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Year: 1877

FRANC NJ. PAUL, who owned and ed
tied with Henry Watterson and Albert
Roberts the Rebel, 6ello .t3agrante, in
Chattanooga, till Sherman smashed
this and othar things to the sea, has
begun the publicsti IN of another ReJsl
at Chattanooga. Paul is an apostle Of
honest, just, fearless conservatism. He
says:


te1o-y ,.ct of the President having
for its purpose the restoration of good
government to all parts of the country,
the reform of the civil service, the
bringing about of good fellowship, and
cementing the bonds of union and
brotherhood between all the people of
all the States, shall have our cordial
appreciation. The South needs all the
good the President can bestow, and a
continuance of the liberal policy thus
far pursued by Mr.. Hayes certainly
challenges the respect, and will win
the confidence and support of her peo-
pie. We shall ever hold the perform
ance of duty and the award of exact
justice as far above mere party fealty.
We shall be as quick to condemn and
denounce anything obnoxious to just
and pure administration as to approve
that which is just and good"


The STATESMAN and every honest,
intelligent patriot of the South, loving
his country more than his party, has
given utterance to the same purpose.
Such sentiments can overspread the
whole South and never become thin,
and we are led to reflect that less of
partisanship and more patriotism are
the greatest need of the times. 1t is
new gospel but the true enc for adop-
tion by the intelligence of the South.
The disposition of the people to think
for themselves, to forget the old and
accept the new, to forget the past and
live for the present and future, grows
stronger with the diffusion of intelli-
gence and incursion of diverse popula-
tions. The more we see and read and
know, the more men from mere coun-
tries we meet, the less our isolation OF
fact and thought, the less strong our
narrow, selfish prejudices of country
and of party and the more perfect oul
cosmopolitaLism and the worthier art
we of the age and country. A Repub
lican, we may be forced to learn by
the conduct of the President, may be
honest and wise and patriotic, fscr
which few Southern people woule
have admitted six months ago and the
last of these would have been Franc
n. Paul. o. -
Year: 1877

A sHBEwD observer has said that the
impressions a foreigner forms of this
country depe1d to some extent upon
what kind OF a government he has
been used to, but in a far greater de-
gree upon the position he held socially
and politically in that government.
Those coming here from the lower or
peasant classes Of almost any part of
the world will find many advantages
that are elsewhere denied them. Ia a
very short time they are permitted TO
enjoy all the rights and privileges of
the oldest citizens, and of course they
cannot look with other than admiring
eyes upon country that is so condu-
GIVE to their welfare and happiness.
On the other hand, those coming from
the higher or educated classes find
themselves at once reduced to the
level of plebeians, and are naturally dis
gusted to see that education and re-
fnement count for comparatively little
in country where sharpness in bar
gaining and money-making constitute
a chief, if not the chief element OF sue
cess, and the longer they remain here,
while they may find much to admire
the more things they will see to con-
demn, and very justly, too. But we
are not equaled by any country in the
world for bribery and political corrup-
tion, and the Japaneee was not far
wrong when he adjudged US to be
among the most backward of nations
in governmental progress and reform.
1t is really shameful the way we allow
ourselves to be led about by the noses
by dishonest and disrepu.able politi-
clans. Men that would be disgrace
to any community are elected and ap-
pointed to offices of the highest re-
sponsibility, while honest men, who
refuse to sell themselves to political
mobs, are nearly always defeated if ever
they attempt to stand for an office.
Any man with little talent, plenty of
trickery and pocketful of money may
foist himself into almost any position
he chooses, and if any ones dares to
stand up and propose scheme of i'm
provement he is Immediately Kissed
down by one class, who are so ignor-
ant that they don't know what good
manners are, and by another class who
have prostituted whatever talents they
may have had to greedy and unscrupu-
lous ends. We all know these things
are so; and we deserve to have a set of
knaves administer our laws for US, be -
cause we cling with such death grip
to these old forms and parties with
which savages would consider them
selves disgraced by having any con
nection.
Year: 1877

