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Year: 1876

Under this head the Gazette mo- tices the remarks we made last week in regard to repudiating the fraudu- lent and illegal demands against our state, and goes on to argue that the only way to mitigate the detrimen- tai consequences is by the adoption of ''the common sense and honest plan of compromise with creditors. 7"

 As much delicacy as we feel in

 differing with such an able and in- flucntial contemporary, we feel that our duty at this hour-our duty to the state and the people among whom we have been reared, and among whom we expect to remain compels us to respectfully take issue with the Gazette in this matter. We fail entirely to see the force of the argument advanced by the Ga zette, and in spite Of all hardships which may follow repudiation of the fraudulent claims against Us, we think it is the only common sense and honorable plan of escaping from the impending ruin which is threat ened. We fully agree with the Gazette that Hit is not well always to go it blind" and for just this reason we propose to have this mat ter fully discussed and to get the sense of the people in regard to it, by the time the next legislature shall assemble. We cannot agree with the Gazette, that "the opinions of the DEMOCRAT, the State, the GA zette, Gov. Baxter, or any individu- al or number of individuals and the Legislature are not worth TOW of pins.'" While such an opinion may not amount to a JUDICIAL deter imitation, it DOES amount to THIS; it shows the will of the sovereign people, whose agents and servants the legislature and the courts only are, and as the people who have this vast indebtedness to pay are more interested than any body else, We think it eminently right and proper that they should take it into their own hands and say what shall be done with it. And moreover we think the matter may be settled this way finally and pcrpetually. We see no difficulty in determining and discriminating between the just and legal indebtedness, and the fraudu- lent and unjust claims which are held agaiust us. Now we think is the time to settle this matter, and we believe the masses of the people pretty generally have their minds made up. We would be glad if the people of the various counties had done just as our people have done, to-wit: exact a pledge from their candidates to the legislature that they will use their efforts to cancel the railroad aid bonds, the levee bonds, and all that part of the Hol- ford bonds in excess of the sum act uaIy received (and interest thercon) when those bonds were hypothscat- ed.

 If we are to take the tone of the public press as any index If public continent we may safely say that the masses of the taxpayers of Ar kansas hSye already ia their own
Year: 1876

SAVE MoNEY. For the benefit of our friends, and in order to en- courage everybody to read aud keep posted we have arranged so as to furnish the DEMOCRAT i'll connection with the Following papers at the price set opposite each name;

 The DEMOCRAT Go l.. R. Gazette $2.s5
Year: 1876

ANNUAL SCHOOL MEETINGS. Al though the Sherill' has failed to make proclamation of the election of school Directors for the various districts in the county, this failure on his part will not in any manner effect the validity of the business transacted at the annual school meetings. Next Saturday will be the day for holding these meetings and the voters ol each district should turn out and hold their meetings aud elect directors inst as though the election had been duly proclaim cd by the ShcriT. Of course the directors chosen should be men who are fully qualified to advance the cause of free common school edUca- tion. Elect the very best men you have.

 We are glad to see with what q great degree of promptncss almost every one of our old subscribers re- new their subscriptions as soon as their time is out. We thank them all and assure them we shall try to improve the paper all the time. If it k not asking too much of our friends, we request them to still do a little more for us. Do it this way, after you have read your paper hand it to some of your neighbors who are not subscribers, and say to them that you have been taking it and are satisfied that it i> well worth ! the money. Tell tAem aleo, that 1t is
Year: 1876

VANCE.


The Burke Blade says:


I'm marked contrast with the little


emuIations of petty jealousy evinced
Dy s~---o ssf-e- x--l;k;I.:Ana Wa would
commend, if We dare attempt to re-


produce them. the eloquent and mag


nanimous uttersnoes of Judge Fowle


in his speech at the National Hotel in


Raleigh. Judge Fowls said, "diffsr-


ences and coolness had existed between


Governor Vance and himself about


matters of no concern to the public;


