Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 39, Number 12, 25 May 1869 — Page 2

Rictnnripr iND. may 2otj;;;i8cp. AN fcljfSrrttten sketch of the author of trr01ct;Oken Bbfifcet,. twill be foaiidVbn..le first pg of, to-day' b paperfejrUrs. Hsunt VV 'AustiiI, of our city. Senator ilbrton h as prepared an argumcai'CJym constitute, a qnorrnn of our Stale jiegiBlatuxe. He maintains that it is "two thirds of the actual members of either House, and the number will Wry "ta the variance id1 actual membership. In case of the resigpAtion of forty raembers the House consists of wbatis lft, and two thirds of them es a quorum'' ct "I"3'"1. pKhloIiDiCAWoN. We"publish on our fourth page, an editorial from the WabasTtpxpress, In vindication of IMt. Mrrkdith, one of the ' State Prison; Directors'. .; Oaf .opinion is that much injustice has been. lono Mr, M., and : the editor, c(f .the Express speaks our. ' Idea when'he characterizes- the attempt to remove, him, without a fair trial and aq opportunity to. be. heard in his defencej as a "malicious i prosecution.'' It has come to light that Johnson pardoned 142 .counterfeiters and 91 coovicta for violating the Internal Revenue laws. According to this showing A. J. must have, rat .least, 2.33 friend", provided all the pardoned are alive. - ,j ,r:r..r. Commodore Charles M'Cauley died at Washington on Satnrdayyagcd seventy v six.-1 He is the officer who destroy ed the Norfolk Navy. Yard at the. breaking. put of the rebellion; . - ;K'-;ia ett tJ Zc-t Each of -IbePresbyterian Assemblies,' in session' in New York; has a' commit", tee of fifteen fa Initiate a plan of union. The project has been before these bodfe? for slx-yearsr It looks as if 18G9 might be the yearotf onion, to be long celeltra-J ted by those who are a 'house divided gainst itself. A report on the snbjcctj was made to the New School yesterday.' The last eighty-six miles of the Union Pacific are to be examined by Messrs. Morris, 'jolt Illinois ; Wilson, of ; Iowa, and Gen." Warren, before the, bonds go out for the "same. Bad .stories are told on those last 'spikes. u, ;. ,;?'' . It4is said that General Cochrane is to go to Paragaay on a spocial ; missiop.-; He probabjy goes to hunt op oar regu lar Minister, General .McMahon, who has so mysteriously disappeared. Somen body wiU probably have to go .to hunt op Geura Cochrane by-and by. r '.. t? Mr.. andoMcevtDaniet S. Grant celebrated their fotdes weeding in Doeton, Mass. Saturday ersing,at the nMotitm of their son-in-law,Mc. Reuben Crooke, eoe of the. editors q( ;b Trareler. .; Mr. Grant ia rer . 79 and hi srifs 73 years of age. ;The worthy couple were surprised in the appearance of an ancient aet of china which-had been need at their j wedding in 1317, and which I hey bad not seen for some years. They hare six lmng' children andeghieeiirrandchildren, a number of whom were present. : A. H .Stephens is gradually improving. Mr S. .hopes that in the course of a few weeks he will bo; able to .resume his labors'on his second! volume of the War Between the States', lie is walk-, ingacound hia room supported by chairs. The general route of the Pacifld Rail-' road between Sacramento and Promontory Point is so nearly direct that in the: whole "distance the greatest deviation from si straight line drawn' between 'the two placets is' but fifty five miles,1 and there Is eWy one instance of such deviation, z .... ;; i Ki : Soa Senator. Sherman, in . reply to the in.: vitation toattend the Equal Rigbts.Con'-' vention in New York, said that: 'From Congress into a convention, is from the frying-pan. into, tiie nre.".r as lo-iue policy of, admitting the' women , to I franchiae. Sherman "cant see it.'Uhou IU9 sh he supposes hey will'getit if they want it. 'HeJaiinellDed to think, however, that. female' voting, like, free-love,; will be calculated; ton produce .'discord, in tb family.fj -Vi- ,, ; yHt ' Prof, "doldwio Smith, of Cornell University' bras teUcd to Sumner,' who pI luded to tis (Smith's) views before - he came, to this ch-mtry on ;the Alabama questionl-Prof. Smith argued that Eng. land had, not acted in bad faith - toward this country, atid that the' Palmerstbii, like the Gladstone, government desired to do liberal justice to this country Goldwin; will probably find the debating society of . the University : at Ithica "downoiiTkim-! ' " ' r - a 1 Gold-went-! 'down two aud-a-half per cent, under the order of Boutweli to sell two millions a week instead of one. That is probablo the result of atemiKrary spasm by the "bears.", ;lt will doubtless react. '.-. v;.i -;;7 Drunkards in Illinois are legally class ri with idi6t8and insane persons, and fiipir nrnnartv handed overl to guardi ans. -It is .probable that no person of money aou-ime uum wu v uigoi".c by the title of drunkard. . ' Many law s are enacted more especially for common people. J:;j C . ..- -nrri , ThAvloana and discounts of all -the National Banks amount to 8659,000,000 the capital stock to over $520,000,000 This gives 81,000,000,000 bearing inter, est for .$420,000,000 capital. v -1 Paris, May S3. General Dix, 'the American Minister, to-day had an audience with the Emperor, at which he intrndnaed'Mr. Wasnburne as his succes sor, and took formal leave of his MajMtv. M. Waahburne then Dresented his credentials as envoy Extraordinary nd Minister Pleniootentiary of the United States to France. Ttvinnr . Mav 22. The i t-oiection of the treaty for the sale of St. Thomas, bv the .United ; States i Senate, causes much irritation at Copenhagen. " Only 128 persons made income return s in Preble county, Ohio. The largest sum was returned by Mlcheal Flesh, 83,-M9-iha ttTt hv.T. M. Buck. 83.3001 the thirdly C. F. Brooke, 82,95f; then David Barnet, 82,700; amnei uiock, 9.fi9A- Joaeoh Walters. 82 300: William Swisher (estate) 82,881; Mark Swisher, $2,120 SMId SO oa aown. mere seeius to be rery good degree of equality in VmmhXm Mnntf. Probablv the people Of so county in the State are better off in olid comfort than woee oi jrxeoic.; 6 TxiBgUn;;Kentucky,,has 28,808 pon nlaUoB, Ti: 11,287 whitea and 11,62

