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Irish Republicans.

The convention in Chicago last week of "a
Irish Republicans, all that could be raked
from Maine to Colorado, justiies remark as
to the delusion under which the few possibly
honest ones among them seemed to labor.
The only points upon which the "conven-
tom and its speakers laid stress were, that
the Republican party, by endorsing Summers
speech, virtually declared in favor of war
with England; and that, by their high tariff
policies, they favored non-intercourse with
England in the way Of trade. Is it possible
that any sane man believes that the whole re-
publican party looks upon Summers speech
as anything but ridiculous buster, meaning
less than nothing! Motley has gone to Eng
land with his instructions, and in the first
speech he made on landing on British soil,
said he came on a mission of peace. Or is
any Irishman so unsophisticated as to mag
inc that New England cares about high
tariff against England except SO far only as
wooden and cotton goods are affected-or, in
other words, beyond any point except such
as affects favorably the pockets of the New
England cotton lords?
The gullibility and innocence of the con-
vention was so palpable, that even the ropub-
lican papers of Chicago were unable to refrain
from ridiculing it. The Tribune talks of it as
representation without constituency" and
compares it to the "three tailors of Tooley
street who resolved in the name of we, the
people of England"
The same paper also says, with reference to
the absurd notions of the convention about
the foreign and tariff policies of Grants adj.
ministration,- -" Neither our foreign policy
nor our tariff policy is likely to be adjusted
merely with reference to the somewhat alb
surd Irish doctrine of antipathy to England"
lfthcse "A Irish delegates are not sharp
enough to take this hint that the republican
party wants neither them or their policies,
and that they had better step out, nothing
but vigorous kick can bring so simple a
proposition down to their comprehension.
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LIQUOR DEcIsIoN.-A decision of the Su.
preme Court of this state has just been pro-
mulgated, fully affirming the power of CITY
councils upon which such authority has been
conferred by the Legislature, to prohibit the
sale OF intoxicating liquors within their cor.
Porate limits The opinion WAS delivered by
Judge Lawrence, and goes TO the extent q,
asserting the right, under its charter, of CITY
10 ProhlDit the sale within its limits of soda
water.
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The Mendoza Chronicle notes as a "good
movement the starting of Rev. Mr.. Wynne,
Of that city, as u candidate for school commits
sioner of this county The radical papers OF
the county are full Of "good movements" Of
the kind in starting about twenty-five candi.
dates for every Office to be filed at the Novem-
Der election. better movement, we fancy
will be made on election day, by casting all OF
them overheard, and the election of the
democratic ticket. EG@s
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MoRsEs INDIAN RooT PILLs.-We have late
ly been shown the formula from which these
pills are prepared, and from this and our exper-
fence in the use Of them, can honestly pronounce
them good, safe and reliable medicine. Being
entirely free from all poisonous ingredients they
can be safely used while performing the active
duties Of life. We would advise all to use them,
and by fair trial you can SEQ at once the beneA.
Pills in all cases Of Bihousness, Headache, Fe.
male Irregularities. Liver Complaints, 80 Sold
by I'LL dealers. June Sim.
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CURRENT NEWS.

The Germans of Cincinnati are already pre-.
pairing for the great Sangerfest of next summer.
st. Louis, Memphis, Cairo Alton, &C., had a
slight shaking up on the Cd inst by an earth.
quake. The shock lasted about seconds.
famous old politician Of 80 years ago. Bailie
Peyton, turns up in Tennessee, as a candidate
for state senator.
Near Knoxville, Tenn, have been found the
fossil remains OF the head of sea turtle, 80
large that it is estimated that the reptile when
alive must have weighed several tons
The Minneapolis Tribune is thus malicious.
1t says: "New York is still afflicted with the
smallpox and Greeley's essays on political econ.
omy."
