1880-08-13; Clare County Press

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i^^HEOflriE.
■ 'BI arss J»y> rs. KOOlfS,f. *
"Wheii from life's dull tad i>rosy "care
Z~$:&we^spirftturns.   ■ '--, y. :- r;>;
■": .Iir quest of iolieac *est aseTyiuSrl,-
4.- "$tns IqjtS lUre &&$. wMclfc 6t^i^ i -",: j
"Within my own heart, then I quaff
f'"Ifimmftho Jonnfrdf poetry
Maifliy afrfeShV neoiariaA, draft,
tewSdne, and think,of thee.
Because If eel thy soui-bath, felt
f ltd sweet, entr£«i§ing-gower,  .
Before its fitodne^^tiioiihast taieit
At twilight's hoTyiitf&Sj;
"Anflj "while thy s^it upward soared:' ""
In deeg4eYo{](p;-therei     ..;        ;'•   J»
aoSqaSfeaa'BtHyttned thy praise atidEpnrea
-53iyjbfc4K^inte3#nt prayer-; :'-. '£,
TraaittettisstvTafelife'slon^y hours,,,. -
■■:' ;X)ftv^aerea.for&and-wreathed    -:- -y.
.  5*ssh fl<%6rs ffom feoughi'^umbrosial bjiwers,
«   "; An d sweet aroma Tjreathed;* S, :?*
"   -fccffln aU tho nepiared dews tl^at Ehine g :'.}
.-,   JtTpon life's flo%ery shorej,- - '■*.
- Aad felt that none IjufhandsJ^ivine r   -.
-Such balmy drops'could pojir.        *•   :;„
J Ttat thou hast nestled lovingly ,"j "i
>, On nature's wooing breast, 'p v.
-   And felt while there a'sanctlty,
r..'; A peaceful, quiet rest,  J.,:    - .    ..'
^j3?hat nothing else; no oth^,place,        l._. ..
.-j-.   To thee could ever give: : ' * ':,-
;•'; Nor fill thy thirsting leait;.with. lifo      y
'Xwerei^venoneaaiii'ftiiive. .-a
'_■ IndeepandprayerfnTtehCesness .1
My heart^oes forth to thee; '"'
"Thy faith and love anct gentleness
" «Ace-fulljQf poetiy... '.-        ' . ?   ..J"*?
Though-severed Kere ho more to meet ^ ■=-"•*■
Till earthly ties are riven, . ■   •*
Together still up there our feet      - '■ . \*.' rs
Shall press the paths of beaven.      • r. u-s
Till then T211 trust thy love and thee?    . c •
Nor doubt a heart like thine ',* ""■■>"   .-'•'■
I'll =p|ay for thse, pi-ay thou for me,: r> c -
Iheone, aiid trust thou-mine.*      * *
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IN" A EfATOHIOCK.
3)rcamUy swaying in indolent mocd,   ' •
Under the shadowy trees,
Catching swift gleams of the blue bending sfcy,
Lulled by the hum of the bee?;
Lazy white clouds, like great billows of foam,'
Hang in the ether at rest; '•''""
Down by the brook in the blossoming grass,
A thiuEi Singing loud to its nest;
jffinrntur of glistening leaves overhead,
Eipples of grass at my feet ;
Bird-song and breezp in a-harmony wed
Charm with, a melody sweet;
Idly I build airy castles in Spain,
' JjigM as the froth on tho stream;
Laughing brown eyes peering down into mine
Startle me out of my dream.
s in the olover-'bToom mad with delight,
I am as happy as you;
Thursh, singing glad, it" my heart had a voice,
Its song would be full of joy, too.
Oh, the June day, with ita sunshine and balm,
Its bird-song arid beauty and bliss !*
And oh, the dear eyes looking love into mine,
And lips that meet mine with a kiss!
VOLUME IH.
CLARE, MICHIGAN, FKI j^Y;  AUGUST 13, 1880.
NUMB&IU5..:
THE HUSBATCD'S SEOEET.
'" Not a word, -mind, to Dinah  Ann ! "
Dinah Ann herself, the speaker's "wife,
having strolled down the garden in the
sweet stillness of the summer night,
heard these suggestive "words as the gig
pulled up at the gate, and her husband-
descended from it. She'--was a pleasing
Httie. woman of seven or eight and thirty,
"with dart Brown eyes, a bright, fresh
face, and a natural propensity to take
lier own "way,- in the house and out of it.
Drawing back from the gate- behind the
well-kept hawthorn hedge, she waited
for what was."fo.come next.       £
"Nofra'word, for your life, ntjnd, to
. DinahJj&ti"'t*^~V •'   <>';
***''j^Je^P'-rbpliedavoice, which she
recogBjZecljastthat of her brother, Harry
Leete; Mltaew" what women are? She'd
lie fog-^-ter- revolutiom'yiing thethouse,
and herself too, once let her^get an inkling of 'this. No. fear,. James! Take .care,
pn your side, ihat you'doix't 108% that—
o r let Dinah Ann, find it. "J "       ";
'/I'll take care. „Wheii are you.com-
ing^ tp "smoke al quiet.pipe with me? I
shall want your advice as to " ,
"Pne of these evening's," interrupted
the lawyer, as he drove up the lane.
"Good-night!"
James  Harbury, substantial  farmer
and agriculturist, came through thfe gate,
and turned to fasten it! . Had" h^. tiirned
the other -^ay, to the left instead -pf to
the right, he would have seeii Was, wife,
standing against the nedge-.as" close as
she? could stand, almost- into it. He did
not see her, and went straight .Tip'the
path to the house. "Wlien his foot-steps
had died away, Mrs. Harbury wound her
light summer gown over her black silk
)-faiii»-hffinTfl^
up the narrow sidewalli,- got round to the
back, went through the house, let drop,
her gown, and entered the" sitting-room,
all calmly, nearly as sobn as her husband.
'"Got  back!"   she   exclaimed, with
perhaps. James has been foolish: enough
to. Ipt hef meet him. Harry, not a married man himself, and a lawyer, would
lend himself to any earthly thing without
scruple.    All iawyers do." »    -v'
, This rural district, reniote from the
haunts of wily men. of th§ .-world, was
given overeh&ely to farihers and farm-
ingjmterest%j-.simplesHiindedand:simpie-
mannered^people,.who Jive out then* un-
eyentfuf Eves in tie.i;6utine of daily duties. * The small market town of Northam,.
four miles distant,, was sleepy . and
primitive, never awakening from • its
slumbers save on the weekly market-
day. It had its parson, its doctor, and
its lawyer—Harry Leete; all three of
them being nearly as simple as the
farmers. Not simple in the point of intellect, it must be understood; but as to
life and manners.
'* This Thursday was market day. James
Harbiiry had gone to it in the gig of a
brother farmer, Peter Hall, his own
mare,/which he either rode or drove
geneMlly, being sick. He was a fall,
slender man of 39 years, very fair, with
exceedingly handsome features and nrild
blue eyes, looking as unlike the popular
notion of a farmer as a maa could look,
and.pres&atihg a'm'aiked contrast to his
agricultural neighbors. So far as ap-
pfcarande Jwfent" -iionirof' theni, ^pobr' or
rich, could vie with James Harbury, and
his temper and his bearing were alike
gentle.
