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The Government Magazine for Farmers.

The so-called Agricultural Department
ought TO be speedily abolished. IL is one
of the many contrivances which ingenious
politicians have devised in order to pro-
vide for their friends at the expense Of the
nation.
The monthly report issued by the depart
meut is simply a Government attempt to
publish an agricultural magazine. As a
Government enterprise it Is an illustration
of the paternal policy which has been car
ried TO such an extent by the Repub ican
party, and which is deplored by every dis
interested person able TO discern the evils
OF over-legislation. As an agricultural
publication 1t is a very poor and often
very ridiculous specimen OF writing and
editing.
The last number issued, covering the
months OF March and April, is hodge,
podge of unimportant facts and insignfi-
cant figures. Here we are told of The prog
ress of the scab, rot, grub in the head,
fuke in the liver, and other appalling dis
eases to which mutton is subject. We
learn that Commissioner WATTS does not
regard public sentiment as sufficiently ad-
vanced to sustain a stringent and effective
law against dogs. We are informed of
growing tendency TO abortion among dairy
cows, and, of course, that the department
would be pleased to have Congress appro-
pirate money for investigating the matter.
We are advised to soak our conSumptive
cattle in coal oil for the benefit of their
lungs We also read much Of hogs. Sta
tistician DoDGr confesses himself embar-
In, ola fftrit,
but chronicles u terrible epidemic among
the porkers OF the far West, reports ca
tarrhal affections among the pigs Of Stan
islaus, Cal, and blind staggers among those
of Clackamas, Oregon.
This original matter. collected and ar
ranged by the department., is supplement-
ed with about twenty pages of miscella-
ncous reading, scissored from different
sources, and surpassed in both interest and
variety by the agricultural column OF any
rural weekly in the United States.
There Is nothing in the report which any
sensible farmer would consider worth the
trouble of tearing open the wrapper in
which it is sent to him. Indeed, we have
never seen or heard of a farmer who reads
these documents. They pass unperused
from the Public Printer to the Congress-
man, from the Congressman to his coustit-
uent, and from the constituent to the
trunk maker, the itinerant peddlcr, the
junk dealer, and the paper mill.
Abolish the department which sends out
this rubbish. Abolish the Commissioner
who is paid $1,000 year for preparing it.
with the help Of his son and chief clerk at
$1,000 statistical clerk" at $4,000 an en-
tonologst and a chemist ut 1900 each, a
botanist at 81, 500, and a microscopic at the
same figure, besides seventy or eighty
minor assistants with salaries ranging
from $4,000 down.
There Is no more reason why the Gov
eminent should publish n magazine for
the farmers than for the blacksmiths, the
shoemakers, the horse-car conductors, or
any other guild Of citizens
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BELKNAP,s IMPEAcHMENT.
An Elephant which the Republicans Desire
to Get on their Hands.

WAsH1NGToN, May 3.-The Republicans
OF the Senate intend In some way to get rid Of
their elephant, and, II possible, without exciting
suspicion as to their motives. Ii was lrst pro-
posed to postpone the trial until after the Pres-
dental election, but az that would provoke
harsh criticism, It was abandoned with a great
show OF unanimous virtue, after Matt Carpen-
ter's wild harangue to the Court Of Impeach-
ment.
There are two plans now under consider ton
by these political judges-arst, to deny the juris-
diction entirely; and secondly, to scqut upon
technical plea or pretext. The former offers tho
shorter cut, and can be urged with certfIn
plausiOiity by skilled tacticians. like Mr.. Ell
niunLs and Mr.. Conklnp. The other Is sup
ported by another class who fear the popular
Judgment upon any proceeding that may seem
Two thirds are required to convict upon the
articles OF impeachment, but majority may
deny OF admit the jurisdiction. sup ose the
court SHOULD decide 70 try the case by vote not
much exceeding maj ority. That would leave
a large margin out OF which a fraction over one
third might be made up to defeat conviction.
The thick-and-thin partlslns and the carpet
baesers could easily muster that force on
pinch.
OF course these patriots would not decide
upon the merits OF the case. spencer, Patter-
son, CLAYTON, Dorsey, and the rest OF them
would he suddenly troubled wi n legal scruples
about the jurisdiction, and assign that as IA
reason for whitewashing Belknap. Every expe-
uient VIII be employed 10 evade the direct issue,
In order To silence the case before the country
and to prevent a renewal Of the exposures which
have di-gra ed the Administrator.
