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Year: 1879

In speaking of Stuart's plume, says a
West Virginia paper, it may he we'll
enough to say thet he lost it once. But
he recovered 1t and it happened in this
way: Riding little beyond the outposts,
he halted at the old tavern ut Verdisrs-
VILE, on the Orange and Fredricksburg
plank road. He was looking for Fitz Lee
with his brigade to come up that road on
that day. He had eaten dinner and
stretched himselffor nap on q long bench
on tho porch. His horse was grazing in
the yard with his bride of. ,
After some time STUART, was aruused
from his sleep bY the host telling him
that force of cavalry was coming up
the road. Supposiug it to lie Fitz Lees
command, he walked to the gate, and
taking a survey of the force that was ap.
preaching, he discovred his, mistake. 1t
was a brigade of Federal caval'y, and
the head of the column was within fifty
yards of h nj. There was no time to go
back for his hat, and indeed, none for brid-
ling bis horse; but leaping to the animals
back, be jumped it over the picket fence
and went whirllng up the road, followed
by a succession Of shots from the enemy,
but escaping: untouched.


His hat, however, fell into the hands of
tho enemy, and was carried in triumph
to the head d-quaters of General Pope, who
was in command of the Union armies
Stuart was deeply mortified at the loss OF
his hat, and his modification was intensi
fed by frequent messages received from
Pope, who took pleasure in ;taunting
him. But Stuart's opportunity to avenge
himself soon rolled around.


Taking advantage of dark night,
about two weeks after the loss, Of his hat,
he placed himself at the head of some
picked men and made dash into Bristow
Station, where he knew Pope's head
quarters to bo established. Pope made
L very narrow escape, and left his militia
ry dress coat behind, which fell into
Stuart hands. Then an exchange took
place-the coat was exchanged for the
hat-ard on the 1ext march the dark
plume was seen waving at the head of
tho column again, and the boys were in
spite and their General was happy.
Year: 1879

EV Miss Dooley was found dead in
bed at Grceptied, Mass, the body bear
ing marks of outrage. 1t is supposed to
have been the work of a tramp who was
entertained by the family during the
night,
Year: 1879

One of the Workingmen's Clubs
last night, we understand, adopted
resolution denouncing the action
OF Council in providing work for
laboring men at ST. so per day.
They held that days wages
should have been fixed at nothing
less than 81 per day.
Year: 1879

Wanted to Sell the City.-Saturday morn-
ing 4 coIored lnan OF unsound mind from
one of the upper counties arrived in this :;
city. He was walking leisurely down Hull
street. and upon reaching the courthouse
was suddenly impressed with the fact that
he was here only for the purpose OF selling
the city. A stand was taken upon the Top
of the mound in the Courthouse square
and the would-be auctioneer endeayored 10
accomplish his mission. After obtaining a
number of bids from those near by, and not
being satisfied with the highest offer, ne
left for Richmond, followed by several small
boys, who were bis most liberal bidders. IL
was his intention when reaching Richmond
to sell that city also, provided good bar
gain could be obtained.
Year: 1879

ATTENTION You
" will please assemble THIS monday EVENING
al thr corner of Brook avenue ana Broad street at
6:45 O'Clock. for the purpose of PARADE AND
TORCH. LIGHT PROCESSION. All mechanics are
cordially invited to participate Should the weather
be incement, the procession Will take place the next
ID .s eSnn oo.lrs COMMITTEE
Year: 1879

JUDGE CHRISTIANS CHARGE TO THE GRAND
JURY-T HE MoFFETT- REGISTER LAW
When the grand jury Of the Hastings
Court met on Saturday Judge Christian de-
liyered 4 lengthy charge touching various
matters to be considered by them. Upon
the subject Of the Motfett-register law the
Judge said


