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T H E H B R K X & S E I t.lS r . Y . WKPWKSPATiyfeftg^A^I? jL BiaaKiQB TO THE oouirax. Wa have lonit thoBglit of allucling to tl nsnner in •w-hicb many of onrSnperwsois mak*' tbeir selectioM of names for Grasd »ad P etit Jurors, it 5s a noticeable Twt that a :i^nbEean jfiror ia rarely dj^n from a towB represented by a Democmic Supanrisor, orn D can town. Althoi„ net apply to every town in the County, yet the exceptions .do not number more than ♦hreh or four. \When party feeliug is to be irried into our CJonrtsand Juty-roouis it is me we should “ shut off_steam.\ The base is one edy, and w ltr^ r tM o a r d of Snpervi • t elected will, at their annual sesBiOn, lOnld “ shut ------------ > which the good men, of both sations suoald seek to just elected will, at their aunu jUntually agree to commence the reform.— Jota-nal <& Courier. . W e called attention to this evil gome years ago. Our attention was attracted to i t a t a time wKea cases were pending in Gur Courts grot^ng out o f or connected with politics. W e ol^erved that i t was an uxuisuai tMng in a panel o f twelve jurors to find two Democrats. Tbi».wa| observed by others. liiq^uiry was wade apd itwas found that in Kepublican towns near ly all, and in some eases all, the per sons selected for jurors were Eepuhlb cans. This bad example has doubt- lesa been followed to some extent in Democratic towns. W e agree, how ever, with the Journal & Courier in jjaying that the public officers who select both the Grand and Petit Jurors would dbeharge their duty better by ielecting jarore fiir their integrity and ability without any reference whatevc- to their political opinions. ^ WHAT IT COSTS. Mr. D. BirruER, of Massachusetts, has been.'figuring pretty closely upon the cost of the United States army on its present footing, and o f course comes to t h e ' conclusion that we are paying altogether too dear for that whistle^ In the course o f , h is two hours’.speech to Congress Wednesday, in advocacy of a scheme for reducing the current expenses o f the army so at to save thirty milHons a year, he showed the largely disproportionate number o f officers in the army when compared with the force, and tarthennore the immense cost o f the officers o r & e Staff Dgoartment. H e had asked the Committee on M ilitary Aflairs for informsition as to the pay o f officers, but could not .^et it from them ; neither would the people at the War Office divulge, but h e finally fcund the fficts a t the Treasury. H e liadnot inquired as to the pay of the General of the Army, because, he said, all had. agreed that payment on ac count o f that office would cease after the fourth o f March, but &om a p e ^ c ial sort, o f an inq u i^ as to the o f the Lieutenant General, he had learned that it varied &om eigh teen thomand to twenty thousand dol lars a year, depending upon, where he was doing duty. The pay o f a Ma: Jor. General, comprising pay proper, eommutation,^ forage, servants, longev ity rations, &c.; ranged from $^10,034 to $11,214. Gen. T homas , Adjutant General o f the army, had forty-six years’ longevity rations, a- mounting to '$'984 per annum. H e got longevity rations simply because he grew old. Old age was honorable, but in the army it was voracious. Gen. Ta03O8’ d u ly the past two years had been the ingp e ^ r 'of graveyards '—nothing else, except whenh® was Secretary o f W ar ad interim. Eor that service he g o t two cents a mile for every m ile he traveled. It would be found that the Government had paid for h is valuable services—^inspect' in g cemeteries— $12fi00 or 0i3,OOO for the p ast year,. H e had made more profits than any other undertaker in the whole country. Mr. B utleb also adverted to the fact that there is now in the service a B rigadier General of —a Brigadier General diUKS, ns it werfi,-^ffhai!e services, h e thought, might h e d is p o s e d with. T h e YoiiU U ^ PF B a p ^: b Ctm R E ir- Gsr,—Senator Sherman, Chairman of the Finance Committee, in his speech on Wednesday, stated that the notes a t present composing the paper cur- r ^ c y o f the country are as follows; B n i t ^ States n o te s .. . . . . . . ^ 356 , 021,073 Kational Bank cotes ......... .. Tbrw per cent Certificates., si PractioDal Currency ................ 34,216,715 ItOHSTSOSlTlSS OE THR TABIPP. The theory of a tariff o f custom duties, was based upon its convenience as a mode o f taxation; and protection ■was never tbpugnt o f except as inci dental to this main object of revenue. But, asks the Boston Pod, tow , for instance, is the m e n u e increased by pidhihitihg w c l r imports chalk, drugs and chemicals^ spirits and the Just-St® how-these-and other article in coimnaon use are shut out from our ports and the revenues from them destroyed: Chalk a’duty, o f 8 4 7 x>er- c e n ty^nd there \are four chalk , h ills in Massachu^tts to ac count for it. W e . get nO revenue from it, while |h e people pay the high er price into the pockets,of the few Ownem. Chemical articles and drugs a r e compelled to pay duties like those few which we shall cite r rum and bay rum essence and oils, 873 per cent, i bay rum, 250 p er cent.; cognac .oil, 496 per c e n