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The New York herald., 1871-03-16

government concerning the Pac,nc rairoanS T have
to request that you VIII inform me what construc-
t10n the department places upon the clause in the
late Army Appropriation bill relative to those roads
and wnat action the department Will take there.
THOMAS A. SCOTT,
President OF the Union Pacific Railroad
Hon. GEORGE 5. BOUTWELL,, Secretary OF the
Treasury.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. March IA 1871
SlR-In reply TO your communication have the
honor to say that agreeaby to the provision of the
section referred to- the Treasury Department ts nav
Ing over IN money TO the Pacific Railroad companies,
the compensation allowed for sucn services; and
there Is no doubt that such payments will continue
to be made without interruption delay. The pro.
visO to said act appears to the question OF
the liability OF the roads TO reimburse the govern.
am at present advised, 1t IS not the dnty Of n The
Treasury Department to raise this question in the
presence OF the action OF Congress referred to-
l have the honor to be, very respectfully, your
obedient servant, GEORGES s. bOUTW ELL,
Secretary OF the Treasury.
Hon. THOMAS A. SCOTT, President OF the Union
The United states Ocean Steamship Com.
The bill introduced in the Senate by Mr. Bucking-
ham provides for the incorporation OF E. G. Roberts
OF New York, and others the United States Ocean
Steamship Company and directs the Postmaster
General to contract with them for the Il lansporta
tion Of the mails to European ports paying six
cents per half for letters aud two cents for
each four ounces Of printed matter.
Nominations Confirmed.
The Senate, IN executive session to-day, confirmed
the following nominatlons:-
Il. Teegarden TO be Receiver OF Public Money at
Marysville, CAL; Melville Cottle, to be Register OF
the Land ONCE at Stockton, Cal. Patrick s. Steven
TO be Collector of Customs at Miami, 0nio David W.
Dunn, OF Indiana, to be Consul at Prince Edward
Isand Charles u. Hoffman, a resident or Warsaw
to be consul at Warsaw. Poland: Charles h. Ham.
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Attorney General Alderman
says "no man has q right to take
the law into his own hands,
Akerman's official de cissio n s
would seem to indicate that he
has always acted from the con.
viction that no man has a right to
take the law even into his own
mind Courier-JOu1naI. a.. 3D. !.
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HAVE been awarded more frstlpre-
LII miums in Mississippi, Louisia-
na, Alabama and Texas, during the
past three years than all other sewing
machines combined. Their sale in the
above mentioned States lis greater than
that of any other.
These machines range in price from
S55 upward and are unsurpassed by
any in the market.
Their simplicity and ability to per-
form every class of family sewing from
the finest to the heaviest) have made
them the favorite sewing machine Of
the South.
A large stock Of Cotton, Linen, and
Silk thread, Oil, Needles and all the
most improved attachments for sewing
machines at New York price, can be
had at the general southerndepot, Is2
Canal Street, New Orleans.
]. H. GARDNER, Agent.
nov0l 1eSms
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BOssier Parish Directory


l.. B. Watkins, Judge District Court,
Minden.
T.. E. Paxton, District Attorney, Cou-
shatta. -- ..- "a.
L.. w, Baker, Parish Judge, Bellevue.
B. F. 0'Neal, Sheriff,
rrhos. n. Braden, Clerk Dist Court,
Bellevue, ...s
Edward X. Russ, Recorder, Bellevue.
Rioh'd. w. Turner. District Attorney
pro tenn. Bellevue, --
James A, Heron, State Tax Collector,
Bellevue. ... .E
Samuel n. Thomas, State Senator,
Benton, La.
w. F. Blackman, State Senator, Ho-
Rer, La.
g. S. Abel, Representative, shreve-
port. .... b.
D. Cady ssttanton, Representative,
Shreveport.
