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LIID3I U. 3lull TY,
Eanron AND PaOcrINOR.
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The aguiar Iw sqpnad amongst
the cottet ops of iusalseippl.
If yes atg a good sewing Machiae
go to Mxrbrasel's aa buy the Gro.
vS & alker.
lea lBstte 1s regarded as having
the ieu.d tratk for the Republican
isat risl - nomuation in Mass
We have ie.n notified by several
enehagee that after the frst of July
we will have to pay their poste; of
ceese they ase empected to return
the eomplimemt.
Hiram Powers, the most noted of
Ameriea aculptors, has just died in
Florease. The "Greek Slave" by
hia is one of the finest works of art
in ezsatence. The last great work of
national art that he executed was the
statte of Paukite now in Lafayette
Squwe. New eiOleans.
In do ease of the State of Loulala a
as. Cohen and Railey, charged with
otsmap to masenaste Gov. Wellogg,
the *ey has rendered a verdict of
"not guilty on any of the counts."
The verdict was read, and the pris
oners discharged on Friday morning
about eleven o'clock.
It transpires a number of the Tax
Collectors who held office wader the
Warmoth administration arein default
to the State and their respective par
ishes, and the present authorities are
after them. Among others we And
the name of A. J. Beteverria of As
samption as being in default for several
thousand dollars, having collected that
amnonat f taxesand placed the names
of the parties paying them upon his
delinquent lists.
Auditor Clinton has inaugurated a
plan by which he hopes to improve
tihe condition of the State finances
and raise the value of warrants. He
proposes on the fifteenth day of July
and on the second Tuesday of every
month thereafter to advertise for
proposals for the purchase with war,
rants of the currency then on hand
belonging to the general fund. The
Auditor seems to be fully aware that
his couse will, very likely, be severely
criticised by the Fusion press of the
State, but at the fume time he is con
ident of the ultimat aenesesefal result
of his proposed scheme, and feels that
the end, when aeenmplished, will fully
justify his innvatosop upon the regular
routiae adopted by his psede.essors
for the management of the State
finances.
The Convention of Louisiana edi
tors will assemble in Baton Rouge on
Frldg next, the 4th day of July, and
from present indications we surmise
it will be a well attended gathering,
and can justly claim to represent the
bona fide journalism of the State. We
anticipate mach good will be accom
plished by this convention, both
directly and indirectly-that beside
fixing a needed advertising tariff and 1
legislating upon other matters affect- i
ing the financial interests of the press,
the fraternization of newspaper men I
Irrespective of politics will tend to i
produce a more forbearing and
brotherly feeling among them that a
can but result in the advancement of
the same spirit among the people of
all classes, thus depriving political s
contests of a great portion of the I
rancor and bitterness of which they t
partake in these times.
Wood's Household Magazine for
July is ahead of any previous number, e
and when we consider its usual stand- I
md of excellence, this is rare praise in- 5
deed. It is household, nutonly in name f
but in character, and its table of con- a
tents shows a wonderful adaption of I
articles to the individual members of t
the family circle. "Sim's Little Girl," n
a temperase story by Mary Hartwell, N
"Weather-tough Block," by Karl I
Kuee, "How The Vow was Kept," v
by H. V. Osborne, "Lunatics at large," ii
by Rev. F. W. Holland, and "The n
Declaration of Independence," by J. F
B. Wakeley, D. D., are among the 8
more noticeable articles, The Chil
dren'sDeportmaent is crowded full and ti
contains a poem, in baby-talk, which c
without doubt will be very acceptable a
to the little ones. The price of the f
mag tine is one dollar a year. Ad- tl
dress, Wood's Household Magazine, r,
Newburgh N. Y. n
OF INDIGENT SLAN.
