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||e |atsM U |s e s r t e AHD BKaOCKiT. C m K U U L , FKIDAT A. M., DEC. 15, 1871. U m ST 6*51*110111* 'fia*BE,Toi» A»B CoiTf. EXCESSIVE TAXAIION. I t is l i g h tisae th e American public d id feao'w -what was th e m a tter, and set about th e -worh of amendm ent in earn est, or else \we m ay become a great, even a grand n ation, ■with the total loss, however, of w h a t n ations are constitnt-_ ed to preseirve, a n d th a t is indi'vidual liberty. The outrageous taxes and the enormous defalcations of th e revenue collectors and treasurers, instead of diininishing'ander o u r illustrious P resi dent, have increased, are increasing, a n d u n l e s s t h e y c a n b e i m m e d i a t e l y c o n te s t e d a n d p e r m a n e n t l y d i m in ish e d , th e y -will m i n t h e p e o p le. The federal machine now reqnires o v e r a m i l l i o n o f d o l l a r s a d a y to keep i t f r o m h a n k r u p t o y , w h ich is w o re th a n thfi expense account o f a n y other coun tr y , for E n g land collects taxes to a less amount, and so do France and Ger many. In spite of the m u ch greater wealth, and the costly armies, navies, a n d fo r t i f i c a t i o n s , to sa y n o t h i n g o f tin g s , queens, princes, palaces, and other e x traordinary expenses, their re spective outlays are considerable less a m i l l io n o f d o l l a r s p e r d iem —a sum by the way which represents not the sa'vings of five millions of persons in families, b u t the whole amount of th e ir average earnings. In all proba- biliiy a m i l l i o n of d ollars a day would stand for the surplus beyond subsis- ■ fence o f ten millions of persons of b oth sexes a n d aU ages. I t foDows th a t “ the beat government on e a rth” appropriates a t the p resent moment the savings oj ■ o n e - fo u r th o f t h e p o p u l a t i o n . To make th e calculation of governmental absorp tion complete i t is n ecessary to include th e other charges for S tate, county and m u nicipality expenditure at as much more, or th e total of one-half of a ll that is saved ^ o m th e toil a n d sweat of onr forty millions o f men, women and chil dren. The reality, probably, exceeds th is statem ent, which 'is appalling enough, and which should be swiftly modified if our nation would live and not die. If we a d d to these government, charges th e gross amounts th a t are taken from the p roducers by the idlers who live upon income from lands, hotises, a n d the interest and profit of th e ir o ther capital, i t is enough to stag ger the strongest advocate o fDemoora(^ and to frighten even p a triots who have gone on h o p ing for th e better u p to the last. “T he P abty or P eobeess .” Senator AnTHOinr, of Bhode Island (the State th a t won’t let a poor man vote,) has introduced a b ill to p unish “ the u se of a n y writing, device, token, word or gesture, -with intent to intim i date voters, o r counselling and indirect ly p rocuring the use of any such means of intim idation.” The Journal o f Com- jwereepointedly a n d truthfully rem arks: “I f this biU passes, n o editor can ■write an indignant line about some party rascality—election d ay b e ing n ear—but- th a t some kna^vish fellow can have him arrested, imprisoned a n d fined, on the charge of ‘intent to intim idate voters.’ E o m a n can buttonhole a political an tagonist on the street a n d raise a finger a t h im in argum ent, ■without suh]ecting him self t o ponaltioo. AixaaizxitjzdOriicfb even n o d to another in the m o st friend ly way, ■without running the risk of prosecution for a ‘gesture’ of menace. \Whatever p a r ty were i n power a n d had the legal a n d m ilitary apparatus aU to itself, could b u ild a first-class d espotism on a m uch sm aller space than Anthony offers for a foim d ation.” A E a DIOAL AESnUENT. T h e H . Y . C o m m e r c ial A d v e r t i s e r , whose p rincipal e d itor khows a b o u t as m u c h o f t h e ■workings o f A lb a n y lo b b i e s as any other man, calls npoil somebody to co w h id e G s E E iiE r f o r ex p o s in g T o il M u e e h t . W e q u o te:— “Thare is b u t one way to reach him, [Gree ley), and that is by personal chastisement.— There is, we repeat, h n t one way to reach the cowardly creature, that is with a cowhide.” T h e e s p o s u r e o f c o r r u p t p o l i t i c a l h i r e lin g s i s b e c o m i n g -unco m fortab ly shaiq) f o r th e i r d e f e n d e r s . T h e o n l y m e a n s le f t th e m o f sto p p i n g f u r t h e r rev e la- ■tions o f ofS c ial m i s c o n d u c t, i t w o u ld a p p e a r fro m t h i s r a d i c a l o r g a n , i s t h e , c o w h i d e ! The N. T. Tim e s chimes in w ith this , advice, a n d recommends “ w ays th a t are dark and tricks -that are vain,” to stop th is growing trouble. I t says— “There is a remedy to be had for such gross and disgracefiil libels as the TrOmne published. Newspaper controversies can settle v ery l i t t l e - in a Court o f Law. Mr. Greeley m ight be con vinced o f the danger of calumniating every m an who happens to have given him offence.” \We s h a l l s e e -w h e ther t h i s p u r e l y a d m i n i s t r a t i o n a r g u m e n t is sn f S c ien t to s t o p t h e w o r k o f p o l i t i c a l r e f o r m . I® “Ex-Gov. HAWiiEr, of C onnecticnt, told what h e knew about Badical cor ruption* before a fashionable audience in Brooklyn, the o ther evening. Among other things h e stated th a t he knew of his own knowledge th a t a gentleman, who is a t p resent a mem ber of the \CTnited States Senate, p a id §75,000 for h is p o si tion. The statem ent th a t a t least seventy per cent, of th e Pennsylvania Legisla ture was venal, the lecturer said h e h a d on th e very best authority. This de plorable state of things he attributed to tlie “log-roUmg^* off large railroad bills. One railroad bill, p assed at the la s t s e s s io n o f t h e P e im s y lT a n ia XiCgis- lature, cost §700,000. Indeed, the g reat ra i l r o a d k i n g s d e c l a r e o p e n l y t h a t t h e y ' have given up trying to have their frie n d s 'e l e c te d , a s i t is e a s i e r a n d shorter to buy the L e g islature after elected . J® * G e n . SrnvNUB e x p r e s s e s a s t o n is h m e n t th a t two of h is clerks should be d e t e c t e d i n t h e t h e f t o f $160,000 ! H e is said to be surprised th a t this am o u nt o f m o n e y s h o n l d h a v e b e e n s t o l e n r i g h t under h is nose. The Journal o f Com merce sa y s t h a t t h e p e o p l e d o n o t s h a r e th e astonishm ent of th e Treasurer. T h e y -will b e su r p r i s e d i f t h e s e co m p a r a t i v e l y p e t t y fra n d s a r e th e o n l y n e w o n e s t h a t in v e s ti g a t i o n -will show . P r i o r d isc o v e r ies o f em b e z z lem e n t o n a m u c h larger scale a t \Washington have p r e p a r e d t h e p u b l i c m i n d f o r s tU lm o r e s t a r t l i n g r e v e l a t i o n s . A n a t i o n a l com m i t t e e o f se v e n ty w o u ld b e a u s e f u l b o d y a t t h i s t i m e . S S ^ 'S p a i n ia p e r h a p s t h e o n l y c o u n tr y . ■where leading physicians still use charms and incantations in curing cer tain diseases, butE u s s ia, in the provin cial d istricts, is a full m atch for h e r in superstition. Several couples were m a r ried in a cemetery in W itepsk, for the express p u rpose of stopping the spread of cholera. Im p licit confidence was placed in the ceremony, and physicians forbidden to adm inister medicine. The cholera d ied out, and so did the to'wn. SS5“W e in-vite th e a ttention of Dem ocrats to a commum cation, in another coltu im , s i g n e d ■wMcli c o n t a i n s m u c i i m a t t e r f o r t h o u g l i t f n l co n s id e r a - tion, w ith reference to the present p o l i t i c a l s i t u a t i o n . SHBEmilSHEHIS H TES T s EASUBSB’S OmOS. A large defalcation in the 'Treasn- rer’s office a t *Wasldngtonlias ju s t come to light. The chief clerk, F . A. M ak - DEw, a n d the interest-teller, S eth J ohu - soN, are the guilty parties. The books show th a t at various periods -within about two y ears over §60,000 have been stolen in the cash room of thcTreasury, The guilty p a rties have b e e n dealing in gold a n d stocks, a n d have lost steadily for some tim e. There seems to have been n o coUnsion between them , as nei ther knew of the crime of the other. T h e m a tter h a s been p laced in th e h a n d s of the officers o f the law. There should be a thorough and se a r c h in g i n v e s ti g a t i o n o f t h e f in a n c i a l afiairs of the government. There is an im p r e s s io n a b r o a d th a b r o t t e n n e s s a n d dishonesty pervades th a t d epartm ent of th e government, a n d t h a t a full investi gation would b ring to lig h t many things o f w h icb t ir e p e o p l e a r e e n t i t l e d t o !knowr» and of which they a re now e n tirely ig n o r a n t . T h e r e -will h e n o t h i n g o f th e kind p e rm itted u n til the Administration is changed. STAETtraaLT 0BI8IHAL. Fresident G bakt , in h is message, Ij^fs this big egg: I desire to direct y o u r attention to the fact that the citizens of the United States o r per sons claiming to be citizens of tbe United States are large holders in foreign lands of this species o f properly, forbidden by the fuuda- mental law of their aUeged c o n n ^ . I recom mend to Congress toprovidehl/stringentlegisla- ion, a suitable remedy against the holding, mining or dealing in slaves or being interested in slave property in foreign lands, either as 'mners, hirers o r mortgagers, by pittzens o f the The Troy D aily P ’resa has consider able p h y sical a n d m ental strength, but confesses, as follows, its inability to “ lift” the President’s m ental aerolite: This is so startlingly original that we mnst confess we cannot tell exactly what i t means, either as to who is who, or which country is ivhich. 