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FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1668.
Tar. WErarLY GAzzrrE, issued on Wed;
nesdays and - Saturdays, is the best and Cheap! :
est 'family newspaper in Pennsylvania. 1
presents each week forty-eight Mums of
solid reading matter. It gives the fullest ai
well as the most reliable market reports of any
paper in the State. Its;Jags are used ezFiu
lively bythe Civil CoUrts of Allegheny county
for reference in important issues to determine
the ruling prices in the markets at the time of
the businesitiansaction in dispute. .Terms
Singlei capi, one year, $1.50 ; in clubs offiie,
$1,25 ; in Mitts of ten, $1,15, and one free
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WE REINS on the inside mes of this
morning's Gezzrris : Second . page—. •Ephem
eris, Poetry and . Miscellaneous. Third page
--41nirncia7, Matters in New York, River
News,:Jnipoits, Marice by Telegraph, Rail
road Time Tables. &vth page—HomeMar
kets, Finance and Trade. Seventh page--
A Pull RePort of the CY Connor-Tack 6se,
Amusement Directory.
GOLD closed in New York yesterday at
1381.
ARKANSAS has elected her 11 S. Senators,
who may be expected to :present themselves
at Washington before another week comes
DEMOCRACY in Illinois formally resolves,
through its State Convention, that legal ten
ders are lawful money. Time was, and not
long ago,when they styled the same paper
"Linkix' I rags 1"
TanlPittsburgh Post declines to accede to
the recent proposition, of certain intriguers
of its party, to bring forward General Hex
coos as 'a Presidential candidate: Our
neighbor insists that- the General has no
strength in the delegation •from this State
and cannot get a single vote, Mr. PENDLE
TON being decidedly - the choice of the Penn
Sylvania DemocracY. Undoubtedly, the
Pbst has the probabilities - on its side, the
nomination of Mr. PENDLETOIc being re
garded in many well-informed quarters as
inevitable.:
THE PACIFIC RA/LWAY is completed to'
- the crest of- the Black }fills, the dividing'
• summit of the Rocky Mouptams and the con
struction trains are descending toward the
Salt Lake Valley. In advance of the track,
one hundred miles are graded, ready for the
iron, an ample supply of which is at hand
ready for use. The year 1868 will close pp
on twelve hundred miles completed and in
• operation, leaving but , six hundred anc for
ty-miles of stgap in the communication, and
seducing the time,to ten days between the'
- Snores of the twa oceans which embrace the
continent. The entire road is to be finished
next year, and thin the citizens of. New
York will bexnablud, by this 'railway and
the steamers on the Pacific, to reach the re
motest part of the Antipodes in less than
twenty-five days, an average of but little
more than half the time consumed in the
voyage from New York to Liverpool prior
to the' introduction of ocean steam naviga
tion. Then, our s most distant Pacific States
will be practically nearer to the Federal
Capital! than was South Carolina in the
palmiest days of its great statesman, Mr.
estatousr.,
Lawn:rim the Senate may be,
disposed to allow to Mr. JOHNSON'S coun
sel, in the introduction of proof of , his de
clarations made so nearly to the date of his I
contemplated removal of Mr. STANTON as
to be fairly considered as a part of the ses
gears, they have also very properly refused
to admit, as testimony, his verbal or official
statements, made two: or three days after.
Opinions differ as to -the propriety of the
decision to receive even the statements and
conversations of, the• President which ap
proximate" to the former delis, and which
were, it may be just supposed, designed
by anticipation for a defense of his acts.
But the Senate is evidently disposed to grant
to the accused every facility for his defense,
which may not be too marked a departure
from the plain rules of evidence. li 9F -ticiis
liberality, the Senate should not be con
ilemned: "Willi a result so certain` as that
which will close this great trial, in a few
days more, it will be very satisfactory to re
flect tliatmo plausible pretext has been lett
for complaint on the part of the convicted
offender. 'lf the jurist, or, the historian,
however, - should comment upon the re
markable indecision with which the Senate
has alternately disposed of the same ques
tion of evidence in" WO nr three different
ways, ! criticisms be , technically
just, withontimliairing the deserved respect
which future generations must entertain for
the conspicuous impartiality of the tribunal.
BECAtra alkali' dozen Republican Senators
change their votes, with 'Om shift- of the
wind, from one day to another, upon either
side of the questions which incidentally arise
in the trial; the President, his advisers and
his Democratic friends; feel justified in the
claim that'some, if not all, of these appa
rently unstable Republicans may be relied
upon to mote for his" acquittal. They even
go so far es to assert that Gamut Powtan,
Ross 1kAN7431;W:.. surely .be
counted in 4, th at ..
