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The Ladies of Hillsboro and Vicinitv Are Invited to Call on
w niun street,
Zi OPPOSITE COURT HOUSL Wf.K
Where they will find the Largest Stock of
MILLdNEBF .x 'JfctJTCr GOODS,
Ever broucrht to this market, including all the latest styles of Hats. Bon
nets, Flowers, Ribbons, Trimmings,
Give ns a call. No trouble to show oar goods.
Ceaning and Pressing done to order.
Hillshoro, Sept.23, 1875. . eep23 tt
Walnut Street House!
flirt k
Walnut Street, between Sixth and Se Tenth, "
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
This House is one of the largest and pleasantest in the city, located
within two squares of the Fountain and the new Custom House. Street
cars pass the door for all parte of the city.
The House has recently been newly painted, papered and furnished
throughout, and now offers superior accommodations to guests, at very
reasonable prices. Board $2.50 per day. '
BATCHELOR, REGNIER & REIT, Proprietors.
THOS. C. GADDIS, 1 n i
W. W. "WEBB, j-uerto.
J. H. BERRY, Book Keeper-
BL'KCH MII.T.HR,
MILLER
WHOLESALE
AND DEALERS IS
WOOL AMD CRASRJ,
HIGH STREET, HILLSBORO, OHIO.
and.
Je3 1875.
gsR Si ( American an1 Italian Marble, J; jHjvt
fe CirA M0NUMENT3 aKDTOMESTONES.I Vp.
i V"1 ,Xrt Fine Sctrtch G ranite M onajenents. , P
a iu va express my grauinae 10 myoia customers and the public lor the liberal patronage I bar re
cetved auring the last twenty years, and now in connection w ith my son respectfully ask a continuance
: "' o iK c"!1 ,iu w bji uuub m .meiery worx on anori Douce, at uh
very lowest prices, and In we latest style, with neatness and permanency.
tVSATISFACTIOX WARBAX1KD.
Jane ft, 1674.
&c Also, a splendid ussortmen t o
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AND RETAIL
TEAS.
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SUI GENERIS.
filASON&HAMLIN
CABINET ORGANS.
uiinii iiunuuiiij
in capacity and ereeuenoa by Bny other.
Awarded
DIPLOMA OP HOHOR"
VIENNA, 1873; PARIS, 1867.
P N I Inrri-cn Organs rrrr awarded any mrdnl
li II LI in Bnroiie, or which present aorta extraordi
nary exoellnnoe as to command a wide aale there.
1 1 W 1 VP awanled hgbcxt prnnitims at Inrtna
fs L 1 1 H I u trial RxpiLioni, la Axertoa aawell aa
wre. Outof bundredM there nave not W"H ux in
alUwliere any othor organs bars been preferred.
PfOT Decland by Eminent Mro-ieians, in both
CCul nemiapberea, to be CBrfTaled. Sea
TESTIMONIAL CIRCULAR, with opinions of mors
than One TUousand (sent free).
IIUCICT n havirut s Mason A Hamlin. Do not
lilOl J I take any other. Deatara gat ' coat
Kibkionb fr at ling inferior organ, and or tAil
nam often try very hard to ill tometking clat.
fjriU CTVI TP with most important imprtrre.
ItLII 0 I I LLu ments ever made. fiexr
Solo and Combination Stop. Snperb
Kiasere and other Cause, of new design.
PiANO-KARP CABINET ORGANS
qui&ite oombmauun of these instrumeEOS.
EASY PAYMENTS.
payments; or renLetl until rei
Oreanhsold for cash ; or
, for monthly or quarterly
paymenxs; or renLeti nnui rent pays l tna organ.
P ITA 1 nPllCC nd Circulars, with full parrio
LlH I HlUUULO nlan. free. Address MASON A
HAMLIN ORGAN CO 1S4 Tremont Btrset, BOS
TON: Union Sqnara, HZW XORKl Ot SO ft 8
i at, cmc ago.
sent tor, and dexterously msinua1
him that I had known my companion
rw '
Lawson's Curative
HAS been in use some fifteen years, for Um
permanent and positive cure of
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica,
and Inflammatory diseases. Externally applied,
it gives immediate relief from pain. Then one or
two bottles taken internally remove every taint
of the disease. We have cured Rheumatism of
FIFTEEN YEARS' STANDING, where all other
remedies have failed. We have seen those worn
out with suffering from
NEURALGIA, SCIATICA, NERVOUS AND
SICK HEADACHE,
relieved from pain in a few hours, then perwia
nentlv cured, so in after years the disease has never
returned. The Curative destroys the poison in the
blood that produces the disease. DIPHTHERIA
is robbed of its terrors, with a botUe of Curative
at band, as it destroys the virus and prevents
the formation of the poisonous patches. It cures
DYSPEPSIA, as it prevents acid fermentation of
the food and promotes digestion ; cures that mor
bid appetite which seeks relief in Rum drinking.
Tbe Curative does hot coHTAiir ant alcohol
or stimulants. SPONGY OR INFLAMED
GUMS are cured by a few applications. Those
who have used it have told its merits in stronger
terms tuan we nave ever use,.
P. A
bis bold of me, and spraiiK'r.vt.
catch the box as it fell. A heavy
and I was alone on the deck.
ad,
t a
iteg
frrDe
prring
lha as
-lied
Sfion,
enpas-
creat
- vil-shap-
The rapidity with which everythip'dg
had taken place seemed to have stiB1
me, and deprived me of the power
ter even one cry for help. When
covered myself it was too late
the diamonds were gone forever. ,
I looked around the deck was
serted, save by the man at the
who, half hidden by the wbeei-house.attles,
not seen the struggle.
Can I be blamed ? I held my
The captain was buried at dawn, anf
chief officer took command of the
N was
It wflB-ctear that Pete must have ft
overheard, and no oue suspected
share I had had in the catastrophe.
me to
to
CALIFORNIA!
Have yon any thou girt of got rip to California ?
Are too going Weat, North or Northwest T
Too waot to know the bet routes to take f
Tbe ahortwt, safest, quickest and most com (or
hie route are those owned by tbe Chicago and
Northwestern Railway Company. It owns over
two thousand miles of the best road there la in the
Country. Aik any ticket agent to show you its
nape and time cards. All ticket agents can sell
yon through tickets by this route.
T Buy your tickets by the Chicago & Northwestern
Railway tor
SAN FRANCISCO,
Sacramento, Ogtlen, Salt Luke Cttjr, Cheyenne,
Denver, umstii, Lincoln, t.'.ouncli Bluns, xanston,
Sioux City, Dubuque, Winona, St. Fan), Pulutn,
MarqnetM, ureen nav, uskosu, mamson, Milwau
kee, and all poiuU went or northwest of Chicago.
It yon wih the best traveling accommodation,
yon will bnj your tickets by this route, and will take
no otner.
This popular route la unsurpassed for Speed,
Comfort and Safety. The Smooth, Well-Ballasted
and rated jracK 01 e-teei Kalis, weBuugnouae
Air Brakes, Miller's Safety Platform and Couplers,
the celebrated Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars, the
Perfect Telecraph System of Moving Trains, the
regularity with which they rnn, the admirable ar
rangement for running Through Cars from Chicago
to all points West, North and Northwest, secures
to passengers all the COMFORTS IN MODEKN
RAILWAY TRAVELING.
PULLMAN PALACE CARS
Are ran on all trains of this road.
Thia is the ONLY UN E running these cars be
tween Chicago and St. Paul or Chicago aud Mil
waukee. , , .
At Omaha our Sleepers connect with the Over
land Sleepers on the I uion Pacific Railroad for all
points west of the Missouri River.
