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, 1874-01-22
Tho DofaltltinE Ex-Treusalror OF
Douglas County, Ill,

From tie I'nscola journal, jan. II.
Tho Board OF Supervisors convened III epecR
session Oh Montlay. The object Of tho meeting
wau to examine into tho alfara Of ex-Trcasl.rer
Walker. Tho exact stato of the caso waB soon
arrived at,---aIr. Walker, It appearing, having
in his hands $14, ,295.29 of funds belonging ts
the county, which ho waB unable to pay over,
Late Oil Monday evening Mr.. Walker was ar-
restod ut hH residence, mud is confined thcre at
this time. Il will be Been tint the Board gave
Mr.. Walkor aud lis friends an opportunity to
get matters III shauo. agreeing, in certain con-
tinEenclos, to dismiss criminal proceedings
against him. At this writing, Thursday noou
lto hns beon unable to moot tho requirements
and tomorrow afternoon will have hearing
before Justice Chapman.
Tl!e facts Of tue caBo 20 to show TINT Mr.
Walkers Mlafortunea layo boon boon brought
upon him, not by dishonest disposition, but by
all oyorwoening confidence In mon, without re.
sard to condition. and l,lH failure to fully make
himself acquainted with tho affairs Of hlH otloe.
and to koep them in order.
The above was put in typo on Thursday aftor
noon. About q o'clock in tho evening OF tho
same day, aIr. Walker ,nado his escape from the
guards, and IL now at largo. His actions on
Wednesday wero worry painful to lis frlonds it
seeming almost an absolute certainty that roa-
Eon II llo ohal,go in his case occurred, would
ultimately bocono tFothronod.
When It bocamo known that lie had escaped.
tharo vas one almost uuiyorsal II mn glad OF
it" from, tho c,tizorH OF Tusoola. Aud wo doubt
not that thero ia to-day more bitter feeling
ngaiust soma Of tue men who procured county
moaus from him than there Ia against lr,
Walker 'hilnBolf.
, 1874-01-22

The samana Buy Company has not paid Its
last months rent to the Dominican Government,
as it has established no oficial relations with
tue new regime. At the sane time, IT is stated
to tave assumed $4,000, 900 Of repudiatcd bonds
Of santo Domingo, and to have Obtained loan
Of $5,o00,0oo In London. This Inst statement is
incomplete without the names Of tito capitalists
who ase 80 FREQ With their money.
, 1874-01-22

The experiment. OF tea-growng in California
is said to promise succoHs. II 1t gains it, 1t 1uay
give tue needed impetus to tho various abortiye
schemes FOR cultiyating tho plant In the South,
Tho climate Of large part Of tho toa.iistriot OF
Ohiua tinls II parallel III that of the Contral
Southern Btatoa. There aeou,a to ba no reason
why IIyaou aud Dol,oa ahould not como from old
cotton Ind rico fields. The necessity for ocean,
transportation would he done away with, and the
native fragrance Of tho loat would thus bo pre-
served. Ten IL aad to exhaust tho soil leas than
either tobacco or cotton. 1t would ut any ynte
giyo the South Il new industry with which to ai-
versify ita present scanty asock And 1t would
cert ainly DO delightful to southo1por in the
praasnt gloomy state OF political affairs to have
, 1874-01-22
1ollar.

About 150 ballots have boon taken for Speaker
In the Iowa Legislature without result, and
both sides arc naturally reported to be getting
confused. Tho only Sign Of break anywhere
Is the rofusal Of tho Chairman Of the Anti-Mo-
uopoiat caucus to voto for the Anti-h1onopolst
horAtjnto
, 1874-01-22

senator Morton's action in having tho creden-
tiala Of Piuchback referred back to the Com
mitteo on Elections looks like move towards
ordering new election in Louisiana, and Ia so
understood by the Kelloggites. They hold
caucus in New Orleans yesterday, and tcle-
graphed Pinchbaok in great alarm that thoro was
nothing they wanted less than q new election.
They have hoard the newa from Taxaa.
, 1874-01-22

In resolving that they arc in favor OF exhaust
Ing the State power in regard to railroads before
calling on tho Federal Government, tho Farmera
Of Mclean County show TINT they arc not ready
Tor any such legislation as that proposed in A1r.
MoCrary's bill for tho Federal regulation Of rail-
nnndu
, 1874-01-22
ILLINOIS NEWS ITEMS.

