u ssk m rrv. 'tfniK'i vases It iMfllillllil fill" THURSDAY, FEBRUARY G, 1883. R Kn'UMCAN CO. COMMITTEE ! Tfi embers of thy Republican County fvnmi!tc rf rcqnC4td t meet at the Cjurt Hou?, in th? borough of Ebct.sburg, n'n TutfDAY, the 3 J of Maeci. proximo, for f ite purpose of selecting a Representative Heiegita and arranging for a Senitarial Dcl rgUe ta the State Convention to bs held .it i'uilAdfcljdiU March Utli, ISJ8, and for the transaction of such other business as tray bo p'opr to bring before it. A full attendance ii solicited. Waltei JJell, CJiti. . Singleton, Str'y. Consistent Action. On Monday a week ago, the following preamble and resolutions were offered in the House of Kepreeentativca at llarris Lur : 4 )Y!ureas, It appcerp from the net of in corporation by the Murrlnnd Legislature, rnd by resolutions of the Board of Trustees uf the Antietsm Cemetery, that it is intended that rebel dead, who fell in the bite unholy struggle ngainst the life of the nation, are 10 be interred within the same enclosure and receive the same honors as bestowed by loyal hearts and bands upon loyal dead ; there fore, "Resolved, That our worthy Chief Magis trate baa, by the noble and patriotic stnnd he has taken in refusing to expend the ap propriation placed at his disposal by the last legislature, placed the loyal citizens of Pennsylvania, and all true luvers of liberty very where under renewed obligations of platitude to him, and given to the world Another honorable tvideuce of his fearless lTP.ltv and unflinching integrity to pritici i'i'e. "Resolved, That we most heartily endorse the rction of Gov. Geary in withholding said appropriation, and pledge to him our hearty support, ic " Our Legislature made an appropriation last winter for the purpose of aiding in the adornment cf Antietam Cemetery, and the removal thereto of the bodies of the Union soldiers who fell ia the battle of Autietam. In the meantime, by aid of the votes of rebel soldiers, a Legislature was elected in Maryland the members of which were for the most part in hearty sympathy with the rebellion. This Leg islature, aided by the Marylaud Board of Trustees of the cemetery, determined to inter the rebel dead and pay them joint liGGDra tv it h these who fought and died en the 6ide of the Union. The very act ! is a fraud upon Pennsylvania. Governor bleary wisely withheld the appropriation. Yet every Democrat in the House declares by his vote that between the rebel dead and the Union dead there U no difference both are alike worthy of honor ! The set is not imply an act of respect to the dead; but is a declaration of the estima tion iu which Pennsylvania holds the cause for which they fought. Every rebel's grave represents the cause for whioh be died, every Union soldier's grava the cause for which he yielded bis life. When a State or the nation at large provides money for thecstablishment of cemeteries for the Union dead, the act is done because we honor those who fell in their country's defence. But the Dem ocrats of Pennsylvania would by their nets teach this generation and all to come in the iulure that the rebel is worthy of as much honor as ho who fought for the Uuion I J'Ut L7" Hills. Two bills have been introduced into the Legislature, n!h of which is in tended to be of benefit to the people of any part of the State. Both arc calcula ted simply to line the pockets of a few men, at the expense of industry aud en terprise. The firat of these measures is an act to authorize the erection of a boom 00 tho Alleghany river, similar to the one now in operation at Williainsport on the Susquehanna. The other is to create an inspector of oil at Philadelphia, with deputies throughout tho S'ate. This bill an first introduced dirtcted a tax of ten cents a barrel, for costs of inspection, to bo imposed ou all oils. In the present cjuJition of the oil trade, such a. tax would realise $100,000 a year. Of course ir would drive the oil trade so fur as is possible from the limits of. our State. B it the measure was eo iuiuuitous that it wa modified so a9 to provide that no more 1 ban 85,000 should be received as emolument-?. The first measure is scarcely less monstrtfus. In the counties about the bead waters cl tho Alleghany arc immense forests. The