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Year: 1876

February 18th, 1876: the Sabbath. I
went down this morning to old Abram' 3
cabin, and read to him and some Of his
friends a hymn that had Just written
What think you of Christi and an es.
say Of mine that has just been published.
about money-ge tting. They were both
listened to attentively. | then read a
few verses in the Bible about the love Of
money being the root OF all evil. and pro-
posed that we should sing q hymn and
pray. jeff Robinson raised the tuEe and
gave out the words. The hymn was a
very familiar one: "Hark, from the
tombs a doleful sound jeff had a tune
to the words while he was giving them
out, as well as while he was singing
them; q tune Of very peculiar modula.
tions, which no doubt added much to the
effect produced by the hymn. IL went
up and down through the whole range Of
the gamut. He seemed to be put out IL
he did not give each word its proper
pitch and the precise tone belonging to
IT. All presen. sung with life and ami
nation. Their feelings seemed TO be
deeply moved. After the singing was
over, led in prayer. Every petition |
offered up was followed by grunts and
groans, and audible expressions Of assent
and appreciation, such as: "Nes. Lord"
Grant il for Christs sake" So we all
prayed together.


On the whole, we had very pleasant
meeting and my mind was deeply i'm.
pressed with the conviction that white
men cannot conduct prayer meeting
acceptably to the colored people We
have not enough Of feeling and fervor
about US to satisfy them. Our manner
OF singing and praying is too dry and un.
interesting for them. They have very
musical voices, and never sing hymn
without being deeply affected by the sol.
emn and tender sentiments il contains
Singing with them is all devotional, and
constitutes the most essential part OF
their worship. IL touches the deepest
feelings OF their hearts. The more IA
miliar the hymn, the more they seem to
be affected By IL. They may know il by
heart, but to produce its proper effect u
must be given out line by line, accord
ing To immemorial usage. The finest
strains Of church music cannot produce
upon refined and educated people a
sweeter effect than is produced upon
them by the simplest hymns, sung with
all the quiyering modulations Of the
voice, in which they take so much de
light and by which their feelings seem
to be so powerfully wrought upon.-lJ
S. w. in y. Y. Observer
Year: 1876

sistants His subscription list must be
worked up, and kept up too, and he
must see to it, that all subscribers pay
up in course of time. He must collect
pay for his advertisements, and job work,
and unless he has a large stock OF pa
tience and forbearance, he will occasion
ally get mad, when told to go to the
devil with his little picayune bill. He
must have the soul of an angel, the vigor
Of steam engine, the cheek of the evil
one, the patience of JOB, eyes as numer-
Gus as the stars of heaven, disposition
as smooth as oil. be able to dispense with
all tender feelings, and be imperturable
20 blows from every jackass s heels in his
j lurnalistic diocese. Who can edit a
country journal and be happy.-White-
hall IN. Y } Times.
Year: 1876

were at once put under one thousand
dollars bonds for trial


The trial after an excellent charge
from the Judge. issued in q verdict Of
conviction. This, being a criminal suit.
brought in the name Of the Government
brings no damages to Mr.. c., but
his witness fees, and the kind hospitality
Of friends, leave him no poorer for his
fortnights soiourn in the City Of Broth.
erly Love.


lie is well satisfied so far, and willing
TO have been the occasion Oft is to be
hoped-a final decision, by the Supreme
Bench, favorable to the great principles
of right, and appropriate to the Centen-
NAL year-the double jubilee Of freedom
Year: 1876

She was dressing to 60 away Oh the
boat, which was approaching the wharf.
Her hat was placed on the bed upstairs,
while she went below for something.
The hat was one of those elaborately
trimmed affairs, surmounted by huge
wing, while costly nesting among the
finery at the side was life-sized bird
On returning TO the room the hat was
gone! No one had entered the premises
in the meantime. After q prolonged
search it was found at the foot of the
stairs. whittier il had been dragged by
the family cat-and that bird it wal
riddled and torn to pieces. Pussy had
mistaken it for the genuine article, and
WAS but another victim to woman :
vanity.
Year: 1876

