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The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20
CONGRESSIONAL.

WASHINGTON, Dec. lt'-iouse-
Mr.. Burchard offered a resolution call
ing on the secretary of the treasury for
information as to the number of ems.
ployes, aud the total compensation paid
therefor, in the collection Of customs
for the fiscal year ending june Both,
1871. in the United States, and sepa-
fately in the districts of New York,
Philadelphia, Boston, New Orleans,
Baltimore and San Francisco. Also
the amount of additional compensation
paid such employees as fees.
Senate.--Mr. Frelinghpysen pres
,ented a petition from the Venezuela
steamship company asking redress for.
the seizure of their steamers by Venez>.
ueia, ant said that the complaint against
Venezueta might yet necessitats severe
measures on the part of our govern
ment. a.....
Mr.. Sumner said that he had examS
ihed the question, and found his own
country in the wrong, The petition
was referred. 49,"
Mr.. Buckingham presented ! memo
rial against woman suffrage. He cid
that more than 10000 of the most
refined and respectable women in the
country have signified to congress their
unwillingne-s to have the responsible.
ties Of suffrage thrust upon them. This
protest contains the names Of many Of
the most respectable and inhue0tise
women of the country. In looking
over the list, / find that know many
of them. They are not merely wo-
men, but women of good sense, and
their judgement is entitled to consld-
Grafton. They don't say anything
about the abstraat rioh. If suffrage,
but they, h0ying already their full
share Of burdens and responsibilities
Of life, they fear that others more boLl
than they may succeed in having i'm
posed upon them other burdens and.
responsibilities unsuited to them; and
therefore they ask congress to protect
them from these dangers. They say
that the extension of suffrage to them
will be adverse to the interest Of the
working women-that they will iItro-
duce fruitful element of discord to
the existing marriage relation, and
that will be fraught with danger to the
general good order of the country. |
sympathize with them. see no pos.
sibIe benefit which can arise by the
extension Of suffrage to women, either
to them or to the country.
Mr.. Trumbuirs amendment repeal
lag the eight hour law was Withdrawn
10y him, at the request OF Mr.. Wilson,
and the original bill was referred to the
finance committee.
The consideration of Mr., Anthony's
committee on retrenchment was then
resumed.
The president sent in the name Of
Geo. II. Williams, of Oregon, to .uc~
ceed Mr.. Akerman as attorney general,
whose resignation takes place January
l0th.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20
NFw YORK; December 14.-The

NFw YORK, December 1.-THE
HeralTs special dispatch from Wash
ington says that it has been discovered
that the British government complete
ly outwitted our administration on that
part of the treaty of Washington pro-
viding for the appointment of arbitra-
tors. and that decision adverse to the
positioh and interests of the United
State. will be the result of the Geneva
conference. Only two of the five ar
bitrators are friends Of republican
form of government. 10 rs said that
the upshot of this will be Tire reopen
ing of the Alabama dispute. The
Spanish government is anxious to
bring about complication of.his kind,
and i, supposed to favor Englands
non liability for the escape of the Ala
bama, because she desires to hold the
United States responsible for the es'
cape of the Cuban privateer, and the
protection given to the Hornet and
Florida. The whole matter will be
ventilated in the house in a few days
when the Alabama treaty comes up fol
discussion.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.

Memphis, December IS.
Cotton, 10 TO l9lc Flour at So 50 to
80 90. Corn ct zoe. Pork at sl5, Bacon
shoulders at 7ic sides at . to sIe.
Cincinnati, December IS.
Cotton at i9fc. Fiour-sxtra family, Sc
60 to Sc rs. Pork at S14 90. Bacon shoul.
dcrs, 7lci clear sides at tic.
Louisville, December Is.
Cotton at l9ic. Flour-exra family
at 81 90. Corn 55,. Pork at St3toI4 90.
Bacon shoulders Sc; sides at "a to &c.
ST. Louis, December II.
Flour-super winter. 50 % to 5 9(r dou-
be extra, sc % TO 80. Corn at 6OBc;
Pork at - 20. Bacon shoulders at 7si
clear sides. 7lc.
New Orleans, December Is.
Cotton--goOd ordinary al Ira TO lSsc;
low mid ding at islc; middliug at l9sc.
New York, December 10.
Cotton l9Ie.
...t Liverpool. December lj,
Cotton-uplands l0d; Orleans ijil.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

