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or interest to Chicago

a person in Philadelphia has prepared draw
ings Of improved steam engines for city rail-
roads, which, If they possess all the advantages
claimed for them, must soon take the place Of
horses. The Ltdqe says:
The engines are direct actin. horizontal ones,
With vertical boiler Of peculiar obstruction OF
fire box for consuming smoke. Que man only
is required to mauaRt the machine, which is
done By couple Of levers By condeusng the
steam, noise Is avoided, and ut the same time
the feed water for the boiler is heated Steam.
hot mir, or compressed xir may be used, bus
steam is preferred, rs tie engines will be con-
tinually in motion whether the car is or not. 1t
is designed to boz up The machine 10 rs to pre-
sent the appearance Of an ordinary car With
chimney like stove pipe. Built upon the plan
proposed, the engine vii occupy about as much
space as the horres. The cars can be heated
By steam in the winter, and cooled by fun in
the summer. another advantage claimed By
steam orcr horses is, thst there will not be any
dust, and that it can be more easily managed;
the cars being stopped in less time Ths en-,
glnes can be applied to the cars now in use, and
will, with ease, ascend Any Of the grades in the
city. It's claimed that, on the score Of ecane-
my, steam has decided advantage orer horses,
costing from one-third to half less. The
estimass Is, TINT a3 engines would do for road
running 20 cars, which would require 40
horses, and the engines iasting ten years, while
the horses would be Of little value after use Of
hall that time The engines, too, could be
easily repaired, the parts being duplicates Of
each other. The subject of using steam On the
passenger railroads has been brought to the no
tics Of The presidents Of the several companies
and 1t ia understood that they hare agreed TO
nesting for the purpose of giving it the co.,
s1dsFasoa that III importance merits,
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,,s fAf" July :. ISIS.
o1hce tue return Of tue Emperor, not day
mas elapsed without Lord Cowley, the British
Ambassador receiv'ng at least one audience.
but more frequently two. The relations Of tho
TWO countf1es Il es'deu'ly q subject OF anxiety;
ont Know lsom and'sputab,e authoF'ty that tle
3s 3atei!,Se4eeErsa1dse W Lora Co*leJ to the
EnsnSa Fofe'ga oMse Is, 10 every respect: as
to'a ot any f1tnI Of suspicion as before
ne tne oPenn5 ol, w ltauao eanlpaifn: Lord
No"sy nay prove mere optimlst. ont nc Las
ce1ta'niy nteh CONSISTENT IN the views he has
throushoqt recorded oi Aapoien's character
namely, that II there IS one man 10 FEance who
deserves to be helleyed, it is the Emperor
4e nov wi1tea to h,s government that his
Majesty has again and again repeated to him
tnas he should consider anything like rupture
between France and England as the most terri
be shock his policy could sustain; that tho
eppeas 10 shs 'o;Gea!ancs he displays
@ masuage 9. 'ne Pres; ana taat as to rue arn'a-
.nees, ne Is ., .saas 10 enter INTO minute COM
Pat'son o. n those & o. inc TWO countries, with q
we" 70 PROVE t9at. except on account OF the
neeessiIles o. the iate war ne has not man or
snip more than Is absolutely indispensable for
me oralnary serE1c7 OF the empire; or, suppos-
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Important Arrest Of Commentators

