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Year: 1877

Existence.


The announcement by telegram of
the marriage of Mrs. Norton recalls to
mind one of the cruel wrongs which the
old English law inflicted on woman.
We do not propose to go over the sad
story of Mrs. Norton's married life with
her former husband. 1t is enough for
our purpose to know that they were
alienated from each other and he
claimed from her publishers the money
due from her works. This finally led
to an adjustment by which he was to
have certain proportion and she the
rest. The contract was drawn up by
the lawyers and signed by both parties.
The husband soon after repudiated the
contract and demanded from the pub
fishers the whole amount due her. The
case was carried into the court. There
was no dispute as to the fact of the con-
tract. This was admitted by both par
ties. But the judges ruled that as a
married woman had no legal existence
she could not make a contract, and
therefore this one was void, and that
the husband had the right to all she
might earn by her pen. At this her
high spirit was reused. When he had
thus obtained possession of all her CODY
rights, she wrote the history of the legal
separation with all the correspondence
connected and published. She sent it
out to the world with this caustic re-
mark: "Now let him get the copy right
of this if he chooses"


Her narrative had wide circulation
at the time and made a powerful i'm
preston. 1t opened the eyes of many
to the cruel wrongs of the law in re-
spect to married women. The sense of
justice was reused, and from time to
time England has made steady though
slow progress in giving married women
their rights. This brilliant and gifted
lady, by her earnest pleading and sad
misfortunes, became powerful worker,
and by her sufferings and pen did much
towards producing that public senti-
ment which has partially redressed the
cruel wrongs done by the law towards
married women. The announcement
of Mrs. Norton's recent marriage will
be read by many of her American friends
with the earnest wish that her last
days, after so stormy and dark life,
may have the quiet and peace which
comes from the soothing influences of
tender care and appreciative affection.
She is seventy years of age, and is said
to be hopelessly rheumatic. The gen.
tleman to whom she is married, Sir
William Maxwell, of Liverpool, is fifty
nine years old.-EE.
Year: 1877

From reliable source we learn that yes
terday over one hundred persons left here
for the east over the different routes, the
most of them on foot, and with little or no
money in their possession. Many of them
propose to foot it to the Missouri river
{Ft. Pierre or soma other point and thence
1lomeward the best they can. These are,
in great part, the victims OF false reports
made partly from fancy and partl5 reality.
We have often advised that if persons were
coming here, that they do not for mo-
Tnent think OF doing II unless they have
money sufficient for the round trip, and to
subsist them for time, for this is not the
country for lazy man 10 come to. Many
are leaving daily. who are too lazy to do
anything. We can very well spare this
class of people, for no one ever attained q
success without earnest effort. Black Hills


Times, April 2s.
Year: 1877

Mrs. KEY AND HER DAUGHTER
Key and her eldest daugter are with the
General at the Ebbitt House. Mrs. Kew has
smooth, placid countenanee. with no lines
of care or trouble on her face Thers is a
quiet gentle dignity about her which at
once impresses favorably. He hair is dark
and combed plainly down, with the merest
appearance of waviness, brit no crimpIes
or curls about her hair or lace. When I
called on hera few nights after her arrival,
in the garlor of the hotel, she was dressed
richly, but with exceeding plainness. Her
dress was of black silk, with a glimpse of
rich lace on the overskirt. A neat ruche
around the neck was confined at the neck
by q gold pin with a chain attached. An
elegant cluster diamond finger ring was her
only other ornament Mrs. Key is of large
frame, but not feshy, with good face,
bearing sweet, gentle expression. Nine
children rise UP aud call her blessed. Miss
Key is charming young lady Of eighteen
or twenty. merely got glance at her
across the pallof Fresh and rosy looking.
and dressed simply in black, she was the
centre of delighted circle Of Young gen
tlcnen. The ladies will remain III Wash
ington nntil June Tash, Corr. KnoruiHs
ITi6ums.
Year: 1877

Mover ---tito wrIUe Win pen or INK. IJ is
altogether too PLAIN and doesn't hold the
minds of the editor and printers closely
enough to their work.


If you are compelled to use ink, never use
that vulgarity known as the blotting pad.
it off. The intelligent compositor loves
nothing better than to read through the
smear this will make across twenty or thir-
ty words. We have seen him hang over
such piece of copy half an hour, swearing
like pirate all the time, he felt SO
good.


