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, 1874-01-17

Caleb Gushing has not much reason to con-
gratulato himself on hss career as d letter
writer. His letter to Gov. Androw, Of
massachusetts,. in 1861 has just been
maae public. He offers his services "in
any capacity, however humblo,'' and aals
only "to po permitted to lay down his life" to
avort tho oycl throw OF the Government. It waB
in reply to this that GOV. Andrew wrote tholettor
published the other day, saying that Alr. Cuah-
iug's opinions and conduct forbade him to find
him any place in the council or camp. He de-
clared himself compelled to avow that woro he
to accept tho offer 10 "should diahearton
numerous good and loyal mon, aud tend to de-
moralizo our military sorY1co." Mr.. Cushing q
letter to Roano, written at about tho same time,
Loot him the chief-J usticeahip; but most people
would consider this other letter, which fastened
no crushing reply On linn, as tho moro unfor-
tuuate Of the two.
, 1874-01-17

t1le Mexican War, and wns rapidly promoted tlnf-
'ilg tho Rebellion. Tile Judgment against him
is, OIL its faco, q strange ono. THO ploa for n
nov trnl In tlIat tho flrst ono NaA at critical
poriod Of lilo War, when mons passions woro so
excited that tlo l,are accusation insured convlo-
ton; tint A1r. Lincoln Ind promised to aot asitlo
tho sontonco md ortlor 4 second Investigation ;
TINT aous. Lee and lavo tostillod, since
tho close Of tho War; that portor dill tho only thing
opon to hin WHOM ho disrogarlod popos ordors
aud that, llad ho followed thcn, his command
would l,avo boon cut 10 piocos; and that other
convincing testimony, thon inacoeBBlblo, can
now bo procured. THO roasous soom to Justify
tho reauoat,
, 1874-01-17
NOTES AND OPINION.

The 1ndianapolia Journal, tho Pittsburgh,
Gazette, aud other Administration papers, arc
now olamorlng that Caleb Gushing Ahall not 50
abroad as Miuiater to Spatu.
Tho Prohbitionists OF Connecticut hava re-
nominated for Governor Henry D.. Smith, Of
Plalnyille, who received 2,5l1 yotes last yeAr :
and the prohibitioniats OF New Hampshire agair,
support John Blaokmor, OF Sandwich, whp had
l.059 votos for Governor last year. In each State
tho Prohibltionists expect to realize much advan-
tago from the prevailing dissatisfaction with
both tho old party organizations.
Senator namlln, Of Maine, viii take his tul1.
before tho next Legislature OF that State, for
re.oleotlon. aud his supporters arc III large
majoyity OF thoso new members, this wlntes,
who sro entitled, by party president, to another
torn III tho Legislature. But there IL Ill onal-
nous outcry. In MA'nc, against party precedent,
aud 1t would seela that AIr. Ilamllu has sat up
Plus which will be knocked down In the next
election. The Bangor 4Vhtg has thrown OF Its
allagianes to Hanlln, aud echoes tho cry Of tlle
Great Wast tor "Now msn In Congress-"
--of lie aaanatA wl4aoia ot thu Hoass, Ia
, 1874-01-17

shot1ldors, 7Sc for abort ribs, 1870 for short
clcn:. anl 01l1G01oo for nwoot picli1ol Aan,a.
Drnsand logs wore acttvo and frmor, closing at
s6.20@0.80 por 100 fha. 1Iigllwinoa woro dull mud
nonlnaly casior, ut oo16@o7o per gallon. Flonr
waa quiet ana wonk. Whont was ioss notivo, mud
lower, closing at s1.231 oasl, aid 31.244 Holler
Fobruury. Corn was activo and wcai,, at 10
decline, closing ut 5799So cash, and 57s6c sol1or
February. oata werc moderately active MD
easier, closing at lilo cash, and 4111lo solor Fob
ruary. Iyo WAS quIot and oasor, at $50 for rog-
ular No. q Barley WAS dull mud lowor, at $1.20
@1.23 for ordinary No. .. Tho hog trat1o was
dull at loo doclino, closing at s4.75@5.4o for
common to extra. Cattlo wore actlyo aud 1r1ner.
shonp woro acarco mud 25o higher.
, 1874-01-17

