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Year: 1876

The Summons OF the Senate has been
issued 10 Beknap, returnable Monday.
April IL. lie will doubtless appear by
counsel at that date and ask for an ex
tension of time in which 10 prepare his
defense. Such a DELAY can hardly be
necessary, but when did lawyers hasten
TO the end? II is said that the impeach-
ment is now considered matter OF
little importance. and that fashionable
society in Washington will take no in
terest i'm il. In other words, the man
ayers are warned that they are not 10
look upon the trial as all occasion for
the display Of their airs aud graces as
orators. SO much the better They
can get 10 work and do their duty in a
plain, manly way, making the impeach-
ment what il ought to be, scene OF
doom and judgment rather than a gala
day at the Capitol. Let il not be sup
posed, however. that because the accu-
sations against Belknap are simple and
the proofs plain, therefore, there will be
no field for earnest eloquence in the
trial. The accused is not the Chief
Magistrate, as was tlfe case in Johnson's
peachment, but neither is he man
falsely charged with crime. lie is not
maliciously impesched for an imaginary
plot TO subsert the Government by force
OF arms; but he is honestly accused OF
fraud and corruption, by which he has
disgraced the people and plundered the
soldiers. Every element of true elo-
qucnce which was wanting when Presi-
dent Johnson was impeached, will be
present when Belknap is arraigned al
the bar of the Senate. There will be ne
need to overstrain the truth, to torture
perversed ingenuity of inventions or
soar aloit in bombastic defamation
The managers should see TO it that they
do not in any sense make such fools Of
themselves as Boutwell, and bis associ-
ates did in their attempt to emulate, in
treating OF mock conspiracy. the
electric eloquence which blasted Warren
Hastings. There was more unaduter-
ated pathos talked on the trial of An
drew johnson than in connection with
any other single event in history, be-
cause the ambitious managers thought
they could transform farce into q
tragedy by mere words. In the i'm
Ipeachment of Belknap there is noble
theme for consideration, namely, the
temptations and corruptions of the time.
and the fall OF a man beloved and trust
ed lie who can deal suitably with
that subject may win fame worthy to
give him rank in orstofy We sincerely
hope that there may be some one con
necied with the impeachment who cal
startle the age into virtue 10y a graphic
description of lis political vices. = New
\ ork World.
Year: 1876

and twenty of tie enemy, while eight
hundred and fifty more lay wounded
in their camps.


Thus fell the Alamo. In two hours
from the first signal of assault, all
was over 1t was Santa Annas last
triumph over Texas, for in less than
two months General Houston won the
battle of San Jacinto, and the MeXi-
can butcher came a trembling captive
into the patriot camp to beg for the
promulgaton Of a life his crimes had
many times forfeited.


In the churchya:d at San Antonio
is a plain small granite stone, erected
by private parties, bearing the inscrip-
ton "Sacaod to the memory of those
who fell at the mass acre Of the Ala
mo-
Year: 1876

She was colorcd lady and attend
ell revival Of religion, and had
worked herself up to the extreme
pitch Of going to the good place in a
moment or sooner if possible. As her
friends gave vent to their feeling, she
likewise gave vent to Ler feeling, and
exclaimed:


I wish | was June bug


A brother of sable hue standing
near by, inquired


What do you want to be one for?'


THAT might fly to my Jesus:


You fool, niger, woodpecker ketcha
you fore you get half way dar.
Year: 1876

CHARACTEE.-New York has Il few
old fashioned business men left-men
who must understand that a young
man character is Of the right stamp
before they will listen to his applica-
ton for employment. TO such u
young chap-who had been previous
Iy posted by iriond-came the other
day to secure the vacant place OF
bookkeeper. He wore standing col
lar, a white tie and very solemn
look, and was more favorabIy received
than he had anticipated. You be-
long tosa church ? querried the mcr-


The young man named his favorise
church.


You are strictly temperate :?


The young man replied that he had
never tasted liquor in his life.


That is good, mused the merchant
chewing at d blottins pad. You have
other recommendations?


Only this, answered the applicant
pulling out q pocket bible. He fell
back, thinking he had a cllncher on
the old man.


The merchant slowly opened the
book, removed a jack Of clubs from
between tie leaves, and solemnly
asked, which do you wish to present
as a further recommendation?


