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Year: 1873

The chronic place-hunter, with whom,
for some unexplained and unexplaina-
bic reason, Arkansas is yet cursed, made
another explanation Of his grievances
at Little Rock last night, before small
audience composed doubtless of the ad-
Aerents Of the wOuld-be governor. He
told the same old story over again, and
perhaps worked himself into a camp
meeting frenzy, in which be was
doubtless assisted by the bowling
squad who have thus far kept him in
countenanae in the hope that something
would turn up. 1t was dismal af-
fair, and ought TO convince the principal
comedian of the occasion that his come
DIV has been on the Arkansas stage too
long, and he had better withdraw it.
The people are tired Of Brooks, and are
satisfied with Baxter. They would not
now change on any account, because
they know that under Baxter they have
peace, and that with. Brooks it would be
chaos come again, and perhaps the ne
gTo in the ascendant. Brooks should
subside in justice to the people if not to
himself.
Year: 1873

this morning; no deaths as yet, though
one will be pretty sure to die; the others
will recover. The victims are labOrers
on a construction train, and have been
working out in the hot sun and drinking
limestone water, which is the cause OF
all the deaths at Palmyra and down the
railroad. 1 see in Sundays onion and
American that five cases are reported
here. That is a mistake; to-day is the
first. Those five negroes that died here
last week, and reported as cbOlera, died
from old age, consumption or cold cor
tracted last winter, and fevers. They
had all been sick some time. 1t Is re-
ported five, but l have been unable to
find but three of them-an old negro
woman, negro man and boy. You need
pay no attention to sensational cor
respondents and dispatches from here,
as there are great many people scared
out Of their wits, and will report most
anything. All are well. Will look for
some Of you down soon. You can show
this letter, if you have chance, to the
Union and american, and let them
make any comments from it, or publish
any part Of it they see fit. Sensible
people have no fear Of the spread Of
chOlera.b -
Year: 1873

THE Walworth trial has progressed TO
the third day only, and already it is
apparent that either the plea Of insanity
will be sustained, or the verdict viii be
homicide justified by the brutal miseon-
duct Of the most brutal father We have
ever heard or read of, not excepting the
Year: 1873

THE formal opening Of the Psducah
railroad between this city and COving-
ton, which takes place to-day, will be
the affair of the year, and should be
made the occasion of a grand ovation
by our merchants and the people along
the line of the road.
Year: 1873

One summer fair Katie and I in the meadow
Were merrily stirring and tossing the hay,
Till crimson top clover and timothy blossom
Together were breathing their sweetness away.
Of course, it was only for sport and the frolic;
You knew by the way that she handled the


fork,
That haymakers' art and their collntry-learned


wisdom


Have never been taught in the city of York
Her hands were as soft and as white as the lilies,
Mine hardened and brown by their toll in the
But bravely she kept in the wake of the mowers
I'LL al OF her self-imposed labor was DONE
The hay was all gathered in winrows and wait
For farmer Johns oxen, and hayers to load,
When homeward we turned, as the sunset was
With beautiful shadows the maple-lined road
She talked ofthe things she had known in the


city,


spoke of the loye of the woods and the glen,
While the eyes of the maiden, in spite of my


hOmespun,


Revealed that she thought me a prince among


men.
And then, in the twilight, told her the story
scarcely could tell for my lovelike tears
How long had dreamed that the love of my


darling


Would crown with new gadness the swift


coming years.
Her answer was low, and the birds, if they listen


ed


Heard words that were true and so tender in


tone,
That I knew we should travel life's pathway to-


gether,


Since neither was willing to journey alone
The years in their fitting have stolen the roses
That boomed on her cheek and the gloss from


her hair,
But dearer to me than my bride in her beauty
Is Katie. the matron. still lovely and fair.
Tis haying time now and our K atie and Johnny,
With shouts of wild laughter, are crowning


the load
That over the meadows our oxen are bringing
Just through the wide gapby the maple-Gned


road.
Year: 1873

We think the wisest thing the negroes could
do would be to disregard the advice of such men
as Hughes ard vote with the whites for their
candidate. No matter how the negroes vote
Conservative triumph is certain. The whites
and it would be much wiser in the negroes to
propitiate that majority than uselessly antago-
nize it. But how can Hughes be eected2 IF
elected at all, it must be by combination of
the negroes with the lowest class of white men.
1t would be not only victory of the black over
the white race, but q triumph of the spirit of
.agrarianism. The reign of the Commune would
be inaugurated. ALI the sacred monuments of
wisdom inherited from the past would be ruth
lessy torn down by therabble, and Hughes and
bis negroes would hold high carnival in the halls
once filled with Virginia statesmen Warren
tom Inder
Year: 1873

