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Office at the residence of nls mother East Leather Street, three doors below Bedford Carlisle, Penna,. • Deo. I IHGS. E|B. J 8. BENDER. Homoeopathic r tdiyalo on, Office No, h. South Hanover at,, meilj oocnp ed by John Lee, Esq. June a, hffti—ly.. . . TXTES. B. HIBONS, Attorney and ■ , COUNSELOR AT hA W, FIFTH STREET, BEWW CHESTNUT, Cor, Library. , Philadelphia. Oct 14, IM9-I.V , , . nOBEBT OWENS, \ SLATEROOFERr JLND DEALER IN HI ATE, LANCASTER, PA. All Work Guaranteed . 49* Orders Left at this Office will receive prompt attention. October !!, I8C&—ly. •at# aril) (Sops JIRESH SUMMER ARBI VAt. I or am. tm • \* MW, ,BTY.L'E#\ HA T VrA 5T D GAP S , , . Tha subscriber bits Vast opened at No, 15 North B anover Street, a few doors (forth ofithe Carlisle' Deposit Bank, one of the largest and best Stock* of HATS and CAPS ever offered In Carlisle. Silk Hats, Casslmere of all styles and qualities, Stiff Brims, different colors, and every descrip tion of Soft Hats now made. , Tbs Duukard and Old Fashioned Brush, eon lUntly on hand andraade to order, all warrant ed to give satisfaction. - s. A full assortment of, ’ ] , MEN'S, ■ ....... BOY'S, AND • ■ ’ . m CHILDREN’S, *• HATS.. Jbave also addfd tO ray Stock/notlods of differ tuVklndß, conuJfcUug of • ■ LADIES’ AND GENTLEMEN’S STOCKINGS, Neck Tie*. SuapauUtr*, Collar*, , . Ql6ve*i . Pencils, V . , Thread, . . ... Sewing BUk t . Umbrellas, Sc PRIME SEGABB ■ -AND .TOBACCO ALWAYS ON HAND. Give me a coll, and examine my stoofc as 1 feel wnfldont of pleasing all, besides saving you mo* Hey, \ - : JOHN A. KELLER, Agent, .-No. l&Nortb Hanover Street. Hay. 1800. |JATS AND OAFS 1 DO YOU WANT A NIOE HAT OR CAP ? If so, don't Pail to, Cali, ok - ■ J.6.CALLIO, NO. 29, WSSI UAINBTftKKT, Where con he seen the finest assortment of H*ATS' AN D CAt*S; everbrpnght to Carlisle*. takes greatpieas- Ms tn Inviting hla' oldOCtlonda'ancl Custodiers, ana all new ones,.to his, splendid stock Just re* oelved from New York- and Philadelphia, eon i«Udbld parlof fine t’ - , , BILK AND; OABOIMERB HATS, * besides an endless variety of Hats and Caps o the latest style, all ol which he will sell at th Iwal Cash Prices. AJso/hls own mannfactur •» Hats always on and • HATS MANUFACTURED TO ORDER. ne has the best arrangement for coloring Hats ttta all kinds of Woolen Goods, Overcoats, Ac., at the shortest notice (aa be colors every week) and OQ the most reasonable terms. Also, a line lot of ebolce brands of ■ • • . • •< , tobacco and cigars . fiways on hand. He desires to call theattontio w persons who have • _ COUNTRY. FURS ’ M h 0 ® aya tho highest cash prices for lie call,at the above number, his »ld «g> be feels confident of giving entire sa .la layasro. . \ ' antj S>i)oe». ID STIIOHM. • W. D SPONSLER, JOHN W. STRO AJIB POPVXA »OT, SHOE, TRUNK XND Hi! STORE. NO. W, SOOTH HANOVER, BTBBET. . . „ Caklisle, Penn’a. doora South of Inhott’s building, nave Just opoued the largest ana best sto ' boots and , shoes i v R. ® red . IQ Carlisle, 1 and continue almi - each goods In our line aa evei Wetof* Our stoolc oonslsts In alUcinda a leas’, Misses and Childrens’ strongLeatt womens* Misses and Childrens* Laatl womens’Qlove Kid. Turkey and Pren . Mens’ and. Boys’ Calf. Huff hnd, K lens’ >na Boys’ Call and Buff Gongn .nous’ audi Boys Lasting Cialteraai U Mensf.and.Boya! Calf and Buff Oxfo v!i Qf S, Ban dals, Bushina and .Overshoe y* womens-’ QoaL Well-and Carpet Sli J^P 8 f-Boya! ond Chlldreas' Fur and ,Sa Iteh itchela add VallaesT together' with an, Jods, which we will self to suit the tlmi BALKS AND..M ALLS .PROFITS. Therefore, In Issuing our card, li« personal invitation to ail eud look through our stock wltbo ?X or y customer a full equlvalant fort ftL We nope all will 1 avail themselves uni opportunity to call and see us. .. „ BTEOHM a BPOJSSLER, „..v . •NDORNERi : ■ . ; MERCHANT T^E sf'Building; near, Itijeorh’s Ball ill. ??" Jo»t retarncd from the Ea. -L AND WJNTJSR GOODS, mg of * CLOTHS. . ' ’ : , OAfI3IMEREB^^ riNG3 Alffl ,0 15 11,, P 4®odi,' io. over brought U»H H * ** othß comprioo * ■ .and' 1 ’’ ‘ i i 4 itBUrOAIW MANUFAv t fiKS t«luro and. of all Shades. - St?il«!£ ln . g practical ouster of y;Ulgyiurd » orcuttoor^er « X>on’t «*• puce. Aug.2B;jMp, BY & KENNEDY. - mUscfllaiteouH. JIXTRaOBDINAJRY INDUCEMENTS!! Everybody invited to call and seo our large and beautiful »iock of FILL UD WINTER 'GOODS, which la nbtr open for the inspection of pur chasers. Remember we closed out all our Sum mer Goods ulauoiion.ttml we will now continue to sell ail our Fall and Winter Goods at AUCTION PRICES. ■’' >"v. ■ .>We are determined to close out this stock o goods regardless of cost. We guarantee to save ® v ®,fy. purchaser twenty-five per cent, on, every .dollars worth of goods. ’ Now tike warning, and don't purchase until you see onr rgoods and prices. ■■■■■'? -• i.> Forty patterns Fancy Silas nl 11.50 to §1.75, WOJ th*2 ustos2.so: French Mcrlnoes,6oo.; heat Merlnoea, oOo.; all wool Cashmeres, 50o.: .SilkPoplins,sl.2s- Black Alpacas, 85c.; all wool double Shawfc, 13.50; beanUldl cloth Coate, 55.00. A lull line MOURNING GOODS, ky a t will bo sacrificed in prices. “Shawls, Furs,. Uotbs, Cosslmeres. Blankets, Flannels.'.ac., at such prices as will astonish you. 800 y4#ds BIIST HOME MADE BAG CARPET, ’ uheap,’ Wo aro still' taking more Carpet Rags at full market prices. . . . • Do not neglect to call and soe how much money wo can save you. . t . W. C.SAWYERACd., ■ ; in the Bentz House, East Main St., - September 80, iB6O. : Carlisle, Penno. CITIZENS OE CUMBERLAND COUNTY. ‘ We have now on hand and Just received from the citles. and from manufacturers, the largest stoclc of new, cheap, ami good goods to be found loony, two stores In the valley. Wo have the best assortment of CLOTHS, GABSTMERB,’ SATINETTS. JEA.'-S, FLANNELS, TICKINGS, GINGHAMS. PRINTS, ‘ MUSLINS. DRESS GOOD S, Bilks, Merlnoes, Repps, Delaines, Alpacas. Coburgs, Plaids and Stripes. RIBBONS, HOSIERY, GLOVES, Zephyrs, , . Towels, ’ 1 ' Yarns, * * . " , Linen and Cotton Table Diapers, CLOAKINGS, low prices and fine HANDKERCHIEFS, COLLARS and CUFFS. Velvets, Trimmings and more notions than can be found anywhere under one roof. NUNS AND CARPETS, on Cloths, Drußgetfl, Blinds, Coverlets, Quilts, Hoop and Balmoral Skirts, SHAWLS, *of every description. In fact a splendid assort ment of goods, and more given for the dollar, than anywhere else, • at the highest price taken in exchange. Give us a call .» •i 0ct.2• BOPEB7 - • . - . TOBACCO, FISH, OILS, HALTERS, . SEGARS, V- SALT, POTATOES DBIEP AND CANNED FRUIT. * CORN MEAL. BUCKWHEAT, FLOUR. FEED, and afnll assortment of articles usually kept in a first-class Grocery store. Give him a call, and satisfaction will bo guaranteed. ' Oct. 10, IKfiO. JOHN HECKMAN. mHli LADY’S FRIEND. r< ’TWO MONTHS OTtATXS ! ! Tue Lady's Feiend announces the following Novelets for 1870: "Did He Forget Herf" by Louisa Chandler Moulton; “ The Ca*eannons > Aunt,” by Elizabeth prew'Ott.authorof "Between Two," &c„ " Solid Silver ; or, OHsie Deanc't Bridal GUIs," by Araunda M. Douglas, author of "The Debarry fhrlune," dto„ with numerous shorter stories by a brilliant galaxy ofludy writers. A finely executed Steel Engraving,a hnndßome double-page finely colored Fashion-Plate, and a large assortment of illußtratlhg the Fashions, Taney Work, &0., are given in every number. • • - It will give a popular piece of Music in every number. PORTRAITBOP DISTINGUISHED AUTHORS —The January number will contain Portraits (engraved on Steel) of Mrs. Henry Wood, Flor ence Percy. Loijlse Chunaler Moulton, Elizabeth Amanda M< Douglas, .Mrs. Margaret Hosirier and 'August hell, NEW SUBSOItIBEHS whosendln their names for 1870 before the first of November, shall receive the November and December numbers of this year in addition, making fourteen months in all I And new subscribers sending in their names by the first of December shall receive the magnificent December Holiday number, making th Irtcen mon lbs In all 1 TERMS.