smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

felony when done under promise Of mar


riage. The statute provides that the subse.


quent marriage Of the parties shall be bar


to the prosecution, aud now this marriage


was solen,nized while the man was yet pri.
soner, and he consented to the same to save
himself, as he no doubt thought, from the
penitentiary. The marriage was farce, as
every lawyer must admit; and venture to
assert that no chancellor in the State would
hesitate to dissolve the bands Of such mar
riage contracted under such circumstances OF


duress. But farcial as 1t was such an exhi-
bition has more serious aspect when we
consider the pernicious effect it is calculated
! to have upon the minds Of the spectators.
With no purpose Of writing homily upon


the marital relation, 1 will only say that in


our good old State from time immemorial it


has been regarded as solemn, sacred, and
holy alliance, not to be entered into "lightly


and unadvisedly, but reverently, discreetly,, ;,
advisedly, and in the fear Of God"; aud


when we see this union made under circum-
stances like those narrated when we see
| this ceremonial, regarded in some churches
| as q sacrament, resorted to under the sane
! ton of law as a convenient eXpedient TO
shield an alleged offender from the penalties
| of the law, the sacred rite becomes degra-
dcd, and the community will come to regard


more lightly this, the highest of all "civil
contracts"


The statute itself is humbug, for its en-
forcement is impracticable. II provides that
the unsupported testimony of the female


shall be insufficient to convict, and for this
| reason I have never seen, nor do | ever ex.


pect to see, conviction under it, for it is
scarcely probable there will ever be other
witnesses to the Il" overt act" hope the
Legislature will repeal the law; and no
further legislation on the subject is needed.
There is an unwritten law on this subject in
Virginia, under which we have lived for


several centuries, and during that time the


morals of our people Will most favorably
compare with the loose and free.love notions
OF that community from whence this statute
is borrowed. OLD FoGY.
Year: 1875

ONLY THREE DAYS MoRE.-Nessrs. Cook &
LAUGHToN announce that the great bankrupt sale
of dry goods at 1909 Main street will be continued
for three days more-Monday, Tues day, and Wed
nesday-in order to close out the balance Of goods
now remaining on hand All those having goods
ON deposit are requested to call at once and take
them away .4a-.
Year: 1875

New York, March ia morning paper
says: The prospects now are that Instead o
an agreement tetwecn the Pennsylvania
Central and the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
there will be a general railroad war in the
course of a few weeks, in which the rates
will be cut down TO very low figures.
Year: 1875

In this epoch parents are looking anN-
iousIy about for suitable institutions of
learning for thei: children. If we trust
stuffed circulars, every variety of taste can
be satisfied. One institution makes spec
talty of teaching grammar, another one
thing, another something else, and so it
goes. With so many schools to select from
the dutiful parent knows not where to
choose, and often in perpleNity takes the
first that offers. 1t is matter of para
mount importance. however, one should not
be decided without careful, .if4seSsisztiaaaas
There are the big mouthed professors who.
having failed in business, have become
teachers. Some Of these men have a certain
gift of managing children, a very necessary
thing in a teacher. not enough, however, to
make one Il good instructor. From such
pcdagogs the parent should keep away.
But to select one from the honest teacher is
not an easy matter. This one is not
member of the right church, or that one is
too strict, another not strict enough. The
best way is for the parent to decide just
what is wanted. Their children must be
educated, and place selected for them
which will most asiiply supply their wants.
Parents who have studied character, know
that some children must be led with gent!e-
ness, others governed by authority, while
others need only Il little help here and
there to teach them to walk alone. The
moral wants of children must not be lost
sight of. Such features as these must be
regarded as the most impressive year on
life. We must always keep i'll view that
our children are to be made honest, up
right men and women, healthy i'll body.
mind and soul. We begin to see. now.
why it is so difficult to select Il suitable
school. But after the school is chosen, the
parents work is not done. There is more
for the mother to do than to get the chil-
tlren off to school i'll time, and more for the
father to do than simply to pay the bills.
Teaching is not to be left to the teacher en-
tirey-parents must help. They can do
this at iIume by taking an interest i'll the
lessons to be learned and they can accom-
| plish more good by visiting the school.
The teacher Is but the assistant of the pa
rent, and it must be known that both are
working in the same direction. The flthcl
may not find rinle to do much, but the
mother can She may not lave been high
! ly educated, but she can tell if her children


are surrounded by good influences; if they


arc taught conscientiously or specifically.


