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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-26
The Darien Ship Canal-Cushing 8
Treaty..


The treaty made by Gen. Cushing with
the Governme, of Columbia, comedies to
the United States the exclusive right to
construct an interoceanic canal across the
isthmus OF Darlen, at any point which
may be selected by the United States.
The Colombian Government cedes six
miles OF land on each side of the canal -,
one half Tor It's own benefit and the other
for that of the party undertaking the con-
struction OF the work Colombia Govern
ment is to receive 10 per cent, of the net
income for the first 10 years; and, after
the canal is paid for, IS per cent, of net
profits. The treaty is to be ratified by the
United States within six months. The
surveys are to be made within two years
alter the ratification, and the canal is to
be begun within five years, and finished
Is years after the ratification, otherwise
the charter fails. The charter runs for lOL
years. The canal is TO lie under control oil
the United States, and Congress can fix
the rate OF tolls. The navigation is to be
open to all nations in time of peace but
closed to belligerents who may seek to avail
themselves of lis advantages 1t is esti>
mated the canal will cost 500, 900, 900. A
company was, not long ago, organized in
New York, under the charter of that state,
with Peter Cooper as President. Ii is said
on, distinguished authority, that this com
pany has the capital and is ready to com.
mence work.
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TIL II PILOT
MANITOW woe:
Friday, February 26, 1869.
Our New Civilization. "

Day after day and week after week, our
exchanges come to US loaded down with
the horrible details of murders. robberies,
arsons, suicides, and all the crimes known
to the criminal calendar. The mania OF
the present. time, however, seems to be
murder and robbery combined and il
would seem as if large portion of the
people of this country had tacit unier>
standing, that the worship Of the Golden
Calf should be religion once more, and
their lives offered up as holocaust before
the shrine.
Time was once in this fair land, when a
cold blooded murder for gold was a seventh
day wonder-when newspapers OF any en-
terprise would issue an extra to give hur>
ried particulars of such an unlocked for
event-when the whole country would be
shocked from one extremity to the other
but it is not so now; if a newspaper would
keep up with the times, it must devote its
utmost space even to give few meagre
particulars of all the horrible events that
are daily taking place in our gold>crused
land
We have now new civilization with a
vengeance-a civilization that would bring
tears from the very stones of the earth, if
they could but think But what is to be
done about it or, rather, can be done
about it, as long as people are brought up
in the idea that money, and not worth,
makes the man?
The Milwaukee Wisconsin,, in noticing
the carnival of crime, suggests that the
laws are not stringent enough tor the puu>
ishment of murderers, but it may be ques-
toned now if Draconian laws ever
caused one criminal less. We suggest that
when newspapers and politicians OF the
Wisconsin, and Chicago Evening Post ilk,
stop their TRADES against certain portion
of the working community because they
dom live in palaces and dress in broad
cloth-Whcn these and other radical papers
and politicians acknowledge that a M n s
a man tor a that and that, no matter
from what country he may be from origin
ally, 10 matter how honorable his position
in life may be-and when those papers
cease to regale their readers from day to
day With flash accounts Of weddings and
balls, in which some penny -a-liner gives a
full account of the rich dresses and even
when in fact the God of money is not up
held and put forth as the God of salvation,
then, and not till then, will people think 1t
right to live a plain and honest life rather
than imbrue their hands in blood to get
means wherewith to purchase tinsel and fin
cry, that they may make peacock show in
''our new civilization"
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JOHN CHINAMAN.-The danger from
John Chinaman as a voting and control
ling element in the politics Of our country
in the future, was dWelt upon by several
of the Senators who have taken part in the
debate on the suffrage amendment to The
Constitution within the past few days.
There is no doubt that if Chinese emigra-
ton were once started towards this country
on large scale they could very soon
swamp us, and would certainly very quick
" swamp the population of the Pacific
States. China could spare us five, or ten,
or twenty or forty millions OF people with>
out missing them and if even but a sin
gle million were to come over within the
next two or three years, they would OUT
number the population OF all the States
lying between the Rocky Mountains and
the Pacific Ocean, and would, after going
through the easy process OF naturalization,
control their politics and their destiny. 1t
is but little encouragement the Chinaman
requires to come to this country. With
all the disadvantages and disabilities under
which they labor in California tens of
thousands of them have emlgrated there
within the last ten years and the growth
of emigration has been in proportion TO the
increase III the facilities OF transportation.
There ire certainly dangers to this country
! from the Chinaman, and In time we will
! have to undertake the discussion of these
dangers In earnest.-E,cchdRge
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MO.