W. r. Head, Coroner. Bellevue.
&. r. Moore, Parish Treasurer, Belle
Vue.
j. H. Lotion, Stray Master, Bellevue.
q. McCleneghsn, Parish Surveyor,
Bellevue, La.
q. MCCleneghan, Pres't. Police Jury,
Bellevue. ...'
z. B. Taylor, Clerk P. J., Bellevue
z. T. Vinson, Police Juror, Ward j,
Shreveport ..... -f...
j. N. Cooper, Police Juror, Ward 2,
Benton.
j. w. Walker, Police Juror, Ward 3,
Red Land.
j. n. Plat, Police Juror, Ward 4,
Fillmore.
(vacant) Police Juror, Ward 5.
(cut off Police Juror, Ward6 s.
,cut off J Police Juror, Ward z.
j. II. Marks, Police Juror, Ward 8,
Collinsburg. III $1,000
C. McCleneghan, Police Jurer, Ward
T. W. Woodruff, Justice of the Peace,
Ward 2, Benton. ~
j. w. Walker, j. p. Ward 8, Red
| Land. s.. .r
j. E. M'Carty. Ward4, Bellevue
Henry Barnacastle, w ard S, Fillmore.
j. A. Moore, /" 8, Collins
! burg. a
z. J. Hall, J. p, Ward 8, Bellevue.
j. w. Simmons, Constable, Ward
7. Love, Z"
Vacant {" 4
! T. Chasteen, .i .~ {
1 r IL. a.n
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An elderly matron met Sheriff
OBrieH on his usual morning walk
during his recent visit to Sarato.
ga, and bcastingly informed him
that she had drank fifteen glasses
of congress water. sFWell, don
let me detain you" was the quiet
reply. r
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Washington, Oct. 1.-THE AT
torney General has q dispatch
from North Mississippi that five
ku-Klux, with DISCUSSES complete,
captured three quarters of a mil
lion of revenue stamps found in
the safe of government vault al
Chicago.
Chicago, Oct. 16-Wonderful &C
tivityin South Division; thousands
are at work removing The debris,
erecting temporary buildings, &c
Every laboring man is willing to
work, finding plenty to do and
wages liberal. Y r.
The stories about the wooden
pavements burning are exaggera
lions. The number of dead bod
les discovered is less than 135. A
large mass of persons supposed tc
be dead are alive and we'll.
The action of Che banks in re
solving to resume business imme
diately inspires confidence.
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and dismay at the idea of such an
abdication. "Every relation of
South to the Federal Union should
be full,' says he. And we echo
the sentiment. r.-... ..-
If there are any of our people
who are peculiarly obnoxious to
the North, or whose presence in
our conventions might be used as
a handle against MS by the Radi.
Gals, they as good patriots should
brook the injustice for che time
aud save us losses by wise for
bearance of their merited claims
to popularity and destruction in
their own localities. Discreet
men from the South, showing the
true sentiment of that section, its
abiding faith in law, in order and
in future harmony, could do much
to win for rs the confidence of the
North, which must come before
the Radical party can be over
thrown. The self-abpegation now
proposed will never accomplish
that, but aoiU defer the dcy for at
least another decade. 1t would dc
more to alarm the public mind
than all the combined efforts of
Radical journals and speakers in
distorted accounts of outrages
and Kuklux crimes. We say to
to the South, Don't be ed astray
from the true path Of progress by
any specious delusion, bat assert
every right as a component part
OF the Union, and thus secure
them a,ier-Journal.
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A reporter thus graphically de.
scribes the effect of a storm on
the Nerth river: "While the
storm in the height, the vessel
keeled to. the larboard, and the
Captain and another barrel o.
whisky fell overheard"
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In eighty years-1f91-1S70-
France has had fifteen constitu-
tons: L. That of Sd September,
1871, which lasted fifteen months.
