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New-York tribune., 1875-02-23
WHAT THE TAXES ARE USED FOR.


Eight months ago Messrs. Dawes and Gar
field assured the country that they had cut
down the appropriations to such an extent as
to insure reduction of expenditures for the
current fiscal year of twenty-six million dol
lars. They are now about to cast their votes
for forty million dollars additional taxation.
Why is this necessary Here is one reason: !:
Yesterday the House of Representatives
suspended the rules and passed the River and
IIarbor Appropriation bill. which provides for
the expenditure of over six million dollars of
the public money. The following table, which
gives the actual expenditures for river and
harbor improvements Gncluding also roads
and bridges down to 1862 since 1854, has been
compiled from the annual reports of the
Secretary of the Treasury. We leave our
readers to form their own opinions of the re-
trenchment and economy practiced by Con-
gress and the Administration of late years.
an far as rivers and barbors are concerned:
New-York tribune., 1875-02-23
pFEiLS or pHfLAK1HROpIC STATESMEN

! PERiLS or PHILAN1HROPIC STAfESUEN.
They have Il great many patriots in the
Southern States who went there at the close
Of the war, aud, being touched by the pitiable
| condition Of that section, in its lack of states
men for the local Offices and representative
positions in Congress, just laid aside every
| thing and stayed there 10 see them through.
| Some of them, like Mr.. WIN. Pitt Kellogg Of
| Illinois, took a State Government to run /;
Others like Mr.. Pcase of Connecticut, volun-
| teered TO represent State like Mississippi in
the Senate; n great many took the places OF
lawgivers in the State Legislatures, and others,
observing the necessity to the Govern
| ment and the people of the locality OF having
men in the Post-Ofces, Custom houses, and
Revenue Service who had experience and
could support the Government upon regular sal
aries, Immediately took all their clothes out
Of their carpet-bags and hung them up pre-
paratOry to a permanent residence. The peo-
pie of the South are as is well known, very
ungrateful class of people. Knowing how
| much they were indebted to these gentlemen
for staying there to see them through, they
still failed to exhibit gratitude or respect
for their benefactOrs. The story of the
to the sensibilities. There, for instance, is
George f. Spencer-he has sacrificed several
years of his time, and the confidence of his
felow-men to q very considerable extent,
simply that Alabama might be represented in
the Senate by somebody whose presence there
w0uld be q constant reminder of the fearful
penalty of rebellion. Then there s Patterson
of South Carolina-he sacrificed money in large
amounts, besides other things, SO that South
Carolina might have u Pennsylvania man in
the Senate. And so on, with no end Of sac
Iifces of similar nature by statesmen Of a
similar character.
Notwithstanding all which the white cti-
zens of the South, now recognized i'll official
dispatches as "banditti," persistenty refuse
to ask these distinguished persons to dinner
or to invite them to visit their families. The
patriots, however, with the largencss of view
and catholciy of temper characteristic of
true craftsmanship, refIai from resenting such
treatment by refusing longer to serve in
official positions. On the contrary, they over
look it all and calmly continue to serve un-
willing constituents and draw regular
pay. IL is generally believed in
Administration circles that these gentle
mer incur more risks and encounter more
peris in coming to Washington from their
places of temporary residence in the South
than Farragut and his fleet met on the pas
sage of the forts to New Orleans. 1t is under
stood that most of these representative men
have constant escort of marines to save
them from the bloody assassin of the corner
grocery and the red-handed murderer of the
stump. This belief is nourished by the fact
that continued conversation with tho marines
has given its colOring to all their narra-
tives-a sort Of ultra-paripe, 80 to speak
New-York tribune., 1875-02-23
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THE DILEMMA or HONEST REpUsLIcANs

