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_ ORLEANS DAIY DEMOCRAT
OTTIZOIAL JOURNAL OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
"L. II-NO 64. NEW ORLEANS. THIURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1877. PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
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TE L E API.»
Y TUELEGtAHi'1.
COTH 80U 'll.
E4 the National liepubllcan
on the Situation.
_e aaent mate UGoernments of
the ,South Not to be Inter
S fred With,
[tpeoi. i to .. O, Timesr
, Feb. t.-The following
published in the N~tlonal Bo
a of this city, the Prelsdent's
have coaued a profound sensation
elpublioaa politioiane:
View of the prospect that the ad
tiation is to remain in the hands
Pepublloan party, it may not be
late to suggant some changes
Volloy. which, in our opinion.
@oharaoterite the conduct of the
meat. Thbro l no longer any
to hold the North and South
but everything to oeunsel union
t oay, andasa first step toward
a desirable consummation, we
Ion favor of leaving the present
giovernments of the South to sue
1temseives or perish, just as the
shall be.for or against them,
to it only that violenoe is re
and pease preserved. We are
of inviting Southern statesmen,
the oonuldenoe and support of
people, to the counsel of the ad
wwi politiral era dawned upon
publloan party yesterday. The
statesmen, the true and the
boldly put themselves upon
.a being against any attempt to
the decision of the judicial tribu
thwart its result.
the bravest and wisest act that
been recorded in the annals of po
history for half a century. It
or to the South and credit to
) sbnhood and lntegrit of her peo.
artioles are known to have the
val of the Prosident and his most
t trioends, and are creating a
iatinse interest. The preldeon
so.nuat has become a secondary
to the new political departure
administration,"
t. ILes, New Orleans and Bras lian
Llue Bill Passed by t ie eunate.
iub.aliaus P'roumise to Fester Mouth
era aiterests to the Future.
ft Alys Hopes on the Oregon Case.
pe |all to N. O. Demoorat,]
Geroxt, Feb. 21.--Senator Bogy's
ftt4 New Orleans and Brazilian
as bill passed the Senate to-day.
Is of the vote will show that
ablo1as have begun to carry
policy of fostering Southern In
ormed part of the agree
rD7 whicoh filibustering was pre
and by which Hayes' peaceable
will be made possIble. A
I this bill could not have got
htes In the Senate.
Hoadley is sanguine of success
ease, but nobody else has
Il it.
a. . Intends to close the ease
to-marrow. It will doubtless
'bya simple resolution that the
tesar of Oregon be counted for
sbloh will be carried by a vote
to seven. The Tribunal does
on ceremony. BUOnLt.
OREUON.
Case Before the Tribunal.
01Y Game of teven Up
SWherein the Dem.
esrate Are Ate Up.
' 9 fpeaiato N. O. Democrat.] "
x, Feb. 21, 1:15 p. m.-The
have just separated on Ore
the case has gone to the
thod of procedure will be sub
the same as Drediated in these
several days ago. The Dehn
formally exhaust the case,
no hope of a favorable
£ ~ favorable
Commlttee op Appropriations, reported
back the danoeita appropriation bill,
with sundry amendments, Placed on
the calendar,
IMS MLUCTOIAL TRlIIrtNAiL.
The Oregon (Case KNaehed.
WAsntIxotI, Feb. 21.--Both houses
voted to oaUnt Nevada, The count pro.
greased pidly, until Oregon was
reached, when the full reading of the
document was demanded. The creden
tiale of the Hayes electors is certified to
by a notary publi. Attached is a full
report of the elections by counties, cer
tilled by the eoretary of State.,
There are fifty-nine avowed Irrecon
cileables in the House. They may minoor.
porate in their objection to South Caro
ina tihe evidence taken in that State by
the bongressional Committee, and in
slst upon its being read.
This will consume five day . There
is abundant machinery to defeat the
law it the minority insist upon the ad
vantages, which parliamentary law
gives them. It Is Impossible to say
what may happen.