IL Il public officer, with tHe knowledge OF
charges Of corruption against him ani COM
mlttee OF Congress prosecuting the investiga-
ton, may oy MS own act, or by COLLISION with
the appointing power, resign TO escape the
penalty Imposed by tho Constitution, then i'm
peachment Is "A farce. De.knap sought to escape
In this way, at the very umo the committee
were proceeding and when he was in their
hands.
Ihe President accepted that resignation upon
Belknaps statement alone, ana Without making
any inquiry Whatever. lie must have known
the accusations were grave 70 have demanded
that precptste action. Yet he took no pains
to inform himself, consulted no one, and on the
spot coODerated with this corrupt criminal To
cheat justice out of igs rights
These facts and others, which are as vet i'm
perfectly understood by the country, must come
out N trial be allowed. Grant would he placed
In another awkward predlcament, and his party
would suffer II tho whole truth were 10 be dis
closed by witnesses VINO have not heretofore
appeared. Therefore, the Republican leaders
are anxious To yet out Of this ser pc ON the eve
OF Presidential election, and will Us usual ooen
back door for retreat The form is now the
only question to be considered. The substance
Is virtually decided.
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For long time the Washington Repub-
hcdn, known as the personal organ OF President
GRANT has been In the receipt OF advertising
paid for at extravagant prices by the Govern
ment and by the local authorities in Washing
ton, and this advertising was given to IL as com.
pensation for Its re idiness TO advocate any
m asure Of the Administration or OF tae District
Ring. Owing to the pending Investigations in
Congress this venal concern will be deprived Of
one fat job this year, the publication OF the lit
OF delinquent taxpayers In Washington At am
exorbtant price OF Its own fixing. The Dis
trlct Commissioners who are Obliged to be more
clrcumspect in their doings under the eye Of an
Opposition House, last week advertised Tor pro-
posals to do this advertising, and the conse-
quence was that the Republican put in bid for
Il at hfy cents per inch OF space for each inser-
ton, which Ia at the rate OF about l2A cents per
line Last year the same paper charged for the
publication OF the list at the rate OF one dollar
per lne and the job was given TO II, as was
alleged at the time, by the express comm md OF
President GRANr, who had no authority 70 in.
terfere In the mater at all. MuRrAuGH, the
proprietor Of the Republican, actually brought
In "a bill OF $4,000 for this advertising, got about
half Of that sum, and has now a suit pending I'm
one Of the District courts To recover the re-
mainder. Whom the insignificant circulation OF
what robbery OF the Washington taxpayers the
Commissioners countenauced In paying oven
half Of his prcposterous claim.
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A Threatened Veto.

The President. when affi icted with "neu-
ralgia OF this brain" rs happens too often
for the public business, becomes very free
In expressing his opinions. lie is vexed ut
the reductions in the Consular and Diplo-
matte bill, and especially at the amend
meut consolidating the missions to Dem
mark aud Sweden and Norway. by which
brother-in-law CRAMER might be left out
in the cold. He cherishes CRAMER, per-
haps because he got himself horsewhIpped
when Consul at Leipsic, for which he was
promoted to the DANISH mission.
In his most recent attack OF neuralgia
OF the BRAIN GRANT threatened II the
Diplomatic bill was sent to him AS II passed
the House, he would make short work of
their economy by rousing veto. He had
not then sufficiently recovered to know
that the Senate had restored all of Mr.
FIsH's sinecures and appointed commit
the of conference, with u fair prospect OF a
deadlock between tho two Houses. Per-
maps he Will find out the real situation after
time; or perhaps he thinks all these ex-
travagances are fixed in the Constitution
rs he thought the Presidents salary was
aud ought not TO be changed for that
reason.
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and justice does this uphold 7 1t is really
shocking TO read such language in re-
ligious Journal.
We think DoLAN was probably guilty,
though we do not think his guilt was con-
clusively established by legal evidence.
But even IL he was guilty, and If it was
necessary to hang him, we do not see how
any man Of humane feelings could regard
his execution in the same manner that he
would the Staying of wolf.
