Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, April 04, 1872, Image 2
THURSDAY, APRIL 4. 1872.
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BJJLLYISO GRAM.
. * The Charleston RcpnLlicjin asserts that
the South Carolina delegates to the Phila(iai
nil 1Q AAnron4i/\n * ? ~a ??a?3 i
mw?|.'uiu vumvuuuii ncrc III5U UUlfU, clS tl
conditio!! to voting for Grant, to demand
the removal of certain- federal office holders
in Charleston. We learn in addition, that a
meeting was held in Columbia to decide
upon the names to be handed to the President
so fill the vacancies. The meeting was
harmonious in all save the names. No
agreement could, be come to, and the meeting
adjourned to meet in Washington this
week.
The facts of the case are, that no such
instructions were given to the delegation.
Gen. Grant will not need the votes
of South Carolina in the nominating
convention. If they di' uld cast their votes
for another they will probably stand
alone To this we would have no ob- i
objection if it proceeded from a nobler mo
tive. We think our delegation would honor
itself and the Slate by casting the vote of
South Carolina for Charles Sumner. But
to do so because Gen. Grant will not dispense
the- paltry patronage of the state in
accordance with the desires and interests of
Tom Mackey would be no compliment to the i
pure record of Mr. Sumner. Xor do we ;
believe that Gen. Grant is the man to be i
coerced into any line ot action, but rather ]
that the very means, conceived to be so i
powerful by the petty politicians who have
devised this scheme, will result in fixing more <
firmly the present officers in their places, I
and close his mind to any arguments against
them. The whole scheme is worthy only of I
small political bummers.
The First Monday in June.
We wi.-h our warning could reach erft-h 1
delinquent tax payer in Beaufort County.
Many of them have heard the cry of
"Wolf, without ever, seeing him, and now
will hardly give heed to the statement that
unless they pay up before the third day of
June next they will inevitably lose their
lands. The provisions of this act have already
been published. Wo will next week
republish the act in full. We are inf.)rmed
that nearly one thousand of the delinquents
are colored people, who, in losing their land
will lose their all. We shall spare no effort
tt* induce them to pay their taxes and save :
their lands. Gov. Scott has ordered that j
the utmost efforts should be put forth to inform
the people of their danger. Posters 1
aud hand-bills will be widely circulated, and
wc urge all to aid in bringing delinquents to
a consciousness of the gravity of their peril. ,
The provisions of the act referred to are
sucinctly stated as follows:
1. The provision that, when delinquent i
land exposed for sale, except in cities and
villages, cannot t>e sola ror one-tourth ol its . I
assessed value, the State shall buy sufficient I
at that rate to sati>fy the amount of the 1
taxes and penalties, is repealed. 1
2. After the expiration of ninkty pays ^
deeds may be made for anv real estate sold *
at delinquent land sabs. The act of-1 SOS J
forbade the making of deeds until the expi- 5
nitiou of two years. '
3. Ileal estate soldi'for taxes may only be 1
redeemed within ninety days, instead of 1
within two years; /. e., it may be redeemed '
within thirty day*, instead of one year, with- *
out penalty, and within ninety <btys, instead '
o?" two years, with a penalty of fifty per cent.
4. The county auditor is required to tear- 1
rant the title* to all lands sold for delinquent
taxes. ?
5. All lands upon which any State or
eountv tax for 1808, 1809, 1870 or 1871 re<
mains unpaid shall he sold on th first Monday
in June, and conveyed in fee simple
icihli'Mt the riyht of redemption. If no .
per*** offer as much as the delinquent ta*es (
and charges* the St; lie is declared the purpurchaser,
and. becomes the owner of the
land. \
AU the lands in the State upon which any '
tax for 18t>8, 1 SG'J, 1870 or 187d remains unpaid
will be sold, outright on the first Monr .
day inJune- To give courage to purchasers,
the Mate warrants the titles to all land$ that ,
may be sold. To frustrate any combination ! i
on the part of the citizens, the State becomes
the owner of the lands if the amount
bid is not equal to tfie delinquent taxes and \
expenses;- and it is required, besides,, that if 1
any purchaser does not pay forthwith the j I
amount of his bid the lands shall be immediately
resold as if no previous sale of them
had taken place.
