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Year: 1879

Mr.. Sessions, of Lincoln, has al
ready introduced bill imposing
special tax for the erection of a
capital building at cost OF 100000.
The bill was read the first time.
Under the provisions of the new
constitution might it not be highly
proper and judicious first 10 perma-
nently locate the capital and then
! impose the tax? We will not now
dispute the wisdom and justice OF
a measure that shall require every
citizen of the State to contribute
share, according to the amount Of
his taxable property, to aid in the
erection Of capital building, and
thereby remove any strife that
might arise from large contributions
OF money from special localities to
control the location OF the capital at
q place far from the centre of the
State. On the part of citizens out
side of Lincoln we are glad that no
imprudent haste has been manifest.
ed 10 agitate the question of the
removal or relocation of the capital
or seat of government for this State.
Considerable time having interven-
ed since the adoption of the new
constitution making provision for
the removal of the seat of govern
ment, it would not now be improper
or hasty TO take legislative action,
which may be necessary 10 bring
about a removal and relocation of
the capital. Mr.. Sessions, we are
sure, would not like 10 be the au-
thor of such legislation, but there
are other members OF the present
Legislature who should take prompt
action 10 secure the proper legisla-
ton under the new constitution to
bring about a removal or relocation
of the capital. Ii tie capital is to
remain at Lincoln the citizens OF
the State ought 10 know that fact
before 100000 of taxes are levied
and expended there in erecting a
suitable capital building. The bill
Of Mr.. Sessions is proper and right,
TO 20 hand in hand with an other
bill providing for the proper action
TO remove or relocate the seat of |
government of the State. The pres
ent session is a very favorab bic time |
10 take that action, and a bill should |
at once be introduced TO submit the |
question of removal to a vote of the |
electors of the State, especially as
no vote can be taken upon it except |
at general election, and the ques-
lions of places and number OF posi-
bic elections 10 be held renders il
rather complicated and may We,
consume years in its adjustment.


Ii no proper legislation is taken
at the present session, two years
more probably may intervene be-
fore any law can be passed so as to
reach the question of removing or
relocating the capital of the State,
and the bill now introduced by Mr..
Sessions TO levy tax of 100000 to
construct and finish a capital build
ing looks very much like the opera
tion of putting the cart before the
horse. Let Us have the location first
and then the tax TO enable the State /
to construct the necessary buildings.
As Columbus will probably be one
of the locations to be voted for, il
would in our opinion be proper that
the representative from Platte
county should at the present session
interest himself in having a bill
passed submitting the question to a
vote of the people at the next gen.
eral e.ection, and thus dispose of
the question at this session.
Year: 1879

We shall think it strange, and the
people Of northern, central and wes-
tern Nebraska will think it strange
if the legislature shall consent 10 a
law levying a hundred thousand
dollars tax for the erection of a new
capitol without a bill for relocating
the capital. Let the present build
ing be made to do duty until the
people OF the State are ready to
place the capital the capitol where
they will probably remain.
Year: 1879

OLIVER, the leader of the gang,
who languishes in prison for the
murder OF Ketcnum and Mitchell, is
said to be worth between one and
two hundred thousand dollars.
But money will hardly save him
from the halter.-Omdhd Bee.
Year: 1879

1t is learned tonight that JUS
tice Hunt of the United States su-
preme court, was stricken with
paralysis at his residence in this city
last Saturday, and is now in such
condition that his recovery is des-
paired of.
Year: 1879

1t is due to Parson De La Matyr to
saw that he does not propose to have the
Government issue $l,0OO,0O0,O 900 Of
preenbacks at once. To avoid shock
he would let them out at the rate Of
about four barrels day.
Year: 1879

How THE NEaRo SENATOR FEELS
When q place on the Blaine Com~
mittco was offered Mr.. Bruce, of
Mississippi, he replied that he real
ly did not see how any good could
result from the proposed investi-
cation. Perhaps, he said, there
have been some frauds. 1t would
be strange if there had not been,
but his people had just mado tho
second largest crop of cotton ever
grown in the South, and that cir
cumstance furnished ample evidence
to his mind that they were quito as
prosperous as the laboring classes
North. This being the case, the
colored people ought not to bo
stirred up by political excitement,
which could do no good, and might
do harm by arousing anew the feel
ings of suspicion and dislike Of tho
whites, which were dying out with
the prosperity of the Now South.
Those sentiments were felt to bo
full Of the good sense which Mr..
Bruce has always shown in speaking
of affairs affecting the South and his
people lVusAingto~ Letter to
Reao Orleans Times.
Year: 1879

in all my life, I couldn't think of
the first thing to say, but the bless
in my father used to ask before
eating, when he had company and
which was this Lord make us
thankful for what we are about TO
receive


