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Year: 1876

You are right Mr. Yeardley, to assert
your claims to the loaves and fishes, and
not allow your Egyptian task-masters
longer to rule you to their gain. White
Republicans throughout the South have
used the cOlOred people as just so much
rough building material to uplift them
seVes to soft official seats They have
climbed into Office upon the backs Of this
race. and have hgWked and hucksteFed
their votes in election marts as so much
capital for investment. But daylight
CLEANS along the horizon. The black
man is tired of this political serfdom.
He is beginning to sec that in getting
rid of the shaokles Of African slavery
be has gradually glided into a worse
state Of bondage. Republican election
drivers are more to be dreaded by tbs
black man than Southern Overseers.


Yardley, in overlapping the high wall
of partyis N, and declaring himself q
candidate for Governor, has sent day
spring of hope into the breasts of Amer
lean patriots. They see the end drsweth
nigh; they see the negro coming in tri-
umph out of the dark wilderness Of
RePublicanism. He is becoming restivS
of his condition, and looks ahead to the
day whom he can hold cfice, and not
merely live to elect Northern smissaries
to posts of honor


These white Republicans see in this
movement q death blow to their hopes.
They hoped the negro would never
awake from the;pOlitIcal stupOr in which
he had been placed of a purpose. But
YardIsy is striking for freedom for his
race from the dominion of a domiuser-
ing paFtyism, andis-as Joshua will Yst
lead his Israel out -Ofssthe land of ssEvi-
tuds.


Let him move on this line, and. tho
country and his race will be mutually
blessed.
Year: 1876




You have no idea the amount of
trouble these men have given US. Men
who were of the worst char acter In the
North, who were from the lowest haunts
Of New York and Boston, men as bad
as crime could make them, Whs were
negre-haters at the North, have come
South and taken advantage Of the igHS
rance of the colorsd people, and have
teen elevated to places of high trust in
our Stste Governments. for the sole pur-
pose on their part TO plunder the public.
This same class of men have arrayed
the colored people against the whites for
political purposes, and when trouble
comes deserts them. All the mobs which
We have had in the South have been gOts
ten up by bad men. know We have
some lawless white men here, but the
good people of the South must not be
blamed for their acts. You have them
at the North with you. This wild sud


FRUITLEss CONTEST


has been going on for years, aud who
are the sufferers The cOlored men, be-
ing the weaker party, always lose
ground, aRd must at last go TO the wall
if the fight is kept up. l know you iu





as l do, but / tell you that the negro Of
South must 60 under if the policy OF the
last few years is to be continued. Now,
If the Home Missions Board discharges
me for these sentiments l regret it, but
cannot yield my honest convictions.
am sorry | cannot make them see the
rightfulness of my position. You ask
me what the persons who have contrib
trRa 70 nrk
would. To this 1 would say, if they
understood my true position, they would,
1 think, make those contributions more
readily than ever The negro is now
passing through the most critical period
of his history, and his destiny for good
or evil will be sealed by his action. If
ha arrays himself against the white peo-
pie, he must, sooner or later, be ground
TO powder. There is


NO NATURAL ANTAGoyIsN


between the.two ,rsees in: the South; the
whites and blacks were born aud
brought up together, and must live and
die together. The late trouble at Ham
burg, Sou th Carolina, and other troubles
we have had 10 the South since the war
have not been the result of any Ill feeling
on the part of our home people, but are
the result of the action of bad men who
have come South and kept up from year
20 year the most bitter political contest,
ami have used every effort to keep the
white and eolored people from making
friends. One Of their principal means
il the " hOiesale use Of bad whisky
appealing 20 the very worst passions OF
the ignorant. No stone i left unturned
on their part to exasperate and excite
,he feelings Of our poor psople, WHICH
night result In bl odshsj / only Rcu.
der Ea4s w uAsS -er -. @
Year: 1876

of the South are true in the professions
they are now making. They do not de
sire any slavery; they will stand by all
the results of the war; they are in the
Union to 90 out no more forever. They
are laborinc nobly in our State for pub
tic education, without regard to color.
I;have every right in Richmond that 81
would have in Boston. They are doing
all for the colored people in benevolent
way they can do. You know the late
war laid its whitening hand on the
South, end there are many poor people,
both white and black; Notwithstanding,
there are many Of the white gentlemen
who have contributed largely to mission
work for our people in Richmond and
other placea in the South. There are
81 900 colored people in this city who
are depending on the whites for the
bread they eat Many poor people of
color would starve 70 death here but for
the kindness of the whites in giving them
shelter and food. You can have no idea
of the true condition of things hero.
Now, in face of all these facts, do not
think the white people of she South
very dangerous rebels. just a word
about some Of our troubles. You nave
heard much talk about
Year: 1876