t.; collodion, 200 per cent.; refined hrimstohe, 4 2 3 per cent. ; acetic a cid, 208 per cent.; acetate o f soda, 458 per cent. Spirits pay a duty after this style: spirits from grain,455 per cent.; spiritsfrdm other materials, 582 per'cent.; spirituous compo.unds from grain, 231 per c e n t.; whisky, 3T5 per cent.; brandy, 632 per cent. 0 h e two latter a t these rates when not otherwise provided tor. , THE DABIEir SHIP CAEAI,. In addition to the score of conces sions b y the States bordering on. the Isthmus for an Intei'oceanie Caual, o f which Mr. Gushing's was regarded as the lat^t, comes the news that Louis Napdleott had also negotiated for a ship canal across the Istbmns o f N ic aragua. The g;ra«ts'Qf the Mexican Congress for the bgening of the Guay- mas and Tehuantepec Kailroads, the intelligence o f renewed activity on the part o f the Honduras route, and a new scheme for the construction of an interoceanic railway through the territory o f Costa Bica^ show the di rection of public thought. The N. Y. S e r a U mentions another fact in the Came comiectiQn’which shows that the spirit they indicate is not exclusive with the civilization of the West.— W h en Mr. Burlingame was here, he stated incidentally, inconneotion vdth the subject o f the Darien canal, that the Emperor of China would take stock in the enterprise to the extent of eighty millions of dollars, and con tract to supply all the labor needed for the work, T h e S u r e S ign op D eath .—^The\ French Marquis D'Ourchai, by his will founded a prize p i 20,000f. for the discovery o f a'sure and simple means o f recognizing i f death be real or ap parent. Dr. Oarriere intends to claim the money for a process which he has employed for forty years. This system consists iirpiacing^B hand> with the .fingers closed, before the flame of a lump oTiCandle- -Inrthe-living persqa- the flames are transparent and Si a pmkish color, showing the capillary circulatton and life m full activity;, while in that o f a corpse, on the con trary, a ll is dull and dark, presenting neither sign o f existence nor trfiee Of the blood cuirent. TfiE ST ew C onstitution to ^ be V oted ON'iNTHEFAth.— Itseem s to be pretty well settled that the new constitution will be submitted to the people at the next annual election. This, under the circumstances, is as soon as they will be prepared to act Upon it understandingly. Several amendments have been made to the bill providing foyits submission, which ■will allow the people to vote separate ly on suffrage, on the judiciary-, on taxation, and on the balance of the articles of the constitution. THE THhlAN MASSAOBB. A n exchange says t . The grand exploit of General Cus- tar, among the Indians, grows small 8S0H, ItH TO TIB POUT. The following synopsis o f the speech of Senator D ooiittee , o f Wiscioiiain, ottthe prpppsed ameudracut to the Constitution forcing negro suHrago on the Statai, contains the gist o f the whole matter, and is unanuwerable: BBMABKS OP SENATOET J>OOiCEm.E. I look upon the ptbppeition. Con tained in this propo3(^aiifendmCnt, as one which goes to the fouhdatapu o f onr system o f gqveiauncntr -Onrs M. a divided system. W « have Stete G o v ^ m e h t and a Federal Govern ment^ and the citiaeun owe allegiance to both. Neither o f these Govern- is endowed-with absolute sqv- P O L m C A I , S T F T E O U T . — The secret o f the San Domingan purchase now appeare. A “ring’' has bought the country up and holds i t for t rise. ■ ■— T he j^wnsays a law relative to couniang the’ electoral vote is needed. W e neM decent men to count the votes more than_we n ^ d the^law. ~ So .the bogus Governor o f Geor- vetoes the joint resolution submit- tin g ih e the n^ro-to of-. fice to the Supreme Court. H o w th fellows dp h ate h court I , — A Charleston ] South Carolina Coi meats is endowe ereignty; each ia endowed wilh limit ed sovereignty. ‘.T h e States a re sov ereign except so far as they have part ed with their sovereignty under the Constitution o f : the United Statoi; and the Federal Government just so far as the Constitution o f the United States has clothed it with sovereignty, Onrs is a composite system, simple in theory, y et sometimes difficult in prac tice. This division o f power in onr Government distinguishes it from eve ry other form o f government that has ever existed upon the earth, and it was in this feature o f it that our anceatom believed thathat theyhey hadad madeade a great t t h m a gi advance injthe science of human gov- the imperfection oi it was. impossible to position of the State Gov ernments and the Federal Govem- emment. human langui From th( jer says the new South uarollna Uonstitution contains a plank-froin Massachusetts, one from Ohio,^several from^ \Vermont and-a brofid beam from Africa. —rMr.Salisbmy compared the !l^d- icalpariy t’other day to a ‘dead skunk.’ f c , dead, Mr. Salisbury, not dead, but dying,^ \Stitiinzandgm n rodora.” . — The proposition to abolish th( franking p rivilege was too much for Congressmen. They really couldn’t give up the costly luxury o f sending their autographs to their constituents. — The Chicago Pod is responsible for the following: “ I f we are to be lieve the Commercial Advertiser, the only vice Which Fenton h a s . failed to become possessed o f is the \Vice Presi dency.” K E W B S K S E M A R Y . trading p r ^ h e f . After Burns had , . frolicked aroundBCXonis awhile with n rock croyir ;therdaiighter, they rMurned to Mason f Penns;^v^ demanded; his boot money, i l v m e r a t o h a b l t ^ :avelei» pafenSg at night zda,' alo n g t h e OJti<i,jftiver, h a s hedh ignited by m e of tbe huge flames jetting, out her< there. The effect l ^ said to b ____ sublime and startling. The more su- n in g o f the final conflagrMibn. -\T h e CaiifornTa papere ^ai on the completion of sediici|4 his wife, and the’ trial develbpedf'the above facts. ' d e ll a< cific Eailroad, the company intend to man. J S im s knocked Burden down tq-^endgrapea throu^h_ to|^nd^4j(^.^ijjg a large knife ly severed h is head from h is body and then pitched the latter into the river. Several negroes on.'a neighboring raft heard tho fight and gave information about it to the authorities Whefl ti reached Mobile.. Friday afternoon attention of an officer was attracted to a party o f negroes armed with axes and knives, who were in hot pr ofa negro. The officer joined jj New York' for $100 per touj apd-ids^- nish cars expressly for the purposjq on tbeir road. The price of table-grapes —the white varieties— has ranged from 50 to 75 cents per pound, and scarce a t that. In California they are worth three or four cents. ■— Mary L. Fassels died at W urts- boro on the 7th inst., from the effects of a small piece o f orange peel which was accidentally taken m her lu n ^ a month before. — The earth is found frozen in a Colorado mine a tih e depth of 125 feet, and the ice which lies between the strata of the rock is as hard and as brittle as glass. — A locomotive for use on c by decrees and heantifidly __ the light o f truth is let in upon it.— _____ ____ _ _ Colonel Leavenworth, who was within gard to them. Upon the eighty miles of Custar when the fight- whether the power toregi ’ ' ing commenced, has been testify- should be delegated to ment so clearly as to leave - no room for doubt; but there are some points in the Constitution where these ^ sages are sO clearly defined and dis tinguished, that no man in his senses can he for a moment mistaken in re- lestion 6gated to the Federal B hundred .THE BIEDEhL MISl The A. F. World has a long sensa tional article, which pretends to solve the BurdelbCunningham mystery, by the publication o f alleged confessions^! by Jefferds to\ a deteotive who played the part o f a .Confidential friend. The following is A summary i ' The murderer of Dr. Burdell is discovered, according to his o^vn■ cir- cumstanM pppfession and all the probabilities o f the cftse, tqha-^e »een the same Charles Jcfierds who after wards k illed John VV alton and John Matthews, and who w himself mur dered by a fellow-convief at Sing .Sing about a year ago* Jefferds’ declara tion is all the iuQpe .eflpvfpcing in that it does not release Pupsfngham from the charge of complicity with ----- ‘— He, too, was a friend of iDiUI ......................... .....$745,908^53 By law, th» is made the standard of value, the mgssure of all com modities; and of all debts, except for flutter on imported goods n»d interest on the public debt. -PEB- before the Senate Committee, and Government, or r ^ r v e d t o the States, understanding and opinions o f the r Constitution were so ibted, so positive, that the loses that instead of three warriorshaving been killed\ as was re- irted,rted, there were only about fifteen and a number of women r among them one whi had beenta po tl men slain, and childw woman who img and opii our Constitution were so idoubted, s------- even Mr,H H. amilton , sentative—^I might almost say, great inqariiation of Federalism—was clear, so und - ' . mpelled to admit that any attempi put into the Constitution of the leen taken, captive by the Indians. O f all the nnutter- com] able meanness of which any govern- to pui ment was ever guilty, this meanness United States a power in the General in first cheating the^ Indians into a Government to control the question of frenzy^ and then shooting them for be- suffiage, and the elections intheSiates, exasperated a t what would arouse would be calculated to d^troy the ire of a aaiDt, ia the moatcontemp- goyerment of the Statea, Xet-that is tible and indefensible. I t is alike w h a t this amendment’proposes d;o. wicked and unnecessary. It robs the The power which this a m e n d lii^ prO- taxpayer to murder the Indian. It poses to confer upon Congress, w ill coi provokes tbe savage, and then under pel the General Government to a an assumed fear it violates eveiy prin- point Judges, o f election to count t ciple of justice, end magnifies its votes in the States, and secure the re atrocities in order that they may seem suits of the colored v o te; for this con- to have been necessary,, because the stitutional provision which you pr heart and thej judgment o f people pose,s is hothing more nor less than equally revolt a t massacres not rid ding the world o f the desperate a a d the -------- „ ----------- ^ - X i 3 pose, i hothing more nor revo lt a t m^sacres not rid- mere deolaration, unless Coi TOM H ouse .