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States, which could be transferred as
wanted, and lent to the favored Banks
upoE occasion, it was all smooth sail
ing for the Executive, and fair weather
with its Pet Banks. These halcyon
days, however, could only last a GER
tain term; after which both the Presi-
dents advisers and his Pets must, if
they reasoned at all, have expected a
rough sea and rougher weather. They
who predicted it, whether the Admins
tration expected il or not, already see
unerring signs of the coming trouble.
Upon the case Of the Arkansas
Judge, whose agent was offered draft
upon Matches in payment Of his sala-
ry, we have already had occasion to
remark. A similar case occurred
here one day last week, in which the
draft OF a United States Judge, in one
Of the Southern States, for his salary,
was protested, because the Department
would only pay it by check on d
Bank Of Mobile. Cases ofthis descrip-
ton are of every day occurrence, and
will Of course multiply, in proportion
as the necessity ofthe Treasury TO use
the funds in it's distant deposite banks
increases. Never before now, the rea.
der will please understand, Except
during the severe pressure of the late
war; was the Treasury unable or un-
willing to pay, upon demand at Wash
lngton, any just claims upon it. For
the first time, it fobs off its Judges and
other creditors with checks on distant
banks, which they may get cashei how
ard when they can. What can any
man do here, in Washington, where he
comes or sends to get his money, with
Il check on "a bank in Matches or Mo-
bile! Will any one cash 1t for him? Can
no sell it! Why, he can hardly give it
away. For any practical present u
tlllty to him, he might as well be pos
sessed Of a ragged leaf torn out of last
years Almanac. Not, as the reader
will perceive, that the Banks are not in
good credit at home, but that their pa
per IN not current, and cannot be real
lzed at less expense and loss Of time
than by taking or sending their drafts
to their own doors for payment.
Heretofore, single line from the
Secretary OF the Treasury to the Bank
ofthe United States effected the trans.
fer Of millions of dollars wherever
wanted by the Government. In his
vlndictiye personal war against the
Bank, the President has wantonly
thrown away the advantages ofthis ia.
cllity, the want ofwhich is yet scarcely
begun to be felt. The individual cases
we have mentioned are but family H.
Illustrative ofthe genoralembarrassment
which the Treasury will have to en-.
counter. Suppose fifty or a hundred
thousand dollars to be wanted to pay
off national ship, either at home or
abroad: What will the Purser do with
a draft upon bank at Matches, or Mo.
bile, for his money? Is the ships crew
to remain unpaid until he can travel
eleven or twelve hundred miles over
land, and get fifty or hundred boxes
o.. dollars for his draft and when he
gets his ton or two Of silver, how he is
to transport ii to Norfolk, New York,
or Portsmouth, AND who is to pay the
cost OF this oporationl
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=, m BALTIMORE, July D.
Mr.. TANEY.-The city was yester.
day afternoon kept on the qui vive a
bout the approach of the ex-Secretary
OF the Treasury, who was to make his
entree IN state. Curiosity was on tip
toe to see the grand parade; and sure
enough about four o'clock something
resembling a tolerably large funeral
procession was discovered creeping
Gown Baltimore street. First appeared
the horse guard, amounting to two
hundred and twenty, and then the
great financier in a barouche (accom.
panied by the stereotyped chairman,
and two others) drawn by four gray
nags, who hung their heads as if asham-
ed OF their cupation-then followed
another barouche, two gigs, carriage
and milk cart. But, contrary to ex.
pectatIon, there were no hourishes of
trumpets, no hurrahs-all proceeded
IN mournful silence, as the angel of
death is said to go on his errands. No
wonder-the Secretary was tread
ing the streets of q city which his ex-
pertinent had Frustrated, and he no
doubt felt that a mournful reception
was appropriate to his deserts.
We think that Mr.. fancy must have
ielt humbled at the attempt 10 give
ecLdt TO his entrance into Baltimore.
1t was a miserable failure, notwith.
standing the urgent solicitations of the
jackson committee to have a general
attendance, and the extension of the
invitation to the adjoining counties.
We recommend to Mr.. fancy to re.
sumo his Coke and Blackstone, and
leave financiering to General Jackson
and the instructed representative from
Baltimore. By the by, the latter did
not make hls appearance in the caval.
cade. Perhaps he thought tro dia.
monds would be two dazzling for the
peoples sight. Chronicle.
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several persons have recently lost their lives
L 70 ~, fGrk from drinking freely of cold water
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One Of the Boston papers says that Mrs Ly
man, cleft Montr al in fright" We bell We
she Of tn, first that left her residence
when the cholera appeared in 1892. About the
same time Mr.. Thatcher left Montreal for Bur
lington, with a mind exceedingly agtatt d, and
h died at St. Johns, on his way out. Mrs. Ly
man was estimable lady, and her death will
be much regr tod.
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FROM THE SAME.

