Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 38, Number 45, 12 January 1869 — Page 1

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Ail Kinds of Job Printing Ntifn-tori!r Done, at Living Rate. Office: In the Warner Bailding, Richmond, Ind. .mm IFE COMPOUND is the Best, ' ";" The' Cheapest, .' " . . And the most Harmless v-, ; , , , Meiliciue in the World, : - -.,' For Nearly IJverjr Form, " V Ol ClIKOIfIC DI.SKASE. In Dyspepsia it is u certain cure. In Consumption it is excellent.' In Liver Complaint nothing can be better. ' " y ' ' ; : , s v In Kidney disease it is a specific. - In Rhuematism it is mi - important remedy, In Stomaoh Affections it is uusurpasIn Female Complaints it is of great valne. " And ia marly all kinds of chronic diseases it acts like a charm, effecting speed curcB in the most stubborn cases. The afflicted everywhere should not fail to give it a trial, if they desire to purchase health with but a trifling expense. It is not a "patent medicine," nor is it kept for sale by any drug gist. It is a discovery of a physician during a five years' sojourn in South America, and he flag imparted the secret of its composition to hundreds of intelligent physicians, who have all used it in their practice with the most wons derful results. In consideration of its many virtues, I hare thought it my duty to engage in the manufacture of it on a large scale, and advertise it ex tensively throughout the world. The method for preparing it for use is somewhat complex requiring a numerous collection oT chemical tools paraphernalia not usually possessed by druggists, and for this reason few drug stores could furnish it properly prepared, if they had the formula. Therefore, I have purchased the necessary articles, and with the assistance of a good practical chemist am engaged - in its manufacture and sale. The "Life Compound" is purely vegetable, its principal ingredient being obtained from the root of a plant which grows abundantly in some parts of South America. It is perfectly harmless in its effects even if taken in tripple the ordinary dose, whils its invigorating influence s wonderful indeed, often effecting a permanent cure in a few week3. Read the following . TESTIMONIALS. y i - ' - - - - k - Ogdknobuboh, N. Y., May 7, 67. Mr. McKblvet: Dear Sir Your 'Life Compound' is working wonders in this section, and I have every reason to be thankful for what it has accomplished in my own case and that of my wife. iMy oooip'aiat, avyou may remem ber, was Liver Disease in its worst form . had not taxes your medecine more than three weeks when I felt so much encouraged as to order 'a box for my wife also, who , was suffering from what the physicians termed disease of the kidneys. This wan in November last. We have now taken two packages each; and I am happy to inform you tLat wc have good roason to conclude we are both permantly restored to health &nd that, by yonr Life Compound. Encouraged its good effects in our cases, several of our afflicted neighbors sent to yon for the medicine and t am informed by three of ' hem , ith whom I am intimately acquainted, that, luey, too, be ievo themselves entirely cdred by it. Tou may make such use sf this statement as you may deem proper. With gratitude, ; ; Rav.B.It. GORMLY. ; Cincinnati, Aug, 25, 1867, Mr. McKklvet: SirA thing of beauty is a foy forever, tnd a good medicine is more than this. I take pleasure in commending your Life Compound not so much on account of what it has done forme, as wai it may be the means of doing for thousands of others. To the sick and suffering, therefore, I wish, through your advertisement to say a few words of encouragement. One year ago I was an invalid I am now hearty and well. My disease was dyspepsia of tn years standing; I had tried all means I knew of for a cure, without avail, until about the Grst of September last I became acquainted with a young man who told me of Mr. McKelvey's remedy, and the good work it had done in the neighborhood of bia former home (Krie, Pa.) I immediately appled to Mr. M. for a box of his Life Compound and commenced taking it. I commenced improving in a few days and continued to improve, and in less than three months from that time was entirely restored, and have remained well ever since. Mine was rather an inveterate case, and pronounced so by all the physicians of this city. The medicine was so successful in my case, that I cannot refrain from adding my testimony in i ts favor. . D. R. GILFORD. , Hundreds of Testimonials like the foregoing are in my possession, and cannot be given for want of space. The 4 Li.'e Compound" is the cheapest medicine in the world. One package of it will make a quart of Syrup, which is enough to last more than two months. The price is $2 00 a package. " 'Inclose $2 00 in a letter and direct it to me, and by return mail I will send you a package of the Compound, postage prepaid by me. If you are sick you will find it just the thing you have been looking for, and you never will regret having sent for it. - I always send the Compound! well sealed up. so that no on o can tell what it is. I do this for the reason that there are somo persons who an ! for it that dere t keep their disease a secret. The money may m all cases be sent at ray risk. -,y - ? ;. Address all letters to t M. T. McKELVEY, Sanduset, O.

