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Year: 1874

This new hotel, built expressly for the business in the mammoth and elegant Union Depot at the junction of the Housatonic and Conn. Western railroads in Canaan, Is provided with every ap- pointment requisite for First Class Hotel, and as every department is furnished in the newest and most approved style, feel that can give my patrons us much comfort at panic prices as any house in Connectlcut. desire to express my sincere thanks to my numerous patrons and friends, for their generous patronage and words of good cheer since opened this house last May, aud 1t s pleasant to realize that they rejoice with me in the good success have obtained here, and if this satisfactory success is unfortunately such source of great annoyance to my brother landi lords in this village, that one of them should sta tion himself in one of the main entrances of my house, and his barkeeper with large dog in the other, to keep out those who chose 10 become my patrons on the arrival of trains or to make 1t more difficult for them to enter should persist in placing old trucks and boxes in my stairways; or, still further seek to annoy me by pulling down my signs it certainly is cause of great regrets and in this, their great trouble, they have the sympa- thy of all who sympathise with them

 c. II. CORBIN.

 Canaan, Jan'y. 1874 26tf
Year: 1874

Found Dead.-Th;s (Thursday) morn ing, Andrew Nevel, an Irishman, who fol several years past has lived on Nashinct street i'll this village, was found dead. lying on his face near some trees, and in the wa ter. which had ovcrtlOwed from the Mt Riga stream by the late rains. He Was about fifteen rods east of the highway bridge, and was first seen by Thomas Sta pletoR, who lifted him and brought him out ot the water. A jury was summoned, who found on examination, that his head was badly cut and bruised, but not so much as scratch was discovered on any other part of the body. His scalp was torn something in the shape of an 2 mcasur, ing the longest way inches and 3-4 in | ches the other. There was deep and ugly cut over the left eye about l-2 inches long and another about 3-4 inches long very near to the right eye a severe contu- slon on the forehead about ? inches over the right eye. It seemed at once manifest Iy evident that this man came to his death not by being drowned as there was noth- jag to indicate it.

 There are various theories advanced, but at this writing, none seems to meet with so much favor with the majority, as the be lief that he came to his death by being foul y dealt with, and tumbled into the water to mislead in divining the true cause We await the decision of the lury.

 Sheffield No. ?.

 The Christmas tree on Thursday at the Episcopal church was decided success. think never tree bore nicer fruit, al though very small part Was to be eaten. not however because it was forbidden fruit, but the articles were intended ,o oivr satisfaction in other ways than in gratify- ing the taste. 1 never saw a church so handsomely trimmed; the evening was mild and pleasant, the house filled 10 over flowing. Dr. Parker, as he handed each child his or her gift made some funny lit tie speech which kept them all laughing. from the oldest to the youngest Tine slnglng was very sweet and much enjoyed

 

 gregatlC nal minister, on the same evening entertained in similar manner. at his house, the Sabbath school scholars and teachers. The attendance was good, and all etmed to enjoy whatever was provided to make the occasion pleasant As the account of the amusing incident related here, concerning the carly riser, is also in our correspondence from Colinsvile and which was first in type, we omit il and re fer the reader 10 the communication from that village. NEWS The Key. Mir. Chipp delivered the address at the Friendly Union last Friday evening and received much credit. Miss Mary Dewey will be the speaker at the next Union, the subject a confirmation of her travels in Europe all who attend cannot fail to be interested. The Catholics are working at their church whenever the weather is so that they can. and are hoping to have it completed before another summer. G.
Year: 1874