—The names of thirty-five Inspectors and one Weigher, who have been removed from the Custom House .in New York, are published. “ Th( parties removed,” says a journal ii making the aunionn\cement “ are who are put out his crime, that malign w-omau, between whom and his mother, Mm. W t p n , there aacloseint same illicit favors which were errevenge. alleges that he waa at Dr, Burdell’s was ses the banjo Ciinninghara girls \le house i with wh( quarrel. The Doctor then prooeedcd' to his room in the third story, and mningham to hers on the second floor. Jefferds, to whom the dispute idible, stole out of the entered the house and met Mrs. Cun ningham, with whom he had a violent lom ___ Mrs. Cunningham to hers on th< floor. Jefferds, had audible, ^stol® out after S d o for the old rascal”-^ e a n i n g Dr; Burdell. The woman, who, cordi ally hated Dr. Burdell and hoped to inherit his possessions, encouraged the young desperado’s sympathetic rage. She informed him nf the position of tnally carried, and started “ tnally carried, ana stariea on iiit cowardly errand. The^ circumstan tial account which he gives of what transpired, from the moment when he glided into Dr. Burdell’s j and aimed the firet Wow at to ’ ’ ’ - > D r. Burdell’s apartment t his heart to th e yxov^eut w hen he “ reached under” aiid “ fetched?’ his victim by “tussle o f it; but you see f had thekmfe, “and 1 khpt all the time jabbing him “with that, and he bfod ft great deal, “and that weakened him ,! suppose,”—^ whiehis extremely probable. Theassas-^ in’s description o f the whole struggle tallies witl^the appearance o f the room. and o f the wounds fofind on the body of “ omnibas bill” which eombinea rail- roid schemsi thtdi will cost the gov- ernroeat 1 ^ ,0 0 6 per mile, fpr A ,^ # miles—more than $16O,OOO,OO0 m boadn-lmthoW motappear. I t is h o p ^ th e t e ii honesty enough in the Seakte to defeat it— but 5atan “ efttes with ft Imtg ^oon.” i Dr.SurdelUfter the murder; the facte ' intimacy fOd^or K o b e S w n ® i i s o . - T l , e Senate ,£ a e W r Committee h a v e agreed to report an gg a reeWeag b r iiw h e lpto Gorfobomfe his statements. to vote ? The Senator from Massachu- the Constitution, as it now stands, this- power; but his great teacher. Judge . Story, thought that the attempt to put R emqv AES IN the N ew . Y ork Cus- such” a provision in the Constirotion destroy maintain that the right to fix the army have control orovirindian af fairs, with a sagaoious and honest man the head or the W a r Department, id in six months, at a trifling ex- setts, (Mr. SuMN]RR,) seems ito find in snditure, we may have peace real the GnnstitUtion, as it now stands, this id lasting with all the Indian tribes, power; but h is great teacher. Judge Story, thought that the attempt to such* a provision in the Constitiitii would show a premeditated design destroy the State Governments, maintain th at the righ t to fix t! qualifications of a voter, is essential to a republican form of government^ and that no State which has AO.t the right to determine for itself who shall and who shall nqt vote, cai\ bq called foV has lost the _ J t . If CODgf^ ermine who siiall and -who shall noi ,'ote in Indiana, the people o f Indians nq longer govern themselves, This is not a propftSitioix by way ^.of amend- uieflt qf the ’ osit^qq h i Waj Qf tevDlntii making the friends qf Moi o Spite the nptgp] litiate the incomi ^AN, who are put »ite th e outgoing Senator and prO- iminf The second name in the list of unfortu nates is that of our fellow-townsman, G eorge L . S t e e ie , the vetran cam paigner of the Third Ward. S teel E is always j.qu.4 ftftd fervent in support of his firienos, and he\ has probably talked M oksan too yolubly nnd too audibly on the street comers, in the high plft! the steps possibly from qf ^ e w Yprk, even on the Gustpni House, and R the’ v ejy roof pf the mg across ried his won . ivy muy 1 ■da to unfriendly ear?.— uin often lies in the track Alas, what rum often lies m tbe tw of a conqueror !— Utica Observer, BY A L una - ISEAND.— A aspiredtn'the'Jjiibpic Asyluffi PU ^ Blackwell’s Islapd' pp Friday night last. It appears that in the building known as the “Lodge,” one o f a group offour which comprise the places set apart for tbe connhement and treat ment o f lunatics— o f which there are upward o f 1,000 there at present—the number o f inm a te is so large as to re quire thefr heiftg hPHttWR in ft cell, insi uvabiedrth . . ...... . .............. ,, The maniac scooped out the brains of her victim with her fingers, and then lay down beside her. The affair Avas discovered the following morning by the keeper. of a new ing atten- nature B, is the 1 j|®*Bamie, h fibrous plant that is attract tion in the South. It is of of flax, only it works up into a much finer fiber, and, ivhen manufactured intofgkic, piakes an article equal to some or the coarser imported s |l^ . Jt will yield from tlirfeelo five crops a _ _____ year, and is proof against oferflow and centraliring tendency, and revive the army worm, those two great pest« moug our. people more love for the of coftpp p}|ltnre. It is likely to bean states, and more respect for the rights importa^ produce Ip tlm|qittfo It ri pf th^ States, onr rights are gone, alreadymgreatderaanafroiq^ngbgb ’. ® manofeotprort, and promises to be- Mr, Doolittle cited the 8upqes|iye e of our ptipclpql export— plfttfornis and ^et? qf the Idepubliplu .... ;iprity to cottppj botp fn.jts party, e:i|traotg,‘showlngi qs hbelftim it, will probably make the yaising of ramie thd next agricultural epidemic. • CoBBisr G onvicted - .