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, 1876-03-03

1ask OF Ills interest for el10, 600 in gold, aud In
April, 1877, Chisholm un!oadsd his last foot to
Park aud Haxler.
suct, ia tho lltstory of tho E.gtn farmers con-
nactiou with tho Emma Miuo. The ancicut
pEoBpcctor il rich now, mud ~ TO uHle1oa mo
into hla pleaaant roceptlon-room last night, and
then wont Oh to talk Ut As hardahipa, thought
ho glanced around with m exaggerated air OF
comfort, probably contrasting his situation now
with that af aomo OF tho bleak winter nighta
awsy OH In tho L,itlo Cottonwood Canon.
~ TO THE PRESENT VALUE or TIE NINE,
Mr.. Chisholm cntertalus the most eanguine orin-
Ion. ! have already spoken Of cross-drjft.
found after digging IA foot into tho ORC. Ohs-
holm says this croHs-dsitt, alter running ebert
distance to tho northwest. opons up another
original. llo c!Aima tint tho mine ts q succea-
siou Of ''pockots." and tuttmates that purilsps
somebody will got posseesiou Of IL boforo long,
aol that it will yps provo ono OF tho tnoak valu-
able nines ever discovered. uo has received
private Alylces TINT the Bay City Tunnel has
been extended 10 point directly undot tho Em-
MA, and that gu. 600 orc has eosn taken out loss
than 100 foot underneath tbs original Emma
pocket. This being tic caae, LIE c!ans that
those 100 feat are rich IN ore, aud havu only to
bo worked to pay moro than the mine has aver
paid before. lle sesnle to entortalh tho highest
respect for his old discovery. and ho proplo-
aies that immenso smounts vt ore will yat re-
suit from vigorous Development.
htlsa Emma Chisholm. tho young lady from
whom tho famous mine takes ita nane. wRs born
In Eastern Minuosota Oh the 9th Ut May. 1859,
and is apn II years OF age. She is . tall young
IAdy. blonde, With light hair aud largo blue
eyes. very gseeefnl, aud quite pretty. Having
smbsfi!ahed With not us1ua . mtue thas TIA tu-
!olyed two conntslss IN srouhle, sne haa retired
from ths baptlana Of claims, aud nov engages Ia
ps4ceful e4ueAtoa1l pursuits at tho M1ssax
Giants aasdszay Ut lsAznlnk. an Dearborn
, 1876-03-03

NnuHE.
Mr. Morrison, tia Chairman of ths Co,nmlites o
Ways and Means, presented the viswa Ut the nnorit
on ta bill to carry Into sneet tho Hawaiian treaty
Ordered printed
, 1876-03-03
"CACKEMIRE MLLANO"

Black Silks, Of which we are sole
agents hero. Every yard warranted
to wear. The richost and cheapest
silk imported. The So quality ia
worthy special attention.
, 1876-01-20

ieatl,.rato among Union and Confederate
prisoners, ho turned TO BLAINE md said with
emphasis: "And, my friend. who Is tho
,nurdcrcr2 This inainuation Is paralyzed in
print. n1La version Of H1LI's words Is as
follows:
What II ths lcesc Of there facts according 10 tho
gentleman from Mntnaf 1 acorn to charge tnurlcr
upon the otncIas Of Northern prisons.
This is clear case Of political thitnble.rig.
Now you SEQ It and now you don't. The
eminent pres.idigisateur first ohnrges murder
md thcn-hey, ffcstoi-" to chargo
murder" It Is as neatly done as anything of
tho sort could be. 4 professional player Of
thrce-carl monte could not do better.
TheGo two instances Of supprtssio reri.
however, ara cclirsel by third. hfr. u1ll.
prints tho following:
Tbs mortality at auteraonvlIs md other confeder.
ale prisons fills short 'y more lhan pet cent tho
mortality In Federal prisons.
This is what ho pretenda ho said. And
here is wl,at he rcally snid:
Ths at crtes Of An3etsonvIlIe 10 nos begin to
rsse wil Tho atrocities OF Elmira. Fart Douglas,
Fort Delaware aud Of Ill The atrocities, both n Aner
sunsllle and Elnra, the Confederate Government
atanda acquitted fiom all responsibility and h!ane.
Hereafter, 1t might DO well to print two
editions Of tho Record, one giving the
speeches rs they nro inade and tue other
tho "dou8hfaco edition "--giging thom It's
they arc cooked up for consumption by
Northern Democrats.
, 1876-01-20

