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THE FEDERAL UNION.
Corner of Hancock and Wilkinson Streets.)
Wednesday Morning, February 7, 1872.
the liberal republican*.
It is well known that there has been
a.considerable number of Republicans
in Congress, both in the Senate and in
the Lower House, who did not approve
of the leadiug measures of Gen. Grant’s
administration, who have bean in favor
of a substantial reform of the civil ser
vice, a reduction of the tariff, a more
liberal policj towards the South, and
opposed to the rapid tendency towards
centralism and consolidation of all pow
er the general government. This par
ty in Congress, headed by Trumbull
and Carl Schurz in the Senate, and bv
Farnsworth in the House, have tried
to stent the torrent of corruption, and
to act with the administration as long
as they could ; but they have found
that they must either give up their
conscience, their honor, and their coun
try, or give up Gen. Grant—and many
of them have at last concluded on the
latter alternative.
The men of that class have lately
held a convention in Jefferson, Mo.,
and have laid down a platform and
placed themselves upon it. Among
the resolutions passed at that conven
tion, was the following, with which all
honest men of every party can agree :
“ Resolved, That local self-govern
ment, with impartial suffrage, will
guard the rights of all citizens more
securely than any centralized authori
ty. It is time to stop the growing en
croachment of Executive power, the
use of coercion, of bribery to ratify a
treaty, the packing of a Supreme Court
to relieve rich corporations, the seat
ing of members of Congress not elected
by the people, the bristling of bayo
nets above the State Conventions, the
resort to unconstifutional laws to cure
Ku Klux disorders, irreligion or in
temperance, and the surrender of indi
vidual freedom to those who ask that
the pleasure, practice or creed of some
shall be the law of all. We demand
for the individual the largest liberty
consistent with public order, for the
State, self-government, and for the na
tion return to the methods of peace
and the constitutional limitations of
power*”
They also passed a resolution calling
a Convention of Liberal Republicans
from all the United States to meet in
Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 6th of May—
a mouth . before the Radical Conven-
nominate Grant.
It is probable that the Democrats
will hold a convention in July or Au
gust to nominate a candidate for Pres
ident, and very probable the Liberal
Republicans will hoid a nominating
Convention at the same time and place,
and if these two parties can agree to
act in concert, Grant may be defeated,
and the country saved from a Military
Despotism. We say Grant may be
defeated, because it is already settled
that the Convention of Radical office
holders who will meet in Philadelphia
itr- June will re-nominate him—they
will meet for that purpose, and for no
other. It will then be the duty of all
the honest men in the country to unite
for his defeat.
The Amnesty Humbug.—It must
be apparent to the world that all that
has been said or done in Congress by
the Grant Radicals in the name of am
nesty has all been done for effect.—
They never intended to p iss an Am
nesty bill, unless it was coupled with
such conditions as would make it a
insult rather than a favor. A larg.
portion of the Republican party of th
North believed that a geueral amnesty
to the South would be beneficial to
the whole country and were honestly
in favor of it. But the Grant wing of
the party has no such inteution. They
keep it open as a hook to hang abusive
■peeches upon, and by that means con
tinually keep the old war feeling of
the different sections stirred up. They
do not wish this sectional feeling to
subside. It is by this means they hope
to keep their party together. It would
be better if the men of the South in
Congress would remain passive when
these sectional subjects are discussed.
Let the Radicals have the whole dis
cussion to themselves until they dis
gust the whole country.
Henry Clews Again.—The New
York Bulletin comes to us with a long
article on Georgia bonds conspicuous
ly marked. The article shows the in
spiration of Henry Clews. It contains
some severe charges against Dr. An-
gier, which every intelligent man in
Georgia knows is not true. Dr. An-
gier warned Mr. Clews against taking
these bogus Bullock bonds ; but Mr.
Clews believed he was making money
by joining Bllock in his speculations,
disregarded Dr. Angier’s advice, and
followed Bullock’s advice. He paid
his money and took his choice, and
now he must suffer the legitimate con
sequences. The New York papers
say, that where Mr. Clews is well
known his character needs no endorse
ment. We predict that these New
Yorkers will find out before they are
through with him that the people ol
Georgia know Mr. Clews better than
they do. We have felt the effects of
his financiering through every uerve
and fibre of our financiering system.
It was Clews that furnished Bullock
the means to make war upon Georgia.
He paid Forney for libeling the people
of Georgia. He furnished Bullock
the means of bribiug and manipulat
ing the Legislature. We have been
badly burned and we do not wish to
pay Clews for heating the poker.
Georgia Bonds.—Under this head
the New York World, of Wednesday,
which has heretofore alluwed its eyes
to be blinded by Clews and his corrupt
clique, has this to say :
The position assumed by the new
State government of the State of Geor
gia in regard to the bonds of that com
monwealth does not appear to be gen
erally understood. By some it is
t bought, or said, that a disposition to
repudiate the obligations of the State
has been manilested ; and others aver
that all bonds issued by the former re
constructed authorities dating from
186S have been renounced and dis
owned by an express act of the Gener
al Assembly. The facts do not bear
out either of these suppositions. The
position of the State is, in a nutshell,
that whereas the nature and number
of the bonds thereof are not now
knowu, owing to the criminal retic
ence of the late Governor Bullock up
on the pecuniary transactions of his ad
ministration, all holders of Georgia
State or jindorsed bonds are required
to report the same to the State author
ities on or before May 1, 1872, in or
der that the extent and nature of the
State indebtedness may be seen. This
is so far from repudiation that it is an
attempt to ascertain the debt of the
State for the purpose of liquidating
the same. There has been no thought
of repudiation of any just debt. Ou
the 12th instant the uew Governor,
James M. Smith, was inaugurated, and
took special occasion in hi* address to
The Provision Trade of 1S7Y.— i
The New York Bulletin gives the sta
tistics of the provision trade for 1871.