There is little girl, ten years old, in Ken.
lucky, who has never spoken to her father She
converses freely with any one else, but when
her father speaks she is silent. She has been
whipped for her obstinacy, but PERSISTS in say.
ing that she has tried to speak to him but cannot
Mayor Rice. of Chicago having gone to
Europe, the present acting Mayor of Chicago is
Theodore Schintz, q democrat.
1t turns out that Geo. NJ Robson, President
Grants new Secretary of the navy, contributed
$500 to the purchase of house for Gen. Grant
in Philadelphia.
Boston having just had successful show Of
white babies, arrangements are being perfected
for having show of negro babies.
During the celebration at Elgin, ON the 9Th,
while the procession were passing over bridge
spanning For river, the bridge gave way, preci.
pitating the crowd into the water One man
was killed, and number seriously injured.
The Kansas City bridge, the first bridge over
the Missouri river, was formally opened on the
I'd inst A great number of strangers, railway
men, and others, from all sections of the coun.
try, were present to witness the interesting cere.
mony.
Last week, De Witt county voted a tax upon
itself Of $4,000 for new railroads. FIVE town
ships also voted additional taxes for $4,000.
John T. Alexander's 40, 600 acre farm, in Doug.
las, Champaign, and Ford counties, includes
5000 acres in corn, three feet high, and 5000
acres in wheat, harvesting 25 bushels to the acre.
The prohibitory liquor law went into opera.
ton in Massachusetts two or three days ago, and
Boston is in anguish. She got intoxicated over
the peace jubilee, and wishes to 'sober Off on
whisky.
A little girl attempted to slide down the balus.
ters of circular staircase in New York, but fell
from the fifth story, striking on her head and
breaking through the thick glass floor at the bot
tom. She was pulled out by the heels, and the
next day was running about as lively as ever.
The call of the Irish bogus republican com.
mittee in Philadelphia for the election of dele.
gates to o national convention, contains the fol.
lowing exhortation to the sons of Erin: 1.-THE
black slave is their brother. They should helr
to lift him up, and make him their equal"
A woman in Chicago attempted to commit
suicide by taking arsenic the other day becauf
her husband refused to take her to Woods m,
scum. She was saved by administering timel
antidotes Better next time let the arsenic wor
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wAs4INa1oN.
Facts and Rumors.
THE PRECEDENT.

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THE PRECEDENT.
The weather. 10 again intensely warm ut Wash.
ington, and the Preaiden: is about starting on
another tour Of recreation. This time it is said
he will 90 west probably 10 Ct. Louis, to remain
. week, when he viii 60 to Long Branch and
Newport me-
PUBLIC DEBT.
The public debt statement on the LIST instant
showsa decrease Of tho public debt for June Of
$16,O00,OO0. The annual statement for the year
shows that the decrease from June 30th, 1868 to
June 3Oth, 1869, is but $16 $4,000; so that, for
many months during the past year the debt must
have been hightfully on the increase. The
statement on the LIST inst, also, shows $37 900,
600 of greenbasks in the treasury, an amount
sufficiently large to account easily enough for
the tightness Of the money market. Secretary
Boutwell, expresses surprise at the magnitude of
the amount, and BY way Of aAording relief to
the money market has ordered the purchase i'm.
mediatsly Of $S.0OoyOOO of government bonds
r-hE sICKLEs.
Gen. Sickles started on his mission to Spain on
Monday, taking with him, 1t is said, highly i'm.
portant Instructions in regard TO the Cnban
question; but 90 DESTROYS was the President
that they should be kept secret, that they were
not delivered to Gen. s. until he was on board
tho steamer.
xx.PREsIDENT JOHNSON,
After . visit 10 Warrington Of over week
Ex.Presidsnt johnson left for Tennessee on Mon.
day. On Saturday evening no was sereaaded at
the Metropolitan Hotel, when he appeared on
the balcony and, saying he would not make a
speech, but only say few words, he proceeded
with talk that filled Ave columns in the papers
next morning. His theme was, as usual, the
Of congress, which he said were on.
ly the precursors Of another usurpation that
would soon be attempted, and that would be the
usurpation of one man, or imperialism, Of which
open advocates enough had already appeared to
support an ably conducted newspaper. Its mot
To. he SAID was, ''The Empire is peace Let us
have peace" which means, let u have the en-
pirs with Grant at the head Behind all, was
q debt Of $2,5O0. 100000 The owners of it dis
trusted the people, and wanted a strong govern
ment to prevent the people becoming FESTIVE un.
der their burthens.