4 rein Of coal hns been discovered near Jack
sonvile eight feet IN thickness.
Princeton has limited" the number OF it's
1 naloons to seyeu, aud makes each pay yearly
we last week published T. statement Of the
amount Of money (951, ,250) paid By ". J. Hon
dorson, Of this place, for hogs and grain during
the month OF December. 4 turge sharo Of this
wo have this week soon our streets and the out
lying roads linod with wagons fro,yhted with
corn, old aud now-al bound for uonleraon's
elevator.-Rossu.ae Observer.
- sister Of :. John u chesncy,. Of Abingdon,
has brought suit for damages again It O druggist
Of that placo named F. P. Foltz, for selling
liquor to her brother, by reason Of which, wlIile
~ ~ intoxicated condition resulting from the
drinking Of said liquor, ho killed The colo.ol
man, Knox. The p|aintiG asserts that chcsney
killing WAS solely tho result Of drunkenness in
ducod by the drinking OF Foltz's whisky
-C9rbondale has ropudiatca her Normal
School bontls aud refuses to pay her tax. This
Alden Fruit Dryer III the Bame way. Since re-
pudiation is In fashion, why not refuse to paY
our Insane Asylum bonds? It ia true TINT some-
body may bo hurt;- but what's the llso of trying
to to pay we9 4 3,to Te "dont so5 thS IT, stamps" What
ton il Unconstitutional, tue Asylum bonds arro
in the sumo fix according to our Daba1.-Joaes-
1oro Union.
-Wo may be said now to be in our hardest
times. @axes arc bcing pafd ; the holiday trade
this eoasou of the year business il always slack,
now 1t IL especially so. There Is much complaint
in Egin this year in reference to our State,
county, and town taxes, aud truth to say, tla
amount loyied Is q tremendous strain upon our
peonlo. 1t s rather pushing things to al OK
tremity to tako out OF this town MI amount ap-
proaching $40, 600 for tho purposos enumerated.
-Etyln Gazette.
, 1874-01-22

The Chicago produce markets. wero less aotyo
yesterday, with small changes in prices, except
In corn Mosa pork was quiet and 5G91oo pos
brl lower, closing at s141s@l4.2o cash, and
e14.26@la'ao solar February. Lard was quiet
and 5@711o = 100 Lbs lower, closing ut 1896
cash, and so.oo@o.o2}1 aellsr February. Meats
were less active aud unchanged. ut $50 for
shoulders, o}1c for short ribs, 7No for short
clear, aud 9N@1oo Tor awoot piokled hans.
Dressed hogs were dull and 30 = 100 Ibs higher.
at s5.23@5.a5. Hlghwines were quiet and steady
AT ooc per gallon. Flour WAS dull md unchanged.
Wheat was moderately active and 10 higher,
closing at s1.224 caah and $1.23J6 aeler Feb
r1Mry. Corn Was In good demand. aud 1l1o
higher, closing at 6824o cash and 501Lao seller
February. Oats wero quiet aud 10 higher, clos.
Ing at 4l9sc cash, and 421zo seller Februory,
Two was more active and firm. at Tic for regular.
Garloy vas quiet aud 1rues, at st.a8@1.8o for
No. Q. Live hoga we're sohvs md 5@loo higher,
, 1874-01-22

Dir. Waite was unanimously confirmed aH
ohief-Justtco by tile Senate yesterday, nino
Senators not voting. There wore no speeches
against tile confirmation. Senator Sumner nude
q solemn speech, enforcing tile duty Of Senators
to inform themselves Enthusiastically Of tie fitness
Of tho gentleman whose name was before them,
Ind furnished tho practice tor this precept by
declining to vote.
, 1874-01-22