Thers has been sharp debate in the Sen
ate Of tho United States for several days on a
most extraordinary subject. The Treasury
OF the United statos is large establishment.
doing MI immense financial business. It
embraces variety Of departments aud n
multitude OF clerks. It collects roronue fRom
n variety Of SOURCES, and oxpentla that money
for various purposes. Its collections nrc
under authority OF law, and no money can
1cgnlly bo expended without authority of
law anl specific appropriation. There are,
Of course, several bookkcepers. One set Of
books shows the receipts Of revenues by tho
Collectors: another sl,owa the amount re-
ceceircl md paid out by tho Treasurer and
tho ba]anco on hW1d; another shows tho
nn,ount borrowed By tho Government, md
another the amount paid on the debt by the
Government These mud perhaps other
branches Of tho Treasury aro intended to bo
check upon each other. It now appears
that the books Of these several departments
do not agrce, and That there has been no
time within the last thirty years that they
have agreed
Tlora are also several otl.or things which
! will surprise the public. The monthly stato-
,nents Of tho public debt aro mers guess.
work, by no means accurate, md TINT 1t Is
impossible to have them accuzato. The fiscal
| year Of tho United Etnses ends on June 80,
| on which day the condition Of receipts aud
] expenditures aud Of the Treasury for tho
| year arc published. Those statements Mr.
| boutwell,, the ax-Socretary Of the Treasury,
no.Itt11~r nvv,tn$,,o md }f,.f
it takes many months after tho close Of the
yenr to collect full returns from oil tho COL
lection districts and diabursing agents in or
dor to state accurately tho condition of tho
Treasury at TINT date.
Now, accepting oil these explanations rs
true, why Is 1t that no SECRETARY Of tho Troas.
nry has undertaken to discover where the
discrepancies occur, and why 1t IL that no I'm.
provements have boon made in tho system oi
bookkeeping, or In the organization Of the
Department, which would correct these e1
traordinary conflicts? It is understood thai
many of these discrepancies go back to tht
earliest yeara Of the Government, growing
out of Revolutionary accounss. But why Il
It tint these old matters aro not carefully
compiled, and tho irreconcilablo bnlancc!
charged up to "prolt and loss" OF to some
thing else, md clean balanco-slset opened
for nt lcast tho Inst hnlf OF Tho century, vi
DO not know how much the existing nnd IN
explained discrepancies a,nouut to, but tho,
exceed severul millions Of doliars, mud Ger
tainly it Ia roproacl to the accountants o
the Treasury that they are permitted to con
tinue year after year.
, 1876-01-20


Gen. DANIEL O4MzRos, who served gallantly
through tho War, taking part in tho move
ments in Tennessee, Goorgia, md Mississippi,
md who for time was in command Of Camp
Douglas while 1t was prison for Con-
federatos, replies to BEN Hu1's dofonHs Of
Andersopville and assault upon Camp Doug
las in diEn1ael but no 1oss vigorous
manner.
Con CAMERON was Democrat when 10
entered the War. He'eans ont Of tho War a
Demoornt, mud has evol been and Is now a
conspicuous and respected member of the
Democratic party Of this county and State.
But ho has boen, nevertheless, patriot
Camp Douglas, while occupied by Confoler-
ato prisoners, was first under tho command of
Col. S1uL11oAN. He was succeeded by Gen.
{then Colonel) CAMERON; who iu turn was
succeeded by Gen. AMMEN, and nfter him
Gen, CAMERON again. Gen. SWEET was the
fourth and lust OF thoso commanders. With
tho personal and official character Of those
men Messre. CAuLT1E1D and HARRISON wore
sufficiently acquainted to know that neither
Of them would tolerate or in6ict tho slightest
! cruelty upon thoir prisoners, and Gen. CAM.
! EnoN pointedly rosrakes thoir defective recol-
| lcctious. We invite attention to the letter OF
tho deneral giving tho history of the prison
at Camp Douglas, and his comparison Of It
with Andersonviuo, whora in fur month";
more prisoners died than died at Camp Dong.
las in fur years, although tho latter 70,
nearly nil TINT timo held from 10000 to
| 10000 priaonesa.
, 1876-01-20

