• TERMS OF PIIRLICATION..
iDFOILD rilsorrEn lir pallid:lea every
Tr-.lr=aay Morning tly 8. W. Amvosp at Two Dollars
• niiniltri in &avarice.
r Aarerti•lng ha all cases exclusive of subscrip.
t‘i the raper. •
si DIAL IiUTICgS insettelst yrrricrs craxs per
fer tin.t inrertiatt, and Five cram pet lino for
inaertlotta.
NOIICEZ; Elmo style as reacting matter,
r craw. a line.
AIA - liItTISF.3IMSTS will be luserkd according to
:' • hewing table 40' rates
'iw 1 I tie 1 Rm I Sm 16m I lyr
.1 3.00 i 6.00 i 6.00 1 10.00 1 8 15
$1.50
5.001 . 8.00110.00 15.00 I 20.00
MEM
17.00 I 10.00 1 13.00 I 20.00 30.00
1 6.50 1 14.00 I 11.'25 I 25.00 35.00
MEE
El
2.00 I 18.00 I 22.001'30.00 I 45.00.
ME
110.00} 30.00 I 30.00 140.00 tps.oo.l 75.00
2).N 0.00• i 50.00 j 80.00 j $lOO I $l5O
In-!• - as•trat.Qr's a. d r_recntor's Notices, $2: Anal
- =J.. Sot:C.:11, 111 a 0
. .!• ; BUFine3S Carda, Ave lines, (pr.:
- •:! adlitionallines $1 each.
1-17 advert i lsersiare entitled to rinneterli changes.
a Ivertisont.nts ratmtbe paid for iniadvmee.
lie•mlutions ofjAssociaticins ; ComuirMicatic.ns
n,,ited or Ind:rid:gal intrrest. and natter - II of Mar
and Deaths, x.:ieediss , Eve lines, are charged
cr. , . - rs per line.l:
lltro;irmt having a larger eirenlatlen than all
a eerS in'the etinty combined. matzos It the beet
tr.editinii in Nprthern P l oasylvania.
Hurrrso Of every kind. In Plain and Fancy
• ~- P , done with tratnese and dlapateh. Handbills,
Paanplitcts,Billbeads. Statements, kc.
erect vartrlF and style. printed at the shortest
• --. 13,e P.Erolirsm 0:11ce is well enrplied With
• 1,
er masse-. a r , ;0.1 assortment of nevr type. and
v.-rythlr.g In the rooting line can to executed In
• , srtfetle manner and at the lowest rates.
INVARLk CASII.
I TESS CARDS.
EE
ACE FEELER,
TIT A-1
lAft'D FRESCO TRINTER
IMEZEI
IS7O-37
Fi , :pt.
ELL k SAN DERSON
lECD
Miter:alai:l Shippers, f the •
c!.TIVA'S COAL,
ra..
- lielAN:healer in Real
, spri s
11 k Co.'s Ear.1:;11:4
AVINI. H.!
I',•st:. I,ta
1 , i: ~,I
MOCK, Dealer in all
Trgranda. Pa. M
att , ndcd tn. Partirniar
`ct:Ptge and French P.oofing.
r W. Drt
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—Try Airs. FF_SSIZ'S
rriepp. Slirp in Er , t
licras , at:4 Ilakrry, nprogite
22.1'71.—fay' t :p
) 10WLET:. REAL ESTATE
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S. W. ATAVCIELL), Publleiher.
VOLUME XXXII.
J T AMES WOOD, ATTONSET AND
COITNEFT.LO7I AZ LAW. TOWSII4. ri.
H..e.::CRY PEET, ATTORNEY AT
-1.1- Law, Towanda, ra.- , June 27.'66.
SITTEE & MONTANYE, ATTO.
NETS AT Loa'. 012 er of Main and
Pine Street!. oppoaite Porter's Druz Store. •
DR. H. IVF.STON, DENTIST.-
Mee In Patton'e Mock. over Gore's Dreg and
Chemical Store. • fan 1.. 'EL
DB. T. B. JOHNSON, Plitexcws - AN-D
emu:mos. °Moo over Dr. U. C. Porter Son
& Co.'s IYrng Store.
C. K. LADD, PUTSICIA.N
1-I , and Slttr.o.n. Tow3nitai Pa. Moe tine door
north of Day, Illuddell k Sanderson's coal office.
janlB'72
•
r 4 G. 'MORROW, T'
_ bICIAN. AND
1 • Strnancr, Lelivorcille, PS., offers his itrofes.
Monnl services to the public. Moe and -residence
one doqr north of the Mansion House.--apllBl2.ly
Did. WOODBITRN, Physician
and Surgeon 0:1ce northwee, corner Nnine
and ritA Strecto., up stair&
Towanda. May 1, 1g72.71y*
P. wiLLISTON
JLAI • ATTOUNLT AT LAW, TOWANDA.
South rile of Mercer's 'New Block, up stain
April 21, 10-11.
HHB. Ai cK EA N, ATTORNEY
• Ann crmCgtal.4lll A: LAW, Towanda, Ps. pan
ticolat atter.ticn paid to business to tho Orpheus'
Cnert. • , july2o.
KELLY k, STANLEY, DEMISTS.
°flick , over Wkklmm t Black's Stort,-Tors'am
da. for.intractina teeth. r
W. B. EF_LLY. Eziar.2o - 721 STANLET.
IV. IL CARNOCHAN, ATTOR
• 'XT AT LAW (Pigtriet Attorney for Brad
ford C...7..inty), Troy, Bs- Collecticra a mutr and prctorpt-
17 r r_uttel
D R. L. r. • BEACH,_ A.Nb
Pornotnently Iz'k‘ated at TOWANDA,
it. Particular sttetWon paid to all Chronic Diaeas
e. Cano,rs an 1 Turaora removed vitlacmt pain and
without use of the. knife. OMee at hia residency on
State d,r.rs tart of Dr. Pratt's. Attend
anve in M. dyes and Saturdays. May 76.'72.
TOT: N. CA.LIFF, ATTORNEY
• A r . T•.wan‘la. Pa. Pa.rtienlar attention giv
en to .2r.nrt bc.t4;ncsa.. Conveyancing and
1.7 - to Woo.Pn new Woe:, souttl
o tliC• elt Nat:on..!li-ank. up stairs.
r.
