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D. R. FREEMAN. Editor and Proprietor.
Saturday, February 10, 1877.
IION. A. 11. STEPHENS.
The press dispatches convey the in
telligence that this great man is lapidly
sinking, lie lias been suffering from
his present attack for more than a week,
and the end with him has been hourly
looked for by his friends. Gen. Grant
paid him a visit last Saturday, warmly
shook him by the hand and inquired
about his condition. Mrs. I'elton, the
estimable wifof the Representative of
the Seventh, has been constantly at his
bedside since his sickness, and has been
a faithful and. willing minister to his
wants. Mr. Stephens entered Congress
enfeebled in health, but the people of
his District felt taey owed it to the
great statesman that he should be their
Representative as long as he should
survive, and it has been their evident
w'sh that when he should lie it should
be in the service of his countrymen,
and if the,announcement is broken to
the public that the distinguished man
has departed for his last home there are
doubtless rone who will sorrow over
the event as much as the people
whom he represents, who have learned
to love and honor him. Mr. Stephens
though emaciated in body, has endeav
ored to serve bis people in their latest
trust in a faithful manner, and his
presence alone was worth as much in
the Representative Councils as the acts
and doings of some men of physical
vigor. But disease has a firm and un
welcome grasp upon his system, and his
life sands are liable at any time to ebb
away and bring him that rest which he
evidently craves, for in his struggles he
remarked to the faithful watcher at his
bedside, the other day, “I am weary of
this world and its suffering,”
THE (KEiT QUESTION.
From the latest phases of the work
ings of the Grand Joint High Commis
sion, who are to settle disputes in re
gard to the Presidency we can gather
but little hope. The count pro
ceeded, as mentioned in our last, in the
alphabetical order of' States until Flor
ida was reached, and as three sets of pa
pers were before the commission for
recognition, the great question con
fronted them as to whether they would
merely recognize the certificates of State
officials or go behind the certificates,
take testimony, and decide which papers
were entitled to recognition. On
Wednesday a vote was reached upon
the question as to whether the commis*
sion would receive testimony other than
papers turned over with certificates by
the President of the Senate, which only
proved a partisan test of strength the
fifth Justice casting the deciding vote
in favor of rejection. It was, however,
decided that testimony should be ad
mitted in regard to the eligibility of
Humphreys, a Hayes elector from Flor
ida, and this gives a mere speck of
hope for some that Watts, of Oregon,
may be rejected, which would either
give the vote of Cronin to Tilden or
throw the election into the House of
Representatives. In fact, the case is
badly muddled, and though the manner
of settlement was intended as a peaceas
ble end to the great question, we fear
its ultimate decision will fall heavily
upon those who have looked for an
honorable anQ unpartisan adjustment.
When we read the testimony of the
inside workings of the Louisiana Re
turning Board we can not wonder that
a people who had to endure such ras
cality as lias been practiced by this
filthy concern once in a while let their
tempers unrestrained lead them to feel
like burning a little powder. Without
the aid of the National governc e it to
sustain them the rascals who have rob
bed her would have been swept out of
existence long since, and Louisiana
would now be in a condition of ease and
prosperity.
The Rhode Island House of Rcpre..
scntatives threatens to protest against
the recent arrest and imprisonment of
the members of the Louisiana Return
ing Hoard by the authority of the Na
tional House of Representatives as a
gross violation of the reserved rights of
the States
Since the vote of South Carolina has
been seemingly conceded to Hayes.
Grant is withdrawing his troops. He
evident'y wishes to keep the army
only where it will do the most good for
his party.
The bill providing for the calling of
a constitutional convention passed the
S nate Wednesday without amend
ments. W e will endeavor to give the
ftil text of the bill in our next issue.
The House on Saturday voted by a
)a>-ge inajoiity against the reduction of
Congressional salaries to $4,500, and by
nearly the same in favor of a reduction
of the President’s salary from SSO 000
to $25,000.
