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Year: 1876

NO DECISION OF THE CoURT-A PROB


ABLE PREMATURE ANNOUNCEMENT.


The New York World publishes the
following despatch from Columbia
1.-The Board of Canvassers has completed
its work. Hampton is elected Governor
and also the majority of the State ticket.
Two members of Congress, Aiken, and
Evins, are elected. The majority of the
House OF Representatives is Democratic.
If fraudulent votes which been proven are
allowed, two Democratic electors will go
in. The people are highly delighted, as
this is the first Democratic success since
reconstruction.


The Times, of New York, has this, also
from Columbia


"No decision was given by the Supreme
Court to-day, on the question of the
judicial powers of the Board or State Can
vassers. The board have not completed
the counting of the vote for members of
the Legislature, and therefore could not
draw up the full report necessary to be
certified to the court, which adjourned till
tomorrow"


The Hearld's Columbia despatch
says


"The Republicans are apparently des-
pondent. They do not hope for much
from the count. Ifthere had not been so
many of their:.candidates on the Board..of
Canvassers the prospect would have been
brighter. They go so far as to concede
that it is too much to expect the Court to
allow the board, under the circumstances,
to exercise judicial functions. That they
admit would be palpable and fragrant
outrage. AS the matter stands their case
seems desperate. The face of the returns
gives the Democrats the State and nearly
everything they worked and fought so
hard for, and if the Board is ordered to
90 behind the returns ofthe county can
vassers, the situation will probably be
much worse. In that event they may lose
the electoral vote and the few State Off
GERS they now seemto be entitled,to. Their
predicament is sadly unfortunate, but the
leaders are assiduously endeavoring to
keep their spirits up with assurance that
something will be done which will make
it all right. Their greatest crumbof COM
fort arise from the secret conference that
have been held yesterday at the State
House. The result of these are known
but they feel sure that coup d'etat of some
sort is contemplated.
Year: 1876

The result of Seth Green's experiment
of raising shad in Lake Ontario is sue
cess. Four years ago several hundred
young shad were turned loose near where
the Genesee river empties into the lake,
and for two years nothing was heard of
them. Suddenly, however, they turned
up down at the end of the lake, near
Sackett's Harbor, and 80 miraculOusly
have they multiplied that. schools of
them, acres in extent, are found every
where there. At Oswego, last spring,
they collected around the new govern
ment pier by millions, and when a tug
steamed near, in the haste to get away
from the unknown monster, they leaped
from the water in clouds. They are
about eight inches long, and are as lively
as fish can be. In the spring and fall
millions of them die, fact that seems to
augur i'll for their successful growth, yet
the number that die is not to be COM
pared to the number that live. The fish
ermen say that if these shad grow to any
size their occupation is gone, for the fish
increase with such astonishing rapidity
that they must become so common as to
be sold for comparatively nothing; more
over, they can be caught at any time of
the year except midwinter, and there
fore will not command the price paid for
them in the two short months in which
they are now marketable. The lake
water is so cold all summer that its fish
are always in prime condition.
Year: 1876

Rome correspondent St. Louis Globe
Democrat: Any body would know Victor
Emmanuel from his photographs, which
are so abundant on both sides of the sea.
He is, you know, the opposite of hand
some. There is something satyr-like in
the features of his face, and yet it is not
in the least repulsive. Though coarse, it
is strong and virile. His nose, broad,
short and turned up, is extremely ugly;
his mouth is very large and his jaw
animalish in its heaviness. There is
good deal of the bulldog in his visage,
but not much in his character beyond
courage and adhesiveness of purpose.
His eyes, his goatee, his mustache (Which
is enormOus) and his hair are jet black,
not silver thread being visible any
where. Ifhis hair was curly he might
readily be mistaken for a mulatto, since
his complexion is as dark as that of a
Malay. He is fully six feet high, very
broad-shouldered, thick.chested and mus
cular-quite the sort of man one would
picture for soldier, a soldier who, unlike
the Athenian youths of old, would not
fly from battle for fear of having his
beauty marred.
Year: 1876

Stacks of the ripened corn are spread


In the barn high
Old-fashioned lanterns overhead


Mild fantasy
Throw out, their fickering hints Of light


Making the dark
Appear more palpably to sight;


