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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-12-29
& O Nj Nj II ISCIAL.

fSeceirts by railroads aud sieamboa Il.
GRAND ERUNK RAILwAY-l99 cans milk, 1000
bbls -four, i6 cars u nber, do hoops, do hae d.
hax, do corn, do sundries; shipments East-2OO(
bols Hour, car oil, do bran, do sundries; ship.
visions.
MAINE CENTRAL RAILWAY s.. bags spools, {
cases carpets. "a do Sc, % bbls. appes 81 boxes
mdse.
STEAMER FOREST CITY. FROM BosToN-10 cases
and 10 bales domesties, HID crockery ware Or
gans PIANO, % bags dried apples, 46 bars iron au-
chors pieces chain, plates ron 10 frkins butter
rum 20 poxes cheese IS sinks, pigs boxes IS bbls
and 20 halt do beer, carriage aud poles Is rkins
lard, 10 trunk woods, horse, wagon 81 bbls -four
country boxes fish, 2 beams warp, 20 bbls. d, {
stuffs, u Is steel, " bbls phosphate OF lime, I
bales wool, II bags bark 100 pkgs to order.
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AN ARTICLE OF TRUE MERIT.-"Brown's
Bronchial Iroches" are the most popular arti.
Gle in this country or Europe for Throat Dis
eases and Coughs, and this popularity is based
upon real merit, which cannot be said of many
other preparations in the market which are
really ibut weak limitations OF the genuine
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WEATHER ON MOUNT WASHINGTON.

SUMMIT MOUNT WASHINGTON, via Little
ton, Dec. 28-Observatiop taken at7P. M
Barometer %. 4O4; change plus OPT; thermome-
IL; change plus 8 dogs; relative humidity so;
wind west velocity OF wind miles per hour
1t was clear in the afternoon andlthere was a
glorious sunset, giving beautiful rose tint TO
the snow and clouds. An artist who would
att'mpt to delineate the hues would be accused
ofexaggeratiOn.
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Domestic N arkefs.

NEW YORK Dec 2a.-Cotton heavy and 1c Iower
sales 25 zSo eales; Mlins uplands 15!c. Flour
80 southern % s. j. % Sss' Is f%er;
seI1s ~ ~ % q bush No. SDnDs 4s Tor nev No
tern 46 q 14s; White Nj chigan 10 @i5'. Corn
scarce AM g e letter; sales 5000 bush.; he y
bush Oh o 60 q t2!c Pork dull: new mess 20 Is
e. 70 81; ,, 90 49,; prime do II 90 g u % Lara
s sais a. a. 1s gu,a dSl Ohio p zsc;
R"e firm Clrolina CT q IT.. Sug.r steaay; Mus
r 90 nn, cc 'as % scOI rrdnine III q ne No.
r.qae.t; RIO 81 q SIC Geld l. bout; va 20 ca2c'
Mulas'e: in fa request; new Or cans 70 a 7sc.-
S Naval stores .spir's rurp ntlne STRONG At 46lc;
crude i3c; :efne'l PC Tali,w steady at Il a ssc
W. W1ol 1lu!l; oms.tIc fle.ee IS pui 81 IS
Heights u Liverpool firm; Wheat an Cornrsd,
Ehio.Go, Dec. 2s-Flou, higher; SPIN! extra,
ST. H. U o,,s st irn !, !, Spin: mi sorn firm
cay at &c. Mess ork eas,es It * 5a lard oai e
a, ~ g e. y Is ed Hogs firm at 7 ~. Live Hogs
kece pls-5SS, bbs -four, s, .ooo bush. wheat a.
90 bush errn 10 noo oush oats, 5000 BUSH rye 20Uo
Shpmsnts,,5OJo bb,s. -four, 1000 bush. wheat, TO-
900 bush. barley, 200 hogs.
acIScISYATl, Dec 2s.Mess Pork offered at 10 50
shoulders, lisc clear rio sides an, lie Tor CLEAR
sides; hams Ice. Green Meats-shoulder GIa; sides
and higher at 80 q 60.
CHARLESTON. Dec. 2s.-Cotton dropping; Mid
ding uplands 15c.
SAVANNAH, Dec. 2s.- Cotton in light demand:
Middng urlands 1zac.
MOBILE, Dec. 2s.-Cotton quiet MiddlIng up
lands 14tc.
NEW uRLEANs. Dec. 2s-Cotton in moderate de-
mandi Middling uplands 142c.
Foreign Markets.
- on
moneV AMI account.
American securities quiet; U. s. 52Os. 1see $50;
GO 1868 old Se4; do 1861 S7f; do 1910 s7I Stocks
quiet Erie 20; Iirois Central liz; Atlantic g. Great
LIVERPOOL, Dec 2s-11.39 A. M.-Cotton opened
quiet and steady; Middling uplands sgd; do Orleans
sgd; sales estimated at $1,000 bales.
LONDON. Dec. 28-11 30 A. M.-Calcutta Linseed
Sos q eos Sd. -S''N
LONDON, Dec. 28-1.sO P. M.-Consols Oh for
money and account.
American securities and Stocks unchanged
LIVERPOOL, Dec. cs-1.3o P M,-Cotton I'M
changed. Pork 97s Cd. Beet lbs, Lard Co.'S
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NEW RAMPsHlRE.

