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Year: 1877

One of the things that has aston
ished us. in the discussion of the
financial question, is the apathy of
the mercantile claases. They are, of
all men. most sensible to the breath
of popular prosperity or adversely;
they are the creatures of credit,
standing between those whom they
owe and those who owe them; if the
country is misgoverned they are the
first to suffer. And yet they have
gone on suffering, failing, dropping
into poverty, without any attempt to
Investigate the causes of their mis-
fortunes; and satisfied with some of
the barren platitudes about hard-mon-
ey or rag-babies. If the mercantile
classes, would look little deeper into
these great issues, they would see that
their prosperity is a mere consequence
of the prosperity of the mass of the
people.


These thoughts are suggested to us
by the following from that excellent
Greenback journal, the New Haven
(Conn.) Union:


yesterday we published the com
ments of a prominent Chapel street
merchant on the Workingmen's move.
ment. He declared that the legisla.
tion of the Republican party for the
past four years had cost him twenty
thousand dollars, because it had SC
oppressed the laboring classes that


they were unable to trade with him,
and were generally in miserable con
} dition. He felt that his interests
were with the Workingmen, and
therefore he proposed to support here


after the political organization which


is seeking to improve the condition OF
the masses. He could not enter the
: Democratic party because he found
| its leaders here in the East joining


hands with the Republicans in all


their monopoly schemes
Year: 1877

We would call attention to the
important address of the Greenback
party of Dakota county which appears
elsewhere. 1t exhibits the right Splr-
it. There is no reason why Minnesota
should not poll next year as large a
greenback vote as Wisconsin polled
this year to wit, $4,000. The men
who have led off in the movement
in Minnesota are however few in
number and generally poor in pocket
If committees would take hold in the
spirit manifested by the Dakota coun-
ty address we would soon sweep the
state. Let our friends correspond
with the committee as suggested, and
not only furnish them points for the
address but also give them the names
of parties to whom to send copies.
Year: 1877

at is fact that cannot be denied tn at the
law in question can and will save sl50, 900 an
nually to the people of the state if they do not
ed efforts of the school book ring and a few
unprincipled dealers and hangers on Money
has been used to defeat the successful work


ing of the law, and without doubt money
would be freely used for its defeat this com
ing winter were it not for the fact that Mr..
Merrill has the contract, signed and sealed,
covering period Of fifteen years. The fol-
named before the law was passed, in the first
column the price now charged by the ring.
and the third column the price chsrged Ey
Year: 1877

y few months ago Harrison Gray
purchased the wooden shell Of the old


Union mill in Gold Hill for 81 900.
The mill having been dismantled, and
the machinery all taken away, the
owners thought they were getting Il
good price for the rotten lumber, and
probably laughed in their sleeves at
Mr.. Gray's greenness. The purchaser
Immediately put some men to work at
the south end ofthe mill, taking up
the fumes and sluices, and came upon
the hole in the ground where the
waste had been allowed to run when
the mill was in operation. This hole
had been made at this place because a
tunnel was known to pass within at
few feet, and the refuse, being in n
liquid state, would flow of through
the tunnel. The fumes had no sooner
been removed than the presence of
quicksilver was made apparent. Clos
er examination revealed the fact that
a space of ground about four or five
feet was permeatcd with small glob-
ules of quicksilver, carrying heavy
percentage of gold and silver. This
ground was all dug up and sluiced un-
til shaft twenty-five feet deep and
six wide had been dug, when con-
ncction was made with the tunnel and
large deposit of quicksilver was
found in such purity that ii can be
raised to the surface by shovefsful.


