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FBIDAY, APRIL. 4,;i879.
THE TEST OATH mOUTd CARoLISJI.
. V;
number of - thei DemocraUal
Quite
citizen of South Carolina, jas, is, quite.
well known, ft re under indictment m
the United States -Court of that State
for frauds alleged to havej been com
mitted byt them in .the. last congression
al ihecifoni The cases hrejsoon to be
called for trial in the United States
Court at Charleston, and i the under
standing is that the test oath will be
required of the jurors who are to sit
upon the cases. " As a natural result
there is much feeling and much appre
hension throughout the State, and night
before last a number of the citizens of
Columbia, pursuant to a call, met at the
opera house and entered k respectful
but a decided protest against the pro
ceeding said ,to ije in contemplation.
The fcroeeectfiigsiof fhid meeting appear
in the Columbia Register, ot yesterday.
Dr. A. N. Tally introducedj a preamble
and resolutions reciting the apprehen
sions of the citizens that the best men
in the State were in danger; of being ex
cluded from the jury box in the hearing
of thecaSes,iand settimg forth, that while
the people have no desire -to interfere
with the just administration of the
laws, they deem it their duty to protest
against this proposed unholy perversion
of the machinery of justice. The fol
lowing are iheclosing resolutions:
Resolved, That those who are sought
to be made the victims of sutjh. persecu
tion should be the especial caro of all
good citizens who cheris&'their liber
tics. Resolved, That a committee of ten citil
zens be appointed by the chairman of
this meeting to rqake such provision as
may be necessary to carry into effect
these resolutions. ;
The resolutions were adopted as a
whole, and the committee authorized
under them was appointed by the chair
man. Senator Hampton being present, was
called out and delivered a brief and
temperate address, cordially concurring
in the sentiments embodied in the, pre
amble and resolutions. We append a
few sentences of his remarks:
I agree with the gentlemen who have
addressed you that we are not here to.
protect criminals: we are here suply
to vindicate the good name of the peo
ple of South Carolina. The great fun
damental principle of English liberty
loving, people has bseo, always Jthat
every man is entitled to- be tried by a
jury of his peers, and by a jury or the
vicinage. This, trial in Charleston, if
conducted as is proposed to be now,
it will simply be a trial before a packed
Jury. Our citizens can meet with no
jyfctioe; and it is right that we, their
I'ellow-fcitizens, should aid them in every
way possible ; that we shall contribute
to the means of their defense ; that we
shall look upon them, as the law looks
uDon all who are tried, and say they
are innocent until they are proved to be
guilty.
North Carolina in the Sjcnate.
In the Senate, last Monday, Mr. Vance
presented the memorial of certain citi
zens of North Caroliqa in favor of an
appropriation for the improyement of
Ueaufort harbor. lie asked that, as it
was short, the memorial be read, and it
was accordingly read and referred to
the committee on commerce.
On the same day "Mr. Vance asked,
and ffi kyianimous consent ! obtained,
leav to introduce a bill (S. No. 279) to
provide for the purchase of a building
at Newberne, North Carolina, to be used
as a postoffice and United States court
house, and for the accommodation of
the United States internal revenue offi
cial?, and for other purposes; which
was read , twice by its 'title, and, with
the papers on file relating to the subject,
referred to the committee on public
buildings and grounds." : ' ' :
The same day, "Mr. Ransom (by re
quest) asked, and by unanimous con
sent obtained, leave to introduce a bill
(3. No. 284) authorizing Wm. J. Wilsons,
assistant surgeon United' States army,,
to receive If 6mrth"erKhedfve of TSgypt'a
decoration for gallantry In battle in the
action near pura, Abyssinia, March, 7,
1870; 'which- was read twice by its title,
and referred to the committee onfo
eign relations." '
Tuesday's Debate in the House.
