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Year: 1877

NEW YORK, October 12.-A Sun Utica special reports Horatio Seymour as laying: thInk, '' he said, that the demonstration of silver was an unfortunate thing. It is of no partic- ular consequence whether it was right or wrong in itself-it was untimely. It involved a question with which the people had not been made familiar. We were going along in the right di- rectiOn before that The country had been made to see the necessity and practicability of returning to a specie basis; but now the new question is forced on us of What constitutes a specie basis?" and on that question great differences of opinion are devel- oped. Half the number who have con tributed their efforts towards dissemi- mating sound financial doctrines are at variance with the other half and the characterization of silver has caused the trouble. The bill itself was snug gled through Congress. I do not mean by that to cast a reflection on those who introduced Or voted for it, but what l mean is that the people were wholly ignorant of the scope of the law at the time of its passage"
Year: 1877



 We learn that a suit has just been

 brought in the United States court here to recover SlO0,0O0 from Prof. Hill,

 for wood used in smelling ore in Gil pin county. It is alleged that this

 wood was cut on the public domain,

 and the government now seeks to re- cover the value of it. Prof. Hill has already paid the value of this wood to

 the men who cut it. This suit is sim

 ply reproduction of the Alleman busi- ness in a new form, and if carried through to successful termination, will doubtless close up the smelling works located in the mining regions, and force the people to abandon the country. If Prof Hill can be sued for

 buying timber cut on the public do- main, then every man who buys load of wood in Clear Creek and Gilpin counties to cook his beefsteak or warm his children will be exposed to judicial process. Before Judge BelfOrd went to Washington last winter he prepared

 a bill authorizing the people of Colo rado to enter the public domain and remove timber for smelling, mining and domestic purposes Not obtain ing his seat in the early part of the session, he gave this bill to the Hon. Eugene Hale, of Maine, who intro duced it. The session wal taken up by the Presidential contest and noth- ing was done with this measure. We are glad to know that this bill will again be offered, both in the House and Senate, and a strenuous effort made to pass it. As matters now stand, the government will not sell the timber, and if every man who buys a load of wood is to be prosecuted. the most calamitous results must follow. It is time that the authorities at Washing ton learn that some change be made in our land laws. It would be well for Judge Belford, when he reaches Wash ington, to call the attention of the At tOrney-General to the condition of af- fairs in this State and see if this kind of litigation cannot be stopped. His course on this subject has been con- sistent and his experience will enable him to speak advisedly.-Denver News, October TO-
Year: 1877

SILVER KING, A. T., October D, 1871

 EDITOR CITIZEN: You and others of my old friends would perhaps like Ito hear of my long prospect and hard earned fortune, after a siege of sixteen years of prospecting in the mountains of Arizona and New Mexico. It is a long time to hang to country and live on beans straight and deer loin, but here is the way the persevering pros pector is paid in Arizona. After re. turning from San Francisco, from the trip made there with you over eighteen months ago, made up my mind to try the King belt while and see what my luck might be on it. My brother and 1 went to work. The more we dug the better we liked it. This fall we thought we would sink on an iron capped mine we owned near the old Silver Queen mine. This mine of ours was condemn ed as we'll as the Queen, While dig ding on the surface to make platform from which to sink a shaft we found silver lead. We broke ore off it and found it vein four feet wide of solid metal that assays as high as $10,0O0 to the ton. We will have twenty tons on the road to San Francisco within thlr- ty days which will average S2OOO to the ton.

 This is our reward for faithful pros pecting. l think this the most valua- ble strike eyer made in the Territory, as it fetches out the Queen which is the claim to this mine which we name for Mexico's pattern mine-the Guajanato. The vein is a true Assure. It shows the same character of ore for miles. We have a million in sight on the surface which we can dig out and ship. BARNEY W. CoNNELLY.
Year: 1877

The election of Mir Randall of Ph l adelphia, Speaker of the House oi Representatives, is regarded as favora ble to Col. Scoit's proposition for Con gress to aid the Texas Pacific railway If the Southern members are well unit ed on this measure, il will very likely receive aid enough from northern members 10 insure it's passage

 If the following Washington dis. patch be true, the Southern Pacific is determined on a through line 10 New Orleans, independent of public aid, and that at an early day. Referring to the Colorado bridge matter on the 10th instant, the dispatch says:

 Mr Huntington further stated that the company was prepared to push for ward their work on the road eastward this Winter at the rate of mile and a half per day. They have rails for 200 miles already on the Pacific coast. and by the time these are used up they will have more delivered. He further stat ed that all their arrangements were completed, whereby they would be en- abled to have the right of way through Texas, and in connection with the lines already built or building, have direct connection with New Orleans They expect within the next three years to be running trains through from San Francisco to New Orleans.

