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NATIONAL GI1RD Ho7Eh.
The Twenty--ocoud Brgimcnt BplI-Sngge
lions Tor gu Inye.tIyatiun Committ -.

The TwentN--"c"ud iegiment Bnil-Sngges-
lions Tor GU inVe-tigatiua Committee.
The boxes for The lal of tho Twenty.secord
Regiment IN the Academy Of Music on the nisl. n
Feb are to be sold IN the rcg.mcntal armory, IN
Fourteenth street, tomorrow Saturday evening.
The preparations for the bail arc progressing Gycr.
ably. II Is tie intention Of the managers to mako
II Que Of the most bria.I balls Of tho season.
Company Il, Of The TSenty-second Regiment, have
elected Private j. W. Congdon First Lieutenant.
Tie resolution to be presented ia :he LEGISLATURE,
calling on Comptroller Connolly 10 report tho
expended on,armorles inlis city, meets with the ap.
prnyhI nj The majority OF the members OF tho Ma.
tionul Guard. Let committee, composed OF pne.
teal men, welt the urmories OF the FiNy'ffth
btxty ninth seyenty-ATsi, and other regiments and
compare the work done with the amount charged,
ana they viii open their eyee with hst oni Inn on .
By all means, LEI the investigation he made. They
might also ascertain why II was that The n,ung up
OF the armory Of the Iikn Guard Ia single company
attached N tho Seventy FIRST Rsglmenp cost rs much
money as would be required TO furnish brs -cllss
regimental armpry Was It because street Commi.
siontr George W. Mclean ~ az honorary msalbeT Of
the companli
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A Ninrderer,r NIisinLc.

The Cologne Gds1yfs relates a horrid story US
enacted sclirinm, IN thp government OF po,en. A
country girl, wing not fir from that pncc, had re-
caivcd Ler inheritance Of 'aD thalcrs from tue Gu
thoritie- there. On her return bone rhe spent the
nrht In 4 village having no residence there she
took refuge Of the house Of the VILLAGE Justice 10
WHOM, In virtue uf his position, she gave her whole
confidence. aud informed Inn Of The object al her
Journey. lie was ready 10 take her IN. md asked
her 20 go e. bed with his wife When all lay IN
knife went up 10 the bed where the two were
asleep and with steady hnnd cut the throat OF the
person lying fuIihest from the wall took up his NC
Tim and buried her IN the garden, When lie CAME
back be found the bed empty. lie had murdered iis
own vile inst Ad OF the stranger. The wife lay
close ~ the wall during the evening, but had after.
ward moved To the outer side of the bed. The z RI
Lad got out Of bed alter the murder, md hasiencd
away with her money.
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4 Coiorcd Mnn Drifts THREE Hundred Miles
In au Open smnIi Bout.

From ne Wilmington ~ c. Star, JdnVo,y II.
Last Saturday week ago, o cOOred man BY
the name % SCHUYLER Hooper, who was Employed Ia
assisting the wrecked steamer Lucille got Into a
surt boat tor the purpose Of baiing her on. aud
while 60 engaged the beat broke rom her fasten-
ings and dnci out through the INLET into the orCu
@"n some hopes were entertained for \ few DAYS
that be might be picked no bv passing vessel, hut
tine pass a and nothing had been heard Of nm,
the oninion began 10 be generally entertained that
he had persisted. II Vas. therefore, source OF no
little surprise well ~ crItihca ion when intelli.
Cence receiN ed on Sundy morning last that the
lost boy had finally turned up aud Wa. alive and
well. II seems that the beat, which was a very
stAunoh one, after drilling about completely at the
mercy of tIe winds and waves for about three hun
dTed miles, nnnv went ashore Cape Lookout
beach, where he was picked up In Q very exhausted
coediLiun, and earned 10 Beaufort.
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The Supervisors.

