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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29

The Specie Payment Bill Agreed Upon by
the Majority of the Democratic Caucus
Committee at Washington.

The Specie Payment Bill Agreed Upon by
the Majority of the Democratic Caucus
Committee at Washington.
Subjoined is full copy of the bill
agreed to by the majority Of the Dem
ocratic caucus finance committee, and
reported to the caucus by MIR. Payne:
A Bill to provide for the gradual resump-
ton of specie payment
Be 1t enacted, etc., That it shall be the
duty of the secretary of the treasury during
each and every year from and after July 1,
1876, and until the legal tender notes of the
United States shall be appreciated to par
value with gold and shall be convertible in
to coin, to cause it to be set aside and re-
tanned in coin and amount equal to three
per centum of such legal tender notes out
standing, an Sfrom the date of such con-
vertibility as foresaid, the amount of coin
set aside and. tanned as aforesaid shall be
held as resumption fund in respect to said
legal tender notes, and shall at no time be
less than thirty per centum of such out
standing legal tender notes. Provided, how
ever, that the coin SO set aside and retained,
as above provided shall be counted as part
of the sinking fund for the purchase or the
payment of the public debt as required by
section 1864 of the revised statutes.
Sec. g. That it shall be the duty of each
national banking association during each
and every year from and after July l. 1876,
and until the full and complete resumption
of the payment in specie of it's circulating
notes, to set aside and retain from coin re-
ceivable and interest on the bonds deposited
with the treasurer of the United States as
security for it's circulation, an amount equal
to three per cent of it's circulating notes is
sued to such association and not surrender
ed, and from the date of it's resumption of
specie payments as aforesaid, the amount of
coin to be held and maintained as a re-
sumption fund shall at no time be thirty
per cent. of it's outstanding circulation !;
that the coin by this section directed to. be
set aside and retained shall be as part of the
lawful money reserve which said association
is by existing laws required to maintain.
Sec 3. That so much of section three of
an act entitled can act to provide for the re-
sumption of specie payments" approved
Jan. ID, 1875, as required the secretary of the
treasury to redeem legal tender notes to the
amount of eighty per centum of the sum of
national bank notes issued to any banking
association increasing it's capital or circula-
ton, or to any association newly organized
as provided in said section, and also so
much of said section three as relates to or
provides for the redemption in coin of the
United States legal tender notes on or after
January 1, 1879, and all other provisions of
law inconsistent with this act, are hereby re-
raaled
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29
Poor Organs.

The following from the New York
Christian advocate, written by it's editor
in-chief, DR.. Currie, some years since,
is yet more true to-day than when it
was written; as the popularity of the
instrument has extended, the number
of incompetent makers has increased.
There are now few articles in reference
to which the public is more deceived
and imposed upon than in parlor or
cottage organs. This is attested by the
thousands of such instruments now
standing utterly useless, all over he
country, which are but fewmonths or
years old:
CABINET OR PARLoR ORGANISMS usu-
al in such cases, the new and large
demand for these instruments has in
duced a great number of persons to en-
gage in their manufacture, some of
whom are quite unequal to the business
they have undertaken. It requires
something more than the mechanical
skill of the artificer in wood and iron to
make and prepare for use a musical in
strument; and yet some have evidently
bought nothing else to their aid in the
business. The result is that the country
is becoming filled with inferior and de-
fective instruments. Large sums of
money are expended for valueless ar
ticles, and the people are defrauded of
their needed musical education. The
evil is intensified by the fact that these
inferior instruments are, on account of
their inferiority, most industrously
urged upon the public. Because they
cannot compete with better ones in the
open market, they are pressed upon the
public by direct solicitations; and be-
cause they offer larger commissions,
they are those most commonly offered
by agents and hawked by peddlers
And as most purchasers are unable to
judge of the relative merits of these
things, the inferior articles are often
bought when better ones are desired,
and would be cheerfully paid for.
Induced by these considerations, we
have been at some pains to ascertain
what instrument of the many now So
Letting the public favor combines the
greatest amount of real excellences.
We have prosecuted this inquiry en-
tirely independently of aid Or direction
from interested parties. The opinions
OF some OF the best musical critics, com
posers, and performers have been OBJ
tanned; reports of experiments made in
churches, schools, and families have
been compared, all of which with singu-
lar unanimity concur in assigning the
first place to the Cabinet Organ of
Mason & Han2lin-a decision that cor
responds with our own previously
formed convictions, We
have written these things without solici-
tation from any one, and without the
knowledge of those whose pecuniary
Interests we may seem to favor. The
interest of our readers is the object we
have sought especially to promote, and
in that interest we have prosecuted our
inquiries, and now we record our CON
victions.-N. Y. Christian Advocate.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29

