Horry news. (Conwayboro, S.C.) 1869-1877, March 11, 1876, Image 2
jUAI^tNO UKKF.NDACKS.
The perioral public, says tlie Philadelphia
while capable of reo.oguizing
any flaws in the impress of
bank notes or fractional currency,
know very little of the care exercised
by the povornnnMit in protecting itself
against their fraudulent issue, or
ol the many sat'epnards ' iirown around
the various stapes which preenbaeks
undergo before thev n''?' placed in eir.culation.
Kvory possible eontingcn- i
xsy is so surrounded wit h strict enact
meats, and so mueh red ta; o is noeesaary
that the expense of printing
Treasury notes is enormous. In the
ilrst place the manufacture of ihe
peculiar paper used is swervFe 1 l?y
* government inspeet? is, against whose
integrity nuMiherl?\ss cho *ks and i
countoroheoks luive h< n devise 1 and ;
ji re strictly enforced. I n the next.stage,
priming the haeksof notes, the olos- j
est supervision is exoreise I and the
strictest aeeount re<|iiired. For in*
/Btaneo, in ]>rjtiling tie- haeksof iifty cent
not-s, which work is done hy the
Phil idelj h'a l'auk Note -in; any. in
the United Suites Appraisers' huild.
iag, Keeon 1 street, (ihovo Walnut, the
f>: tools a *e coaated at least eight times, ;
and a re. or is kept of eacli count-. la
this o-tnhiisUiMout over forty |
pre sos are continually cm] loved in j
printing the backs of notes required |
to replac e ;i \v(,mi out currency. The
paper is l- ceiv- I in she !fi of 'ufiiciont
fuze to t a i e an impression from
1 -lu.es on > liieh - u ejj'r-,aviugs of
11... IM
- < i h.'i ;j ,m,i i u >( i ubcr
sent in 1he ? a ; fr-mi the paper
fae'.ory in hot s!a I. ?. the box is
foaled \\ i {11 the ;ment shampA
return is rn ; h> by the ] arty furni hi*i
: ami th trty re vivi?, ' the paper
of lite exa t i'.m"uaL without the
know h-dcni ,?f *:;. !? o' bar's rmint, so
that the possibui'y oT any fraud upon
the Treasury is ) levon'ed. Ah soon |
us each ?1 >1 is account yd for, the pa- |
per is sent i:d<? tlm wasting room. I
'J.'lie ehi /f < f that de.pnr'meat, before
ho tu'ivn<?y. I'.- ! ;e.s lie; receipt of any
piteknye, le^up,;. t'.at the Dumber '
of .- heels bo j 'ainail by oao of his
assistant a Vft r the paper has un<ler.-o?M%
t lie staking process it is
n.yain inspected and an account is
open s! with a-h printer, who, in '
turn, must furnish a receipt for every
fjhect thus ;.:vc[i him. Then, on a :
]i?iao [Uoss, with :t col j'c.j.1- tl;o
fdieot to 1 liO plate and to the press,
the printer strike.-; oft" the impressions
one by can nr.*'! 1 Kthave been printod.
The fh'-e's arc then transferred tothe
rhy.invf <? an monf ; n 1 nunin counted,
llaclrs a:e n. mured in a warm room
go us to e\j C',i'o this weak and in a
few in ears '!u sheets aro taken to the
count in;.; room, bckvjt twieo counted,
la the ehanye. Then they are returned
t *_> t i:o suuia intended of the
li iniiipa doj ai ti ient, Mr, John IVlcOur,
under whose management all
these i1111 ieate details have been followed
oiii an I tlie n >tos packed tip for
shipment to Washington, where the
face i.s printed and tlie seal of the
United Slates Treasurer a mixed. It is,
1 hereforc, safe to ealeulalo that hefore
a lifty cent note reaches tho public
it will have been counted at least
twojit v-f wo limes. Ho it is with all
the ouricuvy afloat, The appliances
for carrying on this work must he
complete, ami nothing hut the best
workmanship is allowed by tho government
iu printing the circulating
medium. Tlu? designing and engraving
rooms, with iueir delicate machinery
and skilled labor,aro marvels,
an l t.ie system of cheeks employed
throughout the \aiious branches Is
tuck as to lender lite consummation
of any fraud u; on t he company or tiic
go. cm me:: I uUerly impossible.
