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THE HBKALB.
fe'onalot llarfatf fcas given 910,000 If
ft o tfuioi I'acifits fikilroaij notapany ta.
Winter llorrm.
lidwat Jfafwel lijtton.ilie well known
Kngllbh author,. ifid. on (fat 18th iasC,
Aged sixty ocn.
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T(t -CreU Mobilicf iuvcBiitlioti I
jrmng, ftotno of oils oonurcunmen. Abe
HUef. ScofOi of (hen avo eoilci their
Old "Beans," Kannas Senator CuldweU,
Mho paid oul 60,000 or 870,000 for too
f ositioo, probably bo cipcllcd lor
czlnvaganeo.
A bill to furnith e25j00O,000 of addi
tional currency to tbe West and South
will aoon bo considered by tho congres
sional cowtnittco od banking and cur
tency. '
The board or inspectors of tho ptni
tentiary, it is aaid, will recommend the
pardon of thirty fivo convicts, thrco
fourths of whose terms have expired.
Senator Strotbcr has introduced in the
state senate a bill allowing juries trying
cases of murder in tho Grst degrco to fix
tho punishment at imprisonment for life
on conviction. Tho bill will pass the
senate it is thought.
An amendmont to tho constitution has
been referred to tho legislative committee
on judiciary, providing for an extension of
the governor's term of ofJBco, after the
next general election, to four years, and
confining him to one term.
Senator Gatcwood has introduced a bill
in tbe state senate amendatory of section
fifteen of tho present school law, requir
ing a two-thirds vote to continue a school
to exceed four months, instead of a
majority as now provided. It vas re
t'erred to thecommitteo on education.
A bill was introduced in the lower
branch of tho gnnorat assembly to give
road overseers two dollars per day for
summoning and superintending hands,
provided thut "if he summon less than
five hands on any one day ho shall re
ceive only ono dollar (or such days,"
Tho stato senato has referred to the
judiciary coromittco a bill providing that
in rendition of judgment and all business
transactions whero tho rato of interest is
not agreed upon by expressed Btipula
tions, that not more than G per cent, per
annum can be charged special contracts,
however, can be agreed upoa.
Mr. Peers of Warren introduced a bill
in tho lower houso of the general asscm
bly providing that individuals desiring to
open dram shops shall get a majority of
two-thirds of tho inhabitants living
within one mile of where tho dram shop
is to bo kept instead of tho majority as at
present, llcferred to judiciary com
mitteo.
It is estimated by tho St. Louis Times
that the act of tho Twcuty-sixth goncral
assembly, providing for the payment of
certain bonds in currency instead of coin,
has resulted in a loss to the state, by
depreciation in tho valuo of our bonds,
of $107,708; and probablo loss of S527,
708. Would it not be well for the pres
ent legislature to restoro our credit by
repealing that untimely piece of legisla
tion ?
Tho lower house of the legislature has
Toted to supply tho members with only
two daily papers instead of three, as
htrotoforo. The Times' correspondent
thinks it doubtful that thcro is much re
trenchment and reform in this, as it is
denying tho members of tbo privilcgo of
knowiog the general news of the state.
If they are men who will profit by read
ing, they would buy their papers if not
furnished them, and wo bio no reason
why thoy should not, as other people do,
without making tbe stato pay !hem.
Col Lewis V. Bogy of St. Louis was
elcctod United States Senator by tbo log
isluturc last week. Wo aro glad to 8"o
that our representative, Col. Hull, stuck
to Blair liko a man throughout, casting
hia voto at every ballot in the caucus for
him. Blair certainly deserved the post
lion no man within tbe Democratic
ranks is moro deserving of tho honor,
and wo tnclino to tho belief that soino of
the tnsmbcfs from northeast Missouri
who voted for Bogy misrepresented their
constituents. Col. Bogy may mako
very good senator, but wo confess ho
was not our chcico.
