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THE RESCUE
are as fol

SOCIETY'S HOMES
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The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee ale deeply anxious to
open another houso for this pitiable class.
The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young
women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli-
cants, whose histories aro recorded in the applicant's book.
In addition to the above-named home; the Committee
have under their charge throe homes for servants of good
character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless
servants annually.
The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I
never read a report of any charitable institution which so
entirely commended itself to my- mind and awoke my
sympathy") may bo had on application.
The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of
Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co.
The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. D 4. L. COOPER, Soc.
$5, CtilqtAltreQt ciVAP6ICI9

DEPUTATION TO THE AMERICAN MIN-
ISTER TO GREAT BRITAIN.

Last Saturday the deputation from the British
branch of the International League of Peace and
Liberty presented Mr. Adams with an address on
his approaching departure. Mr. Beales was the
spokesman. He said the League consisted of mem-
bers from almost every European nation, with the
great patriot and champion of civil and religious
liberty at its head. War they regarded as a deadly
game, played for the purposes of dynastic rulers
and arbitrary governments, at the cost of the happi-
ness, the property, and the lives of their subjects
and peoples, as the natural ally of despotic and un-
controlled power, while peace is the natural ally
and handmaid of freedom. They believed that
unless purposely inflamed, no two peoples would
voluntarily engage in mutual slaughter, especially
now when unfettered commerce, rapid international
intercourse, and universally extending knowledge
are daily growing. It was a holy duty, imposed by
precept and principle of religion, by reason, by the
true dignity and welfare of mankind, to dethrone
the horrible Moloch of war, and establish the rule
of international amity and the reign of peace. In
thus aeking, we believe it to be in accord with the
sentiments f most of our brethren and kinsmen in
the great Republic. He alluded to the disbanding
of the vast military and naval forces immediately
on the conclusion of peace in America, thus pre-
senting a striking contrast to the enormous armies
kept up by imperial and monarchial rulers. It was
under these circumstances, they expressed their
warm esteem and regard for Mr. Adams, the repre-
sentative of that country, who, with such distin-
guished ability, and by a singular combination of
talent, moderationand sound judgment under trying,
even exasperating, difficulties, assisted to pre-
vent a frightful and fratricidal war between
Great Britain and the United states. The
address from the League embodied these
sentiments, and the following was the reply
of Mr. Adams :—" Mr. Beales and gentlemen, I
am happy to receive you, and to hear from you the
expression of the friendly sentiments which you
entertain towards my countrymen and myself. It is
no part of my province, nor my wish,-to draw a
line of distinction between individuals or classes of
the community of which you make an influential
portion, nor yet to enter into questions which
belong particularly to yourselves. It is enough
for me to be assured of your goodwill, and
to have reason to believe that it is now gene-
rally entertained. (Hear, hear.) As for my-
self, having had the satisfaction to receive the
full approbation of my country for the action
which you likewise commend, it naturally follows
that the compliments you pay me are even more
deserved. by the authority without which I should
have been powerless. (Hear, hear.) If such be the
ruling spirit of both sides, I am at a loss to perceive
the reason of your alarm about unsettled questions.
Where the will is good, some way to arrangement
is sure ultimately to follow. In my belief the sum
of all true diplomacy is to be found in the Christian
maxim of doing to your neighbour as you would
have him do to you. If all nations were to carry
that rule into practice there would be no wars and
few controversial despatches. (Hear, hear.) I pray
you, gentlemen, to accept my earnest wishes for the
health and happiness of each and every one a you."

