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WHOLE NUMBER 81.

ing, October 81, 1858, Ass, ,6I5, making
a total for the three railroads of u, ,352-
255 tons.
1t will be seen that the tonnage of
these three railroads is about double that
of the Erie Canal, while by adding the
Baltimore and Ohio, the Philadelphia
and Erie, and the Grand Trunk roads,
the total rail tonnage exceeds three times
that of the Erie Canal. The total tom
mage of all the railroads in the State of
Pennsylvania for the year ending OctO-
Der 81, 1868, was A, 754, 1856 tons, or six
and One-half times as much as the Erie
Canal. If railroads, then, have taken
the lead in the amount of freight carri-
ed, it is clear that the valuable property
of bTeadstUffs will be carried in that
way. The total amount Of agricultural
productions carried on all the New York
canals in 1858, was 2,144,1S4 tons; in
1867, 1,415, ,8S7. On the Erie and New
York Central Railroads, in 1868, 634 ,012
tons, and in 1867, ~, ,626. It will be
seen that while in 1868 the New York
canals carried three and a half times as
much as the two New York roads, in
1867 the roads carried more than half as
much as the canals. In 1867, all the
through lines of railroads must have
carried more breadstuffs than all the
New York canals, but in 1865 the busi-
ness of sending cars through from East
and West had not begun, and no grain
of consequence was shipped eastward by
rail. Since 1857 the increase of rail
shipments of grain and produce east
ward has been enormous, while the ca
nails at best only keep up with former
years, and further, the railroad business
is daily and constantly increasing, and
they cannot now do half the business
that is offered them, while the water
routes have not near the quantity of the
business they could do. Until within
two years, no grain was transported
eastward by rail, while from January l,
to II of this year more than 1900, 900
-four reduced to wheat-bushels of grain
passed through Toledo, by rail eastward.
Three-fOurths of this amount arrived at
Toledo and Wabash Road, and came
mostly from Central Illinois. The New
York Central is also fed by other roads
coming into Cleveland. SUppOsing the
Michigan Central, the Fort Wayne, and
Baltimore and Ohio Roads each carry as
much as went by Toledo, and the Grand
Trunk half as much, and we have q to-
tai of $4,000, 900 bushels of grain going
east by rail in three and half months.
These roads are this year, for the first
time, proposing to customers to carry
grain through the summer months in
competition with the lakes and canals.
Statesman.
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IMPORTANT DECISION By JUDGE
CHASE.

RICHMOND, May Chief-justice
Chase, this morning, delivered an Opin-
ion on an appeal from Judge Under
woods decision in the District Court de
claring null a sentence Of Judge Shetey,
of the State Court, on the ground of Shelf
feys, ineligibility under the Fourteenth
Amendment. The case was that of
Caesar Griffin, a negro, who was sentenc-
ed to the penitentiary for shooting a
man. The Chief-justice read the Opin-
ion of the Court, holding that, as the
State Government in Virginia had been
recognized all the time during the war
by Congress, first at Wheeling and then
at Alexandria, the action of the Govern
ment in dividing the States had been
recognized by the Federal Government,
and Senators and Representative elect
ed by that Government had been allow
ed seats in Congress; it was under this
Government that Shetfey had been ap-
pointed, and he was therefor a legal
Judge, as far as the State government
was concerned. The question now came
up whether being ineligible, he was alb
sOlutely removed by the operation of the
Fourteenth Amendment. The United
States District Judge had decided that
he was, but in the examination of QuCS-
tiOnS of this sort great attention is prop
erly paid to the argument of incOnveni-
ence, and q construction which must
necessarily occasion great public and
private mischief, must never be prefer
red to a construction which Will occasion
neither in so great degree, unless the
term of the instrument absolutely re-
Quire such preference.
The opinion here shows the anarchy
which would be produced i'm a State by
declaring the past legal proceedings
void. 1t then considers the character
and intent of the third section of the
Fourteenth Amendment, which are de
clared to be primitive. IL IS clearly
against the provisions of the COnstitu-
ton, which deny to the legislative aU-
thOriUy the power To deprive any person
Of life, liberty or property without due
process of law, or pass Cr-pOSt fUct0 laws;
and these, if there were no other grounds
are reasons for seekiugGnother iDtcrprc-
tatiOn of the amendment that asked by
the previous counsel,
The Fourteenth Amendment is not
and needs further legisla-
ton of Congress To enforce il, and two
months after the Judgment now being
raised was delivered, Congress passed %
.oint resolution providing for the remov-
II of all ineligible officers, showing that
persons then holding Office were held to
be dc factO officers, and also providing
The means for their removal by the mill
tary.
The Court said the Supreme Court had
cOncurrcd i'm the opinion
hat a prisoner, sentenced by a Judge dc
'uct0, though not q Judge dc jUrC. could
not be reached by the hU5Cgs corpus
The decision of the District Court was
reversed, and Caesar Griffin was remand
'd to the State authorities.
In the United States Circuit Court this
morning Peter Phillips, to be hung next
Friday, upon writ of bO5ous corpus,
was remanded to the State authorities
Dn the ground that he was sentenced he
fore the Fourteenth Amendment was
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Agricultural Implements.

