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,T.."I. iinrirnr 'inn nil toiiow in nni.,,1,,! ju.. SaaaJ;, JM "ICS A & 9 ;" LESSEE AldTruMiSHEB, JOSSOUBL Square, Srerier, linch j Nonparaa, 8nn.' v: : One square, one Insertion. ai.Bh Each additional iistlosi....M...,,.78 , 07 VXfCXZPTZOV: OnaauaIfaiSCu s -w FT Two hum osm yr. .TTTTr.T.: On colnma em 1mm Hun. ...... & .if JBERTY toWmitiSXHERB!IS MY COUNTRY." On oolnxan atx BBoatha M.oo One eotassttesje Fear.M.... ........ ..... lOv.oQt OnsqnarU i iinliin fhret snowilia..... O.0U On half eoUna aix aaoattia. ts.ee with the SENTINEL tea good - - - 1 9 JIr5aTB ktoda of Jos Pwnrtiao eea JSiiugood style. V0I,j W A4DEgNONTY, MISSOm.THURSCuVY, DECEMBER 17, 1874. NO. 35; Notiee, cash $S.S0, credit 4.00, 4 eon. ' at BA. tiielt nost JOT tre. Teat ip!V ator F-41 av tem- lb. loo tber ie. 2T. ven aflT wi aa. ids. Bo. fit! r, ant nr-4 ff X T is d IT,', M a A si'- 4 i. ? d !5, I tt P.'JDNES, r X .0M n Sentinel Office.. Edina, Ma, B! gffw'vronpt attention to all legal bsjslneas MtnMtrd to his we. t "Tntl V C- UOLUSTEK, -. C i . ' ' " .... . attorney zxt :" OfieVsouth ot PbUc slurei Edma, Mo. vm orMtiee in the various Courts in the Fourth W. RMcQUOID, ATTPKXEY. AT LAW,. Ofn-Court House,- Edlna, M. W01 "fT prompt attention to legal knitted to hie ore. " business V3n5i DR. C O'BRIEN,- PHYSICIAN vAND ISUEGEON", . ... - if- rScllxxA? .- Special attention given to chronic diseases, and dSieaMOf wsmenand etaildren. , ,i loeatftsideBce, orthMaio StreeW 1 ; DR. A. C. WOODWARD, 'I Lat of Iowa; has permanently located in' :JEX BaCo.' B will make the treatment of Chronic Distant, neh as Sore Eyes Rheumatism, Female puesiefl, c, BBneciHiiy. lie dm mta an expe-rimeeof aboot thirty Tears therein. 1873. Office one door north of Henry .Werner's Drug A. P. WHITE,; Mi FbyiolAU. EDI9A, MISSOVBr. Offmhis professional services to the citizens f Etuna ana viciniiy ki Surgery. vne9-' NORTH MISSOURI HOTEL. D. DAUGIIERTY, Proprietor. KIRKS VILIjE, MO. P. B. WILLIAMS, CONTRACTOR & BUILDER, Win contract for- the erection of all classes of bondings. ;. address, F B. Williams, Edina, Mo. v6n38 '.TREMONT HOUSE, ' .LOUIS MILLER, Proprietor. Quixxoy, Xll. J. . HAMPTON, CAXTOX, MO. Keeps constantly SblnKles, Lath, le boarding, which he on hand all kinds of Lumber, pm inr. Tl&rnuininir. Weather- he 4till sell at low figures. i MILLER, New Haven, Conn. TODD. s E. M. MILLER & CO., Carriage manufacturers, IN 4k 528 Maine St., 16. 18, 20 A 6th, th CMreet, tt. Mntnc and Jersey. ' Constantly on hand. Coaches, Family Rocka-ways, fhxtons, Prince Alberts, Cabrioles. Pony ' fbctons Slide d Shifting Ton Box Baggies, Park Ph:e- Upen and Toi . fits, all styles, Uli htI .IIU CUU 0IIIUg 4 8alkJes, Skeleton Wagons, Ex- press wagons, HaafT, Omnibuses and Hearses. JUt El I kinds of CarriaeMaterial on hand for sale OCCIDENTAL HOTEL, T. J. ROGERS," Proprietor ' x - Hampshire Street, between 6th and 7th, Menke, Grimm & Co, HAMPSHIRE STREET PLANING MILL. A1TD ... . BLIND FACTORY, Corner Hampshire & Oth Streets, ' quinct, ill Dresed Flooring, Ceiling, Siding, Shelving, Jenclng, Curb Boxes, Sash, Doors, Door and window Frames, Window Blinds. Shutters, aaUes, House and Picture Frame Mouldings. Ac , made in a superior manner and at ww prices. We would specially direct attention 2jrnewMachinery, which enables us. to do Seroll Sawing Circular Work, Sticking . . Circular Sash, Ac. . Also, sawing Blind Slats and dressing them at tw same time. A liberal discount made to wholesale dealers. v6 UHVrLLX, Atty. at Law. BKKJ. BOWIlf, Notary PnbUc. LRTVILLE & BOWEN, Estate and Gollectin&r sency, ..!... I . j i , ... . Especial attention will be riven to the exam mat ion of titles. - preparation of abstracts of and to the payment ol Taxea. Sea Esuta will be sold on favorable term, flections will be promptly made, and in cases "nerof collections nr sales of nronertv. remit- .wiu ne immediately made all by draft to ay point desired. v3n2 KNOX CO. SAVINGS BANK, "FSfiltlgt, IwXo. . CAPITAL,, . . . . .. .v'.-elOO,000 ' rvicnna: I,,. yn-MS ANDKHSON, President. D ' J- BROWN, Vic President. r H. R. PAJUKJNS, Cashier. .... . i 1" ,. DEPOSITS RECEIVED. . wterest allowed on Tim Deposits. Colleo-noasmade on all acoessibla nointa. Gold. 811- I?-d, all kind of Government, State and iT"-"? Securities Dsught and sold at best rates. , u . Haaamg Dusinesarespeet-?Uei- To our patrons we pledge the ltfotut- H.- ?f Parsons, Ed. J. Brown, 25" I KnrpbT. lwrii Wriabt. C. M. Camobell. uwV .S""' Randolph, H. McGon- rAnadsa a. ELACQDTXB. jh.:r: parsons co.,1 : Abotractoro EDINA." KMOX CO.. . MIStOCBI. . r pleasure urn aaaoaaclng so tn peop . Knox county and the public generally, that we iviil""! now iot, Business. : abeW. eosanletea odr "abo tract ; of the y SMords, we are enabled to examine titles, and , live otrtifled abstracts to all Seal Estate situated jthis oaty, en it-asonaM terms - . Out bnoa am. compiled from tb records of faoUand, LewtsMarkiran( Knox eonntie, and ScereeordsatBoonviB. ' ; . ' -. -We can give a more oomplet abstract than any V-!5tnonm the State . . r . .; ' OOee at Eaoz County Savings Bank. - H. B. PARSONS m CQ.; KIMOSBOBT O. s. WTCKorr. i naniiaBNi t(r JobUM of VJ ? ! No. SO 4 33 Third St., 7n2S-ly Quincy, 111. - Kxolusivs dealer tab - Ana Uoase Furnishing Goods. Our stock oraces nil new patterns, aod are to be sold at the pnw. uui ann see inem. a. Fourth Street -.QOrNCT, ILL. vp-.p-iy west side Public 3qaae t , P. H. LONG & CO., sTuiihelnwM uit Wtlu.l. w -- t T" M'arehouse 06 N. Fourth St., Quincy, 111. Wrapping Paper, Bags and Flour Sacks printed w orqer. CROCKETT jMA&jt A farmers- aius, uesa tlty and Blair City aula North Fourth Street, QnlncyvIU. v7n25-ly . ,-. H. RANDALL, .-Patentee and Mannfactnrer of , ' ECONOMY HOT AIR FURNACE. tor nooa, nam orsortuoai. No. 717 Hampshire Street, Quincy, 111. DEALER IN REGISTERS. JAMES GRAFJTTEY.' Mannlacturer of Custom made SHIKTS, DRAWERS, BOSOMS, &e. No. 326 Maine Street, Quincy, 111. BROWN, BROS. & CO., . Manufacturers of . , . . CRACKERS & CONFECTIONERY . AHD Jobbers in Foreign Fruits, Factory Cheese, Ac f No. 67 Hampshire Street, Quincy, HI. ' 7 ; J. WILLIAMS & CO. Proprietors of And Machine Shnni' Steam ' Enarines. . Saw Mills, and Mill Machinery, and ail kinds of Mill Furnishing. Front St., bet. Vermont and Broad way, vuincy, in. PARK & 0HANN0N, BCCCKS80BS TO J. M. SMTU CO., Dealers in Agricultural Implements Mannfacturers' Agents for the sale ot MeCormiek and Excelsior Reapers ft Mowers, AND t - "' "hers. Hone Powers, and Portable .B;i. 31 A 309 Harbet Bqnsre, Qaiaiey, a is. IRA A. LEAVES. Gen J Agent for MoCormlcx; OBce with Park AChannon. v6-n6 ERSKINE & TURNBULL, Manufacturers of the celebrated STAR AND RAILROAD MILLS FAMILY FliOUR, CORNER OF SPRING & OLIVE STS., . -i ! l- '' ' - '. : ' v6-n46 " " xxlxa.oy, Xll. II. RIDDER & CO., Importers and Jobbers of CROCKERY, GLASSYARE, CM IN A, V I ; KEROSENE LAMPS, , .' ; -Chandeliers and Lamp Goods. , No. 423 Hampshire Street, North Side Square. v7n26-ly QUINCY, ILL. h , OBIRNDOriB, - New York. XMIL LXVT, US' ' J. D. LEVY-ifc CO.,-Manufacturers of and Wholesale Dealers in READY MADE CLOTHING, " Gents Furnishing Goods; etc., 313, 315 Market Square, new building, Quincy, 111. ,WM. H. GrAOE, ' ' DBALKS lit American and Swiss Watches. SOLID SILVER WARE - Largo assortment of best Gold and Silver Spectacles, Gold Pens, Ac. Watches Repaired by Good Workmen . COR.5TII AND MAINE STS., QUINCY, ILL. v7n36-ly J. LESEM, BRO. & CO. Wholesale ' AND tt 1ST l Southeast cor. "Hampshire and Market Square, new DuuaiDg, vjuincy, in. vi-iy ; SCHERMERHORN & BRO., i General Grain, Hay and Produce '.' COMMISSION MERCHANTS .- Nos. 34 Front Street, QUINCY, ILL.-Storage Furnished at Reasonable Bates. Lib-ernl advances made on consignments. , v7a2i-ly . H. A. WILLIAMSON, ' Commission Merchant,' and . Manufacturers1 Agent for the aale of SALT, COAL . 0LL. . LIT BKIC ATTN B AKD - K ACHTJTE OILS, : Gasoline, Naphtha-, Axle Groase, Ac. No.' S N. Tront Street. . : .'. QUINCY, ILL. PETER WADDElv A IRWLN, . Wholesale Dealers in ; NATO, CAPS & STRAY C0C33 -. '.gloves anp;mixten. ,; ! No. MO Maine St., bet. Fifth andSlfth Ste.V naB-ly, . r QCXHCY. ILL. .. . . RrEVLETTON, ' !" 'MaWeeturerof' r nd dealer In" . . f No. 53 isr. riniianQiiiNCY, nx'. - 7v ' ' nv w i "1'. Hon. Jasper D. Ward, present mem-w Con fj from theQondIUinfiii. I3i3tra?t, whodefited5for reelbctiQk b XiJk II. HarrtBox hs- formaDralQa- tled the latter that he will eontest his elec- - l -we sir Thk Snpreme Courr mf the United States I has UttOjiKjerQj aliiiA conajnlnir arises in one of the celebrated cotton cases. The: Court hold that cotton bourht from the; Confederate .Goyernment was right- iuiiy confiscated by the United States. I The itrpunds,of this, .position are.. 0) Be- the payment of a consideration tended lo aid the cause of tbebellidri (2bcm.f ine toniederate Government had no exists nee $aye as a .cnnc and therefore lYrBCfimr)eteIit tAr shah nnntm.fa All'thiMnsticeS atrerttnerst propo sition; but Swayne and Davis dissented from the seeond as not being necessary to i AW 4 i m . - ine settlement oi tne issue raised. Thb. portion . pi the recenV post-o fflce regulations for the prepayment of postage on newspapers ' and periodicals? relative to country papers, has been modified as follows : , Newspapers, w.thout regard to the frequency of Issue, one copy to each subscriber actually for the time being residing itftfce'county Yherejhe Mime are printed, are entitled tp pass ftee,6f ftostage through the mails ; but the rate of postage on the same, excepting weeklieswhen deposited in the letter earners' pffl(4fqdejivery by the office or its carriers, shall be uniform at one cent each. . Weeklies, when sent through the mails to or deposited in letter carriers' office in the county where printed, shall be weighed in bulk and. be subject to a postage of ten cents per pound, to be prepaid at the mailing office by spe cial adhesive stamps. Thb commission of engineers appointed under the act - of Congress 'passed last spring to examine the mouth -of the Mississippi River and report upon the most feasible means of improvement, have re" turned from Europe and are now at New Orleans. They will not report until after the holidays. Thb Presidents of the various colored societies in Memphis have organized a so ciety called the "Knights' Brotherhood and Monumental Association,'.', the objects of which,' 3 set forth In a lengthy