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, 1870-06-09
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL TAX

An nddress las been issued, signed W
editors of the Enngham Register and
Dtmoc-a:, the Decatur Republican, the
kankakee Gazette, and 7ines, the Carbon
dale .Ner Era, and the Champaign Ga7ette'
asking the people of the State to reject me
clause Of the new constitution relatlve 10
o=n.zns na1,way, winch is separately sub
1nitted, md may be rejected without
'npairing The remainder Of the instrument.
The proposed clause provides that the
Legislature sha1l have no power to remit
the tax or to use any portion Of its pro-
ceeds for my other purpose than the
ordinary expenses Of the State Govern
ment- This, they think, forhids an7 nav
neut out Of the State Treasury to tn.
counties On the line Of the road for the
loss they suffer from the exemption of the
property Of the Illinois Central from local
and municipal ta1stion.
These gentlemen argue that the tax is mol
ultimately borne by the illinois Central
but, lie MI other taxes and expenses, na
Ional or State, is included in the cost O.
running the 1oad, which freights AMI
fares must be regulated so as to pay
even before paying dividends. The,
argue that the claim that the renoya
of the tux would not be followed by the re-
duction OF the freights and fares, is just q:
absurd rs 10 allege TINT the removal of an,
other taxes or tariffs would not benefit tn
consumers, but that the merchants woult
absorb the whole difference in increased
, 1870-06-09

The Quincy herald, an irreconcilable
copperhead sheet, continues 10 assail and
oppose the new constitution, because it
does not contain provision nulifying the
Constitution of the United States on the
subject of Suffrage. It calls on all Demo-
Gratis to vote against the new constitution
for the reason named. It proposes to make
notification nn issue in Adams County. 1t
says: .........-...,..-...-
aThe proposed new Constitution Of this State,
which Is to be voted upon In few days, assumes
that the Fifteenth Amendment u pa9e ,s u srS "
Federal Constitution. 4 majority OF tne peop4e u
Illinois do not believe It Ia"
How does the Herald know that? We
think the nine-tenths of them are fully per-
suaded that the Fifteenth Amendment is a
part of the Federal Constitution, and cheer
fully acauiesce in it. We are Convinced
that an overwhelming majority of the
voters of this State are opposed to disturb
ing tie matter, OF to opening the suffrage
issue, The colo1ed man has already secured
the right of suffrage, and only the meanest,
most ignorant, and despicable clnss OF
whites would take it away from him
Tie vote on the new constitution will
demonstrate to the obtuse apprehension o1
the Quincy Herald that it is in u miserable
and contemplate minority, in its oppoa'
ton to the constitutional rights Of the
| colored citizens of Illinois
, 1870-06-09

An election was held in the Third Grand
Division Of this State, on Monday last, for
q Judge Of the Supreme Court, and the
Hon. Sidney Breese was reelected without
opposition. The Chicago Times is in error
in supposing that, if the new constitution
he adopted, another election viii be neces-
sary in that district The new constitu-
ton provides that,
"The term OF office of Judges OF the
Supreme Court, elected after the adoption
of this constitution, shall lie nine years !;
and On the first Monday in June Of the
wear in which the tenn OF any of the
Judges in Office at the adoption Of this
constitution, OF of the Judges then elected,
shall expire, and every nine years
thereafter, there shall be an
election for the successor or SUCCESSORS
of such Judges, in the respective districts
wherein the term Of such Judges shall e1-
pire. The Chief Justice shall continue to
act as such until the expiration Of tho term
| for which he was elected, after which the
Judges shall choose one Of their number
Chief Justice"
Judge Breese was elected, on h1onda.!
last, under the present constitution. an'
will, Of course, be Judge in Office when tn
new constitution is adopted, and Will hol'
his Office for nine years. By this election
however, Judge Breese ceases to be Che
Justice, and is succeeded by Judge Law
renee, who will be Chief Justice until tn
expiration of his term in June, 1873.
, 1870-06-09

