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walton to be able TO fasten guilt on Mrs.
Il. The other person went inside and
had a brief interview with the woman.
She had not the "queer," and another
delay was the result. Mrs. E. requested
the man to meet her at Union Market at
nine o'clock on Saturday morning He
agreed to be there, and in the morning
filled the appointment punctually. Mrs
e. was there too. The purchaser said he
was going to the bank to draw the money
to pay for the bogus, and she said she
would go to get the latter. As far as the
purchaser , was concerned, the matter
was ended, but not so for Mrs 4. She
made her way to the house of Michael
Moran, at the corner of Eighth and Bid
die streets, followed by officer Tracy. She
was seen to enter this house and come
out again, Moran coming after her. Both
went down Fifth street, and when on
Fifth and Chestnut, officer Tracy intro
duced himself to Moran. Mrs. Z. was
allowed to proceed as far as Eighth and
Market streets, when Sergeant Harrigan
introduced himself to her. She was fairly
taken by surprise and overcome with
terror In the hope of getting out OF
trouble by rdding herself of the highly
incouvenient "queer," she threw it wildly
about, and plead for release. Sergeant
Fl. was, however, inexorable, and she was
forthwith placed in confinement. She
had the consolation, such consolation as
it was, of not being alone in trouble.
Both parties will be brought before a
United States Commissioner to-day, and
preliminary examination had in the
case. The amount of counterfeit money
found in the possession of Mrs. E was
between 5000 and $500, which consisted
principally of S. bills, the remainder of
It was in $50 bills, ifty-eent and twenty
Eve cent notes, and fve-cent pieces
The S5 were remarkably good imita-
t,ous of the real, and would be readily
received by many persons. In fact,
they are the best limitations that ex-
perienced detectives here have seen.
The fve-cent pieces were tolerably good
limitations. Mrs. Engels stated that she
got the "stuff" at the Morans'. The
house was searched soon afterward by
Sergeant H., and $50 of the counterfeit
money, various denominations, was
seized. She has been pursuing the avo-
cation, it is said, of fortune teller"
Moran keeps a saloon at the corner OF
Eighth and Biddls streets, and his resi-
dence adjoins il. It is into the latter
that Mrs. E. was observed to enter. The
case, if these developments are sustained,
will be a very interesting one.
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Tbs Ascent Of Mount Baker, Washington
Territory.

The Vancouver Colonist, September
s, gives an account of the ascent OF
Mount Baker by party headed by
Messrs. Ogilvy and Coleman. The party
left Whatcom on the 9Th of August,
travelled up the Lumini and Nootsae
rivers, by canoe, eighty miles; then
twenty miles through desperate coun-
try to what may be called the foot of the
IN on ntain. At the snow line, where veg
citation ceases, the Indians camped, al
lowing the explorers to reach the summit
themselves, which they did the same day,
and returned to camp in the evening.
The distance travelled, which was about
six miles, is said to have been most ia
tiguing, though not as perilous as was
expected. Being obliged to return to
the camp the same evening, the ex-
plerers had only about an hour on the
summit; this short period they seem TO
have used diligently. The existence OF
volcano is established beyond doubt,
the crater being about three hundred feet
wide, and at least six hundred feet deep,
from which puffs of sulphurous vspor are
being emitted. The crater lies between
two high peaks of the moHntain, where
the summit forms plateau quite bare
and free from snow, which is q quarter
of a mile wide and half mile long.
The eastern peak, called after General
Sherman, is the highest of the two. The
time spent on the summit was devoted to
examining the crater, and planting the
American flags, with so much OF the
usual houors as they were able to
pfasR
no doubt, are aware, is few miles
south of the boundary line, the 49th par
allel. The most arduous part of the as
cent was at the last pitch, where the par
ty had TO cut 400 steps in the ice in order
to reach the top. The Iudisns would
not 90 any higher than the line of vege-
tation; but they received the party on re-
turning from the summit with marked
demonstrations Of welcome and joy, ev-
identity recognizing the dangers aud hard
ships Of this part of the trip, and the
courage and skill the explorers had shown
in overcoming thsm so speedily. No
signs Of game were seen on the noun
tain, except the huge footprints OF
hear. which the natives said was an old
grizzly. 1t was well our friends did not
come in collision with his besrship. Mr.
