SHKJKKT A VAN OHM Kit. KUitorn.
VOL. 5.
fiht Centre democrat.
Tsrnn 51.60 per Aunnm.in Advance
* T. SHUQERT A J. R VAN ORM R. Editors
Thursday Morning. February 15, IPB3.
Contra County D trmcrnttc Com
mittee for 1383.
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fwrrrtary
SENATOR HALL, of Klk county, met
with a serious lusa by the disastriiUH
ll'sskls iii the Allegheny river IhSI week.
Ten thousand dollars worth of his logs
prepared for market, were swept otf in
the lurrent.
IT is believed lliat a majority of the
military committee in the House are
opposed to the "Grant retiring bill,"
and if they report at all, it will be in
the negative. But it is supposed the
bill will have a quiet funeral in the
committee.
"THE Selinsgrove Tribune mourns
"* because ciinsistency is not to lie found
in the Democratic party." Ihe
Tribune is to be commiserated. But
perhaps it dues not seek for consisten
cy in a proper direction. Isct him ap
ply directly to the Philadelphia
Time a.
JAMER G. BLAINE, savs he is not a
candidate for the Presidential nomi
nation. The Geneva ( .V, I". i/VSM
don't believe him, and continues to flv
the banner of the' Plume I Kniirbt" for
President. The I'reMi probable knows
how much faith is to he placed upon
the word of a Republican statesman.
IT is reported that Imtli Mr. Van
derhuilt and Mr. Gould, have de
termined to retire front business as
Hoon as they have succeeded in acquir
ing a competence. This of course is
4 the result of piety, and a benevo
lent desire to encourage poor men
in the struggle for competence, by get
ting out of their way.
IT IS announced that Mahono and
Kiddlebergor will p ohahly admit the
K-'piihlicau Senators to the Ueadjus
* select officers for the
next Senate. The Readjuslers are
generous, and will doubtless be wil
ling to divide some of the more suitor
dinate position* iu the Senate with the
"grand old party.
THE extradition care of Major
Pltipps, late malinger of the Philadel
phia Alms House, has lieen finally ar
guei in the Canadian courts. The di
cision of the judge* will soon deter
mine whether this useful stalwart
0 politician will be allowed to return
to hi* anxious admiring friend* in the
w "Quaker city."
THE New York Star aims direct at
the "hull's eye" when it say* that "elec
tion of United States Senators by the
people is a good plank for the Demo
cratic platform in 1884." h would lie
much more difficult to buy an election
1 from a state than a legislature, and as
barter aeem* to lie the mode adopted
to i-iiiie extent of choosing Senators,
particularly of the Republican stamp,
it is desirable to take all (lie chances
of getting au honest high toned gentle
mau that a vote of the people would
give.
Whito Slavory in Now England
Till-: Committee of education ami
labor in I lie Senate of t lie United
Stated, had, before them the other day
Mr. Frank K. Foster of Cambridge,
Mass., who furnishes a very vivid view
of the "white slavery" of N w Kng
land in connection with the manufac
tures of that section. According to his
statement the mill life of I>iwell and
elsewhere develops a state of society
tally as discreditable to the boasted
intelligence ol New Ktigland, as the
brutality they so freely charged upon
the south iu the days of negro slavery.
Mr. Foster said that "most of the ten
ement houses iu the manufacturing
cities of MussachussetU were owned by
the mill owners, and that the 1 s.-ces
were obliged U furnish so many oper
atives. The houses are generally small
ill ventilated and uncomfortable, nod
the operatives are coni|ielled to live in
the companies' houses, or he dismissed.
The sewerage ami sanitary facilities
are had, and on summer nights the
stench from the cesspools is nearly
over|Miweriiig.
Tin Fr.-iih Cnn'tisn, continue. Mr
F i-n-r. nr." in New England what C'hin—e
,r. tu i'nhturnin hhJ thi- Pacific t-oa.l
I heir in iritis nru lower, thi-ir n.-c.-.-ui.-*
lewi-r an-l their only mm *c.-ni. to t. to
"■<• how HUM h liiotii.y they t-nn g.-l tu tske
•nt of the country. They do nut wi-h
their i hildr.'ii tu attend nil a.l# .nd when
eoiiip lieil tu tend ihern.ulten move In
another | I.ce. They ri-ldnfit st < *i>l the
eiChl of Omit/hise. Out •-I a French Cans*
ilian (Herniation ot WMW3 oi thirty-two
elite, in N--w KnglsmJ only 6.ftftU are ii.t
urnlir.-'d and 2,5.V.1 iiro|4*rty owners.
