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Year: 1879

and form joint stock company un- der our State law, and build a school house and employ suitable teachers and have the school in operation the lst Monday in September 1879. For one l do not want a school under the control of any religious denomina- tion. Not that I oppose religious training, but mean that l would have the school under no denomina- tional control. In fact we all ought to lay down all division on this sub ject and meet and organize for our own good and for the good of the town. We can have a school if we will try. 1 would be glad that you would make a suggestion in your next issue for . meeting, naming the time and place, and let us meet from time to time until healthy interest is manifested in this matter. Russellvllle must have school and we must toe the mark, or some of our sister towns will do so and we will be compelled to contribute, for we must educate our boys and glrls.

 SIX.
Year: 1879

The Senatorial election which was held in our General Assembly from day to day last week, terminated last Saturday in the election of Hon. J. D. Walker, of Washington county.

 The toga has, we verily believe, (and we say it without any desire to institute comparison odious to other gentlemen who were aspirants; and without any disparagement to their worth and ability) fallen upon the shoulders of him, who, of all the gen tlemen voted for, is best calculated to fill the place with honor and profit to the wealth of Arkansas.

 In the prime of life, possessing ability of no mean order, a judge ment at once calm deep and clear, and fostering Tn his breast an unfalter- ing devotion to Arkansas, we pre- dict that in our new Senator we will have an advocate in the halls of our national legislature in whose hands we may safely rest our case.

 We congratulate the legislature upon the selection thus made, and the people of the State upon the character and worth of their new Senator
Year: 1879

This is what the Jacksonport Her aid has to say of delinquent tax pay CTS, and we commend it's suggestion to the attention of the Legislature:

 "The total poll tax collected for 1877 in this State, was less than $45,- 900. Less than one half of the voters of the State pay poll tax. More than one-half pay none, and yet elect all the officers from consta ble to governor. It remains to be seen If the present Legislature will do anything to put an end to this, which to say the least of it, is an outrage upon government supporting people of the State.
Year: 1879

An act to reduce the outstanding

 liabilities of the State.

 SECTION l. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, that the six per cent. funded bonds of the State shall be received by the Treasurer in pay. ment of debts due the Real Estate bank, and in payment of the pur- chase money of lands whereof the State has title by reason of the fore closure of mortgages executed to said bank, whether the said bonds be due or not; provided, that bonds issued in lieu of the bonds known as Holford bonds, shall not be so re ceivcd.
Year: 1879

SEVERAL members of the Legisla-
ture approve the proposition to test
the practicabllity of converting Texas
2 and 10 per cents into per cents Of
small face value. The purpose is to
lessen the annual interest account OF
the State, to have perfect local cur
rency and induce our own people to
draw the interest from our treasury.
The cost of engraving the 500 and
$50 4 per cent. bonds will not be great.
Meanwhile the Comptroller can inform
the Legislature what sum in outstand-
ing State obligations can be thus called
in. The States 4 per cents will be
taken here at par.
Year: 1879

If the floating debt aud unpaid
but recognized balance of the debt of
the republic be funded, as proposed,
why not fund it in transferable four
per centsl Justice is done the States
creditors aud the volume of currency
practically augmented.
Year: 1879

ST. Louis talks about an elevated
street railway above the house tops
from about the old postoffice, on Third
street, to Lafayette or Forest Park.
Austin will hardly need one ON the
dead level Of the earth's surface even
to the fair grounds for generation or
two
Year: 1879

If sheriff be a bad man or
can be made wicked by tempta-
ton, Ihe has good thing of it in
buying estray horses and cattle and
property sold under execution. He is
not required to advertise and manages
things his own way, and can buy
through another without competition,
at his own price.
Year: 1879