THE GEORGIA ROAD'S BARGAIN.
While we have much to congratulate ourselves
upon in the prospect of am. early completion
of the Port Royal Railroad, we
cannot refrain from expressing our regret
that to strangers will accrue the main profit
of the enterprise. The men who have so
heroically fought the battle for our road win
a victory, it is true, but one comparatively
barren of tfie rich fruits they were entitled
to. These wfll be poured" into the coffers of j
the Georgia Road. If our me i had possessed j
the means, as they possessed the courage and !
sagacity, to bring the enterprise to completion,
instead of paying others to connect
their fortunes with the Port Royal, they
would be in a position to demand a price
far higher than that now paid by them to
enter into the alliance. The Georgia road
has reaped where others sowed. With this
connection she can bid defiance to all compepetition.
Does a planter wish to send cot'
ton to Norfolk ? The Georgia road can take
it as cheaply as the cheapest. To Charleston?
To Savannah? To Port Royal? The
Georgia road will make the price iff each
case, not only for herself, but for all competitors.
All the-e advantages ought to have been
at the disposal of our road, and its projectors
ought to have been able to . i them for
millions.
Then, too, our interests would have been
safer in the hands of our own people. But
we suffer, in common with the many from
lack of means. To those which have is
given. Let us he thankful for what we have
?a road connecting us with Augusta and
the whole svstem of Southern railroads.
An Important Bill.
A bill was introduced into the U. S.
Senate on March 11, which, if passed, will
dispose of all lands remaining in the possession
of ftie United States in this county,
except such as are needed for army or
navy purposes and United States cemeteries.
The first section provides that lands
now held by the United States under tax
titles shall be restored to-the legal owners
who shall make application to the commissioner
of Internal Revenue within one
year, upon the payment of the tax, costs
and interest, with payment for any improvements
which may have been made
upon them.
The second section gives the secretary
of the treasury the right to decide between
contesting claimeuts.
The third and fourth sections provide
for the final release of all claims by the
United States, and other regulations.
The fi th section directs that where no
application for return is madf the laud
shall be sold or rented. ,
The sixth sectifjp provides that where
the land has been purchased under "Array
and Navy" sales and not paid for in
full, that holders of such certificates shall
have precedence in redeeming such land. ;
The seventh section directs that the
iund held by the Freedman's Bureau, accumulated
from rents and sales of school
lands shall be turned over to a board of
school commissioners appointed by the
secretary of the treasury for the benefit of
schools iu the parishes of Saint Helena
and Saint Luke in Beaufort county.
Section eight exempts the United Slates
cemetery and such land as is needed for
army or navy purposes from the opera
don of the act.
This is probably the best hi 1 obtainable
it present. Our opinion, frequently ex
pressed, is that any bill which will extin- j
juish the United States titles in this county
is better than none. We thiok some
relief ought to be granted to those whose
lands have been sold and who have suffer!
d in other respects but of all proportion
to their fellow-citizens in rebellion,
but such relief can be obtained in another
hill of a time more favorable to their in- !
Crests. To those whose laruls are still
tield by the United States this bill offers
*s favorable terms as can be expected, and
nught to receive their support. To army and
navy purchasers it gives one more chance
to redeem. To the community at large it
ntLis an opportunity to get rid of the inLubus
of Uuited States ownership and the !
consequent evils attending upon it. The
bill, if passtd, will add largely to the taxable
property of the town and district.
We suggest therefore immediate action by
the people in favor ot thio bill. Let a petition
be at once forwarded to our Senators
and Representatives urging its passage.
?We have received the able speech of,Senator
Sawyer against the repeal of the duty
an rice.
Mr. Sawyer, on March 2S. introluctd
a bill to build a light-house on
Hunting Island to cost SoO OoO.
