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EOTREsS MONROE.

Sailing OF Unttsd States Vessels.
FORTRESS MoSRoE, Nov. 2j.-The
United States Steamer Ossepee and
lne monitor Mahopac sailed this aorn-
ny Tor Key West.
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Toledo Market.
TOLEDO, November 25.

IVLFDUI .NUFtIuUtI y.
FLuCR-Qlict.
WIlEAT-Flrmer amber Michigan
on ,ro, 81 iD"l fOl, seller December
J 43, -oll"r January Il ~.
COEH-S,cady, high mixed on spot
1Jc .c..,r January jlc low mixed OF
-rol i,lc.
OhTS-SDcadg so Ale 30. {"
Ju!c
N,SS-Dressed 81 -.
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CLEVELAND.

1reaIS in .iIe Water rUnre! Running
Into Lake Erie.
CLEVELAND, November 25.-A bad
5resk has occurred in the lake tunnel
The trouble begins st point thirty
five hundred lees shorewavd from the
crib. 1t mas been decided to make a
detour around the break by construct
ing five or six hundred feet o!new tun.
aei. This will delay the completion OF
the work some months.
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'HH+gn not AWAY, CnFtI Dy ~ usf. SDtu-
lHg can TfstDTe DuF hair where ths fOlllclel
are d,.'rrynd, cT the glands atrOphIsd aBH
G'.aTFd mt FU"iI - ren1a IN csn he tsysd
~ iHl- application. and Etim ulaied into
az.lvI'r - iRst a Hsg growth oi hair IL
produced. Instead Ol fOU'ing the hair with
pa@iy zr'i,HsHi u viI keep " clean and
g'-DID4s. l. DCCsSlOnaI EEs VIII preyen'
The aa ( from tuning gray oI falling Of
and cOISqusufly preycai badness. Tho
IcsInla'lDL Of vitality u gives 10 the sea- Z
arIFs'. aud pSsTcsts the formation OF dand-
lE0, which - often - uncleaniy and OfIeu-
z.y". free from those dsleterl0uS gahatar.-
- which lrAks sOIns pTegarati0Rt danger
Cuz sBf Injurious 10 the hair, the EigOr car.
only ncn'li bat not harm ~. II wanted
merely Dr. . hair DRESSING, nothlt<.
e1c can - found 70 desirable. ContainirzZ
neither Oh nor dye, IL does not soil Whit
canbT!c, SH1 yet lasts long on the hair,
siy!ES FGh, g.Ossy .asire, and grateful
perfume.
Prepared BY Dr.. ]. G. Aver & Go.
Ffacusa! and Analytical CnemGtA
LOWELL, MASS.
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ENGLAND.
Shipments OF Specie.

LONDON, Nov. 25.-The steamer from
Liverpool, for Boston. to-day took one
hundred thousand dollars in blllion.
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IOtal %
The oyerCharges IN accounts approy-
Ell by me therefore amount TO 81 l,24l
50. The first five were approved De-
cember 10, 1871, and were first certified
by Mr.. Walker to be correct and just
before I approved them. All o. the
others were approved March q. 1872
and were verified by the affidavit Of two
printers before I approved them. As
Mr.. Walker certified the accounts under
his oath OF office, all his accounts ap-
proved by me were in effect sworn ts.
Whether was justified IN approving
accounts thus verified at that time, J
submit to your candid judgment. ! dee
cIined to approve his charge for read
ing and supervisor" aod for making
up forma, and also for binding, stitch
ing and folding at bic rates, but when
hjs charges for binding were reduced to
reasonable rates, approved them.
g;That NJ. Walker continued 10 make
excessive charges for work done alter
the appointment OF the investigating
Committee, can be clearly shown by g
lev examples HE charges for the scts
Of 1872 are as follows:
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bic grounds for charges OF official mis-
conduct on the part of Henry S. Wal.
ker, the Public Printer, in charging
against the State, and drawing there.