Coleman will return by the Eliza Ander-
son from Port Townsend next week.
when, doubtless, we shall have additional
details Of the expedition and its seieu-
tific results. Mr.. Coleman, We believe,
has the honor Of making the first suc
cessful ascent Of this mountain, which
be aud bis party failed to accomplish on
a former occasion, BY reason OF the
Tn ians accompanying as guides and
packers refusing TO proceed further than
= certain distance into the interior, Vs.
rious authorities have given estimates
Of the altitude Of Mount Baker some
laid il down Al 1900 feet bigb; some At
l6. 900 feet; while others again have given
il an altitude Of Il, 900 feet, squal 70
some Of the highest peaks on the eonti-
nent
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TAILOR,



What do we really know of history 2
Can we depend on anything that is re-
lated Of past times2 Is it oil a myth
and q set of fslsehoods, and does the
truth lie in totally different directions to
those which we have generally supposed 7
One begins to suspect as much in the
face of the continual revolutions which
scepticsl inquirers are making in the
traditions Of our youth. Some centuries
ago, q king Of France called his history
liar; yet the sitting process had not
gone very far in those days 10 recent
times, the German historians, and our
English investigator, Sir George Corne-
wall Lewis, have made mincemeat of the
early Roman annals, and other writers
have subjected the records of other coun-
tries to similar process. Doubts, diff
culties and questions spring up on every
side. Did the Greeks perform such mir
acles of courage and heroism at the pass
of Thermopy le as we have always been
told Were Romulus and Remus any
thing like what is reported in the old his
iories2 Is the story of the Horstii and
Curiatii true, or only fable2 Did Cur
tins leap into the gulf, or was there any
gulf for him to leap into2 Did Mutius
Scavola burn his right hsnd2 Was the
heroic death of Regulus figmeut2 Was
Nero really a tyrant, or a much misrep-
resented ruler2 Did be wantonly burn
Rome, or wisely rebuild it2 Are the
accounts of the Siciian Vespers so
greatly exaggerated as to be substantially
false? Was Joan of Arc saint or an
impostor2 Was there any such person
as Pope Joan Did Bellisarius beg an
obolom in the streets of Constantinople ?
Was the Alexandrian library destroyed
by the Caliph Omar2 Did William Tell
have that little adventure with Gesler,
which we all love to see represented on
the stage in Rossini's opera and Sheridan
Knowles play? Is it al! falsehood
that we are told concerning Hengist aud
Horsa, Rowena and Vorligern Did
Alfred burn the cakes or &c disguised
into the Danish camp2 Was William
Rufus killed by an arrow in the New
Forest 2 Was crooked-b backed
Richard at all like what some historians
have affirmed 2 Was Cromwelps dead
body hung at Tyburn And was it after
wards buried ignominiously on the site
of Red Lion square2
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Bogus Greenbacks.

From the st. Louis Republican. eth.J
The extent to which counterfeit money
is being palmed Of on the public. Tor
genuine is becoming really startling
More so because the operators seem to ac-
uuire greater skill, and the bogus green
backs consequently approach a greater
similitude to the real 1t requires the
constant exercise of keen watchtulness
and logged perseverance, by police and
detectives to break up unlawful comsi-
nations formed for the purpose OF this
kind of fraud. An illustration of the
largeness of the dealings of some persons
in counterfeit money has just been given
From information that Chief of Police
Lee derived, Sergt Harrigsn was in
structed to devote his attention, for the
nonce. 10 the movements OF Mrs
Catherine Engels, who resided in neatly
furnished two-story brick, on South Sew
snth street, near the arsenal. Sergt. =.
went to work like man who understands
his business, and on Wednesday last
sent q person TO this place 10 get samples
of the queer" from Mrs. Eugels. Mrs.
Z told him to call next day, ss We are
informed, and said she would then fur
nleh MN win ehmpies. o"o
sured that if the queer was very good
q large amount of il would be taken tha,
the purchaser was going down South,
and could dispose Of Il readily. This Is
What transpired on Wednesday
On Thursday tbs same person called,
in obedience TO the invitation extended,
and he was rewarded for bis trouble BY
getting q specimen $50 counterfeit bill,
IS ditto and Eve cent piece Of the sane
character. For this he paid slT 80. De
went back the same day, and, PROCESSING
70 be satisfied with the limitations, said he
would take $4,000 worth Of the stud.