Chotch iMPRlfvEjrTTbhikPete'rson, Esq., exhibited to ns a draft for the new front and steeple to the South Franklin Gar man Lutheran Church, that

the congregation Worshiping, there template erecting during Jhis summer. It will add "considerable to the body ot the church, and will accommodate at least 150 more with com fortable seats, besides adding: to" the " beautiful appear ance of , the , buudingA,,, petition, v. cj understand will- be presented to the Council, for permission to occupy a portion of the side-walk for this improve ment, and we. doubt not it will be granted J The cost is estimated to be' about $3,000 or $4,000. Already upwards of $1,000 have been raised by subscription," and our liberal fellow-citizens are to be called upon to raise the balance, and we do' not doubt it will be done, and the work completed by next fall,' and.-' la bell hanging in the cupola of ? f'St. Paul's GL. Church." .r;.? if rjv --n , . Sad Fate of Two Young Men in Montana Two young men, who left ' the States for .Montana, at the same time Dr. Ba ker and his party of this city, took their departure for the land of gold, met with a sad fate, in the early part of this month. We find the particulars in the Hamilton, White Pine .County,' Nevada Inland Empiret cr May .4. , it seems mat a party oi seven men from - Montana, all bound for White Fine, on the 23th 'of April encamped on a creek about twenty-two miles north of FortRuby. The company consisted of, James" P. ' Glennon, Frank Murphy, John McGeehan, John Crowley, Thomas Sweeney, Samuel Faue'ett flnd John Jackson. On the evening stated John Faucctt went to the " creek to procure water to cook the . suppler.' lie returned witu a parcel oi bulbs in his, hand, one of which he was: eating, supposing it to be " from a bed of parsnip. Jackson took one of the roots and eat i4 and Crowley swallowed a small portion of one. The others tasted the supposed nutritious esculent, but, not liking the flaor, spit it out In about thirty minutes after Jbaucett nacl ceased eating, he complained of .terrible pains in his stomach, andi soon fell into vio lent convulsions, and died in about thir ty 'minutes from the time the paius com menced. Jackson ' was after ward found in the brush dying, and 3o6n died. The ranchmen of the neighborhood held an inquest. The bodies were buried by a squad of soldiers from Fort Ruby. John Jackson, was quite a young man, not over twenty-two and a native of Peoria; Illinois where he leaves his moth er, brother and sisters. Samuel i; aucett was from Ohio." Neither, were married. Lafayette Courier, I ;."...,,. , '-.r. . Tlia'te Porto Rico correspondence says that the assassinations and house burnings in Porto Rico continue. . Spanish soldiers who have wandered too far from their garrisons, have mysteriously disappeared for days. . When next "seen, their bodies have been found lying in some ditch, or by the ruins of an old church, 1 weltering in their blood. In Pounce the situation is appalling. Half the inhabitants have left the city. Xel- , low fever and the black vomit are eating op the 'Spanish' .'garrisons';:' The Span-! iards have but four thousasd troops on the island to keep in subjection a population of over six hundred thousand. The island is filled with 'Cuban emisaries, and the young men have already left the cities and are assembling in the mountains. The authorities have their hands full in . watching in ' the large towns, and can not spare troops for the leaving the island. -In all? the principal towns the organization is complete, and all tnat is wanting ror tne outoreaif, to commence is the arrival or a vessel fron) the United .States "laden with arms and ammunition. ? She is expected to land on the coast of Guanica. The plans of the revolutionists are so well design ed and their precaution so complete that when "the word3( forward march," are uttered, at the hour and ainute the uprising will be universal throughout the island.. The Captain General is alarmed and is vainly calling on Spain for reinforcements. ..,.,..;-: u.:;.,. ..,;.:;. v An Havana telegram says: "The English steamer Salvador returned to Nas sau on the 8th from the south coast of Cubar where she succeeded in landing all the men, arms, ammunition and provisions. After her return, she was seiz ed by the Receiver General for violation of the Foreign -Enlistment act. lue captain and several of the crew have arrived at Key WesC ----- i. . A -Washington dispatch says: "The Cabinet is considering the question of England's . belligerency as set forth in Sumner's speech,: with a good deal of care. : Grave exceptions are taken by some of the members to resting our case to the extent he does on the difference between instituting a " blockade and closing ports, and upon the general question, General Butler has called at tent ion to thesfact that the Supreme Court had actually recognized the bel-lio-ercncv of the South at a date prior to that of the Queen's proclamation, and it also appears that we are on record m rlinlomatic correspondence, as tharJking Spain, when she recognized the belligerent rights of the South, for not doing .. Ovmwoek. There, was William , Pitt, dead at fnriv.nina. rflrrrinc the British . Empire on his shoulders for a quarter of a century, and attempt inj to carry a pint of port wine daily and a pinch of opium in his stomach, and foundering in mid-ocean from this orer-cargo. What a wreck was that when Brinsley Sheridan went to pieces on the breakers of intemperance and orerwork I There, too, was Mirabeau, that prodigy of strength and health, of rersatility and splendid talent, killed by the orerwhelming labors and excitements of the tribune and the origies of Cyprian hells. Sergeant S. Printiss attempted the double task ; and if erer a man might with im punity, he could with leonine health and marvelous mental rifts." Said a distinguished Mississppi lawyer to me. 'Prentiss would sit up all night gambling and drinking, ana1 then go into court next day and make better plea in all respects than I could, or anybody else at the bar of oar State, erea though we studied or case half the night and slept the rest. He tried it. and in the trying burned to the socket in forty-one rears the lamp of life that had been trimmed to last fourscore. . A draft npon the constitution, in behalf f appetita is just aa much a draft as . in behalf of work; and if both are habitually prefeired together, bankruptcy and ruin are sure and swift Lippin-

cotfa Magaaine.

