3 SI)c cffcisontan, THUBSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1867. The Elections! Wo met the enemy on the 8th iost. and he thinks we are hisj but we are not It i true he attacked us vigorously ali along the liue, aud where our nicn were caught napping our lines wero slightly pushed iu. But this was only a skirmish of the grand battle which is to come 08 a. year hence when every Unionist will be at his post, nod in a solid body march against the enemy and drive hitu into merited obscurity. Uut what .has the mongrel Democracy accomplished? In Iowa they were signally defeated the Republicans clectiug their State ticket by over 25,000 majority. Iu Ohio we have carried our whole State ticket by about 3,000 majority. Uut through un fortunate local dissensions the Legislature was lost to os. The proposed constitu tional amendment enfranchising negroes and disfranchising deserters was deTcated Lccaue many of the Ohio soldiers left the army without leave immediately after 1'ichmoud fell, alledging that there was do further use lor them iu the field; but all such stand catalogued as deserters on the rolls at the War Department aud not wishing to have the privilege of vot ing taken from them, opposed the amend ment and induced their friends to also oppose it, and thus it was defeated. In Ohio the Democracy brought out their last vote, but our vote is not full. In 1SG2 we lost that Sta'c by 5,000, but the nest year we carried it by 100,000. And we will carry it again next Fall in spite of the enemy's efforts to the contrary. The mongrel Democracy have carried this State by abcut S00 majority. Bui the Republicans have carried the Lcgis laturc by a heavy majority. Our vote is uot full, but the Democracy run their? up as high as money and trickery would carry it. They going so far as to offer pre miums for Democratic votes, to bo paid on the day after election. The State was lost by default. Iu Philadelphia the .Democracy iuduced three popular suldiers lo run on their ticket, while our friends they nominating mere politicians. In this way we lost Philadelphia and per consequence the State ticket. But we lost the State ticket iu 1SG2, but we have carried it every year siuce till this, and, undoubtedly, we are fully able to carry it again whenever we put forth our full treugth, and who doubts that we shall do io next Fall? Religions Notice. There will be preaching, by the Bev. 1). M. Ilenkel, in the Presbyterian Church, next Sunday, at half past ten o'clock, A. M., after which the Lord's Supper will be administered. The com- muuitj are respectfully invited to attend 5T Have you a Cough, Cold, pain in the Chest, or Bronchitis? In fact, have you the premonitory symptoms of the ''insatiate archer," Consumption? If so, know that relief is within your reach in the shape of Dr. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry, which in many cases where hope bad. fied, has snatched the victim from the yawning grave. Z&T Lieut. F. M. Gilliland, of Padu cab, Keutucky, who was confined for 11 mouths in the Libby Prison, and was there attacked by Dyspepsia iu its worst form, and to debilitated that he could uot walk one square states that he has been entirely cured by Cue's Dyspepsia Cure. Let the suffering try it. , E At the September Term of Court of Carbun County, the following, among other cases, were disposed of, viz: Com. vs. Alexander Gould, William Ackerson, and Heury Meckes. A final verdict in this well known and expensive case was reached on Friday a week. The Jury found the defendants "Guilty ol Assault and Battery," and the Court sentenced them to 1,000 fine aud costs of prosecution, and to Hand committed until sentence is complied with. The Conscience Fund. There has been transferred to the Trea surer of the United States a letter re ceived some time ago at the Treasury De partment, inclosing Uuited States note and bonds, in the aggregate amounting to $19,854, which were seut here without any explanation whatever, from Urbana. Ohio, which have" accordingly, after waiting some time for information to the sender, been transferred to the "Conscience Fuud." The principal amouuts inclosed were 7-30 bonds, amounting to $16,000 which, with the interest and premium added, and 775 in currency, made up the sum above men tioned. The numbers on all the coupons nil ol! tlio tiritoo irnrii itinf lo-inmr nn way by which thcycould .be traced to the sender. Appointment. Governor Geary has appointed Reuben Guth, editor of the " Lecha Patriot? Associate Judge of Lehigh county, in place of Hon. Jacob Erdmao, deceased. A dispatch from Philadelphia announc- es tliat frauds have been discovereu in the canvass of the Second, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Wards of that city, through which three thousand illegal Democratic votes were polled. The Republicans are quite jubilant over the discovery, and are anxiously waiting for its confirmation. The