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POWER OF CUSTOM.
In this age of enlightenment, and land of
boasted liberty, where all men are declared to
be free, and shivery viewed us ail unpardonable
ott'ence, how strange to think that lueu should
voluntarily and wilfully become the slaves of
custom; one of the most arrogant, despotic,
and, at the same time, inconsistent of inonarchs,
as lie generally rules more by force than per
suasion or arguuienlativc reasoning. And, not
withstanding our assertions to the contrary, we
are all more or less the subjects of his capricious
will. No man need say that he is not a follow
er of custom, or that he does not care for the
good or bud opinion of his fellow man, as such
is not really the case; and were it so, the state
of society, to a certain extent, would lie worse
in place of better. As it has always been con
ceded that "a due respect for the opinion of all
mankind," is preferable to cither real or studied
indifference, on a subject so closely allied with j
our happiness, whether we view the matter in
an individual or collective sense. In following
the usages and customs of society, if we could
only learn to discern the useful from the bane
ful. and the desirable from the destructive, wo
might then, with firm faith, enlist under the
banner of time-honored, praise-worthy customs,
feeling perfectly sure of being lead aright. But
Unfortunately how few there arc to enter the
lists, and alas! that many should fall off, as the
difficulties of life press around them, passing
over to the ranks of tho enemy, without, per
, baps, making one struggle to maintain the hon
| arable positions they have assumed. Since wc
I nil arc creatures of habit or custom, is it not
befitting us as rational beings, to study well the
nature and effects of the different customs by
which wc are surrounded, before adopting and
incorporating them as part and portion of our
nature, cultivating thcui around us with links of
adamantine strength. Reason certainly suggests
and approves of such reflection, and yet how
few there arc who ever give the subject a tho't;
but foolishly adopt and fall into habits of the
most pernicious character, without, probably,
having ever asked themselves the true nature,
tendency or consequences of the usages they are
following, or the customs they are adopting.—
The question now arises where, and nt what pe
riod of life we should begin to exercise our rea
soning faculties, in regard to good or evil prac
tices, and the various influences which follow in
their train. According to my own views, I
would certainly be in favor of beginning the nc
ccssarv exercise in the school room, and at as
early a period as possible, for several reasons,
one half which could not well be given in a
short production like this. If it be true that
I children resemble the monkey, in his attempts
! at imitating, that which comes under his eye,
1 how necessary is it then that the example placed
before them should lie of a pure and improving
character. And that they should he early taught
the strong necessity of observing and reflecting
well before making choice of any particular
habit or custom. If the benefits arising from
good, orderly habits were well impressed upon
the minds of children in the school room, thro'
the advice of teachers, and the still more effica
cious influence of their example, much good
j might lie done, and rapid improvement would
doubtless ensue from such a course. Children
i naturally look to their preceptors for advice,
and if more time was bestowed in oral instruc
tion of that nature, I firmly believe their minds
would not only be improved, but that they would
possess an energy of character, and a clearness
I of judgment, which few persons now dream of.
To show children but one side of tlie question,
or to instruct litem in regard to good habits only,
would be folly indeed, as it is by comparison
alone, that we can judge of the relative value
of anything. In order that they should learn
to decide well and wisely, they must have vividly
placed before them, the great misfortune of con
tracting evil habits, and tho large amount of
wretchedness which follows in their wake. If
both sides wore fairly, earnestly and frequently
portrayed, by skillful teachers to their pupils,
some of the recklessness which we now see so
boldly displayed would be avoided, and good
conduct substituted in its place. In order to
fix these principles well, teachers should begin
early, and never relax their efforts, both byword
and example, so long as the pupil remains tin
der their jurisdictin; feeling satisfied in their
own minds that if they have not accomplished
all they would have desired in their behalf, the}'
at least have assisted them to form many good
and useful habits. It is nothing unfreqtient to
hear persons, and intelligent persons, too, say
that they lmvccontracted injurious habits,which,
from long continuance, seem like second nature;
therefore tlrey cannot lay thorn aside, and blush
not to acknowledge themselves the willing slaves
of that all-powerful monarch, CUSTOM. It is
truly a puzzling problem to solve, that whilst
we boast of independence in one breath, we
freely consent to be slaves in the next, and nev
er think of attempting to gain release from our
self-imposed thralldom. But such is man! such
! is life! and such the Power of Custom!
