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Be- The Very Highest Prize, the CROSS
OF The LEGION OF HONOR, was con.
ferred on the representative Of the Grover
4 Baker Sewing Machines, 1t the Kxposi-
ton Universelle, Paris 1867, thus attesting
their great superiority over all other Sew.
ing Machines.
FOR SALE BY
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HORSE FOR SALE CHEAP !-Enquirs at the
IL City Mills, OF W. TODD.
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HORSE FOR SALE CHEAP !-Enqure at the
III City Mills, of ". TODD.
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19ieD.

DieD.
July 18th, at South Ottawa, Mrs. GATES wife Of Rev. l.
Il. Gates, aged 80 years.
The body was taken East, to Greenw cod Cemetery.
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July "a, lS69-ly.
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FOR SALE,

One or Eight LOts-4 by $50 each, on very easy
terms This property is located north of the Chicago r.
l. K p. B. X. Depot, lot Mol block Nos.
Apply to L. IL. LOWE CO.
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FOR TRADE.

A First.class Livery Stockton n GOOD honse ar
lot good bargain for any person who desire. mons.
r L r0[rr e IN
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FOR SALE.

A VERY DESIRABLE HOUSE AND LoT.-Tbe lot is 4
IT, trent by l6O deep. House has three large rooms Goo
WE'LL sistsrn and shrubbery of all kinds Property locate
on Madison st. Apply to H. H. LOWE q CO.
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A Good Stock Rarm-About five miles south Of OF
Tho farm must be well fenced, watered and 9,
buildings. fair price in cash will be paid for it.
Apply to r. Ii. LOWE & CO
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

THE New CITY PosT OFFICE-A Coop
AMENDMENT. Wednesday evening the
Senate, very properly, agreed to Mr.. Conk-
ling's amendment to enable the Secretary Of
the Treasury and the Postmaster General to
exchange the land bought by the United States
for the site Of the new Post Office in New York
city for the same or a greater quantity Of land
further up in the City Hall Park. II is good
amendment. The land which was bought is
altogether too close to the chop-sea always
agtating the floods of human life that roll and
roar through the narrow space between the
Astor House, the New YORK HERALD building
and the Park. If the new Post Office were to
be erected on that ill-chosen spot it would, at
certain hours Of the day, be almost inaccessible.
An appropriation of two hundred thousand
dollars has already been made for the much
needed new Post Office, and now that Congress
has wisely provided for building II further up
in the Park the sooner the work begins the
better. Let the site be fixed upon, the plans
be established and the building be started at
once.
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

THE PRESS OF NEW ENGLAND Como TO
Por.-The Boston Christian Register declares
that the lobby Of the Massachusetts, Legislature
is UNANIMOUSLY corrupt and nearly omnipotent,
and adds :-''Editors, to our certain know
ledge, were offered pay for the privilege of
putting in editorials, and we have reason to
believe that many newspapers thus sold their
editorial columns" We would like to know
where our Christian friend has been for the
last quarter of a century. Why, the corrup-
tions and substituting of the New England press
and the Legislature by the lobby have been so
wanton that the emblematic Goldfish hung up in
the Representatives chamber has been known
to blush with shame and wriggle its dspleasure
at the barefaced abuses 1t IL frequently obliged
to witness.
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

THE PEACE OF EURoPE.-At the moment
Count Bismarck is sending across the Atlantic
by electricity despatch to the President of
the United States congratulating him upon the
solemn" event of his Inauguration the King
of Prussia is addressing the North German
Parliament in words like the following:-"A
nation saving its strength and having the will
to respect the independence Of others and
maintain its own can surely count on peace,
as foreign Powers will not molest 1t and the
domestic enemies Of order are powerless to
trouble it," Almost at the same moment the
war party in France, irritated by the policy Of
Bismarck, has augmented its strength to such
an extent as to make it almost impossible for
Napoleon to prevent war and leaving it only
to his acquiescence to decide the question of
the prompt departure Of French army to the
Rhine. Our latest dispatches from London
indicate that the King of Prussia means peace.
But does 1t rest solely with him?
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