from, sums Of money in excess OF the
lawful rates allowed for public printing
and if go, what action shall be taken by
the Legislature. Two reports were
made by this committee, each accom-
panied by resolution. These reports
and resolutions. for some reason, dc
not appear in the printed Journal oi
the House. But it does appear
that the resolution reported by the ma.
jority of the committee was adopted on
thet twenty-eigbth day Of February
1872. 1t is as'follows:
"ResoLyea, That the Governor aud four
members of the House, to be appointed
by the Speaker, are hereby directed to
investigate the vouchers and accounts
of the Public Printer OF this State, and
the Governor is requested to take such
steps as the facts may require aud the
law authorizes, and that they shall re-
port to the next legislature whether
any overcharges for public printing
have been made, and, if SO. by whom,
in what particulars, and in whs.
amounts; and for the purpose OF carry
ing this resolution into effect, the per-
sons herein named shall have power to
send for persons and papera, and 10 pro-
ceed with said investigation during
vacation, aud to sit at such times and
places as they may, ipi their judgment
deem best"
The Speaker appointed GraoLham, OF
Jefferson, West, OF Harrison, Lewis, OF
Kauawha and Barclay, OF Brooke,
members OF said committee. As |
shall have occasion to speak OF the
action Of this committee, | must cay in
advance that they were gentlemen OF
integrity, Intelligence and Of more than
ordinary business capacity, ani that
during the long and Isb2~ou- invnsti-
cation which followed, : "~"r' a.w IN
them the slightest bias or prjuIice.
They were the chosen representatives
of four populous and influential cnnr'
ties, and cannot conceive OF any ro~-
siole motive to induce them 10 d. ~
act Of injustice to the parties interestei
in the investigation. This committee,
constituted, summoned before it praCtl-
cal and experienced printers and book
binders residing in different portions o.
the State, ell OF whom were in polItica!
sympathy with Mr. Walker. None Of
them were permitted to know what
were the charges made by the different
Public Printers, and, therefore, they
could not know what bearing their te8ti-
mony would have upon the accounts
undergoing investigation That such
e committee grd zach Witnesses, with
out any reaap.. =. ..Ouve, should have
conspired together to do an act ,oI in
justice TO a public officer, is hardly
credible
The first example that l give OF i'm
proper charges on the part OF Mr..
Walker, is his account for printing
a pamphlet OF one hundred and two
pages, entitled, Laws relating to the
duties OF county officers LOCO copies.
Here are Mr. Walkers charges
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~ EE1S'S
Hair Vigor,
For Restoring to GRAY Hair Its
Natural Vitality and Color.

y hTeHs NJ
which l. AtOBCs
agreeable heal
thy. and snss
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BrT win tll'
baiT IL syH
T'siVp bIbSf .
DSoD bliiy u IT.
) OriUuni cotot
, VtLNs, OlStIa..,i
ncII u,
UOUth Thlir
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81, fallen hsJ
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4, ~ ~, U
Reading and supcTvisiO On.................. ~ 10
Making up %0 I"
lgb tokens IVA ~
s,A'S p
The committee asccr.ained the corr
rect account 10 be as follows:
o. tokens, ri IS y =
.......s'oJ u
Thus there was an overcharce OF 5 =
627 - on the printers work IN the
book, or in other words, NJ. Walker
charged more than three times as much
for this work as he was Justly entitled
to. His charge for binding this book
was 81 80 per copy, or S37j 70. 80
copies, making the whole cost OF the 25o
copies, with the exception Of the TaTer
used) S2,773 %. ! 10 not know the
exact cost Of the paper usei, but II was
about 500. Estimating the costatt0's
sum, the whole cost otthe book was s..