[Frum the Louisville Journal, 1Nh,1
It will be remembered that some weeks ago
the Cincinnati detectives arrested 8an named
Field, at Rising Sun, for dealing in counterfeit
money. md ihat b. 4ribble ia the United
States Law he was discharged By the u. S. Com
missioner at Indianapolis.
There lived also in Rising Sun family named
johnson, whose reputation was not unstained
the father and a son having served one term
III Jcdersonvilte: They were suspected Of being
partners Of Field
:. Detectives Vim. Raney and Calby, Of Cincin::
nati, noticed one Of the johnson boys making
frequent trips ACROSS the river, between Coying-
ton and Cincinnati, and On Investigating the
natter, found TINT the old man and son had a
storeboat on the other side. Some days ago the
boat aud the Johnsons disappeared, and. sus-,
pecting that ali Was not right, the detectives
Johnsons, alr along the shore; and that they
lad passed counterfeit money. When the of.
GERS reached Westport, the Johnsous had just
left. '1he !Qrmer expected 10 orct take them l3e-
fore tkeEEould be able to rcnch this city, but
they we're lost sight Of, aud the officers arrived
here In advance. They then retraced their
steps, and iound the boat lying in Harrod's
Crrek. As soon Is the officers approached, the
Johnsons cut loose their boat and went out into
the 5i1er. They were haifed for liquor and
bread, but they said they had none. The off,
GERS managed 10 get to the boat III skif1s, and at
once irone1 the Johnsons -.
On the boat were found some six thousand
dollars in new counterfeit 81 notes on the Bank,
Of Kentucky. payable at the Bowling Green
branch; counterfeit g notes on the Southern
,Yank Of Kentucky, payable at RusseiiEillc; and
a few counterfeit e notes on the Hank Of Ken
tucky and on Rhode Island Bank, also spuri-
Gus gold dollars, and the implements for print
ing and signing notes, including plates, &c.
The johnsons were taken to Jef1ersouville,
underwent M examination, and in default OF
eaeh giving hai! in 8, 900. were committed to
answer So =
Officers Rauey and Culby deserve credit for
freeing the community from characters Is dam
gerous IS this johnson family.
, 1859-08-16
Circular OF tho Nt1tc horticultural
EOc{cfY. -

Society,"
The Executive Board Of the Illinois State Nor-
ticnltura1 Society hare issned circular in.
nouucing their intention to unite with the State
Agricultural Society in its annual fair and exhi-
bition. at Freeport, and ur5tng its members aud
Ill others interested in Horticulture to compete
for the liberal premiums offered. The Execu-
tire Board say:
These premiums arr not onlv muui6cent be-
yond precedent in this State, bat arc distributed
upon 50 large variety Of articles as to Invite
m and elicit s extensive competition. We hoge 70
products. large hall, containing pyramida!
aower stand. and seycn hundred and fifty feet
in length Of tables il 10 be devoted to the c1hi-
hitaon Of articles in this department.
1t is expected BY the officers of the Agricul-
tural Society, that the Horiculsurists of illinois
will avail themselves Of these liberal provisions,
70 make up the best collection ever exhibited in
the West: Let III see to It that they are not dis
appointed. 50 much depends upon proper
Arrangement md classification Of articles, thut
it il highly important that they be upon the
ground at as early m hour Of the Fair is posi-
s,s s., IT; This ] is s.pseis appesse.5 to fg''s II
Fair, Freeport," I Committee viii ieteive them
and allot to them suitable places upon the tables,
During the last day Of the Fair, such articles
in the Horticultural Department Us mar have
been donated to the Society, will be sold 1t pub
lie suction. This will afford good opportunity
for procuring fine specimens Of fruits and plants,
Arrangements hare been made for discu*sions
during the evenings Of the Fair, upon topics Of
practical importance to Agrscnlsnrisfs, uot&i-
culturists and Mechanics. Thu location Of this
Fair IL such as 70 secure = large attendance Of
exhibitors nnd visitors. Let rs hare general
turn out and good time. All railroads in the
State carry articles to and from the Fair free.
and furnish tickets II half-price.
, 1859-08-16