I Growth Of"T!8fur Coaatry. . i!Tbe Ninth Census is to be taken a little more than a iyear hence, and alread speculation is aclire as to

its results. W ill out past ratio of increase in pop-

con-i15;on5 jninln iwjof ow fearfuiiossesJaLJ

judgment, this coootr has notr one million fetrer in habitants than it would, have had. buMor that wr-4 auu vi luwa Kio uuk cuiupicit;, ail. Co lue untimely death of so many young nd rigorous men is cer tain to reduce the number of births in tba net aod, eren the subseqoent decade. It is said that Car few er children are bora, ihauformarly because of Abe wJ luctance of wires to assume the perils and cares of maternity; bat we hope to luarn that the prevalence of this feeling has been much exaggerated. The talk of Sew England baring fewer children "born 'than those Of foreign parentage has iust thus basis i Half of the yonng men and a full third of the young wo men of New England parentage migrate wander off "go West"--and their offspring figure in the ceni sua, returns of Illinois. Iowa. Kansas, ete.," who Europeans in youthful rigor replace the 'sons of the pilgrims' in their ancestral seats, and bear children to be enumerated at Boston, Providence, Lowell, and our Manchester. We eionot beliere that the rigor or the rirtue of the old Ncvr England stock has depart ed. , The late Elkanah Watson, writing ia 1313 on the progress of the United States, said r ro , ., j; i ' In 1810 it wss 7,-230,903; , The increase frJm 1790, the first census under the'Xonstitution, hare been about one-third of each oeasusl Admitting that, it will continue to increase at the same ratio, the'result will be as follows : ".' '.'"'IV T" "." In 1820, , 9,025,734 " In 183, 1,833,645 In 1340, ,17,116,525. '" In 1850, ' 23,185,363 " In 1860, 31,753,824 ' In ''1870,-.'' 4 2,323,432 In '1880, ' 56,450,240' was was was was was 9, 638,15:1 12,8)6,020 17,062,586 '23,191,876 ' 31,445,089 .-. . t c ,- "lit" It, In 1S90, r 77,28 6,8SS , In 1900 10055,935 ,;;r";: :-'?iIt will be seen that the 'calculation, though surprisinglj near the actual result, runs a little ahead at last, though Texas had been annexed and NW Mexico and California conquered, meantime, as Louisiana had , been a few years before Mr.' Watson " wrote. Deduct all that we gained by these extensions of territory; and all population in' 1860 would hare fallen rery considerably short of the estimate, though we beliere it was then oreMtated.; That census or, at least, a good part of it was taken by persons whose compensation was based on tho numbers returned ; hence a great temptation to exaggerated We believe the population of this city (for instance) was .made 100,000 more than it actually was. We .hope to see extraordinary pains taken next year, the lists return ed-carefally scrutinizad and revised, and all persons who shall suppose they hare faded to be enumerated or hare been enumerated, twice publicly invited to make themselves manifest.;.-.; e :-. , V . . We judge that our population in 1870, fairly enumerated, will fall considerably below Mr. Watson's estimate, though it will somewhat exceed forty millions. That, unless re-enforced by future annexations, it will in 1900 fall considerably below one hundred millions, canat reisana'jly be doubted. Sew York Tribune. ' Exodus" of B ere. Some months since we copied from some paper an article giring an account of the remarkable disappearance of honey bees from the ricinlty of Louisrille, Ky. The truth of the statement has since been called in question by our own corresponds nts and by other papers, but while Vii account may hare been exaggerated, its general correctness has since been re-asserted. A writer in the American Bee Journal states that hundreds and perhaps thousands of bee keepers all orer Kentucky, except perhaps the hiouni tain districts, hare experienced the loss of all their bees. -He says : r "'--"'' ,-''::'". 'The description of tba condition cf the been for a circuit of twenty-five miles around the farm of Mr. Broil, after making the proper deductions for the ex travagance of the writer, who was evidently trying to produce a little sensation, or was writing under the influence of one, will answer rery well foe threefourths of. the whole State of Kentucky. I am con stantly hearing, from every direction, of great numbers of kee-keepers losing sometimes' nearly all their bee3. There is no doubt but next spring will show, a fearful loss of bees in this State. Bee-keepers are puzzling their wits to find out the cause of this loss. A correspondent of the Conntry Gentleman, writ ing from Ohio, also maintains the substantial truth of the statement as applied to the West generally. He says: ;' -'' ' : ' ' ' '- 'The exodus of bees, reported as occurring at seyeral points in the West, has been proren, to my personal dissatisfaction and pecuniary loss, to be no idle story or exaggeration.' " Just one-half of my swarms -i partly in eommon box- hires and partly in the 'American Bee Hire' hare disappeared "'since some time in February tearing, in . each instance, abundance of honey in the hive sufficient to hare lasted until May. - No bee-corpses were left either, within or around the hires ; the flitting was thorough and complete. What is the explanation fs ' ; .Jm ;? No satisfactory solution of the matter is given, al though it appears to hare been owing to soma peculiarity of the season, which caused the destruction or disappearance of the Bees. ' ,. . ... . t . . . ; Odd-Fellowship. t 1 1 Although Monday, the 26th ult., was the fiftieth anniversary of American Odd-Fellowship, Odd-Fellow Lodges existed in this coujry at least twenty years before the establishment of what is now known as the 'Irdependent Order,'irf4t that time they were directly or indirectly aa appendage to the Order in Great Britain. ' A Lodge was in existence in Connec ticut ih 1799, of which all record has been lost ; and the late John Duncan, who assisted in the establishment of the first of the existing lodges in Baltimore in" 1819, from which the present era of American Odd-Fellowship is dated, remarked on that occasion that be was initiated In Baltimore serenteen years before,' namely, in 1802. " ' At the meeting in 1824, in Baltimore, the Grand Lodge of the Dnited States represented four States, each having its Grand Lodge., Maryland had, however, three subordinate lodges, while the other States had but one each. . In 1825, Maryland had three sub ordinates, Pennsylvania three, Massachusetts two, and New York only one, making a total of nine represented in the Grand Lodge. In 1326, howerer, New York and Maryland had three each, Pennsylrania fonr, and Massachusetts two. Up to this time the presiding officer of the State Grand : Lodges, and of the United States Grand Lodge, had the same titie,rix : M. W. Gr. Master ; but as the Order began to increase it was necessary to give the presiding officer of the Grand Lodge of the United States, distinct title, therefore on April 25, 1826, be was called M. W. Gr. Sire, which is his title to-day. The institution now steadily progressed. Last rear there were represented in the Gracd Lodge of the United States.. 41 Grand Lodges, 3,195 Lodges, 31 Grand Encampments, 796 Encampments, and a quarter of a million of members, embracing a territory extending from the Ottawa Hirer, in Canada, to the Gulf, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. : : With Dyspeptics ererything is wrong. Food does not digest: sleep does cot refresh; wine does not cheer; smiles do not gladden; music does not charm nor can any other joy enter the breast of the miserable dyspeptic. Yoa must get rid of it, or it will be come sealed and confirmed, and life will be a burden and existence a curse. -Plantation .Bitters will ; do away with all tbia. JN e w 1U, s trengtu and energy will take possession of yoa. The damask will again bloom npon your cheek, and the luster in your eye will again be as bright as in your healthiest, happiest and most joyous days. -;;yi;t i-:',; J-.Ji,u V Magnolia Watkb. -Superior .to the best imported German Cologne, and

