AI)VEItTISINGRATES. It 1 Ino. 3 mon. 6 mo. Iyr. 1.50 . 1.75 3.50 6.50 12.0 5.00 3.50 6. r,O O.IKI 4.50 .•M 9.10 17.10 25.(0 11.101 17.00 25.00 45.10 '13.50 12.01 40.00 60.10 20.03 40.00 60.00 110.0) 30.00 60.00 110 00 2.00.00 Ono B ..nooss Two ls snares Thrta Squorol , 810 sinarcs. . Qnsttor Column Ilalf C.lmnn . Gay Column Professional Cards 41.00 per line pot year. Administrator's and Al:tatter's Notices, 4100 Clip Netices, 20 cants per lino Insertion I. cents pot each subsequent Ltioertlon. Ten Haan agate constitute ',square. ROBERT IREDELL, .TR., PUBLISIIEII, I= coat nub iLltinucr A VII.BRIIT. OTTO. IT. )1. )111.1.15T/ wrro MILLER, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN MilailEMl! LLIAMS PO Wl', PA MILL ON CANAL. WEST OF MAYNARD STREET OFFICE AT TILE MILL CRANE 4 ang 70.1 v JAS. M. RITTER, pli.ti. W. AltiloTT. OWEN RITTER _ JORDAN ST E M PLANING MI 14! sA.str, Doolt, AND BLi IND AIANITFACTORY, Union Street, near Jordan Bridge, Allentown, RITTER. ABBOTT' 6z, co., = Sash, I).orm, OrdNble 11110 , lx. .11 , m1 , 1 ingot, Brack , tot linhrwbrx, l'ielvfx, Stair 1?"(1- I[7lgß, Windom F'rati,r. Proritex, frihe. , l Windom..., Black Iniinut Ifouidh , gs, SCIK}LL SAWING • PLANING • LIK , RING and Itt PPING DONE AT THE SHOR TEST \'O TILE. ALSO, smut BuibuiNo dnne and HAND HAILING mule to order. Having not., had almost Hot , years' pos•esslon of He Mill, refurnished It alnitpd wholly with 111,V 01111 Improv ed machinery, and having none hut experienced work men, wo are prop "'NI to defy compatltlon front at home and abroad, both In price and work,. inshlp. Do you contemplate builOing Call at our Factory and aattair yourself with a 1101 . 14 . 6.010 0%3 Initiation. Drawings for building, brarkets, patterns for orna• manila work, scrolls for Perdu , eon b .. Sr , .n t o llCtn. , by calling at our °WA,. Any Information to Hot bulkier forutrbed cheerfully and freely, by calling at the Matto totory, on Union street, at the lonian Bridge, Allen• t toss,, Pa.. or by lair through the n0..1 office. tow 3-1 11 RITTER. ABBOTT St CO REVI VA : Tho subserlberm having loo•od the "Old Hops Cool Yard,'' would rospootfolly 11111111. n to tho citizens of Allentown nod Ow politic to gvueral, that fluty huvojust Hot nuverlor ashcrtniont 11f GOAL Conskilns/ of Stove FUR, Chestnut and Nut (1,111 too DUCK 3101INTAIN MINES. Orders left with A. A. Huber, Sieger At llottedsteln, nt the Eagle 110101, Hope llnlllug VIII, or the Yard will ho ntletolul to In /l BUSINESS like manner. Orders (or Coal by the ear filled at short hvtice the lowest prlcom. Always on hand a largo stock or RAGED HAY, I= L. W. KOONS & CO at tha" Old Iloilo Cool Yard," 1111.11,ilton Street, corner of Lehigh Valley 11:tilroad =E! I. NV. Kim n A NEW FIRM ANU NEW UMBER YARD 0 13 LI IDLERS! • just 0p.•.,.1.1 Iwo' Lomb, till 1110.11,16011. 311,1 0111- VeooUt 1,1',11,11 TltEx I.bil on 11411,111.1 n '3 T.,1111. 11 11 yth ti t w o y tro ~ I li olth ,r g portahonn I. !1 , 1 , 141!1 otrt YELLOW' PINE. WIWI I.: PINE. SPltre..F: no.l 1110 I• LOCK rj,tittßi N.:. NV Il ITE 10 , .% SC.% 1 . 1. A N ••1 11,1 o. 1+.•11,,.11..1 FRAMINC; TI PElt. so, tso r 1,.‘1 1.-'r and st'AN CEDAIt, CY PREss AND NV 111 l'E PINE .:f !!!.,.• of extra !pl.!! y 11E111.tiCE ni..l SPRUCE 1.1..1 • I EIIIN , I LATHS, mid a lan,. WEATIIERIIO.‘I , pi NIL, !IA P 115. A Itlfs ot all thick!, WIIITE PINE and SPRUCE ..! ! nperlor to anything In' tlo. ••• WIIITE PI NElktol 111011.0 PI, PENCE RA 11. WIIIT 5)1I nod CHESTS rr POSTS', All dogiron. of purchtiglng Lomb, to a. good tolvala tgo an is o iforod 01 any loth, Yard In the comity, are rvivießt. ed to call and examlno nor .tock lod'ora! pm chasing rise. Noboru. • Satisfaction (1 uaran teed in Quality and Price. The belt', me:toter of the firm ,vonl,l hereby expres. tits 1)1'11 i I.I)I , ',EANN lldttlks tor todet lavors whiten metals, or tlu , !NEU of 'Prez. I\l ler Brs., and re•le•ettu soltetts nr. hoot otto• et the e t l"'"" 1 "" 4 ‘" ' Pl ''' . I "''' nii(l Fancy Gc)ods, stitislarnou to a ti imtron• or the New It ttrd Lo l' • '••• ../;)•••Itibray, Nor YOrli. El). W. I'It6N.LLIt. TIIUi, NV EAVEIt augall. , —lt ~•• •, • .t.l, er NI, l~r1•1i flillJ~rnthe • l,l ••• • •,, 1. I: I • It 01.1 i 11 01 Illetr - to , t 010 ork 1, 0 1.• rU 1 h 0;10,, 1101, t 1110! etvili 0, It., to, any 'ltut.t.w Silbcr P,atrb 111 arc SAMUEL C{. SIIVIII, 72:1 Cl', E-T,NUT STREET, :I%f (A • M .l 717 cc.,o rt.oon). ( PRACTICAL MANUFACTURER oF FINE SILVER PLATEI) W ARE Woold Id,poutfully 110111,nore to hi patron. that lor I.n It full ?dock 01010110.0-i style, of DOUBLE AND THEBLE ELECTILO -PL ATE D WA RE ALL OF Ws oWN PLATING Plated en Nickel rin,l White Metals, suitable fur family or ally trade. An the quality of platinx min only bo known Mlle , plat er, the piirchaser toast rely On the maimfataitrer's stet, meat; there being se touch w o rth l ess aro tho market, all rein esmitoil as treble plate, at prices impossible to lie mann mitered. All Ills'atioila arc marked "S. N. " Call and examine the aired.. Lahore parehaslug where. M'OLI) ‘VAIIE 11EPLATEILre,1 Qtarpct3 nub Oil Clot") RICII AND ELEGANT CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, &( S. C. FOULK NO. 111 S. SEGOND ST., PHILA., (lint Carpal Store below Marko, EaAt .III.• 1111 1 111 lit hl, P•pli.nol..lon. , ritheill of I Inpated mud Anwric..l CARPET:, whllh 10111 lw sold at n ve•ry t all aayagab. lbaal+ warrabbal uw r..pretwubal so that all can bay wbb round, uc , :ma satkfactiaa. uoy Si tf For the Jrarntcr For Pure Water, due celebrated l'or entirely tasteless, durable and Tells. ble; r,prd to tin good eltbfarltlutoor wooden runty, or cost less than hal money Easily art an na to t o aunt rind In constructir that any one can keep It In repair. THE BEST AND CHE piNco : tsT 11AU141, THIRD AND PEAR STREETS, PIIILADELPIITA, PLAIN AND GALVANIZED . Wlto I"; (J l , R'l' IRON 'IT BES, Lap-welded Boiler Tubes, !.,,t fL,• ~ t.rettl,,, • r call nti ...ininvat their office DDeans and iron Vol co . am ! v„,.u, Fi ti i„,, k r ,,,,..5,,,„ . . .1 . 1.1 Ilitillll . .irl..l). ra tint of Il e em Itou P•treetuuti I,Phigh end Water; Hough mid F,t11•11..1111r,o4 Work : N ~,I",l`.."''''' in. 1-tr am , ant! Stem. Fitter.' Tool, vie. _ ~ Beth 'Nilo , and sink, 11. th Koller, E.rtiolled W3th qi,l" 0T If Stand „ , etc., l',lls a O p ; ",.,mKI•Iti., _IN ...I 'rea-. ,• . Pipe of all Si:e.Vittea to Sketch 1 s ttrre .,,,t, to mnitIZIS, TAM: Flt l Co_ t , CONTRACTORS For thriliturtnp.:st,4.,rf.l~,tmuetippr te .1 I I.:stimateri b'urnished Gratin. EEC] VOL. XXV Nti) nzibatiscmcnto THE NEW DISINFECTANT! BR') \T() CH - LORA Lll .vox-roisoNot - s, onortLEss,‘ rowEßFul, TI II 1141. it SAFE. .vticEsTN Aso ENTS Cl./STAGI011:, 'n Iv ..0 .In 4 111 iv, htlq, re ealtrant., pti'.llc ',l.° in, h Ins tn.. o •. .1 1111141 M yrn.0n.,4.14 sitill4, tone• vn,t kot . .. for trntor•clo , ots, nrloxlx, xii.km, ,:I—D • 11, 1111,104, 110 .71, , ,fir 1,0 ,Int,:yhmx Iffsrar• , ph ft, r ship fever, ,•111411.r0x. f.., r, nr• n n011n.t1.4, 45,0. p to II 'lily by mAtEN c0..170 wininm st., N. y I= • , nnorrl .4n , 1 Dfytin tns flgs Benefit of .trio York : and Soldiers' hid' ,n•phrens'llomr, Washingion.D C. To 11.44 In Wnshlngtnn Iris soon a., oil Tiskrts ore snrd. •tf Trn Minx' Yolit, /et ft tre ginrn. i and 1101 ho th v,101.e ,.. 