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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-07

MATTERS IN New YoRK.-The press OF
the country is doing its best to encour-
age us. The Wheeling hteligencsr,
among others, send such cheering words
as these: "The signs multiply that
there is to be more rigid enforcement
of the law against murderers in New
York" We thank you, bretheren, but at
the same time we realize with Rachel
how hard thing it is to be comforted.
1t is true, perhaps, that the "signs''
you speak of multiply, and yet we have
always with us the narrowing conscious
ness that the murderers multiply too
". y paper.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-07
FINANCIAL.
Investment SecnrltIes.


JAY COOKE Co.. are now selling, and recommend as
profitable and safe investment for all classes the First
Mortgage 7-:SO Gold Bonds of the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company, bearing Seven and Three-Tenths
per cent gold interest more than per cent currency,
and secured by first and only mortgage the entire
Road and equipments, and than 81, 900 Acres
of Land to every mile OF track 800 Acres of Land
each $1,000 Bond Tho highest current price will be
paid for U. s. FlveTwentes, and all other marketable
Securities received in exchange. Pamphlets maps and
full formation well the bonds themselves, will be
furnished on application by JAY COOKE Co., Phila-
delrha, New York and Washington and by most Bank
and Bankers throughout the corntrv
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-07

THROAT AFFECTIONS AND HoARsENEss.
All suffering from hritation Of The
Throat and HomSeaesS will be agreeably
surprised at the almost immediate relief
afforded by the use of "Bro~n'S Bron-
chial T'ocFeS. Conn.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-07

The Wayne County (MissourD Demo.
Graf states that two men, Scott and Leaf,
were arrested at Redmont, in that coun-
ty, charged with having committed three
murders in Mississippi. Scott, in at
tempting to escape, was shot and Sc
liously wounded in the thigh. He has
confessed that he and Leaf killed two
men in a dispute about an OK.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-07

CHAPPED HANDS, face, rough skin, PIN
pies, ringworm, salt-rheum, and other
cutaneous affections, cured, and the skin
made soft and smooth, by using the
JUMPER TAR SOAP, made by CAswE1L,
HAZARD & Co., New York, 1t is more
convenient and easily applied than other
remedies, avoiding the trouble Of the
greasy compounds now in use. Com.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-07

BRUTAL MURDER.-A farmer named
Daniel Kramer, residing about nine miles
west of Auburn, Schuylkill County, on
the line of the Schuylkill and Susgue-
hanna Railroad, was brutally murdered,
and his wife left for dead. Mr.. Kramer's
SOD, on entering his fathers house found
his mother on bed with her skull fear
fully fractured, and still living, but I'M
able to speak. The father was found
about 100 yards from the house with his
brains beaten out.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-07

Beautys Best Auxiliary.-Ask the belle OF
the season what apportionmcnt of her toilct-tahle
holds the highest place in her esteem, and she viii
reply, without a moments reflection, HAGAN's MAG
SoLn BALM. Nothing, she is thoroughly aware
contributes so powerfully to enhance her charms
and render her irresistible that most delightful
and healthy auxiliary Of Beauty. Byusug it, ladies
are enabled, long after they have passed the merid
ian of life to preserve the youthful bloom and purity
of their compilations, aud where Nature has denied
that superlative attraction, the Balm fully compen
safes for her deficiencies.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-07
TO CpNsuMpTIYEa.

The advertiser having been permanently cured of that
dread disease, Consumption, by simple remedy is
ous to make known to his fellow sufferers the OF
TO all who desire it, he will send copy of the
prescription used, Gree of CHARGE with the directions
for preparing and using the same, which they will find
SURE CURE for CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA BRONCHITIS, &c
Parties wishing the prescription will please address
Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON,
26i South Third street, Willamsb urgh, n Y
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-07

In Chica go, number Of persons are
sick from, as they say, vaccination. The
doctors reply that if the people will
drink imrnense quantities Of liquor, they
have no right to lay the blame on vacci-
nation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-07

BITING AT NAKED HooKs.-A bank
note company in New York forwards to
the Treasury Department a letter to
them from B. w. Hammond, of West
Virginia, who would like to have a fac
SimHe of United States notes engraved
thus "The United States will not pay
the bearer" This request, the writer
says, is for the purpose of "getting
something for suckers always ready to
bite at naked hooks"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-07

MURDERERs ARREsTED.-Joseph Brown
and Isaac Hummel, both young men,
were arrested on suspicion of the muir
der of Daniel Kramer in Schuylkill
County, and the probably fatal injury
of his wife. TWAS ascertained they had
been near the scene of the murder on
the night in question, and Brown at
Pottsville exchanged silver for paper
money. Brown made a partial confes-
sion, and acknowledged having accom-
panied Hummel to the door of Kramer's
house, but alleges that Hummel COM
mitted the murder. Both are commit
ted.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-07

rn. The Startling, Romantic Disclosures Of
the MYSTERIES OF CRIME in the authentic Book
entitled, "IEMoIRs OF THE L. S. SECRET SER
VICE, " is thrilling Record, indeed! See Ady't
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-07

