smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

ty, then, Of enhancing the CONNER


cial interests of Montana through


The construction of a railroad with


in it's limits is confined to the


Helena and Benton railroad.


The Legislature in passing the


bill authorizing the construction


the Fl. and B. road, has only ex~


pressed the sentiments of the peo-
pie. Looking at tin q local light


and as a local measure, the inter


ests OF three counties would be i'm


mediately advanced. It would tend


to develop the counties Of Lewis
and Clarke, Choteau, Meagher, and


Dawson, and increase the popula-


ton Of this section. The result


would be the material advancement


Of the Territory at large. But as


a Territorial enterprise il calls for


the serious and favorable considera-


ton Of nearly every county IN the


Territory, for the simple reason


that there is no portion of Mon


tana so remote from Benton and


Helena as to be out Of reach OF the


|aecunulatre advantages derived


from cheap rates. That the Helena


and Benton road would prove the


Immediate cause Of lessening the
rate Of freight To this Territory,
is an incontroyertible fact and It's
; expressive result the desideratum
! cheap markets. The provisions
Of the bill require county commits
sioners Of every county that may
be benefited by the Helena and


Benton railroad, on the petition of
fifty qualified votersof their county,
! to submit the proposition Of issuing
! county bonds to the people to aid
) in the construction of the road
I The issuance ofsuch bonds not to
!, exceed IN amount twenty per cent


Of the assessable value of taxable
! property. Provision is made that
a the issue of bonds shall not exceed
/ seven hundred and fifty thousand
q dollars, nor an amount, greater
than that for which any responsible
corporation will agree to build the
. road. Should any counties desire
L to increase the issue of bonds,
0 those counties who refused to join
d In the increase are allowed to issue
It their pro rata amount. Provision
} is made that no bonds shall be de
s livered for any mile Of road which
/ shall not be at the time Of delivery
: fully equipped. The fact that the
! people desires a railroad cannot be
Il withheld, neither can the gnecessi
. ty for one be disguised. But while
). the clamor for railroad communl
!. cation IS general, the idea Of ex
d pending any large. percentage O
G the value Of the Territory for the
; purpose Of obtaining this require
e ment does. not meet with genera
!, appreciation. The aid to construct
It the road between Benton anC
# Helena cannot, however, be consid
j cred n the lightofa a subsidy. The
v greater portion Of money tha
q should be expended would remain
!, in the Territory, the result Of tho
q construction Of the road would be
) the increase Of commerce, the in
d crease Of labor, and the stronges'
: affirmation to outside capital D
q the ever increasing faith Of Mon
Year: 1876

The Union League of New York
has passed a vote Of thanks to Presi-
dent Grant for his recent efforts to
protect South Carolina from violence
and to secure the exercise and free
enjoyment of the rights of suffrage.
This is only part of what they should
have done. They should have also
passed vote of thanks to the Char
lesion artist who painted the banner
of the colored league in that city,
with which it recently paraded, rep
resenting a white woman nursing a
black infant. Grant is entitled to as
much credit for one as the other.
hence he gets it all.
Year: 1876

men of averageintellect got in there
there might have been some good
achieved, for there was no lack Of
opportunity. But they left undone
the things they ought to have done
and did the things they ought not
to have one;and there was no wis
dom in them. It is a good comment
upon men being paid three dollars
per day for work that should COM
mand men OF intellect and practical
education, and can earn more than
that at home. The taxpayers of
Oregon can breathe free; they will
have no similar ..inAiction for the
next two wears.
Year: 1876

Carbolic Acid.-A small quantity of
carbolic acid is recommend to be
used in whitewash and in paste for
laying paper hangings. It will repel
cockroaches and all other insects, and
also neutralize the| disagreeable odor
consequent upon the decomposition Of
the paste. %
Year: 1876

In the fine art department there was much
Of interest on the last day, and the displays
Of fruits attracted much attention, showing \
general recovery from the destructive effects
Of the winter Of 1874. -
Year: 1876