address to the colored people, ' are to lead them to discard all old political ties and cultivate and maintain permanent peace, with the wtftreopleofjhe South. " A caucus of Repnbhcaneiiai- held on the 9th, to consider the subject of the troubles in Arkansas and Louisiana, but adjourned without coming to any conclusion. In regard to Arkansas, only a few Senators, it is stated, expressed themselves in favor of intervention, and even these were not agreed as to the exact form of movement. Others were disposed to postpone action, as the present condition of the State did not justify any congressional measures, all accounts representing the people generally to be -satisfied with the present government, with no cause for violent disturbance. With reference to Louisiana, several Senators said it would be found on examination that the government in one or two of the other Southern States had no more legal existence than that of that State, and, therefore, there should be an investigation . concerning all of them in order to establish their validity. i : : ' . . - r -P 't i Thb trial of Count Von Arnim began at Berlin on the 9th. The, Judge, an nounced that the trial would be public, except as to the reading of public docu ments relative to the ecclesiastical policy of the Government. The indictment ac cuses the Count of dereliction In his official duty, and says that when Prince Hohen-lohe succeeded to the embassy at Paris, he found after a strict search that a large number of documents were missing from the archives. These documents the indictment divides into three categories : 1. Those which Count Van Arnim confesses having abstracted and afterwards restored. 2. Those which the Count acknowledged having taken,' but which, regarding as his private property, he refuses to restore. 3. Those which he professes to' have no knowledge of. The indictment proceeds to prove the official, character of all the documents. After the reading of the indictment, the prisoner was exa inin.nl and declared he was not guilty, after which the examination of witnesses was begun. Tub libel suit of Miss Proctor against Mr. Moulton, growing out of theBeecher-Tilton scandaU was called in the United States Court at New York, -before J udge Woodruff", on . the tb. " By mutual con sent the case was referred to Benjamin D. "Silliman as referee, and settled accordinir to the following agreement,; entered into by both parties : Miss - Procf or 'should come forward and testify that Moulton's allegations, as to her illicit connection with Beecher, were . in , every : respect . false. Moultonjiimself -should take an affidavit that he knows of his own knowledge notic ing whatever against Miss Proctor's char acter "and that the libel to which he gave utterance was based wholly upon hearsay. Moulton should also make an apology, to Miss xToctor, and pay ail the costs incur- redoh:b6fh::sides, thus far in the -suit, amounting to over $5,000. That in con sideration of the 'foregoing; Miss Proctor would " .claim': no pecuniary damages against Moulton,' but would -test satisfied with"the vindication of her character. The referee made a- report in consonance , with these conditions, and thus , ended the suit. .Thb final canvass of the vote. east at the recent election in Missouri shows a majori ty of 583 in favCr. of the Constitutional Convention.- - ; ' TTTjHK gupreme Court.of the Distriet of Colnmbia having deciarea . the - recent Grand Jury, before whom the safe burg- lary cases were-tried, to have been illegal ly constituted,' a nolle prosequi 'has'1 been entered in these case and" ChebsilQf the defendants, Ilarrli gton, . -Whitley, and IflUUUUB, uwuuiujtcu. AU 1U1U1CT wuvu in the matter, it Is stated will ' be taken At present. Thk British Government has decided io send a commission to the Centennial ex-: hibitioii at Philaddphltl. 1 V-d M ?c? " It is reported froui-it. Petersburg that the Czar bas;fifltfixreonb tosain exempt the Mexuionites .from military ser vice. . l ue alarming expaus or that thruty and peace-loving, race .from Russia" has Ldoubtless been .the "cause .of this 'conces- Tsion on the" part of he' great' Alexander. How far it will check their tide of emfgra- .... 1 ' ' a . v J uon to inis country remains to oe seen. Thb Washington' correspondent of the Chicago Wun telegraphs the Statement that a proposition is now under considera tion by-.the authorities of, Jhe United States looking to the cession to the United States of a s trip of territory on the Mexican Ride of the Rio Grande funning back from the river, to the mountains This cession is proposed to be made by way of indemnity for the past and securttjLfor. the future, and if tne.;negotittonsarej successful it will, it Is believed, enable the United States Government to put an effectual stop to the raiding and marauding of, ihievuig bands of Mexicans that, have" committed such great depredations on the people of Texas. It Is understood that the authorities of both Governments are quite favorably im pressed with this proposition as a means of settlement of the vexatious questions that have arisen from lawlessness en the RioGfande. NEWS BREVITIES. The price of gold in New York, on Dec 10, was 111 J. .. : , v ,K, . .... . Hiram Smith was hanged at Watertown, N. Y., on the 4th. He was convicted of complicity in the murder of Charles Windham, in January last. , v.r A terrible accident becurred on the 4rh, near Slade's Fcrrj', Mass., where the Old Colony Railroad Company are constructing a bridge acress Taunton River. While the workmen were engaged in sinking a pneu matic cylinder which is to form a portion of the pier, the upper flange of the air-lock, to which the lower was.-secured, together with flic rnTOr "traa Wnnm nff hv HiATirmu sure f the -airiin'the,,cyiinderiiEiB:htTi - - , j men were on the cylinder at the time off the explosion, three of whom were killed outright, one fatally injured, one serious- y, and three escaped uninjured. A London telegram of the 4th Bays that a ship; supposed to be the Pontiac, from Xgunderland for Bombay. ha. hm burned. ished. i xlxOI.uer, K The Spanish coasting steamer Tomas Brooks, from Santiago de Cuba for Guan-tanamo, on the 3d, struck on the Morillo, near Guantanamo, and sunk immediately. About thirty lives were lost. The formal opening of the Springfield and Northwestern Railroad was celebrated at Springfield, 111., on the 8th. ' ' Four armed men entered the .Tisho mingo Savings Bank at Corinth, Miss., on the 7th, and carried oft $5,000 in currency and other valuables worth as much more. The President of the bank was compelled by threats to deliver up the keys of the safe. The villains got away safely, but were being pursued -by a large posse headed by the Sheriff-. - c Another daring train robbery was com mittedat Muncie. on the Kansas Pacific Railroad, nine miles west of Kansas City. on the 8th. When the train bad reached that station, at about 3:30 p. in., five masked men flagged and stopped it, cut off " the " passenger coaches, and moved the - engine and express car some distance - forward. They then robbed the Wells. Fareo & Co. safe of about $27,000, and also carried off one can of gold dust containing $5,000. . All were large men, were heavily armed with Henry rifles and revolvers, and well mounted. The Express Company offers a reward of $10,000, the Kansas Pacific Railway Com pany $5,000, and Governor Osborn $2,500 for the recovery of the funds and arrest ot the robbers. : ' Telegrams were received at Greenwich Observatory, from India, on the evening of the 9th, announcing that the observations of the transit of Venus had been successful. Over one hundred photographs were taken. Observations were also taken at Cairo and Suez. The photographic ob servations at Thebes were perfectly successful At Shanghai the weather was overcast and the sun obscured. The French Assembly have passed resolution formally unseating Deputies Rand and Melville Bloneourt, who have been condemned to death in contumaciam for participation in the Commune Information was received at Cheyenne, en the Oth, of a raid of the Ute Indians in to the Snake River settlements, Carbon Cbunty, Wyoming. The Indians are kjao,wn(.asJack's band, from the White River Azency. uoioraao, Dut nave leu their reservation to ro on the war path. The citizens of- Snake liiver were arming and proposed to jrive the savages a warm reception. ' ' 4 r 'v- ' : Ezra .Cornell founder . of the Corneu ITnLversltv.at Ithaca.' N. Y..died on the Oth. - ' LThe President on the 10th ; sent to the Senate the nominations of Benjamin Mo- ran (for many1 years Secretary of legation in London) as Minister resident in Portu gal, William Hoffman as Secretary of le gation at London, and Robert R. Hill as Secretarrof legation at Paris; also-John W. Thatcher as Commissioner of Patents arid Ellis Speed as Assistant Commission er ; together with -a number of appoint ments tp minor offices. . A . The Rev. DrPotter, of New York City, has ' declined the . Episcopal : bishopric of Iowa, and Rev. Dr. Huntington, of Wor- cester,'Mass., has been elected in his stead, How disappointment tracks the steps of hope! Aff Landon. .a . a - ' ' ' , . . -I- l CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY. t :t W ashington, Dec. 7. Both houses of Congress met and organized at noon. 238 of the 801 members' of the House were present. The President's message was read. A number of un important bills were introduced. The legislative, executive ana juaid&l appropriation bill nuule the special order for Tuesday next. Dec. 8. In the Senate, Mr, Wright intro duced a bill fixing the salary of the President of the United . States at $25,000. Mr. West introduced a bill ''for the ' construction of lines of telegraph from Washington, to Boston, via Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York ana -- Harvard, - to dc - operaiea in ine post-offices of these . cities by appointees ot the Fostmaeter-ueneral. The bill proposes, to ap propriate new uw i or tne loregoing purposes In the House, bills were Introduced For the ex tingulshment of the Indian -title So the Black Hills reservation In Dakota; to substitute United States notes for issues of National banks: proposing amendments to the Constitution providing that Congress shall not make anything but gold and silver coin a tender for - navment of individual debts, and that Congress shall pass no law im Hairing the obligation of contracts: repealing the Increase ot the President's salary. .. ; A bllLpro- nibitimr senators, iiepresentauves ana Delegates jn LXtngress -irom acuni ing a counsel or otherwise in suits against the United State, was passed without objection .. The House then went into Committee of the Whole on the general calendar, and after a lengthy discussion of Mr. Kelley's financial bill, adjourned without action.