But blooming girls
Outshine the lanterns and make bright


With their blonde curls.
The huskers sometimes find an ear


Of bright red corn
Miracle OF the harvest year,


A stranger bonn.
The brotherhood OF golden maize


Does look In scorn
On colors new, erratic ways


Among the corn.
But all the boys do search for this


Red pirate ear;
The girl who draws it must kiss


Give her love dear.
In cheerful search for one ear red


This company
The long bright FURNISHED ears outspread-
A sight to see.
And so, in fun and cheerful talk,


The evening goes;
The corn Is stripped from husk and stalk


Red as rose
The young girls blush with exercise


That Is half play;
At nine o'clock the mother wise


Calls them away.
To the farm kitchen, large and clean,


Where pumpkin-pie
With feather-light doughnuts are seen


Piled brown and high
Sweet feast TO close the holiday;


How well prepared
From one plate eating lasses gay


With lads are paired.


-Nao York Graphic.
Year: 1876

An Attica Qnd.) man, who was
brought before the Police Court for whip
ping and ill-treating his wife, was fined
$40, but he would not pay it, and said
he would die before he would work on
the streets. So the Marshal got very
large cannon-ball, chained it to his leg,
and locked it around lamp post on
streetcorner; after letting him stand
there all forenoon, he next rolled store
box into the street and placed chair on
it, and the man, ball and all, on top Of
It, and let him sit there all the afternoon,
with placard with these words on it /:
"He whipped his wife," The man took
1t very coolly and philosophically, and
made no answer to the jeers of the boys
and the scorn of the people.
Year: 1876

BAsHFULNEssi is not 80 much the effect
of an i'll education as the proper gift and
provision of wise nature. Every stage
of life has its set of manners that Is
suited to IL and best becomes it. Each
is beautiful in its reasen; and you might
rs we'll quarrel with the child's rattle,
and advance him directly TO the boys
top and span-farthing, as to expect from
diffident youth the manly confidence of
riper age.-Bishop Hurd.
Year: 1876

The ages of sixteen Shakers who have
died recently are given in recent issue
ofthe Shaker, from which it would appear
that longevity is characteristic of the
life led by the members of this COM
munity. Leaving out the exceptional
case of one of these, who died at the age
of thirty-fve, the average is over seventy
eight years.
Year: 1876

As sweet as the breath that goes
From the lips OF the white rose
As weird as the elfn lights
That glimmer OF frosty nightly
As wild as the winds that tear
The curled red leaf In the air,
IL the song I have never sung.
In slumber, q hundred times
I've said the enchanted rhymes,
But ere open my eyes
This ghost Of poem flies;
OF the interfiuent strains
Not even note remains;
know by my pulses beat
II was something wild and sweet,
And my heart is strangely stirred
BY an unremembered wordl
strive, but strive In vain,
To recall the lost refrain.
On some miraculous day
Perhaps II will come and stay;
In some unimagined spring
may find my voice, and sing
The song have never sung.


June atlantic.
Year: 1876

NOTWITHSTANDING the alarm. about
the fruit crop, it is probable there will be
an average yield throughout the West.
Some of the early varieties of peaches
are undoubtedly cut off, but there will
be a plentiful supply of the more valuable
qualities, and as many pears and apples
as the country will be able to consume.
The lack will be supplied from the East
and the West.
Year: 1876

Says q writer: 1t was at military review
held in Vienna, on the occasion Of the ffti-
eth anniversary of the establishment OF the
military Order of Maria Theresa.


Not far from 10000 cavalry were IN
line. A little child---a girl--of not aers
than four years, standing in the front rev
of spectators, either from fright or some 9th
er cause, rushed out into the open field Jose
as a squadron of hussars came sweeping
around from the main body. They had mad
the detour for the purpose Of saluting tho
empress, whose carriage was drawn uP In
that part of the parade ground. Down came
the flying squadron, charging at mad gall
lop-down down directly upon the childs
The mother was psralyzed, as were others
for there could be no rescue from the line OF
spectators. The empress uttered cry of.
horror, for the childs destruction seemed In
evitable-and such terrible destruction-ths
tramping to death by thousand iron hoohi
| Directly under the feet Of tho horses vs
the little one-another instant must seal its
doom-when stalwart hussar, who was in
the front line, without Stacking his speed er
leosenng his hold, threw himself over BY
the side of his horses neck, seized and lifted
the child, and placed it in safety upon his
saddle bow; and this he did without chang
ing his pace, or breaking the correct alllsn-
ment of the squadron. *


