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{ VOLUME IX. )
■j Nambi 3G. j
An era of Distrust,
A close scrutiny of public sentiment dis
close wliat appears to be a decadence of
faith in the power of republics to save them
selves from the evils that afflict more arbi
trary system. This decrease of faith in
the infallibility of the whole mass of man
kind alarms a few people, who affect to see
in it a sign of the decay of popular liberty.
But the truth is, the ideal system formed
by the more sanguine cannot be transplant
ed into the domain of fact. Theoretically
our form of government furnishes a remedy
for every civil evil that afflicts mankind.
Practically the power of remedy tor wrong
it Is limited. And it is limited for the
reason that opinion differs as regards
good and evil. The '■tfreofletKaT republic
assumes that mankind are agreed touch
ing rights to be established and wrongs
to be overthrown. It rests upon the hy
pothesis that the massts of mankind have
a clearly defined idea of a state at peace
with itself. Neither the assumption nor
the hypothesis find warrant in fact. Men
are not agreed as regards rights and wrongs,
and they have a very vague and indistinct
idea of a state in equilibrium. On every
hand we behold unceasing conflict. Nor
is this conflict confined to the less informed
and unreasoning. It pervades all ranks
and conditions, and in its true character is
seen as a struggle for equilibrium. Man is
always fighting to actualize his ideal. He
is not able to comprehend civil equilibrium,
yet he constantly strives for it.
There is a class of men in this, as in all
civilized countries, who, seeling no diminu
tion in the force this conflict, are filled with
distrust of the capability of the people to
govern themselves. They behold how po
tent a thiug is demagoguism in swaying
public sentiment, and they charge it all
upon the indiscrimination of mankind.
Were this charge true the outlook would
be gloomy indeed. If the erratic conduct
of men of intelligence and culture, as well
as of moral uprightness, be taken as con
clusive proof of radical* defects in human
nature, the charge seems pretty nearly es
tablished. But this erratic conduct is
strictly phenomenal, and nothing pheno
menal relating to and inseparable front hu
man action can be safely regarded as con
clusive. If rights were altogether absolute,
and not as they are numerically chiefly re
lative, the erratic conduct of men of thought
and culture might be regarded as conclu-
sive in estimating' man’s capacity for self
government. But so many of what are
classed as rights because exterior relations
that it is dangerous to conclude anything
by the test of advocacy or resistanqp. We
have not yet reached the supreme height
where the ideal equities arbitrate all things
in dispute. Hundreds of well-intentioned
men are unable to contemplate the inter
mediate at all. They see the end to be
reached and seize upon any and every
means that promise to conduct to that end.
Such is the jesutry of human nature, but
it is phenomenal only. It proves nothing
more than human incompleteness. It is no
argument for despair of the Republic. It
argues nothing against the power of man
to reach equilibrium.
It is undeniable that many estimable
men-fall into the error of employing ques
tionable means to secure good ends. But
it does not follow that culture and refine
ment lead to such misconception of duty.
On the controry, as men emerge from a
crude condition they have clearer vision
and higher ideals. But where one man has
that philosophic patience which rejects
doubtful means because it has strength to
wait, a hundred cannot wait. They wish
to reform the world and enjoy in person
the millennial period. This selfishness is
very common. Men forget that the advance
of society during the longest lifetime is
scarcely perceptible. Xo one can tell how
many ages have elapsed since man ixisted
in a state of utter barbarism. Xo one can
tell how many ages must elapse before man
shall reach the equilibrium he is struggling
for. Man moves at a snail's pace at his
fastest; and there is no greater error than
that of giving credit to this age for all its
remarkable achievements. We forget that
every age may have plumed itself no less
upon its unprecedented triumphs: Human
effort constitutes an unbroken chain of
sub-causation linked to the Infinite Cause
and stretching out to the ultimate of hu
man nature. Thus we of this age enjoy
the triumphs prepared for us by our pre
decessors, through incomputable. And we
are bound to enjoy them reverently, exer
cising meanwhile the largest charity toward
our fellow-men. ,
But in order to progress in an orderly
and uninterrupted manner men must banish
distrut from their minds. There is a dis
position to seize upon the errors of good
men and argue therefrom that there is no
such thing as virtue. A man may have
been exceptionally wise and circumspect
up to middle life, and one rash and incon
siderate act is sufficient to obscure it all.