'Wbere do the slave-holding citizens live—here o r in foreign lands, and which coun try is the **aUeged” one ? But however i t is, we cannot see how in either the one case o r the other Congress is to accomplish the object of Che proposed act. But allowing that i t could, .v'ould Congress stop with the violation of the slavery law ? As C o n f e s s stops at nothing, .ve should say decidedly not. I t would enact laws for the government of Americans every where, and the citizen of the United S tates who should g e t d runk in Bombay, would he amen able to his country for disorderly conduct, dut we forbear to enter upon a discussion of this subject; the field is so wide a n d the range great th a t we shonld inevitably be lost. The originality of th b theory m a k e sit possible «hat Grant wag gagging, b ut we do n ot believe i t ; we know th a t i t is a hrilliant emanation from his long latent brain. BAILBOAD EEEIQHT OOMBnfATIOK. Nbw th a t the canals and river a re clos ed the railways combine to raise freight. Thus we\ learn th a t the N. T. Central and H u d son Eiver, Pennsylvania Cen tral, and E rie Bailway Companies, with their \Western oonneotions, have just adopted the folio-wing largely increased rates of freight for a ll classes of m er chandise from New York, Boston and Philadelphia, W estward: Per Cwt. Old Bale. To Cleveland, 0 .............. $0 66 $0 20 To Colnmbns, O. ............... 81 23 To Cincinnati,O ........... .. 93 28 To Louisville, K y .............. 1 14 38. To NasiiviUe, Tenn*. ____ 1 15 85 To St. Louis, Mo.......................1 29 40 To Chicago, lU ..................... 1 00 30 B adical C obrdfiioh in the F ab W est . The Omaha ionm a ls give as b a d an ac count of things in N ebraska u n d e r Ee- publican rule as anything w hich has transpired here. T h u s w e r e a d in the JSeraXd th e r e : There are several men in this S tate -who are faring sumptuously every day upon the stolen money of a betrayedpeople. They live “ iu sto- leu mansions, and dress in stolen purple and fine linen,” with a n ostentation a n d audacity whichhashtirdly been surpassed b y theT weeds and CoNNoiXTS. and m ock a t the men who wonld, in the interest of public security, and for the promotion of public moiulity, m ake ex amples of them which wonld go f a r to prevent a repetition o f their offences. These men have committed grave crimes. They have wantonly and wickedly violated the laws which they were sworn to execute and obey. T he D- hho F eihoe ot W ales . D u ring th e past week, A ubeet E d - w abd ', Prince of W ales, has been lying at the point of death, -with typhoid fever; in fact, i t is alleged th a t h e has had bn t two lucid intervals since Deo. 1 of.. - rrarj reanOTinced th a t “ there is a feeling in some circles th a t the official bulletins have represented the ease of the Prince of W ales to he worse than i t really is, in o rder to arouse sym pathy fo r th e Prince, and m ake h im popular.” S®“Tke independent press of the c o u n t r y co n d e m n s t h e p o s t a l t e l e g r a p h scheme advocated by th e President. The New York Tribune speaks thiswise: “ We do n o t w a n t a n o ther h o rde of F e d eral officers in government pay and under p a rty control, to be distributed as spies, c o rruptors of th e p u b lic morals, and p e tty oppressors a ll over the coun try. F a r better to have n o such means of communication than to a d d th is tele graph agency to those connected -with the In tem a l Eevenne, the Post Office and other departme,nts, which have al ready worked so m'nch mischief a n d so little good, and rendered themselves so odious to all decent p u b lic sentim ent.” 86^G o v . HoPEMAsrhas d o n e thehand- some thing on b e h a lf of the State for the Chicago Law Institute and the le gal fraternity of th a t city. H e has di re c t e d t o b e fo r w a r d e d t o t b e lu e t i t u t e a complete set of Session Laws and Ke- ■vised S t a t u t e s of th i s S t a t e , -w ith, t h e S t a t e E e p o r t s f r o m th e - b e g i n n i n g . D i g e s t a n d th e la s t e d i t i o n of K ent ’ s C o m m e n taries. T h e y -will b e fo r w a r d e d b y ex p r e s s i n a fe-w d a y s , ch a r g e s prepaid. The Governor says h e preferr- e d n o t t o %vait f o r a u th o r izatio z i ficom. t h e Legislature, deeming p rom p t response to t h e r e q u e s t i m p o r t a n t . So S oon ? — ^The N. Y. M erald in an article d eprecating th e objects of a cer tain railroad ring in th a t city, says its a g e n t s a r e a l r e a d y r u n n i n g t h r o u g h t h e State, endeavoring to enlist the services of th e members elect a n d they tru s t to the two-thirds m a jority in both Houses to carry through their jobs. And, i t adds r— “I t is to be feared that the people may have only overthrown one set of political cormorants in New York to make way for a new brood.” E S 'T h e Senate had quite an anim at ed discussion over th e H odoe case, Monday, Senator T eumbtj I i L taking ad vantage of th e occasion to condemn in no m ild term s the flagrant abuses in the adm inistration of the New York Ouatom House, and in all departm ents of the Federal government. “ T h e patronage of the government,” he declared, “ was used for mere partisan purposes, and worse, in m any cases —fo r personal purposes; andthetim e h a d n o w c o m e ,” he added, “ for investigation a n d expos ure of this m aladm inistration.” S tonx J o k e .— a n e w s p a p e r w a g , r e f e r r i n g to G e n . G ba nt ’ s sto n e - q u a r r y p e c u l a t i o n fo r n a t i o n a l u s e s , p e p e - tr a t e s t h e f o llo w in g -wicked j o k e :— “Architect M utxett says the Senaca stone works very badly; it breaks off under tbe workmen’s tools. N ibbees says there are, nev ertheless, some folks in the Administration who find it a capital m aterial for chiseling.\ \W ho W as E ibht ? President G eant says, “ More than six years have elapsed since the last hostile gun was fired between the armies then arrayed against each o ther.” The Sec retary of war, in his report says, “Arm ed rebellion of regular organizations exists in m any parts of th e South.” There is a falsehood here somewhere, and i t is clear th a t th e S ecretary h a s u t tered it. H there h a s been n o “hostile gun fired in six y ears,” the arm ed rebel lion cannot possibly be strong a n d reg ularly organized. The whole charge is a lie, and uttered only in defense of the policy deemed necessary to elect Grant. All the South wants is its rights, a n d i t is entitled to them, h u t so long as it shows signs o f v o ting against Grant, so long wiE i t be ruled by federal bayo nets .— T roy Press. ______ S S ^ T h e f a i l u r e o f t h e O c e a n S a n k , N e w Y o r k city , la s t M o n d a y ,c r e a t e d fi nancial panic, overwhelming theJEighth N a t i o n a l a n d t h e U n i o n S q u a r e B a n k s . • PASSIVB OE AOXrra DBMOORAOT? Editor Catskill Becorder — ^ The question being a^tated in DemooraUc* eirclbs just now wonld seem to require swift Bolutlon. It should be treated considerately, w ith the purest motives, and with a desire to place It beyond the power of a resurrection. An unfortunate preliminary issue within our o-wn ranks has been foreed upon the Democracy —^vlz., whether that party shall occupy a pas sive or an active attitude daring the next Fres- IdenUal campaign. Ha-vlng the right to ex press our j augment as to w h at shall h e done in this regard, so do we assume to say that there are many things which demonstrate that the Democracy are at present unfortunately en cumbered w ith too m any would-he theoretical patriots; too unmerons a train o f timid, irres- ointe leaders; too extensive a list of men who would “ gamble” with its future policy—which is as plain os the sun in a cloudless sky a t noon day, \V^en or by whom, or in w h a t manner this jonm alisao controversy h as been brought to the surface, i t is not veiy material, were it not for the fact that i t smeUs very strongly of such mannfaeture as finds n o ready sale In the m arket, a n d that other fact,'that it is full of serious consequences for the future unless p u t a t rest by the m aster spirits of the p arty. We would not adopt the tactics of our opponents, and apply the gag-law to any m a tter which did not smack o f treason to principle; but to such questions as involve—in theory earned out to to defend any reasonable line of action whroi may b e best calcnlatedto defeat its consumma tion. We are n o t to sit in judgment upon the motives of all who have brought this issue in the foreground, but stand ready to declare our conviction that from whatever source it sprung, a very many who have first magnified i t into importance, and then u rged i t upon the people, have been sincere; we cannot admit, however, the wisdom o f their political foresight, n o r en dorse the epneiusion to which they have arrived. W e assume th a t all Democrats, and. every conservative man in ^ e land, should manifest alarm a t any and every attem p t to foist new and unnecessary issues upon either p arty or people, as calculated to elog the tvay to the overthrow of corruption, nepotism, and mili tary power. If we have interpreted the theory of the “ passivists” rightly, their timidity has forced them to the conclusion that there can be no victory without the aid of “disaffected Kepublicans.” A d m itit,andw h a tthen? They would surrender party) organization and prin ciple to a delusive policy, and the whole to Grant. They place m o re confidence in “ disaf fected leader^’ than their coarse in the past would seem to jnstity, o r their object in the fu ture warrants. W e must not rely upon disaf fected ieadei'Sf hut rather upon the masses who Democracy swallowed u p by a mongrel organ- Ization in tbe hope to control the same and use it for schemes of plunder. Again, how or why merge the greater into theJessec? the almost inevitable result of which would be to demoralize the party, aud render stiE more irresolute the rcQlying and hopeful masses. If the number of “ disaffected” Bepublicans were so numerous as to give us any reasonable hope that they would—numer ically—offset effects which the nomination of aKepnhlican on a ' ‘passive” platform would produce, we might enter upon the considera tion of such a means to rid the country o f cor ruption. Before proceeding further, we invite the attention of Democrats to a table which we append to this article,* a s evidence th a t we are to run a candidate in 1872 under far more biill- iant prospects than we did in 1868; then there was wrangling in our ranks—^we h ad B laib (however correct) to carry—the South was yet ‘‘u n r e c o n s tr u c ted th e r e was no hope to over come Grant’s m ilitary prestige, when in fact wom-out w ar issues were made the power to succeed. \We wish to make*no invidious distinction be tween such men as have put themselves upon record in favor of this “passive” policy, but we fear they have n o t appreciated the distinc tion between a negative policy on certain im portant issues, and that passive policy on all — to which latter they would wed the people. \When the word itself—“passive”—suggests to the most ordinary mind a submission, what would be the effect of a Presidential policy hav ing for its corner-stone a masterly inactivity. Providence will not work a miracle in 1872; votes must win the n ext contest. But even if an overruling power were to s tm in, the prob abilities are that the directing H and womd be in favor of Grant, that this careless and avari cious people might be further punished for the w a n t of interest which is manifested in select ing good and economical rulers. Mr. A dams , of Massachusetts, whoso patriotism is stamped upon each and every of his very numerous pro ductions, is \Without h o p e; he thinks the De mocracy “ powerless alone to relieve us.” Mr. B eaib , of Maryland, after magnifying Grant’s pawns into kings and castles, a fter tacking to the Democracy “its w a r record!”