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Fall aiid Winter Stock '
a
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Staple Dry Goods,1
OLOTHIN" C3-,
boots vxi>;;shoks,
Hats and Caps,
HARD WARE,
Croctery and Glassware,
SAddlery, tibc.
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. prices, we are able to sell the same on
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f call. '
KENNEDY & BOYKIN.
October 8d. tf I
MERONEY 8L WITTER
AUCTION
AND
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Broad-St. Camden, S. C.
Will attend to the selling of Real E't+te, j
Merchandise, Produce, ke. j
Buaine.'is entrust#*! to their care will meet ,
with prompt attention. (
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no usiTtalkinc?
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do not intend that ANYBODY shall sell
Ooods cheaper than we do. i
K irk ley A Garland* i
January 8. tf
HolaoaeM, MoIomnpn.
50 barrels New Orleans,
25 half barrels
20 barrels Muscovado For sale by
d 22 BAUM BHO
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TO BE POUND IN A
First Class Grocery Store,
CAN BE HAD AT THE
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AT i
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>/ the Liver or JioiceU. .
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'MILLINERY
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ITRS. T. 15. WALKER 1ms opened at her
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assortment of
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Of the latest styles, selected with great
are, to suit the tastes of her customers and
he public generally
The Ladies arc respectfully invited to call
nd examine her stock of
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Together with every article to be found in
, well supplied Millinery establishment.
October z*A
SOUTH EHN~HOUSE.
GEO. S. HACKEE'S
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And
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CHARLESTON, S. C.
The only house of the kind in this City
>wned and managed hy a Carolinian,
i LARGE STOCK ALWAYS ON HAND
and sold at 2'J per cent, less than North*
crn prioes.
address
GEO. S. HACKER,
Charleston, S. C.
P. O. BOX 170.
January 22. 12
THANKS.
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public gcncru'ly for the patronage so
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hope, by a atrt< t u'n ntion to business, and
in earnest endeavor to please, to merit a
sontiuunnce of the same.
KIRK LEY & GARLAND.
January 8, 1874. tf
FOR SALF.
7000 feet of choice Rough-Edge and
Refuse LUMBER for sale at the lowest
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H. K. DUBOSE.
December 4. tf
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AND
Q TJICIv SALES,
IS OUR MOTTO.
THOSE who don't believe it, call and examine
our Goods and the prices at which
we arc felling.
KIRK LEV & GARLAND.
W^lHSTTBID,
I EVERYBODY to know that KIRKLEY k
j GARLAND keep Storeono door south
Df th? corner, in the Workman Building,
where they keep always on hand, a
complete'stock of General Merchandise, at
LOW PRICES.
JAMDEN, SOUTH-C
The Mandamus Case. |
From the Union Herald, (Republican.) j
The Supreme Court of the State has
issued the writ prayed for by three of the
parties applying for it. The opinion is
by Judge Wright; Judge Moses concur-1
ring and Judge Willard dissenting. The
Treasurer has appealed to the United
States Supreme Court, on the ground that
the "certificates of indebtedness" arc bills
of credit.
The questions involved in this suit are
of great public importanco, and we, therefore,
desire to direct attention to them.
The motive that induced some of tho |
parties to procure the passage of acts by
the Legislature authorizing the issue of
"certificates of indebtedness" to them, receivable
for or redeemable out of the
taxes, is not very creditable to them.?
They saw that the amount of tax levied
to pay their claims would be insufficient
to pay all of the claims. They were^
borttfnrrt rlnforminnd fn mnl'P fllirfi of
theirs, without any regard of what may
become of the rest, and they resorted to
this device of the issue of "certificates of
indebtedness," and thus be actually paid
in full six or nine months before the tax
is collected that was levied to pay them,
the "certificates" being receivable for all
taxes.
