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Year: 1869

We publish this morning another letter from
the prolific pen of Hon. Thomas Ewing,
formerly Secretary Of the Treasury, on the sub
ject OF our national finances. II is addressed
to the Committee on Finance Of the United
States Senate. 1t will be seen that Mr.. Ewing
adheres to his repeated declaration that the
holders of the fiye-twenties have no legal right
to expect the redemption Of the principal of
those bonds in gold AYERS that immediate re-
sumption will entail an additional Indebtedness
on the debtor class in the country OF two
thousand millions, and augment the national
debt six hundred and fifty millions beyond
what IL Is now. This win, in the
opinion Of Mr.. Ewing, lead either to
reputation or national bankruptcy. He holds
that II is enough for the present generation TO
keep down the interest on the debt and leave
to our children and grandchildren, who will
be richer than we are, the payment of the
principal Pronouncing the plan Of q sinking
fund TO be the ''wid unrcasoned scheme Of an
ingenious visionary. Mr.. Ewing submits a
plan OF his own to end all our financial
troubles and perplexities. He proposes that
the Secretary Of the Treasury 30 directed TO
prepare and hold for delivery one thousand
million dollars In bonds, payable at the option
Of the United States after the expiration Of
forty years, bearing an annual interest Of
four per cent, payable semi-annualy, both
principal and interest in gold, and pledging
the proceeds OF the customs duties for the
payment OF the interest on the bonds until
ehey be paid and retired. This Is among the
latest propositions that has been made for the
purpose Of relieving our citizens from the ex-
cessive burden Of taxation and OF cxtricating
the country from its present financial cmbar-
rassments. II remains to be seen what
amount Of favor II will receive at the hands Of
Congress. The bondholding interest and the
immediate rcsumptionists will Of course op-
pose "A
Year: 1869

By THE DAY-From the time already 0ccu-
pied in the removal of the Broadway bridge, it
is manifest that those entrusted with the task
are wording by the day and not by the job.
We are informed that Knox, the halter, has
undertaken 1t. He has so far succeeded that
the staircase in front of his own windows has
disappeared. But were it to take him as long
to build FIAT as to tear down q bridge the
styles would change over and over again before
the hat was finished. Perhaps the ruins OF
the bridge in front OF St. Paul's are to await
the arrival of Lord Macaulay's famous New
Zealander, who win be disappointed if Knox
hasn't new hat ready for him by that time.
Year: 1869




General Dulce Is pursuing wise course In


the installation of the new measures and policy
of government in Cuba. As will be seen by
our telegraphic advices, he has put bride on
the military commission system and given
freedom to speech and the pen. II Is stated
that neither the Cuban leaders nor the old
organs Of Spanish opinion, the Dsdrso ds Ia
Marina and the Prenso, as yet accept his
policy. This fact is one Of the best proofs OF
its justice and promise of its ultimate sue
cess. Had he sought the appreciation Of either
wing Of extremists he would have insured
failure. The old Bourbons Of the Havana
press will never learn anything or forget any
thing, and it is well that they be superseded
by new journals As for the Cuban leaders,
they win soon learn wisdom. The singing OF
Riegos patriotic hymn at the Tacon theatre,
amid the enthusiastic applause Of Cubans and
Spaniards, is new starting point in Cuban
politics, which oil will comprehend before long.
The next win be proclamation calling for the
election of twenty-five deputies to the Cortes,
as provided for by the new plan Of govern
ment in Spain.
Year: 1869

for one dollar month.


The postage being only thirty-fye cents a
quarter, country subscribers by this arrangement
can receive the HERALD at the same price it is
furnished in the city.
Year: 1869

himself remove 10 San Francisco to
open the principal office of the COM
pany: The intention doubtless Is to
make a wedge of the Ida Elmore to
introduce other Idaho stocks. Some
of the Idaho stocks have been very
remunerative to holders, and we
think Bowers has the tact TO proper
ly put them on the market. lie
takes time of year which some
would think unfavorable, but his
only trouble in that view is to act
with sufficient celebrity. San Fran
cisco has had its gorge, and IS now
writhing under the annual stock-and-
money sickness. To get in there
with good stocks, to put on at first
in broken doses upon an empty
stomach, is the point to make-to
let the market revive on this treat
ment is to conquer the whole trouble
and establish the new stocks perma-
nently in the public favor. The
same point is open for White Pine
stock trainers. White Pine was put
on formerly with poor skill and at a
bad time. and not allowed one chance
in hundred to succeed.
Year: 1869

