Terre-Haute Weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 24 January 1872 — Page 1

GIOUS revivals seem to be general oughout the West.

GEO. DENNIS is to succeed VICKEES as Senator from "My Maryland."

LAFAYETTE is organizing a board of trade. It will do no particular harm.

WICKED Chicago aldermen are finding out that "the way of the transgressor is hard."

COL. NELSON TRUSSLEB, ex-Secretary of State, is a candidate for Attorney Ueneral.

THE Board of Trade movement, at La^yette, has the eupport of all the live business men of that flourishing city

IT IS understood that the Congressional ""ommittee, to investigate the Louisiana legislative muddle, will not go to New Orleans so soon as was expected.

THE theological critic of the Louis ville "Courier-Journal" speaks of the Apostle PAUL as "an excellent gentleman, now deceased."

THE Republicans of the Third Congressional District will present the name of Gen. BEN. SPOONER for the nomination for Congressman at large.

THE House Military Committee have agreed upon a bill extending the time within which applications for pension may be filed to the 31st of January of next year.

IT IS said the Navy Department will shortly ask Congress for an appropriation to build ten new steam sloops of war, carrying thirteen guns each, and seven propellers.

TIIE Evansville "Courier" sees great success where nothing but humiliating failure is perceptible to anybody else— that is, in the Attorney General's black at campaign.

OUR M. C. is incubating a big speech which will Roon be hurled on theBtartled universe. It will treat of '"thediscipline of principle" and "the blood of an unconquerable devotion."

NUMEROUS married women in New ^Albany have declared their intention to prosecute any saloon keeper who sells liquor to their husbands, as they are habituals drunkards.

THE Indianapolis "Journal" says the mention of Professor J. M. OLCOTT'S name in connection with the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction is entirely, unauthorized.

THE "Journal" thinks this paper does not "appreciate" the New Orleans imbroglio. Admitted. Thus far we fail to nee that the row has any appreciable value. It is a bad affair, every way.

WE AHE indebted to Gov. B. GRATZ BROWN for a copy of his message, which adds largely to our collection of rare words. It is filed for reference, with the writings of STEIMIEN PEARL ANDREWS.

THE EXPRESS should have the boldness to honestly aid the colored element of this locality in their honorable aspirations niter office.—Journal.

The EXPRESS does not think a man's complexion has anything to do with his qualifications for office.

LociANsrORThas gone to work to raise $150,000 to secure the Manhattan sewing machine factory— Exchange.

Docs Logansport propose to subsidize business enterprises of a purely private character? If so, where will be.the...end?

THE "Journal" has been so badly snubbed in the convention business that it feels extremely sore. A call ior a Republican Convention brings to mind IIR humiliation and elicits a characteristic snarl.

SOMEBODY has put himself to the trouble and expense of sending us an "Impeachment of Christianity." Since we "slipped up" in trying to impeach A. JOHNSON, we have soured on all that port of business.

THE "Sentinel" complains that notwithstanding the coal measures are near by, and coal is easily mined, Indianapolis is not supplied with cheap fuel as she must be before she can look for that increase Jof manufacturing industry that thereshould and enn be.

THE "Journal's" Sullivan correspondent thinks "the reward of a good conscience" isn't an adequate compensation for the big Democratic vote of that county. Sundry loaves and fishes are demanded supplemental to "the reward" aforesaid.

JUDOINO from the ''Journal's" menta disturbance on the subject of colored men's aspirations for office, it is safe to predict that none but blondes will be nominated on the Democratic county tickct. brunettes will please pass to the rear.

ILLINOIS has an ass in the House, whose name is SNArr. Several times, during one of his recent silly speeches, he put his thumb to his nose, and, leaning forward, wiggled his fingers at the Democrats, and said "You can't come it," with a sneer.

THE St. Louis "Democrat" says the lower branch of the Missouri Legislature on Thursday voted itself aud the State of Missouri infamous by SS yeas to 33 nays— that being the result of the tally sheet on the bill to pay the interest on the State debt in currency.

THE February number of "Scribner's Monthly" is at hand, filled, as usual, with finely written articles on many topics, and embellished with numerous beautiful cuts. We hail it as an unmistakable iudication of an improvement in popular taste that the circulation of iliis splendid magazine is rapidly increasing.

A ^correspondent of the "Journal" makes an earnest appeal for justice to old Sulivan in making up the Democratic State and District tickets. He presents a strong case, but it will have no effect Tho managers feel that they are sure of Sullivan any way, and will distribute the prizes where they are needed to stimulate local enthusiasm.

A WASHINGTON special says: "Tables have been prepared at the Treasury Department, showing the amount of defalcations by collectors of internal revenue under the various administrations. From these it appears the amount under LIN COLN was $797,746 JOHNSON,$1,817,223 GRANT, ?13o,ISC."

IX THE Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania ere are twenty-eight iron furnaces, whose aggregate annual product, as appears by a statement compiled for the Mauch Chunk "Coal Gazette," is 378,000 tons. The total product of pig iron in the United States during 1S71 is estimated at 2,UOO,OGO tons. Nearly one fifth, therefore, of the present annual product the country is made in this one valley

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THE Democratic papers of the State have promptly obeyed the order of the Eighth of January caucus to "stop jawin'

THE Greencastle "Banner" utters'a sensible protest against using the pulpit for ah advertising medium instead of sling-

And now,

each other.

ing horid epithets to fright the souls o' fearful adversaries, they coo as mildly as love-smitten damsels. Such is the mighty force of "the discipline of principle." '"J'm

A WASHINGTON SPECIAL says it has come to light that HOBACE GBICELET, who ha3 beeu a member of the National Republican Executive Committee since 1868, refused to sign the call for the Republican Convention at Philadelphia for June 5, giving the reason that he wanted to be able to act with independence.

THE wine-growers of California have gathered in their crop for 1871, and from their report it appears that the State has produced during the year 5.940,000 gallons of wine and 197,000 gallons of brandy, worth on an average to the producer forty cents per gallon, or $2,500,000. There are twelve principal grape-growing counties- In some of these the crop would have been larger than it was but for the ravages of the grasshopper.

WE CAN see no good reason why a residence in Marion county should be urged as an objection to a candidate for office. We always look to that county for a handsome Republican majority, and are never disappointed. We hope geography will not have too much influence in the construction of our State ticket The main thing is to get the best ticket possible from available material.