MORE ILLuMISATIoN.-T legislative COM
mittee which is investigating the affairs Of
the gas companies has succeeded in throwing
good deal Of light upon the subject. For
instance, II has elected the fact that the New
York Gas Light Company pays its stock
holders fifty per cent on their stock It is not
surprising, then, that the stock, which at par
value rates at fifty dollars share, should be
worth one hundred and fourteen, as sworn to
by one Of the witnesses. We hope the COM
mittee will 20 on and get us little more illu-
mination. If the investigation cannot improve
the Illuminating power Of the gas and lessen
the gas bills TO the consumer IL can at least
enlghten the public on the gas question.
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

President Grants Inaugurul-A Positive and
Decisive Domestic and Foreign Policy.
President Grant in his inaugural speaks
with the directness of soldier and the frank
ness Of an honest man fresh from the people,
The outline which he presents of the purposes
Of his administration in his domestic and
foreign policy is that Of practical statesman,
who recognizes the march Of events and the
living issues of the day. In the hands Of
professional politician the solid matter Of this
address would become a watery dilution of
perhaps half dozen columns, but here we
cable telegram. For instance, in saying that
''the Office has come to me unsought-I COM
mence its duties untrammelled' defines
his position precisely and in the fewest pos
sIble words; and brevity and precision mark
the document throughout
On all the leading questions OF the day he
will have his views to submit and in support
OF them he may exercise the veto power but
he will go no further. He will have no policy
to pursue against the laws OF the will of the
p~SPaN' ht 10 pdbltutu Ou ILLS Uedu Win the
failure Of Mr.. johnson. He will execute the
laws as he finds them. In meeting calmly and
dispassionatey the questions which may come
before him growing out OF the late rebellion.
and looking to the greatest good Of the greatest
number, his policy viii be security for s.per-
son, property and for religious and political
opinion In every part Of our common country.
without regard to local prejudice" This
means, among other things, that there Is to
be an end down South to the unlawful shoot
ing of niggers and to terrorism at the polls
and that Sambo, too, will have 70 respect the
laws.
In reference to the public debt President
Grant is particularly pointed, positive and
earnest. He says that ''to protect the national
honor every dollar Of the public indebtedness
should be paid in gold, unless otherwise
expressly stipulated in the contract" He
speaks upon this subject as II he still remem-
bered the recommendation OF his immediate
predecessor TO seize upon the interest to pay
the principal Of the debt; for Grant would
trust In public place ''no repudiator Of one
farthing Of our public debt" These strong
and earnestly expressed opinions, and the
enthusiasm with which our new President
dwells upon the amazing wealth OF the coun
try In "the precious metals locked up in the
~mountains Of the Far West" will surely
operate to strengthen our public credit and
the value Of our national securities throughout
the world. On the money question we have
in brief the clearest and broadest exposition,
OF the national obligations and our ample
resources from which 10 meet them. One
would almost think that Count Bismarck,
looking TO the fsith Of Germany in our bonds,
knew what was coming from Washington Ia
The New York herald., 1869-03-05
his congratulatory despatch yesterday from
Berlin to President Grant


his congratulatory despatch yesterday from
Berlin to President Grant.
The inaugural refers to the numerous Pa
cifc railroads, main lines and branch lines,
under way, authorized or projected, where it
says that ultimately it may be necessary to
increase the facilities to reach these riches
(meaning the precious metals in the Rocky
Mountains and thence to the Paciic) and
through government aid" But this, Presi-
dent Grant thinks, should only be when we
shall have reached the grand ultimatum of
specie payments. In other words, he recon-
mends, for the present, the suspension of any
new grants Of lands and bonds to those new
Pacific railway jobs; and in view of the fact
that the budgets of these jobs before Con-
gress in various shapes cover margin equal
to thousand millions of money or more, this
recommendation is wise one.
In regard to our foreign policy the signif-
cant remarks that while the President would
respect the rights of all nations he would
demand equal respect for our own, and that
''if others depart from this rule in their deal
ings with us we may be compelled to follow
their precedent" we think that her Britannia
Majesty's government will discover that it has
no further use for Mr. Reverdy Johnson. We
are satisfied that this hint covers the jack
sonian policy Of dealing with spoliations on
American commerce, and something of the
ler talionis in reference to British and Spanish
neutrality and belligerent rights. The inau-
gural makes no distinct allusion to Mexico !;
but that pear, too, is ripening.
On the question of suffrage the President
proposes the shortest way to settlement, and
he thinks it desirable to have a settlement now,
and he entertains the hope that it may be
reached by the ratification Of the fifteenth
amendment to the constitution. What is this
proposed amendment which is thus adopted as
o measure of the new administration? 1t pro-
vides that s'no abridgement Of the right to
vote shall be made by the United States or
any State on account of race, color, or pre-
vious condition Of servitude," and that Con-
gress shall have power to enforce this article.
This means equal rights to all colors through
out the Union under the supreme law, and
with President Grant to back it the amend
ment will doubtless be carried through.
Here then, including economy, retrench-
ment, and faithful collection of the public
revenue, we have the sailing directions of the
new administration. What is the general
prospect? 1t is one full of promise, prosper
ity, progress, development, and power at home
and abroad. And so opens the new book of
American history.
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

