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American gentleman can pronounce; but
every period cut to the quick, although
not a single harsh word was used.
The House, without coming to a vote
on Mr.. Buffers resolution, finally ad.
journed-not, however, before it become
necessary to light the hall.
Whatever may be said of the disgrace
full scenes, there can be no doubt that
had Mr.. Wade been capable, or even
an ordinary Presiding Officer, there
would have been no difficulty whatever.
He simply did what he did without giving
any reason for his action, and did it, too,
in a manner which insulted and angered
the entire House; and the members,
while they had no sympathy with Mr.. But
ler personally, and denounced much that
lie said and did as an unwarranted course
were only too willing to find somebody
who had the courage and audacity to re-
sent their insults before the thousands of
spectators and the representatives of the
crowned heads of Europe.
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T E L E G. R A P Il | c..

WASHINGTON, February SIN the Su-
preme Court of the United States to-day
Chief Justice Chase delivered the opin.
ion and affirmed the decision of the SUI
preme Court of Oregon in favor of the
taxes of that State being paid in gold
and silver, according to its law. The
Court held that legal tender notes being
redeemable for all debts with the excep-
tions named in the statutes, imply sat
isfaction of contracts or agreements,
while taxes are of different character
with such obligation, and that it is com
petent for State to designate the man
Ter in which its taxes shall be paid.
PHILADELPHIA, February A large
dry goods jobbing house failed to-day.
Liabilities said to be $500,000, of which
$4,000 are due to one house alone.
ATHENS, GREECE, February 9.-The
members of the new Cabinet now unan-
imously agree with the King in adher-
ing to the resolutions of the Paris Con-
ference
ST. LOUIS, February Yesterday q
man named Hoefer, living on the out
side of Hannibal, Missouri, murdered
his daughter, little girl, ten years old.
He strangled her with strap, cut her
body in two, tore her heart out, cut ii
open, and swallowed the blood. He was
arrested, and when asked why he com
mitted the deed, replied that Christ was
killed, and it was no worse for his child
to die than Christ, and that he offered
her as sacrifice to Christ. 1t is said
that the man is insane ON religion.
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Grants Majority.

Grants majority is 303, ,140. in a total
poll of $685., $50. In Alabama, Geor-
gia, Louisiana, North and South Caro-
lima, his vote was 419,334. Of this lat
ter number probably four-fifths were ne
groes, and not one of the blacks was q
lawful voter. Virginia, Mississippi and
Texas were not permitted to vote. Let
these facts be considered, in conjunction
with the one that there was q sweeping
disfranchisement of the whites in tho
Southern States. and there can be pro-
per estimate made of the impudence Of
the Jacobin claim that the party in pow.
er is indorsed by the people. Grant
was elected by fraud. He was elected
because of the operation of the recon
struetion iiifamy; and denial of this fact
is denial of a plain and notorious truth,
He is minority President. He would
be, even with the negro votes; had all
the States voted, and the white men OF
the South not have been disfranchised.
1t is not proposed to offer any opposi-
tion to his Inauguration and this is sug-
gestiye of submissive spirit among our
people, not generally supposed to belong
to what is called Anglo-Saxon blood,
and about which there is much Boosting.
-Pittsburg Republic. -
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And on all manufactures of copper, OF
which copper shall be component part,
the duty is raised from 35 per cent. ad
ralorem to As per cent.
No more irregular taxes are levied for
monopolies, monopolists, and capital
1t is another blow to the shipping of the
country, four foreign shipping now
being quite dead, damage to all users
Of blues, or car. bells, CT of anything OF
which copper is component part.
Mr.. Brooks led off in an earnest re-
sistance to the struggle of the monopo-
lists, but Mr.. Schenck allowed no de-
bate. The owners Of copper stock now
have load of property of little value,
and make the consumers of the country
pay what would have been their losses.
Almost everything done in Congress
seems to be for the benefit of monopo-
lies, monopolists, and capitalists.
The President ought to look well at
these one-sided tariff bills before he
signs approved" ."-National Inteui-
gencer, 9th inst.
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Leaf Tobacco.

