Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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W' . f THi: AQKTl't'l.Tl'Ii VL A NT. : TVonderful stories hnvi#beon toUl of tho intelligence r.f various species of the nut Inhabiting diiYeirnt imris of tho globe, bur wo <!ou'.?t mu di if Motion has ever attribute 1 t-? thorn unit' than they really i osso>9. The "agricultural ant" of Texas is f.ir from being a , myth, although yoa may never havo happened to t\a?I it. The late IV. G. Linoleum, a tnau noted Tot his seientitlo attainments nn<l a resident of Texan for some f.vonty yearn or mora, studied tho huhhs of vniioUs species of ants very closely, unci to him wo arc Indebted for tlmntatnryof the "Agricultural A lit" (.1/ //*#;? ',<'U hi >1 J'lificns.) Ill ft communication tv? the Smithsonian institute in P.71 he nays: "111 lSlS. tllO \ (M I" 1 i 11> i> tT rtnnf Point (Texas), t here was but one agricultural nut city within a mile of the place. This was situate.I in a nearly barren little si ot on top of ait elevation underlaid with stratified sandstone. Hero there was but little grass and woods to interfere with their seed collecting labors. T ie ant rieo which they so carefully cultivate was nourishing it a regular cirelo near the outer harder, lap inside of tito puvontent. There were little patches of the same grass s.\nt ?c; ed al?out. on tlio J little eb.de, whieli i a i unit hi less been ' planted tlsie by s uae experienced ant, for it had h" n ueatly cleared of all other vegetables; in fact, cultivated h> t hem." "Dr. 1 ie. M Mnn then ] roeecds to give a minute d? seri[ ti<>n of all their operations in regard to ) la:.ting,keeping clear of weeds, and finally harvesting and storing the crop in holes made in the ground lor the purpose. If the stored grain happens to get wet (luring heavy rains, it i- all taken out and spread in the :-un to dry, for our little itgrieuhurbas know that mois4 ,,|.A ..ni ....... 1111" mil "liil" r IL t ' J ; '' ' 111 T | : I ' 11 i;i' U 1 Oly or limuin' 111 < >uI i >* an I vol ton. Thero uro other equally inierestlmr and intolliKent speries <-f tin's inhal ilinj-j Texas, but wo have lew surh areful and scientific observers jis the hde l>r. Lineicuru ; hence our iiiea^re knowledge ol litis class of in.-v'ots. ?cv ol'lt nat1v 15 wal.nl l' wood. f Our nalivo walnut wo-nl is, according to the Ctiii'mi\ j'u.'.vr, one ol' tho best materials in lite world far furniture-wtien oilod, a;-ioon -him: very near the color of dark old oak, and finishing much liner. Tie* American Walnut, however, requires tiio grain to be well tilled will) a composition to roaist the a iion of the heal in most dwellings, and, to Vinvt litis, inero oiling is not adequate, as it leaves tho pores of the wood so open that it absorbs the heat; thus, in a room at a temporal uro of some sown' y-livo degrees, the oiled walnut will absorb t ho heat to within five decrees of tlte heat oftlio room, wldle varnishetl oak will reflect the heat, an I will not reaeli over forty-t'.vo to lifiy degrees. On this account tho wood should bo well seasoned ami tlte main tilled with shellac, or other main ial, to prevent shrinkage. Linseed oil hardens wood, and well made walnut work, finished "with it. and shellac, will in a few years acquire a polish n!m? >st like bronze,and it mav be jutiied. m ln-.-iot imt in m?. poaraneo. COl'Y OK A l<AM)llll.l, I'ICKl'l) UP k NKAK I'I'.TKl( UNO., 1781. ' "Wanted, for a sober family, a man of light, weight, \vh<? fears tho Lord and can drive a ) air of horses. Ho must occasionally wait at tahlo, join in the household prayer, look after tho horses, and renda chapi'T in tho J'.ible. Ho must, (lod willing, rise at seven in tho morning, obey his master and mistress in all lawful commands. If ho can dross hair, sine psalms, and play nt cnbb.ngo, tho more agreeable." Wages, liffeen guinor??