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Year: 1876

II WILL BE SEEN 10y our special dispatch
from New Orleans that the Democratic
State convention, held there a few days
since, was sham gotten up by the Ban
ditu for the purpose Of exercising some
influence on the Democratic House of Rep
rcsentatives here But it is made per-
fectly clear that the Democratic organiza-
ton there is under the control of the des-
peraGoes who were so fifty denounced by
General Sheridan as ''Banditti men who
esteem honor and pledges as only idle
words, useful to bridge over dangerous
crises. but. having performed that service,
HAY be discarded like a worn garment.
Traffic with such elements is certain to re-
suit in defilemcnt, if not degradation We
insisted at its first inception that the pro-
posed adjustment would only prove dis
turbcr: that it was begotten of the de-
bauchery of timid, good natured people,
and would probably end in the utter pros
titution of our party TO iguoble purposes,
or lis ultimate annihilation in the State
But il served the purpose Of tiding over a
storm which it would have been wiser to
have breasted at the time in its full fury.
The Republican ship wa> then strong, and
could have rode it out with safety. Now.
the Bourbons contend, with the mos 5raze1
c1rontery and shameless confidence that
:hcy never dreamed Of recognizing the
Kellogg government any longer than until
they could see their way clear to its over
throw or circumventiOD. BY the adjust
nc 1t they secured the lower House of the
Legislature and yielded their claim to the
Governor. Having received the full ben
eft Of that consideration they now repu-
date the arrangement, and propose to seize
the entire government and administer it in
the interest of the bullics and rowdies of
New Orleans. Could anything be more
contemplate:
Year: 1876

THE citizens meeting at the Arlington
last night to make arrangements to induce
the respective national committees OF the
Democratic and Republican parties to hold
their ensuing nominating conventions in
Washington was well attended, and the
proceedings were well advised. The non
partisan character Of the gathering was a
noticeable feature, and the thorough accord
with which those present entered into the
spirit of the occasion was commendable.
1t only remains that our citizens generally
shall do as much as those who have thus
far supported the movement, and success
will be assured.
Year: 1876

The New York Herald says what Washing
ton wants is a statesman who does not have to
live up to his wife's gros-grGit silk; and we
say what New York needs is newspaper that
won't lie at every breath about the condition
of affairs in the South.
Year: 1876

1t is an outrage mill the Administration has
in Mississippi: of course, real, genuine, bona
tl,Ie outrage mill, and no doubt of it. But it
came into the possession Of the Administration
strictly against its will. 1t was mortgage
the foreclosure of which the Government could
not avoid. IT. came by force, and by force it
has ground out some of the most heinous
crimes of the nineteenth century, and
the worst of it is the grist is pure There's
no chaff about it. An outrage mil that can
grind out three hundred political murders in
one year, make 4 largely Republican State
Democratic, effectually fetter the franchise,
set the law in defiance and put justice at bay,
is an outrage establishment indeed, and before
the coming investigation is over the people of
the country will come to the same conclusion.


Should uropean war result from the
present disturbances in the Turkish provinces,
it will be the.most stupendous military exploit
Of any age The great Powers are all pro-
foundIy interested in the key to the Bosphorus,
and the spark which now exists 10 the Chris
tian provinces may, under the present unset
tied condition Of Europe, explode the maya
zinc of war, and throw five nations, armed TO
the teeth, prepared and waiting, into strug-
gle which will stir the foundationsl OF the
earth with its terrible shock. Germany is har-
boring her resources; Russia is augmenting her
military facilities; Italy is strengthening her
armies; France is watching, cat-like, the omen,
and England is getting ready to strike. If
war comes the Western continent will feel the
shock in terrible havoc with her commerce;
but, aside from this, she can fold her arms
and look calmly on and watch two hundred
millions of intelligent people, filled with ma
Year: 1876

Andrew White has called for nine extra
bells for Cornell University. and instructed as
many men to ring them continuously. If he
is so fortunate as to get such bellies as the one
who took the Greek prize at the intercollegiate
contest in New York there will be plenty of
young men who will voluntarily engage to ring
them.
Year: 1876

The repentant rebels who came home from
Brazil the other day on the frigate Swatara
have many pitiful tale to tell of their suffer
iEgs while in voluntary exile. They say that
swsrms pests destroyed their crops, and the
land agents robbed them of all they had, and
finally came to the conclusion that the United
States was a good enough place to live in,
even though the Union was not broken up and
destroyed. They may hate the old flag, but
they find its folds an agreeable protection for
their destitution now.
Year: 1876

A Union soldier who lost all arm in the war
has been discharged by the Democratic House
and an able bodied man who served the rebel
cause four years, and is mad because he could
not serve it longer: has been appointed to fill
his place. The loyal people of the country
look upon such an act with more than ordi-
nary consideration and reflection
Year: 1876