Our article of last week, relating to the
illegal assessment on our merchants for
dealing in leaf tobacco, as we intended,
created quite hutter in the circle OF
Revenue Assessors. We understand
that steps have been taken by which the
matter will be certified to Washington ;
and when it has run the channel of red
tapeism, our merchants may expect the
return of their money, penalty and inter-
est. They should demand all and be
content with nothing less.
The additional tax imposed upon deal
ers in manufactured tobacco, within the
past four months, is swindle on which
we will dwell more fully at some future
time.
Poor men, grind, grind, grind that We
may grow rich off your labor is the un-
ceasing demand of the knaves in every
branch of the Government. A cores
pondent says truly: "The Government
service is rotten to the core"
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Reputation.

The brilliant and sagacious Washing
ton correspondent, who is one of the
editors of the Cincinnati Enquirer, re-
marks as follows upon the muddle call
ed National Finances, which we COM
mend to the special reading of all del
icatelv organized advocates of "the pay
ment of the last cent of the debt con
tracted in a war between sovereign
States: ..
One of the self-constituted and self
erected financiers Of the Jacobin party
sai6 to me the other day that it was i'm
possible for editors or others, who had
not given lifetime to the study, to
comprehend this "great theme" l ask
ed him, in reply, how long he had given
to the study Of this ''great theme p and
l finally cornered him into the admiss-
ion that three years ago he had never even
read Smiths wealth of Nations or
given an hours thought to the subject
Of great national debts. So there is a
happy uniformity of ignorance on the
"great theme which is the next thing
to wisdom. 1t takes very little natural
genius or acquired knowledge to under
stand that as the debt now stands it
draws about two hundred millions of
gold annually from the Treasury to pay
the interest on it !; that that gold, before
it can be paid out by the Treasurer,
must first be paid in by the people; that
it is paid in by an enormous tariff, which
doubles the price Of every article of
commerce; that the people cannot con-
tinue to pay the interest without contin-
uing to be taxed, and that the sooner
they repeal the tariff and repudiate the
debt, the sooner they will relieve them
selves from a burden which they are
fools to bear.
1t is worth while to remark in this
connection that no idea has ever grown
in popularity with anything like the ra-
pidity of this one of Reputation. Mr..
Pendleton's greenback theory was the
Sybirs last offer to Tarquin-but Tar
quin was wiser than the bond holders,
for he accepted from fear, while they
rejected with confidence. Thousands
who would, last year, have voted to
pay the bonds in greenbacks are now
for paying them with the sponge, and
the day is not far distant when, if ne-
ther the Democratic nor the Republican
party will boldly advocate Reputation,
a party will spring up fresh from the
people, carrying this great banner of
Relief, and as certain of success as the
morrow's sun is of rising. "This was
some time q paradox, but now the time
gives it proof"
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Death Of the Oldest mason.

The Erie Dispatch states that Joseph
Metcalf, who died in thatcity on Wednes-
day the Sd inst, at the age of ninety four,
was the oldest Mason in the United States
1t says:
Mr. Metcalf was born in Massachu-
sets, but early in life he removed to
Vermont, in which. State the prime of his
life was spent-removing to this city
about twenty years ago. His mind was
clear and bright to the last, and his re-
collection of the past was exceedingly
vivid. His "reminiscences extended back
to the days of Shaw's rebellion, in 1874
and had all the freshness of q narrative
of yesterday. His venerable figure will
be missed from the meetings of the sach-
ems of Masonry, where, as among the
extensive circle of bis acquaintances he
was held in the highest esteem.
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The Senate Committee on the
Pacific Railroads.