When he told nae that he loved me,
Twas the fowery time of May,
put roses in my ringlets,
And went singing all the day
When he told me that he loved me,
In the pleasant month of May
Still he told me that he loved me,
Ia the summer time of June.
When the roses blushed the redder,
And the birds were all in tune
And blushed lbecause he loved mel
Redder than the rose of June
Yes because ! knew be loved me.
| went singing with the 'irds
All the day listened to him
All the night l heard his words,
Dreaming nightly that he loved me,
/ was blither than the birds
But didn't know ! l we'd him
Till | found, one summer day,
That, in saying that be loved me,
He had willed my heart away
Only saying how he loved ne,
Through the long bright summer day (!
Still be told me that he loved me,
When the roses fading fell;
And the birds had all forgotten
That sweet tune Eve lie rned TOO we'll
Fer love him, and he loves me,
More than any words can tell !
Once q UeeE
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A Lake built Vessel on the Atlantic

From the Charleston Courier, Feb. 5.
The schooner Narragansett, which put
into our port on Saturday last in distress,
is deserving Of more than passing notice.
She was built in Cleveland, Ohio, in the
year 1862, by Messrs. DUAL and MARITIME,
the first ship binders OF that city. In May
1868, she sailed from that port through
Lake Ontario, the Well ngton canal, St.
Lawrence river, into the bosom OF the
great Atlantic, pioneer from the fresh
water seas of North America She made
a voyage to London, thence to Newcastle,
England, and there having received her
cargo, successfully accomplished her trip
to New Orleans, making very short voy-
age by way of the Caribbean Sea.
From New York she sailed to Boston.
was there classed, and from that port
sailed to Galveston, Texas, from which
port she is now bound on Der return to
Boston, with cargo of l,OO0 bales OF up
land cotton. She is IA feet long, twenty~
four feet beam, 600 tons burden, and is
commanded by Captain Edgar. The Mar,
ragansett encountered heavy gales in the
Gulf of Mexico and Straits Of Florida, in
which she lost her standing rigging, sails,
mainboom, &c. She put into this port for
repairs, and will depart as soon as they are
completed.
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Northern Pac; fc Railway.

The house of representatives, By a near
y unanimous vote, has passed bill allow
ing the Northern Pacific railway to issue a
first mortgage bond on the road to aid in
its construction. The senate will doubtless
concur, and then work may be commenced.
The company has asked this action that it
might go on With the road, as it became
satisfied that subsidy could not be obtain
ed at present. from congress. The road has
been endowed with land grant of 5000
acres per mile, and if these lands realize an
average of So. so per acre, this real estate
subsidy amounts to $s4 COS per mile, in
addition to what may be obtained from the
mortgage bonds. 1t may be objected that
some of the bonds are comparatively
worthless, but as an offset to these bad
lands, the Chicago Tribune asserts, many
millions OF acres are so excellent that they
will sell for five or ten dollars per acre
when the road is built through them. And
then the town sites along the route will
bring millions Of dollars. The road is to
commence at the head of Lake Superior,
run through Minnesota, Dakota, Montana.
Idaho and Washington, touching Oregon,
to Puget Sound, on the Pacific For
hundreds of miles it will be loca led through
the richest gold mining county on the con-
tinent. And all the way from Lake Supe-
rior to the ocean good farming lands can
be found.
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EGGS IN WINTER. l.. Peabody, of
Macoupin, ILL.,, tells the Peoria Farmer
what he learned Of Kansas man about
making hens lay in winter:
"He told me if would let my 3 hud-
die together in some warm corneh,a4d rot
let them roost, J. should get plenty Of eggs.
| had about twenty hens; my hen house
was a rough shed, eight feet square, with a
small window and door on the east. | took
down all the roostng poles, leaving the rest
boxes only. With "a few short boards |
made small shed, about four feet square,
on the south side Of the larger one, and
covered it with corr fodder. STRAW is
better) | made hole tor the hens to
pass from the large house into the small
one, The result was my hens continued to
lay all through the cold weather.
You will have to drive them in few
times at first; they will soon learn TO go in
themselves. Put in wood ashes occasions
ally to keep them free from vernin.
There are a great many who are not able
to build an extensive hennery. But any
one can fix place like this in an hour Or
two, with very little expense.
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Irish Immigration