The GREAT DAY IN WAsHINGToN.-See our
reports of the proceedings Of the Inauguration
and its new and remarkable features. The
procession was somewhat dampened by the
rain, but the grand Inauguration ball at night
made up for the disappointments Of the day.
The great revolution, actively commenced
under the rail splitter and delayed by the
tailor, is accomplished under the tanner. This
is the Interpretation Of Grants Inauguration.
1t was great day in Washington because it
was great day for the new nation; for with
the capital, as with the country, it was the
Inauguration of better times.
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

ABOLITION OF TRANSIT DUTIES IN New
JERsEY.-Wheneve the high rate of fare be-
tween this city and Philadelphia is commented
upon the Camden and Amboy Railroad mo-
nopoly in New Jersey always point to the ex-
cessive transit duties per capita which the
State demands from the company. Yesterday
the Legislature passed bill repeating these
duties and II has become law. How soon,
therefore, are we to expect liberal reduction
in the rate Of travel between the above named
cities2
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

FAST DAY IN CONNECTICUT Governor Eng
lish has issued proclamation for q day Of
fasting, humiliation and prayer, and says 1t is
in obedience to a custom thirty centuries old.
This touches two important epochs in the
worlds history-the times Of Moses and the
retirement Of Andy Johnson, the colored mans
Moses Of this generation. Which of these eras
it is the Connecticut Governors intention to
commemorate does not appear; but il it be
the latter event day Of thanksgiving and
praise would have been q more BETTING fes-
tival
The New York herald., 1869-03-05
ARRIVAL OF THE YACHT HENRIETTA.

stormy Passage from Charicston-Sho Kn-
counters a Hurricane.
The Henrietta arrived at this port yesterday from
Key West, via Charleston, which place she left ON
the goth Of last month. The FIRST day out she en-
countered fearful tornado from the northward.
which carried away the fore and main boom, with
all their attachments The sheets were torn to
pieces though they had been made OF tissue paper
and blown overheard but were recovered by tho
crew after three hours hard work. while the tor
nado ragged most furiously the sea ran very high.
The yacht however, rode through the storm In her
usually gallant manner, showing conclusivey that
the splendid seagong qualities she displayed during
the yacht race had not as yet abandoned her.
After the sails mad been recovered storm trysail
and n tworeefcd foresail were rigged and with
passed through the ordeal triumphantly, with no
other damage than the injury to the sails above
mn uanffoned
The New York herald., 1869-03-05
ACCIDENTS ON TINE HUDSON Elvia RAILROAD.

The Poughkeepsie way freight and passenger train
bound north on the Hudson River Railroad yester-
day afternoon met with an accident a mile and a
half below Poughkccpse. Just before the train
reached the place mentioned rock fell on the track
The train striking 1t all the steps OF the freight cars
were torn away and the hind passenger car contain
Ing passengers, was thrown from the track but noe
upset. No one was hurt. The train was delayed
about one hour.
Last night as an extra freight train was passing
Cold Spring frightened horse, drawing n wagon
which contained BOY, ran'across the track. The
animal was instantly killed and the boy whose
name does not transpire, was badly injured.
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

REAL EsTATE.-Al the furor for city pro-
perty is in the direction Of the citys upward
growth. But when the East river bridge is
built and He'll Gate is blown out-two things
soon to be realities-we fancy it will be found
that there are several gold mines in the ap-
probation of lots in that now poor part of the
city east of Second avenue and between Four
teenth and Fortieth streets These lots will
be worth fancy prices much sooner than West
chester lots.
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