isfit
the p action of the most mes
spirited, unsharitableaNd unjustspeci
meas of huMaltt * h bptitt th
profession of journalism, the littl
pish of St. John the Baptist coul
petitern by enteriag the soribblers c
the sore-headed ?Pisuer and th
PPreiA-ibbsiag Nsesniaeesb. Tb
natural low4ived instincts of thee
two hyenas of the press crops out ii
fall and disgusting relief in thei
comrmn a upon the matter of the in
diotment of the editor of the CHIE1
upon the charge of embeaslement ii
his capacity of Tax Collector. Entirel1
ignoring the exposition and explana
tion of the nature of the charge gives
in the columns of this paper-and
farther losing sight of the fact that ,
Grand Jury is a purely inquisitoria
body before which no testimony fo
the defence is admitted, and tha
oftentimes an indictment by such ,
body is no more an evidence of misde
meaner than a saddle and bridle un
der a table is proof that a horse ha,
been eaten for dinner-the two wor
thies of whom we speak at once as
same that we are guilty, and witi
vindictiveness in their hearts and lief
in their mouths they kick up their
editorial heels in fiendish glee and
spurt their venomous slime with the
hope that it may ruin the character of
their intended victim, unaware, pool
fools, that the damnable stuff will
eventually redound upon themselvea
and sink them deeper in the slough e0
self-abasement than they already
stand. We opuld not complain of the
publication of the fact of our indict
ment as news item, but when editora
constitute themselves judge and jury
and pronounce us guilty and publish
their snap judgment in their journals,
we tell them simply that they are un
principled, contemptible slanderers,
lost to every sense of justice to their
fellow man and devoid of common
courtesy and honorable feeling.
We feel most keenly the imputation
which a Grand Jury indictment casts
upon our character, and are not in
sensible to the gloating of self-con
stituted enemies and the suspicions of
those persons disposed to be friendly
but who are unacquainted with the
real circumstances of the finding of
the charge; however, strong in the
faith of final vindication, we rest un
der the temporary cloud with what
patience we may until it shall pass
over and away and leave us in the
enjoyment of the bright sunlight again.
In the meantime, If our brethrea of
the pyeas can not conscientiously, with
their laited knowledge of the affair,
express a belief in our innocence, then
we ask them at least to refrain from
nceharitable comment until a trial of
the case Is had and the facts brought
to the surface. Of one thing we take
pride in speaking, and that is the fuel
that among thie who know as best,
and also the fair minded and well in
formed of the people of this communi
ty generally, be they Republicans oT
otherwise, there is a widespread beliel
that the finding of the Grand Jury
was erroneous, and that we have been
guilty of no officlal misdemeanor.
We again direct the attention of the
public and the press to the nature of
the indictment, which does not allege
that there is any actual deficit in the
Tax Collector's accounts but merely
that a certain amount of licenses were
collected in cash and reported as re
ceived in State warrants. We have
already ascertained errors made by
witnesses or the Grand Jury which
cover a considerable portion of the
amount, and hope to be able,though the
promised courtesy of the District At
torney, to show that the whole sum
arose from similar errors.
But even admitting that warrants
were to some extent substituted for
cash collections, we are competent to
prove that we have never owned a
State warrant of the clans receivable
for licenses, and have never handled
any excepting those paid in by license
payers in liquidation of their dues to
the State. If our former deputy com
mitted the alleged misdemeanor, it
was without our knowledge, partici
pation or consent, and although we
would become liable in a pecuniary
point of view for his action, by no
means could we be considered res
ponsible otherwise or in any manner
guilty of the offense.
The case is a very plain one to
those who are cognizant of the cir
cumstances, and will be made so to
all upon trial; consequently we ear
nestly protest against any effort on
the part of editorial vampires to rep
resent it as an atroious felony and
ourselves the perpetrator. Certainly
no gentleman would ilty of such
edS4e Johb E
I dulge in such ill-natured and indi
- rectly lying articles as they have done
a facoaetz with (fli matter, they
e place themselves on a level with corn
I mon thieves and seanderpte and can
a eej i?~rbmeislawbmIn. We
f do not mean to aty tiej ags of the
® class of thieves who steal chickens or
D pick pockets, but they belong to the
0 far worse sort to whom Shakespeare
o refers in the familiar quotation,
r " He who stae any purse steals trash," eta.