—62 60 a year; Two copies, $1 00: Pour copies. |Q 00: Five copies (and one gratls\BH 0(1 One copy of Tub Lady's Fjubmd and one of Tun Post. |4 00. ‘ A> copy of the large and beautiful Premium Steel Kntrxkvinz--" 'Jhking (he Measure of the Wrd dint/King"—9ngraved In England at a coat of 82,00—will bo sent to every tuUr|2 501 subscriber, and to every, person sending a club. This En* graving iao,g©m.of art, Address DEACON A PETERSON, ' 310 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, ion copies sent for ten cent*. November 4,1869. 49* Speoli ! TU'OHUMJi ‘/Christian rphofcn of, Carlisle, has the sole right as -Ageut for Cumberland County, Pa., for the aale. wholesale, of a new Burning Fluid called Kwa’a NoK'Explosivs Brilliant Illumina tino Fluid, whjoh is KUperior to anything ever •Introdnoed, and ean supply the trade' through •the County Wholesale-This Fluid, la cheaper than'Jferoaene ordny other 01l or compouncfln use, emits no bad odor or smell, and la perfectly harmless. Merchants and all others wishing to '^tolte, B^: Carf Bt la toe arfc j clg wll -l P leaaa cull at my t‘ ; LG! NOHGMBUGI! 1 rt rt/in Auenla wanted for the Priest iU, l/Uv and Nan. Ttala moat exciting and Interesting book, by a popular,authoress. isnow repdy. anathoao.who wish to-canvass for it should apply Immediately ' for circular, mUh stomp,enclosed,stating territory desired, eipe rienoey dc*Agents wanted, everywhere for this and other nrst*clHßs books and engravings. hr ORrrrENDEK A MoKINNEY* WW&estout 8™ Philadelphia, Pa. * Oot. 31.1869-8 m IiEMOVAL. —E. HHOWER. dealer IV In all kinds of FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS, has removed hla store to tne spacious room In ;lbo ♦‘Wolunteer Building/* directly South of the Market House Carlisle. Hie ns* sortment of liquors Is very complete, and much larger than heretofore. His old customers and the public Ingeneral, are Invited to give him a call at his •ewstand. Oot 7, lysa, > A MERICAN ALE.—The American Ale Brewery, formerly Oebimrt's. baa been re-opened by C.U. Faber, wbo 1b now ready to •* u t t i y rS?.\ e i bmpd oi Ale to llo “H*ov:£flSw U iS“- ICTUKBS, lie: : ffllittteei: WOO BBNTZ ft SO, i’odifat. the cnanraAM bells. Tho hells—the hells—the Christmas bells, How merrily they ring 1 As If they felt the Joy they .tell To every human thing. Tlio silvery tono’e o’er vale ond hill, Are swelling soft and clear, As. wave on wave, the tide of sopnd Hlls the bright atmosphere. The bells—tho merry Christmas bells, They’re ringing in the morn 1, £ They ring when in the eastern sky The golden light is born ; They ting, as sunshine tips the hills, And gilds the village spire— When, thiough the sky, the sovereign-son Rolls bis full orb of. fire. The Christmas boils—tho Christmas bells, 1 How merrily they ring!' To weary hearts a pulse of Joy, A kindlier life they ’bring. Thepoormim on his couch of straw. ..The rich, on downy bed, ‘ Hail the glad sounds,> as voices sweef Of angels overhead, - The bells—the silvery Christmas bells, O’er many a mile they sound I. And household cones are answering them In thousand homes around. ' Voices of childhood, blithe and shrill With youth’s strong accents blend, .And manhood’s deep andearnest tones • With woman’s praise ascend. The bells—the solemn Christmas bells, They’re calling us to prayer: And hark the volceof whorshlppers- Floats on the morning air. Anthems of noblest praise, there’ll be, And glorious hymns to-day, Tb Demos loud—andGlorias; Comei to the church—away. tlittutitantoto. THE ENGI.INII3IAN IN SWIIZEULAND —ItOi’ELN IN I’tlK CIiOIJdS. .. llfom the [Saturday Review. ] ■ ‘Now■ that ■ the snow has driven every body home from tbe Oberland and (be Blgl, and the Swiss hotel keepers ‘have resutned,lbeir original dignity us Laud umnmnsof their various cuuon»;it ia a little amusing to reflect bow much of tbe pleasure of. one’s..holiday, has been due to one’s own countrymen* It is not that the Englishman abroad is particularly interesting, for the Frenchman is infi nitely mure vivacious; nor that he is pe cu iarly stolid, for he yields in that to most of the German students whojouf uey on the laith of a nightcap ami a pipe; dr that he is especially boring, for every American whom one meets whips him easily in boredom. It is that he is so nakedly and undlsguisedly English.— We never see Englishmen in England. They ate too busy,, too afraid of Mrs. Grundy, too oppressed with duties auu responsibilities and insular respectabili ties aud home decencies to, be themselves. They are forced to dress de cently, to restrain their temper, to nfieot a little modesty.; therein toe pulpit to scohi them, aud the .'2'hnea' to give them something to talk about, and an Infinite number of grooves aud lines and sidings along which they can be driven in a slow and decent fashion, or into which, as a last resort they. can be respectably shunted. But grooves and tines end with .the, .British.. Channel... The true Englishman has uo.iawe lor Guliguani ; he has a slight contempt for the Conti nental chaplain. Ho cany Wear what bat be likes, show what temper he likes, and be himself. It Is he whose boo s tramp along the Boulevards, whose snore lings loudestot all in the night train, who begins bis endless growl after.‘la de cent dinner” at Basle, and bis endless contempt for (‘Swiss stupidity” at Lu zerne. We track him from hotel to ho tel, we meet him at station after station, we revel in the chase us coat alter coat of tbe outer man pass away and the inner Englishman stands, mure, plainly .’re vealed. But it is In the hotels of tbe higher mountains tUat we first cafob the man himself. There Is.a sort of. snow line of nations, and nothing amazes oue mure iu a run through the Alps than to see how true the various peoples among their.owu specific level. As a .rule, the Frenchman clings to the road through the pusses, the American passes at the cud of the mule-truck, the German stops at the chalet iu the-pine-forest. It is only at tbe Alpine table d'hote, with a proud consciousness of being seven thou sand teet above the kea-levei, that oue gets the Englishman pure., It is a very odd sensation, in face ol the huge moun tain-chains, and with the glacier only an hour’s walk overhead’ to find oneself again in a little England, with the very hotel-keeper greeting one in one's na tive longue, and the guides exchanging English oaths over their triukgelt.