211, Entirc union, of tiekoes, S. •I for etrenlar. giving Ilst or .hits ;tl.ll to: 4. 'I irket. ran he bad •tf 1111.F.T At SA 110ENT, r Thltty - firq andlitrltto ntrents, 1 1 11110 , 1e1Ph10. 0.. 1 . , . EVI. I N (Inneral Agent. Nassan Now Intl< lion. II ~ .-, 1 '1,1t):•t111. Elkton. 7 • 31,J. r t. r t.li. It Ottootro. f I 1 .s .1 -. 1....t0 nigh, Trm.too. H. lITADERmON's FAMII.Y LIQUOR CASES, =I GGI.T,ANG GIN. : OLD LE tilt Eit111" F' Ir 1'..1:T. OLD BOURBON r,,•• Pr., .1d f :he Best Qmtlity. Ir i!' 11411.1.,tit5. 11. I.l:Ylvi.lt,ON. 15 it.0.,1 St., I , t,w Cork k 7. Si N ELI) . . . emITHE I i; \.;\ \1 i ;-;;-',1( OP 1,1 FE. • ATI•Ill ANTI iiI , III . SE OF TH M E As. NAI,I,Va, ; r 0.1.•: ,,, 1.,1/, nit/ b w. : .1 , tipl , lll , :tsl;pok , ll 111111 SOl.l by 1.$11::rt I. • T..r/tA 111.,•ral. .1. U. 1/1":111.1I15 •,:::, cioNcfnEss ARCTIC. c _- , _ , AN :fho . i;E:2:II9I,IFrOVERSIIOE! .1 1 , , :t . '' , -, ~,.. ) 1: Hi ('lt LES to break! ' 7 ,-- . _,„--,..,., '. . " ' - . 7 - 7-- • , N'‘) 'f Rot:IILE to put on ! - , i .--- " , --1-:- .. .. Neal, Genteel, Stylish! i.;;;:LI ',-,:31.; DEALER FOR IT! FREE: ',.,.:'.' -':.N':,. 'l l .'!,N it .'IJ, T? ,I' , ,, T ,',', v ,, 1 1',!: •'..•`: l . . 1 ;;;!,!) to .1 .11., '7 z 'l ' ll `1 . i.:1'11 ,, 1.1 . 4.. Every W 1.1.4( II 1...C -o', li ~.1,1 i . . 11: 1, '1•4•11. r : S.•:. rl le - orl , cle I , y • rm• ~t... (...,,,,,,,, ~,,i., 1 ,, 14 , rh•r hi 7."). ,,,,, 1n• , Ir 4 l , :111 toe , 91 , 0 t .•, IA ~, o , eNTI ....1: n.` 'Pt %, , 11.ing% of It. .lo 171i , 1 , 1 I• 1 \:,1 , •!I ~ :,.! 7n11 , 11 ...h, go.d nad'ng• I) Ti1.11)!..',115. Vol 'tt.,...lint , , , •nA7Aurir. , In (a.oaGE W. (3 AI KS% I.', , (I,iort. N. V. $2O. AV I: AVILA, - PAY $3O Agent.- kl r. r w. k .01 mit gout and valnabln r raonanatd, hoaorald.• and ploaa ant work, noply patiltak,s. Addra., DYER & CO. Jack ton, Mieldgan. "'WHALE COLLEGE, Bordentown, .12 N.. 1 , furnlOot4 the lio.t educational ativalannt, toethr with pleatiant 11,11110. 13 iard Tuition, tart Pr Ye , liataltigues, addreee 11,:v. J. 11. BLAKE• I.Y. Ph. 11. $:)00 PER W EEK bo •ele by tmy loan who Call tot..tt lotgi he++ h howl, Sold st 11111, for parlicohtis to I I l/W AHD St 111 , N. V. "N,T.ll2i'l'll-E.l.S'l' M1. 4 4 , 4)111[1 Farms and Inhi r..ved .bb , by 3lcNrrr R. E.IOoNAVOIIRY TtIN CU tvrA I N ItA 11..5v t, I. It. The Alma 6,uk, 12 g•lrro.ou.ly ill D eltatod with cuts. roxitiono. St•ilt by -veDrolv •r1C4,1, for fifty von!, lirAndClr t,t.n,, A,loo.•••• Pll I I.ANIIFitt EAI(E, ICE 11) THIS! I':\l' .I ,, ENTS A SAI4 RY OF PER WEEK A I , E. X PEN now 1.1,41, tO .4.1 . 11.• w 1v0n , 1.3131 Invoution, Ad 4140434 M. 3r hit .4 Co. .11/44.4.11311 Mich CI. rg, 1n v, r..•.:d.ng In Synth Arnerien r. It t ~ , V1,1, 1 itud eitnple temedy for the N.. v Lally I)..eny, 1.t..n0.0e of the e.avytel tilt. ,rnin ..f on Yy IY te lull end Viclon. habit, Gient i.. 1..• • t , • .. 1... earY.l I.v this noble r.quedy. l'roIt• ~ . y. th. allYto.l nnftnnonete, I call , II • tor I.:enut mu. 11 nd thle niedly d env. 1.. r , •, to nilv ene vv he It. fe, rou J.... T. IN3,N, ,Stu U. Bible i;EF - .E , . --- , --:.. i..1,--,„. 1 ; ..,a iv4,6,._. : :„z 1 ;t4. , i t.4:i iH i.p . : : Min LQUIDATION SALE OF lin / It 111.. l ( I.• I i =IS 11.1=!=1 Approval 1.... ulh .11bie, AtinolDouilpl one tho,,n I 111,,1ri :111.1 !WI , f.,r publicatt"n pur ,, aut to tho T,... At,il.2•• tho ron•litution. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Waco tleeliL: . r > 3 . , :l; u t r h u o . Cs:i i i ) ntat , e t el l iti, I ' .) yl9-3111 T ICONS' • t..el; of WHITE /ion OS, LACES AND EMBROIDED• 111-I are not excelled by :tor louse In the city, either la rmplelet•—, lety, tirtallty cheasse•n• MOPE' , v, ry New And neced desirable FRENCH MUSLINa .vNit NAlNzwoliS. TAILLA TA N's, nil eeler• Mi lAQV ITU NAT, I I L: yards,: and 3 3..trds I I, SW NS. .1 new Involee. SOFT CAM •WI•• PLAIN, PLAID AND STRIP ' LI , NA'N•PIDICS, PLAIN AND 111 ito.E.YE LINEN. • LINEN LAWNS, C.I3ILIII,DIS, • EIDINT-. I.ACES—.I 111..14 I( of WI kinds of ',Hee, A y cricrAi N ETli awl LACE CI'IICAINS 11A)111Ultll EIMINOS & INSEILTINGS Alniohl d dly. Aim hlwity. find o tt•hortnient Inure, and fit the lo,cht r.‘b s Which thvy con be hold. All A)' 111 7F.TI:I'.‘IIIN(iS N 1:N :Lod LACE AND ci•Frs, Tl, E)111b0;1/1:1:ED ~ETI'S lu thi• inarkel. mice. 211. North Eighth St., Philuda. WOOL! WOOL!! WOOL!! GO CENTS tur swim!, pui lut !u - o,eut for cleuu. Wool ut the 'A &lit . WOOlOll :1111118 ENItY GABRIEL, A lientuwa, I,hlgh C 0.,., Pn. MEM Pl.lol.:ltS,' I.ooli TO YOUR 1V• ..i I. W. 1,11111 , S.' CO. are enauufacturloir n Hydraulic Crumnt 11,1111'11m Chimney I , llle am! Oruameutal Chliu• m ll are durable than ay other lit unreel. 1110 are mule X Ol mire cement and rand, bnluu ' p,m erfolly eolopre.ied, rrell aeammed, and are lu all , pr.010..d c/FY .IND /)06 , TAXES 3 . 0/: 1871 !;, .: • ':eV r. 0: CI, :rt the Cit, AC.oTtrt wn:ower stC , Chit fly papers, Subsequently the safe in the ~. , i..s•••• • ..21 .1 0 o:'31)trell. Ih7o. y u ••• lhot Taxon. To WI st .ista i. office of the Lanphear .Mitehine Company in 1 . .1111.11d MI OW b.t dio• of August IBM, I. I I It atm.'. 'roan wee.. eon:donutthe slum, village was blown open. The noise Ovioher nest, TEN cer aromed a citizen, who fired on the robbers. 'Filly it turned the lire, but tied without se curing any further booty. JoNATIIAN Trees. I. K , iud, 1:•• Allynt.olvv. P. 1 evi, I Ind:, 1,003 G 1 FPS lIIIMIMIS =DMUIN3EM 1,11) sTrwAturs Marbleized Slate . -MANTELS. V..ry large nwtoritnent. tocluoll nit a ttre..t vttruty ul t•lt tont. tww nail r jj) I (ft 'I% 11. STEW A UT S I'o., r.lOlll A vt•tvot, Iwt. 0101 301, rtreettt, :Sow York. tt04.1110.15.w TO THE CONSTI PENNSYLVANIA. KM =I = i, qt.- , ' . tic V. • f•dlott Intt IttnendmoDt of • • • I propo•1,1 Ittir•ttolkt to t,t , t 0 . .1‘ le do roor, : 1.N1))1 ENT. • , 111/ .. 11010 of the • .t ng : , u,ll by Ilo•qualllled t.urh I boo, .0..1 bre such term of \ NIES 11. WEIIIt, ti„• lt,•pre,eutativ, WILLIAM A. WALLACE, tlroaker of thr E,vnati. JOHN W. GEARY F. JORDAN, I:QUIN:ALI:NT TO STONE 1113= d f Or 3 • ;.