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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-08
Foreign Newa.


LONDON, December THE re-
malns qla Of Peabody will be removed
IMIon Msl w estminster Abbey fo fbe 80
S1i3{ 33{naFehs on Friday. Tho efs.,,,,.
7 T,os,Il Ss,l the following SUNDAY '0ali9A
tba Pres;S3 Dec. 1.-THE messago &c
s-a.s i,.a,,sr,,iitttt q the United Sfotos
na9 u eI9 ~ lIOeo by. Atlantic = olo----SI
morning. 1eo this
The Pail Mall Gazette, in Il.
ments on President Grants referepeo
to the Alabama claims. SAYS the
Americans are ready to accept an
apology in lien Of all damages they
claim, but England cannot do moro
than she has already done. The time
will come when American sensitive
ness on such events as the d8monstra-
tions in honor Of Mr. Peabody Wlll
tend to mitigate irritation.
The Gazette concludes that the mes
sage. on the whole, is friendly, and
thinks the Presidents suggestion that
negotiations be entered on to prevent
similar troubles, will be approved in
England. tlc
LONDON, Dec. IA delegation Of
merchants from Manchester recently
had an interview with the Ficeroy oil
Egypt, who assured them that he was
making extensive preparations to In
crease the cotton crOpjl Egypt.
The yachts Cambria and Favorite
were the first boats to pass through
the Suez Canal after it was opened to
H0Ommerce.
An English Company IS being
formed to complete telegraphic COM
munieation between England and
China by way OF India, and to extend
It TO Australia by means OF subma-
rlne cables.
FRANCE.
PARIS, December Tt Is again
reported that the Austrian Govern
ment has overwhelming proof Of the
participation of Prussia In the recent
Dalmatian insurreotion.
PARIS, Dee. 1.-THE proprietors Of
radical journal, lie RapPs5 have
been prosecuted on account OF recent
libelous articles ON Charles Hugo.
PARIS, Dec. Tin the Corps Leg
islatif to-day there was an animated
debate by member Of the majority.
In the course Of his speech he took
occasion to defend the coup u etat of
1851. The opposition deputies re-
piled, expressing their disapproval.
Mr.. kochefort was particularly severe
in his denunciations.
The MoRite9r announces that an
extraordinary meeting Of the Council
of State was held yesterday, at the
close of which all the ministers ten-
dered their designations.
@ RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSBURG, December T.
The Gar has granted concession for
the formation of o company with the
right to lay a submarine telegraph
cable or cables from some point on
the coast OF Asiatio Russia, to estab-
lish telegraph communication with
China and Japan, the consent of the
authorities of these countries having
first been obtained.
34 Anih4 AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, December 7.--Austria de-
bmnnds theacOnsent Of the European
Powers to cross Turkish territory,
that she may reach Dalmatia by land
and extinguish the rebellion in that
province.
tor SCOTLAND.
DUNDEE, December IA large
Fenian amnesty meeting was held
here last night. The usua speeches
were made and resolutions adopted.
Everything was quiet.
.- TURKEY.
CoNsTARTINoPLE Dec. la dis
patch from Calcutta announces that
the French Envoy at Aram had asked
the Authorities TO cede to France the
districts occupied by the French i'm
that country.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-08
VALUABLE DWELLING HOUSE
FOR SALE
ON EASY TER MS,

nY ORDER OF THE CIRUUET
- Court, the undersigned has been aD-
pointed Commissioner TO sell the houiIa
and lot, at the upper end Of Water Street.
owned ana occupied by the he rB OF Charles
8. Wells, deceased.
This property is one OF the 10 ost desirable
IN the city. The house As built OF brick,
two stories highs contains eight rooms,
and ~ well finished, with good cisterna
and Out-butldingB aud the yard AS dliad
with fruit-trees and ahrubb8rv.
Terms-(Jue-third cash, auC the residue
in equal payments or one and two years,
bearing interest.
TITLE PERFECT.
Refer 70 "A. "a. Hayhurats No. o South
Water Street, OF TO -
A. j.. HOBINaON,
nov26 dtf Conlmiesioner,
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-08

BALTIMORE, December 7.-Colonel
James Harding, said TO be a noted
swindler and forger who escaped
from the Bardstown, Ky, and Pitts
field, Mass, jail, has been arrested
here, and held to await the action Of
the Massachusetts, authorities.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-08

PROVIDENCE, December z. John
Bligh's brewery. in this city, was
seized yesterday, for alleged violation
of law.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-08

NEW ORLEANS, Decen Der Col.
Alexander, the absconding bogus
Treasury Agent, Is sOiouFning at
Windsor, Canada.
The Custom House now has a sup
ply Of water, compromise having
been effected with the Water Works
Departrnent.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-08

