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Year: 1870

The election to take place this Fall be
ing one of the most momentous ones, to
us, that has ever been held, nothing can
be more important than a full registra-
ton. In our form of Government the
ballot box is the safe guard ofthe people.
Through it the masses speak in terms of
condemnation or approval of those who
have been clothed with official functions
Without periodical appeals to the ballot.
box, the interest of the people might be
neglected, their property rendered inse,
cure, and even their liberties taken from
them.


The policy ofthe Republican party has
been to deprive portion of the taX-pay-
ing citizens of the United States, of the
sacred right of exercising the elective
franchise, and of holding office A II those
who have fallen under the ban of this
policy, with few exceptions, are members
of the Democratic party This policy of
disfranchisement has repeatedly been an
nounced, by the authors of it, as tenn
porary expedient, and not permanent
innovation upon the theory of our Rep
resentatiye Government. A respectable
portion of the Republican party now pro
tess to believe that the time has come,
when this policy shall be abandoned,
Alole they cannot accomplish this. They
look to the Democracy to aid them in
this laudable work-not because they
happen to be Democrats, but because they
compose the party most directly inter-
ested in the repeal Of these disabling laws.
No honored principles of Democra
cy are necessarily involved in this can.
vass The idea that gives life to the
campaign, is the destruction of the scaf.
folding, so to speak, used by the Repub-
lcans to rebuild the temple Of Govern.
ment in the Southern States. The De
mocracy look upon this scailoldng as
useless from the beginning; the Conser-
vative Republicans think it was essential,
but has now accomplished its purpose,
and should be torn down. Thus the two
parties are at the same point in their pc.
litical journey--the one, having long been
waiting; the other, just arrived.


This state of things should prompt the
the Democracy TO REGISTER TO A MAN.
Let none fail to apply for his certificate
and if qualified, and the registrar should
have the temerity to refuse him, let an
affidavit be filed at once, and the arrest
made under the Act of Congress. lie,
none be deferred by false reports. Let
all come forward, and register, and cote
Without this, we cannot rid our State OF
the corrupt element that has been {
blighting curse to it.
Year: 1870

People of Western Arkansas on this mat
ter, let the corporators of the Arkansas
Western Railway Company be heard
from; as grave charges are made against
men who have stood high in the estma-
ton of business men.


We will give Judge WALKERs report
in full next week II is received too late
for this Issue.
Year: 1870

ES- The Registration for Crawford
county, and all the other Counties in the
State, will soon commence. Let every
Conservative and Democrat be sure and
Register 1t is Il duty that every good
citizen owes to the State to make appli-
cation to the Board. If they choose TO
refuse him after making known his will
ingness to take the required oath, let the
responsibility rest with them.


In few days notice will be given by
the Board Of Registrars Of the days set
apart for Registering and we trust all
Conservative men will improve the op.
portunity and see the important necessi.
ty without further urging.
Year: 1870

EE The Fort Smith Herald comes TO
us with new, and decidedly improved
head, and clean, new dress. We are
pleased to note the steady and growing
favor it has with the masses of the people
Of the State.
Year: 1870

An unknown man, walking on the track OF the
New Jersey Railroad, between Germantown junction
and Frankord, Pa, was run down by the Washing
ton express about one O'Clock yesterday, and
thrown from the road by the cOwcatcher, causing
instant death. The body was taken on board the
train to the Germantown junction.
Year: 1870

Important Law suit In Jerscy--Legal Battle


Over u Patent Ice H0usc-Can Beer be


Brewed all the Year Rounds


The fact is probably generally well known that
until recently lager beer could only be successfully
brewed during the winter months, and hence the
brewers were put to IN immense expense In the
construction OF mammoth storehouses capable OF
allowing the stowage away Of thousands Of barrels
OF beer, s) as to meet the great supply
demanded during the summer months. In
the effort to conceive some method whereby
the erection OF these monster storehouses
could be dispensed with fabulous sums OF money
have been exhausted, and scientific and inventive
brains have toiled endlessy during long series Of
years. Constant dripping, however will wear away
granted to E. D. Branerd OF Albany. BY the authori-
ties vt Washington, for what u Claimed to be