ItKDI't t to v or OIIK,
Th.o hypo sulphate or leaching process,
for the reduction of silver ores,
is becoming very popular In Lower
California and Northern Mexico,
where it has lately been introdu^bd.
The pr<><-ess is best adapted to ores
abounding In sulphur. Tho rock is
crushed dry, and only requires to bo
line enough to puss through a screen
of twenty or thirty meshes to the
inch. It is then roasted in reverba
tory furnaces wit h salt. 'J'he roasted
ore is then placed in largo tanks or
ubs holding eight to ten tons, and a
stream of ek-ar water turned on until
the ore is covered, and kept running
live or six hours. Tho water is then
run oft' and .t cold solution of hyposulphate
of so la ispm se I through the
ore in tin? same manner, until it is
oscortnine 1 hv the test that the hviw>
sulphate solution canics no more sil
ver. The precipitation of the silvei
now held in solution is accomplished
by adding to the hypo-sulphate solution
a solution of <piiek linto and sulphur,
made by boiling in water two
parts of 1 line to one of sulphur. This
is done in the tanks by the aid of
steam.
After precipitation and a running off
of a li ,'jld the silver remains in the
form of a sulphide. It is then put into
canvas llltevs and afterwards dried,
when it is roasted in revcrbatory furnaces,
to carry off the sulphur, and
then melted iniohars. When the operation
is successfully performed and
an> intelligent workman ean comprehend
it with a few clay's experience?
the bullion is taken out ootl to 1,000
line. There is no waste material, the
solution being pumped buck into the
tanks and used over again. The silr*
hir t Ida *' ~ ? a * 7
?. i wy imo ''?n I* ?.\U"(t(.'ieU lO
within three or four per cent, of the
tiro n?suy. In Mexico it has proved
the cheapest met.hod of treating re)KillioiiH
w> eh ; and it has tiiis to reooni*
ini iol it-it is free to all who are lnoiined
to use it.. Experiments are
boiiiK made to roast and chloriL
dizo th? oro before cruahiog and
If siiv? Ryful tho cost of working refao|
v j nil .or ores will be rodooed to a
I uxiuiainux.
THE
HOK.UY NK WS.
V. W i'?K AT A', Kdti OK.
tSAllJlti) v*, > i. v l v'w 11 ii, 1*7 0,
lh Ikiiup's tall?ilis sale of oliiees
?(iraul defeat s just ice in sa\ in;;
his S>viii<llii?n ollleer from punishment?'I
lie Prudence of the
invest i.uu! in;:' commit toe in ^ctti11;*
at the Itoiloin facts?Alar.sli,
the t hief W itness, <lri\cn iroin
tlie country hy (irunlV order.
[Special Con espumleijl of tin Ho. ly News.]
washington, march 0, jhvii.
Had :t i humlerholt hccu launched
Iroin i clear sky or nr. unfathomable
ahyi?s yaw in*.) in the pathway <>t
( rant, his ('uliinct, ami Ins party, no
more consternation and dismay eonhi
have lieen pro-tiierd unionp I iiein t linn
was occasioned hy the revelations in
. i . . i... i w* ..
1* iZ " I III" 'ill' ? M I I I I (I I > * ? I ? ? ?t ? ,
Belknap, which came out on Wr-iln.'h?1
ay last. The ct'ininiItec h:i<I alter a
great <)l <l?*l:iy :iti< 1 iioulilo, procured
i Ik* til t <* 11 < 1?* 11 cc ot Marsh, whose
tcm illicitly n h i> given was no <lirc < t
and posit i\ e as to it avc no room lor
any doubt, of 'In* Secretary's guilt.
\\ lien scnl lor In- cnteieil tin- committee
room smiling, considering il perlit|?h
as a UK-re matter, ot lorm. But
no si'Oiier was lie coitlronted with
Ma r*h's st aliment than his counion
a nee lei I, tin* color came and went
upon his cheek, his courage lorsook
loin, ami without bother speech lie
made a eonlession ol his guilt, and
o lie red then and there to haml in his
resignation as soon is hi* could reach
the 1'resident. Ilis wile was then
called and though, like a true, woman,
she sought by every means in her
power to shit hi her husband, yet the
lae.is were two patent and her dibits
were ol no avaii. I his ol course occurred
in a secret session ol the cons,
mittee, yet it has hcen intimated that
never in the history ol the country
was there a more s< 1 inn ami impres
rive scene. '1 he ineml'CiH ol the commit
tee sat st en i, si ien l, ami determined,
while the three actors in the great an.i
grcivous political drama enacted their
parts helorc llu-m. It was trnlv a
traged) and arotimi it was thrown a
deeper i i it crest Irom the hitler reality
el its incidents,
The lb-publican papers of this citv
with thai entire waul ot courage and
justice which so uniiormly marks their
every iillcruucc, have si riven very
hard to t ?ke advantage ot the coniession
ol Belknap's vile and lasten upon
In-r the stigma which belongs to loin,
and him alone. One can scarcely
imagine anythiug more utterly conleinplthlc
ami cowardly tlian this,
ami it really gives a right thinking
man a positive contempt for human
nature when he sees partisanship resell
to such shilts ;ts these Lo sustain
Mseli in power.
