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THE LABOR QUESTION.

1t It's no specious and morbid humanitarian
ism that creates general interest in the Labor
Question, and makes so many earnest advo.
Gates for the Eight Hour System, both among
and outside of the classes affected by the pro-
posed change. In our own country, the COM
parative Independent and easy condition OF
the laboring classes, the demand for labor and
remunerative wages that raise even the com
monest day laborer above want everywhere,
save in the surfetedly populous centres OF
metropolitan pauperism, have saved us from
the shocking conditions of suffering, ignor-
auce, want and brutalism that recent inyesti
cations have disclosed existing among the
mining and manufacturing poor of Great
Britain Women nnsexed by the severest
employments and the most degrading associ-
a,ious; children immaturelv nut to labor. and
overtasked through all their youthful life :;
prevented by poverty from all chances of
schooling or study, but, instead, thrown in
tender years amid the most corrupting inhu-
ences, dwsrfng their bodies, and animalizing
intellect, and perverting every moral sense-
tolhng In mines and factories for the mere
pittance that, added to the whole family earn
ings, saves from outright starvation but doesn'
ward off its pangs-such is the state of the
lower classes of English laborers, a picture
which, God be thanked, desn't find its coun.
terpart in our country.
We indulge in no rhapsodies over our more
fortunate social condition, the avenues of
labor constantly open to the willing, the facil-
lty with which a competence is secured and
the universally dffused good of our Common
School System. While primary causes of the |
intelligence, morality thrift and prosperity
of American laboring classes, they are foreign
TO our present purpose
Much can be urged in favor of the proposed |
contraction of the period of labor. The re.
lief given to strength over-taxed The i'm
proved chances for mental culture and family |
education, the social, moral, educational and
economical reasons which have been SO re-
peatedly urged as to be too familiar to need
recapitdlation. We much doubt. after all.
whether the system will ever be inaugurated.
and we doubt the soundness in political econ.
omy of many of the considerations urged in
its favor. Labor and trade, demand and sup
ply, production and consumption, have their
own laws. BY no conventional stipulations.
by no informal and quasi social legislation will
there be any such change in capital and labor
and wages as this Eight Hour System con-
templates Astounding as our country does
IN material resources, increased population
and labor will for the future, indefinitely, find
wages that will make them better, and the
condition of the workingmatl superior to his
in Europe But it is in those re
sources that this fact finds its existence. No
general conventional agreements will reduce
wages or labor. BY the sweat Of the face is
the divine edict of life. The majority of
mankind will ever have to labor, and We fear
the maximum and not the minimum of his
power to endure labor will ever be the meas
ure Of man S toll.
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The Fenfans in Ltverpool.
NEW YoRH. Jan. 81

NE" loRK, Jan. q.
The Manchester Guardian of the 18th inst.
says:
Our Liverpool correspondent has received
from some source, information which is
strictly true, however absurd and improbable
the fact may appear. The purport of the
communication is, that in Liverpool. which
has always been one of the great centers OF
tenianism, and where the chief members
have had active means of communication
with other towns in England, Ireland. and
Scotland, as well as With America The
ASSOCIATION is as vigorous as eyer or course
the proceedings of the brotherhood are now
conducted with much more caution than be.
fore the recent imprlsonments Delegation
meetings are constantly held in Liverpool,
andattended by persons from different parts
OF the onlted Kingdom and North America.
but these meetings are never held twice in
the same place, in order to battle the police
and prevent the suspicion of outsiders, and
to prevent the spies and informers who seem
to be in the city, from discovering the Irish
conspiracy. The correspondence with Amer
lea is now more active than ever before. II
is not carried on by writing. a. Feniiian Am
bassadors now arrive at aud leave Liverpool,
to and from American ports, weekly, and as
many of them are persons of good address,
and even of education, and as they always
travel first class, no suspicion whatever is ex-
cited, SO far as our informant has been able
to learn.
The latest movement of the Fenian body
is to appoint the notorious Meagher of the
sword, as Dictator. Meagher, it will be re-
membered was the leader of the Irish
Brigade, in the recent American war.
One plan Is said to be to divide ths Fenian
army into two, one to invade Canada, and
the other to join the Emperor Napoleon in
sustaining the throne of Macmillan in Mex
leo. By this stroke of policy, it is stated,
Meagher hopes to secure the equal good will
of the Emperor Napoleon, and to gain his
support to the scheme of establishing the In
dependence of Ireland
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WAsHiSGToy, Jan. 27.
HOUSE