•. LorrERING YEARS Ah ! years leave loitered by, mother, A weary. weary while, Since last I saw thy gentle face, With Its sweet. pleasant smile; Since lust I felt thy fingers light Pass fondly through my hair, As at thy knee I knelt at night To say my childish prayer. Into the world I've gone, mother, The old home left behind— News of friendship and of love About my heart have twined ; Yet In ItS holiest recess ' "%All dry and Joyless still, There lies ono well of tenderneer' No eatthly love can fill/ Thy self-forgetful ear , mother; Thy counsel, ever n .ar; Thy sympathy with e *cry joy, . Thy grief for every car; Thy loving glance, thy tender tone, Thy warm kiss on my brow— Gone from my life, forever gone ! I know their value now. FIGHTING AND PRAYING,. Thete wits a time, and not very long ago, when the majority of the people in civil life took their notions about military men from the prurient English comedies of George lll's pe riod ; when, to b. , :to officer of the army Int- . Plied n coJe of morals offensive to public taste and domestic happiness. According to that. code religion was at a discount, and a praying soldier was a "cantina hound." Caricature, as this ondouldedly was, of English sm city, it has been in all time, absolutely false of the American army. A. better sA or men than our obi tinny caull not be found in multi numbers taken at ran loin from any other profession, rind union,; them some of the very hest officers have ba,m devoutedly religions. But it isnot ' of such in mwe mean to speak. Our present purpasai p rat mat the prevalence of the religloas rlenient among all classes of fighting men . ; th,• law, that Bios- who hold their lives in Gude Lau I recognize the God of battles, and pray for iiienHelvei , and their country in the midst ditag, r. The simplest expression of the relatioo-: 4 , praying :old fighting" was, perhaps, Co , blunt order —" Put your trust in Go 1, rind lay p your powder dry." It is.elay 1., prove wit'. we have said, by ref erence to modern history. Cromwell and his praying IJiritans were dangerous Men to meet in battle ; t lie '• Sword of the Lord and of Gid eon" was exceedingly sharp, tempered as it was with hourly prayers. Nor were the Cav• shiers wanting in payer, although despising the so-called cant of the Itoundhea Is. The King's men repeated their collects for Church and King. "dloys, my brave boys," said Col. Shippen, "pray well and fight well, and God will certainly give us time victory.'' "0 Lord!" said another, " if I forget Thee, as in the press of battle I 'nay, do not Thou forget me." There is something sublime in the spectacle of Gustavus Adolphus and his vast army on the field of the battle of Ltitzan, in which he fell, pr.ising on ben led knee, and then chant- "Be of good cheer,—you can belong: To hint who can aveng your wrong: Leave it to Iliut, our Lord.i." The King fell, but the battle was gloriously won. Who can ever for:et the touching colloquy between my Uncle Toby and Corporal Trim, concerning the prayers of soldiers. It is tin. quent, patriotic and true. Find it, oh reader, in the inestimable Tristram. and enjoy it again. If it speaks volumes for my Uncle and the Corporal, it says Much also for "our army In Flanders," especially considering thnt other accounts may make them ",wane terribly." All the world knows that Stonewall Jack son struck harder blows because he prayed so much. Bosecrans, a devout Roman Catholic, just before his attack on Chttttanooga,had nuts said in all the churches of Cincinnati for the success of his arms. The ,une solemn spirit is pregnant with results. An•.l so it must al ways be. Before going into battle, the fitolish wicked, unmeaning oath is silent;. with the bracing of the nerves there goes up a silent prayer for strength and valor and deliverance. The wounded pray to be saved front death ; the dying recall the words of old petition , !earned in their childhood, and in these hr. let accents commit their souls to God.—Aridj/ and Nervy Journal. AVE iltlVe r«.:i V ti the following interesting conninn:eittion from the secretary °nil, mass meeting•held in Porklunk : [SEKRET SERVICE.] FARMERS AL L. for IS72.'' MI Du.% i; :NI h., Ennon : Sinn grat(csum men git grate ntlcr they art. lturn; am] stun men have grate tie :s itiwtt thew. It st, tiN tew me that I am all 3 of these melt hive it,ttt ~:to. At a ngs.s meeting lately held in Ford:tot: county (!M natilt village) the inhabitants past the following preamble and resolutes: Whereas, it is filly good that a Farmer's Allminax should be born for the year 1872. ile.olufed, do:dt Billings should be sot apart, (and hereby is expressly sot apart) lets; beget the job. /iesliiihd, That this Anminax shall be be gotttml on the fuse uc sex Olitober, wet 01 Wexottard That this Allminax shall kontain liar babes, meat for elders, and crumbs ter nil. Reguitacti, That Knower bill the ark, and ,Toner w az the rust man who went a whaleing,, but Josh Billings has the right ingredients for FarMers' Alhuman*. Resolsted, That Falk wins the battles of life, Hope beautifys them, and Charity milk(, them immortal. llesufeted, That mere dogs limn a man wants are a nusance, and less than he haz got, iz positively no loss. Rdoluted, That we luny believe that man cum from the monkey, but where the monkey cum from, we dont seem to kno. leesorsted, That the thanks ov this meeting be sent to Darwin (or trw the monkey) we dont kare whitch. Resoluted, That all the nuzepnpers in our beloved land (without distinction ov color) be allowed to print these Resolutes. Reaoluted, That this meeting now unaul musly bursts quietly, sinum Jost' 13B.mtios, Sekretnry. Ditto, Allmanacker. P. S. The meeting did bust vuiet.—J. B. A CERTAIN eminent temperance lecturer was setting forth a most awful portraiture of old King Alcohol, when a when a muzzy looking brother arose in a corner of the hull and observed: "I like ash the genT a quell'n." "Certainly, my friend," said the Urbane speaker, "by all means." "I wish inquire of the gen'Tm'it'f he' s ever been tight? " Thank God, no!" was the re sponser "This brain has never been mud j died with the accursed thing." Once more the muzzy one spoke. "Then don't the gen Ten seem to use great rmiliar- I ity 'boot an entire stranger, 's long 's he hain't been introdooced?" The speaker had to struggle for some mo ments before he could circumvent the unseem ly interruption, and get back to the thread of .Lis discourse.. You see he aid not know whereof he affirmed. A safe hi the counting•roomn of the Harris Manufacturing Company, In Phenix Village, R. 1., was hlown open with gunpowder, on Wedue:kley night, and robbed of its contents, ALLENTOWN, PA., WEDNESDAY MORN J.NG, SEPT EM 13 E 9. 1871 THE BALLOT PROPoSnD ELUCTORAL REFORM The proposed vote of the people of Pennsyl vania upon the question of calling a State con vention to revise our constitution naturally brings to mind the question of adopting some electoral reform by which the minorities, Cr rather the whole people, may be represented in all deliberative bodies. It is not with any desire to make an argument in favor of any such system of voting, which will cure the glaring evil of having large minorities unrep resented, or to show why cumulative or any other method of voting which will accomplish the purpose's better than the old majority rule, because that would be like proving that steam locomotives are faster than stage coach es, or that the electric telegraph is more ear. ditious than old-fashioned mail carriers. I desire to call to the attention of your load ers the results of one year's experience which England has had in cumulative voting. I will Fay here that in England the question of electoral reform has engaged the attention of Parliament for sonic years, while the ablest minds of the country have been consiantly en gaged In devising some simple and pert ct plan by which repn sentatives deliberative; bodies any - represent nil the mdnions Of the represented. •fhc first important result of these elll)rts has been the passage of Parliament, during its ses sion of 1870, of an act known ns the " Elemen tary education act," providing for the election of school boards, the principal feature of w Bich