The effects upon the Financial Adj
mlnstration of the Government of the
Executive usurpation in removing the
Public Depesites, are only just begin.
ming to be felt. They will be felt more
sensibly every day, until, under their
operations, if the "Experiment" be
Persevered in, the wheels of the Gov.
ernment will certainly come to stand
still.
As long as the Treasury had money
Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-09-04
VANDAIIA:
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER q, 1884.

APoLoGY.-'Ne crave the indulgence Of
the patroDs of this paper for the IRREGULAR
~ with which il has lately made its appear
ance, and FOR the half sheet which we this
day present. Sickness, which has of late
broken in on the arrangements and bust
ness OF so many, has not spared US, but has
Frustrated the editor of this paper; but as
he is now convalescent we hope he viii
soon be well, and will make such arrange
ments as will ensure the regular appear
ance of the paper in its full size, with the
usual quantity Of editorial matter.
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usual practice Of visiting all the coun-
lies in the District in person, TO solicit
will leave the people TO form
and express their unbiased preferences
where they may be most deserving. II
my political principles, as above can
didly and unreservedly laid down, are in
accordance with thoss Of the indcpend-
ent voters Of the District, and they be-
lieve me qualified to perform the duties
of the honorable station 10 which as
pire, shall be proud of their confidence
and if they prefer to select another a,
gent avowing different principles, ] vii
submit without murmur, TO their judg
ment. Your fellow citizen,
ROBERT K. FLEMING.
BelleriUe, Augua 10. 1884.
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DEATH OF JUDGE JOHNSON.

We announce with sincere regret the
death Of the Honorable William john
son, one Of the Judges of the Supreme
Court. This melancholy event occur
led at Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon,
and was proxmately occasioned by Sc,
we're surgical operation; which he had
just undergone, under The hands OF Doc
tor Mott. Judge Johnson was in tn,
Gath year of his age. He arrived here
Il short time since with his family, for
the purpose of having the dangcrcn>
operation performed, which has termi
mated his life. a morning paper says
His visit hither was induced by dis.
ease of the jaw bone, for which it be-
came necessary to resort 10 the pr fes-
sional skill of Dr.. Mott, who yesterday
performed the painful operation requ r
ed with little hope, however, that the
patient would survive it. Ofthis opin
ion of the doctor, the Judge was previ'
ously informed. and Notwithstanding
the moment arrived that was to dccidt
his fate he was perfectly tranquil. Cou
-cious Of his resolution, he would not al
low himself 10 be hound in any way, and
nnderw ent in his chair without finching
the most excruciating torture. But the
body possessed not the strength Of the
mind, and shortly afterthe surgeon had
performed his part. The nervous system
sank under the sufferings he had under
gone."-N. Y. EU. Post.
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J s~s~A-SAAaN
AaN.
sTEANrRoAT ACCIDENT.

We learn that on Sunday evening last,
some distance above Cincinnati, the steam
boat Nimrod Wildfre, while under full way.
ran upon pile ofstones in the river, which
caused her connection pipe TO break, and
so badly scalded number of passengers,
that eight or ten died. A gentleman who
saw some of The sufferers on Monday morn
ing, represented them to be in state OF
pain and suffering, such as he had never
before witnessed.
From what we can learn, we believe tina!
The pilot Of the boat might easily be convlc-
ed of manslaughter. A captain or pilot
Of steamboat, unacquainted with the du'
les of their station, or the channel of the
river, ought, IN all cases, to be held respon'
sihle for the lives of their passengers
R;eine Sun Times.
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FROM SANTA MARTHA.