The exportation of beef from the Uni
ted States during the first eight months
was thirty-four millions of pounds.—
For the whole year 1S70 it was twen
ty-nine millions.
* The number of hogs in the country
was estimated at twenty-seven millions.
In the ten great hog States of the west
the number in 1S71 was 17,361,540
against 15,395,000 in 1S70 and thir
teen millions in 1S68 and 1869. Iowa
beat the others, raising three millions ;
Missouri next, two and three quarter
millions, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio
have steadily fallen uff in hog produc
tion. Tennessee has about held its
own, raising a million and a half each
year for four years. Iowa increased
double in four years.
In the five States of Missouri, Illi
nois, Iowa, Ohio and Kentucky, there
are 9,541,706 hogs over six months
old, agaist 7,S36,L23 in 1870, and
6,87S,901 in 1869.
The average weight of hogs in 1871
was 230 1-7 pounds ; of lard per hog
30 1-7 pounds. In 1S70 it was 205$
pounds meat and 23| lard. In 1868,
231 pounds meat, and lard 21$ This
shows steady improvement in raising
hogs.
The comparative yield of meat and
lard in 1S70 and IS71 was 846,000-,
000 pounds meat and 110,000,000 leaf
lard in 1S71, against 542,000,000,
pounds meat and 62,000,000 pounds
say: “It may here be proclaimed ! lard in 1870, or an increase of 304,000,-
tliat the people of Georgia have no! 000 pounds of meat and 47,000,000
thought of repudiating any part of the pounds of lard in one year,
indebtedness of the State. On the! The export of pork in 1870 was 94,-
contrary, it is their purpose to ascer- ; 094,166 against 111,273,917 in 1869
tain the legal obligations of the public j and 133,625,665 in 1»67. This shows
and to make provision for their pay
ment, principal and interest.” And
this, and nothing more, is the effect of from 1S67, though it increased from
the recent legislation of the General 1869 to 1S70
a steady decrease in the hog exports.
The home consumption has fallen off
Assembly.
The average price of mess pork per
Worth Preserving.—The follow- S26 88, ranging from $2S 75 in Jauu-
ing useful hints as to what to do in ary to $20 50 in December.
emergencies are worth preserving
THE NEW VOBK (TSTO.n HOUSE
INVESTIGATION.
It will be remembered the commit
tee appointed to investigate the frauds
in the New Y"ork Custom House con
sisted of five Radicals of the very
worst sort, and two Democrats. It
was intended by the friends of the
President that this committee should
act as a white-washing committee,
and in their report cover up all the
frauds discovered. The two Demo
crats on the committee were put on
for show. The majority of Radicals
being so great, as to enable them to
control the investigation. But when
they came to open the investigation
in New York the testimony against
the corrupt Custom House officials
came so thick and fast that the worst
Radicals could not close their eyes
against it, and they saw it was so dam
aging to the administration as to alarm
them, and they closed the investiga
tion in New York York and adjourn
ed over to Washington. Witnesses
were too plenty and too accessible in
New York, so they have moved their
meetings to where it will not be so
convenient for the two Democrats on
the committee to obtain testimony.
Nearly all of the facts that have been
brought out against the officials have
been elicited by the two Democrats
on the committee. Tbe Radicals on
the committee act more as counsel for
the accused than as honest committee
men seeking for the truth.
A Heavy Job.—We jearn that the
committee appointed to examine into
the frauds and management of the
State Road have arrested F^tty Harris
for swindling, cheating, &c. If lie
should escape the penitentiary on
these charges he ought to be hanged
for treason against the State of Geor
gia for assisting Bullock to turn out
honest members of the Legislature
and put in thieves in their place, so as
to give Bullock a chance to plunder
the Treasury.
Southern Magazine.—We have re-
. .. _ iui r t’O-
ruary. Its contents are as follows :
Wartburg Castle; Christmas Moon
light Masking ; Mind ; Notes ou Pol
lard’s -‘Lost Cause”; Nature Meta
phors ; Dukesborough Tales; Lord
Kilgobbin ; Morality and Education ;
Change ; Catullu9 f A Story of Nine
Travellers ; Sovereignty in the United
States ; Run to Earth Capturing an
Ex-Dictator ; Reviews—The Univer
sity Series of Readers—More than
She Could Bear—The Happiness of
Heaven ; The Green Table.