< ? year." A MOUNTAIN OKSAI.T. fT" ? Amass of ninety million tons of pure, solid, compact roch-salt, heated on an island 185 foot high, which rises from a miserable sou-marsh ???i tho routo from Brasho.ar to Now Iberia, vip the Itivcr Teehe, in Louisiana, is one of the wonders of tlio world. How this island, containing over throe hundred acres of e\''o!lent land, ever came into existence in such ti locality is a matter of conjecture. Vegetation is prolifief and tho scenery is be; utU'ul and varied. Here is air immense he 1 of pure rocksalt whose extent is as yet only estimated, and seientiil* men arc puzzled to know what produce 1 it. f As a measure of the extent to which the adulteration of butter is carried on in England, it is stated that from ono manufactory alone, i.uou pounds of doctored stuff arc ascertained to issue rt :i5! v A /<n I'i.'n iu i.,..i l.I .. * v,v%i . , # v u, iwu.? HIV UiVll W1 *' ?| ?11 1311" eating oysters is also practised in England. There is a French variety of the oyster in great, repute t.he Marennes, dredged in the vicinity of La Kochelle and Hie liesli of which is of a deep green, said to be produced from feeding on the infusoria of the estuary where the oysters are stored. An iintation article, is alleged to be produced in Fulmouth by watering ordinary oyster with solutions of eo) per. pAiSLr.v, near Glasgow, is probably the greatest thread manufaeturingcentro in tiie world, its exports of sowing cotton for lust year amounting to near $$,oi>0,o(w. The t'nited States is the host customer, taking last year 2,314,000 pounds, valued at $2,l"0,000. The exportation to this country, howover, is decreasing, the Coatses and tB.kCUar two of the largest linns, having estublisjied mills Pi this country, ahd Anioife'nn enterprise also having uucec&sfully gone into the business. Hpowfalls under a cloudless sky arc coronpon in Yir.inia City, puzzling strangers. The snow is blown from Mount Davidson.which is close by tho town, ttrvl is whirled through the N|UhIHBB . % riii 1IOH1IY NEWS. T. \V . 1JICA V Y, kditok. SA'I I'HDAY, Al'KIL 8, 1870, 18jifii.il I 01 re^poiuloiKV ol Lli?: lloiry .Newsd Washington, April 3, 1870. Tne I )omocrai tr caucus t?ill wan ollctv I on Tin-slay last, I?y Mr 1'aync ol Ohio :itm 1 on a in >tion to suspend rules roooHed only 8 1 votes to 150 no.mist it. Nearly nil the votes tor tlio bill Were Irotn the Democratic snln ol tin* 11ou*>*'. lint as wns predicted in previous l? t iers neither Hani money, nor thenar sc greenback men, among t Ito democrats voleil lor the bill, uiui it is now thought that tin? finance qtO'stion will be diopped as lleuo sometimes since suggest ed. The in I'UteneK ol I lie (republican party leadel s lias ne\ er been more oonspiououH v displaye?t than in the way they have haiulh-d this linance ipicslion. They have had absolute control ol all the depart incuts ol the government lor lilteen years ami were the authors ol illn system in linancc, "lite dirohil eauso ol all our wm1," and now they de.tly make ol il a Wooden Horse to introduce contusion into the democrati-j citadel. Their Uiohardson s chase, and HoutweII colli 1 not grapple wiili i he mounter they had evoked and they evaded it. Now that the democrats ^ control the House whose liilty it. is to grapple with such ipicslions, they I loive the issue and denounce the Denioi rats as "iiicouipnlcul," hecause they do not at once seith* a oucsi ion which ! reptihltcans have In en unable to in yeaisol i-U'oit. lite Ik-mocrats would I do well to to,low llie example set iliem by the reputdicaiis lor so manv veins . I J ** 1 and J'ov the i>rux?,iit ignore i he lin:i 11 i*c ipicsiioin 1'heir whole i Hurts should be to i*i store honest and elUeeiii g??v incut, w in n tins is done it will he time enough to discuss abstruse <| tesI lions ol tinaiicc. lSno< ? Ss can only l>o attained by pel ltd unity and that cannot lor the piescnl be had upon this money problem, thereloiv. it should b) severely let alom . Due ol tin* house commit tevs has bee ti investigating the management ? 