Gov. Grover, in certificates, makes no
mention of Watts. Grover's verbiage is
"eligible electors," and names Cronin
as having received the highest number
of votes,
Those papers are, in all respects
similar to those of the other States, and
give 1laye. two votes and Tilden one.
Senator Mitchell opened as objector
on the Rlepublican side.
Objections read and houses separated.
The objections to Watts close with the
assertion that on the 6th of December
he held the offloe of Postmaster, an
oline of trust and profit under the
United States.
ANIOTIIHK INZltISIIIIEB IELCTOR.
nuxler, or onuth (Carolina, an Uilnnate
uralised Allen.
Nrw Youx, Feb. 91,-The Herald
Washington special says: It is under
stood Tia Huxley, one of Hayes' elec.
tore from South Carolina, who arrived
here to-day from Charleston in cus
tody of the Hergeant-at-Arms of the
House, Is an allen, who has never taken
out naturalization papers.
HOWE's t0MM5IT53i?.
The Louisiana rieturns Confused and
Contradletory.
WAutI1oxT3N1, Feb. 1,.- Howe's com
mittee commenced on Honore's Louis.
lana documents. Webster parish was
opened. The papers were so confused
and contradictory that the committee
shirked the work and referred the whole
matter to Col. Burke and Counsellor
Oavanno for the Democrats, and Judge
Davis and Mr. Abell, clerk of the le
turning Board, for the RIepublicans, to
epitomnlie the whole matter.
Thisa will occupy two days, and the
committee adjourned until these gen.
tlemen are ready to report progress.
This delays indelfnitely Senator Howe'i
report, upon which It was hoped by the
Republlcans the President would act.
Mr. Uarksdale Testlfles Ceneerlnng the
roeltieal Conditlon of that state.
WASNimOTON, Feb. 21,-lIon, E. Barks.
dale, Tilden elector at large and mem
ber of the National Democratic Com.
mittee, testliled concerning Mississippi
affairs. Entire good feeling has been
established under Democratic rule.
He had participated in the canvasses
of 1875 and 1876 and had knowledge of
how they were conducted. The Demo.
orate promised the colored people pro
tection in their rights,' and impartial
laws, and ohe promise was keptby the
Democratic Legislature, as declarod by
colored 'Republican members at the
close of the last two sessions.
Witness was consulted by members of
the Democratic committee of Hinds
and Lee counties during the canvass of
1876, and never heard or duplicate keys
for ballot boxes until the appearance of
Leater's statement. Has inquired of
the election managers and members of
the committee, and they deny either
knowledge or use of double keys, and
have expressed a desire to testify to
that effect.
ILECTIONR1.
The Clty Elections in Philadelphia and
Pltlsbrlg.
PITrasnuo, Feb. 21.--The Democrats
elected the mayor and comptroller;
the Republicans elected the treasurer.
PartLADLPaHAr Feb. 21.-Stokely, the
Republican candidate, is elected mayor
by about 3000 majority.
FORElGN NEww.
Debate In the English Parliament.
LONDON, Feb. 21.--Durlng a debate
Lord Derby said, it once the powers are
assured that peace is hopeless, there is
every reason to fear that the great en
ergy which now induces them to strain
every nerve to avert war, will lead them
in the future to say this question must
be settled once for all. Tuat is the ter
rible danger.
The Earl of Beaconsfield challenged
the opposition to propose a distinct mo
tion.
A Radleal President.
Paus, Feb. 21.-De Verdier an ex
tremist, has been elected President by
the municipal council.
Geleral Amanesty.
MADaID, Feb. 21.-It is stated that the
minority intend to recommend the King
to proclaim general amnesty.
Peace Certain.
PAnts, Feb. 21.-Turkish dispatches
represent that peace with the princi
palities is regarded certain.
A TERRIBLE STORM.
Devastation on the English and French
Ceasts.
LoNDON, Feb. 21.-The Shipping Ga
zette of last evening, contains fearful re
ports of loss during the storm Monday
night; thirty vessels,I many of them
with their entire crews, have been sac
rificed to the fury of the gale. At Deal
Bridgewater and Chatam the storm was
severe. Communication by mail steam
ers was entirely interrupted by the
storm between the English and French
coasts and Channel Island. The ship
Rawantree is ashore on the Welsh coast
and will probably prove a total loss.
