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T H E ^ i i a z e l l e . h : k r k i r i k r . n . X - >VB»NES1>AT, m a y 19, X S 6 9 . AN IMMAOTILATE EADIOAL. Correspondence of the Utica Herald. A lbany , May XI- i\M D fc”it has adjourned for the good of the announcem ent o f the adjournment. It is lamentable that sucb should be the pop- ular sentim e n t on the dissolution or a body chosen to make laws fof public advantage and to enact measures to promote the in terests of this commonwealth. The tax levy contest was resumed Mon day morning early. The S&rne tactics were eraploved as before on both sides. Points of order were frequent and delicate differ ences were discovered by the opposing Senators in the rules. The Lieutenant Governor ruled against the Eepnblicans w ith unsw erving resolution every tim e ; yet never failed to give ^good reaSQDS for his acts. WhP- party, he nevei nity and faim H i t e J s can associates gave him some temporary back-bjone to decline the proffered price.— Tammany gave oat in despair, after^an- mittee. The body sat till nearly nine in preparing their report. I t was conclnded and received the sigDatm’QS of tli 0 whole Committee. Here let me state one f r - that indicates the feebleness of Wiiliai of Wayne. He was appointed on the & ference committee after Polger, Crowley and Stanford had declined to serve. He accepted. His colleagues asked him to decline. He actually went to committee clerks and doorkeepers of the Senate hnd asked them if there was anything wrong in his serving on the com m ittee ? jng their decided opinion he went into the Senate and asked to be excused from, ser vice. What wonder that Foiger turns his back with in tense disgust upon such a m a n, when he rises t o give an excuse for the vote he is about to cast,»torsaking hif party ? The Assembly adopted the report of the conference com m ittee. It w ent to the Senate. The Eepuhlicans began immedi ately t o ask annoying questions concern ing the lew. Soon they indicated that they would not concur in the report. Excitement ran high again. After seme debate the vote was reached and the fact ^ppeared that the lemocra jwhat c passed\’’’ Van'Petten attempted to jostll Ills act, and quoted in a sentimental wayi 'Tia hard to part when friends are dear. Witt th=^ Qonafcor^ toll Ua thO pTlCS, SUld Judge Foiger. When tbe levies were fin ished, the cohesive power in the Legii ceased to act, and it was ready tody I do not think I had better say a srniDg Senator JVfattoon. B u t one word for Senator T an P et * TEiT. The vote for which he ig so re lentlessly denounced, -was for a bill which had passed almost unanimously the Republican Assembly, only fifteen in the whole House voting against it. It has always been a part of the Ke- publiean policy to tyrannize over the Democratic city of Hew York, hence nearly all the local legislation for the city has been done a t Albany. Com missions without number have been appointed, and of coarse the appoint ees were Bepublicans, to act as leech es upon the tax-payers. Under this manangement a great system of cor ruption has grown up at Albany.—* Hew York city, never fairly repre sented in the Legislature, has suflPered all the evils.tliat power and unrelent ing hatred could inflict. Under the pretense of preventing fraud, but real ly to prevent legitimate Democratic voting, special and unfair registration laws have-been enacted for the cities of Hew York and Brooklyn. ‘ And men at Albany, knowing absolutely nothing about the wants of the city of Hew York, have assumed even to levy her local taxes, and say how much her citizens should pay for conduct ing her city and county governments. This winter the Assembly, influenc ed somewhat by the estimate of the Comptroller and the opinions of mem bers from New York, passed a bill al lowing a fair and reasonable supply for these tax-levies. W h en this bill came to the Senate some of the Re publicans took alarm, and fearing as Democrats were to have the control of the expenditure of this money that some of it would be used for party pur poses, they determined to have the bill cut down and cut down to a very dow figure indeed; a conference committee was appointed, the amount was some what yeduced ; M a t t o o n , WinniAMs and V ast P e t t e i j voted with the Democrats on the compromise meas ure, and the bill passed the Senate. Now the Radicals howl .about the dis honesty of these men. How incon siderate and ungrateful. Do they not remember that Senator V an P e t t e n has stood by them in every attempt to destroy the Constitution and. Gov ernment of the United States; that he has advocated every plan pf corrupt tion and fraud which their party has practiced ? Have they forgotten that Senator V an P etten justified and supported the plan for corrupting the election last fall so as to secure a - Re publican Aefcmhly when the State gave a Democratic majority pf thirty- , .thousand? Do they not know that S^emtr^Senator^VAN P etten did all that he made him a n; tinctly define. His next neighbor is the Senator from ” ■ io. He has dis- failed U be bore before, tellectual force! H e has shown neither in- high moral principle., lapicioD nor high moi H e has been regarded with si distrust. During the debate on road—or Vanderbilt—bills. bills. J ’o one pointedly of the corn £0 secure the passage such Senator Mr, Tweed said : I like a bold man, bat yen could not shake those two men from the 20th gnd 21st dis tricts—we had them tied up.” Mr. Vac Petten’s conduct on the levies prodneec! no surprise. It was in keeping'with hie record. The Albany Fxpress, this moro injir, utters the prevalent feeling am o n g the Republicans on this subject, .conceruiDg V a n P e t t e n and W illiam s. I t says. But they are as craven-hearted as they are con temptible. Ihe tempest of denunciation -which burst over their heads alarmed them. Xhey Isaited, ftnfi sneaked, and quivered. We tell Their associates, thrir party and ants alike spurn and despise thei It is really amusing to a looker-on, to see with what relentless zeal the Radical thieves of to-day abuse and palumniate each other. The above artieie£.