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, 1866-01-05
FRIDAY, JANUARY S, 1865.
TIE RAILROADS AND THE REO-

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A. catoo' nA'e cse@peo .us op'.a At'ou =.
tnic"o nAl'"n. ou.'s .ua. ensn ,ainnc's
anu mc. cnau'o 1se.tns n''o ~ us S."te, 40
'@A1"s bo1uos "ou ai''' s''1u9s .nan tus
prce1oi1g eon'sn'o',, o' tne Sap'eet u i.a'''
way Isane1'of'auon' 1ue Aeeuue ~ etctnne
advanced sevesal steps oeyona t1e ground ~
enmeo oy inc MOTIFS, oehalo or nloomlnSton
oouol.ess1s oe 1ooto 'Aoleal laao lnht u o1e1-
nne.
w We Iaink We see tne nlamate platform tnat
*au &c adopted ~ tae ~nole mass Of INC
1aImefs, manufacturers ana merchants OF TINS
efcaI s1a1e, VIZ: an alnfmaoce o. Inc right
and power oi me Leeisialure 10 establish
maximum iEelght and passenger tas1d ior MI
Lie tailroada IN Illinois. This Il certainly the
oaectaon 10 "nleh Inc people aro tending.
lne ooloef thinkefs anu leaders nave already
arrived a. tnat terminus ot the argument,
ana the'f 1ollo*ers, who number mil1ors, are
eteaolly marching toward The Same conelu-
t,ou. But The lawyers. ecentlng lat fees In
the distance, Will doubtless tell The Railroad
o1ncaa1s mol 70 oe alarmed that their vested
rights " will protect them md that the Leg
islaiure cnnnot enact valid law fixing limits
10 freight and passenger charges. But sup
pose the Legislature does pass such a law.
who con1d prevent it's cnforcementr The
courts, Is the ready ansvcr. But who makes
the courts? The people. Very well. When
the people of Illinois elect Legislature and
order It to enact law in their name, setting
limits to railway charges, they will also fntlu.
cnce their courts 10 declare It good law. But
II
abolish them, and create other courts which
will project tic public interests.
Il is broad principle Of Law That corpora-
lions al,all moi use their privileges to the pub
lie injury. All combinations that exclude
healthy competition are In violation of public
policy and detrimental to the popular good.
, 1866-01-05
FROM FOND DU LAC.
BuAfncss Review for 1SG5-TFade Sta.
d. tistlca-The Railroad Shops-Gcneral
Progress OF the Last Year.

Bt1Afncss Review for 18G5-Trade Sta
tistica-The Railroad shops-Gcnera1
Progress OF the Last Year.
Correspondents It the Chicago Tnbune.l
FosD 70 LAC, Wis, Jan. 2, 1856
The business statistics Of the city of Fond
du Lac for the year ending December 81st,
1865, have been accurately collected at M ax-
pense Of much time ana labor. The general
sales for the year, iscludlng dry goods, gro-
ceries, hardware, d., amount to 81, 09o, ,Ga3.
This amount does not include the tobacco
stores and liquor Establishments, either whole
sale or rotail, for tb reason that the proprie-
tors of the aforcsd refused to throw their
business into the gtaefal estimate. 1t may be
they arc ashamed 10 dishonorable business,
fear Of the U. 8. Cilector, Col. Hatch. who,
We are informed, b'a great terror TO men OF
0crReQ The Wheat usaas ia has been aseracefhlly
small. The yield throughout the country
Was immense. til roads were never better
than during the fdt md there is every reason
to believe that repnld have shipped larger
amount Of Wheattban on any previous year,
had 1t not been fothe course pursued By, the
formed what wasln lnown as tho .sWbeat Buy
ers' Combination'| and regulated the price
for this market Il euit themselves The re-
suit L; they haN! m4de large profits on q
small amount ofAbor, and hare succeeded
IN very materially injurhg the trade Of the
city. The buyeh on. the ". q Il railtond
hnye orerbid theafrom three to ten cents per
bushel, and whca grown within three miles
Of the city has Ken taken to Wnupuu and
Brandon. Therlns been received but 50,
ofthe manufhurhg interests, the lumber
department Is mch the heaviest. The 1um-
beImen are gentous pnblic spirited men .:nnd
deserve the coidence they receive, Four.
teen mills have manufactured II H,9S5, coo feet
Of flumbcr, $4,000 feet Of lath, and q, 500, 900
shingles. The hicago d Northwestern Rail-
road CompanyTe buildiug.a q new mill near
the lake, whicbis to be the largest In the
Nnr4hWegt
, 1866-01-05
AOiA ENel. s*-.s...-s-.-s.s.
-0r, an ayc1aee or $9.12 per aTe.

