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Thre,hlnE the same Old straw.

4. ! -
The ssoutrage committee" are drag
gin2 again before tae public the same
old "aloody shirts" which ehey have
faunted over impeachment, reconstruc-
ton and every other piece Of deviltry
their party has practiced in the last FIVE
years. =.
We respectfully submit that these adi
abolical villainies" have served out their
time, and should be mustered out OF i1lIe
service. Besides this, nfnetsnthsa Of
them have been SO badly damaged by a
little investigation that they are fully en-,
titled to he discharged for disahlHsk /
The re appearance Of these dirty old
crippIes with the word afalsehooi',' fair
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bic with tile honor, rank and inte gritty

bic with tile honor, rank and inte gritty
of France
THE BoMBARDMENr OF RELFonT..
VERSAILLES, February LA dispatch
from, Prontevut, Switzerland, the 3lst,
says the homt ardment of Belfort con
tinues. The Twenty fourth French
Corps escaped southwark, but the re-
maindcr of Bourbaki's army has been
cut off, and is being driven to the Swiss
frontier.
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E5Josnux HILL, Democratic U. s.
Senator from Georgia, svas admitted to
his seatlast week. He was the last mem
Der toileavc The Ilnwer house Of Congress
when the war began. Ills colleague, Mr.
M1ELkR, was not admitted. Int the pros.
poets are that he win be hefore the ses
sion euds.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-02-07

eEThe high tarifIltes have been ter
ribly slaughtered in the West and North
west and South this year Their candi-
dates for the U. s Senate in illinois,
Missouri, Kansas, Wisconsin. Minnesota
and other States, oil died of too mich
tariff. The Democrats and Revenue Re-
formers shelved them
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With the shares at 80 each the profits
would be nearly four times the capital
stock. This made too large SHOW for
the public eye, SO they commenced wa
tering their stock. 1t was increased TO
$780, 600 in order to conceal their enor-
nous profits. But attllese figures Com
missioner Wells got among them, and
discovered that their profits in Eve. years
was the enormous sum of @5, ,85s, 600! |!
This exposure had the effect OF again
watering the stock, and it was increased
Sh25o,ooo. %
This company furnishes the salt for a
large portion of the continent. It not
only supplies the Atlantic Smtes, but
some of the Western States, and even
Canada. ss5ss :
1t is well known that the fish packers
OF New England receive their salt duty
free, yet this company lays down salt to
them cheaper than they procure it duty
free, from abroad. Furthermore. this
company sends to Canada where salt is
not protected by tariffs no less than five
hundred thousand bushels annually.
This shows beyond any kind Of doubt
tbat the tariff is not necessary to enable
-.
the company to work viii, profit. But
the iniquity of the scheme is still more
forritly shown in the fact that the COM
pany ships salt to Canada. paying all
charges. and sells It for 81 so per bar
rel, while it demands and receives on the
spot where the salt is made, % s. per
barrel.
It is simplyan insult to common sense
to deny that this is gigantic robbery
perpetrated upon the sslt consumers Of
the country The plundered consumer
cannot console himself with the renec-
ton that the broad margin between the
cost of production and the selling price
geos to the government; for out Of every
seven dollars extorted from the consul
mcrs, one dollar goes into the public
treasury and six dollars into private
pockets. g
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The syracuse sal, svv,pslr

The State Of New York owns the
lands on which are tue salt wells at Sy-
racuse.. In order TO prevent monopo-
lies the Slatel established works there
with,wllich to4raise the brine. furnishing
it to everybody who chose TO engage in
the manufacture Of salt, at price which
has been gradually reduced until it now
amounts 10 bnt one centper husheL
The keen scentof spectators fiscov.
erc,l money in the business.. They of
irrd tr, huy. but the State would not
sell; they offered to lease, but tho State
said, No. This did not discourage them
in the least In 1858 they established
the 0aon':aga Fine Salt Manufacturing
Company" with Che modest capital of
s70o IN shares of S2 cach In 1859
ihis'harrnlcss looking little company Sc
cured the passage of a law forbldding
tho State "from furnishing Brine to any
ether, ort new works, until the quan-
tity raised and distributed by ythe State
shall be sufficient for fully supplying all
the existing works through the manu-
featuring season."
A year later tl.is little company quietly
disappeared, and there quietly arose in
its place The Salt Company Of onon-
dasas with capital stock of 100000
and a lease of lifefor ten years.
1t was then discovered that this CON-
pany had gathered into its fold all the
existing works" and washable to use
all the brine the State could supply. The
'sexistiug works." therefore, simply
meant 1.-The Onondaga Salt Company,''
and as no. other work .conld receive
brine Without its consent it bad d clear
monopoly Of the whole business.
Now this company was ready to. com
mence operating for a tariff, and we find
that in March, 1861, tariff Of four cents
per basi,el was levied upon foreign salt
Six months afterward the tariff was rail-.
ed to Twelve cents. Afew months later
II was increased to eighteen cents, and a
little. later 10 twenty -four cents per hun
dred pounds. .s
Its worth while to. look at The profits
now that the monopoly was successfully
established. Their dividends for 1852
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Tie value Of sugar imported at New
York last week was upwards 8 of $780,
900; iewelry, ,S43, ,2b1 watches, $47, ,73o.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-02-07