Ex Treasurer Hays, in his report,
thinks that the action of tho Twenty
sixth general asioubly, in passing an act
directing the paymont of certain state
bonds in currenoy, the fuco of which
(stipulated that they should bo paid in
coin, has soriously impairodtho credit of
the stuto. No says tbo full cousequenco
must be realized shortly, when tho stato,
unable to dischurgo its obligations as thoy
become duo from current revenues, shall
again becomo a borrower ; it will then bo
Made manifest, unless, as is liopui), tho
policy bo reversed by tho present general
assombly, ai it is inuob moro economical
to rigidly adhere to and fulfil a contract
than to avoid it through technical plead-
of Ins case is now going on
sent baok homo till ho reforms,
evect tiitnself jnth, nd on investigation- ,j0wa y iUn Iieccul Polar SUrm.
Lrtfcimbo .
tat, Panr Speclftt (January 1) to th cnicago
' Tribune
L . I Tho remarkable poUr hurricane which
Tbe congressional post office cemmitteo J1ropt sotstliward over this stato on Tues
has authorized its chairman -to preparo a day last, has left behind it a iad record
bill to rcduco letter postago to two cents, of casualties, but from information now
d acquire payments on all printed I "eh,n tboi,i the number of deatha
. , , i.. will not sustoin the early estimates, lne
matter except weekly papers circulating
in the counties whero they are (rintod.
A i it wai commenced in the United
States court on tho 15th by II. O. Qarrin
gainit Doutwoll, secretary of the Treas
ury, to rccovor 81,000,000, alleged to be
duo the plaintiff for certain plans fur
nished tho secretary for tho purpose of
enabling him to cqnalizo the price of gold
and paper currency. Ualviu placea an
unusually high prico upon his "plana."
After the election of Col. Bogy, it was
asserted on the streets in Jefferson that
bribery had been resorted to in order to
effect his election, and Mr. Newman of
Randolph thought it necessary to intro
duce a resolution asking for the appoint
ment of a committco to investigate tho
charges. The movo was premature, not
to say useless, and after some littlo fun
and parleying was passed by an unani
mous voto.
The committee on postofficcs at Wash
ington has decided that tho postmaster
general's construction of tho postal law
was an improper ono. 1 bo committee
havo concluded that when one full rate
of postago has been prepaid as required
by law, on mail matter, Buch mail matter
hall ho forwarded to its destination
charged, with the prepaid rato to bo
collected on delivery, and that no double
rate of postage shall bo collected where
such partial pre-paymcnt has been made.
Those congressmen who invested in
Credit Mobilier stock, cither with their
votes or their money, bavo received large
dividends on their shares. It now turns
out that these dividends wero nothing
moro nor less than the funds of the Pa
cific railroad company, which should
havo been used in tho payment of the
interest duo tho Uuitcd States on its
guarantee deeds. 'Tis thus our con
grcssmcn havo helped to swiudlo the
pooplo.
Mr. McDonald has introduced in the
lower branch of tho legislature a bill to
amend tho rcvenuo law so that whero the
asucsBor shall list the same piece of land
twico in one year, ho shall for each of
fence forfeit ono dollar. Tho second
provision provides lhat whero the collec
tor returns land onco paid for us delin
quent, he shall forfeit fivo dollars for caoh
and every offenco.
It is stated that a new horse disease of
dangerous character, is prevalent in
New York. The surgeons pronounco it
to bo spinal meningctis, and it is believed
to bo an outgrowth of tho distemper re
cently prevalent, caused by working the
horses before they had fully recovered.
Thcro havo boen several fatal emu al
ready.
What (hp Credit Mobilier" Is.