2. Of Oath June, 1888, fifteen
months (ended with tie fall of
Robespierre.) 3. OF 19sh Vende-
miaire, second year of the Repub.
lie, three months. 4. OF 14th
Frimaire; the same year, fifteen
months. 5. OF 4th Nructidor,
third year Directory four and o
half years. 6. Of ed Frimaire,
seventh year First Consulate,
two years. z. Of r1hormidor,
tenth year Second Consulate,
two years. s. OF 23d Floreal,
twelfth year First Enpire,) ten
years 9. Of April, 1914, three
months. 10. Of 4th June, 1914
La Charte,) nine months. IL. OF
2ed March, 1915 (Hundred Days.
two months. IL. OF 18th July,
1915 (Restoration,) fifteen years.
13. Of the 9th August. 1880 Louis
Philippe,) eighteen years. IA. OF
18th November, 1S49 Second Re.
puhlic,) two years. IL. OF 18th
January, 1852 Second Empire
nineteen years.
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France produced silk and silk
mixed goods to the value of s24O.-
600, 900 in the year previous to the
war, having had upwards of $50
600, 900 looms in operation.
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A dispatch from London to the
Sd instant states that The number
of emigrants who sailed from the
port of Liverpool during the last
three months is fifty thousand
an increse of 5000 over the mum
Der in previous quarttrs-[ South
Western.
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In one county of Kansas alone
there are one hundred and TWEEN.
ty-one acres of caster beans I'M
der cultivation, and Greely thinks
it needs no mathematician to
show that the crop will supply
castors to every bsdstead in tbs
United States. ... r.
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Begin life with but little,show;
you may increase it afterward.
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Tell not your secrets TO your
servant, for he will then be your
master.
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The Policy Of Inaction.

the subject Of an abstention by
theSouth from participation in the
next National Democratic Con-
vention. Whilst our feelings are
always kind toward the various
Confederate leaders who jealous.
ly sustained their section in the
Fate strife, we must not fail to dis
sent emphatically and pointedly
whenever their course tends to in
glre the interests of the South, of
the United States, or of the Dem
ecratic organization. Therefore,
while entertaining the utmost re-
spect for those persons who have
expressed such views as we pro
pose to comment upon, we must
entirely disagree with their con-
illusions, either as cogent argu-
ments or substantial elements of
policy.
1t would be eminently improper
for the South to act in unison for
the purpose Of vacating the seats
to which they will be entitled in
the next Convention. 1t would
bethe strongest possible argument
that Radical speakers could use
against us. They could point
with unerring certainty to the
Democratic organization as being
a sectional faction, unsupported in
the South, and only acqaiesced in as
being less obnoxious than the Radt-
Gals. They could assert, without
contradiction, that the discomfort.
ed rebels sullenly held themselves
aloof from national topics, as mat
tiers with which they had no con-
Germ. And the action would be
adduced as full justification for all
the Kukiux bills and other infa.
nous abominations which a want
OF magnanimity and justice has
enacted into statute laws of the
Union. Will the South listen to
such suicidal advicei Who not
in practice, carry out the full pre-
cepts of such theories9 Why not
abstain from all participation in
the next election, and allow the
Northern States to elect whom
they see fit to select for President,
The enc is just as reasonable as the
other. We have certain self.im
posed duties, as good citizens
which we cannot lay aside at will
And one of these obligations i,
that of contributing our voice and
our influence both in shaping the
policy of our country and in choos
ing good rnlers for it. And, in al
due Difference to those who differ
from our views, we say that it i.
neither true chivalry nor true
moral courage to avoid any issue
and TO leave the responsibility up
on others. The next Democratic
Convention is a national body
and not one of its seats should be
left untitled. Those gentlemen
who deem it wiser to remain al
home can do 50, and those of an
opposite opinion can vie with
each other fer the honor of repre-
senting sovereign States in con
vention which may shape the DIES
tiny of a great country perhaps
for years TO come. That conven
ton may probably exercise more
influence fer good or for evil in the
prospective results, consequence.
of its deliberations, than all the
sittings of both houses of Congress
during the ensuing session; and
it might with equal propriety be
urged that the Southern members
ofthe Senate and House should
act as mere puppets in the hands
of the Northern Democratic mem
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FAMILY GROCERY.