1 here is one phase ol the allair
winch suggests tuuelt ol dancer and
ditlicultv lor i In* American people i:i
i In* hit me, In tin* lirst place. Gen.
G i*:iiit acceptcd I Ji lknap's rcsiupiat ion
wit hunt a 111<?n11-111>pte\ioiis notice,
! and with tin* evident intention ?>1
j sh'.oh'inn 111111 behind .1 technicality
Ifom impeachment by tin* House,
j The Secretary rushed into the
' White Ilniise in an excited ami harried
manner, thrust a |>a|>er in the
; President's hand and withdrew wit Ilium.
explanation. It was but a lew
I intimites before the acceptance was iti
i his possession. The indecent haste ot
the whole matter was in itselt suspicious,
yet lie ((iratit) has followed tip
this criminal itnliseretion by another
of far greater ma^iiit tide, and which
i t^ives the most powerful spirit of < ';ej
sarism yet exhibited by the present
inettinbeni. lie immediately <jave
I instructions to Attorney General
j l'lcrrepont, which so tar from assisting
the prosecution nt justice, will
i drive out of the country every witness
who dares to know anything <b rojjjaj
lory to the character ol officials under
| his Administration. A more high
handed outrage upon t he privileges ol
I a tree people was never attempted,
ami Grant will yet fiml not wuhslainl*
: ing his assumption ol indifference,
I that he has taken a step too tar ami
that the people in thin (Yatennial
year are not disposed to allow any
i man to asstune the air an manner ol a
i Cromwell.
j Marsh has already fled to Canada
land many others will probably follow
i his example, since they must expect
the utmost vengeance ol the Administration
it they appear in evidence
against, it.
in view of the many and dangerous
innovations made by Air. Grant upon
i the customs ol his predecessors and
J the rights ol citizens, it behooves us,
at times, to nil) our eyes and wonder
! il this can indeed be the "tree Amcci:
tit" ol which we have been accustomed
to boast.
Let me say, right here, thu the
success which allowed the invesliga*
i lions of the committee was due to
j nothing more than to the absolute sc.
crecy ol its deliberations. Had they
( thrown open their doors, and the tes
Itimony been |> 11 blished from day to
lay, i* it not. reasonable to suppose
1 that i>? Iknap could very soon have
foreseen the result and by a judicious
use of some of the suliership funds
lvndeied all their oll'nris nugatory
and thus give further encouragement
to other otlieial robbers.
The wisdom of the Democrat* in
deciding upon this method ol procedue
is every day becoming more and
more minutest and it ts a matter of
I congratulation that they have not ah
' lowed tbeiuselvc# lo uD'oelod by
4
HORRY WEEKLY ]
MMOTMMMMMNBMnHMMnMHMraMHraMraMraMMWt
] newspaper clamor ahoul "star chainj
her" proceedings. ?fcc., hut kept the
I "even icnor ot their way."
' The Democrats her 4 are o( course
pleased with the result inasmuch as it
oju rate* as a most powcriul prwol ol
their zeal hi the eait-e ol rci>n iii ami a
practical (letnoitsi ration ol the Hut It
?>l their eh nr',e ot Iraud ami peculation
in hi>_'li places, yet there are no violent
<h'ij)onst i ai ions ol bal i*l lelion. ami
| ?
in-iMy li ivi' In en heard to express the
view I ha' it may well he looked upon
as a national calamity. 1 he lepuhji- |
cans are downcast ami sorrow till, as |
weil they may he. 1 he hlow eauie so
uucxpectedly that even their leaders,!
! so aeeoinp!ishc?l in the art ot di>suuu- !