The affidavit of Thomas C. Durant,
one of tho original members and orcan
izcrs of the Credit Mobilier combination,
gives a lair idea of its charao'er and in
tentions, a subject concerning which
many readers are no doubt imperfectly
intormcu. Mr. iiurant says: "When
the Union Pacific road was under con
struction a 'ring' was formed inside tbe
direction, embracing, as such a combi
uaticu always docs, tho shrewdest, most
active, aud least scrupulous of tho board,
for tho purpose of making large fortunos
for its members in an illegitimate man
ner, at tbo cost of the road and of the
unsuspecting stockholders. As usual,
tho object was to bo achieved by means
of constructing contracts. Through tbe
votes of the 'ring' tho work was to bo
awarded in a lump to some dummy con
tractor, at a prico double or more than
doublo the cost, with a fair profit added ;
for, as a great many capacious appetites
had to bo satisfied, an amplo margin was
necessary. Tho contraotor was then to
mako over tho contract to the 'ring' di
rectors, in the capacity of stockholders
of the Credit Mobilior, tbo prctenso boinc
that tho Credit Mobilier bad the means
to push tho work vigorously forward,
and would bo better able to do so than
any single individual. In pursuanco of
this conspiracy for it was nothing else
the contract for the construction of a
largo portion of tho road at fifty thou
sand dollars a mile was awarded and duly
assigned to tho 'ring' a prico which,
according to Dr. Durants's statement,
was more than doublo (bo legitimate cost
of tho work. This, however, was not
enough. By tbo votes of tho conspira
tors many wiles of tbo road which had
already been constructed and accepted by
tho United slates government as com
plete, and which had nearly all been paid
for by tho Union Pacifio company, were
included in tho contrast at fifty thousand
dollars a mile, and thus an enormous
amount of money was taken bodily, as it
were, out of tho pockets of tho stock
holders, without a shadow of justification,
and transferred to tho greedy grasp of tho
rlrig. The shares of tho Credit Mobilier
were thus made at once worth from eight
to ten times their fuco valuo that is to
say, a single, thousand -dollar sluro was
worth from eight to ton thousand dollars
id cash."
history of tho first appearance of (he
latnentablo consequences may oo unmy
stated as follows : Tuesday was a mild
damp day, and those having occasion to
leave (heir homos had little reason to an
ticipate tho fiarce gust which set in dur
ing tho afternoon, and, in many instances,
no adequate provisions had been mado
for such an unexpected situation. Tho
weather continued mild until about 4
o'clock in tho afternoon, tho hour when
its approach wag observed by tho resi
dents in the frontier settlements, in sud
denly increasing cloudiness and a heavy
roaring sound in the distance For a
few momenta tho earth was swept by a
tremendous wind, and tbo temperature
fell with wonderful rapidity. Pcoplo
living in tho sparsely populated sections
of the slate were taken entirely by sur
prise. Many were at a long distance
from home and without sufficient cloth
ing. It is not surprising, under tho cir
cumstances, that so many foil victims in
its path, each a struggling, ice-bound
laocoon. Tho storm continued with only
temporary lulls until Thursday morning
when it gradually abated its fury. Tho
velocity of tho storm is reported betwoon
New Ulm and St. Peter, travelling from
point to point in thirty minutes, a dis
tanco of twenty-eight miles. Had tho
cold been great, the number of deaths
would havo been foarfully increased ; but
while it wss at its heiuht, tho mercury
stood from fivo to eight degrees abovo
zero. It is entirely without precedent
in the history of tho state, and only finds
a parallel in a polar storm which swept
over tho stato of Illinois in 183G, de
stroying many lives, and leaving an im
perishable record in tho minds of those
who experienced its fury and terrific
power.
It is impossible to mako an accurate
cstimiato of the number who havo been
frozen to death or seriously maimed on
tho lino of tho St. Paul and Sioux City
road. The number is variously estimated
at from seventeen to thirty four, with the
probabilities in favor of the number first
given. The authenticated deaths thus
far do not reach seventeen. In that sec
tion of the stato, many reported lost havo
returned home safely. Oo tho line of the
St. Paul and Pacific the number of deaths
will not vary greatly from tho estimate
for tho region traversed by tho Sioux
City road, that country also being thinly
settled, and owing to the difficulty in the
way of obtaining roliablo information tho
estimates aro larger than tho facts will
warrant. But tho real fatality is suQi
eiently depressing, notwithstanding tho
more hopclul news brought here to-night.
rew names accompany tbo reported losses
of lil'o. A larco number of cattle and
horses must also be included in tho stato
rocntof tho destruction which has char
actcriz".! this storm.
Our New Sotutor.
