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The New York herald., 1871-01-09

Treasury leads to extravaganza and corrup-
ton. Members of Congress, officers of the gov
ernment, oflice-seekers, railroad and other
spectators, and host of claimants of all
sorts, fix their eyes intently on this pile Of
wealth. Every Imaginable scheme is invented
to get hold of spoils SO abundant. Keep the
Treasury empty and the government with just
money enough to pay its way economically,
and there will be much less corruption, fewer
schemes to reach Mr.. Boutwell's chest,
diminished lobby, and Congress will have
more time to devote to the real business of
the country
The Secretary of the Treasury pretsnds that
the revenue will be much diminished by the
taxes already taken of, and that at the end of
the fiscal year he will have little to spare to
be applied to the liquidation of the debt. This
is his old story. II the present taxes remain
he will dnd similar redundancy of money in
his hands. The reduced taxation, as far as it
goes, will do some good, and at the same time
will have the effect of increasing the revenue
from taxes that remain. Then the population
and wealth Of the country must increase from
natural causes, Notwithstanding the present
depressed state of things. and through it's
wealth would increase much more If there
were fewer taxes, so that there need be no
apprehension of the Treasury becoming poor
A hundred millions more of taxes might now
be taken off, and next year the Treasury would
have ample means to pay the current ex-
penses of government as we'll as have coed
round sum for sinking fund. Take of hun.
dred millions of taxes. and in ten years the
people will be better able to pay two dol
lars than they are now to pay one. The debt
will be light then, comparatively, to what it
is now. And in twenty to twenty-five years,
when the population will be doubled and the
national wealth treblsd or quadrupled, what
will the debt that remains amount TOT And
why should not the next generation pay a
portion of it Mr.. Boutwell, imagines that he
will make great reputation by paying off the
debt rapidly; but he is mistaken The
people feel the burden too keenly and
the country is suffering too much. 1t
seems to be the New England policy-the
policy of the protectionists- keep up large
revenue in order that high duties may be i'm
posed and manufacturing interests protec ted
The war was blessing to the protectionists
in this respect, and, perhaps, they would like
another one. But is it not time that the in
terests of the agriculturists and the mass Of
the people generally should be considered?
Surely the New England manufacturers and
iron men Of Pennsylvania will not be per-
mitted to govern this country always, to make
war and to impose burdensome taxes in time
ofpeace for their own benefit only The ma
ton is suffering now from heavy and unneces-
sa-y burdens, and the only way to relieve it
and to revive trade and industry is to reduce
the revenue and to take off a great part Of the
taxes, leaving the government to draw Its in
come chiefly from few articles Of luxury.
The New York herald., 1871-01-09

Loss OF THE UNITED STATES STEAMER SAGI-
NAw.-By telegram from San Francisco we
learn of the total loss of the United States
steamer Saginaw on the French Frigate Shoals,
in the North Pacific. The vessel soon became a
total wreck by reason Of heavy surf, and
although but utcomparatively few provisions were
saved, compelling all hands to be placed on
quarter rations, the entire crew was landed
in safety. 1t soon became necessary to seek
assistance, when the gig, in charge Of the
executive officer, Lieutenant Talbot, was
despatched for the Sandwich Islands, and
after one month in this frail open boat, suffer
ing the greatest hardship and privations, in
attempting to land on one of the group the
boat was capsized and the gallant young Off
Ger, with three of his boats crew, were
drowned. Information was at once sent to
Honolulu, and vessels were Immediately
despatched by the United States Minister and
Hawaiian government to the succor of the
survivors, and it is earnestly hoped they will
be in time to prevent the horrible fate that
awaits those on the reef if assistance does not
soon arrive.
The New York herald., 1871-01-09

PROSPECT OF LIVELY DAY IN CONGRESS-
On the st. Domingo question, directly or Incl
dentally, and on the expected message from the
President on the doings of the Ku Klux Klan
and our uureconstructed brethren generally in
the Southern States, and particularly in refe-
renee to the recent elections in that still poti-
cally unsettled section of the Uaion. The
atest news from ST. Domingo indicates revo-
Ilution down there, which will be apt to chal-
lenge the attention of Senator Sumner. 1t is
resolution day in the House, and we look for
q number of suggestive resolutions in that
body from both sides on various questions.
The New York herald., 1871-01-09