RICHMOND, Aug. q, 1875.
Dear Bro Right, Concord, ". r.


Yours of July 26th is before me, ask
heard in regard to my going over to the
''rebels. First, ! would state that |
have tried to fulfil my Whole duty 10 my
work here, and have not at any time
neglected my mission duties. No man
is more inter ested in all that pertains to
the best welfare of the colored people
and their highest deve lopmsnt so, l
have tried to conduct myself and teach
my people that it is their Christian duty
to make friends with the white people
of the South, among whom they live.
This can be done without sacrificing
any principle of manhood; In fact, the
Southern people do not ask the colored
people to com promise single right. But
We who live here sse the great import
Rnee of full and manly


RECONCILIATION BETWEEN THE RACES.


This can be done by dividing the col
oEed vote between the two partie. AS
soon as it is thus divided they will cease
to be an object of ostracism and bone
of contention. Both parties will then
treat them with due respect. Take Vir-
ginia, and the white people of this State
are as friendly to the colored people as
they are anywhere in America; the most
friendly feelings exist between the two
races. What We who are interested in
the great cause of humanity, are en-
deavoring to do, is to break down all
color lines, and altogether forget slavery,
the war and the past and go on to high
er attainment and a broader Christian
manhood | believe the
Year: 1876

An able writer gives utterance to
the following valuable secret:


"This looking forward. to enjoy
ment don't pay. For what know OF
it, had as soon chase butterflies for
a living or bottle up moonshine for a
cloudy night. The only way to be
happy is to take the drops of happi-
ness as God gives them to us every
day of our lives. The boy must
learn to be happy while he is learn
ing his trade; the merchant while he
is making his fortune. Ii he fails to
learn this art, he will be sure to miss
his enjoyment when he gains what he
has sighed for"
Year: 1876

New York Tribune.


The principal question which will ag-
itate the mind of the independent voter
when he comes to decide which way he
will vote next fall, will be this: If the
Democrats were capable of such reck-
less and foolish conduct when they had
only partial control of the Govern
ment, as exhibited in the present Con-
gress, what would they do if they had
full control? Even if they nominatea
good man for President, will it be safe
to put the party in power 10y electing
him? Just at that time the entirely
safe" character of the Republican
ticket will be of immense value to it.
Year: 1876

We look upon this appointment of the
President as the best he has made dur
ing his administration. Mr.. Tyner has
been connected in one way or another
with this department of the govern
ment for years, and thoroughly under
stands its working. He is the right
man in the right place.
Year: 1876

Nothing short Of the skill OF Ra.
phael could portray the look of scorn
that comes over centennial restau-
rant keepers visage when a party
who have brought their lunch with
them blandly request permission to
sit under his awning to eat it.
Year: 1876

A dispatch from Oil City, Penn,
says: A singular phenomenon can
nowbe seen in Clarion county, Penn,
within fifty miles of this city, on a
small stream known as Catfish run.
For a long time the inhabitants of
that locality have noticed acommo-
ton on the surface of the water,
like that made by gas bubbling to
the surface. These bubbles have
been seen for many years, but no
particular notice was taken of them
until recently, when the quantity
of escaping gas increased, and the
surface of the stream for several
rods was covered with bubbles. A
strong smell of gas also impregnated
the air in the vicinity.


Last month the place was visited
by several gentlemen who had
heard of the phenomenon. They
became convinced that it was gas,
and determined to test its burning
qualities. A bunch of rags was OBJ
tanned at a farmhouse and thor
oughly saturated with kerosene.
To this a match was applied, and
the burning ball thrown into the
stream. Before it reached the sur
face of the water the gas ignited
and a slight explosion followed. Ii
a few moments the body of the gai


burned steadily, and in every por-
ton of the stream small flames


sprang up where the gas escaped il


moderate quantities. Since that


day the gas has continued to burn


and the area of the stream covered


by it has increased, until now tn,
fires extend a quarter of a mile uI
and down the run.