—The: verdict of tha jury in the case nf Oorbife Whq h ^ been-on trial in Norwich, Ohenan*- go during #he past w^k, for the murder of one JS^idder, was manslaugh-: ter in the third degree. andi gotten;” vu^ jAAMgAU«?ub \n uu hawr question is final an d d e c is ive. But will the wire-pullers let it so remain? —“The St. Louia,/ Demoerat says \W endell F h l l l l p s li:ii 3 o u tliv e d h is u se- fulness. .That is a/pretty good joke on Phillips, who h a s exhausted a life time in serving t lie world by showing how perfect a niemher o f the Dam- bool family a joaannot born in i t may Bcome. — The CoD.gressional Delegate from Idaho, the other day, called Butler a liar. H e v/as immediately reprimand ed because h e refused to retract. The punishmeatwas inadequate. The ex- lould ................... , . in g r ^ h a v e er to legislate and carry it into ef- aetive enemies of goiyernment or man- feet. Necessarily, therefore, the pow- kind, A t this late day we are not mere- er o f enforemg it must go with i t ; and iy duplicatingbutm iultipl^gthehor- if that goes-with it, where is to be the rors and the disgrace o f Glencoe, and end ? How many officers o f the Gov- doing it too that a few men may make ernment must be sent info the States mey out o f the slaughter, I f t the to take charge of the elections, and to y have coufrol Qf'onr Indian af- see'tbat the pemons for whose benefit amendment is made are admitted ledin whereas i f submitted to the peopb would h e defeated in nearly a ll o f them. A Eadical paper of course delights in cheating the people. — The test-oath was up in the Sen ate the other day, and with it the gen eral subject o f p eijury in breaking the oath to support the Constitution. Now for a point of order. Is it not as bad to violate that oath by reconstruction as by rebellion? And, indeed, is it t a little worse, seeing that one frac- .„re had the excuse in many men’s minds o f secession, and there are only two d- ---- yd fools v?ho believe recon struction Constitutional ? — A Washington, correspondent of the Worcester Spy complains o f the ~ide differences o f opinion among ird to the classes to amei-_ it i?ft prop- »p- ,orp, B, and in’ which it hfts lived, ’ and the profepntion qf whfoh onr repnbli- b and tbe p r o s e p ...................................... can \institutiong cannot survive, po^ \the proposition were to ^ the Constitution, which deolar® the United States shall guarantee tfteacl State a republican form b f Govern ment, by striking out the word “re publican,” and insert “ffiouarchial,’ it would not be an amendment to the. Constitution:^ i t WOold be revolution. But; it is ssftrcely less m fqr the Fed eral Government; tp tak e tp itself the control over the snfroge in the States, beoauve in d o in g so it strikes a t ’th e life of our republican institutions. It is essential to the liberty of a State, and to the liberty of the individual within the State, that the State shall ii H t e a d % ; l M |e t l ^ l , ' I S e ' P p f e H 'fke ’right’ti^eteVfolhd'who apartment. Tbe patients a t the podge shall Vote qnd whp shall nqt vote ; are the most violent and refracto^,— bepause it is in this voting power that In question, one o i the the government o f o f this country re- ...... ...........,_„jed in a cell in the sides, Unless we can successfully ‘ Lodge” k illed her sleeping comrade, resist this tendency to centralization, L young woman 26 years of age, by to which the war gave new life, which — t, — head with the oak is hurrying us on with a velocity which — .v.j --^dfanaticfti men of our time leap for joy. Unless we can resist this tendency successfully, the days o f our republican institutions Jready numbered. It should be sredi tfailat remembe the great mass the laws of the States in which we live. \What defends me as a citizen of Wisconsin in my rights of person and ? Notjhie laws ofCongres^ The Senate Committee oh For- ign. ;^e1a|ioqs hftve agreed to rocom- iehd the adoptioq qf the qatai;a|i^- tuBwitzeriand theafe lators with regar( b e n x c ln d e d from sulfi-age in th e pro posed Constitutional amendment. The Pacific slope Senators want to exch the Chinese; other Senators, desire to exclude foreigners, or to authorize States to. do so. W h y not simplify the whole matter by excluding all who will n ot vote the Eadical ticket? ~ M r . Frelinghaysen thinks “ne groes without suffrage much worse than negroes with snfftage’*— which is one way o f saying that, because Mr. Fre- linghysen does not know what else to do with the emancipated slaves, he is in favor o f giving them the ballot, if that settled the whole matter. You don’t know how to govern a given class, and so you let that class govern I f this reasoning be correct, why apply it to Indians, • oriminals, and Two Eadicals o f notorious p K elly, o f Pa., and anothei led a petition into ;nizing ’ K elly, dnoed i ler, have eCons tution o f the United^ States. ^\VVheth- the Almighty would recognize H im self in the Constitution as thesi izing the Almighty iii n o f the United State doubted. B u t Sumner will eertainl] ese peo- well be pie propose to rehash it mi ‘ will certainly psition.onthe abnoxious war “ white” Is used in limiting and d< roribing tbe throne of the Almighty in the Apocalypse. — A majority of the Radical mem bers o f Congress have voted in favor of about every proposition to take money from the national treasury.