Money is thrown away By all who do not buy the CA
BILE SCREW WIRE fastened Shoes. They are the
easiest most pliabe and serviceabe Look out for im
tations
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-07
VEG ETINE

Is great panncoa for our aged fathers and mothers
It gives them strength quets their nerves. and gives
them Natures sweet sleep.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-07

From Maine to California millions of children are
wearing SILVER TIPPED Shoes-Wly not they are
the cheapest and through at the toe. Try
ham
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-07

TEMPERANCE.-The Roman Catholic
priests in the Eastern part of Massachu-
sets have been recently more than usu-
ally active in forwarding the temperance
cause One priest recently returned a
gift of. $50, when he discovered that
the donor was liquor.seller, and others
threaten to go into the courts as com
plainants unless the traffic is abandoned.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-07

The body OF Clement McCausland,
Deputy United States Marshal, was found
eighteen miles from Frog Point, Dakota,
he having persisted in the recent terri
bic storm while pursuing an escaped
prisoner.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-07

Do you want your money safely in.
vested and paying you good interest
Write to CHARLES W. HAssLER, No.
Wall Street, N. Y, X
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-07

a Clergyman writing o a friend says, "NIy voyage
to Europe is indefinitely postponed have discovered
the fountain Of health this side OF the Atlantic,
Three bottles of Peruvian Syrup have Rscucd me from
the fangs of the iend Dyspepsia Dyspeptics should
drink from this fountain.
FIFTY CENTS year secures the journal and a Pre-
MUM. G. A. DEIrG. Chambersburg, Pa.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-07

Two years work is yet to be done on
the Hoosac Tunnel,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-07
and Chronic Rheu-

For Skin Diseases, Eruptlons. letter Salt.
Rheum, Botches, Spots, Pimpes, PusuIes, Bols Car
huncles, Ring-worms, Scald Head, Sore Eyes, Fry
sipelas, Itch Scurs Dcooratons Of the Skin, Humors
and Diseases of he Skin, of whatever name or nature
short time by ne use Of these Bitters One bottle in
such cases will convince the most incrcduous Of their
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-07

Considering MSi, capacity. elegance. and thorough
excellence, the prices q these nc'p styles are \,
io'vcr than any bg'o'e eGt,cd, ,..t."'T
The Cabinet Organs made by the Mason i,mn Co. Acknow.
lodged excel all others in purity and beauty tome power
variety and durability and contain patented improvements
in any others They have uniformly hghe premiums a, In.
dura Exhibitions including medal the PAE EXPOSITION for
DEMONSTRATED SUPERIORITY the only American Organ, sold
largely in other countries, and pronounced to be
1ioSAnLY by musicians ALMOST UNIVERSALLY. See
tsLtnlnnv frnrn r,nrn ihnn --.--.--
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-04-22
CUMULATIVE VOTING.

Whenever we hear pending measure OPP
posed as unconstitutional, our first impulse is
to suspect that practical objections to it are
hard to find.
Our City, it is assumed needs Board Of
Aldermen. That Board is to be elected by
the People Is it desirable that they shall
be all of one party or clique, or that they rep
resent diverse interests purposes, convictions 7
What says experience Z How dictates COM
mon sense?
We have had for years a nearly equal repre-
sentation of two cOntending parties in our
councils then we have had Board of Alder
men elected on general ticket, and of course
all of one party. In fact, we have had prac-
tically unanimous Board, while Aldermen were
elected by Wards. Need we say that these
one sided Boards were the most corrupt and
shameless that our City ever endured7 Would
you not have known that by instincti
1t is most desirable that every legal elector
should exercise his Right of Suffrage. But
men act from motives, and good many hate
20 stand up merely to be knocked down.
Send hundred men to a poll. year after year
to be voted down and crOwed over by two
hundred political antagonists, and some of
them will become cOwed, dispirited, reluctant,
and will find OF make excuses for staying
away They tire and sicken of voting to no
other end than to sweeten and emphasize
their adversaries' triumph.
We have in this City great many chronic
stay always or non-voters. Urge them to do
their duty at the polls, and they ask "What
I" is the usef Voting will do no good We
" ca MT elect any one." Say that this is no ex
cuse, if you will VIC know that it is balefully
effective.
We are to have Board of fOrty-ive Alder
men, whereof each Senate district may choose
nine. Shall these nineyrcpresent only the ma
j0rity of the voters Of that district or shall
all those voters be represented if they choosel
We say, All. So says our embryo Charter.
Assume that there are thirty thousand voters
in each Senate district, whereof seventeen
thousand lean one way, thirteen thousand the
other, would you prefer that each of these
parties should be represented in the Board
by Aldermen proportional to its numerical
strength or would you prefer that the seven
teen thousand only be represented land this
not in proportion to its own strength, but TO
that Of the whole thirty thOusand9 If this
last is your ideal Of true representation, then
you condemn and oppose Cumulative Voting.
Our judgment approves the system. We
hold that mnOrites have rights as well as
majorties. This City, for illustration, mas for
years been represented in Congress by Demo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-04-22
CPOSSpURPOSE,S.