1 I lie go\ui nineiit insane asylum and it has been shown that while one i<ody ol rej ubtiean patriots were speculating upon the hones ol dead soldiers, anolli! er *et oaVe been making lortunes by | Icediug Insane men and women upon rotten bcel and mouldy luead, cloth| mg liiem in rags ;n,,( hirciug them to li\e i.i huh thai would Ivtrn tiie slolli aeh ot a well bred bog Such pai riots should be in the language ot I he j t hoci limit I pial I or in o| 1S7J "delegated' to private lib-. i > en era I (Justar has been belore the ! cmi.mii lee on war expenditures and na> testified to the corruption ol |iusiu'seb rs ami to the manu-r in whudi ; I lu-y rob lied oilicors and soldiers to enable tin in to m tKi: money enough III I i: I V (-iiviiit I t-O I ' > ..I .1. ' -- .. .j I IN I II' I I 111" MUK'I lilac,k 111.11ici>. Several ol liie posi | traders liavc tcsiilied i?> iln.ii having I been as*e*sed aiai lorccd m pay sums ranging n-iim <>11o lo lour hundred dol' la?M lor political purposes. Willi tlu> j whiskey ring hurried ami tin: postj traders liven hum this system o| ! blackmail the campaign luud ot the Republicans will not be so large as it ! was in 1?72. It lias come to iight that Kobesou has been tout inn i ng the bankrupt j house ??i r)a\ Oooke, .Med'i; I loch and en, ; as the liscal agents ol the nave in ' liurope, and ;tsjoo,oi)0 ol the dr.ills ol paymaster general liradlurd who is : kept in plain violalion ol law m London have lately come out as having been paid out ot binds intended lor other purposes. There his been more "crookedness" in the navy, than in any ot her department, but it is hari del' to trace because Robeson has coy'eied up his tracks too well. Whitt home is on Lis track like a Slcith hound and will bag his game beforen n ! long. Attorney General 1'ionvponi seems lo be v>n "the ragged edge," lor not only is ii?e committee disclosing 1 some very di ?cieditable lac s as to his department, but there has arisen a question ol veracity between him uid ' the l'resid?uit as to the letter written to Liu* lJisiricb Attorney in relation (<> j implicated witnesses and wniclt R?bcock siolc a copy ot and published, i The anicU'8 oi impeachment agunsl Secretary iioIknsi|? have been prepared laud repelled. The evidence is amply sullicienl to convict hint and (lie trial will comnieiice next week. The House (s now holding night sessions to consider the executive, legislative and judicial bill. Some opposition lias been developed among tue democratic members, Imi thel'c is no doubt that the ! lull will pass substantially as the commit! ee icp u ted it, and liiat six millions i ol dollars will be saved to the govei'oiiieni, by it" becoming a law. Should it be vie lea led the responsibility must j rest, upon the Republican Senate lor ; continuing the useless expenditure ol ; ?(0,000,duo per annum. I 'lb - i ine, enure lotve ol the udininiatra! lion seems to Iic brouirht to beui to secure Coiikhng <ii.'li*^at? ? 10 the Cincinnati eoventioii and the democrats ough^o keani.y aid to this movement tor iio otln r candidate, cxcejil Morion, ! could he so easily heaien as "the lavoi ?it*- son ol New Vork." La-t night the llouse elected Mess. Lord, Knoll, Jciiks, llxtidc, Me.M.i ' lioue, Wheeler and Hoar to manage ! Ilie iiUjieaehim nl two. I'm: two last named are n |?nh.leans and at! good lawyers. Secretary Hi lknaj> has cmji'o^ed Kx Senator .Malt l or|? -1?c?-r and other distin ^nirdied l iw yeis to | < otiducl hits deieuce. They will iirsi : HORRY WEEKLY I nlcad to the jurisdiction, claiming that , : llolknap's lesignntion | revents tin- i I p<-acliuiont. 'This is an intoia sting j | <|ucsticu that h is lit*vol yet boon bo, foro tin? Somite ami the judgment on j it will ho lowked lor unit interest hy ' | all parties. It is thought that. the legal <j'iokii?in i ai>o>I will ho decided without any partisanship. Tho hill , making silver dollars a legal tondor ; i in all sums up to titty dollars, and t [ smaller siver coins in all sums | to t wont v live dollars, passed tho house oik Friday, Tho Treasurer , is authorized to issue tho coins h?r tlio redemption ot iraotioiial ourrouoy. I'ho C hnstiauoy resolution a substitute lor mat ?