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)USHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING
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BRATTON <Sc KENNEDY.
OFFICE— SOUTH MABEET SQUARE.
Lvr*—Two Dollars per year.lf paid strictly
Rlwiince* Two Dollars and Fifty Gems If paid
’in three months: after which Three Dollars
n chanted. These terms will he rigidly ad
rn lo every Instance. No subscription dih
'od until all arrearages are paid. >•*
-•» of the Kdltor.
AND _
L ESTA TE A 6ENCTI
M. B. BUTLER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Id 2d Story of IdUoATb Building, Nq. 8 Soutb
re r street, Carlisle, Cumberland county
lions, Bounties, Back Pay, Ac., promptly
I
DcaUons by m all,,will receive immediate
Juu. . „
loular attention given to the selling or rent*
Teal Entate, In town or country, in all let-
enclose postage stamp.
TIOBFET-AT-LAW,
CA ALIBLE. Pa.
tee on Booth Hanover Street, opposite
Iry goods store.
IMS. • -
.Homoeopathic
, South Hanover at.,
Lee. Esq.
[RONS, Attorney and
COUNSELOR AT t. AW.
FIFTH BTBEBT, BELOW CHESTNUT,
Cor. Library.
Philadelphia.
IERT o\\
;late roofer.
DEALER IN SLATE
LANCASTER, PA.
All W<vrk Guaranteed .
Orders Left at this Office will rec«
’.attention. October 14. JBCO—J
8H SUM
EMW STYLES
OE
HATBAND CAPS.
subscriber has fust opened at iVo. 15 North
• Street, a few doors North of the Carlisle
Jankj one of the largest and best Stocks
- and CAPS ever offered In Carlisle. •
i ata ’ Casslmere of all styles and qualities,
,-i?i?v£' ffQrent colors, and every desorlp
/6off Hats now made.
Duukard and Old Fashioned Brush, con*
’on-hand and mode to order, all warrant*
ve satisfaction.
mu assortment of,
'BOY'S, anx>______ '
i CHILDREN'S,
v • -HATS. ■
also added to my Stook, nollonsof dl der
ide, consisting of
" AND GENTLEMEN'S STOCKINGS, .
. Suspenders,
art, Qlbves,
Pencils, Thread,
Sewing Bilk, • . Umbrellas , tie
IE BEGARS AND TOBACCO
ALWAYS ON HAND.
1 mo a call, and examine my stock as I feel
3Qt of pleasing all, besides saving yon mo-
JOHN A. KELLER. Agent,
No. 16 North Hanover Street.
m 0
AND
rou WANT A NICE HAT OR CAP ?
ir so, Don’t Fail to Cai*l on :
J. G. GALLIC,
NO, 29. WBBI MAIN STREET,
lere can be seen the finest assortment of
hatband caps
n Bbl to Carlisle. He takes great pleas
to inviting Ms. old friends and customers.
?, ew °?e», to Uls splendid stock Just re
an<i PllU “ del PW“. con ’
bilk and oassimbre hats,
sfe?,“„f n , aios ?. varle, y of Hats and Oops o
P all «4 wbioh h« rriii ooli ai in
t£tu Quh Prices. Also, Ills own manu/aotux
Hatoalwayson band, and
[hats uanubaotdrbd to order.
JOHN W. STROHM,
NE W AND rOPVUR
>OT,.SHOE TRUNK AND HaT
STOKE.
NO. 13, SOUTH HANOVER STREET.
few a Oaj *LlBLE, PENN’A.
V?ha« r »« S ? ulh of Inhofl’a building.
lYenavejaatoponod the largeatandbeststock
boots AND SHOES 1
fir Sfranfi In and continue almos
dy MmS 6 a 6 80011 s ooda 1“ our line as every
fietlesof' Blo °k consists in all kibds and
oe^WnJi?* 188 . 6 ??. Childrens’ strong Leather
'Jiarg. .Misses and Cblldrena\LasMng
, BY BRATTON & KENNEDY.
A. R3CEH
rp H E
FIRST KORIWE BONDS
[nil. Car*
Chicago, Danville & Vincenn
Attobx
, formerly
ith of Wet- ,
Total amount to bo issued.
Capitol Stuck paid in,
Estimated Cost of Hoad (MO miles).
Estimated Burnings per annum.
Not Earnings per annum,
Interest on the Loan per annum.
Amount of Bunds per mile of Road
Amount of Interest per mile,
Amount of Net Earnings per mile,
The Bonds follow the completion of tbe Road
—nave the Union-Trust Company of N. Y. as
their Official Register and,Transfer Auent—and
present at 05 and accrued Interest.
They bear examination au.j oompailson, bet
ter, It Is believed than any other now before the
public, in the llxed and unchangeable elements
ot&tfeij/, security and J*rq/U.
They oeargaod interest—Seven percent. Gold
for forty years-and are secured by a linking
■Fund, and FlrstDlortgage upon the road. Its out
lit, and net Income, the Franchises, and all pres
ent and future acquired property olj the compa
•ihey depend upon no new or half-settled ter
ritory lor business to pay their interest, but
upon an old, well settleo, and productive coun
try; assuming that a milrood built through the
heart of such a region utters better eourlty for
both interest and > rmcioat than a road to be built
through the most highly extolled wilderness or
’Hoarsely settled territory.
This Railroad possesses special advantages In
running .into and eutof the City of Chicago, an
important Railroad and Commercial Center: in
running through u line of villages and old farm
ing settlements in the richest portion of the
atate of Illinois; In running near to deposits of
Iron Ore of gieat extent ami value, and
broad Helds 01 the best coal in the-Siate—which
mining interests are Us monopoly. And besides
the local and other business thus assured, there
will bo attracted to this road the considerable
traffic already springing up “From the Lakes to
he Guili’’ as with Its Southern Connections it
.forms a Trunk Line 45 milfes shorter than any
otuer route from Chicago to Nashville.
These Bonds are therefore based upon a Real
ty and a Business that a lew years must Inevi
tably double—aqd Competent Judges say treble
—in value. •
»BNEY AT Law
i Building, In the
loor to tho “ Her-
Attorney and
, has removed his
ipled room lu the
rt House.'
iAW
tat oi
Governments selling -while the price Is high
pay Well if put into these Bonds, and Trust or
Estate funds can be put Into nothing better.
Pamphlets, with Maps, «Sc., unhand ior dis
tribution.
Oer\JaL
mother
Bedford
Bonds may be had directly of us, or of our
Agent lu Carlisle. A. L. SPONBLEK.
- No.—, West Mam St. ■
W. BAILEY LANG «& CO., Merchants,
fri QUIT Street, New York,
Agents for the sole of theßonds.
Jan. 27, 1870—2 m
CITIZENS OF t UMBERLAND
CUUNTY. ,
■We have now on hand and just received from
the cities, and from manufacturers, the largest
stock of new, cheap, and good goods to be found
In any two stores In the valley, -
Wo have the beat assortment of '
CLOTHS, OABBIMEKS, BATINETTS.
JEA S, FLANNELS, TICKINGS,
GINGHAMS, PIIINTS,
MUSLINS.
