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THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAIL WAY.

We bav received from the author, q
Y. Poor, Esq, a foTiy-psee pamphlet,
written at the request Of Hon. VIM. 3.
Ogden, on the Influence of the Rail
TO. ds Of the United States in the Cres:ion
OF It's Commerce aud Wealth." 1t Is
written in the interest Of the Northern
Pacific Railway, and with all the writer
says as to the favorable location OF the
road Of the rich and most inviting coun
Try through which it rune, with It's fine
climate; OF the favorable alignmen. OF
The road across the mountains, reaching
its summit three thousand feet be-
low the highest point on the
Union Pacific, and Of the necessity
Of the road as q competing line with the
Central route, VIC most cordially sgrce.
But when it is proposed, In addition TO
the grant Of belt Of land forty miles
wide, stretching seventeen hundred
and twenty-five miles from the head Of
l. kc Superior to Puget's Sound, to
give the company subsidy in bonds, we,
ard thc nation with us, do most decidedly
object. 1t is argued with great force,
and wc shall not attempt to controvert
it, that the government. by securing The
carly completion Of the road,
and thus the sale Of Its own
lands and the settlement OF the
country through which 1t runs, would
really make money BY granting The sub
sidy. But there often comes time in the
business history Of mos. mcn when to e1'
lend their business, however much they
may be likely to make by it, will be sure
to ruin them. To put down the rebellion
ard to keep Its engagements With the
Central Railway route has, in our judg-
ment, extended the credit OF the govern
men to The utmost limit Of safety, and,
like prudent business man, II now
should in1e1ibly devote Its energies and
its revenues to the payment Of the pub
Lie debt. II will take several years Of
successful effort in this direction befort
such I reduction is reached that it vii
be safe to discuss the propriety Of sub
sily Of nfay OF q hundred millions Q
lcIlsrs lor another Pacific Railroad.
Tie very SUCCESS which has at.enae.
The building Of the Central Railroad liu
furnishes the most conclusive possible
srgument why the subsicy asked t,r b!
the Northern Pacific Road shauld no
be granted. The Union Pacific Comp,
ny will realize on the building OF thei
road alone profit Of at least fi{tce
millions OF dollars, and the Central Pa
citic will doubtless make ten millions
and it will consign to mcrited infAmy IN
Congress that should dare to vote an
other compsnY q similar subsidy. As u
one in OF out Of Congress, when the suit
sidIes were granted to the compante
building the Central line, suppose
there would be so vast profit in it, th
country does not complain Of the tortu
nate speculation these companies hay
made, and, besides. The road will be wort
all it shall coat the nation; but to besto,
another such fortune upon another com
paHy would be ssupendous crime, 70
which the people Of the couatry woult
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A Veteran f1plee Thief IL Limbo,

FEoni the Nashville P.ets aEd Itulea Jan. 20.
j. H. Garner T. said to be the most success
tu'. pe1sevesing and darin!. horse.thief ia the
United States. He Is now s''ncthine about
weather. beaten old chap, with iron-gray
beard and hair. and Penetrating eye. uc
is the same individual who Was rescued from
the Murfreesaorq jail about two
posed 10 be Ku-Klux but who were in
reality gang ot horsc-thieves. whose
branches are ramidud through the most o +
Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Missis-
slpp:, and of whom this Garner appears to
be the chief. Like all noted thieves, he has
world for man oi dis profession nosies
al-rs iii n-lx-~rd. shui1lu., nang-uUt.
sort Of a way, characteristic Of foucy
LumpkiDs. He looks as II his principal oc-
gruuns.-ho.s and eating them. Tic boasts
Of bayiu. captured, In the line Of his profess
zion, over fye hundred head of stock, ac-
kno.ledges that he was himself captured, in
the line Of his profession. some fourteen
timGs, that be spent onc-tnird OF his life IN
10 be hung twice, and Jet he is safe and
sound. without a. much as a bullet mark
on him, and only two knife scars. Ills
operations during the lass forty years,
for he began practising his profession at
the age Ct fifteen, have extcnded over TWEEN
ri.orica. For the past THO decades his
business was confined to Tennessee aud the
adjoining States South, with m occasional
excursion into Arkansas and down through
Louisiana into Texas. His recent exploits
in the counties south Of here will be remem-
bervd by all our readcrs-how he was
captured in Northern Alabamr, BROUGHT
to Musfrees ho-o. and of his redemption
thence By hhis ghostly eonfrerts, AID his dis
appearance with them beyond the limits Of
that town IN the early light OF cold morn
lng Two weeks EGO. all these particulars arc
knowp. and need not be repeated, but 1t may
be of Interest to tell that on yesterday De-
tective Ryan, having become aware Of
the presence Of Garner in our city,
lost 10 time In ferretius him out. He
succeeded il a.reslluE him ab.ut O'Clock
vest, rday evcriug, aud lodged him safely ut
ptlice. headquarters. whcre VIC saw him
I stretched ont On a bench at IL o'c1nck last
night, enjoying as comfortable T. suooze AS
any honest man In the Stale. or course VIC
cannot say what Il going to be done with
| him, but We have our Own notion: what
ought to he done. He will be curiosity to
the people. Of Nashville this morning at the
PnIirr t,tffcc.
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The story is told by the Springfield