The beauties OF tho contract syatem rs
fostercd and encouraged By tho present Board
of County Commissioners nro Btrik'ngly
iltustrated In the cnso Of EcHErFLER, who
proposes to bury tie panpera at s1.40 each,
hut who frankly admits that ho has MI ar
rangcmont with BoSFIELp, tho next highest
bidder, who Is 10 l,avo tho contract anyhow
at 81 II be can, at Sl.4o II he must. These
contractors scnrcely take the troublc to deny
TINT their profit On the hurinl Of panpers Is
realized By tho sale Of tho bodies for tho
purposes Of dissection. "Subjects com.
mand from S12 to $50 each, md can be
hauled to the medical colleges far cheaper
than TO Potter'e Field. There are evidences
Of the existence Of now and CHASTITY com-
bination Of corruptionisss-a cadaser-ous
Ring, o. 1t were, in the County Board.
, 1876-01-20

Confedorates that co1ored Union soldiers,
when capturol, should ba treated as slaves
md not As prisoners, and TINT tho white ofll-
GERS commanding colorod troops should DO
trcated as criminals md held for execution,
to which the United States could never sub.
mil without infamy.
The contederates gloriad In the taotics they
bad adopted. The strong and nblo.bodiod
men Of tho North vera sont to 1oashsomo
prisons, where, without water, exposed by
day to tho acorching sun, and at night to the
frosts mud all times to the rain, with no
tents, sleeping on tho bnre ground, packed
together In nh Enclosure containing mnrsh,
there to perish. by thousands, Of poison.
starvation, and brutal treatment md often
deliberate murder, for crossing tic doad-lino
In search Of food
Tho Rebel prisoners in the Union camps
were, on the contrary. well fed we'll clad,
we'll sle!tercd, carefully nnrsed, and grew
rapidly in heatth. When 1861 was reached,
there were 90 900 prisoners in tho hands Of
tho Rebels reduced By starvation and brutal
ity to the condition Of skeletons, untitled for
nts time for eervice in tho field, md whose
days OF lifo woro sadly limitod. Then, when
JEFF DAVIS man W1NDzn Ind accomplished
this dreadful work. the Confederate Govern
ment asked to deliver these human skeleton
or remaan.s Of mortality, these famished,
dsing victims Of their diabo1ical inhumanity,
In exchange for an oqud number Of halo,
hoarty, vigorous men, who had boen enjoy
Ing themselves at the North upon the fat Of
tho land. Then the exchange would have
been Of living corpses for able-bodiod lighting
! nen. II would hive bcen to give LEE q new
| army Of healthy, atatwast soldiers, to prolong
the war, and to fight the Union armies then
in the field, d,-costing tens Of thousands more
lives to capture thom again.
The nebel policy was to cripple tho prison.
ers in their hands or to so starve and poison
them TINT they would aever b ft to take the
field ngain. That policy they carried ont 10
tho utmost extent, niad within the stockado
at Andorsonvile and tho tobacco-warehouses
Of Richmond they committed IN infanly
which has no parallel in civilized warfare,
and which is at to take rank In the record Of
the great atrocities which preserve the names
Of tho monsters who committed them. And
it Is tie chief author OF tho damnnble atroci-
ty whom tho Democrats in Congress insist
upon restoring to full citizenship, in order
that he may rsappear in the Senate Chamber
md once moro lead tho Domocratio-C -Confod-
crates and fling his cursed insoleneo In tho
faces Of loyal men.
, 1876-01-20