[Sreeial Dispatch by International Line.l
SALE OF A NEW sHIP
PORTSMOUTH, Dec. %.
The ship on the stocks at Raynes' yard has
been sold to Horton D. Walker and others by
the builder, VIM. E. Fernald, for $4,000 and
will be commanded by Capt. Jacobs OF York,
late of the chip Merrimack.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-12-29

TwoMBlY, 156 Exchange street, haa Just
added to his piano-forte warerooms neat hall
on the ground floor, whio h has been handsome
ly frescoed. is we'll lighted, and provided with
number of excellent instruments of Stein
ways manufacture. We understand that the
the future.
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TRIAL TRIP.-On Tuesday Afternoon the
steamer Chase, of the Halifax and Portland
line, made short trial trip beyond Portland
Light and returned, having received her new
cylinder from the Delameter Iron Works. OF
New York, which was successfully placed in
the steamer by G. Staples & Son, of this city
1t will be remembered that on recent trip OF
the Chase from HALIFAX to Portland, her cylin-
der burst. killing the chief engineer. The new
cylinder is So inches in diameter with 80 inch
stroke. A few of the Directors Of the line ard
Others went cut on the trial trip. leaving Galt's
Wharf about 2 P. n. and returning about p
NJ. The test was eminently satisfactory, the
boat attaining an average speed of nine mile!
an hour. The steamer having been thoroughly
repaired, has resumed her regular trips for The
winter, leaving lee Wednesdays and Halifa,
Saturdays at 4 P. M. She took out about
dozen passengers for Halifax yesterday.
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SURRENDER OF REBELS.

HAVANA, Dec. 28.-The rebels are present
ing themselves for surrender everywhere IN
large numbers. Their condition when they
reach town is lamentable in the extreme.
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BRIGGS Pile Remedies are success. II

GET Briggs Corn aud Buniou Remedies.
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BRIGGS Allavantor cures Catarrh.
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Crockery, Glass Ware, &c.
If you wish to purchase
Croc6ery, Glass. China, Plated
Ware. Table Cutlery and
Fancy Goods, Cheap.
-, Call at RAND g. THOMES. successors to n. ELS
WORTH y SON. IS Ma ket Square.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
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new YORK stock and Money Market.