The Revolution is original, and iturelty attracts.
Being something new, we cannot roffrain from again
referring to the numbers which now pour in steadily
upon us. The merry chime of " Train," which rang
before like joy-bells, has subsided into the slow
ding-dong of the minute bell. The Ambassador is
quoted, alluding to the Revolution's " sad mistake
in accepting as an ally, one of the most notorious
mountebanks of the day," and " in making their
paper a mouthpiece for that buffoon." Instead of
accepting this, the editor unhesitatingly declares that
Train who had worked through nine States of the
Union, who had helped them to establish the paper,
was of far greater value to them than those who gave
advice and did nothing, and in this we fully agree
with Mrs. Stanton. The American Presbyterian
says," Miss Anthony's new papersmacks too strongly
of Train oil ;" adding, "Train, that embodiment and
exaggeration of all our national weaknesses and
follies, had better be kept at rest." Again the editor
defends Mr. Train. "If," says the Revolution,
" Train is the embodiment of all our national
weaknesses and follies, we wonder Victoria did not
put him into the British Museum instead of in
prison ; perhaps she thinks there is method in his
madness." We think that Train embodies far more
than American weaknesses and follies, and we
like to see the lady editor coming forward so ener-
getically in his defence. His pictures of Ireland
have in them the same dash of truth which can be
seen through his wildest declamation. Mr. John
Bright's brother, Jacob, has been elevated by the
Rerolution to the dignity of Honourable. Members
of the English Parliament are not termed Honour-
able except in the courtesy of addressing each other
in the House. If he is a soldier, he is termed the
" gallant" member, if a lawyer the " learned,"
while ordinary members are termed the " honour-
able ;" but this is• confined to the walls of Parlia-
ment, and not us >d as a prefix to the name outside.
E.C.S. is an apostle of Temperance ; the statesmen
and those who attain the highest places, at all given
to intemperance, come under her lash. We fear
General Grant must have refused point blank
to subscribe, and Horace Greeley gets a rap on the
knuckles for even thinking of supporting the General.
" Republicans and Democrats all admit that Grant
drinks, and many reliable persons assert that they
have seen him drunk in the streets of Washington.
Yet, darest thou, 0 Horace, say that thou wilt sup-
port such a man if he runneth ? 0 Horace, Horace,
wilt thou be a hypocrite ?" There is an admirable
article on Temperance by J. P. Root, M.D. " A
Mother to her Daughter" gives some excellent
advice on diet. The Courier des Etats Unis is
touched on, as it reproduces what Mrs. Stanton
said when describing her canvas in Washington.
The editor is congratulated on reading the Revo-
lution, "as through its teachings this Frenchman
may finally become a man in the best sense of the
word, and advocate true doctrines in his paper.
Strained wit is painful to the hearer, and 'one soon
discovers that even the Court language of Europe
is not too smooth and oily to furnish a vent to
men's wrath, when women make any demonstra-
tion toward obtaining the franchise." Nearly all
the papers in the Union have copied the few words
Mrs. Stanton said in regard to Senator Conkling,
" which is a significant fact, showing that men are
not so far above the vanities of this world as to be
indifferent to the praises of women—that they are
quite as susceptible to flattery as women have ever
bad the reputation of being, a reputation attributed
to them mostly by men. Nothing would please
these editors be ter, every mother's son of them,
than to be called fine-looking by a sensible woman."
A Washington correspondent describes Benjamin
Franklin Wade. He was born in the same year
and section of the country as John Brown, the
liberator, and both moved to the northern part of
Ohio at an early age. Ile (MI not enter any col-
lege, but, as working boy and student, farming,
teaching school and studying law, at 27 years of
age he was admitted to the bar. During the next
twenty years of his professional life he was Justice
of the Peace, Prosecuting Attorney for Ashtabula
county, Ohio, State Senator and President of a
judicial circuit. He entered the United States
Senate in 1851, and having been twice re-elected,
be is now serving his seventeenth year in that body,
of which at the commencement of the 40th session,
he was elected President. In person Mr. Wade is
of medium height, with a thick-set, square-built
frame. He has a benevolent face, is a genial and
hearty man, plain in dress, plain in speech, and
plain in action ; he reminds you at once of some
good old farmer. His appearance, his substantial
character, and honest, straightforward speech and
ways, have long since earned kin the sobriquet
of the " Noble Old Roman" of the Senate.
E.C.S.'s letter from Washington is always of in-
terest. She writes without the slightest reserve,
giving a candid opinion of all the men she
meets there. How they like it is another question,
though it can scarcely fail to amuse the other
readers of the Revolution. She says," Gen. Butler's
restless manner, and indescribable face arrested my
eye at once. There is that in his air and dogmati-
cal way of speaking that tells you he is a noteworthy
person. Stevens looks languid and pale ; when. his
time comes may he fall in the tragic style of Chat-
ham and Adams. His youthful wig, however, does
not sit well on his aged heal. The two most fre-
quent talkers on the Democratic side of the House
are Chanler, of New York, and Eldridge, of Wis-
consin, both bores. Two of the ablest and most
gentlemanly members are Brooks and Pruyn, of
New York. Brooks, however, is a handsome man,
and Pruyn probably has the most cultivated mind
in the House. A cursory glance would at any time
divide the House into three classes, viz., the gentle-
man who has the floor, who is thundering at the
Speaker, and thumping his desk without apparently
any listener ; a score of members writing letters,
franking documents, clapping their hands at the
pages, who chase back and forth with missives ;1
and those who are intently eyeing the ladies' gal-