The monthly average price of long
Ti , r « ,, I clear bacon and ham, in New York, in
Ii a person falls in a fit, an.lhegm. lg7 , ^ (r0 „, 2S . 72 Jonua .
to snore loudly, with very red face, it
is apoplexy. Let him be seated so as
to favor the blood going downwards, “oV*!'**
away from tbe bead apply cold ' S -! n AU « ust
cloths to the head or cushions of
ry, to7| in December, the highest be
ing 11£ in February, and the lowest
The price of lard in New York, in
LJUU1S LO l>lltj Iltrau Ui LUSlIlUllS OJ : , or,, , j , r ,
, ... , , , 1S71, ran steadily downward from 12
equal quantities of snow or pounded „ , - T / „ CD • n
. 1 J .fa r • 3-5 in January to 9 ol-58 in Decem-
lce and common salt. If the person is J
perfectly still, face pale, and there is . , , . . * , ,
‘ J ,• l ] . J. . . .. c Ihe total receipts of live stock at
no perceptible breathing, it is a bt of ,, e ... L v i u .
,. 1 , . i®,. . , the four cities ol .New York, Boston,
fainting. Do not touch him except to , , . - • 10 ’
, . ,t. c Philadelphia and Baltimore, in 1S71,
loosen the clothing ; then keep on five i _ A.. 10 , •
c . ® ’ , r ,, were o,bS4,273 against 0,1/4,184 in
or teu feet distant so as to allow thei^o^^ °
air to come in ; make uo noise, and
there will very soon be a calm, quiet
return to consciousness and life, for it
is only a momentary cessation of the
circulation of the blood to the head.
1870.
The Plan for a New Party.—The
liberal Republicans of Missouri have
determined to form a new national
. party. They held a convention in
But suppose there is a very v iolent Jefferson City yesterday, which was
(Kate Hoad Complication*—Arrest of Par-
tie* Maopcclerf.
Yesterday morning we «tated briefly the arrest of
Louis Sciioueld and his sou-iu-law, VV. D. Cook, and
confinement in jail fur alleged contempt of Ibe com
mittee to investigate the management of the S*at-
Road. The facte as far as we could ascertaia them
yesterday appear to be these : Louis Scofield, W. D.
Cook and G. W. Cave were subpocnied by the com
mittee to bring the books of the Scofield Rolling Mill
bafore the committee. When they appeared before
ibe committee it was discovered that they had brought
the wrong books. They were sent back for the books
of 1870, and they returned, reporting that the books
were not to be round, although the very books bad
been in use that very day. Not giving any explana
tion of the disappearance of the books, W.-D Cook
and G- W. Cave were lodged in jail Louis Scofield
being iu iil health was permitted to Stay iu the custody
of a guard, and yesterday released on parole. We
learn that the evidence does not implicate him iu trans
actions alluded to hereafter. Yesterday A. L. Harris,
delegate to the National IJepublicau Convention, was
arrested on three warrants.
One warrant issued by Justice Butt charges A. L.
Harris in cheating and swindling the State, on the
tii of December, 1870—- t the day of the lease—oat of
$2,760 by selling to tbe State Road the Lee, Lafontaine
&. Harris switch, which was worthless and of uo value.
One warrant issued by Justice Butt charges A. L.
Harris, oil the 17th of February, 1870, with aiding
and abetting one W. D Cook in getting a false and
fraudulent account iu favor of the Schofield Rolling
Mill f#r $15,962 62 paid, he being an oflK-er of the
State Road, and knowing said claim to be false and
fraudulent.
A bond of $2,000 iu the first case and of $5 000 in
the second case was given, and 10 o’clock to-day set
down fora preliminary examination.
A warrant issued by al. P. Byiugton, Notary Public
charges A. L. Harris with aiding and abetting VV. D.
Cook in getting a talse and fraudulent claim iu iavor
of the Schofield Rolling Mill Company for $9,140 22
paid, he being an officer of tbe State Road, and know
ing the claim to be false and fraudulent.
Bond was given and a preliminary hearing will fake
place as soon as the other cases are disposed of.
Jus ice Butt issued a warrant against W. D. Cook
for aiding and abetting A. L Harris to get through a
fraudulent claim iu favor of the Schofield Rolling
Mill for $15962 22.
Judge Byiugton, Notary Public, issued a warrant
against W. D. Cook for anting and abetting A. L.
Harris in getting through a false aud fraudulent claim
in favor ot the Rolling Milling Company for $9,449 22-
Cook remain* in jail.
It is reported that other arrests will be made at an
oariy day. The committee are unearthing stupendous
frauds, which it is impolitic uow to specify.
The committee are working like Trojans.
[Atlanta Constitution, Feb. Is/.
The Krai Reason.
We are ashamed of the lack of generosity, as well
as of good policy, displayed by Congress iu this whole
matter. The longer tha’ universal and unconditional
amnesty is delayed, so much the longer will discontent,
uneasiness and bad government prevail in the uufur-
tunate South. The effect of protracting the present
condition of things, which keeps out ot public life the
best meu of the late rebel States, and hands over the
government of these States to the camp followers of
the army, is seen all over the South, and chiefly now
in Louisiana, where there exists a state of civil war
which may at any moment precipitate in the city of
New Orleans one of the most bloody conflicts that
ever disgraced that city and horrified ttie entire com
munity. The House ou yesterday oidered a select
committee to inquiie into the circumstances. But of
wlmt use cau that be? It is not known t* all man
that the sluimeful state ot atlairs there, and all the
other Southern States, is the direct and inevitable re
sult of the Congressional policy of reconstruction, and
of the exclusion of the ablest aud beBt citizen* from
public life ? The true and only remedy is in a direct
reversal of that policy and a return to the first princi
ples of American government.—A. Y. Herald.