F We see that PaoCron & GAMBLE'S
a EXTRA OLIVE SOAP Is becoming very
r popular in our town. Its quality, we
- know, is superior, and being nicely
i perfumed we are not surprised that
I consumers prefer it, and that it has a
º large sale.
r State Auditor Clinton has issued a
circular to Tax Collectors instructing
them to proceed at once to seize the
personal property of delinquent tax
payers to satisfy the claims of the
State for back taxes, and in cases
where no personal property can be
found, or is not suffielent to meet
the State's claim, then the Collectors
to proceed to seize real estate also,
under the provisions of section one of
Act No. 47 of 1873. The Auditor also
notifies the Collectors that on and
after the let day of July no warrants
of any description can be received for
any taxes, either current or delin
quent. Persons knowing themselves
indebted to the State for back taxes
will avoid trouble and additional ex
pense by coming forward at once and
liquidating the indebtedness, as the
Collector has no option in the matter
further than a strict conformity with
the Auditor's instructions.
THE PRAIRIE FARMER.-This ster
ling paper has now reached its thirty
third year of existence, having been
published that length of time at Chi
cago without the omission of a single
regular issue.
It has ever been foremost In it ad
vocacy of the farmer's interests by the
valuable information furnished on all
subjects of farm industry; by its
market reports, its interesting miscel
lany and record of the season; and in 1
the recent great movement for reform
by the Farmers' Organizations against
all oppressive monopolies, it has 9
proved itself the farmer's steadfast
friend.
The low price at which it is pub- I
lishded (only two dollars per year) is I
little compared to the benefits derived
from its perusal.
Published by THE PRAIRIE FARMER
Co., Chicago, Ills. Send for specimen 1
copy.
* upy.
f OUR WASHINGTON LETTEB.
WAsHsnoteO, D. C., Jame SI, 1873.
1 EDITOR CaRmx:
The report in the case of the sur
vivors of the ice-floe, signed by See
retary Robeson, Professor Baird, Com
modore Reynolds and Captain How
gate, is the all-absorbing topic of con
versation throughout the city. It was
furnished to the press for publication
yesterday morning. Accompanying
it is the evidence of Captain Tyson,
Sergeant Meyer, EsquimanxJoe, Hans
Christian and Hannah. It is an in
tensely interesting story of peril and
privation, exceeding, by far, the most
thrillingever narrated by the novelist.
It is far more interesting than the tales
of fiction because it has the charm of
reality in it.
The suspicion that Captain Bud
dington was responsible for all thin
misfortunes that befell the Polaris and
her crew is fully confirmed by the
testimony. He was very much ad
dicated to drink and after the store
of ordinary liquors was exhausted he
stole the alcohol that Dr. Bessels had
taken with him for scientific purposes,
and from this he brewed drinks that
took away his brains, made him a
tyrant and incapacitated him from
the performance of the important du
ties that developed upon him. Hav
ing been detected by Dr. Bessels in
the theft of alcohol he resisted,
and a fight occured on the deck of the
Polaris between her commander and
the Doctor. Captain Buddingtou
was drunk and very much excited at 4
the same time when this party was
put off on the ice-floe. There was no
suspicion at the time that they had
been abandoned with premeditation
and by design; but afterwards when I
daylight came and they found them- t
selves in full view of the vessel, when I
they could have been easily taken on I
board, they saw her steam away from i
them and then they felt for a certainty t
that they had been purposely for
siaken to die a horrible death. Sec- t
rotary $oeo s t
out hearing Buddiagea's dekmw, but
after mature Upon e
subject ho do thiis
than to allow the vague, dark rumors
that hive gassed eld .itMba to Mk.'
vbap =thgew `harragM
better that the actual evidesne be
made public Man that mmesuspeioebs
rumors should be the foundation upon
which public opinion is made up.
It is not at all establlshed, however,
that Captain Hall came to his death
by any foul means. It seems that he
was delirous and imagined that he had
been poisoned, batthere 'ano evidence
to support this theory. The insub
ordinate character of Buddington
seems to justify the suspicion that Hall
may have been correct.
Buddington was also very foul
mouthed and cared nothing for dis
cipline. Captain Hall had, on several
occasions, contemplated relieving him
from duty, and it is difficult to under
stand why he did not. Probably it
was because he was afraid of him. It
seems from the evidence that on ac
count of Buddington's perverseness
the expedition was geratly hindered;
that upon one occasion when all the
rest of the crew were desirous of pro
ceeding farther northward he swore
that it should not be ddhe.