The attention of every grand jury sworn
in this court since the passage of this Moi
fett register] law has been specially called
to the subject Of its enforcement; and
whilst it must be apparent to any one who
examines the reports Of the Commissioners
Of the Revenue that the law is daily and
hourly violated in this city, there have been
the ,fewest plumber Of indictments found
against the delinqueuts, and not q single one
found uithin the past year. The law re-
quires me to revoke the licenses OF dealers
whenever I am satisfied that they are vio-
lating il. And while am engaged now in
trying to enforce the law in this way-it
seems the only one practically remaining
for its eDforcement-tbe proceeding is in its
nature hard one, most distasteful to me,
and Its execution attended by difficulties
not incident to your inquiries. You can
send for any witness that you may think
can give you any information on this sub
ject, and earnestly invoke again your aid
and cooperation in the proper enforcement
OF this important law. - -.. .
Year: 1879

accomplish the same results BY other means |
is useless or worse: It prolongs an agita-
stion that disturbs the business Of tho coun-
try, and prolongs session Of Congress that
should have ended month ago. For the
extension of the session up 70 it's present
limits the Democrats are not responsible,
for the Republicans have consumed moro
than half the time in reciting the history of
the war and seeking to convince the people
that it 10 not yet over. The Democrats have
used only the time required to place their
position clearly and fully before the country,
and having done this, nothing remains to be
gained BY further efforts to pass legislation
that is certain to meet with Mr.. Hayes veto.
The GLOBE does not wish to be unoharita-
bic towards men whom it esteems to be hon
est and patriotic, and yet it is constrained to-
urgethat the boys play that seems to have
been determined upon by the Democrats in
Congress should cease. It is time that the
business Of setting up puppets for Mr.. Hayes
to knock down had ceased. The party has


made its record and can safely 60 before the
people upon it. II has labored assiduously,


against the bitterest of partisan malgnity, to
give to the people in every part Of the coun


try q free ballot and non-interference in


elections from the federal power. That it
has failed is not through any dereliotion Of


duty, but through the opposition of q more
potential arm of the government, influenced


by neither reason nor patriotism. With such


a record Democracy has nothing to fear at


the hands of the people. Let things remain


as at present and all will be we'll when the


people render their verdict in the future.
Year: 1879

Mu u'terin0s Of a Coming Storm, in the Ohio


Republican Household.


columbus Special to Cincinnati Enquirer.1


There isa big row in prospect among the
Republicans. Taft's friends are still mutter-
ing over his defeat in the convention last
week, and charge that it was owing to the
skullduggery of the secretaries of that body
that Foster owes his nomination. A very
prominent Republican said to your CORE
spondent tonight:


ssI am not satisfied, because I know Taft
was nominated, and not Foster. Those men
kept tally of the vote as it was cast by the
counties, and not as it was given out by the
secretary, and they made Fosters vote only
276 and one sixth instead of 28O. That was
less than was required to nominate him.
Taft had the 275 and fve-sixths. The two
votes for Keifer made up the rest. Now, if
it had been only one who kept this tally he
might have been mistaken; but there being
three, and all of them agreeing, it certainly
raises the grave question of Fosters right
to hold the place on the ticket. !"


ssWhat do you propose to do about it?


sI don't know


Another stalwart, who admits that he is
mad all over, says that the only way to set
tie it is to bring it before the Republican
State central committee, which meets here
on Thursday next.


"Can the State central committee go be-
hind the returns and declare that Taft was
the nominee?'


ssThat's q close question. The thing of
going behind the returns is q thing We don't
like to talk about; besides by the returns
Taft wasn't nominated
ssThen what can you~do? You can't call
another convention?"