On the arrival of the trains from the East or
South, the trains of the Chicago & Northwestern
Railway leave CH1CAUO aa follows:
Fob Cornell. BLvrrn, Omaha and CauroRNiA,
Two through trains dailv, with Pullman Palace
Drawing Room and .Sleeping Cars through to
Conncil Bluffs.
Koa St. Paul and MurNEAT-oLts, Two through
trains daily, with Pullman Palace Cars attached on
both trains.
Fob Gmbn Bat and Lars SursBloR, Two
trains daily, with Pullman Palace Cars attached,
and running through to Marquette.
Fob Milwaukee, Four through trains dally.
Pullman Cars on night trains.
Fob Winona aud points In Minnesota, One
throngh train dally.
Fob DuBtTojt'B, via Freeport, Two through traius
daily, with Pullman Cars on night train.
Fob DrBinti'C and La Cbosse, via Clinton, Two
trains dally, w ith Pullman Cars on night train.
Fob Sioux Citt and Yankton, Two trains
daily. Pullman Cars to Missouri Valley Junction
Fob Lake Geneva, Four trains daily.
Fob RocKruBD, Sterunu, Kenosha, Janes
tille, and other point, yon can have from two to
ten traius daily.
For rates or Information not attainable from
your home ticket agents, apply to
W. II. STENNETT,
General Passenger Agent.
MARVIN nCGHITT,
General Superintendent. augUrjanl
1 K - aW
a 'w m
RAILROAD.
This Company, having determined to outdo all
rival lines in the character of accommodations and
facilities ofiered western bound emigrants, have
established three daily lines of cars between Cin
cinnati and all Important towns and stations on the
MiesiBsippi & Missouri Bivers,
INCLUDING SUCH POINTS AS
Quincy, Burlington, Keokuk, Fulton,
Clinton, Prairie-du Chien, St
Paul, Kansas City, Leaven
worth, Atchison, St
Joseph. Browns
ville, Nebraska City Council Bluffs and
Omaha.
rTralns leave Hillsboro, Ohio, at .15 A. M
and I.JO P. it.
Trains leave Cincinnati via I. C. & I, as follows:
1.30 A. M. for Indianapolis, Lafayette, Chicago
and the Northwest.
.10 P. M. Great Western Fast Line, for Indian
apolis, Danville, Spriugueld, Quincy, Macon City,
Chiiltcothe, St. Joseph and intermediate stations
arriving at Kansas City at 8.46 next evening, pom
hours nt advance ox all other routes. Arrives at
St. Joseph T.3S next evening, EIGHT HOI KS in
advance of all other routes.
7.00 P. M. Chicago Express for Indianapolis,
Lafayette, Chicago and the Northwest.
7.UQ P. M. Night Express for Indianapolis, Dan
ville, Springfield, Quincy, Macon City, Chillicolhe,
St. Joseph and Kansas City, arriving at Kansas
City at 9.2S second morning, snd St. Jtatepti 8.10
second morning hours in advance of all other
routes.
The .10 P. H. and 7.00 P. M. Trains have
Through Cars attached for Omaha and all inter
mediate stations via Burlington without change.
PARTICULAR SOTICE.
Passengers holding second-class tickets, will be
sent through to destination on First Class Passen
ger Trains, sn advantage the traveling public can
not fail to appreciate.
All communications In recti rd to passenger fares
or freight rates on house goods, or stock, promptly
attended to.
It is no trouble to answer letters.
Passenevrs arriving in Cincinnati on traius ot
the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad make connec
tion in some depot, thereby saving the expense snd
annoyance of a long and tedious omnibus ride
through the streets of Cincinnati.
Ask for tickets via Indianapolis, Cincinnati A
Lafayette Railroad, and do not be prevailed upon
to take any other.
Tickets are on sale at the M. t C. R. K. Depot,
Hillshoro, Ohio, and at the following places In
Cfuciunsti : General City Office, Northwest corner
Fourth and Vine streets, opposite the Post Office,
and the Plum Street Depot.
F. B. Kennedy, General Ticket Agent, Jno. Egsn,
General Passenger Agent, J. M. Kelley, General
Emigrant Agent, to whom all communications re
lative to Western Emigration should be addressed.
oclgttnt
Brown-Sequard.
A young American under treatment
by Dr. Brown Scquard, of Puris, writes
home n account of that physician's fa
vorite method of treatment, by the burn
ing of the fleth over the spine, which is
inten sting in itelf, and also as tending
to correct or modify greatly the preval
ent conception of extreme physical tor
ture as a necessity of the oiieration. In
the first week of his undergoing the
actual cautery, there were four applica
tions, tbe first in seven places along the
back, the second and third on the head
and the back, tbe fourth on tbe bead
onl). In connection with this he took
(separately) iodide ef potasaiufn and
arsenic, and ' subcutaneous injections of
atrt.pliine and morphine. Tbe burning,
he proceeds to say, is not burning at alL
" The instrument is of platinum (t. e.,
as to tl.e tip), and is htaied to a white
heat in a coal fire ; then it is applied two
or three times and immediately put back
in the fire for the next application.
While red-hot iion or platinum would
make a terible burn, there is almost no
Fain whatever when it isata white lies',
can't say there is no pain, for at the
moment of application there is a sensa
tion almost like that of a burn; but the
instant the instrument is removed the
feeling is gone, and there is no sensat on
whatever afterward. There is, of course,
a sear at each point, with a dry scab,
which wears off, leaving the skin in its
original ttite. So that it is really only a
drying of the outer layer of the skin ;
there is no rawness ofc.be flesh. One has
only to guard against the rubbing of the
collar on one of these spots; otherwise
there isn't the least inconvenience. The
skin of the head heals more quickly,
though it is rather more sensitive; and,
in fact, the sensitiveness increases some
what after the application, both on the
head and on the back. It is rather worse
than a mosquito bite, to which Brown-
Sequard compared it, but I stood it with
out yelling or groaning, and even with
out clenching my hands. The severity
of the treatment has been very much ex
aggerated in popular estimation, and the
above account is as near the truth as
words will allow."
Olive-Trees.
is often to be seen the finest crop
fruit, while in Majorca they have in
some place attained proportions
akin to those ef the forest trees of the
Pett.ropics.
A bctewtific exchange says tbe large
wled ants occasionally indulge in pitched
with thousands engaged on each
tde, and that the victors devour the
tonodies of their foes. This is a new phase
the battle of Ant-eat-em.
i
The olive is largely cultivated in the
Balearic Islands of the Mediterranean.
The olea-tree, upon which the fruit is
grown, originally appears wild in tbe
mountain-land as a shrub, producing a
fruit which bears do oil. When brought
under cultivation, grafting is practiced..
The ancient historians of Majorca recount
that in olden times the olive was un
known to the Balearic Islands, and that
the art of grafting was taught to the
islanders by the Carthaginians. By the
appearance, However, ot some of tbe
enormous and ancient-looking olive-trees
to be seen now in Majorca, one would be
tempted to believe that their existence
dates as far back as tbe period to wbicb
the historian refers. An intelligent
Majorcan farmer, being asked how old
he thought some of these trees were, re
plied, "I believe they may well date
from the time of the flood." It is a
remarkable feature in the growth of
these magnificent trees that one seldom or
never sees two alike. Almost all, in tbe
course of time, assume most grotesque
lures,; and upon old trees whose trunks
- rent ooen and torn into half a dozen
Idle words are fast in growth,
the I LjKT impressiounuic juuug tueu
In their guard. It's leap year.
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THURSDAY,
JAN. 20, 1876.
CURRENT TOPICS.