The scientific results of the expedi
tion are doubtlessly much lessened if
not almost entirely lost by the con
duct of Buddington. The highest
point reached by the Polaris was by
careful calculation, made by Sergeant
Meyer, the meteorologist, found to be
eighty-two degrees and sixteen min
utes. The books and papers of the
expedition are either still on board the
Polaris or they have been lost, with
the exception of a small daily mem
orandum kept by Mr. Meyer. Sur
veys were made of a great many of
the most important points and obser
vationarecorded. Sergeant Meyerhas
to rely upon his memory for a great
many ofIlls points.
Secretary Robeson has ordered the
United Stats steamer Junita to pro
ceed as far north as Disco -ned Upper
Navik for information as to the fate
or whereabouts of the Polaris, and has
made arrangements for the purchase
of the English seal ship Tigress--the
vessel that rescued this party from the
ice-floe-to be sent oat as aeon as pos
sible for a more extended search.
The utter unreliability of informa
tion emanating from this city pur
porting to be omicial in char
acter has become so proverbial that
the correspondent who sets any value
whatever upon his reputation will
hesitate before venturing to lay any
article from his pen liable to the sue
piclon ordinarily attached to reports
professedly coming second-hand from
official sources.
Your correspondent happens to be
quite familidrly acquainted with one
of the members of the Civil Service
Advisory Board and has thereby h'ad
opportunities for obtaining the latest
and most reliable information not pos
sessed by many others. But knowing
that the pmembers of the Board did
not wish their deliberations to be made
public, I have never taken advantage
of personal friendship to press any
questions relative to the subject, have
never asked for information on the
ground of friendship and have with
stood the temptation to make public
interest simply because I fancied the
information was not communicated to
me with the intention that it should
be made public. As matters now
stand the report of the Board to the
President is not supposed to be pub
lic property though it was submitted
some two weeks since. Mr. Eaton is
daily expected here for further con
sultation, and it is quite possible the
injunction of secrecy will be removed
after the Board shall have had one
more meeting. I do not know where
the hitch may be, but it is quite sas,
that there are yet some points upon
which all are not perfectly agreed.
Meeting my friend on the Post-Office
steps last night I inquired if he had
my late information on the subject of
he Civil Service Rules that could I
aroperly go to the public and was in
?ormed that there was nothing of any
ipecial importance. In reply to my
nquiry as to the probable time at a
vhieb their report would be made I
mblic, he said he had but little idea. r
t was quite possible that such action t
night be determined upon within i
wenty-four hours, and it was equally (
ossible that the report would be kept
or weeks before being published. I t
nquired if he felt himself at liberty f
o inform me whether or not there t
rere any grounds for the impression I
hat seems to have been widely spread v
50m130606e NOUO tie slo ~an - his
po1nt ; t w7ght wrould be
given to h , shmtrand
business eapacty .1y .. aphe iei. I
then inquired by what methoed it was
wmesemidese&t** * lbbsbati hob
lem the Beard was eallad apen to
solvo. The msembers as. very dis
tinally the dlaeulties attending the
method pursued under the preesat
rules, which is simply putties the
matter into the hd of the chief ou
the burean. A llot of the names of
all the competitors is handed to the
head of the bureau for infeaseties as
to the eiciency of each. He grades
them as he wishes from nothing to
one hundred. If all bureau esaes
were perfectly homest, altbgeer eu
baised, and incapable of being swaed
by outside personal or polities ifds
ence, there would be no better seethed
of disceretig the elleleney of appl
cants. But the Board does mot sewm
disposed to assume that the haeshy
or the nature of a bureasoelal tamny
more reliable or trustworthy than that
of members of Congress. The dealgm
of civil service rewms is to aveld fa
voritism. IBureau &avorttb is ketly
to be as great an evil as Congressional
favoritism. It is only shilga the
evil from one point to the other. The
members of the Board and the Presl
dent and Cabinet all aduit tha 4dI
culty here encountered. This matter
may, therefore, be said to be still
under advisement and the rules that
may be adopted will be of a temporsmy
nature.
I then stated that I was quite con
fident that a large number of psom
inent politicians and jour alists have
been expecting the whole movement
to break down; that it was very evi
dent that it would roceivea very mea
ger support and a strong oppeaiea
in Congress. He knew that such an
impression was general, but that thee
wasseves a moremistaken idea; dbat
the movemeatneveibud gli
than now; that while President Giant
remains as the head of ofahaes ivil
service reform will not beitatedoa -
that the President was never more in
earnest and never more hopeful of
success in this measure of his admin
istration than now. Whatever may
be the feeling in Congress, President
Grant is thoroughly imbued with the
idea of reforming and purifying the
public service. This gentleman stated
that he and other members of the
Board had had frequent eoesultqtlona
with the President on this subject and
that he knew whereof he spofti w en
he mentioned thePresident's viewaea
this subihdet.