Itis Il FEARFUL responsibility deliberately
to takCthc life of human being who Ia
wholly within our power. No matter how
bad that life has been, to take 1t away
may well inspire us with awe and with
horror. If capital punishment be u neoes-
sity, 1t is one of the most dreadful of all
necessities.
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We leaf n that the Hon. PROCToR KNOTT
Chairman Of the House Judiciary Committee,
has list " important witnesses who can testify
In regard to the affairs of tho Little Rock aud
Fort Smith Railroad Company, which must
necessarily he more or less inquired into in the
course OF the coming investi2g ton regarding
the alleged connection OF Brother BLAINE with
tho mysterious bonds which cost the Union
Pacific Company $4,000. II Mr.. KNOTT has not
among the names Of his witnesses that OF our
distinguished Police Commissioner. the Hon.
DE WITT CLINTON WHEELER, 1t should be added
at once. Commissioner WHEELER IL a man of
large intelligence, and varied Information he
was at ono time director Of the Little Rock
and Fort Smith road he has remarkable fac
ulty OF knowing what IL going on generally,
which was probably the cause OF his selection
by Mayor WICKIi,M for the important post he
now holds; and there can be no doubt that he
would cbeerfully impart all the Information In
his possession which could DO of use In arriving
at the true inwardness OF the vexatious and
complicated question whether Brother BLAINE
has been calunniated or otherwise.
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written by FISHER, friend and fellow specua-
tor OF the American Minister, and since lost in
tho steamer Atlantic. Tue letter is dated at
PART, Doc. 10, 1872, and is addressed to Lon
don broker.
"DEAR DuvcAr tclegraphed you last night TO close
out tnmn. a.. Ihis l. strictly private VIZ The rca on
was mat met Gen ScHENCK, aOOut ~ O'Clock IN the
evening" and he told me lie got cable from PARK that
mornint telling M ~ sell out ~ once the nest price
NJ q ud get and he tthr GcupraD s.n' tHEsEHOROUGT
10 London tAc same evening with distinctions to con.
sun GhGEr (whO you and know ~ in New York., and
II he thou lat best, TO sell ut once, &C."
II IL unfortunate for ScmENcK that FISHER left
his carpet bag behind him when he emit arked
Oh the Inflated Atlantic
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The Arm support given to BEEcHER by
Plymouth Church, a large body Of Congrega-
tional ministers, and the President and profess
sors OF Yale College, Notwithstanding the con-
fessions OF the adulterous clergyman and Of his
paramour, seems to have Afforded mucn encour-
agement to other lcentious ministers. Never
have exposures of clerical immortality been so
frequent as within tine past few months. The
newspapers In all parts Of the country abound
with them, the detected practitioners OF Beech
erism belonging to several different denomina-
tons. One Of the most revolving OF these cases
Is that Of the Rev. c. A. KESDRIcK Of Column
bus, Ca, who has been held to bail in the sum
OF $500 to appear before the Superior Court OF
Muscogee county on the charge OF seducing a
pupil IN his sunday school. Tue evidence pro-
duced before the magistrate included ths con
fe-sion OF the youthful victim, IA well as the
testimony OF several eye witnesses yet the ac-
cused, like the Brooklyn preacher, puts on a
bold .ce, denies everything, and Is supported
In u by portion OF his church, who deuOunce
all the witnesses conspirators and perjurers.
II Is to be presumed that those OF them who be-
long to HENDRICKS church will be dropped
traions but 1t Is doubtful IL even he assistance
Of an Advisory Council would DE Of as much use
In saving him from tho consequences of his
crime as 1t has proved In the case OF BEECHER.
Indeed, the state OF public feeling In Georgia il
such that should he escape the clutches OF the
law, It Is doubtful II his neck would be safe SO
long a. he remained within reach OF his victims
friends and nelghbors.
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The two female revivalsts, Misses LOGAN
and BEARD, who are cooperating with the Epis-
copal clergyman, the Rev. DIR. TYAd, Jr., and
WIN arc now preaching daily in the chapel of
the Church Of the Holy Trinity, are less sensa-
tlonal than some of the ether sisters engaged In
revivalsm. They are modest Englishwomcn,
free from hashiness In their dress or their
speech. Miss Boards sermons are not In the
nature OF rant, and she does not go through her
audience, taking hold OF individual sinners, as
Widow VAN CoTr does. There Is, nevertheless,
much objection among Episcopalians to DIR.
