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Year: 1878

If the temperance advocates in the State
Assembly were experienced in New York life
they would be the most earnest supporters
Of stringent license law for cities that
could be found on the floor of the chamber.
They would then know that a statute in
capable of enforcement in metropolis
means unlicensed liquor selling. without
the restricting supervision of the police,
and promotes instead of discouraging in
temperance. stringent excise law in o
large city is the best temperance measure
that can be enacted. Liquor dealers who
pay good round sum of money for a
license are efficient detectives over un-
licensed houses, and rs they fear the loss
of their licenses if they violate the provi-
sions of the law or suffer drunkenn ess and
disorderly conduct about their premises
they exercise in their own interests whole
some restraint over their customers There
are many sincere temperance men in New
York who, on these considerations, approve
and advocate the passage of good excise
law for cities. The defeat of the DAILY bill
does not necessarily imply that New York
is to be left in its present unfortunate posi-
ton. There are other bills before the
Legislature which may meet with better
fortune. One Of these, introduced by Mr..
Langner, of Erie, provides simply that the
law of 1857 shall not apply to cities having
forty thousand inhabitants or over. The
passage of this law would take such cities
out of the operation of the law of 1857 and
place them under the provisions of the laws
of 1S7O-73, as they were enforced prior to
the decision of the Court of Appeals. This
BILE road out of the difficulty, and it is to be
hoped that Mr.. Langner's bill may become
law.
Year: 1878

We have been informed at other places in the Territory, that Marico- pa county was the hot-bed of politi cians, scheming for the location here of the Capital, Mint and other government institutions, but in the main this is incorrect. The people of this county are wide awake to their interests, and no man will be put on the ticket for delegate to the Convention, but those who have the welfare of Maricopa at heart, ,and all the schemes of chronic politicians will be dropped on election day. Strict party lines should not be drawn in the selection of county officers. Let good men be nomina- ted, men who will be true to the in terests of the county. honest and above suspicion, then we will have an honest administration of its af- fairs. Let the office seek tine man not the reverse. The HERALD will not be the exponent of any ring, clique or scheme it is not now nor will it be, pledged to the support of any legislative or county official, but will deal fairly by all, using it's influence against corrupt office seekers.
Year: 1878

The bill doing away with that provision of the Resumption Act which required the cancellation of greenbacks when the new National Bank currency was issued, re moves the last restriction upon the volume of currency. There is now no limit to the amount of paper money that may be put in circula- ton. The Silver bill will enable the Secretary of the Treasury, to place two millions of silver certificates on the market every month if the peo- pie ask for them, and all new bunk circulation called for is so mucn added to the volume of paper. Let us hear no more about contract ion, that is running the country.
Year: 1878

The deliberations of the Euro pean Congress in Berlin are con- ducted in secret. But that will amount to nothing unless all the correspondents of American papers are driven out of the city and kept out.
Year: 1878

The tobacco tax was not reduced but a great effort will be made to push the matter this summer and fall, so that the reduction may be accomplished as soon as Congress comes together again.
Year: 1878

and also the name Of one Of the three places
herein named TO be voted for as a courtv site
and after the polls shall have closed a3d the
votes eountec, If IT be found that ii ma
Jarlty OF the vo es cast are in tavor u removal
then the place receiving the eatest number
OF votes cast, is hereby deemed and declared
to be the county site of the county of sur
flower. The Board of Registrars shall count
the voies cast, as in other elections but tn
shall report the result Immediately TO the
Board OF Supervisors of said county who
snail, upon examining said count, declare aud
enter upon their minutes, which place has
been selected as the county site


SEC. z Be il further enacted, That it shall
be the duty OF the Board of Supervisors and
they are hereby required, in case of the re-
moval and selection of a new county site as
aforesaid, to Immediately select and procure
suitable lot Of ground at said place for the
Court House, jail, and offices for Clerk. Sheriff.
ETC., and to erect thereon, suitable county
buildings; and as soon as said buildings are
completed, the Board of Supervisors shall re-
move thereto the records and archives OF the
county, and al other personal property and
furniture appertaining to the county Offices;
and until such removal, the county site shall
remain where it is new fixed by law And the
Board of Supervisors, at their first regular
meeting after said election in case of
removal, shall designate name by which said
new county site shall be known, and enter
the same upon their minutes


SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That in case
new county site shall be selected as aforesaid,
the Board Of Supervisors shall have power to
provide for the sale or disposition of the real
estate and the county buildings situated at or
upon the present county site, in any manner
they may deem best for the interest of the
county.


Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That all Acts
and parts of Acts, in conflict with this Act,
be, and the same are hereby repealed, and
that this Act be in force from and after it's
passage.


APPROVED, February 8, 1878.
Year: 1878

AN ACT to provide for the reindex1ng of deeds


and the general docket in the county of


Marshall


SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Mississippi, That the Board of
Supervisors of Marshall county be, and are
hereby, authorized and empowered to employ
the Clerk of the Chandery Court of said coun-
ty, or any other competent person, to trans
cribe in well-bound books, to be proc cured by
him for that purpose the index of deeds for
to the general docketyo of said county, or so
of Supervisors, may be necessary. And said
indexes, when so Transcribed and certified un-
der the hand and official seal of said Clerk
shall be and become part Of the record OF his
office and the same, or certified transcript
thereof, shall be received in evidence in all
the Courts of this STATE, without accounting
for the absence Of the originals to the same
and to all intents and purposes, as the origi-
nails now are under the laws of this State now
in force. .s


SEC.2. Be it further enacted, That upon the
completion of said indexes, it shall be the
duty of the Board Of Supervisors of said coun-
ty to appoint a Commis sion, to be composed
of three competent persons, residents of said
county, whose duty it shall be to examine
said work and estimate and fix the compensa-
tion 20 be paid therefor and make report
thereof to the said Board of Supervisors, who
shall thereupon make allowance therefor, and
shall cause to be issued a warrant on the
County Treasurer for the same.


SEC g. Be it further enacted That this Act
take effect and be in force from and after its
passage.
Year: 1878

AN ACT for The protection of railroad compa-


nies and owners of stock.


SECTION l.. Be it enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Mississippi, That it shall be
unlawful for any person to use, eat or
appropriate to his own use, or take and carry
away, other than the owner thereof, or the
employees of such railroad company, any stock
Eillel or wounded by the cars of any railroad
company in this State, unless by the express
consent of such owner or railroad company
and any person violating the provis-
ions of this Act shall be deemed and held to
be guilty of larceny, of the meat or stock
be punished as now provided for by law.


Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act
be in force and take effect from and after its
passage,
Year: 1878

THE hostile feeling of the Rouman-
ians toward the Russians is growing in
Intensity, and the offensiveness of its
manifestations seems to be increasing.
The Russian quartermasters complain
that the Roumanian authorities hinder
the passage of supply trains, and even
threaten to stop the transportation of
war material through their territory al
together. The situation is SO grave
that the Russian commander cannot
afford to tolerate distractions of this
kind, which may imperil the very exist.
ence OF his army. If the Roumanians
do not mend their manners the grand
duke may find it necessary to give them
lesson that will cure them of all in
chnation to provoke another.
Year: 1878

The New York Fire Department
has adopted calcium lights for the use of
the firemen, and every hook-and-ladder
truck is to be supplied with the appara-
tus, as actual experiment has shown
that with these lights the men can see
to work in dense smoke, that the net
work Of telegraph wires with which the
ladder-men have to contend can be
avoided, and that especially on the tops
of buildings they are useful in showing
the men where their work is needed,
and obviating much of the danger to
which they are exposed.
Year: 1878

Berlin, April 6.-The question con-
cerning the position of Roumania is
becoming more and more embarrassing.
1t is said that Austria has intimated
her desire that the authority of Russia
should be limited as much as possible
during the passage of troops through
the principality, and that everything
should be avoided which might give
the character of Russian occupation to
the temporary presence of imperial
troops.
Year: 1878