AN old gentleman with white hair at
tended the Moody and Sankey meetings
at the New York Hippodrome lately,
and, for want Of a better seat, took a
place at the reporters table. The re-
porters were about to request his with
drawal, when he said: 81 feel entitled
to place here. because am the oldest
reporter in New York" TIE old man
was Thurlow Weed
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29
FL EADACHE. There

FL EADACHE.-There are various
causes for headache, as arrangement of the
circulating system, of the digestive organs
Of the nervous system, etc. Vegetine can
be said to be sure remedy for many kinds
of headache, as it acts directly upon the va
rious causes of this complaint
indigestion, costiveness, rheumatism, neu-
ralgia. billiousness, etc. Try the Vegetine.
You will never regret it.-Com.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29

At our request Cragin & Co., of Phil
adelphia, Pa, have promised to send
any of our readers gratis ION receipt
of Is cents to pay postage) a sample
of Dobbins' Electric Soap to try. Send
at once.-COm.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29
The Wonders Of Modern Chemistry.
SarSaparillan and Its Associates,
Changes AS Seen and Felt ~ They Oath
Occur after Using Few Doses OF
DIR. RADWAY'S
SarsapariIlian
ResolvessSv
nvyD unE.n rpr nnr> v,rrnrrunx>
THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER.

melancholy Increase and hardness of flesh and mns
Strength pRste relish
s Hgopoas ''''D anu s''p' A"'N''' " '& avg
looks cleo and healthy, the urine changed from it's
ed and cloudy o To FLEA bsdd %
urethra without pain or scalding little or no sednnens
4. Marked dminuton OF quantity and frequency Of,
involuntary weakening discharges df afflicted that aye
exhibited in the secreng glands, and functional has
eGstor f to the s s r. I5a and ~.
thy saffron appearance OF the skin changed to ee
tubercles will realize great benefit in expectorntire
cells bronchi or vndpipe throat or head Diminishing
Of the frequency Ct cough general increase of streng
pains and feeling Of Weakness sreund the ans,s ,sess
m these
Ks dsS after aas h sna
ns IN sTengR sha
mnish. and all foreign and impuis deposits. nodes
the unsound made sound and healthy; ulcers ssyet
syphilitio Sores chronic skin diseases gfaaas
-, In where the system has been salivated an
in
ed n ecos With & Of I
causing carries Of the bones ricketts, spinal curvatnres
esoapterons White sTelings varcoss veins, ETC. th
posts aud e1termnate the virus of the disease th
system.
part or parts where the pain or difficulty exists Will
Twenty drops il half tunber water viii, fess
moments, cure CRAMPS, SPASMS, SOUR STOat@
AGH, HEARTBWRg sICK HEA AI =, p lssIe
BOWELS, and ali INT ERNAI PRINS,
Travellers should always carry bottle of RAD
WAYS RELIEF with them. A few drops in wass1
will prevent sickness pains from change of wateg
IT Is BETTER THAN FRENCH BRANDY Or.
BITTERS AS STIMULANT.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29

Headquarters Northwestern Claim Collection and PEN
sion Agency Bountes Back Pay, Prize Money, Pensions
Increase Pensions and Claims of all kinds promptly col
lected Every soldier disabled (thongh but slightly by
wounds injuries disease is entitled to p nson Where
soldier dead the widow child is entitled Most
sons be inc eased Apply at Have had years
experience the front soldier 10 years experience
in collecting these claims All letters cheerfully and
promptly ed If return posta is ncos ed Send 10
cents for Bounty and Pension laws. Address f. S.
WEEDEN CHICAGO, ILL eS No charge unless claim
lie collected Satisfaction guaranteed in all cases.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29
Southern Hotel. st. Louis. Mo.