EXPERIENCE IN BATrLE.-I believe,
writes veteran, no two good soldiers
will widely disagree as to their sensa-
tons during a battle. l take it to be
piece of bravado in any man to assert
that he had no fear during the progress
of 4 long and severe engagement. 4
battle is veritable hell upon earth;
not to be in serious apprehension while
it lasts is to lie either drunk, crazy or
insensible. The highest type of brate-
nv is that of the man who realizes the full
extent Of the peril, but sticks resolute.
ly to his duty. 1t was my experience,
and that of all those about me, repea-
ted dozed times, that shell firing i.
not ordinarily nearly SO demoralizing
as that of musketry. 1t is not often
that shells are thrown so that their frag-
ments scatter death and wounds, and
their loud humming overhead does not
cause that nervous tingling which fol-
lows the sharp zip of the rifle bullet.
The peculiar cutting of the air made bv
half dozen of these at once is apt to
give the soldier the idea that the whole
air is filed with them, and that be is
certain to be struck by one of them.-
All / believe, will agree as to the SEN
sation first caused by the impact of a
bullet. 1t is a stunning, numbing feel
ing. which for long time overpowers
the local pain Of the wound. In my
experience, single buckshort near the
hip knocked me Hat, and for two days
after gave me such acute pains and
such muscular disturbance from knee
to shoulder that l could not stand
erect. Soldiers have frequently been
prostrated by spent halls. A curious
effect of shell wounds is that they do
not bleed; the hot fragment sears the
torn blood vessels and stops the effu-
sion. 4 MIME ball extracted from the
human BODY presents remarkable
sight. have seen them where the
resistance of the flesh had turned back
the pointed eud on all sides with such
regularity that the ball resembles a
saucer or a flower.
Year: 1876

TRY THE ENAMELLED PIPE 1T Will Non
! Rust or crack and costs only tribe more than
common iron pipe. Is positively THE BEST thing
for water service pipe. haye the exclusive agency
for ROCK Island. FRED HASS


Store in Star Block
Year: 1876

The st. Louis Times puts the present
situation Of public affairs to the business
men of the West in this strong light:
Political bankruptcy means financial
bankruptcy. If the Republic is to be
brought to an end, so is business. Let
business men look to It. Political dis
honor Is sure to end in finan-
cial dishonor. Those who consent
to the preparation of wrong
invite all the evils that wrong invaria-
bly, brings in its tram. An anarchical
termination CT political contest leaves
the result OF anarchy, whether it be sub
mltted to or resisted. A MexicaniZed
administration means the disorder and
thriftlessness of Mexico. II the fair
thing be not done, free government is q
failure, and the failure of free govern
ment means the destruction of most bus
mess interests"
Year: 1876

A SANITARY survey OF the State OF
New York is to be made next season, for
the purpose OF disclosing scientifically
the true causes OF mslarlal diseases IN re-
gions most afflicted by them and of indl-.
eating tue systems OF drainage by which
such regions may be converted to health.
Year: 1876

SOMEBODY suggests fire drill or
public schools. 1t is not bad idea,
since the result of such drills would give
the pupils confidence in case of fire, and
convince them that by system adopted
in advance they can al leave the build
ing rapidly, yet in an orderly manner,
with out peril TO life or limb.
Year: 1876

IT is suggestive fact that in all no.
table cases of disaster the survivors and
their families are more indebted TO the
dramatic profession for relief than to the
members of almost any other profession.
This fact should be noted to their credit.
Year: 1876

A POSTMASTER thus expressed his
opinion that his official returns were cor
rect: Il hereby certify the four going
A Court is as near Rite as l know how
to make 1t ifthere is eny mistake it is not
Dun q perpers.'
Year: 1876

Last Friday Billy Smith, the radical
candidate for Lieutenant Governor,
and Ike Young, the revenue candidate
for Congress in this district, put in an
appearance in Meadows township, in
the southeastern portion of Johnston
for the purpose of speech
making. The people in that portion
of old Johnston don't take any stock in
William A. So they. to the number
of about hundred, provided them
selves with horns and gave him a
serenade. Billy tried to laugh ii the
matter off at first, but afterwards got
mad and cleared off, leaving Ike to
play q lone hand. Since the close OF
Year: 1876

We notice that several of our Dem
ocratic exchanges speak of Judge Set
tie in this manner: "We differ with
him politically, but personally and


socially we respect him as an honest,
honorable, high-toned gentleman .
We do not pretend to quote their lam
guage exactly, but that is about the
substance of it. Now, if they mean
by saying that he is thus honest and
honorable to convey the idea that he
has never been caught stealing a sheep,
Year: 1876




OF their Candidates.