March 12, 1803. ' UNO.
TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.
The semi-annual meeting of the Bedford
County Teachers' Association will be held in
the CoUrt'llonse in Bedford, ou Friday and Sat
urday the 1 Oth and 11th of April, 1803, begin
ning nt 1 .V o'clock, A. M., on Friday.
The executive committee respectfully submit
the following program of exercises.
Ledum. Rev. B. 11. Hunt, of Sehellsburg,
John B. Fluke, Esq., of Fattonsville.
Reports. Geo. Sigafoos. County uniformity
of Text Book?
Freedom ef Thonght and Opinion.
BEDFORD,PA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 1863.
.T. U. Satterfiehl. Progress of Common Schools
in Bedford County.
E. I". Kerr. Oral Instruction and the true
use of Text Books.
Essayists. Misses M. V. Smith, L. Arnold,
A. E. Younkin, M. A. Williams and Mattic
Allison.
Questions fot Discussion":
1. What arc the prominent causes of Fail
ure in Teaching.
2. How can the cordial cooperation of parents
he host secured.
3. Can Teaching be reduced to a science.
4. Do the good morals of a community de
pend on its intelligence ?
•T. GILBERT FISHER,
Chairman.
"Magnet's" commitment ion is unavoidably
crowded out. We will print it next week.
FRAUDS UPON THE GOVERNMENT.
ASTOUNDING DEVELOPMENTS.
The Committee of Congress appointed to in
vestigate the matter of the character of trans
ports for the Banks Expedition, have brought
to light .some astounding abuses and frauds.
It appears that on tho 20th of Apri', 1801,
Capt. Richard F. latper was appointed Assist
ant Agent of the War Department by .1. Ed
gar Thompson, President of tho Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, its Mr. Thompson himself
says in the pretended commission under which
he acted, "in accordance with the authority
vested in tnc by the Secretary of War." The
Comniitteo remark that tlicy "are unable to say.
by virtue of what law an 'Assistant Agent of
the War Department, was appointed, or how
the appointing power came to lie lodged in the
hands of tho President of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company.
This commission was revoked in May, 1801,
by J. Edgar Thompson, who informed Captain
Loper that he had been notified by the Secreta
ry of war (Mr. Cameron) of the appointment of
Mr. John Tucker as "United States Transport
Agent." Mr. Thompson then wrote a letter to
the Secretary of War, stating that Capt. Isiper
had been "untiring in his efforts to serve the
country." The more heavy operationsjof Capt.
Loper began with the appointment of Air. Tuck
er as ,'United States Transport Agent," und
they have continued without intermission during
the whole of Mr. Tucker's two terms of office,
first no Agent, and sulwoquently as Assistant
Secretary of War. Mr. Tucker employed Capt.
Loper to "inspect nnd recommend" all kinds of
vessels at Philadelphia, N .York and Annapolis,
for various services aud expeditions, anc Capt.
Loper proceeded to charge front five eo ten per
cent, commission on the gross earnings of the
vessels recommended to Mr. Tucker for charter;
yet lie assured the Committee that, as he hud
money enough for himself and his children, he
iv;is "actuated solely by n desire to aid in crush
ing this 'ungrateful rebellion.'" Tucker, in his
testimony, attributed to him "great purity and
patriotism."
It appears by this report that oue Amasa
Hall, of Baltimore, has enjoyed the monopoly
of chartering all the vessels the Government
needed at that port, and .Mr. Hall seemed to be
fully awaro of the advantages of this monopo
ly. No vessels could secure a charter of the
Quartermaster unless Dir. Hall offered it. Mr.
Ilall acted in the double capacity of broker for
the owners of the vessels, und as u sort of a
gent of the Government.