The most complete hotel in all its APP
pointments in the West. The table supplied
at all times with the best the market affords.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29

CHAPPED hands, face, pimples, ring
worms, saltrheum, and other cutaneous af-
fections cured, and rough skin made soft
and smooth, by using Juniper Tar Soap.
Be careful to get that made by Caswell,
Hazard q Co., New York, as there are many
limitations made with common tar, all OF
which are worthless-Com.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29
me Causes of Pecuniary Credulity.

From the London Spectator.
Ioney, like house-building and re
on, is thing everybody feels coma
ent to form an opinion on; and
IN everybody feels competent, the
ordinary guaranty against folly,
instructive desire for a leader or
lie, ceases to operate. The lender
ckles to himself at his own astu-
ess In finding an Investment which
Is so much, or borrower who Of
such pleasant terms, Or a security
completely tout of the way of
ness" a phrase which for some
lie has positive charm, that is not
ether unknown to those who bor-
IF them.
/, banker said a borrower, In the
RS hearing, would not look at the
.ity, because it could not be sold by
on, but you will see how good it is -
he argument constantly finds &C
nee The lenders amour loropre is,
It, soothed, instead of his pecuni-
aution being startled. That has
satisfied by the fact that the Dor
only offers five per centum. /
My getting five per centum," says
,nder to his friends, and feels tina.
lterest is proof in itself of good
.ty, superstition which constantly
the kind of men who regulate
conduct by n1axims, and do not
1ghly understand them"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29

In cases of prostration and despond-
ency use Ritmeier's California Vine Bitters
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29

New wells are of cream-colored net,
dotted with chenille.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29
Dr. RAILWAYS
REGULATING PILLS

purge regulate, purity, cleanse and strengthen
WAYS PILLS, for the Of all disorders of the
Stomach, Liver, Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous
Diseases Headache Constipation; Cosyeness Injges
ton of the Bowels, Piles and Iii arrangements tho
Internal Vscera Warranted II effect positive cure
Purely Vegetable, containing mercury, minerals, o5
deeteTious drugs.
a5-Observe the following symptoms resulting fsopa
Disorders of the Digestive Organs
Constipation, Inward Plies, Fulness of the Blood N
the Head Acidity of the Stomach Nausea, Heartbnr,
Disgust of Food Fullness or Weigh in the Stomach.
Sour Euctations Sinking Futterns at the Pit OF t
Stomach, Swimming of the Head Hurried and Dill
fcult Breathing, FIuttering the Heart, Choking
Suffocating Sensations when l. = Lying Posture, Dny
ness of Vision Dots or WebE hefnFe the Sight Fea
and Dull Pain in the Head Defcsney of Perspiratsa
Yeowness of the Skin and Eyes, Pain in the SRsa
Chests, Limbs, and Sudden Flashes of Heat, Burning
the Flesh
A few doses of FaADNVAX = 4-zLaiS viii free the
system from all the above FAMED disorders Price rs
Cents per BOx. SOLD BY DRUGGISTS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29

