Decatur Eagle, Volume 13, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 25 February 1870 — Page 1

THE DfCATUB EABLE, A. j.' inx.L, k DI TOR, PUBLISHER AND.PROPRIETOR, o/s&vcJd Street,, over Dorwin A Brother’s • ’< : X' 7. Team* of subserlpUon. u adtMpd.'. $1 50 If ihiw withift the y<k»Gpr '< . aoo If plhf after the ripefs l-ilivered by earner 26 cents edlftleriiT'win be chre-g-ed-. Nopipjr will be discontinued until *ll srreirages are paid, except at the option of | y> ; ~s’ 4*7 '£ ’w "h 5 "c H < s < e- =• B **> S ’. ? ~ a *3 •* - * *»•••- £ » *• Z tz ** p 5* ■ h •. j | ,r Kh. &, r. i —— ~t~ ~*Cu -43- ,-iX —7i- +■&- -:_ Halllncn.. 1 no Iso 250 350 3 sol Soo ©BB ‘ , 75,r?!f 200 1» «Ml fim Voo Twa •• >w Joo 3.M 3*> Tool to ort Woo d • 1P 1410 s*°-• *’ U <*»? oo V<rtrt . , 2>l 350 s‘io soo ii err Tt Mt 127 on • naar.Oal... 275 425 s 2'. 9 50,13 00 21 00 3? 00 3-r t •T 75 7 M I*oo 2o Ml’Jl 30 390<t ! S4 (to ©nt 7 00 10 00 15 0.. 25 00130 00:4s M ito on ;r,; J i|i| 11 n 1111 1 jq-y.-j., . v JGnces.— Fifteen per additional to the above rates. & ■ Bvatfteei Notices. —Twenty-five per teat. the above rate*- j Legal Advertising. One squire [thejpa.es of ten lines brevier] one ihnrti**2 $2 00 Zeacb aubsequentTHWMHui. 50 No advertisement will|e considered less than ons iqTi» >tj- one square will by ? I’i ite I as two; over two hree, tuk,- . Local noticfS a liue for each insertion. Religions und S lecallofal not fore <4 advlrusekients Bitty be contracted for at lower rates, by application at thepffice Deaths aid Xfarri»<ee IjJablfcUd as news—free. i~~ it iiii nh_‘ -j_ ■ y OFFICIAL PIRECTqBy. , District Officers. . . Bn. Reb t Lowry Circuit Judgl J. 3. Duly, Circuit Prosecutor Son. D. 3lul*baker, Cqiu. Pleas Judge B. f Ibieb . J... Com. PlLiiProseiato’ • ‘‘ County Officers. ’ : Osymo'n- Worden Anditor. A. J. Hill Clerk. Jdte Niblick.... .> Treasurer. M. V. It. disScoke..... . . .. Recorder. James Stoops, Jr Sheriff. H. 0. Petsrsbif... ,■....' ... .Sarveyqr' Sana. C. 801 l nin ...School Examined. Josiah Crcffford, 1 J acob Sarff. | Commissioner. George Luckey, J .u t T»wa onoera. Bam. C. Bollman ' Clerk. Chas. Stewart . > Treasurer a Mirshad. HenncJ Desie/ f V > 1«. uPavi I King, I . Trustees. D*vid Showers, J ..y.Ta.i |(( .;. », ' T7 ,il —h>-». . .. r Township Officers. Vxtos.—Trustee pavid Erwim.Justice of the P*ac& Widiam Cello re, and David (Heckler;‘Consyilies, Geo. B. Cline and Nelson D. Suttles. Root. —Trustee, John Christen; Justitos of the Peace, Henry 'Filling, and Samuel 8 Miokle; : Ce nteblcs, Revbed Baxter and John Sehurger. Psev-x.—Trustee, F. W. GaHtneyerl Jnstloes of the Peace, John Archbold Constables, Joseph E. Mr an and Henry Dearman. , Jonathan Bowers; Justice of the Peace Wtn. D. Hoffman and James Ward; Constable, Manassas Surff and David Stule. W ASBixuTox.--Trustee, Cjarad Brake; Justices of the Peace. C. M. France and Bamuel Merryman; Constables, Frederick Meitx and E.P. Stoops. Bt. Mart's. —Trustee, Esnias Dailey! Justices of the Peace, Samuel Smith, Wtn Comer and S.B. Merris: Constables, 8, B. Fordyce, tSaahligtorf Kern ahdMsanc Smith. ~ BLL’KcnxEU.— Trustee, John Emery; Justice of the Peace, Lemuel Wilarrd and J. C. Thaddll; Cbnstable, J. McCarle. ,•> • • ■ ri Mnsgon.—Trustee. Geo. H. Marts, Justice of the D. Uughte, Samuel'Amith; Couslkbfe/John M. Jaeoba. Fasscn.