The complaining season will soon be upon
us, and no time should be lost in the prepara-
ton OF the ground and In this previous prep
aration lies the secret of success. The sol,
should be ploughed, cross -ploughed, narrowed
and cross narrowed until the ground is reduc-
ed to the finest possible tilth, and the surface
made as mellow as an ash bank but in plant
ing, make haste slowly" should be our motto,
aud yet departure from thi, maxim is fatal
and common error. Hat until the around is
ralH, and then your grain will sprout 1T once,
and grow on without check until it reaches
maturity. Many farmers, impatient to be done
with their planting, are content with hurried
ploWlng, and then commit the seed to a bed so
cold as to destroy its vitality before it can
sprout; or If it does come up, it is with such
irregularity as to require replanting, and the
plants, feeble, spindling and yellow, like deli
cate, slckly Infants, rarely reach a vigorous
maturity. We remember an old gentleman In
Maryland, the most successful corn grower in
MS county, who was generally ten days behind
MS nelghbors In getting his seed in. While
they were striving to fnish the old fellow was
giving his corn land an extra working, which
theirs never got. His crop invariably matured
as soon as theirs; and instead of being obliged,
as they were, to DO more or less replantng, he
had, on the contrary, to thin out his crop. The
ground being warm, the seed never rotted nor
dld the crows and backbirds annoy him, for
he took care to give them their share upon the
surface of the ground, and thus relieve them
from the temptation to dig his planted grain.
NO directions of general application can be
given for the selection of seed corn, because
VI VI variations In soil and climate, and because,
IN spite OF the most careful selection, the corn
WIN gfaanally, by hybridizing and other causes,
assiihlate Itself to that cultivated in the same
nelghoorhood. The fact is, that though grains
ana vegetables may be bred to run into excess.
as Wen as animals, in particular points and
qualitles' climate will no:, after ali, be forced
TO ADOPT what any curious experlmentalist NAV
choose to transplant from one region to anoth
er. Turf, Field and Farm.
Year: 1869

Everything, equally in the vegetable and an
imal kingdom, is endowed with the life princi-
pie. and 70 live and grow, must have food and
drink Among all animals, the mouth, among
all vegetables, the rootlets-the minute ends of
the roots--are the organs for that purpose
But as we pass around, we notice that great
majority OF the people feed their vegetable
creatures Just as they would their stock if they
left the crib empty and placed all the food at
the other end Of the stall. In applying dressing
to fruit trees they place it at the trunk. Just
as we'll put the hay at the horses heels, and ex-
pect him to eat and grow. If the tree is large,
all its thousand mouths are 3 rod or two away
from its trunk; here Is the crib end Of the
stall, and there the food must be placed.


All plants growing naturally-such as have
not been excessively prune d-wil show at a
glance precisely rhere their rootets or mouths
are For, Is everything in nature exists on
-2e pflnclple OF balancing, so the roots, having
top 10 balance Will spread out, as q general
rule, as far under the surface as the branches
do above it. If All entire tree could be stood
above ground, where all its parts could he seen.


1t would much resemble pair OF cart wheels
on their axle, set on end; the lower wheel, the
roots; the upper one, the top, or branches the
axle connecting them, the trunk


Thes facts are highly important to be borne
IN MIND in setting out trees,--on which subject
we shail speak In an early No.--to have a
plenty OF good soil at the ends of the roots.
and abundant room for their extension
Year: 1869

hibition-to enter the mysterious chamber.


Whether she imagined in the palled fig
ure upon the cross celestial rebuke for
her disobedience, or whether she was over
come by the mere mortal horror of one or
both of those casts, can now never be
known; but this is true, she became a ma
MAC.