Illinois and wisconsin Currency.
wAsatso.os, 1oxa, Aug. =. ls:s.
Editors r1r.s and Tribune:
The articles Jon have recently published re-
speeding the :" Backwoods Banks" and t5siEre-
deematlc currency Of your State and Of Niscon-
sin, have attracted the attention Of the people
Of this section, and elected tleiE hearty nppro-
baton. II may be urged Tint Iowa bad better
let her neighbors alone, but we feel TINT We are
rs much Interested 10 this matterss are the peo-
pie Of Illinois or Wisconsin, for TIE issues Of
part Of our currency. We hare long been Look
ing to the Chicago press and the Chicago mer-
Giants to take some action in this matter that
their own interests; as well II ours 30 impera-
iiEety demands, snd we hail With great satisfac-
tion The course you have SO nnnfuliy taken.
the banks Of these Young States to redeem
their issues in gold! Before Chicago had ia
name TO liye," Ohio had her State Bank, aud for
these twenty-five years Indiana has been we'll
supplied with speeie-paying currency, never
depreciating, safely outriding every hnancial
storm. and ever sufficient to meet the wants Of
all her business men aud farmers, with some TO
spare for borrowers Of Chicago and other cities,
Are Illinois and Wisconsin still behind Indiana
of tHeuty five years ago: And your Junior SIS
ter-lowa-has had her State Bank and branch.
es. for nearly year. AL these banks have
proved prosperous, paying Institutions, and
worthy Of the confidence Of the people, which
they have enjoyed. Ard why cannot a specie
paying system Of banking ba inaugurated in
Illinois and Wisconsin,
Let it not be 1aid that were these banks forced
to redeem in gold, there wonfd not be sut1i-
cheney Of currency to rneetth warts Of the bu-
sipess community. For every Western State, ex-
cept illinois and Wisconsin, has its specie pay-
10y banks, and is AS well supplied with currency
a. either.
Tho eri1s Of this System are patent 10 erety
MAI Why is it that in Ohio, Indiana and Mis-
soui, eastern exchange sells at one-half to
three-quarters Of one per cent, while at the
same time Chicago charges two and one-haif
per cent. 1t il because Illinois md Wisconsin
currency is incouvcrsiblc, and as, where tho
deadly rpas fourishes, no green thing can
exist 30 where these honeIess, two per cent
discount issues abound, ahe determination
Of Ill good specie paying money is
inevitable. So, then, it il seen that when
ever Illinois and Wisconsin papcr forms
the currency Of tho country, ihe business
community are paying two per cent. more for
exchange than arc the people oftbose placea that
arc free from the curse, and n this paper il two
psr cant. less than money, Of eourae every far
mer and every .nnan submits to loss Of two per
cant. every tims It passes through his hands. :.
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Tie present Queen Of England does not Dis
approve Of rigid courtly ceremonies. r hen on
visit to the royal family of France, At Eu, the
Queen Of Belgium had been told TINT her Majes-
IS Of England tookeEer morning At 10 o'clock
glass Of iced water. Accordingly, on the
appearance ut the appointed hour, bearing on a
siier sa1yer cufafe and two glasses, which he
rendered to her, who declined the Tefreshmeat
with the wave Of the hand. The Belgian Queen
seeing this, whispered to her son, who was pres
cut, to pot* out glass Of watcr, and otter it to
the Queen; ibis being done, was graciously ac-
cepted, the Fact being that etiquette woaid not
nllow her Majesty to pour out ihe water for her
self when servant maa present. The Queen
may not speak 70 trsae&man; and Victoria
has been seen not yard away from one, ad-
dressing al her inquiries to m equerrr, who
repeated then, 70 The sradesman, and who seaia
repeated to her Majesty ali his answers; Oh:
, 1859-08-16

We learn that distinguished capitalist aud
banker OF New York, is now in Europe, with
power to treat for the sale Of larg@ smount
Of our FedsFsl Stocks: hold By parties in Wall
street.
His object is to create exchange By rcopening
credit in our best securities, to bridge over she
period until the actirity Of cotton exporn shall
revive, and cotton supply exchange freely
enough to meet the demand without recourse to
specie shipments
supposing some ere, ten, or fifteen millions Of
dolIar1-she sum spoken of-should be placed
in Europe, even by h5posheeasion, this would
open credits On sight exchange, which would be-
coma abundant in market At rates which would
prevent the shipment Of gold bars or American
coin. :.
Without some such relief - thisour gold will
continue to flow out, though insermiitentty.
Our excessive imports insure this. u the out
Gov of gold should not exceed our receipts from
California, there will be no harm, but during the
last seren months our exports Of god hase
been foxty-thrss Millions and orr California re-
cs'pts about txsaty -ssven millions.
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The following table shows where these
REHABILITATION.