—dead and buried long ago—awakes from a dream, n o t unlike K iohaed , and calls for ‘ ‘another horse.” And what wonld he have? Why, one not so strong as “Democracy”—one, in fact, more passive. Sir. Blair wants the Democracy “ to stand back and keep the field clear for those disaffected Bepublicans, let [hem nominate whom they please, and we to rally to the sup port ot sneh a nominee.” That would be in deed a capital project for capturing three mill ions of Democratic voters—and f o r whom? Why, simply to please a few “ disaffeeted” Rad ical leaders whom G rant has snubbed; for these are tbe men, and not the patriotic, dis gusted Bepuhllcan masses, 'who lend endorse m ent to such a programme. Again, suppose these “ disaffected” men were to nominate F enton , S ohenck , M oeton , or SuMNEB—is any m an so blind as not so see th a t the Demooraey could not be rallied to support sneh men ? And again, i f the m an so nominated were not proper, i t would he too late to think of reorganizing this already “ pas sive” p a rty for opposition; and thus wonld all our prospects bo lost. Mr. Blair relies too much on the hypocritical “hones^” of G kee - LBT and his bolting editorials. Jfr. Greeley is very revolutionary before a convention, b u t the gall corrodes on Ms pen immediately a/ter, and he is content to eat his humble pie from tbe same dish as the rest of the shoddy gang—even Are these “passive theorists aware of the fact th a t in numerical strength the Republlean vote in 1868 only exceeded onr own by about iro,000 ? Consider this together with the aus pices under which Grant ran —the disfran chised vote—the fear which many South had of offending the man. Grant, who m ight prob ably he eleoted—and you have the b etter p a rt of the solution of 1863 solved. Not so in 1872; the name of Grant is a synonym of corruption, nepotism, incapacity, tyranny, and oppression. A united South wiU give us from 90 to 97 Elec toral votes, exclusive of South Carolina. We want but Go to 69 m o re; Missouri will give us 11, New York 33, Nevada and Delaware each 3, New .Tersey 7—leaving us b u t 8 behind. With G koesbeck and H ancock , o r T hdbman and CsDKOH, o r B kown and S cott , on a proper platform, made in a convention assembled be- foi-e that held by the Radicals, we can main tain a sneeessfol campaign on all the g reat issues o f tbe day, and nothing can defeat us but a declaration of war instigated ^ Grant against Spain o r some other power. The “dis affected” people, i f sincere in their desire to rid the country o f corruption, can unite with us. We want an active policy, early and effective organization, judicious and conservative nom inations, statesmen in the field, and no “gam bling” on ship-board. Throw this “ passive” policy and all talk concerning it to the dogs; shape the campaign early, earnestly, and upon prineiple, and Grant will be surveying his ■ lots in San Domingo harbor after the 4th of March, 1873. * E. H. * The following is the table referred to above, showing the States which tvlll probably cast their Electoral vote for a Democratic Conservative candi date in 1872; Grande maj. Alabama ........ 8 3,221 Dem. maJ. inlSTO, 1,771 Arkansas ........ 5 3,000 Georgia ........... 9 “ “ 1868,44,000 Kentucky. ....... 11 Doiiisiana ....... 7 “ “ “ 15,000 Maryland ........ 7 Misaissippl.... 7 North Carolina 9 13,000 “ “ 1870, 4,200 Tennessee ....10 30,000 “ “ “ 37,000 Texas .............. 6 “ “ 1871,40,000 Virginia 10 Wesfc Virginia. 5 8,800 “ “ 1870, 2,100 Florida ...... . 3 97 ItissoTtri^..... .11 NewVorfi.......33 • N etada... ....... 3 Delaware. ....... 3 NewJersej,... 7 • Total....154 The Electoral Collego consists of 317, inaking it necessary for us to obtain 150. Indiana has 13. Cal ifornia 6, Connecticnt C, Oregon 3, South Carolina 6. T he G oldbh O ppoetuhitt . T h e N . T . W o r l d sp e c u l a t i n g u p o n t h e p o l i t i c a l f u t u r e , i n s i s t s t h a t There never was a better opportunity or a more glorious field to work, and in after years receive tbe plaudits of the American people,^ than the opportunity now offered for Republi cans to unite and save their country from the danger which now threatens i t from centralism, despotism, corruption, and jobbery of another term of G rant . B n tw illthem e n w h o m theB e - pubUcanshaveheretofore called their statesmen rise to the occasion, resist the overtures of Grant and Ms followers, and be content to stand u p against the tirade of abuses which will be heaped upon them by tbe subsidized organa of the administration, for the sake of the good they can do the nation ? In other words, how many men are there among the so-ealled states men o f the Republican p a rly who have the in dependence o f G ael S churz ?—who a re ready in season and o u t of season to battle for tbeir country and their country’s good ? This is now becoming the practical question of the hour. A n d , i n t h i s co n n e c tio n , t h e O o o p e rs- to\wn F r e e m a n 's J o u r n a l tr i t e l y sa y s : In tlie ‘‘discussion of measnres” nothing should be obtruded that is calculated to turn attention from the evident facts—which have called out all tMs discussion—that Gen. Grant’s administration is an admitted failure; that it has not restored peace at theSonth; that it tolerates cormption In Mgh places; th a t i t has done nothing to reform the Civil Service; that it keeps up high taxes; that it maintains a large army of unnecessary office-holders r that Grant h as personally lost the respect and confi dence of a large class of the people who voted for him, and of a m ajority o f the people in the country, because of Ms nepotism; his g ift-tak ing propensities of oflice-seekers; his advocacy of the San Domingo swindle; his general unfit ness for the place, to which h e was elevated in an emergency as a n “available candidate.” ABOLISHIHa THE B e TENHS DEFABTKEHT, M r . S u m n e r h a s in t r o d u c e d a b i l l in th e S e n a te, pro-viding f o r t h e r e d u c t i o n o f t h e i n t e m a l t a x e s , a n d th e a b o l i t i o n o f t h e office o f O o m m issioner o f i n t e r n a l E e v e n n e . I f t h i s b i l l d o e s n o t m e e t ■with t h e -views o f t h e A d m i n i s t r a t i o n i n d e t a i l , i t s g e n e r a l s c o p e i s i n acco r d a n c e ■with t h e - r e c o m & e n d a tio n s o f t h e P r e s id e n t ’s m e s s a g e , a n d l a t e d e s p a t c h e s s a y th a t G ra nt is an x io u s t h a t a b iE s h o n l d p a s s r e p e a l i n g t h e in c o m e t a x b e f o r e t h e h o l i d a y recess. S u m n e r ’s b i l l , ho w e v e r , m e t \with a p p a r e n t o p p o s i t i o n a t t h e o u t s e t. \When h e ask e d t o h a v e i t r e f e r r e d t o t h e C o m m i t t e e o n F i n a n c e , S e n a t o r S h e b m . ^ ra i s e d t h e q u e s t io n a s t o \w h ether a b i E o f t h i s n a t u r e c o u ld o r i g i n a t e i n t h e S e n a t e , in a s m u c h as i t r e l a t e d t o t h e r a i s i n g o f r e v e n u e . A f t e r s o m e d isc u s s io n , t h e b i E t o o k t h a t r e f e r e n c e j a n d t h e c o u n f ^ \wiE a n x i o u s ly w a t c h f o r a c t i o n u p o n i t . —M isc e g e n a t i o n h a s b e e n d e c l a r e d illegal b y the Supreme Court of Indiana, which is the last State in which one would expect such a ruling, considering the facility with which any litSe mistake in m atiimony may be rectified. |® “FoBiare’s Prebs declares th a t the President’s message “reads like an invoice.” T h a t is exaotiy \what it reads tike. l® * G e n . G eant is a p h ilosopher; he takes things as^they come, takes them easy, and takes a good many of them.—N. T. Sm . ;^ * T h e Bay of Tunis is to send G eaet a team of horses and a smoking cap. The Bey A > u ld b e informed, that n o vacancies exist. J I ^ T h e Boston .Herald! says: “ Gen. B utler is truly a good man. He loves G rant , who h ates him, and does good to B laine , who despitefuily uses him.” teS“The London limes says th a t B odtwe E i , can claim no credit for reducing the debt. “He might as well take to UimseU the m erit of a g ood crop of com In Illinois.” N ^ T h e charge th a t th e negro voters in the troubled districts of South Carolina were intimidated a t the last election is answered by the statement that in Union county, alleged to be one o f the worst Kn-Klnx counties, the Re- publican vote was more than double that o f *68. I® “Seoretary F ish has notified the Spanish Minister that i f the Spanish fieet shall capture auff c a n y off tbree o r four of our ves- Bel6 the a c t shall be looked upon as a declara tion of w ar, aud a new supply o f troops will a t once be sent to South Carolma .—Detroit Free FrtSSe Jte^SpeaW ng of civil service appoint ments, President G rant says: “If bad men have secured places, i t is the fault of the system established by Jaw a n d custom.\ The appoint ment of relatives and present-givers to office was n either law n o r custom with \W ashinoton , J eveebson , or L incoln .—Jf. Y . Sun. J@ “The song of the E a d ical officials is noted down by a cotemporary after this m a n n e r: The lives of great men all aroimd us, Teach us that no prudent man Will ever let his little scruples Stop him from stealing ^ he can. h a s a n&w sch e m e o f t e r r i torial aggraudizemeut. It is the absorption of Mexico. According to Grant, the absorption of the mongrel population of Mexico and San Domingo wonld be a g reat thing for the coun try. He wants an cscuse for increasing the army, in order to carry out liis idea of military domination. f l ^ T h e Free Trader (non-partisan) says: “Those who have been clamormg against frauds in New Tork, for ends of their own, will find that they have only been educating tax-payers, without distinction of party, to assail and overthrow the gigantic combinations by which the national treasury and the national commerce are plundered.” . S®\MoNTaoMERV B d a ib eu e r g e ticaE y urges the “ passive policy.” If he wonld pur sue a passive policy and leave the Democratic party to run its own machine, he would get more thanks from all. After the experience of 1868 with F rank on the ticket we would recom mend the Democratic party to roost high when any of the B latr family come around.