'needs
more motes to , and thitt there are;
six tra4CiV alttong, I
whoiii ire Is°coii d nt of kin* titei*eijk
have 44.0404Y0F
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above named, two may be ready to betray
their trust by consenting to the release of
this incomparable offender, inovided their
votes wouldoccoMplish that end. But the
insinuations, - even, of such a _treachery :
against the other two gentlenaen named, or
against any of the remaining thirty-eight
Senators, is a slander as baseless as it is in
sulting. Of the twenty-nine Republicans
who, on the 21st of
..February, voted that
the President had no authority in law for
his attempted removaf of Mr. STANTON, but
one man's vote is under-the slightest
cion upon the final issue of impeachment.
Of the twelve Republican Snnators, Who,
absent, did not vote upon the same resolu
tion, eleven would have sustained the reso.
lution.R7prestmt, ;and will bustain it now in
the impeachment of the usurper. The soli
buy Republiesn 4Mr. Romusns) who voted
against that resolution, has voted steadily
with his'party throughout this trial. Can
any sensible and honest man believe that
: thnse Senators, or any of them, with - the
two exceptions Which are becoming' con
spikuous, will now vote to remit the Con
stitutional penalty for' an act which they
have thus solemnly declared to be illegal ?
THE LAST RAILWAY SLAUGHTER:
The afternoon press of this city on Wed
neiday made mention of a'terrible disaster
on the Erie Railway, but were unable to
supply any puTtictdars. Nor did any al
lusion to the occurrence: of such a disaster,
appear in the despatches of that night to the
Associated Press. , :Yet a calamity of fear
fully shocking. magnitude had actually oc
curred on that railway, at a very - early hour
of Wednesday morning and at a point but
five hours' ride from New York, and within
direct telegraphic comuinnicat of with thit
city.
By the breaking of a rail, four cars of
a heavily loaded passenger train,- .ineludingi
three sleephig cars. were precipitated down
an embankment of seventy-five feet, one - of
them indeed being thrown fifty feet of.sheer
fall, and the others rolling over and over
down the slope. To add to the horrors of a
calamity by which Some eighty persons
were killed and wounded, one of the
wrecked cars took fire, and sateen - persons,
many of them perhips alive, were con
sumed in the flames. •
.The fearful holocaust of last winter at
Angola is almost equalled by this later
wholesale murder. Official mismanagement
and neglett have reaped another great .har
vest of death. How long shall sack fatal
wickedness, in disregarding the safety of
human life, be permitted to go unpunished?
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YrAw-MAKING BY PUNCTUATION
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A portion of the Pennsylvania press are
commenting upon a recent statement made
by a Representative, a few days since, in his
place, at Harrisburg, that the Registry Law,
as adopted by the Senate, contained but
three sections, and yet appears in print di
vided into twenty-one sections. One jour
nal remarks : •
Whether this division effected nothing more than
a separation, without interference with the lan
guage of the act, was not stated, but it would be
scarcely possible to divide three sections into twen
ty-one without making some additions to render the
language grammatical, or by striking out' Words.
The sense might not be affected by such changes, but
It would be a very perilous thing to allow persons
who are under no responsibility to tamper with the
laws and to alter them according to their own taste
and judgment.
The Registry Law, as re-printed in the
GAZETTE the day after its final passage, was
an exact copy of the bill, in sections and
their numbers, as transmitted to us from our
entirely reliable correspondent at the Capi
tol.,;' And it was also verbally and literally
a faithful transcript. The pumluation of
the bill, from first to last, - was, however,
entirely our own, itheing, we understand,
the custom of our Legislature to remit this
responsible duty to the`enrolling clerk, and
the printers. We'submit that the legal sig
nificance of statutes is in many cases con
trolled by the division of sentences, and
that the most capable and faithful clerks
may frequently mistake the connections of
phraseology, and thus entail upon a statute
constructions never intended by its authors,
or contemplated in the discussions of either
House. No bill should pass the last formal
ities attending—its enactment into a law,
without being complete in its punctuation
as well'as in the language which that punc
tuation 'controls. Nothing weuld then re
main to the discretion, the carelessness or
the(incapacity of enrolling clerks or print
erstrept the-mere mechanical duty of tran
scri tion. , The statement as to the Regis
try Law to which we have above referred,
was doubtless based upon this loose and rep
rehensible practice in our legislation, and
the objections now made in many quarters
plainly show that it is time that the practice
should be reformed or abandoned.