The Rale of Ihe Land Rcrip.
We have several times alluded to Conley’s sale of
the agricultural land scrip.
A writer gives the following valuable collection of
facts to the Augusta Chronicle about the disposition by
other States of their land scrip.
From this it will be seen that Kansas got four dol
lars an acre, Minnesota five dollars an acre, while
seme of the other States took as low as fifty cents an
acre.
Now there was no reason in the world why Georgia
should not have imitated the good management of
Kansas and Minnesota and realized a million of dol
lar- , instead of emulating the precipitate folly of oth
er States that simply sacrificed a good thing.—Editors
Chronicle So Sentinel.
General News*
There are now three Major Generals
io-the United States army. But there
will be no promotion consequent on
the death »f Major General Halleck,
as tha law of the last Congress con
solidating the army reduced the num
ber of Major Generals to three.
Albany is to Lave a new banking
institution.
The vast passenger and the freight
trade between New York and Euro
pean ports lias brought into play no
less than ten ocean lines, employing
one hundred and eighteen magnificent
steamships, each one of which is a com
plete production of naval architecture
and mechanical skill, and ranging from
1,000 tons to nearly 5,000 tons burden.
These lines are: Ffc-st, the National
Line, from New York to Liverpool, the
the steamers of which are the largest in
the Atlantic trade, employing twelve
steamers; second, the Anchor Line be
tween New York and Glasgow, thirty-
four ocean steamships; third, Cunard
between New York and Liverpool, the
oldest of all the companies, with twen
ty vessels; fourth, the Inman Line, from
New York to Liverpool, with thirteen
steamships;, fifth, the Hamburg-Amer-
ican Packet Company, between New
York and Hamburg, running seven
steamers; sixth, Williams & Guion’s
Line, between New York and Liver
pool, seven steamers; seventh, the
North German Lloyd, between New
York and Bremen, of thirteen vessels;
eighth, the White Star Line, a new
and splendid line, between New York
and Liverpool, with three steamships
built and three in process of construc
tion; ninth, the Baltic Lloyd, between
New York aud Stettin,with two steam
ers employed and three building, and
tenth, the General Transatlantic Com
pany, from New York to Havre, of
four steamers. These one hundred and
eighteen foreign steamships made, be
tween ports of Europe and New York,
during the past year, 1,188 trips, carry
ing to and fro 325,777 passengers, and
1,891,625 tons of freight. It should
be a cause of national mortification
that all the immense profits derived
from this business go to foreign own
ers of these steamships, and that the
United States has not a representative
in a fleet of vessels, the value and exis
tence of which are due entirely to this
country.
The eleven scrawny elm tress near
the Granary burying ground, which
Boston is so much agitated about just
now, were imported from England and
planted about 110 years ago, by Major
Adino Paddock. He took great care
of them, and on one occasion offered
the reward of a guinea for the detec
tion of the person who hacked one of
them. He was a bitter Tory and was
banished io consequence, but his
trees were respected.
motion of the hands and feet, and all
sorts of bodily contortions it is epilep
sy. Let the man contort until he is
tired ; you can’t hold him still ; all
your efforts only tend to aggravate the
trouble and to exhaust the strength ;
one of the largest political meetings
ever held in the State. The conven
tion voted unanimously to call a na
tional convention of liberal Republi
cans to meet in Cincinnati on Monday,
May 6, to take such action as may be
ail that ought to be done is to keep; deemed advisable.
the unfortunate from hurting himself
There is no felt suffering, for as soon as
he comes to he will tell you that he
remembers nothing whatever of what
has passed, appears to be the only
calm aud self possessed persou in the
whole crowd, and is aLmaronthr aa
..J uoruie ine occurrence.—
Dizziness often conies instantaneously,
and we begin to reel before we know
it. 8hut the -eyes, whether you are
walking along the street, looking over
a precipice, ascending a' ladder, or
climbing to a ship’s mast-head; the
fear of dizziness disappears instantly if
if you look upward.
The Great Western Canal.— The
Gwinnett Heruld has interviewed the
United States engineer corps survey
ing the line for the Great Western Ca
nal from Etowah to Macon* The line
crosses the Chattahoochee at Terry’s
Ferry, runs up Level creek, crosses,
the Air-Line Road between Suwannee
depot and the Lawreneeville and
Gumming road, runs up Suwannee
creek near Carlyles, crosses Peachtree
creek and ridge at Big Poplar on Mr.
Born’s land, follows Ague creek to
Yellow river, and then it is easy sail
ing to Macon. The report is to be
ready for Congress before this session
ig over. The acqueduct over the
Chattahooche will be 117$ feet above
the stream, and will cost three quar
ters of a million. The entire length of
canal to be cut will not be over 150
miles, to be 70 feet wide and five feet
deep, over which a boat 100 feet long
aud 25 feet wide will carry 200 tons.
The prospects of this grand project
brighten daily.—Atlanta Constitution.