DREBB GOODS,
Bilks, Morinoes,, Repps, Delaines, Alpacas,
Coburga, Plaids and Stripes.
RIBBONS, HOSIERY, GLOVES,
AJBJBI V
Zephyrs,’
. Towels,
Yarns,
J r Linen and Cotton Table Diapers,
CI3DAKINGB,.Iow prices and fine
HANDKERCHIEFS, COLLARS and CUFFS.
Velvets,.Trimmings and more notions than
can be round anywhere under one roof.
FUSS AND GASPETS,
Oil Cloths, Druggets. Blinds, Coverlets. Quilts
Hoop and Balmoral Skirts, -
of every description. In ttict a splendid assort
ment of goods, ond more given for the dollar,
than any where else.
at the highest price takwn in exchange. Give ns
a call
Cot, 28.1809.
QROOERIES.&c.
The subscriber begs leave to inform the citi
zens of Carlisle ana vicinity that be bos pur
chased the Grocery Store of D. V.Kceny, No. 78
south Hanover Street. Carlisle, where ne will
carry on the Grocery Business as usual. His as
sortment Is varied, and. consists In part of
QUEENSWARE,
GLASSWARE,
STONE and
EARTHEN WARE,
CEDAR and _
WILLOW WARE
TEAS,
COFFEES.
SYRUPS,
SPICES.
FANCY SOAPS,
ROPES.
TOBACCO,
FISH.'
OILS,
HALTERS,
SEGARS,
SALT, :
POTATOES,
DRIED AND CANNED FRUIT,
CORN MEAL, BUCKWHEAT, FLOUR, PEED,
and a fall assortment of articles usually kept In
a flret-claaa Grocery store. Give him a call, and
satisfaction will be guaranteed.
Oct. 10.1809. ’ JOHN HECKMAN.
“EUREKA”
Smoking Tobacco Is an excellent article of gran
ulated Virginia.
—Wherever Introduced It is universally ad
mired.
—lt Is put up In handsome muslin bags, in
which orders for Meerschaum Pipes are daily
packed.
LORILLARD’S " YACHT CLUB”
Smoking-Tobacco has no superior: being deni
cotlnlzed, It cannot Injure nerveless constitu
tions, or people of sedentary habits.
—lt is produced from selections of the finest
stock, and prepared by a patent and original
manner.
—lt Is very aromatic, mild, and light in weight
—hence It will last much longer than others;
nor does it hum or sting -the tongue or leave
a disagreeable after-taste.
—Orders for genuine, elegantly carved Meer
Gohaum Pipes, sliver mounted, and packed In
neat leather. pocket eases, aro placed In the
Yacht Club Dally.
LORILLARD’S CENTURY.
Chewing Tobacco.'
—'l his brand of Fine Cat Chewing Tobacco has
no superior anywhere.
—lt Is, without doubt, the best chewing tobacco
In the country. .
LORILLAND’S SNUFFS
Have been In general use In the United States
over 110 years, and still acknowledged ‘the best'
wherever used. • ■
—lf your storekeeper does not have these arti
cles for sale, ask him to get them.
—They are sold by respectable Jobbers almost
everywhere. .
—Circulars mailed on application.
P. LOUIILAND A Co., New York.
Deo. 23,1800—12 w..
AMERICAN ALE.—The American
Ale Brewery, formerly Gebbart's, boa been
re-opened by C. 0. Faber, who Is now ready to
supply this Justly celebrated brand of Ale to Bo
toft, saloons and Private Families, at low rates.
Ale delivered in all port* of Cumberland, Ad
ams or Perry counties. 0. O. FADER.
Nv. 18, 1889—Bm.* ,• - m
CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED
.byDr, 0. G. Garrison's New Proceu of Treat
ment} Call or address Dr. O. G. Garrison, All
e#mjh Eighth Street, Philadelphia, Ea,
P. 8. —Speolalnattetlon given to THROAT and
LUNODISEAHES.
. Moron 4. IKSO—ly
(t>l RKA month made by agents selling
iDJLOt) OLIVE LOGAN’S great work, BE
FORE THE FOOT LIGHTS and BEHIND THE
SCENES. The most spicy, rapid selling book
oat. 19,000 ordered the first month. Agents can
secure field and a 82.00 nut-fit ireo by catling this
bat and addressing FARM KLEE A CO., Publish
ers, PhUa., Pa. ana Middletown, Conn.
FOR DEAFNESS.—The Patent Or
ganic Vibrator. It fils Into the Ear. la not
gorceptlblo, removes Binging Noises in the
Lead, and enables Deaf Persons to hear dis
tinctly at Church or Public Assemblies. Trea
tise on Deafness, with Means of cure, sent free.
Dr, T. HUNT STILLWELL.
Feb. 8.1870-iw 702 Broadway, N. Y.
KILL THE DEMON of Palo. Wol
cott's Pain Paint removes pain Instantly,
uua beats old Dicers. Wolcott’s Annlbilator
cores Catorrb, Bronchitis and Cold in the bead.
Sold by all Druggists, and 181 Chatham Square,
n. y. - •
n . 18.1876-4 W
®lw llmcricflu Beluntecr
ftitocellaneou||=
OF THE
BAILKOAD.s
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2 100 000
4 600 000
2 039 800
879 788
176 OUO
18 000
1 2tiU
0 284
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iWHcal
CMNG TO THOSE WUO GIINO TO TOP.
There are many friends of summer,
Who ore kind while flowers blossom.
Bat when winter chills the blossoms,
They depart with the perfume.
On the broad highway of action
Friends of worth are far and few;
8o when one has proved his friendship,
Cling to him who clingsto yon I
Do notbarahiy judge your neighbor.
Do not deem bis life untrue.
If he makes no greot pretensions,
Deeds are great thougfi words are few;
Those who stand amid the tempest,
Firm as when the skies are blue,
Will be friends while life endureth,
Cling tothosewho’Cllng toyon!
When you see a worthy brother
Buflbttlng the stormy main,
Lend him a helping hand fraternal,
Till he reach the shore again;
Don't desert the old and tried friend
"V* ll 'n misfortune comes In view,
For he then needs friendship’s comforts,
Cling to him who clings to you I
KADICAI. EXTRAVAGANCE.
■lon tbe Radicals Email their Promisee
InoDownlall or Ibe Party Foretold—
Rpepcli of lion. 11. t. Dawes, of naasa*
cnusetts, In the llonse of Hepresenuu
lives, January 18, 1870.
