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Year: 1879

The picayune policy is having some brilliant illustrations on the border. Here in Arizona We probably have troops enough to overcome any pOssi- ble Indian outbreak, owing 10 the fact that the posts are so situated and con nected by wire that every man could be used to good advantage on short notice. Vigilance is all that is re quired. But elsewhere it is not SO. In New Mexico it has been possible for a few renegades to do an immense amount of deviltry with no immediate hindrance. These troops have to be sent about in small detachments, none of which are numerous enough to contend with the enemy and the re suit is yet doubtful. A long chase with used up men and animals is in evitable, and the militia must be de pended upon to assist Uncle Sam in taking care of his wards, while the property of the Government stored in the forts and camps must be left open to plunder by organized bands of white thieves. Farther up, in the West and Northwest, the same story is re peated; and there is almost no instance of an Indian pursuit where pursued and pursuers were not in the ratio of about five to one. England sent thirty thousand men six thousand miles to conquer the Zulus, but the United States has not as large a force to use anywhere. Parallel results. Ceta- wayo is an unconditional prisoner and his army is destroyed in less than SIX months, though the campaign was conducted through the jungles of South Africa; while our own frontier Is a continuous scene of outbreak and slaughter. If narrOwness and bigotry were ever convinced, they ought to be by such q contrast.
Year: 1879

THE PHENIX HERALD appeared as q daily on the 1st, and a most creditable one, too. It has seven columns to the page-twenty-eight in all. It has a large amount Of reading matter, in cluding three columns Of general news and local telegraphic dispatches. If it does keep up as started, it will be by far the best Daily in Arizona. IL announces the ability to make the Daily a success, and judged from the Scmi-Weckly there is no mistake n this announcement It also says that everything of importance will be found in its issue, for all classes of cit izens, and our aim will be to make it a live, sprightly, newsy sheet, and a power for good to the people of this valley and Territory"
Year: 1879

WE are glad to welcome to our table number one of the first volume of La Sonora, a new paper published in Tue son in both English and Spanish and edied by Mrs NJ. Corella. It is a neat, newsy little sheet of sixteen col umns, and we heartily wish for it the success which we feel sure it will st- tain through the well known abilities and energy of its fair proprietress.
Year: 1879

The sooner the youth of this country
are compelled by the score and tendency
of our public school system to recognize
that only one boy in a hundred can be
a lawyer, doctor, or clergyman, the bet
ter it will be for the American people.
To that end it is essential that our
methods of training shall cease to foster
the silly and abortive preference for
gentlemanly pursuits-shall squarely
face the fact that manual labor is the
sphere in which the great majority Of
the human race are destined to move,
and that il is mechanical skill and gen
ius which have transformed the world
and which should command the highest
prizes in the race of life.
Year: 1879

Something has been discovered in the
mud, halfway between Waterloo and
Geneva, that resembles q mounted can
non. Some one who drove down to it
came up and reported there was a wheel
on it with broad tire. On sounding
with an iron rod, some hard metallic
substance was struck, which some of the
more sanguine ones believe to be Sulli-
vans lost cannon. The bottom of the
canal at this p pint is the bed of the old
Seneca River that flowed nndisturbed
one hundred years ago. In fact, the
canal there is simply the river cleared
out With tow path built on the side.
All sorts of conjectures are made re-
garding this discovery, but a. yet no in.
telligent opinion can be formed until
the thing is dug out and examined.
Year: 1879

The dry goods trade of Canada has
been having hard time of it during the
past i've or six years, in both wholesale
and retail lines. The Toronto Globe is
credited with saying: That in no
other line Of trade have disasters fallen
so thickly, but that now the outlook is
a little brighter and greater caution is
manifested in both buying and selling"
Year: 1879

"THE poor ye have always with you.
is Just ms true to-day as it was when
those words were spoken more than
eighteen centuries ago. And must con,
tinue to be 80 long as man is born Of
woman. Unfortunately, there is 8
large number in this and every Other
community with reflective faculties SC
mystisfed or muddled they cannot be
made to understand the cause and con
sequence OF it. The result is continuous
agitation, which was at the commence
ment Of time and will not likely to ter
inmate uatil the end.
Year: 1879

The Democrats in Congress have at
last taken up the cudgcl and are show
ing a determination to no longer be
mealy-mouthed about performing
their duty to the country that has
sent them there. They are going to
cut off rations generally unless the
bayonet Legislation of the late rad
ical Congresses is done away
with in the most effective manner,
AS a fitting pendant to this good work,
we respectfully ask that the suare
Kellogg be attended to and shown
the door of the United States Senate.
He is a fungous growth there, and
represents nothing or nobody save
the 'last Mohican" of the carpet-bae
fraternity. Let his co-conspirators
howl, but carry him back to that
bourne Of obscurity from whence he
ought never to have sprung!
Year: 1879