>l Souator Morton directing an inveKtigalion o| iho Mississippi I oloolion, passed tho Semite hy a nearly strict parly vo'e. Senator K''y ol Teniiesso the only democrat voting lor the hill. C, S. Hell, iormerly ol I Jackson, .Miss., testified that he hail heen employed as a detective in the Interior depart went and w as sent hy the President and attorney general to St. bonis to art as a spy upon District attorney Dyer. do says tho Private V i?i i "if t *i secretaries DauuticK ami i.ucKey pat 1 11iin to steal any papers he uii^lil liud in Dyer's otliee I hat wo il< 1 eonxict 1 iabeoek. One item ol news from Kurope is porieiiiiois, u is said tiiat tlm o'aar oi Uussia will soon abdicate in lavor ot the (/Zarovoitoh. The toimer has heen tin* steady Iriend ot Kmperor William and Uisinark and the latter is j well known to have uo antipathy to j every tiling Oeiinan. Seycial ol the UuNsian papers are openly advising the 1 the Servians and Montenegrins to assist , the llerzeoovtnians. The L'/.aroveileh is one ol the ablest generals in Kurope j ami is suppose <i to have oreal military amhi'ion. The purchase ot tin? 6ucyu canal by Knoluml to strengthen her I position in Kogland, and the oreal j accession to tiie power ol the liciin*n Kuipiiv have aroused the jealousy ol : the Itussians, and it. is il??'u;;ht that i I this movement porietids an ellort to i extend 111 Russian Ktnpiro to the l>os- j j plioriis and consolidate its power by , cslablisliino u selavie empire ott the' borders ot licrmany. Such a p'solu j I lion upon tin* part ol Russia would j j lun^e all Kurope into the bloodiest ! war ot centuries. Nkmo. ( Ol It NliW VOKlv 1.1! 1'IT.lt. ! i CrnwnorN (Juesl I.a wA Kail liond Kiel ? Shootinuf t inier Kronilwny- llrazii to i the Front?Jay tl.ntld tin (hiniiuiiu?? An Fclinwd Fctipsc?Ainaseiiicitl. [From Our Own On respondent .j N itiv \oi;k, March > l, Is'70. A recent no si rcvoitiui> outrage, I perpetrated undercover ol the Revised Stai utes, has raised a storm annul the maladministration ol j j "Crowiifr's hptcst. law," as it is t al'ed. A respectable women losing her way in a stormy night, walked nil i he dork into the East 1 fiver ami was dintvi ol. lief body was discovered next. morning, but in accordance with the traditions ol tins absurd law, no olio was allowed to take it from the water till the coroner ga vc permission. Even the wminii's husband, Irani ie with oriel ai d indignation, was forbidden i by the police to touch it, and lor I twenty-lour hours was obliged to pace j the dork near which the body id his ! wile floated in the lull maze ol the i 1 gaping el'owd, until at last, one ol the i lour lazy and heart less officials who j hold inquests upon New York's iinb r lunate dead at. $17,000 per year apiece, made his appearance, and the shanielul spectacle came to sin end. It i* seldom that the bio and busy city g"ts so roused over anything not af j feeling iis general tnt? r sls, and as j the investigation which has been set on loot, n veals unlimited brutality j and aims , it will go bard but some oi j tlie olticial beads tumble into the has- , ! ket. A change in the law covering i I V 1 such cases is also sireneou.slv advoca. I t c d. And yet again, does the Elevated j ; Railroad trouble obi rude itseli upon j our attention; not the new one pro | posed lor the East side tills tunc, but till. <11111 It'll I. I It l.W I .? I ll l-J ll ... I Oil I I.. V ? v> \/i ?v; I? I \ I? \ i j \ r * ? ? / II r 11 V.