is that it confers the cumulative vote. and-pfo vides that " every voter shall be entitled to number of votes equal to the number of mem bers to be elected, and may give all such votes to one candidate, or distribute them ninon:: the candidates ns he thinks fit." An order regulating the first election of the school board of London was made by the banns of the Privy Council on Education, in which the manner of conducting the elections was ar ranged in every detail. According to this regulation, after public notice or the time and places of holding the election, and of the :nun tier of persons to be elected, had been duly published, the process of nominating the Coll- Oid:des was simply forany two voters or rate payers to write the name of the person whom they %visited to be elected upon a piece of pa per, giving the candidate's places of residence, and subscribe their own names, which paper so made up was to be delivered at the place of holding the elections, and the nominatbm of the candidate was complete. After all the candidates have thus been nominated, the Whole list of candidates was to be published. Upon the day of el. slim' the elector pro eeeds to the DIM, where the election olliur is to Land him " yotin! following is t.M.: form : " OFFICIAL VO Chrittiall Crnir, sur name and description of candidates. N. B.—The voter has five votes, ll or some of which he may distribute among the crunii. 'dates as he pleases. If anything hut the num. her of votes givenlslvrition.clowo on till 4 na. per, or if any other paler than this is used,the the votes are not counted. Th, voter 81)01 take thh+ pnpi.r to tin plael. appointed and fill it up Nvith the limber of votes he gives to each (..tinlidate, and then fold it up and deposit the said paper, and no other in it balloting box. The first election under thk aet was bell in London On the '.:6th hty of November, 1870, and Concerning the result the London 'nines of the 21 of December, 1870 (('onservative), said: "The ballot, w here it was fairly tried, is regarded as having greatly conducted to the order and tranquillity which characterized the elections.". The same paper of next day's issue said : " The election of a school board for the metropolis has been an experiment, and yet under every point of view, a great if not and unqualified SUCCeFS." The London Daily News, of the same date, says : "The school board election has produced some re. Ittrlittble results. The bat tie has been won by individuals rather than by parties, and the nee• board kill be at least representative of all opinions, and may perhaps give predominance to none. The straggle lay in nearly all the the districts between it group of candidates on one side recommended by a parochial cont• mittee or association, and supported its a com- Promise list between sects and parties, and on tae other side n number of independent candi dates, whose views and claims were almost as various as the candidates themselves were numerous." The school board thus elected is confessedly one of great merit and ability, and represents every shades of opinion. Every considerable body of electors is duly represented by its ablest champion. Even tWo ladies, on account of their great experience and worth were elected, they receiving more votes than any other candidate circled. If we look at the constitution of the new Metropolitan Board we can readily discover the reason why the culmulative system of voting has given such general satisfaction. Of the 19 members of the board, 18 are Churchmeno Homan Catholics, 2 ladies, 1 workingman, 18 Non-Conformists, and 0 Secularists. Such men as Professor Huxley could never have been nominated, much less elected, but fir the culmulative method of voting. Nearly one year after the election of die new school hoard, Mr. Dixon, introduced a bill in to Parliament to repeal the cumulative plan voting. He gave three reasons in favor or his proposition to repeal, which were : First, that the system did not secure an accurate repre sentation of the opinions of the ratepayers ; second, that the evils produced outweighed the advantages supposed to be derived from it, and, third, that a much simpler and snore sat isfactory system Might be devised. This proposition to repeal was summarily disposed of in the House of Commons, where It Is questionable whether two votes could have been obtained in its favor. At any rate, the bill was dismissed Without a vote. The newspapers all united in condemning Mr. Dixon's proposal for repeal, and criticised his conduct fur the attempt. In explanation of this bill, It may be proper to say that 3I r. Dixon is the member for Birmingham. The Secularists of „that district being largely in the majority,:det erns ined to secure Die election of this whole board, fifteen in number. The consequence was that they suffered a severe defeat, as they only obtained six of the fifteen. The Secularists of Birmingham naturally be cause indignant, and pence instructed their membe•, Mr. Dixon. to repeal the cumulative election law. . At this time it may be said that the people of England arc as nearly unanimous in favor of cumulative voting as is possible for so large a body of people, and they are engaged In considering the' propriety of adopting time same system of voting with reference to all their representative bodies, including, members of Parliament. So much for electoral reform in monarchical England. Though this subject has not received that degree of attention in the United States which it Is entitled to, there le a rensonablehope that the people of this country will take bola of the matter and set it at rest by incorporating it in the organic law. A rpr'esentativedernocraey which allows only the:majnrity to be repro tented in the deliberative body is n simple alt. snrdity. Mr. Thomas Hare, oue or the ablest cal writers of the day, in a late pap( r which he read before the National Association for the Promotion or Social Melte", of London, discusses proportional npresentation, hail I shall close with an extract therefr o m. Ile says: "In the general business or life, it is the object to adapt suitable (mans in :,ecom plish the degired ends. It is nit eNpr cl el that work will be undertaken cr efr.rt s vont i ly made when the result is a matter ',ere chance. It' bu t enc , nragemenl to set about task tem! he great reason to fear that our labor may be altogether tjtrown away. Politicians affect to attach great importane- to the duty of voting, but it is remarkable that they take no pains so to frame the electoral machinery that every vote inay, as far as pos. sable, be effectual for its plmose. We claim to be a self-governed People, Government requires knowledge, thought, and deliberation respecting things necessary or pop,sed to be done, and fitness or persons to do them, or to whom the ultimate consideration should he submitted. Half the erectors find themselves without 101 opportunity In choosing any otie to govern them in N 1 born they have real con lidenc,?, and the other half know that the re sult may possibly he the s ine, win the r fly vote or not. If one says, 'I have given much study to public iirs, hut my vote is here useless or ineffectual,' the answer of our poli tician Is. 