line, are invited to call and examine the
stocks~hich are received constantly, and
opened for the inspection of purchasers
Prompt attention given to the filing of
orders. v7pS,
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Louisyillians is what the Boston
Post calls the citizens of Louis
vile.
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Great minds are easy in pros.
perity, and quiet in adversely.
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Dry Goods and Clothing,

or anything in the Dry Goods, Clothing
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Official Directery.

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UNITED STATES oFFIc.Rs. 10
Ulysses s. Grant, Of Illino.s, P,..
dent. sarf, ~,
Schuyler Collar, of Indiana, VI.
President. ~
james G. Blaine, Of Maine, Spesk., =,
the House Of Representatives.
THE CABINET. ,gi
Hamilton Fish, of New York, eec,.,..
ny of State. 1Fra rag ssa'f. :,
General Belknap, Secretary Of WIS.,.
George N. Robeson.- of New Jersev
Secretary of Navy. ogr.ts,
George s. Boutwell,, Of Massachuss,i,
Secretary of Treasury.
Jacob j, Cox, Of Ohio, Secretary efIs.s
terror. ~ .- . sih'I F1Tg
A. T. Alderman. Of Georgia, 1Atsern.x
General. EN.iJB E-aff11 8ITs
]. A. ]. Cresaell. of aiarylsaa, Pos.
master General. '.g8 .1nqy IA
Columbus Delano, of Ohio, Comus,.
sioner of Internal Rsyenue.
MINISTER'S 80 FoREios couxrrisS.
Schenck, Of Pennsylvania, " Eas.
land -l.' '.'f -
E, B. washburns. Of lilinois, b
France. lr, ~ .o. bios 5iGfl
William s. Roseeranz, of Ohis. n
hexics. m .,,i.f .6.is.f-r
A. G. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, 70 Rss.
STA. . psat.,t
George Bancroft, Of MassacLusssss, n
Prussia.
George P. Marsh. of Vermont. 10 Is.ls
j. Ross Browne, Of California. 70 o..
ma.
Daniel Z. si,tlss, If New Yo,k d
Spain.
Henry N. Watts, Of P.n,syI,aai.. !,
Austria. rr,1as,1V en-
UNITED STATES sUPRRAR cogak.
Salmon p. Chase, of Ohio, Chlss Jsa-
tice. ..ss So
Nathan Clifford, of Maine, Assesia,,
Justice, is'attA t9 AftIt
Samuel Nelson, of New York, Asassk
ate Justice. 1tt -g11sli y 9
R. c. Grier. of Pepnsylvania, AsosI
ate Justice.
David Davia, Of Illinois, Assssiss
Justice. =. .,.t. .-'.l....l
N. A. swsyns. Of Ohio. AsssciAsaJsr
Samuel E. Miller, Of Iowa. Assosis.s
Justice. 2. 7. tNt {. Ntsel q
Stephen Field, Of California, Assssgsis
Justice.
,ai VI. TH. y "a
AMY. - gsf - btss
W. T. Sherman. Of Ohio, Gsnsssl Can
handing. tAL'
P. II. Sheridan, Of 0hio, LisstssSss
General.
UNITED STATES DISTINCT sovae OF
LOUISIANA. @ aftEs
E. H. Darrell, of New Orleans, JaAA
j. Morgan, of New Orleans, DisGks
Attorney. ~ f'ari
D. Urban. Of New Orleans, Cisrh. q
8. b. Packard, Of New Orleans, Mis.
shall.
LOUISIANA STATE sevRszaxa1
H. C. Warrnoth. ofNew Orleans, as,.
error. ei ~ FIi'F
Oscar J. Dunn, of New orlsa,s, LIS
tsnant Governor,
Simeon Belden, Attorney Genera.
George Z. 3oyee, ofSt. Jsmes paid.
Secretary Of State.
