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Tho FeW Illinois Constltts4stan.


Tha East haa already submitted its4lf to the
fact thst the scepser Of controlling power in
American, government is passing, or has
paused, TO- The West We fear .hat Il may
presently have to acknowledge 20 itself, moi
only that the West ,eM rule, blythe force OF
prevailing numbers, but that it orgA1 to rule,
by vrtua Of superior political capacity,
superior political energy, an1 = true
possession of leadership ip American
l. IDEAS Il seems TO US to ba- taking the van
in our tuture political deve1opnant, more by
| commanding genius than by commanding MI
lo1lties; more because it IS, stronger IN the
democratic spirit than because it Is growing
stronger At the polls; mote By moral out
weighing Of the rest Of the Union, IN politica.
courage, faith, Bagacity, aod progressive en-
e:gJ,. than By outweighiEg it in votes. Wo
Lave been recognizing pseponaerant growth
Of muscle and Drawn IT, the great prafio Ie-
gion OF the continent; pazhaps We sha!l baye
and nerve as well.
The new constitution that has been famed
and adopted in Illinois il LunnuaunelS signl-
lcant, ns it seems toys, Of more adTa1s:ement
| in political ideas at tho West than hera IN the
East, and Of mora :nseiheens spun o. p5o-
| efficiency with which the york OF constitutions
al re1ision vas rerfo1med in Qlincis with the
| abortive failure that we made, two years ago,
\ Of a ike undertaking in our S.ate-uoticipe,,
one ono sids, how firmly, boldly, and il.
self 70 the TASK Of adapting the organic law Of
Tic State 10 later political ideas and to the
teachings Of liter experience, and, on the other
side, With What halting hesitation and tim
ming tlmidity our New York Convention
handled the same suggestions, and then CON
pare the overwhelming vote by which the
people OF illinois have adopted their new CON
stltution, with the Indifferent election in which
ours sank out OF notice and memory,-we can
hardly help feeling that there ia political
vl9o1 Ii the West which we are 11cking here.
Among the notable festures OF the new coz
stitution Of Illinois ar5 Shcse: II brings into
operation the principle Of the proportiouate
representation Of ninorities, uhichis the CON
pleting principle Of representative govern
ment. L totally prohibits al special lcgiaH
tion. It forbias the passing Of any Law max
ing An iusrocahla grant of special pzivileges.
It fosbids the Stats to pay or aasume the isbt
Of, OF loan its credit 70, any corporation OF IN
diIiduAl It coa,tinas the pay Of sYesy Btato
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DROPS.
TT.YIN1TH


Tho Carbonda1e Times Gays the gardeners il
that place arc planting the SECOND crop OF po
tatoes. In many instances the SECOND crop i!
on tho sAmo ground from which tho first croT
has been taken.
DEE MONIES, July 11.-Farmers who were
harvesting last week report the wheat straw
light, but Tue grain heavier than tho average
The recent rains have benefited corn a great
deal, and oats nleo.
WISCONSIN
MADISON, July 11.-Tle late beautiful rains
in this section have improved the wheat crop.
and tho prospects, now are, that there will be
a fair yield while the reports from the
northorn part Of the State state that the cropa
Of all kinda mill be bountiful.
Tho St. Paul Pioneer Of the 9Th says !:
"A gentleman who has lnrge experience in the
cultivation OF wheat. has furnished III with the
fruit Of his observations during = trip through
tho interior Of Minncsota and Northern Iowa.
He says: From point forty miles eouth OF
st. Paul, ri9e On the Fourth OF July to Nc
Gregor By the Milwaukee 4 St. Paul Railroad,
On warm, sunny day, gave tho impression
that wheat in Northern Iowa was look
BILE impression induced the desire to
take closer look on tho return trip,
on the 9Th inst. light rain In the forenoon
settled the dust, the day WAS cloudy, and the
opportunity to note closely was OF the very
It6I. 4ueIo AlG luOI6 udTleyt CAtl AuQ COTu
than last year. Barley looks well; oats arc
short, and stands often light corn L. gener-
ally as good as usual. The wheat, two "a
rieties, bald and bearded that which had, IN
der the glAre and heat Of the sun, looked
seemingly 80 well, on the average may givo
half crop. Tho bearded wheat stands thin,
and many fields are largely sprinkled with
black heads, some Of the poorer fields look
ing ~ though one-half Of this variety
was Of this character, Occasionally field
looked well-these were the exceptions. The
crop At largo stands thin. Could it be other
wise, considering the intenss heat and pro-
tracted d.outhf All that rain can now do is
to help mature crop which is NOW in the car.
