smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

The SINGULAR RECOMMENDATION to which
the Evening Post devoted its leader yesterday,
that law be passed next winter requiring
the Forty-fourth Congress to assemble in
March next, evinces less penetration than we
should have expected in SO intelligent
journal. 1t is, indeed, in the power Of the
present republican Congress to compel It's
successor to meet on any day it may fix SUBJ
sequent to the Sd of March, the constitution
requiring the annual meeting to be con the
first Monday in December unless they shall
by law fix different day." But what motive
can the republicans have for compelling the
new House to meet in March2 The Post says
it would force the democratic majority to
show their hand. But it is easier to lead
horse to the water than to make him drink.
The democrats of the House would not pass
bills for the republican Senate to reject,
unless they felt sure that their rejection would
damage the republican party. II Congress
we're to be assembled i'll March the first thing
done by the House after organizing
would be to appoint six or eight committees
of investigation to probe abuses in every
executive department. The democrats would
doubtless be glad of such an opportunity
but it is quite certain that the republicans will
not accommodate them.
Year: 1874

News FROM THE NuE.-Our correspondent
at Khartoom informs us Of the return Of
Colonel Long to Gondokoro from an expe-
dition to the Victoria Nyanza. The gallant
Colonel reports the discovery Of new river
flowing into the lake. II would seem as if
the persistent efforts OF the travellers of this
generation to solve the mystery that for
thousands Of years has hung around old Father
Nile must in the end prove thoroughly sue
cessful. Each effort brings US some gleam of
light
Year: 1874

RACING ON THE EAST RIvER.-Now that
the inspectors have an opportunity OF ex-
amining' thoroughly into the practice of rae
ing carried on by the Harlem River boats we
hope they will not fail TO do their duty fear
lessly. The conduct Of the captains and
engineers on these river boats deserves the
strongest reprobation. Day after day they
endanger the lives of hundreds of people to
crafty silly vanity. II is disgraceful that
the authorities have not taken steps
to put down this system OF steam
boat racing; but they have now the
facts before them officially, and it they will
take steps to put an end to the disgraceful and
dangerous practice they will receive the thanks
OF the community.
Year: 1874

F THESE SEVEN DEMOCRATS Thurman,
Tilden, Bayard, Hendricks Seymour, Kerr
and Pendleton-would hold private confer
ence and agree to mutually support one
another and act in perfect concert on all the
great questions of currency, trade and finance,
they could give the democratic party what it
chiefly lacks, policy. But if these eminent
democratic statesmen cannot agree among
themselves how can the party ever be har-
monized2 Hendricks, who represents the
Indiana, and PsndSeton, who represents the
Ohio democrats, would have to make greater
concessions than the other five in reaching q
result to which they could all subscribe; but
they ought to have public spirit enough to
yield good deal tor the sake of so important
an object The joint influence of these seven
men might soon hush all discordant voices in
the party if they could come at once to a
bear agreement
Year: 1874

common to thieves as class. With tie n
formation already in their possession and the
slight start obtained by the robber the detec-
tives ought to be able to ferret him out. No
effort should be spared to suppress this class
of crime. The best way to accomplish this is
to teach the rogues that they will be pursued
without pause to the death.
Year: 1874

can be done. The debt Of Virginia is heavy,
and her present available resources are com
paratively light; but we see in these proceed
ings that she is disposed to do the best she
can to meet her obligations, and that is half
the battle.
Year: 1874

AN INDIAN F1aHr.--A gallant action has
been fought by handful of United States cav
airy against q superior force of Indians We
publish spirited account of the affair re-
ceived from our correspondent at Camp Sup
ply. Captain Farnsworth and his men
deserve commendation for the dashing man.
ner in which they handled the savages.
Year: 1874

ROBBERY OF AN EXPRESS CAR.-We publish
a detailed story this morning OF the daring
express robbery effected near Delaware Station,
in New Jersey. 1t is remarkable instance
Of the mingled daring and cowardiOe which Is
Year: 1874

