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he was stripped and thoroughly examined:
A COLA watch and $3.50 In money were found
on his person. BE was lodged in jail, and
VIII have a preliminary hearing before the
Mayor this morning.
Prentiss Is believed to be the party who
stole valuable gold watch from Judge w.
W. Marshall, of Mississippi, at the orange
platform, Sunday evening. The Judge, on
entering the train, had bis way obstrncted
by young man very much resembling Pren-
tiss, and missed the watch Immediately
afterwards. The number OF watches stolen
since the opening of the fair il known TO he
four-alI gold aud very valuihlc--onc dii-
mond pin, worth 500, and several pocket
books, the value of which Is unknown.
There IL strong reason to believe that Pren.
tiss Is one OF gang Of four who arrived
here about the opening of the fair.-Lynch-
burg Republican.
MILK TRADE WITH R1cHAoND.-A meet
ing of q portion Of those interested in esta-
blishing this new business was held on the
18th instant, according to previous notice,
at the Augusta county Fair.
]. B. Stuart, Esq. was called 10 the chair
aud A. koiner requested to act as secfe-
tary.
The object of the meeting was explained
TO he for the collection of all the informa.
liOii "ulCu Cuu pC ODttluCu III kCknVloh w
the establishment of permanent and pro-
fitable trade in the article Of milk with the
city Of Richmond. 1t was asccrtained that
from the quantities indicated by parties in
terested that 1000 gallons would soon he
offered for sale.
After q free comparison Of views it was
decided to obtain definite and positive as
surances from the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad Company az 10 the costs Of trans
portation and the accommodations which
can be relied on in furtherance Of this en-
terprise. To that end it was
ReS0lped, That u committee consisting OF
Samuel ii. Bell, David Condcn, and A.
Koiner be appointed to lay this subject
before the railroad authorities and obtain
the best terms for the accommodation OF
this business.
The committee were also authorized to
convene the friends OF this enterprise at
such time and place as they shall think
best, and report their proceedings and con-
illusions.
A lively general interest was Manifested
in this new subject on tho part Of many Of
the most substantial men along the line OF
the railroad. The opinion was confidently
expressed that if the people Of Richmond
will favor the enterprise, IL will open new
and profitable business.
The Staunton and Richmond papers are
requested to copy these proceedings.
j. B. STUART, President.
Ro;nor Spcret0rV
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LONDON, October 24.-The Times this
morning suggests the appointment of an
impartial commission to settle any interna-
tional difficulty which may grow out of the
"cutting ont" of the schooner Horton.
It believes that any complications will thus
be compromised promptly and OH an equl-
table basis.
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COMMERCIAL.
CORN AND FLOUR EXCHANGE }
RICHMOND VA, October u, 1871

CORN ATD FLOUR EXCHANGE.
n"haoSD' VA, October u, 1871
OFFERINGS.
Wheat. White, 2f4 bushels Pa6 o,l
Mixed, IS bushels. Aeho"' W ousneis.
Odts.-53s bushels.
2IdsdL.-4l bushels.
~ Fldrsesd : bushels.
SALES.
-. Rhedt., White-1o' oushel.-at sl.7isasl. n, for
V'ry good; $l.7o for good 81 es fer fair. Ao'
. WhsI .-ked--7A bushels a, 81. % for seed. 4, "a
'or a.o1 Si.es l0r fair; 3l6e0tl IS for Common
~ W nite-?!o busnels-at6 CSC. for prime neW:
Iac. Tor weevif. eaten old Yellow. es busbeis vs.v
ko2a new at &c. MIXED, 10 bushels very GOOD oid
1t 49,; 20 bushels good new ut csc. eoo1 o'u
SO y. tor 90 ID spring. fe op''oB
Aedt.-2s but hels unboIted at 72ac.,
Ftdrseed-2 bushels at 81 so.
RE-ExuIBITED.
C0rn.-White, $50 bushelo
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oc 1S-td
OFFICE CITY ENGINEER.
October IS, 1871

PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED
I at this Office unit, FRIDAY the 9th instant,
al 10 NJ, for NUMBERING such houses through
OUT the city as may be now unnumbereu. FUR
Their Inform ,tien will be afforded upon applca'
ton at this office.
he Committee on Streets reserves the right OF
rejecting any or all proposals.
CHARLES 81. DIMMOCk,
: Oc ls.td fttv FuotneeY.
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uniform tax, and the abolition OF the bond. ,
cd warehouse system. Commissioner Dou.
glas will consider this subject In his annunl
report, and tis recommendations, what |
ever they shall be, will be the result Of the !
very thorough Investigation which he is
giving to the suhject.-Ne,D York Times.
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A Steamers Crew Attacked by JIM
known Persons, a D.
NEW ORLEANS, October 24.-The crew OF
the steamer Planter, upon going ashore Tor
water near Mulatto Bayou, was tired into
Inv unknown parties, and two OF them NOR
tcIlu wounded and one severely.
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An EXAMINATION OF THE WILL
a son SHUTTLE SEWING.MACHlNE an.
swers all questions. solves all d,a6ta au ,n
iha world. Agents wanted everywhere EXTRA
ordinary iudass~sn.s; r rrice as sse; Agents.
". w sal Broad street, Richmond, va.
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CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAIL-
~ ROAD.-TO CONTRACTORS FOE CROSS.
II ES AND TRESTLE WOKK:-Proposals Will
De received by the undersigned at the engineers
ISn, Tor furnishing The CRUSS-TIES for The
SShSesapeake aud Ohio railroad, between White
about los miles or ROAD.
proPossis VII also be received at the same time
ana pSos t Ioa, on the Green
CATIONS for The Latter can be had Of eyton
Springs, on and after October 10th. D.'SA~N
Specifications for cross-ti may be had on and
after October 18th, at the enRineer's ofhcra I'm
Richmond ut White Sulphur, Ricbmohd1a r. La
or MllIer's Ferry. Il. d. WHlTCOMB,
Chief Engineer
oc lo-tNov5 Chesapeake and Ohio railroad.
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sB,OBACCO CARPET FELT,
FOR LINING UNDER CARPETS
A SURE PROTECTION AGAINST MOTHS.

This is simply our Virginia Cane Fibre Paper.
with twenty per cent. or toblcco 9teins mixed HIh
the fibre In process or manufacture. thereby
making perfect pr ots elton against moths. Costs
AIN
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NOTICE To TRAVELLERS.-Th
~ FIRST C..AS5 and EMIIRANT TICKETS
c n be procured at all the principal railroad Of
ices for LOUISIANA and TFXAS at reduced
rates, making lose connections at Mobile with
Norean's line for New Orleans and Galveston,
avoiding all transfers and hotGl expenses. For
further Information, apply TO j. P. JUST1S,
or Gam No o Fifteenth street, EtchInund.
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TIEATHERs! FEATHERSl + e A
TaERS IAN those in want Of fEATHkke
10 maj FOOD beds Tor the winter can be suppttsd
On the most reasonable terms ~ my store az
Sixsfs strees, or 1909 Basin bxak. ~uorpr1y s
oe N-eodlm h HALLAkoxAAAs
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TT is A FACT THAT THE GROVER
.n,ractnr. a ri hCiHINE that takes the same
stitch as the singer, Wheeler & Wilson. Howe, and
others OF that class, and IN many Iespecss supeIV
Ing machines should call and examine them a'S
Broad OF. corner Of 9th. 1893.
see G.. Il N. W. DARBY AeeoLs.
OEWING-MACHINES Of ALL KlNDs
y REPAIRED. The SLOAT ELLIPTIC SE w :,
ISG MACHINES BOUGHT and SOLD. We eel
the only PROPER NEEDLES for the SLOAi
~A1A4A> sLOAT d ADDIEGTOE,,
mve lIl5 Cary street near l@th.
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RUMoR.-Thcre WAS n iumor on Inc
streets this morning that the Richmond,
fredericksburg and Potomac railroad and
the AQUA Creek line of steamers had
been purchased by the PENNSYLVANIA Cen
trail Railroad Company for $4,000, 900, but
the president Of the road reported to De
sold, who was in this city on Saturday last,
knew nothing of it.-Ale1and'1a Gazette.
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MINING UNDER oILCLorHs.