'Yes ; but somebody in some other place has, perhaps, thought as you have, :On We shall Kaye the benefit of it there, and if ilot it does not much matter.' "In spite of all the declarations we hour about public opinion, it is in this hap-hazard tray that our governing bodies are formed. The I emit of an incalculable amount of pro found reflection is east aside, and political study is liar the most part rendered barren and fruitless. " Assuming even that shine of the electors have an opportunity of selecting candidates whom they can trust, it will be impossible in large constituencies, without (2:nimble organi zations by e,lllVasslng and obtaining promises, by preliminary or test ballots, or by other means requiring great expense and labor, to be at all sure that their votes trill be efTectual unless the present system be amended. Su doubt there are many who prefer the omnlpo tenee "I the, club or the cauels, and wish to retain the present state of things ; and it is c,•rtain that here, as in the United States, un less we give to imlividuals the 'mans of inde pendent action, the caucus or the club will succeed in scenting or preserving electoral dictatorship." E.J. Mont:. Am,ENTowN, Sept. 4, 1871. Within the last tea or eleven years, we have nut had merely royal but imperial visi tors. There was the Prince of Wales, who came to us in the fan of 1800, and then was apparently an ingenuous and well conducted youth, who was Only learning to smoke and took his mint-juleps, sherry-cobblers, Man ly smashes, and whiskey-punches with a ceri n degree of apprehension as to a headache - iii the morning. There was the Prince de Join• Ville, the naval son of Louis Phillippe, who frightened even th„.. iron Duke in 1947 by a pamphlet showing the feasibility of invading and conquering England. With him came his nephews, the Comte de Paris and the Due de Chartres, Who, as captains of volunteer-, served, without pay, on the staff of Gen. M'Cl. Ilan, in 1901.-2, and, we need scarcely add, were good friends to the stars and stripes. There was Prince Napolerin, son of that Jerome Bonaparts who married Miss Patter son, grand daughter of " Old Mortality" and allowed•her to be taken from him when she went to Europe. There was the Princess, Clotilde, of Italy, daughter of Victor Eman uel and wife of, the above mentioned " Pion- Pion"—a nice little woman, not handsome, nor richly dressed, but neat in the simplicity (what Horace called "simplex munditiis") of her attire. There was young Prince Arthur, third son of Queen Victoria, who, his mother having only $11,000,000 of her own, besides $2,000,000 a year from Parliament, teas lately voted n life annuity of £ls,ooo—the payment of which, during the next fifty years, M ill constantly remind British tax-payers how very //ear Royalty, prolific Royalty, is unto them. Perhaps there were more of these scions of , of monarchy and empire. If so, we have for. gotten Them. Now we are going to have another distinguished visitor, in the person of ; Prince Alexis Alexandrovitch, Grand Duke of Russia, third sarviving son or the Emperor :.lexander th.• Second, sovereign of " All the ;" a territory winch, in Europe and A,',l, has an area of 7,210,374 American square niii , s one sevenths of the whole land of this globe, and iihont one•twenty-sixth part of its entire surfac The whale population ; rat this nice hit of property is counted, as 74, 000,000, of which over two•thirds are that homogeneous rac the Russians. Prince Alexis was barn on January 14th, 1850, and therefor,. is •in his twenty-arson( year. Ills father, the reigning Czar Alexan der 11., succeeded to the throne, as eldest son on the death of Nicholas 1., in 1801, bring thirty.s...ven at thetime, and an extremely well The following, front a Cape May letter be cluented num himself, has taken care that his Georgie Alfred 'Townsend, to the Chicago children were also well instructed. The chit- Tribun . e, is worth reading, : (11., nof the reigning families in Europe are Nothing is so pretty as to see the engaged ' and ; in the tact( of that leaden kiln M this t y generally well taught. As a rale th .y can folks part on Monday morning, the fowler to push across the bridge, f dloired by th,dr converse in French and Italian, besides lino w go lavir to business for a whole week, the et; the cal,. s cene the dap I. low comrades, sinking terror into the rel,el ing their native language, and, latterly, have ensnared to stay' , ranks , panic.strieken seek satety in ; Lem brought up With 3 knowledge of nnan of his absence. To see this scene you must Under the brow of the hill, our little band and English. Each of Queen Victoria's &M -eet up at six or the clock, or it Is the early {Eros and awaits fortherorders from our sli:titligtis k li i h n i :d write three languages be. t rain that young inert of business mot lake. and the boys were also The young man in his dushrr, a little dragged ; co " , um.ifvf,i). • ; taught Latin and Greek. They h lye also out, slips down with the valise, and rat the ; ;„„toht,;„; i n 11111 roa d , the list N . liven instructed in drawingand music—th,mgh Oust of the stairs, spying the Inexorable °null anil the List Masi. file by ns, (II I [Olll 111101'1. it may be feared, rather superficially in the bits twits a minute to let the bindcatch up to ; „ littl e „. m .„ with early e . Atte, . end the roar of battle rings the cheers of the inim, latter. I once heard the late Mr. \Vestal], R. A., who had been Queen Victoria's tutor in late last evening the &I'd hops down stairs in lVe are relie t ve 't l t . , T s iy (La drawing, say that she Was 11 respectable ania ke (h."' ii etY' we have Litt yellow morning plumage, and formally don e ("mug.' !limns ; tear in that branch of the fine arts, but that shakes the young tout by the hand ; and as br idge Ie er°w"e" with the ne'vieg. of infantry and the batteries (if artillery. ' Mrs. Anderson, who taught her the,piann,had he recedes,.and turns once at the, threshold to I back with that glance which is the re . I Rapidly the mace ho the riglo and left of the never, in her hearing, played a single tune bridge, on the road leading gradnally tip fit- ; t'irough, and that Signor Lablache, her sing• spectful yearning of all that e bi knows or hope , Lill. On the , bank: no be lilt;, curl: sock lag master, had said she had never, to his', well, poured out of her e . ) es like a nut,. ! for, It meets, already fixed, the rd's fare of our arm, an d 111! 110W11 to rest, 11111 1 , 1 escapeknowledge, sang a olitarY air to the close. the shots which lime and th. n c crashing :T e phresent e x p ro or Russia is siid to have melody. Mllowed theample r of his unele, the Dupe he three Mild periads of fife sue ro the hirer . du " the hill ' T ut; BATTLE OS IR:10111'S. I cur of Germanydn one respect.. William consciousness of love returned, the „ t : ; While we are lying along Ili" kinks of the (if Pi ussia made a point of havhig each or hi s I Lust before marriage, ,vhen all lite emirs.. the battle on the height s heynn.l is rag- children taught a trade—thus,the Prince Impe• smooth, and, next, the early Months of the :logcreek Our troops have driven the ; rial, (Fo.derick William, husband or Queen first, baby, when the man feels a little inlet r cnenty with ' ltrY, back 50111,...111,411111`1`, bat 6riug vela ; Victoria's flrSt born,) was sent to " case," and and the women is' perfectly self possess-it they, in I orn, drive our Marc , s. 