The Senate Committee ON the Pacific
Railroads is about to prepare a general
bill, it is said, to aid these roads by
grants of public lands and under some
new plan and regulations but it appears
the Southern line, by way of the thirty
second parallel of latitude, is to be ex-
cluded. Why is this? That route has
been considered by the ablest engineers
the best. Is there no one in Congress
to plead for this superior route2 Is the
whole lobby bought up by the other
lines? Nothing more should be done
at present for any of these railroads !;
enough has been done already; but if
there are to be any more lavish grants
or aid afforded by Congress let the
Southern route, the best of all, not be ex-
cluded.
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eTDuring the counting of the cleo

EDuring the counting of the elec.
toral vote on Wednesday, the 10th inst
Dir. BurLER objected to the vote of the
State Of Georgia being received. BEN
WADE, presiding, said:
Speaking with much hesitancy)-'The
Chair is very much disposed to hold the
Senate and House to their own doing, to
the JOINT resolution which they passed,
the purport of which is, if we under
stand it, that if the votes of the State OF
Georgia did not alter the result of the
election, they might be counted; and il
they did alter the result, they were not
10 be counted"
That's Radicalism in a nut shell. II
the Radical OK would be gored by count
ing the vote of Georgia it was to be
thrown out But If counting the vote OF
Georgia, for Seymour and Blair, would
not gore the, aforesaid OK then twas all
right Count it. The policy is not q
new one, as the Radicals hold to it in all
cases where Radicals contest the seats OF
Democrats.
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Uuiversal Negro Suffrage Amend
menls.


The following Negroisms were passed
in the United States Senate on the 9th
inst:
Be resolred by the,Senatc and House
Of Representatives., dc, two-thlrds of
both Houses concurring, That the fol.
lowing articles be proposed TO the Legis-
latures Of the several States as amend
ments to the Constitution Of the United
States, either of which, when ratified by
three fourths of said Legislatures, shall
be held as part Of said Constitution.
ARTICLE 10. No discrimination shall
be made in the United States among the
citizens of the United States in the exer-
else of the elective franchise or in the
right to hold Office in any State on ac-
count Of race, color, nativity, property,
education or creed.
ARTICLE 16. The second clause Of the
first section Of the second article of the
Constitution of the United States shall
he so amended to read as follows: Each
State shall appoint, by vote of the peo.
pie thereof qualified to vote for repre-
sentative in Congress, number of elec-
tors equal to the whole number of Sena-
tors and Representatives to which the
said State shall be entitled in Congress,
but no Senator or Representative or
person holding an office of trust OF
profit under the United States shall be
appointed an elector, and Congress shall
have power to prescribe the manner in
which such electors shall be chosen by
the people. The joint resolution now
goes to the House for its concurrence.
When this measure, for the benefit OF
Negroes and the oppression Of white
men, was before the Senate, SUMMERS
argument was that the Negro votes are
needed instantly and urgently to save the
Radical party. a
Speaking of Pennsylvania, he said:
"You need them in Pennsylvania, do
you mott There are at least fifteen
thousand in hatgreat State~aiting to,
your summons"
Thus complaccntly do these Radicals
calculate upon the patience of Pennsyl-
vania, hoping to smother the voice Of
the majority of her people with the fraud
ulent votes of fifteen thousand Negroes
Are the taxpayers, the white men OF
this country ready, and content, to hum
bly, bow down in submission to black ig-
norance enfrauchised and made rulers by
the degenerate Radicals in power9 All
the acts of these men are tincturtd with
Nigger, hatred to the interests of white
men, murderous whisky, railroad subsi-
dies and a total lack of brains.
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COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 10, 1869.
Mr.. EDITOR: The following bill has
been passed in both branches of the
Legislature, which please publish:
AN ACT
To form new Township in Monroe County,
Ohio.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted By the Gene
raj Assembly Of the State Of Ohio: That
there is hereby created new township
in the county of Monroe, State of Ohio,
to be known as Lee township. Said
township shall be composed of the fol,
lowing sections and parts of sections, to
be taken from the townships of Green,
jackson and Ohio, as they are now con-
stituted, to wit: Township i, of range
3; south half of section No. %; all of
sections 81, 26, 27, %, 80, 33, 81; town
ship No. 2, range No. 4, sections 2, 3, 4,
south half of section 5, all of section
No. I, lying northeast of Barnes Run,
all of sections s, 8, 10, IL, 16, II, IS, 90
and "a; township No. 3, range No. 4,
south half of section No. 10, and to-
gether said sections and parts of Sec
tions shall constitute and form said town.
ship of Lee, and the said sections and
parts of sections are hereby detached
from said townships Of Green, Jackson
and Ohio, and transferred to said town
ship of Lee, and said township of Lee is
hereby constituted with all the rights,
privileges and immunities of a township
within the State of Ohio.
Sec. 9. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage.
HEADLEY.
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wThe remains of Mrs. Surratt wer,

