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Year: 1867

We give this morning an abstract OF the
English Reform bill rs introduced into the
House of Commons on the 18th OF March,
together with accounts of the speeches of the
Chancellor of tho Exchcquer and of Mr. Glad
stone 1t is stated in the English papers that
so great an interest has rarely been witnessed
in the proceedings of Parliament as on this
occasion. The Chancellor of the Exchequer in
admitting that, in the opinion of the Govern
ment, an extension Of suffrage was desirable,
again deemed it necessary TO denOunce demo
cracy and to express the hope that the fate OF
England would never be to exist under demo-
Cracy The main principles of this bill
have already been stated. II adopts
the rating principle, to which the Chancellor
says the House during the last session came
with "unerring instinct" The most peculiar
feature Of the system is the duality" princi-
pie, according TO which every person who
paid 20 shillings direct taxation should
possess vote and if he was q
householder paying rates. should exer-
else the privileges of both franchises. MIR.
Gladstone attacked with great vigOr most of
the propositions which had been made. On
the next day. Mr.. Mill announced that he
would move to strike out the word man in
the bill, and substitute for it person, with
view of securing the introduction of female
auffroOp
Year: 1867

The latest advces from Havana announce
the arrival in that city of Marshal Bazaine,
with the remainder of the French troops. 1t
was his intention to stay four or five days. In
Vera Cruz the flags of the Mexican Empire
were hOisted upon the forts and the Custom
House; but it was expected that the garrison
would soon pronounce in favor of Juarez. The
Liberal troops were beseging the city and in
teITupting all communication with the interior.
The young Prince Iturbide, who some time ago
was adopted by Maximilian as his successor,
has been abducted by his parents. 1t was
everywhere the common belief that a few
more days would be sufficient to deal to the
Empire the fatal blow.
Year: 1867

halls, are also specified and enjoined. One Of
the concluding sections Of the bill declare,
that offending tenement owners are punishable
by fine OF not less than $2j OF more than
$500, or by imprisonment for not moro than
three months. This punishment wonld ~
doubt prove mild one in marked and
aggravated cases; but it is well ca.
culated to be thoroughly operative should pai
simOniOus landlords be rash enough TO put
themselves in the way of being mulcted for
depressing the poor. The bill appears to b.
comprehensive. Much authority over the mat
ter in reform is rightly given to the Board OF
Health, and we have 10 fear that it will ba
badly exercised. The question of that reform
is now before the Legislature, and hundreds OF
thousands of our OvcrcrOwded poor appeal "a
them to decide it. There is no reform more
urgent, none that will more tend to refresh aud
redeem the city.
Year: 1867

In the Supreme Court Mr.. Justice Sutherland
has decided an important question between
currency and gold The issue turned on an
agreement made TO pay certain sum at a
time when gold was the ruling currency. The
sum was rendered, but in legal tenders; hence
the litigation. Mr.. Justice Sutherland holds that
an agreement to pay in gold cannot be legally
enforced, though, treating gold as a commodity,
a contract for its purchase sale is perfectly
safe and proper. He declares that the result
of the Legal Tender act is that gold has prac
tically ceased TO he currency, and become
exclusively commodity. The decision ap-
pears to be identical in principle with one
recently delivered by the Supreme Court of
Massachusetts,, by which, upon contract for
the payment Of specified sum in gold, a
tender Of the amount in Greenbacks was held
good
Year: 1867

The Senate has confirmed Gen. Steedman
Collector of Internal Revenue at New-Orleans.
1t has rejected better men nominated for
offices less important. Its confirmation of
Gen. Steedman is intended, we presume, as an
Endorsement of his ISLANDERS upon the Freed
mems Bureau, and is one of those surprising
acts of inconsistency only to be accounted for
by supposng that, in the hurry of the close of
the session. many of the members did not
know for whom they were voting Or is it one
other illustration of the horse jockey system by
which Radicals and COpperheads have been
traded off against each other by President and
Senateg And if so, who was the Radical good
enough to offset Steedman?
Year: 1867

