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, 1870-07-13

The warlikc spirit which controls the
be contagious, aud, on Monday evening, it
developed itself in our Common Council.
It was net, however, over the choice of a
King, nor whether Hohenzone1n shonld
succeed the Bourbon. Our civic war wRs
upon more odo1ous question, though it Is
rrobable that Bourbon influence had much
TO do with it Itappears the city was about
to vote to the Fertiliziug Company all the
offl and street garbage, and Psy that com
pany sl5, coo year for taking il Alder
man Coz thought, and intimated, that there
was job in It, mud it wsa further fnd-
mated that, sooner than lose the contract
the company would pay the city hand
some bonus Alderman Dixon 1etorted
that the opposition bore strong resem-
Llance to blacktnail; Alderman Cox pro-
uounced Dixon "blackgusrd, to
which Dixon replied you're an-
other and several other like
complimentary assurances OF high consld-
Grafton passed between the pnries. Coz
thereupon seized an ink-stand as if to
throw. but contentcd himself with empty
ing its contents oFer his Celtic opponent
Alderman Montgomery nediated; Dr.
Hahn examined the diaeolorea victim as
su.ed the Council that the skin would wash
white as5.ir: but the rantaloons were ire
trieyaLly r5.iaed. An ar,nistics WAS signed,
and tbat t premises to be permanent, may
he assumed S:.n the fact that corn declinet
two cents a pushed yesterday The city
has cause to be thankful. Hhst ,wouls
, 1870-07-13

In ord1 iAak he sight BE- able to wish M1..
Low happiness and loog life biz highness
advextad to tbs Eocant dsath Of Mr. Burlln-
game. He md II the nandAzins seemed to
hsys boea much Affected BY that event, and
he assured Nr. Low thAt the Emperor would
signify his sense Of the loss BY the bestoWsl
Of podthumous honors. For this be was only
waiting fuller Adsices from the Chinese minis
American Genera Ward lost his life in the
service Of China-fghting against the T.epi,,s
rebels. on whose prestige hs Was the first 70
insiet fatal blo1. The Emperor, grateful
tor hia timely sid. conferred on him ! kind ot
apofheos's, and ordered that temples should
ne erected TO his memory. in which his spuit
should be RECALLED With oblations OF dsily IN
cense. This sounds rather heathenish, but in
Chtna y take. the Place Of tomb And , statue
IN Westminster Abbey. Whether Mr, Eul.-
ingane be honofed with statue, > tablet. OF
merely. with public acknowledgement
through the official otgaus, certain il Is that b.
made profound impression On those officials
WITH whom he came IN contact and thst they
regard him as having performed signal service
for their country" ;"
, 1870-07-13
Death OF q ks Living Ske1etor1s''