Tho Gleon Buy (Wis.) Gazette notloca re-
marknblo ease Of opthalmio surgery recently
performed by DR.. G. E. Honghmau, Of tho Mil
Greon Bay, Alr. g. Z. Eames, now in his 10th
yoar. Dir. Enmen had boen blind live yoara
with cataract OF both oyes. One of his eyes had
boou previously opetated on, aud tho oataraot
successfully removed, but inflammation subso-
Quently aet In, producing such intenao pain that
tue oyo Ind to bo romoyed. THO other eye was
operated on by Dr.. Ioughman tho cataract
removed, anl the sight restored, but. On tho
tenth day aftor tho operation, Inflammation
SGT in with suoh intolorable pain that AIR. Eanles
begged the Doctor to roruoye tue eye. The
Doctor first punctured the eye With neQdlo,
but without effect He thcn performed m ax-
pdslmAht o5 III 6ma-~thAt ct lsuaiaS ths $yi.
, 1874-01-17
MRS. L1NcoLNB PICTURE or MR.. LINCOLN


MRS. L1NCoLN'S PICTURE or MIR. LINCOLN. I.
Tho rathor unseomly squabble which has been
going on Of late relative to Mr.. Lncoln's roll-
gious bolief, laBt had ut least one good result.
It haa brought to light verbal statement which
Mrs. Lincoln made long timo ago to Mr..
uorndon, and by him committed to writing, ana
which il now described by Mr. Ilorndon AZ a
papor "resoued from the bad influence Of tlme,
mist, aud rats. which gives, in very few words,
the best photograph Of Mr.. Linaons roal ltfe
aud character that has yet boeu produced
While Mr. Herndon was contemplating writing a
life Of 1lr. Lincoln, Ao called upon Mrs. Lincoln,
at Springfield hotel, for tho sakc Of getting
material for 1t, aud mado rough memorandum
OF what sllo said. Her communication was IN
tended to be skosoh OF hor own Life, and yst
tho passing sltnpsas ~ get Of lit. Lincoln glve
t4 IN kdmk&bla ptatufs oi tln bota ii
, 1874-01-17

Senator Sherman haH followed Senators sohurz
and Morton with speech Oh tho currency quea-
ton. Ho tln1ss our paper dollars ought to hive
boon made Ms good as gold dolara before this.
II ono-tonth OF tho money that Ina boon used
in paying an indebtedness TINT is not
duo lad boen employed in rcdeoming
groenbacRs, we could hayo aGhievod npeclo
payments. Ono Of tho greatcst Of our
financial mistakes haa boon tito payment Of $780,
600, 600 Of o dobt not due. wAllo not a dollar Of
tho 1cgal-tender doht that ia overdue an1 dishon-
ored has boon met Another mistake has bonn
the imitation Of the curroncy, to which 9s2.oo0,-
ZOO have been added in various shapes
since Jusae 90, 1869. Tho country has
already moro currency per capita than any
other In tho world aud, to add to ita volume, can
haye no other e{foos than to intensity tho evils
Of our present aitnaslon. To the cry for moro
money" he answers that what wc want is
"moro good money !" that is, money as good az
gold. Senator Sherman considers himself to DO
"uot much OF q National Bank mau," 1Io
would like to 500 ono Byatom Of circulation in the
country, and TINT issued by tho Government mud
convertible into gold. Tho greatest financial
mistake, according to hiH Wow, which Cougrcsa
has committed waa in the passage Of tho net of
April, 1866. This has done moro harm than any
other, in preventing tile holders Of notes from
converting them into bonds at par bearing in
teteat. He seems to think that II some such
plan could now 10 adopted 1t would prove tho
easiest road to specie payments, for return to
which tho present is tho most suspicious time.
, 1874-01-17