That was where the pause came in,
and it has not been lrolen since.
Year: 1876

All intelligent travellers who have
visited Brazil speak in the most glow
ing terms of the country. Professor
Agassiz regarded II as tho most pro
ductive and interesting country on the
globe, and one in which il is the east
est to obtain livelihood. Some who
have sailed up the Amazon declare that
vessel can be loaded with Brazil nuts
at an expense of only few cents per
bushel These constitute valuable
article Of commerce, while the oil ex-
tracted from them is very desirable.
All the tropical fruits are produced in
Brazil almost without cultivation
The soil in many parts of the country
will produce twenty Successive crops
of cotton, tobacco or sugar-cane with
out the application of manure. No
country in tho world approaches the
land Of Dom Pedro in the variety Of
its forest productions. Professor Agas-
siz states that he saw III different
kinds of valuable woods that were cut
from piece OF land not half mile
square They represented almost every
variety of color, and many of them
were capable Of receiving a high polish
One tree furnishes wax that is used
for candles, another pith that is used
for food, and still another yields Juice
which is used in the place of intoxicat-
ing liquors. There is single variety
of palm from which the natives obtain
food, drink, clothing, bedding, cordagc,
fishing tackle, medicine, and the ma.
terial they manufacture into dwellings,
weapons, harpoons, and musical in.
strumonts. Doubtless the day is not
far distant when the valuable woods
Of Brazil will be used for various use
fil and oramentalpurposes. Brazil is
not only "wooden country" but q
country that produces the most won
derfhl woods in the world.
Year: 1876

rich section OF the parish will tend to
diminish the corn crop. The cane thus
far has not been seriously damaged by
dry weather; 1t Is nearly all laid by, and
an early rain, OF which there is every
appearance, will insure a full crop
throughout the parish.-[ Assumption
Chronicle, July Is.


The lapse ofanother week requires at
our hand a notice Of the crops OF the
parish. From our own observation and
the information of intelligent planters.
we fix the status Of the cotton crop OF
the parish to-day at one half the
promise of safue date last year. This
state Of things came shout in this way :
Last crop was heavy, picking late, gin
ming and baling into January and Feb
ruary. This made blowing backward.
When cotton was ready to scrape, a
rainy spell set in, which continued for
nenrly two weeks, In which no Held
work could be done; when 1t broke
away the six weeks drnuth set In and
has endured, with slight exceptions,
until the present time. Every acre OF
-suExa and cotton needed work at once
the ground became har.lv and the crops,
foul, and us they were cleaned out the
dry weather prevented growth, anu
great backwardness in the size OF the
plants was the necessary and uhavoId4'
able result. If the season should, for
six or eight weeks to come give suf1i-
cient rain, improvement would result,
but this is contingent. and we speak
only of the present condition OF the cot
ton crop here.


The rain OF Wednesday evening did
not reach more than tour miles west of
town. and so we are still anxiously wait
ing for general rain 10 retrieve in
some degree the situation. al.f.


No further report Of the caterpillar,
and unless we get u heavy general raiI
the blazing weather is enough to kill
any individual pillar with sun
stroke.


There are thought to be 10000 acres
which produced good crops last year,
not in cultivation the present season,
chiefly in the overllowed district. ~
[ East Feliciana Patri OF Democrat,
July %.
Year: 1876

The nomination for the Governorship
lies between Wiltz and Nichols. We
regret very much to learn that the coun-
try delegates should manifest deter
mination to beat any candidate, simply
because he is from the city. There
should be entire harmony between city
and country, whoever is nominated.
Year: 1876

OUR quiet neighbor over the way, ''The
Commercial" like our friend johnson OF
the Gazette" sometimes loses temper,
and shows reddened face. Now it tries
to say in language Of differences only that
it never urged the workinsmen to press
their claims for work. 1t has done the
same thing, by saying that Council had
power to pat the men to work by tempo
rary financial arrangement. We must
implore you to reveal this secret that Coun.
ell may get the full benefit OF it. But dc
not get angry when we hit the nail on the
head
Year: 1876

Belknap u free, but not unNbipt ai
justice, for although he has escaped from


the clutches Of the Senate, he is liable q
any time to be arrested upon criminal


prosecution. Popular judgment condemns


Belknap,as lacking in moral worth, it will
not once bring into consideration the legal
ground in which the Senate considered it.