Mr. Filter r|M.ke strongly attain.t the
epi|doynieiil n c hildren of tender year,
fn Ma-.Neliu.ett' there i- a law nttain-l the
eiu|iioy client in mills of c hildren under ten
cenrn of ace, and those from ten to fourt-e.i
nm-l attend sc-h.ad thirteen wee It- 111 the
ce.r Till, law ilia-, not include the little
rath hoys and girl# employed in tare nuin
tars 111 the city .lorea, ihias little use. b—
iiiK too young in many ran. to henijt troin
under the ine of a mother, although win.
ployed .luring the bu.yr season Ifoin SAW
until ft and 10 p w
The girls employ ed a. .hopwomen are
paid on an at.-rago aleiut AO |e-r li
and out ol this tht are >-X|c'.'<l to board
themselves, provide for all the newtsrie.
■if llle ami dres- well. lit idy demands
thai they .Imuld le- virtuous, yet with the
meagre stipend received and the snere.
olteii thrown around them he thoe ovi r
them, it Is lint a wonder that many I a 11.
The firm. |i| Jordan, Mar-h & Co , and
M- < *it I Is. r William* A Co., of II -s on. are
•bining exceptions to most firms. The for.
nier have provided a large hall 'he coin
mercial r-ni value ol which is J'/'Jiakl |e-r
year, In which their employes can meet, in
a -a la I way, il-e a* a reading riaim, or
give dancing parties in O*er a year ago
thi- firm established a fund to which, each
week, .-ach employe contributed a very
-mall siun Last -iirnuier thev drew Inl
and Ihe lu, ky ones went to K irope under
the direction ot a member ol the firm
The condition of the mill girls Is I/I be
deplored Away from horna ti.flu.-iicn and
restraints, ihruwn often among the deprav
ed of both sexes, in low tenement h->ii..-#,
their moral, are tiaiolten low. "I .p.-ak
ailvissailv," -aid Mr Fo-ler, "that the
city ol L Well. M at-ai hu-ells, alone, pre
sent# a wide field for philanthropic work
There is more nod there and a heller 01.
jo t than the building ol place# for decay.
••<1 vnile vihuid, or dm sting Urge miint
t<> ll<rvMrd college. Lsrg* tri<le he
twen mn-lf in t'wrd giving lh
working |>oo|>le the le-mfii of art gslleriee
ami libraries by oja-ning thnin on Sunday
♦
SENATOR* Crier and Kennedy, and
Ueprcsentativi-s Zigler, Il(toti ami
Nile, compose the joint committee ap
poinu-d to search out any sinecure*
ami very soft |ilaceaiti the departments
at I lurrishurg, that may be dispensed
with without serious injury to the pub
lic service. The legislature hav
ing put themselves down to six days
work iu each week, ihky propose to
require industry and usefulness from
-others iu the employ of the state. Af
ter this reform demonstration it will
not do for the Senators and Itepreaen
tatives to go back on the creditable
industrious habits marked out to gov
ern their own services during the ses
sion.
MR. J. 8. CAIN, the new delegate
elected to Congress from Utah is cer
tainly a very provident ntan, if not a
conscientious one. He was elected on
i the 7th of November in place of dele
gate Cannon, who was retired heeause
| of a surplus of wives and a doubt a to
the legality of bis naturalization, and
hein. thus elected, It is said, demanded
pay fr the entire Congress, which
would he *IO,OOO and mileage 'for
a bout three monthaaerviee. This mod
est demand of course could not be al
lowed even by a libetal Congress,
struggling with a plethoric treasury.
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"KgUAL AN I KX aOT JUSTICE TO ALL MKN, OK WIIATAVKIt STATIC <IH I'KHSIAHION, KKI.ICJIOI's OK I'oLITIt'AL." J*fform
BKLLKFONTK, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, I*B3.
Tilt: Republicans in Congress are
now in active search of a pretext for
failure to revise the tariff and repeal
the revenue tux laws in accordance
with the expressed will of the people.
