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Year: 1869

GRANTS KN.-The Washington correspondent
Of the Cincinnati Commercial gets off the follow
ing hit at some of the recent appointments


The depressing report obtained circulation
yesterday to the effect that another brother-in-
law had turned up. The agitated circle of po-
Etical aspirants had fondly hoped that the last
remaining member of the poor family had been
provided for, and the cry is, still they come. A
delegation of proposed collectors visited the
white house to investigate the truthsulness of
the rumor. They were met by that courteous
old gentleman, General Dent, who seems to be
high custodian of the card-basket, and keeper of
the boot-jack, and reminds one of the funny old
prime minister in the Ofenbach operas. The
delegation stated the object of the visit, and
General Dent FASTENED to allay the anxiety by
assuring the members that the fresh arrival did
not claim to be brother-in-law, but only dis
tant relative. He lived in the wilds of Brown
county, Ohio, and had not heard of the election
of Grant until within few days. The family
was now engaged in tracing the connection, but
had so far worked it down to the forty-eighth
cousin. 1t was hardly thought probable that
the newly-found cousin would be postmaster,
as he could not read writing. 1t was believed
last night that he would be added to the con-
sular or diplomatic corps, as being the place
least likely to call for educational results. An
other report caused much anxiety, and it was
that the tribe of Grant, in Scotland, said to be
very numerous, had heard of the elevation of
their distinguished kinsman, and were about
coming over in body. 1t was thought, how
ever, that they were so poor that they could not
get here until all the best Offices were dis
posed of
Year: 1869

NAUT1ON.-See that the words HOLLOWAY. NEW YORK
~ and LONDON, appear a watermark every leaf of


the book of directions which enfods box pot No
others are genuine handsome reward given for informa-


on leading to the detection of counteretes of the medi


and yenders OF the deceptive articles knowing them to
De such Sold at the mann factory No so Maiden Lane and
by druggists and medicine dealers throughout world.
great saving by taking the large sizes Full instructions
with every box pot 19-1y
Year: 1869

y Kansas paper eavs that daring Anna
Dickinson's lecture In Council Bluffs, q note
was handed TO her on the platform. It was an
urgent request for an interview Immediately
the person requesting an interview to be
wealthy merchant Of Omaha, who at once
made her q formal proposal Of marriage. She
refused him on the spot.
Year: 1869

THE CLERICAL FORCE OF the various bureaus
of the Treasury Department is being daily re.
duced by dispensing with the services OF two
or three clerks IN each bureau where the work
will permit the same. No appointments, how.
ever, are being made to NIL vacancies, but it is
thought that a number OF changes will be made
about the first Of May.
Year: 1869

BOTH HousKs OF CONGRESS will probably
te IN session great portion of tonight. 10
close up action on several important bills The
business is well advanced. and there is no
occasion for an extension of the session, unless
the amendment of Mr.. Morton to the Recon-
stTuction bill be resisted in the House
Year: 1869

CONTRARY to general expectations, Senator
Sprague did not yesterday give ths name OF the
Senator who, according to his previous speech
received slt0,0oO to report certain bill after a
certain way
Year: 1869

THERE rs GREAT CONSERVATION among the
female clerks in the Treasury Department for
fear that they will be removed from Office, the
services OF quite a number having already
been dispensed with. Those remaining are
bringing all the influence they can command
10 bear upon Secretary Boutwell,, but it Is i'm.
possible to retain all, and large number mu ST
be discharged at an early day.
Year: 1869

TERRIBLE DEATH.-A colored man met
with an awful death in the neighborhood
of New Paris, Ky. few nights since. A
neighbor, white man, had killed his hogs
and left them out at night. The negro
undertook to steal one, and was in such q
hurry to secure the pork that he forgot to
remove the gambrel stick To reach his
home it was necessary to cross fence. In
doing so he placed the hog on the top
rail, and it is supposed that he slipped
at any rate the negro's head was caught
in the opening of the hind legs, and his
neck broken by the stick. He was found
next morning dead, the hog on one side
of the fence and he on the other, with his
head fast as described.
Year: 1869