The writer Of this has more than once
seen, as, no doubt, have many others, the
plaster efligies of Peter Starke, after their
removal from DR.. Carnells to famous STU
dio near Regents Park. 1t was there that
he heard whispered the strange story Of
their origin. Sculptor and surgeon are now
both long since dead, and it is no longer
necessary to keep the secret of the two
plaster casts.
Year: 1869

either in persons or purse, to come forward.
Fortune and fame come easily in such days as
these.


to every lover of liberty We have gotten be-
yond the stage when all desire to be generals
We have reached the stage when all arc willing
to work in whatever sphere they may be placed,
and to work whole-hearted when that time is
reached, as you will know success is no longer
problematical. We are eating the countryu up,


inch by inch-overcoming Notwithstanding
patriots, not only by moral suasi0n, bat by Or
lhodoG blows, and win we must.
Year: 1869

SpRAGUE ON CoLrAx.-But cannot close
without pointing to the recent exhibition in
the presence Of the whole people, Of the Vice
President of the United States travelling and
speaking in the interest of the powers that be,
/ condemn. lie reminds me of the ass who
stole the habiliments Of the king Of the for
est; for when he asserts that the country Is
prosperous and contented lie but shows the
cars which prove his true character. He
came among US moro especially as the rep
resentativs Of the mighty West, people not
yet bound to the dictates Of the moneyed
aristocarcy, to customs and institutions foun-
ded upon it, But he joins counsel and CO.
operation with those powers which in them
selves and in their re preventative capacity are
so in hostility to the independence and growth
Of the West. Let him aud those who have
induced him to degrade his high Office to their
level be prepared 10 meet on the floor of the
Senate. for the information Of the people from
whom he comes, his true character end that
of the alliance he has made.
Year: 1869

IL went to the Legislature last year" ,"
said Georgian. "Well vent to Augusta,
and took dinner at a tavern Right behind
me sat 4 member from one of the back towns,
who had never before taken dinner at tavern.
Before his plate was a dish Of peppers, and
he kept looking at them. Finally. as the
waiter was very slow bringing on things, he
up with fork and in less than no time soussd
one into his mouth. IS ho brought down his
grinders the tears came into his eyes. At
last, splitting the pepper into his hand, be laid
It down By the side of his plate, and With n
voice that set the whole table in roar, ex-
claimed, Just lic there and cool 2"
Year: 1869

THE great paper grass. or grass from
which paper is made, is being extensively
manufactured in England for printing pur-
poses 1t is said to be excellent as substitute
for rags, and pronounced quite success
From fifty to sixty tons of the raw material
make thirty tons of paper, and one English
firm produces this amount per week, requiring
one hundred and sixty eight hands altogether
men. women and boys. As paper is-Tery
costly in this country, would it not pay farm
ers to try their hand at the cultivation Of this
valuable grass? They might try couple Of
acres, and give It fair test,
Year: 1869

EditOrs Frse 2rader-Having noticed in vari-
Gus papers accounts Of reunions Of companies
and regiments in almost every ,ounty in the
state, the question has occurred to mo many
times, Why cannot the soldisrs of La Sale Co.
have reunion, only on larger and more gen.
erous scale than most company or regimental or
ganizations? Surely La Sale. the second coun-
ty in the state, in point Of wealth, population
and number of troops sent to the field, and sec
ond to none as to the efficiency and bravery Of
those troops, ought not to be the last to move in
this matter. Then why not have general re-
union of all La Sale County soldiers, "horse
foot and dragonsf" Let the laying OF the cor
ner stone Of the soldiers monument, or some
other event connected with it, be fixed for the
will be absent from the "Roll.call." By means
of such reunion, at such q time, much valua-
BILE information could be cleaned in regard to
the noble dead of La Sale county, and many of
their names added to the monument that might
otherwise be lost, and at the Same time very
substantial amount raised to help erect the
monument. Every true soldier who has not
already given for that purpose will do so, and
literally too, to see this much talked Of and long
neglected monument to our fallen comrades final
ly completed Aside from this sacred duty, I
can conceive Of nothing so gratifying to every
true soldier OF La Sale county, as to meet in
one general assembly our comrades IN arms.
with whom, shoulder to shoulder, we have faced
danger and death 30 many times; to recall the
"reminiscences of the camp. the march, the scout
and the forage; to fight our battles anew and to
renew old friendships and associations and form
new ones.