Government to-day sold 81 900 900 OF Gold at rates
varying from ITO 76-l0o to ITO 9O-10O.
NEW YORK. De-. 2s- Evening.-Gold continued
quiet and dull throughout the afternoon, closing
steady at 1909 a I1Ot governments ci sed firm and
very little changed. The Assistant Treasurer dis
bnrsed to day 100000 of the January interest in
Gold. $3.50 900 Pacific Railroad bond interest in cur
rency and S7s4o00 in Gold principal o, ISL bonds
The following were the closing Quotations:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-12-29

VB LII. SageS Catarrh Remedy ia no pa
tent Medicine hnmbug gotten ua to dupe the
ignorant and credulous, nor is 1t represented
as being composed of the rare and precious
substances brought from the four corners, of
the earth, carried seven times across the Great
Desert of Saharah on the backs of fourteen
camels, land brought across tn Atlantic Ocean
on two ships" It is simple, mild, soothing,
pleasant Remedy-a perfect specific for Chron-
ic Nasal Catarrh, -"Cold in the Head" and
kindred diseases. Tae proprietor r. v.
Pierce, M. D., 1873 Seneca street, Buffalo, N. Y.
offers reward $500 for a case of Catarrh
that he. cannot cure. Sold by druggists, or
sent by mail for sixty cents.
dec27th-eOd1w tu-tL-s&w1t
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-12-29

Try Briggs Throat and Lung Healer. IT,
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-08

The OItV Amusemeut..

AT THE ARCH the drama of Across the CONT
nent, with Mr.. Oliver Doud Byron as Joe
Ferris, will be performed this evening.
AT TIE WALNUT Mr.. Edwin Booth will per-
senate Macbeth" this evening.
AT THE New AMERICAN MUSEUM Ninth and
Arch streets, there will be performances this
afternoon and evening, when the burlesque Of
Pocdhontds and the comedy of The Green-Eyed
Monster will be represented
AT THE AMERICAN a miscellaneous perform
ance will be given this evening.
AT THE ARCH STREET OPERA House
a minstrel entertainment, which will combine
a great number of amusing features, will be
given this evening.
AT DUPREz 81 BENEDICTs OPERA HOUSE,
a variety of Ethiopian comicalities are an
nounced for this evening.
AT MRS. WARNERs CIRCUS Tenth and CAL
lowhill streets, performances will be given this
afternoon and evening, in which Mr.. Frederick
Barclay, John Henry Cooke, Harry Welby
Cooke, and other eminent artists will partici-
pate.
CARL WoLFsoHN's second matinee will be
given at the Foyer of the Academy of Music
tomorrow afternoon. The programme will con-
sst of selections from the works of Beethoven,
which will be performed by Mr. Wolfsohn, Mr..
William Stol, Jr., and Mr.. Egertou Dillingham;.
THE GERMANIA ORCHESTRA will give a public
rehearsal at Musical Fund Hall on Saturday
afternoon.
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MAR REED.

HITHER-MEIGs- AT Pottstown, Pa, on the It'll
instant, by the REV. John G. Thompson, H. c.
HITNER and ANNA X, daughter OF the Rev. NJ.
Meigs.
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DIED.


HOLLNSHEAD.-On Wednesday morning, Decem-
Der 7th, 1870, MARY S. HoLLIEsHEAD. relict OF the
late Charles L. Hoinshead, in the sgd year OF her
age.
Her relatives and friends are particularly invited
TO attend her funeral from the residence OF her son.
Charles w. Hollinshead, No. 1923 South Thirteenth
street, on Friday morning, December 9th, at 10
O'Clock
Funeral TO proceed to the Methodist Church in
Burlington n. j., by the IL O'Clock line from Wal
nut street wharf.
MoLAUGHLN.-on On the 9TH instant, MARGARET
MCLAUGHLIN.
The relatives and friends OF the family respect
fully invited to attend the funeral from the resi-
dence OF her brother in-law, Mr. Robert Caterson.
No. b942 Howell street, below Spruce on Friday
morning, at 81 O'Clock.
OGBoRE.-On the 7th instant, SARAH, widow OF
the late Fothergi Ogborn, in the list year OF her
age.
The relatives and friends are respectfully invited
10 attend the funeral, from her daughters resi-
dence, No 4O7 Franklin street. on Seventh day, the
10th instant. Meet at. the house at O'Clock. To
proceed to Germantown. :"
WARD.-On the Tth instant, HENRY WARD in the
Goth year of his age.
Due notice of the funeral viii be given
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-08

