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Year: 1879

In his great speech on the Army bill Semi
tor CoSK1Na showed that in total National
revenue of $685., 900, 600, only $4,000, 600
were collected in the lately rebellious States


Objection has been made that these figures
prove nothing, since the consumer really pays
the tax, and it is not shown that the articles
from which the tax in question Was derived
we're consumed in the States wherein the tax
was collected True: But the figures are still
very significant, for they do show where the
great industrial and commercial enterprises
of the country are located and conducted,
namely: in the North and West, far re-
moved from the blghting influence Of slave
~ ideas, which, unfortunately, still survive


the peculiar institution itself. Down to the


time Of the late Civil War Mason and Dixon's
line meant more than mere division Of
free from slave territory it was also the line
between prosperity and unthrift. North Of
it every industry dourished, wealth accumu-
lated, intelligence was widely disseminated,
and all educational instrumentalities pros-
pe1ed south Of it every industry languished,
and the country stagnated in the relentless
grip of poverty, illiteracy, and vice. How
is it that this old line Of demarcation be-
tween slavery and freedom bounds the same
soeietary and material conditions on either
hand as those existing previous to the abol-
ton Of slavery? The answer is
obvious. The Southern people have
not accepted the verdict Of the War
as tinality.z They still cling to the ghost
of slavery, which starea them in the face in
the persons of their former chsttels. They
still regard the negroes as fit only to be
hewers of wood and drawers Of water.
They deem it their right to lie to them and
cheat them. They charge them three or
four prices for land rentals, and the same
rate of e1tortion for supplies, and SO absorb
the last penny Of their legitimate profits.
They deny to them the privileges OF the
franchise On pain ct death, and, if all else
fills, they crown. the infamy Of bull
DOING. by the. <infamy of ballot
box stufia1 Thus all the essential
Year: 1879

and for that it is incapable of making suit
able amends. The present hostile attitude
which that party in Congress has assumed,
at time when the whole business interests
Of the country are seeking rest and recupera-
ton from political and financial disturbance,
is unjusti6ably selfish and unpatriotic, and
cannot be atoned for BY any display Of blind
courage or backbone Mr.. DANA sees that
its capacity for blundering will lose it the
race of 1880.
Year: 1879

The Democratic organ at the Capital
speoulates upon an early adjournment Of
Congress. and believes that it is possible for
both Houses to do SO on the Goth. The dis
porsion Of the Brigadiers at Washington and
the tax-eaters at Springfield on the same day
would be the happiest coincidence Of the
Year: 1879

The Confederates would sooner have State
rights and yellow fever than allow the Federal
Government to establish quarantine regulations
at it's own expense within the jurisdiction OF
Sovereign State !:
Year: 1879

: The New York Tribune calls attention to the
fact that SIC, 900 is about the size Of the saving
which the country is realizing every day IN the
little matter Of interest alone rs the result OF
the funding operations So triumphantly carried
through by Secretary SHERMAN. -, -
Year: 1879

The Governor of Michigan has vetoed
law passed by the last Legislature Of
that State which proposed to vacate
offices the incumbents Of which are
found guilty Of getting drunk, on the
ground that such law might prove
embarrassing in its execution, and is,
furthermore, in contravention of the
State constitution, which ordains that
certain officers who would be subject to
this bill shall only be removed by i'm.
peachment.
Year: 1879

Tue Fort Smith Herald says there lssonc important thing to which tho Legislature should give attention. and that is the printing bill. It may have been all right and proper fiisy years ago to advertise on blacksmita shops and pine trees, but this more enlightened age and better agencies are needed. A law should be passed requiring the publication of all i'm portant notices in some newspaper published in the county, and by that means inform the people of what is going on. It will have the good effect of making reading popula ton of Arkansas and cultivate taaste for newspapers. We hope the Legislature will not adjourn without giving this important matter some attention. Besides the present law is unjust to the party whose proper ty is advertised for sale. Those notices are stuck up at courthouse doors and blacksmith shops, and but few people see tbcm before they are washed away by the rains or blown down by the winds, and when the day of sale arrives, but few persons