1. 1 , 71. _
_OVERTOs_; A: ELSBREE, Arron-
NEVA AT .T.A.ve. T.rran,la. Pa., having entered
lr.t ,-, ..-.1 - qtrtr...: ship, e;Ter the ir 'profe,sional cervices
to th.• ra`. lies Sri-e:al att , ation given to beutiness
to tl:e orpl,an's.and Ile. , .zistiez Court,. 2111;4'70
L. ovra - zoN, ra. N. C. =SMILE&
Tn . :curt DAVLES,
r;1.174 LAW, T0wzr.12.1%. The r.vdcrsagned
INes tcy.zett.er thi•practire
4 , `, n.17.•-r prch psipaal senimn to the pnblie.
r ME.P.Cra. W. T. DAVIES.
Marcit IF'; O.
k B. M. PECK'S LtW
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A • " 7 - rn:nr..NT. Oro, u - Ith
1•••••1:. s-. ••nl I , :ove Or Ward Ilocite:
••••• " • cf each mon elt
auay on bu.i
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W. MIX, ATTORNEY AT
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MMIZIEZI
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DINING ROOMS
17: .N WITH TIII: LAI:1:!:Y.
Near the C. )wit. Erouse 6
37 — r0•i . ".1% , /In f,e.l the hungry at .111 Ur..les .
all.l lee Crea:n in
11.. ,
M:17. -. 11:: I. 1F P. W. SCOTT . : CO.
FLIVELL 1-10 - CSE, TOWAtiDI,
1..5. •
EINESEEI
aaal tLia nnw atly to
the tra tt-ri-trc.r.o , " V:tri
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-f... nt ti!. monthof LIIIIII/If.:114- . I er.t.. is maay t'
rzlv , • ::....1 L. , : coulmoilati4 , ll,. anti flat!..f .1,1: P., Iry Ital. !It
t. 3 :0.1 WA., tnriv (4 ,- .A-1,11 , ..... - :::, • cell.
AL EANs lIOLSE, TOVANDA,
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MEAN.. and Lavtnn Leon entnpletely rftlittra,
an.: r, atn,rtla to tLo public
as 11.,. • o .rt , ant nlceletti ronventener-i of a firat
e!,,,, Pnte:. Stttrite nr;vtonto it - in Parl; on
It • anvenient 1.2:f011.5
• +the: for plcaanre
E.DONIII.IINS. Prspritt, ra.
A TAN. -1I0:; IIOUSE,
RI
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V.. \V. riI9WNING,
1 :u ozl:icly Telurieranr,
E‘t..y C:r.,:t NV, II I, /1140 I.: m,ke
t;•aul rooms a«ri 11. e tabl , sill
ul-s - %ya burl , ll.-1 Nvall %Lc beEtZth. mart:rt
Nuv. /. 1S:1.
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GI:NEraL BANKING -nuslNEss,
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. To fru N: .a 5,.. ,- .V.a,.Eng!E.ll, Irdard.
:ILI. avy Fart of au3 the lin,: tt, If the
CELEIIIIATT•T_D IN3Lt_N LINE
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VOL S. %Ita - T.ICT. Ca. , !?ler. mar. 15711
CIII.V111_:EI: SETS, cheaper than
Fr.oh - r FpNK.
OM
IZOST SONS zna>e the . bcst
,
r:::• D.+: . , 3 is thv wr-rl.l.
• • ,
J AKE
1110 - UT, same very tine
0 : 14... Ate • ) ,, er lyric., by
/I#7l
QED
COFFEE;
OFFEE: TEA, SUGAR, FISH,
v t.r••:•,!.
,• •-• •,, c•... ~ • ••, i red frk.in New
Y..•Cr: a lady 11.,r asi will be pit:aged io
V.,•• can ri•J exabaue her
.r
:set ` 0:- 0•I.1 Ft i
PROFESSIONAL OA}MS.
~t:- 1 ,1 CS IND
ra,t 11.-_ .t, r,1,1;!L1.!,z
a 2,2 2'21 st:r. t.
.: 1, wt' , TR and 07 - ,hars'
a New .12,10tt,
apr. 1. 's`.l.
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PETTP. ‘Nr.:‘t-rl,s-rn
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TO \VANDA,
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T 4) W ANDA,
•••= , r B. S. /t. Bar.k.cret.)
Gr4l.-c-
:Is am lac,rporated TALk
PASSAGE TICKETS
Uf e4parr_vrs drays (Sr. Lwaxi.
mar P.
..,,Tut fur t cf :furthcru Pacific 7 S-10
I!. C. mi:r.ctsr., rrys:..l,r.t.
J . 0. FROST & SONS,
MANUFACTURERS
Oar ware.inomi at all times contalis as
uirtavam l Assommir or MAX= Kiss
Of all styles and prime. combining with Um kb
and Elegant, the Medium Primo. ettitakde for all,
and so cheap that any can afford to hare them. Also
the finest and most •
FASHIONABLE BLACK WAISTT PARLOR _ AND
LIBBAII!
Of new and original designs and of the moat su
perb stile and finish. Also a choke isairrtment
TABLES, WARDROBES, DRESS
ma cam, SEDE-BOADDII, LIBRARY
AND BOOK CASES.
Also a Complete line of Tete.s-Tetea,Bofaa. SOIIIIrt,
hocking, Easy and Parlor Chairs, in the greatest
variety et styles and prices. Also an endless rade
ty of
BEDSTEADS, BUREAUS, CHAIRS
TABLES, MIRRORS,
FEATHER PILLOWS . ;
lIATRESSES, k SPRING BEDS,
Of every descriptions end in fact everything to Le
found in a First Chas Furniture store,
CHE Tnprs TnE CELEAPEST
-
We pay Case for Lumbar, or will tak,VeArm ber in
In excltanoe for Furniture. Also a large - attack of
'Of every deeeription from the most conAton to the
Aluest Itneeetxxl, always on heal We are sole
agenta for
feb 15. '65.--4/.
FISK'S ISETALIC BURIAL CASFS,
Which are now concealed by all pasties to to far the
boat Metalic Case in nce. We have Ape
In this section of country, and will furniall any
in the UNDIJITARING hrie AS LOW as the
acme quality of goods can he got at ANY PLAICE,
either in Towanda or elsewhere, and from our like,
LLYEELMNCE and thorOugh acquittance with the
bnitinesa. won save Jerson' many annoyancen to
which they are always subject when dealing with
Lucomretent pectic,.
D 3 not forget the plaeo.
Towanda. April 2. 1672
*,** ** * * * * ********
*pIIOT.OGRAPHY . ! *
Thn undtrsigned would trjurm the public
that they have purcla.sed tau
:GALLERY .or ART, :
' it-AI:PING X: GUSTIN;
* - *
on Ntain etre, t, first door onth of the First
i .