CONDENSED NEWS.
The granddaughter of Daniel Wob
ster, now living at the old Marshfield
home, is writing the home life of the
great! expounder.
The southern Methodist publishing
house, at Nashville is said to be in a fi
nancial distress.
Four car loads of cattle are sent every
day, on ari average, from Nashville to
New Orleans where they are preferred
to Texas cattle.
There has been an extraordinary mor
tality among bees in England this win
ter.
A column in an Indianapolis news
paper is devoted to “society gossip”
among the negroes, and is edited by a
negro clergyman.
Rain, formerly very rare in Lower
Egypt, has become frequent in Alexo
andria and Cairo, in consequence of the
extensive plan'ing of the mulberry in
that vicinity.
The Chicago Stonecutters Union sent
a man to urge the Illinois Legisture to
prohibit the employmenCof convict la
bor, nod it was discovered that he had
learned his trade in the penitentiary.
Seven hundred business men of New
York, representing a capital of 8500,-
000,000, have petitioned the State Leg
islature to repeal all existing usury
laws, and substitute a statute prohibi
ting the taking of more than sever per
cent, interest.
The nearest living relative of the old
Revolutionary soldier, John Stark, is a
handsome and intelligent grand daugh
ter, now living in the old family man
sion at Dunbarton, Vt.
In England the average temperature
of last December was not many degrees
below that of the preceding June,while
several days the minimum temperature
was higher in December than in Tune.
In London last month six inches of rain
fell.
A certain swindler in San Franscisco
may be recognized, says a newspaper
reporter, by the'following description :
‘He parts his hair in the middle, and
plasters it down on each side of his face
with gum shellac. He has long, crook
ed legs, and is split lip in the body
like the hind end of a camel. He
walks with a rolling, slouching move
ment, much like that of an Australian
emeu.”
About four hundred shanties are far
out on the ice in Saginaw bay. These
structures are made of thin wood, lined
with heavy building paper, and rest on
runners, so that they can be moved read
ily. The inhabitants are fishermen,who
cut holes in the ice and capture great
quantities 1 f fish. The population is
over a thousand, and there are stores,
saloons, and a hotel in this strange vil
lage, which will last probably until
March.
A circus company on their way to
Australia stopped to see one of the Fi
ji islands. While wandering about one
of them turned a somersault, and the
native spectators were astounded by the
sight. Theieafter, the circus men, dis
cerning the opportunity for fun, varied
theii walks by frequent somersaults
and grotesque contortions, all the time
maintaining sober faces and the utmost
gravity of demeanor. Multitudes fol
lowed them in the belief they were mis
sionaries, sent to teach a religion in
which somersaults were a part of the
service.
The Colusa (Cal.) Sun speaks of a
citizen who bought, the other day, ten
kegs of powder lor the purpose of hav
ing the geese on his place killed. He
has ten men constantly at work shoot*’
ing them. Mr. Clark, who owus a
place near Dunigan’s, sajs that the
ducks are worse than tho geese down
there, and they spread over the fields
at night and destroy the gram. Far
mers there have to keep men out with
lanterns at night to fcare the duces
away.
The Coroner of Chicago, in an annu
al report, says that of fifty-five suicides
in that city within a year only four
were victims of love. He alludes to one
of these as a man who “blew out what
little brains he had on account of the
tortures to which he was subjected by
his mother-in-law.” The Coroner abo
says: “Mothers-in-law have always
been a great power of mischief to the
world, and, alas,the plague is so univer
sal and enduring that we must despair
of ever seeing it overcome. The mis
ery caused by mothers-in-law is eternal,
as mothers-in-law themselves are immor
tal.