What is becoming OF tne 1hlth t5sr1a3tHH 3MGg nI
all? Mr.. Beecher, in the last Christian
Union, defends the orthodoxy of DR.. Bel
lows, for no better reason than that DR.. Bel
lows defends Beecher as O good enough
Unitarian for him. The great Boodhist,
philosopher, and missionary, Chunder Lon,
in recent sermon in England, welcomes
the whole Unitarian body as worthy dis
ciples of Boodh, and the American organ
of Unitarianism, the Liberia! Christian;
descans upon the many points in which
Chunder Len is IA excellent
Christian, and mentions few in which he
is rather better than he could possibly be
if he were Christian. This bridges the
supposed interval between Beecher and
Boodh very handsomely, and, if the Pope
and Beecher will now embrace, We do not
see but the Evangelical Conference and the
Ecunenical Council can take down their
hats and run lons. All questions are
settled. Whether tho Christians have be-
come heathen, or the heathens have be-
come Christian, is left somewhat indefinite,
but it is certain that they, in some way,
arraa
, 1870-06-09

The canard of the New York Sun rela-
tive to an alleged flibustering expedition
against Mexico, of which General Rose
Grams is alleged to be the leader. is as prob
mile as if the British Minister at Washing
Ton we're charged with heading Fen1an
campaign General Rosecrans is even now
circulating documents, under his own ag-
nature, denouncing the whole spirit OF
conquest and fibusterism toward the
countries south of US, and aiming rather to
establish some kind Of bund or friendly
union with them On the plan 80 popular
half a century ago. The effort to identity
him with flibusterism is probably intended
maliciously to annoy and slander him.
, 1870-06-09
RAILROADS..

Atam mass meeting held at c'srk.Ele' n4 Tsre
County, lows, MAJ. ., resoi51f1MGin11 s5 f1MGi1vaukes.
adopted endorsing The BsGiIee.dsa ;i.es and he an
ond ha hs Ss' rosd sss sbqss ,hs rSss
saa fe aeRe dI.tsase q fG55sS rdS sads s, he
he Ssaf !; Gsn'te Cert aSoa %Ga nae as & ths
safPens'Shp q , pacic ~ Raiirosd has giveu shs to
81, aaol lcaaniectnsea, among which is the sur
iss oass TX. he road has been sold to the North
am "a. ife Company.
, 1870-06-09

The Senate has rejected, pT CLOSE Vote
Senator Schurz. g resolution authorizing the
Committee On Foreign Relations 8 to inquire
intothe history and character OF the nego-
tiatious for the purchase Of San Domingo
by the United States Government, and the
circumstances attending them; also
to make an investigation OF the
truth of current statements relative to
franchises, grants Of lands, &c, dependent
upon the rntifcation Of said treaty, the
committee to have power to send for per-
sons and papers," 1t is stated that Senators
Morton, Chandler, and Howard opposed the
resolution, declaring that its real object
was to defeat the treaty by allowing
the time fixed for its ratification to
20 by. Rather than allow tins
calamity (Which has happened once be-
fore), to occur again, they would vote for
the treaty without regard to its history OF
character, md even though all the current
statements in regard to fraud and corrup.
ton were true. They Take the broad and
generous view Of General Butler, ane
20 for it "job or no job" Genera
Butler probably had his eye on the Att
yela Job, IN particular, when he gave ven
to this Btatesmanlike utternnce, Alta Veil
being dependency of San Domingo ant
that fact having led Secretary Seward tt
saw no, when Jeremiah Black, backed b1
| General Butler, sought to put certain pr
vate individuals in possession Of it by mill
| tary and naval force.
, 1870-06-09

