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and troubles out of Congress. The legisla-
tive branch of the Government was never ia
tended to answer the purpose OF court for
the settlement of personal differences. Too
often it has been made to answer that pur-
pose but il is not the less our duty to dis
courage it. Men in public life are expected
to have self-restraint and patience enough to
bear attacks with calmness, especially when
they are themselves rather quick to attack
others.
In the next place. this incident ought to
render members of Congress more chary Of
interfering in newspaper quRrrels. There is
a remedy for every wrong journalist may
inflet, without putting in force the ponder
Gus machinery of Congress- In this particu-
lar instance, it has been proved that Con-
gressional committee may be rendered worse
than useless. To avoid the appearance OF
separating without any result whatever, it has
passed resolution absolving Mr.. Brooks from
the charges brought against him. But every
man must see how utterly worthless is
its certificate. Without knowing anything
whatever about the facts of the case,
without hearing q witness on one side or
the other, it decides that MIR. Brooks stands
acquitted. 1t is as if a court of law which
had no Jurisdiction in a case brought before
it, resolved, to the surprise of counsel aud
spectators, to give judgment in favor of one
of the parties to the suit, without hearing
arguments or evidence. Such judgment as
that would not stand very long, nor would it
much influence the course of public opin-
ion. In the same way, the verdict of this
committee must necessarily be without
the least weight, and therefore it has practi-
cally done Mr.. Brooks more harm than good.
We need not enter into the merits of the
quarrel between Mr.. Brooks and Mr.. Hast
ipgs, but we must be allowed to say that
if a man is compelled to go back twenty
seven years to rake up something against
an antagonist and then can only find an
apology for an indiscretion, evidently signed
under compulsion-if it ever was signed at
all, which is denied-he involuntarily pays
q high tribute to the character of that an
tagonist. OF course, this is not what Mr..
James Brooks meant to do but he did it,
Moreover, he ought to have told the House
on Wednesday that Mr.. Stone, whose name
he dragged into the case, is disgusted with
the use which Mr.. Brooks and others have
made of the alleged apology" and regards
its revival as both cowardly and unjust. We
observe that the HGpreSS complains of not
having received fair play frem several of its
contemporaries. But the EgpreSS must be
reminded that it has often been very ready
to go behind newspapers for the purpose of
attacking writers, and that whenever it adopts
that course it takes in hand a sword which
may cut both ways. Upon thu whole, we
must repeat our opinion that this was not a
case which ought ever to have been allowed
to occupy five minutes of the time of Con-
greSS.
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REPUBLICAN swINDLING OF INDIANS

