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The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12

sorry before tho fact to the murder Oh no'
late husband, was commenced at Law
renee on Frid.y last The new tes'imo-
ny shows that she haa posted grea, una" y
letters during the Medicott trial. sheriff
Walker testified that Mrs. Ruth had made
several attempts to get possession of the
0pretty baby letters, by threats and ny
indirect offers of money; also, that he had
heard her threaten the county attorney
and othe-. during the trial at Garnet
Mrs. Ruth was present during the eN-
animation of all the witnesses. She was
dressed in deep mourning wore long
veil, and wac accompanied by her son
Belmont, ana by the little dog "Gue's,
who ba. been her constant companion
She betrayed some uncasiness during Mr.
Walkers examination, but otherwise ap
peared cool and unconcerned.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12
CABLE TELEGRAPH TO CHINA.
From the St. Lou. Republican. J

From the ~, Louie hepuDIlcan'I
1t will be remembered that there was an
international telegraph convention held at
Paris in the spring of 1865, and another at
Vienna in the summer of 1868. The rapid
growth of this system of communication,
has made third convention necessary,
which began its session at Rome on the
first of December. Mr.. Cyrus w. Field
is very properly the representative of
American interests at this conference,
and will probably bring forward, among
other important matters, the project he
has long had in contemplation of II sub
marine cable between the United States
and China.
There are three different routes suggest
cd for this cable all of which are practic-
able, and none presenting rs many diff
hculties as the transatlantic enterprise.
The first and shortest is from some point
on the Pacific coast, to Hakodadi, Japan,
via tho Aleutian islands--distance, b,7l5
The third runs from San Francisco, via
the Sandwich and Midway islands, to
Yokohama and hanghai-distance 1858
miles. Another line from San Francisco,
via Sandwich and FIJI islnds, to Australia,
distance, 1868 miles, has been discussed (;
but the demand for it is not nearly so ur-
gent as for telegraphic communication
with China and Japan.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12
ILLINOIS CONGREssMEN

The Illinois congressman are placed ms
follows on the new standing committees of
the house of representatives.:
AT Large-John l.. Beverage, rad-Pa-
ciic railroad, expenditure in interior de-
partment.
First District-C b. Farwell, rad
banking and currency.
Second District-John +. Farnsworth,
rad-postofiice and post roads-joint Sc
lect committee on Insurrcctionary states
Third District II. G. Burchard, rad
ways and means.
Fourth District John B. Hawley, rad
public lunds-expenditurc of public
buildings.
Fifth District Bradford W. Stevens.
Observation-Disclosures.
| Sixth District-H. c. Snapp, rad-rail-
roads and canals.
Seventh District Jessie II Moore. rad
invalid pensions.
Eighth District-James {. Robinson,
dem--foreign afiairs-joint select commit.
tee on insurrectionary states.
Ninth District-T. w. McNeely, dem
--education and labor
Tenth Distrct--E. y. Rice, dem -elec
tions.
Eleventh Districts. S. Marshal, den
appropriations.
Twelfth District Ohm b. Hay, rad
military ailars--expenditures in the treas
ury department.
Thirteenth District-John VI. Creb.
dem--District Of Columbia.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12
OBITUARY..
JOHN GRESHAM

(From the Shswnectown Mere ury.)
Mr.. John Gresham, one of the pioneer
settlers of this county, is dead. lie died
ut his residence on the evening of the 4th
inst, after many months of suffering.
lie was aged seventy-iive years At one
time in his life he was q prominent Demo-
cratic politician, and welded greater in
Huence in the legislative halls Of the
State than any other man from Southern
Illinois. He was n man of great energy.
and up to within few months of his
death, there was still remaining much OF
the vitality and power that enabled him
in his younger days to overcome Difficult
ties and 10 amass II great fortune. Ht
was good citizen, generous to a fault
He leaves an aged widow and large
number of children, grand and great grsnt
children, to mourn his death. His de
mise leaves few more names npon the rol
of Oldest settlers.
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LITERARY.
MAGAZINES AND PERIODICALS.