sold fit half the price.

Proceeding. Tpk3at EvtHiial Ma-13, 19. j Minute-f of last meeting read an d accepted, "i f j On motion of Mr. Patterson, adjourned to Thurs-. day evening, at 7 o'clock. - APJOURNKD 8ES9IOH. YHT 30 ,TA THCMDATtTOo,3Cayl!. ": Council met at 3 o'clock, Mayor Bennett presiding absent,' Elder. Certificates of election for Fourth and Fl.Th Wards submitted, and the1fayor"Tdmia.8lerea tne oaia o. omce .o ur. x . u. xavis oi lUO of the Fifth, and j Peterson of the First rWarda The: members from, the jiew Fifth Wards - drew lots for the long and short terms.' C urme. drawing the two year term. 1f .. . i:.-f lf' I J The Sayor delirered his message. s?, .The following standing committees,' wer e appointed b the 'Mayor ' ' T'ystlc2 ' Way and Jean, Reeves, Patterson", Elder. CXainu Patterson, "Watt, Carme." r -'.ItS.',! t ' Street and j4ffey Curme, Daris, Peterson. 1 ' '' Public Building Daris, Reeres, Roberts. ' ; ' ' fin Department Palmer, Bell, Elder.' ' ' '4 : nri V-- pbtitioss. ' '-'i'V3 - By Beni Starr, for the refunding of tax unlawfully assessed on persona) property in 1868. Referred. 1 i By Chris Fetta and others, prayingfor the racation of a short alley between Fourteenth and Fifteenth strettsj:.. vjvr.s J.r-v.l By D. B. Crawford and others, -praying that the sidewalk on east side of Serenth, from Main .to Mulberry streets, may be graded and pared with hard brick,-,- Referred. . . " -2cr-;. Iir-.-. 7 'r By property owners on South Marion, praying that Clemens Arkenberg be allowed to erect a frame woodshed on his lot on said street. Referred. ., ; , By property owners on South Mariua street, asking that the gutters be cleaned at city expense. . Re!".Ca -'-o V'.'i-;7vcs . . . .. OTSDINAKCBS. :. , lj f u! By Palmer, proriding for a Chief of Police,' abolishing the offico of Lieutenant of Police, and repealing all Ordinances in conflict with it." Rules . sdspended and the bill passed, and is now a law. s By'Elder, to amend an Ordinance entitled an Ordinance-' declaring the officers of the city of Richmond; the mode of their election and time of office and proriding for the abolition of the office, of City Attorney. ' Passed to a third reading, and is now a lawj -:,.?'..,.,:?: -"n: . -i By Beeres, to amend an Ordinance proriding for subscription by the city of Richmond, to 'the capital stock of the Richmond and Fort Wayne Railroad, that the bonds be payable at the National Park Bank, New York, instead of this city. Rules suspended and bill passed. .. . ; By Reeres to provide for the compensation of city officers, and officers and members of the Police Force for the ensiing fiscal year. Rules suspended and Ordinance passed.-,. It fixes the. annual salaries as follows:.. - Vl!-? ? : ' Matob $1500, exclusive of office rent,- fuel, light and stationary. . .. . . .. r :. ;-. ..i- . ; ' . Clerk 600, provided that necessary assistance in making annual Tax Duplicate shall be paid for by the city. . , ; . ,' Mabshal $720, , .. , Stket CoMiq3iONBE $2 50 per day for eacli day's work actually performed, and. 25 cents additional when he shall work convicts. , . - ' .- " Assessor $400 for each annual assessment.'., Cirrt.' Exgikek $5 00 per day lor the time actually employed. '-"', Market Master $75. " ,- ' '' Chief Frms Enoixef.r $50. Chief or Police $900. '.' PATROtJJBN S60 pfer month. , CotrxcrxKKN $50 per annum. -'- ' :' ' -' - Tkbascreb $10 and 2)4 per cent, on all taxes collected on tax duplicate for each year, and on col lections by distress and sale, the same per centage allowed to Cuunty -Treasurer in similar cases.' The above salaries are to be paid quarterly, V - f tin Elder moved to amend by making the salary of Mayor $1200, as last year, instead of $1500, urging that the general depression of business should weigh against any increase of salary. He also moved