From fhs Ne41 foFk Ferta, IatYt
Nathaniel Wilson, the renowned "GVlng
the nee Of 80 years Wilson seems to have IN
herited from bis mother the extraordinary pc
culiarities which marked his physical condition
During childhood be was rugged and healthy,
but when in his 18th year signs Of the '' vast
ing away" and 1osa of desh commenced to
time n Harndsn, Ne: Doctors examined
hun then. They we're ,baf1ed. With an extra-
ordinary powerful voice, energetic mind, and
no apparent traces OF consumption, they ad-
yiEed him to go to sea, which he did. His
yovages were made to the West Indies aud in
a southetly direction In one Of his voyages
to the "Indies," be was attacked with fever
and aguo and, it il supposed, that, BY reason
Of them, ha suffered continually from chtlls
ever aftefward. He subsequently removed to
Boston with bis mother, where his weight
finally dwindled down to about seventy pounus-
For six years he has been in this sad eondl-
ton, battling al the medical profession, and
apnarently Irving in Ake1etonic form. II
wa this remarkable condition that caused him
to be exhibited as wender Of the age Be
fore he was confined TO his bed, he had great
difficulty in walking up any rising ground, aud
often in his walks be has been compelled to
seek A1sistauce to reach his home. His right
leg failed him, and when be Was confined to
bed be required his attendants to strAghten it
for him- Severe painH running from his right
Hu0nEQGF RA90 uuUDlEQ DUE IQGA6 QAV8
since been explained TO be csuhed by his right
lung, which was entirely gone and esten Up by
abcesBe1-
The Boston Times, from which We gather
these particulars, adds the following:
"Iwo months ago Dr. Bi1by, No. ii Boyts-
ton street, was called in the caee, and from \
conversation which our reporter had with him,
we gather that the Living Skeleton was then
suffering from cough, chilla, and fever, yeti re-
tanning IN immense amount Of latent strength.
without which he would h.ve died long
since. His countensnce shows the deer
mined character and mind which ~
possessed, uhle his voice was Tsx.
powerful and quite astoniahed the Dod'h .od he
HIS appetite wns exceedingly goodt ha5rre
would eat nearly everything p1aeee eara nar.
him, The functions Of the coy q liza dasth
formed regularly up to the hon1 ~ fba hoiy
An examination has been made mah b;a 1eft 1.nr
and it Was found thst thoasu . -. ~ = honags MAJ
was sound, his right lung ons nas ,bcesses % H;a
TnaH @..st .srnnhied snd eInaclatad, and it IS
i.ves s.h,s Ts H. 1hich caused the gensr vast
R.1F - b;s botly for which he gained the title
~ ~ ~ Living steleton-
| u i w H. T,rn of the dead man, up to Satur-
| ,.u ,a;rht waa not discolored; the feah IVES
of:yatsT6e5. ofny ss it we're, on the bones, and the
Iphoie appearance Of the body WEE skeleton
~ The eyes were deeply sunkeD, while
nIscid and serene look dwelt upon his counte-
aance. He is ye1y Intelligent in appearance;
lis features are delicate; his nose exceedingly
handsome, and his forehead high aud not at
ali contracted. His atms are two and bali
inches around, and his legs hardly exceed
them in EiZa.
, 1870-07-13

4o, ,22e ); IN England, $4,000; IN Germany,
$50, 600; in Spain, 2,71a; and in AustriA
and Hungary, 100000. The number Of
men combined in trades-unions IN the
United States is probably not below Tint in
Austria and Hungary, or 100000. At the
congress Of the association, held at Geneva,
in 1866, it WIS resolved to prepare
complete statistics relating to labor, and
its relations to capital, and establish uni
versa1 bond which should render possible
the organization Of extensive and irzesisti-
bic strikes. Its articles state its aim to be
nter-communicatiou and cooperation be-
tween worlmen, and the complete freedom
of the working classes. They also declare
that "strikes are but temporary neces-
sity. In the present state Of society they
are legitimate weapon Of warfare in order,
ultimately, to attain more elevated OBJ
ject-the suppression of the wages system;
but social reforms cannot be accomplished
without political reforms. The workman
should never lose sight Of this fact, that
without absolute freedom there is for him
neither prosperity nor liberty"
In France the order not only became an
active agency in promoting strikes, which
became frequent and widespread, but as
sumed a strong political and revolutionary
aspect, At Lausanne, in 1867, its discus
sions related mainly to politics. On the
4th Of November its members appeared Oh
the boulevard and took part in q
public demonstration against the In
tervention Of the French army in
Italy, In 1869 it held a meet
ing in London which is charged with
hnving approved the Orsini attempt. At
Brussels, French refugees took leading
part in the meetings. In the present trial
it WIS charged with various incendiary de-
signs, whose sayageness casts doubt upon
their probability, but whose character may
be summed up in the words, revolution,
robbery, and arson. Thi.ty-four in all we're
convicted Of belonging to a secret society,
or Illicit association, Seven were con-
damnedto one years. Imprisonment aud 100
francs, and twenty-seven to two months
Imprisonment and fifty francs. Notwith.
standing the charges Of political tendencies,
it is probable that the tendency Of the as,
sociation to multiply strikes Was sufficient
to account for the degree Of punishment
, 1870-07-13

General Garfield has received a unani-
NOUS nomination for fourth tenn in Con-
gress, from the old Giadings district in
Ohio. He belongs to the revenue reform
wing OF the Republican party, notwith-
standing there are seventeen pig iron
furnaces in his district The New York
Tribune says, He is not SO sound on the
tariff as We could wish, and Immediately
proceeds to inform its readers that 'tthe
General will undoubtedly be elected by a
majority somewhere between ten and
twelve thousand" which shows that being
uusound as protectionist, does not i'm
pair candidates. popularity with his con-
stituents. It will be found, next fall, after
the election is over, TINT where one reve-
nue. reform Republican has been defeated,
ten protectionists will have bitten the
f1,1et
, 1870-07-13
Greeley versus Mark Twain.