THE Cincinnati "Gazette" is authority for the statement that the Illinois temperance law passed the House by a vote of 109 to 43, and the Senate by a vote of 36 to 4. It was not a party measure. It was introduced in the Senate by a Democrat—Mr. REDDICK, and all the Democrats in the Senate but three voted for it. In the House 24 out of 36 Democrats voted for the bill. lo

THE Indianapolis "Journal" opposes CONKLING'S appointment to the Supreme Bench. Inasmuch as there is no vacancy to be filled by such an appointment, the "Journal's" distress is slightly premature. "Thou hast seen many sorrows, travelstaiiled- pilgrim of the world, but that which hath vexed thee most has been thy looking for evil and misfortunes that never happened have chiefly made thee wretched." So, or nearly so, says Mr. TurPEB,—not a great author, to be sure, but one who has told some truths,

AN Indianapolis special says arrangements have been completed by persons in that city for the construction of a narrow gauge coal road to the coal fields. It will be used exclusively- in the transportation of coal, and is designed to cheapen the price of fuel. It has been suggested that the road shall enter the city on an elevated track, so as to make it easy to load coal into the cars of all other roads for distribution to other points.

SPEAKINO of the little unpleasantness resulting from the bad conduct of CATA CAZY, the Cincinnati "Gazette" mildly expresses a hope that "diplomatic delays will hold back the rupture till ALEXIS has sated his noble desire by the slaughter of unwieldy and unoffending buffaloes. To promote so royal a sport the two countries should suspend the unpleasantness until the noble youth return,, laden with tails cutoff with his own knife as trophies of his prowess and souvenirs of his ecstatic enjoyment."

POSF.Y pointedly protests against the pusilanimous 'possum policy and the Posey Democratic organ presents "to the favorable consideration of the Democratic press and voters of the State, the name of 'Uncle JOE' SHOWERS, as he is familiarly known in every household in Old Posey county, as a suitable candidate for Lieutenant Governor on the Democratic ticket." We go for SHOWERS. It is a good name. Let the press thunder for SHOWERS. Let SHOWERS be hailed as "the coming man." He should carry the Convention by storm!

SOME of the most rabid free trade howlers among Western journals are loud and urgent in their appeals to Eastern capitalists to develop Western manufacturing resources. It is a pleasant, thing for a Yankee, on his way to this part of the country with a view to investigation and probable investment, to Fee himself described in our journals as '"a grasping monopolist" "a robber of the laboring millions," etc. Such a greeting makes him feel comfortable, and gives him confidence that he can "develop our resources" with an absolute certainty of permanent profit to himself.

THE editor of the "Express" does not deny having recently attended a secret Radical caucus in this city.—Journal.

Tho editor of the EXTRESS never attended "a secret political caucus in this city," or elsewhere never .attended a caucus that was not open to any other member of his party who desired admission and further, he never joined a secret political organization, nor urged others to do so. It is not customary, we believe, to invite Democrats to a Republican caucus, and Republicans are not expected to attend a Democratic caucus.

WHY should a stupid office-seeker deem any qualifications necessary when ninetenths of Grant's appointments show that he doesn't deem them necessary himself? —Journal.

It is fair to suppose that the Federa officeholders in Indiana are average samples of "GRANT'S appointments." Now, will the "'Journal" show which and how many of them lack the proper qualifications? Weare ready togointoa thorough overhauling of the entire list, and if any are found to have failed in the faithful discharge of their duties, we will use all the influence that we can bring to bear to effect their removal. Will the "Journal" come time?

THE Indianapolis "Journal" remarks that "with some trifling exceptions, the canvass for nominations by the Republic cans and their friends, is being carried on in a very creditable manner. Log-rolling is at a discount, and candidates who are busy and anxious in the matter of the geographical distribution of the ticket, should refrain, as far as possible, from making derogatory remarks concerning gentlemen who are not per^tabulating the State and setting matters up. The Convention, when it assemble? will be abundantly able to take care of the interests of the party." In this part of the State there is no appearance of sectional jealousy, but there is a very earnest desire to have the be*t possible ticket nomim'td

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THE Indian polis "Commercial" is authority for the statement that, as the time for the hearing of his own case draws near, the Cat Skinner becomes frantic in his appeals for suits against everybody else, and harasses the Attorney General for not suing Senator MORTON, Governor BAKER, the late State Agents, and most everybody, so as to divide the odium with the C. S. The "Commercial" thinks the reason the Attorney General sticks to the Cat Skinner, and pays no attention to the others, lies in the facts that he has got a first rata tase against him, and cannot make one out against the others.

THE Boston "Times" doesn't think there is any danger of a rupture of our friendly relations with Russia. It thinks that, though Chancellor GORTSCHAKOFF and Secretary FISH may grin and snap at each other as much as they choose, and bring all their respective powers as letter writers to bear on each others impeachment, yet they will not be able to bring the people of Ameriea to participate in their squabble. The very genius of our institutions is peace, and when we go to war it will be after another sort of provocation than half a dozen faded and cosmetically smothered old women can produce.

we believe the Russian peo-

le are much of the same mind.

THE assertion of the "Journal" that this paper hesitates, or "waits to see which way the cat jumps," before taking its position on political affairs, is a deliberate untfuth. The EXPRESS is universally spoken of by the Democratic press of Indiana as "an intensely radical sheet," or "the most radical paper in the State." Our files show that we have almost invariably been in advance of our cotemporaries in taking sides upon all delicate political questions. We challenge the "Journal" to name a single exception to this rule. It has happened, net unfrequently, that we have been compelled to "go it alone." For instance, the EXPRESS is the only Republican journal in Indiana that favors the one-term amendment offered by SUMNER.

SOME of the Republican papers, which have taken a good deal more pains to sow dissension and jealousies in the party than to ascertain the truth, have circulated reports that the rcnomination of Vice-President COLFAX was opposed by the present able Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. BLAINE,as inter-* fering with hiB own aspirations. The New York "Times" remarks that "the report could have but little effect with those who knew the relations existing between Messrs. BLAINE and COLFAX, or the cordial and disinterested devotion of the former to the best interests of the party he has served so long and with such distinction. It is now

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ticle in the Kennebec "Journal," formerly edited by Mr. BLAINE, and which has the reputation of expressing his views, warmly advocating Mr. COLFAX'S nomination, and declaring that Maine will send to Philadelphia, in June, a delegation unanimous for GRANT and COLFAX. Maine, in doing so, will, we believe, act in unison with the feeling of the whole country."

