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Seneca Dottngs.

SENECA, Jan. 3, 1873.
Well. Christmas and new years are over anu
we are still alive. The curtain fell Oh the Old
year at precisely - p. m Monday and sup
pose it did so in other places; and now comes
the time for reflection on the ups and downs
and GOOD and i'll of the year. There is not
much to boast of either way. We got through
with it here, and to be done with bad JOB
any day is doing we'll
Yct--takc any village on the map OF the T.
5 or Canada and doubt if il can show Il rec
ord equal to Seneca, We number 1900, and
our mortality for tho year has been just ii, SIN
from disease and five through accident. Let
any village in the world Of equal population
beat that! Talk about your sunny and salu-
brious climate of Florida, your renovatinS
springs of Arkansas, mild climate OF the Pa
ciiic slope, bracing air of Colorado or Italian
suns. If you want to "lif long und brosber"
comet Seneca, We do anything here that is
legitimate except DIE. To do that we must be
carried away. Everybody gets rich here but
the doctors.
This is a healthy town for marriages. This
week we have to record the marriage OF Mr.
Howe to Miss Hall; and Mr. Gun to Miss Al
ice Rogers. May they be blessed with lots of
little howes(es) and guns! i
must tell you of another important events
Coming from the postofficc the other morning.
saw our popular drugger man c. II. n
Thomas walking along at q lively pace with a
hos, of friends after him. dropped INTO inc
line and followed into his store when he passed
behind the counter and set out box OF, MS
ing's Own" Said |
Charley, what does this mean ::
~V.rti !" said he; il means a boy
So We all took hold heartily wishing him an
annual return of the same blesslng-or WORDS
to that effect
notice by your paper that one of our &c.
F.'s" has been plying you with letters and i
supposc he was after your correspondent.
Lucky YOU chucked his production into the
WASTE basket. for if he had got my mad up ]
might have creased his head and swallowed
him. Perhaps he would like 10 know who
Pedro Sancho' is, and if he went be 81 thin
skinned hereafter rs to take joke in i'll nature
will give him the first chapter Of my history
| got my name and education in llooppolc
township, Posey county, Indiana; but reading
Horace Greeley's paper | TOOK his advice anu
in July 1876 graduated at the city school house
IN Calumet Further following the old mans
advice | next located in Ransom, but hndlng
out that two men were put in jail there 10Y
dealing out corn juice changed my mind anu
came TO Seneca. The location l think VIII
SUIT me. With Crotty's Mineral Springs, free
bridge, and sixteen wet groceries, good people I
and good beer. and fair promise OF good
whisky. which | am nov sampling-yes'
think ! will locate. sANcHo PEDRO
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the last man was always required to write
what he had heard, and the matter was then
compared with the original, retained by his
grace In many instances the matter was
hardly recognizable, and Dr. Whately would
draw an obvious moral But the cream of the
joke lay in his efforts to ascertain where altera-
tons took place His analytical powers of de
lection proved as usual, accurate, and the in
terpolators were playfully pilloried' The play
is called Russian Scandal"
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Judge Lawrence, of Chicago, who was a
member of the famous Hayes commission that
went to New Orleans last spring and fixed NJ
the political troubles OF Louisiana by over
throwing the Packard regime, and installing
Nichols and the white league" empha'ically
denies the charge made by VIM. +. Chandler
that he was rewarded for his part In that ex
plot by the pardon of his client, the noted
Jake Rrhm, who had been sentenced to tho
penten,iary and to pay a heavy fine for hi'
completely with the whisky frauds. Rehm''
release, Lawrence says, was the result OF {
general squcaling arrangement with the prose
cution at Chicago through which about al
the noted whisky thieves of that city got away
with their plumber, Hayes and the authorities
at Washington having had very little or moth
ing to do with IT,
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On leaving the service he became chairman OF
the State Military Committee. In 1871 he was
nominated by the democrats as candidate for
governor of Ohio. While making speech in
the canvass he was stricken with paralysis,
His physician ordered him to retire from ac-
tive life and travel abroad. He then went to
Europe. He was leader in conventions, and
he nominated Mr.. Buchanan and Mr.. Seymour
for the presidency
Gen. McC0ok leaves two sons and one
dan rh ter
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The worlds history hardly anywhere records
such series of crimes as were involved In the
management Of the campaign against Rich
mond by the war Office at Washington from
1862 TO 1888. Il IL now about universally
agreed that Mcclellan owed his defeat before
Richmond in 1858 Not to the confederate army
but TO the Vaccinations of L. NJ. Stanton, who
cared more to crush Mcclellan than Lee; and
now we have rs high authority as that of Gen
Richard TAYLOR for the statement that in 1854
Stanton deliberately decided To sacrifice 100,
900 men rather than confess that Mcclellan
was righi approaching Richmond by the way
~ the Potomac and James rlver rather than
overland from the north. In strong article
in the North Aaenicdn Reeie,r, in reference Il
she Richmond campaign, Gen. Taylor writes ::
After the battle Of Chickamauga, in 1868
Gen. Grant was promoted TO the command %
the armies of the United States and called {,
Washington. In conference at the war of
fee between him, President Lincoln and Sec
rotary Stanton the approaching campaign il
Virginia was discussed Grsnt said the AL
vancr on Richmond should Ne made by Ia,
James river. Ii was replied THAI the govern
ment required the interposition Of an army be
tween Lee and Washington, and would no
consent at that late day to the adoption of
plan that would he taken by the public as
confession Of previous error. Grant observe,
he was indifferent rs % routes. but IL the gov
eminent preferred its own-so often ,ried-t'
the one he suggested, IL mus, be prepared 70
the additional loss Of hundred thousand men
The men were promised, Grant accepted IN
governmental plan Of campaign, and was sur
ported TO the end. The above came tome we
authenticated, and have no doubt OF It's co
rectness. It - - = = r.
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The assertion that simple and effective tests
will eNpust all Of the so-callcd physical phe
nomena Of spirimalism i denied by the Spring
field Rebp5iioaa. which says IN unbcliev
ing person has produced his own slaieN, moi
merely hinged and locked, but actually screw
ell together, has placed them ON a table in hi'
own house. at some distance from the medium
has sat holding both the mediums hands be
meath his own, and heard, az it seemed, TIN
writing going on beneath the slate; has iaker
away the slate unopened, and removed th'
screws in the absence Of tho mcdium, Ia fin'
the inside written full on both sides with whs
seemed 10 him words characteristic ~ one whom
! he knew b be desId."
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The New York Tribune notes with no little
trepidation that the whole country press OF
New York and New England is gradually
wheeling into line with the west and south in
favor of silver. Says the Tribune: 1.-TWO more
papers in this state have lately taken this
stand, and there are others either showing
signs of similar course, or taking refuge in
silence. The party is bound to be solid whether
IL is right or not"
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The people of Plano DeKalb county, ILL.,,
are seriously exercised by report that Joseph
Smith, who has for many years been located
at that place with quite large colony of Nor
mons, contcmplates moving with his whole
band 10 Nauvoo 1t would be "a serious loss
to Plano, as her Mormons have for many
years constituted the major part as well as
better class Of her citizens.
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France.