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.
HOUSE.
The House went into Committee of the
Whole on the State of the Union. Mr.. Wash
burne, of Illinois, in the Chair. and reached
the consideration OF the Presidents Animal
Message. ers
Mr.. Smith, Of Kentucky, concluded his re-
marks heretofore commenced, maintaining
that the war was prosecuted to keep the eleven
Southern States in the Union, and that they
were all in the [ Cnion now. The doctrine
which was initiated during the war by the
Union party. was that secession is a heresy.
and that 1t violated all the principles in the
Constitution and laws on which our Govern.
ment was established In maintaining this
question, be referred to the record Of the
authority made by Congress, running through
four years, from the records of distinguished
gentlemen on the other side of this House.
We, he said, carried on the war as a Union
party, tor the express purpose of keeping the
eleven Southern States in the Union. In
maintaining this position, he did not intend
10 compromise any principle OF the great
party of the Union. The Southern States,
being IN the Union are entitled to represep
tation. but he would not admit their members
here unless they could swear they had never
ernment. IL they could not do this. he
would send them back to their constituents TO
Try 1t over, and continue to send them back
as often as they should come, until they an
swered the requirements Of that oath ere
they could legislate for the great American
nation
Mr. Baker, of Illinois, said that two funda-
mental principles has been presented. One
OF them was firmly adhered TO by the small
Democratic opposition in this House. Itwas
also, apparently, favored by few of the mem.
bers of the overwhelming Union party. Ii
was that. in order to restore the lately rebel
llous States to their normal position, Con
gress had nothing to do but TO act under that
clause OF the Constitution which gives to each
House the right TO judge of the elective quail
lhcation and returns Of its own members.
he other fundamental idea was in keeping
with the highest prerogaiive OF Congress. and
demanded by the people. He held that i,
" was the duty OF Congress to FIX up the House
Tor further accommodations. and until that
time the Southern States should take back
seats
Mr.. Bromall, of PENNSYLVANIA, said the
great problem was what should be done with
the people lately in rebellion. on the solution
OIL winch depended the continuance of this
eruntry. lie contended there was no rights
of the van9uished to emharrass our actions in
RUNNING the old States or keeping the
conquered condition as either NAV best sub.
serve the interests Of the entire nation. These
people have no rights. civil or political. The |
victor may exact all the guarantees necessary |
TO preventive recurrence Of hostility and the |
conqueror IS sole judge of the guarantees. In |
eivil war the conquered can be treated as the |
ronqueror pleases.
House adjourned.
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SAx FRAYcIsco. Jan