that as long as he had already taken him
self out Of Office by hastily accepted res


ignation, he could not be legally Sim
peached and removed" 1t was upon this
high legal ground that the Senators cast
their votes. The vote on the first article
standing IS for conviction to rs for &C
quittal; and on the second 36 to 25; not
quite the necessary two-thirds vote. II
the question had been Invested altogether
Of partizan interests, the verdict would
have been one of different significance; al
though a new phase is added to its general
interest by the appearance Of the names OF
Democrats voting on the negative side. It
must be borne in mind though that there
was settled conviction with many that
the Senate had no power ofjurisdiction, this
casing Of self legal advisement taken from
around it would have left the ex-Secretary
in different position to that in which he
did emerge from it. But while he may
not have been found guilty by the verdict
of the Senate, the character of his offence
remains the same exactly as if the i'm
peacbment had been sustained, and this is
The consideration it will receive from the
people in making up their judgments.
Year: 1876

THERE is dash Of enterprise and spirit
in the determination of the Quickstep Base
Ball Club to hold the organization together
that We trust will be recognized by our peo-
pie, and the games well enough patroni-
"a TO afford the members 4 support al
Year: 1876

The popularity of Manton Marble as a
candidate for political honors was never so
we'll known as since his name has been
mentioned for the governorship Of New
York. The advocacy of his claims by the
press generally, the Republican of course
excepted, is highly complimentary to the
distinguished editor
Year: 1876

The action of the Chief of Police in pro-
ceeding summarily in the tramp nuisance
is we'll worthy of commendation. The
wanderers who make mp this phase Of life
are outcasts Of society, and are as general
thing the scum of the larger cities, floating
around imposing upon the charities of a
generous world. Wilmington has proven
haven Of rest for them. Here they have
found people ever full Of hospitality
nicely tempered with sympathy that
meets the bible injunction, '.He that giveth
to the poor lendeth to the Lord" The
tramp reads human nature with wonderful
astuteness, his foreknowledge Of the subject
before him is almost akin to prescience,
and when he receives the dime or cold
victuals that is given him in answer to his
mushy supplications; he inwardly congratu-
lates himself that he has struck bonanza,
and the charitable doner may rely upon
repititien of the visit.


In these times of stagnated business,
when so many are out of employment,
appeals for charity are irresistible. There
are so many inAeedy circumstances that it
is impossible to discriminate, in fact, it
would be uncharitable TO do SO, and as We
lack knowledge of who wants and who
does not, the question is beyond solving.
When an army of one or two hundred bum
mamers swoop down upon us, the situation
becomes all the more perplexing, ana the
imposition upon our citizens so great that
such action as that taken by the Chief of
Police becomes imperative for the protec-
tion of our citizens credulity, and the
safety Of life and property. The authorities
have hitherto been extremely lenient with
this class, and extended them advantages
for making chance living, that they would
not have were the same rigid laws enforced
here towards them that are in other places
In Reading they are put to work on the
streets and made to earn their meals and
odging. In the interior OF New York
work houses have been erected in many
places, and the tramp finds out when he
passes that way what it is to earn his
living; ne finds that the world is not bound
to give him support without any effort
c.ar. L., - obto:,, DIT b,ro ,yo Il, ya
treated him as an object of charity, loaded
his stomach with soup, compounded Of
beef and vegetables, given him clothing and
upon the soft side of the station house floor
he rested his weary bones at night. We
took him in and did for him in truly
christian-like manner. and he told to his
brethren, that Delaware was land not
only of milk and peaches, but approached
in fgurative sense all those luxuries that
abounded in the land Of milk and honey.
These beautiful eulogiums have clung to
lis until our subjects of charity have be-
come a burden, and they are now re-
minded that there is such thing as wear
iAg the welcome out. Such an impression
must have struck them very suddenly, as
the beautiful Brandywine is deserted of
their presence, the cold victuals nestles
quietly in the cupboard, timid old ladies
tremble no more at the sight of those
pesky tramps and the worst nuisance We
ever experienced has been for time, at
least, sent upon its way rejoicing,
Year: 1876

