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Year: 1876

1t also teaches personal devil, at war
with Gods word (the Bible), influencing
fallen man to war with him Ohe deviD
to break down the government of God,
help build up his satanic kingdom and
wreck Gods creation"


This is horrid picture but l believe a
true exposition of Catholic and Evangeli-
cal Christianity. Let us hear from the
Jews, Gentiles and unbelievers of all
shades. They object to the reading of
any book in public schools until there is.
union and agreement in reference to its
origin, its utility and it's truthfulness.
They say first, agree among yourselves,
inspired professors Of the Bible. Can
you congregate and listen in your several
churches to the reading and expounding
of the book from any one except one of
your own sect? Have you not in the past
and in the present, prosecuted, warred,
and put to death, those who have consci-
cntiously differed from you? Are you not
at this hour building churches all overthe
land expressly to be exclusive and keep
your sect from hearing the sreading and
expounding of the Bible by any person
not of your belief? How dare you ask or
wish to put such 4 book in public schools,
to influence the weak and unframed minds
of children upon religious subjects, their
eternal happiness or misery being at
stake, when you will not allow it to be
read and explained by the most learned
commentators if not Of your order?


The first step to be taken is an agree
ment among yourselves of its worth, and
the evidence Of its value in schools will
be your union, harmony, charity and love
for the whole brotherhood of man. Come
together, Catholic, Protestant, Trinitarian
and Unitarian, and all the believers of the
Bible in schools, listen to its reading in
brothery love and think no evil Of your
neighbor, and then you may advocate with
apparent consistence the utility of retain
ing the Bible in our public schools.


NATHANIEL RANDALL.


January 2f, 1916.
Year: 1876

On farm in Massachusetts owned
formerly by Daniel Webster, there is
a portion Of field which was man
ured heavily with fish, when the
statesman owned it, twenty seven
years ago, and that portion of field
plainly showed the effects of the
dressing after the lapse OF twenty
years. That is the way with heavy
manuing, the effects last for many
years. Once get field thoroughly
enriched and it remains productive for
a long time. The presence of a large
amount OF decaying fertilizers in the
soil at once, sets up such a ferment of
chemical changes, that large quanti-
ties of the hitherto insoluble mineral
elements are brought into condition
to furnish food to the crops.
Year: 1876

AN old gentleman, who was al.
ways boasting how folks used to work
in his young days, one day challenged
his two sons to pitch on a load Of hay
as fast as he could load it. The chal.
lenge was accepted, the hay wagon
driven round, and the trial commenced.
For some time .hsold man held his
own very, creditably, calling out :
"More hay more hay !" At length,
struggling to keep on the top of the
disordered heap, it began to roll, then
to slide, and at last off it went from
the wagon, and the old man with it.
"What are you doing down here ?"
cried the boys. II came down after
hay answered the old man, stoutly.
Year: 1876

There were ninety and nine that safely lay in


the shelter Of the fold,
But one was out on the hills away, far off from


the gates Of gold
Away on the mountains wild and bare, away


from the Shepherd care,
Away from the tender Shepherds care.
Year: 1876

Lord, Thou hast here Thine ninety and nine,
Are they not enough for Thee ?
But the Shepherd made answer, This of mine
Has wandered away from me;
And although the road be rough and steep,
go to the desert to find my sheep.
Year: 1876

But none of the ransomed ever knew
How deep were the waters crossed
Nor how dark was the night that the Lor


passed through,


Ere He found Ills sheep that was lost.
Out in the desert He heard it cry
Sick and helpless and ready to die.
Year: 1876

But all through the mountains thunder riven
And up from the rocky steep,
There Iose cry to the gate of heaven


Rejoice ! l have foand my Sheep!
And the angels echoed around the throne.
Rejoice, for the Lord brings back His own
Year: 1876

DoGs.-Our town Is overrun with dogs,
notwithstanding the dog law which seems
to be nulllty. There Is one big black
hound with horrible sore eyes who should
be- put out Of sight by his owner till croed,
or shot to keep the other dogs from taking
this feariul type OF OpthaImia. Then there
are other dogs with the mango. anda host
Of worthless ours who lay In walt 70 hy at
,V'ry horseman and nfghten the animal
he is riding. not to speak Of their chasing
all poultry they see. and In some instances
killing them. We heard. the sound Of sau-
sage machines this week and hoped they
would aid in abQting the nuisance, but their
owners Indignantly reject the ch1rge OF
nslng dog meat, nnd we can only hope for
an enforcement OF the dog law when the
city fathers shall close up their fall hunt.
Year: 1876