EIGHT HOUR SYSTEM.
Robson. the new secrtary of the navy, is
strongly in favor of the eight hour system, and
is said, before he thought of being appointed Sec
Rotary of the navy to have written to Borie strong
ly urging him to take nobody's opinion about it,
but at once to recognise eight hours a. days
work without reduction Of wages.
ANEGRO AT THE NAvY-YARD.
The secretary Of the navy, on Tuesday, order
ed the master machinist at the navy.yard, at
Washington, to take as apprentice in his de-
partment colored boy, named jeremiah Balti.
more, and admit him to the same privileges as
are enjoyed by white apprentices.
INTELLIGENCER.
The National Intesligencer, the publication of
which was suspended month or two ago, is to
be revived
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RoBBERY.-On Thursday night Of last week,
the harness shop of A. G. Quinn, at New Rut.
land, in this county, was broken into, and har.
ness, saddles, &C., to the value of 1925 were tax.
en-, and to make a speedy departure, they enter
ed the station house of the Illineis Central took
the hand car and departed for parts unknown.
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Geo. Peabody, who some two years ago gave
million of dollars to promote education in
the southern states, has added another million
to his former munifcent gift. The gift is in
the shape of state and railroad bonds, the in
terest of which can alone be expended, the
endowment thus remaining permanent one.
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The negro postmaster at Macon, Ga, whom
Gen. Grant has thrice refused to re,nove, has
got into trouble. A government detective has
had him arrested for completely in robbing
the mails, the money stolen belonging to the
federal treasury. owes as Ar
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The case of the people against Leroy d.
Dewey, indicted for arson in setting fire to
and thereby destroying mill at Mendoza, on
the 18th of November 1867, which COM
menced on the first instant, has occupied the
entire time of the Court since our last, and, Is
still unccncluded. - - -
| It will be recollected that some time ago
case was decided in Kendall County, in
which Lewiston Walker was plaintiff and
William Noble Davis defendant, which has
since become celebrated as the great Texas
Fever Case. The result Of that trial was o
verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the value
Of the cattle lost. Being dissatisfied with
this verdict, and believing it was the result
of improper influences brought to bear on
the jury during the progress of the case, the
defendant entered motion for a. new trial,
and filed affidavits in support thereof. Coun-
ter afidavits were filed by the plaintiff, and
on Thursday evening, after the regular bus
mess OF the Court was concluded, a hearing
was had upon the motion for new trial be-
fore his Honor, judge Edwin s. Leland.
Mr.. Storrs, of Counsel for the defendant,
commended that above all things purity in the
administration of justice must be secured, and
that wherever verdict was rendered by
jury under circumstances where reasonable
suspicion might be entertained that the jury
had been Influenced by outside consider.
ations, it was not only the right, but the duty
of Courts to set aside the verdict thus obtain
ed, and award new trial
The affidavits filed in support of the motion
showed that Michael Russell, one of the lead.
ing witnesses for the plaintiff, had discussed
the whole subject in controversy in the pres
ence of several of the jurors, and that other
parties interested in the result had been
guilty of similar acts, even after the jury had
been admonished by the Court to listen to no
conversation upon the subject, but simply to
report to the Court any attempted violation
of this Injunction.
The Court, in deciding the motion, de.
clared that, without attempting to pass an
opinion upon the merits of the case, it was
sufficient for him to know that, after repeat
ed admonitions addressed to the jury to list
en- to no conversation on the issues involved,
it appeared that those directions had been
violated; and believing, as he did, that the
purity of the administration Of justice iinper-
atively demanded that such practices should
cease, he had no hesitation whatever in
awarding new trial. New trial awarded
accordingly.