dtsig:i of the authors of the b.vmi biil ia to make the timber of these forests pjy them tribute 3 it is floated by i:s ovfner." dj'.Q the Alleghany If these bill pa both Houses, the people wil look t-j G jvcruor Geary fr an exorcise 01 the veto po.ver. Tun goatlemuii .it pointed by Governor Gvarj to rcvie and codify th'J civil stat utes of our ii 'ate have submitted a par- lul report to the Legislature, in the form 1 of nine separate bills, ivpeitivt ly con cerning Corporations, General Pleading, Deeds and Mortgages, Evidence, Interest, Jjuudlurd and Tenant, Limitation, High-j n ami Bridge?, and Poor Laws. The i.;ii nn (!nrr.or-itiot)b includes a j revision " - j o ' - ., ,s for. Fr?: K ini -Md. Trulls or History. The U. 8- troops engaged in the battle of Chepultcpec, Mexico, experienced con siderable trouble in crossing ditches dug by the enemy to strengthen bis position. In the rush and hnrryof the charge upon that fortress, it was found necessary to jump several of these ditched. John W. Geary then Lieut.-Colonel of the 2d regiment Pa. Vols., now Governor of this State while attempting a gymnastic ex periment of this kind, was so unfortunate as to alight, not on the opposite bank, but on f-pace, and fell back into the chasm. This unlucky circumstance has since been eagerly seized upon by certain parties and paraded as an evidence of cowardice on the part of Geary. These parties, by a strange oversight, always forget to men tion in the same connection that Geary was not alone in bis misfortune that scores of battle-scarred veterans, better at fighting than jumping, likewise failed to clear tho ditch. They also forget to men tion that Geary speedily extricated him self from his unpleasant dilemma and gallantly led his men to the charge-Mnto the heart of the fortress to victory.. Is it fair ? : Those who now stigmatize Geary as a coward and bis Mexican career as a "fail ure," are Democrats. Shortly after the battle of Chepultcpec, Geary ran for and was elected Colonel of the regiment. Every Dcmccrat in the command voted fur him fur that position. Geary was then a Democrat. We mention this episode merely to show that Democratic opposi tion to the man did not arise from any supposed action of his at Chepultepec, but from a totally different cause namely, his change of politic?, about the year 'Cl, from Democratic to Republican. Had he remained firm in his allegiance to the Democratic party, those who are now seeking to belittle him would be singing peans of praise in his behalf, the whilo swearing he was the bravest man that ever trod Mexican Eoil. The career ot Geary in the late, war was a most brilliant one, and proves him the exact reverse of a coward. The Demo crats may not admire the manner iu which he dealt with the rebels, but they will miserably fail if they attempt to write him down. The dirt they throw at him will turn to snow upan his escutcheon. Corruption. "When certain very respectable citizens of Camlria county signed, in blink, the petition of Mr. John J. Glas?, afterwards erroneously filled out, contesting the seat of Col. Linton in the State Assembly, our neighbor, the Freeman, and other of our Democratic cotemporaries, raised such a cry about corruption that one would have thought the whole body politic about to fall to pieces from very rottenness. Ejaculations about the purity (!) of the Democratic party were as plenty as toasts at a wfne party. And sure enough, that purity (!) is made lamentably manifest by the recent disclosure of the occasion of the cause cf the defeat of Mr. Itobiu son for State Senator in the Twcnty-firsi district .by the Democratic nominee. Well, indeed, might O'Mara be got out of the way ! Well, indeed, may another nnt ahoacther unknown in these parts, keep himself out of the limits 01 his native State ! This infamous corrup tion of the ballot is not the work of ob scure men. The lights and leaders of the faithful were tho engineers of it. Even the Chairman of their State Com mittee, the Honorable Wm. A. Wallace, feems to be implicated. We trust, fcr the honor of the Commouweakb, that this whole affair will be sifted to the bottom and exposed to the gaze of an indignaut people. The Olilo. The swell" "great reaction, the "ground- that wa's to sweep