HE LEGISLATURE AND THE HAn RoAD.
Even if It were practicable, the motion
to annul the charter of the Philadelphia
Wilmington and Baltimore Rail Road,
pending in our Legislature, is not the right
remedy against that corporation, for its
refusal to pay the tax imposed by the
State. The State has, in this case, the
same recourse as it has in the case of an
individual, but the movement to annul its
charter is a step in the wrong direction, as
win be found after more mature reflection.
Year: 1869

The National Intelligencer says, it is
reported that the reason the first scheme
to get up an inauguration ball broke down,
was difficulty about the irrepressible
negro-should he be let in or not Other
parties, "of high social position" have
without respect to party, taken the mat
fsr ia hand. and are determined that the
ceremony of inauguration shall not go by
without the accompaniment of grand
ball on the occasion.
Year: 1869

Six per cent. is the legal rate of interest
in this State, and in most of the other States.
The experience of mankind long since
fixed it at that rate, as all that money is
worth, in the ordinary channels of trade.
When money is scarce, it is Of course in
greater demand, and those who are needy
would willingly pay moze than the legal
rate OF interest in order to satisfy their
domands. But when money is plenty it is
difficult to loan it at six per cent. and
contracts are often made at less than the
legal rate. 1t is necessary. therefore, to
have some fixed rate of interest as basis
for all legal transactions. In times Of
scarcity six per cent. will not satisfy the
rapacity of the money-lender, and if the
rate were raised to seven or eight per
cent. by law, arguments would not be
wanting, in times of pressure, to raise it
higher still. Some contend that money
ought to be regulated like every thing else,
by the demand and supply, and that
money Is worth whatever it will bring.
This is fallacy. Money is the standard
of value, by which the value of all COM
modities is regulated, not a commodity
itself. We have known so per cent. to be
paid, in some instances, but no one will
contend that money can be profitably bor-
rowed at such runious rate of interest
as that, and therefore it is not worth what
ever it will bring. Capital can always
take care of itself, and needs no protec-
ton. 1t is the borrower that needs pro-
lection against the lender. Money is
power. and tho law should protect the
weak against the strong, for the strong are
able to protect themselves. To increase
the rate Of interest, would be to legislate
for the benefit of the rich against the poor
the few against the many; for the proper,
tion of capitalists in the community is
scarcely one to hundred. Nothing could
be more disastrous to the interests of the
poor, at the present time, when there is
so great a stripgency in monetary affairs,
and nothing could be more unpopular.
1t would lead to tho sorest embarrassments
for all persons who have invested their
money at six per cent. would seek to call
it in and reinvest it at the advanced rate
mortgages would be foreclosed, and all
, other securieties disturbed for like pur-
pose, and the pressure would be far grea-
ter than it has hitherto been.


This is the business aspect of the case
but there is also moral aspect, which we
will not present at this time; for morality,
unlike money, is at heavy discount, and
the idea would be secuted But it is well
to remember that usury is forbidden, and
that the voice of the evangel has been ut.
tered against it. We hope the Legisla.
turc will be wise enough to let the sub
ject alone, and we are glad to find that
strong remonstrances are being prepared
against it.
Year: 1869

The widow of President Lincoln appeals
to Congress for pension to enable her to
live in manner becoming her position as
the widow of an American President. The
petition is dated at Frankfort, Germany.
Year: 1869

Major J. W. Powell left Chicago on Friday, May 7th, for Green River City, situated at the crossing of the Pacific Railway over the Green River. From there, accompanied by about one dozen well armed men, he intends descending the Green River in boats until he reaches it's junction with the Colorado to its mouth, exploring the banks and the surround ing country on the way.

 The exploring of this river is the object of the expedition. IT Major Powell is success fuf he will have accomplished one of the greatest explorations ever made upon the American continent

 Many attempts to explore this river have been made, but have all proved unsuccessful Those who have attempted to ascend it have met rapids and were compelled to stop. From the fact that the course lies for the most part through canyons, sometimes us much as a mlle deep, none have attempted to descend it. They have been prevented from following the river along the banks by the canyons formed hy the streams flowing into the main river. The present company is we'll provided to meet the difficulties and dangers of the un- dertaking. They have four boats. which, though not large are very strongly built. They were manufactured in Chicago, and will be taken to Green River by rail

 The party is mostly composed of Western hunters who have had experience in the kind of life necessary to be undergone. The party IS led by man who is neither timid nor rash one who has nerve enough to meet and endure ditfiulties, and sufficient judgment to refrain from unnecessary risks.