I owse emujesL.
This will not be pleasant news to
certain politicians who desire to re
tain their influence with the appoints
ing power, but it will be quite satis
factory to the people who are deieus
1 of being served by honest and eMeiunt
public officers. The people may con
gratulate themselves upon having a
Chief Magistrate who dares to divorce
the appointing power from the cor
ruptions of political influence.
The Democratic prees "never tires"
of charging the Republican party with
the responsibility for the Credit Mo
bilier swindle and the back-pay steal.
But the people of the Republican party
refuse to be saddled with any such
responsibility. A month ago the at
tention of the country was called to
the action of the Ohio State Republi.
can Convention in this matter, and
it will be remembered that the Re
publicans of the Bapkeye State ex
pressed their opinion of all such trans
actions in a manner so emphatic that
no Democratic editor woald undertake
to improve upon it. They denounced
the Credit Mobilier and all who had
any thing to do with it. They prompt.
ly repudiated the back-pay swidlle,
censured the men who voted for it
and those who took any part of the
money, and demanded of the Forty
Third Congress the immediate repeal
of the act.
Now comes Maine following in the
footsteps of Ohio. The Republican
State Convention met at Bangor the
day before yesterday, nominated Mr.
Nelson Dengley, jr., for governor, and
adopted resolutions re-affirming the
principles of the Repablican party
and denouncing all Credit Mobilier
transactions and all measures for the
increase of the salaries of Members of
Congress. So will it be everywhere,
Fourteen Senators have returned
their back-pay to the Treasury. The
following is a list of the immortal four.
teen: Henry B, Anthony of Rhode
Island; Thomas F. Bayard of Dela
ware; Zaclariah (`handler of k1ichi
n of Ca1If@
blNew
* Tesqr
Is ibSl M*aga of Ma1 5 gA
b Pratt of Iadias; Carl Admmnsj'
d sees; Johi1 Scott of Pining
I Charles Surer of
SAllen G. T asooatef
b o the Pouty-sased
a have deme likewle, and hbeaen
$ names J. AisMen Basteid ý
a Samael $. Cox of New Ye1 Jim
d Indiana; Aylea t. Cote"
* Wilinam P. 1ye of Mag .
a FTnkelubug of Mme1e C. (
e well of Illinole; Jeemes A,
o Ohio; John Hill o Now
* A. Haley of New iersey; * U
ly of iinois; J. It. Hawly ' ,
1 nectlot Eueage Hole of
Witaom S. eoeman of Indlaw.
d ah~ of Wisemebsl;. K.
of l1mine.; John Of et
*eeasge W. Maomay at aw
y on-se of OW.; Al.a.edd
of Wiewpneia; Elf Perry o(j1
J. M. Rush of Wisconsin; W.s .
ert of New York; I.fA.
of C anmetiet; W. L.
Use N eak; Idntensag
e vania; W. H. Upson of
e Waldron of Miluigae,
. Wheeler of New York.
of these are IRepe aag
r seven are Democrats.
laIsed SM tes
Pierre N. Canton v. Theaeuag #.
In the United States Ckmut
Fifth Cirenit and Di4ait o o
No. U~gg
ayvru lswait .1ae olmmea
t me directed in the above MeeatIta
- proceed to sell to the lagise iMst
- Saturday, the 5th day ote s ,
at twelve 41 dsck kIL,a, l
a in the Iowtof Demaedesawip s..
cenion, the tottwlag deuedhel º
A certain tract o(
ma a .a de~iea len " use r
Now a ter, lend t
t and a the benk byj hd.e
Etieane Aeine; and on the lower lasg A.
right bank of New rivet by land.
to mainent Paul Laundry and known bj
name of the " Shermnu tract," and ii
left bank by lands belening to en Is
noux. Said tract containing aboet 'Auty
superficial acres.
2nd. Another p of a
~ ef rcel of land
We knowr as the " a ot.
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