* Nati. nal Bank, and mean. by strict attention *
* to bi sineia. and by the addition of every tin- *
pros ment in the Art of Photography, to make
* the taco worthy of patronage. • Mr..Gtorrtg *
~.. is to rtmaih with us, and give his whole time
,*
'-'.. and attcution to , the making of
* ' *
IPt
IVORYT S i - *
* PAD:TING3 IN OIL AND S7ATED. coLors. *
wen Ea rr.Ncr.LlNG•in' INDIA INR, • *
• Patticelir attention given to the enla.rxing *
* r. - ,lpit•tarcs, awl to the nnisbing of all kinds *
* or Ivor:, so as to scents , - the beet results, and'
as Much tlme as possible given to making *
* negatives of email children. *
,
* Tlipt.e wanting. rlctures wilt r4ealti• cice is
....
a trial, and %vC think that they will be Bata- '''
* st.d.' *,
GIO. H. SVGOI) . I. CU. i
* jall - -7 . 2y1 *
***4.**** * * * * * * * *
E. ROSENFIE,LD'S
.
CLOTIiISG EMPOlliU!kt!
TILE 7.IEA.:SS h OUSE.
1 - enct.erly n,-(1110.e.,1 by 11..7,acubg.)
The rripid growth of Tewarolm tho erpan
gall of..piminess, and the un.lerrigned, realizing Uri
want cfj the conmiunity in tho
-READY. 'MIE CLOTIIING LINE
or;ntosi a nvz- It , .ro in r.vfdloinsn's Block,
(form.. rly csvnp: , .l by 11. Jaoobs.rand is new pro
pared tr otf..r to W.s 0 1 ,1 citst , nuers and the public
gt....t.c.ra4ly. a !.otter e.toct oL
I=
MENS' AND DOTS' CLOTHING
Than r'.4n Ie found in any otter ( , t:.bLrluncut out.
rit:CU.
has a!1 becrt prirehuc , t from` the mann-
Saetnnit-4 P.,,AWMI. FO that I have 11.1 old stock to
pc t 1, , ,u;,:ta at Ligh prices. I have ai full lino
GENTS' ITRNisuiNG GOODS!
of V.. tillaLty :ILA Klylq, which I .7.:a
Ori,ntk 1 . 4. 16W 11,71 u
I lta‘ti no connertictt .aith tho MI stand, attl actirn
yea abut anythaig to the elc.thittg hoe, for yourrell
or 1),.2.1,,, Lan on am m rAidlentatt's Block.
Towanda, llzrch 2,i. 1,472.
MESSRS LAZIRUS moms,
071CLltiS ANZIJCCLIITS, ItAraromto.
Harr with a Tielr to nice t the increasing dt...taatol fo:
their
eI:LITRATED itt,FEcTi.j) srEcTActEs
arpoictcti
• W. A. CIIIIIIIERLIN,
Pr.or~itr..ga
Watch Maker and Jeweler. doles In Swim; and
American Watches,
Ant in this Locality. They have taken care
to give el needful instructions, and have confidence
in the ability of their agent to meet the _require.
moot. of all customers- An opportunity will be
thus &Corded to procure at all times, pectscles Un
equallc.l by any for, their Strengthening and Pre*.
ervation Qualities. Too mach cannot be said uto
their Superiority over the ordinary glasses-worn.
There :s no glimmering, wavering' of the sight, diz
ziness, or other impleamant sensation, bat on the
ebbariry, from the peafect construction of the Len
ses, they are soothing and pleasant, caustng a feel-
Wiz of relief to the wearer. and Producing it vicar
and dirturt vision. as in the natural. healthy Itight...
They are the only 'spectacle that 'preserve as well as
assict the sight, and are the cheapest because the
boat ;always' lasting many years without change be
'mg I:ICU:FM:7.
A ICCIIOR tiECE STEAMERS
s%IL EVEIitY WEDNESDAY AND SATERDAT.
Passengers booked to and from any Railway Sta.
ben +r Seaport in Great Ltrdani, Ireland. Norsay,
Sweden. Denmark, Germany, France, Reiland, r 4 -1-
6 -.l7ar. and the Enkte.,l States,
Cabin fare from Nei York to GL LS/7 , 0W, LIVEIt-
POOL. LONDONDELLE , Y or QTSE.MiSTOWS. $75,
and SGS, INY3TvrraATE. $33 , srmuLGE.
IlEnerß
DuArrs iss*res, FOr. A-NT ASSOCST
Pa essending for their friends la the Old Coun
try 4n purchase tickets at reduced rates. , Tor fut.
her 'particulars 'platy toII:LNDEBSON BEOTILEItB.
7 Bowling Oreen.N. T. or to 8. C. MEANS. Central
Expnens office, 'Towanda, ft., or T, L. BETIS. Js,
First Nation Bask of Towanda. octlB'7/.
.:11,-CAItE At MI
r= ellanecmi
F UIIIIMI RE!
COFFINS
FINEST HEARSE
STOLE 107 MAIN STREET
J. 0. PIIOST k. SONS.
111:11EMBEli I
If. E. ROSENFIELD
TOWANDA, PA.,
CArTION.•.i
W. A. CHAMBERLIN,
TOWA'SDA, PA
Sole gent in Tc, , iran , la. Ili.
cr We employ p;)
'March. 21. 1671
AT LOWESt CrPSIENL'Y
- rlutebloam.
t WEL
Ever and ever tho world goes rowid,
Bearing its burdens and erases ;
Ever and ever the years roll on, .
With their lido of sorrows and losics.
Ever and over the book or lir., -
Bears upon its pages
Tbo weary, wearylay.of the heart,
Seng through an the ages.
Ever and ever with eratstretched-hande
'We grasp for a golden morrow;
Ever and ever the billows of limo
Are .aelghtod with bitter sorrow.
Ever and ever the lips smile on,
That the world may walk in blindness ;
Little they know of tho heart's wild woe,
When the face looks but with 10 Idness.
Ever and ever the shadows fall
Over the golden mosses;
Ever a gleam from Paradim
Lightens Our cares and cromea.
Ever and over the morning dawns
On hopes that arc breathed in gladoots;
Ever and over the night bringi in
Its tide, of bitter sadness.
Ever and ever the eye of God
Looketh upon us in pity,
And ever the light is hhos n to i US.
That glestus front the , Golden City
tsteUancous.
INTEREiTIRG LETTER.
