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would call the attention of Builders and Property
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oc3l 6m i1S BarOnne streeb
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a03 ST. ANDREW, NEAR MAGAZINE,
Would respectfully inform those requiring first class
dental operations that he has reduced his so
to be within the means of all Teeth inserted on gold
aluminium rubber and silver, with without extract
ing the roots by new process ut gnaran tS OF
prize gold eda-for the best of arthnial teeth
Teeth without pain, by tho use OF nitrous
oxide SELL Nv
, 1870-05-09

occasion for any article on tho subject,
vcre rathes disposed to tenporizc, aud Kill
itby an amendment instead Of direct vote.
Nothing can be accomplished by Mr,
Dayne'a article that will ba satiafactory to
my denomination Of Christiana. :: The only
version OF tho Old Testament: that. can
claim undisputed authority il that in tho
original tongue in uas by t.c Jews: Most
Christian denominations have excluded
from This collection the bookA known as the
Apochrypha, although some retain it, and
lave added 10 it tho New Testament the
only authorized version Of which is in the
Greek Language. Tho Baptista have lately
translated the New Testament SO as to
make the word banttzo in every case read
"immorse," and hare changed tho older
scrsion in several other respects. The
lending divines OF the Church
OF England Ito which Church
we are indebted for the King James YER
sion), hays recently petitioned the Queen
for permission 10 make new translation,
alleging that the one now in uSa BY them
is imperfect, and frequently inaccurate.
So we arc likely 10 have Queen Victoria
version shortly. The Catholics use the
:,ouny version So it appears that, unless
'lr. Bayno designates tho particular version
which he wishes kept in the schools by law,
he uccomplishes nothing and really satisfied
I nobody, while, if he does designate the
version, he will satisfy only portion OF
The people, while offending all the rest, and
saaisfy them only SO long as they remain
content with the particular version desig-
| mated
, 1870-05-09
TILE NORTHWEST.


A gxle Of wind passed over the town og
in St. Claiz County, one d2y lust
week, and caused considerable danaee to
houses, bazns, mills, trees fences, etc.
Tho Touring mill and distille1y OF tho
Hon. s. 1. Duckmaster, at JerSey landing
5th inet- The property had come into Colonel
Rs hands but two days previously. Tho e1i-
could not be replaced for less than Si0o, 900,
It had capacity for the manufacture Of 500
barrels Of -four per day and 10 barrels Of
whiskey. The actual loss to Colonel Buck
Burance whatever. Tho Colonel hid Intended
to havo the property Insured on tho 4th, hut,
loes to him, therefore, is total. Tho firc was
undoubtedly the work Of All inceudiary.
The Rockford RegiStr OF the 7th sAye
?" Our readers wll remember that, car1y in
upon and robbery Of Ns. Lazgent, which took
pfack 1t his storc, No. 685 West Madison street.
Chicago. Three men entered tho store 1t 6
O'Clock p, m, and ono Of them called for some
article. While Mr- LArEent was engaged IN
putting 1t up, one Of the rufians strnck him
which felled him to the floor and rendered
him inseneible, The villain then vent for the
money drzwar. Mr. LarEent, rowling, cried
'murdar' One Of the villains struck him
again With = slung-shot. siIeacing him, when
the pill1g was renewed. Nr. Lsrgcnt again
reeove.ed, and sought to giyo IN alarm,
when he WAS struck the third time, and on
the forehead, frscturing the inner lining oi
the skull xnd coIopressing the BRAN Finally
other rAttics made their appearance, and tht
Villains fed. Medical nd was summoned, ant
the wounds pronounced not dangerous Mr.
L. got A,ang very well for few wcAke, AMI
afteTs1ds began 70 fail. He was brought
home to Rockford ahout the middle OF Aptal
Were entertained of his. rooo1esy ~ iase
Friday Of last week, snd even On S4turda
morning bat he died at 3 O'Clock p: m. Q
saturday last, snd Was buried On Sunday. NJ
iargent wss unmarried, bad besn \ rsdder
Of tEia county for seventeen years, had bee
in Rockford twelve years, and hid oSen
anit Which caused his death. Ho WAS
, 1870-05-09