The House having under consideration
the bill (H. R. No. 480.) for the transfer
of the Philadelphia Navy Yard to League
Island—
Mr. Dawes said : Mr. Speaker—When
this bill was before the House a few days
since, the gentleman from Pennsylvania
(Mr. Scofield) representing the Commit
tee on Naval Affairs, who reported this
bill, felt that my colleague on the Com*
mlttee on Appropriations (Mr. Wash
burn, of Wisconsin),, and myself bad
manifested undue zeal in opposition to
his call for the previous question, and he
seemed to feel somewhat aggrieved that
we were unwilling that by the previous
question his bill should be protected from
amendment, and its merits discussed sub
ject to bis consent. Ido not complain of
him specially oh that ground, for I do
not suppose he had, with reference to the
peculiar provisions of this bill, any de
sign in thus Insisting upon what has
come to be in this House a sort of com
mon law. But that the House may un
derstand what would have been the con-
dltion of things bed we yielded to bis
demand that the bill should he protected
from amendment by the previous ques
tion, and that the discussion should pro
ceed according to his wish and in his
time, I ask the Bouse to listen to the
provisions of the hill:
Be it enacted, Sco.% That the Secretary
of the Navy 1« hereby authorized to trans
fer the working navy yard of the Philn
delpbiastatinn to League Islaodas rapidly
as is consistent with the interests of the
service; and to sell, in manner and on
terms to be approved by the President,
such portions of the present yard as shall
from time to time be vacated. The pro-,
ceeds of such sales shall be applied to the
preparation of the new yard,
what can the Secretary of the "Navy
do under this bill? He can sell at private
sale, to whomsoever he pleases, the pres-:
ent navy yard property at Philadelphia, 1
reaching, if my friend from one of the
Philadelphia districts is correct, a yaiua-:
tion of $8,000,000. He can sell all or any
part of this property at private sale to
whom be pleases, when be pleases, upon
what terms lip pleases ; aim all the pro
tection the:Treasury of the United Stated
is to have in such a proceeding is; ,that be
is (o obtain the approval of the President
of the United States, who, from the na- I
ture of his duties, cm, \><*y *>o I>«mr>nal
[ attention to the prdceedlog;knd;can only
approve the report which may be suh-J
mitted to him by the very meb whose
conduct is to be passed upon. While I
have the utmost confluence in the Secre
tary of the Navy and the President of the
United States, I may be allowed to say
that if these officers were not of our poli
tical association and affiliation, my friend
from Pennsylvania would have been the
last man to intrust either of them with
any such power as this - to sell that Vast
property at private sale to any political
friends upon any terms and at any time
when the Secretary of the Navy may see
fit; and this, too, without paying one
dollar of the prooe.-ds into the Treasury
of the United States, or accounting to
any living man for a dollar of .these pro
ceeds ; but in such manner and at such
time as he she II see Ut, slowly or rapidly,
by secret or open contract, by bid or by
arrangement with party associates, in auy
manner that may seem to him best, he
can apply the whole of this $3,000,000 to
just such work upon League Island,- and
ut Just such time and with just such pur
poses-aa he may please. This,'then, Mr.
Speaker, is the bill which we. represent
ing the Committee on Apprbpriutlons,
struggled for the permission to’discuss
and .for the privilege of amending, if it is
to become a law. But, sir, my chief op
position'to ibis bill restson other grounds.
I auow full well that my friend from
Pennsylvania is wi ling to have the bill
amended in some of these particulars,
and my associate upon the committee
has now pending amendments as to the
sale of the present navy yard. But there
is pending no amendment suggested from
any quarter requiring the- Secretary of
the Navy, when be has disposed ol the.
present navy yard, to account for the
proceeds into the Treasury. I desire to
Ipquire why the representatives of the
people may not have the privilege of ap
propriating trom time to time what may
be necessary far making League Island a
proper naval station ? Why is It that
they are to be relieved from the duty of
making these appropriations when neces
sary ; and why is t‘ie Sebreta-y of the
Navy authorized by the bill to apply the
p*vhole of this amount of $3,000,000 to the
work upon League Island without no
| counting at all for the proceeds of the
old navy yard? Let us from time to time
appropriate whatever money may be ne
cessary, whether It he $500,000, $1,000,000,
nr $3,000,000 Let us control this matter;
let us make the necssary appropriations;
let us not authorize auy one man to ex?
erdse entire control over this matter
without accounting to us or to any other;
authority as to the amount applied to
this work, or the manner In which it may
be expended- Sir, I am opposed to the.
passage of this bill. In that opposition 1
have nothing to say against the propriety
of a navy yard at League Island ; that
cohtroversy is passed. In it I never took
any part. I have no preconceived opin
ions to maintain, at this time. During
the controversy between League Island
and New Loudon I bad other duties to
discharge here, and I do not even know
upon which side I voted. Some things
are fixed, and I taker-them as they are;
and amongtbom, whether rlghtor wrong,
it is fixed that this navy yard is to leavq.
the City ol Philadelphia and ultimately
to be placed upon League Island- The
grow h of the oity hue enveloped It. It
la necessary, I know full well, according -
to the plans for the future enlargement
of that elty, that the '.navy, yard must' .
leave the city, and must-go elsewhere.
The City of Philadelphia, Iknow, has
presented to the United tltatev this island,
ut a cost of s3so,ooo,'aud I assume that'
ultimately this yardmust go there. But,:
sir, there are other things which I also
assume os fixed facts, aud one of them is
that the pussagblqf this bill Involves the
immediate exuji|Ssire, independently of
these you put into the
hands of tljTtloorelary of the Navy, of
more than a million dollars. Ido not, as
I sold, enter into any controversy about,
the propriety of having this’island made -
into a navy yard. There may be a con- i
troversy between my colleagues ou the
committee aud the gentlemen who re- .
present Philadelphia hero about what ’
may be the condition of the soil thirty
feet below the surface of that island, and
there may he a controversy between them
us to tho health of that island, Whether
it be a healthy situation or not. That Ido i
CARLISLE. PA.. TH
not enter Into, I haveanmethlng to gay,
Mr. Speaker, about matters Inrefcrenoo
to which there can be no> controversy.
The question hov? high LeaguetTsland la
above the tide Is a matter about which
nobody can dispute- Whether it be be
low or above low or high-water mark any
engineer can fix, and there, can he no
dispute about It I have before me, sir,
a report of a board of officers to the Sec
retary of the Navy, from which I learn
that, in order to make League Island so
high above low-water mark, as tq be pio
tected from the tide, it will be necessary
to raise the whole surface between nine
and ten feet. Now, sir, whether the
island has.risen above the tide since this -
report was made or not, I do not know ;
whether it has been lilted, as hove the
expectations and plans of Philadelphians
in ibis House to a level, with or above the
tides I know not; but, sir, when this re
port, signed by 8. H. Btringham, presid
ing officer; W. H. Gardiner, commodore;
Q. J Van Brunt, commodore ;■ W. P. 8.
Sanger, engineer, was made to the late
Secretary of the Navy, the Hon. Gideon
Welles, It declared that “ to raise the
surface of this island to a height which,
would render it safe from encroachment
of high tides will require a filling of from
nine to ten feet over the whole area.”