We have been permitted to copy the fol-
lowing extract Of a letter dated June 18th,
from gentleman in Santa Martha to a
friend in this ciiy.-8oston paper.
"You have doubtless heard of the awful
visitation which we experienced here on
he 24ih day of May This place has
never before in the memory of man been
visited by an earthquake sufficiently Sc
we're TO do any injury; but on that night
santa Martha was nearly destroyed in the
space of less than one minute. Half the
buildings were thrown down, and the other
half so much injured as to be uninhabita-
Die during the rainy season, which has jus,
set in.
"The shocks have continued at intervals
ever since, period of % DAYS, during
which time we have had SO or so shocks.
The city is almost abandoned, the inhahit
ants having fled TO the neighhorlng villages
and TO the woods. Thtse few who remain
live in tents, not daring to enter their hou
SEES, and are in a state OF great restitution
and misery. By IA wonderful interposit,op
Of providence, not lie was lost, THOUGH
many persons had the narrowest cscupos
from the falling hnuses.:'
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SALE, OF LAND.

W1E, Nathan Ellington, administrator !,
w and Jane Shaw. administrators of
the estate Of William Shaw, deceased, will
in compliance with decree of the Coles
circuit court, proceed to sell, on Saturday
the 4,h day of October next, between the
hours of 10 O'clock A. NJ and 5 O'Clock P
NJ su iect to the widows dover, it being
set apart for that purpose, to the highest
lidder, at public vendue. the following
tract .r parcel Of land of the estate of said
William Shaw, decea sed, TO wit:) the east
half OF the northwest quarter of section
No. IS, in township No. IL north, range
No. 9-east of the third principa: meridian
said lano to be sold upon the premises, and
upon credit If six months B md and APP
proved security will be required Of the pur.
chaser, and ii mortgage upon the purchased
premises.
N. ELLINGTON, Admir-.
JANE SHAW, Adm'r.
horIeston AuUuSt i1,h 1874
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MoRoCRAcY. Our country is in as fair
a way of becoming a mobocrdcy as Eng.
land or Ireland New York city is not the
only one in our land which can furnish the
been one at Philadelphia, one at Palmyra,
N. Y. in which the blacks were the assal-
ants, and one at CharIestown, Mass. Al
the latter place, the rioters, who were mask
ed, burned down the Ursuline Convent, the
Bishops Lodge, The Chapel, and some STA
bles The value of property destroyed is
estimated at between $4,000 and 100000
dollars. The cause of The riot is thus stat
ed in the Boston Weekly Messenger.
SIN one of the papers of Friday last, i,
was stated that great excitement prevailed
in Charlestown in consequence Of thu
mysterious disappearance of a young lad,
at the nunnery: and the following was Civ.
en- as an accurate account of the circum.
stances, as far MS the editor could ascer
tain them. That the young lady had bee
sent TO The nunnery TO complete her edu
cation, and became so pleased with lht
place and lis inmates, as to be Undue ed T.,
take the black veil; that she subsequently,
became dissatisfied and made her escape
from the institution, but was afierward,
persuaded 10 return, being told that if sh,
would continue but three weeks longer, sh.
would he honorahly discharged: that at tn,
expiration of that period her friends callet
for her, but she was no! to he found.''
The above statement was contradicted
by the selectmen of Charlcstown, who sta
ted "that there existed no cause of com
plant on the part of said female, as she X
presseses herself to be entirely satisfied
with her present situation, it being that O
her own choice, and that she has no desire
or wish to alter it.''
AT a meeting of the citizens of Boston
on the day after the riot, assembled
on the invitation of the mayor, the follow
ing resolutions among others, we're IMAM
mously passed. The citizens of Charles
town likewise held meeting at which res
olutions were passed strongly condem:::!n-
the whole proceedings Of the rioters. This
is as it should be.
Resolved, That in the opinion the citi
zens of Boston, the late attack on the Ursu
line Conven, in Charlestown, occupied onl,
by detenceless females, was base and COW
ardly act, for which, the perpetrators de
serve the contempt and deteslation of tn,
community.
Resolved, That the destruction of pro.
perry, and danger Of life caused there
by, calls loudly on all good citizens to ex
press individually and collectively the al.
horrence they feel Of this high handed vic.
lation Of the laws.
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AOI1CE.--Adminis;ra,Ion upon The
1 y estate of Joseph +. Williams, late of
jackson county. has been duly granted to
us, and all VIII" have claims against the
SAID estate will please attend before the
Judge of Probate, of jackson county,. AT
the office ofJoel Manning, in Brownsville,
on Monday, the 29th day of September
next, and present their said claims, for we
have fixed on that day for the investigation
Of such claims.
MARY ANN WILLIAMS, Admr'r.
MUNFoRD WILLIAMS, Admir-.
Brownsville, Aug. 90, 1885. Oft
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All east OF The third and west Of the sec
ond meridian.
The sale to commence at 10 O'Clock, A.
NJ, and to be continued from day 10 day
until completed All persons who have
made improvements on any of said lands
previous to their selection, will be entitled
to preemplinn right of not more than 100
acres by making the proofs as required by
the acts above recited and by paying the
amount into the State Treasury previous to
the. day of sale.
JAMES T. B. STAPP, Auditor
Public Accounts. Illinois.
June 1884. 52-3n
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n vAKEN UP by Theron E. Baich, Coles
a cosnty, Illinois, Pleasant Grove pre-
cnct, one bright sorrel HORSE, 6 or 7
years old, name and tail incline to be flax
colored, switch tail, the coil of the feather
on the neck incline to be gray or white,
left fore foot shod, about ID hands 3 inches
high. appraised to forty dollars by Isaac
Fancher and Davis Brewster, before Thorn
as Jeffries, Esq. on the Sd day of July,
1884. S-St
Teste, N. ELLINGTON, CIR.
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sEMTM RY Z ANDs.
STATE OF ILLINOIS, AunIroR's OFFICE,