Ix the annexed paragraph, from the
Philadelphia Press, attribute no more than
just is paid to the faithful labors of .the
State Legislature which has just adjourned:
It may be said of the body, that at least
in the earlier days of the session they ad
dressed themselves more directly to busi
ness than have some of their predecessors.
What may have been done toward the end
,of the session that might better have been
-left undone, must no doubt be attributed to
the baste incident to adjournmentrinther
than to any other purpose. Many of the
leading enactments of the session will bear
a candid criticism. Those of minor
momenthave been more closely scrutinized
than formerly,, and as a consequence fewer
local and private speculations have been
allowed to culminate. The bearing of the,
members has been more dignified than
usual,, and they seem to have been more
thoroughly: imbued with a proper sense of
their mission, than is customary in State
legislators. But little has been done to es
trange the people or invite eertsure, while
much has been accomplished that will no
doubt tend to restore the confidence that is
too charily extended toward our Legtslative
bodies.
Tm Cleveland Leader, speaking of the
flashy pap' torial newspapers which are sent
out over the country by Boston publishers
makes the annexed statement:
Scarcely a week ago the matron of a
young ladies' seminary had occasion _to Sus
pect the existence of clandestuie reading;
among the pupils, and instituting a'search,.
found not less than lON ob1: 48- of those in
decent weekl*ln therSies4 -6 0 rooms of
as
many. vo.u pg ladies,. whose permits
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„LA FavnrrF. CoLLnaz, located at E-sston, ,
in NorthaMptori,caunfy; iii tins tnininon
wealth, has contended with adverse circum
stances for many years, but at last seems
to have entered upon an era of prosperity.
Through the liberality of Mr. A.' .- Petuixr..,
of llazleton, of Mr. lonx A. Buowic, Mr.
Wm. ADAMSON, and Mr: B. H. JENKS, of
Philadelphia, 'of Mr. .:1,-g t: SCRANTON,; : of
Scranton, offlMr. THOMAS Biai-Eit., of
Danville, and of other-gentlemen of kindred
spirit, itiendowment has been increaSed by
the aggre7ate sum of many hundred thou
sand dollars.
_lts Faculty has been enlarg
ed, so that it-now.numbers sixteen * Profes
sors and two Tutors, while the Curriculum
of studies has been extended so as to em
brace, not simply the old classical course,
but, also, a parallel scientific course, which
includes all the studies of the classical, ex
cept Greek and Latin, for which the philo
logical study of modern languages,- and
especially OtEiglish, issubstituted. Besides
these two courses for undergraduates, em
bracing the Ordintliy period'of four years,
there is a third course designed for those
who wish to pursue studies essentially prac
tical. This third Course is divided into three
departments-1. Engineering; 2. Mining
and Metallurgyi 3. Practical Chemistry.
These changes are in conformity with the
requirements of the age. Anterior to what
may be called the, modern practical . develop-;
ment, there was a period when most of the
real learning of the world was confined to
the Greek and Latin classics and Mathe
matics. Who ever then aspired to the dis•
thiction or advantages of superior mental
training was compelled to accept it in the
only form in which it was attainable. Since
those days astrology has blossomed into as
tronomy, and alchevey into chemistry.
Mathematics has received new and surpris
ing applications in practical affai.s. Whole
series'of sciences have been organized, - and
laid under contribution, not only for the in
tellectual enlightenment; but for the'physical
comfort of mankind. Several of the mod
ern languages, even so far as (esthetics are
concerned, altogether surpass the richest of
the ancient tongues, while in whatever re
lates to the utilizing of material resources
and to the progress and comfort of human
beings they. are irameasurahly of greater
. ,
consequence.:A than may noivlnew noth
ing of Greek or Latin, and yet be learned
in all that it is most desirable for an indi
vidual to comprehend. Nor. do we make
this generalization with a view to disparage
the graces of literary culture. but simply as
implying that in the beauty of poetry, the
charms and power of 'oratory, and in the
philosophy of '
history, the moderns have
equalled, if not surpassed the ancients,
while in the regions of science and the ap
plications thereof to the daily wants and in
terests of mankind, the men of the later
times incontestibly bear the palm.