We hare chroniclod tho Seizure Of Abby Smiths
cows. She is tho Glastonbury (Ct.) woman who
won't pay taxes because sho cau't voto. She and
ho: livestock are again in print. At length tho
thunderbols-wAich In this case ia poeticM wny
of saving the auctioncer's hammor-haa fallen,
The cows have been sold.
Aftor tho seizure, they we're huddled into IN
old tobacco-ahod aud "tied up for seven days
and nights together; alwaya having had their
freedom BEFORE" When they saw from tho
treatment their miHtresH received TINT the milk
OF human kindness waa dry in tho poarts Of tho
mon OF Glastonbury, they yielded but acanty
drops Of tho milk Of kino. For this Abby
Smith was obliged to Hond; for tho s4sensl-
tive young wife Of the tobacco-shed owuer
declared tlat drop Of that milk should
never come into her house, for
seemed to her just as il 1t were Btoleu." Wheu
tue mournful procession startod for the place Of
sale, the animals wero harassed by dog and
drum. Several wagonB followed. Mrs. 4.
remarked on the way that it appeared like u
funeral" The sale Of four out Of tho seven
paid the tax and Abby Smith went homo with
three. What the town will do when tho March
tax is due, she knows not, but sho knows what
sho will-or rather will not-do. No vote, no
tax. Her New England pluck is unshakou
"greatly fear they will ransack our house, tear
up our carpets, and take ornamental things, tho
work Of lamented sister, aud her fine paintings,
for nhe was an artist" Even then, however,
her siRter "says her feelings will not be so
much tried aB by the sufrerings Of her cows'
Thia sister is fond OF sedontary
pursuits, having translated and written
out the whole Bible three tmos, from
tho Hebrew. Greol, and Latin, aud needs out
door exercise" Shall such talents, which might
bo aiding tho Committee on Biblical Revision,
bo wasted in struggle with the authorities OF a
petty Connecticut town Cannot few Of tho
hundreds of thousands Of women who are said
to bc sigling awaY their lives In win hopes for
pcst to got it7 Or wore all the powers Of tho
party exhausted In tho payment Of Alisa An
thony's s100 1na2 Whether or not she gets
lolp, it is safo to baliavc that Abby Smith will
fight to tho bitter end. "sle must soon bo
forced to the poorhouse," she sadly says, and
then, rnllying, adds: "Tho towns answer to all
this will be-: TPay your taxes, then, the same
answer the British gavo to our Revolutionary
ancestors"
Hore IL feminine Hampton for tho Woman
Suffrage party. VIII they follow her lead !?
Temalo animals hava played great political parts
before now. It was she.wolf TINT reared
nomuus no gandors arc mentionod among tho
goose which caokled and saved Rome; peshaps
Abby s1nith's cows, too, may SONG day have q
doathlosB fame.
, 1874-01-17

TIE misfortnnes Which are 10. frequently Of
late oyortaking courts aro not confined to this
country. Tho Court Of Quoen's Bench in Mon
troal, it is stated is in very bad way. Tho
chief-JuBtice has Just resigned on account Of
bodily inirmties; tie next in rank is so deaf he
can't hear anything. and the third one il accused
OF corruption. The Court meets every morning,
md then adjourns until the next morning, be-
cause the lawyers won't SO Into 1t to practice.
Meanwhile it is not stated whether tho people
arc better or worse or from their inability to
ltigate.
, 1874-01-17

Tho National Board Of Trade thinks It not
worth while for Congress- to spend any money
In building through railroads for tho purpose Of
solving the transportation problem, md regards
~ equn!ly hopeless any attempt to aetsle Il by
prescribing fares and ratos by law. They favor
tho passage Of laws by State Legislatures to
compel railroads transporting grain In bulk to
deliver the samo quantity they received.
, 1874-01-17

bishop Hare, Of the Diocese Of Niobrara,
thinks the Indian can he civilized. His first
annual report paints tho redskins in glowing
colors,- is what they arc used to. He
sketches tho lives of the Creeks Choctawa, ct al,
with rapture, aud believes that he cau tamo the
wildorutribeB Of tho Northwest. There seems
to DO this difference, TINT the tanne Indians like
Rare and the wild ones lovo hair. 1t tho Blshop
goes among the latter, wo fear they will first
catch their Hare, then scalp him,-and cook him
afterwards.
, 1874-01-17

