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Als0,
OF the same committee to whom had been re
Hsrsed resolution providing for the tndex1nG o
documents Of the Common Council and making Al
appropriation therefor, reported tbs saue back lo
Ad. Bi1oy moved that II be referred 10 tht
Comptroller. Carried.
, uczssee.
AID. Wicker Of Committee on Licenses, to whom
for a free peddier's tcense, reported In fayor q
Report seeepisd and sqnsnsrsd s' in.
or ,he zane eomnlttee to whom had been re-
esInins The tale Of goods by sample" submitted
70 the TsyoSf nd Mdermsn Of The CITY OF Chicago
in Common Council assembled;
Your Committee on Lssnse 10 Mn9m "as "a r. r.
repeal Of the ordinance regulating me saie ol goods
By eample, having had tte taznc nrdes advsemenr,
wns passed BY the Council On the 10Th OF Oct,
1858 at the request Of the merchants, as undrr-
Stand that WIS INTENDED At the time to have the
against Whst they then eousidered IN eucroschmxnt
upon the tobb1n0 or Wholesale business Of Chicago
Why ths ordinance ss ~ got enforced we sss 20.
remained almost dead letter for over two years. f
= lzr to presume that the merchants did not regard
y ysis ,ss y91ne aun;h, sn' l. op|E within
md during that tine he city I has eHfi desi7ed
tefEnQ6 lTQfn II 10 1ne AMOUNT OF three
thousand and seYer hundred (3s, 7uO) dollars This
hi. been done through the efforts Of The Mayors
police, who have been unt1liug IN thetz laboss 10
enforce it.
This teens to have made the ordinance sone.
what unpopular, and the Council La reouesteA
through petition 1igned by nity.three proninenf
merchants to repeal 1t, and was there no opncst.
tton to tueh request might recommend It's reneai
b1t Is twenty-thtee brokers haye In q netsffnn ~
the Council protested against such repeal .hnnii
they not also claim our Consideration TTe n,di.
n1nee. rs 1t now etands. requires lhat the urans.
thal da!e July 1st and end July 1st Of each yar N
that II the year Il half even nearly an eYn}y-d th
heense would cost one hundred doliar4 TbIs Il an
objection. because the license costs 40 nnrh n, l.,
many instances 60 rhort time, II II cnst univ
fwentJ.6v dollars instead Of one hundred do,iar.
II "onld. We think satisfy ail partles aud Weld a
5synue 10 the city nearly, II not quite As h.as. As
1t does now. 7'N - -As7 az
We theseio,e recommend TINT section .voSs) OF
and osoinance oe 50 altered Us to read twenty-five
aouass nstead oS one hundred and tnat the nalsnee
VI 'ne nen n1sotnsnSe Eetnain as It now H..
Gn3s; G W1sKzR' Committee
T1os. % &. MA1en, @ ion Ieens'.
Also,
VI the eame Committee, to whom bad been fefe4rcd
resolution for tucFeaBlDR the price OF Butchers'
licenses, submitted the following report which was
osdered tohc
Laid over md published-
To The MAYOR and aldermen OF the CITY OF Chicago,
IN Common Council assembled:
Your COMMITTEES on License 70 whom WAS rtfef-
red tho question OF tneTeaains butchers licenses
from one dollar to ten doll1rs, having had tnd same
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studied the nature and duty OF man as liv-
ing soul, under living God. And atter him
came various schools of philosophy, each dis
tineulshed by Its peculiar ideal of manhood.
Thus the ruling idea Of the dignity Of man
found expression in literature, In art, In edu-
cation, In philosophy and in individual Hfe-
cnce upon the form Of the State. The period
Of Attic greatness, OF which we havc been
speaking, wns opened by the expulsion Of
tyrants and the formation Of free State,
which, as the time went on, became more
mud more democratic, until the principle of
the equn1 right OF every citizen Was recog-
nizcd TO the extent Of making each citizen
eligible 10 the highest Offices OF the State, not
by vote but by lot. At the same time the sur
passing claims Of the free State upon the citi-
zen were recognized by the consent OF the
people to give up city and soil in the cause Of
their country The fruit Of their realized
heroiszn, was the position for generation as
the leading State of Greece, and an nlustrious
place In history. Their own historians and
otators thought that they might have kept
their position as leaders Of mankind, If they
had possessed virtue enough to be true to the
principle Of human right in prosperity as they
had been In adversely. Knowing as We do
what men and nations have done who heed
The lessons Of Christianity and OF history, We
will not censure the people In whom the
principle Of the worth Of 1nan was only m un-
taught Instinct, under whose guidance they
were advancing upon an untried path. In
their power, the people who had been made
free and great by q great principle, we're them
selves oppressors and Shareholders, and they
sank ns they ought. But even then, Us they
went down, the old heroic spirit, at the call
Of Demosthenes, chose honor before safety,
and thus secured the reverence even Of the
conqheror.
We have followed out the working In the
Greek mind Of tho idea of the worth Of a
man, more at large than Mr.. Gladstone has
done, because II has for us an interest, which
1t has not for him or for his class. The
experiment In which Athens succeeded glor-
ious1y but not fully, for the want Of Chris
tiauity, comes to us. The question, whetler
ours shall he the most nlustrious success or
the most shameful failure in history, is simply
The question whether or not the American
people arc able 10 be heroic.
NJ. Gladstone treats the work Of Greece
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in come OF the Southern States there was man1test
Cd Cd, dtsposit.on on The part of ths people them
people, i was represented that the c,vti officers II
some Of the late slaveholding Sttea had been as
soeiased with the officers Of the Bureau, and had
a1ded materially IN Carrying out the provisions q
the faw; and ii was thought better therefore, te
retain this provision. allowing the President OF the
United Stafcs, in his discretion to zppoint civilians
II be thought proper. It Is q discretion that has
been very Fpatngly exercised heretofore and neyel
will be exercised, I undertake to say, whenever
proper otcets Of the army ean be found Tor the per
.hal necessarily, Mr. President, in following the
Senator from indiana, sreak some.hat in des4l.
tcIy manner: butt prefer 10 do 80 becan.e would
general speech. Twill, therefore, take 10 bis ne1t
objection: which Is 10 the hith section of he bil
tsccuon proposes to confirm for three years the
senator from Indiana admits that Gen. Sherman
bad authority, when At the head Of .he army Il
Savannah, and these people were fockin9 around
&c m E: e ~ 1e
authority to put them there and maintain them
there eeaseti with peace Well Sly, sufficient an.
~ sMsf t. ,sas Toud b hat h, not
q the States Of south Csrolfna, 3eore{a, Ind Id
Florida, where these lands are situated, are yet
seSse5 LID T. % e hU asnz @
protect these people IN their possessions would
cease The moment 1t was declared. WHIT
m sze the Gcts1 The owners Of these plantations
had Abandoned them and entered lha rebel
army: They we're eontending against the army
which Geu- Sherman then commanded, Numerous
colored people had docked around Gen. Sherman 5
them 10 cave them from staryahou. His commits
eariat Vas short Here was this abandoned coun-
~ owned ~ men at1ayed in arms against the Gov
these followers Of bis army upon these lands and
antho1ze them 10 20 to work and gain eabs,st-
% snee u they could. They went on the lands to the
W0Tk. nnt1fa nnH rn5F
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confizcatIon. after Genera. Sherman conhaca-
ted those lands in their behalf, rs they and
the country thought perpctuaaly, is not the
least Infamous portion of this document.
But in nil the foregoing objections the serpent
fingers at the bottom Of the cup. In the Pres
id-nt's concluding objection Il rcars and hisscs
iu our 4aces- The President denies to the
present Congrcss 1le power to 1cy.islate until
the representatives Of his ten ''pocket 81 States
are admitted to vote also. He insists that the
rebcls Of the South shall bear mn equal hand
with the loyal representatives of the North
Ia trimming the terms Of pence. uc echoes
In measured, but not less positive phrasc, the
Coppcrhead cry that lie present Congress
is "Rump Congress!" The Cougrcss
that carried us through tho war
Is but +tRu1np'' Congress, whose more i'm
portant and honorable paris must be brought
from the Southern Confederacy! Besides the
audaclty and ettrontcry Of this insult there Is
dnngcr, immediate, stirring danger In the
position President johnson has taken. For
in concluding the message, he not only
assumes thnt his "pocket" States are, In law,
fully restored, and that the action Of Con-
grces In excluding them Is an obstruction to
the laws, but nsserss with double enteadre,
thai is tar more threatening to Congress than
TO rebels, that thereafter rs heretofore, he
can employ the land and naval forces to over
come distractions to the lawe."
When VIC sec such document coming from
Il President who lately boastcd OF the sacrifice
he made In moi joining the rebellion, we NAV
we'll grid up our loins for the struggle that is
10 come.
Yet while saldcncd By this long expected
manifestation, there need be, should be,
nnd We think will be, no trembling or hesita-
lion on the pazt OF Congress, as there surely
Riu be none On the part Of the
people. Tie Lord has not made
bare Ills arm Tor the delirerauce
orthis people, that We should now sink under
the hlfatuation and caprice Of one nan. We
Lave already Seen what can be done with
Presidcnt true to the Government, and mil.
lloos a1raycd agaiDst it. We have now, IL
may lie to submit to ditlereut test
But the legislation Of Congress should, We
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08

