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Year: 1877

WILMINGTON. Nov. 9.-The Texas delegation
In the House has abandoned the attempt to in
clude aprovision for State volunteers in the
army appropriation bill, and as a compromise
the regular regiments on the border will be
raised to q full war footing. In the meanwhile
our relations with Mexico continue compi-
cated. A secret service organized by the State
Department last spring to Investigate the State
of Mexican public sentiment, has begun to re-
port. and the intelligence is all warlike. Com
plete maps of at least three routes to the City of
Mexico have been made for military useVvithin
the last four months sand war is discussed In
Administrative circles as almost foregone
conclusion At present the above is all that
can be said. but the only reason why the reports
are withheld from publication is that several
members of the commission are still IN Mexico,
and publication would tend to embarrass their
operations If not endanger their lives.


1t is probable that com prehensive agitation Of
our Mexican relations in Congress will be post
poned until the regular session.


Jack Wharton has got safe through the
Senate Judiciary Committee. which had his
nomination under consideration, and will be
confirmed at the next executive session.


The Louisiana delegation has seen the Secre-
tary OF War again relative to Red river obstruc-
tions, and survey of the raft will be ordered





Secretary seems to be in doubt whether he can
proceed any further than this without special
act from Congress. as there is no general fund
in the treasury applicable to such cases.


Some days ago, at the instance of Mad. Wells
John Sherman went to the White House and
asked Mr.. Hayes when Kings name was to be
sent In.


Mr.. Hayes informed Sherman that he had
taken personal charge Of that matter and would
at the proper time act in accordance with bis
own judgment. A conversation followed, In
which the President strongly intimated that
Sherman bad not managed the New Orleans
Custom House patronage either to the public
advantage or t& the credit of his administra-
tration. That on this account he tthe Presi-
dent. had felt called upon to interfere and that
his interference was final.


Sherman is said to have left the White House
in dropping spirits. Subsequently it was re-
ported to the President that when old Wells
heard what had passed between the former and
Sherman he grew furious and made his usual
threat Of divulging all about the count Of the
vote whereupon the President Is said to have
exclaimed he had no objection to Mr.. Wells
making any confession which his conscience, If
he were troubled with any such incumbrance,
might dictate, but that he had decided to take
control Of the patronage Of the New Orleans
Custom-House himself, and could not be
swerved from his purpose.


Warmoth is pressing Effingham Lawrence
for the Collectorship vice King. but with little
prospect of success. see no reason as yet to
doubt that Packard will be the man. Warmoth
will probably succeed in getting George Sheri-
dan appointed Collector Of Internal Revenue.
vice Coekrem, but that will be the end of his in
fluence. BUELL..
Year: 1877

New YORK, Nov. 1o-The cigar makers still re-
main resolute and deny that they will give In !:
Chinese cigar makers is not intended to be car
ried out, and that the whole tn ing is moth ing
but dodge to bring them to work again when
almost completed negotiations with the labor
companies in IN Francisco to bring three hun
committee aid: Then there will be riot we
are not going to stand still and let the China
men take the bread from out Of our mouths :;
strike. because of the introi iuction of Chinese
labor. which affects them as much as it does
ourselves we will not allow his city to be made
a second San Francisco and if needs be, we
shall drive the Chinese out by force"
Year: 1877

of the United States, and shall form sinking
fund for the payment Of the interest accruing
on the first mortgage construction bonds of the
road, provision being made for the investment
of the said sinking fund in government seeuri-
ties.


The payments of interest shall!be made semi
annually in April and October to coupon hold
ers pro rata, the corporation to furnish the
terest accrued on the bonds outstanding ten
days before such interest falls due. Nothing in
this bill is to be construed rs creating any lia-
antee or pay interest on any Of the bonds of The
road in excess of moneys arising from the
pre-emption and sales of lands granted to the
The United States reserves the right to levy a
tax of ten per cent on the net earnings of the
road to meet the principal of the construction
bonds
Year: 1877

READING. Nov 9.-The heavy rains of last
night and this morning raised the tributaries of
the Schuylkill, and that river is now four feet
above low water mark The tow path of the
canal is entirely submerged. and boating Is
suspended for the present.
Year: 1877

TESTIMONY OF TIE CHIEF JUSTICE
OF GEORGIA.-I have used Simmons Liver
Regulator for constipation of my bowels, caused
by temporary arrangement Of the liver, for
tho last three or four years, and always, when
used according TO the directions with decided
benefit. l think it is good medicine for tho
arrangement cf the liver-at least such has been
my personal experience in the use Of it,


HIRAM WARNER.