Octber exhibition of Secretary McCullouch exhibits a reduction of Sl,- 000,000 of legal tenders, and a reductiou of the amount of 7-30's of 635,000,000. There is a slight iucrease of the public debt over Setptcmbcr. - There arc twelve thousand fire hund red Freemasons iu Missouri. Fiftecu thousaud men are steadily at work upon the Pacific railroad. There arc fifty-four thousand places of worship iu the united fctates. -It costs Philadelphia six hundred thous aud a year to light her streets. Internal revenue for the year thus far, StKi.MU.U'JU. A recent decision in Lancaster county calls ubiie attention to the law of the State against betting oa elections. It provides that all money bet upon the re sult of any clectiou shall be forfeited to the directors of the poor in the county where the bot is made. a. A young man in Southwestern Mis souri has committed suicide in a manner to excite the envy of a Parisian, lie put himself at an angle of a "Virginia rail fence," aud using an axe-helve as a lever he raised the fence, put his head uuder it. and caused his neck to be broken by the falling weight of fence timber. 31 deaths from yellow lever occured in Mobile last week. Judge Woodward's majority in Lu zerne his own county 13 1 S8 1 over Mr. Ketchum. Clymer carried it last year by 351. . First Horned Cattle in America. The first horned cattle brought to America from Europe were imported by Columbus in his second voyage in. 1403. consisting of a bill and several cows. The Portuguese took cattle to Newfound laud and Nova Scotia iu the year 1503. In 1G04 L'Escarbut, a French lawyer, tuok cattle to Acadia, the same year that country wa3 settled. The first cattle in troduccd into Virginia was previous to 1(50 In 1520 Sir Ralph Lane import ed cow into that colony from the West ludies. In 1G11 Sir Thomas Gates brought iuto tho same settlements one hundred cows, besides other horned cat tic. A Whopper. We were shown, a few , days since, : red beet, grown on the farm of Dr. G. B Linderman, in Mabouing township, which weighed 10 pounds, and measured 18 inches in length, and l'J inches in cir- cumrereoce. It was taken from a field crop of fire acres, and was but one of many 01 the same size, ine crop is raised annually for cattle feeding, and i; a valuable fodder, being of a very DUtri tious nature. Carbon Democrat. Unceasing regrets for past transgres sions are as useless as the conduct of one who, having passed over a weary desert, insistson turningbaci, and agam needles sly traversing the same route. How to Keep Meat Fresh. Simply immerse it iu buttermilk. This will keep it lor several days, when the milk suoulci be changed,, and fresh milk substituted. In this way, beef, veal, &c., can be keept lor several weeks aud it will be as sweetind fresh at the cud of that time as when first put in. Our butcher furnished us with the receipt. The whule neighborhood is now saving its meat in tins way. It is cnually efiica cious in the hottest weather. F. G. at Uurul World. Worth Knowing;. The'' following item is going the rounds ol the papers: One of the most aunoy in": and paiuful so called 4 little' troubles is a felon. A genuine ' remedy is worth circulating. An exchange says a poul tice of onions, applied mornitiir. noon and night for three or four days, will cure a telou. 2o matter how bad the case, lancing the finger will be unnecessary it this poultice be used; the remedy is a sure, safe and speedy one." The President has pardoned Mallory, the rebel Scretary of the Navy This ia the first pardon of a member of the re bel Cabinet. Thus by degrees we are approaching the pardon of the whole re bel crew. Our fisheries were worth last year, 52, 457,313. It is claimed that stupendous frauds were prepeiratcd by the Democrats in several of the frontier counties ; and it is said that fully three thousand army deser ter voted the-ticket of their old friends the Johnsou-Lce party of the North. Mr, Johnson is dismissing clerks in the Departments who do not support his 'policy," but who do go in for uphold ing the Uuion. The latest instance is that of P. A. Brecu, a soldier, who erv ed honorably through the war. General Grant reinstated him, but a peremptory order from the President thrust him out of his clerical position. The Erie Railway earned in Scptem- ber 18G0, 81,416,101 52; 18G7. $1,444,. 