to amend by making the Marshal's salary 1600 instead of $720, on the ground that the salary was too great now that he was relieved of Police serrice by the appointment of a Chief. Failing in carrying them, be moved an' increase of Councilman's salary to $75, which was also lost Jt " : . " Palmer introduced a resolution fixing the bonds of the officers of the city, as follows:- Mayor, $3000; Marshal, $2000; Clerk, $2000; Treasurer, $110,000; Assessor $2000; Civil Engineer, $1000; Street Commiosiener, $2000. ; - . - - - - elections. ' " The Council elected the following officers by bollot: City Measurer, James A. King; Chief Engineer Fire Department, Frank Meyer; Wood ', i'oasurer, Thomas Deyarmon; Market Master, Henry O.. Knopf; Cir-.l Engineer, R. A. Howard; Street Commissioner, V. P. Haner; Board of Health, Drs. Weist, Emmons and Pruyne; Board ol Public improremsnts, Roberts, Bell and Peterson; P,lice Board Palmer' and WatfV - ' ' '" '" ' '---"' -' 1 The bids for the City Printing were referred, to a select eommittee consisting of Elder, Palmer and Davy. " ' v" ' Adjoii'med, ' . Tracts- Doing CJood ia their Way. 1 Cestbii, Book and Tkact Committee,) . '' ' ' RrcnsroKn, lso., 4th Mo. 2?, I860 " Editoin -AVw' York X-';rr: At what price cart JOU famish ns with 5,000 copies in tract form of the essay by Bcnry Ward Bcecher, entitled, "Shall I Begin to Use Tobacco?" We shall distribute them rery largely throughout the Western States, with other tracts of our pablie&tion. If you caanot furnish them, will you authorize us to reprint tho essay , ,...; Very respectfully, C. F. Coffin. We are not engaged in the book -publishing business, and have, therefore, no facilities for printing ordinary tracts, although we do print an extraordinary and rery interesfing tract erery week. Our circulation, howerer, is not limited to 5,000 copies; indeed if three hundred thousand be added to five, thousand, the circulation- of our publication will still exceed both figures; so that we do not see how the Richmond Tract Committee can, comparatively speaking, giro Mr. Beecher'n essay a "rery large circulation in the Western States, with an edition of 5,000 copies, after it has appeared in the Ledyer. We are now sending to one Western City alone, r early 25,000 copies of the Ledger: Mr. Walsh of Chicago, takes 22,000, and Mr. McNally of the same, city, 2,200. Still, we bare no objection to the Tract Committee reprinting Mr. Beecber'a essay, and doing good in their way provided they gire the customary credit to the Ledger, ., -i J. JV.. at Richmond, Indiana. "J. K." the cosmopolitan philosopher, baring returned from another triumphant tour, again illuminated as with hia presence yesterday. The clouds and mists of error are melting away before the effulgence of the- gorge ous truths proclaimed by him to the listening multitudes. His great principles can not be bought with money or price. In fact, money is no object to. J.- S. He has brought truth to the eyes of railway officials, and demands and receives a free pass to all points, and no tandlord would, for a moment, think of exact ing 'filthy lucre from one who scorns it, as so colos sal and majestic an intellect naturally must. So J. N. has the freedom of the plannet before him, but as yet has confined himself to this portion of.it, in order first ti demolish error here. The citizens of the fol lowing places will be electrified to-learn that J. N. will honor them with his pretence and matehless elo quence, on the dates named t Conneraririe, Indiana, 23d ; Anderson, 24th ; Cambridge, Ohio, 26th r' Richmond, Tni-", at Phillips Hall, the 28th.- Clinton Gazette.; :.!; ..-;-.::-!.' '. ? !.-l'.vv5 1- Secretary Boutweli - proposes, to di minish -the. number of governments de pp8itories one-half, to-wit :; one in each Congressional District, except in the

