Jones County Liberal (Newspaper) - January 22, 1874, Monticello, Iowa Jones ( Jt Every BT THE LIBERAL PRINTING 504 First ( Formerly Commercial - TERMS Two Dollars a in NEWS The Nearly the whole business portion of the town of has been destroyed by The logs is estimated at nearly $ 1,000,000. A fire broke out in a building in Sixtieth New a few days and BO rapidly did tho flames spread that the were unable to Mr. a wellknown tea hia wife and daughter were burned to Ex- Senator of New York who embezzled the funds ot the Walkill National of which he was has been sentenced to ten years iu the The unfortunate Spanish clad is again in While attempting to leave the Brooklyn the other she went ashore at the foot of Bridge where she is likely to remain for gome The police of New York city have issued an order forbidding any snored or other musical concerts on The Elisha the Iowa postal mail robber ( whose wife is a sister of Schuyler Golf has been taken to Omaha for The contest for the location of the next Iowa State Fair has resulted in a victory for The printers of Omaha are on a strike against a reduction of and have started a operative daily paper of their James and a an estimable young were burned to death by the explosion of a kerosene at St. a days Mrs. a son aged 18, and au infant were so seriously injured that their recovery is doubt Some time ago a man named Bab Turner was arrested in Grant charged with murdering his It was suspected at the time that Turner had ' committed other Decently he has made a full which more than confirms these and stamps him as ono of the most atrocious wretches He delights to talk of the many persons he has He gloats over the skill with which he has concealed and declares nobody nan find them but and that if they were got together there would be nearly forty of He says that his mission ou earth was to kill off the as there were altogether too many people crowding into this and exhibits a savage satisfaction in recounting his bloody A Deputy of the Iowa State who has recently visted the destitute fanners of and O'Brien reports 1,000 families in need of and thinks that 500 of them depend on charity for support till The jewelry store of Duehme & in was a few days of $ 7,000 worth of A dispatch from says the Indians at Vermillion Lake are dying ol They have eaten two children and one The scarcity of game and failure of the rico crop is the Ex- Senator Doolittlo is President of the University of The The negroes on Bayous Lafourche anc in are on- a general strike against a reduction of and large numbers of them are roaming about the country iu allowing nobody to work at the proposed Gov. Kellogg has sent an armed force to the locality to quell tho Gail the known moat aud milk died recently in whither he had gone in search of The Georgia Legislature met on the The in his takes a cheerful view of public Tho State debt is and the estimated value ol taxable properly $ 250,000.000. A coach containing fourteen passon gors was recently attacked by a band of high waymen near Hot who took possession of the bags and relieved the passengers of money and valuables to amount of $ 2,000. A Washington dispatch of the 12th says In a conversation with au Administration Senator with regard to the President I a lawyer for and you re fused because you said that he know Then I sent in the name of a man who is recognized by tho bar as a thorough and you object to him be cause you say he is an If you I will send the name of Jeremiah 8 Mr. of has introduced in the a chartering a tract ' trunk railroad from New York Io the for freight Tho is similar in detail to the one recommended by the Stat Convention held at nearly a year and is designed to furnish Dieting of cheap transportation from the Wes to The capital of the corporation is not to exceed a hundred millions of dollars The House Committee on am Bonds have perfected a providing fo a partial restoration of the franking privilege The following is the message of the dent withdrawing the nomination of Calel 1874. To tho Senate of tho United Since nomination of Caleb Gushing of to be Justice of Court of the United information ha reached me which induces me to withdraw bis nomination for the highest judicial in the U. S. A Washington dispatch announces that th President is not iu favor of a new election i as A telegram of the 16th Variou names continue to be mentioned in with the From certain in the nomination may coma from New York in the person of Judge Woodruff The names of Conkling aud of Mi are also prominently mentioned Tho Mexican war veterans had a reunion a the capital last Gen. Negley delivere an and Gen. Albert Pike recited There are but $ 17,000,000 of the legal ten der reserve in the President Grant says that when his term expired he will go to Europe with his family to remain abroad until the residence he eon templates building in Washington is com and ready for So says Washington The Associate Justices of the Court have united iu a letter to the stating in case it was decided to a Justice from the no jealous would whoever should be The