Who can witness the improvements to
which our fathers were strangers, and
not feel that great things have been ac-
cOmplished? Compare the plOw of to-day
with the old, unWieldy clog of the past.
When Burns wrote '"Ihe PlOughman, -
his hero without doubt held q wooden
something, with iron points and angles;
but could the rustic poet have seen the
plOws that now glide along the furrOws,
he would, we think, have added q sew
enth stanza in honor of the plOw. The
long sweating days of midsummer, un-
der the scythe, are relieved by the slash
ing mower and reaper as they move on
the harvest ola hundred men.
The tedium of the hand rake, with its
slow results, are overcome by the sulky
rake, as it passes an almost conscious
victor over the field; and the cumbrOus
hoe has given way to the horse cUltiva-
tor.-These, with many other facilities,
too numerous for mention now, combine
to raise our eXcellencies, and increase
the attractions of one Of the best, health
lest and most Independent of all avOca-
tions, and turn its duties from tOiIsOme
processes to pleasant pastime.
But am straying from mypurpOse.-
What I wish to say is this, thatin select
ing tools, get the best; and what are the
best, is only to he ascertained by inspec-
ton, comparison and practical test
Strength, simplicity reconstruction, ease
and perfection in the execution Oftheir
office, must not be overlooked, us their
efficiency depends upon them. While
extravaganza in pride to be avoided, q
poor badly constructed and lily con-
ceived implement is dear at any price.
I
its favor. Often times the differences in
results between Il good and bad instru-
meRt is sufficient, every day it is used,
to meet the difference in cost.
Having secured good OOls,pains should
he taken to keep them so long as pOssi-
bic. A special place should be assigned
them, where they can be found when
wanted, and the infleXible rule should
be to put them there when not In use;
tools exposed to rain and sun rapidly de-
teriorate.
Every farmer should own the tools he
uses, for he is bUta sorry farmer who de-
pends on his nCighbOrs for the means to
cultivate his land An instrument fit
ted for one mans may not answer
that of another, while loss of time, de-
lay in care of crops, vcNatiOn, diminish
ed results and q adisparaging dependence
are sure to attend the borrowing system.
The time was when the practice might
have been CXcusable, when tools were
scarce and hard to obtain, but that diff
Guilty is seldom met now.
\ man may buy, say,a plOw. He buys
il because il meets the requirements of
his soil, and because he admireS its me-
chanicaI beauty, and il is just such plow
as he delights to hold, and to do his
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'.lIother, Home, Heaven"

Some one, in sweet and tender thO't
has linked together three loved words,
as being, Of all others, dearest to the
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The West and the soabOard.

a VERY important meeting Of dele
gates from the Board of Trade of New
York and the chief Western cities, was
held at Chicago a few days since. The
subject of discussion was the old and
long agitated one of cheapening trans
portation. The following facts, as stat
ed by the President Of the Convention,
offer an interesting view of the magni-
tudc uf the trade which has to be provid-
ed for:
In the year 1865 there was carried on
the Erie Canal, 6,442, 225 tons of freight;
on the New York Central Railroad, s.
G6l ,997 tons, for the year ending Sep
tember 80, 1865; on the Erie Railroad
for the same time, 3,9OS, 2l3 tons: ON the
Pennsylvania Railroad for the year end
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The UnIrersItE or GoltIngen.