'This was t can set up type as well us if he had to make again. the most critical hoar or the daY. i a living by it, and the Princess Louise of The woman enga4ed once full and distinct- • ly in love, is the highest type of human dery dashel by us a n d recross-ii the bridge. ; Prusda, Wife of the reigning Grand Duke of ify. See this one, abandoned to it work of evencompanies of soldiers fol. Baden, is an excellent sempstress, who; in lowed. Everything balked dark and glointy. 1 deed, is s handy with the needle that she can the longeSt ennui posAblo to her 'Wore, the ' absence of her affianced ; twin Wl/111.1, per- It was( just then that we were ordered forward. , VIT IkPly men.l a wear or a tear in her Own up the 11111, we entered the field, and in children's garments. The Grand Duke imps, balance it by the. violence 1,1 . id,..ssuires, and smother expectation in gayety ; line of battle unveil on, an.l as we appeared Aiexis, who, besides being cabinet of a corgi hikea „„ l io semi k„„„.„ no t th e tht3 , t? , tr oh , upon the crest of another hill, we were saluted taunt of infimtry, (every one has military rink hour when her master coineth, with adempest of bullets. The artillery 14 i) is at the head of the constructive enemy at the sine time plowed our ranks department of the Finland fleet, has the repu• l i Women becomes, for his sake, the subject of her own exalted respect. ner 1,0 4 and siial; with fearful effect- Butt the line rem tined firm ; tation of being HU admirable carpenter-1k her walk and converslition, are purer to her never moving until every cartridge was fired, this respect he foilows the example of Peter been prum and a new regiment took their plae2. So ef. the Great, who almost •founded the Russian over, bemuse the}' Lave She draws around her Self the circle the lective a lire did th e regiment pour into them Empire, and in order to establish if navy in solemn church, and all society lulls beyond that they dare noteharge upon us. 11113 the the Baltic, actually learned ship.building in the line ; but one man mn cross it. The enemy kilo No lusty few there Were t resist Holland and England, (and also acquired a tweet', the 141, the promenade, the Nab; j Bier onward mare'i, they would never have ; knowledge . of making all things connected halted On y ou height. But Mrtatnately for us, with unroof-war, from the making of cables etherealized and no longer partaken in pomp to the casting of cannon. It may, therefore, and volatility, find her still higher above re- a" our Country , they knew it 'l'4' TIM a WITT. I be expected that Prince Alexis, who does not Proach each Saturday Successively, till at Descending to the rue WO . :1.4.1111 110 our I come hither to pay n profitless visit, will last, When the season ends, and with the last Luxes with cartridges, and oast more to the I .spii some of his time in our docks and fillip campaign of tier beauty, she abdicates. like front. Darkness.has settled over Its. S re- building yards, national and private. As he Zenobia, witiniut an accuriation, a secret, or a lament. A woman n love thinkk fiections of the day arise. NIA* . (ti oar brave is reported to speak our language fluently, he mind is made ; in comrades fell in these two tierce struggles. can gel along, with us very well. He is now man s ow he does. s when bev Many escaped the fearful ilia fighter in the en the Atlantic, anti by the time that these ';morning only to perish in thelast. •We won- lines are in our readers', hands, the welcome der only that so many escaped the h. reitle tire of the cannon may announce his arrival of artillery on the heights. Never belme last in the harbor of New York. Ito will be the regiment been exposed to so fearful a fire, I warmly received and kindly treated here, In and never will they forget it. The night was acknowledgement of the unifiirm 'friendship raper," of which the TING P\ PER." Number of vctes, if given to each carvii— date vatsl be entered opposite (lie name. Indiana Enter the Arena With tier On Sunday evening, says the Indianapolis News of the 12th inst., a woman ahout forty or forty-five y, ars of age, named Mrs. Martha Leslie, a pensioner, (,f Ills city, died suddenly ;ind mysteriously. Yesterday Mr. Kregclo, undertaker, wasnotified,anil requested to bury the deceased at the expense of the county. Captain Browse, Pension Al;ent, wan hail paid het• $3O on Saturday, wonders 1 at this, tied with Mr. , 111,/trlum r0•,{4i,1, proevetied In Nu,. :1;43 Ea-t Ohio sll•t et, whore she had rt si ded with a suntan named Jenny Vcailergast alias Jenny NVatts. (I , testions head to the w..man aroused the saspielons of tile ([lll,4limierS, ;111,1 thin bode reinov,-,1 to Mr. Kregelo's establishinvit last evening,, and the Coroner notified. The stomach of deceased W as ITIII ,, VIA 111111 its cou leuls are 110%N - 1/Clllg 3111 illy Zl,l. This morning dennieyendergast was airestel, charged with the murder of Mrs. Lesley. C.ironer Hedges is holding an inquest this afternoon, but as the physicians will not he ready to report un til this evening, a verdict will lint lie found hefo're lhat time. The woos ut 1 , ,,,,1erga:t is :o.11: (only ye;u•s of age, and has the reputation of beta ,{ one• of the lowest of her se•s. Sheila:: air, ;ply served ono term in the p..nitentiary, and ithly have a life siege this time. She has been I wee mar ried stud says her last husband is 1111\% '• \lt'll ,it )liehigan City. She admits having given the dead woman twois-s of tnorphine, IltatNlt haw lar.M the potions were does not yet appear. The su p position is that vile poi sffiled Mrs. i e tey with morphine in order to her monry and a quantity of personal property. So far the evidence is pretty strong ly against her, but notch will d e pend upon the result of the analysis. POISONED FOR A PENSION Borgia The Adieu of I lie Etiuaged Coughlin, Brown, and Filth, New Orleans policemen, lows been sentenced to one year in the Oafish prison for clubbing a mit severe- NN IV EBSAIIY OF A NTI ETAM A She, Ch from the Journal of the 0=!BM!==1 in: mt.!• of the , the late Col. .vin Sehall, N it9yttetllat rly aFter 111:11 Iv. I' mrtm l'.11111• contest. The 1)1 , 11. ..” 17. 1 1 ly „t i ptent h-r, 18 , 12, an I 1 . 