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shipping Notes.

Tho ship Energy taken by the sectional dry dock
yesterday morning. after examination OF her bottom was
orersd "a be .,rry e her ~ yvcw metal sheshng and
csuked. She viii have new sui, Of metal.
The dpubeendsr Maidesse on the great balance dry
dock near tho foot Of Pike sp sbe old copper
sheahny taken Of. after which she will be csuked and
vcricd into barge.
The schooner Edwin Palmer lp7 tons measurement,
hu. in Baltimore TO which port she belongs Ia 1885, Ia
the docks the foot OF Market sllp. The
pilot Edmund briggs IL also Of these Docks
During flowing OF into the larger 10 the Erie IA
Gin dry docks yesterday morning purpose floating
OF The ship accident occurred 10 the pon,oon
gate whereby the rush OF water greatly auncnsrd and
the ship suffered slih damage. She after
fully taken the dock placed the adjoining
examination OF her In ures substituted The
wdcs, rors prevailed at time concerning the accident
but tho affair amounted. upon careful inquiry, 70
than In above recorded.
The old Babidgc dry dock. which removed from her
noorInss foot Of Gouverncur Friday and
taken 10 Williamsburg, The FIRST OF tho kind
she was designed and bui by Gilbert, and by
film Of Gilbert eccor. which firm had successful opera
tion from 1870 ss al the foot OF Rector street. North
river Tho vessel dockci by them the little Dutch
ship csrope which must have been small indeed the
dock 2s feet length During the latter she
was removed the foot OF Jefferson street. and after
wards purchased by Messrs Foster wh,ma- she subse
auentv fell the hands Of the late Captain Babbdec
was taken 70 Of Gouverneur si the
Ing 70 the New York Balance Dy Dock Company Of which
the well known lawyer. sanue Tndea, President, aud
James EIcbolson Commissioner Of Charities and corec-
tion IL superintendent and tie Peoples aud Nelson Town.
send Docks the foot Of Gouvcncur street, al built
the Gilbert plan.
The survey the bremen Johauns Mars taken up
last evening BY The sectional dry dock Of Clinton street,
win be held tbM morning.
Marine Disasters.
sryAxxR FAwN from New York for Kennebcc, was
towrd into saco An 26ih inst with damaged.
BAnK FInKLcvyRrT, from Liverpool for Baltimore,
" mIes south OF Cape Henry will be total loss
a. last accounts che was breaking The main and mszen
topmasts had fallen and the Her
being landed damaged condition. The weather
moderate and much OF her cargo would be snved
BARK TRrrorIA tof sundsand before reported wrecked
had cargo Of rags.
BRIO cnARLorry from Havana before reported sunk
the Outer Middle, has been towed into the Horne khos
vii be raised in = lew days
SOM Gxr BArks, At Home-' foe from snvanna a-iaMsr
March e st 80 81 Ion ~ 81 Of about $50
tons bottom up, with quantity OF slaves drifting IN the VI
cny sppenred 70 have been laden with oasses day
British schr with loss Of forsmast 20 feet from deck
2oh, o. Hssteras gse from sW, aaw British schr lying
" with lozs VI detx Io1f.
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SHIPPIN G. N E w s.
Alm1aa, .or New ysrx.--rais Day.
Weather Along tac Cs,sr
PORT or NEW YORK, MARCH ~, 1869.
HerUld pQclxauax

Captains and prsers Vessels arriving A. this port viii
please deliver NIL packages intended for c HERALD our
regularly authorized who attached our Steam
Yacht 1eet. The New York Associated Press a, no. now
collect marine reports attend the delivery packages
viii be by the following from TIE proceedings
OF the regular monthly meeting, held March g. is5s;
Resolved, That aud after April l. 1853 tho Assocaed
Press VIII disronnue the collection uf snip the
harbor of New York. Passed unaniiiousy.
80 The oalcc OF the Herald steam yachts JAaEs aud
JEANETTE Ia y, Whitehall slip. Al from
and consessss to the masters OF Inward bound
sells wi. be forwarded free OF charge.
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NEW YORK PosT OFFICE.

The following comprises the business done In the
foreign department or the New York Post Onice
with Europe and the West Indies during the month
OF February. The number OF letters received from
Europe 10 that time a52.44a, which sloa57 81
was tie postage collected; from the West Indies,
le96 letters postage received s5o7e-the total num-
ber Of letters being lso and the postage 81.
The letters sent away Europe to 377sss,
the postage collected on same was $50,0o7 55, and
to the West Indies 49, $50 letters POSTAGE s56Sl 01.
The grand total was 22,0l0 letters received and
sent way, and sl0s,02l 81 postage collected.
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CLEARED.