Two afilayits appear in another column
which viii scarcely fail to prove both valua-
bio and Interesting to the Peuitentiary Com
missioners and Gov. DEyEn1DoE, rs those
gentlemen appear to have been In some
doubt up to this timo as to the possibility
that there could b. suol, thing as irrcgu-
iaritios and amall stealinga Carried on Under
the vary noses Of the State Prison nnnage-
mont. Tho affidavit Of S1r. Wilcox tells pre-
cisclY how 1t was done, whi1o TINT Of Mr.
Adams showa concluaivoly Tint Il private un-
derstanding or partnership existed between
Mr.. W11cox and Purchasing-Ageut HAsfu.-
TON. Tho mntter ia now placed in tangible
shape for investigation By the penitentiary
Commissioners, who will, Of course, follow
up with alacrlty The Tn1nuxE'a claw to The
exposure Of The rascality practiced in the
rrfEnn.
, 1876-01-20
THE pRRvERs1ou OF a SPEECH


4 comparison Of Ben LINKS speech as it
Was mode on tho floor Of Congress and rs 1t
hns been printed in the Coagr<ssional Record
shows that the litter is nearly as full Of sins
of omission as the former Was Of those Of
commission. There Is no need OF comment
ing on the conte1nptih.e dishonesty OF tlcliv-
ering one speech anl printing another. That
is patent, Tie practice las another bud sido
to 1t, which IL less often considered. The
Congressional Record Is the great reservoir for
the futura historian Of onr politics II con.
tains ths raw material Of tho books which nrs
to supply statesmen with suggestions, politi-
Clans with precclents, and the multitude
with facta. Erperitntat tlaeet, saith the old
provcrb, but how can experience teach When
nobody knows wlas sort Of experience u
country or m indiyIdua! has Ind. The
Record, at present, is mainly useful as n
means Of informing posteFity what tie Hon.
did say, the student mnst search tho dusty
t'los Of the daily press, The official press Ia
so!osnnly lying to postcrity. It pay bo worth
willis 10 note three Of tha cases in which Mr.
H,l1. WIS ashamed or afraid to pint what he
had said. Ilo spoke as follows,
not pleasant for ING 10 bf,u8 forward proof thai
any portion Of my country aas been guilty cf xiltu
murder or tbs cruel ttest1psat Of poor manaclsd
prisoners.
This WAS tantamount to saying that the
North had been guilty OF "willfu! murder
and Ut "cruel treatment" Of the cagod Con
fctteratea. But dexserous change OF tonBes
and the Interpolation Of clause lust Yeyerae{
, 1876-01-20

A sharp clashing Of Church md state au-
'hority has occurred in Italy, where the Gov
,rnment has asserted ita power in the sum-
nary closing. Of the Episcopal Seminary at
Como ON account Of refusal to admit the
HQvernmqpt Inspector,
, 1876-01-20

material part Of ilis ca1outkttoos. In rtgani to
tho present mild wluter, curlons statement,
which NO bolioso viii bo borno out on exatn.nn-
sion, fa that the astfoss aud woathorwlhs pooplo
generally prsdleteh thnt tlis aeason would bo un-
uaually mild. ncfors TIM oosa uf navigation the
marine reporter Of TilE TRIBUNE recorded some
predictions Of thIs kind. Il MAS said then t!lat
The n1uskratm and bcAvern had made tIlcie winter
arrangements On IN extremely muhebt tea!e.
Scientific people might lind 1t worth thoir willis
10 insttute aone inquiries on this acore before
the opportunity ia past..
, 1876-01-20