The population of Ireland is set down
by the recent census at 5 412,397. In
the last ten years 849.836 emigrants
have left the country. The Catholics
have decreased about one per cent, since
1861, and the Episcopalians and Presby
terians have slightly increased. Roman
Catholics number 4,150,857; Episcopa
lians, 667,998; Preebyterians, 497,648;
all other denominations, 95.864.
Sib Andrew Lusk, the sitting magis
trate at Guildhall, in London, the other
day, discharged a girl, apparently of dull
intellect, brought before him for being
in unlawful possession of a milk can be
longing to the Cranbrook Farm Dairy,
maintaining that the prosecutor had no
right to put temptation in the way of
thirsty and starving persons by having
cans of milk in the street.
Governor Emery, of Utah, in his
message to the Territorial Legislature,
approached the subject of polygamy
with some delicacy, in consequence of
tbe fact that all the members of the body
addressed, except one, believe in the
sacredness of the institution. He begged
to remind them, however, that Utah is
within the pale of Christian civilization,
as well as of the American government,
and that their practice is a blot upon
the fair name of tbe country. His re
marks were not ap plauded.
Germany has stopped building iron
clads partly because money is scarce in
the Imperial treasury, but mainly "on
account if the divergencies of opinion
among naval architects in regarl to the
best model for war vtsscls." England,
on tbe contrary, is still trying iron clad
experiments at the rate of $3,000,000
apiece, and has not made a single success
yet When she doe, Germany and the
United States will reap the benefit there
of free of cost
Thirty-nine years ago, on the morn
ing of the battle of San Jacinto, Paul de
Ponei, a sutler in the Mexican army,
buried his loose cash beneath a clump of
bushes on the bank of a neighboring
bayou. Then he " fit into the war " and
was captured. A month ago he landed
at Galveston, hired a schooner, sailed up
to San Jacinto and hunted up the battle
field. After a search of two days he
Btruck the right locality and found his
treasure amounting to 1 1,800 in Mexican
gold, undisturbed. It is proper to add
that the original bushes had grown to
be tail trees, though nothing like as tall
as the story.
There is probably no city in the world
that turns out such a variety of manu
factures in a week as Birmingham, Eng
land. In a week she makes, among other
things, 14,000,000 pens, 6,000 bedstead",
7,000 guns, 300,000,COO cut nails, 100,
OJO.OOO buttons, 1,003 saddles, 5,000 000
copper or bronze coins, 20,000 pairs of
spectacles, 6 tons of papier-mache wares,
more than $30,000 worth of jewelry,
4,000 miles of iron and steel wire, 10
tons of pins, 5 tons of hair pins and hooks
and eyes, 130,000 gross of wood screws,
500 tons of nuts and screw bolts and
spikes, 50 tons of wrought iron hinges,
350 miles' length of wax for matches, 40
tons of refined metal, 40 tons of German
silver, 100 dozen of fenders, 3 5M) bel
lows, and 800 tons of brass and cpper
wares.
Whereas, before the war Berlin had
two hundred French artisans, it has now
twenty-four hundred. They are mostly
stucco workers, carpenters, tapisseurs and
designers, and are in request for their
taste and punctuality. Prince Yon Pless
employs French workmen exclusively,
sixty in number, in the erection of his
new Renaissance mansion, the architect
being M. Detailleur, of Paris, who is now
being consulted as to the fittings and fur
niture. A large portion of the aristoc
racy send their orders to Paris, being
better and more cheaply supplied there
thau in Berlin. The French workmen
earn from 9f. to 20 f. a day, and are vt ry
thrifty. They muster every Saturday
night at a particular cafe.
Lieut. Cameron, the Academy says,
will probably arrive in England in the
middle of January. His splendid ex
ploit places him, without dispute, in the
very first rank of African travelers. He
left Ujiji almost destitute, suffering from
disease, and utter loneliness. Against
him were the stupendous difficulties of
the task ; on his side were indomitable
pluck, devotion to duty, and that gentle
courage which had already earned for
him the respect and love of the natives.
There will be no stories of bloodshed in
tbe narrative of this gallant naval officer.
A glance at a map of Africa will at
once show the magnitude of Cameron's
achievement, and the importance of his
discoveries. Excepting Livingstone and
Silva Porto, he is the only European who
ever crossed the Continent of Africa
within the tropics.
'The Rheims Chamber of Commerce
publishes returns of the quantity of
sparkling wines made in the department
of Marne during the twelve months end.
ing April 1, 1875. In that period 15,-
318,345 bottles of champaigne were ex
ported, and 3,517 182 bottles were sold
for consumption in France. The Cham
ber of Commerce calculates that the
average price per bottle, delivered at the
nearest railway station, is s'xty cent,
and it does not require a very large ex
perience of hotels, restaurants, and wine
merchants' lists to AC that there is a
very wide margin between this price and
that paid by consumers in general. As
appendix to the returns, it is added
that everything used in the pioduction
the wine, from the grapes themselves
the bottles, corks, wire, string, the foil
paper, and the label, as also the cases
and the hampers in which the wine is
packed, is grown or manufactured in
France.
The famous Obelisb, or, as it is now
spoken of, " the syenite monolith,"
known as Cleopatra's Needle, is to be
transported to London by sea, by eating
wood and rolling it overboard. To
make it float properly it is to be covered
with timbers ana planks till the boxing
large enough to float stone and alL To
compensate for its tapering form one end
to be made larger than the other, and
when finished the timber dressing will
something over twenty feet thick at
the larger end. The ends will be taper
ing, to assist the steamer in towing, and
even if the cigar-shaped mummy runs
aground, its casing will save it from
harm. The most riskful part of the
voyage will be the launching and the
rolling ashore. In this connection it may
noticed that cylindrical boilers are
transported through the canals in Hol
land in somewhat the same way. The
flues are plugged up with wood, the
steam openings covered with air-tight
caps, and well painted with red lead ;
the boilers are rolled into the canals,
and, in tow of a steamboat, make their
voyage in perfect safety.
- J ited by any creature, save a cat
NEWS SUMMARY.
Washington.
a
Choctawa, Creeks, and Seminoles called
upon President Grant to pay their respects
and to talk of affairs in the Indian Terri
tory, which they represented to be in a
peaceful and prosperous condition, with
abundant crops. They took occasion to ex
press their opposition to the proposed terri
torial government in their country, when
the President informed them that no bill
passed by CoDgress for that purpose would
receive his approval without the consent of
the Indians.
The South.
Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana, on the
1st inst., was as follows: Alabama, 5 com
panies; Mississippi, 6; at Little Rock, Ark.,
2; in Louisiana, 19; total, 32 companies,
comprising 1,240 men.
Jack Low and Mike Knnckley were shot
and killed by Tom Picket, a New Orleans
barkeeper, a few days since.
The West.
A dispatch from Sacramento says that it
is reported that a land grab has been un
earthed at Sacramento, California, by which
the State is loser to an enormous amount,
and that the matter will be brought to the
attention of the Assembly.
A meeting of delegates from the Denver
(Col.) Churches has unanimously adopted a
petition to the Constitutional Convention
against taxing property nsed exclusively for
religious worsh ip, education, public libraries,
and for charitable purposes.
The St Louis Republican' Kansas City
special says the Timet of that city has in
formation from Kerwin, Kansas, January 11,
to the effect that some fifty Otoe Indians
had been massacred by a band of Sioux.
The Otoes passed Tiloomiogton about ten
days ago on the way to the buffalo hunting
ground. Six of them returned shortly after
and stated that their fatty was surprised at
night by the Sioux, and all excepting them
killed and scalped. Great excitement is
said to prevail in the neighborhood of
Bloomingtoo, and all are ready to leave
should the Indians make a demonstration.
Fire Record
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A fire broke out
in the large Pullman House block, owned
by Gabriel Carpente-, aud occupied as a
hotel and by several merchants. The build
ing, with most of its coutents,was destroyed.