—Trustee, George Simisson; Justices of the Peace, LotFrtnch and V. D. Bell; Constable, Edward Leßrun. Harttocd;— Trustee Peter Hoffman Justices of the Peace, Martin Kiser, senand Benj. Runyan; Constables, John Bitdison;/ Leiris C. Sijtllnr and. David Bunyan.< J: Ji W vatstt.—Trustee, Henry Miller; Justices of the Peace, A. Studa.baker-agd Jims Nelson; Constables, Jacob Butcher and X. G.-Thompson. < • Jarrn isos.—Trustee., Justice of the Peace, John Fetters; Constables, Daniel Brewiter and Jesse Mc£ollix*n. “ Tima «f liai sing LoarU, Circuit Coviit.— Ou the third Monday in April, and the tirst, Monday in No-, vernbor, of each year t , , Lummox Pisan Count.—Ow the see- ( and Monday in January, the seoodd i Mon lay in M ty, and the second Monday in daptemher, of each year. Goxwissinxsae Cover.—Dll'ths firM MSdday in M ireh. the tret Mondny'ih June, the first Kvidiyin Sjptetnber, and the first Minddy in December, ot •aeb year. qwvacH Sr. ery iLMub >at 8 an I 10 o'clock, A M., Sibb-Uh doh-wl or instruction in Oniahisa. at 11 o'oUek, P. M 4 Vespers at •ctsiV, P. M. Rev. J. Wemhoff, Pastor. MTrwneesn.—Services every Sabbath ‘ at l»| o clejfc. A. M., and 7 o elock, P M. Aatiwol at 9 o'clock. P. M. Bev. Chirlcs Wilkinson, Paster. Pt tvsrrxv it—To Pan or. Prsyer I ¥ M tiers every Ssbb’th at 1 o'clock, and hbftrMhtel m 2 u*siwk P. It.

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ATToitwevs. J A 11 ES . .B.U 8080, . XNDIANA. STRAWS Deeds, Mortgugf* and Cen/'tracts, Redeems v .Lai|d and ppys OFFICE--OppoWte tiie Ahditeh*’s Office. VlOufftf +m —.—u— l HtuVl .> ■■.?!— R. peTEßgofr, JLttAt . DKOATLH, INDIANA. PROMPT attention-paid to all toMe/MWtary Public, n nd draws Deeds, Mortgages, ! and ether in w-ritiqg.' i OFFICE—Over Dorwin Jt Bro’s, Drug SUre. ' ;i • • vpiiSSff iftIVIEL D Umiß, DBCATVB, InMANA. WILL practice bid Profusion wheve.in Indiana or. Ohio. OFFlCE—Opposite the fleeorder’e Os- ' • 7 u r ..Ij L I'4. (L .I—— »4 MT L 1 DAB AKB «, 1 eat Xics-tfe*, ■ necAtux, iwuianau'. ■ WILL practice law in Adams and ndJoping countiei; secure; penpiojjs and ptber claims against jhe government; bUy and sei), real estate; exhip ne'.(itles afid faV tailed, till'd ofher btisincrF pei*tainingby Pell eisfa Id Agency. ‘ CHARLES JJ FRAiWK, Attorney at Law, DKCATtR,' frrtHAXA. PROMPT attention fnid t<s all bulfSiness entrusted io brS'chre. Is' a Notary Public, Braves Deeds 'and Moitgages and other Instwmenw,in Writing. Office in J. R. Bubo’s Law Office, P- a?. WEEK'S, Attorney at 1 Law. DECATFR, INDIANA. WILL practice law in Adams and adjoining counties. Is Deputy Pros* ecuior. OUioe opposite- the Recorder's office. I3;w2tf. " ■ physicTaNß7 F.A.JELLtrr. W.U.KHItOCIi' JELLEIFASCHRIMIi, PhjNlclana and Rdrgeonß, OKCATUR, INDIANA. OF FICK—On Second Street, opj-ositt the Publiu-Square. tbulCti. CHARLES L^URTISS, Piiyblctan and Suigton, UKCATVU, IMUAXA. HAVING permanently located in this place, offers his professional set vices to the people'of n*CStltmffirvf«liiiTy. OFFICE—At rhfißupt Maine,j U-bt AAI)J&EW SO c p«, I'byxlckin and Surgeon, MrATVIt, INDIANA. OFFICE —Ou Second Street, over W. G.ornoer & Brother’s Hard Wat c store v,Fn42tf. i A. J. ERWIA, H. D., Surgeon. Dispensary, Aveline Block, V11n25 " FORT WAYNE, iND. »7 C. ATERS, hTP., RESIDENT < , Ear and Eye Surgeon, FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. OFFlCE—South'west corner Maia £ Calhoun streets, over Drug Storf. g®T“Artificial Eyes inserted. 