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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-11-17
Saving Trees Girdled by Mice.

The best method of saving trees which
have been girdled by mice, il To graft
scions under the bark, thus forming a
bridge. or rather saqaeduCt, To convey the
SAP over. The sciOns should be inserted
under the bark at least an inch at each
end and of course must not be less than
two inches longer than the wound,
Choose good, stout, thrifty shoots for
scions, secure them before they start and
insert without delay as soon as the bark
will separate from the wood, pairing off the
end of the scion on one side.
1t has been recommended, in order to
ave bending the scion, which in the at
tempt to spring back will be apt TO dis.
Mace itself To split il in two for the whole
| length. placing the split side next 10 the
tree but n much better way, though lit
lie more trouble, is to take "A gougc and
cut. in that part OF the wood which has
been barred by the gnawilg of til mice, a
groove 10 receive the inner part of the
scion. In this way it can be kept straight
without splitting, and there will be no loss
by evaporation from the split surface. The
crafts must be tied in carefully and the
ends covered with wax, TO xcludc the air
but we have flugd the best way To be to
cover tn, whole Of the gratis with grating
CLAW and bird a cloth OF the outside.
IT, a. sometimes happens, the bark Is
gnawed away so close TO hsground that 1T
Is difficult or impossible 10 insert gratis at
the bottom, thrifty young seedlings may be
set around the tree as near rs possible, and
the tops grated in above the grid d place.
If there Is strip of bark left however
narrow, do not fail to cherish it with the
utmost care il will be worth more than
any scion YOU can put in.--joorn@ Of
1armuttATe.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-11-17

Dor DAY--40 i,sw articles fpf agents. Samples
go sepi YsgK II. Is. SHAW. Alfred, Me.
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soslto 81 . 6,,s ~ u agent
Z " the commander, whoV@ personally respon-
sible. Without extenuating in any degree
Che ofrense of seely, we cannot help thinking
that he was made the scape-goat in this in
stance, and that the captain of the Pawnee
ought to be held accountable for outrages
perpetrated upon the men under his com
mand, unless he can prove in the most con-
elusive manner that he is blameless in
thought, word, and deed, and that Seely
acted entirely on his own responsibility,
thereby usurping the prerogatives of his supe-
rior officer. General Sherman, in his letter to
Admiral Porter on the subject of staff rank,
said that he did not wish to sail in a ship with
more than one captain--a remark, by-the-way,
that had no relevancy to the matter under
discussion-but if the executive officers of our
men-of-war are to have the power and re-
sponsibility that the failure to inquire into
the completely of Captain Clitz with the crimes
of Seely argues, the very condition of affairs
deprecated by General Sherman will OCCUR
and with two captains to obey, the officers
of the line as well as the staff, not to speak
of the men before the mast, will fad life on
board of our naval vessels intolerable, and
the Generalization of the naval service will
be complete. This is the very condition of
affairs that is being brought about by the jeal-
ousy of the line officers, who, fearful that the
staff will gain some position and influence,
are seeking to strengthen the hands of the
executive officers, so that they will be able to
maintain their own supremacy at all hazards
1t is well for the naval service that such mat
ters as these are being brought to light, and
discussed openly and fairly in the newspapers
of the country, fer the people and their re-
representatives. in Congress will be the better
able to Judge what are the real evils that
afflict the navy and render it unpopular, and
will enable them the better to apply the
necessary remedies. With regard to Captain
CGtz, we hope that such pressure will be
brought upon the Navy Department as will
compel an inquiry into his conduct as COM
mander of the Pawnee, and secure his proper
punishment if he is in any degree implicated
in the offenses of Seely.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-01

TUESDAY, MARCH l, 1870.
a REVENUE TARIFF.