REPUBLICAN SWINDLING OF INDIANS.
From the N. Y World.
If the administration of Indian affairs is
ever to become less expensive and more effec-
tive than it now is, public attention must be
kept fixed upon it and public officers held to
as strict performance of their duty as may be,
and not permitted to shirk or to perform sin
full games. In a letter to Messrs. Eli X.
Price and William Strong, Mr.. William Welsh,
Chairman of the Board of "Unpaid Commits
sicners, which offered TO cooperate with the
Department of the Interior in furthering the
interests of the Indians, shows how all power
of acting effectively was taken from the COM
missioners by discreditable piece of hocus-
pocus. In 1869 an amendment was made to
the Indian Appropriation bill, authorizing the
President to organize a board of not more
than ten commissioners, to serve with
out pay, and which, under his diree-
tion, was to exercise joint control with
the Interior Department in the supervision
and control of disbursements of money, etc
to the Indians Shortly afterwards, and be-
fore the lately appointed Board of Commits
sioners had come together, Commissioner
Parker came to New York to open and accept
proposals for furnishing the Indians with dry
goods, having been instructed not to act
without the concurrence of Mr.. George IL.
Stuart and Mr.. William Z. Dodge, who
were members of the Board of Unpaid Com
mlssloners. These gentlemen saw at once
that frauds, customary on such occasions,
were being perpetrated, and obtained
warehouse where the dry goods could be
stored and examined before they should be
sent to the far off reservations. This unusual
procedure did not please Commissioner Par
ker, who went post-haste to Washington and
had the original order remodelled so as to
compel Messrs. Stuart and Dodge to examine
the goods in the stores of tho sellers, the pre-
tense being that otherwise there would be
unnecessary delay in their delivery AS all
power of preventing abuse in their new ca
pacity was thus taken from them, the chair
man of the board declined to act further as
commissioner, and the others were disheart-
eped. Outside of the Indian Office the board
has, however, done much good, although it
meets with all sorts of red-tape hindrance,
especially at the hands of those who from
long practice know how to shield agents
from detection in peculation, and then to
pocket half the profits with a smile that is
childlike and bland.
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leSga JOUVINS KID GLOVE CLEANER
restores soiled gloves equal 10 new. For sale
by all druggists ana fancy goods dealers. Price rs
cents per bottle. III 25mWs
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ITO CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS
Il sealed Pro posals, endorsed Proposals for
Building Public School-house In the Fifteenth
Ward, will be received by the undersigned at
the Office, Southeast corner SIXTH aud ADEl4-
PHI Streets, until WEDNESDAY, February l.
1871, at 12 o'clock NJ, for building public
school. house on a lot of ground situate on the
built in accordance with the plans of L. III.
Eser, Superintendent Of School Buildings, to be
seen at the office of the Board of Public Educa-
tion. No bids will be considered unless accom-
panied by certificate from the City Solicitor
Ii at the provisions of an ordinance approved
May 25, 1850, have been complied with.
The contract will be awarded only to known
master builders.
BY order Of the Committee on Property.
III. W. HALLIWELL,
l 10 90 20 Fl Secretary.
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WASTE OF TIME IN CONGRESS.

From the n. Y. Times
The collapse of the investigation into the
Brooks ks-Hastings affair ought to teach men,
bers of the House at least two useful lessons.
In the first place, they ought to see that it is
impossible for them to attend properly to the
business of the country if they are to be ever
lastingly occupied with each others squab-
bles. Members ought to have sufficient sense
and dignity to keep their private chickering's
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PROPOSALS..

ITO CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS
Il Sealed Proposals, endorsed Proposals for
Building Public School-house in the Tenth
Ward" will be received by the undersigned,
at the Office s. e. corner of SIXTH and
ADELPHI Streets, until WEDNESDAY, Febru-
airy /, 1871 at IL o'clock NJ, for building Public
School-house, ON lot of ground situate on the
south side of Cherry, west of Tenth street,
in the Tenth ward, said schoo-house to
be built in accordance with this plans of l.. III.
Esler Superintendent of School Buildings to
be seen at the Office of the Board of Public
Education.
No bids will be considered unless accompa-
MED by a certificate from the City Solicitor that
the provisions of an ordinance approved May
25 1860, have been complied with
The contract will be awarded only to known
master builders.
By order OF the Committee on Property.
II. w. HALLIWELL,
10 % % FL Secretary.
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ITO CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. =
Il Sealed Proposals, endorsed Proposals for
Building an Extension to Public Schoo-house
in the Tenth ward" will be received by the un-
dersigned at the office, southeast corner of
SIXTH and ADELPHI Streets, until WEDNES-
DAY, February /, 1871. at IL o'clock NJ, for
building an extension to Public School-house,
situate ON Race street, below Fifteenth in the
Tenth ward; said extension to be built in ac-
cordance with the plans of l.. IL. Esler, Superin-
tendent of School Buildings to be seen at the
office of the Board of Public Education.
No bids will be considered unless accompanied
by certificate from the City Solicitor that the
provisions of an ordinance approved May 25,
1860, have been complied with. The contract
will be awarded only to known master builders.
By order Of the Committee on Property.
IL. w. HALLIWELL,
19232SF1 Secretary.
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sPEOIAL NOTICES.