Antoine Dubuolet, Yermillion. fnss
urer.
James Graham, OfNsu Orlssas, AaS
tor.
James Longsfreet, Of New QSlssas.
Adjutant General. sfsts
Hugh B. Campbell, Connissisass 4
Lands.
SUPREME COURT or LOUISIANA.
j. T. Ludsling, of Ouashi.a, chisi
Justice. Ut
w. W. Howe, Of New Orlsans. Assssb
ciate Justice. sa- -Ssi-s
R, K. Howell, of New Orleans, AssssL
ate Justice. $3.50 ~ ~ - /,
j. G.. Talisfero, Of Rapides, Assssiass
Justice. 80 skus =
W. J. Wiley, of Orleans, Assssas'
Justice. ~
L. Sc B. JACOBS,
WHOLESALE ~. ~.
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Fancher 81 North.
MANUFACTURERS OF
HI A IL ID w A R E
Wrought Iron Goods,
Locks, Door Knobs,
Gray's Patent Door
Springs, Gibbs Patent
Bench Clamps, Rachel
Bed Keys, Etc.
IMpcarERs AND DEALERS IN
WROUGHT and Cut Nails, Horse and
w Mule Shoes, Horse Nails, Chains,
Table and pocket Cutlery, Guns, Hollow
Ware, Carriage aud Wagon Wood Work
and Trimmings, Agricultural Implements,
Mechanics Tools, Machinists Supplies,
House Furnishing Goods, Etc, Etc.
SOLE AGENTS FOR
Marvin Co.'s Fire and Burglar Proof
Safes, Howe Scale Co.'S Standard Scales,
Providence Tool Co.'s Mechanics Tools,
Nuts, Washers, Picks. Clothes Wringers,
Etc, Taber Plane Co. S Premium Bench and
Moulding Planes, Bellevue White Lead Co.'s
White Lead, Union Manufacturing Co.'S
Well and Cistern Pumps, Moline Flows, Cul-
tiyators, Etc.
OUR sPECIALTIEs ARE
Mechanics Tools, Blacksmiths'
Tools and Builders Hardware.
! WAREHOUSE
No l Milan Street, Shreveport, La,
No. 80 Warren Street, New York.
FAcroRIEs-
Williamsburg, Long Island. ms
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Fancy and toilet Goods, Boots and Shoes,
&c, of every description, no offers TO sell
at prices to suit the times Having purchas-
ed for cash, at hrst elass houses, his faeilities
ton in prices and quality. Persons wanting
Spring and summer
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The lady principal of a school,
in her advertisement mentioned
her lady assistant, and the "rspu-
tation for teaching which she
bears;n7 but the printer left the
(which so the advertisement
went forth commencing the lady's
reputation for teaching she
bears.n -,ra-a arg .ava,ra.
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Indian Summer.
The melancholy days have come tie saddest

The melancholy days have come tie saddest
of the year, "
OF wailing winds and naked woods, and
meadows brown and sere."
The lines of Bryant we quote
are a miserable failure as applied
to the beautiful season, known in
America as Indian Summer. 1t is
a season in which the beauties of
threeseasons are blended together,
and softened. down with a hazy
veil that dims the landscape, but
to conceal the sharper outlines
which Autumn gives in crisping
the forest with its early frosts.
Through the translucent air we
can now look upon the broad red
disc of the setting sun, unblended
with his summer light, and the
twilight that stills the busy pulses
of trade, gives to rest a tonic pow
er that is carried with us through
the night, and we awake fresh and
vigorous to hail that san shorn of
his beams by the same blue base
that softened her setting.
The woods, at this season, are
the Hunters Paradise. The sud-
den whirr of the partridge from
the copse, the chatter of the squir-
rels, and the nimble tread Of the
deer, and his music, softer and
sweeter than the tones of the viol
or the low breathings of the fiut tie.