 This \does not settle the question of building \eastward this Winter, al though it assures the public that the company is prepared to advance the road at the raSe of forty-five miles per month The Winher is so much the best season for building bat if advance work be not soon done, witlAsuch ample prep arations, it may be taken AS evidence of purpose to await She action of Congress for or against the Texas Pa cific.
Year: 1877

Ar Oak Grove, about eight miles from Point of Mountain beyond Tres Alamos, the White Bros. have dug a

 well twelve feet deep and at that depth a stream of water comes pouring in. They have sent to California for wind mill, by which means they will raise water for thousands of head of cattle. Nearly every year, abundance of wa ter is found on the surface, and to get a supply so near the surface this year, is a guarantee that their ranch site was well chosen; and further suggests the probability of getting plenty of water in many places by digging even shal- low wells. The southeastern part of the Territory Is covered with pasturage, and in many places water can be found in brooks and springs almost every year, which argues that not very much digging would be required to get wa ter in the driest seasons. The valleys between the Dragoon and Chiricahua mountains and between the Chirica- huas and Stein's Peak range, evidently contain abundance of water very near the surface
Year: 1877

lVNHE YOUNG MEN ATTENDING THE | Parochial School of St. Augustine. have organized a Base Ball Club under the name Of "ATizOna star Base Ball lClub," having no other object in view than to amuse from time to time the

 many citizens of Tucson, if in their turn

 they try tO encourage their efforts, by the organization Of Q contending Nine. They are ready to entertain any challenge sent to them by outside clubs at any time. We expect that the lovers Of the National Game which has lately become SO pOpu- lar throughout the country, will not fail to exercise their utmost influence for its introduction in our own city. Wake up young folks Of the West!

 October %. 3-Iw
Year: 1877

JUDGE DE FOREST PORTER did hold the regular term of court in Nj ricopa county. He was hardly able to trayel and had to walk into the court room on crutches, but we are informed the business was about all transacted.
Year: 1877

THE opinion of men who come here from California and other States is that war with Mexico is certain. We cer. tainly hope they are mistaken, but they insist they are not They talk as ii they kIew those in authority at Wash. ingtOn expect it. Perhaps there are some causes at work to provoke war not discovered by the argus-eyed news papers, but if there are not, there can hardly be a war with Mexico soon. Such a war would be acceptable to the ambitious officers of the army and to many others who understand how to personally profit by one; but we doubt if any considerable number of the bona fide residents on either side and near to the line from San Diego to the Gulf of Mexico, want either war or a change in boundaries, which a war would almost certainly bring about.
Year: 1877

THE second night after her first hus- band died she sat by the open chamber window five hours waiting for the cats to begin fighting in the back yard. Said she: This thing of going 10 sleep without a quarrel of some kind is so new that can't stand it. Letme alone ill they begin; then l can doze of gently"
Year: 1877

ITEMS from the Silver City Herald of the 18th: Several cases of whoop- ing cough have occurred among the children during the past month.

 The Pinal express comes and goes with regularity and carries full loads of passengers.