It is noticeable, moreover, that the
changes to which we have referred, though
they enconMered Much opposition when first
propoSen, have vindicated their fruitfulness
to such'a idegree as to compel consideration
.and elicit) approval.' The managers .of all
the larger seminaries - liad the conviction
;forced tiroir - thein that the institutions over
.which they respectively presided were not
fulfilling Ithe requirements of the age; that
the individuals who were actually,propel
ling the rrorld most beneficently were not
indebtedl to schools, technically- so-called,
for the development of their powers, but
had obtained it in the rough and tumble
of life; and_ that if colleges would regain
the pre-eminence the)once enjoyed they
must abandon or at least enlarge the course
of studie of the middle ages, and minister
fully to he necessities , of pm ode culture
and pro ical pursuits'. "
Perha
t a
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may be said in extenuation of
the short-comings of colleges; that the ad
vantages they hold out, whatever they may
be, fall not ordinarily to those.persons who,
by reason of natural gifts„ arebest able to
turn them to account, but to those upon
whose • parents Fortune has lavished the
most money. Many a gem of intellect has
been constrained to get its polishing, as
best it could, through contact and competi
tion with the world. Not a few whose
lustre has been, or is, of the first magnitude,
might have been spoiled had they been sub
jected to that tenderer treatment which a su
perfluity, of pec u niary means would have
induced. 'Hard brushing was requisite to
get off the rubbish and bring out all their
, latent glories. •
Nor can it be doubted that quite too many
colleges have been started in the United
States. It is hardly an exaggeration to say
that as many schools,' knew!'" by thi's. appel
lation, exist among us, - as in all Europe.
Every largo town, certainly, ought to have
a University or Seminary of learning of,
the higher grade. ."- ,But!.; this distinction,ls.:
aspired to by hundreds of even
,the smaller'
towns. The result is more colleges, so called,
than can possibly be . endowed, in a man
ner suiting their professed rank v fora thou
sand. years. -. At least
_two-thirds ,of these ,;
institutions ought not to have been start*
It would have been vastly better, .instead of
seeking to lay new foundations, to ,have
strengthened the old ones; instead Of creating
immature and sickly establishments, V im
part fresh vitality and vigor to such as had
taken deep 'root, and to put their future
bevond.all probable Contingencies.
.
. And here it may not be amiss to submit a.
few reflections upon the proper relation of
the State to tie higher institutions of learn
ing. Doubtless It is the duty, as well as
the policy, of government to ensure to
every "child born'or living under it 'a good
primary education. Schools are . cheaper
than -fails , or penitentiaries; and - what is
properly expended on the former is at least
twice ivied on . the latter.' ; But, how much
education is government fairly bound to of
.
ford? This 18 a question that has npt been
as well consider ed as / it ought to be. What
the public - 'purs e m'l PP hi'6 ' in the '
Way of education, ought.,to be what the
masses of the taxpayers ,can share in
using; no less, no more. Now, it_ is instil
- festA4o4llol****l9rlitglgit Peq*
.. - Oannot : spare . the': tivietUf . Itito;'11. 0 '6lllegqi
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Physical wants press upon thena, -and they;
must apply themselves to, earning bread.
They cannot give two years to special,prep
aration, followed by four years devoted to
the collegiate course. Nor would the most
of them find opportunity to put so much
learningto practical account. "First that
which is physical and aftewards that which
is spiritual." The infant has need to suck
before it learns the alphabet; and all through
the lives of most men and women the ma
terial gets the upper-hand of the mental and
spiritual. The body is clamorous, and will
be pampered even at the , expense of the
soul. Here and there individuals are found
who have,risen sperior to this species of
thraldom; and t ese are either philosophers
or saints. As y t, these are very thinly scat
tered throughe nations. Computing at
ti ji
the rate of progress heretofore observed, it
will be many ages before a whole nation
will belong to these superior classes. It
must be held that any systerm'of education,
supported by pUblic funds, should conform
to the public needs.
Hence, we conclude that at the common
expense only the elementary branches of
learning ought at present, or for a long
perioil to come, to be liught. These are.
Reading, Writin and Ciphering; the, chief
tools in all sys ems of education. Who
ever has mestere these so that they are a
pleasant possession to hike has little need to
complain; for all the rest is in his own
poiver. Having these, he can, if he will,
:go farther, at his pleasure. These keys un
(lock the doors of the Temple of Knowledge
and let him in, with authority to go into
whatever departments he elects. So much
for the true idea of popular education. We
do not see that it requires more.
THE DEMOCRATIC THIMBLE-RIG
BELMONT and the bond-barons have
adopted the old prairie tactics in Illinois,
with distinguished success. They have set a
back Tire- against PENDLETON and the re
pudiators, which will decidedly check the
sweeping catrer of the Cincinnati candidate
and his policy through the Western States.
The Illinois Temocracy, in State Conven
tion on Wednesday, took decided ground in
faVor of paying the public debt in the mode
required by the national honor. Declaring
also that this debt may be paid in green
backs, except where the law provide., other
wiie, it will be seen that PENDLETON and
his financial fallacies are adroitly con
deraned. That gentleman would commit
hili . party unreservedly to the doctrine that
the largest existing class of our National
debt, the Five-Twenty bonds, are abso
lutely liable to greenback redemption.