The Conservative party is the white man S
party, says the Richmond Enquirer, not be-
cause it makes aggressive opposition to the
black man, but because there are no negroes 10
it and there are no negroes in it because it is
in favor of white men at the head of affairs in
the State. It is not a party Of prescription.
1t makes no war upon the recognized rights of
the colore6 race under the constitution. On
the contrary it sustains them and protects them
in the exercise and enjoyment of those rights


But it does deny that the negro ought to be
in the ascendeDcy; and it does assert that the
white man should be supreme in the councils
+ of this Common wealth. Ii is the party Of lib
erality, of justice of generosity, of liberation,
of enlightenment and of progress. 1t was orr
ginated in Virginia and it is made up of Vir-
ginians; and when we say Virginians, we mean,
DOT only natives, but men from the North, the
South, the East, the West, and from foreign
lands, who have come here, and settled here,
as citizens Of our State.


Virginia, since the war, has shown wisdom
worthy the peculiar circumstances in which she
was placed by the results of the war worthy
herself as she was before the war. She inau-
gurated six years ago grand political organiza-
ton free from all past party associations free
from all prejudicss; free from all extremes !;
free from all excesses. And that organization
we predict. will yet prove to be the nucleus of
a national party in which the patriotic men,
the moderate men, the white men who are for
white government, will be marshalled through
out the country for the safety of the Republic.
Year: 1873

Boss Tweed was . Democratic msm-
Der Of Congress In 1858 and It was
well understood at tho time that he
Mss to have been Secretary Of the
Treasury had HorAtio Seymour beaten
Grant in 1858 Had Seymour been
elected and had Tweed been Secretary
Of tha Treasury for four years, It ID
probable that he would have stolen the
entire United States by this time.
Year: 1873

Senator Morton's Committee on
Privileges and Elections In the Senate
will recommend an amendment to the
Federal Constitution for the election
of President, which will provide for
the districting of the States into dis
tricts the same In number as their del.
egation In Congress, and that each one
Of these districts shall have one vote
to bc determined by the marjority Of
electors therein. This plan will have
the unanimous recommendation Of the
Committee. The plan Of electing the
President by q popular vote OF the
whole people Is rejected because It ID
well known that smaller states would
defeat such measure.
Year: 1873

Bishep Lee, Of Iowa, In writing to
Bishop Cummins In regard to his di-
vision Of the church, endeavored to
dissuade him from 1t and among other
things said:


A secessional or schismatical move
ment at this time, would, in my opin.
ion, bc greater evil than thoso We are
bearing, and from which we may hope
to be relieved In due time. It was {al
better for our extreme Ritualistic
brethren to finally secede to the Church
Of Rome, to which they are tending
than for yourself and others OF like
mind to leave such q Church 40 our
for now ecclesiastical organization u
Year: 1873

THE FIRST POLITICAL CONVENTION RADICAL


TEMPERANCE PEOPLE IN COUNCIL.


SYRACUSE, n. Y, Jan. 20.-This city has had
the nrst political convention the The Radical
Temperance men are the first in the State TO reorganize
their forces after the battle and their movements are
certainly deserving OF attention. goody number OF
gentlemen assembled here from different parts OF the
State Notwithstanding the Chairman stated that the
NevYork state Temperance Society through its
had not only refused publish the call for their meeting,
but had appointed convention Of its followers for
the same day the neghbOrng City Of Rome, with a
view away certain persons that would otherwise
have attended.


FROM the authority it appears that the chasm
between the Conservative and Radical wings OF the Tenn
per4nce force this is broad and irreconciabe
The are opinion of the latter entirely too
much attracted by the hespots OF the Republican party
trusted with the sole direction OF the total aost
neDce reform.