HThe remains of Mrs. Surratt were
disinterred Monday afternoon, the Sth
inst, at the Arsenal grounds, and were
reinterred in Mount Olivet Catholic
Cemetery yesterday afternoon, in pres
ence of her daughter Annie and son
Isaac No display or parade took
place on the occasion. The box con-
tanning Mrs. Surratt's body was opened,
and although the body was somewhat
decomposed, it was not offensive. The
dress, gaiters, and black silk bow at the
neck were all in perfect state of pre-
servation. The hair was also perfectly
preserved, and did not appear disar-
ranged in the least. A steel arrow pin,
with which Annie Surratt fastened the
bow about her mothers neck, just be-
fore she was led to execution, was also
in its place. A lock of her hair was
clipped off at her own request. The
order for the delivery of the remains to
Mrs. Surratt's relatives was obtained
from the President by Rev. Father Wal
ter, of St Patricks Church. Washing
ton Telegraph Dispatch.
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Radical Brotherly Love.

The Senatorial elections of this win
ter have not increased the amount of
brotherly love as between Senators from
the same State and belonging to the same
political party. don't know why it is,
but there is a cordiality of hatred and a
reciprocity of contempt between the
great men of the Radical party in the
Senate, that, if fully known, would as
tonish most people. Fessenden hates
Sumner, and says in private converse
ton he's fool. Summer hates Fessen.
den, and says he's wretch. Harlan
hates Grimes, and says he's man of no
principle Grimes hates Harlan, and
says he's swindlcr. Wade hates Sher-
man, and says he's political coward -
Sherman-well, John hasn't blood
enough in him for either love or hate
Conness hates Cole (they are both Rad
icals from California, remember), and
calls him all the evil names he can
think of. Cole reciprocates the favor
by giving, as his private opinion of Con-
ness, that he is the biggest scoundrel
unhung. Trumbull talks of Yates as a
drunken fool, and Yates talks of Trum
bull as sober sneak If what Will
Jams of Oregon snys of Corbett of Ore
gon be true, Corbett of Oregon ought
to be in lunatic asylum; and if what
Corbett, of Oregon, says Of Williams,
of Oregon, be true, Williams, Of Ore
gon ought to be in the States pris-
on. And, o We gods, listen to Drake
talk of his newly elected colleague, the
humble Schurz-he of the unfathomable
German mind and the metaphysical Ger
man conference.-the disciple Of Kant
and the countryman of Schiller. "a
Dutch infider'-"an unprincipled inter
loper' political adventurer" and all
the names with which the Radical tongue
can grace its speech when it gets
excited. l have not yet heard the Hon.
Carl's opinion of Drake; but if he stops
short of calling him id fool, he will
do him great injustice.
But even Drake on Schurz is sweeten.
ed rose water compared with Morton on
Schuyler, the new V. P, or Schuyler on
Morton. They are both from Indiana
you know, and each claims minute ac
quaintance with the others record. MOI
is this all. The Republican party of In
diana seems to be divided into hostile ar
mics under the banner Of Schuyler and
Morton respectively. The Schuyler fel
. lows have long been indulging the hope
that Morton would die, but he has no no
ton of it. He is better to-day than be
has been for four years, and likely to be
entirely well very soon. Meantime the
war goes on. The. Schuyler fellows spit
nitric acid all over the Morton faction
and the Morton faction returns the com
pliment with a strong solution of verba
vitriol. I presume each to be correct
in what they say of the other, and con
clude from both that the Radicals of In
diana are happy family indeed. The
Blues and the Bluffs in Pickwick, or the
Big Endians and the Little Endians il
Gulliver are the only parallel in ancient
or modern political warfare for the Nor
tons and Schuylers of Indiana.
Amen to all of it, and in the language
of st. Paul, "Let brotherly love contln
ue." MACK.
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Hon. VIM. Lawrence.