Cctibcil

large cities.

Indiana State 9anday School Convention,

Tbel Pastor held at Richmond, Juna 15,S69. ''... 4 sfors and Superintendents will please call atten tion to this AnnuaJ Meeting, and aire notice two Sabbaths, previous and hay th j .programme pubr isnea in tne local papers. The following basis of representation has beenadopted bx the Executive Committee: . . tit. Sabbath School is entitled to one delegate for one Lhuadred scholars, or a less number, . and one for very additional on hundred, or fraction orer fifty." D.Wates are deird to com. nrn.r,vJ to tM th.J appoiting them to make a small contribution for that purpose. ,orikA- rfe'.vk c-oV is .-tsc" The citiaens of Richmond ill extend a liberal hospitality to those woo attend the Convention, and en tertain delegates free of expense at far as practicable. It is intended to make the Conrention a practically useful occasion, in which all the delegates may par ticipate hence time will be glren for short discos siocs on each topic. Delegates from each county will' select Borne one In adranee to teport from their county, Delegates will report on arriral to the Committee on Entertainment, at the Depot. r '? 1 T As soon as the definite arrangement can be made wit hi the railroads, due notice will be giren through the papers. Tuesday June 15(a , i70f. m. A ddresses. Ker. J. D. Eerringhaus, Hon. A. C. Downey. . '.' Wednesday, June Uth. i 8:00 A. K. Devotional Exercises - - 8:30 a.' M. Address of the President and appoint ment of Committees. . ? ! .'; s - 9:00 a. u. Brief Reports from Counties. e 10:39 a, x. Reviewed, Col. John W. Ray. f 1 0:45 a x. Discussions on abore topics. 2:00 r. m. Devotional Exercises. 1 . .2:30 r. v. Address, Thomas H. Skinner, D. D- of Fort Wayne, "The early Regeneiation of Sabbath School Childrenf., , ;. -; . , f . 2:50 r. m. Infant Class, Model Lesson, Criticism by Conrention, and discussion on Infant Classes. ... ; . Burning, 8:00 f. x. Address, .Z. R.-Brockwry, of Detroit, (Prest Mich., State S. S. Union:) "Duties and Res ponsibilities of Sabbath School Teachers." Remarks on address : -: -i-B -' Tnnrsday June 17th -1' 8:00 C. it. Derotional Exercises 8j36 A. m. Report of Committee Election of offi cers, 4c s 9:00 a.' M. Address, Prof. M. R. Barnard, of In dianapolis, "Method of Teaching and Studying the Bible in Sabbath Schools." o,rs5 a; x. Discussion on same. " ''- " -... 10:30 A. k.-rBibU Clasa conducted by J. R. Osgood, of Indianapolis, Discussion on Lesson, and on Bible Claases. . i ;;t r . ";-;';'- j r, 2:00 f. M.Derotional Exercises., : ? . : - . . r.i , 2:30 F.M. Address, Uer. C.N, Sims, of Indianapolis, "Cheerfulness." Miscellaneous business. , . ; Brief Remarks from Sabbath School Workers. ' Adjournment. u ' Edwin Bin th and Maiy McVtcker will be married ;ext month I. " ' .- , . ' ' ' ' ! Tiio registratlon'of Memphis indicates 3,038 white and 5,02 black voters.' . it!'.; - - ' - ' The liquor dealers of Indianapolis hare agreed to close their saloous on Sunday. a ''T ' A Woman Srffrage Convention is called to meet in Indianapotis'on the 8th and 9th of Jnne. ' At a moderate estimate, the number of pins manufactured weekly in Birmingbam exceeds 200,000,000 - Army officers appointed to Indian agencies are dissatisfied with their new duties, and many of them contemplate resigning, ; j., ,. A white boy met a colored lad the other day, and asked him what be .had such a short nose for. "1 spect so it wont poke itself into other people's business."' -' ' .. --'-r . .' ;': .' Fredrick W, Seward, son of ex-Secretary Seward and late Assistant Secretary of Stale, has purchased a splendid estate at Irvington, on the Hudson river. and proposes to live there permanently. 'ti ij.-.. v.. :- .; Mr. Nelson, Minister to Mexico, left Terra Haute on the 20th inst. for his post of duty. He goes via Sew Orleans and Harana. His family and Hon. Jas. St, Clair. Boal, of. Illinois, Secretary of Legation, accompany him. -r '1 . . A country clergyman says be has married but one couple in a year, and that they paid him nothing, atayod to dinner aa it was a rainy day, then borrowed bis umbrella' when they left, which he has never seen inceV:tV -! : : ; . .-I .- '.' :;3 .; Nearly 800,000 children were born in England and Wales along daring the year 1868, and as the deatls daring that period Were under 600,000, a clear addition of some. 300,000. was made to the population of the country Upon an average. 0,000 or 60,000 peraons leave yearly, bo that the net, increase of the popul ation may be put, perhaps, at 240,000. .- iWnen a-young' lady is rery Irirolous, said a gentleman with a- Pecksniffian air of speaking on general terms and meaning some one in particular, I pay rery little attention to what she says. Her re marks pass in at one ear and oat of the' other." "That is upon the principle that things pass readily through a vacuum," rejoined the lady. ' ; '- ' ' Putting ' Their Fool in it. A. rery cut ions mode of trying the; title of land is practiced in Hindostan.Two holes are dug in a disputed spot, in each of which the plaintiff's lawyers put one of their legs, and re main there until one of them is tired, in which case his client is defeated. : In this country it is the client, aod not the lawyer, who puts his foot in it. Thj supply of fractional currency in the Treasury being exhausted, no new fractional notes or notes of denominations ot one or two dollars will be issned in exchange for old' currency until the new plates and the water marked paper -recently ordered by the Sec retary are ready, which will be about the 1st of next July.' . : ' - '. : ' - A bill contracted by Secretary Seward in tele graphing orer the cable to Rererdy Johnson , has been presented to Secretray 'Fish by the agent of the telegraph company, for payment. It consists of a single item, and amountd to 40,000. Secretary Fish declined to pay it, and when it was presented to Pres ident Grant, he sent it to Attorney General Hoar for an Opinion, which he is now engaged en. In three weeks there has been imported at the port of New York foreign goods to the amount of 24 mil lions, gold. In the same time there was exported Irom that port domestic produce to the ralue of 8 millions,: currency.! Trade is reported dull and busi ness generally nuprofitable; yet in the face of dul. times, a high tariff and 40 per cent, premium on gold foreign goods are flooding the country. We are paying for two-thirds of these goods in United States bonds at equal to 83 cents on the dollar in gold. This explains the adranee iu gold. There are breakers abead.T-Cin. Gazette, May 24th. The identical hatchet with which the youthful George Washington cut hia father's cherry tree,npon the, occasion which he made historical by telling the truth about it, haa been presented to the Alexandrian Museum by Mr. Forsett. John Smith has been found to be a romancer; Pocahontas a confiding and hospitable Indian who was only too glad towelcomeCaptain .Smith; the story of the rescue an inreation of Smith's long after the erent; and the romantic Po cahontas a romping child who used to play with the children about the fort; but amid all the wreck of beautiful legends ' in the history of Virginia, the story of the youthful Washington and bis hatchet and the cherry tree, and the lie which he could not toll, still remains, and attested by the rentable hatchet, which is now deposited in the Alexandria Museum, where it will lira as long as the story of the Alexandrian Library, by Caleb Omar, which ia now agreed was not burned.