Nobody can dispute the point to which
the tide rises. There ore four hundred
acres, and the Secretary of the Navy in
his report to this House proposes to make
It six hundred aor-s. The four hundred
acres described in this report it will cost
more than $1,000,000 to raise above the
encroachments of the high tides. Sir,
everybody kuows that four hundred acres
raised nine feet, will make five millions
and a halfcublo yards of earth which will
have to be carried across the water In
boats and dumped upon this island ; and
if anybody believes it can be done at less
than fifty cents a yard, he believes what
I do not. There are $2,500,000, to say
nothing of a sea-wall around the whole,
which Is rendered necessary, amounting
to more than two miles. Now, there
cannot be a single machine-shop, or one
load of machinery moved from the old
navy yard to League Island at ail till the
ground upon which ills to stand is lifted
above the encroachments of high tides,
unless you wish to carry the navy yard
to sea,
Mr. O’Neil—l wish to ask the gentle
man a question. Is he to speak on the
subject of makingtbe appropriations that
may be necessary, or Is he to take up.his
time in attacking League Island and its
sui'abieness as a location for a navy yard?
Mr. Dawes—l propose to take up the
time in that way In which I think I shall’
best be able to place the question before
the House. I propose to show that noth
ing can be done toward removing this
yard pt all until an expenditure of more
than a million dollars is mader-and there
fore that this bill, which my Wend said,
with so much naivete, the other day, did
not contain'a dollar of appropriation, is
blit the first reading of a bill for the ap
propriation of more than a million of dol
lars. My friend said that the Committee
on Naval Aflalrs, who are clothed by this
House with the duty of considering all
matters pertaining to the navy, will have
done their duty when they have got this
bill through ; and then, as a division of
labor, the local Representatives from the
City 'of Philadelphia; he thought very
likely, might ask for a small appropria
tion; as if part of the duties .which per
tained to the Naval Committee were to
he surrendered by that committee to the
Representatives from Philadelphia. But
ibis.led to an Inquiry. J ascertained from
the Navy Department that while my
friend was making bis statement to the
House, painted in rose colors, on that’
very day the Bureau of Docks and Yards
in the Naval Department were making
nut an estimate for League Island of
$BOO,OOO. * This has not yet come here,
although Admiral Porter thought it faad;-
thls has not yet reached here and will’
not until this bill is disposed of.' But !■
state to (he House that there is prepared
an estimate for League Island of $BOO,OOO,
to follow this blil. This Is perfectly plain
from the report of the Secretary himself,
from which I take these extracts
This [removal} the. Department has been and
Is anxlons to accomplish; but It needs an op«
proprlation for the prepatloh of the new yard,
and.without this It oannot move. • • * The
annual expenses of this yard are; res-
Bohaand tnoae hefdro given.. much Increased:
dodltißnotdonbted.that the savings from this
source and from the''expense hnw incurred of
malntalnlngtwoeßtanlfsbments with the money
which can be’ reallied from thojudictoua sale of
the land now occupied!*! the ol the city.
Tflli bo very far toward ripaylnrtho experreeror
eatabllsblDg tbeyardatl eogneisland. • J trust,
therefore, that authority. If,it he necessary, be
given to the Department to transfer the working
yard of. the Philadelphia , station to . League Is
land as rapidly as Is consistent with the Interests
Of the servloe. and to dispose of thepresent yard
dS’oo'tlons of It shall be.vacated, and that an
adequate appropriation will be made for the
work necessary to ha done before any part of the
present yard can he sold.
.“ Before any part of It can be sold
for the very apparent reason that before
you can sell that yard and move the
buildings and machinery, from it to any
other place, you must have a place to
stand upon; not under water, but raised
from nine to ten feet by bringing the
enrlh from the banks of the'river on the
Jersey side, or somewhere else, and lift
it up. Therefore, sir, while I do admit
that the time will come when the yard
has to he moved, I was correct the other
day in the assertion I made that this hill
involved the expenditure of millions of
dollars, and should not be passed through
under the previous question. And now
let me ask whether it is wise, and wheth
er it is best to make this appropriation 7
Let us not do anything inconsistent with
our duty in regard to the public expen
diture on the plea that this bill does not
Provide for the expenditure of money,
do not intend that the House or any
member of It who costs his vote for this
bill 'shall escape from voting with the
knowledge that such a vote Implies also
the voting for $OO,OOO and for a placing
of $3,000,000 besides, at the absolute dis-
posal ol the Secretary of the Navy. And
now I ask the gentleman whether it is
beat to take the course proposed in this
bill 7 This is a new nubile work ; It is
not a public work already begun and
carried so far that it would be impossible
to stop It without sacrifice. It Is not
commenced as yet. Is there an absolute
pressing, overwhelming necessity-now of
undertaking this work at this time, or is
the Treasury of the United States in pos
session, of such superabundant funds that
we'oafl undertake it at this time 7 It he-
comes the representatives of the people
answer both those questions; and If I
may have your patience I propose, Mr.
Speaker, as well as I may be able, to dis-
charge my duty In answering both these
questions. Sir, It Is a time of peace;
there Is no pressing necessity for the en
largement of navy yards. The navy
yards of the country were sufficient foi
the war. At any rate, the war was a sne
er sa with the navy yards at their present
capacity and power. There is no occa
sion,- therefore, in this time of peace for
building up new navy yards in this coun
try. Anil there is behind this a question
which I have no time to discuss at pres
ent,but which ought to be settled before
wo launch' upon the expenditure of
money hlther for Dew yards or for the
‘enlargement of old yards; and that is,*
whether it ie‘bes|i for us to maintain this
vast expenditure' of money on navy
yards at all. • Thaßrltish'uavy, for some
reason or other; ■ depends upon private
yards, .: Ninety pel cent., l am told, of all
the work done upon the British navy is
done itt private yards. Admiral Porter
eye,' in evidence which I have before
me, Rlvansby.him before aieonimittee of
this House, that weßpenCs4Bo,ooo,ooo for
our navy yards during the war, dud that
we have nothing at all to.show for it
now j that we bave.no navy:as the result
of the money so spent on our yards; and
he suggests the building of a merchant
'marine, semNwarllke steamers, as u sub
stitute for all our navy; and be tells you
that ha would advse the building of
every one of them in private yards, be
cause they can bo hulll olieapor than in
public yards. The vessel that sunk tiro
Merlmao and saved Philadelphia and
New York and Boston from destruction,
was built in a private yard by a private
individual, ana In ninety days. 1 say I
f RSDAY, FEBRUARY' 10, 1870.
do not enter Into that question now; but
it Id a question that ought to be settled
before we expend this money. But I de
sire to. call, your attention to what the
Secretary has estimated and proposes to
expend upon ether yards In addition to
what bn proposes to spend upon the
Philadelphia navy yard.
Mr. Myers—l'wish to ask the gentle-'
man a question before he passes from
this subject! I desire to know whether
I am to understand, the Chairman of
the Committee on Appropriations that it
is his opinion, or the opinion of Admiral
Porter, that odr Navy during the war ef
fected nothing toward crushing the rebel
lion?
Mr. Dawes—l do not know' what the
gentleman understands. 1 neither said
so myself, nor did I say that Admiral
Porter said so.
Mr. Myers—You sold the $48(1,000,000
expended for the navy during the war
were useless.
Mr. Dawes—l said that Admiral Por
ter staled that $480,000,000 had been ex
pended for the navy during the war, and
we had .absolutely nothing to show for
It to-day. . , . •
Mr. Dickey—Will my colleagueon the
Committee on Appropriations yield to
me for a,question ?