 Although there are difficulties to be met with m this undertaking, yet we think the absolute danger has been oyer-estimated. It is sup posed by many that when one enters one of the canyons of this river that he must be hurried down over rapids, and falls, among mighty boulders, now under ground and again seeing the blue heavens only between two parallel walls mile in height, complete ly at the mercy of the current, with no posi- bility of escape, the walls being pcrpendicu- lar and unscalable, and the current driving on with force that cannot be withstood.

 Many of the canyons of Green River have already been explored by Major Powell, and he has found them not near so hard as repre- sented. He has found that many rapids that cannot be ascended can yet be descended with safety; that though the walls are sometimes perpendicular, yet they are not always so, but frequently have such an inclination that they may De ascended that there are inter- ftpces in the rocky walls, and that there are eonhuent canyons which afford safe resting places.

 Having received about the same represen- tation of the canyons of both rivers, and having found that those of Green River were sot what they were represented to be, it i. but natural that he should conclude that the representations of the Colorado are exag gerated. What knowledge he has of tho river, obtained from the Indians, the Nor mons and others, confirms him in his belief To sum up all in few words, he considers that the descent, though difficult, is not i'm possible.- Chicago Republioan.
Year: 1869

The following Act, passed at the last session of Congress, will be found interesting:

 Be t enacted 6y tss Seaatsand House 0f Rsre- sentatiUes Qf the United States ct' America in Congress assembled, That the Supreme Court of the United States shall hereafter consist of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight associate Justices, any six of whom shall constitute aquorum and for the purpose of this act there shall be appointed an ad- ditional Associate Justice of said court

 Sec. 2 And De t ttrther eilacted That for each Of the nine existing judicial circuits there shall be appointed Circuit Judge, who shall reside in his circuit, and shall possess the same power and jurisdiction therein as the Justice of the Supreme Court allotted to the circuit. The Circuit Courts in each circuit shall be held by the Justice of the Supreme Court allotted to the circuit, or by the Dis trict Judge of the district sitting alone, or by the Justice of the Supreme Court and Cir cult Judge sitting together, in which case the Justice of the Supreme Court shall preside, Or in the absence of either of them by the other, (who shall preside,) and the District Judge. and such Courts may be held at the same time in different districts of the same circuits, and cases may be heard and tried by each of the Judges holding such Court sitting apart by direction of the presiding Justice or Judge, who shall designate the business to be done by each. The Circuit Judges each receive an annual salary olive thousand dollars.

 Sec. B. find be a fUrther enacted, That nothing in this Act shall affect the Justices of the Supreme Court as Judges of the Circuit Court except in the appointment of Clerks of the Circuit Courts, who in each circuit shall be appointed by the Judge of that circuit, and the Clerks of the District Courts shall be appointed by the Judges thereof respectively Pr0vided, That the present Clerks of said Courts shall continue in office till other ap- pointments be made in their place, or they be otherwise removed.

 Sec. A. Aad belt JprtheT enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Chief Justice and of each Justice of the Supreme Court to attend at least one term of the Circuit Court in each district of his circuit during every period of two years.

 Sec. 5. And be a further esactsi, That any Judge of any Court of the United States, who, having held his commission as such at least ten years, shall, after having attained to the age of seventy years, resign his office, shall thereafter, during the residue of his natural life, receive the same salary which was by law payable to him at the time of his resig- nation.

 Sec. G. And Je a fIrther enacted, That thisAct shall take effect on the first Monday of De eember, eighteen hundred and sixty nine.