NEARLY every Democrat in Congress voted
yesterday against the following resolution: -
"ReSoped That the interests OF the country require
such tariff for revenue upon foreign imports us
Will afford incidental Profession to domestic manu-
factures and as WILL without impairing the reve-
nue., impose the least burden upon and best promote
country.
This resolution was copied verbatim from
the Democratic platform of 1868, and it does
not enunoiate single idea that has not been
incorporated in all the National Democratic
platforms of the last quarter of a century for
the purpose of deceiving and carrying Penn
sylvania in Presidential elections. And yet,
when the resolution was introduced into the
House, the sagacious Democratic statesmen
of that body, who pirate SO much about prin-
ciple and platforms, did not recognize q
stereotyped clause of their own avowed
creed, and in their esgerness to maintain the
ultra free-trade ideas which they sincerely
CHERISH they voted squarely against the Sin
cidental protection" they have hitherto pre-
tended to favor.
By this vote they avow their hostility
to every form of aid to Ameri-
can industry. Even when it can
be granted without detriment to ax-payers,
or loss to the revenue, they wish it to be
withheld. They wish the tariff to be treated
solely as means of raising revenue, and when
in adjusting it preference can be shown
between American and foreign manufactures,
they wish to promote the interests of the
latter of the expense of the former For
once they gave sincere expression to their
true principles, and apprised the people in
kI~.l1
understood that they will endeavor, as far as
it is in their power, to confne American
energy to agricultural pursuits, making the
citizens of this country all cultivators of the
soil or merchants, and completely re-estab-
fishing the old industrial vsssalage of this
nation to foreign manufacturers.
The triumph of this doctrine would inflict
more misery and more certain ruin upon
Philadelphia than the capture of this city by
an invading army. 1t would in ten years OF
persistent enforcement make the State of
Pennsylvania as poor as pretentious but pow
erty-stricken Virginia was before the war; 1t
would fill our streets with starving men and
women, plunge thousands of capitalists into
hopeless bankruptcy, thin out our popula-
ton, and SO greatly reduce the aggregate pro-
ducts of the country that the national credit
could no longer be sustained, so that the Gov
ernment itself would be paralyzed by its be-
trayal of the interests it is in honor and JUS
tice bound to sustain.
few of the Democrats of this State voted
or the resolution and against the horrible
doctrine of strict revenue tariff, but they
received no aid and comfort from their col
leagues, and hereafter Democracy, when not
curbed and checked by the most powerful
local interests must be classified as synony-
nous with undying hostility to every Ameri-
can manufacturer.
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INCREASED FACILITIES.

Copy Of the Bill to Increase the JadiciaI
Force Of fPhiladelphia-Tw Two More Judges for
the District Court and Another for the Com
mon Pleas.
On the 22d of February meeting of the mem
bers of the Philadelphia Bar was held TO take
measures to secure the passage of a bill enlarg-
ing the number of judges of the Philadelphia
courts, and so giving increased facilities for the
transaction of legal business, which Is now often
that meeting committee was appointed to
draft bill and go to Harrisburg, to aid by every
means in their power the passing of the same by
the Legislature. The bill has been drawn up,
and number of the members of the committee
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-01
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF NAVAL
COMMA NDERS.