The teacher is pleased to know that he OF
She has the parents hearty cooperation.


and the pupils are proud to show the pro


grcss made since the last visit. Parents,


there is still the work of advising, assisting


and supervising to be done.


CAFE OF COOP HOPE.
Year: 1875

a good way to take ink out Of linen IS to
immerse the part that has ink on it in boil
ing hot tallow. When cool, wash out IN
soapsufls, and it Is said the linen viii be as
white as ever,
Year: 1875

A CHANGE AT THE BosToN BAZAR.-
Messrs. L. S. Gates & Co. would inform
the public that they are now going out of
the dry goods business and intend to de-
vote their time to the sewing machine
business exclusively. and will sell their
entire stock of dry goods, notions and
carpats at net cost There has never been
any misrepresentation of selling goods at
cost heretofore, and the public may bs
assured that this is no humbug, but that
they mean just what they say. They
recommend the public to call early ano
secure bargains before the stock i!
broken. 7-20-d&w2m.
Year: 1875

If you are bilious, ,dyspeptic and dconstpated
don't make war on the stomach by successively
swallowing blue pills strong prrgatves and power
full astringents. Such procedure damages diges-
ton and weakens the bowels leaving stomach liver
and ntestines after the immediate effect in condit


ion of greater disorder than before. That complete
relief which remedies of the above description sig


ually fail to afford is obtained by useing Hostetters
Stomach Bitters And for the best of reasons


dyspepsia if weakness of the digestive organs, and
constipation is produced by the above causes oper


aiing together, The Rittere, being powerful
secretion OF gastric juice, relief biiousness by
promoting creator activity of the liver, and thus
enable the bowels to act with renewed regularity
Year: 1875

in fighting trim, and Sitting Bull, one of his head
men, is in charge Of the council camp NO
danger is apprehended now As further proof oil the
intended massacre, haf-breeds and Interpreters
were warned by Indian relatives and friends to keep
ont Of the council tent and to leave the ground.
Most of them did so. Big-I.ittle-Man also threat
ened to shoot down any chief who should speak IN
favor of disposing of the Black Hills, and he SO told
Spotted Tail, who did not speak.
Year: 1875

Memphis, Tenn, Aug. 1.-THE sit
uation on the river to-day is very crit
ical From six o'clock last night till
ten this morning the river rose over
an inch and half, and is now within
less than half an inch of being as high
as the spring food. Between 10 and IL
o'clock last night violent wind and
rain storm from the northwest crossed
the river a few miles below this city,
and it is feared that the wind has car
ried the water over some places which
were within few inches of being
submerged, and has also damaged the
newly constructed levees, as it is well
known that there are number of plan
tations above and below this point
where the planters for some days have
been constantly on the watch to keep
the passing boats from running in too
close and flooding them with the swell
from the boats, and these, it is feared,
suffered from the storm.
Year: 1875

According to the HraId Of HealM mar
hle-top tables are to be avoided. 1t says:
"They are cold, and rapidly absorb the heat
and vitality of the body, robbing it of its
life. We have heard of one invalid whom
the doctor could not cure, until one day lie
noticed she used marble stand, and sus-
pected it had something to do with her i'll
health So he forbade hcr to use l. Soon
she was well, We know healthy people who
feel the twnges of pain in the shoulders by
sitting near one. They are handsome, but
unhealthy for all that"
Year: 1875