Then, fellow soldiers can we not have . grand
reunion of all arms? Who is there among us
that cannot afford to spend at least one day for
the sake of once more meeting those tried and
true comrades of other daysY Judging from the
generous unanimity with which the citizens Of
Ottawa have always joined to do honor to the
soldier in the past feel assured they would again
welcome to their midst, with their wonted liberal
hospitality, the survivors Of those who went
forth to do battle for and sustsin the honor of
La Sale County.


l make these suggestions, knowing that the
scheme is entirely practicable and would meet
with abundant success, if some Of our energetic
Ottawa soldiers and citizens will only take hold
| of the matter and set the ball in motion Once
started, its own momentum will carry it to a
successful and glorious termination can
vouch for the cordial aid of the rural districts.
All soldiers to whom have mentioned it are
enthusiastically in favor of a reunion.


Respectfully,


J. G. CAMPBELL
| Streator, Aug. 81, 49, Late of Goth III. Inf
Year: 1869

We being modest firm and not given to blow
ing, would like 10 know how large a round.
square or cube meal is We give men all they
want for Forty cents and team to hay in the bar
gam. Also Fresh Oysters received twice week,
warranted, and game in season, got up in any
style At all hours. Try US. Exchange Hotel
and Coffee House, Formulas & Wade.
Year: 1869

The invincible Bowman don't seem TO be at
all dishearteLed because all the candidates. at
the republican convention on the 3lst alt were
not nominated. One thing is settled fact, when
a good likeness Of any kind is wanted, Bowman
is elected 10 take it, hence the indifference.
Year: 1869

FIRST FRESH OYSTERS OF THE SEASON mo.
body can get much ahead of Jim Cross in the
way of procuring the 'luxuries Of the season."
Fresh oysters are already the fashion at his pop
ular dining hall opposite post office block where
you can buy them by the plate, can or case
Year: 1869

All the public schools of this city, except in the
third ward open for the fall term on Monday
next. The building in the third ward is still
undergoing repairs, and will not be ready for q
week or two
Year: 1869

DOG Decentralization is directed to the ad.
vertisement in another column of very valus'
BILE setter dog having been lost. The dog is more
valued for his home than his hunting qualities
Year: 1869

. The Montreal Witness has vivid
sketches of some Of the scenes of the
recent great flood in the st. Lawrence
river. The Montreal police and the Wit
ness reporter embarked in boat loaded
with bread, for pull through the streets
OF Grifintown, which was covered by
water to the depth Of two, four, and in
some places six feet. As the relief par
ty passed along the streets, the chamber
windows of the houses were filled with
women and children clamoring for
bread. Men stood upon chairs in the
doorways preferring the same request,
and boys were sent from distance on
RATS with similar pressing petition.
Mothers, with infants in their arms
and surrounded by their little ones, were
calling from almost every window, tell
ing how many children they had got,
and how long it had been since they had
anything TO eat. Passing through Col
borne, Ottawa and Murray streets, the
relief party found many cases of real
suffering. Those were most destitute
who lived in lanes and back-yards. Into
these out,of-the-way places the relief
party padded their boat laden with
bread, and the joy with which they were
welcomed by the imprisoned inhabitants
we'll repaid them for the discomfort
they experienced from the cold, heavy
rain which fell continuously. In the
loft of stable they found family Of
FIVE persons who had been without food
for twenty-four hours. They were all
lying on the floor covered with bed
clothes, and in this position they had
remained night and day since the rising
of The water. In another place one poor
fellow waded up to the skiffin water up
to his middle, and took two loaves of
bread for his family, who he said had
not eaten since yesterday morning.
These he carried up ladder TO his gar
ret, where his wife and children receiv.
cd the bread from his hands through
window.
Year: 1869

The sort of stuff those terrible ogresses
the female philosophers-amuse
themselves with is exhibited in lee
ture by Julia Ward Howe, which she
calls Polarity. a Study of Sex She
takes the ground that the distinction OF
sex is the "mere initial of the simplest
aetiou of polarity in conscious and inde-
pendent life She also declares that
The man is half, the woman lslt.
They were not merely mathematical
halves indifferent in themselves and
never operative halves" Mrs. Howe
likewise AYERS that the idea around
which the whole result and manifesto
tiou Of the universe revolyes is central
and feminine. The latter statement
proves itself, we suppose. The universe
revolves around the central Hub, and
the feminine Howe furnishing the Hub
with an idea, the idea must be central


aud "ieminine," of course. But what
the deuce IS the meaning of the rest Of
| IT., about polarity in conscious and
independent lifs,' and the mathematical
out never operative halvesi
Year: 1869