We learn from the Standard that
Mr.. d. G. Casey has purchased the
material of the defunct Tribune, lately
published at Arkadelphia, and will
commence the publication of an indie
pendent republican paper at that place
about the first of January next.
Independent! We think that means
anti-administration.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20
TIL. f,,Iowinc !. the solutotorv Of q,

The following is the salutatory Of an
Oregon editress: We have. served a
regular apprenticeship at Working
washing, scrubbing, patching, darning,
ironing, plain sewing, raising babies,
milking, churning and poultry raising.
We have kept boarders, taught school,
taught music, written for the newspa-
pers, made speeches and carried on an
extensive millinery and dressmaking
business. We can prove by the pub
lie that this work has been well done.
Vow, having reached the age Of thirty.
six, and having brought Up a family
of hov' tc set type and daughter to
run the millinery s':.i-, we propose to
ed'. and publish newspaper, and We
intend to establish it as one of the per.
manent institutions of the country.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

ties ended the most horrible tragedy
we have ever been called upon to chron.
icle.
We are told that throughout the in
vestigation. the proceedings OF the peo-
pie were characterized by the utmost
caution and deliberation-it being the
expressed wish of every one present
that nothing be done too hastily, nor
without the most satisfying evidence,
The above statement of this shocking
affair may not be literally correct in
every particular, but we are assured
that it is true in the main, and sub,
stantially so in every particular. We
give the statements as we have them
from good authority, and refrain from
any comments. 1t is proper, however,
that we should state that the Young
man Norwood is of respectable family,
and has himself been generally re-
garded heretofore, as worthy and
deserving young man.
Since the above was in type, we
have received from a kind friend
full report of the trial, and confession
of Norwood, which We will try to pub.
lish in full in our next issue
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

Tue WAY THE MoNEl GOES. "A
communication of the Adjutant Gen,
eral, in response to a Senate resolution,
shows in the State Police force, six
Captains, at Sl55 persmonth, eleven
lieutenants at $3.50 per mouth, sixteen
Sergeants at 500 per month, and 200
Privates at $50 per month. These
little sums added together foot up
s249, ,120, annually, which must .be
paid by the people, all to satisfy the
fraudulently elected Governor Of Tex.
as.-Pdris Press. ..-..
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

Who that has seen a dangerous dis.
ease arrested by an able physician or a
good medicine but values both? Be it
your family physician 10 whom you
owe so many escapes from aches and
ails, or DR.. Ayers inimitsble remedies:
his Sarsaparilla that renewed your
vitality or Cherry Pectoral that cured
a painful cough, or Ague Cure that
expelled the freezing ague and burning
fever from your blood. Who that has
been relieved by any of these agencies
but feels grateful for them all'-Bm-
gor Times.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

SELF TAUGHr.- Many men are
said TO be Self-taught. No man was
ever taught in any other way. Do
you suppose man to be a bucket,
to be hung on the well Of knowledge
and pumped full? Man IS a creature
that learns by the exerlion of his own
faculties. There are aids to learning
Of various kinds; but no matter how
many of these a man be surrounded
by, after all, the learning is that which
he acquires himself And whether
he is in college or out of college, in
school or out Of school, every man
must educate himself.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

On last Saturday an election for
School Trustee of this School District,
resulted in the election of Lieutenant
Colonel, Justice Of the Peace, County
Clerk John Brooker, (white) over
Hon. Richard Samuels, (colored) by a
vote Of forty-fve to thirteen.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

A justice, not a hundred miles from
here, gives the following oaths to wits
nesSes: "You do awfully swore you
will tell the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth, the best
what YOU can't.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

Ayers American Almanac, for the
new year, has arrived for delivery gratis
by X. l.. Hinton d Co., to all who cali
for it. This little annual has the larg
est circulation of any book in the world,
made by the fact that it furnishes the
best medical advice which is available
to the people-enables them to deter,
mine what their complaints are and
how TO cure them. 1t contains the
startling announcement of the conAa.
grafton of a world, or the combustion
Of one of the stars in the armament
with all its attendant planets.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20