SEA Moss FARINE from pure Irish Moss, for Blanc
Mango, Puddings, Custards, Creams, ETC., ETC. The
cheapest, healthiest and most delicious food in the
world.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-08

VALERs RESTAURANT, No. 929 ARCH STREET, ele-
eanty fitted up in full blast, serving all the
.dercacies OF the season from A. NJ. to midnight
Parties returning from the theatres or opera house
served at the shortest notice from unsurpassed
bill OF fare Ladies' Saloon on the second floor.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-08

THE CITY OF BOSTON has selected Hallet, Davis &
Co.'S Pianos for it's Normal and Grammar Schools.
Warerooms No. 927 Chestnut street. Prices mode
rate for cash and instalments, or rent. w. Redfed
Phelps & Co., agents.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-08

BEDDING, best in the city, lowest price, and gua-
ranteed, by ALBERTsoN q Co., No. 1435 Chestnut
street.
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REAL ESTATE WANTED.

fF.s PUBLIC SALE-THOMAS & SONS, AUG
Ell tioneers.-TWo wellsecured irredeemabie
eiound ren's, each S24 a year, payable in silver.
On Tuesday, December 90, 1870 at ~ O'Clock noon,
will be sold at public sale, at the Philadelphia Ex
change, the following described ground rents viz:
No. J. All that well-secured lrrede6 mable yearly
ground rent OF S24 lawful silver money, payable first
o May and November issuing out OF all that lot OF
ground, and the inlproY ements thereon erected.
situate On the east side Of Washington street. 20l
feet So inches south OF Monroe street. Kensn lton,
containing i'll front Washington street II feet IN
inches, aud extending In depth 81 feet inches to
20 feet wide street. 1t is well secured.
No. 2. All that wcll-secured irredeemahle yearly
weighing seventeen pennyweights and six grains.
pay able first of May and November, issuing CT
all that lot Of ground and the Improvements thereon
erected, situate on the east side OF Washington
inches mont, and 81 feet inches deep TO 20 feet
Nide street.
NJ. THOMAS & SONS, AuctIoneers,
- 10 II Nos 139 and l4l 5. FOURTH Street
IN PUBLIC SALE-THOMAS & SONS, AUG
- tiOneers.-l-lGth interest in 4l2 acres Coal
Land, Rush township, Schuyki county, Pennsyl-
vania on Tuesday December 20, 1870, at ~ o'clock,
noon, VIII be sold at public sale, at the Philadel-
phia Exchange, all that 116th interest in tract of
land, situate in Hush QOrmerY SChuylktlD town.
ship, Schuylkill county, PENNSYLVANIA beginning at
a stone; thence by vacant mountain north T5 deg,
east $50 perches to yellow pine; thence by land of
TheOphUs Youth or vacant land south 234 deg,
east $50 perches to a stone; thence by Bear ridge
south 25A deg, west 2S3 ptrches to a stOne the nee
north 73 deg, west $50 perches TO the PLACE OF be-
ginning; containing 4l2 acres and 81 perches, and
allowances, etc. IL fronts on Turkey about 10
miles from Potsvllle.
For further particulars apply TO Samuel Spang,
ESQ.,, No. 14S n. Third street.
NJ. THOMAS Il SONS, Auctioneers
1880 II Nos. 139 and 14 5. FOURTH Street.
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MIR. WILLIAM W. CASSIDY, the jeweller at No. 8
South Second street. has OF the largest and most
attractive stocks of all kinds OF Jewelry and Silver
ware in the city. He has also on hand fine assort-
nent OF fine American Western Watches. Those
who purchase at this store the present time are
certain to get the worth OF their money
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It's VALUE is INCALCULABLE-For all diseases
with which children are aflicted during the process
of teethng, Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup is a
safe and certain remedy 1t has stood the test Of
thirty years, and never known to fail. Cures wind
colic regulates the bowels, softens the gums, and
alays all pain.
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WITHOUT Spot OR SEDIMENT.-Phalon's Vitalia, or
Salvation for the Hair, has no bad smell, and does
not stain the skin. 1t has no ingredient that sub
sides in the form OF filthy sediment Consequently,
1t is not shrOuded in darkened bottles. The natural
color OF the hair, however completely it may have
faded out, is invariably reproduced by the Vitalia
Sold by all druggists
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CHTY ITEMS.