EASTERN JOURNALS speak of a bilL that is now before the Massachusetts Legislature providing that peassengers who are not provided with seats in cars, whether steam or city, shall be exempted from the payment of fare. The overcrowding of cars has long been a fertile cause of complaint, and some such remedy as that here possessed should be adopted. Massachusetts papers, however, believe that, though founded on justice, it does not go far enough, and might not be effective. Th$y hold that if the companies should put on no more cars and admit only those who could be Reated, those compelled to wait would soon ask for a repeal of the statute, as they would prefer to pay and stand rather than submit to delay, and further, the corporations would have little difficulty in evading the law by collecting fares

before

the passengers

entered the cars. Once inside, fe .v would leave because they could not obtain seats. These objections arc not forcible, as the law could also provide that a sufficient number of cars be run.

A BOSTON PAPER quotes a United States Senator as good authority for the declaration that the opposition to the Civil Service Reform arrangements comes chiefly from those members of Congress who have so long been mere brokers of office for their constituents. They object to it, not because of any defects in the regulations, not because of any inequality in the results, but solely because it takes away their own patronage and importance. They have now no way of rewarding those who voted for them. They have been stripped of the only distinction they possessed, and there is no longer any reason why they should be in Congress. They can not promise an office for one of •their constituents. Their occupation is wholly gone'. Foor fellows! They are sadly to be pitied, especially now, when the Argus eyes of the people are fixed on landgranting job3 and those tricks of Congressional trade through which poor —very poor—men have suddenly emerged from their poverty and become wealthy, proud, and insufferably saucy.

READERS who give attention to reports of Congressional proceedings are aware that Mr. PIERCE, of Mississippi, has introduced a bill into the House of Representatives which provides that the inoney arising from the sale of public lands shall be used for the support of pubschools, one-half to be distributed annually and the ether half invested in a permanent fund, of which the interest shall be used for the same purpose. All States and Territories which will avail themselves of this act and agree to educate their children between the ages of six and sixteen are to be entitled to the advantages of it, the conditions being that they make annual school reports to Congres«, educate all children, and submit to such other terms as Congress may impose. It is suggested that such a plan as this would doubtless be very beneficial in many parts of the South, where ignorance and the poverty produced by a great war have rendered the peopl# unwilling anjJ unable to provide means of educating their children but in the North, where nearly every State has a common school system ofits own, such provision seems unnecessary.

IF THE Democracy succeed in the coming contest they must have representative men in tho van.—Louisville Ledger,

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bon. That's so. Therefore lot our DANIEL have his rightful place at the head of the national ticket. He has earned the position by the vigor with which he has dated to throttle the iiu-idious 'pos-suro.

Col. K. W. Thompson.

The "Journal" speaks of the "EXPRESS" as "*V "A paper thaf persistently refuses to a3vocate the claim of Col. S. W. Thompson for the first place on the next Radical State ticket."

It is gratifying to see the "Journal" make an exception to its usual course and show a kindly interest in oar distinguished fellow citizen. But there is no occasion for a gross misrepresentation of the position of the EXPRESS towards Col. THOMPSON. There has never been a moment when this paper wonld not have been glad to advocate the nomination of Col. THOMPSON for Governor, or any other office commensurate with his high character, great qualities and national reputation. There are none of Col. 1*8 friends who do not understand this fully. Months ago we becameaware that he would not be a gubernatorial candidate, and announced the fact with expressions of sincere regret. But notwithstanding his determination to continne in private life, many prominent Republican journals and influential Republicans, all over the State, have repeatedly suggested his nomination, thus exhibiting the strongest desire to

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his honored name at the head

of our State ticket in the approaching contest. We are not advised of any change, or the probability of any change in his decision, and shall not be guilty of the folly of placing him in a false position. Suffice it to say that we would rather see Col. THOMPSON'S name head the Republican State ticket in the campaign of 1872 than that of any other citizen of Indiana although several worthy names have been suggested for the same office, either of whom, if nominated, will be heartily supported by us, and as hearti* ly by Col. THOMPSON and all his political friends.

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Warwick Custle.

Some of the leading nobility and gentry of England are associating to raise money to pay for the restoration of that part of Warwick Castle lately destroyed by fire. They say, in a published address, "Warwick Castle, with its art treasures, has been open to the public, with a noble generosity, for several generations, and is in itself an epitome of English history. The restoration of the building will entail a necessary outlay beyond th# reach of most private fortunes. We therefore propose that a national subscription should be made for the purpose of assisting Lord WARWICK in rebuilding that portion now ruined by fire." Noticing this proposal, the Philadelphia Press" calls attention to the fact that the noble generosity so much lauded, consisted in allowing certain parts of the caRtle to be hastily viewed on certain days by visitors who were able to pay for the sight. It cost about half a sovereign ($2.50) to take this view, the money being paid to the Earl of WARWICK'S servants. The money thus received, "for several generations," would have sufficed, if laid aside, to build such another edifice from the foundation. Mr. RUSKIN, the artcritic, who avows himself to be a castle lover of the truest sort, has published a letter containing this significant sentence: "I am at this hour endeavoring to find work and food for a boy of seventeen, one of eight people—two married couples, a woman and her daughter, and this boy and his sister—who all sleep together in one room, some eighteen feet square, in the heart of London and you call upon me for a subscription to help to rebuild Warwick Castle." With him, it is clearly a case of Kennel versus Castle. He will not subscribe to the Warwick fund.

THE report of the committee of the Illinois Legislature, appointed at the suggestion of Governor PALMER, to investigate and report upon the action the United States military authorities in the great fire, is published. It makes a document of forty pages, and embraces the opinion of the majority, (four) and of the minority, (three). The former condemn the action of General SHERIDAN and of the President while the latter commend the efforts of all who contributed in any way to the extinguishment of the flames, the preservation of property or the relief of the unfortunate, and include the President, the Lieutenant General, the Governor and the Mayor among those worthy of special praise. Commenting on this report, the St. Louis

Democrat" says "We fail to see the important Constitutional question which looms up before the gubernatorial vision and as Mr. PALMER has already made considerable political capital out of it, perhaps it would be better for all concerned to let the whole subject drop where it is." -i

THE Philadelphia "Inquirer," refering to the present as the "era of euphuism," notices the steady improvement in our vocabulary of gilt and varnish. The best thirtg in this line done for a long time has just been achieved by the Portland 'Tress." That journal having good reason to believe that attempts were being made to purchace votes in the Maine Legislature for a huge, and, of course, prospectively profitable job, warns the lawmakers of the State against selling themselves, and in this style. "Members must resist the insidious approaches and goldon arguments of the disciples of TWEED." That is to say, the legislators are not to take money for their votes. But "golden arguments" and "insidious approaches" are good phrases.

