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ledge of what occurs around, and report irregu'
ties. It accomplishes the object of binding the
main and lesser wheels of the huge machine to the
rulers and to each other, as they become all respon-
sible and involved in what goes wrong. The Em-
peror's emissaries are constantly despatched to all
parts of the empire, and though ostensibly entrusted
with a particular duty, they are required to take a
general surveillance and report accordingly. In
the same manner the. governors of provinces are
empowered to send especial messengers invested
with full power over their jurisdiction, and even
prefects and intendants dispatch their myrmidons.
Thus a network of espionage exists throughout
China, and the Emperor, who never himself visits
the provinces, secures ample information and exer-
cises great control. No officer is allowed to marry
in his jurisdiction, nor own land there, nor have a
son, brother, or near relative in office under him,
nor is he stational in the same province for more
than three years. Triennially, full reports are sent
to the Board of Civil Office from each province on
the merits and demerits of all officers in the empire.
Those in inferior office report upon their inferi vrs,
while they themselves are reported ou by their
superiors, who are again reported on by their supe-
riors up to the Governor. The Order of Demerit
is classed under these heads—tho Undiligent, the
Inefficient,the Superficial , the Untalented, the Su per-
annuated,and the Diseased. Sometimes officers are ele-
vated or degraded so many steps, and whenever they
issue an edict they are required to state how often
they have been advanced, or degraded, or recordei•
It is their duty to accuse themselves when guilty of
crime, either personally or by their subordinates,
and request punishment. For high crimes death is
inflicted, either by the executioner, or, as a favour,
by making the culprit execute himself, a delicate
hint being given in a rope, failing which he is deca-
pitated. A red book is published quarterly, giving
the names and standing of all officers, their nation-
ality and place of nativity, the title of their office,
its salary, and other information. The census is
taken every tenth month, and for the purpose a
constable is over ten and a bailiff over one hundred
families ; each keeps a register for the magistrates,
through whom it reaches the Governor, and event-
ually Peking. The revenue amounted thirty years
ago to $286,000,000, which is generally under the
expenditure, the deficit being made up by patriot!!
subscriptions and new taxes. One of the
peculiari-
ties of the Chinese service is the complete subordi-
nation of the military power to the civil; military
officers are so poorly paid and so shorn of authority
that they are at the mercy of every literal?'
Mandarin. The general control of the armY ie
under the Ta-ching, or great Minister, and the Go-
vernor and Lieut.-Governors, when it pleases 0011
assume command, and though civilians often take
the lead of a whole army, yet it is held to be 3
maxim in China that he who can rule a province
can also command an army. The highest military
grade is open to the humblest soldier, but the selec
tion is so bad that the most ignorant men have risen
to the highest ranks. The only military decoration
conferred by the Emperor is a peacock's feather, t°
be worn in the cap. Whoever distinguishes Wee
self in battle receives a pecuniary reward, and .11
who falls in defence of his country has his name 01.
scribed on the list of promotion in Hades. Ite,
sponsibility and a commensurate punishment are
meted out according to the grade of the individual'

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Ex-Governor J. Madison Wells, of Louisiana,
who was removed by order of General Sheridan, 1135
brought a suit for the recovery of the salary accrulss
during the term for which he was chosen.
The Boston Post says that " Secretary Seward
marriage is said to have been prevented by the rers°l3;
strances of his family against his ringing that little hell°.
Ozias W. Whittaker, who has been elected bi‘
the General Convention of the Protestant EpiscoPs:
Church missionary bishop of Nevada and Arizona, i 5 t
native of New Salem, Massachusetts, a graduate of Anlhersu
College, and for some four or five years resided in Nert
Brookfield, teaching the high school there. After calla;
pleting his theological studies he went to Nevada as a
Episcopal missionary in 1863, and has ever since been 1a
bouring with zeal and success among the mining coranil-
nities in that region.
The Spring field Republican of Nov. 7 has the f°l‘
—" An unlucky Friday was the last to an Irislr
man who went to Lennox in the morning and was tal'°,
an American, returned to Pittsfield and got drunk, spa
was killed by the cars east of that town in the evening,''
The majority of John Morrissey in the Fifth Cow
gressioual District, New York, is 11,221.
Mr. Maynar.l is re-el !cted to Congress fro
Tennessee, and Logan 11. Roots, Republican, is elected
Arkansas. It is reported that the Democrats have Pr
bably carried two Congressional Districts is Tennesseety
General Butler was serenaded in Lowell, Man,
chusetts, on the evening of the sth, and made a speecbith-a
which he said that Congress will find a remedy" for
state of things in the South.
it
el
Hon. Samuel R. Betts, Judge of the uOl
,0.