.CoNsTANT1NoPLE. Dec. Ia dis
patch from Calcutta announces that
the French Envoy at Aram had asked
the Authorities TO cede to France the
districts occupied by the French i'm
that country.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-08

DUNDEE, December IA large
Fenian amnesty meeting was held
here last night. The usuai speeches
were made and resolutions adopted.
Everything was quiet.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-08

VIENNA, December 7.-Austria de-
bmnnds theacOnsent of the European
Powers to cross Turkish territory,
that she may reach Dalmatia by land
and extinguish the rebellion in that
province.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-08

LIST. PETERSBURG, December T.
The Czar has granted concession for
the formation of o company with the
right to lay a submarine telegraph
cable or cables from some point on
the coast Of Asiatic Russia, to estab-
lish telegraph communication with
China and Japan, the consent Of the
authorities of these countries having
first been obtained.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-14

subject to redemption. The advance Of their
price in London directly on the receipt of the
Presidents Message foreshadows the result
of hearty concurrence by Congress in the
leading suggestions of the Executive.
A bountiful revenue is one vital condition
precedent of the funding in question; for
without such revenue the purchase and
retiring OF bonds must soon be arrested. Our
present tariff and internal taxes afford the
weekly and monthly income reauired-very
nearly twenty-four millions per month. Of
these, ten millions (gold) are required to pay
the interest on our debt Over two millions
more are required for pensions; the cost of
running the Government cannot be brought
below eight millions Currency per month
more; so that barely four millions per month
are LETT to be employed in buying up the
principal of our debt after the surplus in the
Treasury shall have been drawn down to its
proper level. This is as little as will answer
The income tax expires by limitation with
the year just before us; if renewed, it will, as
General Grant recommends, be reduced; so
that, until our debt be funded, and the heavy
burden of its interest hghtened, we have no
revenue to spare, and we beg Congress not
to let any go. Fund the fve-twenties at
four-and-a-half per cent. Gt should be four,
and we shall have twenty millions per annum
saved by that process; and we can reduce our
cN1NS" ~ SAA"" ohAOuht1 ypb ASOp Oh PeyAh6 Oh
debt as before.
We understand that the House Committee
of Ways and Means have substantially agreed
that the right thing to do with the tariff,
when the time shall have arrived for doing
anything, is to extend the free list. That
seems a wise conclusion. A very long list may
be made of articles now subject to various
duties which together afford very little income
to the Treasury, while the trouble and expense
of assessing and collecting duties upon them
are very considerable. We presume hundred
articles might be added to the free list without
reducing the net receipts from customs; and
two hundred more at a cost of but few mil
lions of revenue. At proper time we shall
favor and urge such extension of the free list
Shall coal be placed in that list?
We hope it may, for reasons quite other
than those commonly urged by the advocates
of 'free coal" New England will obtain
some coal from Nova Scotia little cheaper
than she now does; our gas-company rings
will make little more money out of their
Nova Scotia coal-mines than they now do;
but that they will give to their customers
either cheaper or better gas, this deponent,
not knowing, can't say Southwark and
westward of the Delaware, 'free coal will
amount to just nothing at all, save the loss Of
| $780, per annum to the Treasury
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-14

ate Government funds for years; and when
his accounts are rendered, instead of being
promptly and thoroughly examined and
passed, they are placed in pigeon-hole,
after the good old-fashioned, careless, red
tape STYLE there to slumber for one, two, or
three years before they are brought TO the
light of inveetigation, when they may be
found to be utterly bad and incorrect.
Meanwhile the guilty party has been
ordered to duty again on a foreign cruise,
and cannot be reached for the moment to
explain the ugly discrepancies that appear
on his final reckoning. He is formally mott
fed that he is debtor TO the Treasury De-
partment so many thousand dollars. He re-
spends to this announcement by quietly
taking from his strong box the necessary
sum and remitting it to the Treasury, and for
his present cruise he is safe. He practi-
cally robs Peter to pay Paul, and Uncle
Sam is put off The upshot of the affair is
that the bondsmen pay the deficit so far as
they are holden, and the Government loses
the balance
This sad state of affairs is owing entirely
to the worthless system of settling accounts
which the Government adopts. No one de-
partment controls the final reckoning of the
disbursing agents in the navy. The Navy
Department settles the accounts for clothing,
provisions, and supplies, while the Treasury
| controls the monetary expenditures. Between
| the two there is no close connection or init
| macy. Each one looks for its own, and gives
| no care for the other.
Millions of dollars are doubtless now al
stake, and yet there is no way or probability
Of ascertaining how much is due to the Gov
ernment from its paymasters or financial
agents. Until the auditors of the Treasury
or of the Navy Department have entire con
troll of the disbursements of the navy officers
there will be no means of reaching final re
suits in a way satisfactory to the Treasury. Ii
| justice to paymasters, too, there ought to b'
a prompt and thorough settlement of &C
counts; for frequently after an interval o
two or three years, the only persons who car
authenticate them are dead or out of reach
so that paymasters are sacrificed to the della.
| and recIlessness of the Government.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-14
FRAUDS OF NAVY PAYMAsTERs.
From the N. Y. Sun