The speech made by Mr. Hurd, of Ohio,
during the fierce partisan debate in the
House, Tuesday, Is pronounced not only
the speech of the day but the speech of
the session. Chalmers kept his temper
and bore himself remarkably well, and
as to the general result of the discussion
the Washington correspondent of the
New York Swn say "the -Democrats
more than held their own." The Sun
editorially summarizes the debate thus
I
tersely: :;
In the House the legislative, execu
tive, and judicial bill was reported with
the sections providing fori intelligent
Juries and free election to which the
Republicans Object. Then the House
further debated the army bill. After a
Colorado member had warned the South
to pehtare, Mt. Chalmers of iljssissippi
made a fiery speech, which excited ap-
lause on the Democratic side and
aughter on the Republican side. After
Mr. Chalmers had called Mr. Conger of
Michigan a; jester, and Mr. Conger had
virtually called Mr. Chalniers a monkey,
mt. j?ryeorj3aHiiiBrinaae a aenant
speeca,
Bpeech, ana Mt. Hard Lbf i Ohio made a
mtxmmliJiasKb TKx Sills
WfliX4rjlVe(Tt thedis
coyf ry, jvbi, aftef ihe", ,eglslature ad
louoied.'taat th6 school bill waa not a
law by reason or the fact that the pre-
idlng officers of the two nouses had not
signed it; and in; view of the further
fact that it Laa just beeni learned from
S mat or Henderson, of Rowan, that the
bill prescribing a sho'rter f orm for deeds
ani abolishing private eals, and for
other purposes, is not a law, having fail
ed to pass though Jt 'was enrolled and
Signed ;'in consideration 61 '.these facts
wa our if. wnnld lie interesting to know
3tt3t whftt bins:did pass into laws and
What:, f aUed tnrougn. ? vu "F.
' methods of doing business; which seera-
edi prevail about the capiioi , uurmg
- the latter part of the session.? It tegins
a iaoV tw as if the captions wfll liave
to'be republished,; with kevisiong ;6nd
correction?..., .
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COL STEELE AO THE SPEAKERSHIP.
Just after the contest over the speak
ership of the ,Hou3 .h cefD.eotrfi
end, a WashingtonorreswdlenMdf a
North Carolina newspaper otthat
Hon. Walter! Steele was ttvf only
member who in the caucus voted
against making the nomination of Mr.
Randall unanimous. We felt satisfied
that Col ' Steele had -cast no such vote
and hftriffri kid not tfe&roduce the state-
private letter jjom, yqi. &veete.uiu um
itC 4a we had expected he wWa. urinie
course of his letter he says: "I did not
so vote, nor did any one else to my
knowledge. I voted for Mr. Black
burp'pc
tad deter
a4,in, butr
er. $he parW A,eharacterizf -it as"
iCe kr. Bali iprinciple of republ
ellfo nomt
flail Si siB"nie4, with
taword i
Jtl in till
protes
Wi&rfullyl
House to carry
out the
will of the
party."
This brief statement will serve to cor
rect any false impression on the minds
of those who may have seen the article
in question, though it is hardly to be
supposed that the original statement
found a moment's lodgment In the
minds of those who are acquainted
with Col. Steele or who are at all famil
iar with his record. He is independent
in standing by his convictions but he
never kicks out of the party tracesnor
brinsrs himself in conflict withihe de
clared party will.
Complexion of the Houses The
national Senate now stands Demo
crats 43, Republicans 33 ; a Democratic
majority .of Jhiafi0 Pavi(U)y
as u'I4iijpcratrrid it iaipetfectijfeprop
er tiat he should be so counted since
h$ always votes with the Democrats on
party questions. TheHouse, when full,
has 293 members. There are 6 vacancies
two caused by death and four from
California, where the election has not
yet been held. In the House there are
147 Democrats, l?1 Bef riicafisand 13
Greenbackers. Democratic ' majority
over all 7, which Is quite enough.