Don't punctpate. We prefer to punctu-
ate all manuscript sent to us. And don't
use capitals. Then we can punctuate and
capitalize to SUIT ourself, and your article
when you see it in print, will astonish you
even if it does does not please you.


Don't write too plainly. tits sign OF
plebian origin and public-school breeding.
Poor writing is an indication of genius.
It's about the only indication of genius
that a great many men possess. Scrawl
your article with your eyes shut, and make
every word as illegible as you can. We
get the same price for it from the rag-man
as though it were covered with copper-plate
sentences.


Avoid ali painstaking with proper names.
We know the full name of every man,
woman and child in the United States, and
the meIest hint at the name is sufhelent.
For instance if you write character some
thing like drunken figure s, and then
draw wavy line, and the letter NJ and an
other wavy line, we will know at once
that you mean Samuel Morrison, even
though you may think you may mean Lem
uel Messenger. 1t is great mistake that
proper names should ever be written
plainly.


Ajway write on both sides of the paper,
and when you have filled both sides OF
every page, trail line up and down every
margin. and back to the top OF the first
page, closing your article by writing your
signature just above the date. How We
do love to get bold Of articles written i'd
this style. And how we would like to get
hold of the man who sends them, just for
ten minutes. Alone. In the woods, witia
cannon in our hip pocket Revenge is
sweet; yum, yum, yum.


Lay your paper on the ground when yosa
write; the rougher the ground is the bet
ter.


Coarse brown wrapping paper is the bess
for writing your articles Oh. II you CAN
tear down an old circus poster and
write on the pasty side of it with a psn
stick. it will still be better.


When your article is completed, crunch
your paper in your pocket, and carry IL
three or four days before sending il M
This will rub osit the superfiuous pencil
marks and makes it lighter to handle.
IF you can thiuk of it, lose one page out
of the middle of your article. We can
supply what is missing, and we love 20 40
it. We have nothing else to do.--Hasos-
Year: 1877

t. K. Beecher writes in the Now York
Independent that under the new policy of
he administration the colored people Of the
South will lose their leaders who have lied
to them, and in their disappointment they
v i'll make an outcry. When the outcry
c.lnes, pI.la nthropists and intelligent citi-
zens at the north must stand firm, like the
assistants of a surgeon when the patient
shrieks at the first cut of the knife that is
to save his life. Hear the cry, but stand
firm. Ii the colored people ever rise they
must rise by the discipline of neighborly
lrietions. If they emerge from barbarism
at all, they must follow the same costly
lines by which all other races of men have
come up to the estate of self-government.
This will be long process. No act of leg
is!ature, no executive act, can make an oak
tree grow like mushroom in a night, or
lit mp childish savages to the stature of
freedmen in day.
Year: 1877

SECOND TOURIST.
" The red dust that rises in suffocat1ng way"


FIRST TOURIST.
= Small is the soul that cannot soar above it,
Cannot but cling to its ever kindred clay;
Better be yon bird that seems to breathe and love
it
Year: 1877

SITTING BULL is not likely to cause the
Americans any more trouble. After his
scorniul rejection of the peace proposals
Of the American Commissioners, the Ca
radlan authorities gave him talking to.
lie was told that if he wanted to keep
within the Dominion he could do so, but
that his young men would not be permit
ted to cross the line and make war upon
the Americans, and that if they made
hostile demonstration against the United
States they would be summarily dealt
with by the Canadian authorities. "Sit-
ting Bull' will not probably care to incur
the enmty of "John Bull" and we may
reasonably suppose we have got rid Of n
good sized elephant.
Year: 1877

NoN-J JUDICIAL DAYs.-In the case of
Walter Carrick, tried for murder in Sis
hiyou county, the jnIy returned n verdict
Of guilty and sentenced the prisoner to
imprisonment for life. The counsel for
the prisoner then moved that the defend
ant be discharged, as part of his trial had
been held or the 18th of October, the day
of the Special Judicial Election, which
by the laws Of California is a non judicial
day. The defence therefore claimed that
the verdict Of the jury was void and that
the Court had no right to receive the
same. Judge Rosborough thereupon de-
ferred sentence and remanded the prison
er to the custody Of the Sheriff. 1t will
probably be taken to the Supreme Court
upon that point, even if there were no
others raised during the progress of the
trial,
Year: 1877