12-44 REAL ESTATE AGENTS. JAMES R. ROBO, Reul Eatatc Agent, BKCATLR, INDIANA. lAIIREE THOUSAND AURfcS of good i farming land, several Town Lois, aud a large quantity of wild (and for sale. If you want lo buy a good farm iiTwm Bwrtvwytttf. irymt wstnyiwir Und fflßCir»iVQlHeU.H’fJ>t JMI- No sale, no charge. rH'-nfi ijdjiH'iwt — AUCTIONEER. , CHARLES H. FRA ACE, Auctioneer, DKCATVR, INDIANA. t NNOUNCES to the publie that he is 7*. a regularly Licensed Auctioneer, and will attend all Public 8ale« when requested. OFFICE—Tn J. R. Bobo's Law office. jTp. w aggolter Licenced Auctienecr, IY ESIVf NCE, near Salem, Adams Co., XL Indiana. P.sl-Office address, Wilshire, Ohio. - • '■- ‘ ktiT Special attention given to crying public sales. ; HOTELS. niENME HOCHE, l. J. MIESSE, Proprietor. Third St., 0/>j><uite tht Court Uouir, UEC'ATI'R, INDIANA. r pHE traveling public .will find thia L House a destruble stopping place. Good sarepla rooms. wllnU MAYER Tfdt SE. J . W. MULL, Proprietor, Corntr of Culhouu and B'oyae Styeet*, FORT WAY.NK, INDIANA. v!2a7 «< MAIN STREET EXCHANGE, A. FREEMAN, Proprietor, Writ Main Strert, nW tkt Tublir Stuart ' FOR.V WAN YE, INMANA, vllnll . U

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The M«w»- TnrlflL >|. Rome Whsleenme •pimths fbr the P«Wieldrn.Mlvn.of <he HnisOe.f’yhe .V» Vtrrrrr of the Government nun fir the Reneflt cfPtlvMe Meaeyrd leiereste- . fn -i /; ■■ ■ -L . f . , WhuWnyton Cbe. dmcimuiti ChmaiuttM. Why the Infamous estortion furted upon us In fhA hatne <»f a protei tive tariff, should be modified, tiitless tn such fflodtfieaMdii we are to hhvesome relief bothers one ;• to ahswer. This Its chairmanpin making Ills r j pbrt to th*'-house, fiilthitWd, when heddaimed. in his speech, that the duties had in the mnin been lowered; • <• * n . Now the protection m*iv l>e iniertased, while the« duties id 1 the msfn are rednred. A reveuue'tar iff, that looks only to reveiniv.'ig an awtagonisrtt to a protertive tariff, and the a otagonisnt increases as the difference widens. When the protection nmomtts to proltiIdKvto? tire revenue * tihtf Ais it approaches'tKiit B point the reven | ue diminishes. And the revprsc is tni.e. If we collected a duty? on , ajiicles we did hot create, all the duties so collected wqii!d‘,i»e paid the government. ; Qn the contra ry, if we just bur tarifl? bn articles we manufacture, the ijigher the du I ty is, the ujort ive nin pui-ehase at home,' ana the fess abroad—the enhanced price going into the' hands of the manufactbrtr, instead of the tr.casqrv. j These are cotninon place truths,! jciiernted over and over,. And it j seems? a’waste of time and Ink to : rejibpt them. Dpt the Ignorance I on'these subjects is something ns- ’ founding. I heard, for example, ? only Vestferday, a feading member of the house express, Withbnf re serve, his ignorance of these ftxioms. He is a western man, of course, and represents an agricultural district. If the representatives are so blind. What are we to expect of the represented ? In the list I include the honnra Ide chairman of the committee. He is honest as well as honorable, and certainly impld mt mike! such a ihiendingto play upon the benighted skulls of his western brethren. He said, bear in mindj thh! the duties in the main were reduced. He meant by this that our distress was to a certain extent alleviated. L°t us see. The