WHATEVER people may say IN the midst
of this unforeseen exciting juncture Of af-
fairs, when Kellogg rules in one and
Chamberlain in another pivotal State, the
great body of the people, North and South,
Democrats and Republicans, are honest and
devoted to fair dealing. If wrong be done
and false counting of false returns be made,
the people seeing it will hardly assent, and
neither Hayes nor Tilden would be Presi-
dent in the presence of that universal de-
testation which he must ever encounter who
wins this office by palpable unfairness.
There will be no foul play st last, and right
will be done. AS an English ministry is
forced to retire by a popular verdict of the
House of Commons, even so would Hayes or
Tllden, holding the presidency without
right, be impotent for any task of executive
duty. The Congress and the courts and
the people and soldiers would set their
faces against such man. He must either
retire or become a despot. Placemen
would sustain him and submit for a time !;
but simple negative popular and congress
sional hostility would compel the resigna-
ton of an usurper, and neither Hayes nor
Tilden would have the office if not honestly
gwen by an honest election.
Year: 1876




The horrible vulgar display of habili-
ments of woe in dress, in the church, at
the graves mouth, in long lines of hired
hacks renders funerals vicious. Fashion
shapes their gorgeousuess and if the widow
do not weep that the husband d,ed and his
children are orphaned, her tears will surely
flow freely enough when hunger pinches
and the cost of all these trappings of grief
must be paid. And yet empty-pated
women and their silly kindred suffer vast
sums to be wasted in the development of
an unnatural vanity. We cannot help
thinking when a stately train goes by, so
impressive in effects upoR staring, deeply
sympathizing multitudes, that the $500
wasted In this gorgeousness of sorrow will
be required rather to educate and clothe
and feed orphans than TO deck grief in
feathers and fanfaronade and the law should
be wiser and juster than we find it, and
over and above the cost of grave and
coffin and hearse the last debt paid by the
orphans and widows court should be that
incurred by fashion in the name of grief
in a city graveyard.
Year: 1876

1MBRUTED scoundrels shaved horses tai's
ridden at night by negroes to one of their
loud meetings near Gonzales and then, to
frighten the innocent people, fired guns
into the roof OF the church. Whether these
reprobates be white or black is not ascer-
taine1; hut the community Will be dis
graced if 1t do not punish and thus dis
grace such cowsrdly scoundrelism. We
may not reverence the God that Afrlca
adores; for theirs is peculiar and personal
God. We may not bow when their peculiar
prayers are addressed with peculiar famili-
arity and unctiOusness of manner to the
Most High; but we cannot question African
sincerity at the moment, and God listens as
generously to the humblest az to the most
exalted of his creatures. 1t is the purpose
of the petitioner and of the preacher,
whether the lowliest of Christ's followers or
metropolitan bishop, which decency and
law should compel us at least outwardly to
respect. The right to worship God or not
and to think as we please should never be
violated or questioned, and the poor
negroes at Bastrop, in suffering this out
rage, are not more deeply wronged than
every white citizen of Texas. Just so long
as the Chnaman bends before joss, the
negro before his ideal deity and the Chris
Blin before one or three or personal or i'm
personal deity and interferes not with the
equal rights and comforts of others, the
rest of man kind must stand aloof and see
that perfect freedom of thought and acton
are assured and especially to the humblest
citizens.
Year: 1876

He is a miserable devil and unworthy of
American citizenship who does not prefer
the election either of Hayes or of Tllden to
the proposed usurpation Of Grant, and the
honest election of either of the two late can
didates to the dishonest triumph Of either.
If fairness aud right be possible, in Gods
name let the country have it. To sacrifice
the placeholders is terrible, but many OF
these are too patriotic to subordinate the
country's good and the cause of popular
government forever 10 their greed for pow
er and gold. Flint justitia ruat eolum. We
would be glad to know with absolute Ger
tainty that either candidate for the presi-
deDcy was unquestionabIy and rightfuily
chosen, and that the zdheTents of the other,
with one voice, assented TO the decision
Year: 1876

The wonders of telegraphy have not yet
been exhausted. The old mystics who con-
ceived it to be possible for friend to hold
immediate intercourse with friend whilst
at distances remote from each other, could
they re-appear upon earth, would find that
their fanciful imagining was completely
realized when science summoned to mans
uses the electric current, and made it the
servant of his will. But even Morse never
imagined it possible that two musical in
struments, placed miles apart, when brought
into connection with an electric wire, could
be made to play the same tune, or that
person writing at one end of wire could
have fac simiIe of his manuscript pro-
duced at the other end of it. Yet these
things have been done. And now we have,
as the latest triumph OF inventive genius,
audible speech by telegraph. At Boston,
a few days ago, conversation by word of
mouth between two persons-one in an Of
fee IN that city and the other in q factory
at Cambridge, two miles of-was carried
IN over telegraph wire. A record of the