Xone are so unforgiving as they who con
sciously need much forgiveness. And a
single foolish act of a good citizen is more
detrimental to progress than a hundred
wrongs perpetrated by a notorious wrong
doer. Every consciously bad man seizes
upon the fact as a proot that men do not
so much differ after all. “Look!” he says,
BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA, MARCH 4, 1874.
“this eminently moral man does not disdain
to do evil that good may come!” And the
vicious take up the cry, and at last men
begin to confound evil and good, One slip
of this nature seems to roll back moral
progress a decade. The actual workers
for man's redemption become discouraged'
and not a few abandon themselves to gloom
and distrust. But if men can only main
tain themselves in hopefulness so long as
none are rashly precipitate, they must abide
in despair the greater part of their lives.—
Phil. North American.
Note Democratic.
Nothing is more marked to observer
and student of political philosophy in this
ebuntry than the shift that party calling
itself democratic has made from its Jeffer
sonion moorings. The New York Post
noticed the other day the absence in the
resolutions of the democratic state conven
tion bf any of the old timer democratic spir
it on questions of tariff, in flation, and
things that the democracy used to strike
at straight.
But the change in the party lies deeper
than its “resolutions,” it goes to its inten
tions. The long alliance with the slave
power made it really an aristocracy. This
aristocracy was not large in its ruling
members, but it got control nearly every
where of a large part of the naturalized
vote, which it used for purposes not at all
harmonious with the principles of Jeffer
son. Horace Greeley was perfectly correct
when he said, in substance, that these
leaders of the “democracy” relied upon the
ignorance of their followers. At the south
where the aristocracy had absolute power,
their policy, by refusing to adopt the free
school system, was to keep the poor
whites in ignorance. Although there were
whip aristocrats as well as democratic, yet
the true drift of the party of the latter
name was disclosed when the radical party
(which became the republican) was formed.
The latter took up the real Jeffersonian
doctrine of the rights of man; and the op
ponents of these, north and south, formed
the modern democracy. This democracy
retained of its old principles only a perver
sion of the doctrine of state sovereignty,
which was used for the purposes of slavery
aud secession.
And to-day we have the singular specta
cle of a large portion of the leaders and
thinkers of the so-called democracy not only
indifferent to the fundamental Jeffersonian
theory of the government, but rather in
clined to think that republicanism based
on our extended suffrage is a failure. And
we believe that it is true as a general thing
that wherever you find a man that leans to
ward a permanent” government —that is, a
sort of restricted monarchy —he will be a
supporter of the “democracy.” We are
aware that there are “philosophers” in all
parties who fall in with a certain English
criticism of our present condition, and re
gard suffrage and republicanism as about
“played out!” But in our experience the
majority of these men are acting with the
democracy, and that, that party as a whole,
in its leaders and in its tendency shows
that it has lost faith in its. old ideas and its
ancient ideals and in the “American idea.”
It comes to this, then, that the republi
can party, as parties stand to-day, is the
inheritor aud the guardian of the distinct
ive principles of our government. It is
perfectly true that the republican party
(glorious savior of the Union as it is) has
made the usual mistakes of a party fight
ing a great battle in a desperate time, and
dealing with the most difficult problems of
races and of national adjustment after civil
war and the overturn of society. It is true
that it has in it bad men, corrupt hypo,
crites attracted to plunder by its success
and power. But it is the depository of
the great principles and ideas of the gov
ernment. Its great masses are sound, lib
eral, progressive, and believe in the Ainer
can idea. It only needs to relieve itself of
the plunderers. In the language attribu
ted to the President, the party must “un
load.” Whether he ever used the expres
sion or not, it is a fit one to be used now.
The people must support for office none
but fit men, the best who will take office.
If political tricksters and spoilsmen foist
bad nominations upon the party, repudiate
them without hesitation. Elect men not
for the country. If we elect only good
men the party will take care of itself. It
is better for the republican party’s sake
even in any contest that a decent opponent
be chosen than a corrupt man who bears
the republican name. And in this spirit we
shall go into the coming campaign. If we
select, as we must, a state ticket above re
proach and composed of men of marked
ability, we shall ask the people of the state
to elect it on its merits and in the belief
that the republican party which nominates
it is the real inheritor of the fundamental
ideas of our government.—Cm. Courant.
A Female Deputy Collector. —Mrs. S.
M. Parker has been appoint deputy collec
tor of internal revenue for the Fourth Dis
trict of Indiana. This is the first lady ap
pointed to the position of collector of in
ternal revenue. The internal revenue
bureau liae led in the promotion of compe
tent and meritorious females, and now has
quite a number of third and fourth-class
female clerks.