1 CMIdrea I. (si Sco&. 1 w ; 1 it el The LegMlatunf at its spaial safcion passed a law in regard to aohaicboolan coff of whia is giren j below. Trustees should ta notice and 'saake the necessary provisions ! fincelo caroul1Uie8aina : A" Act to "nder taxation for eommon school purposes nniform, and to provide for the education of the colored children of the State : Src. I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana ; that ia assessing and collecting taxes for .acbool urposes,'nnaer existing Iswa; all property, real" and personal,' subject to taxation for fltsaantypurposes'sbaTl be taxed Tor'&e 'gnp. port-ofbmmon schools, without regard to the race or color of the owner of the property. Sfc 2. All children of tho proper age without regard to the race or color thereof shall hereafter be included in tne enumeration of the children of the respective school districts, townships, towns and cities of this state for school purposes ! but in making such enumeration the officers charged by law with that duty shall enumerate the colored children of the proper age who may reside in any school district in a separate and distinct list from that in which the other school children of such school district abatt be enu merated. ?. r. ? , v ; Sxc. 3. The Trustee or Trustees of such town ship, town or city, shall oiganize the colored children into separate schools, baring all the rights and prir ueges of other schools of the township. Provided there are not a sufficient number within on district, several districts may be consolidated and form one district, but if there are not a sufficient number within reasonable distance to be thus . consolidated, the Trustee or trustee j, shall provide auch other means of education for said children as shall use their pro portion according to numbers, of school rerenue, to the best advantage. Sec. 4. All laws, relative j to- achcol matters not inconsistent with this act shall be deemed applicable to colored schools. . ; -m, :ikt Sec. 5. - Whereas an emergency exists for the im mediate taking effect of this act, tba same shall be in force from and.after.its passage. . . ? ' .- v - 3 : A. BcsaiaK, Speaker H. R. Will Ctfmbacx, Prea't-, of the Sen. ; . ApproTed May 13th, '69. . Conrad Bases, Got. The Bank of England War on America A month ago the Bank of 4 England pushed np the rate from 2 to 4 per cent ana two weets since it was fixed at 4 The reason of this was the" depression created in- England, and especially at the bank, by the export of - funds to America for . the purchase of (, .National, bonds. . .The inflation in America has been fostered and private credit sustain-: ed by money drawn from England either as loans oa or JnTestments in bonds. These bonds have served ns like a per petual cotton supply to draw upon ; and thus has a collapse in this country been warded off. It has been found necessary:, to check the outflow of funds to America; and hence the advance of the rate. If 4 per cent, shall not suffice, it will go to 5 and higher, even, to,. 10,-per cent. If necessary." ' " ' It is seen that the people of the United States will ' 'eat ' and be merry as long as the supply of bonds continues ; but the collapse must come perhaps in a few months perhaps it will be staved off for a year or two. , -It is claimed that for self defense England is compelled to make war .upon our bonds 2-, Sumner's speech seems to stimulate this hostility. Such is the reasoning of the London Times. The , News declares that the time has come when ."American ..bonds must begin lo travel in ' the other direc-' tion homeward- VTbe Star cannot see whythe Bank of England should punish the whole commercial community because a lew persons on the continent and in England : have invested in United States bonds. It is " stated that .0150,000,000 have been invested in these bonds by Euro peans and : Englishmen, and that, bonds .remain for as much more, r: . -...i.--5 It seems to be a 'big game' the Bank .of England has undertaken. It might .effect something . disastrous for this country . were the prospect less bright for a bountiful year. If our crops come -in according, to present promise, we can continue to 'eat, dnnk and be-merry,' to laugh. and grow fat' .for at least a year longer, in spite of all the Bank of England. can do.. ...v.-.u.; , v--'. - ' Female-Warriors. 'l "' "'i It is not a' very uncommon "thing for vwomen to . serve in the disguise of soldiers,, and our late war presents several examples. The services, however, ap--pear to have been - inconsiderable and the disguises imperfect, for 'discharged' is the brief record of nearly all. In the war of the American Revolution two or three instances of heroic action on the part of women were gratefully acknowledged by the public authorities. :i Congress passed a resolution making honorable mention of the services of Margaret Corbin," wounded at the attack on Fort Washington, where she filled t he post left ..vacant by her husband, who was killed at her side while serving a piece of artillery. A complete suit and hall the monthly pay of . a soldier were voted to her. . The gunner's wife jwho took her' husband's place when he was killed at the battle of Monmouth was rewarded by a commission.:., But no adventures of the kind attracted so much attention as the wonderful romance' of the .. Massachusetts girl . who actually served in the Revolutionary army thro' the long term, and rendered " services Valuable enough to be , rewarded by , a pension during life. Lippincott's Magazine. T--.'i . Some Female.The Detroit Free Press, of Monday says:, ". V . . ,; - --- .. I .I'A lady, who was transferred from the Great Western, on Saturday morning, intendi&g to - go west, by the Central road, created no little wonderment and attention at the - depot. -' So far as flesh 1 could make her, she was a monster. Her weight, as she gave it, was 328 pounds; her arms were about the size of a small -infant, and her eyes were scarcely dis cernible, through the collops of fat which made her face resemble a huge pumpkin. It took three men to assist her into the car. lne petite female belonged to a horse-show traveling - in Canada, but having become weary of walking- her body around,, was going to Joliet, 111., to her sister, who ought to be a good deal glad to see ner." 1 Can a mao. who i alwaya speaking of hia father and mother be considered parenthetical in hia re marks t