Mr. Dawes—My friend will excuse me :
I cannot yield to him. I understand
that he represents on this occasion the
State of.Fennsylvania,.and not the Com
mittee on Appropriations. But I was
thing on to say that in. addition to that
800,000 tlie Secretary of the Navy pro
poses to expend in- the navy yard at
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, $577,859,
against $50,000 expended last year ; at
the navy yard at Boston, $747,341,
against $lOO,OOO lost year; at the navy
yard atNew York, $833,611, agalnstsloo,-
000 last year; at the navy yard at Phila
delphia, $111,985, against $26,000° last
year; at the navy yard at Washington,
$551,776, against $50,000 last year; at the
navy vard at Norfolk, $258,312, against
$30,000 lust year; and at the navy yard
at Mare Island, $93,423, against $30,000.
He thus proposes to expend upon navy
yards, besides this $600,000, a total of
$3,007,304 against $451,000 last year.
I may be pardoned, as a friend of this
Secretary ana of Ibis Administration, in
what I may feel compelled to say in ref
erence to either bis estimates or the
whole Administration, when I say that
the estimates df this Secretary in refer
ence to these expenditures do not inspire
me with entire coutideuce. 1. know he
speaks of economy and the- saving ol
money, but, sir, the great point upon
which I find that he.has expended Ills
energies is upon the promise he holds out
to rbe House that he will save $3,000,000
upon the article o'f coal alone, the whole
estitoato for which for the last two years
was less than,slso,ooo a yeaf! Sir! that
is an achievement of mathematics that
finds its parallel only in the attempt to
save $5,000,000 by abolishing the frank
ing privilege, When all the paper bought,
by . this government and thirty letters a
day to every member sent through the
malls at regular postage would pay less
than five hundred thousand dollars. I
hope to see the franking privilege abol
ished, but on no sdoh absorb pretence as
that it will save’ $5 000,000. I really
think that if the. mathematicians who
put these figures in the beads of these
two Secretaries could be brought to light
and set to work the public debt would he
paid before the expiration of this admin
istration I (Daughter.) These are “mint
anuts and cumin,’’ but the “weightier
marter” is the contrast in the footings of
this Secretary—s2B,44l,7ol,37, estimated
for this year, against $15,956,060 appro
firiated lost year. Now, sir, this is a p#b
lo work j it is a new public work.—
There ia no necessity, no pressing neces
sity of commeuoingit to-day. Does this
■load of estimates justify us in supporting
this proposition? Why: sir, this book
of estimates contains estimates for ap
propriations for public works of $24,025,-
173.85, against appropriations lor the
same objects last year of $5,403,000! Sir,
the administration of Andrtw Johnson
surrendered to the allegation that it had
been profligate in expenditures. The
people tried it upon that charge and
found it guilty, and took fiom it the
scepter of power, and put It in our hands
upon our professions of economy in the
administration of Ihe public service.—
And the people intend to hold us to our
profeasiob and promise! What is the
first evidence, that we have put forth to
the country of ~ur disposition to carry
out our pledges? I bold in my hand the
book or estimates for the first year of
tins administration. And while I know
the ungracious position I occupy, 1 pro
pot-o to speak plainly, but to speak truly,
to my party friends on this side of the
House- I know that while “faithful are
the wounds of a friend,” there is not
much ease remaining to the friend who
indicts them. Now. sir, what did An
drew Johnson, in the last year of bis ad
ministration, estimate that be would car
ry on this government for? He esti
mated that he would carry it on for $303.-
000,000, and we cut down the appropria
tions $20,000,000 below his -estimate.—'
But bis owu Atimatedf the coat of oarry
| ingon tlie government, which the peo
ple at the polls declared to be profligate
and unreasonable, ♦its $303 000.000.
Now, sir, what does-our administration
estimate that it will carry.on the gov
ernment for the next year?. The sum
estimated for is $381,097,174.02; an in
crease ovet the lust estimate of the ad
ministration of Andrew Johnsou for 1809
and 70 of $28,097,174.62. But we out
down his estimates $20,000,000, so that
the exact difference between this - book
of estimates for the present administra
tion and the appropriations made the
fust year of Andrew Johnson’s admini—
tratlon is $49,682,537,01, * It is due to the
Post Office Dep irtment to say that there
is an error of $7,000,000 in the fooling,
which reduces the amount to some $42,-
000.000. But behind and not entering
into these estimates is the little sugar
plum of $BOOO,OOO that my friend from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Scofield) proposes to
prepare the way for the local Represen
tatives from Philadelphia to advocate
here for League Island. Back of it, too,
is the Bay of Humana, and the Island of
St. Thomas, at $7,500,000 in gold. And
back of it, too, is what every man who
has heretofore been In this House knows
as the millions of dollars that will come
back on those appropriation bdla from
the other end of the Capitol. All of these
items are to be added to the figures I.
have given. Sir, here and here alone,
upon this floor, are the pledges of the
Eepuhllcan party to bo redeemed. We
cun tiave no aid from the other end of
the avenue; we can have no aid from the
other end of the .< apltol. It Is here and
here alone that the pledges are to be re
deemed. And they shall be redeemed
here in this House. Here is a public
work which It is proposed to be com
menced anew, not partly, finished, hut
a new work not required by public ne
cessity, not required by the exigencies of
any department of this government
Now, when we are considering that
question, I put it to the rrpresentatives
of the people here whether w* will in
augurate hew public works upon the
broad estimate of $24,000,000 ? It is here
in the /patter of public works that we
can cut-down these estimates, I com
plain ft the other end of the avenue that
with /ill Us professions of economy.
Mr Dawes—l have a rig b tto complain
of tbe other end of the avenue, that with
alflts professions of economy and reduc
tion of unnecessary force in the depart
ments. With all the heralding by tele
graph or otherwise of its purpose of re
duction. there 1“ not one of these depart
ments that docs not estimate to day, in
the book I have before me, for an in
crease of expenditure over the appropria
tions of last year, save only one, and that
Is the poor, unpopular Attorney General.
I hope it is not because of this remarka
ble trait in bis char ater that it is con
templated at the other end of the Capi
tol to relieve him from further public
service and t ■ drive hlpi into private life.
