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other States or nations millions o. dollarss
worth OF products yearly for the use OF
mon to represent the value OF its own
property. Fol- If there be property in any
State or country, there is foundation on
which to establish a plenty OF good money
to represent its value; but 1t there De no
property there will be no inhabitants; and,
Of course, no use for money.
Money has been instituted with such over
whelming power, that il is almost uniyer-
sally understood to be the actual capital,
and the property and labor OF nation only
representatives Of the value OF money. The
newspapers and periodicals Of the day con
slider capital abundant when money Is plen-
ty, and lament the want Of capital when
money is scarce. New States legalize high
rates Of interest to induce capital, that is,
money, to come into them for investment.
But the money is not capital, for II the real
capital did not first exist 10 these States in
sufficient amount to secure the money y
would never 20 into them. There could Dc
no use for money in any part OF the world
unless the capital first existed; for there
would be nothing to buy, and the money
| itself could afford no means OF support, anc
would therefore be entirely useless. But al
though new State may have large amount
Of capital and improvements, the inhabi'
tants cannot exchange their property with
out money it is impossible for the people
/ to make their exchanges BY barter, and nc
/ States take the products Of labor for taxes
al debts are payable in money. The peo-
| pie Of every State must have money for tb'
1 transaction Of business, yet money - MOI
\ their capital, it only represents the value o.
their capital. Landed property in any new
1 State that is competent to secure perma-
nently loan Of 81 900, made by a either
I Of another State, and 70 secure the payment
Of the interest yearly, is just as competent
TO secure permanently like sum OF paper
money, If it were created by the Govern
ment on purpose to make this loan. Where
actual capital exists, it would he as easy
under true monetary laws, to make all th'
money necessary justly 20 represent and ex
change its value, as it is TO furnish meas
ures 20 determine the quantity Of products
and there would be no more necessity TO-
this nation to depend upon England, or up
on any other foreign country, 70 Inlsh u
with money to represent the value of on
own capital, than there is for sending Il
the Gar of Russia for some OF bis mobiles Il
govern US.
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SCIENTIFIC NEWS.

TIE curve known as the cycloid is The
curve o. swiftest de cent, that is, body
viii descend from a given height in les.
time on this fhan on any other curve, Of
even thar @ inclined plane.
TIE s. se Of resin. condensed and col
lected il -hambers hung with linen or pa
per, for the lamp black which is com
monty en- Dyed IN painting, stamping, print
ing, a. composition Of varnish.
warn turning into steam absorbs
nearly l,O0Uo Of latent heat, and when that
steam reverts into the liqlid state re heat
re.ppears.
A FLYING machine, il is announced, bis
recently been invented by a citizen of Har-
risburg, ~ and the model is said TO exhi-
bit great ingenuity. The wings are Is feet
in length each, and together WI cover 900
square feet Of surface.
LEAD FLOATING on IRoN.-Melted lead.
which has specific gravity OF lis, will
float on melted iron, which has specific
gravity Of 7. This has been recently ex-
planned BY Prof. Kermsrsch, Of Hanover,
who 6nds that the lead when melted forms
hollow spheroid, which il filed with some
vapor OF lead, making It specifically lighter
than iron. In smelting however, certain
ores of iron which contain lead, the lead
is found at the. bottom, where, owing to its
specific gravity, We should expect to find it.
SOLAR Els GISEs.-Capt. Ericsson had at the
beginning of the last year constructed three
different motors called solar engines. Une
~ these is actuated BY steam form ed by the
concentration OF the heat Of the solar rays,
while the two others are actuated by the
expansive force Of atmospheric air heated
directly by concentrated radiant heat Some
of his more recent experimental engines,
the working cylinders OF which vary from
two inches stroke, are operated by atmos-
pheric air heated to temperature Of 4S0
degrees. by concentrating tie SUMS rays;
others are operated by steam Of much lower
generated likewise by concen-
= ating tie radiant heat. The speed attained
has ia no case been less than 100 revolutions
per minute, while a regular and continuous
rate OF 300 revolutions per minute has been
reached. The construction OF these expert
mental engines presents no features OF
novelty. The mechanism, however, adopted
'or concentrating and transmitting the
'olaf energy to the working pist0ns 10
peculiar.
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EMIcRANT AGENCY.
ESTABLISHED 1865.
European & American
'ASSAGE- FREIGHT EXCHANGE

