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the long rows Of monuments which
ill the four several grounds devoted
to the dead-so full already of the
crunbling relics of humanity, that
you scarce can tell where the next
victim TO disease or age can find a
resting place. But we traversed the
entire circuit, and through unnumb-
cred asles. The same general tone
of feeling reigned among all the
thousands present. Many, very
many, were there to note rites unus-
ual to them-thousands TO pray, and
watch, and talk over the memory of
friends. Among the former, decent
order reigned throughout; among the
latter, a more solemn, though not
cheerless, spirit prevailed - much
more solemn and devotional than
one could have anticipated in
crowd which it was seriously diff
cult to penetrate.
We cannot find room for details
of the interesting objects which at
tracted our attention; they would
crowd our columns, in which the
theme has already become a hack
neyed one. The most touching
sight in the whole, to US, was an elo-
quent appeal in behalfoftbe orphans,
conspicuously posted on every va
cant pillar. 1t read something like
this, for we did not copy it:
"Give to the children, whose only
protection is public charity and that
God who reigneIh in heaven
Who could refuse to respond ?"
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BRANDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1874.

On this view of the subject may
be founded the true philosophical
definition Of youth and old age
Those who by an intelligent atten-
ton to diet, pure air, and exercise
and cleanliness, cause frequent
changes in the particles ofwhich the
body is composed, may be said to
be young at any age; while those
who, by over-eating, uncleanliness
of person, and a deficient oxygena-
tion of the blood, whether by breath
ing impure air, by compression of
the chest, or by inactive habits of
life, effect SO much change in the
constituent particles of which their
bodies are composed, may, with
equal truth, be called old at any age
after the days ofinfancv are passed.
In this sense, it is often literally true
that one individual may be older at
seventeen than another at seventy :;
and some children at seven years of
age are already superannuated.
In the account of the miraculous
feeding Of the children of Israel with
mamma in the wilderness, it is related
that no skill could preserve the heav-
en-descended bread in a state of pu-
rity with the exception of the Sab
bath) but for single day; and the
sacred historian uses very pungent
and unsavory words in describing
the odious qualities Of that which
was kept for a longer period. Bnt
the mamma of the second or of the
third days keeping must have had
sweetness, as compared
with the whole substance and ami
NAL economy Of those who, by con-
temning useful labor, or think it I'M
genteel to practice vigorous exercis-
es, fail to renew, frequently, the
whole substance Of the body.-ScA.
Jour.
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Ori ina |.
NEW YEARS EVE.

q let me weep-the flowing tear
Perchance may still my mobbing heart,
Better to wander lonely here
From all the world apart,
Than mingle wi, the merry crowd
This year shall mantle with the shroud.
Not all, who grace the lighted hall
With flying foot and flashing eye,
Whose Ieapng pulses rise and fall
As sweeps gay music by,
VIII meet again with songs of cheer
To welcome in the next New Year.
Graves gather thick upon my sight,
Dark hearse and pail aud winding sheet
Hearts tnrobbing wild with joy tonight,
Deaths funeral marches, beat
Strange, such discordont notes should blend
The song aud dirgc, till life doth end!
Bleak winds will qucnch lite's lamp for some,
And some Spring Il owe rs will lure away,
And Summers breath will silent come
TO steal the breath from clay
And Autumn, monarch of the year,
Strew men like leaves upon his bier.
Then let me weep-and X ceiling here
Beneath the cold and starry sky,
Offer one prayer for those, This year,
In silent graves shall lie
God fit them Cor the Angel-shore,
Where heavens New Year shall die no more.
Jan. |, 1874.
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ANTI-SLAV cry.
From the Western Citizen.
nIr. Adams and the Lthortv Party