-om the Merald’s correspon dent at Albany, reveals a fine state of affairs; and in »» editorial from the same paper o f May X3th, yre find the following elegant e5:tr;act t They (the Democrats) are v.-*ry fond prating about the “ responsible majority,” but are careful not to say that that major ity w£S secured So the interests of the de- uiocraey by the purchase of puch men as Mattoon, Williams and Van Pettpa, thro’ whose votes the money to reward them for tacy aud for other Tammany ax is expected to bo drawn out of TEE OOETEiZlOEfi. Hew York city has been rejoieing ia Conventions fi>r the last few days, Anti'Slavery, Ritual RightsAVomen's Rights, &Q.f &e. We suppose that Universal Suffrage for all, niggers, Chinamen, Indians, women and babies will be the next plank in the Radical Platform ; and. then the Donkey's turn will come next. The same long haired lunatics who labored and prayed for the “ no ble nigger” are engaged in the present movement and the day of jubilee for spiritualists and free lovers is coming THE HATIONAI CAMP MBEHNQ-. The Troy Times says the- arrange ments to hold the Hational Gamp Meeting on the grounds of the Round Lake Association have already been made. The meeting will commence on Tuesday, July 6 th, and continue ten days. The grounds are to be open for the reception of tents on the 25th of June, and arrangements have been made for reduced fare over nearly aU the railroads of this vicinity. It is expected that a t least fifty thousand people, gathered from all sections of our country, will be present to par ticipate in the meeting. There have been hut two previous national camp meetings, the first a t Vineland, H. J., and the second at Mamheim, Penn. Both of these were numerously at tended, and were eminently successful in every respect. It is predicted that the coming meeting will possess even more importance. Several of the Bishops of the Church have already iguifled their intention to be present. The grounds of the Association com prise forty acres o f land, lying about twelve miles south of Saratoga, oh the Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad, and have been-fitted up in an elegant style for the accommodation of the meetings. The grounds have been laid out into streets and avenues, en closed with fences, and a number of cottages will be erected this season for the accommodation of the members. The .grounds border on a picturesque lake, known as Round Lake, and when fully arranged according to the plans of the Association, will be as bpaqtiful apd delightftil qs apy ip the Union, not even excepting those at Martha’s 'Vineyard. O eop PB 03 PE 0 TS.-Tii:e Hew York TriHnv Says that there was never be- fcare so large an area o f our eountiy in -wheat at this season as now, and that sowed last fall ia looking remark ably well. Unless some disastrous blight shall yet be experienced, we shall harvest more wheat in 1869 than in any former year. And on all this Atlantic slope a veiy large breadth has already been sown to spring grain, while much land is now in course of preparation for Indian Qorh. Our orchards are just bursting inte- bloom, and the promise of fruit—es pecially of peaches, is remarkably Gov. H offman ’ s T etoes .—-Tlie Hew York Commercial Advertiser (Rep.) says: “ All of Gov. Hoffman’s Vetoes that have been taken up in the Senate have been sustained. In several instances the vote was almost unani mous. The Governor has made a no ble stand, and has earned the good will of all the people of the State.” - The Syracuse Journal (Rep.) says: “ W e have no disposition to detract from Governor Hoffman’s reputation, earned through his generally correct veto-messages; he has done well in those respects.” ' , . ' N e g e o C o n v e n t i o n . —^The_ color ed men of this State will hold a con vention in Binghamton, on Tuesday, the 1st of June, to organize for the fall campaign with the view of secur ing the adoption of the new constitu tion. Each town, village and city in the State is called upon to send one or more delegates to the convention. could to cover up and palliate the sto ries about money being used wbefltbe United States Senatorship was sold to Governor F enton ? Has not Sena? tor V an P etten been with them heart and hand in any and every thing wherein there was money during his whole term of office ? Then why they denounce this man ? He is as pure, as upright, as honest, as tworthirdspf the Bepublicap members of the Legislature, -Eie cquld undoubtedly fill Mr. L apein ’ s place in Congress, and if they would only keep him and send Mr. L apmn up higher, ‘‘ Sonesty and patrtoitsw would be