France—No Chance for a Repub
lic.—A Herald special from London
represents M. Thiers as telling Gener
al Billot that he had abandoned all
idea of the practicability of the French
Republic, and would seek the happi
ness of the country under some other
form of government. We must ac
cept this declaration, if true, as indi
cating that some important political
demonstration is impending in that
country. The head of the government
declaring the government impractica
ble, is almost official notice of a coup
d'etat.
The Cotton Crop.—The Washing
ton Agricultural Department announce
that they stick to their figures of 3,-
400.00U bales as the crop product of
the year 1871* An English observer
traveling through Ae South to inform
himself, says the crop will not exceed
3,250,009. It is doubtful whether ei
ther figure will be reached, as the
crop lias come forward very rapidly,
with good rivers and every other fac-
ilty of transportation, and under the
inducement of high prices. But we
shall see. Price*, however, will be
checked early in the season, by tbe an
ticipation of an enormous product this
year. Planters generally predict a
fruitful year after a hard winter—and
the current winter is one of extraordi
nary severity. The fertilizer market
is beginning to be active, and very
large amounts will be sold.— Telegraph.
The following resolutions set forth
the platform of the new party :
Resolved, That we, the liberal Re
publicans of Missouri, faithful now* as
we were in the dark days of war to
the vital principles of true republican
ism, uy no act or word will en anger
the rightful sovereignty of Union,
emancipation, equality of civil rights
or enfranchisements. To those estab
lished facts now embedded in the con
stitution we claim the loyalty of all
good citizens.
Resolved, That true and lasting peace
can come only from such profound re
conciliation as enfranchisement has
wrought in this State, nor can those
governments be pure or. great in which
the taxpayers have no active part.—
We, therefore, demand, with equal
suffrage for all, complete amnesty for
all, that the intellect arid experience
of every State may be welcomed to ac
tive service for the common welfare.
Resolved, That no form of taxation
isjust or wise that puts needless bur
dens upon the people. We demand a
genuine reform of the tariff so that
those duties shall be removed, which,
in addition to revenue yielded to the
treasury, involve an increase in the
price of domestic products, and a con
sequent tax for the benefit of favored
intsrests.
Resolved, That the abuse of govern
ment patronage for the control of con
ventions and elections, whether in the
interest of an individual, faction or
party, with its consequent corruption
and demoralization of political life, de
mands a thorough and genuine reform
of the public service. Those who
w*ould suppress investigation forget
that they owe a higher duty to the
country than to any party. We hon
or those Senators whose courageous
course has compelled the disclosure
of gross misdeeds, and they deserve the
thanks and hearty support of good cit
izens.
Resolved, That loyal self-government
with impartial suffrage, will guard the
rights of all citizens more securely
than any centralized authority. It is
The Trick in Senator Serhman’s Election.
Tbe Ohio Senate, on the I3th ult., amended it*
journal of the proceedings at the re election of
Senator Sherman to the United States Senate, to
read as follows :
“ That the vote for Senator in Congress was
announced by the Lieutenant Governor in joint
assembly of the two house* before the voting was
completed, and while members were on the floor,
and in the acl of changing their votes and while
they were so delayed in making such changes, at
the request of the Lieutenant Govsrnor, to enable
tbe clei k, without confusi u to make such changes
as they were ann- unced.’’
The Cincinnati Enquirer says :
“ 1^ now made public that two Senators and
four Representatives who voted for Sherman upon
the first ballot intended to transfer their votes to
Cox, and it was a knowledge of this fact which
impelled the desperate party managtrs to resort to
fraud. Jacob D. C»x would have been the Sena
tor elect trom Ohio to day but for fraud.”
Alf.xi < Astonished.—The Great Russian was
utterly astonished at ihe feats of the Aborigines
as described in th following paragraph :
in me giami bnttalo uum upuu n. r .i.u„
er, wherein the Russian Prince proved himself
so gallant a Nimrod, the honors must be awarded
to the muscular prowess of the Indian warriors
who took part in the chase. It is easy enough to
bring down the stoutest buffalo, with repeated
shots from a rifle, but to‘'go through” the animal
with an arrow is an exploit which indicates a pro
digious strength of arm and chest. This is what
the Indians present did, to the great astonishment
of the young Russian, who saw with surprise the
shafts, sped from the bows in their hands, enter at
one side of the huge beast and whiz to the distance
of several yards out ef the other. The physical
strength that can achieve such a result must in
deed be extraordinary, aud recalls some of the
doubtful stories told of Robin Hood, Little John,
and the merry men of Sherwood Forest.
California lias hired a State Tree
Planter at $15,000 a year.
During the YVharton trial 66 wit
nesses were summoned and 56 sworn,
th cost of the trial being about $16,-
000.
The gathering of sponges on the
lower Florida gulf coast is becoming
an important business.
Gold has recently touched a lower
point than at any time *ince 1862.
An old lawyer says that the three
most troublesome clients he ever had,
were, a young woman who wanted to
be married, a married woman who
wanted a divorce, and old maid who
did not knuw what she wanted.
The New York papers complain that spinal menin-
getis is raging among the horses in that city with a
terrible fatality.