Ten thousand voices hailed with rapturow
applause the gallant deed, and other theu-
sands applauded when they knew. Tvs
women there were who could only sob forth
their gratitude in broken accents-the moth
er and the empress.
And proud and happy moment must IL
have been for the hussar when his emperor
taking from his own breast the richly snam-
eled cross of the Order of Maria Theresa
hung it upon the breast of bis brave sad
gallant trooper.
Year: 1876

up at the front in graceful curve. OF
course as they have no ruuners they are
made very smooth, and ON this account
an old worn tobog9gin is better than a
new one. There is not prettier or
more picturesque sight than to see rosy
girl fitting swiftly but silently as a
shadow down the long hill. You seat
yourself on the toboggin with your feet
under the curved front and your clothes
carefully tucked under you, the pilot
jumps upon the toboggin back Of you,
after giving it start. With one foot
dragging behind you; like the rudder Of
boat, he guides your craft. After the
first start you might IS we'll be flying as
far as motion goes. You rush and bound
onward and downward in your mad
career, a shower of dry snow rising in
your wake. The ropes which you hold
serve to steady you, and you clutch
them with the grip Of desperation as you
skim along, setting your teeth, and
bracing yourself against any stray
bump" you come to-. A bump can be
better imagined than described.
Year: 1876

Remit by Express, Postal Order, Bank
Draft, Certified Check, Registered Letter. or
order through any bank or banking house,
payable to the order of the Secretary Of the
Industrial Exhibition Company, II East l7th
Street, New York Specially chartered BY the
State Of New York, for the purpose Of build
ing in New York
Year: 1876

In the Atlanta Constitution we find an
encouraging article concerning the steady
aeyelopment Of the cetton manufacture
ing interest in the south, which is repre-
duced elsewhere. The location and ex-
elusive conduct of the business in one
corner of the country, and the insane
refusal of the cotton section in the past
to use its magnificent opportunities tO
share in the profits of manufacturing,
while growing at those who use then
facilities even at comparative dlsad
vantage, is a thing of the past, on par
with practice of importing from other
states horses to cultivate cotton, and oats
the labor of early summer is spent in
killing grass in the cotton fields.


A few far-seoing men have IabOred
for years to induce the south 10
make yarns and coarse cottons to
the extent of One-third of the crop,
part with another third for the finer
fabrics made in the north, eventual
Iy this distinction may disappear), and
leave only a third instead of more than
two-thirds for foreign consumption. The
largest profits now enjoyed in cotton
manufacturing are realized in the south,
and there is abundant capital north and
south, skilled artisans obtainable for
prompt initiation of the abundant and
needy hon:e-supply of material for eff.
cient and cheap labor. Only the want Of
a proper spirit of enterprise, on the one
hand, and the timidity OF capital, on the
other, prevent. Let such result be at
tained and we shall hear no grumbling
about unremunative prices for cotton,
lack o' employment for labor, or whole
sale purchase abroad of the bulky raw
products of agriculture and the time
would not be long ere the annual pro,
duets Of industry in the south would
reach the value of five dollars for every
one now produced, and heavy exports Of
manufactured cotton would be made to
every country in the world, iucluding
England Nashville American.
Year: 1876

Probable Results la anHe OF a European


War.