THE CONSTITUTION AS AMENDED—THE UNION AS RESTORED.
Not Dead,
The New York World produces an elabo
rate article to prove that the Democratic
party is not dead by any means, but very
much alive and growing healthier and
stronger all the time. The individuals who
have been holding a wake ove. ( it, as in the
case of the illustrious Tim are
mistaken in the corpse. It is no mote dead
than it was in 1843. and next year carried
the presidental election. To this effect is
the language of The World, which then
proceeds to point out evidences of vitality.
In the first place, it is not dead. bycause
the principles it is supposed to represent
are immortal. In the second place, it is:
not dead, because it carried the. greater
part of the elections which were held last
year; and right at this point we wish ,our
Liberal Republican friends to stick a pin.
In the list of Democratic victories last fall
are included Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin.
There is not a word or syllable of reference
made to the Liberal or Reform party. It
was a Democratic victory, and nothing
else. Now every true Democratic nose is
elevated in contempt when any share of
all this glory is claimed by .the Liberal Re
publicans or Reformers. They are not
even included in their calculations. The
are supposed to be absorbed body and soul
in the greater body, which has simply been
swelled by them into sufficient capacity to
fill three more gubernatorial seats than be
fore the absorption took place, and it is
claimed that it has by the same means
grown strong enough to secure the presi
dency in 1876. If the Republican party is
beaten at that time, the next administra
tion will not be Liberal, but Democratic. —-
Let no one delude himself in the belief that
it will be a “Reform” victor. It will be the
reinstallment of the very same old party
which the nation has tried once and con
victed. It would be like setting Tweed
up again as ruler of New York city. The
World does not pretend that it will be any
thing but a Democratic triumph, and calls
things by their right names. In this it has
been severely censured by the cautious
party leaders, who accuse it of showing
their hand prematurely. Prematurely or
not, the hand is certainly shown, and those
who are of a mind to look can see it with
out any trouble at all. The attention of
disaffected Republicanism is called to the
situation. They are simply being made
tools of to build up a victory, and when it
is won they will be thrown away.
The condition of things in this state
ought to be a sufficient warning, We do
not believe that the majority of the people
of this country prefer Democratic to Re
publican rule ; but the difference between
the full votes of the two parties respective
ly is less than most people suppose. The
balance of power rests in the hands of com
paratively few voters. If the Democaatic
party can succeed in hood-winking enough
disaffected Republicans to secure that
balance, with the specious pretence of re
form, or if they can sow seeds of dissension
enough to destroy unity of action in our
party, the victory is theirs. We believe
there are many in this state who voted
against the Republican ticket last fall with
out the full knowledge of what they were
doing. They were deceived by a name'
The New York World as the representative
of the Eastern Democracy, has the manli
ness to fight, its battles under its own ban
ner. The Democrats of the West do not
feel strong enough fongfcis, and hence have
adopted the course winch has unfortunately
been successful in Ohio, Indiana and Wis
consin. The deceit must be fully exposed,
and the result will speak for itseelf:
The enemy is not one to be disregarded.
There will be no walking over the course
as there has been in times past. The
struggle at the next contest will be a hard
one- The Democrats will leave no stone
unturned to insure-success, and the Repub
licans cannot afford to leave a single point
unguarded. So far during this Congress
the course of the latter has been very sat
isfactory, and has met with approbation of
the mas of the people. Carefulness to
guard against mistake, energy in effecting
required legislation, unity of purpose, are
what the Republican party at home ask of
their representatives at Washington. We
want to realize the fact that the Democra
tic party is not Head yet, but is girding up
its loins fora hard struggle, aud prepare (
ourselves for it. — Milwaukee Sentinel.
Alabama Annexation.— The Montieello
Constitution says: “The question of ac
quiring West Florida lias been a source of
considerable anxiety to Alabama, for the
past twelve or fifteen years; and we think
it is now time for that State to put its
night-cap on and go to sleep. She will
never get a foot of our territory, except on
the occurrence of one contingency—and
that contingency may happen, but only in
the remote future. When Georgia acquires
Middle Florida, Alabama can take the
western portion of the State with its im
portant port ”
Livingstone's death is not believed at I
I
the English Foreign Office, or at least his j
pay as consul has not been stopped, w hich j
is an indication that they expect him to j
call around one of these days for a settle- j
ment. *
Wolnen vs. Whisky.
