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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-29

GheQntelIilq
EVENING IN SUMMER.
DoUBr.

DoUBr.
Oh, love OF mine, We cit beneath this tree,
We smile, and all Is exquisite 10 sec;
The moon, the Garth, the heavens are all SO fair,
The very centre Of the Garth arc we.
Aud yet meath al our happiness, there lie
Dim Oubt and fears, forever lurking nigh;
We ares happy now, one moments space.
Then love and life, and all take wings and lly.
Where shall wc be hundred years from now,
Where were we but hundred y ears agOy
Behind. before, there hangs solemn vail
WhatWas or shall be, neither do We know.
A pSssIng CLEAN, called life, Is DER US thrown,
Then swif: We lllt Into the dark unkno Wn;
As We have come we go-no voice comes back
From that deep silence where We weld alone.
spyi ptayi oh. ever-necIng Time, Thy alghtI
Make this one happy moment 10 fnitc;
NOW, while We touch the heavens, aud stand on
earth,
And lore makes mystical all sound and sight.
No! the sad moon; 60 p!aintivc and so fair,
Hath seen millions here as now we are,
As h"ppy In their perlcctness OF love-
And seen, unmoyed, as many in despair.
She will arise, and through the darkltng trees
Gsze down, rs now, through countless centuries,
While other lovers here shall breat he their VOWS
When we have vanished like this passing breeze
Oh, droadinl mystery Thought beats It's wings
Aud strains against the Utmost bound OF things
And drops exhausted back 10 earth again,
And means, distressed by vague imSgIIings.
Zach to himself, In all his hopes and dreams.
The very centre Of creation seems;
And death and blank humiliation each,
As some impossible vague terror deems.
Yet the countless myri4ds that have gone,
The countless myriads that arc coming on,
Are all immortal Ahi the thought rgcoils
From that vast crowd ofliVing, aud links down.
But what ifall in all DO now here.
The rest. Illusions shaped by hope or fear
Aud tn and ], with all our life and love,
Hnd like this Insect that Is nutterlng near!
II, virtue be cheat, q child to sooihe,
And heaven a lie, invented but In ruth,
To hide the horror Of eternal death
Knowing that madness would be born ortIuth
Who knows' Who knowsI Since God hath
thut tho door
That opens out Into the waste before.
VAinly We heed and try. vainly we talk,
And vain is all our logic and our lore.
What will be, will be- though we laugh or weep;
Love Is the happy dream oGlfe's brief sleep,
And We shalI wake ut last and knOw-ore 80
In deaths kiRd arms ind slumber-dreamess-
deep.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-29


MANY who are suffering from the Effects Of tho
warm weather and are dtbllitAted, arc advised
by physicians TO tAko moderate AmOuL u Of
whi.ky two or three times during the day InA
little while those who adopt this advice fro
Quently increase tho number Of drinks" and
In time become confirmed inebiiAt g. A bever.
age which will not create thirst for Intoxicating
liquors, and which IA intended especially for the
benefit Of debllitated persons, whit Their at home
or abroad, Is Dr.. Schenck's sea Weed Tonic.
Containing the juices Of many medical herbs
this preparation does not create an appetite for
the intoxicating cup. The nourishlng and The
Incorporating properties OF many valuable nNt.
urAl productions contained In Il and well known
to medical men have most strengthening 10.
Ausnce, A slnglo polite OF the too c will dem.
onstrato Its valuable qualities. For debility
arising from sickness, over.exarlion, or from
any cause whatever, q Wlne.Rlassfll OF Sea Weed
Tonic taken after meals will strengthen tho
stomach and create an appetite for Who'll, some
food. To all who are about leaving their homt
We desire TO say that tho excellent effects OF DR..
Scnenck's seRsonAble remedies, Sea Weed Ton
&c and Mandrake Pills, arc particularly ey dent
when taken BY those who arc injuriously affect.
Cd by q chanS Q Of water and diet. No person
should leave home without taking Q tupply Of
these safeguards along, For sale by ali drug.
pists, eodAW
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-29
Development Of Lilo on the Earth.