LINING UNDER oILCLOrKs.
our Desdening Felt 10 particularly adapted 10
,Ss ,,,rnot o. ais effectualiy prevents the wearing
or lie olicIoth from roughncss OF boards or un-
svenness OF Geors, At cost OF less than
ONE DOLLAR TO A BOOM.
FOR sale IN qusntity that may be desired BY
ALBERT ORDwAY 3 CO.,
-. GOVERNOR STREET.
ne7.eodIu - It.- Spectsl Agents.
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SHOOTING ArFA1R.-On Saturday last an
alteration arose at PeterstOWn between
Thomas Dulany and Jacob u. Peck, from
nm Offensive remark alleged to have been
made by one of the parties. Landon Smith,
the constable, seeing the affair about TO
come to blows, interfered to preserve the
pence, and while standing between the par
tie received 4 pistol bullet discharged by
Dulany at Peck. The ball shaIterea MS
,yl;cb we learn II could not be extracted.
Mr.. Smith is reported to be in u critical
condition. Dulany has absconded, declar-
ing bis purpose to shoot Peck. An OLD
orII]pe Is said to have been ut the bottom
of this unfortunate atfair.-Monroe Register.
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General Tochman sabout to become per-
munently resident Of Spotsylyanla. Some
years ago he purchased tract OF iahu from
MIR. John Decker containing 800 acres, In
the upper part OF the county, and 1t is
there the General intends locating. he
will speedily erect nice residence, Dullu
barns, establish a tish-pond for ms private
use, cut new road out to the railroao, anu
otherwise improve and adorn his new
ostnh)ishmeut-in all of which we wish him
the most entire success FREDERICKSBURG
Herald.
prcx-PocKETs-ONE OF THE N o B E
Cows TO GRIEr.-On Thursday OF last
week well-dressed, dandihed young sprlg
of rascality registered at the washington
House under the name Of !" w. Il. frentiss,
Richmond.'' lie took supper, ordered u
room, and made himself comfortable until
Friday evening, when he joined tne cIoMo
of visitors which had just arrived on the
evening trains, and registered under the
same name at the Orange House. He took
but one meal and lodged one night at tnls
house, returning to his old quarters at the
washington. Yesterday morning he called
nj the Orange House, paid his bill, and pro-
ceeded to the Southside depot, Intending TO
leove on the train which was then
nearly ready to start. On enterlng
the train he dexterousiy removed
Golouel James M. Langhorne's, watch
from his pocket, but was fortunately de-
tected by a porter named Elisha Hill, Who
nromptly notified Policeman Dawson. The
Policeman searched the culprit careiuiiy,
but failed to find the watcn pu' US lie hts
porter was absolutely certain u was ia ,h n,s
possession, the search Was t ,he cushion on
the watch was found under tne cusn a,,stodu
hjs seat. Prentiss was taken in CUSTODY
aud marched OF to the police office, where
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TWO DOLLARS 70 A ROOM

TWO DOLLARS TO ROOM.
The ordinary CARPET paddinKn are perfect moth
nests and ~hl n used the felt should be put over
item, or The felt may be used alone.
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THEATRE BURNT,
THE TIMES ON THE uoRro

DARMsTADT, October 24-7 P. M.-The
theatre is burning. .
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DIRECTORY FOR ADVERTISERS.