The Manufacturer and Buitder.-The
December number of this excellent month";
v. concluding its third volume and the
third wear of it's successful existence, has
been duly received. It's articles are well
selected and ably written, aboundinS IN
instructive aud thoroughly valuable.mat-
ter. We notice in the department of cor
respondents scathing expose of the mis-
management in the Fair of the American
Institute, which should be read by every
inventor and manufactures in the country.
Among other articles are " Making Nitro
| Glycerine," Moderate-Priced Dwellings,
with complete Plans and Specifications
Saving Machines and their Stitches,
claws of falling Bolic',' Steam Flee
trio Machine Sugar Refinery Turn
! ing and Lathe-Making,' Durabil lily of
Woods, etc, all admirably and copiously
illustrated. Published monthly by Wes-
tern d Co, 81 Park Row, New-York. 81
per annum.
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those who wish to keep themselves inform
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the reach of persons of moderate leisure"
This is owing to the fact that The Living
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aud weeklies, to every person or family of
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but for those who desire the cream Of both
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12

n@- The title of Prince of Wales was
created about 1884, when the principality
of Wales was included in the kingdom,
and wa. to be conferred on the first born
son of the king of England; and it is are
markablc fact in history that, of the royal
persons who have borne the title, compara'
lively few have succeeded to the throne
Since Edward the VI, son of Henry the
VIII, the only persons bearing the title o.
prince of Wales who have succeeded t'
the English crown were George III. an'
George the ".
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12
GRANTS PREACHER.

Especial Wash. Cor. Chicago Tribune.l
A clergyman by the name of Newman,
usually called DR.. Newman, by virtue of
some complimentary degree qualifying
him to prescribe for the souls of folks, has
been getting an editor to deny that he
(Newman) ever trottcd around tho depart
mcnts at Washington to get offices. His
denial was swiftly followed up by as many
as a dozen people reporting at my house
with direct instances of this mans audac-
ity in oilice-begging. Last year, the chap
luincy at West Point was recommended
to be vacated by "A couple of the preachers,
IT, order that one or the other might get
into the place. 1t is currently reported
here that the recommendation of these
| clerical visitors accomplished the retire
ment of old Father Mahan, the engineer
there and that his suicide resulted from
the modification of the blow. Mr.. Cor
ham, the secretary Of the United State
Senate, gave me an lnstanc
of clerical rapacity onl
yesterday A certain chaplain came {
him and said: "Mr. Secretary as ] ar
tho chaplain of this body, and have bee
elected to fiji the place for the period o
this congress, | wish to ask If you hav
any objection TO advancing my salary 70
the whole Of that time, and / will use
to purchase government bonds, which
wifi put in your hands as security, so tina
in no case can you lose anything. Cor
ham, with much apparent simplicity
looked up at the reverend investor, ant
said: well Mr., of course, bein,
a clergyman, you are apt not to see tn
whole situation in business matter lik
this. Those bonds will bear interes
while they are in my hands, and, as tn
you can readily see that it would not b.
exactly right for you to take interest from
it,. I am sure have onlyto suggest thi
to your mind in order that you can SCI
the full force of my objections" Tn,
clergyman went away sorrowfully, for EC
had expected great possessions.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12

The Shawneetown Mercury, the or
gan of radicalism in Gallatin county,
disposes Of the meeting of congress
and the presidents message, in the fol-
lowing brief terms Congress assem-
'bled on Monday. The presidents
message is too lengthy for our col
'umns.' A few words of flattery Of
the liable state paper would have &C.
cupied but little space, and put the
MercnY in the fashion.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12