DAN FRANCISCO Jan. 26.
Sydney (Australia) adyices of Nov. 1lth
state that public affairs still remained in a
disturbed condition. There had been an ex-
tenslve STR ks By The workmen on the Western
Railroad, but 1t was Quieted down and they
resumed work.
Rain had finally commenced to fall doing
great benefit to the country.
Advlces from Guayama to the 10th instant,
state that the Imperialists we're defeated by
Morales at Matarph. Morales was subse-
quently badly defeated, losing one hundred
and twenty men killed. The Liberal General
Martiney had captured the city of Alamas.
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Nor BAD SToRY.-The Portland Star tells
about lady who was coming from Montreal
to Portland. She had bought love Of 1 silk
at the former place, and, after entering the
cars, Custom House officer asked her if she
had anything that required examination.
Very innocently she produced her valise, the
said silk lying in her lap all the while, done
up in coarse brown paper, and asked the
officer to hold that parcel while she exhibited
the contents of the valise. The innocent
victim, not suspecting that common looking
parcel Of being an offender, allowed her to
go on her way rejoicing
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IHE GORILLA HUNTER.-Du Chaillu, the
explorer and goriAa hunter, is. TO give an
account of his discoveries and adventures in
sfe heart of AFRICA, before the Royal Geo
graphical Society, He has found eight new
.rioes, one dwarf people, who are gypsies II
tneir nanits. de had intended to cross the
enure continent Rom the West but the kill
lng OF Two natives, by the accidental dis
attack, and obliged him to absndnn III mr..
pose. He was shot with two poisonsd arrow,
and narrowly escaped. -al II Te9e
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WHITE PINE.-It is said. by those who
know, that no White Pine grows upon the
continent south of Maryland and the bulk
of what there is, is now in Canada and the
States of Michigan and Wisconsin. Should
the consumption increase as rapidly in the
next as during the past few years, there will
be little or none of this important production
to cut In Michigan last year 10000 acres
OF white pine lands were cleaned and 1900
600 of feet cut ON the Saginaw alone.
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A SENSITIVE wife has sent the following
lines to an exchange to publish:
: Ny husband-he dreamed pleasing dream.
For sunny smiles across his face did beam:
lie dreamt of me, for Oft he murmured pet
pressed him to my heart close, cloker vet,
70 drink into my heart the precious word:
Alas. 1t was PEr-re-teHst I heard
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zen. Grant on Withdrawing the
Troops from the South.

4 contemporary intimates that GRANT is in
favor of such withdrawal His own words
will show how far this is true In his report
10 the President, the Lieutenant General
SAYS:
Four years of war, during which law was
executed only at the point Of the bayonet
throughout the States in rebellion, have left
the people possibly in condition not to yield
that ready obedience TO civil authority that
the American people have generally been in
in the habit of yielding. This would render
the presence of small garrisons throughout
those States necessary until such time as labor
returns to its proper channels, and civil au
thority is fully established | did not meet
any one, either those holding places under the
Government. or citizens of the Southern
States, who thought it practicable to with.
draw the military from the South at present.
The white and black mutually require the pro-
lection of the General Government
In response to the application Of Gov. PAR
SONS, of Ala, for the withdrawal of troops
from that State, Gen. GRANT says:
For the present, aud until there is full secu.
rity for equally maintaining the right and
safety of all classes of citizens in the States
lately in rebellion, | would not recommend
the withdrawal of the United States troops
from them. The number of interior garrsons
might be reduced, but a movable force suff
Gent to insure tranquility should>be retained
While Such force is retained in the Sodth
doubt the propriety of putting arms in the
hands Of the militia.
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BEAUTIFUL SoFT AND GLOSSY HArR.-
Those wanting fine and glossy hair please
read the card of George Cabus, in another
part OF this paper. Cabus' Tonic Is perma-
nent cure for the dandruff; cures scurf. erup-
tons, and all the diseases of the skin; restores
grey hair to its original color. decla2m.
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The Colorado Territorial Legislature bA,
granted two liberal charters to Ben. HollodaE
one for road through Middle Fork to Sal,
francisco, the distances 200 miles, and the
othsr for the Hoiloday Mail and Express
Company. !.
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iht New ork HoTh classes RAfyoND Of
'hat city, amongst the dlsunionistS, notwith.
standing the tact that RAYMOND Is the cham,
pion of President JOHNSON ; pohav. which
the HVsa professes TO support.
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p FATHER hfAcISrH, the new orator of the
rrehch pulpit sald IN recent discourse in
'ne AAnedfai OF Notre Dame: "M% an was for
iohg titne merely promising non commits
stoned officer in the army Of apds. The
Archbishop of Paris was present.
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The Grand Jury Of Polk county have in.
dicted Mr.. ORwIG for embezzlement. He.
our readers will remember, was guilty of mis-
application of money paid upon Swamp Land
Warrants. His defalcatiops reach some
$24 900.
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CASTLE THUNDER This prison is now ap.
propriated exclusively to negro criminals.
The Libby prison is the place of deposit for
all citizen and soldier convicts.
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Notice of Incorporation.