- Take the Atchison Pacific Rail?o| in the Senate, but the that the bill was deft cratic Senators, b y a Only two Democrats: neglect to state ted by Demo- S t ® - W W \ « » S'TOohS M Coni.- -- There has been no factious oppositidn; and their votes have always been re corded in favor of economy, and a- gainst imprudent legislation. •— The committee in Congyeps tp. wholq is rofo?ro.d th® project for-the ereptiop of ft or-idge over the Hast Riv er, from New York to Brooklyn, has agreed to report unanimously in its favor. I t is expected th a t tixei ed struqti during thi iqture will be put under a mile long, 50 feet wide and 130 feet ahoye the water, its estimated cost is about eight millions of dollars, and when completed y i i l be one qf th mqst.mftg^i^qent fitfuetpros ip world- SfoEQ thftu hftlf the amount needed hfts already been snhscrihed, and ft auiet aneenlfttiop by “ insiders” in reft! estete near its line, has be- ' ih is one of the sure signs ( ^ ig o f a great improvement. Mr. Thomas Dutton, of Dela- is probably the.only person living who heard the firing OX the - -------- Philadelphia on 11776,^ at which cannon in Alabama claims treaty. leyerysnl >, vried on the road from Havre to Montrivillers, a distance of about five miles and through a hilly country. I t mad( :a negro. The officer joined in the lase, and soon succeeded in overhaul ing the runaway, who proved to be the murderer of Burdell. The ne groes seemed bent upon lynching Sims bn the spot, and it was only through the influence of the policeman that his life was saved. The murderer, is iw confined ia the city guardhouse, and his case was to be investigated b y the Mayor. 100 m iles 3, railroad. several trips, each time drawing a vehicle laden with passengers. — The movement for nominating Andrew Johnson, Governor of Ten nessee, is making progress. Four or five papers have already placed kis s at the head of their columns. The number of immigrants ar rived at Castle Garden, up to the 17th inst., was 7 ,706; to the same date last year, 7,789. — The Canton, 0.> Republican pro- >0368 to make a velocipede with rim- aed wheels, so that it can be run- at he irate of 1 single rail o f a — New Bedford, Mass,, reports the first velocipede accident. The; person was severely injured on the breast by falling on one of thn Handles. The bicycles are already voted a. nuisan* there, and a city ordinance to regula their use is talked of. —- T he spring elections occur as fol low s : N e w H a m p s h i r e , M a r c h 9 ; Connecticut, April 5; Rhode Island, April 7. — Queen Isabella closes all her let ters with the words, “ No one loves thee more than thy Queen Isabella.” — A young couple in Eockport, Me., while courting walked out togeth er arm-in-arm, and fell through a hole in the sidewalk, each breaking a leg. Their fall proved a “lift” to them,,i and against — A n exchange has a sm the world—a jury verdict of 812,000 iorrespon- . \What shall we do in heaven to employ our time ?” Per- dent who asks, ‘ haps he will never be troubled on that — I t is said General Grant will have private interviews with the gen tlemen whom he offers places in his cabinet, and no secrets will be entrust ed to the mail. — The new barley crop in Genesee is being sold before it is sown ; 5,000 bushels to be delivered bi November next, were so ten shillings per bushel. -—Mm, Surratt’s coffin J jas been broken into small chips, which.are ea- gerly sought as relics by some persons in W ashington. town were present and much.dissatis fied that the festivities closed with a dance. — Green peas are up three or four, inches in Norfolk, Virginia. ' — Grading on the Midland railroad has eommenecd in Delaware cour'^“ at Sidney .Plains. .'The track : cross the Albany and Susquehanna railroad just below the station a t that place,; — A hofse in Elmira got scared at a velocipede, a few days since, ran\ away and smashed thin^ generally, — Efforts are being made .to en large th e . park in the rear . o f the State H a ll, Albany. — A correspondent of tiie Menasha, Wis., Fmes relates a ease; .whero ^ young man cut h is foot' badfy >:ffo to step the flow o f ipplied a “ pul •roich he had preserved for such emer gencies—and the flow of blood was immediately stopped, and his life sav- ' — New Yorkers are threatened with another swill inilk excitement. Fifty-four Cftpa of stum^tail - were seized on a Harlem milk train Satur- \dpy morning.