CHECKS AND ENVELOPES appears that
the New York Gas Light Company pays its
extra dividends, which amount to forty per
cent over the regularly declared dividends, by
inclosing check in an envelope to the stock
holder, together with private note, the pre-
else nature of which is the private property Of
the parties concerned. The innocent recipient
does not know how It comes to pass that he
should receive this money, because the de-
clared dividend is only ten per cent but Of
course he does not grumble and is not at all
inquisitive about the matter. 1t is evident
that the stockholders are well taken care Of by
this company; but how do the gas consumers
fare?
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

A VERY Coon BoY.-Peter d. Sweeny has
just paid another sum Of four thousand and
some odd hundreds of dollars into the city
treasury, said sum being accrued interest on
city moneys in his hands. As his predeces-
sors in ofice always seized this interest as q
perquisite, and as Peter pays II over only in
obedience to a moral obligation, we believe
all will agree with us that there is In the city
government at least one very good boy.
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

A GOLD CABINET. From the tone Of his
inaugural we expect to-day not only golden
but q gold Cabinet from President Grant.
Butler and the finasciers Of that stripe are not
on the administration slate, and there is no
place for the ghost Of Old Thad in the
Capitol Let his ''bloated bondholders" re-
joice. The golden age is proclaimed and Jay
Cooke Is greater than Jay Gould.
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

THE SAME OLD TUNE.-''God save the
Queen" has done good service in Its time. 1t
has been useful in our Sunday schools. along
with bit Of verse half pious, half patriotic,
and now it is suddenly pressed to make musi-
cal twenty lines Of political doggerel intended
in honor Of Grant.
The New York herald., 1869-03-05
The Public Debt s.assnsue.

According to the March statement Of the
public debt there has been decrease Of nearly
eleven millions since February 1 but it must
be remembered there was large increase the
month previous. In fact, we cannot get at =
correct view of our financial situation from
any one months or two months exhibit. We
must take year or several years, and then we
may know where we stand. Well, then, the
national debt has been increased since March
l, 1868, over twenty-five millions. True,
there have been bonds issued to the Pacific
Railroad Company to moro than that amount,
which are regarded in the light of a loan; but
they constitute, nevertheless, a part Of the
public debt and are positive addition to it.
These bonds may never be paid by the COM
pany; but, whether they be or not, it is the
duty of the government to see that our enor-
nous debt shall not be augmented in any way
whatever. With the vast revenue of the gov
ernment in time of peace, and now in the
fourth year after the war, the debt ought to
have been considerably diminished instead OF
increased. The lowest point the debt reached
was in November, 1867, when it stood
So, 491, ,5O4, 450. 1t is now $2,545, 1856, ,904-
The increase in sixteen months has been
$53, ,454. But the BURDEN has been still
more augmented through the manipulation OF
Mr.. McCulloch in converting the non-interest
bearing and the currency interest debt into
gold interest securities. The whole scope Of
Mr.. McCulloch's policy has been to make the
debt as heavy as possible and to favor the
bondholders at the expense Of the taxpayers;
and that, too, seems now to be the policy Of
Congress. 1t is, as we have frequently said,
beginning at the wrong end, and may create in
the public mind revulsion that will weaken
instead Of strengthen the national credit. Let
us hope that under the new administration,
new Congress and another Secretary of the
Treasury, the debt may be diminished and the
burdens of the people lessened.
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

!. A GREAT Fuss OVER SMALL PoTAro-
That raised by Mr.. Brooks yesterday, in the
House Of Representatives, on the question Of
the authority of the Clerk as presiding officer
pro tenn. Of that body. The law is clear; but
Mr.. Brooks is not the man to hide his light
under bushel on Inauguration day.
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

BEAR AND FoRBEAR.- Chicago Tribune
is accused Of an attempt to bear the real estate
market for private speculative purposes.
s'Bear and forbear" should be the motto Of all
spsculators about these days. Under Grants
administration business 10 likely TO strike hard
nan.
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

WORSE THAN A SEA MONSTER. --Ingratitude
Is dreadful, as Lear tells us, especially in
child. What sight, therefore, can be worse
than to see the radical organ in this city-that
child Of New England passion, prejudice and
narrow-mndedncss- way TO virulent
abuse OF Boston and the Boston notions?
The New York herald., 1869-03-05
TINE sUDDeN coin SNAP.