—2Voy Press tiSS\Sh6 JSerald h a s d isc o v e r e d a p l o t to impeach the President. As impeachments are purely political prosecutions now-a-days, it is difficult to see how a Congress wMoh G raiit controls \wiU impeach him. A n o t less brilliant idea wonld be tbe disc\5\very that V anderbilt intended destroying the Central Railroad, or H orace G bbelet tho Tribune office-—Brooklyn Eagle. S®“The E adical b u t respectable and independent Naiion, criticising the President's message, severely animadverts upon the treat ment of the South by the Badical government. There were two'ways of dealing with the South after the war, it says, and we adopted neither, but a combination of the two, and the worst possible combination, the results of which have been positively Infernal. JJ0?”T h e N . Y. T r i b u n e r e t u r n s t o i t s relentless p u rsuit o f M ubpht , and makes what itpalla an end of the ex-CoUector, in a long article reviewing his course, and presenting fresh disclosnres}of his rascalities. I t alleges that evidence h as just been discovered proving him to be a defaulter to the am ount of nearly half a million on a b lanket contract during the war. This in addition to his shoddy cap specu lations. S® “Cheap English flannels—the k ind needed by our laboring classes—are taxed ninety-flveper cent. duty. Costly English flan nels, not in use except for underclothes for babies of rich parents, are only taxed seventy- five per cent. duty. Thus, in the article of flannels, there is a discrimination of twenty per cent, agains t the poor m an and in favor of the rich one, in this tariff for “the protection of American industry.” J8SS'”T h e c a r p e t - b a g G o v e r n o r o f S o u t h Carolina makes a most evasive and incomplete reply to the charge of robbing that State. He says ho has on h and $9,000,000 of the $20,000,- 000 of bonds which he seems to have printed Burreptitionsly; but $11,000,000 is rather a severe addition to a pnblic debt. This Gover nor is the carpet-bagger who was at the head of the Freedmen’s Bureau, and thence trans ferred himseU to the Govemorsffip of the State. 8 © “The President, in his message, (which is emphatically h ti own,) congratulates the country that “ six years have elapsed since ih e last hostile gun was fired” between the States! a most mtiancholy joke. When we re member that h e has k e p t his bayonets at the throat of the South, and its people under the harrow of continued fear, we can only infer that the reason why “ the last hostile shot was fired six years ago,” is that he is “out of powder!” • © ““ N o l e s s \than t b i e e T r e a s u x e i s of Philadelphia have been defaulters in office, wonld do well to ponder over. The party claims to be moral and upright, and to have an especial horror of dishonesty in office. And yet h ere stands this ugly fact.” Thus says the Germantown Telegraph, a Badical organ, and we can add nothing to point the evident m oral of the fact. Sfiff'Tlie Omaba T r ib u n e , a fuE sup porter of the G rant administration, says: “Senator H arlan , we regret to say, seems placed, by certain facts which have recently come to light, in a very unpleasant potUion in connection with the W right Indian frauds. The government! is v e ;^ reticent touching the facts Of the case; and maintains a s t e a ^ re serve. G od save tbe country, when United States Senators become partners in fllcbing from thegovem m entandwronging tbe people.” Jl©“Eeferring to the composition of the Standing Committees of Congress, the Cin cinnati Enquirer obaervea: “The three most im p o rtant committees in the House arcHhose of the Ways and Means, Banking and Currency, and Foreign Affairs, and the chairman of each is a Massachusetts man, being respectively D awes , H oopeb and B anks . New England, with, h e r three millions of people, thus shapes both o u r financial interests and foreign affairs. Wo appear to be the United States of New England.” SSi^The o rdinary annual expenses of the administration of P ierce and B uchanan were about $62,000,000. During tbe p ast year, the standing army alone has cost the people $40,000,000. The past year has been one of profound peace, and yet, for the army alone it has cost w ithin $13,000,000 of the whole annual cost of the administrations before tbe war. Who can explain this ? The W ar Department gives the figures but vouchsafes no further information. The people we trust-will take the steps necessary to an overhauling of these ac counts. They can do i t by turning G rant out. B4S*The Hon. C la r k s o n N. P otter , of this State, has introduced iu the House of Eepreseutatives a joint resolution proposiug to amend the Constitution so tbat the rresident and Vice-President hereafter elected shallhold office during the term of s ixyeare; but no per son shall be re-eligible to be P resident who has been once elected to that office. This is a sound application of the one-term, principle, and If it should bo adopted by the two Houses of Congress, and ratified by the Legislatures of two-thirds of the Union, the country wonld be relieved from one of the greatest among the political evilB that now atfiict it. 1836, V an B uken carried the state of New York b;»y \ority. ' very next year tbe V 30,000 m aj The rVhi^ swept i t dike a tor nado. In. 1848, Gen. TATI.OR obt^ned a majority of nearly 100,000. In ISiO^he Demo crats wrested the State from the Whigs. In 1856, Col. F bbwtout got Am ajorily of 80,000, while in the following yearSANroED E . C hubch and his Demoeratie associates on the State ticket were elected by 18,000. In 1861, the Republican S tate ticket received a majority of »108,000. The next year H oeatio S etmoub was chosen Governor by 10,000; and the year thereafter thcDemocrats were beaten by nearly 30,000. J8®”The New York Tim e s is an ad ministration paper capable of swaUowing m o st of tbe doses administered from Washington. But it cannot swallqw the telegraph job. It thinks tbat tbe p a tent inability of the postal service to do the work wMeh properly belongs to it, is of itself a sufficient reason for not im posing u p o n i t tbe additional labor o f running the telegraph. \While every post-office in the country is notoriously the foons of a g reat p a r t of the most unseemly and pernicious scheming for the perversion of the public service to pn- vate ends, i t is hardly time to talk of exteniung enormously the powers and patronage of the department. a ^ “\WhEe G e n . FLEASANTON-was C o m missioner of Intem a l Revenue, h e insisted that the New York Central Railroad should pay a five per cent, tax on the scrip dividend. The tax amounted to over a million dollars. Heas- anton was removed and Mr. D ouglass was appointed to the office. The decision of Pleas anton was then reversed, and the company was ordered to pay the tax on tbat portion of tbe dividend which represented undistributed earn ings accruing siuce the passage of the act im posing a tax oa incomes. The return has recently been presented, and the tax will amount to less than $110,000. The remoyal of Gen. Pleasanton has been profitable to tbe Central, if it did n o t have to p ay a n extravagant price. J9®*M r. G eo . \W il k e s , th e e d i t o r o f the Spirit o f the Times, prints the opening artide o f tbe Republican anti-GBANi campaign, of which he is the leader. The article is vigorously written. Mr. Wilkes’ articles gener- alqi are. The plan, however, is as weak as the periods are strong, f t advocates the killing of Gen. Grant as a candidate for re-election, be fore the convention of office holders can re nominate him. He is to be killed by exciting a sentiment in favor of a one-term Presidency. Gen. Grant will never be convicted by the peo ple, if the amount of offense charged against him consists in an ambition to be re-elected. Mr. Wilkes cites W ashington and J beferson in favor of his one-term principle. They served two terms each, aud that comical fact disposes of their testimony in advance.—HrooA'- lynEagle. B©”Gen. \L e w O ampbelt /, of Ohio, last week, introduced a series of resolntions assessingassessing taxesi on the basis o f wealth instead t of population, a n d billeUng each S tate with the amount to be raised, lea-vlng the collection thereof to the S tate in sneh way and means as it sees fit, holdmg the State responsible only for the amount o r taxes a t the time of delivery. As a remedy for dispensing w ith all the bureaus, officers and other pests of revenue, this plan is undeniably simple, and would prove very economical. It is a genuine reform, and one on which all genuine reformers can be united. I t rises to tbe height of abolishing a system which maintains thousands of superflnons and expensive stipendiaries in place. Moreover, it assimilates government to the directness and simplicity oi a private businesa. We wish, we could hope for it fts much success as i t deserres. ( S ' K t p r —Pork is lower tHa Fall than it has been since the war. / — K Oinoinnatian, disgusted \wita hi® sou’s taste In divorcing his wife, m a rriel her MmseE. j — ^Ths \wEolesale p r i c e o f m E k i n York h a s been raised to 9 cents and 13 cents. —^Tobacco IS sbo\wn b y official 1 to cost more than bread in Germany, Hd the United States and England. | —Horse thieves are so plentiful in Kentucky, thntin the neighborhood of Paducah they nse them as fringes to the trees. , — ^They c laim th a t “ t h e -wickedest woman” hves in Waterloo. H e r latest Arimo was refusing to, saw wood for h er husband. —^At a Memphis sho-w two hruisers appeared in a set-to between the scenes tf the panorama, **A Journey to the Holy LanA” Ayoungmanin New York is beeom- idf ’ *’ ■ • - • ~ ----- .V S® a tune. — ^The C h icag o J o u r n a l re jo ices o v e r the destruction of about a cart load of “original poetry” in Its office, as the most gratifying fea ture of the fire. —The treasurer of a Georgia colored society, who is strongly snspeoted of pocketing the funds, wonders 'mow de r a ts come to run away wid all d a t money.” —^At a L ouisviEe baE a waggish youth took out the ham from the