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.tfll.THIRDSEBIES. VOL i : SALISBUBY.?H. C. AUGUST 31. 1876. NO 46 vrgMtT J, fit BECKER; Ed. and Fropr r4:U IT. KJ BRUXER, Associate Ed. J j- i : .sCBSfKiriwji Mai t-n : ,j gtmontlis, k ' 1 " - j juyfcRTI6ING SATES : V I'''' 00 " IT7 ooe publication,.. ...... ..... ...... ti J ? - two pubUcatlons, ....U 00 Contract J iff muuuur a jear. - ; - j Apj0lNiIEXlOF JCONGUESS List mght one of the longest and :.fprstinir lesions that Congress most cvets i.j,t -ame to aii end A great deal of ij,t rame iaJlK;.u4 ?rK J1"8 : been put through, th demands of the House sustains iwtoW?etitioo,.;and the-f sup .;n hf corruntion. : The House has rtliercd the country, of thirty millions of taxation,; has broken tip several in&moos Kit)"?, has- suppressed a . great - dejal ot -'fro2, has driven Btlkoap from office, ,Dd bss shown up a monstrous amount of yafdals yi ! For the good if has done, for ibewrongB it has preyentcdj for the crime it has puuisbed. and for the exposures it fcas made, we give it credit. Jt has had to struggle with the Republican power in tbe Senate wUh the President id the White House,- with1 all the combined nrwa of Grautism. By the time the next iaion assembles, we trust that Samuel .rj.. Til Jep' will be President elect. AT. Y. Sun TU.E DEGRADED SENATE. 3Tke Republican Senate has stod in thf way of all substantial reforms through oil the eight months and a half j that Cl grtpajbA be1" in session. There is a deeming feature in the proceedings S. f i it limy measuie or tue session looking to retrenchment, economy, and impfove ineuK iii ite civil service, has originated i the Democratic House. If measures u( tbia cliis hive been finally passed, it . ' 1 ! .1 ! i r. . . . i mi iiappe.M'sa f-ouiy tuter a protraciea straggle, ;iu which the Democrats of the Hoasn. nt0od squarely up to the work, lii! M Republican leaders irt the Sen- ,. i. . - . .... h ite did tuiir best to atreat inein. iu trie j;utirhitory of the session there cannot te louuq a solitary exception io una sweeping r mark. In this respect the - - . ci . I - J '.'It preienl aenaie uaa raaae iiie most imam oui record hi the annals of that body. The Eepublicana now have a majority of ciub ui the Senate.- The tei ms of' sev-tDU-'tiuof lie Republican membt-rs expire !i Mrch'iieu. Tliere is every reason to believe tuat. tue l'einoerats win secure rnouglioi' these seats i give them a; ma j'tiity if tfrmt'rs in each brauch of Cou jcress, au4: with Sam TUdefi iu the White utuse, tBcomirv win turu over u t new tf1cdtt-dJsAr. Y. Sun. SET'lXE, THE EXHAUSTEt). I.. ICft.l.. IT! t r ju ,w i be outlaw ivn K, Willi a tew . if . . . . i mh -jvnunee tiiieves and cut-tUroats, at the bidding of W. W. Uolden, overran ud trampled upon the rights of the cilt letia of lEis State'. It was id time of pro luuud peace. Lmoceut citizens, who had ,e Uiriiat into pxison, applied id the auprette: Court, one member of -which wm iliumaa Seitle, for. relief under the freat writ of habeas corpus. The Su- 'KmeV'aTt 81 "lemuly .declared that its lv"cr w euiorce obedience - to tlrts f writ iwtrxhausted. Chief Justice Pearson Mia tiutUbettle fully concurred iu the de- ?.u,.D,"Parglbe lte war, the writ of "mscofjpas, iaed by -Jude Pearson 4d otheHua'jies of the Slate, was obeyed ery where even in the couscriut camD. Nany fdJdiers were discharged by the J from service iu the army. This " iaatter of history and kuown to eyery- UBea:the Confederate military author "HSWei lo disregard the decisions 0 the eourt ad tu put these men, idis va qj IU C(art. back in the army boeruor Vance issued an order, declaring .it-flectoious should, be sustained : w7UBlUeUou is, ought the people to J rt X omii settle, who connived " . Hwaep.io trample upon this great i v iT?"7i or at least refused or ne "lo enforce obedience to it," iu time J Profound peace, in fHce of Kirk ar.d his Jfwdes; or ought they to vote: for '"jpoij Yance, who, i.r the throes 6 K ' J 7,ar;i u the face of the whole aerate array, upheld thi- great ?Uferly--Davidson Record. bul une has a timely iblican uapers that i ... A ll... Dr'i.JT-r-'Lt - 7 "wu ic.ier, uii mo iS,V r1 theT are in doty, hound t W ct. j "Upon the whole.' JvirSAWUne. wt ar inrlinpd trt re : ' It .! trather'an'1 bnl tA-tfi ninnlt Jedfan i f8,r 11 " a compliment noi knt .Vt tbe Perspicacity of the masses uan t ...