VkS III HsE3"E0 Vt ~"37~1- Ps3 d11H.
the shade will be 30 great that cropping Is out
OF the question in the mean time the corn
crop will pay all the cost Of culture, and the
previous preparation Of the SOIL
Suppose you value the land at 5000 per
acre including fencing, which Is the average
price OF farm under fair state of improve
mcnt, and we have. tho cost Us follows: -.
Eight ucrcs Of land at $50 s24lN
Planting Is above. 1880
Interest md taxes fifteen years nj 10 PET
Cent. .".s-.....................+ 63t-50
, 1866-01-05
THE FARM AND GARDEN,

Something Of tho Cllmato-4About New
Years. and How Timber .Bolta Will
Improve 1.-THE Goat of Tree Planting.
Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribunal
CHAMPAIGN, III, Jan i, 1886.
A new year is born, and VIC write its name
eighteen hundred and sl1ty-st1. Young, yet
vigorous, giving hopes Of great promise, and
We shall therefore look forward to renewed
progress in agriculture u It marches down
the line of days and weeks to its destination.
Not all the newborn years have given US
kindly greeting at their birth, and some Of
them will be long remembered for the disas-
tiers that date with their coming. That Of
1854 Is the most notable Of late years. The
great storchousc of Arctic cold was opened
at lis birth, and sent Its bane Of chilling Bit
ter cold fnr down toward the sunny South.
Even at Memphis the thermometer stood at
zero, point not before reached In the history
Of the country.
cumbed to Its angry blast, and its pathway
was marked by death ; tbs stalwart man fell
the maiden, though wrapped IN thick robes
Of the shaggy buffalo, could not endure its
vlsitat1on v hen the driving storm blinded the
team that wandered on the trac1ess prnirie !;
the SCHOOL boy Of seventeen with his younger
brother could not stem the fierce onset Of
binding snow that came drifting from the
direction of their home, home that they
could not reach one just budding into beau
ty, who sought shelter behind the shock of
corn, Is cold In death, while in yonder drift
slept the school boy In his last sleep. his
shawl drawn carefully over his head which
rcposcd On his dinner basket.
Such scenes marked the track Of the storm
us 1t rolled the wave Of SHOW and cold. cold,
dry, freezing, leathly cold. down the long
ssretehes Of prairie Dead horses, cattle, sheep
and swine were piled In fearful windrpws to
be counted by Thousands. The engine stood
frozen In the drift, while the whole train OF
live stock fell like the arny Of sennacherb
at the touch Of the ang cl.
The blossom of the peach, the apricot, the
ncctnrin, the almond, the pear; the plum and
the cherry nearly oil died At the touch. The
summer drouths aud the easly frosts had So
rirehcd the buds of the apple that they cs-
capped unharmed. The covering Of snow that
came with the cold saved many tender
plant that would otherwise have been de-
stroyed.
Tho stock OF hogs and sheep suffered most;
thousands upon thousands of the former
were On tho trains, while the latter were ex-
posed without shelter In the ruthless blast.
The destruction Of sheep. cattle and swine
recalled the days of the Ettrick shepherd,
when ffe 1crHj}h syrDf ffa hest f3ork8 frnu1
, 1866-01-05
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Common timber land Is worth on an aver
age &100 per acre. White cedar posts are
5000 per 1o0. Suppose one sixth Of these
trees will make one post each. giving 5000
posts, at the pr1ce only OF white cedar, and nc
have the sum OF 81 500.
Deduct for cutting two cents each, 800
Hauling md selling 100
, 1866-01-05
The following a short recap1tulation of

