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FRIDAY. JANUARY II, 1856.
THE MERCHANTS, INTERROGA-
lORKES TO THE RAILWAYS.

kf
number ofimportaut in,crrocutorie addressed
10 the officers OF the eeycrnl railroad cou1pa-
MES in this CITY, by tteo hundred aad ,,cessy of
the loading mercantile houses Of Chicago,
These firms embrace nearly all the prominent
merchants in the csty, and represent capital
and business of tens Of millions of dollars,
Tbr s,cncrs ri thc circular ask The rail,o.d,
IN 1..tcwbat ARE their 'r,esent tariff rafas fnr
frs,c,t !, Thnt dtfT.rence ~rl.t. tetxeen
fbose ,..c. and. ,he rata, cbs1raa IN
1sa1y What ncdnrtfon r. snv AZ thcv
contemnlo,e mailing dur3,o thu nr.ssnt ~.
nm and nnon wh,i ar.,clcss All ,rb.the,
tbe, vii, aIlov s,,,nn-,s to co,s;,7, or,sn ~
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;nconc ~ INV os tnc e1c..tcr, r., IN Ch1csne ~
carn,ncx or income of anv e1nrcsp .sfa.t.
Tnc;chtW ~ ,t,nnsno,t..lon co,nnsu'e. ~
steamboat lines nnon rnu,e. 1oad5,rz to chy-
c.ro therchv Grating -cornh,nat,ons to thc
nuh,ic ,nfprr, S1xn vhat constryrt,on ~.
raflro.d ~ 1iacn ,non tb.tr 1f.hf,;tv "a, ,,rr,,,
cttxdc.t7nved hv {,rcrbt,. IN tvnr.;t ,na T.
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.ho, th., trtc,,a :, rnsk.: r. -.,1..1nr 's ~,
+hc;, nrrsant l,rh freight charcra - 4.ts-
thnsc ,,os,t,ors T. In invita- and ,,rcc,nft .ta a
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1,c n thr novcr of the Ra11road comron;c.
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rr,,1 sot,,,v tbc n.o,,,e II thcv ean d. ~ y
!. sure1v r. tnsir ,r,cr,st that !, ts
d,,o. a,a ;r .h.r -. ~ -a.,.t,, ~.
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,Ats ".u '111.4'us eu~sss VI eue Poop4o
lAat tnels coSlEes a1e 4all ana Ieasonaole1 nno
Their hands clear Of hll partnership arrange
mcuts with elevators md express and "fast-
freicht'' companies. then the sooner they turn
ovrr a nnv leaf. and reform rrist,ne ahrs.s
4,o h.ttn- q vii, i. ~ 4ha ;r.o-..+. ~ A.
-. ~ .s I. " NV
1oa0s Lucy .nhna'e Anu aepscseat. Al1eaoy
lhefc NtAlk IN Taf1ous parts oi the STATE Of Pc
tidouing the Governor to call special SESSION
OF the Legislature for the PURPOSE Of euactfnc
a scale Of freight and passenger ratcs or
rather of ffxfur the rafes ahnra u1,ch fla
,nnn.n,a. xbs1i ,,ot \. .t,o~od 4, .h...
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nox, yoR 1ux FRrkxDIEas-AxsuAIA AExz1s

uoss 1oR the FR1ESDLEss-AxsuAL AEE51su-
me sixth anniversary meeting Of The directors
and friends Of tho Home Tor Tho FEisud1ess Will be
he,d On Monday srentng ue1', commencans at7h
O'Clock, IN Smith J. Ni1on's Ha1l- MsJor Nce VII
preside. The meeting will he the most Interesting
Of my tn The series Of Raiherncs. Ts s.ve tbs fol
owing Is the programme Of exerc1ses;
Prayer BY Rev. E. ]. Goolsresd.
Singing BY tho children, led by F. B.
"Eather Them IT"
:. Reading OF tho Annual Report II
Managers.
singing BY the ehutren-"Hod
Children"
Address by Rev. z. u. Hz
Music hy The Arlou Qua
AecH1. 9abfn, Root, j
Addttss by hsr. u.
Music by lhe AIlo
Mreie BY the CHI
Beuediction-l
D. D.
, 1866-01-12