> I I 1111". J West si?to In preparing to put iluwn j i. new switch i>n Greenwich street, the j company's iiicii have broken through 1 into the coal vanit* o* a hotel, which i j mishap acted as the straw winch I ! broke the camel's back. Tim hotel | ! men, hacked by other property-owners, j j turin-d out a I'Mce sutiicieiiL to clean j I out ti?e railroad party ami the lew po- ; ! liceiion who iuierteied. brickbats! ilew and crowns were cracked, until ; the arrival ot more police a veiled j what might soonhave become a serious | not. The property-owners have got out an injunction against j lurtlier work. They would evidently like, to see this enter prise j 1 share i he bile of the T. iiiimiunit ie. : m r ? railway, the tunnel lor which was dug under Broadway years ago, and when the, scheme was abandoned on account ot opposition and lack nt means, was closed up till it was almost torgotuui by New Yorkers themselves. tSoine months ago, however, some born , Yankee got possession ot the hole, ! and made thereof a ritie range, winch j is now largely patronized to his great gain. The tunnel is a circular iron tube cased in bnok, some eight feet in \ diameter, and running under Broadway trom I he new ('ny Hall down to | the l'ost-OHb v. Standing at the' shooters* place and looking aw ?y oft* i i through the thin blue smoke to where, luin.ircdsot bet distant, i he white target glimmers in the light oi strong letleciors it ia not easy to realue that ' NEWS: APRIL 8, J we sire in the hunt of a groat oily. Only ihe distant thninlcr of the ruin* Iding vehicles overhead hoars witness lot he loealn y. A* many he supposed, the detouaIiihi til tin; gun in this confined space j is almost overpowering. It is like being shut up in a big hogshead with a gigantic firo-uraekcr. and to a nervous person would he sullioient to deter him Irom this auiusement. The ihought I hat men and women were to have been shot up and down this tube Iroin one end ol town to the oilier, like peas troiii a pop gun, goes far toward reconciling the beholder to the failure of the enterprise, It is true that the elevated mil way would have been a snail to it, but then there is such a thing as loo "rapid transit." It is now settled that our democrat, io hut titleloviug people aie to have an opportunity, within a comparatively lew Weeks, of feasting their eyes upon a real live Ktnpcror, in iho per- j sv?u ol \ )*hii Pedro 11., of I!ray.il, who is attracted hit herward by the reported womleis of the Centennial, This being the first visit of the kind Uncle. Sain has ever received, coupled with the fact that this monaic.h ?s one of , i... 1:1 i i i- - .in. im.^i. 11 * * I* i iii aim emignieil ol IV It'll- I ui'.; sovereigns, Ni'W York is na'nrally I on tlu* 'y/// vivo to heboid ami weleome \ our lltisirious guest. In view ol the universal attention ilu.s at.trurted to Doin I'rtlio ami I.is womlerlnl land, Frank Leslie's popular Mouililv lor April contains, union" its host of good j tilings (incliuling a trraphio sketch of! loreign travel, liy Mr. Leslie himself), ! an imetvsiing uriule on Ibazii, the illustrations ol whieh embrace ft portrait ol tin* Kmpcror ami Kmptvss, ami an elegant colored Irontispieee representing the harbor ol Kio Jan- i mm, t ho scene ol tlm recent accident | to the lei vclius," just as she was I leaving port with the imperial party; ami in putsing, it may ku ol interest to slate that lite engravings in litis one nniiilmr alone ol this iiiurvoh?tis I periodical, cost over lour thousand (loll ill's. Now l Ital the ice is hrokeii lift wren our Ivepuhlic ami the monarchies, we mav hope to see other crowned heads among us this summer. It has In-en several limes reported that. Queen \ idol la desires lo be present, and perhaps Lra/.ti's eout>o may eticourage her to compicr the bashtuleess and i t oss the sea. She would eetlaiuly receive a warm welcome both | as (jnci'ii and \\ mn i n. 1 ha< eminent and exunplary linanI'ti-r, Mr. .Jay lioiilil, .shows by his action in a ease now pendinu-, that it maKes as innch dilfcreuce to loin w in?se "X i gored, as it does lo any one 1 sc. \\ Itilo not at all avi r>e hnnsi It to i'orm riii'4 and M|ueezing his : icsst'l* 11IV' i' IT 11 <>l tile St I t.'f V, 111! IMIl't j repress a slight 4*><pical" when