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Year: 1871

neat OF passion and without any premedtated de-
sign to take life, ana under circumstances not
Unsuitable you have any resouable, well
founded doubt arising upon the evidence as re-
him, 1t ID his property and you must acqut
Counsel has spoken OF the consequences which
Will inevitably ensue In case oil conviction. Gen.
tlemen, with the consequences you have nothing TO
do. Your duty commences In Weighing the evil
dence; IL ceases with rendering verdict accord
ingly Remember the object Of the law In Furnishing
the guilty s not for the sake OF vengeance not BY
the way OF expiation or atonement for crlme-f0r
that Is left to the Just determination OF far higher
tribunal. The end and object OF all human punish
ment Is by way OF example-t0 deter others from
the preparation OF similar Outrages. Crime, gen.
tlemen, unless law and the exacli0ns OF well regu
lated society be In reality an utter negative, must
be promptly punished-punishment prompt, en-
phatic and equal TO the offence must be dispensed
TO the evil doer with no false measurc-let It be full
the community be projected and the progress OF
crime checked.


Gentlemen, thanking you for your attention and
the earnest consideration which, for four days you
have given this case, l leave the verdict In your
hands. Look 60 all the facts they have Deen pre-
separate the true from false testimony-and when
You deliver your verdict, let each Of you feel IN
his heart tnat YOU have have each and all endea-
vOred to perform your duty. May God be with you
and enable you to do the right.


TIE VERDICT.


The jury retired at fifteen minutes after two
O'Clock, and after celebrating one hour and ten
minutes returned to the court room and rendered a
verdict OF "guty OF murder In the 1rst degree"


The prisoner remained unmoved, with the excep-
tion OF slight paeness which overspread his face.
He Will be sentenced on Tuesday next
Year: 1871

ARREST or AN ALLEGED MURDERER.-Infor-
nation having been received in this city Of
the murder Of citizen Of New Kent county
by some person, and the escape Of John Fox
(colorc(D from justice, who stands charged
with the offence, the police Of this city kept
Il sharp lookout, and Oh Wednesday Sergeant
Gilman succeeded in arrestins Fox, and
lodging him in the Third Station House. Yes
terday morning he WIS committed to Jail by
Justice White to await the arrival Of the
county officer, who will take him hence TO
tue jail of that county.
Year: 1871

FIRE AT BRIGHT HoPE PlTs.-There was
q rumor current yesterday that the Bright
Hope coal pits, near Clover Hill, were on
fire. 1t was well founded, but on inquiry
last night we learned that the fire had been
cxtiurclfishlli.
Year: 1871

hibiting at Metropolitan Hall is well worthy
the attention of those who are unable to see
the places there portrayed. Some of the
scenes are so life-like that one might readily
fancy himself looking at them instead of their
sembhnce on canvas. @< -
Year: 1871

The reward of 100000 offered
by the New York Legislature, for the
best substitute for horse power in
propelling canal boats, has brought
forward numerous claimants, who
present devices, some of which are
visionary in the extreme, and others
of which seem to be scarcely above
the capacity of school boy. Among
the recent propositions is that of an
air pipe extending the entire length
of the canal, with reservoirs ten miles
apart to supply the boats with COM
pressed air, to be used as a propell-
ing force. The air is to be com
pressed by power derived from the
Falls of Niagara, just as the com
pressed air used to drive the drills in
the Mount Gems tunnel was obtained
from the streams of water damned
up in the recesses of the Alps. This
scheme, it is admitted, appeared
visionary, vet it is argued that many
of the achievements of the present
day were considered preposterous
forty years ago. The capabilities
of compressed air as a motive power,
and the possibility of conveying its
effects to a great distance, are not
yet fully understood, but the advo-
Gates of this agent, claim that it will
produce results moro wonderful than
any that are now known.
Year: 1871

There can now be 10 two opinions
as TO the political position of Texas
1t is Democratic by majority as deci
ded as that in our sister State Of Ken.
tucky, and there is no State in the
whole Union more devoted 10 law, good
order, civil liberty and constitutional
government. This must be the opin
ion of our enemies at home and abroad
The many ISLANDERS which have been
promulgated against US on this point.
were too palpably contrad1cted by this
election, to be again asserted in any
quarter with the least prospect of Gre.
dence. All Radicals, at home and
abroad, now see, and many confess
that they were mistaken in the people,
and the state of society in Texas
that they were mistaken in suppOsing
that there existed any shadow of ne
cessity or excuse for military force to
preserve order,-that the police, State
guard, etc, have been nuisances to the
people, and occasioned a great ex'
pense without any leneit whatever
All this is now too plain to be called
in question, and all honest and free
minded men, who are not blinded by
passion and party hatred, freely admit
its truth.