and wanting the talent Of the Satariav Be-
pit1r, 1t has not won more support than It de-
serves. Just now seaes Of papers nc being
published which rnaytl LIT II into higher
sphere. They treat Of the spiritual condition
Of certain counties In England, aud ire writ
ten by Especial commissioner" author
named Gilaert-who has been sent to the va
rious districts to Inquire into the facts. After
the London Rerteto-conclrdfng the series ot
political papers-1 need not stay to do more
than mention publications. like the D6sesper.
which, edited bya Radical, lives upon dolea
Of olBclal news sent to it from the
Treasury on Saturday nights nor the Pres,
the solitary, or all but solitary defender
amongst It's contemporaries, Of the claims Of
the Tories to Office Moro important to q
government arc what are called the religious
papere-organs OF sects who are ut home In
politics as well 81 in theology. The Guardian,
High Church, and Liberal in politics, stands
at tho head, and is favorably distinguished by
the moderation of Its tone and the elevation
Of its thought. The GHardian has 40 exces-
lent American correspon ondent-who, I cannot
say-but one who did great good duiug the
war By his contributions. say 1t with moth
ing like snecr, bat with sadness, that our
religious papers, so-called, are bIaHord
amongst secular writers, for the inte tey of
their hatreds, aud the unscrupu1ouSa,of Of
their warfare. The chief mmaadndaf68
seem 10 be read backwards by psners
like the Church Reriem tPuseyite) and the
Record Evangelical or Low Church, Indeed,
tho latter paper, the Record, Is in ecs]esiasti-
cal matters, what the Sattrin used 10 be in
social afairr. II 1t differs from q man, II at
once throws suspicion upon his orthodoxy i:
II he does not make terms, It prays ior him :
and If he should be taken AWAY by death n
will fnsinuate. az IT haa inst done IN Abe casa
Of the eminent clergyman of Brighton-the
late F. ". Robertson-sbat his mind wa dis
ordered, The ,zoho Bull md the Clerica, Jour
nal are little better, and the Payix. the
nr,ran of tho independent dEsscnters. I. rna,lv
an rcspectably conducted as a secular iournaj :.
Int the disseuters -bnye their .Record In the
Braisa Sfaudard. though an, sorry to say
so. seesne that DR.. Campbell. thu edftor ol
4he latter. was a stout friend of the Nnrth
throurhout tie war. The Nou-Conformf.i
ed,t.d nv m. r. Mia,l, rou1d mi ot,st tn
Amer,ca' for the aim of It's being Is simply to
destroy the alliance. between Church ant,
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k}ea in the WaY nf the navigation of fhe tVo
~, meto to,d "a h,re hoen e1nended m liz wnTls
VA ~ ras,,1t "a nrncticaI narioatfon fron
Tn-.at,e f,Itv H. Green Raw. a ilfsianre ri 1ES
-,,'es n TnusT ~ horne il, mind thai thf. i
~" .r;n.itn, that rnte of snec1 ~ az
ntiss ner Rnnr il aftainablc over tf,is mart of
t1.n roIts viii crair1 harrcs In tow srpfrhtin1
eaSn Ho1r ba ~" ,eet scssnn witne sod dsi,v
snIts of the ahoye chsracter on the Fox RiTer
hrar,ch If tls imnrnvement. Fnr fonr ~ fivc
.aars ncs. stson,hoots of the lnncltv nf finn
!s we. : 4h-se h1nJrad inns hnYc aynoGorea5
1,st1s ditiicn1,v in eating tbrourh hy this
-o,,tc ron, Grcen RAW 10 the AIississtno}- X
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arsrn,ncrt "1 t frensnort f7eet o. fRe NSs;ss,nni
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t2aIta 1vt,,no,,o1o TINY W.nt ~ tha;r 49, Jas'
tsrad ~ aI;I se,vice 1hrn1rh fbe works If tha Fov
Wisconsin Improvement Company In Central
1visconsin N'
~ rlnnc1np at the nap Of that State von
,viiT go that at PnTta@e Eity. IL" W;sco1s;n
RireT inn. n = sonthwesterly iiirert;on and
,snhoraes hsSr ;nto the HssssinnI a. Prs1;a adn N
rb;cn The f3istanee il 1I5mi,es. The FnT
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"a suay 9es A. po,,a,a Titg tha Wota-s ~ ~
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aa ny nb ~ ~ upu ~ III, y
a9 q " iap nns;t,on ~ ~ staa
q good placllea1ie Hnte5 naylgntion y oy steam
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Af&
, 1866-01-12