 

 are present and the poor debtor sees his property sold for scarcely enough to pay the debt, whereas, If it was properly advertised, there would be more buyers and better prices ob tained for the unfortunate debtors .-Clarksville Herald.
Year: 1879

WASd1N0ION, JAIL oAs


THE following is the Presidents mes
sage sent TO the Senate to-day relative
to the nominations of Collector Arthur
and Naval Officer Cornell:


To the Senate:


transmit herewith q letter of the
Secretary of the Treasury in regard to
the suspension of the late Collector and
Naval Officer at the port of New York,
with the accompanying documents. In
addition thereto 1 respectfully submit
the following observations: The custom
house in New York collects more than
two-thirds of all the customs revenues
of the Government. Its admins
tration is q matter not of To-
cal interest merely, but is of
great Importance to the people of the
whole country. For a long period of
time it has been used to manage and
control political affairs. The officers
suspended by me are. and for several
years have been, employed in active
itics of the city and State of New York.
have been regarded as of subordinate
importance to their partisan work.
Their offices have been conducted as a
part VI Tie pOllttCdl indCulucTy uuucE
their control. They have made the
Custom House the center of parti-
san political management. The
Custom House should be a busi-
ness office. 1t should be con-
Quoted on business principles. Colonel
James, Postmaster of New York City,
writing on this subject, says: "The
Post-ofiice is business institution. and
should be run as such. 1t is my delib-
crate Judgment that and my subordi-
mates can do more for the party of our
choice by giving the people of this city
a good and efficient postal service than
by controlling the primaries or dictat-
ing nominations. The New York Gus
tom House should be placed on the same
footing with the New York Post-office.
But under the suspended officers the
would be one of the prin-
cipal political agencies in the State of
New York. To change this, they pro-
fess to believe, would be, in the lam
Year: 1879

guage of Cornell in his response. "to
surrender their personal and political
rights" Convinced that the people of
New York and the country generally
wish the New York Custom House to be
administered solely with the view to the
public interest, it is my purpose to do
all in my power to introduce into this
great Office reforms which the country
desires. With my information of the
facts in the case, and with deep sense
of the responsible obligations imposed
upon me by the Constitution to "take
care that the laws be faithfully execu-
ted," l regarded it as my plain duty to
suspend the officers in question, and to
make the nominations now before the
Senate in order that the important of
flee may be honestly and efficiently ad-
ministered.


CSigned. R. B. HAYES.


EXECUTIVE MANSION. Jan. 81. 1875.
Year: 1879

A FEW days ago drummer from the
East was taking nip in saloon near
the Central Depot, and he put the pro-
prietor up to q new dodge. 1t was to
place on the hot stove what seemed to
be an ounce ball and cartridge, but the
cartridge or shell was of course empty.
Very few loungers would care to re-
main in the room and wait for the ex-
pected explosion, and once out doors
they would give room to cash custo-
The saloonist procured three or four of
the bombshells'' and the trick was a
success from the start. When he had
roped IN three or four friends to aid him
they could clear the room of loafers in
one minute by the watch, and the fat
on their ribs grew in thickness.


Yesterday morning an ungainly-lo
ing chap, who seemed to have been
frost bitten by contract, and whose old
evercoat was too ragged to even tangle
the cold, dropped into the place in a
quiet way and at once tried to surround
the coal-stove. The saloonist asked
him if he didn't want hot drink, and
he replied:


80, I guess not-Pn thaw out by the
fire after an hour or two."


Pretty soon hint was given him that
he could buy ten-cent cigar for five
cents, and that reminded him that he
had a clav pipe and some tobacco in
his pocket. The saloonist thereupon
determined to scare him out, and while
fixing the fire he placed one of the de-
ceivers on the stove and leaped away
with the exclamation that some fiend
had conspired to assassinate him. The
stranger rose up, realized the peril, and
called out: 'How long fore the
darned thing will shoot off P" "You
haven't minute to live if you don't
get out doorsr' was the wild answer as
the saloonist made q dive for a rear
room.