In commenting some days ago upon the case
of Lieutenant Commander Seely, who was
court-martialled for cruelty practised upon
certain seamen on board of the United States
steamer Pawnee, of which he was executive
officer, we made comparison with the case
of Surgeon Greene, who was most unjustly
found guilty and severely sentenced because
he declined to declare siok man well when
ordered to do so by his commanding officer.
The Judgment of the court that tried DIR.
Greene was that he should be suspended from
rank on furlough pay for two years, and be
publicly reprimanded by the Secretary of
the Navy. In the case of Seely, the Secre-
tary sent back the sentence of the court for
revision several times, on the ground that it
was not severe enough, and the utmost that
he was able to extort was sentence of sus-
pension from duty, on furlough pay, for four
years, with public reprimand from the
Secretary. The Secretary was obliged to
confirm this sentence, or else allow Seely to
90 unpunished. The Washington Cd. o.
Republican quotes our article, and in its edi-
torial endorsement of the opinions advanced
by us with regard to this outrageous perver-
sion of justice, it gives piece of informa-
tion that was not in our possession when we
wrote The Republican says, referring
to the article in The EVENING TRLEGRAPH:-
'UThese views are fully In accord with the opinions
already expressed in the columns OF the Republican,
and the case s the more remarkable for the reason
that the first sentence Of the court for l0ch the pro-
cediags sent back by the Secretary OF the Navy
aOas identcaly the that found by the remark
able court that sat in judgment Dr. GreeneS case;
showing that In the opinion OF the line officers who
composed these courts the same punishment is due
TO A line oficer who tortures men by cruel punish
ments and to q medical oflcer who endeavors 10
protect them. But q more important question
ariaes here What Is the duty and responsibility
of a commanding officer In the United States
nayy9 Why Is not the captain OF the
PaWnee even censured for permitting such
crueitiea in his command? Do naval officers mean
when they talk about the authority and supremacy
OF the executive offcer' that he shall have un
limited power over all on board ship to the exclu
sion OF the responsibility OF the commander? II not
why Is not Captain Cltz held accountable for thes
wrongs as well as his subordnates? without pro
Tossing to decide in such high concerns as naya
usage and discipline, are decidedly or the opinion
that the STAFF officers OF the navy are right In de
clarng that the only responsible authority on boar
ship must be the commanding officer, II discipline
to be maintained with Justice"
The query of the Republican with regar
to the responsibility of Captain Clitz in thi
matter is very much to the point. Accord
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-01

If WE are to believe a despatch sent from
Havana yesterday, ''the colored troops fought
bravely" a few days ago, on The line of the
railroad between Puerto Principe and Nue.
vitas. 1t is said that one hundred of these
sable heroes drove off six hundred Insurgents.
That they fight at all on the side of the
Spanish authorities against men who allege
that they are acting as liberators of the colored
race is singular circumstance, unless we
adopt the conclusion that they distrast alike
the ability and disposition of the revolution
lists to advance the cause of emancipation.
And if there is even a semblauce of truth in
the Havana despatch, the prospects of the in
surgents must be exceedingly desperate, for
how can they Withstand, in addition to the
gunboats, the Spanish soldiers, and the Cuban
volunteers, negro troops who win victories
against the odds of six to one?
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-01

THE STUDENTS OF MADRID do not seem quite to
agree with the present Ministry as TO the meaning OF
the word liberty. 1t seems that in consequence Of
very nagrant idleness on the part OF great number
AZ these sons Of the muses." the rector and senate
Of the university issued a decree expeng every one
OF them who, without SUFFICIENT reason, should alb
sent himself in future from the lectures for more
than fortnight This gave great umbrage to the
parties concerned, and they began to ask whether
these were the fruits OF the glorious revolution?
whether these were the promises held out by the
Minister Of Education as to freedom OF instruction
whether this, in Short was constitutional proceed
ng7 The Minister OF the INTERIOR thus appealed TO-
replied that he thsught the decree, with which he
fully agreed, very compatible with the freedom Of
instruction; and tnat, moreover, he would send to
prison every one who should demur TO it in dIsor
dery manner. Peace now reigns in the Alma Mater
OF Madrid. and the students show a remarkable
assduity. We, for or own part, object to despot-
ism in any form, but perhaps we may congratu-
late both the Minister and the students this
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-01

effect, but it would be no easy task TO con =
vince some of our school directors Of this fact.
If the authority TO compel were committed TO
such men as in some of our school sections
now manage public education, it would
be impossible TO force any but self
evident truths through their skulls. 80, too,
if the law is to be made rigid, we must at
once spend by no means small sums of
money in providing increased accommoda-
tions for our schools. Already these are too
small by the space needed for about twenty
five hundred children waiting anxiously for
admittance. Is Philadelphia able just now TO
provide for twenty thousand others who by
this law would have to attend school for six
months in each year
The proposition, then, is one that may we'll
be postponed, at least for more perfect consi-
deration than seems to have yet been given it.
IT Is a noteworthy fact that the movement
in Congress for the expulsion of members
guilty of corrupt practices commences at the
time when the ratification of the fifteenth
amendment substantially disposes of the
questions connected with reconstruction. We
trust that this is favorable augury that now,
since the Union is restored, and since negroes
have obtained the right of suffrage, grand
effort is to be made to purify the executive
and legislative branches of Government, and
to restore an era of old-fashionod honesty
and economy. If such be, indeed, the inten-
ton of the leading spirits of the nation, the
people should hail it with JOY. ALI the the
oretioal changes and constitutional amend
ments that the wit of man can devise will not
materially Tighten their heavy burdens or ad-
vance their interests, if the men who pass
appropriation bills and make laws are in
fuenced by corrupt considerations Whoever
does most now to drive dishonesty and incom-
potency from the public service will confer
the greatest benefit upon the American
people.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-01