STATE OF ILLINOIS, AUnITOKs OFFIcE,
VANDALIA, JUNE LIST, 1884.
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby gwen, that
agreeably TO the act entitled Gan act to pro-
vide for the sale of the seminary lands,"
approved January 18th, 1929, and the act
entitled "an act TO amend an act to provide
for the sale of the Seminary lands approx
ed January 18th, 1922" approved Februa-
ny 18Th, 1881, shall expose to public sale,
at the door Of the state house, in the town
of Vandaia, on Monday, the 9Th day Of
October neat, for cash, TO the highest and
hes, bidder, the following described Semi
nary lands, in tracts Of eighty acres each;
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j 9AAEN UP by Nathan Halenbeck,
a living IN Aurora, Clark county, H. an
estray bay mare, with black legs name and
tail. had on small bell, some collar and
spancel marks. four years old last spring,
fifteen hands high, appraised to forty dol
lars by f. Unsell and w. b. Sassene, be-
fore me, this first day of August, 1884.
A true copy from my estray book,
J. HARLAN, J. P.
A true copy from my eslray book, Au-
gust 9,h lt3I
Us JACOB HARLAN, Cl'k.
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desperate engagement betreen the II. S
Dragons and the Pawnee Indians BY +
gentleman from Washington county, we
learn that the U. S. Dragons have recent
ly had bloody fight with the Pawnee In
dams, in which the latter had so killed ane
15OPrisoners. Our informant derived hi.
information from Young man who was a
fort Gibson when the prisoners were bro'
in under the escort of detachment of III.
Dragons. The remainder of the U. S.
forces belonging toan exploring party were
left in pursuit of the Indians. The Paw.
nees are said to have fought desperately
and to have killed eight of the Dragons
Several Usage prisoners were retaken a.,
the same time, from whom il was pretty sat.
isfactorily ascer'ained, that the young man
whom the Pawnees took from the Rangers
last summer. had been killed. These ar,
the only particulars THAI our informant as
able to collect To-day's mail, or that o
Saturday next, we hope will furnish the de-
tails Of this affair.
As the Pawnees have hitherto maintain
tanned their supremacy in the boundles.
prairies ofthe west, it is to be hoped that
the clubbing they have received from III,
Dragons will hive good effect on them
and teach them not only to respect our ci
'zens when trading among them or passing
through their hunting grounds, but to b.
less troublesome TO the neighborne friend
~ Indians Little Rock Gazette.
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Enigra,tts. Between seven and eigh
hundred foreigners arrived al B,Ilim"r.
on Thursday, from Bremen. The, arr
stated i'll the American to be from tm
towns and villages of the interior O,
Germany: they land upon eur shores
excellent health and condition, and vii
form valuable acquisition to the Hes
tern States whittier, with scarcely an *
cepiion, they design to proceed forth.
With and establish themselves.
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NOTICE..

