smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

We are not favorably impressed
with Whittemore's bill for lodging
ont of the dilemma in which the
Radicel party are placed by the So
called election of Whipper and Mos
es. There are now eight Circuits,
and the plan Of the bill is to assign
to other Circuits the Counties COM
posing the Circuits (he First and
Ihird) to which Whipper and Moses
claim to have been elected. This, if
practicable, will rulo out two Judges
and those two are intended to be
Whippcr and Nose; but how is it
intended to exclude those two in the
place OF any other two2


There is no Use in attempting to
dodge the question. 1t must, soon
or late, be squarely met. Whipper
and Moses are not Judges; because
there was no existing vacancy, the
constitutional. term of Judges Reed
and Shaw not expiring until after au
other general election, and after the
time whom the term Of Moses and
Whipper was expected to begin
That is the constitutionalSand insur-
mountable obstacle in the way of the
two persons whom the General AS
sembly undertook to put upon the
Bench. We have no objection to
Judge Carpenter. The Charleston
Bar know him, and have high opin-
ion of his vigor, promptitude and
ability. This is, however, a matter
of principle, and we cannot consent
TO waive it. The constitutional
ground of opposition to Moses and
Whipper was first oxpounded in tho
News and Courier. 1t was rediculet
at first; it is now accepted as gospel
We stand on that ground, and will
not bulge an inch. When tina
ground IS cut from under our feet
and not before, we shall support any
and every other means of keeping
the defaulter and the debauchee from
defling the bench by their presence
Charleston Nows & Courier.
Year: 1876

, The man who loaves the door opon
in winter is tho same person who in~
variobly closed it in summon. Arc
rangcmonts arc now being perfected
whereby bounty will DO paid for his
scalp.
Year: 1876

negro ia more important to tho Union than
the Union is to him." and that his cause Is
the cause of American nationality. To those
Who differ with me in regard to this nave
only to say that the merits Of the matter IN
controversy can be easily determined by
very simple illustration. Here IL ooy' ~,
instance. who has been kicked and cuneo
about his employers store for the sngn'es'
cause, and frequently for no cause st al:
This friendless boy does the work OF . fun


grown man and lives on bread and water'
His friendlessness, his youth, his sufferings
make no impression upon the self-enerosseo
nature Of his employer. But let this Same
boy walk into his heartless employers once
well dressed with bank book showing
deposit to his credit at bank for . quarter
Of q million of dollars, and, bless you, what
different being the youth would DO IN tae
sight of his employer! Do you tnink ne
would kick the boy out OF MS hoy~
presence then' Not q bit OF II; no
would propose partnership 70 'nAS
Interesting youth, and put his ar"s
around his neck, and burst form in'o


penitent tears. All people determino
their own positions and treatment In tnis
world. The negro is no exception 70 'no
rule. If he is not man in the true, many
sense Of that term-if emancipation ID .
failure and negro citizenship q farce-let


some one else besides q negro make the


charge and confession. For one, I say that


1t il not the negro, but the nation, which Is


now on trial say that the negro has
done more for the ballot than the ballot


has done for him. readirm that tho negro


question il supremely IN American ques-
'aon, and to belittle it and thrust it ont ct
Year: 1876

ST. LOUIs, Dec. 29.-Ihe question rs 10
whether the proposition called the "seheme and
Charter" was carried at the election last August has
bren finally settled The commissioners appointed by
the Circuit Court 20 recount the vote have made an


elaborate report to the court and Judge Gottschak yes
terday ordered the Mayor OF the city and the presiding
juscc OF the court take that report as basis and TO
declare Officially rs whether IN thcir Judgment the


scheme and Charter" were adopted rejected at the
August election This morning these gentlemen reported
to the that the proposition was carried ana the re-
Turns were Immediately certified up to the Secretary OF
s;e This reverses the previous action and will result
in compcatnns which it believed can only be remedicd
hy action Nearly all the present city officers


viii bp practically ousted when the new charter s put
lnio effect and there will have to be new election ior
both ciIy and county officials.
Year: 1876

The scene of the accident is in many re-
spects similar to that Of the Angola disaster, the
horrors OF which it more than equals. 1t is at
stream which drains the farming country Of the same
name and close by the village OF Ashtabuia Inc stream
IA shallow and not navgabe and vessels engaged in the
trade Of the lake and the county have to load ana u
load at The port on the OF the lake three miles
below Where the railroad crosses the little river the
banks arc high the perpendicular hight OF the orugo
Fl ON the water being 70 feet