THE Philadelphia "Press" announces that the free traders are rallying in strong force at Washington, and having found in the Committee of Ways and Means an apparently vulnerable point of attack, are Hushed with the hope that they are about to carry all before them. They have Wheedled several thousand people, it is said, into signing their petition, and, thus armed, will attempt to ronvince Congress that a majority of the nation are anxious to see ,the leading industries of the country destroyed. But we shall be greatly disappointed, if before the House can act in the matter, the other side is not emphatically heard from.

THE "Journal" exhibits unusual generosity in making suggestions as to the editorial conduct of other papers. Its own idea of fairness, in editorial matters, was beautifully illustrated in refusing to print VALLANDIGHAM'S new departure resolutions. They were the most important political document that has been promulgated for many months. Yet the "Journal" would not let its readers see them, while it threw dirt at "the Dayton doctor's nauseating dose" week after week. Is the sheet that sets such an example,, qualified tp set up as a lecturer on the duties of editors?

HAUTE, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, 1872.

The 'Canal Swindle.

In reply to a writer who speaks of the State as being free from the Canal swindle, the Indianapolis "News" forcibly urges that "the State is not 'free of that swindle' by a great deaL It is. in more peril to-day than it was a year ago. The Carroll Circuit C6urt has affirmed GABRETT'S lien upon the canal, and the Supreme Court must affirm it, too, for the authority of the Federal Supreme Court is directly and insuperably in the way of an invalidation. The case still remains upon Judge BIDDLE'S ruling on the demurrer, no final judgment having been made. But it will come to the upper court sometime and there be inevitably made the means of selling the canal from our creditors and giving them a legal claim upon ns for the cash. And that is just what they want. That is the 'canal swindle' accomplished by a legal instead of a political process. Our security against it lay last winter, and lies yet, in a provision for the payment of all the. old unsurrendered bonds of 1836, including GARRETT'S, out of the Treasury. That security the Democrats of the House repelled by a party vote when they defeated the HUGHES joint resolution for the payment of those bonds. The 'swindle' is a8 imminent to-day as ever. If the next Legislature should prove as reckless of the honor or interest of the State as the last, the canal will go, the legal liability to pay cash, $19,000,000, for it, will be incurred, and the State will be as nearly crushed as any gigantic operation of villainy can crush it. The "Commercial" ought to know this, and it don't. Whatever may be the effect of the sale of the canal by GARRETT'S attachment, we know that the 'swindle' hangs heavy over us, so long as any lien remains that may take it by prior right and leave us either to pay cash or be branded with repudiation."

IT is said there is some prospect of a falling off in the immigration from Germany to this country. While North Germany is greatly overcrowded there is a proportionate lack of all sorts of skilled labor in Austria. Wages in that country have become, for Europe, enormously high. All kinds of raw material are often sent over the line into Prussia to be made up. Much of the printing which should be done in Vienna, Prague, and Pesth, is sent to Leipsic and Brunswick. Efforts are being made by both the North .German and Austrian governments to turn the tide of German emigration from this country .and set it towards Austria. Whether Austria can hold out sufficient inducements to make this effort a success remains to be seen. It is probable that a republican form of government and great personal liberty' have charms for the North German which will always lead him to prefer even the danger, inconvenience, and separation from iriends incident to crossing the Atlantic to residence nnder a despotism nearer home.

GENERAL GARFIELD stated in his place in the House that a train of army wagons reaching three-fourths of the way from Washington to Baltimore, and loaded with one ton apiece, packed as closely on the road as six-mule teams can be packed, would not be able to haul the mass of public documents printed every year in the government printing office. The Clevelaud "Herald" thinks General GABFIELD would have made a still more startling calculation had he figured out the length of a mule train that would be required to cart those same "pub. doc's" to the paper mills of the country. It was well said in the debate that the Franking Privilege is the cause of this enormous waste of money, paper and ink, for through that agency these documents load down the mails all through the land, are then, nine times in ten, thrown aside as waste paper, and finally sold to paper makers, at so many cents a pound. aB paper rags. ,v I

IT WILL be a matter of surprise to most Americans that not only Great Britain, but Switzerland, does more in the corresponding way than this great Republic. From the Gotha, "Court Calendar," we learn that last year the mails of Britannia conveyed to her people eight hundred million of letters, an average of twentyfive to each inhabitant. Switzerland forty-five million, or eighteen to each individual the United States five hundred and thirty-one million of letters, being fifteen to each person, so that every Swiss Republican receives on an average three more letters than his more active American brother. Now, it would be interesting to learn, if the knowledge could be obtained, what the Swiss do that brings them a lager correspondence than our people are favored with?

THE Philadelphia "Press" cites at length as a parallel case with the discharge of CATACAZV the recall of M. GENET, the first Minister of the French Republic to this country. M. GENET came as a representative of the bonnet rouge element, and was received with tremendous enthusiasm by bur radicals. All went well until he happened to find fault one day with a bust of Louis XVI. at WASHINGTON'S house, insisting that it was an insult to the French Republic. President WASHINGTON quietly gave him to understand that his attention would be best devoted to his own affairs, and in order that he might not be prevented from ?o devoting it he would urge his recall. M. GENET went back to France a sadder and a wiser man, just as we trust M. CATACAZY has gone to Russia. -»«»e

THE wealth which Auditor Shoemaker and other State officers have unjustly acquired, by lending the State's money, would have built and furnished a splendid educational institute on Univei*ity Square.—Ind. Erg. Journal.

It is indeed mournful to think how many beneficent measures might have been consummated, how much of good might have been achieved, had things been different from what they have been. Who, for instance, can stand beside Niagara's "stupendous torrent" and contemplate the enormous waste of water power that has been going on there since the dawn of creation—power sufficient, if utilized, to operate ali the machinery on earth—and not sigh, with WHITTIER, those "sad words" "it might have been?"

AN exchange notices that the English who were so terribly shocked because Mrs. LINCOLN thought proper to sell off some of her surplus gear, have allowed the ex-Empress EUGENIE to dispose of her diamonds without a word of discouragement. If the former was, as declared by John Bull, a frightful warning against Republican institutions, why does not the latter bear a similar condemnation of those of an imperial character?

