The Potter Journal AN'L* NEWS ITEM. COHDERSPORT. PA., Mar.28,1^3 W. C. ALBEKOER lias resigned the j Mipei intenueney of the 8., N • k . P. K. W. He was presented with a j handsome silver tea-set by the em-! ployes of the road, upon his retire ment. Now. if the new su|>erintcnd ent, whoever he may be, will change • the names of some of the stations, whether he ever gets a silver tea-set | or not. he will earn the thanks of a large portion of the people in this , section. To particularize. Emporium was formerly known as Shippon, and to this day is almost as well known by the one name as the other, yet the R. V. Co. have named the first station this side of Emporium, pen, thereby causing much confusion and inconvenience. M e never have heard any good reason given why Forest House should !>e called Keat ing Summit; and we hope yet that the good sense of the company will re-christen these two stations at least, change Shippen to Prestonville, and Keating Summit to Forest House. nicd. March 25, MARY L. JONES. So has passed away one very late ly as bright and gay as any of our fair young girls. Too eager, too en ergetic, she overtaxed her strength and health, and a year ago closed her year's teaching in our graded school a little before the time, too much exhausted to finish. She ral lied from this sickness, was married in June, and moved among us cheer fully and happily for several months, but the severe winter has been too much for her, and she has passed away. / She'loved teaching, loved her little scholars, and they of course returned the affection warmly. Some weeping little ones could not sleep last night because of the sad woid that she was gone. She has won and worn one of the sweetest crowns of a good life—the being kept in the hearts of the little ones. Peace be to her and to all that mourn for her. Oosv.nrrnov H eix, j Philadelphia, Mar. IT, IS7I { DEAR JOURNAL: Since my last, the Convention, in committee of the whole, has made good progress, and has committed itself to some very important reforms. The article reported from the com mittee on Legislation has been under consideration for a week. The article as reported, with slight amendments, has been approved in all its impor tant provisions. This article, should it become a part of the Constitution, will wholly eradicate the evils of special and hast}- legislature. It has been thoroughly discussed, but every idea of the committee has been sus tained by handsome majorities. Among many other w holaome pro visions this article prohibits the legis lature from making appropriations to charitable or educational institutions not under the absolute control of the Commonwealth except bv the vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each House, and prohibits entirely any appropriation to secta rian or denominational institutions or to communities for charitable pur poses. These two propositions were ercely assailed as narrow, illiberal and un feeling, but the delegates who thus attacked the propositions are not men of very large ideas, and were answered by some of the ablest and best minds of the Convention, aud a large majority of the delegates sus tained the restrictions very wisely as your correspondent thinks. A flood of petitions have been com ing in, asking for clause in the Con stitution prohibiting the sale of in toxicating drinks. 'I he Committee of Legislation, to whom these petitions were referred have recommended the adoption of the following section; "No license shall be granted to sell vinous, spirituous or malt liquors or any admixture thereof, or any other intoxicating drinks, and any sale of such liquors except for modi, cinal or saeredotal purposes, shall be a misdemeanor." 1 bin section has not burn reached, and therefore I have no means of knowing what decision w ill be made when it comes up for consideration. But there are a good many delegates warmly i)> its lavor. A majority of the delegates hnvc of last settled to hard work, and are making good progress. But there are at least foity absentee# during • ei yta tnioii. 