Congress and Kepubiicauis.m into the vortex of the past, seems not to be working properly. Last fall, the Eighth Congressional district of Ohio went Republican by a very bmall majority, and consequently Democracy wa3 certain that the ordinary progress of events would give them a triumph in the recent special election held in that dis trict for representative. But alas for the "tlip 'twixt the cup aud the lip!" Over one thousand majority on the Republican side is a very hard pill to swallow, and sure cuough there ore many wry faces in mttiog it down. There is certainly no eiigai ou that pill. Ox the 2bC.h ultimo, ilou. D. J. Mor rill, representative from this district in Cougrea, delivered an uble speech in the House on- the Huaucial condition of the country. too long ciuui us. The speech is very lengthy lor pubiicatiou entire in these We present a brief extract ou iaxl jjiSt page 0l thU paper, . Notjck the call for a meeting of the i County. Committee - . 2 Summury of Xewg. JOSEPHINE, BY M UIILBACIT. The Muhlbach well sustains her high fame fn this new historical romance. Indeed; we hardly know whether we ought not to drop the word romance, and call it pJain history at once. It reads like a histdry; it is made up of known facts ; its herldne and its heroes were once flesh aud bipod, and not all tha Mublbach could invent :a more wonderful series of events thao b'efel the sweet young creole who shed the only soft human light that gleams across: the pathway of Napoleon. The book is called "The Empress Josephine," but it far "less concerns her history and character as the sharer of a throne, than as the sovereign mistress of one wayward heart, the only woman whom Napoleon ever loved, and his cold sacrifice of whom brought down upon him the terrible penalty of hi3 sub jugation and solitary death. This gTcat story of actual life, the most marvellous perhaps to be found in all the auoah) of courts, is told in a manner worthy of ; the theme by the famous German novelist. It is more of a love tale than eouie of her other books, and shows her to great advan tage as a delicate analyst of the grand passion. The pictures, we predict, will command general admiration. Tbeyaro not behind the best of those which irra diate the dullness of the English maga zines. Gaston Fay is the artist. He is an American, we understand, and we bail his appearance as a promised relief from the long reign ot artistic mediocrity. 'For a realization of the dulce fur niente, com mend us to the delicious Josephine at Martinique, and for maidenly sweetness, to liortensc Iean:n fence. against the gartfen A few days ago a most cuccessful swindle was perpetrated on Sir. Shaffer, of Walker township, Huntingdon county. The way it was done is as follows : A man called at the bouse of Mr. Shaffer, aud while there two Jew peddlers calledj and offered two gold watches for frale. The individual who wag there first pro posed to buy them, and offered 8200.00 for tbe"u, which the Jews refused saying that they were worth 300.00. Before they left, they stated to Mr. S. that they were short of funds, and that if he would loan them $200.00 for a day or two they would leave him the watches as security. Mr. S. gave them two hundred dollars, and took the watches, but aa they did not return according to promise, he had the watches examined and found that they were the meanest kind of bogus watches, worth cot more than five dollars each. Mr. S. made efforts to find tho swindlers, but was unsuccessful. The Demcwratic State Convention will be held in HarrVshurg, on Wednesday, March 4, and the Republican State Con vention will assemble in Philadelphia one week later, Wednesday, March llth. The duty of the Republicaa Convention will be to nominate dairdidatea for Surveyor and Auditor Genera!, choose the State Electoral ticket and four delegates -at large, to represent Pennsylvania in the National Convention at Chicago. The Democratic Convention will nominate candidates for Auditor and Surveyor General, and select delegates to attend the National Convention lor the nomi nation of a Presidential ticket. The Vicksburg Sentinel of January 22 d says: It is with feelings of great pleasure that we are enabled to announce to our readers the arrival of Mr. Jeffeisou Davis