ChRflea Nordhono I0ttnfs from th8 Honth u
the Herald arc to b. puhlLsned by the HArpas4
In book-form.
Sir David Wilkie. the En2lish painter, oh.
tanned hla model OF "Au old WOMAN " In tha per.
SOU Of hEa friend Jackson, tho sculptor. T4s
1norld appositsly quoses Emeraon's ssytng TINT
IN artist "would grind up bis tsieuds TOR paint
Tha London gossips try to make It sppest
That tho Princess Beatrice, It she has bar WAY,
will marry tradoamAn. In order to avoid TIT
carking cares which her sister, the rssncesa
Louise. and the Marquis Of Losas hava sut
tained4
Prof. Pepper has retired from the drsma,'l
p1ofesAIon altar an experience Of ono night II
st, Louis. Heroaitsr he will bAvo the part o.
tha Alchtmfss acted by aomsbody olse, 1ble b
aenda oslind tbs scenns and attends to the op-
tical etfools.
Col. Henry Gildsraloeye, tho famous riflonsn
haa already become terror to eVil.doers In BIZ
now position OF Judge Of tho Court Of General
Sessions. Ho senda mp guilty mon for terms oi
atghtoou years out OF = possible twouty. 1tt
enough to bring tears to = bulls eye.
4 grandson of Dr. LempsIere. the huthor o
the 'ClassIcal Dictionary" IL llslug In grea
poverty In 8omersotahIre, England. He had
gained preaanons livelihood by oItf.postng.
q
but owing to stcauesa he and hia family are le1
In nans. an appeal Ia made In London papes
In h'a oohalt.
Dr.. John Hail said to hla congregation last
4uudnT moroing: ~ hats to have this church
/ called msno; hate to SEQ II III tho nowspapon
| called Dr.. Halls Clutch. It is not u'ne ~
yours and your roht!d'eus' Of tether 1t u ohrsts.
| the Lords" II certainly Il not the church q
the poor In spirit.
The London Saturday Rerteto, In dtscusBtol
the Eeeehcr scnndal, aaya that the tolerana
which Ia sho~n TO conduct like that Of hf
Beeoller. even admitting that he IL not guilty
ths specific crimos charged against him. enofa4
au indication Of general unsouadness Of op'a'
Ion and morality in thtscountsy.
Mrs. OAtos and company 40 enjoying mosl
prosperous sessou In Oinciauhti. s.anding-roon
being ID request NJ every performance. The ~
port that she Is TO bu married. 10 mlolstest
ron. In ths presenco OF an audience. BY Flofeoes
Mccarthy or Dewitt Tslmsgo' u thought ~
lack the essential efomont OF truth.
4 funny story Ia told OF two Vermont farmer
who nso not Hrapgers. Tho! induced tbsls
wives to Join AID report before they would uaua'
nit themselves. Now, when they Win, ttey eka.
not. Two blactballs gscot every spploatlou'
, 1876-01-20

Tho change in the weather was most op-
perfume at Joliet, for 1t enabled the people Of
TINT city to witness yesterday fine street
parade Of various bodies Of Knight Templars,
who were present in connection with tie an
nual inspection and reception Of Joliet Com
ruauderY No l.
, 1876-01-20

Fresh and important evidence Of outrage
ous discrimination against Chicago in freight
rates to The East was brought before the
Board Of Trade Committee yesterday. Ao.
cspting as true the statement Of Mr.. Jor that
none but bankrupt roads can afford to treat
this city fairly, the feeling begins very gen.
orally to obtain that 1t would be godaend to
Chicago II ali the ines to the seaboard we're
haukrunt
, 1876-01-20

don't Of "sl,o late unp'essantnesa." One morn.
Ing Gen. DAsRa wAa bloaklast.z19 n h1a tent
whom o tno'nbor Of hla btaif rushod Ia aui
easped "TAo llcbels arc advancing upon ns
rapidly; our ousposts have hsen attacked md
our pfcketa driven !n. What shall bo done z"
lilo uenoral sat acrono!y n tho table, and, with
wavs OF b!s hand, saId, graudty, "nepu1ss shs
enomy ut oncol"
, 1876-01-20