C,aalev'a nride or ranitv has evidently baen
,<n,,rJeG hv MIL ~ s;n'e nnnsrsjla1ad a1cceas
"o.aee1 y1t.,.1 ~ ,5;ta H. i.t4s 1900
es m ae1ieuitutA eAtu' 1ua tAtte1 seus1e-
mans contH1ontlon 70 9he July numpaf OF the
GALAXY, in which he learnediy discusses the
puApo, ppupkin4 and gAndax questions. has
Tnusad the White-eoatedp phiJosopher, who. with
retnniu1 health. has renewed his youth. and
y. ~. .~. 80 s,,d 2s11rt hr,;noso m, r;1rnr
freshness;;' and onelnA4ty that Will excite
readers We shall look for the next Gallery
With great interest, but We confess that va
haye naany 1nis1iyfpop "A 10 the ability Of the
.pr;cnitnrnl efl3for that t,npnlar nneaazine to
nEoturs snyfh;n9 " eomnarsble % q he last con-
ptvoaco AnJt GGtpA1 avg " t.as:.,4 1 -. ~
tibution pf "; dreeley. In sttempting:to
Eupplknt the Tribune philosopher IN h19 favor
ite Held Of agriculture, Mark Twain has waked
npi,erTatsd M t tRe ab;lity Of liz erest ivsI. X
Is nes tne h1st me thas ambitious =; and .Sn oTsT
tating effects Of age, has boastfu1ly entered
hands Of its mora experienced antagonist.
buy ne.e Is "hst NJ. o1eeaey sA9s OF VIA ne
and acorps:
uu1. R.afn early this fs11 tn rather ehestnnta.
htctoT n11fs Wainuts' Thlta oaF arnrnS etc.
IN nlant Serecf the 1ar1est snfi 1neat nnfs
nfy1ng The nreference to thosa Vhfch rfnen sn1
, 1870-07-13

canal the Bridgeport pumps were
able to maintain = current of one
mile an. hour in the Chicago River,
and il the canal fills up, as it is said now
to be doing where it has been deep-cut, it
is doubtful whether so much as four feet
of water can be moved over its sand and
mud bara thereby damaging navigation
and reducing the quantity of water that can
be drawn from the river. The chances are
that the whole thing will turn out to be q
wretched failure except as ditch to drain
the wet lands Of John Wentworth, WIN. B.
Ogden, and other large landowners along
its line between Bridgeport and Lockpost
It Will increase the value Of their property,
but at an expense Of So, 100000 to the tax
payers of Chicago.
, 1870-07-13
CROPS.