81 don't know, exactly. We might send
around to the ch airman of each county del
egation to get the way they voted; but then
that wouldn't be q safe thing to do. Some
mistakes might creep in that way, and no
body would be satisfied


Without having direct authority for saying
50, it is pretty certain that the thing will b
brought before the State cen tral committe
in some shape, and if Foster has no furthe
trouble he will go before the people of hi
own party with a flaw in his title to the nom
ination.
Year: 1879

MIR. WISE introduced o very unwise bill in
the House on Monday, which is designed to
tax notes, bonds and mortgages, and prohib-
its the allowance of more than five per
cent interest on loans. Such bill could
not be enforced if passed, and if enforced
would do far more harm than good. It is
very evident that the father of the bill is
Wise only in name.
Year: 1879

HE Republicans assert that they will not
permit the enactment of any legislation
other than the appropriation bills, and in
order to succeed in their purpose will resort
to the tactics of leaving the House in body,
thus preventing quorum. In view of this
threat, which of the parties can be called
revolutionary?
Year: 1879

Col. ALLEN expressed the sentiments of
the public in the council meeting last night
in urging the erection of an appropriate
market house, even though it overruns the
bond issue of $4,000 The market house
is necessity, and it will be productive
property at the same time. In the end it
the contrary, it will be source of revenue
and profit to the tax payers.
Year: 1879

The slight imposed on Beecher at Mon
treal ought to be q warning to persons who
seek like him to air their odorous notoriety in
public to avoid the Canadian court. Beecher
may be lion in Brooklyn, but in Montreal
he is regarded, at any rate by the Marquis of
Lorne and his royal spouse, much in the
light of civet-cat.
Year: 1879

WE rejoice that at last we have found one
man who is unanimous in his opinion as to
the result of the Ohio election. That man
man of about his own size, fifty-one years of
age, and tolerably good looking, will be
elected governor of Ohio in October. Char
ley is to be congratulated that he has secured
at least his own undivided support.
Year: 1879

BEEcHER, in delivering his eulogy on the
life of the late William Lloyd Garrison, took
for his text the quotation: "Of whom the
world was not worthy" When the eulogist
of Henry Ward chooses mis- text few years
hence he will have to travesty the text so as
to make it read: "Who was not worthy of
tho world ,, T.
Year: 1879

A Clear Case Of Ouer-Erertiom on the Part


Of M. Jack.


We are kindly permitted to copy from q
private letter from Mr.. Arthur Lyon an &C
count of novel run with his hounds after q
new species Of game for fox hounds:


'We had been digging for some young
foxes that we had run to earth, and just as
we had finished saw something looking down
on us from hill near by. We jumped on
our horses, took the hounds to the spot,
when up pops large dog-fox right under
their noses. We ran him hard for over
twenty minutes at racing pace, when he took
to twisting and making cute doubles, 50 the
scent got rather cold. The old beggar was
getting the better of us, when as
was urging the hounds slowly
along his trail q fine jack.
rabbit broke away out of patch of weeds
right in view of the hounds, who raced him
in sight for oDer male straight away, eact
hound having his eye on him and everyone
doing his utmost to catch him, but he ran
them out of sight at last, when came the rea
hunting, but at pace almost equal to 1
view. This we kept up for quite seven mile
when We came to our first check, bnt it wa
only for moment, as cast the hound
back and up he jumped right amongs
them. Then we go for another mile or q
by sight, the whole pack in full cry, an,
then by scent for good four miles more
Mr.. Jack now tries his squatting tactics, bu
gains nothing by it, as the hounds are bacl
| in twinkling, and away we go again, bu
this time he can't quite leave Us, for We cal
view him from our horses, and COMM
nesrer and nearer, at last tho hounds viev
him, and then was the exciting moment q
hand, for We knew We had him. The fore
most couple, Ajax and Pedro, nan him al
most neck and neck for q quarter Of mile
each straining every nerve for mouthfu
when, as If to thwart us at last, he role
over, dead as stone.
Year: 1879

- The Boston Pilot thinks that "to re-
fuse JEFF. Davis place on the Mexican war
pension list because he was a rebel quarter
of a century after he had fought like pa
triot is like punishing son for misdeed
by his grandfather"
Year: 1879

shall rule. The Opposition stock in trade is
depreciation of Maine. They delight to ru
down the State N twenty-five years ne
where was there seen more substantial or
rapid progress than in Maine. In 1856 there
were in the savings banks in Maine nine hum
dred thousand dollars in deposits. Now there
are in Portland alone seven million dollars,
and in the entire state twenty-three millions
divided among seventy-eight thousand deposi-
tors, or $500 apiece. While the whining
Democrats are trying to get into the back door
of the Greenback camp, we know not Demo-
Gratis or Greenbackers, but hold to the old faith
of the fathers.