pronounce md dot1ass DkstAxls F. DuTLKx to hs
\ faon deserving Of capital phaIsltnent. do oslcf
Thai ho be longer cons'd r!d trn.ted ~ pube
enemy Of tho Ennf .derAtc Sta II Anlocl but nj an
akl az nnd common nnemy Of ,ninkiad, sud that ID
lilo crsnt Of his capture. o!cor IN rom of she
caplurlnB force do chao him 10 he ffh.tatta rxe.
-,tt.d BY hnntrfug Aid ID further ordte tint no
10 nusnud o3cer OF the tJu!te HtaaA t4k,n n.pt4se
A4!l TO faroeA before e1hhaug, uni the ta1 DutL.a
th.ll havl mot With dus puntsImsnt for hls ctint1
I'll all commanding On FRA In tho n.n1 Of vii
F. HuyLxH hto tleoa.red not sntItled 10 bs L.
crod 1orEe tcl Ia homer tble wlrfare but -
roAIers an1 crmluAa deserving s lth ani thIt th.y
and each Of tham be, venevor captured, feservsd t
execution.
And this ss the man whom DARNEY CArLf1tto
and CARTER II. HARRISON aud other Congress-.
men of tlst ,lk iusint shall hnvo amnesty thrust
uron, ip order that he may rrsuru to bis old sca!
tu the seoa,e, mud DO eligible for tho Presidency
wllsn tho Confederate Democracy como into
ppNof,
, 1876-01-20

Gov. BEvza1poE positively declines to cheat
tho hangman out Of two notwithstanding
candidates for hempen distinction, ,-MAn-
saA11. GRAIN, the Williamson County assaa-
sin, and HENRY JACOBS, the Joliet wife-mur-
derer, both Of whose executions are set for
Friday Of this week.
, 1876-01-20

The more important portions Of Gen Gam
s1p's great speech in reply to BEN H111.'s
Rebel harangue arc reproduced from the Con-
grssno71aI Record In cur columns this morn
Ing. The speech is to be published in PAM
phlst form BY the National Republican Ex-
ecntlvs Committee, md $1,000 printed for
distribution
, 1876-01-20

Tho Illinois Farmers Association, so-oalled,
has voted to instruct Congress to repeal the
Resumption act, so-ealled, and to havs mona
but truly American money, produced by
American prinsing-machines, recognized a.
american lcgal-tender BY the American
GuYefpueut
, 1876-01-20

Tho Daptiat clergymen Of Droo1!yn havo boon
enjoying quito = refreshing aeason recently. At
Conference moosiug. On Monday, The qnoBtion
was discussed % 10 whother tho Rav. REUBEN
JEgrEnY should bo allowed 10 road \ papor.-the
objection being that Mr. ]. was not nound Oh tho
doctrine OF ctoep communion. Dr.. M1LRn WAS
making few scu,arks, whom QUO ot tho brotbrea
politely invited Al.n 10 "8huk ao! "-w4.ch In
vitation Dr.. II. doellnod with the suggestion:
"af1nd your own busiueas1" Dr.. JEFrEnY,
after considerable opposltion, got tho hoor. and.
having defined Lis viaws on tie right OF COM
,nunion. hcb, he bald. "a man docs not
denso from hta baptism. but from bis faith
tn Chflss,"-assertod that ha had been
treated as 4 sort Of moral leper, not.
wishassul,ne which fact 10 would take every
man 10 hia heart. "exccp. ons." Ds. FuLzes
inquired, +" Who Is that one 2" and DR.. JErTEnY
supplied tho Information, conciaoIy but une-
quixoc.lly, thus "You, sir!" This retort,
strange to sas, did not plosao Dr.. FULTON. aud
ho garo tho opou.c u.communlonist lively "hoop-
ng.up." DR.. FuLrox bears = striking resem-
blanca to lobster IN one respect ho nsyer
seenH to DO In liB BBphoro except uheu foundos-
Ing IN very hot wafer. When he WAS Immersed
tho auia muss surely have been at = tompersturo
Of At loaut 2l2 Fahrenheit. Why. however, be
should be exaspesated At = mans refusal to take
him to hIa heass IL ine1pleable to the lals3. who
aro not tdmtrera OF tnAscnlna ca1easos- II 1t
had bsen female hoalt, Of course that would
hsYo been totally different matter.
, 1876-01-20

rest.
There Is, however, possibility that when
these facts arc brought to tho attention Of
Ju.lgo McAlLR1En, now sitting In the Grim.
innl Court, he will order these Objectionable
names ssrikon from the list, and direct the
proper officer to summon reputable citizens
to take tho places thus matle vncant.