No HUMBUG.-
No Humbug
No Old Stock.
No Old Stock.
No Two Prices Asked.
No Two Prices Asked.
Fair Dealing,
Fair Dealing.
AT RoCKHILL & WILSON'S
At RoCKHML s. WILSON'S
Thousands Embrace 1t.
Thousands Embrace 1t.
At Nos. 603 and COS CHESTNUT street.
AT Nos. 6o3 and sos CHESNUT street.
REDUCTION IN PRICES, OCTOBER, 1870
MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CoMPANY's
CELEBRATED INSTRUMENTS
are the standard of excellence throughout the
world The first at the Paris Exposition. For sale
in Philadelphia only at
GOULD FIsCHERs
ELEGANT WARERooMS,
No. 923 CHEsNUT STREET.
See their new and beautiful Resonant Cases, with
Eupbone Solo Stop. Prices from $50 to $500.
Stock of 100 always on hand
George Steck & Co.'S Grand Square and Upright
Pianos. Also, Haines Brothers. Pianos.
GOULD g. FISCHER.
j. L. GOULD.
WILLIAM G.. FISCHER.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-02-09
Sandusky and Evansville Railroad

Several days since we published the
fact that the efforts to revive the pro-
ject of building a railroad from San
dusky, Ohio, to Louisville, Kentucky
had proved a failure, and that the
Committee had reported that Louis
Vile was out of funds, and that Ev-
ansville, Indiana, about two hundred
miles below Louisville, had been
selected as the Southern terminus.
The Committee have returned
home, and we make the following
extracts from their report, which we
find in the Eaton (Ohio) Register:
The Committee appointed at pub
lie meeting of the citizens of Eaton
to visit the city of Louisville In the
interests of the above-named enter
prise have attended to that duty, and
make the following report of their
proceedings:
From the best information we
could gather in our intercourse with
citizens of New Albany, we conclude
that the people of that locality have
entirely abandoned all purpose of
completing the line of road from that
city, originally intended to be a part
of our line, and on which thew ex
pended some $4,000. Other lines
of railroad have been constructed
which seem to render the one named
comparatively unnecessary. They
seem very DESTROYS, however, that our
road should be so constructed as to
tap the Jeffersonville & Indianapolis
road at Seymour, and will give all the
aid In their power for such connec-
ton. They are as fully aware as we
are. that the port of New Albany is
as important to US as is Louisville.
We found one condition of things
at Louisville which was altogether
surprise and somewhat a disappoint-
ment to US. We allude to the condi-
ton of the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad. All parties there seem
agreed in the opinion that that road
is entirely inadequate to do the bust
ness required of it. Freights are
constantly and annoyingly delayed by
reason of its inability to move the
goods offered. Its Southern connect
ing roads seem equally insufficient, as
they are more or less constantly
blockaded with frieghts that they are
unable TO move.
referring to late and authentic
p, we see that an air line from the
-ty of Piqua to Evansville will almost
exactly pass through Eaton, Brook
vile and Seymour, and present line
OF unequaled beauty and Importance,
cutting, as it does, almost every lead.
ing east and west road in Ohio and
the Ohio River below every obstrnc-
ton to navigation, and opposite the
northern terminus Of the Henderson,
& Nashville Railroad. The noss;bla
continuance of the line in that direcs
ton gave further Importance t. Sew
mour as point in our line.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-02-09
KENrUCKY CORRESPONDING.