THE NEW BEDFORD FISHERMEN are in
Washington clamoring for their damages by
the Alabama. They think, if the government
has such sure thing of getting all the money
from England, it can afford to advance them
the amount Of their little bills. They don't
want to sell out at discount. It is cheering
to see that the claims have ''riz' since Gene
raj Schencks appointment as our special Ala
bama claim agent
The New York herald., 1871-01-09

A LETTER FROM General Butler to an annex
ationist in Canada has turned up in which
Butler urges annexation on the ground
that, once united, the Catholic Church of North
America will be the largest body Of intelligent
Catholics of any one nation in the world.
'Indecd, says the General. Sin view Of the
troubles in Italy, it is not among the impossi-
bilities that the keys of St. Peter may be trans
ferred to this country" In that case, sug-
gests an exchange. who knows but Ben Butler
may put in a bid for the Papal tiara2
The New York herald., 1871-01-09

JAMAICA is to be fortified, by order of the
Home Government, on account of the near
prospect Of war. The other English provinces
among our West Indies will probably be for
titled also, and thus our own 'buttresses" will
be armed, If not against us at least in aid OF
a country with which we may scme time be at
war. Nothing can bring us to comprehend
more forcibly than this what necessity there is
for our own government to own ssme of these
peo0raphical menaces
The New York herald., 1871-01-09

THE WAR IN CUBA.-Telegraphc advices
from Havana state that General Chinchila
had defeated body Of insurgents near
LaguaBja and killed fifteen of them. Presi-
dent Cespedes wife and another woman have
been captured, with large amount of specie
for the insurgents in their possession, and the
Spanish authorities are disposed to congratu-
late themselves greatly on the achievement.
The New York herald., 1871-01-09

A THRIVING STATE Is WISCONSIN, her entire
Indebtedness being but two and quarter
millions, and her receipts the last year halt
million in excess of expenditures. Pity some
of her elder Eastern States could net show as
good balance sheet.
The New York herald., 1871-01-09

SENATOR ELECT VANCE is thought to be the
advance of long list of rebel Senators elect,
and he will probably be refused admission to
his seat Hin constituency in North Carolina
have halooed in the Ku Klux fashion-before
he was out of the woods.
The New York herald., 1871-01-09

A TRAGEDY IN WILLIAMSBURG, in which
two men, unknown to each other, jostle
together in passing out of the ferry house,
and thereupon each mistakes the other for a
robber and murder ensues, is telling instance
occurred on Saturday at the Grand street
ferry
The New York herald., 1871-01-09

DIVORCES IN CHICAGo.-The Chicago Re
publican says there were no less than six hun
dred and sixty eight suits for divorce entered
ia the courts of that city during the past year.
Matrimonial infelicities were the principal
causes assigned-jealousy among the rest, of
course. Honest honest Chicago"
The New York herald., 1871-01-09

RUSSIAN RELIEF FOR THE EUROPEAN
DIpLoMATIsTs. are assured on excellent
authority, by special cable kilograms from
London, that most pointed difficulties still
present against the plan of the assemblage
of European conference. Republican
France won't have anything to do with
such a meeting, and imperialist Russia
proclaims that the Black Sea navigation qucs-
tisn is already settled by the abrogation of the
clause Of the Treaty of Paris which attempted
to regulate it. Where's the use Of congress?
Congress plenipotentiaries, ''red tape" men
and "big wigs" generally won't be wanted in
Europe by and by.
We are assured, per contra, by London
journal, which frequently assumes the spirit of
official inspiration, that the congress will meet
before the end Of the present month, whether
France is represented or not. M. jules
Favre's refusal to attend is not considered
final We must await events.
The New York herald., 1871-01-09

THE LOUISIANA SENATOR HARRIS, radical,
finds himself likely to be defeated for re-
election by the pretensons of another radical
named West This will not be democratic
triumph in Louisiana; but it is still very
harassing to Harris
The New York herald., 1871-01-09

DEMAND AND SUPPLY OF CoAL-It was
authoritatively stated at meeting of miners
and workingmen connected with the preduc-
ton of anthracite coal, at Mauch Chunk, Pa,
that the market demand for coal in Pennsyl-
vania this year amounted to sixteen million
tons, against capacity to produce of twenty
million tons. Depression in prices is the
natural consequence. and suspension of work
in the mines is, therefore, deemed necessary.
It will be seen from this statement that our
local coal dealers have no reason to demand
higher prices because Of a reduced supply,
which, it has been alleged, the recent strike
among miners was calculated to produce.
The New York herald., 1871-01-09