and family. They came up yesterday morning on the steamer Mageuta, and are the guests of his brother, Mr. Joseph Davis. After a long and painful absence, Mr. Davis is again gladdened by a view of his many loving friends, and he stands airaiu au honored and adored advocate of his conscientious convictions in the midst j of pleasant and familiar scenes in his adopted State. His coming was unan nounced. TULr." 1- lU story going the rounds of the French press about a man who hissed unmercifully at the incantation t-cene of Weber's uDer Fieischutz," on the night cf the first production ot that opera in Pari, and who subsequently died in a hospital from some strange distortion of the skull. This skull, after the medical examination, came into the possession of Eugene Sue, the novelist, and was by hi,in loaned to the opera manager for use In the same "Der Freischutz." This, the French writers call "a grand retribution!" M it. Delmar, Director of the Bureau of Statistics, at Washington, has prepared . l 1 l. 1 .U 4 a summary siaremcnt v iue itufjiu auu cost of rat I roads" t ft r the several State?, at the close of 1867, from which it appears that Pennsylvania has more miles bf railroad than any other State. In the Keystone State, 4,192.01 miles of rail roads have been completed, at a cost of 3221,947,857. New York State is second on the list, and ha3 4.1S2.59 iniies oi railroads; which cost IC9,508,176. ; Andrew Joiinson is reported, in a recent private conversation for the enlight enment of mankind, to have said : "The President is elected directly by the people, and is therefore as directly their represen tative as Coogress is." The President is not elected "directly by the people," but bv colleges ot electors. And Mr. Johnson was not elected President by anybody, unless it was by Wilkes Booth. The Good Templars of Wisconsin are sorely exercised on tho "sweet cider ques tion." About a score of lodges are nearly ready to go to pieces in consequence of the mania of the members for apple juice. The chief Templar has accordingly notified all and sundry to let it alone, no matter how sweet. It is proposed to make a new county out of the southeatera portion of Lan caster county, and the southwestern por tion of Chester county.. . . v. ; The power bf the Secretary of ' the Treasury to contract the currency U at an j end. ".' "-' " : ' A Democratic View. The New York World has a Harrisburg corrcsmndeot, who writes as follows : "The Republican State Convention of this State will meet in Philadelphia, March llth, to nominate candidates for Auditor-General and Surveyor-General, and to select four delegates to represent the State at largo in the Republican National Convention. The Curtin and Cameron wings of the party have already been brought into direct antagonism in several of the counties which have elected delegate.-. Cameron, though occupying the dignified position of an United States Senator, must have bis say in the local politics of every county in the Common wealth, and the bitter fights and divisions which have already been witnessed are the results of Jiis arrogant and selfi-h interfer ence. The cousequence is, and naturally enough, a bitter feud between the friends of Cameron and Curtin, the former press ing the claims of General Geary for Vice President, aud the latter seeking the support of looal delegates for the same honor. Cameron counts among his sup porters such men as John C. Kunkel, Elislia W. Davis, Speaker of the House ; Charles Gibbons, Benjamin Harris Brews ter, John Covode, Wayue McVeigh, and George Landon, while Curtin ranks among his adherents the eoldier element of the party, with William D. Kelley, Harry White, John Cessna, R. Biddle Roberts, and like politicians. A decidly rich if not a very quarrelsome time may there fore be expected upon the meeting of the llth of March Convention. From the tone of the Radical presses, it is evident that Grant will bo indorsed for President. There is no contest among the Republican politicians for the nominations of Auditor General and Surveyor General, and the present incumbents, John F. Hartranft and Jacob M. Campbell, will be renomi nated without opposition," Free Railroad Law. We acknowledge the receipt, from lion. Harry White, of the Free