PRESIDENT GRANTS ANNUAL MESSAGE must
be already engaging his attention. Will he
con ngratulate Congress, as he did last year. on
the disappearance OF party spirit throughout
the countrv2
Year: 1874

BUTLER Is SAID To BE PREPARING
statement Of the causes of his defeat for the
information of the country 1t is not in his
restless nature to keep quiet under defeat,
and his exposition is likely to be the spiciest
production of the season. As he has no
longer any thing to lose politically he will
fling vitriol on his enemies with even more
than his wonted recklessness, and thereby
qualify them to sit for their portraits for
the new rcgues' gallery he proposes to paint
(which, if not victory, is yet revenge"
Year: 1874

A WARRINGTON DESPATCH tells rs that the
President has expressed his determination to
veto the Civil Rights bill if it is taken up
from the Speakers table-where it has lain
since the session-and passed. But who
believes the House will pass it since the late
elections? Grant will not get chance to
veto it, and it would do him no good if he
could. The South would be more certain to
condemn the republican party for passing it
than to commend the republican President
for his veto. OF course, nothing that Grant
can do now will help him with democrats,
North or South.
Year: 1874

The Democrat admits that Ander-
son is employed as attorney for the
B. & M. Railroad Company, in
special case, bnt says he has not been
retained for years; that he has only
been acting as its agent; that he did
not 60 to California, but only part of
the way, on its passes; that his pass
es were not received for services as
attorney, but for servesces as land
agent; that he does not aoeO hold a
pocketfull of its passes; and that
therefore the Journals article last
week was a tissue of lies from begin
ming to end, with one single excep-
ton.


There may be difference between
agent and attorney which brings
consolation to the Democrat, but the
bald fact remains undisputed that he
is now employed as an attorney for
the railroad company as we stated !;
and the Democrat admits that he is
also the land agent of the same COM
pany. How much has the Senator
bettered the matter by showing that
the JOURNAL did not present the
case as strongly against Maj. Ander-
son as the facts warrant?
Year: 1874

The Journal in commenting last
week upon the factional strife in the
Republican party of the Capital Dis
trict, took occasion to say that John
A. Kasson had proven unworthy
of the trusts hitherto committed to
him by the party, and unworthy of
the further confidence of honest men
in either party; that he is banker
and wealthy aristocrat and ambi-
tious, scheming, artful and unscru-
pulous demagogue but that he was
likely to secure the nomination not
withstanding as he and his friends
were using dishonorable means.


The Democrat quotes from our arti-
Gle these words; 1--WE tell the peo-
pie that we mean to purify the Re-
publican party; and mean to put
bad men out of Office as fast as we
find them"


The next words in the Journals
article were "Let us do as we prom
ise or recall our pledges. Let us all
at least show an earnest effort to ful-
fill our obligations, and thus mani
fest our sincerity.


Our editorial neighbor thus gar
bles our article, and in his accustom-
ed style-utterly devoid of truth can
dor and common decency, opens his
battery upon the Journal, for what +?
nothing worse than the use of the
innocent word "we," as applied to
the Republican party. Poor Mac
He must charge something upon
somebody, even if he can find no
graver crime than the mere utterance
of the little word tive" He has nc
party to speak for, and admits that
he don't know where he belongs,
and hence can't say "we" except in
the sense of "we killed the bear"
Year: 1874

This q 10 inform the public that in
connection with Mr.. Bsrnum / have
leased the comet for term Of years; and
| desire also 10 solicit the public patron
AGE in favor Of q beneficial enterprise
which We have in view.
Year: 1874

Duriug a game of base ball in the Su-
Nurb- lat evening, 4 negro man who was
i'm the way of Peter Wealth, the catcher,
wa> ordered out of the way, to which he
responded with an oath, and drawing u
pistol fired at Wealth, who ran Il his
coat and getting pistol returned tn"
fire. Some half dozen shots were fired
in the melee that ensued, the negro firing
at other members of the club. He was
shot in the back and then beaten terribly.
Year: 1874