I latum, cone! not leijiii suiprisc ami
such was their overw hcluiino coutur*
sioii that they had no recourse hut to
la) the lilumc upon the extravagance
j 01 his w lie ami weep hitter tears ol
lamentation as they thought ol the :
approaching elections in .New I lump-|
shire ami Connect lent, Uelore donhl- |
la' in the loriner Stale, success is now
j assurer!, and it needs hut a lew more
j such exposures to produce a revolu- I
I ion in ta\ or ol the demoei aey, toi
, which t hat ol I b 7 -I was a small a Hair, i
J "!Tie lull ol IJelkitap is thelirst pun ol !
I the (YnU 11niaI t'ampaion, and sounds ,
in the ears ol the radical party like
the knell ot doom. it. Ii.\cs the policy
lot our party until a convention makes
i its platform and foreshadows the roI
tireiueiiL o! f?Ir. Drain in 1S77, in a
j way as unexpected t?? himself as it I
; v? i i i i /V" Pill IMilL'HM J H > l iiU coij iiu j Uj
| lar^c.
Articles of impeachment luive been
I fire*|*:ti*e? 1 in t be I louse ami on 1' i nlay
j were submitted to the Senate. '1 bey
I w j II be netciI it|ioii to il ly, ami as publie.
excitement still runs very high, it
is expected that every available space ,
in the Senate galleries will be occupied
by t lie inu 11 i< tide.
Messrs liluckbiirn and Knott ol
i K v., Tuckei* ot \ a., I vobbins ol Nori b
(Carolina, will conduct, ibe prosccu|
Hon. In addition to the impeaeiiineiil
j proceedings, there is a warrant out. for
j bis urn si on a criminal charge ivturJ
liable before the courts of I lie district.
Ilclknap and bis mistoitunes have absorbed
mv whole! letter, yet 1 assure
. ? ?/
you not more so than they now absorb
public interest and attention in Washington.
It km
h.Y I bsl MAYS.
sen i:\ck kick Kb orr or i:yhlakd?KO
v i'A nTEII KOK THE
THIEVES.
I lie Whole A (limnis! ration rutin* fire
?Probable Itnpeach incut of 1 iiree Cabinet
Ministers#
\vasiiimjton, .March 7. ?the public
exciicinenl oxer tin; 11 i1111 u 1 development
?>| corrupt ion a mono hi^h luuet
ion.tries in the politic service is on the
inrieafe, ami every houi seems to ;nhl
some new ami staillinej tact to the
shamchil record. A prominent uiein
her ol the House ol Ixepresenl at i ve,
ami a number ot the in vest tgat ino
commit tee, openly that threeol lite
Hcven members ol the Cabinet will lie
impeached
The evidence ol Pieireponl's interference
in fax or ol 'bibcock, in the
hands ol t lie judiciary committee, is
almost conclusive, ami his impeachment
is possible.
llei-tcr Clynmr is quoted as saying
that everything in t he war depart men t
has been saleable. llelkuap sold even
the \\ harlino privileges about Washington.
Marsh amt his xvile have
some information about the halt
million claim of the Kentucky Central
llailroad. It is thought (hat the
present Airs. Ilelknap, or somebody
lor her, received *25,UOO lor iter inlluence
in the case.
There are about ten thousand contracts
lor I no io\f iotii years awarded
on straw bids by the postollice department.
The bottom laets in the latnous sale
burolary business have been reached
bx* 11 an 1 not (nPs ei in i n? vli hi
~J "" " ?
Win. J. Pwiinun, n member of Congress
from Florida, is uiuKt investipillion
lor Selling a caoctship and
oilier positions.
Ex-Secretary Delano ami his Ron
John have been summoned before the
1 loin-e committee for selling trading
stations on the Indian reservation.
(iuloon Welles will he before the
House naval committee, on Thutsduy,
'o testily about the Seeor claims.
(icn. Pope is now on his way hither
from Kort Leavenworth to testily as
to frauds alleged to have been perpetrated
by .Mnj. Ingalls, late agent lor
the five nations in the Indian Territory.
Dp to a late hour this evening Belknap
lia l not been brought into the
Police Court to giv e nail.
n
lilt: I.AST FKATM15R. *
It has leaked out tfial iSc/iencfc was
r'Culled upon the express demand oj
the Jlrittsh (roucrnment. The delay
in iIn* ollieial action ot the 1'resident
in complying with this demand was
lor the purpose ol enabling Sehenck
to get safely to sea while the privileges
oi the Embassy prevented him
liom being arrested and sent to IScwgate
as a common sw indler.