He had one fault, though, perhaps,
all people would not call 'it a fault, jlbve
of money,, Tliat he was one of the
" warmest" farmers in the district was
universally believed, and the most saving of -men* Tod s'EEving, his wife would
tell- him, and where was the use of it,
she would ask, considering she had
neither chick nor child? And every
now and then she would make the money
fly, for she was a dear lover of smart .attire, and of having pretty things about
her. ti ^ames. wpiild wincg,.,and bid lier
be careftfl; Vbut he nevftr went the
length ©f telling her she had spent too"
much..-' He was fond of- her,-anc3 she of
mm. ....
''Neither chick nor child." In that
fact had lain a sharp sting. They had
been married eight years now, and the
sting was wearing itself away. Time
softens all things. He had never given
her cause for an unhappy thought until
to-niglit. He had never had any secrets
from her, except that he never-could be
brought to tell her what the exact sum
Yas;that he was enabled to put by at;the
dnd'of eacii year. Dinah Ann Harbury
did not "ciiffe -for th"at'f''*she knew that,
however much it might be, itwas all for
her. .    . ■ ■
But she did care for this—tliis mysterious sepret; which had .come to her
iiearine to-night. ! She knew how good-
looking, James was ;• how universally he
was liked by man and by woman, and
"vjfoafe a kind; heart 'he-had:—sheput it
"soft"—and something like jealousy
began to. torment, her spirit.
When James came in .again the supper-tray was at one end of the table, and
Dinah Ann,  an unusual light in her
eyes,   sat   at the other end, near the-
iM?eaa«ui)!Ji.eft=faHtfi
quite a look of surprise.
"Just come," replied the farmer;
" Harry drove me in his gig."
"What brings Harry up h£re- in his
gig. at Ijbis time ? Ancl v^y did you not
comeback with Hall?"oinquired Mrs.
Harbury, who liked to be "at the begin-
nmg ahd the end of everything.
" Harry hadto come," said ths farmer, who seemed to be walking about
rathter restlessly—-and who never
thought of such, a thing as refusing to
satisfy his wife's questions. " He got a^
message from the Down Farm, to go
over there without loss of time. I
thought I might as well come up with
him, Dinah Ann.     As to Hall, I left
' Just Lik^'Fefer. 'HaM^'Xou'd have
taken the reins .'-yourself^ JaMes, -I.reck-
on, had you; comeTback^th^him.-''
• " Oh, he^ho.fe^et'asrbaij as all" 'that!
But, I say/Dinah Ahn;,it'%4iVcl "thing
about Partridge a4 *^e Dcpj&^Farm:- A
day or two^o^fiewentrqnlgwithhis'jhay-
makers—arid^dii knowJ,what**i a man he
is to work whens-He .does'--set abo^ut it—
got into a heafcaiuT dranicpTot' o£ cold
cider. It stnick to" himt '"forr-death^they
say; and "Harry is gone..to'make his
■<•.
■-■■%
" "What a*dreadfor.thmgl!"\-exclaiped
tDinah. Arqj,-"vfho liadafeelin^g heart'Jith
all her.curiosity.    '   -I"-".  ~.J\       **
"Ay, 'tjfel^ltliinkrdlike a snack cf
cold beef, Dinah Ann, though it is late.
- Igot-talking'fo'your brotBer'-in'Tiis^of--1
fice, and missed my-tea, so 'IVe^-Bad'
: nothing since I- o'clock chnner. -<]While1'
- Phoebe:puts-it-I'll just go and-take a
look at White Bess. . «"
.    "White Bess is all right," said Mrs.
. Harbury.    " So much better that Evan
- thinks-you might have ridden lief in'to-
day._ No need to go and see" her,nbw."
'   "   I'should..lik(e*-to
"Better, is.she?
give her a look "
He took upids hat, which still lay
and placid, though he .had certainly
seemedvrestless after' leaving thagig, but
now he was calm again.
" Well," she said, as he cut .himself a
slice of the cold boiled beef, " and how
did you find WMte Bess ?"     '
"Oh, she seems comfortable," he replied; looking round for the mustard-
pot.
"You deceitful villain! You know
you did not go near the stable," thought
his Ayife. " You are sure you thinksq?"
shedMed, albndiY      -**   ' -c       -    .:
'jAye.. ..White Bess will be all.herself
again to-morrow,•Dman Aim."'" *
"It's more than I shall be," thought
Dinah Ann, •'.'unless I can come tothe
bottom of this.""    '
si'Hejatehis supger nearly in^ silence,
like a man who is mentally preoccupied.
And he-enjoyed it, too, for he was very
hungry..   , .   .
"James, do you ever hear anything
now of that Emma Land?"
James Harbury laid down his knife
and fork in surprise at the question, and
looked across at hiswife^ whose face, was
bent over her knitting.
"Did lever hear anything of Emma
Land-? " he repeated. 'J-'What can make
you ask that, Dinah Ann ? "
"What can make me ask it ? I den't
know. The query 'Happened to come
into my mind. Why should I not ask
it?"
'*'":There?§no sense-in-it^that I faee."'
'    "But do you?'" '    -'■•-•
"Db.Iwhat?"    ■ .     .
"Ever.hear of her?."  'A        "-
"Why, you lino^v she went out to—
where 'Vas it ?—the" tVeSt Indies, I think
—toiler friends there—^ever so long ago.
Nigh upon eight years it must be.' d~\%ovi j
know she did, Dinah Ann."
"Bufkhe* may' write fr dm the West
indies; Perhaps- she-'.does. 'Does she
write fo yotf?'^-' •_        '■'l;•" ' ■ * * ■'"-
He shook:' his Bead stq limply a negative,^ and occupied .himself "jrith. his supper again.; Einlna ;L'ahd-had once upon
a time.'been a-'somewhat-sore subject be
tw.een them; for Dinah Ann was. jealous
in the old days.        ..- ,  ,,
"Do vou.ever.seeher, James?"
:.'/Seewhor?'/r       zZ- '   :■   -.■■;.
"Ibitknow.    Enftna-Land."
$
the" ta"ble,'-and went out. Mrs. -Harbuiy's
eyes^ followed him; they were lull^ of
speculation, and her mind, also.-. . ». .
" I don't .believe he is gone to look at
the mare," soliloquised she. ""He'd-not
disturb her, now he hears" „$he" 'is all
right. -And how absentand-fidgety he
seemed !' 'There is some mystery agate,
and I.should like to know what it is. I
wonder whether—I -should-not think—
no; I should not'thinkhe canliftve stolen
out to.meet somebody," she concluded,,
ter tone dubious in spite of the stress
laid on.the "not.'.' _
Stepping lightiy-.into. the.,kitchen and
giving h*ef orders to IPhcebe "about the
supper-tray, she caught up an old waterproof clpak'that hung in the back passage, threw it on to hide her light dress,
and crept out after herlfasband^ * Itwas.
a very light and beautiful night; in fact
it could not-be said to be yet as dark as
it would be, and"that is .never ^dark in
the fine riignts^of' summer"?   ' '■* "^
" Eor him to' lose his* tea," ran her
thought's, "of all things! ..?'It(<ii^st,;be
some .uncommonly "urgent" business^ to
induce James to forego a meal,x>f any
kind I do vender what secret they
have between them. ' Not a word, for
your life,.mind, to Dinali Ann,' criesie.
' No fear,' answers H&rry: ' I'lcno w what
women are, and she'd .be for revolutionizing, tlie house.and. herself,, top*' Yes,
that I shpuld, but it's them I shpuld
.revolutionize, not-myself," she emphatically pronpuueed. -" It may -be that pld
Ibve affair erpi>ped up again; that wpm-
an whp threatened to bring an actionfor
breach of promise' when Jamesl married
me. Perhaps - she' has been writ ing 1st-
fceraiq hi?n.;j 'Mindyoudon't'letDinah
^nflndii-j'say^-H^wy,. or perhaps
"I can'tiihhik what "has put all this
intp ypiif head tp-night, Dinah Ann.