Loud and repeated calls were then made for
Congressman Reed and, amid tremendous APP
plause, he stepped to the front of the plat
form for moment contenting himself with
reminding his hearers that the Democrats
were as usual settling in the nest the Republi-
cans had got through using. They disapproved
the war while it was going on and approved it
when it was finished They condemned the
greenback while it wGs at discount and now
seek to send it back % its bad estate. They
opposed the borrowing of money by the Gov
oihiiioho "hiio hioieS was HeceSsafy 10 carry
on the war and save the Union and want the
Government to issue notes in time of peace
when its receipts exceed its expenditures
They are repeating this year the tactics they
have practiced so long.


AT the conclusion of Mr.. Reeds brief re-
marks the meeting broke up amid ringing
cheers for National supremacy, hard money,
and Senator Sherman


Such is the report of the first big gun fired in
the Maine campaign. 1t will awaken echoes
all over the State.
Year: 1879

False lights are extinguished when GREAT TRUTH
shines FORTH and the neontestab fact that the hair
turns from gray, red or sandy to glorious black or
brown, QUICKER THAN THE CHAMELEON
changes its hues, under the operation of
Year: 1879

Yesterday afternoon during recess
of court several gentlemen in attend
anc-, in order to pass the time away
pleasantly gathered on the battery and
with q delapidated looking wheel bar
row began to indulge in the dign,fed
and elevating sport Of wheeling linz
hlinfolded. Jurymen forgot all about
rspeaters and FOUNDERS in their desire
to hit the mark. Lawyers, post Office
clerks and councilmen joined In the
rivalry and even newspaper men for.
getting their natural dignity became
the butts Of rasping ridicule just foI
the incomprehsnsible desire to shove
dirty trsacherous vehicle at worm eat
en- stump which seemed 10 be blessed
with the greatest agility and having
like aladdins castle the power to mi
CRATE all around the battery. The sport
was continued for two hours and the
best shot in the crowd proved to be a
lawyer.
Year: 1879

A young Philadslphian who has been
soiourning in our midst for the past two
weeks, seems to have formed peculiar
attachment for the bed Of an old wagon
on Orange street near Front. Officer
Mccormick testified at Police Court this
morning that he had found the young
chap ssleep in the old wagon bed on
three different occasions. And as he was
under the impression that there was
statute which afforded protection to
wagon beds, he had gathered the
young man in. 30 cents and costs Is
about the extent of the damage suffered
by the wagon bed.
Year: 1879

The vicinity Of the Delaware Western
round house might we'll be termed
Bummers' retreat. The major portion
Of the tramps who pass thrOugh tht
city are in the habit Of spending fe y
days In this locality to recupsrate.-
During their stay, cards and whiskey
are their chief ambition, and fights and
general disorder are the result. Thefts
are also numerous. Only a few days
since an employee Of the Railroad com
pany had $8 stolen fr'm his vest which
he had left hanging in the shops. Fre-
qusnt raids should be made on this
place and the tramp law enforced.
Year: 1879

Barney Lapierre was up before His
Honor this morning for the eleventh
time, on the stereotyped charge
Of drunkenness. Barney had just got
out Of Jail day or 80 ago, and His
Honor told Barney that his actions
would indicate that he wanted to get
back to the fort again. Barney pleaded
hard to get off, and the Mayor gave
him some sound practical advice, and
ended by imposing fine of so cents
and costs, with the warning that If
again found drunk upon the streets he
would have to send him over to the
Castle.
Year: 1879

| As5 AIxsst 0tFuB810 - 0uB B0CAOu


Views or fGovernOr WOolford.
The following is from an interviev


with Governor Woolford, published IL


the Washington Republican"


Q.-Have you any objections to ex
planning how you think Northern
opinion and Northern political action il
going to effect the political and socia
condition of Mississippi and the South
A.-The pressing political and socia
need Of the South to-day seems to me
to be such division Of the white vote
between opposingparties as will permit
and secure political federation by each
and all Of the political opinions Of
their neighbors-such q division as will
protect full and free discussion, secure
fair vote and compel an honest count.