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VOL,. XXXVIII. - IS" : How Bank-Xote Paper is Made One of a series of articles on "Curi ous Manufactures, published in the Philadelphia North American, is a description of the .manufacture of banknote paper. The writer says : "There are but three mills in America making 'bank-note paper, and but one that invariably makes it of the highest standard of excellence. Time was that rigid restrictions were thrown around the production of this material. Mr. J. M. Wilcox, at Glen Mills.some distance from Philadelphia City, makes most of the bank note paper used in this country, and a great deal that is ordered from abroad. . He inherits a business tLat in the time of his grandfather was conduct ed only under the eye of an agent of the Government. When an order came for a supply sn agent came with it. Of the portion of the mill in which the work was done he took possession. He supervised the entire process, from the masceration of the pulp to the cuttings of the sheets. Every spoiled sheet was accounted for, and the scraps and cuttings were invariably gathered up and carried away with him. When the amount re quired was finished no more paper coiftd be had except through the authorized source. This caution is now done away with. , Any man may take the best or poorest paper that e can, and seil it to whom he pleases. The counterfeiter Lias a vast deal of trouble with his plates, out with his paper very little. "The American National, the Conti nental, and the British American cn. graving companies buy the paper and print the notes, charging the parties or dering a fixed price per sheet. The usual size for bank note paper 14x17 inches to the sheet, each sheet making just eight notes. The material of the. paper is wholly linen. It was once made of silk, not by machinery as , it now is, but by hand. It was not an object to bleach it. r This very article is written upon a venerable sample of pinkish paper, in which may be seen threads of scarlet pulp in which the dye has been purposely left undischarged. Machinery now does all this work. The material is linen, imported from Ireland express ly for the purpose, andthe paper is therefore as white as snow. The ma terial was formerly made expressly for the Messrs. Wilcox, direct from the flax, but the linen factories of course at a high price -keep up the supply from the cuttings of their products. Miscellane ous rags came irotn continental coun tries Italy, Spain, and the neighboring kingdoms chiefly ; but these people do not wear linen, and consequently do not have linen rags to dispose of. "A disclosure of the miauto of mak ing this precious pper would be a violation of confidence. The mills are situate I upon a limpid - creek in Swanbury township, Delaware county. They produce all kinds of line and collar papers; but this especial manufacture comes under the head of 'curious,' arid therefore receives our attention. It is interesting all through ; for the liiian taken into the fourth story of the build ing by one uninterrupted process, all done by machinery.is delivered in sheets from the cutting machine upon a sno v white table, in front of a girl dressed as carefully as if at a ladies' tea par ty, who packs it into wrappers for delivery. American government and bank paper needs to be good. It is linger in me than any other paper money in the world. It could not be so if it were not thy best. The Bank of England does not second time issue the same note; ours go from hand to hand, sometimes until their identity is almost obliterated. Neither English nor French bank notes are nearly so well looking as ours Neither the. paper nor the engraving approximates in excellence to the work done for our own government The paper from Glen Mills is alwiys the same, whether the price of material and skilled labor decline or fall. The East era makers (of whom there arc two) different from the Philadelphia mill in furnishing the article in proportion of excellence to the price they agree to take for it. "Mr. Wilcox recently delivered a lot of paper to the office of tho American Bank Note Company in this city, ordered for the printing o its paper money by t'e little kingdom of Greece. Every sheet bears inerasable and uncounterfeitable letters a specific mark, made in the pulp by the delicate wire eeive on which it is dried. If this were introduced by banks in general, counterfeiting would be virtually impossible. The writer is told that the Treasury Depart ment is reducing to pulp and again working over its worn out and canceled paper. . To make bank note paper three things, or rather four things, are necessary. A considerable capital ; absolutely pure water that must be even then filtered to be fit for use; elaborate and especial machinery; and last, but not least, an intimate and perfect knowl-