A NOTIl t?K NnUoDV A 1*1*01NTJ5D 8UCCKS80H
TO 11EI.KNA1*.
Tli? position ol Secretary of War
was this morning tendered bv 1 'r?*sitit
ni Grant to Senator Lot M. Morrill,
of Maine, who promptly declined the
questionable honor. Subsequently
the place was given to Aion/o Talt,
au Ohio Circuit Judge,v who accepts.
NEWS: MARCH 11
Taft was a prominent candidate before
the Republican Convention ot Ohio
lor Got'crnor last. lall.
Tim Belknap Aflair.
Prominent 1 {?>]>!11>1 i?';ius claim that the oxposeurc
will not allect the licpublic.tn party
i:i the approaching eh ctiou,
Kx-(?ov. hix ?1?><?s not believe tin* exposure
will have any j articular heai ing iij?on the Ucpuhlican
puty
Very sliong m.inite.slations of resentment
were made in New Yi rk against Marsh, on
j<-.-?niiit of the testimony he liaU given against
i iel 1\ i at 10
1 n-sident (Irani is crditMl wite having saul
lhiil >>ai.sii ought to have his nee.k broke.?
11 h'/funis jrum .\< w Vork.
On t lie lielknap a(fair, the New
Vork Jhrald Hays:
If is a (jtiestion whether the whole
cabinet should not resign. The administration
is rotten, ami million* of
people who did not believe so ycsierilav
are c-onv inccd ol it to-day. The
'confession ol the 'guilty secretary ol
war is .1 revelation. lb; could not
have been guilty ol the crimes he bus
confessed and remained undiscovered
in a cabinet that was pure. It is a
day ol judgment. The political heavens
are rolled together like a scroll
2nd are consumed with lire; vainly the
wn kod call on i be mountains to overwhelm
them and hide them Irom the
w rath t ;> come.
( From ihe New York Sun, huh]
I i > *
it. .ii'iki uc mi | > 11 (>St't i I IIUl l>elU11:i|>
is any worse than the others be|
cause In* jusliee lirst. lie has
done nothing luii what they have 'lone
before him. In its essential character
| there is im dillcrenee heiweeii his art
I and that nt (iein (Irani in appointing
men to I lie Cabinet because they had
given him presents. There is no esseulia!
dillerciiee between .Mr. lie'.knap's
appointing a post trader because
the man oilers to give 1ns wile
?0,001) a year, Mini President (irant's
i appointing a vvnilhlcss eharaeler like
.1 i111 ('ascv collector ol New Orleans
| lieeaiise he is his brother in-law. It is
i the system now universally known as
(i rant ism, which is dishonest, lareenous,
destruelive alike ol public and
private morality. (Jrant engages in
the IJIaek I* ri lay g<?hl conspiiacy, and
| $J"),000 is sent to i he White (louse out
i ol the j rotiis; liaheoek conspires with
I the whiskey ring thieves in St. Louis,
ami Grant and Shepherd aid in hi** dcI
lenee and welcome him haek to Washington;
.Mrs. IJelknap i?* paid ?0,nO0
a year, lor the appointment of a post:
trader; liobeson steals ?00,000 lor
Secor, imlueed thereto hy "a present
j to a lady,'' and prostitutes the navy to
enrich the Called lling; Attorucy(jciicra!
W illiams steals the money to
pay lor his wile's carriage ami to pay
tiie Wildes ol his servants; lKdano and
? Smith rob tlie Indians by wholesale,
and Grant looks on ami approves;
' CickwcII robs m the i>o>totlice depart1
?
j ment by means ol straw bid Irauds;
, 1 Sancroll l).ivis :s proved to be a bribeI
taker by the Legislature ol .Massaeouinvtts,
and is made minister io the
I German Empire; Seen lary Eisii lias
| Ins son.in-law inpl'jyeil at a large salary
as i In; agent ol Spain, while lie
gives a pro-Spanish eharaeler to the
i policy ot the Ad mi nisi rat ion towards
I I'll ill I I u I I li! ..... I I.
. , . -.? ? v i i i v n.mn- *11111 m III I* I I j
department 1 r?>111 the lYesideiil ?1 >\v11.
I?riIm-iaking, plunder, larceny, (irat_
isiii i> the rule ever) where. 1 lie only
holiest item is 1 Jrislow, whom Drant
has just been violently threatening to
kick out, hut has not dared to do *.t.