THE GREAT DESIDERATUM,


q combined ice refrlgeratng and store house. by
which 1t Is declared lager can be brewed as success
fully IN the month OF July as in January The ar
It's external appearance is similar %
that Of an ordinary barn or cehouse. It is divided
e
and the ground floor the storage room. The chief
feature In It's construction centres in the roof
great object being to effect o saving In lce Tie
celng instead oil being nat across Is in the form Of


letter v. The trouble heretofore has been that the
ice as It evaporated collected on the roof and then
dropped back on the Ice, thus causing an immense
waste. BY the patent channel Is placed beneath
and are carried OIL outside the building. In the
year 1859 a company, OF which Lawrence
AuRster, Of Newark, N. j., Is the chief, se-
the only essential difference being in the
construction OF the ceiling and even that Ia
based on the same general principle, to With
stead of one large there are DOZENS an admitted
vast improvement. Now comes Mr. Brainerd into
the United States Circuit Court az Trenton and
brings suit against Augster 4 Co. for


AN ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT


OF his patent with view TO recover damages. Dur
ing the past two weeks IN Newark the testimony ior
the complainant was taken before General Oiipnant.
Clerk of the Court which concluded, the taking ol
testimony for the defence was adjourned TIL next
February. The suit is one that excltes lively ln-
ierest among beer brewers throughout the country.
Year: 1870

The action of some Of Mr.. Bayard' friend.
in getting him to speak in this town last week
was kind of wet blanket to the Salisbury
Ring. 1t seems that the Central Commit
tee was not cOnsulted-a terrible innovation
in the estimation of the Ring The night Of
the meeting some Of the faithful" instead
OF going TO hear the speech, went to Dover
and held conference, which resulted in a call
for county mss meeting being at once issued
under the proper red tape formula. The
Ring, watching the Smyrna movement with a
jealous eye, and not altogether liking the ma.
terlal used in its make up" hit suddenly
upon tns erp dient to block their G. M. This
explains why 50 unusual proceeding has been
reserted to-holiing Democratic mass meet
ing before any nominations have been made
or before it was even thought of Opening the
political campaign. The Ring have gotten
this meeting up not from any great issue brought
about by the Fifteenth Amendment. but from
sheer jealousy. The Smyrna Democracy are
In favor Of cur State being governed by the
white man" but the Ring are not sure that
they think that The white men who govern il
should belong to the salisbury family. Tn
easy rests the. he2..~v - tnat wears crown"
Year: 1870

RECOVERY OF MONEY SPENT FOR DRINK.-
A Michigan woman has recovered by law all
the money that her husband had spent in a
liquor saloon for six years. The prohibitory
liquor law of that State does not regard liquor
as property" and the woman received the
money on the ground that it had been paid to
the liquor vender without consideration. After
this verdict gets to be well understood through
out the State very few men will he found coura-
gcons enough to undertake the retail liquor
traffic within its limits.
Year: 1870

The De'at1arean labors, as if demonstrating
problem in Euclid, to show that if the negro
vote helps to elect the Republican ticke. in this
State that the State will therefore be under
the control of the black race Does ii believe
It?
Year: 1870

The ANTI-TOwN HALLERs. Some Of the
citizens OF our town, who have opposed the
Town Hall movement, 20 bitterly to no purpose,
and have sworn they would never enter the
Hall, were terribly put to ian Thursday night,
when Mr.. Bayard spoke. They did not want
to miss the speech but they did not know how
to get around their declarations, which some
Of them had made in such strong English


They at once saw that they had brought evil
upon themselves only by their foolish opposi-
! ton, and that the evil had come home to
roost. A great many violated their declara-
tlons, while few were consistent in their
childish freak, and "cut off their noses"
Year: 1870

tlal. The companies shall meet
for training, disci plining' &C., at
such times as may be directed by
the Governor.