That the Radical mean business is shown not
merely by promptitude with which they have gone
20 work but by the plan OF operations they have laid
down. They declare decidedly for separate and lnde-
pendent political action ,,
prohibition pure and simple. And that the REFORM when
accomplished, shall stay accomplished they nave ap-
pointed q committee to urge upon the Commission now
sitting IN Albany 70 prepare amendments 10 tne od
Constitution the submission OF one OF which VIII pro-
hbit the future licensing OF the liquor ua1e, ana I'M
Tor its efectua suppression They also took steps to
hold conventions In Albany and NewYork City, the lat
Ter in Cooper Institute.


such il the programme of the first political party in
the field and It's authors boldly announce their purpose
to fight that line, II 1t takes the whole OF the
generation.
Year: 1873

One week ago this day the cOmpOsitOrs of


Hg TRIBUNE at their chapel meeting approved Of the
proposition the printing offices in the United States
give pounds Of old type each for the purpose
Of OF Horace Greeley, to be erected OYER
his grave ia Greenwood. This is an appropriate offer
iHg o. the memory of the dead journalist. Himself q
the case and raised thence 10 the very head OF
the craft this whole country. by sheer force OF In
telect and honest eudeavOr, Horace Greeley is the
typical printer no less than the typical journalist.
For Ouref shall type that formed the words OF
OBITUARY upon the dead chief and we can answer that
the printers Of the South with perfect unanlmity will
make the monetary contribution asked by the Union
Horace Greeley founded II they do not then each paper
on winch the delinquent typo works should gladly make
up his wanting and think 1t privilege 70 do So
For there published in the land, as we
have that this moral debt to Greeley.
Further that thousands owe him the material debt
Of borrow ed brains and stolen ideas aud the country
may look upon him the very father of an en-.
nghteued and enghteniDg system Of agricultural and
horticultural journalism,
Year: 1873

and abiding interest in tho growth and prosperity
~ the tron industry
The following statement of the prices of iron in
Sev-YOrk on the first Of January each year since
80 viii prove interesting:
Year: 1873

When Sidney Smith had gravely listened
TO the details Of mad dogs course through
the streets of London-bow be frightene9
a bishop and was at length dispatched
with dificulty-the clerical wit remarked
that he ashoald like to hear the dogs sids
of the story"
Year: 1873

More" said Oliver Twist; "more.
mower machines. advance machines
say the farmers OF Lafayette couaty.
They have taken two car loads, and are not
get satisfied. Andy Graham sold tile last
one of the second car load yesterday morn
ing, making the forty-ninth machine sold
and delivered from Lexington this season.
The success OF the Advance is without
parallel in the history of farming machinery
in this country, and It's because the machine
has no eqaal in the market. One other ear
load should have been here last night, and
will certainly be here this morning. Farmers
need not feel anxious; all can and will he
accommodated. A few more of the same
sort always left. The well known Andy
Graham is the Lexington agent, and can
always be found at his place
Year: 1873

American people to allow themselves
to bemade the slaves Of a despotism
just yet. -


Correspondent-How would the
Southern people act under circum-
stances of a usurping nature?
c General Gary--In the event Of
Grant usurping the government, the
Southern people would take sides
against him, with the exception of a
few adventurers who would espouse
the cause of the party in power OF
the party they believed would pay
best. But men Of thought honesty
and patriotism, those who love con-
stitutional liberty, would draw their
swords against General Grant or any
other usurper. l should do SO my
self, but I do not believe that this ne
cessity will ever arise.


{ Correspondent-Then you believe
the country will ultimately return to
the constitutional forms, restrictions
and limitations laid down and OBJ
served by the Fathers of the Re
public?


: General Cary do, and that at
no distant period.
Year: 1873

Etlaoa. of the Co7aStitmtio,salist:


SIR: Several articles have recently
appeared in the Augusta papers, rela-
tive to railroad from your city to
Greenwood, in Abbeville county, S.
c., all of which favor a line in the
extreme western portion of Edge
field county, after crossing the Savan-
nah river. I.