Our telegraphic adviees to-day
bring full particulars Of the breakup
of the ice at Cincinnati and other up.
river ports. There has been loss Of
transporting property, but the disas-
ters fortunately have not been as seri-
Gus as feared. Thus far there has
been no loss Of life. The indications
are fer warmer weather, and for the
next few days we may expect to hear
of considerable damage to river craft
from the breaking Of ice gorges. At
the present rate Of temperature it will
take but a few days for the river to
become clear Of ice, and until that
time arrives it would be safer and less
hazardous for boatmen to remain in
their present secure ice harbOrs than
stem The current northward. AT
Memphis we anticipate no danger
from the coming heavy floating ice,
but it would be wise for all steamer,
to be on the alert.
Year: 1879

The firm of Bradford & Anthony, Of
Boston, Mass, importers and dealers
in cutlery, fancy hardware and fishing
tackle, have large and varied assort-
nent of handsome lIammocks, which
ale got up in the best manner both for
durability and beauy. If you wish
a good and we'll made hammock or
anything in their line be sure to send
t" them, and tell them what paper you
saw their notice in.
Year: 1879

The resolution by which the Brooklyn
Preshytery yesterday ordered an investigation
of common reports concerning Mr.. TalmaEeS
methods in preaching and debt-paylng, was
So plainly unfricndly 20 HIM, and the majority
by which it WAS adopted was so large, that
the sentiment Of the body may almost be
said to have been already ascertained.
Whatever else the investigation may do 1t Is
evident from Mr. Talmage's bearing yeSter-
day that it Will not lead him to yield any
thing TO his critics.
Year: 1879

Mr. Wood made a tardy attempt yesterday
o secure the adoption Of the resolution setting
apart q day for the consideration of the Sugar
bill, bat failed to obtain twO-thids vote.
Thi, may indicate the final triumph of those
who declare that there Will be no such log gis-
latinn dnIing this session.
Year: 1879

ever the decision of the Senate had been, this
letter would have been of interest as the final
utterance of one party to the controversy ;
but the fact that a decision has been reached,
which may be regarded as in some sense ad-
verse to General Arthur, makes 1t all the more
proper that his statement should reach the
eYrs of the nnhliC.
Year: 1879

The Myers District lies about the Hanks of a small granite mountain, which rises up alone, out of a broad

 volcanic plain about a hundred and

 twenty-five miles nearly due west from

 Tucson. There is no other hill near

 it, except that to the southward, about six miles, there is small range, where are old worked out gold lodges and several deserted arrastras. Here, too. is the nearest water, which is furnish led by an old tunnel. Twenty miles farther west are the Ajo copper mines. The safest road to the Myers is by way .of Gila Bend and the Ajo. Between these places there is a good natural road, and no distance of more than siXty-five miles without water. Any other route now in use is dangerous

 because of the scarcity of water, and many persons have suffered very great ly through having tried to go across country. A man named Hyton left the district February 12, to come to Tucson, and another went southward on a prospecting trip, and neither have ever been heard from. 4 few weeks ago a mans foot was found out on the desert in an English walking shoe; it had probably been dragged there by a wolf. These are recent cases, but there is much longer story of death connected with these plains. running back many years. The Myers was discovered to the man after whom it was named, and his three con- panions by an Indian. These men now hold nine locations, of which the principal is the Gunsight; and about forty other claims have been taken up by new corners. The whole hill is covered with claims, and our inform ant, an old prospector, does not con sider it worth while for any more people to go there.

 The Gunsight is the only claim which has been worked, and it is that which has given the district its reputa- tion. Myers and his partners have been shipping assorted ore got out by skimming the principal streak, which is about a foot wide. They have shipped four tons of this ore, which they got out at the rate of d hundred pounds day, to San Fran cisco, and have q credit of S8,000 on account of it. The ore is black chloride, with a slight copper stain. The lead averages about forty feet in width, stands up boldly, and is trac- able for more than a mile. To the north it divides into two forks; from it is thought that the lead continues southwest through the mountain and across the plain to a small hill about two miles away. The quartz is a white crystalized water formation. San Francisco men have been out trying to buy the Gunsight, but no deal, as yet, been made; S400,- 900 is the modest price put upon it.
Year: 1879