GENTLEMEN: / have resided in your
county since the year 1854, and have raised
a family amongst you. have now ar
rived at that age that cannot follow the
business that have followed tor the past
fifteen years, and being without means to
support my family am compelled to call
upon you to vote for me as County Auditor
the coming election, for which Office am
an Independent candidate, and expect a
unanimous support. Your Friend,


WIN. H. NEWTON.
Year: 1876

The following we're the receipts and shipments Of
the leading articles Of produce In this city during
the twenty -four hours ending at o'clock on
Saturday morning, and for the corresponding time
last year.
Year: 1876

From the New York Tribune.


To the great majority of visitors at
the Centennial Exhibition the grounds
that stretch south westward from Hor-
ticultural Hall to Belmont avenue, car
peted with flowers and bright with mass
es of color, present new phase of gar
dening. Except in our public parks,
and there only recently, the average
American has hitherto had little oppor-
tunity of seeing what can be done by
tastefully massing the colors of flowers
and collage plants" Abroad, the
mania for this sort of gardening has
been developed to an extraordinary de-
gree. Fine old.fashioned flower beds
that had been devoted perhaps for cen
turies to the rearing of single, favorite
plants which had been gradually brought
to their highest capacity of bloom and
grace, have been ruthlessly torn up and
remodeled to receive hundreds or thou
sands of cuttings, that furnish for per-
haps month at time great patches or
ribbons of a particular color, and then
must be raked out to make room for
their successors. Some of the old gar
dens that have been thus metamorphos
ed especially in England were of his
toric fame. The old Towering plants
that have been displaced were once dear
to their owners. 1t may be doubted
whether a geometrical patch of coleus
or fever few can find similar place in
the memory of its possessor. Already
the taste for such display of massed
color is on the decline in England. Here
it is just developing.


Yet, even though there is no special
charm of memory associated with this
form of decorative gardening, it is well
worth the seeing when as handsomely
done as it is on the Centennial grounds
Our correspondence gives some detail:
of this feature Of the show. Most peo
pie imagine that it is a very costly busi
ness to bring together such quantities
of flowers or foliage, all afording def.
mite tints and displaying the colors sim.
ultaneously The fact is that the plants
themselves are not expensive, and the
chief cost of this kind of gardening is
in the labor required to keep the bed;
in order and to dig out one set of plant:
and replace them by another as the sea.
son advances. 1t is a profitable bust
ness, no doubt, to the florists who supply
both the plants and the laborers. But
unless the owner Of the garden takes
hold of the hoe himself it will not profit
him with exercise and pleasant thoughts,
as would the care of few old-fashioned
flowers.


Let nobody suppose that this is moi
the season for remarks on this subject
The fall is the season for work in a gar
den, if it is TO be beautiful in the spring
Those of our readers who have tried il
need not be told Of the abundance with
which such brief toll rewards the work
man. Two or three dollars worth o.
Towering bulbs, and few hours labor
with hoe or trowel during the coming
month, will carpet the garden and tn,
courtyard next spring with eolors al
bright as those on the Centennial grounds
and fill the air with the hyacinth's sweet
est perfume.
Year: 1876

He must have been bold man who
would jest with Tudor but John Hey
wood even ventured to joke with Queen
Mary. 1t was very mild joke. The
Queen asked him what wind blew him to
court. He answered: Il was blown
here by two winds. One was to see your
Majesty" We thank you for that But
pray tell me what was the other" " The
other was that your Majesty eight see
me-"
Year: 1876

Manchester was the dullest place yester-
day we ever saw, and we have only the fOl'
lowing to give. rs news from the "Free
State:n 50


Ordinance VioLations.-Some six or eight
parties, one of them member OF the Cotln-
Gil, were before the Mayor yesterday morn
ing to show cause why they should not be
fined for allowing the grass TO grow in the
cutters in front Of their residences. They
were given forty-eight hours to have them
cleaned out. The member OF the Council
wanted to know who was going to do it.
He was informed by the Mayor that he did
not know, rs he had applied to the Street
Committee lot which he was member) fox
Year: 1876

