smoothness and perfect safety. We have had
occasion, during the past few weeks, to travel
quite extensively that road, and we can thus,
from actual experience. bear witness to its ex-
cellence in every particular which goes to consti-
tuts good road.
Year: 1877

The people, as we'll as the public off.
cials, should keep a watchful eye over
the manner in which the contracts for
building bridges ana repairing and
cleaning the streets are executed. The
contract system was adopted because it
was believed to be the cheapest and most
efficacious. The financial condition
OF the city. and for that matter the
general good, requires that the
contracts shall be executed in good
faith. Any dereliction of the
contractors should be promptly
taken notice Of, and the contractors
forced to rigidly observe their obliga-
tions to the city. At the very start one
OF the contractors WAS caught attempt
ing to palm off inferior work and lum-
ber on the city. The experiment at
tempted in the matter of the bridge
across the Orleans canal at Dolhonde
street should be SO rehuked that it will
not be repeated. Honest square work
is what the city has contracted for and
what it should imperatively demand.
Year: 1877

The Republicans Stand by His Position.


Chicago, Nov. 12.-An Inter-Ocean
special from Washington says Conkling
will insist on the Senate compelling
President Hayes to adhere to his own
civil service rules, and remove no one
without cause. The committee ON
Commerce will ask for the reason why
Collector Arthur and Naval Officer
Cornell of New York and Collector
Jones of Chicago were suspended. The
President is not compelled under any
law or precedent to answer such an in
quiry, but it is expected he will do so,
and the reply will probably be of an in
teresting nature. 1t is understood
that the Republican caucus last night
stood four to one in favor of Senator
Conkling's position.
Year: 1877

The auspicious time has come when
Wyoming can reap the greatest possi-
BILE benefit from judicious use of prin-
ter's ink. We are all aware that no
well directed efforts have ever yet been
made officially for the encouragement
of immigration, and that there has
never, until now, been period when
much good could have been accomplish
ed even if public energy had been
directed in that channel. Our small
complement of newspapers have
struggled along against discouraging
odds in endeayors to attract as much
attention to our resources as the unset
tied condition of Indian affairs would
warrant, and now that a new and
peaceful era has dawned upon us, we
ask for a legitimate advertising OF
Wyoming's grand attractions at public
expense.


Few of the Western States or Terri
ties excel Wyoming in diversity of
resources or natural wealth, but they
have nearly all outstripped us in de-
velopment by systematic and deter
mined circulation of printed matter of
nature calculated to draw settlers
and capital. Their legislators were not
content with leaving rich mining dis
tricts, fertile valleys and great pasture
lands, but set to work to advertise such
attractions to the world that capital,
population and strength could be at
tracted to utilize them. We have
thousands of acres of unexcelled pas
ture lands, mountains of rich ores,
grand forests and fertile valleys, and
better than all, we are able to insure
safety to the new conner, and furnish
him profitable outlet or market fol
the results of his enterprise. In othei
words there is plenty of opportunity
for the settler to invest his money ant
pluck on every hand without the inter


ference of the noble savage. Evans
ton Age.
Year: 1877

The Secretary of War has come out
in the good cause of temperance. He
has issued an order forbidding the en-
ployes of the War Department to par
take of any spirituous liquors between
the hours of 0 a. m. and 4p. M, under
penalty of dismissal. This order is un-
derstood to include even the glass of
beer with which the thirsty clerk has
been wont to wash down his monday
lunch. 1t is tacitly understood that
the order does not extend to army
officers.
Year: 1877

MUCH good will result all around
from the Republican caucus on Satur-
day, as the Senators were left at liberty
to communicate to the President the
doings of the caucus, and many have
talked the matter over with him, so
that he knows exactly where each Sem
ator stands. He hoped all misunder-
standing between him and the Senate
would cease.
Year: 1877

FRANK HARKER, who was serving
out a life term of Imprisonment in the
Detroit House Of Correction for robbing
the United States mail in Utah Terri
tory two years ago, made his escape
from prison on the night of the LIST inst.
and is still at large.
Year: 1877

A company in England is now
manufacturing glass from blast-fur-
mace Stag, under the patent of Mr..
Bashley Britton. The process con-
sists in using the Stag from iron fur
naces in its liquid state direct from
the blast furnace. 1t is found that
the whole of the Stag when thus en-
Ployed is convertible into perfectly
transparent glass of a good color,
and thus by the utilization of a ma.
terial now Valueless, as well as the
heat it contains when thus taken d.
rect from the furnace in its LIQUID
state, so large a saving is effected
that the process is likely to bring
about most important changes in
glass manufacture.