How is.it ? '-'s ':",<;, . . .-.'
"But do you?"
"Do I what?"
"See her?^'     ,   .       "   .. #
"Why, how could  I  see  her?''returned he, in a sort of helpless tone,
that his wife fully thought-was put on.,
.'•'.She is in the West Indies, and L. am
here." /A,
". She may not be .in the West Indies
now.^'
s'ldon't'know wher & she is. She's
there for all I knpw; and I'm sure it does
not matter."
" ] Ask no questipns, Jndiygu'll hear
no stories,' " thought his wife7 quoting
the line familiar to her in her school-girl
-days.       >,- - v. .;,-■■,; v,
* -"-I should*not -at all wonder;' Janfes,
but Emma Land has come back again."
.".May -be..- Twp .pr^thiee?.years agp
we heard she was married Piit there "
'' Who heard it ?   Who said it ?"
"I know I heard it; I remember it
quite, well.    But as to who said it, I forget that—your brother," I think. ' That
she had married a cousin."
" Oh.! not that that's unlikely, fpr
she was ready tp marry anybpdy. She'd
have married ypu, ypu knpw. • She laid
traps fpr you."
That's about true, I believe; but I
did npt fall intp them, Dinah Ann."
And, laughing gpqd-naturedly, James
HaTbury turned "from hisrsuppfef-tray tp
reach lus pipe Dinah Ann rang the bell,
resumed her knitting, and fell intp an
unpleasant reverie.
if $ * *        .    $ * *
-h.Am days passed Imay, things going
on smoofhly $ the larfe.  7)iwk Ann I Pioftlj Ann
had recovered her temper—at least, she
displayed no signs of its being ruffled.
. James Harbury was .as usual, save that
at times he seemed & little', absent and
:ih|pughtfid. One afternoon Ife went np-
istaifs to change liis e'very-day coat fgir a
.better one.
.    " Where are you going ? " cried Mrs.
[ Harbury,   quickly,  as  he   came down
again. '   '       ' ■ '' ■ '■
- " Only,intoJSprtham. .I,.shaE behome
early:" »^
"Into Northam! It's not market-
day."
"No; but I've got"a little business
there—about those sheep, you know,
Dinali Ann. I shall get them at my
own price, after all."   •
"Of course you will. I told you so
all along. But I do, wpnder; you- epidd
not wait until to-morrow."
" Oh—market-day's always a bustling
day; one forgets half one's business, or
lias not time to do it. Anyway, I
thought I'd go in this afternoon."
"I should like to go with you,
James!"
Mr. Harbury received th.e impulsive
wish with a blank look, and had no
ready answer .at hand.
"I want to buy a new silk gown, and
to order a best cap, and ever so many
things. Yes, I will go with you, James.
I won't be_five minutes getting ready."
"But—iJinah Ann—not to-day. I
can't take you this afternoon. You shall
go to-morrow, instead."
"Why can't you take me?"
'' Business," he shortly replied. And,
his gig being just then brought round j
tfWhite Bess in the shafts, he got into it,
l.without more ado, and drove away, calling out " Good-by!" to his wife.
, "I'll be even with you, Mr. James,"
nodded she.
The sun was- setting when he drove in
again and round to the stable yard.
Leaving his horse and gig with Evan,
he was crossing to the hpuse when his
attention was caught by a huge volume
of black smoke puffing out of the chimney of a^ narrow building that was formerly made to serve as brew-house and
wash-house:until.the large one was built.
' As it was out of usenow, was not in fact
used for any purpose whatever, or entered by anybody from month's end tp
month's end. Mr. Harbury naturally
thought of fire. He rushed to it like a
madman.
In the fire-place under the furnace a
fire blazed away; upon which more coal-
had recently been thrown. Whiter than
death, James Harbury made one frantic
move toward it, while a yell of what
really seemed like terror ,brpke frpm
him. Anpther yell succeeded, and still
another 5 then he collapsed utterly, and
feli upon. a low wooden stool in wild
despair.
" Good heavens !" exclaimed Dinah
Ann, who. had been stooping over some
blankets in the far corner, "what in
the world is the matter ? Is it spasms,
James ?   Let me run for the camphor."
"Camphor, indeed!" exclaimed the
unhappy man." "Bring poison rather.
Poison.    You've ruined me. "
"He's pff,his hejid/' was_^a^^fe^^m^1To^5ffis;
He flung nis arms around, in all directions, so that she could not'-get to his
chest, or to any other part of him.
• ".Who lighted this fire?" he gasped.
"Phoebe lighted it. I ordered her.
The flue in the proper wash-house has
taken to smoking* frightfully. The
blankets are to be washed to-morrow,
and will be put in soak to-night. But
what is the fire to you, James, that you
should be put out about it ? "
" It's everything to me," he faintly answered. "Five hundred pounds has
been burnt up in it."    "
Bising up from the stool—and Dinah
A-nn wondered the creaky old thing had'
not come down with his weight—he hastened in-doors, sat down by the table,
and buried his face upon it. She found
him so, his face hidden in his hands.
"Now, James, just tell me what all
this means—if yon are not quite out of
your senses. Gome ! I intend to know."
" Yes, :you may know it now," he said,
lifting his face and its despair. " I had
placed in the fireplace of that old fur-
nace,inmy old green pocketbook, £500 in
jhauk notes.; And—and—they are
burned ! They are burned, Dinah Ann!"
U Dinah Ann paused.
\ '' Where did the notes come from ? "
"From your brother—to me. A long
while ago, years before I knew you, I
lent a friend over £400. He ran away \
wiflb.it tp Australia, and I lost my money,
and set him down as a rpgue. Blithe is
not so dishonest as I thought him; he
has made his fortune out there, and is
back again in London now, and last,
weekne transmitted the debt and interest to your brother for me—£500. I
brought the notes home the night Hiirry
dr<Jvemehere."
*~ '*" And now ]ust tell me, Janes, how
you could think of putting bank notes
into such a place as a furnace fire-
hple?"
"I did it for safety. Nobody ever
went in there, and the furnace was never
used."
" Safety !  Was there not your bureau
up stairs in the bedroom ?"
" That's never locked."
" Why, it's always locked."
" Any way, the key is never taken out
of it."
"Ah! I see what it is. You were
afraid I should see the,money and want
to spend it." '..■■•
"And so you would, Dinah Ann—a
sum hke that coming unexpectedly," he
•meelsl^ rejoined.- , ^.Bonnets- and frills,
andAtfeli chairs ^and tables-4you'd. not
have known where tp stpp."
"Well, I must say,, James, you have,
been rightly' served fof your want of
confidence. No husband ever has a concealment-irom his wife, if she's a good
-wife, but-he's sure to be paid but. It is
a loss* thpugh, £500." - • /.
3d "grpaned. -      . "   \
ieMj business in Nprtham-this after-
nophwasto consult with your brother
abouta good investment for it. '■'
" What's this ?" • asked' she, placing
I before! hijn'; the,.identical green case—
' with the bank notes inside it.
James gasped.',
"Dinah Anii! My dear Dinah Ann!"
" Ah! it's my dear Dinah Ann now—
and where would you be without me ? I
have given you a good fright, however.
Don't you conceal a thing from me
again, James."
