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NEW BLOOMFIELD, TENN'A.
Tuesday, May 1, 1874.
A New Party.
A meeting of the advisory board of
State farmers of Illinois, was hold at Bloom
ington last week, fifty-two out of one hun
dred and two counties in the State being
represented. After discussion it was de
cided by nn almost unanimous vote that
.a new party should be organized which
shall include the members of all industrial
organizations, and a call was Issued for a
: State Convention to meet at Bloom ington.
But they forgot to state what the "now
party" should bo mado out of, provided the
organizations referred to do not respond
favorably.
A. Charge in the mode of electing the
President and Vice President hag been for
some time under consideration' by the Son
ate Committee of Privileges and Elections.
It is understood that that committee have
agreed upon their report which is substan
tially the plan suggested by Senator Mor
ton. The proposition is to divide each
Htate into Eloctoral districts, correspond
ing with the Congressional district. The
people will vote direct for the President,
and the candidate in a district having the
highest number of popular votes will be
-given one vote for that district. Each
'State is to have two votes "at large,"
'which are to be given to the candidate
'having the highest popular vote in the
'State. All of these votes are to be count
'ed at Washington, and the candidate hav
uig majority will bo elected President,
X similar course is proposed for the choice
of Vice President, and a tribunal is created
for the decision of " all questions arising
out of an election foi the office of President
and Vice President." The reform chiefly
secured by this change is the abolition of
the " Electoral Colleges" in the separate
States.
WHO 13 IT I
Somebody is very anxious to defeat the
hill regulating the series of text books for
common schools. We have received a cir
cular, as probably many others have, urg
ing opposition to the passage of such a
law. In referring to this subject the Al
toona Tribune makes the following sensi
ble remarks :
"To print, and forward by mail or ex
press, all these circulars and tracts, must
have cost a nice little pile of money. Inas
much as there are no names attached to
either, and it cannot be ascertained from
whence they come, the query naturally
arises, " who pays for all this? and what
do the parties expending this money ex
pect to gain by It?" And another query
uaturally follows : "if the bill contemplates
a fraud upon the publio if the objections
to it are well founded and the authors of
the circulars are honest, why are they
ashamed or afraid to attach their names to
it :" These quories naturally arise, and
without being answered, the conviction as
naturally follows that the said circular and
tracts are printed and sent out by book
publishers and book agents, who see, in
the adoption of a uniform series of school
books, a blessing to the laboring classes,
but death to their business. It is to the
interest of book publishers and agents to
introduce as many different series of books
as posslblo, and change them as frequently
as they can prevail upon school boards to
do so. It is greatly to the advantage of
tlie.se men to have a different scries in each
school district in a couuty, so that, when
families move from one district to another
they must be compelled to purchase a new
set of books for their children.",
FSEE BAlTHNa. .
Tliis subject, which is at the present
time receiving considerable attention and
exciting much discussion is thus referred
tt by the New York Mercantile Journal,
which we consider the best mercantile and
fxancial paper in the country : The ad
vocates of what is termed "free banking"
inuiataiu that If every clique of persons
who choose to do so were at liberty to as
sociate themselves as a bank, buy United
Btutea bonds, deposit these at the Treasury
and issue notes for circulation guaranteed
by these bonds, ' the notes would only be
taken into circulation when needed for
business purposes, and could not be kept
afloat when not so needed. Of the paper
of private bankers, wherewith Government
has nothing whatever to do, this might be
true ; but of note ludorsed by Government
arid redeemable thereby, if necessary, It Is
not. The Government Is great power
which every one kuows, and in which all
bolieve ; and when It assumes not only the
responsibility of authorizing corporations
to issue circulating notes, but also the re
sponsibility of making them good if the
corporation fails to do so, very few porsons
will demand their redemption. If any
bank wishes to Increase its circulation as
the majority will Its notes, thus guaran
teed, will be readily accepted In payment
for'fresh bonds, whereupon it can issue ad
ditional notes ; and the more plontiful these
become, the wilder will the speculative
spirit grow, and the greater will be the
demoralization and ultimate distress.