A FINE PIECE OF MECHANISM. BY invita-
ton of Ii. Jipson, Esq, OF Blissfeld, Len
awee county, We had the pleasure last We'd
nesday OF examining Portable Saw Mill.
manufactured for him at the foundry of N.
3 Baker, Esq, in this city. The machine
was all made, with the exception of the
wood work, by Mr.. J. c. Hitchcock, whose
workmanship ii would be hard to excel in
this section OF the state, as this piece of
mechanism will amply testify. The saw
mill manufactured for Mr.. Jipson Is the
third one OF the kind manufactured by Mr.
Baker since he has been in this CITY. and
although not wholly a new machine, is pro-
nounced by competent men to be one of the
best in use. Mr.. Jipson was highly pleased
Win his machine. He informed US that he
mad visited Detroit, Toledo, Monroe and
other places, in search of mill to suit him,
and finally was prevailed upon to come to
Lansing and see what he could do here.
Mr.. Epson was an early settler here, but
moved away several years since, and could
not believe that at this early day an insti-
on was in existence here that could DO
letter by him in the line of machinery than
any at the points above named He came.
however, and to his surprise obtained a ma
chine just suited 10 bis mind, at "a cost of
about seven hundred dollars less than the
same thing could be had for in either Of the
other cities visited by him. 1t was mat
ter OF pride to Mr.. JipsOn to ind our young
and growing city in such a fair way of
prosperity, and he remarked TO US that he
little expected to ever see such work done
IN Lansing as is being daily turned out at
The foundry Of Mr.. Baker, while he was
keeping hotel on Washington Avenue IN q
log house less than eighteen years ago. 1t is
a matter Of credit to our city to have men
come from he thriving county OF Lenawee
after machinery, and that, too. after having
visited Detroit and Toledo Mr. Baker Is
making all the castings for the new hotel
in this city, and also for the new block Of
stores on the corner OF Washington and
Michigan Avenues, and is doing q genera
foundry and machine shop business. which
IS alike cTedltable TO himself and 10 the
city.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08