zFHon. II. G. DAVIS has received
the Democratic nomination for U. S.
Senator from West Virginia. He will
be elected. WILEY! Goodbye, GRANT
will prepare a place for you
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ETThe vote for U. S. Senator in the
West Virginia Legislature stood: +
III G. DAVIS, Dem So
j. Fl. BRowN, Rad, 9ll q %
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EEThere is deficiency of. S2,-
.0l7,Sl6 SO in the appropriation for'the
support of the army during the current
year. notwithstanding the mu stering out
of so many officers and men under the
act Of last session The retrenchment
policy the dominant party have been
preaching SO zealously about for the past
two years surely. has not manifested it.
self in this matter in a very cheering way
for the contemplation Of the taxpayers
of The nation, m
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The U.elessness 81 q Regls,ry Law

At the present time, when we are
threatened by Congress with registry
election law for all the States, the fol-
lowing, from the Salem { (Illlnois) Advo-
cate, of the 24th of January, is worth
reading. sit says:
ssFor four years the people Of this
State have had to indorse a cumbersome,
useless and expensive Registry Law
While it has complicated the election
machinerM and great cost, it has not
accomplished the ends sought by the
inventors. In fact, we believe more
Illegal votes can be got into the ballot
box through the means and the opera
tions of the present Registry Law than
possibly could if it were not in force and
practice. No one who has been judge
or clerk Of an election board, with a
thimble,full of good sense, could fail to
have noticed tins. We trust the wise
acres now in session at Springfield will
repeal it."
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Carpet, ~ per cent; window curtains,
if paper, 80 per cent; window paper, If
Of mixed worsted material, rs per cent I;
wash basin, jug, etc, 40 per cent; glass
water bottle and tumbler, 40 per cent (;
toilet soap, if CASTLE, Iicent per pound
and 30 per cent al lpalorem; toilet soap.
il fperfumed, 10 cents per pound and 25
per cent dd valoren,; tooth brush 40 per
cent; hair brush 40 per cent; hair-comb
35 per cent; looking glass, il ten inches
by "a inches, 6 cents per square foot;
looking glass, if "a by 30 inches, 10
cents per square foot. oil-cloth, laid
down by the wash-stand, 50 per cent;
linen towels, 35 per cent; bedticks in
mattress, 6i cents per square yard and
10 per cent ad rdlorcm; sheets, if cotton,
81 cents per square yard sheets if linen,
IS per cent. ad ualorem; blankets, so
cents pound, and 35 per cent ad valo-
rem, Cor l40 to 200 per cent; bed.cov-
er, if printed calico, 81 cents and 20 per
cent al valorem; bed-cover, if worsted,
80 cents q pound and 35 per cent ad ga
loreua.
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THE WAR.

WINDING UP THE WAR.
BOTH SIDES DESIRE PEACE.
Details Of the Late Negotiations.
The Strength Of the French Armies
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HThe United States Senate repealed
the odious income. tag last week BY q
vote ef 2a to 25.
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sIut,iated United states Currency.

