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The Award of the Blne Ridge RAILROAD.
Contract, FtHt
WHAT TIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HAVE
40 SAY ON III SUBJECT.

1nSthe "Daily News Of the 18th instant
appeared n letter from Columbia, containing
what purported to be a statement derived from
s'frat rate Sources" of the circumstances at.
tending tho recent letting of the work on the
Blue Ridge Railroad, and ulso Of the amounts
of the various proposals, and the prices at
which Criswell d Co. obtained the award of
the Contract.
Tho writer, "Lux," has fallen into a few
errors Of fact and figures, and thut the public
may be fully Informed upon the matter, the
following corrections of bis statements are
made from the official records of tho proceed
Jugs of tho Executive Committee:
The lowest bid received under the advcr-
tiscmcnt was s7,252, G0o.43; the highest
$10,166, 056. 90. The other bids were inter
mediate between these cxtrcmcs-that Of
Criswcll & Co.. being S $1,000, 527.46. Tho
Executive Conn 1T c having decided to re.
! ject all these proposals under the terms of the
advertisement, all the bidders were invited to
a conference with tho committee, and were
advised Of tho action taken upon the bids, and
made acquainted with the reusons therefor.
At this conference were present all the bid.
doris save ono, All were permitted to submit
new proposals upon the new basis laid down
by tho committee. Under tins arrangement
four proposals were received and considered
by tho committee, of which the highest
amounted to s7,333,426.53 So, and the lowest
to s ,707, 65l.Gl. The party who made the
proposal under the advertisement of 81 $780,.
900 in which "Lux" seems to take a peculiar
interest, now Put his proposal at 5000 000,-
600.
Some advantages wore offered in the de-
tails ,nf the NEGOTIATIONS nv the, HIGHEST bid:
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The suez Canal.

The HNew York Hcraldv has an article on
the opening Of tho Suez Canal, which takes
place in September next. It gathers from
all accounts that this occasion, which cele.
brates the connection of the Red Sea and
Indian. Ocean with the Mediterranean and
the.Atlantic, will be conducted with a royal
gathering and regal splendors never surpassed
or approached In the grandeat celebrations Of
ancientor modern times. Itsays all the 20.
tomatoes and powers Of the. great divisions Of
the Garth will BIO represented on the OCCASION.
The Empress Eugene, In the name Of France
and this FrancoE Egyptian work, is to assist
ia the ceremonies ; ono or more Of the princes
and princessea Of England willbe present, and
tho yiceroy Of Egypt viii devote 100000
frances in tbsthaiiffsof the representatives Of the
newspaper press. 200 European Journals
will be represented, and altogether the oelo.S
bration is destined to be one f the wonders
of the modern world, II says: Z
The idea Of a ship canal aoross tho deser,
Isthmuso Of Suoz, between sixty and seventy
miles, b older than tho pyramids; but like
the mystory Of The inundations and Che sources
Of the mighty Nile, II has passed down is OF
nineteenth century for its r%taostoal solution
An English 81 ploror, Sir Samuel Baker, hays
Ing oonepletoly solved the Nile SOURCES, It's
unfailing stream and itsS annual oyerGooWS,1Sth ssI
been commissioned by the Egyptian Psoha
ora large and liberal soaio, tai head ansexpe
ditioni toossshe great Nile lakes of tha sQuator.
insviowSof making The length OF Egypt tho
length Of tho river which flows through sopae
thisysy.6yes degrees of latitHaS on iie oY
kxai Soo,aa Manuk ~
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WAL4RALLA, (, G., FRIDAY, AUGUST s. 1869