rewarded,” How, wh at do we, the .people of this County, learn from these quarrels among the Radicals ? Simply this; When we, as citizens, awake from our sleep and cease to send such men as we have been sending to represent us in the Legislative Brails of our State and Nation, tfann the day of deliver ance will have come. Let every e^Bdld citizen compare the candidates of the Pemoepatje ■Republican parties in this County and District for the past few years. With- out an exception the Democratic can didates have been men of honor and reputation, who would have filled the positions with credit to themselves and the people, but the men w|ip have been elected have been radical in tlieir views, a su^cient offset for lack of brains, morals and common honesty. w h o se votes the m o n ey t o reward their apostacy aud for other Tammai peases, was expected to bo c jh e State and city treasuries. W e personally never have had any great confidence in the ability or hon esty o f Senator Y an P etten . W e have always consider^M him. a frothy, windy fellow, as unfit for bis position as any of the representatives from our County have been for the pas^ ten years, and so when we wei’e told by the Radicals two years ago “ that a brave soldier innst be rewarded, and that our Senator would lake a leading position at Albany,” we didn’t believe it. For this opinion we were denoun ced as copperheads. W h y, Mr. V an F exten was a Methodist Minister; he had been Principal o f Fairfield Seminary, Chap lain in the Army, and bad finally ris en to the rank of Brigadier General. Could such a man be unworthy of our confidence ? I f what the Radicals now say is true o f this man, it only shows what a complete devil a man may become who has once worn the livery o f Heav- en. The Ilion Citizen commenting on the change in the.office of Revenue Collector for this District, says: “But our ^Representative seemed to think that a change was necessary, not of Alember of Congress, for that is pi petual, hut o f Collector.” Yes, friend of the Citizen, you are right. That office is perpetual and will be just as long ^ honest men if ill sijpport a cor rupt nomination because it is Radical, and just as long also, as our present Member can make enough money one term to buy his election the next. 1 ^ Clinton prison has among its occupants a once eminent apd talent ed lawyer, employed in cutting iron IB the forge; the wayward son o f a clergym an, acting as engineer in the foundry; the sons of wp^lthy aud in fluential merchants, officiating as cooks and waiters in the kitchen and mess room, and ths son o f a. London banker, located in the keep^i’s office, as assistant prison book-keeper. E ^ T lie Hew York CbmmeraMhas come to the conclusion “ that many corrupt practices have cre^t into the Republican party during the past few years.” , Crepf jp? They have walked in, battalions strong, to the quick march of a brass band. And lbe.partj» The Hew York Sun advocates the abolition of the commissions ap pointed to govern Hew York city.— That pBper sajrs; “ Rdliticallj this system ip as unprofitable as it is cqr; rupting in its effect upon the Legisla ture. The more the predominance of the Democracy here has been resisted by thqse CoipiBissiQBS, the niore tbe Democratic majority has increased, until now it la hot improbable that it will he from 75,000 to 100,000 at any well contested election., =!« If this city cannot govern itself, let it bear the consequences. And let the next Legislature be instructed by the people to abandon the method which i)as'proved so Injqrions to the public interests, and to adopt the trply sen sible and democrStic plan of leaving the citizens of New York to manage their own concerns. This will be bet ter for Hew York, better for the Re publican party, \We should be sorry to see that party annihilated, It is as good as any other opposition, to the Democracy that we can hope to have. But unless it reforms, its destruction is certain.” Chief-Justice C itase has very rigbteQ»8ly ppsettb^t fibsnird decision of Judge UNnERYOpp, nqder ^hich a general jail delivery of all the felons in Ylrglnla was threatened. It ap pears that this fellow Underwood took the ground that, on the procla mation of the so-called Fourteenth Amendment being valid to all intents and purposes as a part of the Federal Constitution, such judges in Virginia as wpre disijualified thereunder he- catne at qqqe ousted, and their judicial al action thereafter was ah inith null and void. Hence it came to pass, as these junges kept on administering the law, that the sage Underwood granted the haheae corpus to all crimi nals as fast as convicted before them, and so lift th§ good people of the State without remedy against crime. A t this stage of the game the Chief- Justice holds court in Richmod, re vises the decision of the worthy Un. derwood in the premises, reverses that decision, aiid declares the convictions before the 'Yirginip, judges good con- victions^^ and of right to be followed by the punishment adjudged thereon. j;®* Indiana divorces will be here after procured with less facility. Per sons coipmencing divorce suits must, under the new q.cfc, hayq been iona fide residents for one year preceding the filing of the complaint and for ninety days bona fide residents of the county, J a lse representations made by parties or attqripp tq Pfqcure a divorce are m a j e felonies pfinfshable by imprisonment. S pecimen Q qveenment . •—The'H. Y . Serald, in commenting upon the condition of affairs in the negro government of Hayti, says ; The'burlesqns empire founded in H a y ti by Souloque, and restqrM by Salnave, Would be simply ridieulous if figfce African instincts had not be smeared it with b|o?d. Eliminate its P o l i t i c a l j i n e Gut. — A n awful warning to Grant-— d drunkard in. Hew Orleans has burnt up from aponfaneous Combustion. — Gen, Grant onght to have tried the news paper business, be is so suc cessful in getting “ subscribers.” — Forney says that old Thad. Ste ms* m a n tle has fa llen upon' G en. Butler. It fit3 him like a hoop-skirt on a hoe handle. - A Radical journal says the name of John Brown will live forever.