II the Democratic majority in the Lcgisla
ture Of New York really desire 10 establish
honesty and economy in our public affairs
if they really care for the prcdominance Of
the Democratic party in tho State and nation,
they will begin by abolshing the Board Of
Supervisors in this county.
That Board IL not elected on democratic
principles II does not represent the ma
iority Of tna people. 1t WAS devised to pre-
vent lie majority from governing. New
York IS q Democratic city. ind has long boon
81. The board of Supervisors Is contIived
So 0s Go give the Republicans onc.half of its
m.mhcr-. This hybrid arrangement has re.
,ul,ci n unprecedented corruption and ex.
tiay. r..ae The Democrats in the Board
not ICING responsible directly TO the people
lay, fallen into collision with the more dis
honest among their Republican colleagues,
and the result IL notorious. That Board Ia
probably the most corrupt body In America
Its Oldest members have become millionaires
1t pays no regard 10 the public welfare, lts
constant care is to enrich the plundercra
within its circle. No party can bear the re
sponsibility of maintaining such an organi
zation, II the Democracy mean 10 live, this
is the first obstacle that they must clear out
| Of their way.
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The decline Of the republican spirit in tho
social life OF Washington and Of the White House
finds a counterpart in the decadenee of the same
spirit in the political transactions Of the Govern
mcnt
The will Of the people, nominaly the primer
dial source Of authority under our Constitution,
has been ruthlcssly tramplcd upon by Gen.
GRANT in his Cuban policy. Public opinion, Us
expressed in the press and in popular meetings,
petitions signed 10y a considerable portion Of the
American people, the convictions of eminent pub
lie men like Gen. RAwIiSs ard Mr.. STANTON,
the traditions Of tho American Government the
clause in the Chicago platform in favor Of op.
pressed naiionaliies, and a thousand other udi-
cations Of the will Of the sovereign people, have
been treated with as much contempt as If Gen.
GR,Nr instead OF being only very temporary
magistrate, were an absolute sovereign, and one,
too, bent on seiiug in open defiance to the sym.
pathios and wishes of his people.
Never before have the American people been
taught so painfully as on this occasion how easy
II is for an arbitrary President to thwart their
WILL aud to adopt policy subver,,e Of all lib
cral aspirations and Of all the democratic ante
cedents Of this country.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-01-21

For The encouragement of the growth Of
forest trees on the Western prarie', Mr.. Ross
proposes 10 give an additional quarter section
of prairie land TO every settler who shall plant
and keep IN healthy growth grove of trees Of
not less than twenty acres, each acre to contain
not less than two hundred trees. The principle
on which the measure is based Is undoubtedly
that which has been thoroughly tested in Europe
aud elsewhere, and proved to be sound 1t is
that trees promote the regular and gentle fall oi
rain in the regions where they grow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-01-21

II is known TO geographers that the river
0xus once flowed into the Caspian sea, instead Of
the sea of Aral, as it now does. II is proposed
by Russian engineers to turn the river back to
it's original course, thereby securing means Of
water communication from the Caspian sea into
the heart Of Asia. As the river Volga. with its
branches and connecting canals, now affords the
means Of navigation between the Caspian aud tho
Baltic, the scheme, If successful, will b. Of the
greatest military advantage to Russia. Men and
munitions OF war could be sent from Cronstadt 10
Afghanistan n, a smaller expense aud with much
greater rspidi,y than by the present land route.
The preliminary surveys for tho work arr now ia
nrOgTess.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-01-21
Intolerance in the Navy Department..

Tho official decision in the recent case of
Surgeon GREER plainly shows TINT the pre-
vallng procliyitios Of line officers To domi.
neer over those of the stat are sustained
and encouraged by the Navy Department To
fact il Is entirely owing 20 tie prcjudiccG
limo ruling, and the arbitrary General Orders
Issued under the present Administration, thai
the officers Of the Savy are IA such q state Of
discomfort and division. So general IL the
impression that brutality il upheld instead OF
being punished, that oven old men of wars
men decline to recntcr the Navy, IN spite OF;
the inducements lately offered by the De
partment, in the way Of more frequent pay
and promises Of better treatment.
The starting point of the evil is the Navy
Department itself. This is apparent In the
fact that within iorty-eight hours after the
installation of the present dynasty, there
were issued no less than seven different Gen
eral Orders, each one abrogating some privi
lcge of the staff. For instance, commanding
and executive officers were ordered 10 take
precedence over staff officers. of whatoyar
rank, on all occasions and not merely when on
daty, as had been the custom. Certain honors
paid 10 feet staff officers were also discon
tinuei, and those gentlemen were directed
BOT TO wear the uniform Of their grades GfteI
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-01-21