The States of Kentucky and Tennes-
see have just been carried by immense
majorities by the Democrats and Con-
servatives. The struggle has been a
very bitter one, and may possibly have
inaugurated the long talked of war of
races, for under whatever names the
contending parties may have entered
the field they were really a White
Mans party and Black Mans party.
The former left the field overwhelming.
ly victorious. What will be the issue
Of this warfare between the races, God
only knows. At present the prospect
is exceedingly foreboding. Riots have
occurred at various places in Mississ-
ippi and it seems now as if the issue BE-
tween the whites and blacks was about
to absorb all other questions in the
South. To say the least, this is very
dangerous situation, and liable to result
in riot and bloodshed. at almost any
time or place. May the God of nations
spare the poor South another deluge oi
blood, and may the bright bow of prom.
ise and peace soon arise in. the now
blackening and foreboding sky.
Year: 1874

seryation that nothing tends So strongly
to change and confusion in the laws as
the system Of electing legislators so
frequently as We do. We do
not expect any reformation in this mat
ter until we elect for longer terms.
Senators arc elected for two years and
Representatives for one year. A ses-
sion Of the Legislature lasts thirty
days. A man must be far more than
mortal if he can do much more t han
get familiar with the mere routine of
legislative duties in that time. It is Ut
terly impossible for him, in that short
time, to find out wha:. has been done
by preceding Legislatures, or what the
actual condition of the statute law is.
How, then, is he capable Of changing,
amending or repeating that of which he
Knows nothing about! If he was elect
ed for four or five years, he could so "a
miliarize himself with the law that he
would know just wherein it was defect.
i've and what remedy was required.
He would know what he was about
when he voted to change, amend or re-
peal a law. He would also get over the
notion that he was sent to the Legisla-
ture for the purpose of tearing every
thing to pieces, and to play smash gen.
orally.


Besides this man would study up
and try to post himself on the duties
of his Office if he was elected for a term
of years, but he thinks it hardly worth
his while making any great effort TO
qualify himself for a term of thirty
days. It's generally thought neces-
sary for man to spend years in fitting
himself for any trade or profession.
But for the high and grave duties of
law maker he is supposed to come per-
fectly finished and qualified from the
hand Of nature. What folly!


We constantly hear men denouncing
the law, because of it's blindness and
obscurity, it's twists, and It's quirks,
and its technicalities. The only won
der is that it is not a thousand times
worse than it is, when we consider the
way in which it is made.


Let us act like reasonable beings in
this matter. Let us not only see that
we elect gooI men, but give them an
opportunity of making good laws and
rendering good service by keeping them
long enough to give them some experi-
ence. If We elect man for a number
of years We shall be more particular
about who we elect, and we shan't send
every Tom, Dick and Harry who con-
siders himself born to give laws to the
world.
Year: 1874

HERE is an important fact in chemistry:
Dealers in kirschwasser test its purity with
gum guaiacum, and this test is accepted as
absolute in the whole trade. If it is kirseh-
wasser made hOm cherries it turns the
powdered guaiac blue; but if it is coun-
terfeit made of favored alcohol it
does not have this effect. Re-
Gently. however, one Of the best dis
tiIlers has made known that his kirSch-
wasser made from cherries, with every at
tention to details, does not give the requir-
ed reaction. Upon inquiry he hnds that
the ordinary kirschwasser made on a small
scale is made in copper kettles, takes uI
copper from the vessel, and that it IS this
copper in kirsch which turns guaiaeum
blue. But the prejudice has so firm a bold
of the trade that he has to poison Ms
LIQUOR in order to sell it.
Year: 1874

A WOMAN now and then meets man to
whom she can truthfully say: "On the
barren shores of time, oh, my souls kins-
mani | have found in thee my pearl OF
great price, and there is nothing more
precious out of heaven"
Year: 1874

days in the year labor can be had as
cheap. Besides making large profits
on the capital invested, you will give
employment to our poor women ana
children, and the cost of manufacture
ing. instead of enriching men thou
sand miles away, will be spent with
our own merchants and tradesmen,
and thus improve the condition OF our
own State.