'I his is a great druw- Vhyk to vhfc projor working of the Constitution, and is discreditable to , the absentees. The discussions of the Convention i for the last week have been able and interesting, more so than of any other week of the session. { Potter Count> 'a First Temperance Society. A friend has given me an account of what is believed to be the first temperance organization in this Coun ty, and I write it out for the JOUR NAL. Forty-two years ago a number of families from the East, whence all population comes at first, moved into the township of Ulysses, near where the village of Lewisville now stands. They put up smuli log houses, but tbe trees were so dense that these were not in sight of each other, anil when there had grown to be a num ber of them, each was wholly isolated from the rest. Of course they helped each other in every neighborly way, and, as the custom was in those days, whenever a bee of any kind was held among the men, liquor was provided and drank. Once all were gathered together to put up a large house. It was a rainy, sleety day, tlie barn stood on rising ground with one corner, where the ground was lowest, supported. By the time they came to put up the logs they were slippery with ice, and the men—owing perhaps to the cold and exposure—had drank more toau usual,and were not quite steady. No one could be induced to take the lower side where the height was so much greater, except a young man, brave and strong, thought slight of figure, who did not drink. He took that place, but other arms were not steady enough; the log slipped, came down, but happily did not hit him bodily. He went home that night determined never to be thus exposed again. He called on a neighbor who saw the evil as he did, and they talked it over. Each had a building to put up. but though he felt it was right and necessary, the other gentleman thought he could not be the first to refuse to provide strong drink. So our young friend prepared for his raising. He invited the neighbors, giving notice that there would be no whiskey. Some grumbled, several said they would not come, they could not lift without the stimulus, etc.; most seemed dis satisfied, and the prospect for the barn looked pretty blue. But finally they all came. An excellent dinner was provided, such as had not been seen before in the new settlement, several of their wives came to assist indoors, and the whole affair was made a festival, with which all were pleased and satisfied. The other gentleman's raising came next, and others followed on temper ance principles, to the great benefit ! and safety of all concerned. Here was good seed sown, and a good ex i ample set, that three years afterward when a temperance lecturer visited the place, ripened into a society com prising nearly all of those old neigh | bors. If any one knows of an earlier i temperance society than this, let us i hear of it. POTTER. THE Christian at Work of March 8 seems to be a better number than usual, and one of the best things in it is "Tat's Charity Lesson." There is an article on "The State Charities' Aid Association," organ- I ized in Bellevue Hospital, which is ! very valuable and interesting. It originated with some women, ! who, regularly visiting the hospitals, saw the need of more skillful and ef ficient nursing, and have established a training school for nurses, "so that in time, not only the whole hospital, but all the hospitals, even private ! houses and the poor, will be supplied with trained nurses." It seems like a wonderfully bene ficial scheme, and it is hoped it will , meet with great encouragement. ; "Donations may be sent to the i treasurer, 11. C. Stebbins, 5u Ex change St., New York." The Congressional Apportionment Bill. The House Apportionment Com mittee have completed the bill ap portioning the State into Congress ional districts. The follow ing is an alwtract of that bill : first District—The First, Second, Seventh, and Twent\*-sixth wards, Philadelphia. Second District—The Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Thirteenth, and Twen tieth wards, and that portion of the I Seventeenth ward lying west of Second street. Third District—The Third, j fourth, fifth, Sixth, Eleventh,! 1 welfth and Sixteenth wards, fointh District—The Fifteenth,' T w'enty-fir-'t-, Twenty-fourth, Twentv aevejitli,Twenty-eighth and Twenty-! ninth w&rtJk. Fifth District.—The Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-second. Twenty third, and Twenty-fifth wards, and all that portion of the Seventeenth ward lying east of Second street. Sixth District.—Chester and Dele ware. Seventh District.—Lancaster. Eighth District.—Berks. Ninth District.—Montgomery and that portion of Bucks not included in the Tenth District. Tenth District.