The question has been decided by
more than two hundred years of fair
trial that advertising pays, and the
thorough-going business man of the
nineteenth century considers knowl-
edge of the best means of advertising
almost as necessary in business as a
knowledge of the goods he has to sell.
Year: 1879

Before the editor of this paper con-
sented to yield to the request Of his
friends, and become a candidate for
the convention, he ascertained that
the fact that he was the Mayor of this
city, did not conflict in any way with
the trust that a majority of the people
have reposed in him. He was inform
ed by persons competent to decide,
that a municipal officer could even
be member of the General AS
scmbly, much less hold the trust
of delegate to constitutional con-
vention, which is not an office. 1t
was shown to him besides, that on
former occasions, State officials, Su-
preme and District Judges, Parish
and Municipal officials too, had occu-
pied seats in these bodies. In the
present instance the people who have
the right to choose their representa-
tives have elected Lieut. Gov. Wilt,
several judges, and many members of
the General Assembly. Nowhere has
any question been raised on this score
save by the enemies of Leon Jastrem-
ski, who have suggested that he re-
sign his Office with a view of imposing
a sacrifice upon him that has not been
asked of anybody else. He has been
singled out for this, in order to shake
the confidence that his friends have
always reposed in him. We know
that the CAPIToL1AN, and particularly
it's editor, are thorns in the side Of
several folks here, and by inuendo
and otherwise it is sought to get them
out of the way. If the sacrifice sug-
gested, extended "all around" we
would do nothing more than discuss
the question on general terms. 1t
must be apparent to every one, how


ever, that the fact of "singling out''
the editor of this paper, is nothing
more than a covert personal attack.
Therefore we arc going to treat all
further individual attacks from that
standpoint, and we intend to use Wig
orous English and otherwise defend
ourselves in such manner as circum-
stances will require. In doing this,
we feel that our friends will Justify
such course, if yielding to a very
natural feeling of indignation, we turn
upon our implacable foes.
Year: 1879

The PicayMne earnestly urges the
delegates from the country parishes
to come to the city q few days before
the time for the assembling of the
convention that they may talk affairs
over with the city people before
reaching any positive conclusions.
The Picayune says the true feeling in
the city upon matters Of grave concern
(the State debit has not been properly
presented, and a few days intercourse
would convince the average country
member of. the fact. OF course the
country delegate will Immediately
hasten to accept the Picayune's propo-
sition. Ifhe is at all shrewd he will
see in it an invitation to such nice lit
tie social affairs as dinners at the fash
ionable restaurants, picnic parties at
the lake, and other attractions, where
the debt question can be talked over
in a quiet manner and the delegate
piled with reasons (of a substantial
character) why he should prove false
to his constituents and his plighted
faith. The Picaymne is so used her.
self to being talked over when any
scheme is afoot with money in it, that
she sees nothing improper in her sug-
gestions to the country members. The
Democrat takes this occasion to in
form the old lady that the delegates
elect from the parishes neither under
stand her political nor her business
methods. They are men of honor and
of pronounced opinions, and are not
to be changed by the Establishments
of the bondholders, social or otherwise.
For the rest, the Democrat is more
than willing that they should inform
themselves of the sentiments of the
people of New Orleans, the mass Of
the taxpayers and the business men.
The Picayune knows that the large
majority of our citizens are in favor
of readjustment Of the debt, and
upon fair and full vote upon the
subject would SO express themselves
by not less than 10000 majority.-N.
0. Democrat.


The Picayuae's proposition is an
open bid to the members of the Con-
vcntion to come forward and have
their views, expressing the wishes Of
their constituents, changed by the con-
uincing arguments that some Of the
moneyed men Of New Orleans know
so we'll how to employ. The Demo-
crot describes the means used by in
! terested parties in the Crescent City,
when they have point to carry. In
| the same way that the State bonds
were obtained from the legislators, it
| is expected that the delegates to the
convention will be made to confirm
them. People of Louisiana, you have
been the slaves of the brokers and
spectators, and you are now being
| told that your honor is staked upon
the maintenance of the stupendous
robberies hidden in the pile of bonds
that have been issued in the face OF
your repeated protests, whilst your
hands were fettered. Now that you
have regained your sovereignty you
have right and it is your duty to-
wards the coming generation to exam
inc into what they say is the debt that
You are in honor bound to pay, and to
declare that this claim is just, and
that one is a fraud! We believe with
the Democrat, that the coming con.
vention will be composed of men who
will not be bribed, neither with din
ners, ,cajoleries, nor money. The time
to settle up accounts has come, and
let no true Louisianian falter, come
what will
Year: 1879