The story is told by the Springfield
correspondents that the new State House
has been SO located that the south portico
will have 10 be built On somebody's else
land, and that somebody else refuses to
sell his land, except at about the price Of
real estate prevailing at the intersection
OF Lake and Clark streets, in Chicago.
There are two ways TO meet the difficult
ty. Orc is 10 condemn the mans land
for park purposes, and the other Is to
move The State House. We rather ad-
mire the felicity of judgment which
placed the institution in lis present loca-
LfoL-uIder all tile circumstances.
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4 HlNRn1Ar AccIdsHfs
Ie fho nat4naS E4s kkeAkH Inn z

ALBION, JAn- 90, 1852
As the dsy express going west on ihc
Michigan Central Railroad vas nearing this
station this afternoon about ) o'clock, the
uaMenyers wafklpx for the train we're startled
bv the frequent whfst1fnE nt the engine, iu-
1icatInr distractions on The track. 1t was
soon inund that Mr. Sagcn, Of Sheridan, Was
driving at furious pace to get his horses aud
wagon across the track before. the engine
re- Ichcd the crossing. The engineer did his
best to stop the train, but 1t was too late,
and the cow-caicher struck Just between the
wagon and the horses, separating them In
stanter and consfgnlug each 3 place On oppo-
site sides ot the track, little or none the
worsa for the collision But the strangest
part Of the story remains to be told Ar.
Sagou and his wife (both about 65), were
caught upon the platform above the cow
catcnrr and just in front of the engine, where,
instead of losing presence Of mIad and throw
ing themselves of. they settled themselves
eomposcdly us though nothing had happened.
The old lady put her hands In her muf, while
the old man, with Que hand extended, As II
graspiDE the teins, and the whip rAi.ed IN the
other, assumed IN attitude that Dan Mace
might envy; and thus the old couple rode uP,
to the station triumphant, amid the cheers OF
the pystsnders. As soon as the train stopped
a number rushed TO their assistance. but tneJ
declined all aid, nanifesting no concern LOT
themselves but considerable for the horses
and wagon. The furrer were uniojureu,
willie the dams &c 10 the latter was found 10
be very tEiflng.
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vigilance Comm1rtecs Organized IN
New Eork-The Next Abs"ssin3n"n
to be the signal for AeIlons

The riot Of robbt r and muide1 IN M thls G1ly ny
nminons discussion among all classes Of The
people af.er the assassnalisn o. '1T M..
natIou-such whispers as hnre generally PIE
eeded resort to Lynch iaw snF danntne IN ne
were raised by many who had stood
agbass at the. audacisy and enoE1nity Ct .
murder committed at daJbreak, IN public
street, in front Of the venerable yictiaa's
house; but the better Judgment Of these
resolved not to move in haste. This course
vas rendered necessary By tne fact that they
the foul deed for the murderer ~alked the
Garth as free as the most exemplary citizen.
murdered Mr.. Rogers might be arrested by
the police, but this hope has not been real.
lied, unless. indeed, one Of the Lognns, who
Are in custody, Is the man.
Under these circumstances number o
citizens, ho feel that neither LIE nor propertY
Is safe In this city, TOOK measures about
eight days ago to organize Vigilance Com
mittee, which should be ready tor any e0ef'
, 1869-01-29
Tho s.. Joseph Pcsch Trees.