The only preliminary work necessary
is to carefully skim the surface ground
and put it out of the way, when there
lies revealed genuine quicksilver
and gold mine. How much of de-
post there is has not been asccrtained
as the parties at work there are very
reticcnt, but it is known that between
s., coo and $1,000 has already been
taken out and sold. \ great part of
the amalgum carries higher percent
age of gold than of silver. because the
mill was running in the early days of
mining on the Comstock, when the
ores were worked for the gold alone
and the silver was allowed to flow off.
There is no doubt but that the deposit
will be found to continue to the bed
rock, which is probably fifty feet
deeper than has yet been attained in
the tunnel. For about three months
there were five men employed there,
and the yield was about sixty pounds
of amalgam per day but since connect
ion has been made with the tunnel
only two men have been employed,
who take out about forty pounds of
quicksilver per day on an average.
Parties who are anxious to get old mill
sites Off their hands will probably be
more careful in future and examine
them well before disposing of them
Virginia (Neu.l Chronicle.
Year: 1877

MY daughter keeps my farm ac-
counts, sir, and she is as sympathetic
and particular as ever my son was,
who kept them before he left home.
I tell you it does girls land he might
have added boys also) good to give
them some responsibility and set them
to watching things about the farm and
household. They learn, find, econ-
omy by it, and soon discover that their
father is not necessarily Grabbed old
curmudgeon because he doesn't loos-
en- his purse-strings when ever they
happen to see anything they fancy for
they discover the real reason why tho
purse should not be opened" So said
a progressive farmer, q kind, appreci-
ative father, and big-hearted man on
general principles.-Er.
Year: 1877

Correspondence of Davenport Gazette.


Editor Of Having seen in
the Chicago Times an extract from
letter to the Dubuque Heratd, written
ence of gold in that vicinity, that ap-
peared to me, either an eNaggeration,
or q big thing, having had some fif-
teen years experience as miner ]
know something of what good pros
pect would be, and hence concluded
to go and see for myself. On the 10th
day of May left Green River, Henry
county, Illinois, for this new Elorado


Crossing the Mississippi river at Day-
enport | took passage on the ID. Il n.
w. II. r. for Brush Creek. Arriving
at that place ! found nice little
town, surrounded by fine farming
country with large body of timber
lying to the north, coming to within
three-fourths of mile of the village


| ventured to ask where was this gold
mining country and what about il? |
was told cover there" nodding in the
time taking from his pocket a small
phial having some of the glittering
stuff, worth perhaps so cents. Was
that taken from the mines here?
YES" Over at the hotel, the gold
question seemed to be the general top
ic; nearly every man or boy you met
would exhibit his bottle with some of
the same glittering gold. In the
morning | met with an old acquaint-
ance, Charley Older, who accompan-
led me to the gold diggins." With
pans under our arms, we started for
the mines. The first gulch reached,
was about one mile and half from
Maine gulch." Here we found
where some one had been at work.
We took some dirt from the bottom
of a hole and went to panning. The
first pan gave three ,'colors; very small,
large enough, however, to be picked up
with thumb and finger We panned
another, and still another and got col
or. Went to the head of the creek,
took from the bottom sand and gravel,
and with my hands found color here.
Panned some twenty pans in this
place; found color in more than half
of them. We then went for what is
known as the Brooks Gulch," some
miles further; here we found at least
forty men, some panning, some dig
ging, some fixing sluices, others fix
ing what they called "a Rocker" all
intent on either getting gold, or see
ing some one else get it. Wishing to
prospect alone, we went down that
gulch, and as we went down here and
there we would see a fellow astride of
the stream and working away, and
occasionally would hear one say !:
Here's color" and another, "Here
Is . good specimen ~ We got down
where no one was at work, and then
Year: 1877

Columbia, March 26.-Gov Hampton
received yesterday the letter of the Presi-
dent inviting him to Washington. To-
day he has written the following reply:


Columbia, March 26, 1877.