About all that is clear from tho dispatches
this morning as to the progress Of the Con-
gressional investigation into the alleged cor
ruption in Louisiana is that deal OF tall
lying has been developed If the testimony
nf the witness FERGUSON is true, evidently
some Of tho Federal officers at New
Orleanc ought to be in prison for naisappror
printing Government funds for purposes Of
political bribery. They have telegraphed
dcnid5 Of FenousoH's testimony. He re-
peats his former testimony, which, as It Is
given under oath and subject to cross-oxami-
nation, can scarce bo met by mere denials by
telegraph And it looks as though further
vigorous investigation would Be required to
fetch out the whole truth.
Year: 1876

thing that warrants his accusations Il he
knows anything Of that kind. he has acted
tue part OF d sneak aud O coward by dealing
in insinuations and then refusing to make
them good He cannot fall back upon my
pledge Of secrecy, because he has violated
that pledge hundred times By his repeated
intimahons of personal knowledge that
BErpnrn is an adu1terer. He Is an utterly
despicablo character, whatever view be taken
OF his position in this matter, and respectable
society generally will do well to initiate
Plymouth Church, and kick him out.
Year: 1876

W When go 10 the country to visit
my relations, writes m Quad" the
spare bed rises up before my lmagina-
ton days before start, and shiver as
l remember how cold and gravelike the
sheets are. put off the visit as long
as possible, solely on account of that
spare bed. I don't like to tell them
that 1 had rather sleep on picket fence
than to enter that spare room and creep
into that spare bed, and so they know
nothing of my sufferings. The spare
bed is always as near mile and half
from the rest of the beds as it can be
located. It's either up stairs at the
head of the hall, or off in the parlor.
The parlor curtains have not been
raised for weeks; everything is as prim
as an old maids bonnet, and the bed is
as square and true as if it had been
made up to the carpenters rule. No
matter whether it be summer or winter,
the bed is like ice, ana it sinks down in
way to make one shiver. The sheets
are slippery clean, the pillow-slips
rusted like shl ouds, and one dare not
stretch his leg down for fear kicking
against tombstone. One sinks down
until he is lost in the hollow, and foot
by foot the prim bed posts vanish from
sight. He is worn out andssleepy, but
lie knows the rest of the family are so
far away that no one could hear him if
he should shout for an hour. and this
makes him nervous. He wonders if
any one died in that room, and straight
way he sees the faces of dead persons,
hears strange noises, and presently
feels chill galloping up aud down his
back. Did any one ever pass COM
Portable night in spare bed? No mat
ter how many quilts and spreads cover
him, he could not get warm; snd if he
accidentally fell asleep it was to awake
with start. under the impression that
a dead man was pulling his rose. 1t
will be days and weeks before he re-
covers from the impression, and yet he
must suffer in silence, because the spare
bed was assigned to him in token OF
esteem and affection.
Year: 1876

HORRIBLE DEATH.--On Wednesday OF
last week, says a Clyde letter in the
Rochester Democrat, one of those hor-
rible accidents that happen only once in
hundreds of years, and by which a
human being is unexpectedly, in the
twinkiing of an eye, hurried into eter-
nifty, occurred on the farm of the
Widow Kettles, in the town of Junius,
a few miles sonth of here. Parties
were engaged in threshing grain, and
at the time of the accident were thresh-
ing loose oats, and Theodore Bodine
was feeding the machine. In some un-
explained way coil of fence wire had
been brought in with the grain, and,
unseen by the pitcher, was pitched upon
the platform and showed into the ma
chine with the oats. One end of the
coil was caught by the rapidly revolv-
ing cylinder, and the other end in a
very mysterious way, wound around
Mr.. Bodine's neck, and in a shorter
time than it is possible for one to con-
ceive, the unfortunate mans head was
drawn into the machine, torn into atoms
and carried out with the straw, while
portions of the brains passed through
the separator and came out of the spout
below with the grain. 1t was some
tune before the other workmen realized
the nature of the dreadful accident.
Mr.. Bodine was seen leaning over the
platform in front Of him, bnt his posi-
ton being somewhat elevated. it was
not discovered that his head was in the
machine. aid it was only when blood
and brains were seen coming out of the
spout with the threshed grain that the
man attending to that part of the work
called the attentions of the others to
the fact that something awful had taken
place. We understand the unfortunate
man leaves wife and two children to
mourn his terrible death.
Year: 1876