To the Editor of The Chte.,o rnsn1s.
As i: SEEMS 10 b. stt,Ir,, ,hat ,he ,.,,h
...-s ~ s,,,t,,a-, I,,;.s;s sAas sns peaea
s'eP " eoa'ae4u 1.'!''A9 'ol tAis year mas
been ruined, your cif'ze7s will be somewhat
anxious as to the prospects Of suprly the
coming Season rom .his side of the l,kr ro
III snch uon,a s7v VIZ, -, ,,.a.aa,
oa s saA. 'ue pso7a'eess VI
present time The fruit buds are abundant,
aud the fall weather was uncommoc1y favor
ahl,. for The rioeuine- nj thr now ,voc,, my,
ylinh 7ho r,,c.oss - f,;1nra nf ,,, c''-;. 49,
,,u"h nI sa.' ~ 49,, ~ '7'aaI: ~ ene nals VeFy
nuen oepeIas; ';; lhen, asa'n' our WINTER Is
mach crop IS insured.
A. ~. .,;,;a;.r- =
.us 'H' - .ss.,n,as W tuois aau ino's
IN oo1cct Of interest to all loFeFs Of ttuit, and
especially those varieties which cannot be
grown with any certainty north OF Central
illinois, viz, reaches. Lawtou b1arkherric,
and tne red yarirtirs Of raspherries. aIlnw
growing region.
We have here soil which varies in differ
ent loe a1ities from rlrnr sand tn clay nr loam-
and their yar;o,ls admiyiures. INT chi-1iv
sand, and to one uuaccus Toned to it.. Would
be considered almost worthless. Srvcr,i,r.
less it has i1ey.fnneil an .rnnfs,,or G.rtiiitv
sn mnrh so fhat H. r y Krnwn nh csmo
| here nine Years aro. nnt, has n tins o,cbnr5
and very nroductire' tnId rne that h.. I,,1 ,,,t
consider i worth while to manure his f,rn1.
as Ae could not realize but ,hat it was jusi as
| productive MS when he tirs: co1nmencet1.
| Then Ne have nl.nsant climate. nrcnliarlv
| favorable to thc pruductiou OF fruit end not
only that, but such as to render II 4 ycrr ie-
sirnbtc place Of resort in tot weather. and
which II will eventually bccomc. ID fact.
parties are r.ow contemplating The ercct;ny,
ola large hote! for tue accommodation Of
families who NAV dtsire 10 snEni tn sn,11.
mes months terc-rnsv cf access by wntcr.
| ou.v five hourss sail In t;oot,rieh.s sn1cndiI
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vieta1 hugo says the Cause OF Crete Is snat oA
Greece, AID the cause Of Gfsfc. III. o. husope"
r,n,,msrv H.. nra1nnrcss s5e use OF p1ircipfes
.esln.l Gods ice,c, hns ayers that att right
tme Gcd will preTsi1-
The son Of lho ,Eresan Cbief, PeEopoaloski.
xnTerte.ed. aftsr holding ont for len days With
ont food sud aurunit,on, in the hope sha: tbs
p.,,s conference would decree their liberty.
rueha1es, wso died lately IN havana. icft
xs0. .ot0 gained wholly ~ his eTafa-
the Prince OF sturtas was 1olncpede, which he
IL teaenIne the yoatalul spaniasd how 70 Vsa.
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QUICK FERMENTATION wH1sKRY,