The opposition of Conkling to the
President does not turn upon the
Presidents liberal policy but upon the
point that Conkling and Evarts are the
two great roaring lions of Republican
ism in the State of New York. The
forest is not broad enough to contain
two such monsters, and one or the
other must migrate. The President
struck Conkling a terrible blow when
he made Evarts Secretary of State.
Conkllng will hardly conceal his rage
when his strongest passion, his vanity,
is wounded. 1t is sorely wounded by
the advancement of his scholarly
rival.
Year: 1877

THE FrOatiersman, after stating that
Col. Darden and the Attorney General
gave the only possible fair construc-
ton to the State Constitution and the
laws Hereunder, adds that "It remain:
only for taxpayers to pay their rate;
when called upon. But if at the first
opportunity given at the polls to sub
stitute Observation-Disclosures, knowledge
and experience for the hard headed
ignorance that framed such clumsy
and hurtful laws as have been the out
come of legislation recently, the occa
sion be improved, then the temporary
loss will be notable gain"
Year: 1877

THE Irish World says that DR.. Hol-
land, editor of Scrj6ner's Monthly,
strikes keynote that is destined to
sound in triumph through the land when
he lays the blame of the crime and pau
perism caused by drink at the door of
those who support the municipal policy
of licensing groe-Shops. We believe
the day to be coming fast when public
sentiment will be forced to recognize
prohibition as national necessity.
Year: 1877

The efforts to find the "old law" war
ranting the expenditure Of money for the
support of the army in the absence Of an
appropriation have not been crowned
with success. An extra session will be
necessary, and it will probably be called
in May or June. This is one Of The fruits
Of an insane attempt by the Democratic
House TO amend the Constitution by
means Of clause in an appropriation
bill.
Year: 1877

A book about sport In South America,
written by Major Ross Of the English
army, presents an interesting account of
game In Patagonia. The clief game on
the Patagonisn shores are the guanaco
and the ostrich. The former were not
particularly shy, and in many cases they
may be supposed to have been altogeth-
er unfamiliar with the human form. for
the range of the roaming natives is linn
tied by the great scarcity of water. AS
for the oetriches, it was very hard to
come at them when the ground was at
all unfavorable, since they not only
made practice Of setting sentinels, but
the length Of their necks, even when
they were lying down, enabled them 10
command great extent of country.
Year: 1877

as if nothing but a love of papa and
mamma could stop their racing feet
long enough for their sullied little
fingers to scratch off those scrawl-
ing spider tracks, or to print those
Virginia fences. have some be-
fore me now; let me give speci-
men


"Dear Mamma / got your note
this morning. Ihad a stung by a
bee on my leg il hurt me very much.
There are four or FIVE little squirrel
out in the trees. We all send love-" |"


That is all the little berry-stained
hand and tongue could do, for do not
children write with their tongues as
we'll as their hands ? Vacation time
is too precious to be spent in letter
writing, unless it is a Sunday in the
country where the old Puritanical
restrictions are still in force, and
the festival of the Lords Day is so
shackled that letter writing would
be forbidden if it was at all audible.
So on Monday the mails are heavy
laden, and by Tuesday the old folks
know their letters.
Year: 1877

Immediately call upon Captain
Brown for certificate showing
The depth of water through the
passes, and order the work at the
Southwest Pass to be suspended.
Captain Eads has been in Washing
ton to-day for the purpose of in
ducing the secretary of war to issue
an order regulating the use Of the
Southwest Pass, so as to prevent
the destruction Of his boats and
barges employed in the work Of
construction, by tho rapid passage
of steamers. Several accidents of
this kind have already occurred.
Captain Eads desires to patent some
Improvements made in the con-
struction Of his dredge-boat which
has just been built at Pittsburg.
Year: 1877

Mothers will grow weary and sigh over
the responsibility that baby places upon
them, but they have the high privilege Of
shaping a character for usefulness. The
exercise of patience and the preserva-
ton of baby's health by the proper use
Of DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup will give them
great comfort and prospective happiness.
25c per bottle.
Year: 1877

Twenty Thousand People
old and young, every week. 1t is just to say
that the patrons of the WESTERN
METHODIST belong to the best class Of
community.


We desire our business men to make note
Of the above facts before completing their
advertising arrangements for the coming
season.