- . . rr rrr- d" i 8 r good government tiiVu7 T I recgm" .the ..;iuu governitnent and unwise e -qoun-ough the e doesn't i' t understanding just what he tft ',. profligate expenditure Plla ,' 5rfa8d taation. from $ per iifM60 to S18 iu 1S70 tells its own tWiv f eed of fiscal reforms." Ho Wa?D lr,t40(i t0 1,106 efficiency, IteMaod ahdmaleersation of the be Wl " I wmctt ua,re overpow WaTMev (civil) service like a j lep -hv beau,y jy forever Paif ' i,.eV-ncr.eases ; it will never! k W?wgewsj but st) 11 will keep fuTi ior us. and a sleeij Pintle Mr.' 'VtA.. TOM SCOTT AND THE f EXAS r prom Vie ousin Age, Aug, 2 Since the conspiracy of "Catafine- the intrigues of Robespierre, the treacb"ery of ueneaici a.rnotaf Qomao natrft has probably not been disgraced by a treason equal to that of the Tom Scott party in the Texas Legislature. ' i- Acy uae Bvraiuea every ner-K to rob the State of a slice ojf territory equal to a email Slate, SO'miltg wide and 3005long, containing 20,000,000 acrea, aodVcom prising hillrin iwhosa bosom slefpmiu-. eral treasures whose -vast wealth istill lies ocked up. h sealed and uuexploted: In time, the value oi this urincelv idomain will exceed S 100,000,000 all givln away for Jlho benefit of sharks and Insatiate monopolists oataide of Texas; Xo "won der, in view of i an acquisition so vast, that lorn Qcott could afford to . buy. al most at any jprice; members nf both houses of the Texas Legislature : bo won der his ageuts, undaunted and feleutless in tbeh energies, huuir around the Inh- I C7 W - ; O ' " " " bies of the papitol like vultures over their cartaiu prey, it u disheartening thus to see tbe great btate of Texas prostrated helpless before the power of a single mon opoly j sickening to see a single man, by the eheer and sordid force of.- goldt ride rough-shod over the people of a' State oy tue abominable purchase of a majoiity of their Legislature like o niany slaves and dumb cattle who run to do the bid ding of their master jwfth all the alacrity of despicable hirelings, INTERESTING LETTERS. Why Charles Francis 1 Adams itill vote 'or, Gov Tilden. i The following letters -was received yesterday by Mr. Hugh F. McLermott, editor of the Jersey jCity Herald, iu an swer to a leitter ot inquiry: II. F. McDermottt Esq , Jersey City : l yuiNCr, Aug. 5, !876. Dear Sirt: I am one of the class now denominated Independents, asking no favors and Voting for the best men with out regard to party limes. T propose to retain my position. I Bat as to the choice offered to me between Mr. Tilden and Mr. Hayes,; though having uo preposses sions against either, I do not hesitate to say that the former jfc far the most fitted to meet the! emergency in our oolitic, in my opinion him. and I i intend to vote for tr a Very truly y6 ur, ClfARLKg FeANCIS AlAMS. Gen. Sigel for Tilden. TO THE pDtTOR bF THE St'X Sir : Having received ot late several invitation to address political meeting!, it seems to me my duty to declare, for the purpose of avoiding:? all! misunderstanding, that the principle and policy laid down in tl Democratic' plat formj, and in the letters of acceptance ot Tildeii and Hendricks, are iu accordance with the views which on many occasions I hve expressed and de fended privately and publicly. 1 shall be faithless to myself by not upholding and defending ihvta tioic, in the hour, of trial, and therefore shall give my support In this election to the Presidential ticket adopted by the Democratic Conven tion, j In taking this step, IMeeire, however, to add that ,1 shall not renounce Indepen dent aclion iu political matters relative to our own State Hud cty, whenever ques tions of national policy of paramount iui portaiice are not involved. By publi hiiig-thiis card youwill oblige -JTours very respectfully, ' 1 j F. Sigel. . New York, Aeg.iS, 1S76. - A fire occurred iujQuiucy on the after noon of Saturday last which destroyed the store aud w.irehOuae of E. P. Dis mukes, iusnied for 7,000, the village ba i kery and candy Charles Gail eiss stone aud stable of Mr The latter had no insu rance on bis! property. The moiit inelan cholly feature connected with the fire was the death o Dri John H. Gee, oue of the first citizens of Quincy and a Mnost skillful phyaiciao, which was caused by his great auxietjy to arrest tha spread of the names. Tike Doctor had placed a keg of powder ui Disniukes' warehouse for ihe purpose-of blowing up the building, hopii.g thereby to saye the store. Ifie explosiou not taking place as soon as ex pected aud supposing that the fuse had gone out, he entered the building, when immediately thereafter the explosiou fol lowed. The Doctor was seeu groping about, with his beard aud clothes on .fire, but was uotagaiu seeu until the following uioruiug when his bjackeued remains-were foUud burntinto a scarcely distinguishable mass. Thus has