Tho keepers Of concort-rooms, in New York
have been notified that they must not open
t4oir places OIL Sunday evenings. Enforcing
laws by spasms ind jorks is more calculated to
bring them into contempt than not enforcing
them at ell. LII tho latter caao they ara forgot
ten IN the former they IRE remembered only to
be resisted. The repression policy Las been
tried and has failea. Tho State does not exist
to carry the pentateuch into effect, aud the at-
tempts In that direction invariably fail.
, 1874-01-17

Fitz-John Porter III mailing an earnoas effort
to obtain now trial. lie WAS convicted OF diso-
bcying the orders Of Gen. Pope, whom atteched
to tho latter'a command In tho peninsula, by
avoiding III engagement with the enomy, and
waa essh!arsa in January, 1893. Up to tho time
Of his alIsgsd crime hls oarsar had bean that Of
gallant soldtss. n mon two hTAYsu aurins
, 1874-01-17

The Chicago produce markets were again weak
yesterday, under general anxiety to sell. Ness
pork Naa active and 10000 per brl lower,
closing at sl4.10@14.20 caHla, and sl4.20p14.25
aallor February. Lard Was moderately active
and declined 1o@16o per 100 lhs, closing at
e8s7}f@s.9o esah, and 5000 sel'ar February.
1tssu hsre qulst and easier, at tS(@s)to for
, 1874-01-17

Since 1869. the fractional currency Of the
United States las been increased by moro than
$2l, 100000. The National Board Of Trade
yesterday called on Congress- to withdraw s1o,-
000, 600 Of this increase. They also recommended
sha. measures be- taken to reintroduco silver
into tho currency, and that tho Comptroller Of
the Currency be deprived OF all discretionary
power over tho currency,
, 1874-01-17

a deputy Of the Iowa State Grange has Just
returned from visit to tho destitute farmers OF
Lyon, Oacco1a, md O'Brion Counties. He haa
found 1000 families In need Of auccor, and
thinks that 600 Of them must depend on charity
for Support TIL spring.
, 1874-01-17

Tho nomination Of Capt. Hickey WAS cob
sidorcd yesterday by the Council Committee on
Police, but no rosnlt was rosched, as tho CON-
mittee stool to Oh tho question Of confrma-
, 1874-01-17

ba'l. About half teaapoonful of coagulatcd
blood followed tho withdrawal Of tho lance.
Tho relief 10 tho pationt waa instantaneous,
md Mr.. Eanloa Ia now nj homo in perfect health.
with oyostght completely restored nftor tivo
years Of blindnoas. THO Gaxcfte Bpoaks Of this
operation on tho oyoball for the romoyal Of INIT
tor causlng inflammation III original with Dr..
Hough1nau, md OF Mr. EamoH ns the frat ro-
corded u1lbicct Of It.
, 1874-01-17

Tile bill to revive tho franling privilege pro-
vlacs that everything franked by Congressman
shall also receive special stamp in tho Post
Office. Ihls is worse than the old plan. 1t usod
to tako Gully Congressman to send homo his
wash through the mails, but with this systom 1t
would talo Congressman md clerk.
, 1874-01-17


Tho report Of the interyiow with 11r. Deere, OF
Moline, published In this ISSUE shows that the
plow-makers Of this State hare no intention Of
abandoning tho practice Of selling their plowa
through agents. They believe that this system,
which has grown up Of itself. establishes the
natural and most advantageous relations In
every way betweon tho manufacturers and the
farmers. There hare been evils connected
with it, like that OF too great credit, but these
will correct themselves. The manufacturers are
willing to sell 1argo lots to farmers through their
local agcnts at reduced rates, but cannot giyo up
tue Tlde-reaching systcm Of agents, through
which alone their extended business could have
been built up. Mr. Dcore's vlows arc clearly and
thoughtfully expressed, and arc worth attention
as fnlr prosentment Of the viows Of his class
with regard to middlcmen.
, 1874-01-17

Caleb Cushing, as child, probably thought 1t
was hard to lenrn his letters. Az man, he
thinks 1t is much harder TO haye somebody else
learn them and toll tho Senate about thom,
, 1874-01-17
THE NAILROAD-AlD gWINDLE.