1t has been decided at the Interior
Department that after homeSteader
has completed term of five years fur
ther residencei is not required to entitle
him to patent, and also, that a residence
in a double house, built on the dividing
line between adjoining homestead, is II
residence in compliance with law.
Year: 1874

FORT WAYNE, July 9. There was a
fine fall of rain here to-day. It will prob
ably save the corn crop, which was dry
ing up. Wheat in this section is nearly
all harvested the crop will be about a
fair average
Year: 1874

There is a War of Races in Kentucky be-
tween two white men. 1t has been brewing
for some time, and 1t had its origin in the
political riyalries of the Hon. VIM. Sellers OF
Lancaster and a certain Mr.. Kennedy who is
a contestant for the Office of Clerk of the
Circuit Court. We need not pause to inquire
into the earlier scenes Of the conflict; but
when the trouble first arrested the attention
of the Associated Press MIR. Sellers was fortl-
fed in his own house with large party, con-
sisting principally of negroes, while the army OF
Kennedy, which was white, skirmished around III
the liyeliest and most aggressive manner. There
seems to have been a third body OF armed
men, under the command of the Sheriff, whose
object was to see fair play; and fourth was
composed of United States troops, which made
a brief and not very brilliant diversion, with
what precise purpose does not yet appear.
There is fine old flavor of Bourbon, however,
in the announcement that the negroes were at
last driven out of their fOrtiicatiOn at Sellerss
by the simple device of setting the house on
fire, and then there was grand battue. At
our latest advices on Sunday night squads of
Kentucky horsemen were securing the fields
and woods "tO hunt up the negroes who were
"trying to overcome the whites" and the
"utmost quiet prevailed in the town."


Kentucky has enjoyed such a bad eminence
of late for crimes of violence and the utter
failure of the law to interfere with the rude
vengeance of the shotgun and the slx-shooter,
that this affair at Lancaster ought perhaps to
excite no great surprise. 1t is only the aggOm-
Grafton, so to speak, of number OF ARRAYS
which under ordinary circumstances would
have been distributed over whole fortnight.
Yet we hear 1t spoken of in many quarters as
an illustration of the race antDathies upon
which selfish politicians are counting for the
next canvass. One side reads the reports
from Lancaster and threatens us with bar
barian war; The other side draws an opposite
conclusion from the same story, and asks If
we can do nothing to protect the wards OF the
nation from Ku-Klux Outrages. In truth it will
be found that the hOstilities of blacks and
whites have nothing to do with these scan
dalOus transactions, except so far as feeling
of mutual distrust, engendered by fools and
demagogues, may have been used to fan pre-
existing quarrel into flame. That is the danger
which the sO-caled White Mans Party con-
tinually invites; and if there is any lesson to
be drawn from the Lancaster riot it is that
society will never be safe while it is divided
politically by the prejudice of color. MIR. Ken
nedy probably would never have been able to
substitute siege operations for the usual Ken
lucky remedy of a street scrimmage, If his fol-
lowers had not previously been outraged i'll
the prOudest feelings of their nature by the
fact that white man had been shot in the
leg little while before by common nlgger.
Year: 1874

the house dies suddenly out before it
The girls discover that laughing and
rowing and growing frantic over good
catch of mackerel, or picnic or any
other jollity, is vulgar and Gin bad form;
the lads, clerks and statesmen for the most
part, with this one chance Of health for the
year, hide in their rooms to slip off their fan
mel shirts and don their linen and best studs,
give up their cricket and base ball and saun-
ter about the pOrches during the rest of their
two weeks holiday, trying to lisp genteelly to
DuttOn and affect knowledge of operas,
books, and people of whom they have seldom
heard. Or here is Miss Smith, who comes
among batch of good, hearty, everyday folks
who care nothing for books or culture; why
should she impose herself, watery dilution
of Concord theories, on them and trample their
cOmmOnplaceness under foot day and night
We protest that Polly (who is the pet of them
ally, with her charming ignorance, her humility
about her mistakes, her sweet temper, her eyes
ready to laugh or ely with you, is worth all
Concord theories of life or practice to boot.
And there arc the JOhnsons and Wilson's and
the innumerable clans of them who each vaunt
and swagger this gigantic al" at each other
the Summer through. They have not beauty,
wit, rank, or even money. No earthly claim
for superiority other than that is |. They
have that peculiar intolerance of little people
for every man who has not lived in their viii
lage and been run in their mold, who does
not, like themselves, spell Thompson with p.