The Democratic paper of Wood cOun-
ty, the Parkersburg Sentinel, sees the
situation with clesrness:


"The Democratic disruption in Ohio
county don't heal up very fast. 1t Is a
factlonsl fight in which every body will
be injured except their enemies. The re-
suit of the. first convention was undoubt-
edly unsatisfactory as we'll as undemo-
cratic, and that it is far worse than un.
democrstsc is assured by the fact that the
successful party is receiving ardent sup
port from the Epening Standard, Re-
publican newspaper. The paper will
not, probably, be able to draw single
Democratic vote from the ranks, but its
advocacy Of men, or rather means ana
measures, which are pretendedly Demo.
cratic, will make fsltering and uncertain
men stay at home and believe that there
is something wrong somewheres. ANY
effort of this sort necessarily drives the
better class OF men away. Their nos
trils are not accustomed to the fifth
and nastiness OF modern political
trades and they have no desire for
any great education in that line
The nominees are entitled to the
cordial support of every Democrat in the
State, and the Democracy of this district
have good reason to want to be nomi-
mated, faithful and strong. The people
will vote, but before dong so will care
fully scan the record of the candidates,
and will want some knowledge of their
moral standing and intellectual capacity.
Any person who is not in condition to
expose himself and his past, fearlessly,
will do we'll not to seek to weigh down
the party ticket with their name as mill
stone, but rather get out of the way and
assist to put forward some one who can,
on account of his we'll known character,
for probty and high standing, unite the
discordant elements"
Year: 1876

New YeRK. June 3.-John Graham
an Ohio boy of q years, arrived q. this
port in pilot boat, having been picked
up al sea. He shipped as q seaman on
the bark Eliza Mclaughlin for Antwerp,
Saturday last, and was so badly treated
by the captain and mate that as soon as
the ship left tie Nsrrows be made up his
mind to leave. Accordingly, on Tues
dsy night Graham took leave OF his ship
mates, threw the forecastle steps over
BOARD and leaped into the sea after them
The night was dark and cold, and the
vessel fifteen miles from land
Year: 1876

SENTIMENT OF THE TIMEs.-A very
sensible and healthy idea is gradually
making its way through the heads OF
those in this country whose opinions
form what is called public sentiment
The Washington correspondent OF the
New York Times (Republicsn) says
that several OF the best known Repubi-
Cans do not hesitate to declare strongly
That unless the nomination al Cincinnati
.such as to draw sharp line between
things present aud things future, politi-
ea'ly, the people will see that the change
'ney demand is brought about by the
election of the st. Louis candidate.
Year: 1876

THE engineers employed to survey u
route for the Weston and West Fork
Railroad, have concluded their survey to
this point, and are now engaged in sur
veying a route to Bridgeport. They re-
mort the route from here to Weston rs a
GOOD one, and think the road can be built
at a small cost considering the character
of the WORK. They say they encounter.
ed the most difficulty in obtaining good
route through Clarksburg to the depot
T17.ksb,.ro NelcS
Year: 1876

VIZ DESIRE to assure our good friend
ofthe Weston. Democrat that the people
Of Wheeling are determined to stand by,
70 the bitter end, all those who are now,
and have been in the past, her friends.
Upon this proposition We are unit, as
s concerned will learn rs opportunity
shall offer.
Year: 1876