Ofcourse they don't; indeed, we should
begin to doubt if they did. But who are
these considerate sympathizing people who
indulge in these regrets, and fear so much
disaster to the Republican cause thereby?
Well, let US see The New York Sun
don't like it. The World don't like it.
The Herald don't like it. The Baltimore


Gazette don't like it, and all the rest of the
devoted friends of Mr.. Tilden don't like it,
including the whole "solid South" about
whose great strength and unity so much
has been said by the Tilden fuglemen
North and South. OF course they will do
all they can to depreciate Mr.. Chandler's
fitness for the position he occupies on the
committee; and they would, If they could,
destroy his influence entirely as political
force in this important crisis. Intelligent,
considerate Republican on-lookers expect
nothing else, and they are not at all sur
prised when they see the froth and bile
which these patronizing journals throw up
at every turn in the tide which marks the
progress of the strife now going on; and
therefore the probability is that Mr.. Chand-
ler is doing just the right thing that is
needed to combine our forces and bring out
our strength. Indeed, there is no doubt
about this; and it isn't necessary that he
should confide his plans or reveal the policy
he is pursuing to the astute and patriotic (O
gentlemen who control these prolific and
lively party sheets. That certainly would
neither be wise nor shrewd.


Hence, these tears" and these apologize
fears which are thrown out from time to
time, hoping thereby to excite distrust and
discouragement in the Republican ranks.
But it will be no use. The anisus that
prompts the utterance is too apparent to
disturb or discourage anybody. 1t smells
of those corrupt political localities in our
great cities where deceit and frauds and
moral pestilence throw up their contami-
mating deCris to blast and destroy all that is
worth preserving in our free institutions
and in our public life.


Apropos just here, another part of the
game inaugurated by these people is to
praise and exalt Mr.. Tilden's extraordinary
and unequaled powers to conduct politi-
cal campaign. He is so shrewd and wise
and great he is so smart, persistent and
cunning, and, We may add, complacent,
tricky and unscrupulous, that nothing can
stand before him. Like Alexander, all that
he wants is more worlds to conquer.


And so the game Of bluff and brag takes
the place of solid, sober fact, hoping by
this they may save some and scare the rest.
Out upon the bold and bald pretense
There is nothing in it, although there may
be method in this madness" Compare
lively, 1t is undoubtedly an exaggeration,
and in its results we believe, in the end, it
will be found entirely deceptive and incon-
seouenfial
Year: 1876

cess with the exception of two districts.
In one ofthem bolter is forcing canvass
with a very small minority of the nominal
ing convention. In the other, the Roches-
ter district, there is no bolt, but there
seems to be an uncalled for opposition to
the nominee, the Hon. John NJ. Davy, on
the part of one Of the counties forming the
Congressional district. Mr.. Davy received
the regular nomination for re election, and
the importance of the result should prompt
all Republicans to lay aside prejudice of
locality, and work for Republican success.
The time for opposition should be before
the committeeman after it. We presume
there is not Republican in Mr.. Dayy's
district who wishes to see his place filled
by a Democrat, especially when the char
acter of the present House is considered;
and yet vote against him, or the scratch
ing of his name from the ticket on account
of dissatisfaction arising from the locality
of the nomination, may do that very thing.


