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The state journal., 1874-11-20


Hon. Truman A. post, fol. whom The Joornal
had occasion to say great many good words
previous to the election, has been again elected
to the Legislature and the people Of the Seventh
District have shown wisdom in their choice.
Mr.. Post san honsst man, q inan OF real ability
and, turthermofe, one who willnot fear 10 the
future, ss he has failed not in the past, to op-
pose the schemes Of plunder which will orlgi-
nate during the winter ut jefferson City. There
is y prospect that the coming session will be
prolific in steals and the presence of such men
q Mr.. Post In the Legislature Is the only safe
guard Of the pcoplc.--St. Louis journal.
The mcmbrcs Of Grace Church congregation
and other friends Of Rev. J. L. Fugcit will take
an interest In tho following note from him to II
friend here:
CHURCH HOME. BROADWAY, !
BALTIMORE. MD. Nov. 3, 1874. ! p
Ny Dear Friend: Ny daughters lungs are
nearly gone. She NAV die any time, or NAV
live for awhile. was badly hurt at the depot
in st. Lonis. but my physician tells me will
soon be all right again.
MY old congregation IN this city were delight
ed to see me. | have already had five invita-
tons to preach in different churches here.
Hope Your choir will have rehearsals week by
week. 1t made us very, very sad to leave YOU
all. Can't say at present anything of the future.
Regards to all.
Yonr friend.
..| -r 90 trsl. J. p FIIGET'T. ID
The state journal., 1874-11-20

PROFESSIONALLY the best Boot md sbo
maker in the city is Joseph Flick. His shop Is
two doors south of Roer's Book Store. He A.
tends closely. to his business-puts in his whole
time at the bencl-is prompt and reliable. For
fashionable and durable boot or shoe, and a
perfect ft. be sure to go to Flicks. rmav9-1y
The state journal., 1874-11-20
ELECTION NOTES.

The Quakers did not vote in Pennsylvania.
Bnttcrnut suits are the prevailing style now.
Old Gov. William Allen has taken new lease
Of life. III hrh nH
Farmer Gentry will flush his fall blowing
next week. .,..r...
About this time look out for democratic cam
didates for the presidency. l72tt9 gl
Alexander II. Stephens has been reelected.
He has grown fat in office.
The bill to pay the Southern war debt will be
introduced into Congress at an early day.
The tables are turned Massachusetts goes
democratic--SOuth Carolina goes republican.
Aver, the patent medicine man, was too
strong dose tor the pedple in Massachu-
setts to swallow. %. ,rf go f.W ..l
Ioombs may yet have Il chance to call
the roll of his slaves ut the loot of Bunker
Hill m"nument--f this thing keeps on.
D Tarbox is the euphonious name of one of
the new Massachusetts Congressman. Hc
has stuck to The democratic party tor sew
eral years. ..
Will the men that hauled down Gov,
DiNs flag be shot on the spot? There are
So many spots. it will be difficult to execute
the order. perhaps. lyit tUt 'Nef's
There was great democratic victory at
Eufaula. Ala. -Four negroes, who at.
tempted to vote the republican ticket, were
shot They did not vote t' .. ...,'
The Bonrbons of Washington, ID. C.,
commenced practical Reputation the day
after election. They refused to pay for
the tar barrels that were burned mt their
boniires.
Ben Butler was Il soldier bold.
Ana used to wars alarms: ...g
But Tuesdays vote took off his legs,
And he laid down his arms.
az St. Louis Democrat.
a fact is worth II thousand statements.
Moonlight mechanics is the latest for
burglars.
DR.. Mary Walker is still ''pantingD over
Turkey. = -
| Buckwheat cakcs9 Yes. You scratch
me and III scratch you.
.jannusche is known in private life rs
Mrs. Fred. Pilot.
.Ef... i.i
Music is the child ofprayer. the COM
panion ofreligion.
Miss Hebron, the prima donna. is said
to blush like II ''school-girl." English
schoolgirls Is probably meant. Blushing
is one oil the lost arts in this country.
horse-car conductor, who for scvera
months past has been starving on u salary
OF 1920 per day. expects TO break ground
Tor The erection ct a row Of brown-stonc
fronts IN South Brooklyn shortly.
The state journal., 1874-11-20