Steamship City Of Paris tBr,, Kennedy. Lvspoo, -rot
Dac.
Steamship Rap!dan, Mallory Havana and New Orleans
Steamship Easrpe, Gae., Galveston via Key west-c
siean.hip rybee Delaney, Galveston Key wes-spor-
Steamship Lodona, Hoyey, New orlcans-c II Mallory a
steamship George Washington. Gascr. New orleans-
.sieunshIp Gen Grant, Quick, New oreons-srcder,c
seamship Alabama, Limcburncr, Fernandins--rioraa
steamship San Salvador sicscuon, sayannah--w n Oar
Steamship MONTGOMERY. Lyon. saraunsb--R I.ows,n.
Steamship Manhattan, Woodruff, chare-ion--H Morgan
Steamship WIN Clyde, Morgan. Wilmington. Nc--Jsmes
,.s,esmssip Ellen Terry, Chaplin, Newborn Nc-Mmray,
Steamship Isaac Rel Bourne, rorioix, City Point AMI
Steamship Il Knisbi Denty, Georgetown Dc-Phnlips
steamship Glaucus. Walden. Bos,ou--w Clyde
steamship Wamsntta, Fish, New Bcdford--ferruson
Ship David Crockett, burgess. San rancisco Sutton
Bah Won eyeer csr.low yc,, spsch, Cork Falmouth
Rark Rubnnaeci titsj, cns,caano, Saples-Lawrence
s GIBBS Psrssr tsrsnss@Nlsr ssiHioay Hoayyicn no.
ss shs fsssor ss & sGs sns Se Hunter
FE .ns ssp s @ s pass sssp sssoq ssq Co.
sthr Ksmsr, Lambert, Santa Mnrlha. savsnia, &c-F
tchr Susie Prescott tBrl, GLASS. 81 George, Mr..
schr l. Porter, Small, New Drleans--N II Brigham.
hcht Brown, Horton, Wiminaion-J Smith A 90.
hchr Lewis, stirling, Norfoik--C Staples.
schr Midnight, Hopkins, Washington. DC-C n Staples
sou usnnglne, v Simonson, Baisimore-I Bedeli.
hchf v Mah0ncy. toflD. kewcsstc--y vondersmiih.
kcnr NED jacket, Averill, Ssen4-R Hopes Co.
kohr Ilying Fish, Spoiord, Gloucester
scnr nesgsfus Conery, Boston--G Racket Bro.
Scbr q TAR, Reeves, Eoston.
rschr sansm, Chase, New Bedford--rerguson 4
schr Damsei Golden, Norwich NJ BrIggs CO.
xchr 2 Achen Hobbe, stamford.
Rchr salis burion, Palmer, Stamford
flo0p Oregon. Rhodes, Providence n Jack son Son.
sIoop Odd Fellow, Dyer Mystlc-0 x Racket Bro.
ARRINIIr
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MEDICAL WONDER.

n HYATT'S LIFE BALSAM.
Rheumatism Neuralgia and Gout in their worst stages
Of Diseases OF the Blood great Debility, Liver Com
pain Kidneys, Salt Rheum sc &C., are most certainly
public tweny-one years II has cured hundred thousand
cases. fails when taken directed. II s certain
curative for Fsta In all curabe II cures the foues
old ulcers, where the bone has become carries.
The Life Balsa does not contain particle OF mercury or
any mineral. =.
Principal depot 26 Grand street, Sold by druggists, el
per bottle six fer s. Sent everywhere By express.
Hyatt's Inxa Snun, l5c., permanently cures Catarrh
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MISCELLANEOUS.

