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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-07-09

PUBLIC LASDs-SouASDERNe OF TIE Public
ProrrRTY-IrIISos CENTRAL RAuRoAp.-Every
day We perceive new evidences of the disposition
Of Congress to foster private spcculations, at the
expense efthe public interest. The bills which are
before them for giving away millions Of acres Of
lands TO railway companies are gradually being
pushed through, and there Is indication Of good
understanding as to all these bills Many large
fortune will be made by some Of these incorupti-
bile patriot Legislators. We hope, however, they
will show their hands, and let their schemes have
an airing before they are pressed through. Let
us know what particular interests are to be sus-
tanned Ny these quarter section donations Let us
have a decent apology for the ripcning plots.
Let rs all have a chance, If the public lands
are 10 be handed over in this muni6cent way.
Let us cain little information as to the plans
and routes Of these railway companies, 50 that we
may h. On hand in Wall street when the cards
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Doperxo UNDER CovEE.-Mr. Forney finds II
no longer necessary 70 sign his name TO the calls
Of the Pennsylvania State Central Committee
the simple statement that they are by order Of
the Committee being enough. Like sagacious
general. Mr. Forney retires behind The ramparts
when be finds that his decorations attract the
shot Of The enemy. Meantime, all applicants for
, favorable introduction 10 Mr. Buchanan must
still apply 10 Mr. Fcrney.
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niggers. Upon this Interpretation Of the Cincin-
natl platform Virginia accepts Mr.. Buchanan.
The Union is not the question: Is niggers.
This Senate bill is only the fulflment Of the
Cincinnati platform. All the niggers, niger
drivers and Niger breeders of the South have
cash interest in it, and all the high tariff demo
Gratis of Pennsylvania will be expected to support
it, upon the same principle that they would sus-
tain bill for the protection of iron and coal
Are not niggers as much an article Of home pro-
duction and consumption as coal and iron? How
then, can the Pennsylvania democracy claim
the action of the government in behalf
Of coal and iron, without conceding to their
Virginia brethren some equivalent action in re-
gard to additional home markets for good, fat
healthy niggers? Are not the States all equal
in this Unions Why, then, make fish of one and
ncsh Of another? Slavery is recognized by the
institution, and is protected by it; why, then,
hould IL be denied the protection of Congress?
AS q supporter of Mr.. Buchanan, Mr.. Barclay
of Pennsylvania, is, naturally enough, considera-
bly, frightened concerning the Kansas excitement,
and the astounding furore for Fremont among
The solid anti-slayery Dutch democracy of that
State. But Mr.. Barclay should look higher than
this, and beyond this Presidential election for
what matters it though Mr.. Buchanan should be
defeated, provided that peace is secured to the
Union by the annexation Of Kansas to the slave
holding States? Moreover, Mr.. Buchanan is the
Southern candidate, and his Northern friends
must stick to the Cincinnati platform. Shall the
price Of niggers be raised or diminished? That's
the question.
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NEw PrBIIc ScHoor--The Mayor proposed
in q message to the Common Council on Monday
that new college be established in this city
and an institution for female education. No
doubt something Of the kind Is needed; bat what
guarantee have the people that any new public
institution, under - management, would be
faithfully administered
Our collegiate institutions are VIGOROUSLY be-
hind the rest Of the world. Columbia College Is
an old family concern, which Is in the hands OF
the Trinity Church Fund Trustees, and whose
professors have lately abandoned scholarship to
take TO politics The University might be dead and
buried. and no one would know Of it-so noise
less useless, helpless an affair il is. Yale and
Harvard are somewhat better, but they too, are
hopelcssly behind the age.