[Therl:ollowing letter was written by a linti7
tiers man, nu his w•ay to ,Sonth America, tci Lis
mother in this comity'. !.
PA qAXA, Der.. 11, 1811
Dian Mo - rusn : If you could look
in upon me now ns I sit writing to
you in my room in the " Grand Ho
tel," I know you would smile: -
The rciom is large and airy, the
walls high, the furniture of French
manufacture, and the floor bare..
They don't rise carpets in the South
or Central America. Should I lay
aside pry shirt and pants I would not
have enough clothes on to wad a
gun '*yith, and my friend Baker, who
is swinging in .the hammock at the
other end of the room, smoking his
Havana, is clad with - equal simplici
ty and in like costume, only he isn't
buttoned up ;, I am. Not that it is
so very hot—not over 80. degs.,
think—but then the 'air is so soft
that the query ;s certain to arise in
one's mind, " What'S the use of
clothing?" In - plain sight, just across •
the narrow street, which is not over
twenty feet wide, directly opposite
my ba - lcony, a pretty Spanish girl is
lounging in her hammock, gently
stinging as she puffs the blue smoke
from her cigarro, and it I write a lit
tle incoherently, don't.wOryler.
. You will - expect rue to tell you
something of my trip from San Fran
cisco but it was Only a sea voy
age at best, and I have not only writ
ten you long letters descriptive- of
this route- when I passed over it
years ego, but this voyage was par
ticularly dull and monotonous. I am
ready to doff my hat to any one who
can write an interestitg; - account of
an average sea-voyage, provided he
sticks to his subject. I know better
than to attempt it.
Before coming on shore, I wrote
you briefly the morning we arrived
in this port. and sent it. by a felloW
passenger Nt lio was going
g , . "through to
New York. I also wrote you while
off the southern coast - of Lower Cali
fornia, and during the night after we
met the upbound steamer, which.
took onr lettersloCalifornia for us.
The melt morning we ran into the
mouth of the Gulf of California to
land a passenger wko resides there ;
and bright and early the morning
after we ran into the roadstead of
Mattazen. 'We were at once board
ed by an ()Weird_ who informed us
.that the city had declared against
the President iu favor of Dias, and
that the friends of the latter held the
custom • house and everything else.
The old officials had escaped to . the
American man-of-war, then lying in
the harbor, and were still there under
the protection of the American flare
Some of the passengers who had
before the receipt of
,this news re
solved to go on shore, new thought
better of it and concluded to remain
safely on the Montana. With an
American Man-of-war in the . harbor,
I knew that I could go .on shore as
safgly in Mazatlan as in
. San Prat-'
cisco, for she could have silenced
every battery of the Mexican's in
three-quarters-of 'an 14r, without
receiving a single shot herself, and
then burned the city down at leisure.
I hailed a heat and hired the ;boat
man to take ute on shore, and before
we shoved off several others conclud
ed to go, and we soon bad a load. -
The ice once broken, others hired
boats and came, some. thirty or forty
in, all, bit no ladies. Mazattan is
quite a city, containing about nine
teen thouka.nd people, though no one
would estimate it so large, I think.
It is pleasantly located, extending
back from the water's edge upon the
lOw hills between the sea and the
.mountains. Its white walls look
jttrangely from the sea, but it is like
,all Spanish American towns, has nar
-
TOW, dirty streets, and but few really
fine bnildirigs. Our party breakfast- .
ed together at a restaurant, and then
sallied out to see the town and make
purchaser. As I can jabber enough
Spanish to get along pretty well, the
party sslected me as leader, and I
assisted them in making their, pur
chases, asking their questions?, etc.i.
It was all new to the rest, and as I
had been in Mexican towns before, I
had a good opportunity to'. enjoy
their greenness. We had no trouble
And no adventures, and when -the
gun fired about- noon we went 'on
board again. is our wheels began
to turn, a boat shoved off from the
Mohican and followed us-Otit to sea ;
we finally cast it a line and took it in
tow. Beside the crew and an Ameri
can officer, it contained two - Mexican
officials, who had taken refuge on
board the Muhicqn, and, fat fear of
making trouble our captain refused
to let them come on board of our
steamer while in Mexican waters. As
soon as the ncr Mexican officials saw
that the old officers were trying to
escape, they gave chase, but the
Montana walked away from them
with her tow, and when we were well
out to sea, took the refugees on
bog d, cast the boat eff and went
along about our business as though
nothing had happened.
TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA I MAY 30,1872.
Just at. ark the next evening, we
- dropped anchor in the open road
stead of Manzanillo '"'Manzanillo is
a small place of but little importance,
and as it was dark aid the surf ran,
none of the passengers landed, but
after 'discharging and - receiving
freight, we stood-out to sea again on
oar course, and after a run of thirty=
six hours came to ancborin i the tittle
harbor of Acapulco . Years ago I
told you about Acapulco, and on my
last visit I could find bottling new
there, and nothing that I first saw
seemed to have departed. The same
useless old fed, that an American
could storm and capture with a
si
shooter and a bowie-knife, tho same
irregular streets, narrow and ; dirty,
the same little plaza; full 4. market
men and women vending their food,
cloths and trinkets , . the_same broken
vine-clad walls, the same lofty moun
tains, towering grandly about the
city as if they were its gtiardians—
all led my thoughts back to an after
noon in June' more than ten years
before, when I jumped from a native
boat and my feet pressed Mexican
soil for the first time. I sat down in
the old church and thought of my
self as then and now, of my -trials
and pleasures, successes, failures and
adventures, and that after it. all, I
was then on. my way to scenes more
novel, to a country more unknown
than, that to which I was on my way
when I first saw Acapuica.
Many, in fact most, of our passen
gers landed, and as few of them bed
ever been-Aver this, route, before,
everything Was , new to the)* The
passengers who go to the States now
via Panama, are not 'Californians,
but usually travelers who I wish to
make a long trip for a little money—
.sloo to New York—or invalids, for
_whom a change of . climate has been
prescribed. , Such passengers are not
pleasant traveling cdmpanions, and
ivislied the - cool, frank, generous
young fellows with whom I had in*
former times traveled over this route.
On tbe morning of the 30th of No
vember, we dropped anchor in the
roadstead of La Libertad, in the
State Of San Salvador. If La Liber
tad only had a harbor, it•would be - a
place of ranch importance, for it 'is
healthy, there being no swamp or low,
land abont it, the hills rising quite
abruptly - and extending lack to the
table lands which are about three
thousand feet above the sea. TLeSe
table lauds produce toffee, sugar, in
digo, tobacco, rice and cochineal as
abundantly, as •an lamb in the.
world, the climate is delightful, ant
the people orderly and more indus
trious than, any people -in the other
Central American Stalez:.