but that it was due to the truth of his


tory and but just to Governor Vance


that he should call attention to o


most important event in his admins


tration." Judge Fowle said that when


in early life he read of that guarantee


of personal liberty the writ of habeas


corpus he registered q vow that he


would sustain no ruler who should


suffer that bulwark of freedom TO be


destroyed, and when in time of pro-


found peace Tin the year 1870 he had
seen the chief executive of the State


using armed militia under hireling
commanders to drag our best citizens
from their homes and place them in
foul dungeons, and. when he heard
the humiliating declaration of our
highest court, that its power was
exhausted and it had proven i'm
potent to protect the citizen in
his rights. his mind travelled back
to the stormy days of the war and he
recalled q picture that he would ask
his hearers to look at in happy con-
trast with the other. He said large
number of our citizens had been ar
rested by Confederate officers and dis.
charged from custody under writs of
Aabeas corpus by our judges; and Or
ders had been issued by army officers
to re arrest the same men and compel |
them to do military service. He said
that in that time, when might mads
right and armed men dictated law |
North and South. there was one man |
in power who, even amid the angry
clash of arms. remembered the lessons
of liberty learned from the lips of the
lamented Swain, and knowing the
rights of the people had dared main.
tain them. That man was Zebulon
Baird Vance. In defiance of power,
Gov. Vance published an order COM.
the whole militia force of the
State to resist the arrest or detention
IF any citizen ~ho had been discharg-
ID by the courts. Remembering this,
he speaker thought such q man might
'gain be trusted. We do not pretend
% quote the language or reprodu.se
he sentiments of q speech that would
ave done the author credit in the
United States Senate in its palmiest
lays"
Year: 1876

PHILADELPHIA, June 9th.
Extensive preparations for the cele-
ebration on the Fourth of July are
being made throug ghout the city, and
from present prospects, the crowd,
dust and heat will be unparalleled. 1t
has beeL suggested that the President
of the United States shall on that day
fire a Rodman gun with electricity,
and that the gun shall be connected


by wires with all the cannon that will


on that day be fired in the different


cities and town throughout the coun-


try; in this way the same touch will


send the electric fluid to thousand


or fifteen hundred cannon and there


will be one grand simultaneous report.


Another unique suggestion is to have


the initiatory discharge effected


through solar agency. If the day


should be clear, lenses might be ar


ranged 81 as TO ignite the primiug at


noon precisely, and thus the mysteri


Gus force of nature which the last CEN
tury has utilized, would convey to the


nation, Ill al instant, the Intelligence
that the country as represented in
this city Is celebrating the completion
of the first century of American Iude-
pendence.


There has been large-increase in
the numb r of visitors during the past
week, and many think that the long
longed for centennial rush. has at
last set in. The number of paying
visitors that has entered the gates
since May 10th is ABOUT one million,
and the receipts have been nearly
$500, 900. The expenses, however, are
still very heavy. perhaps not less
than ten thousand per day. They will
soon be reduced by the discharge of a
large number Of laborers who are still
in construction aud repairs
within the grounds.


On last Thursday the Singer sewing
machine works at Elizabeth, New
Jersey had a novel advertisement in
the attendance of three Thousand six
hundred and thirfS one G. .63D of their
employees; they came to the exhibition
on four trains; all of them landed from
Year: 1876

From the Democratic State Platform I


Resolved, That ne earnestly and
cordially recommend the adoption by
the people Of the an,endnl snts to the
Constitution proposed by the conUen-
ton of 1875 and thus largely reduce
the expenditures of oar State and
county governments and simplify their
administration, so that aUe may be
enabled to establish thorough and
enlarged systena of public schools for
the benefit of all the citizens ot the
,(frfe
Year: 1876

Gen. Garfield, OF Ohio, has been play
ing the part Of Morton and attempting
to wave the bloody shirt in the Lower
House Of Congress. His tirade against
the South was something fearful, some
thing to tremble, and quake, and grow
pale at but. apparently. Gen. Garfield
does not fully understand anti-climax,
for after wading through streams Of
blood, he winds up his grand onslaught
on the South with the declaration that
he had read somewhere that somebody
had said that anybody who recognized
the right Of the negroes to vote was
accursed, and had also seen somewhere
that some clergyman in North Carolina
had declared that the stars and bars
would yet wave over the Sunny South
(which, by-the-by, Is q falsehood, and
contradicted by the clergyman.)