The storm raged all Mond ty night over
Cornwall, and was exceedingly destruc
tive at Penzano, and over Mount's Bay.
between Land's Ends and Lizard Head,
also destructive on shore. Its area was
exceptionally extensive. It raged on
.d greatwhor ert of the British Isentra
ai4 the whoo of rthera and al
'JIlE IETURNINO BOARID.
Kennedy's Tertimony Corrobor
atlve of Kennor's
A Record Against the Returning
Board Being Made Up for Use
In the quo Warranto
Against Hanyes
Some of the EceantrlcitlUs of the
JRelnrn ing iloard's Iteturns.
I8tleltal to the ?. 0. l)etlu rut.l
WA.IINaToW, Feb. l1, --, Kennody's
testimony to.day was corroborative or
that previously given by Kenner, and
added tmuoh strength to the record
being made up against the Iteturning
Board, Of course none of this record
can have any bearing now upon , the
national result, bitt it may bncome use.
ful in onse the proc eing. t in quio war
rantto are instituted, as intimnated in last
night's dispatches.
Burke and (Javanac spent the after
noon going over tbo original returns
from the twenty-two parlshes which
are now in the hands of the Honato
Committee. These returns show all sorts
of tampering with the vote. Homo have
whole polls struck out, either on the
strength of er!. poet facto affldavits, or
without any affidavits at all. Others
have aubstraetions made from the foot.
Inge of each poll, arbitrarily and with
out a shadow of exouse. In some oases
Oatvanao diseovered that a certain sum
had been substracted from the aggre.
gate footings of the parish without any
statement whatever as to why It was
done, or at what poll or polls the sub
stracted votes were returned. This ex
amination will form one of the strong
est features of the reoord that is being
made up. BlUEtt,.
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TiiE TRIBUNAL ADJOUitRNEID.
The Ore~gon CVet Will be Taken Up
Toelaey.
[peoasl to N. O. Demonorst,
WAIUntOTor1, Feb. 21.-The Tribunal
adjourned at 10:30 p. m. until to-mor
row morning, abandoning the original
intention to sit the Oregon case out to
night. There is no signilicance in the
adjournment; tho result is predeter
mined, and adjournment only defers it
a few hours. Ihmir,.
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NOUT'IIEIIN ANI) NtOITIIEII I)EMIJ
Editor Democrat-Correspondente at
the capital, who catch their inspiration
generally from those nearest the
throne, are growing exessively critical
of the course of the Mouthern Dome
orate. We are told even by our own
and usually well iunformed.correspond.
ent, that there has been and now exists
a state of "harlotry" among them, and
that the agents of Gov. Hayes are the
seducers.
This is a serious charge, and either
the specific offense should be estab.
lished and exposed, or the "opinion
makers" of the national capital should
cease their slanders.
It is a terrible thing for a Southern
man to be arraigned before the North
ern Democracy on a charge of "har
lotry l" What the leaders of the North
ern Democracy do not know about that
crime is not down in the political law
books. But history has done them full
justice, and it is needless now to en
large on that point. We desire to come
to the charge against Southern Demo
orats. It is that they are not solidly
and blindly shutting out the grave ne
ceesities of their own constituencies, in
their adhesion to the fate of the party
asl represented by office-seekers of the
Northern Democracy. For eight
years all the infamies evolved
from the ignorance and vice
of negro majorities,imisled, corrupted,
instructed in plunder, and inflamed to
hate and outrage by Northern educa
ted depravity, have been inflicted upon
Southern communities. Has the North
ern Democracy held the shield of its
strength before the breast of the
wronged and suffering South? Has
even the voice of the Northern Democ
racy potent as it is, through popular
opinion, been heard to expose and de
nounce these outrages upon constitu
tional right and individual liberty ?
Unquestionably no l It is true, here
and there a true hand and an unbought
and unsullied soul has raised voice and
pen to brand the infamies engendered
of sectional hate, and permitted to run
riot over the fair South for years by the
equally guilty indifference or purchasqd
lethargy of the Northern Democracy.