745 38; Increase, 5,013 80. Defeated, bnt not Dismayed. I While the Democratic' procession is passing our office with its bands playing the appropriate rebel strains of Dixie, and its cohorts snouting in cxuuani narmony. let us take a calm review of the! political contest of yesterday, The defeat of the Republican party of Philadelphia is over whelming. We have fallen off in every ward ; and, while we .do uot conceal our profound regret at the unexpected event, neither do we conceal our satisfaction that we have had to encounter a host of pre judices, apd an organization of bigotries, which can never again te so powerfully ar rayed against the Bcpublican party. It is unnecessary to specify the causes ot our overthrow. These arc now so sufficient ly familiar as to be remembered as warn ings in the greater trials immediately be fore us warnings which like the over throw of the Uniou army at Bull Hun in 1S61, will only bettcr'discipline and pre pare the champions of human freedom for a brave and a luckier conflict with the sympathizers with the rebellion. There is a supreme compensation in the fact that this untoward result, disheartenin. at nrt. nas ouiy serveu 10 inspire me Union Republican party with new deter mination. Wheu the men who hare con tributcd to this triumph of the desperate politicians who encouraged, organized, aud aided the rebellion, come to reflect that. they havealsodoue more to stimulate the infamous apostate in the Presidential chair ia his efforts to restore the armed traitors to the possession of the Govern ment, than if these armed traitors had achieved a bloody victoay over the Union army, they will, perhaps, . revise their hasty judgment, and turn to the great par ty which, in war, as-in peace, has been one of the main bulwarks of our imperil led Republic. Certain it is, the events f of yesstcruay win compel us to take no single step backward. We realize now that we ought no more to have ejected to win an eawy.victory in this first great inital coufiict with a wretched recreant in the Presidential chair, abusing the sacred trust thrown into his bauds by the bullet or the assassin with the money of the Govcrumeut employed in the most pro fligate and shameless manner with a host of enfranchised deserters let loose upon the community, and with every returned rebel in our midat crowned with citizen ship than the untrained army of the Republic, clothed with a sacred courage and strong in the panoply of holy prin ciple, could reasonably expect to prevail easily over the trained bands of slavery, inteut upon tho destruction of the Govern mcnt that had sheltered and encouraged them. And we also realize that w'hile we have lost much in bravely carrying the responsibilities which attach to an or ganization that has done so much, and ha so much more to do, ice still have a noble aud unfctirinq and inexhaustible reserve. We have both branches of the American Congress, the defender of the public liberties that were saved from t treason by our gallaut army and uavy, end we have what is probably better than these we have the best blood, the best brains, and the truest courage of the same army and navy marshaled on the side of that heroic Congres. We have at the head of many of the State govern meats fearless, intelligent, and conscien tious soldiers like John W. Geary sol diers who having contributed to rescue the Republic from the armed hands ol treason, also contiibuted tosave the Union party from the sympathizers with treason But, above all, we have a platform of eternal principle, which cannot be shaken by temporary disaster, but upon which the whole Republicin brotherhood, Norta O.i 1 . if t 1 1 anu 30U111, wnite ana uiacic, will more than ever firmly take its stand. From this hour let the organization for the Presidentialcampaign begin. Let the er rors which in a large degree assisted yestcr day's catastrophe be instantly repaired. Let ourairieods everywhere gird them selves for the struggle of 1803. What Andrew Johnson may do, a very short time will determine. He defied the peo ple when they steruly rebuked his at tempt to restore the traitors, and if the verdict of yesterday is construed as an en dorsement of his persistent and hellish pur poses, a new and a yet heavier obligatiou will be laid upon tbe great Republican party. As we write it is certain that Ohion has refused to ratify the amend ment conferring suffrage upon her color ed citizens, and it is more than probable that, stimulated by such a result, he will endeavor to declare ali the acts of recon struction unconstitutional, to invite the traitors to take their Beats in Congress, and possibly to bar the doors of tho Na tional capitol againat the legally-elected representatives of the people. It is un necessary to reproach those who have aided to encourage this the most wicked and dangerous man of modern times ; but it-is right that the Republican party should appreciate the full extent of the crisis, and the full measure of its new and imperious obligation. To our political friends of Pennsylv ania we have but one word of advice to add. The great Union League of Phil adelphia, our vindicator and our campion in times past, should now, more than evr, be. the temple around which all pa triots should rally. Let the disinterested and patriotic citizens who compose that mighty brotherhood be henceforth cloth ed with the yet fullen confidence of the vast constituency which they have ' so faithfully aud fearlessly represented. To it aud its ten thousand affiliated socio ties we may not only look for counsel in this trying hour, butfor leadership: and if we would prevent the restoration of the traitors and their sympathizers the men who cost tho American people threju hun died thousand precious lives and, four thousand millions of dollars wo must look to these unslfish citizens to assist in selectiog our future candidates for of fice, and io explaining aud enforcing the great truths which coustitut the Republi can creed.