HEy PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAIL-
ROAD CO.. Office. No 227 s. FOURTH Street
PHILADELPHIA, Doc. q. ls6a
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed on
FRIDAY. the 3lst instant and reopened TUESDAY
January IL, 1670.
dividend Of FIVE PER OENT has been declared on
the Preferred and Common Stock clear of National and
State taxes, payable in CASH, and after January IT,
1870 to the holders thereof they shall stand registered
the books Of the Company the 3lst instant. All
payable at this Office All orders for dividend be
witnessed and stamped S. BRADFORD,
Ii y cot Treasurer.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-01

A COMPARISON between Republican and Demo-
cratic rule is drawn by the New York Tribune, which
is not at all Gattering to the Democracy. "Taklng
out the judgments against the city of New York."
says the Tribune "seven eighths OF which clear
stealing, we find this result
Cost OF law in New York in 1867 1921 91S
Cost of law in all the United States under the
New York city more than the 81 States and 10
"What makes rents so high and living so expen-
sive2 Because we pay after this fashion.
United States-Republican New York city, Democratic
Chief Justice Chase e650O Dist. Attory Hall 900
Justice Clifford 80. 5000 Counsel O'Gorman $4,000
Justice Nelson. 6000 Judge McCunn.. 10000
Justice Davis ....... 5000 Judge Garvin 10000
Justice Swsyne. -. 5000 Judge Mone;l.... 10000
Justice Miller.-..... 5000 Clerk Sweeney. 5000
Justice Field. ....... 60OOJustice bowling. $500
E"And so all the way through. What makes living
SO high in New York? Why is it that Woodworking
men barely support themselves in decency, with
q possible treat OF car-ride once month to the
Park theatre tickets twice year for their fami-
lies 7 Why are honest and noble women doomed to
unending drudgery in unhealthy shops and dwell
ings in this metropolis OF the Western World
LOOK at the figures we give above, and you
are answered You are the hewers of wood
and drawers Of water for gang of plunderers
who began their deep-laid plans twenty years ago,
when we aptly designated the Common Council as
the Forty Thieves. From the first conception, In
which Alderman Sturtevant was the leader and Fer
nandO Wood the promoter, we have gone on until
the city is saddled with some ten thousand useless
officers who are like vampires, sucking the life
blood Of the people. You, citizen OF New York,
and your wife and children, live by the sufrerance
OF these anscrupulOus politicians. You wear
holden grey, and creep through by-streets,
because you cannot afford to purchase fine
clothes /; while others, notoriousy corrupt,
drink the costliest wines and parade Broadway in
royal attire, nsshng with rare diamonds. Working
man, who pays for that You do; for not one OF
the men to whom we allude ever honestly earned
hundred dollars in his life. And perfect has the
system OF robbery become that the tax-earners OF
New York paid more in 1867 for judgments against
the city than the entire cost OF the judiciary system
Of the United States" Suppose we give the Demo-
cracy O show in this city also.
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win proceed to Harrisburg to-day. The follow