The Deiuocrnu decline to give them
a possible excuse for the failure. In
this the Democrats are probably cruel,
lint entirely just ami discreet.
Gov. PAITIMJS'H first veto was sent
into the Senate lust week. It applies
to a bill passed to allow I lie city of
Pittsburg to divert the sinking fund
to other purposes than ill. t to whieh
it was pledged. The Governor hold*
that such legislation is unconstitutional
and calculated to violate the public
faith under which persons were induc
ed to purchase bonds. The principle
tliut contracts should lie fulfilled ac
cording to their original terms is a
sound one, and the views of the Gov
ernor returning a hill passed in viola
tion nflliis principle cannot hut he
approved.
I nr. < hicago Inler-Oeemi inquire*
"How would Polk and Vincent do for
Democratic Presidential ticket on a
civil service reform for revenue and
state debt repudiation platform." It
would lie re*|M-etuble enough il Dorsey
ami Brady, nr Mahotu-and Howgnte,
continue to rcpr. sent the Republican
side. But il tlic*-' combinations do not
come up to the advanced views of Re
publican fraud and peculation, thev
can fall back on Hayes of Olihi, R>die
son of New Jersey and Phipjis of
Pennsylvania, who i- shortly to fie re
called front a temporary re-idenre
abroad. With any of these lending
Republican stalwart* in oppo-iiioti,
the Inter Ocean'* nomination for Ihe
Democrat*, would lw highly rr|wc:a
hie. Ih-ii.ocrats would accept the situ#
lion, and let the baud pUy.
COL OCHILTREE, who wa* elected
last full a Republican member off'.ln
gres front Texas, was formerly I'nitts)
States marshal in tlial state. It appears
that iu closing account* the marsliall
left a small balance of S*,o HI due the
I uited Siate*, which siill stand* op< u
againt him. Now this will he incon
venient w hen the Congressman ap|H-nr*
to open n uc A account with the trias
ury. Tho eo| the mm shall and con
gressman will conflii unpleasantly.
Ir the Republican* are determined
to throw the laritl revision bill over
to the I b-itiocraiic Cmigre**, no doubt
that laaly will accept the trust and
perform the work faithfully. But you
may Iwt your bottom dollar U|MII one
thing—the lobby will have to yi/ ami
alio# questions to lie decided upon
their merits, with a view to the g n*-r
--al giexl of all. Thi* is what i* needed
to make the tarilf stable HMI release
the subject from the eternal agitation
of political Hcmagoguery,
A* anticipated in our la*t, thetarifl"
revision so much talked of in Congress
has afi utmllu|ised for the present, and
proves that notwithstanding the pre
tense and b'u-ler of the Republicans,
no settlement of the vexed question
was desired or intended on any has,*
that would take it out of the cam
paign of 1881. A stable, dew lit rev
eutie tin ifl that would give ample pro
tection to our national industries, and
give |K-aceaml prosperity at the same
lime, is not the kind of settlement of
the disturbing question that the Re
publican demagogue will be sati-fied
with. It is agitation he now desires
and he will probably get enough of it
before the campaign of 1884 i* (ought
through. The tariff question is not
the dark l>ug-a-hoo it was formerly.
The (ample have studied the subject
soim-what ami are la-corning more
familiar with cause and effect.
"\V. cannot de|iend upon our men'
is the | oor excuse urged by the Re
publican b-a<lers iu Cougrviia for fail
ing to put lite tariff revision bill
through. The revision committee did
the work for them, and Judge Kellcy
revised it, and with a majority in both
houses, and many Democrats sympa
thizing with nud aiding thcot. they
cannot shirk the responsibility, or
charge failure to Democratic opposi
tion.
A Sail Caw.
A WOMAN'* I.IVINCI IK HIM IV A I. AMI Ad
TAR INSANE ASVI.I M.
LAM ASTER, I'M., February 'J. For
j yer* wi-ry visitor to the I.uica*tcr J
<• .11 iit y insane asylum win implored ly !
J Narciisa .lane Hi 111 li|f ffl I. M woman .Vl !
i ye rs of >?ge. to a**i*l her in getting oui
ol the asylum and to resiore her to her
friend*, who she said resided in Ohio.