The Cincinnati Chronicle, a newspaper
which seens to have no special reasons for
existence anyway, alleges that AIr. Hal
stead, OF the Commercial, "wields aharp
pen," and that he has - used it 1nercilessly,
and whenever opportunity has offered to
get of something singing ut the expense of
another, no matter who, nor about what,
he has asailed himself of it; md in this
LAS not confined himself to the criticism OF
men in public life, dealing With affairs in
which all hare 1ightful1y s m interest, hut has
not spared the private character Of citizens
not owning new spapers, nor experts in the
application OF ep ithets, and so defenceless
against him"
We have no interest in the quarrels Of
the Cincinnati editors, one way or the
other, bat We have been in the habit of
reading tho Commercial during tho whole
period Of time that Mr. Halstead has been
its responsible editor, and we have never
seen anything in it which instifes the
charge that il is in the habit of attacking the
private character Of private citizens It Is
to such papers as the Commercial that the
put'ie owe whatever immunity they enjoy
from licensed piracy. There are only two
newspapers in Cincinnati that are recog-
nized BY the press generally as being of the
slightest value, and the Chronicle is no.
ono of them.
, 1870-05-09
ILLINOIS.
SATURDAYS Doings In the Constltu-
tiOnal Convention.
Report Of the Committee On Edu-
cation Considered.
The Bible Question as Connected
with the Public Schools.

EneetA Despa.sh to The Chicago Tribune
f1IE AK11cLE on EpucA11oS
srREoF1t1u,. III, MnJ THE convention, nv
morning. IL Committee OF the Whole, took up tao
rcpors OF the Committee On Eucaaon, anu IL was
e1nccted that n would be passed through a1 iea
stars In at least tsfo hours aud scut 10 the COM
miilee On Reyslo1' and Adjustuentr bot Just u
the last moment, when the work seemed com-
pJetc q Disturbing eiemeut Haa Introduced ID tne
shape Of an additional section proposed by NJ.
Eayue. that the bible shall neEe@ DO
excluded from ths public schools OF
the State. Ttis tnauGr1ated ong
ma exciting debate, whtsh lassed TIL the c1osc OF
the afternoon aesson, md which 1t that hour
seemed no nearer the end t1an when 1t was started.
No letz than nfteen speeches. were male upon the
question, many prepared with great care for the
occasion The principal speaksr1 Werc Aessrs--
Bayne, Underwood Snyder, Gamble, Aaf"ood'
BronweI, Springer, Parks, Ei1aehcr, Anthony
Church, and AedhL All the SPEAKERS displayed
much earnest stta1 picty and great Biblical re-
search. The contest will he resumed the nrst
thing on Monday morning.
DECORATING SOLDIERS GRAvEa-
tHEApQUAR1HRs GRIND Army or 1nEf
RfFen1!f r1Ises1nhD 91stFunfS! May IS e1kHS is;e
"Iu compliance with an order from General
John A. Logan, Commander OF the G. A. r..
month It WIN be expected that each Post OF our
order ia thIs State will see that the graves Of our
dead comrades OF the army aud navy of The Cl,.stl
States in the vicinity Of the several Posts Of ne
Grand Army In this department shall be honored
by appropriate ceremonies ...
comsadea, let Us stEew doweEs & o. these
not only for the sake Of those who hare fallen, but
also for our good, and that OF our children Let
low citizens. VINO. IN nonoring the memory OF
these 0uF fallen comrades, will honor the cause
for which they fought and the nation they died 70
land ps we mar this tribute to the memory OF
, 1870-05-09

Tho Bible question has come mp again in
in the Constitutional Convention, on
the motion OF Mr.. Bayne, Of Wood
ford County, to adopt section which
viii have the effect to prevent any author-
ity frun excluding the Bible from the COM
mon schools. What ve1sion Of tho Binle
sir. Bayne referred to,-whether the King
james translation, or the Catholic version,
OF the Baptist version, or tho vulgate, or
the original Greek and Hebrew-he did not
state, and. possibly, did not know. Mr.
Bayne Is = perfectly honest and candid
individual He has afforded the con-
yention, in his own passon,
nn ine1haustible fund OF me1riment al
r7nter. and We should be eozzy to see any
constitutional Convention anywhere With
out him. If he had lived in the times O.
the No Popery riots, he would have hees
conspicuous for zeal, and untir'ng IN n,
efforts, to purge AntiehEist from tho 'ano
But We cannot say so much for some OF n
members who joined M1. Bayne IN M
pointless and unreasoning efforts IA
same spirit of denagogism that went ram
nant over the Railroad article, caught u
The Bible question, and 80 they debated
whole day without coming 10 vote. E7e
hose members who held that there WAS u
, 1870-05-09