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edge of the business. Hard water, though coming from crystal springs that weep from rocky moss-clad walls, won't do. These springs are glorious institutions for pic nic parties, make capital punch or lemonade, but they wont make linen into pulp. In these mills the soft pellucid water of the creek is carried to the apex of the buil .lir.T, where a ten thousand gallon taukis never empty, and each drop undergoes Alteration that gives it all the softness and all the purity of the distilled water on the shelf of the apothecary." From the Indianapolis Journal. GOVERNOR BAKER S MESSAGE. If the work of a Legislature can be facilitated, by a full exposition of the condition of the State, its treasury, taxes, criminal laws, education and debts our Legislature has been provided by Governor Baker with as much help in its labors as it is possible for one man to give. His message, delivered in joint convention of the two Houses, yes'erday, at two o'clock, is exhaustive. It covers every point of necessary legislation developed in the general condition of the State, and covers it so en tirely that there is little left for the indiviijual research or suggestion of the members If he had been under contract to do the Legislature's work and his own, too, he could hardly have done it more completely. He has made, in consequence, an unusually long message but equally in consequence, he has left the Legislature no occasion to look outside of the message for facts an 1 reasons for what is recommended. It is a thorough exposition of the "state of the case," and is a monument of accurate investigation as well as judicious statesmanship. We can not possibly attempt an epitome of it, and must contend ourselves with noticing some of it9 more prominent features. First among these is the account given of the condition of the State's debt, and the adjustment of the claims held by the Geni eral Government against her, and by her against it. This novel episode in the ordinary course of our treasury business, could not be readily understood without a great deal of explanation, involving no little of the history of the State debt, and this forms one of the sources of the unuaal bulk of the message. Some weeks since we published a statement of this affair, bm it may be as well here to repeat the subiince of it. The General Govermeat till ..reobnliy. Laid ! 211 of on;- States bauds isue-i for later nal improvement ptirpon in IfeT. All the rest of our creditors surrendered i theirs, and took nun tueir pay ;u the Wabas'i canal and half iu new bonds. The Government kept wbat it had, and held back the money due to us from land sales, to discharge the interest on them as far as it would go. But this did not pay it all. Last spring Governor Morton succeeded in jjettinar a bill through Con- ' gress to allow us to set off against thedo bonds and the unpaid interest, the j amount that might be due us . as reimi hurBcment of war expences. .Under that bill Adjutant General Terrell, by appointment of Governor Baker went to Washington, adjusted the unpaid inter est and redeemed one hundred and forty one of the bonds that fell due in 1857, leaving seventy still due, upon which interest was fully paid. The bonds have been returntd and that part of the business ended. But the Government still holds seventy of these bonds that are j not due, and which can not, therefore,be paid by amounts taken out of our war claims. What is to be done with them? Governor Baker is unwilling to recom mend any action for he can see none that will not either look like repudation or open the door to a demand to take the canal back and pay the half of our debt, for which it was taken, in cash. If we i propose to pay the General Govern i ment. other creditors will say. "Pay us, too. You shabbed us on with a good for nothing canal for half of what you owed us, but when you come to settle with your General Government you pay 'her dollar for dollar in cash. Serve us all alike." And if we serve all alike, then we must pay the 87,500,000 for which the canal was given, and all the interest which will be as much more, and we can't do that. Besides, as Gov. Baker conclusively argues, we are prohibited by the Constitution from doing it, even if we could. Consequently, we must either pay the Government as we have paid others, or give the owners of the Wabash and Erie Canal, now a set of capitalists who have got it as a specula lation, 815,000,000 for their worthless ditch. Setting aside these old bonds, our debt, that is the part of it which we on e to other creditors than ourselves, is only $3,081,399 79. This is all that we owe away from home. We owe the School Fund, that is our own cliihlren, 83,591,316 15, and tue Vincenneo Uui-;