Considering the great advantages that the
possession of capital already gives, thera is
a manifest injustice in Government legisla
ting to increase those advantages, and thus
to make it unnaturally easier for those to
retaiu and increase capital who happen to
possess it, and harder for those who do not
possess it to accumulate. No legal difll
culty, direct or indirect, should be created
in the way of auy person ' accumulating
capital by honost means ; for every such
difficulty operates directly to discourage
industry and thrift, and to promote demor
alization.
JInrrlshitrg Correspondence.
IlAnnisncno, May 0, 184.
Both Houses of the legislature are hur
rying business as rapidly as possiblo, the
House holding evening sessions, in order
to get business completed before the 15th,
the day fixed for adjournment. As' far as
the interests of the State are concerned,
the legislature might have adjourned ere
this, without any serious loss. According
to joint resolution, no more bills in place
are to be offered. The House insisted upon
its amendments to tho apportionment bill,
and tho committee of Conference, which
was then appointed has not yet made a re
port. The bill fixing the fees of the
County Commissioners, which passed the
House has been favorably reported in the
Senate. The bill providing for the admis
sion of colored children in all the Common
Schools of this Commonwealth, passed the
Senate by a vote of 20 yeas to 11 nays. The
bill requiring vocal music to be taught in
schools, was defeated in the Senate. The
Governor has approved the act of tho Leg
islature providing a method for organizing
private corporations for the manufacture of
almost every kind of goods, and for the
erection of water and gasworks, found
ries and industrial establishments, undor
general laws, in any part of the State.
Blanks will soon be ready for tho use of
those who desire to avail, themselves of the
provisions of the act.
Tlie tomperance question, has been an
exciting topio this week. A bill was re
ported which places the power of granting
licenses in tho hands of city, county, and
town commissioners, repeals the Local
Option law, and reinstates, with modifica
tions, the old license law, dividing the
dealers into classes paying as follows :
where the sales amount to $30,000 per an
num, 500 ; not exceeding f 15,000, $300 ;
not exoeeding f 10,000, $150 ; not exceed
ing $5,000, $50. It provides no penalty
for violation of its provisions and allows
license to be granted as a matter of course,
and not demanding the usual safeguards
and remedies. The bill was negatived in
Committee of the Whole, but tho House
refused to adopt the report of the Commit
tee by a vote of 47 to 40. Ou motion, the
further consideration of the bill was then
postponed. ,
On Thursday the bill repealing the Lo
cal Option law, came before the Mouse, and
passed first reading by a vote of 54 yeas to
83 nays. To show that the House care
nothing for the wishes of the people, the
following proviso was voted down, by
about the same vote. . ' ,
Provided, That before this act shall take
effect in any city or oounty in this com
monwealth wherein a vote of the qualified
electors of such county or city a majority
have decided against the granting of li
cense in accordance with the provisions of
the said act of assembly, another vote shall
be had at the next municipal or township
election that shall occur next after the pas
sage of this act and if at such elections a
majority of the qualified doctors shall vote
for license than in such county or city said
act shall be taken to be repealed and not
otherwise. 1
Yesterday the bill passed second reading
by the same voto. It is rather strange that
the votes of , tho member of both Perry
and Juniata counties, were cost for the
repeal of the law, and against the above
proviso,- though a large majority ot the
voters of both those counties, had declared
in favor of the law. It would thus seem
that those members regard their individual
preferences as entitled to more , considera
tion than the wishes of their constituents.
Such things as theso, make a rooord which
is sometimes troublesome in the future.
The death, of Gen. McCalmont,. which
occurred in Philadelphia, on Thursday af
ternoon, created a profound sensation here.