But the pleading and prostrate South
has been spurned from the foot of the
throne, and even the tale of her woes,
when, in sheer desperation, our com
mittees and publications were thrust
upon the unwilling attention of the
Northern Democracy, was but half be
lieved and soon thrust aside as a bore.
The writer, at the convention of the
Northern Democracy at Baltimore in
1872-for the Southern Democrats were
mere lookers-on-attempted to show
the desperate difficulties hedging about
our State campaign. We said the man
who had plundered the people and de
bauched the polities of our State fot
eight years, and who still held, in
"these fingers," the ballets to be
controlled against the Democrats
on the State ticket, also stood
read to control the same ballots for
Qx If ire in the vote
Sour support of the Nailonal tiuket, I
hope you will be reconstructed over
agan, and orushed out worse than you
were before," It is true that, when the
writer thanked him for his frank ex
pression and assured him it fully as.
corded, In his judgment, with the views
of tthe average Northern Democrat, the
gentleman at once withdrew and apol
ogided for his language; but we all
thought it came from tle heart. When
at last the good and true of the North
ern men spread the Infamies of the Na
tional Government over the people of
the South broadcast, and we found a
hearing through the press, the people
rallied and a Democratlo Conservative
House was eleoted.
What then? Why, so little hold had
the Northern Democracy on popular
sentiment North, or, more properly, so
fully did the Northern Democracy sym
pathlze in the Radical susliolons of the
South, that during the whole session
the 8outhern members were regularly
muzzled by the Northern Democracy,
When indeed one or two, goaded by the
insults of the brutal bull[eoft the ring
of political harlots who control the
national government, boldly defended
their section against the lying taunts of
the Radicals in the House, the truth was
permitted to be smothered, and the In.
ratinle on the 8outh continued lest the
Northern Democracy should lose their
hold on the prospective national flesh
potel
When at last the Houth, by herio
offorts and groat sacrll.es hatd, tmuas
sisted, brought up such a fair and full
contributlon of electoral votes as to
place the national sceptre once more
within the grasp of the party, the
Northern Democracy cowered before
the threats of executive usurpation by
force, and senatorial ring usurpation
by fraud and perjury, and p opoused an
easy and "peaceable method" of get
ting rid of the Radfloal bullies l
Houthern men were mere instru
ments, the Northern Democracy
touched the strings, and the NatloA l
Returning Board supplemented tl l
infamous prototypes of the statos ulti
der Radical rule.
Is the record complete ? Not quite.
Goaded by the miseries of their con
stituents, knowing the rapacity'of the
local pensioners on the Radical party
and desirous of shielding in some small
measure the people of their own mis
governed and plundered States, the
Southern members look to alliances
with the men to whom the folly or cow
ardice of the Northern Democracy has
given the sceptre. Anti now, the vials
of Northern Democratic wrath and no
dignation are ordered to the front, and
the whole crow of special statesmen,
who "make publito opinion," are in
structed to tell the world what the
Northern Democrats think of Southern
)eonocrats who go "'harloting" with
Hayes 1 Q.
The Democratic Prims Vac'o Cs(e ran only
be Overcome by Evidence 'Allunde."
Editor Democral--I agree fully with
you as to the position which Justice
Blradley has heretofore taken In h's de
eisions, as a member of the Electoral
Commission, as you have stated it in
commenting on nay communication
published in yesterday's DaMM)Culr, and
yet I am hopeful.
I quote from your comment, (which,
I think, states his position correctly
and succintly): * * "The position
heretofore taken by Bradley was not
that the certiflcate of the Governor
alone was conclusive as to the facts cer
tillfied, but that it became conclusive
when shown to have been based upon
and issued in accordance with the find
ing of the Canvassing Board."
