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THE TEETH: a Practical Treatise, with the
best means of restoring them when defective or lost.

By A. ESKELL,-Esq., Surgeon-Dentist,
8. Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square._

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and time-servers, and I know you of old. You possess
not public virtue enough among you even to have a
conviction, either right or wrong. It is such professions
as those you now make which delayed separation for 20
years only to make it irremediable at last, and it is your
lack of straightforwardness and moral. .courage which has
caused the inevitable event to be accompanied by this hor-
rible effusion of blood. Yon have fitly selected as your
representative a man who says one thing in private and
another in public, and who neither in public nor in private
dare speak hie own mind, if he have one. You who profess
to ascribe the failures of Lincoln, not to Southern valour,
but to the incapacity of his chosen generals, proclaim the
impersonation of failure, M'Clellan, who when at the head
of armies wrote despatches only less lying and bombastic
than Pope's—who, with no better fortune than Grant's,
cannot claim Grant's boldness nor his power of sustaining
the spirits of his men—and who, worst of all, still draws his
pay as a general is the army for Southern subjugation.
You, who profess to uphold the constitution and the rights
of the States, select as your standard•bearer the man who
first, at Lincoln's bidding, set the constitution at defiance
and trampled the rights of a sovereign State under foot—
M'Clellan, the pliant tool for the arrest of the Maryland
Legislature and the military occupation of that unfortunate
State. You may de eive the people of the North, but you
cannot deceive the people of the Soutk,_ The best Southern
blood was not shed to establish a party but to vindicate a
nation."

When the nominee and the "platform" of the Chicago
Convention are known, our readers will be able to judge
which of these two courses the North means to pursue, If
the first, then in a few months there will be a lasting peace
between North and South, such a one as will command the
respect of European Powers, and deride the cowardly and
wicked policy which has obtained a secret hearing in Cabi-
nets, though its advocates shrink from the infamy of its
open avawal. If, on the other hand, the nominee of the
Chicago Convention shall be M'Clellan—or whoever may
be the nominee, if its ":platform" be simply a string of
patriotic commonplaces, borrowed from the Fourth of July
orations—then the last hope of salvation for the North
as an empire will have been sacrificed to the fetish wor-
ship of the Union, and there will be no peace. The
South will not accept an armistice without its necessary
concomitant, the raising of the blockade. It will not go
into a convention of the States with a lie on its lips.
The war must go on, the South growing stronger, the
North weaker. When peace at last shall come, it will
no longer be a peace between equale, but a peace extorted
at the point of the sword in smouldering Northern cities
—a peace made with individual States or groups of States
separated from the rest; and instead of two allied Powers
taking the place of the extinct Union there will be several,
of whioh the South will be the most compact and the
strongest.

Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments

in the Civil Service.

HOME-OFFICE.--Mr Wilfred Clerk, second clerk in the
Marylebone Police-court, has been appointed chief clerk,
in the room of Mr Henry Phillips, deceased.
THE ADMIRALTY,—/dr Augustus Fred. Dyer has been
appointed a temporary clerk at Somerset-house--Mr E. H.
Harwood has been appointed a dockyard clerk—Mr G. B,
K. B. Drake has been appointed a temporary dockyard
clerk—Mr R. H Boughton has been appointed a temporary
dockyard clerk—Mr J. Evans has been appointed inspector
of shipwrights, Devonport Dockyard.
OFFICE OF WORKS.—Mr A. Coates has been appointed
a clerk.

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CUSTOMS.—Mr E. Corby has been appointed a clerk for
warehousing and general duty, London—Mr Thomas li
O'Loghlen has been appointed clerk in the examiner's de-
partment, London.
INLAND REVENUE.—Stamp and Tax Branch—Mr E.
Hare has been appointed to be a clerk in the Legacy Duty-
office. Excise Branch—Mr A. Haslam, supervisor, Cork,
2d district, Cork collection, has been appointed surveying
general examiner of the third class—Mr Jas Keily,officer,
Glasgow, 7th division, Glasgow collection, has been ap-
pointed officer of Campbelton, 4th division, Campbelton
collection—Mr Alfred Ottley, officer, Pitlochry, Ist divi-
sion, Perth collection, has been appointed officer of Glas-
gow, 7th division, Glasgow collection—Mr James Fraser,
officer, Moville ride, Londonderry collection, has been ap-
pointed officer of Pitlochry, Ist division, Perth collection—
Mr J, Bostock, officer, Derby, 31 division, Nottingham col-
lection, has been appointed officer of the Chesterfield divi-
sion, Sheffield collection—Mr Geo.V. Cross, officer, Spald-
ing division, Stamford collection, has been appointed officer
of Derby, 3d division, Nottingham collection—Mr Richard
Baker, officer, Derby, 4th division, Nottingham collection,
has been appointed officer of Spalding division, Stamford
collection. . .