The Fortieth Congress adjourned on Satur-
day, after a session of 26 days, chiefly devoted
to supplementary legislation upon RecOnstruc-
ton. The passage of the bill to carry out the
provisions of the Reconstruction law was
the most important of its acts. Its de-
bates upon impeachment were the most excit-
ing, but it passed number of resolutions
of general value. The Senate is convened in
extraordinary session to-day, to act upon the
nominations of civil officers by the President
Congress did not adjourn without making pro-
vision for a Summer session, if necessary.
Year: 1867

intelligence enough to take hold of any good
opportunity of conveying broad insinuatiOn
as to their rights and demands Viewing the
proportion of blacks to whites in Charleston,
the recent demonstration was an exceedingly
natural one.
Year: 1867

Michigan elects to-day delegates to a State
Convention to amend her Constitution. Among
the Republican candidates are many of the best
men in the State, and the election of decided
Republican majority is certain.
Year: 1867

WASHINGTON, March 24.-If Congress
shall adjourn on Tuesday or Wednesday
next, as it is now almost certain, the Presi-
dent will issue on the day of adjournment
proclamation calling an extra session
of the Senate for Executive business.
especially to consider the nominations for
official position.
Year: 1867

F| fIaH
By A CONSOLIDATION OF THE NASH
WILLIE UNION AND AMERICAN and the
DESPATCH, and by the generous and united
support Of the UNfoS AND DISPATCH by the
patrons Of both the former papers, the Proprie-
tors are enabled 70 present Newspaper hithar-
TO unsurpassed in this city or State.


IN FULLNEss AND ACCURACY OF
NEWS, our paper will compare favorably with
the best IN the entire country; and in saying
this. we only repeat The expressions Of many Of
our patrons who are most capable Of Judging in
ueh matters.
Year: 1867

New YORK, March 25.-The Senate ad
journed on Saturday to meet this mornine
at ten o'clock. The session is still secret
but 1t Is understood that the chief work be
fore the body is the appointment of a See
retary of War in the place of Gen. Sweeney
the former occupant of the position.
Year: 1867

The government Of Queen Isabella seems
bent upon provoking Its own destruction.
The course which II pursued in regard to
ST. Domingo and Chile excited . very
general feeling Of indignation. 1t sought to
browbeat those republics because Il thought
they we're weak, and IL skunk from. further
conflict with them when 1t found that
they were able to resist It II has now got into
a quarrel with England by refusing its demands
for indemnity and satisfaction in the case of
the steamer Tornado, and 1t would seem dis
posed to pick another quarrel with us by the
bad faith with which il treated our Consul
at Havana in the matter Of the enlistments for
Macmillan. Ifitdoes not speedily back down
from this bravado system of policy IL will
array against It the governments of both hemi-
spheres. 1t is not too strong at home to render
1t Indifferent to the friendly feeling Of other
nations, and IL is difficult to account for the
motives which induce 1t to persevere in such
a suicidal course.
Year: 1867

4 Es1 serious dsukls - splsriaiasd bt eom-
peseps hwyszz = y - kGallsy q theedntract
nadabsewssax ls1acll snd 4Se een-
.stal ssvsFan6nk ~ vi6dh tie Asmsr Scld :
porsaen u ~ Csy Hall Fsslk1 k1of ~ sssetisa Of
4 Pest Odlcs. Sene able IsGnl autkorities have
decided that the Corporsttoh hsve no power to
sell the land for any such purpose, NOR indeed
TO dispose Of It 1t all TAe sale Of the pro-
perty is beset with two dfniculties, either Of
which is sufficient to prevent the government
from constructing any buildings upon 1t with
out recklessly mourning an expenditure that
may prove nothing but waste when the matter
OF title comes to be tested by the law courts.
There is now pending in the Supreme Court
suit to which the heirs of the Provost estate are
plaintiffs, based upon the ground that this land Is
and was from the old colonial times the private
property of that family, and that the Corpo-
ration Of the city OF New York are merely squat
ters, holding the ground for public park only
by suferance, and therefore have no title upon
which to premise sale, to the government or
any other party. As long as 1t was used for
the public benefit 1t appears tha. no hostility
was offered by the rightful owners to the Cor
poration retaining the land but now that
it il proposed to make job Of the sale and
convert Il to other than the useful purpose to
which II has been devoted for 10 many years,
tho heirs are determined to dispute the right Of
the Corporation to sell Il. M