named counties, the duty Of our party, and
of every State and County official is unmis-
taxable. Special and full protection must be
afforded for every man whose life or property
81 i nmenaced. AT Whatever cost Or effort we
must not fail in this. Tie weak must DO
protected-while the perpetrstor Of these
fendiah outrages should DO brought to sure
and 'merited punishment.
AJbep2le Ffess.
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ders. (Criswcll 4 Co.. which led the com
mittcc to pursue negotiations with them and
the proposition having been submitted to
them that they should reduce their bid below
tho lowest, viz to IS, 1000, and they
having acccdcd to this, the company still hav-
ing the benefit OF the advantages of detail
heretofore mentioned, tho award was made to
them as the lowest aud best bidders.
That there is room for honest difference
Of opinion as to the expectancy Of the policy
pursued by tho committee in the rejection Of
all the original proposals, is not denied. It
is also possible that they erred in prefcrring
the proposal of Mcssrs. Criswcll & Co., rs more
advantageous to the company than those of
Tho other bidders.
The committee, however, feel thut they can
abundantly justify the sonpdncss of their
judgment on those points to the Board of Di.
r%ectors, and to tho public.
Blu: the point now made is that the letting
was perfectly fair and open, conducted accord.
ing to usnge, and that the committee not only
had the right, but it was their duty, to COP.
slider all collateral advantages offered to the
company by the bidders, as we'll us the prices
affixed to the different tens Of work.
The work was finally awarded to Criswelt
h Co., at S8,700,000, or s7651.61 below the
lowest bid from other parties. and the com.
mittee full to sec that in making that award
they have betrayed the trust reposod 10
them.
The statement Of "Lux" CHAT there was
other bids as responsible in every wsy .. !
40 nm ooo A.. less, but the 50, 900, 900 bid
was accepted, is wholly errv2eonss
Under the captions of "the price Of the
work." "Lux" gives the prices Of Criswel's
bid as compared with other proposals. He
does not say in SO many words that these are
the prices at which tho work was awarded,
but he certainly would have tho public infer
that these ace the prices.
5 Nov those prices coincide nearly with those
of Griswell & Co.'s frat bid, but this bid was
rejected with all others, as has been herein.
before stated, and the work was awarded to
chem at q reduction in total amount Of $780,
900 below that first proposed, and Of COURSE
at a corresponding reduction in prices for ma.
terials and work. The Executive Committee
have accepted the bid that they believe to be
the most judioious and advantageous to tho
company, II oarriod out in good faith bhystbe
contractors. efSa sa'
~ I;yrong, or error he's bovn committed, BOT
thu, responsibility rest on tho naelnhers OF tho
committee present The undersigned will
boar their paart.
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'sas dons1n-ssd ss;ee69 90 member Of isseodtise
III ssMoo,Ss a.o. u ,,s. s,
sssSSSs ,ssShy Of Executive Commit.
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his Office in q fine mae. !
the wealthiest part Of the city. He made
Ilittle'or no reference to the war, but confined
his conversation to the commercial convention
and the condition of the railroads. From
what he said and our own experience, we con.
cluded that nearly all tho railroads in tho.
South were almost as bad stock to invest in
as Southern Confederacy bonds. Nearly ev-
cry one had borrowed money at the North
before tho war, and when the Confederaoy
all moneys, due Northern creditors
they paid these sums to the powers that
were 5 and bcing now obliged to pay these
debts to the lawful creditors, they have be-.
come poor as a church mouse.
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ELEGANCE DOES Nor MAKE A HOVE
never sawsa garment too fine for man or

q cobbler, or cooper, or king, to sit in; never
a house too fine to shelter the human head.
These elements about US, tho gorgeous sky,
tho imperial sun, are mob too good for the hui
man race. Elegance fits man. But do we
not value these tools of housekeeping a little
more than they are worth, and sometimes
mortgage home for the mahogany we would
bring into it2 I had rather cat my dinner
off the head of a barrel, or dress after the
fashion of John tho Baptist in the wilderness.
or sit on Q block all my life, than consume
myself before I got 10 a homo, and tako so
much pains with the outside that the inside
was as hollow as an empty nut. Beauty is a
great thing, but beauty Of garments, house
and furniture is a very tawdry ornament com.
pared with domestic love. All the elegance
ipsthe world will not make a home, ard /
would give more for spoonful Of real hearty
love than for shiploads Of furniture; and all
tho gorgeouanoss that all the upbolsterers in
the world could gather together - theodore
Parker.
a a QUESTION,--Ihe french Acad.
amyof Sciences has been considering Che
subject Of burial grounds, and one Of it's Nom.
bers, M. Charles do Freyoinet, recommends
that vaults composed. Of stone OF brick shotld
be abolished, as they have a tendency to in
tho mephitio exhslations. All COT.
should be deposited In the earth, which
10 q abort tinie will absorb all the ~noxious
gases Every hurial ground must be thor.
onghly drained md thiokly planted with trees.
which purify the atmosphere by the vast
oxygen which they produce ; and
finally, ii new cemeteries should be allowed
y be opened within d regulated distance
fioma 3 town Of village.
ftf3SsSA ~&+s4A--
Lance treeaJ eyergreens or deciduous. can
be safely removed, and the most Of the roots
preserved, pif q moist day be selected. Iii
desnarata sesed try > moonlight night. Iti il
The sun that does the mischief. Tree ro6ts
stands currents of hot dir about ss we'll de-
ash do. Small trees are bsasr eyerywayA4if
,ps can wait. The man who has not Vet
'ssttsa shepleasare II Watching growth lbs
. 9Ds.s%E
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Facts for the People.
THE rim THAT RULES AT wAs111saroN