I do not wish to be misunderstood.
do not desire North Carolinlans to
invest their capital in factories because
I entertain any unl1ind feeling for
Northern people. I have had enough
of sectionalism. I was once known as
King Cotton, but my crown, II not
entirely ruined, is badly damaged by
sectional difficulties. L only mention
the North because most of our staple
is manufactured there. L wish to see
all our people, North and South, pros
per, but I can see nothing like pros
perity for the South-for North Caro-
linaEuntil her people learn to raise
their own food, manufacture their own
staple, and give employment to their
own mechanics.
Year: 1874

money. When we talked about Il. and sbous
how he was getting s on,qaise D, , ~, BY r,Snr. Snr
Sir Roger Tchborne Well, received my five pounds
from the commencement until the beginning Of August
in the same Then l got letter IN the same o,a
to request me to leave Wrapping and s neighborhood as
soon AZ possibly could II didn't explain why. All that
the letter that TO get out OF Wrapping I'M
medately and at the time 10 was mentioned that
the money was receiving was quite enough for me 70
was about, when the case was over there would be
no lack OF money and II wanted thousand OF two'
why should have It,"


This request was compiled with Charles Orton con-
tinued TO receive his Is regularly Afterwsrd he had
interview with the claimants solicitor where he met
Mr. Holmes who brought large photograph, which
Charles Orton recognized q picture OF his brother


In further explanation OF what there took place he
said:


Well. when I saw the photograph that the solicitor
showed me knew instant but also knew that
it wasn't expected OF me TO when the solicitor
gentleman and your brother ArthurTI said, mo"
There writing on the margin OF the photograph,


likeness in it to Arthur Orton Mrs. Tredgett's name
was signed there. and l signed mine. i did not near
tnen got message that he wanted TO again, and


made to understand that this time was 70 meet
the claimant" himself went knowing OF course %inS
what should do. When got TO plantns solicitor 3
office there were two gentlement there-Capt Angel and
Col. Lushington Sitting in another chair was my
brother Arthur, but he did not when went In


He lust raised his eyes to my face once, and then ne
looked away and looked al me again. and never
said word. DO you know this gentlemant e. was
asked and said No. Just had said concerning the
portrait Then out, and asked this time to
swear AL affidavit but said would rather not, but
that mad no objection to sign a statement And dld
sign statement, making il seem that, for all knew
different the gentleman had might be Sir Roger
TichD0rne or any body else


Charles Oron concluded by telling how remittances
uncertain and how when they had ceased alto
gether, he concluded to put himself in communication
with other side. He did so, and shortly afterward
made affidavit telling the whole truth"
Year: 1874

They have arranged to have arrive Month ly, 8 complete assortment of such goods as the people of Arizona want, and they Can Sell them at Wholesale and Re- tail Cheaper than they can be Afforded from any other

 Market, Not excepting the much eXtolled Guay-

 mas route.
Year: 1874

presented of United States troops ordered
into the different Southern States to pre-
vent Wholesale murder and violence would
never again be witnessed. The fact that
the general government has to send troops
into the Southern States to protect one class
of persons from the violence of another,
year after year, shows a defect in existing
legislation. and the necessity of tribunal
clothed with power to visit punishment
upon offenders that can not and will not be
inflicted in the St lte courts. The presence
OF troops, in many instances. has had a re-
straining influence upon the murderOus dis
position OF Southern Democrats, but of late
1t is only a cause of irritation, and the
awakening of q retributiOn that gluts itself
when the troops are withdrawn, with q full
knowledge on the part Of the assassin that
the authority that furnished temporary pro-
lection to his victim can not punish him for
his assassination.


Though every feeling Of humanity
prompts us to deuOunce our political Op-
ponents, we forbear TO retaliate upon them
In kind the abuse heaped upon US. We
tell the story of Southern Democratic preju-
dlces, malignancy and crime, and challenge
refutation. We lay before the country un-
mistakable evidences that men in untold
number have been and are being daily
sacrificed for adhere Ice 30 that political
faith which the patriotism Of the nation
viDdicated at the cost of 1000 lives and
three thousand millions of treasure, and we
leave it to the sublime sense of right and
justice that eharacterizes the American
people to Judge US Alright, and afford to us
upon their own soil that protection that is
go readily accorded TO the persons of their
fellow citizens in foreign lands.
Year: 1874