DULUTH, city of yesterday on Lake Su-
perior, already boasts Of daily paper-the
Morning CaH. 1t is about the size of pam
cake, but has ample room to spead ITSELF
The New York herald., 1871-01-09

GAS SLOW Our SHIP. by special cable
telegram from London we are informed Of the
fact that Donovan Rosa, accompanied by four
other Irish leaders, is at sea bound for New
York. They were embarked on beard the
steamship Cuba, under cover of strong gov
ernment guard, last Saturday. The privilege
q communicating with any person on any
business was peremptorily refused by the
officers. The exiles leave, never, as is hoped
by the Queens government, to return, but to
'1ive and die" under the Star Spangled Ban
nsr, wearing of the green" if they so please.
The New York herald., 1871-01-09
The 0Hub,, ON InfnlIibility.

The people of Massachusetts and the citi-
zens of the ancient, loyal and pious city of
Boston have voted themselves, and 'stheir
man servants and their maid servants" and
their goods" manufactured snes particularly,
infallble long since. They were infallible in
their modes of discovery and punishment
of witches, infallible in their pulpits, infalble
in their educational system, slightly fallible
in the matters of steamships and general
enterprise, and, again, infaliible in the affairs
of big drums, trombones, clarionets and mod
ern Glowing" That Massachusetts and the
Club" should come to adopt Papal infallibility
In the end was certainly never dreamed Of in
the Commonwealth in days long subsequent to
its carly settlement-perhaps, indeed, few
short years ago. That the influence Of the Col
lege of the Propaganda should be felt and be
profitable at the very footprints of the Pilgrim
Fathers and that the spirit of the rollicking,
gay hearted and improvident cavaliers of Eng
land should assert and vindicate itself over the
Church economies, the ''steadfast" faith, the
''blue lights" and Boston rum, which have
been inherited and poured down to us from the
exiled passengers Of the Mayfower, were, if
such at all seriously spoken Of, regarded as
utterly impossible events, even by men of the
present generation who are still young. Yet
so it is. His Holiness Pope Plus the Ninth
has converted Boston. This fact is made
patent by our special report of the great meet
ing which has just been held In the ''Hub" in
defence of the Pontifical temporalities as it
appears in our columns. This Roman Catholic
assemblage was asuccess in every respect-in
numbers, in representation of wealth, in oratory
and in the matter Of its plain speaking resolu-
tions. The American people-that is, America
outside of New Eagland-will read our special
account Of the affair with very great interest.
Rome is making great strides in new nation.
The successors of st. Peter never tire. They
fail not in the face Of danger, whether the
danger present in Burmah or in Boston.
Hence the earthly triumphs of the missionaries
of the Roman Catholic creed. We are rejoiced
to find that they have been so successful in
Boston, and hope most sincerely that they will
keep polishing away at the 'Hub" until it is
made to shine out like ''new PIN in the
Papal dalmatic and as an American brilliant
in the tiara. New York is never jealous.
The New York herald., 1871-01-09

Coop FOR ''OLD KENTuoK. ."-Kentucky is
now the eighth State in the Union in point of
population. Formerly she was the ninth. 1t
seems that her increase during the past ten
years is greater than that of Ohio, notwith-
standing she was the dark and bloody ground
during the civil war; This is good record
for t'Old Kentucks
The New York herald., 1871-01-09

The ST.. DOMINGO TREATY, according to
Senator Sumner, is not worth waste paper,
because it has expired by limitation of time.
The additional clause, extending the time one
year. he claims is illegal.
The New York herald., 1871-01-09
The Presidents Message Against the Ku
Klux.


Klux.
1t seems to be certain that the President
will send special message to Congress at an
early day relating the authenticated instances
OF Ku Klux outrages in the South, and urging
that there be specific enactment making 1t a
penal offence for parties of men to 60 mas
querading about the country committing such
outrages as are popularity attributed to the
bloody bones democracy Of the South. The
effect Of the message will extend further than
to the Ku Klux. 1t will certainly delay
indefinitely all prospects of general amnesty,
and will most likely defeat the efforts of Gov
ernor Vance, Of North Carolina, and the
tainted" Senators elect from Georgia to
secure their admission into the United States
Senate. AS concession to extreme radical
ism 1t will be apt to secure the support of
Sumner and his political co-operators
and hasten their harmonious afiliation with
the President himself But whatever ills it
may precipitate upon the people of the South,
they have themselves to blame. The i'm
peachment Of Governor Holden, the election
OF Governor Vance, an unpardoned rebel.
to the Senate, the Arlington-Lee speech Of
Senator McCreery and the State rights am
nesty motion of Representative Jones in the
House have all given the radicals and many
good conservatives throughout the country the
impression that political power is still most
dangerous weapon to place in the hands
of the people Of the ex-confederacy. Some
of the true friends of the South have been
driven from their support Of a generous policy
towards her by these untimely outcroppings
of malicious spirit, and the crafty old leaders
of the democratic party, such as Davis,
Bsyard and Eldridge, have warned their
friends time and again that the result of these
mistakes would be just as it has turned out
The New York herald., 1871-01-09