There is no„reason why we should refuse
to consider 'questions of this kind when
we are oqmmenolng public works. I
I know the Importuned of many of our
I public works. Ida nor profess- to 'speak
• at this time for anybody but myself: but
i Xdo not believe that the Committee on
Appropriation contemplate or desire, by
any means! a general warfare upon public
works. 'They recognize the necessity of
completing those already begun! the
• necessity, it may be of beginning
others; put in considering questions
as to beginning public works they
propose to ask this House to stand
by them in scrutinizing to the utmost
farthing the proposed expenditure.—
Why, sir, there is the Post Office In New
York city, which the architect of the
public buildings soys will cost us $4,000,-
000; and the" superintendent of its con
struction says that the granite to be used
in building it will cost $1,500,000. No
-man can tell what tbe Post Office in
> Boston will cost- Are we going on with
such expenditures as that? Are we
toing to expend upon League Island
3,000,000 of value In tbe old navy yard
together with $BOO,OOO of a new appro
priation, when that work can Just as
well os not wait five years ? I see no
reason for these vast outlays at the pres
ent time in that direction, unless ft be
tbe reason kiudly stated to mo and hint
ed to members of this House in a para
graph in a Philadelphia paper, a para
graph Intimating that the Republican
party will make a mistake in treating
' Philadelphia so badly os to refuse, the
.passage of this measure. I undertsand
what that means. Perhaps that was the
reason my amiable friend on the.otber
side of tbe Bouse from the first district of
Philadelphia, (Mr. Kandall,) chimed in
for once In the grand quartette of tbe
Philade'pbia members, while their col
league from tbe Erie district (Mr. Sco
field) led tbe music and kept time be
hind them. The gentleman from tbe
flr-t district of Pennsylvania understands
what spending $3,000,000 for tbe benefit
of any party mesns, and I suppose that
is the reason be came to tbe aid of bis
colleagues of the second, the third, and
tbe fourth districts lit that grand music
with which we Were entertained the
other day in of this preparatory
bill, (laughter) which my friend from
the Committee on Naval Affairs offered.
Two things, Mr. Speaker, seem', to be
desired by this administration. At the
other end of the avenue they are bent
upon paying the public debt; in this,
House we are constantly frying out
for a relief of the people from taxa
tion and the burdens of that debt.
I apprehend that neither of these
objects cun be accomplished without
that other thing, which seems to have
been overlooked on both sides—a reduc-
tion of expenditures. How do they pro
pose at the other end of the avenue to
pay the public debt unless they reduce
these expenditures 7 How do we propose
to relieve the people and the industries
the" enterprise, the capital of this laud
from, the burden of taxation under which
they are groaningtezcept it be by reduc
ing the public expenditures?
I tell my friend from Maine (Mr. Pe
ters), who has emancipated himself
from care about the pennies amj has
gone in a vain search for a dollar with
out any cents in it upon which he pro
poses to economize, that the pennies
taken in the form of taxation, from the
spikes, the curdaae, the sails, aud the
rigging of the'shipping of Maine are
what make the commerce of the country
decline. I tell my friends of the Com
mittee of Wuysand Means that the in-
dustries of the laud, which are flocking
to their door groaning under the burdens
oi taxation, complain that the expendi
tures of this nation are unjustifiable aud
without proper regard to economy, or to
the necessities of the case. 1 call upon
the u. embers of this House to stand by
the Committee on Appropriations in the
pledge which'is given thin day to the
country that they will out down these
estimates of the departments below the
figure at which they were fixed by An
drew Johnson's administration, which
the people, for that among other reasoas,
deprived'of political power. In order Co
do this, members must forego any pri
vate interests, any imaginary political
gains by the expenditure of public mon
ey in particular localities. They must
rise above such considerations, and look
to the general result upon the public
welfare. Under su<tfi& policy the thou
sand busy fingers of Industry will wake
with new life; enterprise will take cour*
age and burst the iron bauds by which it
is
vance in prosperity and development.—
Public works will go on of themselves;
private enterprise will push them for*
ward. The nation in years that are to
come wi.l build navy yards at League
Island and at New London, and if that
should appear to be wise policy will am
plify others, at Boston, at Portsmouth,
and ail over the country. But to day
the pollcyis a reduction of expenditures,
that thereby at this end of the avenue
the people may be relieved from the bur
dens of taxation and 'that at the other
end ofthe avenue the publlcdebt may be
paid. Sir, it is from this view of the
case, believing tills to be a test.question,
that I shall be compelled to move to lay
this bill upon the table, and to call .the
yeas and nays, so that the people may
know who will stand up in this House
and oppose, this attempt to curtail the
expenditures of the government. £ do
hot, however, propose to dolt until my
friend shall have any opportunity to de>
bate bis bill as fully as he desires; but
then, sir, with the declaration that this
la but to prepare the way lor an appro
priation already estimated for ofsBoo,oUo
to begin a public work which the neces-
sities of the service do not require, I shall
ask the yeas aud nays on the motion to
lay on table,
Advice to Girls.—My dear girls, keep
cool. A blessed future awaits yu, enny
bow. Takes Lessons on, the planna ut
outs ,* plannas are gettiu skase. Bi.uwl
means laru to pla the uu song that has
just cum eut. “ When John Brown is
over we have Father Abraham cummjng
with thiskruel war several strong.” Thin
stanza tuck theflrst premium at the stall
fair. Don’t be afraid to get married ;
yure ma want afraid. Be vartoous aud
putty. JEat slate pencils; they will make
yu spri at figures. Bat Kaiono water,
that will give you a good smell. Let yure
pettycoats drag on the sidewalks, at d ef
enny man steps on them aud Cares oph
the rim, slap bis chops atonsfc. If you
have got small feet keep them bid—for
small leot has gone out uv fashion. Study
travels ; Tom Moors and B.vrooos and
Gullivers, is all fust rate. If you can
spare the time be luvly and sweet Re
member one thing: thar ain’t nothing
in this life worth living fur but. a rich
husband. If yu don’t n'leve me, ask
yure ma. Ifyu hav got red hairyu had
better exchange It for black ; black tha
tell isgoiu’ Cone worn muchly next year.
Don’t hav enny thing tew du with boys
unless they mean business. If you don’t
no how tew skate, vu mite as well jlue
some traveling nunnery at onst, for yure
played out.— Jo'sh Billinga ,
B&>On a certain occasion a reverend
father, who was preaching to a refined
audience on the pangs of a guilty con
science, made use of the following very
familiar simile : “An evil conscience is
like a scolding wife.” But be did not
stop there; be continued to draw out
every possible thread of his illustration to
Its full length, “A scolding wife, my
dear brethren, will not let you rest at
home or abroad, at dluuer or at supper,
in bed or even out of bed I Her litigious
temper and loud tongue (which Is worse
than thunder to the wine cask), take all.
the judlcles and savoriness out of the ra
gouts you eat; all the sugar and sweet
ness out of the coffee you drink. Wheth
er you go forth on foot or on horseback,
or in a coach drawn by four galloping
horses is all one; she is always at your
skirts following you whithersoever you
go.”
•'l6P*old maids are described os 'embers
irom which the sparks have fled.’
VOL 56.—N0. 35
i, SALWAVE.
nil Flifiit, 'PonoK, rapture. Trial and
ExMallon-Fteitenooi of tbe People-
How lie met fifeatli.
Port-au-Prlnce, Jan. 17.—After Sal
nave’s departure from tbe palace on the
19ih of December, andsubsequeully from
Fort National, be fled to Fetlonville
with a strong force.. He was soon Joined
by Villubin and received large supplies
of provisions and amunllion from Croix
de Bouquet. The people followed bis
army for a long time, they being told by
him that they would ail be massacred by
the revolutionists. From Fetionvlllo be
moved on the 21st, arriving at Verette on
tbo22d, his object being to reach Baraona.