A Rochester w oman wore in the
streets a ballroom costume—a dress
with short sleeves and low at the bos
om. A crowd followed her, and she
was arrested for disturbing the public
peace. She proved in court, that she
was reputable, and that her conduct in
t*~c street was decorous. Her lawyer
argued that a dress that might be worn
in a ballroom by gaslight without im
propriety was fit to be worn in the
street by daylight. She was released j
but su sequently. when she made an
other appearance in the same attire,
she was arrested and comtuitud to an
asylum for the insane.
OUR WASHINGTON EETTER.
Republicans Despondent The
Lawyers before tiie Electoral
Commission— How Monday and
Thursday are tiif. same Day in
Congress The President on
Resumption—His visit to Alex.
Stephens—Mexican Veterans —
Southern Pacific Railroad —
Wells,of the Louisiana Return
ing Board.
Washington D. C. Feb., 5,1877.
Editor Calhoun Times:
“Returns from back counties,” in the
shape of Republican newspaper com
ment, on the passage of the electoral
bill, are coming in. It is singular how
they tally with the present state of feel
ing here. The first three days proceed*’
ings of the Commission have justified
in the public mind the particular appre
hensions of the Republican press. Those
who have watched the course affairs
have taken in the room of the Commis
sion have but one report to make—that
all that has occurred has been to the ad
vantage of the Democrats. To those
who watch an exciting trial before any
conrt it*is almost always easy to Veil by
the manner of the Judge, the jury, the
spectators, by the bits of speculation, an
opinion, a hope or fear, that are drop
ped by those familiar with the case,
what the result will most likely be. To
be sure Florida only is now under dis
cussion, but if Florida is given to the
Democrats, the Republican case is gone.
There is a great delusion upon the pub
lic mind to-day if the result of the
Commissioners labors will not be the in
auguration of Mr Tilden. Mr. O’Con
ner and Mr. Evarts wi’l to-day conclude
the discussion as to whether testimony
shall be admitted in the Florida case.—
No doubt it will be admitted, and the
strenuous opposition thereto of the Re
publicans, has injured the case in ad
vance.
Congress,owing to the phraseology of
the electoral bill, “is a muddle.” When
the Senators met this morning they
found it was not Mouday morning at all
but last Thursday, at least in Cono ress
ional affairs. This will bo remedied by
an amendment to the bill, allowing Con
gress, as a legislative body to adjourn
from time to time.
dhe President sent to Congress on
Saturday a special message suggesting
the issue of 8150,000,000 four per cent
bonds, to run forty years, and be to ex
changed for legal-tender notes. He is
of opinion that with such an iss -e spe
cie payments may be resumed almost at
once.
The annual meeting of the veterans
of the Mexican war will be held on the
221 of this month. A larger gather
ing than usual is expccted.and an effort
will be made to secure the passage of
the bill pensioning the old heroes. The
House has passed it,aod the Senate will
unless indiscrent persons overload the
project with amendments.
Southern slumbers in Con~
gross owing to the absording interest of
another snbject, but the newspapers are
full of the scheme. Whoever is at the
head of this scheme an oig the lobby
ists, certainly appreciate the power of
the press. The papeis favorable to it
are constantly active, and those hereto
foio in opposion are mysteriously si
lent.
President Grant called on Alexander
H. Stephens, at bis sick room, at the
National Hotel, on Saturday. Mr.
Stephens is thought to be sick past re
covery, but be retains his mental facul
ties. He expressed his pleasure at the
President’s visit,his intense gratification
at the peaceful aspect of affairs, and his
hope of continued prosperity for the
country. The visiting statesman con
fined his remarks chiefly to Us own af
fairs and those of his family.
J. Madison Wells will be further ex
amined by a House committee. He
will be examined as to his proposal to
sell out the vote of Louisiana for 81,
000,000, and the changes made by his
direction in the returns of Vernon Par
ish. Resides straight-forward testiino
mony of witnesses implicating Wells in
both these villainies, there is strong
documentaiy evidence. His letter
to Senator West, Pead before the
committee on Saturday, was a striking
confirmation of testimony previously
given by Maddox as to an understand
ing that he (Wells) would return the
State of Louisiana for Tilden if the Re
publicans did not furnish him a million
of dollars.