THE latest news from the prince Of
Wales, the heir to the British throne,
is that he was lingering on the brink Of
death. London was excited, the Queen
alarmed and terrified The prince Of
Wales has five children, the Oldest Of
whom, Albert Victor Christian Edward,
now nearly eight years of age, will, in
the event Of his fathers death, sue
coed to the throne under regency.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12

homo and foreign literature a still cheaper
ofier is made by the publishers (Littell d
Gay, Boston,, viz for $40, they will send
the Liring Age, weekly, and either one of
the Leading Amt rcan "a mon:hlies, for n
year; or for $3.50 the Lici0g Age and our
IonHg FoikS Possessed of the Liring
Age and Of one or other of our vvacious
American monthlics, subscriber will
find himself in command of the whole sit
uation."
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12

ady- A good point was made by Senator
Blair against the presidents proceedings
under tho kuklux bill in South Carolina,
where the constitutions of the State and Of
the United States have been suspended
As he understands the matter, of those
arrested under the law, nine-tenths are
charged with alleged offences committed
before the passage of the act. This he
regards as altogether irregular and un
constitutional, and requiring special ex
| plaration.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12

Ben BrTLER ha,os speaker Blaine
and senator Wilson, but in order to
crafty his dislike OF the latter, he
sometime since announced his intention
Of pushing the claims of speaker Blaine
for the ce-presidency. Since the
meeting of congress and the announce
ment of the committees, it is supposed
that Butler doesn't dislike Wilson less
but Blaine more, and therefore, that he
will not now press the speakers claim
to being second on the presidential
ticket. This personal spite and ma
neuvering is characteristic of the dough,
ty Ben.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12

PrNcHBAcK, the new lieutenant.gov-
ernor of Louisiana, does not, looking at
him even from colored point Of view,
appear to very great advantage. He does
not take with him to the seat Of the
departed Dunn either that officials abil
ity or his generally fair reputation
Apparently the new lieutenant-g govern
or is Pinchbock by name and pinchbec
by nature.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12

TnEIoSa democracy, which, though in
Il minority in that state, has been stead
lily gaining for years past, declares,
through its state central committee,
that it is unalterably opposed to the
passive policy" in any form.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12

hayn 1t is to be lamented that no his
torical painter was present on board the
steamer Mary Powell, during her late
trim to West Point with the Grand Duke
Alexis. On her return Virginia rec
was improvised, in which the Grand Duke
Bergb, the cruelty to animals man, ant
old Professor Morse, took part A salta'
torial trio rarely before cqualed, and be
side which the Three Graces would appear
tame. Are there no pencils or chisels read,
to perpetuate this historic event
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12

\ WASHINGTON correspondent Of a
radical paper, whose instincts appear to
be ON the side Of honesty and decency,
writes this. "The administration is
'now playing the game of detaching
some of the more unprincipled demo-
Gratis from any schemes of compromise,
and constituencies connected with the
late democratic party are warned that
three or four of their members of con
'gress eat dinners at the white house,
and share in the plumber here" This
is fair specimen Of the inside work
ings Of radicalism. A squabble 70,
Office and grabbing for spoils is the
first principle, to which the leaders OF
the party prove themselves eminently
faithful. We hope Grants latest spec.
ulation,-that of buying unprincipled
democrats, will prove successful. The
party can spare all such.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12

DB- A 1.-THE of the energy and manage
ment which have been wasted in the effort
to get the valuelcss island Of st. Domingo
would long since have acquired tho pos
session of Cuba, whose value exceeds that
of all the other West India islands, and
whose possession ensures the eventual oc-
cupation of the others by the United
States.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12

DR.. MEDLIcoTT has been sentenced
to be hanged on the 26th day Of Janu-
airy, proximo. His counsel have signi-
fed their intention Of taking his case
to the supreme court which meets at To
peka, Kansas, early in January.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12

ONO radicals who were pleased at
the retirement of Murphy from the
flee of collector of New York, OBJ
ject to Grants sugar-coated letter to
the outgoing favorite. The New York
Tribune publishes the following commu-
nieation from Western Reserve rad
ical
To the Editor Of tie Tribune.
SIR; Taking what you have said about
ex-Coliector Murphy TO be true only in
part II seems to me that President & rant s
iaQahion OF so dishonest n creature as YOU
have proved him, deserves the contempt
VI every hohsst uinn in the land. BY the
mass OF tue parry in this section Of the
country, outside 9" those who own and
edit newspapers under official patronage
and dictalion, the presidpp,s letter accom-.
panying Murpby's rssignat,ou is consider.
eda specimen OF shameless and defiant an.
probation o. favorite, in the very face
Of uncontroverted facts which would rem.
der him al object Of suspicion in even ,h,
ordinary and private transactions of busi
ness hut the president evidently deem
nun model Of honesty and official worth
200 help the country whose chief rule
can nos part with thieves, who are displac
81 by popular clamor, without tears Of re
greIi One might have expected the pres
dent, In view Of the very general dissatis
faction and distrus,, 70 forbear his compli
msnts.
Yours, respectfully, ONO.
Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. !, 1871
-
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12