—Northampton and Lehigh, and the townships ot Dur ham, Milford, Springfield. Richland, Rockhill, Haycock,Nockamixon ana Tinieum, and the borough of (Quaker town, in Bucks county. Eleventh District.—Pike, Monroe, Carbon and Wayne, and the town ships of Bucks, Bear Creek, Blakely, Carbondale, Corryington, Jetfursou, Madison, Roaring Brook, Spring Brook, the Itorough of Blakely, I>llll - Goldsborough,Gibsonburg,the city of Carlondale and the Twelfth wan! of Scrantou. Twelfth District.—That part of Luzerne county not included in the Eleventh district. Thirteenth District.—Lebanon and Schuylkill. Fourteenth District.—Dauphin, Northumberland, Perry and Juniata. Fifteenth District—Bradford, Sus quehanna, Sullivan, Columbia and Wyomii g. Sixteenth District —Tioga .Potter, MeKean, Cameron, Lycoming and Montour. Seventeenth District.— Franklin, Fulton. Bedford and Somerset. Eighteenth District.—Snyder. Mif flin, Huntingdon, Blair and Colum bia. Nineteenth District.—York, Cum berland and Adams. Twentieth District.— Union Cen tre, Clinton, Clearfield, Elk ami Forest. Twenty-first District.—Westmore land, Greene and Fayette. Twenty-second District.—City of Pittsburg and townships of Chartiers, Union, Scott, Stone, Robinson, Up per and Lower St. Clair, Baldwin, Snowden, Mifflin, and Jefferson and the boroughs of Mansfield. Chartiers and West Elizabeth, in the county of Alleghany. Twenty-third District—All of Alle ghany county not included in the Twenty-second district. Twenty-fourth District—Washing ton, Beaver and Butler. Twenty-fifth District-Clarion, Arm strong, Indiana and Jefferson. Twenty sixth District—Lawrence, Mercer and Crawford. Twenty-seventh District.—Erie, Warren and Venango. The New York Evening Post. The proprietors of the Eveninej Pout are taking measures to secure for that journal an establishment worthy of the position it has always occupied in tin highest class of metropolitan journalism. The site chosen for the new building is one of the best in the city. It is in the centre of business, is in all respects the liveliest in traffic and in travel and with in a stone's thlciw of the office oil the one 1 and and our chief t< legraphie depot on the other. The property con sists of sixty-three feet on Broadway by one hundred and sixty on Fulton street, l>eing the southeast corner. The pub lishers intend to erect a building that, for solidity, convenience and tasteful* ncss, shall not l>e surpassed by any oth er of the kind. The public will rejoice at these evidences of p> osjierity in a jour nal which has always commanded their esteem and which has steadily held its own for nearly three-quarters of a cen tury. The Post was founded in William Cullen Bryant became a con tributor in 1526. and since that time, though it has passed through many storms, its course has lnen onward and upward.—-Inter. JS'irs. Reporter. A Possible Remedy. The I.ockport Journal puts forth a suggestion that the salaries of meiiiliers of Congress and some other Federal of ficials shall Is l fixed by an amendment to the Constitution. Fearing t hat Con gress would not propose an amendment 1 of the purport above specified, the Jour- nal makes the further suggestion that Congress may lie compelled to call a con vention on the application of two-thirds of the State Legislatures. The Constitution says such a conven tion shall be called by Congress, "011 the application to two-thirds of the Legisla tures of the several states." We sup- I pose it means of, but if Congress wanted i to esvape calling a convention it might make use of this technicality. Perhaps, however, the whole power of the press and pul lie brought to bear on a lot of fresh Congressmen who have still some thing to hope from the jntople, might produce the result the Journal desires, i As to the merits of the proposition, it is not long since we should have said that the question of salaries was one of general legislation, which ought to he ( determined by Congress according to varying circumstances, and should have scouted the idea that the representatives of the people could not l>e trusted to tlx ! their own pay. We have quit scouting such ideas. We are decidedly of the! opinion that the representatives of the leople cannot be trusted to say how much money they will take from the Na tional Treasury. We are strongly inclined to favor the Journal's proposition. It may seem strange to call for a constitutional con vention on account of a single act of Congress, but t hat act shows tliat Con gress cannot bo trusted. It takes