Cert1alia. H., is 1,Aking N effort to eea1e
the terminus Of the Chester Railroad at t3la.
The city Of Sparta, III, Will hold An eIec-
ton on Tho 10Th mat. TO vote els, 600 stock to
the Chester i Chicago Branch Railroad.
Al = railrosd meeting heh in Iowa CiE,on
Tuesdav last, Colonel Carpenter. contractor.
ttatzd that the ST. Louis L Cedar Rapids Eoaa
VII be completed to Ottuuwa in sixty dsys !,
tnd thai, from the litter point to Clinton, cfn
Iowa CITY. the road can be graded for not
xnaeh above - 900 Per nzile. The North Mis-
eeuri Company is to operate the limo RON ST.
Louis to Ottur7xA
a meeting OF cihana ot Sycamore, IL
On THURSDAY, resolved that m election shouli
10 held In the town On the question Of grant
ing $4,000 aid to tho De1sldere i Illinois
River lsailtoad.
At tho recent meeting OF thesLake Short
! 4 Michigan Southern Railrosd Company. tie
following Ktstract from the Auditors report d
| the bueiness Of ths year ending December Il
1863. WIS presented: Gross receipts from al
| SOURCES, $la,945, 5sS.40; operating expenses
| s,7A.e, ,i65 81; taxes, sta.e anaNssionaa. s4s2
! 5t1.s4; total expenses, S!,9li. .5sd.e5; nc
carpiuge, st, 5,03A ,0i0.11. Thethsbursement
| have been, for Interest On funded debt, div
icpt.s Of June and December leach Pc
cent?, and taxes. "a 81, ,C9s.o6, leaving sul
plus Of $7l6 572,65
, 1870-05-09

homo upon thoughtfu1 nation. Nor Is It to
GU, better opinion Of this coming caucua that
it has bem eefsced by notices in newspapers
which nsver nneved this nation for good one
hairs hreadth, but which have sucked and
lived upon tho Republican party precautionary
such notices hatinating that the cauc1a was
TO be haangued by Mr. Monalt upon the civ
iIzation Of tin-psns md penuy-whistles, and
that snEh severe xuthos1y MAS - cure ths
world OF its belief that Freedom, md not Pom
zion, waa tho high road to nobility and power
aunpI,at nations. GArH.
, 1870-05-09
CANADA

Despatch from tho Home Govern.
mcnt Relative TO the Fisheries.
OTTAWA, May THE Governor General COM
muncated to the Hnusc Of Commons, last even-
tre, the following despatch from Downing street.
ArRIL u, 1870.
S!E: With reference to the previous correspon-
tence with Eesrect to tise projection ef the Cana
the Dcart Of Admiralty have been requested tn
senl to Canadian wateEA f,,rce sufficient to pe-
tect Canadian fisheries and maintain ur!eE
{SGnrrD GRANVILLE,
Sir John 4. Macdonald IL Ill anil will t,e uushl,.
TO atsenG ~ business for some time.
, 1870-05-09

sehools- Tic hopeh the couycnt.cn u.,n,, -
pone any further discussion Of tie snhitc. pos
tae holy lnonences OF the sabha1h ahould ,n uniil
tne tn 70 Petsf sf3ts Of mind than nov seS
he was In favor Of the proposition lotrn;s'.da'1 ~
Ar- Warner and amended hy Mr. Cnur.h 10y y
vote of the people. ''''s'e'1 tt h
e At the conc!nslon Of Mr. atetsi!l's rcns,s=
convention adjourned Until MouGay, a'A' lie
A larEe Number Of amen:tnentS wrr. r,,..,
the attention Of Nil fha speakers IA =. =" vi
The Bible shall never le excluded gss,, 1,*.;
use counecd 10 the public st.toaa Of M. ~ ~
nor shall secsa1ian dutsiacs he taught ,hrrp,
, 1870-05-09
In Psubodx,s Eoosatcp&-LnrEe Be.
quests By n jersey HcnrtnctoF.