Her appeal*" were regarded n* merely
the rhatter ot hii insane j eron, and
little or no attention * paid 10 them
h\ either visitor* or officer* of the in
stitulion. Slie wrote many leiler* to
her friend*, hut the letter* never got
heyond the asylum AARIU. When Mi* <
Spurrier WHS apoomted tuperintendt-rii
toe poor woman made her appeal* to
hi in to he liberated, and as she had a I
| wy* been harm ess ami rational on ;
j mot siil j-ct* Mr. Spurrier consented to
forward a lett.-i to llie addres* of the
friends whom she said she had in < 'fun
and Indiana. An answer w* received 1
from them, and on M.y 1!5. !**.>, her
step brother, Joseph A, Toy, of K'k
hart, Indiana, and hi* sister, of Frr
i moot, <iiio, arrived in the city and
viilei| the asylum. Without letting
Mrs. Billingfelt, the alleged insane jwr
son, know who they were, the visum*
were shown into her presence. She
recognized her step sister at once, and
greeted them with every dernnnstra
linn of flection. When informed that
her brother and sister had come to take
her hotne, her joy knew no bound*
Tue story of Mr*. Hilliiigfrlt is a sad
one. She WM* a daughter of a ell-to
d > farmer in Dliio. iwenly five year
age Mr, B.lltngfelt li|e| her at tier home
in Krentont. married her. and brought
east to Ad.m-lown, this county. Il.r f
friends o j-cted to the match at the j
Inue. and Mr. B llinglelt *, caution
ed against marrying her. a* her moid
l.ad been in acme ilsitee affected by <
religion* eacitemenl. Huon afier I.ring
ing ber eat she show.-J symptom* ot \
i insanity, and theae tweame more m*rl<
ed after the birih of her child. Not
long afterward Mr. Billingfelt sent h r
tor iresiment to the ito.ns solum HI !
'll art ist.in g and, Iwing a [-nor mn. i
wrote to tier parent* lo send some ;
money lo assist in her m tinlenatire. 1
Her father having died leaving noes- '
late, her mother. Mo. Jane Toy. enl ,
word hack that she could not help ber.
and that Mr. B.llingteii, having married j
her against her protest. mu*t support
tier. Being unable to keep her at liar
ri .Airg. her husband had her removed
t the Ltncaster asylum in IV,J, an I ;
there *he remained eighteen year*,
liopel-saly tieseeching all comers to te
store her lo liberty. The mother, t.roth- i
er and slater* li*d written score* of let j
■ era to Mr. i'lllit.gfelf, inquiring about
to* wile, but never receiving a reply
>#lieved that she aw dead, and it was !
! not until Superintendent Spurrier tarnie
lo them at her direction, that thn
knew of her tieing an inmate in our
asylum. Mr*. B llingfell w* laken
| charge of by her brother and i*ter,
i and went with them to their western
home.
j
Mr. lot rib liJ' Ibuly ll.iily Inspected. •
Sentries with gun* patrol the tomb of
Heneral 0 >rfield, day and night, reliev
el at interval* with all the mdiorv
form, ami under the command of otli j
cer* of the guard. Their order* are to ;
guard the fwvly, and there mu*t be an
official verification I hat they have done
their duty and that each officer of the
guard h.i received that which he i to
guard. To verify this, whenever the
i officer* ol the guard are changed they
, oj en the coffin, identify the corpse and
exchange receipt* for It, Thu* have we
■ put the t>ody ol the alain President into
a morgue and a continuous post mortem
; examination, violating all the **nc j
tity of the grave and forcing the sol
diera into this repulsive duty in the
j name of honoring and guarding the re
main*. The tomb ia violated to protect
it fruiu violation.
THE second nomination by the
Governor uf 8. IT a via I'agc as Recor
der id' Philadelphia was confirmed by
the Senate, and under decision of the
Court, who affirmed the legality nfthe
ap|Niiiitiuent, is uow in poaewsioti uf the
office. Taggarl the ap|Miiutee of the
Councils, has opened an np|Mwitiot>
Recorder's office, and taken nu appeal
from the decision of the court tu tbt
supreme court. '
Appropriation to tiiurlileM,
It i* right nd ju*i that the legislature
should make adequate Hppropriations
j lor the maintenance of charitable insti
I tutions wliinh are under siate *upervi
ion and control. The question of ade
I 'pi icy is the only one lo las determined
HI cases of tin* kind. But ii i* neithei
tight nor just that the legislature sb'iuld
■ ppropriate the public money* lo pri
vale use* no matter if they are of s
char'l a hie n*lure.