AMusEMENrs-FoURru PAaE-Fourh. nth and Gsih
AsrRoLodY-sroo PAor-sirn column.
snAk6 b
DoAsDERs wANrED-rurnD PAGE First, second. third
SS1 lsrsPI Sos
s1sINEss oFrosfUSiIiEs-s rAoE-rh,rd col
S KEss nsfafE FOR .e.
cLEkns AND sSf
sss%. r4o,
ooAsrW IsE sTEAxsHIPs-- FIFTEENTH rAox-Fn,h and
,s s'ss and nth
pANGfNa 9 9AGADEMrEs-Founru PAox-rhird column
rnor Column @ and ,
couuns. and SECOND PAas-Firs, second and third
owEIllss HOUSES TO LET FURNISHED AND uN.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PAaE-Firss and second
EuaOPEAN STEAMSHIPS FIFTEENTH PAaE-Ff.h COL
.rounrErsrI rAeE-F!rst column
kxCHANGE.sEcosD PAGE-sixth column
sAa. s,ia sSsms
AND TO LET
hEhr sH'nP PAo.SA
HELP s'sS%S 'WsS%%SSrED-FEMALEs-ro s-rounrrrsrH pAor-rA,ra
BoRsEs, cARRIAaEs. AO.-sEoosp PAor-gour.h. nth
HOUSES, ROOMS, 10, WANTED FOURTH pAor-Thrd
'A'sss eTS PSs alEE asn s1s
rpc1hs1 PAHEsesSnS ss column .orp, ,o,,,
LEGAL NoTicEs.ThrRD PA fAan~s1th soiann lE'a"''
kSsF Gsp n
column
%sD r.o.
MscELLANE0Us ADvERrIsEMENrs IwrLrru
;siG LANEoUs-rou RvrEsrH PAer-siz.h column.
NEW Observation-Disclosures rAor-si..h col
RERs3.AL;EIrsI 5 y 1AILs;!EIrs rAerarir.. column.
fSeP9szts r1fAa f4aEnsissS sSa se%mn
RENT-sIxTEENrH PAex-second third fourth and
REAL ,'e ssT%TE sslaRH' TO PAGE
REAL ESTATE WANrED-srxrrrsru PAoz-rifh col.
RELIGIOUS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PAoE-sixh COL
REMOVALS FOURTEENTH rAay-Frs. column.
sKsTAyKAEIsm W r. @ mFounTIKsTn PAeK-Firs. column.
sEs At rAasH and
sIrUATioSs WANTED FEMALES FOURTEENTH
asd PAGE.
Special SoTicns-E1nsr PAor-second column.
sPokTiNG-DoGs, BIRDS, dO.-sEooND PAaE-rourth
szAtIIoss- ie!e%s. -sroosp rAer-rour.h column.
sHNNEa SYN "a. RES RRhEsoETs.TasMD fSaxss,6 column.
s
TRAVELLERS dUIDE-rrrErsru pAsr-si.th col
sS9 TO LET
WANTED 70 rUkcHAsE~FoUnTEssru sF SUl PAen-Firs.
WATCHES, JEwELRY. &c.-FounrsEsru PAsr-rra
WINES. LIQUORS. 3o.-FounrErsru PAoE-Firs. col.
YACHTS, STEAMBOATS,. Aa-rounrrrsru PAer-si,.h
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DRY GOODS.


"A 5000 Pieces
Dress Trmmings
To be sold next
.,. 49,, u week ~ leaa than gold cost
siik ana SaAIn dmIs Zoc. piece
rancy ehA nmPs loc. soc, oOc piece
Fancy and Plain siik Trinmngs DC piece.
silk trimmings, ac .4c,, oc., oc-, ioc: yard.
Black silk Trimmings 26c., Doc, b0c., &c. piece.
Rich Paris Trimmings, DC, 6Oc, I,c pece.
Chenille and Satin Gimps, 6Oc, 75c and ~ 6oxen
Moss Trimmings, DC, 5ocs ibcy VI and " 70 dozen
Wide Rich Black O,mp. VI 80 pece no.
Sik FrinQes, &c.. b0c., 75c, 81 dozen up.
Blk Fringcs, &C.. &c., &c., lUc, l25sc. yard up
White Cotton Fringes, 26c, 3tc, 40c- piece.
White Pique Trimmings, l0c, l5c. 1c piece
Silk Velyets, 2Oc., x5c d, 900, 4Oc. piece no.
Rtbbona
Cord Edge Ribbons, &C., &C., &c., 10c yard.
Fancy Ribbons, &C., 10, 20, loo. yard.
Wide Ribbons, BE, 2Oc, 26c. yard.
Rich Roman Il bbons 25c. yard.
Sash Ribbons 25c., 36c., 44c. SIC. yard.
Roman Ties 20c lie, 33c, @cc, up.
French FloweYA
Straw uoods
Closing lot OF Hat 15c., 35c. piece.
Black keapoiuan Iats 25o each
English Milan Iiats Njc each
M,sscs' school Hats 95c each.
~ -
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AT NINE. vIGOuRoUx'S STAMPING ESTABLISH
N ment 1s2 Fourth avenue. pear Tweiftn street. large
stock VI Imported Embroidered Collars, Handkerchefs.
Bands, Yokss, etc. Ladies' and Baber Troussesux.
Specially Initials. Monoerams for Table
and Bed Clothes embroidered TO ORDER BRAID IN large
varieties U@N
4 C. pUMON-PARIs AND LONDON ROUND HArs,
n imported Flowers Saa Broadway, be,wesa ThTssen.h
and Fourteenth Streets #Nms
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REWARDS.