4 SoUTHsIDE ToRSADo.-Passengels by
the Danville train report that on Saturday
there was a considerable tornado in the
neighborhood of Meherrin depot. There
was 4 considerable storm OF rain and some
hail. The hail did not do so much harm as
the rain did good to the yearning crops, and
hence the good people OF Prince Edward
did not care much about the tornado.
Year: 1876

Sent On.-A negro man named Peter
Pagan was brought in yesterday morning
from Bermuda township by Constable
Chalkley to answer the charge Of assaulting
Melissa Griffin with intent to kill. He was
sent on by Magistrate T.. S. Gregory to
answer the charge before the next grand
jury, and was committed to the Henrico
county Jail to await his trial
Year: 1876

CoNPLAINTs.-C Complaints have been re-
ceived at our office that the mail for Coal
field and adjacent points is very often car
ried by the station, and it is frequently
several days before it is brought back.
These complaints refer both to paper and
letter mails
Year: 1876

HAD HIS ANKLE BRoKEN.-About half
past O'Clock yesterday afternoon colored
man who was driving n brick-cart had one
of his ankles broken at the corner OF
| Twelfth and Marshall streets. He attempted
to get off the cart while it was in motion to
pick up piece OF ice, and in SO doing one
of the wheels passed over his leg.
Year: 1876

NEEDS ATTENTIoN.-The terminus Of Cary
street near the old lime-kiln, at Rockets, is
in very bad condition and needs the atten-
ton OF the street authorities ut once. 1t is
a pity that such street as Cary street now
is should come to such miserable ending.
Year: 1876

HUsTISGs C0URT.-The regular monthly
term of this court will commence on Mon
day the Sd OF July. The grand jury will be
sworn in, and after they retire the court
will proceed at once to call the civil docket.
Year: 1876

An absent-minded Ohio woman got
the coffee-pot ready for boiling, and
then carefully placed 1t OF a chair and
sat herself on the stove. Although the
occasion was dreadfully suggestive of
some Of the early martyrs, she man
aged to derive some consolation out of
It from the well-improved opportunity
1t afforded her Of Obliging her husband
to buy her a new dress, which, as soon
rs she was well enough, she made up
herself, with the assistance Of the "DO-
nestle" Fashions and new "Domes-
tic" Sewing Machine.
Year: 1876

rl The DUTCH.GAP CANAL--WHY BEN. BUT.
LER NEVER FINISHED 1T.--In short time


the enlargement Of the Dutch. Gap canal


will be completed, and the steamers of the
Old Dominion Line will be able to pass


through 1t. It was always mystery to the


Confederates why the Federal troops never


finished the work. The reason Is thus given


by Ben. Butler:


"The canal was undertaken for the pur.


pose of allowing the Union naval vessels and


monitors to clear the river and put them.


selves in position, If need be, TO lombard


Fort Darling. The door was to be opened


in order that the dog might get at the wolf;
and this was done with the fall concurrenc e


OF the commander Of the navy upon that
station when it was begun, and who sfde6
Us In it by every means In his power. But
there was change Of commanders on that


station. When the canal was ready TO be
opened the commanding officer of the works
at Dutch Gap received letter from the com.


manding officer Of the naval forces Of the
United States stationed In James river asking
him not to 90 on and open the passage
through, because he would thereby give an
avenue to the enemy to come down through
and attack the feet of the United States eta.
toned below it. When tho door wasabout
to be opened for the dog to kill the wolf the
dog feared that the wolf would eat him.
And so the engineers sf the Army Of the


James saw in silence that their work was
fruitless, because the navy, for whom it'w


made, refused to take advantage of 1t, not
without some reaseB, as was, afterward


shown /; for few weeks after that letter re-


questing US not to open the canal the ene-
rnu,o oIIphootu emholde cd hy the inactivity
of ours, came down around Trent's Reach,
only three of them, and although one got
aground the other two made an attack upon
our naval vessels, which fed ingloriously


down the river; and if the enemy had only


known their strength and made pursuit they
| would have cut in two the armies Of the
United States operating In that vicinity, and
been able to command its base Of supplies at


City Point. But fortunately they did not


know their strength, and they returned after
having shown that our naval vessels, as then
| commanded, If able, were not competent to
cope with those of the enemy" s.c#
Year: 1876