near ly a million dollars yearly out of the Treasury: and besides there is no know ing how soouai Other lot of retiring Con gressmen v'.fc* another imreuee to their successors in order to get a big back-pay steal themselves. As to the salaries of Executive and Judicial officers, Congress has never shown any inclination to make them too large; consequently there is no particu lar necessity for limiting them and no thing should be put into a Constitution but what is absolutely necessary. The matter is one of great importance, I and wr hope to see the press discuss it thoroughly. If the unconscionable char- • acter of the late transaction should cause' the jieople to take away the power so scandalously used byCongress. the Great Baek-piy Steal of 1573 may bo as fortu-, nateasthe Nebraska Bill of 1574, which, ! though planned topromotetheindetinite 1 expansion of slavery, caused its final j overthrow. —Bujfah Express. I• • • TUB fact that Hon. Schuyler Col-, tax, late Vice President of the I ni ted Stst.es, was welcomed home to South fiend with unusual demonstra tions of affection and esteem, and j that lib old neighbors, without dis tinctiot of party, who have known him all his life, expressed their un ! shaken confidence in his integrity, ought t-> make men hesitate to believe that he has been guilty of the grave crimes cf briliery and perjury so free ly charged upon hiin by sonic of the newspapers. The assassination ot character for political or sensational purposes is one of the great evils ol j our time. , t Hemlock Bough Tannin. The Williamsport (Pa.) ItegisUr says that from a private letter from •Messrs. Jamison, Goodcll, A Co., . .whose process of manufacturing ex tracts from hemlock boughs has cre ■ atcd sucii & sensation in Michigan, we learn that their representative, W . 11. Bart ram, (former editor and publish er of the Midland Times where, the business was first, introduced, and to whose efforts the enterprise owes much of its success.) w ill visit Wil liam-port tliis week with a view of remaining here sufficiently long to awaken the same interest, here, in this important enterprise, that is now felt in Michigan. From those who have in\e>iig!ited the matter, we learn that the profits connected with the business arcs sufficient to satisfy any one who i> snk>" B investinent. The Register says; It is claimed Lliat a hemlock forest will yield as many tons of boughs as it will cords of bark; that the former is as rich with tannin as the latter; that a ton of houghs will produce as many pounds of extract as a cord of bark ; and that the extract is far more val uable to the manufacturer of light stock than any other tannin agent now known to the trade. It does not possess those properties that will nkc it aiuni'io to the great manu facturers of sole leather in the forests of our State, but they can utilize the houghs now wasted, and, by con structing a factory in close contiguity to their tanneries in the bush, they can convert what has hitherto been destroyed and wasted into a source of profit and wealth, of greater pro portions than their tannery meterial, they can produce and forward to the light stock tanneries around Phila delphia, Newark, New York and Boston, an article of tannin that will enable them to manufacture a better quality of upper leather than they arc now able to produce. This in dustry will thus recommend itself to all who are interested in the vast forests of hemlock with which North ern Pennsylvania abounds, and in fact, to all who are interested in de veloping the resources of the State. /title J tendent Rejmhltea/>. —The Republicans of Hartford, Conn, District have renominated General J- R. Hawley for Congress. It is noteworthy that this, the first Republican convention held since the passage of the amendment rais ing the salaries of Congress, passed resolutions unequivocally condemn ing that measure.— Montrose Repub lican. ; THE Pennsylvania House of Repre sentatives having passed an Appro priation bill increasing their salaries to $ lf>oo, the Senate Finance Com mittee on the 18th inst. reported the i bill with salaries reduced to £ 1000, and the appropriations in all reduced nearly 1,000,000. Another Honest Man. HON. Clarkson X. Potter of S'ew \ ork published the following card yesterday morning: To the Seryeantail-Amus of the House of Representatives.—* in: I have your letter of yesterday, enclosing me for connter signat me the Sjieaker's warrant for my increased pay, S.S(K>O, less tax, as member of the Forty-second Con gress. 