or REWARD LOST, AN frXLixT dREYHoUSD.
llv Wenl Twenty third stresI
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JyOwES 4 MACY, BANKERS,
Ii (THE SAME AS AN INCORPORATED BANKN,
so WALL STREET, NEW YORK.
FOUR PER CENT INTEREST ALLOWED ON DE

Persons desrous OF receiving for their
having subject at Nil times 10 caeck demand do
by deposng WITH THIS BANK, which allows interest
the entire daily business Al the rate Of FOUR PER CENT
Coiiccons made any part Of the world. with imme.
distc returns At tho lowest current rates
for purchase sale Of stocks, bombs or gold
nsom
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L'oR sALE-A PAID-UP LIFE INSURANCE POLICY
for 900 payable ~ death or In six years and . ha
Address J. y. II. w., Herald onice.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1871-03-03
ONE HALF OF FRANCE TO EAT
UP THE OTHER HALF

"Pauperism, says Herr Wachen-
husen, of the Cologne Gazette, twill
on the conclusion of peace prevail in
one-half of France, and will eat up
the other half. Already armed
bands are roaming about, which
plumber the country houses and
chateaux, and murder their own
countrymen with the very arms put
into their hands by the country as
francs-tireurs. Hundreds Of thou
sands have been suffering for months.
They are enduring all priyation8 toi
a time as sacrifice Imposed on
them by the misfortuncs OF the coun-
try, but with the war their resigna-
ton will cease. Hundreds Of thou
sands Of officials are starving with
their families, because too old to car
ry a musket; in the unoccuPied
towns the inhabitants have long
ceased work, and have not the means
to procure the requisite materials
Entire communities have emigrated
and will perhaps, on their return
find half Of their property burnt"
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THE NEXT CoNGREss.-The forty
second Congress will meet on Satur-
day, March 4th, at noon. Thus far,
says Washington letter, no kepub-
lican candidates for Speaker OF
Clerk have been spoken Of, and
Messrs. Blaine and Mcpherson will
be reelected. There is quite a
spirited contest for Postmaster Of the
House, while candidates for Ser
geant-at-Arms and Doorkeeper arc
also named by the Republicans
The Democrats will probably throw
their complimentary vote for Hon.
Lewis Campbell of Ohio, or Hon.
Chas. A. Eldridgc, Of Wisconsin,
Nothing is now heard of tbercvenue
reform movement in the organiza-
ton of the House, though on direct
vote it is quite certain that the anti
tariff members will have a clear ma
iority. The Democrats in the pres
ent House number II. and in the
House l0G, being II less than a
majority.
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FEARFUL TORNADO lN THE SOUTH
WEST special dispatch to the
Nashville American, dated Memphis,
February 10Th, says the tornado of
Friday last was much more destruc-
tive along the line Of tie Memphis
and Charleston Railroad than at first
reported 1t passed from Helena to
Pocahontas at the rate of sixty miles
an hour, destroying twenty-five
houses in fifteen minutes, as was the
case at Helena. One house was
turned over but nobody injured.
Another dwelling was lifted from its
foundation and carried into the Small
Hatchie river. Another was nearly
demolished, its occupants escaping
through a window. The fences and
houses for miles in the track of the
tornado were destroyed, Several
persons were badly injured, The
loss to property at Pocahoutas reach
Is $4,000. At Iuka number of
houses were demolished and one
church destroyed. \ large store
and warehouse opposite Helena,
owned by Gov. Alcorn, valued at
$4,000, was utterly demolished.
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SENSIBLE VIEWS