A letter TO the Sprirgfield Reqister, from
Warsaw, Hancock County, July 5, says
"Grass is short Oats will be difficult to har-
vest, Corn has lu1uristcd in the hot sun.
Tho fields are universally clean, and the ap-
pearances auspicious With future promise.
The crane crop is giving promise of an enor-
nous yield. Think Of sixteen to eighteen
Thousand acres in this county in full he.ring,
loaded to their utmost capacity, hellthy, Wig
oroue, with every desirable indication thus
branch Of industry, pure native wine will be
commodity OF no small account in Hancock
County this faII.r
"A letter from West jersey. Stark Coanty,
Jn1v 6. SAYS: 1--WE have had but little rain
since tho 1et Of April. Grass md small grain
will he very light; oats and spring wheat be-
low an average crop. Early planted corn, not
withstandinp the dty weather, looks good.
and at present gives promise Of an abundant
r;rid
The peoria Transcript Of the l1sh ssys:
has nassed @ h;s Tina If, t.1e cnnntiea nf EnoI.
HanT 1aIu Fss9 Bnraan p and st.rk nassno th-onrh
nnrt;on,a ~ Taoor;s an, WarsHaIis fbe nrus-
pecta ~ he farmers fo- bonnfoous crons he
p present It eeason s - arc unusually cheering: Tie
tTo,s ~ e'GF Irr =. vn.thcr Int tba enner5or
IuAty - - ,s.,1 =; o,,,nt;t1 ~ Ga4s b.ro arf.
Saaol ~ na-t II aornnai1son. S1oat ~ tha
Ea1Ja no tb;n md thn straw IL yerv dafcient,
Tho 1itoG ba.d hoaavor 1na1<ea 1,etter ehnu;n1
,l1 LII, IL; w. sn.ta Fs;r ~aid
snt ~ "ao' 49, II nv raV cnmn.1ad With }nr1nor
uos 1tot vns,f n sn;ta n ii croakin9n. bi1a
YEARS. "n4., - ap.'e .4n " az Thora ~ ~
i.t s ~ ror.th ~ atrerT mi cooa sbo5<ins1 NJ
hta6s ~ aro+v ~ annaarsnce hhf mi, ninmr
i.a1t1' hor- w s,r ,nora ,,oed RAIDS 81
iast a,,;,,G o,,r tr;n fh,n va id moor onna.
The The'. ,-o.t sainrv * tI,, eeason howoyer.
ny s'suS Tos.r iva rn eeen suc1,,
san ano 80 80 feiJs a. forward so frea from
ssaaar .1d en trs',scendent1v hnantifnl and
fulI OF promise. Everybody copcurs in the e1-
nrasa;nn fhar un to tho nresant time. corn is
Vastly in ADVANCE of nny year in the history Of
The State. Lite planted com alone shows the
atTecta nj the -dry weatl1sr, That is almost
cn1n,;1atey 81 1astT9xes n,1t o1cens along tho
S;na r. tl,s G n I'd Rs;1rnad m thu FIckn-
mr., hottn1ns. IN thia county. Ne DO not think
10 saw a half dozen fields Of this late planted
corn. Tho vast prepondcrance was planted
early, nna we saw last week many Zelda
trer,siy rare for this time Of the year"
-PEou1A, July 12.-Tlo weather is hot
There was a refreshing rain on Saturday. The
corn croD il excellent wheat and oats toll
erable hay total failure. Farmers arc
harvesting wheat, md the quality III excellent
IOWA;
A Cedar Rapids despatch of tho 18th says
" The Weld OF wheat in Benton County will be
nnus11a1ly latce-sttaw light, but heads large
and we'll filled. This county will weld q third
nore than last wear, Wo arc bayiuc tine
weather for harvest, which the farmers are
imnroyinp, Corn shows we'll"
The Ta1nes speaks Of the CROPS in Linn
County as follows 'tWheat is heading out
, 1870-07-13
The recent trial of thirty-eight membe;

Tho recent trial Of thirty-eight members
of the International Society Of Working
man. before the Tribunal Correctional, Of
Paris, possesses, VIC judge, direct IN
terest for some of our renders, since We
find by statement IN the London Times
that the woskingrnea OF Chicago sent to
their brethren in Paris upwards of $4Oo in
currency, to assist them toward defending
a ike prosecution in 1868. Ths l:c1,ber Of
vorking1acn atfiliatcd through the action
Of local izades-unions with tkis central
international association Is stated 70 be, in
|; ;187o+ IN France, 4s2, 1876; in Switzerland.
, 1870-07-13
AmeYrcAus In China.