He vas tola to come down on Friday
night snd that il would then be there for
him. Friday night cane aud nth u our
isdefstigabls friend, ofhcer Tracy and
Sergeant HArrigan. The two latter
stayed outside. expecting By secret ooser-
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odious. All changes that will aTsct tn
volume of currency or OF bank credits SHOULD
be made with great caution aud 10y a gradual
process, The present Is 40 time TO spriuS
this change upon the country, nor is this the
way to do it. And unless the object bJ tn
Withdraw currency from the channels Of
business for the sake OF contracting tue cur
reDcy, the change from depositipg the public
money in banks 10 the holding OF it ia the
sub-treasuries should be preceded by re-
duction of the enormous surplus.
The Treasury doss not need q currency sur
plus of even ten millions for working bal
aDce for all its Legitimate operations. It's
great surplus has been carried for effects upon
the money market, which have all turned out
disastrous. The country has been made to
pay very large sum in interest on debt
which it had the money TO pay; it has had its
Treasury gold sold at a sacrifice of many mil
lions in premium, and it has been largely
mulcted by the purchase and sale of its secu-
rites by the Treasury; all for illegitimate ope-
raiions upon the money market and upon the
values of property. The first and most i'm
perative financial need is a restoration of the
Treasury Department to its Legitimate bust
ness.
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next ten years, we hold that our remaining
public lands would be worth far more, whether
to the Government or to the settlers, than the
whole would be without the road, aud that the
thirty millions of dollars would be paid into
the Treasury because OF the new settlements
and extra consumption Of tax-paying products
which that road would insure.
Having thus admitted the whole case set up
for these great and benefcent undertakings
we most earnestly protest against the extsn-
sion of Government aid to them at present
simply because such munifceuce is not Yet ia
order. We must vindicate the right Of the
nation to be credited bsfore we lend any more
credit. One railroad to the Pacific is so far
advanced that it must be put through-forth-
with; all other, and all kindred enterprises,
must await the resumption Of specie payments
and the funding of our national debt at a
lower rate of interest than six per cent
When, by faithful collection OF the Federal
taxes and vigorous retrenchment of the
national expenditures, we shall have reduced
our finances to order, created a surplus of five
to ten millions per month to be applied to the
reduction of our national debt, and made the
market for Federal bonds so brisk and eager
that few millions more will be caught up
with avidity, then we may think of entering
upon the construction, by nstional subsidies,
of more Pacific Railroads and kindred works
on this side of the Rocky Mountains.
Of course, it will be urged that issuing
f1w more bonds, to help this or that laudable
enterprise, will not make much difference; but
the plea is fallacous. We cannot help one
new road without helping others-probably
several others; and we could not issue even
one new batch of bonds without weakening
the national credit and putting off the day of
resumption. We glory in enterprise; but it
must not take precedence of honesty. We
shall in time have at least three separate
railroads to the Pacific, with many branches;
and the Government will help construct them
but not very soon. We are not able to do
it at present, and may not be for some years
yet.
"Mr. Jerrold," asked needy London Bohe-
mian of the creator of Mrs. Caudle, "have you
confidence enough in me to lend me q
guinea ?" "Plenty of confidence, my dear
fellow" responded Douglas, "but ne'er a
guinea" Uncle Sam is in that same pre-.
dicament just now, and his Legislators must
realize it.
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The VulturCs' Feast,

From he ". y. Tribune
The FOrty-tirst Congress reassembles next
Monday, and already We have ample Fremont
tions that this, though its short session, will
be a busy one. There is much work that
cannot be postponed; the resumption of specie
payments, for example; but there is much
more that will have 70 be done, unless the
Treasury is to be swamped and the national
honor taTnished.
The Government is poor, and must for some
years continue so. The abolition, last session,
OF three-iOurths OF the internal taxes has re-
duced the current income below the actual
necessities OF the Treasury. II the remaining
impOsts could bs fully collected, We should
still be solvent; but 81 least half the money
that should be received weekly from the ex-
else on liquors and tobacco is stolen by reve-
nue. officers, IN COllusiou with certain manu-
factuTers. We hope this enormous leak will
be stopped soon after General Grants inaugu-
ration as President but nothing can be real
lied from this source till after this Congress
shall have expired; aud thus the Treasury
must remain poor for full year TO come.