revenue on pig iron is 81.HN'.OCO. It is estimated that we have 1,900.000 tons of home-rtiade pig iron, and this is enhaticvil in the hands «.»f its makers, by this tariff bill. 89 per ton, or 817,100,000. Now. sup ose the duty abolished, the loss to tltc government wouldTe 81 ICO.OCO. and again to the people of 817.100.000. Tibs is but a sptcinien of the toil of legislation pro|M>sed l .rus Ty th's little Congress, called the committee of ways ami means, that represents pig iron in general ar.d a few other monied moubpulies in particular. Now, let us look to the revenue. The duties on sugar, in the main, and on tea and coffee altogether, arc revenue duties. That is, we have nothing to protect, and all of the enhanced price represents the amount paid into the treasuey for the support of the government. Th“ proponed reduction on sugar will amount to about 812,000CCO. That oh tea to about 82.fi00.000. I That on coffee to about 82,250,- I C€o—say* in all. of a reduction of. 816.250,CK O. Now, the toss of the; govern meat would lie all of this, ■ while the gnin to the people is doubt Oil. That gain may lie es-1 fimated nt about 37 cents per an I num to each individual. To appreciate this, or rnther to illustrate it, let us rememliet that in July, August, and September, ■ the price of gold averaged 37 per cent. Tea ami coffee being purchased in gold, with the duties payable in gold, the fluctuation ought to affect the price. Gold han since fallen 15 cents; yet there is not a farmer, or mechanic, or laborer throughout the writ who him lievn benefltted l»v the duinne. 'Hie pound often tlmt field in July,! August, and Septrsulier for 81 a pound still cwlls for the 81. the wholesale dealer, with the niiihlle man of the grocery, reaping the lienpfit. Now what is tire appreciable good to le> ex|*enemed hr J tire | re*nd* in the mtuetioh of du-1 ti<f* of five vent* on tea, or the one tM>nt on coffrt * Here is legislative wisdom fnr you. and a love for the dear peopie in this little pig iron congress tliid ]wv**cth imderetandiiijr. As I have said Irefo e. the peo»i pie at large feel these duties on tea. coffee, and sugar lesa than any other. If the worst cornea to the worst in a man's liounellbld, he can diapenre *th these kiknries; hut boots sod shoes, .sad all sorts of

wearing apparel he must have, and ! these the pig iron repr'esiehtatives put ufptflatnaDnopolittfunHj’ thfhw And olir government fiufferi- And iron, that enhances the cost of production, in' tlie Mariner and mechanic. and ebstof liViiig to all, is pushed up ; x arfd leatber, : so niecessnrv to thobbbt and shoe interest, an Uial has grown 'without protection until it more than doubles the pet interests oftfiese legislative monopolistTand imbeciles, is Salt is one of these pet interests, land, to illustrate the working of this cliarming system of protection to Americ .n industry, let us remember that in 1861. whoatin Ciu ci’inati was? if I remember rightly, 8l n DisheL A hundred hashels of. wheat thyn; would have b right the liest Ashton salt, of its equivalent, at 81 65 a bushel, 60j bushels. The last I heard of Wheat, in Cincinnati.'ln this blessed year of protegtioii; it Was sttlfßl a btlshel, gnd the .price of salt, was 83 50 per bushel, so that 1(0 bushels of ' wheat will bnsficfs of aaft; bushels less Wan in '6l | ’ Sal t won’t save a party guilty of such iniquity its th