1t Is very important that the next House
should have experienced and efficient men
in it to undo and remedy the pernicious
legislation of the present House. Mr..
Davy is such man. While he was not
conspicuous upon the floor as a debater
during the last session, yet the speeches he
did deliver were terse and effective, and
showed that he was master of his subject.
The real hard work of Congress is per-
formed by the committees, and it is here
that Mr.. Davy rendered very efficient SER
vice. Everything referred to him was
promptly attended to, and his work was
done in a manner indicating that he had
the good of the nation at heart. He was
untiring in his energy and zeal; was al
ways opposed to jobs; always voted upon
the right side, and never absented himself
except when severe illness compelled him
to seek rest The Republicans of his dis
trict will do honor to themselves and JUS
tice to an earnest advocate of their interests
by sending Mr.. Davy to the next House
with rousing majority, and We hope to
see opposition to him speedily vanish, es-
pecially when such opposition is based
upon no better grounds than locality.
Year: 1876

The Congressional districts of New York,


Pennsylvania, Illinois and other States
that were affected by the 'tidal wave of
1874, by which the present House of Rep
resentatives was given to the control of the
Democrats should be sharply looked after


Whether the Republican party win or lose
the contest for the Presidency, it is impera-
tive that the control of the next House
should be secured To do this we have
but TO make few more gains, following
the example of Ohio and Indiana. In
those States excellent nominations on the
part Of the Republicans, and an untiring
zeal in the canvass had good effect, and
such should be the case in other States


There is no reason why gain of several
Congressmen should not follow in New
York and Pennsylvania. In the former
State there is very good prospect Of sue
Year: 1876

The average Northerner is as ignorant
of the true situation at the South, and Of
the designs of the -Confederates, as the
wild Sioux are of the magnitude and re-
sources of the Republic. Generous and
magnanimous, the Northern people are
inclined to go to the other extreme in for
giving and forgetting the past. The senti
mentality which prompted Henry the
Fourth to rush forward after his troops
had triumphed over the arms of the League
and cry out: "spare my French subjects;
hurt not hair of their heads" seems to
have been entirely misdirected when ex-
hibited to the rebels of the South. No
commander, in ancient or modern times,
displayed more generous treatment to
vanquished and beaten foe than dId Gen.
Grant st Appomattox, yet we find the men
whose lives he protected from a justly
indignant public as bitter in their hostili-
ties as they were during the most exciting
events of the late war. The fact is, the
Southern leaders have been convinced
against their will. Taught from their in
fancy to regard slavery as Divine institu-
ton ordained of Heaven, they are 10th to
give up its imaginary benefits; and when
they conspire against the peace of whole
communities in the South, as at present,
they consider that they are but subserving
Divine decree. As slavery, with its bane-
full influences, permeated our entire system
in 1860, bringing about disastrous war,
and filling the land with tragedy and blood,
so now does its dark shadow cast its gloom
over large portion of the Union, yainly
endeavoring again to exert its far-reaching
sway.


William H. Seward declared that there
was an 'frrepressible conflict" between
capital and labor, but were he alive now
he would doubtless declare that the conflict
is between the white Democracy and the
negro. And all of this bad blood is engen-
dered simply because the negro has been
made a citizen, and entitled TO all the rights,
privileges and immunities which naturally
followed in the train of his liberties. The
average Nortberner never stops to reflect
upon the consequences which would have
resulted had the negro been admitted to
our body polite prior to 1861. 1t is safe TO
assume that had the Legislatures of the
Southern States contained q majority of
negroes in 1850, there would have been no
war, and had the carpet baggers" occu-
pied the seats of Toombs, Hunter and Wig
fall, the dangerous heresy of secession
would not have assumed sucl herculean
proportions. These are momentous ques-
tons, and well worthy the study Of the
Northern patriot who would fain see the
troubles Of the past quieted and the serious
Year: 1876

NEW YORK, March l5.-The Evening
Post says: No receiver has yet been
appointed for the Bank of the State OF
New York, and ii was learned this morn.
iug. that Comptroller of Currency
Knox is masking an effort to have the
bank 90 into voluntary liquidation. The
bank officers are willing to adopt this
course, and believe they can carry it out
successfully. The bank building was
open this morning, and the officer. were
in attendance, to answer the questions of
the depo.tors, who visited the bank
in large numbers. The Vice-President
Patrick, said nothing could be done by
the managers until tho decision of the
banking department at Washington was
announced Alsohe said in regasd to
the overdraft and loans which have been
censured that the reports of these had
been exaggerated. One of the directors
said there was TO foundation for the
statement, that he had made an over
draft On the bank to the extent Of $780,
coo.
Year: 1876