sandwiches and substituted slices of soap therefor. The result may be Imagined. He was lathered. —Some men are peculiar. Two wit nesses saw B otts shoot HA lstbajd . Yet he declares bo is innocent, though arrested over the corpse with the smoking p istoiin his hand. — ^The N e w Y o r k Tribune aE u d e s to “that brotherhood which we claim with the Mother Country.” If the Tribune keeps on in that strain, our foreign “relations” will soon be hopelessly involved. --A Oonnecticut paper says th a t a lawyer bung out Ms sMngle in the town of Bethel, in that State, b u t left after a year, he having h a d only one case—that was of inflam matory rhenmatism. — ^Mr, S t e p h e n F e a e l A n d r e w s em phatically announces that “ the absolntoid and abstractoid elementismus of being cohoes or reappears by analogy within the relatoid and concretoid maborismue.” Who ever denied it ? — J oh n a n d E ebecoa B o e d e e s , o f Pikb county, Indiana, both of whom are border ing on seventy, have been “out” for the past five years. A few days ago they made up, kissed, and were re-married. Bless you, my children! —A Chinaman a t H enderson Gulob, Montana, hadn’t quite friends enough. He broke into a store and stole $200. When the commnnity came to consider it, the vote stood 19 to 18, 60 a beech tree in the neighborhood bore Mongolian fruit. — M r s . Q a b d in r b , in. a le t t e r to a n Indiana paper, makes the declaration that wo men carry a concealed weapon that can, properly used, “sway the destinies of all man kind.” Mi*s. G. neglects to name the thing, but probably means a woman’s tongue. — A p r i s o n e r co n f in e d in o n e o f t h e New York station houses, was frozen to death in his-eell the p ast week. The official in charge said he had no fncl, nor did the authorities heed his' demand fpr fuel. The city govern ment needs ‘'reforming” again, we should say. — ^As t b e m a U s t a g e f r o m E o c k l a n d t o BeEast (Me.) was passing through Rookport, recently, a large hog th a t w a s In the road rushed a t the team, caught the leader’s hind leg in his mbnth and h it i t severely, tearing the flesh and tendons in such a m anner as to spoil the horse. —A cargo of n inety tons of ice from the Alps which was dispatched to India by the Suez Canal route h ad melted away to lou t tons when it reached its destination. Nature saj's “it is possible the parties did not know the business so weR as the Americans.” We should think so too. —A Safe m anufacturer is tired and and declares that some people will be satisfied ■with no safe, short of one that can withstand the fire of an orthodox h —1. The “safe” men are to be pitied. '■ — k. Connecticnt p a p e r states tb a t tbe judge, jury, lawyers and spectators were so moved by mo closing argiunent o f one of the counsel for defence in a recent m urder trial and the tears fell so copiously that it was un safe to venture upon the court room \floor without rubbers. —A country girl a t a Maine tavern, during a term of court, thought i t unsafe to put two lawyers together iu the same room by night, they had quarreled so “in their voca tion.’' Judge D ana csed to compare two op posing lawyers to the blades of shears—they didn’t cut each other, b n t only what came be tween them. — h. Pennsylvania paper says: “ Cbi- cago was probably the most populous city in the world, previous to the conflagration. Some fourteen millions of h e r ‘destitute citizens’ have passed through this city in the past three , — 1.„ V- — — „ -brow a c a tin any direction fferer.’ The dodge is be- w eeks. Yon can’t throw a c a tin any direction without hitting a ‘suff*’**^** * /i/vAnri* coming threidbaro.” — ^A l e t t e r f r o m P h i l a d e l p h i a , i n one of thi \ ' \' ■ ■ premises’ for the reception of patients. I t is estimated, on competent authority, that there are n o less than five thousand people now suf fering Irom small-pox within the city.” — lady ■well Imown in W ashington as a lo b b ^ t , always accosts a stranger with, “I think I have seen yon somewhere,” which often leads to a clue for her finding out the history of the p arty. One evening she played off h e r usual game o n a gentleman that under stood h e r character, and who replied, “Most likely, madam, for I sometimes go there.” — ^In co n s e q u e n c e o f c o n t i n u e d o u t rages commuted by the French upon German soldiers, all the provincesstiU oeenpied by them have been declared iu a state of siege, and inture offenders will bo tried by German Conrts-martinl. I t was further reported that the Im p erial Government had determined to re-ocenpy certain districts wMcb had been evacuated by its troops. —H o w m a n y t r a g e d i e s rev iv e to tb e eye that reads “ that Gen. S ickles and bride are en route for New Y o rk!” Every vengeful shedder of blood sooner o r later reaps horror on horror. C ole and M c F arland are reduc ed to straits to wMcb their own murder wonld be a blessed compensation. Sickles has risen to place and power ever since. But the end is not yet .—Brooklyn Eagle. ■Tbe g reat change in political senti- ...............................ast ten years is ;s with which the : Prince A lbert was received aud the feelings with which the almost hopeless condition of the Prince of 'Wales is viewed. I t is p lain that royalty has nowhere near so strong a hold on the British people as it h ad even ten years ago. — misfortune ever ioEowed a poor fellow with a particularly “ sharp stick,” i t was the German, BnoNN, in Augusta, Ga. Serions- I7 injured by a runaway horeO, he ivas taken to the hospital. When discharged, he had gone but a few steps when he was badly bitten by a ferocious dog, and obliged to go again to the hospital. A few days ago he was again “discharged, cured,” b u t h ^ not walked three squares before he was knocked down and killed, by another runaway h o rse! — O n e o f t b e l a r g e s t kno-wn d e p o s its of granite in the world, and one which has hitherto been unused for bnildiug^ purposes, al though admirably fitted therefor, is about to he brought into requisition in the rebuilding of Chicago. The deposit is in Keene county, New Hampshire, and is owned by tbe Keenograuite company, who have set a large number of meu at work quarrying the stone, which is said to break very straight and true, to be free from iron, fine m texture, and o f p leasant light gray color. • — On© o f t h e se lf - s e o lin g ist m e n l i v e l at Rome, Oneida county, N. T. He rented a little house to a Swede, who, when a month in arrears for rent, was killed on the railroad. When the corpse was carried to the house the landlord stood in the door and would n ot allow the dead man to be taken in till the rent was paid. The corpse n o t having the money, o r the abiUty to reach f o r the pockets of some one else, remained quiet, while a few friends threw in enough to p a y the landlord’s claim, when h e went his way a happier b u t n ot a meaner man. —I t is o ften supposed tb a t only tbe impover’ishcd dwellers in squalid quarters are exposed to disease and death from local causes. A report of the origin of the illness of the Prince of Wales contradicts this theory. The Frlnce caught the fever at Lord L ondesbor - ouon’s house, near Scarborough. Lord C hes - TRBRrELD, who is dead, and several other p er sons, who are very sick, g o t the Typhoid a t the same time and place. Similar cases oocuring In a New York tenement would have occasion ed an outcry against the Ill-treatment of the poor—and perhaps justly enough. It should be remembered, however, that there are dis eases from which wealth and luxury are an imperfect protection. P ejsibshtia l P bospeois . The p o p u la r m ajority of Gen. G rant in 1868 \waa 309,588, ’Virginia, Missis sippi, and Texas n o t voting at aE, and Florida choosing electors b y th e Legis lature. How small th is seemingly large m ajorily reaEy is, 'wiE b e apparent \when we graduate it by a scale which \the mind can readily oqmprehend. In round numbers, the Presidential v4$ie in 1868 was 5,800,000, a n d G rant’s m ajority 810,- 000. This, on a reduced scale, is say ing th a t in a vote of 580 his m ajority was 81. If, for example, in th a t to'wn- ship of ’W estchester county where lies th e domain of Ohappaqua the EepubE- cans should, after a fierce contest in which 580 votes were given, elect a Supervisor b y b arely 81 majority, -would not Dr. G r e e e e y be justified in insist ing th a t if th e Bepublicans h o p e d 'to m aintain their supremacy in th a t tO\wn their Supervisor m u st behave himself ? And this is the precise position in which the figures of 1868 place Gen. Grant.— JSr. Y. Sun. WB“A n other Eadical d e f a lc^ o n has come to Eght. Two clerks in the Trea sury Departm ent are th e guEty p arties. The amount is only $60,000, bu t then these smaU amounts come so frequently th a t the aggregate is large. W e suggest th a t i t is barely possible the Treasury needs as much overhauEng as the New York Chamberlain’s office. An Im menso Sw indle! A correspondent, ’writing up the Insurance question, in connection with the Chicago fire, Bays T h at developments now made and-daily mak ing, of the history, use and actings of the In- Burance Companies are w rfectly Burprismg? loudly call upon o u r legiBiative bodies to take into immediate consideration the whole subject of insurance, aud this^for the protection of the public against this wholesale swindling. H ere IB one-sixth of the youngest city in the world in ashes. Aud w h a t is tbe consequence ? More than one hundred insurance companies “go into liquidation.” Not one in ten propose to pay their policy holders, and even the companies that do, make heavy deductions; occasion an noying delays; impose quite unnecessary re quisitions, and cause large expenses for those who are seeking the payment of their policy. A N ew Ideal The “ Town Crier” of the SanPranciscoi'Tcwjs- M terj who is always incubating eoine egg of benevolence, h a s hatched o u t a scheme which cannot fail of working much weal. He has invented a contribution box to be used instead of tUe ordinary p late a t church. I t is so inge- niously contrived that one may put into it as large a sum as he likes and the amount shall be alike unknown to him who passes the box and him who looks on from a n adjoining pew. Thus a man may contribute ten and twenty dol lar pieces without incurring tbe derision of the Bcoffer, the embarrassing gratitude of tLe pas_ toi’jor the distressing envy of the congregation. It is believed tbat contributions garnered by the use o f this device will be a t least ten thou sand times greater in amount than those gath ered in the old' w ay. The inventor grieves to State that, so far, his apparatus has been some w h at coldly looked upon, aud in attempting to introduce i t he h as m et with b u t indifferent en couragement from the clergy. Mr. F ultoii , it will b e remembered, h ad difficulty iu building his steamboat. T h e M essage J u d g e d b y F acts .