After ho wes declared formally olecUd
United States Senator, Col. Bogy was es
corted to tbo chair sod made bis acfcnottN
edgenaent as folloes :
Senators and Ilepresepttttivcjfc
I appear beforo you to return to you
my most profound thenks for the distin
guished honor you have conforrcd upon
tno. Permit mo to say at tho outset that
within- its borders, regardless, of party,
(cheers) and whethor a man bo a Repub
lican or a Radical, 1 will attend to any
business oonfidod tnM by any individual;
of ojr pty
Qontlcmon, I rotarn to you- my most
profound thank for the great honor
which, in your boundless generosity you
have conferred upon mo. Cheers.
A Plot lo Durn St, Louis.
.From tbo St. Louis Times.
For sometimo past tbe polico officials
havo been on tho alert for incendiaries and
thieves who wero privately reportod to
be making St. Louis a rendezvous for a
bold stroke. Thoso who havo had occa
sion to notico tho Police court docket for
several weeks cannot but havo noticed the
unusually largo number of suspicious
characters who have been brought before
tho terrible judgo, and sent out of tho
city forthwith under penalty of six
months in tho work house. Somo of
these parties, well known to tho dcteo
lives as desperadoes and professional
thieves, have, in passing through the
hands of tho officers, let drop certain hints
and threats of an impending evil to tho
city in the form of a conflagration. Al
though these threats were not relied upon
to any great extent, yet tho forco have
been vigilant' and watchful to delect any
concortcd movement.
About a week ago tho chief of polico
received tho following letters, which
seem to throw moro light on tho plots.
The dates on tbe cvelopcs are corrcot,
and tbo wholo appearance of tho Jotters
indicate that they aro genuine and not
intended for a hoax :
Jackson, Mich., January G, 1873.
To tho Chief of Polico of St. Louis Mis
souri :
Deak Sir: Enclosed is a lotter 1
received a day or two since from a man
now in your city. If it is of any uso to
you, use it as you like. Tbe plan alluded
to is to burn tho city sometimo this
winter. Tboro aro soveral of them con
cerned in tho affair. This man's noma is
Cbarlos Nelson, but ho has besidos that
several other names for different occa
sions. Yours respectfully,
IloiiACR L. Jones,
Box 103, Jaokson, Mich.
Tho letter rcferrod to abovo is, with
certain changes in ita orthography, as
follows :
St. Louis, December 31, 1872.
FniEND J s: I writo you a few
lines to lot you know that wo are all
ready hero for business, tbe first good
night. Tell the boys to come down right
away. Bill is in Cincinnati. Co mo as
soon as next week, if you can, for you
know much deponds on our boing ready
for tho first cold windy night. We have
got thirteen "cribs" all right. Keep
cool, and wo will mako our pile, Thcro
is no risk to run. Don't writo to mo,
but como or send some of the boys at
once. Charlie.
Stops havo already been taken to guard
against tho plot referred to in theso
letter.
James 8. Queen. We trust that the
I feel that I am unworthy of the Jiigh bill now introduced in tho Senate, making
nnmi nn. Nevertheless i leci too con- an opnropriauon oi ecouu lor tno -erco
sciousncss that I eliall bavo tbo strength tlon of a monument to tho lato Senator
and ability lo disoharge all the duties de Urecs, will go through without opposi-
volving on mo. II I know mysolt, iiuon. a no state or Missouro has ex
shall be faithful to any stare and to all pended but little in commemoratiro
it inirronii. to mv oartv and to the en- honor of her ercat men and is not likelv
tiro pcoplo of this state. (Cheers.) to do so hearaftcr ; but among al her
A soat in the oenaio or me uuueu oiaies uiuiui-ui, citizens nonets oeucr entitica to
is tho most prominent position which the this Bpccial mark of respcel than James
stato can confer upon any of its citizens. 8. Green. For over twenty years he
I feci tho weight ol tbo burthen, it 1 was Honorably identified with the politi
may use the expression, which is placed leal history cf tho stato, and from tho
bv vou upon my shoulders : I assume time he sat in tho constitutional conven
tho discharge of tho high responsibilities tion of 1845 until he terminated bis pub
and duties which will necessarily devolvo lio life with the Thirty-fifth Congress,
upon mo in tho councils of tbo nation his carcor was busy and a brilliant ono.