The following qua int poem is from the Poetry
he Anti-Jacobfn~ collection Of the poetical cont
buttons which appearedin the Anti-JacObin Revie
published in England about the beginning of
present century in opposition to the political prin
1lcs Of the French Revolution.
Whene'er with haggard eyes / view
This dungeon that I'm rotting in,
think Of those companions true
Who studied with me at the L
University Of GOttingen
University of GOttingen-
Sweet kerchicr checked with heavenly blue
Which once my love sat knotting in,
Alas! Matilda then was true
At least I thought so at the U
University of Gottingen
nlvcrsity of Gottingen.
Barbs! barbs! alas, how swift We flew,
Her neat post-wagon tTotting in
Ys bore Matilda from my view
FOrlOrn I languished at the L
University Of Gottingen
University Of Gottingcn.
This faded form! this pallfd hue
This blood my veins is ClOtting in
Ny years are many-they were few,
When first entered at the U
University Of Gottingen
University Of GOttingen.
There first for thee my passion grew
Sweet sweet Matilda Pottingcn
Thou vast the daughter Of my Tu-
tor, Law Professor at the T.
University of GOttingcn
University Of GOttingen.
sun, moon and thou, vain world adiCu
That kings and priests are plotting in.
Here doomed TO starve on water CRU
cI never shall ! see the Z
niversity Of GOttingen
University Of Gottingen.
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Dear Mother, living next to God Him
self, is worthiest of our gratitude and
love. For He who gave His ''Well Be
loved Son" that through His merit we
might be redeemed, hath, next to this,
the dearest blessing given, in giving US
a mothers matchless love. Unquench-
ed by distance, Unimpaired by time,
through all vicissitudes, it is still the
same Undying, deathIess boon. So gen.
tie yet so strong, to cheer the good in
every virtue on, and WOO the wayward
from the paths of sin.
Dear Mother, meath the willow tree
at rest, she holds in memory the green
est place; affection fingers longest at her
tomb, and crowns her dearest in our
heart of hearts.
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..AIother. Home. Heaven

Beyond the blue which bounds the
mortal sight, far stretching from the
thither shore of death, Gods golden
sunlight sleeps serene upon the morn
ing land of Heaven. Oh! the brightness
and the beauty, and the melody Of Hea-
ven! Where the soul and senses are
charmed with the perfectness of bliss!
Land of cherUbim and seraphim, and
the SaviOr's radiant smile! Where
earth's children meet their mothers
crowned with golden crowns of life;
where there are no "heavy laden" with
sorrow and with care; where there are
no poor and friendless, and no stricken
ones with pain; but where all do love
each other, and are happy evermOre!
Mother, Home, and Heaven, there
fore, are the sweetest words We speak.
Thomas Hubbard.
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PAPPER collar Congressman is the la
test name for the carpet-baggers from
Vermont, Massachusetts,, Ohio, and 9TH
Cr Northern States who assume to rep
resent such Southern States as are per
mitted to be represented in the Forty
first Congress. The name is appropri-
ate. Paper collars are only pinned on;
they do not last long; and they are cas-
lily turned. This last at least was emil
nently the case with the paVer-cOllar
carpet-baggers at the Chicago Conven-
ton, who, after taking money to vote for
Fcnton rs "a candidate for the Nice-Pres-
idency, took more money and voted for
COlfaX,
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He aptly chose his theme who sang
the loving lay of Home, Sweet, HOme.'
Familiar as a household word, sweet as
the chimes of silver bells, tits loved and
sung in every land where beams the
CHEEKY light Of home.
They remember us, and miss us, and
pray for us at home; they listen for our
footsteps, and are happy wheIr we
come.
'Tfs there we tell the stories Of our
hearts; 'tis there we hide us from life's
bitter storms, and there we trust life's
poor endeavOTs past, surrounded by the
hearts that love us best, to take our long
farewell.
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Mother, Home, Heaven.

Affection, Memory, HOpe!-How
these, responsive to those magic words,
begin their loving daIliance with our
souls! What others can so charm the
present time, so giId the future, or en-
dear the past! Without them, what
were life, indeed, but pain, or thought
but contemplation Of despair!
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and consigned it to the turbid food of
the Mississippi river. The turbulent tide
has since then rolled ceaselessly over his
grave, but in the centuries which have
passed the incident has not lost anything
of its romance or grandeur. In it was
given to the world thrilling and ex-
citing theme, in which poets have reveled
in the luxurious sentences which make
the tradition sweet with musical sounds.
The Imagination of historians has in-
vested it with thrilling realities noveists
have told the romantic story to wonder
ing thousands, painters have seized on
the telling poiuts which tradition pictures
forth, and made their canvas breathe
with the glories of the scene. Artists
dreamily sketch the idea, and over oil
the mysterious tale there hangs mellow,
soft veil, which will hold forever sacred
within its folds the memory of DeSoto.
In 1872 Father Marquette, famous
pioneer, who was one Of The most pious
and devoted priests of the Catholic
Church in this country, descended this
great inland sea and named it the Mis-
sissipi river
CONCLUDED TOMORROW.
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Miscellaneous Items.