Some one who has taken the trouble to
post himself on the laws governing rail
road passenger travel says that extra
:halges for failure to buy tickets are
universally sustained by the Courts, but
there must be a full oportunity to bny
afforded by the ticket seller. Passengers
must show tickets when asked for. As to
stopping Off" there is only one decision,
which is that passenger cannot stop OIL"
and resume his journey without the pre-
vioms assent of the company. AS to the
obligation of the road to furnish seat to
passenger a decision says: "A passenger
who exhibits his ticket need not surrender
it until he has been furnished with seat"
A railroad is not liable for things stolen
out of passengers seat, there being no
previous delivery to the company's ser
wants; for the same reason the company is
not liable for baggage in the passengers
own care. Passengers who neglect to
look after their own baggage on arrival at
their destination cannot = cover it il it is
lost without fault of 'he carrier Baggage
left in station husses fer the passengers
convenience, after it las reached its des-
tination, comes under new class of rights
and duties, the baggage master assuming
the position of II 'gratutous balee," who
only b comes liable in cases of gross
negligence. The obligation of the railroad
as carrier ceases when it has delivered to
its owner at the place os destination, or
when lie i.as mad reasonable opportunity Of
receiving and removing it. 1t will interest
sportsmen to know that they may recover
for the value of dogs when they entrust
them to baggage masters for hire. because
OF their exclusion from the passenger
cars
Year: 1875

Wendell Phillips writes to the Bos-


ton Advertiser protest against the
Civil Rights bill which has passed the


Senate, because it sanctions sepcrate
schools for whites and blacks. He
says, "Have we buried a million


men, and spent 80, ,00O, ,000, 600, with
ont learning that we cannot tamper


with the principles which underlie our
social and civil system? Ifthe settled
anything, it settled this-that neither


law nor constitution here can rccog-


nlze race in any Way, or in any circnm,


stances. protest against the Nation
al disgrace and crime of putting caste
again into the statute book. protest
against the wicked folly that is about
to use the time, means and blood of
another generation in fighting over
again an issue that has been once fair


y settled, and which il needs only the
stern veto fol earnest and determined


men to put forever ont of the reach of
political trrachery Better have no
Civil Rights law, Let the amendments
stand alone. Wait, without special
legislation, till half million of lack
votes get from Congress and the Courts
such construction Of the Fourteenth
Amendment as the trainers intended
and the Nation understood it to hear.
That will at least save us from the
legal concession of a principle which
create another South and arm anothe,
North against her.
Year: 1875

A VERY knOtty point for lawyers will
be to decide which Of the two are gen.
ersl laws affecting municipal charters
that passed for the especial benefit Of
Memphis, or that for Nashville. A
general law for municipal purposes
within the meaning and intent Of the
constitution should, by its provisions,
cover ali the exigencies of cities and
towns in the State, to the exclusion Of
any other law on the same subject.
Section eight of article eleven Of
the constitution says that "nO corpora
ton shall be created, or its powers in
creased or diminished, by special laws;
but the general assembly shall provide
by general laws for the organization Of
all corporations hereafter created
Either the Nashville or the Memphis
charter will have to go to the wall under
this prOvisO Of the organic law Of the
State,
Year: 1875

A COMMUNICATION to us in referenee
to the retiracy of Mr. Lopez from the
Office OF genersl freight agent of the
Memphis AID Charleston railroad, sue.
gests the appointment uf a Mem
pms plan in his place, as most
likely to give satisfaction to local
freignters. We agree with the CORE
se6ndent, and hope that when the va
esncy is permanently filled it will be by
one or other of the half-dozen freight
men who have done so much
for the mercantile interests Of
Memphis, and who are personally
known to merchants and shippers for
their intelligence, energy end chRrsc-
ter. By dOiIg so we believe the road
viii best Consult its own as well as the
interests Of the public.
Year: 1875

The Little Rock Republican hopes it
is true that the Louisville railroad is
hereafter to run the Little Rock road,
and says: Colonel Fink is one of the
best railroad men in the country, and
the Louisville and Memphis is the
weslthiest railroad corporation in the
south. If obtains control Of the Mem
phis and Little Rock railroad, Arkansas
will have another and better outlet
than the one afforded by the Cairo and
Fulton monopoly.n
Year: 1875

On Monday night the city fathers will
have their say shout the new charter
and tell the people what they know
about it. Meanwhile, the curious com.
munication in reference to It from City,
Attorney Hanson and Councilman
Camp, will arrest attention.
Year: 1875