— Cooped up within lour walls one gets a heller notion of the varieties, the lights uud shadows, of home-life than one gets in Full Mull. The steady old Indian couple whose climb is so infinitely slow uud sure, the Oxford iteshman who uumes blooming up the hill-side tu de clare Titleus btauuinl aud to gush over the essays of Frederick Bubertsou, the steady man of business who does bis Alps every summer, tbe Jaded Loudon curate who lingers with u-iook ot misery round the stove; the British mother, silaeu, savei e, implacable as below; the British maiden sitting alone in the rock-clefts and reviewing the losses and gains of the lust season—all these are thrown together lu un odd jumble of rank and taste by toe rain, log and snowdrift which toriu .some two-thirds of. the pleasures of -the Alps. But, odd os'the Join file is"it illus trates iu a way that miming else does some of the characteristics ot the British nation, uud impresses oh one iu a way tUat one never forgets the real native peculiarities of Englishmen. In the first place, no scene so perfectly brings out tiie absolute vacuity of the British mind when otie cuu get it free Irom the replenishing Influences of the dally paper. Alpine talk is jne lowest variety of conversation, as tbe common nm ol Alpine writing ie the lowest form ol literature. It is, iu fact, simply draw ing-room talk as drawing-room talk would be if all news, ail scandal all fami ly details were suddenly cut ofl. Iu its way it throws a pleasant light on English education, and on the amount of infor mation about other countries which it Is considered essential to an English gen tleman to possess. One is informed. that the Swiss are an uneducated nation in a country whose school system.ls without a rival in Europe; the young lady to one's right wouueta why auoh nice peo ple should he republicans; the Cam- 1 bridge man across the table exposes tbe eccentricity-of a friend who wished to Jtno.w, In what cautoli 119 was travelling; the require ", with tbe -pink, sand white daugh tends amazed at the absence of po ■Jhfce, .vitl-y,‘ heart -noblest ' iunhe nf: liberty;which. Europe hua seen our.astonishing nation lives and > moves with .'’as'.cy a ton ted ami self-satisfied an ignorance, of tho Juws, the history, the character of the country or its people, as if Switzerland were Tjimbucioo. thill even Sublime ignorance such as this is belter than to listen to the young thing of thirty .five summers,, with her .drivel about' William Tell ;• aud one bus always the resuilice of conceiving a Bwias party trumping about England, with no other notiuu-of Englishmen than that they are extortionate note! keepers, or of the En glish Cinihtltuttoa than that it is demo cratic and absurd, or ot English, history than that Queen Eleanor sucked the poi son tmm ber -busbaud’s arm • The real f. ‘ 'f of life over .an Alpine table is lhat wcuu.ertulk, raised to Ua hlgheat.power, which terma uine-ienlha of the oonver ’uutiou., The beautiful weather one. bad ou the High tb© execrable; weather one bad at the Furoa, ibo miHeUlecJ weucoer oue had ou the .Lake of Thun; the end- CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1869. has questions whether you have been here and whether you have been there; the long catechism as to the insect-life anil the larlfl’of tbevarious hotels; the statements as to the route by which they have come, the exuully gratuitous infor mut'on as to th“ route by which they shall go; the “oh, so beautiful” of the ■gusher In ringlets, the lawyer’s “decid edly sublime,” the monotonous "grand grand” of the mao of business; the con stant asseveration of ail as lo.every pros pect which they visited that they never have ueeu such a beautiful view in their life—form a cataract of boredom which pouts d-wn -from morn Id dewy. eve. It is in vain that' one makes desperate ef forts to procure relief, that the .luveal ive mind entraps the spinster into discussion over ferns, tries the graduate on.poetry, beguiles the squire towards politics, lures the Indian officer into a dissertation on Coolies, leads the British mother through flowery paths of piety towards the new Vacancies in the episcopal bench. Thu British mother remembers a ‘bishop whom she met at Bueonie, the Indian officer gets back by the- Ghauts to the' Bcbieckhoru, the graduate fluds bis way again through Uanfred to the precipices, lu an instant the drone recommences, the catrract pours down agstn. and there is nothing for it but to watiderout on the terrace ol six |feet by four, and wonder » hat the view, would be if there were no fog, •: But even a life like this must have its poetry and its hero, and at seven thou sand feel above the eed-level it is very ' natural to find one’s poetry in what would be dull- euougb below. The hero of the Beil Alp or the CEgglscho is natu rally enough the Alpine Clubbist. He has hurried silent and solitary through thp .lower.country, he only blooms into real life at the sight of “high work.” It is wonderful how lively the little place becomes as be eutersilt, what a run there is on the landlord lor Information as to his projects, what endless consultations of the barometer, what pottering over, the pages Peaks, Pastes ana Oladiers. .-How many guides will he lake, has he a dog ; will he use the rope, what places has he done, belore'f—a thousand questions of this sort are buzzing about the room as the hero sits quietly down to his dinner. The elderly spinster remembers the fatal accident ot last season, and ventures to ask him wtmt preparations he has made, for the ascent. Tlie hero stops.bis din ner poliiely; and shows her the new lit tle box ol lip-salve with which he in tends to defy the terror of file Alps. To say the truth, the Alpine climber is not an imaginative man. Wita him the climb wuluh Alla every bystander with awe is “a good bit of work, but nothinv out of the way, yon know.” He has never done tnls puittuulur peak, and so he has to do it; but it has beeu 100 often done before to All him with any particu lar interest in tbu matter. As to tlie as cent itself, besets about plaunlugit as practically as ll lie were planning a ruu from Lunijuii to Lucerne. We see him sluing wllb blu guides, marking down the time table of. bis route, ascertaluiug tbe amount ol meat and wine wbicb will be required, dlsliibuting among bis fol lowers their f ir weights oi blankets and lopes. Then he tells us tbe hour at wbicb be shall be back to-morrow, and tbe file of porters set off with him quiet ly and steadily up tbe hillside. We turn out auo give him a cheer as be loliows, but the thought' of tbe provisions takes a little oi too edge oil - our romance. Btill there is a great ruu that 'evening on , Peaks, Passes and Glaciers, and a. con stant Jittie buzz round the fortunate per son who bus found the one recoid of an ascent of tills particular peak. What Is it which makes men In Alpine travel books write as men never write else where? What is tbe origin of a style unique in literature, which misses both tbe sublime and tbe ridiculous, and con stantly hops from talk talk to a mirth ICebie and inane? 