The Fitz John Porter Case. A
great many people who believe that
Cen. Fitz John Porter has been very
unfairly dpa$ j with, will rbfe pleased to
know that the court martial sitting
upon his caserhas exonerated him en
tirely, an4 a still arreater number, read
ers of the associated press reports, will
be gladder still that his trial has come
to an end. The reading of so many
dispatches about this matter had become
a weariness to the flesh.
ne latest tioni dov. Hampton is
that he-has returned. tuX'ulumbia irom.
his fishing and deer hunting, and that
he will not attend tlfe ektsra' session of
Congress.
Briff News Iirm
Gov. Simpson, of South Carolina,
offers a reward of 100 for the arrest of
J. IL Kingsley alias Kinly,tbe man who
siwindled a Columbia bank out of S5C0
on the 20th ult.
The celebrated trotter Goldsmith Maid
was delivered of a fine bay horse colt at
Fashion Stud Farm, near Trenton, N. J.,
on Tuesday evening. The sire is George
Washington. Mr. Smith vesterdav re
fused an offer of 20,000 for it.
A stable in Third avenue, Brooklyn,
was burned Monday night, and Tues
day morning the lody of David R. Pul
ver was found under the charred ruins.
It is supposed he lost his life while try
ing to save tlie four horses that were in
the staMe. , , :
During March the United States mint
at Philadelphia coined $1,123,200 in gold,
$900,370 in silver and $7,816 in base
metal; a total of 1, 745,520 pieces of the
value of $20386.
Rather than make a reduction of force
Commissioner Paine, of the patent office,
has reduced all clerical salaries in his
employ 12 per cent, from April l to June
30. The clerks preferred this alterna
tive. Prof. C. V Riley, entomologist of the
department of agriculture, has resigned.
He will continue the work already un
der his charge in the grasshopper re
gion of the West, he being chief of the
grasshopper commission, appointed
some time ago..
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The t'oHon
Traffic In England and tier
manj.
MANCrfESTtiM '4pri)f$-tTie Guar
dian, ifi its commercial article, says:
" Wednesday the market was exceed
ingly firm. Some producers asked a
slight further iidvance,4 while others
held very steadily at Tuesday's prices.
Private advices from Germany report
that the spinners there, having taken
large stocks of cotton when prices were
low, are now supplying yarn at such
rates that Manchester exporters are
quite unable to compete. At Black
burn the market on Wednesday was
strong, but a recent decided advance of
pnees cnecks Dusiness consideraDJy
- A MtruHift-JntF view.
London. April 5. A Berlin dispatch
to the Tlimss eaysr f Hei r Wipdhort's
(clerical) Interview 'wRh' Prince' Bis
marck is the principal subject .of con
versation and newspaper comment, and
nas given rise to numerous surmises,
but the fact that nothing has been re
vealed concerning its subject seems to
show that no tangible result has been
reached." The Standard Berlin. dis
patch scouts the idea that tire interviejw
had any bearing on. the negotiations
between Germany and the Vatican, and
denies that these neeotiationa are nro-
Southern Cases In the Supreme Court.
Washington, April The fallow
ed in the
otfiylill
court "for
the district on Louisiana: David N".
Barrow, adm'rX k ts, Logan H unton ;
wacop jvic iv imams j rank JUase,
tecerver; and John Kleimivs; -the city
or JNew Orleans. -In the last case no
counsel appeared 'for, the city of New
Orleans. w? V, 't,. r ,
U If
Priests Being Disciplined.
home, April 8.-The. ope has ;sum
moned to the Vatican-several ;.ecclesi-
asts who had been punished in Germany
for infi-actions of the May lawi3. i;'His
Holiness desires by mquiry into various
cases to find a line of conduct calculated
to avoid any conflict with the lawi
bendow
Mores for a New Trial
. . WashInqton April 3. Widow Oli
ver has already,, through her counsel
moved for a new tn&zvo&im -.13 XA'jrf
"Does your mother know yotfrtOT,''' said a boy
to lus brouer wbo did not go to aenooi oeeanse ne
bad eaoght a bad oold. "Yes, aba ioea,". was tb )
replj, "for Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup has knocked my
cold into a cocked bat. tie Dougoi s zoo. poatei v
mg sjoutnern cases were argu
V mted States utlrerai court t
from the tTnited States circuit
A LOXG AM) EIUAtlSnVli US3A.TE.