Maksu to Tki.l All 11 K nows.
Movikkal, March 7.? Caleb 1>. March
inlorincd a newspaper man to-day
that he was preparing a lull statement
for the press. It is thought
that Marsh will leave hero to escape
annoy auee.
The Woman in the (la so.?A Sketch of
Mrs. belknap.
[Special dispatch to the Times.]
\\ asttinoion. March 2.
Like a learlul hurricane has swept
over (lie political and social world ot
Washington the revolting story ot
crime and corruption involving the
secretary ot war, and, sadder still, setting
lorlh the tact, that his wile received
tne hrilies. The maiden name ot
Mrs. Irelkiiap, third wile ot lite secretary
ol war, was Mi*s Toinhnson, ot
1 lai rodshurg, Ivy. She tirst married
Mr. Dower, and was tin; sister ol
lieneral Ib-lknap's se.oml wile, who
died in the laltel part ol December,
1870, and in consequence ol her deal b
there a as no reception at the w hile
j house on new year s day, 1871. Mrs.
| iJovviT, \\ lio was then a willow, was a
guest 111 tin1 secretary ot war during her
sister's hriel married lite, and upon
tho death of Mrs. tielki.up Mrs, liower
look charge ol the iulaiit that her sis
ler leit. l'lie child died in the west,
and Mrs. liower, alter a trip lo
Kurope, took up her reidenee in (Jen.
liel knap's home in Washington. 1 hiring
the ensuing winter the handsome,
dashing widow presided with rare
grace at the dinner parties and reeepiions
that lie gave. She is about thirty
live years ot age, ol tall, command,
nig presence, with dark lustrous eyes
and a Hashing smile thai discloses a
most period set ol teeth.
ltcmarkable brilliant color, together
with other personal charms, has given
Mrs. lielkuap the reputation ot being
one ol the handsomest ladies in Washiimion,
I ler line enIture and lascinao
ling manners Won WcimtuI lielknap's
heart, and he married her just two
years alter her sister's death. {Since
she assumed the duties ol a lady ol
the cabinet her recepiious have been
, 1870.
i among the most popubu, and her
manner has been characterized by a
genial warmth, elegance and grace
She professed not to care for the whirl
of fashionable society into which she
was thrown, but rather to prefer the
quiet ot her home and the society of
| her husband ami beautiful child, little
"Alice," who has been the pet ol her
: mother's guests. Still, .Mis. Belknap
I is a woman possessed ot great ambition,
and indulged the most ardent
hope that her husband would have
j been eleeted to the senate. Worth
i furnished all her toilets, ller reception
and evening dresses were magnificent.
ller neck and arms are of
faultless beauty, and the diamonds
which flashed on them wore of great
value, ollen being mentioned as
I among the most elegant worn in
Washington. Many ot these jewels
were lite wedding presents from General
Belknap, who, it is now known,
received dishonestly certain sums ot
money previous to bis marriage wnb
Mrs. Brilliant has been the secretary
ol war and Mrs. Belknap's social
reign, am! melancholy beyond description
is the social ami ollicial downfall
: that marks one oi the most painful
phases ot unbridled love ot gain.
It is sai I that the secretary of the
, i .... 11 i :. .. i
i 11 c.i,iii t > v* 111 p i m?11 i11 i?> i nit't'iii
: 11?? fractional currency with the new
small silwr coinage.
daisi'dck's aci/un tai, and how it
i was I'iuh'i kki)?Ah ir, is reported
t hat Ai toi niy-( icneral l'icrrepont
11vn 1 ?jj? ?I the secrets o' ihe prosecution
1 and sc hcl |nil IJabcock, the action ot
j 1 h odor Knott in the Mouse to-day is
1 signilicant. lie otlered a resolution
lor t he appoint inetil of a select committee
to nnjnire whether any olticcr
I or employee ?t the Government has in
| any way advised or counselled with,
I or directly or indu ce'ly, verbally or
in writing, communicated to aiiv ol
1 the defendants or the friends, agents
or attorneys nl t lie defendants in the
i recent whiskey conspiracy trials in
I St. Louis, any ol the tacts, papers or
ot her ovdenee on which the governi
uient relied, or was expected to rely,
i and whether any attempt was made
| by any odicer or ollictal ol t be governj
incut, other ilia.) the district attorney
and his assistants, to interfere with,
ad\ise, counsel, or in any way control
the conduct ot the said prosecutions,
j or any ol them, with power to send
j for persons and panel's, etc. Agtecd
j to without ol?jection.