-Funny' a Prest. No person who has lost any of his pro perty by gambling within four months of his application, cau receive the bcoefits i 1 11 or tnc bankrupt liw. A Grant Club Formed in Philadelphia. P n 1 l A d F.r 11 1 a , Oct 12 A meeting of Republicans favorable to the nomination of Geo. Grant for the next Presidency was held in the Twelfth Ward this even ing: The attendance waslargc. District- Attorney u illsam B- Mann made a snort address, referring to the course that the American people had pursued since tne formrtion of the Union, in placing her great military chieftains in the l'residen lial chair as a reward for the services they had rendered. To prove this assertion he referred to the cases of Gens. Wash ington, Jackson, Harrison, and Taylor. At the conclusion of his remarks the fol lowing was read and adopted : 'Whereas, We owe a deep debt of grati tude to Gen. U. S. Grant, for the success ful termination of the Rebellion, by h:s crowning success in the capture of Rich mond and of Robert K. Lee and the Re bel Army under his command ; and Whereas, The people of the United States have never had an adequate oppor tunity to evince their strong affection for their gallant leader; and Whereas The time has arrived to place before the Republican party and their fellow citizens a candidate for President of the Uuited States therefore, Resolved, That having entire confidence in the wisdom, souud judgment, decision and patriotism of the great soldier ot the age, we do nominate Gen. U. S. Grant as our candidate for President. A large number of names, . including many prominent in the Republican ranks, were appended to a roll, aud au organiza tion bearing the name aud title of the Grant Club was formed. The, club ad jourued until next week, when a perma neut orgauization will be effected. Swindling Sewing Girls. A wretch in Philadelphia the other day employed several sewing girls who owned sewing machines to come to his establishment the next day to work. Early the next morning he sent a team around for the machinces and when a .1 .a a .1 subsequently tne girls went to tne place indicated, they could hear of no such a man and get no trace of their ma chines. The election for a Representative in Congress from the Twelfth District of this State Luzerne and Susquehannah has apparently resulted in favor of the Hon. George W. Woodward, who claims about two hundred majority over Hon W. W. Ketchum. But the election in Luzerne county, which gave Woodward his majority, was conducted so fraudently aud unfairly that Ketchum has determin cd to make a contest for the scat. In the sixth ward of Scranton, it is stated, the polls were not opened until four o'clock in the afternoon, and noucpublican was al lowed to vote. In one of the Wilkes- barrc districts Republicans were not al lowed tOTote, while Democrats voted over and over again. The same thing pre- vialed in other parts of the county. If these statements can be proved, it will be quite likely to reverie the election of noodward. Instruments Requiring Stamps. The following are the instruments requi ring stamps, and the stamps to be used in ordinary business transactions: All notes and evidences, 5 cents on each S100; if under 8100, 5 cents; if over $100, 5 cents on each additional $100 or part thereof. All receipts, for any amount without limit over yJO, ii cents ; it fcClO or under, nothing, All deeds anJ deeds f trust, 50 cents on each $500 in valu' of the property convey ed or secured ; when a deed of trust is duly stamped, the notfa secured need not be; but s'tould be endorsed to .hov the reason why. AH appraisements of estates or estraya. o cents on each sheet or pifce ol paper. Affidavits of every description are exempt Irom tmp duty. Acknowledgments of deeds, etc., are also exempt. Contracts and agreements, 5 cents, ex ccpt for rents: when for rent, 50 cents for S3U0 of rent, or less, over S300, 50 cents lor each 5200 or less over $300. Any perton interested can affix and cancel A Man Marries a Man. m 1 - a 1 lie exiraoruinary phenomenon a man marries a man occurred in North Carolina a few days ago. A- gentleman wnocd and won the hand of a young lady -the day for the nuptials was appointed, and the groom came to time, as did, apparently the bride But it seems she had a juvenile brother re sembling her so closelv, that, when dressed in calico, none but the most practiced eye could discover the difference between them He presented