What the public want here Is an institution
not framed In the model Of the old English uni
versities, but on an eclectic plan, the good fea-
lures Of each establishment in Germany France
and England being borrcwed-a place where q
student may learn oil that can be taught at Hei-
delberg, Oxford or Paris, and that without being
obliged TO swallow the cobwebs which choke up
al least two Of these renowned seats of learning
We hear some dread Of the expense. This Is fri
yolous. Poor peoples children ought TO be edu-
Gated free, undoubtedly; hut The sons Of rich
mcr-or men in easy circumstances have no
more right 70 receive their education than their
boots Or their bread free Of charge. All who
can pay should bc made to pay; and If the insti-
tuition were got up on proper plan by com
prthensive mind, Il would soon he selfsupport-
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in it's mildest forms exists in many Of the States.
but not in as many as at the time Of the adoption
of the constitution-that no reasonable, or pracs
ticable, or humane plan has yet been brought
forth for its abolition-that all the effects u
emancipation, as it has been satisfactorily tested
in the West Indies have been to sink the slave
population to the level of beasts, and to rc-intrd>
duce their old hashen superstitions and their
most shocking native orgies that sudden
change in the character of the domestic institu.
tions in the South would cause the flowing Of
torrents of blood and the decline Of the most
valuable products of the country, and finally,
that nothing could be possibly gained by the pro.
posed change by either race thus placed in dire,
full antagonism.
But for such preaching as this of Mr.. Tying we
should not have had any of the violence Of which
he complains, in Kansas 1t is these Peters the
Hermits who have led on their stipendiary emf
grants with rifles into this new crusade,
and who must be held guilty of the mischief;
and singular enough, the administration has been
their colleague 1t has aided, not put down, the
discussions in Kansas and added fuel to the un.
holy flame.
We advise these preachers "of the wordo ia
take heed to their ways. Theirs is distinct
duty. 1t is the care of souls-,not of the body
polite. They are sent to reform the individuA-
not to discipline States. Their themes are y II
found in the holy volume and not in Uncle Hs1s,
Their business is not to array men against each
other, or to shout over the unhappy slain, but it
is to whisper peace, to put an end to discord, and
to smooth the bed Of death.
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The New YORK DEMOCRACY GETTING SCARED.
Read the speeches Of the unterri6ed" at the
Park meeting last evening. At this rate, they
will require mass meeting every week, and
another sxpounder for Captain Rynders, to keep
up their courage. The young horse of the Rocky
Mountains runs like hurricane
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are about to be dealt. Let us have time to study
our biographies and find out--as former Post
master General attempted to do" How far does
the Tombigbee run upr
Certainly, the prospect just now is brilliant.
The Illinois Central Railroad is becoming rich
beyond "the dreams of avariceu Its original
grant from the government was about three mil
lions Of acres; the sales are Increasing and the
average price for the month Of June was sixteen
dollars per acre--an enormous advance!
The fact is that the government has built this
road. 1t really belongs to the people; but the
profits are enriching class of spectators who,
under the name and in the garb of democracy,
have for years been filling their pockets at its
expense Their movements are well known to u.s.
We remember the Minnesota scheme, where one
word came near making the whole gang rich-a
word which seemed to have written itself without
mortal agency.
We are waiting patiently for report from
the committee on our own Central Railway af
fairs, and to learn how much more than one hum
bred thousand dollars have been paid back to cor
rect certain mistakes. All these things we wait
for, and when found shall make note of them.
We presume the Illinois Central has received
from the government what is equivalent to mil
lions Of dollars-with what justice we cannot
see. A few persons have become rich by public
spoliation; and though this has been sanctioned
by the forms of law, it is nevertheless public
robbery. 1t is no worse than sacking town, if
no lives are lost it is plumber, call it what you
will.
We have endeavored to arouse public attention
to this subject. But one member of Congress
has as yet had the courage to denounce these land
schemes-the noble minded Letcher, of Virginia
The press seems to be mesmerized on the subject
What lot or part or share it is to have for keep
ing still we do not know. But this we do know
that the success of the Illinois Central specula-
ton has opened the door, and all sorts Of schemers
are rushing in. More than twelve millions of
acres are about to be given away to five or six
companies; and this is not the last of it. The
President signs such bills without why or where
fore, but he vetoes the small and necessary APP
preparations to clear out the public rivers and
enlarge our commercial ports. For the general
welfare he can do nothing-for partizans and
Spectators he appears ready to do everything.
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THIRTy-FOURTH CONGRESS-.
FIRST SESSION.

WASHINGTON, July :, 1905
TN Tpry sraTy RAvsas Ruf.