is. The cool impudence with wliiclithis H perpetrated, is only equaliwl by .the blinil,atupi(H|)’ that permits it. ! But. thank Jieaven. tight is breaking in upon lis. Thte pertpife arc being aroused. Put your h-msein 'order, my protective friends, for I to tnorrqw you die. . I The cool assurance is shown in ' the late discussion with Mr. Wells i on the cost oT produpingpig iron, j Tlieqh6stton is not whether whean I purchase abroad cheaper than the ! article van lie made. a| : .home, or whetlier we can purchase at all or not; but whether these fellows can litter the pigs in Pennsylvania and elsewhere, nt a profit. Our grain may rot in the fields, our median ics go without work, and our laborers may atarxe*. aud yet the pig iron business must be wwed a profit, by law,of congress. Suppose all the rtimsellers. keep ers of gambling hells nud brothels were to so-ne itp fi Congress—l i TiHjP par.lonf they are ‘alrtady here —but suppi'ise the)’ come as pig iron, and t-alienes, and waoluns. and leather, coinc to demand a profit, through unjust laws, in their luisiness. The little Congress that shapes legislation, called the com inittee of ways and means, would have to listen and decide, for the ireinciple is quite the snme. It might be urged that their pur suits are immoral, and therefore not to be protected. I maintain that all tire profligacy connected with these pursuits are not more immoral than the legalized theft and scpuivlrelism that comes of the sb ralleti protection Aside from tin* demoralizing effect such injustice i.aa ii|»O!i the people at ; large, our eupiul is now cru.idea with ail lhegamlilers, lewd women, and Jow adventurers, that, formed ihto rings And lobbies, throng about the ctipitol and with brazen impudence upon the doors of Congress, demanding projection for their unprincipled employers. I heard the chairman of the coin , mittee say that lie was run down by these greedv interests, each demanding its law. regardless of the wants of the consumers, the needs of the government, or the decencies of common life. We no longer seek tn make laws for the people or to raise means to ! support the government,. The , entire vast machinery of a power- ; ful government is run for the ben- ■ eflt of private moneyed interests ; and huge monopolies. i But light is at last breaking on ( us. The people are awakening to ! their interests, and 1 can tjt in the ' gallery and count with accuracy the seats that will be vacated and . the places that know these men now will know them never no more. e mb — Delaware county has been for some weeks in convulsions ofter r«re* over a ghost, which has at length been dissipate*! by an affldai it. signed by Melissa J Stubbs, her mark, and of which this is the ; closing paragraph : -Mrs- fuller made the douglifttce. She wore it first, and I wore it next. It was a frightful looking sight. I made tlie noise in the little room with a horn It scared Peter sA that he laid on the back part of the bed, and made his wife lay before. | Women who want to vote will be interested to know that the fid-, lowing Sjreech delivered in the Wyoming Legislature, was th© ! clincher that cau-sed thn iktAsage ul Uie law wliidi accorded them the right to vote. A member rose and said : ‘ Damn it, if you are going to let the niggers, and pig tails vote, w© will ring in tlie women too.” And they were imme- ' diatcly "rung in.”