I had become quite well acquaint
ed on the way down with a Mr. Bo
gen and his wife, who sat'at the cap
tain's table oppc,site me. Mr. B. is
t planter and has lived in San Salva
dor fir . more than eightec-n years,
He has a largo sugar plantation
-1600 acaes in sugar—only eighteen
miles from La Libertad. He insist
ed upon my going home with him
and remaining over until the next
steamer came, but I could not. Then
he invited the captain and me to take
horses and visit his plantation while
the ship was discharging cargo there,
but the captain feare, the ship might
be ready to go before we could re
turn. and it would i:ot answer to de
tain the ship ; arid sci, greatly to my
regret, particularly: as it took finally
twelve hours for us to discharge, we
gave up the visit to his plantation:
As soon as we came , to anchor, the
commandant° of port boarded us
and took breakfast with us. He is a
fine, tall, young fellow of pure Span
ish blood, and spoke only Spanish.
Capt. Farnsworth invited me to' go
ashore with him in his gig, and soon
after breakfast, the Captain, the
Commandants, Mr. and Mrs. Bergen
and I went off together. The Corn
mandante took us to his house at
once, which wasle b marded by soldiers,
wined us, gav e us fruit and entertain
ed us handsomely. The wine _ was
very Sue, particularly one brand call
ed " catalan," entirely new to inc.
He rnd those of -his friends to 1);honi
he introduced us, told us that what
ever they had was at our disposal.
Finally it was suggested that we take
a ride toward the-interior for a few
hours, and the Captain and I gladly
accepted the invitation. Horses were
at once saddled, and away dashed_
our little party of five along tho
'mountain road leading to the Capi
tal, I,vinding gradually upward to the
table lands, bordered by- the rich
groWth of tropical shrubs :and
A 'All
by the all, far spreading trees.
along the road, flowers of differ
ent (varieties and varied .colors np
pearled, hod fruit hung . from the
branches, Back of us-lay the Pacific
in full viov, and frequently a turn-in
the 'road Would permit us to see the
//witana riding at anchor in the little
roadstead, and the surf battling With
the rocka eking the shore. We were
all in fine spirits, our animals good,
and' we 'dashed - along rapidly 'end
pleasantly. After a, ride, of ten miles,
and just as. we were coming to the
edge of the table land, we drew up,
and upon consulting our watches,
found that we could not safely go
farther, as the ship. would probably
be ready to leave by the, time we
could get back. We all did ourrbest
to persuade the Captain to go on to
the Capit,•il, but he would' not listen
to the idea of doing anything that
might detain the ship a moment after
she; would be ready for sea. Although
he was right, rwas very'sorry -that
we could not go on, and so we turn
ed back to the port' again. I was all
the; more sorry when I learned on
our 'return that the work of taking
on freight had been delayed 'and our
visit might have been made. We
took dinner with the Commandante,
then bidding our friends. good , bye,
in :in hour we were standing out to
sea,• again. When we parted from
our Spanish friends, they put their
arnis about us and embraced us
heartily. Think of men hugging
meal In my country men don't e. hug
111d1, and I•natist say I like my own
country's rules about hugging better
than the Spanish.
On Sunday morning; just at day
light, (December 3), we came to
anchor in Panama Bay, about three
mites from short.: After breakfast,
thei Launch cam' along and thel,pas
setigera went on shore. Most Or us
07 D.IIOIO7CILTION nom ANT QIIANTZIL
who were not going to New York
remained in the• depot till -the train
Started, when we bid our friends
good bye, and then took a• bus for
the " Grand Hotel." The people here
were celebrating:the anniversaryof
their independence of - Spai n , which
falls on the 28th of November,
but they are great on holidays here,
and were still having their bull
fights; chicken fights, masquerades,
ringing bells and raising the dickens
generally. This continued for two
days after I arrived. I attended the
bull fights-one day, but the fight did
not amount to much—nobody killed.
Every hour in the 'day every bell in
the city was rung furiously,. and as
there are about a dozen churches
rind each church has from two to—
I don't know how many, bells—Ba
ker says put it down fifty—you may
bo certain the town was far from
quiet. Our hotel fronts on the plaza,
and this was a favorite point of the
masquerader& Every style of dress
and mark, good and bad, every lone
of voice, every conceivable .gesture
and antic was there represented.'
Troop after troop of these gay mas
queraders canie and went, the city
was fairly swarming with them, some
black, some white, some with instru
ments, some without, some on horse
back, sonic on foot, some old? some
young, men, women and children.
There was no. order, no system, all
was wild confusion, every one' seem
ed to be raising the d—l on his own
hook.' They danced in squads of a
seers or so each in front of the ho
tel, to their own songs and music (if
indeed the sounds could be called
music) of flat drums and accordions;
the horsemen went • dashing wildly
hero and there, shouting and waving
flags, and every bell of the city pear
ed.forth as if the city was about to
bo set on fire in a thousand places.
After the celebration of independence
was over, other holidays mime, and
daring the first -Week of my stay
here every day was celebrated. The
people seem to have tired themselves
ont.and are taking a rest now, but
are to start in again in a day or two,
I hear.
As I expected, Ilnd life'in Pana
ma very.dnlL .There is little' going
on by way *of_ aninsement for a for
eigner. Even the bull-fights arc very
tame affairs, and really do not rise
to the dignity of alfight. Baker calls
it " bothering the bull." I have been
most interested in ,examining the ru
ins of the old walls and churches.
Many of these churches were built at
the time the city lias removed from
old Panama to this spot, two hun
dred years ago this 'very year. The
walls of the city were built then, ex
tending along the waters edge en
tirely around the city frogs twenty to
forty feet in heighto It is built upon
a little peninsula, extending out into
the bay, in size about three-quarters
of a mile long by little less than half
a mile broad, and this peninsula was
formed entirely out of lava
. thrown
out of the now extinct-volcano called
Anem, at the foot of which it is situ
ated. Auem is a - beautiful little
mountain, covered with trees and
bushes to its very top, and_ looks as
peaceable and innocent as any inoun
tain in the world.
Old Panama, which was founded
in 1519, is all. overgrown, a few of
the old walls only remain standing.