He recognizes no ifs, nor ands, nor excep
tiohs in that particular; he holds all
these securities to be protected by no law
whatever requiring a metallic redemption.
The wise reservation of the Illinois Democ
racy discards such an unsound view, and
recognizes the just operation of existing
legal provisions. On that platform, the
bond-holding Democracy of the Atlantic
States can support any candidate who will
occupy it. And upon that platform they
coolly place Mr. PEKotoroic himself. Now
we submit that all this means one of two
things; either that the candidate thus named
is tobe slaughtered upon a piatform which
his consistency forbids him to accept, or
that, for the sake of the nomination at New
York in July, he is himself reconsidering
his opinions and surrendering to the bond
holders on a vital point. If he accepts that
platform, it will be an abandonment of the
peculiar views with which he has been
identified; if he rejects the proposition, his
. game is entirely up as the Democratic Presi
dential candidate.
Tun Philadelphia Ledger institutes a com
parison between the trades in whale and re
troleuni oils, and comments upon the diverse
ixdicy of Federal legislation affecting the
interests of each. The whale oil trade of
the whole country employs a tonnage of
74,594 tons, which, in the last two years,
has collected 243,687 harrels - of oil, valued
at $11,816,370. On the other hand, ohe re
ceipt's of petroleum at Philadelphia alone in
the one year of 1867, were 743,838 barrels,
with a value of $11,833,825, and the pro
portion thereof shipped employed a tonnage
nearly one half greater than the entire
whale oil trade of two years. The Ledger
thereupon remarks:
The oil trade of Pennsylvania may there
fore be set, down as a considerably more
important national interest than the whale
trade, and in every way as meritorious an
object of national pride, and as deserving
an o b ject of national encouragement and
support. But it does not seem tc be so re
garded at . Washington, for instead of class
ing it with other highly important and use
, ful national industries as a fit subject "for
relief from heavy taxation, an invidious and
unjust discrimination has beon made against
it by singling it out for continuance under
the old burdens.
Central Pacific Railroad.
The Grand Continental Pacific Railroad
is fast hastening towards completion, and in
1870 we are promisea a through line from
New York to San Francisco—time six days.
From present indications a double track
:will soon , be , necessary, and theeceforward
the business of the road will, fully tax its ca
pacity.
The Central Pacific Railroad Company,
in order to make all- possible progress; are
offering their First . Mortgage„ Bonds at par
and back interest. These Bonds are the first
lien upon this valuable property, and - are
backed by an equal amount of Government
money Invested In the enterprise, and are
becoming more prominent among, standard
investments. The advertisemeut in another
coluinn explains the foundation and merits
of these securities.
VACANT DIPLOMATIC OFFICES.—There is
an unusual number of diplomatic offices
vacant at present, which it , may fall to the
lot of Mr. Wade to fill. - Among the most
important of these, are the Austrian Mission,
to which it is suggested to reappoint J. Lo
throp Motley; the Rusaian Mission, resigned
by Cassius M. Clay; the Missions to Mexico,
Buenos Ayres, Bolivia, Equador, United
States of Colombia and Hayti. In addition
to these the Missions to • Great Britain,
Spain,Portugal and Chill, it is said, will
certaily be vacant on a change of add:dills,
tmtion. •
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How Smugglep are Detected.
The New York correspondent of the Bos
ton lournal writes:
Mr. Schenck, the Government auctioneer
of this city, sold yesterday a large quantity
of valuable goods recently taken from the
persons of travelers returned from Europe.
Watches, rings, diamonds, chains and brace
lets, were among the goods sold. It is easy
to see bow such valuables can be secreted.
Forty bags of coffee were brought on shore,
and evidently could not have been put in
any one's, pocket. A thousand boxes of
cigars, and silver foil enough to guildEroad
way. This matter of smuggling is reduced
to a science, but is watched by the keenest
of detectives when they choose to be keen.