Tomorrow will be the great anniver
sary Of all the English speaking people.
There is no day that is SO universally
welcomed by Young and old as Christ
mas. And as it comes on Saturday the
holiday will IL. more generally observed
than usual. We hope our readers will
not overlook the poorin their merrymal-
ing, and that each and ell Of them will
enjoy merry Christmas
Year: 1875

IL was an.evation of music and
mirth which the Alleghanians fur
nisheti their audience at Tutn-Verein
Hall last night. In view of the
crowded condition of the hall on Mon
day evening when many of the audi
ence were compelled to remain stand
ing, the seating capacity had been
largely increased and then fell short
of the demand From orchestra
chairs to gallery, every available seat
was occupied, and the entire house
was charmed as by a mystic spell.
And the charm was this the
entertainment was not warped
by the conventionalities of lat
ter-day opera; the singing was nat
ural; the music was melody. Some
of the most charming strains stored
away in our memory of times past were
brought forth by the silver bells-the
grave, the gay, the light qickstep and
the solemn air were rendered with q
delicacy and pathos which reached to
the very soul. The airs played by Mr..
F. l.. Benjamin on the gamut of
drinking goblets while he carried his
own accompaniment on the melodeon
were 8 not 9aless charming and
added the element of wonder at what
his dextrous fingers could accomplish
with such rude appliances. The vocal
music was varied with ballads, comic
and sentimental in turn, and all of the
words (be it said to the credit of the
singers, rendered in good Kings Eng
lish. Marie Packard sang Millard's
beautiful composition, Waiting"
with great accuracy and force. This
lady has a remarkably sweet, sympa-
thetic and powerful soprano voice. We
hope we may hear her in other brill
liant selections during the week. Mr..
Sam Collins, the funny man of the
troupe, acquitted himself finely and


brought the ludicrous In such sharp
contrast with thepathetic that he never
failed to make, a hit. The strength of
the company was concentrated In the
sextette silver band. which made the


welkin ring and took the sympathies
of the hearers by storm. The COM
papy will appear again at Turn-Ve-
rein Hall tonight. No lover of mu-
sic should fail to hear them. !. .ssis
Year: 1875

Judge Cuuk has u Troublesome
grand jury to deal with in Greenville.
He directed them to bring in IL
charge against the GreenvilIe Daily
News for lIbe. against Treasurer
RunioD, which they declared they
could not do. The Judge thon no.
tilted them that ho would mold them
over from day to day, without pay,
until they took action.
Year: 1875

81 zee very little Of you," said an
old gentleman at a ball ,he other
evening to IL young lady whom he had
not met in long tin,c beipro. II
know It," was the art less reply, "but
mother wouldn't allow me to wear q
very low neck dress tonight, the
weather is 40 cold"
Year: 1875

a good little boy on IIayne street
aids to olothe and feed his widowed
mother by threatening to "reg"
stones at the little girls as they are
going to school unless they pay him
penny day. His ambition when
he grows up is "to be II policeman
ChtcaqO Tribune.
Year: 1875

Nothing could have astonished the
community more than the action Of


what is called the Independent party


at the recent Convention. No party


had so favorable an opportunity to


sweep everything in this county.


There were twenty-nine delegates in


that Convention and TIVE nty-three of


that number were of the old Republi-


can ranks. The Republicans finding


themselves in the majority appropri-
ated everything Of any value to their
old partizans, and turned o yer the ref
use to the poor Democrats. Such
as the Coroner's office, Public Admin
istrators and the delapidated office of
Sheriff. The Sheriff7s office was once
valuable, but it has been shorn of all
its strength, until nobody wants it.
1t will not more than pay the running
expenses ofthe office. The Public Ad-
ministrator has never made enough
to pay for the salt that is required to
season that officers bread. The Cor
oner's fees depends upon the fatal ac-
cidents and lawlessness ofthe country.
There is not enough Of this now to
pay, and We hope to have less in the
future. Take it altogether it is a Re-
publican outfit, with not enough De-
mocracy to leaven the lump. But we
would not complain if they had given
us their best Republicans. They put
on two or three good men, and the
balance are men Of third or fourth
rate ability. They have made grand
if they think that two or
three good men can drag the whole
ticket through successfully. If there
had been disposition to fairness they
would at the opening of the Conven-
tion, have said to their weak Demo-
cratic brethren: "We will make an
equal divide of the affair between the
two old parties and the nominations
sahll be made upon that basis" But
there was none of this fairness in di-
viding the offices proposed, and we
are of the opinion that if it had been
proposed it would have been ignored.
Year: 1875