Those sanguine persons who were CON
graduating themselves that they would not have
to pay any tax on their incomes for the year 1870,
are doomed to disappointment. First, Commits
sioner DELANo has decided that current incomes,
such those Of Government ofiicinls and the
interest on railroad bonds, are still liable to the
tax and now comes Mr.. SouKNcK, with q joint
resolution, which hns passed the House ofRepre-
sentstives, affirming that decision. What is
verse, If the resolution passes the Senate also,
II may turn out that the tax ON earnings and
profits of this years business as well as those Of
last year, will have TO be paid this year, in ad.
vance Of the usual time, so that the burden will
be doubled. Our lawmakers at Washington
have wonderful faculty Of muddlng language
so as to mislcad people of plain common sense.
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rived. They may be seen nssiduously gathering
bits Of cotton, hay. and similar substances,
and flying of with them to their chosen building
spots. lift should turn cut that the little crea-
lures are right in their representations, 1t will
be q great triumph of instinct over reason for
surely no human being would dare to act on tue
conclusion that we are TO have no more cold wea.
Their this season
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-01-21

In this day of rccreancy the greater honor
should he paid to true friend Of liberty like
GEREIT SNirH, who remains faithful TO the prin-
ciplcs OF his life. Instead of falsely asserting that
the patriots of Cuba are partisars Of slavery,
Mr.. SmTH recognizes their claims upon the adni-
ration and sympathy OF mankind, as the most
earnest of abohuonsts. Accordingly, he con.
tributes thousand dollars TO the fund FOR the
promotion Of Cuban independence. This i,
worthy of Mr.. SuIIu's character and sntece-
dents. Let others 20 aud do likewise.
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ny an advertisement in another column 1t will
be seen ihata reward of 81 900 has been offered Ivy
tas New York BOARD vi Fire Underwriters lur the de-
lection aud yictiop Of apy person persons guilty
OF mesudiarh n, THIS movement has been forced
upon the nsurSpee companies in consequence Of the
recent sarmlDc Increase otiurendiarY hres.
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We publish in another column the letter
Of Q correspondent who denounces the present
Tax Commission with great earnestncss. He
argues that the Commission costs &lO6, 800 a
year more than the old Commission, which
done away by tho last Legislature; and he
contends that the present organization is costly.
unreasonable corrupt In several particulars and
On imposition upon the Taxpayers. We de no,
know that il is not so. If we must now pay
more than hundred thousand dollars year to
have our taxes assessed above what 1t cost under
.he old system, It IS certainly an impressive and
alarming fact. But vet the Commission has
not had fair chance 10 show what I, will 40.
and il seems no more thnn right to SEQ its work
before suiiccting it 10 n complete sentence Of
condemnation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-01-21

In some places uptown the sparrows are
busy preparing their nests, as II fully eon6dept
that the winter was over, aud spring surely ar.
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Gen. GIeusVn's Capiune OF Marshal Muir.
rays Ilorss,

A few days ago, John J. Gleason. better known
a. Cen, HIcasOn Of fenisn faIHe, WAS arrested fu
borrowing horse from eI l. \ MARSHA Robert
Murray, under tue pretcncr that he wanted II for
Sexton Brown Of Grace Church, which pryi cue, was
believed ~ b. false. Yesterday Justice Dowing or
dertd Me horse sent to tho police property CLERK,
and adjourned tho hearing tVo weeks,
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TESTIMONY TAKEN ~ STATE PRISON.

The agents Of the COMPANY have called ca Bl1,s-
dell. the late John J. Ecfci, and the irDtutr- nu
Puy--thc two former IN State Prison and Tie aticr
Blackwclrs Islnnd--io yet information with
view OF making arrests. These mrn. Il may be re-
membcred. were convicted and sent 60 jail foT dc.
iraudiug the Government; hat u is sold mat they
we're uromiaed prrlons II they would tell ail they
know about the Nlskay IIau.r
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-01-21

But Martin recovered from the blow Of Picrrcpont
when thc story OF backmail had been forgotten. be
nsed the influence of Parrish, who uscd TO Sing
Psalms with old Jesse Grant, u Presidents fthCr
u rrinstnto himself: and having been reiDstatcd. hg
appeared for the first time In macy months Pierre
nont's onice n day or two ago. Nr. Pcrrepnnt know
log him TO be tie friend Of the RELIGIOUS chum of C
Pre- dcnt's father, permitted him to get warrants
for the arrest Of the men who arc CIpcclCd to com
pensatc Ira for the fortune be las lost ~ way Of
"mocuos."
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One Of the Du Puvs IN Court We. terday.
lie wItchcd the nroccedlnts Instituted Oy N4ru1
with evident interest. II u9v b. rcmcm her,i ~
huth hrotl rrs connected with 'tc fnVesusl-
ton which was begun by e1-Judgc Fullerton.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-01-21