Til French papers for want OF more eXcie
ing topic continue to discuss the case OF Gen.
Bressolles, who was placed on the unattached
list for an alleged speech, on receiving an or
der from Rochebouet, during his brief pre-
miership, which Gen. Bressoles interpreted to
mean Il coup Getd. Both Mcmahon ana
Rochebouet declare stoutly that they never
contemplated anything of the kind.
The French academy of moral sciences has
elected Ralph Waldo Emerson one OF It's for
eign associates.
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Hon. NJ. II. NJ. Wallace, of Chicago, who re-
fused TO be reelected county judge of Cook
county last tall, but opened a law office and re-
turned to the practice of his profession, was
elected to the office of county attorney by the
Cook county commissioners a few days ago.
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A Liberia emigration movement has been
started in Louisiana, and state paper says
I'VE have but one fear about this Liberia bust
ness; and it is that the best class of colorec
people will go and leave the idle and impro
vident to curse the country with their presence
If they will leave, let them all 60 together"
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1t is related of the rebel Gen, Jubal Early
that he would meyer approve furlough when
the applicant was to get married. Being an
old bachelor himself, he thought that all sol
dicrs should adoupt that style Of life while the
war lasted lie used to say that every officer
who married either proved himself utterly
worthless or straitghway got himself killed,
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Carl Mas and wife, farmers in Crawford
county, Iowa. last week locked their three
small children in the house and went to the
field to husk corn. While gone the children
set the house on fire, which was consumed
with all its contents, including the children,
before help could reach them.
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For want of more interesting matter, Tues
days dispatches from Washington are mainly
devoted to the celebration of the silver wed
ding by President and Mrs. Hayes at the White
House on Monday evening. There was very
large company of.merry- and "A brilliant
display, but by particular request, no presents
were brOn pht
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Italy.

