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POLI1YUAL.
pr, l. Blanchard has been reelected Mayor

pr. I. Blanchard has been reelected Mayo,
Of Mu1physboro, III. ,.->.
There is no law in Kentucky providing q
penalty tor committing rape upon colored
woman, tho Democratic Legislature OF 1869
having repealed tho law making it crime.
In tho late Connecticut election there WAS
but one scattering votefor Governor, aud that
was given for Louis P. Williams, negro Of
Canton.
Tho Mobile Register, which insists upon
the organization in Alabama of white man a
party. denouncing any other policy as in the
whoever advises qualified platform, lowets
the true flag OF redemption and liberty, aud
dilutes his white creed in tho shape of tickling
the Radical palate, rejoices our enemies, be-
cause he helps to crush ou4.ss11lAkkRue, faith,
hope, and pluck in q white race already suff-
ii elsnily dom9ralizea BY the surging tide of I'd
Tho Winchester (nL) Times, OF the sd
inst, in speaking Of the aspirunts for Con-
gresB in tie Tenth District, mentions the fol-
lowing gentlemen, on the Democratic side Of
the house, who desire to serTe their constit-
uents IN the next Congress: q. II. vande-
yeer, Of Christian; q. " vending, Of Shell
by; J. J. Phillips, Judge Rice, and Il. ". D.
yis, Of Montgomery; C. .Epler and William
Brown. Of Morgan; 6. A. Walker and ". n.
Welch, OF Macoupin; r. NJ. Knapp and 4: 4.
king, Of jersey; A. 6. Burr and Judge Wood
son, OF dreeue. =.
Al the Fifteenth Amendment celebration
at Louisville, ky., \ few days since, the pro
ceseion carried j. transparency, in which tho
a train Of progress" waa depicstcd, - locorno-
tive labelled "Ihe Fifteenth Amendment"
with train Of twenty ty-uino CARE attaohed, rep
reseuting the ratifyiug States, and number
of iackasses harnessed to the rear car, and
vainly trying to phil the train backward, en-
blenatic OF the States refusing to ratfy,
At<C Of NJ
fork, on the 9th, made the following nomi-
nations for the Court Of Appeals, for anpport
at the May election: Chief Justice, Sanford
E. Church, OF Monroe; Associate Judges,
Charles E. Rapello, OF New York; Rufus ~.
Peckham, of Albany; Martin Grover, Of Ane-
tie ma eoaRensn Fl s1 81 E oaIisso held in
Richmond, W., On Friday Of Inst week, tho
Hon. John F. Lows, Minister to Portu-
gal, reported the following Declaration
OF Principles Of the Republican party
Of Virgins, Which was . ADOPTED ,ss ted
Constitution IN letter and IN SPIRIT and the adop
ton Of any other measures necessary TO gnaran-
tee unisessal freedom of thought, speech, md
as. a general and universal system Of public
education at public expense, under national Inv.
wherever such system e not adopted and en-
lo y Il 4he tf Fffteenta 1mendment having become
mart Of the Constitution OF the United States, by
IT ogr people, We 1eclae In favor Of universal am
1esy subject Of cor1se, to the Legislation Of Con-
s1ssa ~ 7ne announcement Of Internal improve
mcpts By the State and nation, keeping n vlew the
carefuI protection Of the Interests OF the people
lrom the encroachments Of monopoles-
If cur new State Constitution In letter and spirit
ministraaon q President Grant "a Is foreign, DO.
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Report OF the Grand JurF.

*3'F %7'eNs7s7' 77'7Fo<'0eF I
orer Eeek, adjourned last Wednesday. They
found 1fty-one indictments, and nado some
what lengthy report Tho following abstract
Of the report We lay before our readers After
the usual we" &C., they 60 On to state that
they examined the Jail, and found it in good
we're being properly cared for, and the i.ilor
wag, IN every respect, doing his duty
Their Investigation Of the Court House re-
Tealed tho fact that tho court and other rooma
aro az IN very bad condition., and they re-
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MONEY FOB FORTS.

The Secretary Of War, In his nnnual esti-
mate Of the expenditures for the sesr 1870
Il, included the Recommendation Of the
Engineer Corps for fortihcations and other
works of Gefence+ This estimate called for
II ,39G, COO. It also asked permission to
apply $3.50, 600, balance of previous appro-
p1iation, for new work in New York ha1-
bor. The Committee on Appropriations IN
the House has reported in favor Of appro-
printing LOCI, $50 for the following Oh
iects
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MLGEELLaNEQUS.