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S.aee ,@ .cs.e.A1''n IL 'e4e' ~ ''' ''''-<
We have seen, through bitter experience.
the crila Of class legislation a practised by
the States, in the form Of slave and black
codes. We cannot but perceive the eyils of
The system in England, and Ill mooarrhIcal
governments, where the laws are allowed to
recognize distinctions between persons and
Glasses. We cannot shut our eyea to tho p,-
tent fact TINT euch LEGISLATION. even vhrn cr.
crciscd for good purposes, Is based upon 4
principle OF pernicious Tendencies. that ouoht
not, II it can be avoided, 10 obtain .ecoeu1.
1ion in the Republic. The desipu md sp,rit nj
our Government IL oppoeed 10 this system.
aud its evident intent IL to render uunecsssarr
any special enactmeats for the benefit ar ~.
preston of any class. but to le,fslate for all
alike. But. unharui1y. there i. At nre.cnt
no special clause whereby th,s 3ntcnt con H.
, 1866-01-12

UN1MPA1RxD.-The pirate Semmes has
written letter, In which he declares that his
"sense Of manhood remains unimpa,red."
Quite likely: he hasn't impaired It by use,
certainly. :.
, 1866-01-12
RnGItsia pUnI1c SCHOOLS:

sPnn " e1'ess "s n.t' eSy tusN
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~ .Ae rH %,,s~ ,.N,'W 10" -, NV
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s.e p 80 -. ~ ,.,-s's N.a,,,," a 40 1ou
$500 - s..s -. - s,.sr.... - 49, s...s. ~ ~
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~, .hs 1,o,s<t rna,tsh,nnr - :. 80 .t'sT
Ia make c1,arncter ar and when fhie c,oa.
Grained Enrl,,b nattr~ sb,n become r,sssss
~ ~ tbe ,dea that II IA rven Greater r. ~
mon than tn he an Fng1ishman. and htebcr to
- = no1,1. NO., tr,r - -. ,'os,e,na2 ttas
VII cone Il, ba bonor.d ,,v ,n.nt3na =. ther
hnnnr themse1re. mt NV En9lizb1nrn ~
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4.ue.,!n- &ue, - -14 aa" euo else"n mt "nsio
s.aus t.s ntu ~ easa .Ss o"u 11ss. se.em lucy
1--WE ~ w w. 'ne nopA,S* staoS VI
manklno Is man, no" glano aaa saIs1Fms
study 'ot m Engnsnnao Is England. ana SO
VIC nave Parliamentary Commissions probing
The cancers Of The state with IN unflnching
thoroughnsss, and when they haFc done il
they apply some little remedy which removes
part OF the evil and let the rest remain for
another generation. Perhaps they could not
DO better. The me stock which Is 10 endure
for unfold nges, Which Is to be sill green
tree, throwing Its shadow orer half the earth,
when the Latin races shall be what the Pho
nicians are, must take lis centuries to ripen.
well and Milton, and vet the pover Of the
new life was there, even In the old dnys Of
Marina Cbarta. and The world can atford tn
wait The slow process bv which IL throws of.
fake by flake. the old crnst m view of thr
nobleuese OF the time that IL to be when old
ENGLAND shall have become new. md reach
fnr its hands arross the ses. AZ well aa over
the continent, SHAH blend with the new
ENGLAND. which already Ia and which ia to he.
snd The Two shall cast one nrotectfnr and re-.
treshlng shadow over III Tho world. re-
But NC, who look from England's future
upon England's present, from new England
TO old England, are surprised by many un-
expected features of the old order Of things
The House OF Lords, by select committee,
have beeA studying the subject Of the public
schools Of England, and the House Of Com
mons have ordered the report and evidence
to he printed. We know what the public
schools OF new England arc, and 1t Is pleas
ant to fnd that there arc public schools In
old England, too. Aud VIC ask with some
interest what are the public schools of Eng
lnnds
They are great boarding schools in which
the sons Of the nristocr1cy, having had some
previous trimming In private schools. arc
,ntha-.a IN r,+,,x ~ fnr <ha rvn3 rarS}tv .,r for
, 1866-01-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

The London Resiew besan we'll, aud
still as literary paper does come service.
but it has been injured BY an infusion Of the
, 1866-01-12