Re.g- CLEVELAND COLUMBUS, CINCINNATI,
AND INDIANAPOLIS RAILWAY COM
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec 26, 1870.
Special Meeting OF the stockholders OF this
Company will be held at the ONCE of the Company,
in Cleveland, ONO, on WEDNESDAY, January 25,
1871, between the hours OF 10 O'Clock A. M. and
O'Clock p. NJ, 10 vote upon proposition TO aid iu
the construction OF, and leasing, line of Railroad
between SpTingh ED and Cincinnati, Ohio and upon
contract with the Cincinnati, SandusKy, and CleVe-
land Railroad Company, for running and business
arrangements.
The Transfer Books VIII be closed on the evening
OF January II, and reopened February 2, 1871
BY order OF the Board OF Directors.
IL 80 tJ25 GEORGE II. RUSSELL, Secretary.
nSga TO TIE HOLDERS OF OHIO STATE
Interest due January 1871, on the Funded Deot Of
the State OF Ohio, will be paid at the American EX-
change National Bank, in the city OF New York,
from the 1st to the 18th proXimO ana thereafter at
our Otlce in this city, Columbus, Ohie, December
l3, 1870. -
ISAAC r. SHERWOOD, Secretary OF State,
FRANCIS r. POND, Attorney General,
Commissioners Of the Sinking Fund OF the State OF
Ohio ~ 80 lm
sSys THE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE OoAI-
- PANY OF PHILADELPHIA.
COMPANY S BUILDING, No. 400 WALNu" STREET
OF THREE PER CENT on the capital STOCK OF the
company for the last six months, paYaole on de-
mand: free OF all taxes ALEX. w. WlSIkk,
Reg- JoUyINS KID GLOVE CLEANER
restores soiled gloves equal 10 new. For sale
by all druggists and fancy goods dealers. Price 25
cents per bottle. III 25mWfs
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CGTY COMMISSIONERS OFFICE, No. sls

: 4 NTT1 COMMIFoIONEho OFTIOE, NO. 1I5
" South FIFTH Street,
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. IS, 1871.
Sealed Proposals for the necessary Blanks,
Books, Stationery, and Printing required by
this department for the year 1871, in confor-
proved December 81, 1870, will be received at
this Office until ~ o'clock NJ on SATURDAY,
January 81, 1871, at which time said proposals
will be opened and the contract awarded to the
lowest and best bidder.
Printed schedules, on which the bids must be
made of the articles required, will be furnished
on application at the City Commissioners
Office.
ALEXANDER McCUEN,
THOMAS NJ. LOCKE,
JAMES Balm,
1885, City Commissioners.
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PROPOSALS FOR PUBLIC PRINTING AND

PROPOSALS FOR PUBLIC PRINTING AND
BINDING.
Notice is hereby given that Sealed ProposalsN
for the Public Printing aud Binding for the
State of Pennsy lyania, for the term of three
years from the first day of July, 1871, will be
received by the Speakers of the Senate and
House of Representatives from this date to the
fourth Tuesday of January, 1871, in compliance
with the act OF Assembly entitled San act in
relation to Public Printing" approved 9th of
April, 1856; said proposals to be accompanied
by bonds, with approved securities, for the faith
f1l performance of the work, as required by the
act of 25th February 1862 entitled "a further
Supplement TO an Act in relation to Public
Printing" approved the 9th day of April, 1856.
+. JORDAN,
Secretary Of the Commonwealth
HARRISBURG, Jan. 2, 1871. l2lSt
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RhIPPINo,
sHiPPINo,
<fFFe, LoRILLARD STEAMSHIP ooMPAS
FOR NEW YORK.