TYNG's course in inviting these female preachers
to conduct service In his place OF worship, and
some OF the clergymen of mis- denomination arc
not slow in saving that he should be made the
subject Of ecclesiastical discipline. lie has pre-
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Proposing to shut the Gates.

The investigations that are going on ut
Washington, and Others that are proposed,
give the Republicans great deal of
trouble and anxiety. They are compelled
to look smiling and to appear eager for in
quiry, when that is just the last thing de-
sired, aud their feelings are full of resent
ment. AS the screw is turned day by day,
the torture becomes less and less endura-
BILE. MIR. BLAINE IL kept standing on his
feet making personal statements, but he
nnds that preferable to Investigation.
Mr.. HJsKINs of this State. with the most
audable intentions to get rid Of the whole
business at the earliest possible day. Of
Tered resolution liking the 10th OF June
as the final reckoning for all the commit
tees. They must file into tho House that
morning with their reports in order and
the testimony worked up, or be barred by
q statute of limitations Mr.. HoskINs is "A
person of imposing presence, with strong
metallic voice that rings through the hall,
and a stately manner.
On this occasion he appears to have
called all these qualities into reuuisitIon,
when he demanded the yeas and niys, for
the body Of the Republicans rallied to his
standard like regular troops and pro ted
vehemently against any more Investigation
after the 10Th OF June. They caught one
straggler for recruit and then subsidized
MIR. HostSISs aud his friends had their long
career of unchecked power, and the coun-
try knows how it was used or abused.
They may as we'll submit quietly, for in
vestigation will not be stopped on the 10th
OF June, or at all, until Grantism Is turned
inside out. 1t may take all summer, but
II must 20 on to the end, even II the COM
mittees have TO sit durinp the recess
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The unselfsh services of true friendship
are beautifully exenplined in TRENoR ". PARKS
relations to Gen. Poker SCHENcK. MIR. PAKk
not only forced valuable stocks on his friend
and fortified him against loss by guaranteeing
the dividends, not only insisted that SCnENCK
owed him nothing when the day OF settlement
came around, not only accepted VIGOROUSLY
worthless scrip in payment OF the loan, but ac-
tually went SO far in his disinterested devotion
as to write SCHENCKs letter OF resignation for
him. Thus did this DAMON spare this PYTHGAs
the trouble and labor OF literary composition,
enabling PYrnIAs to give his whole time and
mind to his studies and experiments in the cause
OF scientific Joker.
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&. Washington Chiids. \. W., andbis Probable
Revenge.


As to everything else in Philadelphia. visitors
viii % r'c TO select or reject where money
ed anu We are rratncd 10 Know thlt no money wlat-
ever VIII he charged Tor visits to Independence Han.
the Masonic icnplr aud Mr. Chlldss XedDG bui. dug
NJ the uttcr place drink OF pure water guest
WILL he aided rec Nelc llik WOrht.
II Mr. Manton Marble does not put a stop TO
this sort Of thing, we Will request Mr. Childs to
withhold the usual elegaO stanzas when his
hnnl summons comes.
None Of the Centennial Commissioners who
voted to close the exhibition on sunday Will
have verses ~ Mr.. Childs after dcath-at least,
the verses will not be complimentary to them
Hawley's will run after tins fashion;
General llawley. thou hast left us,
And Thy loss We don't drplurt
Al Tar better would 10 be, sir.
Had you but lett rs long before
The Cuntennla Exposition
SUNDAY question came TO vote
Your silly, muh-n, narrow conduct
Stamped yOu as billy goat.
Gone with John l.. tampbell to meet tho other MULE
who dlcd IA Cincinnati some time since.
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the City Hall that the process ought not to
| cost five shillings being done by the ships
own crew. II IL answered that while this
might be the case on II naval vessel, where
scamcn are enlisted and dcscrtion is
| crime, in the merchant marine sailors have
n slippery way upon arriving in port, aud
are not to be depended upon for such
work. 1t seems to be the opinion Of the
most candid and bost-informed sbipowncrs
and shpmastcrs that 1t would invariably
be necessary to employ riggcrs to strike
the spars and set them again, that this
would cost at least $50 or 500 for every
vessel, and that the detention would be not
less than two DAYS.