A bull calf, day old, was lately sold by the
Duke OF Devonahi1e for 500 guinoss.
"A man has Iately been whipped at Now
gate Prison, Loudon, Tor garroting lady
Tho Kentucky Legislature passed special
act for the benefit of a young man Of 20, tliat
he might practice law.
. -Af a charity fair in New York match is
being voted for, md large number Of Sotes
are Being caet for. Pins x The fair il held
for the benefit Of tho "ahaltering Arms, an
-.[The town Of New Haysn, West Virginia,
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commerce.: If ehs. town Of Dn1uah 4 -
the North: :4n'e'sean tells uA depeF for
Phitsdelphia enterprise and capital. lot
Philadelphia build the harbor, and not call
op the General Government 10 do 3d.; We
care not how great harbor may be built
there, nor how vast e commerce may be
concentrated at Duluth, provided these JUS
hf1able ends are achieved in q jush6able
manner
, 1870-04-30

An American traveller in. tbs East de-
sc1bes great religious meeting he Witnessed,
few weeka ago, among tho Hindooea at the
junction Of the Jumna and the Gauges. in In
dia, attended by 8O0. 600 vo1sbippers- The e1-
ercises consisted Of bathing ard the most fan
tasic coutortions, accompanied with rude IL
Some we're dancing with al THAR might; 9TH
era screaming az II run mad This cansocs-
ton 1asted month, and Was provided "1tn
booths and tants, supplied with NECESSARY GULF
motlities for subsistence.
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.asulh-xere eana1ait tied n $685. under mill

4E{t8-KEfE oD1tf$ad~[Q-46 Mill
tary rule.
Senator Summer dianoaed of ,.b,a f.soro;;o
dues,hon With fhe fo,lou;n1 ,o,1,n.a ,,ariaa !.
"slaysg, sttu asserts her = ancient rrrdomt-
o1a'S, ,ada naa9E ,, sase veea No longer the
but the old cause ii defended under al oiias."
Senator Tturnbu1 disposed of this high
flown paragraph BY asEng ng.@hether it Is de-
Tending the cause Of slavery to- refuse to
impose Legislature upon m unwilling
people. Senator Sumner said, further,
that all the arguments in n-
position to the present Legislature
Of Georgia, and the pro1ongation
OF 1ts tenn, are mere stechnicalities. " That
Is to say, it is technicality to raise Nh oh,
lection against Legislature and State gov
ernment which seeks to continue in Office,
without re-election, two years after its
term has expired. If that is technicality,
what, m the nane of Heaven, is reality ?
senator Drake, in The course of the Geor-
ga debate, had introduced an amendment,
declaring thai, whenever the Legislature, or
governor OF State, aha1 represent to the
President that there exists in such State
organizations or combinations of men en-
gagged in the perpetraiou of acts of vio-
lence, the President shall be authorized to
mnrch troops into the locality, qratter them
upon the inhabitants, suspend. the writ of
AaJeas corpus, etc. Inasmuch as the Com
stitution of the United States authorizes
the President to act in this manner. upon
the request of the Governor, only when
the Legislature is not IN session and
cannot be convened, Mr.. Trumbu11
characterized the Drake amendment
as s'monstrous. Whereupon Senator
Thayer, of Nebraska, sprang to this feet,
and declared TINT she WIS ready to vote
for this proposition. which seemed SO mon-
s.rous to the Senator from Illinois. or 10
vote for pronosition still mora nonstrous
in his view. 4 few days later, Mr.. Draake
withdrew his amendment, being evidently
afraid to risk a vote on il. The dilemma
in which ,Senator Tbaver sas left in
not being able to vote for Ibis
proposition. o. for others still more
monstzors vns certainly painful :enoueh
without further comment, and it was, per-
haps, cruel for Mr.. Trumbnl to recall the
subject, and to point out, as he did very
forcibly, the unhappy condition of the
Senator from Nebraska, in not being able
to vote for bill authorizing the President
to march troops into the several States, in
cont1avention Of the constitution, or for
some bill still more destructive Of law md
, 1870-04-30
SATURDAY, APRIL 80. 1870.
The Sunday Tribune