Development OF Life ON the Earth.
From the Galaxy Magazine for septemoer)
In lecture on the dawn and De-
velopment Of Life on the earth," Mr..
Henry Woodward contrasted the dura-
ton Of the historic period with the pre-
historic. Written documents do not take
us back more than thirty or forty cen
turtles, and stone inscriptions two thous-
and years more: In proof Of this he
handed to his audience copies OF the Gel
ebrsted tablets brought from Nineveh,
and containing an account Of the flood.
But far beyond that short historic period,
there was one Of which neither history
nor tradition relates anything, when
the lower animals peopled the earth,
animals whose life history pro-
badly extended over tens of thousands of
generations before man. Passing to the
subject Of world building animals, he said
the oldest known form OF animal life, the
ROz0on CdnddenSo was q vast area built
up OF minute shells, which were as fine as
dust, and OF even a lower form OF lie
than the insects which built the coral
reels. He argued that the geological pc
riod was one of development, and not OF
recreation. After the world building ami.
mails came higher forms, and then the
cutie fish species; then the crabs, then
fishes, then saurians, then mammals, and
then fierce struggle for existence, until
man was born; and then came the age Of
invention, from the flint and spear heads
to the steam engine and telegraph sys-
tom
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-29

NEW York, August 2s.-Cotton-Firm
at 17tal7sC. Flour-a shade tirmer; gu.
perhne western and State "a 4044 90
common to good IS 0Os5 IS: good &c
choice S. 4Oa5 rs. Wheat-Opened q
shade frmer and closed quiet; No 2 Chi.
cage 81 14a1 10; No. 3 Northwestern
81 10; No. 2 Milwaukee 81 19Al 1911; No
3 spring 81 Goal "a, Rye-Dull and
lower at 8SA06c. Barley and Malt-Quiet.
Corn-Closed quiet and steady; western
mixed S1isS24c; high mixed and yellow
western S2ic. Oats-More active; new
mixed western 49A45c; do white 60a501c.
Hay, Hops and Grooeries-Quiet. Wits.
ky-Steady at 81 03.
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Chicago.

CHICAGO, August % -Flour-Dull and
nominal. Wheat active. No. spring
VIC; No. 2, 02ia04ic; closed at CSC spot
and seller August; 02sc seller September;
No. ., S9a90c. COrn-Active and firmGr;
No. . mixed 67a67tc spot; &c bid seller
August 60sC seller September; Chaotic
seller October; rejected 60sSGSc. Oats
Duh and lower; No. 2, 4lS44c; closed at
Alto spot; 4lfc bid seller August; $3.50
seller September. Rye-Steady with u
moderate demand at Zoe. Bafley-De-
mand fair and market firm. Pork
Steady with moderate demand at
$2s e7ta23 90 spot; SEQ s5a22 ST. seller
September. Lsrd-Active at 15c. Bulk
Meats-5teady with q moderate demand;
prices unchanged. Whisky frmer at
97ic.
On call Board this afternoon wheat
closed at 92c seller September, and corn
at &c seller August; 80sc seller Septem.
Der; &c seller October.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-29
Help Nature to Rally.

AfPrAn Attlek offsver or other acute disease
has passed "a and nA'urc 10 endsGVcrIng TO
rally the de6IltAted system, help tho fort with
tho standard vegetable tonic Of tho age, Hostel
ter's Stomach Bltters. Nothing known to the
physician or phSrmaeopo let cxpedItes convI.
lesecice like this vltAlising invlRorant Per.
sons who have been pros rated By long-eon.
unued sickness recover their lost flesh, strength
and eheeIfu ness in lees than half tho limo that
would DO required 10 reeuperate withoutlt. 1t
h thomoSt genial 50 wei aS tho most hArnlsGs
OF mCdicSt'd stimulAnts, ard as remedy for
(aS well as a preventive % dyspepsia bilious
attacks, constipation, nervous diseases, &c, hiss
no equal In tho world When ell other taaics
have Jailed. this etc o euro d&W
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-29