-— That of Judas -Iscariot is also having a pretty good rim. ■*—In fact, a good many o f the Massachusetts Abolitionists would like to abolish pretty nearly every thing, from Christianity downward.— JV. F. Tribune. Every day hrii ued hero( Grant. He ated the Cooper Institute meeting, a t as first nominated for CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS. The Legislature of this State has passed a bill to submit to vote next November the new Constitution frain- ed by a convention which sat at Al bany a couple of years ago and .cost the Treasu ry h a lf a million doUam. The submh sion is to b6 made in four parts, v i z : 1 . T h e fubject o f T a x a tion,' 2. The subject of Judiciary. 3. The subject of Negro Suffragi 4. ..The subject o f all,matter not em braced ill the foregoing. A t the time this Legislature has voted to ratify a so-called amendment of the Federal Constitution which as sumes to take from the people of-the State o f Hew York their right—their sovereign right which no power on earth can legitimately take from'them, except by their own consent, to exer cise judgment and control over the third c named 1 At the ictioD, the people are to coming . ^ ^ have an' opportunity to pass upon the ------- ^ inconsistency of jibe th is.L e g islatu r e , in- 'o acts mentioJ The question before them is n o t so m u ch whether th e y w ill or w ill not have negro suffrage, w ith or without property qualification, as it is whether they w ill m a intain th e ir bii’th-right — thever: has come or merit on their part, or surrender it to a centralized government already drunk with the usurpation of power and gorged with of patronage. The so-called fifteenth amendment must be condemned by sucb a vote upon the suffrage article of the new Constilu- ,te th e sry basis of the heritage that ,6 down to them without labor tence, rather than that of Assent to_ the so-C! )f negro a iled stive franchise in their own way. 5 principal a t stake is one o f State suiirage. ___ _ ______ teenth amendment is assent to abso lute federal yule over all things.— There will be nothing left 'that two- thirds of Congress and three-fourths of the Legislature, manipulated by the moneyed and other influences con centrated at Washington, may 'not take as they will .—Rochester Adver- A L ive M an in a D ead M an ’ s pOEFjN.—^The Chicago Journal tells tlje following: The latest attempt of a convict to escape from prison oeouh litentiary last ____ . ______ scape . _ red fit the Joliet Penitentiary last Tuesday morning, Qn the evening previous a colored convict had died, and his dead body was placed in a rough coffin for burial. On Tuesday they garrison -the strongholds of cruel, fragic element, i^ d the ^ 0 * [,art-v, tien »e|pro government nothing.' t is nothin^.' which is a short distance from the' premises, one o f the officers perceived a slight movement of the coffin lid, whioh l)ad pot y et beep gorewei' ' The lid being Raised, Iq and instead of a dead black man, a live white convict was found lying in coffin. He was hustled out sumui ly, and required to give an expL tion'. It appears that early in the morning, while the otfier e—viets jon self into the room where \\the coffii was, removed the corpse o f the colored man, deposited it in an empty barrel, and got into the coffin himself, ex pecting that he would be carried out side the walls, and, before reaching the burying ground, jump oat.and almostlmost smothered,mothered, escape. a s he raised the lid slightly to get a breath of air, and was thus discovered in time to spoil his “ l ittle gam e.” I f b e had : two loi er, the hd would have down, and he would probably have been smothered to death. It was built by John Minont about the year 1640, and is still in good re- pair: The Mlpot ferglly sU irholdj^, possession qf ip. ' Jn 16T0 i't wascat- tached by three Indians during'the absence of the male portion of the family. A female servant and seyer- ai chfldren were in the ^qa§e, Thn girl hastily barricaded the dopr and seized a loaded gun. The first Indi an attempted entrance by an open window, b at was met by a shovel of burning eoalg ffOip tl * which was thrown in _ the girl. Another savage who ap peared a t the window was shot deaaj And th e « urvivo|r'heat a bast^xetreftt; maimei o f m ^ e les turned out o i office by butchers his own soldiers as remorselessly as he did jn the W il derness. ' “ The swinish multitude’’ have a great liking for Gen. Grant, because he has turned the Presidential Man sion into a Smoke House—especially the “ Song of Ham !” South Carolina will sell her } lands to actual settlers on five j j’ credit. If Radicalism continues in that State, as a t present, there will be difficulty in giving the land away. — The new Radical organ in Hew York, the Imperialist,' is said to he backed by the same men who origin- id the Cooper ~ which Grant wa President. -The H. Y. Times is trying to turn State’s evidence, as follows: “The politicians of the country, the men who control its conduct by filling its offices of power and profit, are selfish, venal and corrupt.” — I t was a funny question for “ a great statesman,” when President Grant asked the Attorney General if he could “ appoint a Minister to Hew Mexico ad interim,” after the Senate had confirmed another man 1 -Stanton, the newspapers tell us, all broken down.” Is it possible that the inhuman dog has conscience enough in him to enable divine Provi dence to be revenged for the abomin ations the wretch has committed ? ^ , — After Ross told Grant to go to 1i—1, that courageous gentleman took out his bandanna, wiped his perapir- ing brow, dropped into a chair,, trem bling'from head to foot, and innocent ly remarked that he did not feel very — The largest salary ever paid in this country for the management of a gift toterprise is $25,000 per year. — Headquarters at Washington. Ad dress U. S. Grant, President by bre vet. Tickets held by relatives sure to draw prizes, of “ifts, of only $565 last year. H e whittles down his income as-he did his armies, making as little as possible out oi — A Western Radical journal says shley is not as honest as be might lerate _____ ly honest man be found? —and surely the office should not main vacant waiting for an honest man to turn up. tee was left at the ' M. E. nights a ever heard he went away. — The negro Harris, who was n< inated for Lieut.-Governor of Virgin ia by the Radical CopYention at Pe- tersburgh, has a white woman for a wife. She was q “ Yankee School- from New Jersey. ,rried sipce the war, X Radical office^seekei', who suc- ieeded in getting a country post-of- inks f e i it has never been Qce. He evident*y the relatives of two wr from the United States to the Cabans and the Spaniards. —•The first through passenger train from Sacramento, arrived at Omaha Sunday, with about five hundred pas sengers. — Both the Cubans and the Span iards are sure that important events will transpire on the Island within ten days. Each predicts for their own side a complete triumph. Schepeler & Co., dealers in gold. In Hew York, failed Monday, with, liabilities of $8,000,000 or $10,000,000. Other persons are reported to have failed. — One of the provisions of the Game Law, now in force, imposes a fine of twenty-five dollars, imprisonment, for fishing on Sundays. — An Indian stone chisel was re cently plowed Up on the M ark Allen Farm in Pownal, Me. It is composed of the Mount Kineo- stone, _^so much used by the Indians for their cutting instruments, and is smoothly finished. ■ I t is said of the^ 17,000 tons of steel rails, laid by the Erie Co., not one has broken. It is said that in a year the entire road will be laid with steel. They have in China a coin fif teen of which equal a cent. Wouldn’t they-be nice to carry to church ? — A brick bearing date 1316 was found ia tearing down an old revolu tionary building in Kingston, the ■ ---- '“ipoi of the can Bible Society. — Gov. Hoffman has signed the Excise Bill passed by the Legislature just before the adjournment. — I t i s suggested th a t rid in g a ve loeipede is too much like working you] passage on th e canal b y lead in g th< head mule. Ashley ii b e ; but where, in these degi days, can any honest man be -A handsome silver communion ice was left at the door of the As- hury M. E . Church, Augusta, Ga., £ few nights ago. That is the first time we ever heard of Butler’s .going t< ever he of Butler’s .going t lep and forgetting anything whe marm were mai They fioe, enthusiastically thai that Grant has never b married but once. H e evidentl thinks that the relatives of two wives would have left him out altogether. ' — The negro women of the District of Columbia are demanding the elee- ,tive franchise, The .same “ blushing honor’i having lately been conferred Upon Sansho, it does not appear quite clear to Dinah why she should not hi entitled to the same privilege if, as she supposes, it will secure her any immunity from work. — Don Piatt don’t want to be pro tected. He says: “ Had there been protectionists with Moses when Lc made his overland trip to the proims enaoted a law S< hand b u ^ e l has children of Israel umhrell^, for the better protection of their weak heads, and called it a tariff.” — A committee of Yankees have been prospecting in Florida for a col- r whichhich pQjlos^sroposes too goo downown tinhere, ony w p t g d t “but they report that it is not a “ de sirable place for Nprtben men a present.” The truth is, that the vags bondism of -“ free niggers” is what’s the matter. Chickens and such things don’t thrive in aland of “ free rug gers.” Pretty rouclr evefythiug' is common property i n a land of “free niggers,” — \President Grant,” the Ttihune says, a p ropos o f Cuba, “ keeps a v i g i lant watch.” O f course he does, or any other “watch” that is gjven him. any other “watch” th at is g|ver as welLas horses, houses, pups, cigars. And this stale stuff is what th e Tribjvmo palm s upon its readers for newiit — All Is not reality In the land of \Reconstruction.” H o