CANAL AT THE CAsCADEs.-Orders
have been received at Portland to begin
the locks and canal improvements a. the
Cascades. fla canal can be cut around
the Cascades so as TO permit vessels to
pass freely into the Upper Columbia, it
VIII give an impetus to the settlement of
Eastern Oregon which will give that por-
tion Of the State importance as an agri-
cultural region as well as for its mining
and grazing capacity.
Year: 1877

DIPHTHERIA.-Four children in one
family of Humboldt county died in less
than week from this dreadful disease
In view of the fact that it is spreading
over the State the State Board Of Health
have addressed a circular to the press OF
.,he various counties giving measures of
precaution to'prevent the disease becQtn ?
ing epidemic in community. One great
prerequisite to prevent the spread Of the
disease is to prevent people from coming
near those whc are attacked by it. There
is no doubt but the malady is contagious
in its nature.
Year: 1877

SENATOR BooTH, of this State was one
of the Congressional Committee appoint
ed by the Pres ident Of the Senate to pay
the last honors to Senator Morton. The
appointment was n most appropriate one,
our junior Senator being native of In
diam
Year: 1877

A CORRESPONDENT of the London
Times charges that the Turkish officers
positively refuse to allow amputations,
holding it better that their own soldiers
should die than they should live useless
pensioners on the State.
Year: 1877

THREE daughters Of a Kentuckian de-
termined to be married the other day,
and their father refusing to approve their
resolve, they all eloped with the men of
their choice the same night.
Year: 1877

COLUMBUS, Ohio. March 20.-Abner
Haines, member of the state senate from
Butler and Montgomery counties. was
found dead at his boarding house this
morning, lying at the foot of high pair
of stairs. Senator Haines was over 70
years of age and quite feeble. He spent
the evening with some of his friends and
started to his room in apparently usual
health He was not seen until this morn
ing when he was found as above stated at
the foot OF the stairs with his neck broken.
Year: 1877

CHICAGO. March 2O.-The telegraph
reports heavy rain and thunder storm
about Springfield and Bloomington, A
furious snow storm is driving at this time
u p. m) in Chicago. The streets are full
of STOW which has been on the ground
nearly the entire month. If the snow
turns into rain theresa prospect of some
damage BY flood,
Year: 1877

Liver Disease and Indigestion
prevail to a greater extent than
probably any other malady, and


relief Is always anxiously
sought after. If the Liver is
Regulated IN its action, health


health is almost invariably Sc
Year: 1877



 A motion Twas made. through Briggs Goodrich, attorney for and on behalf of the people of Prescott, before Judge French. asking him to dissolve the Tool, Carpenter injunction, which was granted on Saturday tho 18th. Judge French has, in this matter, proved himself to be an honest, impartial Judge and has not allowed influence or local prejudioeS to interfere in rendering q verdict which must be acknowledge by every fair minded man in Arizona as just. The law abiding, honest, bona-fide citizen will bear us out in this, our opinion of Judge French. Had Mir. Goodrich brought the motion into court to dissolve the injunction without an sweT, we would have undoubtedly lost the case, but through his keen perceptions he saw what the Ring were after and took an entirely different course from that which certain parties expected he would. We know that the necessary arrangements have been made for moving the property to this place and the removal will commence this week, and by the 9th of June we may con confidently look for the arrival of everything, appertaining thereto at Prescott.

 4 certain clique in Tucson have tried to rob this section of the Capital, which as rightfuliy belongs to this people as does T farm belong 10 the person having patent thereto. or 8 miner who owns mine, or the merchant who owns store. That the ring is content with the verdict, we have every reason to know that they are not, and we may still look for something else to come up, here in Prescott, at the coming term of court whereby they may try once more to get control of the Capital. They will find Pres colt ready to meet them in any endeavor that they may make in this matter, and will find if not an easy matter to possess that to which they have no right.
Year: 1877

We learn that some of our citizens are preparing to give concert, soon, the pro ceeds from which is to be applied to the fin iShing of the NJ. E. Church South, and it Is to be hoped that the citizens will swell the proceeds of the entertainment by a general attendance
Year: 1877

