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Year: 1879

WE are not aware that any DEM
ocrat entertains the slightest idea
of influencing Gov. Irwin to take
any course of action other than
that suggested by that officials
sense of duty. The question as to
whether the hold-over Senators will
form a part Of the next California
Senate should be discussed in fair
and dispassionate spirit. If, under
the new Constitution, these gentle.
men are members of that body, the
sooner that fact is known the bet
ter, and any Journal or any man
that can throw any light on the
matter should do so at once. The
pettifogging in a question Of this
kind is in assuming your own side
of the debate to be the true one,
with not very we'll bred intima-
ton that those who differ with you
do not do it honestly. The HER
AID, purely in the Interest of full
and perfect understanding Of the
matter, has raised the question
thus early in order that it may be
determined at once and got out of
the way. The opinion may be rea-
sonably hazarded that what the
public wants-those who voted for
the new organic law as well as
those who opposed it's to know
the law and the facts. They do not
desire to impugn the motives Of
those who show a commendable
purpose to throw light on the dark
places.
Year: 1879

THE Weekly Commoner lies on
our table. It's editor, Major Kim
ley, promises to champion the cause
of the Workingman, and we be.
lieve he is one of the few sincere
and thoughtful apostles Of the new
movement. We wish the enter
prise every possible success.
Year: 1879

When the boarders in certain
Philadelphia house complain of the
butter the landlady silences them
by pointing to that portion of the
wall on which hangs card, read
Ing: ITO the pure all things are
pure"
Year: 1879

Persons desiring to canvass for popular
work, which will pay excellent wages to
active solicitors, are requested to call at
the northeast corner OF Fort and Fifth
streets Immediately. Gall in tho forenoon.


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Year: 1879

'wAsHIxGroN, July lS.-The Cabinet
meeting to-day was very brief With
the exception Of few routine matters
the only subject under consideration
was the request of the National Board OF
Health that medical officers OF the navy
be detailed to foreign countries where
the fever is known to exist for the pur-
pose OF examining all vessels bound for
the United States and 30 such as are
not infected, the issuing OF
clean bills of health. The ques-
ton arose whether under the act
empowering the Board, such details
were mandatory, but it was not finally
determined. The sentiment of the
members present appeared tdJbe that it
would be very unjustto detail these off
GERS to such places at the risk of their
lives. 1t is known that there will be
considerable hesitation about ordering
either the army Oh naval surgeons TO
such duty, unless, as in the case OF the
supply ship sent down the Mississippi
river last summer, voluntary offers shall
be made.


The War secretaryship.


WASHINGTON, July lS.-Erom infor-
nation obtained at the Executive Man
sion to-day, there is no doubt of the
correctness of the assertion heretofore
published in regard to the successor OF
Secretary McCrary. Ex-senator Ram
sey, OF Minnesota, has been rendered
the Office of Secretary of War, and has
accepted. The change will not occur
however, until the present Secretary re-
tires.
Year: 1879

CHARLESTON, w. Va, July l7.-Even
this choice bit of news is almost laid on
the shelf by the rumor of another lynch
ing at Hinton, this State. The particu-
lars, as cleaned by interviews with par
ties who were present, are as follows;
Last Saturday a negro walked into the
telegraph office at Hinton, and desired
to send a message to Coal Valley in ref
erence to the recent lynching of Mort
Lee. Mr.. Peck, the operator, told the
negro that the message was IN some
way wrong, to which the negro replied
that il was a damn lie. This the operator
resented by knocking the negro down;
two other darkies came to the rescue,
and were served in a like manner by the
plucky Peck. The next thing then was
for the negroes TO hold caucus, and
they decided they would lynch Peck
that night to avenge the wrongs of the
three darkies and also retaliate upon
the whites for the hanging OF Mort Lee
kilograms were sent up and down the
road that the negroes were getting up a
mob, and the miners and Government
hands at once captured a special train
and went to Hinton, determined TO make
a clean sweep of every negro who
dared to take part in mob.
When they arrived at Hinton
they found several of the ringleaders in
caucus-aSsembled to mob the town, and
preparing programme for the mob that
was to gather that evening. They were
at once taken in hand by the white men
and about forty lashes were delivered
on the naked back of each with raw
hide. They were then released with a
solemn warning never to try such a
thing again. A negro woman who made
herself prominent by telegraphing for
other negroes to join the mob, was given
five lashes. The crowd then dispersed
and quietly went home. This spirit OF
mobOcracy is too common in this val
ley, and unless suppressed by the au-
thOrities will end in bloody riot at no
very late day.
Year: 1879