- Dec. 9. Senate Bills; were introduced and referred (by Mr.-Ingalls) to authorize the Secretary of War to ascertain the expenses incur red by Kansas in resisting the Indian invasion of 1874; (by Mr. Scott) an act amendatory of a supplementary act for the incorporation of the Texas Pacific Railroad Company, and to aid in the construction of its road Mr. .Scott resented a remonstrance of the type founders of Ihicago and other cities against the ratifica tion of the Canadian reciprocity treaty as far as it relates to tvne and tvoe material: also a me morial of the Texas Pacific and Atlantic Pacific railroads. Bravinar Con cress to aid these compa nies in the construction of their roads. .... .Mr. Ingalls presented a memorial of citizens of Kansas for an extension of time to homestead and nre- emption settlers on publio lands who have been compelled to abandon their homes by reason of the ravages of locusts. Hou$ Some unimportant bills were presented, when the President's message was taken up in Committee of the Whole and its various parts referred to the appropriate committees. That portion of the message relat ing to affairs in Arkansas was referred to the select committee on that subject appointed at the last session, ana tne portion reiemng to ine trouDies in Louisiana and other Southern States to a select committee of seven members, to be appointed by tne speaxer. . r- -- - v- - Dec 10. Senate Mr. Wright gave notiee of a bill to abolish the Western Judicial District of Arkansas, which he would ask the Senate to take up on Tuesday next It was agreed that the bill reported from the Joint Select Committee to form a government for the District of Columbia be considered on. Monday next .Adjourned Mil Monday. House Mr. Beck offered a resolution calling for the report on the present condition of the Freedman's Bank. Agreed to. Mr. Whitt-borne then introduced a bill directing the Freed-! men's Bank. Commissioners to declare an immediate dividend, and institute suit U"8t the trustees, officers and - agents jfe'?42nany, with a view of holding themper- Wtj o vv fjpp. auu vut uvnu ute uwn sa oreaa -rue speaKer niinouncea i appointments to nil vacancies on committees : aV.V.naBo A Ua. Ci,nlni AS Vnur Vtl Judiciary. Mr. Finck. of Ohio: Civil-Service Be- lorm, nir. jninenaen, oiew xorx; centennial, Mr. Scliell, of New York: invalid tensions, Mr. Strawbridge, of Pennsylvania; Education oi Labor, also on Expenditures and Naval Department, Mr. Carpenter, of South Carolina. i TROUBLE AT VICKSBURG, MISS. SERIOUS COLLISION BETWEEN THE WHITES AND BLACKS A NUMBER OF NEGROES KILLED AND WOUNDED. There was intense excitement in Vicks burg, Miss.', on the morning of the 7ih, caused by the intelligence that large bodies of armed negroes lrom . the surrounding country were marching on the city, for the purpose of rescuing the ne gro Sheriff of the county, Peter Crosby, who was held as a prisoner in the Courthouse. Public business of all kinds was suspended, and the white citizens marched out by various routes to meet the invaders. A number of engagements en sued, resulting in the repulse of the ne groes at all points, with a loss of some twenty or thirty killed and a large num ber wounded. Many were also taken pri soners. Only one white man was killed. The origin of the trouble is stated . in an Associated Press dispatch to be substan tially as follows : There has been for some time trouble brewing between the Taxpayers' Association, and citizens and the county officials. The Sheriff was acting without legal bond, and the Board of Supervisors refused to order a new one, though the time for paying .taxes had arrived. ..Two or three other officials were under indictment for forgery ana embezzlement, and the citizens, despairing of re lief from the courts, last Wednesday held a meet lng and in a body proceeded V the Conrt-house to demand the resignation of the Sheriff, Chancery Clerk, Treasurer and Coroner. " An fled except Sheriff Crosby, negro, and be signed his resignation. Saturday a card appeared on the streets, purporting to be signed by Crosby, calling on all the citizens of Warren county, republicans, white and black, to come' to his aid, and support him in his position. Crosby denies, however, that he issued or signed the order which Instigated the uprising of the negroes- :: ,; v.." There was no further fighting at Vicksburg on the 8th, although the ex citement continued, with little abatement. The whites had complete control of the city; and the militia generally were under arms. ' Crosby had tendered his resigna tion as Sheriff, and placed it in the hands of a committee. ' 1 Reports were telegraphed on the 9th, of another serious encounter between the whites and blacks at' Snyder's Bluff, ten miles from Vicksburg, on the evening previous, in which three negroes and one white-man were killed. -Aa - effort- was made duriiurtbejiight to hang, the .color ed Sheriff, Crosby, who Is, a prisoner, but It was prevented ny a strong guaru uuv, Ames issued a;proclamadonv dated at Jackson, setting forth" 'then--,"Jact of the' "riot at Vicksburg.' stat ing- 'that ' the I ( Vloters ' had by threats, and Intlmidaudn; expelled ,the Sheriff of Warren' County, and were resisting the laws, etc., and commanding the rioters to disperse.- He -also issued a call for an extra session of the Legislature forThursday, the 17th, to take some action j on the situation. The Mayor of the cltyJ upon receipt of the Governor's proclanys tion, issued : a : counterproclamatioiffTie- j nvlncr that there had .been any ri otous f'proceedhurs In- , the t ; city ; al leging that the citizens' meeting had been ouiet and orderly; and that no -threats or violence were, used to. induce the Sheriff, to thefdftow . M resign ; and he called upon all citizens to hold themselves in. readiness to aid him In preserving the peace and sustaining the law; - A protest, indorsed, it was chimed, by every .white mn. in the State not an office-holder, . declaring . the statement made in the Governor's proclamation to-be false and based upon the ex-parte statements of partisan office-holders, was also published. -, - , v, , , , . , -The situation at Vicksburg on the 10th was represented as follows in an Associated Press dispatch of that date : - - " The war is over. AH is quiet. The Board of Supervisora to-day appointed a committee to bury the, dead, bodies. Twenty-eight negroes have ,been Interred ; inahy others are yet to be buried.. Several, companies have been organized, to serve under militia officers, but will probably not be needed. The scouts report all quiet in the country,' and the negroes who were massing tc come here from Hinds County dispersed The Board of Supervisors have ordered an elec tion to fill the vacancies for Sheriff, Circuit Conrt Clerk, two Justices, and two Con stables. - The absconding' Chancery Clerk will be ordered to come home, make a bond, or the office will be declared vacant, he having: been discovered to be acting without bond, none appearing on record. Most of the stolen bonds and papers proving his guilt have been found. Dorsey, the embezzling Circuit Clerk, was arrested to day and made to go. with a . committee of tax-payers to find the stolen records of his office. , Court-house villainies are still being brought to light, and nearly ' all the county . , officers , implicated. , A strong feeling prevails against the Governor for keeping these men in office and pledging them , the support of bayonets. Crosby, the' colored Sheriff, and leader of the ne groes, is still held, but the other prisoners are released on a promise of good behavior. No violence is offered. J Crosby says Governor Ames and Attorney-General Harris told him to organize the men and attack the city. The negroes say they got orders from Crosby. The Times (Repub lican) says the attack on the city was as impracticable as it was atrocious, and the leaders ought to be punished. It says Crosby is as big a fool as the other negroes, and intimates that white men were at the bottom of it." , , ; .j. SECRETARY BRISTOW'S REPORT. ' bKCKBTsXT OP THK' TKEA8UBY FAV- OB8 A BJCTURN j TO 8FKCU , AyMKNT 0X0X4 RBCOMMBNDATONS. ..; The report of the Secretary of the Treasury, hich accompanies the President's message, re- pitulates the transactions attending the refnnd- of tho debt; 'that rocceefiful bidders have m up all firm. bids and bold options for the it until February 1. The sinking fund is over uuu.uuu Deninu. xne secretary not only t strong ground in favor of specie payment. ut sets forth a definite plan for reaching the ame. He recommends the repeal or the legal- ;nder act at a fixed day. As to contracts there-fter made, and except as to official salaries and ainary expenditures oi tne uovcrnmenl unaer Listing appropriations, the Secretary recom- lends that authority be iriven for the lmmefliate issue of convertible bonds, bearing a low rate oi thaJTWrw-UeRs rs uuu a uay may ne nxea lor tne necessary, . . urooiueri its Bucn unonnu . a n. . i . - i the Treasury in Tw-iZ"'"iA-tft kee greenbacks as presentou. it is vr;- inpndM mat iractionai currency uu replac ed by silver, and to accomplish this the Secretary 1 - . . 11 .1- : .. . WAVW ju-Ui.. .tlua. uesires to ocfc au uw uuuw . w wuui vuw. ,. and that as rapidly as it is produced the fractional currency be recalled and destroyed, beginning witn tne smallest aenominations. j.ue secretary iur anka that the coinaze or goia ue maae rree in the United State, as it is in London, in order to prevent the exportation of bullion for coinage. In regard to printing all varieties of Government notes. Donas ana stampa. uw otxmary cwuiu-mends that the whole be done 'exclusively at the Treasury Department Government has all the necessary machinery , obtained at great cost, and work at the same r or less, cost than private arms, when the cost of transportation by express mi enn niwnMi I m'.u l Lit-n . cau uunurui uits is consHierea. - ASiae irom tnese minor comuuer-ations, the Secretary regards the question of safe- Sas one wmcn snouia control. - ai tne ena oi e present contracts, or as soon as they can bo legally terminated, be recommends . that all the work of this nature be performed in the printing division or tne 'X-reasnry. - The Secretary recommends free .banking as nart of the nlan for the resumption of specie pay ment. and this branch of the subject is not ela borated. firmrarninar internal revenue, tne secretary re ttommenda that the tax be taken off bank checks. matches, cosmetics, and drugs, and to meet this loss an additional tax of ten cents per gallon be imposed on whisky. This will raise the revenue a. lfiile neater than is now received from the ar ticles enumerated. . The practical workings of putting tea ana conee on tne rree list nave oeen jolly exanunea oy tne ireauury jxptmunni. nnmfnllT.