Cultured women in all lands and of all
periods of the world’s history have taken
a deep interest in public affairs, and have
exerted a marked influence on the desti
nies of men and nations. Those of royal
birth have continuously since the dawn of
civilization, participated in public affairs
under monarchical governments; and in
repnblics women of patrician rank, al
though deprived of official station, have
uniformly exerted an influence little less
than that of men of the same order of so
ciety. > .
In our country the influence of intelli
gent and cultured women on the destinies
of men and measures has ever been poten
tial. It is true that those of the most
marked influence have generally been the
least obstrusivc on poblic attention. They
have relied on the effect of the expression
of their opinions and sentiments to those
met by them in social intercourse, in the
private walks of life, and to their fathers,
husbands, and sons.
It can not, however, be reasonably doubt
ed that the agitation of “Women’s Rights,”
so called, in this country has already pro
duced a very marked effect on the national
character of the women of the United
States.
Their intellectual, social, artistic, and
literary culture had long since become
quite equal to the standard reached in
these respects by their brothers. The ag
itation of questions growing out of theif
legal and political disabilities has increased
their practical intelligence, and brought
tens of thousands of the more energetic
before the public as lecturers, writers,
teachers, members ol committees, having
in hand the great benevolent enterprises of
the day; and has introduced tens of thou
sands more into business and industrial
pursuits from which they had heretofore
been'excluded by opinion. Many of
those who have “agitated,” it may be, are
coarse and unattractive to either sex; the
habits of some of them may not be in every
respect exemplary, and the tendency of
such demonstrations may be unfavorable
to the preservation of that unobstrusire
delicacy and refinement which in womali
is so attractive to the other sex. But all
that is thus lost is probably compensated
for (if, indeed, that can be regarded as a
compensation) by greater vigor, energy,
and persistence in whatever enterprise of a
quasi public nature women may choose to
- engage.
The protracted crusade which the wo
men of the Northwest are now lead*
ing against the venders of intoxicating
drinks is demonstrating this truth. Their
persistence is the most remarkable and
surprising characteristic of the movement.
They are not to be easily turned aside from
the work they have engaged to perform.
The coarse gibes of vulgar men produce no
effect other than loathing- on the part of
these crusaders for the miserable specimens
of humanity who can descend to such a de
fense of a calling, tile moral character
which the women are calling in question.
It is also manifest that they do not dread
toil and exposure. The infliction of phys
ical punishment they do not fear, well
knowing that reputable men who regard
this cause on the part of the women as fa
natical will not permit their physical mal
treatment; and if they should be fined
their husbands will, of course, pay these
penalties and costs. The work is, there
fore, likely to proceed, and spread from
villages to larger towns, and may ultimate
ly reach the great cities. No one need
feel surpdßtd if it should become a sort of
moral epidemic, which is destined to
spread over the nation.— Washington
■Chronicle.
Old Hickory. —A correspondent of the
Jackson (Miss.) News tells how General
Jackson got his title of Old Hickory. He
gays he got the story from Capt. William
Allen, a near neighbor of the General, and
who messed with him during the Creek war.
During the campaign the soldiers were
moved rapidly to surprise the Indians, and
were without tents. A cold March rain
came on, mingled with sleet, which lasted
for several days. Gen. Jackson got a se
vere cold, blit did riot complain as he tried
to sleep in a muddy cottorn among his half
frozen soldiers. Capt. Allen and his broth
er John cut down a stout hickory .tree,
peeled off the back, and made a covering
for the General, who was with difficulty
persuaded to crawl into it. The next
morning a drunken citizen entered the
camp, and seeing the tent kicked it over.
As Jackson crawled from the ruins, the
toper cried, “Hello, Old Hickory! come
out of your bark and jine us in a drink.”
A bill is before the California Legisla
ture laying a tariff on special legislation.
For instance, if John Smith wants his
name changed to Fitz James Augustus
Trevillian, he must pay a certain sum to
the State. The bill charges for an act in
corporating, extending or renewing the
charter of a bank with a capital not ex
ceeding $400,000. four hundreds dollars —
and so on by a regular scale up to $2,000,-
000, for which two thousand dollars are to
be demanded. The price of acts incorpo
rating iron, coal, manufacturing, ware
housing or oil companies, or conferring
rights aud privileges on existing corpora
tions, is fixed at two hundred dollar*
( OFFICE, BROUGHTON ST.,)
I '^SanNoru, JRwild 1«g. j
Grangers in Politics.