If bill were under consideration by Con-
gress, and one member were to advocate 1t in
Greek and be answered by another in ChOc-
taw, it is not likely that any considerable
progress would thereby be made in satisfying
their fellow members that they ought to vote
for or against it. Yet much of what aspires
to be Political Economy is as i'll adapted to its
purpose.
We lately published letter from Mr.. James
NJ. Cooper of Pittsburgh, on our Steel industry;
and we herewith print an answer thereto by
Mr.. Edward Atkinson of Massachusetts. Let
ting its insolence of manner pass as imma-
terial, we will merely point out Mr. As
capital error.
We are making about Two Millions of tuns
of Iron per annum and about One Hundred
| Thousand tons of Steel (rails included; and
we are importing, mainly from England, about
half so much of either. And the champions of
Free Trade coOlly assume that. since the home
made Iron and Steel cost us more (they say
than the imported by the amount of the duty
charged on the latter, it follows that we should
obtain all our Iron and Steel so much
cheaper if the duties were taken Off This as
sumption, though cOntradicted by amilliOn facts
and countenanced by none, they perpetually
treat as a self-evidcnt truth.
Now it seems to us as clear rs sunlight that
we are nOw-this very day-obtaining both
Iron and Steel (thOugh both are exceptionally
dear) cheaper than we should or could obtain
them if we had never protected and did not
now protect their home production. In other
words, we insist that, if we were this day de-
pending on England for twice as much Iron
and Steel as we are actually buying of heb
she would charge us therefor very much more
than we are now paying our own people. And
we point to the present high price Of Pig Iron
in Great Britain as well as in this country
as demonstrating this truth
If in 1870, instead of reducing the duty on
Pig Iron from So to 81 per tun, and thereby
checking the erection of furnaces, we had in
creased that duty to $40 or even S12 thus
saying to our people, "Build moro and more
furnaces we guarantee you against the
danger of being crushed out by unfair,
unequal competition with the cheaper labor
"Of Great Britain" we should have, had hun.
dreds Of new furnaces erected since then and
more going into blast from day to day, with
Iron far cheaper in consequence, not in this
country only, but in Great Britain also. But
we took course which discouraged furnace
building, and now We are suffering the cOnse-
quenccs. The high prices of Iron ruling are
now calling into existence more furnaces, but
not half enough, because Mr.. Atkinson and
his friends, by agitating and petitioning for
free Iron, alarm capitalists and persuade all
but few of them not to invest money in
making more Iron.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-04-22

fraudulent transactions generally In tho collection of tho
revenue heref A. an not sufficiently informed TO give
an opinion. have hesitation In saying this: that
from the standard Of character In the Custom house.
would not take the average Of employees into my store
under any consideration trust them with my business
at all.
O. BY character do you business or moral char
acterf A. mean moral character and business quail
fcations-both.
O. How does the present system OF appointment to
Custom house places affect tho commercial interests OF
New-York and the country A. My impression Is that
II character and qualifications were the standard OF en-
poy6s the Customhouse, that twohirds Of the num-
Der paid by the Government would do all the bus
ness better than 1t Is done now.
O. And as to expensei A. Equally as cheap; 1t can
not fall TO be charge on the commerce OF NewYork 10
have Its Customho hospital for brokendown poll
tcians That just what 1t Is There Is no use In taking
about IT, that just what 1t Is There are men, hundreds
OF them, that I would not allow to come into
my store, II they would come for nothing. would not
trust them in my store to have anything to do with my
goods They are broken down politicians, skilled only
in political manipuatons. The why these places
sought after by politicians is that they think they
can make fortunes out OF the business in short time.
To make the record complete, we reproduce
from the testimony of this witnesses son and
partner (page 39) his opinion Of Dir. Thos.
Murphy:
"The appointment Of Mr.. Murphy was considered ex-
traordlnary know nothing against him, except that
he is without any experience, and actually with
any position here probably the last man that would
have been thought Of by any merchant Kno wing that
he knew nothing about It, and kept there for pot
zeal purposes the merchants have kept away and felt as
II It would hurt their selfrespec to NEEDLE with the
matter"
1t appears, therefore, that the editorial para
graph above quoted from The N. Y. Times
contains the one true statement indicated and
the following falsehoOds:
1. The false declaration that Mr. VIM. Z.
Dodge was not before the Investigating Com
mittee at all.
2. The false declaration that the evidence
quoted in TIE TRIBUNE was a fabrication
from beginning to end.
3. The false insinuation that Mr.. Dodge had
given no evidence bearing against Mr.. Murphy.
And each of these falsehOods was coined in
the full knowledge that there was not respec-
table newspaper Office in the city without
copy of the official report to the Senate, above
quoted, which exposes its falsity. Perhaps
there may be newspaper readers who Like to
be grossly and absurdly deceived in this way
If so, we entreat them not to buy THE
TRIBUNE,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-04-22
COMFORT FOE THE CUSTOMHOUSE.