Mr. DorotAs, (dem.l o. IN, from the Committee
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Hsw York, Wednesday, July 9, 1859.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-01-10
The Saints I'm the Wilderness

According to the last adviees from Utah,
the Salt Lake Saints were experiencing the
effects of financial crisis. Some Of the
brethren sent out to expedite the emigration
had run governor Brigham into debt about
fifty thousand dollars, which shows that
Utah Is in pretty good credit. The holders
Of the drafts called on the leader, hunted
him up for the cash "before'' ashe express
ed it, they could find time to shave their
heads, which troubled him so much that he
went incontinently and preached sefmoH
on the subject, his text being. "from this
time forth do not fret thy gizzard."4 In this
curious address he declared that he viii pay
them when he can and not before. The
poor, he said, had got the money, they must
have confidence and wait. Brigham does
not appearto have any desire 10 repudiate,
for he offered at the conclusion. Of his ad-
dress, to sell sixty thousand dollars worth of
property to pay off these claims, at the same
time be gave many hard hit to the brethren
who still owed the churchs He wantedthese
persons to apostatize, for they were sure ne
said to take advantage of their brethren aad
leave in the end. .Nstiaa$4 9}kss9s tsf&
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Of the fiekering lamp smile passed over
the slnmberer's face, and he muttered the
words, "dear Ida, in tender tone.
"oh. father,n exclaimed the loving girl
affectionutely throwing her arms around her
parents neck, ado let George come home
again; It surely Is no sin for him to love
me-"
Awakened by the sound Of rda's voice,
George looked around confused, and as he
saw Ida and her father, he endeuvored to
hide the manuscript, but the Judge stopped
him by saying. i,ughingly; RI
at wont do, young rascal, you are, fairly
caught, found out--talk in your sleep, will
ye--hai hal But come here, take Ids, and
be happy, know she loves you, ha hal ha I
Geore was bewildered and transported
he had been wakened from . pleasant dream
to "a bright reality. - -. .'''
Matters were soon explained, and the
warm hearted Judge, after blessing them
both, promised to see them married before
he started for Washington.--N. Y. Dutch.
man. 70
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The Indiaus-- -EIereic Defence ana
Victory by = Wonfain.
cOrrlas GAoys, La M Co..

oregon Territory, Nov. Let, 1884,
Our valley has been thrown into most
fearful excitement by the IndIsns. They
are burning and numbering on an extensive
scalej already is Rough River VALLEY near
ly in ruins. Eighteen companies Of toIuh.,
teers are in service. but cannot bring the
Indians to any general engagement.
As an indication of the kind Of womsu
We have on this coast, let me give you me
following heroic incident: The house Of
Mr.. Harris was attacked in the afsernoon.--
The inmates were himself, wife and little
girl In ! hour he had fallen ID the conflict.
Before he expired he gave his wife some d.
rections how to load and Gre. The house
was log one, and at every assault the In.
dams would make on the door she would
give them a deadly fire from musket loaded
with buck shot, and also firing 4 areyoIsef.--
They would then retreat, not knowing the
number whom they assailed. She held
them at bay until eight O'Clock tie Dsxs
morning. when she was relieved By the VOL
unteers. She literally strewed the yard.
with the dead and wounded. G.. C.. p
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Learning GrnmmerI.

4 .
We copy the following from the g dOipI
I Citizen: ,A
Mr.. Ep1ToR.-I have been sendid my da
ter Nancy to school to schoolmsstsf in thil
naborhOod. Last Friday went over to tn,
school to see how Nancy was gsttin along
and sees things didn't like BY no means
The scool master was lariin her things en-.
tirely out OF the line of eddycssion, and
say improper. set while in the scooI.
house and heerd one class say their lesson.
They was a spellin, and | thought spelled
quite we'll exceedingly. Then come Man
cy's turn to say her lesson. She ssid it tery
spry. was shot! and determined she shud
leave that scool. have heerd that gramer
was an uncommon fne study, but dom,
want any more gramer about my house. -
The lesson that Nancy sed was nothing but
the foolshest kind Of talk, the rediculest luv
talk you ever seed. She got up and the
first word she sed was
iuvl ,i4
looked rite at her hard for doin 20 i'm.
proper, but she went rite on and said: 8
Thou Invest,
He luys. ty
and l reckon you never heerd such rig
germyrole in all your life-luy. luv, lav, and
nothing but luv. She sed one time,
did luv, 4,
Ses !, who did you luvv Then the scol.
lers laffed. but wasn't to put off and sed
'who did you luv!' The scool master, Mr..