According to the Delhi Chronicle Of the
seventeenth instant the White Leagues of
Morehouse and Madison parishes are much
exercised from fear that the colored people
do not intend to vote. The alarm is sound
ed that such voters are not registering as
freely as they ought. The Delhi man says
that even runners from the Democratic
party were cent out to notify colOred men
that the registrars we're IN town, and that
then they declined to register. The cause
for this touching solicitude for colored men
on the part Of White Leaguers is found
in the pretended discovery Of a plan
by Republicans TO set up the plea
Of intimidation. We have. indeed,
fallen upon strange times when in eome
parishes complaint is made by White
Leaguers that ouly colored men are allowed
to register. and in others that the colored
voters can not be induced to register. The
action Of country compromisers also adds
not little to the mass of contradictions in
which the enemy is now wallowing. In
parishes where it is thought the Democratic
ticket can be carried by shotguns and judi.
cious voting, the white mans flag is still at
the masthead. floating the old platform OF
1--WE the white people," In parishes like
St. Mary and Terrebonne, thoroughly Re-
publican, are made the propositions for
White Leaguers to vote for cOlored Repub-
licans for half the offices. Such peddling
of patronage is simply sickening. The
to fight for his political pie, promises to put
up his ''nigger shooter and sit quiet in the
corner if he may have half the plums.
Year: 1874

A meeting of the Republican State Cen
trail Committee was held yesterday to take
action upon the communication from the
Democratic committee and matters con.
nected with the further operations Of the ad-
visory board.


The following preamble and resolutions
were adopted:


WHEREAS. A vacancy in the position Of
umpire of the advisory board, created 6y
the agreement OF the conference commit
tees Of the Democratic and Conservative
party and the Republican party, exists,
owing to the resignation OF the Hon. NJ: +.
B0nzOno. and his peremptOry refusal to act,
and the latter has been referred to the
State Central Committee for such action as
may be deemed proper; and


Whereas, The Republican party has faith.
fully carried out all that was required
under the agreement entered into by the
conference committees, while the Demo-
cratic and Conservative party has failed to
carry out or has evaded the requirements
of the first article OF the agreement. which
Is as follows:


"The committee representing the COnser'
vative Peoples party pledge themselves to
cause all violence and intimidation, II any
exist, to cease throughout the State, and to





tanning peace, and insuring q strictly talr


and impartial registration and election;


also, to discOuntenance acts and threats OF


personal violence and all improper influence


to control the will of the electors, and to


render assistance and to use every effort
to subject to the penalties Of the law all


persons who may commit acts OF violence
or intimidation, or cOnspire to do the came"
Resolred, That the State Central Commit
tee reiterates and reaffirms its Willingness
and readiness to carry out the agreement
entered into by the conference committees,
but they can not consent to the reOpening
of the conference for any purpose unless
some evidence is furnished of the maintain.
ing and strict adherence to the provisions
of the first article of the agreement above
quoted.
Resolred, That with this understanding Of
the views of the State Central Committee,
the conference committee on behalf of the
Republican party be authorized and en-
powered to meet the conference committee
on behalf of the Democratic and Conserva.
tive party, and proceed to elect an umpire
Tor the advisory board; provided, that on
such meeting some line OF action or power
to be vested, be agreed upon to compel ad-
herence to and enforcement OF the pr0vls-
ions of the first article of the agreement
heretofore entered into.


Resolred, That a copy Of these resolutions
be, without delay, forwarded to tho State
Central Committee of the Democratic and


Conservative party, the conference commit


tee of said party, and the Republican com
mittee Of conference.
Year: 1874

Good people live along the shore, the
bathing is the best in the world, the fishing
of quality to set old Ike Walton wild
with delight. The pleasant villages that
dot the shore between this city and Mobile
are filed with people who recognize New
Orleans as the Mecca of true gaiety and
accept each denizen of this burg as a
prophet.


Biloxi particularly may be noted for hos
pitality. Existing relict of the past, an
cient city of by-gone schemes, she yet revels
in the concourse of the gallant, brave and
lovely. Skirting the coast and lining its
borders with an iron bolt, the steam horse
plows his way. The Mobile and Texas
Railroad Company will at small cost whisk
you away from the din and dust, the fume
and fret of the city to shingly beach and
waters green in time quite brief and with
pleasant motion.
Year: 1874

The plaintiff in this case sueing to obtain
the Office of Fiscal Agent by way of man
damus on the Treasurer to compel him to
transfer the State moneys to his keeping,
was denied the writ by the Superior Dis.
trict Court. The State. as intervenor,
through the Attorney General, had come to
the aid of the Treasurer.