himself, was saluted with a kiss and an authorized prelate of the magis terial persuision went through the ceremony 01 making the twain one. Music and danc ing filled the hour, and all went on charm ingly until tho cat was uncloaked. "Philosophy" is certainly advancinc in America. On bimdav a church was opened and inaugratcd in Hoboken bas sed on Atheism and Infidelitv thit U its professed creed is disbelief both in the Scriptures and in God. Among other somewhat starting remarks the officiating priest (or whatever ho should be called) said that the little edifice was to be "the mausoleum of Jtfhovah." lie has under taken something of a job. ' The Jewish New Year. The Jews have entered upon a new year, and all correspondence and dated ... . writing, properly Jewish, will now be marked 5G23. Tho old ; date, which twelve months' use had made familiar, has passed away into tho irrecoverable past. It will be written by tho Jews no mora lor ever. Among a number of articles forwarded to the Dead Letter Office in ISfiS fYnm the army at Columbia, S. C. and New- Pern ana uoiasoorough, JN. C, was an oil painting ou canvas, representing two children feeding a horse. The denart. ment will restore this painting to its right ful owner on satisfactory proof of owner- gmp, auurcssod to the third AsMstaot Postmaster-General, Wtshinjjtoq, P, C. ft n o 1 a o a 1 g P r a r - T o 5 - ' o ; 1 2 5: o a , S 2? 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It is reported that the following pri vate circular was i?jued previous to the election, and sent iu a scaled envelope to the chairman of each Democratic County Committee, in I'enrisvlv-iuia: "Dear Sir: The necessity for close attention to the details in this contest is mcst apparent. It is comparatively noise less, but it should be made full of activity. . ' The great end to be accomplished is: " To poll every Democratic vote. " The first thiug to be done is to learn he names of all the Democrats and doubt ful men. For this purpose the blanks were furnished you, aud so far as you have retujned lo me the lists I to day send you copies by mail. Send the re mainder as rapidly as possible. " These lists are to be placed in the hands of active men iu the district. I inclose iu each ligt a circular describing their duties, for their direction; I also inclose you a copy thereof. " Make it your business to employ these men yourself; do not trust to let ters; go and see. them; pay them for their -time in warning the dilitory, and for election day, and provide the means to haul the slow men to the poll-'. It is better to spend money in this way than by meetings. If you have any doubt of the men you employ, tell others of our friends that you have placed money in their hands. " Get your detailed vote for 18G5 and for I8GG. Compare the two, and this will show you the districts likely to be slow, (jive them special attentiou now. It is importaut to get reliable men in each district. Do not devote your atten tion to making a specific majority, but look to gettiug your whole vote. When this is done the majority follo'ws. " In very slow districts I would sug gest a special coutract with active men, thus: In 1805 the district polled 100 Democrotic votes; in 18G5, 120 Demo cratic votes; now, for every Democratic vote over 110 polled we will pay a fixed sum the day after the election. This is simple and incentive to bring men out, for the vote of 1SG7 shows they are there. Sec that your agents have all Democrats assessed, naturalized and their taxes paid. Let me know what I can do for you. Send forward the lists rapidly. " De very carefully of this letter; keep it entirely private. 44 Kespectfully yours, 44 William A. Wallace, " Chairman Democratic State Central Committee. How a Broken Horn was Treated. J. Van Iloeson, of Clinton county, Michigan, tells how he treated a broken horn for the benefit of others who may have occasion to do so. A two year old heifer broke one of her horns 4'out of the head," so that he could thrust his thumb almost the entire length into the cavity. A, neighbor declared he could sec the brain, and advised killing the animal. Instead of doiug so, however, he treated her as follows : 4I took a spoonful of sticking slavo and a spoouful of very salt butter, and melted them all together, spread it upon a rag and pressed it slight ly iuto the. cavity aud bound it up with long strips of cloths fasteued about the other horn aud head so as to exclude nil tho air. I put her in the stable and tock good caro of her ; the result is she got entirely well." A Western paper has discovered a cheap aud easy way of paying the Nation al debt. AU that is necessary is to "put the thieves out of office and put houest men in." We fear tho National debt will be paid and forgotten lorn? before this is done. Some zealous reformer durin? ihe French ltevolutiou offered a resolution that "all tho scoundrels should be sup- pressed," and the Convention passed it unanimously. The Convention itself was suppressed in duo time, but a good many of the scoundrels survived. Tho Lion and Lamb. One of our exchanges reports the mar age of Mr. Thomas N.Lyon to Miss Molie Lamb.. Another bcriptural pro phecy in process of fulfillment "The lion and the lamb shall lie down together, and" after a while "a little child shall lead them." o o cr t. o . s - 2 s S o 0 o CD o o 1 to H- 1 0 tO JL to Jj naaitjj t- C5 zz I OL -J I 'linpnuisaua1 zo . ' I m 1 qfnuqjooQ' f-t- tO On pajpi3 o ts -l wl Ci I uojpruirjj1 CD o e ct- o W err ct- P m t t I !. tZj I GO 00 I uos3jaur to CD to - - to to o I -J o o I astpBjxjj to to OUODOJ 2 CO CO CO - oouj w - OD . 