If we must confront deliberate liars, COM
mend us to the plucky ones rather than the
sneaks. Just see the crawling, squirmng pro-
cess of The Ne,0- York Times, in its issue of
last Saturday:
yesterday Mr.. Greeley stated that Mr.. W. F. Dodge,
Chairman of the Wednesday meeting had given evil
dence against Mr.. Sarphy before the Congress
Investigating Committee A long patch OF evidence
is then quoted. Now will 1T be credited that
this story Is fabrication from beginning to
endi Such is the fact. Mr.. William f. Dodge
not even before the Committee In question: and
ct any time any place gave the evidence put into
his mouth by THE TRIBUNE IL this what the school boy
essayiss call honorable journalism Most rational
men will disposed to regard it very bad form OF
cheating"
Now there is one true statement in the
above The evidence which THE TRIBUNE
quoted was given by Mr.. VIM. +. Dodge, jr.,
the son and partner of the Chairman at the
Grant Rally. The "jr." had been dropped
from the name apparently by inadvertence, in
the newspaper copy from which we
copied. But Mr.. VIM. L. Dodge him
self testified on the same day, Jan.
10, 1871, before the same Committee, and his
testimony is duly recorded in the Committees
report, [Senate Report $50, XLIst Congress,
Third SESSION.. on pages As, 46 and AZ. Every
line of the testimony quoted in TIE TRIBUNE
is recorded IN the report Of the same cxamina-
ton, on pages 80 to 80.
And now, lest there should be some quibbler
to claim that the father and partner accom-
panying his son to the Committee and testi-
flying on the same day, did not express sim
liar views, we make room for some of the
evidence given by the Chairman of the Grant
meeting:
Mr.. WIN. +. Dodge, sworn.
O. What Is your businessi A. have been con-
ncced with the importing business in NewYork over 40
years. doing business constantly with the New York
Custom-house.
O. You are familiar with the workings OF the old Gen.
eral Order system and the newt A. Yes, Sir.
O. viii you give TO the Committee your views on the
subject A. This process makes the port OF New-York
in my opinion the most expensive port the transac
ton OF business IN the world have hesitation In
saying that-n the world.
O. Has 1t any tendency to drive business elsewhere
A. was going to remark the profit this species Of
goods that import Is close that II is impossible for
us TO continue business and pay the expenses which
have been imposed here for the last few years the
consequence Is. wo are importing at any other
port than this where II Is possible. We obliged
Import goods largely into Baltimore. Ncworeans &c.,
that We would import there II It were not Tor
expense OF the Custom-house here.
Y Hayo you good reason " believe that there are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-04-22
VERNAL CONVENTION1LT7TES.

The thermometer is one of the best of
moralists, and of the fairest of umpires in this
-disputatious world. There is nothing to
which the Berkleyan philosophy more con-
veniehtly applies than to temperature. at is
every hot for the season. says A. "Bless
Gus how cold it is for April" says Band
both are right. Temperature is matter of
idiOsyncrasy. as any Observant man may have
found out in railway travelng for always. in
every carriage, is there not passenger who
wants the window up, and another who just as
earnestly desires it downf SO up and down
goes the glazed convenience, with many dis
satisfied looks and some inward swearing.
But most curious are opinions which all the
world has agreed to accept; which have crys-
tallzed in literature and speech, and which
nobody discards though they are almost annu-
ally rcfuted. Among these it is seasonable to
consider the Spring-time conventionalties. 1t
has long been settled what shall be said about
the season, for the poets, having things their
own way, have 80 besung its ethereal mild
ness, its budding and bursting beauties, its
sweetness of scent and its music of sound,
the birth of the flowers and the bridals Of the
birds, that IL is established as q sort OF
treason against Her Majesty of May to ques-
ton her amiablo and fragrant PROJECTIONS.
This is one Of the instances in which the
pleasure is as great of being cheated IA to
cheat. We shake and SILVER; VIC have intol-