The Treasurer, perceiving the injustice
of this measure, by which those who held
claims for legislative expenses for the last
and several previous sessions?printing
bills and such other claims?endeavored,
by the issue of "certificates," to obtain an
advantage over the claims of the public
institutions, the free schools and the salaries
of the State and county officers?who J
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were not auinorizea zo receive ceruu*
cates"?refused to issuo them, on the
ground that such action would be unconstitutional
in several respects. First, because
the tax for deficiencies was levied to
pay ull dcfcicncics, and not some only ;
and, if insufficient for the purpose of liquidating
all the claims against it, then
some pro rata distribution should bo 1
adopted; but if it is to bo confined to
some, then lot those be the most deserving
and not the most unworthy.
Second, the amount of "certificates"
authorized to be issued was in excess of
the deficiency tax out of which alone they
were redeemable; and if issued and receivable
for all taxes, as they were by
law, would, therefore, have necessarily to
be redeemed out of taxes levied for en-1
tirely different purposes. If this is not a
violation of that section of the Constitution
which requires a tax to be applied to
the purposes for which it was levied, then j
we certainly don't know what is. The
levying of a tax is a contract with the i
people who pay it; if they perceive that
tho object for which it is to be levied is an
unlawful and unconstitutional one, they
can successfully resist its payment in the
courts; but if the tax is to be obtained
from them under one pretext, and then,
after it is obtained (or by this device of
the issue of "certificates of indebtedness"
in anticipation of its reception,) diverted
to another and entirely different purpose,
then it is not only a violation of the Constitution,
but a shabby trick in the bargain,
by which that violation can be temporarily
concealed from those who do not
give the subject that consideration which
it deserves.
But there is another constitutional objection
which is, if possible, more important.
The Treasurer refused to issuo
these "certificates" because they were
"bills of credit," which the United States
Constitution forbids any State issuing.?
The grounds of this objection were so ably
stated by the Treasurer's counsel that it is
not necessary to repeat them here. We
would call the attention of the public, j
hnsrover fn smother nsnect of the CUSe.
'Certificates of indebtedness" have all
tho evils of a depreciated currency. When
they woro issued last December, although
they were receivable for taxes at the tiuio
of their issue, their purchasing power, as
compared to greenbacks, was at a discouut
of 25 to 50 per cent. Persons who have :
to deal with tho State charge, on a t/rrmback
butts more than what tho work
really deserves, on account of the delay
and uncertainty of payment; but if they
havo to contract on the basis of "certifi
cates of indebtedness," which can be ex
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changed for greenbacks only at a discount
of 50 per cent., it will bo perceived at'
once that tho expenses of the State government
will have to bo doubled, and,
therefore, the taxes will have to bo doubled,
also, and we shall havo in addition j
all the other evils which havo invariably
attended an unsound and depreciated currency.
All intelligent persons have read
of the French assignats. the continental
shinplaster, tho Austrian paper monoy,
and last, but not least, the Confederate
currency. Let the ignorant but honestly
disposed members of our Legislature be |
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persuaded by the shewd and intelligent
rascals among them tht they can have as
much money as they rant by just ordering
u printing press to urn it out as fast as
possible, then the begnningof the end, if
not the end itself, wi.' indeed have come.
There was also anoher important question
involved in this oso, which we regret
very much to seo tha the court has not
decided upoa. It is.his : The respective
powers and fntotions of the three
department# of oor gvernment?the executive,
legislative ani judicial. The lo
gislative department las hitherto assumed
unchallenged a certain kind of saprcmnoy
of the other two. Tiis feeling was inspired
and cncouragedduring the last two
years by some unscrupulous demagogues,
who found that depigment more conve
nient for their purpoe?.
We take the grouni that each of these
departments is suprcntf within their own
jurisdiction. The legslature has no right
| to require the Treasure to perform an unconstitutional
act, andif they do, it is his
duty to refuse to do it. It is the duty of
the court to decide up?n the constitutionality
of legislative emctments, and set
them aside when they violate the Constitution.