These unanswerable arguments
closed his denunciations Of the
South. With such damning proofs as
this before Us, we can hardly object to
the interference Of the troops In oul
election. When two citizens Of the
South make such reasonable remarks
as This, or rather are said to make them


We see no reason to consult the othel
twelve million Southerners; it Is only
too plain. that the rebellion has broker


out afresh.


Suppose, however, we were to tak'


Mr.. Garfield's remarks, or that OF an!


other man in the North. and base upol


them the statement that every maj


north Of the Ohio was crazy and pro


feseional blood -drinker, We rather thinl
| they would decline the honor and claim
the privilege TO speak for themselves
Let Us do the Same.
Year: 1876

Gen. Nichols, the Democratic and
Conservative candidate for Governor OF
Louisiana, Is in the city, and will speak
to the people tonight at the ratification
meeting. Gen. Nichols more strongly
and more generally possesses the love
and confidence OF the people OF Louisi-
ana than perhaps any other man, and
he will be heard tonight by thousands
who will listen for counsel which
they will unquestioning, take. The
speech made by the Democratic
Conservative candidate at Baton


Rouge, unpretending in Its - de-
livery and In Its language, has been
read In every neighborhood Of the State
and 1t has met with o response from the
hearts OF the people such as the master
efforts OF the greatest orators have sell
dom evoked. ,''''s'is' X ~ @eH


And yet General Nichols is not an
orator. How, then, did he speak words
which thrilled q whole people and which
have made his name o slogan In the
piney woods as we'll as In the city? The
explanation is simple, A chival-
rous, unselfish and sensible man,
Gen. Nichols spoke to the people 10
plain words. touching questions which
involve the redemption of the State and
the revival OF It's prosperity. He COM
pretended the bottom facts OF the situ-
alton, and therefore he touched q chord
in every heart. he will speak tonight
as he did at Baton Rouge, more elabo-
rate, more fully, perhaps, but on the
same line and in the same spirit. Like
Gov. ,Tilden, he may, with great effect,
command q large measure OF tolera-
ton among the followers OF bis
standard, upon questions not involved
In the canvass, and counsel q union of
all the people for the great and all I'M
portant purpose Of overthrowing . cor
rupt and profligate State Administra.
ton, and roofing out the fraud and cor
ruption and dishonesty we see daily
exemplified in the Radical party, leav'
ing our differences to be settled ol
fought out among ourselves after the
victory over the common enemy Is won
Year: 1876

sift in a tin pan four pounds of flour,


bank it up against the sides, pour in one
Quart of milk and water, and mix into it
enough flour to form a thin batter, then
quickly and lightly add one pint Of milk,
in which is dissolved one ounce Of salt and
one and three-quarter ounces Of Gait and


Fleischmann's compressed yeast; leave the
remainder of the flour against the sides OF
the pan; cover the pan with a cloth and
set it in a place free from draught for three
quarters Of an hour, then mix in the rest of
the -four until the dough will leave the


bottom and sides Of the pan, and let 1t
stand two and half hours. Finally d.
vide the mass into one-pound pieces, to to, be
cut in turn into twelve parts each: This
gives square pieces about three and a halt


inches thick, each corner Of which is taken
up and folded over to the centre, ana then
the cakes are turned over on a dough-
board to rise for half an hour, when they
are put into hot oven that bakes them in
ten minutes.
Year: 1876

vided without importing by rail,
which would be very expensive.
Let 1t be known that we
want men and capital to &c
into the business Of making brick.
We have the raw material In abun-
dance and Of excellent quality,
within q short distance from the city.


Would 1t not rejoice the heart of
every man. In Knoxville, or who
comes here once a month or more, to
see splendid two or three story
brick row on the north side of the
square, where there are now only
wooden buildings-and none very
elegant or valuable? Talk the mat
ter up. at least, and see II men cannot
be found who will undertake IN en-
terprise where success aud profit are
so fully assured, and make arrange-
ments to supply brick In large guam
titles, to be put into walls here be-
fore another winter. Action should
be taken and preparations be made
early. Money can be had. Who
will undertake 1t? What do our
business men say or think about such
IN organization as we suggest?
Year: 1876

In their teeth, for there are few teeth that
have not faults Of their own. There is but
one way to preserve them without spot OF
blemish, and that is, by the daily use Of
the best dentri6ce in existence, fragrant
SOZODONT, cool refreshing and agreeable


ctSwt
Year: 1876

Announces TO proprietors Of beer saloons and
10 tho public, that having completed his Inn
mense apparatus for manufacturing


LAGER BEER.
he is prepared to sell the same at Is lower price
than any other homs- made article. and of as
good quality as any similar article produced In
the United Statas
Year: 1876

They have case Of smallpox at
Seattle.