Thus the actual effect OF the bridge
would be to make toll-way of the East
river. with a tax of say $50 on every large
sailing vessel passing up or down. Tde
great body of very large Shipping are
already fixed below Fulton street and in
the North river; and perhaps not
more than one-eighth of the ships ell
tering the harbor have occasion to
pass north of the piers excluding those
which 20 to the dry docks for repairs;
but this Il by no means constant ratio.
The increase OF our carrying trade, the
He'll Gate improvements, the location of
manufacturing interests along the East
river, aud the necessity for more dock
room thcroupon, are all elements in prob
lem which SO largely concerns the future.
A toll of $50 or more on each vessel
would be practically prohibitive. Vessels
which now 20 up the river TO the upper
warehouses, to the marble yards, to the oil
factories, would either come into the port
by way of He'll Gate or discharge and tako
in their cargoes below Fulton street. The
serious inconven of such an arrange.
mcnt will be evident from single case.
ship with marble from the Mediterranean
now goes directly to the yard of the con-
siGnee on the East river. The bill of
ladins, however, specifies only that the
stone shall be delivered at New York.
Under the toll system the master would
discharge the cargo below the bridge, and
the carriage to the yards uptown would
actually cost the marble worker more
than the freight across the Atlantic.
Are the advantages to be gained by New
York aud Brooklyn by direct communica-
ton so great rs to counterbalancc any in
jury TO commerce which may lossibly re-
suit from the completion OF the bridget
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The bill which has passed both branches

The bin which has passed both branches
OF the Legilatu making the Sheriff OF Kings
county referee in all foreclosure Of mortgage
suits IN that county, Is one that should not be
signed 10y the Governor The SheriG's Office ia
KINGS county, like that in this city, Is already Tar
too profitable for the interests OF taxpayers.
Why should another enormous source OF profit,
and one liable TO great abuses. be given to man
who Is now In receipt OF large salary and many
perquisites? The bill Is, moreover, uncOnstitu-
uonal' and that Is another reason why II should
be vetoed.
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Gen. ScHENcK is left in n very mpleas-
ant position by The production before the Com
mlttee on Foreign Affairs of the documents
sent from London by Mr., MCDouGALL. Among
these papers ia the original draft Of ScHENcK's
letter Of resignation as director In Il Emma
Company. THIS letter is In the handy ting of
IRENoR w. PARK, and Is now admitted 10y him
t. be his. sCnENcK has sworn repeatedly, aud
with considerable buster, that there WAS no
concert between himself and PARK IN the COM
position OF tho letter, and that no such draft
existed as was asserted by McDOUGALL In his
first cable despatch TO the committee. The Min
isler denied that the letter OF resignation was
either dictated or suggested by PARK. II sprang
Spontaneously, he said, from his own sense Of
proprety Now comes the original draft In
PARKS handwriting. giving scnENcK the lie In
the most unanswerable manner. The accom-
paying documents are VI a miscellaneous char
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A Hebrew gentleman had q legacy left
to him, hut ~ WAS hammered with an uufortu-
nate condition, which he mast, ned to announce
To IA synpathizng iIlend. III, sum was GlO-
UUU, but hdlf the sum, according to the tes-
tdtor's wishes, was t. he placed in his coffin and
buried with him. Was there ever such 4 waste
Of good money2 But the sympathizcr was
equal 10 the occasion. "Mhere Is the money
now he asked, aud wa stold - Ia the bank"
IAN right,'' ne said YOU write "A check Tor
1900 aui put II in the OLD boys coffin, drawn
70 orderI' That young man ought to get on in
Ihn ANnIll-
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1t is announced, but there is no conflrma-
ton OF tue statement, that Mrs. l.. j. JENNINGS,
MADELINE HENRIQUEs who was, will return TO
the stage next autumn aud again occupy the
place OF leading lady at WaIlack's Theatre. We
hope the announcement Ia true. Miss HEN
RiQrEs was one OF the most charming actresscs
ON the New York boards, and she would be wei
coined beck 10 them with delight by tho public.
She would 'cturn TO the scenes OF her former
trlumphs with rpened beauty aud, We doubt not,
Increased dramatic power.