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versity 863,585 00. Our State debt, practically, is only $3,000,000. This is a wholesome statement. It sounds cheeringly to hear that land is coming so near after thirty years" of struggling indebtedness, often drifting close upon bankruptcy:"' And this is the work of Republican administrations. From the time the debt was made till Governor Hammond went out of office on the 14th of January, 1861, the Democrats held the power of the State without check or break, and during all that time, nearly a quarter of a century,' the Mate debt was not reduced enough to make a decent showing in the books of a bankrupt barber. The Republicans took the State and in eight years the debt is more than balf wiped out. The defects in our criminal laws are reviewed by the Governor at length and with such minuteness of suggestion as to remedies, as entitles him, for this alone to the thanks of our scoundrelinfested communities. In regard to the New Albany outrage he speaks with no hesitating or measured utterance. He exposes the pretence of the lynchers that they were supplying the 'defects of the law which corrupt conrts and officers created, admirably, ia : the following pithy passug j : "The pretext set up as an excuse f resorting to such violence is that the Uw is powerless to punish offences in cer tain districts, and that the officers of the lav horn nrnvpil unfaithful in the DC formanee of their dutie-; an! yet the men who assumed to sit in judgment upon the law and its office s, and who enforce their own uncontrolled and irresponsible will as something above and superior to the laws of the State, do not iiesitate to shoot down a sworn efflcerof the law engaged in the faithful performance of his duty, when such a murderous proceeding is necessary to the furtherance of their designs or to prevent their discovery and prosecution ' He suggests that the Legislature shall offer a reward for the discovery of the men concerned in the outrage. He also recommends amendments which will enable the authorities to put a short - top to prize fighting. In regard to the Agricultural College, which made some noise two years ago he states that the land scrip, given by the Government had beewSolcl, converted into five twenty bonds, and now amounted to a fund of $238,246 90. As to its disposal he thinks the Legislature should memorialize Congress to allow the interest to be applied to the common schools, until the State is prepared to advance the necessary money to provide the dte and erect tlie buildings for ii.f Oilfe. If this is not thought best, then in- would ask the prilege to fund the kiiciest with the priacipol until that ti.u And if neither can be done, then he would recommend that it be applied to tue establiLment of a college in connection, with the State Universit3', as that will be much cheaper than a separate establishment, but upon the express condition that when a separate .college can be established the fund shall be withdrawn from the University. EDUCATION. The common school system of the State is gradually but steadily improving and becoming more thorough and efficient in the great work of educating cl i dren and 3'o, th The increased and increasing pride which the educators of the State manifest in the noble profession to which they have devoted them selves is worthy of the highest commendation. Indeed, I know of nc class of our people who devote so much time and means to the elevation of their profession as the one to which allusion has just been made. If these efforts shall be properly appreciated and encouraged, the time will come when the education of th young will not be entrusted to those who resort to teaching as a tempo rary expedient to enable them to pre pare for the duties of some other voca tion more congenial to their ta- es ; but our schools wiil be presided over by trained teachers who love the profes sion of their choice, and who are anxious to excel in the performance of its duties. It is much to be desired that, th": time du ing which the schools are in opera tion in the rural districts should be pro longed, but it may be doubted whether it would be wise at this time to report to an increase of the State tax for school purposes to accomplish that object. By the act of March 9th, it is provided that the Trustees of Civil Townships the Trustees of Incorporated Towns and the Common Councils of Cities, may levy annually a tax no exceeding twentyfive cents'on each one hundred dollars of taxable property and twenty-five cts. on each poll, to be expended within the jurisdiction assessing the same, ; in the same manner as funds arising from taxation for common school purposes are required to be expended. As a similar enactment had, in 1864, been declared i uncon tituti nal by the Supreme Court, it v.n reasonable to suppose that the t. ustitutionality of the act of 1867