The United States District Court in
North Carolina recently rendered a judg.
ment against the Postmaster at Hiilsbo-s
10, in that State, under the following
circumstances A citizen presented a
two-dolIar bill, United States currency,
which was considerably mltilatcd, in
payment for stamps. The Postmaster
refused to take the bill, and the citizen
sued him for two dollars damages. The
Court gave Judgment for the plaintiff for
two dollars and costs, the latter amount
ing to about ninety dollars. 1t was prov
ed on the trial that the Post-office De-
partment had issued orders that Post
masters should receive mutilated cur
rency for postage when offered. The
Court held that all Departments of the
Government were bound to sustain the
currency of the Government, aud the
fact Of bill being more or less mutt
lated was no Justification for its being
refused by any official Of any Depart
ment of the Government.
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VERSAILLES, January 29-As the facts
concerning the negotiations for peace
are developed a better feeling is evident
among both the French and Germans,
and all begin to agree in hoping for a
termination of the war. The French
specially well pleased at the appar
ent modification of the German desire
to hnmiliate Paris by a triumphal entry
into the CAPITAL.
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msss and ~ go for India mess s,srcss Beef ham,
There vas no inquiry and prices continued entirely no
for which former realized wise lhs narE
ss:- B.s. q: asIsss s s.' .soa s.s:
hams. short out lie. f2c do. and smoL 81
~ Tor sr ss Welsh : :sS e. ' ss %s.:s
weak nj quotations. hnest factory. sc fair 20 good
Rios Tue marie: 1. Tor s.nsoop was quiet. but steady
with further sales OF 400 bags at esc Tie d.
were demand. We 70 tierses II $40
srsLTxs Was srm Win safes Of 90 tons sesan In lots
st IS Sa - 6lk gold, LOO lbs We quote Foress
Plates 20 $685. gold per IS' and d0msso plates Ia
svaAR Ia fair demand ant with reluctance ths
s s.: s A. s.a
Comprise 500 bids aud loa seIse including S hhds go
M % ssat SSs a s q1 S shi GOD
R5%s ssnn: q asSs ps, To- ~ ssI ss. oenrsAl :
sIs S1 and 81 e w Ws
i sss: sesa sressf Ss ios issa. OHM:
So. .e ~o,s.se., hhS. and OoIss, ssc asse msl9
iisa IL he DO ,' % s is Z - 1v
.Sns FTSesry sr.s: s.la loHs srasa-,ach ..aS;
a DATED ssS Ne:
We note sales Of S3 slabs stra roia Der To-
Me- 100 s ma Ssss closnS at the outside asar .on5
- * a IN s ..
:. .o'is ssS ss ss t
lSs per H. Seed leaf Was nrm. With fr demand ter cid
oilers private terms. 81 eases new ersp Gsansoiea wrap
terms. and 900 oales havana. at &c. a 81 W.
TALLow continues arm ~ for choice Sales to-day
Wmsxnr-R Receipts. 90 bbls Tho m.rxe. was decidedly
nrms. with saies Of $50 bolA at 49, s'c and small lou
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same instant IL began to rain. All those remaiRina
On the plalform had stepped clear Of the drop; the
sheriff gave signal; the neayy drop swung back.
80. THE ROPE sNAPrBD LIKE A THBsAD,
Mc0ifnn falling TO the ground with q 10 zee that
was terrible, Inc conc ssiOn beng distinctly heard
throngh the crowd, which stood an instant trans
nxed wtn holr 0r. fhen, Win awe-stricken faces,
large NUMBERS turned anu went away W shut oHt
the repetition that might follow OF this horrible
scene Four men lifted tne pini0Led, half
strangled criminal and carried him back placing
him In an erect position again ON the drop. He
eOviy requested the sheriff 70 loosen the quick
II the rope broke again. The cap was still over his
face The lOoseued moose anu broken rope still dang
ling around his neck and his clothes covered with
the earth from which he had been taken hids0us
sIcKENING SIGHT.
Tho same rope was tied w.lere II broke, making
the TALL about foot shorter an again, at twenty
I've minutes past twelve P. NJ, the drop fell. The
crowd mostly turned their heads as the excou1ouer
withdrew the bolt, but looked round rapidly to II
the criminal suspended. Tails Tune toe tragic
a0s was o success. Tue body OF Medium swung IN
the air, tho fall having been abOus dve feet. The
moose was not properly adjusted, and respiration
continued some eight minutes, during which there
were o0nvulsive movements OF the lower limbs In
twelve minutes pulsation mad ceased and AFTER
hanging twenty live lie was declared extinct ana
the body was cui down. placed In . co i'm and
BURIED NRAR THE soAFFOLD.
The nook had not been broken; bar guilty or limo.
cent, the soul OF McGifnn was 10 eternity.
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fine m.rks. heavy and lovs,, ana
No s.priss The sac. Yer. a.:a ses 6s:Ss. .
g. Il @ s 81 s S sas:. so " % u
g. Cor. was fairy active bct At lever rates The ssles
us :. s S,i; sis oI n.:s ss 3; y.i:~ sss,S:.a
were dccaedy lower The sale. wsrs about 1900 Sa4hss
90 aa Se s Z: :a re- a 0as ~.
prices arc entirely no,a INA Rye en and nominal Last
sac 81 Va. sas a. n, for rom both
BY steam and sa At former raos The ss1nsss
psc ~ .ss 1000 Sa.aei. LOO Ss. aoai =:
M ~ ~ s Sssi lara ri !. a AND y saa
Germ sad whca. al "a ~ TO Glasgow ~ s:sn
vncss Al So Of proli.io.s at 90. Ts Ir,sol y
sSaIss Sr.s s.rH 70 Cork fSi
2so suT.ers grain, g. Ga or 81 on II to fsaars ks.Ss
"a Il direct % 10 per cent adisnsi the ucnsnss
bark lsnss kouersAm general private
S S,
s Gssh a. sss RON ss Ss | me Fave
ber private terms An American ship. lSs, tons e
o. s -s oS. ssa
and .t n sIs Ss rum: M animation .s our last
and there va. ,sry o4sy for sh:s iorsixn comes
as p @
ton Mss lie b psx ana s Essa f ~
eney Juts. Sxs 49, gold. SD jvse bss. 4,se fko
Hors:Ths m.rss. show: no ,mrossM shanss wi.h r
lcln iss. M; sssesn &. wss
iscs.Ths demand Tor American and Scotch pig con-
naed very light and sacs generally eonansd 70 small
ists Prices were unchanged lSScna no. american were
ga 50 and go !on. EGin,on on private terrss
s.r os ~ "a ri ,s mo- on sssn:
and ssS i6s, gold. for swsdes. -
LEAD-Fs was neglected somewhat nominal vah,s,
g. s' S g S
IfS s.S sAss;
and domestic, bot prices werc unsaaaysd small losbna
trade being IN HsoSSss .. ,s sgasss We sss.e ssu
hsH isisnds, ws ! w. New Orleans, 90. .sss. -'
NAVAL sIoarA.Ihs uIwsrd movs%sn. Y ,eIrts tor
ccm apr 4ss btls Al rom sio DC nsg.stsd
Guiding mo- window s.ss u Tar vsy ssmS ssd-.
whn - X
considsra0e Offering but generally no
!. s.ss va" SS e sI ;.'
resale contract, Al bc August q!o,ed a. sS Crst!
Saa was b; essy he r. sc arg is SS
sale was 900 bbs refined standard white Jmy delivery,
$3.50 TS return sHElas GS % asl'i
Sol pbs and hsrcss and ~ ksqA The markes for mes
no aaay S s:
paid The saes for future delivery were SM % "a =
s"coS was noS.as scsve and ar sales wars
ooss. 0ns S'A, ~ % aS sas no 70 s SS
S ess un0 c a. Stanford smith sasosa "a
SIC 90. Lardrhe usrke. was ysry auis., owns 70 u
make no concession. Western, nominaliy lie. 20
and and HpS S Tor @ ana sss II
| III io mesa sWH sG ss' saaa mesa as - Tor a'la
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| FINANCIAL and COMMERCIAL.
WALL 8rRBM.