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MaJ. M. M" Lacy; haa .been promoted to ChiefKjf. police ?f $Qr: ett.rr Uf mill make good ppe.y; JL: UoyrHo.CBj the 1st of SeptembeV next, the old' frame buildinga -opposite the Warner uilding. ire" to be moved off. ' 'Judge Lynde," we lrn purposes buiTcflng" uoVtant(al brick boaioesi. hoase In heU thereof, f "i'Mj,l sQ Near the corner of Sixth and Main, iar one of the neatest kept -Drugstore in the conntr; and its proprietor, Euobwb Harbold,1 thoroughly understands his business, r Qur ta the Golden Mortar if yoa want, anything in his line. He has everything you "in ay needgo there and get it.j,,, , 9 f h-qxG't, ! . The 'Cabinet has decided. that Congress intended full day's pay for eight hours work; and it ia probable that an executive order will give the law this interpretation in all the Government shops. There J are" more stores to rent ' on Broadway, New York, than was ever known before at this season of the year, and there are more new buildings beiog erected on the same , thoroughfare than during any other season.' ' ! Explosions of gas still continue in' Washington, .notwithstanding the adjournment of' Congress. ivAn affair of this sort occurred in one of the rooms of the Commissioner of Pensions a few days ago, blowing out -doors and windows and. slightly injuring two work men who were looking . for the leakage.. Three of the oldest residents of Wash-' 'ington " wero ' buried on Sunday last. Mrs.- Harriet - Balch Macomb, widow of the"1 late Alexander Maeomb, formerly General in Chief of the United States Army, died Friday night, aged 86. She was for many jy ears one of: the ; leaders in the society of the old. time at the Capital. , Commodore Charles . McCauley,one of the oldest'offJcera of the navy 'died Saturday, aged 7G: ' He Is the otff? cer who destroyed the Norfolk 5 Navy Yard at the breaking out of ,-the rebellion, .Rezid Magruder, colored mess en-. grr at the Navy. Department, which po si tion he has held through ten administrations, was also to be buried on Sunday. T" ' i ' . j Grace Grebmwood lias sold her "Lit" tUtPilgrinCt to Altred L. Sew el dc Co , Publishers of "Thb Littlb Corporal," ' of Chicago '! The Pilgrim has bee n pub-' lished as a children's magazine for over fifteen - years, and ' has been a popular juvenile, but will now stop "pilgrimage iog"on his own account, and hereafter be an "aide" to the conquering Western Napoleon," Thb ' Littlb Corporal, the well deserved circulation of 'which ' was even before - this addition larger than that of - any : other juvenile magazine in. the, wo rid. Grace Greenwood still writes for it. , The July number begins a. new volume, and we advise our friends to send on to the publislicrs, at once, one dollar, which is tbe price for" one year, and give their children this unique, original magazine, which,-has : no superior anywhere. Those who subscribe during June, will receive the Jane' number ex tra. a,.:v ,: Spiritual 1 PflOTOORArHr.---Sdme of the evidence given 5 by - Marnier, in the Spirit Photograph case; In New York, meets 1 airly and i squarely many of the points raised against him. ; When a photorapher comes up ana swears, as Mr. Silver does, that Mumler walked into his gallery without any chance "for "previous preparation, and then and there, using his apparatus, produced on the Bpot a likeness of his deceased mother, it cer tainly goes very far to -prove the genu ineness of the performance. And when, too, not one,: bat hall a dozen and more intelligent men ana women swear that, they have gone in unannounced and got likenesses . of mothers, brothers, and. children, whom . they ' and their friends can readily recognize, it 'requires considerable credulity to ' believe that the thing is an entire humbug. ' RICHMOND MARKETS. Corrected weeklj by Thos.Nestob. Td.Z.Ulf .:i .H V4X Wholesale Retail. 7 00 3 60 , 6S 1 60 t 50 85 35 i'.h is- .'-' J." SO , 20 I. 20 s 30. Flour.per bbl.. .. . $6 75 per 100 lba. 3 2) Corn, per bushel. 60 1 35 'A 1 30 , W beat, per busnel.-.. ....... Cora Meal, per cwt. .......... Oats, per bushel Potatoes - Batter, per lb."..'; ........ Hgtt, per dox.; dalt .............. . Bacoo , clear aides ................ ,i llams..i..... .... .............. . Lard.... ................... SO 30 14 IS ia 18 23 Cheese...... i: CINCINNATI MARKETS. : i i .-:J:;TS:.t- Cieciwhatt, May, 35, 189. w Flour dull and aaehaiured, with sales of family at $0to ft 25. Wheat was offered mnrs freelf and prices were easier, dosing at SI 23tot 25 for jio. 2 winter and $1 2Stol 30 for No. 1.. Corn in light supply and moderate demand at 66c lor ear. Oata firm and in detnand at 6870e. ; Prorisioos firmer and prices general Ir tending upward. Mess pork quiet at ti.& : Hk i0 but with no demand, and prices, therefore, ar nominal Bulk meats in demand and prices higher, with sales at 12fc for shoulders and 1 lc for aides, but at tbe'close shoulders.' were held at I2lc and sides at I5e. Bacon sold at 13Jie for shonlders and 16 l-317c for sides, bat was held at Jo higher at the close. Sugar eared bams firm at IStolOc. Butin fair deman t at 33to36o for Iresb. Eggs firm at 17tol8c, and the supply 1'ght. Linseed oil firmer at SI 05tl OS. Lard oil unchanged at$l 40tol 45. Petroleum dnll at S2o tor refined.' Sugar firm but unchanged. CoftVe is held higher, with sales of eona- i mon to choice at 21to'J7c. Molasses firm at 75to32e fr New Orleans. Gold 140J boring. Money market easy at 8toi0 per cent. Exchange dull at 60o dicount buying and 50 e premium selling.' ' - ' DIED: f SUDHOFF. Oa Friday, 14th inst., Mrs. Sudhoff, in the serentieth year of her age. The deeased was a natira of Oermaay , and came to this ptaoe, with her family, some fifteen years ago.. - . -- . , i SALTER On Friday morning the 21st inst, Mrs. Caroline L. wit of Dr. J. W. Salter, ia the 56th year of her sge. ..,.;,....., ,..,.' ' . '. . In Bankruptcv. HIS is to girs notice that on the 24th day' of . , :1 , T 1MQ - W.M.. in R,nkmnl isturil, A. ' , m K. u " f of Richmond, in the Countr of Wayne, and Stat of Indiana, who has been . adjudged a Bankrupt, oa bis aws petition: That tba payment of any debts ana delirery ol any property belonging to encn Bankmat to him, or for bis oso, aad the transfer of any propertr by him ia forbidden by Ur, that a meeting of nec'red.U.ra of the said Bankrupt, to prora their debts and choose one or mors Assignees of his estate, will be holden at a Court of Bankruptcy, to be boWea at the Office of John W. Bar, 24 feast WaUngtou Street, Indianapolis, on the 12th day of June, A. 1. 186,ato-clck,.. BEj.gpooNER, TJ. S. Marshal, District of Indiana. .8t. Miaaanew.