The searches are made very rigidly, and
silks and satins no longar pass the Custom
House free because run into breadths. As
a punishment the clothes% which diamond
and laces are sewed np are taken off of the
'wearer and sold under the hammer. -
VALVABLE, rIEOTOGILAPIE
The other day Marshal Murray went to
the Postoffice and took a letter directed to a
gentleman in this city. He took it to his
office and addressed a. note to that gentle
man, requesting him to call at a certain hour
named. He came. The Marshal handed
him the letter and the gentleman put it in
his pockef, as it was addressed to him. "
would like to have you open that letter,"
the Marshal said. - The man demurred; he
preferred to open it at home. Finding that
resistance was useless, the envelope was
reluctantly broken. It held nothing
but a photograph, and quite an
ordinary one at that. There was not a
scrap of writing in the envelope,. nor any
intimation from whence the _ photograph
came. The - only thing about it which at
tracted attention was its thickness. It was
stout and firm, unnecessarily so for trans
mission through the mails. After examin
ing it carefully the Marshal took his knife
and separated the parts. In the center was
ingeniously inserted a thin layer of the finest
kind of velvet cork. - The cork was studded
with diamonds, about seventy in number.
The Marshal placed the photograph in his
safe and the gentleman retired.
SHREWD ELIDING PLACE
The othei day a gentleman stepped
ashore from one of the. Cunarders, and as
soon as he landed an officer , from the Mar
shal's office asked himi a accompany him
to a carriage. Not a word Was spoken by
the insulted citizen, whose trunks were
taken possession of by the revenue officers.
The gruff official 'whistled a low tune,
and drummed on the window pane of the
coach, as it passed up Broadway. On
reaching the Marshal's office the indignant
gentleman demanded the cause of the rude
treatment he had received. The Marshal po
litely asked him to take .off his right boot,
which he did with some hesitation. The
heel was struck off, and it was found to be
hollow, and in it snugly and carefully
stewed were diamonds to the value of
$B,OOO. Cattle, it is said, cannot get used
to the speed of locomotives. Before they
get ready to move it is too late. Rogues
and smuggles have not yet got used to the
Atlantic cable. Still, cart loads of coffee
and like material cannot besmuggled ashore
without the connivance of officers. After
all, the extent of smuggling is perfectly
enormous.
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English Postal Laws.
Notwithstanding the objections to the per
formance by Government agency of work
that can be left to private enterprise, there
are some attractive features in the English
plan of postal telegrams under the manage
ment of the Government The object is to
render the telegraph more gener ally availa
ble for the transmission of news, and to
adapt it to the popular wants. Great ob
jectionare urged against the English tele
graph_system; that apply with only too
much force to the Ameircan telegraph sys
tem. The charges are excessive and capri
cious. No due regard is paid to the public
convenience, and there are many places to
which the telegraph lines do not extend.
It is proposed to remedy these defects by
placing all the telegraph lines in the king
dom at- the disposal of the Government,
with a view to uniform rates, that will bring
the telegraph within the reach of all classes,
and ultimately modify the delivery on the
Post Office. lAr. Distach has given notice
of a bill for this purpose in Parliament, and
the measure meets with general approval.
We are not yet in receipt of the details of
the plan. But enough is known of its out
lines to afford a general - idea of the changes
involved. It is .pro Posed to purchase all
'• existing telegraph lines at a fair valuation,
and to work them in connection with the
Postoffice Department. New lines. of tele
graph will be constructed, and ultimate' s ) ,
every. Postoffice in England will be in tele,
graphic communication with each other,
through various central receiving depotii.
It is proposed to charge one shilling (Eng
lish) for messages not exceeding twenty
words, to any part of the ldngdom, and
sixpence for each additional ten words.
These telegrams will be received and
transmitted through the Postoffice,
and by special messengers at places
within the town delivery of the ter
minal offices. In • cases of special mes
sengers, outside the line of delivery, six
pence a mile (going and returning) will be
charged. The English system of postal
delivery in towns is so perfect, that few per
sons will desire to avail themselves of
special messengers, as the ordinary deliv
ery of telegrams by post will answer most
purposes.. Every postoffice will be a tele
graph office, and the system will also be
brought into requisition for the payment of
money orders. i'
This plan has been already adopted in
Belgium and Switzerland,...and has proved
most suceessild. It is likely to work well
in England.' Its introduction in the United
States is probably only a ,question of time.
An exchange, says:
No kind of traveling ought to be so safe
as that by railroad. In many foreign na
tions no kind is so safe. In Germany such
'a thing as an "accident" is unknown; in
Switzerland the same; and in France • but a
few happen in the eonrse of a year. Tray
elers, get into the cars with as strong a sense
of security as they could . go into their own
parlors. But in this country, in so confin
ed an area as the state. of. New
ai tersey, a
hundred and twenty-five persons injured
in a year, and seventy-five o these are
killed.