. A lady posted letter without {
stamp. Upon its being returned to hel
she insisted that there was stamp or
it when she put it Into tie Office, mis-
take many people labor under in the
same matter. Thr next day. however,
she brought the letter back, with the
stamp sewed on, as much as to say
There, now, lick this one off if you
can"
Year: 1876

The steamer Chancey Lamb, while no
her last trip up the Mississippi, between
the Minnesota and Wisconsin shore,
sighted fine buck swimming across the
river. Another boat made the discovery
about the same time and lively chase
ensued. The men on the CLANCY Lamb
were successful in capturing the prize,
howe1 er, and he WAS taken on board
alive.
Year: 1876

LEG BRoKEN.-A man named
James Bolen had his leg broken
while coming from the Seattle
coal mine to the Lake yesterday
morning at 4 o'clock. He was
sitting on top of a coal car with
his legs hanging over the side,
when the train passed a post
planted very close to the track.
His left leg was struck by the
post, breaking it between the an
Gle and the knee, and he was
thrown violently to the ground
He was taken to the hotel at the
Lake and word sent in town for
a surgeon. DR.. Calhoun res
ponded to the summons and went
out Immediately and set the in
jured limb.
Year: 1876

~ The partitions are being
torn down between the dining
room and the row Of bedrooms
at the side, in the Occidental ho-
tel, widening the dining room
some ten feet. One object of
this is to afford room to seat the
large number that are expected


to be present at the Odd Eel
lows ball on the 26th inst, when
the supper will be had at the
Occidental.
Year: 1876

ARRIvED.-The steamer City
of Panama arrived at Victoria
at about four o'clock this morn
ing with a very large freight and
passenger list. She is expected
here early tomorrow morning.
Year: 1876

The spread Of diphtheria in portions OF
the North has become 80 alarming - to
exercise the Chief Magistrates of several
cities. to issue strict sanitary rules. In
Patterson, New Jersey, it has become epi-
demic. To such an extent does it prevail
that a New York exchange in referring to
the spread Of the disease, is lead to say:


Presently the returns of the Registrar OF
Vital Statistics in this city will be heavy
with the numbers Of the innocents stricken
with this disease. Yet there is hardly
anv reason Why this should be so. lfven-
tilation is attended to, and cleanliness pre-
served. the disease can be kept in abey-
apce and It's ravaxes summarily checked
The disease is not peculiar to the poorer
sections Of the city. The homes OF the
rich are visited quite as often as
those of the poor. The ill-advlsed
and imperfect construction Of even
the best of eur houses, the ignorance of
greed of the plumbers, and the inattention
given to ventilation by so many people
are the direct causes Of this scourge. How
many are there who have the remote'
idea of the direction Of the various waste
pipes through their houses? Very few
we venture to say. And another thing
During the winter months windows are
rarely opened, and for months the children
Of the house breathe vitiated atmos-
phere. All these tend to the increase OF
this foul disease, and when it is developed
the wonder is, how it was contracted. BY
using the simplest precautions now the
diptheria can be kept in subjection. And
now is the time to think about it.
Year: 1876

A knowledge Of the material that COM
poses the Returning Boards Of South
Carolina, Louisiana, and Florida, certainly


gives Ills but little reason to expect honest
dealing in the ceuut Of the vote Of those
States. In Louisiana as we have said
before the Returning Board is composed Of
the Collector Of the Port, candidate for


the United States Senate and two negroes
In South Carolina the Canvassing Board
is made up in its majority by men who are


candidates upon the State ticket. With
influence which must everwhelm them in


their decisions there is no reason that we


should expect an honsst count Of the vote
In Florida there is minority Of Demo-


Gratis on the Returning Board, and We car


hope for nothing favorable from this State
| In South Carolina the full Bench Of the


State Supreme Court is hearing argument
on the powers and functions Of the Return
ing Board, and has ordered the member
of it to show cause why mandamus should


not issue forbidding them to exercise othe1


than ministerial functions in canvassinl
1.-The vote. The court also requires then
the same day to show cause why fou
members Of the Returning Board, who ar
candidates on the State ticket shall not b
. prohibited from acting and thus sitting a
, Judges in their own cases.


This places slight phase of fairness o
. the matter, and it may possibly be th
means Of an honest count being returne
e from that State, but it is rather doubtful
), The manipulation Of the whole matter
: under the control Of Republicans, and the
: will return the vote of the State in Il
= interests Of their party.