"CKOOK Kl>" WIHSKKY fsKNTKNCKS.
?In sentencing the44 crooked" whisky
men in Indiana, several of the
prisoners, who were revenue ollicers,
I belon.' sent cure was passed, pleaded
I their honorable wounds and lailhtul
! service in the army and various other
reasons in mitigation. Judge Gresh.on
admitted t tie uiipleasantness ol
Ids duty, but could not allow svin
pathy to mike him lorget lite crime
| 11?? v had committed. lie drew a dej
cidcd contrast between the ollicers ol
i the government, and distillers. The
I loriner are trusted servants in the pay
ol i he United States, while the latter
are not trusted, hut watched by
government otlieials. Therelore the
; loriner ??uht to have increased punish|
nient. lie then announced that those
J oiheers who had betrayed their trust
should have two years in either of the
penitentiaries they might preier, and
pay a liucot $1,000 each.
Clarke Mills, whose equestrian
statues ol .Jackson and Washington
' lu-re have been so much commented
' on, has been at work lor years on a
jliuge monumental structure in honor
| ol emancipation, which is to be seveti1
ty leet in height. It resembles a German
twelfth night cake, baked in
I stages which are successively smaller
and covered with ligures in sugar
Tin* crowning statue ol the monument
is Lincoln; then there are six equestrian
statues and on the lower plat,
hum ihiity-one pedestrian statues
These latter have been ordered by the
11 lends ot the distinguished persons
: represented, who pay $2,000 for each
i bronze slat ue.
(Vitairh is a common disease,?so common
that smillmg, spitting and blowing otitic
nose, meet us at evioy turn on tlie street.
Yourtiiol slips in I lie so nasty discharges on
i tin- "Hie walk ami in the public conveyance
aid us dis.igree.ihie odor, contaminating the
; hreatli < t tin' ullhctcd, renders thein ollensive
j to their associates, There is the highest
medical authority for stating that with fully
| one-halt, if not two-thirds, of those atllicted
; w ith consunipt ion of the Longs, the disease
! conitnences as ( atatrh in the nose or head,
I the next step being to the throat and bronchial
iubes?lastly to the lungs. Jlow imi
portunt then to give early and prompt attention
to a Catarrh / To cure tins loathsome
disease correct the system by using
l?r. I'ierce's (iohlen Medicai Discovery, which
tones it up, cleanses the blood, and heals the
i diseased glands by a specific influence upon
| them; and to assist, use Dr. .Sage's Catarih
; bemedy with Dr. l'lerce's Nasal Douche.
This is the only w ay to reach the upper and
! back cavities w here the discharge conies from.
No danger from this treatment, a id it is
pleasant to use. The two medicines with
instrument are sold by dealers in medicines.
W
The .V? Minister to St. Juntos.
Richard Henry Dana, Jr., of Massachusetts,
who lias been appointed Minister
t-? (ireut Britain, was born at
Cambridge in 1815. In 1840 he wan
admitted to the Bar, and immediately
rose into prominence in that prolession.
lie was one ot the founders ot
the Free Soil party, ami has ever since
been a Republican, advocating the
election ot Lincoln in 18G0 and 1804,
and ot Grant in 1808 and 187'J. Dur
.U . ? l. -t- ? ?
I 111^ mo wiiuie war no ocoub'ort the
^otniiou of Uniued fc>uw? IJHstriot
_ ' 1 _ r*
Attorney lor Massachusetts, and
argued all the prize canes corning up
in that district, besides assisting Mr.
Kvarls in similar cases before the Supreme
Court, in 1807 he was elected
I to the Legislature ?roin Cambridge.
The loll nving year he had the honor
j of being defeated lor Congress by
j "Beast'' Butler by a large majority.
Mr. Dana has also achieved fdislinc*
| lion in the literary field, and as the
author ol several law pamphlets, lie
| has been an extensive traveller, having
j made a two years' cruise to California
! in 1884, and a trip around the world
j in 185(1 and 1 SOU.
j It is gratifying to observe that Presi
ident (irant is a patron of letters, as ^
| well as of horses and bull dogs. The
| appointment, by Mr. Disraeli, of Lord
{ Lytton as Viceroy of India, is emulated,
seii lonyo interuuMu, by the Presij
dent in the appointment, to the Court
of St. .James, fiist of Scheink, the
{author ol the most complete treatise
Ion Poker extant, and then of one o!