CIscINNATI hotel keepers are in great
glee because the popular belief that
money will aow like water when the
Republican Convention meets there is
likely to draw an immense crowd of pro.
fessional politicians to the spot. But it
will also bring pickpockets.
Year: 1876

majority Of the electors are reasonably hon.
est,-that is, would decline to sell their votes
outright,-but they are so open to in
direct bribery that they afford no sort
Of protection against the prevalent cor
rnption dating from time immemorial-
Even under the British civil service
members of Parliament possess considerable
power Of patronage, and member can do
great deal for his town and his constita-
/ ents, all which he does and disposes Of to
purchase votes, very much as it is done un-
der our spoils system, only more SO. With
8 shil1ings pence as the established market
price for the votes directly put upon the
market, and the patronage corruption of the
other electors, the corruption is found hope
less, so hopeless that, when the Commits
sioners inquired if, by union Of the better
class Of voters against bribery, by agreement
on both sides, it might not be abandoned,
the reply was that it was impossible The
moral to it all comes in the report Of the
Commission, which hopelessly states the
facts without any recommendation, man
ifestly despairing of any relief what
ever. The only suggestion made thus
far, and that through the newspapers,
is disfranchisement Of the entire town.
But, that precedent once set, the query is
whether there could be any effective relief
unless the disfranchisement were extended
until about all the Large towns were disfran-
chised, which, of course, is impossible. With
all the corruption exposed in this country, We
have never yet reached that point whom such
suggestion could be seriously made, nor
when the decent portion Of the community
could not control the elections, when they
chose to make the effort. Nor is there peril
that such time will come. Unless there be
prospect Of that we can endure the ills
We suffer until we succeed in redressing
them; and meanwhile, with knowledge Of the
corruption they suffer in England, We ought
to be able to bear with equanimity British
honilies on the decline Of public morals in
the United States.
Year: 1876

It is morally certain that, if Chicsgo had a
fiTerent Mayor and different Council, the
Iour bummers. who have usurped the town
pffces in South Chicago would not dare resist
the popular demand for their retirement
They feel however, that their claim to Office
under bellotbox stufdng is as good as that
of Mr. Co1v1S and those holding place under
him They feel, also, that they have the
import of the whole system Of the City Coy
.rnment in all it's branches. They are thus
Encouraged to ignore public opinion, and
1eat with contempt every threat Of punish
nent that has been mnde. But if Mayor
ind Common Council OF different character
be provided BY the election Of next Tuesday,
ihen these town bummers will retire with the
city bummers. Here is another reason for
The election Of a Reform Council.
Year: 1876




| IMPORTANCE OF TUESDAYS ELECTION.
The election OF Tuesday, it should not be
forgotten, is for thirty-six Aldermen, being
an entire new Board. In all the wards there
| are candidates who ought to be elected.
There are multitude Of candidates, but
there has been an energy and public spirit
strong enough to induce at least two good
men in each ward to consent to serve as
Aldermen, if elected. In several wards the
candidates on both sides are personally men
Of character, and these wards will be repre-
gented creditably whichever ticket be elected.
In other wards there il large room for choice,
and We earnestly advise every respectable
citizen to ignore party nominations in voting
for Aldermen, when by SO doing he can &c.
cure the election Of better man.


The nomination of Mr. HOME for Mayor,
be no more than q great public protest
against Co1vN's usurpation- It will be put
ting, in direct and condensed form, an az
preston Of the Judgment Of the people Of the
city against Co1yinism.


But the Mayor must be elected BY the Com
mon Council from among its own members,
and hence the imperious necessity Of voting
for and electing the very best men as Alder
men. To elect majority Of Aldermen op-
posed to the election of Mayor will be
claimed by GOWN as popular verdict in his
favor, and he will be entitled to claim it.
Wasting votes therefore on personal or other
grounds in the choice Of Aldermen is in the
interest Of CoLvN.


It should be remembered that under the
present charter nearly all the powers of Gov
ernment are concentrated in the hands of the
Common Council: They have tho power to
create Offices without number, and to abolish
them at will; they have the power to fix sal
aries they are required to make new code
Of city laws; have ample authority to engage
in constructing public buildings, and in all
other public improvements, and may appro-
pirate and expend money without any other
restriction than their own discretion Their
power to ta1is as unlimited as their power
to expend. The Common Council is clothed
with absolute and unrestrained power to
an extent beyond anything known to any
previous charter: Hence the necessity, in
GAEaaEA AtGSeo4tJ3 Aux Lie t1GE*1oA u ht1oAs5
majority of thorough business men to the
next Council. The election of such Board
will give new life to the feeble and waning
credit Of the city. It will give to the public
an ASSURANCE that the affairs of the city Will
be administered by business men in business
way. The people will pay their taxes when
they know the money will not be wasted, or
stolen, or used for the support Of bummers.
The distressed and empty Treasury will be
revived under the confidence inspired by
the change. The city laborers and other ser
wants will be paid their wages. Kiting will
give way to legitimate fnanciering; the pub
lie creditors will be satisfied; and the good |
name and credit Of Chicago Will be restored