A SHIP that broke loose during q
snow storm became adrift.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29
READ "FALsN AMI TRUE

re vVarreE Street, New York. Information
worth thousands will be sent you.
If those who are taking these medicines for the
# Chronic, Scrofuous Syphilitlc diseases, however
erai health improving their flesh and weight increasing
keeping it's own it is sign that the cure NJ
progressing In these diseases the patient either gets
better worsethe virus of the disease is not nactyS
if not arrested and driven from the blood 1t will spread
and continue to undermine the constitution AS sooza
feel bettere every hour will grow better anu IN
crease in health, strength and flesh.
The great OF this remedy IS In diseases EnaE
threaten death-as in Consumption Of the Lungs and
Wasting De generation and liberation of the Kianeys
Diabetes Stoppage of Water instantaneous relief ak
forded catheters have to be used thus doing away
with the painful operation of using these
dssoving stone in the bladder, and in all cses OF IN
Illumination of the Bladder and Kidneys, In Chfosaie
cases of Leucorrhea and Uterine diseases.
In tumors, nodes hard Jumps and syphilod ulcers; I'm
dropsy and venereal sore throat ULCERS and in tuhe
of the lungs; in govt, dyspepsia, rheumatism rczes
mercurial depostsit is in these terrible forms OF
disease where the human body has become complete
wreck, and where every hour of existence Is torture
wherein this great remedy challenges the astonishrzat
and admiration of the sick. 1t is in such cases, where
all the pleasures of existence appear cut on fIam ne
unfortunate and by its wonderful, almost supernatural
agency, it restores the hopeless to life and new
existence where this great remedy STANDS alone 21A
might and power
In the ordinary skin diseases that every
less troubled with, few doses will in most cases. and
few bottles in the more aggravated FORMS work PER-
manent
Those afflicted with chronic diseases should purchase
a package containing dozen bottles Price SxD
Dozen So per half dozen bottles, 81 per bos
tle Sold by druggists.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29
no! FOR IOWA!!
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ARE MOST COMPLETELY REPRESENTED IN OUR
sample pages, bindings, Illustrations ETC. All are
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their quick sales Fail to send for particulars at
once to VALLEY PusAssHING Co., Chicago Ill.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29

The "pATENr IvoRYn HANDLE TABLE KNIFE.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29

Price SO Cents. Sold by Drugg lists,
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-09
THE GREATEST OFFENDER.

Whatever may be proved against Grants
appointees, from the elegant and accom-.
plished scamp who served as Secretary OF
War, all the was down to the ragged rascals
that steal from government warehouses under
the protection Of the keepers who employ
them, whether they are impeached for high
crimes or ara sent to serve penal term at
hard labor within the walls of prisons, the
culorits and their friends will have the poor
satisfaction of knowing that the head Of their
party and their commander-in-chisf is far
more culpable than they are. All the plum
derings Of all the robbers of the treasury
united in one great steal would be small
crime in comparison with the outrage perpe-
trated by Grant against the State of Louisiana
and her people. The peculators, jobbers and
ccmo ined sxind.ers b I've stolen money from
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-09

the people and brought the blush Of shame
to TIE cheeks Of honest Republicans
The direct damage they have done may be
measured in gold, except that they have fos-
tered loose morals and encouraged vanton
extravagance. A few years of honest govern
ment will cure the injury they have inflicted
and cover their deeds with comparative OBJ
livion. Perhaps their children will feel the
disgrace brought upon them by dishonorable
fathers and be summed by the poorer chill
dren of more honest parents. Theirs was .
crime against the property and the reputation
of the. Republic, but the crime of Grant was
against that constitutional liberty which out
weighs in value all other possession in mass.
1t was an outrage against . right and q
principle intellectually more valuable than the
right of the government to its just dues under
the laws. Their crime was depreciation
upon the property Of citizens in the hands OF
their representatives and agents; his crime
was against the honor, the independence, the
liberty and the right of self-government of
the people of q great Commonwealth. Their
crimes may be in part forgiven, in considera-
ton Of the influences around them, but the
more conspicuously wicked course of their
exemplar and tyrant chief will stand recorded
in the memories of all just men and patriots
as long as histories are read or written.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-09
LEGISLATION FOR DUB CITY.