Gan company. The consolidation will no
doubt be effected and Immediately thereaf-
ter further consolidation with the Indiana
crmpany viii he brought about Every
thing ID connection with the enterprise
looks extremely encouraging. The whole
line Of road from POr, Huron 10 Chicago
will probably be put under contract by or
before the first OF January 1867. There
can be no rational doubt that this road will
he built as speedily y any enterprise OF
such magnitude can bee COnsummated BY
al means let the work 20 on and DO not
lose faith Ia H.
Tie Howell Dem0crl. OF lie hrs; instant,
illus speaks @. The Ds,ro. and Howell raj
road
The bo4r3 cf Directors OF the Detroit and
Howell railroad company. al their meeting
AZ heus.ngt0l. IN view II the fact that the
company Is now only about -. goo short OF
the required S30o. 900. with which 10 COM
mence the construction Of the road. ordered
the completion o. the survey and estimates
oI the road. and also ordered ID assess
ment OF ) per cent. upon the subscribed
capital stock OF the company 10 be levied
aud collected when the balance OF the $500
csO Is secured; and in addition 10 this. the
Road took measures 10 secure the early or
ganzdiion OF railroad company from this
place 10 Lansing.
We are happy 10 assure our readers that
our railroad prospects are good. With the
arrangements which are made and being
made, 10 form connections east ami west
a. the east by uniting with Holly ami Mon
roe company ~ Plymouth, and for temper
arily running on the Michigan Central rail
road - Wayne; and west, by the Low good
prospect OF the early extension of The road
10 Lansing. and al that place OF being IN
connection with roads leading north south
and west
And besides. 10y accomplishing our great
object by only bIllling our road AZ present
from this place % Plymouth. We 50 lessen
the expense that il gives SO 600 per mile.
already secured, an amount amply sufficient
TO it the road Tor the iron and leave a sur
plus az $500 or $4,000 per mile for the
purchase OF iron. sc
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08