A LETTER from Chiselhijrst—a synopsis of which is published in the Cincinnati "Gazette"—says NAPOLEON is busy with intrigues to repossess the throne of France Prominent Fren A politicians and writers for the press have recently visited the Emperor in Chiselhurst or London, and held long conferences with him. The imperial interests are represented in the same way in nearly every paper in Paris, and where the chief editors cannot be bought, the influence of subordinates and occasional writers is secured. CREMIEDX was recently in London, and conferred with NAPOLEON. The chief desire of the latter is to secare the French throne for his son, with a regency, and it is understood that he is framing a "conseil de regence," and CREJIIEUX has been selected as its leading civil member.

THE Secretary of State has filed his report with GOT. BAKER. It shows that two thousand eight hundred and eightyseven miles of railroad are projected in this State, with forty-nine million dollars capital. It discusses the recent abuses and manner of paying Stale printers' bills, and contains suggestions, that if carried ont, will remedy the evils in the future. It also recommends that the office

State be made an office of some va^ue and responsibility instead of a mere re ceptacle of officers' documents, by adding to it a Bureau of Statistics similar to that •f other States.

CARL SCHUBZ'S paper, the St. Louis "Westliche Post," says that the passage of the Illinois temperance law will cost the Republican party in Illinois fifty thousand votes. The Chicago "Journal" replies that "the wish is parent to the thought. So far from that the bill was not in any sense a party measure. It had not been under discussion in advance by the organs of either party, and although the General Assembly was Republican, the bill had a Democratic origin, Senator REDbiCK being its father. There was nothing partisan in the vote." a

A CHICAGO PRINTING establishment has gotten up and is selling to anxious whisky bummers the following blank form, the purpose of which is explained by its own wording:

PERMIT,

Ho Cannot Call Answer.

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Permission is hereby granted by me, the lawful wife of and I declare and witness by my own signature, that my husband has the perfect right and liberty to drink, as often as he choses to drink, and what he chooses to drink, and I hereby relinquish all claims arising therefrom.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL HANNA'S suit against R. J. Bright for $20,000 alleged to have been made on account of State paper, has been postponed until next month for the reason that his criminal trial will come on in a short time.

Sowing Bad Seed.

In regard to the rule of the Trades Unions limiting the number of apprentices in any trade, the Providence Journal says: "Labor is the foundation of all wealth, and should be well paid but the fable of the goose and the golden egg, is one which will never cease to be applicable to those who look only to a temporary advantage without asking what its effect is to be upon the futtire. The workingmen who limit the number of apprentices, have entered upon a false career based upon fallacious reasoning and their sons will repent the ignorance or willfulness of thefr fathers."

THE MURDERER BOTTS.

He is Engaged In W riting an Autobiography—His Account of the Marriage With Mrs. Wilson.

The murderer of "Pet" Halsted has been dictating a story of his life, with a full account of the murder which he is soon to expiate. In the book he relates circumstances connected with his first acquaintance with Mrs. Wilson, his marriage to her, and unfaithfulness to him. In conversation with a reporter yesterday he gave some of the leading incidents of the tale. His story was rambling and full of insignificant incidents, but the main fact, his marriage to Mrs. Wilson, was narrated with a certainty and candor that gave evidence of its truth, even if corroborative proof had not been afforded in the assertion of the clergyman who performed the niarriage ceremony. In 1864 Botts first met Mrs. Wilson at a disreputable house in Newark. Becoming interested in her, he persuaded her to quit the place in which she was living, and furnished her with the means of so doing. In the fall of that year they went together to Paterson to see the races, and on their return Mrs. Wilson said she would "dare him to marry her." Botts said he would, and tliey drove to Little Falls, where Rev. T. H. Landon, a Methodist clergyman, performed the ceremony. Botts says: "Afterward she made me promise not to tell anything about it, and that is the reason I did not say anything at the trial. She was married under a false name, and I gave my real name. I suppose 1 ffas a little drunk at the time." For seven years thereafter the woman lived with Bptts and was supported by him, still under the name of Wilson, however, for she had another husbatid living, from whom she had never obtained a divorce. Botts says he never would have betrayed her secret but for the fact that she lately wrote him what he calls a ''scandalotis letter," in which she told him that she had all along loved another man, at the same time abusing him soundly for bringing her before the public. The letter preceding this one, and by means of which Mrs. Wilson obtained an assignment of furniture and other property owned by Botts. was-of a different character. After using many termB of endearmeat, referring to past associations, &c., she wrote: "lam so unhappy, and can never be happy again. I will try and be good and meet you in heaven." After the poor wretch had given the woman all his property she told a different story, and now, having no regard for his promise to her, he reveals the secret of his marriage, which, although it "may result in her prosecution for bigamy, will, he hopes, save him from death.

Exceedingly Sorry for It Hon. Walker Brooke, of Mississippi, had an inexhaustible fund of dry humor, which never deserted him even in the most trying exigency. During the Clay and Polk campaign his admiration for the great Kentuckian led him to bet a pair of match horses, all the stock he had, on the result and this, though a strict member of the Presbyterian Church. Of course he lost, and of course he was "churched" for gaming. "All we a.*k of you, Mr. Brooke," said the minister during the trial, "is to acknowledge that you are sorry, and promise to sin no more." "Sorry?" asked Mr. Brooke, rising from, his seat .with an air of innocence,'^Sorry? My dear brother, when I think of those b«aotifol bays, gone from my gaze forever, I can truly say, with my hand upon my heart, that no transaction of my life gives me more sorrow than this!"

A MISSOURI editor lays claim to distinction on the ground that he has manfully abstained from writing an editorial article on Jim Fisk.

SEVERAL Georgia papers strongly protest against the custom of carrying pistols, and allege that the fearfully large number of rccent homicides in that State i« almost safely caused by the custom. ..

BY HKSTU A. BXSKDICT.

H? cannot call when I will sot answer— ^anrice my lover, Miuricc my king. For he smiled down on my lone life's assert.

And lol unid blossoms the birds did sine And cool dews fell where tbo fires of sorrow Burned through the brightness of body and brain. And up to the pnrple of loyalest living

My life leaped free from its sepnlchre-chain if -j hi n. Ho cannot call when 1 will not answer! 'Round me forever, wherever go Is the spell of a beantifal day evanished

Andsonnd of a deep voice whispering low: "I have natned yon mine 1 I shall claim yon ever.

Despite all demons nnder the sea. Or passions of earth, or powers of heaven And God's own angels will envy me."