In other words, thatunder the limited
jurisdiction of the Commission, the
EUovernor's certificate, supported by the
finding of the Canvassing Board, made
a perfect case. Such was the case in
Florida and Louisiana. In Oregon it is
different. In that State, the Governor
certifies that three certain electors, two
for Hayes and one for Tilden, were duly
appointed; on the other hand, the can
vass of the votes by the Secretary of
State shows that a majority of the votes
cast were polled for three different
electors, all for Hayes. Here is a con
filet between the two, certainly not that
agreement which would make the fact
as to who were appointed conclusive, or
a perfect case for either set of electors.
Now, then, is the certificate of the Gov
ernor to be ignored entirely, and the
finding of the Canvassing Board alone
to be deemed conclusive, if, indeed,
there is any way by which that finding
can even get before the Commission
legally ?
Icertainly find no such doctrine laid
down in the decisions in the Florida
and Louisiana cases. My opinion is
(for I have hot seen the reasons given
by him for his decisions) that Justice
Bradley pays great deference to the
gubernatorial certificates; that he
thinks that of itself, it presents a
prima facie case, and, if corroborated
by the finding of the Canvassing Board,
is conclusive. But while I do not think
that he will recognize the gubernatorial
certificates and reject the finding of the
Canvassing Boar i, yet I do believe thht
to decide the issue raised between the
two, he must go beyond that jurisdic
tiot ,to which the Commission has so
strictly limited itself; that to ascertain
whether or not the statement of the
Secretary of State that a majority of
votes were cast for the three Hayes
electors is true, the Governor's certifi
cate to the contrary notwithstanding, he
will have to enquire clearly aliunde, *r
declare neither set of electors fully and
properly accredited, and decline to
count the vote of the State for either
party.
Let Gov. Hayes beware of aliunde,
for it may prove a two-edged sword.
We stand before the Commission on the
gubernatorial certificate, which de
clares that three eligible electors, two
for Hayes and one for Tilden, were duly
appointed; our case is a prima facie
one; to overthrow it. the onus is upon
our opponents. If Justice Bradley
holds that our certificate is not concla
sive, then there are nosOregon electors,
¶lee8 the gpublio . elbk* ak a em
Wes.
IIow It will be Celebrated To-Day
at the St. Lous Hotel,.
The Military Therein will be Ali
lowed to Turn Out.
By Special Permiulon.
By special favor, which the De~sMtPca
acknowledges that it does not deserve,
but for whioh it is, nevertheless, thank
ful, M. 3. Packard, Governor of the St.
Louis Hotel, has furnished us with a
programme of the ceremonies to be held
in his territories, to celebrate In gttber
natorlal style the memorable r1A of
February.
Before going any further, we are
apply to inform an anxious publio that
S. 13's wounds are rapidly doing better,
antld that he will soon be able to get out
of the it. Loutis Hotel and take hie long
meditated trip
UtP sALT rCItIR.
At 11 a. m. sharp the variotus patriots
who are to take part in the pageant will
assomble in the vestibule on the lower
floor, the right resting on the foot of
the front stairoase; the balance, if
there be any, or whatever it may be,
will form anywhere in the Immediate
neighborhood of the right. Fifteen or
gan-grinders have been retained at im
mense cost,
TO Bt PAID IN WARItRA'TS,
and will grind forth the most approved
patriotic three-for-five-cents tunes.
The pageant will move in the follow
lug order:
A heavy advance guard composed of
the survivors of the bloody Ninth of
January, under command of Field Mar
shal Loan (by himself.)
MUSat (As AnOVM )
His Excellency's body guard a
chosen band of Nubian warriors,
marching in hollow square,
Ills Excellency in person leaning
upon the arm of
111s PRIVATE AM.ASSIN,
who will bear as insignia of office a
pint bottle of ubsynth in one hand,
and a cheap pistol in the other.
Tin STATUM QUO,
leading by the hand a diminutive but
promising "quo warranto," and escorted
on ether side by a pair of gigantto and
flerce "aitundes."
Eliza Pi'nkston, if she can be procured
for the occasion.
N. 1.--.he also is doing as well as
could be expected under the circum
stances.
Ouachita bulldozers in chains.
TUIIMRI DItOADFM.s
of Metropolitan Police, Lieut. Gen. A.
,. Badger commanding.