Government by Negroes. ■ A Nsw View «f RaJlealTiieti<'a~NMhs« ■» far Abrtiaeßer frata BlobUbAcl I'm, : From tht Full Mall Gazette. ~ Excejjt in the case of (he United ' States, there has been great uni ■‘Pirmity fri th? history of the snp- ! pression-of rtbellionff fti taodern times. First, there had ireen severe and often sanguinary |>unishinent inflicted on the chiefs-of the revolt; then ha? succeeded a period during which the sltcvift^iifempire has enforced strict obedience in itself from its subjugated dependency; |nd finally has come a strong desire, growing sometimes out of policy, sometimes out of d kense of justice, And sometimes out of mere eniotion, to win its nfiections. or at all events its voluntary acquiescence in accomplished facts. England is just at present feel! ig an almost passionate wish to be reconciler! to f reland and to he lie KH’ed by the natives pf. India; Austria has done her best to come to terms with Hungary, and there are signs that the sufferings of Poland are lieginnrng to cause dfscomfort and compnnctiHU evim ill Russia The United States seems destine l |o an experience of a different kind. On the morrow of the conquest their t>rtittncnt of the southern leader* was marked by a gentleness wbfch will alway*he re membered p» their honor. But in next stage of their relations with the sofrtli, the necessity for combining ilespotic rule with some thing like the forms Os local self government forced them to adopt a policy whb'h has more tharfmade up for their abstinence from bl_>od shed. N ibodv whose intelligehcc hasnotbeert impaired by the habit <xf refreathig formulas about uaivers 1 suffrage.epn doubt that the punishment inflicted on the south ern white© t is fur tlie severest-which one community lias e'er inflicted on another. England governe<l Ireland through a ihinoritv which the mass of tlie Celtic population, however it might hate, never dreamed of despising; the United States rule the south through a rtinjority of negroes, contempt for whom was almost a religion with the planter before the attempt st secession. We arc not considering whether the punishment was deserved, or whether the northern states could help inflicting it: we m-relv sav that, after the capacity of the ty*gro for improvement has been rated as highly as possible, and after all possible deductions j have been made from the creeibili tv of the stories published by the the democratic pre»s, the fact re mains that government of white men hv colore<l ex slaves is the nentest form of rti-vral torture that has ever been applied to a community. How unfortunate it has been that fie punishment of the south I lias taken this shape the United States arc not likely to feel until th? time come* (an-l it will certainly come) when the jieople nf the north will be animated with the strongest wish to be reconciled to even the most obstinate zealots of secession. We should l>e sorry to lav down that the United States would have done well to shed blood like water in the first moments of triumph, if only they could have devised some less degrading contrivance for the provisional gnvernment of the south Yet it is quite certain that bloodshed is ensilv fortten: personal outrage with the greatest ditfiimliv. The Hungarian nobles appear to have for given tlie. Emperor Francis Joseph for his fvholesale executions of their brethren; hot nobody can fhil tn see that the “hreconciinhilitv” of some of the most eminent of French politicians is greatly due to recollections nf the personal dis honor to which tliev were subjected on the memorable morning of the ct)*o rf"efett. At tho present moment, we are well aware that nothing «eem less important tn the great majority of the northern people than that the experiment whic t they are tr» in? in the sqpth canses excessive dikrotnfort to a tiarcel of conquered relreh; but thev will, probably, he-easter view this experiment w’rth other eves when there enmns the inevitable waking to avmpathv and pitv. and when, much about the same time. It an pears that tlie negroes, who are the instruments of punishment, have become not only a southern, ts.it a inethera power, weighing hesvilv in the scale whenever • national decision has to Ire taken A* an evidence •»< hard times in H oiston county. Minnesota, the .Lmru'tl mv* that one of the best, in the county offered 1 twentr dollars, with good «ecnritv. | for 8100 for one month, and ouVI not get the mnnev. A mer- ■ chant had abnut 82.500 in notes from about fifty farmers; he got j them together, hut nut nf th© whole crowd bn raised eaiy lea dollar*.