We have now the three principal characters
in tho drama before us—Tucker, Loper and
Hall. We uow turn to Capt. Loper's "efforts
to servo the country:"
Commencing on the 20th of April, 18G3, to
act as "Assistant Agent of the War Depart
ment," he commenced on the same day to re
ceive live per cent, commission oil the earnings
of vessels chartered by his agency. The first
vessel he took lip was the steamer W. Whildin,
April 20th, 1801, owned by Anthony Itcybold,
at $175 per day. (Senate, Ex. Doc. 37, page
2, 37th Congress, Second Session.) Mr. Rev
hold testifies that the Whiidin remained in the
service under the charter to the present time,
although her rate of charter was subsequently
reduced to S9O per day; the receipts of the
steamer Whildin, up fo the time of the delivery
of Mr. lieybold's testimony must have been
somewhere between $97,050 nnd $ 113,925, on
which Capt. Loper's commission were between
$1893 and $5470. Mr. Reybold chartered the
steamer Express to tho Government, through
Capt. Loper, nt $175 per day, the Starnt sllO
per day, and the John Tucker at S2OO per day,
paying Loper five per cent, on their gross re
ceipts. Through the same agency, Mr Reybold
chartered the Diamond Slate (375 tons) at S2OO
per day, the Swan (350 Ions) at S2OO (>cr day,
and the Gen. Burnside (100 tons) at S3OO per
day, Capt. Loper himself being part owner of
them. Mr. Reybold testifies that his own re
eeipts from these charters were about $llOO
per day, or at the rate of $401,000 per year.
Air. Loper's commission on Air. lieybold's boats
could not have been less than $20,000 a year;
for all hough he charged no commission on the
three boats of which he was part owner, it must
be presumed that the amount which he derived
from tlicm over awl above a fair mercantile pro
fit was nt least equal to five per rent., other
wise he would have charged the commission.—
If tho Government had bought Air. lieybold's
fleet at the outset, instead of employing Cap
tain Loper to charter them, it would have saved
an immense amount of money.
We now notice a few of the transactions of
Mr. Hall, in whom the Assistant Secretary of
War, Mr. Tucker, "expressed much confidence':"
The magnitude of his transactions may be
inferred from tho fact that 384 vessels were
chartered hy him, 380 of them chartered under
direction of Mr. Tucker, upon all of which
Mr Hall received, or is fo receive, a com mis-
sion not less than- five, per cent, of their gross
earnings. In some eases, the Committee say
thcy were ten percent. One transaction isgiv,
en as characteristic of the business: Captain
Rico chartered the Steamer Cecil to the Gov
ernment through Hall at $75 per day, although
lie bad offered to- Ilall to charter her for SSO
per day. Hall inserted in the charter party the
sum of SBO, saying to Rice, "you can give me
(lie extra sl." Rice refused to countenance
this. Hall, .the Committee aay, "either annul
led the charter or satisfied Capt. Rice that he
had done,so, for the purpose of getting the boat
into the bands of sotne one who would pay the
usual black mail."
The Cmnimttce say steamers which cost $33,-
233 were chartered at $3-17 per day, or at a
rate of *515,03 5 per annum, equal to 523.1 per
cent., on tho investment. An old iron boat,
which had been condemned even for harbor ser
vice, wat chartered at SOO per day for the Gov
ernment, -though unable to do service enough to
pay for the fuel she consumed. One vessel
brought a profit of 2220 per cent, to her own
er. The barge Delaware, valued at '*>"2.500,
whose running expenses were seven dollars per
day, w:is chartered by Mr. T'uckcr for the Gov
ernment at S7O per day. Ilcr net receipts were
at the rate of $22,909 per annum. "Captain
Hodges and Mr. Tucker thought she was the
cheapest thing they chartered." Ten steamers
and two barges were chartered of a Mr. C'o
blcns a Prussian. All the vessels bought by
Coblcna were under charter to the Government
i when purchased, the charter having been gen
erally effected by Mr. Hall, and be received live
per cent, commission on earnings, and many of
them were owned by Hall before passing into
Cobleu's possession.
Hall swears that he paid Loper thirteen thou
sand dollars at one time "for getting business
for liiin,"
Wc have given but n few samples of these a
homiaable transactions, but enough to cause a
feeling of soilness in the mind of the reader.—
The committee say, they "arc overwhelmed
with astonishment and sorrow liv the revelations
which ban* been made. "If their recommenda
tions tire faithfully ourriod out, some degree of
justice may yet be awarded to the government
and to these parties.
WHO ARE THE TRAITORS.
The Question of Loyalty Discussed.