his tawn'hjuv reelproeute-I in kind. Some time ;igi? I Ills worthy man made one ol the common bets o:? the price of gold by baying or selling lor Inline debveiy, and supposing tin* thing to In* in his own hands, as usual, placidly awaited results. Hut lor some reason the "kmgtisher" was lor once a In lie out in his calculations, and at ihe appointed time gold look the wrung i ui u. Had everything gone oil according to his program, Mr. Could would ot course have insisted on collecting the d I Mel etice, a in! would have pocketed it with a bland smile, worthy ol the 'Mleathen Chinee." I>111. when tl came to a demand on his own cash book lor Jorty or titty thousiind dollars, i lie wh ile transaction suddenly look on a very ditlerent aspect. 11c at once perceived that the j wnuie system w .is wrong, Mini this I particular transaction especially humoral 11c therefore refused Juiymcnl, and on In in?_ sued, conn s into court, and oonlesses llial lie lias licen gambling in gold, and pleads thai his loss lieiug a gambling debt,, is not j collecli'de. It is to lie hoped that this heroic defense will he as suceessini in saving Mr. Gould1* pocket, as it is in raising his position m public estimation. We had down on our programme ol Attractions lor March 2Mb, a partirl eclepsc of t he sun, hut the busy body cloud* that are forever getting in the way at sue.li times, coolly planted themselves in front of the orb ol day and trowued down at scnnitihc New York the historic impiiry, ''What are you going u> do about it. V" which conundrum proving a puzzler, scientific New York only growled a little ami at onee set to work Calculating when they would get auoiher chance lo see the same again, which proved to he in 1878. ".Julian Camr11 left the stage at l?oolh's April 1st, alter 103 consecutive performances. The popularity of the tfhl V reiliuiimd lo?ifi?i?iir?.l ?.V .1... ' ? " * ...... ........ j/i? i bu K,\t (ill; lilNI, 1 but ot her engagements of the principal actors rendered its withdrawal necessary. The lOOlh pert or mm ice on Thursday evening was the occasion tor a sort ol ovation to Messrs. I?arrett, D ivenport, Hangs, and I.evick, who were presented with an elegant floral tribute, and who made briet speeches. On the 10th of April .Mi ssis. Jhitcil and Palmer will present the magnificent Shakespearian spectacle "Henry V," with George Itignold in the title role. Sardou's new *>lay, "Kcrreo!," recently announced at the Union Square, proves ti? be another success. Miss I Kate G lax Ion has made a great lit in | her pail ol Jloberte and is adding to the laurels which she won in the " Two orphans.'* rai?ix. -876. _ Grant, llubcson, Cattcll \ C?>. The t ransactious ol iliis<1 is?inguishcd (inn of general ami special jobber*, Hie at lust likely to In* lUuminaled to the Hutistuctioii ??t the public. \\ hen the J \vh??lc truth shall ooino out, as it must j do il witnesses ilo not run away, ami | hooks and piper* arc not destroyed, j l>i;i.WNAi' will appear as an injured 1 patriot when compared with others who have made merchandise ot their otlicial trusts ami prostituted power to venal uses. Concealment is no longer possible. When Baring Brothers & Co. were summarily ejected as the liseil agents ol the United States in 1871, j lear was expressed ot the consequences that soon alter lollo wed. Their agency j was divided between two partisan j bankers, both ol whom broke within j two yea is, largely indebted to the Government Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co' got the cream u! the business Cor tiie pay and maintenance ol the navy in foreign waleis, requiring millions every year, while Clews Si Co. had to lake the small sop ol the diplomatic i ami consular service. As Ciews had been an active par- | lisan of the Administration and a lib- j era I subscriber to the campaign fund while the bonds ol reconstructed Stales ouuId be put on the market by carpetbag Governors, lie protested against this little share cd the spoils to Seeor Uoheson, who was thin and is still regarded as (drain's next friend in the Cabinet. Kobeson has put on record | the reasons which led to Cooke's appointment, in a semiolliiial letter, iroiu which the billowing extracts have peculiar point at this time: "N.vvv bi i*.