Total Joss, about $ti0,000; insurance, $12,000.
The loss on the building was about $30,000.
Noah Keller, tobacco dealer, lost about
General.
Gov. Tilden, after examining the papers
and petition of Edward 8. Stokes for pardon,
has denied the application.
Tweed's attorneys and bondsmen have
brought suit against the other members of
the ring, asking that all except Tweed be
made to refund, aud asking that a receiver
of all claims agaiost them be appointed.
The city, county, Attorney-General, corpo
ration counsel, and others are made defend
ants. A Berlin dispatch states that Captain
Briekenstein will not demand a German in
quiry into the loss of the steamer Deutsch
land. Tbe German government has invited
other maritime States to an international
conference to devise it common mode of in
quiry into ship-wrecks and other disasters
to shipping.
James A. Castine, late bookkeeper for
Ely, Harvey A Richardson, of Memphis, has
been sentenced to the penitentiary for three
years for forging tbe firm name. It is said
the jury will sign a petition to the Governor
for his pardon.
Conrad Eichler, a prominent German of
St. Joseph, Missouri, was knocked down by
a freight train, ten c?rs passing over his
head and cutting it off. He was, some years
ago, foreman of the Ameiger office in St.
Louis, and more recently part owner of the
VolkMatt, the organ of the Germans in St.
Joseph.
Ockerfebausen Brothers, sugar refiners, of
New York, have failed. Their liabilities
will not exceed $375,000. The assets of the
firm, which are chiefly real estate, amounted
in 1673 to more than $600,000.
Tbe boiler of a steam wood-sawing ma
chine exploded at Grand Rapids, Micb., a
few days ago, instantly killing William
Franz, severely bruising James Bellogot, and
scalding another n.an whose name was no
ascertained.
Proceedings of the secret investigation of
the Pacific disaster by Capt AVaterman and
James Hillnian, United States Inspectors,
are made public. Tbey report the accident
was the fault of the officers of the Orpheus,
on account of steering wrong.
The West Boston Savings Bank has been
restrained from receiving or paying deposits
or transacting other bminets. Owing to a
shrinkage on real estate and personal secu
rities the capital of the bank has been im
paired. . Depositors are not liable to serious
lots.
The body of a laborer named John White,
was found in a vat at tbe Chicago stock
yards. He was hauling offal to tbe vats, and
it is sopposd he fell int9 the boiliog
fluid. His flesh was almost entirely boiled
from the bones at the time of the discovery
of the body.
Hon. J. B. Eastis has been elected United
States Senator by the Louisiana Legislature,
The Republican National Committee have
determined to hold the next Republican
National Convention at Cincinnati.
The Demecrats of New Hampshire, in
Convention, have nominated Daniel Marcy
for Governor, aud adopted a platform which
recognizes the final settlement of all issues
involved in the late civil war, and tbe bind.
ing force of the Constitutional .amend
ments; favors a return to specie payments;
a reform of all abuses in the State and Na
tional Administrations; retrenchment and
economy in public expenditures; equal and
just taxation ; a tariff for revenue only, and
approves of the present move in behalf of
temperance, as designed to promote a very
desirable end by the most proper and ef
fectual means; opposes a third term as dan
gerous to theliberities of the people; favors
tbe common school system and religious
toleration.
All of the crooked distillers at Chicags
have pleaded guilty. Six new indictments
have besn returned at Chicago. Leopold
Wirth a distiller, is charged with bribing
officers. Mann, ex-Supervisor; Conkling, ex-
Special Agent; W. Eisserl, ex-Deputy Col
lector, and Keddmgton and Tenny, ex-
Gaugers, are charged with receiving bribes,
Four burglars entered the house of Mrs.
Miller, in Mahoney Township, near Shamo-
kin, Pa., recently, and robbed her of $2,100.
Her son-in-law fired upon them as they
were leaving the house, instantly killing
one, named Hughes, and seriously wounding
another ; a third was captured, and all the
money recovered.
Dickinson dc Co., bankers at 25 Broad
street, New York, notified the Stock Ex
change, January 14, that they were unable
to meet their contracts. They state their i
sets will far exceed their liabilities and hope
to resume soon.
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The report is confirmed that Italy has
given notice of her adhesion to Count An
drassy's note concerning the Turkish re
forms. A train filled with military recruits ran
off the track near Odessa, Russia, and
plunged down an embankment. The
wrecked cars caught fire before all the men
could be extricated, and many were burned
to death. The total number killed is sixty
eight, and fifty-four are injured, several
fatally.
The Viennacorrespondent of the London
Timet announces that France has unreserv
edly accepted the Austrian note.
The Duke of Norfolk, President of the
Catholic Association of Great Britain, calls
for subscriptions to aid the persecuted Ger
man priests. The Duke subscribes five thou
sand pounds, and Cardiaal Manning fifteen
hundred pounds.
A remarkable crisis has occurred in the
French Cabinet Say, Dufaure and Wallen
have resigned. Le Tempt gives the follow
ing account of the crisis in the ministry:
M. Leon Say, Minister of Finance, in con
junction with M. M. Ferry and Boncher,
who, like the Minister, are candidates for
the Assembly from the Department of Seur-at-Oise,
issued a joint manifesto to the elec
tors. President MacMahon, who did not
consider the Manifesto sufficiently con
servative, on Saturday summoned M.
Say and requested him to withdraw his
name from it The latter asked time to re
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flect. At a second interview, the President
said the dissension in the Cabinet was be
coming patent Tbe name of the Minister
Finance figured on the list of candidates
hostile to the government M. Buffet con
sidered the homogeneousness of the Cabinet
irreparably compromised, consequently M.
Say's withdrwal was necessary. M. Say
thereupon said, " You ask me to resign ?"
The President intimated that he did. M.
Say reminded MacMahon that several times
previously he had offered to resign, and on
ly remained at the earnest request of the
Executive. He concluded by offering his
resignation, which was accepted.
President MacMahon presidedatthe meet
of the French Cabinet on the Uth Jan
uary. Leon Say will retire from the ministry.
The other members will probably remain.
M. Paul De Cassagnac, in an article in
Parit La Pays, violently opposes M. Olli
vier as candidate for the Department of
Var. He says M. Ollivier shows a lack of
moral sense in putting forward his discred
ited personality, and his presence in the
Assembly would be a calamity to the Impe
rial cause.
A telegram from Vienna says the Porte
intends to confine reforms proposed by Eu
ropean powers to Herzegovina, thus avoid
ing trouble with the incensed Mohommedan
majority in Bosnia.
A Berlin special says the government has
determined to liberate Cardinal Ledochow-
ski unconditionally, at the expiration of his
term of imprisonment ; but he will be closely
watched, and again arraigned if he attempts
to exercise bis especial functions, or other
wise infringes ecclesiastical laws.
Tbe crew of the notorious schooner Jeffer
son Borden complain of the condition of the
vessel, of harsh treatment by the captain,
and assert that they have no doubt the
former crew were driven into mutiny by his
cruelty.
The failure is announced of Charles
Boundy dc Co., metal merchants, Birming
ham. Liabilities 167,000.
The Sublime Porte has received a dispatch
from the Turkish Commander in Herze
govina, dated January 6, announcing that
tranquillity is restored everywhere, except in
the district between Trebenje, Biiek and
Gatechko, bordering on Montenegro.
A special from Berlin says the Turkish
representatives abroad have been instructed
to declare that any intervention incom
patible with the dignity or independence of
the Porte will be rejected. It is expected
that England will advise the Porte to con
sider Count Andrassy's programme. If the
Sultan declines to do so, the' rebels will
be likely to derive greater advantages than
ever.