The Keystone mill at Mineral Park, has, for the present, suspended operations. We arc in hopes that it will soon start up again and will be kept steadily at work pounding out the precious metal of which Molaye county has untold quantities.
Year: 1877

The owners in the famous Peck mine will resume operations on an enlarged scale im- mediately. and the next man that comes to talk buy will be compelled to produce the wherewith before any talk" will be en- tertained
Year: 1877

We are glad to be able to state that Mrs. Benj. Morgan k fast recovering from her re- cent severe illness, and it is be hoped that she will soon be able to get out and partake of the pure mountain brcczee.
Year: 1877

New ORLEANS, February 2.-Hon.
ore, Packard's Secretary of State, re-
fuses to obey the writ from Judge
Whittakers Court commanding him
to produce the records and original
documents filed in his Office by the
Returning Board. on the ground that
neither the Judge nor the Clerk for the
district had filed any oath in his office.
He says he regards the order and any
attempt to execute it as violation of
the Presidents status quo. All of
these officers were duly elected at the
last election, :there was no dispute as
to the fact, and they were returned by
the board. If Honore's point Is well
taken, there is no criminal court 10
this city, and there can be no valid
indictments of trials of criminals. vi
course the point is mere pretext
without any foundation in law. The
above action was taken in the matter
of the indictment of Wells.
Year: 1877

John B. Tomlinson, of Fountain
farm, near Newtown, writes as fol-
lows; II have seen in your paper a
good deal about gil!-edged butter and
cleanliness and other things connected
with dairying, but nothing about
keeping the cows clean. My method
is to grade the stable floor a little
sloping back from the manger; put
one plank lengthwise under the hind
feet of the cows, one foot wide, and
ill with clay up to the manger, having
drop of five inches az the plank.
Then plank the remainder TO the back
wall, having the rear little the high
est so as to throw all the wet toward
the drop plank. Then you have dry
walk behind the cows, and the stables
are easily cleaned. My cattle in the
yard do not look as if they had been
stabbed at all. In very cold weather l
do not let them out at all, but water
them in the stable. In the mornings,
as soon as we can see we give all milk
ers and dry cows. little meal; a little
hay and a sheaf or corn-fodder after
breakfast; toward noon, two bushels
of chaff and more corn fodder; and al
night hay and meal again. The milk
ers have four quarts of meal twice 8
day. When the weather is mild they
pick the chaff straw and fodder in the
barn yard, and 60 into the stable a,
full as ticks. stable all my stoct
and think it pays"
Year: 1877




It seems from the following circular
that found it's way into our sanctum
Yesterday that the colored people OF shis
section OF the country are In earnest
about emigratiDg to that land where all
the natural productions grow In the
greatest profusion; where gold and sill
yer are em bedded only h few feet under
the ground, and are Of 80 little value
that the natives do not care To tax their
time and patience gathering them up.
1t is the land of plenty, a land OF free-
dom and we advise all the black people
who cannot make living In this cOtin-.
try and maintain themselves as lords to
go as soon as possible to Liberia, the
paradise OF the black man.
LII we were q Moses we would gladly
stretch our right fielder across the vastly
deep, and save all our colored friends
who want to migrate to this land OF
milk and honey, ferriage:
THE IsRAEIITEs TRAVEL.
KINGSTON, De Soro PARISH, Sept. rs.
TO all the coiored people Of the parish OF DsSoto.
Be 1t resolved, That we, the colored
citizens OF the parish OF De Soto. having
taken within consideration, looking
back to the trouble Of twelve years ex-
perience, and we see the great troubles
that have befaIlen us, go we now do say
that we, as u people, cannot make a sup
port for ourselves and our families.
Secondly, we cannot educate our race.
Thirdly, we cannot control our daily
and homely labor.


Fourthly, We cannot enlist ourselves
as free people.


Filthy, we cannot be in subjection to
| one another.


Sixthly, we cannot appreciate the
cause OF religion as we should.
Then we ask you all IL you do not
think that it is time for US to begin to
see? Yes. We say that we are just now
awaken. SO now we say that we will do
as Jesus said to the poor afflicted man
saying, rise, take up thy bed and
walk" " and We say, by the help of God
We will take the second Egyptian travel.
and we ask every man that has drop
OF colored blood in him to come and
rally with as.