No muster shall be held within
five days previous to any general
or special election, and when mus
ters are ordered, ten days previous
notice shall be given by advertise
ments, to be posted up in three
public places in the company beat.
Commanding officers on duty may
fix proper bounds to his parade,
mot including any travelled road, J
within which no spectator shall
have a right to enter without per
mission.
Year: 1870

DETROIT is building a magnifl-
cent city hall, which is to have in
its tower a town clock, with face
to be brilliantly illuminated at
night. The gas win be lighted and
turned Off by machinery connected
with the clock itself. This will be
so arranged as to light the gas at
dusk and turn II of ct daylight
throughout the varying seasons Of
the year.
Year: 1870

20 more eficacious remedy can be found, in fact, these tablets are specific and should be promptly given fer this painful suffering of our little ones. In all cases where the kid neys do not perform their functions properly they should be freely taken, when healthy action will surely follow. They are invalua-

 ble as preventative of all diseases of Con- tagloas nature and no family should be with out them sAN
Year: 1870

"A new minister at New Bedford
took stroll before breakfast on the first
Sunday he was there, and after walking q
dozen blocks was accosted by a shabby.
looking individual with You needn't
look any furthsr; there amt Id saloon
Year: 1870

when we voted for the fifteenth amendment;
and the Democratic party has said
we were right on their own plat
form. We have not only the indorse-
ment of the Republican people of the
country, but we have the indorse-
ment of the Democrats themselves, as to
our past course. New as to the future, what
want is that every man shall vote the Re
publican ticket, not because he is a black
man or white man; but want that every
man shall vote the Republican ticket just
because he believes it is the ticket which
will best serve the interests Of our common
country. loud and long continued cheer
iDu
Year: 1870

The French market line Of the Orleans
Railroad Company win be open for business
this morning. Seven cars will be started
on this route, and others will be added when
occasion requires. An excursion went over
the road last night.
Year: 1870

A Missouri correspondent of the Country
Gentleman says it is evident the production
Of broom corn is IN excess of the demand.
He thinks broom corn seed excellent feed
for all kinds of stock and poultry.
Year: 1870

And so the war was brought up. What
was the duty of the federal government
Would not President Lincoln have been
guilty of perjury and Congress guilty OF
perjury if they had allowed the soutaera bern
States to secede without making an effort
to retain them2 Would not they have
been condemned by the voice Of the civil
lied world if they allowed the government
to 60 to pieces without endeavoring to save
It Mr. Lincoln did all he could to prevent
secession. Every concession was made on
the part of the Republican party we cid
not succeed. The Democrats were deter-
mined if they could not control the whole
government, they would, at least, control
part of it, Therefore they brought on the
feht. I charge, tonight. every drop OF
blood shed and every dollar spent as en-,
trely attributable to the teachings ana
Year: 1870

~ IHE EDlIOH OF TIE uERA1.D:-


AS the result thus far of the most careful
search and inquiry, by both police authorities
and Coroner's jury, only two facts seem to be
fairly established-viz., that doath was caused by
the Inurderous use Of the "iron dog" and that
said dog Is peculiar object-a peculiar
or unusual object, because no one of all who have
seen it, or Of those who were examined by
the Jury, appear to have seen its exact coun.
terpart before. l imagine that the importance
Of this fact is felt by all those who are ION the
search;' but why do they not make proper use
OF it? The "dog' has no doubt been seen and
handled by Others in this city besides the mur.
dcrer before the murder was committed and vet
they may not be able to recognize or identify it
from the mere verbal description we have had
of the instrument. Very few, even of the
educated, can form proper conception Of
the actual appearance Of it, even from
good description OF 1t. How much
more improbable would IL be that an unlettered
person could recognize it from such description.
And yet that very person might have handled it or
kicked il around many time and not have known
that 1t was even "ship carpenters dog" Let
the authorities have photographs taken Of it, or,
better still, as near possible tdc si,nHies made
OF wood or other material and have these
exposed in fifty different prominent places in the
city Let the original dog be exposed to the
public also, where all may see it who
desire to, and then when it is thus
brought before the people in manner such as
that even child might recognize IT il he
had seen it before, and with the fact that a
reward is publicly offered to any one who will
positively identity it, feel confident that the
effort will not be altogether barren Of results 1t
is not too late to have it done now. Let 1t not be
ssid that in less than three weeks after one of the
foaest murders that has stained the annals of our
city the murderer defantly walks the streets of
the great city safely and ieariessly, because the
officers ut Justice are asleep and the murder IS
already forgotten by the people, whose sensibili-
ties were terribly shocked so recently.