0.1 , .in , atly Sunny %VILA the anniversary. Under the c ifittn.tn.l of Col. John F. Iln,hantl, the itt i It ....intent, many of whine. nielll , ll.lS Wt . ll . NOlliSlllllll, 1;11,Stl)11 awl thii Noe n cohsit'!ettote.; part on that oce time, thee, the sketch trill Ite real w o ith much intereqt. We re-1)111)118h it from the Norri,town Her ald : the liattle of Antietam? :klorning is wBO us. .k heavy mist over hangs everything. hut gra loally melts away before the Brit dd rays or the sun. Already have our skirmishers and thole of the enemy met in front. It the words of the boys, " the ball has opened." The enemy have opened batteries front sever 11 points and the shots whistle lively over u.). Capt. Benjamin's (tottery, posted on yon hill which overlooks the whole space beeween our advance 111/flies amt the wooded hills where the enemy lay, is belching forth a severe lire. It was perhaps ten o'clock, when the terrible battle began to develop in earnest. We arc still lying . in the' deep seine, each ratan in place, randy to spring up at the word of command: As we look down the line we wonder how many will be with us at the riving of to-morrow's sun! t. , oine must fall in the fearful contest in which we are alamt to engrlg , . " Who will it be r is the question that rises on our lips. But tint' alone can tell. 'Chore is com)itleraYe bustle in tile first br.gade which i; now ai vancing upon the enemy. Ere they disappear front sight, the sound of the calls us up, and We, (On, udvmtcc. Filing up the hill we descend into another ravine, cr,..s the skirts of the woods, and move along the banks of the hill and halt. Our stay is , hot t. lii ill. re COMPR the order to move on. Up Or) hill we aseend,pa, , s the (cutlery of Capt. Benjamin and move down through the narrow snip ofWklo.l and form line of tattle in the corn field. litre we again halt, the enemy hutting at i); shells and solid shots, which whistle fiercely over our heals, and raise great clouds of dirt as they strike the ground in the tills beyond. " Forward," says Col. Hart ranft, and thromilt the lie: I, in line of battle, We march until we reach the fence by the roadside. NOW comes the crder to each company to unsling knapsacks. In a moment this isdone, each in:tn re•grasping his Mee •, knowing cud well that ere many minutes he would be in the midst or the ten ible stru.).,:le going Ott. tiToRMI ' MI OF ANT/ ETAM 1111111111• This is .1 fearful 1110:111.411. ac first brigni.o has just been repulsed in Vie It tempt to carry the bridge. he road is str,tvit wilt' their dead and wounded, and the living have falicti back. The 2d brigade must nim; do what the Ist failed to aceltuplisit. The task isa despe rate one. The enemy tight bravely, and the repulse of our troops has only inspired them renewedwith lbey will tight all thejetrili . r. But we c caleulate the chances. bridge must he carried. It is p:sential for the safety of the army, and what ve livt s of win in comparison In the sah•ty the Republic. the 51st is to null the charge, mid now to the music the terrible cannonading twit mus ketry tire, the re4llolol iinves forward. With measured tread we go on. the ruin hide, stand General Star pis and Urn. Ferrero. Says Gen. Sturgis ns we pass, " It you that bridge, yau ‘vil I sceoloplis!, the greatest 'Hits iii Ilia war, and pair came will lie recorilea iu liistoiy." " \Vii will it," is the ri•spici ling cry (Willa llulclay the oiov , .nbrug, over ill): road, and thron.,;tl t h e C. 111111ns th,• tto, , i . ju,:t p015).,1. \V) , arc ju-I uw.v nuler the niusl:etry lire of tan en...nly. Scv)..r,ll havo alr, tidy r.dien. 1111 \Vt . ;10[1 111 t. Cplhe,tcep hill Ive g,, and wheeling into rl r, column or coinputi,s the 'nit re In the lie:Till- Vlll , , in 11111 vieo', 111.. hr: .1 :11 . hill on the opp.,site si.ll' 1).11111y us e Nvith )1).2 artnl . ll oft \ve oloval,l :13 ,1 lace o; n inunleious hill is have in all..ilreetioin , , and tlio en-my front their con cealed 1.biti,111:11',..1112,Vi11;, 11i111 1/11I' 1111t1 WOllllll,l. The bridge is I,nellett ii I loose there is It patiso. men call no longer rt sst temptation, ant: inov they 'open lire upon tire upon the enemy. l'or nearly an hour ;tit un interrupted lire of intisllifiry pr. tails; I,tit Mill the eitoniy nitiiinaiii toele e inllicting inort. 'injury upon us .tieta \VC 111 , 11 lb, Titi• moment is critical Om' c.,m nples • 1101. ling 111 S 11:1I. 111_1 111)(al• 111111, anti %VILVIW , it NVilli i,,s Col. 113111'111ln 011101% . 1 the C!1•11'4e. bearers whit their slaiidardi froot, dreary. To the watchers It was n long night. I= Hardly had day appeared before heavy bo dies of the enemy's skirmishers appeared in front. They did not remain exposed, as the unerring rifles of our skirmishers caused them to heat n hasty retreat. All this day we lay behind the hill, expecting every moment that a general engagemen wouldt be brought on. Night appeared at last, and with it came relief. Fresh troops arrived who took our places. We again descended the hill, crossed the bridge, and bivouacked for the night. PRINCE ALEXIS, OF RUSSIA. E= Fr". Om Sund.q, Morning Chronicle] There is no reason to expect that the Prin cess Louise, of England. with the Marquis of Lorne, her husband, will visit Canada, as has been animunced. Lord Lisgar, (lately Sir John Young,) Viceroy. of "the Dominion," has declared, with the intention of having the intelligence accepted as official, that no such royal avatar is contemplated. Therefore, our mesdames and mademoiselles will be deprived of the anticipated gratification of beholding the most approved novelties in the costume of their sex. Perhaps, If they had the opportun ity, they would be not a little surprised at the royal simplicity of costume, for the English princesses, except on state occasions, prefer to be very plainly attired. When they visit watering places they are unaccompanied by their jewel-boxes, and—tell it not on the rocks of Newport, proclaim it not on the beach of Cape May—actually wear plain nmslins and merinos, and, if asked to Join in "a hop," might very truly declare that they preferred walking on two feet to hopping upon one. That is the defect of their education, you s..e ; Th y have not born taught to say that a dame is a hop. In general, I repeal, not royalty only, lint the English fashionable world in general, dress plainly, .except on particular occasions. At watering places, especially, they indulge in this simplicity of attire. If the Princess Louise ever does visit Canada, certainly, crossing the frontier to run down to Washington, through " the Hub," New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, it will be found, I predict, that she has not brought more than three or four best dresses With tier. So, on the is hole, she woul I scarcely set the fashion h re. ROBERT IR El )ELL„IR Plain anb aTarau lob Printrr, No. 003 HAMILTON STREET, =I • LATEbT STYLE% Stamped Check,. 'Card., Circular.. Paper BoOlca, Cowl tattona and Ily:Lavra, School Catalogue., TIIII Made H Envalapen, Letter ead. 11111. of Lading, Way 13111 a, Tags and ShlppinaCardm , l'o+tora of any Ile, etc., ate., Printed at abort Notice% NO. 38 for the United States which his illustrious father has always exhibited, and particularly during the rebellion, when England and France made no secret of their anti-Union predilections. Like all the males of his family, who are well-looking and well-formed, Alexis, of Rus sia, is above the middle stature. He has not yet attained his full height. As his father is one of the richest of European rulers, the Prince may be reckoned "good" for a liberal expenditure In this country. Ho Is unmar ried, but I cannot hold out the hope, even to the most brilliant of the fair Americaines, that he will become "Benedick the Martied 'Man" on this liberal soil. ,As a slight equivalent, let me suggest, as "he dances like nn angel" —(do they dance as well as sing?)