In the event of European war, which
seems imminent now, it will be interest,"
ing to know something about the men
who are at the head of the Russian en-
pire-the great power which will place
in the field the largest army ever known
in the history of warfare. Emperor
Alexander, who has never been strong
man, is growing weaker as he grows
older; and, although he is now but fifty
eight years of age, he has become we'll
nigh senile. The recent reports of his
intended abdicatiOn in his sOn's favor
probably had their origin more in the
wishes of the people than III the desires
of the emperor himself, for absolute SOW
ereignty is not the kind of bauble that
even a weak man would care TO throw
away. Alexander has always been an
intense admirer of his uncle, the Ger
man emperor, and has been more or less
subject to German Influence. All the
best posts in the Russian service are filled
by Germans, even TO the place Of the
commander of the great Russian army of
conquest in the east. which is filed by
one Kaufman. The Russian people
have no fOndness for the Germans, and
this preference for their old-time enemies
fills them with disgust. The cars phys
ical unsoundness is as conspicuous as was
his fathers extraordinary bodily vigOr,
and this fact places him at n disadvan-
tage among 80 hardy race as the Rus
slams. But his son and heir, the caro-
WITT, supplies in his. character, person
and opinions many Of the deficiencies of
his imperial father. He hates the Ger
mans as intensely rs his father loves them,
is intimately associated with the anti
German feeling of the country, and Is
naughty and imperious where his father
is weak and complainant. II is the old
story of an heir-apparent allying himself
with powerful opposition TO gain pop1-
Iarity; and it Is pretty tolerably certain
that the czarowitz i more popular to-day
than the emperor. In the event, there
fore, of a general European war 1T Is not
unlikely that influence would be brought
to bear which will procure the abdica-
ton of Alexander H., and the succession
of the young Nicholas to the throne.
Another convenient fit Of sickness on the
old mans part will settle the matter
without the necessity Of going to the
trouble of poisoning him off, as was done
with another car when considerations
of state demanded hi, removal.
Year: 1876

The New York ladib bs who are endeav-
Oring to secure for shOp4wOmen the privilege
of sitting down when their duties do not re-
quire them to stand, propose to enforce their
requests by patronizing pnly those shopkeep-
ers who comply with it.


The reduction in New York rents gen.
orally is One-quarter, but high priced build
ings suffer a much 81 eater depreciation. The
greater part of the Astdr house being now
fitted for Offices bear two large signs to let"
and there are more "ofices" now in the
market than ever before. In the fashionable
suburbs the depreciation is still greater for
the gentry are unable to go out of town as
usual. Many ladies are learning to make
their own dresses, and 1he pressure is severe
" felt among the modistes.
Year: 1876

tent. even in the SOUTH 1t would make
profitable field crop and will grow in
any part of the Union. 1t requires a
pressure in bleach-boiling stronger than
is necessary for any stock now used, in
order to have the paper white, and
boilers would have to be constructed
with reference to this. The paper is re-
markably tough, and in this repect better
than almost any other now used for
newspapers.
Year: 1876

New YORK, Nov. IS.-A Tallahassee
special says the Democratic state commit
tee, have addressed a communication to
members of the board of state canvassers
requesting them to proceed at once to
canvasss the returns so far as received
They set forth the probability that the
contents OF the returns will requ ulre some
time for determination, and quote the law
requiring the issuance of the certificates
by the governor on December sixth. In
terviews with members of the board indi
cate an apparent certainty that the board
will refuse to commence the canvass as re
quested, but will postpone it till it will be
too late for the Democrats to secure full
bearing. This has put them to looking
into authority under which the board is
acting.


1t is quite probable that proceedings
will be commenced promptly to see if the
board cannot be forced to commence can
vassing, or whether it cannot be retrained
by injunction tIom exercising any judicial
functions at all. Controller Cowgirl, a
member of the board. quoted law to the
reporter, which says the board shall meet
on the 35th day after the election, or
sooner if returns ere all in. He said he
should be bound by that law and added
that the returns are not all in,


Judge Cooke, another member of the
board, said he should acosde to the request
of the committee and gave his opinion
that the law admitted the right to make
seriati1 canvass of the returns as they
came in.


w. E. Chandler says: 1t appears as if
the whole white population of Florida were
police board, detective force, and aft
davit workers for the Democrats, while
we have only witness here and there.


Official returns from four counties wert
received yesterday; Walton shows {
Democratic loss Of 81 from the cou mittee
estimate, and Marion a Republican loss O
10 from the same estimate. The Others
agree exactly with what was claimed.
Year: 1876

MATTER FOR THE POLICE BoARD.-It is
presumed that the Board Of Police Com
missioners will at their next meeting inves-
tigate the statement made by witness at
the Police Court yesterday, to the effect
that policeman when told that Carr
had shot colored man declined or
neglected to arrest Carr. The witness
did not know the policeman's name,
but as there were not many on duty at the
Fair-Grounds that day could easily recog-
nize him.
Year: 1876

DISPATCH PRINTING-HoUsE.-ln order TO mes
the constantly increasing demands Of our trade WI
have added well-selected assortment of NEW
TYPE which, together with our improved MA
cIIISERY and sKILPUL MECHANICAL TALENT
warrant lis in guaranteeing the VERY BEST CLASS
OF WORK at moderate figures and In the most expe-
m
Year: 1876