BY virtue Of q writ of fieri faeias, is
sued in the above entitled and numbered
suit, from the Honorable Court aforesaid,
and directed to the Sheriff of said parish,
l have seized and will expose to public
sale in front Of tho Courthouse door Of
said parish, in the city Of Baton Rouge,
Year: 1879

the Democrats have not appropriated enough


money, we can afford. to accept it: The
trouble heretofore has been that Congress
has been too lavish il it's expenditures. At
the present session an effort has been made
tolremedy this defect, and all unnecessary ex-
penditures have been cut off, including those
for federal election officers. The saving ef-
footed will be considerable more than
appears at the first glance. But far greater
gain will be realized in the effect that the
lack of these appropriations will have upon
the country. It will put decided check
upon the centralizing tendencies of the
Tunes, and teach the monarchists at Wash
ington that the people are determined to
control their own affairs after their own
pleasure. It will further demonstrate, the
fact that there is not now. nor has ever been,
any necessity for laws that can only be rem
dered effective by an abuse of power. The
elections conducted without the interference
of federal officials. will be found to be as
peaoeable as any ever held in the country,
and the count will no doubt be as honest as
if myriads of supervisors and deputy mar
shals were overseeing the persons assigned
to the duty of making up the returns.


5 Mr. Hayes, despite the opposition of bis
party, will have to approve of all the appro.
priation bills as now framed, and future re.
suits will show that the Democratic majority
was wise in its day and generation in pass


ing them thus.
Year: 1879

the Presidential contest next year. We do
not esteem Ohio to be the pivotal States but
1t may be 80. It,is certainly of the greatest
importance chat the Democrats should WIN
the October battle. We alo sure that no
effort to that end will be spared. The can
vass promises to be a lively one. All the
national issues will be brought into.it. Local
interests will occupy only minor place.
The Republicans will fight it on the issues of
the late war, with incidental mention of the
financial policy Of the government The
Democrats will fight it on the issue of free
ballot-will ask verdict upon the acts Of
its representatives in Congress on the matter
of the repeal of the election laws passed at
the close of the war. AS to the result we
have little fear, for we are assured that the
great mass of the people are heartily in
accord with the policy cof the Democratic
party. The Democrats are united and har-
monious. They have but to organize and
work to achieve success that may prove q
turning point in our national history
Year: 1879

In accordance with the resolution adopted
June by the French committee on the Franco
American treaty Of commerce, a committee Of
senators and deputies had an interview to-day
with Minister Waddington to urge action
in Chambers in response to the resolution now
before the United States Congress, and opening
negotiations with the United States govern
ment on the subject. Waddington received
the committee most cordially. He stated he
had already exchanged communications on the
subject with Everts, United States secretary of
state, and would instruct the French represent
ative at Washington togive the matter the
most serious consideration. .......t--.


Thus reads cable dispatch. If any of
our readers can tell what it is about we will
send them chrome. To those who have
not kept the run Of every item that has
passed over the wires for three months, it is
simply Greek. Yet it is only a fair sample
of dispatches that are daily transmitted
across the ocean. We submit that such
''news'' is not only an outrage upon the
papers that pay for it, but upon the pub
lie at large who pay for the
papers, expecting to receive what the cable
processes to give-an intelligent resume of
the doings in the other hemisphere.
Year: 1879

One of the most peculiar things in all the
legal complications of the st. Paul & Pacific
road is the suit begun yesterday by Receiver
Farley against the new management, asking
for division of the property. MIR. Farley
does not claim to have invested anv thing
but simply to have been one of the original
pool organized to buy the bonds and the
matter having been successfully consumated,
without his aid, he comes in and demands a
share. There are probably good many
people who would like to own slice of the
reorganized st. Paul & Pacific, and if all
such persons bring suit for divide it will
keep the courts busy. Perhaps it would be
quicker to chop the property up and divide
it around on the true communistic principles.
Most any will take a chunk of good
paying railroad if he can get it. .,.
Year: 1879

For the past week the Republican papers
have busted themselves in concocting all
sorts of stories about disagreement be-
tween Gems. Ewing and Rice and a possible
rupture of the ticket placed in nomination in
Ohio last week. They have asserted that
Ewing insisted upon the retirement of John
G. Thompson from the head of the State
committee, while Gen. Rice insisted as
strenuously upon his retention, and that up
on this rock the ticket was bound to split.
Happily this disagreement has only had an
existence in the imaginations of the editors
and correspondents of the Republican press,
The wish with them was father to the
thought We have abundant and authorita-
tive proof for the statement that no such
contention exists or ever has existed between
the candidates, but that they have no
sought to interfere in any manner with The
organization of the committee. If it shal
choose to retain Mr.. Thompson in the posi-
ton he has SO long and so ably filed, or t
dispense with his services, there will be n,
objections from either Gen. Ewing or Gen
Rice.