1t IL too late to tllieken up. The crop is old
and dwarfed-rzins cannot change it. ii Wis
consin, Minnesota. and Iowa yield two-thirds
of last years produstion. it ia a1l wo can rea-
sonably expect, and more than We shall proba-
men. Grain is apt 10 stand heaviest nssr
fences and On the outskirts OF tho fields. This
often deceiyes casual Observer"
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having dafine hia absance, with Thomp-
soma aid, .TRocured divorce, but she
desired him to. tmn over his reL estate 1t
Eu!rs Head to her. This he consented to do
ehe would allow him to stsy ono night
with her. She consented; !; he STAYED. and in
the morning executed the necestary instru-
mente conveying in fun the propefty to llis
wife, now divorced from him. After this
be left the country and has since kept away.
Andrew Thompson, as Mrs, Hager:y'z
tie money, and, We believe. giving her :
note for the amount. He constructed 3
small house on his farm, but short distance
from his own dwelling, and thither he
moved AIrs. H. and children, continuing his
intimacy under the eyes Of his parents and
tbe immediate neighhorhood, bnt witEai 30
uu;etlF that but few out Of the immediate
1oc.lity know of the scaulalous proceedings.
Last spring Mrs. Thompson left and refused
to return while llrs. II. remained there, which
act convinced even the most charitable that
she was moi what she should be, and made it
necessary for Thompson TO devise measures
for to relieve himself Of her presence in the
neighborhood,"
After determining to dispose Of the wonar
he took her thence to Prairie an Chien,
and to Pottsyile, on the 7th OF December,
1858, from which time the prosecution com.
nence their evidence. She. with her family
was taken to MeGregor. and in the night ot
the SECOND day Of her residence there, bittel
: old night, Ihompaous sle1gh took them on 9
T. u1ney, terrible journey, that soon led te
Il, dark waters Of the Mississippi.
:, , the latter patt OF the March following
ronr bodies were found in the Eiyer near anc
hal|;. .Cassville, on the Wisconsin Hide. They
waTes nbseqpently identified a. the remains Of
SJra Iagerty and her three children. Al
q ton,t he same time trunks were found in the
sloughs %opVe tiAn1e u4 Cm99' "mGn, Mlth0u,
question getonseG ~ ms9 a. s,. ~, ste .Ia
was not ~ luenLtucu 20 Icie, oue .nslc "pts ~,
pictures O. lux AolHnci noeo'ao ai'a ae1 eAt
dren. ,. 49, H., o-., -.
The tia coalnenet9 on ane @ Stln ~.
Judge Mech Nneiy Pleslun5. ms a.to11eS' ~ y
p prosaont;nn II. Granger District Attorney
esa;a.adN N1 Ia, 1ge Samuel Mu1dock andJ. I
c1ana1nan ~ the part Of the defence, Il. No
H. u ITraerra II, u. Odell, and L. L. Aims
sr1lrtt.
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A Remarkable Murder Trial.

A remarkable murder tzia1 is now in progress
at West Union, Fayette County, Iowa. An
drew Thompson is the man being tiled. Heis,
says tho Gazette of that place, about 10 years
Of age, short in stature ana thick set,
Weighing not less than 200 pounds; un-
low fore head, inclining to phrenoloKical de.
Vefopment that indicates etrcug animal pas-
slonh; hair. brown and straight, eyes light.
He has wife and eight children is farmer,
and At the time OF bis arrest was reputed
worth ar5.000 to $4,000. His farm lies in
Monona Township. Clayton County, about "a
miles wcet Of McGregor.