The railroad-aid debt Of the municipalities Of
Illinois ia Of two classes: !. That regiatercd
under the ACT OF 1855, tho interest aud principal
OF Which arc paid by local tax, which Is dis
bursed by tho stata officers. 2. That which is
registered under the net of 1ao0 which is tue
law authorizing tho collection Of general tar
all over the State to pay tho interest and prlnci-
pal Of these local debts. The growth OF this
last debt hns been rapid, aa is shown by the
amount registered on Dec. i Of the aeyeral yoara
since the paaaago Of tho law:
Ytar. .Amonnt[ Year. Amotn.
lBG0 ,,....$ g., ,00U tB71...... ,GaG ISL
l67O........ t,0s0, AIS l873.....,... l3,oVl.Q .Q5l
46jl+.r.t..+...s o,o5-s4oks
During the four years 9108,05l OF the princi~
pal Of these bonds haB been paid, leaving tue
ba1auce, as above stated. at s1s,5o1,051. These
bonds bear an average rate Of intoreatof 0 0l-1oo
percent. the annual interest aggregating l,oQ7,-
41e. How many more OF theHo bonds are yot TO
come ID we haye no maans OF knowing, the ad-
dlt!on In 1878 amounting to about 90. 100000.
It IL safe TO- sasums, from ths action already
had by TIA ooutts, Ind from thu suits slxsaay
, 1874-01-17

Tie Boston Journal hat ,nadc out q detailed
country, tho larger by actual record and tho
smaller by estimate. and inda the amount to be
285.00o.000. OF fires that destroyed less than
100000 and over $4,000 worth Of property,
there were 152. the property consumed being
50, 1000. or ares destroying less than $50, 900
and over $4,000, there we're 800, the 1osses be-
lug e8,56o,000. Such q record aa this for year
not marked by such extraordinary disasters aa
occurred in tho two preceding years furnishes =
lesson which ought to be road With profit.
, 1874-01-17

We have had aa yet no explanation OF how N1r.
Robson managed to spend fye-sixths OF the up.
preparation for Year'a pay Of the navy in the
first throe months. viii tho old tar Bpoak7
, 1874-01-17

MYERS opERA-nousE Monroe street letwge,n
pearbptn nnd Slate. Aftin4ion, Cotton Ahd kenhlea
hltnstsets. siplo sluan" hltulsselay aud colcal!-
tics. Afternoon aud ovonng.
, 1874-01-17

GLOBE TIlEATRr-De.plasues street, botwocn, ~, Mag
uonler PantoinltNe.Troupe. - Hump'y OasspH' Az
tsrupou mad evening.
, 1874-01-17

CENTRAL lIALL-Corucr Wabash egente and ,rWo1 r.
ty.sccutl street, Frank MkeESoy's Nc" AiocfnIcon.
Afternoon and oToninQ.
, 1874-01-17

HooLEY'a TI1EATnt- -Nanlofrh stroot betMceTn' ~,
CLARK ana ASalje. Fashon" aud IA Re2nlAr fs1."
AftHtuuOD ind OFGnjuH.
, 1874-01-17