Harper's Weekly, one Of the most
persistent and malignant prosecutors Of
the South, has at last taken ground
for universal amnesty, asserting that
the Republican party is strong enough
even if it is not wise enough, to be
magnanimous. Yet the very argument
which it uses in support of amnesty is
one which involves nothing, either Of
generosity or magnanimity-it is SIM
ply and purely selfish it is that if the
Democrats should unite with the mod,
crate Republicans, and thus secure the
defeat of Gen Grant, the new admin,
istration would Immediately remove
every disability, and the Southern
"Bourbons' would claim this as
victory for themselves, thus regaining
their lost leadership. Lest this should
be tho case, Harpers Weekly would
make virtue of necessity and would
grant general amnesty, claiming it as
an evidence of the wisdom and magma
nimity of the Republican party. Gree
ley. in commenting upon this position,
is rather severe upon his great CO.
worker, stirring up the Northern mind
to a sectional hatred of tho Southern
people; he alleges that whether a meas.
ure of general amnesty postponed for
more than six years from the close of
our civil war would be "magnanimous,"
is an open question; that it would be
eminently "wise," he thinks, does not
admit Of q doubt.
The fact that such ajournal a, Har-
per's Weekly, heretofore revelling in
the grossest and most outrageous Wilt
fcstion of the South, takes ground for
general amnesty, is evidence that the
ultra Radicals are becoming alarmed
at the prospect before them. Lering,
ton Press.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

On Monday of last week. as we learn
from our Mineral Springs correspon.
dent, George Lawrence, a lad of lS
years, and son of Thomas Lawrence,
near Nashville, was caught in the run
ming gear of a gin, while driving the
team, and killed. .
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

we learn from our Texas exchanges
that the Legislature of that State ad-
jourDed on the 2nd inst, after having
unexpectedly done much good, by
passing a new and improved election
law, repeating the infamous enabling
act, and the most Objectionable features
of the printing law.
Even yet, there is some hope fer
Arkansas.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20


TINS vs.. THAr.-On Saturday eve-
ming last, number of militia men
L,olorcd) we're on the streets, with their
bright new guns, and glistening bayo-
nets preparatory to their usual Satur-
day evenings drill, when somo mis-
understanding or difficulty arose, in
which guns and pistols, we are informed
were flourished around rather promis-
cuously. Capt. Vance, sheriff, being
absent, his deputy, Archy shepperson,
(colored) promptly interlered, locked
up one of the hostile parties, disarmed
another, and quieted things generally
in very quick time. We do not know
that there was any danger at any time,
as the supposition is, Of course, that
the militia guns were not loaded. We
do not know, in fact, that they were
not SO, having no familiarity with the
practices of that peculiar institution
but we think that ordinary ptudence
would dictate the policy, if not the
necessity, on the part of those in COM
mand of seeing that all the arms used
= in drilling were unloaded.
Such little occurrences, in time Of
war; would, of course, excite no curi-
osity or interest; but the sight Of armed
men, in times Of perfect peace, will
always excite temporary wonder, and
when any thing irregular or disorderly
occurs, quiet and peaceable people are
naturally impelled to ask "What ne
cessity for all this parade and display,
-anyhow?"
When a country is, or is likely TO
be, invaded by a hostile army-when
actual war exists, or is reasonably ap-
pretended, then it is that good citizens
rejoice in the organization and equip
ment of citizen soldery, but the idea
Of standing army all over the country
in a time of profound peace, and that
composed wholly Of one political party
and one race of people, to the exclusion
Of every other race and party, in O
country inhabited by another race and
members Of another party, and just
upon the eve Of a presidential election
is more likely to excite than allay ap'
prehensions of conflicts and diflicultie:
the most fatal to that peace and pres
perity so much coveted by all good
citizens, white and black, republicans,
democrats, radicals and conservatives.
We are seriously inclined to the
opinion, however, that the scheme was
mol conceiveiain tho interests of peace,
nor being executed with special view
10 its preservation, but in partizan
manner and for partizan purposes.
But we have said more than we
intended to. We only wished to men
ton the little excitement of Saturday
evening, for the purpose of fcommending
Arcby for the prompt and efficient
manner in which he asserted the au-
thority and majesty of the civil law.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