MIR. Adams and the Liberty Party.
While Mr.. Adams was at Pitts
burgh he was waited upon by com
mittee Of the Liberty party with a
request that he would address them
on the absorbing topics OF Ameri-
can Slavery and the Annexation of
Texas" In declining to comply
with the request, Mr.. Adams adj
dressed the committee as follows:
With regard to the subjects men
toned in this note,-the annexation
of Texas, and the abolition of slave
ry in the District of Columbia,-I
have no opinions which | wish to con-
ceal. The Texas question is very
delicate one, and it is probable it will
occupy much ofthe attention of Con-
gress at the ensuing session; my views
of it have already been avowed on
more than one occasion. On the
subject of Abolition, Abolition socie-
ties, Anti-slavery societies, or the
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of the bird that learns its carols of nature
Expression, regard as the soul an(
life of music. Without expression, swee
sounds have but little charm for me, anC
few men are qualified either TO give oil
teach this, without cultivated taste, anc
thorough intellectual improvement. Now
it is a fact, which none can deny, that
most OF our teachers have not any better
education than the mass of community.
Indeed, | have thought that many of our
young teachers are behind their ordinary
school mates in that respect; and Yet they
are better paid for their services than most
OF the graduates of our colleges. A young
man in college, spending his 5000 year,
for four months hard service us a teacher
of a common school, considers himself fer
tunate to get $50; while the music teach
er spends great portion of the year in
amusement or other business of some
kind, and gets for his winter evenings the
comfortable sum of $240, reckoning with
the medium price Of two dollars per eve
ming. This shows what an estimate there
is put upon the comparative importance
of musical instruction, and the amount of
intellectual discipline required, in the men
who are supposed TO earn the wages re.
ferred to. Now | would not complain of
the disparity which the two cases present,
if | really believed the music teacher earns
as much more than his brother of the
common school. If the music teacher
would spend gears in mental discipline,
or if he would spend good portion of
his Tine as he passes along, in the strength
ening and development OF his intellectual
powers, | would not grudge him good
salary. believe music teacher ought
to have thorough education "a liberal
one, if you prefer the term: he ought to
have q well cultivated taste: he ought 10
be master of all those languages whence
he could obtain knowledge of his art,
10 be qualified for his business; and then
| am ready to do my part towards paying
him well for his services. an not par.
licular what branches of knowledge he
pursnes; but | want him to study: want
him to have strong and we'll disciplined
mind, and natural taste, improved by
communion with the great master spirits
who have gone before US, but whose
works remain to tell US what they were.
0 her needful qualifications might men
ton, but | Will not delain my readers
longer, E. D. R.
Much more might be said on this sub
ject. We think that the moral quaIdca-
lions Of such instructors is matter OF
great importance both to this sacred art
and The interest Of religion; aud we hope
that some correspondent will do the sub
ice, adequate justice.-Eds Chr0m.
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to be accounted just on both Sides Sec
1911: Whatever is permitted to one by
virtue of State of war is also permitted
to the other" Book ill., C. s. 5 1878.
"On declaration of war. nation has a
right Of doing towards the enemy what.
ever is necessary to this jusliiable end of
bringing him 10 reason and Obtaining
justice" And ) l42: "If a General of
the enemy has without any just reason
caused some persons to be hanged, a like
nu Der Of his men, and of the same rank
will be ha ngcd up, signifyiog to him that
his retaliation will be continued for obIig.
ing him to observe the laws of war;"
Quotations might be multiplied to an
indefinite extent corroborating the same
sentiment. 1.-The law" says Azune, as
quoted by Ladd, through the irritable
passions of men, has consecrated that un-
fortunate necessity which allows beIIiger-
ents to do each other all possible harm"
And history abundanlly confirms the fact
that such are The laws and usagcs of war.
Will they bear the Test of the perfect law
of God? Answer in my next. b.
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NJ | s L Il L L A N Y .
ALL SAEETs5 DAE.