So. The fourth volume OF West N!r-
gjnia Reports was printed about this
time by Morgan & Hoffman. |; ia a
large octave volume OF S04 printed
psSes, handsomely boUrd in law cal
There were 500 cop'ea, AMI the who ?
cost OF it, paper, printing and binding,
wss $500. Mr.. WslksT :-e,=to-a
charged aboat $j75 more to Puo!i=h
$50 cories OF the House Jou7aG. 0: Is.
than did Morgan 1t Hoffman to publish
500 copies OF Volume -. Of Wes: VIZ
ginia Reports.
The Clerk oi the Ssna.r, j" l,1I. Tr-
fused to approve Mr. Walker accom-:
for p.iu;ing the Senate Journal for that
wear, Leesu=e It was not correct and /
believe it has never been paid.
The Committee on Investigation az
ceI,sined that NJ. Walker received 'or
printing House and Senate bills Of -,
S752 IS more ,hau he vas ert.t.ed 10.
Bis over-aversges were g-ea,s. than
.bis, bat the CierS O. me House ana
E,erE O. the Senate, respectively, rs.G7-
cd to certify but three !our;bs OF q poT
ton CT the bills; en- spch bills he o.
course received only three-tour.hs Of
the smount charged. If his sccou7'-
for this work from which no deiuc:io-
were made were correct, then the c.r-A-
erred in refusing to certify biz fail Sc
couuts, and the State is s"i. .aie5:e5
10 him 10 the erten. {. .G5-forT:L o.
ssid accounts. But ifihese oiers. we're
right in their action, then the accounts
from which no Deductions were made
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BY the lnyestlgatlng committee from
the testimony before it, is as follows
2533S6 e.
Us ~ .;
,yUO 10 U.
Binding ........ " u
Tot -
For this comparatively small article
he charged, and received SOIL Is !;
when he was only entitled to $3.50 10,
making an excessive charge OF $500 40.
The committee did not allow the two
items for reading and supervision and
making up forms" for the reason that
they were not authorized by law and
neither OF Mr.. Walkers predecessors
had made any such charges, and they
were not Therefore sanctioned BY GUS
tom.
A little examination will show that
these two items were merely an inge-
NOUS device under which he charged
one dollar per thousand ems for COM
position, when the law only allowed
sixty five cents Thus $4,000 ems at
65 cents gives S2j6 10; then add his
charges for reading and supervision" "
SIS 50, aud for making up FORMS
$50 90, and we have a total OF
1894 10; now, $4,000 ema at one dol
lar per thousand, just makes 1894 CO.
Charges :or reading and supervision"
and making up forms" are found in
several OF his accounts, but in none ap-
proved by me. That the committee
did no injustice In reducing the number
OF tokens IN bis account from l2j to G3,
can easily be demonstrated. 1t was
printed partly eight pages 10 the form
and partly sixteen pages to the form,
and there were ten ;orm9 10 all; as
there were !, 900 copies, the whole num-.
Der OF impressions consequently was
l0,00O, which divided by 240 (the num-
Der Of impressions in q token.) gives -
rs the true number o! tokens But for
the sake Of uniformity, and to avoid
sny possible injustice, the rule was
adopted by the commille OF counting
eight pages TO the form, and thus the
number Of tokens iG3) was arrived at.
The composition was reigcel from
394 900 ems 10 253, ,3S6 in accordance
with the TESTIMONY; and whether it is
correct OF not, depends upon the accu-
YacY 81 the wines 40 measured il.
ANY printer can readily judge now near
the truth it is, when told it IS medium
oc:aro pam Pblei, l2J pages, long prim-
er, with mar,ial, notes, similar 10
those OF the Code 50 far as the item
Of binding (s;itchi1g ana folding) is
concerned, that the charge OF sljQ 90
is imr.ofer and unjust, can be readily
Shown. There sse zen signatures 10
each copy OF this pamphlet and conss-
Que1tly 10000 signatures in the 1850
copies tha; were..priEtej; at;lj cents per
hundred signatures (ihe maximum
price allowed by Law to- stitching and
foliias,} the whole cc5. Eoald 6e
Sl5 % instead Of $50 %, the amount
charged By Nr. Walker-ju.t one.
tenth OF his charge.