An attempted suicide last night, has
not yet proved success, owing to the
interference of the doctors, Appear
sances this morning indicate an indef-
nite postponement.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

No paper will be issued from this
Office next week. The boys have been
faithful and uncOmplaining through
the year ju't closing, and they are
fairly entitled to 4 weeks holiday.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

Our carriers will present themselves
on time with their New Years Address,
and we bespsak for them liberal re.
ception. Encourage the boys-they
deserve It.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

Clark radical, and Herndon, demo-
erat, from Texas, havGbeen decided
by the committee on elections entitled
TO be sworn in as members Of the
House.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

The celebrated woOlly horse, "Mort'
gage" is in town. Ben. Green cap>
tured him,
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

Sam, p. Cooper has been nominated
for Governor by the Labor Reformers
of New Hampshire. t-
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20
The Gazette and Flag, Of Shrs5e-

The Gazette and Flag, Of Shrs1e
port, La, is no more. Mes.rs. Lacy
& Barrett have sold out the paper to
Messrs. Battle, Lewis & Leonard, who
have dropped the old name, and are
now publishing "The Shreveport
Times" daily and weekly. OF the
new daily we cannot speak, not having
been favored by the publishers with
an exchange. The weekly is large,
well edited and well printed paper,
as il is bound to be under such auspices,
and we welcome it to our exchange list
With Messrs. Lacy & Barrett, howev-
er, We part with regret, and heartily
wish them prosperity and happiness
in whatever vocation they may enter.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

Tie steamboat Salado, has been up
Red river as high as Clarksville, Tex
as.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

Little Rock has had lectursss and
a lawyeress So the papers say.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

The Clarksville Standard, alluding
to migrants says:
1--WE see them passing westward
through our town, and We hear of them
coming southwark through the Indian
Territory, and entering upon the sunny
land of Texas, with internal wealth
greater than has caused the Indies of
the East to abound in tangible riches
the pompous splendors cf barbario
glare"
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

DR.. McCosh, now President Of
Princeton College, tells the story Of a
negro who prayed earnestly that he
anI his colored brethren might be pre-
served from what lie called their "up-
settin' SINS"
"Brudder," said one of his friends,
at the close of the meeting, "you aint
got de hang of dat ar word. Its BE-
settin', not ,psettin'."
"Brudder,' replied the other, ''iI
dat's so, it's so. But was prayin' dc
Lord to save us from de sin OF intoxi,
cation, and if dat aint upsettin' sin
| dunno what am"
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

Little Rock has a skating rink.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

The Russellville (Ark.) Tribune,
once strong administration organ. has
stopped over. And still they come.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-12-20

Geo. w. Griffin, OF Kentucky, has
been appointed Consul at Copenhagen.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-01-05
FARMERS COLUMN.
MANAGEMENT OF MICH COWS.

"F. G." farmer of Herkimer county
writes that it is an axiom among our
dairy-men here, IN Southern Herklmer
Co., that much grain fed to stock VIII
not pay-that is to keep 1t; fattenlng is
different thing, and may pay or may
not. Some times it does not, and gen
orally not too much For mich COWS it
will not paw, so it is thought here. There
is one thing that will pay-that does pay.
It is the feeding green, tender hay, cut
green and Young and then from such
hay-it may be said grass-butter is
made equal to summer and fall butter,
not euualling only the early June butter.
The quantity of milk is large in Novem
Der and December, and again at calving
time. There is an excellent flow of milk,
not quite so rich perhaps as grain would
make it, but rich and copious; and it was
brought without the great expense, the
cost not being more than half. When
summer opens your COW Is still strong
and will continue in that condition on
good feed-that is good pasturage and
when getting short, fed on cornstalks
provided for her, which is but con-
tinuation of the green pasture. And
when winter comes, your cow will still be
round and stronghold over-fed, not over
strained With grain, but what a COW
should be-a quiet domestic animal sup
porting the dairy, intended for milk, not
to be driven, either too hard by boys, or
yoked as in Europe. Such cow a milk
giving mother, needs but sufficient
strength for her purpose, and that is not
much in her quiet routine.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-01-05