Spanish provinces of Avil Segovi and Toledo have been declared in a state ' after a violent ihc Jews liberal VOL. n. JANUARY 22, 1874. NO. 18- haa adopted a vote of confidence in the by a majority of 58. At last tho insurgents who have BO long een holding against the ege and bombardment of the Government Hilary and naval bave been obliged The city has boon id Is now in possession of the Spanish The Madrid Government that order has been restored in tbat A portion of the force engaged in the ege of Cartagena has marched against tlie The Government on found the fortifications aud 1 the buildings badly damaged by the The members of the Junta the clad to tbe French at Mers el and the tri- color ow floats at her Tbe condition of be forts Cartagena confirms the of and provisions were found 3 be fairly plentiful in the The returns from all parts of the Gorman show definitely that 100 id 230 Ministerial Liberals have been to the A meeting of the constituting a of the late Spanish has been old at and a vote of confidence iu enor Castelar The London correspondent at reports that a tumult of the who ere of the treachery of tho the It is understood that the French Government will deliver to the those of tho now in Algeria who are accused of piracy nd other civil Tbe Chinese Government has very sensibly ome t the conclusion to make no treaty with le new Peruvian Minister until his Government shall have released and sent back every heli in servitude and pledged self to discontinue coolie importations in the The British steamship Wallachia was recently oil the coast of counsel for the prosecution in the ' was mobbed by the friends of le claimant as he was leaving court the other and was only from serious violence y the interposition of the The ship from Callao for as been lost off the Sicily Ten of er crew were There is again talk at Washington over a respective change in the head of the Treasury three workmen were killed at a few days by the falling of a railway President Grant has refused to send troops o Texas to aid Gov. Davis in preventing the State Government from taking He telegraphs to Davis that the re quest waa not made iu accordance with the of the and Tlie acts of the Legislature of Texas providing for tho recent elections have your and both political having made nominations and having the political campaign under its would it not be as well as to yield to the verdict of the people as by their ballots Hon. Allen G. Thurman has been re- elected United States Senator from The Democrats voted solidly for while the supported Gov. Senator of produced something of a sensation in the Republican Senatorial caucus which assembled the other day to consider the nomination of Caleb The Senator produced and read a etter written by Cushing from Washington to Jeff dated March 21, 1861. The letter began with Dear and recommended o Davis My young Archibald Tbe letter proceeds to state tbat soic desired to join tho fortunes of the that he had invented a rifle which might be of service to the that ho had contributed to published at and bad used his best efforts to overthrow the American In Mr. dishing hoped that Mr. Davis would use his beBt endeavors to advance the of young Jesse wrote a similar letter for the same young being led to Bright's ejection from tbe United States Senate Rowan had been a clerk in the General's office while Cushing was He took this letter to who eventually placed him at the bead of the Confederate Produce Loan This etter was captured with tho archives of the and placed in the hands of the Southern Claims It was taken a few days when being copied by a to General who sent it to in sent it to The letter fell into Sargent's hands Before the reading of the letter a ballot been and eleven Senators had expressed themselves favorable to the production of tho fatal document another ballot was and not a solitary vote was cas for The Texas Legislature convened at Austin on the 13th aud organized without oppo sition from Gov. Davis or the Federal author The Virginia Legislature has elected Col Robert E. Withers United States Senator fo Bix yeare from the 4th of It is announced from Washington that thi resignation of Judge of wil not be accepted iu the face of his impeach but that he will be required to prov his innocence of the charges preferred or be degraded from the position h The Wisconsin Legislature met Jan. 14th In tbe Senate the Republicans elected thei officers by a majority of while in the Reformers elected Gabriel Bonck Speake by a vote of 58 to 38. The Kansas operative Associa at have unanimously resolve that they will act in politics hereafter independently of existing The elected State officers bave bee inaugurated in Texas without any oppositio from Gov. William Pickney White ( has bee elected United States Senator from Gov. of has twice asked Pres dent Grant to help him hold the and has twice been To his las appeal f he President has through A that he has hold the office longer than the law an that his right to stay still longer is at least s doubtful that no Federal troops will be put a his as he