The House, in passing the Legisla
tive appropriation bill on Saturday, put
the President’s salary at $25,000 in
stead of $50,000 as now. The Senate
will not probably concur. The vote in
the House was 126 to 47.
Remo.
The war between Chicago and St.
Louis is being carried too far. A Chi
cago paper says : “Last Tuesday,while
aSt Louis young woman was putting
on a pair of ball slippers, she found a
missing sealskin jacket in the toe of one
of them.
A brave and good little Ohio boy sat
on the fence two hours in the freezing
cold of dead winter, watching a broken
rail on the railroad track, so as to carry
the latest news of the impending acci
deut to his father, who was local editor.
FROM KENTUCKY.
Something About Elizabethtown.
Elizabethtown, Kr., Feb. 7, 1877.
Editor Calhoun Times :
Thinking that a communication from
our town might prove interesting to
your many readers has led me to pre
sent myself as your correspondent from
Elizabethtown.
Our town of about 2,000 inhabitants,
is situated on the route of the Louis
ville & Nashville railroad,
miles from Louisville, which city may
be reached withia two hours, either by
day or night. Our city boasts of 13
groceries, 7 dry goods houses, 3 con
fectioneries, 6 churches, 4 hotels ex
clusive of private boarding houses, one
saw mill, one steam flouring mill, an
axe handle facto r y, a court house, and
a town Marshal. Uncle Billy Warren,
the terror of thieves and small boys,
continues acting in the latter capacity.
Business and the gonerai prospects of
the town are improving. Strangers
crowd our streets looking for houses
“to let,” that they may secure them for
their families. To all such we say,
“there is room for all if it is slightly
crowded.”
The railroad formerly known as the
Elizabethtown & Paducah railroad, lat
terly the L. P. & S. W. R, R., but
now the E. & P. R. R., has been sold
to another company by its bond-hold'
era. Our town will derive much bene
fit from the change. Gen. Minty, the
new superintendent of the road, has
taken up his residence among us.
The monument that is to mark the
last resting place of Governor Helm
has been received, and erected at Helm
family burying grounds. It is of white
marble,bearing upon one side the name,
date and place of birth and death, upon
the other the clasped hands, while the
whole is surmounted by a beautiful
cross. It is chaste in design and ele
gant in finish.
Bro. Geo. Bain delivered a Temper*
ance lecture in the M. E. Church Mon
day evening to a large and attentive
audience. Twenty-one accessions to
the Order of Good Templars were
made. When we take into considera*
tion the fact that there are 13 liquor
saloons in this place, it strikes us that
there is room for a little work in our
midst. But as we do not wish to mo
nopolize too much of your valuable
space we will close, with wishes for the
success and prosperity of the Times.
Ella.
► .
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Every farmer should keep a cash ac
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the amounts received on account of
each crop, and can at any time refer to
it as a voucher for moneys paid to hired
help, and for other expenses, and on
looking over it he might often see
where he has spent money which could
have been put to better use.
Astronomers have discovered, within
-he past few weeks, that a dreadful con
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beautiful constellation of the Swan. —
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Special attention paid to collections. Of.
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Georgia, Gordon County.
L, M. White having filed his petition in
my off ce. for exemption of personalty and
setting'apart honn stead. Therefore I will
pass up©n the same in my office February
26, 1877, at. 10 o clock A. a. This Jan. 81,
1877. Ek J. KIKER, Oidinary.
Georgia, Gordon County.
William Powell having filed in this office
an application for exemption of peisonal
ty, and setting apart and valuation ot
Homestead, and I will pas* npon
the same at 10 o’clock am., on the
day of February, 1877, at my office. Ting
Feb. 1. 1877. E. J. KIRER, Ordinary