PoTATo RAIsING-A correspondent CT
the American Institute Farmers Club
after describing large number of ex-
periments tried this year, concludes as
follows:
Large potatoes cut in pieces were the
best The majority of the farmers In the
town of North Hampstead, on Long
Island, raise from four to fifteen acres of
POTATOES for market We are anxious to
discover the best and most profitable
method of growing them on our soil.
Some of us are frequently trying expert
ments to prove which is the best, and
purchasing more or less of the honestly
and dithonestly-m fertilizers that are
offered. The result of every experiment
we have heard and the universal belief
is, that rge-sized potatoes cut into from
two to four pieces are the most profitable,
and little potatoes are fed out, or sold to
the bakers to put in their dough and I'M
prove the bread.
Good stable manure will give the food
the potato plant requires cheaper than
any patent fertilizer we have used. Man
ure is very dear, but the elements of
plant food are yielded to us at less cost,
and more benefit to our after corps from
it than any other manure yet tried In
Queens county.
Sometimes newly-cleaned, or old and
long-negIected lands, when brought
under good cultivation, plowed deeply,
and frequently stirred, will by the decay
of the vegetable fibre of the sod, and the
action Of the air and light on the freshly,
turned and stirred soil, yield very good
crops for few times with the applica-
tions of small quantities of fertilizers,
such as guano, bone-dust, ashes, and other
mineral agents, but our experience is
that it is not lasting. Recourse must be
had to the process of returning to the
soil, as near as may be, the same materl-
ais we draw from it, and that is found IN
the manure of our domestic animals
horses, COWS, hogs and sheep, better than
in any other thing. Ell
We have heard occasionally, among US
of some great success, by reversing oul
old and long-tried methods, but in few
years they are heard no more; it was but
as flashing meteor, and soon disappear
,@ed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-01-05
CNrEcT1cur CHANT1oLEERs- most

CNNECTICuT CHANTlCLRERs.-T mos
interesting birds in the late poultry show
at Hartford were the ROSTERS. Queer
specimens many of them were. Some q
the largest breeds were bouncers. II
must take an extensive commisSary de
partment, says the CourGrat, to furnis b
supplies for even small number of the
best developed of the lot AS q choice
between taking six of the healthiest kind
as permanent boarders in small family,
or having ten men to feed, ordinary
housekeepers wonld prefer the latter.
It would be almost safe to give odds in a
bet that four ROSTERS could be selected
ont of this show that would destroy more
Cruel in half q day than any five men in
the same time, even if it were good day
for cruel. Some of these ROSTERS, prop
erly trained, might be successfully used
to run phaetons for shopping purposes,
and hitched to baby carriages they
would be very useful. 1t you should
kill one of them to eat, nothing short of
a barbecue could dispose OF, MIN. The
price of old iron would double in a week
were it known that a kettle big enough
to cook one in was being ma lutaetured.
One leg would make a roast for a
country hotel, and roosters steaks would
be drug in the market.
But aside from the enormous size and
loftiness of some of the male birds in the
show, the spectator has been particularly
attracted by their hen talk. 1t has been
a most interesting study to watch the pa,
ternal fowls when responding to each
other. In one coop, was a monstrous
rooster, whose growing in clear day
might be heard mile off, and he APP.
peared to enjoy himself a great deal
better as an exhibition bird than he pos
sibly could in the quiet of his own yard.
After throwing his heft into a frlghtful
crow, extending fguratively speaking,
from his throat down into his boots, he
would wait patiently till he caught the
note of some inspired brother, and
then gather his whole nervous sys-
TEN, Sc to speak, into the smallest posi-
bic space and fire it off to the full extent
of his open jaw. He was none of your
second hand growers.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-01-05
TAX NOTICE.

The following is list of unredeemed lots,
nieces or parceIs of land, situate, lying and
being in the several towns and wards in the
County of Kenosha, and in the State of Wis
consin, which were sold by the County Treas
urer of said county, on the second Tuesday,
being the 18th day o., May, A. D: 1868 for the
unpaid taxes and charges OF A. ID. 1857, and
the amount of taxes, interest and charges,
calculated thereon to the last day of redemp-
ton due on each parcel. NoW therefore, no
tice is hereby given, that unless such lands
are redeemed on or before the 18th day of
May, A. d. 1871, they will be conveyed to the
thereof, according to law: