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, 1866-01-30
THE CANADIAN CArAt.K.

We publish this morning a report Of r.
meeting Of the Montreal Board of Trade
called to consider The proposed enlargement
Of the Canadian canals. To the business men
Of Chicago, and tho psoducins classes of the
Sorthwest, this is topic OF absorbing inter.
est The speeches made at the meeting show
1hai Inc business men Of Montreal, at least,
arc ALIVE to the Importance of cnla.Eine the
existing channels Of water communication
through their own territory, aud inyitinc The
commerce Of the Western States to pass that
way. The resolutions, however, are not 20
specific ms We could desire. They neither
affirm nor reject the idea Of enlarrfne the
canals 60 ,as to pass vessels to the ocean
without breaking bulk. Perhaps the mem.
bcrs wcre deferred from giving u decided
expression by the magnitude of
the work. Perhaps they were
deludcd with the idca that II would be DOS
sible 10 make all freights, east and west, stop
at Montreal for transhlpment, and pay other
tolls, than the canal tolls, to tha. ci,y, Let
them not lay this hattering unctiou TO tbrir
souls. It Western produce is to be transferred
TO barees at Kingston, and again transferred
to sea going vessels at Montreal; what is that
better than double nd1ing at Buffalo aud
New Yorks The people Of the Northwest
hare their minds fixed on route to the ocean
which shall avoid both these transfers. and
they Will not pause short OF this. Moreover.
Montreal stands in her own Light 1t she sup
poses that she can really gain anything by
maintaining an obstrneton In the st. Law
renee river. The nine per cent. Of Western
commerce which now seeks that route
10 the ocenn will diminish rnthcr than Increase
under any such picayune policy. It is true
That no such policy YVES avowed, either by the
speakers, or by the meeting In its collective
capacity, but 1t is not clear that some such
idea was not entertained. Both Montreal and
Chicago may become great cities by the en-
laIgtmcnt Of the canals to the capacity of sea.
going vessels, but Montreal cannot become
great city by a mere tinkering with the ca-
nails, which shall merely alter the locks 80
that they shall pass large bargcs instead OF
small ones.
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attnR sn inmeuee demxna for Western produces.
NOW surely one clas4 OF The 1DunltF-tne tot-
Nteoe1s n al eYcn8-would beneht b3 cnen&es
winch wo1ld Ktye Us the transport betWeso tne
great " eateI1 states and the seahoaId. ma m4Ko
teo Teseets appsN where theze Wa now bd: On ;:
certainly hoss who thought the prosperity OF
montreal wAs 10 depend on the obsEEtno OF In
pfnveneuls must plaee that prosperity On ve.5
tonen eeats Tbs great seahoatd cities Wonid ca
poltcJ should Be directed 10 endcaFor 10 aug nent
ORE own Prosperity by transacttng the buafn ~
woco must be required for the supI OF heir great
and growing populsnons.
After further discussion the following rcso-
luton was adopted as substitute for the
first resolution offered by Mr.. Young:
!. = bat this Board whilst recognizing the great
benedt 70 the Provinces or the improvements made
In It's inland navigation by the construction OF the
He1and canal and The st. lawrence Canals, coz
sideTs that the usefulness Of these work. Ii much
impaired by the want Of uniformity in the sfze Of
the locks; aod the depth Of WAFER Throughout the
tonte. ind that Improvements 10 attain this uui-
formtiY ue urgently needed.
The remainder Of Air. Youne's resolutions
were then adopted.
The following resolution offered by Nr. Ira
Gould was rejected:
"1hat The subject ol the construction Of 4 canal
10 connect the st. LaNEence with Lake ChaupIain.
which has heretofore been repeatedly urged by thIs
Board, has lost none Of It's importance q 4 rueang
OF Attracting decreased amount OF frsfc thrno0h
The st. Laurtnce, and should b undertaken and
effected 10 coon a. the Provincial finances will per-
,halI agree to enlarge the Champlan Canal to cor
rpfnnnAiDR Nyianfr
, 1866-01-30
THE WHlSKEE TAX.

