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PATENTEES!

Many Patents are lying dormant which nigh
realize a fortune for the owners Improperly brought
before the public. We sell Patents, Obtain partners
for inventors and Patentees, give profitable sem-
ploynIent to Agents and publish the PATENT liz
DIX. Send for rirculor.
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RAILROAD TIME B
Cinein. Eaton & Richmond r. R.
LINE.

Passenger Trains will run on this Road. leaving
the several Stations as follows:
Inward Trains. Downward Trains.
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Coming Back to Roost.

zine English proVerb tells US
that scurses come home to roost,"=
while the Italian says, euphuisti-
cally, that courses are-like pro-
cessions, they return to- where
they set out" Other things, be-
side maledictions, take the same
course, and we have an illustra>
ton of this just now. In the
spring of 1867, the angry Radi-
cal Congress of that day enacted
what is known as the "tenure-of-
office bill" On March the I'd of
that year says the Patriot, the
acting President, Mr.. johnson,
returned the bill to the Senate,
where it originated, with his OBJ
jections, and Notwithstanding
those reasons, it was re-euacted
by a constitutional majority-35
to IL III the Senate, and 1873 to 40
in the House of Representatives.
That forgotten message lies be-
fore US, as we write, and find in
it a course of reasoning which
has a strange illustration now-a-
days. Speaking of an unworthy
incumbent of that day, the Presi-
dent said. among other things,
that a Ease might arise when a
public officer "might grasp at
power for his own aggrandize-
ment and the elevation of his con-
neXlons and relatives to Office"
and, hence, should be removed.
He went on to say that if the
power of removal were virtually
vested in the senate, as it would,
be If their consent were needed,
"such a body is more likely to
misuse it than the man whom
the united voice of America calls
to the Presidential chair."-This
was denounced not merely as
heresy, but as tie utterance of
frantic and distorted intelligence
Less than five years have clap
sed, and now we find an accredi-
ted Republican organ, such as is
eminently the New York Ecen-
ing Post, ~denouncing the tenure
OF office act as the most pernicious
of all legislation, and, as Mr..
Johnson foretoll, teading direct
ly to the decentralization and de-
graduation of the Senate. 7a
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Annual Report

Of the Treasurer Of the Preble Go.
Agricultural Society, for 1871.
Aug. $40 cash bal. in Treas'y 25
10 recv'd for printing
cards in Prem. Book, $500
Sep 80 " 1869 member tickets, 1863 90
" " 1882 single tickets, 1913 90
" Extra change, 80
Cash recv'I on extra
Threshing, co 90
" "Cas'l recv'd NJ. Huff
maj for tree, so
3" Cash recv'd for shows,
stables & Ground rent, 427 30
" " Extra entries, 81 90
Oct. 81 Cash of County, 1O9 Oh
+" L" j. f. Stephens for
Hinges, 60
Nov. 81 Cash of Jacob Nation
for rent of Fair ground
for one year, 1872 90
Cash recv'd discount on prem's
over $40. and 4 meals, % 90
Error, so
5000 90
SUPORA CIR.
Oct. 2, By Cash paid officers
of society for 1yrs ser
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by CASH pu I1.E1uIIllan, interest, 81 w
By cash pd Dan1 Walker ON
note and interest, 1872 65.
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Dec. 80, Cash pd JIM Dough-
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Tttal, $2975.91.
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i. 9th, 1872, 1903
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G. o N G S o U T H.

No. S arrives State Line at 9.5J =. NJ. and No. 10
ut clio A. NJ. No. 10 lelves Chicago Daily, except
Saturday. All other Trains start Daily, except
Sunday.
, 1872-12-22

It is evident that the Congressman caught
with Credit Mobilier cream on their whislers in
tend to justify themselves by affirming and de-
Tending their right to buy any stock OF property
they choose, the same as private individuals.
This defence will not answer for those who denied
that they ever had any Credit Mobi1ier stock, if
any OF those should be found to l,aye been dab
bling in it. Will it answer for any Of tho zest7
We think not.
It is claimed, in support OF this justification,
that no legislation WAS had in behalf Of the
Union Pacific Railway after the alleged delivery
Of the stock to members Of Congress. But
the charge against them. is, thst 1esis-
lation. was prerented which might other
wise have taken place. Oakcs Ames
ssys, in one Of his letters to MComb, II don't
fear any investigation here" Gn Washington).
So it appears that one OF the things TINT might
have happened but for the distribution OF
stock WIS an investigation Of Credit Mobilier
itself. This Company was making dividends of
ssseYeral hundred per cent out Of the construc-
ton lot the operation, Of a railway-out OF lis
disbursements; and not out Of its earnings. And
Of these disbursements, the Government itself
Tas furnishing gross SUN Of e27,Qoo,o9o, be-
, 1872-12-22