" I don't think I -will," he said. ''How
has it aUcome about?",'
"Why, I have just been playing a httle as well as you. -I was at the^gate last
Thursday night, and heard what you
said to Harry as you got out of the gig.
It excited my suspicions and my .curiosity."
"But what did I say?" - asked the
fafmerj really npt remembering between
the excitement pf the past- misery and
the present happiness..
" 'Not a word, wind, to Dinah Attn.
Not a word, for yow, Ete»' mi&d? t°
1S60 AND 1S80.
I'crliuciit Questions for Business UX^ji
to Ponder.
[From tho New York Tribune.]
Is the cpuntry sick pf prpsperity?
Dpes it lpng to go back to the rule of
that party under^which the public gr edit sank.to zero, and secessldSG'and". civil
war crowned a long career~"b£-s'e"ctipnal
misrule, greed and aggression ?V Would
it not be well to look; about and tplook
back, to see what the condition -of the
country is, and what it was .whei^jDepi-
ocracy ceased to govern it, before:decid-
ing upon such a change ?      • ;
Within the past year the country has
produced more wheat, than ever before,
more corn than ever before, mdre cotton
than ever before, more iron than ever
before, more petroleum than ever beforehand has taken in from abrpad mpre
specie than ever before; Ite manufactures nave increased m "Value, and in
number of workmen employed and sup-
pprted, beyond all precedent.' Its exports and imports have far surpassed
those of any. previous-year in its history.
As a. result, the tide ef immigratipn—
the great barometer which shows the
relative condition.ofrlahor in different
countries—has risehlhigher than ever
before for twenty-five yeg£s. These are,
in-many respects, the difectandineth-
|-em thtf indirect effect pf twenty yeajs pf
Bepublican rule. Let ns see what the
ccuntry is,: and what it was during the
last year of Democratic rule. Th I860
there was' general prosperity, as .there is
now. The census andcrop reports of the
year 1859-60 afford us some neahs of
comparison, as f oIIom's :
evj
he
let
Inc.
1880.      per ct.
48,858,000       55.0
440,000,000  154.2
175,000,0f o-4;iijl.8
838,'792.'740 1,450,000,000 " 72.9.
3,314.303  100,000,000.1,91-7.3
   232,500,000- 285.8
19,741.(161 3y84S.3
3,070;875. -234.1 I
1,113,273-
6,950,451
33,248,1)16
141,054,474
$670,000,000
$335,000,000
$ 79,711,990 r.
60,264,919
500,000
. 919,770
205.038
2,350,822
7,640,914
15,515,799
442,9:
195.7
400.6
813.S
.99.3-,.
184.2i'
72.9*!
i&lcidt  To what "people" are
B-pecified-rights reserved?   What
■>' lawful ■ jurisdiction "   of   the
d States; and of the several States?
"■" *' >rs of Congress State officers
^ States officers.?   May their
'ijie regulated by national laws,
$f Sf4te laws ?   Wii know, Gen.
l's,!jopinioris on these questions,
ten. jp^icoek has apparently never
a^'Heard. of them.    He would,
' ^isfc toy attempt to impair or
aHStitution., Whyj of course
sr^'-hd ,cquld itake, 'his
ave. to'aweai": tp-maintain
a*.,- Sut^.why.dbesn'i -he.
\Si h(i"!ft'6nld -tjtpisider an |
frvsioiv?' "OpMojig"*diifer
'   subjeQt&tiiiit'hisgen--
"Uy amounts to- noih-:
"r_i».-. etafeiaGnt- tliat
'ho ov*.m hw
enough these forces with you might
make one out of me. Ideas are the only
things "in this universe that are immortal.
5bnio -people think" that soldiers are
chiefly-renpwned for courage. That is
one- of- -the -cheapest"and commonest
qualities. _We share it. with the brutes,
lean find you dogs, and'bearsyand lipns
that;wi]l-fight, and-fight to the* death,
and will tear eaeh other. .Do jou call
that -warfare ? -- They are =as courageous
as any-'of these-soldiers, if-mere brute
courage is* what-we- are after. The
difference between"them and us is this :
tigers never hold-reunions Jtp celebrate
their victories. »When they have eaten
the creature they have killed, that is the
only\reunion' 'they ?ever *Ii<?ld.r -!WiId
beasts" /never J ijuild- monuments: over
^eii" «kin* tjomradesj " Why ?..-' Because
REPUBLICAN CONFERENGE/
Never before ih the history of the Be-
publican .party, ssive at 'a National Convention, "havai'sb many leading men in
the parly been collected'together, put of
CohgressVaswerQ gathered at the Fifth
Avenue HoteljNew'YorkjOn'the 5thmst.
Most of them were dra;wnto that city by
the notice that a cPrifgrence on poHtical
mattersiwoiild be' heldy- and pthe?? qame
toptiytheirrespectst6;Gen.'.JI.Ar"Gaifleld
ahdtJen;OhgsteiJ^ Arthur,t]je dandiCat-es
pf "the'party.- :-Amongvfhemr-were Johp
Sherman,* Secretary .o£.--the-.Treasuryj
United State3 Senators .Logan, of "Illinois    '"•     -    "*■" "v
jSiXBfyrOjp^^feiiasrtme^'Vaions not; for ihe dead
thdy'hdve no" ideas behind "the* war-J «»J ^-t^Vi^^
fares:- - (5ui w««e has- Men*, and^ectm^l\f9-G^u^jf^fi■ »*    ^   ... -^ ,.   -   ,
,ffhildjnonumenfe to them,
:.S.zzi.i  _"Til i?.„  ii '      i_:-i
cil
1860.
Population....    31,443,324
Wheat produced, bu 173,104,924
Wheat exported, bu     4,155,153
Corn, bu, 	
Com exported, bu..
Wool, lbs...„	
Petroleum, brls...»
Iron,tons	
Bails, tons	
Hogs packed	
Butter exported, lbs
Cheese exported, lbs
Merchandise imp'd.$336;282,'48o
Merchandise exp'd.$316,242,423
Gold and silver...,.$ 46,150,000
Gold and silver exp.S 57,996,104
Gold and silver imp    $,75,713,531.. , ....
The expprts and impprts pf 'gold- and
silver are net, and as td 1880 are fpr-dnl^
eleven mpnths ending .May 31*..* -Th%
merchandise imperts and exports for-thel
year just closed, and some items of .-prp**'
duction, are estimated from trade .returns.   These comparisons might beiT
definitely extended, but s'ureiy'ih6r.e k
not needed to call attention to the'ehbi
mous expansion of industry- and
•within  the  past  twenty  years. '
quantity of cotton produced, is, the 6
item in which there has not been, an
crease far greater than that of  pqpu
tions and the crop of 1879-'80* .was".'
ceptionally large..   Compared .witii aB
crop raised pripr tp that year,- thei *
^18%Laadio:        ■     J    '-
marMfcbtttar i
of the demand for that product in other
countries, and thus has no proper relation to the increase of our own population. But the conduct of affairs under
Republican rule has been such that vastly-increased .quantities of other products
have not only been produced, but marketed with profit., Our own people are
so much morejf&sperous that they buy
about 100 per Cent, more goods from
abroad than they did under Democratic
rule, and their industry;has been so encouraged and developed that they produce, in excess of all their greatly-increased wants, and expert to foreign
.countries 164 per cent, more than they
l-ldid at that time.