But on attempting to leave Verette for
Baraona be found a strong force opposing
him, and was forced back in great disor
der. I
HOT PURSUIT.
On the 27th a force under General Za
mor, left Port-au-Prince to join tbe troops
In pursuit of Balnave, and on the 28tb
General Benjamin, Saget’s Secretary of
War, went out to take command in per
son, and a rigorous pursuit was ordered.
Balnave ban in toe meantime again
started for Baraona by another route,
having made In vain efforts to reoruitand
inspirit bis force, but such was tbe rapidi
ty of tbe movements of tbe revolutiona
ry troops that even here they were close
on bis heels, capturing bis stragglers and I
nearly all bis baggage and ammunition.
General Benjamin arrived at Jacmel on I
tbe 2d of January and obtained guides I
-who were familiar with the country. I
Cabral, thinking that Balnave might
reach Baraona, went to Saline to cut him
off. But as soon as he learned tbe posi
tion of Balnave be ordered tbe lines Petit- I
trou to be covered. I
FINAL DEFEAT AND CAPTURE.
On the Bth of January Salnave and a
few devoted followers came upon, the
force of Cabral, at Cuaba, and attempted
to cut their way through that portion of
thearmy commanded by General Guiteau.
A desperate fight ensued, lasting for five'
hours, resulting in the defeat and capture
of Salnave and his troops, and a-loss of
100 killed and a large number wounded
of Salnavs’s men ; and of Cabral’s only
three killed and twenty-two wounded.
Salnave and his fellow-prisoners were
sent to Saline,, when General Cabral in
formed the Government on the 10th of
January of the event, and gave them
up to the Provisional authorities. At
Croix de Bouquet Alfred Delava and
several others were shot.
THE TRIAL AT PORT-AU-PRINCE.
Bainave arrived at Port-au-Prince 90
the 16th, and was Immediately put r’n
his trial by the revolutionary tribunal,
composed of General P. Lorquet, Presi
dent; M. de Nazere, Vice Presktant;' M.
Prezeau, M. Louis Aime and M. Darius
Adam ; M. Camille Nau, public Projec
tor. The trial commenced at three
o'clock,, in the presence of a large num
ber of the civil authorities and the Na
tional Guard. The accused was intro*
duced by the President, saying, Sylvan
Salnave, ex-Presldeut of Hayti, aged 43
years, born at Cape Haytieu and living
at Port-au-Prince.
President—Have you made a choice of
some one to defend you ?
Salnave—l wish to be assisted by
Messrs. Valcin and Lavaud.
M; Lavaud declined to defend the ac
cused. The President of the Council
then designated M. Jair, of Jacmel, to
act with M. Vaicin. Bainave then had
an interview with his counsellors, after
which the Deputy Marshal read the
charges to the prisoner, which occupied
considerable time, the most Important
being that "annulled the Constitution,”
and named himself "Protector of the
Republic;" that be associated himself
with depraved characters', and held on to
the Government by fraud and force:
therefore Sylvan Salnave is accused or
high treason, devastation, pillage with
arms, committing assassinations, and is
now amendable for these-crimes.
JUDGMENT PKONOUNCED.
Salnave said that be was not capable
of the acts wltb which he was accused.
His counsel made a strong J appeal, apd
made every effort to destroy the accusa
tion, quoting frequently the position of
Jefferson Davis in the late rebellion in
the United States. After a short address
-from-the prosecutor, one more appeal
was made by Salnave’s counsel, M. Val
cin,and the trial was closed. Thgmeiu-'
bers, of the Court then adjourneafor de
liberation, which lasted&n hour, at the
expiration of which the judgment of the
Court was pronounced:—
In the name of the Republic, the Court
finds Sylvan Balnave, aged 43. soldier
and ex-President of Hayti, guilty of all
the charges preferred against him, and
do sentence him to be shot to death, and
orders that the execution shall take place
at the perrlstyles of the National Palace.
Signed by the members of the Court,
Jao. 16, 1870.
Preparations were immediately made
for carrying out the Judgment of the
Court.
The President then addressed Salnave
—‘‘You have just been condemned to the
pain of death; I entreat you to be firm
and courageous.’’ Salnave replied, “I
shall not fail; 1 only ask for time to put
my affairs in order.” This request was
granted, and he was engaged for a quar
ter of an hour in writing a letter, which
he sealed and placed in the hands of the
President. Immediately after this be
was pinioned and taken from the court,
attended by two clergymen, to the place
ol execution.
THE EXECUTION.
When the result of the trial had been
announced a rush was made to the place
of execution, am) agreat crowd speedily
filled the approaches to the ruins of the
palace, where it was said the prisoner
would be despatched. The revolutionists
amused themselves, while waiting for
th o denouement. In yelling “ Vive la Con
stitution/” and “ A baa Salnave /” and
there was so much crowding and violence
that the troops had enough to do to keep
a space clear before the pillars. When
at length the head of the column of sol
diers guarding the prisoner emerged into
the square from the tribunal shouts.rent
the air, and the infuriated blacks swayed
backwards and forwards in the violence
of their rage. It was a few minutes be
fore sunset.
The rosy tints of the sun slanting from
the sea threw a golden radiance on the
ruins and lightened the upturned faces
of the blood-thirsty crowd. A few sol
diers stood by the pillars and held ropes
in their hands with which to bind the
prisoner to the stake already driven Into
the ground for the purpose. There'was
no time lost by the officers having the
execution in charge. Placed agalust the
stake, with his back to the still smoulder
ing ruins of the palace and looking to
wards the sea, Hal nave was speedily
bound by the arm and permitted to gaze
for a rnolhent on the determined faces of
the soldiery and the maddened populace.
Then a detachment of infantry, thirty
strong, were drawn up within twenty
yards of the doomed man, and*the order
was given to load,
A profound silence now fell upon the
place; the blacks gaped open-mouthed
and with glistening eyes os the soldiers
returned down the charges in their pieces
ana came to the carry. It was expected
that Salnave would say something before
it was too late, but he uttered uever a
word, but faced the executioners with
unflinching eyes and determined mein.
His lips movod*nce when the order was
given to make ready, but it was evident
that he did not intend to speak. The
soldiers brought up their pieces slowly
aim not altogether; many of them were
more uervous than was Salnave, and
would doubtless have preferred- to be
shooting at some other darkey. Finally,
the word was given, the smoke cleared
away, and the wretched prisoner was
seen to be pierced In several places, but
still alive. He had leaned over a little
on his left side, as If to avoid the oho t
Rates, tot 3>toertioiitg.
I Anv*BTiBXMENTS win be Illumed at Tea cent
per lino for the fltat Insertion, ami live cents
per line for each snbeeqnenl Insertion. Quor
erly half-yearly, and yearly advertisements In
serted at a Überal redaction on the above rates
Advortlsomonta sbonld he accompanied by the
Oasb, Wbedscflt without any’'length of time
specified Wr publication, they will bo continue
accordingly. ■
JOB PRINTING.
CAnns. TlANnnri.rji. cnunn.Aim, and every oth
er ile.erlnrinn of job and Card Printing.