with crcat humility, and, although I may In all placos of trust he wns upright and
fail now and then to meet the expectations enicicnt, and by tbo splendor of his tat
of my frionds, I hopo that I shall always cnts and tho rectitudo of his character,
be treated with indulgence provided my mado an enduring impress upon tho age
friends believo I havo discharged my du- in which ho lived. It is due, indeed, to
ties with integrity. Gentlemen, theto tho memory of such a man that tho many
aro thoso. great and prominent objects virtues which ho exemplified should be
which now strike the eye of tbe obscrv- wrought into marble by his adopted state.
ng men of tins nation. Uwing to the St. .Louis limes.
lato war our system of government has
been shaken to its foundation ; it is yet
tottering, and it will bo tho work of time
and statesmanship to reset it upon the
firm basis upon which it originally
rcsiod.
There aro states of this Union that are
yet crushed in all'thcir material interests,
and deprived of the rights of eovcrign
states. Thoso states must bo restored to
their proper position in tho great control
lation that forms tho American Union.
They aro tho great columns of tho corin
thian order, which bold up this great
tomple now extending from ocean to
ocean, ana reacbing up to tbe clouds
Destroy, impair, or shake any ono of
theso groat columns and the temple itself
must feel it. borne ot these columns
havo been somewhat shaken and
they must bo restored, and unless thev
aro restorod, our systom of government,
at whoso foundations wero laid the wis
dom and statesmanship by the great men
who framed it, will have undergono an
entiro chango I shall co operalo with
all my zeal andjfccblo ability in all meas
ures calculated to restore the states to
their rights, both in their material and
political order.
Another retnarkablo fact which strikes
tho mind of tho observing man is tbe
legislation of tho country on tho finan
cial question, as I had tbo pleasure of
remarking tbo otber evening in this ball.
Although agriculture and manufacture
are in a stnte of apparent prospcrty, with
unusual health and largo export trade, yot
the Western states aro becoming poorer
day by day. This growR out of a system
ot legislation calculated to make us
work'ers, and the Eastern men tho rea
pers. We nro the producers, while they
aro the speculators at our oxpensc. That
system can bo changed and I think
speedily. 1 will consider it ono of mv
duties te tho people of tho stato and to
the entiro West, to work to bring about
a change of legislation on this subject as
soon as possible
Whilo upon this point I will take oo
casion to remark that I havo been misun
dcrstood on the question of tho tariff. I
am not a tree trades man ; 1 am for the
old Democratic doctrino, a tariff for rcvo
nuo sufficient to pay tho intorcst (cheers
and applause). I repeat, a tariff sufficient
to pay the interest upon tho public debt,
and to carry on tho government with
economy
Now, gentlemen, on on occasion liko
this, it would be improper for mo to ox
tend my remarks at much length. Theso
are the great measures beforo tho country,
tbe restoration ol the boutbern estates to
their just rights in tho confederation, the
doing away with a vicious system of
legislation now oppressing tho West, and
with a taritt which makes a few manu
facturcrs woalthr at the cxponsa of tho
great producing class of one section.
Having said this I might well stop, but
I hope it will not be deemed improper if
1 say something personal ot myself. I
am no carpet bagger, but a nativo of this
state, and a descendant of tho earliest
families that settled in this vast wilder
noss of the new world as early as 1585,
thon a colony of the kingdom of France.
from tbe timo ot their first settlement
on this continent, they woro pioneers
matching in the van of civilization, and
carrying it to tbo very center ef tno con
tincnt. I am proud to bo a descendant
of bo manly and brave a raco of people.