The following, from the McGregor Ne,ys,
Was written by ons familiar with the history OF
AI1s- Hagerty, and shows the cauBes that fesd
to the horrible crime for which Thompson
stands charged:
about 36 years Of sge. She WAS the wife Of
John Eagerly, man we'll known in McGregor
before the war, and At the time OF his enlist
ment in the Union amy, was keeping q
saloon at Bulls Head, Girltd Township. aix
and half miles west Of McGregor. At this
saloon Andrew Thompson was an occasional
visitor. After Hagc1ty's enlistment, Mrs. Ha-
gerry continued the saloon, and TLompson in
creaEed his visits. While Hagerty was in the
army, 1nmora Of m intimacy between his
wife and Thompson became rife, and, on
HageEty's return he wa5 informed Of the
situation by ssmpathizing friends. The mat
ter was settled somehow between himself
and Mrs.. H., and for b while they lived togeth-
er,. but Thompson still visited tho saloon,
may between him and his wife. left
her and his three children, one girl {the old
est), and two boys, with his property, and
went to the gold miues- We believe, at sub
eequeat period, Hs8arty returned, but Mrs.
Il. refused to hare anything to do With him,
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RIOT AT MARYsV1LLE, PA
The Governor Applied 10 for Aid.

On the Fourth Of July, SAWS Il Harrisburg
journal while the colored military we're hold
ing picnic 1t the Nlalysv.lle woods, . serious
fight arose. Some Of the negro treops i'll
but Ar. Joseph seil1s, the proprietor. refused
their request. and the demand for siimulanta
becoming violent, lie ordered them ont OF his
house. They refused to acce1c to the demand.
when be attempted, with the assistance at m
employe, to forcibly eject the crowd. \ de.pcr-
ate fight resulted, in which pistols, guns,
clubs and bottles were freely Used by tho 1a-
sailants. Several negro women are said to
have been there with reyolvets engaged in the
melee Mr. Seidfe was knocked doTu aud re-
eeired aAyere ee.stnsiana oultha head. reported
to have been from the butt Of milsket,
Samuel Bowman was shot IN tho face: Geo.
Andrews Was shot in the forehead; Wm. E.
Mcken. Of Harrisburg, vas hit in the head
TWO men named Anspsch and kneply, are also
said to have been hit in the head. The f1acas
commenced after dinner, at about : o'clock.
:. IAe alarm throughout the town was great,
the news spreading like wildfre, and the re-
ports were Wild and confused.
At o'clock Captain W. q. Weaver, who WIG
il the service during the war, telegraphad the
Governor - follows !:
" Go1srncr John IT. Gary.
citizens on the streets. Send is help.
"ha1e !. caP.a!n Commanding Twelfth Regimens
A second despatch WIS as follows:
=" General John #. Ges.1y, HayTlsax,r:
,,,s1s ~GoiotSd ,s troops have left A. they passed
town, and wounded some 1se OF liz, a. near as
can come. Please arrest ol!crrs and company.
when charges vi! m b r Rre1s51ea W5 70, notln9;
Captain Weaver received tic following an
swer.
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NEGRO SUFFRAGE In I1L1Ho1s,

In the recent State Convention, It was
common thing for the irrepressiblc, old
fashioned, negro-hating, pro-slayery Demo
cratic members to vent their wrath by as
serting four propositions:
l. That the people Of Illinois we're over
Uhelmingly opposed to negro suffrage; in
1e62 that they gave 175,O00 minority
against it, and would do so again in 1870.
?. That the Fifteenth Amendment had
never been legally adopted1 and WAS not
binding as part Of tho Federal Constitu-
tion.
>. That the ratification of that amend
ment by the Legislature was fraud CON-
mitted upon the people of Illinois, who
never had approved, and never would ap-
prove, it.
I. That if it were placed in the State
Constitution, the people would reject the
whole instrument.
Tue vote just taken shows how fallacious
oil these statements were, and how poorly
these members represented the opinions Of
their constituents.