Railroad Law, reported by Mr. Coleman in the Senate. It provides that niue or more persons may form an association to build a rail road. They are required to sign articles setting forth the name of the company, termiui of the road, years of intended operation, amount of capital stock (which shall not be less than ten thousand dollars for every mile of road), number of shares, places of residence of the President and of at least six of the directors, &c. These articles must be acknowledged by three of the directors before a competent officer and filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and the articles shall constitute the charter of the company. The article the law provides shall not be filed and recorded in the off;c3 of the Secretary of State uutil at lea.-t ten thous and dollar? of stock for everv mile of railroad proposed to be made is subscribed thereto and ten per centum paid thereon in good faith and in cash to the directors named in said articles ot association, nor uutil there is endorsed thereon or annexed thereto an affidavit made by at leat three of the directors named in said articles that the amount of stock required has been in good faith subscribed, and ten per centum paid in cash thereon, and that it is intended in good faith to coustruct or to maintain and operate the road men tioned in such articles of ns;oeiation, which affidavit shall be recorded with the articles of association. The law gives the company the usual powers granted to corporations of having a common sea;, sueing aud being ced, buying and selling, etc., etc. DURING "Price s rata in IM4, a stirmiih took took ulace on the line of Chariton and IIo ward coyn tie?, Mo., Fome four miles from Glasgow, in which' one of tne rebs was lett on tne grouud danger ously wounded iu the neck. While in this condition, Miss Sarah J. bmith, a school teacher in the vicinity, happened to pass by. Seeing the wounded man, she went to him andstaunched his wounds, probably saving bis life. She remained with him until near nightfall, when he requested her to leave, as his companions would probably come in the night and take him avay. If not, she would fiad him where he was in the morning, living or dead. He said he was known by the name of Tucker, but that his real name was II. 0. M'Donald, and that he wa3 from Louisville, Ky. Next morning M' Donald was gone, and Miss Smith knew uothinjr concerning him afterwards. A few days ago, Miss Smith (who still resides in the neighborhood received a letter from the administrator of II. C. M' Donald, Sr., informing her that she was named in the will of the deceased as the legatee ot 50,000, in consideration of her having saved the life of bis nephew and only heir, the H. C. M'Donald named in connection with tho incident of 1864. This is all the story, and its correctness is fully endorsed. t mi A LIST of over two hundred bills passed by the last Legislature and approv ed by the Governor, is published in the Harrisburg Stale Guard, not one of which has become a statute, on account of the failure of the parties interested to pay the enrollment taxes upon them required by law. Among these laws are a largo number incorporating mining companies, coal companies, railroad companies, gas companies, turnpike companies and land improvement companies. Is reply to Mr. Doolittle's attack 00 General Grant, Senator Nye told the story ot the attack on a celebrated .New Eng land clergyman, who met his accusers by akiug them it they had ever seen a do" barking at the moon. "Oh, yes,' they answered, witu a sneer. "Well, now, mv friends, please tell me if you ever heard 6f a dog getting near enough to the moon io Wc if." . - In a very few weeks the Republicans ot Pennsylvania will meet in Convention to nominate candidates for Auditor General and Surveyor General. We have been closely watching, lately, the expressed pre ferences of public men who represent our organization in localities and by journalists who usually reflect the will of the Repub lican party. From these sources we gather that an almost universal feeling in favor of Hartranft and Campbell prevails among ItepublicanH, and that the venom 1 nation of thee gentlemen for re-election to the positions which they now occupy is now concurred