A10e1ac&Aa Sol
4 large number Of those clssscd as Americans
were the children Of Foreigners, born In this
couutry-the books Of the office do not show
the distinct classification, but such is the fact.
And get charging to the Americans oil these
children Of foreign parcntage mud tue unfortu-
mute victims Of foreign hahts and examples,
md there is still 1efa 50 per rent Of orefgntrx,
aHd0f thkse - per cent ore IrisA
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Trusting that the s.rike which took place on
Tuesday among the'hands Of the Chicago road
al this place, would be satisfactorily arranged
yesterday, VIC made no mention Of Il yesterday
morning. At e1eren o'clock list night m n
entered into, and today the running Of trains
md other business of tho road will 6e carried
On as usuaL-AKon Courier, Saturday,
, 1859-08-16
ENGLAND AND FRANCE.

T9ss Relations Of France ee5Sh Eu-IzHf.-
{Mssrffssos teftsfa Lard CusetrH and tAe
EusTsror--.S porRan<< or shs -1wxlu.
FrsaeA .33FfaMfe-TEs .4rlM AasxaSs OF
France to b K<aMesas
Correspondence OF the New YORK uel7d1
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te:s .se' ~, F|@.~:N
Dre88&Ttibtttte


We pointed out in preceding article the
extraordinary md disgraoeful fact, that s'nce
the organization Of the Government the West
ern States have never been permitted TO fur
uith Preaident or Tice President saye once
a President for thirty days, That this asser-
ton may be demonstrated to the eye Of every
reader, vp publish the following table, enumer-
sting thu successive administration from the
Z, organization Of the Government to the present
f;sne xix.
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F The Boston Put savs that brandy appli-
CATIONS are recommended for badness, con-
tinued externally until the hair Is well started:
and Afterwards taken in generous quantities in.
ternal]y to clinch tho roots, .
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Adlnn eaetA ACorfespoB&eaeeo oftka Press
and TFlRNnes

AElna eAetA ACorrespoBAeHeeo ofxka Press
and TF1eAnes
AL1xkr La Freebo.u Co.. Aus. {. iBts.
MkSsRs. EnI7oss The interest manifested in
your CO umns for the welfare Of our young COM
monwealtl, not only gives pleasure to yonr
many patrons, but justly commands universal
commendstion. Thst Nc hare been treaoAez.
ous1y betrayed, grossly swind1ed and uneers.
mopiously seEd By N unscrupn1ous pack Of Of
fetal Railroad schemera il abundantiy true.
The present financial condition Of Minnesota il
painfully deplorable. Yet We hare hope, and
that hope is anchored in the triumph Of Repub-
lican principles. We candidly believe, that SUI
yation from impending ruin. rests alone in the
success of the Republican ticket, and the estab-
lishment Of those articles Of faith embraced in
the Platform Of our recent State Convention.
We must rescue the government from the con-;
troll Of those official cor,norsnts, who have ever
guided its growing interests for their own selfish
purposes, or else We are hopelessly doomed.
Should the Republican party triumph al the ap-
proaching election, We hope to see the enact
.neut Of law, making it criminal offence for
any State officer to become stockholder, diree-
tor, or hare any agency, either directly or indi-
rectly. in Railroad Companies or banking insti-
tutions, within the State. Had such proyi-
sion been incorporated In onr State Consti.u-
ton We apprehend the condition of our finances
would hare materially differed, and the State
Treasury doubtless suffered less depletion than
eYisting cirrurn xtnrrae Indicate ca I'm q I;ta
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REHABILITATION,