There is another view Of the case which, II
sustained, would militate against the proposed
disposition Of the property. II i claimed BY
some parties that it had been granted for cer-
tain specific public purposes, namely, park,
and that 80 long - II is 30 used It cannot be
sold to amy individual that, In fact Il Is not .
marketable article, and all conveyances are In
this case null and void. A very important
decision Of this kind was made In Texas some
time ago, where portion Of the city plaza Of
San Antonio was sold by the Spanish authorities
and buildings were erected thereon. The
original dedication of the ground for public
plaza was subsequently established, and the
buildings were all removed. This ID only in
conformity with the common law. With regard
to the site for . Post ONCE in the City Hall
Park, IL may be years before the question Of the
Corporations title to sell IL is decided in the
courts Of law, and 1t ID hardly to be supposed
that the government win venture to put up q
costly structure there until their title TO the
ground is finally established.
Year: 1867

Hon. Platte Smith has sod his inter
est in the Dubuque 4 Sioux City Rail-
Road and resigned the Vice Presi-
dency. In letter to the Dubuque
Times, he gives his reasons as fol-
lows:


A few months since l was the own.
or OF twelve thousand two hundred
dollars of preferred stock and about
the same amount of common stock
which cost me par in cash. also some
bonds and ividend scrip. making an
aggregate Of little more than twenty
nine thousand dollars. | believe that
the whole would have been worth par
it the road hal been built to the Ms
souri, river. The stock in the road
from Clinion to Cedar Rapids is worth
$50 per cent, on its original cost, and
from Cedar Rapids to the Missouri
the common stock is worth par. l saw
no good reason why ours should be
worth less. But others who had great.
cr interest did no, see matters in the
same light, and did not deem it either
good sense or prudent to complete the
road. They had an undoubted right
to carry out their pnliey instead Of
mine. l thought that we could not
stand still-that We must either go
ahead or backward-and did not
feel inclined to own stock in il, unless
it could 60 ahead aud improve. I
wanted to rival the Cedar Rapids
road, and could not Go it. sold out
not at once or twice but gradully to
the bottom dollar. well knowing the
consequence. l lated to do it, | did
not like to give up my original idea
that had worked for so lony-thc
building Of the road to Sioux City.
Another reason fer my selling out was,
that it produced harmony in the local
management, which is desirable in or
der to insure success in any undertak-
ing. Our Superintendent, who is al
SO President aud Superintendent of
the Dubuque South Western Road,
very naturally wishes to manage and
model this road in the same way he
hss that, and with me out of the
way. | have no doubt but he will be
equally successful with each. l feel
that have stood in the way OF that
result long enough
Year: 1867

LINE AnoUND ArrLE TREEs.-We
have known some farmers to make it
a regular practice, for succession of
years, TO throw caustic lime around
their apple trees in the spring and
summer. We noticed that tree stand
ing in the immediate vicinity of our
dwelling had, all at once. put forth
with renewed energy, and We were at
loss for some time to define the
cause. On examination. We found q
quantity Of lime, which had accident
ly been spilled, and rendered worthless
by becoming mixed with the refuse on
on the stable floor, had been thrown
at the foot and around the tree, and
to this. as the principal cause, we i'm
mediately accredited the reyi,iscence
and renewed fructification of the tree