Wife stealing increases among the San
Francisco Ce!estials.
Chicago buys and sells fifty million
dollars worth of cattle year.
A clergyman at Kingston, England,
refuses to admit young ladies to con-
ffmation unless they promise never to
dance.
The last named oldest Mason is now
said to be Charles McKewen, of Inger-
soll Ontario. He Joined at Ballendary,
Ireland, l776.
An effort is making to have all the
clergymen in the State of Pennsylvania
preach temperance sermon on the Both
Of this month.
The Due de Massa, who is to lead M lie
Nilsson to the hymenial altar, is de-
scribed as accomplished, millionaire,
and possessing a passion for music.
Algeria being menaced by locusts, the
government has offered $l00 for every
two hundred pounds of their eggs.
Pfau was in Cincinnati last week. The
papers speak of him as that aerial gym
mast that child of the air; that incarnate
defer of gravitation."
The Cincinnati Commercial congratu-
lates the people of that city that they
have at last chosen prosecuting attorney
who can speak English.
An old law, dating back to 1869, is now
put in force in Paris, obliging theatrical
managers to devote ten per cent of their
receipts to public charities.
The recent heavy rains have caused the
Savannah river at Augusta, Georgia, to
rise to the height of twenty-one feet and
half.
Mountain trout over two feet long have
been found in the inland streams of
California.
A steamer has just been completed at
Pttsburg, Pa, for the navigation of the
Magdelona river, in South America.
The coal products of the United States
during the year 1868 amounted to about
$4,000, 900 tons. Of this amount, 22,-
600 900 tons were mined in Pennsylvania.
1t is reported that Gen. Grant is only
restrained from recognizing the bellige-
rency of the Cuban patriots by the op-
position of FIVE members of his Cabinet.
A case is on trial in Portsmouth, N.
a. involving the question whether the.
word damn comes under the head of pro-
fame swearing as prohibited by the State
law.
Ericsson, the inventor, has received q
cup bearing the inscription: ITO the
noblest representative Scandinavia ever
had in the United States"
Nearly $4,000 camels are employed in
the transportation of cotton across the
deserts of the Oral to Orenburg lin Rus-
sia), distance Of q thousand miles.
: A most extraordinary and rapid in
crease in the emigration from Liverpool
has Just commenced, and from the num-
Der of applicants for berths there is every
likelihood of the exodus continuing for
some months.
The Prince of Wales will, shortly after
his return from his tour, pay a visit to
the Earl and Countess Of Ellesmore, at
Worsley Hall, where great preparations
are being made for his reception.
1t is reported that Bsrezowsky, the
Pole who attempted to assassinate the
Gear, has been secretly pardened by
Napoleon, and is on his way to this
country.
For fashionable churches, the latest
idea is retiring room, like that of the
opera house, where ladies can leave their
closks, parssols, ETC., and, thus olsen
attend the service in all the
glory Of gorgeous raiment
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DIR. SIsIMON
Liver Regulator,

A preparation Of roots and herbs. warranted to
be strictly vegetable, and can do no injury to
any one. 1t has been used by hundreds, and
known for the last thirty Eve years as one of
the most reliable. e6icacieus and harmless prep
oro - tha
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Mr. James Fossett (says the Alexan-
dria Gazette) has presented to Mr.. Harry
Bell, keeper of the Alexandra Museum,
Ratchet which at one time belonged to
Gen. Washington, and the one with which
he cut his fathers cherry tree, and which,
since the Generals death. has been pre-
served in the Tiers room of Washington
Lodge of Masons. This is valuable
addition to the collection Of Washington
mementoes now in the museum, and is
the more valuable in consequence of Mr..
Fossett's voucher.
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Gen. Sherman and the Pacific Rail-
road Completion.

General W. T. Sherman, in a cougrat-
ulatory telegram to Gen. G. M. Dodge,
and others, on the completion of the Pa
ci6c railroad, expresses his friendship
for the enterprise, and says:
q" claim yet to be part of it, for as
early as 1854 | was vice president of an
effort begun in San Francisco, under the
contract of Robinson, Seymour & Co.
As soon as General Thomas makes GER
tain preliminary inspections of his new
command on the Pacific, will 90 out,
and / need not say with how different
feelings from those Of 1916, when the only
way to California was by sailing around
Cape Horn, taking our ship one hundred
and ninety-six days"
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This year the Fourth of July falls on
Sunday. The usual custom in such
cases is to observe the day after the an
niversary, which would be Monday, but
some of the New York journals are in
favor of keeping Saturday, the Sd, in
stead. The advantage of the recon-
mendatonis that if Saturday be kept as
holiday Sunday would follow as day
of rest, and the new week would be en-
tered upon unbroken.
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Jus t R Receiv we'd:
ALARGE LOT OF
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Hay Rakes,
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Grain Cradles,
Scythes,
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PUBLIC LEDGER,

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ternoon Except Sunday by z. WHITM0RE
and j. j. DuB0SE. under the firm name of
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