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
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• •,, 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.
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VOL. XXV
Nti) nzibatiscmcnto
THE NEW DISINFECTANT!
BR') \T() CH - LORA Lll
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'n Iv ..0 .In 4 111 iv, htlq, re ealtrant., pti'.llc
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yrn.0n.,4.14 sitill4, tone•
vn,t kot . .. for trntor•clo , ots, nrloxlx, xii.km,
,:I—D • 11, 1111,104, 110
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, ph ft, r ship fever, ,•111411.r0x.
f.., r, nr• n n011n.t1.4, 45,0.
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.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
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: OLD LE tilt Eit111"
F' Ir 1'..1:T. OLD BOURBON
r,,•• Pr., .1d f :he Best Qmtlity.
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$2O. AV I: AVILA, - PAY
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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
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WEEK A I , E. X PEN now 1.1,41, tO
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i.. 1..• • t , • .. 1... earY.l I.v this noble r.quedy. l'roIt•
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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,
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TO THE CONSTI
PENNSYLVANIA.
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, 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
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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.
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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-
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the opp.,site si.ll' 1).11111y us e
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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
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bearers whit their slaiidardi froot,
dreary. To the watchers It was n long night.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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