McQuilllsterput in and said he wood explane
as soon as Nancy finished the lesson. This
sorter pacified me and Nancy went on with
orful luv talk. 1t got wus and wus every
word. She sed. '%, "'
Ismight could or would luv.
| stopped her agin and sed reckon !
would see about that, and told her to walk
out of that house. The scoolmaster tried to
interfere but l wouldn't let him say word.
He said was a fool, and I knocked him
down and made him holler in short order. I
talkt the strate thing to him. l told him Ide
chow him how heed larn my dater gramer.
l got the nabors together and we sent Mr..
McQuillister off in hurry, and reckon
tharl be no more gramer teechin in these
parts soon. If you know of any rather old
ish man in your reegen that don't teech
gramer, we wood be glad il you wood send
him up. But in the footure we will be
keerful how to employ men. Young scool.
masters wont do. especially if they teeches
gramer. It's bad thing for morals.
Yours till deth,
DANIEL. WEBSTER SsIR,
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Decrease OF Ilnslaigr aaioaa.

\
The New York 1smes Of aThursday has IN
article on the subject Of the decreased im.
migration % this country III which il Il
stated T, that, Judging BY the past elk months,
the year 1865 will show falling OF from
last year, In numbereof immlgrants arrived
sofSabout 10000 0fthis deficit itis SUB.
Hposedthat $4,000 will Be from Germany and
l the II. balancs from Ireland. f IA eztimated
that, should these calcnlasionsis prove nsar
the mark, aboat thirtegAshill:ona aHa ! Bslf
of doilarss viii hsse beer prevented lfoas
reaching ths country through tile dsesssss : !,
Of immigration, e the number mentioned
would have brought that amount WITH sksm.
Judging ftoFn the sums brought by those Who
have arrived. Y y 81 T ]
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NJ CoSsciEHcE. ". An exchange paper says
"A man in certain village, with whom W.
areacquainted, who had'sanded sugar sold to
him inserted in the weekly. paper the fol.
lowing notice: s
S41lpurchased of q grocer in this village a
quantity Of sugar, from which Iobtained one
pound Of sand; md if the rascal who cheat.
ed will send tony address seven pounds
ofgood sugar. lScripture measure,) | shall
not expose him, On the following day. nine
seseas pound packages Of sugar were left at
his residence BY as many different dealers,
each one supposing himselfto be the person
intended. M
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.rhe ygorItl's Dead.

There aremiili0ns ID the grave wAsra
there are hundleds out of il, Agehs fol-
lowed age for six thousand years. and each
has contributed its quota 70 swell that
"bourne from whence no traveller retufns:''
aFrom extensive calculations, it, seems
the average of human births per second
since the birth of Christ to this time. 10 about
sl5; which gives s2,ooOso00 600 and after
deducting the present supposed population
Of the world (96O 600, ,O00.) leaves the nam
ber of s1,04O,O ,Ooo, 900 that have gone to the
grave; giving death and the grave the syicfe-
ry over the living to the number Of soOo0,-
100000. Of number il the graye have
died !: IN, a@a e ssE4l
BY war about @ M a,000, 100000
BY famine and pestilencs 1000, 900 ,ees
BY martyrdOm 600, ,000. 900
By intoxicating drinks 5soooo;o6o
Natural causes and otherwise $4,000 ,00e 600
h --------sssss------ tss.ssgs
A Strange occurrence in Venice.
/ = 1900 ~ sls---s-A s&@s@ss st@+t
A correspondent Of the Savannah Repab.
licoa, in q letter to- siias paper from Earape,
giving an accountof urecent vfsitio Europe.
snys:G .a aesee aGat ssssq
"a strange occurrence took place whiIesf
was in Venice. On the same evening, In
difereutparts of tile town, two young giris,
nine or ten yearsiold, were enticed away 70
a solitary abode, where they were Blindfoll-
ed and conducted to another retired house.