The market was dull this week and
&c lower for the tops. ic for the middle
grades and lc ON the common cattle,
which were numerous in proportion Ia
the whole offerings than last week.
Tops were somewhat morc numerous,
while the middle grades were not as
plentiful as they were then: very
large number Of sales were made at and
under Sc, some going as low as pic,
while few tops sold at SIC, and few
others at sic.
Year: 1879

likely to be made up from present in
cumbents of State Offices, who appear to
have given general satisfaction to the


public. The Auditors report OF collec-
tions shows not only that full settle
ments have been made with every
sheriff in the State for the past fiscal
year, an accomplishment unprecedented
in the history OF the Office, but also that
a large proportion Of the outstanding in
debtedness inherited from previous adj
ministrations has been secured. There
has been some criticism OF the admins
tratiOn OF the office OF State Superin-
tendent Of Schools, but it seems to have
had no just foundation, and the ein-'
dorsement plan" will in all probability
be followed in each case to the general
satisfaction of the indorsed.
Year: 1879

A heart-sickening story comes all the
way from Wisconsin. According to
the chronicler, light-haired young
woman, and a dark-haired young
woman, who were room-mates in Mil
waukee clearinghouse, arose one
morning, and. dressing in the dark, the
light-haired girl twisted the dark-haired
girls switch in with what there was
of her. own insufficient hair, and the
dark-hsired girl made similar use of
light-haired girls switch. As soon as
they got down to the breakfast table
where there was light, each saw that
each others head resembled confused
checker board: After it had finally
dawned upon them what the difficulty
was, and they had screamed as much as
the occasion seemed to call for, they
retired without any special premedita-
ton.
Year: 1879

''Somehow or other, 1 don't seem to
enjoy sleighing as I used to, said Mr..
Smiley, as he picked the accumulated
ice from his beard. "My blood don't
circulate as. it used to, and my feet
nearly freeze. The invigorating air
does me bit of good, though. But
when 1 appearedinmy first plug hat, and
took your mother ont for a sleigh ride,
l just enjoyed it. We went spinning
along over.a country road at fine
rate for while but we stopped sud
denly-your mother and I. The horse
and sleigh went right along, though,
and when we had picked ourselves up
and walked two miles in the SNOW, we
ielt so well acquainted that we conclud-
ed to keep right along together, and we
have, havn't we p And the old gen
tleman chucked his companion under
the chin SO vigorously that her false
teeth were nearly knocked out of her
head
Year: 1879

Among the papers of young nun
who was recently married in Bed
ford was found tho following scrap,
to-wit


Things to be done this afternoon
before the wedding.


Get some keys to flt valise.


Engage carriage for train.


Get license to marry.


Get shaved and hair trimmed a
little.


Sew buttons on black breeches and
get q pair of suspenders.


Buy a bottle of perfumery.


BE sure to wash feet Well.
Year: 1879

sons command camped tonight at Sill
yer springs, forty miles north of here
on the old Deadwood stage road. It is
reported that the Cheyennes were seen
last night six miles from Bluff station
on the Cheyenne and Deadwood stage
road, about thirty miles northwest Of
Red Cloud. They are evidently max
ing for the station to secure the herd
of horses there belonging to the stage
company.
Year: 1879

GEN. BUTLER Is opposed to investi-
eating the cipher kilograms, for many
reasons, the principal of which is that
It would be public outrage on privacy.
His course is interpreted by some to
mean that rs he Is supposed to have
originally obtained the mysterious mes
sages, opposition by him would force
the house to order the investigation,
which he earnestly desires at heart.
Our opinion is that the story Of Bit
ler's furnishing the ciphers to the Tri-
bans may furnish some cause for his
opposition.
Year: 1879