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JAN. 12, 1869. would e tested in the judicial tribunals of the State. Such, however, so far as I am informed, has not been the result but, on the contrary, in every locality where the tax has been levied the people seem to have acquiesced in the law under which it was imposed as a constitutional exercise of the taxing p: w. If this acquiescence shall continue, oi if in the event of the constitutionality of the law beirg questioned, the Courts sha.l sustain it, the interests of common school education wiil probably be belter subserved by the aid thus given than by rn increase of the State tax for ; school purposes. ' When the people of a township,-or of an incorporated town or city are taxed for the support of the schools of their own immediate vicinity, it is believed that they ". ill take a deeper interest in their improvement and efficiency than under a s3,,8tem which teaches them to look entirely to the State for the me ns of education. The act of 1867 is, however, defective in this, it makes no provision for any return either to the Superintendent of Public Instruction or to the Auditor ol State, showing the extent to which this power of local taxation-may be invoked by the townships and incorporated towns and cities of the State. So far a3 the civil townships sis concerned, if h school tax is assessed iu each, will !e inclined in the aggregate of the taxes of the town&hip returned through the Countv Auditor to the Auditor of State, but theie will be nothing to show whether any portion of that aggregate consisted of taxes levied to support schools in the township or not. As to incorporated towns and cities, no return whatever is provided for, I therefore, recommend that provision be made that every township, town, or city which may exercise the power of taxation conferred by the act, shall make a return through the Auditor of tho county, either to the Auditor of State or to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, of the amount so levied and the date of the levy. Provision should also be made by which "he Superintendent may be properly inlormed of -the practical , results pf the tax in every jurisdiction in which it may be levied in prolonging the term of instruction therein. In the cities and larger towns of the State the office of School Trustee has become one of great and increasing importance, as well on account of the pecuniar' as the educational interests involved. By the fifth section of the Schco Law of March 6th, 1865, it is enacted that the Common Council of each incorporated city, and the Board of Trustees of e:.ch incorporated town of this State, shall, at the first regular meeting in the month of April of each year, and bienually thereafter elect three School Trustees. It would be a much better arrangement if the section was so amended as to require the election to take place at the first meeting (or as soon thereafter as practicable,) of the new Council or Board which may bo elected at the respective town and city elections in the spring of each year. A large v sjority of the towns and cities of the State are now incorporated under..the general laws in force on those ! subjects, and under these laws the town and city elections occur in the month of May, so that the retiring Councils or Boartls instead oi those newly elected, appoint th School Ttustees. A few towns and cities still exercise their corporate powers under special charters, passed before the adoption of the pres ent Constitution, and the days on which ! thir elections occur are not uniform. but all cf the;u are believed to be in April or il t v Br the amendment pro posed, the l-v would operate alike as to all town3 and cities, no matter under what law incorporated, bv given to the newly elected Council or Board of Trustees the appointment of the School j Trustees for the cu: rent year. Tho sec ! i.i - - : : i. r. . . i - lion suouiu in my uiuiuu, uc iui iue amended so as to provide that the first election of School Trustees which shall take place after the adoption of the amendment, one shall be chosen for one, another for two, and the third for three years; and that annually thereafter, one Trustee shall be elected, to the end that a degree of experience in the educational affairs of the town or city may be always secured commensurate with the important interests entrusted to the Board of School Trustees. I herewith respectfully submit the biennial report of the Board of Trustees of the State Normal School . From an inspection of thia report it will be seen that a large appropriation will be required to complete and furnish the edifice now in course of construction. It in believed, however, that the benefits which will aecrue to the cause of education from the establishment of the Institution will ultimately vindicate the wis