It was rather unkind in the Grangers the
other day at St. Louis to announce that
their organization was in no way a politi
cal oue. It was an unnecessarily severe
thrust at those Democratic politician ahd
editors vwio rushed forward so enthusiasti
cally to welcome them to society. After
being introduced all over the country by
the Democrats as their spesial frieuds and
admired associates, they come forth With
the announcement that they will have noth
ing to do with politics as a body, but that
their members can vote as they individually
see fit. This is very humiliating; but peo
ple generally become humiliated who are in
great haste to appropriate what is not their
own. It appears that the Democratic party
does not carry the Granger vote in its
pocket after all. We thought not. There
are agood many sensible men among them,
and being composed altogether of farmers,
they necessarily include some Republicans,
for tae farmers form the backboiie of the
Republican party which, so far as We know
has not been taken out yet; It is in the
rural districts that the largest Republican
majorities are cast, while the cities are the
strongholds of the Democracy. It would
be rather strange if the Grangers should
conclude to enlist under the banner of
Democracy. They have jtalieu precisely
the right course to further the laudable
objects t?f their order which they have
frankly ecumerated and which include prin
cipally their pecuniary and social welfare.
They don't wish to support any more use
less middle men than they can help, and
lienee combine and buy goods for them
selves at wholesal prices. They wish their
children to be well educated and moral, and
they wish to help each other when in diffi
culty. The element of politics introduced
in their organization Would be a disturbing
one. It is in no way connected With their
purposes and they do wisely to keep it out.
It is no more likely that they will vote in
a body than that members of the Masosonic
order or Odd Fellows will. At all events
it would be ridiculous if the Grange in all
its youth and freshness should start out in
life tied to the old and shattered hulk of
Democracy. The latter would like just
such support but is too great au incubus
for the former to assume. Every new so
ciety, every new social organization from
a national body down to a village club is
grabbed up and advertised through Demo
cratic journals, as a protest against Repub
licanism. fjome of these assertions they
have been compelled to drop like hot pota
toes ; but still they don't seam to be dis
couraged. They may strike something that
will stick after a while. There is a com
mon-sense view to take of things and a
narrow-minded one. If Democrats could
only understand that every thing on God’s
green earth is not created with reference
to politics alone they might comprehend
the neutrality of the Grangers. There is
no antagonism between the Grangers and
the Republican party. The latter profes
ses to labor for the good of the whole peo
ple; the former for the good of a part of
them—the farmers. In many things they
Will work together harmoniously ; in such
matters as cheap transportation they will
act as a unit; but there is no prospect of
the Grangers becoming a political organiza
tion, unless mischief-makers svcceed in
paeventing its original puryoses. —Milicakee
Sentinel .
• In London there Is a Safe-t)eposit Com
pany whose vaults are sunk to a depth of
fifty feet below the surface of the street,
and form four stories, connected by hy
draulic lift, and rest on a concrete fifteen
feet in thickness. The walls are built of
tire-proof Statfordseire bricks a yard in
thickness, with an inner shell of chilled
steel three inches thick. The whole is en
closed in an outer wall of Sussex bricks,
ten feet thick. The stories above the
ground floor are to be tfsed as offices;
Disraeli starts out in his Premiership
with a remarkably well selected Cobinet, a
majority at his back strong enough to en
able him to carry any measures he may
desire. Three hundred' and fifty-one Con
servatives and three hundred and two Libe
rals and Home-rulers constitute Parlia
ment — Wash (Iron.
What a pity it is that one of Qtieen
Victoria's fair daughters should be preven
ted from attending her brother’s wedding
by the cruel laws of etiquette; PrinCess
Louise of Lome was foolish enongh to
marry a plain Marquis some time since,
and as he it not of royal blood he could
not be seated at the table of the Emperor
of all the Russias and the rest of the blue
blooded potentates. Louise acted like a
sensible woman, however, and was not wil
ling to enjoy any courtesy in which her
husband could not share—she staid away
from the wedding.— Wash C hron,
Fees on Registered Letters. —The le
ga« fee for registering letters, which was
formerly fifteen cents, is now but eight
cents, the change having been ordered tQ
take effect on the first of January. In
consequence, however, of the neglect of the
Post Office Department to properly notify
postmasters of this, a great numbe of them
still charge the old fee.
feWEEHISOH,
THE~SU~N 113 PUBLISHED EVERY
WEDNESDAY.
Our Club Hates t
We desire the efforts of our friends ill
u hern Georgia in the extension of the cir*
dilation of the Sen ; aild, in answer to the
letters received dail\ .in regard to the matter,
we refer them to our Clubiug llates below:
Fire Copies, one year - $9 *
Ten Copies “ - . . 17
Fifteen Copies - . 25
Twenty Copies ... 30
Parties-in the City failing to get their pa*
Tier will dense report to the office.