Now, Mr.. Editor, any one, who is
at all acquainted with the country
along this line, and will look on a
map of South Carolina, will immedi-
ately see the disadvantages Of this
route. After crossing the river the
road will run, for at least thirty
miles through country which is
very inaccessible to u large number
of people on both sides for the mo-.
ment it crosses the river, it will be
hemmed in on one side by the river,
and on the other by Stephens Creek,
which will of necessity limit its local
business to the section bounded by
these two streams, from the fact that
they are both nearly always absolute
barriers to wagons and vehicles Of all
kinds. Thence the business will be
confined to a scope of about four or
five miles, the distance between Sa-
vannah river and Stephens Greek,
for thirty miles above its mouth


Furthermore, the river furnishes
much cheaper transportation than
any railroad could possibly do, and
Of course will continue to be patron
lied by all in reach of it, as few
hours lost IN time would be very
little item, to a farmer in getting his
produce to market, where money CAN
be saved by it. And, sir, barring all
the disadvantages Of building the
road in this section, does it NOT seem
strange that an intelligent people
will expend their fortunes, already
greatly impoverished by the late
struggle for liberty, to build rail
road where nature has long ago
placed ample means for transporting
millions more than the country can
ever produce. There might be lit
tie saved in grading on this route,
but, sir, I think it would be far over
balanced in distance and location by
selecting another. In building rail
roads, air lines are always preferable,
if practicable. By referring to
map of South Carolina, you will.see
that an air line railroad can be built
from Augusta to Greenwood, which
would not only cut off eight or ten
miles in distance, but would run CEN
trally through one of the richest por-
tions of South Carolina. 1t would
be entirely unencumbered by any
barrier to an immense local business.
The route which I would suggest
would cross the Savannah river some
where near tie mouth of Fox Creek,
then coming up in the vicinity Of
Sweetwater Church, strike off about
parallel with the five. (5) notch road,
up to Duntonvillc, from there to
White Hall, passing about midway |
between Longmires and kirksey's \
ii..o.....~ s ahont Mt. Vernon camp
Year: 1873

A MIsrAKE.-That the editors are
delighted to get anything to :" fill up"
the paper.


That they have plenty Of time to
correct bad manuscript.
That they should puff" everybody
for nothing.


Thai they must have no opinion Of
they own


That they should know everything,
whether informed of it or not.


That they have have plenty Of
money.


That they should "notice" every
scalawag show that travels.


That they should have news,
whether there is any or not.


That they should print every man
who attends dog fight or horse
race.
Year: 1873


At school exhibition which came
off short time since, one of the lit
tie boys, who had grudge against
his petlagogue, on account of a recent
fogging, is said to have delivered
this pointed oration:


ooh, Lord Of love


Look from above
On us poor little scholars;


We've had fool


To teach our school,
And paid him fifty dollars"
1t struck the distinguished instruck-
tor who had struck the youthful
poet-orator, like forty-ton chunk of
thunder from cloudless sky; and
just more n brought down the house.
Year: 1873

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Who WOULD NOT BE FARMER.
The Louisville Courier pays the fol
lowing tribute to the occupation OF
the farmer: s tsssIi


"If young man wants to ensure
him a middle life of the greatest
amou t of leisuye.time, there is moth
ing better than farming. If he has
an independent turn of mind, let
him be = farmer. y he wants to en-
gage in ii healthy occupation, let him
rill the soil. In short if he would be
independent let him get a spot Of
earth, keep within means, shun the
lawyer, be temperate to avoid the
Doctor he honest, that he'may have
a clear conscience improve the soil,
so as to leave thc world better than
he found it; and then if he cannot
live happily and die content, there is
M home for him,
Year: 1873

But our Republic is too young to pass
into an Empire, and time will purge
the government OF its present corrupt
officials and iDaugurate constitutional
reform. There is toosmuch honesty,


patriotism and independence in the
Year: 1873

The inhabitants of the northwestern
part of Siberia live chiefly upon salmon,
which enter the streams in summer to
spawn then the natives take immense
quantities of the fish, dry them, and lay
by supply for the next season. About
every third or fourth year, on the aver
age-though with considerable irregu-
larity-salmon do not appear, and the
consequence is famine, which, falling
first upon the dog teams of the people,
disables the latter from drawing supplies
from other quarters. To prevent the
terrible sufferings which have arisen
from this cause, the Russian Govern
ment established at Kolma, post on
the Arctic ocean, sort of savings bank,
with capital of one hundred Thousand
dried fish, purchased from. the natives
and stored away; then law was enact
ed compelling every male inhabitant of
the settlement to pay into the bank an
nually one-tenth of all the fish he caught,
and no excuse for failure was admitted
this continuing as long as the fish sea-
son remained good; but when there was
failure of the salmon, and starvation
impended, every depositor was entitled
to borrow enough for his regular sup
plies, on condition of repayment next
year. At the latest advices, this bank
had carried the people through two con-
secutive years of famine, and accumu-
lated capital of three hundred thousand
dried fish, and was still accumulating at
the rate of twenty thousand year. 1t
was thus on the road to wealth, besides
proving such fountain of beneicence
to the people. 1t is the principle of
Joseph's management in Egypt, with all
the modern improvements required by
the state of society in Siberia.
Year: 1873