The telegraph announces that Peter B.
Sweeney las sailed Tor Europe. Lest it be
supposed that he has gone to England to
sell the Ezie Railway to its own stock
holders for cash, we feel constrained to say
that Tammany Hall has no present inten-
ton Of negotiating with the bloated aristo-
Gratis of Great Britain On that subject.
, 1870-06-09

perb,I. y :. toat tn On ,a;rs,tlv th,ongh
Ia c,lifon;. and Walt The 0evaa,, III. bir
traas ND ,1a yoaemita. n tha tonr;st Tnnst
ha c@ot ~ nf.h on,v ona ~ n. +hrc. trins IN
xh;ch ra4s-snra ia here m,de sontt A,neT;cs
,na IL, .,ono have higher rnounta;ns and
mora @ s,,tsra;a 1;eva than scores Of chose tha,
: m he ] sn;oyed in = two or a ten veols' tri5
T,,-,- tta Roc,-v Mountains of Colorado.
it,;,h to,,r;sta sbould turn their attention. and
& direct Them how Oregon and California eau
both be visited on the same trip, the most
economically and the most directly, is the
object OF this article. As it involves consider,
able staging. inyalids should not undertake it,
but. with reasonable strength, il one wants to
feel the glow OF boyish visor tinglc through
every fibre Of lis system, let him by all means
take this trip, OF COURSE the ladies' should 60
along, forif they get out Of the coach at every
station to rest themselves, az every one should,
thev will stand the fatigue quite aa we'll rs
men. and reap corresponding benefit. After
visiting Salt Lake City two or threo daEB--tor
both its singular people and splendid scenery
will attract and well repay visit-take tho
stage at Ke1ton, niuety-one miles west Of
Ordep. for Boise CITY, Idaho, distance Of 245
miles. Time, two days. For the first hundred
miles north Of Kelton, the mountain
views arc yery fine, when tho Shoshone
falls of tie eouth fork Of the Columbia,
acco,d onlv to N,arara ara reached.
and ebon,i Iva visitea They are
W. go, ,,,;,.a fr,,, tho 7;roct a+,co ~o,d
o' :. IN .,,a1.I1r sa1.- 49, xa,1a- ona a.r
w. .;a;. 49,, T,r, 80 r,oro ~ a riaa of
eee a,s...., a.. po,r1o, p,ro- md
, 1870-06-09
BED CLOUDS SPEECH.

NAAANA
made two important statements in his
speech ut Washington, which are worth
considering: First, that he is already Oh
his 1eser vations, guaranteed to him by past
treaties, and does not intend to give them
up; and. secondly, that the Indian must,
in time, go to farming, but he cant do it
right away.
There is no use Of making reservations
of the American Continent for the purposes
Of barbaris1n. Every such reservation will,
in time, be invaded, and our government
lacks the actual power to enforce its PROM
ise, If it promises the contrary. 1t is better,
therefore, not to make any more treaties on
the basis of consecrating any portion OF
our country to Savage life, to condition OF
spontaneous pauperism, natural war, ana
leealized mendicancy. We have white
men who want to be savages, in whom the
the essential characteristics of the Indian
predoninate. They steal, riot, rob, muir
der, and we put them under special disci--
pline IN prisons It is no special privilege
to exercise this degree of authority over
the nou,adio sarages we have in civilized
life; on the contrary, it is< an n-unpleas-
ant, and, sometimes, dangerous, duty.
But to curb such men is one OF the first OBJ
jects of all government. # VIC can send
such men to a Penitentiary, We can at least
put the Indians under the coercive watch
Of sufficient military forces to compel them
to 70 to work-not, indeed, at farming, for
Red Cloud is right in saying they cannot
do that fright. away" He appreciates
better thnn the philo-Fieganthropists of
the;1ndian GQ&mission do, the gradual chnr-
act4rof'he steps -hK.Ehasah an Indian may
ei7ili1at5um. Indians can and do
raise stock ind herd horses, cattle, and
-sxine. The first step towards Indian relief
must be on q thoroughly materialistic basis,
by putting him in The way to settle the
meat question for himself, without con-
slant stealing. The change from killing
cattle to herding them, from throwing
away most OF their flesh to curing it and
keeping it the year round, is a point the
Indian can see at glance. But tilling the
soil IS to him squaw's work. He dcspises
it, rs the stakeholder Of the south
did. In Mexico and Brazil, where
the Indian has been brought into
contact with stock-raisers, he has soon
learned their habits, mingled, intermar-
RED, and in few generations We find men
of pure Indian blood who are not only far
mets, butlawyers, Judges, Generals, Cabinet
officers, and Presidents-Juarez, of MEXICO,
being an illustration of the rule If such
| ste,,a rar, 1,e taken TINT this o1e change car
, 1870-06-09
TpF TAX ON SUGARS.