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The fidmlnlslratlon. Exnwvairwaee—RCerts as Mr. Dawes’ Speech—The Situation. . A—< ' . Washington Jan 31) Correepondece of the Baltimore Gazette. The importance of the patriotic stand Uken Jbv> Mr. Dawes can scarcely be estimated. . It is sutfi. cieut. perhaps, to state tlut he lias coiTtblneda majority fn the ho one of tenaiong to slateifmi/tship of ttitg administration.. That the president a;id his cabinet /idly, appreeb ate their critical position is manifest from flieii* hasty retreat from the fine of attack to that nf humiliating entreaty. Mr. Dawes was. first fiercely assaulted, for daring to expose the charlatanry of ournders. Among other modes of attack, orders were issued to disdiarge a large body of men from the navy-yards, aceompained with instructions to insinuate to the country that those orders re suited from a necessity, tlie off spring of this speech. This 1 ruse, contemptible in itself, recoded upon its authors, and left Mr. Dawes master of the field. He was thereby enabled to- kill the iniquitous League island job. The strategy of the admiiri-'tration has therefore been reversed. The discharged men will be reinstated atonde. and thd bounds duive been "whistled buck” who were previously set on upon the heels of the plucky Massachusetts member. Gen.. Grant has placed the fortunes of Ids administration in the hands of S un ner in the senate, ami Butler in the house. He will4iud himself in tire minority upon the foqureof office bill in the former, and upon his whole financial limn buggery in the latter. In short, his administration is already a total failure, and will, in after times, lie classed an the weakest that ever at tempted to guide the policy of this nation. Viewed from this standpoint, "the situation” iK hopeful in many respect*. The "financial plan” of Boutwell is as dead as a last year's herring. Any increase of the taxes. internal or external, will prob ably be defeated, and enormous jobs and other peculations upon the treasury have received their quietus for the present session at least But, above all the power to further humiliate the states as s ich has been effevtally broken. For the titne being, doubtless, the Fif teenth amendment will lie declared ;to have been ratified, ami insisted to be binding upon all the states, but I think I may safely affirm that beyond a strict compliance with its Jngle requirement, the present house, under the lend of Mr Dawes, will not permit the g ivermnent to stretch its hand. So. the states will be left to regulate suffrage npon any basis applicable to all its citiznis (real or apoehryphal). Until tlie evil can be wholly rein edied , a judicious exercise of this power will be suffi dent for the salvation es the states, whose integrity has been mainly ; aimed at. And for this condition !of things we are indebted to Mr. I Dawes. He has given the extremists a blow from which th'y can never recover! Let those who have sought refuge lieyoud the lines of the democratic party, and have hung upon the skirts of Ju Ige Chase, take another look! If we are to drop our valued lea-h ers. let us seek for a live man. one who has showu himself t<> Ire per sonally Uppit-it, indomitable perserving. politically pluckv. an 1. beyond all. of approved etHeicncy. A Wedded Pair Separated by tbe Death of a Cat. In the town of S —. in this State, ; lived, some years ago. a couple who had got tired of the jar and troubles of we Ided life, and mutu ; .illy resolvisl to eml them. Bnt being rather short of this world’s 1 goods, they hardly felt like paving I out the money necessary to obtain i a divorce. So they went to the ■ old gentleman who joined’them in the trends of matrimony s<»mv i years ago. and desired him to uni tie the knot The worthy ohi ! Squire scratched his head ami ! thought a moment, and told them there was no way twit to go to I court. "But hobl.” says he. "I have it You promised to live to 1 gether and be true to each other ‘ until death should part you. Come i out into tli© yard.” Then seizing a cat that sat in the donrwav, he directed John to take her by the ! tail and Jane by the head, and to pull apart Then lifting a sharp lax. he said: "N >w. death doth I part roe.” The ax fell and the i coupk* wer* divorced, A Missouri gentleman carries about with him a momenta of a lost brother in the sliape of a cane cut from the tree on which that relative was hanged for horse •tealing. • -