A BSOLUTE DIVORCES LEGALLY OBTAINED IN
IA different States; publicity; charge tl divorce
obtaned advice free Also Commissioner every State
F. KING Counsellor at Law, 313 Broadway.
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ARRIVALS.
REPORTED ny TIE HYRALp sTyAM YACHT

HEFUHILU br IHE HFHALU fIEAH YAtIfTN.
scamsh Hecia tbr), GU, Liverpool via Boston, with
rndsc, 10 " CunGrd.
Steamship Europa fBr Craig, 0ssgow, via Movie March
IL, with mdse and S51 passengers 10 Henderson Ex.
geencsd n2ders's westerly winds entire March
"a st z lon ~ ~ passed schr Windsor of Yarmouth,
sesnshp Deutschland mo- Neynrhfr Bremen via South
ton with rndse and passengers, 20 Oelrichs n Col
Eeanshp Europe tfr Danre, Rssfe Brett March t8
with mdse and ~ passengsfs 70 Geo Mackenzie Had good
Red white Blue N,s tons) Hudsyn, fsorl lIstepoo r.
Steamship Corss Nelson, New Orleans March 2 sw rass
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schr Lucy A Blosson, Chatneld. Rockport, Ne.
ssSr ssSr nsphes smith Bosson
Ss5r rsiss fsh sSs'sa 81 City Is,, ss'.,
schr @ Maggie canaan., cohasses FOR phiiadeIpbia
sssr Amon BSason Sdrey csa, a;, Port sSt
ssSr sssary Hasay Sa:' c9as saI Fort
sshr hr Pla,sh 3 Z .iss;,' Boy, Elliott, cssus Port:
ssS ss . sis Tssl wssss for Philadelphia
s sesr csas we homs Vnahaven for rhao
schr cohsssoi @ Gibbs. New Bedford for philade'phls
schr II Hurtey, Nicxerson New BEDFORD Tor Phladel
schr Saratoga Weeks, New Bedror,.
sc s sf ss Ks kc b Sew Ts s o PS
sshr Elliott. Niessrson, New Bedford.
schr Heaton, Phinney, New .eitord.
eS seSr sniS ANN s sssr sases ss New s ssd!or S'
soIr Aa,la Adrlsnna Esstmsn, New sa 'sea'ari.
sy,r Ponder !r, Springer Wareham.
SsI sss y.nss %ss Sssss Isss@ss TsssSa Taunton
sschr Senator; sIalth, pisl,9n.
ss sss hsns san Laass sar1s sas% Ei ysl svs
ss s Go Gsn kss4ns, Rsns Fs ps.9snss
r sssr Tsssia s saRs S,is rsSyss'''
Schi rlawav, Kelly, Providence.
scLr Ann Eliza, Casweil, Providence.
ssr ss ass sssns Sf ssds"es o sGl
sssr sesr john ps%%; srooss Fox iSs'sas ProvGe"ee
sssr ssr Maa a n
schr d ( L, Fowler Providence
schr schr rho, no, rp Cooper Sleeper, Providence Providence
seIr Ads Andrews Rely. Providence for Philadelphia.
selr Jnis Baker, Baker Providence.
schr z cowell, Kent Bristol
& sehr Enzsseia M v y :, ri Hogan M nris'3 M,.vso.
schr Rainbow Crane, Newport is anchored n. Rlkers
scbr raras. French, Norwich.
ssr ssSr hrra nr fann Sss New Esnssa
sssr sesr bndn Moon Point for Philadelphia
schr Crusade, Davis, Mllstone.
scbr sI Haich I'LL, Hartford
Srhr lnsraham, Dickinson, Hartford.
sclr J: Wharton bonsei Midls,o~n.
schr Katie Hoyt, Parker, New Haven for Baltimore
,schr Ephram Anna Green, New Haven for Philadel.
sshr ss5r nrrnsg Il Er. sioiss M s,fsavas; Sarms'i
ssi sshr 'I'ci Godwin a Ws,erSary' SssS Stanford
schr Dart, Johnson, Stamford.
sssr sssr s,sans ssiai ens29sSsns cSss Sarsipor..
Schr Wines, nulse, PORT Js.Terson.
Schr l. a Johnson Hawkins, Fort Jefferson.
The following vessels anchored Ia Fushine Bay:-
Brig Woodruff Haskell Fall River for Philadelphia
Schr II Burnett, Crowley Calais, with ath, to Gorham
schr Anscl, Kelly, New Bedfors.
schr q Floyd, whecdcn, Sew Bedford for Philadelphia.
scar & John I.' nosier' zas Sacomssr, asr" Taunton
schr Saxon, Hatch, Providence.
schr Nancy Hagan. Coomrs, Provldence.
schr Jane. Bliss Hatch, Providence.
schr Gen Scott Norwood, Provi'ence.
schr Michigan, Pickering, Providence.
schr samuel Nash Elwsl. Providence.
schr wnrrenion Johnson Providence
sschr uphir. Kelly, Providence iog Philadelphia
schr II Seymour, Burgess Wexford.
~
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$ :: g Conn., IN :: F..ss:: s.rs H fH:s: s s
Steamship Mary Sanford Moore wii%%Inssosss, NJ g
spoke ship Policy, from charIsson for Bal
s.eamsh,p Fraueonia, Sherwood, Portland with mdse to
Downs 18Th, mdss Thomas Dunham's Nephew
took the southern passage ami had fine weather.
ss BARK Crown @ JsS; sr ss corn,ng Nswp 81 sys
passage and bad no weather. M lat 80 TO- passed
large brig wateEogged and abandoned could not make out
Brig Emma Dean tDulch, AtkinsOn, Curacao March la
= Y s%
Ss9as 'aTs Ssis ss ss
'% a
Bris Cosmos: parsous Arroyo PR q day.. with and
oven ana days.
% I north 81
NE ., ana s. Nw @ galea spli. sails, Ss. ,.,
Wolfe Co. Had moderate weather; has been days north
Brig Lie Moushton or Portland, Norton, Maanra. IL
days. with molasses 10 Miller Houghton. Has been days
Rrig il PIss nr, Hqichins.; Bermnd.. 10 days xnh
rans dSs n s fna % soa aa CO. 9 %
as ss w s & % S S Pes q %rass -
@ sser L0 .1cs 10 a aHy w
renced heavy EN gale with heavy cross sea- which last
sna sd and
water: split SAILS tc time, Nelse Linbun OF
New York. broke his 'e,.
schr Lowell (of Biddeford) Abbott, Cienfuegos, Is
days, with Tucker ghibourne ve-sel to Loud
4 Co. Had heavy weather most OF the passage.
sehr Margaret Ann GBs, whepey s. John NIB, with lash
10 Kinney Martin.
schr Demar Lank, Newbern. NC, days, with naval
sorcs To master.
schr Farragu Clark. Pembroke with lsh to Jed Frye
Co.
schr Susan Center faes, Thomason with lime, TO Can
dia & Pressey.
schr Ruth Hodgion, Lord. Rockland, with lime to VIM
Brown
schr American Chief, Snow Rockland with limo to Gambia
4 Pressey.
schr Ned sumper, Higgins, Rocklsnd with lime to W
Brown
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BELOW,
Bark Paiss from Belize, Hon, 10 + Alexandra Sons.
SAILED.