FLowER-THIEvEs.- special orders
from Major Poe the police are watching par
ties suspected of depredating on flowers
and shrubbery in front yards. AN example
is to be made Of the first one caught.
Year: 1876

D0q- q-TdZes.-The sheriff OF Chesterfield
and his deputies are after the owners Of Ca
mines throughout the county for the amount
due per head on their pets for the present
fiscal wear,
Year: 1876

Shame is a feeling Of proclamation
Friendship, love and piety ought to
be handled with q sort OF mysteri-
GUS secrecy f; they ought to be
spoken Of only in the rare moments
Of perfect confidence, to be mutually
understood in silence. Many things
are too delicate to be thought, many
more to be spoken. .-Novalis.
Year: 1876

A Vermont girl wears VOLTS tail
10 place Of an ostrich feather. This
isn't because her father couldn't
mortgage his farm and buy her
plume, but because she killed the
wolf that once switched that tail
Year: 1876

No man can force the harp Of his
own individuality into the peoples
heart; but every man may play
upon the chords of the peoples
heart who draws his inspiration
from the peoples instinct. Kos
suth.
Year: 1876

There is nothing makes q man
suspect much, more than t. know
little and therefore men should
remedy suspicion by procuring ia
know more, and not to keep their
suspicions in smother. Bacon.
Year: 1876

THERE is now in operation between
the signal service section of the Cen
tennial Exhibition and the chief signal
office at Washington, on circuit about
one hundred and fifty miles long, an
instrument which transmits by tele-
graph the weather maps of the signal
service heretofore produced only in
Washington. This invention repro
duces the map entire, with its lines
and figures. The map or message to
be sent is first written upon ordinary
paper with ink, in which little
plvcerine has been mixed; then, be-
fore the ink is dry, it is sprinkled with
some powdered shellac, which adheres
to the ink. The manuscript is then
nassed between rollers with the face
against piece of hot zinc; the latter
takes up the shellac, and a negative is
produced in shellac, the best non-con.
ductor of electricity, upon zinc, good
conductor. This plate is then bent
around cylinder, which is rapidly re-
volved, while a metallic point con-
nected with the conducting wire is
held to it's surface by spring, and
makes spiral line over the face of the
cylinder. AT the receiving instrument
a similar point traverses the surface
of similar cylinder, upon which Il
placed piece of chemically prepared
paper.


AS the transmitting point comes t.
the line of writing the receiving poin
makes dot on the paper by decom
posing the chemically prepared paper
Year: 1876

"WHY, mother. how bright and
cheerful you look tonight What has
happened?"


- feel very happy, my dear, be-
cause my little boy has really tried to
be good all day. Once, when his sis
ter Katie teased him and he spoke
quick and cross to her, he turned round
a moment after of his own accord,
and said he was wrong, and asked her
to forgive him. | believe | should
grow young and never look tired or
unhappy again, if, every day, my little
boy and girl were as thoughtful, un-
selfish and loving as they have been
to-day"


Here's a grand secret for you, little
ones. And now that you know how
to make mother happy, may you keep
her face always full of sunshine.
Year: 1876

mullahs are very rare in the Steppe, a
religious ceremony of any kind at
marriage is unusual, but one thing
must be strictly performed; after the
women have sung the virtues of the
bride, and the men have chanted those
of the husband, telling of his great
exploits, how many cattle he has
stolen, and in how many marauding
expeditions he has engaged, the young
man must enter the kibitka where the
bride is seated and take her out, al
though both entrance and exit are for
cibly opposed by all her friends. This
Is probably remnant of the old prim-
tive custom when marriage was an
act of capture. Y. EUeninq Post.
Year: 1876

"Is it not surprising" said one of
the children, THAT the wind does
not break the slender stalks of the
corn?''


NV child" said the father, "see
how flexible the stalks are, They bend
before the wind and rise again when
the wind has passed over them. See.
too. how they help to support each
other. A single stalk would soon bend
to the ground, but so many growing
close together help to keep each other
up. If we keep together when the
troubles of life come on us like
stormy wind, we shall keep each other
up, when one trying to stand alone
would fall"
Year: 1876

A FATHER was walking one day in
the fields with his two children. The
wind was blowing over fine field
of ripe corn, and making the beautiful
golden ears wave like the waves OF the
sea,