MANY of the artesian wells that flowed at Garden Grove last year, says the Los Angeles Star, have now ceased to flow, and we hear of new wells every day that are failing in their wa ter supply. This is caused by the many new and large wells which have been sunk this season in the country south of that place, as well as to the small rainfall.
Year: 1879

HAVING arraigned Louisiana so of ten for the stain upon her fair fame caused by the legal existence of the monstrous and demOralizing lottery company, whose notifications are seen all over the country, this journal can not refrain from cOngratulating that State upon the repeal of the company's charter, now at last effected The sig nature of the Governor has made the repeal bill law, and no act of Cover nor Nichols is more worthy of praise. Of course the lottery company will fight like grim death all through the courts to maintain its so-called rights, but of the ultimate result we enter tain no doubt The efforts of the back CTS of the concern in New York to buy a charter from Delaware and other States shows that they are being driven to close quarters and are look ing to their last card.-Philadelphia Times.

 of then, como tO rizuua
Year: 1879

What is to be the result of resump.
tion can hardly be determined vet, but
one thing seems pretty we'll settled
ihst the crisis has been met with
greater ease than was expected and
has so far been very satisfactory to
the Secretary of the Treasurer. the
President and his cabinet. We sup
POse money will be plentiful, for silver
Is circulating pleniifully and is as com.
m N ns shin plasters and bank nol,


at small denomination some wears
ago. We certainly can have no OBJ
jcctiUn 10 this state of affair, for it
promises good results. With money
in abundance. .abor must necessari V
increase in price. that which people
have to sell will bring higher prices.
and now if the agricultural world shall
he best with plentiful crops. enabling
them to exchange their products for
money, times will most assuredly grow
esS aud a happy state of plenty and
prosperity ensue. This night of de


preston and gloom is passing of, and
We trustingly hope for better times.
Year: 1879

warmth that savored of personal
friendship. Indeed, his passage
across the continent was one of
unalloyed triumph, and the first
gent lemen in Europe were proud to
call him their friend.
Year: 1879

secret societies is a very proper one for
Christian judgment, voluntary matter.
The Church of Christ would, nevertheless,
seem to embrace every thing that's good in
the way of Faith, Hope, and Charity that
is practised in a secret benevolent society,
while the time that church members have
to devote to their societies, must to some
considerable extent, be subtracted from
that which is due to the Church.


Yours truly, MANHATTAN.
Year: 1879

The causes which have brought about this tde
of emgration from the South are the same which
have hitherto shut out all emigration to the South.
Ofthe vast number of foreigners who have landed
on our shores only insignificant traction ever
branched off from the stream that lowed steadily
TO the North and West. There was everything IN
the natural conditions of the South to invite
settlers from the North and from abroad but every
enterprssing laborer and mechanic and small
capitalist who was seeking a peaceful home tor
himself and for his children, was warned away by
the social tyranny of one sort or another
which prevailed in the old region of slavery. ms
lack of reverence for law and disregard OF per
sonal and political rights which have hitherto
operated negatively TO check and turn aside the
natural infowlng Of capital, enterprise and pro-
ductive labor, are now working more positive as
aster by driving out the only body of labor which
can be depended on to produce the great agricul-
tural staples which constitute the sole wealth OF
these States.