i Romance also wav^ her sable wing above those ’\\”)y climes. Fay, a trooly loii and rnthropic sub-clerk of Bullock, Execqtiye” o f Georgia, other Ay In th e n x p t ron^anfcip shot kis colored mistress anil him self Though n o t fair, it seems h is beloved was fickle • and Fay, heing a Radical, eought to effect a radical cure. H e sucoeeded in hi» own cmsj requeste'd the deeply wounded object of his af- feetions and o f his aim “to kiss him;” ^ and having thus been osculated, died. The dark Pesdemona suryives her Csnpa^jap Qtheljq. — The Rresident shook hands with 250 Lutheran ministera Saturday, in rep ly t o .» speech: S u m m a r y o f K e w s . - Government detectives report from various points along the coast, lall suspicious- ad there is no ^leditions are Still bein^ fitted out, and that arms and muni- the movemente of smal looking crafts, and doubt that expeditiol — ^Nine months ago the daughter o f a Collins, who resides near Lansing, Mich., was suddenly afflicted with the , andjAfepite all effijrts to evil increased un- oight, the little one awoke toothachi effect a r , one night, with a piercipf tinned, h o w & ^ t ; and. looking tor t cavity in th e '^ m , a swelling, looking like a large bml, appeared there, the thing bavin grown until it had push ed the tooth but of its socket. From •that time the swelling gradually but surely inci»ased in size. Medical ex amination showed i t to be a cancer, and every effd^t, by lance or otherwise, irevent its growth, has been un- ling. Sometime since -the little one’s mouth ^ J8@“ The officers of the various Pa cific' Rail Road companies have es tablished the fare from Hew York to ’San Francisco for second class passen- at $75, and for first class. lonary ither day. The brick was imported from Holland, and the record title goes back to 1742. r. J . R.-'W'iltsie, of Newburgh, , Egyptian silver coin which is t to have been made 800 years Christ. — The sleeping rooms of the Astor lave been furnished with near ly 300 Bibles the gift of the Ameri- House ha — I t is stated that physicians report that since velocipedes have come into use, they have fifty cases of fist where not one existed before. — A desperate conflict between two religious sects recently occurred in the streets of Teheran, Rersia, which 300 of the Shah’s subjects were slaughtered. —Sixteen hundred miners at Pitts- ton, Pennsylvania, suspended work on the 13th. j — A Hew Hampshire ma has decided that langua fistrate Chief Justice Chase has ruled that the Government cannot collect income tax from foreigners who hold our bonds, and that what has been collected must he refunded. — California wines last year yield ed twenty million dollars, Nevada sixteen millions dollars and Montana twelve millions dollars. — A Southern circus announces “ admission fifty cents; children and white folks half price.” — I t is announced that Hon. F . W . Seward has purchased Thurlo w Weed’s interest in. the Commercial Advertiser, and will assume editorial control of that paper. H e has also purchased a residence at Irvington. -^D u r ing the past winter not a flake of snow fell in Portland, Oregon. Only three or four nights did ice form, ^ and then only of the thickness of window glass. Sowing and planting were going on all winter. — The Poormaster at Poughkeep sie has some queer visitors. The oth er day a saucy mendicant, after beii fed on £ on some really fine bean soup, told him, as he left the door, that i f he had had another bean he might have maye made another potfull. — Gen. Geo. H. Thomas declines magnifieent silverLver serviceri from his old ground that donation se imrades in arms, on he never intends to receive”a under any circumstances. Contrast the hero of Chickamauga and Nash ville with the “hero” of the W ilder- — Professor Hamilton, the hoi tamer, died in on Monday. . school to teach his method of manag- at the West, and was dob _ service by his lessons, H ’-'J speedy mastery of the most vieious hoK excited v n iv e m r admiration. — A most destructive conflagration of steamboats occurred on Wednesday morning at Cincinnati. It \was oc casioned by the upsetting of a lamp in the chambermaid’s room, on the Clifton, by wlfiob that/boat.took fire and cqmmupicatedth^^meto others, and thisproeess was continued till six boa^^i'th their lan^ng, were con- supnjpr The tdtal insuaance was $135,- 000; the loss of freight/-by the fire, $100,000, and the totaLloss of boats and freight, $235,000. i^., -nas robbed of $22,000. A larg< sum, perhaps $20,00J was-spent b) the county to fefret ou t t h e robbers. Finally a quarrel between Ihe latter resulted in one of them informing up on the other, and it was ascertained that-the guilty parties wef-e the Coqn-. t j Tffi^qrarJ Samuel Ketcham, and J a m ^ B fow h , a banker. A f t e r th e villian's hkd sesiUi^.--*’<!kA.-.