Two gentlemen were one day crossing
the river in ferry-boat. A dispute
about faith and works arose one saying
that good works were of small impor-
tance, and that faith was everything +;
the other asserting the contrary. Not
being able to convince each other, the
ferryman, an enlightened Christian,
asked permission to give his opinion.
Consent being granted, he said: 81
hold in my hands two oars That in my
right hand / call faith ; the other in
my left, work Now, gentlemen, please
to observe, pull the oar of faith, and
pull that alone. See the boat goes
round and round, and the boat makes no
progress. l do the same with the oar
of works, and with precisely similar re-
sult-no advance. Mark pull both to-
gether, we go on apaee, and in very
few minutes we shall be at our landing
place. So, in my humble opinion" he
added, "faith without works, or works
without faith, will not suffice. Let
there be both, and the haven of eternal
rest is sure to be reached"


AS the flower is before the fruit, SO is
faith before good works.


Faith is the parent of good works, and
the children will bear resemblance to
the parent.


It is not enough that the inward works
of clock are well constructed, and also
the dial-plate and hands the one must
set ON the other; the work must regl-
late the movements of the hands,
Bishop Whatey.
Year: 1873

AIR GUNs.-The most perfect air guns
in the world are probably those which
are made in London for the use of En-
glish poachers. AS they make no smoke,
and consequently no smell, they are not
so easily detected as tire-ar when used
in game preserves. 1t is mistake, how
ever, to suppose that they make no noise.
When charged, so as to produce the
effects above described, the report is
quite sharp-full as sharp as that pro-
duced by gunpowder. When lightly
charged, the report is of course dimin-
ished but the force with which the bull
let is projected is also proportionally les
sened, and 50 is the recoil. AS weapon
for secret assassination, therefore, the
air gun does not have much advantage
over good rifle cane, fortunately for the
world, perhaps. The only advantages
possessed by the air gun are its perfect
cleanliness and the fact that the parts
are not liable to be corroded and rusted.
1t never requires cleaning ; but the labor
of changing the condenser may be fairly
offset against the labor involved in clean
ing ordinary fire arms after they have
been used.
Year: 1873

NO MORTGAGE ON THE FARM.
Mary let's kill the fatted calf and celebrate the


day
For the last dreadful mortgage the farm is wiped


away.
have got the papers with me, they are right as


right can be-
Let us laugh and sing together, for the dear old


farm is free.
Don't all the Yankees celebrate the fourth day of


July?


nations sky.
Why shouldn't we, then, celebrate and the day ne'er


forget?
I've riz up many mornin's hour before the sum-
And night has oyertaken me before the task


done.
When weary with my labor twas this thought that


nerved my arm
Each day of toll will help to pay the mortgage on


the farm.
Aud, Mary you have done your part in rowin' to


the shore
BY takn eggs and butter to the little village store
You did not spend the money in dressing up for


show,
But sang from morn to evening in your faded
calico.
And Bessie, sweet daugltcrGod bless her little


heart,
The lad that gets her for wife, must be- by nature


smart
She's gone without piano, her lonely hours to


charm;
To have hand in payin' off the mortgage on the
farm.
I'll build little cottage soon to make your heart
rejoice;
I'll buy good piano to go with Bessie's voice;
You shall not make your butter WIKI that up and
down concern,
For I'll go this very day and buy the finest patent
churn.
Lay by your faded calico and go with me to town,
And get yourself and Bessie new and shining
gown;
Low prices for produce need not give us now
alarm,
Spruce up little, Mary, there's mortgage on the
farm


not forget
To thank the God of Heaven for being out OF debt
For He gave rain and sunshine and put strength
into my arm
Aud heightened out the days to mortgage on
the farm.