CrY Assessments New TRIBUNAL OF,
APPEAL PRoposED.-1n the House Of Dele.
gates yesterday Mr.. Dooley offered the fol-
lowing bill, aud complaining 1t petition
for Its passage signed by large number of
property holders: c,...k .EII


Be it enacted By the General Assembly Of
Ksrgiaa, That the seyenty.fifth section or
the charter of the city of Richmond be
amended and reenacted SO as to read as fol-
lows:
Il Section rs. There shall be lien on real
estate for the taxes as assessed thereon from
the commencement of the year for which
they were, assessed; and any person who
feels aggrieved by the assessment Of his real
estate may, within fifteen days after such as.
sessment is made, apply by petition to the
Common Council OF the said city to have
such assessment corrected; which petition
shall be heard and acted upon at the next
session OF the Council. The petition shall
be filed with the clerk OF the Common Coun-
Gil, and when acted upon by that body such
action shall be endorsed upon the petition BY
the clerk, and the same shall be returned to
the petitioner. II the petitioner be dissatis-
fed with such action he may at the next
term of the Hastings Court, which may be
held within twenty days after such. session of
the Council, move the said court to correct
such assessment, Of which motion five days
notice shall be given to each assessor who
made the assessment, and to the city 5attor-
pey. Upon the hearing of such motion the
city attorney shall be present to defend the
interests of the city, and at least two of the
assessors shall be examined. If the court
upon such hearing shall reduce the assess.
ment, judgment for costs shall be given
against the said city. If the court shall in
crease the assessment or refuse to reduce the
same, judgment for costs shall be rendered
against the petitioner; and in case the assess.
ment be altered the petitioner shall furnish a
copy of the order to the proper city officer,
which shall be taxed in the costs of the pro-
ceeaing. ,..... 80 !, =.


The City Council may require real estate
in the city delinquent for the non.payment OF
taxes to be sold for said taxes, with interest
thereon at the rate Of twelve per centum per
annum, and such percentage as they may
prescribe for charges. Such real estate shall
be sold, and may be redeemed under the pro.
visions hereinafter made.


2. This act shall be in force from Its passage


The bill was referred to the Committee on
Counties, Cities, and Towns.
Year: 1876

ORDER OF CouRT.-Judge Hughes has
made the following order Of court:


."For the guidance of the officers of this
court in the filing of petitions of bankrupts
for their discharge, it is hereby ordered that
hereafter in all cases in bankruptcy where
assets have or have not come to the bands OF
the assignee, or debts have or have not been
proved against the bankrupt. the petition
for.discharge must be filed after sixty days
and within one year from the adjudication OF
bankruptcy.


"In cases where debts have been proved
and assets surrendered, the petition may be
filed at any time after six months from the
adjudication Of bankruptcy. The filing of
petitioAs ia such cases otherwise than above
required, unless the case is r.iossated by
order of the court, is unauthorized by law,
and the proceedings thereon will be held to
be null and void" .....
Year: 1876

THE Democratic majority in the House
added feature to their record of infamy
last week which should not be overlooked.
Pending the consideration of the sundry
civil appropriation bill in Committee of the
Whole they struck out the clause appropri-
ating $25, 900 for the prevention and detec-
ton of crime against the United States.
Subsequently the House restored the clause
by majority of five votes only, the Re
publicans voting solidly for its restoration,
and few liberal Democrats, like Morgan,
of Missouri, for example, voting with
them. The record IS it stands, however,
shows that the Democrats as a body did
everything in their power to kill the ap-
preparation. In other words, they at
tempted to cripple or cut off the resources
of the law department of the Government,
and thereby prevent the prosecution aud
detection of crime. Whether this course
was prompted by their hatred of the United
States Government or their love for law
breakers we leave our readers to judge.
Year: 1876




THE TILDEN men at St. Louis are be-
ginning to declare that they do not desire
the repeal or non-adoptIon of the two
thirds rule They are evidently afraid
that if they make fight for that result
the elements opposed TO them in the con-
vention will combine to secure their de-
feat, and that the combination may be
kept up afterwards to defeat their nom
inee. The truth is that New York is so
divided for and against Tilden that he can
not present a solid "fsvorite son" front
Some other New Yorker-Horatio Sey-
mour, perhaps-will consequently be
taken up by the New York delegation
some one who can command their unani-
nous support. If this result should be de-
veloped it is not improbable that the St.
Louis ticket will be Seymour and Hen
bricks.
Year: 1876

matters of engineering in the War Depart
ment are usually referred to General Hum
phreys' bureau, it was fair for Mr Esds TO
inter that this refusal to instruct General
Comstock was dictated by General Hum
phreys. - b. =.