1t is proposed to reclaim large tracts
of overilowed land on Frazer river by
dyking.


1t is proposed to drain several thou
sand acres Of rich agricultural land on
White river, subject to annual inunda-
ton, and by running a catchment drain
along the bottom OF the bluff past the
outlet of the Talbot coal mine TO inter.
cept the enormous inflow from the sur.
rounding hills, it is thought that it may
be reclaimed and subjected to the W.
rous purposes OF agriculture. II the
project is feasible, and tho law Of the
last Assembly makes provision for pub.
lie aid in such enterprises, it will open
a large tract Of the NEST te, tile land IN
KING county to agriculture.
Year: 1876

CURED. The story goes that the son
of wealthy Paris nobleman became
ensmored of his fathers coneiergerie
oor-porterl. and determined to marry
her. The aristocratic papa opposed.
but moved at last by the despair Of his
son. gave his consent. with the proviso
that the smitten youth should go to sea
for twelve months before tho marriage.
Shortly after his departure. the father,
who had previously observed an en-
bongoint in tho young intended. took
her under his especial charge, gave her
the most nourishing and succulent food
and wines. forbade her 10 take exercise
rs unbecoming in his future daughter,
and, in fact. stall-fed her to such an
extent that when the enamored swain
returned from his years voyage. he WAS
Mortified to find, instead Of the slender.
elegant girl he had left. an immensely
fat woman ss big as two Albians rolled
into one. OF course the ruse was sue
cessful. and the unfortunate victim Of
good cheer has been pensicned off
doomed to life of spinsterdom.
Year: 1876

Gen. Sherman has written another
letter explaining the one published re-
Gently. He states that he did not sup
pose when he wrote his letter declining
positively to be candidate for the
Presidency that 1T would be published,
and so did not even retain a copy of it !;
hence he was unable to answer a ques-
ton as to its precise wording in one
particular place. He goes on to say {:
wherever l have resided l have en-
deavOred to manifest an interest in the
general cause of education, but have
experienced that the common schools,
instead of trying to teach all children
the rudiments, were drifting toward
the classics and a university education.
Our tax for public schools in Washing
ton was per cent. on valuation OF real
estate; here (St. Louis) it is one-half of
l per cent. am further informed that
the cost OF the school fund of one scholar
in the high school equals that for five
scholars in the primary. Therefore, in
these days of general economy the ques-
ton of cost may properly be discussed
by those who pay the taxes, without
any one being constructed thereby as
hostile or unfriendly to the whole
system. OF course / don't want to be
drawn into any public discussion on
this question, but when friend asks
my opinion l think ] have right to
give it in the form of civil letter."
Year: 1876

It is astonishing how careless and
thoughtless men are in the matter of
having deeds, mortgages, leases and
other legal documents written It
would seem men take it for granted
that any one who chooses can do this
business correctly; whereas, many per-
sons who undertake it do not know the
force and effect of ordinary English.
much less the force and effect of legal
language. Many persons seem to think
if they have paper filled up by some
one in writing, it is legally correct
whereas, if the papers written by most
conveyancers were put to the test of
legal examination not one half Of such
papers would stand the test, and, at
this moment, without doubt, many
persons hold papers seemingly correct
that are in reality worthless


am lead to write thus from reading
the extract, below, taken from Will
miDgton newspaper The General As
sembly recently, by law, authorized the
city authorities to appoint Register
of Deeds for Wilmington. to copy all
deeds recorded in New Castle which
conveyed property in that city !; in this
duty the Register, examining the deeds
found there we're numerous mistakes
and errors therein. The newspaper
alluded to says:


"It has been found that many deeds.
are inaccurate 1t is curious to see
upon the registry books the overlapping
of properties when drawn according to
the terms of their respective deeds.
This overlapping varies from a few
inches to as many as fifty feet in the
measurement Of the lot.