In computing the capacity Of dis
til!cry 10 produce whiskey, the law a.
lows the dlstilltrs ssrenty.ino hours for
fermentation Of their mashes."
a recent German invention, which the
jjstillcrs are using, produces termenta-
ticn IN ttrenty,four he sure. By means OF
this quick fermentation, a distillery
which uses the common process can turn
cut thrice the amount Of liquor the gov
ernment gives 1t credit for. Dls.illers
are supposed to put their smash through
slow ard even fermentation Of halt
week. and upon this supposed yield are
taxed 50 per cent, and as much more as
the vigilance and integrity OF rotten
ard bribed Revenue Inspector or
gsuce1 reports. But by cramming into
their vats enormous amounts OF yeast
they produce fermentation in single
day, and thus make hree TINS thr guam
tity Of liquor which the stupid Statute
Euppcses they produce. Thus, suppose s
mash produces 800 gallons once in
three days, or Goo gallons per week, the
government chsrgcs sixty-thrce cents on
50 per cent ci,his quantity, and receives
$30a on $50 gallons whereas the real
production OF the establishment is 1900
gallons, and the government is swindied
out Of lis tax on 1920 gallons per week.
By this means the distiller keeps his
books straight" settles with the Rcye-
nue. 1pspectoz,who dotsn't "see' anything
tu: Elow fermentation going OF, and
pockets the proceeds Of the sale Of the
un1a3ed whiskey-iess what lie divides
with the inspectors.
The New York 1Torld has had chem
ical analysis made Of this liquor, which
shows 1t TO be horrible stuff. 1t says:
'The rapid fermentation produces such an i'm.
~ MauGf 1net no os ae ean e.
that the country 1s Hooded with stuff that no hu
man being can swallow with safety 10 the coa,s
| Of his stomach"
| Thus the government is swindled ou1
Of its revenues, and the Consumers Of ths
stuff are poisoned into premature graves
The World remarks:
"For THE, rafcally disttllets not alone are I,
y bIizd 10 any eno5mity. the poisoeeEs rnsv com
mil. arc 60 ignorant OF their duties that not On
uo msters Is
four dass' Fermentation or a twent5-fcur hours
fermentation. For this fcas0n, II no other. c!yi
ecrSIcc act Is needed. Public officers educated 4
knew their business wopId soon put check I
the stream Of tusel-ol whlsGey issuing out Of th
d!st,terler.''
A Washington despatch says that Gen
cral Grant visited Rollins, of the ney
! euue Bureau, the other day, to post him
self. He desired to know who are th
, thieves that are plundcripg the govern
) ncnt. The Commissioner, who coul
: not or would not answer, but cvadcd
, direct reply, tried to explain that b
I hid no power to prevent it, and inst Hi
johnson would not Afer prcpoupl
ing bis query seeorl time, without rc
ceivinE any positive information, Ii
General left the office.
Ole oi the first duties OF General Graz
after assuming the relns Of eoyernme1
will be 10 apply the "quick fermcn,s
ton" prccsss TO several Thousand re-,
, cuuc officials and get them away trol
The !" mssh tubs" as spet d,ly as possibl
: Bc will never he able to stop the leak
z the T1cssury while the present set {
pilfcring rasca)s are kept in cfllce.
, 1869-01-29

fore, prefer not to place the interest Of this
nation under the control Of aoy one State. I
prefer that the interest Of my constituents
and the people to be benefited by this
measure BE- under the guardianship Of the
tolls On this canal should be controlled by
the United States.
have cndeayored to show that this Is dis
tipguished from all other plans or measures
wherein private interests arc to be prompted,
or where subsidies or loans are made or guar
anteed. There are no elements Of individual
interest or private speculation that enter into
the project now before the House. ask gen.
1lemen, then, a. they view the Interests Of the
great Northwest, as they feel no interest," In
preserving the credit Of the government by
enabling .hc people to pay their taxes out OF
eheapentpg Of produce to the consumer by
facilitating transportation, to lend helping
hand TO tllis Improvement, And say to ms
Eiend from New York, whose beautiful city
OF Buffalo l. one OF the gems Of the hikes, that
he must join the current for the aoW Of
commerce will be onward in spite OF him or
re. It's power Is all peryadlne aud irresist.
lille. You muy stand to-day In the way Of an
Improvement which the public interest &C.
mands; you may stand for an hour in the way
Of what the people want for the transuorta-
ton Of theirr produce to nlaEket; but sou will
be as surely rode over by the demands OF
commerce as that the Niagara cataract now
tands in the way OF our reaching cheaply q
n rket. You can no more dam up the chan.
ntls OF trade by a city even so beautiful as
that OF Buffalo than you eau stop the current
o. Niagara.
There arc laws that govern these things tC
which the people and the legislators Of the
country must yield, aud my conviction i.
that this is one Of those cases ; that tht
power that is gathering, and which is begin
ming to make itself felt from the States and
Territories In the West-a power that Is now
trayersiRE the country wish such rapid
| strides to the Pacific coast-.ill demand that
You cheaper transportation by every reason
able means in your power.
| desire TO see the principle that this worE
| is naltopa1 recognized by the Congress OF tbs
| United States. The proposition has bceu br
fore Congress from time to tine, receiving
the sanction of the House Of Representatives
| While this measure is Important 10 my con
s1ituents, it Is not 50 important whether tht
canal shall be constructed next year or fit
! years hence as it Is Tor Congress to say tha
The work shall be done. I appeal to my fel
low-members to Join me in passing this bill
and let as remove the greatest obstruction
that exists upon nnr oee line Of CO lmerc
within the United States Of America, uos
yield the remainder Of my time TO the ger
tleman from Massachuscttcrs T hr. Butlerl.
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and Territories, If 1t transfers any Mormon
settlers 10 such States, simply creates IN
each ot those States and Territories
Mormon party, between whom and the
rest Of the people there will be per
petual ants sgonism. Let Utah alone.
Time is rapidly solving the whole Nor
mon difficulty.
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'rcfnfed bis entreaties to return 1t; after
wards went West. and about the same timc
fSs three % thousand dollars found il H. noa
session, az present; that No rnlsgivings
followed as to the title to the gtft. Such a
story might condemn man hitherto unsus-
pected, especially when It Is added that the
convenient cousin thus made the scapesoat
had been dead six months. REVERE.
, 1869-01-29
TIE TARIFF ON sAI.T.