The first of November, All Saints
Day,appears to have been observed
at New Orleans, by variety ofcer-
emonics known only in Catholic
countries. The Picaynne gives the
following account of the festival:
Thousands upon thousands went
forth TO visit the graves Of departed
relatives and friends, to strcw them
with fresh flowers and deck them
with garlands, to light the sacred
candles, and pray for the souls of
the departed. We write literally
like stranger, utterly unused to
such ceremon:als. We do not pre-
sumo to know the secret meaning of
many forms which SO attracted our
attention; we will only attempt to
narrate that which we saw.
Repairing at rather a late hour to
the Catholic Cemelly, we found a
dense throng Of people entering it,
for which the gateway seemed vast
ly too confined, such were the numb
ers pressing in. nor was there here
any distinction of color. class, or ma
ton. People OF all hues or deliva-
ton, and Of both sexes, were crowd
ing for Ambulance; some to honor
the departed, others to witness the
singular observances. Entering the
sad portals opening to the "house
prepared for all the living" we
found its long sad aisles, lined on
either hand with their rows of
crowded monuments which are
usually relieved in their glazing
Wilderness, only by a few scattered
expresses and willows-alL hung
with chaplets of tresh-plucked flow
ers, in every variety OF form which
taste can dictate. Tapers were light
ed around a thousand tombs the
glare OF which piled before the clear
light of day reflected from the whited
sepulchres. There were thousands
of faithful servants, divided in small
groups around each enclosure for
the dead, some on Bonded knee, de-
voutly crossing themselves, or per-
forming other rites, while others, in
more cheerful mood, were arranging
the flowers they had brought in more
satisfactory forms, and discussing in
pious rivalry some point Of taste as
to the mode in which they should
decorate the tomb Of a departed
master or mistress, or toster-chlld,or
brother. A dark-haired, pale girl
would next be seen, weeping and in
devout prayer for the soul OF some
near and dear one in the cold grave
before her,all unconscious ofthe hon
est slaves about her, or Of the pryln9
glance Of the curious strangers, who,
coming but to observe, often found
themselves melted by sympathy with
such affection and piety.
A large proportion Of the crowd,
which almost blocked up the alsles,
was of the gentler sex-the Creoles
of Louisiana predominating greatly
among these. 1t took hours to thread
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CO ii NJ u MIC A 7 10 N s.
Fer the Voice of Freedom.
OF PEACE.--No. 2.

What is Wa:? | answer, LIST, mega
tiyciy, war is not, as some friends Of peace
would seem to suppose, the action of
either civil or paren'a authority punish
inc an olfndrr. 81, War ir the sense |
use the phrase is not capital punishment
by civil law. And again, war is not
Individual seEdef2nse. Nor yet is war,
In the sense use the term, the action Of
civil authority, suppressing a mob or
bauditti; whether foreign or domestic,
though aided by military force, aud at he
hazard Of the lives Of the insurgents -
Nor is il my purpose TO encumb"r the
theme of peace with these mooted topics
as they by no means involve the great
evil, viz: international war. And let
me Jest say in passing. while would not
justify or paIjate anything moral y wrong,
do not believe the public mind 10 be in
an attitude nicely to discriminate the ex-
act right aud wrong on these points, and
would rather say, in scripture phrase, let
us frs, cast out the beam and then may
we be better prepared 70 deal with notes.
Bot, positively: What is War? War
or a state of war, is that attitude which
two nations may at pleasure assume, rel
alive to each o!her, or in which one ma
ton may a; discretion place itself relative
to another nation, in which attitude, &C
cording to the theory Of war, each has a
right to engage in the destruction of the
lives ard property OF It's opponents: each
a, the same time claiming all the immn-
mites Of civil States, and each recognize
inc the others right to such claim: each
claiming right to judge of matters in
controversy between them, and to execute
its own Judgment; each claiming right
to take the lives of the soldiers OF its
opponents; and each at the same tine
acknowledging the opposing soIdiery en-
titled to commentator and respect, &C
cording 10 the valor and skill with which
they prosecute their murderous work.
Aud each, also, claiming the right 10 hold
prjsorers of war as hostages, and 10 re-
venoe on them, though acknowledged
innocent of the wrong doings of their
government. Such in principle and cor
respondent in practice, is the war would
1epudiate. And that such are the theo.
rems of n,erualional war L shall now
proceed TO show from the law oil nations
as described by VareI, b. Ill. c. j. \ DO
"Two things are necessary 10 make
war in due form. LIST. That on both sides
it should be by authority of the sovereign
I'd. That it shouldGbe accompanied by
certain formaIlies as o demand ofjust sat.
isfclion, and declaration Of war on the
part OF him who attacks. These are
necessary to make war lawful" Chap
ii. 90: War in form. as to its effects, i!
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TERMS. One dollar and fifty cents in
advance.
One dollar and seventy-fve cents in six
months.
Two dollars during the last quarter.
Al letters relative to the paper should be
directed to JoLcoMB e. MURRAY.
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II employ this form of expression because ii en-
ables me to personify the organs, and thereby TO
embody and bring the fall force Of the idae present.
ed, aud the principle illustrated directly before the
mind in manner more tangible aud easily remem-
bered than any other.
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In Chancery.
BEFORE the Vice Chancellor