As the number. OF advertisements in our
Sunday edition increases, the more time is
necessary for their proper classification. It Is,
for the interest OF the advertisers that this
ahould be done with carr, and We beg that
they viii hand in their advertisements at the
earliest possible moment to-day. The Sup
plement, which will be full Of the choicest ex-
tracts from American and foreign publications,
With letters from our own correspondents, viii
be pubIished. AZ usual.
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'nan Is Posscsseu oy si,aef VI t1eSe So 4o4s'
upon WHICH so many snoasanu uouAis a.e
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=. 49,. ~ n1arov or+ Nav Jersev Is
o1,,naorod n the fo,, The most curious
n,-+ ~ Tho h7,, ;s tha annronriat1on for Fort
Mia1in This fort is on tho jersey shore Of
the Delaware River. about sir or eight
eight miles . 1,a1os, p.u4ae11h'e, aua
no foreign vessel Of war, carrying
any guns capable of doing any harm, can
come within twenty miles Of the fort, for
the want of water. The only way such
vessel could conc within range of Fort
aIiftin is to throw her guns and ammuni-
ton, and her ballast, overheard, and then
she might get neaz enough to be hred at
from the fort, Tho United States have
navy yurd ut Philadelphia, md havo re-
Gently undertaken to move it down stream
to League Island; but, when the goyorn-
1nent wanted to send some of the monitors
and iron-clsds there, it :~as found necessary
to Take ont everything that had any weight,
and then the empty hulls found water
enough to float them to the island Yet
Congress Is asked to e1pend 500, 200 on
that fon which is about as much value, as
5aforea ~ ph51aae1nh;a az IL would bs If
,nsa.aa A. Ha-~iz,,n-,
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most seuse1ess manner, and the condition
Of the Treasury viii justify no such
pastime. - -
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TURKISH BATHS
TURKISH BATHS,
32 Westinghouse.

epsns ,Ba M eeI, I'D tsfr, F.slaa iro
.l depression 2n III stsss n ,aptr.sure ,nci-
an. s - ~ 9st eaa be tetas* eu, and pro
ae % oos - H. fu1rr By the Use OF tae 1ufSisa
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A.7housand Bathers a Month

,,,. ,e,ternent aud the oEtkusla Of so hatiEuo-
a,aIa sel,y NV b. sesn u tho of1ee Of the eath.
hlets e.u S.ii, fro0n I'll p sn sasas"sss TIL Ut
", mi Sundays till 1879 T. II.
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a DRIFTING WRECK,