'Pete Adams," began the stranger,
as he shook off his old overcoat, "you
hain't got tarnal thing to live for, and
you might as well go under now, when
coffins are cheap. Brace up, old boy,
and die with your boots on-whoopr'


Picking up a stool he knocked the hot
water can off the stove at the first blow,
and he was whaling away at the beer
tables when the saloonist rushed in and
screamed out:


ely! Fly, or you're a dead manr'


"Welcome! King of terrorist
whooped Peter as he tossed table
clear over the bar-keeper's head.


Three or four men came in to help
secure him, but before they had sue
ceeded in jamming him down behind
the coal-box they had bumps and
bruises enough to last them for a
month.


I'm the clothes-pin that never flies
from nothing nor nobody" remarked
Peter as they finally let him up and
sought to get $40 damages.


He hadn't a red cent, and when he
had jumped through back window
and cantered down the alley his faded
and ragged overcoat alone remained to
tell that he had been there.-Free Press.
Year: 1879

Yesterday morning, saw man &c
out of a car and shut the door after him.
1 have travelled very constantly for near
ly three years, and this was the first
man 1 ever saw shut the car door after
him as he went out. And he only shut
it because was right behind him, try
ing to get out, with big valise in each
hand. When 1 set down my valises to
open the door, 1 made q few remarks
on the general subject of people who
would get up in the night to do the
wrong thing at the wrong time, but the
man was out on the platform and fail
ed to catch the drift of my remark. l
was not sorry for this, because the other
passengers seemed to enjoy it quite as
well by themselves, and the man whose
action called forth this impromptu ad-
dress was forbidding looking man, as
big as a hay wagon, and looked as
though he would have banged me clear
the side of a box-car if he had
heard what | said. L suppose these
people who invariably do the wrong
things at the wrong time are necessary,
but they are awfully unpleasant.-B"r-
1etle
Year: 1879

We learn from a correspondent that
there resides in the vicinity of Harris
burg, in an out place in Han
cock County, about three miles west of
Mount Blanchard, very remarkable
child, only ) years old, who seems to
have the power to charm birds at will.


Her mother first noticed this strange
fascination that the child possesses about
year ago. The little girl was playing
in the dooryard among bevy of snow
birds, and when she spoke to them they
would come and light upon her, twitter-
ing with glee. On taking them in her
hands and stroking them, the birds, in
stead of trying to get away from their
fair captive, seemed to be highly pleased,
and when let loose would fly away a
short distance and Immediately return
to the child again. She took several of
them into the house to show her mother,
who, thinking she might hurt them, put
them out of doors, but no sooner was
the door opened than the birds flew into
the room again, and lit upon the girls
head and began to chirp.


The birds remained about the prem
ises all winter, flying to the little girl
whenever the door was opened. The
parents of the little child became alarm
ed, believing that this strange power
was an ill omen, and that the much
dreaded visitor, death, was about to visit
their house. But death did not come,
and during last summer the child has
had numerous pets from the birds.
The child handles the birds 50 gently
that humming bird once in her hand
does not fail to return. This winter Il
bevy of birds have kept her company,
and she plays with them for hours at a
time. Every morning the birds fly to
her window, and leave only when the
sun sinks in the west. The parents of
this girl are poor, superstitious people,
and have been reticent about the matter
until lately, fearing that some great
calamity was about to befall them
Forest (O.) ReUieU.
Year: 1879

longed to RaJah, VINO, In MS anxiety
to get early to the exhibition, mad caused
him to be overdriven, with heavy load ,
until he was driven mad.


What we saw was only a small part
of the damage he did. He killed seven
men that night, including his driver,
who was his first victim. My friend
and went in the morning to see the
seven crushed bodies, which all lay un-
der a single canvas sheet. For some
time the natives standing around tried
to persuade us not to uncover them, but
a native constable concluded the argu-
ment by seizing the corner of the sheet
and pulling it to one side. The faces
were all calm and life like, for Hindoo,
even under the most appalling condi-
tions, rarely suffers himself to pass into
the other life without composing his
limbs and features.