The Liverpool New York and Philadelphia Steamship
%. despatch one Of their mag ufceut ami powerful
teansbips from Liverpool and New York, calling at
Queenstown
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Written for the ADvocArE.
LOVE THE MAN.
BY AsNIE mr. RKYSoLns.

! love the man who ,almly rests
when wealth and friends are down;
Who peace and love--those heavenly guests,
Securely makes his own;
VINO never looks 10 earth for bliss,
But seeks Il In the skies;
To whom keen sorrows dark abyss,
Brings no Oppressive slshs.
love the man who freely gives,
As Heaven has best his store
Who shares the gin that be receives,
VITA those that need them more
whO e melting heart with Pity moves
Der sorrow and distress;
OF ST his friends, who mostly loves
The poor sad fAtherless.
] love he man who shuns to do
An action mean or low
Who vii nobler cause pursue
To strsnssr, friend, or foe;
Who seeks for iastice-not for galn,-
Is mercifnl and Kind;
who meier VIII give needless pain
IN body 81 Ia mind.
love ihe man whose only bosst
T. wisdom, virtue right;
who feels Il truth Is ever lost,
bis honor has > blight;
who ne'er evsdcs by look or sign;
In every place the same;
Ncthluks she glorits are Divine
WMch cluster rou ud bis name.
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The TRAvyl also grants a approved forms ~ fun
life Insurance io rates W premium, either the
srocK MUTUAL plan the former at rates Iov "a
be equal T. a large dividend in advance.
Participating policies give all the profits to the
sared Dividends available Annually, 10 iacrease the
anoua OF the policy 70 Eqndate next years prCmi-
ums 10 purchase indemnity for disabling " ure- 10
savance % the amount q IS per week for each 600
iusured thus guaranteeing the dividend that
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-05-29

A MOVE is on foot to organize ''Mutuai
Land and Building Association" at St Paul.
the object Of which is to enable men Of
limited means to procure honest, ads for
themselves.
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INSURANCE,
THE PIONEER COMPANY.
THE ORIGINAL
Travellers Insurance Cow,
OF Hartford, Conn.
III abilities, %, 129. -
INSURES
AGAINST ACCIDENTS
1ausing Death Or Total Disability from la
Dor Business

ACCIDENT PoLIcIzs vritten for any term from oae
month 70 enc year nsuug 800 10 SO COO N case
1 fsfal accident S. 70 $50 ay indemnity FIR To-
tally disabling hjIrirs caused BY accident annual
cost of 81 ~ per s0O0 according occupation ard
url
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What Has Been Done.

In ts Life Department the Travellers has already IN
is first tW eaty months business, written 100 poll
cies-a greater number than any other life company
the same lime Sth exceptonl.
To ~ Accident department. il has written upwards Of
l25, 900 policies, and
including 40a orses by Injury and ia
death Losses by accident, ~ which the large sum IL
tsos, 900 realized tor 81 9s4 received in premiums
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The Travellers aso combines with any approved form
o. full life insurance, when desired the payment ~ a
wgeNiy Indemnity totally disabling injuries ~ acd-
lent thus combining OH the benefits OF both Life ant
Accident insurance under policy and premium At
rates less than most companies charge for Life Insurance.
alone. This torn Of policy cts with much favor A.
he rrave 'ers is the only company that writes il.
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NEW YORK AND GLASGOW.
1869.
TIC Wei AhuWn IAFufllt Y yue-tlI aIslf 7Hps W ~
ANCHOR LINE.
sail regularly every Saturday and aiternat WEDNESDAY
from New York for Londonderry sud G,asgow and
carry passengers 90 and from an the railway Station
in 0reat Brltn ana Ireland. and raroaI .tal.ns h