NEVER have anything TO do with an unluck
man. but buy your trunks. valises, etc., of M. g.
j. Obermayers. ..n ItlA apr25
The state journal., 1874-11-20

AN hour Of triumph comes at last to those
Who watch and wait. Buy your ladies' dress
goods of NJ & j Obermayer. .-.0 aprah
The state journal., 1874-11-20

FOR SALE-At the Madison Hotel, whiskey
barrels. half barrels and kegs. in good order.
The state journal., 1874-11-20

STAND not upon the order Of your gong, but
60 at once and buy your shirts of M. & j. Ober-
mayer, they have the best and cheapest in the
city. onr2b
The state journal., 1874-11-20

GREAT BARGAINS have ruined many. Buy
your hats, caps, ribbons, shawls, etc., Of M&J
Obermayer. . A anr9b !
The state journal., 1874-11-20

AVOID going to law, but go to NJ & j Ober
mayer for gents underwear. auro5
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DIED.

AT MS residence, two miles east Of Jefferson
City. on Wednesday, November 4th, Mr.. Adam
Schrimphf, aged 6s years.
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Local Notices.

The man Of wisdom is the man who ouys hi.
iotiiihs Oh NJ. q d. Obermayer. apr2j
The state journal., 1874-11-20

III YOU know the value of dollar, buy your
cassimeres, cloths and vestings, Of NJ. j. Ober-s
mayer. ,......- 9h ,unrsa i.
The state journal., 1874-11-20

NO MAN can be successful who neglects h,s
business. Buy your gloves, hosiery, lady's and
ent's, at NJ. e. j. 'Obermayer's, anr26
The state journal., 1874-11-20

NEVER have anything to do with an unlucky
man. Buy your white and fancy goods and
Notions, of NJ & Obermaver. apr25f
The state journal., 1874-11-20

SIGN Or THE OK TRAIN. 4
Good, stylish boots and shoes, well
made, at moderate prices, and war
ranted as represented, always On hand
at . CHURCH 4 BRO
July4-tf -
, 1874-03-28

Senator Sherman's we!-meaut compromise
bill has thrown tho Senate into greater mud
die than ever on the financial question. most
bowilde,iug variety Of amendments aro now
pending to the original proposition to fix the
lcgal-tender currency ut 1885,, ,000. GOO. All day
yesterday was spent in altering, withdraw
ing, and adding to these, and no vote wae
reached. Senator Morrill, malo win attempt
to have tho Seoretary Of tho Treasury forbidden
to increase the public debt by buying bonds
above pnr. He proposes to take no further part
in the Dedlamiee proceeding, but to sit still
nndaoe what kind Of bill the majority will got up
"a qucsceut aud contcmp]ativo attitude which
most OF his fellow-countrynen have already
assumed. Senator Forry, with q simplicity
worthy Of Ills youthful days, declarod
that hc Aad every conndonce il, the socro-
ta1y Of tho Treasury, aud thought lie might
he loft to distribute the money ut his
discretion. There is hidden Aorei1, abold solution
Of this whole currency problo1n. Secretary Rich
ardson is On honest man, aud has Ind large
public oxperonce, ce,-he il an ex-Judgeof Probate,
lot Congress give him control Of the printing
press, with permission to distribute mouey at
As discretion to overy Western aud Southern
man who wants his p,,vate RESOURCES inflated.
, 1874-03-28

