smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

the ascendancy of such men as, in
this instance, have been forced upon
Us. For you or me, as Republicans,
to countenance the election of Moses
and Whipper is as impossible as it
would be for Governor Tilden, as a
Democrat, to countenance the election
of William M. Tweed and George G.
Barnard to judicial positions in New
4 York. | cannot and will not do it,
I be the consequences what they may
politically. And yet l know there
are men who will charge me in this
crisis, as they have charged me hith-
er,o, with treachery to the Republl-
can party because l cannot keep ST.
lent and still support party loaded
with such men. Tie newspaper in
Washington which has sometimes
been called your organ, doubtless err
roneously, will quite likely denounce
me with renewed vigor for what sim
pie self respect will compel me to do
in view of this outrage. I tell you
Mr.. President, no act of mine, if
were the greatest living traitor to my
party, could be so fatal to that party
as the election of Whipper and Mos
es has been and will be. | want,
above all things, to save South Caro-
lima for the Republican party in the
coming presidential struggle, but l
cannot save it, nobody can save it, if
the party here or the party at Wash
ington, or in the North do less than
denounce this thing unsparingly, and
ioin their efforts 10 those of the hon
est Republicans here in an effort to
overthrow the pow er Of euch men as
Whipper aud Moses and their aders
and abbettors.


Our only salvation is in cutting
loose from ali contamination with
these men, and requiring all who are
amendable to our influence to do the
same. Totry t. save the seven cleo
toral votes of South Carolina at the
price of silence under this inhic ion
will cost us, in my judgement, many
times that number of votes elsewhere
We want your moral and political
support in this struggle of political
iniquity in its worst forms. 1t is as
suicidal to give countenaDce to Whip.
per and Moses here as it would be
to give countenance to the whisky
thieves in ST. Louis. The party fealty
of such men is disastrous to the par
ty. have written earnestly. | can
not do otherwise. Let no man con-
vince yon that / am anything but a
Republican until common decency
compels me to be something else.-
Give US your couEtenance as you have
given Il, 81 ! believe, in the past. and
if we cannot save South Carolina to
the party, we can prevent our party
here from becoming thousand fold
greater burden o the national Yepub>
lican party than it has ever been be
fore. We propose to declare war on
this WhippertMoses gang. We pro
pose to ask the national republican
party to sustain us, and we know
that you and all true Republicans
will bid us God speed who know the
depth of degradation to which these
men are plunging us. This letter is,
of course, addressed only to you, but
you can make any use of it you see
fit; and l remain your sincere friend
and fellow Republican.


d. II. CHAMBERLAIN,


Governor of fSouth Carolina.
Year: 1876

box fellow, like Marsh, who marries
the smartest woman in the commu-
nifty, and l judge Mrs. Marsh was
the smartest woman in the commu-
nifty where she was raised; at all
events | would buy pools on her
against the field in any community
where she might happen to be To-
Gated. She is trife below the me-
dunn size of women, and is about
tlirty-four. Her hair is a profuse
mass of gray silk, and she fixes it up
in some mysteriopsly bewitching
style, the translation of which l for
got just at this moment. Her face
is smooth. delicate oval, and her
complexion has tints we are accus-
toned to find in the lining of sea
shell. Her eyes are large and lus>
trous, dark brown in repose and
black in excitement. Her features
are perfectly regular; just enough of
the Romanesque in curvature to give
strength to the face, with still enough
of the Oriental to answer all of the
purposes of tenderness. When | saw
her she wore plain, trim.built suit
OF black silk that clung to every mos
dulation of her inimitable shape like
the bark of peach tree. And she
walked up the corridor leading to
the committee room with as much
empressment as if she had just bought
the Capitol building, Congress and
all, and taken a lease on the admin
istration to boot. Nobody would
imagine that she was a criminal re-
Gently pardoned. Poor little Marsh
tlotted along by her side with the
air of fellow who knows that he is
among enemies, but feels that his
protector is at hand. The whole
story told itself as that ill.assorted
couple came up the corridor leading
from the east entrance If the south
wing to Clymel's committee room.