From the TfE York Herc!d, hos .
Before Surrogate Moore yesscr4Af, U New
ark. u. :. the vii OF john c, Baldwin Was
admitted to probate, Nesa1s. Charles Hald-
wir. Len P. Stooe, Joseph S: Gallagher ana
Oliver E. Wood being named Is e1esutofs. Or
The 4m Represents property valued af ofer
100000, mostly in au kinds Of secnI1lea-
The oulr real estate Was house and lot So'
IS Cortlsndt etreet, New York, WHICH Wa oe
oneathed to the Union Theological SEMINARY.
The bequests to public institntlous ~ 80 a.
follows: American Bible Socletr, Sa.NV;
American Tract Society, ss oo2 American & sad
Foreign Christian Union, $500 New 1o5k
civ MISSIONARY and Tract Society. SSNo
ame1iea1 BoArd Of Foreign MISSIONS, slo,0 ,00D
preetoterian Committee Of Homa Missions,
sit].O6O: New York Association for ImpfoE-
inc The Condition Of the Poor, S5,o0o; Ameri-
cn, SUNDAY School Union, 5000; Presby-
tsT;.n Erection Fund, 5000; Society for
Tejef Of Poor Widows With Small Children,
after bequeauing about sa36, 900 to diier.
cnt relatives and friends. the residue Of the
lie estate is to be divided equally among the
| following colleges, for the Instruction OF fuai.
gent Young men who mar deaire to study 10,
i lie ministry: aliddlebury College, Vermont
Williams College, Massachusetts,: Hamilton
College, New York; Wsbaah College, Indian1
Mr.. Baldwin is saia to have accumulated mos
Of his wealth in the silk business, and gaTs
a"ss about sso0, 600 during his life.
, 1870-05-09
6CHEHcK As A lpQICIAN

Among persons and newspapers TINT have
1.s': been endowed with the reasoning fac
ally, md hence are not to blame for what
'ley say, we frequently hear tho statement
that The National Banks arc exercising an
nndue influence upon Congzess-that they
Tire 60 strong in the House Of Representa-
tsses, and aso suct, n power generally, that
nothing can be done with the Funding bill.
Translated into good English, this means
that, number Of persons or
corporations ore threatened with measure
Of con6scation-if they are ordered to hand
over 15per cent Of their property to the
government, in order to give somebody a
reputation AZ fnanciaz which he is inra-
pahle Of earning in any legitimate way
and if tae scheme involves q contraction Of
the currency to the amount Of three hnn-
dred millions in twelve months, to the
great peril Of all business-why then the
persons ind corporations whose property
is assai'ed are not to make any effort to de-
fend themselves And, il they do defend
themselves, they are to be charged with
having Influenced" Congress, and they
are to be called "powerfol" in
the halls of legislation. We hope
to see the time when the most j" powerful"
person who can come before Congress will
l'e some blind pauper or decrepid needle
woman, whose natural rights are invaded
by hostile legislation. That time is, per-
hapa, somewhat distant Meanwhile, We
rejoice that there are persons possessing
! %3,o &1o Sza kr AaFa t,a;r
rights, when unjustly and foolishly asssiled,
and we ere glad to believe that Congress is
not to be moved from it's propriety by the
jackdaw csy that it is under the influence of
the National Banks.
Among the class mentioned at the begin
ningof this article is General Z. C. schenok,
Chairman OF the Committee Of Ways and
Means in the House of Representatives,
who recently delivered himself Of the fol-
lowing remarks, aprepos of some paragraph
in the Tariff bill:
~ suppose that there L. scarcely any article in
the counuJ manufactured ~ ANYBODY Ia the pro-
ductl0u OF which bomt individual or somc CUM
pany Is not Interested. Asa gentleman suggests,
| none Of these articles produce themselves This
| fact has Afforded OCCASION for Striking At Grety-
body By talking of 'monopols1s,' Us u there were
II toes seem as II some gentlemen could not see the
uat,er In any o,her light Here, for instance,
Is IN editor m Chicago, the columns o. whose pa
per teen, daF after day, with attacks upon the
:R1aspIng monopolls's, meaning the uanlfactuF-
| Frthtnalul thai solnethlng mas be done to Affect
the interests oi The banks Of the country, that ed
the Committee Of Ways and Means In order to
tmplore rhht nothing shall lie done In any way af-
ft6ting the banking interest"
II is bat just to Nh. Mediu Che gentleman
, 1870-05-09
TEE MOVEMENT OF GRAIN.