Iofa1....... --........s-.-.. bs.uNa,3s919
The c. d N. VICAR Works have since about
the first Of Deceaber employed 2:8 men, be-
ing their compliment, and are turning ont
two stock can!per day. There hare been
brilt durinI tht year oa53I cars, ranging In cost
from e995 81, ,A6ee: 20. The main shop Gov
ess al. 800 squire feet, and the blacksmith
and paint hops 500 each: These shops arc
uess q sat q the city. 4 nueh lurger business
IN eyay department. i anticipated for the
coming rear than We lave ever had before.
Not 81 teast among the Aanv improvements
poedVe1y to be made, i the erection OF q
fs1te and comuodious ele1stor, which will
kp6ck In "pih the dry bones Of the wheat
pa{sets; md reinstate the geod old wheat aAys
Of yo1e The most Of cut merchants pnr-
cbase their goods either fram or through Chi
ceEo. ElIuU CoLMAN.
, 1866-01-05
TIE hATIONAf, DKRr.

The National debt has increased two mill
ions Of dollars within the past month Of De
cembcr.c Secretary LcCulloch has stated IL az
follows nj the two periods: 3,
Nov. 80 1855. 7t4 81 814
nar m acfs6 rar rnst1 ~ -
, 1866-01-05
FREE TRADE AND PROTECTION,
Important Letter from John Bright.
Prom Our Own Corrcspondentl =

Important Letter from John Bright.
[F1om Our Own Concspondentl =
LoSnoa, Dee. IL
In looking through the filos Of newspapers
from different parts oil the Union, 1t Is not
difficult to perceive that the question Of free
trade Is rapidly taking the place Of The al
most dcfunct slavery issue. We're permitted
to express An opinion on subject which
those Americans who do not agree with me
will, o.. coutzs, Say Is no hnsiness OF mine, I
should venture to predict that the battle be-
tween free trade md protection In the United
STATES win be at whitehead Inside the next
five yeazs. There, Is one argument, or what
Is assumed to- be an argument, nsed- By the
advocates Of protection, which, 50 fat as I
know, has not yet been properly answered,
namely, that hlgh:pald American labor must,
OF necessity, be undersold by low-paid Eng
lsh and European labor. This assumption,
observe, Is greatly emphasized by. certain
Eastern and Pennsylvania political ccono-
mists and manufacturers; and the deduction
is invariably made that the American laborer
or artisan would, by the establishment of
free trade, be reduced to tho level Of European
pauper labor. We had to combat this fallacY
at The time Of our Anti ti-Corn-Law excitement; );
and rs you are now passing, or about to pass,
through the same valley Of di.cord and trial
rs ourselves, you will not be lndisposcd to
hear how the objection was met and answer
ed by our Ftee-trade advocates Ipresmted
the case to the inheritor of 3I1. Cobden's
mantle and authority, Mr.. John Bright, ask-
Ing him FOR some popular argument in reply
to the fallacy; and that gentleman has favor
cd mo with the following article written cspc-
clGllY for rQuf cQlumna:
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-26