JtoheMl kt-mvU for Trorfim i,h tkk 1011
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Washington, April 3. Senate.
The Senate, soon after meeting, pro
ceeded to the consideration of the re
port of the committee on privileges and
elections on the tedentiajs of Charles,
II. Bell, claiming -a seat as'Senatotf frotnf
action the senate ai
S.-V
ad-
joumed till Monday.
House. The debate on the army ap
propriation bill was opened by Knolt,
of Kentucky. He spoke of the great
and historical importance of the prin
ciple involved in the i question. ; He
a great tundamental
icau libei'kV that the
tallot box should be protected from the
slightest approach of mriixary power,
and that the. tyoter t shall. De , lett aoso
lutely free in. exercising at5 the polls. the
highest prerogative oz a. cinaeu; .. lie
quoted the English statute' of Oeofge5
ii ior me remoyiu ;ox . troops xruiu vuu
place where an election is to be held,
and cited BlackSttone- as writing that it
is essential , that elections shall be ab
solutely free and that, therefore ; all un
due influences are 'illegal, and are pro
hibited. He bad expected that such
question would have been discussed on
the other aide with calmness and dig
nity; but in this he had been grievous
ly disaixrinted, partidulrfy in connec
tion, with the speech bt the" gentleman
trona Maine (Frye).nThat speech while
it might have been appropriate in "the
small Fr"'e" of his party, at a cross
roads or village bar-room, was unjust to
that gentleman's genial and generous"
nature.
Hauk. of Tennessee, followed. He
was southern oorn and sympatnizea
with that section, but he said when the
President had offered peace1 and' con
ciliation he had been answered with
bloodshed and riot. To-day it was well
known that a majority of the Southern
States were Kepublican if an honest
election could be had, and yet he look
ed around hpn and saw- put three:ite
publicans from5 the ' Southern States.
He placed his opposition to the present
measure on the broad ground of its
merits. If permitted to stand on the
statute books, there would be free elec
tions in the South and Republicans
would be returned to Congress by the
voice of a free people," unawed by bull
dozers and ritle clubs. Others might
do as they pleased but never while he
had a vote on this floor would he vote
to repeal those statutes until every man
in the South, whether white or black,
whether a carpet bagger from the
North or a scalawag trotn, the South,
Should have a free and equal chance at
the ballot box. Applauseon the Re
publican side. lie was not authorized
to speak for the President ,but he knew
that if the President was a good Repub
lican he would veto the bill.
Representative Robeson, ex-secretary
of the navy, then addressed the House.
He intended to confine himself to the
question of law involved in the discus
sion. It is proposed, he said, to restrain
the civil officers of the United States
f rbnffeepTn'gHie" peaee" aTiin jr election
in any State. By Avhat t means V By
civil means; not by 'military means, for
the right of the civil officer, the mar
sfyai of the district, if vyou please, tp
summon the posse comttdtus, is aright
to summon ordinary military companies
that may be within the body of his bail-
wick. The right to summon armea
loops if they be within the body of
the bailiwick is a civil, not a military
iglit, and is the interest of the indivis-
bility and the strength of the civil
aw.
There was considerable controversy
etween the Speaker and Mr. McLane,
of Maryland, as to whether there had
ever been any ruling of the Supreme
Courf recognizing the right of the
nited States to keep the peace. Robe
son said he had never Known that
question to arise in that form but there
have been rulings ot the Supreme
Court to the effect that wherever there
was iK)wer given and guaranteed or
secured bv the constitution of the
nited States, there the power resided
in the United .States to enforce and
secure it.
Coutiuuiug at considerable length in
a legal argument upon the points now
involved, Mr. Robeson said: My
friend from Ohio, Mr. Hurd.l had said
that it becomes us to look sharply and
keeniv as to the use of military power,
tor that bv it republics have always
died. I take issue with him there.