prc.p7uA71or
- ~. n-.-:..~. ~" -,
80. ..s.oasss,. 49,. et - 49,. .,a I p,as;5en
.e...-.. ~. ~, -. .,s.-
-. ...ss.... :. 49, as,, -. w.ss r..
-. 49, rla.,.... ..a p..t. ~ vi
b.. ,.a -. :1,~o,:iona- t,,;.. ,,a .,,a w.
n-.-:,..--.- - ..s t. ~.
Co.. :. .ow ,,.ss;n1 , c.nd;data ,,non tbo
xv".!-, -.
49,. 49,, v;...;,;. a-a W.. WI h.ra haa
eh.,,+ +to;. 81, .h,,. ~ .~a,,,.;.,a oe;o.,.
I'D ,h.+ 4ha1 a,,,,,t - H. sa.;.f.a =, ,o.a+ f..
. fam rn,rs n coua Noss,c,r.a+te .,a f;,r.
n;shc5 two Presidents mi, t,,rea v;ce,p,es;.
dept. Tennessee, three Presidents pannav1ro,
min a Pces;dent md vicc-poea;dont Ncw
H.nncb;ra . p,ae;don+ Louisiana d;++o vo,.
tucky and South Carolina each two Tice-Presi-
dents.
And the who]o p7eat wost--oa..ft;rd of the
r1r;on :, ,,or,,,at;on ,,.o ,ro,,.,, .na .o.,-
rherce-has never Ind a President h,t f,yr
rpeeEs-sbout twenty years apo. ba. revcr
had a yice-President--not even a cnad;do,.
Rnt m r,ae m +,,a coh;no+
Western people may suppose that if their
section Of. the Union has been ignored in the
choices Of Chief Magistrate, they hare been
compensated by seats in tie Cabinet: that if
they have not furnished Presidents thew have
at loast had adpiss,s Of Presidents. Let us
sec. We begin with Sec.etnrv of state =, n
highest seat in the Cabinet
inese havo been twenty-threc; ofthis number
the western States have had one-Lewis cass
~ the grace o. our venerable President, ]. B.
srg1n'a has had seven Secretaries Of State,
Aassachusetts has ha1 five, and New York
two. The Southern States haye filed the
oflce fourteen times; tho Eastern eight and
1ne :" ee'esn oaes
The Postmaster General controls more IA.
tonagge than any other officer under the Pres-
dent. There hare been eighteen Postmas,ers
and the West has had fmo-tle last one.
John Mclean, hirfy.siz years ago
There have been twcnty-six Attorucy-G
era}s-she South have Ind fifteen, the Eakt
eleven and the West none.
r. Secretaries Of the Treasury % of .rb;,h ,t,o
East harc furnished II, the South 8, and tile
West 2-Ewiug and Corwin Of Ohio.
Secretaries Of War, 81, Of whom tho South
have had le' the East 13 and tue West 2
caas ot Michigan. md Bates Of Missouri who
deeuned to SERVE
Secretaries Of the Nayy. o6. of which 1he
South had IL, the East Is. tie West noa,
During the last 20 years the sout1, las filed
this office II years and the East vears ,rh;cb
il mosest seeing that tho North sunn1ies MI
the ahips and ell the seamcn md has tan
times more seaport property to protoct in
case Of war.
The Secretaryship Of the Interior is a new
oflce, created few years ago. and Mt this
TINE II occupied BY slave breeder Of Aissis-
appi called Thompson. Thos, Ewing Of Ohio,
held tho Office one year.
This review completes the Unconstitutional
advisers" Of the Executive. There hare been
151 Secretaries in the Cabinet The West
has had ei lit, and the South and East one
Anadred and jorty-tAree H.,
There remains ona of1;rc mt mama, 1v,,;c,
BY some Is considered next to the Presidency
IN honor and Importance viz: the Sneaker
ah;n of the Housa of Rs,-aeon+o,;ro. rho-a
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II
1zasf slaveholdez, like Douglas, or miserable
old doughfaee like Case, and for all beneficial
results to ths West, might as we'll be taken
from Virginia or Georgia When the slaye-
breeding Democracy cross the line Of Mason
and Dixon for President, they always take a
reliable doughlce who knows no North when
b. becomes President Whether the NEXT
ctiosoe should fall On Bright, or Douglas, or
Dickinson, the rights md interests Of the West
would be no better of than II SideI, Cobb OF
Hunter should be the candidate.
r the mighty valley Of the Mississippi is to
'exezcase it. proper influence at Washington, a
csndidzte Tor President must be taken from the
Republican ranks in the West 4 candidate
from the East is engrossed with the things 1cr-
sainiog to Foreign Imports, salt water and
Santh6rn cotton. He never gees over the Al
1sghany mountains. His knowledgo Of the
West is derived from travellers and traditions.
l. candidate from the South is profoundly OBJ
1isians to al things American, save niggcrs
and the cotton whipped out Of uiggsrs; he has
crude ideas of the East supposing it to consist
d Saratoga, Abolitonists and New York 1n
regard to the West be is almost know.
aothins- BE has heard Of captured Kansas
and . hcaaeged Missouri By the ee-Soi|ers; Of
= country where Black Republicans abound,
and the Democrats nut sound on the goose;
out oe5ona these his horizon docs not extend
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-10-07
Bears in Richland Co :, Wis.