To R. B. Hayes, President Of the United


States, Washington:


SIR Il have the honor to acknowledge
your communication of the 23d inst, adj
dressed to me by your private Secretary,
As you express a desire for a personal
conference with myself, through motives
of proper courtesy to yourself the invita-
ton you have extended, though cannot
hope, by doing SO, to throw additional
light on questions which have already
been so ably and thoroughly presented,
and the solution of which is so obvious
and simple but, understanding from the
communication have received that the
object contemplated by the proposed
conference is solely that l might place
before you my views, corrective of inn
pediments to peaceful and orderly Or
ganization of single and undisputed
State Government in South Carolina and
of the best method of removing them, l
shall avail myself of your invitation, so
that may reiterate in person what
have the honor to submit in writing.


That, in my judgment, all impediments
to objects so earnestly desired by your
self and so anxiously expected by the
people of this State can at once be remov"
by the withdrawal of Federal troops from
out the State House. This action on the
part of the Commander in Chief of the
United States forces would not only be
hailed by our people as evidence that
civil authority is no longer to be subordi-
mated to military power in our country,
but it would establish law, insure domes-
tic tranquility, revive our wasted indus
| tries and give assurance that this State IS
to be restored to her just rights under the
Constitution. Whatevergrievances exist
whatever wrongs we suffer, we propose
to redress them, not by resort to force, but
bv legal and constitutional agencies. In
seeking such redress, l feel sure that L
represent fully the determination Of the
thoughtful and conservative portion OF
our whole people when l give assurance
that no prescription shall be exercised
here on account of political opinions, that
no discrimination shall be made in the
administration of justice and that all cit
zens of both parties, both races, shall be
regarded as fully protected by and amen
able to the laws. Joining most heartily
with YOU in the earnest desire you ex-
press that you may be able to put an end
as speedily as possible to all appearance
of intervention of the military authority
of the United States on political derange--
ments which affect the Government and
aflict the people Of South Carolina, and
fervently trusting that this suspicious re-
suit may soon be reached, have the
honor to be t-.,.,s.


Very respectfully, ".,.. ,-,- /


Your obedient servant,


WADE HAMPTON, .
Governor South Carolina.
Year: 1877

In the Ohio Senate, last week, the bill
providing that the State Board Of Equal.
ization shall not increase the reports Of
county auditors on National bank stock
to exceed 100000 was passed. The
House bill to authorize the Incorporation
of mutual fire insurance companies was
also passed. A resolution was offered
providing for submitting to a vote Of the
people an amendment to the State Con-
stitutioh providing that all State elections
shall be held in November, and also to
give the General Assembly power to hold
biennial session. The resolution was
ordered printed.
Year: 1877

THE country was promised wave of
prosperity as soon as Hayes was inaug-
urated; but the wave seems to be one
of bankruptcy, bringing greater distress
upon the people. 1t is only return to
Justice and the Constitution that we can
hope for prosperity. Assuredly, fraud
and continued wrong-doing are not the
ways of pleasantness and peace, that
bring prosperity.
Year: 1877

WHAT a carnival the rogues at Wash
ington will have should they get control
of the next House. The determined eco
nomical stand of the late Democratic
House saved over fifty millions in direct
appropriations as compared with the pre-
vious Republican Congress. The leaders
of the party in power do not wish this to
nnntinna
Year: 1877

The Democrat who will not vote and
make fight against the Returning Board
party ought to be set down as willing to
allow himself to be kicked and cutted
without resenting the outrage.
Year: 1877

THUS far it would seem that the Hayes
policy is to talk conciliation and do moth
ing at all in that direction, Time will
tell whether Hayes took the Presidential
office with a lie in his mouth.
Year: 1877

"Ir is thought now that Captain Ma
res could have easily reached the
pole with baloon." Hut We think he
could much more easily have reached a
balloon with polO-if tho balloon WAS
not too high.
Year: 1877

A REVOLUTION has broke out in san
Domingo, but Tor the sake Of history
u should bs stated that IL is not the
same one that broke out last week.
That one was captured and put in tbs
lookup before the new one hal fairly
started.
Year: 1877