viii proceed to Harrisburg to-day. The follow
ing Is a copy
An Act 20 provtde for an increase Of The number Of
Judges in TIE District Court and Court Of Common
Iteds gOT ne CitN and County Qf Philddetphfd,
BE IL enacted, by the Senate and House OF Repre-
sentatlves OF the Commonwealth OF Pennsylvania
In General Assembly met, and it Is hereby enacted
by the authority of the same THAT the qnallaed
electors OF the city and county OF Philadelphia shall
r, q, me heTs ne general election In the manner pre-
persons learned In the law TO serve as additional
associate judges OF the DISTRICT Court for the city aud
county or Philadelphia; and also one person learned
in the law to serve as an additional associate Judge
of the Court OF Common Pleas for the city and
county OF philadelphia; each OF whom shall bo
commissioned by the Governor and have ali the
powers, authorities, and emoluments OF the other
Sss9cs,e law Judges OF their respective courts AMI
courts OF record required TO be learned in the law
sPEClAL NOTICES.
DSg~ FINE HEAVY ovERCoATs.
Fine Heavy overcoats. Fine Heavy overcoats,
suitable for this suitable for this
weather, weather.
at at
JOHN
wANAMARER's
SIS and SEQ Chestnut street.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-10-07
CLASS No. u.
evils GibDs, Joseph Harshey, Sam.
Glass No. 13.
An Ordinance
To borroD MoneyJor the Improvement Of Streets in
the city Of Canton.

To BorrolU Moneytor the Improvement Of Streets in
the city Of Canton.
Section l. Be it ordained by the city council of
Canton, Ohio, That the finance committee of said
council are hereby authorized and instructed to
in completing the streets, as follows: For COM
plotting the grade of South Market street, from the
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad to
the Nimishillen creek, Eight Thousand Five
Hundred Dollars (SS,500) North Market street,
from Shriver's lane to north city limits, Two
Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars, (S2, TOOG Pop
lar street, from Railroad to Navarro street, Seven
from Cleveland Avenue TO north city limits, One
Thousand Three Hundred Dollars (SI,3OO); and
Nayaree street from Market to West Nimishillen
creek, One Thousand Three Hundred Dollars; said
loan shall be negotiated upon City Road Bonds,
falling due in from five to fifteen years, signed by
the Mayor of the city and the City Clerk, and
sealed with the corporate seal, and be secured by
the good faith of the city-PrOUided, That said
bonds shall not bear interest at q rate exceeding
Eight per cent. per annum, payable semi-annu-
ally, PTOlidsd further, That any money so raised
and appropriated to the grading of any street
named in this section, which may remain over
and above, after the grade on such street shall
have been completed, shall remain in the City
Treasury, and be used only in the improvement OIL
other streets and alleys. The issue of these
bonds is made in anticipation of revenue from
taxation for street purposes, as provided by law.
Section 2. That the money so borrowed shall
be applied to the permanent improvement o.
streets, and to no other purpose whatsoever.
Section B. That this ordinance take effect upoI
its passage and when ten days have elapsed fro on
its publication according to law.
Passed September PC, 1870.
DANIEL WORLEY, President.
Jos. Trout, Clerk.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-10-07
MEDICAL.
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-10-07
An Ordinance.

To establish a grade on Navarro ssreet, from Market
street to Vest NiHishiUea creek, in the city Of Canton
Section l. Be it ordained by the city council Of
the city Of Canton, Ohio, that the grade of Navarro
street in said city, shall be as follows: Commencing
at the intersection of the middle line of said Ma.
varre street with the centre of the west line OF
Market street, at an elevation of seventy-two az,
feet; thence westwardly to the middle line OF
Navarro street and Prospect street, in a straight
grade, to an elevation of sixty-eight (6s) feet
thence westwardly as before, two hundred and
twenty (220) feet, to an elevation of s~ixty-six and
fve-tenths (66.5) feet; and thence westwardly, as
before, to the top of the plank on the bridge across
West Nimishillen creek, to an elevation of fifty.
two and five hundred and three one thousandthS
C2 5O3-lOO0) ftet; all of said elevations to apply tC
the middle line of said Navarro street, and to the
sidewalks on both sides of said street, and having
reference to a point one hundred feet below the
city bench mark on the courthouse, as established
by ordinance.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect OF
its final passage and after the lapse of ten day.
from its publication.
Passed September &c, 1870.
DANIEL WORLEY, President.
Jos. TROUT, Clerk.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-10-07

"A Teachers certificates will be held in Massil-
Ion on Saturday, September 18th; and one Mt Al
lance on Saturday, October sth. Regular Exami-