 Approved April l0 1869.
Year: 1869

MADRID, March M.-The draft of the new
constitution was laid before the Constituent
Cortes to-day Its leading features are as fol-
lows: The government is to be monarchical
in form. with Senate and Congress. The
Senatorial term is limited to twelve years.
Senators are to be elected by Provisional
to the Congress are to be elected every three
years by universal suffrage. The reign of the
King is limited to a term of eighteen years.


The majority of the committee which re-
ported the constitution is favorable to the
separation of the State and Church. The mi
nority propose that the Roman Catholic be
retained as the religion of the State, with toll
Grafton for other crseds. The liberty of the
press and the right of public meetings are
fully guaranteed by the new constitution.


The Cortss has passed the CONSUMPTION law
Year: 1869

Boots and shoes, if taken care ofprop.
cry, will usually last two or three times
longer than they usually do, and at the
same time fit the feet far more satisfacto
rily, and keep them dry and more CON-
Portable in wet and cold weather. The
upper leather should be:kept soft and PHI
able, while the soles need to be hard,
tough and impcrvious to water. The
first thing to be done with any pair OF
new shoes for farm use, 10 to set each one
on platter or an old dinner plate. and
pour ON boiled linsced OIL sufficient to
fill the vessel to the upper edge Of the
s0les. Allow the leather to absorb as
much oil as it will for eight hours. Lin.
seed oil should not be applied to the up
per leather, as it will soon become dry,
rendering the leather hard and tough.
But II the selcs be saturated with this oil
it will exclude the dampness and enlarge
the pegs, SO that the solcs will never gel
loose from the upper leather. Ii tho
shoes be sewed, the linssed will preserve
the thread from rotting. Now wet the
upper leather thoroughly when the boots
or shoes are to be put on tho feet, 80 that
those parts which are tight may give q
tride, and Tins adapt the form OF the shoe
to the foot far more satisfactorily than
when the upper leather is not wet. Keep
them on the feet until the leather Is near
ly dry. Then give the upper leather a
thorough grcasing with equal parts oi
lard and tallow, or with tallow and neat s.
foot oil. II shoes be treated in this
manner and q row of round. headed shoe
nails be driven around the edge Of the
soles, they will wear like copper, and al.
ways set easy to the feet. Boots and
shoes should be treated as suggested, and
worn little several months before they
are put to daily service. This is the true
way to saue your shoe money.--Rerth
and Home.
Year: 1869

KEEPING ApPLEs.-Theb best way
we know Of il to have shelves err


ected in the cellar expressly for fruit
pears and anples Let them be
about two feet vide and one foot
apart. and as many and as long as
may be desired commencing six to
twelve inches from the bottom. The
shelves should be formed of states
Two inches wide ard one inch apart,


and the fruit laid 10 single layers.
The tier should have a close board
bottom, which should be covered
Year: 1869

TIE increase of crimS in Prussia
is such that there is no more room in
the prisons, and the government
has been obliged to secure some old
castles 10 which to accommodate the
surplus prisoners. Although the
fact does not prove much 10 favor Of
the home policy Of Count Bismarck,
still il is turning the old establish
ments TO good account. The spirits
o. the old btrons Of the middle ages
will doubtless be indignant at the
idea Of being thrown into the com
pany Of eulprits who have passed
the ordeal Of = modern police court.
Year: 1869

A receDtIy.sppoInted pOstmistresS
at a postOffice on the plains sends
her first quarterly report to the de-
partmeEt with the following foot
note: For weeks past l have slept
with a six shooter by my bedside aud
a carving knife under my pillow, exN
pecting at break of day the Indians
would come for my scalp, but all
this has not been half so harassing
to my mind as the making out Of one
quarterly report.
Year: 1869

OLYMPIA, December 4, 1869.