The Detroit Evening News says
''Some years ago, Professor Maury
prOphesied that any alteration in the di-
rection OF the Gull stream would reverse
the history OF the world. According 10
European meteOroiogists, this change is
taking place, and the mighty oceanic
river is slowly bu: surely moving west.
The temperature of America is gradually
growing warmer at the expense of north
ern Europe Ii this is so it may account
for the unusually warm winter we have
experienced. Tie past winter has been
an exception throughout the country.
while in some portions of the country
even more soulherly than this, they have
experienced colder weather than We have
here. yet in tue aggregate the past win
ter is conceded to have been the mildest
one for years, and il may be that the
gulf stream moving west has been the
clIISn
Year: 1878

of the most stylish and tasteful de-
signs, embracing the handsomest
products of the European markets.
More than usual effort has been made
to make this opening a success, it
will include in addition, beautiful
line of Domestic Cloaks. We have
decided to make our store the popu-
lar resort for all who wish to look at
the newest and best goods at the
lowest possible prices.
Year: 1878

ToM PAINE's CREED. Thomas Paine
is generally held to have been an atheist,
without the slightest veneration or regard
for religion. To these who hold this be
lief 1t may be of interest TO learn what
his real opinions were on this subject.
The following is his confession OF faith:
~ believe in one God and no more. and |
hope for happiness beyond This life.
believe that religious duties consist in do
ing justice, loving mercy. and endeavnr
ing TO make our fellow creatures happy
But some, perhaps, will say. are we to
have no word of God-no revelation? |
answer, yes there is a word Of G Go6-thare
is revelation. The word OF God is the
creation we behold. and it is in this word
which no human invention can counter
felt or alter, that God speaketh univer
sally to man. 1t breaches to all nation,
and to all worlds; and this word of GOO
reveals to man, all that is necessary 10
know Of God. Do we want te contem
plate his power! We see it in the I'm
mensity of the creation. Do we want t
contemplate his wisdom? We see it if
the unchangesble order by which The
incomprehensible whole is governed d,
we want to contemplate his nunifcenue,
We see it in the abundance with which b,
Ills the earth. Do we want to contem
plate his mercy? We see it in his mo-
Withholding that abundance even from
the unthankful. In fine, do we want u
know what God is? Search not the book
called Scriptures which any human hand
might make, but the scriptures called
the creation ="
Year: 1878

How TO BRING Coon TIMEs.-Curse
the capitalists; frighten them III you can.
DO not let them go into business. If
they show any disposition to do SO, call a
meeting; get up aet OF rules and regu-
lations for managing the business SO as to
break them up as soon as possible, and
threaten those who will net go under the
rules, until they gather up their money
and leave the country, as they have al
ready begun to do. Nothing helps times
so much as 10 let men know that if they
get more By working hard than you do
BY idlsness, you will compel them to di-
vide. They will work all the harder foI
such encouragement. Go right ahead
with your communistic speeches. All
that is necessary is to follow up, and we
will soon be all on the ground floor, all
squal-all poor.
Year: 1878

A SEASIDE belle left her bathing shoes
hanging out Of her hotel window to dry,
and the next day the local paper announe
ed 'that such hotel had put up new
awnings of unique design Phttadet-
g1hid Bulletin.
Year: 1878

hell, not like dead flies, but without
taking the trouble even to kill them,
aud gloating aud laughing over their
eternal misery, is not such . heaven as
I want to 60 to. The doctrine is too
horrible. I can not believe it, and
won't. They say the saints 10 heaven
are so happy that they do not mind the
torments ,of the damned in hell; but
What sort Of saints must they be who
could bs happy while looking down
upon the horrors Of the bottomless pit?
They don't mind they're safe-thsy're
happyl What would the mother think
of the sixtsou.year- daughter who,
when her infant was lying dead in the
house, should come dancing and sing
ing into the parlor. and exolaim, "Oh!
I'm so happy mothsrl I don't care
for the dead baby In the coffin r.