He was expected to deliver the address, be
fore the annual gathering of the soldiers,
next week. Hi death was caused by an
operation to remove a cancer from the
face. A large gathering is expected in the
city next week, and the citizens are prepar
ing to give the veterans a warm welcome.
i Quid Kckc.
Revenge of an Editor. .
A Vermont preacher, who sarcasticly
asked hi congregation to pray for the ed
itor of the local paporj recently, ltad a bill
seut him for 13 years' subscription to that
paper and $300 worth of religious notices.
A Singular Law Suit.
Major Burrill, the Superintendent of the
Hoboken and Now York ferry, was pro
posed about two years ago for initiation
into Hoboken Lodge No. 85, of, the order
of Free and Accepted Masons. He intend
ed to take the first three degrees without
delay, and ho paid the fifty dollars, tho ag
gregate fee fixed by Hoboken Lodge for
these steps. On the appointed night the
first degree was worked, and the Major
was mado an apprentice. Then followed
the ordoal of the second degree, and at that
point it was ascertained that the Major had
a sore on his knee which in the opinion of
the oflicors, was so far disabling as to de
bar him from further advancement in tho
order.
Good physique is a requirement in can
didates for initiation into Masonry, and, as
lacking in that essential, lie was donicd
further progress. The Major claimed.how-
ever, that his rebuff was chargeable to
spite, and that the sore knee was only an
excuse, and demanded a return of the $50
or elevation to the two higher dogreos.
The lodge kept tho money on the plea that
it waB paid, as in all cases, subject to con
tiugencies like the one in point, and was
not returnable. The dispute was referred
to tho Grand Lodge in Trenton, and after
some delay the advice was returned that
two-thirds of the $50 should be repaid.
Hoboken Lodge, however, refused to re
turn any of the monoy, and the Major sued
for it. He was non-suited on the ground
that the lodge was not chartercd,and there
fore not liable to be sued. Under a general
law of New Jersey Masouio societies may
be incorporated, but, disliking to have their
affairs made publio in the courts, they sel
dom take advantage of its provisions.
Major Burrill has lost none of his spunk,
and the lodge is as stubborn as at first.
Either is willing to spend a thousand dol
lars in contesting the possession of the fifty.
Three weeks ago the Major began a new
suit in Justice White's court against the
Treasurer of the lodge, and all Hoboken is
talking about it.
Pay Cash.
Oh, how hurd it is to pay bills 1 Every
body knows this. It is such a pleasant
thing, too, to have money in your pocket,
and there is no way by which this deslra
able result can be seoured except by spend
ing less than you receive. Nothing assists
in this calculation so much as paying for
what you get when you get it.
Wbon you run up bills at the butchor's,
the baker's, the milliner's and dressmak
er's, you never know exactly what you can
afford. It is very hard to keep track of all
your accumulating indebtedness, and you
are tempted to spend the money lying idle
in your hands for things which you can
do just as well without,- and in this way in
commode yourself when the day for settle
ment of bills arrives. , ;
Every tradosman knows that people buy
more freely on credit than for cash. When
the pocket-book is drawn upon every time
that a want is to be satisfied, there is to be
a true appreciation of the value of what
you give, as well as of what you get ; but
when things are not to be paid for at the
time, there is a less appreciation of the
cost than of the purchase.
In house-keeping, especially, the cash
system is the cheapest and pleasantest. It
prevents a great deal of cheating and waste,
and saves the mistress of the houso no end
of trouble. Cash customers buy cheapest,
and are the most desirable. Pay cash.
Horrible Brutality. -
The Baltimore papers of last week pub
lish an account of a shocking case of bru
tality committed on a negro boy named
James Henry Woodley, aged fifteen years,
in Howard county, by two negro men.
On the 20th of April, according to Wood
ley's statement, tho two men, without
provocation, scarred and branded his body
and limbs in the most cruel maimer, with
a red-hot iron, and ' afterwards poured
spirits of turpentine over his naked body
and lower limbs, and set him on fire.