DETECTIVE.
Year: 1870

The PRESIDENT IN THE SENATE.
Sumner assais the President of the United
States for what he has done or left un-
done, it is not clear which, in relation to the
st. Domingo treaty. 1t is one of the easiest
things in the world to find fault, and it is not
even very difficult to impute motives, so the
gentleman from Massachusetts finds himself
equal to both; but If he could measure his
sayings and doings by the estimate that others
make of them rather than by his own partial
fancy he would not invite comparison be-
tween his own record and that of the Execu-
tive. He is only Chairman of the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, and If that gives him
authority to scrutinize the Presidents acts
with regard to foreign countries 1t does not
quite require the President to substitute the
thoughts Of Sumner for his own. No man has
ever yet seen any reason to doubt the fair
balance of the Presidents mind or his patri-
otic purpose, while it is notorious that Sumner
holds patriotism as Of less consequence than
devotion to the interests of class, and is an
empty enthusiast, whose balance is only GER
tain 30 long as there is no new vanity Of
philanthropy to disturb it. 49,
Year: 1870

Something for the People Of Jersey City to


Reflect Upon-Condltion of the Water Sup.


ply from the Passaic.


During the past three weeks numerous complaints
have been made In Jersey City that the water sup
Piled to h0usehoders was becoming polluted from
some cause or another, but the Water Commission
ers were too much engaged In putting other little
jobs through, In the way Of removals and appoint
ments OF officers, to attend to the natter AS the
Commissioners lent deaf ear to the complaints
HERALD reporter made a tour OF inspection while
the Commissioners were enjoying themselves at the
expense of the CITY, and the following Is the result
his observations:-Tbe Paterson Gas Company turn
out all the refuse Of their concern into the Passac
and gas tar as well all kinds OF rubbish from the
establishment may be seen floating down the river
as far as the Dundee dam, where 1t accumulates
and lies to the depth OF about half inch the sur
face. Dead nsh in hundreds are thrown up on
are are located at BelieviIe, on the III Passac
river. The water runs through a large pipe to the
reservoir In the late city OF Hudson, where there
Is an abundant quantity OF fish. From this IL again
passes down TO the lower districts of Jersey City
Now, If the source be at all polluted it can be easily
en IN y e es ma'1 w e
several miles OF pipe and into reservoir which at
the best Of times is not, strictly speaking, In .
really clean condition. 1t is only In the summer
season, however, that the impurities are de.
tected in the very taste Of the water


The Water commissioners OF Jersey City, 1t s well
known, frequently drive in carriages to the water
works at Bellevle and entertain crowd OF friends
to champagne dinner oil at the expense OF te un-
fortunate taxpayers. The bill presented ed to the the
President OF the Water Board last year amounted to
more than So O00-somethlng amazing when one
takes into account the benefits conferred py tne drive
on the poor people, many OF whom are barely pro-
vded with the necessaries OF life, while these gen.
tlemen are INDUCING without any cost 70 themselves
Year: 1870

The Jockey Club Spring Races-Fourti'


and Closing Day ut jerome Park.


This will be the final day Of the spring meet
ing Of the American Jockey Club for 1870,
and, should the weather permit, the scene will
cap the climax in gay and fashionable compa-
n.y. in beautiful and high-bred horses and in
dashing equestrian sport. The experience OF
the past week has taught all observers that no
dependence is to be placed upon lowering skies
visible here in the morning and the additional
fact has been conspicuous that frequently,
while the sky Immediately above the city will
be completely overcast, with even brisk rain
falling, there will be sunshine and dry roads
at short distance away in the country. This
was the case on Saturday and Tuesday last;
and on Thursday, when appearances were
the least encouraging, both atmosphere and
ground were delightfully."- favorable to the
races.