'Only country girl" said Helen. then
falling into her husbands arms. she ex-
claimed, "Forgive me. / am that little rus
tic that you would sooner die than wed.
Are you sorry YOU married nep"
SORRY, my glorious WIFE But. Helen,
you could not deceive. Did not under
stand you had never"
"Been at an academy" she broke In +;
"never took a music lesson, never was
taught to sing, all very true, aud yet 1 ain
all you see me here tonight, myself my
own teacher, with labor and diligence, I
hope ! am worthy 10 be the wife Of one so
good and exalted IS Ind my husband to
be- t,. r
Reader, wouldn't you and | like to be
there just now and hear her story, and see
the bright smiles between, her pretty face
and dimples. as she tells how she banished
the piano, books, harp, portfolio, music, all
IN an empty room by themselves and lock-
ing the door, leaving them to secluson and
dust, while the young country girl without
any deep laid scheme, succeeded In con-
vincing the well bred city gentleman that
he could marry charming rustic, If her
fingers were more familiar with the churn
and knitting needles, than the piano and
bookst ......
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-26

A PALATIAL AvENUE.-The New York
sun says that 1t Is not generly known that
Fifth avenue with Its $40 residences, has
not house which cost less than 30.00O,
except few at its upper end. The average
cost of the houses Is 39,000 and the rent. il
furnished, between 81 600 and $1,000 q
month. A. T. Stewards house, In course
of erection corner of Thirty fourth street.
and being built ofthe purest native marble,
will cost, when completed nearly or about
one million dollars. Notwithstanding high
prices and rents, every house II occupied
and more wanted. ,s lIH lu
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-26
CAUTION.

A. HE PUBLIC ARE WARNED NOT
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The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-26

From Rev. j Newton Brown, ID. u. Editor OF the
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Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-09-14
FROM INDIANA.

Correspondence ofthe Union and Americana
New HARMONY, IND, Sept. 10, 1866
The canvass here is fairly opened, the nomi-
nees of both parties being in the field. The
nominating Convention of the National
Democrats of this (Posey) county came off
at Vaudeville a few days since, and was
quite a success, being large, harmonious and
enthusiastic. They put forward a strong
ticket, which will be heartily supported,
Last Monday the Radicals held their
County Convention at this place and tried
to appear in good spirits; but l fear the
Spirits" are too consuming and will need
much replenishing to enable them to bear
the dark load which sits upon them like an
incubus. In their call for a convention they
call on those opposed to, among other things,
negroes voting, etc. What monstrous i'm
pudence and duplicity
I shall not burden your readers with
even a sketch of their speeches and resolu-
tons, as they we're but a repetition of the
arguments ~ and misrepresentation of
their leaders. With such men as VooR-
HE'S, HENDRICKS, NIBLACK, 1.-THE last of
whom is our candidate for reelection to
Congress from this, the 1st district and
others, supported by the people to guard our
cause and strike for the right, we fear not
the consequences.
The weather during the last month or two
has been unusually variable-heat and cool
alternating, with occasional rains, which
last is about to prove too protracted at pres
ent for the convenience or pleasure Of our
mechanics agriculturists, etc-never forget
ting the ladies-as our County Fair opens
tomorrow, when we hope to have some
thing worthy the attention Of SUI LOvEN-
GOOD, or the man who sucked six dozen
eggs "CIATB"
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-09-14
a RADICAL AND An FRESHMAN.

Gov. OGLEsBY, Of Illinois, delivered a
speech at Plymouth recently. He is repre-
scented to have been drunk, and to have in
dulged in a great deal Of profanity against
the President The following incident is
related by a correspondent of the Chicago
Times:
The Governor was abusing the President
for enforcing the neutrality laws during the
recent Fenian raid upon Canada, and, hav-
ing exhausted his vocabulary Of epithets in
expressing his virtuous indignation at the
wrongs Irishmen had suffered from the
traitor, ANDREW JOHNSON, paused 4 mo-
ment for breath when an Irishman in the
crowd asked him why Congress did not re-
peal the neutrality laws during the raid,
instead Of spending their time passing bills
for the niger over the Presidents veto.
s-.clap OF thunder in a cloudless sky could
nos have produced a greatersensation. Amid
profound silence for a moment, the nom
plussed Governor and his Irish questioner
looked at each other. II was becoming pain
fully evident to the Radicals that the Irish
man had him.
"Youare traitorl'' shouted the Governor,
no longer able 10 control himself
"1ou are n liar" coolly answered the
freshman.
"You were sent here by the Copperheads
to create row" exclaimed the Governor.
That's another hel" replid the Irish
man.
4 can whip you. can mash your old
head any dayP shouted the enraged Gov
enor.
Amid the confusion which followed the
lrishman's further rephescould not be heard.
Order was soon restored, and no further in
terruptions occurred.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-09-14
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES
The President in Cincinnati.