With this visw entertained by
him, the Treasurer rtfused to issue the
"certificates" for the fdlowing reasons, in
addition to those alreatty stated : That the
legislrftivc certificates of 1870?'71 and
1871-'72, authorized to be paid in "cer.
tificates of indebtediess," wero clear
frauds, having been issued in excess of the
amount authorized by hw, as will bo seen
by reference to the appropriation acts of
the respective years, and also having been
paid in excess of the amount authorized
by law, as will be seen by reference to tho
records of the treasury. When such a
plain statement was made that was so susceptible
of proof, it seems to us that it
ought to have been referred to a jury.
The court, however, decided that the
simple fact that the certificates were enumerated
so that they could be identified
was sufficient to make them valid, and
afford grounds why they should be singled
out .from the others of precisely the same j
character. We can understand ihis only :
on the presumption th^.thc court thought
that was one way in which they would
stop the issuo of legislative certificates now
for these back years, for we cannot see in
what other respects they differ from those
that were enumerated. This was certainly
no compliment to the officers who issued
legislative certificates.
We would like to know in what respects
fraudulent legislative certificates differ
from fraudulent conversion bonds. Some
of our democratic contcmnorar'ics are verv
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earnest in advocating the payment of
these certificates, which are in tjio hands
of those who they are pleased to call innocent
third parties. Hut when it comes
to the payment of conversion bonds in tho
bands of innocent third parties, they are
decidedly opposod. We do not admire
their inconsistency; we pronounce them
both?outstanding legislative certificates
and conversion bonds?equally fraudulent.
Wo express no opinion on the innocency
of tho third parties ; they may or
may not be, so far as we know?we speak
only of the legal character of the papers
themselves.
We would my, in conclusion, that wc
regret that the court could not ?cc its way
clear to assist these executive officers, who
arestriving by every constitutional method,
to stem the corruption in this State.
Comets.?Comets aro not exactly cal
culatod to inspiro in the human heart
feelings of confidence as to our general
safety; in all times, they have been regarded
with dread; particularly was this the
case a century and a half ago, when a
renowned astrologer predicted that a comet
would appear on Wednesday, 14th of October,
1712, and that tho World would be
destroyed by fire on the Friday following.
His reputation was high, and the comet
appeared. A number of persons got into
the bouts and barges on the Thames,
thinking the water was the safest pluco.
South Sen and India stock fell. A captain
of a Dutch ship threw all his powder
into the river, that the ship might not be
endangered. At noon, after tho comet
bad appeared, it is said more than one
hundred clergymen ferried over to Lambeth,
to request that proper prayers might
bo prepared, there being none in tho
church service. People beliovod that tho
day of judgment was at hand, and some
acted on this belief, sure as if some temporary
evil was expected. There was a
prodigious run on the bank, and Sir (Jilhcrt
Ilcathcotc, at that time head director,
issued orders to all the fire offices in
London, requiring them to keep a good
look out and have a particular eye upon
the Hank.of England.
"Do not sing that song again,'' is the
I sarcastic title of a new song.
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The Natick Cobbler on the Galena
Tanker and a Third Term.
From'th^ Hew York Hernlrt.
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As a represeajjrtive of the Herald was
passing along Park row yesterday afternoon
he observed' a portly looking gentleman
just ctoRdfrtg the roadway, bearing a
strong resemblance, as he thought, to the
Vice Presjd^at.y Waiting a moment until
the gentlefmatfhad stepped on the sidewalk.
all dottbd was set at rest by the mo
tual recognfti(jh.i:'which ensued. Hon.
Henry Wflson^fbr it was he, as soon as
lie caught sighyif the Herald representative,
immediately held out his hand, and
the usual interchange of congratulation
and compliant "was interchanged. Mr.
Wilson now shows scarcely the faintest
sign of his'lpte sickness, and in answer to
the inquiries addressed to him upon that
subject, stated that he was beginning to
feel once more like himself and to experience
the pleasures of almost perfect
health. With care and attention to his
system he thought a few months would
sco him without anything but a recollection
of his late attack. To a stranger Mr.