At one O'Clock yesterday afternoon the mercury IN
the thermometer stood at thirty-nine degrees. At
thirty minutes after eleven In the evening, at thir
teen degrees thus falling, twentysx degrees In ten
and one-half hours From eight 10 eleven O'Clock
the wind blew at times almost gale, making those
hours senslby felt ~ the coldest during the entire
winter
The New York herald., 1869-03-05
A DANGEROUS woMAN.--At the recent Mil

A DANGEROUS WoMAS.-At the recent Mil
waukee woman's Rights Convention Mrs.
Livermore said TO dapper little fellow about
four feet high, "why, my good little man,
could pick you up and run away with you"
If these strong-minded females keep on in this
way We will soon find them picking up stray
little men on the highways and byways and
using them a. they would vinaigrette.
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

Nor DEAD YET.-That ex-Presdent John
SON does not intend hastily to ''shufle of this
mortal COLI is seen in the fact that he has just
accepted the hospitalities Of the immortal
Johnny Coyle, In Washington.
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

WHAT MraHT HAVE BERN.-It Is strange
Justification that Mr.. johnson feels called upon
to show how good President he was by show
ing how bad one he might have been.
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

AN EYE TO BUSINESS. Johnsons ref
his shoulders to be " Immediately assumed by
his successor" has in 1t very decided sug-
gestion of old clothes
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

How Is IT DONE ?-Only day or two
since man was brought before police JUS
tice on charge of disorderly conduct, and
upon inquiry he proved to be convicted mur-
derer, recently found guilty Of killing his wife.
How did it happen that he was at larger
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

THR LAST TRrAL.--The last trial in the For
tisfh Congress to take up the House bill to re-
peal the Tenure Of Office law was made in the
Senate yesterday on motion of Mr.. Davis
yeas IA, nays 25. SO President Grant comes
in under the restrictions Of, Johnson, and the
question is with the Forty-first Congress.
What says General Butler? Now is his time.
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

A Coop CRow.-The democrats are having
good crow over their gains in the late town
elections in this State. The Elmira Gazette
brings out rooster that covers the space Of
half of one of its broadsides, and cries out
Justify, 81 crow for the people,"
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

Mrs. LrNCoLN's PENsIoN.-The bill died
with the outgoing Congress. It ought not,
however, to be overlooked by the new Con-
gress now in session. 1t is matter of JUS
tice to the widow Of Abraham Lincoln about
which there should be no debate.
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

RIeHr SIDE UP WITH CARE.-The editor Of
the Chicago Post, having been urged by a lady
to come out Internationally on the womans
rights side, says he will do so cheerfully when
he ascertains which is a woman's right side.
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

HANGING.-In the western part Of the State
they are investigating the conduct Of sheriff
because man in his hands was not hanged
as he should have been. Cannot we have such
m Investigation alael .-,.-,,--.,.4.. ...
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

Too MUCH FOR Mr.. JoHNsoN-Schenck's
bill to strengthen the public credit. So Andy
put it in his pocket. 1t viii probably, there
fore, be the first bill submitted for the sigma
ture of President Grant, and he will sign it,
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

ELEGANT ExTRAcr.--"A mean. base. cow
ardly and contemplate lie.r--Anna Dickinson.
Which is the fright side" OF that woman?
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

VERY LIGHT.-The Detroit Free Press de-
scribes the result Of the election in Portland
Me-, as ''the light in the East" Very light.
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

LrxURrAST LEGIsLATIoN.-There have been
two thousand three hundred bills introduced in
the Illinois Legislature. Bad for the tax
payers, but good for the State printers
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

HAPpY.-The people Of Savannah, upon the
restoration Of their Braine.
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

New YORK GLoRurrD-In Speaker for q
day. For the second time in the history Of
the republic.
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

NIBIO'S GARDEN. Broadway.-THs BuRLEsQJE Ex
TRAyAGAszA or THE FoRTX THIEVES.
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

THE GOLDEN FUTURE. into Grants
inaugural for glittering horoscope.
The New York herald., 1869-03-05

BOOTHS THEATRE. Twentyshrd ST. between sih ane
I'M ays-RoMEo AND JULIET.