O'er ns an ominons olond divided Glad from his palace the sun beamed through, Crowning my lover my king forever-

Crowning the honr of onr adien And into tho amber of all my tresses, i. That never another's breath can cross, His sighs and kisses were mixed, as rain is

Into the glooms of the wayside moss.

bAt IVHe cannot call when 1 will not answer! If he cried from Heaven's remotest rim. Or, ont from the deeps of Hades—Straight way

My life wonld listen and leap to him, Through flashes of fire and sword, or moaning .ft'

Of thander that hides in the tempest's den, ad with delight, I would fly, unheeding The pity of saints or thescorn of men. y. He oannot call when I will not answer—

Maurice my darling, Maurice my king For he smiled down on my-Ione life's desert. And lo 1 amid the blossoms the birds did sing. I have named him mine! I shall claim him ever,

Despite all demons nnder the sea, Or passions of earth, or powers of heaven: And God's own angels will envy mo! —Golden Agt.

lOSSTAXCT.

The following poem was written by Fred. W. Loring, while he was besieged by the Indians in the Valley of Death, and is probably the last relic of his pen:

SCKXK.—A mountain camp on the Sierra Nevada, Jack, washing clothes, soliloquizes Well, by Jove! Here's a handkerchief now.

Which, in washing my clothes, 1 find lying near 1 Decidedly feminine, too I Well, how

Conld that thine ever have crept in here? Is—a—bel what is the other name? Bv gracious, itmust bo Isabel King And I'd forgotten her 1 What a shame:

She was really a lovely little thing

Now I remember—how could I forget I The night when that handkerchief I took I wonder if she is married yet.

And if she still keeps that girlish look? We sat on tho beach—I believe it was Rye— 'en now I hear how the wild surf sings— And we wero alene—there was nobody by,

And I said a great many prcpostorous things.

And I pressed the handkerchief to my heart. And swore to keep it forever and ever And- it not being lace—she let it depart,

And I swore that it should go from me never. And I've kept my promise for all theso yoars

Isabel, I am more faithful than you For, that you ate married, I have my fears— But, when was a woman known to be true!

For you have forgotten me quite, and I Am wringing the suds irom your handkerchief. Which seems as though it would never get dry

And it is now my assured belief That I shall get married when this trip's through

I shall make the best husband in tho world Because I am ever constant and trueWitness this rag oa the clothes-line curled.

By Jove! what's that? Why, Jim, old boy, Wounded, and by a gruily, you say And you killed him I Good—that's oause for joy-

Put him down here, fellows, this side of the way. Not fatal, but still I think you will find

That it's far from fun to be clawed by a bear. Here, bring us some stuff his wounds to bind

Stay! Take that old handkerchief over there I THE BEAR IRISH KAIDE9T.

BY JOHN D. EVANS.

Away, far away, in that green little Island, By the Shannon's clear spray lives the fair queen of my land And poor is her heart, with no gems is she laden Yet pure is the heart of my dear Irish maiden.

Ah! well I remember tho first time I met her. And years since have passed, yet I ne'er can forget her And many strange lands since my footsteps have Btrayed on, But none have I met like my doar Irish maiden.

When hunted, an outlaw, o'or mountain and river. For striving the chains of my country to sever, Air.d when bound like a felon, and with man acles laden. My comfort and hope was my true Irishmaiden.

When, banned from Green Erin, I loft her in sorrow. Well I found our sad parting her young heart would harrow, Then I took a fond look on tho hills that I played on. And kissed the fair brow of my doar Irish maiden, .4 And oft, sinco that time, in my dreams I behold hor. And think to my lono heart again I enfold her, And her sweet vnico I licar, but in tones of upbraiding Forgotten by theo is your fond Irish maiden.

Erin oh, Erin I I'll soon go to see thee Erin! swoet Erin! wo'll soon go to free theo For the day-star of hope shines bright, and is laden. With blessings for theo, and my doar Irish .maiden. —St. Loui$ Democrat,

THE Gloucester "Advertiser" says that as the season for the opening of the Georges fishing approaches, preparation rapidly culminates. Several vessels of the fleet are fitting out in addition lo those which have followed the business during the winter season, nd by the last of the month there will be a large fleet under way, though not so many as there were last year. It is a risk) business, this George fishing in February and March still there are always enough men ready and willing to go, if the owners will risk their vessels. Indeed, many of The men are actually obliged to go to obtain means of subsistance for their, families, their scanty earnings of last year having long since been exhausted, and there is no other alternative. The prospect is certainly much more encouraging than it was last year, as the market is nearly bare of both codfish and mackerel, and the new catch will doubless find a ready market at remunerative prices.

E8TON,

the pedestrian, is trying to

get a divorce in Iowa, and his petition says that he is a "person of a very sensitive nature," and that his wife talks saucy to him sometimes, which injures his feelings so as to "constitutesuch inhuman treatment as to endanger his life!" .«.

A NUMBER of unmarried ladies in New York have clubbed together and agreed that each one is to make a proposal of ^marriage to some young man of her choice during the year, and to assemble to relate their experiments and the resalts on the last honr the last nigbt af he a

AM enthusiastic African, wno had "spent de winter in Jamaky," found it ah earthly paradise. He said lie could "He abed, and putting bis arms out de windy, pick oranges, pine-apples and Jamaky rum right off de trees."

AN agricultural exchange, who has evidently sat at the feet of Greeley, remarks: A little attention lo the hens now, giving them milk punch, oyster shells, red pepper, and other stimulating compounds, will set them to laying like everything.

"Is this seat occupied asked an exquisite of an elderly lady .of rustic design, in the cars at Norwalk,

Saturday evening.

"I don't know,"said she, hastily running her bands with a great deal of solicitude over the snrface. "It feels mostly like plush, but you can't always tell." .....

WE are proud of the impressively solemn appearence of our undertakers. A smiling undertaker is(a hideous inctfbhs on the growth of a place.—Eithangs.

A EOSBBUSH over 1,000 years old, and whose stem is afoot in diameter, covers one side of a German cathedral

*atytdy I 9 W#

{PAYABLE IN ADVANCE

Treasurer of State. BEDFORD, IND., Jan. 17,1872.