The Pennsylvania coal miners aro stubborn ly resisting the proposed reduction of wages Orders have been given for a general strike i the Schuylkill coal and nearly the anthracite and bituminous region of Pommy vania is involved in tbe It is est mated that over fifty thousand men ai already and the number is being coustan ly The contest threatens to be long and desperate an both the operator and miners manifest an unyielding stubborn Tho National Board of Trade commenced its session at Baltimore on the 13th inst. The Michigan Michigan and Pittsburgh and Fort Wayne railroads have abolished tho free pass The strike of tho miners in Pennsylvania has assumed a new A portion of the workmen have not only refused to accept tho reduction of wages proposed by their but have entered a counter demand for an increase of ten per over tho schedule of 1873, and are disposed to insist upon their Mr. W. C. President of tho Illinois delivered an elaborate address before tho National Cheap Transportation at in the course of which ho gave his solution of the transportation His plan in is eight grand trunk railway connecting the and East. He inks they could be built for $ 25,000 per Inch would bo about $ 25,000,000 for each or $ 300,000,000 for tho about 7,000,000, on tho for each State which they or an assessment of 6.50 per acre on each Hereof laud within three illos of a or two- thirds of 1 per on 10 total wealth of the which is less mn one- half the annual railroad charges of 10 A Washington dispatch says the House Committee on Railroads and Canals have agreed pon to regulate commerce by among the several and will roort it to tho House at the first with a report on tho subject of the which Mr. McCrary is now The National Board of in session at last adopted the report of the Committee on transportation appointed at the Chicago some weeks the features of which are as follows 1. That legislation be adopted to prevent tho delay u active of grain intended for iu tho bunds of common 2. That the only true remedy for the existing i transportation will bo secured by the of water aud that it is the duty of neither to assist nor gire aid or money to any artificial 3. That attempt to regulate the rate of freight y Government authority would be inexpedient and to Bound 4. That tho fast freight system is wrong and bad n its and that railroads should be to perform the business of transportation 6. That Government may charter any railway any of the different subject to the me local taxation as is imposed by such States on iu operation within their THE Motional Crop Reporter of the 19th publishes the final estimates of last crop of oats aud hay in the States of In and he estimated total production of oats iu the States named in 1872 in round 192,300,000 and the falling off from his iu 1873 is placed at 10 2- 10 per cent. Indiana shows the heaviest being over 17 er aud Tennessee the largest or nearly 9 per cent. The estimates of the hay crop give an average falling off of the crop of 873 as compared with that of 1872 equal to 6} per and makes the total yield last rear in the above States nearly 10,000,000 The Cheap Transportation at adopted the report of the of the Committee on which declares that relief must come from recommends a national law providing for a Bureau of Commerce and hat members of the Association endeavor to obtain the passage of certain laws in heir respective including a law prohibiting all railway companies from making unjust aud excessive discriminations against which are not competing and a aw obliging all to transport he cars of other or of for a just and impartial with the same h as for cars belonging exclusively to said It calls for legislation making it a penal offense for a public officer to accept or use a free pass of any railway aud prohibiting railway companies from granting passes to other than and condemns granting of lands subsidies in any It also recommends that railways and canals be constructed ay the National the manner of constructing railways to be by contract to the lowest that when constructed they hould bo used for the transportation of Government and when not required for Government all citizens to hare the right to place cars aud and to operate the subject to regulations to be provided by the they paying a toll therefor to maintain the road a uniform aud clastic aud to reluce Uio national By to regulate the revenue Us ou lly authoring the erection of a railroad bridge across tuo Missouri river at By making a legal tender for to financial panics by tbe issue of 3 65- 100 aud the $ 44,1X10,000 By to tho law so as to permit storage of in By a a track railway from water ou the Atlantic to the Missouri and to limit By to transfer the of affairs to the War moved to suspend the rules and adopt he declaring that in the judgment of he House lucre is no necessity for an of million or increase of tho public debt by further oan if there shall he economy in public and iu Hew of the condition of the the will reduce the to the lowest point consistent with tho administration of public The rules woro and the 