Would she not be shooked2 And 10
with this doctrine; and by the blood
of Christ I deuosnoe it; by the wounds
10 His hands and His side, I abhor it ;
by His groans and agony, I abhor and
denouuce it as tho most hideous night


mare Of theology" a
Year: 1878

If any one wishes to grow fsshy. q
piut of milk taken before retiring at
night will soon cover the sorswniest
bones. Although nowadays we see q
good many aeshy females, there are
many lean and lsnk ones who sigh tor
the fashionable measure Of plumpness,
and who would be vastly improved in
health and appearance could their
figure be rounded with good, solid
flesh. Nothing is more coveted by
thin women than a full figure, and no.
thing will rouse the ire and provoke
the scandal Of the "clipper builds as
the consciousness Of plumpness in arr
val. In cases of fever and summer
complaint, milk is now given with ex-
celleut results. The idea that milk IS
"ieverish" has exploded, and it is now
the physicians great reliance in bring
ing through typhoid patients. or those
iu too low q state to be nourished by
solid food. It is mistake to scrimp
the milk pitcher. Take more milk and
buy less meat. Look to your milkman.
have large sized. we'll. filled milk pitch
ers on the table each meal, and you al.
40 will have sound flesh and save doc.
tors bills.
Year: 1878

THIS (the greenback), says one OF the Ma
tionalpapers, sis the dollar that was good
enough to pay the soldiers for the trials and
privations in camp, for the suffsrings incl
dent to the march, and on picket; for expos
ure and starvation in prison pens, for all the
hardships borne by him, that the bondholder
might be secure in his comfortable home and
in the possession of the plenty for which he
toiled not" This (the greenback), is the
promise to pay dollar, made by our Govern
ment in the stress of war. The Country
said to the soldiers, "We have not the money
to pay you, but take our notes and we pledge
the faith of the nation that we will pay those
notes in gold when the war Is over" That
promise has not been kept, and if the Nation
ais have their way the pledge will be broken.
The bondholder is the man who lent his
money to the Government and took Govern
ment notes at time when every banker in
Europe toIu urm Jne-n norrs- ppsr. No. ,uor,b
the paper they were printed on, for they
would never be paid. The faith of the SOL
dier and the bondholder in the word of the
Government gave their value to the green
and the bond. The Nationals propose to
break that word.
Year: 1878

FARMERS are likely to have to contend
this summer and fall with something worse
than the lightning-rod man. The Green
back orator is abroad. He is exceedingly
voluble and will talk for hours about the sub
Ject of finance which he has probably not
studied as many.minutes. He will compare
the prices which the farmer received for his
crops during the war with those he obtains at
present, conveniently forgetting to make a
similar comparison in reference to those things
the farmer has to purchase, and will play all
sorts OF juggling tricks with the figures of the
public debt. His theories are plausible but
when the pretended facts on which he bases
them are examined they will be found to be
gross mistatements. The easiest way to
refute his arguments Is to correct his state
ments.
Year: 1878

THE Pennsylvania miners desire that al
the people who use coal and iron shall con.
tribute to their support. Their plan Is for
the State government to make a corner in
these articles, send prices up, and so enable
the miners to go to work again. This Is the
worst kind of class legislation. Every laborer
in Portland, for example, must pay three or
or four dollars more ton for his coal in order
that men in Pennsylvania shall have employ
ment. The proposition is, however, but a
logical consequence of the doctrine that gov
vernment should provide for the wants o
any class OF citizens.
Year: 1878

SOME of the Nationals propose to pay the
bonds in gold and not pay the greenbacks at
all. That is, the bondhoder shall be paid
in gold the note held by him, but the day
laborer who has one or two dollar green
back shall not be paid. The Nationals tell
us they do this out of hostility to the bond.
holder and of friendship to the laborer.
Then they reward those they hate and swim
die those they love.
Year: 1878

The great lockout of cotton operatives in
England. stops 212,sO looms out of total Of
100000 in the kingdom. The mlll-owners
are the only men who will make anything
out of the strike, for they have an immense
stock of goods On band which they will be
able TO dispose of at advanced prices.
Year: 1878