We use our best efforts to keep our columns
free of all irregular and irresponsible advor-
tising; for many good people seeing an ad-
vortisement in paper. especially their
church paper, take it as guarantee of re
spOnsibility. Such confidence should not be
abused whom it can be helped. We want,
therefore,
Year: 1877

Grapes have been raised IN such
Quantities in California that they are u
mere drug in the market, and some
farmers are pulling up their vines In
disgust. One man, however, hnds IL
profitable to raisy them to fatten swine
with. In tho vicinity of one town
four farmers have just sown about one
thousand acres each with wheat. The


harvest is in May or June.
Year: 1877

The monthly reports sent out by the
Bureau OF Agriculture, Horticulture,
and Statistics are received with safi-fac
ton bX the people, and are generally
repubsphed in all the State papers
Col Dsvie il doing very good work
in giving information of importance
70 the agricultural and commercial
communities.
Year: 1877

THE habit of upsetting governments has
become chronic in Mexico. Hence 1t is not
unlikely that the counter-revolution will cul-
inmate in the overthrow of Diaz. In the
states along the Rio Grande as we'll as in
some of those bordering the Pacific, the new
revolt has made considerable headway. But
should Diaz be ousted, there is no telling who
will succeed him. The man of the hour is
generally the man for an hour in that dis
tracted country; and while the existing revo-
luton has been begun in the name of Presi-
dent Lerdo, it is by no means certain that it
will end by restoring him to the Presidency.
1t is greatly to be wished that peace and
quiet might come to Mexico, and so come as
to stay,
Year: 1877

We do not read anonymous letters and conmuni
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

6,OOO majority which they have had for two
years past on very full vote cannot be de-
pended upon unless the canvass should be an
exciting one. On the other hand the Demo.
Gratis seem badly off for want of genuine
issue
Year: 1877

ALL the information received at Washing
ton from Ohio goes TO show that the struggle


will be an exceedingly close one. Republican
and Democratic accounts agree in represent
ing that there are no indications Of break
ing down of party lines, and that the actual
strength of tie rival organizations is about
the same as last year. The result, it Is be-
lieved, will be victory for the party that is
able to bring the greater proportion of its


voting strength to the polls. The Republi-
cans are likely as usual to suffer most from
lack Of interest among the rank and file Of
their party, and the small margin of 5000 or
Year: 1877

In all Ta9es three horses to enter and three to
go, and 40 horse will be allowed to enter for any of
the following races hat have not some merit or rep
utation for speed AL races not otherwise dcsiE-
mated will be to rule and weight to, age.
Year: 1877

Entry Of Stock and Articles Tor Exhibition ana
arrangement OF the same upon the grounds At )
p. Running Race One-half mile dash, free to all,
catch weight, for purse Of s2Oo-nll to the first
horse.
Year: 1877

A heavy throated bull near this city,
noted for his ferceness, accidentally
stepped on one of q brood of goslings
recently, which stately gander was
holding watch and guard over with
great solicitude. Straightway the
gander attacked the bull. and siezed
him by the tail with bis beak, his
wings lasbing the animals TANKS with
the greatest fury. In vain the bull
wheeled about to reach his antagonist;
the gander wheeled with him, all the
while retaining his hold upon the bulls
tail, and showering blows with his
powerful wings with telling effect
upon the bulls legs, until he fairly
roared with pain and terror. At last
the gander, apparently thinking that
his adversary had sufficient punish
ment, let go bis hold and the bull took
to his heels with the liveliest speed,
only stopping when be reached the
further corner of the ield.-Mlddie-
tolcH On Y)Arglts.
Year: 1877

A boy in Cumberland county asst
ened one end of q rope about the
horns of a cow, then tied the other
end around his own body and COM
menced playing circus" The ami
NAL soon tired of the sport ran OF.
dragged the boy ous Of the field, along
lane through the barnyard, Oot
again and over the rough road up
into the yard, when his periloas con-
ditiou was discovered BY his father
and brother, who headed OF the almost
crszed COW and ON turning she wrap
ped the rope around tree, putting sn
efeetasl stop to her mad career
The little fellow was unloosened from
the rope and was found to have his
collar bone fractured and shoulder dis
located and the skin entirely scraped
off one side of mis- lace.
Year: 1877