b following is from q Fourth Of July
grafton at xenia, Ohio, by Brevet Brigadier
General Dom Piatt:
Last fall a distinguished journalist sent me
to Washington with instructions to look i'm
partially at the transactions there, and write
the truth, regardless Of consequences. 1 did
my best to comply with his request. I
strove to lift myself above partisan considcra-
tions and feelings, and give to print a fair
statement of all that could be seen. I say it
now, as / wrote 1t then, with a siokened heart,
that we have the most corrupt government in
the world. It is run by rings. There is no
moneyed interest in the land that is without
its rings in Washington. We have railroad
rings, landjobbing rings Indian Bureau rings,
whiskey rings, protection rings, that branch
off In every conceivable direction. And they
were intriguing, oaucussing, boring, and,
through wine and women, batting without
cessation.
l do not wish to be understood as charging
that a majority of our representatives in Con-
gress are dishonest men. On the contrary, I
was surprised to find that, living in this at
mosphere and under these influences, there
were so many pure aud upright men. But
/ will say, without fear of successful contra
diction, that adding the incapables to the
rogues they arc made the majority.
Not the least disheartenipg part Of all this
is to be found in the utter indifference with
which the public at large regard all this. 1t
is no longer q shame to steal. II, has ceased
to be q dishonor to defraud. I saw senators
who came to Washington with scarcely money
enough to pay boarding house bills, rolling
over tho streets in splendid equipagcs, and
entertaining aociety in palatial residences.
They are now millionaires, and not only tol-
Grated, but aattered, sought aud sued by men
and women who would be honest werc 1.-THE
fashion to affect that virtue; and if you turn
from men who have made their fortunes out
of their places, it is to stare at men who
bought their way in.
EIpnANCp noro Nom Mn Iyo.
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Longstreet, Hood and Beauregard.
a correspondent of the HBoston Traveller"

E.L arEA
Longstreet, Hood and Beauregard.
a correspondent of the nBoston Traveller"
writes from New Orleans:
"Into the uncompleted custonhouse, upon
which Gen. Beauregard was working when
he abandoned architecture for the fold, we
went, admiring the grand design and the
ponderous masonry Of the building. In the
rooms where the troops were quartered during
the war, we found the desks of busy clerks
surrounded by piles of official papers and
bundlosof red tape. In the basement was
the postoffce, occupying nearly the whole
floor, the way to which is up the same old
plank stairs, is the room occupied by.
Gen. Longstreet.
"lie was there when wo went in, and
greeted us in a very cordial manner, appear.
ing as much at home as any other man should
IN q fat oustomhouse Office. If a man ever
has reason to smile, it is when he gets into
the customhouse for it is one Of the ~neatest,
iprettiest, %jolliest, --latest positions ever held
by man.
General Hood is running a commission
house on the second floor Of a stone building
on q side street. He was very sooiaDle, and
talkedfreely about the war, and said he had
done, and would do the same fighting over
again if no had a chance. he said
when he. succeeded General Johnston in conf
nand of the western Confederate army he
knew the gamo was up. He was only
fighting to save his honor. The,trevolution'
was crushed when Vicksburg fell, and he. said
80 at the time. He said it was painful for
him TO talk about the lost cause, and he did
not like to recall the war. s,.
General Beauregard is President Of the
sNew Orleans and jackson railroad, and has
The St. Cloud journal., 1869-08-26