CHAT HUSBAND OF MINE" is the title
of very popular book recently published
by Messrs. Lee & Shepard, Boston, to whom
sunny, sparkling volume, well adapted to
divert a leisure hour, and to impress a les
son of patience and good humOr. 1t teaches
how to manage a husband, how to get one,
how to break an engagement. and there
fore satisfactorily answers the query of the
young lady, SIS it a practical treatise -
THAT Husband of Mine" can be purchased
for fifty cents. We know some young men
who would be very welling to pay fifty
cents for THAT Wife of Mine"
Year: 1877

r~,.ov SarrT51 :; 5ii46 vsndi- Enpona'.
DY VIRTUE of the above stated writ to me
ID directed from the office of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court of Kinds County, for the 1st Dis
trict thereof, will sell public auction to the
highest bidder for cash, within the hours pre-
scribed by law, in front of the City Hail. in
the City of Jackson, on the first Monday, the
lst day OF October next, the following describ-
ed property to-wit Part of Lot 20 west jack
SON according to the survey of said City de-
scribed as follows: Beginning at the north
west corner of lot number nineteen of said
survey, on Pearl street in West Jackson, thence
westwardly along the line of said street and
with the northern boundary of said lot twenty
West Jackson, forty feet; thence in a souther-
ly direction, and parallel with the western
boundary of said lot nineteen to the southern
boundary line of said lot twenty; thence with
said last mentioned line in a southeasterly di
rection to the dividing line between said lots
nineteen and twenty, thence in a nOrtherly
direction and along said last mentioned limo
to the point of beginning, and being the forty
feet of said lot twenty in West Jackson next
90 said lot nineteen, fronting on Pearl street
and running south between parallel lines to
the southern boundary line of said lot twenty
and the right of way Of the Vicksburg and
Meridian Railroad lying and being in the
county of Kinds, and first District thereof
The above described property will be sold in
pursuance of the order of said Circuit Court
Of Kinds County for the first District, for the
purpose of paying the amounts set forth In
said order of sale.


s. B. THOMAS, Sheriff.


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Year: 1877

observation-disclosures preached at the
Presbyterian Church last Sabbath morning
and night. His discourse in the morning,
on the Resurrection, was a powerful and
eloquent presentation of that doctrine.
There was large congregation, and the
mott profound attention was paid the
speaker. Mr.. Montgomery has been preach
ing Of late years in Jefferson county. His
father preached at Union Church for thirty
consecutive years, and his name will always
be cherished in the affectionate memory of
the people in that vicinity
Year: 1877

The name of the manufacturers on
the cans in which DooLEY's YEAST POWDER
l. put up its an absolute guarantee of what
the label states. In other words. you can
depend on full weight, and purity and
strength ofmaterial which never failed in
their purposes. All housekeepers glory in
it as the ne plus ultra.
Year: 1877

WERE Paul living in this age we
think he would advise Timothy to take
HOME STOMACH BIrTER5 Instead of wine
(for his frequent intirmities) as they con-
tain SO many valuable health restoring
properties
Year: 1877

A PRINCELY VISIT TO THE GREAT
N gay, rapid and rattling CITY OF CHI
CAGO, the fairest, fastest and finest city on
the American continent said by some to be the
finest city in the world, and at this the most
delightful, auspicious and attractive season OF
the year, when Chicago the beautiful and gilt
tering Queen City of the Lakes, and the Me-
tropolis of the Northwest, is at its zenith of
life, business and beauty and clothed in all its
palatial glory and splendor.
Year: 1877

SPECIALTY-Ne have for the ensuing
season perfected arrangements whereby we
have all our Corsets made expressly for our
house. We claim for our speciality the
Bon Tom" that is the BEST FITTING and the
most DESIRABLE Corset ever made. This
department OF our stock is designed to be a
SPECIALITY. and it will be to the interest OF
buyers to examine. Every pair warranted.