This crowning loss, which threatens the actual
desolation of the South, is the natural punishment
visited upon that section for its habits Of violence
and like all natural punishment 1t is reme-
dial in is tendency 1t is plain that the
exodus and the material losses which it Threatens
have already compelled serOus reflection on the
part Of tho more prudent class of Southern WHITES
and it will do yet more. When these simple chH-
dren of toll turned trustfully Northward their sole
desire was to find home where life and property
and political privileges would at last be safe. But
they Will accomplish something for their oppressors
az well as for themselves. They will teach them
lesson winch in spite of repeated warnings they
have been slow to learn and which statutes and
troops have been powcrlcss to enforce. When
community begins to realize that injustice doesn't
paw. there is hope of reformation. Bulldozing VIII
be an unpopular amusement as soon as the South Is
made to feel that it is the direct cause of shrunken
assets and diminished political power
Year: 1879

at the polls and If their attempt has ms
carried it ia because they Ovcrestimated their
strength. and failed 20 take account of the
staunchness of the opposition and the per
spicacily of the public. So far rs they had the
power they did all that they threatened.


What they are 20 do next concerns them
much more than it does us. The policy OF The
Republicans is clear. We have only to stand
still, and the Bourbon revolution will put
AN end to itself. The repeal OF the
effective provisions of the election laws
is impossible About thar there is no sort OF
doubt And il is all one TO the RepuDllcan
party whether the Democracy surrender noW'
or make a further futile attempt ard then sur
render. They may present new bill, free
from the Objectionable provisions indicated
in the veto-a bill to repeat the prohibitions
already embodied in the Revised Statutes and
to accomplish nothinG-or they may abandon
their scheme Mt once, pass the ordinary ap-
preparations, and go home. Either course
would be q confession of defeat, aD ackn0Wi-
edgment that the position of the President
and his party is impregnable We need not
disturb ourselves over the manner OF their re-
treat We have already secured not only TIE
practical advantages of victory but the moral
effect


The irreparable blunder of the Democracy
involves something more than taking Il posi-
ton which they cannot MAINTAIN, ana from
which they cannot retire without discredit.
They have demonstrated their purpose for the
next campaign to hold the Solid South by
force. and to carry Northern cities by frauds
4 x,-bi icb HizorrnPpI cleo
ton of 1868. The cry OF danger to our hb-
ertes--not from the presence OF troops at
" the polls" for that is only wild figure OF
speech but from the existence OF statutes
which might empower the President TO call
upon the military to enforce the laws-is an
impudent pretence which deceiyes nobody.
The fixed resolve of the Democracy Is that
where their control of the State Govern
ment gives them opportunity to WINK at the
stuiing of bal0t-bOXes in their interest ana
the driving of negroes from the polls by rifle
clubs and red-shirts, no outside authority
shall be allowed to interfere with them. The
Solid South will fall to pieces whenever the
laws to protect the integrity of the franchise
are fairly executed. There is not reasona-
BILE and rejecting man Mt the North who does
not know that this is the whole meaning OF
Democratic hostility to the election laws.
When Democratic President used troops to
keep order at the elections in Kansas in 1888,
Mr.. Pendeton ridiculed the idea of danger to
popular liberties as the suggestion Of weak
"imaginatOn and not the sober apprehen-
" sion of a manly Judgment" and the Demo-
cratic party cOncurred with him. Have they
seen new lichts on constitutional questions
since then2
Year: 1879

long as Congress continues in session Demo-
cratic statesmen will continue to indulge In
oiatorical deiyerances, the baneful effect OF
which upon the party cannot be counteracted
or cured. 1t is useless to seal up the caucus
so long as Congress is open. That Is only
turning down the spigot with the bung left
out. There is but one way to arrest the mis-
chief done the party. That is to adjourn
ms soon as possible. That course would have
another advantage, too. 1t would not only ar
rest the mischief to the party, but also the
possibility of mischief to the country. The
encouraging feature of this discovery IS that
the Democracy are beginning to find ont
things. They have found out that they
cannot afford to let the public know
what they do in caucus. When they find ont
that it is safer not to have any proceedings
than to try to keep them secret and safer
not to have Congress in session than to have
its proceedings to defend, their discovery Will
be complete. Sdll they are making some
progress. Next to not doing ridiculous things,
is to know they are ridiculous and be ashamed
of them
Year: 1879