The relator being entitled to an appeal.
took one, the next legal return day being
the first Monday of November The other
parties to the suit, the Treasurer of the
State, were entitled to all the time previous
to this to prepare their cases.


But the relator was not satisfied with
this. The July term of the Supreme Court
was progressing at Monroe, and he OBJ
tanned from Governor Kellogg perm it for
the district attorney to represent the State
and the Attorney General as in cases of dis
ability. He filed his brief, the Treasurer de.
clinedto answer, and the Attorney General
objected to the whole proceeding as ruling
him out when none of the statutory condi-
tions precedent existed.


The decision of the court rendered by Jus'
tfce WHY and published this morni ng
RENTS the case to its original and pro per
channel.


The Chief Justice takes an entirely differ
ent view of the case and considers it an en-
deavor of one officer to compel anothe r to
perform a duty. But Mr.. Baldwin is not
yet a State officer, as the real object OF his
suit is to make him one.


There would seem to be other grounds OF
non.iurisdiction OF the Monroe term over
q case returpable at Orleans Novem bel
term than that citation had been issued, and
want of consent of all parties, but Meth Ell
the detision nor the dissenting opinio L
make mention of them, aud they proba bly,
were not presented.
Year: 1874

The Bulletin has an editorial on the Bald
win case, but as there isn't correct state
ment in it, criticism would be wasted.
After the opinion of the court has been ex-
amined and some knowledge gained of the
subject, that paper may produce something
to the point.
Year: 1874

You can buy Whole ticket
You can buy a whole ticket
In the Louisiana State Lottery,
In the Louisiana State Lottery,
And make with a lucky number
And make with a lucky number


Ten Thousand dollars.


Ten thousand dollars.
Year: 1874

The closing day of the week was not noted for any
activity interest than were it's predecessors,
and tame and spiritless movement was the result
of the days W lrk To be sure the Fordham races
kept many away but there is wanting even dis
position TO make important ventures at best, and
the days fluctuations made up by the small
traders. The general market opened steady. but
later on became heavy, and finally weak and to
per cent lower on the leading shares when the bank
statement was published. This for a time caused
quite pressure Lake Shore Wabash, and Pacific
Mail. The general market closed weak. The open
ing highest lowest and closing prices of stocks
Year: 1874

The money market closed up easy at and per
cent the ruling rates of the day. Prime discounts
are as last quoted. The bank return was an unta-
vorable exhibit. rejecting inexplicable loss IN
the specie average. The legal tenders were down
nearly million, and loans were expanded. This is
not however calculated to interfere with the course
of money. The banks now hold in lawful money In
excess of the Is per cent SlsO23 40 The following
ara the comparative totals:
Year: 1874

THR Richmond Enquirer, which,
though as strongly Democratic as ever, Is
quite as strongly for initiation, seizes upon
the Presidents veto Of the Currency bill
as an opportune occasion for stirring up
sectional strife. In a recent number II
says Among the people Of the South
and West there will be SO little division
that there will be such a combination and
concentration Of the popular power Of the
two sections as to teach the money kings
OF the North and East a lesson they should
have learned before they assumed that
their interests were the paramount
interests of the workingmen, the business
men, the energetic, enterprisiDg, pro.
gressiye men Of all parts OF the country.
They will be taught that among free
people there Is other strength besides the
strength Of riches; that In this country
the people are the masters, not the SER
wants; that though the veto Of the Presi.
dent in opposition to the interests and
wishes OF an immense majority Of the
citizens Of this Union may prevail for q
while, there is always opportunity, very
soon, :or a correction Of the error by an
assertion Of the rights Of the people at the
polls"
Year: 1874

IT is stated that the lumber dealers 10


Western oanada. have an unusually small
stock on hand this year aud that o largo
demand Is expected from the United
States. They are refusing offers under
me Impression that prices will be high
before the season has advanced far. The
reason assigned for the scarcity is that
the panic last isll suspended the shipment
Of logs d