One important feature of the apportionment bill,
which has passed both houses of Congress, prohibits
the admission of a State which has net the population
on which this apportionment is based, which will have
the effect of excluding Utah, Colorado and New Mex
ico,
Mr- Trumbull, the fearless and incorruptible Sena
tor from i« iuois, called the attention of the Senate a
few days since, to the extraordinary fact, that the
the civil service commission had reported the loss of
$90,000,000, or one-fourth of the annual revenue of
the Government, in collections through unfaithful of
ficials.
An Ohio editor, who was crowded in the Nilsson jam
at Cincinnati, truthfully writes : “I thought ray wife
had the sharpest knees in Ohio, but she ain’t a cir
cumstance to these Cincinnati girls! One of them
pushed her kuee againet my legs, aud it feels as if I’d
been vaccinated.”
Ge*. Wad* Hampton.—We learn from tire Balti
more Methodist that this beloved and distinguished
Carolinian contemplates the probability of removing
his residence to that city. We are selfish enough to
feel regret at the announcement, and this feeling—
which we know is in sympathy with that of her whole
people—is only relieved by the hope that our loss will
he his gain, and that there, in the midst ot a communi
ty which lias so signally illus’rated every generous
and noble sentiment of humanity, he will find the
means of better fulfilling the high purposes i f a life
which lias hitherto been distinguisheil by its devotion
to the good of his fellow citizens.—Columbia South
Carolinian.
The Apportionment bill which passed both housesof
Congress a day or two ago, fixes the uumber of Repre
sentatives at 283, insteud of 243, the present number.
Georgia will be entitled to nine members instead ol
seven.
The temper of the debate in the House shows that
the postal telegraph scheme will faii'n that body, not
withstanding the Postmaster General's recommenda
tion backed by Presidential sanction Beck, whoopeu-
ly opposed anything looking toward Government as
sumption of the telegraph business, represents a ma
jority of the Conservatives and Democrats, and
Dawes, who agreed with Beck, will carry the Repub
licans with him.
The Coming Me*.—The latest Presidential ticket,
mooted among tlie friends of the anti Grant adminis
tration, is Hendricks and Curtin. Muuy influential
Conservatives and non conforming Republicans- are
seriously considering the combination in a quiet way.
Sharp.—In the Wharton trial, the following spar
ring match took place. Attorney General—A Doctor
ought to be able to give an opinion of a disease with
out making mistakes. Witness—They are as capable
as a lawyer. Attorney-Geueral—Doctor’s mistakes
are buried six feet under the ground ; a lawyer’s are
not. Witness—But they are sometimes hung ou a
tree.
IN THE BRIGMTEK DAIS TO CO.TIE.
In the brighter days to come,
We ehall forget th* gloom
That falls around the weary heart
Like shadowe of the tomb.
The sunshine then will brightly fall
Upon life’s golden store,
And cares that throng ear pathway now,
Will come to us no more.
It is the dream of brig! Ur hoars
That cheer our hearts to day,
When roses blushing through the throns,
Will gladden all my way.
And if no starry crown be set
On life’s unfading tree,
Hope whispers that a chaplet wreath
Is waiting there foi me.
Alas ! how many pilgrims here
Are watching lone in vain
For brighter days of happiness
To come to them again.
They never see how cold and dark
The shadows round thorn lia,
For hope's bright star tends its pure ray
Athwart the frowning sky.
If there never comes te us
The joys for which we wait,
’Tis that sweet voice that leads us still
Up to the pearly gate !
It is the angel hope that comes
A messenger of love,
To brighten sll the hours of life
And lead us home above
AinUing Slowly,
Diseases that progress rapidly to a crisis are eo
the only ones to be dreaded. Canker or dry rot
does not blast a tree as suddenly as a stroke of
lightning, but unless arrested it destroys it as cer.
tain; aud in like manner chronic debility, although
it does not kill with the swiftness of yellow fever
is as sure to snap the springs of life eventually as
any acute disease, if not checked by invigorating
medication. There is something inexpressibly
touching in the spectacle of premature decay.—
Languor pallor, emaciation, depression of spirits
and a distaste for exirtion, are its ordinary symp
toms, and they should be promptly met by tonic
treatment. The bast invigorant and exhilerant
thst cau be administered in a case of this kind
Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. The stimulating
principle of the preparation rouses the dormant
energies of tbe system, and the strengthening and
regulating properties give a permanent and health'
fill impulse to the vital forces thus brought into
play. The failing appetite is re-awakened, the
process of digestion and assimilation are quicken'
ed, the quality of the blood is improved, the secre.
tioi g become more natural, aud every organ tb^
contributes to the nourishment of the body under
goes saintary change. By these means the repai
of the physical structure is effected and its health
and vigor restored. In no class of disease has the
beneficent operation of the Bitters been more
marked and striking than in those characterized
by general de; ility and nervous prostration. La
dies affected with these ailments find in this most
wholesome of all tonics and correctives tke safest
and surest means of relief. If is strong to restore
and powerless te injure. Such is tbe uniform tea
timony of “ clouds of witnesses.” 28 lm.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
no>s your friends as well as yourself. You wonM
like to get rid of it, b it scarcely know what mean
te adopt We will tell you. Use the fragrant Soz”'
dont—it will cleanse and beautify your teeth and
leave your biesth pure.