Whether the direct and immediate benefit
of the legislation of the recently closed ses-
sion of the General Assembly amounts to
much or little, it has at least been sufficient to
show what could have been done by Con
sentative House, with the aid and co-opera-
ton of friendly Senate and an impartial
Executive. The interests Of the city were in
careful and able hands during the session.
The Mayor and Council were represented by a
committee in constant attendance at the State
House. where they had room, and where
they consulted legislators, public officials,
and the people. Drafts Of necessary bills,
carefully prepared, were furnished BY this
committee, and no stone was left unturned by
its members. Demands were in no case ex-
orbitant Nothing was asked in behalf of
the city which fair Legislature might not
have conceded without debate or hesitation.
The Property Holders Union was likewise
represented by an able executive committee,
present every day Of the session, and using
all available means Of securing reformatory
legislation for the benefit and relief Of the
overloaded taxable property Of New Orleans
There was also q special committee on city
affairs, composed of able members of the city
delegation in the House, Loaded by the Hon.
Louis A. Witt. ex-Mayor. nd strong advo-
cate Of the city's interests. as chairman,
besides being the recognized leader of the
Democratic Conservative majority of the
House, and the member especially respected
BY the opposition in the Senate. Numerous
bills relating directly or indirectly to the city
were referred to. this committee, and they
were acted on in every instance with sole re-
ference to their valid and natural effect upon
the welfare and commercial prosperity Of
New Orleans Sessions of this committee
were held every day or every alternate day
during the period of the General Assembly,
and we are informed that the committees re-
commentator was adopted by the House on
every bill that had been referred to it. There
was no essential disagreement by the execu-
tive committee Of property holders, or the
committee of the City Council, with the
special legislative committee on city affairs.
In all essential matters the three committees
substantially agreed. Had there been no
political alteration and had the Senate been
propitious instead of hostile, al legislation
strictly necessary would have been enacted
by common consent. What was done in
spite of most unfavorable auspices will be
related in detail hereafter.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-09
BREACH OF PRIVILEGE.

The privileges of the National Legislature
were .vindicated and maintained with great
spirit in the House of Representatives on
Tuesday in the debate on resolution pre-
sented by Mr.. Lamar by which members Of .
House committee were directed to disregard
the mandates of court ordering them to ap-
pear as witnesses. and to bring with them
testimony before such committee. From the
telegraph, synopsis Of the discussion it ap-
pears that q mandate from the Supreme
Criminal Court in and for the District Of Co
lumbia ordering such attendance and pro-
duction Of testimony was pronounced by a
solemn resolution of the House breach of
privilege, the resolution being adopted by q
vote of nearly three-ffths of the members
present.
II the Constitution of the United States
had been silent as to the privileges of mem
bers of Congress, there would be sufficient in
the history of representative governments,
and especially in the history Of the British
Parliament, to warrant our representatives in
disobeyipg the mandate of local court which.
in their opinion, contravened their duty as
Legislators.
It is one Of the highest privileges pertain
ing to member of Congress that he shall
not be subject to arrest while at the seat OF
government attending to legislative business,
or while going to or returning from it, except
in cases of felony or breach of the peace.
The House of Representatives is not Judi
cial body, and is not obliged to take or pre-
serve or communicate testimony given before
it or before any of Its committees. After
documents aad writings are put in its pos
session, it is not compelled to pub
lish them nor to produce them at
the order of any tribunal, even Though such
order might coms from the Supreme Court OF
the Uuited States, under its seal and the sig
nature of the Chief Justice. It was the
intent Of the Constitution that the three CO.
ordinate branches of the government, the
legislative, the executive and the judiciary,
should be distinct and independent. 1t is
quite apparent that. if members Of Congress
were amenable to the orders that any court
might issue, the result might be subordina-
ton of Congress to the judiciary. It is easy
to imagine how perverse and ambitious
Executive might conspire with corrupted
courts to take from legislators all safety and
freedom of action. Results equally prepos-
ferrous would follow from the undisputed ex-
ercise of the authority on the part Of courts
to compel thu produ st.on o. evidence taken