But pro6ably tie proper way TO esii-
mate this work under tie new law,
would be TO coua; eight pages as a sig
nature Applying this rule to the
pamphlet in question there would be
$4,000 signatures IN all, which ST the
maximum price Of Gheen cents per
hundred, would give So 50 as the
whole cost. But in his recent propo.
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81 p!es........... -......-...............
iZl7 10 ems, ri - ccuts...-..........-..s ~ J.
vs.. iOFeu-, at % cents. ......-......... a. -
Binding 4, - cents per COPY -.... IN o.
'-~''' .'
Tie ro,Iowing estimate = va: rea!-
: Cc5reCt.
,aol) ems at O. cents .............-....; - "
tokens, ~ % centS.....--............., ~ =.
r3rd'8C, a. 81 cents PEI copy. .....-. -. IN
Total. ............................. 81 - %
Here Is an oyeEchargc o. more than
1850 n ;ais book alone, II my est
mate is correct IT, this est.mste !
have given the ezac. numhe. OF lOkens
and have allowed more for bind ng
than the maximum pee cow aIio1ed
by Law, anl mura HJ1. than BIZ.
WALKER aud al tEe cthrr O'dds!7 o.
le-ed to 70 the worE or ia the recent
proross!-. All { LeI.cYe have made
a is,T essifaa,e u r1ali numbers Of the
cc1Fo-.uoo.
pass b-, Without specia! comment,
5.a charge Of - -, last Winter, for
print.n- House a0d Senate bills g Z
siagle psge. know OF 10 rule or
rate ths, could Justify s2ch charge :
s1d ! will give bg: q sinsle example Of
bis charges for large bills. Take Sem
ate bill No. %, OF last uiuter-40
pages, 600 copies, HE charges were
as follows:
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The Work of fFittinG out L. s. Ee'st IL
Not Suspended.
The bankrupt Act.

Hon. Oliver P. Morton, OF Indiana,
has bill which he proposes to intro
luce Immediately on the meeting OF the
Senate, to repeal the bankruptcy act
and to make its repeal cover all cases
under it since the financial trouble
commenced in Sept. lie prouounc-
?. the involuntary clause that is now
being used to be an infamous provision
AMI anti republican in its character.
lie expects to carry the repeal OF the
IN rrithn,1t nnnnsitinn
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NEWS OF THE DAY.
" To sAov the very age and body Of the Times. v

In suit of the Superior Court of Boston to
recover six hundred dollars rent and taxes,
brought against O man who used his premises
for liquor saloon, the jury found a verdict for
defendant, the Judges ruling that no rent could
DO recovered for premises leased with the land
lords knowledge Of the tenants Intention to
devote the same to selling liquor in defiance OF
law.
Intelligence of the safety of the steamship
George Cromwell from New York for New Or
leans, whose mons arrival at the latter port has
caused so much anxiety, has been received via
Key West. Her engines broke down during
the voyage, and she made for Abaco, In the
Bahamas, where she now remains in safo an
chorage.
A fire occurred in Cincinnati yesterday, burn
ing l.4O0 barrels of coal oil, Is freight cars,
mostly loaded, a lumber yard with 100000
feet Of lumber, chiefly hard wood, and II small
frame structures. The fire originated in the
yard of the Marietta and Cincinnati railroad,
10 an open frame storeage shed, about 300 feet
long.
Late advices from Chill say the question be-
tween the Government of that Republic and
that of the Argentine Confederation was be-
coming little alarming. The CHILEAN Govern
ment had asked for new explanations from the
latter Government regarding the armed pres
ence of the General Brown in Magellan terri
tory.
Rev. Dr. N. T. Reid, one of tho most popu-
lar preachers of the Methodist Conference in
North Carolina, a most excellent man, died in
Wentworth, N. O., on Friday last, after an i'll
ness of several months. tic was presiding
elder of Greensboro district
The weekly statement Of the New York
banks is very favorable, showing gain Of near
ly SC, 900, 900 in the legal reserve, which, tits
said, assures an easy money market during the
summer. Money is very abundant at 4a5 per
cent. for gold loans.