An Ottawa, Canada, dispatch says that a
faction figbttook place on the night of Jan
uary 11, after an election at Gatineau Point,
between two families named Rogue and
Scarfe, and their respective adherents.
The.e were fifty men on each side. The fight
was a desperate and bloody one. Fifteen
men were dangerously wounded, and fully
half an acre of snow was saturated with
blood.
The Star and Herald, of Panama, contains
the following : Letters from Lima announce
the complete destruction, by earthquake, on
the 4th of December, of Abancay, between
four p. m. of the 4th and five a. m. of the
5th. No less than thirty-seven shocks oc
curred. A severe flood inundated the busi
ness part of Valparaiso. Two lives were
lost, and $1,500,000 worth of property des
troyed. The French Cabinet in Council has, it is
reported, reached an agreement whereby
the threatened ministerial modification is
averted.
A severe gale en the Algerian coast has
damaged property to the amount of $100,000.
The President of France has issued a
proclamation which has caused a great sen
sation. Among other things he says he
thinks the country's institutions ought not
to be revised before they are honestly tried.
The conservative and truly liberal pel icy
which he always intended to pursue should
prevail.
The Council General of the Seine have
nominated for the Senate Victor Hugo, Louis
Blanc, Floquet Freycinet and Tolair.
A Berlin special says it would seem an ar
mistice has been agreed npon between
church and state. The Roman correspon
dent of the Germania, ultramontane organ,
states undoubtedly Bismarck is seeking a
modui vivendi with the Vatican. The Italia
Semi, official Roman newspaper says the
Vatican has charged certain German pre
lates to report the conditions under which
the Prussian Bishops shall be allowed to
submit to the Falk laws.
It is rumored that the visit of Queen Vic
toria to Coburg has reference to the betrothal
of Princess Beatrice to a German Prince.
Tbe Miner Prette reports that Lord Derby
recently expressed dissatisfaction to Count
Von Beust, Austiian Ambassador at Lon
don, because England had not been asked
to assist in drawing np the proposals for re
forms in Turkey, instead of being merely
asked to indorse them. The same dispatch
reports that the Montenegrin Government
has bought fifty cannon and 10,000 muskets
in Vienna.
Sir John H. Glover, the newly appointed
Governor of Newfoundland, has arrived at
Paris for the purpose of settling.the difficulty
between England and France in regard to
Newfoundland fisheries. It is believed that
be is authorized to purchase the relinquish
ment by France of her privileges for a con
siderable sum of money.
FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
January 10. Senate Resolutions were
adopted that the pro tempore Presidency does
not expire at the meeting of Co gresa after
the first session, and that the death of tbe
Vice-President does not vacate the office of
pro tempore President Resolutions declar
ing Mr. Ferry still Presideut were laid over.
A resolution was offered requesting the Pres
ident to observe the strictest neutrality in
the Cuban affair, but was not acted npon. A
bill was introduced to secure the completion
of tbe Texas Pacific Road Haute Mr.
Wood introduced a bill repealing the specie
payment act and substituting another there
for. A number of bills for payment of
Southern claims were offered. The Amnesty
Bill was brought up, aud, after an unsuccess
ful effort by the Republicans to offer an
amendment, was forced to a vote, and was
defeated by a party vote, there not being a
two-thirds majority in favor of it Mr.
Blaine, then moving a reconsideration,
made long speech iavoring his amend
ment, and giving his reasons therefor.
January 11. Senate Mr. Ojdesby pre
sented a petition of citizens of Saratoga,
111., asking the repeal of the resumption act
of January, 1875, as well as the National
bank act and the substitution of legal
lenders for the National bank notes. Re
ferred. After the expiration of the morning
hour, Mr. Cooper announced the death of
his late colleague, Andrew Johnson, and de
livered a eulogy. Eulogies were also de
livered by Senators Morton, McCreery, Mer
rimon, Paddock, Bogy, Bayard and Key,
and at the conclusion of the eulogies the
usual resolutions of respect, and requiring
Senators to wear badges of mourning thirty
days, were passed. Mr. Paddock introduced
bill to enable the people of New Mexico
form a Constitution and State government
and for the admission of the said State into
the Union on an equal footing with the
original States. Referred. Mr. Bogy intro
duced a bill to establish a branch mint at
St Louis. Referred...... ibiue Bills were
introduced, and referred as follows: By
Mr. Morrison Preparatory to the redemp
tion of United States notes, and the resump
tion of specie payments. It proposes to re
tain gold in the Treasury to the amount of
thirty per cent of the outstanding legal
tenders. It requires the National banks to
retain the gold paid for their interest on
bonds deposited to secure the currency till
tbey nave thirty per cent, ot their outstand
ing notes, and repeals that portion of the
resumption act compelling specie resump
tion in 1870. Mr. Hamilton, from the Ap
propriation Committee, reported a military
academy appropriation bill; made the
special order for Thursday next It appro-
riates $231,241. J. D. Williams (Dem.) of
ndiana, from the Committee on Accounts,
reported a resolution fixing tbe number and
pay of committee clerks, which was adopted.
Mr. Vance, from the Committee on Printing,
reported a resolution against printing the
index and the summary of cases adjudicated
adversely to the Claims Commissioners.
Adopted. Mr. Atkins, from the appropria
tion Committee, reported the pension appro
priation bill, and it was made the special
order for Friday next It appropriates $25,
533,500. The House then proceeded to the
amnesty bill, and was addressed by Mr. Hill,
Georgia. The proceedings of the day
closed with speeches in eulogy of Mr. John
son, made by McFarland,Tbornburg, Young,
Wadden, Conger, Cox, and Throckmorton.
January 12. Senate Petitions were pre
sented for a Constitutional amendment pro
hibiting the appropriation of public funds
any religious sect The most of the day
was taken up in a discussion of the Protem
pore Presidency question, which was settled
the adoption of a resolution that the office
sugar, monarchy.
is held at the pleasure of the Senate.........
Houte A number of bills were introduced
for river improvements, a post-office at St
Lor is, location of mints at various points,
and for a commercial treaty with Mexico.
Mr. oarnem maae a long apeech on tbe
amnesty bill, and by a compromise it was
decided that Mr. Blaine should also bare
another speech of an hour.
January 13. Senate A petition was pre
sented signed bv two thousand and eighty
two citixenB of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa,
and Missouri, asking the appropriation of
one hundred thousand dollars for the im
provement of the upper Missouri river.
Referred. The Chair laid before the Senate
a communication from the Secretary of the
Interior, inclosing a communication from
the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in an
swer to the Senate resolution of January 12,
1876, in regard to the expenditure of three
h undred thousand dollars for the support and
education of certain Indians, It was
ordered printed, and to lie on the table.
Mr. Christiancy submitted a resolution, that
the Judiciary Committee be directed to in
quire and report to the Senate whether the
act of March 1, 1792, is not defective, and if
so in what particular, in making the neces
sary provisions for various contingencies
which may arise in case of the removal of
the President from office, or ef bis death,
resignation, or inability to discharge the
powers and duties of said office, and if, in
their opinion, such defects exist, what
further or other legislation is best calculated
to remedy sucb defects, and in that event that
they report sucb a bill or joint resolution as in
their opinion the case may require. Agreed to.
After the expiration of the morning hour,
Mr. Davis (Dem.), of W. Vs., called op the
resolution submitted by him yesterday, call
ing for the appointment of a committee to
investigate the books of the Treasury De
partment, etc., and addressed the Senate
thereon. Mr. Boutwell made seme explana
tions, and the motion went over Houte
Mr. Cox offered a resolution instructing the
Committee on Printing to inquire into the
cost of the printing done for Congress and
the Executive Departments at the Govern
ment Printing Office, and what similar work
can be done for in private offices. Alse,
as to the cost of tbe Conyrezrionai
Record, etc., with a view to ascertain
whether different and more economical
arrangements can not be made. Adonted.