II will be remembered that the Angola disaster. whlch
took place Dec 49, 1865 the same road, occurred at
the crossing OF stream The train in that case was also
behind time and was coming down the line at light
Mug speed TO make up the lost moments. car


ped the track and was dragged across tue
br.Jpe lust before reaching the cmbanSmcnt
n, tbe other side il fell over with crash and was then
thrown down the eecovered slope distance OF 40 feet
This car was dashed to pieces and burned, and only
three OF its occupants remained 10 tell the
story of the horrors of that wintry after
noon one Of the other two passenger cars OF
the train went down the opposite side OF the embank
mep distance Of about % feet. 1t was wrecked COM
petey and twice caught fire, but the flames were put
ont both times by the passengers. The situation was
rot as horrible as at Ashtabula, because the


wrecked passepgers were not in the water, but 1t was
nearly as bad because Of the ice and cold and burning
cars, The loss by the Angola accident was
% killed OF whom % badly
burned that they could not be !idcntihed
aud 4G wounded The injured taken to Buffalo and
cared for brilliant ball was TO lave been given at
that fine at Buffalo but was abandoned out Of respect
f,.
Year: 1876

what authority you claim TO sit in this college, When
that authority Is produced, will then decide upon
your right to act" Mr. Cartwright then said, you
must not away from this table and that we
refused to act with you in this college. you have any
ght 10 sit In this college, show us the evidence oil It,


MEETING OF THE COLLEGE


Cronin then withdrew from the table to remote cor
ner Of the roOm and returned to aes with the col
lege The President then declared that there va
cancy in the college, and upon motion Of the secretary
Watts chosen fill 1t by viva vote, In accord
with law The college then cast its vote for Hayes and
Wheeler The president of college then directed
to demand Of the Secretary OF State certified transcript
OF tho official vote for electors and certified tabular
certificates which were, required, originals and not
copies, furnished and sent 10 the electors In the
room where they were waiting for them. They were
properly attached to the proceedings and were
inclosed In the returns as made out Dy
the college. They thus the electors
cla the regular official certified returns OF the State
bearing its broad SEAL After CrOnin withdrew from the
closely observed by the Republican electors They did
notice, however, that Cronin called in two persons, Mil


Ter and Parker both Democrats. aud they understand


that those persons pretend to have acted i'll some way as


Democratic electoral college in that corner OF the room
They came into the through the only door, which
was guarded by John MintO who had been selected ny
the Republicans messenger He did not interfere
with their entrance and the assertion by the Democrats
that the Republicans guarded the door 1s therefore
trivial Odel says that he heard it nmated that
Watts was postmaster until after the election George
Steele, chairman OF the Republican State Committee,
never knew or heard that Watts postmaster until
nearly week after the election.
Year: 1876




WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-The evidence OF
Mr. Stephen Chadwick Secretary of state of Oregon IN
the investigation to-day brief In reply to the ques
ton of Senator Morton, he said that the first ntmaton
he had that Mr. Watts postmaster was aiter INC
election last November witness canvassed the vote OF
the State on the day and in the prescribed by
law aud nothing said that day about Mr. watts Dc
ing Ineligible the office Of Presidential eector wit
ness did not prepare lists of the electors voted for Win
of each attached and under the seal OF the
sate the Governor prepared the lists after looking up
the law on that subject he and witness in conVerSa
ton agreed comply with the acts OF Congress and the
statutes of Oregon nearly as possibly In this mat
ter In reply to Senator Mitchell he said: There
were no armed in the Capitol on the
day tho Electoral College met to my knowl-
edge" In reply 10 Senator Herman, he said