1 favored the late increase of salaries of the President, .Judges and Cabinet officers, and a relative increase to not beyond $ 6500 a year however in Congressional saiarba. but I thought the increase should in no case apply to existing terms of service. lam aware that Congress is by law judge of the compensation of its own memliers, and that in all former instances increased pay has been extended to the members of the existing Congress, and I do not presume to judge for nor seek to influ ence any one else, but for myself I do not feel willing to receive this increased eonqiensation for a service rendered in no expectation of it, and I therefore return you unsigned the warrant sent me for the same, and remain Your oliedient servant, CLARKSON X. POTTER. WASHINGTON. SENATE PROCEEDINGS.— Washing ton. March 24.—The Vice President laid liefore the Senate the following letter: March 24. linn Henry Wilson, 1 icc I*resident <>f the United SOttes: SIR:—I do hereby very respectfully notify you. and through you the Senate of the United States, that I have re signed and do resign my scat in that both as Senator from the State of Kan sas, and that I have forwarded ly mail, j tost age prepaid, addressed to the chief executive officer of that State, at Tojie ka, Kan., a resignation in the following form, to w it: "U. S. SENATE CHAMBER, ) 24th March, 1*73. j "//is Excellency, Ihe Governor of Kem sox. TojAit, Kansas. "Sin:—l hereby resjieetfully tender you my resignation as Senator of the United"States from the State of Kansas, to take effect immediately. "Very respectfully your obedient ser vant, " ALEXANDER CALDW ELL." 1 have also delivered in person to Hon. Thomas. A. Osborne, Governor of Kan sas, now in this city, a duplicate of the laper forwarded, whose acknowledg ment of the receipt thereof is herewith 1 enclosed. Very respectfully your obedient ser ' vant, ALEXANDER CALDWELL. " Washington, M yeas to 11 noes, ami the following res olution came before the ltodv: 7iV.se/eed, That the charges made and referred to a select committee of the last Congress, affecting the otlicial char acter ami codduct of Powell Clayton, are not sustained. The Philadelphia Press has an article on the "Harrisburg steals." The biggest steal we know of is the 1 one for which the Pre.-t.-t blows the hardest, to wit: the million Centen nial job.— Warren Mail. AN animated debate took place in : 1 ; the State Senate on "Wednesday, the 10th inst., on the following resolu tion : "THE HF.ATIIKN CHINEE" Mr* W A i,i, ACE called up Senate bill No. 109fi, entitled Joint resolu j tion instructing our Senators and re j questing our Representatives in con gress to introduce and vote for a bill to prevent the introduction of Chi nese laborers into the United States. With slight amendment it was passed. MR. MORTON offered the following resolution, which was ordered to be printed: That the Senate of the J United States has received with joy the intelligence that the Republican Government of Spain have abolished slavery in the island of I'orto Rico, and raised the colored people in that island from the condition of slaves to the rights and privileges of citizens of the Spanish Republic. Resolved , That by this act the peo- J pie of Spain have given new assurance to the world that in in establishing republican institutions they arc ac tuated by genuine love of liberty and the sincere regard for the natural rights of all men, and that it will be accepted as an omen of power and perpetuity of the Spanish Republic.; MICHIGAN AGAINST THE EXTRA SALARY BILL. — Lansing , Mich., Mar. J 19.—Both Houses of the Legislature! adoped resolutions condemning the ac tion of the majority of the late Con gress in voting to increase their pay during the expiring hours of the scadon,; ! and applauding all those who opposed , the measure. PITT down a long credit mark for the ! large-minded Mikado of .Japan, who has issued an edict proclaiming the tolera- j ; tion of Christianity throughout the Era ' pire and throwing open the whole coun- j try to foreigners. Now, then, walk-up j John Chinaman, if you don't want your ; enterprising neighbors to get a thousand ' years start of you. Japan is constantly i ; winning the resj>ect and admiration of ; the nations by her amazing progress in Western civilization and by the bold {K)licy of her rulers. — Buffalo E.cjircss. Very well, but if John Cliiuainan ' is to "walk up and not let his enter- j prising neighbor get the start of him, j what shall we do who oppress and jeer at John Chinaman, in spite of our j ! Christianity and regard for foreigners, j ■ Suppose we "walk up" a little. THE weather is so remarkable of late that it seems well to note it for future reference. Our six or eight inches of snow on this stormy 26th ■ of March seems to have been equalled .! in the West yesterday, as the follow- I :: ing notices show: CHICAGO, March 25.