Nbjof Justiro If Gcorrja
Year: 1877

In considering the constitutionality of
the township aid act, we hope our su-
prime court will act independently, and
not lean upon the supreme court OF the
United States. That court has made 3
prior claim to the right to lean upon the
state court This question of leans is
becoming an interesting one.
Year: 1877

There are quite number of counties
in the state which are waiting with great
solicitude to hear from the supreme
court of the state on the township bond
question. We hope that our court will
not attempt to rival the United States
court in puerllity OF argument, and give
as = reason for deciding in favor of the
bondholders that the United States court
90 decided, when the latter court gives
as a basis for its decision the ruling of
the lower court.
Year: 1877

Many clergyman do not yet know
where the winter overcoats are to come
from. but they feel a sweet and solemn
faith that they will get seventeen pairs
of slippers each about Christmas time,
and that none of them will fit.
Year: 1877

New social game in West Virginia
the "mum social, "to-wit: An admission


Tee is charged. and after the ladies and
gentlemen are all in they must not speak.
When all are seated about the room the
gas is turned down, and when one OF
the party squeals the gas is turned on.
and She has to tell what she was squeal-
mo about. If she refuses to tell. then
she is fined. and the fine is usually paid
bv the Young man who sits next to her.
Year: 1877

From Daily Of Saturday,:


TRAVELS OF LETTER.---A little
over a year ago, man called at the
Post Office and registered small
sum of money in coin for his wife
in England. The letter left here
and the usual "tracers'' came from
stations on the road. A few weeks
ago, letter came from the Chicago
post Office returning the letter and
stating that letters containing gold
or silver coin are in contravention
of the international postal treaty
which forbids the shipment of coin
through the mails between France,
England Germany and United States.
The fact that the contents of this
letter were not included in Near
thurs defalcation, is also worthy of
note. Last night Mr.. Prosch re-
sceived a letter from the husband
who is now in California, stating
that his wife had never received the
letter and asking that it be remailed
to him, which will be done to-day.


TaE SrE1LAcooM MILL.-We men
toned several days ago that MIR.
Frank, who has been employed in
tColman's mill at this place to pur-
chase machinery for saw mill at
,Steilacoom. The citizens of that
place subscribed the sum of $4,000.
of which 81 900 is to be paid in cash
when the machinery is landed there
and the balance when the mill starts
to cutting lumber. In this matter
the Steilacoom people have done
wisely and will receive back four
fold what they have donated. They
have the advah tage of beautiful
town site and only lack the establish
ment of an enterprise like this, to
make Steilacoom prosperous and
thriving place.


GOLD IN WHATcoM.-A private
letter from friend at Sehome in
forms us that two men went out to
the Nooksack in January, and got
home last week. Part of their mis-
sion was to prospect for gold on the
South fork Of that river. where they
found such indications as to Justify
them in returning thither. They
will wait, however, till the high
water abates and there is no more
snow to melt, when they will show
agood return of the glittering metal.
Year: 1877




Col. Cslby's Article in Philadelphia Times.


Of the secret agents or spies il
the service of the rebel government
there were some who achieved noto
riety at least, and they were vel
represented at the Old Capital, both
male and female; among the latter
was Belle Boyd, who left the i'm.
preston with those with whom she
came in contact of a woman gov.
erned more by romance and love Of
notoriety than actual regard for the
Southern cause. Undeniably good
looking, fine figure, and merry dis
position, she could have been dan.
gerous had she possessed equal good
sense and good judgment. l be-
lieye the extent of the damage she
inflicted on the Northern cause was
in tempting from his loyalty a sub
ordinate officer of the navy, whom
it was affirmed she married. He
also found his way to prison, from
which he dictated a challenge to the
editor of the Washington Star for
some rather scornful allusions to
himself and wife. They were both
slight weights" in the profession.


Mrs. Baxley was a woman of far
different character educated, re-
markably intelligent and cultivated
and with a steady courage any man
might envy. She was a shrewd
pl0tter of mischief to the North,
and utterly fearless in their execu-
ton. Her intense hatred Of a Yam
kee, with her whole-souled devotion
to the Southern cause, often i'm
PEELED her beyond the line Of pro-
priety and discretion, even to the
verge of the ridiculous - never,
however, to the peril Of the cause
she loved. The first time my at
tention was called to her case was
by a note handed me by one Of the
guards, directed to the Colonel
commanding the prisoners, asking
me to bring her an armiul Of
wood Of course it meant defiance
and insult, but provoked only a
smile; and the next "break out" Of
her irrepressible hatred to Yankee
dom grazed tragedy rather than
comedy. 1t was thus: Going once
to the window of the room (which
was located in the second story Of
the building (which was located in
the second story of the building),
she began a scathing and contemp-
tuous criticism of the sentinel un-
derneath, until, goaded by hel
tongue, he threatened to fire at her
if she did not desist and leave the
window. "Fire, then, you Yankee
scoundrel you were hired to mur-
der women, and here is an oppor'
tunity to exercise your trade" wai
the reply. Stung by the words, and
thinking to frighten her, he raised
his piece, but aimed above her head
and fred, the ball crashing through
the window over her. Not a mus
Year: 1877