—that he may give a ball or two. Inasmuch, also, as the diamonds of the Ural Mountains, though not so abundant as those of India, are much firer than what Brazil produces, it is possible that his Imperial ugliness may bring a few scores of theta, as presents to the few friends whom he may make here. But, at all events, he w ill be welcom here for his father's sake, sail may be regretted, when he leaves us, for his own. The Cowin; Session ofCongress---Its Importance. A Wnshington letter says : The next !s s• SlOll of Congress will he a most important one, and nobody can envy Mr. Speaker Blaine the task of choosing the committees. More de pends upon a committee than people suppose. A good committee (like "weal pie") is 11 very good thing, but "when they are naughty they are horrid." There are two committees (the Ways and Means. and the Appropriation) whose importance cannot be overstated. They are responsible for all taxes, tariffs and revenue; and for the proper expenditure of the 'hey. The. Ways and Means Committee des tune the money to carry on the gov ernment shall he raised, provides the ways and moons of obtaining it, and the Appropri• ation Committee decides how it shall be ex pended. As the reader well knows, all meas ures for raising revenue must originate in the House, and the llonse rules require such meas ures to come (rein the Wars and Means Com mittee. Its importance in the present condi tion of affitirs, may, therefore, he easily seen. Hardly less difficult are the duties of the Ap propriation Committee of the House, and the choice of the committee, is, therefore, a sub ject requiring great earn and judgment. As the reader already knows, the committees in the House are appointed by the speaker ; the committers in the Senate are elected by the caucus of the party in power. Mr. Blaine, at the special last March, was reelected but the time was too short, and his acquaintance with the new members too limi ted for him to make suitable selections for committee-men so he concluded to wait until the winter session. There is no doubt that Gen. Garfield will be chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, and he is probably the most capable mitt] for the place in the House. There are none who equal hint In scholar ship, mini he, is tlm moot untiring student among them all. • lie is impolite, and, what is of more importance in such a place, he Is pa tient. There is little regarding financial, , revenue or tariff matters that he does not Ithow. In the'Fortyffirst Congress he was the chairman of the Committee of Banking and Currency, and brffivrlit It up, from noth ing, to he one of the leading committees of the Gown. Mr. Da.wes, of Massachusetts, although cuildul t, the chairmanship or Ways and Means, waves his right iu favor of Gene . rah Garliffil. Dawes will continue at the head of the Appropriation Committee, for Which position he has proved himself well fit ted, although his manners have been rather didactic. monk (led(' VIE CASE OF MRS. WHARTON. A letter front IL:du:lore to the Philadelphia nisi says: The advent of conventions and oilier subjects of interest has served somewhat to direct public attention from the case of Mrs. Wharton. Tae September term of the Cr MI- Mal Court, now near at hand, will find itself confront&l with no Icss than four murder trials, and as the in Henault; against Mrs. Wharton were the hist Mund, it may be that she will not he Bled until October. Indeed, there are tumors that, owing to the strong prejudice which certainly exists litre, her cones I will move I l er ca., e to one of the counties. People who pretend to know insist that there will he evidence enough produced to convict her, but the general impression here is that unless there be some other evidence of the discovery or poison tlian'the unsupported testimony of Prefessor Aiken she will not lie punished. Mr. .1. Steele, who Rands at the head of Hu, Mary land bar, will defend her, and her friends laugh at the lien of conviction. Cer tainly many of the stories in 'circulation about her hillye been proven to 1w withotit founda tion. You will recollect that the daily lICWF. papers published an account of a letter said to have been written by it lady traveling In Eu rope, accusing Mrs. Wharton of an attempt to poison her with tartar emetic in a plate of soup. Within the past few days It is said a letter has been received from this holy denying the charge, and professing a beliet in Mrs. Whar ton's Innocence. Van Nessstill stoutly denies that she attempted to poison him, and there may yet be a chance for slier to disprove the grave accusations with which she is charged. For the sake of humanity let us hope that she can. She lets already been tried at the bar of public opinion and convicted, but that Is not W nyg no lair and impartial tribunal. . I CURIOUS CATTLE YARN; THE UIWILVT 01' SKINNING SPECULA TION. The Indianapolis Commercial tells the foil lowing' queer story : A gentleman well known in this city, who holds a lucrative and responsible office, related to nit the following singular °eminence, for the truth of which he vouches in every par ticular : TWO neighbors, who live near Owensboro, owned COWS Very mewl' alike, as regarded color, size and general appearance. In fact, the only distinguishing featurethe• tween the two cows was, one had had one horn knocked oaf, and the other had lost both. The names of the owners of the animals ' wo will call Ilunt and II tines, for two reasons— one is, because that is not their real names ; the other is, dint we may put the story in bet ter shape. While Vanwburg was exhibiting, his cir cus and animals 'down that way, a railroad train ran over hunt's esw,and so demoralized her that 'if es ickened and died very 'suddenly I afterward. Shouly after the sod occurrence, Ilaintis was passing and saw what he supposed to he his COW, ton lifeless and terrible mangled condition. (laving an ccanomical and specu lative turn of mind, lie hired a negro to skin . the waiaal, and sell the bide loth° tanner and I the meat Andmrg, for his wild animals. 'Phis was done and a handsome profit of ones hair Wits realized by Haines and the other half by the negro man.' Not sathilled with this Haines applied to the Withers of the railroad company and demanded $75 fOr. the losi he had sustained. Wonderful as it' may seem, he received his motley promptly. • .ItecAving about $3O tor a $3O cow so elated Haines that he considered the joke tun good to keep, and he spread the news far and near. in the meimtline, Bunt missed his cow aid made diligent search for her, but nowhere cimid she be found. to a day or so Baines' ctw creme marching along very lunocentlg, with her single horn, and enjoying the betitot health and spirits. Thin turn of affairs• com pletely spoiled Baines' speculation and fun. Hunt coinpelleil hint to disgorge his ill-gotten oaths, which was done very reluctantly, and the man who supposed he bad made a specu. lotion by the denth of his cow, is to-day a laughing stock fur the people. of Owensboro and vicinity. ALLEH,TOITV, PA =I
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