The popc's health continues TO improve. lie
held II consistory at the Vatican on Saturday
and delivered short allocution thanking
the cardinals for their solicitudc concerning
his health and asking them to pray God TO
help the church and preserve unimpaired tthe
mind az its head whose body was ailing.
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RESIGNATION OF SUPERVISOR LYNCH.

The following papers, handed to us yester
day for publication, cannot, Of course be de
MED a place in our columns, though we insert
them with regret:
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England

Az slight war sign it is noted that there is
unusual activity at Woolwich where an Amer.
can drau gthsman is at work sketching the lat
est improvements on tins side in projectles.
Minister Welch gave reception on new
years which was largely attended, with many
tokens of respect by the English people and
cordial good wishes by all resident and visit,
ing Americans
The market reports show slight advance
in wheat, with maize steady at 29s. Cd. to 3os.
per quarter, about IS cts, per bushel)
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ten. Grant.

Ex.Presidcnt Grant arrived in the Nandaiia
at Malta on the 25th and on the 29th took
luncheon with the duke and duchess OF
Edinburgh. and dincd with the governor, at
tending a gala performance of the opera in his
honor in the evening On Monday the Van
dalia, with Gen. Grant, wife and son on board
sailed for Alexandria.
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TuE Rt1E or FIVE, or combination rule Tor
boys and girls, consisting Of ruler, slate pen
eli, n steel pen and holder, slate pencil sharp:
enrr, and en- eraser. For sale by Os.nse Y Aale,
man.
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THE ANrI.sILvER INIoUIrY.