ROBINSON & STEVENS.
Year: 1877

An indellible odium should rest upon
every man who, under the guise of Inde-
pendent, seeks to destroy the Democratic
party; and " traitor should be stamped
upon his forehead that all honorable men
might know him and avoid him, as they
would some contagious, loathsome peSti-
leuce.
Year: 1877

The HAIR.-Dr. Benjamin Godfrey
has written a book on the Diseases of
the HAIR" in which he says that a
woman's hair may grow to the length
of six feet, aad that a young lady of
Massachusetts refused thousand dol
lars for her cranial covering, which was
only one inch short of this measure
ment. Four hundred hairs of ordinary
thickness would cover one inch of space.
The blonde belle has about one hundred
and forty thousand filaments to comb
and brush, while the red-haired damsel
has to be satisfied with lightweight
thousand; the brown-haired damsel
may have one hundred and nine thous-
and; the black-haired but one hundred
and two thousand. Few ladies consider
that they carry some forty or fifty miles
of hair on their head; the fair-haired
may have to dress seventy miles of
threads of gold every morning. A Ger
man experimentalist has proven that a
single hair will sustain four ounces
without breaking, stretching under the
process and contracting again. But the
hair thus heavily weighted must be
dark brown, for the blonde breaks under
two and half ounces.
Year: 1877

dent with a thousand minor interests
and occupations. Shortly before one
o'clock all the visitors in waiting are
allowed interviews. First, those who
desire to shake hands only are ushered
into his office, and then those who de-
sire to supplement the ''shake" with
an office claim; the latter party largely
outnumber the former. Only moment
is given to each claimant in turn as the
immense number necessitates dispatch.
The office-seekers are somewhat dis
gusted and congregate in the hotel lob
bies of evenings to discuss the ruin Of
the country and the party, because
places are not made for them. They
concur in the belief that Mr.. Hayes,
like General Grant, will have to change
his tactics in order to oust the 'ins'
and thereby install the ''outs."


THE SENATE.


The refusal of the Senate to enter
upon the Louisiana matters until next
winter leaves that body without any,
thing to do but to act upon nomina-
tions, hence it has notified the President
of its desire to adjourn at the earliest
moment consistent with public inter-
ests. There is no reason to believe the
President will accede to the wishes of
Messrs. Lamar, Gordon, and other
Southern Senators by withdrawing the
troops from Louisiana and South Caro-
lima. They assure him no violence will
be resorted to, and that the people will
allow Packard and Chamberlain to
stand or fall on their own merits. 1t
seems merely a question of short time
when these two Governors retire from
their present positions, and the Senate
evidently prefers not to assume any re-
sponsibility for their retention or ret
Tracy. 1t is universally admitted by all
that the day is over in which bayonets
alone shall preserve any State govern
ment, and that change to any other
form is preferable.


GOSSIP.


Mrs. Hayes gave reception last Sat-
urday to the ladies, and the White
House was never more crowded. We
have here the chronic attender upon re-
ceptions, who seem actuated by some
insane desire to be in the midst of the
greatest jam and crowd. These were
out in full force on this occasion, and
some of them were noted going in with
the first rush, and then passing out,
would return with the second. The
East and Red Rooms were slowed so
full of packed humanity that it was i'm
possible to turn about, and no resource
was left the visitor but to allow himself
to be forced along 80 helplessly that he
was fortunate to save his clothing and
cOrns. The British and Brazilian min
listers gave dinners to General Grant.
Last night Senator Hoar gave dinner
at Womleys to number of prominent
gentlemen in honor of General Devens,
his law partner, but now the
General. Fred. Douglass
nomination as Marshal of the District
occasions intense disgust to the legal
fraternity, and also to some of his col
bred brethren. Neither like his color.
He is seVen-eights white-too dark for
he white man and too white for the
,olored. All eoneede he has the requis-
tie amount of brains. But as he is
neither fish nor flesh, his confirmation
8 matter of doubt to-day. But why
should not the son Of a Maryland Sena-
.or hold such honorable position?


FELIX.


Washington, D. c., March 16, 1877.