The schooner Faragut, Wart, master,
sailed from Fall River for this port, via New
Vork to load with a general cargo, consigned j
[o D. C. Willson & Co., Port Royal Saw'
Mill.
Ss?T* An accident occurred on Tuesday at
lie Batten-, by the falling of a stick of timber
by which Gumbo Fraser had his skull
ractured. He died on Wednesday.
The License Law
County Auditor Hall has received his
blanks from Columbia, and is ready to receive
applications for license. The persons
affected in tliis community, are as follows:
1. Real estate and other brokers, including
commission merchants, 850.
2. Billiard saloons, and ten-pin alleys,
825 for every table or alley, and 810 for a
bagatelle table.
3- Hotels, inns, taverns, saloons, and
livery stables, according to their rental
value. N Jt less than 8 ,7.50
4. Merchants and venders of goods, according
to the amount of sales. Those selling
malt or spirituous liquors in quantities
not less than a quart, are required to pay
fifty per cent more than other merchants,
and a license of this kind shall not be construed
to allow the sale of liquor in less
quantities than a quart5.
Where parties have more than one
store they must pay on each.
6. Banks pay according to their capital.
7. Railroads pay about forty dollars per
mile of track.
?, Auctioneers, $50.
9. Phosphate diggers, $500.
1C. Doctors, lawyers, dent'sts, insurance
agents photographers and architects, $10;
all salaried officers, one dollar on every hundred.
Any person or persons'carrying omor Conducting
an coeen nation or business named in
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this act, without having first complied with
its provisions, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine not less than
double the amount of license imposed upon
such business or occupation, and be imprisoned
in the jail of the county in which such
offense is committed for a period of not less
than six months, or either or both, at the
discretion of the court; and every company
or corporation carrying on or conduct
ing any occupation or business named in this
act, without having first complied with its
provisions, shall be fined in a sum not'less
than double the amount of license impose 1
upon such business or occupation, and the
Attorney-General and Solicitors are hereby
authorized and directed to take all legal proceedings
necessary for the collection of such
fine. "
Sot a Candidate.
We are authorized to say that Gov. It. K.
Seott is not a candidate for rc-elcctiQn. The
preliminary ?w? a.s is very much simplified
by this determination. There seems to be
no doubt that Hon. F. J. Moses will be the
nominee of the Republican party. His popularity
as presiding officer "of the House has
greatly aided in thus placing him foremost
among those anxious to serve the State.
FREE EM;CATION.
Tfie engrossing attention which the
United States Senate has paid to the angry
discussions and disreputable personal quarrels
of its members, who have rendered the
body almost contemptible to decent, soberminded
people, has prevented it from adopting
a measure'which in its provisions, is
just, wise andbeneficient. We refer to the
National Education Bill introduced into the
House of Representatives by Mr. Perce,
and which, after some amendments, passed
the House in February last. Thus bill consecrates
the money to be received from the
sale of the public lands to the cause of
popular education.
The money is to be divided among the
several States and Territories, according to
the ratio of their illiteracy, as found by
tlin onncnc r\F 11^7(1 Tf rn/iinrnw oc n Anmli.
lion of receiving this'gift, that each State
shall provide by its own-local laws for the
free education of all its children, between
the ages of six and sixteen years ; that it
will devote all moneys received by this act
to this purpose; and that it will report annually
the condition of its schools. The
management, method", courses of instruction;
in fact, every matter pertaining to
common school education are left free to each
State. All that the general government
wants is that the children of the nation
shall he educated, and that without charge.
Under the beneficient operation of this
act, South Carolina has an opportunity to
place within the reach of the humblest of the
people such educational advantages as have
never before been by them enjoyed
Nothing has such debasing effect upon the
moral and political life of a people as a widespread
ignorance; and <*ur present lamentable
condition as a people, and as a political
community,' is due, principally, to the terrible
ignorance which prevails among us. As in
a more than calculable proportionate ratio to
its social, moral and educational advantages,
is a State's position in science, politics and
religion; so is it all the more degraded, as
it lacks these elements of civilization. A
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voice f?t" thanksgiving should go lip troiu
every hill, grove and valley of the south to
the n-?Uc philanthropists who have urged
this measure before Congress.
jHis Honor, J. J. Wright, one of the
associate J udges of the Supreme Court is in
town.