eel stirred as she still cody faced the
window as before, saying contempt
uously: ga shot worthy a Yankee ;
load and try another" She was ar
rested while within our army lines
searching for her son, who had
been wounded and captured in one
of the great battles. He was sent
to the prison where his mother was,
and she had the privilege of seeing
him often and of standing by his
bedside when he died. He was
buried from the prison and lies in
the Congressional Cemetery, his
mother being allowed to accompany
his remains to their last resting
place. She was accompanied to the
cemetery in the same carriage by
Mrs. Surratt (who was afterwards
hanged for completely with Presi-
dent Lincoln's assassination), and
couple of guards detailed for the
purpose. Mrs. Surratt was a large,
iieShy woman, and when first sent
to the prison was not supposed ia
be guilty Of anything serious, OIL
that could involve risk to her life.
Her daughter was her requent Wis
itor, and was always permitted tC
see her. At her trial she was re.
moved from the Old Capital, tC
which she never returned, having
been tried, condemned and executed
at the old armory.
Year: 1877

1t was many and many year ago.
In kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may


know


By the name of Annabel Lee;
And the maiden she lived with no other


thought


Than to love and be loved by me.
was a child and she was child
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was more than


love-


land my'Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs Of heaven
Coveted her and me.
And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out Of cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee
So that her high born kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
10 shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.
The angels not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me,
fesl that is the reason las all men know
In this bingdom by the seal,
That the wind came out Of cloud by night
Chilling and killing my Annabel Ice.
For the moon never beamz without bri aging


me dreams


Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
Al the stars never rise but feel the bright


eyes


OF the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And 60 all the night-ude, lie down by the
0fmy darling my darling my life and my


bride,
In tho sepulctre there by the sea,
In the tomb by the sounding sea.
Year: 1877

The days when what is frequent
ly called "our American Sabbath "
was kept with Jewish strictnesS are
rapidly passing away, Years ago
the Sunday excursion steamboat
was a rare sight on our waters, and
Sunday excursion trains were un-
known. Now the rivers and the
bay TEEN with crowded Sunday
steamboats,, and thousands of peo-
pie are carried by Sunday trains to
the seaShore and other places where
pure air can be found. The vast
majority of the excursionists belong
to the working classes, whose only
holiday is Sunday. Many excellent
people, who can either remain at
home in cool, shady rooms, or who
can afford to go into the country
on Saturday night and to return on
Monday morning, spending the in
tervening time at a hotel, are great
ly grieved by the growing popular
ity Of Sunday excursions, and regard
them as extremely demoralizing.
Whether this view of the matter is
a just and true one need not be
here discussed. 1t may be accepted
as an incontestable fact that men
and women who are shut up in oUr
hot and dirty city during the whole
week will, to a very great extent,
avail themselves of the opportunity
to breathe country air and indulge
in the seabathing which is afford.
ed by the managers of Sunday
excursions. Clergymen who close
their churches during July and
August because the weather
is too hot for Sunday services, can
not readily convince workmcn that
it is their duty to swelter in tene-
ment-houSes during the one day on
which they can escape from the
city, and no piouS capitalist has yet
proposed a plan for taking poor
people into the country on Satur-
day, furnishing them with religious
services on Sunday, and bringing
them home again early Monday
morning, at cost not exceeding
that of the usual Sunday excursion.
Laws against " Sabbath breaking "
are still upon the statute book, but
their enforcement, so far as Sunday
excursions are concerned, is not
dreamed of. There is no pretense
that when a steamboat carries a
thousand excursionists to the sea-
shore, the quiet of the closed
churches on Fifth avenue is broken,
and though the hotel-keepers at
Rockaway and Coney Island un-
doubtedly have their Sundays rest
seriously disturbed, they have as
yet made no complaint. Thus,
while the temptation to share in
Sunday excursions is great, and no
effectual opposition is made by the
enemies Of Sabbath breaking, the
custom will grow from year to year
until the American Sabbath be-
comes undistinguishable from the
European Sunday.
Year: 1877

Matrimony and Fast Young Mou.


The pastor of a church in one of
our large cities said not long ago:


81 have ofiiciated at forty we'd
dings since | came here, and in
every case save one | felt that the
bride was running an awful risk.