It is undoubtedly true, that the people of the
loyal Stages are divided into at least two polit
ical parties. One of throe i composed oftliose
who yield an unconditional support to the Fed
eral administration!; the other of those who are
willing to support the administration only in a
faithful exercise of all its legitimate powers It
becomes, then, important to decide which of the
parties named islhe most truly loyal to the gov
ernment ; or rather, (as there can be no degrees
of loyally between tlieiu.) which is really loyal
and which really disloyal, lt'is quite notorious
that the party which insists that the adminis
tration should lie given an unqualified and un
questioning support—should bo sustained* re
gardless of what it may do, right or
wrong—assumes to be the only loyal party in
the country, and, of course, that all those who
will not assent to their loose notions respecting
the political duty of the citizen, and the claims
of tiie government on his allegiance, are there
fore traitors. If the people of this country
were living under a despotism there might lie
some sort of reason in contending that they owe
and should rendeijabsulutc obedience to their sov
reign: Hut they live under a republican govern
ment, of limited and defined powers and juris
diction.—They, moreover, are its creators,
and it is their creature. Their obedience to it is
commensurate with the powers and jurisdiction
with which they have voluntarily invested it,
and beyond it has, and can have, no just claim
'■ of authority over them. The sovereignty ot the
people is original and plenary—that ot the gov
ernment they have instituted for their welfare
—both State and National —is derivative and
partial. The people, therefore, owe the gov
ernments of the States and ol the Nation only
so inuch submission and fealty as is correspon
dent with that measure of their inherent sov
ereignty which they have delegated to those gov
! ermncnts. And here we must take a distinc
tion between a Constitutional government, and
the men who undertake to administer it. A
people may IK; entirely loyal to the political sys
tem they have created for their government, and
yet entirely opposed to the action of those whom
they have appointed to enforce that system. The
agents employed to execute certain powers, un
der oath, may violate them. The trust is there
by broken. Hut because tlio.se who gave the
powers and reposed the trust, complain of the
faithlessness of their trustees, they surely do
not, therefore,oppose the trust,or tliu thing en
trusted, nor can they be fairly accused for any
such felly.—llonec a people who censure their
political rulers lor grossly exceeding their del
egated powers, arc surely not guiiiy of in
fidelity to the government, which is a very
different thing from the administration.
Let us go a step further in this argument.—
If censure of those who abuse a political trust,
by exceeding or perverting it is not a crime, but
a dul)', what should be thought of those who
aid and abet such usurpation ? Who, pray,
arc disloyal to the government They who re
sist encroach meat on the Constitution, or they
who countenance and encourage encroachment, 1
Are they disloyal who hold the private citizen
and the public officer to the laws of the Slate ;
or they who by agreeing to support tlio latter
in treating the laws with contempt, virtually
incite both the people and their servants to
disregard and overthrow the laws! It seems to
us that while the party which insists only on a
faithful adherence of the people and their ser
vants to the laws is really loyal, those who
would support an administration in violating i
the laws, arc but aiders and abettors of treason
.We never . apposed that tie day would ever
WHOM: number, 04S
come, under this government, when a political
party would lie denounced a.s seditious and trea
sonable, for simply insisting that the clioson ex
ecutors of tlie laws shall be faithful to them,
and that another party, which more tlum ap
proves of the grossest invasions of the Consti
tution by the Executive, • would have the su
preme impudence to set itself up sis the exclu
sive embodiment of patriotism and loyalty.
Surely the peolile of America never can be per
suaded that the way to preserve their liberties,
is to give thctn up-—that the best and safest
mode of securing a government of law, is to
suffer tyrants to destroy it on the plea of "ne
cessity.'* "Junius-" said to the people of.-Eng
land :
"Both liberty ami property arc precarious,
unless the possessors have sense ami spirit e
nougli to defend them. Let me exhort and con
jure you never to sutler the least invasion ol
your Constitution to pass by, without n deter
mined, persevering resistance. One precedent,
creates another. They soon accumulate and
constitute law. What yesterday was fact, to
day is doctrine. Examples are supposed to jus
tify the most dangerous measures. / J• assur
ed t'uit the laws,- which •protect us in our ciril
right! grow nut of' the Constitution and thoj must
/nil or flour,..h with it * * * The power
of King, Lords and Commons,-is not an arbi
trary powt-r: thmj art the trustees, tint the turners
of the estate. Thej'ce-simpfe is in us: tliey can
not alienate, they cannot waste. \\ ben we say
that the legislature is sopreme, we mean, thai
it is the highest power known to the Constitu
tion ; that is the highest in comparison with the
other subordinate powers established In/ the lairs.