In tho contoat for Summers Senatorial toga,
this spectacle laproaontel. An ex-Judge Of the
United Htatos Supreme Court, w1ic-a dissenting
opinion tn tho Drod Scott decision gavo Re-
publicans OF 1866 both comfort aud argument,
gots not q Republican vote; largo section Of
tho Republicans are Under tho lend Of tho all
thor Of Democratic platforms TINT declared tho
Dred Scott decision to bo both law aud gospel;
alt the morconarfos Of the Republican party cry
out TINT the original Freo-Boi candidate for
Vice-ProBldont, In 1913, IL "not sufficiently In
sympathy with tho progressive spirit Of the
party''; and the man whose election as Speaker
III Congress, in 1866, first enabled Republicans
to write Victory on theIr banners, Ia almost m
alien now among those Who boar tho Republican
namo. This ia noarly as bad ~ tho spectacle Of
Butlor, Grant, Logan; Camerou, Carpenter, ct
al, sitting in the high places Of tho Republican
party, and declaring Charles Sumner not to DO
a truo Republican. It will rcadily occur to
original Republicans that "tho progressive
spirit Of tho party Of 1913, intensified into a
moro "progrossivo spirit" by tho Drod Scott
decision Of 1856, was something entirely unlike
that progressive spirit" tho Grant-Butlor
morconaries are talking about.
, 1874-03-28

Tho Illinois House Of Representatives dolib-
erately dodgod its duty in regard to tho State
Printing yesterday. 1natead Of passing upon
either Of th6 reports Of the Printing Commit
tee, which were called up by k1r. Bradwoll, It
passed an unmeaning and purposcioas substitute
offorod by Alr. uay. This refors the mattor to
tha Attorney Gonoral, who IL to decide whethor
tho State should avoid tic tainted co1ttactB or
not, and if not, ho is to "dircc." tho Commits
aionorB, whatever that mny mean, in their eottle-
maute with the contractors. aud ia to protect the
interests Of tho State. Tho interests Of the
State could bo protected in u much shorter way,
as recommended by Mr. Bradwoli, who wants the
fraudulent contracts annullcd, mud sufficient
sum deducted from tho money due tho con-
tractors to reimburse the 6tato for their past
oyorchargcH.
, 1874-03-28

treaaon IL denied by but few. 1t may DO
grounded On tho Biblical injunction, Whoso-
ovor nhoddcth man's blood, by man sha1l Lila
blood be sl,cd." or on tho eimp1o fact that tho
first duty OF society Ia to protect itao1f and TINT
1t as, therefore,, Justified In roaorting to extromo
means OF dofonso hgninat extromo attacks. sen-
sattonalssB liko bovee talk about tho sanctity Of
human lie aB reason for abolishlng capital
punishment. The very highest Banotity that
tho law can sos up is to proclaim
that human life Ia 90 sacred that ,cho-
oucr deliberately destroys it Shalt die. It
fB, Of course, possible to hang too many people.
Society should kill only as a lust rosort. Our
laws havo, howovor, thrown 80 1nany saforuards
about overy lifo tint thoro Is no danger OF pun
ishtng murder too heavily. Tho Illinois statute
gives Jury Which has brought III q verdict Of
guilty Of murder in tie first dogroo tic right to
say whether tho cu1prt shall loayo hia iatl to 90
to Joliet to tho gallows. New trials arc got with
unparalleled case. When, dcBpito everything, g
man has been convicted Of deliberate murder, tie
very bost use society oan make OF him Is, Is Mr.
John Stuart Mill Haid, ITO aolonnly blot him
QUO Of existence" We warn tho Legislature not
to pass this bill. Tho peoplo will not sanction It,
nor will thoy deal kindly with any member who
votes for It,
, 1874-03-28