-nrenared tables of nrifjes in f oreiurn mar. kptji andnrices to consumers for a period subse- auent to ute taking off of the tax shows that while the country lost from $6,000,000 to $12,000,000 from the decrease ox revenue on wis account, tne removal of the tax simply added to the price in for. eirn markets and has not benefited the consumers here in the least. The Secretary recommends the restoration of this tax. The attention of Congress is called to the great denser to the revenue attending ail attempts to modify the penalties which have heretofore existed, and which the Treasury has sought to en force. The Secretary is no believer in the system of moieties , and does not desire their restoration in any shape; but he expresses serious doubts whether any benefit has followed certain modin cations of penalties for the violation of customs rTheSecretarv does not regard the Treasury De partment as a proper place for the adjudication of cotton cases. These are for the most part of a complicated characted, require the taking of rnnnh evidence, and a judicial investigation. He therefore recommends that all cotton cases be withdrawn at once from the Jurisdiction of the Tmajmrr end turned over to the courts. . Upon the question of tariff the Secretary, with out entering upon mucu uiacusaiun, saya at (ra-entitle only necessary to. treat it purely as a question-of revenue, and. not one either oi pro-favtinn or free trade. In the interest of busi ness he does not think any changes .should be hastily made, and if Congress desires to revise thn nresnnt rates, he recommends that a commis sion be appointed to take the whole suubject into consideration. With instructions to report to Great economy is recommended in the expehdi- tares; nor jiuduo nnuaings. ine eeereuiry ro MKimendi that Congress trO over the appropria tions and estimate foe these works with great care, with a view of reducing some, and wholly suspending others". " He "xyi esses the belief that the needs of the Government ao not require aucn elaborate and eosu -structure as have of late been erected, but -that plainer, and at the same ibne substantial, buildings' win answer every Dnrnofle. and save i many - - millions. . tie thinks there is ' needless extravagance in fur- n'mhing publio on tidings,' and that much greater economy should b practiced In all directions in thla matter. He has transmitted the estimates. f which have already bee carefully revised, bnt be earnestly requests imgress to unite witn nim m scanning1 ymn h more cioeiy , witn m yww their further redaction The force of the department has been- leorgan. izei and imiaahed-exacUy in accardance with the laws and appropriations of last session, bnt the Secretary thinks the lowest limit of economy oonslstentvritb prompt and efficient performance of publio business has not yet been reached. i - As to all plane fosincreaing the publio Indebtedness by aiding" private enterprises of any kind, the Secretary doe not believe ihe present condition of the Government justifies extending aid in any form. ' - L- " ' " ., '. ! VAiiuABts coal-fields have been disebv-ered in Borneo, and a London" company have " sent s out an engineer1 and; staff to Lingga in order to make a thorough examination as to their capabilities.' In the meantime the P. and O. Company are teet-Inor r.hi uisJ for steam nnmoseg. :v "i ' ' PS iake ake! Hew Artitnttios Ceapricated " sv - Norte v The hevistonfvte 24. saVS :: In the edarne of hnmnn errerfw - a minor son of E. H Stewart, of Lewis- ton, felt himself, a judre of horse-fieah. land meeting Jeremiah Murphy In, Lewis- con, cracKed his whip, and said he X "How will yon swap horses t" 4 Now Jeremiah' Murphy -had that sort of a beast In his : barn whose possession impoverishes a man just in proportion as yoa Increase their number. ' The heir' of the house of Stewart had a nag, not entirely thorough-bird, but an animal for which his father paid about $90. ' 3Dv Murphy at last induced the minor -son to, believe that his own horse was as trood as his father's, and probably a little better ; for the -son swapped even with Murphy, entering the caves as he claims, that if the father drf uv vuuiuui his iniEiau uu-wyiuu ui the horse back. 1 ' " . The senior Stewart was indignant' at thV trade ; for. says be to Kfir lunior : - Yot w unuxjr -wcau.cu , carry uw uunw nguii, back." The dutiful minor did as ordered. but Murphy , did not believe in backing out and trading back, and thus wasting . valuable time. , Murphy declined to trade back,- and the son returned. The elder Stewart led the horse .again .to Murphy, :. with no better success, and finally hitched , him at Murphy's door and left. - Murphy let the horse loose.' The beast, after Wan : dering about the streets, was finally taken ' by Mr. Mace, a special - policeman, to. Mr. Doten, the pound-keeper. Mr. Do ten, firmly; . Intrenched in this ancient office . behind ancient laws, declined to harj bor the5 equine ' tramp a unless the' fee, " pre-ordained '-by law, - was - forth-: comings -Mr. ..Stewart; would - not ad vance the fee; neither ...would Mr. . Murphy. ..The beast was nobody's horses He :wandered . over to East Avenue . and was harbored for a while1 tj,Et-'SIiCy6rl Stevens. Afterward the horse was turned into the Frenklin Company's pastttre un til the advent Df cold weather bronght a affairs to a crisis. - Stewart entered a Bult against Murphy to recover the value of the' i Monday morning Stewart and Murphy r appeared before his nonor, Judge Knowl- j ton, and an informal hearing was had.;. The Judge gave' the parties good advice, , and warned Murphy that it would take a year to decide the suit, and that meantime the City Marshal would have a bill of $3 a week for keeping the' horse, which would be collected of whoever lost the suit, As the 'Judge -proceeds-, Murphy plainly grows more tender. -, . . "I will give or take $25, and take or. surrender .- both, .horses," says Murphy. - Stewart declines the shrewd propoeitlon, , as he thinks he would thus be paying $25 . for Murphy'a "old cnury bones." , " I will submit the matter to three men . of our choosing," says Murphy.' , On the-. spot Stewart assents. . J udge Knowlton, Mr. Mace, and .Lawyer Stenson are agreed ' on, and they speedily reach a conclusion,. iurphy regains Tne- -mndaUxz beast iSIwartraln Sdt ogether on fellow-citizens. TTi Tttti f nV 1 1 mmi i i hThV phy-Stewart process 'of swapping and swapping back as'tedioas to be sure,? bat as far more "sensible and far less pro crastinating and costly than going to law about it.- U - Ice-Hones. - Ice is a luxury . rarely indulged in by a large majority of farmers, and yet they can' have it in abundance at small cost. . It requires no extensive structure, and the labor of securing the crop is comparatively trifling. A house ten feet square and tea feet high is large enough to hold a summer's supply for an ordinary family. It may be built in the roughest manner, and of cheapest materiaL Provide for drainage without admitting air at the bottom, lay rails,tscantling, or any thing of the kind, close together on the ground, fill the spaces between with sawdust, and cover over the rails an inch deep. Cut the blocks oiice'all the same size, so" they will pack nicely. Pack them in closely as possible, leaving a space all around between the ice and the walls of the house of not less than fifteen inches, which must be filled with sawdust will packed. - As the Ice is built up, cavities caused by broken and irregular blocks, should be filled with pounded ice. After the pile is built up eight feet high, cover over the" top with sawdust about a foot deep, and the , work is done. The supply can be made to last much longer by pouring water on the pile after it Is built up, and freezing the whole into a solid mass.' A cold night must be chosen for this work. Bank up earth all around the outside, and pack it well, and the roof should project beyond the banking to prevent washing it away. The house may have a door above and below in the north gable end,;fbr convenience. ' A pond of SOO square feet surface is supply sufficient to fill such a house, and almost any farmer can provide such a pond,, when he :1a distant from natural sources. These are all the directions necessary for building - and filling an ice house, unless you are aristocratic. In that case expend Just as much money on the house as you please; but your ice will keep no better, and will ; not be a whit colder than that taken from the Cheaper house. JL word of caution is necessary to those who are hot accustomed to (akin ice out of a house in the summer, r Be careful to cover up the ice again with the sawdust, and keep, the house . . 94 a- m visit closed. . carelessness win waste mu more than is consumed Ohio. Fanner. I LH s '" ' ,', ah odd theft, and an awkward one, was jjerpetrated. in Troy Thanksglvmg Day, the victim being a worthy physician, au innocent-iookitagyouth called at the house, rang tne Den, ana sua. w m-cj hnrt lvn Rem from the market had , been ... ... . ... . hImw whull intended for another gentleman, and that 'the doctor's would be sent around In a llt-white -; Thn tarker was already in the wvmww . t r - . . . . . wA- mrfiffn - Til do but to give it p,.and it wasi handed OVeTsf A 1113 UUVMV o tt en , --.-,-r-- 1 aw"'-.. . 4" r . rrrrm in enrrofriTicr tat nia rzrft' ; BtUvtfiTz-i f?f-ft; $0tw i' oiirnaiwkNorJ- VI 4 . S1, mm
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Title | The sentinel. (Edina, Knox County, Mo.). (Edina, MO), 1874-12-17 |
Issue Date | 1874-12-17 |
Issue Year | 1874 |
Issue Month | 12 |
Issue Day | 17 |
Edition | 1 |
Title Volume | 7 |
Title Number | 35 |
Type | Newspaper |
Source | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