Constitution Dy the recognition "
God and Christianity, the N. Y. In
dependent remarks ;
"God is not to be praised by joint
resolution or worshipped in constitu-
tional amendments. We may de-
ceive ourselves into the belief that a
constitutional amendment is an ac-
ceptable tribute to the Father. But
God is not proud baillie like
bodie, to be imposed upon by
empty hattcry of this sort. A ma
tion means 50 many individual men,
women and children, with every one
Of whom God keeps open personal
account. All the constitutional
amendments in the world could not
have made the sins Of Sodom less
obnoxious. We cannot sec that
such an amendment would make
any soul better When bills of la
ding had long and pious preambles
in regard to the protection of God,
shippers did not swear any less, ship
owners were not more pious, and
shippers were none the less rascally.
It's quite probable that when the
sanctimonious underwriters used pi-
Gus phrases they oyercharged their
patrons, who in turn were just as
liable to fall into arson or any other
such crime as they are to-day. A
candid review Of the history Of re-
ligious phrases does not impress us
with their 8anctifying influences.
"For the old kings whose coins
were rcIigiously stamped with De'
Gratia' were, many Of them, most
irreligious rulers By the grace of
God they ate up the substance of
the poor, and 'by the grace Of Cod
they put to death the innocent
by the grace Of God Ferdinand
sent the Jews by tens and hundreds
Of thousands of men, women and lit
tie children wandering in a hopeless
exile, that this Grace Of God might
overflow his Golfers with the doub-
looms Of which they had been plum
dered. by the grace Of Cod Indi-
ans were killed, and negroes enjoyed
the blessings of the Middle Passage.
by the grace of God the InquiSi-
ton grew and ilourished,
eve cannot make a Christian ma
ton by amending the Constitution
but we can by amending our lives
The real constitution Of a country is
in the characterof its people and
we can help the nation to be
Christian nation by helping it
to do right. Let US remove the
hcathenism from our almshouses by
transforming them from the horrible
things they are into charities wor-
thy Of a Christian people. Let us i'm
prove our jails, 50 that they may no
longer be shameful nurseries of vice.
Letus make our penitentiaries, in
stitutions for reform, instead of
houses Of vindictive torture, or
pieces where contractors may profit
by the labor Of men who often are
less criminal than themselves Let
US improve our laws where they
bear hardly upon any class. And,
when our national practice shall be
Christian, there will be little need Of
declaring that our national theory is
50 +"
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RADICAL REcoNsTUCTIoN

In the late debate in the y. ).
Senate on the Indiana resolutions
Withdrawing that States Qualification
of the fifteenth amendment, Mr..
Morton addressed the Senate in sup
port Of the system Of radical recon
struction and Mr., Blair in denuncia-
ton of it. We copy the following
interesting portion Of the debate:
Mr.. Blair said: Thai Congress
had been usurping the powers Of
two coordinate branches of the gov
eminent he had not particle of
doubt. The overwhelming jnajori-
ties they had obtained during the re-
bcIlion, and by bringing in unau-
thorizcd persons, had sent the domi-
nant party headlong upon its career,
and they were now grasplng every
particle Of power INVESTED in the
President and the courts. in the
first contested election case in Com
gross, that of Mr.. Preston of Virgin
| ia, the sitting member was expelled
because his brother marched a vol
untccr company through the streets
on the day Of his election. But nov
an election was not valid unless SUI
pcrintended by the bayonets OF the
regular army. Our army moved
wherever there was an election, and
no longer made war upon the coun-
try's enemies, but upon the enemies
of the administration. lie Mr..
Blair was perfectly well aware that
this thing, though commencing at
/ the South, would not end there that
the necessities Of the Radical party
would extend the uaa Of the bayone:
at elections to the North. IT had
row been introduced into the States
which furnished the most powerful
aid and the largest number OF men
to crush the rebellion.
Mr.. Morton desired to ask the
Senator question~~whetbcr he re-
garded the fifteenth amendment as
having been ratified and now fun
damental part Of the law.
Mr.. Blair thought the Senator
ought to have got his opinion Of the
fifteenth amendment by this time. :
Laughter. liz thought the ratl-
hcation of his own State was ~ legal
form, though accomplished by the
most infamous peltidy.
Mr.. Morton substantially repeat
ed his question, when MIR. Blair said
he would endeavor to be sufficiently
explicit. lie did not regard the
amendments Aas complete, and as
part of the law Of the land; he had
never held any other doctrine in re-
gard toit. He did not now and
never had regarded the Reconstruc-
ton acts as any part of the law of
the land, and if he had been in a
place Of power and called upon to
act upon these so-calIed laws, he
should have acted out his conviction,
let the consequences be whas they
might. He never did believe them
constitutional.