Catfish run is sluggish stream
a bounded on either side by steep
wooded bluffs. At night the seen


along the burning stream is magni
ficent. The fires light up the darl
forests, and sparkle on the waters


makinga spectacle rarely witnessed
This stream is contiguous to OF
territory, and the only satisfactor
theory Of the source of the gas i
2 that it arises from petroleum de


posits beneath the water, as tn
same phenomenon, although tn


gas was in less quantity, has bee
> noticed on Oil creek.
Year: 1876

five hundred riders at a casual meet
is of itself very strong evidence of
the popularity Of the bicycling art;
but there are other facts which still
more strikingly demonstrate it.
Whereas last year England could
only boast of seventeen bicycle
clubs, their number has in one
short twelvemonth risen to sixty
eight. Leaving London for the
moment altogether out of the cal
culation, it is estimated that there
are two thousand members of clubs
in the provinces, besides some 5000
riders unattached to any organized


society.
Year: 1876

The bicycle continues to gain
fresh deyotees in England, and is
no longer open to sceptics to pooh
pooh the advantages Of the ma
chine as a means Of locomotion, A
very simple answer to such cavillers
might be given by the five hundred
bicyolists who recently assembled
in Busby Park, London, for a grand
meet. The bicyclists were for the
most part young men, but the mid
dle-aged were strongly represented,
and there were some who might
claim to be venerable. There were
not acfcw noblemen and members
of Parliament there, too, and alto
gether it was very distinguished
gathering. That the metropolis
should be able to produce nearly
Year: 1876

On Friday of last week, man was seen
jump off the ! 30 A. VI. north bound ex-
press train near this place, while it was
running at speed of some thirty or thirty
five miles per hour. Quite a number Of
persons saw the ventureSome leap pei
formed, and run, expecting to find man
killed or badly injured: but to their aston
ishment, when the cars passed he jumped
up quite active. On being interrogated as
to why he performed so rash an act, he
replied he was travelling from Baltimore
to New York. and requested the conductor
to slack up at North East and give him a
chance to jump off, as he had business there.
But the conductor refusing, they had some
sharp words, and he was SO id mad he
let him the conductor) see he would get
off any how. He said he had been accus-
toned to jumping Oft at 4 speed of fifteen
miles per hour, but in this case he couldn t
lift his feet quite quick enough, conse-
4uently landed on his head and shoulders,
receiving some slight bruises. In relating
his little feat, with other incidents of his
life, he would indulge in little chuckle OF
laugh, apparently taking everything quite
cool. There has been much speculation as
to his identity, some asserting him to be
big Frank Of the Wilmington bank





but he left all SO completely in the dark
that there is nothing left but conjecture.


INJURED.


A few days since. Mr. Moses Galway
was kicked in the breast by his horse. We
learn he was severely hurt, but not pre-
sumed to be dangerously.


STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.


On Sunday evening last, a pile of build
ing stone, put up some eight feet high
in the shape of cone, for future use, and
within a few feet of Mr.. Bouchell's house,
was struck by lightning, and some ten OF
twelve cart loads of stone thrown down.
ltappears piece of lightning rod was lying
on the pile of stone, which was struck by
the fluid, bending it up like hoop.


SUSPENDED OPERATIONS.


One of the sheet iron mills of this place
has suspended operations, in order to give
place for some necessary repairs. q.
Year: 1876

Took THE WRONG TRAIN.-An Elkton
merchant, wishing to visit North East,
bought ticket for that point on Tuesday
last, just as the two morning trains were
approaching the depot. When he had
handed over the change and pocketed his
ticket, he walked out and took his seat in
the car which had just stopped in front Of
the depot. He failed, however, to notice
to which end of the train the engine was
attached, and by the time the cars were
under fair headway, he discovered that he
was being whisked away towards Phila-
delphia, just the opposite direction to that


in which he wanted to go. AS he couldn't
with safety alight while the train was run
ming at the rate of thirty miles an hour, he
kept his seat until he arrived at Newark,
when he left the car and made tracks for
home ON foot, concluding to defer his trip
to North East to another day.
Year: 1876

