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JFAfLNr OFFICE December 1Oi IoF''
ON the petition of William III. Howard, of Phila-
~ delphia, lprayiDg for the extension Of patent
granted 10 him for Improvement I Looms Tor Sc
years from the expiration OF said patent which
takes place the l2lh day of February, 1874.
IL is ordered, that the said petition be heard at the
Patent Office on the first Monday in February next,
at IL O'clock NJ and all persons not fed TO appear
and show cause If any they have why said petition
ought not TO be granted
OldeIed also that This notice be published in the
Sentinel and Mercantile Advertiser printed at PLiIa
dephia; the Aurora, printed at New York, and the
Times printed al Boston, once week for three sue
cessive weeks previous TO the first Monday in Febu-
AIRY next
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Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

CoNTRAcr OFFICE, January IL lSA.
PROPOSALS for carrying the mails of the Uni-
i ted States from the 1st Of April, l644, to the
30ih Of June lS46, inclusive, on the following route
in Illinois, will be received at the Contract Office Of
the Post Office Department in the city of Washing
ton, until P. NJ. Of the lst day of March, 1874, to
be decided by the next day. viz
4l48 From Alton by Upper Alton, Edwardsvle
and HeIvetia, TO Carlyle, so miles and back three
times week.
Leave Alton every Monday, Wednesday and FRI
day at a arrive at Carlyle same days by 10 m.
Leave Carlyle every Tuesday, Thursday and Sa-
turday at a M arrive at Alton same days by III
m.
Proposals to carry In two horse coaches, nine
months in each year, and the residue on horse, will
be considered.
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No les.


No proposal will he considered unless il he accom-
panied by guarantee signed by one or more respon-
sible persons in the following manner, viz:
"The undersigned - guarantee that -,
If his bid for carrying the mail from TO be
accepted by the Postmaster General, shall enter into
an obligation prior to the lst day of Alril next,
with good and sufficient suretie, perform the SER
vice proposed"
Dated 1874.
This should be accompanied by the certificate of
Postmaster, or other equivalent testimony, that The
guarantors are men of property, and abe TO make
good their guaranty.
The proposals should be sent to the Department
sealed, endorsed {" Proposals for Route No. 4l4S,"
and addressed TO the First Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral.
For the prohibition Of bts resulting from comb.
nations, and the terms and conditions on which the
mept.
c. A. wlCKLIFFE.
ian 10-lswAw
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HENRY l.. ELLSWORTH,

p S. Editors of the above papers will please copy
and send their bills to the Patent Office, with paper
containing the notice dec 26-law5w
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From The Macon { Ga. } Republic
JOHN TYLER.

or all the great men in this Republic who have
been for time apparently borne down by faction,
,Iv,. i--- .o,O~I-I PRECISION.
full confidence of the American people with such
renewed vgor, popularity, and strength John Ty-
Ter of Virginia.
He may be ap,ly termed the Nestor of the Demo
cratic party The salvation Of the country thus far
from The msrule of reckless and corrupt congress
slonal majority is attributed solely TO his virtue his
courage, and craftsmanship He was not caioled by
the decefu Establishments Of the Wings, awed by
the fierce denunciations of Mr.. Clay (that modern
Rienzi OF the Republic) thwarted by that Western
bison Tom Benton, nor lured from rigid adherence
to the Catholic doctrines Of 9S by the dazzling pre-
jecs of measures. calculated, 1t is true TO throw
lu,trous blaze around his Administrations but which
would have been ultimately productive of the most
disastrous results. Never was government admin
isterod more faithfully, nor upon safer and more
"proper principles" lie has fulfilled the dying In
junction OF General Harrison, he has responded to
the wishes OF an existant people.
His administration has been distinguished by mo-
raj frames, characterized by untirng vigsnoe, and
elevated by an enlightened and generous policy
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on the other hand Belgium Is TO reduce The pres
eat duties charged on German wines. The present
duty charged on silks 20 be reduced 70 per cent
and Il Is sgrced that neither wines nor silks of any
other esuntry sbsll be admitted 90 more ia'oraole
terms than those OF Germany
The haberdashety OF Wur,emhosg e 10 bo Sdmn-
(u,Ods) at duty OF 10 per cent Nd yaloren Cotton
goods iron tools and hardware shall not be SUBJECT
ed 10 higher duties than the present scale Bruins
wick thread Is 60 continue 10 be admitted a, me
present rate TO the extent OF 100000 kil. 10 each
year
The treaty Is to be in force Cor sin years IRON jan
usry 9Th, 1885, and TO be then determinabo year 10y
year. by either party giving 10 the other sh mon'h'
notice thereof,
The ohiei interest of Great Britain which wlll De
inte iered with by this treaty viii be by The ad'a-
lage given To Belgian iron In Germany. Our OK
ports of that article Ia lSi2 In Germany and Prussia
amounted to f293,000 and 10 Holland some part oil
which would doubt be IN transit TO the khensh pro-
yinces, we exported TO the value of A27s,0OO more
Ii is too much TO say that Is trade oil 1oVoooo
per annum.n
Another English paper has the following remarks
not by any means unworthy Of the notice Of our ma
tional authorities;
"As regards England the measure is a most IN
furious one, as the duties English cotton and SIN
manufactures are greatly increased, while the pro
ductons Of France aud the Zoll-Veren are admitted
al the present duties The effect will be to drive The
manufactures OF Manchester out Of the Belgian mar
kets and TO have them replaced by the manufactures
Of Rouen and Mulhausen.n
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ANCIENT TESTERS.