The plaintiff was represented by B. F.
Parks and c. j. Metzner, of Aurora, and the
defendant by E. A. Storrs, of Chicago, and
Charles Wheaton, of Aurora.
Next week the Civil docket will be taken
up, and after that has been gone through
with, the indictment against John Healey, for
murder, will be tried.
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A lecturer before the Industrial University Of
Illinois presented figures showing that the cost
Of seed, labor, harvesting and marketing an acre
of corn is $40; Of an acre of wheat, $l1.25. AL.
lowing sixty bushels for the crop Of corn, and
twenty for the wheat, the price Of the corn
20 cents, and the wheat two dollars, The sross
value per acre Of wheat 10 40 Of the corn, t46.
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No PAY, NO PAPER.-The Joliet Signal sus-
pended publication one week to enable the pub.
Usher to dun up his delinquent subscribers
The editor probably thinks his patrons have no
right to grumble, as he has for twenty-five years
past issued the paper with infinitely more reg
ularity and promptness than they have paid up
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The first number of the La Sale Union, the
new radical paper at La Sale, has come to hand.
1t is a seven column paper, handsomely printed
on new type throughout, and seems to be edited
with industry and ability. 1t is published by
Baldwin q Martin, at So per year, in advance.
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sad accident occurred at Morris on Monday.
Seine little boys were engaged in firing small
cannon. Their powder magazine was paste
board-box near by; some one threw fire crack.
er into it: hence the explosion: four of the boys
were badly burned.
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Webster, of the La Sale Press, received his
commission In time to take possession Of the post
office on the LIST inst. 1t must be quite comfort
to the people of La Sale once more to have de-
cent man for postmaster.
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A NEGRO AT THE MAYNARD.
FOREIGN NEWS.
England.

The cable dispatches from England during
the past week have related chiefly to the progress
of the Irish Church bill through the House OF
Lords The bill was finished in committee on
the 9th. A number of important amendments
have been made, the general tendency Of which,
according to the Times, is to render the bill
more favorable to the established church, and
more Extensively partial in its provisions. The
Ne'os says, ut is quite impossible for the com.
mons to accept the amendments made by the
peers, and it will DO their duty to restore the bill
to its original form. The lords have done their
best to spoil the measure"
A fearful disaster occurred at .Carnoven, in
Wales, on the LIST. During the carriage of some
nitro-glycerine to the quarries, the material ex.
ploded, and the cart, horses and four men attend.
ing were blown to atoms. A village quarter
Of mile distant was much damaged by the
shock. ElEt'3 "A -
The bill for the purchase of all the telegraph
lines in Britain by the government was reported
in the commons on the 18th. 1t proposes to nav
$35,OOO,OOO. and make the service monopoly.
Ireland.
A severe riot occurred at Portstown ON the
I'd, arising out Of an Orange demonstration The
people fred upon the rioters, killing one man
and wounding another.
France. r is.
Communication with the Great Eastern.
through the'cable it is engaged in laying between
Brest and New York, and which had been inter.
rupted on the LIST, was restored next day A fault
had been discovered in the cable, and while en-.
gagged IN locating it heavy gale arose, and in
order to avoid more serious accident, it was cut
and buoyed. The weather next day becoming
fine the cable was recovered. the fault removed,
aud the work of paying out resumed. Up to
Tuesday noon the Great Eastern had run 1889
knots and payed out 1910 knots Of cable. The
signals continued excellent.
Spain.
The establishment Of the regency, coupled
with the declarations Of Topete. and other min.
listers, that monarchy having been virtually
established, republic was impossible, has caused
serious discomfort among the republicans. who
have put out strong manifesto in Seville. Its
appearance was simultaneous with the departure
OF 1000 republicans, it is supposed to PORTUGAL.
with the intention of re-entering Spain through
Estzamabra. Troops have been sent in pursuit
Of them.