BALTIMORE, August 2s.- Cotton
Quiet and steady. Flour-lmproved de-
mand but unchanged. Wheat-Firmer
No. / red western 81 coal 23; No. 3 dc
81 10; rejected do 81 GOAL 10; other
grades unchanged. COrn-Flrm; mixed
western zoe. OAts-Firm; western mixed
51a52c; do white 64s55c. Rye-Steady
at S5a00c. Hsy-Nrm at SIS 0Oa29 70.
Provisions-Quiet. Mess Pork-$24 90.
Bulk Meats-Firm; shoulders 9ic; clear
rib sides 13c. BaCon-Firm; shoulders
10tc; clear rib sides 1886. Hsms-Sugar.
cured 16ia17ic. Lard-16c. Butter
Western dull but firm at 25A26c. Coffee
with more inquiry, at 1920
Petroleum-Unchanged. Whisky-Firm
at 81 OIL, closing at 81 %.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-29
New York Dry Goods.

NEW YORK, August 28-Businass in
domestic goods Is sluggish and unsettled
BY yesterdays break in cotton goods.
Indian Orchard fine brown sheetings are
reduced ic. Greenvile A bleached
shirIings are now lie. Side band prints
active. Cotton asnnels, rolled jacconets
chevoits and shirtings in steady request.
Wool aannels and blankets in good de-
mand and firm. Black and colored silk
velvets selling freely at auction.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-29
Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, August % Butter
Steady; western choice 25a27c; isir 10
good 23s24c; common 20a2lc. Cheese
Quiet and firm; western prime l29al3c
Eygs-Market bare; western extra Goa
2lc. Flour-Dull and weak; Wisconsin
and Minnesota extra family Sc 00a7 80,
State Indiana and Ohio do. IS 1857 90;
high gradea 81 75as rs. Whest-Quiel;
red 81 1Sa1 81; amber 81 2941 81. Rye
Quiet. Corn-Firmly held at SIC;
mixed western 65a96c. Oats-Unchauged;
mixed Acc. Petroleum-Firmly held;
refined quoted at 11tc; crude SIC; barrels
&c. Whisky-Held at 81 O3.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-29
Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, August 2S.-Cotton-
Firm at lGc. Flour-Dull and nominal.
Wheat-Quiet; red 9ScsSl 03; white 81 10
al 10. Corn-Firm at 70a71c. Oats
Dull at 43s47c. Rye-Firm at 99as5c
Barley-Dull and unchanged. Pork
Quiet at CSC. Lsrd-Quiet; summer la
14tc. Bulk Meats-QGiet; held at s9a12I
1870. Bacon-Demand lair and market
firm at 9fa13fslSic. Whisky-Firm at
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-29

You have got into trouble procure at once
package Of the SamAritAn's Gift, use % directed
and you will be all right In three or four "a, }.
The trouble when taken In time Is eIsiy over.
come, but when neglected, or when the quack ls
pAibe, then very often serious complications
arise which prolong the disease for weeks, pei.
hAps months.
Another tallaey 10, in persons trying 70 layo a
few cents, dAbble In cheap drugs, which 90 die.
order and slcken the stomach that almost death
itself would DO relief. SAmaritan's Gin W ii
cure every timc, With no more unpleasant results
than II the truub had not existed At all.
Male packages, 81; Female, s., Sent BY mall
10 any address. DESMOND d co., PToptletors,
Vl5 Race street Philadelphia.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-29
PHILADELPHIA Wool.