00 I S90"JJ it- I I )U I CO -I ' uo to pjauqiimg cc M OD 'pno-ns CO CD CO CO I CO li- Jujnq-spnoJig - c I -v cuuaqXqoj, 'ijoouucqnnj, to to C CO C CO rf- N C rf- CO '1VJ.OJ. Interesting to Bonnty Swindlers. By the following despatch from Wash ington, it will be seen that some of tbe villains who accumulated wealth during the war by cheatiug volunteers out of bounty money, are likely to "come to grief much to the satifaction of all hon est men. The despatch makes the follow ing statements : The Covenant has jast began to pro secute two prominent New-Yotkers, one a citizen of Bath and the other of Com ing. They are charged with swindling the State of New York out of about $300r- 000. It appears that in 1&G4, when T : j n r..OAf n.- men, these two New-Yorkers charged with fraud were recommended by the Board of Supervisors of Steuben County as agents of the County to go South and recruit colored men to help fill the quota of the County. On this recommendatioa the Govftnor commissioned them, aad they went South. They succeeded in recruiting 400 mea, who were duly mus tered into tbe service of the Government. The.c recruits were each to receive about SG00 State bounty of $40 County bounty. It is charged that the men who wero recruited were never paid a cent of this money, but the agents by means of forg ed vouchers and false rcpres :ntations, col lected the 'whole amount from the State and pocketed the same. Thi solJiers who wtrj swindled have made a claim for their money, and the Government intends prosecuting the same. Proceedings have been instituted against the accused at Al bany for obtaining money from the State on false pretences, and inuicitmcnts ssa about being issued against tbe a by the District-Attorndy at Charleston, in behalf of tbe negro soldiers, in the vicinity of which city most of them reside. This, it is said, is but one act of many similar cases, and the Government, through the Freedmen's Bureau, is after ether parties charged with similiar offences. . Arrest of a Mail Agent-A Series of Small Robberies. From the JTetc Haven Jovrnal and Cou rier, Oct. 7. For several months past letters and mail packages have been missed on the dif ferent mail routs leading out of this citv.- These abstractions of from the mails be came so frequent that Detective Officer li. K. Sharrctts, who has charge of the New .England Fost Office Detective De partment, went to work to ferret out the guilty party. After several weeks eflor's and search, he came to the conclusion that Mr. L. 1. Bryan, oue of the mail agents, was the gaility party, and on Sat urday last Mr. Sharretts arretted Mr. Bryan at the post office here, and found on his person several packages he had taken from the mails, atuoojr which was one containing soma artificial flowers. MJ Bryan immediately admitted that he had taken other articles, and that be had some gold pen cases aud pencil cases at his home iu Waterbury, which he had stolen from the mails. We also learn that Mr. Bryan put old and defaced postage stamps upou letters mailed in the mail car, aud appropriated the good stamps ou the letters to his own me. Also, further, that he has been in the practice of taking out of the mails and seuding off to his frieuds magaziocs en route to the subscribers. Many ar ticles have been taken out, but the aggre gate value of them all is not largo. Among tho articles takeu was a set of. sleeve-buttons worth about 12, sent by a young gentleman in this city to a yodng !aJy living onjtho lloasatonic road.. Mr. Bryau was taken before Uuited States Commissioner Iuersoll on Saturday, and gave bonds tovthc amount of $1500 for his appearance to-morrow to undergo an examination. Mr. Bryan, we understand, was not a permanent agent upon any no route, but acted as a relief agent for tno other agents wheu they were off duty. The Boston Transcript says that many of the most enterprising and successful merchants of that city are at their places of business an hour earlier than hundreds who are aspiring to he their successors. So it is everywhere. Success can only bo obtained by woiking for if, whether that success be dceiied in business or in any other pursuit,
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