We hear that there is a land that we
can inherit, andif we cannot get q sep
arate inheritage, we are determined tn
go, God being our helper. There will
be many things said to discourage us.
but We will not hear them. We fear wa
have heard too many things OF that sort
already. We fear we cannot treat our
wives as III they were human. We al
most drive them as il slaves into the
| field, and when we come TO our houseg
there is no comfort there, for We have
nothing to give them 10 eat worth eat
| ing; and We hope that the white people
will feel our care and will lend ~ 4
hand, pray that God may hello us. for.
as the EgytiaDs took their journey from
Egypt TO the land OF Canaan. so We wifi
| take our journey from America TO the
/ lAnd 0g LlbUfis.
Year: 1877

The new Presidents Southern policy
being the central point about which clus.
ters the hopes Of the American people for
pacific solution Of the only difficult
problem in the future OF the Republic,
every emanAtion from. the White House
bearing upon this question will be pe-
rused with intense interest. As an iniica-
ton Of the Presidents determination to
carry out in the fullest and broadest sense
the tenor OF his letter OF acceptance and
OF bis inaugural address, We can lay be.
lore our renders nothing more ex-
plicit than the subjoined Washington
telegram:


Well.informed friend ds of the President
assert that the nomination Of Senator
Key to the Cabinet was the initial step to
the development Of his policy Of seeking
to disarm Southern diStrust and pro.
uote peace in that section on the basis
otiustice and protection to all. Mr.. Key
led a Confederate regiment during the
late war, and was the Democratic Sena-
tor appointed to ill Andrew Johnson's
vacancy, but at the late session Of Con-
sFess he wis the first to make q speech
from the Democratic side looking to
Southern ,pacitcatiOn through the con.
citation of and cooperation with the in.
coming Republican administration. That
he aud the President would be able to
hA'nOni1e was made sufficiently clear to
Year: 1877

sr. LOUIS March 1.-THE motion made
yesterday in the Court OF Appeals for the
arrest Of judgment in the scheme and
charter case, and also for a new trial,
was overrnled to-day. The scheme and
charter will be allowed to 20 into effect
without further opposition.
Year: 1877

u am ready 10 do all can 10 restore
confidence In the government 10 the people
ot the South. This can only be done by
the hearty determination Of sections, for
which ! have labored. II, without re.
quiring OF me the sacrifice Of any per.
aonal or political independence, YOU find
that my name can be used for the good OF
the South, in your best judgment, you arc
at liberty to use II, II / were 10 become
member Of the administration should
not feel at Il iberty 70 place myself in op-
position TO its general policy, but should
feel bound to build Il up and strengthen
II In the hearts OF the people, and II q
time arrived when l could not heartily
cooperate with II / should resign. II,
as hope and believe, the administr ration
will develop a broad and liberal policy
toward the South, l should not hesitate
to incorporate my fortunes and self with
it,"


This letter was laid before Mr.. Hayes
who found II entirely in accordance with
his own sentiments, and hence the formal
tender ot the appointment 10 Mr.. Key
ai'er an interview between them last eve.
n'"s' i"Rlch established the identity of
'he'F respective views on the Southern
question. Mr.. Key in response to the
protests from his old party associates
against his acceptance, on the ground
that the Presidents purpose is TO divide
the southern Democracy and reconstruct
the Republican party on more popular
basis, declares his desire to see the color
line IL Southern politics broken; also
that restored peace anI commercial
prosperity are Of more present
Importance to the South than party
issues. Mr. Keys appointment has
also been earnestly opposed by some
prominent Republicans in fear it would
commit the Administration to the aban.
donment Of the existing Republican Or
CARNATIONS, especially in South Carolina
anu Louisiana, aud the surrender Of their
adherentS to the Democracy. 1t is
claimed for the President that his firm.
ness in resisting this appeal was based
on the fact that the general line of poll.
cy in regard to the South, which he had
determined to test, looks to no such conse.
quence as dcserlion Of his old friends.
His desire is to secure An honorable and
amicable compromise Of the existing
Southern difficulties by the consent Of
wise and honest men of both parties in
the South, on terms that shall be Just and
creditable to all alike.


As u beginning he was resolutely de-
termined to tender an olive branch to the
South by taking into his Cabinet some
prominent Southern Democrat who had
fought on the Confederate side, but who