No doubt can he entertained, that
much of the false c!amOr of "lawless
ness and crime," has been made il
ignorance, and much as a wicked party
pretcxt. The deIusicn is now fully
dispelled. All can now see, both al
home aud abroad, that there is no bet.
ter organized society in the known
world than at present exists in Texas
MINUS the lawlcss rcwdics and black
guards of which the police and State
guards are i'll great part composed
Let that nuisance be promptly abated
and there will lie nothing 10 complain
Of May not the people demand and
expect this much at least from the
present Legislature? We give it as
our decided opinion, that Governor
Davis will not veto an act repeating
those acts which organized these bo.
dies. lie is now, no doubt, satisfied
that they are not only useless, but mis-.
chievous. To remove this crying evil
and lift from the shoulders of the peo.
pie this burden, would be accepted by
the State, at the hands of the party, as
boon of great price If Governor
Davis docs not feel at liberty to urge
this course in a special message, let
some friend give him decent chance
TO retrace his steps by approving such
an act. 1t would rebound to the last.
ing honor Of all concerned in such q
benefcent measure. Let Senator Ruby,
for instance, have the honor and dis.
tinction of offering such BILL Why
not?
Year: 1871

At public speaking in this county
a few days ago a colored man made
these sensible suggestions to his color
ed friends "You that plow the land
and raise the cotton and corn, if you
don't own the land, must pay the tax.
The sweat that comes from your face,
goes into the ground, that is taxed;
aud makes the corn and cotton that
gets the money that pays the tax! And
your Republican friends in this high
tax to educate your children, instead
of taxing the land, tax the sweat of
the face Of every poor man, for the
land, unless it is worked, will produce
nothing, it won't pay taxes; and at
last the money TO pay the tax on the
land comes out Of the brown hands
and tired arms Of the poor worker of
the land. We want you to think of
this, if the land is sold, you can't buy
it; if it is not sold, you have to work
it Or steal, and your labor is thus given
to pay the tax; poor man, can you
vote for this? When you think that
the sweat of your brow is taxed to pay
the rich mans taxes-and this done
by the Republicans under a cloak of
"public good" you had better stop
and think little before you vote ?
1t is the sweat of the laborers brow
that pays these enormous taxes"
Year: 1871

he orders a fine of Fifty Thousand Dol,
lars 10 be Immediately collected from
one county, at a time too when a cry
goes up from the length and breadth
Of the State in regard to excessive
taxation.


We pause in reflection over our
sufferings. Democratic Texas in the
hands of Radical tyrant! Davis is
not only tyrant and usurper-he is a
NAD.aN
Year: 1871

All the Democratic candidates have
been elected by decisive maiorities
ranging from THREE TO FIFTEEN THOU
SAND. This defeat is too heavy to be
borne by the party, who at present
have the reins of government in their
hands, and rumor says it has been de-
cided that the least of these majorities
must be attacked, and the certificate of
election given to Clark instead of to
Giddings. To effect this purpose, it is
asserted, in the face of the best of cvi-
dence to the contrary, that the citizens
practiced system of lawlessness and
intimidation in certain counties, which
resulted in an unfair expression Of the
public ballot. Suborned witnesses
have been produced to establish these
assertions, and We do not doubt but
the administration will in the end give
the certificate of election to Clark.


But we do not believe that the Fed
eral government will be ruled by that
corruption which here denies us even
the rights of the elective franchise.
We believe if all the evidence in the
case is laid before Congress, that Gid
diDgs will obtain his seat.