before the vice chancellor.
APRIL 22-DEcIsoNs. Charles Crane u.s. .Joseph O'Con-
In pursuance of order made in this cause the Re-
ceiver MIR David crane sold certain premises in Frank
fort street. the property OF the defendant to Mr. sevin
Franklin Upon examining the title it appeared there
were certain judgments outstanding against Michael
OConner who had assigned the premises in question to
Joseph The Receiver under these circumstances pre-.
ferred petition His Honor the Wise Chancellor for
general directions The main question however, was,
whethe the judgments against Michael O'Connor were
liens the property or not.
CouRT-I am of opinion the judgments against Michael
did become liens upon the leasehod property and that
the purchaser from the Receiver will get ete free from
any claims which the judgment creditors OF Michael may
attempt to set up Until entry and possession Michael
had such interest could be bound by any judg
ment against him. He had an interest which assign
able only and mere interest resting in contract
intresse ermi, and not estate in lands Possession
under the lease essential TO the vcstng OF estate
be hound by judgment A party must have, be
titled 70 the actual possession he cannot be deemed 10
have the legal estate in lands and Michael parted with his
interest before the time arrived for taking
The existence these judgments form objection
the title which Mr. Franklin will obtain
Diporcs-Richud II CanniB rs. Catherine J CanniD.
Decree for divorce.
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Philadelphia.
Correspondence Of the Herald.

PHIADELPHIA, APRH. 10th, 1874.
Mr.. EDITORIALS you have no doubt before this
learned, the House Of Representatives ofthis State
has, by large vote, passed bill providing a reve-
nue., which to be rrevocably applied to the pay
ment OF the interest the state debt of Pennsyl-
vanla. The spirit that prevails at Harrisburg is one
OF enthusiastic JOY at this happy deliverance from
the odlum that has now too long attached itself to
Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania has redeemed her
self and Is now the foremost IN sustaining her Gre
dit, which was for while becouded by adversely
and misfortune All American stocks and securi-
ties will reap the advantage Of this honest action Of
the Keystone State, and will revive with returning
confidence, brought about by this just law AL par
ties at Harrisburg have taken this matter in hand
and Will unite TO a man to wipe out the stain upon
the fair fame OF good old Pennsylvania. The Sen
ate will have the matter in hand, and the Harris
burg Union, IN a we'll written article, assures the
community that the bill will be law.
In this city we have witnessed most lamenta-
bic scene of stock gambling in the public securities
during the past week. And were the community
abroad TO Judge by the sales made in Philadelphia,
they would suppose that Pennsylvania credit was
tor ever to be buried beyond hope. The sales have
been made on time and every effort has been used
that fraud could devise to beat the stock down by
those who have been concerned in this Infamous
scheme; and that, too, by men who have been the
ouuce heretofore IN rdlng against reputation and
shouting out to maintain the credit and faith of the
State. IL measures and devices have been resort
ed to to shake public confidence in the public inte-
gritty, and to create distrust first in the passage OF
the bill, and then when that failed--as they knew
from the first was falsethey have slandered and
abused the bill and it's wholesome provisions and
its wise, honest and patriotic spirit This is done that
these men may reap fortunes in the purchase OF the
stock, which they have wrested at low prices from
imid and actual holders, who have through the
darkest hours held with faith unsb AIKEN
Holders OF public bonds should be protected from
these swindling operations. appeal to you, sir, to
expose these schemes You who have SO fearesely
for years stood between the public and the whole
stock gambling fraternity. If Pennsylvania il about
TO do her dny-if she is now striving to act Justly
and uprightly, let those engaged in the good work
be encouraged by sympathy /; and let the holders of
her sccuritles-he honest holders OF her securities
know, the truth that they may not be swindled
out of that which is their own by conspiracy and
fraud This tax bill will be law, and the tax will
be levied and paid If more is required more will
be done and no unchartable priest shall hereafter
point the finger OF scorn to the drab colored men
of Pennsy lvana'' FRANKLIN
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market there al been little change Of Importance