"SllYer," says d HOtcu SOiu-UulliOh chs :
lock, has an intrinsic value very little above
iron, and being therefore subject to violent
fluctuations is unfit for use as money"
1t is none the less true however, that silver has
borne relative value to gold Of about 1873 to
one since the days of Abraham, and so far as
steadiness Of value goes, its record is better
than that of gold. IT, however, it held this
higher and steadier value over three thousand
years solely ON account Of its recognition as
money, why may not the same recognition be
relied upon for maintaining its value in the
future?
Again, in recent work on New Spain, by
A. ID. Anderson, published by Putnam "
Sons, New York; the entire silver product Of
the world since 1892 is placed at 1922 OIL.
674 and supposing all the previous product Of
silver to have been lost or used up in the arts,
the world has still over seven billions Of dot
lars worth of silver money, enough to pay the
debts of all the nations on earth and now the
Shylocks have the modcsty to ask the world
to allow all this treasure TO sink to the value OF
iron-that is, the world is asked to sink to the
bottom of the sea about seven billions OF sill
yer money, so that it can have gold alone for IA
standard that thereby all the national and 9th
er indebtedness of the world may, by the APP
probation of gold, be doubled and quadrupled
in value to the loss OF 'he aeDtor ana the gam
of the creditor or bloated bondholding Shy
lock! Truly very modest request!
But leaving the world out OF the account, let
us see how the reduction OF silver to the value
of iron would effect our own country Inc
annual silver production OF TINS country Is
now about as foilo"s;
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ssras CARvrxes, ee.a receiver, bouquet bold
en-. jewel cases. paper knives, &C., a Osnis' x
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II Is OF but little interest that CAMERoN's
man HOYT was yesterday nominated for
Governor Of Pennsylvania by the Rcpubli-
can State Convention at Harrisburg.
But the Convention had an interesting
feature--a feature Of interest to Mr.. HAYES.
to the Republican party, and to the
country.
Mr. HAYES Is at this time in pcrilous
position-thc most pcrlous. as well as the
most ignominious position that public man
could be in. What did the Republican State
Convention OF Pennsylvania do under the
circumstances Did those Republicans
join hands to sustain him. or to rescue him2
Did they offer or promise him their as
sistancc, Did they send him n message Of
encouragement and cheer Did they try to
strengthen him in his desolation while the
storm IL raging around him?
Why, the Republican state Convention Of
Pennsylvania took no notice Of him at all
Its members did not acknowledge that they
We're aware of his existence. They adopted
n platform in which his name is not men
tioncd-in which his Administration is not
once spoken of-in which his policy
is not In any way alluded to in
which no reference whatever Is made
TO the circumstances in which he is placed
The tariff. the labor question. commercial
interests, the public lands, the rebel claims
the rates of freight, negro voting, and
HARrRANFT's administration are in the
PLATFORM aud there was plenty Of room for
them; but there was no place for HAYES
not even at this time Of his alarm.
What scorn could he more singing? What
condemnation could be more stunning?
As 1t was in the Republican State Conven-
tion Of New York AZ Rochester last year. SO
il is in the Republican State Convention Of
Pennsylvania at Harrisburg this year.
Let the Fraud disappear from before the
eyes Of the people!
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4 ncttcr Why 10 Mcct Il.

We thin; the Republicans will come to the
conclusion. on reflection, that there Is bet
ter way To- meet the proposal to investigate
the alleged fraud. in Florida and Louisiana
than that which they have adopted. To
block the progress OF the Investigation by
mere parliamentary tactics implies a fear
~ to the result il it is permitted to go ON.
bollrr course would have looked maner.
4 party which says. 10y wordvor by action.
I'VE are not willing to have you look into
our conduct. to SEQ whether we are guilty
uf fraud or not must soon lose the conf
dencc of the country. A chivarc leader
would have said You charge fraud; bring
forward your evidence If you have any, and
nuke your charge good.
Tie la,tiou- course Of the Republicans in
Congress must necessarily soon come to an
End. 30 party can long retain the Prcsi-
drucy OF the United States hya mere parlia-
mcutary trick. The Investigation must and
viii 70 on The Republicans cannot afford
long To- stand In its way, and the few trcach
rrously inclined Democrats with the eyes
uf the whole PEOPLE fixed upon them, will
hardly dare to bctray at once their party
ana thoir country.
BE HAYES and his fellow conspirators over
80 guilty, it is in the power of the Republican
rgfty, as such, to shake themselves free
from all responsibility for his crime, if they
improve the opportunity at once. But il
they oppose investigation. they assume that
responsibility. and insure their own over
throw whcu HAYES j. destroyed.
i better way, as it seems To- Us, would be
10 join IN with the Democrats in favor of an
Investigation. only insisting that IL shall bc
fairly made In which they would receive
our earnest support. The mass Of the people
ere a-tu.e ia reaching the conclusion that
those who are detcrmiu"lly opposed to an
Investigation must have much 10 conceal
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What the Legislature Didn't DO.