Steamships city Of Paris Hc'vea, Liverpool Co'u
bis Giss Northern Light, Bremen; Rapidan Havana
ard New Orleans; Tybee, and Euerpe, Galveston via Key
West George Washington, Gen Grant. aud Lodona, New
Ureans Alabama, Felnaniina san Salvador and Mont
Eomsry, Savannah Manhattan, Charleston; wm Clyde
&c; z cKnieht Geor,etown, DC. From Quarantine, ship
England (Bri, Lonion.
Wind al sunset NV.
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EvENrNG TELEGRAM.
THE
GREAT PRIZE
CARTOON.

n States without publicity. Legal everywhere. Dcsertion-
&c. sufficient cause No charge advance. Advice free.
n. HOUSE, Attorney, 7s Nassau street.
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EyENING TELEGRAM.
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
OFFERED FOR THE BEST
CARTOONS.

ENDLESS MATCHEs.--THE MOST WONDERFUL IN
- ventor Of the The best and most economical match
In existence Can be lighted, exneuished and relghcd
wind or rain Dampness does not affect them For sale
sand; 325 per hundred boxes.
J. II. TENNENT 4 CO.,
sole agents Tor the United States and Terrtories
Box 81 Post Office. 22l Pearl street, New York city.
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Al -OFFICIAL DRAWINGS
Al. Missouri and Kentucky State Lotteries.
xIssouRi-ExTEA CT ASS 26s. MAEoH g, 1881
10 ~ lssoyaasrsss "a q u + = no 81 a.aa. l., ~ ~ - So
q, 50. ~ 80, g. %, H. s. Is, 90. e. a.
o. 90 e. 81 "a, Ga !, :u =, 50 b 4 ;s,s' g. ~
"a, 8, H, 10. 57, Al, IS, !, 81, "a, ~, SO, s6,.
Information furnished in the above and also Royal Ha.
lotteries.
j. CLUTE, Broker 200 Broadway and l53 Fulton street.
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A PRIZES CAsHED IN THE ABOVE LOTTERIES
"A. and information furnished at PARKS CO.'S private
olces rooms and t29 Fulton Herald build.
for circulars.
nR. e. B. FOOTE, AUTHOR OF "MEDICAL COMMON
Sense be consulted, In by letter. At hia
onlce 100 OF East Twenty eighth
street. ONCE hours from 10 A. w. till r. n. Consultation
free.
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Shooting.