Csrlist! risings are reported in different quar-.
tera IN Victoria the streets were filled with
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The Democratic State Convention which
met at Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, unani-
mously nominated Gen. IS. Rosencrans as
the democratic candidate Tor governor OF that
state. r,fs IA fv ssCY
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tevoiuConary mob, armed with scvthes and "a
volvera They murdered the alcalde and wound.
cd 80 oitia( ms. Similar risings have taken place
in Carthagena, Valencia, Andalusia and Arrauon
The government is unacoountably reticent in
regard to Cuban affairs Not hint ia given o,
the contents of Gen. Dulce's report, on his re-.
turn to Spain; and though it is known that
lengthy cable dispatches have been received
nom Zen. hodas, no hint is given of their i'm.
port. This silence causes much anxiety.
Bavaria.
Prime Minister Hohenlohe has issued a c;rcu.
lar to foreign powers on the Ecumenical council
lie warns the governments of the principal dam
ger which they ought to guard against, and OAR.
ticularizes the decision which the council may
announce in regard to. the infallibility of the
pope; the disposition it may make Of the cues.
lions of church property, and other points likely
to come up, of an essentially political character
de believes that all states having Catholic sub.
jscts are intimately concerned in the proceedings
OF the council, and ought to take common atti.
tude. He suggests that it might be well for
these powers to hold a conference, and not leave
the council in doubt of their position in regard
to its decisions.
Austria.
The Fourth was celebrated by the Americans
in most of the principal cities of Europe. At
Vienna banquet was given at the U. S. LIE.
CATION, Secretary Hay presided, and, on toasting
the Emperor of Austria, called to mind the dis.
patch sent by Secretary Seward to Mr.. Motley,
in 1852, in which tribute was paid to the dig.
nifty, moderation and justice which marked the
policy of Austria at the beginning of the rebel.
lion in America, and, added Mr. Hay, continued
TO characterize the conduct of the Austrian gov.
erment throughout the war.
Cuba.
Havana dispatches of the I'd say, "The action
OF the Q. S. authorities in preventing violation
OF the neutrality laws renders the Spaniards
more confident iand they nowllook for speedy ter.
mination of the rebellion" Large parties Of
flibusters from the U. s., however, are passing
through Canada, and there find vessels to convey
them to Cuba 500 passed through Erie on Sat-
urday on their way to Canada port.
The course of Gen. Rodas in countermanding
all the bloody orders issued before his arrival,
and in attempting TO pacify rather than to
threaten and intimidate the opposition, is gain.
ing general sympathy, and rapidly reconciling
the differences between the Spanish soldiers and
the volunteers.
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Twelve distinct railroads are now in course
OF construction in Southern Illinois.
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Kentucky is experiencing q very general tenn
perance revival.
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Ireland,

A severe riot occurred at Portstown on tn
I'd, arising out Of an Orange demonstration. TIL
people fred upon the rioters, killing one ma,
and wounding another.
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in his letter to the President asking for troops
that to create and employ such a militia
would bring disaster and ruin upon the
State"
The recommendation that the Constitution
be amended so as to abrogate the ninety
ninth article, would possess more merit if
that article had not failed so greatly to
accomplish the disfranchisement for which it
was intended Having turned out an almost
wholly futile device of Radical prescription, its
abolition at the instance of the Radical Leg
islature would be an act liberal in form in
deed, but of scarcely any consequence in fact
Yet it is an ugly blotch on the Constitution,
and as tits useless, too, the Radicals may we'll
be ashamed of it and ready to see it ex-
scinded.
The concluding sentence of Gov Warmoth
is worthy of cordial acceptation by every
honest and intelligent citizen. lin. the
wise, economical, moderate and firm admin
istration of the nation and the State, lies
the only way, beyond question, to general
reconciliation and prosperity. 1t is useless,
and worse than useless, for men of the party
in power to talk about peace and forgiveness,
when the tenor of their acts is war, rapine
and yerOeance