perished, iu the flower of manhood, a geutlpman of high culture and esteemed by alljwho knew hiuir He held the rank of Major iu the CouTederate service, and at the close of the war was ihrl nvx KdHH Court-martl I on tue false ctiargH of cruelty to prisoners con- fiued at Salisbury aud undwr .his charge, but was "acquitted. His shock4ng death will bring paiu to niany a heart. j The man bat laughs heartily is a doctor without a 1 df ploma. His iJaca does more good i a a sick room thau a bushel of pow &t or a! fallou of bitter draughts. People aire alwa ys glad to see him. Their hands instinctively go half way oat to meet hts grasp, ArtilJ tbey tup io voluntarily from tbVclamjay jtooch of the ; dyspeptic who speaks In tfie groaaingT key. Hs laughs you out of your fauju.r while you never dream of ei$g offended with him ; and yon never kubw what a pleasant world you " live 1 iu, uutil he points out the suuuy streaks on Hi pathway " ':- INDIANA LOST TO AYES. The I Jtesull of Kilpatrick's six Counties. Canvass of The Bloody Shirt, with 3oxet, the I Osly Hope of Saving th!g State The Information that Gen. ilpatrick Sent, to Governor; Hayes, i lKDlA2rAP.)LlS, Aug. 21. The Senti nel of towurrow will publish the follow j ing letter, written to (jov. Hayes by Gei Kupatrick, and discovered by accident. It was eidently a copy of the letter sent and. was meant to be preserved, but was dropped. The handwritting is an exact facsimile of Gen. Kilpatrick's: signature on the hotel register. ! The majority of counties visited by Gen. Kilpitrick have previously been strongly Uepublican and Lhave less independent strength than other counties iu the Slate : i Grand Hotel, Indianapolis, Aug 21, 1876. Dear Sir : I have iust finished the tour of six counties in Indiana, and feel ing that auy . reliable information from ibis State will interest vou, I write. In the first place the canvass is well con ducted, the people are enthusiastic and determined and the old war spirit thorough ly aroused, and if it were uottorone thing we could rest certain of victory in Octo ber. There is an Independent pirty in this State, confined, it is true, j to a few couuties, but formidable, and it will de feat Gen. Harrison. There is but one way to overcome this movement. The leaders of the Independents are poor, needy, aud in debt. They must be lect ured to, aud documents must be placed in their hands, they may be convinced of their folly. A bloody thirt campaign, with money, and Indiana is safe. A ti ancial campaign aud no money, aud we are beaten. The National Committee has dnue nothing for Indiana. Alone they are fighting theirbatile, aud bravely, but unless the National Committee wakes r up and does its duty to you, to the party aud the country, defeat ii certain iu Oc ber. I never in my life felt so certain I wa9 doing my duty as in this contest, and my desire for suecess, my dear sir, is my only excuse for writtiug to you. Your friend, J Kilpatrick. To R. B. Hates, Governor, &c. .THE OUTSIDE CONVENTION. The Liberals for Tilden John Cochrane's Side Show Set up for Hayes. N. Y. Sun. Saratoga, Aug. 23. --At a meeting of the Delegates from the Counties of Erie, Niagara, Monroe, Oi leans, Broome, Washington, Warren; Rensselaer, Sara toga, Essex, Clinton, New York, King, Otsego. Columbia, Liviuglton, Greene, and Tioga, elected iu pursuance to a call for a Liberal State Convention at Saratoga Springs, Ang. 23, 1S76, signed by John Cochrane, Chairman, and B. F. Manierre, Secretary of the Liberal State Committee, met at the TowuTIall, Saratoga Springs. D. D. S. Brown, of Monroe, member of the Liberal State Committee, culled the meeting to order, and E. R. Reynold.", of Orleans, was appointed to preside, with E. J. II u I ing, of Saratoga, Secretary. On motion of E. F. Jones, of Broome, Charles Jatnea of Orleans, R. W. Low her of Washington, O. M. Ilorton cf Erie, and II. A. Merrill of Renseelear were appoint ed a committee to draft an address to the Liberals of the State, and the following was presented : Whereas, A call for a convention hav ingbeen issued with the signature official ly attached of the Chaii man, and Secre tary of the State Committee of ihe Liberal Republicau party of the State of New York, to assemble at Saratoga ou the 23d of August; aud Whereas, We, duly accredited dele gates, representing the counties of Erie, Niagara, Monroe, Orleans, liroome, Wash ington, Warren, Renseelear, Saratoga, Essex, Clinton, iS ew lurk, Kings, Otsego, Columbia, Livingston, Greene, and Tioga, on application were refused admission to said convention, except wo would in ad vance