Here they were well treated during twenty-
four hours, with enough to eat and dfink. but
they we're bled several times almost 70 the
point Of fainting, and when they had no more
blood to spare without endangeFiBg their
lives. they were restored to their homes By
night in the same mysterionssway. Evess-
body in toaA' was startled by tlsese siagalsr
Incidents The most commol explanatioa
was that an old Forccress bad Recommended
to some deluded being bathing ii TIE bleed
ofyoung and healthy persons u lnethgsl
Of frestoring exhausted nature. 7" agsa
An HosEsT FARMER Two. farmers nav.
ing q dispute as to some land; al action of
law commenced to determine Il. Oh tho
day fixed for the trial. one Of them called
on bis opponent 70 accompang him ID court.
that each might give bis own abatement ii
the case. Finding his neighbor ii work il
the field, hesaid to him;
sIsit possible that you hare Iofeatgsa
that1our cause il 10 be decided to- -dsy
No. said the other. i have cot iereollsn
il. but cannot spare time q gd You
siIl BE there. and know you are III honest
man ina Will state tlas eass isiEiy. ia JUS
tics WILDE done 4 Z. I.
And . L proved, ii shs iaEmeF stated hIz
claims % isifly. thss tie cazs Wsz
decided sgainsf himself; and IL gstuFAea i
inform his opponent int II lad gained shs
properly. such sshafactsT i wdtsh "a
hsil Is wsalslfoi shs lHaIss.
sooA IAN aoId whie Mo believes s
'liaging e ths nhIa afaanlzzzian. ri 3
coismpeEArg ionrasls - - ~ @Hizz
Z BUNDLED bseAnas sksif paTsx r. kzsz
RzlleNea. Ths Whals aeaI LOVED sz 81
'ozzH vas hesfd u zllsFwasls. e. 3ksIz.
Ievsr.s
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a APARAGRArH roR THE TrMEs. The fol.
lowing reasonable paragraph appears; In one
of saf exchange: "People who suppose
that good prayer is preferred to d good act
doubtless imagine that God has more hear.
Ing than eyesight. The end, We fear, viii
show t6at they reasoned from false premises.
Ths p0crnse oftsaer prayed for than helped.
The ssason Il. We believe that breath ii
chsspef than bullion Y ses n
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According to the census Of 1850, the nun.
Der deaths inthe United States, from June
LIST, lS+9, to June lst, 1850, was 323, ,O23
of whom 264,6Ol were whites. The tota]
population at that time being 23.l91 ,S76
this is about one and four-tenths per cent -
Y the lowest mortality, perhaps, that has ever
been recorded in any civilized country
The tables show that the United States is
nearly twice as healthy country as Eng
land, France or Prussia. and more than
twice as b althy as Austria and Russia
or the deaths for the period above mention.
ed, nearly one half occurred from cholera
and various contagious diseases. The mum.
ber OF cholera victims was 81 300; of vel.
low fever, 765. Ofdiseases not contagious.
the most fatal class was those of the respi.
ratory organs, to which cause seventeen
per cent. Of the total deaths were due; con-
sumption and pneumonia being the most "a
tai varieties st''' II s'5' n y
Nearly eight per cent, of whom one-half
were children, were from disease of the
brain. Five per cent of the deaths were
caused BY droPsy, and 9,o27 by old age.--
Ten per cent. of the deaths were Of foreign
birth, and five per cent. Of these were Irish.
There was vast disproportion between the
deaths from old age inthe city and the coun-
try, the former being hardly one-fourth Of
the latter. New York, with population Of
over 5000, 900, registered 1900 deaths in
the year, being at the rate OF one and a hal.
per cent, which may be assumed as The NOR.
tality Of the whole Union. Ia Massachu-
sets the mortality reached nearly two per
cent. IVA ff< si3t5a IA III
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CO. The Albany KaicAssbocksy says !
sssapIa aare msFried n Gresnbash lat wesk
whose united agea we're one bundled ma
slxy-tNo years. Whether they got - con-4
ssntof their parents isinos knewns