Singular Discovery Off Monroe,
MicI..-A Floating Wreck Londetl
with PTovislons-VF Who's Lost q
SteAIner1
Monroe tApra ss> cegrx.ponds"ee rp a thu Dstroa
On tho 11th, as sonne fishermen living on
Stony Point, about ten miles from this city,
were getting ready to drive their pound stakes,
preparatory to fishing, they perceived floating
in the hike toward Detroit what they at first
supposed to be raft Of saw-1oEs. but. upon
closer investigation, found that tho wreck OF
steamer .Was rapidly approaching, surrounded
BY ausnts7 Rost Of 93ang ce e. awg Tg
succeeding in reaching .her, discovered tbat she
was loaded With -four, bran, pork, and also had
on board about 20 Hon-bound barTe1s, pre-
sumed to contain Whiskey or brandy. These
latter the men could not handle They suc~-
seedea, however, in getting into their boat 10.
barrel Of pork. p the time this WA. s..accomp-
pliEhed. the wreck was within quarter OF a
mile Of the Monroe light house, ind seemed to
be travelling at the rate OF about two miles m
hour. Dee1ing it imprudent to remain near
her longer, as there seemed to bo danger Of
the Point It is confidently claimed By them,
that there we're at least 1900 barrels Of -four
100 barrels Of pork, 20 barrels OF liqt1or, and
600 bags Of bran IN her hold (the deck beIug
entirely smashed IN it HaB eaBT to esfiu,ate},
The flour which they took from her averaged
about $50 pounds to the barrel, and as your
correspondent has had the honor of eating
bread made from the came; ho can safely pro-
nounce it No. white. Tie, pork and bran
were, Of course, missed Had the men when
they first saw the wreck been prompt in their
action. they could very easily haye made fast
to it with = l.rge cable which was lying at
hand, and made the priza fast to tree, as the
wind, which wus blowing fresh, brought her to
within twelve or fourteen rods OF the
hlore. Upper decks, cabins, and everything
IN the line Of machinery Or rigging, seemed to
havo been either removed or swept sway. The
brands on tho barrels wero entira1y destroyed
by the action Of the water, and the vessel was
settled so low in the water that it wss impossl-
bic to learn her nsme. It has been rumozed
that ahas went aground at tho mouth Of the
Otter CO., and that 3 man named Odyen has
succeeded in removing the greater portion Of |
her cargo, but up to the time Of writing wo |
have been unable to learn Of tho reliability Of |
this statement. Az numerous bags Of bran
and a number Of barrels OF -four have been
washed on tho track ut various points between
Stony Point and Otter, Crock, We we're led to
make Inquiries, and ELECTED the shove facts
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The New. zealanders, says tho. London
Times, nro discussing the propriety of ap-
plying for anne1ntion to the United States.
Why not2 We need nn outpost in the
Pacific Ocean, and We could not well get
one further out than New Zealarid. The
three Islands composing New zealand in
cludc an aren Of 101, 800 square miles,
or more than the terntory Of Illinois
and Indiana combined. = They are
about equal in size to : the
Peninsula of 1taly, land are chiefly remark
able as the country which, according to
A1acanley, is to produce the future tourist
who is to stand on. London Bridge and
sketch the ruins Of st. Paul's. Those who
are afflicted with Anglo-pAobia would bs
gratiied at the acquisition, by tho United
States, Of O country which is to enjoy, at
some future day, so distinguished proni-
nence over the present Island Of Great
Rrifaiu
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Latest adyices from Washington indicate
that, as the defeat Of the Funding bill be-
eomes fixed fact in the minds of Con-
gresa1nen, there is q tendency to 1ecur to
and pass Senator She1man's bill for the
issue of bank notes and the withdrawal Of
greenbacks- This viii give us one cur
1ency, the redemption Of which
IN - specie il already: sufficiently
secured, and which, Us soon as the green
bacas ere retired; will be1edeemea in coin.
At the same time, it avoids contraction, and
makes no changes in the currency, except
such as are voluntary On the part of the
people. No sooner is the defea. of the
Funding bill assured than the government
securities, which had declined fol time
under its covert attack; again advance The
New YORK, Commercial i ddrertiser:says:
Funds long locked up and idle are coming
forth Government securities have advanced
from to s per cent Various railroad and otter
enterprises, which have been ct standstIll for q
month, are beginning to 60 forward. The Stock
E1cnanse, which affords Key to our financial
and commercial condition, Is once more animated.
Business men generally, who have worn lugnbd-
ous comtenauces for months; Hn1!1e again p
Let this be followed by such measures as
viii ensure the still further advance in the
government credit and consequent decline
in the premium on gold, and give us sound
currency and free banking.
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IQEA E1E1EuQ4t1l0 ---.l6s. Ils17ueV
This WEB 3 net reduction OF .E1,713, QUO, aud
he entered into the particulars Of sach item
to chow how the reduction Was brought about.
The civil service alone showed no decrease,
but this arose from the transfer Of charges
and certain I" automatic" increases over which
the government bad, in reality, no control To
meet this expenditure, Mr. Lowe thus esti-
nated the reEenno for the gear:,
Customs. CT $50 oo0 Post Otice. e 400 oo0
E1clse...--... Il, ,GW, ,0o0. .Tele8raphs- 67a 900
Sfamp5--...-.- 6, ,tN, ,940. Crown lands. 3S3000
Income tax. S,600,000| Miscellaneous 5H3G0N
Taxes...---.. a,s6o,ooo -----
tCSatd aYHo nm
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Tho Cantral Illinois Sunday School 'Conyen-
tiou, which was called to meet at bushnell on
the 10th Of Mas, has been postponed until the
24th Of the same month.
AT Rockford, on the eth, Elmer. w Tay-
lo1 Was thrown from wagon, and almost in
stantly Killed: Mr. 7. was Second Ieuten-
ant in the Thirteenth Wisconsin Infantry, dur.
irc the rebellion.
, 1870-04-30
Et Rescnesss. In Cfnc4nnotl-A re
EnArkAbIe Contract .