A dead body, supposed to be that of
Caesar Wallace, drowned Saturday week in
crossing from Pigeon Point, was seen floating
on Tuesday in the river. It went ashore
near the Grove place on Ladie's Island.
Coroner Carleton held an inquest, when a
verdict of accidental drowning was rendered.
The College >Scrip.
By the aet of July, 2, 1862, Congress gave
to each State a quantity of Government land
as an endowment for agricultural educatioq.
This grant has been variously applied. Massachusetts
founded with her share the very
successful Amherst Agricultural College, and
Connecticut added the land deeded her to
the assets of the Scientific College of Yale.
North Carolina has just published an account
of her disposal of the gift. The landscrip
was given to the North Carolina University,
and sold by the Trustees for fifty
dflnto rtn tVin nf rloi'nfinortliP
proceeds to agricultural education, as tfiey
were bound by honor and" law to do, they
used a portion of them to pay the arrears of
professional salaries, and invested the remainder
in State bonds, which are now
practically worthless.
There is great curiosity to know what has
become of the South-Carolina scrip. A committee
was appointed at the recent meeting
in Orangeburg to ascertain the whereabouts
of this college fund. We trust that they will
find that it has been better invested than
that of North Carolina.
CO UNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Tuesday, April 2.
ADJOURNED MEETING*
Board met at 11, a. m., ail the members*
present. Minutes of last meeting were read
and approved. The Chairman presented
the duplicate certificate in favor of H. C.
Koth, issued for John Franz! at the meeting
held on March 19, 1872. The original having
been found the duplicate was destroyed.
II. J. Davant, Esq., appeared and presented
the claim of J. D. Bolte, endorsee of
J. A. Gay lord, tor the building of tbe Coosawhatchie
bridge in 1867, the bill for which
work was destioyed in the burning of the
court house in 1869. Resolved, that a check
be issued to J. D. Bolte for the sum of ?620.
Checks were issued to F. Talbird for bill
audited in October last for $167.75.
To F. E- Wilder for i surunce on court
house, ?105; also for insurance on furniture,
?38.50.
To J. Apple for blankets furnished to
county for ?15.
Application was received from the treasury
for liquor licenses to Frank*White. Savannah
Back Biver, and J. E. Jordon & Co.,
Roberts township.
Frank S&ney and Edda Myers were admitted
to the alms house from Hilton Head.
The proceedings of the afternoon session
were promised to us by the clerk, but he
failed to give them to us. Were they suppressed?
J83T- Beaufort couuty wi 1 have $15,511
from the school fund?that is when she
gets it. No part of it will be available
until the taxes are collected next fall.
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On Tuesday, March 20, a terrible
\ earthquake shook up a large portion of
1 Nevada, f&reat Sssures were made in the
earth, rivers were dried up and mountains
1 ve'ed. Many persons were killed. At
j Lone Pine fifty houses were demolished
and.twenty-three-lives were lost.
JKaT" There wa9 quite a small attendance
at the Colored Convention which
m? t at Columbia Saturday last, only
twenty-eight delegates being present. F.
L. Cardczo, A. J. Ransier,.R. B. Elliott,
W. S. McKinlay. F. II. Frost, and W. B.
; iNasn were cnosen delegates to represent,
the State at New Orleans.
Ml * '
fSZg- Col. McClure, a liberal anti-Grant
Republican, has been sworn m as Senator
in the fourth district of Pennsylvania He
beat the regular Republican candidate in
a district which gave, in October last, 4000
; Republican maj rity.
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Another "Unfortunate" Vessel.