— The snow storm which began here last evening . and continued during the night and to-day, culmiiiatad to-night in one of . the worst storms of the winter. The ■ ; wind blows a gale from the northeast. J At least eight inches of snow have fallen and there is no abatement of .'the tempest. Street railway travel " j is entirely suspended on some routes, . ! and on others four horses io a car are > I necessary. The railroad trains are delayed in every direction. ST. Lot is, March 25.—A heavy snow storm has prevailed here all day _ j and night. The storm is the most ' i severe of the present winter. 1 ! ' -i KINGSTON, N. Y., March 25.— The ! cold weather for the past two days has strengthened the ice in the Htid ! son and crossing bv teams with heavy r ' i loads of freight has been resumed. ICE JAM. —We hear that there is I an ice gorpe about one mile long, up ! the liver between kinzua and Cory : don and near the mouth of Sugar Run, which forces the water over the ad joining flats. Other gorges are also j reported below Warren, but high wa iter w ill doubtless clear the channel, j Warren Mad. ES. ' THE (ialax y for April appears with j its "usual supply of good tilings," ar j we so often read ; and as usual we find j the best relish in the latter part. "Wan ilerings" by Lady Blanche Murphy, i.- n very interest ing descript ion of Roman Festivals. The first article of " Drift wood " tells one of those saddest of all sail stories, of the torturing of 1 itll< j children in order to make them expert j leggars. There is a good little artich |on the " New-lxim Republic" saying I what most of us feel. In the Scientific ; Miscellany is an account of an investi gation into the origin of the " L'lagiu i that tor the last two years lias been rag i ing in Persian Kurdistan." Whethei j this is the same disease that used to 1 | called by that name, the article does not say, but says it came from the opening | of some caves where had been burned ! forty years liefore, tiiose who had died of this disease. - DKMOUKST'S Young America is an in ' teresting little magazine. The April j Xo. seems to lie an improvement on j those before it. s2. per annum, b3b Broadway, N'ew York. A MONO notices of April magazines, will it bo allowable to say a word of the I Atlantic for March. "The Madonna of i the Future," shows such a new kind of | life —it seems to bring Florence and pictures and Italian art nearer, and : make them more visible than anything | else we have read. Being indebted to I Theoliold we must recommend others to | read this article. Scrtbners has an article on that most interesting of all historical subjects "An Ancient American Civilization," the old story of Manco Capac, and Manco < H-lla ; but gives no new discov eries, nor new thoughts upon it. it lias ' also in the "Nature and Sciences" the following description of the remains of j an ancient city in Arizona. It is sur rounded by a wall of sandstone neatly quarried and dressed, was 12 feet thick j and originally 15 or 20 feet high. With- 1 in are the walls of houses, temples and markets, all of solid stone, and showing excellent masonry. These walls are covered with hieroglyphics cut deeply; into the stone. The whole of the ruins, i like most of those of the Orient, and more particularly those of Arabia and | Assyria, are more or less buried in sand. This city is some ix miles from the ■ boundary between Utah and Arizona. It is close to the desert, and is surround ed by extensive sandy plains." I'iice 54.00 per annum, Scriliner Jk Co., New York. THE NEW YORK Independent sends an unusually good numlier: more like its old self than it has been for some; time. $3.00 a year, Henry A. Bowcu l\ (). tox 3787, Naw York City. '"THE Cradle of the New Worp with its instant thought of infancy z- a greatness, opens Harper's \prilnun' i with a vivid portraying of the first v 'J by Columbus of Santo Domingn . * splendid troph al island tliat so ch;in the discoverers. It gives :i Samana Bay—so recently acquire i' Americans; and many places in that country. "Sea and Sbo* is a wonderful article—explaining p. various depths of the bed of the ' its channels, currents, waves, stonT etc., with many interresting tions. mm. Spain.