The Stag, while in d liquid state. is
conducted into a tank holding about
Is cwt., where it is mixed with other
materials, and in an incredibly short
space of time, as compared with the
ordinary method, glass is produced.
This glass is acknowledged by the
workmen to be of an exceedingly
soft or plastic nature. 1t is perfectly
acid proof, and capable of use for all
purposes for which the best bottle
glass is suitable. 1t cuts readily with
the diamond, and is available as
rough plate for rOofngs, skylights,
greenhouses, roofing tiles, and for
many other uses from which glass.
as heretofore manufactured, is, on
account of its cost, necessarily shut
out. Specimens have also been pro-
duced of this glass colOred brilliant
ly, and suitable to. the purposes to
which colOred glass is employed.
Year: 1877

shady streets, and fine buildings;
truly there can be few lovelier towns
than this, with the beautiful and
cultivated lands surrounding it.
Here with much business life, a
pleasant social atmosphere, life flows
on in an agreeable current and
those whom fate has cast here are
grateful for their pleasant lot.
Year: 1877

ROME, Feb. l5.-The interview between
the Pope and the Emperor of Brazil was
marked by extreme cordiality. The En-
peror showed much emotion and threw
himself at the feet of the Pope. The
Empress was received with great kind
ness ly the Holy Father.
Year: 1877

prophecy of q good day to come alter it.
And if this be true Of The "good morning
it is also OF alr Kind. hcirlsome greetings.
They cheer The di couraged. rest tho tired
one, and somehow make The wheels ol
life run smoothly. Let no morning pass
that you do not help to brighten by your
smiles and cheerful words.
Year: 1877

q The last report is, that Tilden is about
commencing suit to test Hayes title to the Pres
idency 1t is said this will be done as soon as
the troops are removed from South Carolina; but
what connection that has with the question, We
are unable to say. If the suit takes place, we
are of the opinion that as far as it is Influenced
BY united party support, Hayes will sadly miss
the unity and enthusiasm that stood him to so
much advantage in the Electoral count. Be the
facts and the propriety of his course what they
NAV, there is no doubt he has lost the hearty
friendship Of many influential Republican lead
ers, and has dampened the ardor of the masses.
They regard him as having, in bis effort to con-
ciliate the enemy, abandoned the tried and true
Republicans, and become 80 high-toned that be
can see merit in those only who have made it q
practice to denounce and oppose the Republican
party. We venture to say, that there are thou
sands who rejoiced at the result of the Electoral
oouut who would regard with indifference the
oustipc of Hayes and the substitution of Tilden.
Perhaps this feeling is unjust, but that it exists
there is no doubt.
Year: 1877

Az ExrLASATroN.-The Marysville News TINS
explains the contempt we committed against the
Court of the 18th Judicial District:


Several parties have made inquiries at this office
to the nature of the charge which Sol Miller made
against Judge Wilson. We are not certain that We
can these interrogafories but believe that
Sol. said the Court wore government socks


The above may seem ridiculous; but if We had
said such . thing, it would have come very much
nearer being contempt of the Court than the
language we used, that las been construed, or
rather misoosstrsed into contempt We have
taken this thing quietly, waiting to see what
would actually be attempted, under the color Of
law, to crafty personal malice, and to annoy and
put us to expense. The reason why We have
kept still, has been that did not wish to offer
any pretext for claiming that we were seeking
to forestall public opinion, or to create feeling
i'm our own favor. But in good time, we propose
to give full history of the case that this con-
tempt grew out of, showing what the action of
all parties concerned WA at its different stages,
and let the public draw their own inference.
These facts We did not know ut the time We COM
mitted the alleged contempt We may simply
say, that for some remarks on political squab-
BILE, We incurred the displessure of . District
Judge. He subsequently found three line ar
ticle in our paper, which be tortured and wrench
cd into q contempt of his Court, and under pre-
text of that pretended contempt, he has been ma
noevering to get US within his Jurisdiction, that
he may punish us ostsnsibly for that contempt,
but in reality for our remarks about him in con-
nection with polisicais affair. Not only this,
but he has taken occasion, OF the bench, to every
crowd that would listen to him, to decide the
case against us, and fix the punishment he meant
to infiict, before hearing what defence We had to
offer. He is the only person who has brought
contempt upon himself.
Year: 1877

q The late Legislature passed law, which
is now in force, providing that whenever the
Probate Judge of any County shall be compelled
to perform any services for which no fees are
fixed by law, he shall be entitled to receive
therefor the same fees As my he by law allowed
to District Clerks for like services.
Year: 1877