Whether the friction of this month together
will rob each one of them of little of his
overpOwerng Self, or whether each will creep
gladly home again carrying his monster un-
harmed with him, who can telll
Year: 1874

II will not be the fault of District Attorney
Harrington if there remains lingering doubt
as to his knowing more than he ought to
know in regard to the District safe burglary.
His last manifestation of interest in this
matter was the acceptance of doubtful bail
on the release of one of the alleged burglars.
Year: 1874

Our special correspondence from st. Louis
shows that an independent spirit is still dis
played in the political movements on foot in
Missouri. Partisan politics are becoming un-
popular with the masses, and if the effort at
Reform is unsuccessful the responsibility will
lie at the door of Bourbon Democrats and
Lide-bound Republicans who are unwilling to
give up party names and party traditions, even
to save the State from misrule.
Year: 1874

The Women's Educational and Industrial
Society are not satisfied with having taught
1000 workingwomen during the past 1s
months how to earn an honest living. When
a sewing girl can earn only few dollars
a week she must be taught another
Iesson-how to keep soul and body together
on what she earns. The managers of the
Free Training Schools have solved the double
problem by opening their doors every morn
ing and giving every workingwoman who
comes a hearty breakfast for five cents.
Year: 1874

who the selected standard bearer of our
party will be. Speaker Blaine is, un-
derstand, likely to be pressed for nomina-
ton. He is unquestionably qualified to
fill the Presidential chair, and he would
also inspire the confidence Of all ranks.
He has large public experience and has
besides good record. Mr.. Washburne,
our Minister to Paris, is another candl-
date who I think will be greatly talked of
before the final action is taken. / think
he would, if chosen, be a tower Of strength
and would poll an exceedingly large vote.
He is, think, as popular man as can
be found, and justly SO. His action and
services rendered during the late war in
France have comm ended him most strong
ly to the gratitude and admiration of the
American people. He has shown great
ability and frmness Of character under
most trying circumstances, which clearly
indicate his fitness to occupy the highest
Office in the gift Of the people, and to fill
the position with honor to himself and
the nation. He has not been much talked
of as yet, but, as have just said, it is my
opinion that long before the proper time
comes he will be looked upon as the COM
ing man. There are many Others who are
spoken of, but I would just now prefer not
to go into the discussion of the question
more deeply than I have DONE"
Year: 1874

The Changers in council assembled
of this District, are taking wise
course in one point, provided the mem
bership can be induced to live up to
the advice, and that is in resolving to
raise only one half as much tobacco as
heretofore, and to raise more grass
ard corn. We apprehend the Difficult
~ will be in getting the planters to
practice what the leaders preach. We
suppose of course that our Changers
better comprehend the adaptabilify of
the lands now producing tobacco to
cereals than we do, and that they have
fully considered the productive capaci
ty the change would work.


The Grangers have also another pro
ject- under adyisement, and that is the
establishment of an agricultural i'm
plement mandatory at some central
point OF the District. We don't know
how this would work, but are inclined
to believe that competition is to the
advantage of our farmers in this re
gard. a factory established under the
guardianship and protection of the
Changers might prove of itself to be a
monopoly. Ifprivate ent(sprise should
undersell it, trade could not be center
ed to it. If it succeeded in trampling
out private competition, its patrons
might find human nature too weak to
resist the chance afforded by the mo
nopoly, and prices rule as high as now
or higher.
Year: 1874