Payne on behalf OF the marSsmen o, Rhode Island
says he Is wiling TO name any match from one TO
nve men from that State against similar number
from Illinois, for from $1,000 TO 81, 900 side. In
answer 10 J. Travers Payne challenges the best
man he can produce to shoot against him for $500
q side.
Tinker has excepted Tayiors proposition 10 shoot
at Riverside Park Boston, at 100 birds eac for 500
ASIDE.
match between stevens and Conrad came or at
Hunters ONT on Thursday afternoon. the con-
tesians slot OF nNe single birds each, sixteen YARDS
rise and sixty yards Il. Conrad was declared the
winner, who disposed OF i've birds 10 Stevens four.
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A VOID THEM.
"A The nhy muddy hair preparations that smell like
nish require have their sediments Of lead, zinc
lharge sulphur shook up before using avoid them.
fragrant hairdrcssng and renewer, BARRYf
ladies' gentlemen and children. Principal olce 80 Pear
street. New York.
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Unlimited Powers of County
Commissioners.
SC, &C., Sc, Sec.

The Fifty-eighth General Assembly after an
uneXampled labor of 1874 days in 1868, brought
forth volume of 337 pages of laws; short and
acute acOuchment in 1865, resulted in miscar-
riage, and no increase of our interesting family
OF statutes resu ted' but another protractcd Ia
Dor of 126 days duration in 1869 produced the
largest increase ever made in one session-no
less than 400 pages, and weighing something
like eighty pounds aVerdupois in manuscript.
The united product of the three sessions of this
General Assembly is thus seen to be 797 pages of
Democratic legislation added to the statute book.
Even good and necessary legislation is apt to
be expensive to the people, 1t costs something
for the expenses of an ecOaOmi micqL gislature-its
per diem, the pay of its numerous hangers-on,
its fuel, lights, stationery, prn ting, binding dis
tributing laws and documents, and 80 forth.
Every additional day adds to all these expenses
every additional law makes more work for all
hands and more pay for everybody And every
change on the statute books makes harvest for
the lawyers. The Filty-eighth General Assembly
deserves the name of tie Ldayer'S Friend thas
done more to give employment to lawyers than
any other Legislature ever assembled in Ohio.
Now, if even the Indispensable legislation of au
ecOno mical General Assembly is expensive to the
people, what shall be said of this. General AS
sembly, that sat longer, at higher per diem,
and made more and worse laws, than any body
of the sort that ever before existed .-
Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands
to do" 1t was not to be expected that our Dem
ocratic Legislature of unhappy memory would
avoid doing great deal of deyimcnt during the
excessive leisure Of two hundred aud sixty days
at the State Capitol, on the comfortable salary
of five dollars day. True, they might have
finished up their work and adjourned promptly,
but no Democratic legislature ever had an op-
portunity before in the history Of the State, to
draw live dollars day; and the opportunity
was one to be improved to the utmost 1t was
probably the last chance of most Of the members
of the party, accidentally in the majority as it
was for that one term There was large num-
Der Of old political hacks to be fed whose noses
had not been inside the public crib for a long
! time before. They looked gaunt and hollow
eyed Their bones asserted themselves unpleas-
antly. And they gobbled the public pluuder vo-
| raci0usly taking rather more than full ratons.
A few facts in detail as to what may be called
EXPENSES PERSONAL 10 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
! 1868. Sessions of 1874 day cost ofper
diem and mileage s125, ,455 II
| 1862 Sessions of 126 days, cost of per
diem and mileage ................. 1876 93
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DR.. stllle SAYS !:

"The habitual dletetle use OF the lighter wines
can hardly be considered injurious, since II is
common to all sexes and ages in the wine grow
ing countries of Europe. But they are always
diluted with water In proportion to the youth
or the delicacy of the.constitution, and arc sell
dom taken in excess. L. w. BAKER
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InE ExInAonplSAEY LeolsLArloN