"!  The consequence is shown in the last
tliree,lines of the;table. ;"In'.1860, jinder
Democratic policy, we hadto pay out all
-the specie which Ave producedj > and a
'httle more, to meet the excess of.im-
'ports over exports.1  -In 1880, under Republican policy, we not only raise from
the earth 73 per cent, more of the pre-
:cious metals, but keep it all, and impor-
besides from foreign countries $75,700.-
000 in eleven months to pay for the ex-
qess ef  our exports over imports.  .In
I860, raising §46,000,000 of" specie, we
were paying out §58,000,000, and getting
poorer or running into debt every year.
In 1880, raising $80,000,000 Of specie,
we are also receiving for our sm'plus
products sold $75,000,000 more in specie,
and so are paying debt or accumulating
health at the rate of   $155,000,000. a
ryeivP!   The difference is one which every
"intelligent man understands is due almost entirely to the changed policy of
the Government in regard to finances,
taxation, development of industries, and
substitution of free for slave labor.
.  These are   a  few   evidences  of the
*wonderful changes   which  Republican
rule has wrought in the condition of the
country.    They are feltinthe^better employment which labor fin ds,4n the higher
wages which the workmBtn;ieceiyes, in
the innumerable comforiS;'1;hat\het now
enjoys, which'Jwienty^yeiiSlago were not
within hilrreach; SEd ijphejsjriist increase
of^iwe^th,*4£l^rnfortiililk homes andef
thrivingfarin.lt,- Jhey^jaft: seen ^ tlie
factth^t 177,000immigrants of abetter
class^ihairever befcre landed at this city
during the past six months.    The question comes home to the personal interests
of every voter : Are we sp4 sick pf the
maiyeleus progress and matchless prosperity of the"ceuntfy under Republican
rule that we want, to * go backs to Democracy and its practical results?'
■ good to te&peppleWbe.wse
'ie:' right-ihing, and they will
Ipfipr. --"('The'y . must, be.. told, what
light"   thing • is- the   '-path.  M
aona  "mpLst, '-be    pointed    out—by
j who   aspires   to   be  a  roler pf
_ qjgpple. •   Oivil-fervice referm may
[secured^ he says, by electing well-
"~sji0Ets men te office.   But how are
f people to'choose*out the well-quali-
|^nen from the mass ?   By tlie cau-
" ysteni ?   Is it that, the most cor-
;qf,<>ur^)o]itical elements, that is to
iInform?   If itis, why does not
General exemplify its value by re-
- his pwn quahficatipns fpr pffice if
l"think pf any ?   We must manage;
i wisely, he says.    But how is wise-"
" iit to have honest money or dis-
|at ?   Is it to encourage Chinese im-
or to discourage it ?   Is it to
ine to coin silver or to discontinue
We must- extend commerce and
factures, both at once, he says."
jow?   Will a high tariff or a low:
ioik both ways at once.    Should-
e free ships er shpuld thpse pf.
build be   excluded?   Tp these
sthe^pther questjpjis of thp dayit-
iliflhe answ&ed5''that G&ii.* Hah-
..doesn't know   or  he  won't tell.
,. an attitude for a man who wants
(President!    The Sun was rignt.
jMhmittee should have denied Han-
tpens, ink, or jjaper.   They should
f-put as close a watch over him as
is over Tanner.   He should not
PbSeh allowed to cut his throat with
lei-pen.   If* he had kept as still aa
^l.he might have been theught a&
one, but when he began to sing
;e betrayed him.    He is of the
:,p"6pinjay, aftd of the family ig->
ius.-
;UURWSG WORDS.
WW
X-orlCi-Soldier on  tlie-JDcmo-
^tir'atic Mecord. "      "
T^teran Union -soldiers in- Utica,
formed a - Garfield" and Ar-
Ambng the speakers was
We hoM re-
there
ipr
lo
nothing in all the earth that -ypu and I
can de for- the . dead.. They are past
our. help and past our praise. We
can give to themno glory, and we can
give to them no immortality. They do*
not need us, but forever- and forever
more we need them. The glory that
trailed in the .clouds behind them after
their sun had set falls with benediction
on us who are living ; and it is to commemorate the immortality of the ideas
for which they fought that you assembly
to-day and dedicate your monument that
points up toward the Gpd whp leads-
them in the'glpry of the great world beyond And around those ideas/, under
the leadership of the immortality of'
those ideas, we assemble to-day reverently to follow, reverently to acknowledge the glory they achieved and the
benediction they left behind them. That
is the meaning of an assembly like this;
and to join in it, .to meet you, my old
neighbors and constituents, to share
■with you the memories that we^have
heard rehearsed, and the inspiratidn.
that'this duty peints to, $hat this inphur
ments celebrates, is tomg a jpy,-"ahd tor
it I am grateful.   . •" %. v       .7
ftOYEiffENTS  OP GEN.   UAREIELD.
TALKING AND §AYIUG .NOTHING.
I H
A SHarp Criticism of Hancock's Letter ot Acceptance.
" [From the Buffalo ExpresB.]
Gen.  Hanccck shows plainly either
that he has no opinions at all on the
public afiairs of the country, or that he
is" afraid or ashamed to express them.
His letter is compounded of gHttering
generalities and nothing else.   We knew
nothing pf his views before reading it.
We knew, just as little new.  .We are
prepared to believe that he wrote it himself.'    Certainly   Mr.    Tilden' didn't.
There is more pith in the httle finger of
that dried-up old man than in the loins;]
of this military aspirant to civil dignities.   Why should Gen. Hancock quote
to the country (and quote wrong) the I
clause of the constitution which sa\s
that the rights not delegated to the United States nor prohibited to the States
are "reserved to the States respectively
or io the people ?"   It may be novel to
him, but it is not so to primarily-intelligent civilians, and quoting it throws jno
hght on anything.    Nobody has doubted   its   existence.    The   question   in
dispute is as to its inierpretation,smd. on
this Gen. Hancock has not a word to
say, : What rightai.are -delegated to
the TJuitejl Stated, $»$ irbit prohibit
■$q1i back the black curtain of the past twenty-five years and ask tbe keeper of the records
what the Democratic party has done.   It tried
to extend and strengthen human slavery by
opening to its desolating influences the. gateways of the free and fertile Northwest;  Jt
tried to bribe Kansas into adopting a slave constitution under which tho tyrant might live and
drive his horrid trade in. human flesh, and chief
among the bribe-givers was the   man nvhose
name has taken tbe place of   "reform'"'npon
the Democratic ticket.   It tried in the very outset to aid rebellion by an official declaration that
the constitution gave no power to preserve the
nation.   Its last President stood cowardly by
and saw, one by one, tbe strongholds of the nation pass into traitors' hands, and made no effort to stem the rising tide of rebellion.   JFrom
1861 to 1864 it was in sympathy wilh traitors,
and gave  its  whole  influence  as a party to
schemes to embarrass and cripple the Government.    In     1861     it     had     become     so
emboldened      by     Union      losses       that
at   tlie   very   turning   point in  the "war it
declared that war a failure,  and proposed a
truce with rebels  in  arms." Happily  for the
country, its dismal notes were drowned amid
the shouts of victory that went up from Atlanta
and the Shenandoab.   And when the war was
over, and the question came whether Union
men or traitors should control or govern in the
Soiith, it promptly arrayed Jitself upon,-,the side
of the traitor.   Its whole weight  and power
was put against any reconstruction that did not
give the reins of Governmentanto tbe hands of
tjiomenwho sought to destroy the Government.   It hindered and obstructed reconstruction, opposed  and    denounced   resumption,
struck hands with every enemy of; & "spimd and
honest currency, condemned every effort to restore confidence end establish permanent value
and healthy business. - l?or a. quarter of a cent-
. ury-it bas" been a steady brake upon the wheels
1 of progress, and a vigilant and active enemy--6f
honest ref orm.   Ever since Lee's surrender at
Ap' omattox it has  sought to  surrender the
fruits of that great victo.-y, and at all times it
has been ready and anxious to betray the liberties of the f ceedman.   Go further back and
look at the state in which it found the country
in March, 1853, when it placed Franklin Pierce
in the Presidential chair and took upon itself
the administration of the Government.   Look
at    the     state    in     which      it    left    it
eight years later, when James Bucha nan stepped
down and out forever.   In its eight years of
power it had bankrupted the treasury; nursed
and fostered rebellion, and forged the shackles
to bind the nation.   And this old party, with
all theirotten'uqss- of yeara-uponfit, comes to
theloyalf-^patribtic people of this goodly laud
and demands that it be intrusted with the administration of affairs, that it may be put in
eveagp Federal office, from President down to
the humblest postoffice in the land, either renegade Eepublicans or boisterous Democrats, who
will., owe  their places-to the solid vote of a
soSi South, controlled and run by the men who
to^iay gl ry as much as ever in the justice of
" tlie lost cause."   Are you, my fellow-citizens,
are; you, my fellow-soldiers, prepared to give
votes ' to accomplish this ?   The Confederate
flag must disappear forever.   The "lostcause''
must be decently buried out of sight; the
Union must be the god of our.-statesmanship,
and the blue tlie color of our nnif orm, everywhere,'-Irom Maine  to- GaUfpmia^JErom the
.lakes to thfr Gtdf, in Mississippi^as well ae in
New Tork," before it "will do fof th^'Etepub^can
party to loosen its grip or srafiendet'Control of
the nation.       . . '-'   ^ J.Z   ,:xr'Z' •
3figsissiJ)j>i I ^ol-
.'^•■^ir'ennsTlfiiffl!