DEAR STATESMAN: Allow me to
congratulate your readers and the
people Of the Territory upon the
adjournment Of the Legislature, for
certainly . more corrupt body Of
men never were, convened to frame
laws for Q civilized people. Mark
you, in thus characterizing the Legs
iSlature, 1 exclusively refer to the
majority who controlled the dOings of
the body. In the minority were
numbers of most excellent men, who
were constantly lifting up their
voices in denunciation of the frauds
and corruption that fairly tainted the
atmosphere in the neighborhood Of
the Capital but the protests of these
were drowned in the noisy clamor OF
the vultures who thirsted to whet
their beaks in the flesh and blood of
the people. The experience of the
session will teach the people to be
careful how they elect men destitute
of character to represent them in
the halls of legislation.
Year: 1869

To carry out their nefarious de-
signs the radicals selected a dirty
tool, named McLane, to preside over
the Council, and well did he meet
the expectations Of those who had
seen in him man ready for any work
of infamy. Those who are familiar
with Dickens works and recollect
the character of Fagan, will have a
feint conception Of the scoundrel
who presided over the Council and
profaned the name of law.maker. To
this Pagan was added a man named
Bradshaw, who is known indifferently
as "smuggler" and "hog thief !"
To complete the trio was StruVe, the
most dangerous man of the lot, who
under the guise of honesty was con-
stantly planning schemes of fraud
and corruption. 1t was these three
associates in infamy who really run
the Legislature and made it a stencil
in the nostrils of all honest men.
Year: 1869

To look for honest legislation from
men Of this character would be about
as wise as to expect to gather grapes
from thOrns, and thus it was that all
good men rejoiced when Governor
Flanders signifed his intention to
veto the greater part of the laws
coming from so foul a source. To
give the reader an idea Of bow all the
forms of legislation were dlsregarded,
l will stale that in many instances
bills of the utmost importance we're
introduced and under a suspension Of
the rules ran through both Houses,
without being read and without the
members being afforded ao opportu
nifty to learn the nature of the laws
thus enacted: Under these circum.
stances the interpositiOn of the vetoe
was a Gcd send for which the people
cannot be too thankful.
Year: 1869

men lay dead he was therefore undecided wha' course to pursue when an unexpected arrival accomplished his rescue-seyen cavalry meE, coming from Camp Grant to Tucson, arrived upon the scene-they charged body ot Ia- dians who were yelling like demons at short distance, but were driven back with two of their number wounded The sergeant in charge seeing thatit would be utter madness to con tend further against party of Indians whose number had now increased to over three hun" dred, and that his stock of ammunition must soon run short, as it required constant fire to keep the Indians at bay, now agreed with the wagon master to leave everything and save their lives The whole party according issued forthin a body, while the Apaches who had lost several ot their braves did not deem it prudent to attempt to make them prisoners, but after dis' patching clond of arrows after them from behind every thicket, then took possession. Ere the escaping party lost sight of the Indians in the distance, they discovered the flames and smoke arising from the burning wagons and freight.

 Upon the arrival ofthis news in Tucson, Col. Barnard started for the scene of the disaster and returned on Friday evening after fruit less pursuit of two days and nights.

 Messrs Fully X Ochoa have lost in this raid property to the amount of about $l2 1000, and the loss to the government and to parties at Camp Grant, when added, will make a total loss of hardly less than s20,0OO. y

 Yet all this is nothing more than might have been foreseen-and who Is blamable Ger tainly some one is-not Messrs, Fully < Ochoa, for all who live under a government and pay taxes are entitled to protection of person and property; for this are taxes paid-nor can we attach blame to the military in Arizona they dare not furnish escorts they are circum scribed by orders to the contrary. We conf denty hope that this occurrence, with the weight of various other incidents of similar nature thrown in, may suffice to open the eyes of the higher military authorities to the fact that troops may be as judiciously employed in the immediate protection of property as in the pursuit of its destroyer
Year: 1869

Take piece of pasteboard about.
FIVE inches square, roll it into a


tube with one end just large enough


to fit round the eye, and the other
end rather smaller. Hold the.
tube between the thumband finger
of the right hand; put the large
end close against the right eye,.
and with the left hand hold a
book against the side of the tube.
Be sure to keep both eyes open,
and there will appear to be a hole
through the book, and objects
seem as if seen through the hole
instead of through the tube. The
right eye sees through the tube
and the left eye sees the book, and
the appearances are SO confounded
that they cannot be sepa-
rated. The left hand can be held
against the tube instead of the
book, and the hole will seem to be
seen through the hand.