thousand. We are lost. u The nigger
can't be kept ia tho corndela. The
black vermn will crowd the whito chill
dren's sohoolhouses. ~ White mems
money viii educate black mems Of:
spring; negro equality won't secure
equality among negroes. The gold
spsctAcles that had been poised with
artistic precision, now sat awry upon
the stricken Pogram's nose; the stiff
collar fell down to ono side; the once
exact slow pronunciation lost its i'm
pressivoncss, and there was every 'eyi-
denoe that pillar at the Cross Roads
had fallen: The Cross Roads we're in
q state Of CONSERVATION and I left. I
have not seen cr heard from lhe Po-
gram since. '
- - Massey.
Nasby is better ~ man. He
He keeps a stiff upper lip and never is
heard to really complain. He states
his case boldly; reokons his losses if
he meets any, and prepares to bear
them. He has never staked bis all on
anything. He is one Of those staunch
Democratic gentleman who fits him.
self in, quietly but securely, somewhere
in every change. No pohtical storm
can put things SO Jar that Nasby won!
live under them and begin against re-
| form. He believes in tho ultimate
salvation Of all nations and all men
You will hear from him after the Ten
nesse election, how the twenty per cent
tax can be managed to tho behoof o
tho white people; how the laws Of th'
commonwealth: protect it from th'
barbarous grasp Of Sambo; and how
in all time to come, the ratification o
the school law will be a signal and 81
inoalculablo blessing to the good whit
citizens Kentucky. ION.
The St. Cloud journal., 1869-08-26
CHANGES,

C. n. DAVIDSON, Of the Austin
Register, has associated with him Mr..
W. o. Bashford. The Register is one
Of tho best papers We receive from the
southern part Of the State.
THI Wilton Coxrant has been sus
pended and its proprietor, Mr.. Clark
deaigns to remove bis office to Ell
River and start : paper:
St. Anthony is to have an evening
paper, Democratic 10 politics. Messrs
Morrison and Bisbee are to do the edit
ing, and Frank Mead, now Of the Farm.
iDgton Telegraph the localiziog.
Geo. II. Walsh has gone into part.
nership with Mr.. Belfoy in the pub
]ication Of the Forest City Ne,os.
Mr.. Joseph Gilpin has become as
sociated with Mr.. Benedict in the pub
lication of the Sauk Rapids Sentinel
The St. Cloud journal., 1869-08-26

ALTHOUGH the Democratic. leaders
pretend to be tie "friends of the DOOR
man." yet they took good care to select
their candidates from such "poor men"
- Asa Packer and Geo. Fl. Pendleton,
who count their wealth BY thousands
and millions Of dollars. Perhaps they
think such can bear defeat better
than those who have less pecuni.ry
consolation. -.
The St. Cloud journal., 1869-08-26

;. We learn from the Nee ker county
Ns'''., that the !, g. Paul and Pacific
railroad j !'o' intend ten putting up depot and
grain ..l elevator near swede al Grove, abou,
; II :: mile. beyond Darwin, This i is 'near
tho residence Of Col. Hans Mattson the
candidate for Secretary Of State. The
track On On the Pacific road is now laid a
mile or two beyond Litchfield:
The St. Cloud journal., 1869-08-26

'% A ST. PAUL correspondent Of the
Chicago Post estimates tho breadth of
wheat in this State at 1,11o,ooo acres,
and the yield At an average Of eighteen
and . half bushels to the acre, making
= total Of over 20, 100000 bushels, as
che wheat yield Of Minnesota for
1860. .,... ..s94! T., ,@y.. .:: -,
The St. Cloud journal., 1869-08-26
FOR SALE OR RENT.

DrrAlrxrnf o. DAKOTA,
OIncE Chn1 QuAl7IRNAS71H,
..,. b. PAU, MrsN, August 1, 1850.
PROPOSALS IN THE USUAL FORM
with the customary conditions, ore in
vited TO be received at this Office until Sop
tember 4th, 1859, to supply Fort Wads-
worth, D., T., with -
1000 Cords of Wood.
tits understood that this amount may be
diminished if the wood be not all required.
To be sound, merchantable Oak Wood, to
measure not less than four feet in length,
delivered at the Post by January Is, 1870,
unless otherwise authorised.
The Government reserves the right to re-
jeet any or all Of the bids offered. :"
-',' - A. G. ROBINSON,
Bvt. Maj. and A. Q: NJ, for
i Il - GEN. s. B. H0LAB1RD,
Dep. Quartemaster General U. 8. A.
aug 12.4W "<i :. ,..-.:''>.' >. -. 49,.
The St. Cloud journal., 1869-08-26

IT is announced by tho Pittsburg
Commercial that Judge Robt. G.
Grier, Of the United States Supreme
Court, will resign early this fall. Judge
Grier is rs years Of age, and has been
on the bench since 1916. Under the
law Of April 10th, 1869, he will re-
tire on salary Of &c, 900 psrfyear.
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81. CLOUD AND NORTHERN l11NNE.
sofa.