The reasons for the differenc eare simply .
these : In the first place, that our roads are
most insufficiently manned and most care
lessly 'rummaged; and, in the second place,,
that when one of these terrible homicides
occurs, there is_ no law, : no :execution of
law, fixing the responsibility of .the blame
on the guilty parties. The "number of
brakemen, gua.rdmen and other • officials is
too small; rails and running gear are al
lowed to remain till they break; excessive
speed is often put on by, engineers to make
up tem ..rary delays; while > the directors
and oii cers of the company are more intent
upon speculating in the value of their shares
than upon promonng the sectrity and com
fort of passengers. These men are , made
trustees by the public of -the most valuable
privileges, and the Manner in which they
discharge their fanetkozle is better 'kaolin in
Wall street than it is anywhere _ the
line of their rends. 'ln 'other words, they
simply neglect . itnil Oniao:;thetr truant, _Awl
;the e " - *TOnce , /a s • a' IP l 44,:bePat9.o?, of
,victims: ' ' "
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' A Swedish Bring,
With us a bride is'a pyramrci of gauzy,
airy white lace, flowers, tissue, ill of spot
less white. A Swedish bride ishuite anoth
er matter. In a bind so near tbe region of
snow, white seems to be escheW,ed, and the
bride comes forth in a dark blue 'cloth dress,
fitting tight to the bust, body and skirt both
trimmed with black ;velvet. ffri. guise of
buttons down thefront are leaf ;shapedbuck
les of gold or silver, spreading 'wider than,
the brass ones, that used to adorn cloaks.
As she moves,' these rattle gayl:) . above her
black silk apron. But her head dress, how
describe it? A perfect Cheops pyramid of
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artificial flowers towers half a yard above
her head. A white collar alone ooks bridal.
And the wedding or Borrullu . A travel
er thus describes one he stumbl d upon:
"The dancing was nearly ov r, and, giv
ing his arm to a bridesmaid, hcl struck up a
lively conversation, he rattling off English
with a very Slight 'sprinkling :of Swedish,
and she as !glibly replying in her own
tongue pure. I This was better:than the sup
per, which was stupid, allftieople stand
ing, and with long intervals ';between hot
courses of strong food, well= l enough for
noon, but not just the thing fqr midnight.
Several speeches were made i and healths
proposed. After a time the bri e and groom
presented themselves at a wind IV to display
themselves to la crowd, which !iad, accord
ing to custom, gathered to see the bride: and
she was worth looking at. ..1 I certainly
thought, so I give the sketch.'
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THE TALLEST CHIMNEY IN THE WORLD
is said to be that at the Port Dundas Works,
Glasgow, Scotland. Its blight from the
foundation is 468 feet; above Iground, 454
feet, the foundation being 14 , feet deep; the
outside diameter, on a level with the ground
is 34 feet, at the top, 12 feet BAnches, thick- .
ness at the ground, 7 bricks, at' he top 1 and
1-2 bricks; the internal diamet4r at the base
is 20 feet, which gradually contracts at the
top to 10 feet 4 inches, diameteri There are
no other human structures in the world
higher than this chimney but the steeple of
the Strasburg Cathedral, which' is 466 feet
above the ground, and that of St. Stephen's,
Church, in Vienna, which is 465 feet high.
The most wonderful part of the story of
this lofty chimney is, that, having been
twisted out of the vertical a
violent ind, before
line to the extent
of 7 feet 9 inches, bylnTiw
the mortar was hardened, h an skill has
reduced it to a perfect perpendicular again.
The mortar was sawed out on the windward-.
side, so as to tallow the chimney , to settle
sufficiently to restore the•perpekidicular.
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—The Illinois Democratic State Conven
tion met at Sringfield on Wednesday and•
nominated a ticket, as follows J. R. Eden,
formerly member of Congress from the
Eighth District, for Governoil W. H. Van
Eppo, of Lee county, for Lieutenant Gov
ernor; W. W. O'Brien, of Peofia, for Con
gressman at large; Robert E. 'Williams, of
McLean county, for Attorney General. The
resolutions adopted congratulate the coun
try on the improved state of 'public senti
ment, as shown by .he late elections;_ de
nounce Congreas for its financial and re
construction policy; and for arranging taxes
so that the burden falls upon labor and in
dustry; favors the payment o the national
debt so that the national' honor may be
preserved; that legal tenders are lawful
money, and the debt should be paid there
with, except when the law provides other
wise; also demand the . abolition of Na
tional banks, and that their ',issues be re
, placed 7ith .gteenbaCks; favnr the protec
tion of naturalized citizens; and dettare for
1 George H. Pendleton for Pesident.
—The store-house of the Slate Constabu
lary at Springfield, Mass., containing sev
eral thousand gallons of conacated liquor,
was broken open Tuesday night and a large
portion of the contents removed. The
liquor had been accumulating for a couple
of years, anwas under the charge of Dep
uty Constable Samuel Chaiiin who shot
i r
Brooks in te Westfield riot litst fall. A
valuable horse of Constable Billings was
poisoned at Westfield Tuesdii night.
i' BEWARE' Il i
Of that remorse l less and insidious, estroyer of the
human race,
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Check and conquer its advancesi,ilest you fall the
victim. When attticked with any' f its preliminary
symptoms, rua matter how slight,!ilte on your guard
and promptly use the remedy ere Ulo late.