The custom of entertaining at courts and amongst
tho great attendants, who were required TO be wi,ty
and merry for every body passed 10 the middle age
aud spread itself under the leudal government AMI
must be confessed that the knights and MOBILES Of
those days stood truly ia need Of merrment cI-
traneous TO themselves. Isolated in their castles
passing whole days ON the highways and in tie
woods, the percentages described TO US by romances
IN such brilliant eolors were generally rude and
wild they were morose and objects of terror
Deiormed beings were preferred for jeslers-in then
ugliBess was considered a beauty. mouth wide
that It reached from ear TO ear very long crooked
nose, chin like that OF harequn eyes deeply stl
the head such were the features most highly priced
IN a fool; double hump was considered as rare
perfection The bells, baubles, aud cap, with long
oars were tho distinctive marks of the official lester
At The courts Of Burgundy, knights and high-born
danes, by way of enhancing their birth, often per
formed boets with fools caps on their heads. ShakG-
pesre gives his fools particular dress
"Hang calls skin on those recreant limbs, &c
The official jester put under the management
of a governor who corrected him with Iashes when
he committed any folly which failed 10 Smuse his
master, and at whose feet he generally crouehed lie
was called by the fool nlnele, and used, during the
feast TO throw dainty morses 10 The poor jester II
he had been iayore ar-dop. To such extent
this wTelched system carried that even blsbop.
and abbots fell by degrees into ii. The council held
Paris, 10 1912, forbade the preatss having fool,
10 make them laugh. Notwithstanding han
century later, author reproaches them for king 10
amuse themselves with bufoons (moriyn ibus) and
more than with their studies. The fancy of keeping
fools passed from private individuals coIpoations
The Abbot Of Msrule bad been brought on the scene
by the author of the "Monastery," with The taen,
which rendered popular the researches of learning
and gave TO history the interest OF romance. Robert
WAGE relates that William the Conqueror Duke of
Normandy, warned by his fool GoIet of danger
which mensced him. This Goiet WAS az faithful as
Sir w alter has represented Wanda TO be- ia his IN
imitobIe romance of 'Ivanhoe' The "Memoirs Of
George Chateain" mention bufoon ofPhlp Duke
of Burgundy, named Jean de Chasa. The profess
sion of jester not, however practsed exclusive
ly by unfortunate creatures OF the rougher Sex 1t
sometimes fell to the lot of the women TO degrade
themselves thus far and St. Remy speaks with ad-
mraton Of Madame dor, assisting in this capacity
at The entertainments gwen The institution of the
Golden Fleece, at Burgess, in 1923 and know that
Margaret, granddaughter of Charles w., had also
female Jester, who followed her everywhere flusr,
Magazine
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one be bare-headed, bar,-footed ragamut5n win
lace which perhaps had more ma one horourh
Washing hair that never heard Of any comb, and
nobody would think Of giving him hand to help
MN through any nud-puddle, or over sny gutter
OF ne should Get run over IN the street you would
near no other remark than that be was ditty dog.
ana might have got out Of the way. On the other
hsndi send sweet little girl into the street looking
IKE new blown rose, with the glisteninr dew drops
hanging from is leaves, and above all her IA ,e az
oiean as AIR, ~ transparent you know her unaiui-
60 mind Is under al this and there is not o chimney
sweep so low that he would not give her the side
walk nor clown, even among the most cloyni.h.
who would not, II be dared touch her wipe his band
upon his cloihos, and with delight carry her over hs
crossings rather than that she should soil even the
sole Of her slipper
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The patriotic course pursued by this noble Vir-
cipian, IN his administration Of the affairs OF the
General Government, merits the commentator o..
the great Democratic party. Coming into the Presi-
dency under peculiar circumst stances, at time when
the wing party, flushed with victory, were bearing
down 10 noisy triumph all the great landmarks OF
repubcansm and ubsiuDg old federal doctrines
for the lights of democracy, he saw with an eagle