^oney Brown, in order to disarm suspicion. taiched to any one, and no arrests were made until about eighteen months ago,'when Ketcham, getting mad be cause Qi secret. Browti had Ms trial in, ark iaat week,* and was convicted,^, is 8*dd t o qe WQiftb o v e r $100,000. D A th peom a S ingular C ause . one's mouth, was so nearly filled with it, that she had to push her food to her throat few di closed byt she smothered to death. Jatj tut— Jece Teria. The following persons hafe been drawn to serve as Grand and Petit Jurors at a County Court and Court of Ser- sions, to be held at the Court House, in this village, on the third Monday (21st day) of Jane n e s t :—• OBAND JCEOBS ; Peter Newman, Jr., Eassia ; Peter P. Harter, Herkimer; Wallace G. Devon, Warren ; Bleois W . \Vanauker Stark ; William iSdicb, German Flatts; Ch-arlesl:'. Warren, Warren ; Erastus Reed, Russia ; -TohuR. Tuanecliff, Stark; Nathan A. Bradford, Little Falls ; Albert H itctcoek, German Flatts; Reuben C. Petrie, Little Fails; Duncan Carruthers. Russia; James Service, Ohio ; Justus S. F . Crim.German Flatts;-Dwight H. Kelsey, Newport; O. B, S. Fonda, Little Falls ; Daniel B. Arnoh*, I?airfield ; Milton Ford, Fairfield ; Harris Lewis,,Schuyler ; Jacob F. Small, Herk;- ler; Alexander Smith, Stark ; William uek, Russia ; Adam Grim, Warren ; E. A little boy and. girl, each probably five years old, were by tbe roadside. The boy became angry and struck the girl a blow on the cheek, when she sat down and began to cry. T h e boy stood look in g on s u llen ly for. minute, and then said : “ I didn hen said : “ I didn’t Katie ; I am sorry.” itened instantly. The sobs were hushed, and she said : “ Well, if you are sorry, it don’t hurt J ^ A young lady going into a barrack room at Fort George, saw an officer toasting a slice of bread upon the point of his sword, on which she ixclaimed : “ I see, sir, you have got he staff of life upon' the point of the staff .th.” in the cars a herself seated fl#* A lady riding ii few w e e k s since, found h e r s e lf se by the* side o f an old matron who exceedingly deaf. “ Ma’am,” said she, in a high tone, “ did you ever try electricity?” “ What do you say. Miss ?” “ I asked you, i f you ever tried elec tricity for your deafness ?” “ Oh, yes, indeed I did, it’s o n ly last Summer I got struck by lightning, and I don’t see it did me a bit of good.” L O C A L M A T T E R S . N. T. C. It. U.—New TimeTable. A new Time Table went into effect Monday, April 26th. Until further no tice , T r a in s w ill le a v e t h e S e r k im e r S t a tion as follows:— GOINU EAST. Buffalo Express ............................. 1 05 P. M. Day Express......................................\4 55 P . M. St. JohnsvilleAooommodation ...... 9 38 P .M . .... 7 20 A. M. ....10 45 A.M. St. Jolmsville Acoomi Say Express .............. Syracuse Aeeommodation...............12 60 P . M. Emigrant................ . .......... . ........... 1 45 P. M. Express Ereisht & A e,, .................. 5 52 P . M. Night Express ................................ 8 47 P. M. HOVr TO COMBAT POPULAR EEBOB. W e repeat the following advice from the Democratic officials of onr State, in regard to the Press, and urge upon Democratic Committees everywhere to do the same : “ W e appeal to the Democracy of the State to sustain with liberality, the press,— particularly Y our O wn O ouktv P aper .— D o a b le its subscription list for the com ing campaign and the Democratic majority this fall will attest the value of the effort. It will be worth more than all the mass meet ings and stump speeches that can be held 01 made. You must not depend upon pa-, pers from other States, or documents franked by members of Congress, or imag- a state CentraTCommittee can accom plish the work (or you. Let each man be a committee unto himself, and bring his eviog the political revolution, whic never more clear than now is indispen sible to the country’s prosperity, liberty, union and peace. W e would therefore re commend the immediate formation of news paper clubs in your town, and that you en list the efforts of your friends 'and neigh bors with your own, to place a Democratic uewspapep; every week in the coming year, in the bands not only of every Democrat who can afford to pay for it, but also of those who cannot, and of every “doubtful” voter whose mind ia accessible to the candid, earnest, and able presentation of the truths and principles of Democratic freedom.” J ohn T. H opman , Governor. A 11 - .BX O. B racu , tiieut. Governor. IJ. A . N elson , Secretary of State. W. F, AiiLfiN, Oftmptroller. W . H Treasurer. B. C ha V The Cheese Market, L ittle F alls M arket — M onday, M ay 17, there were few er bayers a n d t h e m arket was duller than, last weak. Qaly one sale o f Lotory cheese, w as made np to noon.— This sale was mada at 22Jc., which was up to that time the highekt price offered. Sellers held back seeking to obtain last week’s prices, but found the buyers firm in. refusing to hid up to the top prices thus obtmned. Those who held, may have ob tained an advanoo of ^ c . , but could not have obiained more, and in most cases were pjobaWy unable to obtain any ad vance whatever. Dairy cheese ranged in prices from H e . for “ prime white oak,” lo 2 2 ^ c . for “ g ilt edge.” T h e latter figures were obtained for two lots under pressure of competition. -Frime moved ee,8ily at 20@21fe. M abebt —Factories, yester day were sold a t21 to 22J cents—the Brock, way Factory reacUiLg the latter figure. Farm Dairies ranged from 18 to 21 cents. DetorxtiBi^ the ^rayesj A h exchange, in Its n o t ice oC. a m e e ting preparatory to decking the graves of sol diers, makes the foilowlng good sugges tion ; “ We Bugge»t the propriety of each person, on the day §qt fetr th® pnr- pose, taking five shrub or fiower, and planting it oat upon the grave. This wili be far more appropriate than the mere scattering of pluckel flowers ttpoa the graves, which mast wither to an hoar.’ PETIT JURORS : Joram Petrie, Little Palls ; James H . Howard, Winfield; Charles Clark, Win field ; Henry J . Crewell. Columbia ; Peter McGuire, German F la t t s ; Levi Nellis, Herkimer ; H a r v ey E . H arter. German Flatts; Danid Backus,Stark; Wellington W Jackson, New p o r t; Oliver F. Ayers, Columbia; Augustus Noiton, Frankfort; Belden Martindale, Herkimer; John W, Windecker, Fairfield ; William O’Dwyre, Herkimer; Joseph Shaw, Frankfort ; Thomas Arnold, Russia; Jonas Wairath, Danube; William M. Smith, Salisbury; John Emery, Ohio ; Pomeroy E. Rose, Winfield ; Philo Remington ; German Platts ; John Spoor, German F latts; Peter L. Moyer, -German Flatts ; Loren L De- Long, Little Falls ; John Filkina, Stark ; Peter J . Dankle,Manheim ; Myron K.Mor- gan, Winfield ; Moses Rhaul, Stark ; 'An drew Wetherwax, Danube; Hiram Jones, Winfield ; Hugh Gartlan, Newport; Noah Eckler, German Flatts ; Westel Saffon Flatts ; ames A . Corporation Proceedings. At a meeting of the Board of Trustees, of the. village of Herkimer, held at their rooms, in said village, on the evening of May lotlf, 1 8 6 9 - Present— G eorge W. PiN'E, President; and Messrs. G reen e , B asbach and S uiter , Trustees. ,, Mr. Zenas Greene presented a map and description, from a survey made by him, of a street opened by the Board, May 7th, 1869, which map was ordered on file, and description entered on t h e minutes. De_ scription :—Commencing at the south-east corner of Jacob H . Weber's lot on the west side of Prospect street, and running ' hence eouth 63 deg. 45 min. west 6 66100 chains to the east side of Bellinger s treet; then south 17 deg. east 70 links ; thence north 63 deg. 45 min. east to the west side of Prospect s treet; then lo the place of beginning, being 70 links in width. On m otion o f Mr. Sn it e r .t h e Overseer o f Highways was ordered to notify Jacob H. Weber to straighten his fence, and Warner Miller and Peter Hayek to build their fences on the above described etreet. On m otion, Zenas Greene was requested to make a survey and map of the street heretofore laid out by F . P . Bellinger, and known as Bellinger street, extending from German street to Bellinger avenue, so- called. On motion of Mr. Suiter it vras Resolved, That the basis for Hisrhway Tax be ono' day for every three hundred Joliars a ssessed. The Clerk was instructed to apply to tbe Secretary of State tor a copy of the law amending the charter of this.village. The Board then adjourned. 0 . H. BATCHELDER, Cleik. fax on Sales of Cheese. ■ The Utica Herald says; ■ Some two months ago there was published in the Utica Herald an abstract of a letter or de cision of Commissioner Rollins, as to the liability of cheese factories to a tax on sales of their products in excess of $5,f)0U. As that decision was to the effect that such factories were not liable, and was contrary to the rnllng of the same Oommls- ■iioner. mad6 in December last, Mr. Denni son, Assessor for this District, a few weeks ago, wrote to Mr. Delano, the new Com missioner, calling his attention to the con tradiction between decisions above re ferred to, and asking that some general rule be laid down for the guidance of As\ sessors, covering all c a ses where the owner of the factory simply converts the milk of several dairymen into cheese for a stipula ted price—the ownership of the cheese re maining in the dairymen. The mode and manner of conducting such factories in this county, and the way the sales of cheese are made, were detailed to the Com missioner ; and the latter, in a lengthy and well reasoned decision to the Assessor, un der date of April 30th, holds that the cheese thus sold are liable to tax on sales, in excess of $5,000. After quoting the section of law appli cable, the Commissioner says : “ The t a s !3 imposed upon sales. The parties liable- to the tax, are persons, firms or corpora tions who manufacture or, who shall^b© engaged in the mauafacture or preparation for sale, efe., of any goods, wares, mer chandise or articles. Personal employ ment in the operations which involve. manual or machine labor, is not requslte to- constitute snch an engagement in manu facture as to create liability.’’ [AfteT stating the manner these factories are car ried on the Qommissioner proceeds :] “ 1 am clearly -of the- opiniou that the sales made in common of butter and cheese manufactured by or for persons associated' in the manner herein described—whether made by the actual manufacturer, owner of the factory, agent, superintendent, or a committee, are made in the interest of the- parties, and. are to be treated as the aalea of tbe manufacturor ojr o f persons engaged- in manufacturing, and are liable to the ta s imposed by the 4th section of the act of March 31^t, 1868. Any ruling or deeisloo which may have been issued from this of fice heretofore, confiictiug ^ith this decis ion, i.Si hereby revoked.” I® * According to a recent change in tho regulations of the PostoESce Department^ letter addressed to Initials w ill be de* livered at any residence nor at any postof- See box. The man who addresses his communication to A . B. G., box 1,000, may rest assured that his epistle will nevei* be deposited ia the box in qaestion, but that, on the other hand, it will be irntriedi- afceiy and effectually destroyedr. T'am ia- formation especially conceroa t’ue adver- tieoia ia the public press..