POPULATION
The population Of Town, according to the
census Of 1865, was as follows:
Total uumbef Of whites. ,0i2
Total number OF blacks. 143e0
Total population. lha
According to the census OF 1855, the popn-
latfon Of Iowa is as follows:
Total number Of whites. Isl rs
Total number Of black. ck........-.-.-.--...' 36o7
To,s, population. ;. -
No tepoH for 1865 from the populous coun-
ty OF fWinpeshiek has been furnished, and the
return for 1868 being taken for this county, .
heavy increase IS thereby omitted In the above
calcn1atiou. The census Of 1855 also having
tho spring and fall immigration-is necessarily
over % 600 people residents Of lows not in-
meni, which would give an actual population
our increase has been much greater during
The last two years than the former periods,
II the increase continues in the aame ratio
during the residue Of this decade, We may
Justly anticipate the next national census will
give Us population Of nearly one million.
SCHOOLS.
Bv reference to the clear and compreheu-
siye report Of the Superintendent Of Public
instruction, It will be observed that the
schools Of the State are In healthy and
.tlouriahing condition. The system Is working
we'll, and Is 30 far perfected as to require but
little additional lcgfslation. -
The average attendance Of pupils during
, 1866-01-12
THELONDON WEEKLY rRESS.
Their Editors, Contributors and
Opinions,

The Examiner, Spectator, Saturday He-
view. Economist, Lond"u Kevfew,
Pres, Ssuardinn, Church Review,
Record, John Bull, Clerical Journal,
Patriot, British Standard, Non-Con-
forrnIst, Enquirer, Tablet. and Week.
, 1866-01-12

political life no principles whatever. Their
motto is the most hateful of MI mottoes-ya
o1nairart. Laying themselves out for fatter-
Ing the preJudices Of tie upper class, they do
not at the same time conceal their contempt
of those whom they please They admire no
man, and to them all opinions are alike. The
chief thing,is to have been at University,
and to despise every body who eau be suspect
cd Of earnestness. An action for libel revealed
the fact the other day, that Mr.. Be-
resford Hope is still Its chief proprietor !;
and the wonder remains. how 80 flpi.
cal Puseyite. exalt,pr candlesticks.
surpllces md crosses above any amount OF
solid religious teaching, and having in him
what most literary men would characterize q,
superstition, can preserve a connection with
q periodical In which religion fares no better
than the. world. Tracta.ians and Ratloua1ists
meet in the Saturday Repieu and agree in a
sneer, The paper, 80 fat rs Its influence e1-
tends, has worked little but harm: for 1t
ENCOURAGES, In their Afectationz and
ridiculous pride, men who might be stirred mp
by different treatment to useful living; and
gives excuses to men who are skeptical, not
from honest doubt but from aversion to
Christian restraint. The editor Is Mr.. Cook
an able man, but who must experience marvel
lous difficulty In keeping anything like a con.
sistcnt course with SO motley train of con-
tributors-assisted bY Mr.. VenAhlcs, q Parlla-
mentary counsel; by Mr. Saunders, who
lately visited Mexico on a rai1way enterprise; !;
bY Mr., Gregg, and two or three clcfgYmeu.
, 1866-01-12

1854, was 117,S7e, and tho number q youth
Of school age, 81, DIE. Out Of Ga94 :Ga94 $50 emu
merated school children in 1855, there Nss N
average attendance OF LIS, $50 pupils
PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND.
The Auditor, in his abe report, hss called
your attention to tho present condition Of the
permanent SCHOOL Fpnd. This subject should
receive your early and serious attention. The
plan originally sdopted Of distributing this
fund among the counties, vcstfng the school
fund commissioners with authority to loan It
e1pedleucy, hiss caused much embarrass:
meut, and resnlted IN = matersal
dlminutlon Of the fund. Through
the incompetency and misnanagement Of
county officers largo amount remains nnac-
counted for, and although Strenuous cdortS
obtain Satisfactory adjustment Of the &C
counts, great discrepancies still exist IN mauJ
instances between tie snms charged TO coun-
lies and the amounts accounted for In their
returrs. Unless careful settlement can b
obtained with these delinquent counties, and
the remedies against them strictly enforced.
The ultimate loss to tho School Fund will
amount to many thousand dollars-
AGRICULTURAL CoLLEek.
The completion of the Agricultural Col
lege Is subject which demands your early
attention. by kUE aCt u CVuklteS uuucF
which We obtained this rich endowment Of
lands for the benefit Of Agriculture and the
Mechanic Arts, the State Ia required, within
dye years from the date Of the grant, to pro-
vide at least one College, s. described IN said
act. If we fail to comply with this condi-
tion. the lands thus granted will revert to
| the United States
| This building must be completed at Ill haz-
| ards, and trust the General Assembly will not
hesitate to make an appropriation adequate
to accomplish the work within the time limit
ed by th6 grant. When completed upon the
present plan, next to the Insane Asylum at
Mount Pleasant, 1t will ba the finest edidce In
the State; and will have been erected for a
| much smaller sum than the Other States have
| expended upon their colleges under the same
grant. .---.
also recommend an appropriation of &, 900
| for the purpose Of reliably testing, by means
| OF an experimental orchard the varieties ot
fruits best adapted to the soil and climate oi
this State, aud for the purchase of additional
! heads Of improved stock. These departments
| will be Of immense practical value to the
State, md can soon be made self-sustaining
| and their utility depends very much upon
| their early introduction.
| CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
| The Charitable institutions Of the State de-
The Portland daily press., 1866-10-01