The New York Canal Board has reduced
tie tolls upon grain from mills per mile |
10 u mills, reduction equal to cents !
per bushel of grim, and III cents per h--
rcl ot -four between Buf1alo and ~" 1otk.
This reduction has s'~-'. neAe too soon IT
ought to '~'e been maae years ago. Ane
s'!,'ment OF gram ana Hour oy canal from
bnhaio TO ne" 1o'k anu Intermediate
points mas 1anen on regularly tot several
yearR, and particularly donng the last year
1he bula1o commercial states thas the
average ffelghts and tolls from chicago TO
New lork ~ lake anu canal iof setaes OF
yeass nave eeeh: 1sel' - eene PEI ousnsl;
1861 - 5-lo cents; loo4' - S-lo eens'
1862 - cents; loo6, ~ l-o cen1a loo.'
- e-1o cents 1sos anu ls6'' IL ~ GEMS
assuming tna1 Inc 1fe'snts ~'u len'A'n .ue
same' ne cos' W ..'ssae aAe gr1m s,,, - nom r4o
en'eaeo ~ Ns" 1o1A - ,o'o W. 1o ~ 80 ~
eeaas PER uoaue4 " 'e.osNtoa ~ o's.s,.
A4S teous''on - ea4a4 ~ ~ 20 70 ~
oi "nea'' aaa an ou u'ols w. eo'oo.
' uasns!'' Soo - M ,'aae a ea,saoa ~ s 80. ..
ool."o t.@'' 49, go 1o 1eAs
Per uasn ,ns 'ue .oa aas .1.u W
oo'ov puene,e y. "aea. s1'.o'. ,a,:Aao = 4 "
aon .% y. Nv .s sas'o. ass.s . - n.r.,n D. n,s ~
~ e1 .1 .ae. - s. 49, eeno
~ leos' w ~ ~ a~.a s e. 80 ,neha, - ~ ~
lno4e' y. "ao seura pe' o u0
'a,oe .. 'ne g1Hin ne oo4s app1 1eAenai'n
enM1.alneu os our nona'o contemporary
| u 'tla' tno'e en6ose'i :, Al .uo e"1' oADe
| On inc caoaA WILL aceept LIS 1eooc1ou u
, 1870-05-09
RELIGIOUS.
PtoceedinE< in tho Methodist Confer
enCE MT nernuhfx,


enca mt .I1cnphf<.
ME.HH1s, May The General Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal ChuFeh south fourth ia5)
Was called 10 oTfler ty bishop Wtgntmnn. After
religious exercises by Dr. Fisher, aud rul1 call,
Bishop Wigntma1 spike tf1eny against the useless
waste Of tine in Epeech-nlaklng.
rnt+f 4 call Of the conferences large number
and referred, Including one from virgins, asE;ns
that the manufacturing and selling OF whiskey by
members he punished; one from Lagrange, Ca,
secretly critc.sng the Sunday School literature IN
use; one from Missouri, praying for more rigid
discipline IN regard To dancing.
Dr.. e. 4. Marshall advocated the establishment
NJ monthly eclectic magazine, devoted TO the in-
terests Of literature aud the Church he gave no
tice that 1t would be established.
Resolutions to adjourn sine die on the 93tl were
laid on the table. Another that after the 18th OF
May the conference wout! not receive or refer anv
resolutions tending To change or effect the dlsct-
pine; pending With the conference adjourned To
cnaltt: the members to attend the corlMen1ra-
tIuu Hcf{iccH.
, 1870-05-09
NoMENTARY INSANITY AHD IT'S CURE.

The plea Of insanity in cases Of murder
has become the favorite defence, particu-
la1]y if the defendant, whether male OF fe-
male, can allego that the person killed had
invaded his or her domestic peace. The
absurdity of this plea is shown in tho fact
that the ASSASSIN always RECEIVERS his senses
the moment the victim is killed. Governor
Aeorn, of Mississippi, has addressed
special message to the Legislature OF that
State upon this subject "a very important
and useful one, as it seems to us) in which
he recommends r revision Of the criminal
code, so that, in all cases OF homicide, OF
attempts to kill, when the plea Of insanity
is made before the examining magistrate,
he shall, If there be probable
caso made out, commit the accused to jail
as an insane person, incapable OF taking an
oath, executing n bond, or performing any
other legal act. That the case Bhall be re-
ported to the Chancery Court of the coun-
ty, which Chancery Court shall have exc1u-
sive jurisdiction over all insane and idiotic
persons, and all persons non eompos nsentis;
and that the court shall proceed in due form
to try the question Of the persons sanity.
Ii he be found TO he insane, then he sha1l
he committed TO an insane hospital, and
The charge OF murder shall remain in absy-
ance while hc is there confined. II he be
found to ba not insane, then he shall be re-
mandel to trial for murder, aud the
plea Of insanity cannot thereafter
be made. In all trials of indictment for
,,onra3n-rbko- nF n44 ~