A Washington despatch states that the
Revenue Commissioners ha re presented to
Congress their first report, including vol.
u1ne of testimony occupying 600 pages
The most elaborate portion Of the report Is
on the tax on whiskcy, which Is the most
easily evnded. Under the present law the
revenue from this tax. which the frnmers OF
the Law thought would be very large, amount
ing TO ESQ 600 900 or s6o 000, ,01o yir1d scarcely
a fe1sh Of that suml 1t is not proposed to re-
dur> that tax. hut to throw around it snch
restrictions and penalties as will prevent its
evasion"
1.-THE w1.iskey tax is producing but five mill
lions J'cnr Or aete,,ue u,s u consumption OF
whiskey which ought to yield at least sixty
millions, It were better to repeal the excise
altogether than retain II. The public who
consume the whiskey arc taxed not less than
$1o0, ,0oo, CO year, including retailers pro
fits, and the Govezument Is receiving but five
or sir millions thercstoml A tax Of twenty
cents on The gallon will produce twelve to
fifteen millions Of rercnuc; a tax of iflv;
cents will produce thirty millions, and tax
ofa dollar per gallon will yield fifty millions.
Any rate Of excise above dollar, We arc sat-
isacd. will defeat ITSELF The temptations to
Illicit Installations, smuggling, and frauds Of
nll sorts become irresistible, and no system OF
restrictions or penalties TINT may be devised
will ever be sufficiently enforced. Legislators
mnst deal With the practical. The present
two dollar tax euriches whiskey dealers and
spcculators, smugg1ers and dishonest distil-
lcTs, at the expense OF those who consume
whiskey either for mechanical, medicinal OF
heyern2e purposea, and the Government Il
, 1866-01-30
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
MONETARY.
MONDAY EvEgr&

MONDAY EsKsrSo, Jan. g, 1875.
The money markets Of the world are in st.anec
pred1ca1nenf. In England the rate Of interest has
been Increased 10 per cent per annuu, in conse.
quenee, 1t ID alleged, ofthe heavy exports OF goods
ftom that side OF The water TO Ibis, md the con.o-
quent extension Of credits. Ia Few York money
ION cal" Is going hesRing for borrowers at par
cent; while merchants cannot Grt their paper DIS
counted below 1oGa15 per cent On the other hand.
all over the West mon-y Is very scarce, and It Is
with great difficulty that the hog crop, small s. II
II, 's being moved In Mem Tork the capitalists
are aifaid TO lend their money more than day
ahead, 70 that mere speenlators have the benefit or
the money market over legitimate merchants.
Tie panic in London has evidently dIsconee,ted
the New York capttafsts, for their organs On WILL
street aEe all In Guitet Of excitement IL If tbc4
feared we were on the eve Of great cash like that
Of 1857. Meanwhile New York merchants and m
porsers are pushing their stocks Of goods to sale,
and long credits are being extended to customers
who. Tor years past, have been purchasing only On
shcrt-date paper.
Here business L. very quiet, and our Wholesale
merchants IRE doing 4 light but safe bnstuess-
Money Is unusually close, and II IL difficult for snY
but fnt-rate customers to GET 1iberal acconmota-
1ons nj the banks. Tho receipts OF Hogs aso stin
heavy, and this At present Ia heavy stratut on
the market, for the movement Eastward hiss scascs-
1y commenced yet The bank raie Of discount IL
steady at 10 per cent PEI anuunn but street rates
a:e firm 1t 13sGs per cent per month.
Eastern exchange IL in fxIf demand. and We re-
port The market finer, At par buying md r-10
prem. selling. Round lots were sold by the bank
e1s to each oller At In prem.
The receipts Of aoss to-day amounted to upwards
Of 1o,ooo. Notwithstanding these heavy receipts,
The market ruled nrm, and We noae m adsanee OF
l21:c per 100 ps. Provisions we're also in better
sequeat md We note atm feeling IN Cut Neats.
md an advance OF a5Ga5oc On Meas Pork. Tbe
g1siu markets were dull and heavy,
Go|d opened IN New York today 1t 1875 md
closed II l0ss- The following aEu the quotations.
IelegEaphed to James Boyd 4 Bsothess, eoId-
, 1866-01-30
THE CHOLERA.