I NO. 45. JH410. dom of the appropriations large as they may appear, v ; In October last, the late Superintendent of Public Instruction, Professor George W. Hoss, to whose zeal and fidelity the educational interest of the State are so largely indebted resigned his office, to take effect on the 17th of that month; and a few days' thereafter, I appointed the present incumbent, Professor Barnabas. C Hobbs, whose report will be laid before yon, and- to which I respectfully refer yon for information in detail, containing the various matters appropriate to his ; department of the public service.- ' t v : EDUCATION OP COLORED CHILDREN. It is time that the illiberal policy heretofore pursued toward the colored people of the State in referenc. to the edcation of their children should be abandoned. It will be seen by tiie report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction that, by correspondence with the officials of other States, he has collected information which will enable you to institute a comparison between our legislation and uud that of our sister States on this subject. This comparison well show that, with the single exception of one other State, Indiana stands alone in in her adherence to this unwise, unjust and oppressive policy. If there were no higher motives to urge us to do justice in this regard, the letter and spirit of our own Constitution would seetn to make the path of duty so plain thatnoue need fyar therein. The Constitution declares that "Knowledge ; and learning, generally diffused throughout the community, being- essential to tie preservation of free Government, it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to encourage, by all suitable means,. moral, intellectual, scientific and agricultural improvement, and to provide by law,r.a general and uniform system of common schools wherein tuition shall be without charge and equally open to all. If a small taxis assesed by a township to prolong the school term, grave doubts are entertained as to whether the generality and uniformity- of the system is not threatened with destruction; but this - plain, unambiguous phraseology, which leaves no room for construction, can be ignored with impunity because prejudice so decrees -It is true that a proviso to the first section of the school law of 1865 exempts color'd persons from the State tax therein assessed for the support of common schools; but they are taxed for the building of school houses for our chil -dren. The exemption in the proviso above alluded to is as clearly in contravention of the Constitution S3 is the exclusion of colored persons from the educational advantages intended for all. On the subject of taxation the Constitution is very explicit. It declares "that the General Assembly shaiS pro vide by law for a uniform and equal rate of assessment and taxation, and shall prescribe such regulations as shall secure a just valuation for taxation of all property both real and personal, excepting sveh vtly for municipal educational literary, scientific, religious or charitable' purposes as may le specifically exempt by law. The property of colored people does not come within this exemption, and the General Assembly has no power to enlarge the exemption. It is a question of justice, and of complying with the requirements of our own Constitution, and I trust it will be fairly met, and decided in fsvor of justice and of the Constitution. The precise manner in which the colored people shall be secured in their educational rights, i a question of minor importance, and one on which we can derive assistance from the ex perienee of other States, in which the question has arisen and been settled. Governor Baker says of ex Governor Jos. A. Wright : - "Although it is a matter of which yon are all cognizant, I would feel that I had failed to perform my duty if I omitted officially to call your attention to the fact that since the adjournment of the last session of the General Assembly, one of the mo3t distinguished of. my predecessors, who tor many years filled a large and honorable place iu the political history of this State, and who enjoy ed in no common degree the confidence and affections of its people, hag departed this life. I allude, of course, to the late Joseph A. Wright. He died at Berlin, the Prussian seat of Government, on the 11th day of May, 1867, being at the time of his death, the accredited Minister of the United Statea to that Court. ; "The high character, superior abilities and long and honorable identification of Governor Wright with the history of Indiana, suggests that the General Assembly should take such action, in view of hia departure, as will aasure the people, and especially the ; surviving . members of his bereaved family, that bia