wire, and is published in the newspapers.
A comparison of the records shows that,
with the exception Of two or three words
that the ear of the listener failed to catch
correctly, the questions and answers were
accurately transmitted. At first the sounds
are said to have been faint and indistinct,
| bnt became suddenly quite loud and intel
ligible, and SO continued as long as the
Sc sion lasted. The invention that adds
articulate speech to the other wonders of
relesraphy is difficult to describe, but the
author of it is Prof. A. Graham Bell. He
may have unwittingly inflicted great ca
! lamity upon the country. If we must sit
here of nights and absolutely hear Congress
sional speeches and twaddle that will come
next month when the Rlds and Democrats
begin the usual uproar in Washington,
some tmorselessly maddened editer will
show that this Bell is cracked. and If we
mus; hear sll that is said in Congress and
in legislatures and courts and all this must
come audibly over the wires, viii not the
internal uproar madden mankind We
used to think that the day was not dis
tant when there would be telegraphic
writing machine connected with all the
wires of the world, with the sewing ms
chine, at every fresids IN all this broad
land, and friends on opposite sides of the
world would converse as freely and ehesply
rs when face to face. But this resulting
noise puts period to progress, and the
telegraph must be suppressed.
Year: 1876




The Interior contains an article on ''The
Human Soul Spiritual Body" in which
the doctrine of the New Church concerning
the spiritual nature of man is pretty clearly
stated. The writer says: 1.-The soul Of
man Is spiritual body, accompanying the
human material body, the house OF the
SOUL at its advent into this world. The
immortal part OF man is moro than spiritual,
il is no less than spiritual body, born into
this world at the birth of the material
body, completed in all its form, fashion,
aud equipment for eternal existence, and
its dwelling period upon earth In It's house
of flesh and blood, its fitting period for
eternal life or eternal death" The common
view that the ''soul is an immortal principle
only" he regards as very unsatisfactory.
lie cannot understand how a principle can
be judged as moral and accountable
agent, or how 1t can act. But he can un-
derstand how a living, acting, moral being
can both act and be called to an account
for acting. He then proceeds 70 give rca-
Sous both from reason aud recollection for
his belief. lie has hit central truth.
There will never be q particle Of progress in
the knowledge Of mans spiritual nature un-
til the fact is accepted that mans spiritual
nature is an organized form, and subject 10
all the laws OF organization. When this
fact is accepted, there is asubject TO which
mans spiritual qualities and attributes can
be referred. He becomes the subject Of
law and order in the same sense thst he is
subject IN law as to bis material body. He
Is no longer an abstraction.
Year: 1876

THE United States has at las. demanded
the release of that member of the Smith
family who has been rotting and growing
exceedingly lousy, If his friends have told
the truth, in a foul Mexican prison in
Matamoros. Our good government would
have iHterposed some months ago, but was
busy with Chamberlain and Kellogg, and
then there are so many Smiths that the loss
of one or two didn't signify much in Grants
eyes
Year: 1876

IT is most unfortunate for the Republican
representative men invested with local
power in Louisiana, and who constitute the
returning board, have not the confidence of
any party or of any portion Of any party
anywhere in the United States.
Year: 1876

WHEN TO EAT FRU1T.-The question is
often asked at what time in the day fruit
should be eaten. In tropical countries, where
fruit is the chief article of food, the rule ap.,
pears to be that the earlier in the day it is ia.
ken the better, and the later the worse. In
hot weather many wise people will eat none
after noon, alleging that the digestion then
declines in power with the decline of the day,
and the fruit, instead of digesting, decompo.
ses, owing to the presence of the saccharine
matter. The objection to fruit and certain
kinds of vegetables late in the day, be the ex-
PLANTATION what it may be, is certainly justified
by an ample experience, though some persons
can eat fruit at all hours without feeling any
inconvenience.
Year: 1876

ERAD1cAT1NG CoNcE1r.-Humility had
this consolation: 1t finds that the greatest
minds have had the least conceit; that Shaks-
peare bent down from the imperial height Of
his intellect to be taught by aclown-to be
informed by milkmaid; that Socrates, in his
celebrated voyage in search of knowledge,
with his perpetual questions concerning the
cause Of things, found that knowledge in
workman's shop which he could not find
amongst the schools Of the professors or phi
losophers; that Newton compared himself to
a child, who, playing on the seashore, had
picked up a shell here and stone there, and
thought them pretty, but knew Of them no
more. '.ls


The bullet of steel is worn smooth and pol
ished when it has passed through the gizzard
of an ostrich. The most conceited young prig
whoe lived will find his level when broug
to the rude experiences of the world.
Year: 1876

GREENLAND Doas.-Two of these dogs
can drag as much as one man. Nothing can
be more exhilerating than dog-sledging in the
Arctic regions on fine day. The rattling
pace of these dogs, their intelligence in choos.
ing the road through the broken ice, the
strict obedience paid by the team to one pow
erful dog whom they elect as leader, the ar.
bitrary exercise of authority by the master
dog, the constant use of the whip, and the
running conversation kept up by the driver
with the different dogs, who we'll know their
names, afford constant enjoyment. However
useful they may be, these Arctic dogs seem to
be deficient in that affectionate disposition
which endears their species so much to man.