— In nearly every line the President’s pro fessions a re a t war -with h is official acts. H e craves aharm o n ioas Union, and h as done the most to prevent i t ; he advo cates oivE service refoimi, in th e teeth of h is notorious appointments on ac count of gifts a n d relationship; he be- waEs corruption in office, and h as h im self g iv e n a sig n a l ex a m p le of its e v ils; he prates a b o u t economy, and Ms Ad m inistration is spending three times w h at the Government cost ten y ears ago, —Erie Gazette. W ist A lbany , Deo. 10-6 p . k . ecAtH:uvuo aauui vut? j'oxuo, uuu vauoaujj u.9AgaAXAc» vex^ rapidly. Tho price of stock has advanced a fraction since Isst -week’s market, end may be quoted He. W lb. bigher. This result -was eutirely 'oiuooked for, Corm p tion inHoropc* Tliey are having corrnption in office In E urope now, and it afflicts p arties very high in station. Count V on B eust , n ext to B ismabk the fore most diplomatist in Europe, is now accused of having used Ms official tm s t for private ends. L anqeand had in Austria lately a sort o f re ligions banking company, designed to help the Pope and make money. Pious Catholics sub scribed largely; among them Prince T hurn , Taxis of Batisbon, a relative and friend of F rancis J osefh of Austria, p u t h is whole for tune into it. I t failed; the Emperor employed Von Benst to rescue \what he could from the wreck for h is friend, and Von Beust obtained 100,000 florins. But his correspondence with Langrand was secretly laid before tbe E mperor, and seemed to show that the chancellor had used the information obtained in his delicate mission to speculate in the Vienna stock ex change. I t was for this reason, according to the Austrian journals, that Von Benst was re quired by the Emperor to resign. This is very sa d ; yet i t is comforting to know that Tweed- and-Sweenying goes on in other countries than onrs—that, in fact, \we are not the worst out raged people in the world, mncli as we may have struggled to be. H ouse S tandihs G ohkittees . The S tanding Committees of the House of Eepreseutatives, as announced by Speaker B la in b show what attention has b een p a id to secure the continuance of the Protection a n d other .Eings in Congress. Of the forty-eight Commit- mittees,'\the New England States have twelve Chairmanships, or one quarter of th e whole number. These twelve Chairmanships comprise the m o st im portant committees of Congress. They are a s foEow s: ’W’ays and Means— D awes , Massachusetts. Banking and Currency - H ooper , Massaehu- Foreign Affairs— B anks . Massachusetts. Revision of Laws, of United S tates—B utler , Massachusetts. necticut. Revolutionary Pensions and 'War of 1812— WiLLARDj Vermont. Expenditures of the Treasury Department— L ynch , Maine. Expenditures of the Navy Department—^K el - LOOG, Connecticnt. Rales—B laine , Maine. Library—P eters , Maine. Insurrectionary States—P oland , Vermont. The Em p ire State, which includes w ithin its borders thirty-tw o cities, in cluding the first a n d th ir d in size in the Union, a n d the great Money and Com m ercial Centre of th e country, has two Chairmanships; viz: \W m . A. ’W h e e l e e , of the St. La\wrence and Franklin dis trict, is Chairman of the Committee on the\ Paoifle E a ilroad ; and M r K etohum , of the D utchess and Col'ombia D istrict, is Chairman of the Committee on P u b E c L a n d s ! The contrast is a t once strik ing, a n d demonstrates how the legisla tion of the country is contioEed. G eant ’ s L ast J ob . G rant ’ s recommendation of the tele graph purchase is a job. Postm aster C b e s ' w e l l ’ s anxiety to get h o ld of the wires when h e manages so inefficiently the mails is also suspicious, though he may b e th e tool of the m en above him who w ant to make the money. OresweE talks of postal telegraphy m England, b u t h a s not yet learned to get a letter across forty streets in New York within tw e n t y - f o u r h o u r s , n o r acro s s E a s t E i v e r i n Jo r t y - e i g h t . A P o s t Office b l u n d e r e r w o n ’t m a k e a m o d e l te l e g r a p h e r , th o u g h ■with a E t h e \wires i n h i s h a n d s even h e m a y \win e lectio n s . T h a t v e r y in f lu e n ti a l j o u r n a l , t h e C i n c i n n a t i Com m e r c i a l , o p p o s e s P r e s i d e n t G r a n t ’s “magnificent job” as follows': “The Postmaster-General is k ind enough to mention tbat the cost o f establishing the English system in this country would n o t be seventy- five millions. The fact is that tbe stock of onr telegraph companies have been watered a t a reckless rate. AU the lines in the country could bo constructed for a small p a r t of tbe capital represented in the stock certificates. I t is our judgment that the goverment should keep out of the telegraph business. Postmaster-generals and postmasters in general might be pleased to have the superintendence of telegraphing an nexed to their duties and dignity, but the gov ernment work is the work that is botched most intolerably in this country, and we would rath er see the sphere of official activity lessened than increased. The telegrapMo lines cannot be purchased \without paying more for them than they are w o rth; and if they should be p u r chased we may bo sure their management will not be bettered; and we doubt that the rates a t #6B“G rant : is said to have sent F r e d abroad “ to see -with how Ettle \wisdom the world is governed.” During his ad ministration that is the poorest excuse for going to foreign lands. G en . G rant ’ s D okestio R elations . The U tica H e rald is edited b y an h o n e s t m a n a n d m e a n s t o b e a n h o n e s t p a p e r . Y e t i t say s t h a t t h e c h a r g e th a t Gen GP.ANT has ajipomtecl many of his relatives to office is a p u re fabrication, although Gen G rant him self admits th a t o u t of a Est o f twenty-five office holders, thirteen a re e ither his o\wn re lations of those of h is wife. Does the H e rald think th a t i t makes any differ ence w h ether th e President appoints thirteen or thirteen hundred of m s r e lations to office? Does i t consider th a t n e p o t i s m is a m a t t e r o f m e r e n u m b e r s ? I f th a t be its opinion, we commend it to the declaration of J ieefeeson . “ T he people,” says th a t g reat man, “■wiE nev er b e made to beEeve th a t an appoint m ent of a relative is made on the ground of m e rit alone, uninfluenced b y f amEy view s; n o r can they ever see -with appro bation offices, the disposal of which they e n trust to their President forpub- lic purposes, di\vided o u t as fam ily p rop erty,” Besides, the H e rald may as weU un derstand th a t m any of th e relations whom th e Tim es repudiate are reaEy his relations a fter all.— H . T. Sun. A hothbe G ebat G ovebhhekt F bato . J h the Spring of 1869, E g b e r t T . T e n B yok , who had been for several years employed as a clerk in th e ’War and Gforeasury D e p a r& n e n ts,^‘w as i n d i c t e d f o r uttering forged checks u pon the Assist ant U n ited States ’Breasuzer at New ■jork. Eecent investigations of another class of frauds show Ten Eyck to have ■been extensively engaged in falsifying public records whEe in the Departm ent, in forging statem ents of Government officials, as th e basis for the aEowance of b o u n ty claims. The authorities are now m aking investigations for the dis covery of a’E these frands, and for th e punishm ent o f Ten Eyck and his con federates, some of whom are known. A great, amount of money is involved in this transaction. M obe of the M ilitaby F ovbb . \WhEe the Na'vy is allowed to go to de struction—■vessels b u E t of “ unseasoned oak” left to r o t—the army is k e p t in trim for the purpose of oppression in the Southern States. No care is taken to protect th e h o n o r of the N ation abroad, while p lenty of p lans are concocted to hold p o rtions of the country in mEitary subjection. InteEigenoe from Wash ington is to the effect th a t the P resident has determ ined to suspend the 'writ of habeas corpus in Jackson county, F lori da. I t is stated th a t the m a tter has been delayed several days for various reasons, ’but G rant feels certain th a t Congress 'wiE sustain h im in h is exercise of a rbitraty power, a n d th is additional proclamation may he expected a t any hour .—A lbany Argus. Jt®“The President on M onday nOmi- inated for Commander a naval officer ■who p robably has not drawn a sober breath for ten years. Now let theP res- ident place h im in command of the Qu- erriere. F o r g r e a t i s t h e A m e r ican f lag, and ‘Tong m a y shew a v e !”— N . Y. S u n . ri_ ^ 3;. fiigher. This result was eutirelr tmlooRed for, and a reful dealers predict a lov market this week. The highest price paid was 7^c. on the hoof. S hzzp A30> liAifBS—This market has experienced a ftharp adYence during ihe week, the demand being in excess of the supply. Lambs are fully 9 Ih. higher, while eheep are from H to the range for the letter being from to G^c. ^ lb. Lambs bring readily from 7 to 7?^c. HoosT-There is considerable speculative feeling in this branch of the trade, and prices have tended upward during the week jn consequence thereof. Western hogs brought lb., and State from 4?.^ to 5c. TO THE CARS AND BOATS! n p H B tJN D E E S K J N B D ivill puN -'L good Carriages to andfromtheBoatsandprin- cipal lialns, for Omnibus fare. TVe will fiurnish fiist-clasa accommodations, and rospsctfully ask pnblic ‘appreciation thereof. A Slate will be found at the office of Babcock^s Catskill, Nov. 10,1871. cook, GEO. W. LOUD. NewSooislorCliristiiiasandNewYear’s! rp H E GREATEST V A R IETY o f useful Goods; also anew assortmont of FURS, at great bargains, at the Emporium. Catskill, Dec. 1,1871. JOSHUA FIEBO, JB. CoCTected Weekly by BAMsunnii & H xtbbbmi , Prod uce Commission Merchants, 336 Greenwich .St., New York. TkuBSDAT, Dec. 14,1871. P lous —Superfine $5 80@$610, fancy State 710@ 7 50, best St. Louis KLOO@10 80, Genesee 7 40®8 80, Southern 9 95@1X 60. HA7—Sbipping, 100 lbs. 1 25@135, retail 1 50@180. FoBK—‘Mess ^ bbl. 15 00, extra prime 1125012 00. B eef —Plain mess 8 00010 00, extra 10 00012 50. S eeds —Clover ^ B>. 