"Now, my brethering "do you
'spose any Presbyterian raised boy
was ever put to such strait as that
for prayer? No. He would have
prayed for himself, and gono off
after the Jews and heathens, whilst I
was huntin' up and gittin' of that
blessin'."
Year: 1879

Our esteemed contemporary, the New York
Times. speaking Of Chief Justice MARSHALL.
says that to the last Of his long life he continued
10 pronounce those great opinions which made
our Jurisprudence respected abroad" This
takes a very harrow and unsatisfactory Wow Of
the Chief Justice. II makes very little difference
whether his opinions we're admired abroad or
not; 1t is enough that they were wise and pro-
found. What other countries thought Of then
is very small matter in comparison.
Year: 1879

The Clipper men took rest from busi-
ness last week, in order TO attend circuit
court in full force. The people Of Franklin
and vicinity are enjoying the mumps. "A
Baptist missionary has been laboriug faith
fully in the vicinity of Melbourne. and III
some instances with good results, but Gra-
ham, of the Clipper. is said to be as wicked
as ever. The Clipper reports the wheat
crop in Izard larger than that of last year.
Year: 1879

| Interview with j. III. Smart, Indiana
State Superintendent Of Education


"What il the chief agency in the
degradation Of our young people, SO far
as II occurs?r


"Well, should say that bad litera-
ture Is the devils most powerful weapon
lin this work.


Then an education means a good
deal more than the mere acquisition Of
information 2.


Yes, sir. Our best teachers UNDER
stand very well that taking out child's
brains and SIT fling the vacuum with a
few books is not education. As has
been well said, IL you train mans
body only You make magnificent brute !;
IL yon train his body and his mind you
have magnificent scoundrel. and IL you
train his body, his mind and his heart
you have a magnificent specimen OF
manhood. Right education will make
manly men and womanly women. The
school plays an important part in the
work, but there are other agencies OF
just as much importance and with whom
the responsibility must certainly be di-
vidcd."
Year: 1879

the scene Of picturesque misery. The


illustrated papers, particularly Harper.


Weekly. by the pencil Of Mr.. Moser o


Vicksburg, have done what the pen car
not geographically picture the tou,
ensemble.


Here is agray-woolcd negro, his much
younger wife and three pickaninnics
wretched children, all sleepy with the
'drowsiness of childhood. Here they
sit or lie on the hard deck, pillowinc
their little woody heads on their pudgy
arms. They wake up stiff and sore and
cry for "mammy'. A young negro man
takes of his coat, goes up 10 toddler OF
four summers, lifts him all asleep from
the deck and spreads under him the
coat. The little chap sinks into the torn
and dirty garment with the same deli
cious sensation Of comfort with which
the white child, after day's play.
nestles in his clean bed. Poor pariah
children of poverty, going, they neither
know or heed whittier. looking TO these
dusky and simple parents in the un-
trnstfulness Of childhood.
The blind leading the blind, and shall
they not both fall into the ditch?


Look around at the baggage of these
people. A basket Of tins and crockerv :
= bale or two Of bedding, often bead
stead with the stats tied up with rope,
perhaps a chest. For lunch they eat a
corn-cake. and drink from pail OF river
water. The Old man falls asleep, sitting
on his box, his gray head and wrinkled
face buried in his hard hands. The
children cry and he wakes from his nan