Should this morning open clear the roads
and the track will be in prime order, and the
concourse of visitors will far surpass all that
has hitherto been seen in Jerome Park. Thou
sands who were kept away by the frowning
skies of Thursday will be determined to see
the grand ''fnish, where they will have an
opportunity Of inspecting the already victo-
rious steeds and the distinguished Aa6itu6s of
the Park, whose names they have SO repeatedly
read Saturday, moreover, is half holiday
for large class Of New York business people
who cannot so readily escape during the week.
We may, then, very reasonably expect daz-
cling spectacle on the uptown avenues, in Har-
lem lane and around the rolling amphitheatres
of hill and vale near Fordham. The month of
full blown blossoms has just attained perfec-
ton and the country is decked like young
bride, joyous in the solace of the heart and
the consciousness of freshest youth and ripen-
ing loveliness -


For 10 the winter is past. the rain is over and
gone;


singing OF birds Is come, and the voice or the turtle
| is heard In our land.


AS we have seen it all the week, few more
innocent as well as delightful places of rural


enjoyment could be imagined than Jerome


Park, where perfect order, propriety, respect


ability give special grace to the amenities and
courtesies of life, dispensed by noble corps


of refined and high-toned gentlemen. The
fair ones will, we feel convinced, require nc
second invitation to arise and 60 forth with
the west wind to the breezy hills and verdant
| fields of Westchester.
Year: 1870

The Southern Women's Bureau, which has
recently been organized at Cooper Institute
under the presidency of Mrs. S. r. Wells and
the auspices Of number of prominent ladies


of this city and Brooklyn, is about the best
exponent of the true aim of womens rights
that has yet come to our notice. The question
of suffrage has nothing to do with it, Some
of the lady members are advocates of that pc
culiar offshoot of feminine rhapsody, and others
are not but most of them are ladies of literary
emnence, and believe in the right Of woman to
earn her living in the paths of literature, art,
the professions, the trades, or in any honorable
way that she may deem best. As Mrs. Hol-
loway, the secretary of the association, says,
the Bureau aims at practical woman's rights,
especially in favor of the women of the South,


who have been impoverished by the war, and,
owing to those chivalric notions in that section
which have always secuted the idea of inde-
pendence in woman, are now sadly in need of


the ways and means by which to earn their
subsistence. There are many of these women
we'll enough educated to fill well and ably po-
sitions in the higher rank of the professions or


the arts, but who, either by reason of this mis-
taken devotion, or for want of means, are de-
barred even from teaching school or music or
following any business that may return them
an income. This Southern Women's Bureau
proposes to extend aid and counsel to these,


and thus, while philanthropically helping the
needy, it is quite likely to assist social recon-
struction by the infusion of healthy Northern
notions into the Southern mind.
Year: 1870

The Great Railroad MonopoIists and Rights


Of the People.


The war between the magnates Of the New
York Central and Erie railroads is suggestive
of the state of things that we may see hereafter
If the government should not undertake some
control over these vast monopolies. The quar-
rel between two or three individuals who con-
personal animosity, ambition or cupidity, may
at any time throw the business of the country
into confusion and subject the travelling pub
lie to great inconvenience. The fight between
Vanderbilt and Fisk and Gould would be OF
little or no consequence to the public If 1t only
affected their private affairs; but when mil
lions of people and the commerce and business
of the country are deeply involved 1t becomes
serious matter. We do not refer here at all
to the merits of the difficulty between Wander
bilt and Fisk and Gould, but simply call atten-
ton to the danger that may arise from such
gigantic monopolies. The railroad interests
are consolidating very fast, and at this time all
the great lines to the West, and, to great
extent, through the West, arc in the hands OF
some six or eight persons. This coqsolidation
and Capitalization of power will 60 on, and the
time is not distant when nearly all the interior
commerce and the travelling public will be at
the mercy of a few railroad magnates. Con-
gress has power under the constitution, and it
is the duty of that body, to regulate commerce
among the several States. It will have to do
this with the railroads in order to protect the
people, and the sooner it begins to legislate on
the subject the better.