The last final blow at the liberties of
republics' has come from the sword,
but it has not been until some branch
of the government has usurped to itself
rights winch it did not enjoy under the
constitution and laws ot the counti v,
It has not been until some branch of
the government, usuallv a branch
claiming more specially to represent
the popular will, has usurped to itself
powers that did not belong to it. It
was only alter the Jong Parliament of
England had disgusted the country by
its disregard of civil and personal
rights, and by its assumption ot every
thing that belenged to the government,
that the stern soldier, Oliver Cromwell,
dared to go to that House and dissolve
it with military power. It was onlv
after the French assembly had made
Prance, Its fair fields and its vine-clad
hills, run red with the blood of its best
citizens,jiot until Europe was appalled
at the scenes ot murder; perpetrated
there, not until the world itself stood
aghast at the crimes that were com
mitted m the. name of liberty, that the
young Napoleon, with his armed force.
was able to seize upon the government,
We belong to a system of government
with co-ordinate and limited powers,
all bearing relation to each other, each
having its appointed sphere, each cloth
ed with its natural duties, each having
its special attractions and restraints,
each, like the solar system in the he'd
ens, aepenaeni on the other. .Let one
of those -spheres be stricken down, let
it be let loose from the proper law of
gravitation ot centrifugal and centri
petal forces, and what becomes of it V
It wandei s aoout, not only to the de
struction of the system of which it was
a member, but an object of terror to
the universe. Here we are co-ordinate
systems of this government all held to
gether by the attractions, privileges.
powers and restrictions of the constitu
tion, ot the United States. If one mem
ber of this system breaks loose from
those attractions, when the old land
marks are swept away and the old tra
ditions wiped out, when the old safe
guards are all broken down, it riots
through the system, au object of terror
and of dismay, and, more terrible than
majestic, it, becomes a mightv instru
ment of evil. My friends, (addressing
the Democratic side of the House,) it is
irom a disruptedsystem otgoverriment
that military, power . arises: it is in the
confusion ot disorder; the laek of right
fe bf, IH.by .the civil officers of
the law,:it is within the smoke of snhh
a contest that the man on horseback.
y"- nuei vy is sacrincea to or
dern So long as the civil process of the
law' mav be nroneriv Tepnto
civil officers in this country, there is no
danger of military power. The strong
-e v..v iicrtuo, tne orave nearts
of our people. North tou Sr,r,tiT rAii
never yield to a standing army were it
a mill on strong unless it became ab
solutely necessary under the pressure
of the usurped and arbitrary power of
some irresponsible member ofUhe sys
fe0 enfice liberty to order. . That
never come in this mnntn
next speaker; He premised his speech
nioi ; "7.: '"J .MC,WS aisregara the
Plain teaching of history. t J b
Blackburn. Of TfontnrVw iroc.
witFEEe Hope that he wouTiTTfi no way
depart from the plain of fairness in de
bate; that no ntterance of bos would
give call to the charge.that any section
al question was involved in; theMssue
under considerationiii Nobodv had been
surprise at:the rspeech of the gentle
men from KewJersey Bxbesonj. TJie
performance would not have been com
plete, would not have been fairly
rounded off, unless some member of
the privy council of that impenahstic
dvnastv under whose administration
the ervrvieloEus practice had grown pps
to what nV ws now sought- to repeal
had ttilied 4jii. thfl. lioor on ieha
It had been argued by various gentle
men on the Other side that ithis repeal
was revolutionary . in its character;
that it had no place upon an appropria
tion mil that it wna nut of line and
should be considered as an independent
proposition. He was but a poor stu
dent of his -country's history who was
not ablft to satisfv himself that from
the foundation of the constitution down
to thp. oresftTvt. tirtiB it had ever been
held, and that bv the highest authori
ties in the land, that it was in the pow
er of the TTousp. to r.ontrol the employ
ment of the army by the withholding
of supplies. In the very nature of
things the proposed repeal could not be
re volution arv. Negative legislation
was never revolutionary : amruiauvo
. . . . - r .
legislation might be but not negative
legislation. There was no one who
w70nld assert that nrevious to 1865
I the executive had held the Power of
which this bill proposed t" aepnve
Mm. The constitution "did not give
the light to the President to send
araied forces into any State!, even to
suppress domestic violence. By no
means. It required the President to
protect every State from invasion, but
only 'conferred upon him the right to
send soldiers to that State to suppress
domestic violence when the .Legisla
ture of the State or the Governor
should make a requisition upon, him
He was not permitted to anticipate
domestic violence neither he, nor the
Legislature nor the Governor.