in this city ON next Saturday. They
have long ways the best of the fight
as 1t now stands, but it is an easy
thing tothrow away advantages. The
Democrats may yet mar their pros
pect and lose victory that now seems
to be almost within their grasp. A
good ticket-a ticket made up of capa-
bic men-is the only safeguard against
possible defeat. TO do this the con-
vention must free itself from the in
fiuence of rings, cliques, combinations
and corporations and work with an eye
single to the best interests of the peo-
pie. The HERALD is an independent
journal with Democratic proclivities.
1t believes that in the principles of the
Democracy are found the only guar
antee for the maintenance and per-
petuation Of our Republican form OF
Government. We know it was under
the administration of the Democratic
party and through adherance to the



principles of that party that the nation
grew from infancy to manhood and
stood as she still stands and as we be-
lieve she will ever stand, terror to
monarchists and the pride and admira-
tion Of the liberty lovers Of the world,
yet the HERALD advocates no man be-
cause he claims to be a Democrat and
chances to secure the endorsement of
Democratic convention. We support
principles and we can only endorse
men whom We have reason to believe
are the exponents of sound Democrat
ic principles, not the agents aud work
ers of rings and corporations. Let
the convention make nominations for
the people-the people are Democrat
ic-and the success OF their ticket is
an assured fact.
Year: 1875

THE managers of the Los Angeles
and Independence Railroad Company
manifest desire to secure ground for
depot purposes some two miles from
the business center of the city. We
cannot, of course, divine why they are
pursuing this policy, but we can as
sure them that they are mistaking the
wishes of our business men and retard-
ing their own interests. The depot
should be located as nearly as possible
In the business center of the city.
There il, we have no doubt, land at
tainable for depot grounds within a
half or three-quarters of mile of the
intersection of Main and Commercial
streets. Such a location would be
more advantageous to the city and
greatly enhance the value and useful
ness of the road.
Year: 1875

THE political prospect in this county


at this time is exceedingly favorable
to the Democracy. The appearance
among us for short time of Mr.. WIG
CLINTON the Democratic nominee for


Congress made him many friends and


we anticipate that his address to the
people of Los Angeles county. which
will be delivered on Saturday evening
next, will convince all that he is the


man of all the candidates 70. that
position,to whom Southern California
should entrust the advocacy of her in
terests in Congress. He is by far the
ablest speaker in the field, and his in
fiuence at Washington will do much
toward securing the passage of such
laws as are necessary for the develop
ment and prosperity of this part Of
the State. HoUaHToN proved him
self an unfaithful steward by introduc-
Ing and advocating the passage of


bill which, had it become law, would
have changed the route of the Southern
Pacific Railroad,t to the great injury of
Los Angeles, and delayed railroad
communication between this city and
San Francisco for several years. His
excuse that he opposed the bill as soon
as he discovered its nature, is too trans


parent to be effective. He fully un-
derstood the object and conditions of
the bill when he introduced 1t and he
only ceased to advocate its passage
when its certain defeat became appar-
ent. If the people of Los Angeles
county are true to their Interests and
true to themselves. Mr.. HoUGHToN
will not poll two hundred votes in this
valley. The Independents themselves
concede that their candidate for
Congress is virtually out of the con-
test. Many Independents avow their
determination to support the Dem
ocratic nominee. This feeling is, we
presume, general among the members
of the Independent organization. The
contest is between Mr. WIaGINToN
and Mr.. HoUGHToN and no voter of
Southern California who has the true
interests of the country at heart, can,
after reading Mr.. HoUGHToN's record,
consistently advocate his reelection.
The Independent county ticket is not
received with favor by the voters who
are expected to give it their support,
and disafiection seems to be general
and wide spread. To-day the Dem
will elect delegates to their
county convention which will convene