PHILADELPHIA, August 2S-Wool-
Firm and stock scarce: Ohio, Pennsylva-
MIA, West Virginia Xxx and above 52is
65c; extra 52s53ic; medium 52a54c; coarse
45a47c; New York, Michigan, Indiana
and western fine 46a50c; medium 50s63c;
coarse 45a47c; combing washed 60685c;
DO unwashed 4Oa42c; tub washed 45a57c;
lambs' SSs4Gc.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-29

TOLEDO, August 2s-Flour-Dull and
unchanged. Wheat-Dull; No. l white
Wabash 81 20; No. white Michigan
81 Is; extra do 81 10; amber do 81 09t;
No. ! red 81 1871. Corn-Steady and in
moderate demand; high mixed 70ic; low
mixed colo; damaged 66ic. Oats-De.
mand fair and market firm; No. l, 45A
Acc; No, 2, 43tc.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-29
From the CtncinnSt Gazette, August 26th
The Cincinnati Law School.

We arc pleased to call attention to the
notice OF the 42d session of the Law
School of the Cincinnati College. The
institution is so well known that 1t needs
no praise. We are, however, glad to
learn that, in addition to its previous ad-
vantsges, a Students Library is 10 be
added to 1t, open day and evening. This,
In addition 10 the facilities offered by the
Law Library, will give the students ad-
vantages, we believe, unequaled west OF
the Alleghanies. Persons desiring to at
tend can get information by addressing or
calling on the Dean, No. 4 West Third
street, Cincinnati.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-29

EAST LIBERTY, August 30 CATTLE
Receipts for to-day $50 head; for the
week SO far .607 head. No business was
done to. day, consequently no quotations,
the stock on hand being all through con.
signments.
Hods-Receipts to-day 1875 head; for
the week so lar 7,105 head. Best heavy
s. 25aS 90; Workers SO 00a6 so.
sHEEP-Receipts TO day 900 head; for
the week so far 17,4O0 head. None are
selling
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-29
COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL.
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.

NEW YORK, August 2s.-MoNEY-9a
81 per cent; primo discounts 4 to per
cent.
STERLING ExcHANdE-Firm at 81 SOL
al 800 for 90 days, and $4sOia4S9s for
sight.
GoLD-Dull at 1909, Imports for the
week 100000. Customs receipts $751;
900. Carrying and borrowing rates fat
and per cent. The Assistant Treasurer
disburaed $4,000 Cleariugs $4,000
900.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-29
Pittsburgh Petroleum.

PrTTsBURGH, August 29.-Petroleum-
Crude quiet and unchanged; sic at the
wells; 81 00aSl 10 at the river Refined
weaker; September quoted at 12c; New
York delivery, October, 12ic.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-29

CLEVELAND, August 2S. - Wheat,
corn and oats unchanged. Petroleum
Quiet; standard white 0ts05c; Ohio State
test 113a114c.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-29
ENTHUSIASTICALLY.
RAILROAD BoNDs-Firm.

STocKs-Dull and heavy, declining !
to 4 per cent in the general list and ! per
cent in Wabash. Market closing steady.
Among the sales were $4,000 Western
Union, 1900 Lake Shore, G,000 Union
Pacific and $4,000 Wabash.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-29
Female College

And Musical Conservatory will open Tue,dSy
september l, 1874. The Musical Conservatory
Will be under the Dictatorship OF Prof Herman
EbeliUg and Prof A. 8. Roe, Jr., with cBplble
assistants. Tho Faculty Of Inst ucIion will In.
c Judo the experienced teachers Of the past year.
Pupils vi, b. received for Vocal or Instrumon.
tai Music, Drawing, Painting, French or German
For terms OF admission tuition. &C., call on or
address tho President, Rev. WIN. Il. NORTON,
or the Rev. ] b. CLARK, Head Of Instruction,
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Travellers Guide.


ARRIVAL OF TRAINS.
g. 3 o. K, R II $40 AMI $40 p.m.I 1919 pm.
Central Ohio DiVI b95 am. 1910 q. m. $50 pm.
Clevold 4 Pitts. ll:00 am. '4:25 PM EO2 D m
Hempleld r. R.. $40 Am. .........I $40 pm.
DEPARTURE o. TRAINS.
B.SO. RR....l 44O AMI 1855 AMI I65 pm,
Central Ohio Div $40 Am. $40 ?, m. $40 pm.
G,syGTG PlTS ~ an liO pm 'SSS pm
'steubenville Accommodation.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-16
Daring Bank Robbery.