We would cali the attention Of the Medical
profession of the Northwest, 10 the view oi
the porto biIy-not contneiousness-ofA Asiatic
cholera, contained IN two letters of DR., Lee,
Of Buffalo, to Dr.. sayre, Of New York, printed
elsewhere Dr.. Lee asserts that the man
cause or the spread Of the epidemic is found
In the stools or feca1 Objections Of those who
are lnboriAg under the disease and that one
Of the bea prophylactics is ca1e that these
objections nre 80 disposed Of that they shall
not exercise their influence upon persons
who arc In good health. DR.. Lee is such m
authority that all he may say on any sanitary
measure is worthyofthc most careful attention,
In this matter We happen to know that his
opinion is that winch Professor Brainard, of
this city, now In Europe, has long enter-
tained, and that in the several yisitations Of
Chicago by cholera, care In respect to the
use Of both public and private water-closets,
and In tho disposal Of the excretions of
cholern patients, has always been etrenuous1r
insisted upop by him. DR.. John Evans. uoT
United States Senator from Colorado, had, in
The course Of an extensive practice in cholcra
IN this city, repeated occasions 10 note TIE
facts that DR.. Lee has given to the public;
and he embodied them, with others, In a pa-
per which wns published In the .Nedteal Jour
nal OF which he was then, or subsequently,
the oditor.
We say this not to detract from Dr.. Lee's
merit IN the discovery o. tue principal cause
By which the terrible mnlady is propaga:ed
along lines of travel; but rather to verify the
correctness Of his Views by this citation Of
such eminent authority In their support If
correct they are, In view Of the probable at-
tack od the epidemic, Of great Importance to
the public; md we hope, though the subject
Is BY no means delicate one, that other mem-
oe's OF the profession may be induced to give
% me World such facts as the public ought
10 KNOW. The overpowcriug necessity for ali
The available knowledge that can be Lroueht
To bear in the work Of staying the march Of
|he dread destroyer will be sufficient excuse
Tor pla1n speaking even though Mrs. Grundy
nay be shocked.
, 1866-01-30
kkWAH OF RACEx

Reconstruction has now progressed to tue
point where the Southern mluority resume
their old threats Of dIsso,ving the Union IN,
less their mandates nre obeycd. The New
York Herald assuming to speak for them, nc
cuses Congress OF t'trying 10 stir up strife
and "sowing the seeds which sooner or later
If they continue will deluse the streets o
our Northern cities and tho plains of the
South with rivers Of blood.''
The 'sseeds" which If 'tthcy contiaue'r will
t'deluge the streets" with .sriyc,s Of blood. u
remind us OF the Parliamentary orator who
declared Il smell rat--1 see him floating in
the sir-l shall nip him In The bud.''
It is some time. since We had heard these
threats, that unless the majority Of the Amer
lean people would yield TO the minority blood
must flow; but Their renewal Is pretty good
evidence that the South Is getting back
to her old place In the Unlon- We
have only to hay tnat under our
form Of government II In consequence of The
laws passed By Congress blood shall flow, It
will be because somebody chooses to rebel
ae anst the Government. If there are auv
who wonld like to Try their hind further at
that little business, neither the Government
nor the loyal people will 50 down On their
bands and knees to prevent Il, but will
stra'ehtway hang all the remaining chiefs of
the last rebellion and turn out en- ,nasse to
make short work of the next We had sup
posed the rebellious element OF our people
had their stomach full Of rebellion, but II they
would like little more, by all means let
them Try 1t on. A few more experiments will
satisfy them that In this country the whole
people, as represented "a Congress, are neither
to be bullied In their legislative halls nor
beaten In the field by any minority whatcvcr.
, 1866-01-30
The Alleged Mutineefx OF the l7th Cav
airy.