Of the Fitty-eighlh General Assembly, which II rs
brought reprOach upon our State wherever good
laws are appreciated is little too extensive TO
be properly treated within the limits Of thisdoc
ument. We commend that branch of the sub.
ect to the public press for frequent and thorough
exposition. We have shown,
l. That the Fifty-elghth General Assembly
has added more largely than any that ever ex-
isted, TO the evils resulting from changes and
additions upon the statute book.
2. That it sat longer, at higher per diem,
and did worse work than any other Legislative
body In the history Of the State.
g. That it expended money pro1igately on
party iayorites, and for unusual and extraordin.
ary purposes
4. That it authorized local burdens almost
without limit, and at q rate per cent. unprece.
dented In the history Of any State.
And that II did many other damaging and Oh.
jectionable things, to the detriment of the pros
perity Of the State. All ofwhieh were done after
riding into power on the cry of retrenehment
and reform.
Taxpayers. how do you like such retreneh.
ment as ths' Doyou want two more years ofin
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The reader will have no difficulty in determin-
ing how many Of these officers the State might
have got along without either temporarily or
permanently. He must judge also whether
the present is good time to increase the list Of
salarled officers.
But there is large class of expenditures Of a
local nature which do not fully appear to the
taxpayers of the State, unless upon closer
investigation than most Of them have time or
inclination to give, Such are tho
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WHOLE NO. 1859.

choose such time, TO authorize local commu.
mites and municipalities to contract debts to an
extent never before paralleled In the history Of
the STATE
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JACKSON G. H., OHIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1862

donation of SC, 700 voted him by this Democratic c,
Legislature. i
The following new officers we're created 6y
the General Assembly during the years 1868 and
1869:
II Common Pleas Judges additional cost, s27, s 90
Geological Corps. ps.................. 1900
20 Boiler Inspectors 10000
2 Girls Reform Schools ............... 1000
Board Of Public Works Qncrease) 1,200
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A Fiery Steed-Horse radish. d
Singular-To see Garden walk.
Texas has 55 female Postmistreses.
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These amounts are simple gratuiLes 10 needy
hangers-on ofthe party
Not TO be portal, all the messenger boys Of
both Houses were voted fifty cents day extra
pay each, for every day Of the session.
For the purpose of still further increasing the
allowances to the clerks, sergeants-a tarms and
messenger boys-each Of whom either represent
ed or was himself in person some needy partisan
the Legislature conceived the happy expedient
of voting mileage to each of these employees, for
the three days session of 1868 There is no con-
stitutional warrant for such an appropriation /;
but was not the constitution in the hands OF Its
| friends?
! But this is not all There were legislative
committees traversng the State in every direc-
tion, some with clerks, some with sergeants-at-
arms, on all sorts of business. junketing and
feasting at the expense of different towns visited
| by them, and travelling on free passes, but draw
ing from the State with undertaking regularity
five dollars a day for salary, and large sums for
expenses they were not at. These committees
drew for the interim between the sessions OF
1868 and 1869 the sum of Eight thousand Nine
Hundred and Niaty-One Dollars and Eighty-tU0
ceatS-fve times as much as has been expended
in the same way during the last ten years. They
were composed mainly of favorte sons Of the
Democratic party, with sufficient Republicans to
give them character and respectability.
Several very large items of expense are not in
cluded in any of the foregoing statements. The
cost of lights fuel paper, printing, binding. dis
tributing law, documents, &C., properly belong
to expenses personal to the General Assembly
With the longest sessions ever known. the bills
for fuel and lights must be largely increased /;
with the largest volumes Of general laws ever
issued the expenses Of stationery, printing and
binding will not be small to these must be add
ed an extraordinary number Of special matters,
reports of committees. &C., &c. ..
DIRECT APPRoPRIATIoNs-ExTRA AND
INCREASED EXPENDITURES.
These appropriations are remarkable, not so
much for their gross amount, GA, ,943375 64, } as
for the skill with which the appropriations for
the indispensable necessities of the government
are shaved down to make way for ex traordlnay
expenditures, without greatly increasing the
gross amount.
The appropriations for the State debt interest
and sinking fund are reduced to the bare mini
mum Of the amount required to be made by the
Constitution. 1t was q fortunate thing for the
people of Ohio that the Constitution had placed
it out Of the power of the Legislature to divert
this money from its proper purpose, or it might
have gone the same way with the balance. Let
us compare the payments made by the last Re-
publican Legislature with those of the Fifty
eighth General Assembly. The Lcgis lature ap-
propriated for interest and principal on the pub
lie Debt
In 1866. 81 ,104, 956 Il
1867 G7................... 633, 030 40
a -27 oe7 II