Mr. Parsons offered a resolution instructing
the Committee on Expenditures in the De
partment of Justice to inquire into tbe ap
pointment of special counsel for the Gov
ernment, and the fees paid them, and the
extra lees paid LMstrict Attorneys, the in
vestigation to extend ss far back" as mav be
necessary for a full knowledge of what has
been and is being done in that connection.
Adopted. Mr. Whitthorne, from the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs, reported a resolution
calling on the Secretary of the Navy for a
report as to the expenditure of the appro
priations made since July, 1869, for the test
ing of inventions. Adopted. Mr. Benntt
offered aresolution instructing the Judiciary
Committee to inquire into the expediency
of incorporating into the Constitutional
amendment a provision giving to the citizens
of the organized Territories the right to vote
for President and Vice-President Adopted.
Mr. Cochrane offered a resolution for the
appointment of a special committee to in
vestigate the alleged fraudulent letting of
the contract for the transportation of Indian
goods and supplies. Referred. The House
then resumed consideration of the Amnesty
bill, and was addressed by Mr. Blaine. Ad
dresses were also made by Mr. Tar box ( Dem.),
of Mass., Mr. Randall, and Mr. Banks, who
offered an amendment admitting Jeff Davis
to amnesty, but requiring that an oath simi
lar to that proposed by Mr. Blaine be made.
The bill and Mr. Banks' amendment went
to the Judiciary Committee.
January 14. Houte Mr. White intro
duced a bill to reduce the salaries of public
officials exce'eding $1,500, twenty per cent
He moved the previous question on its pas
sage. Referred to the Committee on appro
priations. Mr. Knot reported back the am
nesty bill, which reads as follows: "That all
disabilities imposed and remaining on any
person, by virtue of tbe third section of the
Fourteenth Article of Amendments to the
Constitution of the United States be, and are
hereby removed, and each aud every person
is, and shall be forever relieved therefrom,
on his appearing before a judge of any
court of tbe United States, or of any court of
record in the State of which he is a resident
and takingandsubscribing to the following
oath, to be duly attested and recorded: '1
A. B., do solemnly swear or affirm that I will
support and defend the Constitution of the
United States against all invasions, foreign
and domestic; that I will bear true faith,
and allegiance to the same, and obey all laws
made in pursuance thereof, and that I take
this obligation freely, and without soy mental
reservation or purpose of evasion whatever.' "
Mr. Knott moved the previous question on
the passage of the bill, and after some de
bate, it was rejected yeas 182, nays 97
twelve Republicans voting in ' favor. On
the result being announced, Mr. Blaine took
the flocr, and by a motion to reconsider
obtained the right to speak.
OHIO.
Columbus Letter.
citizens of Columbus held a meeting
the other night in favor of tbe location of a
United States mint in this locality. The
mint fever seems to be remarkably prevalent
in Western eities.
The retiring Governor Allen has made
himself personally popular, on account of
his genial manners among ail grades and
classes and forms of society, political or
otherwise, during his administration at Co
lumbus. He is regarded as the truly " fine
old American gentleman." Persons of all
parties called npon him at his rooms at the
Neil House, previous to his departure for
"Fruit Hill," his fine homestead in Ross
county, and paid their respects. The rumor
that he intends to make the tour of the
South is untrue. He informed your corres
pondent that he has no call South, and pre
fers to remain at home, beneath his own
vine and fig-tree.
In the House, the other afternoon, Bohl, of
Washington, offered the following resolu
tion, with a preamble setting forth that our
free schools are the foundation of our free
institutions, etc:
Bewlved, By tbe General Aaemblr of the State
ef Obio, that we, the repreasntaUvsaof the people of
Onto, favor purely secular education at the expense
of the tax-pavers, without a division of any p .rtiou
of the school funds among any other sect or aecla,
we further declare that we wid support and main
tain the admirable provision of our S.ate Constitu
tion on this subject.
Mr. McLain moved to refer the resolution
to the Committee on Common Shools. Dis
agreed to. Yeas thirty-three, nays sixty.
The resolution was adopted by a unanimous
vote. Yeas one hundred and four.
It seems to us that sort of a resolution,
passed with such nndebatable unanimity,
might set a vexed question at rest
Tbe debating qualities of the House were
tested the other day on the introduction of
the Paitial Appropriation Bill, which occu
pied about the whole of one day. The de
bate proved that Buckeye legislators have
pluck, stamina, intelligence, culture, and
the logical and oratorical faculty well de
veloped. The bill passed by seventy-two to
thirty, and allows thirty-three thousand dol
lars for the use of the Centennial Commis
sioners. The Directors of tbe Hocking Valley Rail
road have declared a semi-annual dividend
of four per cent The gross earnings of the
road for the year were $900,000. Over
$130,000 were expended the past year in re
laying the track with steel rails, aud the
work eontinnes, with perhaps a similar out
lay the coming year. Fknixore.
Sixty-Second General Assembly.
January 11. Senate A report was re
ceived from the Centennial Commissioners,
and one thousand copies ordered printed.
Mr. Monahan's bill to exclude Jackson
county from the provisions of the act defin
ing tbe jurisdiction of Probate Courts in
minor criminal cases, in certain counties,
was taken up, and after some discussion, was
passed. Bills introduced : To repeal that sec
tion in tbe law of 1874 which divides wards
in cities into election precincts : forbidding
any one connected with a bank from the
appointment of notary public ; imposing a
hne ot nity dollars lor taKing tne name oi
God in vain. The Codifying Commission
submitted a report of progress, which was
ordered printed. Mr. Schenck introduced a
bill to establish a State Board of Health.
Houte A communication was received from
the Common Council of Cincinnati, asking
an amendment of the Worthiogton law, and
the repeal of the act of 1870, as amended
April 20, 1874, dividing the wards into elec
tion precincts. A communication was re
ceived from the Ohio Centennial Commis
sioners, showing the progress of the work
done bv them. It eontains a request for an
appropriation of $25,000 for the use of tbe
commission, and $8,000 to have Ohio educa
tional matters properly represented at the
Centennial. Mr. Wiltaee's bill, to allow the
incorporation of Hartwell, if the citizens so
desire, and Mr. Skaats'bili dividing the city
of Cincinnati into street cleaning districts,
were read a second time. Messrs. Cleaver
and Sheble were appointed additional mem
bers of the Centennial Committee. Bills
introduced: To provide a registration for
cities of the first class; to amend the elec
tion law so as to prohibit the use of money
in any nay, or the promising of any office bya
candidate or any other person in order to
procure votes ; to provide for a system of
oompulsory education ; to make the fee bill
of last session applicable to all connty offi
cers ; to amend the turnpike law so as to au
thorize the levy of a tax for free turnpikes
I rsugieunb.
without the restriction now existing relative
to the position of State and county roads;
to allow Commoa Pleas judges to appoint
two bailiffs instead of one ; to provide for
the payment of commissioners appointed to
examine into the Auditor's and Treasurer's
report of Hamilton county, in 1874, snd to
provide for similar examination hereafter
throughout the State. Tbe Centennial Com
mittee submitted a request asking for an ap
propriation of $33,000 for Centennial pur
poses. Mr. 8tone offered a resolution
requesting the Committee on Retrenchment
to inquire into the expediency of abolishiog
tbe office of State Controller. Mr. BaU
offered a resolution declaring in favor of
non-sectarian public education, and in sup
port of provisions of the Slate Constitution
on that subject Unanimously adopted.
