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the I.t inst, and reached Suez on tho 18th, At ID
A. M.
The intelligence from Egypt is not remarkable,
Corn and beans had risen rapidly in price, in con-
sequence Of the late news from England, ~ well
as all other articles of consumption.
China.
A letter from Hong Kong dated August 20,
says;-The late riot nj Canton has led 70 long
corresp Jndenco between the CONSUL and the Bri-
fish merchants. The merchants claim, ~ right
established by treaty, that ono of her Aajesty's
vessels should be permanently stationed of the
factories, to be at hand in the event of any
break but the consul maintains that according
to the treaty, which provides for 4 vessel Of war
at each of the i've ports, Whampoa il its proper
anchorage, which, though ten miles Of, he, in
common with the Chinese, holds to be the port
of Canton. The British community having no
assurance that they will be protected by their
own government, have resolved to do their posi-
BILE to defend themselves, have formed into three
regiments Of volunteers, which met regularly for,
it must be admitted, rather Irregular drill. They
have sent to England for ~ musksts and acoou-
trements, and will thea only require drill SER
jeant to teach them how to make the best use of
their weapons. The muskets, however, are al
ready productive of good effect upon the Chinese,
who, while they are not themselves very know
ing in military tactics, have great rsspsc< for the
powers of a body of Englishmon with arns in
their hands, and a design to use them.
Accounts from Canton state, that, owing to To
late disturbance having caused . great want Of
confidence, and to the continued scarcity II mo-
ney, the market for both imports and exports had
been in extremely depressed state. Large
shipments were being made to Bombay, md
few ships loaded with sugar for England. With
the exception OF these operations, the staGnation
in the market amounted to complete suspsn-
sion OF business.
Theatrieals.
Mr.. Lavenu's new opera 10 in rehearsal ut Dru-
ryane Theatre, the principal soprano part In
which will be sustained by Mrs. Bishop.
An entertainment, interpreted with songs ano
anecdotes illustrative Of the .pecuarities oil the
| n~... x~..x fhn
Theatre on Tuesday night by Mr.. Morley. iate Oh
the Theatre Royal, Liverpool. Its title is, gross
ing. the Atlantic, and Traits and Travels IN Ame-
RIGA" 1t was very successful.
MIR. Elwart, young Parisan composer, has
received from the DWke dc Montpenser mag
nificent portfolio, in acknowledgement OF the nuP'
tial mass composed for the Dukes marriage with ;
the Infanta OF Spain.
The celebrated Jenny Lind is now singing at
Frank tort on the Maine and, in spite OF the three
fold increased price Of admission, it is almost I'M
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The town OF Monterey, In Nuevo Leon place oil in
different importance, has after three days fight
ing been purchased evidently for the purpose hospital
by GenTaylort the commander of the American forces Ii
is admitted on all hands that the Mexican troops under
Gen Ampudia, fought with unfinching courage As
proof OF this they were allowed march out OF the town
and its citadel with all the honors of
The surrender was by capitulation II appears that
the shot and shells Of the Americans performed the great
est havoc upon the innocent and unarmed inhabitants
Ampudia was DESTROYS OF preventing this unnecessary
shedding of blood; and he proposed the second day
OF the bombardment that these poor citizens should be
allowed to leave thu town. This Taylor refused The
Americans had gained possession Of outworks and
forts which commanded the lower part OF the town where
the population most denfe, but they had made no
impression upon the citadel They had not reached
the Grand Plaza In short, il the Mexican General had
disregarded the loss OF lite among the Inhabitants ~
very questionable if General Taylor would have sue
ceeded. Terms OF cspulation again proposed and
agreed to- but they much more favorable to the
Mexicans than those originally dictated by General
Taylor.