Rights | These pages may be freely search and displayed. Permission must be received for distribution or publication. |
LCCN | sn85033895 |
Issue Present | Present |
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Title | The sentinel. (Edina, Knox County, Mo.). (Edina, MO), 1874-12-17 |
Page Number | 1 |
Source | State Historical Society of Missouri; Columbia, MO |
Transcript | ,T.."I. iinrirnr 'inn nil toiiow in nni.,,1,,! ju.. SaaaJ;, JM "ICS A & 9 ;" LESSEE AldTruMiSHEB, JOSSOUBL Square, Srerier, linch j Nonparaa, 8nn.' v: : One square, one Insertion. ai.Bh Each additional iistlosi....M...,,.78 , 07 VXfCXZPTZOV: OnaauaIfaiSCu s -w FT Two hum osm yr. .TTTTr.T.: On colnma em 1mm Hun. ...... & .if JBERTY toWmitiSXHERB!IS MY COUNTRY." On oolnxan atx BBoatha M.oo One eotassttesje Fear.M.... ........ ..... lOv.oQt OnsqnarU i iinliin fhret snowilia..... O.0U On half eoUna aix aaoattia. ts.ee with the SENTINEL tea good - - - 1 9 JIr5aTB ktoda of Jos Pwnrtiao eea JSiiugood style. V0I,j W A4DEgNONTY, MISSOm.THURSCuVY, DECEMBER 17, 1874. NO. 35; Notiee, cash $S.S0, credit 4.00, 4 eon. ' at BA. tiielt nost JOT tre. Teat ip!V ator F-41 av tem- lb. loo tber ie. 2T. ven aflT wi aa. ids. Bo. fit! r, ant nr-4 ff X T is d IT,', M a A si'- 4 i. ? d !5, I tt P.'JDNES, r X .0M n Sentinel Office.. Edina, Ma, B! gffw'vronpt attention to all legal bsjslneas MtnMtrd to his we. t "Tntl V C- UOLUSTEK, -. C i . ' ' " .... . attorney zxt :" OfieVsouth ot PbUc slurei Edma, Mo. vm orMtiee in the various Courts in the Fourth W. RMcQUOID, ATTPKXEY. AT LAW,. Ofn-Court House,- Edlna, M. W01 "fT prompt attention to legal knitted to hie ore. " business V3n5i DR. C O'BRIEN,- PHYSICIAN vAND ISUEGEON", . ... - if- rScllxxA? .- Special attention given to chronic diseases, and dSieaMOf wsmenand etaildren. , ,i loeatftsideBce, orthMaio StreeW 1 ; DR. A. C. WOODWARD, 'I Lat of Iowa; has permanently located in' :JEX BaCo.' B will make the treatment of Chronic Distant, neh as Sore Eyes Rheumatism, Female puesiefl, c, BBneciHiiy. lie dm mta an expe-rimeeof aboot thirty Tears therein. 1873. Office one door north of Henry .Werner's Drug A. P. WHITE,; Mi FbyiolAU. EDI9A, MISSOVBr. Offmhis professional services to the citizens f Etuna ana viciniiy ki Surgery. vne9-' NORTH MISSOURI HOTEL. D. DAUGIIERTY, Proprietor. KIRKS VILIjE, MO. P. B. WILLIAMS, CONTRACTOR & BUILDER, Win contract for- the erection of all classes of bondings. ;. address, F B. Williams, Edina, Mo. v6n38 '.TREMONT HOUSE, ' .LOUIS MILLER, Proprietor. Quixxoy, Xll. J. . HAMPTON, CAXTOX, MO. Keeps constantly SblnKles, Lath, le boarding, which he on hand all kinds of Lumber, pm inr. Tl&rnuininir. Weather- he 4till sell at low figures. i MILLER, New Haven, Conn. TODD. s E. M. MILLER & CO., Carriage manufacturers, IN 4k 528 Maine St., 16. 18, 20 A 6th, th CMreet, tt. Mntnc and Jersey. ' Constantly on hand. Coaches, Family Rocka-ways, fhxtons, Prince Alberts, Cabrioles. Pony ' fbctons Slide d Shifting Ton Box Baggies, Park Ph:e- Upen and Toi . fits, all styles, Uli htI .IIU CUU 0IIIUg 4 8alkJes, Skeleton Wagons, Ex- press wagons, HaafT, Omnibuses and Hearses. JUt El I kinds of CarriaeMaterial on hand for sale OCCIDENTAL HOTEL, T. J. ROGERS," Proprietor ' x - Hampshire Street, between 6th and 7th, Menke, Grimm & Co, HAMPSHIRE STREET PLANING MILL. A1TD ... . BLIND FACTORY, Corner Hampshire & Oth Streets, ' quinct, ill Dresed Flooring, Ceiling, Siding, Shelving, Jenclng, Curb Boxes, Sash, Doors, Door and window Frames, Window Blinds. Shutters, aaUes, House and Picture Frame Mouldings. Ac , made in a superior manner and at ww prices. We would specially direct attention 2jrnewMachinery, which enables us. to do Seroll Sawing Circular Work, Sticking . . Circular Sash, Ac. . Also, sawing Blind Slats and dressing them at tw same time. A liberal discount made to wholesale dealers. v6 UHVrLLX, Atty. at Law. BKKJ. BOWIlf, Notary PnbUc. LRTVILLE & BOWEN, Estate and Gollectin&r sency, ..!... I . j i , ... . Especial attention will be riven to the exam mat ion of titles. - preparation of abstracts of and to the payment ol Taxea. Sea Esuta will be sold on favorable term, flections will be promptly made, and in cases "nerof collections nr sales of nronertv. remit- .wiu ne immediately made all by draft to ay point desired. v3n2 KNOX CO. SAVINGS BANK, "FSfiltlgt, IwXo. . CAPITAL,, . . . . .. .v'.-elOO,000 ' rvicnna: I,,. yn-MS ANDKHSON, President. D ' J- BROWN, Vic President. r H. R. PAJUKJNS, Cashier. .... . i 1" ,. DEPOSITS RECEIVED. . wterest allowed on Tim Deposits. Colleo-noasmade on all acoessibla nointa. Gold. 811- I?-d, all kind of Government, State and iT"-"? Securities Dsught and sold at best rates. , u . Haaamg Dusinesarespeet-?Uei- To our patrons we pledge the ltfotut- H.- ?f Parsons, Ed. J. Brown, 25" I KnrpbT. lwrii Wriabt. C. M. Camobell. uwV .S""' Randolph, H. McGon- rAnadsa a. ELACQDTXB. jh.:r: parsons co.,1 : Abotractoro EDINA." KMOX CO.. . MIStOCBI. . r pleasure urn aaaoaaclng so tn peop . Knox county and the public generally, that we iviil""! now iot, Business. : abeW. eosanletea odr "abo tract ; of the y SMords, we are enabled to examine titles, and , live otrtifled abstracts to all Seal Estate situated jthis oaty, en it-asonaM terms - . Out bnoa am. compiled from tb records of faoUand, LewtsMarkiran( Knox eonntie, and ScereeordsatBoonviB. ' ; . ' -. -We can give a more oomplet abstract than any V-!5tnonm the State . . r . .; ' OOee at Eaoz County Savings Bank. - H. B. PARSONS m CQ.; KIMOSBOBT O. s. WTCKorr. i naniiaBNi t(r JobUM of VJ ? ! No. SO 4 33 Third St., 7n2S-ly Quincy, 111. - Kxolusivs dealer tab - Ana Uoase Furnishing Goods. Our stock oraces nil new patterns, aod are to be sold at the pnw. uui ann see inem. a. Fourth Street -.QOrNCT, ILL. vp-.p-iy west side Public 3qaae t , P. H. LONG & CO., sTuiihelnwM uit Wtlu.l. w -- t T" M'arehouse 06 N. Fourth St., Quincy, 111. Wrapping Paper, Bags and Flour Sacks printed w orqer. CROCKETT jMA&jt A farmers- aius, uesa tlty and Blair City aula North Fourth Street, QnlncyvIU. v7n25-ly . ,-. H. RANDALL, .-Patentee and Mannfactnrer of , ' ECONOMY HOT AIR FURNACE. tor nooa, nam orsortuoai. No. 717 Hampshire Street, Quincy, 111. DEALER IN REGISTERS. JAMES GRAFJTTEY.' Mannlacturer of Custom made SHIKTS, DRAWERS, BOSOMS, &e. No. 326 Maine Street, Quincy, 111. BROWN, BROS. & CO., . Manufacturers of . , . . CRACKERS & CONFECTIONERY . AHD Jobbers in Foreign Fruits, Factory Cheese, Ac f No. 67 Hampshire Street, Quincy, HI. ' 7 ; J. WILLIAMS & CO. Proprietors of And Machine Shnni' Steam ' Enarines. . Saw Mills, and Mill Machinery, and ail kinds of Mill Furnishing. Front St., bet. Vermont and Broad way, vuincy, in. PARK & 0HANN0N, BCCCKS80BS TO J. M. SMTU CO., Dealers in Agricultural Implements Mannfacturers' Agents for the sale ot MeCormiek and Excelsior Reapers ft Mowers, AND t - "' "hers. Hone Powers, and Portable .B;i. 31 A 309 Harbet Bqnsre, Qaiaiey, a is. IRA A. LEAVES. Gen J Agent for MoCormlcx; OBce with Park AChannon. v6-n6 ERSKINE & TURNBULL, Manufacturers of the celebrated STAR AND RAILROAD MILLS FAMILY FliOUR, CORNER OF SPRING & OLIVE STS., . -i ! l- '' ' - '. : ' v6-n46 " " xxlxa.oy, Xll. II. RIDDER & CO., Importers and Jobbers of CROCKERY, GLASSYARE, CM IN A, V I ; KEROSENE LAMPS, , .' ; -Chandeliers and Lamp Goods. , No. 423 Hampshire Street, North Side Square. v7n26-ly QUINCY, ILL. h , OBIRNDOriB, - New York. XMIL LXVT, US' ' J. D. LEVY-ifc CO.,-Manufacturers of and Wholesale Dealers in READY MADE CLOTHING, " Gents Furnishing Goods; etc., 313, 315 Market Square, new building, Quincy, 111. ,WM. H. GrAOE, ' ' DBALKS lit American and Swiss Watches. SOLID SILVER WARE - Largo assortment of best Gold and Silver Spectacles, Gold Pens, Ac. Watches Repaired by Good Workmen . COR.5TII AND MAINE STS., QUINCY, ILL. v7n36-ly J. LESEM, BRO. & CO. Wholesale ' AND tt 1ST l Southeast cor. "Hampshire and Market Square, new DuuaiDg, vjuincy, in. vi-iy ; SCHERMERHORN & BRO., i General Grain, Hay and Produce '.' COMMISSION MERCHANTS .- Nos. 34 Front Street, QUINCY, ILL.-Storage Furnished at Reasonable Bates. Lib-ernl advances made on consignments. , v7a2i-ly . H. A. WILLIAMSON, ' Commission Merchant,' and . Manufacturers1 Agent for the aale of SALT, COAL . 0LL. . LIT BKIC ATTN B AKD - K ACHTJTE OILS, : Gasoline, Naphtha-, Axle Groase, Ac. No.' S N. Tront Street. . : .'. QUINCY, ILL. PETER WADDElv A IRWLN, . Wholesale Dealers in ; NATO, CAPS & STRAY C0C33 -. '.gloves anp;mixten. ,; ! No. MO Maine St., bet. Fifth andSlfth Ste.V naB-ly, . r QCXHCY. ILL. .. . . RrEVLETTON, ' !" 'MaWeeturerof' r nd dealer In" . . f No. 53 isr. riniianQiiiNCY, nx'. - 7v ' ' nv w i "1'. Hon. Jasper D. Ward, present mem-w Con fj from theQondIUinfiii. I3i3tra?t, whodefited5for reelbctiQk b XiJk II. HarrtBox hs- formaDralQa- tled the latter that he will eontest his elec- - l -we sir Thk Snpreme Courr mf the United States I has UttOjiKjerQj aliiiA conajnlnir arises in one of the celebrated cotton cases. The: Court hold that cotton bourht from the; Confederate .Goyernment was right- iuiiy confiscated by the United States. I The itrpunds,of this, .position are.. 0) Be- the payment of a consideration tended lo aid the cause of tbebellidri (2bcm.f ine toniederate Government had no exists nee $aye as a .cnnc and therefore lYrBCfimr)eteIit tAr shah nnntm.fa All'thiMnsticeS atrerttnerst propo sition; but Swayne and Davis dissented from the seeond as not being necessary to i AW 4 i m . - ine settlement oi tne issue raised. Thb. portion . pi the recenV post-o fflce regulations for the prepayment of postage on newspapers ' and periodicals? relative to country papers, has been modified as follows : , Newspapers, w.thout regard to the frequency of Issue, one copy to each subscriber actually for the time being residing itftfce'county Yherejhe Mime are printed, are entitled tp pass ftee,6f ftostage through the mails ; but the rate of postage on the same, excepting weeklieswhen deposited in the letter earners' pffl(4fqdejivery by the office or its carriers, shall be uniform at one cent each. . Weeklies, when sent through the mails to or deposited in letter carriers' office in the county where printed, shall be weighed in bulk and. be subject to a postage of ten cents per pound, to be prepaid at the mailing office by spe cial adhesive stamps. Thb commission of engineers appointed under the act - of Congress 'passed last spring to examine the mouth -of the Mississippi River and report upon the