eye the threatened danger and breasted the storm
with a moral frmness never surpassed Amid the
laundering denunciations Of the Dictator OF the Sem
ate beset by the whole pack of interested partsans
and surrounded by faseheart cabinet minister's he
Welded not his sense of duty to his common country,
but with patriotic devotion to the best interests Of
the Republic, yielded up himself a sacrifice for It's
salvation. We cannot but remember with heartfelt
gratitude his interposition of the reto to us from
the crushing power of moneyed monser--a Bank OF
the United States-n whose grasp the trade and
commerce OF the country would have been subjected
10 The will of board of Directors whose only law OF
action is to " rule rum In the life OF no public
man do we find more memorable instances of love OF
country trumphng over sell-inlerest than in that OF
John Tyler.
The country will yet do him justice and mete out
out to him deserved measure OF public appreciation.
Although nothing add TO his conscientious feel
ngs of rectude OF intention, yet 1t cannot but prove
a of qualification for him TO know, that the
great Democratic party hold him up a bright and
shining light-an eXemplar OF dIsinterested patrl-
otsm.
The Democratic party have trumphed The
battle has been against odds of the most appal-
ling character. The victory has been achieved over
corruption the most foul and combinations most I'M
hallowed. In the great work the Democratic party
have been most signalIy aided by the friends of Mr.
Tyler and although the Presidents position forbade
active interference in our cause, yet the know
ledge that he heart and soul with us, nsprited US
in the contest and pointedthe way to victory. Let
justice then be done 10 John Tyler The course OF
our paper has ever been open aud free. We have
hestated TO credit his patriotism and extol his
noble daring amidst dangers political and personal
and it becomes the Democratic press throughout the
length and breadth of the land, the day of
prosperity, to return him thanks and do him justice
| We then repeat
JUSTICE TO JOHN TYLER!n
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A COURTEOUS SuADow.-A young lady, known to
the present writer, was terrified night by seeing
at The loot OF her bed tall shadow, making perpetual
obeisances. Though IT is quite natural that beauty
should DE IN the receipt of homage the damsei ac-
cu'ioIned to adulaion other times was alarmed si
such intrusion al the dead waste and middle u he
night Hiding her head under the bed clothes she
summoned her scattered sprIts, took counsel with he
sell, and having recovered presence oil mind looked
WIN scrulnizing eye at the phantom. There It was
sun making salaans, according to the eastern mode u
alteration.
figure Of the other vordp thought she
DieadiulF How far she might have blamed her
attraction Tor bringing such unwelcome visiianls mo-
one could tell but her self-possesson had ACQUIRED
sueheth and seli-possesson IS fatal to ghosts " he
ther Their advent be 10 worship or TO terrfy She
arose, went TO the window, and detected The cause
ofthe effect Her house was on the horde, Of a spl
urban by lane, and gas lamp standing there had
projected INTO the shadow of an intermediate
wee wee whose branches swayed in the night breeze.
ooe ,oos care Afterwards to close the shutte-.9n,
'oorths Magazine
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FRENCH LseLisB.-"Vata yer comcsl language
oe hngiaIs is, sand French gentleman, the otL,r
evening at table
"Do you think sou
Oui, very drol vii tell Won. | Wanted IN s.e
Angisnd-ver good. | arrived at Doyers. Iva.
yer much hungry looked in my diclionsire for pot
.age'-po'age, SOUPS pc Madame said l.
some sope, II you please In one minute de lady
oeekoned me vent vd her to the chambre Dis
y soap' ssid she, and de vster' Pardon, Madame
not sayon, but sope' Dis is sosp Raid she ,No
no! Madame, not dat, potage ,ope' sWeu .,re
uis IS soap Parbleu, Madame the sope-sopc.
eomPrenez vous" This Is soap Dat sope r. DAT
Po'sge MADAME. | am not one unbecile one
1901 want the sope-not one lump Of savon sopr
nausme But she wouldn't understand and 80. safe
! washed my hands vid the .ayon. and ven, 81 I,,d
DE hands YER olean-but for want Of the som 4,
stomach was yer empty
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" THE POLICY OF THE NEXT ADMINS
TRATlON."