from the N. 4. sun
We notice that Secretary Robson has
neglected to make any change in the system
of settling the accounts of navy paymasters.
This oversight is rather singular, inasmuch
as the Suls has already called attention to the
fact that eight or ten paymasters are default
ers, and that the defalcations OF Paymasters
Marcy, Cahoone, Washington, Forbes, and
Parker amount in the aggregate to nearly
half million dollars, and possibly more
Every one outside of the department. is fully
advised of these extraordinary deficits, and
yet it seems that nothing is to be done to pre-
vent their repetition whenever unprincipled
paymasters choose to use the funds of the
United States to pay their little bills. Under
the present loose and rotten system, there
seems to be no way of detecting such irregu-
larities until they have become SO serious
that the law officers of the Government must
be called in to initiate proceedings against
the bondsmen of the offenders. The crimi-
! nal is allowed to sink deeper and deeper into
the quicksand, and finally disappear from
sight altogether, before single step is taken
! to protect the Government.
A paymaster, whether from Ignorance or
! criminal intent, is permitted to misappropri-
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-14
TINKERING THE TARIFF.

FTOIl INC n. 7. IfibU1e.
If there be one among the many excellent
suggestions embodied in the Presidents first
Annual Message which, above all others,
stamps him as man of practical good sense.
it is that in which he counsels Congress to let
the tariff alone until the arduous task of fund
ing our great national debt at lower rate of
interest shall have been virtually accom-
plished. If the debt were of moderate amount,
we might easily fund it at four per cent.
It's magnitude alone renders the task one cal
culated to tax the resources OF master OF
finance. II is only by making U. S. bonds
scarcer and scarcer in the market that we can
hope 80 to appreciate them that the holders
must either accept lower rate Of interest, on
give place to others who will. II we can keeE
on buying and retiring two millions OF bonds
per week, we must soon be able to fund the
residue at a low rate, so far az they shall be
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-14

and great many who read not even one. or
course thew are still more intolerant, and be-
ing absolute FOOLS politically, rave about the
necessity of shooting folks who do not agree
with them.
New questions are coming mp for discus
sion. Men are forming-or borrowing
opinions. We wish every man could take to
himself seriously the lesson of Beechers
blunder. and resolve to hear both sides before
surrendering himself n captive to either The
man who hears only one does not form his
own opinion; he has it crammed into him, as
we put dressing into turkey. And the men
who do not form their own opinions are not
voters, but voting cattle. Somebody drives
that herd or like troop of mules, they follow
the leader with bell-the leader, not uncom-
monty, being ridden by somebody else, with
purposes of his own
MEN and brethren, as Horace says, let us
each do his own thinking And to that end
let us hear both sides. So may we avoid the
unhappy predicament into which this same
Horace and sundry others have drawn poor
Beecher-that of finding himself chief cham.
piOn of a cause the merits of which he has
not investigated How painful it must be to
be leading advocate in a case one knows
nothing about!
De your own thinking! Nobody who buys
his opinions as he does his steaks at the meat
shop, ready cut for use, can be said to have
any opinion of his own The butcher may bt
a very reliable person, but even from him we
like to buy only after comparing and select
ing what is best. If, unfortunately, YOU
| thinking apparatus does not produce indie
| pendent thought, and you are forced to de
pend on some intellectual meatshop TO
| ideas, at least exercise q mans faculty o
choosing for yourself Hear both sides anC
| choose
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-14
SHALL THE INCOME TAX BE con
pINUED?
From che n. Y. World.

From the ". Y. World
The unjust and odious income tax differs
from the other fiscal questions which chal-
lenge the consideration of this Congress in
its freedom from ENHANCEMENT with collate-
raj subjects. 1t is an acknowledged excres-
cence in our financial system; having been
originally enacted for a limited period, and
its continuance being recommended by the
President, at a reduced rate, only for another
limited period of three years. 1t differs from
the currency question and the tariff question
in the fact that no particular section of the
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-09-16
NEWS SUMMARY.