In one case it was found that two
men we're living peacefully and inno-
Gently, each upon the property of the
other according to the terms Of their
deeds which contained errors so seri-
GUS as to lead to this anomalous situa-
tion. A second case was also discov-
cred nearly similar to this one. In
another case BY the terms of the deed
bed of the street formed large part of
the lot represented The deed for the
church property at the corner Sixth
and West streets located it upon the
southwest corner, instead of the south
east. where St Peters Church actually
stands.


The above examples are sufficient to
show the extent to which errors may
creep into deed, without any intent
to defraud. No such intent was found
in any Of these cases"


1t would seem, therefore, that too
much care cannot be exercised by those
interested in such matters.


Feb. s, 1876. BEWARE.
Year: 1876

THE AcQUIrrAL OF LANDS.
hitherto boasted reputation Of Jersey
Justice" was sadly impaired by the
verdict Of the jury-given on Saturday
night last-in the case of W. K


Lands, who has been on trial for some
days past for the killing Of Uri Carruth
the editor Of the Viuelaud IN. J) In
dependent. Popular indignation wakes
strong-not because Lands was acquit-
ted. but because Of the flimsy grounds
on which the verdict Of acquittal was
given. That Carruth was shot by
Lands could not be denied, and denial
was not attempted, and. even through
the prisoners counsel did attempt to
prove that the death Of Carruth was
caused by unskilful surgery, yet the
chief corner stone of their defense was
the oft repeated, and too oft successful,
dodge Of insanity. This was the main
drift Of their argument and the intelli-
gent (?) jury accepted their theory that
the prisoner was insane just long enough
-Beither before nor after-to kill his
man. and just enough insane to hunt
Year: 1876

up aud kill the man be wanted to. It


is because this insanity plea is set up SO


often, and is so frequently allowed to


prevail in clearing murderers, that the


public are indignant that It should have


been given as the excuse for acquitting


Lands. After such verdict, on such


grounds, the members of the Bridgton


Jury can no more find fault with the


New Castle or Dover juries, Of Della


ware, for the acquittal of Taylor. Wood


ward and West. Had the Lands jury
come into court and given verdict Of


'.justi6able homocide" nobody bey ond
few independent" newspaper editors


would have found particle Of fault


with them for SO doing That Landis'
provocation was sufficient to justify him
in appealing to any means Of redress
short Of killing his man, is generally
conceded even by those who most Bit
terly condemn his acquittal.


The mere possession Of paper does
not confer upon the possessor an un-
bridled license to assail the character
Of, and abuse every man to whom he
may have taken an aversion, yet there
is class of (so-called) journalists who
seem to regard the liberty Of the
press" as synonymous with license for
slander. These publishers usually style
their papers independent and them
selves "enterprising" and "progres-
sive." Such was the character of Car
ruth and the paper he published. Oc-
casionally the victims Of these SANDER
ers' malice become provoked beyond
endurance and knowing they can get
no redress in law, for these wholesale
traducers take good care to keep within
the purlleus OF the law, take the matter
into their own hands and treat their
abusers to horse whipping or pistol
balls. We will not say that shooting
is always the best way to treat these
abusive editors, but when man as
sumes the position Of newspaper buc-
cancer and turns his hand against
every man-when it will pay him to do
so-he ought not to ask the protection
of society and the courts, but should
look out for himself and take without
complaining what he has brought upon
himself.
Year: 1876

II now begins to look as if the next
campaign is to be fought out on old
lines and instead of the kissing and
hand shaking" predicted by Senator
Cameron in the centennial year, we shall
see the stump orators of the two par
ties hurling at each other the old ac-
cusations and charges Of war and ante
war times aud rehearsing the issues OF
the past. For all Of which the people
must thank Messrs. Blaine and Morton.
Year: 1876

The desertion of Tilden by the World,
its declaration for Bayard, and the bringing
forward OF that gentleman's name by other
journals and leaders, taken with the declara-
tion that the New York delegation is un-
pledged indicate that the chances of the
New York Governor are regarded as hope
less, and that the hard-money Democrats are
looking about for candidate who can COM
mand the undivided support of the South in
the national convention.