 We happened to pass by Dr. Heint- zleman's office yesterday morning as he was dressing the wound on the head of the woman so fiendishly beaten up by the Indians at the Burro Spring thassacre. Her skull was broken, and to perform the operation of removing the broken pieces, it was necessary to remove and replace the scalp from the forehead to the crown of her head. Al this date the wound is nearly healed and with very little scar.
Year: 1877

A CORRESPONDENT of the New York Times, as per our dispatches, thinks the extra session of Congress will not last over two weeks If this be true, hundreds of the government creditors in Arizona and thousands throughout the country aside from the army, will soon get their dues Many people in Arizona are greatly in need of their money, and when they get it, the peo- pie generally will be much relieved. Aside from short Fall crops, taxes are due and must be paid ere long
Year: 1877

TIE Pittsburgh Commercial in speak
ing OF the lumber trade says: The ium-
Der trade of West Virginia, although
comparatively in its infancy, is already
assuming important proportions. Within
the past two years millions OF slaves and
railroad ties have been shipped to points
in this state and Ohio, while large
amount of ship timber finds its way to
the northern seaports, the greater part
OF which is shipped to Englsnd, party
of English capitalists being located IN
Wheeling for the prosecution OF this
business. With the opening OF the spring
West Virginia promises TO assume in
the lumber world an Importance which
will entitle her to considerable more at.
tention from capitalists than is now ex-
tended.
Year: 1877

Just across a narrow neck of water, about third of mile from the Institute. and 2 mile from the village of Hampton.

 is the National Soldiers Home, philan- thoplcai institntion, where about six hum dred war-worn veterans are peacefully finishing their earthly career. and from whence hundreds nave been carried and lad Tn their last resting place near Beth esda Chapel. When I first came here almost every day the flag could be seen at half mast sign,fying that another and another had responded to the lat great roll-call and gone where the dln of war is never heard. It seemed to me that the
Year: 1877

Several million people have been try ing this month to get the best of stove pipe. But they havne't done it; they nev- CT have done it; they never will. Howev- CT we'll they may have matched last year no two lengths of pipe will match this year. You may put marks foot iong upon them. but this will not do. You may lock up each length in room by itself: but yet when tbey come to be used you will find they will not come to- gether as they come apart. We can't tell in what way it was done, but we are cer- tain those lengths came ont of that room in some way. and exchanged places with each. If not, why are they so unfitted to each other. It is utterly immossible to get the best of stove pipe What. will expand one length will contract another. and even single length has been known to expand at one end while it contracted at the other. There is subtitle infiu- ence in the atmosphere which causes this. No one has as yet been able to discover what this is, and until it is made known there is no use expecting to get stove pipe safely together, even if you should sit on the lengths all sum- mer. and have your meals brought to you. .-Danbary Neacs.
Year: 1877

On the margin of your paper indi-
Gates that your time is out, or will ex-
pire with the next paper. Remember
our rule-CAsH ALWAYS IN ADVANCE.
If not renewed, We take it for granted
you do not want the paper any longer,
and your name will be dropped from
our list. We intend to publish the
best paper in West Tennessee, and
the more subscribers we get, the bel
ter we can make the paper. Let eve
ry one renew and bring another with
MIN.
Year: 1877




BY U. W. ".


Now, farewell dear Charlie, you leave us to-day
The mandates of duty you seek to obey;
I'll think of thee often, think early and late
You will pass notin future, nor stop atthe gate
The bright happy face have met at the dool
And welcomed, perchance may greet me nc
more


ask the good Shepherd to stretch forth His
arm,


And shield you from danger, temptation and
harm.


You have no dear mother to kneel down al
night
And pray that your steps may be guided Alright
To ask God to keep you from evil and sin,
From the dark secret paths where the wicked
have been,-
To ask Him to give you the courage to shun
The vices that early in youth are begun;
And no pocket bible with corners turned dowI
Was given toyou as guide and a crown.
No, ere you had fathomed the depth of her love
Fer spirit was borne to the kingdom above
But whether you dwell on the land or the sea
That spirit maternal around you will be;
And If by the hand of the wicked you're led,
Twill weep If in heaven a tear can be shed.
Then Charlie, walk softly, be noble and just,
grieve not the rescued nor trample their dust
o Charlie be honest, be upright and true,
The smallest of evils is hard to undo;
As firm as Gibraltar stand up for the right,
! Though hard be the battles in which you may
fight. LjN !.
O cling unto honor, feed on its repast,
nd won ba nroWu nd fl trr ofo 1oc
man who is honest through trials must plod
| Think oft of the father, who bade you good bye
While the warm tears of sorrow were dimming
his eye;
0 think of his counsels so honest and plain,
Remember you never may hear them again.
o let them be lights that will never grow dim
And drink not the cup that's forbidden by him
Yes, honor his precepts that life may be long,
That you may have gladness and mirth in youl
song.
clear
Acros, the dark lyateTs your boat you can steer
| The old Golden Rule" is the maxim to scan,
| '1is one of the best ever given to man.
| 1t on every heart it could cauterized be,