11J^012, Timothy ^ b u . $3 50. B eii « s —Medium prime ^ bu. 2 5502 65, Marrows 8 0003 20, Kidney 31003 26. S uttee —The lighter receipts and good home de mand strengthen the marked We quote: State dairies, fine y lb. 28030; half tubs, 30032; firkins, fine yellow 28030; fancy selections, 32034; near-by pails, 82035; State pails, finest selections 36037; Welsh, 27029; Bolls, good Western 20022. C heese —State factory 13013^, farm dairy 9013. E ggs —N. Y., N. J. and Pa. ^ doz. 37038. Appnss—Selections 9 bbl. ^ OO0$4 25. BniED PntJiTS—Apples ^ lb., 909^ c.; Peaches, 17018; Plums, 2502T; Cherries, 28028M; Black berries, 13014; Raspberries, 28030. N uts —Hickory Nuts ^ btj., $1 750$2 00; CJhest- nuts, $15O0$2 00. W h en You D esire A worm medicine which is safe and sure in its ef fects, easy to take, and that will n o t disappoint you, use Laycock’a Worm-Killer. It is altogether supe rior to worm candies and vermifuges. Sold at any drug-store. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Captain Jam e s Crallofflicr^ Steamboat Captain, of Pittsburgh, Pa., writes: “ The inventor of M ishleu ’ s H eub B itters is & benefactor to the human race. I was a victim of the worst form of Dyspepsia; my health failed to such an ex tent that my physicians pronounced me incurable. I had used all sorts of remedies, and even took a voyage to California; but nothing relieved me. When M ishleb ’ s H ebb B ittebs was recommended 1 refused to use it, hut my friends insisting, I at last yielded. I am thankful that 1 did so, for it cured me, and I am now as well, hale and strong as I was fifteen years ago.” ______________ declml 7Iie Confessions o f o n I n r a lid . Published as a warning, and for the benefit of young men and others, who suffer from Nervous I>ebilit 7 , Ac., supplying the uceahs op SEnp-cemE. Written by one who cured himself, and sent free on receiving a post-paid directed envelope. Address NATHANIEL MAYPAIR, tjanl Brooklyn, N. Y. I V O T I O E J ! A N A N D A E T E R M O N D A Y , November 13,1871, O M N I B U S B A B E , to and from any part of Main Street, and the Point, wlill be 1 0 c e n ts; on the hills and over tbe Creek. 15 c e n ts. Slate at office of Cargill & Aldrich's LiTery Stables, E L E Y E N T H A N m i A E O P E N E S T a FOR THE HOLIDAY^ SEASON! JOHN F. SYLYESTER IB nov offering an elegant variety of SOLID SILVER M MGERS’ TBIPLE-PLATED lABE! not to be found eise'wliero. Specialties in 'WEDDING 3SEESENXS and Articles adapted for the Holidays! MANUFACTURED EXPRESSLY TO OUR ORDER. Many ne-w aud elegant designs never before iatrodnoed in tbis eection. Lais’ and Gents’ OOLD MTCliES! Gold, Leontine, Opera anil Yest CflliliS! PINE JEWELRY, and other fine goods. Persons -will always find a large as well as attractive stock. The reduced premium on gold enables us to sell at v e^low prices. Catskill, Nov. 13,1871. J. E. BEACH, E. CARGTTX. S T R A . W ! I AM PAYING THE H I For all luDds of STRAW , HIGHEST PRICE I AT THE PAPER-MILL, IN CATSKIUL. SAMUEL HARRIS, Jr. nov24-w4 H abvex P isk , A. S. BDiTCH. FISK ■ & HATCH, BANKERS, And Dealers in Government S ecurities, N o . 5 NASSAU S T ., N ew 'Y obk , N ov . 20,1871, TIH E SUCCESSFUL AND R APID negotiation ofrnearly THREE-POTJETHS of the FIFTEEN MILLION LOAN OF TH E CHES APEAKE AND OHIO RAILROAD COUtPA- NYj aud the energetic prosecution of the work of extension and preparation of the Road for an exten sive mineral, agricultural, and through traffic, have placed ihe financial affairs and resources of the Company 'upon such a basis, that we are directed, to advance the price for future sales of the Bonds, as explained in the following letter o5 Mr. H unting - ton , President of the Company i O pitoe C hnsapeabb and O hio R ailboad C o . 54 William Street, New York, November 18,1871. Messrs. F ISK ib UATCMg Bankers and Financial Agents (7, ib 0. R. M. Co.: G entuemen — B E M L N I S C E N G B S ^ltekl|(S flf BT THE BATE JAM E S D. PINCKNEY, ‘TogelhSirwirii Interesting Articles B y THUBLOW t o e d , EDWIN CROSWELL, S. S. DAY AND JOS. HAEiLOCK. Bsds. And many OLD D0CmiE2n}S, MmiORANDA, cte. Eighty Closely Printed Pages. Price, Neatly Bound in Muslin, $1; Paper Covers, C5 cts. Address J. B. HALL, Publisher, Catskill. For sale at this office, and at Van LoanAc Tan Gor- den^B and Halcott^s Book-Stores, Sound Insurance AI.BAHY IN S U R A N C E COMPANY, IKOOBPOBATED 1811. N et Assets. October 14,1871 ........ S24S,282.V9. JflA G A R A F I R ] O n s URANCE C O ., . N ew Y obk . Cash C a p ital ................................ $1,000,000. Assets, after paying losses at Chi cago...................................Over 1,100,000. IN S U R A N C E Co. o T n O R T H A M E R ICA , P hiladelphia , A ssets .................... ......... Over $2,500,000. INCOEPOEATED 1794. Faid losses Bines organization, over $ 2 8 ,000,000. ROY AL I N S U I ^ C E COM P A N Y , or IiTranpooL. Assets, Gold ................ ...Over $10,000,000. ANDES INSURANCE COMPANY* OP CiNOINNATI. •Assets .................................... Over $1,125,000. COM MERCE INSURANCE COM PANY, OP A lbany , N. Y. Cash C a p ital ............... ^ ......... Over $400,000. P E M S Y L Y A M A E s S T J E A N C E C O ., OP PgTT.AT>T!:T,-pTrrA . ■Assets ............................................... 81,000,000. P E O P I E ’S IN S U R A N C E COM PANY, OP \WonoESTEE M ass . ■Assets .................................................... $900,000. Insurance can now be effected in any of the above reliable Companies, at the oMce of CHA8. COENWAli, Agent, Catsiai, 27. Y. T H E T E A V E l E R i ^ S U R A N C E C O ., OF H abxfobd , C ohjt . Cash Assets** over SlyGOO^OOO. i i / ’ eandAcciacnffiMurgjice.separatelyorcomblned, at low rates of premium. The Xtife and Sndo'wmcnt Policies of -this Com pany combine a 2 £ fle seoubixx aud cheapness of COST under a depbuie oonibaot . AU policies non- forfeitable. Accident Policies, written by Agents, insuring $500 to $10,000 against fatal accident, or $3 to $50 weekly indemnity for wholly disabling bodily in jury. Oldest accident company in America. Every man should have a policy. OHAB. CORNWALL, Agent, dec8»n ■ Catskm, N. Y. THE OLDEST, THE NEWEST, THE SIMPLEST, THE BEST SEWMG MACHINE for every kind of work is the DIPR0\YED (not the MedaUion Head) H O W E ) ! ’Tis remarkable for its simplicity 1 Does an extraordinary variety of work! ’Tis perfectly easy to understand! A child can operate it I IMPROVED! ENLARGED! PERFECTED! CV^eware of mitations. ’ s . W o o d , A g e n t, dec8»71 _____________ 121 Main St., CatskiD. TWO STEAM ENGINES FO R SAEE. 1 K H O R S E P O W E R e a c h , w i t h ^ Boilers (2 flues eaclO and all appurtenances, Second hand, but in good order, and can be run separately or together. Will be sold at a barg^n. . CatakiU, May 25,1871, ______ A. & B. WILTSE. S T O V E S ! STO’VBS! A T THE U P P E R W A R D H A R D - ware Store. Call and see them. Catskill, Sept. 14. _______ BAIRD & MASTEN. y B A T H E R B A G S a n d S A T C H - ELS!—The largest assortment in the place. Thoy be sold at greatly reduced prices. Call and examine for yourselves. For sale by ______________ H. F. OLMSTEAD, 105 Main St. “H E N S L O W & R U S H E S P R E M I - BM “ SAFETY” OIL bums longer and more brilliantly than any oil known. SEALER • & FOX, Catskill, are authorized.and prepared to supply deal ers at our regular factory prices. Orders sent to them will receive prompt attention. Aug. 11,1871. __________ DENSLOW & BUSH. N a tural L e a f Plug Tobacco. f y S E C E L E B R A T E D G O L D E N A . Petr Brand, SHALER fc FOX’S. 73 Main Bt. Q T O Y B S , OP THE B E S T q u a l i t y , ^ and lovest prices, at the Upper Ward Hardware Store^ ______ eepl ________ BAIRD & MASTEN. I V I T L K I M I L K I - ^ B o e d e n ’ s C o n - Av-l- aen»ed MiUc, for s»le by SHALEB &|FOX. y y A N G I N G F L O W E R P O T S . - -*-A- Something entirely new, for sale by - ______________________ SHAT. f . h & FOX. T ,A P R O B E S AND H O R S E B L A N - J - J k e TSI—Very large stock, at reduced prices. HUMPHREY & SMITH. tog its completion. The Eastern Division, compris ing 227 mffes, between White Sulphur Springs a ■* Richmond, is now in complete order and success: operation. The grading and masonry on eleven of the 102 miles, between the mouth of New River and White Sulphur Springs, is complete, and the work on the remaining 91 miles is so far advanced that track-laying will be commenced on portion the Road to May next, and continue without tot ruption until the whole line is completed. In view of these facts,, you are hereby directed to make no further sales of the Bonds of said Company at a less price than 94 and accrued interest, at whic-h price you will continue to sell until further orders. Very respectfully yours, C. P. HUNTINGTON, President. In compliance with the foiegotog tostructions, the price of the Bonds, from this date, 'until further orders, -will be 9 4 and accrued interest. The scarcity of, and demand for, really D e sirable Six p e r cent. Gold BondB> for solid and permanent investments, is evinced by the fact that Five-Tw enty Bonds of 1867 arafecUlng a t . . . 115 , C e n tral F aeifie Bonds are selling a t........ 103 Chesapeake dk Ohio Bonds are selling a t.. 94 These bonds all pay both principal and interest to New York City, in TJ. S. gold coin, and are equally safe for investment. The reason why Five-Twenty Bonds axe so high B because no more can be issued, and the outstand ing amount is being rapidly decreased by purchases by the Government from their surplus revenue^. The reason why we think Central Pacific Bonds will in time advance to the price of Five-Twenties, is because no more can be issued; while the opera tion of tbeir Sinking Fund will soon commence to decrease the amonnt. The reason why Chesape^e and Ohio Bonds are '’Belling so low, comparatively, while equally safe, is because the Company are selling Bonds to complete the Road. They will all be sold in a ehorttime, and n a few months the RoadwiR be finished, when we have no-doubt the same result will follow as with Five-Twenty and Central Parifio Bonds. The Sink ing Fund of the Chesapeake and Ohio must go into effect •within one year after the completion of the_ The Chesapeake & Ohio Bonds are issued either coupon or registered. The denominations are as follows: ............ $94.13 ............ 471.5G ............ 