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IRELAND.—Mr Eugene O'Sullivan has been appointed a
clerk in the Public Office of Works, Dublin.
THE EAST INDIES.—Mr Wm. Hart, revenue and police
commissioner, southern div sion,has been appointed a mem-
ber of the Bombay Legislative Council—Mr It. J. Crosth-
waite, reported qualified, has been attached to the N. W.P.,
the Punjaub, and Oude—Mr C. A. R. Browning, inspec-
tor of schools, northern circle, has been appointed to offi-
ciate as director of public instruction in the central pro-
vinces, in the room Capt. P. Dods, on leave to Eur ; Lieut.
G. H. Trevor, inspector of schools, eastern circle, has been
appointed to officiate as inspector of schools,northern circle,
vice Mr Browning—Captain J. Wood, political agent of
Nimar, has been appointed a deputy-commissioner of the
first-class—Mr S. J. Naber, deputy-collector, has been ap-
pointed.
Tearetrtamaanss, jointistantcoembmapilsasiin foneer, firsta cpltaeses:bthaes Rev.been
W. S
appointed chaplain of Seetabuldee, in the central pro-
vinces—Mr G. Dillon, extra assistant-commissionar,
Lohurdugga, has been promoted to the third grade—Mr.
C. A. S. Bedford has been appointed to be extra assistant
commissioner of Maunbhoom, and to exercise the powers of
a subordinate magistrate of the second class. The follow-
ing officers have been appointed to officiate as joint magis-
trates and deputy collectors :—Mr J. S. Porter, assistant to
the magistrate and collector of A2SialgUrgh—Mr C. F. Hall,
assistant superintendent of Deyrah Doon—Mr J. W. Mul-
ligan, assistant to the magistrate and collector of Humeer-
pore—Mr E. Montague, assistant to the magistrate and
collector of Allygurh.—Civil Service Gazette.

—The report of the capture of the Lillian, from
THE AMERICAN BLOCKADE.—liverpool, Sept. 8
Wilmington for Bermuda,
on July 24, is incorrect. She
arrived at the latter port, and subsequently left for Wil-
mington, where she arrived about Aug. 4. The Little
Hattie, from Wilmington, arrived at Bermuda on Aug. 16.
She had been chased, and had to throw overboard upwards
of 270 bales of cotton. The Little statie arrived at Halifax
from Bermuda on Aug. 16. Late advises report the blockade
trade almost suspended, most of the steamers having either
been injured, or officers suffering from fever. Bermuda,
Aug. 18.—The Mary Bowers, from Wilmington, which
arrived here on Aug. 13, reports having thrown overboard
gunboat,of cotton,
whhaivo having g
vesselbeen
picked chased
themby theu R. G, Cuyler,
THE ASS.—Of all the animals that came out
of the ark the donkey is the least considered by
F6oedera bales
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the master whom he ssrves so patiently and so well. The
poor beast seems to have shared the curse with Ham, and
to have been banned from the beginning. We may, with-
out incurring the charge of irreverence, imagine that
Noah had a great deal of trouble with him ;
that he was the last to be got into the ark, and
the last to be got out of it ; that while Shem ascended
to the back of the stately elephant, and Japhet
mounted the graceful horse, Ham bestrode the humble ass,
and man and beast went forth into the wilderness together, i
to be slighted and despised. I3uffon and Cuvier both
thought that the donkey was despised only because he cut
a sorry figure by comparison with the horse, and that if the
latter were unknown the donkey would have had great care
lavished upon him, and thus have increased in site and
developed his mental powers to an extent almost impossible
to imagine. Adopting this theoryme must regard the donkey
as the victim of an invidious and odious comparison. But
with all respect for Buffos and Cuvier, I am inclined to think
that there are other causes for the contempt which at-
taches to this animal. At the very outset of his career
he laboured under the great disadvantage of not being
" good-looking." We all know how a defect of this kind
affects even the destiny of man. Hunchbacks and cripples,
and misshapen persons are not, as a rule, the special pets of
society, but rather the contrary. Natural disposition, too,
is a most important element in the account. By nature the
donkey is humble and patient, susceptible of strong
attachments, and contented with the smallest of mercies,
and for this reason he is " pat upon." it is the same
with the human animal. :When a man is patient
and humble, and contented with little, he is almost
invariably the butt and the drudge of others.
Every one is acquainted with some pig-headed ungainly,
meek, easy-tempered human donkey, who runs errands,
lends money, amuses children, hangs pictures, sees old
maids home, sleeps on the shake down, goes outside the
omnibus in the rain to oblige a lady, and generally does
everything ho is asked to do by his sharper and more
selfish neighbours. This is pure good nature, but clover
people who profit by it call it, in the fulness of their grati-
tude, stupidity. The meek and mild character always
invites contumely and ill-usage. If the horse commands
more respect than the donkey, it is not because his
character is more amiable, but because he inspires more
fear. Thus the world will always have a higher opinion
of the ruthless warrior who conquers with sword and
flame, than the mild apostle of peace who goes about
quietly and unobtrusively seeking to do good. But the
donkey has a physical defect—a defect which is never tor-
. given either in man or beast, lie is little. To be meek
of mind and short of stature is a terrible combination of

The Tendencies of the Polish Insurrection.