The Albany Railway Robbery and Murder.
The unknown villain who murderously
assaulted Halpin an express messenger, and
stole two or three thousand dollars from the
safe in an express car, as the train for Boston
was starting from the Albany depot last Friday
evening, has exemplified the perfection to which
railway banditti have at length carried bur-
glary as science and murder as fine art.
His audacious and atrocious crime has had
antetypes, within comparatively recent
period, in two murders, one of which was
committed In French and another in an Eng
lish railway car. But in both those cases
accident played an important role, and in
neither were there signs of so diabolically
deliberate plan as in the attack on poor
Halpin.
Surely it is high time for the proper authori-
ties to sharpen their wits and multiply their
means of protecting travellers, in order to
oppose to the accomplished railway banditt
of the period at least equal skill, GOODNESS,
quickness and strength. Nay, they should
strive to become more than match for these
outlaws. Meanwhile, the door of an express
car should never be left open except in
presence of an armed guard, whose special
duty should be to see that it safely leaves or
enters the railway depot. Every burglar is
potential murderer. Neither chance nor
temptation should be afforded for putting his
doubly criminal purposes into execution. So
long as, in spite of all precautions it is possible
for the rufian to rob and kill, SO long will it
be unsafe and unwise to abolish the death
penalty
The New York herald., 1871-01-09
ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING.

,wALLAcK's THEATRE, Broadway ana isn stree,
WAR
The New York herald., 1871-01-09

GRAND OPERA HOUSE, corner of sth av and 2sd st
LIE PETIT FAUST.
The New York herald., 1871-01-09

QeDL mas naQ Tue RoOu eHcCL OF eSJaDllSQlQg
the credit of the government and of assuring
the people that the whole can and will be paid
But that object having been attained and the
time having come when the exhaustive results
Of the war are most sensibly felt, why should
the government continue to impose unneces-
sary burdens upon the people and to paralyze
Industry Why not leave as much of the
earnings Of the people in their own hands as
possible, to be applied to production and the
increase of the national wealth.
The policy Of the administration, or rather
the policy Of the Secretary Of the Treasury
for we suppose the President leaves this
matter to him-is all wrong. To call for an
enormous revenue in order to pay off a hun
dred millions or more year of the debt, and
to keep large surplus of o hundred to hun
dred and fifty millions locked up in the Trea-
sury all the time, is foolish and anything but
economical. No business man would hoard
mp his money in that way. 1t has been dead
loss to the nation in interest alone of six to
nine millions year. But if it had not been
exacted from the people and left with them
to be applied to industry 1t would have
yielded much larger amount to the
national wealth. Every dollar taken by the
government over what it absolutely needs is
less Of two to the nation. Then the collec-
tion Of such an unnecessarily large revenue
creates hosts Of ofice-holders, who might better
be employed in producing something them
! selves. Besides, vast revenue and SO much
The New York herald., 1871-01-09

OLYMPIC THEATRE Broadway-THs PAuroxMs or
WEE WILLIE WINKIE.
BOwERY THEATRE. Bowey.-Doa OF THE OLD TOLL
HorsE-A GOLDEN LETrTH
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-08-31

Ny stock consists Of Shelf and heavy
Hardware Of every description. Cutlery,
Glass, Sash,
Fence Wire and Staples,
Mechanic>' Tools, Plain and Saturated
Building Paper, Well and Cisiern Pumps,
Corn = ele,s, Straw Cutters, Tanning
Mills, Co,a Planters. the Unien Churn,
Clothes Wrin.ers.
JOHN DEERE'S
Iron and Wool Gcam Stirring Plows, how
el Plows, Deeres Walking Cultivator
Buckeye Combined Riding and Walking
Cullivator ard Buckeye Grain Drill and
Force Feed Seeder.
lam Agent for the
Michigan Sweepstakes Threshing
MACHINE.
Fairbanks Scales; the celebrated Com
bined Corn Shelter and Farm Grist Mill;
Ws Buckeye, Wood and Kirby
Combined Self Rake
REAPER AND MOVING
MACHINES,
TIE WOOD HOPPER,
THE BUCKEYE MOWER,
&C., sc.
All Of which will be sold at bottom prices.
Call and examine my stock before pur-
chasing elsewhere.
Toledo. Iowa, February Is, 1871.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-08-31
NEWS ITEMS.