Wo publish this morning tho last OF Bories
OF letters from our Bpooial correspondent who
was sont through Northern Indiana md OHIO to
obtain positive information NJ to tho work aud
rcs,,IsH Of the temperance agitation In thoBo
districts. The conclusions reachod from obBor-
vasions mado In largo number of placoB-vil~
legos, towns md oitios-may be briefly summed
up aa foilowa: As moral agent in directing tue
attention Of all olaaaos to tho gonoral aud H.
mentablo prevalence Of intomperanco In tho
country ut largo; in supprossing somo Of tho
vuo placea OF public resort In sma1l towns, and
rendering thom odioua to the community; and
III po!ntodly illustrating ouco moro tho fact that
legislation may be made 30 severe as to
dofoat itself, tho Womnn's Temperance Crusade
has been entirely successful. the claim that 1t
has rovolutlonizol tha districts Which havo been
Infected with tue temperance enthusiasm by tho
ontiro suppression Of tho salo and consumption
Of Intoxicating liuor, is unfounaod. Such q
result aas mover dreamed of by tie originatora
Of tho movemont,, aud was only anticipated by
enthusiasts at q distance whose wish was father
to tho thought, md whose experience WAS con-
1nod to verbal and nowapaper reports Of tho
mattor, naturally colored by lilo ruling dosiro.
It has, 20 far as the State Of Ohio IL concerned,
opened the eyes Of tho people to tho tmposslbil-
ity Of enforcing aumptuary lawa, such aa the
existing Adair law Of that State is,
and turned their attention to tho su-
porioE'ty OF ro,trictivo measures. Perhaps
If, iu those enlightened days, closer study
were given to thu Divine economy. there would
be no excuse for such sudden movements. It
has boon said tlat vices arc exaggerated forms
Of virtues; 1t is certain that evil exists In
tho world, that II Gun bo restrained only by nat
ural ponalties mud tho prevalence Of good, aud
tint tho scrlpsural personifioation Of OWL il
represented as bound with fetters, not annihi-
Iatod. II extremists Of all classca will accept
tho true lesson Of tho Woman'a Movement Of
1874. ita value will be found to hnvo vastly ex-
cecdcd tho eBa amato put upon it by the most
sanguino aupro ortcrs.
, 1874-03-28

So fur, tile Congregational Council has STEADILY
adhered to tho impersonnl questions that brought
1t together; but outside, facts Of quito smother
nature a,e developing. Whether these two lines
arc convcrgiug does not appoar II they are,
tho public gsoed for sensations is likely to be
we'll fed. First, as to tho Oounoil THAT body
yesterday, in secret session. took an informal
vote on four Of the questions before it, and
tho result showed TINT tla majority condemned
the action Of Plymouth Church III sognrd to
allowing Mr.. Tilton to withdraw, and iu etfaclng
Ills name ftom its rolls Of membership. The
wider aud moro important question Of continuing
fellowship With lhe church WIS lett undecided.
Noxt, ln regard to the other matter, Au or
traortliunry lctor from Mr. Tilton was for
wa1dod yestorday simultaneously to the Council
aud the duly papors. Tho former refused to ro-
ceivoit; the latter wore evidently only TOO glad to
print it. 1t YelateR to two matsois, tho to11n!na
ton Of his connection with the Plymouth Church,
and The charges Lo ia sad to have mado against
Alr. Bcocher. Whether Intentionally or not, tue
language Of the la!ter part IL Of doubtful man.
Ing. He says he never "uttesea slandosa
agalnst Any human being" Tue Brooklyn
, 1874-03-28

In tho First District Of Iowa it is understood
that George ". McCrary md John Il. aear will
bo candidates. for tho regular Republican nomi-
nation for Congress- and tlas the issue between
thom Gustde the partly will bo on the question Of
powor, which McCrary'a bill declares to bo aolo]y
In Congress, to regulate railroad Tariffs. Alr.
Gear wna the Speaker III tho Iowa Legislature
this year, and ho takes tho negative to Nc
Orary's affirmative. Tho Burlington Gazeite
saya "it will bo sharp contest" There was q
small Autobiography majority in the vote Of tho
District for Governor, last year, against Nc
Crary's 4, 200 majority in 1872, aud Gear takoB
the Autobiography side Of the question, in
hopes, perhaps, to vii. back some of the stray
ing voters.
, 1874-03-28