FOR NEW YORK.
SAILING TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, AND SAT
URDAYS AT NOON,
are now receiving freight at winter rates, COM
mencing Decemser 2s. All goods shipped and
after this date will be charged as agreed upon by
the agents of this company.
INSURANCE ONEEIGBTH OF ONE PER CENT.
No bill OF ading receipt signed for less than
fifty cents, and insurance effected for less than
one dollar premium
For further particulars and rates apply at Com
panys Office, Pier 3S East river, New York, OF to
JOHN F. OH.
PIER 10 NORTH wHARVES
N. B.-Extra rates on small packages iron, metals,
e,o, 1oS
EoR SAVANNAH, EoRGIA
II THE FLORIDA PORTS,
AND THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST.
GREAT SOUTHERN FREIGHT AND PAssEN.
CENTRAL RArRShb RSkb OF JIG GEORGIA AND AT.
LANTiO AN } GULF RAILR0AD.
u-.r,. -FOUR STEAMERS a WEEK,
'-'''' THURSDAYS,
AND SATURDAYS.
THE STEAMSHIPS
SAN SALVADOR Captain Nickerson, from Pier
''' -''' u wv WIN. II. GARRISON, Agent,
No. Bowling Green.
MONTGOMERY, Captain Farcloth, from Pier No.
r. LowDEN, Agent,
No. 93 West street.
LEO, Captain Dearborn, from Pier No 16 East
River
MURRAY, FERRIS * co. Agents,
Nos. Gl and 62 South street.
GENERAL BARNES, Captain Mallory, from Pier
LIVINGSTON, FOX q CO., Agents
No. IS Liberty street.
Insurance by this line ONE.HALF PER CENT
Superior accommodations for passengers.
Through rates aud bills OF ladiug IN connection
with the Atlantic and Gulf Freight line. t6t
Through rates and bills OF lading in connection
with Central Railroad OF Georgia, to all points.
G. ID. OWENS, GEORGE YONGE,
Agent a. G. r. r., Agent G. II. r.,
No. 229 Broadway. No. 400 Broadway.
s- FOR NEW YORK, VIA DELAWARE
LeAstt1eS; and Raritan Canal
Eaz<zah2SkSkS IFTS URE TRANSPORTATION
COMPANY.
DESPATCH AND SWIFTSURE LINES
Leaving daily at IL NJ. and Z. NJ
The steam propeers of this company will com
mence loading on the Sth OF March.
Through In twentyiour hours
Goods forwarded to any point free OF commission
Freighis taken on accommodating terms.
| WILLIAM M. BAIRD & CO., Agents.
4S No. 1872 South DELAWARE Avenue.
| a<y DELAWARE AND CHESAPEAKE
LekaS-sS STEAM TOWBOAT COMPANY
| &zszk1fs Barges towed between Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Havre-de-Grace, Delaware City, and In
| termediate points.
Captain JOHN LAUGHLIN, Superintendent
ONCE. No. IL South WI srves philadelphia ais
|
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w II I E st Ar LIN
OCEANIC STEAM NAVIGATION COMP ANY's
LINE OF NEW STEAMERS BETWEEN NEW
Y6 RK AND LIVERPOOL, CALLING AT CORK,
The coInpanys fleet comprises the following mag.
nincent fnll-powered ocean steamships, the six
UCEANIc, Captain Murray. hRCTIC
ATLANTIC, Captain Thompson. BALTIC.
T6esa new Eesses have been designed sneesv
for the transatlantic trade and combine speed,
Passenger accommodations unrlvolled.
Parties sending for their friends in the Old coun-
try can now obtain prepaid tickets.
Steerage s32, currency.
For further particulars apply to lSMAY, IMRIE
CO, No. 10 WATER street, Liverpool, aud No. Z
Lcndon; or at the companys offices, No. 10
% III IT, q w ]. H SPARKS, Agent
- NEW EXPRESS LINE TO A1sXAN
isNAG4J8 dria, Georgetown, and Washington
Sefzzzzzs<z ID. c., via Chesapeake and DeSware
Canal, with connections at Alexandra from Jne
most direct route for Lynchburg, Bristol, Knoxville
Nashville, Dalton, and the Southwest
Steamers leave regularly every Saturday at noon
rom the 1rst wharf above Market street.
Ri''s"' ''''' WILLIAM P. CLYDE CO.,
No; "A North and South WHARVEsi;,
HYDE TYLER, Agents az Georgeto"ni M
Fl IDRIDGE CO., Agents at Alexandrl& OIL
nor ST. THOMAS AHD BRAzIL ALL
SHIP COMPANY.
REGULAR MAIL STEAMERS sailing on the
23d Of every month. ,,,,
MERRIMACK, Captain Wier
S0IITH AMkRICA, Captain E l.. Tnklepaugh.
SSRTH ANEhICA, Captain q. b. SOcum.
These splendid steamers san on schedule time, and
call al ST. Thomas, Para, Pernamouco, Bahia, and
Rio de Janeiro, going and returning For engage
neuts Of freight or passage, apply to
WIN. X. GARRISON, Agent,
12iOt NO. o Bowllng-green New YORK.
20 X N e W o X
ssHfESr via Delaware ana Rar1t0n Canal.
&$f5<}sEAs EXPRESS STEAMBOAT COMPANY.
The Steam Propelers OF the line will commences
loading on the sth Instant, leaving daily as usual
THROUGH IN TWENTY-FOURH HOURS.
Goods forwarded by all the lines going ont OF Ne
York North, East or West, free OF commission.
FFsights received at low rates.
WILLIAM p. CLYDE 4 co, Agents.
No. ~ S. DELAWARE Aveane
JAMES HAND Agent,
No. il9 WALL Street, New YORK sR
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SHIPPINO.