Burnett's Standard Flavoring Extracts —
Lemon, Vanilla, &c. Charge your servants s'*i5
dealers aud observe that they do not substitute *
their stead any of the pernicious unpalatable ex*
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The Terrific Duel between 1‘russia and I'ranea
is over, but thousands of battles between 1)7
Walker’s Vinegar Bitters and Dyspepsia and
Liver Complaint are now going on in every Stat
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for one moment in doubt. The conflict may ].!!
longer in some eases than others, but the leadin
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T« Owners of Banes and Cattle.—T;bi*,-
Derby Condition Powders are warranted aap3r j7 p
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Worms, Bots, Coughs, Hide-bound, Colds, & e ’
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tongue, horn distemper, &e., in cattle. Price
cents. Depot, 10 Park Place, N. Y.
Carbolic Salve, recommended by the Itadinv
Physicians, and the President of the New Ysrk
Board of Health, as the most wonderful healin?
compound ever known. Gives instant relief to
burns, cures all kinds of sores, cuts and wounds-
and a most invaluable salve for all purposes. Sold
everywhere at 25 cents per box. John F. Henrv
Sole Proprietor, 8 College Place, N. Y.
Syapnia is Opium purified of its sickening » n d
poisonous properties, discovered by Dr. Bigelow
Professor of Botany, Detroit Medical College. A*
most perfect anodyne and soothing opiate. J 0 fc n
Farr, Chemist, X. Y.
Christadoro s Hair Dye is the safest and best,
it corrects tbe bad effects of iu'erior dyes, while
the black or b'own tints it produces are identical
to nature. Manufactory, 68 Maiden Lane, N. Y.
Pratt's Astral OIL—Safest and best illumin- ting
Oil ever made Does not take fire nor explode if
the lamp is upset and broken. Over 150 000
families continue to use it, and no sccideat's of
any description have occurred from it. Oil House
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THE PUREST and Sweetest Cod LlTer 0U I a
the wcrld is Hazard & Caswell's made on the sea.
shore from fresh, selected livers, by Caswell, Hat-
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sweet. Patients who have once taken it prefer it
to all others. Physicians have decided it superior
to any of the other oils in the market.
JOl VIS’S Inordorouskid Clove Cleaner restore*
soiled gloves equal to new. For sale by Druggiata
and Faocy Goods Dealers Price 25 cents Der
bottle. F. C. Wells & Co., N. Y.
Rislcy s Philotoken is an established, warrant*
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efficient as a Nervous Antidote in all cases of ner
vous Excitement, Stomach and Sleeplessness in
male or femaie. Sold everywhere f. r $il a bottle.
Morgan Sc. Risley, Druggists, New York, General
Agents.
A Youthful Appearance and a Beautiful Clear
Complexion is the desire of everybody. This effect
is produced by using G. W. Laird’s ” Bloom of
Youth,” a harmless beautifier of tbe skin. Will
remove all Discoloration, Tan, Freckles and Sun
burn. The use of this deligbtlui toilet prepara
tion eaunot be detected. For sale at all Druggists
and fancy goods stores. Depot 5 Gold St., N. Y.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrnp.—It relieves
the little suffereis from pain cures Wind, Colic,
regulates the Stomach aud Bowels, corrects acidity,
and during the process of teething it is invaluable.
Perfectly safe iu all cases, as millions of mothers
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The Philosophy of Tonic Stimulants.
Some substances have the power of influencing
the changes which go forward in tbe human tis
sues. without themselves taking any integral part
in those changes. Salt, for instance, hastens trans
formation and waste, and consequently creates the
necessity for a more liberal diet; while, on the
other hand, alcohol retards change and waste. On
this principle. Dr. Fiscb in his Bitters has furnish
ed a preparation having among other properties
that of preserving both the materials and tbe forces
of the system ; and in this as in other things, “ A
npnnr covnil t*i u npnn v rrainoil I?n♦ if io
The quality of pleasure—Let
amusements fill up the chinks of your
existence, net the great spaces there
of. Let your pleasures be taken as
Daniel took the prayer, with his win
dows open—pleasures which need not
cause a single blush on an ingenuous
cheek.— Theodore Parker.
It is to wine-drinking we owe the
origin of the kiss. After Micennius
caught hi* wife sucking his finest wines
through the bung-hole of the barrel
with a straw,the custom became geuer
al in Borne for the husbands to kiss the
lips of their wives, that they might dis-
- cover the quality of their good ladies’
time to stop the growing encroach- s t 0 i en libations; and Cato the Elder
On a gate post out Wost is a sign,
Take warnin’; No tract, nor life in-
surans, nor soin’ mascheens wanted
here.”
ments of execute power; the use of
coercion or bribery to ratify a treaty ;
the packing of the Supreme Court to
relieve rich corporations ; the seating
of members of Congress not elected
by the people ; the resort to unconsti
tutional laws to cure Ku-Klux disor
ders, irreligion or intemperance, and
the surrender of individual freedom to
those who ask that the practice or
creed of some shall be the law of all*
We demand for the individual the
largest liberty consistent with public
order, for the State self-government,
and for the nation the return to the
methods of peace and limitations of
power.