"The moment the natives standing
around saw the uncovered bodies
frenzy seemed to possess them. The
men rushed to their tents, and presently
returned with rusty old swords, flint
locked pistols, and bell-mouthed guns.
All these weapons they began to polish
vigorously with the intention of making
immediate war upon the elephant. But
Col. Spencer, the Commissioner of the
station, had already sent party of Ben
gal Lancers after him, and in the after
noon he was brought back, with a bull
lat in one pf his kuppa and loaded wit n
chains SO arranged that he could he
Year: 1879

G. 8. s. Horne, while fishing recently in
Flint River, Ga, was disturbed by the con-
linual failing Of some heavy body in the
water. After listening for so time hc con-
cllded that something unusual was going
on, anh, scizing his gun, went forward to
investigate. On the opposite side of the
river he saw white object with a largo
dark one at racking it. ~ boat being handy,
lie bailcd it, and cxpeditiously and quietly
passed over lie struck the bank about
twelve feet above the cause Of disturbance,
seized his gun, and as the boat swung around
with the stream fired at the head of tho
dark object. lie then dropped the gun, and
as the boat driftcd ho lifted an immense
loggcr-hcad turtle into it., after which he
pulled in tho other object, which proved to
be large sturgeon. Before he could re-
cross The river, The turtle, which was only
stunned by the bird snot, recovered and
showed fight The s.tultion was lively and
interesting. The boat was lcaky, the wa
ter deep and swift, the turtle large, strong,
and determined on fight. 1t advanced
with open mouth, and Cul's gun was empty.
lie gave the boat all the impetus possible,
stuck the paddle in the beast g mouth, drew
little penknife from his pocket and tried
to cut its throat. AS the turtle kept its hold
on the paddle, ho succeeded in this after
several efforts. He then carried his prize
home, and found that it weighed fifty or
sixty pounds. The sturgeon, lie supposed,
weighed thirty or forty.
Year: 1879

cause for complaint, yet chilled the hope
springing within his breast.


One day, on going to her hottie, the SER
want met him at the door with the announce.
ment that she was was very i'll. This
knowledge brOugbt Bther knowledse-the
fact that he could no longer conceal from
himself that he loved her and that on his
hope of winning her hung bis liF.'s happi-
uaea
Year: 1879

The experiment of supplying houses
with steam for the purposes Of heating,
after the manner in which they are pro-
gvided with gas and water, is to be tried in
Berlin. A preliminary trial is to be had
in western suburb, under the direction
of an ex-sanitary officer. The land is ta-
ken, CAPITALISTS have come forward and a
pattern station is to be erected. When if-
ty householders agree to employ the new
system, it will be carried into practical ef-
feet. The proposed heating will be con
siderably cheaper than that by ordinary
fuel. and the amount consumed in each
house will be measured as gas is.
Year: 1879

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EHaq'1 dan as Gift. 1sHf zs


He was tall, coarse looking individual
with an air Of self preservation that made
friends of his enemies wherever hemet
them, through fear of his lightning move
ments. He wanted to see Man
dan, and accordingly jumped
on the ot-board Of a switch engine
which be thought was about to cross the
river. The location was a good one. he
could gaze in every direction under the
broad canopy of heaven The engine
backed down through the curveto the ice,
and then it was that the adventurous
youth realized his perileus position. The
water was three or -four feet deep, and he
must either take bath with his boots on,
or Jump ashore. He chose the latter
scheme and made brilliant effort whlch
resulted in signal failure. His estima-
ton Of his capacity for jumping, and the
distance to land were transposed, and he
fell on his back in the water. Reaching
the shore he watched the engine taking
water by means Of a syphcn, and saw her
return to her starting point. This was
rather tame sight compared with his
imagination Of Mandan, but the disconso-
late typo" returned to Bismarck fully
convinced that cover the river' has no
charms for him, and would not take the
whole Of front street as q gilt. +"-
Year: 1879

A most foul and brutal murder was committed in Yell county last Monday morning. A young man by the name of Burgess James and stranger, who also represented his name to be James and claimed to be kinsman of Bur gess, started out from Dardanelle to get work at cotton picking on some planta- ton below Dardanelle. At point about 6 miles below Dardanelle the stranger said to James: tRight here killed one man, and right here l will kill you" and immediately opened n murderous fire upon him with q navy six putting two balls through his body and breaking his arm with 6 third. No. satisfied with this he then clubbed his pistol and almost beat his helpless victims brains out. It was we'll known that James was in the habit of carrying some money on his person and on this occasion he had Sl30 with him which the murderous villain took and left his victim for dead. It appears, however, that he revived sufficiently to relate the whole occurrence to some parties who shortly aftorward came along and found him. The poor fellow died at , D. m. of the same day.

 A large number of men are in pur- suit Of the murderer and it is to be hoped ho will Dc, if De $ not already ny lh!s timc, appIchcadod And when
Year: 1879

Life is changing daily. The
teachers of this truth are many
We hardly begin to live ere it is
time to die. We may read it in the
falling leaf. The shadow is but a
picture of life. Every time the
heart beats it says passing away"
Somebody dies, and somebody is
born to fill their place every time
your heart beats. Every pain in
the body reminds US chat we are
passing away. Life is uncertain
but death, sooner or later is sure.
1t is only question of time how
long we shall pitch our tents in this
wilderness. The dew drops spar
kle like diamonds, but the sun soon
spoils their beauty. Above US the
flying clouds proclaim the message,
passing away" and beneath our
feet the withered grass and fading
flowers tell us the same story
Around us the whistling wind tells
US we are mortal, as it shakes our
frail frames, and within US a small
still voice confirms the testimony.


With SO many evidences of hu-
man frailty how could an attentive
observer be ignorant Of the fact
that man, at his best, is altogether
VANITY? Verify, sin the midst of
life we are in DEATH" for we see
young and old falling before the
reaper's glistening sickle. With
numberless ailments and accidents
to hurry mortals to the tomb, it Is
marvel that more do not die un-
der the age of maturity. We are
all marching on to the great battle
field of death as fast as the swift
footed steed of time can carry US.
We see it every time we breathe,
that we must return to dust, and
mingle with our parent earth.-
Even the immovable mountains
must pass away as well as man
himself. Things of time are ever
changing, while things of eternity
are Interchangeable. May our pass
ing away be like that of the setting
sun in a cloudless sky-calm but
beautiful,
Year: 1879

Senator Ben Hill of Georgia was
in Atlanta last week, to participate
as counsel in a law case, and while
there a reporter for the Constitu-
tion had talk with him upon the
present political situation. Mr.. Hill
takes a hopeful view of matters
from a Democratic standpoint, as
will be seen from the following:


"My candid opinion is that they
(the Republicans) have not the
slightest chance to win. They will
not succeed. The people are
brought face to face with an essen
tial question in free government.
1t is'whether the will of the people
shall make government, or whether
force shall create, maintain and per-
form the functions of government
in this republican system. The
Democracy goes before the country
upon higher and broader platform
of popular rights and popular lib
erty than did Thomas Jefferson in
1900. The question is between
force and freedom, fraud and jus
tice, Capitalization and colstitu-
tional government. l believe that
upon those issues the Democracy
will sweep the country, carrying
with it a majority of the North
itself"


In reply to the question as TO
what he thought of the Presidents
purpose in taking a stand against
the proposed legislation, repeating
partisan election laws, Mr.. Hill
said:


"Why, he has gone over, soul and
body, to the radical side of his par
ty. He has most unquestionably
gone back on himself and is now
controlled by the very worst ele-
ment of his party. Winning him
over to their schemes was the great
triumph they had to gain, for with
out his co operation all they did
was emptiness. They had to have
him, and it is said that he was even
told that to join with them would
be to solidify the party, identify
him as its great leader and make
him the party candidate of next
year. You see he held the stakes
in his own hand. He could dictate
terms and the party could afford to
promise anything for success, since
without him that success would be
impossible. 1t is said that he has
been promised reelection, and that
he has Joined the rabId leaders in
their schemes with a view to that
result"


Senator Hill is doubtless per-
fectly correct in his opinion regard
ing the motives that have prompted
Mr.. Hayes to veto the bills repeal.
ing Radical election measures. 1t
is natural that he should want to
be his own successor, and it would
unquestionably be very gratifying
to him to have his present admins
tration endorsed by a majority oi
the qualified voter IT the country