NASHVILLE, December S.-The
following has just been received from
Corinth, Miss: A bold and daring
robbery was committed here at 1880
p. NJ. yesterday. -Four well mounted
men rode up to the Tishomingo Saw
ings Bank. Two entered and locked
the door and two remained outside.
They demanded the safe keys, which
President Taylor refused. They
then made an attack upon him with
knives, and compelled bin to submit.
They took over So, 600 in currency aud
as mucf more in watches and dia-
monds. Mr.. Taylor a not badly
hurt. A negro man was in the bank
making q deposit al the time, and
was not permitted to leave until the
robbers retired. They were in the
bank about fifteen minutes, and peo-
pie who observed the bank closed,
supposed Taylor to be gone to din.
ner. The bank is in an out Of the
way place, aud not much noticed by
the public. The men had been Turk
ing about the town and country for
two weeks. The robbers fired sever
al shots as they departed, and rode
at full speed in the direction of the
Tennessee liver. The Sheriff, with
a large posse, has gone in pursuit.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-16

In scanning the details OF the ne
gro war; at vicksburg, over which
the Democratic press is clsmOring so
loudly. the intelligent mind mustsbe
struck by the great disparity Of the
killed on either side. Seventy ne
rrces were killed and but two white
men. and yet we are expected to be-
lieye that an army Of blacks attack
ed the city, at different points, and
were repulsed, with this disparity o.
loss on either side. Our word Tor H.
that here has been another Demo
cratic massacre of negroes, Tor D
nurposo of intimidating and driving
them from the Offices to which they
were elected. These people were de-
priyed Of their rights at the late cleo
ton. and encouraged by the general
marty success, and their hope for
speeev political power, the White
Learuers have adopted their. usual
policy Of killing those they cannot
coerce. The true history ofthis out
break has yet to be written.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-16
BATTLES BETWEEN NEGROES AND
WHITE MEN.



V~IcKsBURG, MISS, December t.
There has been for some time trouble
brewing between the Taxpayers As
ISOLATION and citizens aad the county
officials. The Sheriff was actsng
without legal bond, and iLe Board
Of Supervisors refused to order q new
one, though the time for paying the
taxes had arrived. Two or three
other officials were under indie, ment
for forgery and embezzlemeni, and
the citizens, d%espairing of any relief
from partisan courts, last "Wednesday
held u meeting, and in a body pro-
ceeded to the Court House to demand
the resignation of the Sheriff, Cham
eerv Clerk, Treasurer aad Coroner.
All fed except Sheriff Crosby Ga
negro), and he signed his resigna-
ton on Saturday. a card appeared
on the streets signed by Crosby, cal
ling ~ ali the citizeus Of Warren
county, Republicans. white and black.
to c0me 70 his aid aud support him
in bis position. Crosby publicly aud
through the papers denied the author
ship of the card.
Yet this morning armed bodies OF
negroes appeared advancing on the
city from six different roads. The
alarm was sounded about 8 O'Clock,
aud citizens gathered en- masse, aud
Immediately advanced to meet the
negroes on the Baldwin ferry road.
The negroes were met just outside
City Grove street, about " hundred
strong.
The commander of the citizens
warned the negroes to dispense, but
they refused, and i'm Led ately firing
commenced on both sides. The
negroes retreated about a mile and
again made a stand in the old breast
works. hoHse-but were soon
routed.
The loss in this engagement was
n citizen (0iiver Brown, killed),
and about twelve or fifteen negroes
killed, several wounded and about
twenty prisoners.
On the Halls ferry road about $50
negroes were found aud routed after
a short engagement, with several
killed and wounded.
Andrew Owens, a negro who COM
manded The negroes on the Baldwin's
ferry road, was captured and COM
mitted to Jail.
The citizens are still under arms,
and the roads picketed. The excite
ment is subsiding. The Town negroes
took no part in the difficulty what
ever
New ORLEANS. Dec. 8. 1874.
1t is reported from Yicksburg that
the negroes will renew the attack on
the city to-day. The citizens are all
under arms, and have BEEN largely
reinforced from the adjoining towns.
Companies have been sent to the
country well armed and equipped.
The prisoners captured are closely
watched to prevent scitizens l%ynohing
the negroes. Loss yesterday estimat-
ed at about 70-one white killed and
two wounded. Crosby is still under
guard. The whites hold the entire
citv
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-16
A Train pIundered by Robbers.