One of the greatest frauds in legislation
that has been committed of late years i
that contained in the recent changes Of the
tariff on sugars. The rates of the presen,
and the new law, and the importations Of
1sGs-ca nre as follows:
Present ss,a Ssz se,< 1"tp9rsSa III H.
Raw sugar no: Ut for uzc..sc &c s4s,Ns,Sse
: Raw ,wo, sqgar 19sa nj lot CON- q, sa.sa1u
Above 10. y, under 1s.;;.sH ss,sl,ess
Mi othe,s. . :. 49, Is Is,aH
The r.w suear not fit for use passes to
the re6uez who reproduces it in all the
forms of sugar known to the trade, and at
an advanced cost. Nos. 2 and 3 in the
aboye classification are the lighter sugars.
known Us grocery sugar, and are the kinds
generally used by the great body Of the
public, The present duty on this is and
s4cents per pound, and, Of course, regulates
md keeps down the same quality Of sugar
turned out by the refners. Of tho other
and lipher Grades, the present and new
rate of duty is practically prohibito1y, CIV
mo 4he refners m exclusive market.
It will be seen then ut glance, that on
..h,t tho American neop1e GENERALLY know
ss ss,,oun .npar " being the light, yellow
~,e.,- ,,.7,;,h const,trtcs tine simple article
- tla orocery trade md in which form
80 es5.t.s - .,,a s7oar consumed in tbs
,1.;.ea ~ statas M 20 nnrcbastd .t,,a .a5,;s 1ast
o0S'--,@A w. s' "s =.
o1ne,a a. o4 -, r. mi -.
s'eau .. . ue - - a. ~. s 80 .o.aa ] W. ~
, 1870-06-09

General Hnncock7s Reception bS the
indtnns-E1is Arrival In sioux city
a Terrible ToEnado-Supposed Dc.
HtrnctiOn of the Episcopal mls*fon
Church ut Santcc Agency.
From. the Sour City Journal, Ju,,ea
The young Indians arc all leaving Gfand
River Agency for the interior, to engage In
their summer hunts.
The Temporary Indian Agent at the Chey-
ennc Agency, we are told bv the mate OF the
Far West, was attacked by Indians on Friday
last. They beat him with the but-ends OF their
Eups, bruisln8 him considerably about tne
head and shoulders.
We are further informed by the mate Of tho
Fu Vest that the Indians along the river give
General Hancock very cool and formal Ee-
ception during his late visit to Their country
They say that he promised them Last spring
that he would send no more troops among
them, which promise, they claim. ae wlt9liy
disre Earded. In consequence Of this ths !n~
tians hare dubbed him Is The heap-lylpE white
man."
the up-rirer country, from Captain Fe1n Ha"-
( ley, OF tie steamer Miner:
4 delegation Of prominent Bru1e Sioux
| Chiefs are soon to start on visit TO ashlnGn
| ton, ria Sioux City, to have big talk :"
With the President They hope to agree upon
nmong them are Red Leaf, Bull Eagle, Little
Swan, and Crow Feather, The laet named u
| the head Chief OF the sansarea, and the Chief
who carries what is called by them tbs God
Almighty pipe OF the Sioux lu1ians- Tiie
pipe Is over loo years old, and has never been
1ndreEsed since its adoption ss = sacred of-
ject-
Upon the ARRIVAL Of the Miner at Randall .
number Of Indian Arrows wera found driven
| through an inch board Ut the rear Of the boat
| The superstition is that they we're shot at Gen
etal Hancock somewhere in tho vicinity Of
| MILESTONE AGENCY. Tho a1rows we're recog-
nRed as belonging to the Brule Indians, BY
| certain characteristics
He reports a terrible tornado as having
| passed through the Santee AGENCY few days
ago. The hurricane cut swatt in the forest
| for breadth Of twenty ruls, taking every tree
in it's course. Captain Ha1ley gives it as his
opinion that the lev. 3lr. Hindman's Episcopal
church was destroyed. He said be could not
see tisn OF the church spire, which on former
trirs he had always noticed. He looked for it
particularly as ho desired to point out the
church TO General Hancock.
General Hancock, it Is Eaia, has succeeded
in establishing sort of armistice with the In
dians, and matters are now beginning to aa-
sume more quiet aspect III the Indian re-
gioDs-
, 1870-06-09