N. 1.-The command has been spe
cially rectuited for the occasion, and by
a fair count, (not made by the Return.
lang Board) averages a full force of five
men to each brigade.
Convalescents from the small-pox
corps, carried on litters, 8mythe, M. D.,
corn manding.
Pie and pea-nut venders.
Unattached, including legislators, of
high and low degree, and political
bummers from the country, waiting
for recognition. Mlike Hahn in corin
mand.
The St. Louis Hotel Fire Department,
composed of
ONS DABOOuKc EsNOINE.
H. T. Lawler, Chief Engineer.
A SMALL DO OR TWO.
Little darkles, with squirt-guns.
N. B.-Little Antoine, having been
entirely forgotten by 8. B. in the make
up of this pageant, is supposed to take
any place that he can get, which he will
doubtless do.
THE ROUTE.
The procession will move at the sig
nal of three shots fired into Packard's
knee cap by his Private Assassin. It
will move up the stairs into the large
vestibule leading into the executive
chambers, and thence by a roundabout
way into the Senate Chamber, where a
pair of clean socks will be presented to
Antoine by the ladies of the hotel.
THIS IMPOSING CEREMONT
over, the procession, reforming, will
march twice around the gallery above
the court, then descend to the fountain,
where it will be disbanded after the
proper and customary telegrams to
Washington for recognition.
N. B.--No persons will be admitted
to witness the pageant unless they have
been either recognized or vaccinated.
A FIGHST FO LIFE.
A WVhite man SlalrIe-Haded Repulses
the Attack of a Large land of Sleux.
[Fom the Hayes City sentinel.]
By Mr. Henry Tilley, of Ness county,
we learn the particulars of an Indian
fight which occurred four weeks ago, in
what is known as the "Cone," at the
mouth of Sand creek, about sixty-five
miles west of Ness postoffice. in which
Dr. Tichenor killed four Sioux Indians,
and was himself wounded. The Doctor
and a man named Dickinson were out
in that section of the country poisoning
wolves, and had built a temporary dug
out in which to store their skins and
provisions. A few days previous to the
fight Dickinson had taken their team
and gone into the settlement after pro
visions, leaving the doctor to run the
camp. The doctor was asleep in his
dug-out on the morning of the third
day of Dickinson's departure, when he
was awakened by a slight noise at the
door. Thinking the intruder was a
skunk or a wolf, he took up his gun and
opened the door, to be confronted by a
man, and that man was a Sioux brave,
but at that time it was so dark that he
could distinguished little more than
the outlines. He demanded his
business when the brave turned
and fled; sad as the doctor stepped
ztsiude to get sa hot at him he was
whom Tlohenor thinks was the aohlf,
from hie dress, ca.n to the dagtout g ~e
- in a white ras, and It broi.n
Inglish demanded his surrend,
Lhenor told him there were t .
men in the dug-owt, well armed .it
prepared to gbt, snd refused to sOt
render. The chief commenpod tO.
threaten, and told be valiant d6otr he
would have hi soap. This the d
though to be a deolarltkm of war, esi
shot the red man dead in hi. tmekr-,
and at the very door of the dug
The entire band then rushed In,
were driven bhas by several well.
rooted shots, The next maneuver
the assailants was an attempt to s1 bao
hm out by bumltng buffalo pe@
and the wood work of the d
out. From his position in t
dug.out he could not see the Indies
who was superintending the confliarcl
tlion department, and knowing that if :
stop was not put to it he was "a goner,
he made a dash for the outside. ktMe
the buffalo chips aside and exohsange
shots with the head fresman, who was
making traok, for his comrades, killing
him instantjy, and recolved a bullit
through th@ lower part of his person.