'Why is it that the senior tutor, who is so bard on a bit of bad Latin, plunges at the sight of. an Alp into English inconceivable, hide uus 7 Why does page after page look as if it bad been dredged with French words through a pepper-castor ? Why is the sunrise.or tbe scenery always "in describable, ’’ while the appetite,of the guides lends itself to such reiterated de scription? These are questions which suggest themselves to quiet critics, but hardly to the group in the hotel. They • have found the hole where tbe hero is to snatch a few hours of sleep before com mencing the ascent. They have followed him in imagination, round tbe edge of the crevasses- All tbe old awe and ter ror that disappeared iu bis presence re vive at tbe eloquent description Of tbe arete. There, is a gloom over us as we retire to bed and think of tbe little com pany huddled in their blankets, waiting tor the dawn. Tbereds a gloom over us at breakfast as the spinster recalls one ‘’dreadful place where you look down live thousand feet clear.” Tbe whole party breaks up into little groups, who sui out for high paints from which the ■first view of the returning hero will be caught. Everybody comes back certain they have seen uim, till the landlord p.onounces thateverybody has mistaken the di action in which be must cine;— At lust there is a distant yodel, and in an hour or so tbe hero arrives. He is im passive and good-humored as before.— When we crowd arouud him for tbe tidings of peril and adventure, be tells us, us be told us. before be started, that it is "a good bit of work, but nothing out of the way.” Pressed by the spinster, be replies, in the very words of Peaks and Passes, that tile sunrise was “indescriba ble,” and ibeu, like the same inspired volume, enlarges freely on the appetite of bis gu des. Then he dines, and tbeu be tells us that what be has really’ gained trum hi < climb is entire faith i if the effi cacy of his little box for preventing all injury from sun or born snow. He is a little proud, too, to have done tbe peak iu twenty minutes less time than Jones, and at leu shillings less cost. Altogether, it must be confessed, Hie Alpine Club bist is not an Imaginative man. Bis one grief iu file seems to be tbe failure of bis new portable cooking apparatus, and be pronounces ‘‘ Liebig’s Extract” to be tbe great discovery of the age. But such as he is, solid, practical, slightly stuplu, be is the hero of the Alpine Ho ld. At such au elevation the religious de velopment of the British mind becomes strangely jerky, and irregular. The ar rival of Sunday is suddenly revealed by the group round the breakfast-table to the severity with which the spinsters’, eye is fixed on au announcement over the stove that the E’ glisb service in the hotel is at tea o’clock. But the an nouncement.is purely speculative. 'The landlord “bppes” there will be service, mid plunges again into the kitchen.— Prutaue sounds of fiddling and dancing reach us.from, an outbuilding where the guides.and the maids are celebrating the day by a dance: , The spinster is in ear nest, But the insuperable difficulty lies in the non-existence of a plftsou. The Indian civilian suggests that wo should adopt the naval usage,, and'that the sen ior praycrs. But the attor ney is tho seulp'rlaymao. and he objects to sueb .muddllug of. thoi professions— Tbeyoaugprford'iiudergraduatß tells bis little talo ofsofxlce 6a/ board ship where the Major, up versed In such matters, be-' gau altu’lhuohuraning service, and end od with the olfic - for tho burial of the “?uur- Then ihe .withers beneath the stony stare of the British mother, who is reading her “fessousV in the corner. At lust there is a little buzz of excitement,' aud every is fixed upon tUe quiet looking traveler in a brown coat and a purple tie, who is chipping his egg: and Imbibing bis cofiee in alienee. and ■ unconsciousness. The spinster Is sure that the stran ger is Mr, Bmitb. The attorney doubts whether snob an eminent preacher would go about in suolraoostutpe. The British mother solves Hie whole dlttiuuliy by walking straight up to him, and with an eye bn - the announcement in question, asking point-blank whether ebe baa tbe pleasure of addressing that eminent dl- vine: He hesitates, and is Inst. His egg and coffee disappear. The table is cleared and the chairs arranged with as little re gard to comfort as maybe. Tbe’diyjne retires for thesermon which—prescient of his doom—h« has slipped into his va lise. The landlord produces two hymn hooks of perfectly different origins, and some time is spent'ln finding'a hymn •which is common to both. When the time comes for singing it, the landlord Joins in with a fine but wandering bass, catching an English word here and there as lie goes along. The sermon Isas usu al on the Prodigal Son, and the Indian tflvUlan nods at every mention of “going Into a far,country,’ as a topic specially appropriate for the occasion. But the divine is seen no more. Bis cold be comes rapidly serious, ami he takes to his bed at the very hour of afternoon ser vice. The British maiden wanders out to read Tennyson in the rock-clefts, too. After all, bed is not good for a cold, and the British Sunday is insufferable, and poetry is the expression of the deepest simd mpst sacred emotions. This is the development which religion takes with a Britisa maiden and a British parson in regions above the clouds. .. PAUL CHARLTON'S LOVE TEST. ‘Youroffer is very kind, aunt Harriet, and lam deeply grateful to you for* ha v? intr made It. In asking me to become a memberofyour household, you are aware, perhaps, o. how much more you ask me to accept • . ‘You mean Eleahor ?’ , : . 'Thar the annuity left to poor mamma by uncle’ William, of course, ceases with her death. Xu a few weeks Ishall there fore be utterly penniless. Believe, me, aunt, I could not thus become a pension er upon your bounty. No, the plan of my obtaining a situation as governess, or at. least the plan of seeking in some manner to support myself, had far better be car ried out at once. Eleanor Randolph spoke these words in a sad, serious tone. Her naturally pale face, with Us deep blue eyes, and its frame of dark* glossy tr&ses wore a sor rowful, wearied look that suited the mourufulness of her voice. The grief of a beautiful woman Is aj ways the poetry of pathos, and that Elea nor’s aunt, Mrs. Ascott, was touched to the heart. with sympathy for her or phaned niece would have been a scarcely less remarkable fact even if Mrs. \scott herself were hot universally known among her friends os the most warra natured and the kindest matron in Chris tendom. ‘I was quite prepared, Eleanor,’ she re plied. ‘too «ve my offer declined by you, and I shall hot urge you to act, dear, against your own inclination in the matter of your future. But I thought you would prefer some situation like thatyoii have mentioned. I made arrangements to secure you one in case it. An elderly lady, Mrs. Averill/whom I have known for a long lime, uirreed wiily yesterday to take you a* a sort of com pan • ion, at five hundred a year. The terms are not extravagant, are they, Eleanor ? As for ymir duties I suppose they will be light enough, unless * Here Mrs. Ascott paused, evidently in a lit le embarrassment about continuing. ‘Unless what, aunt ?’ ‘Unless a certain cross ojd bachelor brother of Mrs. Averill’s—he Is only her half-brother, by the way—should tuke.ii -into his head to make matters disagreea ble foryou. But this Is oniy asuppositlon. Mrs. AverlH would like you to enter upon the engagement as soon us- convenient, my-dear.*.. ‘I phall be ready to-morrow,.’ Eleanoi said.. I ‘Soeoon as that ?My frlendtftvili be delighted. She is anxious to see and know you. And now, Eleanor, Mrs. Ancott con tinued, lowering her voice, and taking one of her niece's hands in an affection ate, fondling way ‘tell me bow it is that there comes to be the slightest necessity of leaving your present home, except the wife—don’t start, my dear—of Paul Charlton? A mouth ago I believe you were betrothed lovers.’ ‘We" were, aunt.’ The words werescarcely audible. Elea . nor Randolph’s face was one crimson glow ofbjushes. , ‘And you have quarreled, Eteauor ? Tell me all. 1 have faithfully kept many such a secret before.’ ‘There is hardly anything to tell, aunt,’ was the niece’s reply, the return of her composure showlug Itself in afirmer v< ice and diminished color. ‘Paul Charlton thought mo proud, cold and haughty. He asked me to cultivate toward him self and the world a less reserved and dis tant bearing. I did not choose to receive the suggestion with the humble and obe dieut spirit that be required of me. And so Well, aunt, I cannot exactly givt you the particulars of our Just interview, but it ended lu a quarrel, and since then I have not seen Paul Charlton. When we next meet it will probably be as strati gers.’ 'I see bow matters stand, Eleanor, “Mrs. Ascott said, when her niece had finished speaking. ‘7ou were wrong in refusing to comply with Paul Charlton’s wish and at this very moment you so be lieve yourself to have been. Ho you think there is no hone of a reconciliation ever ‘None, Aunt,’Eleanor quickly inter rupted. A - ‘And now please let us talk of some thing else. I had, perhaps, better write u uote to Mni. Averi.il, informing her thqtl'wlsh to enter upon the situation to-morrow, hud X not? Your kindness in procuring the engagement for me is one which 1 shall always uppreclate- An for the cross old bachelor brother, who (knows, aunt, but I may succeed In sweet ening his .temper by the use of a little diplomacy.?’ k .‘And marry him afterward, Eleanor I ) VHer sad smile offered a very eloquent negative to this suggestion of Mrs. As cott’s. ‘X shall never marry, aunt,’ she said, quietly ; ‘my mind is firmly made up. on that point—so firmly, chut nothing could alter (ho resolve X have taken.’ Eleanor found Mrs. Averlll a thorough ly agreeable and lady-Jlke personage, and during the first day or two that succeeded her arrival, discovered her duties to lie merely those of‘companion,’ the word's most correct sense. Her time was unre servedly her owu. Upon her outgoings and incomings no restriction whatever was placed. Mrs. Averili’s manner to ward her was courteous and pleasant, and seemed to'promlse-a warm intimacy and friendship for thejuture. * In the meanwhile, no mention had b-en made of the ‘bachelor-brother’ to whom Mrs* Ascott had alluded, nor did anything in the household, so fa- as Elea nor was able to observe, even remotely bint of his residence there. .One morning, however, while .Mias Kandelph was seated at the piano in the lower parlor, engaged upon a difficult piece Qf music that required all her skill in its mastery, tbe door behind her was suddenly opened, and a harsh voice ex claimed, loudly: .. ■Be good enough tostop that vile noise I My nerves caii’t stand It.’ Eleanor instantly rose from her seat, and,turning, found herself face,to ,face with a bent, feeblo-looking old man, who was attired lu a volumnioua dressing gown, and wore a pair of very Imposing green spectacles. ’There cun be no doubt,’ she mentally remarked, ’tbat the buebelor-brotbe 1 * ol whom aunt Harriot spoke has at ..last made his appearance.’ Then aloud, Elea nor said : *1 am sorry, air that X disturbed you. Is it your desire to have mo dis contiue my music in the future 7’ The words cost her au effort. It was a difficult matter for Eleanor Randolph to forget her pride, oven in tbe presence of age. •Yes, young person, 1 replied the old man, sharply; ’suob is rny wisli I sup pose you are the companion whom my sister boa lately engaged. What is your name ?’ ‘Eleanor Randolph.’ ‘A , silly, romantic name enough I Humph! Miss Randolph, you are paid five hundred dollars a year, I believe, by that stupid sister of mine, for simply do ini; nothing. / Ever since her sensible husbun made-a widow of her, she has amused herself .with the most nonsenai cal extravagance.’ Eleanor’s face was a vivid scatleßmow with shame and nnger ; she controll ed herself, and answered, calmly: ‘Perhaps you may feel inclined, sir; to test my abilities for doing something, since you consider my position in this house so thoroughly a sinecure. I shall be very wililug to prove to you that I am not averse to undertaking any task youi may choose to assign.’ ‘Humph! What can you do?’ ‘Many things. Are you fond of read ing, sir? If so, I ’ .’You'll read to me, eh ? What willyou read ? Novels—love stories?’ , ’Provided you prefer that style of lit erature,’ was the perfectly cool reply. Wei), well, we shall see about the read ing. Suppose I as#ed.you to bring up my meals three times a day to my room, us the servant who attends me is clumsy, and altogether disagreeuole. Would you agree to that ?’ ‘Willingly,* ‘The old man was silent for some in - moots, during which Eleanor felt tlmf he was keenly eyeing her from behind the great green spectacles. Presently he said, suddenly turning toward the door. ‘X think I’ll try you, young person. You may Xu the mean time, i’ll speak with my sister about what you propose doing.’ With these frords he quitted the apart-, ment, - Ou the morrow Eleanor's task of wait ing upon the uncivil old gentleman be gan in real earnest. And, difficult ns his morose disposition made that task, she somehow took a morbid pleasure iu per forming it. \l have no pride left,’ she mnrnrrth *, many times during lh» i week that followed. ’Completely humbled a& t am, X won der what Paul Charjton wo..’d *ay were he to see me now. Would up recognize ths poor dependant who a , afd for min istering daily to the wh and caprices of a foolish old bacheb '' ' , r \ Eleanor Randolph, it ii the very school you m. Nothing could have exceeded the ob stinacy ot moroseness with w.hlcli Elea nor’s efioris at conciliation were hourly received throughout the day. The old geutlemuu, declaring that her, reading was abuminaule, would oft<-n suddenly seize the book with which she was en gaged, and hurl it to an extreme, corner of the room, five minutes later, however, saying, in the cracked, feeble tones that, sometimes made Eleanor fancy it could .not be real humiliation to obey ‘I have changed my mind. You may resume the book.’ . His meals never suited when first brought to bis apartment, and occasion ally poor Eleanor was com pel led to make four or five successive journeys to and from t,be dining-room before Mrs. Aver -111 ’b singular relative choose to consider himself sufficiently waited upon. . Her services hud reached, at the end of a week, the very climax bfdiudgery, and the young Judy’s efforts at unmurmur ing amiability became to herself more biUeruud irksome. Site had hoped.that her system of gentle tolerance would fi nally prove victorious over the moody, curiish nature of him with whom she had to deal, and that iu conquering another's discourtesy, she would ut the same time huvestruok a fatal blow to.the bride so incompatible.with her present position of dependence. But in both instances her attempt had resulted un successfully. The old man was, still the sullen creature she had at firat found him, and Eleanor’s struggle to obey and nut complain dost her quite us much mental annoyance os when she nud first undertaken it. One morning it happened that while she was reading aloud to Mrs. A verill’s brother from a tedious volume on a le gal subject, that gentleman suddenly in terrupted her with these words: ‘Stop. I have something to say to you.’ Eleanor laid her volume on the table near which shich she was sealed, and quietly waited for her companion to speak* , ‘Do you know Miss Randolph,’ he said, m tones that possessed ali bis eccentric abruptness, but were somehow devoid of the harsh irritability that had before be longed to them—‘do you know Miss Randolph, that I am greatly disappoint ed in you?’ ‘Agreeably, I hope air.’ The words, were spoken calmly enough, though she was inwardly amazed at the old man’s unexpected alteration of man ner. ‘Yes, agreeably, I acknowledge.’ ‘May X ask why ? ‘Because I believed you too proud for die life of humiliation -you have led dur mg the past week. ’ I hate people who are po rand proud together; the combi nation always seems to me such an ub surd pretence.’ ‘And you think, sir, that my poverty has humbled me?’ . * Sue was bending forward to catch his answer, a vivid flush on either cheek. ‘Yes,’ he answered, ‘I do think that.’ ‘You are wrong,’ Eleanor said, excited ly, rising from her chair atid approaching her companion's. ‘My real teasou for having controlled the pride whose exis tence, sir, you seem to have suspected on ourffi'rsb acquaintance, is simply this: (Some weeks ago a—a friend saw fit to .suggest to me that my spirit was too haughty, my 'ife too self-ahsorbed—that X looked down upon the world, as it .were: from a pedestal of my owu raising—that I was out of all sympathy with men and * omen, and chat I needed some whole-. some lesson. X ‘You quarreled with the person who told you this, out you have since then endeavored to profit by his advice. Is it not so?’ . ‘You have guessed correctly.’ 'l.have uol.guessed at all, MUs Ran dolph, X speak Irom positive knowledge.’ ‘You amaze me, sir, more and- more with every word. .You cannot possibly know the person to whom I alluded?’ ‘X do know him. It was Paul Chari-' ton I’ Eleanor started backward at these words, and raised her hands with a ges ture of intense surpri-e. At the same moment, Mrs. Averill’s old brother quitted his arm chair, with a bound sufficiently elastic to discredit the idea of his extreme feebleness; and suddenly divesting himself of green spectacles, gray wig, dressing gown, and u few other evidences of senility, stood before poor stupdfied Eleanor as—Paul Charlton! ‘I know I’m a brute, Nelly, and have been behaving like one fur a week past: Rut you must forgive me, darling, ru spite of all tbat. It’s of course useless t<> explain matters. Mrs, Aver til is my sister: and she and your uuut Harriet both' humoured me iu this musquera-' ding caprice ot mine, and.are both fear fully to blame, X assure you. Don’t turn away from .me, Nelly. It would drive me mud to lose you now, daning, after I. have proved to myself what a moral impossibility it is to exist without you.’ Ho had seised her hand, and Eleanor, her face suffused with blushes, Struve to disengage herself from the grasp. But Paul Charlton asserted bis superior strength, Just here, and made tbe young lady’s efforts quite useless. ‘You have acted "ihocklugly, Paul,’she at length murmured, burstlug lute tears, 'ami I shall never, never.forgive your conduct!’ I®- Hon. N. P. Bunks, of Boston, was presented to the Czar by Minister Cur tin during a three weeks stay at St. Petersburg, and was invited by the emperor to accompany him on his per somtl stalf, which ho did in the full uni form of uu Amurlcan„inuJor-geuorul t at a review of over 40,000 of llicj imperial, guard. FOL. 56.—N0. 28. THE IVKXr CESHVH The remarks of Hou. U. J. Haldetnan, of Pennsylvania on tbe forthcoming Cea sus Report, In the House, on Wednesday, tbe Bth inst., bavins attracted consldem-' ble public attention, wo quote them be* low, as given in tbe Qlobe of Thursday: Mn HaldeMvAN- Mr. Chairman, it has not been my intention to enter into the • details of this measure at this time. It had been my hope that there should be no limitation of debate oh some of the Im portant subjects which.will, arise under the various sections of this bill. Ido not desire to. enter into this vast subject of representation, and the proper number and qualification of members. But I would wish, if I could receive any indi cation that there is to bo no restriction of debate, to confine myself, to the proper theory upon which a census should be taken, and to some general consideration of the scope and tendency of ibis bill, which, lam free.to say , while It does not meet my approbation in all respects, is yet a great step in advance on the bills of 1850 and 1860. It is true., that my idea of what tbe census of 1870 should be may be too high and impracticable, for I had hoped that it would be deemed practicable to make a dc facto 'and actual enumeration of this .people, and In one day. It is the recom mendation of statistical congresses of Europe, composed of the ablest statists of their .respective countries, and is strongly urged by such men as Harop Queteiet, Monsieur Legoyt. of France; Ur. Farr, of London; and Dr. En el, ol Berlin. It is the accurate and scientific method by which you obtain an enumer ation of tbe. people as they are on a fixed. -lay, arresting as it were the wheels of individual and national life, and photo* graphing the nation with its vital and material forces; with its pursuits and i < m wealth and purpose of Jato 'oustltutional representation ; for the purpose of provi ding correct data.for eqUitab e taxation and wise legislation; for th£ ptfvpose of furnishing actuaries and theoretical sta tisticians tiie facts from which -may deduce grand social laws—for «n emiphe uomeua, like the v * / ? itihe, heavens, are governed by.f’.