PRNeE1 lsGRTsCE lAKoFF ON AMERICAN Pol
Tffos AT "a public dinner given in St. Peters.
burg in honoffss6f lid American mission, Prince
Gortschekoff, Minist er of Foreign Affairs, made
a speech from which we extract the following;
TT is needless for d lie to dwell upon the man.
ifestations of sympathy between the two coun-
tries. They shine out in the broad light of day
1t is one of the most interesting facts of orr
time-a fact which creates between two ma
tions, might say between two continents
germs of reciprocal benevOlence and friend
ship which will bear frnit, which create tradi-
tons, and which tend to consolidate between
them relations based on a true spirit of Chris
tian civilization. -1J
This understanding does not rest ON eeooranb-
ical proximity. The gulf of oceans separates
u.s. ItdOes not rest either on parchments. /
am unable to find a single trace of it in the
archives of the department which has been
assigned to me; it is instinetiye; indeed, NAV
be permitted to call it providential. I rejoice
continuance. Inlmy political situation all my
anxleties are about its consolidation / saw
anxieties and not efforts, because it REQUIRES no
efforts to give effect to al attraction at once
spontaneous and reciprocal. ft
Another motive that induces me to declare
emphaticaily my appreciation of this alliance
is that it is neither menace nor a peril to anv
one. IL does not derive its inspiration from
covetousness or from any sinister design God
has given to the two countries such conditions
of existence that their grand internal life is
enough for them. The United States of Amer
lea are invulnerable with them. This state of
things does not depend solely upon the fact
European conflicts, but upon the public spirit
which reigns there, upon the personal charac-
ter OF the citizens. America cannot experience
any eOl except what she makes for herself"
The Portland daily press., 1866-10-01
FROM MEXICO.
Desperate Battle at Ures.
OF IN AMERICAN
id p VESSEL.

ilii - SAN FRANCISCO. Sept 20.
6nayamas letters give detailed accounts oil
tne TN, french evacuation of Sonora, and connrm
the news OF q desperate battle at Ures, Sept.
4th. The number engaged on both sides is
stated at 1000. One of the letters says the
French Admiral when about to evacuate Gu
ayamas, determined to leave that place in the
hAnds OF the Indian chiefs, Tanari and Tubi,
but the solicitations of the American Consul
induced change of orders, The Imperial
Consul here pronounces this story false. The
lmperiaIsts TODD away the American bark
Francis faimer, which had been seized on tho
charge OF 10 ading guano without license
The case has been brought into COnrt. The
lmperlaiists are said to have acted disgracefui-
", having forced $4,000 worth Of provisions
from the people, to feed the destitute among
the kanoris savages. They also stole all the
goods in the Custom Hause, belonging to mer-
chants, took all the powder in the magazine,
and carried off in the Frances Palmer large
amount of freight owned by French subjects,
ON which prepayment was exacted at the rate
of $40 per ton. The United States steamer
Sssamas Frsnnas a ras about going in pursuit Of the
1u00A WAsHNsroN, Sept. 80.
Senior Romero, the Mexican Minister, re-
ceived to-day dispatches from his Government,
dated CMhuahua, up to the Sd inst.
Governor and Military, Commander of the
State of Bocetaras Gen. Nuga was instructed
to march with all the available forces of his
command upon the city of Durango the only
place the French hold In that State, and to at
tack in combination with the forces of Gen.
Marrerra.. ! y tao ,aI39 al aHG hNHa
General Diego Alvarez has been appointed
Military Governor of the State of Gusrrers
The official paper of Chihuahua publishes
an Important correspondence from Gen. Ba-
zaine to Gen! Donay, captured by Gen. Esco-
bados forces, showing the difficult condition in
which the French army is placed in Mexico.
The principal dispatches are written in cypher.
There is no truth in the rumor that General
Drtega was at Sanedo, Mexico.