The subjoined article is from the last Nash.
vile Union, Col. Folks immediate orpan
1t ioreshadows pretty distinctly what will be the
course of the next President, in relation TO sew.
eral important measures. The passages 70.
ferred 10 we have UNDERSIGNED:
THE RESULT OF THE GREAT CONTEST
1t IS now settled that J,sgs X. Pors i, ,lec,od
President and GroRet VI. Dallas Vice Prcsiden, ~
the United States. This result is we'll calc,s,,a y.
fill the heart of every democrs, with ioy-not - y,
we would encourage or approve sny manifssta,;ons
of grathcsi'on winch are designed calculated 10
have friends to enjoy their triumph in modsrs'
ton, constantly b'srinyin mind the, our opponent.
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A MIRACLE TO CBINAMAE-In some instances
they looked upon us as gods in some evils in all
a very extraordinary race. As an instance of this
will here relate very absurd story, which will 20
far to show the fear with which we were locked
upon by this superstous race. After my friend had
visited the proclaim tower, being somewha, fatgued
he slept into BARRIERS shop, and, by way of employ
ing hs tine be desired the barber shave his head
This gentleman wore wig, but which, for the sake
Of GOODNESS, he had placed in his pocket This ope.
ration OF shaving, so common in China, was speedily
and quickly executed, the barber seeming TO be de-
lighted with the honor of shaving of the illustr-
strangers. Previously to his leaving the shop,
and while the mans attention was called in some
other direction, my friend replaced his wig upon his
head, little thinking of the result of this simple pro-
cess. No sooner however, bad the barber turned
round and observed him whom he had SO lately
cleared Of every vestige of hair, suddenly covered
with most uxurant growth, than, taking one stea-
dy gaze at him, to make he was not deceived
he let fall his razor, cleared the counter at a bound
and, running madly through the crowd, which was
speedily collected, cried out that he visited by
the devil. No entreates could induce him 10 return
until every Fanqui had left the neigbborhood-so
papable miracle as this being in his opinion quite
beyond the powers Of all the gods or demons 10 the
Bhuddht calendar.
In .1id-de- Camps Reductions Of Serriet.
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merous chapels. There are grea, number oil mon,
uments and statues inside OF the church, man, o.
them OF great antiquity. The Archbishop Of May
enoe formerly exercised the privilege OF GROWING Al.
the kings of Germany lie was considered the pre-
saier prince of the Empire, and exercised COM
manding influence at the Diets, over which he pre-
sided.
This town is the cradle of the art of printing and
has number Of objects Of great interest. when
arrived il was crowded with strangers, being the time
OF fair.
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CONGRESS.