Advices from Bogota state that some OF the
papers accuse Qucsada of having gambled away
50 900 of $25, 900 granted to him by Congress
to aid poor aud distressed Cuban exiles. Other
papers deny it.
The Matamoras Vox Publca states that the
Mexican Government will demand an explana-
ton of the recent invasion OF Its territory by
| u. S. forces.
The city Of Panama, to which the late rcvo-
luCiO1 may DG sdlu w itiSc UoCu CuuiSiy JUL
| fined, has at last subsidized into state OF COM
| parative peace.
Two Oranges of tho patrons Of husbandry
have been established at Greenboro', North
Carolina.
There seems to BIO no doubt but that num-
Der of cases of cholera have occurred at Nash
vile.
President Lerdo, of Mexico, has issued an
order expelling the priests from that country.
The Ohio Constitutional Convention is dis.
cussipg the question Of taxing church property.
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HoBBIEs.-In his new book, go A fishing,
Mr.. Prime makes some sensible remarks on
thesort of mental rest which business men need,
He says:
every hard-working man should have hob.
by. This is sound doctrine. Especially should
the professional man and the active business
han remember this. He whose mind is occu:
piea during the day with severe labor will find
it impossible at evening to abandon his work.
The responsibilities Of the day will weigh on
Socialenjoossent, conversation, ordinary amuse-
ment, and Ire rsSIsation will ebut temporary
pnd from and q os sss0 T r. the expss
ment Take 70 GSG;Seting engravings Of coins
or shells, or .a1else, 80 it be subject to
interest ~, yeg h,; and euabh hobby of il. 4 will
ment, and DO great ,1hi ms' Soe against those
usefulness Of so many strong me- Vscts ss'0' An0
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TIE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE UNITED STATES
I notice in the papers all sorts of contests for
tho championship of the United States,
many of which inhict hardships on the contcs-
tants and do great harm to the morals of spec
tators. [ hear of a novel and interesting one,
however, to come off near GIymont, on the Po-
tomac at II clock July 4th Two men, l
am, informed, are now in training at Washing,
ton, who on that day, for wager of $780, will
deci de who is the champion catfshchowder
eater of this land of liberty. They rejoice in
the names of Fatty George Sprigg aud "PIg''
Woodford. At trial on Friday last of their
capacity of putting away fish-stew, the former
ate two washing tubs full, and the latter went
ahead of him by the contents OF a mlk-plggln..
They expect to be able, hear, to dispose OF
over barrel Of the savory truck by the day Of
trial The ohowder is to be made exclusively
of chanuel-cats, because what are known as
mud-eats lay heavily on the stomach: The
bets are at present Eve to four on FATTY, .
who last winter, one day, for lunch, actually ate
four bushels of Cherrystone oysters, raw. AS
fsh-eatng, wo are told, improves the braiu,
this laudable species Of rivalry ought to be en-
couraged by the friends of intellectual devel.
opment. Why not close Harvard and Yale,
for instance, with chowdcr-eatiug on the
campus by picked gormandizers from the Dol
phin and Lobster clubs. '-Gilnum IN R'ch
Whi1.
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

The Richmond correspondent of the Peters
burg Appeal says: "a rumor exciting consider
able interest in journalistic circles is tasthe ct
feet that Governor Walker expects toIakc odi-
torial charge Of we'll known VirginiAnewspa.
per as soon as he is freed from tho,duticsof
the Gubcrnatoria Office. There arc those who
arc already advocating elccting Gov: Walker
to the United States Senate in place OF Lewis,
whose term expires next year.