I have tried to get up a party to vi
sit it; but failed; all think the trip
too hard. If I only, had two or three
men here I know in Nevada, AV's3
would be off in twenty minutes. The
churches now in ust hero are kept in
repair in the same style of architec
ture in - which they vitt re built origi
nally:and contain many statues and
paintings, but none of any - merit.
The - fronts of some of these old
churches are finished with sea shells
set in the walls and, look strangely.
From the appearance of the native
cemetery you would never guess
what it is. It is enclosed by a high
wall of cut stone; iu this wall aro.nui
merous narrow vaults in which bo--
, dies are placed, the vaults then wall
ed up, years after the contents are
taken out and burned. The foreign
Cemetery is a pretty place and quite
well'kept. -Many Americans are bu
ried here with only a rade brown
headstone to mark the. place where
they rest.
Panama is healthy, quite so, not
withstandinc, its bad name. It con
tains ten thousand people, and the
deaths do not average two per week.
' They never had yellow fever
nor cholfira here, except . when
brought in ships, then it has never
extended to the residents. The dis
ease called "Panama fever" is not
contracted here, and shtnild bo called
the. "isthmus fever," for it is usually
contracted in the interior by impru
dence or exposure.
The Grand Hotel is the best in,
town, but they charge right:frightful
ly here—three dollars and a half a
day besides extras, and almost every
thing is extra.
On Saturday the 16th, I am to bid
adieu to this place, its broken walla,
Nine-clad towers, noisy bells and in
dolence, and take the steamer Guay
aquil for Bnenaventurs, about two
days' sail from here: On receiving
this please write at once to me at.
Popayan, State of Cauca, Estados
Unidos do Colombia, via Panama.
In ono of your letters you said you
expect interesting news from
me while on this trip ; - I am certain
to disappoint you, for my head will
be too full of other things not inter
esting to you. This letter is hastily
•wk4ten and poorly composed, but it
is:no plaao here to do much of any
thing. I will write as often as I can
and tell, you what I see, or part of it,
and the rest when I get home. Give
my love to all the family and friends.
Lovingly yours
Gt:OllGE.=
A Cil.ll' who ZOOMS up above the
ta,aes tron4ll impertinently remarks thrt
themaiie nn mentinn of 10-
disa-rubbtr Linlrl iv; hls ecru drovea that artre
gulter-perrhers. •
" GREELLY butter" is offered to the
pithLe by a Kansaa City 'groctr, who takes that
delicate tray ct intimating. that tt is not very
strong. •
" TUE greatest secret of success in
life," writes D:sraeli, "is for alusw to be r 4 ally'
when his opportmhity comes."
THE suspicion that .Qthello e
I'l=4 of Deedemoriiii faithfulness to him ill
not nuke the Moor the merrier.
FASHION An 818 WHIMS.
Fashion has at length reached-a
point in dictation - at which we re
joice; for its laws are not now simply
for the mere apparel. . A. foreign.
magazine has a description of adress
of-which it says, with this costume
the mouth is to he &lightly open."
This is happy, for there are so many
women who do not know what k> do
with their months, any more than
timid young men know .what to do
with their - hands,' and minuta,direc;
Lions of this sort, studied with every
style of dress, willhe convenient. It
is to be hoped that same costumes
will require the mouth rto be worn
shut, for the effect ,of the -street
would be anything btit agreeable if
every lady went -about with her
mouth open. So much depends up
on expression, in combination with
eosttune, and the subject is worthy
of study. The effect of the-prettiest
dress, is often spoiled by a sour ei
pres.sion of the faee and as expres
sion iffsimply an affair of the muscles,
it can be prevented by the artistic
dressmaker. We are -very anxious to
see, by the way, what women will be
like when the Worths and other ar
tists have• finished withher. She is
already, with her three-story' hat,
panier built np like a dome, high
heels and_ facinating- wiggle-walk, a,
creature of great interest, and if she
" wears her mouth slightly open",
Aber° will be no - resisting, or. If,
now, she were to nearlytslose her
eyes, and, if it is not, irreverent, , " go
it blind," we could -suggest nothing
more. We should say-, however,
that these fashions are not universal.
The women in Lancashire ; England,
are driven into still stranger appareL
They often put on the coarse clothes
of the miner ; and work at the mouth
of the pit with pick and shovel. They
also engage in the heavy work of the
farm, and are employed on the can=
nal barges ; harness and take their
turn at the helm, and help to load
the vessel. The girls are rough in
manner and coarse in language, but
honest and industrious., They take
their pint of beer and 'enjoy their
rides and never grumble. The quell
, tien how to wear the month has'not
yet got:down to.
THE TREE LADY.—From the lady
exhales a subtle magnetism. _ Uncon
sciously she circles herself with an
atmosphere of, unruffled strength,
which to those - who come into it
gives confidence and repose. With
in her influence the diffident gro R.
selfpossesSed, the imprudent are
checked, the ineousiflerate admon
ished; even the rude are constrained
to be mannerly, and the refined
are perfected; all spelled unawares
by the charm of flexible dignity, the
commanding gentleness,the thorough
womanliness offer look, speech
r and
demeanor. A. ENVii:y. like this is
purely spiritual. Every ,sway, every
legitimate, every enduring sway is
spiritual, a reign of light over ob
scurity, of right over brutality. T4e
only real. gains vie ever make are
spiritual gains - --a further subjection
of the gross to the incorporal, •of
body to soul, of animal to human.
The finest and most characteristic
acts of the lady involve a spiritual
ascension, a going out of herself.
In her being and hearing, -patience,
benignity, generosity,'are the graces
that give . shape to the virtues of
trfithfullness. In the radiant reality
of ladyhood the artificial and the
conventional are naught. Different
from, opposite to, the snperpositions
of art to the dictates of mode is the
culture of the innate, the, unfolding
of the living, as the glow of health
is from .'the domestic stain that
would conntrefit its tint. —Golden Age.
Poivzit or APPLAI:SE.—In one of
our large cities a fire broke ont in a
lofty dwelling. It was• near Mid
night, and the flames had made
headway before they were diseev:
ered. The fire companies rallied,
but the smoke had become so thick
that the outlines of the'house were
scarcely visible, and the fiery de=
meat was raging with fearful power,
when a piercing cry ' thrilled all.
hearts as they learned that, there
was yet one person unsaved within
the building. In c a moment a lad
der was swung up through the
flames, and a brave fireman rushed
up its rounds to the rescue.
Overcome by smoke, and per
haps daunted by thei hissing flames
before him, he . ,halted and seemed
to hesitate. It was an awful scene.