Alderman Barker on" of tse persons nocps ed hv
Matan OF raura.iug M,nskty l.Om his distulcTN 10
Eighteenth street 10 plice not bonded IIcAprsc,
voluntarily aprcarcd sterdsv before Commis=iuucr
OSBORN, and gave bail IN 5000 to appear foi eNam-
ton. His surety Ii The Hon. john III. McCunn.
Martins tAdayit, which Il based on Information
aud belief" SAYS that tie Aldeunahs stock OF Wills.
KEY was larger than that witch be had paid
taIcs, ana lie gyes what purpors 10 be the returns
made by Mr. Parker, and the quantity Of spirits sid
TO have been manufactured on tho premises.
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About Bfty warrants were granted yesterday by
Uniied states Commissioners against dstilicTs and
liquor merchants ut the instance Of Martin aud Ia
Due. They are in the hands VI the Marshal for exc
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-05-20
Bishop KingsIey's Death--ParticuIar
from BeyrOut.

The f,rmily of Bishop Kingsley have received
long letter from DR.. Henry Bannister, dated
Beyroute, April Sth, from which we are per.
mitted TO make some extracts. Dr. Bannistel
says:
The Bishop and met proyidentiully IL
Jerusalem He desired, II practicable, to make
the tour through the Holy Land in our party
His horseback ride from JOppa to Jerusalem
had been very severe to him. We procured
as easy a riding horse as possible for him, ana
he came on with us with apparent ease and
excellent health. After twenty days we ar
rived here April 3D.. Next day, Sabbath, we
attended church, on Monday, listed the Miss
ions and Missionaries, and procured our tickets
to sail next day evening for COnstantinople
We rose early Tuesday morning, took good
view of the snowy Lebanon, ut our breakfast;
returned 70 cur room and entered on some
little duties for our evening voyage. Not the
least complaint of poor health or bad feeling
did l hear till about A. N. Some rheumatic
pain, as he called 1t then seized his left side.
He thought it IN sympathy with the rheumat-
ic feeling we had both felt more or less III the
left shoulder blade His pain increased some
and he laid himself on his bed. Soon he spoke
of it as severe, and going to the arms and
fingers ends. l asked what I should do. He
said nothing that l can think OF. I asked then
If he had any relieving medicine Tor such 4
case, He arose, unlocked his satched, took a
vial labelled pain Reiever,' applied it 10
arm and side, also poured'a little in a glass,
remarlCing to me to observe how water would
separate the gum guacum in it, and drank it
of, He was not at all alarmed and was not.
! supposed it would pass away after little.
''SOon ] noticed him perspiring, and he
complained of cold feet. Hot water was
brought and I bathed his feet Perhaps his
feet remained ten minutes in the water He
spoke Of feeling relief; but shortly in low
tone he said lac felt bad again from the medi-
cine or some other cause. Adjusting his feet
as 1 supposed to lie down again, l turned from
him a moment. When ] saw him the next
moment, he was staggering and sinking to the
floor.
81 flew to raise him; in CONSERVATION called
for help; before it came his eyes opened, seem
ing CLASSY and strange We raised him on
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-05-20
Death of Hon. Franklin r. Backus


Hon, Franklin T. Backus died on Saturday
morning, at fifteen minutes after nine O'Clock
The news, though sad, will not come unexpec-
tedly to most OF our readers. When his sec
ond attack Of illness some days since became
known, but few hopes were entertained Of his
recovery, and his death was looked upon as a
question Of few days at most, possibly OF
hours. He had never recovered from the seri-
Gus attack he suffered a short time since, when
it became evident that his system had broken
down under the constant and tremendous
strain to which his brain had been subjected
for many years. The immediate results of
this constant pressure was a determination of
blood to the brain.
In the death of Mr.. Backus this community
has lost one Of its most esteemed and valued
members, and the Bar, not only Of this county
but of the State, one of its distinguished and
learned associates He was born Nav 6, 1913,
in Berkshire county Massachusetts,, and had
therefore Just entered upon the fifty-eighthyear
Of his age. He was graduated at Yale College
in 1886, where he held a high standing as
scholar in all respects.
He became q resident of Cleveland in 1887
or 1883, studied law and was licensed to prac-
tice by the Supreme Court in 1889, aud in 1910
became associated with Judge Bishop, and
those who have known him in late- years will
not be surprised that he soon attained a large
and successful business. In 1871 he was made
prosecuting attorney for the county, an Office
the duties of which he performed so satisfac-
torlly that he was reelected IL 1912, being the
only instance where the Office has been h. ~
the same person two successive terms In
1876 he was elected to the House of Represen-
tatives in the Ohio Legislature, but declined a
reelection. In l84S he was elected to the
Senate of the State, and was afterwards acan-
6idate for appointment to the Bench Of the
Supreme Court.
His last service for the public was as one of
the Commissioners from this State to the Peace
Congress that was called to meet in Wash
ington in the winter of lS6O-6l, to act with
Thomas Ewing, John C Wright, Y B Horton,
and other of the most eminent men of Ohio
all of them selected by Governor Dennison for
their presumed wisdom, integrity and great
discretion in an emergency such as our coun-
try had never before seen, and it is devoutly
to be hoped, by the favor of Heaven, it may
never see again.
Mr.. Backus was robust, physically as well
as mentally, by nature, and should have lived
four score years at least, with Il good chanc
for half score added but his mined was over
worked and that deranged the body He was
always kind in manner, liberal and honorable.
and there are few men, if any, in our commu-
nifty, now surviving him, in. whom less alloy
can be found than in our deceased friend
Franklin I. ClcrelaRd Herald
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-05-20
The Oil Regions.