in and demanded by all parts of the State. It there are other aspirants in the Republican party for thee positions we have not seen or heard of such gentlemen, so that we can, with great propriety,, endorse the preference manifested in f:vor of Hartranft and Campbell. No State ever was served by more faithful or upright officers, no partv ever had as representatives of its respect ability and patriotism, better ier than John F. Hartranft and Jacob M. Camp bell, and they have reason, as have their friends, to be proud of the rruka'y confi dence reposed it them by the masses of the Republican party. Stile Guard. m A MAIL carrier and military tscorr of four men of the Pacific Railroad Survey were recently lost in the wilderness; but after seven days' wandering, during which they were near perishing of starvation, they found a path to a military post. The nomination of Sunset Cox as Min ister to Austria hangs fire in the Senate. Ho has not been confirmed, and probably will not be. Work, on the monument to the memory of Pennsylvania soldiers who fell in the Mexican war is progressing steadily at Uarrisburg. Gold closed in New York yeaterdav at 141. Dickens is in Washington city. Trial List. Following is the trial list for the special session of the Cambria county Court, commencing February 24, ana tne regular session commencing March 2 : Special Session. Brotherline vs. Smith et al Fenlon vs. Burgoon ,...vs. Truby vs. Krise V3. Morley vs. Duncan. Noel. Duncan. Noel et al. Duncan. Noel et al. Conner. Du' is & Litzinger. Cooper. Bondons. Adam3. Cnlvin vj. vs. Altimus Litzinjier Hare vs liendons vs. omith et al vs Regular Session First Week. Chri3ty vs. Christy. White, Trustee vs. McGhide. oarae vs. Same. Campbell vs. McKenzie et al. Shields vs. McMullcn. Crossman, Solomon & Co vs. Storm vs. I7ngh.es & Co. Adams. 1 omtroy vs. Xasle. Same vs. Crossman, Solomon & Co vs. Pomeroy vs. McCier.ahan vs. It union vs. Scanlan. Hamilton. Carr. Woodcock. George. iiennett vs. McMillan. touristy... vs. Collins. PUDLIC SALE. The undersiened, Executors of Jaue Wherry, late of the borough of Kbensburg, dec-cased, wiil expose to sale by public out cry, at the Court House, in the borouph of ilbensbur-r, on SATURDAY, the 22d day of FEBRUARY. A. D., I8t, atone o'clock, p. m., all the right, title, and iateret of the said Jane Wherry, of, in, and to Lot No. 7T, in the borouga of Ebensburg aforesaid, bounded south by Sample street, no:th by Crawford street, and west by Phaney street, having thereon erected a frame dwelling House and a frame Stable, now occupied by I-ewis Rodgers. Terms of Sale One-half of the purchase money to be paid in hand, and the balance in one year thereafter, with interest, to be secured by the Judgment bond of the pur chaser. GEO. J. RODGERS, Jan. 31, 18C3. WM- KITTELL. ALSO: At the same time and place will be sold by the Executors aforesaid, A IAND W ARRANT FOR 1G0 ACRES, granted to the said Jane Wherrv, (formerly Jane Lewis) widow of Richard Lewis, deceased, under act of Congress, March 3,1865, for services of the said Richarn Lewis, in the war 1812. ALSO : Six shares in the Capital stock of the Ebensburg and Cresson Railroad Co., held by the deceased, per certificate of said company. n5l-t3. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. The undersigned Anditor, appointed by the Orphans' Court of Cambria county, to report distribution of tue funds in the bands of Sarah Duncan, Admin istnvtrix of James Duncan, deceased, amongst lha heirs and le gal representatives of sa;d deceased, hereby notifies all persons interested that he will at tead to the duties of said appointment at bis office, in Ebensburg, on Thursday, the Gth day of February, 1863, at 2 o'clock, p. m., when and where they must present their claims, or be debarred from coming in for a snare 01 sum iuuu. GEO. W. OATMAN, Jan. 16, lSC8.3t. . Auditor. A UDITOR'S NOTICE. JLJL The undersigned Auditor, appointed by the Orphans' Court of Cambria county to report distribution of the money in the hands of Michael Noon, Executor of James Murphy, late of Alleghany township, deceased, hereby notifies all persons interested that he will attend to the uutiea of his appointment, at his othce, in Ebensburg, on Friday, Fkbru ary 7th, 1863, at 2 o'clock, p. m., when and where they must present their claims, or be debarred from coming in for a share of said fund. GEO.'W. OATMAN, Jan. 1G, 1863. 