The law Of Oregon requires TO canvass the vote In
the presence aud the other state ocals
on the day following the the point as TO whether
the Governor had the right TO appoint CrOnn IN place OF
Watts as electOr raised, Waits was SAID 10 DC IN
eligible: there hearing this subject before the
Governor and protest read from MT Odel against
Cronin's appointment; the 9th inst, Mr Hodgkns
came to me- gave him certified lists OF the electors
voted for with the vote OF each atached on tue day the
Elec.or College went at - o'clock TO the room OF
their meeting and handed the certificates TO Mr. CrOnn
who came TO he door when knocked think that al
the Republican and Democratic electors were III 'he
room at the time"
Year: 1876

| intolerance. But suppose Massachusetts had


majority of citizens but lately slaves, ignorant,
without property, with little moral sense and
less value for that which we call character ano


reputation. Suppose Louisianian should
| thereupon remove to Massachusetts ana al
once control this ignorant aud debased majority
for his own political ambition; suppose De
| should do this by appealing now to tneir
| fears Of reinstatement, now to their CUPID
Ii ity: should unscrupulously arouse their un,
worthiest ambitions; teach them that lack or


character and capacity need not keep them
from taking the most important offices; should
divide the plunder of the State with them; and
when he had attracted to himself and to them
also the suspicion, fear and hatred of the old


citizens. should then appeal to the omnlpotent
and dreaded federal power for support and
get it, what would be the condition OF pubic
opinion in Massachusetts, Would not society
be shaken to the core Would not respecta.
BILE and otherwise virtuous citizens be embitter


tered to the point where they woulo shut their
eyes to violence


We do not excuse violence. Nothing excuses
murder or lawlessness. But these crimes which
happen 10 the South, and OF which, just now,
the President and the republican organs and
politicians give such horrifying accounts, are
not without cause. They are the results OF a
long course of abuse begun and continued BY
uusorupulous and selfish Northern adventurers,
who have, with the help of the federal govern
meut, preyed upoa Southern society, and who
have not even had the courage and energy to
punish these crimes Of which their conduct has
been the main cause Let non.interferenoe
have trial. Let US see what will happen II
these adventures can no longer call upon the
federal power to maintain them. That Is the
ouly cure.-Ne,o York Herald.
Year: 1876

DEATH IN THE WELL.-Always before
going into vault or well, or deep pit,
let down light; it it goes out, death is
at the bottom, because there is carbonic
acid gas there, which is an mir that has
no support for the lungs, gives no life to
the blood, and we as certainly die, and
as soon, as if we had no air at all AS IT
smothered, or in the water, or hung.
But if a person has fallen into the well
and some one must 60 down, the quickest
plan to purity the air, and to get rid OF
the carlonic acid gas, is to throw quick.
lime into the well, if there is any water
at the bottom; if not, then throw some
in; this throws the heat, which rarities
tn, carbonic acid and sends it to the top;
besides, the dissqlving lime absorbs it.


Large quantities of cold water thrown
in is q substitute; or set shavings or pa
per on fire and let them fall to the bot.
tom the fresh water absorbs, the fame
rarifes the gases.-Dr Hall.
Year: 1876

The grand mistake that young men
make during the first ten years Of their
business life, is in idly waiting for the
chance. BY this course they are fasten-
ing themselves for life to lower stratum.
These years are golden years in which
everything which tends to personal or
professional excellence should be an oh
ject of daily pursuit. To such men,
doors of success open of themselves at
last. Work seeks the best hands as nat
urally as water runs down hill it never
seeks the hand of triAer, or OF one
whose only recommendation is that be
needs it.
Year: 1876

A BEAUTIFUL AILoY.-A beautiful al.
10y, resembling silver, and capable of
being wrought into innumersbls forms OF
use or ornament, has been int oduccd
into some OF the Paris establishments
and a large demand created for the arti.
cles produced. AS given, the material
employed in this compound are II per
cent. of lopper, 1866 of nickel, 1.75 of
cobalt, 25 of tin, l26 of iron, and OF
zinc. The nickel is first melted with an
equal amount OF copper, and the zinc in
the proportion of six parts of that metal
to ten OF copper. The iron, the rest of
the copper, and the cobalt in the form
of an oxide, are then fused at high
temperature in graphite crucible with
the first alloy and charcoal under cover
of charcoal. To this the zinc, alloyed
with copper, is added when the tempera.
ture has fallen to point ut which it
will simply melt. The crucible is then
removed from the fire, the contents stir
red with wooden rod, the tin wrapped
in paper added, and the mass stirred
again aud poured out. Most of the zinc
volatilizes in the operation.
Year: 1876

Terry's command had encountered the
hostiles and the latter had been hanked
by Gen. Gibbon and badly beaten. The
Indians acknowledge 100 wounded and
that Sitting Bull had been shot through
both thighs. They are quiet on the sub
ject of the number killed. As an Indian
can travel by direct ioute from Sitting
Bull to the Agency sooner by several
days than courier could reach Bismarck
from Terry, the report is generally be-
lieved here.
Year: 1876

The first years OF every mans busi-
ness or professional life are years of edu'
cation. They are intended to be IN the
order of nature and Providence. Doors
do not open to man until be is pre-
pared to enter them We think it is the
experience OF most successful men, that
whenever they are thoroughly prepared
to go up higher, the door to a higher
place opened of itself and they bad call
TO enter.