The oil excitement at Armstrong
Run continues, as does also the flow
from the big we'll The average OF
the well is one hundred and fifty
barrels daily with tools and rope
in. 1t is not the intention to remove
them as long as it produces at the
present rate. DR.. Egbert, it is re-
ported, has offered Mr. Meldron
$125,000 for his farm, which includes
the new oil territory of Armstrong
Run.
A correspondent writing from
Brady's Bend, May 18th, says: Il
have just returned from the big well.
1t is flowing to-day at the rate of
seventy-fve barrels in twenty-four
hours. From Saturday from $50
2. NJ. to Sunday at the same hour
the production was one hundred and
ten barrels. There have been no
efforts as yet to get out the tools,
and rope from the hole. Jennings
Of Brady's Bend, T. w. Andrews
and DR.. Jenkins, of Titusville, have
commenced two wells few rods
from the big well. Buildings are
going up rapidly, and the excitement
does not subside, but extends down
Armstrong run to the river"
A new well was struck on Tues
day on the Tuttle Farm, two and a
half miles from Tidioute, which is
owned by Fisher Bros, and report
ed to be doing from one hundred
and seyenty-fye to tive hundred bar
rels per day. 1t pumped over eight
barrels per hour by actual measure
ment Tuesday evening. The WELLS
about $50 feet deep,-PittSbwg
Chronicle.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-05-20
WAR.-Tis but little word but

WARTS but little word but
compssses greater meaning than
words more pretentious. War!-It
means the unbridling of the worst
passions of our nature the giving NJ
Of men to ,indictive hate and a rev
elry in blood and carnage; the de
vastation of fields, the ruin OF cities
the slaughter Of men, and the desc
lation of homes. Tt means the fsg
got and the flames, suffering and
cruelty, horror and anguish. And
vet men delight in war and will, till
the end Of time. They are never
sated. 1t may pail upon them for q
time, but all the peace societies in
the world cannot subdue the fierce
passions which exist in the hearts
of men.
The past decade has witnessed
commissions the like Of which were
never seen before, and the world
cried for peace. 1t answered to the
call, but already it is spreading its
wings and pluming itself for flight
Wars horrid front is rearing itself
upon our borders, aud who can fore
tell the extent to which it may affect
us. The Red River troubles grow
threatening. Troops are moving
from Canada to subdae the rebels
of the Red River country; and the
Fenians having found weak point
Of their enemy are concentrating in
Minnesota, and marching to the
frontier to oppose the landing of the
English troops and assist the rebels,
1t is thought they will seize Ft. Viii
liam and strongly garrison it. Gen
O'Neil. was to leave New York, on
the 10th, to organize the Fenians
for the Red River campaign, and we
may soon hear of battles and blood
shed. The Fenians in that country
are numerous, and may be melted
to war by the English, to whom they
are friendly; and the scalping knife
and the tomahawk, be let loose up
on the settlers. 1t is not unlikely
that the American frontier settlers
will feel the blow, and our govern
ment may be called upon to redress
their grievances. Then the compIi-
cations which will arise, may involve
the two great countries in a war of
magnitude, for the unredressed Ala
bama outrages rankle, and Ho;spurs
are not wanting to hurry on con-
fiict in which they expect to worst
"perfdious Albion" What the fu-
ture hath in store may well occasion
serious thought and anxious fore
boding.