fEsEe NATIONAL STEAMSHIP <.EEp&
SAll4sE LIN B.-Steam to and from SsAlAE
NEW YORK, LIVERPOOL AND QUEENS rJWN
Steamers sail WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and
SATURDAY.
Cabin, s75 and SOS; Steerage. Sls Excursion
tickets, good for year, Literally reduced Per-
sons sending for their friends can obtain tickets
(Steerage) for S32 Tickets to and from Londonderry
and Glasgow by this iavorte route at the same low
currency rates.
Passengers booked to and from London, Paris,
Hamburg, Havre, Bremen, etc. at lowest ratesl
NoTE.lThe magnificent Ocean Steamships OF this
liLe are among the largest in the world. aud are
celebrated for speed, eafety and comfort. Owing TO
reduction, rates are now Sl5 in Cabin aud 81 in
steeTage cheaper than other 6rst-class lines.
For passage or bank drafts for any amount, paya-
BILE at sight In all parts OF Great Britain, LELAND,
and in principal cities Cf Norway, Sweden, Denmark,
France, Germany and Italy, apply to
WALLER &c CO., AGENTS
16 No. 204 WALNUT 81, jttse dbope Second
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-03-11

TIE State election OF New lamp
shire takes place next week, and on
that occasion the "bayonet election
law passed by the late Congress- VIII
be put in operation. In alluding to
this fact, the Providence Herald says
1T is not pretended that the slightest
danger of any sort OF disturbance ex-
lists, or that frauds upon the balot-box
are contemplated by any one. New
Hampshire elections are proverblally
quietly and honestly conducted, and the
minority party never disputes that II
WAS fairly beaten at the polls. Why,
then, should this despotic law be put
in force there7 The very presence, IN
the vicinity OF the polls, of the Deputy
United States Marshals is menace TO
the people, and well calculated to pro-
woke chickering's and bitterness between
political opponents. Honest citizens
do not want spies set over them; they
do not want to be treated as if they
were suspected of being thieves and de
frauders. We hope that the voters o.
New Hampshire will have the mani
ness to rebuke the demagogues who
have imposed upon the country this
aonstrous and revolutionary law.
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An InsalubriOus Season.