From the New York Herald, IA


Our dispatch from Concord, the Cap
ital Of the Granite State, seems 10 beto.
ken a Republican success in the election
which takes place to day; but our COR
respondent ascribes it to q reason which
is disgraceiul To the Republican party.
he thinks they have bought up the
greater part of the purchasable voters,
aud that the election will be controlled
by corruption. We are reluctant TO be.
lieve this; partly because we do not
regard bribery AS leglu-
maze electioneering appliance, and
partly because strong rebuke OF the ad-
ministration would have a wholesome
political effect after the recent exposures
At Washington. We should be sincerely
sorry TO think that the people Of any
State are indifferent spectators OF official
corruption. l. the election returns
should verify the prediction Of our cor
respondent we horc it may turn out that
the result is not due to bribery, for we
would more willingly accept any other
explanation than this, which is SO dis
creditablo TO the character Of American
citizens. Astounding disclosures OF cor
rGption are less likely to have their full
effect on an election which takes place
Immediately than after the lapse Of an
interval. On the eve of an election
people are apt TO suspect that such re-
ports are invented or exaggerated for the
occasion, and when a set of counter reports
are put in circulation by the other party,
that portion of the voters who either ac-
eept both or discredit both are not likely
10 change sides. The Belknap exposure
has been offset by industriously diff
fused rumors affecting the char


aster of distinguished Democrats;
and, although the latter are un-
proved and Belknap's corruption is con-
iessed, the stories may not be very closely
sltted in the heat of violent party con-
lest Had the New Hampshire election
taken place month ago the Repubii-
sans would easily have carried the State,
Year: 1876

as the party has been steadily gaining


since the. subsidence Of the great Demo-
cratic 'tidal wave" of 1874. The legiti-
mate effect of the Belknap exposure
should be to arrest the gains of the Re-
publican party and set its prospects back,
and we still hope that the actual returns
will show, even in New Hampshire, that


political success is not independent of
moral character.
Year: 1876

Secretary Blstow and Mint Director
Lindemanh were by invitation
before the House Appropriation
Committee today to furn.
ish further information concerning the
readiness Of the Treasury Department to
begin the redemption of fractional cur
rency in silver coin. After hearing their
statements the Committee voted TO re-
port the bill for this object back again to
the House tomorrow and ask its jmme-
diate consideration.


Speeches were also made BY Mr.. At
kins in favor Of the Texas Pacific Rail.
road bill; by Mr.. Cochrane in advocacy
OF reform and and economy; by MIR.
Mills in favor of sound specie currency
and by jerks in favor Of the transfer OF
the pension bureau from the Interior to
the War Department.


The Committee then arose and the
House adjourned
Year: 1876

The bad faith of the Blaine party in their
step known as the School Amendment, has
been brought to summary exposure. Last
week we had occasion to note it's iguomi-
nious failure as trap for the Democratic
party. Since that time the Republican
Senate has been called on to act on the
measure and has virtually rejectedit. The
fact is, not only did the Democratic party
escape the trap set for it, but the Republi-
cans themselves fell into it. Republican
ism, rs represented in Congress, dOes not
Year: 1876