free
Aud neighbor with neighbor would then ceas'
| to war,
The sanderous weapon leave no ugly scar.
| Each one would be conscious of what was hi
own,
| And leave the affairs of his neighbor alone,
| No guilt or remorse would our bosoms then feel


And before our Maker we daily could kneel.
So Charlie in answer to honors loud call,
Speak well of your neieilbor or speak not at al
Be civil alike to the high and the low,
| We can't by the raiment an angel here know
Have scared from hoyel that gave them thei
| birth:
Speak not to- the poor and the humble witt
scorn.
| The Savior himself in a manger was born.
May goodness and virtue and honor e'er be
The compass to guide you on life's stormy sea
Should sorrows eer darken your bright sum-
way.
Like dews may they vanish and leave you still
! gay.


This life is a picture with only one side,
Where brightness and beauty can e'er be dis
cried,
| May this SIDE iliumine and gladden. your way
With sideral glory till life's latest day.
The dark side hath mountains and rivers Q
woe,
And the mystical cup doth with grief overflow
| But this side SO gloomy may you never see,
Is the prayer now ascending to heav'n from me
Year: 1877

Those who are in the power of evil
habits must conquer them as they can
and conquered they must be, or neither
wisdom nor happiness can be attained !;
but those who are not yet subject to their
influence may, by timely caution, pre-
serve their freedom they may effectual-
ly resolve to escape the tyrant, whom
they will very vainly resolve to conquer.
l-,/Ohnso2.
Year: 1877

Democratic convention il was entirely proper
that a Democratic Senator should glorify the
Democratic party. 1t would be unreasonable,
perhaps. TO expect any thing else But after
all. Mr.. Lamar is too much man OF the
world and has had too much experience
and too large familiarity with political
affairs, to be talking TO any assembly
of intelligent men about the Democratic
party of this country, as everybody knows
it, having "principles that are I'M
"perishable," and that constitute the
Essential elements of every FREQ govern
"ment" Mr.. Lamar has heretofore shown
qualities that set him above the average
politician. He is one of the few prominent men
in his party to whom the people concede the
name and rank of statesman. The lareeness
of his views and the cathOlicity of his opinions
have been generally recognized. But we take
leave to say that this sort OF thing Is
not craftsmanship or good sense. No one
knows better than Senator Lamar that
there is no such sham anywhere in ex-
istence as the Democratic party; no such
mockery as its professions of principles and
no such cause and source of mischief to the
States and the people of the South. IL has
been from the beginning of what we may call
the latest, and let us hope the last period OF
It's history-to Wit, that in which it has con-
spicuously linked itself to the fortunes of the
South-a promoter of evil and breeder of dis
aster Except as fault-fnders and obstruction
lists, the Democratic party Of to-day have no
record and no principles. For twenty years at
least they have done nothing but stand IN the
way of all progress. The talk about imper-
shabIe principles is the worst sort of rubbish,
and Mr. Lamar descends TO the level of the
demagogue when he INDUCES in it.


It is really painful to see such man, from
whom we had reason to hope for better things,
contributing TO the continuance of this fatal
fetichism. Democracy Is nowhere now any
thing but another name for the greed Of Office.
The party cohcres by that and that only. lis
record is anything but honorable or glorious
and its character as illustrated whenever and
wherever it has had the opportunity of power
is thoroughly and irretrieyably bad. Tie
sooner Mr.. Lamar and other Southern leaders
drop all this ridiculous rhetoric OF che stump
about The Great Democratic Party the
better il viii be for the South and the whole
country. The people of this country know
that party too well. Ii has done nothing but
conspire against peace and good order for at
least quarter Of a century. The greatest
favor that can be shown II is not to undertake
to gorify its record, but to forget that 1t has
anV,
Year: 1877