\ immi.n r, Washington, May *j:5, 1S7144My I)oiir Clews' 1 have your letter ol the Will instant in leguitl to the appointment, *>t a liseal agent of tlu? (lovorninenl uhroad. I lie truth is that the Navy llcpai tinent really has im> liM'al agent aoio.nl, out has hit 1 o it<> kept its account with Hating brothers ?Ns Co., of London. I his account I transferred about tin' 1st of the present month to Jay (John's house abroad. This I Jul tor broadest political as well as limcioial masons, looking to the ' good of l!u* somen abroad, as well as to the strcnythcniny of IIn purl j and the *\dminisI rut inn nt home. l,'l he house of .lay Cooke & (Jo. has as you know targe ami extended iulo.?e.sts and inllueucc throughout the country. Their eouneetions and mthiome with the. national hanks, v:ilh the I'enttsyUnnia Jlailruail, which control* the stole of J'i nnsylvunia, anil which, absorbiny the ( no ten owl Amhuy llnilroad. non: conhols Aero Jersey, and stretches from its western terminus across many of the Western .Stains far toward the 1'.initio; their interests in the A'otforn 1'acijic, and their general interest In the eountry, make them e?ry pooccjal Jricnds wher< actively interested in the uncii nn of the Administrat ioil, ami danycroux enemies in vital localities when indifferent, or unfrii nitty ' Very tiuly your iVieml. ' tiKoltli 111 M. IloilKSON." There is no disguise in this letter. It was belh-vod Jay Cooke's concern r. presented a combination of national banks anil railroad cot pot at ions which cot,trolled 1'cnnsyIvniiiu, New Jcrsy, ;iimi oiim-r rm.ni'* inr the lvepubitcan pany ami !<>r Clint, :i 11< 1 tiicrcloro they w? re p.vtcircd. Various ptivale reasons which operated largely on this choice are however not given in this letter ot Kobe-sou's. The truth was that .lay Cooke's house had loaned money to (iranl and Robeson, am. there is ample reason to believe that a pecuniary interest in the profits ol the n.'\v agency was secured to A. (?. Cat', el I, whose personal relations to the I'ler-ident ami to the Secretary ol the Navy are well known, and will soon be disclosed to the country. Jay Cooke's house was ically bankrupt when it was substituted lor the Darings, and this foreign agency was given to it as a prop to bo upheld by the credit ol tho United Slates and by advances lor carrying on tbc business lor the navy. Investigation will soon show whet her there was any capital at all in the concern except that furnished from Washington, by Robeson. The telegrams just preceding the panic of 1873 make it clear that Kobeson had knowledge ol the then impending failure, and sought to prevent it by a free use ot the public money. Here is one ol special importance: "I.ono lJiiAxcu, Sept. 1(5, 1873. "Commodore William Ueynohls, Act toy Secretary oj th-' A'uvy, Wushiuffton I). "(Jive requisition in favor of Jay Cooke, MeCulloch *v Co. for $1,(100,000 for foreign account out ol pay ol navy, Gkokoi; M. Roiiksox." There was some delay arising out of (ion. Spinner's opposition, who, as Treasurer, had become aware ol Cooke's condition, and ot the extraordinary ellorls ol Richardson, then Secretary ot the 'Treasury, to sustain the First National Hank by illegal loans. Jay Cooko Co. tailed on the iblh ot September, and on the 22d, tour days after that event, Robeson again telegraphed to Washington in these Words: "Nkw YoitKjSept. 22, 1S7-5. "To^Commodore Reynolds, Jfavy Department, Washington: ' Call upon President ami stand roadv t?