We believe this is tlie polite wayofspeaki
ing of these "accidents." The bark "Rebi
ington" which cleared from Bull River for
; London, with 11,IS tons of phosphates, on
j March 2f>, was deposited upon a bank or
* bar in St Helena sound by her pilot, A. ff.
Alston, one of the recently appointed pilot
j commissioners, who succeeded a few weeks
; a?ro in finding a place in Port ISwal harbor
upon which to leave the "unfortu ate" bark
"Ebenezer." If these "accidents'' continue
the number of barks visiting ports in this
; neighborhood will probably decrease.
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Sales Day.
Monday, April 1, being sales day, the
following sales were made by the Sheriff in
front of the Court House :
A. J. Salinas, assignee, ts, Septimar II.
! Strobert, executrix of James A. Strobert,
order for foreclosure. Sold for ?500 to A.
J. Salinas.
Ex. parte. II. C. Judd, J. W. Collins,
Ceo. Gage, commissioners, sold by order of
court. All the upright part of the Givens
dwelling, at Edgerly plantation, on Port
: Royal Island, bought by Win. F. Fields for
! $50.
| II. G. Judd, vs. Win. J. Kirk and Emily
Moore, heirs.at law of Jno. W. Kirk, deI
ceased. Foreclosure. Lot in Bluffton, S. I
C., bid of to the Daily fund for $100.
H. G. Judd, clerk, f r the use of the
Daily fund, vs, W. F. Hodgins, order of sale
by the court. 400 acres in St. Peters Parish
near Bluffton, bid off by II. G. Judd, clerk,
trustee, for $50,
N. W. Ellis,, vs E. T. Davis, execution,
540 acres near the Port Royal Road in Beau- *
fort county. Sold' to Wm. Goethe for 1*20. 1
John H. Screven, guardian of Hamitt A. j
Gadsden, vs. Frederick Langballe, heir at (
law of David? 3f. Langballe, deceased. ?
House and lot in Bluffton. sale adjourned. *
Win. C. Johnston, vs. Perry Shipes, execution,
one mule called Jack. Sold to J.
W. Collins for $76.
The Daily fund is a legacy left b; Thad- (
dious Daily, who died before the war and *
left his money to the poor of St.- Lukes
Parish, with directions that it should he (
invested judiciously and the interest used for
the purpose above mentioned. Ittiring the i
war a portion of the fund was iavestecf in
Confederate bonds and was lost, the balance *
was loaned on bond and mortgage. By the
acts of the Legislature of 1868, the clerk of
the court is made trustee of the fund and it *
is made his duty to report in open court j
once a year the condition of the fund and (
how the money has been expended. This <
fund if piy)perly managed would now
amount to about $5000.
Lumber.
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in our last issue we aiiuuea to tne cnirterng
by Messrs. Enslow&Cu., ship brokers
of Charleston, of the several vessels recently
loaded and loading at Port Royal for differ- ,
ent coastwise ports with cargoes of lumber ]
manufactured by the mills along the line of
the Port Royal Railroad.
We have learned with pleasure fhat
j through the agency of that enterprising firm [
a contract has been made with the mills on
*he railroad for a large cargo for the Cuba
market and they will soon send another vessel
here to load it.
We are glad to notice an opening in that
direction, and we are encouraging the hope
that our port will soon show her ability to
furnish her full share of the lumber business
which is now done by her old neighbors (in
Florida, Georgia and our own State) with
South America, continental and other great 1
markets of the wodd.
A Lecture from J. K. JilLson.
Our State Superintendent, of Education,
Mr. J. K. .Tillson, will visit Beaufort this
week. He will lecture to the people on the
important subject of Education in the Court
house on some evening next week, of which
due notice "will he given. We tirrafour
people will show their intercut in the subject j
by a full attendance. A meeting rs: also ,
proposed on St. Helena Island, if proper
i orronunnmnfj lwk vnniln It Till* , i
<*i i atJ^riiivu ucj Mir- uv; iiui'iv;. . ?? iiitvii
has visited several counties of the State,
and wherever he has spoken the people have
been pleaded atvl instructed.