The Republican Legislature that adj
journcd yesterday will Ice remembered for
what il did not do. It's foremost duty was
to rcappOrtion the State II will now be- fiji
teen years from the time of the latest redis-
tricting before u now one can be Effected, the
reason being that the Republicans, choosing
to retain their partisan advantages rather
than obey the Constitution. have prevented
proper bill from passing. The subject Is
Of grave enough importance to justify the
Governor in calling an extra session for its
further consideration.
The Legislature failed to give u a new
Excise act The existing law Of 1851 per-
mi,s licenses to be granted 10 keepers Of
inns, hotels, and tayerns only. II Is openly
violated 10y six thousand liquor sellers in
this city alone. and is also dead letter in
Brooklyn. Spasmodc efforts to enforce il
lead 10 the filing II the police courts for II
few days, and then the attempt is ended.
Both Mr. DAILY and Mr. HoLAHAN intro
duccd more liberal plans for governing
liquor selling buy the temperance element.
satisfied with the law OF 1851, defeated them.
Through failure to pass an act compelling
some ono to clean New lork's streets. the
health OF the great city will be affected
through the summer, and much fatality
must onsue The condition # our thorough
fares especially in the tenement districts,
is disgraccful beyond the power Of language
! TO describe.
II was within the Legislatures power 70
adopt vigorous measures for the protection
Of savings bank dcpositors, and throwing
safeguards around insurance companies
| agaiust such men a. Ilackmailcr SNYTU
Then, too. it might have lent its aid in re-
storing to the Erie canal something of it,
old-tmc prosperity through u liberal though
decisive policy.
The legislative session was one Of the
longest Of late years. There was no end to
the members talk, bat they failed to Crap
pie with those vital interests upon which the
States prosperity largely depends.
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The public business is still blocked by n
iactious minority in the House of Repre-
ucntativcs Several votes were taken yes
ter,lay on the POTTER resolution for an in
puiry into the alleged electoral frauds In
Florida and Louisiana, but the Republican
mcmhcrs did not answer TO their Names
and there were not enough Democratic
mombers present and voting TO make con-
stitutional quorum. AS on the two prcced-
ing days. calls Of the House showed quo
rum in the chamber. Mr.. CALDWELL OF
Tennessee wanted the Speaker To compel
tho Republican members to votc but the
sneaker said that, when moral suasion
failed, he was at the end Of his powers. To-
lay both Houses adjourn carly to attend
the funeral of Prof. HENRY. and the present
probabilities are that the situation will re-
main unchanged In that event, tomorrow
viii see another effort To enforce the right
ful control II the majority over legislation
Meanwhile. the consideration Of the Senate
resolution ON the subject Of final adjourn
uont IN juno has been put OF to May %.
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that came into tho Union at or after the war
with Mexico. But since 1860 nothing has
been added save Alaska, which has no troops
to guard IT, and requires none. II all the
vast acquisitions from 1910 to 1860 were fol-
lowed by an increase Of but A men I'm the
standing army. how can it be claimed that
with no acquisitions at all between 1860 and
1s7S-save Alaska-wc yet need doubling
Of the army?
The close Of the civil war left the country
with an army upward Of fifty thousand
strong. This force has been reduced by
gradual stages until II now contains $4,000
mon. Why the process of reduction should
stop now instead of continuing TO the point
which was maintained. with slight varia-
lions. throughout a period of forty years,
despite the growth Of population and of ter
ritory, prior to the war, it devolvcs on Con-
gress to show. If Congressman claim TO be-
wiser in their day and generation than the
statesmen that preceded them, that is an
other matter, respecting which we are ready
to hear them; but they must not pretend
that the standard Of army strength they
set up now was borrowed from that OF an
earlier day. or that IL can be deduccd from
any former custom Of proportioning the
army to the population and to the territory.