Mr.. LAwRENcE's letter published in
this issue corrects an error that occurred
in the Spirit of last week. If we rcmem
Der correctly, We obtained our informa
ton from the published vote IN the Com
sVercidl.
We are gratifed that ace rere mistaken
IN this matter, as it is certainly not the
business of Democrats to assist in pas.
sing measures calculated to oppress the
honest working classes. >
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r e. =.
EIt would seem that the county OF
Belmont is being brought into disgrace
In Washington City. A committee of
Congress is now engaged in ferreting
out frauds in the Patent Office, and one
THOMAS C. THEAKER and partner, it has
already been discovered, have fobbed of
the Government funds only Forty-eight
Thousand Dollars. The committee arc
still engaged in the smelling business,
and how much more they may find in
THoMAs pocket we are not able to say.
We shall report as the committee brings
to lght-St ClairsviNe Gazette, 1lth
Gast. f,z5
THoxAs is q sample Of the men the
Radicals of Monroe County have always
delighted to honor with seats in Con-
srcss. Tox was hooted by procession
in this place in 1860, which stirred the
passions Of the "loyap' muchly. Whilst
in Congress Tox refused to say "as to
him" he intended to vote on certain
measure. TONS an excellent swimmer,
a. the citizens of Wheeling will testify.
Loyalty" has repaid itself
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Returning to the Home Roost.

NetufnlnS 10 the III tOmc aSOOSss
[Frov the Cincinnati Commercial, Radical)
If the great statesmen in the United
States Senate assembled are not really
afraid that there is mischief in General
Grant, and that he is about to prove a
second Andy johnson, we hope, now
that they have the matter under consid-
Grafton, that they will promptly repeal
the Tenure of Office Act. 1t is stupid
act 1t was framed with no higher mo.
tive than to keep the political friends OF
Congressman in Office, and has not to
any great extent answered even that pur-
pose. There can hardly be an honest
difference of opinion upon the PROPOSE
ton that the country would have been
better served through its civil officers
during the two years INST passed, if the
President had been held responsible &C
cording to the old practice, for the good
conduct of the agents of the Govern
mcnt. There is suspicion now that the
Senate is in great degree influenced in
refusing or hesitating to repeal the Ten
ure- of Office Law, by the consideration
that the removal of their friends in office
would deprive them of spoil. The New
York Herald charges that it is the whisky
ring that is prevailing with the Senate,
and that hopes to use that body to pre-
vent such sudden changes in the revenue
Offices rs Grant might be inclined to
make; and there are appearances that
this charge is not wholly unwarranted.
"If." eff" "If." mischief in
General GRANT. "Stupid act" "Un
warranted"
Oh, what a muddle! Chickens will
return home to roost, Mr.. Commercial
Second ANDY JOHNSON" That's rich,
rare and racy.
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Prenticiana.

If you want to get rich in hurry,
start out upon the enterprise Of prose
cutting editors for libel.
If your pecuniary promises are bro
ken, you will be likely to break.
Radical leaders think that they can't
afford to be honest-that life is too
short.
A crab isn't very nice animal, but
he always has good sidewalk.
Don't carry your pocket-handker.
chief under your vest You shouldn't
take q wiper to your bosom.
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Custom House Frauds

The Treasury officials are engaged in
examining the extent of the drawback
frauds in the New York Custom-house.
The investigation thus far shows that
they are probably greater than at first
supposed, and may possibly reach S1,-
100000. 1t is estimated that one-half
of the more recent claims, judging from
the character of the papers on file here,
are bogus. The fraud has been carried
on for two years with boldness and i'm
punity.-Nc,r York Commercial Adrer-
tiser.
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-Tba Roston Poet eove uJf

EThe Boston Post says: "If Gen.
Grant refuses, as reported, to accept the
customary official courtesy of the out
going to the incoming Executive, by de
clining to ride in the same barouche
with him to the Capitol, on Inauguration
day, he does q churlish thing which
none of the ordinary rules of good
breeding will permit. A refusal of that
sort can not harm President johnson,
who takes no responsible part in the act i;
whether it will tend to inspire a more
exalted opinion in iudicious minds re-
specting the conduct Of the offending
party, is his affair, aud not that of Mr..
Johnson