Taking the hint from the accident,
We purchased twelve casks of lime,
and applied half q bushel to each of
the trees in our orchard, and found
that it produced Immediately benc-
fetal effects. Not the health of the
trees only. but the quality OF the fruit
also was greatly improved. This ap-
plicaiion will be especially beneficial
In soils where there is redundancy
OF vegetable matter. We would ad-
wise our farmers. in some places, es-
pecially in new forest lands recently
cleared and on low lands. to make the
experiment. and see ii it is not deserv-
ing OF the high recommendation it Sc.
cures.
Year: 1867

The Chicago journal, commenting


on the case Of a young man in Duhu
que, who, when arraigncd for =


drunken assault, protested to have


been standing up for his mother .


thus forcibly and justly expresses the


meanncss Of getting drunk:


/, tickIcs the vanity of some young 9


men to have the public say, "What a


pity that such promising youne man
should throw himself away = II is a
cheap way, they think. to ret the


credit Of possessing talent. Sober


mediocrity is less facinating TO them
than reputation for ability, won a. the
expeSsc of rcspectability aud happi-
ness. Those who are caught III such
spiders web show sad lack Of COM
mon sense, and mean and selfish
disregard for the feelings of their
friends. This instance Of standing
up for my MOTHER" while tearing the
very heartstrings ont, is only one
among ten thousand The fault is
partly with that public option for
which this poor fellow vas so solicit
ious. The public ought to make the
wretch who turns the holy JOY Of
home into the sulphurous flames Of
hell feel that lie is looked upon as the
quintessencc Of meanness. There are


nyriads in this land who have broken
the hearts of mother or wife, and
brought infinite sorrow into otherwise
happy households, whom public opin.
ion pronounces good fellows, when
they are in fact stepped in infamy to
the very lips, and ought to be held
up TO public scorn as ingrates who
CRAFTY base and governable appe-
tito at the expense Of those whom
they profess to hold most dear. The
most dutiful and affectionate child
can not repay the debt he owes TO her
who gave him life, and tenderly min
istered to his young wants, yet how
many there are who deliberately, for
there is always deliberation in drunk
enness, although the drunkard would
have us think otherwise, quaff the
drink that proclaims their own folly
and causes the misery Of those whom
they profess 10 hold in atfectionate
regard.-Sumptuary laws have their
uses, but the great need of the tenn
pcrence cause is not only the Main law.
but q public sentiment that shall
make young men feel that drunken
ness is sigh of mental weakness and
moral meanness, and not an amiable
vice, leaning to virtues side.
Year: 1867

[Fron the New York Herald, June g.


The raft Nonpareil is to sail for Europe
on Thursday next, with view to demon
strate the safety and security of floating
structure built on the principle of life
saving apparatus. The Nonpareil is COM
posed of three parallel air cylinders, shaped
like cigars, which form what in vessel
would be called hull. These cylinders
are twenty-five feet long and twenty-six
inches In diameter, being composed Of gut
ia percha, encased in Russia duck, the out
er casing being less in circumference than
the inside air chamber, and thus receiving
the greatest strain. 1t is to be sailed by
Captain John Mikes, Ian officer mentioned
honorably in the Herald upon the occasion
last fall of disaster to the Santiago de
Cuba, and George Miller and Henry Law
son, seamer, who have faith in her buoy
ant power, having seen it tested or the
| coast in such a manner that they regard a
trip across the ocean as a possibly agreeable
incident, but entirely without danger
| They will carry mostly canned provisions,
although a cooking apparatus is on board,
but is not likely to be in condition for use
except in fair weather. The raft is at pres
ent, with view to its trans Atlantic trip
schooner rugged, being in addition provided
with two centre boards for better security
ina heavy sea, although it is said to be a
matter of impossibility to either upset or
swamp it. The raft carries twelve india
rubber water casks, six strapped on each
side,, which, if necessary are able to do
duty as life preservers, being of buoyant
capacity, sufficient, it is claimed, to float
nine men each. The Nonpareil is not a
new invention, RATS Of similar construction


of course without the extra rigging that
has been set up for the ocean trip-being
in practical use as matter of security on
board several vessels belonging to our steam
ship lines and the monitor Miantonomah