Frllf ENGINES. Mr.. Siisby. the manufac-
5urer o. .ene OF the best steam fire engines
made, is now in the city, and proposes 10
bring one Of his engines here, so that the
people can witness its operations, provided
they viii purchase d machine il perfectly
satisfied with il.
a special session Of the Common Council
wiii be held this evening, when Mr. Silsby
Nil submit his proposition in writing, which
II acceptable TO the Council, a machine
will undoubtedly be ordered at once. Mr.
,ilsby says a second class machine is what
il wanted IN this city.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08

TIE HEALTH OF THE CUY.-We are in
formed by some Of our oldest physicians
that there has been less sickness in this city
the present season than Tor any similar pc
rod during the past ten or twelve years.
It's attributed by them, in great degree, to
the cleanliness Of the place, to the precau
81 lry measures taken to guard against
r~atened visitation Of cholera. " e
drpeOple have been repaid already
don't fold for all the trouble and expense g
incurred in cleansing the city in the gener-
al good health which has been enjoyed and
1t IS presumed the experience Of thisseasOn
will do much toward bringing about the
same state Of things with each succeeding
year.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08

EDITOR OF STATE REPCBLICAS:-In the
last weeks state Democrat Is an article
headed another Joel Lindsly," charging
one Of tie citizens Of The +th Ward. with
taking 20 adopted boy OF lis, some twelve
years OIL into The barn, stripping him. and
then Jogging him il such . beastly man
n-r th4t the nelghb0rs Lad 10 interfere
Tie editor says further, tina. he saw the 10y
{ day or two AFTER, -ld his BODY was then
q mass Of wells and bruises 80
The above article IS Low proven % De q
tissue o. SANDER and faiselOod The case
IN question US Investigated before lgy.
III the Office CT Justice Newbro. last Sa-1r-
day.
On the t.ial il was shown by Tie prosecu-
ton that tie boz vas whipped SIX or eight
blows on his legs with = li.tle s.ics. which
was shown il court. one O; the witnesses.
NJ. Post examined The LAD the same DAY
and swore that there was Two OF three marks
on h.s legs. but that LIE had punished lis
own children much more severely The LAD
himself sWOre that be as not whipped very
hard. The prosecuting attorney had q pri-
yate interview with tie lat before Tie trial
and from the story OF the boy, was satisfied.
that no wrong had been done him. but as
there was good deal Of excitement grow
ing out u the stories that had been told.
be deemed IL most prudent that there should
be public investigation, after the testi-
mony was closed, the jury exonerated the
accused, without leaving their seats. As the
cause Of the difficulty was the officious
Of neighbors, the prosecuting at
torney took occasion to administer q well
merited rebCAe 10 them. insisting that there
was nopropriety in their meddling With the
lad bat that 1t they hal reason 20 make
complaints OF inquiries, they should 20 10
tie father Of the boy, that any other course
would insure the ruin Of the lad
The story OF tie stripping and the
" mass OF welts AMI bruises. is simply
ialsehood. and had 10 other existence than
I'D the brain Of the editor OF The Demo
GRAFT No part Of the lads clothing was
removed, and lie was not whipped on his
Cd body ar all. but simply SIX OF eigh,
strokes OF a small whip Oh his legs.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08