THE DILEMMA OF HONEST REPUBLICAhS
We have received letter, of type not
uncommon of late, from an old subscriber in
Philadelphia, who tells us that he is three
score and ten, that be has read THE TRIBUNE
always that he thinks il the best newspaper
in the world, that he agrees with us in doing
honor to Gen. Grant for his services to the
country in time Of war, and IN condemning
his civil administration as an utter failure.
that he regards the victory of the opposition
next year as inevitable, that he profoundly
distrusts the capacity or the purpose of the
Democrats to govern the country wisely or
purely. that he fears for tho fate Of tho negro
New-York tribune., 1875-02-23
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New-York tribune., 1875-02-23
En5lless Noilfes

Has PAID $3.50 A DAY, for over nine years, to
is s'PoIsr Iiod1S-rElvHLERs IssUR.scs Co. Hartford
WILBOE's COP LIVER OH AND LIME.-PersOns
kg Liver oil will be pleased 10 learn that Dr
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New-York tribune., 1875-02-23
will prevent adjournment with clear docket
as to necessary work.

We learn by our Paris letter that after do
ing his best to injure the prospects OF the
Republic in France by many subtle devices,
the Duke do Broglie contributed his mite
toward the adoption Of the WALTON amend
ment. Subsequent kilograms lead us very
strongly to the opinion that he only joined
the Republicans to betray them. If 50. the
Republicans, in their new alliance with the
Right Center, will probably profit by the
warning. If no is able to betray them sec
ond time it will be their fault.
New-York tribune., 1875-02-23

An accident to one of The TRIBUNE presses
on Sundaynight came very near proving a serious
disaster. The prompt courtesy of The Herald,
in placing duplicates of the damaged machin-
cry at our disposal, enabled us, however, to
come within few thousands of supplying
the demand.
New-York tribune., 1875-02-23

The Senate went as far as possible. without
utter defiance of public opinion, in voting yes
terday for partial resuscitation of the Frank
Ing Privilege. The whole course of the debate
showed that there was an irrepressible longing
for it's complete restoration. The amendment
agreed to provides for the passage through
the mails of The Congressional Record, or of
any speeches or reports contained therein, On
the frank of any member of the present Con-
gress. This is quite as bad in spirit as the
old indefensible law.
New-York tribune., 1875-02-23

Despite the efforts of an untiring lobby and
active friends on the floor, Col. Thomas A.
SCOTS Texas Pacific subsidy scheme met
signal defeat yesterday in the House of Rep
resentatives. The measure showed consider
able strength, but ON test vote failed to
secure majority on call of the Yeas and
Nays, whereas a two-thirds vote would be
necessary for the passage of the subsidy bill
itself.
New-York tribune., 1875-02-23

The lecture OF Mr. r. W. Emerson upon "Elo-
quence" has set the Massachusetts, people to THINK
ing and their mOurnful conclusion Is that oratory
there is in decayed state Once there were speak
err and to spare there-indeed the history OF ths
State is TO a certain extent elocutionary. About
1776 and before there was great deal OF good pub
lie speaking in the Bay ;" OTIS was naIne OF
fire. said old John Adams long afterward, and
Adams himself had many Of the qualities of an
orator. Then camo generation after generation Oh
-ood speakers-Fisher Ames, ii. G. OTIS, JOSIAH
Orir,v. jr, Winthrop, CAOate, Webster. Charies
Tra,o;s : .lams Burlngame-allth the men who fought
,ho croat F., ,,e-Soil battle and won It, where arc
w. .oat usetts orators now THERE'S Ben
a,,;n 20 ho srro b,,, uerhaps he doesn't count fer
hans there is no POPULAR which appreciates AND
loves good speaking better than that Oh M''Saenu
setts, aud considering this we aS i"'net su'P''
TO find the supply small SOmethiug on Wv '"-'
decay is noticeable in the pulpit
They have q new railway terror in Colorado. Cor
hsions are bad enough; tcescopng is smorc than BAD
enough snow-drifts of great depth and consistency
are narrowing to the phioSophic mind but when tho
wind comes down with such force and velocity upon
train as to sweep il from the track. passengers and
all il is hard 10 say what good that i-wind blows
to ANYBODY. "Oyer we went" writes passenger.
"pling men, women. children, baggage. cushions.
and everything together" Fortunately nobody was
much hurt and they didn't find it quite ~ mopoto-
nous " ly yiug helpless u drift
New-York tribune., 1875-02-23