m,v he rscs;yed 1t par. with the intaress Sc
r1,ed thereon, in payment for any bonds auth
oriyad Ia be issued by this sci
, 1870-06-09
Tho Lnte s.Scrllnl1aEcs with fha
Indians In General AuCux'& Depart.
ment-Genernl CkIer%~
General AuEur has promulgated tho follow

General Augur has promulgated the touoW-
ing: ---....-.
uEAporAKTEHs | DErAK1xxSr s7fI1 or THE Patel
OMAHA, Neb., June l, 15'0- !
a Ths ccInmaniiaS ] M Genera! announces the follow
ing cTcGliable encounters 6f ttoo?s IN tnis depart
nlent With hostile Indians, as having taken psnce
aatag To he deera tss and soldiers mentioned he ex
tends bis acknowledgements for personal gallanttJ
/. At O'clock, On the 4:h Of Nay. 1919, Breves
Major D, s Gordon. with ConpnnJ D, seeon4
Cavalry, near Atlantic Cliff n. T., discovered aad
ny Of indses m IN se q ia
dtans wounding one aud dispensing the balance.
Later In the day, with First Lieutenant Charles
stambauSa sssonI cva5, an, 1a .en ~ men Sa,f n
slre and wountl!ng several It's ioss Sas L!suten-
ant StAmbaUgh killed. anu S:rSeaat eEo"h
1aior Gorson conusends tho conspicuous GAL
iant1y Of Lieutenant stsmEas'sa He also coul-
mends Lleulenan: Dinwll6ie, Second Cavalry,
for gallant and c11lciens service, AID naSes hon
otabIe mention OF First Sergcans Kneass~ Ser
gsaDisd ats Rn,!s shnea @ az nfoT
2 On the 18th OF May, 1910, Sergeant Patrick
Lei nard and four men OF Company e, Second
Cavalry, searching on the Lr:ie e!ac, Seoraata.
Ared upon hy party Of nftg Indians Pnsa.e
lliobard and two ho7,es were wonadsd at TIC
giving his horses to be held by the woundes1
soidier The Indians Immediately charged, but
were repulsed with one BILLED, and, It g believed
three wounded. Sergeant Lsona-1 then KILLED
his tyu Wounted hCrsvs and male lyea5twoEk
Of them. No soo2er Was this done than tho In.
t!ans again charged, were again repulses', ami
retired with two empty saddles, besides
fopr Indians wounded. Within hall an
huur they returned for the!r dead and wounded.
and for two hours kept up series Of feIgned
attacks and tlesultor5 shaEp-5hoottn9. Falling 70
accomplish anything, they retired. The Se:geant
then withdrew hts party, having hai A. his horses
kilIed took under his Charge settlers family oil
Two women and one child, md starred for the
lower settlements HaFin. R1.:e about nile ae
was again surrounded BY fliitans, 'ihs, 4poa me
appearance OF o party Of surveyors, asd Without
renewing the attack, The Sergeant and bis party
reached Captain Spaulding's camp between 10 nna
II O'Clock the same night
Captain spanlding eolnmenAs Se1xean: Leonard
ant PYiyates George ". Thompson, Hcth Cauaetif
Thomas Hubbard, aud Michael H*mmeisnaGn. at ~
OF Company C, Second Cavalry, to The nnttes OF
the Commanding General
E5 command Of Brey1r Major General AI1ur.
GE1HGK D. KuG3Lg-
Assistant Adjutaat General
, 1870-06-09
POLITICAL