Fares still further reduced. New Tors ~ glasgow
Liverpool or Londonderry, Cabins, $1,000 ana h.gn
steernge, 20 Londonderry GlasZ0w SO. 1ntrrnrii
ate. 8 extra Passenger booked 10 and s citir
and towns the Continent % rope
Glasgow or Lond 1nderrv to Chicago, 5000.
As his Company does uot EMPLOY runners myers
viii either come direct % tle Office, adlres. tLt
agent BY mail. Apply io
JAMES WtRRACIS. smeat,
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A New Monetary System,
rnAnrEp ILL
SrcrrnN W oNcLrnEr

TIE RATES OF INTERSsT THE GOVERNING P0wER
~ DISTRIBUTION 70 LABOR AND CAPITAL.
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EVERY SATURDAY,
AND ALTERNATE TUESDAY
Storage $50. s3s and $40.

Storage $50, s35 and $40.
Passengers forwarded 20 All parts ~ Great britain
and Ireland. Also 90 tre continent 81 Furlfe Plans
u cabins on view, sna bcrths secured Sd advance
SIGHT DRAFTS FOR Any AAGUHI,
Parties in the country will adde's the undersigned
ny mail, ana those visiting the city will direct D.
tie o4ca runners ~" employed by this COMPANY
md any ono claiming y be such is rnpostnr
JAS WARRACR.
Southeast Madison aud Ia Sale streets Chicago
VIM. INMAN, Liverpool.
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INSURANCE.
Washington Life Insurance Co.
OF NEW YORK.
! CYRUS CURTISS, President.
Cash Assets, Sl,5Ol,965 So

Tho attention Of the ruhc Il respectfully invited TO
tho Ninth Annual Statement 81 the Washington Lj ~
CSB,paEy, presented herewith Al no tune IN rs
hitherto successful ha il been able come before
the public with greater claims upon its confidence
Nine Years Of prompt ana honorable dealing have in
creased its solid cash assets 10 ONE MILLION
AND HALFof dollars In j It's ratio OF. increase
in new business 1866 alter than thM OF any
lother CASH company, and in 1865 It still more
marked
On the LIT q January 1869 had surplus over and
above its aht INCLUDING amount necessary 70 re-
insure Ill outsisf Ting risks OF $4D5 600 and d.
rides among its policy holders wards II a QUARTER
or "A MILLION or DOLLARS
With SeiditY so thoroughly established; with Poll
ces And Dividends furftitAble and with every ~
ducement 70 policy holders consistent with equity ts
members and the prosperity and usefulness 81 the
panythe Washington stands u1rivaled in It's adyauta-
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TRADES DIRECTORY.