EDThe Bostonians are laughing at
their universal efforts last week to thaw
out their hydrants with boiling water, hav-
ing discovered that the obstruction by ice
was in the mains twenty miles away, more
or less
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12

BU"By breaking her husbands will,
Mrs. Halves, of San Francisco, instead of
an annuity of twenty-five hundred dollars,
will receive ono million dollars which was
to found II university.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12

RY- Twenty-eight ladies have been ma
circulated in the university of Edinburgh
during the present torn.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12

Bsy" Silence, according to the provcrb
i. golden. In the case of General Schenck
and the Emma mine it is evidently silver
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12

By The Queen Of Holland is travelling
in Italy under the name of the Counties
Van Buren,.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12
ruv DOLLAR WEEKLY BULLETIN.

John n. oberly A Co. nave reduced the suit.
,crio,,on Price Of the Weekly Cairo Bulletin to
uns Dyiar per AMIN. making 1t the cheapest pa.
rer pub li, he'd In Southern Illinois.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12

~ The preliminary examination OF
Mrs.. Ruth, on the charge of being scces.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-12
INNURANGF.

W. II. MORRIS, II. II. CANDgE
Notary Public, No. Pub. and u. q. Com.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-01

aud talent as q vocal writer. His
Fugue in B fat Will add to the favora-
bic Impressions his works have already
created. 1t is a well designed and
deliberately cogtrepuntal composition,
and shows that its author has ably
profited by the instruction which the
Institution affords.
Sir VIM. Sterndale Bennett, Princi-
pal of the Academy, thus writes, after
to be present ut the complimentary
meeting: "Mr. Parry deserves most
thoroughly all the friendship and sup
port he obtains. He will go back to
America an accomplished musician and
enthusiastic artist. He has come under
my criticism both at the Royal Acade-
nv of Music and at the University of
Cambridge.
The meeting was grand success in
every respect. Mr.. Parry was present
ed with q gold watch and Mrs. Parry
with a diamond ring. Mr.. Brindley
Richards, the eminent composer, thus
conduct and great industry at the Roy
al Academy have won for him the es-
TEEN of every one connected with that
institution. To myself, his success has
been a matter of sincere qualification.
/ speak not only as Welshman, but as
member and associate of the Royal
Academy of Music. Parry has "fairly
won his spurs," and now that he is
about to leave England, 1 am glad that
some steps have been taken to compl-
ment him on his conduct, and to recog-
nize his position as Bachelor of Music
in the University of Cambridge"
After making a tour through the
Principally of Wales, Mr.. Parry will
return to America and reside perma-
nently here. w. 3. ].
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-01
DISTINGUISHED SUCCESS OF A YOUNG
AMERICAN WELSHMAN.