> parw out his withes in regard to foreign accounts. GKOUGU M.Kouusox." That telegram set tied the business. Robeson had prepared the President, ami he gave lite order which opened ih-e vaults ol the Treasury. Spinner succumbed, and Richardson had no scruple in obeying his master ol the White House. On the 24th ot September a million and a halt of dollars were iranslerred by telegraph to New York, ami on tlial same day Robeson telegraphed to Richardson as follows from tue seaside capital; "Long Bmanoh, Sept. 24, 1873. "7'o the Secretary of the. Treasury, U'o*/tbt^toiij 1). C. Your telegram received; thanks for your promtneas. Have e.-n the President last lyglit, auu by /lis direction I irfll dram for a l B | million move to-morrow. Ui:oi:ok M. I tonics Two millions ami a hall ol the t>t*<?j?lmoney were thus, k,l>y < 1 ir*?t:lion of tin; 1 'resident," turned ovr to tho credit oi .lay Cooke's bankiupt linn six days alter its explosion was known all over the world. And olihat sum there is now a balance ol *7<)<h<)0o due <o the l ulled States, with a lot ol old railroad iron, claims, ^judgments and notes for so-called sccunty. If the President and his Secretary ol tliu Navy had desired to protect the |iul>A lie interest, they would, instead of advancing these enormous sums to 11m; bankrupts, have at once restored the; agency to t'?e llariiigs. lint tin y had personal objects to servo, which are sought to be hidden under teeble pretexts by Kobeson, in his Ictti r lo .Mr, Clover ol the investigating committee, but which will yet be exposal. iV. tSun. KOBESO.VS CLAIM. T It A I) IN (.*. An Investigation that is Likely to Oust the Secretary of the Navy.^ Washington, March 2S ?Th:j Committee on expenditures in llic Navy Department am working some ncii leads in Kobcson's accumulated store nt fraud. 1 licit' attention lias been devoted tor several days past to certain old claims thai Ivohcson has allowed, v^ue known as the 11 ungertord claim pans onl rich. A New \ ork lawyer named Sherman had it in charge and had been trying lor some lime to get it through, bnt had met with no hiicI cess. Tne claim %vas considered a bad i one, and ilie claimants were afraid t hey would get nothing. One day w hen I .Sherman was in Washington, he was approached by Simeon .Johnson, wl'fo was very intimate with Uobeson, and | told thai tor $10,000 he could ha\e his claim allowed. Sherman wanted to I know how it could lie done, but Johnson was mysterious and would give I him no satisfaction, Sherman a'oithl i not dicker, ami said it the claim could j he put through at all, lie could get it allowed as well as anybody else. In other words, he refused to be blackI mailed. .Johnson, however, got to the elaiinants themselves, and otVered them $40,000 tor the claim, and they accepted the oiler. The claim was paid, and Johnson received a check lor $7o,i 000 for himscll and his associate, whoI ever he was. _ I Spkciai.tiks in Mi:ihci\k.? We publish on our eighth page a lengtltly article describing the system of lite noted specialist, Dr. K. V. Pierce, of ihilfaln, N. Y., in which ho sols forth with considerable force and clearness Ids reasons lor devoting his whole time and attention to a single department of nied cine?the treat meat of lingering chronic diseases. The Same arliele also takes up the subjects ol diagnosis, methods of eoosulta! ion a'id tieatnieiil, etc., and will be louml lo enlain many valuable hints to the invaii I. Dr. Pierce is 'die author of a work wiiicli h is already attained a large circulation?'The J People's Common Sense Medical Advise."? containing some nine hundred nuiuetonslydhistialeil pages, and devoted to modi inc in all its branches, a work well calculated for the guidance and instruction of the people at. huge, and w hich may be bad for $l.d > (post paid) I?y addressing tin? authoi. Dr. Pierce ll;\S MOW IH'I'M before the general public doing enough tc onable llui formalioM <>1 a ca;eful estimate ol th?' cllicicney of his treat meal an I his medieincs, and the verdict, ?ve are glad to know, has been universally favorable to lio'.h. ? From the. Toledo lllude. 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