In this condition he escaped from his per
secutors, and succeeded in extinguishing
the flames, in what manner he is scarcely
able to tell. '
Woodley now lies at Lombard street In
firmary, in that city, nis back and legs
were roasted to a crust, and bis recovery is
doubtful.1 It is reported that the par
ties perpetrating the outrage have been
arrested. ' . t
An Underground Explosion, ,
; On the 6th inst., the inhabitants of the
vicinity of Bush Run, Ohio, was startled
by an 'explosion in a coal shaft at about 8
o'clock A. M. 'The concussion 'was so
great that the booses of the town were
shaken as by an earthquake. The explo
sion having occurred at so early an Lour
prevented many Uvea from being ' lost,
There would have been no possibility of es
cape' had tho minors been down, as the
cages and every ' means . of exit were de-
dottroyed. - The scene presented is one of
confusion, and the people are busily en
gaged removing the broken timber and
machinery, in order to discover If any per
son can be found among the ruins, though
tio one is reported missing. It is supposed
that some defect' in the furnace fire was
the cause of the explosion. ' --''
Miscellaneous News Items.
CjT" Last wook a boy aged 16 years, was
arrested in Baltimore, for assault on anoth
er boy. Tho disgraco of the., arrest so
worked on the lad, that he committed sui
cide. . ' ' :
tW An Arkansas lawyer shot and killed
bis professional antagonist in the court
room. The judge got mad, and remarked
If that sort of thing was . repeated he'd
commit somobody for contempt of court.
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New York, May 5. A young man named
George Van Vclzer, clerk in the Treasur
er's office of tho New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad, at the Grand Cen
tral depot, absconded yesterday with $32,
000 of the company's funds. It is said
another J'OUng man named Baxter is with
him.
t A Milwaukee thllfi has applied for
a patent on a fountain ped, wiiioli, by the
pressure of the thumb on a sftitlll rubber
ball, projects a stream of ink through" the
holder and into the face of the fellow who
is looking over your shoulder whiloyou are'
writing.
t37 C. Ash, a woll-knowntill-tappor,was
on Monday caught behind tho counter of
the new National Bank at Pontine, Mich.,
evidoutly making for the monoy drawer.
He was seized by the cashier, locked up in
the vault for safe keeping, and returned to
Chicago, where he was wanted by the po
lice, i "
t2T"The appeal published for the urgent
relief of the sufferers by the floods in the
South, states that over one hundred and
forty-two thousand poople havo been driv
en from their homes, and are now without
food or shelter, and that to furnish them
provisions alone, will cost twenty-five
thousand dollars a day. ' 1 '
tW While a praying band was at oue of
the Worcester, Mass., saloons the other
afternoon a party of seven women came in,
and walked up to the bar and called -for
beer, and each one tossed off a glass with a
zest that was only equaled by the efforts of
the band to restrain them. 1 - '
Cincinnati, May 5. Two brothers, nam
ed Walker, were shot at Owenton, Owen
county, Kentucky, yesterday, by William
Smoot, who charged them with securing
an indictment against him in the Federal
Court for some misdemeanor. One died
instantly and the other . was dangerously
wounded. . , '
., 13T" Edward Hill called ou Mrs. Mary
Lee at Boston, and, getting into a quarrel
with her, was driven from the house ; but
he returned in the evening, and, after a
lively fight, gave ber , a stab in the arm
which is likely to prove fatal... Hill flod,
and Mary refuses to toll anything about the
affair or prosecute him.
fW About half-past one o'clock, on Sat
urday noon, as the first through coal train
east was passing Tyrone, a boy about six
teen years of age attempted to jump on,'
and was thrown under the cars, and both
of his legs were cut off, and be was other
wise so injured that he cannot possibly re
cover. No one at that point knew him or
whore he resided. , ,
Pictou, Ont., May 5. The steam boiler
in the Irwing and Downs planing mill ex
ploded this morning, instantly killing the
engineer Donald Robinson and his son and
a young man named Charles McGowen.