Resolved, That true Republicanism
makes it not the less our duty to ex
pose corruption, denounce usurpation
of power and work for reforms neces
sary for the public welfare* The
times demand an uprising of honest
citizens to sweep from power men who
prostitute the name of any honest par
ty to selfish interest.
An enterprising New York street
peddier sold in New Haven in one
week over 1,000 photographs of Fisk
and Mansfield.
recommends this plan to the serious
attention of all careful heads of families^
Schurz on Amnesty—Senator
Schurz has just made a speech on ans-
nesty pronounced to be the most bril
liant, exhaustive, and eloquent speech
that has yet been made on the subject.
He struck the key-note in proclaiming
that if the North and South were to
live together in harmony they must
be placed on terms of perfect equality.
He pointed to the treatment of the
Hungarian rebels by despotic Austria
as an example worthy of our imitation,
mentioning the notable fact that Count
Andrassy, the Hungarian leader, was
now the head of the Austrian Cabinet.
His peroration in behalf of the plun
dered and ruined South was thrilling
beyond description, and the sensation
produced on the listeners was most
profound.
Harlan’s defeat for the United States
Senatorship by the Legislature of Iowa
is a virtual triumph for the anti-Graet-
ites, and means more than appears on
the surface. The President used all
his official power to elect the Illinois
parson, but failed ignoiniuiouslj.
pennv saved is a penny gained.” But it is not
only iu this negative way that Dr. Fi-ch’s remedy
works for the building up of the physical man.—
Wliiie it holds back the wasting processes, it spurs
forward the repairing proces-es It promotes the
flow of the alimentative uicr* in tbe mouth, tl*
stomach, and the liver; and thus enables the sys
tem to utilize more food—to make more blood —
The scriptural assertion that “ The blood thereof
is the life thereof,” is the expression of a physio
logical fact ; and the amount of food which a man
can eat with lelish, aud digest affords the exact
measure and index of the man’s strength. And
when once Dr Fisch’s remedy has given the start
to an improvement iu this direction, tbe unaided
energies of nature take up tbe work and carry it
forward; and thus render the amelioration perma
nent. eowlm.
'* There was a fog who lived in a spring,
He caught such a cold that he could uotsing.’’
Poor, unfortunate Batrachian .' In what a sad
plight he must iiave been.' And yet his misfortune
was one th»t often befalls singers Many a once
tuneful voice among these who belong to tbe genus
homo is utterly spoiled by “cold in the head,” or
•n the lungs or both combined. For the above
mentioned “ croaker’’ we are not aware that any
remedy was ever devised ; but we rejoice to know
that all human singers may keep their heads clear
and their throats in tune by a timely use of Dr.
Sage’s Catarrh Remedy and Dr. Pierce’s Golden
Medical Discovery, both of which are sold by
Druggists.
A Stable Institution.—J net at the period when
all stable u eu w>-re complaining that the horse-
ointments of the day were unstable remedies, the
Mustang Liniment made its entree in Missouri,
without any flourish of trumpets, and within one
year became the favorite embrocation lor the ex
ternal distempers and injuries of horses and cattle
in all the Western and Southern States. From that
time to this, it has never had a rival in the estima
tion ef accomplished horsemen ; nor is its house
hold reputation as a cure for rheumatism, neural
gia, sore nipples, caked bieasts, tumors, mumps,
ai d spains, a whit behind its celebrity as a horse
Liniment. The mothers of America know its val
ue, and apply it promptly to the external injuries
of the “ rising generation,” and in fact there is not
a city or township in the United States where the
Mustai g Liniment is not regarded by both sexes
and every class as a blessing to the community.
Personal.—We were pleased te receive a call
dur ng the past week from Mr. Clark, Dr. Ayor’s
traveler, who was in our town devoting his time
and attention to the preparations of the great med
icine man This call has become a pleasant annu
al to us from tbe able and reliable business char
acter of the accomplished gentlemen whom this
firm send out to transact their business. No house
is better known or valued by the press for its
promptness in settlement than the well established
and popular J. C. Aver & Co., Lowell Mas*.,
whose medicines have become a household neces
sity, and won the confidenc ■ and praise of all.—
Our own acquaintance with them haa extended
over a series of years, and we have invariably
found them, their travelers and their medicine*,
worthy of the commendations they everywhere
receive.—[Jackson, (Tenn.j Tribune,
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A SURE CURE for this distressing complaint is
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Possessing powerful invigorating
PP.0PERTIES&A PLEASANT DRINK
These Bitters are positively invaluable in
ALLSKIN DISEASES<5ERUPTIONS
They purify the system, and will cure
DYSPEPSIA GENERAL DEBILITY
Remittent end Intermittent levers,
NERVOUS 01 SEASES.LIVER COMPLAIN r
and are a preventive of Chills and Fever.
p l SEASESOFTHE KlDNETc-BLADDER
All yield to their powerful efficacy.
IRE GOOD FORTHE MENTAL ORGANIZATION
Are an antidote to change of Water and Diet.
THEY WILL RESTORE YOUTHFUL VICOR
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IRRECULARITY QFTHE BOWEL:
Will eave days of suffering to the tick, and
CURES NEVER WELL PEOPLE
The grand Panacea for all the ills of life.
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