The Rawiins subscription fund in
New York hA reaches Sal 900.
The official papers of Paris report the
recovery of the Emperor Napoleon.
The Pope is about to make great eff
forts to convert the negroes Of Africa
Two hundred of them are now studyin
for the priesthood.
The conservative Republicans and
Democrats OF Mississippi have nominal
ed Thomas Sinclair, colored man, for
Secretary oil State.
1t is thought that the reduction of the
national debt by the wearing out and
loss of fractional currency, has now
reached the sum of seven millions of
dollars.
A Worlds Fair, for the.exposition Of
the industry and skill of all nations, is
proposed in Chicago in 1870.
The canvass In Pennsylvania is be-
coming active, Gov. Geary, Sen ator
Scott aud Judge Kelley are on the
stump for the Republicans.
The losses by fire throughout the
United States during the month of Au-
gust, amounted to $6,43s, 900, and the
value of property destroyed since the lst
of January, 1869, is estimated at ST.
100000.
There are rumors from Paris that the
Emperor Napoleon intends to abdicate
probably in favor his OF son. The Elm
peror has recovered from his illness, but
1t is liable to return-hence his reported
determination to resign.
Four hundred and twenty nine Nor
mon converts arrived in New York, in
the Minnesota, on their way to Utah.
Most Of them are from England and
Wales, though there were few from
Switzerland, Denmark and Germany.
The Augusta (Ga.) Coastitutiondtist
says that the Government has. recently
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-09-16

BITTER EXPERIENCE. The Wilton
Chronicle tells the following on u close
listed old fogy who resides near that
place:
"A year or two ago he borrowed some
money from neighbor and gave q
mortgage on his farm for its payment.
When the money became due his neigh
Dor advertised his farm and it so hap
pened that old Hold Fast did not see or
hear Of the fact. The day of the sale
arrived; the farm worth $40 900 sold for
$1,000 the sale was legal one, and the
first the old fey knew of the transact
tion was the arrival of the purchaser to
take possession, which he did.
Had the old fellow taken his county
paper he would have seen the advertise.
ment and saved his farm as il is, lie is
homeless in his old dsss. lie is going
through bitter school of experience,
but it may prove of lasting benefit to
him. --Nusc0tine Journal
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-09-16

FUNERAL OF GEN RAwLINs-The
last outward tribute to Gen. Rawiins
was paid in Washington, Sept. 9Th. At
al early hour the streets were alive with
people, many coming in from the sur
rounding country to witness the funeral.
All the public buildings aud many of
the business houses were draped i'm
mourning i'm honor of the distinguished
dead. AT 10 O'Clock thousands Of people
had congregated around the War De-
partment, where the funeral services
were held. A half hour later the pro-
cession commenced to move, headed 10y
the full marine band, which disccursed
dirges along the route. The hearse,
drawn by six gray horses. each led 10y u
colored man by black ribbons fastened
at the horses head, WAS beautifully
draped with American flags, cntwincd
in which were sashes of Grape. The
procession. Which occupied nearly three
quarters Of an hour il passing a given
point, proceeded directly to the Con-
gressional Cemetery, where services
were held and funeral anthem sung.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-09-16
SHERIFF SALE.

DY VIRTUE or A SPECIAL EXECUTION
ID to me directed. issued from the Office OF the
Clerk of the District Court in and for the
county OF Cedar and state of iowa, in favor of
Alexander Davis, and against Laura + 1hoinp-
son and James \. Thnmpson, have levied up
on the following property rs the property Of
the said Laura +. Thompson and LANES A.
thompson, to- wit:
The north half q got the northwest quarter
"a of section runb"r fourteen "a. in town
ship number eighty Two tS2}, range number
three l west OF LAe 9Th y. IN. situat ed ia Cedar
county, iowa.
And shall offer the same for sale ut the
court house door in the town of Upton, in
said county, on Saturday the 9th day Of &C.
toDer. A. u. 1863. AT twelve O'Clock NJ. OF sn III
day, to satisfy said execution and costs that
may accrue thereon. 80 nH st.sr 5@.
Dated this 9th day Of 0cta,ber. \. u. 1869.
JOHN -. SIfEARE.R
31w3 Sheriff of Cedar county, Iowa.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-09-16

Missionaries and other sojourners in
foreign lands should not fail to take
with them good supply of Johnson's
Anod.yae Linin'ent. IL is the most re-
liable medicine for all purposes in the
world
Contagious diseases, such rs horse all,
glander, &c, may be prevented by the
use OF Sacrid'in's Cdualy Condition
POWders. Persons travelling with
horses should take note of this.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-09-16

SINGERS SEWING MACHINE.-This
new candidate for admission and favor
in the thousands Of homes yet unsup-
piled with the sewing machine. il one
of the most simple, tastfui, elegant aud
beautiful bits of mechanism that we
have ever seen, and it performs its work
sd noiselessly, delicately, swiftly aud
unerrinyly. that 1t il difficult to con-
ceive Of anything more perfect. Its
stitch is the famous lock stitch, and has
the appearance Of fine seed pearls selec =
ell with marvellous exactness and uni
formity of size.
This admirable Machine has
undoubtedly created decided impress.
sion, and taken it's place atoilce in the
front rank of Family Sewing Machines.
For sale by Lee Adler, sign of the
Big Boot, Upton.