— Madrid. Mch. 23.-T:* senibly met yesterday wieh the imdr standing that a vote should be taken c the bill for the abolition of slavery - Porto Rico. A resolution was adopts at the beginning of the sitting,that :. 4 Cbainlter would not adjourn until , , subject had been disused of. Senor Figueras annaunocd that t ( ministry had decided to stand or \ ~ with the measure. Contrary to exjiectation the House resolved not p. continue the debate, and subsequent by a unanimous vote passe d the bill fq the innnediate emancipation of slave* in the island of Porto Rico. Tie at. nouneement of the- result was received with cheers. The biil declares that Rrpublic of Spain will preserve them. i tegrity of tlie Spanish doininion, ant 1 provides that emancipated slaves ; Porto Rico shall enjoy all polity ■ rights dccorded to a citizen of Spain, The Government took ample piecus. I lions against any disorderly deraenstra : tions in the city. 1 WASHINGTON, March 22.—Si Cretan i Fish to-day receivt d the following jy. i patch, dated Madrid, March 22: "The immediate emancipation Ist | for Porto Rico passed to-night uiub I mously. There was great enthusiast 1 in the Assembly. (signed) Si< KLES. MAPKID, March 28.— The Asseml!; j is considering a resolution for the a; j pointmeiit of a permanent Commit, ; composed of members of the I louset | watch over the Government after t ' adjournment of the Chanilier. - Franco. — Paris, March 23d.—Tl. J French and German Governments Lav ; exchanged ratifications of a treaty!■ j the evacuation of France. - £Vn and srtssoT*. NEW JERSEY has Ix'ati-n tin nn : p lists at last. The general railroad 1 giving an open held to competition, w passed by tiie Senate at Trenton yeSi day morning. In a unanimous vote. T bottom of tin- railroad riiigdropjui <■ completely at'ti r the recent defection Senator McPhcrson, who had previoi; been the leader of tlie Scott party J>uffa'o Ks\iicss. GEN Kit AT. II AWI.I.Y is the next m I who takes no hack-stealings. Hedri (only the pay honestly due him and i: dined the share of plunder that fell him. What is inure, lie didn't procia ids virtue from tlie housetops by wi: ing a letter about it. Well done, th-i. all Tlie next! ILLINOIS litis 102 counties and A ra road in every county but seven; whi< fact is quoted as evidence of her pr l>erity. But if, as the Illinois farnn say, "the railrotids are sinking tin alive," then of course the more tilt arc of these corporate savages the wor for Illinois. THE rn Farmer says : "A j (.'alifomia correspondent, who hastate i wheat bread at supper the materia!! : I which was standing in tlie tiehl at sui ! rise, says that when the grain is ii|*- )'• I is often cut, threshed, and put in ti ! sacks the same day. Instead of t t rea|nr. the ''header" is now geniialj listd. It cuts tJie straw midway.ami its swath has a width nearly doubledim; of the reaper. With two head'-is ami five wagons a large threshing inailiiirc is kept running, and in this way t"d! acres ai d 1500 bushels of wheat 9ts harvested in a single day. Ti lK lower branchof the Illinois LegiJ latere has adopted a resolution censur ing the members of Congress from ttiat State who voted for the increase of sau ries, by a vote of 103 to 4. A BILL lias passed the Legislature amending the tippling la** of the State, leu\ ing the question to vote of the jn-ople of the different dr tricts, wards, etc., on the first of .Ju whether they will allow tippling heiw in their respective localities. Tfn-l will lie signed by the Governor. ELLIS 11. ROBERTS, editor of tf Utica Iferuld and Congressman f' nff the Oneida District, has refused • receive the back pay voted by the recr* ant majority. Good for the press. The following is found in the wers to correspondents in the K't atone Good Templar: Bayeux Tapestry, is a roll of en cloth '214 feet long and 20 v ; and represents, in embroidery evnts of the Norman invasion England. It contains t>23 men. - * horses, 55 dogs, 505 other iinini : 37 buildings, 41 ships and hot , :1I: 411 trees, in all 1512 figurs. B all executed with the needle b* tilda the queen of William the 1 queror, and by her presented w - Cathedral of Uaveux.