Nothing, however, can ba done unless the
people turn out on Tuesday next and devote
the day to the election of honest Aldermen.
Year: 1876

TheHERALD made specific, plain charges,
agaitat the Sheriff one, havsF been
answered to. Low personal abuse. such as
a. dyspectic fsh-woman would vomit up in
Billingsgate Market, againsts rival vender
Of eels or Goldfish, may be considered as
argument by the Gazette" but it is not.
The sneers at a Philadelphia, lawyer is
beneath contempt, and is part and parcel Of
the native bigotry of the editor and his get
The attack upon the professional ability Of
one is phase Of journalism, that seems to
be racy of this city alone, Of course, it is a
question we cannot discuss. We thought
there was only one man in this town
capable of breaking the seal ol
sanctity. which envelopes private and
confidential correspondence, we deeply
regret that there are two. Mr.. johnson is
at liberty to publish the brief note he re-
fers to, as we are aware he has more than
once talked of it. Blaze away, old man
senils babbling is to be pitied and laughed
at-not answered. A parting shet, and
we close Does the Gazette" say its fail
for public officer to charge for coffee, and
give burnt rye?
Year: 1876

The part the South will take in the
Presidential election is not without
its influence in the current of
politics. When we speak Of this, we
refer to the element, which will vote the
Dem mocratic ticket. The bayonet is no
longer able to teach or lead political pref
erence, nor is the honeyed tongue of the
carpet-bagger potential with those who
have claim to the least reason. The Re
publican party in its devouring greed, ap-
piled the leeches to the body too soon, and
they have sucked away at the corpse until
retiring life casts them off, and predicts
their death in November We conld moi
wish more encouraging prospects from the
South, even in the face of bayonets and
money from the public treasury to inhu-
ence the elections.
Year: 1876

Commodore Vanderbilt is sadly missed
at Saratoga this season, not because he
spent much money-that never was his
habit-but because his face and figure was
familiar, and people liked to discuss the
handsome old Commodore as he came and
went. He used to enjoy his sojourn at
Saratoga. He was fond of smoking, of
driving out to the lake, and of his numbers,
of whist, fifty cents point: point: Every
eleven o'cock always found
him in bed. Nobody could be more system
attic or more observant Of hygienic laws,
It was mistake to suppose him very robust
For the past fve-and-twenty years he has
been far from well ,and, as be has often said
if he bad not taken excellent care of himself
he would have been in his grave long ago
The tradition at Saratoga is that the Com
modore always made 1t rule to win enough
at whist to cover his expenses at the Springs
and would have been dissatisfied If he hat
not.
Year: 1876

WILMINGTON is in position just now
that she loses her usual equanimity in an
exciting course of events. Standing in the
triangular centre of workingmens troubles,
church troubles, and street paving troubles,
the city looses its identity with quiet, and
everything gives way to these momentous
questions which involve the social, polit-
ical and labor phases of life. Together
with all these, we have to submit to the
thermometer running up in the nineties.
and the usual excitement consequent with
the approach Of a city election.
Year: 1876

The Richmond Enquirer makes an ap-
neal to all ex-confederates who were in
prison at Fort Lafayette, Fort Delaware
and Fort McHenry In behalf of a Philadel-
phia lady who devoted four years OF her
life and the larger part of her fortune to
the work of providing for their spiritual
and material wants while IN confinement at
those points. Thousands OF ex-confederate
soldiers, says the Enquirer, have cause to
remember her efforts with greatful affection
but successive reverses have since reduced
her to poverty, and she is in danger OF posi-
tive want. Her name is not given, but the
editor announces that he will forward any
contributions that may be made by those
who received so much at her hands,