WALL HTRBuf. I
rsn FRIDAY, July Z1-6 NJ
On 'Cnange to-day wheat was heavy and dull Tho
cotton market was more active at unchanged quo
tatl0us,
MONTY TWO TO THRKH PEE GENT.
The money market wal easy at twO TO three per
cent
Paper WIS dull and more diflcult OF sale. Buyers
are indisposed 10 take anything having longer tan
sixts days 10 rum For such short paper the demand
"a good ut AZ q sK per cent Paper OF longer date
Is hardly salabis below per cent ana v quoted at
eat per cent. -rr.
Foreign exchange was nominaaly unchanged on
the basis OF lloh ll0X for bankers sixty-day
sterling. and llok lux for sight bllas but there
was pressure to sell borrowed oilis and sales cut
Of second hand wero made at u y below the ask
ing rates. t.,t.ls s.a
GOLD wBAK-1l2M A H.
Tho gold market was dali and weak, and declined
from ll2A 80 liz on the sales Of sterling bills above
referred to, and also In consequences OF the small
engagements Of specie Tor export tomorrow, which
n favorte day usually with remitters- The market
eventually reacted to l12X. which was bid At the
close. Tho course Of the market is shown In the
table, fr l.05
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SUPREME CouST-saAMs-Rs.
Setting Aside n Rsserec's Report.
Before JutiRo CardOz0,