There is no certainty that Vesuvius
NAV not some day repeat its enormous
exploit in Ammo Domini 20, and bury
the cities which surround it out OF the
world 8 sight, and in grave too deep
for any resurrection, save such a re-
mote and partial one as has befalien
Pompeii and Herculaneum. In such
event Naples would be the only CON
siderable city to perish, and it is u
very short sighted policy which has
made it the principal repository OF the
relies which tho old Roman cities have
yielded up. They are still under the
menacing shadow of the mountain, ard
may be bur ,ed again. In fact, they
are sure to be, sooner or latter, if they
remain where they are. The volcano
of late shows ominous signs OF inqule'
tude; and we know of no reason why
it may not at any time break forth In
an eruption as terrible as that which
Plny describes, or that of Mauna Loa,
which darkened the mid Pacific a few
years ago. The latter would have
covered fathoms deep score of such
towns as Naples or Pompeii, if they
had been in its vicinity, Although the
burial of the Roman cities was felt by
the Romans as such a tragical and ire
coverable disaster, it has been accoun-
ted bcnetaction by postcrity, TO
which 1t preserved in such perfection
the every day surroundings OF town
life among the Romans in the early
wears of the Christian era. So If
Naples were to he overwhelmed, all
Italy, and indeed all the world OF to-
day would regard the occurrence as
horribly and unspeakably disastrous
but the antigua ian of the year OF
grace 2975 to whom it bore SO perfect
lesson of our present ways. architec
turol, inscriptional and other, would be


justified in considering that the reward
to late prosterity was worth the early
sacrifice.
Year: 1876

The Weekly Ee-o Meriedn, published in


santa Fe, is congratulating the Black Hills
invaders on having such man as General
Crook to beat back the onslaughts of the
Indians and redeem the Sioux country from
aboriginal rule. General Crook is an able
officer and brave fighter, but he knows, and
the Government knows, that he has no moral
or legal right to attempt to redeem the Sioux
country from Sioux rule by the force of arms
and without provocstiou from the Indians.
By the supulations of a solemn treaty white
men have no rights within the boundary lines
of the great reservation. By the wording of
that treaty the invasion of the country Is an
absolute wrong inflicted upon the Indians vol
UNFAIRLY by band of wild Adventures, and
the making of grand military demonstration
In the heart of their homes is viola
ton of the treaty which bears upon its
face the brand of injustice and wrong.
Now that four or five thousand whites
are within the charmed bourne, hu-
nanity demands that they shall be protected
from the vengeance of an injured savage peo-
pie. But Gen. Crook and those under him
should understand that they are sent into that
country to protect the whites, and not to make
conquest; that their duty is to pacify when
they can, and punish only when it is necss-
say. They must not make war; they must
not attack Indian encampments, and slaughter
defenseless women and children; they must
not entice hostilities; they must prevent blood
shed, and preserve the peace. The Indians
are justified in repelling the invaders who
have no right to that soil or the gold 1t bears.
Therefore, if the whites must be protected let
it be simply to preserve life, and not to aid
and abet them in their rob6eries and unjust
and unlawful intrusion.
Year: 1876

AS several of the States have not made
any provision for filing any vacancy
that might occur in their electoral col
Ieges, it becomes both interesting and
important, in the very peculiar circum-
stances of the present case, to know
what effect would follow the death Of an
elector before the first Wednesday Of
December in either OF those States. An
instance Of the kind occurred at the
Presidential election of 1864, when Lin
coin received 212 electoral votes to Nc
ClelIan's q. Nevada-a recently ad
m1tted State-had failed to provide by
law for filing a vacancy, and one OF the
electors died before the day on which
the college was to assemble. In that
case Nevada lost one OF her votes, being
represented by only two at the final
count in the joint convention Of the two
houses of Congress. The present emer-
gency in many ways is illustrating the
supreme value of q single vote,
Year: 1876

The above report was referred to the
new committee on improvements.


Resolution No. 2 was recalled and dis
cussed by the District Attorney and 9th
ers and referred to the com. on assess
ment, to report at the annual session.