JANUARY 12. Senate Bills introduced:
Extending tbe time for commencing action
to revive judgments from fifteen years to
twenty-one years; providing that incorpo
rated mining or manufacturing companies
which have not declared dividends for three
years may be compelled, upon application
of any stockholder to the courts, to throw
open its books for his examination ; to allow
County Treasurers to employ treasury watch
men. The Senate bill was passed authoriz
ing the Trustees of Springer Music Hall
to arrange with the municipal authorities
of Cincinnati for the erection of said halL
Houte The day was spent in discussing
the proposition to refer the partial appropri
ation bill to a special committee to strike
out tbe appropriation of $22,000 for the pay
ment of claims for publishing the constitu
tional debates, and $33,000 for Centennial
purposes. Mr. Barret, of Green, moved to
make the Centennial appropriation for the
use of the Obio Commissioners $18,000, and
for representing educational affairs, $3,000.
After considerable discussion, and the rejec
tion of Mr. Barrett's amendment, the House
agreed to the $33,000 appropriation, of which
$8,000 is for the exhibition of educational
interests. The motion to strike out the $22,-
000 to pay for the advertisement of the Con
stitutional amendmendment was carried, and
the bill so passed.
January 13. Senate Mr. Baker's House
bill to change the time of holding (he first
term of Court in Allen county was passed.
Bills introduced: Forbidding the Platting
Commission of Cincinnati from condemning
property for new streets not immediately to
be used ; to abolish the office of State Gas In
spector; to abolish the present City Board of
Poor Overseers in Cincinnati ; to dispense
with the use of seals in legal instruments ;
providing that when any part of township j
snau ne whuiu me corporate limits or a
first or second-class city it shall be unlawful
for any elector of said city to vote for town
ship omeers, ana also to levy a township tax
upon the said electors; to issue aa ad
ditional six millions in bonds to aid
iu building the Southern Railroad. .......
Houte Petitions were presented for the
amendment of the fee law, and for the
abolition of capital punishment Mr.
Fehrenbach presented a resolution, which
was received, instructing the Committee on
the Penitentiary to inquire into the feasi
bility of abolishing tbe present system of
letting convicts labor at tbe Ohio Peniten
tiary. A large number of bills passed the
second reading. Mr. O.J. Hodge was elected
temporary Speaker in the absence of Mr.
Grosvenor.
Governer Hayes' Inaugural.
Fellow Cititent tf the General Attembly:
Questions of National concern, in the ex
isting condition of public affairs, may well
be left to those officers whom the people, in
conformity with the Constitution of the
United States, have confided the important
duties and responsibilities of the various
departments of the General Government
During the term for which yon have been
elected, the Constitution of th State de
volves on yon the task of dealing out
many subjects very interesting to the people
of Ohio. The duty of communicating to
yon the condition of the State, and recom
mending measures deemed expedient, was
performed at the opening of jour present
session by the distinguished citizen who has
preceded me in the executive office. In com
plying with the usage which requires me to
appear before you oa this occasion, I am,
therefore, relieved from the necessity of
entering upon any extensive examination of
the subjects which will claim your attention.
There are, however, a few topics on which
brief suggestions may, perhaps, be profitably
submitted.
Tbe attention of the Legislature has often
been earnestly invoked to the rapid increase
of municipal and other local expenditures,
and the consequent augmentation of local
taxation and local indebtedness. This in
crease is found mainly in the eities and
large towns. It is certainly a great evil.
How to govern cities well, consistently with
the principles and methods of popular gov
er noent, is one of the most important and
difficult -problems of our time. Profligate
expenditure is the fruitful cause oi munici
pal misgovernment If a means can be
found which will keep municipal expenses
from largely exceeding the public necessi
ties, its adoption will go far toward securing
honesty and efficiency in city affairs. In
cities large debts and bad government go
together. Cities which have the liehtest
taxes and smallest debts are apt, also, to
have the purest and most satisfactory gov
ernments.
The following statement, showing the in-
crease of municipal taxation aud indebted
ness in the cities and large towns of Ohio,
onght to arrest attention.
In 1871, in thirty-one of the principal
cities and towns of the State, the avarage
rate of taxation was twenty-three and one
tenth mills on tbe dollar. The total amount
of taxes levied for all purposes was $8,988,-
064. The total indebtedness was $7,17,U2.
In 1875. in the same cities and towns, the
average rate of taxation was twenty-eight
and three-tenths mills on tbe dollar, the
total amount of taxes levied for all purposes
was $12,361,934. Tbe total indebtedness was
$20,X00,491.
The salient points in this statement are,
that in four years the rate of municipal tax
ation has increased almost twenty-five per
cent; the total amount of municipal taxes
has increased over thirty-seven per cent.,
and municipal indebtedness has increased
about one hundred and ninety per cent; or
more than thirteen and a halt millions oi
dollars. If this great increase of burdens
affected directly the whole people of the
State, they would give their agents in the
legislative and executive department of the
State Government no peace until effective
measures to prevent its continuance were
adopted. But in fact, the whole people of
the State are deeply interested in this sub
ject The burdens" borne by the cities and
towns must be shared, in part at least by all
who transact business with them. The towns
and the neighboring country have a common
interest and, in many respects, must be re
garded as one cammnnity.
It has been said that tbe discretion com
mitted to the local authorities, however
limited and guarded, must be necessarily
large; that in respect to the imposition of
the largest proportion of the burden imposed
npon the citizen, they constitute the real
legislature ; and that for the prevention of
the evils we are considering, the people
must exercise the greatest care in the choice
of citizens to fill the important local offices.
Experiencedoes not seem to justify the ex
pectation that an adequate remedy can be
obtained in this way.
I submit that to the subject of local in
debtedness, the General Assembly should
apply the principles of the State Constitu
tion on the subject of State indebtedness.
It is not enough to require in every grant
of special authority to incnr debt, as a con
dition precedent that the people interested
shall approve it by their votes. It is well
known how easy such elections are earried,
nnder the influence of local excitement and
local rivalries. If the rule of the State Con
stitution which forbids all debts except in
certain specified emergencies, is deemed too
stringent to be applied to local affairs, the
Legislature should at least accompany every
authority to contract debt with an impera
tive requirement that a tax sufficient to pay
off the indebtedness within a brief period
shall be immediately levied, and thus compel
every citizen who votes to increase debts to
vote at the same time for an immediate in
crease of taxes sufficient to discharge them.
Tbe wisdom of the policy long since
adopted of placing a judicious limitation on
the power of the municipal authorities to
levy taxes, has been vindicated by experi
ence. It must however, ultimately fail to
accomplish its object if the increase of mu
nicipal indebtedness is allowed to go on.
To authorize a towa to contract a debt, whose
expenditures already require taxation np to
the limit allowed by law, Is in its necessary
enect tantamount to a repeal ot the limita
tion. Under the provisions of the eighth article
of the Constitution, already referred to, the
State debt notwithstanding tbe extraordi
nary expenditures of war, has been reduced
from over twenty millions, the amount due
in 1851, nntil it is now only about seven
millions. An important part of the Consti
tutional provisions which have been so suc
cessful in State finances is the section which
requires the creation of a sinking fund, and
the annual payment of a constantly increas
ing sum on the principal of the State debt
Let a requirement analogous to this be
enacted in regard to existing local indebt
edness; let a judicious limitation of tbe rate
of taxation which local authorities may levy
be strictly adhered to; and allow no further
indebtedness to be authorized except in con
formity with these principles, and we may,
I believe, confidently expect that within a
few years the burdens of debt now resting
upon the cities and towns of the State will
disappear, and that other wholesome and
much needed reforms in the whole adminis
tration of our municipal government will of
necefBity follow the adoption of what may
be called the cash system in local affairs.