221; a motion to suspend the rules and adopt a resolution declaring it to be tbe sense of the House that taxes shall not be jut that extraordinary if any bo required for he support of the shall be obtained by a temporary or hearing a low rale of in and redeemable in United States came up for The House refused to suspend the 165 to 82. Jau 13. in- a providing that a bust of the late Justice Chase he placed iu the Supreme Court introduced a joint resolution providing for the appointment of a Commission of two members of tbe Senate aud two of the to inquire into the condition of the navy Tho payment question was discussed by Ferry and The lattor presented a which ho thinks will bring about specie tiou without any contraction of the der its provisions two hundred aud live of per bonds aro to he and tho used to buy with which to redeem Tho tenders which aro redeemed in this way aro not to bo except for gold and shall bo again redeemable In gold only Gordon introduced a resolution directing tho Retrenchment Committee to inquire into tbe expediency of reporting a reducing tbe compensation of all officers of tho army and navy whose salaries exceed 1,000 per Tho ll to promote education was A motion to lay on tho table was 104 to 135 and the hill w. as then postponed until took up the Senate substitute for the in relation to and passed after some by 22( 1 yeas to 25 The following aro tho names of the Representatives voting in the - Williams ( Jan. 14. Tho proceedings were of an unimportant addressed the Senate on tho finance and currency after which the Henate wont into executive and shortly thereafter The in of tho was engaged most of the day in considering tho Naval Appropriation Jan. 15. A number ol petitions woro presented asking for the right 01 suffrage for Tho Committee reported favorably on thu petition that tho salaries of carriers be at $ 1,000 a year Tho Senate resumed of the resolution imported by the Finance and Morton and Howe replied to the speech of A ( tiou was adopted the ' of the Marine Hospital Servico to prepare 11 history of tho yellow fever of 1873, witli special to details of prevention unc and transmit tho same to tho ' Hyde offered a resolution looking to tin regulation of commerce ou the t protect boat aud other combinations to establish uniform rates ou etc A wai passed providing for an appeal from Circuit Courti to the Supremo Court in cases of habeas Tho Naval Appropriation was 16.* Logan introduced a making retirements In the army and marine corps obligatory after a certain a authorizing appointments and promotion in tho aud ordnance departments of the army aud for other a to increase iay department of the army Tho was appropriating $ 2,500 for busts of the late Chief Justices Tuney aud Chase lor tho Supremo Com room Tho debato on the was Sherman delivered an elaborate op peslug any further inflation of tho Small asked leave to offer a resolution in tho Committee on to in quire and report how many horses are maintained by tho Government in the District of Columbia till expense and who uses and they aro required for public Also aud other vehicles owned by tho Government am Butler tho resolution was mi received from tho Committee of Way and reported u to reimburse distiller for the amounts paid by them in procuring Tie meters by order of tho Internal but which meters were bj Jan. 17.. session Tho met in Committee of th Whole for general on Husk in tho Speeches mad by of on civil by Townsend and Burehard ou 12. Ramsey introduced a resolution instructing the Committee ou Foreign Relations to inquire into the expediency of advancing the rank of Minister to Sweden and Norway to a mission of the first Adopted Ingalls introduced a to freight and passenger rates on the Union and Central Pacific The Senate resumed consideration of the Salary After considerable and the rejection of a number of the whole was finally disposed of by the adoption of a substitute offered by as follows AN ACT repealing the increase iu salaries of members of Congress aud other Be it That so much of the act of March 3,1873, entitled An act making appropriation for aud judicial expenses of the Government for the year ending June 80, 1874," as provides for tho compensation of public aud whether members of or except President of the United States and Justices of tho Supreme aud the same hereby aud tbe compensation and allowances of all said except as shall be fixed by the law iu force at the time of the passage of said that milage shall bo allowed for the session of the third that all moneys appropriated aa compensation to members of the second iu excess ' of milage and allowances by law at the commencement of said and shall not have been drawn by members of said Congress or having been bave been returned iu any form to tho United are hereby covered into tho Treasury of the United and declared to be moneys of tho United States absolutely tho same as if they had never been appropriated as afore The following is the vote on the Ferry ( Hamilton ( ' Morrill ( Morrill ( Cooper announced that be paired with who would have