sides vast quantity of public lands. These
things wore not done in the dark. They we're q
matter of-public notoriety at the time. An. in
vestigation by Congress, with view Of curtailing
this enormous and unearned profit, would lave
been the most natural and appropriate
thing to do. And such an Investigation
would be the one thing which q member Of Con-
gress would oppose if he we're himself receiving
a portion OF the Credit Mobilier profits. Again;
it is well known that Congress did pass q declar-
atory act in 1870, providing, in effect, that the
Pacific Railway Companies should not be re-
CURED to pay more than one-half Of the amount
OF the Government transportation as interest on
their Government bonded debt until the expira-
ton Of the thirty years that the debt runs. This
act was declaratory Of tho meaning and intent
OF previous act, and may have been correct
Interpretation Of that previous net. But what
moral right had any member of Congress-, who
had received Credit Mobiler stock, to vote upon
that question?
The United States OF Americs party OF tho
first part, and tho Union Pacific Railway Com
pany, party of the second part, had made con
tract. The party Of the first part acts chiefly
through the Senate and House of Representa-
tives. To say that individual Senators and Rep
resentetives may buy and own my stock or
property they choose. including that Of the Pa
ci6c Railway, implies that all of them may do so
that is, that the agent Of the party Of the first
part in this important and gigantic contract may
lawfully and properly become q member of the
party of tho second part. But if it
is proper for tho entire Congress
Of the United States to become owners Of Pacific
Railroad property, it would be proper for them
to Own the whole Of it, SO that the agent Of the
party Of tho first part should be transformed
into the party Of the second part, while still
acting IS the agent aforesaid. This is COM
plere 7eductio ad absurdum. There is no war-
rant in lar or morals for such q transformation
Of the agent on the one side into tho principal
on the other aide. AL this talk about the rights
of members of Congress in connection with
Credit Mobilier is misleading and fraudulent.
, 1872-12-22

murder Of music, Ii. Gouuod s77s. In his letter
to the London Times: I hare between my
hands more than sixteen p:.ces Of music, pub
ished by several !l--.z- -; >itors in London, as
being the works of my composition, all of which
are nothing but dull and abominabls carica-
lures" Unhappy Gounod! Il is tho musician
who bears the responsibility It is hisreputation
which suffers. These caricatures and thofts arc
not only scanda1ous, but ruinous to the rights
Of literary and artistic men. That is the long
and the short Of it, and Gounod has good cause
for being enraged.
, 1872-12-22

The Austrian Government is contemplating a
change in its Ministry which shall henceforth
place g civilian at the head of its War Depart
ment. This will be very decided innovation in
q country that has been given to suoh decided
military tendencies. On the ono hand, it is
urged that the professional bias Of the soldier ls
apt to exert prejudicial influence in the man
age1nent Of the department. In opposition to
this it is held that, at this time, when retrench-
ment is the main object in view, q civilian can
not understand what expenses may be Topped of
with least damage to the service. The move
ment in fayo1 Of the Change is suspected to
have jta origin In Gone personal souaidaratious.
, 1872-12-22

toms firing into their camp near Columbia. In
his testimony, he also admits tho authenticity Of
certain correspondence between him and Gen
eral Ha]]eck, in which the latter asked for ven
geance On Charleston, to which General sher-
man replied that !" the Fifteenth Corps we're do
ing their work WELL" and that he should not
spare the public buildings at Columbia, as he
had at Milledgeyille. These facts are not only
Of interest to British subjects who had property
burned in Columbia, but also as furnishing q
new contributi on to the history Of the war.
, 1872-12-22

It Las been decided in England that a banR.
rupt may not refuse to answer questions which
are put to him touching his estates ant effects,
even when such quesuons tend to c1ininate him
Such rule might possibly be initiated to. good
advantage everywhere, though it has been tha
custom to treat bankrupts IN this country with
the same immunity In this regard a. il they
we're arraigued as criminals But the English
Courts seem to have gone too far in the other
direction, as it has been recently held that suca
IN examination may be introduced as evidence in
any criminal suit that may follow; and man.
has been actually convicted in q criminal proeo-
cution By lis own testimony given previously ia
bankrupt proceedings,
, 1872-12-22

The suicide ste 4istics Of France tend to dern-
onstrate the inaccuracy Of many popular i,n-
pressions in regard to the elasses Of people who
take their own lives, and the circumstances
that suggest this extreme measure During
1870, 4,157 completed suicides we're reported in
France, 81 per cent Of which VAS Of the fema1a
sex. 1t will surprise many persons, however, to
find that 2, 690 Of these were the inhabitants Of
rural districts as against 1,461 inhabitants OF
towns. It has generally been supposed that
Cities, with their greater excitement dissipation.
and suffering, furnish mora causes for seIf-de.
struction than are to be found in the rural dis
tricts. Such does not seem to be the case. In.
deed, the class which provided the largest NUM-
Ger OF the victims OF Suicide is the agricultural
class, in which there we're 1884 cases OF
jelo de Sc. On the other hand, there were onlv
395 persons, out Of tie entire number Of eui-
cides, who had no avowed occupations. Among
these must be included the prostitutes, outcasts.
vagrants, and dangerous classes generally. This
seems to indicate that idleness and vice do not
swell the lists Of suicide SO much as has been
popu1ar1y supposed. The assigned causes for
seH-dest1uction are as follows: 1,377 from cere-
bral disease; $50 from various forms Of suffer.
ing, 5l3 OF these being cases Of physical suffer.
ing; 701 from love, Jealousy, debauchery, Of Other
misconduct; 512 from family discord; and s82
from reycrHeB in fortune and misery. 4 curious
result Of these Investigations is in the discovery
that / ,243 persons, or mora than one-fourth Of
tho whole number Of suicides, had passed 60
years Of ase, or took away life when it vouId
time for nature to haye saved them the conn:s.
sion Of the crime.
, 1872-12-22