Among the most" interesting duties yon
will have to perform are those which relate
to the guardianship and care of the un
fortunate classes of society, and to the
rnnishmeut and reformation of criminals.
Arcord ng to the latest official reports, the
Qtate is responsible for the support and care
of about fifteen thousand of her dependent
citizens. The State is also bound to see that
many thousanda more, who are imprisoned
for longer or shorter periods, on account of
crime, bave just and wise treatment There
is annually expended in the performance of
these duties a sum exceeding two and a half
millions of dollars. The people of Ohio
feel a profound interest in what are known
as the benevolent reformatory, and penal
institutions of tbe State.
In order that the General Assembly might,
from time to time, receive full and accurate
information aa to the efficiency of the man
agement of these institutions, and ef the
county and city jails, infirmaries, and work
houses, it was enacted in 1867 that a Board
of State Charities be established. It was in
tended that this board should be composed
of citizens of intelligence and benevolence,
who would serve without compensation.
They were " to investigate the system of the
public charitable and correctional institu
tions of the State, and to make such recom
mendations as they might deem necessary."
They were also required to make annually
a full and complete report of their doings
to the Legislature. In pursuance of this
law, a board was organized, which, at
trifling expense to the State, did much
valuable work. By reason of their investi
gations and reports, important improvements
were introduced into the infirmaries and
jails of the State, and the general efficiency
of our penal and reformatory system was
increased. In 1872 tbe General Assembly,
without due consideration, it is believed, re
pealed the act creating the Board. I re
speerf nlly recommend that the Board of Stat
Charities be re-established.
It is believed that an investigation in the
interest of economy will discover that sev
eral offices, somewhat expensive to the State,
may, without detriment to the pnblie ser
vice, be either abolished or so consolidated
as to accomplish a material saving to the
Treasury.
Agreeing generally with the sentiments
of Governor Allen's recent message, I de
sire especially to concur in what is said on
the subject oi the National Centennial Cele
bration. No community in the world has been per
mitted by Providence to enjoy more largely
the blessings conferred en mankind by the
great ovent of 1776 than the people of Ohio.
Ohio and her interests had no existence a
hundred years ago. Tbey are tbe growth of
less than a century. The people naturally
wish that their State, and her history, and
her advantages, should be widely known.
No other such opportunity for their exhibi
tion will probably occur for several genera
tions. Let your session be short; avoid all
schemes requ.ring excessive expenditure,
whether State or local, aud your constitu
ents will cheerfully approve the appropria
tion required to seenre to Ohio a fitting rep
resentation in tbe approaching celebration
of the nation's birth.
Portage county, Ohio, has an agricultural
society which, strange to relate, has bought
itsajrrounds, put up large buildings, has well
attended fairs, excludes all side shows, gam
bling, and horse races, and is not only ont
of debt but making money. One great secret
of its success- is its practice of bringing the
farmers together for frequent council over
agricultural interests.
During a drunken brawl at Kramer's sa
loon, at Upper Sandusky, J. Gotchell was
mortally stabbed by some party or parties
unknown. He was stabbed three times.
James McDargh, a brakeman on the A. &
G. W. R- R., fell from a moving train just
after it bad passed Urbana the other morn
ing, and had an arm and a leg broken, and
suffered injury to his back.
During the year 1875 the Metropolitan
police force of Dayton made 3,410 arrests.
Of these over 3,000 were cases with whisky
in them.
A handsome young lady, whose mirth ful
ness in a car on a Cincinnati train attracted
the attention of friends and elicited remark,
stated by way of apology that she was on
her way to attend the funeral of an aunt
whom she dearly loved, and if she didn't
laugh why she'd have to cry ! ,
C. A. Williamson, proprietor of the Cale
donia Stair Works, at Bel more, borrowed on
the 22d of December, $20,000 cash, from the
Lima banks, and has gone to Canada. The
farmers of Belmore, to whom Williamson
was owing much money, made a raid oa the
Stair Works, aud a store ia which William
son was partner, and dismantled both. Wil
liamson's liabilities are put at $100,000. The
Bank of Lima holds $20,000 of his paper,
and Menonville citizens $30,000. William
son has been hitherto considered, socially
as well as commercially, gilt-edged.
Political Items.
The Boston Journal dryly remarks
that tbe Democratic proposition to re
duce tbe President' salary looks aa if
that party had lost all hope of the suc
cession. The article which appeared in tbe
Cincinnati Gazette stating that President
Grant would in no event consent to be a
candidate for re-election, was penned by
Mr. Smith, the editor, after a full and
free talk with the President.
Cassius M. Clay has nominated him
self for the Vice-Presidency. But
neither rarty displays any special
alacrity in attaching him as a locomotive
to its train. In fact, he ia rather looked
upon as a heavy baggage-car which it
would require a stout engine to puiL
Nearly all the officers, from top to
bottom, elected by the Ohio Legislature,
served in the Union army, and most of
them were wounded in the service. The
Legislature is Republican. In the pop
ular branch of Congress, no Union sol.'
dier, or friend of Union toldiera, waa
elected while a great many of the for
mer were turned out to make room for
Confederate soldiers. Tho House is
largely Democratic. Comment is un
necessary. Senator McDonald of Indiana stands
firm by the theory that the Federal Gov
ernment has no powers such as it derived
from the several States. This is a very
good theory, and was a fact, ninety years
ago; but the present generation is in
clined to believe that, as a matter of fact,
the Federal Government never derived
any powers from the State of Indiana,
but that the State ot Indiana, on the con
trary, came into existence only through
the act of the Federal Government.
A correspondent sends the following
reminiscence: When Congressman Lamar
was returning home at the close of the
session of Congress in 1860, a newsboy on
the Memphis and Charleston Railroad
insisted that he siiould purchase a book
he repeatedly offered him. Annoyed by
his pertinacity and anxious to be rid of
him, Mr. Lamar said to him, with a wave
of his hand, u Oh, pshaw 1 don't bother
me so. I wrote the book." Quick as
thought the little fellow answered, "An!
now I know. That's what makes it so
darned hard to selL"
Tkt,- w ivbp fln-it Tt ia not sur
prising that the Confederates who run
the House of Representatives should
want to reduce the military force ot
the government since by such action
they would accomplish two desirable
end's: 1st, iu making a show of retrench
ment and economy for political effect ;
and, 2J, in reducing the means of the
government for protecting the loyal peo-
, . . i . . .1 r . .; ,w.n nn
pie OI tne OOUUl irum iskhbiiiuv
terrorism. But no Buch scheme will suc
ceed. Until the White League and other
such rebel organizations are diBbanded
amirinPA W 1 V P tl ftf TieaCA and
uu niuo - e I
order on tbe part of the ex-rebels, tbe
police force 01 tne government can v
be weakened,
s-r Tj-ir-w filnhe-Dmoemt: Having
stood heroically by the public crib as
long as the Republicans would keep him
in office, Cassius M. Clay now proposes
to renew his devotion to the country by
bt coming a candidate for the V.ce-Presi-dency.
The office-seeking of Cassius is
no new thing to the country. His hunt
for official plunder has been so pers.stent
that, like Cas-ius the conspirator, he has
come to bave "a lean and hungry look,"
and his attenuated nose is always pointed
in the direction of some fat office. We
very much fear that even the Democracy
has come to look upon him as one inspired
more by greed than love of either party
or principle.
He was tbe proprietor of a restaurant
and a promi nent member of a fashionable
church. When the brethren passed
round to collect his subscriptions, he
fumbled in his pocket for his slip, drew
out a number of papers and dropped one
in the plate. The next day he was as
tonished to receive it back again, and
much more astonished upon opening it to
perceive that he had contributed, not ex
actly a subscription, but a paper bearing
the legend, " Good for twelve diinks."