A gentleman, who rather suspect
ed some one was peeping through
the keyhole of his Office door investi-
gated with syringe fall Of pepper
sauce. and went home to 6nd bis
wife had been cutting wood, and .
chip bad bit her 10 the eye.
Year: 1877

OF LAND,ccnsisting Of every odd section In each
township. for a distance OF twenty miles on both
sizes of the road, or one-halt Of the land in bel
forty miles wide, extending to Denver City In Col
erado, thus forming continuation Of the belt of
country which, from the Atlantic coast westward,
is found to be, in climate, soil, and every produe
tion Of nature, the most favored.


To aid in the settlement Of this superb domain
with an intelligent and Industrious people, is the
object of the HON ESTEAD. !; Is intended to
contain q fair and candid representation Of facts
nor will 1t ever give, Intentionally any statement
that will not, upon investigation, be fully sus.
;ained.


The Company obtains Its title to these lands
from the Government of the United States.


They are being offered at prices lower than any
other lands In the West, that will compare with
them in soil, climate and general advantages
The terms Of payment, as will be found on a care
fui examination, are more liberal In all essential
features than have heretofore been offered by any
railway company
Year: 1877




soon TO assemble, and that is the Ques-
tlon Of the tariff. I desire to say have
never been able 10 comprehend, and
don't think any man can give me a
reason for II, that tariff, beyond the
point Of revenue, Is q relief 10 the in
dustries Of the country. The tariff will
In ell probability be readjusted upon q
rational basis, designed not to foster
any one particular interest, but upon
the general principle Of acquiring for
the Government q revenue and allow
ing those engaged in such pursuits as
are taxed under the customs the bene-
fits which result from it. To do more
than that is to deny to labor the priv
ilege OF exchanging It where II can get
the most for Il. So far as II regards
resumption, believe that when the
great industries are relieved Of their
burden, and when they are supported,
as believe the Democratic party will
support them, then you can talk about
resumption. Oh! you need not talk
about It; for, when you build up these
great industries, resumption will come
by itself. Applause.



4 say, therefore, that don't believe,
that under the sun Of Heaven, there Is
a State in which protection 10 person
and property and obedience to law
prevails more than 1t does now since
Mississippi has gone under the control
of her really governing class. This
would have been the case long ago If
we had been permitted to send the rep
resentatives Of our own people TO COu-
gress. But we were compelled 10 send
a set OF strangers, foreigners. We had
a specimen Of 1t in a distinguished
Governor under the oppression in that
State. l a'lude TO Governor Ames.
He was se:, TO Congress after being
Military Governor Of the State. He
was electtd 10 January, 1870, four
months after c admitted that he had
determined TO settle in Mississippi, and
he stated that he had signed his cre-
denlials himself. One would have
supposed that he would have demeaned
himself according to the requirements
OF bis high position. But he said In
the Senate that he did not believe that
old masters Of the slaves ought TO have
any word 10 say with reference TO tho
negro, because they, as the slaves mas
terp, would have been ready TO have
chopped them up limb by limb on the
auction block if they could have made
any money by II. The man who
imagines that a Southern man could
have done that might possibly have
done 1t II be had been there himself.
But | thank God there was a Senator
from this State who had the maniness
10 stand up in the Senate and say,
"Give these people a Constitutional
Government, as they are entitled tO 1t,
and you will have law aid order In
that State" Applause. And that Sem
ator was your own distinguished AL
len G. Thurman. Renewed applause.
And hope that day is not far distant
when we shall be able TO find vindica-
tors of the people Of the United States,
whether they live in one portion Of 1t
or another; that we shall find in the
halls OF the national legislature men
with heart enough and soul enough to
feel that when they are legislating they
are legislating for the whole country,
whose grand aud great destiny cannot
be cramped down by legislation de-
signed 10 build up one section of the
land at the expense Of tearing down
another.
Year: 1877

l say this legislation which has thus
fostered the bondholder you have been
called upon to sustain, and you have


been asked TO sustain the authors OF II
In those extraordinary expenditures
which, by the report of the Treasurer,
have been wholly unnecessary, and If