most feasible means of improvement, have re" turned from Europe and are now at New Orleans. They will not report until after the holidays. Thb Presidents of the various colored societies in Memphis have organized a so ciety called the "Knights' Brotherhood and Monumental Association,'.', the objects of which,' 3 set forth In a lengthy address to the colored people, ' are to lead them to discard all old political ties and cultivate and maintain permanent peace, with the wtftreopleofjhe South. " A caucus of Repnbhcaneiiai- held on the 9th, to consider the subject of the troubles in Arkansas and Louisiana, but adjourned without coming to any conclusion. In regard to Arkansas, only a few Senators, it is stated, expressed themselves in favor of intervention, and even these were not agreed as to the exact form of movement. Others were disposed to postpone action, as the present condition of the State did not justify any congressional measures, all accounts representing the people generally to be -satisfied with the present government, with no cause for violent disturbance. With reference to Louisiana, several Senators said it would be found on examination that the government in one or two of the other Southern States had no more legal existence than that of that State, and, therefore, there should be an investigation . concerning all of them in order to establish their validity. i : : ' . . - r -P 't i Thb trial of Count Von Arnim began at Berlin on the 9th. The, Judge, an nounced that the trial would be public, except as to the reading of public docu ments relative to the ecclesiastical policy of the Government. The indictment ac cuses the Count of dereliction In his official duty, and says that when Prince Hohen-lohe succeeded to the embassy at Paris, he found after a strict search that a large number of documents were missing from the archives. These documents the indictment divides into three categories : 1. Those which Count Van Arnim confesses having abstracted and afterwards restored. 2. Those which the Count acknowledged having taken,' but which, regarding as his private property, he refuses to restore. 3. Those which he professes to' have no knowledge of. The indictment proceeds to prove the official, character of all the documents. After the reading of the indictment, the prisoner was exa inin.nl and declared he was not guilty, after which the examination of witnesses was begun. Tub libel suit of Miss Proctor against Mr. Moulton, growing out of theBeecher-Tilton scandaU was called in the United States Court at New York, -before J udge Woodruff", on . the tb. " By mutual con sent the case was referred to Benjamin D. "Silliman as referee, and settled accordinir to the following agreement,; entered into by both parties : Miss - Procf or 'should come forward and testify that Moulton's allegations, as to her illicit connection with Beecher, were . in , every : respect . false. Moultonjiimself -should take an affidavit that he knows of his own knowledge notic ing whatever against Miss Proctor's char acter "and that the libel to which he gave utterance was based wholly upon hearsay. Moulton should also make an apology, to Miss xToctor, and pay ail the costs incur- redoh:b6fh::sides, thus far in the -suit, amounting to over $5,000. That in con sideration of the 'foregoing; Miss Proctor would " .claim': no pecuniary damages against Moulton,' but would -test satisfied with"the vindication of her character. The referee made a- report in consonance , with these conditions, and thus , ended the suit. .Thb final canvass of the vote. east at the recent election in Missouri shows a majori ty of 583 in favCr. of the Constitutional Convention.- - ; ' TTTjHK gupreme Court.of the Distriet of Colnmbia having deciarea . the - recent Grand Jury, before whom the safe burg- lary cases were-tried, to have been illegal ly constituted,' a nolle prosequi 'has'1 been entered in these case and" ChebsilQf the defendants, Ilarrli gton, . -Whitley, and IflUUUUB, uwuuiujtcu. AU 1U1U1CT wuvu in the matter, it Is stated will ' be taken At present. Thk British Government has decided io send a commission to the Centennial ex-: hibitioii at Philaddphltl. 1 V-d M ?c? " It is reported froui-it. Petersburg that the Czar bas;fifltfixreonb tosain exempt the Mexuionites .from military ser vice. . l ue alarming expaus or that thruty and peace-loving, race .from Russia" has Ldoubtless been .the "cause .of this 'conces- Tsion on the" part of he' great' Alexander. How far it will check their tide of emfgra- .... 1 ' ' a . v J uon to inis country remains to oe seen. Thb Washington' correspondent of the Chicago Wun telegraphs the Statement that a proposition is now under considera tion by-.the authorities of, Jhe United States looking to the cession to the United States of a s trip of territory on the Mexican Ride of the Rio Grande funning back from the river, to the mountains This cession is proposed to be made by way of indemnity for the past and securttjLfor. the future, and if tne.;negotittonsarej successful it will, it Is believed, enable the United States Government to put an effectual stop to the raiding and marauding of, ihievuig bands of Mexicans that, have" committed such great depredations on the people of Texas. It Is understood that the authorities of both Governments are quite favorably im pressed with this proposition as a means of settlement of the vexatious questions that have arisen from lawlessness en the RioGfande. NEWS BREVITIES. The price of gold in New York, on Dec 10, was 111 J. .. : , v ,K, . .... . Hiram Smith was hanged at Watertown, N. Y., on the 4th. He was convicted of complicity in the murder of Charles Windham, in January last. , v.r A terrible accident becurred on the 4rh, near Slade's Fcrrj', Mass., where the Old Colony Railroad Company are constructing a bridge acress Taunton River. While the workmen were engaged in sinking a pneu matic cylinder which is to form a portion of the pier, the upper flange of the air-lock, to which the lower was.-secured, together with flic rnTOr "traa Wnnm nff hv HiATirmu sure f the -airiin'the,,cyiinderiiEiB:htTi - - , j men were on the cylinder at the time off the explosion, three of whom were killed outright, one fatally injured, one serious- y, and three escaped uninjured. A London telegram of the 4th Bays that a ship; supposed to be the Pontiac, from Xgunderland for Bombay. ha. hm burned. ished. i xlxOI.uer, K The Spanish coasting steamer Tomas Brooks, from Santiago de Cuba for Guan-tanamo, on the 3d, struck on the Morillo, near Guantanamo, and sunk immediately. About thirty lives were lost. The formal opening of the Springfield and Northwestern Railroad was celebrated at Springfield, 111., on the 8th. ' ' Four armed men entered the .Tisho mingo Savings Bank at Corinth, Miss., on the 7th, and carried oft $5,000 in currency and other valuables worth as much more. The President of the bank was compelled by threats to deliver up the keys of the safe. The villains got away safely, but were being pursued -by a large posse headed by the Sheriff-. - c Another daring train robbery was com mittedat Muncie. on the Kansas Pacific Railroad, nine miles west of Kansas City. on the 8th. When the train bad reached that station, at about 3:30 p. in., five masked men flagged and stopped it, cut off " the " passenger coaches, and moved the - engine and express car some distance - forward. They then robbed the Wells. Fareo & Co. safe of about $27,000, and also carried off one can of gold dust containing $5,000. . All were large men, were heavily armed with Henry rifles and revolvers, and well mounted. The Express Company offers a reward of $10,000, the Kansas Pacific Railway Com pany $5,000, and Governor Osborn $2,500 for the recovery of the funds and arrest ot the robbers. : ' Telegrams were received at Greenwich Observatory, from India, on the evening of the 9th, announcing that the observations of the transit of Venus had been successful. Over one hundred photographs were taken. Observations were also taken at Cairo and Suez. The photographic ob servations at Thebes were perfectly successful At Shanghai the weather was overcast and the sun obscured. The French Assembly have passed resolution formally unseating Deputies Rand and Melville Bloneourt, who have been condemned to death in contumaciam for participation in the Commune Information was received at Cheyenne, en the Oth, of a raid of the Ute Indians in to the Snake River settlements, Carbon Cbunty, Wyoming. The Indians are kjao,wn(.asJack's band, from the White River Azency. uoioraao, Dut nave leu their reservation to ro on the war path. The citizens of- Snake liiver were arming and proposed to jrive the savages a warm reception. ' ' 4 r 'v- ' : Ezra .Cornell founder . of the Corneu ITnLversltv.at Ithaca.' N. Y..died on the Oth. - ' LThe President on the 10th ; sent to the Senate the nominations of Benjamin Mo- ran (for many1 years Secretary of legation in London) as Minister resident in Portu gal, William Hoffman as Secretary of le gation at London, and Robert R. Hill as Secretarrof legation at Paris; also-John W. Thatcher as Commissioner of Patents arid Ellis Speed as Assistant Commission er ; together with -a number of appoint ments tp minor offices. . A . The Rev. DrPotter, of New York City, has ' declined the . Episcopal : bishopric of Iowa, and Rev. Dr. Huntington, of Wor- cester,'Mass., has been elected in his stead, How disappointment tracks the steps of hope! Aff Landon. .a . a - ' ' ' , . . -I- l CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY. t :t W ashington, Dec. 7. Both houses of Congress met and organized at noon. 238 of the 801 members' of the House were present. The President's message was read. A number of un important bills were introduced. The legislative, executive ana juaid&l appropriation bill nuule the special order for Tuesday next. Dec. 8. In the Senate, Mr, Wright intro duced a bill fixing the salary of the President of the United . States at $25,000. Mr. West introduced a bill ''for the ' construction of lines of telegraph from Washington, to Boston, via Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York ana -- Harvard, - to dc - operaiea in ine post-offices of these . cities by appointees ot the Fostmaeter-ueneral. The bill proposes, to ap propriate new uw i or tne loregoing purposes In the House, bills were Introduced For the ex tingulshment of the Indian -title So the Black Hills reservation In Dakota; to substitute United States notes for issues of National banks: proposing amendments to the Constitution providing that Congress shall not make anything but gold and silver coin a tender for - navment of individual debts, and that Congress shall pass no law im Hairing the obligation of contracts: repealing the Increase ot the President's salary. .. ; A bllLpro- nibitimr senators, iiepresentauves ana Delegates jn LXtngress -irom acuni ing a counsel or otherwise in suits against the United State, was passed without objection .. The House then went into Committee of the Whole on the general calendar, and after a lengthy discussion of Mr. Kelley's financial bill, adjourned without action.