Spring is welcome, hut not its diseases
We should be glad to have its bloom with
out It's fogS, its vapors its sudden changes
of temperature, and the agucS, fits Of indi
gestion, bilious attacks, and other har-
RAISING disorders which they engender. AS
this cannot be, ii behooves all sensible peo-
pie TO do the best they can to escape such
serious drawbacks on the poetry Of the
season. Ask any physician what the weak
and delicate ought to do when miasma
infects the air. The answer will be, "tone
and regulate the system" But how? That
is the important question. a dozen medi-
cal men would probably recommend as
many different medicines. On the other
hand, the thousands who have tested the
virtues of Hostetter's Stomach Btters as
an invigorant and Alternative, will recon-
mend but one, the wholesome preventive
and restorative in which their own expert
ence has taught them to trust. a course of
this rare vegetable stimulant, commenced
now, would save many pang to the feeble
and debilitated. 1t would he wise economy
too, for it would probably preclude the
necessity lOT
arrangement TO a profession which all intel
ligent men and women respect and honor,
it is just as well, if possible, TO keep out of
he doctors hands, and they would have
comparatively few cases of fever and ague,
dyspepsia, biliousness, NERVOUSNESS, and
general debility 10 attend to, if this agree
able and healthful specific were in unlver-
sal uSp
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The Great Discovery.

The most famous medical men OF the
present day agree that in the whole science
of medicine, there is no remedy for the cure
of Dyspepsia, Chills and Fever and Kidney
Affections, that possesses such marvellous
curative powers rs MISHLER'S HERB
BITTERS. They speak from experience,
and are beginning to use the great House
hold Remedy 10 the exclusion Of all others.
Thus far 1t has never failed In any case
This is the great and standard medicine of
the present age. Its herbal constituents are
sklllfully compounded, 1t is pleasant in
taste, and always efficacious, and Its mighty
reputation now extended all over the civil
ized world rests securely on its unquestiened
merit. Itslfould he taken now. Delays are
always dangerous. Sold by all druggists
and dealers DIR. =. II. Hartman 4 10 PRO
prietorS, Lancaster, Pa.
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From the Richmond Whigl
0ur State Debt-A Case in Point.


The cable informs W., that in settling
the indemnify which France pays to
Germany, the proportion Of the public
debt of France appertaining to Alsace
and Lorraine, estimated at halt q mil
lard of thalers, about 800, 100000, will
be deducted. A learned jurict of Rich
mond, who has turned his attention to
this subject, assures us that this is the
recognized principle in respect to all
ceded or conquered territory. It's por-
ton of the national debt, proportional
to its area and population, passes with
it to the acquiring power. There has
been only one exception to this rule in
modern Europe, and that was in the
case OF Silesia, ruthlessly seized by
Frederick OF Prussia, and held 10y the
strong hand. In every other instance,
the principle We have mentioned was
adhered to without question or hesita-
ton, and has acquired by its justice and
enforcement all the force OF interna-
tional law. Germany in the case OF
Alsace and Lorraine submits to it with
out word, although in absolute pos
session and capable of debating her own
terms.
The same rule justly applies to the
settlement OF our debt with West Nir-
ginia. If West Virginia constitutes a
third of what was Virginia in area and
population, one-third Of the debt is hers,
and no obligation rests on Virginia to
assume or pay it. This is just, and it
international law, as recognized by the
powers of Europe, and would he en-
forced in any court OF competent JurIs-
dicton
We arc as anxious a. any other hon
est man can be for the restoration OF
the credit of the Commonwealth. We
fully appreciate all the substantial as
! well as sentimental benefits that would
result But We insist upon ,air and
Just settlement of the debt. We are
unwilling to assume or pay more than
we really owe. We would assume two
thirds OF the debt and pay six per cent
on it, or pay four per cent. on the whole,
with the distinct declaration that we
would never pay another silver The
objection to the bill now before the Leg
islature is that while it proposes to pay
six per cent. on two-thirds, it does not
in words emphatic declare our pon-ob-
legation for the remaining third. West
Virginia has significd its determination
not to pay its portion into the treasury
of Virginia. We should therefore, with
out hesitation turn over Il third OF the
debt to that State.
There are stock. jobbers who have
their fingers. in this business, and the
members of the Legislature had better
look to the interests Of their poor and
tax-ridden constituents.