943.12 .Orders for Chesapeake & Ohio Bonds may be sent through any National Bank or Banker; or accompa nied with Drafts or Checks, may be forwarded to us by mail. Bonds or money may bo forwarded by any responsible Express company at our expense, and the Chesapeake and Ohio Bonds, in exchange, w ill be rout hy retur-i Express, charges paid. TVe buy and sell Government and Central Pacific Bonds, and receive them to exchange for Chesa peake and Ohio Bonds. Accounts of banks, bankers and others received, on which we allow interest at the rate of four per can per annum. nov24m2 FISK & HATCH, Financial Agents, % 100. which cost to-day.. . $600, . $1,000, . “ “ “ . YOU M B TODE MIGHBOB P A N H A V E T H E AM E R ICAN ^ EUBAL HOME through 1872 for only $1.50 each—or S3 for both—and FREE through Decem ber besides / First-class, eighipage, Agricultural and Family Weekly I Specimen free. ___ Address HOPKINS & \WILCOX sep8m4 __________ Eochester, N. Y. IP E it FliE mSURMCE Co, Of\ London. A S S E T S OYDB $8,000,000 i n G o l d . Established A.D. 1803. Im J.M.SA\YRE P O N I E S FO R SALE.— A p a i e o p well-matched Black Hiwk mares, black, 7 years old, sound, kind and 'true, 14 hands high, -weight about 900 each; excellent roadsters. To be sold for TOHt Of use, 33 owner contemplates going South, on account of ill health. Also, for sale, if desired. Car riage, Buggy, Harness, Robes, etc. OatsMU, H qv . 16,1871. J. B. HALL. TTORSE, CARRIAGES, &c., F O R ■■ RAT.IS.—TH a miflAUalfmod f/vn J . F . SYLVESTER, Jew eler,- 68 filoin S t., CotskUX. $ 3 0 , 0 0 0 1 1 ^ a O I i D I T H E I f A T I O H A L E J O I F E E R S ’ A S S O C I A T I O U f ! G r a n d C a r n iv a l o f M u s ic a t N u n n e r n a c lier’s- G r a n d O p e r a H o u s e , Milwaukee, Wis., to aid of the above Association, F J R X J D A r r , D B O E M B E R I S t l i , 1 8 7 1 , 1 Gift of $30,000 1 “ 20,000 1 “ 10,000 1 “ 6,000 10 “ 1,000 at which time, -will be given away 3,044 gifts, $150^ 0 0 0 .00, to l>e D istributed as follow s: . .xtT Gor-n .In Greenbacks 20 Gifts of $500 each ................... . . . . . I n Greenbacks 200 “ 100 “ ....................... « 300 ** 60 “ “ 500 “ 20 “ « 1,000 JLU x,ww.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -- l.,wu * XU .... . . . . . . . . . . Ten paid-up Life Insurance Policies, $1,000 each, In the North-Western Life Insurance Co ............. $10,000 150,000 TICKETS AT S3 EACH. L o o k a t I t ! — $ 3 0 , 0 0 0 M G O L D f o r a $ 2 B i U ! nest, reliable, and worthy of the .support and encouragement of everybody, e only enterprise of the kind ever gotten up on eo liberal a scale. street, Chicago. Messrs. Peirce & Whaling, Wholesale Iron Mer chants, Milwaukee. Messrs. Seifert, I^a-wton & Co., Xlthographers, Mil waukee, H. Nunnemacher, Grand-Opera House, Milwaukee. EngineeTB, Conductors, Expressmen, Firemen Milwaukee. Richard Davis, Esq., Proprietor htortoe Boiler Work, Milwaukee. S. Cadwallader, Esq., Milwaukee Daily Fevsa. Elijah Fairbaim, M. M., P. d a C. Shops. N, B. Caswell, Esq., Hardware Merchant, Jlilwau- kee. Engineers, Conductors, Expressmen, Firemen and Brakemen, look at this splendid chance. Tickets only Two Dollars each. Agents liberally dealt with. For full and complete particulars, see small bills and circulars, or send your address to “ T bce N ation a l E n g in e e e s ’ A ssociation , ” M il\waui;ee ’W isconsin. n. O. Drawer 393. CHAS. D. SMITH, Dresiaent. IS T o r TICKETS and information, apply to \W. H , lYHITCOaiB, and at tlie ERVIKe HOUSE, Catskfll, N.Y. aeoIw4 UOBEIGN AND DOM E S K O DRY GOODS! 121 M AIN STBEET, OATSKIEL. STOCK ESPEGIIILLY ABAPTED TO MEET THE WAHTS OF THE BEST TRABE QF THE GOBHTRT FRASER & ROBINSON, COMMISSION DEAEEES m CHOICE juro FMCT EECITS, 105 BARCUY STREET, (WASHINGTON MARKET, N E W Y O R K . Censignmonts solicited, and Returns promptly made. Shipping orders filled with care. Cards and Stencil Plates furnished, when required. R evebences : Joseph Thornton, Alfred Foote, William Gilbert, Catskill. 4 w i i i t j mBl f u t i t W i i i t j 4 « i l s , SPECm^lOTICE. The doing Einpoim ot tlio Block! (/LOTHII^G! O. H . B E N N E T T M A m a x m E i r r , va-X S E H ili, fT A S ON HAND t h e LA R G E S T and BEST stock of JU S T RECEIVED, BY JS[. H . H I K M A N , CHiLORErS iLHCK AND BROWN MIXED SUITS! Age from 5 Co 11, w ith P a n ts Lined, $4 00 Gray Melton Suits! T o n tlis from 6 to 14 years. Canvas a t the bottom , $4.SO. Catskill, Nov, 3,1871. _____ ____ IS T l . 18T1 CLOTHIHG FOR THE yiLLiON! PKICESKEDTJCED! PR IC E S KEDUCED SPRING AND SUMMER C L O T H I N G - SPLESDID U S E OE GOOBS! 'W E A R E NOW R E A D Y TO ’ ^ take orders for the very latest styles of Fall and Winter Clothing, having an elegant stock of CLOTHS, GASSIMERES, VESTINGS. NECRTIESand SCARFS of thelatestmodeonhand- G E N T L E M E N ’S ■ ^ ^ O O D ! — I HA\VE A L ot op 35 y * acres, 4 miles from Catskill Village, which I will sell, with land and wood, or the wood standing. Also, a HOUSE and LOT near the wood lot, for sale, on reasonable terms. GEEBIT WHITNEY. Catskill, Nov. 3,1871. ______ tf_^ _____________ HUDSON CITY SAVINGS BANK. £[UI>SO j V, N. Y. TRUSTEES: DAEIUS PECK, President. P. S. W ynkoop , H, j . B a 3UXT geb , Vice Presidents. WrLnxAM B uyatt , W h , i . iam B. S kinneb , A buah P, C ode , E dmond H oldey , G eobge H. P oweb , J ames C labs , S. T. DuBois, J. W. H oyseadt , F. F. F olger , j . W. FATariELD. ■yNTEREST AT 6 p e r c e n t , a l -’ lowed on all Deposits according to the rules of the Bank. Dividends semi-annually on the first day of January and July. Any amount received not under one dollar. Deposits can bo dra-wn at any time to the amount of $50—larger sums on quarter days, upon one week’s notice. Deposits loaned only on Beal Estate worth donble the amount, or on State and City Stocks. _ju301y ________ J, \y. PATBPIELD, Treasurer. KIDDER £ CD. I) m u u L . l i u t u u i , (SUCCESSOES TO A. SBIGNETTE k 00.,) IMBOBTEES OF F B . V I V S , JBfe., m e . , 7 4 BROAD ST R E E T . SE'W Y O K E . » J I H E D I S S O L V T I O m C O P A R T N E R S H I P heretofore existing under the firm name of WELLINGTON & COX, is this day dissolved by mu tual consent. -Our Mr. ISAAC B. WELUNGTON will sign to liquidation. Yonr respectfully, WET.T.INGTON & COX. New York, March 20,1871. CO P A M T irJEFSM IJP. The imdersigned have this day formed a copart nership under the name and style of Wellington, Kidder & Co., for the purpose of continuing the business of im porting WINES, BRANDIES, FRUITS, &c., AT No. 74 BROAD STREET. Soliciting yonr favorable consideration for the new firm we are. Yours, respectfully, ISAAC B. WEILINGTON, JAMES H. KIDDER, LUTHER B. WELLINGTON, New York, March 20,1871. Representedin France by Messrs. A. SEIGNETTE, L’EVEQUD FILS & CO., of La BoCheUe. Mr, HENRY SERRE, General European ^ e n t . a p E O I A L NOTICE.—I h e r e b y ^ forbid all persons posting any Show Bills, or those of any other character, on or upon^ny of the foradvertiB- •prO N E Y BEE I H O N E Y B E E !— A J - This choice brand of Smoking Tobacco, direct from the factory, just received by SSAZEB & FOX, Sole Agents for Catskill, ■, Un- BEMOYAL. M O E E I S A E N S F I h L D TT A S REM OVED t o t h e N E W STORE, No. 91, two doors South of the Post- Office, where he will show you a complete and supe rior stock of all kinds of READY MADE CLOTHING! Cloihs, Trimmings, Furnishing B odi I s , Umbrellas, HATS AND CAPS, aCBBEB. COATS, & c . He will pay particular attentioii to CuBtom lyori.. He employs a n asT clabs C utter , and is enabled' to warrant customers as well made and fitting Garments as can be procured in town or city, at very reasonable prices. Catting of Men’s and Boys’ Clothing done at very short notice, and a perfect fit warranted. Catskill, May 4,1871. M. ARNSFIELD. NOT TO BE UNDBRSOLB! THE EMPIRE CLOTHING STORE! JOSEPH KRiTZMAN IITAS JU S T R E T U R N E D p r o m New York with the best stock of Foreign and Domestic Goods ever brought to CatskiU, and is pre pared to carry on the MERCHANT TmOEING BUSINESS, to all its branches. Having secured the services of one of the best Cutters to New ‘fork city, ho pro poses to do all kinds of C ITSVO J fS: Tf*OJS7BL in a superior style, hitherto unpracticed and nn known in Catskill. His stock is complete, and at lower prices than have been offered in ten years, C Z O T H I F G I C I O T S S / Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, Heis end Caps, &c., &c. CBOLDREN’S CLOTHING m a d e t o o r d e r! Having been engigedln active business in CatskiU for 17 years last past, be believes tbat be fnUy com prehends tbe public wants, and 'wiU endeavor, as heretofore, to give entire satisfaction to bis custom ers. JOSEPH KBITZMAN CatskiU, May 4,1871. _________ JAMES WALLACE, FiSHIllBLE aEBmilT TJIlOii, 119 M a in S t., CatakUl, A V E R - A. J . M ARTIN’S HARD- ■WARE STORE. Always on hand, a very neat and well-selected stock of first-dass FASHION.ABLE GOODS. Doeskins, Testings, &c„ to make to order only. Notwithstanding the fact that Woolens have ad vanced from fifteen to twenty-five per cent., I will seU at the old prices until Winter trade opens. I Jn’vite the -whole world to give me » call, but es pecially the people of Catskill. August 3,1871. JAS. WALLACE, .Cloilis, Cassimeres, &c., EVER SHOWN IN CATSKILL. The Quality of Goods, Style and Finish of Gar ments cut and made by me, be inferior to that of no house in the trade, while the Low Prices -will aston^h the public. My stock Of New Goods is unusually complete, comprising every desirable style of Fashionable Gar ments. J desire to call particnlar attention to my assortment of feeling confident that Goods better cut and made, and lower prices, -were never before offered in this market. A full line of eENTLEMEII'S FOliSlili EQODS, RUBBER COATS and UIHBRELLASI HATS, OAFS, &c., of L atest StyleSi all of which I will sell C H E A J P T 'O H C A . S H ! Having discarded the credit system, which is per nicious alike to seller and purchaser, I propose to sell Goods at a very small profit, and mvite the at- mmm DIRECT IMPORTING, TASTEFUL SELECTING, ARTISTIC DESIGNING, CAREFUL MANUFACTURING combine to make our READY MADE CLOTHING THE CHEAPEST AND BEST, AND OUR CUSTOM WORK THE MOST PERFECT AND ELEGANT. Information, Prices and Samples by mail when desired. TRADE MARK. B ^ O u r neat, tasteful and useful Publi. cations, \The Metropolis,\ and ‘‘The Na. tional Capitol,\ reliable guides to New York and Washington Cities, furnished gratuit ously, upon application by mail or in person DEVLIN & CO. BOX 2256, P.O. NEW-YORK oct27m2 O -O L D AND SILV E R W ATCHES V At SYLYESXBB’S. A DULL ASSORTM E N T OE Domestic Goods, at the lowest prices, at ________ MESICgS. T A D I E S ’ AND G E N T S ’ EA L L HOSIERY GLOVES I— A. large assortment At MESICK'S.