| VRADES ASSEMBLY or CHICAGO
+ L meets every MONDAY Hno~ Of -1 al..
Do ph street. H.aSsaIl, rras.I.r..
. ?. IA. Nasals, Eseara.as Secretary.
. pBlCKLAYEEs- PROTECTIVE UNION
- meets every Tuesday --ali1s. nt haif al.' a.r.H
O'clock Al Trades Assembly ld.i -' Hrna..lh -.re
cuAa H.rwoau. Recording ,cyrea.y
. CHICAGO IRON MuUnuER,' -NIuN
A No. l3 meuis Hr ... THaH.. D...uH. u.0.
Randolph strre n- peaa twnatl ard MAFs.. .M..H
every FRIDAY gteniu At .r ariu.a.
JANIS aow,s, Secretary.
NHICAGO JOURNEYMEN PLUMBERS
y UNION meets u- FIRST and THIRD TJl-ltl
each meath a. McCormies's iaocA, cor Ea1d.'f. ala
Dearborn ctre-t1.
I y. g. sLoss. Cor Secretary
. CuICAGG TYPOGRAI 7ICAL TNI..
~ MI. ~, meets tla LAsI SATURDAY tv.H.a- N. ...t
change 11ndHE E-rHa al ENa. aa-a ..r.
J,rEs NoFFArr EsrariIaa Secretary.
NJ CtAS N STEAM FILTERS UNIIN.
~ w GHit Al' lAnts neeis an thr -.. l.N t.4
'D LrhAtS IN each rt.rfi u 40 t.ruess fu..u.. ....
naT Dearborn aad HanaoIph s;r.-'.
I J. STACK, Treasurer.
u. A HtotS Secretary.
. CtHICAGO STEAM BOILER MANaFs'
y Protective ANp BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
meets % tha -9d sHa 4-1 IH.AT -gi
g eaeh MONTH a bohemian HAii, cer Naa H4reu .f
aEAam. Cor. ssey E. Naaalr. r-..
GHlCAGO MUSICIANS UNION. m...-
~ 1n thH Fi NasF THURSDAY evening .H H..H r ..M
NJ the r9alf- XXI ihe Graa. Nes4e-a Ha.U l.I N..r.
street, At -nriatkF Nu. hrH.ntH.#. Nf.
. DANDY MAKERS DNTON. meets a-t
w fiHrI aud il!ikL fHL i.-lAf evenings
month r. Warmers u-iilnE, Randolph s'ratt
~ W.rat Tre.I..H.
TApN-rcs trtErpct r-N-to.-
III 70 lss.r. -,-.lt m ,,' sgC5vn r-,,sl.,v
evening OF each month "a. /. e'e'a-t
WN Traar pr-sl.--t
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ID uyIl.. u.ssts thr ar-t MONDAY afs..a aarh
Quia5cy ,ad Jackson NV. '''.
Gtl. ~rHEE. Pu...HaIt
HAStrY. Secretary
CtTGAP Nr,I-Fp1t ppOTrrTIt-r r-,.. Y,.
" 0F CHICAGO. n...t. MN wv. -rr-sr .-I a...ru
WEDNESDAY, EvsgSas VIZ Eart Month, wv tu. Tides
a'o@bly hAli, 48I Randolph sErsat
NH. Bfscs. sec'v.
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j cTATIoN 81 eI,Irteo - W..
WEDNESDAY OF each month. AZ corner 81 r..'.. .-.
Calai streets. Hsssr GALs. Prss.d.rt
kanEar ,iNE, Rec. 3 Cor sec. ltl west Tavl.r..
-Yvrr mon -, r,,.-..,......
TrdTfvT uVro non u 9ii ". I t m 'i1 s -
NJ. In .he Printer. Uailn HaA. No w. Nir.r4Fr.
change building
TOURNEY MEN BAKERS Union trnrfs
wv the FrEar ara r.Itnn sa--r-rntyl NV ..
month N No rs Tes.i Y. .t.li '' . s' h
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CHICAGO JOURNEYMEN PLUMBERS
y UNION meets th- FIRST and THIRD TUESDAY,
each meath ~ MeOormicss biocA, cur Fand.'i. a.a
Dearborn stru-Ls.
". WuaHs. Pf.sI..t
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BANKING.

O6ict hours from a. Dr. to : p ~. For
ht alton n seorkiHg psople, az Bank ictH
bs ksPt open Saturday Ersnta0s from
Sir % Esgit o'clock
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VRADFS ASSEMBLY UF CHICAGO
L meets every MONDAY evenings. u 1- .r.
Do ub street. HU.ys.Il. rr..I.r..
p HI. MA-alE, Brearl.a. Secretary.
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TIE MINER.