This man fell within five feet of his dug.
out door. Then commenced a long.
range shooting match in whiht!
the doctor is confident ois killed two
more and wounded one. This waskelt
up during theday, but to ward the night
fall a terrible snow and wind storm
came up, driving the red metn to the
south and snowing the bravo man in
Had it not been for this they wotu
eventually have got him, for his wound
though not dangerous, ilnmpsoitae
him for nighting. He lay in bed for three
days, suffering severely. At the expira
tion of sixteen days the weather moder
ated, and he started on foot for the set
tiements, reaching them In safety, and
brlnging trephies of one of the mosea
remarkable Eghts on record. Though
wounded but once, the doctor recet
several bullets through his olothirg.
and during his subseqtent stay pioleed
forty bullets out of the walls of the
dug-out.
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LET U1 SAVE OUR MT ITL.
Asm.AIsD PAirTATtLON, 1
Conoordia Parish, La., Feb. 20, 1.77. I
Editor Democrat-I have just read li
your Issue of the 17th the artiOle
headed, "Where are We to Stand?*
It seems to me that your reasoning r
so clear and so lucid that everyone who
feels the least Interest In this unfor
tunate State will fully agree with .ooe
Have we not bowed down to Dsal
long enough?
We have followed our Northern Dem
ocratle friends to the very brink of ruoi,
and still they say to us: "Hold on-
koeep the peace-we will stand by you,"
Yes and they have, until we can stand
no longer, Our fr end.s at the North
first offered us the great war Governor
of Now York to vote for in 1908. Well,
we voted for him. Then, In 1872, they
offered us "Horace Greeley." We
some of us even got him down
but the struggle was so gra
that it killed him. Time passed on and
in 187e Mr. Tilden was offered, as he :
was not, by any means, the favorite Ao
this people. Yet we elected him unde
the most adverse gircumstances, sa
supposed and hoped we had passed
from under the "yoke;" but, alas, not
Our friends say submit to fraud-anp- .
t/hing rather than fight. They knew
the South, up 'to tbhe Ohio and Milssis
sippi rivers, were "solid" for Tildes,
and yet they would rather submit than ,
thban fight. If the constitution alit
liberty of a country are not worth fight
ing for, then indeed the end must be
near.
The question with us now is, can we
save our State? I say we can and must.
States rights seem to be most fully In
dorsed by the great "returning board,"
and we should profit by its deolelon,
and the 5th of March is not far off.
rEADY.
TUIB T4ORlM.
The Vessels Wreekee Of Cape Kay,
CAtr MAT, Feb. 21.--The schooser
Annie Westbrook, from Baltimore, with
corn, came ashore four miles north of
here, at Hereford Inlet in a sinking
condition last night and is a total loe..
The schooner E. 8, Newman, Capt. New ..
man, from Matanzas to New York, came
ashore at $ a. m. on Cox's Shoal, with
584 hogsheads of sugar. The crew was
saved. No insurance on the vessel or
cargo. The crews of the life-savin
stations Nos. 38 and 39, rendered
prompt assistance. If fair weather con
tinues they will probably get her of ae
the vessel is in good condition.
A Phenomenal Pear Tree..
[MoLean (Ky.) Progress.]
We have heard of none that equal h
size the huge pear tree on the premlmes
of Mrs. JulIa Pitts, four and a half miles
from Calhoon,, on the Owensboro road.
The tree was planted by Mrs. Fitt. in
1811-sixty-six years ago-who still lives
to partake of its fruit, though now is
very delicate health. The tree bea
reached the huge dimensions of eight
feet in circumference, and in the sixty
years in which it has been hearing
there have probably been from seven
hundred to eight hundred bushels of
fruit gathered from its branches, many
of which were sold by Mr. Winm. A. Fitts,
of this county, when but a small boy, to
the people of the then flourlshingK.wn
of Bumsey, this place being a wwe
ness.
A little four-year-old boy who had
been taught his letters at home and felt
his importance, on going to school was
called up by the teacher, who asked:
"Can you read, my boy?' The little
fellow stood amazed for a moment at
the impertinence of the question, and
then exclaimed: "Hain't you got
cheek!"
The Grand Duke Alexis gave a grand
entertainment to about three hundred
citizens and officers of the United States
navy and army Tuesday afternoon, on
board the Russian frigate ltvetiana, at
Norfolk, Va. A majority of the guaet.
were ladies. The banquet was elabotl
ate, and dancing was indulged in.