There ia to bo meeting tomorrow at Potts-
vile Of the coal operators. The announcement
has caused great deal OF excitement among tho
miners who are apecnlating whether 1t means
compromise or union of tho operators for
sitter resistance to their dcmands Tho sitra-
aon ts otherwise unchanged IN tho coal region,
except that tho strike has broken out in the
Luzerue region
, 1874-01-22

Caleb Cushing's writings arc Tutoring down
OH his political grave thick III the lcayes In
Vallambrosa. Tho laat IL llls decision, as At
tornoy- General, that Southern Postmasscrs Ind
right to rifle tue mails aud destroy anti
slayery matter found therein.
, 1874-01-22

An amelioration Of tho Revonuo laws has boen
made by the sennto in the passago Of bill TINT,
In cases Of untervaluatiou, connscation shall OK
tend only to tho items undorvalued, md NOT as
nas boon the prnctice, to tho ontiro invoice.
, 1874-01-22
THE DRED gCOTT DTCI8T0N


The country ought to-day to be sufficiently re-
famous decision by tho Supreme Court Of tho
United States III the bred Scott cnse to do jus-
tice to all concerned by M unbiased examination
Of the facts. No judicial decision in this corn-
try has boon 30 extensively discussed, and at the
san1o time so little understood and so universal
ly miarcpresonted. Tho namo OF Chief-Justice
Tanoy. who delivered the Judgment Of tho Court,
has been branded with infamy by thousands who
mover read the opinion, and who honestly bo-
loved that ho had formally adjudgel that III tho
Unted States "a negro had no rights which q
white man was bound to respect" That phrase
has served as q text III thousands OF pu1pts
for donuncations upon the Court and especially
upon it's supposed author. It has served party
orators with an occasion during seventeen years
for the most fervid donunciations Of that Court,
and it cannot be denied tlat the decision itself
haatenca by many years the overthrow Of Hlav-
cry. Tho decision was sufficiently atrocious
without this misintorpretation.
Drod Scott was slave, and as such had beon
carried By his owner into one Of the Territories
Of tho United States. Subsequently ho brought
suit for his freedom. Tho Court below dismissed
the aetion on the ground that he was not clti-
zen Of tho United States, md, therefore, WAS
not entitled to bring suit in tito United statos
Courts. From this decision the case was taken
to tho Supreme Court, and was there twice
argued. Tint Court decided aiao thai
Dred Scott was not q citizen Of tho
United States, and therefore could not bring
suit III the Federal Courts. While thia wus the
point, and i'll faot the only point, decided by tho
Court, tho decision in fact had mlch widor
sweep. Tic great political question Of that day
was whether slavery did Or did not extend itself
e1 props.o sigore over all the Union, aayo whon 1t
was excluded by Stnte laws,-that is, whether it
did not extend into the Territories. In 1850 Al,
attompt had boon made to avoid tho issue by the
legislation known as the Compromise moaa-
ures Of that year. In 1854, upon tho pas
saHo Of the Kansas and Nebraska act, judicial
decision upon thiB question became political
necessity, ut least to tho Pro-Slayery pnrty.
In the decision that Dred Scott was not D.
q c;t2an ri t},a I7ptct1 Stotou ,p,a ;pyo,vo1 a.,
inforontial decision Of this political question,
and the Court, in tho opinion delivered by the
ohlct-Justlce, made MI argument to sustain
this theory. that the right to hold slave property
existed in all parts Of the country whelo it was
not prohibited by State law, and hore was tho
roal atrocity Of the decision. In the course OF
ical resume Of tue previous condition Of tho
negro, aud no well-inioyned person will cues
ton the entire accuracy Of bis statement, It
roads GU follows;
1is difficult at this day to reallze tho state Of public
, 1874-01-22

Both Houses Of tho Louisiana Legislature
havo passed the constitutional amendment pro-
posed by Gov. Kellogg for the Improvement Of
Tho State finances, and the House has passed tho
bill funding the State debt ut GO cents On the
3o1Inr
, 1874-01-22

Tho dermans Of Now York rnld acant alton
ton to the newborn zeal of tho police for tho
Sunday law. Thoy SING, and fddicl, and
danced, aud masqucradod last Sunday evening
aA uHilRl.
, 1874-01-22