= 1t is authoritatively denied that Evarts
and Schurz contemplate leaving the Cabinet.
We have never seen . report to tho effect that
they did contemplate leaving it, but We have
seen the denial. What is the use of the denial 7
During the past few years, when . denial of this
kind came out, the thing denied was always sure
to come to pass. Lest the rule should hold good
now, let the American people prepare to restrain
their tears.
Year: 1877

V Hayes policy seems to be constantly
strengthening the good feeling North aud South,
among all classes except the Democratic leaders
and papers, and the Satanic press. These are
worried about two things: the fear that Hayes is
hopelsssly splitting the Republican party, and
the astounding discovery that the appointment
of Mr.. Key is the 6rst practical triumph of the
object sought by the rebellion. The New York
Sun has discovered the latter, and is really in a
bad way over it. OF course, the fact that the
people of the South are becoming satisfied, and
that the prospects for the Democracy to use them
as tools are becoming simmer every day, has
nothing to do with this great solicitude.
Year: 1877

The proprietor of this celebrated medicine justly claims
for ps riority all remedies offered to the
public for ~ se certain, spssdy and permanent Of
Aeus and Fever Chils AID Fever whether of short
Of long sanding He rsfer to the entire Western and
Southern country to bear him testimony the truth Of
the assertion that in whatever will fail to


the directions strictly followed and carried out In


gre2 many single doss has been sufficient for
sure and A ole families have been cured by single bot
tie with perfect rsssuratisn of the general health It
is however prudent and In certain to
If ts il continued in smaller dosss for week
two ser the disease has been checked especially
in difeut and long gstAndi.g cases Usually this msdi
cine will not require any aid to keep the bowels in good
srdsr should the patient however, require cathsrtic
medicine after having taken three four doses Of the
Tonic, single dose Of Bale Vegetable Family Rzs will
be sufficient
Year: 1877

As there number of limitations offered the pub
lie would caution the community to buy Powders
Prepared SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR, unless
in engraved wrapper with the trade mark stamp
signature unbroken. None other is genuine.
Year: 1877

And ali OF the rivers run down to the sea-


The seal that heavily lies,
And watches the crimson morning break


II the paliid gray of the skies.
And then, at twilight, golden edge


Creeps over the world like psalm,
And kisses the restless waves that break


On the horizons amber calm.
And all OF the ships sail forth-sail forth


To the narrow ledge in the blue,
And dip their white wings, like the birds


That the distance hides from view.
And over the darkness streams the glow


or the lighthouse, when day wanes,
And all that comes TO thee goes out


Goes out, and naught remainsi
wonder whatever you say, sea?


For your shuddering lips make moan,
And fun of graves tho your bosom be,


You seem to be ever alone.
Is it for mortal love and fear


That trample across your heart,
You shudder the warning men will not hear,


When the planks off good ship part?
LIS it when hoarse and wild you sing,


And the storms laugh at our woe,
And masts fall prone like flower stalks,


And men crouch white below
Is it when clinging to spray wet spans.


You DRIFT us thro' the world,


Anu ah hhc WcSnt Oi your Wlld revenge
On two cinging arms Is hurled?


Or is IL when solemnly, deeply still,
We lower the hammock sheet,
With a round shot ct the quiet head
And round shot at the feet,


And read as prayer-not "Earth to earth"
In a quiet burial ground,


With the sunlight over an open grave
And the mourners all around;


But "Unto the Deep" the awful deep,
No man can quite forget,


When the good ship sails on her course,
And the widening circles yet
Spread on and out, as tho to heaven,
Where a weight went down In the blue,
With never mound to point the spot,
Or a flower to creep mp through.
No man can quite forget, say,
The sudden wrench of pain
AS he misses face on the morrow's watch
He never may see again.
In tropical depths of purple wave
The weeds grow green and tall,
And the coral lifts its pinnacles
Like a drowned city's wall;
And, leaning over the brave ships side,
We still can catch thy cry,
As, tho captive in your chains,
You prayed unto the sky.
And white thy cliffs and wild thy shores,
And cruel thy great bergs be,
But the plaint that thy shuddering dirges
sing