When the Democratic Caucus resolved to
take from the President all means of exc
cutting tho laws for the preservation of free
dom Of voting, and announced in Congress,
through one of It's leading members. that if
the scheme was opposed it would stop the
Government ii committed blunder which can
never be repaired. That was the fatal fault
OF the campaign. 1t exposed to the country
the shameful purposes of the Democratic ex-
tremists, and it proved that the party was
wholly controlled by It's most violent and dan
Rcrous faction. Nothing which more cautious
politicians can now do will obliteratc that er-
ror. The act has been done, and the people
have read its significance. For the proc
lamatOn was not an empty threat.
The Democrats have tried their best to do
what they said they would do. They have
refused to make appropriations for the support
of the Government except upon the condition
that the President would abdicate his const-
tuuonal functions and consent TO free fraud
Year: 1879

THE TRIBUNE's disclosure Of the barbarism
and wickedness of the Georgia chain gang
has been met by a characteristic endeavOr on
the part of tho Democratic press of that
State to show that the Republican party was
responsible, because, according to these retro
spective refOrmers. the Republican party orig
mated the system. The suggestion will
no doubt be deemed hypereritical IN
the latitude of Georgia, but it would
really seem that the responsibility of those
who began the system is small matter COM
pared with the responsibility Of those who
have perpetuated it, and that 1t was of much
greater importance to see whether something
could not be done to break it up than to dis
cover who was originally at fault But If the
question of political responsibility must be
settled, it is well to have 1t settled in accord
ance with the facts. 4 letter from Atlanta,
printed elsewhere, sets forth the truth of
the matter. From this record, it seems that
the idea Of leasing the convicts originated in
Democratic House of the Legislature,
passed an equally divided Senate, and twas
approved by a Republican Governor. Then
il was merely an experimental measure of
economy. Its evils showed themselves at once,
DuC aIler tWo years CohlIlu1hCe VI tuo system
an overwhelmingly Democratic Legislature
extended it for two years more. At the ex-
pirati0n of that time an extension was ordered
by q solidly Democratic Government for five
years. During those five years the horrors Of
the system have vastly increased, and in the
face Of them all, the Democratic Government
of Georgia has decreed that they shall con-
time unchecked for trenty years TO come.
The responsibility of the Democrats OF
Georgia for a penal system unCer which men
and women are chained together, night and
day, and convicts are killed like sheep, would
seem to be pretty clear.
Year: 1879

General Shelley should be preGminent among
Confederate brigadleTs, and doubtless is. lie has
discovered the proper way not only to get
himself elected to Congress from a district
where the vote is three to one against him,
but alsO-and this Is the cr0wning achieve
ment in bulldOzing and tissue-balloting-to
render it impossible for his opponent
to contest his seat. A Washington dis
patch reveals this valuable secret which
other and more simple minded South
ern Congressman will no doubt be eager
to learn. The formal majority was easily Sc
cured by the usual methods, which may be
easily inferred from the highly sarcastic state
ment Of the leading Democratic newspaper
IN the District that 1t would not advise any
zone to shoot" the Republican candidate.
1t was in the proceedings subsequent to the
election that the peculiar genius of General
Shelley became conspicuous. The Republican
candidate gathered together a cloud OF wit
nesses to prove his case before Congress, and
could not find a notary public or other officer
who would administer the oath to them. All
the nOtaries and officers empowered to admin
lister oaths, being Democrats, refused. Then
when a Republican Judge was finally found,
General Shelley was again equal to the Occa-
sion the witnesses were indicted on false
charges, and thrown into Jail until it was too
late to take their testimony, when they were
discharged. HARRISON, the Republican candi-
date, and his attorney, were driven from the
State, and it is actually impossible, therefore,
to make the usual contest. 1t may be that
we have given General Shelley credit
for too much ingenuity, but he has profted
by these devices, and not even modest dis
claimer will deprive him of the glory of being
the noblest Brigadier of them all.