Gen. Garfield left his hprne at Mentor,
Ohio, on the 3d inst.,  for New" York
city, to participate in a conference-of the
Republican leaders.- Stopping a't'Gene-
va, Ohie, where a seldiers' mpnunient
was to be unveiled, he made a brief and
eloquent  speech.   • When he  reached
Cleveland, ke was joined by Mr.  Conger, of Michigan;. Gdclloye S. OrthVGen.
'Reh-HaiTisqiDi/anrl.Gen. Streight^of, Indiana, -A. L. • -Morrison, '.pf Chicago) and
others,  'and 'proceeded'east over  the
Xake-Shore read in a'special car.   "At
,aU places- where; steps were made enthusiastic creeds" greeted thecandidate.
.  Gen.  Garfield's jeurney" through the
State ef New Yerk was a.magnificent
•triumphal     procession.    At * 'Buffalo,
"Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, Amsterdam,
field -made a few remarks of thanks at
each place. At Syracuse he congratulated the people*on .their devotion to
hardrmoney principles. At Garrison's
he was met by ex-Secretary Eish, Mrs.
Fish, and Hamilton Fish, Jr., who cordially .greeted him. . Gen. Garfield was
received everywhere with' great enthusiasm. Music, cannon'* salutes, "and a
plentiful display of bunting were some
of theieatures pf the eccasicn. Atthe
Grand Central depet, New Yerk, abput
20,000 peeple gathered and: made'-the
air veeal with cheers.- •
ry ■-*; .   .
y A grand receptien and popular ova-
fion^was tendered ihe coniing President
at the rooms ofthe National Republican
Committee, in Fifth avenue, New York,
on the evening of Aug.  6.   -It was one
Pf the most imposing political demonstrations ever witnessed in that city,. A
large and enthusiastic . crcyd. number:
ing over 20,000 people, stretched ialojig
the avenue for several blocks. , Before
the distinguished  visitor appeared on
the balcony of the  house there was a
of    the    Boys   in   Blue
organizations.     The^ • pri>
Were   dressed   in   colored
caps   and; carried  flaming
torches and lanterns.   Alongf the lih'e-of
march they were cheered,   and when
they reached the scene pf the.- serenade
the' enthusiasm was great. ' Geu. Garfield appeared en the balceny with Gen.
Arthur,  and they  were received with
great cheering, which lasted many minutes.   After the cheering had subsided,
Gen. Garfield made* an eloquent and impressive address to the assembled multi- 1
tude,. which was received with "the wild- '
est deinenstratipns pf applause.    ;-.
Gen. Garfield left New Yojk,onithe
morning of the 7th. . fie wasgr^etedaby
immense crowds-at every station. His
speech-making powers were"taxed to the
utmost, the enthusiasts of each crowd
insisting on his delivering some kind of
ahaddress, however short it might be.
The General spent Sunday, the 8th, at
Chautauqua, N. Y., and was presenfr.at
the religious services oi' the National
Young Men's Christian Association. He
was presented to the vast audience of
10,000 people, who were urgent in their
requests for a speech, but he contented;
himself with the remark that in his
judgment neither the time nor the place
was suitable for speech-making, and
then retired.
nrlow
■"Weed'sind ex-Gpy. JdorgSo., pf JfewYork.
.Ex-Gpv-. tfg^lfeShainhan of' the Republican Nat&^^pmmittee; sailed-the
conference ji^f^deir; and presided. , He
made a brife| address,- explaining the abject of the1 gathering,, aiid* was followed
by several-speakers- including-United
States' Senator. JolinvA. Zjogan/of-rHIi-
nois-; and-the Hon. .John Qessna, Chair-,
man of the Pennsylvania State Convention. . _ '„ '.*..•„ ""' .'.,"
"> The following resolution was adopted:
Resolved] That ifc ig the^enp'o of this meeting
that Southern- districts -should be "assisted
whenever such "assistance was demande3j;and
that-thc campaign should iiot bb abandoned-in
any Southern State. .   .
Secretary Sherman, being called on,
said his heart beat'for all those men who
had "fcarried their banner through 'the
Southern States, be they whito or black.
When Republicans sent money and- aid
to .Indiana they also did tgood to fhe
Sbuthern States. He- wv6uld ' give -to
those Southern" districts ihey expected
to ciirry,'men, .aid and -njpney. *He
would'not waste money where he- knew,
it .would dono good^. V .,   _ ,       '   ; "'
Addresses were'also delivered by Hon.'
George B. Loring,- of - Massachusetts^
lils-Senator- Oonbver, -of Floridajr-tJohn
Cessna, pf Pennsylvania; ,,Senators
Blaine and Logan; A.. M. Jones, of'Illinois ; Ex-Governor PinbHback. of Lbuis-:
iana, and TKtirlow Weed} of -New- York.-
Gen.- Garfield, • did.-not, p'artibipate in
the cpnference: During ■ the. day he received many, distinguished visitors, and
in the evening he'was tendered' an ova-
tieh by the- Republican Central -CaiiiT
paign 'Club; headed .by.-Gfen".; Ditten-
hqefer and Gen.'.John C. ^Fremont. .Q^er
1,000 memb.efs of the club were introduced to Gen. Garfield. He referred to
Gfed.' Fie'iriont as the first- 'Republican
Presidential: candidate he -voted for,
whereajt.. (3'fen... iFremont ^responded. by
saying tha^-the first" Republican candidate gre'e'tsthe last?'"- '''";"'."'       ■'*
ery quiet -ojiea, or
must keep back seats/and
get out. .'        j
I was glad to see youlet you^worrespqndants
loose upon that blatant EadicSd, WJiiam E.