A Western sottler--Tbe contents Of a
six.shootGr.
Year: 1876

By authority conferred on me a commissioner, by
virtue of DEGREES passed by the District Court the
United States for the District of West Virginia. at
Wheeling, in the above three several chancery
causes. shall proceed on
Year: 1876

There has heen bulldozing else.
where than in the South. We we're
bulldozed in Philadelphia Saturday
before the election, and a negro
was subjected to the same treat
ment at the same time. 4 profes
sor OF Girard College was drunk
and was cursing a negro for saying
he was a democrat. We were stand
ing by and feasting our eyes upon
a negro who could stand up in that
city of radical hate and bodily as
sert his opinions, but we didn't
dare to open our mouth. Atlength
the drunken professor turned to US
and asked us where we hailed from,
and right tremblingly did we tell
HIM. Then lie took it for granted
we were a democrat because we
looked honest, we presume, and
assuming that we didn't endorse
Brownlow, he took that worthy
old blackguard and held US up to
gether and praised one and cursed
the other-fnaily working out the
problem to his own satisfaction, de
ducing as a carrollary that we were
a d-n fool. We did not believe it,
but were willing to let him believe
it and say so just for the satisfac-
tion we experienced in hearing him
curse the negro. We call upon
Congress to take this fact into con
sideration when it comes to count
the vote of Philadelphia.
Year: 1876

The radicals and their allies, the
Independents, have adopted the
strategy Of the Curates, who saved
the historical infant by clashing
shields to drown the cries of the
child wanted by the devouring mon
ster. In their anxiety to persuade
the Democracy to peaeeably permit
the minority to steal the Presiden-
cy, and to keep their thieving hands
in the public treasury four years
more, they insist that somebody
proposes war as a remedy. This is
a contemplate device, and will de-
ceive no one. Il is the clashing of
shields to drown the cries of the
people against fraud, villainy, and
made in the interest of knaves and
tricksters, who seek to frighten the
people with the cry of war while
they are robbing them of their lib
critics. No one proposes armed re-
sistance to any infamy which the
Radicals may enact. The National
Democracy has counseled peace,
and propose to prevent fraud only
by legal remedies. The Southern
Democracy is still more serene and
conservative in the expression of
its views. As evidence of the tone
and temper of the Democracy of
Tennessee, we refer the reader to
the extracts in another column,
from those two leading Democratic
papers, the Murfreesboro NeaOs and
the Pulaski Citizen. They give the
lie to the Radical twaddle about the
danger of war. In every section of
the Union the Democrats are united
in counseling the true and only
remedy for the crisis, and that is an
appeal to the laws and the patriot
ism of the people to prevent the
consummation of the attempted
outragas. The Southern people do
not think Of war, and never talk of
it as remedy. .-Memphis appeal.
Year: 1876

The Democratic State Committee
met at Indianapolis, Ind, last We'd
nesday and the members gave the
sentiment prevailing in their re
spective districts. The democrats
throughout the State are convinced
that Tilden is elected and express a
determination to see him inaugura-
ted. They deprecate war, heat are
determined to see the right triumph
at all hazards. A State Convention
was called for Jan. Sth, and the
Committee in making the call send
out TO tie country an address for
midable in its tone, strongly urging
the necessity of decided expires
sion from the whole people ofall the
States demanding, and, Unnecessary,
forcing, a result to be declared in
accordance with the overwhelming
ly expressed will of the people
They warn the people against the
designs of the conspirators who
would overthrow the government
and involve the country in anarchy
and revolution to satisfy the greed
of ambitious leaders who would be
come usurpers. They ecu upon
honest, loyal people, irrespective of
party, to join in united effort to
cheekmate the conspirators and save
the government. We hope to see
the whole country follow this ac-
ton. Let there be conventions in
all the States on the same day, and
let an indignant people give such a
decided and overwhelming rebuke
to the usurpers as will forever set
tie them. We call upon the Tennes-
see Committee to issue its call for a
Convention in Nashville on the Sth
of January. This peaceable upris
ing of the people in the way pointed
out by the constitution may avert
/ n calamity.
Year: 1876