In IN election for School Directors, at Gales
burg, Ill.,. OH the 9Th i1,sr., s. D. Williams.
colored, WAS a candidate in the Fifth Ward,
and received Is votes, against 253 for Milo D.
Cooke.
The Democracy Of Mason County, III, in
their convention On the 4th inst, instructed
their delegates to the Congressional Conve1-
ton to vote for the nomination Of the Hon. I.
". McNee1y. =
At the Republican Convention for Mclean
County, held at Bloomington on the ithi inst,
for the purpose Of electing delegates to the
Congressional Convention, tho Chsi1nan reao
a communication from Colonel E T. Roe, u
follows:
BLoostxG7oN,7 June T.-GESTLKxzS or TME
CONVENTION: In consideration Of the tIfe1aa!Ey
nnd political fraud BY which matdtity o. s1ts 1
convention has been packed against nc. anu aa ~
difference to my own selfrespect. ao shs ee7e1 211
anu untEy OF the RenublIcan partJ, "Analns" s,s ~
name from before this convention as @ ~ r.
and shall only feel myself bound TO abtne - tn
action 50 far as my better Judgment IS 70 une ~ ~,
tcrcsts of the Republican party may qelgsI War
prove. E - -.
The delegates friendly to Colonel noe tnea @
withdrew, and. as has been staie1 ey .s.e
graph, General John McSulta WIS desisna.o4
as the choice Of the convention for congress
, 1870-06-09
"Fur mobile fratrins-
No paupeT tHI'or Of Europe.
O OH7npus ttlar rtTunh"

Amongst the political movements on foot to
anticipate the Presidential campaign OF 1879, is
one set up for the Workingmen's pending
National Convention By tho Democrats, to
1t il alleged that Gea1y has not positively COM
mitted himself to any vital issues, and that he
has strength in lis State which politicians can
not take from him. Iapprehend that this is an
unfounded presumption, like every presunap-
ton Of the eo-called labor party, party which
pre- ordains it's members never to rlse above
their condition, and, therefore, can ne'sr be
an American mans party. deary IS m nslu7
tercsting mau who has led q romantic ille anu
would like to be independent q the PeIn5Jl,
yania politicians. He would make verEE good
candidate f4r hs soT, q p"g panS ba II beater
name for it.
Another Democratic idea is to fan the repu-
tation Of Nm. S. Groesbeck, OF Cincinnati,
and bring him out as the compromise canol-
date Of Ohio betwixt Chase and pendleto9-
Groesbeck is remembered here for his forn1d-
ablo speech delivered during the impeachment
Il ial, which surprised all and poIhapgs g lnnn-
enced scme. He Was a member OF tue IhlftS-
fifth Congress, is man OF fortune anu ie1s-
ure, with fine, tall presence and an tnse'tees-
1ial countenance, but he ls tnan Q! sno LOW,
of auetere manners, and with disciplined gym
nathies. and without cunning or political mag
nctism. He voted for Pendleton as Governor
of Ohio. but favored Chase for the tresioenSy.
It is alleged hero that If Chase gives Up the
race in is72, Groesbeck will be his choice;
Judge Thurman, whose self-connand nan a.a.. and
good luck as politician hare maze asn hs a tRo
Presidential track. So is Hendricks. whose
friends are organizing thus far in adyance; 4, ~, e.
Chase il in enfeebled health, md he will leave
the city speedily to make one 81 series OF
country visits which he has a. @ eon'emPiatea, .o,.
eGort to prevent the domination Of Tweed and
sweeney and their favoHte Hoffman, which is
the Grand Eastern combination. The more
saracious and considerate Western and New
England Democrats are rejecting that any can
despernte chiefs Of Tammany could be beaten
/ " Red Cloud himself or any othor pronounced
and outspoken savage On the other hand, it
is not doubted hut that the two Tammang
rougLs are willing to do ANYTHING to set con,
troll Of the country and thus make Legitimate