In tliis sense, the word supreme is relative, not
absolute. The power of the legislature is limi
ted. not only by- the general rules of natural
justice, and the welfare of the community, nut
by tiio 'forms and principles of our particular
Constitution. If this doctrine be not true, we
must admit, that Kin<*. Lords and Commons
have r.o ruin to direct their resolutions, but
merely their own will and pleasure; they -might
unite the legislative and executive powers in
the same hands, and dissolve the Constitution
by an act of l'nrlimcrit."
. * V • .. Tbc
dearest interests of this country arc its laws
and its Constitution. Against every attack
upon these, there will I hope, be always found
amongst us t\\c firmest spirit of resistance superior
to the united efforts of faction and ambition ;
for ambition, though it aloes not always take
the lead of faction, will be sure in tliu end, to
take the most fatal advantage of it and draw it
to lift OWn" purpose*. Jtot I trust our iky of
trial is yet a fur otl; and there is a fund of good
sense m this country/ which cannot long be deceiv
ed by the arts cither of (also reasoning or false
patriotism."
The above language of an intelligent and
free-spirited Englishman, addressed to his fellow
countrymen, at a time when their Constitution
al liberties were lieing endangered by a most
corrupt Ministry and Ministerial party, is so
applicable to the portentous state of affairs
now existing in this country, that we deem it wise
to quote it for the instruction and admonition
of our people. The pith ot it all is that under
a constitutional go- eminent, loynhty consists
alone in adherence to the laws, and that the
safety ot' puhli liberty depends on the rigor
with which those who govern are held to the
laws whom tiny represent.- I'htladcljihia Mer
cury.
THE JOHN BROWN RAID
Ati Important Disclosure.
Air. SrstxF.it was re-elected to the United
States Senate the other day by the Legislature
of Massachusetts. Mr. SWAN, a member of
the Senate of tlmt Suite, although a republi
can, would not, it seems, vote for Air. Sr.u-
Nicit, and gave the following reasons for so refu
sing:
'•I cpme now. Air. President, to what U
known in history as the John Hrown raid. This
expedition was planned and fitted out 111 Boston,
and its expenses defrayed by subscription. The
day lie started for Harper's Ferry on his deed
of murder, lie dined in room No. 4, Parker
House, in company with some of the. most ardent
and zealous supporters of Mr. Sumner, and for
this reason I allude to it. The Republican par
ty now disown tliu act; they called him a mo
nomaniac—an insane man! but when tliu tele
graphic wires, with lightning speed brought the
news of liis death to New England, so depraved
at that time was the public* sentiment here, that
the village church bolls tolled out his funeral
knell, and the ministers of Cod, with a few
honorable exceptions, prayed in their pulpits
that the departed spirit of the "patriot saint"
might rest in peace. This act, Air. President,
was the death-blow to the peace of the Union.
Without it, Virginia would not have seceded—
and (lod grant that we may yet recover front it.
I know the names of the persons who were en
gaged in this transaction, and shall leave a re
cord of them for hiwtorv.
"Another deed of murder, Air. President, and
I will not detain you longer. When Anthony
Burns, the fugitive slave, was confined in the
Court House in this city, a meeting was held at
Faneuil Hall to consider the subject. Theodore.
Parker and the Reverend Thomas W. Higgin
son were there. Air. Parker, in concluding an
eloquent speech, alluded to the fact that a slave
was confined in the Court House, and exclaim
ed in substance, "Why stand we here idle? To
the rescue!" A rush was immediately made
for the Court House, and at the door stood a
poor laboring man, a Mr. Batchelder, a night
watch. His wife and two children were prob
ably sleeping at home, possibly dreaming of him
as ho watt toiling for their daily bread. The
crowd demanded admittance, he refused, and
was immediately ASSASSIN ATKU rro.s Tin: SCOT.
Who killed him the world never know. These
uicn, Air Pre. i drill, wrrc the confidential friends
lluUs orßlofrttsiiig.
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VOL. G. NO 34
and sripporters of Mr. SCMVER. and for fliisrea
son I have alluded to the mil joet. I vote tip
gainst him."
THE PRESENTMENT
of the Illinois Legislature against Abra
ham Lincoln.