- Dec. 9. Senate Bills; were introduced and referred (by Mr.-Ingalls) to authorize the Secretary of War to ascertain the expenses incur red by Kansas in resisting the Indian invasion of 1874; (by Mr. Scott) an act amendatory of a supplementary act for the incorporation of the Texas Pacific Railroad Company, and to aid in the construction of its road Mr. .Scott resented a remonstrance of the type founders of Ihicago and other cities against the ratifica tion of the Canadian reciprocity treaty as far as it relates to tvne and tvoe material: also a me morial of the Texas Pacific and Atlantic Pacific railroads. Bravinar Con cress to aid these compa nies in the construction of their roads. .... .Mr. Ingalls presented a memorial of citizens of Kansas for an extension of time to homestead and nre- emption settlers on publio lands who have been compelled to abandon their homes by reason of the ravages of locusts. Hou$ Some unimportant bills were presented, when the President's message was taken up in Committee of the Whole and its various parts referred to the appropriate committees. That portion of the message relat ing to affairs in Arkansas was referred to the select committee on that subject appointed at the last session, ana tne portion reiemng to ine trouDies in Louisiana and other Southern States to a select committee of seven members, to be appointed by tne speaxer. . r- -- - v- - Dec 10. Senate Mr. Wright gave notiee of a bill to abolish the Western Judicial District of Arkansas, which he would ask the Senate to take up on Tuesday next It was agreed that the bill reported from the Joint Select Committee to form a government for the District of Columbia be considered on. Monday next .Adjourned Mil Monday. House Mr. Beck offered a resolution calling for the report on the present condition of the Freedman's Bank. Agreed to. Mr. Whitt-borne then introduced a bill directing the Freed-! men's Bank. Commissioners to declare an immediate dividend, and institute suit U"8t the trustees, officers and - agents jfe'?42nany, with a view of holding themper- Wtj o vv fjpp. auu vut uvnu ute uwn sa oreaa -rue speaKer niinouncea i appointments to nil vacancies on committees : aV.V.naBo A Ua. Ci,nlni AS Vnur Vtl Judiciary. Mr. Finck. of Ohio: Civil-Service Be- lorm, nir. jninenaen, oiew xorx; centennial, Mr. Scliell, of New York: invalid tensions, Mr. Strawbridge, of Pennsylvania; Education oi Labor, also on Expenditures and Naval Department, Mr. Carpenter, of South Carolina. i TROUBLE AT VICKSBURG, MISS. SERIOUS COLLISION BETWEEN THE WHITES AND BLACKS A NUMBER OF NEGROES KILLED AND WOUNDED. There was intense excitement in Vicks burg, Miss.', on the morning of the 7ih, caused by the intelligence that large bodies of armed negroes lrom . the surrounding country were marching on the city, for the purpose of rescuing the ne gro Sheriff of the county, Peter Crosby, who was held as a prisoner in the Courthouse. Public business of all kinds was suspended, and the white citizens marched out by various routes to meet the invaders. A number of engagements en sued, resulting in the repulse of the ne groes at all points, with a loss of some twenty or thirty killed and a large num ber wounded. Many were also taken pri soners. Only one white man was killed. The origin of the trouble is stated . in an Associated Press dispatch to be substan tially as follows : There has been for some time trouble brewing between the Taxpayers' Association, and citizens and the county officials. The Sheriff was acting without legal bond, and the Board of Supervisors refused to order a new one, though the time for paying .taxes had arrived. ..Two or three other officials were under indictment for forgery ana embezzlement, and the citizens, despairing of re lief from the courts, last Wednesday held a meet lng and in a body proceeded V the Conrt-house to demand the resignation of the Sheriff, Chancery Clerk, Treasurer and Coroner. " An fled except Sheriff Crosby, negro, and be signed his resignation. Saturday a card appeared on the streets, purporting to be signed by Crosby, calling on all the citizens of Warren county, republicans, white and black, to come' to his aid, and support him in his position. Crosby denies, however, that he issued or signed the order which Instigated the uprising of the negroes- :: ,; v.." There was no further fighting at Vicksburg on the 8th, although the ex citement continued, with little abatement. The whites had complete control of the city; and the militia generally were under arms. ' Crosby had tendered his resigna tion as Sheriff, and placed it in the hands of a committee. ' 1 Reports were telegraphed on the 9th, of another serious encounter between the whites and blacks at' Snyder's Bluff, ten miles from Vicksburg, on the evening previous, in which three negroes and one white-man were killed. -Aa - effort- was made duriiurtbejiight to hang, the .color ed Sheriff, Crosby, who Is, a prisoner, but It was prevented ny a strong guaru uuv, Ames issued a;proclamadonv dated at Jackson, setting forth" 'then--,"Jact of the' "riot at Vicksburg.' stat ing- 'that ' the I ( Vloters ' had by threats, and Intlmidaudn; expelled ,the Sheriff of Warren' County, and were resisting the laws, etc., and commanding the rioters to disperse.- He -also issued a call for an extra session of the Legislature forThursday, the 17th, to take some action j on the situation. The Mayor of the cltyJ upon receipt of the Governor's proclanys tion, issued : a : counterproclamatioiffTie- j nvlncr that there had .been any ri otous f'proceedhurs In- , the t ; city ; al leging that the citizens' meeting had been ouiet and orderly; and that no -threats or violence were, used to. induce the Sheriff, to thefdftow . M resign ; and he called upon all citizens to hold themselves in. readiness to aid him In preserving the peace and sustaining the law; - A protest, indorsed, it was chimed, by every .white mn. in the State not an office-holder, . declaring . the statement made in the Governor's proclamation to-be false and based upon the ex-parte statements of partisan office-holders, was also published. -, - , v, , , , . , -The situation at Vicksburg on the 10th was represented as follows in an Associated Press dispatch of that date : - - " The war is over. AH is quiet. The Board of Supervisora to-day appointed a committee to bury the, dead, bodies. Twenty-eight negroes have ,been Interred ; inahy others are yet to be buried.. Several, companies have been organized, to serve under militia officers, but will probably not be needed. The scouts report all quiet in the country,' and the negroes who were massing tc come here from Hinds County dispersed The Board of Supervisors have ordered an elec tion to fill the vacancies for Sheriff, Circuit Conrt Clerk, two Justices, and two Con stables. - The absconding' Chancery Clerk will be ordered to come home, make a bond, or the office will be declared vacant, he having: been discovered to be acting without bond, none appearing on record. Most of the stolen bonds and papers proving his guilt have been found. Dorsey, the embezzling Circuit Clerk, was arrested to day and made to go. with a . committee of tax-payers to find the stolen records of his office. , Court-house villainies are still being brought to light, and nearly ' all the county . , officers , implicated. , A strong feeling prevails against the Governor for keeping these men in office and pledging them , the support of bayonets. Crosby, the' colored Sheriff, and leader of the ne groes, is still held, but the other prisoners are released on a promise of good behavior. No violence is offered. J Crosby says Governor Ames and Attorney-General Harris told him to organize the men and attack the city. The negroes say they got orders from Crosby. The Times (Repub lican) says the attack on the city was as impracticable as it was atrocious, and the leaders ought to be punished. It says Crosby is as big a fool as the other negroes, and intimates that white men were at the bottom of it." , , ; .j. SECRETARY BRISTOW'S REPORT. ' bKCKBTsXT OP THK' TKEA8UBY FAV- OB8 A BJCTURN j TO 8FKCU , AyMKNT 0X0X4 RBCOMMBNDATONS. ..; The report of the Secretary of the Treasury, hich accompanies the President's message, re- pitulates the transactions attending the refnnd- of tho debt; 'that rocceefiful bidders have m up all firm. bids and bold options for the it until February 1. The sinking fund is over uuu.uuu Deninu. xne secretary not only t strong ground in favor of specie payment. ut sets forth a definite plan for reaching the ame. He recommends the repeal or the legal- ;nder act at a fixed day. As to contracts there-fter made, and except as to official salaries and ainary expenditures oi tne uovcrnmenl unaer Listing appropriations, the Secretary recom- lends that authority be iriven for the lmmefliate issue of convertible bonds, bearing a low rate oi thaJTWrw-UeRs rs uuu a uay may ne nxea lor tne necessary, . . urooiueri its Bucn unonnu . a n. . i . - i the Treasury in Tw-iZ"'"iA-tft kee greenbacks as presentou. it is vr;- inpndM mat iractionai currency uu replac ed by silver, and to accomplish this the Secretary 1 - . . 