In the committee room the little
woman had things all her own way.
She answered the questions with a
monosyllabic coolness that was per-
fectly exasperating. Once in while
she would bring up a little when
Danford, who was conducting the
examination, seemed inclined to get
above his business, as the girl said to
the shoemaker, but che kept her
tongue in refrigerator all the time
and got in her work with her eyes
and the expression of the features.-
The substance of her testimony has
been told by telegraph. From be.
ginning to end of the examination
she was as cool as q cucumber and as
impressive as curbstCne. She froze
Danford out in fifteen minutes. Then
she congeaIed Bass in about five
Blackburn she put to fight in three,
and Clymer gave up the ghost at the
first pass. Robbins did not come to
time at all, and thus avoided punish
ment. In about twenty five minutes
by the watch the whole committee
threw up the sponge, and Newspaper
Row, which acted as referee, declared
the woman winner. The show then
adjourned, and Mrs. Marsh, with hel
thin husband still mincing along a


hor heels, left the Capitol and wen


back to the hotel to await the actor
of the grand jury.


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Year: 1876

HONEST GoyERNMGMT,- Tho work
before the people is one in which
every honest man, whatever may
have been his previous political
associations, may consistently and
profitably participate. it is simply
the restoration of honest and efficient
government. That end accomplished,
the party bringing it about will have
done as much for South Carolina as
all the brilliant craftsmanship of byN
gone days. - Winnsboro News
Year: 1876

New York World.


WASHINGTON, December 22.-The work Of
the commission charged with devising plan
for the reorganization of the army has ap-
parently come to dead lock, the last meet
ing having been held some three weeks ago.
The difference IN the commission turns upon
the adoption of the German principle of a
large company of two hundred and fifty men
as the unit, which, brought up to a war foot
treble the size of the army without increasing
the number of regiments or impairing its eff
ficiency, and a combination of the present
system under which the number Of men is
very small IN proportion to the number of of
ficers, and the cost of the army on peace
footing made very great Most Of the Demo
Gratis favor the former plan, and most Of the
Republicans the latter, with its extravaganza
and innficiencr
Year: 1876

burned and that of the United States minister
narrowly escaped. Prompt and effective
measures have been taken by the government
for the relief Of the sufferers. The burnt
region Is rapidly rebuilding, with the intro
duction Of great public Improvement.
Year: 1876

AMERICAN AND SWISS WATCHEs.-[EdWard
Kings letter to Boston Journal ]-Thcc com
missioner informed me that the Swiss manu-
facturcrs have come to the conclusion that
it is useless longer to attempt to compete
with Americans in the making OF ordinary
watches. The Improvements which the
American makers have made in machinery
for the manufacture OF the former class OF
goods are so extraordinary that there IS no
chance for foreign trade. "But in chro-
nomcters," said the commissioner, land IN
a large class OF delicate work for which
machinery cannot be prepared, and which
must be made by hand, we are still far in
advance OF your workmen here" And in
proof OF this there arc "A number OF po-
lite young men to show one the marvellous
watches which have come from Geneva.
One OF these is gold hunting-case watch
with minute repeater, chronograph, per-
petual calendar, and phases OF the moon.
The calendar, which is combined in q very
skiliul manner so as to require the least pos
sible power from the ''main train " at the
change OF day, has n small sunken dial
which shows when it is noon and when mid
night, and another sunken dial opposite
showing the leap year and the first, second,
and third after. A rare specimen OF workman
shin is a gold watch which strikes the hours
and quarters voluntarily. This and others
are among the wonders shown by Dodallet,
OF Geneva. Some of the watches are so
small that they may be placed i'll penhold-
er, and one almost needs microscope TO
find out the time of day by them.
Year: 1876

4 NATURAL ICE-UoUSE-REMARKABL STO-
RY.-[Erom the Rutland Herald. In Chit
tenden, VT, is a sort OF natural lce-housc
which has hitherto been comparatively little
known The place is narrow gorge, with
rocky sides extending down about twenty
feet, and archcd overhead with trees. Here
an abundant quantity of clear, solid ice can
be found during the hottest season OF the
wear. AT the upper end OF the gorge Is a
clear spring of water, from which the ice IS
formed in winter, filling the assures and
creyices between the rocks at the bot
tom OF the ravine. 4 gentleman visiting
the spot last Saturday-one OF the hot
test DAYS we have ever known--found
ice in large quantities. One tissure eight
feet long, three feet wide, and apparently
several feet deep, was filled with ice al
most blue in its beautiful clearness. This Is
the ice-house for the people in the vicinity,
and here they obtain their supply. Last
wear ice was taken out in September, and
there is reason to believe that it lasts during
the whole year. The atmosphere in the
vicinity of the gorge is cooled by its frozen
treasures, and when the wind is in the right
direction u change in temperature is appa-
rent half mile distant. At watering
trough by the roadside eighty roads away,
fed directly from the icc-bcd, men and
beasts alike are refreshed with real ice