Private institution* for the treatmen'
of i he ins* ii", or the maintenance of i In
|>nor. or the education or training o<
\ tliis that or the other class of person. •
' are private enterprises undertaken fo 1
private gain. Wny *hnuld the people
;be taxed to support such institution*?
If l hey >re not self supporting and yel
I decennary let their projector* or pro
j prietor* shsndon them *n I the state
like charge of the work in which they
1 are engaged.
Mot of lli* charitable institution* are
located in the larger oilie* and nr.? in
tended for the special ber.efit of tlo
looror the reclamation of the criminal
.■la-* sin those cities. They ureVs-en tlal
ly local institution* and are necesAnrtlt
■Almost entirely- local in their operations
and results. It is cprtsinlv an unreas
onable and unjust thing to *.k the pe< -
pie rf the entire commonwealth to *ub
mit lo tivation for the support n'
these ! OP* I instil id ion* The )egi*|*
(•ire should therefore make haste slow
Iv in voting appropriation* to ' homes"
and "•* loin* not tin er the imme.T
ate control of the .late.
Chairman lli**on of the appropria.
I ion* commi'lee of the house h** taken
proper Stand on lilt* su'ject and the
hou-e ought lo sustain him. It is an
easy matter to he literal with the | tih
lie mor.ev' 'ut tfie peop'e expect are
faction of taxation and it will not he
I so eay to expl .in to them whv their
•* p*ct t j.r hi di*pf>oinlfH • it
certainly will if ih# million*
for fiv so-cal ed charitable institution*
ire granted. L-t the legislature l>eju*t
t.efore it i* generous.— Patriot,
Kfrolncfcci ncc of l.lnrolu auil Ih.ngla*.
Ilr. N. \V M n*r lectured in Associa
j tion 11*11 last nigM on his p-r-onal re
mtn<-cenre* of A 1 rat.am 1.-ncoln. lie
1 -poke of Lincoln's Iriendly relation*
Wdh "Stephen A Hnigla* after he had
I t.eeii elected President. When Lincoln
entered \t **hir.glon lo take hi* sent
l> uigUs *:n the first lo meet him and
to i.H.-r hi* sympathy and assistance.
: At the inauguration cerernonies Judge
Ih.ugla* requested permission to rule in
the President's carriage so that if there
sfioul I he any d*ngrr of assassination
| lie nnght I e there to share it. Mr. Lin
I colu ollen apoke Willi deep emotion ot
I the self-devotion with which ll.ugls*
worked lo a*ve Indiana and Illinois
from secession. The speaker closed by
alluding lo Lincoln's deep religious
conviction* and to defending Mr*. Lin
coln from the unjust charges so often
brought against her.
Death of Marshall Jewell.
HARTFORD, Conn , Fob. 11.— Mar
shall Jewell, ex governor of Connecti
cut, died "t lit* home here last night,
. the victim of an ntta< k of acute pneu
monia.
Marshall Jewell aa* horn in Win-
I rhester, N. H„ October 20, 1825. Hia
husincM career *va* that of a tanner,
though he gave much attention to
telegraph. In ISfiH-.00 and 1872 he
nerved a* governor of Connecticut. In
1873 he was minister to Ru-*ia.and in
1874 postmaster general in General
Gram'* cabinet. Hinoe theauminer of
1880 Mr. Jewell has been chairman of
the republican national committee.
TIIR Pnlt.ville Chroaie/t't editor get*
off a go.vd one at the expense of Co|.
MiClure, of the Timfi. He sat* that if
that gentlemen didn't vote for Govern
i or Pmti-nn. aome people would like to
know what he i* grumbling nl<out. The
l>oy who w reproved for picking hi*
nose in achool said it was hi* own
nose and he would pink it as
much a* he plenaed. But Pattison isn't
j MeClnte'a Oovesior and we don't see
: what right he ha* to he picking at him
i all the time and thereby playing into
' the hand of the boate*. Let him
fire away at John Mteward, hi* candidate
lor governor, and let our fellow alone,
at least till I.e lis* a chance to thow
I what aort of metal lie it made of.