voted for tho and he ( against it. NOT Ferry ( Hamilton ( The now goes back to the for concurrence by t hat Bills introduced By to reorganize the Internal Revenue Department aud reduce its By to aid iu establishing polytechnic schools iu every county aud iu the By G. F. to insure the safety of passengers ou By to The Recent Indiana Anderson ( Chicago This afternoon Col. at abou 5 proceeded to the office o John C. and as soon as he hac entered remarked to Thi is to be the last of you or me aud im mediately drew a jumped upon the as re ported by tho gentlemen en treated Stillwell to put up his No heed was given to aiv Stillwell discharged his revolver at Coi the bull striking him on the righ side of the but was from inflicting a dangerous wound the presence of some silver coin am keys in the pocket of The pai ties it is Corwin immediately drew his revolve and tired both balls entering th back part of near th right He fell to the floor and ex Corwin delivere himself up at once into the hands o the to await the verdict of inquest by the whici is now in The as may be ha caused much excitement among ou from the position occupied by the Col. Stillwel has resided here for some and at the time of his death wa in the 47th year of his In 18G4 h was elected a to Con gross from tho on the can In 1868 he was appointe United States Minister to by Andrew serving nearly on Potatoes in the United According to the last decennial cen New York is the Banner in tho amount of Irish potatoes pro returning the enormous yield 28,000,000, Ohio with 11,000,000, 111: and Michigan each with 10,000,00 Maine with nearly 8,000,000, Wisconsi with 6,000,000, Indiana and Ve mont each with upward of 5,000,009, and New Jersey and New Hampshire with more than 4,500,000 The particular parts of the country which yield the most according to tho area cultivated aro New Vermont and Northern New The best come from these as the millions of bushels shipped to the Southern States each year will & Subscription Book have in press an exhaustive History of the by Hon. J. Editor Western one of our ablest and best known agricultural Its title is THE It will be the standard work on and is certain to prove a great Book and Farmers should read the It is bound to THE STATE CAPITAL f 1' The Immortal Flv Th 8wmrm of New 4) ' The Demi In tlie llou From our DBS Jan. 15, 1874. For the first time in sixteen years the owa Legislature has begun its session ith the stormy contending of political In all these past years the majority has boon so great lat the only question who should e the candidate of that party for the aud this was generally before tho time to ' he opponents woro more We only - to utter feeble r by joining in endeavor to secure part f tho spoils which by common usage to tho But with the of tho fifteenth Assembly the party is confronted iu the louse by a foe not only equals but actually outnumbers it. The idal wave of Anti- Monopolism which wept ovor the State last fall carried r ith it eight Anti- Monopoly five and ut seven for tho his threw balance of power into he s of these five all of whom wore of Republican but ' ere elected on independent ' he situation was decidedly ruo to tho immortal leld aloof from the regular resisting the most earnest and invitations to join with either n helping to organize the Both woro anxious to do all iu their rawer to benefit the This uncertainty naturally increased he number of candidates for the minor probably on the same ground seemingly governs lotteries tho greater tho risk and tho smaller the the more tickets are From 11 quarters of the State caino Hacking men and old and with ivery imaginable claim for until members were thoroughly and gladly sought relief in the seclusion ol lie It justifies tho assertion hat Men are divided into two hose who want office and those who and the latter are few and fai A noticeable event connected witli his Legislature is the transference ol from the West Side to the iast Side from the to the The corridors and rooms ol ho latter were filled with and there the ug was leaving the Savory ant to the commercial traveler auc the member from the country ambitious of stopping at the hotel Economy is the word will most of the members in a their own and it is hoped i may be so when they come to deal with hc State Another noticeable thing is the groa preponderance of new O the one hundred members of the House jut seventeen were members of tlie las and only five havi ever held like positions As i consequence there is a general awkward ness among the be rays itself in more ways than Ii respect to the number of mon tho is a weak one in respect to the will am determination of most of it while wo hardly look fo any brilliant there will prob ably bo few if any bad laws Both honsou assembled at U p. m. of Jan. 12. The Semite was called to order by Lieut. - Gov. H. C on taking the mado i short aud pleasant A tern organization was and the Senate The permanent officers elected on Tuesday are J. A. T. Secretary W. I 1 First Assistant R. B. Second Assistant T. W. Jan. 1 A resolution 1' iis commending