Wilson appears Tike a gentleman farmer
just arrived from the country, with a
portly form and bronzed face?in fact, the
very picture of overflowing health.
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VIEWS ON TltE THIRD TERM.
After conversing on affairs of no public
importance, the topic gradually changed
to that of politics. The question as to
whether the President had any idea of a
third term was naturally the one that
should be first discussed, and in this connection
Mr. Wilson was most franlc and
outspoken. He gave it as his most decided
opinion that Gen. Grant had not the
smallest idea of running for the Piesidendcncy
for a third time. Neither did he
think that President Grant encouraged
any such thought. Doubtless thero are
many officeholders and parties who were
desirous of getting into public positions
who would prefer to see the President remain
at the haajl of affairs for another
four years, but, <on the other hand, there
is a large mass, composed of the best men
in tho Republican party, who would
entirely and utterly oppose any such do*igu.
" In fact," said Mr. Wilson, " I
for one should vote against him, for I
think it has coipe to be understood and
accepted by the. American people that it
would bo both unwise and impolitic to
allow any man to fill the office for more
than two terms., So much so is this the
case, that, it, as it were, forms a tacit
clause of the Cqfystitution.
"There hus J^yer yet been a President
who has been continued id office more
than eigh^j yeajp, and I sincerely trust
thero never yi||# be. There are, I Lave
not the slightest doubt, many men from all
parts of the Union who, for their own
selfish ends, will endeavor to persuade
Gen. Gra^t to seek a renomination; but
I, for one.lbelievo that the President will
. ' iji iio.n
positively decline to allow his name to be
put up before th^e convention. Of course
Gen. Grant is peculiar in somethings,
in that ho does not communicate bis
i a.
thoughts very J'r^ely upon what he intends
doin?, but I am informed on the
very best authority, outside of putting the
direct question to him, that he intends to
have nothing whatever to do with trying
to obtain another term of office, but that'
! he rather looks forward to the time when
ho will retire from his onerous position of
chief executive officer of the U. States,
lie, however, is qndoubtcdly very stroug
with tho pajrty;. byt for all that, I think,
were he to be renominated, he would
be b.vdly beaten,
fur, as I have previously said, the people
would, in uiy.opinion, riso up irrespective
of party and vote against him. He would,
of course, have the support of a largo section
of the Republicans, but that would
1 not be sufficiently strong to elect him.?
The people will protest in this way against
the perpetuation of an office to one man;
for should any President be elected a third
term, there would be nothing to prevent
his seeking a fourth and even a fifth,
which I think to bo contrary to the provisions
of the constitution, although not
expressly set forth in so many words.?
There are other good men in the Republican
party who aro quite competent to fill
the position, and there is no condition of
affairs now existing which requires that
the present Executive shall be continued
in office. As to lVcsident Grant being
the only mnn that could be put forward
likely to consolidate the strength of the
party, and insure a victory in the next
campaign, I am not of that way of thinking,
for there arc, 1 should say, at the
present time, at least a dozen candidates !
who could be fortnd who would command
the respect, and obtain the support of the
great body of tho Republicans.
POSSIBLE CANDIDATES.
" At the present moment, however, it|is
almost too soon to form any opinion as to
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who the selected standard bearer of our
party will be. Speaker Blaine is, I understand,
likely to be pressed for nomination.
He is unquestionably qualified to
fill the Presidential chair, and he would
also inspire the confidence of all ranks.
He has a large public experience and has
besides a good record. Mr. Washburnc,
our Minister to Paris, is another candidate
who I think will be greatly talked of
before the final action is taken. I think
he would, if chosen, be a tower of strength
and would poll an exceedingly large vote.