water. The place is certainly a natural


curiosity worth visiting. 1t is situated near
the road from the Chittcnden Westinghouse


to Forge Flats, about three miles and a half
from the church, and a few rods from John
Whtcomb's house.
Year: 1876

THE SToNE-CUTTERs.- About five hun
dred of these hard-fsted sons OF toll will
60 to work on Tuesday morning. They are
splendid set of fellows, and it is to be
hoped they will never be allowed to remain
idle so long as there is foot OF granite near
ba n;S
Year: 1876

DISPATCH PRINT1NG-HeUsE.-ln order To meet
the constantly increasing demands of our trade we
have added a well-selected assortment Of NEW
TYpE. which, together with our improved MA
cII1NERY and sKILFUL MECHANICAL TALENT,
warrant us In guaranteeing the VERY BEST CLASS
OF WORK at moderate figures and In the most expe-
dItious manner.
Year: 1876

THE temperature yesterday was ex-
ceedingly low for this season OF the year,
the maximum Of the thermometer being
eighty degrees, which was noted in the
forenoon previous TO the heavy rainfall.
During the afternoon and night the Lher-
mometer went below seventy degrees.
By reference to our kilograms, it will be
seen that this unexpected change Of the
weather is quite general, and at Port
Jervis there was the appearance Of frost.
Lsst year there was q similar visitation
Of cool weather, snow falling at Nssh-
vile, in this State, about the frat or Sec
ond of August, and even here fires aud
thick clothing were agrees bic.
Year: 1876

GOOD news for Memphians, ss well as
far tbs people Of Little r OK and those
living along the line of the road, is
tina. the last spike YVES driven and
the Little Rock and Fcrl Smith railway
completed to Cherokee, the station oppO-
site Fort Smith, or the eleventh instant.
Or merchants should avail themselves
of the completion Of this enterprise to
push for trade in section OF Arkansas
tlst is rich In farm productions of every
kind
Year: 1876

Congressional Printer OLApr ROW proceeds
to give the pedigree Of tho high horao upon
which he vaulted md rode, as ho supposed,
beyond tho reach Of tho House Investigating
Committee. He AYERS that tho investigators
had been for wceks secretly accommodating
testimony concerning the management Of tho
Government Printing Office, and that ho was,
according to tho Committees proposition to
b. allowed but ono short day to reyiow and
sebut this mass Of evidence. lie did not, to
use homely phrase, turn tail because he
feared tho result Of the inquiry, but, heliev.
ing ho was not to have fair show for bis
reputation, took advantage Of tho only
chance OF escape offered by milking rapid ro
treat to tho smiling realm Of non Jurisdiction
It ia to be hoped that tho Senate will test Dir
Ot4Apps sincerity.
Year: 1876

THE DANGER TO SECRETARY BRIsTow BLOWN


ovER-THE HOUSE INVESTIGATION OF THE


wHIsKKY FRAUD TRIALS.


The political atmosphere is clearer tonight than 1t
has been for some time past There still rumors
that the Secretary OF the Treasury will resign but they
are eebly uttered and there truth In them The
politicians who have been trying TO misoad the Presi-
dent into blunder which would have fatal his
reputation and, probably, to his party, have heard
from the country, and now senced. There is no
doubt that the general feeling Of alarm and Indignation
which has arisen the country has scared the vier
sort OF politicians here They dared face the storm
they saw arising.