-■' , a/p,Vh accidental 111 the mar .'j economy of society for these three great objects of representation, wisp legislation, and equitable taxation, and aLo theoreti cal statistics, tfie dc facio or actual enu meration is the scientific "and dnly cor rect one* Moreover, in that hasty and ill-advised effort to change the fundamental and or ganic law of. the,laud.by what is known us the fourteenth amendment to the, Con stitution, among other things that'were unwi’tingly doiie there something done to encourage tbe talking of a dc facto and actual enumeration. To go buck, however, for a moment to days of wise stalesmunship/aud tuiuingto the-second nectiou of the Hist article of the Consti tution, 1 finddt provided that— ' . “ Represeutatiyeaaud direct taxes shall * be apportioned among tlie several States which may he Included in this Union according to-their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, inclu ding those bound to service fur a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, . three-fifths of all other persons.” • It is here made imperative that ail persons shall bo counted in representation excepting Indians not taxed and two-fifths of the slaves. Indi ans not taxed, who always have been treated with us d foreign nation or na tions, and two-fifths of the slaves, who are now free. With these' two exceptions all wore'to be enumerated and counted. There is nothing said about inhabitants, Or citizens or residents, 01 legal abodes, - the language of the article applies to ev erybody found within the borders of the. State except the two classes named! How, by the fourteenth amendment it is provided that— ” When the right to vote at any elec tion for the choice of electors for Presi dent and Vice President of the United States, Representatives iu Congress, ex ecutive or Judicial officers of a State, of the members of the legislature thereof, is denied to any mule Inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age aud citizens of the United Stales, or In any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion or other crime, the basis Of rep resentation therein'shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such mule citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.” That is to say, iu additiou to the penalty for abridging the rigblto vote ou account of race or color there is a penalty for abridging the right to vole on account of the.want of property qualifications, on account of the wuut of literary qualifica tions, ou account of service iu the army or navy, on account of poverty, idiocy, or insanity, on account of not talcing cer tain oaths; and I believe I have not reckoned on account of not being of good churucte" or good behavior- The penalty is that for any such denial or abridgement by a State the basis of their representative population shall be reduced. But, iu audition—and it ap plies to nearly every State—you are warned in each State to be careful how, laryou abridge or deny the right of suf frage to its inhabitants ou uccountof the greater or less duration of their residence, uqder penalty-of representative diminu tion. j-v'. It has been argued that the iuodngrul ties, tlie lboaeness, the baste of the four teenth constitutional amendment will be .rectified should.;tho fifteenth coustitu 'XhihuV amendment be ratified, Hut this is not so. Thu -fifteenth constitutional amendment provides that the right of citizens of the United Slates to vote shall not be denied or abridged, by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Tnis will make voters of the negroes, all State laws to the contrary notwithstand ing. Bat the States nifty still -deny the right of suffrage to any of the classes that ‘I have enumerated; and in bo fur as they deny the right of suffrage for idiocy, or poverty, or insanity, or want of property property qualification, or want of educa tion, or lor wanting a period ol residence sufficiently long to satisfy the Slate Leg islature, just in that measure shall the penalty be annexed and attached, I have now shown by the first article of the sec ond section of the Constitution, by the fourteenth amendment of the Constitu tion, by the advice of statists throughout the world, and by obvious reasons, that for the purpose of providing a fixed point of comparisou and departure, so that this census may be comparable with the State censuses to bo taken in 1875, or with the United States census of 1880, and so that it may bo scientifically com parable with .European censuses, a dc facto enumeration, an actual enumera tion iu one day, is the legal, wise, and scientific method. But I regret to nay tliat the committee, after in vestlgatlng tliiseulilect ami taking all tbe advice aim counsel which it could obtain, came to tile conclusion that ow ing to the great extent of tills country, tlie spurseuess of population over tbe greatc portion of it, the much to be re gretted absence of a department of statis tics, and tlie want of registry boards and other machinery. It would be impossible to take this census in one day and upon an actual do facto enumeration. itoluclautly X yielded to the reasons given; fur I felt that although with men who believe in the possibility of carrying out such u work it could have beeu dune, yet it was perfectly apparent that while here and there I met a man, soieutlUo or otherwise, who believed this Immense labor might bs undertaken, tbe general adverse sentiment of itself rendered it impracticable and inadvisable. “ Vo may ask, sir,-why, having assented to tlie Judgment of the committee that do facto enumeration was impossible, X should now make an argument in favor of do facto enumeration. Xt is because Hates for ADVKRTTBEMKNIB will b» inserted »t Tea cent per line (or tbe flret 'lnsertion. and Gva cent, per line for .eaeb sntxuMinent Imezlton* Quar ■ orly half-yearly, and yearly advertisements In serted at a liberal redaction on lb. abore ratea AdTertißomontß sbqnld be accompanied by tbe Gash. When sent without any length of'time, specified for publication, they .will be continued nntllordered ontand onargod accordingly. JOB PBINTING. OASds, Handbilm. CrBOOTiAns, and .very elk. er description of Job and Cahd Printing, if you do uot have It in. 1870 you must have it in 1880; It is because it is tbe right road ou which to move, ami the distinct object which you must, have in view when amending the law of 1850 and 1860. It la because sooner or later you , must bring your ceusuaea and your sys tems of statistics in harmony with the censuses and systems of statistics of the world. And it is for another reason, which I am glad to mention in praiseof the Com mittee on tbe Census; It is becuusp the main feature worthy of commendatb n in that bill which lies upon your table is, that it is an approximation to a do facto