He is, I think, as popular a man as can
be found, and justly so. His action and
services rendered during the late war in
France have commended him most strong
ly to the gratitude and admiration of the
American people. He has shown great
ability and firmness of character under
most trying circumstances, which clearly
indicate his fitness to occupy the highest
office in the gift of the people, and to fill
the position with honor to bimself and
the nation. He has not been much talked
of as yet, but, as I have just said, it is my
opinion that long before the proper time
comes he will be looked upon as the coming
man. There are many others who are
spoken of, but I would just now prefer not
to go into the discussion of the question
more deeply than I have done."
Gov. Moses* Trunk.
[From the New York Herald.]
A curious story, says the Petersburg
Index, has come to our knowledge in connection
with the individual who is now
Governor of South Carolina by the grace
of Federal influence and Senegambian
suffrages. Mr. F. J. 3Ioses, Jr., was^marricd
in the year 1859, or just before the
war, and, while en route to the North on
his bridal tour, had occasion to pass
through this city. At that time Judge
Joynes was president of the Petersburg
n M 1 ^ r m TT T> 1
itauroaa uompany, ana uiaj. x. n. oonu
was auditor. Well, it seems that Moses,
on his way back home, lost ono of the various
trunks.that constituted part of bis
paraphernalia, or, rather, of the outfit of
his bride, for it appeared that the con.
tents of the missing receptacle consisted
mainly of Mrs. Moses' apparel. Great and
continued fuss was made on tho subject,
and ono would have thought from the
anxiety of Moses to get the trunk back
that it contained cither bank notes of
large denominations or love letters, or
something clso of rare aud exceptional
value. However, though every effort was
made to recover the lost property, the
trunk still oontinucd to turn up missing,
notwithstanding all inquiries and all
searches after it. Finally Moses rendered
a statement of contents as remembered,
and with it a claim for compensation in
the amount of 6550. The estimate was
regarded as excessive, but, to avoid any
appearance of inflicting injury on a passenger
for which redress was denied him,
the bill was approved by the president,
and duly paid by the treasurer of tho company.
Not long after, in the quietest way
in tho world, tho trunk turned up, and
was found to have suffered no damage
whatever in tho course of the long wanderings.
Mr. Moses was communicated
with promptly and given to understand
that ho could return the money and get his
trunk back, with its contents uninjuAd
and intact. Mr. Moses replied that since
he had received the money and duplicated
a3 far as desirable tho articles lost, he
rather concluded that he would not return
the money, and that the company
was welcome to keep the trunk. The
company kept tho trunk and opened it.?
The contents were found to be laces, rib^
bons, and the nameless and numberless
little ornaments of a woman's wardrobe,
for which $550 was regarded as a very
exorbitant estimate. So the company de
teruiincd not to soil the articles, as they
^evidently would not bring one-fourth of
the sum given in penalty for them, and '
Mr. Moses was again informed that the
company hoped ho would relieve them of
a piece of property worthless to everybody
except his wife. The offer was thus left
open, and in the meantime the war began.
When the market value of laccs, ribbons
and other femalo doings and decorations
of that kind had gone up about fourfold,
and the value of paper money had gone i
down in about ?he same proportion, Mr.
Moses appears on the scene again, closes
with the offer of the company, regains his
trunk with its pretty freight, and pays
back tlio $550?in Confederate money.
It was a sharp trick, and gave evidence at
that early day of the talents for dishonesty
which were to make the nauio of Moses
thesynoyuiof infamy the whole country
over. This is an o'er true tale, and was
given us by a gentleman who knew the
facts as reported. The dates and full par
ticulars could have been furnished, but it
suffices to narrate the simple story and to
afford particulars if the truth is doubted,
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NUMBER 52
Henry VVardBeecher Defies Tt: w
He Ever (Ilamored for th* T-r*\r "
or Jefp. Davis.?Beecher pronoun'*
the reputed sermon of his, which has h *
widely published, advising the hanging*.'"
Jefferson Davis, in 1865, an unblushiif
forgery. He says: "Not only did I ncrf.utter
or mako such miserable stuff, '
the whole world knows that, while n ^
wore clamoring for some sacrifice or vic.'f ..