FRoM Halifax comes word that the
duke Of Edinburgh will certainly be ap-
pointed admiral at that station, and
will come early in summer accompanied
by the duchess and the Russian feet.
Year: 1879

REPUBLICANS for the offices, is the
winning cry in France. The royalists
will all have to step down and out.
President MacMahon desires to retain
control Of the army through plant or
GERS, but the senate insists on new
deal, and Mac will either have to resign
or call upon the army to support his
dictatorship, or, quietly simmer down.
Year: 1879

A college professor once said that he
who expects to rate high in his class,
must not ezpectorote on the fioor.u
Much Of the hawking and splitting was,
no doubt, caused by catarrh, which the
professor knew could be readily cured
by the use Of q few bottles of Dr. Sage's
Catarrh Remdy.
Year: 1879

to win, but failed. We got what we
risked we got whipped Victory
would have cost us much. Defeat
cost us more, and why blame others
for a risk we ourselves took and cour-
ageously labored to make successful.
We met braver and more powerful
enemy than we expected, and he sue
ceeded and we failed. 1t was a trial
of strength, and | do not see that he is
to blame because he would not permit
US to whip him. The war has been
over for nearly fifteen years. A large
number of those who engaged in it are
gone, and those who remain are grow
ing old. A new generation is coming
upon the stage. There are many
things which we ought to forget. Let
us lay aside passion and prejudice and
look to the future"


He then argued that it would be
better for the State to pay all the debt
than to repudiate any part of it, He
contrasted her condition with that of
other States, and showed that com
paratively light tax would at least pay
interest upon the debt until the State
was able to gradually extinguish the
principal.
Year: 1879

The total receipts of internal reve-
nue. from June 30 to September 30,
the first quarter Of the current fiscal
year, were $29, 4O5, 1874, which is an in
crease of Sl7Ol92 over the receipts
for the corresponding period of last
year. This slight increase for the
quarter was due to the increase of re-
ceipts for the month just ended over
those Of the two preceding months,
otherwise there would have been a
decrease for this quarter. The re-
duction of the tobacco tax is a steady
loss to the government of about
100000 month, although the great
ly increased receipts from the tax on
spirits and other things have offset
this loss and enabled the department
to hold its own with SO slight an in


crease over last years figures. The
decrease on snuff and manufactured
tobacco for the two months ending
August 3lst last, as compared with
the corresponding period of last year,
was 81 1868, ,492, while the increase in
receipts from the gallon tax on dis


titled spirits and beer for the same
period was $1,2O6,6l5 80. How long
these increased receipts of the spirit
tax will continue cannot be estimated,
but it is believed at the department
that the increase will be sufficient
during the entire year to Offset about
two-thirds of the loss from the re-
duced tobacco tax. Had congress
seen fit not to meddle with the tobac


co tax law, the total receipts for the
year 1880 would have been greatly in
excess of those'of last year. As it is,
the department officials anticipate a
decrease in the receipts for the cur
rent year of between three and FIVE
millions, even though the tax on spir-
its should continue to increase.
Year: 1879

and that would properly be referable
to the chancellor of Shelby county,
the Hon. W. w. Mcdowell. The
nullity or validity of Judge Galloway's
fiat must at last be decided by Judge
Mcdowell, and the dispatch sent by
Judge Wright to the Nashville Ban
ner misled the people there as to the
facts in the case. Judge Livingston
comedies that Judge Galloway was a
legal judge. If so, and if by the stat
utes he has the same powers while
sitting as the regular judge, why could
he not issue the fat he has issued? If
as Judge Livingston intimates, it was
because he could only use such pow
ers in trying matters before him as
was necessary, then let it be under
stood that the application before
Judge Galloway was solemnly argued
in court and the fat there granted.
The next move against the board of
health authorities here will doubtless
be motion for contempt, they having
laid themselves liable to such a
charge by altering their rules and
regulations while they were before
the courts, and for no other apparent
purpose than to eyade the courts or
ders.
Year: 1879