EDITOB EXPRESS:—Among the names of the good and true men mentioned in connection with the nomination for the office of Treasurer of State by the ap*

He is now serving his second term as County Treasurer, and it is not too much to say that we have never had a more popular, honest and capable man in that office, or one who has enjoyed the respect and confidence of members of both political parties to a greater extent. He is emphatically a man of the people, and one among the best canvass^ in the

State, a qualification which ought not to be lost nght of in selecting our candidates. If nominated, he will add positive

strength to the ticket, and will insure the Sate a good and faithful officer. Major Glover has been an earnest, hard working Republican from the organiza-. tion of the party, and no man in Southern

Indiana has dealt the Democracy harder

blows or rendered the Republican cause more effective service. It is not stranee, therefore, that he js immensely popular throughout all this portion of the State. He will go into the Convention backed by a host of enthusiastic friends, who will spare no honorable effort to secure his nomination. G. W. F. The Hot Springs of the Yellowstone

The following is from Prof. Hayden's article on the Yellowstone, in the February number of'Scribner's." Tbis'article is the second in a series of "The Wonders of the West:"

deep bright sulphur to a dainty cream- ___

The water after rising from the spring basins flows down the sides of the declivity, step by step, from one reservoir to the otherj at each one ef them losing a portion of its heat, until it becomes as cool as spring-water. Within five hundred feet of its source our large party camped for two days by the side of the little stream formed by the aggregated waters of these hot springs, and we found the water most excellent for drinking as well as cooking purposes. It was perfectly clear and tasteless, and harmless in its effects. During our stay here all the members of our party, as well as the soldiers comprising our escort, enjoyed the luxury of bathing in these most elegantly carved natural bathing-pools, and it was easy to select, from the hundreds of reservoirs, waters of every variety of temperature. These natural basins vary somewhat in size, but many of them are about four by six feet in diameter, and one to four feet in depth. With a foresight worthy of commendation, two men have already pre-empted 320 acres of land covering most of the surface occupied by the active springs, with the expectation that upon the completion of the Northern Pacific Railroad this will become a famous place of resort for invalids and pleasure-seekers. Indeed, no future tourist in traveling over the Far West will think of neglecting this most wonderful of the physical phenomena of that most interesting region.

The level or terrace upon which the principal active springs are located, is about midway up the sides of the mountain covered with the sediment. Still farther up are the old ruins of what must have been at some period of the past even more active springs than any at present known. The sides of the mountain for two or-three hundred feet in height are covered with a thick crust of the calcareous deposit, which was originally ornamented with the most elegant sculpturing all over thesurface, like the bathing-pools below. But atmospheric agencies, which act readily on the lime, have obliterated all their delicate beauty. Chimneys partially broken down are scattered about here and there with apertures varying in size from two inches to two feet in diameter. Long, rounded ridges are also quite numerous, with fissures extending the entire length, from which the boiling water issued forth and flowed over the sides. Thus the ediment was continually precipitated in thin oval layers, so that a section of these oblong chimneys presents the appearance of layers of hay in the stack, or the thatched cabin of a peasant. Some of these chimneys were undoubtedly formed by geysers, now extinct others may be called spoutingsprings, as those which are in a constant state of violent ebullition, throwing the water up-twoto four feet—a phenemenon intermediate between a boiling^spring and a geyser. The water is forced up through an orifice in the earth by hydros* tatic pressure, and overflowing, precipitates the sediment around it and thus, in time, it builds up a mound varying in height according to the force of the pressure. One of these cones is very remarkable, surpassing any observed in any other portion of the West. From its peculiar form we almost involuntarily named it the "Liberty Cap." It is entirely composed of carbonate of lime, in flexible caplike layers, with a diameter at the base of fifteen feet, and a hight of about forty feet It is completely closed over at tbe summit. This is probably an extinct geyser, and was the most powerful one of this group.

LAST week an inventor got a patent for a new washing machine which avoids all the point* of sameness in tbe eight hundred machines previously patented. That fellow mu*t have been a real genius.

A TENNESSEE distiller announces t(iat he lias had four barrels of whisky "«loll by ruffins disfigured-with kraip."^

A KANSAS CITY debating society going to discuss at its next meeting the interesting cpieslion, "Does a house burn up or down."

NEW YORK STOKE.

ATT never bought abetter yardV7

Republican Convention, we

now of none more deterring than Maj.

John B. Glover, of this county. He has ftTT .» 7 an excellent reputation both as a citizen I ed Towels and soldier among all who know him.

wide Bleached Muslin thaa

we are now offering atl2$c.

rvTTT) Ribbed Hose at 15c are go*

ing off fait, bat the cheapert

goods in the Hosiery line are those full Ktgal&r-made Fleeced Hose lor Misses I that we are selling at 16,18,20c.

rUlIAClT? Ladies who hare nem I nl/oJiyet priced and examined our stock of Shirt Bosoms, will find it to their advantage to do so.

Cents is the price for a superior make of Spool Silks.

ALL

our Shawls are marked down less than Jobbers' pricee.

Qre»t B»r8a,M

The above

REMEMBER

can be had only *1 the

Great Bargains can be had only at tl

I New ork, Store,

ii+r

•73 Main Street,

From the river our path led up the steep sides of the hill for about une mile, young Fisk if his eggs were fresh when we came suddenly and unexpected- bet," replied the ingenuous boy, "pop ly in full view of the spring. This wonder pulled them off the vines this morning.' alone, our whole company agreed, sur- "Give me a dozen, sonny," replied Jar. passed all the descriptions which bad Drew. The next stall was kept by little een given by former travelers. Indeed Elipbalet Buckram. "Is this pumpkin the Langford' party saw nothing of this,

good, my son?"

Before us arose a high white mountain, broker. "It is a good enongh Morgan," looking precisely like a frozen cascade, answered the truthful child, "but, sir, if It is formed by the calcareous sediment of you will examine that portion concealed the hot springs, precipitated from the I from too scrutinizing view, by contact water as it fiows down the steep declivities with the boards forming the counter of of the mountain side. The upper portion the stall, you will see that there is a bad

is about one thousand feet above the I Bpot in it." "Does not that seem unbusi-

waters of Gardnere's River. The surface I nesslike, my child, to cry down your own oprises from wares?" asked the kind-hearted millionthree to four square miles. The springs aire. "My sainted mother said I must i.ll'. 1!. _:*L M« 1 1A ItalA# now in active operation cover an area of I never tell a lie with my little hatchet, about one square mile, while the rest of replied Eliphalet Buckram. The rich the territory is occupied by the remains man was moved to tears, he took out his of springs which have long since ceased purse and gave Eliphalet Buckram a pat to flow. We pitched our camp upon a on the head and said he was a good boy. grassy terrace at the base of the principal group of active springs. Just in the rear of us were a series of reservoirs or bathingpools, rising one above the other, semicircular in form with most elegantly scallopped margins composed of calcareous matter, the sediment precipitated from the water of the spring. The hill, which is about two hundred feet high, presents the appearance of water congealed by frost as it quickly flows down a rocky declivity. The deposit is as snow, except when tinged here there with iron or sulphur. Small streams flow down the sides of the snowy mountain, in channels lined with oxide of iron colored with the most delicate tints of red. Orthers present the most exquisite shades of yellow, from a

covered with the deposit comprises from wares?