Resolution No. 4, by G. H. Schmidt ::
Whereas, there is vacancy in the office
of County Treasurer, and whereas the
Board deems it for the best interest Of
the county to fill such vacancy by ap-
pointment therefore resolved that the
Board do now proceed to ballot for the
purpose of electing County Treasurer.


Unanimously adopted.


On motion the Board proceeded to an
Year: 1876

SHE stood in the door and watched
the departing form of her own loving
spouse, and sighed; then she went sadly
into her boudoir and kissed the photo
graph of her first husband, whispering !:
go, how changed is the world to me
He promised to give me new silk, and
he's ordered home only calico! Why
did marry again %
Year: 1876

General Sherman arrived this morning
and called on the President previous TO
the Cabinet meeting. The General was
also at the War Department, and had a
private consultation with Secretary Taft.
The Secretary thinks that Gen. Sherman
should resume his station here, and to the
fullest extent have charge Of the ordinary
business belonging to his Office. The con.
sultation was brief.
Year: 1876

In a certain sense all attractive females
are fiirts. True, there are women about as
good looking as the rough side Of horse
radish CRATER, who read with glasses and
eat with porcelain teeth, and yet flirt.
There is an excuse for them. They are
obliged to snap at the first chance like
hungry wolves. But girls who don't have
to Jump at chances flirt because it is pretty
business. True, it is pretty and it is right.
That is the only way she is to find out what
her beau, possibly her future husband, is
like. A man always approaches a girl
dressed in society polteness, and it is the
girls duty to pierce this thin coating of
sugar and plum, and learn what is beneath.
She cannotaccomplish this without flirting.
Sunday is a blessed day for this semi-re-
ligious work. 1t is like an after-dinner
hour. The men are gallant, the ladies
melted out from the weekly stiffness, i'm
pulses are atop, thekey Of the conversation
delightful soprano, and the old people are
snoozingly satisfied in the cool back room,
or lazily content in church. In the even
ing the moon gives light enough to see the
palpable shafts Of woman's glance when
her head is bent forward. woman's face
never looks well by moonlight with the
chin salient, unless it is when the young
man has few of his fingers engaged in
supporting it. When the head i8 bent
downward the girl can look out of the tops
of her eyes. A man at all Interested will
wither like a cabbage leaf in August before
the glance Of 4 woman shot from the tips
of her eyes. Again on Sunday the heart
appears peculiarly soft and tender. There
is a pathetic sadness in tho associations
which the heart takes. And this is in the
woman's favor. She should lean away
from levity. No man ever mado any pro
gress in loving while woman was laugh
ing Nothing will sink into his soul like
that subdued confidingness of tono on sad
topics. A man may be worldly, but of all
things he dislilles it is worldliness in 0
young girl. Ifyou have any piety crowd il
up on Sunday evenings. Better begin
upon it in the morning.
Year: 1876

the stated six hours. AS we bar the door
OF the school against the possible thief who
might mako havoc with books and furni.
ture, so let US nightly turn the key on the
actual thief that robs our teachers of time
for profitable reading, and takes from our
scholars the hours that should be devoted
to healthful recreation.


Economy is child of the brain; it is
born OF fcalculation, not of impulse. Hence,
praises should be sparingly bestowed upon
Minnesota normal classes, its members
wear cheap prints on commencement day !;
upon Massachusetts high, school girls, who
are credited with grading in economical
cambric; upon Madam Thiers, "who after
much thought and consultation, has been
successful during the past season in accom-
plishing calico revival, and restoring that
fabric to respectability in the fashionable
world" and upon the "worthy and worship
full women or Warsaw, state of Kentucky,
who, in convention assembled, have duly
resolved with many wherases to purchase
no dry goods exceeding in cost twenty-five
cents per yard, for the space of one year"
Impulsive economy is as little to be praised
as impulsive extravaganza is to be blamed
A poor woman, with three or four little
children, was found by her neighbors in a
starving condition. They gave her money
for bread, but she expended it for a car
riage in which to give her babe airing. A
minister could not pay his grocer and his
butcher, and supplies from each were
about to be cut off. His Pensioners raised
for him the amount needed. lie received
it thankfully, and bought with it gold
watch for his wife.