Tho passage Of tho bill to prevent tho licensing
Of prostitution Is crolitaplo to The good judg-
ment Of the State Legislature. The experience
Of this system, wherever 1t has boon adopted,
shows very conc1usively that its inevitable toud-
eucy is not only bad from q moral point Of view,
as being q compromise with and legal recognition
Of evil, but 1t hns been found to increase the
very evil it seeks to regulate. Under such cir
cumstances tho Legislature has dono wisely to
Suppress any possibility OF establishing it in this
State. Chicago has special reason to rejoice
that the efforts Of few uuthinking officials con,
nocted with tho Boards of po'ioo aud Hoallh, tn
foiat tho lIceuso system upon this community,
are thus rendered Of no avail. An emergency
clause is attached to tho bill, and thus puts the
prohibition In force at ouce.
, 1874-03-28

During tho year ending Sept. 80, 1872, tho Now
York Central, the Eric, and the Michigan South
ern l. Lake Shore Railroads spont in repairs Of
totnl freight exponsoB. Aa these latter amounted
to $28 8,o05,881, the cost Of track repairs was
s5,781,170. This Same percentage prevails in
several other railroads, and is probably FUR
average. It thus appears tint one-llfth the cost
Of transportation is due to the expense Of re-
placing worn.out rails. Tnero Is an easy
way to sayo on this item. Cut down tho tariff
The duties on iron rails vary from so15 to 992G
per cent, and On steel rails from 3s56 to 45 per
cent. Tho amount Of duty on rails paid tho
Government during tho lust financial year was
&C. 681, ,523. Tho amount Of duty paid the Penn
sylyania monopolists during tho same year was
something enormous. All Of ultimately comes
out Of tho pockets OF tho shippers Of freight.
Taking tho three roads alrcndy mentioned, and
allowing TINT tho cost OF new rails was only
threo-fourths Of tho item Of track repairs. we
find that they paid in one year for the rnis used
to relay their tracks tho Gum of 81, 1886, 8s2. If
W. N4A5lAeA AA4ht kAo AAtJ AftlhkbA DA4t 1u
cont, it amounted to 81, 124 1B2. This, it should
be remembered, ia an annual charge. 1t
must be rellaced within tho yoar. Tho
freight carried over these three roads
must pny not on1S wlat 1t would we're thorc no
tariff, but 91,l24, ,1s2 besides. The tariff makes
it pay, indoed, 4 very great deal moro than this.
1t makes it pay interest on tho increased cost Of
the original track and tho increased cost Of every
locomotive and switch, and eyon bolt and bar
aud nut md screw. Perhaps the farmers can
sec from this plain exhibit ono reason why the
rates Of freight arc higher. Perhaps they can
aoe from it the way to got cheaper traueporta-
sion.
Tie Farmers Nominating Conventions will
aoon be held. Let those who attend them re-
member that they are the especial victims Of a
fuctuating currency aud high tarln. They
should asnd no nun to Congress who is not
sound on theHo two questions.
, 1874-03-28

Mysterious mon, liHo sanborn, don't turn up
go readily before Commlttoos Of Investigations
NJ before Legislatures through which "jobs"
arc to bo put Although thus Maohiavel Of tho
lobby promised to- appear to testify before tho
Committee Of Ways and Means yesterday, ho
failed to do 90. His attornoy was thoro In
Ills stoad, and procured n postponomont
of his cliont'B examination to April 6, for tho
reason that, IL conducted now, Ills testimony
might ombarrass him III tito approaching trial in
Brooklyn. Not that his clients caBo was such
TINT ho could not afford to tell tho truth, now
and ever, but "thoso newspapers would got
hold of 1t, and mike no end of trouble.
, 1874-03-28