3t. Auditor. AGENTS WANTED For two cf the best selling subscrip tion books ever published. One entitled '.Mysteries ot the .Neapolitan Convents," by an ex-Henedictine Nun, a true account of the inner life of the convents the most thrilling and interesting .work before the public. 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TiiKY are MntRons op tiie Tnrr "No one can peruse them without cot: ding the author's great skill in grasping delineatiug the characters which figure co. spicuously in them. V 'The study which enables the smiVT t delineate s. accurately the emotions and i: centivee to action which moved men n women T a past age mutt be close ana u: tiring, and Louisa Muhlbdch thovs in a of her woiks a perfection which, carries!': reader into the very presence of the c!ir& ters represented." Syracuse Journal. IV. They are Historically Coki.'Eci Historically correct, and as cutTVa.ur,r many oi the volumes of bir aiterbcut as Providence Herald. "Louisa Mublbach must have carefu!' vad diligently studied the secret histo.-k , the times anil countries of which she wii;c and her tatk is done well and effective V Worcester Spy. "No Historical Novelist has alcul 1 faithfully to reproduce a complete yvAuir..' past times and events." Utica llera.'j. V. Tiiey are Original. "It has agreeably surprised readers to fb: a new writer with such constructive per, and knowledge of character as Louisa Liu'... bach possesses." Public Ledger. "Each f-ucceeding novel sdJs to Urs Mundt's reputation as a writer cf Lister. fiction." New York Times. VI. Tiiey Ai;n full of Imacinatk uShe is not on'v the skilful Liner, bnt neat-handed artizau." Christian Witney "There is seldom any straining after ei feet, but it is really wunderful how llaiian.t Mundt manages to sustain aui increa.-e thf interest to the end." "The word-painting of tie ruuSowm 1- much more effect ire than the lit fcSorts of ( the engraver." Illinois State Register. VII. Tiiey Contain Aneciotw of Courts. "Scottish history c2ered no frev.er a:i more romantic material to the magic ing hand cf Sir Walter Scott than shef.::. in the annals of the German courts." iug Gazette. There aro not to be found any where tr. human annals, unused, such maenifief't. such superabundant malerialj for roman:f, as clog the chronicles of the Prussian a-- Austriau courts of the 18th centurv. their dress, their manners, their tnoto thought, their language, they are almost much separated from us as if they had h:- one thousand years ago." Observer VIII. Tiiey tell about Hmpep.ok Kings, and Qcf-ens. "We learn from her not only how F- erick William and Frederick the Great. J eph the Second, Voltaire, Rousseau, Bar3 Trenck, the Empress Catherine, walkeJsci talked iu their grand roles, but Low ic powdered their hair, flirted and took tea.' Register. "The choice of her subjects exhibit genius. She takes the time of Frederick r ' Great, Joseph the Second, for example. upon the background of facts wLtca chroniclers of the periods afford, sLe effi wa ders the bright and sombre colors, t and shade of her fiction, with the sW consummate aitist." The Eagle. IX. Tiik Style 13 Interesting i.'PI.. rf fViii writer f.r I UH spicuity and elegance, is something .(f' to be commended. It is free from i1;'3''1., mannerisms, and tricks of eveij kaa. The Argus. -j "The translations do justice to tne v..- piquant style of the original ; and n--,w. is full of movement and crowded w"3 tertaining and instructive incident. -Chicago Post. ,..3 "The interest cf the book does not wj upon its characters nor its incidents, on its charming style, but in its b L of composition." Day Book. X. Everybody is Reaping l"rzS "Our people seem tohavestopp J. French novels, and English worka -plained of as dull. Mis Mahlbach ly supplies the public want. vj "The novels of Clara Mundt -c read by every one." Times. .ic "Muhlbach's novels have a , reputation, and are read with v . . fast as issued trom me Republican. , dfSPrrea "They are winning - - j urDau popularity in this country.' -itaie Either. the any address n rp! 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