'^Moore..- The .whole,lot must k(& rendered In-
ftanbiis and odious. . -   . ^
3^.for the negroesflefc themj.amuse them-
eelyesj if the^ willj-bj-voting 8$s Badical ticket.
We have the count "', J
They " hav^'the' .cpuip," and, in the
face of their open avowall to use it shamelessly," theifeahdidate mas the effrontery
to say, *' It is only by*} a full .vote, frea
ballot and lair count -tlOat the people can
rulehi fact, as.Tequh'ec^ by the' theory of
our Government/'.   . *
•—.: 5	
JIbs.- BEniikESxJjVikBJ'; "pH, Negaune'e, 13
sl'09years old. ' ,H'\   ',  • ' "'
^-THB-Put-put of-copper atamp.rock.on
Lake Siiperior is hPt far'fr^m 3^000 tons
a day.   ■ ;__
Pbto'skey!" has" inachmei^jy itser the
manttfacturo- of coral- and.-ajgate prna-.
ments. a . .-,---
The Liidihgton howl factoi-k 'shipped.
12,000 wooden.bpwlS in. one vfeek last'
month. "; "^ "'  "-
__ Chicago capitaiists-are '. figprmg on
building a large" saw-mill *at -fifce mouth
of Dead river, at Maiquette.'   /
Theee are qu'aniitie^- Sf silver on Silver-Islet, Lake Superioi^at q^depth oi
960 feet below ihe"surfa,ce.- .^f-
Jackspn merehaaits have b€^n forbidden the use of the" sidewalks^ as places
for the display pf-goods.-    .  ...
- Feom January-to the end of July there
■ have, been sixty-five murders'and attempts at murders in" Michigan,
Theee we're three lightning-rods on a
heuse In Richfield,   Genes^**?  cc '
whidi wc* ?iwt wnck-fjfef«wfci>y lightni5
and ut-ariy ddmdMa^;'"
Tub bids for busMing. the new Qovxi
Houne at M£ Cletnens were all rejected
because-none-of them came. witMn the
amount of "the appropriation, $25,000.
A Sinai site pf fifteen acres has beerc
purchased at Mani&teeby "arBig Rapids
cempany , headed • by.. Jphn Brown.
.They intend erecting a iai'ge1 steam saw-
Hull.'v  ' '..-;. i- -    •■
The Manistee mills wUl- probably cut*
2"24r,600,00a feet of lumber 'and 433,350j->
000 shingles" this" season. /The cut.up
to July Iwas 88,271,000 feet ef lumber"
and 152,485,000 shingles.   '-    ''
De LouGHAiy is "the name "pf a new
ppstoffice"" jilsfc established  at what has
been  heretofore  known . as"." section
fifty,''two'.miles west (down" the ioad)
from Barkville.—Escanaba, -Irorir Port. -'
. JitoGE Hookes, afc Battle-Creekr-gave'-
a decision'last week'in.,a chancery pti.%
thij,t*has been on the docket fifteen years..
It concerned the rigM> of a.man to a"
water privilege, and-the decision was- ih;
his favor. ' -"-,.-' ,~7*- *
l- ;Tes/ folio-Ring*, teachers' * institutes
hfi-ye been fidded to the,".series'|bfl'880 :
Otktnty. * jpltfcct   - '"\~~ DdU.
JKiUamazoo.."». 7 .ifiaTesburg.. ».".:.„ a.ug.:;23~27.:
Slgnroe.,™. ...„, Petersburg »,. .
Newayga^i-ii .5!,Mewaygo.
OaKaijd.... r?--«. Oxford!..
. Shiawassee' .'jr. 1'. .'Ve'riibii...
TtlECQla.;,',..;.,. -,Vas8ar....
.^-The following is a-statement. of-=th&-
receipts and disbursements at the.'S.tate
Treasurer's office foi* the month" ending
July31, 1880: .'"''
Balanco Dn land -June 30,1880.
Kecerpts for month.J	
Michigan "Republican- Convention.
The" Michigan Republican State Con.-
ventioh' met' at Jackson on the-5th of
^m^__^rs&aLs&
was chosen permanent President of the
convention". *       '   -
There' were no less than five leading
candidates fer Gpverner, each one of
whom received between 100 and 110
votes on tlie; first ballot, namely: F.
B:- Stockbridge, Kalamazoo-; David
Jerome, Saginaw;
Detroit ;^ John, ~
procession
tnd other
cessionists
capes  and
.Qct. 4^8:
t..Oci.i>S^St.   .
-.r..AHg.*:iG-20. .
•,-;„-Oct4-S: -
-^-Oct li-35. - =    -
DiBtrarBemenfe.
 ?1,376,370.*2
    -305,3i6.03
"    'flJJBlJ!J16.4S
.:..-.    .171,6GL31.
 S1,510,055,I4;"
* Balance on-liana Ju'.y 31,1880."
■ The report of the Michigan State Salt
Inspector for. the month" of July -show*
the production of tha Michigan wells to.
be' 266,248 barrels. The inspection, year-
begins in December, and the total pro-"
ductibn for eight months was 1,498,461
barrels-, an excess.of 897,403 iJaxrels .over
the same peried pfhWt year: Upon th»-
basis the, production- of' Miehigan-
saitior 1880 is .certain- to- exceed 2,500,-
'900 barrels.-   -
SPEECH OF {KEIF. GARFDElM
At the Dedication off'   the*' Soldier^-
l     Monument, Geneva, Oliio.       %'^
Fellpw-Citizens :   These gentlemen
had no right to print in a paper here
that, Ij was to^gja^e^speech, fpr *he
types ought always to toll the truth, and
they have not doneit in this case.   But
I cannot look out'npon a great audience'
in Ashtabula   county,   recognizing   so
many old faces arid old friends, without
art least making my bow. to.'them and
saying gppd-by before I go. - Lcannot,
either,   hear such a Speech asthatto
wideh  I have  just "• listened 'without
tliankiug the man'wild made; it, and the
people whp enabled himitoThake it; for,
after all, no man can make a speech
alone.   Itis the great .power thafc strikes
up from a thousand minds that acts on
hun and makes the speech.   It originates with those outside of him,  if he
xhakes one at all, and every man that,
lias stood on this platform to-day has
had a Jspeech made out of him, by you,
arid:bj[ what is yonder on your square.
That is the •way speeches  are made,
Awl il J bl*4 %m *9 ufay heye long
What Justice Swayne Says.
So far as I am concerned, there is an
entire misstatement. I never wrote ^ a
word of what is attributed to me. -. I
never knew anything of the facts of the
matter charged against Gen. Garfield,
and it was certainly never in any shape
before the Supreme Court. I had;
therefore, neither occasion npr ppppr-
tunity to express any judicial opinion
upon the subject. It is riot stated where ]
any case in which Gen. Garfield was
concerned is reported? My confident
impression is thatl never heard of such,
a case before. Gen. Garfield* is a' pfer-
sonal friend of mine, and I have the
highest confidence in his integrity.   *
W.
Thos. W. Palmer,
T. Rich, Lapeer ; Rice
A.. Beal, 'Ann Arbor. On the tenth ballot the contest was* harrowed down to
Jerome;and Rich, the former receiving
the nomination. So protracted . had
been thpse prcceedings thatthe cenven-
tipn then adjourned till 9 in the eveh-
iag- '''"''   .   ' "      . "*  "*''     '
Oh reassembling1 "the remainder .of the
ticket was nominated* a^ follows : Lieutenant  Governer, Moreau S. "Crosby;
Secretary of State, "Wm. Jenney, .renominated ; Treasurer, Benjamin D." Pritch-
ard; Auditor General, W:<-Ji, Latimer.;
Commissioner of Land .Ofiice, James M.-
Neasmith. .....