Sir st. George Gore, OF England, arrived last
night OH tho Busie Silver Oh lis way to Forila.
Ilo has blk servants, four horses, twonty-ono
loayoa to-day oil tue Memphis i Oharleston
Railroad. Ho IL in aearoh of pleasure, and will
tahe It out IL hunting, lshing ETC., IN tho glsdoe
OF Florida. lle can afford It his tncoms In 3
quarter Of million psr ysAz, And hs IL net snaE.
Eled.
, 1874-01-22

Tic New York Eueniny Post says tllat the lato
Judge Franklin, If Ioxns, wns the "ol,iofest"
opponent Of aam Houston. THO Post Inns hitll-
orso boon tho chlofost Newspaper authority OIL
grammar but II It indu1gos In tha bhtbarBm. tho
Springfield Repn1!ican will hereafter DO clofor
authority tllau 1t,
, 1874-01-22

IT the Senate concur in the action Of the House
concerning tho Centennial Exposition, the
country is "in i" for an expenditure of about
S7,ooo'ooo in aid Of TINT enterprise of the thrifty
Philadolphians. There is. Of course, not tne
retnoteat suggestion Of an appropriation in the
revolution instruoting tho President to invite
the representatives Of foreign nations to tako
part In the Centennial It is enough that tho
resolution announces TINT 1t In to bo held under
the auspices Of tho United statos." When tho
Grent Powers Of the world havo accepted the in
'!tation Of tho United States, what oscapo will
there be from the argument that tho United
States must not disgrace its credit and hospita,-
ity for little matter Of fow nfllion42
, 1874-01-22

There is Il fomalo lottor-carrior In Now IIayon,
Why shouldn't women distribute lottora oyory-
wlsoro, outside aH vol as inside tho post
ofllcoH !?
, 1874-01-22

MYERS oPERA.HoUsE Monroe street. hetTeen
Dearborn aud Sate. Arlington. Cation and Kernbo,s
Minstro1a. "a Slippery Day." bnttFos5 and comt-
mi
, 1874-01-22

paying debit not duo would have brought
groonl'aekH to par. II applied to dobt DUO"
For Boutwell, ats noar him. Tile ox-Honrotary
tn without honor save among tlo Bynlicatos.
1lo llas tho pleasure. howover, Of knowing tllat
his succcsgor lB worso of than himself
, 1874-01-22

It Ia unkinl In Senator Sherman to nay that
"oue.tenth es tho specie We have exhausted iu
, 1874-01-22

n. P. 4. HALL-Cornor Randolph! and Clinton s.reets.
II pso,ostsut prncfpos and How to Maintain TloHl"
, 1874-01-22
TO.DAy'S ADJUSTMENTS.

MsVlCKNR's TllEATRIs--Atadison street. hotwoen
Denebotn md Htatn. Eugagslnnnt of thR strAkOhoh
Qpora .TFuupo, " Don Giosnnuf,h
, 1874-01-22

ACADEMY OF MuSfo-lInlstod srcct, bctwesn Mad
tEun and htonsop. Engagement nf Juhu t. OHcua
''Yhs Victims " and "SoIon Shnglo."
, 1874-01-22
U()e Gbifaup U2ibne1e.

Thursday Morning, january az, 1874.
, 1874-01-22


T1nNa or suBaonrrT1ox trAYAnLE IN AnvANoz>.
f.|s 81 G"a' 'SS8 SS8 %sseiy 6S
Fn1ts OF year At TIM sn1ne ratio.
10 pusent delay md bs and gtEo Post
CH CO address In full. including Btste nnd County.
Rosnttanccs may bo mado ethor hydrstt c1pross Post
10lce otdsr In registered lettors, nt o,r risk.
TEnaiB 70 CITY sunsunlnENs.
uaiiy delivered. Sunday sscsptod % cants por wcck
laily. dorsrod. hnnday included 90 ocnts ucr week.
Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY,
Corner Msdiaon nnl Deartorn.at%.. Uhcaso. ILL.,
M-.e..e..s.-@@.s::..:E..SS
vo.oAYs ADJUSTMENTS.
My1oKERs T!EATRIAiaai.cn sttest' M hcwcsn E.csn
6sstsn na sf's '' tho f'H''''
.?F " va: an's' ind spse ''' "
oss2 a s.. Es.s '''' between
GLOBE Ti11sATnE7, ,Despa'ues strset. between @ Msd:
lion md Wnshn9tou Engagement u ShafpeS' "hsroaa
MYERS opERA.nousE Monroe street. .het.een .een
n;rs nf;Sss 's Sf sppa Ayrss" p al
naIitioa.
1attn stroots. H. Keadinss Sy Notto 0laeo Waushop.
a. P. 4. HALL:Cosnor Randolph and Clinton streets
pla!ostsut m pIlncipos and How to Msassn Tloai
Ul}e Gbifayu W1ib1r.1e.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1874-07-10
Facts About Farmers.