•A.i

Near Court House Square

Wittenberg, Rnschhaapt ACo., PBorainoBa.

Not a Story for Good Little Boys. It is now in order to recount anecdotes of the early life of the late James Fisk, Jr., and the Chicago "Post" proceeds to relate the following reminiscence of the Prince's sunny hours of boyhood:

When Fisk was about ten years of age, he kept a small market stall at Banning* ton, Vt. One day the eminent steamboatman, Daniel Drew, came to the market with his basket on his arm. He asked "You

asked the venerable stock

When he had gone, Eliphalet Buckram said to little James, "O James, what made you tell such a fib? You|know those eggs were laid three weeks ago. You will see

that I have gained a customer and you ,, have lost one." Well, when Eliphalet""1' went home his stepmother came to the door and said "Here you are, you lazy little sneak, and you havn't sold that punkin yet I I'll punkin you!" And she took him in her stepmotherly arms., "th and fanned him with an ox-goad

until he said that he would prefer taking. his meals off the mantelpiece for the next few consecutive days, to sitting down,!] with the rest of the family and next day ,,, Daniel Drew came into the market ("a"" rearin' and atearin'," as old inhabitants1 say,) and said: "Where is the Jioy Jliat,'

color. In the springs and in the channels I gold'me those eggs, eh?" and Jim Fisk is a meterial like the finest Cashmere pointed to Eliphalet and said: "There he wool, with its slender fibers floating in the jg) sir," and Daniel Drew reinforced that water, vibrating with the movement of boy's stepmother's ox-goad with his cane the current, and tinged with various "*~J shades of red and yellow, as bright as those of our aniline dyes. These delicate wool-like masses are undoubtedly plants which seem to be abundant in all the hot springs of the West, and are familiar to the microscopist as diatoms. Upon a kind of terrace covering an area of two hundred yards in length and fifteen in width are several large springs in a constant agitation, but with a somewhat lower temperature than the boiling-point. The hottest spring is 162° others are 142°, 155°, and 156°, respectively. Pome of them give off the odor of sulphuretted hydrogen, quite perceptibly. A qualitative analysis shows the water to contain sulphuretted hydrogen, lime, soda, alumina, and a small amount of magnesia. It is beautifully clear, and slighly alkaline to the taste.

so effectually that—but never mind. So Daniel Drew bought all his garden-sass of Jim Fisk. In after life Eliphalet Bockram set up a grocery store and gave truster to all the poor people, and never sanded[ his sugar, and wouldn't qualify his rum'" with water so he burst np, and the Sheriff sold him out and he went to the poorhouse. But Daniel drew kept his eye on Jim Fisk, and by-and-by he gave him a partnership in the Erie firm, and Jim{tgti beat him out of $4,000,000. This is not a story for good little boys. We fear it is too near the truth. fif tts

A Ferocious Negress.

From the Nashville Banner J] A private letter was received here yesterday, giving details of a fiendish murder committed in Smith county, at a tobacco stripping, on the farm of Will Cardwell, at which a good number of neighbors were present, and among them a negro man eighty years old. Some of those present thinking to have a little fun at the expense of the old negro, commenced joking him about matrimony. He said

he did not know of any one to marry, whereupon one of the crowd suggested: "There's Moll Quails before you why cant you marry her?" Casting a suspicious glance at Moll Quails, and survey ing her leisurely from head to loot, Blowly remarked that he would not have.. I her. At this the woman in question be-t«

came enraged, and demanded an immediate explanation. He replied it was useless for him to say why the crowd well li knew the reason. Considering this a reflection upon her character, the woman became furious, siezed a stick and beat him over the head until she thought him dead, and without the least interruption from the bystanders 1] coolly strode out of the barn in which the $ altercation had taken place. Having oc* casion to return to the barn, she stopped at the door to make an inspection or its interior, and observing that the old man l\ was not dead, and that he had, notwithstanding his many wounds, arisen from where she had struck him down, she again seized the billet of wood and attacked him in the most ferocious manner, breaking his skull into fragments, and scattering his brains and blood some distance from where he sat." ts

An Honorablo Contest

From the St. LouU Demotrat-1 Virginia has resorted to a wily trick to escape the disgrace of repudiation, while practically reaping all its benefits, Wearying of providing means for the payment of the interest on her debt of forty-seven millions of dollars, the Legislature has repealed the present funding act, and contemplates substituting in its stead one which will authorize the issue of bonds to run ninety years at three per cent, interest. The value of such paper in the market can readily be imagined, ifennesse, which has not pretended to pay the interest on her debt for the past three years, and whose Legislature, by reducing the tax-rate a few weeks ago, has indefinitely postponed the hope of restoring the State's credit, is in a similar disgrace^ ful position. In marked contrast to the action of these Democratic Legislatures is the honest and unfaltering course of the Administration, under whose wise and careful rule the national debt is daily decreasing and the nation's credit is as rapidly advancing.

TBE opening of Montgomery avenue has coat San Francisco $2,500,000, and is considered a poor job.

THE Chicago Tribune wants Dr. Livingstone to be brought back and then put under bonds to keep out of Africa,

OUT of tbe lady authors who have achieved distinction in America, 181 are of Southern birth.—Chicago Pott.

A PHILADELPHIA^ has been arrested and held in $600 bail for stealing—two umbrellas. ',*4*

"A READER" writes to the Baltimore Sun "that he takes no stock in the "new woman's club." He says that'the "old woman's club" is enough for him, and frequently too much.

A SCIENTIFIC contributer treats the world to a dissertation on "Hemp as a Narcotic Hemp has, indeed, nut many a poor fellow into a very sound sleep.— Louisville Ledger. tu

IN Choate's time every one ascertained at which hotel the great barrister stopped, by looking down the register until thev found two blots and a spatter, that on on re ad

DURINU the recent "cold snap" in Paris, there were eight hundred Prions falls on the ice, seventy arms and legs were broken, and two men died from accidents in the streets, ,,