Saturday Morning, January II, 1879.
, 1874-01-17

Increase a1nce 16a8. ....sn... $335 $40
Under this law Of 1869, Cook, Stephenson, and
Kano Counties will pay q tux Of 36-10 On
s340, 900, 900, all of which will 60 into tho State
Treasury; while Mclean, Sangamon, and Poo
will 20 into the State Treasury, w1iIe tho State
lax on tho remainder Of their taxable property,
a47,401 ,503, will be withheld from the State
Treasury and paid over TO the holders OF tho
swindling bonds, robbed from these counties in
aid Of swindlng railroad corporations. Tho rate
Of tax needed to produce tho lawful State reyo-
nue. WAS ITO mils; the additional 0-10 Of a
mill wns added to tho ratio of tax in order to
mako good tho deficiency in tho revenue occa-
stoned by tho diversion Of this State fund to
pay this local debt existing in tho ehapo of these
bonds.
Tho aggregate robbery committed upon tue
State is about 81 ,oO0,000 for this year. To tAat
robbery tho Governor, Auditor, aud Treasurer
arc consonting partleF, they pleading the aimsy
| o1cuso that the oct Of 1860 compelled them to
loTy this tax upon tho whole State to pay this
purely local debt. tho greator portion Of which ia
unqneationably fraudulent. According to the
Auditors report to the Governor, the revenue
diverted from tho Treasury to this purpose since
1869 has not been very great tho low aBacss-
menss for Stale taxation not furnishing much of
margin. Hence the necessity for the increaae
OF The total state assessment from s5o8,ooo, 900
to $t.941 100000. For that increase in assass-
ment thoro WAS 10 possible pretenso other than
to enable the stats officers to levy ruto Of tax
that would produce 81 100000 from tho state at
large to be paid to tho holders Of those bouds.
WHO very naturally discover TINT their ultimate
payment Is becoming more aud moro problematI-
cal. Never In tho history Of Illinois las there
been such an instance Of the abuse Of the ma
chiuery Of theSsaso Government III tue iatorasL OF
spcoulators as vas shown In tho iuoroase of thu
assessment Of 1873 over that Of the preceding
years.
, 1874-01-17

Tue annual discovery Of d now Mammoth
Cavo comes early this yoar. Alontann claims It..
The cayorn is partly natural. partly artiloia1.
Hugo copper tools and weapons, found scat-
tered about tho different halls. seemed to arguc
ownerB Of gigantic size; mud, fortunately, one
of thoHe owners had boon buried where limo-
atono water drippea on him md transformed
him into near relative Of the Cardiff Giant.
no is feet 711z inches long, and wears mighty
hraRs helmet (which the corrosive elements Of
time have scaled to Ills brow" His leisure mo-
monts must hayo been spent in skotching Ships
inasmuch as numborloss stones bearing rudo
drawings OF vessels were found. Thus much
and much more, say tho discoyerors. There aro
four Of them. II they find believer apiece,
they ought to DO happy.
, 1874-01-17

ACADEMY OF MuslU-itslatdd street, lotwoopM M Mad
.on md s!Gntoe ., !shTT Tno p%e n}ot
fsmg." Eyouina, ltish tiesEaorlsn." "Tho
blbbses, and 'ThS Quiet Family"
, 1874-01-17
To.pAY's ADJUSTMENTS.

M'y1cKEns TltEATRE~stadlson strset, hoswoe!S e!,
besss9n and s;ts q" tho
, 1874-01-17

Mr. john Flsko. Of boston, has beon preaching
IN London. Alr. Flako IL not known on tl,iu
siie OF tho OCEAN as n maker Of sormons-except
In tho Indirect way Of promulgating facts that
mako other people prcach agaillBt thom. But
thero nre sermons and .eermonB. MIR. Flako's
waro preceded by "lymns solicited from tic
poetry Of Emerson and Lougfoliow aud by
Scripture LESSONS read from ST. Paul mud Mo-
hamlnod, u and woro themselves easnest dofenHcs
Of tho Darwinsan theory. Tho chapel was cram
med on both Sundays with nomo OF Engand'a
foremost thinkers. During tho services OF tho
first day, Herbert spencer prophesod TINT bo-
foro many yoars thoologiana would bo busy In
trying to phow that all tho doctrines Of Darwin
woro contained in tho Bible. This IL Mr. Spon-
while to rcmember lis prediction.