*\ * ' ■ — A better way than to -wet.1 sides of a postage stamp is to wet neither. W et the corner of the ejs- yelop—press the stemp. tm, and* rtiek itmprt. = Ammonia injected into the veins is pronounced a certain antidote for the bites of poisonous snakes. — The coin balance in the Treas ury Saturday was ninety-si^ millioas j the curreufty hftianoe sixteen millions. >=■ Jefferds’ counsel claims te have >loded the story that J. murdered , Burdell. CUEIOUS C ase oe W ip e s THB W ^ T ; - - '- 4 a f t h e l|Bngh.am (III..) P^mo&rat speaks first instance we have, noticed a father trades a daughter to a bus* band for his wife. This grosabarbar- ism was developed in- the courts of that county last wee^. Jt the ^mocrat, - that, a t or pear n a preacher named Deitz traded his daughter to his neighbor, named Burns, for his wife, agreeing t6 give as boot between the daughter L O C A L M A T T E H S . S. Y. C. &.R.— New Dime Table. A new .Time Table went into effect on Monday, Noyember 23. Until further no tice, T rains will leave the H e rkim e r Star tion as follows - GOING BAST. Chicago Express .............................. 3 5S A . M. Cincinriati Express.................... 6 25 A.M. Albany Accommodation .............. .10 30 A. M. Day Exprass............................ 5 48 P. M. St. Johnsville Accommodation ..... 9 38 P .M . GOING WEST. Boston Mail, (except Mondays,)... 2 27 A. M. St. johnsville Accommodation .... 7 52 A. M. Day Express..................................10 57 A. M. Syracuse Acooinmodation ............... 1 08 P. M. Emigrant &Aceommodation ........ 6 3X P.M . Nighjt Express................................. 9 32 P. M\. Netarles PnWlc. The following Notaries Public have been appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate; CuARiiEB G eay , HerSiuier; J a x e s P . Lee, \West W infield. Bishop D oanbs ’ Frimarj TiBita; tione in this County will be a s follows March 10, P. M.—Emanuel Cimroh. Little Falls. March 11, A. M .~Trinity Oharch, Fair- field ; P. M.—Zion Church, ^ r w a y , New port. Match 12.~Chri8t Church, Herkimer. Gcdcf’s Lady’s Book E o r Marcli h as reached ns. I t is a mo excellent number — unsurpassed in its literary merits, fashion plates and other embellishmeDts. H. A. Bollss, M. 9., W ill give a course of popular lectures on Anatraoy and Physiology, a t the Oour» House, in Herkimer, commencing*Satur day evening, Feb. 27, at 7)^ o’clock. The subject will be well illustrated. ’ BUaer Topies. - “fret’8 poison” is tbe bsstinyHatjon to oile” in view nf the adulterations o f all liquors. Cmnd expositioB of .miHioeiy and, baberdasherv m the best s eats every d e a r Sunday—in the name’of piety. —' A » ardent youth in Chicago waS- poisoned the other day by the coiin^tie bloom which bis lips absored from the cheek of his sweetheart. • Don't be fob anxious to solve * co°‘ nnndrum. W e know a man who g o t two black eyes in eodeavoring to find out the difference between a inan and woman fight ing in the street. — When a man and woman are made one by a clergymau, the question is, which is the* one ? Sofiietimes there is- a long strugglo between them before this matter is, finally settled* — A countiy paper in noticing the death of a worthy citizen, says : “A s a neighbor he was kind, as a miller, upright. His virtues were beyond all price, and his flour was always sold at ten per cent. ad. vance.” — —.“ Oar girls\ are wearing those nobby little sailor hats. Shiver our timbers, if they ain’t just about the thing. They seem “ Aly Johnny is on the briny sea! With nasty tar to soil his hands— A sailor for to be !-e ! r ! 0 ! my darling has gone fora sailor.” - A correspondent tells us how to pre vent hydrophobia. Spriggins says he once prevented.a severe case of the malady by simply getting on a high fence and waiting there u ntil the dog left. — The epoebial weddings knonn as wooden, tin. crystal, and golden, are getting to be customized in these parts, as well as in other sections of the country. — An ambitious authoress of the ma ture age of nine years, has written the opening chapter of a novel. Two of her characters are described as “twins, one five and the other six years old.” — The latest Paris fashion is the “ Con ference hat,” an Astrachan fez, with the beak and eyes of the imperial eagle in front, and Grecian borders all round. — A witness spoke of a “partially clad person.” “ W a s he not q u ite nude V’ ask- au the examining counsel. “No^\ replied the witness, \he wore a pair of spectacles.” — The New York Albion earns thi ladies’ eternal gratitude by proving that our great^rand-mothers dressed more ex travagantly than do the present genera- — Among the young ladies of the bon con the Eoman gold jewelry is daily in creasing in popularity. The ear-rings, necklaces and locketa are particularly styl- ish'and pretty. W e call the attention of farmers to the advertisement of the California and Oregon Seed Wheat Agency, to be found in another column. Samples of the wheat have bean sent us. Competent Judges pronounce the wheat finest the;they Send on jour orders. ever seen, The next meeting of th« Farm ers' Club will beheld at the Court House in Herkimer, on Friday, February tJ6th. a t o’clock, P . M,‘ Subject for discussion “Dairy S took Eaisjng.” . A AW Vekdpede. O hbon DAWbEY) an enterprising mechanic of J o rdanville, has invented a Velocipede with three wheels. It is destined, eventu ally, to do away with all the onerhorae con cerns. A patent h a s been applied for. The Contracting Board have award ed the contract for widening and improv ing the Champlain Canal to J ohn H osch , Esq., of Mohawk, at 83,200. man named J acob V ookhees _ living in Stratford, near Emmonsburg, died very suddenly while sitting i? hJ? ehair, on Monday last. Ojar citizens should not forget the entertainment to be given a t Fox Hall this (\Wednesday) evening by Miss A nmb H ay den and her pupils, assisted by Mr. P agan and Mr. J ones . A t a Kegular Meeting of Aliddle- ville Lodge N o . 