The white men who come and tel
them that Kansas means want and
misery to them are not believed. They
reason that the whites do not want them
to 90 away, and, therefore, must be
lying about the earthly paradise OF their
daily hope and nightly vision.
Year: 1879

a new law makes II unlawful for q
person who has mortgagcd his personal
property to sell or transfer the same 10
any person without informing such per-
son Of the fact Of lie being mortgaged. or
take, drive. or carry il away In violation
of his agreement in the mortgage, with.
out the consent Of the mortgagee. Tho
penalty i fine in any sum not exceed
ing $200.
Year: 1879

the wiping out of this Infamous document.
Many staunch Dem ocrats opposed u change
Many sought to patch this document, and
justified their opposition to new coDstltu-
tion by claiming that the people were not able
and not sufficiently educated to their interests
to make the change. The DEMOCRAT hewed
70 the line, and by precept upon precept taught
the necessity OF an entire change. No greater
trloute to conscientious advocacy Of prin-
clple was ever paid than that paid to
the DEMOCRAT by the Legislature in inn
med1ately passing the bill. For it's steady,
unceaSing labor in the cause of good
government, the DEMOCRAT deserves the
thanks OF the taxpayers and Intelligent oiti-
zens OF Louisiana. Attacked by all the ma
chlnery OF the law, by al the corrupt rings of
the State, with first lukewarm support then
by an open opposition Of it's city contempora-
ries, the DEMOCRAT stood boldly for the peo-
pie and the people gave it their hearty in
dorsement at the polls No party was ever
more fortunate In Its exponent than the DEM
ocraey OF Louisiana in the New Orleans DEM
oCRAT as its voice, for 1t never gave an un-
certain sound. The threat of utter ruin could
not divert 1t from It's advocacy Of the right.


1t remains for the people to rally to the
polls to select the ablest and purest men in
the State to send to the convention. The inn
portance OF the election Of the eighteenth Of
March oyershadows any and all other cleo
tiOns In the State. The Federal officials, by
their prosecutions, hope to keep the people
from exercising their sacred rights, but
tnere Will be 40 United States supervisors to
Interfere in the coming election. No Fed
eral official will be elected, hence there will
not be shadow Of pretence for United States
supervisor.


Let an active canvass be begun ut once, and
let the men OF experience and integrity be
placed before the people for their suffrages;
letevery man take an active interest In the
matter, SO that Caddo will send worthy repre-
sentatives to the convention The session
will be short; hence the greater reason for
sending the very best men OF the parish to
this convention.
Year: 1879

The Governor has signed the bill calling a
constitutional convention. From ali Quarters
OF the State the voice of the people demanded
this bill as the first act OF the Legislature.
The Democratic party was pledged to it by
solemn declaration In its convention held at
Baton Rouge last year


The present document called constitution
was hatched by a mob of corrupt partisans
who framed constitution which, IL given its
proper title would be called the thiefs magma
charta. 1t was prepared by ignorant and de-
praved men, and the wonder Is that Louisiana
Is not In worse condition. by
the present constitution every IA
cllity Is given to unscrupulOus rulers 70 I'M
pose grievous burdens upon the people; to
divert the revenues OF the State to every
plundering scheme; to give the Governor the
most Unlimited power; to make him more
formidable than the emperor OF Russia. No
State in the Union has as many officials to
the population; none pays such enormous
salaries for SO little work.


The power vested in the Executive is too
great even for the best and purest Governor
These powers are not consonant with liberty
When The people rid themselves of ten vaars
Radical rnisrule, the New Orleans DEmo5rp !. r.
uncompromjsing in its adherence to inst nrin,
Clip es OF government, began a war on the Oh
noxious constitution. In this contest If bao
never wavered, sparing neither friend or foe foe
Its patriotic editor saw there was No raI;ef
from the burdens OF the people save through
Year: 1879

New Iberia Sugar BOWL


The condition of the sugar landing In New
Orleans during the past month has been
positive disg, ace to that city. Sugar and
molasses, which had been handled by plant
ers with great care to avoid the mud, is there
rolled off into mud Of such depth that 1t is
difficult for persons to get to it on foot, and
the horrible condition in which purchasers
find the packages must affect the price of the
sugar to certain extent. Then, when laden
on drayS Tor transfer to purchasers or other
landings, the streets In the vicinity are so
very muddy that drays and floats are often
stuck hard and fast in the mud, and some
times they have to be again unloaded In the
mud. Why do not the city authorities take
some steps to thoroughly drain and pave the
sugar landing Most certainly the revenues
derived from tonnage and other profits aris-
ing from the handling of country produce
are sufficient to put the landing In proper
condition for the reception of such articles.
We hope some better provision will be made
for handling the sugar crop before another Is
sent to market.
Year: 1879