And yet the clever fellows who want to get
rich by the aid ofapproprations have no more
mercy on us than IL the national debt were
hction, the greenbacks represented cash in
hand instead of debt incurred, and the Trea-
sury were bursting with superfuous gold. The
Engineer Department wants ten or twelve
millions for Notifications, while the Ordnance
BuIeau would like as much more wherewith to
arm them. Rivers andpharbors hold up their
dish--capacious and empty as usual; aud then
come the overland railroads (whose name is
legion), with their urgent demands that more
and still more lands be conceded and bonds
be issued, until prudence stands aghast and
bankruptcy stares US grimly in the face.
Now we believe in the railroads, and In
kindred works generally. We hold that the
country is not impoverished, but is really en-
riched by them - that even the Treasury
receives therefrOm more than II pays. Take
the proposed Northern Pacific Railroad, and
suppose that thirty millions In money and
twenty millions OF acres Of public lands we're
granted to secure its completion within the
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The Future OF the Democratic Party.

From the N. Y. World.
party so powerful in numbers is not
seriously depressed by the result of the late
election. 1t turns its eyes hopefully to the
future and counts on great triumph four
years hence.
But to realize this expectation great work
must be done before the opening OF the next
Presidential campaign. Within the last four
years the party has increased largely in num-
bers; within the next four, besides adding
still further to its strength, it must accom-
plish certain objects which are necessary TO
make its success in eleoling President fruit
full in results. If we had elected our oandi-
dates this time, it would have been compa-
ratively barren victory, like the election OF a
Democratic Governor in this State, and for
the same reason. Ii we had elected Demo
cratic Legislature as well as Governor, we
could have repealed the odious liquor law,
could have emancipated the city from
its thraldom to Albany, have reformed
the. administration of the canals, re-
pealed the unjust determinations
made by the registry law, and have
corrected the gerrymandering which has made
it possible for the Republicans to carry the
Legislature with a Democratic majority of
thirty thousand in the aggregate vote of the
State. AS it is, the election of Mr.. HOffm an
merely gives US the check on bad legislation
which belongs to the veto, but leaves us pow
erless to repeal the scandalous and oppressive
laws against which the party has so long and
80 vainly protested. Had we elected Mr.. Sey-
mOur President, we should have been in an
equally helpless position in national affairs.
The Congressional districts all over the eoun-
try have been gerrymandered by the Republi-
cans, as the Assembly districts have been in
this State; and with an oppo,ition Congress, a
Democratic President could have rendered no
service to the country except by the exercise
OF his veto. All the odious laws passed by
the Rump would have stood the same as they
will under General Grant.
In 1872 We do not wish to elect President
anu see him thwarted and impotent. We must
gain the control of Congress, or our victory
will bring no solid advantages. But Congress
is so constituted that its political complexion
cannot be suddenly changed, the long terms
of the Senators being the chief obstacle. This
is the reason why great work lies before the
Democratic party previous to the opening of
the next Presidential campaign. We have got
10 recover the control Of the State Legisla-
'ures, by whom the Senators are elected, and
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The CapitulatiOn of Reyerdy Johnson TO
England.
From the ". Y. Herald.

EngIhnus
From the ". Y. Herald.
So far as at present appears, the mission Of
Reverdy Johnson to England has resulted in
capltulation which, we feel confident, the
people Of the United States can never endorse.
1t seems that, according to the terms to which
Mr.. Johnson has agreed, there is to be no ex-
preston Of opinion as to the crucial question
of the whole controversy-whether the British
Government was right or wrong in its recogni-
tion of the claims of the Southern Confederacy
as helligerent power. Mr.. Johnson has
weakly consented TO reduce all to simple,
miserable question of dollars and cents.
At the same time the London journals are
full of complaints from British shipowners,
who profess to be utterly dissatisfied with the
Alabama treaty. This, however, is but part of
bluff game, and it will not succeed in blind
ing the American public to it's true interests
in the case. England must, sooner or latter,
make up its mind as to whether it was right
or wrong in its recognition of the belligerent
claims of the (so-called) Southern Confede-
raoy during our late civil war. II it insist
upon having been in the right it must be pre-
pared TO learn, on the very next occasion we
have to teach them the lesson, that We have
the right to recognize the belligerent claims
of Fenian invaders, either of Canada or of
Ireland, and that We are ready and not indis-
posed to exercise it,
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