G. G. svensberg, Of the Grand
Rapids, Mich., Commercial College,
Who made = trip through Northern
Minnesota several weeks ago writes Is
follows to the Grand Rapids Demo-
crat:
1--WE passed a few days about St.
Anthony's Falls, and left this delight
full scenery on the 23d, P. NJ, for the
beautiful town Of St. Cloud, distance
abont eighty miles.
"St. Cloud is very pleasantly situst-
ed on tho beautiful and gradual sloping
banks Of the Mississippi. According
to our opinion, St. Cloud n one Of the
finest located little cities anywhere in
the country. The whole town site is
high, yet without single knob. It is
covered with beautiful young growth
Of oak, and other trees common to that
region, with plentiful supply Of the
finest Of water power. One of the first
things which arrested our attention on
entering the town was the care which
was bestowed on this young growth Of
timber. Nothing so much improves a
town as trees. NJ matter how many
or fine the houses may be, without
them it is bald and uninviting, to say
nothing of the comfort and health
which they promote. Here is estab-
lshed the Third State Normal School,
and a number Of 6ne stores. The
Romish Church is the largest and finest
in the city, erected at a cost OF over
100000. Several other fine churches
are building here: Can it be possible
that these young towns should out-do
US, the second and finest city in Mich
igsn, as We claim to be ? The town has
at present between 1000 and 5000 in.
ha5itants, and supports two papers.
The st. Cloud JOURNAL Is one of the
ablest papers in the State, aud has .
circulation Of 1000. l cannot speak
too highly Of this place, its many Id.
vautages aud beauty, but time Will not
permit me to say more.
1.-TWO miles above St. Cloud on the
Mississippi and mouth Of Sauk River,
are the Sauk Rapids, as fine and great
a water power as the State can claim.
awe pass up through Sauk Valley,
one Of the finest and most productive
in the State. Sauk Center, sixty miles
above St. Cloud, situated at tho head
Of Sauk River and foot of Sauk Lake,
is lively and enterprising town-No
longer than four years ago during the
war, = whole regiment OF cavalry were
stocksded here to f fght the Indians.
Now they have three churches, and the
fourth to be erected-one press, sever
al fine mills, and about rs stores.
ave now pass on to Lake Osakis.
Here lies the peerlessly beautiful lake
before Us, unruf1ed at present by Elm
gle osr-calm rs as ummer's eve can
make it. This lake is five miles wide and
eleven miles long, with the most beau
tiful banks and surroundings We ever
laid our eyes upon. 1t is alive With
fish. Il is said to be one Of the finest
in the the State. The most vivid and
graphic word-painting could not give
IN adequate idea of the romance and
beauty Of this and many other lakes
about here.
The St. Cloud journal., 1869-08-26

THE Turner Festival at St. Paul,
commences 70 day. II is expected this
Festival will eclipse all former demon
strations in this State. There will be
from three to four hundred delegates.
The St. Cloud journal., 1869-08-26

Governor Mitchell, Of New Mex
ico,. has issued proclamation declaring
all Navajoo and Gila Apache Indians
outlaws whenever found outside of the
limits of their reservations, and author
izing Tie citizens Of the Territory to
kill every such desperador. :. ',,'
The St. Cloud journal., 1869-08-26

"A correspondent says that Asa Pack
er, Democratic candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, bears striking resemblance
to the late Abe LincOln.-Pi0neer.
Was it this which induced the Democ-
raov to select him as their candidate ?
The St. Cloud journal., 1869-08-26

The annual meeting Of the Mime
sofa Synod1of the New School Presby;
teriau Church, will be held in Red
Wing On the 30th of September.