Young men of bad habits and fast
tendencies never marry girls of
their own sort, but demand a wife
above suspicion. So pure, sweet
woman, kept from the touch of
evil during their girlhood, give
themselves, with all their costly
dover of womanhood, into the
keeping Of men who, in base asso-
Citations, have learned to under
value all that belong to them, and
they find no time for repentance
in the sad after years. There is
but one way out of this that / can
see, and that is for you-the young
women of the country-tc require
in association and marriage, purity
for purity, Sobriety for sobriety and
honor for honor. There is no rea-
son why the young men of this
Christian land should not be just
as virtuous as its young women;
and if the loss Of your society and
love be the price they are forcsd to
pay for vice, they will not pay it.
admit with sadness that not all o.
Year: 1877

our young women are capable Of
this high standard for themselves
or others, but / believe that there
are enough earnest, thoughtful
girls in the society of our country
to work wonders if faithfully
aroused"
Year: 1877

All over the Southern States
may be seen large bodies of
land lying out called old field
much of this land is not worn
out but the fences have been
destroyed and from the diff
Guilty we have had since the
war in making fences, they
are lying out. If these old
fields were set in bermuda
grass they would afford album
dant past"rage for all the
hogs we need, and we could
raise immense quantities 81
pork almost without cost.
W hat we most need is good
stock aud plenty of pasturage
which we can have with very
small expense and but little
trouble. The meat and mule
supply is one of the greatest
drains, and these can bs easi>
ly stopped, and it ought to be
done, at once. These sam-
old fields set in bermuda grass
would make abundant sum-
mer pastures for all our stock
horses, cattle, sheep and goats
as we'll as hogs.
Year: 1877

him how God so loved the
world that he gavo his only
begotten son that whatsoever
believeth on Him should not
perish but have everlasting
life. Then l gave him the
5lst Psalm to read. I called
at his room the next night
and talked with him and
prayed with him. Atthe close
Of the prayer he arose and
said: I'm satisfied. All is
right. / put my trust
in my redeemer.' Since
that time. my friends, ! know
lie said many things not like
a Christian, and done many
things which he should not
have done. But no man ever
felt this more kecnly than he
did. When saw him on
Thursday he confessed how
far lie had done wrong and
brought reproach upon the
cause of Christ. But said
he, God has forgiven me-
Raising his annotated hand,
he pointed to his breast and
said, AN is peace here. i
want you to know that bet
ween me and my God l bow
cd my head np"n that hand
and wept for joy. Said /;
Gen. Forrest thank my
God for this Then he gave
me this message: Tell my
brethren and sisters that du-
ring six weeks l have lain IN
my bed and comuened with
my God. Tell them to take
up their cross and follow
their Savior. Tell MY old
comrades in sin to give their
hearts to God and seek a high
er, heller life
Year: 1877

Our young men might find
employment ut home and not
be compelled as now, to sew
er all ties of friendship and
association and seek. among
strangers, ,thatencouragement
and assistance that is with
held in their native place.
Our business men may feel
its effect, for it is a fact we'll
known but soTely considered
that what effects one effects
moro or less the whole com.
munity.


Who knows if this temper
ance movement is carried out, ,
but that some poor woman
whose every day life is bligh
ted and darkened may not
once again rejoice and well
come each coming day.
Year: 1877

. a s. Wickert, is in the
ring with new winter goods,
and sells on the cheap for
cash plan. HIS store is on
Brewer avenue, fronting the
court house square; call and
see bis goods for yourselves.
Year: 1877

DANzIGERs' REMovAL.-The low price at
which the Danzigers have been selling their dry goods
recently has the talk of the town but what will
people say when they Learn that another great
reduction has made because Of the early removal
of the firm from No. Canal street to their store
157 Canal where they will open soon with an entirely
new stock What will people sayl Why, they will be
too much excited to say anything. but Immediately
after reading the column advertisement on our fifth
page will rush down to 2o3 and invest all their spare
en-
Year: 1877

The new looks be used in the same classes with
the old Primary and InteImed!ateI and while tesy
retail at but little half the cost Of tie Old sees
their text e1ually full and reliable. The beauty
of the maps Is unsurpassed, and their uness ana
accuracy exceed even that Of the Old series
Year: 1877

A Washington telegram of the 18th
inst. says: 1.-THE President was at the
capitol two hours to-day urging action
upon the bill carrying into effect the
treaty with the Sioux Indians for the
cession of Northern Wyoming and the
Black Hills of Dakota. He presented
to members of Congress the necessity
to have the matter finally adjusted, as
emigration to the country covered by
the treaty would be very great this
summer


For thus laboring for their interests
the people Of Wyoming and the Black
Hills extend to President Grant most
cordial thanks. 1t is certainly very
gratifying to our frontiersmen to know,
that in the very midst of the most ex-
citing political agitation which has ever
been had in this country, and which has
wholly absorbed the attention of our
public men, the chief magistrate of the
nation took this extraordinary course,
and thus threw his powerful influence
in favor of the hardy pioneers of the
West.