Tho following is an secu1ate copy Of con-
tract OF Partnership entered into between Eve
partners in the 'tFTama Besones:"
-. crscnsATI, nov. 10 1862.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-07

new city charter. The charter under
which the city of New Orleans is governed
at present is one that has governed it for
years, and good government can be OBJ
tanned under the charter as it stands now.
It is within the power of the State govern
ment, if their officers are not good, to adj
dress them out of Office, and permit the
Governor of the State to appoint good and
honest officials, and let them proceed to
operate under the present city charter.
do not know whether this is Republican
or Democratic measure. But say, let
the State OF Louisiana exercise its author
ity, and address bad men ont of Office.
That will relieve the people of New
Orleans of this burden. But do not let
us be called upon, at every succeeding
session, to pass new city charter, politi-
cal in it's nature. l am in favor of post
poning the consideration of this bill until
the next session.
Mr.. Bacon: propose to say in reference
to the question before the Senate, the
striking out OF the words which include the
city OF Algiers. When this same DILL was
withdrawn from the Senate and taken to
the House-when it was before the Com
mittee on Corporations, said then to my
colleagues on the committee, that / OBJ
jected to including Algiers, and SO far as
there was any political advantage to be
gained in it, take it on this side Of the
river-take in any number of voters that
you may wish. Algiers is nothing but
country community, separate from New
Orleans, and having no common interest.
Gentlemen have called this Algiers cor
poration. 1t is not city corporation-it
is mere parish organization.
The motion to postpone the bill till the
following day was then put and carried.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-07
[PUBLIC-No. CAL

AN ACT to establish an additional land
district in the State of Kansas.
Be it enacted by the Senate aud House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That all
that portion of the State of Kansas lying
south of the fourth standard parallel, and
west of the east line Of range twelve, east
Of the sixth principal meridian in said
State, shall constitute an additional land
district, to be called the Arkansas district,
the location of the Office for which shall be
designated by the President of the United
States, and shall by him, from time to
time, be changed as the public interests
may seem to require.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That
the President be, and he is hereby, au-
thorized, whenever the public interests
shall require, to appoint, in accordance
with existing laws authorizing appoint
ments to office, a register aud a receiver
for the district hereby created, who shall
each be required to reside at the site of
the Office for said district, have the same
powers, responsibilities and emoIuments,
and be subject to the same acts and penal
ties which are or may be prescribed by
law in relation to other land officers of the
United States.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That
all sales and locations made at the Offices
of the districts in which the lands en-
braced in tits district have hitherto been
included, situated within the limits of this
district, which shall be valid and right in
other respects, up to the day on which the
new office shall 60 into operation, be, and
the same are hereby, confirmed.
Approved Nav II. 1870,
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-07
Q F. F. I Q I A l.
LAWS OF THE United STATES.
Passed at the Second Session of the Forty
First Congress.
TPUBLIC-No. 63.1


AN ACT to fix the point of junction of
the Union Pacific Railroad Company
and the Central Pacific Railroad Com
pany.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives OF the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
common terminus and point of junction of
the Union Pacific Railroad Company and
the Central Pacific Railroad Company
shall be definitely fixed and established on
the line of railroad as now located and
constructed, northwest of the station at
Ogden, and within the limits of the Sec
tons Of land hereinafter mentioned, viz:
section thirty-six of township seven, of
range two, situate north and west of the
principal meridian and base line in the
Territory of Utah, and sections twenty
FIVE, twenty-six and thirty-fve of town
ship seven, Of range two, and section SIX
of township six, and sections thirty and
thirty-one of township seven, of range
one, and sections one and two of town
ship six, of range two, all situate north
and west of said principal meridian and
base line; and said companies are hereby
authorized to enter upon, use and possess
said sections, which are hereby granted to
them in equal shares, with the same rights,
privileges and obligations now by law
provided with reference to other lands
granted to said railroads: Provided how
ever, That the Secretary of the Interior
shall designate a section of land in said
township seven, of range two, belonging to
said companies, and reserve the same for
the benefit of schools in said Territory, in
accordance with the act of February
twenty-one, eighteen hundred and fifty
five, establishing the office of Surveyor
General of Utah, and to grant land for
school and university purposes: Provided,
also, That said companies shall pay for
any additional lands acquired by this act
at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents
an acre: And provided further That no
rights Of private persons shall be affected
by this act.
Approved May G, 1870.