Easter Election.
The regular Easter election of St. Ilc'ena
: Church, resulted as foil ?ws:
Wardens?Dr. A. S. Gibbcs, Dr. R.R. ;
; Sann.
Vestrymen?TT. 31. Stuart, Sr.. T. O.
Barnwell. F. F. Sams, W. Kiliott, 31. S. :
Elliott, Dr. tl. 31. Sfinr\ B. S. Satin.
! Delegates to Diocesan Convention?F. E. [Sams.
B. S. Sams, T.?(). Barnwell, Dr. II
31. Stuart.
IHHIT OP UH.\ I'FiHtr.
Cleared 3Iareh 2<>?Bark B"'?in<rton. !
Harrison, master. for L hi Ion wifli I! IS tons
phosphates from Coosaw 3Iinimr (b>.
Arrived .March 28?Bark Hans Ger<r<r.
; from Scotland with <14.8 tons coal for 3Ia,i,ie
& River 3Iin:n? & Fho-ph.itc Co.
Ran ere of Thermometer
OliSKKfKl> AT Dr. H. 31. Sti art's DrI'O
Stork, for tiik wkkk f.ndin<i
A rim. :):
Date s a. in. 12 hi. 6 |>. im.
Thursday, 53 til ' <
Fridav, ">9 5:1 t>{
Saturday 5tJ j 72 i 62
Sunday, 6-7 j 72 71
Monday, 63 Go | 62
Tuesday, GO 67 I 61
Wednesday 64 63 j ?
THE PORT IIOYAL RAILROAD.
A 3Iil#IIoivl J'rom Savannah.
Our Savannah neighbors don't relish the
idea of the endorsemea* by the Georgia
Railroad of the bonds of the Port Royal
Railroad. TheSavanuah Republican howls
at the proposition in this fashion:.
Augusta and Mr. John P. King have
long been in want of something; exactly I
what, neither has appeared to kuow. Both i
the city and the Georgia Railroad have i
prospered, but they have for years been
casting about for some movement that will, j
at least, injure somebody else, if it should
not benefit them. They have, at last, after
much deliberation, hit upon the road
to Port Royal as the great desideratum,
somclDiDg mat is destined to make both
the city and the Georgia Road rich and
happy As to the scheme itself, however
Augusta may feel about it. we shall be
| greatly mistaken should Mr. King find it a
, very easy matter to convince the stock- |;
holders of his road that the investment of
a million dollars in order to get control of
a railroad from Augusta to Port Royal is
a wise and beneficent scheme. In our humble
judgmeyt it is a ridiculous one, viewed \ ;
as a mere business transaction. Augusta
has already two outlets to the sea, in direct
line of railway to Charleston and Savannah;
and how she is to be materially
benefited by building another to run be'
tweeu them, and nearly or quite as long, we
do not understand. She has now a tierce
competition for her freights, and they are
carried low enough in all conscience. Her
new road makes the third competitor, and i
to get Ireight it must take them at still lower
rates, in fact below the remunerating
point. We cannot see the wisdom of this.
Indeed, the whole scheme looks to us like
an open declaration of war by Augusta
igainst both Charleston and Savannah..
vhom she ought to* make friends of and
lot enemies. But la* her go on with her
Port Royal project; she wHi get sick
mough of it before she gets through,
thould the contract just made be ratified,
ind we believe it will not be. .. i
The Latest News.
Connecticut went republican on Monlay
by a very small majority?not over
iwo huudred.
In Columbia the whole republican tickit
for municipal officere-wae elected.
The arrest of Ku-klux continues in
Laurens county.
The democrats carried Cincinnati on *
Tuesday by two thousand majority.
Professor Morse, the father of the telegraph,
died oft Tuesday.
Further advices from California state that
thirty persons have been killed, and over
[>en hundred wounded by the recent earthquakes.
Reports are coming in of active
volcanic eruptions, with streams of lava[lowing
down the mountain-sides.
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AT'tt UTUTPPV T wrvn
VI li IlljOlliU.I UJUA1IJU* ?