Many of them spent tbo greater part of
their lives with tbo Indians of tbo for
est, and about a hundred years ago, my own
grandfather was a trader among tho wild
Comanches of the plains, and bad bis
small stock: of dry goods at what is now
known as Bogy depet, in tbe Choctaw na
tion of Indians hence tbe name of tho
place. These early pioneers wero at one
time inhabitants of tho old town of Kas-
kaskia, iu Illinois, fully fifty years before
tho American revolution, and lone before
the birth of George Wushincton -. and
it affords me pleasuro on an occasion liko
this to state a most singular and aerco
ablo coincidence. Tho gentleman on mv
right (Lieutenant Governor Johnson")
who presides with so muck dignity over
tins body, is also a descendant of ances
tors who resided in tbo same old town at
a very early period. Tho stato of Illi
nois at that day was of littlo imoortanco
It has grown to bo ono of tho cmpiro
states of tho West, and the descendant
of that family of early settlers now oo
cupics the second highest cxecutivo office
in our own great stato.
Now, gentlemen, in conclusion permit
me to say, although elected by tho Demo
cratio party, to which I plcdgo myself to
do laituiut in tno uischargo ot my duties
of a political character, nevertheless I
intend to be tho Senator of tbo entire
state, and to represent every individual
duck was boing dressed oh th6 r..
Mr. J. White, "Un mlleSTbl
city, on the Boonsllck road, sota, ft
parttclea in tho fowls giizard . $
ecrvod, which, upon eloso exan,in.,i.
specks were taken from her dockiM
which can bo seen by the curious. 7,'
White behoves that gold exist. ,J '
neighborhood of l.i pface else C!
came the metal in the duck's Biitlti
and wo understabd ho will soot institnu
a thorough investigation. St. CharU.
CnEDir Mommer. -Tho Timds' Waih.
ington special says : It ii apprehended
that ihe present feeliij of the Houso ol
tho Credit Mobilier matter ia impelling
them to legislating, which, if it puiei
tho Senate, will bo of doubtful peounisrj'
value to Iho United Slates, while iU
members;who have dabbled in tho 'Credit
Mob Her Btock and pncke'od its di idends
with one or two exceptions be allowed 'e
go scot freo. Tho danger is great that
nearly all theso fellows will got off, and
that if tho present step of damaging com
pensation for servioo be adopted, that the
Union Pacifio will be thrown into thi"
hands of the holders of the first mortg
a:o bonds and tho entire interest of the
United States be sacrificed.
THE DRUG AND MEDICINE BUSINESS,
1875 (A NEW FIRM. 1$7
WOOLFOLK&Go.
(Successors to ill. S. Ballingcr.)
HAVING Purchased the; Interest of 11. H. IJalllngcr In the Drug aud Medicine
IluslucNs, we tvould call the attention of the trado to OUlt COMPLETU
STOCK Ol'
DRUGS .Wn JflEMCIjVIlS,
PAINTS, OILS AND DYESTUFFS,
SOAPS JISTTD PERFUMERIES,
WINDOW GLASS,
:Mmrae7,3E:Twr3ac mcxsmeoviwxsse
BOOKS ST.lTIOJ9ERlf9
PLAI1 AND FANCY CANDIES, CIGARS, TOBACCO
&c9 &c, Sec.
Orders from Physicians Prouintlv Filled on llic most
Reasonable Terms,
Our Stock will le found full and well assorted at all times, and
customers may rely upon always netting good and fresh goods, at the
veryjowest prices. ,
Troy, Mo.. FeVy 15, 1872. WOOLFOLK & CO.
1
SAM'i T, EAST,
DEALER IN
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
SCHOOL BOOKS AND STATIONERY,
PICTURES & PICTURK FRAMES
Perfumery and Fancy Articles,
SOAPS, BRUSHES AND COMBS,
PIPES, CIGARS ATST3D TOBACCO,
RYE & BOURBON WHISKIES,
IMPORTED AND NATIVE WINES,
FOR MEDICAL USE.
And Evcrvtftinq Uusuallu Jcent in a First Class Drug Store.
Troy, Mo., May 18, 1872.
I
JOHN P. LYNOTT,
HARDWARE, STOVES
Tin, Copper
AND
Sheet-Iron
Wares,
1 V til
All Kinds
OP
Cutlery and
Took
A FINE LOT OF MOLINE ARB INDUSTRIAL PLOWS,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
AT FACTORY
RETAIL PRICES.
-winxriDo-w sash -A.isrr glass,
And Everything that may lie classed under the name of hardware,
STORE ON MAIN STREET, TROY, WO,
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