States District Court for Nov York, died at New
on Monday night, Nov. 2, of apoplexy, an event 0"; eg
created a profound sensation, and a meeting of the 13411.0er,
held on the 4th to manifest this in an appropriate rasuich
The representative of the King of the SanVigre,
Islands, M. Crossmen de Varigny, has arrived at Deero
to exchange the ratifications of the Treaty of Gognede,
of 1861 between Switzerland and the Sandwich Isla% $t
After the inauguration of President NI`GI ,t 3
Princeton College, he having stated that the sill
ought to have a well-equipped gymnasium, it Wat,:')of
flounced that Robert Bonner and Mr. Marquand, b°tioa
New York, had each given $lO,OOO toward the ere.
and furnishing of such a building. n•yiag
LADvEnnsEmExT.] - Holloway's Pills. -- Ag?
Pains.—OnCt
change of weather, excessive exerti" side,
mental trouble, a distressin pain often arises in tllioo ,
shoulder, or elsewhere. Its known cause is conqo'es'
the liver. Its infallible remedy is Holloway's Dils' t1:0
Roberts, of St. George's-square, Liverpool, states 530.0
after trying countless means for relieving these oPlarecole;
pains, without receiving the slightest benefit, be shot;
menced a course of Holloway's Pills, which in ad otbes
time freed him from them altogether. Neuralgic aa.,,,t
torments are as readily dispelled. Another Patinoru*
Atcham, Shropshire, writes that he suffered severe'.'svbic"
long time from "brow ague," face and ear ache, flair's'
were completely cured by Holloway's matchless re'''
ments.
LADveansEMENT.J—Dyspepsia(lndigestion), Constipatiel'A
bility, Consumption, and all nervous, bilious, stomach, Constipated
complaints in every stage, are only aggravated and See'Dy
by drugs of every description, but perfectly curable roved
cy
Barry's health-restoring Revalenta cons Food, as Pr 0° •
thousands of cases which had beenidered hopeleef el,
as—cough, asthma, also diarrhoea, hemorrhoids,
ild
plaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore gad
diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the hetiolgjo,,
ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, oe
irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburi,4oei,
ache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and Te'refll)
even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, VI 20
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between the shoulders, &c. We quote a few:—The PoP10,:.„119
restored by Du Barry's Food. Cure No. 68,413.—" e0"01(
12, 1866.—The health of the Holy Father is excellent, eSSOBIO
since, abandoning all other remedies, he has ecnfloe,,,,,uicli,or.
entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta. Arabica, Food, of :d
consumes a plateful at every meal. It has produc"„ c,OP
pot
prisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holia,e'zet,te re;
praise this excellent food too highly."—From the " tifid,
Midi, " July 25 Cure No. 46,270 Mr James Rober.:4 itta4o.
merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' diseneofo° el
spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial isealiliff
Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord ;05;
Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No. 49,83'100000,,
years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, I',..exoeo° aari
asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency. spasms, foe fDoa
vomiting.,—MariaJoly." Important Caution.—Bewareu wiej,
unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to Willa '
authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously 005.,
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wife of Robert C. ."
Childers, Esq, of a sou. floor.-
VACHER—On the 25th inst., at Alleyn House, '
Mrs. W. H. Vacher, of a daughter. ~, f 11' ".
WELD—On the 24th lust at Rth s the W"" °
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Lodge, gents, til°
Weld, Esq., of a son. .
Marriages. Joliti
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MASON—BELL —On the 24th inst ,at Leung 9 Pilo
Mason, of 2, Cripplegate-buildings, City, -W'
terrace, Lee, to Eliza, only daughter of the late
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Bell, of Bradford, Yorkshire. vir- , ia'
WEST —WESTALL--Ou the 24th inst at St.o.li, J.,
fa
Kensington, William West, Esq„ of' M iuin.7: t,do
colnshire, to Harriet Mary, second daughter co
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Westall, Esq., M.D Holland V.ll.
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Deaths. Ale°
Dinar—On. the 9th lust Captain
, ,gt Madeira, Cllr
• Dirorn, R.E., aged 31. , lane, Ca'
ELLWOOD —Oll the '23d inst., at Nightinga'n" or,
ham, George Ellwood, of 164, Aldersg.ite-str
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aged 38. Col
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John L. Maquay, Einst. at Chieveley, D
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ProoT—On the 21st , 014t.,u Dray
Berks, General Richard Bigot, Colonel
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