Domestic violence must have been in
existence, and that fact must have been
certified to him by the Legislature.
There was no prerogative which the
President held that was not clearly
defined and limited by law, but the
constitution had made Congress, in ex
press terms, the grand reservoir into
which all powers of implication flowed.
This bill could not comprehend revolu
tion ; but it was said that it was not in
the proper place when it was engrafted
upon an appropriation bill. He said if
lectures were to be read to the Demo
crats, let them come from some
quarter and some member not con
victed on the record. The gentlemen
from Ohio Garfield had told the
House that this was an etfort and an
unmanly effort to starve the govern
ment to death, and had contrasted it
with what he termed the bolder and
braver action of certain members of
Congress in 1861 who had left their
seats and had carried their issue to the
field of carnage. That gentleman had
said that this was revolution, and had
denied the effort which the Democrats
were making to adopt it. Far better
would it have been for the people of
the country if the power of the gentle
man from Ohio had been applied at an
earlier period of his political history in
denouncing and opposing revolution
ary legislation. Did the gentleman
remember the record that he had made
in 1868 on an amendment offered by
Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, to an appropria
tion bill, proposing to revolutionize the
judicial system of the country ? pro
posing to rob the co-ordinate branches or
the government? proposing to strip the
Supreme Court of the prerogatives and
the powers that the federal constitu
tion had clothed it with? That
amendment had provided that if any
criminal or district court should
declare any act of Congress to be un
constitutional, the iudgment should be
carried up to the Supreme Court, and if
two-thirds of the members of that
court should not affirm the judgment,
the same should be held reversed ; and
on ' the call of the yeas and nays the
gentleman from Ohio is found voting
"aye." The Supreme Court at that
time had consisted of eight members,
and by that amendment six were
required to overrule the opinion of a
district court declaring unconstitu
tional any of the ill-advised, hasty,
crude and partisan measures of the
Republican party. Revolution! What
was there that the party the gentleman
so ably led had not done in that cata
logue of crimes? In his speech of
Saturday the gentleman from Ohio had
challenged. all comers to show
a single instance in the history of the
country, where the executive had ever
been coerced! He (Blackburn) accept
ed the gage or battle which the gentle
man had thrown down. He would read
from therecord and show him an in
stance on the 2d of March, 1867. An
drew Johnson had signed an army ap
propriation bill under protest, feeling,
as he said, constrained to return the bill
with his signature, but accompanied it
with his protest Was there no coercion ?
Why, the record was full of instances.
He found that in the Thirty-sixth Con
gress that that had occurred which
would never fade from the minds of the
people. He referred to the effort which
was made, and which came so near re
sulting in the successful impeachment
of the chief executive of the country.
The executive had been impeached of
high crimes and misdemeanors, and of
usurpation and violation of the law:
First, in that he has corruptly used the
appointing power. Had the gentleman
from Ohio intended to impeach him for
that? The gentleman knew that he
had not. Second jn . that he has cor
ruptly used the pardoning power. Had
the gentleman intended to impeach him
for that ? Everybody knew he had not.
Third, in that he has corruptly used the
veto power. There was where the sting
came in. It was the exercise of this pre
rogative ; it was the employment of that
veto power for which the House voted
articles of impeachment Fourth, in
that he has corruptly disposed of
public property) That was a mere
formal count ' in the indictment.