CIycIxNATI, Sept. 13.-The Times of this after
noon says the reception yesterday in this city
was the most credtable of the whole tour. Gov.
GRoEsBECK's welcome was by far superior to any
similar address, and the Presidents response was
far less marred by indecenees and indignites.
The Gazette says that President JOHNSON stated
publicly that he was very much pleased to see
such perfect order prevail in the city, and per-
sonally cOmplimented the Chief of Police, Mr..
MCGREw, ON the perfect order which had been
maintained. The Enquirer says, as the party
passed from the Spencer House to the carriage
which was waiting to convey them to the depot
the demonstrations toward the first named
grasped the hands Of the President and their
language was "GOD bless you, Mr.. Presidents
may you live te restore the Union and establish
peace and harmony throughout the land"
About fifty carriages. filed with the Committee
on Reception and Escort, followed the President
20 the depot, whore another immense crowd was
assembled. which warmly cheered the President
and party. fr.r
The Commercial says the President has reso-
nant and tar-reaehing voice. and is seemingly not
in the least impaired by his recent most arduOus
labOrs of speaking. His style is declarat0ry and
exceedingly earnest, without any dislOintedness
that many detected in reading his remarks was
little observable in the earnestness of his decla-
nation. The crowd that listened TO his speech
was evidently attracted by curiosity admiration
for the President. IL was an orderly, respectable
and intelligent gathering, and there was mani
tested, throughout the Presidents remarks, a
spirit of fairness and willingness to listen with
respect to whatever might be said. Following the
display on the platform, there was q rush by hum
dreds to take him (the President by the hand.
The commander Of the boys in blue, in a card
published to-day. gives the following version Of
the remarks of Gen. GRANT at Woods theatre;
After being introduced. and taking one by the
hands, he said: Il am not a politician. The
President Of the United States is my superior OIL
Ger, and am under his command. l beg of you.
if you have any regard for me, TO march your
company away, as / do not wish to be thus an
noyed. | consider this political demonstration
for selfish and political object, and all such
of | d
ance. but shall be glad to see you all tomorrow
at the Burnett House."
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-09-14

Anticipated Arrival OF 5000 Seandi-
navians-FataI Boat COIIisiOn---The
S0ufEl American War
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-09-14

Few persons in the State have any idea
Of the proportions Of the grasshopper
plague on the plains Of the Far West. The
Kansas City Journal is informed by JoHE
r. GRIFFIN, Esq, who has just returned
from Junction City, Kansas, that that city
Is overrun with the insects. They come in
swarms from the West 50 thick that the sun
IS hidden wherever they appear. They are
stripping the corn-Gelds, md eating mp the
grass. weeds and leaves Of the trees.
The Lawrence Tribune makes mention Of
tbeir advent there, and says their voyages
have 40 far been confined 70 a track twelve
miles wide and three hundred miles long.
Some idea Of the vast quantity Of these IN
sects may be inferred from the fact Of their
having rot on the railroad track Of the
Union Pacific Road in such numbers as to
cause The wheels 20 slip on the rail. The
freieh, train due at ArgandOth Saturday
evening wss actually detained several hoars
in consequence Of the grassheppers having
taken possession ofthc road.