I everywhere and always opposed v>*
intense earnestness, the shedding 'of a
drop of blood, and resisted with all r'y
might the influences which sought the g-:ecution
of Jefferson Davis. It is n.^t tTio
first shameful forgery upon me whiph b"
been circulated in the South and Wc :t.?
I am so heartily desirous of the rcier (.' ulishment
of good-will between ail v.':
have been alienated, and I so much v.' *
the good-will of my felloW-citizens of 'bo
South, that I step aside from my u* i '
course and make a reply to this border."
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Business Failures During 1873 ?
The statistics of business failures in tbsr. i
country are not collected by Govern moo; J
officers. They can only be made up by n
research of a commercial character and I
commercial agencies furnish the |
l^ihle figures. It is estimated that in
1873, the amount of liabilities of pc. ;,
who failed in this country was over j '
000,000. The fearful consequences of t
panic of September last were shown 1 >'
the fact, that in the previous year, ti e
amount of the failures had b^B scum -h . ;
over $121,000,000, so. that the misfor ^tc
was more than doubled. 5,183 pers \
firms and corporations contributed to i 3
financial distresses of last year. Of tho ;c,
about one eighth of the whole nu ixr
were in New York city, which lattci y' o
was not satisfied with one eighth ci' ? '.c
losses, but contributed, as her own -!
over $82,500,000, showing tho trenicnd
style in which they speculate iu thn i
and reckless city.
Uncle John Harper, the famou " t' . i
Grass turfman, and owner of Longf<_
died at his home in Woodford Co. . ,
Ky., on Wednesday. He had bo r. ?'I
for a long time, confined to the room .wrd <
occupying the very same bed in which
sister, Bet^y Harper, was murdered k . years
ago. He was an old man, I
by many peculiar traits of character. . v i
popular among stock raisers and
men everywhere. The Harper Ho stead,
near Midway, is one of the
demesnes in the world. It came 13 j,.
family with the early settlement of *".vtucky,
and has never been out of i:. ..
more old-fashioned place and a mo;v
fashioned master could not be coquc- .'j,4.
It is reported by cable from Paris ;:
Coggia discovered at Marseilles, at
past 2 o'clock, on the morning ot o
20th, another small comet, moving ?
ward; right ascension, three hours
seven minutes fifty-eight seconds,
polar distance sixty-two degrees fif
minutes. Adding our latitude to i
the comet is about twelve degrees Sou*
the zenith.
Tiie Spanish Recognition.?A I'
is correspondent of the London Tel
undertakes to show how the recogni' 1
the Spanish republic was brought
For the last threo months, it is s r" '.
convention has existed between the V '
peror of Germany and Marshal Se;.
The terras of the convention are dc.as
very simple. Prince Bismai . -*
promised the Marshal, in the event finding
himself powerless to suppre :V?
Carlist insurrection, to help him s;.
with funds or openly with an armtervention,
as circumstances may r<
In return for this assistance nothii
been asked except the Marshal's shr
to an alliance offensive and defensiw
Germany whenever she goes to wae
Franco. Mnycnnant cette conlidt, '
Germany has undertaken to get the >1;
ish republic recognized I?y all tier f
and allies. Italy has ah alliance v '
Spain. Meanwhile the non interv
of England is taken for granted, ar. 1
intervention of France was rather d
than dreaded. These are the sp.
tions of a newspaper' correspondent. ' they
are not without color from 1
events. France, however was smart c:
not to intervene and joins in the re
tion, as does also England.
A Milwaukee woman, far gone
consumption, begged the doctor to *
her something that would keep bcrt-?
until tho verdict of the Beecher Con. toe
was published.
"I'd hate to be in your shoes," :u a
Torre Haute woman, as *he was qv...< ..
ling with a neighbor. "You couldu't
in them," sarcastically remarket .neighbor.
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