market there al been little change Of Importance hic
ana Eelgian Bonds steady the uncertainty inv y
the of reduction in both countries is involS
Spanish Stock has advanc gradually; the scheme
the capitalization Of the due Active Coupons is s
eneeanra Three per Cen. Stock ma. reached Is h,gn
also improved; the former TO 36 the latter 10Y South
American have also improved Columbian, Venezuela,
have risen i5h and Venezuela Active and Deferred
sought for at mprivsd raes.
LIVERPOOL CorroN MARKET, March 22-we have
passed duh week in the cotton market the
some fpscuative business bas BEEN Done it is
not sufficient to prevent prices declining we re.
dnce our quotations Id per ID, and in some
ID per TO- especially on the lower qualities oil ,
Brazil and Surat, in which sales have been Inc 'o'a,
sales IL 900 bags of which d. 750 are Amercan aa
lao Brazils Spectators have taken soo American ana
March ee-Tbe price. declared by the Committee Of
Brokers this week for fair Cotton are-Do"ea osa No'e
we reduce our quotations of American Cotton this
week Il per IN for sura o. to I'd per H. and We may al
notice that Brazis and Egyptians rather easier TO
buy but not so much to be quotable Sea Islands
the other hand I'd per ID dearer The sales ioday
have been taken speculation 1000 American and 100
surst AMI for expectation 500 American. Forwarded
into the country unsold during the month"; 1900 American
go Penam.
April 3 The transactions in cotton since Fri
day last have been on a very moderate scale. and
the market has received little support from spectators
To-day however there has been appearance OF hrm
ness and 1000 bags have changed hands The trade have
bought ALL and though rather lower than Friday
last closed somewhat stea1ier Tho received
by the ibernia the 18th instant disappointed the
jority Of SPECTATORS who had been calculating her
bringing advces in favor Of crop exceeding 600 600
to bales The expectations of these parties being
destroyed the market suddenly became fiat and depress
ed and prices have since continued to droop Since the
arrival Of the steamer mddling sorts Of American and
all below have receded a per To- and those descriptions
above middling have declined I'D per Id.
UNITED STATES PUBLIC SEcvRrrrEs
The business done in United States Bonds has consisted
Of the following our quotations being the latest OBJ
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Court Of Common Pleas.


Arm 22-James II Smith us. Bernard Nc CuHom ct 81.
This was an action Of replevn. The plaintiff alleged
that he purchased the house No 6i Vsiick street. called
the Richmond Saloon with the stock of liquors and fx
tures The sale was made through person named Will
son Mr. smith allowed Wilson to remain ia possession
oS the nroperty The defendant, McCullom, obtained
n Judgment against WILSON, upon which he issued an ex-
ecution and put into the hands Of Tompkins the other
defendant who levied the property and sold iof inc
payment Of Smiths debts ,,,,,,
The defence that the property was really WILSON'S
and the plaintiffs connection with 1t was mere cover 70
preserve il from the creditors Of Wilson -,
The jury found verdict for the plaintiff for the full
value Of the property, S67.