It is well known that the present Pope, Pins IX, was never iiiasrhsl, near be once cams to tlret bU**6tl state; J The Itanaq of tbs Bostoa -Trannlltr *ay* he has thexlociunenta|*v (umof, and the at uie relations of a certain Miss Foster, which reveal the existence df a tdffikrfffb incident in the enrly life itTlhe Count Ferretth ifi Adv* when tlft world had more'charms forhinaihan the church. The reader will remember that it was just fifty yeiuys ago last April that the present Pope took the vows of a priestin as Archbishop, lie was, transferred from Rome to the <»ee of Imola, ami made"fl Girdins! in 188 ft The story is as ‘ i ' G The world at large does not know that fifty or sixty y©ar% *go he was engaged to be married to a Miss Foster, the daughter of an Irish bishop, and the sister of the Countess de Satis, famous nt- the time,in Italian sociefv, and that the young hulv and h£r friends waited at the a-ber of tlie eburch of S. Luigi de Francesi (near the present postoffice) for Count Mastai Fcrrctti to appear dffd complete his marriage vows, ami they waited and waited in vain, because the young conntmever came. Nor was 4be world aware llu.t the planation given U> bcrJiefore her death, was that his Jesuit relations had forcibly abducted him and him abroad under oath of secrecy, which he never divulged till afteF he was Pope, and that this It* caused to be communicated to her, to ease his own conscience and her 1 broken heart. This story would solve mystery winch existed concerning hi*, taking the vpwsof the priesthood. Origin ot Beefsteak. The discovery of tlie chief sources of human enjoyment has all been attributed to some fabn-' lons origin in the ancient worlds The story of that important feature of dinner, the beefsteak, was thus given in the middle ages : Lucius Pliucus. a Roman of rank, was ordered by the Emjieror Trajan, for some offence, to act as one of the menial sacrificers to Jupiter He resisted, but was at length dragged to the altar — There tlie fragments of |he victim were laid upin the fire, and . tlie unfortunate senator was forcibly* compelled to burn them. In thd process of roasting, one of the slices slipped off the coals, aud was caught by Pl.aucus in its falL It burned his fingers, and be instinctively thrust them into hi# mouth. In th:*t moment he b n d made the grand discovery that the taste of a slice thus carbonated was beyond all the old sodden cookery of Rome. A new expedient to save his dignity was sug» gested. end he at once evinced his obedience to the emperor, by seeming to go through the exercises I with due regularity, and his scorn of the employment by' turning tho whole ceremony into a matter of appetite. He swallowed every slice, delnd sl Trajan, defrauded Jupiter, and in vented the beefsteak • Such a discovery equid not be long concealed ; the sacrifices be gan to disappear with a rapidity and satisfaction to the parties too extraordinary to Ire unnoticed. The priests of Jupiter adopted tbe practice with delight, and tbe King of Olympus must have been soon starved if he depended on snyr share of tlie good things of Rome. A Jolly Judyt, A Judge in Wisconsin who ho*l tried a suit for recovery of a liqnor bill, the defence to which was that liquors sold were of a very inferior quality, charged tlie jiiry in the following sensible language; "Gentlemen of the jury—Pure and unadulterated liquor is a wholesome. pleasant beverage, and a* far as the experience of the court extends, conduce* to health and longevity; but a bad article, or what is worse, a drugged article, gentlemen, can not lie t derated ; and if dealers from below will send up in this country, so blessed with the smiles of a benign* t Creator, such a miserable q»mlity of liquor as the proof shores this to bav* been, in this conrt, gentlemen ot , the jurv. tb •y* can not rec ver.. The verdict was, of course, for the defendant. i If Connecticut cun lay elaia to< the tijle «»f tho "Lrid of Steady Habits,” it by no means follows that those habit* are all good ones. taken in several t »w»e of Hartford oiunty during forty i years and more. |>ast. sh >w that every fifth man dtring ab >ve the . age of twenty-one was iatereperate. In some towns the average , has Ireen as high a* nae < in lhr«re. I This estimate docs o<»t inclu I* I those who drank occasionally, nr even regularly in mo lenstton. b»K s'.kni on<y a* were known to I iuUsxicated. The ahov* figure* seem incredible, but they were t*-, ken.bv minister* who*e pastorates varied from twentv-eight to forty . ytare in different towa* kF 0* county. i - -■