The Importance which the Republican
attach to the result in Ohio the coming fal
evidenced by the frantic efforts they ar
: making to stir up strife in the Democrat
ranks. Their endeavors, however, will be Q
no avail. Never, within the recollection Q
the Oldest politician, has there been sac
unanimity in the Democratic party of tina
State as is now manifested. The candidate
are acknowledged to be strong POLITICAL,
and no two men in the State can boast of a
large personal following as Ewing an
Rice. Certainly none better deserve it.


There is no doubt but upon the result 9
the election in Ohio will depend in grea
measure the conduct of the two parties j
Year: 1879

We regret to learn that Hon. Edward G.
Ryan, chief Justice of the supreme court of
Wisconsin, is lying at the point of death. For
many years past Mr.. Ryan has occupied q
prominent place in the affairs of the North
west. He founded the Chicago Tribune as q
Democratic paper about thirty y-eight years
ago, and by his yigor and ability soon placed
it in the lead of Western journals. He soon
wearied Of editorial work, however, and went
to Milwaukee, where he engaged in the prac


tice of the law, early taking the foremost
rank at the bar of that city. He was an, ora
tor Of rare power, commanding in presence,
forcible, logical, and, where his feelings were
enlisted, terribly vindictive. In 1856 he
achieved national distinction by the man
ner in which he conducted the prosecution
in the impeachment trial of Judge Levi
Hubbell before the Senate of Wisconsin.
His speech in closing the case for the State
was masterpiece of oratorical invective,
and it is recorded that as he proceeded,
piling denunciation upon denunoiation on
the head of the accused, Judge Hubbell left
the Senate chamber in horror and dismay.
Possessing naturally irascible temper, that
defect was increased by financial reverses
and family bereavements, and gradually he
lost the lucrative practice he had gained.
When the wardrobe out he had no hesitancy
in espousing the cause of the South, and, op-
posing himself almost single handed against
the people of the entire North, he issued the
famous Ryan address, document remarka-
BILE for it's fierce denunciation of the policy
of the administration of President Lincoln
and at the same time an able argument in
defense of the course of the South. In 1874,
a vacancy having occurred on the supreme
bench through the death of Judge Byron
Paine, the bar of the State united in nomi-
mating him to the place, and he was elected
without opposition. He was reelected for
full term two years afterwards, ho one
caring to contest the place with him. As a
jurist he had few superiors. He was abso-
lutely fearless in the PRONUNCIATION of his
opinions, always emphatic in denouncing
whatever to him had the slightest appearance
of wrong. He was an orator of rare force,
and possessed fervor and wealth of Ian
guage that few men in the country could
boast. His eccentricities were many, yet no
one has over whispered even the suggestion
of dishonest motive as applying to him


either as lawyer or as judge. His death


which appears so imminent, will occasion
widespread sorrow, for though he had many
| and bitter enemies politically, he had not a
single personal foe save those who had merit
| ed and received his denunciations.
Year: 1879

For months Republican newspapers and Re-
publican Senators and Representatives have
been assuring us that they did not care to
retain the Jurors test oath upon the statute
books. They may have been sincere, but if
so why did the Republicans in the House re-
fuse to vote upon it: thus preventing quo
rum and delaying its consideration? Pre-
cept and practice don't seem to agree very
we'll in the Republican party.
Year: 1879

The death of Gen. James Shields leaves
Gen. Robert Patterson, of Philadelphia, the
only surviving general officer Of the Mexi-
can war. Gen. P, now over eighty years of
age, is as active and strong as man of
fifty. He attends to the immense business
of the large house of which he is the head,
and reaches his Office and stays as long as
his youngest employe. Long may the grand
old veteran live to enjoy the blessings of free
government he did so much in three
wars to establish and perpetuate.
Year: 1879

3 A young man at the Methodist
Church Fair vas walking around the
hall with the motto, I" God bless Our;


Home pinned on his coat. Yet'
like the man who wrote Home,


Sweet Home, he didn { have any,