Fifth, in that he has corruptly inter
fered with the elections. These were
the two counts in this indictment on
which it was proposed to impeach the
executive. One was the exercise of the
veto power and the other his interfer
ence not in elections but to prevent
the interference of armed power in elec
tions. Those counts had been voted
upon more than once,! and the gentler
men from Ohio was on the record every
time as voting in their favor; and he
had been supported in his action and
had teen standing by him, voting
side by side with him to im
peach the President for the exer
cise of the-veto power, one then com
paratively obscure and who but for a
combination of accidents would have
remained to this day and until, his dy
ing day in that obscurity for which na
ture and his Creator seemed to have de
signed him. Side by side with the gen
tleman from Ohio had stood and voted
Mr. Hayes, of the same State. Ap-
ftlauseon the Democratic side and in
he galleries. And now by what
sort of authority had the gentleman
from Ohio come to threaten the House ?
For the first time in eighteen years the
De mocracy is back in power in both
branches of Congress. :' We propose to
celebrate her return to power by wip
ing from the statute book these degra
grading resolutions on free men, ana by
striking away the shackles which parti
san legislation has imposed. We do not
intend . to stop until we have stricken
the last of many , war measures from
the. statuto books. , It the gentleman
from, Ohio (Garfield): is to-.: be excused
for parading before this House 'the or
gumentum in terrorein of a veto, I ask
whether I may not be warranted and
mntlumiin nun his fts-
lll assuring -
sociates that ihe aonnnant poner m
tWia rmierressL the ruling element in
this body, is alsoffqually deternjie
thail liintU its s Just denUndsJ
are complied with this Side or tne enamj
iurirtiirhtias demonstrated its noweri
never means to yield Or surrendeisunttf
this Congress snail nave uieu uy yiifcue
of its Untttation. Wild applause 6n tto
Democratic side.
At the conclusion of Blackburn's re
marks his colleagues crowded around
Mnr and congratulated him warmly.
The President nominated Isaac W.
Roberts be postmaster at Montgomery,
Ala.
Five to One on Cambridge.
- - : - ; t I -
London, April 3. The betting on the
race between the Cambridge and Ox
ford crews, which takes place on Sat
urday, is now five , to one on the Cam-
Dridge. Ail experts oeueve was rc
will De a mere walk-over.
A Card.
To all wbo are suffering from the errors and In
discretions ol youth, nervous weakness, early de
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will cure you, TREE OF CHABGK. - This great
remedy wm discovered by , a missionary in
South America. Send a self -addressed envelope
to the REV. JOSEPH T. IN MAN, btatton P, Bible
House. New York City , .,
&vothzv and (BVxssvmxz
ENLARGEMENT
OF
CHINA
CHINA
CROCKERY
AND
GLASSWARE
BUSINESS.
MR. A. W.LUDOLF,
OF BALTIMORE, MD.,
a man of unlimited experience In this business,
having traveled for 17 years In the West and South
selling Crockery, Ac, for some of the most exten
sive Crockery houses North, has been associated
with
JOHN
OHN
TROOKFIIL
JJROOKFIEL
OH THJB COT,
in the above business, and the firm thus constitu
ted will be known as JNO. BBOOKFTELD k CO
Mr. Ludoltlett last Tuesday for the North to lay
In the most extensive stock of
QUEENSWARE,
China, Glassware, Lamps and Lamp Goods, Deco
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Plated Ware, Fine Fancy Goods, Wood and Willow
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tures, and many other goods too numerous to men
tion, for our Wholesale and Retail trade. In fu
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Particular attention paid to having goods decora
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each article of China.
Give us your orders. We sell nothing but first
class goods, and sell as cheap as you can buy at
the North anywhere.
LOOK OUT
For Mr. Ludolfs return, as It will be a treat to ex
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Trade Street, near College,
March 27. Under Democrat Office.
gawks nn& tati0txer.
NEW BOOKS
AT
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Travels hi Central Asia, by Vambery,
Treasure of Wit and Wisdom,
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Dictionary of Christian Antiquities,
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1.75
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at
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March 28, 1879. ' 6 .'.
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m Having removed his office to the first floor over
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