TKIIMS: #1.(0 ,n-r Alimini. in Adon—.
lloOHf.
AMII*OTOV, Feiirunry K —The house
n mnimiupf of the whole 10 lav fixed
•In* duty on steel railway bar* and rail
way bar* made in p.,rl ol steel tteigbit g
nor than twenty-fire pound* to the
mrd at 11 '> per too. The vote w 100
n 'JO.
On motion Mr. Curtin a proriao WM
greed to that all iron far, blooms. bil
or sizes or th*|.e of any kind in the
-nanufactute of which charcoal i ued
i* fuel, ah all be *u'j-Ct to a duty of #22
oer ton. An amendment offered by Mr.
F 'her, h*itig a duty of SJH per ton on
ill fl it. Mjuare or round charcoal iron in
oil* or rod". w*-lot. A long general
let-ate followed, winch had but little
re'erence to the schedule under dircus
•ion. and without further action the
online took recent until 7.30.
Ihe houe tfiia evening went into
•orntaitlee otthe whole on the legisia
i*e appropriation bill, and Mr. Flower,
I New York took advantage of the
.-eneral debate to di-cuaa the tariff. The
egi'lative bill wan then read by aectiont
tnd the first vote -bowed the abence
l a <|unrutn. A roll call followed and
the bou-c at 10 2- r ) <dj "Urned.
strnnge Atlarhniiiit by it I'igeon.
A romantic and pretty atory i* told of
• Vermont woman, which reada like
i tale ol the Middle Age*. She WM
r •(■••ritly walking along the highway
alien she felt a sudden blow up*>n
'lie head, and putting up her hand
caught a beautiful pigeon which had
alighted there. The bird manifested
no deaire to escape, and *he look it
Home with her, where it attached itaelf
constantly to her peraon, following her
every where, ami never content unless
• lie Via patting It.
S-Min alter the lady was taken sick,
>nd for a long time lay hovering be
iweeo life and death All tbi* wnde the
pigeon perched upon h*"r bedvtead, and
auuld not leave her day or night. At
last ibe lever turned, and the faith ul
bird manifested every symptom of de
I ght at the returning health of ila (ma
tron", and really aided her recovery by its
iiurusn like solicitude. The bird is now
the pet of the household, and the mem
ber- ol the family look upon its coming
aa almost provider,tub It is to be ho|>ed
that no Sibbaih breakmg a|>orUman
will end it* life, a* in the case of the
"late lamented" Pownal crow.
IVnuayhania Tres-ury Statement.
It xsaisßiao, February k—The Slat®
Treasury statement for February I shows
• halameon hand ol $1738 381.27, of
which the tollow.ng amount* are in
f'hiladelpbia banks ; F -rmrri and Me
chanic" National, flfO.OU): People's
King 0100.1(00 ; M tnuiacturera* Nation
al #.'ii I <00; Towi-aend Whalen A Co.,
O.VI 000; O.rard N tionl, #.(> 000. One
item read*: "Advances to tii-iiOers,
check* and ca*h items. $306018,26.
JOHN I*. ST. JOHN, ex-Governor of
Kansas is making a shaking cam
paign in this state in the allcgtd in
tcresl (f "Constitutional Prohibition.'
Those who have heard him, seem to
be undecided whether his effort is
really for temperance or to rally the
Republican party and make up an
i*ste profiiahle to the Kansas states
man tor l£B4.
IT begins to occur to the minds of
most people who think* upon the sub
ject at all that the Republicans in
Congress tre not at all anxious to pass
n tariff bill at this session, else why
don't they tlo it 7 They have a major
ity iu laith house*, and the Democrat*
arc not opposing its passage, but art
really anxious it should pass, iu aa
good form cs possible.
TIIK councils of Harrisburg ara
preparing to introduce the Electric
Light into that city. A company of
the leading men has Iteen organised
with a capital of $50,000, who will
furnish the lights for private residen
ces, hotels, public buildings and tha <
streets.
EX-SECKKTAUT lIi.ALNK is prepar
ing a political history,entitled "Twen
ty years in Outgrew*, from Lincoln to
i Garfield —a history ol National legia
: Jon from 1861 to 1881." It is to be
;in two octavo volume*. Mr. Blaine
himself will appear in the history
i vety prominently of course.
NO. 7.