Gen. Averell's response to the criticisms on
the Asphalt pavement laid by his company on
Fifth Avenue, opposite the Worth Monument, is
too late in making its appearance The Gen
eral mistakes the situation also in criticising
what has been said about his pavement as
unfOunded and malicious Messrs. John Jacob
Astor. John Taylor Johnston, Robt. l.. Stuart,
Amos +. Emo, and the other prominent citizens,
whose names have been attached to the protest
against the Grahamite bill, are not given to
circulating unfounded and malicious reports.
Leaving aside this unwiSe ebullitiOn, we
find some of the statements i'll Gen.
Averill's card of value, and at least
two Of the certificates which he
produces, those from the livery stables and
from the representatives of the express COM
paues of especial weight. The testimony of
Gen. Wright, of the United States Engineers,
will also command respect and attention. The
public interest in this matter Is that the best
smooth, comparatively nOiseless pavement
which can be had shall be selected for Fifth
Avenue, and that it shall be put down at the
cheapest rate and in the most durable man.
ner. If on careful examination Gen. Averelfs
company is found best able to do this, we
shall be very glad to have him get the work
otherwise not.
New-York tribune., 1875-02-23

1t becomes every day more apparent that If
On extra session of Congress is necessary, it
will be owing to the willfulness of the most
violent men of the Administration party in
pressing the consideration of purely partisan
measures, when business of real Importance
claims attention. Our Washington dispatches
show that the latter is 50 far advanced that
nothing but such abuse of time as is proposed
by Mr.. Morton in the Senate and the advo-
Gates of the caucus Force bill in the House
New-York tribune., 1875-02-23

The new rumors of diSseDsions in the Cabi-
net will occasion little surprise. In view of
the wcll.known difference OF opinion on the
treatment of the South between the President
and the three or four of the members of his
Cabinet who still command the confidence of
the public, the only wonder is that it has held
together so long. The Presidents Arkansas
message and the caucus Force bill, which is
known to have bis sanction, are opposed by
some of the ablest and stanchest Republicans
in or out of Congress and by a majority of
Republican newspapers. 1t would be strange
indeed if Secretaries Bristow. Jewell, and
Fish were to support the Presidents policy
in the face of such opposition within the party
fold, and against all the dictates of justice,
consistency, and sound craftsmanship.
New-York tribune., 1875-02-23

The two reports from the Alabama Outrage
Committee go over a great deal of ground
considering the imperfect nature of the inves-
tigation, and arc we'll worth reading. Of course
the majority and the minority are as wide
apart as the poles in their statements as well
as their conclusions 1t is very clearly estab-
lished, however, that the stories of outrage so
freely disseminated during the Fall campaign
were manufactured for political effect at the
North. In this respect, es in others, the
results of The TRIBUNE's Alabama investiga-
ton are very fully sustained.
New-York tribune., 1875-02-23

The fact that recent decision in the Su-
preme Court disallows claim previously
made by the Treasury on the Pacific Rail
roads, and reduces by from third to half
million the amount which the Government
can demand, seems to make the recent offer
of these railways more advantageous than it
first appeared. If the Government knows how
to get more money out of the railways by all
means let 1t do it, Thus far its success in
that way has not been sufficiently marked to
encourage us in hoping for very much in case
it refuses the million to million and half,
which under the proposed arrangement it is
SIRE of
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-01
THE BOUNTY BILL.
sAYMoND, MINI, N