A life hung in the balance, and each '
moment was an age. .
"Cheer him !" shouted 'a voice
from the a wild "hurrah"
burst like' a tempest from the be
holding multitude. •.
The cheer did the work,. and the
bravo fireman went up among the
smoke and flames, and in one mo
ment descended with the rescued
•
one in his arms.
THE HIDDEN Lim—Life has two
ways of working—the hidden aid
the revealed, the outer and \ the inner,
the phenomenal and j the essential.
it is not the least of its mysteries
that, however far back we may trace
its step there is still a law within a
law,_ a . life within a life, which ire
cannot find, but which is the Source
of all that we can find. It is'always
the hiddenllife . Which we cannot find
which ;ii.veslone, and force and ,
nifty Co the outer life.. It is - the
things not seen which establish
or bring to naught the things that
_are. The plannet and the pebble
rest with equal ease in the just bal
ance of bidden forces which, if sha
ken a little from its subtle prise,
would shatter•.the universe. Each
age values itself)by its outward life
of thought, and deed, and discipline.
But history' soon forgets all that,
and values the ago of the hidden life
that was in it, ,of which the age
bad notAreamed, except though the
prophets whom it. stoned. No age
seems romantic to itself. It is only
in after-time that men find what mu
sic and strange rythem there was in
those-days so dull to the multitudes.
Ir has come out that Robespierre
tried to kill himself in order that the . guillotine
,ehould not get akesd-of
Olie per Annum in Advance.
cos ;
The French are* confronted with
the perplexing question of national
alcoholism, and are
,arousing to do
what they can to meet it. Tim rev
elations that have lately been made
of the increasing abuse of alcoholic
liquors in . that country - ere certainly
startling; but whether the wisdom to
deal with it will equal the confessed
extent of the evil is matter of grave
doubt. It is not only the enormous
increase in the consumption of alco
holic liquors, which rose from 7,700-
000 gallons in. 1820 to 21,500,000 in
1869, but it is the marked deteriora
tion in the quality of the spirits used
that causes the greatest alarm. In
1850' nine-tenths of the alcoholic
liquors used came from the distills
tion of the products of the vine,while
in 1869 the propertion had fallen to
three-tenths,the surplus coming from
the. distillation of beet-root juices,
from the sweet principle of grain,and
other farinaceous substances. Worse
still; a gallon of alcohol, - which cost
nine francs in 18.50, *fells now for two
and a half francs.
It is alleged. -. that crimes have
.greatly . increased-with this augmen
tation in tlie use of spirituous liquors,
ipad that increase of crime is due to
this growing alcoholization as its
cause. From 1849 to '1869 -the an
nuafigure for accidental deaths from
alcoholic excess rose from 331 to 587;
that of suicides, owing to the same
cause, increased from 240 to 64; and
crimes against the person of another,
committed under the influence of in
toxication, it is said,h-ave augmented
in the same proportion. Finally;the
increase in the number of cases of in
sanity from the use of alcohol has
kept pace for twenty years with the
increasing consunaption of spirits;
notably in the departments_ which
chiefly consume alcohol from grain
and beet-root. In most of these de
partments the number of cases of in- -
sanity from the use of alcohol has
quintrupled in twenty years, and has
reached the ,frightful proportion of
twenty-five to a hundred. It is fur
thermore pointed out that a great
number of diseases -are engendered
as a consequence of the abuse .of
these liquors, and that it impresses
upon surgical affections and,internal
maladies, otherwise not serious, a
character of exceptional gravity.
'These aro truly, alarming social facts,
and the French-are beginning so to
regard them. FrOm the prominence
of the discussion in the Fren'Cli press
since the war, it is not unlikely that
the recent circumstances of France
haie left to an increase in the gener
al practice of drinking.-"&tentifiv
Miscellany," Galaxy for JO 7
ne.
: Some months since,ll:. PAYNE edi
or of the Utica Bee was sentenced
o a term in the Albany Penitentiary
and left hiS wife to occupy the edi
torial chaLt, during his constrained
abscence. Being a sensible - woman,
she is sick of doing a man's work,
and wants her husband to return
and attend to his oa•n business. Her
experience gives her as good a right
to be heard, as the more clamorous
Woommus and Call t lNS. She says :
"We wish the editor could come
back. • We don't want to occupy his
chair any longer.. It isn't pleasant.
We don't like it.- We don't like to
have tall, beetle browed Bob Harts
come striding ir.to our presence,arm
edwith a heavy cudgel, and demand
,
- to know who wrote some of the
meekest parigraphs ever - put in a4m
per. We don't like to dun or to be
dimmed. We don't like to have the
proprietors of old-established . print
ing offices get our, printers away
from us. We don't like so much
care and responsibility. We are
glad that we are not a •man. We
would not have all his care and anx
iety of bminess for all the ballots in
the United States Women who
choose may occupy exceptional posi
tions, but we had rather be excused.
We never craved this job and we are
not a bit thankful that'' it has been
thrust upon us. • It is dingy and'
dark here, and we had rather be - out
in the sunshine. Shopping has in
expressible charms for us, and it is - .11,
woman's privilege :
Besides, -there are' some fine poilita
of 'scenery about hero which need
sketching. So let's have the editor
back again by all means.",
Flimess.—That Inality - whieli the
possessors are apt to denominate
firmness, to often degnerates into
sheer obstinacy. You and I have seen
people, stand out about a matter .of
the moat trifling importance, and re
fuse to give up the point, simply , for
the reason they aro to obstinate to
yield, even when they know that they
are wrong.
True firmness dose not consist so
much in holding, t upon every
matter ;of trifling i n ..rt,as it does in
standing, true to your colors in
the great issues of life. Too many
lives have been made misserable
which might be , made happy ; too
many,unbappy hours are passed,sole
ly on acount of the quality.,which ob
stinate. people dignify by the,noble
name of firmness.
A small-souled, close pocketed,
penurious man will take . credit to
himself twins° he has thb firmness
to resist the importunity of a starving
beggar. He has kept lip his reputa
tion, has saved a few shillings of our
earthly dross, and. lost, if not his
soul—for the sank of such men aro
too small to lose—the pleasure which
the good man feels in relieving dis-,
tress,iiito the reality of whicla he will
not take the trouble to inquire too
closely. • '
In chiming the high quality which
is placed as the heading of this little
lesson, let us see that it bears the
stamp of the Mint,and has the ring of
the_true metal.