We are glad TO see that comprehensive
and vigorous movement Is being made by
the lrlshmen OF this state toward InuTeaS-
ing the tide ct Immigration to this land
from Ireland The effect will be beneficial
to lrlshmen who still remain In their ma
tive land, and also 10 the people OF the
United States The hardy and Industrious
inhabitants OF Ireland, when transplanted
to these shore, become an Industrious and
thrifty portion of our population, and draw
around them wealth and considerable de-
gree of comfort, while IN their native land
hard hearted landlords, a domineering
government, and a superclllouS arlstocracy
manage to cause the people TO live In com
paratIye poverty and restitution. Of
course this country always rejolces to see
the hardy citizens OF Ireland come, and Of
ters many inducements tor them to do So
y large nun Der have awaited themselves of
the opportunity offered them, and the
thrifty Irish population mere Is an unmis,
taxable and unanowerabie argument in ia
vor Of America as land suitable for the
industrious, energetic and ambitious Irish
man.
This fact being prominent ard distinc,
to all men VISION, 1t IS a matter OF wonder
that more has not been done toward in
creasing immigration. Societies have been
formed, and have done som ething The
plan has not however been carried out in
any degree commensurate with the stern
necessities OF the whole Irish nation. Or
EXAMINATIONS should be completed in all the
principal cities OF the United States, and
their purposes carried out with the great
est of energy. Other nationalities have
such organizations tn active operation, and
the continual arrivals from abroad indicate
the result Of the Industry displayed by
them.
We are reioiced to see Minnesota ia,
king hold Of the matter with equal spirit,
and to see the convention called to meet il
this city on the 10Th. There is no time tC
be lost, Nlgor aud energy now will dc
much 10 makes the convention success. Ii
Will be Z matter OF some importance to de-
termine whether or not the objects had il
view cannot be best accomplished by send
ing an agent to ireland, the same as Other
nationalitles have done.-,St, Paul Him.
| Pioneer.
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AN hLES.

There's magic in lady's foot,
And well the ladies know it
And she who has pretty one
Is pretty sure to show it.
At times you, too, are martyred by
The incest little ankle,
That shoots an arrow through your eye,
Within your heart to rankle.
But when it trips along the street,
Through wind and mud and vapor,
BY sheerest accident you see
How beautiful the taper
And as it steps upon the walk,
Amid the crowd to mingle,
Two roguish eyes look up and say,
l wonder if he's single.
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gg-In view of the condition of New
York city, under the radical metropolis
tan police, ~ organized at Albany in view
of the condition Of Indiana, the home of
CoLFAx, where men surrendered from
Canada, for trial, were butchered without
a hearing in view of these, and too many
other like indications of decentralization in
the northen states, the Philadelphia Age
has suggestion to make. Its, that tie
radical papers should give some attention
to these matters instead of devoting thei,
time and space to monstering oyery disor.
derby act at the south, into terrible Ku
Kiux Khan couspiracy-to be met by the
disfranchisement Of the white men, and
overthrow of the government Of the south
ern states.
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A New STATE IN TLXAs. The consti-
tutional convention of Texas has decided by
vote of IS to 81, to create the new state of
West Texas, composed of all of Texas
which lies beyond the river Colorado, aud
south Of latitude 3d. San Antonio is made
the temporary capital Of the new state.
The governor and senate are to be chosen
four, the house Of representatives fer two,
and the judges of the supreme and district
courts for twelve and eight years respect.
lively.
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DR.. MUDD-The pardon of DR.. Mudd
by president johnson is accompanied by
a report of the Encouragement, made by
direction CT the preside Mt, embracing the
history and points of the case, and reciting
the various considerations moving the ex-
ecutive to grant the same, which are chiefly
that there are some doubts as 20 the COM
plicity of said Mudd in the conspiracy ;
he only rendering aid by attending to the
wounds of the chief conspirator; that the
medical profession Of Hartford county,
Md, have satisfactorily shown that it was
the professional duty of said Mudd, as a
physician, to attend Booth when called
upon and further that he was attentive
to the sick at the Dry Tortugas during the
prevalence of the yellow fever at that post
last summer, saving the lives Of many
officers and soldiers, besides that Of Mrs.
Smith, the wife Of surgeon Joseph Smith,
U. S. A., who himself died of the fever.
1t further recites that his pardon is recon-
mended by thrty-nine senators and mem
bers Of the house Of representatives, by
over three hundred of the officers and SOL
diers of the Dry Tortugas, and others.
All of which being true, who is to com.
pensate DR.. Mudd for being wrongfully
confined by military commission in the
most odious prison in the United States
for three or four of the best years Of his
life?
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STILL SHE RISES. The statement OF
the public debt for the LIST of February,
has been issued. 1t shows an increase
during the month of January. of a fraction
less than SIS, 500, 00O This would seem
to show the necessity of doing something
ito prohibit the increase of the public
debt" as proposed by bill now before
congress. Yet while one branch is con
sidering this bill, the otl-sr is discussing a
bill to guaranty the interest OF $40, 000,-
600, of railroad bonds, thus virtually in
creasing the debt to that extent.
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III. 5. BALLOON, MI. d..