pledge ouiselves to pupport the Republican Administration, do hereby protest against the assumption of authori ty on the part of the officers of our State Committee and the appareut attempt to deceive our few Liberal Republicans throughout the country as toj the seuti raenls of a majority of the party iu the State of New York; and j Whereas, Any distinct or Implied en dorsement of the Republican Administra tion would nulify and make monstrously absurd the profession of pduciples ou which the Liberal Republicau party was founded, and th&Libetala themselves just ly subject to ridicule aud contempt; aud Whereas, The use jof our party uame in the call or act-'on of such Convention is an outrage upon the Liberal Republi cans and an assumption by 4he officers of our party unwarranted by- atiy authority conerred on them, is inconsistent with the principles of the parly as laid down 111 the Oincinuatti platform of 18?2, is calcu lated to compromise and dishonor all who took part in, the drgauization of the party ; therefore, be it . l 'JtesolceJ, The assembly now in session under the leadership of John Cochrane is incompetent and unauthorized to take any action as Liberal Rcpublipuns.' The following; was presented, and after full debate, adopted on a rising vote, ouly R. W.Lbwter of . Washington! and A. B. 01 instead of Saratoga! voting against it : Iiesolved, Tbat we have implicit coufi deuce iu the admirable reform policy of the Governor of this State, and have the fullest faith in btsj ability and statesman ship, aiii admire his honest faith in the people; that without undertaking lorpeak for the Liberal Republican party, we re commend all true ; Liberals of the country to cordially support the St. Louij nominations as the beet means of lifting the country out of the ruin which threat ens it. i ! -4, CHARLES SUMNER'S FRIEND, THE FOUNDER OF THE RE PUBLICAN PARTY, ENDORSES THE ST. LOIjIS NOMINATIONS The following is air extract from the letter of F.a. Birtl, dated July 12, 187G, and read ati the Tilden and Hendricks rat location meeting iu Boston : I do not see how any sincere and ear-, nest friend of reform cau hesitate between the candidates presented by the two par ties, especially whjRn : the party suppor ting each is considered. I am sure 1 do not look at the question as a partisan. In May last a meeting of notables was held at the Ffth Aveuue Hotel, in New York, to consider the duties of Atnericau citi zens in the ensuing campaign. They were gentlemen of the highest character aud of the most unselfish motives. As to their practical wisdom of affairs, there may be some difference in public opin ion ; but there is no d.ffVrence upon this point, that they wre capable of forming the highest ideal of a President, and ca pable of clearly describing that ideal. This ihey certainly did in their address to the country. After describing thrf condition of public affairs to which Re publican misrule liad brought us, tiiey desciibe the "candidate needed." 4,Our duty iu this respect is plain aud iiuper- , ious ; it suiters not trifling or equivoca tion ; the worn-oiit clap-trap affiir of promises in party platforms will not sat isfy it. Neither will mere fi ie professions on the part of j candidates ; not mere words are needed,! but acts ; not mere platform, but tue(i." These would well describe Bristow or Tilden ; doei H ayes meet their requirements ? Agatu, they say, 'Wc shall suppdrt no candidate who however favorably judged by his nearest friends, is not publicly known to possess those qualities of mind aud churacler which the Stern lalk of genuine reform requires, $cc.'' If this was not designed as a sketch of Mrj II iyes, it surely de scribes htm aud his position. Again, they ask, "Cau he (the candi- date) will) certaiucy be depended on to i possess the moral cjurage aud sieady re solution to grapple with abuses which hare acquired the strength of established custom, and-to this end firmly resist the pressure even of his p iny freu-1 ?" This means Bristbw or Tilden. They repudiate the availability which consists in this : ''That the eaud'date bo neither so bad as to repel Jgood citizens, nor so good as to dincouruge the had ones." Mr. Tildeu's nomination discourages the Tarn many and Canal Rings. We do not y-t learn that Mr, Hayes's nomination dis- friend," said Mr. Spikes, smiling, courages any of the rings which have j Blower's patience was nearly exhausted, but made this Administration inf amous, getting on his tip-toe, he screamed once more They clinch their ! whole argument with in Mr. Spikes' ear: the following : "The; m m to be