MARION, KY, Feb. 4, 1870.
Editors Journal:
When we begin to compare the
farm houses in this State with those
of some other districts, we find vast
difference, the former having very few
comforts and conveniences, the latter
often the perfection of convenience.
Not only in farm buildings is so great
a difference noticed, but also in the
manner of farming in almost every
respect. One thing found wanting Is
the number of suitable sheds for cat
tie and other stock. Very few of our
farmers provide stabling for any kind
of stock except horses and sheep,
and sometimes poultry house.
A great majority of our farmers are
preparing for large crop of tobacco,
the seed of which is sown about this
time. Tobacco, corn and wheat are
the principal crops cultivated. Corn
and wheat yielded an unusual large
crop last year, but tobacco did not do
so well, a great deal Of 1t being IN
jured by the frost. Dealers offer from
81 TO So, according to quality. Corn
sells at Is cents. and wheat 81. An
other thing that the people are doing
which ought not to be done, is thai
they are destroying, to no purpose,
vast amount of excellent timber
which in few years will be scarce.
The storm on the night of the lott
of January did so little harm here
that we were surprised at its etfect
elsewhere. kENTUCKIAN-
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-02-09

NEW YORK is excited over the dis
covery that half a million dollars are
annually given away By the Tammany
Council of,that city in secret tit bits
to sectarian schools. Of this the
Catholic schools get four fifths, the
remainder being distributed round
among the others to prevent the aecu-
sation ct partiality This money
belongs tc the city of New York. and
it need hardly be said that it is for
city purposes and not for gratuitous
distribution to every one who may
ask it. As New York provides liber-
ally fer her public schools in the
proper and legitimate way, the tax
payers of that city regard this system
of private sops to Catholicism in the
light Of an abuse. They ought to be
used to that kind of thing by this
time. We presume a similar distri-
button of school money in our city
would be one of the first results of
the success of the COurier's so. called
Reform Movement. Our people want
none of 1t.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-02-09
February 2. 1870.
The ssDemOkrat'' and the State TEN
peranCe Alliance.

The Limburg CheNs6e' 7svff56le1
I7G- 'hfu 3,ens6hrat keeps knawine
away" at "Schweetzer kaze," anc
protests that it is unfair to accuse hin
Of inconsistency for lauding Mr.. HAM.
MoND in his English edition, while in
the German edition he ridicuIes the
revival and all engaged in it. Hesays
the only connection between the Dem
krat and Courier is that they are oUa-
ed and published By The same person.
Regarding the resolution passed by
the State Temperance Alliance to Sc
cure space in paper in each county to
further its objects. the Den1okrat says,
inasmuch as there are more anti tenn
perance men in the Democratic party,
of which it is the organ, the Alliance,
as sharp business men, should lose no
time In securing both Its editions for
this purpose. But the Denaohrat for
gets that by publishing articles for the
Alliance, it is disseminating the
poison Of temperance among its sub.
scribers. Is that treating those fairly
who take the Demokrat only because
it is anti-temperance and irreligious ?
We think not.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-02-09


FoRTY-oNE homicides of various
degrees were committed In New York
city during the year 1869. The per
centage Of punishment which follow
ed these crimes was alarmingly small
1t is not the severity of punishment
so much as its certainty that alarms
criminals. The Draconian laws of
England failed TO be effective be-
cause they were so severe that juries
very often refused to convict Gull
prits, even when the evidence was d.
rect and conclusive. IF the New
York Courts will convict and punish
a few of the murderers who now in
fest that city, and whose misdeeds
seldom recoll on their own heads, q
speedy improvement in public morals
Will be SEEN Gin. Gazette.
How could the per centaee of pun
ishment be otherwise than small
when the guilty criminals make the
Courts? When such men as Reddv
the blacksmith, are the principal in.
strumentalities used in electing the
Judges Of the Criminal Courts, it is
not surprising that the former are not
punished for their misdeeds and othe.
misdemeanors. We expect one Of
these days, in the good time to come,
to hear of Democratic papers urging
aderate Democrats to unite with
e Republicans In electing a
ticket, in opposition to
= Ring. which has
great city to its present
moral condition.
Ter is 50 busy just now, in