RAILROAD ITENs.-The Port Huron COM
Daerctat OF last week, says OF the Port HUI
ron and Lake Michigan Railroad.
\ cali is made upon the stockholders OF
this company for an insta.lment. payable on
the first of August. and We have 10 doubt
that upon the pr0mptness OF the response
To this call depends much - 10 the rapidly
with which the work shall be prosecuted.
4 large force vi men are stIll al work In this
and Lapeer counties. aud jt Is the desire OF
the company not Only 10 keep up. bur 10
inrcease this force. Whether 70 shall 10 SO
Or not largely depends upon the prOmptuess
Of the stockholders in responding - the
call now made upon them.
The 81. Joseph Trarsisr Of the 2sth uit..
says of the Chicago and Michigan Grand
Trunk Railroad:
The Directors OF the Chicago and Michi-
gan q. 7. K. r.. held 4 very harmonious
meeting il this village on the 231. The work
gees bravely on. The field work Of tie en-
gineers : now Just on the point OF compile
ton through this state. 4 company has
been organized IN Indiana, under the aus
pices oi which one corps OF our engineers
Is now locating ther0aG through that state
The said company l. also paving for the
survey through Indiana 10 2 point where
Tie line OF road intercepts the Chicago ami
Great Eastern. On the Ssh prOXim0. there
Wal be- mee.ng0i tie stockholders OF the
road az ha-ervlet. 20 vote upon the Ques-
lion OF consolidating the Z. q u. q. l. CON-
pany With The Port Huron and Lake Mich
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08

CONC0NITANT.-The usual number Of rows,
fights, exhibitions Of drunkenness, etc.
which usually occur on a circus day were
observable in this city on Monday last, on
the occasion Of the exhibition of Robin
sons show. We are informed that a Sc
we're row occurred in Lower Town, in the
evening. but we are not posted as to the
extent Of damages. No serious disturban-
ces occurred in this part Of the city but
several minor affairs took place.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08

TEACHERS INSTITUTE. The Superintend-
ent Of Public instruction has decided to
hold a Teachers Institute this city, COM
mencing on Monday, the 9th instant,
at O'Clock +. NJ, and continue five days.
the Institute will be held at the Second
Ward Union School House. Hon. j. NJ
Gregory, our former able superintendent OF
Public instruction, will be one of the lee
tuTers. The other Institutes comprising
the Autumn series, will be held az follows:
At Lyons, commencing Sept. Sd; Hastings,
commencing Sept. 10th; Burr Oak, COM
mencing Sept. 18th. each continuing 5
days.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08

M1soN.-The farmers have abou, COM
pleted their harvest, and the wheat crop is
secured 10 good order.
The work Of grading Main Street has
been going on for several days.
The Common Council have ordered sys-
TEN Of side walks ana crosswaiss. which.
when completed will add much TO the looks
Of the place and the convenience OF pedes-
trians
John Price "mine host" OF tie Mason
House, was up before Justice Bristol last
week, On complaint of d woman from Law
ton, tor receiving stolen property. and was
held TO bail
Mason has got bread ana butter
Postmaster OF the cOpperhead stripe. one
who voted for Mcclellan and Pendlelon and
the Chicago surrender Platform Mr..
Renegade Randall evidently thinks be is
pursuing the proper course TO build up 4
party, but lie Will hnd that Republicans
cannot be driven from their principles or
bought up by fear Of losing OF hope Of
gaining an Office in the git o! this trailer
Gus administration Not a Republican
could be found in Mason to take the office
at the price OF his manhood. Mr. John
son and his satellites may turn over 10 the
cOpperheads every Office il their gift, but
the great Republican party, the party Of
Liberty and Human rights, will survive in
all its strength, and in two years will turn
over the aforesaid Johnson and his whole
brood 70 merlted obscurity. The Post
Office IS under control Of Copperheads but
the Republican party in Mason is stronger
and more determined than it was a week
ago, and So it viii be throughout the ma
ton. Treachery may rob them of the
fruits fvictory, but they will not be cheat
ed q second time.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08

DR.. GIE.-The Jackson Citizen OF the
first instant contains the following notice
Of DR.. Logic, who has recently located in
this city:
DR.. LoGIE.-We learn that DR.. II. F.
Logic has permanently located at Ian
sing, for the practice OF his profession
Dr. Logic has won many friends in this
city by his gentlemanly bearing. He has
proven himself 4 thorough physician, and
justly ranks high among the profession
Or. L. carries with him the good wishes OF
all with whom he Is acquainted. We con-
graduate the people Of Lansing upon the
accession to their city of this gentleman
and excellent physician.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08

QUEER Tricks or ANINAIs-Mr. Vii
liam Hat, residing in The Frst Ward. has
had several peach trees stripped Of their
fruit By red squirrels the present season.
Mr.. Perry. residing in the same ward. has
had patch Of potatoes greatly injured bv
chipmonks digging iuto the hills.