This can be practically obtained
only by dividing the white vote. Such
division is only question Of time. 1t
is just as inevitable as the coming Of
tomorrow. 1t is mainly hindered and
prevented to-day by the politicians
hope that united South, aided by a
divided North, can and will secure the
power, patronage and official honors of a
National Democratic administration.
II that hope fails next year, and a uni
ted South is then beaten by a United
North, | believe that the South will
certainly divide after 1880, and before
1884. The political situation is to-day
Just like the military situation in 1855,
when Grant was making lis last move
ments on Richmond. Almost the en-
tire Southern press then said that
though they lost Richmond they would
still fight on, and die, if need be, in
the last ditch.


Grant knew better. He knew that
when Richmond fell most of the Confsd-
crate Army would 90 home on their
own account, and that Lee must sur
render the balance. He was right, and
with The fall of Richmond the war was
practically ended. To day the Democrat
ic leaders and the Southern pre- say,
and doubtless they say honestly, that
even If beaten in 1880 for the Presidsn-
cy, they will remain an unbroken par
ty permanently, holding a United
South on the issues Of race and white
rule. They are so much mistaken now
as then. They may not surrender. But
their party will crumble and new for
nations will come.


As the whites divide, 80 will the
blacks. For every brave white man
who joins the progressive party Of the
future some worthless black will recruit
the Bourbon party Of the past. Men
who believe in the Nation, in free
schools, in liberation and progress, will
be voting together. blacks and whites,
while men who cling to old prejudices,
and had rather live in the graveyards
of the past than in the work-felds of
to-day, will be counselling and voting
together. believe, sir, that Republi-
can victory in 1880 will be followed by
the defeat Of the regular Democratic
State tickets in at least four of the old
slave States before 1884. We are near
or the end of this Solid-South business
than most Republicans expect or most
Democrats will admit. The one thing
needed is one more Republican victory
under wise, brave leader In 1880,
and the Solid South is forever broken.
Year: 1879

Somebody In Chicago believes IN sustained
il not higher market price for corn In the
future. for one tirm the other day took 100000
bushels. It is supposed that the calculation
II based on q small crop Of hay and oats,


which will oblige feeding demand for corn.
Year: 1879

The banks OF Galveston have agreed to re-
duce their maximum rate Of discount to 10
Der cent from the first Of July. The News
saws this action is recognized In commercial
circles as the removal Of another barrier to the
expansion of the trade and commerce Of that
nort
Year: 1879

A SHADOW Many things can be
learnt from a shadow Let US take an ex
ample or two. First. suppose We are in a
part Of the country with which we are not
much acquainted. and We want to know
the direction in which We are travelling:
we can tell by the direction in which the
shadows are thrown. We have simply to
note the time ~ our watch, and bear in
mind that the sun rises in the east, and
gets nearly south BY midday, after which
he goes west. We must, at the same time,
bear in mind that the shadow is thrown
exactly in the opposite direction, so that
when the sun is southeast, as it always
is before midday, the shadows are thrown
northwest. We need but compare the
direction in which We are travelling
with the line cast by our shadow. Again,
snppos:ng we are out walking near mid
day in the simmer, and we have no
means Of knowing the exact time nor the
Direction in which we are walking.
Take a stick-a walking stick will do
very we'll indeed-p!ant it upright in
the ground; its shadow will be thrown
BY the sun, provided it be shining at
the time, and as it is near midday its
shadow will be short, and we can tell
whether it is before or after noon, for If
before midday, the shadow will become
shorter and shorter; if just after, it will
increase 10 length. So that in this ex
pertinent we get both an indication Of the
time Of day and the means Of telling the
four points Of the compass. In this lies
the whole secret Of the sun dial