The steady p urpose which can en
dure reproach in a right cause, bear
privation, suffer torture or martyr
don2„,is the tnte coin. That which
only . tnlarges upon little• things,
sticks at trifles, which it passed over;
would do wrong to none, it is coun
terfeit.
NUMBER 52.
DOESN'T LIKE IT.
"For men mast work
And woinin be-gay."
THE W
XMKENT TEE WYO
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Shortly after the bill granting'suf
!rage to women went into operation, -
women were summoned to', servo as
grand and petit jurors in _the several
courts of record, and in thisparticti
kir field - their participation in Public
affairs has been eiyecially succesafal.
Acting with men in the capacity of
grand, jurors, they secured the pre
sentation of indictments that could
not -otherwise have been obtained; -
serving as petit jurors, they paid
strict attention to testimony and an. -
patent, profoundly impressed with
the new und'imprtant responsibili-
ties that•had been thiust upon them.
The circumstances of the first case
tried by a jury impanelledregardloss
of sex were as follows: A young
blade ? who had imbibed the then
prevalent notion that ho could not
hope to attain to the • full stature of
manhood'iithout killing somebody,
Participated unnecessarily in a bar
room brawl, and accomplished the
object of his ambition. Having been
indicted for murder, he sought to
show a justifiable homicide, claiming
that the act was done inself-defence.
A jury, composed of equal part( male
and female, was itepanelled to try
the case, and, after three days and
nights of deliberation, at last ag reed
upon a verdict, of manslaughter , and
the - culprit is now in the penitentiary
meditating upon the swiftness and" ~
certainly of female justice. The male
jurors were in favor.Pl acquifal, but
the ladies, believing that human life .
ought not to bo held by any at& un
safe and flimsy tenure, voted during
three days and nig hts for-conviction,
until at last a verdict of manslaugh
ter was agreed - upon. =
The Coart,unlike some of ifs Past- -
ern eompeers would not permit jur
ors to separate until after their% final
agreement and discharge. At night
fall, after the days deliberation, ad
jacent rooms, communicating /by a
door, of which the sheriff held the
key, were provided, and the women, "
attended by female constables, occu
pied' one apartment, while fhe men
composed themselves -in the other. -
When morning dawned,the two sexes
met for deliberation, and so on froth
day to day until a final verdict wa,?t
reached. It is alleged that the women
passed a considerable portion of the
night season in prayerful contempla;
tion of the grate responsibilities rest
ing upon them, while the men in
dulged in a cheerful
_game of draW'''':-
poker. , _
Scene of the ladies were -matrons
- whose domestic agangetuentsieight
have been temporarily in a chaotic '
st.ste, while - the 'spinsters -enjoying
their season of " maiden Meditation
fancy free, were not annoyed by any
harrnwing reflectioas, concerning do
mestic eclipses. If paterfamilias was
domestically disturbed and obliged:
to 'practice culinary arts, he bad the
consolation of knowing that his oth- • •
physical half was - ad'ministering stern
and impartial.justice for the benefit
of society. , - " -
A lady with infant iii arms appear
ed in.oliedience to a summons; and
while the jury was being impanelled
the Child addressed the Court with
ithpassioned . thongh unintelligible'
eloquenCe, filling the entire_ court- .
room with volumes of incoherent •
sound, arid effectually - drowning all
other attempts to lie hetird. Wheth--
er the - young pilgriin was •eiitering
solemn protest against the new. de- .
parture, or singing the praises of,po-.-
litical.equality, must always remain
a mystery; but: the Court promptly
excused both mother and child Irons
further attendance at that term. ln
all cases where husband and wife
happened -to be summoned-upon the
same jury, one or the - oer was- in
variably excused on the „grounds
„grounds ef
public or private policy; and in the
case of women, the present or pros-.
pective - possession of i - ery' - yonng
children is- regarded- as, snilicient
cause for excuse, whether pleaded or .
not, •and the Court= is expected to
take judicial notice of this fact. No
divorces; no elopements,. or other do
mestic calamities have been t - nown
to result from woman's introduCtion
to the jttry box. _
During a period of more than two
years women have served as jurors
in civil and criminal' cases at- nearly
every term of the various courts of
record-, and • their 1- influence, thits
practically manfested I on behalf of
law and order, has been noticeably
`benefi.cial. This is especially true
with reference to criminal trials. In
border precincts at the - West, the le
gal doctrine of excusable-or justifia
ble homicide is carried far_beyond its
proper limits. For-example, a couple
of bellicose sovereigns indulge in ,
wordy warfare, and, after having ex
hausted the vernacular of billings
gate, exchange shots, resulting per
haps fatally to one but not to the
oiler. The survivor is indicted for
murder—and claims that the act was
done in and in a major
ity of cases would be acquited •by a,
jury composed exclusively " of males;
but woman jurors, unless satisfied
that the deceased was beyond ques-
Hon 162, aggressor with murderous - .
intent, are quite apt: to find at totally.
different verdict. The *omen of
Wyoming, regardless of race or pre
vious-condition of s2rvitude, adhere
to good: government, ved the en
forcement.of wholesome laws, and,
while bravely performing the over=
ous though unsought duties pertain
ing to their new t condition, manifest '
no- unwomanly ambition for place,_
emolument, or power.--By, General
E(lTard Al Lee, in June Galaxy. .
Does H. G. remember the fol
lowing paragraph from his address
to the Republicans of New York, last
year? Who has changed?
As to the administration of Gener
al Grant, I recognize 'no one as a Re-,
publican who is -not grateful to.its
judicious, - energetic, and ° Euccessful
efforts to procdre the ratification of
the fifteenth amendment, that :key
stone of our political arch whereby
the fruits of our great triumph over
rebellion and slavery are assured and
perpetuated. That the President
has made some mistakes in appoint
ments is —obvious ; it would be
strange in4ed if one sekineperienc- -
ed in the conduct of political affairs
had wholly; escaped them.
Whatever blame may justly attach
to this falls rightfully on us, who
took him from the head of the army
and made him our civil Chief
llaas
trate, fully aware that ho had netcr
...voted a Republican ticket, if, indeed,
'ho had Total - at all. 'While assert
ing the -right of every Republican to
his untrammelled choice of a canili
date for next President until a nomi
nation is made, I venture to suggest
that Grant will . be far more
qualifted for that momentous trust in
1.872 than ho was in 1868.
• .1 "
PfAKINGI T r on tho "home base"--
Arriving.nt yo domicil at three o'clock
a little the we ice fur wear, and -telling you/ -
wife that you ban been sitting upf with a sick
mason, according to the reqrure;uents of year
lodge.