The Members are now vending their way 10
the seat of Government, and il is believed that
a quorum of both Houses will be III attendance
on Monday next.
The following Senators and Representatives
have already arrived;
Ohio.-Messrs. Tsppan, of the Senate, and
Weller, of the House of Representatives.
Iadiana-Messrs. White, Of the Senate, L.
Smith and J. w Davis, of the House OF Re
representatives..
Trginia.-Mr. Steenrod, Of the House OF
Representatives.
Missouri.-Mr. Hughes, of the House oil
Representatives.
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J. q. ADAMS AND T. H. BENTON.

An "Anu-Texas Democrat" as he signs
Mr.. Benton, when replying 10 Mr. Adams ~
The fact is, if Mr.. b. chooses to take refuge in
the embrace of Mr.. A. ana shall occasional
lyn feel the lash designed for his dear frlend,'
we cannot helpit ii is his own doing.
But Mr.. Benton's course cannot escape con-
dempation in any quarter, for the assistance he
rendered the WINGS, in the late Presidential
contest. We know ,rhdt ue arc about nhen
ne say IL, and others knoro IT,
Since writing the above, our eye has fallen
upon the following significant paragraph, which
should attract attention:
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From the Nashville Unisn
WHO Is JAMES h. POLk

This question, which has so much perplesed me
intelligent Wing leaders of Tennessee, Is now set
tled--and it is settled exactly IN the manner "heh
was foretod by our friends, when the question was
first propounded-he is the President II the Unied
Siates! What now must be the bitter reflections oil
such men as John Bell and Ephraim ii Foster, mol
10 mention the names of a thousand lesser men VINO
echoed the same question How Overwhelmingly
powerful mus, be the Democratic party when IL
can take up so very obscure a man a James IL.
Polk one so utterly unknown that his very neigboors
have to ask who be is, and run him successfully
against Henry Clay, the great Napoleon oil states
men! Who doubt that Whiggism is lore
yer dead; and in its death many prominent asPrap's
have received their everlasting quietts.
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NAVAL The u s frig,te Raritan was at Rio
Janero llih October to sail in four or five days for
the Rio de Ia Plata
The Y. s frigate Plymouth from Malta, arrived
at MaHeiIles, Oct I6.
The Y. y irigate Potomac Captain Gwyun, was
lowed from the Navy Yard al Norfolk on Sunday by
me y. ;. stesmer Engineer, to the naval anchorage
off the Hospital.
The u. s war steamer Princeton left New York
on Monday morning for Norfolk, where she will
remain about ten days She will proceed thence TO
Liverpool, aud be absent sbou, four months.
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THE TEXAS QUESTION.

1t is most singular that any honest wbig should
now attribute the osses of his party Tennessee TO
the Texa, question. II was mere bubble, misera-
BILE humbug in their estimation, destined 10 last but
few weeks, and time after time was il proclaimed
to be desd-yet, now, the Texas question injured the
wings! 1t would have blown the whir party skv
high in AL the South and West, but for the unfor,o-
nate course OF Col Benton, he came 10 their relief
on that question, and long ought they to remember
him for his aid
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AFALJ.-W bile'be workmen were hosting newQ
bell to The cupola Of The Washington street BsPI',
Cbsroh, Buffalo, on Monday last, the ropes parted,
the bell falling distance Of sixty feet, breaking
through the soOrs and lodging in the earth under NE
basement, AL hands narrowly escspsd,
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We learn from the Alexandra Gazette that
Mount Vernon IS not for sale, as has been stated in
some Of the papers. So it cannot be purchased for
MIR Clay
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nf~Tbe downfall OF the mos, obnoxious and
dicta,oral clique Of politicians, which has e,,,
cured our country, ~ AT HAND.
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Ex,rac, fsom a letter from Com. M. O. Perry
dated ~. S. frigale Macedonian, Port Praya'
July 81, 1874"
al have great pain in reporting the decease oil sur
geon Lewis woaey, of the Decatur, who died Oh '"'
., Il instant. His remains were Inferred WIN INC
oroori,e funeral honors within one Of the forts OIL
this place"
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JrwIsH MhenrRLTrs.--The f'Voice Of Jacob 3"
an Anglo-Jewish publication, at London, chronicles
the appointment Of two more Jewish gentlemen as
magistrates +. Lonssda, Of the Peak, Deyonshire,
and Benjamin Cohen, Of Richmond.
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a. The N. Y. Evening Post reads Presl-
Wing ant-AnnexaIlon party, we presume, Tor
that is the party the Post and It's clique sup
ported.
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IN raosE THINGS WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL LEI
M usnrY-ns NON ESSENTIALS, LIBERTY AND In ALL
THINGS oaAKirY.--.1usasiin. .
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