T. RAYMOND, MINI, March "a, 1875. ~
EDITOR JouRNAI.-The Bounty Bill
that harp Of a thousand strings-has once
more been dug up and paraded before the
American public, judgment has been rem
dered and it has passed into oblivion; peace
to its ashes. The patriotic soldier of '82
who left his quiet home to fight the battles
Of his country has once more been held up
to public view as an object of Govern.
ment charity. We arc told by some that
we did not enlist for money, that we went
from patriotism. But if l remember right
Uncle Samuel did not think 80 at the time
He proposed that we should have an agree
ment drawn up in proper form-on one
aide the consideration was 30 many dollars,
on the other it was three years. service or
death. Has that agreement ever been full
hlled7 The soldier who holds his dis
charge papers can claim that he has rem
dered his part Of the service; can the
Government say that it has ever paid that
soldier the amount it agreed TOT It may
twist, and squirm, and say, II guess so,"
but it never can toe the mark with head
erect and say, II havev' l have no doubt
that there are some who think soldier that
could support his family with what he re-
ceived FROM the Government could at the
end of three years subsist on that wishy-
washy stuff they call patriotism and I think
that our posterity, which is sometimes re-
ferred to, would be as we'll satisfied if we
left it one of Uncle Samuel's slow notes
as it would be if informed that we were
paid for our patriotic services in money
worth fifty cents on the dollar.
D. B. FISK.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-01
DIR. PIERCE's FAvoKITE PREsCR1P.
TT0N

DIR. PnERCE'S FAVOKITE PRESCRIP-
is very strongly recommended by the Med
ical Faculty and is largely prescribed among
their Female Patients. 1t is worthy of ali
confidence, as may be seen from the follow
ing testimonials:
Dr.. G: B. CHAPMEN, Plattsmouth, Neb.,
writes: l have under treatment lady,
who, for the past seven years has been af-
hicted, and, after trying several physicians
without receiving benefit, is gaining rapidty
on your Favorite Prescription.
ATLANTA, ILL.
DR.. r. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y: Dear
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tude to you for your advice and assistance
In my case. There is not one who has used
your medicines since they have been
brought here but that can say with me
they have been greatly benefited. Since l
have been so helped by it's use, six or seven
around me left off all doctors and other
medicines, and now use it in their families,
after being cured of the same disease as
mine. You do not know what a. wonder it
created in our city, by its restoring my Sis
ter wrote you about, for she had been un-
der the care of three of our best doctors,
but could not sit up but for few minutes
at one time. I begged of her to try your
medicines, and before she had used half
the bottles she could go all around the yard,
and has now just come home from visit
five miles away.
Mrs. THOS. MCFARLAND.
Dr.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is sold
by dealers in medicines generally.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-01
W. 8. KINGS CASE IN COURT.

When Col. Kings case came be-
fore the Criminal Court of the Dis
trict Of Columbia Monday, Gen. But
Ter, one Of his counsel, took the
ground that the testimony taken by
the Ways and Means Committee of
the last Congress concerning the
truth Of the statements of Col. King
and Schumacher, was not proper or law
full evidence to be laid before the grand
jury. Judge Macarthur ruled that the
book containing this testimony could
not be submitted to the jury, but that
the case must 60 to it in the usual
manner. R. Harrington, another Of
Kings attorneys, claimed that by the
provisions of the statute of limitations
his client could not be prosecuted, the
two years having expired the 25th Of
February last. Judge Macarthur re.
ferred to the clause concerning the
time the accused was fugitive from
justice, which would extend the two
years. Gen. Butler said that King
did not flee from justice, but from in,
justice; that he had evaded process
because he did not wish to give evi.
dence which could be used in case
against him by the Pacific Mail Com.
Pany to deprive him Of his property
The Judge decided that this point
could only properly come up in a pies
at the bar.
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AENATOR CAPAGR.

The St. Cloud JOURNAL says Of
Senator Capser i
He accomplished all that was expected
of him. he was fair and just to all parts Of
his district, and his services are appreciated
and Acknowledged by the people.
Senator Capser's personal populari-
ty did more to carry through the
Senate the Normal School appropria.
lions than any other one thing. II
they had been introduced by any one
else their first defeat would have been
their final defeat.-Anti- Monopolist.
Senator Donnelly, the editor of the
Ant'.M oaopolistwas and has been one
Of the strongest opponents to Normal
Schools in the Legislature, and We
have it on excellent authority that
his opposition, as we'll at that Of 9TH
or members of the Senate and House
Of Representatives, was very much
lessened and in some cases entirely
done away with through the personal
efforts Of Senator Capser. Tho cred
it for the success of the bill for the
support Of the schools Mr.. Gilman
attempts to, but cannot, appropriate
to himself.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-01