COL Chapman aud Capt. Samuel Chapman,
officers in>Mosby battalion, have been appoint
ed mail clerks each at salary of 81 200 per
annum Clay Bayly has been appointed special
mail agent at "a salary of $4,000. Miss Lula
Sewers, of Fauquior, has received "a clerkshllT
in the Patent Office at salary of s72O. :
The members of the Catholic Beneficial So
cicty of Richmond arc making extensive ar
rangcments for the entertainment of the Catbo-
lie Beneficial Union Of Virginia, which meets
there on the 1lth. The programme will prob
ably include an excursion and u banquet. Mayor
Kelley will deliver an address of welcome.
The Warrenton Index says that during tho
freshet, occasioucd by the storm last Tuesday
week, the two fish ponds Of John Il. Downing
near Linden, were cmptlcd OF thousands OF bass
which found their way into tho head waters OF
the Rappahannock river.
Mr. r. B. Williams, who lives on James
River, near the line of Botctourt and Rock
bridge counties, has opened fine mine OF
hcmatitc iron ore on his place, about fifty yards
from the canal
An old man named VIM. Ellis, a farmer of
Norfolk county, was thrown from q cart in
Norfolk, on Saturday, and had his skull crush
ed from which died in short time.
Col. John r. Copeland, Conservative, has
been elected Mayor Of Suffolk. The Conserva-
tives also elected their entire Council ticket,
except one member.
The Good Templars Of Fairfax G. H. pro-
pose celebrating the sixth anniversary of tho
institution of their Lodge by holding straw
berry and ice cream festival this week.
The first quarterly conference, for Fairfax
circuit, Of the NJ f. Church South, will be
held at Fairfax G. H., on tho 18th and 10Th of
June.
The Virginia sugar refinery at Rockets,
Richmond, has beon sold at auction for $780,
900.
1t is stated that the Ladies Lee Monument
Association have in hand about $4,000 In
money.
The balance in the State Treasury on Thurs
day was 81 All, 0S3.96.
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France.

VERSAILLES, June 7.-Count Won Arnlr,
Ambassador of the German Empire, to-day
presented anew his credentials to the French
Government, and was formally received by
President MacMahon Gen. Chanzy has &C,
oepted from the President the tender Of the
civil governorship of the Province of Algeria.
He asks that the powers of the military COVER
norship be conferred upon him, as tending to a
more thorough conservation of French interests
In Africa. ".'<
London newspapers contain speech OF
President Theirs, delivered In the National
Assembly in the course of the debate which
preceded the change of Administration IN
France. He said, towards the close of the
address, that what the country wanted was not
a party Government, but one which, inflcxihlc
in the presence of disorder, when the struggle
was ended, shows itself calm, impartial and
conciliatory. IF we This Administration had
been a party Government, the public peace
could not long have remained uudisturbed. a
party government would be disastrous for the
country. Our policy had double task to
fulfil-to mako peace and release the territory.
That peace made with the victor which pre-
served the Eastern frontier, Bclfort, was but 4
nominal peace. The substantial peace is libc-
ration of the territory. We have paid four
millards and astouished Europe by our efforts,
and the payment of the last millard will be
commenced within q week. To the charge
that his government had no alliances, Theirs
replied 'In the present condition OF the world,
after the iuseusate policy, which has broken
up the European balance of. power, there arc
no longer any allies for any one. Alliance con.
sists in the esteem which each inspires, and
France has resumed the position which is her
due by her vitality and by her steady and per-
sistenf course. We are restoring our military
forces without concealment, because we do not
wish that France should sink from her proper
rank. The best alliance consists in the esteem
which we inspire in Europe. That which d-
vides the Chamber is the question Of a Rcpub-
lie or Monarchy, but the friends of the latter
speak of themselves as conservatlsts, and do
so because they know there is but one throne,
which will not suffice for three aspirants.
Prince Jerome Napoleon called upon Prcsi-
dent Mcmahon yesterday and left bis acknow-
lodging courtesy with bis compliments.
lie Corssire, newspaper, has been suppress
by order of Gen. Ladnlirault