Whereas, Abraham Lincoln, at the com
mencement ot' this present unhappy war,
declared in every official paper that came
ftotn his hand*, ihrit the solo object of the
prosecution of the war, was, and should
bit, tor the restoration of the Union and
the law's as our fathers made them ; And,
]Vherefis By his subsequent acts lie had
proved (o every unbiased mind, that such
now is not the intention in the further pros
ecution of the war, and that lie has wilful
ly deceived the soldiers, by inducing them
to t.iho up arms (as they supposed) ir. -
honorable and just cause, which. L? h <s
turned into a dishonorable and w i
crusade against the establish' • . >
States:
He, lias declared mc . .. /
loyaj Btate in the Uni
He lias, without a 1 ight#
imprisoned our citizens ir ...-.the .n.e *
geons, an I refused them : V •ight--* !
y Irial:
He has sanctioned the fak. /'of the 1>
of the'innocent, jteaceablc and rc *-
izens of these Btate i, to atone for the e J
of others:
lift has, by his proclamation ot' .January
lst, ISS3, disregarded the reserved rights
ot' tin* States, and attempted by that proc
lamation to equalize the white and the black
races; to excite servile insurrection in thy
Soul hem States, thereby involving the in
nocent with the guilty, without reterence to
age or sex:
He has persisted in listening to and car
rying out the counsels ot' men, whose a
vowed doctrines are inimical to free govern
ment :
He has divided a State wiihout the con
sent of her Legislature:
He has degraded the Union army by re
ceiving negroes into the service of the Uni
ted States:
He has forced negroes upon us against
our often expressed wishes, and the Qou
sfitTftfrin 'iffin laws of' otTr Stale
He has squandered the nation's wealth,
and made us a bankrupt people":
He has suppressed the liberty of the
press, nud free speech—a iiljertv ieured on
ly by tyrants:
lie has closed the doors of churches and
deprived citizens of these States of the light
to serve Clod according to the dictates of
their own conscience:
He proposes to involve us in a system of
ruinous taxation for the purpose of purcha
sing negroes against our will and the inter
ests of our people:
Ile has pandered to New England capi
talists in not using the means at his dispo
sal for opening the Mississippi river:
lie has given sanction to aniens tire known
as the Morrill Tariff, under which the East
is rapidly enriching itself at the expense of
the West:
Against all of which we do enter our sol
emn protest; ami declare it to be our lihn
and fixed intention to submit to these wrongs
no longer.
"Copperheads" vs. Republicans.
Till-. MvllOCliATle 110CTRIXK.
I inn forgetting l.ack lite .Southern States by
fair and honorable moans, it such a thing Ihi
possible; and I will hope for the best.
The Union I desiro is a union of hearts and
of hands, such as our fathers gave us.
Nothing less will satisfy inu than the whole
Southern States. Tnoa. If SI.VMOVK
Tin: in-'.i'CBUCAN noorßiNc.
I will not stultify myself by supposing that
we have any warrant in the Constitutionior
this proceeding.
Tins talk of restoring the Union as it. was,
under the Constitution as is, is one of tl.o ab
surdities wliieh I have repeated until I have In
come about sick of it. The Union can never
he restored as it was. There are many things
which render such an event impossible. This
Union never shall, with my consent, be restored
under the Constitution as it is, with slavery to
bo protected by it.
IION. Tu.umF.rs STKVENS,
The Administration leader in Congress,
Paper made from the swamp (lag, called "eat
tails," is now manufactured upon -. what
extensive scale at New York, and 'he demand
for it is greater than ran ho supplied. It ap
peals to !>e well adapted for curd-board and pa
per-hanging.-, for which purpose? it , \ now used
TAXINO THF DEAD!—In Boston, the Citv
Clerk has to give a permit before i body r.;n
be buried, and Commissioner Uontwciri! ban do
rided that thik permit must bear a ten cent stamp
Isn't this •'running the thing into the ground ?"•
A gentleman residing n sir Syracuse, New
York, has a family of one daughter and four
sons. The aggregate weight of the sons weight,
hundred and eighty eight pounds! The, "girl"
weighs over tlm>e hundred, and the father about
two hundred and sixty.
In ]•'' ranee there are now 7,000 oonviets un
der sentenco at hard labor, nml of thorn
nra sentenced lor life. Threc-fil'l lis of the whole
number are native ITonchmen.