lery. As a general rule the members are well
dressed, and the heels on the desks fewer than of
yore. But the hazing to and fra completely be-
wildered us, and would bring all business to a dead

stand if nine-tenths of it were not mere sham for
the Congressional Globe and buncombe, and of not
the least consequence to the country at large.

We had not from the published reports, a very

high opinion of the talents of our members ; but
we were surprised to learn on the best authority
that probably two-thirds of the set speeches read
from manuscript are not the production of the men

who deliver them, but are prepared by newspaper
reporters and other literary gentlemen in Washing-

ton. This is really disgraceful. Count forty on

your fingers—and the rest had better never have
left their homes. The ablest man among the Demo-

cratic Senators is Reverdy Johnson, but he is the
homeliest in the Capitol. A glance at Mr. Sumner

shows that care is tracing deep lines on his face.
His expression is sad, his hair is turning grey, and

his manner is more subdued than of yore. Report
says that his brilliant Senatorial career will close
with his present term. Wilson is politic, practical,

prosaic, prejudiced, and acrimonious, and, as he

aspires to the Vice-Presidency, has prepared for
that high position by subscribing for the Revolution.

We caught a glimpse of Garret Davis, but fell in

with the current, and left the gallery as he rose to

speak. Our witty friend General Nye had fled to
New Hampshire soon after our arrival. Wash-

burne, of Illinois, whom the Democrats call Grant's
trainer, looked rather young for the father of the

House." E. C. S. wonders what it is in the name of

VVashburne that has given for twelve years its

owners a proclivity to Washington, four of
them being in Congress. They all voted on the Re-

publican side. We were impressed with the peculiar

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air and face of General Logan, who was among the

live men, however it may be with the fanlow chief.

I E. C. S. had a pleasant interview with the future
President, Benjamin Wade, when the follies and
crimes of social life were discussed. He scorns re-
ceptions, fashions, and women who have no sense
of their own rights and true dignity, having no
hope of realizing the Republican theory of Govern-
ment until the women of the nation are baptized
into the idea. He saw no reason why American
men and women could not be permitted to choose
what style their clothes should be, as well as the
French people. E. C. S. told him the best way to
trepan custom was to give women the ballot, and
change butterflies of fashion into thoughtful, re-
sponsible beings. E. C. S. closes with another
slap at Grant, who drinks wine every day. We
have little doubt that E. C. S. will have an effect
on Washington. Congressmen will know that
there's a "chiel among them taking notes—and faith
she'll print it;" and that what she prints will be read
in the clubs of London as well as in the reading-
rooms of New York. —Anglo-American Times.

ALASKA.