Congress for the repeal of tho Steal The paused by a vote of 84 yeas to 12 nays ho the odious of and Mnil lock in the House remained Twenty ballots taken for 15. Thu rend ItH and Balloting for continued the result HB 50 votes or A motion to go into 0011- ' to Bottle the matter was 1) 7 Io I. A resolution offered by Butlor that the adjourn 17, an was Hooner was ruled nit of order by tho Speaker ro Jan. Tho Senate mot uid adjourned without trammeling any The continued the balloting for I ho vote being 411 for 10 for of having been and After the ballot the House Jan. 17. The Senate was not in The look In I ho House remained The 100! h ballot for Speaker wan akon just before and an adjournment to Monday wan 4 a motion to adjourn to tho JOB PRINTING Of F. Tery EXECUTED WITH NEATNESS AN ( tolls of an wisely before it was Tun Jews in this country are agitating tho question of holding thoir Sabbath on the Christian tho communist Every The House ww called to order by Hon. of Polk who nominated Hon. J. G. of Henry as Temporary who was The officers for the temporary organization were from the two After the appointment of a committee on the Houso adjourned to 10 o'clock Tuesday The caucuses were held in the at which the following officers were nominated Anti- Monopoly Hon. J. V. of for Speaker Chief J. M. Wenst First L. Second W. Fulmer Enrolling Mrs. Sallie L. Van Pelt Engrossing Mrs. Ives at- N. C. Joseph Hon. John H. of for Speaker Chief W. AV. Junkin First B. Van Second Ed. Mott Enrolling Mrs. Sallie L. Van Hiss Mattie A. Locke at- W. B. Keeler the remaining officers were left to the Speaker for The after the members had taken the oath of proceeded to vote for Tho five Independents seem to have arranged to cast their votes so as to prevent an and tho result was a tie vote fifty for each Thus it stood during tho whole forenoon and the calling of the roll and the stereotyped responses of the members being varied only by to adjourn and by sallies of wit on the part of the funny men of the It is decidedly the most interesting occasion Des Homes has ever scon in its When lock will and j no one can Many of the prominent politicians of the State are here directing man who saves money bo made to divide with every man who saves Title President of tho Swiss receives three thousand dollars a year It would pay to import a ' few of THK It's too is not a Sheridan Knowles puts it into the mouth of Alasco in tho play of Koso of AN intelligent voter iu in scratching the name of Mrs. upon tho want no in THK reason n boy gave for being late at that tho boy in the next house Was going to have a dressing down with a bed and ho wanted to hear him says that one- legged soldiers should bo This is tho only respectable pun which wo have seen for live years and as such we reprint it. Tins is tho neat toast given by a bachelor at n banquet iu The women and coal of Durham how desolate would tho fireside bo without thorn at the close of 8 colleges iu this Sixteen of those were chartered before 1780. Out of 4,493 conferred during 1872- 78, there were 191 given to feminine school population of Now York State is above 1,500,000 of which number 1,0( 50,01) 0 were in the common schools during tho past while 175000 were installed in the academies private VAN of Now II amp lately requested in his will that no ono should or shed crocodile tours r his but cover him up and Mirn hurry home Io light over his of which lie left $ TIIK mine was Hold Io Lou don its v lln were with silver lor one m i l l i o n pounds of l. lie il lls in were sold after having ( he oil lumped iii to I h i ' i n native h are The hist census shows hut while for the last six years the of children of foreign parents imong tho native population exceeded jhe births at u rate that forebodes the extinction of tho native race in thirty A MINNESOTA has solved a problem in railroading by tho invention of a snow which clears a roadway wido enough to allow ilio cars to takes all the snow lcar down to the carries it deposits on whichever side it a speed of from two to six miles an according to the depth of in a colony of five hundred wild horses ' on the Island of about ten miles oil the coast of They aro descended from a pair thrown upon tho island from a two hundred years They been considered worth very little until but now the people once a year brand all the colts they can A writer has made the discovery that a is not but simply an inclosure mado commonly of bread tho hole to be that the melted solder may be contained till it cools off around tho After being subjected to this process the bread is burned and and is a fitting typo of utter TIIE relative cost of running railway trains by the Government and by chartered companies is shown by recent to be in favor of the latter In the cost of making railroads by tho State for four years ending with 1867, was 50} per and in other European counties 54 J per cent. while tho cost of working by companies averaged 4!) per in Germany and 48 per in other annual report of the Western Union Telegraph Company for tho year ending Juno 1H7! was published ( luring part of tho Into attracted attention would otherwise loss its importance Although this company is n controlled by a fow largo solely us n mo. making yot thorn mattors intrusted to tho ( if greater general Thorn in to it tho most important both A largo hanking by its for transfer of 1' in nil principal marts of for all articles of liso aro regulated by tho daily H from In with tho 1' it f to tho daily papers all ovor tho country thoir tho most important nows thoy tho and thu only part of tho paper It has become tho educator of tho and its is daily until it hits essential to Uio success of many of It has ovor 150,000 miles of wirn stretching along railway and reaching Its annual receipts aro nearly 10,000,000, a larger amount than tho received ten yours A corporation wielding such power is not a private but one in which has a and personal Tho rate of messages lias been reduced in six yours from | l. 10 to lil cents and has boon This groat reduction in rates has buon followed by a slight increase in the net income of the Tho ratu is still much higher than iu any other and so high ax to prevent tho uso of tho by any except tho rich and those compelled to use it. Tho report snys t hat heretofore the competition from rival linos the most potent in operation for compelling the company to reduce its but that it is now relieved nil lour from this MH it has recently purchased nearly all the opposition find at tho present rates it is for competing company to 120 and all aro to bo operating at a aud the time in not when the company will bo without a substantial competi From this aud public it appears that a change will now be made in its and that the public cannot expect further reduction in Abroad tho in connected with tho and tho people use it freely as thoy do tho Vo do not that our should interfere in private nor that the power of Executive should bo but Mio duty of transmitting correspondence UMH devolved upon Congress by the founders of onr UN it has wisely this and performed it to tho satisfaction of tho there is every reason why it should now adopt tor its rapid Jt is often said that corporations oan perform any business cheaper tho Admitting tho general truth of this it yot doos not apply to tho IT Whatever yon have to my or or as much us tiver you Ami say In tho readiest way And you of rural Or In Just a word of U ir If you go over a When a or lines would Your butter is spread sn much you That thn hread plainly through Ho when you have a story to And would like a little To nutke sure your my It Whon writing an for the Whether pros or hwt try To utter your thoughts In I ho And hit them hv and dry And when It Is anil you suppose It Is done Just look it over and then II Tho editors do not like to print An article lly Aud the general reader does not cure For a of yards uf snug Ho gather your wits In the smallest Tt you'd will ( he author's every time you wrl ill il my DBS Jan. 18. The Senate organized by the election of the following all being nominees of the caucus J. A. I 1 Hall First W. L. Second It. U. Baird Enrolling J. W. Logan Engrossing William Maxwell at- T. W. A. F. E. L. Anna P. No beyond an In the House this morning tho first wan thu election of On the first ballot there was a Jennings voting with the and and McKeel with tho After six lor the agencies now employ ed by tho Department for receiving and delivering letters would bo used for the telegraphic The present clerks could perform all the office thus greatly reducing the il l. lie ( was cd to contract for the transmission of as he now contracts for the transmission of the at rates fixed by A for the purpose of connecting the telegraph with authorising the to contract for the of was reported by committees of and House of at the last This we will come up for action tlie ensuing winter and we trust will become a The rates fixed by the are nearly 50 per below present while the length of tho telegram is HO per Night telegrams will bo transmitted at a still greater Tho charge for a letter of r words by night 1,500 miles or lesH will lie only Such low rates will make ' the telegraph a public bring it within and enable the press to establish new and independent news We shall refer again to this aleli Hon. Caleb nomination for Chief Justice has been withdrawn by thu for more than live taken an active part in lie was born in in 1MOO, and is descended from an old colonial family He was graduated at Harvard studied law aud commenced practice at He was elected to tho Massachusetts Legislature in 1825, again in 18113, and to Congress from the Essex District in 18i) 5, where ho served four consecutive changing from to Democrat when President Tyler camo into Failing in 18451 to be confirmed as Secretary of the to which position he was he wont us Commissioners to where he negotiated our treaty with that He raised a regiment aud entered tho Mexican war us being soon promoted to the rank of While atill in in 1847 he was nominated as tho Democratic An old farmer writes in one of our exchanges There is a groat knack in husking and some men's hands aud