iutrus- "This book, Mr. Spikes, as I said before, ted wiib the Presidency this year, must gold only by subscription. I am a local agent have deserved not! only ihe confidence of Ar the General Agent, who is now in Tar honeit men, hut also the fear aud hatred horouah' of thieves. He who m macros to cultivate lite tlnevea cannot ue the candidate lor honest men. Every American citizen who has the future of the Republic and 1 he rational honor Seriously at heart, should solemnly resolve that tl e conn try must liow have a President whose name is already ajwatchword of rcfoim ; whose capacity auid courage for the woik are matters of record f iiher than of prom ise," &c. ; This perfectly fits Mr. Til den. i 1 I OSLY ONE OFFICE FOR ONE MAN -A G06l) RECOMMEN DATION. The Committee of ithe! United States Con- gress on nie rTpeuaitures 01 .ne Lep.iri- ment of Justice makef one recommenda- Hon which; commeuus ttaelt us eminently wise. I hey recommend "the pa-sage ot a law preventing; auy person holding more than ;one oaue under the United Stales Government at the same time." Patriots; willing; to serve iu official posts are so plenty in this country that there is no necessity or occasion for con- ferring more than lone office unon one person at any one time. Again, in souie . . l , . ! i . - instances the duttes of the different offices ueia oy one ana ine same person are in- congruous and cannot be consistently discharged. Here! we have the same man Clerk of the United S tales Courts, United States ComtUissioner, and Su pervisor of Elections. Tho dulie of a Uuited States Commissioner are largely of a judicial character, often requiring judicial acquirements hud integrity of a high order ; while jthose of a Supervisor of Elections, as .practically construed, closely resemble the duties of a Chief of Police.1 Think of electing the same man, at the same lime, to the office of Judge and catchpole. j ! - The bill recommended by the commit tee is clearly a mediure of civil service reform. It should; be promptly passed at the present session of Congress ; aud it deserves the votes of all, without distinc lion of party. ;',;i; f I , " J,' This bill affords: ao opportunity to test the sincerity of those who, are advocatiug reform. It oanuQt be; pressed to a . vote too quickly. Let j us see the yeas sftid nays. ; j jFor the WatchmaruJ A PERPLEXED BOOK AGENT. BY O. E. V. .Yung Blower thought it would be amce thing to stop working and become a book agent. So procuring an agency and outfit he started on his first round last Monday afternoon, and the first person who he called on, was old Mr. Spikes, who i very deaf. Now Mr. Spikes takes an active part in pol itic, and was looking over the brilliant array of names which compose the Democratic Na tional and State tickets, when Blower entered his shop, and was revolving them in his mind. Blower bid the old gent the time, then taking otue.papers and a book out of an old carpet bag that he carried, he went up to him, and j screamed in his ear: "Mr. Spikes, I am agent for a book, a speci men of which I have here. It is called 'A History of the Great Centennial.' You sub scribe to me for it, and when I receive the books from the publishers, I take them around to subcribers; then they pay for them and not till then." "TUJen," said Mr. Spikes, rubbing his hands together, "yes Tilden is the man for reform. They did well at St. Louis, when they nomina ted htm." Blower "smiled a sickly smile." Then tak ing a long breath, he yelled into the old man's ears again : . "Mr. Spikes, you don't understand me. You see, you subscribe to me for this book, but pay nothing for it in advance," " Faace," shouted Mr. Spikes, jumping up and seizing Blower's hand, then patting him on I he shoulder, 4ie said : "Young man, go your bottom dollar on Zeb, for he is bound to be our next Governor, or my naraeain't Peter Spikes." The perspiration began to roll down Blower's cheek", but as book agents generally have pret ty hard cheeks he didn't mind it, but putting both bands to the side of Mr. Spikes' ear, he made another effort, saying: "Mr. Spikes, you put your name down for this book, and tn regard to -" "Englehard," put in the old gent, "will make a capital Secretary, and is bound to be elect ed." " Blower thought of going from there, but taking in a fresh supply of wind he made an other attempt : "Mr. Spikeo, you subscribe for this book to me and " ' Kenan ! yes he will be our next Attorney tieneral." "Hang it," muttered Blower , to himself, "I will make make him understand me," then yelling in the old gent's other ear, he said : "Mr. Spike, I want you to subscribe for this book. The price is only five dollars, and it is well worth " " Worth is a fine man my friend, and will makes good Treasurer," said Mr. Spikes. Blower began to feel dizzy from loss of wind, but straining every nerve, he tried again to make Mr. Spikes understand him: "You see, Mr. Spikes, this book that I am agent for is sold only by subscription. It tells ih about this great Republic for one hundred years back, and every man who loves " "Love is the man for Auditor, my young "Lkurborongh, my dear friend, is well qualified for the position, of Superintendent of Public Schools, and, like the rest of our candidates, will be elected by an overwhelming majority, and " but before the old gent could finish, Blower gathered up his papers and book and made tracks for home, where be scratched off the following notice, which appeared next morn ing in the Daily Croa:er: "Anyone wishing an agency and outfit for a good selling book, will please call on or ad dress, Tobias Blower." -r-fc 1 . 1 .1 tsetore nigni tue agency was taken up ov a young man who was engaged in peddling pal ent tooth-picks, and Blower again follows his old occupation, that of blowing the bellows in hia father's blacksmith shop. 'be w,seat men sometimes commit ' reat blunders. Nor can they generally aeP anv deeper into a mill stone than the i,ua,bl0 mlKr, Take an example of com arativelv recent date. Hou. B. II. Hill, nf n.rn-ia wmin . fnllnw- tSfil tn wit "No man is a fit couuseller now who assumes that slavery can be abolished by any party or any power, lhia la a con cession to tho effects and dreams of fao- ' without any foundation in fact. ! Ofallpeople in this nation, the slave is by far tfo hppiest . and of all property, sla . ver is by far Hie safest." In less thau five years from the time Mr. Hill wrote, slavery was abolished, and there is no lost property so far be yond recovery. Congressman Meade of New York re gretted the alleged necessity for such an order. It was iutended that the military should be used to iutimidate the white people of tho South and embolden the carpet-baggers to lead lawless bands of negroes to the voting precincts, where disturbances would be certain to follow. Mr. Lnvy, who represents the Colfax (La ) District in the House, said that in the South, and in Louisiana especially, it would react. "That order," be said, ' has much raore of the qualities of a boomerange for the Republicans than it was intended." Suuator Logan is leported as having said that promulgation ot the order is "the worst d n th'in that could happen to the Republican party." y. Y. Sun. THE j PRESIDENT USE THE f TROOPS t The Herald opines the-President's re cent order to General Sherman, through the Secretary of jWar, that it wa not seriously intended, and that the President would not venture to employ the troops in the South in the face of the recent de cision of the Supreme Court declaring the Enforcement act (inconstitutional ; which, as General Gram's predecessor would say, reminds us of a little story. When Illinois; was young, and her towns were few and sparsely settled with a population not remarkable for general culture, a certain justice of the peace pre sided m the examiniug trial of a man accus ed of murder. No lawyer had yet settled in this particular town, and the 'Squire had it all his own way. After the testi mony was in, he gravely called the- priso ner to the. bar, seotenced him to be hang ed on the following day, and duly attend ed himself,, to seet the sentence properly executed. A-few months afterward there was another murder in the town, and the suspected murderer was brought before the 'Squire for ( examination. In the meantime, however, a lawyer from a dis tant town had been engaged by the ac cused and appeared in the court-room for the defense. The old Justice was pro ceeding as calmly with the second case as with the first whence was interrupted by the learned counsel. "If the Court please," "he Baid, yon cannot try this man. All "that 70U can do is to hear the evidence, "and, if you believe him guilty, hold him "over to stand his trial in thn Circuit "Court. . , . "Can't try 1dm !" shouted His Honor. 