the FOrty-fourth Congress could have
reduced the taxes as they did so, what
might have been done II the legislation
Of the country had been directed hon
estly and fairly to a reduction of Its
debt not by an immediate resumption
because that Is one of those things that
must come by itself. You can not put
gold enough in the Treasury by 1879
10 resume. 1t is unwise craftsmanship,
Ii will come of itself, but it can not
come AS long as YOU oppress labor with
burden in the shape OF taxes which II
is not able 10 bear. Applause. The
policy Of the Republican pVrty on the
subject OF resumption will bankrupt
every industry and PROSTATE every
great pursuit Of the American people.
[Applause. -,
There is another subject which will
Year: 1877

The Philadelphia Exhibition has brought
the Oriental bangles into fashion. These are
silver bands, plain or hung with trinkets,
worn on the arms. According to Egyptian
belief they bring happiness and ward off dis
ease; but to effect this thirteen of them must
be worn, cumbersome load for even the
arm Of an athlete.
Year: 1877

A NEW star has been discovered in the
consultation of the Swan. When first seen
it was of the third magnitude, but has since
dwndled to the seventh. The astronomers
believe that it has been OF fire, and is just
dying out. This is the third of these stars
which has been discovered during the pres
ent century. One was seen as star of the
second magnitude in the Northern Crown in
1866, and is now OF the eleventh magnitude.
The other was seem as star of the fifth
magnitude in Ophinchus in 1S4S, and is now
of the thirteenth magnitude.
Year: 1877

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersigned by Stanley
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer a favor upon US by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
journal
Year: 1877

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
ell cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve eommu-
nications that are not used.
Year: 1877




If he gentlemen who form our pres
ent School Board cannot reduce ex-
penses it is their duty to say so, and re-
sign. They get no pay for the duties
they perform and they can have no pc
cuniary interest in holding positions in
which they are liable to become very un-
popular. There is firm belief existing
and growing in the community that as
the cost of education per capita was a
few years ago about half what it now is,
there may be some way of reaching that
position again. And we are confident
the gentlemen who compose the Board
do not wish to impose themselves upon
the people out of whose earnings, after
all, must come the chief part of the ex-
pense Of supporting the schools.


No one can build house at the cost
it would come to at former prices for
work and material. And no houses will
be built until the cost comes down to
what house will sell for. Nor will cars
or ships, or engines be built at former
rates; or materials, shoes or clothing
be manufactured at former rates or
made up at the high prices. The
people could pay, and labor had to stop
until all the prices were reduced. Now
It is unreasonable to suppose that this
branch of labor any more than that of
other departments can hold up its prices
and be continued under the inflated war
rates. The clerk who was worth $500 a
year is glad to take 5000; and lie who
got 5000 is often glad to take S400; and
he who got S40O is very glad to get $500
some young men who are favorably sittl-
ated get no more tnan $500. This NAV
seem very hard but it is better than dc
ing, say those who have tried both. These
rates respectively per week are about s15:
sl2; IS; Sc, and 81. These are rates of
wages that are not thought high. But still
very few Of our mechanics receive en-
much now. Many men who have a
family have to get along on SO, s. and
50; without regard to loss time, whcl
also often falls heavy on them. If the
School Beard continues to pay imitation
prices for books, labor and whateve


orms the, expense account it cannot ge
along any cheaper. But as we said be
lore, the members can give the people, OF
the lst of April All opportunity to cleo
new board impressed with the idea O
economy; and willing to make an effor
% meet the wishes Of the mechanic
and laboring people whose cmldrel
must be educated; and educated well
This can be done and yet at prices a
which taxation will not complain unde
The cost, or if doing so do it withou
Eeasonable grounds therefor.
Year: 1877

kellogg has been credited with saving
packard and his legislature is a fraud
We can hardly think Kellogg has yet ad-
Yanced SO far as to be able to utter so
much truth. He certainly must have
sad il in whisper to some republican
friend. For we have not heard that
kellogg dispaired entirely Of getting a
seat in the Senate, and if he goes there
ne must do so as the choice Of the Pack.
ard crowd.