The Courier. Journal don't think much
of negroes as nation savers. 1t says
"A cotemporary says, that, if it could
be done in no other way, he would not
object to see the country saved even by
negroes Nor would we, but we might
afterwards consider the country as the
Queen of Lilliput did her palace when
CULVER had extinguished the flames
that were consuming it-a thing unit
to live in.n
Year: 1869

The question, "can society or club
composed entirely of ladies get along
without quarrelp has aG last been
settled. The SOrosis, which was sup
posed to be moving along so amicably,
with all the peace and harmony which
existed in the Garden of Eden before
the Evil One tempted Eve, has at last
commenced wrangling. Two factions
have sprung up, each insisting upon its
mode of conducting the affairs of the
society, and each bent on crying
Scissors" scissors" to the last.


What the real trouble in the Sorosis
camp is we are unable to say, but suf-
fcient for the present is the fact that a
family row exists which threatens di.
vision and the org 4nization of an oppo-
sition club, or else an internal feud and
quarrel which will give to the regular
meetings a dramatic character. Each
side is headed by ladies who have here
tofore been the most prominent in the
club. The members generally are taking
sides, and we should not be surprised to
see the contest between them conducted
with all the spirit and vim of the pO-
litical contests between the male por.
tiou of humanity. Already the mutter-
ing foreshadow a coming storm of more
than ordinarymagnitude in that quarter.
The one year of peace which we were
told existed there is to be followed by a
year of war.-Nelc York Cui=eH.
Year: 1869

WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN
Are made strong by tho use Of either of these
remedies. They will cure every case of Ma.
RASMUS, without fail


Thousands of certificates have accumulated
IN the hands Of the proprietor, but space will
allow of the publication Of but a few. Those.
il will be observed, are men of note. and of such
standing that they must be believed
Year: 1869

IT is stated in the Evening Post that
Secretary BOrie finds office duties i'll
suited to his temperament, and having
rendered the President all the support
in his power, he will now retire."


Before Mr.. Borie took his office he
knew, as well as he knows now, that
be could not Ierform its functions. He
knew, too, that the only reason for
asking him to take such an office
was that he had contributed largely
toward giving General Grant house
1t was his duty as a gentleman
to refuse the office for both these
reasons. But his ambition or his
vanity led him to accept; and hav-
ing held it long enough to make both
the reason for his appointment and his
own incompetence perfectly manifest, it
is now quite time that he should quit.
He has performed his part in one of the
gravest political impositions ever prac.
ticed upon the American people. 1t has
been disgraceful 10 him, and deeply in
furious to the President, and affords a
Justification for almost any fraud that
may be attempted upon the Govern.
ment. The sooner it is ended the bet
ter.-Ne,r York Sun.
Year: 1869

And feeling the hand of time weighing heavily
upon them, with all its attendant ills, will find
elixir that will instil new life into their veins,
restore in a measure the energy and ardor Of
more youthful days build up their shrunken
forms, and give health and happiness in their
remaining years
Year: 1869

LOTTERY SwINDLEs. that will be
rich fall into temptation and snare" So says
Paul, and, as the wife of Bath assures us,
''Paul' 8 sound divine" We suppose 1t is
the desire of every man to be suddenly rich
that keeps life into these never ending gift
enterprises and dollar shops; but what folly
can be greater than the folly these swindlers
trade upon? Dear, good people Of the metropo-
lis, cannot you reach TO the conclusion that the
man is evidently fooling you who sells you a
ticket for one dollar and positively declares
that every ticket holder shall get prize worth
two dollars, and that dozen holders Of
favorite numbers shall get from one to ten
thousand dollars each ? Will you insist that
there is certainly some mystery in It? Well,
the whole mystery Is this: the seller Of the
ticket is knave and the buyer is a fool.
Year: 1869

THE DRIVES IN THE PARK.-Probably no
park in the world can boast of better roadway
than our Park. When the roads were made it
was supposed by the Commissioners that they
were sufficiently wide to meet the wants of the
community. Experience, however, has shown
that they are entirely too narrow as thorough
fares for the numerous and daily increasing
vehicles that throng that fashionable place Of
resort. We see no good reason why they
should not be widened at the first convenient
opportunity, as the space that might be de-
voted to that purpose is almost unlimited. At
present the roads are more or less dangerous.