The platform adopted recites the past
achievements of the Republican party;
particularizes the record ■ of the Democratic party and denounces it, and calls
for. the administratioja. of the. constitutional amendments secured by'the war
by their friends, hot their enemies; de-
mands-: equality'in ;f apt and not in name
only;..calls for..q, frefe,.--ui?intimidated
bailpt.and fair coi.mt,rwith-no.tissue"bal-
lots or cipher ^'dispatches; believes the
United Statfei'a'hiiHon, not a confederacy ; .insists 'on the-tirptectienof American labor, arid the removal .of taxation
irom the necessities of the poor.
The following, was also adopted :
The Union must an'd shall'bfc preserved; the
public faith must-be  m'aintained ; the-public
debt must be faithfully paid ; the pensions of
'the national defenders and their dependents
jnust be sacredly guarded; thepubliclands preserved for actual settlers ; fidelity, intelligence,
and' efficiency exacted' in  the public • service
■without destroying the freedom  of an office-
holding citizen; specie  resumption" must  be
maintained; laws for 'the protection of the purity of elections must be adhered to and enforced;
education must be fostered ; industry, economy,
te'mperance and morality' encouraged and stimulated, and the publie funds strictly devoted to
jpublic and unseotarian uses. .   '
During the evening session the candidate "foi* Governor was introduced, and
made a short appropriate speech in acceptance of .the^ nomination. The defeated candidates were also called out,
"and happily and amusingly entertained
the convention, all pledging their hearty
support to the ticket. All was harmonious, and that Michigan will roll up her
old-time Republican majority was vu"
sentiment of the'convention;
Benzie -,	
Crawford	
Einmefc..'	
Genesee	
Gladwin	
Livingston .....
Manistee -	
Oakland .;	
Previously reported.,
Total  1,431,355-
Counties unreported,..'.
1880. '
....    3,442
-.„.   l',398
    6,690
 37,800
....   1,120
 22,120
.... 13,500
.... 41,S09
-127,984
. .1,303,371
1874."
2,663
" 1,272
34,568
20",329
8,471
.38,032
105,385
1,065,286
1,170,671
163,360
1870.
2,18*
1,211
33,895
19'335
6,074
40,906
103,605
" 932,754"
1,036,359
"   147,923
-1,334,031 1^184,282
the
It Is Life or Death Ifow.
The solid South is making a last desperate effort to retain its^hold on the
Government. If successful npw it,
hppes se to use ite influence as te gain
a long lease pf power. But if defeated
this year it knows that the scepter "vyill
pass from it never to return. The new*
census will leave it in a hopeless minority unless it can get control of the "hew
apportionment of members ef. thedpwer
house of Congress. That is why the.|
South is fighting so desperately and
was willing to accept any candidate at
Cincinnati that would- aid. if. |jt th§
Koi'tlJi—^"w Xorh Tribune,     ''"* ,Ji
Southern Democratic Sentiment.
How do the people-of the North like
such ' sentiments as those contained in
the following letter printed in the Memphis Avalanelie f The letter is published without one word of disapproval,
?biitwith the apparent approbation Pf
il£n editor: ' t
"The fact is, before wc" can expect the prosperity of the good old days before the war in
tlie South, "we must have the same homogenei-
"ty'of public sentiment.- A regards questions
relating to the negro, we must have but ono
party, and that- the Democratic party. White
men" who dare to avow themselves here as Re-
Eublicans should be promptly branded as the
itter and malignant enemies of tho South.
tThe name of' every Northern man who, like
Eaton and Bigelow, presumes in this community to aspire to office tlirough Republican votes,
shoiild be saturated with stench . We can
spare all such, and would caution such as these
a.
m
for the latter's claims uponthe cempany
•growing out of" the disaster at tlie June-
tfon on the 10th of October last. He receives an aggregate of $14,000; of which
$6., 000 is for the less cf his father, $6,000
for the loss of his mother, and $2,000 for
his personal injuries. * His "aunt and
guardian,'Miss Mary C. Rogers,, is: also -
paid $1,000 "for her services in caring for
the Httle sufferer during his somewhat-
lbrig" convalescence."
"We give below such reports- of the
population of Michigan counties as have
been received since our last statement.
With thirteen counties unreported the -
population, as will be seen below, is J!,-
431,355. 'The counties' yet to- be heard
Erom willin all probability increase the
total to nearly, ,if not fully, 1,620,000.'
The following are the additionalreports:
who think of coming' South lo be careful to
lieep away.
, Sou, Mr. Editor, must hang out again your
StnaH-p'ox flag and rid our community of such
Vermin.
You may think me a littlo bold in using such
language upon the anniversary of our flight
from the yellow, fever in 1879. The North, to
ie sure, Bent us some, money, but we scorn the
iniputationof beggary. The North but returned,
stlittloof the money it stole from us during tbe
"war.
No'sir, wo must put'an ond forever to thin
(shameless effrontery of Northern men or Republicans Mpirjnd to ofitoe in the Smith,  Thajr
State Cattle Commission.
Tho Legislature in 1869 passed an act
authorizing  the Governor  to  appoint
three Commissioners, to hold their office
for two years, who should "have power
to use means to prevent the spread of
dangereus diseases among animals, and
protect the. people of the State from'the
dangers arising frorh the^ consumption
of .diseased meat."   The act also pro-;
vided that no animal should be permitted to enter or pass through the State
if- deemed by either- of   the  Cpmmis-
sipners  capable ef  diffusing   pr communicating contagious diseases.   Also,
that no cattle from Texas or the Indian
Territory shpuld be permitted to   pass  ;
through the State between March 1 and "
Nov. 1 in each year.    April 28~ 1880, Ai
J. Murray, veterinary  surgeon of Q&:
troit, S. B. Mann, of 'Adrian, and J. H.
Griswold, M. D., of Grand Rapids, werik,
appointed by Gov.    Croswell  as * such
commission; and their first meeting.-wiw
held at the office of the State Board" of   .
Health in Lansing last week.  - The commission organized by the.appointment bf
Mr. Mann as President and Dr. Murray ■
.as Secretary.  .
Dr. Murray read a report of his
work in Detroit as a member of the com-
. mission in attempting to carry out the
law. He had addressed a communi- ,
cation to General Manager Ledyard, of
thc Michigan Central railroad, requesting a compliance with the provision relative to the transportation of Texas cat- -
tie, etc., but that gentleman. replied,
quoting decisions from the Supreme
Court of Illinois and the United States
Court, under which he felt justified in
declining to obey the State law.
Among   the  other  topics  discussed
were glanders, pleuro-pneumonia,- hog
cholera, trichina, and |the dangers arising from the consumption of diseased
meat.     The  last  report of  the State
Board of Health contains the particulars of two fatal cases of glanders* in
human beings, one at Birmingham, aud
tlie other at Dearborn.
. Pleuro-pneumonia is'a contagious disease which has not yet reached  this
State, but is liable to come- with the
b' o xled cattle which are brought in from
.the East.    In  Massachusetts,   several
years ago,, it cost a large amount  of
mpaeyandthe  mpst stringent regulations io stamp it out.   Ih New York
they have had a similar experience, and
in New Jersey they are still straggling
with it.    Michigan, should learn from'
their experience, ahd take.measures to
throttle it as soon as it appears, -when it
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