Decidedly the best paper In the South at
this time is the New Orleans DEMOCRAT. It's
daily issue Is equal to the best In the matter
Of current news, etc, while its SUNDAY issue
has sixteen six-column pages, filled with the
choicest reading matter. The democrat has
had an adventurous career in its war upon
the monopolies, and they have made furious
assaults upon it In the way Of suits for SLAM
der and charges of fraud by grand iuries,
Stonewall Jackson's brigade, and to-day 1t is
master of the situation, and enjoying grand
and complete triumph. We congratulate the
DEMOCRAT and its managers on this, and
hope it will be as successful In every good
work
Year: 1879

BE wouldn't stay to dinner when he was
asked. and the reason Sas that he had no appe-
tite. and thought that IL he stayed and didn't
eat, his friend would be offended Then he was
troubled with indigestion, too and had to be
very careful about his food. He ought to use
Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic. zine gIassful three
three times day will effect swift and certain
cure in all cases OF indigestion. dyspepsia. and
and all complaints arising from a disordered
stomaeh.
Year: 1879

The San Bernardino Times an

 Gounces the arrival Of party of i'm

 migrants in that vicinity who were investigating the inducements that

 valley offers for settlement, and says

 "they are direct from Leadville, and report it a prosperous place. They came through Arizona, and say they nope to be eternally delivered from such barren land. They are very in ttiiigent people,"

 This earnest supplication of every intelligent people" will undoubtedly be justly regarded and they and we will remain eternally happy. How ever we are quite positive that intel ligent people" who cross Arizona in immigration wagons are not at all qualified to make an intelligent report upon the resources of our Territory. A weary traveller from the frigid north may consider it dreary trip to cross Arizona in summer but that does not alter the fact that our population is rapidly increasing and our valleys are filling up with industrious and pros porous farmers. Our mountains are being thoroughly explored and the development in mines during the past two years has surprised even the most sanguine. Occasionally we have a citizen of fair intelligence who seems able to content himself this side of the San Bernardino valley. One of our new mines has turned out $100,000 in bullion since the tst of June and other mines are in a condition to do the same as soon as machinery can be set up. The railroad will soon be rumbling past the doors of our prin- cipal mining districts and then we ex- pect things will bloom and it is possible our "very intelligent i'm migrants may regret they did not ex- anime more carefully before they pass ed by on the other side and left us to " suffer" in the desert It may be tedious to travel across Arizona yet there are many places in our Territory where it is not only pleasant to live but also decidedly profitable.
Year: 1879

A native of McGeary District, Ne vada, who had never heard Pinafore was visiting the city recently. Wood ward tried to get him for exhibition, a crowd followed him through the streets: they charged him for extras at the hotel every time he looked at the clerks diamond pin, sold him bogus jewelry at the stores at eighteen carat gold prices: the police clubbed him for obstructing the sidewalk, and the young lady he was engaged to-, and whom he came down here to marry, shook him for a man who was rehearsing to appear as Ralph Rack straw. In despair he "took in " Pima fOIe He has not had a moments peace since. Dear little Buttercup" and "SO do his cousins and his sisters and his aunts" have been ringing through his distracted brain until he is driven to the verge of madness, and his friends fear that his reason is al ready so shattered that there is danger of his becoming d professional pedes- trian.-[ Stock Report.
Year: 1879

We regret to learn that the fever

 which was so prevalent in the Mesilla

 Valley two years since has again made

 its appearance, and in an equally viru- lent form, The cases are not so nu-

 mercus in the immediate vicinity of Las Cruces and Mcsilla, but farther south, at La Mesa, Chamberino, and as far down as Fl Paso, the disease is spreading very rapidly and the mor- talitv is said to be unusually great. To add to the general distress, the Rio Grande continues dry, the corn crop from Dofia Ana south has been lost through lack of water, and flour al- ready commands a price far above the means of the poorer classes. Barn castles steam mill at Dofa Ana is theI only one now in operation in the en- tire valley. and as it runs only during the day the supply of flour falls very far short of the demand. It seems certain that very great distress will prevail during the coming fall and winter.-[Silyer City Herald
Year: 1879