TO RE coNrlsUED.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-01-23

and reasonable, their late masters were
AZ once disinclined and unable to pay
them. Doubtless, too many OF them crowded
into the cities; but they were told to
clear out from their old homes, and they had
no choice but to obey. That there are ldle'
worthless, rascally Blacks, who would rather
beg than work. and rather steal than either Is
quite true; but, had all been wiling 10 work.
the work was nowhere to be had
Throughout the last three or four years, we
have repeatedly asked Southern Whites this
question, Have you ever known an instance
where an employer able and willing to pay
" for Black labor was unable to obtain IL
and no man has answered in the affirmative
And we cannot remember that one has tOlu us
that he had any difficulty in retaining Ills
former slaves if he chose to do So W
"can get along with my niggerS-they an
"want to stay with me on my own termS Il. Is
the general response. Very few planters Will
say that that they have been deSerteu ny
Blacks whom they cared to retain.
Still, the position Of the two races was one
of more or less open antagonism after the close
of the war: but it has gradually changed for
the better, until at present it is common tor
planters to say, 1--WE have become used to
Free Labor and understand tive shall get
ION very well with our Blacks henceforth'"
They have learned that they can make more
money by hiring labor than by buying it, though
those who inherited gang of slaves may have
found them very convenient. We doubt that
those who bought their laborers ever did so
well as those who hired them have done in the
year just terminated.
On the whole the South is looking up.
There is q fraction of her people who still
choose to put on masks and ride about at mid
night to assault Unonists, White or Black,
and burn negro school houses; but these are not
half so many as they were, and their number
is still decreasing. With Grant in the White
House, Cotton ruling high, and lands rising in
value, we shall be disappointed if they are not
reduced to few isolated gangs of ten to thirty
within the next two years Let the friends OF
Peace and Union unite upon the basis of Uni
versal Amnesty with Impartial Suffrage, and
they will soon have vanished altogether.
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&mnstmtnis, &t.


RROapwAY THEATER-This Afternoon and Even
lng-Pay Joha BrOagtAm: The Emerald Ring hE ana "
BArney Williams
BRYLNTs' NEW MINSTREL HALL, Tammany buIi IL n
Ing FourtssntA adjoining Academy Of Music ks,o.
Trovaors -" Geuevieve Dc Bryant -" Gsbe, the Dehsu M
Byahs hiustrss-Ds Sofia. the Infant Tenor
GRAND OPERA HOUSE, cor. Eighth-aye ana Wen Sol
tythirdSl-ThiS afternoon at p, and Evening a. D. -
Nile IrnL
NRw-YORK CIRCUS FOurteenth-st- AiteI p't
81 a. Evening a. 7l-Dspay Of Athlete sklL me'"e OH'
Bucfney etc ,
NEw-YoRK THEATER-This Afternoon at ], ana
Ry.pinF AZ G"Tbe Field Of Cloth ofGod' WorTsn sisters
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DEsIGS-Day and Even
ISE .,.
KB1os GARDEN.-This Evening at s." After
DGrf; or London BY Night
OLYMPIC THEATER-This Afternoon at II, and TINS
Evening at Hunpty Dumpg" o. L. FoI. Mile SanRAu e''
SAN Francisco MINISTRIES, No. $50 broadway
This Evening" Bone squash Diabo"
BNKDECoRs ART GALLERY. No. 76S BrOau"ay'-
This Day-Frss Exhibition Of Paintings and Chromo'
SrEINWAY HAII.-TO-mOTrOw Evening "V
Grand Sunday Evening Concert , II
THEATRE FRANCAIs. - This Afternoon "V - "nN
Rvspipg AZ -Onsra Bouae-' Ldil Creye.'
TIKI TAMMANY.-Iammany hail' run '''
This Afternoon a. 2, aud Evening A. g.
w.II.cK,a THEATER - TINS Evening at g.
She Stops o Conquer" Lester Naltaek'
WooD,s MUSEUM AND METROPOLITAN THEATEB,
Afternoon ct and Evening ~ -
"KnISi or The Dilemma" and "Ixon Througho TIE
DAbs Eger ard foos Combination and Grand henage OF L
log wild ABin1L
THE BALL SEASON
The following Ball takes place tonight STAND
ard Cluh"-Lylc Hall
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-01-23