Packed for conveyance, the air being ex-
hausted from the chambers that compose
the hull, the raft occupies space of about
twelve and half feet lengthwise, with
sixty inches Of circumference Capt


Mikes intends starting about noon on Tues
| day next.
Year: 1867

FIRE MEETING Notice is hereby given
that special meeting of the Badger Engine
Company No. will be held at the Engine
Room at = clock on the evening of the
18th inst, for the purpose of taking into
consideration the propriety of joining the
SEte Firemcn's Association. A full at
tendance of the members is desired; and it
is hoped that those who have forfeited their
membership by absence and arrears will
como promptly forward and help maintain
our organization and add to the efficiency of
the Company; and an invitation is cordially
extended to those who have not yet joined
our organization to fill up our ranks, so that
we may be strong enough to discharge the
duty expected of US when the fire king
comes among us.


QUIRIN M. EVEN, Sec'y.
Year: 1867

Look ON THE BRIGHT SIDE -''How dis.
NAL you look ~ said bucket to his com-
panion, as they were going to the well.


All u replied the other, Il was reflect
ing on the uselessness of our being filled
for, let us 60 away ever SO full, we always
come back empty"


Dear me how strange to look at it in
that way said the first bucket. 'sNow !
ENJOY the thought that, however empty We
come, We always go away full. Only look
at it in that light, and you be as cheerful
as am"
Year: 1867

GLASS FACToRY.-We learn that a re-
sponsible firm fiom Ohio is negotiating for
property in Two Rivers, upon which to
erect a large and extensive glass factory
No better location could be found, and we
hope the project will be carried out,
Year: 1867

PLEASE CoNsIDER.-You can buy Best
Chemical Saleratus at the same price that is
charged for other brands, that are short
'ceights and cheap goods, hence do not fail
to always get the best chemical.
Year: 1867

NOTICE TO SUBsCRIBERs.-The eighth
volume Of the Plot will expire on the 18th
of July, at which time we intend to make


out a new book, placing the names OF all
paying subscribers upon it, and leaving out
those who have received our paper without
complying with our terms. We hope, there


fore, those in arrears will settle before that
tune, so that We can commence volume nine
with clean books. Hereafter, our rule Of
adraace payments will be strictly enforced.
Year: 1867

The LANEr.-The large barge Planet is
nearly ready to leave our port for below.
A large amount of money has been expend
ed on herr and she is now as strong and
staunch as any vessel of her class afoat.
Year: 1867

THE WEATHER AND CRoPs.-Farmers
from all sections of the country inform us
that they have never known the crops to
grow as-fne as within the past two weeks,
and consequently they are in high glee at
the fine prospects of an abundant harvest.
Year: 1867

WASHING SHEEP The following COM
munication in the Milwaukee Sentinel may
be of some interest to the wool growers of
Manitowoc county, and for their benefit
we copy it:


''The question is very often asked by farm
ers, 'Why is it that our wool just as fine
and good staple from Wisconsin, is so
much lower than Michigan or Ohio wool
in the eastern markets?" Yesterday I was
at Whitewater and saw the reason, and
wished to tell the wool growers what saw.
[ heard great bleating of sheep; follow.
ing the sound, I was led to the Touring
mill. Just below the mill was yard full
of sheer, and two men throwing them into
the millrace, and three or four men wash
ing at them about as fast as they could be
thrown in. Sometimes sheep would get
away and swim through without any other
washing. | have heard of the modern
style of washing fourteen sheep in fifteen
minutes, but have never seen it accomplish
ed until yesterday. Every wool grower in
Wisconsin is damaged by that one fraudu-
lent transaction yesterday at Whitewater
The sheep were very fine and superior
flock. When ol-growers will treat such
practices with the condemnation they de-
serve, they. will find that their wool will
bring as good prices as Michigan or Ohio in
the eastern market"