DB: SABGENTIi COll4 SYRUP
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Is an old, welt tried, certain and,.istandard remedy
for Coughs ,- Colds, Asthma, CrPitp, Difficulty of
Breathing, Pain or : Oppression, n the Chest or
Lungs, and all Diseases of the-ri4snouary Organs.
Its sure and certain efficacy ,has 'been fully tested,
and endorsed for many years ,
uhibers of well
known citizens in our midst, and: their certificates
are on'record. Rave you a cough which has grad
ually increased from a slight oneito one of perms
rent standing? Lose no time,. but-. procure a bottle
of DR: SARGENT'S COUGH" SYRUP. which will
surely relieve you of the dangerbus premonitory
symptoms and effect a permanent cure. Do you
spend-miserable days and long sideoless nights of
torture and Data from attacks of Asthma or Difficu.,-
ty of Breathing? Dr. SARGENrS Cough Syrup
will act promptly. relieve you, and gradually
store you to yourre
freedom or paitt. , and sound, pleas
ant sleep. Are your lungs sore and irritated,l ndi
eating inflammation ? This is onif,o the most dan
gerous symptoms, and should be promptly removed.
Dr. SARGENT'S Cough Syrup will heal the sore
ness, allay the inflammation, and restore the lungs
to their prestine health and vigor. This Cough
Syrup is pleasant and agreeable td take, while pow
erful and sore in its action. For dale by all Drug
' gists in the country. -
A MISERABLE S : r • KER ,
Is the victim to Fever and Agne.:lThis tedious and
rt
enervating disease is, mifostein too 'well
known to need a description. It It strictly a male
rious disease, caused by exhalatiees from the soil,
especially from marshes. awamos'rind newly cleared
lands encumbered with decomposhig vegetable mat
ter. The chills Is one of the most, troublesome of
maladies, as the patient, though hA may not be can
'lined to his bed, is incapable of neltion.. The experi
ence of years has demonstrated the fact that HOS
TETTER'S BITTERS is a sure tatans of fortifying
the system against all atmospheriemoison, breaking
up the paroxysms and rapidly restoring the strength.
Quinine, which has, so long, been ' the great remedy
for chills, has been supercedied by, his towerful and
harmless agent; while as a preventive it is unequall
ed, as its use will certainly exeins all who may live
in unhealthy localities front the rip:ages of this dis
ease. HOSTETTER'S STOHAtiEI BITTERS Is
now among the most popular, andot the same time,
valuable specifics in the mrdical" , rporld. In recom
mending it, to the , public, we ,aterfully - consolous of
doing them a great service, kniAring,- as we do,
their many excellent qualities, anti, intro and speedy
action in all eases where the ril ase is, caused by
irregnlarity of the digestive or ' s. As a tonic it
Is both mild and agreeable to the. este, and stimuli'.
I sing in its action upon the system '
ANOTHER CURE OF
.iIEARNESS.
nostmy hearingiuring the lst - year. Part of
the time I was totally deaf.-- In Aril of this year I
was induced, from an advertise :
zia i
nt, to make alf
plication tODE, SEYBV,R, VIO I PLin street, Pitts
.burgh. Afteilinving tried 'vitilolis medicines from
docters, without any benefit, I halve been under Dr.
Keyser . % treatment now for uearl two months, and
am entirely reitored to my hiaiing; so that I can
hear a pin drop. J Ot ullT,scalitax
-v. line—
Coal Blofro,Wroilangtcra Co., Ps.
AN?THEIr. CUBE. ,
A man called .to-du at Dr. Keyser's office to in.
fOrm him of great taro ins.de livtils - Lotics Coax, ' or
P u LisolunT i ItisToruairs. . list •these tune
are made with the Doetoi.a pre:partitions, he desires
It to be distinctly, understood tisit most of his great
cures are =Ude In accordance with the established
laws that govern the science Of Imedielne, in . which
he has been engaged !bribe pas treaty years.
Last week he vina also in. receirilo A ijettli trim a
Clergyman in the iltate of Ohilifsietailing another.
most wonderfulmut..
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