We copy the following paragraph
on this subject from Flakes Bulletin:


1t will be seen from our dispatches that
the Stale has gone Democratic. In this dis
trict Giddings has been undoubtedly elected.
We have all along believed that the admins
tration would stop at nothing, no matter how
glaring the outrage to law, to issue the GER
tifcate of election to their own candidate.
Such it appears, is their intention. The re-
turns from the counties ofLimestone, Grimes
and Bell are to be thrown out, and we were
told by prominent Radical here that the
papers were already prepared to throw this
county out should it be necessary in securing
the election of Clark.


If in the face of such open violation of law
and utter disregard to the will of the people,
such a mockery is put upon that great boon
of the American RepubliC-the elective fran
chise-then should the Congress of the
Unlted States in permitting Mr.. Clark to take
his seat, "blot out the star of Texas from the
bright galaxy Of the Union, but leave the
stripe behind, fit emblem of her degrade, ,
ton"
Year: 1871

w have taken a solemn oath never
to attend, az naturcl, another bal
masque. Last night we went in this
style, and were enveigled into small
Irritation with little imp, en- masgue,
who was so fascinating in her manner,
that we could not subdue a certain
amount Of admiration, and sought an
opportunity to express it to her in per.
son. About this time we observed a
pair of green eyes passing US, and at
once smelt a mice of large proportion
To our chagrin we discovered after
ward, that this little imp was one Of
our most respected married danes
Our indiscretion in the future will bc
~e,naksd under a disguise.
Year: 1871

Every armed rufian known to have me-
nanced the quietude of the polls or the free
dom of voter will be brought to condign
Punishrlent.-HoustoR Union.


This effectually disposes of the en-
tire State Police. What a relief to
the country when these scoundrels are
safely Gagged in the penitentiary.
Year: 1871

A rumor is upon the street, that the
Editor of this paper has been licked
to-day. We don't think this job could
be gotten through with in one day, in
which ever of two lights this LICKING
may be understood. Some one, we
suppose, has been personating us.
Year: 1871

Maj. Plumly opposes the Governors
proclamation Of martial law. lie de-
nies that he has the right to issue such
a proclamation while the Legislature
is in session. This is the view that
all reasonable men take Of the ques-
ton; but remember, Major, that you
cannot remain in the Radical ranks
and be reasonable man. Take notice,
however, that there is room for all like
you outside, and that it will be the
best place in the future.
Year: 1871

BEECHER AS A BLACKSMITH
Ward Beecher has written this: 81 never
saw anybody do anything that [ did not
watch him and see how he did it, for there
is no telling but that some day [ might
have to do it myself. [ was going across
prairie once; my horse began to limp.
Luckily, came across a blacksmith shop,
out the smith was not at home. ] asked
the woman of the house if she would allow
me TO start fire and make the shoe. She
SAID might if [ knew how; so | started
the lire and heated the shoe red hot and
turned it to titmy horses foot, and pared
the hoof, and turned the points Of the nails
out cunningly, as | had seen the black
smith do, so that in driving into the hoof
they should not go into the qu ok and shod
the horse. At the next place [ went to, l
went straight to a smith, and told him to
put the shoe on properly He looked at
the horses foot and paid me the greatest
compliment ever received in my life He
, told me if put on that shoe [ had better
follow blacksmithing all my life. Now, I
should never have known how to do this
II II had not looked on and seen others do
it."
Year: 1871

A young lady in Richmond commenced
crying on the 3rd of last month and hasn't
stopped yet. Her father says she can
howl forever, but she'll get no so cents out
of him to buy q hustle.
Year: 1871

LEWIS PIGGING WITH BUTLER
The Richmond Dispatch says: In the
United States Senate on Friday last a
bill was introduced by Mr.. Lewis, o
Virginia, for the creation of an inter
nal revenue police force. The very
apparent design of this is to enable the
Radical officials and their allies in the
South TO organize armed bands at the
expense of the Government to overawe
and oppress the people of that section.


The Washington correspondent OF
the Baltimore Gazette says:


"Of all the speeches recently matie
in either Houses of Congress, or in
their secret cOnclaves, that OF the scala
wag Lewis, of Virginia, delivered in
the Senatorial caucus yesterday after
noon, was the most significant, the
most truthful, and the most senten-
tiOus. He briefly warned his fellow
conspirators that if something was
not at once done, and that something
decisive, there would be no Republi-
can party in the South at all-black or
white This touches the very marrow
of the grave question at issue. The
people of that downtroaden section,
without regard to race or color, must
be bayonetted into the support of the
Radical cause, or all must be lost"
Year: 1871

the brutal mob skunk away heartily
ashamed. Our friend was made as
comfortable as possible by Masonic
friends, bnt he says he never expert
enced such intense anxiety as he did
when he stood under that moose. He
has brought suit against the town.
The matter is now in the courts.


The above is strictly true in all essen
tial points. We have the names of
parties and places. The young man
has one or two brothers living in this
city. The man who rescued him
proved to be an old friend of his faith
Year: 1871

When night closed upon the grand
scsne, cur army WAS repulsed. Silence
and gloom pervaded our camps. We
knew that the day had gone against
US, but the extent of the diaster was
not known except In high quarters
The carnage of the day was reported
to have been frightful, but our army
was not in retreat, and we all surmised
that with to-morruw's dawn would
come a renewal of the struggle; and
we knew that if such was the case
those who had not been in the fight
would have their full share in the hon
ors and the dangers of the next day.
Year: 1871

imagination. Alas for her, and also for them,
that they were more than figures of speech
A few years, and the neighbor's prophecy
that she would rue the day the house on Elm
and River streets had been rented for bar
room, was sadly fulfilled. Husband and son
were in the pit; how many more had stum>
bled over the uncertain brink we cannot tell
but many, ah, too many had gone to ruin
over the threshold of that new and attrac-
tive saloon.


Four hundred dollars year in six years
amounted to the sum of 50, 400. So much
gained And what was lost ? Let US see


We look in upon Mrs. Bell, and find her
sitting alone. Her face is greatly changed
Six years make, usually, but light impress
sions on woman at her time of life; but
here the change is striking, and sad to be-
hold. There are lines Of trouble all over
her faded countenance. Her eyes are heavy
and have dreary expression. The room in
which she was sitting has neglected air,
and the furniture looks worn and faded.
There is something in the atmosphere Of the
place that suggests ill fortune,


She rises and goes to the window, where
she stands looking out, her face expectant,
but anxious. She starts, then leans her ear
to listen. A voice breaks on the air, in a
few words of u familiar song Her face grows
pale, and she sinks into chair.


Then merrily, merrily sing -


The voice is thick and maudlin. She
hears the door open, and stumbling feet in
the room below 1t is her son Henry. Six
years gain of S40O a year, and this loss !!
And if this were all But it is not Her
son has followed in the fathers footsteps
The new saloon thrown in his daily path to
business, had proved too strong an allure
ment for Mr.. Bell. Public sentiment had
been against him, and setting himselfin op-
position to public sentiment, he had in the
beginning given countenauce to Mr. Isettsby
frequent visits to his new saloon, and when
ever he went there he drank, of course. He
went, alas too often. Ere he dreamed of
danger, the fatal appetite was formed, and
his feet were going down into the pit. Neg
lect of business came, as it always comes in
cases like this. and at the end of six years
Mr.. Bell was a sinking instead of 4 rising
man.


1t took but few more years to complete
the work of ruin. In due time the house at
Elm and River streets passed, by sheriff's
sale, into other hands Then one piece of
property after another went out of his pos
session. In less than ten years from the
time that Mrs. Bell, tempted by her love of
money, urged her husband to rent their new
house for a drinking saloon, she found her
self in poverty, with a drunken husband and
a vagabond son; a sharer in the sad evils
she had been instrumental in bringing upon
her neighbors.
Year: 1871

Tell me not in idle jingle,


Marriage is an empty dream u
For the girl is dead that's single,


And girls are not what they seem.
Life is real! Life is earnest +!


Single blessedness fib!
Man thou art, to man returnest


Has been spoken of the rib.
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,


Is our destined end or way;
But to act that each tomorrow


Finds US nearer marriage day.
Life is long and youth is feeting,


And our hearts, though light and gay
Still like pleasant drum are beating
Wedding marches all the way.
In the worlds broad field of battle,
la the bivouac of life,
Be not like dumb driven cattleI


Be heroine-a wife
Trust no future, howe'er pleasant,
Let the dead past bury its dead
Act-act to the living Present!