Tho county immeda lately north of the
Wisconsin is Infested with bears tho preson,
season. lt is supposed that there has boon
failure of their food at tho far North which
,s thclr usual haunt, in consequence of the
droulh and the frcs that have swept throupb
the woods ana marshes thus driving them
into tho sottlennEts in search OF food.
The Richmond County Observer of the
18TH, learns that a woman was killed at Me
lancthop Creek. in that county, by a boar
1t also has tho following account of a fgh
with boar:
I'VE learn that Mr.. Samuel Marsh of thi.
town had rough encounter wite bear or
Friday last. Bruin had climbed tree tc
escape the dog which was in pursuit of him
MIR. M. soon arrived at tho tree. and at
tempted to shoot tho boar, but his gun being
wet, retused TO be shot, meanwhile BruiI
took 1t into his head to come down stern
1orcmost-ho was soon in hnilng distance
when Mr. NJ. seized him by the log this in
duced HIM to lot go of tho tree. and a scufii,
onsued, Bruin sozed bis antagonist b,
the arm at this time the father in law nj
MI NJ, armed with an axe, Succeeded in
driving tho bear of. We are informed thai
inc wounds of Mr.. Marsh, though severe
nre not dangerous
grand boar hunt is to take place on the
ith INST, (to-morrow.) Tho peoplo hold n
meeting on Monday to take measures TO rid
the county of those destructive and danoer.
Gus animals. circular hunt WAS ncrrod
npon.-.Hddison Jour.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-10-07
VOLUME>~X. NO. 40,
Value of q Manuscript.

The original manuscript Of Gray's
Elegy was sold at auction in London.
There was really quite "a scene" in the
auction room. Imagine stranger enter
ing in the midst Of sale OF some rusty
looking old books. The auctioneer pro-
duces fWo small half sheets of paper, writ.
ten over, torH and mutilated. lie calls it
"most interesting article" and apologi-
yes for its condition. Pickering bids ten
poundsi Rcdd, Foss, Thrope, Bohn,
Holloway and some few amateurs quietly
remark, twelve, fifteen, twenty, twenty
five, thirty and so on, until there is a
pause at sirty.three pounds! The ham
mer strikes. "Hold!' says Mr.. Foos.-
''lt is mine" says the amateur. "No, l
bid sixty-fve in time" Then l give
seventy" "Seventy. FIVE" says Mr..
Zoos; and fves are repeated again, until
the .wo bits Of paper are knocked down,
amidst general cheer, to Payne and
Foos, for one haRdred pounds Steriingi-
On these bits Of paper are written the
trst draughts OF the Elegy in a Country
Churchyard, by Thomas Gray, including
five verses which were omitted in publ.
cation, and with the poets inlerIinear cor.
rections and l;erations-cerlainly an in
teresling article; several persons supposed
il would call for ten pound note. per
haps twenty. A single volume, with
"W. Shakespeare" in The fy.leal, produ-
ced sixty years ago, hundred guineas;
but, probably, with that exception, no
single sheet of paper, ever produced the
sum of fve hundred dollorSl