From Major Thomas Morgan we

 learn the sad particulars concerning

 the death of NIT. Samuel Brown,

 which occurred in Tombstone District

 last week. Mr. Brown was a clever and energetic young man, liked and

 respected by all who knew him. He had a contract 70 sink a shaft on a certain mine anG last Friday afternoon shot off several blasts at the bottom of this shaft. Being anxious to drive his work as rapidly as possible he went down the shaft too soon after the blasts and, completely overcome by the smoke, he fell exhausted ct the bottom. A man was lowered to assist Brown, but there was too much smoke for him also and he had to be hauled up again, barely reaching the surface before before being overcome by sufio- cation. Finally Superintendent Meade arrived, went down the shalt and brought up the body-but it was toe late; life was extinct. A physician was called and every possible effort made to resuscitate the body, but to no avail. The corpse was properly cared for and decentiy buried by the many friends of the deceased. His relatives are supposed to live in Pennsylvania, and if papers in that State would mo- tice his death it would assist in find ing who his relatives are.
Year: 1879

The incidents connected with the killing of Jesus Chavez by Charles

 Powell on Saturday night, are present

 ed in another column. It appears to

 have been a deliberate killing, prompt

 ed by desire for revenge upon A. B.

 Simpson. Powell, when caught on

 the bank of the arroyo, nearly a mile

 from the place of the shooting appear

 ed to be stupidIy drunk; but he was

 certainly not drunk wh ..- followed

 Simpson about the stree :, shooting at

 him on sight. Stirred by the late

 news from Phoenix, this event has almost impelled a resort to lynch law in Tucson, we are glad to say that we now believe the sober second thought of our people to have gained the as- cendant, and that the law will be left to take its course, in Powelrs case. But to the friends of the men now confined in the county jail on charges of murder, we say, see to it that no more killings occur. This community will not tolerate men who display the recklessnesS with fire arms displayed

 by Powell on Saturday night A dozen

 good men have told US how near they

 were when the shots were fired from

 Browns corner; and it was through no fault of Powelrs that some of them were not hit as was Chavez. Another such affair will bring out the mob (this is not threat, but advIce) and, once started, every homicide in the jail would be in extreme danger. There are other men here of the Powell stamp, and more may be ex- pected; and to avoid the effects of their brutal disregard of human life, and to protect ourselves against the disgrace of mob law, it may be neces- sary to secure their absence from Ourl midst. Our peace officers know them and their haunts; both should be kept under close watch. Harmless, law citizens refuse to be made the chance targets of such men. The law deals with them only after their mis- chief is done, but it may be necessary to prevent their doing any mischief at all.
Year: 1879

To our New Mexican contemporary who understood us to say that the col lection of taxes in this county was be hind two years, we desire to say that he is totally in error. The collection of taxes was never better attended to than it is here. The county is in debt, but the people are not in arrears.
Year: 1879

Action upon tho nomination Of sccrctary
McOnARY to United States Circuit Judge
ship III to bo deferred pending report by
the Senate Judiciary Committee az to
whothor nomination eau constitutionally
be confr1aed to ill vacancy not yet created
(aa Judge Di1os's resignation does not take
etfoot for Bona time to co1ne), it tho person
SO nominated In to continue to OCCUPY
another Office until tho prospective vacancy
actually occurs. This Is novel question, and
is considered of sufficient importance to
merit especial consideration.
Year: 1879

Mr.. Daniel F. Beatty, Of Washing
ton, N. j., appears to be determined
that all who care to have parIor Or
gans can get them, for he will sell
during a limited period an instrument
which 1t is said to equal in every way
to the Kind usually sold for S'340, for
the very much reduced price of S85.
If this invitation to the public from
Mr.. Beatty is responded to in the
spirit that it is made, every hamlet
in the land will very soon have in it
a musical advertisement of the New
Jersey Organ builder. Mr.. Beatty
has recently made an extended tour
through Europe, and he expresses
himself confident of having learned
many things that will profit the pur-
chasers Of the organ he proposes to
sell at one-quarter the price usually
obtained for handsome instrument
of the class to which his belong. 1t
had as we'll be borne in mind by those
considering the offer that it is only
for limited period, ard the low
price is to induoe people to buy the
organ in order tlat the manufactur9r
may show TO the public tie peculiar
excellences which he claima it 70
possesa. See his advertisement