Mr.. Joseph Parry, young Welsh
man who, few years ago, was gaining
his living by working as a common
miner, has suddenly stepped into the
front rank as a musical composer. His
American fellow-countrymen three
years ago raised fund to enable him
to go to the Royal Academy of Music,
London, to perfect his musical talents.
So we'll has he availed himself Of that
Institution, that he was recently made
a Bachelor of Music. His friends in
London gave him complimentary
farewell meeting on the eve of his de-
parture for America. The meeting was
presided over by the Sheriff of London
and several other public men. Mr..
Bruce, Secretary of State, and others,
contributed to Mr.. Parry. Mrs. Glad
stone, wife of the English Premier, dis
tributed the prizes to the successful
candidates on a previous evening, at
the Royal Academy of Music, and the
following comments by the London
press on Mr.. Parry's performances will
crafty our Welsh citizens and others
who no doubt will have an opportui-
ty of hearing him ere long:
The London Times says: eve may
here speak of the other essays in orig
inal composition produced at this con-
cert. The first was choral Introduction
and Fugue in B fat-'sThere is sprung
up a light for the righteouss-by Mr.
Parry, a young W elsh American, (pupil
of Sir Sterndale Bennett part of a can
tata written for the degree of Musical
Bachelor st Cambridge University-an
honor to which, if we may judge by
this fragment, Mr.. Parry was fairly en-
titled, and which, we may add, he OBJ
tanned. The chorus opens imposingly,
and the fugue, constructed upon two
themes, which, in the coda, are worked
together, is ingenious, well developed
and affective.
From the DAILY TelegraPA-Passing
over
With the commentator due to prom
Using exercise, we may award heartier
praise to choral Fugue in B fat by
Mr.. Joseph Parry, Musical Bachelor,
gentleman whose academicaI course has
been distinguished by great success
The Fugue, 3 well conceived and scien-
tifically wrought out composition, gives
proof enough that Mr.. Parry is well
grounded in the essentials of bis art.
From the london Daily Standard.
Six new compositions were performed.
The new C0m.
positions submitted to public ordeal
comprised choral Fugue in B fiat by
Mr.. Joseph Parry, Musical Bachelor.
Mr.. Parry has be-
fore been recommended for his skill
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-01
THE FAILURE OF THE NEW DEPART
URE.

The new departure of political par
ty can hardly be called successful unless
the whole party depart. A new de-
parture is otherwise q mere scism, and
such the movement of Mr.. Vallandig-
ham and his friends must now be con-
sidered. 1t has divided the party in
stead Of uniting it. It has been no.
where, not even in Ohio, where it was
proposed, received with unanimity and
enthusiasm, while it has elected the
most positive protests from able lead
ers. At the Tammany performance il
was, indeed, urged by Mr.. John Quincy
Adams, who is, however a chartered
libertine in the party which he has
recently joined; and he is the same
gay mentor who, in one of his many
epistles to the brethren, advised his
new love, the Democratic party, to be-
gin by being democratic, which was as
If he had advised the Neponset river to
hOw the other way. The Democratic
party has never been democratic. 1t
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-01

The enterprise now being started in
this country, of a narrow gauge rail-
road, is one that has for many years
been practiced III Europe, and with
great success. Mr.. Robert Fairlie,
distinguished English engineer, writes
that the experiments made in Russia
are completely successful. He has
been identified with the project of mar
row gauge roads from their first incip-
iency. lie says that trains of 345 tons
are hauled by light engines over light
rails mp an incline one in eighty for
five miles-254 tons of the whole
amount carried being paying freight.
This is 2.6S paying tons for every one
of dead weight. On roads of the pres
ent gauge in Englsnd, the proportion of
paying to dead weight is one to one, so
that, as Mr.. Fairlie puts il, while Rus
sian narrow gauge roads carry 254 tons
in So tons of cars, they require 254 tons
of cars,at least to give the same results.
Mr.. Fairiie gives it as his deliberate
opinion that the engine bearing his
name, with light rolling stock on
two foot gauge, will perform q greater
service than the best broad gauge road
in the United States, and that there
will be y great saving besides- He
prefers the three foot gauge to all 9TH
ers, believing that it has q greater ca
pacity. than any other ever attempted.
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Information comes from Newport
chariots were to be observed, with
toned coats, knee-breeches and other
gera of service. We suppose that by
the statute of Rhode Island every one
of these retainers was liable to fine or
imprisonment for engaging on the
Lords day in other than the work of
necessity or charity" We suppose
that while the horses were standing
outside the temple with their knee
breeches custodians, the cooks at home
were perspiring within an inch of their
lives, roasting, baking, stewing and
boiling a dinner for those the contem-
plation OF whose sins had not cost them
their appetite.