In 1868, the Democratic party of this
state polled 199, ,14s votes. In 1862,
proposition prohibiting negro citizenship
was carried by l75r 900 majority. TIE re-
suit Of the recent election upon the con-
stitution shows how much the Democratic
party has been educated by the discussions
and events which hare takan rla"a t1--s-.e
the Inst few years. The constitution, in
c1uding the Fifteenth Amendment, negro
suffrage, and negro eligibility to Office, has
been ratified by an overwhelming majority
of the people Of the State. Of the 100, 900
Democrats who roted for Seymour in 1868,
less than 81, 600 voted on the I'd
of July against the Fifteenth Amend
ment negro Suffrage, or negro
citizenship; less than that number could
be induced to vote that, s4This is white
mans government to be ruled by white
men alone" Some of the strongest Dem
ocrat1c counties Of the State rolled ND
handsome majonties for a constitution
which recognizes negroes as the political
equals OF white men, and makes them eliei-
BILE to al Offices, and voters at all elections.
In 1868, this county gave Seymour 19,1o4
votes, and few days ago only polled 81
votes against the constitution. The Dem
ocratic county Of Fulton in 1868 gave Sey-
mour 4,118 votes, and in 1870 gave 22G
minority for4he negro equality constitu-
ton. We group some Of the majorities in
the Democratic counties in 1865, and COM
pare them with the majorities in the same
counties for the constitution, and its reaf-
trnance Of the Fifteenth Amendment:
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Il St1ect<ar nefdena.


.'e'e "I IeffespoRd<Hee OF ff5 Philadelphia 1<{e-
9raph-
Yesterday afternoon An incident, which has
not get made ita nay into any Of thenewspa-
pess, took place in oue OF the Sixth avenue
carr. and becomes worth mentioning because
II I!ust1ates the aytdity With which geniality
Iushes to the rescue of itself and the discssn-
ntuIe OF the churl- The car confined d dnxen
passengers, all Of whom we're men, with lid
exception Of one, who #as boy. Imme-
dlatefy opposite the boy, who occupied ona
corner, sat . mAn whose countenAncs wna
compendium Of maligaay. He looked
"a though all the gall ind vormHood al
exlstence had flowed through 4 fnnnej
into the cracks and c.annies Of his lace.
Suddenly the boy, whose face was bright
contrast to that Of h1a oppoata neichbor, BE-
gan Whistling "shoo F1E." Il las been sajd
ehat the First Napoleon foameG. at the mouth
At the eound OF church belh in the county.
Ffemomtory symptoms ct srch q craAis came
oSer the nan have bean, describing at the
h1st notes ct tbs popular clsAsic.
mean; Shut up!" T.,is in aItone q tides
elloa5ie ma1gnlty, and loud enough to DO
completely abash1d. !" "shns up But one Of
ne nearest pas .en9ers, seeing, no" matters
etood, liked BIS eyes upon tho man, and,
with : i'm, even asw II breath, com
menced wtistiing the obnoxious air. The
Joke sesvled to spread. One after ono
tho paTaepgerB, fixing their eye8 upon tbs
vretcF ed chuK1, joined in that immortal mel
o1{ until. vhsn the refrain, Shoe fy, don't
hI.dez me" cana in, the boy who had been
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ground, making two holes the sixe OF . mans
wrist aud fifteen inches deep.
The Canada Medical Journal puh1iahes a
communication which says: In July, 1858,
came to my Office Wom1n with tho following
history: Two days previous, dnring thunder
s,caAsoel he thunder "a very hard thing to
dieest, indeed. She was shopping through q
window, when, in the act OF gaping, ehe felt 3
etunnlDg shock all over her throat. She
dropped on the floor half suffocated, without
beng unconscious, remained about two min
ntes in that position, when her throat sudden
~ resumed its former condition, less the loss
Of yocal power. At the time I saw her, she
felt yet burning sensation through her lar
yn1. especially when swallowing warm drinks
az abe WAS weak, prescribed tonies and stim-
nlante. With local application OF mustard to
the throat, and she WAS able to speak loud
three weeks from date OF ehock"
A census taker N Nevada viRlted a house
where he found no one but q woman, and she
in bed. Have you any Children, madam 2"
asked tho deputy Of the Census Bureau. The
woman Looked q LITTLE confounded, and re-
paed "eli, have one, but do not know
whether you want it or not !" and tnrning
down the blanket, exhibited s3day old boT.