Cheap Transportation—The out>
look of the Movement,
The present cheap transportation liiovo
ment is attracting much attention from
members of Cotigress, and tbo reports
which will be made by the Committee on
Railroads and Canals in both houses of
Congress Will exhibit a greater array of In
formation than has ever before been groups
ed together and published Upon the sub
ject.
Prominent tfleti front different sections
of the country have been berore these com
mittees. and produced art immense volume
Os statistics nrtd valuable conclusions and
suggestions covering the entire question
of transportation, and the moving of ton
age of all kinds from one point to another.
Nearly all are agreed upon the point that
some good outlet, that can be kept open
dt all seasons of tile year, should be made
at dr near tile mouth of the Mississippi
river, dpetiiiig this stupendous natural
whter-route with the Gulf of the Atlantic
oceart. Blit upon the questions of traverse
routes, from the West across to the sea
board there is a great diversity opinion, and
able advocates of every plan are here push
ing their schemes.
The Atlantic and Great Western water
rolite from St. Louis to Brunswick Ga., had
an able defender here, but the objection
against this route is made that even a mill
dam across these Southern rivers created
stagnant water, and a large amount of mi
asmd is thrown off, resulting in a prepon
derance of malarial diseases and virulent
fevers; aiid that in a canal like the one
proposed it would be impossible to live
with any comfort whatever along its banks.
Another objection is, that the harbor of
Brunswick, Ga., is not deep enough for
vessels of large draft; at low tide it is only
about fifteen or sixteen feet deep, and at
high tide only twenty-one and twenty-twd
feet in depth, while many of our largo
freight-carrying steamers dratv frotn'twenty
to twenty-six feet of Water. Besides, there
is no back country about to
furnish any class of freight ror the boats
to take baffit to the West.
The railroad route from Port Royal, S.
C., to Gaik), 111., through|Tenn jasoe,has its
opponents also, as it is charged that the
expense is so much greater by rail than by
boat.
So, also, the James River and Kanawha
Canal project, the great air-line tonnage
railroan from New York to, the West, and
the water-route ‘ through the Northern
lakes have each of them advocates and op
ponents. and between them the most inte
resting facts and figures are being develop
ed, which cannot fail to be of use and im
portance to the entire country, and from
which will spring some solution to thb
great question of cheap transportation.—
Wash. Chronicle.
A Hew Postal Bill,
The House passed a Postal bill on the
10th that will, if it becomes a law, be af
great convenience to people who send
books, magazines, and papers to friends;
and who desire that the recipients may
know from whom t hey couiefl he present law
prohibits any writing upon such matter ex
cept the address, and a recent decision of
the Postmaster-General gives such a strin
gent construction to this law that books;
Upon the Wrappers of which the sender had
written “printed matter,” for the informa
tion of the Post office, has been charged
with letter postage, and members of Con
gress who have sent documents to tlicir
constituents with their own initials on the
wrappers, have been informed that these
documents are held for letter postage:
which the constituents af course refuse to
pay. It was stated in the course of the
debate that tons of such documents, pre
paid as printed matter, have accumulated
in the New York Post Office. The bill, ad
reported by Mr. Stowell, Iroin the Com
mittee on Post Offices, makes it lawful for
the sender of any book, magazine, newspa
per or other matter of the third class, to
write his name upon it, and also a form of
representation. On motion of Mr/ Ifoar,’
an amendment was added, making the WU*
apply to matter heretofore sent in order
that the valuable documents upon which
members of Congress have spent so milch
money for postage may reach their desti-*
nation.
The financial affairs Os Cincinnati are inr
a bad condition, according to the C ommer'
cial of that city. The journal says
million dollars would be required to pay o ft
the municipal debt; that the t'aX levies for
three years have bren insufficient to
the current expenses, and that the g eD efa|
fund will be exhausted Feb. 24 w four
months’ expenses to meet b'' f ore there wilF
be a fresh supply of from taxation.
—lt then continues- “Looking at things
largely our managers do not see how they
can get along without the issue of bonds to
the amount of one million dollars. This
cannot be. called a promising state of af
fair.,, just as we are going into the South
fern Railroad enterprise. The people must
insist this Spring upon a revolution in mu
nicipal affairs. Both political parties are
thoroughly rotten, and full of corrupt and
contentious factions. It would seem to be
a good time for good men to go in and Ufca
charge of the city government, - ’