We are not surprised to learn that the frank
and earnest statements of Mr.. Baldwin and
Mr.. Stearns of Virginia before the Reconstruc-
tion Committee produced the profound impress
sion there which we are sure they are calcu-
lated to make upon the country. These men
ask for peace, for a burial of tho past, fol-
the conditions best calculated to avert any
of the possible evils of granting suffrage
to a large uDeducated class. They make no
concealments of their real feelings about Negro
Suffrage, and they talk throughout like honest
and candid men. Can statesmen, anxious to
conciate and settle the country, afford to re-
iect such an appeal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-01-23

superintend q system of telegraph as to sail
a frigate. The Washington rule, of three times
as many employees as are necessary to do the
work, would be forthwith introduced into the
Telegraphic Bureau. Fifty thousand operators,
messengers, and laborers, would be spawned
upon the country. They would be officially
born with constitutional aversion to hard
work and with an incurable tendency to shlrk
They would of course be of the twenty per
"cent" breed. They would chrOncally want
their salaries raised, and they would periOdl-
cally get them raised. They would be poll
ticians-for their places would be con-
trOlled by Congressman and party leaders,
and would be largely filled for partisan
purposes. Every change in the Federal
Administration would change, to great extent,
the officials and employees of the Telegraphic
Bureau. Unsteadiness, responsibility, unsklll-
fulness, neglect and waste would certainly
characterize its service The Government
would lose enormously. Every interest in the
country would suffer more or less. The Press
would suffer most. But so widespread and
comprehensive would be the injury, that there
is not a family in the United States which uses
the telegraph for messages OF death, OF new
life, of safety, of sorrow, messages OF request,
appointment, inquiry response, ORDER and
countermand, that would not experience delays
or failure in the receipt or delivery Of dis
patches that require, and do now get through
the existing lines, speedy and accurate trans
mission. Can there be an honest question that
this result would follow the assumption OF
telegraphy by the Government We call on
Congress to put its foot on this Government
| Telegraph scheme so hard as to discourage its
resurrection for at least a decade.
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TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE.

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Address. THE TRIBUNE, New-York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-01-23

The system of Brevets in the Army began in
n laudable desire to confer honor for brilliant
services rendered, upon men for whom actual
promotion was not possible. 1t has ended in
slckening miscellaneous bedaubiDg with breyet
rank of everybody who has friend" in Con-
gress or at the War Department. MeritOrious
officers who have the modesty of true soldiers
often go without brevets; while half the worth
less gascons in the regular or volunteer service
who care to impOrtune their Congressman for
it, can attain or have attained these
fancy Colonelcies or Brigadier- Generalships
No less than one hundred and hirty-eight Bre-
vet Maior-Generals are now borne on the Reg
ular Army Register, of whom some are only
beardless Captains in the line. These youths,
of Congress favored, take precedence in Court
Martials of veterans who have grown old 10
the service, but have never won the thrift
rank that follows fawning; and this is but ono
of the awkward results of these disproporVOn'
ate honOrs. The whole system smells
Heaven, and the Secretary of War Is begging
Congress for relief from some Of its embarrass'
ments.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-01-23

The Blasdell-Eckel case has terminated rs
every one, who had not already decided the
defendants guilty on account of the persistent
and impOrtunate efforts to delay the trial, was
led to expect after seeing the evidence. The
Jury, after an absence Of three or four hours,
returned a verdict of guilty. Now let us see a
righteous sentence faithfully executed, and the
next whisky case promptly called and forced
to immediate trial. And meantime, cannot
the Revenue officials who permitted this Blais-
dell-Eckel imquity be forthwith called to an
account