= AoAA llG oFa4AHAElu VUufuAl, E9k0.{
It will be remembered that for m alleged
mutiny Of 4 portion Of the nth regiment ol
Illinois cavalry, o3 men belonging to the reei.
ment were arrested aud imprisoned at Fort
LeaTenworth, by order of Gen. Pope, and dis.
nonosabsy discharged with loss OF al pay, and
that, too, without investigation or trial by
court martial OF otherwise. The Governor
RECEIVED numerous communications from the
SOLDIERS denying the charge, and asking tor
an Investigation. The Governor hid the case
before the War Department, and through his
influence an order was Issued 10 Gen.
James Oakes, chief Mustering and Disburs.
Ing officer of illinois, instrucIing him TO in
ysstigate the matter before any dishonorable
dlsehafges were given. Gen. Oakcs, with
Butler, took the testimony OF the alleged mu-
tineers. and atter a full Investigation Of tha
facts, becamc fully convinced that thew should
be honornbly discharged, with full pay. he
forwarded his report to the Secretary Of War,
IN which be says, that from his observation
legged mutiny, he Is Of the opinion the men
we're not guilty, and recommended TINT the
d1shonorable discharges be revoked, and hon
orable discharges be furnished, and all disa-
bilities arising from the alleged mntiny be re-
moved.
the Secretary OF War, approving his recom-
mendatlons, and ordering that honorable DIS
charges be furnished the men. >'-'
Major Cleghosn, 4. A. G. On Gen. Oakes'
stat, being desirous of doing everything pos
slble for the benefit of the soldiers who havs
been SO long unJustly imprisoned, has detail
cd large number Of clerks to make out the
honorable discharges, and also make the
necessary changes on the musser-ont rolls Of
the men. thereby removing all stain from
those who have faithfully aud houorably
served their country. The Governor and Gen.
and their friends, for the interest thew have
taken In the matter.
, 1866-01-30
1uE LAST NEW FARCE.


narely announced that yyra. VI. Eyart,
has shut himself up ior q year to prepare 10,
the trial Of jed. Davis before Southern Iurz
by poring over musty English treason cases
and that the Government is to nav lin one
hundred thonsond dollors nv con5nc,fno t,,s
tf,ai. or nonrse thu rcbr,s ,na connsrSesds s
viii ,assc ,,v suhscIf,,t,on ~ ,o,st -, aau.1
eun to fec charles osconnor ~ ~ - poSarsr ,. =
J.,,,.o - 80 Asto9
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,.css,ro =, 49, 49,. F ~ W. ~ 9.ooa apa
eand 1Ivsa ~ 49, t,s.a.s ~ sus .ua ua .nou
1ars IN Sccsao - S,sae -, ~ .A'Aous " Wy
vo,rcd tn JsfT 1;a,ae, =" ~, sre qoe..loae ~
In ,ba tvoad,c ~ ,.r<~ass ' - na's ~ us4en
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r5nbt ~ a stote n soro1. sA>4'" VI tne
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~ -1~ AA@Ao. 'ne1''cs ~ lol-
whosc emotions and hars s In hoo,
~ fbs,r n,,f,,,,a.s4 aont,,. Iss1u.
fnom thc mimic tcrrors or ~ 49, W ~ ~
, 1866-01-30
Cor. Sec. Miners Union, La Sailo, III