NOTICE is hereby given that Charles Ma
y son, Hiram Barney, navii w. KitSourne Henry K
Love, Edward kilbourne, Hugh " Sample, Gay v ells
H. Baker, Peter W Potter George T. KiIbonrne Will
liam leighton and Arthur Wolcott have or gsnz.d them
selves into Incorporated compsn ny under the name Of
"7he Navigation and Hydrouiic Companyo or tle
hississippi Rapids
And its principal place OF trsnsacing busness Is the
city OF Kenkuk, in the State OF Iowa
The general nature Of the bune to be transacted
the improving the navig on OF the Mississippi River
wh-ra Passes the Iowa nes Moines Rapids and
ell other purposes incident TO such improvement.
TIE capital stock authorized Is 0NE MILLION DOL
LARS, which msy be increased to any amount not
ceeding ~ million dollars in shares Of one hundred
dollars each inst.i pn,s upon which may called for
by the Boad Of Directors plAsnr~ not exceeding ave
per cent in any one month and 'he penalty for rot pay
In accordance The call within thirty dave
thereafter, may lie forfeiture of sil nsfsments previ-
ously paid.
cember 1867 and to continue for the longest period
allowed by Law
The affairs Of the company are to be conducted by
Directors to he elected annually on inch day s
shall be fixed by the by-laws.
The amount of indvst. dness of the company shall
exceed two third OF the capital stock which has
been actually sacscrbed for.
The private property Of the stockholders shah be
empt from the eorpe rate debts.
Dw. KuBoUnsE, IL W. SAMPLE,
HIRAM BARNEY. pw porrsk,
EHWsRD EILB0URNE
D. W. MELBOURNE, President.
II. X. LOVE Treasurer. 1~sas.s !.
j.. II. BARKER, Secretary. z
GUY WELLS, Engineer.
Keokak. Jaa. -. lsee.
SHINES ICELAND MOSS PASTE-Pate
y g tNAmA dslieioss cosisesisn. iess r.esysd asA
~ eol9N D. A. Kn1A
jsA3snN Corner Third and Nain-
W1LBURsSsFU PUNE COD LIVER OIL
~ aaARHoR LIA1-Jue rss(opsaAa Il
s@sasy. 60 sEa = s.'s. !
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OST-Between the Postotfice and Twelfth
- street, on Main, LEATli6k PuGkET book con-
Ia ming = 20 IN nbs k set af cold Shirt Buttons
and lsdys Gold Breast Pin will giva reward Of
Ten Dollars fsr The Of the CHklsr M,pEl
corner OF Second and Johnson street ianQi3t
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NEW ORLEANS, after the lst of March, 10
TO be lighted by three thousand petroleum
lamps; The charges of the Gas Company are
considered excessive. :
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HE Legislature of Tennessee has passed
an act 70 allow the colored people to testify
in courts of justice.
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MARRIED..