MASSACHUSETTS people can do nothing
with Chace, the Fall River man, because, as
they say, he is not guilty of "embezzlement
according to law" But that seems 10 be
just what he is guilty Of. He took good care
not to put himself outside the law.
Year: 1878

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


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
Year: 1878

SOME of the London papers are saying
that there will be no war because England is
too wise and Russia too weak to enter upon
ono IN p issia's- weakness and England's
wisdom are the only obstacles there is very
little to stand in the way of conflict.
Year: 1878

The corn husks are thin, indicating a mild
winter the woods are full of mast, a hard
winter there are myriads of spiders,
mild winter acres of caterpillars, hard win
ter the squirrels are idle and listless, mild
winter the squirrels are noisy and busy
hard winter the goose bone is white and
gray, mild and hard winter the wood chuck
has gone in, mild winter the wood chuck
stays out, hard winter. 1t is indeed, only q
question of time when the system of weather
prognostication will become one of the eI,
act sciences.
Year: 1878

Judge Parks, who was recently appointed to q judgeship in New Mexico, and assigned to the second judicial district, not liking the legal layout there has thrown up the sponge and returned to bis home in Illinois. The only wonder is why such 9 man and such lawyer as Judge Parks should have thrown 0p lucrative practice for such a position. Judge Meldn was at home aud liked the place. The Senate should have con frmed him.
Year: 1878

For A FIT OF PASSION. on
in the open air. You may speak your
mind to the winds without hurting
anyone, or proclaiming yourself to be
a simpleton. "Be not hasty in thy
spirit to be angry, for anger resteth
in the bosom of fools.''
For A FIT OF IDLENEss. the
tickings Of clock. Do this for one
hour, and you will be glad to pull off
your coat the next and work like o
man.


Slothfulness casteth into deep
sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer
hunger"


For A Fri OF ExTRAvAGANcE AND
FOLLY. Go to the workhouse, or
speak to the ragged and wretched in
mates of Jail, and you will be con-
vinced--


Who makes his bed of briar and thorn


Must be content to lie forlorn.


Wherefore do ye spend money for
that which is not bread? and your
Labor. for that which satisfieth nct1"
FoR FRI OF AMBITION. Go to the
churchyard and read the gravestones.
They will tell you the end of r,an at
his best estate. "For what ie your
life2 1t is even q vapor that y. ear
eth for little time and then sh-
eth away pride goeth be y de-
struction and naughty spirit 5efore
fall"


For FIT OF REFINING. - Look
about for the halt and blind, and visit
the bed-ridden, the affiic ted and the
deranged, and they will make you
ashamed of complaining Of your light
Affections.


Wherefore doth a living man CON-
plain?"


For A FIT OF ENvY.-Go and see
how many who keep their carriages
are afflicted with rheumatism, gout
and dropsy; how many walk about
on crutches or stay atshome wrapped
up IN a flannel, and how many are
subject to epilepsy and apoplexy. "a
sound heart is the light of the flesh.
Envy is the rottenness of the bones. +"
Year: 1878

The noted Webster case occupied, with the
exception of "A short time spent IN hearing a
motion. the entire day before Judge Foster,
who sat in the District Court room. All the
testimony was given in and the areument
was proceeded with. A night session was
held In order that the C including arguments
might be heard, after which the case was
given 10 the jury.
Year: 1878

AfOLL AND SEARCHING INQUIRY REFUsED-THE


SPIRIT OF Yesterdays SPEECHES.


lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRBUNE.l


WASHINGTON, May 13.-The resolution was pre-
sehted after the expiration Of the morning hour, by
MT Cisrkson N. Potter. of New-YOrk.


it is not understood that Mr. Potter has had
much to do with the preparation of the resolution,
of The so-called evidence upon which it is based
nut he was selected by the committee of the Joint
caucus because it was thought necessary that the
mover Of the resolution should be a man of some
prominence ana character, in order to give dignity
ana force to the movement. To put such an inyes-
nsation as that which it is proposed to make into
We hands of the blatherskites who have been 90