As the authenticity OF the mission Of III.
Burlipgame WAS doubted By some when he
WAS here, the following. notes Of the recsp-
ton of the new American Ioiaistsr It tie
Chinese foreign Office IN Pekin, by Prince
hung, who WIS attended by el8rt other other
70 thst derived from its description Of OBJ
sesvauees 10 foreign to our notions: Tha
correspondent OF the. New Fork Times 1t
Pakin kaJB: .... -.
!" A{tes the omplinaanta, ia tie oourae
OF which the Prince took 4 laeaon In English,
, 1870-07-13

oenssus, is = little less than 5000. The excess
m women il ninety,
~ lady 1t = far in Springfield, the ether
day, a2w Nhat she took to be very nice pieoe
Of candy, and quietly put It in her mouth Il
proved to be miniktHe bo1ob-ehelt s0d az
pIoded, decorating her mouth and shatte1inE
her teeth in an exceedingly unpleasant nasn-
per.
, 1870-07-13

Congress has modified the tax on it,
comes, by increasing the exemption from
$1,000 to $4,000, and by reducing the rata
from to y per cent. The result of this
will be to relieve more than half the nuna-
Dor who now pay the tax, and to reduce
the charge upon the others In 1869 tho
whole number of persons paying the tax
was a7l, ,s44; of these, 1O7, 900 paid tax on
4 taxable income of $500, OF less, each
tile tar of none of these exceeded $40, and
pe1laps tho average did not exceed 9la.5o
each; GO, 1874 others paid tax on from
$500 to ST, 900, aud the average was, per-
haps, $35 each. Under the new law, these
two classes, numbering 175, 1s4, Will be
exempt from the tax on incomes, leaTing
but &c, ,GGo TO boar the whole burden. The
other classes are those-41, 19G-who paid
ta1 on from 81, 200 to $1,000, who will
hereafter pay tax on from 81 to 81, 900,
and that at the rate Of y per cent. An
other class, numbering, in 1860, exactly
$1,000, and who paid tax on incomes rang
ing from s., 900 to 81 200, will hereafter
pay ta1 on from 81, 200 to $4,000 The
last class, numbering only 9,464, who paid
on incomes over 81, 600, will hereafter pay
on incomes Of $4,000 and over. The
reduction Of the rate to Il per cent is but
tardy and imperfect justice. The rate Of
per cent, heretofore charged and collected,
has been in excess of any like tar ever laid
by any government, and has had the in
eyitable aud natural result Of defeating an
| honest collection of the tar, An excessive
duty On diamonds, defeats Ks collection OF
any duty on The article, which is thereafter
easily smuggled. The ertortionate rate Of
per cent, not on profits, not on the earn.
ings Of invested capital, but upon, in many
! cases, the expenditure of living, has bad the
effect of defeating the honest collection Of
this tax, and has thrown the whole burden
upon few. This tax has always been the
last resort Of nations, and Congress has
baen weak enough to listen to the appeals
of those who do not pay it, and continue it,
against sound policy, and against that jus
| tice and equality which should mark every
| form of ta1Rion.
, 1870-07-13


ard centA"
Whence did the Times derive these most
absurd notions? When the canal is deop-
North Branch than the Bridgeport pumps
have now. That Stygian bayou must be
purified by some other agency than tie
deepening Of the canal.
But who told the Times that the deepen
ing of the canal will give the water in the
Chicago River current of sir miles an
hour? It is rare occurrence when "a
spring food creates more than four-mile
current in the river, and the volume Of
water that then flows into the lake is
perhaps forty times the quantity that the
canal could carry off without utterly de-
stroying towboat navigation. Instead Of
producing current of Wiz miles an hour in
the river, the deepened canal will hardly
create one Of one-sirtA of mile per hour.
The old canal WIS sixty feet wide on the
surface, forty y-eight feet on the bottom, md
si1 feet deep, being an nverage of fifty
four feet by six feet. After it is cut down
eight feet, the new surface will only be
forty.four feet wide and the bottom thirty
two, making an average Of thirty-eight
feet, which is loss of thirty per cent in
its capacity to draw water from the river.
A current of two miles an hour in the
diminished ditch will almost destroy canal
boat navigation. 1t will require from five
| to sir horses to tow q laden boat against
| such current in SO narrow canal A
current of two miles an hour in canal av-
| ernging tbirty-eight feet wide and ai1 feet
| deep, will produce current in the sonth
Branch of the Chicago River, where i
! averages $50 feet wide by fourteen fee.
deep, of less than one.=f}th of a milo M
luur, One mile IN hour will be the re.
| locity of the current permitted N the
cannl. and that viii move water in the Chi
cago River at the rate Of about o1e-7enf4
of mile per hour. (
| Befoze . spadefnl Was taken out OF tha
, 1870-07-13
A Case Of Fertile ImaHlnatlQnz