Lafayette, Ind., March 21,1872.
"About these days," as the almanac*
jay of the weather, we may expect nebuk)U3
political schemes and various combinations,
nuking up of states, &c., which
sre the exciting e'ements of political life.
That little stone which the great convention
builders have laughed- at is likely to
become the pivot of political action. * I
refer to the Cincinnati? convention. We
io not pick u > a paper of either political
party these da} 8 but somewhere in its
columns reference is made?and with i?
creasing respect?to this schism in ouc
ranks. There has come to be, however,
tin abhurauce, among Republicans, to
httviug auything to do with "Reformers."
That name is synonymous with selling:
out to the Democrats. We have tried it.
often in local and district affairs and the
promised "Reforms" proved to be myths;,
while the Reformers made themselves a.
"stench in the nostrils of sill good men."
Therefore it would be difficult to get men
to leave the ranks or refrain from voting
the strait ticket.
Hut wi&all this there can be no doubt
that wide dissatisfaction, too, exisfai We
read of the acts of the administration and"
see many things which deserve denunciation
and npp ?siiiou.
The German tl? nu nt in the Republican
party of O.iio, Indiana, Illinois aud Wis
consin, as for as state tickets are concerned,
cannot be relied upon this fell. Aa
I have stated in former letters, the issue
of Lemn ranee reform is being agitated
vig ?r<>u*!y in all these slates. Legislative
enactments of a restr ctive character have
been passed and the wh ?le (^rman population
is up i? aims?figuratively speaking
?agaii.at tin in.
Apropos of temperance, I hcar%a good
story ah >ui Gough. the lecturer. A week
before iho Chicago fire, G ?ugh, was in
that city at the SheninfTV house and it
happened th it Mirk Twain and Giis,
the fat c ?utnhutor," weJC' also there,.
Diif.ing ab >ut in south of thi pieturesquo
Gris and Twain followed the hum am
stream until they strauded on a bar*
Go ugh had retired early. While staudiug
at the bar a bright idea occurred to*
Twain. "Let's seud Goiigh a c ck tail.'*
idea voted good ami acted on. Waiter
arrives at Mr. G"s. room, "Some mistake,
mver touch liqnr." Waiter p<wtiv*.
Mr. G. more so. Oa the way down it
occurred to waiter that such cock-tails
should not be wasted, he drinks it and reports
"all right." Twain and Gris immensely
delighted, think they have got
Gough where they want him. "I^et's
send him another?" Same result, cocktail
receipted home by darkie. More de
i * t? rn j 11 w: _
nglll oy x wain aim uri?. jiia ujj ?
brandy, strong," said Twain. Disappearance
of darkey, also cock-tail; and the
precious pair had their heads together,
making up new drinks, when Mr. Gough ,
approached Ihem and said: am afraid
you rest under a misapprehension. Seeing,
that I was being made the victim of ?
practical joke, I followed the waiter down
and saw him drink the liquor intended for
me. Don't serufc any more up." When
the subject is brought up to Twain now,
he says the "Fat Contributor" retired
within himself like a greased telescope;,
but further that, he (Twain) never was in
Chicago,.and never stopped at the Sher
man House.
Theodore Tilton has been lecturing thiswinter
upjn "Home, sweet* Home'*'
throughout our State. The whole lectureis
upon the marriage relation consideredas
a code and in its natural and mutual"
ofola Tic rlofcnrla himself fnr thft atata.
ment-that he is an advocate of
Love," but denounces the divorce lhw?and
the burden under which both man
and wife suffer. He thinks the tie should'
be dissolved by mutual consent, but, of'
course, only after due reflection. Advocates
the adoption of the Wisconsin code?
throughout the Vni>n. This code provides,
among other things, that the parties
may separate at any time by mutual
consent;-and after five years separation,
a divorce may be obtained by either pagy
upon application. He has had large audiences
is received with applause.
One of the noteworthy events is the
nomination of Mr. Greeley by the chamr