The State hoard of health received
a slight shock or set back before
Chancellor Livingston's court at
Brownsville, Tenn, on Saturday last.
The court declined to grant an in
junction applied for in effect to set
aside another injunction issued by
Judge Galloway here to restrain the
board of health officials from inter
fering with. the admittance of seed
cotton into this city. Judge Living
ston is reported to be a wise and a
very conscientious judge. He could
not find any law to sanction the re-


quests Of the applicants, hence he re.
fused to issue, and so the fat of
Judge Galloway stands until it can be


heard on its merits by Chancellor Nc
Dowell. To those not fully versed in
the technicalities of the law it would
seem that Judge Livingston went a
little out Of his way when he inter.
larded his refusal for an injunction
with his legal opinion about Judge
Galloway's fat, and his opinion so pro-
mulgated is worth no more than
would be that of any other practicing
lawyer. 1t was not a point in judg-


ment and not at all necessary, hence
totally superAuous, and several law
yers here express their surprise that
he should have numbered his refusal
to issue with this extraneous matter,
unless it was thrown in as
sort of sop to Judge Archi-


bald Wright, the counsel for the
State board who hung closely
about Judge Livingston for three
days, doubtless pressing his most ex-
traordinary application. The injunc-
tion was refused because there we're
no grounds for its issuance, and be-
cause the judge had no right to grant
an injunction against another injunc-
tion pending in the same court. The
judge states that the case in his mind
could only be properly decided on a
motion for dissolution of injunction,
Year: 1879

Cincinnati Commercial Special.l


JoNEsBORo, Tenn, October 3.-At
the centennial celebration here to-day
Postmaster General Key spoke about
half an hour. He opened by referring
to the fact that he felt very much at
home in JOnesboro, as his father, his
mother and himself were all born in
the adjacent county of Greene, and
that its soil contains the remains of
two generations of his ancestors.


Referring to the most vital question
now before the people of Tennessee
the State debt-he said. 81 cast no
reflections upon the honesty of our
people. / believe that Tennesseeans
are as honest as other men. But do
say that he who thinks our State
would be justifable in repudiating
the bonds which have been issued by
its officers under laws enacted by our
legislators, has such want of discrim-
nation between right and wrong as to
disqualify him for being a safe cuslo-
dian Of public trusts. Public faith
and public honor are not safe in his
keeping. His knowledge of the bound
ary line between good faith and bad
faith is too much involved in confu-
sion and uncertainty to make him a
fit instrument to determine what be-
longs to the public and what to indi-
yiduals.


" | believe none of the political
parties Of our State have, in their
platforms, advocated reputation. We
have had some very shabby and rick
ETY. platform building, which allowed
great elasticity of conscience and con-
struction of opinion, but upon its
face it purported to sustain the honor
Of the State. In our next election
the question of State honor should be
made the test Of an orthodox political
faith. 1t rises far above the mere
partyisms Of the day. For myself, |
am free to say that, in future elections,
| shall not act with any party which
shall not, in its declaration of princi-
pies, in clear, unmistakable and une-
quivocal terms, take ground in favor of
such policy and measures as shall
maintain the honor and good name of
the State. If neither party has the
courage and patriotism necessary to
wage a contest in favor of such policy,
then it seems to me that the men of
all parties opposed to reputation
should band together and make this
the paramount issue until its final set
tlement shall be accomplished. | hope
there may be no necessity for such a
course. No one will be more gratifed
than l if all parties shall unite and
cooperate in the honorable settlement
of the question. But | fear there is
little ground to expect so desirable a
result"


Judge Key here quoted at length
from statistics to prove the ability OF
Tennessee to pay her debt, and con
tinued


But it is said that we lost so much
by the war that we can not afford to
pay it. Grant thai our losses were
great, and they certainly we're, it was
as much our fault as that of any one
else. l speak as a Southern man to
Southern men. We voluntarily en-.
gagged in the fight, and did all we could
Year: 1879

The gold bullion and French coin
recently arrived and under way for
this country is to be coined for use as
speedily as possible. The announce
ment is made that in recoining the
foreign gold now being imported,
which is to take place at the Philadel-
phia mint, the coinage will be in eagles
and half eagles, and that nothing less
than IS will be turned out, as to dc
so might interfere with the standard
silver dollars, of which the treasury
desires to get as large a number as pos
sible into circulation. In addition, il
is also announced that the treasury o.
the United States and the severa
assistant treasurers have been directed
to pay out gold and silver coin freely
upon all government obligations pre-
sented for payment and payable a
their respective offices. The govern
ment is now engaged in disbursint
some IS, 100000 in interest on its pub
lie debt.
Year: 1879