'Can'r try him ! ' Thai's all you know "about it. I tried a man and had him "hung only three month ago, and I cau "do it again. "Mr. Constable, bring out "the prisoner, and "I'll soon show this "young man tbat I can try his client and "hang him too.''; And he did. Perhaps our esteemed contemporary will admit that this story may apply to the present case, The President has us ed the troops in the South against the letter of the Constitution and without a shadow of law. He can be sure he will not do it again, Court or no Court That is, supposing, of course, that citizens of the North will again submit to such an usurpation of power. As for the Southern people, they are not only soldier-ridden ; they are as loath as they are helpless to resist. It is with us of the rortb to pro tect effectually against such outrages upon our common right, and perhaps, and it will be the better for us all if we deal seriously with any menace of repeating them, and let 'the Government of the United States understand that such per formances cannot wiseh' be threatened as a mere- partisan trick and contrivance. GREAT GUNS AND IRON ARMOR The London Standard of July 31 says: vThe trial of the Armstroug gun of 100 tons, when it gets but toltaly, will be awaited with mnch interest. The test applied to the hydraulic machinery of thfr gun will also be practically valuable. Let us cousider what is involved in the working of four 100 ton guns on board 9hip. Iu actual combat these guns may have to be fired simultaneously over the side. Although placed in turrets, and therefore occupying a ceutral line, there will he a great shifting of weight when these guns recoil. Supposing the vessel to be rolling from the action of the waves in the direction of tho recoil, it is possi ble that the instantaneous shifting of more than four hundred tons from one side of the keel to the other may have an awkward effect. It would" be a strange fate for a big ship to knock herself over by theTocoil of her own gans. The Italians seek to get rid ot this risk by making ihe recoil exceedingly short. The hydraulic i machinery iuveutcd for this purpose by Mr. G. W. Rendel can not fail to be well worthy of his fam, but the mechanical arrangements must be exceedingly strong and well contrived to bearjhe enormous strain they will have to endure. The guu recoils with the same force that the shot advances, and when we remember that the Sl-ton gun ha6 put forth an energy of more than twenty- six thousand foot tons, we may guess at the immense force which will have to be controlled in the case of the larger eun. It may be well to refer to a class of vessels altogether distinct from such he roic monsters as the Inflexible, the Duilio, and the Dandolo. The most powerfully armoied ship at preseut afloat is -the Thunderer. But two gun-boats have just been finished on the Tyne, each 0 which will be fatted up by the Armstrong firm with hydraulic machinery working a 38 ton gun. These vessels ara qf the Staunch type, but larger, being of about four hundred tons displaceojeut. Com pared with our big ships, these gun-boats are dimiuutive. let each little vesse will carry a guu Apable of piercings the thickest armor that is now 011 the seas. The smallness of their size will he a pro tection to these marine wasps, aud the steam power will be so applied that not . . . -ui only the gun, but also tbe vessel, wjh oe underthc complet coutrol ot tue artillerist The speed will he nine knots an hour These formidable craft are for a foreign Government. As concerns tho araia ments of other countries, it may be iu terestinsr to note that there are thre Turkish ships of war now approaching comDltion on the banks of the A names which may beTqugbt hy any OIe WQo has the money 6ua of these ships is a splendid specimen of an ironclad supe rior to the Sultan, of the BrUjih Navy." WILL CrjRiQus Wills. The memory of tho jars and ills of domestic life has so embit tered a man's mind, that if the strife was unequal jduring his lifetime, he hopes1 to turn the scale in his favor when dying, and in his will have a last word, and iu this way cut off his spouse from her inalienable prescriive right of haying the last word. A man, then, has been known to call his wife ''jealous, disaffectiouate, reproachful, and censorious." And a?aiu. a nif aults and shortcomings have been pub ished to the world, and children must be mortified to know that in the public, doc uments of the country-allusion is con spicuously made to the fallings of their mother, as when a husband perpetuates his wife's "uoprovoked.Hiniustifiable fit of passion, violence, and cruelty' The following words are used by an. individual who died iu London iu June, 1791, io reference to his wife : "Seeing that I -have had the misfortune to be married to tbe aforesaid Elizabeth, who mever since our union has tormented me in every pos sioie way ; mat not content with making game of all my remonstrances, she has done all she could to render my life mis erable; that Heaven