Cole, accountant, wag seriously but not
dangorously hurt, and Charles Sear was
badly scalded about the breast and head,
and two others suffered contusions. '
The force of the explosion was terrible.
Fragments of the boiler, not less than a
ton in weight, were hurled a distance of
twe hundred feet,
EST At Scranton recently, it is stated,
tho next door neighbors of a family named
Mannix, used some kind of patent vermin
exterminator to get rid of rats ; the rata
carried the " medicino" to the Mannix cel
lar . and dropped it into a vessel of milk ;
the Mannixes, five in number, partook of
tho milk, and soon, exhibited every symp
tom of having been poisoned. Prompt
use of antidotes saved their lives, but left
them very sick.
San Francisco, May 5. Thirty ladies of
the Women's Temperanoe Alliance visited
the Board of Supervisors last night, and
presented another petition for the passage
of the ordor against the sale of liquors In
corner i groceries. The, Mayor informed
them that they had the subject under con
sideration, but said it was a difficult sub
ject to legislate upon properly. The , wo
men wore followed to the City Hall by a
large crowd of spectators.
tMT In those day of foolish' display, ' a
good word must be said for Miss Stewart,
daughter of Senator Stewart, who was
married in Washington the other night.
The bride Is one of . the most sensible as
well as beautiful young ladies' in' Wash
ington. "She cooks, sews, markets for the
family, ' and Is versed In every useful ac
complishment. ' Her wedding cards,' es
chewing the silly custom of the time, had
no monogram. The wedding was In her
father's house, at an early hour, sdJ fol
lowed by' ft good, old-fashioned dance.
There was but, one bridesmaid,' the bride's
sister. ' The bridal trousseau was purchased
entirely in Waahlngton,and every article of
it mado at home under the personal super
vision of the bride and her mothor. . Fi
nally, the newlv-wnriilnH rnmdn i?r. nnt
make a "tour," but sottlo down at once in
common-sense happinoss.'
tW Early on Thursday morning the
house of John Hannett, near nomestoad,
about six mile from. Pittsburg, was de
stroyed by fire. The entire family, con"
sisting of Hannett, his wife, two children,
a hired man, and a boy whom they were
raising, six persona in all, were burned to
to death. But two recognizable bodies
were found. It Is thought the entire fami
ly were murdered, and suspicion rests upon
a man in their employ on , the plaoe. One
of the bodies found amonir the ruins show
ed that the throat had been out. The mur
derer has since been arrested, and has con
fessed that lie committed tlie crime fdf the
money in the house, which was only $15.
C2T An amusing sort of libel suit is that
Of Abel Shepard, of Huntingdon, Vt,
against Hiram Atkins, of the Montpelier
Argus and Patriot. Hiram publishes a
" black list" of thoso who are in arrears
for their subscription, and has inadvert
ently inoluded Abel's Tiame among the
number, when Abol can show a receipt for
his subscription, wherefore Abel thinks
Hiram has damaged his character $5,000
worth.
Thirty Years' Experience of an
old Nurse.
Mrs. Winslow'a Soothing Syruo la the
prescription of one of the best Female Physi
cians and Nurses In the United Btates, and has
been used for thirty years with never falling safe
ty and success, by millions of mothers and chil
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the adult. It corrects acidity of the stomach, re
lieves wind colic, regulates the bowels, and gives
rest, health and comfort to mother and child. We
believe It to be the Best and Surest Kemedy lu the
World In all cases of DYSENTERY and DIAR
RIKEA IN CHILDREN, whether It arises from
Teething or from any other cause. Full direc
tions for using will accompany eneh bottle.
None Genuine unless the fao-siiulle of CURTIS &
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Children often look Pale and
- Sick
from no other cause than having worms In the
stomach
BROWN'S VERMIFUGE COMFITS ,
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