11 .1- : .. . WAVW ju-Ui.. .tlua. uesires to ocfc au uw uuuw . w wuui vuw. ,. and that as rapidly as it is produced the fractional currency be recalled and destroyed, beginning witn tne smallest aenominations. j.ue secretary iur anka that the coinaze or goia ue maae rree in the United State, as it is in London, in order to prevent the exportation of bullion for coinage. In regard to printing all varieties of Government notes. Donas ana stampa. uw otxmary cwuiu-mends that the whole be done 'exclusively at the Treasury Department Government has all the necessary machinery , obtained at great cost, and work at the same r or less, cost than private arms, when the cost of transportation by express mi enn niwnMi I m'.u l Lit-n . cau uunurui uits is consHierea. - ASiae irom tnese minor comuuer-ations, the Secretary regards the question of safe- Sas one wmcn snouia control. - ai tne ena oi e present contracts, or as soon as they can bo legally terminated, be recommends . that all the work of this nature be performed in the printing division or tne 'X-reasnry. - The Secretary recommends free .banking as nart of the nlan for the resumption of specie pay ment. and this branch of the subject is not ela borated. firmrarninar internal revenue, tne secretary re ttommenda that the tax be taken off bank checks. matches, cosmetics, and drugs, and to meet this loss an additional tax of ten cents per gallon be imposed on whisky. This will raise the revenue a. lfiile neater than is now received from the ar ticles enumerated. . The practical workings of putting tea ana conee on tne rree list nave oeen jolly exanunea oy tne ireauury jxptmunni. nnmfnllT.-nrenared tables of nrifjes in f oreiurn mar. kptji andnrices to consumers for a period subse- auent to ute taking off of the tax shows that while the country lost from $6,000,000 to $12,000,000 from the decrease ox revenue on wis account, tne removal of the tax simply added to the price in for. eirn markets and has not benefited the consumers here in the least. The Secretary recommends the restoration of this tax. The attention of Congress is called to the great denser to the revenue attending ail attempts to modify the penalties which have heretofore existed, and which the Treasury has sought to en force. The Secretary is no believer in the system of moieties , and does not desire their restoration in any shape; but he expresses serious doubts whether any benefit has followed certain modin cations of penalties for the violation of customs rTheSecretarv does not regard the Treasury De partment as a proper place for the adjudication of cotton cases. These are for the most part of a complicated characted, require the taking of rnnnh evidence, and a judicial investigation. He therefore recommends that all cotton cases be withdrawn at once from the Jurisdiction of the Tmajmrr end turned over to the courts. . Upon the question of tariff the Secretary, with out entering upon mucu uiacusaiun, saya at (ra-entitle only necessary to. treat it purely as a question-of revenue, and. not one either oi pro-favtinn or free trade. In the interest of busi ness he does not think any changes .should be hastily made, and if Congress desires to revise thn nresnnt rates, he recommends that a commis sion be appointed to take the whole suubject into consideration. With instructions to report to Great economy is recommended in the expehdi- tares; nor jiuduo nnuaings. ine eeereuiry ro MKimendi that Congress trO over the appropria tions and estimate foe these works with great care, with a view of reducing some, and wholly suspending others". " He "xyi esses the belief that the needs of the Government ao not require aucn elaborate and eosu -structure as have of late been erected, but -that plainer, and at the same ibne substantial, buildings' win answer every Dnrnofle. and save i many - - millions. . tie thinks there is ' needless extravagance in fur- n'mhing publio on tidings,' and that much greater economy should b practiced In all directions in thla matter. He has transmitted the estimates. f which have already bee carefully revised, bnt be earnestly requests imgress to unite witn nim m scanning1 ymn h more cioeiy , witn m yww their further redaction The force of the department has been- leorgan. izei and imiaahed-exacUy in accardance with the laws and appropriations of last session, bnt the Secretary thinks the lowest limit of economy oonslstentvritb prompt and efficient performance of publio business has not yet been reached. i - As to all plane fosincreaing the publio Indebtedness by aiding" private enterprises of any kind, the Secretary doe not believe ihe present condition of the Government justifies extending aid in any form. ' - L- " ' " ., '. ! VAiiuABts coal-fields have been disebv-ered in Borneo, and a London" company have " sent s out an engineer1 and; staff to Lingga in order to make a thorough examination as to their capabilities.' In the meantime the P. and O. Company are teet-Inor r.hi uisJ for steam nnmoseg. :v "i ' ' PS iake ake! Hew Artitnttios Ceapricated " sv - Norte v The hevistonfvte 24. saVS :: In the edarne of hnmnn errerfw - a minor son of E. H Stewart, of Lewis- ton, felt himself, a judre of horse-fieah. land meeting Jeremiah Murphy In, Lewis- con, cracKed his whip, and said he X "How will yon swap horses t" 4 Now Jeremiah' Murphy -had that sort of a beast In his : barn whose possession impoverishes a man just in proportion as yoa Increase their number. ' The heir' of the house of Stewart had a nag, not entirely thorough-bird, but an animal for which his father paid about $90. ' 3Dv Murphy at last induced the minor -son to, believe that his own horse was as trood as his father's, and probably a little better ; for the -son swapped even with Murphy, entering the caves as he claims, that if the father drf uv vuuiuui his iniEiau uu-wyiuu ui the horse back. 1 ' " . The senior Stewart was indignant' at thV trade ; for. says be to Kfir lunior : - Yot w unuxjr -wcau.cu , carry uw uunw nguii, back." The dutiful minor did as ordered. but Murphy , did not believe in backing out and trading back, and thus wasting . valuable time. , Murphy declined to trade back,- and the son returned. The elder Stewart led the horse .again .to Murphy, :. with no better success, and finally hitched , him at Murphy's door and left. - Murphy let the horse loose.' The beast, after Wan : dering about the streets, was finally taken ' by Mr. Mace, a special - policeman, to. Mr. Doten, the pound-keeper. Mr. Do ten, firmly; . Intrenched in this ancient office . behind ancient laws, declined to harj bor the5 equine ' tramp a unless the' fee, " pre-ordained '-by law, - was - forth-: comings -Mr. ..Stewart; would - not ad vance the fee; neither ...would Mr. . Murphy. ..The beast was nobody's horses He :wandered . over to East Avenue . and was harbored for a while1 tj,Et-'SIiCy6rl Stevens. Afterward the horse was turned into the Frenklin Company's pastttre un til the advent Df cold weather bronght a affairs to a crisis. - Stewart entered a Bult against Murphy to recover the value of the' i Monday morning Stewart and Murphy r appeared before his nonor, Judge Knowl- j ton, and an informal hearing was had.;. The Judge gave' the parties good advice, , and warned Murphy that it would take a year to decide the suit, and that meantime the City Marshal would have a bill of $3 a week for keeping the' horse, which would be collected of whoever lost the suit, As the 'Judge -proceeds-, Murphy plainly grows more tender. -, . . "I will give or take $25, and take or. surrender .- both, .horses," says Murphy. - Stewart declines the shrewd propoeitlon, , as he thinks he would thus be paying $25 . for Murphy'a "old cnury bones." , " I will submit the matter to three men . of our choosing," says Murphy.' , On the-. spot Stewart assents. . J udge Knowlton, Mr. Mace, and .Lawyer Stenson are agreed ' on, and they speedily reach a conclusion,. iurphy regains Tne- -mndaUxz beast iSIwartraln Sdt ogether on fellow-citizens. TTi Tttti f nV 1 1 mmi i i hThV phy-Stewart process 'of swapping and swapping back as'tedioas to be sure,? bat as far more "sensible and far less pro crastinating and costly than going to law about it.- U - Ice-Hones. - Ice is a luxury . rarely indulged in by a large majority of farmers, and yet they can' have it in abundance at small cost. . It requires no extensive structure, and the labor of securing the crop is comparatively trifling. A house ten feet square and tea feet high is large enough to hold a summer's supply for an ordinary family. It may be built in the roughest manner, and of cheapest materiaL Provide for drainage without admitting air at the bottom, lay rails,tscantling, or any thing of the kind, close together on the ground, fill the spaces between with sawdust, and cover over the rails an inch deep. Cut the blocks oiice'all the same size, so" they will pack nicely. Pack them in closely as possible, leaving a space all around between the ice and the walls of the house of not less than fifteen inches, which must be filled with sawdust will packed. - As the Ice is built up, cavities caused by broken and irregular blocks, should be filled with pounded ice. After the pile is built up eight feet high, cover over the" top with sawdust about a foot deep, and the , work is done. The supply can be made to last much longer by pouring water on the pile after it Is built up, and freezing the whole into a solid mass.' A cold night must be chosen for this work. Bank up earth all around the outside, and pack it well, and the roof should project beyond the banking to prevent washing it away. The house may have a door above and below in the north gable end,;fbr convenience. ' A pond of SOO square feet surface is supply sufficient to fill such a house, and almost any farmer can provide such a pond,, when he :1a distant from natural sources. These are all the directions necessary for building - and filling an ice house, unless you are aristocratic. In that case expend Just as much money on the house as you please; but your ice will keep no better, and will ; not be a whit colder than that taken from the Cheaper house. JL word of caution is necessary to those who are hot accustomed to (akin ice out of a house in the summer, r Be careful to cover up the ice again with the sawdust, and keep, the house . . 94 a- m visit closed. . carelessness win waste mu more than is consumed Ohio. Fanner. I LH s '" ' ,', ah odd theft, and an awkward one, was jjerpetrated. in Troy Thanksglvmg Day, the victim being a worthy physician, au innocent-iookitagyouth called at the house, rang tne Den, ana sua. w m-cj hnrt lvn Rem from the market had , been ... ... . ... . hImw whull intended for another gentleman, and that 'the doctor's would be sent around In a llt-white -; Thn tarker was already in the wvmww . t r - . . . . . wA- mrfiffn - Til do but to give it p,.and it wasi handed OVeTsf A 1113 UUVMV o tt en , --.-,-r-- 1 aw"'-.. . 4" r . rrrrm in enrrofriTicr tat nia rzrft' ; BtUvtfiTz-i f?f-ft; $0tw i' oiirnaiwkNorJ- VI 4 . S1, mm |