January "a, 1884, by Rev. Aaron Thompson near An
broeai Mr.. WnLIAA Fl. MARIN and Miss ENn. Mani
CarkDs, all Of Lee county, I,va.
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The correspondent Of the London Times
thus testhes concerning the reconstructed
loyalty of our amfable wayward sister, South
Carolina:
As to the hatred of the North, beyond
DOUBT it is intense. la not a single town that
have visited are Federal officers admitted to
private society. "Not a Yankee has ever
crossed this Threshold boasted one lady
proudly, ''and none ever shall" The men
might possibly be less hostile towards them,
but the women are inexorable. They lower
their wells when they meet them in the street.
leave shops when the hated Yankee enters,
and talk bitter things when they are travelling
IN the cars and see Yankees near them. An
American might travel all through the South
without hearing word of this acrid repug
nance to the North, on saspecting its exist.
ence, unless when he found himself in railway
cars or stage coaches With Southern women,
upon which occasions his ears are shortly
made to tingle. But any one who has oppor-
tunitles of probing the true feeling of the
people will not doubt that the chasm between
the North and South is wider than ever it was
before the wcr, and that the South nurses the
recollection of its injuries with all the greater
tenacity, because it dares not speak Of them
outside its own houses.
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The Memphis Araianche, which has been
rebel from the start, and still continues true
to the cause in defeat, urges the allowance of
negro testimony in Tennessee
His arguments are that it is an act of JUS
tce which ought to be accorded to the negroes
~ acknowledgment of their services to their
rebel masters and the cause of the rebellion
and he insists that the objection that it tends
to "ngger equality" has no foundation in
reason.
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The President AITH-President John
son recently received delegation of Missis-
slppiaus, and said to them in conversation:
,'lf know my own heart, my highest and
only ambition is to be an instrument in the
hands of higher power in restoring the
government TO its rightful condition by the
speediest method consistent with safety. !
am not a candidate, and can afford to do
nght. VI course, in q work of such magpi-
'uae. dlIhcu't and unlocked for problems may
arise, but We shall find that by doing one
thing at time, most of these knottv onnSt;ons
will solve and adjust themselves. Offen NV
plans disappoint me, but have learned IN ID
in my politics as | do in my relieionNwhen
my facts fail, rely on my faith, and nv faith
is still strong that all will be WE'LL
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SHINES ICELAND MOSS PASTE-Pate
~ ds Ek-A dslicioss cosfsctisn, juss received a.
~ sal4 D. A. Kn2A
js13S1U Corner Third Ard Nain-
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AND TURNING GENERALLY.

Aiso fot enumerated 10 the above anything in the
wood depntlaent IN the house building line. Al.o
Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-03-02
TO CONTRACTORS.
SUBSISTENCE OFFICE U. $. ARMY,
~ No. SOUTH GAY STREET

| - No. soUTH GAY STREET,
| BALTIMoRE, MD, March LIST, 1866
eeved at this Office until Il NJ on SAT TfGi D.
March 10, 1866 for furnishing and delivering free OF
COST TO the Camps. Barracks. Hospitals and officers
in. around and in the vicinity of Baltimore Nd Tin
GLIDING the garrisoned tors,) all the FRESH BEEF
| required by them Tor SIX months, commencing April
lst 1866, such less time the Commssary General
| of Subsistence may direct.
The Beef to b.. Of good and marketable quality,
in equal proportion of fore and hind-quarter meat
| meek, shanks and kidney tallow to be excludedD
| The necks Of the cattle slaughtered under this
agreement shall be cut off at the fourth yertebraI
| joint and the breast trimmed down. The shapks of
fore quarters shall be cut off from three to four inches
above the knee joint and Of hind quarters from sx
| to eight inches above the gambrel or hook joint
All questions respecting quality and condition will
be settled by the officer of the Subsistence Depart
ordering the meat: If the meat be not satsfac-
tory IN quality ana condition; IN this officers udg
ment, purchases in open market will be made at the
EXPENSE Of the contractor
Blank forms of proposals can be obtained on appli-
cation at this office, either in person or by mail
The certificate attachad to the proposal must be
signed by two responsible parties.
The responsibility of the guarantors must be shown
by the official certificate of the Clerk of the nearest
District Court or of the United States District At
Each party offering proposal must accompany it
by affidavit that he is not interested directly or in
has subscribed his name.
Bidders must be present to respond to their bids
and be prepared to give bonds for the fulflment of
their contract, or their proposals will not be con-
sidered
If the bid is in the name of firm the names of all
themembers and their postOficc address must ap-
pear, or it will not be considered
Each person or every member of firm Offering
proposal must accompany it by an oath of allegiance
to the United States Government, if he has not al
ready filed one III this Office.
Payments to be made in such funds as may be on
hand; if none on hand, to be made soon as received
Proposals must he endorsed distinctly, Proposals
for Fresh Beef, and addressed to the undersigned,
who reserves the right to reject any or all bids not to
the interest of the United States
All proposals not complying strictly with the above
specifications will positively be rejected
THOMAS WILSON,
Bvt. 1t. Col. ard c. S., U. S. A.,
mhl-9t Bvt Brig Genl Vols