10 the Editor Of ths Detroit Tribune:
noticed in the Tribune, Of the 3th inst, IA
account Of toEnanti: Incident connected with
the steamer Kats Morgan, now plying on
Cayug& Lake, that gem Of waters in the lake
region OF Central New York; and at the risk
ct spelling the romance OF the fnel written
article copied By you from tha Geneva Courier,
fidelity to the truth OF history compels me to
The steamer Kate Morgan waY built at Ithaca
somewhere about twenty -shree years ago, and
has ever since been running during the sea-
son OF navigation, Is . passenger boat under
the command Of tho 1amented Captain ';Alf.
Goodrich" the announcement OF whose tragi-
lQuiet. Eentlem.nly, atteasi-o to the duties Of
his position, be had the esteem OF all who know
him. Peace to his ashea.) During these twenty
three yeaEs the Kate Morgan has become sadly
dlspidated, and the neglect OF her pToprlctors
to 1ep1ace her BY d more elegant boa: pro-
wag OF the first otder-to " take oil" the sub
ject in the highly interesting a1tic1a copied il
part by you from tho Geneva Courier. an Of
that a1ticle reaching to - Fulton, and = Ho"
he won her, General s. n2Essn, ef Esve1u, ,Ss
'rnaall boat" the ). Original Kate" thv
~ grim father" the clerical Eestme0ts, the
"waring Of flags" etc, came frtah and new
from the autLor'5 brain, were intended as
burlesques, and were 60 undefiheood .t os ~ VINO
kneFy nf the facts OF the c1se ouS the humor
noav mi be 70 anporen: to those Who a1e
moi not 90 familiar With the history Of
tho boat in question. I may add that
/ Know whereof I sfarm, having for
A. sHeldrake, On CAyugA Lake, and we'll re-
nnmi,er when the 'snew steamboat" frst
made It's aPpe.1aneo at tbs. landing. She was
Understood to bare been named after Lxugh-
ter Of Hon f. B. Morgan, Of Aurora, n Y.
wright { Co." O. Ithaca, y. y, AZ stated in
the article alluded to, but 1 think the gentle
men referred to will not claim 10 great an
tquity as The writer il the Courier Is disposed
to aEe1ibe 10 them.
The" Kate Morgan hss recently been re-
placed ly new steamer the "Frontenac,"
and il now doomed to the very uuromautic
task Of towing canal boats On old CayugA.
HEyny u. CLARE-
, 1870-07-13

REHABILITATION.
The following are the of1cia1 footi1Ra from
seventy-one counties, including Cook, for snd
against the constitution, and the eight distinct
propositions submitted each to q separate vote OF
fte rannfe.
, 1870-07-13

a most revolving and almost ne1plicable
crime IL reported from the Rheniah factory
town Of Gladdbach, IN Germany. a young
factory hand me. handsome boy nine years
OF age, who Ind jnst taken dinner to his fathsr,
in the vicinity of the factory, By Some meana
or other he induced the little fellow 10 nccom-
paDy him to 3 neiehboring field, where the
tau grain stalks concealed them -eRectua1ly
from Ill eyes, md then threw him on the
ground and struck him repeatedly on the head
With his ahne I'LL the boy lost eonscioosness.
Now hc barred his belly and ripped 1t open, so
that tho ent1als gushed forth Thinking his
victim dead, he vent away. Soma schoolboyB
going by chance through the field, found the
poor Child In this horrible condition, and they
giving the alarm it was at once transported to
hospital. There he was laid in = moat de-
plorsble state, the skull Is crushed, tbs neck
showing the traces Of the fingers OF tha mon
eter - he tried TO s1angle the boy. and the belly
bearing . wound nine Inches in length. The
inhu1nan wretch. who had been designated by
the rnutils1el c1i11, WAS working quietly II tho
factory when he vas arrested, aud did net deny
the deed, although he xzs unable to explain
What l,ad induced h1.n to commit it. He re-
uained perfectly calm on. haing coaft>Ated
with his victim, and seemed reasonable and
sane.