PHYSICIAN and Surgeon. Particular attic
L ton paid TO the treatment of difficult al
critical cases, and to consultation. Also, Z
aiming Surgeon for Pensions Office in 4
building formerly occupied by Kuehn & CT
bankers. Orders left at t. j. Robinson
Drug Store will be promptly attended to.
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AGRICULTURE IN CHINA. The China
men, who walk over bridges built two
thousand years ago, who cultivated the
cotton plant centuries before this country
was heard of who fed the silk worm before
King Solomon built his throne, have fifty
thousand miles around Shanghai which is
called the Garden of China, and which has
been titled for countless generations.
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ID. j. EASTOX, Nj. ID.

PHYSICIAN and Surgeon, treats all Acu
L Chronic and Surgical Diseases to viii
men, women and children are subject. Off
and residence corner of York and Seventh g
Orders left at the Drug Store of Bacon, Thorn
& Co. will be promptly attended to n
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sss AN elderly gentleman. accustomed t

eA-An elderly gentleman, accustomed to
Indulge, catered the room of certain
tavern, where sat grave friend by the
fire. Lifting pair of green spectacles up,
on his forehead, rubbing his inAamed eyes
aud called for brandy and water, he com,
getting weaker, aud that even spectacles
did mt seem to de- them any good" ''Tl
tell thee, friend" replied the Quaker,
what [ think. If he was to wear
thy spectacles over thy mouth for few
month S, they would get well again.
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Practical PHILOSOPHICAL college
in boat. Said he to the boatman:
DO you understand philosophy? 2"
ono never heard of u
''Fhsn one quarter Of your life is gone.
do you understand geology p
"No"
Then one BALI of your life is gone"
do you understand astronomy p
"No"
Then three quarters of your life is
gone"
But presently the boat tipped over and
spilled both into the river. Says the boat
man:
Can you swim p
NO"
Then the whole Of your life is gone"
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GEORGE REED.

A TTORNEY and Counsellor at Law, has
n sumed the practice of his rofession, q
can now promise to give prompt attention to
professional business entrusted to him. C
lections made in any part of the State. Fo
few weeks his office will be found at his dive
ing house.
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ERNST KERN.

Success Or of Beer & Kern,
DEALERS N Try Goods, Groceries, Crod
~ cry, fancy goods, glassware, boots al
shoes, ready-ma c clothing paper hanging
hats and caps, tor childrens cabs, live gee|
feathers, bird cages, kerosene oil and lamp
sc. A share of public patronage solicitd
Store on York street, near its intersection wi
Fiphth
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j. A. BROWN, Nj. ID. ),

PHYSICIAN, Surgeon and Accoucher. u
L pecial attention will be given as heretoft
during n lengthy experience to Midwifery a
Sugery. Office on York Street, opposite Be
4 kern's store, where he may always
found. Orders may be left atlT. & j. Re
inson's drug store y
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H. O'CULNGE,

DOCT and Shoe Maker, west side Of HUI
ID ba-d's building, corner of Eighth al
Buff;a streets, and will be ready at all timl
to manufacture Boots and Shoes to order, an
of and the best stock that can be found in u
marSe; 81
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pa.The n. Y. Times, in commenting
upon the anarchial condition of Mexico,
says the only remedy for Mexico, probably
lies in the United States. Mexico feels it
but she is patient that de;ests her apoth
ccary.
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DENTESTRY.

DR. A, J. PATCHEN. Dentist Office
IL Sherman's Brick Block, Eighth sire
Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Particular attenti
given to all the different branches Of the D.
fession, and all work warranted Teeth {
tracted without main
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HENRY SEBssEE,

JUSTICE of the Peace Will make cole
y tons, pay taxes, search the records, dr.
deeds, mortgages, contracts, &c. All busin'
entrusted to him will receive prompt attentit
Office in Hucbner's building, corner York q
Eighth streets.
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ggg The movement for nominating AN
DREW JOHNSON governor Of Tennessee is
making progress. Four or five papers
have already placed his name at the head
of their columns.
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A Boston boy is engineering a move
men to secure the ballot to all boys between
Is and q years Of age.
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G. BIELING.

DRoFESSOR of Music, &C., will give Jesse
in vocal and instrumental music in the
lagos of Manitowoc and Two Rivers. Re
dence on Eighth street, near the court hou
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JOSEPH SYMES

DEALER in STOVES; also, manufactr
- of Tin, Sheet-iron and Copper Wsre.
kinds of Repairing done. Shop on Eigrt.
nearly opposite the First National Bank.
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f. Ii. TREAT,

A TTORNEY and Counsellor at Law
n lections promptly attended to. Office
Buffalo street, between Eighth aud Ninth
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Business Cards,
CHARxEs H. WALKER,

A TTORNEY and Counsellor at Law. Oh
n on Eighth streets over the First Natio,
Bank.