The subscription price Of the DAILY
PUBLIC LEDGER is s5 per annum and
SOC per month fOrless than one year. The
WEEKLY LEDGER Is 81 per annum-
postage free


Persons leaving the city for the summer
can order the DAILY LEDGER at SOC per
month in advance, with the privilege Of
changing pOstotiiee
Year: 1879

SUBSCRIBERS who wish 10 re.
new will do us a favor by SEND.
ING MONEY before their time
expires, as our mail list Is very


large, and our force 10 do the
work small. NO USE TO SEND
ORDERS WITHOUT the MONEY.
Year: 1879




As an example of the distinguished manner
In which Indian matters are managed from
Washington, II is appropriate TO mention the
fact that single shipment OF 200 pitchforks
was made to the Santee Indians As the en-.
tire Sautee baud at the agency does not mum.
ber over GOO, the people will realize the ex.
treme generosity which the Commissioner ex-
hibits in his dealings with these people.
Through the liberality of Hayt every Santee
buck squaw, and pappoose will be given two
pitchforks with which to make their hay.
When they are using one the other can be
hung in the parlor over tho piano. aud when
the head of the family calls his flock about
him for morning prayers he can point to it as
typical of the goodness of this Government
aud comment upon the strong resemblance
which exists between the pitchiork and Carl
Schurz, the lesser Great Father.
Year: 1879

A Phase Of California Life--A Story of Ups


and Downs.


nf"tI Nevada Transcript


The atmosphere of good luck that hangs
around some men is past understanding. Take
the case of Bob Morrow, the San francisco
manipulator, who owns st. Julien, the fastest
horse in the world, to illustrate by, for In.
stance. The reporter met forty miner, who
used 70 know him In the days when "boiled
shirt" worn among the mountain miners in-
dicated that the possessor was either black
leg or q gospel expounder, the chances being
ninety mine to one that he was the former,
for parsons were then as scarce as copper
pennies almost. He arrived In Nevada City
when tho camp was q mere infant, so TO
speak. The first thing he did after getting
: here was TO skirmish around aud hunt up
shovel pick and rocker With these he be-
gan scratching along Deer creek for gold.
By dint of perseverance and hard work-his
knowledge of mining did not exceed his init
macy with bible passages-and an exercise of
cheek, he got enough to alleviate the pangs Of
hunger to bearable extent. He stayed
around hero till 1859, and by that time his
clothes were SO tattered and torn that he had
TO put his old hat under him to keep his bare
body from coming In contact with the chair
whenever he sat down, and then decided TO
emigrate. George Hearst, Joe Clark. A. T..
Head and number OF the other boys, whose
lines were too hard for comfort, wanted to go
with him, but the whole caboodle of them
were dead broke, and, figure as they could, no
alternative presented whereby they could
scare up enough coin 10 get out of camp with.
Finally Arthur Hsgadorn came to the rescue
He fitted some of them out with a mule
apiece, provisions and coin. They mado a
bee-line for the Comstock. The next time his
old townies heard from Morrow he was on top
of wave of prosperity--that is, had got into
the Savage and some other big mines ut Vir-
ginia City. For several years he reveled In
wealth. After enjoying the rapidly acquired
shekels for a few years, they slipped away
from him, and he was busted once more. His
will and energy didn't peter out when his
money did, and, making little raise, he
sprang boldly into the arena of the stock
market. Since then he hasn't drawn blank
in the lottery of life, so far as heard of. As n
director of the Bank Of California alone, to
say nothing of all the other soft things ho
dropped into through the influence of the de-
ceased Ralstop, he has glory enough to satisfy
any common man. As to the three individuals
named above, who took sail on the mules
with Morrow, they are all In San Francisco,
doing more or less In stocks One or two Of
them have become pretty well fixed in respect
to this worlds goods.