We hope the House will leave the
impeachment project just where
taey find it. What they are re-
quired to do is to get Grant out Of
Office when his term ends, and to
put Mr. Tilden in when his term
begins. There are men enough to
support them in every step they can
take in this direction. The first
effort to be made by the House Is to
discover if a method can not be
agreed on with the Senate by which
the electoral vote can be counted
exactly as it was ordered by the
people.


That vote so counted elects Mr..
Tilden. If that fails the House
has its last supreme duty to per-
form-the election of Mr.. Tilden
under aud by virtue of the constitu-
ton. The people viii see that be
is inauguratesl. and if his inaugura
ton is resisted, Missouri can FUR
nish one hundred thousand men fol
such work, and win do it too-the
largest portion Of them men who
fought in the Union army from the
beginning TO the end Of the late
war. Let the House stick closely
to its work.
Year: 1876




gnratiOn of TiIden.


In 3 speech at Peoria, H., on the
Sth inst, Col. Bob Ingersol said


If there is a Democrat here, I
give him warning that Samuel J.
Tilden can never be inaugurated.
l had rather see another war than
see him inaugurated through the
means of that hound in Oregon.
Rutherford B. Hayes will be inau-
rated on the 9Th Of next March 1
would be in favor of having it on
the 4th. There cannot be too good
E day on which to inaugurate a Re
publican President. The
Republican party viii never turn
this government over to Democrats.
If Hayes don't go in, nobody will.
Grant will stay.


There never was such an election
and there never was such a time
finding out who was elected. I Isay
to the Democrats, hope you will
not lean upon the vote of Louisiana.
The record will be damaging to nu-
manity and to the fair name of the
American people. Think of it,
Democrats, of the kind of company
you have to keep. The best Dem
ocrats in the city of Washington
say that Mr.. Hayes has been hon
estly elected.


See the difference between the
two parties. Not a single charge
of fraud, not a single row has been
charged to the Republicans. The
Democracy have not got the moral
courage to oppose us IN the inaugu
ration of Hayes. They know that
we will protect the honor and in
tegrity of the nation. The Demo
cratic party is not fit to govern the
country. Let them sell out their
fire works; Tilden will never be
President. John Morrissey is the
best Democrat 1 know. He is the
most influential man I know. He
is what he pretends to be. He is
the embodiment of Democratic prin-
ciples. If we don't protect our cit
izens at home and abroad, our coun-
try is a failure. If we can't devise
some plan to keep the Republican
party in power it will be failure.


By the time we get all the mean
things the Democrats ever did on
the shoulders of their candidate, he
can't run very well. When you
pile the record of the last campaign
on top of that,no man can ever stand
it. There never viii be another
Democratic President.


There are some Republicans who
were talking about reform. The
Republican party never needed re-
form. There was occasionally an
individual in the party who ought
to have been a Democrat. But
they were an exception.


If there be any Republicans who
voted for Tilden, we say to them
repent in sackcloth and ashes. Let
us keep every man who ever was. 6
Republican in the party.


When the news goes through the
South it will strike into the cabin
doors like sunshine, it will strike
every black face like glory.


am in favor of trying these
white liners; these bulldozers. 1
anything like murder can be proved
against them, 1 am in favor o.
shooting them on the spot. I want
it so that every child of the Repub
lie shall be educated by the Repub
lie. want to see liberty, equality
and justice throughout the country
That's my doctrine. That's th,
reason am glad of the success 0
the Republican party. This success
says to every soldier, your wound
were not received in VAIN; to tn
orphans, your fathers were no
killed in vain.
Year: 1876

Liberty (Miss.) Herald. We saw
a bale of cotton brought to town
this week on a wagon which had
four solid wooden wheels, which
we're made BY saving them from a
log and simply boring a hole
through them. This is much better
for a poor man than 70 buy an iron
axle wagon for a big price on a
credit and work himself to death
70 pay for it