IL the saddest of all to me.
Year: 1877

MANY STYLES OF GOODS can now be had at LEVY
BROTHERS at much below regular prices. Their
stock being large fer this time OF the year tey
have reduced the prices so as to make room for fai
Year: 1877

HELP THOSE WHO TRY TO HELP THEM
sEIyEs.-Mrs. Day is prepared to do all
kinds of plain sewing, and as she has only
her labor 10 depend upon for livelihood
and for the support of her children, she
asks the kind people of this city who may
have work which they wish done to give
her trial. This is case which should
interest all our benevolent disposed citizens.
Let any who have work of this kind which
they wish done take it to Mrs. Day.
Year: 1877

BARGAINS ~ ..ssAIILLNERr.-Mrs. Cross is
selling her excellent stock of millinery az
cost, to make room for her immense invoice
of Spring and Summer styles. The ladies
cannot do better than to look through her
goods, and secure bargains while they are
to be had. A hint to the wise Is sufficient.
Year: 1877

Major Tom Ochiltree during the war
was aids-de-camp on the staff of Gen
eral Dick Taylor, and was sent to carry
dispatches to Richmond, reporting Sc


we're engagement in Arkansas. He was
compelled to cross down into Texas in
order to make his way through the Fed
eral lines. One night he stopped at a
fine mansion in northern Texas. The


only members of the family at home
were an old lady and her young and


lovely daughter. The son of the lady
of the house was absent in the confed-
crate army. Toms Confederate uniform


secured him a hospitable reception.
The lady had heard rumors of a great
battle having been fought, and was
anxious to obtain tidings of her son,
and finally, after Tom had given glow
ing description of the battle, she hes
itatingly inquired if he knew of a young
officer named-in the army. "KnOw
him madam cried Tom, "why, he was
my bosom friend we were intimate as
brothers; in the heat of the battle he
fell by my side was with him during
his last moments he breathed his last
breath in my arms" The old lady
stared at him wildly for a moment, then
she cried, 'fMy son my son !" and fell
fainting into the arms of her daughter.
The two ladies left the room, and fol
hours Tom could hear their bitter sobs
in an adjoining apartment. When CO.
pious floods of tears had somewhat as
suaged their grief the young lady re-
Year: 1877

So long as men drink temperately,
men will drink intemperately, whether
it ought to be otherwise or not. If the
experience of the last century has de-
monstrated anything, it is that total alb
stinence is the only ground on which
any well-wisher of society can stand.
The liquor traffic has been bolstered
up for years, and is strong to-day, sim
ply through influence which is deemed
respectable. 1t must be made Infamous
by the combination of all the respecta-
BILE elements of society against it. 1t
must cease to be respectable to drink
at all. 1t must cease to be respectable
to rent building in which liquors are
sold. There is no practicable middle
ground.-Dr. j. G.. Holland.
Year: 1877

found? Children are the property OF
the State; they are the future State
itself If they grow up ignorant and
vicious the State takes cognizance OF the
fact and deprives them OF liberty or life
The power to punish the vices born OF
ignorance implies not only the power to
prevent these vices by education, but also
to make that education the very best. The
State has the right to train the talents OF her
children to her use, just as she has the right
to train sailors and soldiers; and the free
State or people which neglects to increase
the value Of the children by failing to offer
to all that can accept it, not only the most
liberal education, but also an education abb
solutely free from the faintest trace OF a
charitable or elcemosynary character, fails
to do its duty and will inevitably be COM
PEELED to face the results Of that failure.


A sufficiently complete educational sys-
tenn is now established in the public schools
and colleges Of the city of New York, and it
is to be hoped that the day may never como
when it shall be overturned to crafty per-
sonal prejudice or private interest
Year: 1877

don Board are sharply criticised by the


Times and seem to be open to objection.
But this only applies to the details. such as
the means to be adopted for the regulation
Of the purposes for which the old
and new supply shall be respectively
used. The two supplies, which
must necessarily be entirely independent
one Of the other in order to keep the new
water pure, will naturally occasion much
embarrassment and present many practical
difficulties But the Board of Works have
at least got at the true groundwork Of the
needed reform. They recognize the neces-
sity Of seeking new sources Of supply, and
admit the inevitable contamination Of any
source of supply rs the district from which
it comes gets to be thickly populated. As
they are right on these main principles
there is no doubt Of their ability to over
come all difficulties Of detail in carrying out
their desirable work of improving the Lon
don water, both in quantity and quality.