We think it pretty definitely settled
that the present Congress will pass no
peasure which will afford any substau-
Hal financial relief to the country.
The situation thoroughly demonstra-
tes either want of disposition or abili-
ty, or both, upon the part of the Radi-
Gals, who control the affairs of the
tnited States. to devise any means to
relieve the masses from the bondage
they are under to the money-ehangers
Of New England Radicalism has been
wonderfully successful in getting the
country into financial ruin, and there
the purpose seems to be to leave it,
Ledger.
Year: 1874

The negro politicians of Tennessee,
in solem convention assembled. have
declared that social equality, full and
free, shall be recognized and endorsed
by legislation. They have boldly taken
the most advanced position, and demand
that every candidate for Office shall
stand either with them or against them.
The Democracy are ready for the issue
and will resist the demands SO emphti-
caIIy made.
Year: 1874

4 lady of Washington county, New
York, is a mother Of large family oil
children, and they are all rather di-
minulive. A few days after the birth
of the youngest little niece of the
lady called to see the baby. After
looking at the tiny specimen for lew
minutes. the little girl said Aunt
Maria, don't you think it would be
better to have less OF em and have EN-
bigger r
Year: 1874

There was a mercantile firm which
began to advertise freely just after the
great collapse of coIus>al fortunes in
1887. All profits Of the firm for
time were Invested in printers ink.
and its members toiled vigorously and
advertised in the best newspapers At
the end OF seven years they had one
hundred thousand dollars, besides their
stock of goods, and owed not a dollar
No merchant can succeed III these days
of newspaper consumption, when peo~
pie DO longer read books, aud look TO
newspapers for all sorts of information
none succeed who do not employ
newspapers This panic that prevails
should augment advertising accounts.
There is as much money as ever in the
country, and il Is just as good as ever
1t is boarded Till bargains are offered
and the reading people through the
newspapers where the bargains may
be made, In order to buy, the people
must be told by their newspaper where
to buy and who has what they want or
fancy.
Year: 1874

From the address of the Master of the
National Grange, Master Adams of Iowa, de-
ivered at the last National Grange meeting
at st. Louis, January, 1874:


''Article xii. also demands most serious
consideration to definitely decide what in
terpretation shall be put upon the word
are substantially unit in the opinion that
the Order should not in any sense become a
political party But at the same time, there
are questions most fundamentally affecting
Our material interests 1chsch can only be
reached through legisLation.-It seems I'M
PERArIvE that such questions should BE dis
cussed IN the Grange. Shall it he said that
such questions were political in the meaning
OF the Constitution The questions OF
TRANSPORTATION, TAXATION, FINANCE, COR
RUPrIoS IN PUBLIC PLACES, 1oere such as come
home to the consciences and pockets Of our
members, and they wish to know whether
they will be denied the privilege of can
vassing them on the ground of politics"


10 this suggestion the National
Grange replied as follows in their


NATIONAL PLATFORM.


eve emphatically and sincerely assert the
oft repeated truth taught in our organic law,
that the Grange, National, State or Subor-
dinate, is not a political or party organiza-
ton No Grange, is true to its obligations,
can discuss political or religious questions,
nor call political conventions nor nominate
candidates, nor even discuss their merits in
its meetings.


Yet the PRINCIPLES WE TEACH UNDERLIE ALL
TRUE POLITICS, ALL TRUE STATEsMANsHIP, and
if properly carried out will tend to purify the
whole political atmosphere of our country.
For we seek the greatest good to the greatest
number.


We must always bear in mind that no one,
by becoming Patron of Husbandry, gives
up that inalienable right and duty which be-
longs to every American citizen, to take q
proper interest in the politics Of his country"


eve propose meeting together, TALKING
TOGETHER, and generally ACTING TOGETH-
Err, for our mutual protection and advance
ment."


I'VE are opposed to any such spirit and
management of any corporation or enter
prise as tend to oppress the people and rob
them of their Just profits"


1--WE are opposed to excessive salaries and
high rates OF interest"
Year: 1874

islature, will understand that the Re-
publican party of Minnesota are alone
responsible for it.


A pound of proof is worth ton of
professions. Here we have the proof.


The Republican party is weighed IN
the balance and found wanting.