! the Massachusetts Brahmins fresh
I from the classic shades ot Cambridge.
' Prom the fact that Mr. Dana dared to
oppose "Beast" Butler in the plenitude
ol his power, we are led to hope that
i III.; m 111 >i 11 ii t 11 i<>ii I time iii'uvi' iiwlii iiniM
I I" - I .J
and thai lio may succeed in wiping
away tin; stigma now attaching to the
American name through the disgracetul
practice ot his predcdeccssor.
jSetOii and Courier.
The Treasury ol'tlic National Grange.
The Rural Carolinian for March
contains an interesting article on the
income ol the National Grange, in answer
to the questions continuously
i arising as to what becomes of the
millions of dollars supposed t,o be paid
into its treasury. That a largo
amount has been paid in since the
inauguration of the order is evident,
n I
for there have been granted twentylive
thousand dispensations lor Subordinate
Granges at tilteen dollars each,
while the million members contribute
each twenty-tour cents a year. Hut
unfortunately the Grange has also
drains upon its treasury which are almost
equal to the receipts.
The report of the National Kxectitive
Committee ot the Patrons ot Husbandry,
lor the last quarter ol 1875,
shows the condition ot the treasury
during that period of time. It appears
that $4,425 were received from
tlit sale ol dispensations and $58.4 12
from the sale of manuals, song-books,
The dues collected ami deposited
during that time were $21,080 12,
making a total ol $20,GD I 24. The
I expenditures of the Secretary lor clerk
hire, postage and contingent expenses
were $2,4 10. The mileage and per
diem ot the members ot the National
Grange, the Executive Committee and
the National Lecturer, the printing,
account, the travelling expenses ol the
Master and of the Commissioner to
Kugland, oltice rent, the compilation
of a Digest, and other malleis, absorbed
$17,491; total expenditures
?19,907; leaving a balance ot $0,787.
lint there were other expenditures
which far exceeded this amount.
The National gtange, at its session
in Charleston, lent over ?54,00 lo various
State Granges. In November
the National Grange at Louisville
changed the loans into a gilt, and the
greater part ol the Granges which had
not availed themselves ol the loan applied
lor the donation. To meet these
demands $12,177 50 were drawn from
the treasury during this quarter.
1 he report ol the Committee shows
that on the 91st October, 1875, there
was a balance in the treasury (if $5,159
70, and that tiie total receipts ly>r
the quarter ending December Olf^t,
1875, including several small amounts
not included m the statement given
above, were $'28,079, 49, making a
total ot $99,899 19. The total expenditures
ol the quarter were $20,881
05, which, added to the donations
to the State Granges, amounted to
$88,058 55, leaving a balance at the
end ol the year ol $780 0 1. Besides
11.;o i tw> i... i >
I ,u.n, Ult I'WIIMI 1 IIIMI Ull I) illl' 1 as (\
I contingent tnnd,$240 80; a member
ot the Executive Committee had an
' unexpended balance ot $30 85, while
I the Stale Grange of Nebraska owed
j the National Treasury $3,500.
These, added to ihe cash in hand, ag?
gregate $4,551 70.
Two years ago the National Grange
invested in Governinent bonds, ot
which $68,825 are on hand, making
the total assets, at the end ot last
year, $73,376 70. There are still due
1 to the Stale Granges $18,8/0 lot* unclaimed
donations. 'Tins, deducted
from the assets on hand, will leave,
i provided Nebraska pays her indebted'
ness, a net balance ot *54,600 76, or a
traction over two ^ oil < l
..vniaio ?<J I CUl/ll
Subordinate Grange in the Uuited
Suites. The lluraL Carolinian tluuks
this a comparatively small amount,
and wishes that the treasury contained
millions; arguing that somehow, since
the days ot Grmsus, money has always*
given power to men and nations, ana w
thai deference is paid to any corporation
or organization that is backed by
wealth. With a bankrupt treasury
the Order of ihe lbitroiia ol Husbandry
would sink into insignificance.
Tim Savannah JVcioa says a negro
was buried alive in a well at liuller
recently. His friends dug down to W
hlin in about four boms, and toand
him alive and well. He said he never H
wanted to sneeze so bad in Ins file, out W
> he was airaid lie would jar dowu