The School Board Of London has seen met in
the enforcement OF compulsory attendance at
school by tho question, 81 What is to be done
with the babies ?" It happens that in almost
every house, where there are children OF school
age, there are younger ones running down to
the first stages in infancy. Thousands Of the
mothers OF these families earn their bread BY
outdoor work. They cannot leave the houses
without some one to take care Of the babies, and
this work is left to the children from 7 to IL
years, each Of whom has from ono to five little
people to watch during the day. To punish
absence from school, when the e1-
cuso is minding the babies, can-
not be thought Of, and hence the School Bonrd
are puzzled. One Of the Commissioners, Mr.
Howgraye, has been investigating, and he thinks
the difficulty can be overcome by giving sid and
encouragement to the public day-nurseries, Of
which there are as many as twenty-three in Lon
don. He gives a history Of the ru1as and regu-
lations Of these establishments. They receive
babies On deposit from sunrise to night. They
charge about 10 cents in our money for the care
Of the child but, where a woman has two three,
or even four to deposit. tho aggregate charge
exceeds her possible daily earnings. This class,
therefore, do not patronize the public nurseries.
If theso nurseries Wero endowed, they could ta!1o
the babies for less money. 11r. Howgrave, in his
sketch Of these nurseries, points out how essen-
tials are sacrificed to unimportant details. In
st. Philips Nursery, the children ara Washed
forcibly, wo suppose, three times day. and, to
encourage cleanliness, clean clothing is sold very
cheap. Holy Trinity Nursery makes cleanliness
and whole clothing Indispensable to admission.
st. Peters Nursery, however, cuts in between
these, by placing upon each child during its res
idence, ! clean apron to hide any rags it may
have brought from home. Some institutions
are very particular on the question of morals.
They require evidence Of the marriage ct the
parents, md certificates Of good moral character.
Others do not tolerate any difference Of opinion
on theology; the children must be orthodox,
while one nursery, st. Jogeph's, cuts under it's
religious rivals by ''receiving sucllings
of all denominations.' st. Cyp1ian's
Nursery roccntly% announced reduction
OF the daily rate to three pence, because Roman
Catholic institution in the same peighborhood
received them for that sum, and for fear q that
q difference in charge would attract children to
the latter, where they might be prosolytized."
1t is proposed by others Of the School Board
to attach Q free nurserg to each school, where
the bnbies who now require the home attend
ance Of 30 many children of school age, may be
lodged during school hours and where each
pupil, upon being released, may fndhis younger
brother or sister, and take him or her back to
the parental domicile. So far the question,
what to do with the Babies" arrests the en-
forcement Of compulsory attendance. at school
in London.
, 1872-12-22

There is evidently good deal Of interest felt
in certain circles in the proposed work of tho
Palestine Exploration Society. The exploring
party consists Of Lieutenant Edgar q. Steeyer,
Of the United States army, who has q leave of
absence for the purpose; Mr. J. A. Paine, for
merly Professor in Robert College, Constantino-
pie, who is an accomplished naturalist and
archnologist; and A1r. Edward A. Van Dyck. the
United States e-Consul- General Mt Beirut who
will act rs lnguist. Tie region to be explored IS
that to the east Of the Jordan Valley; and, es IN
American had tho honor Of beginning the e1-
plorations Of the country west of the Jordan,
there is something Of a national pride in the
hope that they will reveal the mysteries Of Moab,
Baahan, Glead, and Edom. The attention OF
The exploring party will be given mainly to the
neteorology, Topography, archaeology, geology,
zoology, and botany Of the region. Those who
are interested in tho movement may commune
cate with the General Agent Of tho Society,
Rev. james Il. Dwight, 26 Exchange Place, New
York.
, 1872-12-22

s7z,e recent examination Of General Sherman,
z.,fore 4be British and American Claims Conmls-
zion, throws some new Light upon tho burning OF
Colombia, S. C., Which General Sherman IN ms
Hasicia1 report, charged to WaIe Hampton Ihe
rlsl says, in his testimony, that he and his
Eere "e1aspcrsted" By Wada Hamp-
, 1872-12-22

4 test case, recently begun in local court
under the new Climbing law in this State, has
resulted in a cou7ltiop under the Indictment.
The gamblers have deluded themselves With the
hope that none but actual owners Of gaming
houses could be fornd guilty under the statute,
End have openly expressed the opinion that
they could evede su,h construction Of the law
It was under this Impression that tho man who
>was indicted Headed that le Eaa