The report Of the Massachusetts, Board
of Health for this year contains valuable
paper on the farmers of tina, state. IL
makes the surprising statement that the
'value Of farm products l. greater. both
per farm and per acre, in Massachusetts
than in New York. PENNSYLVANIA. Ohio,
Illinois, Michigan or Minnesota. The near
ness of the farm to the market is the rea-
son for this remarkable fact. The census
returns of 1870 prove it. This j. not the
only blessing of these lucky down-East ag-
riculmrists. Like their brethren of the
Augustan age, they would be = too happy,
did they but know their own good for
tune" They live. on an average, 50.
years. which is lI.l9 years beyond tie av-
eragc. They might live even longer. If
they cared to. The Massachusetts, doctors
or fOrty-six of them-have answered the
question: wv hat causes tend TO iniure the
health of the farmers aud their families ~
as follows: Overwork. 26: improper
diet, -: exposure. IS; sanitary defects, 10 /:
want Of ventilation, : overwork among
women, 9 (; want OF recreation, , indoor
life Of women, 81; ignorance of hygienic
laws, 3; anxiety, 3; irregularity of
work. 81; neglect of bathing,2; damp Gel
ars, -
Most Of these causes of death could be re-
moved by care and common sense. As the
Nation says, they might all be summed up
under the phrase, mot knowing how TO
live.' The fact suggests one great defect
in all our schools. They should teach the
laws of health. No man who had once
seen the simple experiments that show
the deadly influence of impure air upon
life would build his home on the model of
an air-tight stove. Noone who knew how
defective drainage saturates house with
poison would be content to live above bro
ken drains and leaking sewers-much less
above dead fiat surface. unpierced by any
drain whatever. into which the refuse Of
the house slowly soaks. The man who
has studied hygiene will be slow to load
his stomach with fat pork and hot. lumpy
bread, and nondescript masses fished out
ofthe Kissing grease of the frying pan. BY
stunning the horrors of badair, bad water,
bad food, the American farmer may devel-
op into a modern Methusalch. When
that time comes, his wife. who is now the
chief raw material for our lunatic asylums,
may possibly exist quitea long time before
death or insanity puts an end 10 the grind
of overwork thar makes up her whole life.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1874-07-10
Mining Statistics.

A recently published report Oh the pro-
duction Of precious metals by the mines OF
the Pacific slope presents some very inter
estlng statistics about an industry which
appears as vet To be little appreciated
among Us. According 10 the report refer
red to, the total yield of the last twenty
five years. i'm the whole United States. has
been II .5S3, GA 1874. and to this immense
sum California alone contributed three
fourths, or 81 ,094 ,9l2, ,09s, nearly all of
which is gold. Nevada is credited with
having yielded over S22l 100000 in silver
and gold. while Utah. though reputed to
abound In mineral wealth. has thus far
only produced some S25.W0,00O, for her
mines have but recently attracted the at
tention of capitalists who now work them
in proper manner. Colorado seems 10
beat Utah, having produced some S30,0oo.
600, while the united yield of Washington
Territory and Oregon was but little over
S25.00O,000. Since the excitement caused
by the discovery of gold has died out, and
mining is systematically carried on, the
production has steadily increased. In 1873
the actual weld OF the Pacific slope was
$50. PSI .436: whereas. for the year 1872 IL
was only S90,236. .9l4. which shows gain
of about fourteen per cent. The increase
is mostly in silver, and meets. therefore.
the unusually great demand which has
lately been made for this metal. England
secures the bulk OF the production.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1874-07-10
CURRENT NEWS.
WARRINGTON.