The Hon. F. E. SPINNER, whose
forked-lightning signature to he
greenbacks has made his name known
in every nook and corner of the land,
has resigned his position as Treasurer
Of the United States and will retire
to private life July 1st. He was ap-
pointed Treasurer by President Lin
coin and has filled the onerous duties
Of tie Office ever since, handling
Thousands of millions of the Govern
ment's money, but without the slight
est suspicion on the part Of any person
that he ever kept 4 dollar which did
not belong to him. He is well ad-
vsnssd in years and needs the rest.
He has been an honest and a faith
full pubie servant. His successor
will be John G. New, Cashier Of the
First National Bank of indianapolis.
Ind. H. +. T., q. ::
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-01
Proposals for Army Supplies.
OFFICE CHEF C.S. DEPT OF DAKOTA, !
ST PAM. MIHN Asnch II 1a1k

OFFICE CH1xF 8. DEPT OF DAKOTA,
81. PAUL, MINI, March Is, 1875.
SEALED proposals. in duplicate, subject to the u.-
~. on Tuesday, April s, 1875, for furnishing the
following supplies for the Subsistence Department.
U. Army. delivered at such places in this city a.
my M Gs Or at the usual places Of delivery
164 barrels Mess Pork, new, not less that 200 h..
net to barrel: With one iron hoop at each end
$1,000 pounds Bacon, clear sides, in single gun
$4,000 pounds high ground, we'll dressed Xxx
Flour Winter Or Spring wheat bids to state which.
. $1,000 pounds Hard Bread, in strapped boxes, so
$4,000 pounds Corn Meal, fresh ground bolted,
bids to state whether white or yellow.
2l0oo pounds Prime White Beans; hand picked,
OF uniform size.
200 pounds Prime Peas.
$500 pounds Prime Rice.
=, 1900 pounds Choice Hominy, in barrels full head
1880 pounds Prime Rio Coffee, green, in double
$50 pounds Oolong Tea, true tea, in original halt
chests.
$1,000 pounds Sugar, equal to stu.rts &C." in bar
1000 gallons Vinegar, standard strength, in full
iron hooped painted barrels and half barrels
$40 pounds Adamantine Candles, in strapped
$4,000 pounds hard, dry, unadulterated Soap, in
strapped boxes.
$500 pounds clean, dry, fine Salt in barrels full
725 pounds pure ground Back Pepper in h pack
ages, packed in strapped boxes, OF 100 packages
each
Flour, Corn Meal, Beans, Peas and Rice, to be in
barrels full head lined, or In strong double sacks
containing 100 lbs net each.
Quantities above named to be increased or dimin-
shed according to the wants of the service at the
date Of opening the bids.
All stores to be Of the best quality and to be de-
ivered required after one week from the dste Of
the award, and samples Of all articles except Pork
and Bacon, to accompany the bids. :
cases.
Packages to be Of the best quality, and kind Of
packages to be stated in the proposals. ss
Inc rightto reject any or ~ bids y reserysd:
at Chicago to Major r. Macfeely, G. 81 for delivery
at st. Louis to Capt. C. B. Penrose, C. S. for delv-
B. QUARRY,
mar25-2w Major and g. 8
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-01

D. p. LOWE, late Member of Con-
gress from Kansas and present Chief:
Justice Of Utah, may perhaps not
be A. learnedin the law as some, but if
his rulings are as liberal as is his in
depreciation Of the word STATIONERY"
he ought to be satisfactory even to
the Mormons. While a Member Of
Congress he drew, as stationery, the
following among other things: SIS
stay laces, 348 pounds of soda, about
1000 pounds of sugar, "a boxes Of
lemons, 200 pounds Of CASTLE soap,
etc. Did he use the stay laces when
he wanted to get tight and the soda
when he began to get untight? The
sugar and the lemons would mix very
we'll, and the soap would come handy
to the average Congr essman.