A traveller once said that he believed the
Esquimaux dogs to be the most ungrateful
creatures in creation. He had travelled for
several hundred miles by sledge, and for six
weeks it was his duty regularly to feed the
dogs; but after only few weeks absence at
the conclusion of his journey, they would not
recognize him in the slightest degree. It is
impossible to domesticate these creatures, as
under tender treatment they sicken and die.
Year: 1876

ou Will PROBABLY have to depend upon the
average military talent of the country. Un-
der such circumstances your only course is to
avail yourself of your numerical strength
and your superior military resources resulting
from your greatest progress in industrial arts
and your greater producing capacities. You
must have reserves and concentrate your
forces on decisive points, and overwhelm your
adversaries by disproportionate numbers and
reserves"


His advice was not taken, but he had the
satisfaction, within year after it was given,
of hearing the Secretary of War acknowl-
edge it's wisdom and lament bis inability to
secure its adoption. With the peace came to
Mr. Tilden the most important political labor
of his life. With the assistance of Charles
O'Conor, who followed the members of that
band of conspirators with all bis usual vigor
and adroitness until it was not only broken
up, but its leading members scattered to the
four quarters of the globe, he assailed and
overthrow the combined Republican and
Democratic Ring which ruled and ruined
New York. This "ring" had its origin in an
act passed by the Legislature of the State of
New York in 1857, in connection with the
charter of that year, which provided that but
six persons should be voted for by each elec-
tor and twelve chosen. In other words, the
nominees of the Republican and Democratic
party caucuses should be elected. At the
succeeding session of the Legislature their
term of Office was extended to six years. This
gave Board Of Supervisors, consisting of
six Republicans and six Democrats, to change
a majority of which it was necessary to have
control Of the primary meetings of both of
the great national and State parties for years
in succession-a series of condolences which
rarely happens in generation.


Early in September he issued al letter to sew
enty.six thausand Democrats, reviewing the
situation and calling upon them ito take
knife and cut the cancer out by the roots"
Year: 1876

We congratulate DR.. Mitchell upon
his reelection to the very responsible
position Of president IF the board Of edu-
cation. BE is the right man in the right
place-frank, fair and fearless, always
in the line Of his duty, hewing to the
line and caring nothing where the chips
fall. The board has in him the address,
intelligence and skill necessary to their
guidance and the growth and safety oi
the public schools.
Year: 1876

THE lynchiDg a: Friars Point, an sc-
count Of which we give IN another col
umn, cannot be too severely condemned.
Mississippi is now In the hands Of the
Democracy, enjoys peace and good gov
ernment, and the people era wholly
without any excuse for 30 disgraceful a
proceeding. We hope the Legislature Of
the State, now in session, will make
haste to inquire into this outrage, that 3
large reward will be offered for the ar
rest OF the gang, and that, il caught,
they will be dealt with according TO the
severest construction Of the law.
Year: 1876

One of the best of reasons why Gen
Armstcad should be sustained, is that
he is the only representative of the South
side Of the river, that is before the peo.
pie of that county. Although two hfths
of the vote of Franklin county. is on the
South side of the river, not one of the
EIGHT nominees of the democratic party
is from the South side, but every one
from the North side. This one thing oft
sell, should at once have conceded to Gen
A Armstaad- nbo Epes thu South .siia
the nomination without an effort. We
hope that when our Franklin county
neighbors look at this matter calmly,
they will come to the conclusion, unani.
mously, to present the name of Gen,
Armstead for their Senator.
Year: 1876

Theirs seems to be diversity of opin
ions among democrats, on the orestion
of the necessity of holding a County Con
vention, We are seriously and decided
ly fixed OF the opinion, that a convention
IS the only safety and guarantee of sue
Cess. BY democrats running two or three
candidates for the same Office they are
very sure to elect a republican. Let the
primaries, proceeding the County Con.
vention, be fully attended and the ohjec
tion to the convention system will be
greatly obviated. We hope every town.
ship will meet Saturday, or some day be.
fore the County Convention, and send ur
Delegates to the Oliver Spring conven
tion, Saturday Aug, 9th, that a full and
fair expression may be had on the con
vention question. Our advice is, to GO
prepared to put in nomination complete
ticket Such q course would result ben
ificially to the democratic party and give
more general satisfaction to all, in the
winding up of the campaign.