For these various reasons MIR. Eids asks
thatGen. Comstock be required to promptly
furnish him with any official information
which he may from time to time acquire,
and which will be useful in protecting his
works from Misrepresentation, or in accom-
plishing the objects of the concession. and
that Gen. Comstock be required to report
directly to the Secretary of War instead of
through the medium of the chief of engi-
neers, and that the latter, as we'll as Capt.
Howell, be interdicted from any Inter
ference whatever with his undertaking.


The people of the valley of the Missis-
sippi have an immense pecunisry stake in
the success of Mr.. Esds' jetties. They
know that he convinced six of the seven
eminent engineers authorized by the last
Congress to investigate the subject that
his Plan of improvement was superior to
the proposed canal, which we are assured
was at first the fsvorite plan of the whole
board. The people know that he fought
his plans through Congress in the face of
an slmost universal popular prejudice in
favor of the canal, and against the most
determined opposition and influence of the
bureau of military engineers. They know
that he has already changed a useless out
let of the Mississippi into nsvigable chan
mel which is to-day the favorite of the
largest coasting steamers entering the port
of New Orleans, and that he has done this
which the Government, with its slow ma
chinery, would scarcely have made a com
mepcement upon the proposed canal.
They know that he has accomplished
this magnificent result solely with the
money of himself aud the public-spirited
associates whom he has induced, through
the magnetism of his own courage and
faith, to join him ia this immense under
taking, which is admitted to be not only
the most important with respect to its in
fluence upon the commerce of the country,
but also one of the most difficult, hazardous
and expensive engineering works ever un-
dertaken. That the indomitable energy
and pluck displayed in this remarkable in
dividual effort, and the splendid results
already achieved, have won for Mr.. Esds
the admiration OF the whole country is not
surprising. The good faith shown by him
and the results accomplished have likewise
won for him the confidence of the people,
and it cannot be doubted that their sympa-
thies will be reused in his behalf in the
event Of any covert or open official hos
tility calculated to embarass him or to re-
tard his great work. He has asked moth
ing unreasonable of the Secretary of War,
and we look with interest to the decision
which he will make in the matter.
Year: 1876

CONGRESSMAN SMALLs succeeded on Fri
day last in having ingrafted in the civil sp-
preparation bill $500 for the re-estab-
lishment of range lights at Hilton Head
and Bay Point, entrance to Port Royal
harbor, South Carolina, The harbor of
Port Royal is now one of the best on the
Atlantic coast, and, according to the opin-
ion of eminent engineers and other intelli-
gent observers; it might at g comparatively
small expense be made the best port of en-
try on the Atlantic coast. Port Royal is
now the terminus of railroad, and bids
fair at an early day to become place of
considerable commercial importance. The
appropriation was secured in spite of the
Georgia delegation, who were unremitting
in their efforts to have the naval rendez-
Vous removed to Tybee Island, To no one
is Port Royal more indebted for this sue
cess than to Mr.. Smalls. His success as q
pilot in the navy during the late war and a
captain Of steamer in the quartermaster's
department, together with his devotion to
the best interests of the navy, have won
him the confidence and esteem of all the
naval officers of this city.
Year: 1876

HANCOCK turns out to be Washington
candidate. G. the candidate of political
wire-pullers in and about this city. He
was the same in 1868, when Seymour was
nominated by the New York convention.
Pamphlets were then printed and distributed
broadcast by lis admirers to show his avail
ability, and after all he made very poor
showing, just such one as it seems likely
he will make at St. Louis. Will history
repeat itself, and will Seymour again be
nominated2
Year: 1876

AVAILABILITY is the cry at St. Louis
Just now. Next to Bourbon straight, the
thing the Democrats are most anxiously
seeking is the most available candidate.
1t will avail t1em nothing when they find
him
Year: 1876

The wise men of the Democracy are work
Louis. Being fully acquainted with his record,
they know that 1t would be impossible to carry
him or platform of proposed reforms. This
makes them bloodthirsty, and they fairly
yearn for his scalp.