From the late action of the Californian Senate,
moving Congress to use all justifiable means of
securing to the United States, the British dominions
on the Pacific, we may judge that the people desire
to establish a great Pacific Nationality, embracing
the coast line of the Continent, from the southern
extremity of California to the North West Passage.
The territory is, in truth, calculated to form a
mighty empire, containing every variety of climate
and production. Enough is known of California to
class it in the highest rank among the regions of the
globe. Almost everything grows\ there, and it is a
marvel of mineral wealth. The development of its
manufactures has kept pace with that of its mines
and of its agriculture—the three great branches of
industry having now reached a stage of progress of
which, when told, men of old nationalities consider
to be almost incredible. The annexation of Alaska
has given a strong impetus to the Californian wish
to unite the Pacific Line of the Northern Continent
under one Government, with its trade centreing in
San Francisco. The purchase of Alaska has been
too recently completed, and the territory has
hitherto been too little known, to enable the Cali-
fornians as yet to form any clear notion of its value.
Immediately on the treaty being announced, a
scientific expedition was dispatched, but this was
not early enough in the summer, nor on a scale
sufficiently comprehensive to collect the information
desired. Still much has been accomplished, and a
general knowledge of at least the appearance of the
country obtained. The coast line is intricate, the
ranges high, bold, and irregular ; in many instances
rising to grandeur. When the vicinity of Sitka
island was reached, the expedition was surrounded
by rugged snow-capped mountains. Through
the clear atmosphere the huge ranges could
be seen at vast distances ; some of them
throwing up volcanic cones, such as Edgecorub,
which marks the entrance to Sitka Bay, and Mounts
Fairweather and St. Elias, the latter sometimes
visible to those 150 miles away. A second series of
volcanic hills commences at the head of the penin-
sula of Alaska, extending southward, and forming
the peninsula, then curving to the west and rising
in the long chain of Aleutian islands, which stretch
like stepping-stones to the Kamtskatka coast,
trending north-east and south-west instead of north-
west and south-east as on the coast of the main-
land. Unimak Island is said to present the most
remarkable view of volcanic cones and peaks to be
found in the known world. Shihaldin and Pogron-
maja rise in graceful and unbroken symmetry
from the sea to a height of 10,000 feet, with
a low volcano irregular in outline between,
called Destruction Peak. It is thus named as
it is a volcano in .an early stage of develop-
ment, which in 1863 caused the loss of many
lives by an eruption. On the island of 0 analaska
Mr. Blake landed with some officers of the expedi-
tion, aLM made the ascent of Makuskin, an active
volcano on the northern end. Its height he gives
approximately at 5,600 feet; the snow line, 3,168
feet; at 2,500 feet vegetation ceased, except the
" red snow," which commenced a thousand feet be-
low the summit. The hills were covered with a
thick growth of grass, but the island, wholly com-
posed of volanic rocks, was destitute of trees. Mr.
BLAKE says, "The published and glaringly inaccu-
rate charts of the north-west coast, north of Van-
couver Island, fail to give an adequate idea of the
vast archipelago of islands and network of channels
with which the whole coast of British Columbia
and that of the lower and eastern part of Alaska,
below 59 degs., are fringed. The Straits of
Fuca are the southern point of this complex
system of labyrinthine channels, which afford
peculiar facilities for inland navigation." Amid
the rugged mass is the island of Sitka covered
with its beautiful spruce, remarkable for the grace
and the mathematical regularity with which its
brauches.grow from the central stem. The rough-
ness of the island in common with those in its vici-
nity and the coast line makes it peculiarly difficult
to investigate the geology. A heavy growth of
timber covers the steep hill-sides intertwined and
obstructed by masses of fallen and decaying trees
overspread with thick moss and always saturated
with water. Though the distance across the island
of Sitka was not more than 20 miles, Mr. BLAKE
asserted he had yet to hear of the white man or
Indian who had crossed it. The rock is a hard
grit, sometimes coarse, often passing into digillitte
trending parallel to that of the coast, and extend-
ing south to the " Deep sea," a remarkable fresh
water lake 12 miles S.W. of Sitka, where syenetic
granite occurs. Limestone highly crystalline is
found North, and within a few miles of the town.
The Mining and Scientific Press says, " Along
Chatham Straits, east of Sitka, the jocks are meta-
morphic, stratified mica schist, standing almost
vertically, and showing a parallelism in their trend
to the line of the coast and of upheaval. Glaciers
are common along the inland waters north and
to the hack of Sitka Islapd. Three of these sweep
grandly from the mountain gorges and rush to the
water's edge, generally terminating in a low cres-
cent-shaped flat, formed by the wash from their
terminal moraines. In Icy Straits, north of Sitka
Island, the ice from them falls into the sea, and so
great is the accumulation as to render navigation
dangerous. In latitude 50 deg., along Chatham
Straits, every marked depression has its glacier of
greater or less extent. These glaciers are to be
seen at points as far south as the mouth of the
Stickeen river, and the lowest known limit on the
coast is about latitude 54 deg. in British Columbia,
east of Port Simpson." Good coal and paying
quantities of gold, Mr. BLAKE says, are yet to be
discovered. Copper abounds on the dangerous
Copper River, and magnetic iron ore and galena are
reported. Fossils of the carboniferous age occur at
Cape Beaufort on the Arctic coast, of the Jurassic
period on the east coast of the peninsula, tertiary
fossils on Kodiak Island, and several other points.
The resources and capacity of the country those
who know it best assert to be considerable. The
fur trade and the fisheries alone would supply remu-
nerative labour to many persons. There are, it is
believed, 700 Americans now in the territory, and
7,000 Russians and half-breeds permanently located
there.—Anglo-American 7 imes.