There is d aolomn warning 10 thoRo who arc
forcing prayers upon saloon-koepora In the
words OF the Rev. DR.. Dosington, Of tho Vine
Street Congregational Church, Cincinnati In
ono Of hia recent sermons ho appealed directly
to tho1n in tho following strong language: "You
are boaBting the efficacy Of prayer in nubduiug
intomperance. You pro calling rrof+ Tyndau
md all the world to 800 that prayer is i1csistl-
bio. And you arc going to fall most droadfuliy.
You aro going to suffer most shocking dofoat
in this matter, and nro demonstrating to tho
skeptical world what they have boon claiming
and desiring to provo themselves, that prayer
per SO has no efficacy ut all. You arc imperiling
religion, which Is based upon tho efficacy of
prayer; AMI, while blindIy following tho sup
posed spirit Of tho Church, arc pulling the wholo
tabrio Of Christianity about your ears." His
view Of the situation has also been
Endorsed by anothor prominent clergymal
In Cincinnati, and there aro not wanting
humorous others in other citiea who arc not
carried away with the oxcitemont Of tho moment
aud who. foreRooing the dangers to tho Church
from the Prayor-parado, aro warning its men,
bers Of approaching catastrophe. It is not only
the efficacy Of prayer, but also tho efficiency Of
religion, which Is put In the cruoiblo. It is but
fow days ago that prominent olurchnan
made tho remark: "This movement is from
God himself. It ia God himBelf working
through those women. II every saloon Is not
closed in Chicago within year, then am pre-
pared to be an Atheist" This is simply zeal
without knowledge and 1t this churchman holds
to bis promise, he viii without doubt be an
Atheist next March. The failure Of tho TOM
peranco movement If 1t fails, Ia the
iaaat Of tho evils involved in It.
II this Prayor-parade fails, II muat react upon
all species Of religious effort, and paralyze the
work Of tho Church, Which depends upon prayer
though not upon parade, md there will not
bo wanting extremists who will curry their
scoi1]ng aud skeptloism to tho uttormost
limit. Il is time that those religions peo-
plo who nro urging on this Prayer-Parade
should stop and coolly ascertain what results it
IL producing, w1lithor it is carrying them, and
what it's ult,mate effect must be upon The Church
aud Church work. Let them remember, too,
that tho Head Of tho Church rebukod strect-
praying, and said "When thou prayest, 60 into
thv oloBet"
, 1874-03-28

to come. They canuot fight Mr. Carpenter and
the osflooholilers at Ills back thoy cannot 20
bofore tic people and defond hta aalsry-grab
Bpooch and votos, his defense Of tho Orodls-Mo-
bior ewindlo, Ills opposition to tho repoal Of tho
ffanklng privilege. and hiB other transRrossioha.
Thls is precisely the dilemma that those gortlo-
mon are MI In. Tho Hon. philos,'s Sawyer, ono
Of tho most popular mon in tho stato, who haa
bervot eight years In Congress. has a1roady givon
out that ho will alBo roft1so to run again. His
District, the Sixth, wnH aao carried BY Gov.
Taylor last fhll over Washhurn by majority Of
ss7. Sawyer Carried 1t tho year before by 0 a4b.
The Grangers have become worry strong In his
District but no dronda tho dond weight OF
certain Senator moro than tho opposition of tho
farmers. Tho Bauo may bo said Of tho Hon. CIV.
Hazloton, Of tho Second Dlsrict. Hazloton WIS
elected bya majority of l,e24, but Taylor anu tho
, 1874-03-28

Visions, or livestock by rail to tho Eastern ruar-
kot uutl all tho Enstoin local supply has beon
sold ut tho highest prices.
Tlals bill was voted for In the Houao BY tho
Westorn members gonorally under spocies Of
idiotio terror. While thoy ostonsIbly voted
in tho interests Of tho farmers, they
havo, In faot, voted to deprive thotr own sootlon
of tho groat advantage Of low ratos on through
fro'8hts, aud to cut them Oft from tho use OF
railroads at all The ontiro benefits Of tho bill
will inuro to tho farmers and stook,raiaors Of
tito seaboard statea at The oxponso Of tho Woat.