On Monday the House will demand the papers and
documents Of all kinds in the whiskey fraud nvestga
tions and trials and will probably appoint a com
mttee to receive and examine them.
Year: 1876

dents can venture safely ambitious a project AZ
the performance in public OF a work OF such impor-
tance as the "Balio In Maschera;" but from our ae-
quainiance with the capabilities OF the pupils may
professionals with the fidelity, spirit and freshness
which VIII distinguish this performance OF amateurs
This event marks an epoch In the history Of music
here and Is eminently honorable TO progress in
this great study
Year: 1876

BALTIMORE, Feb 25, 1876.
The steamer Hibernian Of the Allan line which ar
rived here this morning from Liverpool while approach
ing her wharf collided with the brig FERN which
at anchor in the harbor The collision caused by
the steamer refusing to answer her helm The upper
works of the brig damaged to the amount of $780,
The steamer was uninjured
Year: 1876

OMAHA, Deccmbcr3.-Theex excitement over
the movement of the Democrats yesterday
IN pehhonlng for an Injunction to restrain the
Republican electors from casting their vote
IS very great and increasing. The leading
Republicans claim that there is no danger.
that the district court OF this county
has no authority over the electors. who are
Federal officers acting under the laws of the
United States. Efforts viii be made by the
Republicans, if necessary, to carry the mat
ter 10 the supreme court of the State A
hearing Is set for four o'clock tomorrow af-
ternooa. The most powerful LAWYERS in the
State have been engaged on both sides. The
Democrats in Their petition admit that Hayes
has over one hundred and eightv-four votes
Strenuous efforts are being made by both
parties IN regard te the extra session of the
legislature called for next Welnesday-the
fNepuohcans 10 have quorum and the Demo-
crdtS 70 prevent one beng present.


Counsel for the Republican electors to-day
asked Judge Savage to put the case wherein
me Democratic electors petition for an iniunc-
Gon 10 prevent the former from casting the
votes over tlI tomorrow morning. but the
Judge decided that he would hold a night
session. Counsel then put in a demurrer and
are arguing 1t tonight, quoting authorities
to show that The petition Is not a perfect one
and also that the court has no jurisdiction in
the matter. Should the iudge overrule the
demurrer the case viii be tired on its merits
Tomorrow. The courtroom was crowded. II
seems to be the general belief that the Re-
publican electors viii meet and cast the vote
without regard to the decision of the case.
Energetic efforts continue to be made bv the
Republicans to get a quorum at the extra
session Of the legislature at Lincoln to-mor
row. A good many members passed through
here to-day eH route there. The Democrats
are welding all their powers to prevent a
quorum being present
Year: 1876

said convention should be held at Columbus,
in the State of Ohio, or tie second Monday
in May, 1871 and continue without unneces-
sary interruption till its deliberations az,
concluded.


Fourth-That, in the opinion Of congress,
the chief-;ustice of the supreme court should
be the presiding officer OF said convention.
and that each delegate should receive com
pensation at the rate Of twenty dollars per
day, with mileage ut the rate Of twenty cents
per mile necessarily travelled in going to and
from the place of meeting, and that all ex-
penses Of said convention to be defrayed by
the treasury of the United States.


Fifth-That in the opinion of congress the
revised and amended constitution should be
reported to The President Of the United States
on the adjournment of said convention, and
that it should thereupon Immediately be sub
mitted by the President TO a convention Of
delegates, chosen in each State by the people
thereof under the recommendation of its leg
islature Tor its assent and ratification.


Sixth-That it Is recommended to the leg
islatures Of the several States of the Union to
apply to congress, without delay, to call a
convention as aforesaid as provided in article
FIVE in the constitution.


Adjourned.
Year: 1876

New YORK, December 4.-The Erening
Post has dispatch from Boston in reference
to a report which has gained some currency,
that the article in last weeks Nation. in re-
gard TO the duty of the Republican electors,
had the approval of Professor James Russell
Lowell, one of the Republican electors of
Massachusetts,. Mr.. Lowell says he never
wrote the leader for the Nation, and had
nothing to do with its article on electors. His
decision as to his own duty he had reached
three weeks ago, and it had never changed,
namely: that he must vote according to the
understanding on which he was chosen by the
people. He might wish it were otherwise if
he were an ambitious man. He might, he
said. cast his vote for some other person than
Hayes, but for an honest man there could be
no evasion of an electOr duty TO vote accord
ing to the understanding at the time he was
nominated What may have happened since
is none of his business. AS to whether fraud
had been or was to be practiCedin the disputed
southern States, Professor Lowell said that he
did not think any man athousand miles away
was competent to judge.
Year: 1876