KANSAS CITY, December Sat
about half-past 8 o'clock this after
noon, as a train GU the Kansas Paci-
&c Railroad reached Muncie, a few
miles west of this city, five masked
men tagged and stopped it. Cutting
off the passenger coaches, they NOV
ed the engine and express a some
distance ahead, and then robbed the
safe Of Wells, Fargo & co. Of about
$27 900. One case containing gold
dust valued at $1,000 was also car
ried of The robbers were heavily
armed with rifles and revolvers aud
rode horses. The express company
offers a reward of $4,000, the rail
way company $1,000, and Governor
Osborne 81, 1000 for the recovery OF
the property and arrest Of the rolbels.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-16
Disastrous Collision on the Pacific
Railroad.

TRUcKEE, NV, December s.
This morning as the West bound
freight train was s~ide-tracking for the
West bound passenger train at Boca,
the freight train broke 10 two, sud
the passenger train came crash
against the broken part. The caboose
and one emigrant car of the freight
train were completely demolished.
Two persons were instantly killed,
and two others probably fatally in
jured. Conductor Bennett, who was
a passenger on the freight train. was
thrown sixty feet down an embark
ment and seriously injured. Quite a
number of persons are still missing.
Itis supposed they were thrown into
the river and drowned, as an emf
grant car was thrown down the en-
bankment. Que Of the killed is
Lichstein of this city. No one on
board the passenger train was hurt.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-16
SCARCELY had Congress conve

SCARCELY had Congress convened
when the bill of Col. T. A. Scott ask
ing an endorsement Of his Texas
Pacific railroad bonds-to which we
have heretofore alluded-was pre-
septed. With an impoverished treas
urv. impaired credit, and universal
financial distress prevailing, an act
Of this kind would be suicidal. What
a similar endorsement has already
cost the nation, is thus set forth by
the Harrisburg Telegraph:
The public debt statement Of De
cember LIST shows this item 10 the to-
tal on which interest has been paid
and must be paid for Fifty years to
come.
Outstanding bonds issued 70 Paoihe
Railway Companies. osozs'Slz w
Interest raid by the United States. 2a25.S9o IS
Interest refunded the Government by
the Il. II. Companies in transPorta-
tions Of mails, supplies. ote......-. 5,olV,os4 "
Raiance of Interest due 20 the United
states by the railroads. lsisls,5S2 u
Here Il will be observed the en-
dorsement by the United States OF
more than sixty millions OF dollars,
meant something. We have always
defended. and still defend that en-
dorsement as wise and necessary to
prevent the ultimste loss Of u Pa
ei6e possessions. But where no such
commanding reasons can be furnish
ed a further endorsement Of bonds to
other roads cannot be defended.
More especially is this plain when
we remember that the commercial
results of building the present roads
is a failure. The interest paid by
the United States-and not repaid by
the comOanies-already reaches Vsry
close to nineteen millions of dollars
We are responsible also for the prin
cipal, sixty-6ve millions. And these
form a total of cost to the tax payers
of eiqhtyIkree millions and ahdtt
already. In the light Of this exhibit
the continuance of so expensive
poliey can only be defended on tbs
needs of commerce, the inability o
the people to make needed improve
ments. or an overlowing treasury
In the absence Of all these argument
for a grant TO more speculative rail
roads of Government aid, the wisest
thing for Congress to do is to refuse