like aro peculiarly adapted to rapid The operation of breaking off the husked ear from the is very trying to the and the skin between the thumbs and if not usually tough aud becomes blistered and Mittens are gloves I have aud thrown aside the armed with metal etc and have gone back to the of scraped with u leather to go over two while the pin is held within the across tlie of the candidate for Governor but was of Ho served in nth mid A An iron A FAIR An agricultural homo WHY does a railroad conductor punch a hole in your ticket V To let yon pass WHY is a donkey that can't hold head up like next Because its THU young man who boasted ho could marry any girl ho found that ho couldn't WHY is a moth fluttering round n candle like a man getting a horno Because thoy are both going to a- says the difference between tho tunnel and an oyster that ono is wholesome and the other Homo AT what time of life may a man bo said to belong to tho vegetable kingdom Whon long experience has mado him A has 18,000 handles ready This ought to sot husbands thinking about coming homo WHAT is between a farmer and a bottle of whisky Tho farmer husbands tho corn and the bottle of whisky corns tho AN Ohio woman asks for n divorce her husband occasionally puts her to soak in a parrel of There's hardly ground enough for divorce in that A ( old bachelor says giving the ballot to women won't amount to because they'll say thoy aint old enough to vote until thoy aro too old to take any interest in IN consideration of throe cash in and a blue merino a girl gave up tho man she and married tho one chosen by her How she him A keeper writes his own of thereby saving th cost of It announces fride aud fride coul and mine A LADY lately some storys to a Michigan and in a postscript says N. b. i can send you sum sum real verses if you desire that i writ for i can write pomes as woll as anything bo neater than tho old reply to a beautiful young lady whom ho offered to lift ovor tho and who insisted that she was too heavy V said to lifting barrels of to bo the editor of tho wrote of a beautiful girl stranded in a but the fiendish compositor set it up a beautiful girl straddled on a Tho editor's pathos was and so was the A pedagogue in Henry county requested all of his scholars to write a under penalty of a A rising genius got off tho following 11 Of ook down from on IIH poor scholars We have hired a fool To Inach our And puy him fifty Cruelty and A writer iu tho Animal u a paper fostered by Mr. presents some statistics on tho relation of cruelty and and also points out the connection that exists between pots and Out of 2,000 convicts of whom inquiry was all but 12 stated that they had no pots at This accords with tho observations of nearly every intelligent The man who keeps a surly is generally a surly follow The trained spaniel is found to have a gentleman for a A policeman is seldom culled to a house where there is a cat purring on the and a canary bird hanging iu the Cruelty to animals is certain to load to crime towards The boys living about stockyards and employed in slaughter houses are the worst customers to be found in They scorn to delight in torture and in giving On tho crime is almost unknown among and bird Butcher boys acquire au exceedingly bad reputation at an uge coeval with our earliest On our Western where large numbers of cattle aro driven by hired crimes are more frequent than in any portion of the country having a the Legislature in 1850, ' 57, ' 58 ' 50; and after being two years Mayor of Newburyport and Justice of tho Supreme Court of in 1853 ho was by President United States which position ho held for four Mr. Cushing presided over the Democratic Convention held in S. in 18( and subsequently he became a hearty supporter of the war for the He approved of the policy of President and was by him appointed Commissioner to codify the laws of During the present Administration he was appointed one of the counsel of the United States before the Geneva Tribunal of Arbitration 011 the Alabama He has written several books among a work on one ou the French revolution of 1830, and recently a history of- tho Geneva Mr. has long ranked as among the ablest lawyers in the having been employed in many important cases before the court over which ho is appointed to population equal in Tun payments in New York city of January dividends and interest amount to 75,000,000 implying the possession in that city of personal property iu the shape of interest and securities of about $ 1,500,000,- 000. The financiers are debating what to do with the Tho deposits in the savings banks alone of New York city foot up $ 169,886,000. One of the has $ 27,898,090 the Emigrant has 11,370,000 the Union Dime has $ 10,258,000, These figures give some idea of tbe immense money power wielded by the To Take a very thick solution of arabic in and stir into it plaster of until the mixture becomes of the proper Apply it with a brush to the fractured edges of the and stick them In three days the article cannot be broken in the same The whiteness of the cement renders it doubly