- A healthy looking child, madam" said tie
census man what do you call it ?" "He
is not named get replied the mother, with
'cok Of Affection at her boy. "Suppose we
call him JOSEPH, suggested the ennnerator.
vel, :, replied tho mother, guess Joseph
will do, and 80 down he went Us Joseph
Port pale sherry, and Madeira contain,
each 20 per cent Of alcohol, or oz. to the
imperia1 pint. The first lns, III addition, OF.
Of sugar to SO grnins OF tarta1ic acid; thesec-
ond, " grains Of sugnr and ITO Of tartaric
acid, and the third, - drachms Of Hugar and
LOO grains Of the acid. Brown shar7y is strong
er than pale, both in alcohol and acid, but con
talns somewhat less sugar. Champagne comes
next in strength, its proportion OF alcohol be-
ing oz. in the pint, with the addition OF no
lees than a31 oz. Of sugar, aud the same quan-
tity Of acid 40 graing as brown sherry. Bur-
guudy contains ~ o., claret 2 o.. hook 2111
o., and Mosello ~ OF. of alcohol, aud tho
proportions, respectively Of 160, 161, ITO. aud
40 grains Of tartaric acid. Claret is the only
one Of the four that contains sugar.
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ployed in the steel rail mills At $1,000 pc,

ployed IN the steel rail mills at $1,000 per
annuIn, for the remainder of his life.
After doing all this, they would save in
one years expense Of construction and re-
pairs by the purchase Of Bessemer steel
rails at SEQ per ton, free Of duty, several
millions Of dollars
It must be remembered that these duties
are not laid for revenue, and yield no rev.
enue: they are 1aid for no other purpose
than to exclude the steel rails, and compel
the purchase of iron rails, or, if steel
rails be used, to gire their exclusive sale,
at m advance of s32 per ton, to the Ameri-
can triumyirate. This is practical e1hi-
bitiou of how tariffs ara enacted to prevent
revenue, to tar the whole people $50, ,ooo,-
900 year On the transportation Of their
productions, and all for the benefit of
very small number Of individuals.
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TIE NORTHWEST.
ILNOI5+
The best cuts Of beef in Rushylle sell for

ILLINOIS,
The best cuts Of beef in Rushyille sell for
Q cents per pound.
It. D. Lewis, Of Rio Township, kuox
County, ID si1 feet nine inches high. he has
two brothers, each nearly as tall as he.
Tho Cairo Bulletin OF the 6th says: The
elopement kof Mrs. Eliza kincaid with Mr.
Samuel Fry was announced in these columns
yesterday lover the signature Of Mrs. AIilly
Fry, the wife of tho absquatulated Samuel.
There Is good deal Of heartlessness about
this elopement. Mrs. Fry is al old woman, St
or Gu yeare Of age, and for many Year, has
been cripple. Tho family l1ved sfrom hand
to mouth when Sam was at home. Nov that
he has 'vamoscd tho rancha,' it is entirely
destitute The only child the crippled wife de-
pended upon has been sent to the Peuiten-
tiary" -..s
Tho Macomb Eagle Of the sth saya: This
sestion Of country was visited by serious
gale On Thursday evening Of Last week, doing
some little damage to the growing crops. and
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These figures tell the story of the pop
ular acceptance OF the results Of the
war. They give proof Of the fact that the
ratification Of the Fifteenth Amendment by
the Legislature, was truthful expression
of the viii of the people, who have nov,
by vote Of nearly Eve to one, embodied
the sane principle Of political equality in
the State Constitution To this result the
Democratic voters Of this State havo
contributed by their votes fully as
much as the Republicans They de-
serve credit for their manliness, and
for the independence they have shown
Of the few blackguard newspapers, like the
Quincy Herald, which have songht to per-
petuate the antiquated and senseless preju-
diceH against race and color.