seems to have sent her into the world solelyto drive me out of it : that the strength of Samson, the Eren- ids or nomer, the prudence of Augustus, the skill of Pyrrhus, the patience of Job, the philosophy of Socrates, the subtlety of Hannibal, the vigilance of llermogeoes would not suffice to subdue tho perversity of her character ; that no power on earth can cbauge her, seeing we have lived apart during the last eight years, and that the; only result baa been the ruin of my sooj whom she has corrupted and es tranged from me weighing oaturely and seriously all these circumstances, I have bequeathed, and 1 bequeath to my said wite, Elizabeth, the sum of one shilling, to be pa'd unto her within six mouths, after my decease.' Happily, the ills and strifes of conjugal life are not the most fiequently remembered incidents of a man's life ; its felicities, its joys and ten der experiences, the fidelity and devotion of a true partner, are often moit vividly and fondly cherished at death, aodtouck- ingly alluded to in a man's last will. la this manner, Sharon Turner, the eminent author of the History of the Anglo Sax ion and other works, who died in London in 1847, at the age of - seventy-nine, and whose will was proved in lhat year, de lights to'speak of his wife's affection, and is particularly solicitous- that she should not suffer iu her personal appearance by ihe unekijlfuluess of the persons who had taken her portrait. Speaking of his wife, who was dead, he says : "Ji is my com fort to have remembered lhat I have passed with her nearly forty-nine years of unabated affection and conuubial bap piuess, and yet she is still living, as learn estiy bopejind believe, under her Saviour's care, in a superior state of being. . None ojttbe portraits of my beloved wife gave any adequate representation of her beautiful face, nor of the sweet, aud in tellectual, aud attractive appearance of her living features, and general counten ance and character," Too often testators place all the obstacles they can iu the way of their widows marrying again, as will appear more fully in another part of this work. The following instance is one of the few exceptions, and it contains. beside?, the most graceful tribute to a wife's character, as given ju a will, that we know of. Mr. Granville Jlarcourt, whose will was proved in March, 186 2, thus speaks of his wife j "Tbe unspeak able interest with which I constantly re gard Lady Waldegrave's future fate in duces me to advise her earnestly to unite herself again with some one who may deserve to enjoy the blessing of her so eiety during the many years of her posi- ble survival after my life. 1 am grate ful to Providence for the great happiness I enjoy in her singular affection ; and t pray and confidently hope she may long continue to possess the same esteem and fiieudship of those who are intimate with her, aud cau appreciate her admirable qualities, and the respect of all with whom, in any relation 0; nje, sue is con uected." Ladies have not the same op porluuity and privilege, of restrainias their husbands from marrying again, aud we catiuot call to mind a single case of a married woman attempting to do so In a will, but on the contrary, we havethe case of a lady recommending marriage to her husband. Mrs. Van llaurigb, wtioae will was proved iu December, JS68, leaves all her. property, which appears to bays been considerable to her husband. In dorsed on the back of the will is a men orandum, staling lhat she wishes her clothes to be sold to pay ber funeral X peuses, which are to be as small as pout ble, and after commendiug her-Jmsbsm to ihe pare of her brother, she adds : "II is alsoi my earnest.wish that my husband should marry, erejlong, a Vice, pretty girj, who is a good housewife, and above all, to be careful that she is. of a good temper Projfutt's Legal Recreations. THE SQUARE TRUTH, From (le Methodist. Gov. Tilden was elected to Ids present office by fifty thousand majority ever Gov. John A. Dix, a decisive test of per sonal bopularity. After Mr. Bristow, be is the ouly mau in high place who has risked anything in a fight against corrnp lionist., - - lee Wafer. Ice water is denounced 09 grounds that it tends Jp produce eontt-. tioo of te brain, impairs the digestive or gans of j ihe stomach and , destroys tbe tteili. I A physician says he regards water as the most wholesome beverage we can nset but it should be taken at altera pe rat nre above thirty 'twlf degrees te be safe.-fW Seta. ill '4 f
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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