A singular phenomenon, frequently met with
in the Indian Ocenn, the real cause of which


has not yet been ascertained, is the existence,
off Malabar, and in certain spots along the
Coromsndel coast, of vast mud banks and of
tracts of mud suspended in the sea, wherein
many kinds of fish find abundance of food, i'm
nunity from much disturbance in the surround
ing element, and locality in which to


breed. The exact cause of the existence of
these large tracts of sea in which the mud thus
remains in solution is mystery; but at any
rate the ocean is so smooth that, during even
the height of the southwest monsoon, vessels
can run for shelter into their midst, and, once
there, are as safe as when inside a breakwater.
Year: 1876

| ltwould be truly Singular coincidence,
! to say the least of it, if the American Or =


ion should cease to be, after just one hur-


dred years of existence. 1t might have
| broken up ten years ago or it might keep
on for decade to come, but that it should


extinguish itself in precisely the year when


its fret Centennial was being celebrated
| would appear rather providential than &C
| ciGental Yet this is what seems to be con-


templated by the party in power, now
They. are throwing out feelers for the re-
duction of the Southern States to the con-
dition of Territories. This, carried out,
would be an abandonment of the Union
not in fact only, but even in principle.
Here are a number of States constituting
Union, but each remaining sovereign
and independent. If certain of them, form
ing majority combination, succeed in de-
grading the others from their sovereign con-
dition and reducing them to the rank of
territories belonging as property to the
general government, then as a question of
fact, that Union no longer exists. TLeee
has been a revolution there has been
conquest-peacefully, perhaps, without the
firing of gun, but, still, a conquest. An
other Union may take it's place, but it is as
truly different from the original one as
though the conquered section also constitu-
ted separated Union and there were now
two of them instead of one.


In principle the Union would be still
more fatally destroyed. That Union is
based on two ideas; one, that men are ca
pable of self government; the other, that
Republic has no right to govern provinces
or to hold mastery over populations which
are incapable of Identification with it. The
condition of territorial dependencies pro
vinces is totally repugnsnt to the Ameri-
Can idea, except as to special localities where
the population is too sparse to sustain the
weight of State government.


A reduction of Louisiana and other States
to the Territorial condition would, there
fore, be clear admission that self govern
meut as to them bad proved failure after
q hundred years of experiment, for there is
no pTetense that their populations are not
large enough to form States. And if Lou
isiana or Alabama is not capable of self
government, how long will Massachusetts
or Ohio remain so7 Is not, then, the right
Vi h@n W Sell i-So'efnnleuI' Will LIS capacity
for it, reduced from the grade of a first
principle to the precarious basis of q
chapce7


Let Louisiana be Territorialized and the
grand American manifesto of human rights
will be recognized as dreamerSs fustion, the
grand drama of American self- government
will terminate as a broad farce, to the uni
versal amusement of q world which had al
ways been sceptical.
Year: 1876

The new tongue to the thirteen Thousand
pound bell of liberty at Philadelphia, was
forged st Winsted, Conn, last week. The
tongue weighs four hundred pounds, and takes
the place of the one hundred and fifty pound
clapper, which was too light.
Year: 1876

Is it because they wear silk that women are
less liable to be struck by lightning than menf
Yet they are, for Of the $50 persons 90 killed in
France during the past decade, SCI were males.
Still more singular is the fact that whenever q
man and dog have got in the way of q thun-
derbolt the man escaped the electric shock, the
dog it was that died.
Year: 1876

From this list we miss the names of many of
the most populous and wealthiest 6ioceses in
the Union, while others, in which the Catholic
population is counted by hundreds of thou
sands, send contributions that would scarcely
be credit to a small congregation. The total
amount-$o. .500-is about equal to what one
would suppose two such dioceses as that Of
New York, ST. Louis or Milwaukee might easily
send annually. In the case of our diocese,
whose contribution was only S3I9 (1593 frs.)
there is some palliation, for we have had most
extraordinary difficulties to contend with,
| though we should be rather diffident in advan.
cing any excuses in the face of the fact that
the poor diocese of Natchitoches contributed
more than we did.


great deal might be said to reawaken the
zeal of the faithful in behalf of this great
charity, but the comparative ignorance of the
writer with reference to the details of the
Work, the system of collecting, etc., impels
him to conclude now with the simple express
sion of an earnest hope that some clergyman
will favor our readers with such an article on
the subject as it's Importance deserves.