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sehaked ysntured To- LIT up his voice aDd
went rafting along the avenue. lie atmosubero
around it ringing with the Whistles Of nesrly
dozen manly voices. To describe tho rare and
bewildet1nent that succeeded each other 49,
the couutepance OF the victim wonll be- AZ,
eruinently difficult tack. At length. unable to
tuuate1 Of the conductor, and awcarius ho
would hsve him discharged for allowing hi,
car TO he filed With pnhlic n;tisances, plunged
an ni,tle the vehicle vas IN full mct1on.
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ton and otherwise, the present National
Banks, there can be no question. As the
greenback banks have swallowed up the old
State banks. go the standard gold banks
will swallow up the greenback banks.
, 1870-07-12
DRIFTING TOWARD WAR.

No0e' "o4~A ose1n 10 oe unal on the part or
DOLL 1t Is not e,as to sec how either eau
change. But if neither wayers or retires.
forward movement of the French army
is inevitable. Napoleon moves with a
promptness aud energy so disproportionate
to the emergency as to make the Spanish
question appear mere prete1t, of which
he avai1s himself to carry out some long
treasured scheme of reconst1 actine the
map Of Europe.
France, in effect, demands that the can
didacy of Prince Leopold be withdrawn,
and holds Pzussia responsible for advano-
ing it. Prussia replies that she has nothing
to do with his candidacy, and cannot,
therefore, withdraw it. This was the re-
ply which Napoleon must have expected,
before he made his preparations for war.
Hence, there is strong ground for suppos-
ing that his preparations were made for
some other purpose than to prevent
Prince Leopold, who is related to
himself by blood more nearly than to the
King Of Prussia, from accepting the throne
of Spain. II, as the London TINES sug-
gests, this pretext has been seized upon to
push the French boundary to the Rhine,
shst Is an issue upon which all Germany
will be united as one man, and viii fight to
lae p't'er enc ..
a' nePo'eoae . posl'lon Is emoarrass-
tu6' t1no .nat ~ te4".es an e1tfao1olnafv
display of force to intimidate the Spanish
1 1o.ses 444u pe'eaN 4t.n ao.14 s
1i"'e Aeepo'o " w ~" y, suJ' IS
yets u''nea ~, ~ H. W $50, 80 e.usl aana
tn:1a ..:.S',.aw ths nap;7;ana- - - .
' Taa.'.,d sha can,ot to,,a s,.h a.ss
~ :s;.o,,t oo1n1a;na 49, @ ~ 49, 49,. s.ep
n;e.ondid,cv. No. .oa15 49, =, 80
tro, b;a canG;aocv = ho- 1t;n;sta.a , 49, 80
M n,,+ in ;ndnc;no - H.. - - e:.:.ae
Of n. Tn;tad statsa hooa -.1.a.as o -. 80 -.
throne of sna;n -ithont r. ;nta-nsa.;an
Of onr sovernmsnt t,a ,o,n.,;naa vor,a ~ -
o77ns oon,d MT ,,,,,,n.1 ~. f,.z.m.4 -
The T.nited state. ~ ;nt.rfa~. - nsa-oSt
;+e ,;,;,o,, f+on, ooa...;... - III te.
,,asr f-aa1,- taad.,aa ,,;.e 70. ae,1a e-1. .
5ao1.-a 49, - ahe11a -. h o;.:1.s y
~ -. et-N c. ~. 20 e'.,.oA y.
c.. e. 0'<'ses *n "1 ~ ~ "A' nNue VI
feel if the reply of tho Prus-
sian Government to Napoleon be
' -, a| .N 5o'eA' s,.I, t,1' A'e Nv
deed, if VIC concede the truth of that reply,
ii would be surrender Of her national in
dependence for Prussia to be bullied by
France into compelling subject to decline
crown rendered him by the free act Of