Our Indian Summer generally
succeeds the first warnings OF
Winter, and though its blandness
and dreamy softness is suggestive
of rest, it is the time for all tC
guard themselves against the ap
proaehes of Winter, to garner M
the harvests, and prepare the
household for the reign of storms
Let US improve the opportunities
of this delightful season and in.
sure comfort and repose for the
coming Winter Macon Beacon
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AGs~sb6 DVsNEtDG SWSoeS,
E -AHD- t1H]a
EuE .-Ef1 - fsait
Family Grocerfes.
G. g. Raspberry, Propheto,
Bel'svss, la

Wishes to inform his friends and tAe -
w ofKiankind, thasAs has juss fessis1
. fresh supply Of Bar Liquors, q So
kind, Tobacco, Cigars, Csndies, Oysss
sardines, Pickles, \ Candles, and gresss
riety Of other articles too numerous v -
merate. All Of which he viii sell - Co.,
for the cash, as they can be bought else ~ Z.
in the market, and to which he INIT ~
attention Of buyers yos"
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TIE KC KLUX BILL.

This Bill of iniquities6rst passed the
House, in the shape given by US last
week. When taken up in the Senate,
sundry amendments were tackled OF to
it, and it was rushed through uader the
party lash. Three ofthese amendments
were faerantly unconstitutional aud ty-
rannical'y oppressive, to Wit: Extending
the right cf The President to suspend
the writ Of habeas corfnS to the end OF
the next session of Congress requiring
the iron-c.ai oath from Federal jurors
under the bill and assessing damages
for destruction Of property, &C., upon
the localities where such destruction
occurs.
On Saturday last, the Bill as thus
amended BY the Senate, was brought up
again in the House. The FIRST Of .hese
amendments was defeated by cot. Of
Sc to 90; that requiring ise iron-clad
oath Was rejected Without dic;siou, apd
the third (Which IS known as Si'erman's
an.eudmeoO, failed b. Is TO III. 4
Committee Of Conference was ordered,
and ei;4bar2er, Scho6eld aud Kc.r
appointed on the part Of the House.
Ard thus the matter stood at last ac-
counts.
It tbas seems that the House has
come to be the most conservative Of the
two bodies. And it is supposed tha, the
influence of Henry Ward Baechcr is
being felt just at this point.
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the South by Federal military .suasion
seshis day IS an :impefsinence motto ss
tolerated. Justice: and order in the
Southern states are exceedingly desira-
BILE, busfhey cannot besnported thither
The ,bayenes and the conscience are
never good friends. Il may besneedfal
10 main taiu4he framework efsocisty end
tho form Of government by; force, Bu'
that done, force cannot make .mes d
just, generous, or peaoeabie. ESe if
force could work obedience. to use force
upon such a scale in time Of peace will
essentially change the nature Of our
Government; aud that is too large
price to pay for order in a hundred
Aiabamas or Louisiauas.
With an earnest and evidently sin.
cere supplica,ion to the 'freedmen Of
the South" naturally the object OF Dir
Beecher's affection, not to allow them
selves in masses to be swayed or maa.
ipuIated by alien iptriguers, but "to
break up and freely interminsle with
the various political elements Of the
country" this very remarkable article
ends.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-04-19

argue in the Supreme Court Of the
United States, the following qaestiens;
Is the aut Of Congress astae legal ten
der act constitutional as to contracts
made before its passagea Is # applica-
BILE to transactions since its passage
These questions are ofgreat interest te
the business community.
. Grant, Cameron aud Forney had
coufab yesterday with regard to the
weakness of the backbone of the radical
party in Pennsylvania, and we're deyis'
ing means to strengthen ii. The Doc
tors in consultation made one mistake
They fancied that it was general debil
ity and weakness of the backbone, when
it is a gradual but certain breaking up
of the system, it being mere question
of time as to the patients dissolution
Doctor Grant has materially FASTENED
death by his quarrel with DIR. Sumner,
and il is entirely too late to attempt
any patching up. The patient is too fal
gone.