Editc7B Chicago Tribune:
Allow me to say D word in regard to the
Sunday issue Of the city papers. Who arc
!hese men, who hold up their hands in holr
horror, and SO loudly call for the suppression
o. the Sunday papers, for the reasons, as we
understand: First, that 1t is wicked. Second,
mat II Is the means OF keeping from the!
eanrcncs that class Of men who bur aud read
the papers Issued Sunday morning. The sur-!
position Is that this holy alliance Is composed
Oh Inc pastors of our wealthy city churches,
who every morning Of the week array them.
sel'es IN the pastoral dressing gown, draw on
their embroidered slippers, throw themsc1ye.
In an easy chair, draw up before a cheerful
CRATE Of Goals, takes up the morning p,ncr
and peEuse 1t at their leisure, With the air Of;
princes. Certainly they can do without tbe
PAGER sunday morning, for they have leisure
10 leaa u monday, Sunday mof7,in9 khe,, ,a,,,f
,cofEs how is It With tha laborfn1 maj; who
nus lcisare Sunday, and who Is oblfget3 tn ;
work SIX days out OF the seven. to Keen the
ha q ~ a's vie and children supplied with
before daylight to reach his work in tinrs e
= y dark When he comes to his home at nieht
me secs bis home and family by daylfrnt nnir1
on Sunaays.l lie comes weary win fhe tn;5 J.
t,1e Inc cSa5e. he gsts Ills does up the
ard bed time. No time 10 Rad J. - m n'Is' H. 1
fanat G,,natio1 1.st9 70 ; resd; be il Teasy ~ and 1
= daily paper. On Sunday morninT he uo,9 hsors
TIC n,sTsboy cFy, morning papers, fhe sound
siee1riiles sn him, be starts up, halls the bow
tSuys Paper, puts It aside until the mornfnr1
household duties are oyer, when ciean shIrte5 @
cnn, cnn sarea sns hs sits him down to ovour lis
Sfon.ehts fon1h .eads lrst page, second, third and
ed be feels himself posted up. It has has been 1I 4
iInSn5y, It has furnished food for bis mind 10 !
dHell upon. It has rested him, 1t has done him
good. But they say If be had not this paner e
&c [eos MGnla na 60 to chqrc9 Where, wherc Is tie
tasbionas H can5ea aiifed hs has been 10 those
pseNs' With rich mans name on
[hem s1asa m gut letters-the usher finally saw
l,in, cave him scat, but be looked sideways'E
4 hls elothesi be saw the elect sweep BY him
n,aheiF = nsa'e erapd attire, aueenly women aud
ofoy men his OWL garments began to look
.labby, be looked " tho appointments OF thei
'onse' taeJ we're superb, and hs though OF taeij
, 1866-01-30
Cen. Shermansa rntent T-xxnr.

The following Is the text OF Gen. sherrnan'a
letter to friend in Louisiana, recently pub
lished In Southern paper:
Ihave seen seve1al numbers Of the Louisi-
ma Democrat, In one OF which Is madn
common mistake, which hare observed be-
fore, attribptinr to Bragg and Beaurcsazd
my appointment as Superintendent Of the
State Seminary In 1850, was at Leaven-
Torth cisy, member Of hH atm, when
eral's office. on duty near the Secretary OF
War, Gov. Floyd, sent me the Invitations for
applicants, for the different protessorshIps.
which be had received from Gen. G.. Mason
Graham. I applied md WAS appointed as
you was at the same time.
Beaurega1d had no aecncy In the matter at
all, and Bragg who VAS my friend, had no
knowledge that WINS I'D applicant; for ha
told me that, ignorant of the fact, he had
recommended Jenkins for the sama office. I
an under no personal obligations to e. .her
Bragg OF BeanEegard in the matter, though
vas in Louisiana, but not IN a way to lay me-
under obligations to anybody that could quail
ify my allegiance. was hired by cpntfact,
earned my pay, and received It.
Again, the idea is given out that left Lou
isiana pledgedno to take service against the
South. That you know d absurd. At TINT
day no one Of The South expected war but
always told 5ou and others that war was the
Inevitable result of secession. In my last
Interview with Bragg, at the hotel In New
Orleans, may have said that did not go
North to seek military service, which was true;
for came hero (St. Louis, and correspond
ed with you from here. Even our Northern
papers mistake my position. refused to en-
Ter the volunteer force, first called out BY
Linco1n-the seyenty-ayo thousand call-be-
cause I considered that the rebellion Was
bound to Involve the Whole South, and could
he handled nn1Y hv rrhf grY1fea md thaao nf
, 1866-01-30