1 7 6 ,1. 0 . o f G. T ,, held on Wednesday evening, Feb. ^ 1869, the fol lowing officers ^ere installed by Lodge Deputy A. ©. Smith ;—John Fields, \W. 0 . T . ; Mrs. Sarah Mosher, W . Y . T . ; W . Yale, W . S . ; Mrs. H . M. Tale, W . S. ; H. Nichols; W . F . S . ; Mrs. Sarah Morey, W . T . ; James Griswpid, W . M . ; H a ttie Coe, W . M. ; M rs. Adaline Todd, % T». S .; Mrs. Laura Todd, W. L S. 5 B . Perry, W . Chap.; Mrs. M . H . Phelps, W . I. G . ; Geo. Woodworth, W. 0 . G. - CorBcU Uniterslty. Herkimer Q g fptyk entitled, annually, te o^e free Scholarship in the above named ’Institution. The examining committee will meet candidates for said scholarship in tbe Court House, in Herkimer, on Saturday, March 13th, a t 10 o’clock, A . M-’ J . D, CHAMPJ^IN, j Q.,B- B E A L S. \ School i Corns. The New York Civil Zlst. W q are under obligations to W m , S . T an YALJiWUBvmH, Egq., Boor Keeper to the Senate, for a copy of the ^‘Civil List.” It ooDtains a fond o f valuable information not found in any other work. I®\’ When your canary ar$ moult ing and cease dq.this'f Put a little oxide o f iron (Iron rust from the drug store) or iet. a cQupie of lath nails be in the water they drink; take airay their bath BO they cansotgetapythiiig to drink but th eir medicine. In another water cup Immerse a little BB^ron. The latter gives co’or ia fee infcqming ;foather3:. The iron braces their iystema irhile moaltlrig. In a little while they will ■sing loud enough to mtke your head ache. Eq^n<inzatton. A t the last session of tbe Board of Su- rvisors, Air. K ing , Chairman, MessrSr BGAN and B boat were appointed a Committee “to visit the several towns ia he county and investigate into tbe cauic )f the great deficiency in the personal tasessmonts” and “to report a basis for fiquahzation of ‘he real and personal estate a the several towns.” W e understand that this Committee will oe ready in a short time to commence tbeir examinatioDS and we trust Assessors, Su pervisors and other town officials and citi zens will be prepared to render them all possible assistance. Tbe rate of assessment for real and per. •sonal property in the several towns varies 'reatJy and there sbouid be a uniform rate igreed upon. The Board of Supervisors ,f Jefferson county have called the town assessors together in Coaventlon to make .ha adjustment, and no trust the action off )ur Commilee will at least accomplish! this !aBt-named purpose .—Journal & Courier. I. O. ot G>.'Ii.-^fiesolBtton8» A t a Eegular Meeting oS Herkimer Lodge N o . 1 7 8 .1. O', of G , T.,held Feb- 22d, 1869, the following pm m b le and reso lutions were adopted; Whereas, I t has pleased Almighty God to sever the chain o f Friendship and Fra ternal Love which binds us together, by suddenly taking from our number onr Brother D aniki . W . M abshali ,, And, whereas. W e desire, as Good Tem plars, to give some appropriate 'expresstoh of onr appreciation of his worth as a . Brother and codaborej with us, and of our zrief on account of tbis mysterioos dis pensation of Providence j therefore, Resolved, That th* uniform courtesy towards the members o f this Lodge and the- respect for- them which he has at all ti.nes manifested ; his amiability of disposition p ; his fidelity to his friends ; his kindness and! nobleness of heart, and his co m e t an £ manly deportment will lead ns to cherishi \tenderly the remembraneo o f his name andl Of h'is many vinae8^ -That although we cannot hop» to alleviate their distress and grief, w e tender to the bereaved mother and sister o f the deceased our hearty sympathy in thfa their keen affiiction. Resolved, That these resolutions be fnv scribed upoa o v Records and. a copy o f them be sent to the family, off our lamented Brother and also t e t h c Bichfisldl Spmgi* Mercury, and the papers of this eodatj for pu^licatioD. H. H. GHBISTIK A . RUST.UST. A . R I Cbim. CHARLaTTEMAXPIEiLD, \ Two PreStthh Cows„ The following is th e prednet *f iwo; cowa owned by D. W, Oole, of Faiffigld* for 1868—rafter supplying the family with milk and cream. Milk sent t e tkaFaiiv field Cheese Factory, 13F day*- Ui» a hwe of the cheese sold for S291.60-. S s litaate Of cheese l,2Qft lbs. Also fre « tbo'shm e COWS the s a ^ jreac was ma& 171 lbs. but ter, sold a t 4fie. pep lb., $68.40. , Total.for cheese. , . ........... .. .......... ,. .$201 00 \ “ b u t t e r . . . . . . . . ................ 6§40 $269 40 P » tk i. * A “Calico Dress Ball” will b e g i v ^ a t the Eagle HoteVNeWporf, on Friday *Te- niag. February 26 . A Grand Bal Maseth® ^Hl b f given at Keller Hall, Little Fal’i , cn Friday evening, Pebruaiy 26, by F w f . W; Lt