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100) 125j 1 sot I bit 3 00! 3 00 3 001 4 001 S 001 a M lw w 2 00 3 SOI 5 00 600 10 00 12 00 2 501 3 MM 3 M 4 251 4 29 001 T 50)12 0 IS 00 176 2 00 3 00 S0M 7 0018 26 IS 00 18 3 50; 5 001 261 8 SO 10 00 18 00, 26 00 4 00 6 SO ft 00 8 00110 00112 00 22 00 30 00 "5 00 9 00112 0014 (KH18 00 25 00 45 00 62 10 00112 00 14 00! 18 00118 00l2S 0045 00 SO 0 . long, faithful weight and valuable pubpc services are held in grateful . remembrance. 1 Before discussing this subject, I desire to call jour attention to the fact that, with the single exception of the late Gov. A. P. Wiliard, the State does not possess the portrait of one of ita deceased executive officers. ' It seems to me that the State Library could receive no more appropriate ornament than would be afforded by the portraits of ita early Governors who have passed from the scenes of earth." ' - ' ,Tfc AlawMClaiaar.-A.'i ' Many prominent - members - of Congress have had ;interviewa with the Commitees on Foreign Relatione, and it is ascertained that all the concessions to England that will be made by the United Statea are embraced in the following stipulations: . 1st. The British Government must admit its pecuniary liability for the depredations of the Alabama, Shenandoah and Florida, and agree to pay the amount which shall be determined upon by a joint commission." 1 ' 2d. A Commission of four members shall be appointed, eaoh nation selecting two, and these jointly choosing an ' umpire. . . 3d. The Commission shall investigate : all claims arising out of the depredations committed by any of the above named privateers, and properly adjust tbem. 4th After this class of claims are 1 settled, the Commissioners shall proceed to pass upon other claims against England from 1S53 to the present time. Size Versus Xnmbcru The Report on Obstetrics of the Medical Society of Illinois, while '-"it states that only 653 births have been reported, humourously says: "Our Western mothers are only keeping pace with the rapid and extraordinary development in the Great West. Our wide spread and t'.ecpeoiled prairies, all must admit, produce larger corn, and more of it, than States j further east are capable of doing. 'No one need now be surprised at anything : j iu the great West, especially - at largo j babies in Iilinoise; for we can feed, take j care of, and raise more of them than any i other State of equal population on the globe." . The committee is impressed with the belief that children in this country are larger than statistics show them to be in the European States. Four of the -children reported weighed at birth 12 lbs. each, two, 14 fts, and one 17 ibs. These are all larger than any reported by Cazeaux in 3,000 births, three of them are larger than any reported by Aladam La Chapelle in 4,000 births, or than were witnessed by the celebra ted obstetricians Proffessora Meigs, or Hodge. We offer our editorial hat to the State of Illinois. RSMABXABLK TsMPSRENCK LCTCRB. Goethe tells the following, story which amusingly illustrates the capacity for drink of the Roinelanders; , "The Bishop of Mayenne once delivered a sermon against drunkenness, and after painting in the strongest colors the evils of over indulgence, concluded as follows; But the abuse of wine does not exclude its use, for it ia written that wine rejoices the heart of man, Probaly there is no one in my congregation who cannot drink four bottles of wine without feeling any disturbance of his senses; but if any man at the seventh . or eighth bottle, so far forgets himaelf as to abuse and strike his wife and children, and treat his best friends aa enemies, let him look into his conscience and ia future .always stop at the sixth bottle. Yet, if after drinking eight or even ten or twelve bottles,, he can still take . hia Christian neighbor lovingly by the hand, and obey the necessary orders of those of his spirtunl and temporal superiors, let him thank fully drink his modest draugh. He must be careful however, as to taking . any more for it is seldom thatProvidence gives any one the speoial grace, to drink sixteen bottles at a sitting, aa .. it has enabled me, its unworthy servant, to do without either neglecting my duf i oca rr 1 ra r re mv tamnA A Woman's Suffrage Convention is to be held at Washington, commencing Jan. 19. The object is to agitate the' question of an amendment to the Constitution, enfranchising women. The powder mill of U.W.Pertine waa destroyed, by explosion, aft Weatfield, Masa. Loaa $15,000. High financial authorities estimate the amount of gold coin and bullion, now in the country, at not more than f 16,000, and that not half of that can be accounted for. ,: , K .' . ' - Pres't J narez, of Mexico, officially received Miniater Roaecrana on the 10th, The Spanish Government refuse, to even eonaider a proposition for the purchaae of Cuba. ,w,.,fu,.J1 it a,i;,f4 Gov. Brownlow ia in favor of ereoting East Tennessee' into a aeparata State.

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