Vice President Colfax IS on a visi,
to Minnesota.
The cholera has made lts appear
ance in Germany,
An orange riot occurred in Lon.
dondery, Ireland, on the 18th.
An alliance between Germany and
Austria is said to be imminent.
The House OF Lords have defeated
the bill providing for elections by
ballot.
The Mount Gents tunnel is a sue.
cess and will DC formally opened in
September.
The Kentucky election occurred
on the 9TH. The Democrats have
about 10000 majority.
The union of the California Pacit.
ic and the Central Pacific railroad
has been consummated.
w. w. Claggctt, Republican, has
been elected delegate to Congress
from Montana Territory.
Earl Russell has been appointed by
the British Government, Arbitrator,
under the Washington treaty.
The Pope will probably retire at
an early day to the island of Corsic.
and make it his permanent throne.
A money order treaty has been
arranged between the United States
aud Great Britain. 1t will 20 into
operation Oct. l.
Napoleon and the ex-Qaeen OF
Spain are said to be negotiating for
property IN this country with the in.
tention OF settling here.
Treasurer Spinner has been sue.
cessIul in negotiating the new Gov
ernment loan at Frankfort to the
amount Of sl30,000,000.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
Withdrawn, for the present, the new
loan, with the exception of the FIVE
per cents offered to the national
banks by the circular letter on the
10th inst.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-08-31
ALL OVER IOWA.

Davenport has 6 miles of street
railroad.
Moss a.atcs are said to be plenty
at Clear Lake.
! Striped snakes eat potato bugs in
Van Duren county.
a boy was-killed, in Mt. Pleasant,
the other day by a falling tree.
An opening exists, in Boone, fol
the establishment OF a dye-house.
Amity College, in Page county
has received an endowment OF 500.
600.
L. o. Bliss is the Republican can,
d,date for the House from Hardin
county.
The only Terra Gotta manutacto-
ry west Of Chicago is in Montgome-
ry county.
Ashland was visited by frost on
the 18th, so severe as to blacken
pumpkin vines.
A County Normal School will
commence at Vinton, Sept. 4, and
continue six weeks.
The Eagle is inquiring il Vinton
shall have military organization
We await an answer.
Vinton has military company
which has received 60 Enfield rifles
from the Adjutant General.
Benz. Jercyson, ofFort Dodge,has
in his possession the iron treasure
chest captured from Santa Ana.
Another attempt is being made to
run out the. Upton Advertiser. The
rival will have good time doing it.
In the Recorders books OF Greene
county several deeds are recorded
under date Of February 81, 1854.
Capt. w. II. Fitch, of Calhoun
county, is the Republican nominee
for State Senator from the 4Sth DIS
trlct.
A powder explosion took place at
Waterloo, recently, doing consider
able damage. One boy was badly
injured.
The Republicans of the Goth Rep
resentative District have nominated
A. r. Appleton, of Sioux City tor
the House.
j. G. Newball and Frank Hatton
are the Republican nominees tor the
State House of Representatives from
Henry county.
West Liberty has "nnde depart
urea fellow who went s'cross lots"
for home the other night, because
the man of the house got in sooner
than he was expected.
The Board Of Supervisors Of Black
hawk county held special session
on the 10th ult,, to take steps toward
the building Of bridge across the
Cedar River at Waterloo.
A little child at Bloomfield was
poisoned nearly to death the other
day by green paper collar box he
was playing with. The Republican
calls this o caution to all mothers.
Among the recent graduates at
Oberln College are the following
from this State: Samuel Armor, OF
Norwood; Arminta Y. Scott, Mount
Union; Asbury S. Mcpherson, Ia
Dor.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-08-31
PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE!
Samuel DeFrance.
PROPRIETOR.

TOLEDO. Iowa.
This House has been .cmodelcd refited
and newly furnished, and i is now open fol-
the entertainment Of the. travelling public
II gires better fare and for Tess money than
any other House west OF the Mississippi.
employ only accommodating servants for
waiting upon my guests. The Stabiing &C,
conmoda,ions are complete. v3n2Otf
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-08-31

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