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NEWSPAPER
age of common sense and
to find circumstances impossible
criteria awes and astonishes more _ ti*rus,t9;77 ,
circumstances have been occurring insthevllleeof--"l'll_fir
moan, situated about a mile from Olaidy, arabblie.
The house of a man named Speers has been the
object of some mysterious destructive agency for
weeks past. The owner was thrashing oats in the
barn, and in every sheaf he found two or three
small stones. This went on so long that he found himself
compelled to cease. Then he was startled by a noise in
the stable, and he went in there, carrying his flail with
him, which he dropped behind the horse, that he might
fetch away a tub from the animal's head—and 10, the flail
disappeared, and has not since been found. Then the
kitchen fire got scattered through the floor ; the plates
and dishes were smashed off the dresser ; and the
pots and cans began to walk about through the apart-
ments. Then stones began to fly in all directions, cutting
every one daring enough to approach the haunted dwelling.
The panes of glass next began to he smashed ; so, for
safety, the windows were taken out and locked up in a
press ; but the mysterious visitors were too wise, for soon
press, windows, and chairs were smashed to pieces.
The turf stacks keep oscillating like a poplar tree ;
hammering constantly resounds from the chimney ;
and the stones keep flying in all directions, pelting
and cutting and bleeding those venturesome enough
to risk visiting the. place. On Friday evening 'week the
crowds gathered distinctly saw a pot come flying through
the door, and fall in smashed pieces on the street. A
religiously-inclined inhabitant of the locality volunteered
to lay the Evil One, and so he repaired to the spot in
vaunted hopes of success. Alas for human calculation
The stones rattled about his ears in the fated kitchen :
they fell on his wrists, spraining them, and on his
feet, hurting them. The combat was too un.
equal his opponents were invisible ; so he consi-
dered retreat -justifiable. Strange to say, the
disturbances -ceased on Sunday last, from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m., when they began with renewed vigour.
Not alone in the house, but through the owner's lands--
though no further—do the stones pelt away the crowds,
The circumstance is an extraordinary one, and is creati,
a great amount of excitement far and near. For miles
round the people flock to see and certify regarding the
unusual wonder. The people have fled the house, and all
about it and within is in fearful confusion. The event
deserves notice and investigation from- its many peculiar
ties.—Correspondent of Derry Journal.