At the sitting, on the 29th ult., of the Court
schich is hearing the great Polish case at Berlin,
M. Janecki read theTollowing letter from General
Langiewiz ;
Sir,—The trial of the Poles at Berlin, in which you take
so distinguished a part in the defence, induces me to declare
to you that I am ready to give evidence regarding the ten-
dencies of the late insurrection. It appears to me that if the
defence thinks proper to hear me, the High Court cannot
refuse my evidence in a matter in which the prosecution
has not recognised me as guilty. It is no secret to the
Prussian authorities that for the last few years before the
insurrection I resided in Italy, England, and France; that
I took part in Garibaldi's campaign in 1860 ; that I was in-
structor in the military school at Paris and Genoa ; and that
I had personal relations with people whom government pro-
secutors are pleased to call the leaders of the cosmopolitan
revolution, for M. Larochejaquelin even accused me of
Mazzinism from the Parliamentary tribune in February,
1863. It is moreover known that the insurrectionary move-
ment in the palatinate Sandomir, on January 22, 1863,
broke out under my personal direction, and that, therefore,
I must have had close relations with the chic* leaders of the
Polish movement even before the insurrection. Further,
my open participation in the insurrection after the above
date, and ultimately my assumption of the dictatorial
authority, allow the inference that I must know the ob-
jects of the insurrection, at least up to the date of my cap-
ture by the Austrians (19th March, 1863), and also the
arrangements which were made to secure the objects of the
insurrection. I am thoroughly acquainted with the military
arrangements made by the Central Committee for the in-
surgent bands which were to be found in all the palatinates
of the Congress kingdom. These arrangements not only did
not tend to any hostile measures against Prussia, but even
did not facilitate the arrival of volunteers from Polish
Prussia; for it was intended, after the dispersion of the
scattered Russian garrisons, immediately to concentrate all
the Polish forces against the Russian armies,which of course
could not form on the Prussian frontier ; all the Polish de-
tachments which were to be formed in the palatinates on the
Prussian frontier were accordingly to march immediately
eastwards. As regards political instructions, the Central
Committee, up to the creation of the dictatorial authority,
most strictly directs its subordinates to avoid everything
that might disturb the peace in the Polish territories of
Austria and Prussia, and even anything that might cause
fear or illwill on the part of the Austrian or Prussian Go-
vernments towards the insurrection, which was solely
directed against the Czar. I need hardly add that the in-
structions and orders issued during the dictatorship were
conceived in the same spirit. If, according to the allega-
tions of the prosecution, the National Government in-
tended to seize on Polish Prussia, why do not I, an insur-
gent and known leader of that Government sit on the bench
of the accused ? So far as I know the Prussian authorities
have not demanded any extradition of Austria, although by
the treaty published in Austria on the 4th of January, 1834,
that power is bound to give up traitors to Prussia on her re-
quisition. Hitherto I have not been examined as to the
objects of the insurrection. On the 29th of April, five weeks
atter my imprisonment, I presented a petition to the Prus-
sian Government, through its ambassador in Vienna, for
my expatriation, with the object of settling in Switzerland.
The resul t was a careful inquiry among the military adminis-
trative, and judicial authorities, and an investigation by the
Court Prosecutor at Berlin of the documents of this very
trial, with the object of ascertaining whether there was any
objection to my expatriation. At length, on the 17th Sept.,
1863, thetorder for my expatriation was made out and sent
me through the Prussian Embassy. Did the National Go-
vernment, then, only determine to seize Prussian Poland
after my imprisonment ? Or, rather, did the prosecution
only convince itself, after the 17th of last September, that
such was the object of the National Government ? I am
no lawyer, but the fate of the accused warmly interests me,
and I beg you therefore to pardon me if I attribute an undue
weight to my evidence, and to my question of the prosecu-
tion—why it did not include mo among the accused. Once
more, declaring my readiness to serve the cause of truth
and the accused, I am, &c. M. LANGIEWIZ.
Josefstadt, August 23, 1864.
The Court, however, rejected the proposal " as
the General must be regarded as a participator in
the insurrection, and consequently as being in the
same position as the accused."