enumeration. In sections ten and eleven of the bill you will find that twenty days previous to the date fixed for the actual taking of the census, and to which date all must be referred, enumerators shall uarry around schedules of population, schedules of industry, and schedules of reformatory, penal, and other, establish ments; aua that within tbe thirty days succeeding that on which tbe ceuaus is to be taken, the enumerators are to go around and collect these schedules filled up—l hope, after a proclamation by the . President of tbe Uuited States: after posters shall have been put up by the district superintendents upon every black V. smith shop and at every areas roads ; af- ' ter tbe press shall have called the atten tion of tbe people to the Importance of - this work— l say I 1,,,,,,' that oue-half or two-thirds of these ..odules shall have' been filled up ready for toe enumerator; facilitating bis work, and giving accura cy to a census taken with: reference to that one day, the Ist of June, 1870. Mr. Chairman, I bad not intended to say more than this upon tbe general sub ject at this time ; but for fear that there nay be a limitation of debate .vlien we come to tbe discussion of this , ,11 section by section, I will make oue ~V two re marks further. That lor which the census of 1850 and 1880 received the highest commendation of the statists of Europe, and that of which we may bojustly proud, was that they aimed to obtain an accurate enu meration of the aggregate weaitlAif this country and its aggregate income. It has Justly been deemed! that it would be dis graceful fur the American Republic, es pecially after'oo gnat 'a .war, to fall to take a' full, complete, -and accurate ac count of stock. Rome, even in the ear nest days of her kings, ijnder Service Tullius, established a census not only of people but of property, and a little later she created a censor, who had moat ex traordinary powers even over the morals of tne people, and in the days of the Empire Julius Coesar revised the census laws and regulations, and Augustus Cie sar carried them out. That census not only enumerated, as has been said, the people, but enumerated the property by classes, the industry by classes, the ag gregate wealth, and the income of the Roman Empire. And these returns ehi braced not only the immediate cities or provinces of Italy, but those of Judea, of northern Africa, of Spam and her pro vinces; and these returns of aggregate wealth aud of aggregate- Income, by classes, were periodically laid before the Roman Senate. In view of these facts it would be disgraceful to the American poopl i if, with all our advances in science, all the appliances of modern ingenuity, . -ve should not seek to obtain fully, com pletely, and entirely a knowledge of the aggregate Wealth and the aggregate in come of this country. We know that Great Britain in 1888 had a gross income of $4,000,000,000; that of this sum £375,000,000, say $1,875,000,000 was income derived 'from the weekly wages of the laboring classes. And shall we not then seek to obtain by classes, not only from the great industries, not only from the great capitalists, but from the masses of the people, an accurate, in ven- tory of an Income, as well as of acoumu- lated real and personal estate ? Ido not know that I say anything which may reflect upon the majority of this House when I assert that in late yeors, perhaps owing to the confusion of war and the trials subsequent thereto, you have hot in levying your taxes been considerate of the people in the same way as a wise general is considerate of bis army when he sends it into the field. The soldier has so much burden to car ry. The general does not pile, it all on his back; he stops to consider how much can be put around the waist, bow much into bis bunds; in other words, bow much the man can carry without produ cing a sore or inconvenience. Is it not wise at this time, la providing for a cen sus, that we should consider how far we are making sores upon the body politic ; is it not time for us mask whether classes are not being favored in this land; is it not lime fur us to inquire, iu view of the fact that in New York 19,019 men pay tax on $84,000,000 of Income, ana one tenth of 19,010 men pay tax on $54,000,000 of income, and ope-fourth of the whole number of income tax payers pay tax on $40,000,000 of income, whether our inter nal revenue, our banking and currency, and our financial 'system generally, are not produpjug sores upon the body-poli tic? Aretiot some classes being favored to the injury of others; is not capital be ing favored to the detriment of labor? I propose, therefore; at the proper time to move to insert in the population sched ule a column showing the income of the masses ot the peopleTrom wages, salary, profession, and trade. It is said that an swers cannot be obtained to these ques tions ; but there are at least half-a-dozen other questions asked in the schedules to which it will be us difficult to get answers, but it is right to ask themand this. This was asked in the census schedule of 1850, and in the census schedule of 1860 ; and we ought to ask the same question In the census schedule of 1870, for we want to have some idea what classes are produ cing, and what is the aggregate income as well as the aggregate wealth, iu order to impose taxation more justly than now, (-Urlntmas With tbo Poor. Christmas with the poor—with the real poor, who have no Christmas should we pass a portion of our Christ mas with them, we must bring all that makes the time joyous and happy with us. Why shou d wo not from our plenty give them a little ? Does not duty, does not the day Itself, the day of Christ’s nativity, demand this of us ? Of all times this is the time to.help the poor; this is the time to show to the world that the world is not all bud.— Let us remember that, in proportion as wo are gay, others are sad, starving and freezing. Starving and freezing on Christmas day 1 Little children like our own little children, os young, us in nocent, dying for wont of food, dying lor want of tire, while with us isabnnd ance, more than abundance. The pic ture is not exaggerated. It is, alas I too true. We cannot draw the misery of the poor like unto what it is. „lt is not charity wo ask; it is simply your duty that we remind you of. Sffi-A porter in a wholesale house was called not long since to attend the inuerul of an elder brother, who had at tained a high social position. Dressed in a suit of new black broadcloth, ho , ■ took his seat among ine chief mourners ' at tbe house, and after a few minutes 1 of melancholy musing, turned toagon tloinun by his side and said: Air. Hiuith, do you know what my brother John would do ttiis very miuuto, if he could come back to life V” “X am sure X can not.tell,” was the reply. “He’d ask eve y man there la here down to drink,” said the porter; “Just such a ticarti he had in him.” , ’ Titue.—Boys will be boys. This Is nonsouse. Boys will he men if they live long enough. The most steadfast followers of our fortunes—Our creditors.