NN| HEREAS my wife, SALLY MICHAEL,
Wv did, on the fifth day of the present
month, leave my bed and board without
ust cause; and my daughter, Catherine
Michael, nearly thirteen years old, was
either persuaded or stolen away from, or
lett OF her own accord, my house and my
protection, on the 18th day of this month,
|, therefore, forewarn all persons from
trusting or harborng either Of them on nv
account, as will pay no debts of their
contracting after this date: and further.
VIII prosecute any person who shall in any
way aid in preventing my daughter from
returning TO me.
BARNABAS MICHAEL.
T,,1y IS.h ,oCf
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STORAGE AND FOR ARDlNG
Aa AVlNG large and canvenien, War;.
lA houses, directly at the Steam Boa,
landing, the subscribers offer their services
to the public in this branch of business.
GODFREY, GILMAN e. Co.
Alton, Nov. II, 1888. 80 ly
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@NOTICEn

4 hereby give notice to the citizens of Fay
etc county, and to the public generally
that John Cline, seur. is icillful, uichcd
and malicious liar; and that i can prove
him To he such whenever he sees fit to re.
quire me to do SO He has sandcred me
JOHN HENDERSON.
August Nth. 1884.
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LawrenceviIie, 23d july. 1894 90
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE
a LII persons having claims agains, the
IA estate of JOHN McGEATH, deceased.
late OF Clark county, are hereby request.
ea 10 present them in manner and by The
lime the law requires.
Those who are indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate payment.
John B. RICHARDSON
JAMES MciEATH, Jr. Admrs.
fnrk. Clark r." ~ JmIv rs, 1884. 6-4t
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HDOBLlC NOTICE is hereby given Thai
n the undersigned have taken out letters
OF administration ofthe goods and chattels,
rights and credits of Eli Sargent, deceased.
and qualified as such administrators; ali
persons having claims against the estate
OF The deceased, are hereby notified and
required TO exhibit the same to the admin
lstrators, or 10 the court of Probate for the
county OF Coles, for settlement, within
nine months from the date hereof.
ELIZABETH SARGENT, Admr'r.
HENRY w. SARGENT, Adm'or.
August Q 1894. [9-4,
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State Of Illinois. Coles Circuit Court:
May Term, 1884.
WILLIAM FUELL.0
rs. LIBEL FOR DIVORCE
NANCY FuELL.

Nancy FuELL.
land now at this day came the complain
ant, by Dunbar, his solicitor, and on his
melton, and it appearing to the court thai
the defendant is not resident of this state,
therefore, ordered by the court here, thai
notice of The tendency of this snit be Civ
en- the defendant, by publication in the
Wing and lntelligencer, public newspa-
per printed at Vandalia, that unless the
said defendant enter her appearance here
in, on the first day Of the next October
term OF this court, the said bill will be
taken for confessed: and II is further or
dered, that an alias subpoena issue to the
defendant, directed to Macon county; and
that this cause BE- continued until the next
term Of this court.
Ieste, ALEX. P. DUNBAR,
Clerk pro ten.
Charleston, July 10Th, 1884. CAT