I but struggled to.right himself again.
I W hen it was seen that he was not dead
| I a bowl Went np from tbe multitude, and
i tbe officers cursed, tbe bunglfog soldiers
lln unmeasured* terms. The muskets
I were quickly loaded again. The order
I to Are Was shouted by the officer in
I command, and a volume of smoko flew
I Into the faces of tbe spectators. When
I ithad cleared away Balnave was no more.
I Riddled In every part of his body by the
I bullets of'tbe soldiers, bis’ head drooped
I on bis breast, his shattered arras Imug
I listlessly by hla side and the warm blood
I flowed from his numerous wounds In co-
I pious streams.
I The crowd immediately began to move
I away, and then some soldiers came up
I with a cart, drawn by two donkeys, and
threw the mangled body Into It. Half
an hour later all that was mortal of the
| unfortunate Balnave was thrown care
lessly Into a bole dag for its reception, in
an open space about three-quarters of a
mile outside and north of the city of
Port-au-Prince.
The Court bad assembled at three
o’clock, P. M., and at twenty minutes
past six Balnave, tbe ex-Presldent of
Haytl, was a corpse.
THE GREAT BTBASBEBG CLOCK,
Incomprehensible and solitary, like all
hat ls great and true, rises the Minster
of Strasburg. I wall;. ■> r >und and round
I it, and sought the «... ..mce, at which
stands Erwin’s statue, the figure of jus
tice. On the opposite side of the church
is the porta), on which is the martyrdom
of St. lifturentius, within an arbor, os it
were, of stone, open ail around, and full
of hanging grapevines. In the principal
entrance on the left are wise yirgtos with
their lamps, innocent and simple, on the
right are saints, with demons or evil
spirits under their heels. On (he one
gate are angels above angels; the
other, martyrs. As I looked up and
dowdi and contemplated the countless
images of stone, in their niches, their
stiffened lips loosened, I hear their
voices, hymns; the whole pile becomes
melody : the swell of separate tones melts
into one gigantic symphony.
As the twelfth hour approached, mul
titudes came running from every side.
They were all eager to see this curiosity
of mediaeval times; although the clock,
adapted by the aged mathematician, .
Sch wiJgue, to the preseu t' state of science,
has now been gowlng for fouryears. My
friend at last appeared, and we had bare
ly time-to push our way through the
crowd, and to ascend the winding stair
case which leads into the four stories of
the clock, and the small balcony in.
which we were suspended like swallows,
aguluet tho matbfmatififtL monument,
looking down perpendicularly upon a
deuse mass of heads, whose eyesaud lips
were all fixed upon one point. Ou one m
of the lower galleries, an angel, guarded 9
by Jioos which formerly roared, and
ho ding a sceptre and hells in* its hands,
strikes the quarters, and another turns
round the hour-glass. Juan upper-space,
thfc four ages of life then -step forward ;
the child strikes the first quarter, with
its thyrsus, upon abeli, the youth strikes
the half hour with his arrow, the armed,
warrior the third quarter with his swprd,
and the old man the fourth with his
crutch ; then Death appears, and strikes
the hour with his none; and, as. the
sound of the last stroke dies away, the
figure of Christ comes forward in a yet
higher story, and raises its right arm as.
for a blessing; the twelve apostles, one
after the other, puss before him, and iji
passing incline themselves before the
Saviour, who, in conclusion, gives his
blessing to the spectators. Their eyes,
in the mqpu while, turn to the cock, who
proudly sits .high Upon a small tower;
he flaps his wings, stretches out his head
and his tail, ruffles his neck, and thrice
his shrill crowing sounds loud and clear.
Among the old paintings which adorn
the case of the clock, one of the most
conspicuous is the portrait of Copernicus,
according to whose system the planeta
rium, which is over the gallery of the'
nons, is erected. At the moment when
Galileo was condemned/ the scientific ■
men of Strasburg protested against the
judgment, ahd erected a monument to
the Polish astronomer in this astral clock,
■which, like a trophy of truth, is placed
In the sanctuary. After the exhibition
was concluded, we stepped into the in
terior of the astronomical works, which
are wound up once in eight days* and in
which endless combinations of wheels
were revolving in perfect silence. A
solemn and mysterious sensation seizes
upon onebere, as if one were in the
worship of the spirits of the hours. The
conception is certainly a lofty one, that
of showing, forth the whole structure of
the heavens. Behold that small wheel,
the only purpose of which is to make
a 2 take the place of a 1 when the
second thousand years of the Christian
era shall have elapsed. On lost New
Year’s night tbewhole was illuminated
—the interior,also; and all the aisles of
thoohurcb wereorowded with spectators.
The interest which was excitea was In-
teose, when, wltb ihetwelfchstrokeof the
olook, a 70 sprang into the place of the
C 9 after the 18. The man who explained
ft to us, a mere laborer, exclaimed, with
nuch warmth, u One would almost sup
pose that the machine can think. It
makes one think of the blood which cir-
cuiaies through the veins o t the human
body”
THE COMING YOUNG lADT.
She wi)l vote, will be some use in the
world, will cook her own food, will earn
her own living, ami will not die an old
maid./ The coming girl will not wear the
Grecian bend, dauce the German, ignore
all possibilities of knowing bow to work,-
will noteudeavor to break the hearts of
unsophisticated young men, will spell
correctly, understand English before she
affects French, will preside with equal
grace at the piano or wash-tub, will spin
more yarn lor the house than for ihe
street, will not despise her plainly-clad
mother, her poor relations, or the hand
of au honest worker; will wear a bonnet;
speak good, plain, unlisplng English ;
will darn her own stockings ; know how
to make doughnuts, and will not read the
Ledger oftener thau she does her Bible.
The cominggi,rl will walk five miles a
day, if need be, to keep her cheeks in a
glow ; will mind.her health, her physi
cal development and her mother; will
adopt a costume both sensible and con
ducive to comfort and health ; will not
confound hypocrisy with politeness; will
not place lying to please above frank
ness ; will have courage to cut an un
welcome acquaintance; will not think
leflnemeut is French duplicity ; that the
Assumed hospitality where hate dwells
in the heart, is better than condemnation;
will nol confound grace of government
with aiily affection ; will not regard the
end of her being to have a beau.
Thecomlng girl will not look to Paris,
but to reason, for her fashions; will not
aim to follow a foolish fashion, because
' milliners and dress-makers decreed it:
will not torture her body, shrivel hersoul
with pueralitles, or ruin It wltb wine or
pleasure. In short, the coming girl will
seek to glorify her Maker, and to enjoy
mentally His works* Doty will be her
aim, and life a living reality.
A llttjo girl wanted to say that she bad
a fan, but hud forgotten the name, so she
described it os “a thing to brush the
warm off you with."
Jffl-Wouldn’t you hang a railway di
rector with a ‘branch line?’
Be sure that your vaunted love of pod
be not a secret tear of the Devil-
are but the baggage of for
tune.
Academy oeDeskin—A young lady’s
boarding school. “ '
Jtjf-A fool’s bolt is soon shot.