Heart within and hope ahead
Lives of married folks remind US


We can live our lives as well,
And, departing. leave behind US
Such eyeampies as shall tell
Such example that another,


Wasting time in idle sport,
A forlorn, unmarried brother,


Seeing, shall take heart and court.
Let us, then be up and doing,


With heart on triumph set
Still contriving, still pursuing,


And each one husband get
Year: 1871

unless something of what was taken from
it in the way of producing qualities was re-
turned to it, it must 90 from bad to worse.
He advised Virginians to raise grass and
sheep. He regarded this State as peculiar
ly well located for this purpose. 1t might
do most profitable business in the way Of
sending early lambs to New York. In
April and May lambs were worth in New
York from fifteen to twenty-five cents per
pound.


Col. Ruffin: How much of that goes to
the middle-men?


one would go into the business largely, the
buyers would come to you, and you would
lose no commissions. Besides the profit
from selling the early lambs, the ewes can
be gotten into market early. Then there is
the profit. Wool raising is money making
business. 1t is already worth from 62 to
So cents, and getting higher every day. He
thought light wool the best. The sooner
lambs could be gotten into market the more
they would bring, and here the Virginia
grazier had a strong advantage over the
Northern and Western men, for we could
get our lambs in the market from four to
six weeks sooner.


He advised our people to diversity their
crops-to raise fruit and vegetables. The
cultivation of onions was profitable. The
soil around this city was well adapted to
their culture. But above all, he thought
Virginia should devote her attention to
grazing, and he proceeded to exemplify,
from his own experience, how profitable
the business could be made.


He mentioned, too, that Orange county,
New York, had once been grain-growing
country, but the crop failed for several
years, and the farmers devoted their atten-
ton to something else. Now they could
raise wheat and other grains very well,
but found stock-raising had more money in
it. He believed in the common breeds Of
cattle, and thought they yielded better
profit on the amount of money invested.


Major Ross, of Rockbridge, attributed
the frequent failures of wheat to the poor
seed used. And he thought when we sent
abroad for seed we had better send to the
South than to the North, for the reason
that the wheat would then probably mature
earlier and thus escape the heavy summer
rains, which produce rust so often.


Col. Ruffin: How far South would you
send for seed?


Major Ross: TO North or South Caro-
lima.


Colonel Ruffin: The worst crop of wheat
have made since the war was from seed
procured in the Roanoke district of North
Carolina.


The discussion was continued to very
late hour of the night, but we find it i'm
possible in the crowded condition of our
columns to publish more of it, though il
was very interesting.
Year: 1871

GROWING WoRsE.--1'he little boy,
named Tanner, who was so badly injured
at the Fair Grounds day or two ago, is in
a very critical condition, and we learn that
the amputation of both feet will probably
become necessary.
Year: 1871

how much? and quote the Twenty fourth Article of War. We may in ouire whether under the Third or any other Article of War, Lieutenant Royal E. Whitman is authorized or justified in speaking of any people as "the G-d d-d citizens of Tucson z"

 Suppose the investigation Whitman seems anxious for, should be made and would lead to his indictment be- fore Grand Jury, and show him to be an unfit officer, a falsifier, an excessive drinker, gambler, and a violator of the Articles of War, would it be our fault, or would any injustice or dis credit be done the public service?

 And suppose we continue our in- vestigations of Whitman in other re- spects?
Year: 1871

THE great American hummer and slanderer, Sylvester Mowry, has been heard from at 8 Club room in New York. Some pretty good men don't hesitate to say that his exit from the Pacific Club, at San Fracisco, partook more of the forcible than conpli- mentary. He is very bad clay
Year: 1871

introduced in the Senate by Harry Genet to
raise two hundred thousand dollars by taxa
ton to complete our new Court House. II
the taxpayers felt sure that would complete II
they would raise j promptly enough; but they
know that two hundred THOUSAND is not the
s'be all and the end all here"
Year: 1871

THE recent burning of the steamer McGill
is likely 10 call forth very stringent measures
for the safety Of life on the Mississippi. No
more 'sniggers" to be strapped down on The
safety valves
Year: 1871

A BILL HAS BEEN NOTICED in the Senate to
authorize Brooklyn to maintain public baths.
She will need many Of them to wash her
hands Of the Fenian exile celebration, as her
economical Mayor proposes she should do.