Il
houses We're called to order, Speaker Wallace
announced that as there were one hundred
special cOnstables in the Statehouse to eject
Democratic members, and as he feared such a
movement would be resisted and bOOdshed
would ensue, he would adjourn his house to
meet at Carolina hall, where they are now in
session. The Republicans then went into
secret session in the Statehouse. The town
it full of people and great excitement pre-
walls


The Democratic house continued IN caucus
all this afternoon. Whatever action was
taken Is unknown. The Republican mem
bers Of the senate held caucus previous to
the regular hour Of meeting Of that body,
which was not harmonious. and lasted until
one clock In the afternoon, when the senate
met. The session was unimpOrtant until lust
before two o'clock, when it was moved that
the senate adjourn. The motion was carried
by a vote Is ayes to II noes. This action Is
regarded as important, as two o'clock to-day
was the hour set for counting the vote for
governor, and as the senate adjourned with
out considering that question or pOstpOning
it to some future day, it IS virtually
disposed Of in that body and must originate
in the house to come up again. The question
is now, whether the senate will recognize the
Mackey house as a constitutional body with a
membership Of ffty-six only holding certif-
Gates from the board of State canvassers, while
sixty-three Is a quorm? The Democrats have
sixty members, requiring only three to make
a quorum. The city tonight Is full of peO-
pie and others are arriving. The supreme
court heard the argument during the entire
day on the application for mandamus re-
quiring the secretary of state to deliver the
returns for governor and heutentant- governor
to Speaker Wallace, and adjourned this even
ing at half-past seven clock until to morrow
involves the other question, as to which Is the
legal house Of representatives the action of
the court Is looked forward to with great IN
terest.
Year: 1876

MODEL OFFIcER.-Sheriff Wade, of Shawnee
County, seems to be brilliant light, in his way.
Figurarively speaking, he carries a horn, and
when he is on the track of criminal, he toots
his horn, to let him know he is after him. The
other day he was in hot haste after Mowry; but
he stopped over long enough at Atchison, to be
interviewed by local editor, to whom he gave
full particulars of the affair, and detailed his
whole plan. Then the local editor went away
to publish these particulars, for the information
of Mowry and his friends, while the Sheriff pro-
ceeded on his way in pursuit of Mowry, arriving
at his home to find that he was just too late to
nab him. Sheriff Wade ought to hang bell about
his neck, and attach sign to the broad of his
rump, bearing the legend, II am q secret detect =
"e;' then he ought to rat around on the sly in
guess OF the Oldest and most cunning offenders.
selves up.
Year: 1876

e Our Senatorial pen-sketcher speaks of
Senator Banserman one who knows no other
name than Democracy. If so he is very forget
fnl. We knew him when be was rip snortins
Republican, and was no preacher. We have
heard of Een becoming Christians aud joining
the Republican party, but we believe this is the
first instance in ovr knowledge of man going
over TO the Democracy after getting religion.
Year: 1876

II Our friend Rubb, in his anti herd law
communication, last week, fell into an error
garding the people Of Marshall County being
tired of the herd law. few persons in that
County signed a petition against the law, but
petition in favor of it was Immediately got up,
and in a short time received large number of
signatures. The Marysvile Neus .ays that the
people are SO well satisfied with the law, that
there is very large majority in the County in
favor of il.
Year: 1876

r The last wathena Reporter, in two or three
articles, refers to the Methodist revival here, in
order to make occasion to blackguard us in con-
nectiou with it. Each week, during the progress
of the revival, we have made respectable men
ton of it; but that sweet-scented pup, who pre-
tends to have so much veneration for everything
connected with religion, even carries his slop-
bucket TO church. to empty it upon his betters-
Year: 1876

~ The concern published down Peters Creek,
where the offal from the Troy pork-house is
washed, takes occasion, about once or twice
week, to announce that it is not closed ont yet.
As nobody is contendng to the contrary. there
would seem to be no occasion for this constant
reiteration. In business circles, the man who is
constantly prating of his good standing, is looked
upon with suspicion. The concern down the of
fal-sewer is generally regarded as being upon its
last leps