II VIII DC 6een tlat ntuf NAs higher under
The present high tariG than under the 81 low
tariff, by e per cent; wheat by q per cent; ;
corn by 23 per cent; oats by 81 per cent ;
barley 81 per cent; rte about even timothy
seed per cent; clover IS per cent; mess beef
"a per cent; hides 10 per cent; mcas pork rs
per cent; lard 10 per cent; beef cattle Is per
cent? live hogs ~ per cent; wool ID per cent,
ard II the prices OF wool are compared for
three years before the war with the last three
years, the advance Vill average 25 per cent;
timothy hay 1e per cent; potatoes 20 per.
cent; butter elo per cent, cheese II per cent;
chickens Is per cent; eggs S0per cent; broom
corn Is per cent; horses 10 per cent; lumber,
common, 20 per cent; sorghum lis per cent;
cotton 4.3s5 per cent.
In all this long list not single article was
as cheap In November, 'G3, as in Soyeu-
Der, go. except rye and timothy seed-both
Of miner consequence, as but comparatively
little Of either comes to market.
next present tabular statement No. O.
copied from Dr.. Rays article entitled "a
Short Chapter on Wool" / accept bis flg-
u1es ms correct, though some of them look a
1ittla Sie1scinsa- CA.s- osse L. u - ulu
In both tables, on the basis of coin at i40.
This table, then, is the Doctors own. except
J: slight correction have made in the one
item OF lumber, which be had too low. He
says:
snow hare been 1t some pa1ns 10 ascertain the
pEces ofa few lending articles Of 1nerchand1sc dur
lng the year tSC4 and tAbulate them below ut tne
same time atoEding the farmer chance 10 compare
them with the rrlicr prices OF to-day:
, 1866-01-30

meek and lowly jesus who was born in a
stable: he thought OF the i've thousand dol
Lar man Of God, who was to preach, and bis
lu1rSious home and hm mind turned upon
Christ who had not where to lay bis head !;
all this was stranse 10 him and he went home
Hedrea- He win not 60 again, The contrast is
too great between him and the favored oues.
everything around him reminds hin Of his IN.
tefiority, his th1cadbare garmcnis viii not en-
durc the comparison, it makes him Dissatisfied
and unhappy. It Is not the Sunday paper that
keeps him from the church, but the Sunday
Paper Is his church. do not take 1t from him,
, 1866-01-30
The Schuyler Frnud Case-The New
l9aven Railroad Company Taking up
the ROQ6%.
om the Sev Haven journal and Courier,

From the Scv Haven Journal and Courier,
Inc case OF Robert Schuyler and others vs.,
the New York i New Haven Railroad, other
wise k:oWn in the New York Courts rs the
omnibus suit, was decided In December bv
Inc Court Of Ezrurs Of New York, the court
OF last resort In that State. in favor Of the
Plaintiffs. The Judges awarded to tho n1ain-
SOC, COO. 1'Ao 1AS "
The case can go no further, md tha Com.
pauy have now made Arrangements tn nav
the Judgment and costs. On Monday the *
rectoFs met and voted 10 Increase the can,ts1
stock Of the road to &, ,0O0, Gao. which ri,
ratse enough funds to meet The arnnnnt -
quired. '1'A' A0-
On the eth inst the subscrintIon hootu
tS %lll oe opened, and all who are Stockholders
tnen WI be allowed to subscribe for the new
soek ~ sur7endeziug two and ha II sheres Of
Ine1r old stock for one Of the new. aud nav.
mg 1of the new stock seycnty-dye dollars
The capital stock Of the company was form
srly -, 1000. The amount Of fraudulent
bonds was =, 10000 A large part OF these
were bought up by compromising with the
holders. the capital stock being increased tn
accomplish 1t, and the holders giving two
shares for one. The present increase viii now
pay up all the liabilities caused By the fraud-
ulent Issue.
The road Is considered worth 10000 600.
and there is no doubt that the new stock viii
soon BE- taken, the great clog which the SchuT-
leF frauds have been for years to the road Win
be removed, and the road will now enter on
Cd era OF great prosperity.
, 1866-01-30

t. We assure the Evsning Journal that
none Of onr remarks In regard to Saturday or
Sunday papers had any reference 10 it whnt-
evcr- We referred exclusively TO the class of
''aasi' weeklies and obscene sheets that
would spring into existence. The Journal is
respectable, though stupid and ne,esless
aa''s sheet. Whatever little influence Il ex-
sl.s Is mol on the side Of immortality. It Is q
ts1l sause, rather deccut, and very dull but
T. an ,.ah,. PINT. y could get over its chrou-
~.,,,a .. -. " saalt-andiug peeyishness. and
.s,1t... "ye "a 10 ias sopori8G politics and re.
P1ons1lcn o. Stale ne~s, the few th.t read II
would be better pleased With It, '''9 -