Congratulatory telegrams have passed be-
tween President Grant and the Emperor OF
Brazil. upon the successful completion OF the
ocean cable between Europe and Brazil
President Grant left Washington on the
18th. with the intention OF spending week
or ten days in West Virginia.
Under the new postal treaty between the
United States and France. the charge for let
ters from France 10 the United States will be
ten cents for the third Of an ounce, and from
the United States TO France nine cents for a
half ounce, Unpaid letters 10 pay the above
rates with 1--WE cents additional.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has in
structed the Assistant Treasurer at New
York to sell 81 ,0o0. 900 gold on each Thursday
during July.
The Comptroller Of Currency has written
letter, giving his construction Of the new
currency act. in reference 10 the reserve re-
quired TO be held by national banks, in which
be SAYS: my construction Of the act OF
June 20. 1874, in reference 20 the reserves of
the national banks, is that the reserve upon
circulation is abolished. but that national
banks are required 10 keep 4 reserve upon
deposits, as provided in sections 81 and 80 Of
the National Bank act. certain proportion
Of which must be kept on hand, and certain
other proportions with their reserve agents
Of cities enumerated in the sections referred
TO. The banks are also required to keep an
amount equal 10 fye per cent. Of their eircu-
alton on deposit with the Treasurer of the
United States, which amount may be deduct
ed from the aggregate amount of the reserve
required to be kept upon the deposits
A Washington dispatch Of the 30th SAYS
that Mr.. Cushing, United States Minister to
Spain, has made peremptory demand upon
the Spanish Government for fall indemnity
for the virginius prisoners slain by order of
Governor Burriel, and for consequential dam
ages. The same authority makes Secretary
Fish say that the American Government has
made prompt demand, and one quite as decid-
ed and peremptory as that made by the British
Government. for the indemnity of the lives
of prisoners DESTROYED and the loss 10 their
families. This demand for indemnity for the
American prisoners executed. Mr.. Fish re-
marks, was in accordance with the protocol
concerning the settlement Of the Virginius
affair. apart from the duty imposed upon the
Government to claim satisfaction for such
wrongs.
A large number Of clerks were discharged
from the Treasury Department at Washing
ton on the lst, among them being 375 female
employees in the bureau of engraving and
printing. The ladies generally felt very much
grieved AT their dismissal. and fourteen are
laid to have tainted dead away upon their
sadfa being announced. All the discharged
employees receive two months extra pay, by
order Of Congress.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1874-07-10

young men who promenade the street b..
hind lighted cigars.
For bathing purposes, "a for drinking
and cooking, there Is great difference b.
tween pure and hard water.
prominent cause OF the prevalence of
Indigestion In this country Is the cxoes.iy.
use of cathartic medicine i'm the form of
pills. One establishment In New YorL
turns out by the aid OF steam no less than
ten barrels per day, and Others great quan-
titles, so IL may be imagined how MANY
are bought up. Ii j. estimated that one
hundred barrels each day are made by AN
the establishments collectively.
Ifmen should dress as the majority OF
women In fashionable life do, there would
be ten cases of consumption among them
where there is only one now.
Not one growing child in ten can be
confined IN school more than three hours
a day without suffering more or less de-
bility or endangerng life.
Most of the school-houses IN our cities.
and not few i'm the country. are pest
houses, very much I'm the sense that iene-
meni-houses are.
Perhaps no country furnishes such
multtudes of peevish, fretfll, nervous
women as the United States.
The most prevalent complaint among
ladies at the present day is headache and
careful investigation will prove that this
trouble has rather increased than dimin-
ished since the present style "a wearing
hair came in vogue-involving a il does.
the loading of the head with such guam
tity OF foreign material.
The dyspectic person should avoid harl
water rs he would hard drugs. for all the
hard waters on earth are only drugs in 30
luton.