Marta Gauin0r o. Simon Gdtltn0sr.-IH this
case, the full particulars q which were published
yesterday, Q motion. It Will be remembered, was
made to set ASIDE the referees report, the action
being brought iOr divorce, ~ not allowing sum-
cicnt alim0ny. the amount allowed being 81 q week.
The Judge rendered q decision yesterday upon the
motion ordering the report 70 DE set aslae. He
made this decision Ola the ground that there was no
reason why the referee Should have hxed the value
Of Defendants property as In the face Of
Bona use Oner OF t5z Oo0; that the debts sworn to
py the defendant were 70 great extent very suspi
clous that except his WIFE, whom the decree settles
he has foutly hlsreased, ne Mas no Que but son.
aged nineteen. dependent upon him, and that,
under the circumstances, It Is little enough to re-
Qulre him to pay annony at the rate OF $1.2oo
year.
rr Decisions.
; Lawrence OF al. % nsetor.-Memcranda for coun-
eel.
Kinsnaan %. REORGANIZATION denied.
/. IN the Natter or the Application q Henry A.
kaiV. Motion granted.
L0uts b. Cohen Florence Observation-Disclosures
vacated without costs.
Sans Us. Same.-Astion granted on payment Of
$40 costs 70 defendant who mas Appeared.
Rodntan rs. JONes-Order settled. ro
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THE RIVERSIDE RARk QUESTION.

Supplemental Report Of the COMMISSIONER
Judge Barnard Connrms It-Appeals Threat
cued.
Tho Riverside PARK matter came up again yester-
day before Judge Barnard Of the Supreme Court
AS On the previous occasion, when the subject was
before the Court. there was o large attendance OF
parties Interested and nearly every one represented
by separate counsel. II VIII be remembered thas
when the report Of the Commissioners Of Estimate
and Assessment was nrss presented for Confirmation
various objections were made to the came, and
that the Judge 0verruled them all, except one, IN
which It was shown that no compensation had been
given FOR the portions OF tho B0omingdale road
ana tho old 'Twelth avenue included IN the
park, and ne accordingly nxed the addiuonai
for tie same, and seat the report back to the Com
missioners 10 I've altered accordingly. When
si Is had NOS been able 10 meet but several
lana owners on closed or newly opened streets
claimed that TN nsy ia were n the exact na 81
allowed similar awards. The Court refused to
alter It's order unless with the consent OF the Corpo-
ration Counsel Thus the case stood at tho recon-
venng or the Court yesterday for further hearing In
'ns r mS oorman Corporation Counsel, presented
supplemental or amended report drawn In con.
formty with the order Of the Court and duly signed
M I peviin SAID thai 80 fr as Mr. Karrasn. one Of
his clients, wss concerned he having received far
award he had nothing TO say, but he would ask
peared 80 they might We incinded IN case q appeal
Ex-Judgs strong, on behalf Of the New York Cen.
tral and Hudson RIVER Railroad Oompsuy. said that
points had been presented 70 the Court ON their be-
half which, AZ thcy had not been noticed py Hn
Honor IN mis- opinion, had not, perhaps come under
his notice. lie insisted thai the railroad company
dug II the Court 70 zee that u receivsd its just
Judge Barnard said that large number OF briefs,
some OF them very voluminous, ned been eiven 20
ana that no had examined them, but mao n0uCeu
only those two on which he thought the Commits
sioiiers had erred. The rest he overruled.
Counsel for owners on Seventy second anu
SEVENTY. third streets asked CORRECTION rs oelng
within the privilege OF the Judges order.
Judge Barnard said that IL was too late, unless the
Corporation Counsel would consent.
Mr.. O'gOrman stated that be supposed ne had no
discretion In the matter. He could not 60 beyond
the order OF the Cour with THIS ORDER the Qmendcd
The Judge signed the order CONFIRMING the report,
after whlch he directed An adournmsnG VI the Court
stfss afA
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quotations based on GOTTEN runnioc In quality nos
half above below tue grade qu0ted.
Tne receipts the ports to -1Aves
ton, Il4; OrleAna, Lass Mobile, 7t Savannah, lao;
Charleston, 1877 WtunRoR "; Norfolk. u; Baltimore,
New FORK. ?s TOTAL i.aA sam. DAY lsst ws.s. Asa
y7A Rates for cotton freight foreign
ports closed thus:To Liverpool steamer, IA; by SAIL
sS2d TO Havre, BY steam, Ia gsla sail 70 Ham.
pre- ssed; 70 Battle ports, BY ssh. No 10: GELD
o. 2sl bvshsls 27S1S do meal l5 bbls aud
900 oats la4s5 bushels The four market aimed
dull prices favored The
about $500 bbls the market closing soady Rye
-four again lower, with . very suiot Small
made OF supernne at ~ 80 - 4o Corn meal
In better demand ana steady We note sacs u lb0U
bels Marsh's cAsre a. 1v0 ksa Western
yellow at - g. CITY sacked meal quotsd u 81 for
vi 10 u IS sitted III 20 bocd