The speech of Senator Lamar in the Missis-
sippi Democratic Convention last week was in


many respects admirable. 1t was sensible,
patriotic and timely. In congratulating the
citizens of the South upon the new career OF
freedom, progress and prosperity upon which
they are entering, he gave frank and full edit
to the President for the part lie has taken in
bringing about the new condition. Thou
sands upon thousands of honest and patri-
otic Republicans, he said, care ready 70 make
d" the people Of the South sharers in the bene-
"fts and blessings the greatness and glory
"of the Republic and at the head Of these
stands the present President of the United
"Statosn His praise Of the President Tor his
patriotism and political intrepidity was gen
erous and unstinted. But lie took occasion to
add that while his course merited the approba-
tion and support of Southern men, this
aprroval could be bestowed by Democrats Of
" the South standing solidly upon platform of
"Democrauc principles, and without breaking
their alliance with that great National party
(which has so long stood with unshaken con-
"stancy and fidelity for the rights OF the South


This is all very well. In an address TO a
Year: 1877

Evidently there is altogether too much
Democracy in Virginia. The State Conven-
ton which met at Richmond yesterday Is
described in our dispatches as "pandrmo-
"nium," and a "howling mob" The strife OF
rival factions was carried beyond all bounds
of deccncy, and the temporary Chairman was
hooted down because he yenturcd 70 speak OF
the necessity of maintaining the honor and
credit of the State. This was taken as an
indication that he was opposed to Gen. Malone
whose followers favor a "readiustment"
of the State debt, and they forced
him by their camOr to cut short his remarks.
The disorder was so great that up to a late
hour last night no business was transacted If
this disgraceful wrangle should bring about a
split in the solid white vote, it will serve a
better purpose than any occurrence in the poll
ties OF Virginia since Reconstruction. The
State will be immeasurably benefited and the
whole country will applaud.
Year: 1877

4 report upon the internal commerce OF the
United States and the land and water lines of
TRANSPORTATION by which it Is carried on, has
lust been issued at Washington, in response to
an order by Congress. Seldom Is govern
ment report so timely. Private Sagacity and
enterprise could not have done better. Atten-
ton is turning away from the problem Of
politics to those touching the business interests
of the country just as it did after the wars of
the Revolution and OF 1912, when Congress
devoted Itself to trade and industrial topics,
and thereby brought about eras of great Ma
tional prosperity. Business topics are now III
order. This report treats one of them-thc
railroad question and the movements Of in
ternal trade-which has within the present
Summer become of great importance, upon
which it is now desirable TO throw AZ much
light as possible, and of which IA great deal
more will be heard in the future. 1t is a
useful contribution to the material which will
form the basis of future action and discussion.
II is worth noting that whereas during the past
century foreign commerce has been the sub
iect Of the greatest sOctude on the part Of
the Government, the new century begins
with interest in internal commerce. Both are
equally worthy of attention.
Year: 1877

cold Ben Wade mas. aftcr all, good deal
: more political sense than he has got credit
for of late. He doesn't like the Presidents
Southern policy any better than when he wrote
the private letter last Spring which somehow
GOT into print. 1t was not to be expected that
a man of his disposition would like any policy
towards the section lie has been combating
all his life that was not pungent and powerful.
The ghosts of the dead issues with which he
manfuly struggled for nearly third Of q
century still seem to him living and terrible
realities "The North must govern the south,
he saws. cor the South will govern the North. y
His apprehension lest the President is rcm0v-
ing the barriers 10 a restoration of Southern
rule do not, however, shake his fidelity to the
Republican party, and be wants all Repub-
Hcans to stand by the organization whether
they support the President or nOt-just what
they seem to he doing in Ohio. staff cor
respondent of The TRIBUNE, who visited the
venerable anti-slavery champion i'll his home
last week. gives on another page an interest
ing account of his opinions and surroundings.
Year: 1877

whether produced by indigestion, improper food,
change of water or diet, too free indulgence in ice
water, exposure to sndGen changes of temperature
are Immediately relieved by it. one ounce added
to "A gallon ct