Last week the papers at the East con-
tained voluminous reports of magnifi-
cent assembly, given at his Washington
mansion, by the Honorable Dennis Nc
Cartby, member Of Congress from Syr-
acuse, in the State OF New York. Il Was
said that several thousand invitations
were issued, and all Of them were &C
ceptcd. 1t was announced, also, that like
entertainments were to be given at short
intervals during the remainder of the
session by The Same hospitable- official.
Yesterday The following paragraph ap-
peared in tho kilograms from Washing
.on:
1.-The Ways and Means Committee to-day COM
p1etet the lteEe OF timber End salt in tic Tariff
It'll. &r. NcL arthy, the owner OF the Syracuse
salt works, IVES before them, and urged further
increase Of Tho dusy on ealt, which, ne assumed.
Was necessary tos the projection Of home
interests.
There is no other article which is o:
such universal use, OF 50 essential to hu-
man health and comfort as salt. Itenters
into tie preparation Of almost every ar
,ic!e Of human load, aud is indispensable.
Being an article OF food, tax upon salt,
unlike most taxes, falls with severity
upon all classes. Spirits, malt liquors, tea,
coffee ard tohscco may be dispensed with,
but whosoeyer eats bread and meat must
use salt, and pay the tax thereon. There
are salt springs in New Y.rk, and in
Michigan, AID in Ohio, and that the com
psrltiycly pa!try sum OF money invested
in these spriDgs-not tqu9l in value to
the annual product OF live stock in 1ili-
nois-may yield the owners cen. per cent
profit, the forty millions OF other people
in the United States must pay tax
upou their food. How much that tax is
now, and the history Of lis gradual IN
crease, is plainly told BY Commissioner
Wells in his annual report on the
revenue, In that rep,rt he gnVe
the facts and figures, showing
that The importing prices Of salt at the
principal foreign sources Of supply range
frum to II cents per bushel; the aver
age price at Turks 1slsnd being 10 cents
e. Cadiz cent?, and at Liverpool s cents
per buEhc!. In 1871 salt was free Of duty
in 1912 duty Of s cents per bushel was
imposed on salt in bulk, which in 1916
was changed to 20 per cent al ualorem or
2 cents per bushcl; in 1857 it Was rc-
duced to Is per cent, or ~ cents bushel
in M-rct, 1857, 1t was raised to cents
per bushel; in August, 1851, to u cents
rer bushtl; in July, 1869, to IS cents pei
| leo pounds. a brslcl Of salt ranges
from sc 10 S. pounds. The existing duty
is equsl to an ad ralorem duty Of 100 tc
ITO per cent on the importing prices
The duty and the cost OF imported sal
are thus shown-the first an importation
from CaliZ, the second from Bonaire
aud the third from Liverpool, all in 1867
, 1869-01-29
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FR1DAT. JANUARY -. 1869.

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, 1869-01-29
BUILER'S SCHEME.
How II Would TVorkatu Practice. -

An illustration Of one Of the benefits re.
ccIvcd BY the owners Of the bonds Of tile
United states In the event Of the passaye ot
the Law introduced In Congress by Hon. B. F.
Butler fer the regulation Of the finances Of
the country: In that case am the owner OF
d bond Of one thousand dollars 0. the class
mentioned il the act, receivable Oh
deposit with the United States Treas
ury. for which be is required to lend tue
aepos!tcr plnely per cent ri l. c tace OF such
bond, the .'certiflcates Of value'' named to
tnkc the place Of greenbacks aud Satloual
Bank notes, and also made a legal tender Tor
the payment OF all debts, including du:ie on
lnports. propose to deposit this thousand
dollar bond, and with the proceeas OF such
deposit buy another b nd for deposit, aad 50
on buy aEd deposit until my means are c1-
haustcd, and Fee in the End how the account
stands in the following DR.. and Cr.:
usI1ED s1A1as BOND ACCOUNT.