The capture of Monterey has, we fear, been dearly
purchased The American loss in killed and wounded,
is stated 10 be about five six hundred men The loss
OF ofcers--the names and details being gven-is ex
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guilty OF an in discretion In that article in saying
that 7" constitution suspended is constitution
destroyed" for we are informed that numerous
departures from the Charte OF 1890 were to be
arrayed against the existing Government of
France by the Opposition journals of the follow
ing day. The fallacy Of the assertion might be
proved by passages in our own history, which
furnishes several instances of the suspense on Of
the Habeas Corpus Act; but the French Govern
ment will not probably be dealt with in cool ar
gumentative way by press In regard OF which
the French constitution is-as that press CON-
plains-not merely suspended, but positively
violated.
The potatoes are totally destroyed by the bght;
and the distress of the people is in no respect less
Ireland. Last year was considered calamitous
season. 1t was, however, one of abundance COM
pared with the present. None save those who
are compelled to witness them can adequately
estimate the terrible sufferings which, from this
combination of the seourges of food, fire, and
famine, await the innumerable families during
the approaching winter.
We have most disastrous and melancholy ac-
counts of the consequences OF Hood which had
occurred in the Loire, the waters of which have
suddenly risen to height exceeding any thing
known for a century back. An extraordinary
fall of rain, which continued for two days inces-
sanity, produced this effect The Loire and its
tributaries have been equally the theatres OF this
phenomenon, and have produced inundations,
unknown within the memory OF any one living,
throughout the departments OF LIZ Lore, Allier,
Loir ct Cher, and of the Lolret. In single night
the waters Of the Loire itself rose twenty French
feet. The celebrated levees of that river have
been broken through in several places, and extern
sive places have been inundated to the level OF the
roofs of the houses. The disaster has been MOST
calamitous at Orleans. The route from Tours is
entirely intercepted by the inundation. The cou,
riers for Tours, Anglers, and Nantes, have ceased
to arrive at Orleans. A considerable extent Oh the
railway between Orleans and Tours is submer-
ged by the waters of the Loire. The rivers Yonne
and DURANGO have also over flowed their banks
Spain.
Our accounts from Madrid are Of the z3d ut
The British squadron, consisting OF I'VE shlps
of the line ana three steamers, was sui within
sight OF Cadiz on the 18TH
THE Madrid journals bring MS intelligence from
Lisbon of later date than the 18th. The Heral-
do contradicts the report Of the abdication OF Dom
ma Maria. and adds that Count dc Vinhaie was at
Braganza. at the head OF 5000 men, ready to march
against the revolters of Oporto. That journal
Processes not to know whether the Portuguese
government had claimed the intervention Of
Spain. 4" to save the cause of the Queen, liberty,
and the laws in Portugal, or if that cooperation
had been granted by the Spanish Cabinet; but it
declares that the latter, if called upon by Donna
Maria, could not withhold an assistance which
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STONE FOR DRY DOCK.
NAVY AGENTS OFFICE, Ne,

- Ath January, 1896
CEALEO PROPOSALS, endorsed Proposals. for Stone
for Dry Dock will be received at th. Office until Mon
day. the 10th day OF March for furnishing
az the Navy Yard, New York, Granite Sente Of the fo
lowing dimensions and quantities nearly
Rough Stone Mifre Siils. Rough Ham mered
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1NWINE-15o bales Bridpou Seine, Herring and Gill Net
Irvine comprising full assortment from 81 TO Is lbs. Of
y. tx. LINs 4 co.
tBr South street.
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JUHN UAKLEY,
MERCHANT TAILOR
lag broadway and ys Liberty street,
d,,rous Of selling the balance OF his large stock
ferx them terms and the aftep-
ton OF gentlemen about purchasing.
lie also oneIs me balance Of bis well assorted stock of
READY MADE CLOTHING.
consisting Dress and Coats Vests surtouts
Ciosks, Sacks and Office BATS which will he soId
from now till the Isl OF ebruary
AT COST.
large and choice Shirt
Hosiery and Under Apparel, constantly on hand =
NJ B9entiemen furnishing own material can hsve
made and trimmed. and 6t warranted
L- For sale, asplendd Coachmans Coat as 1m.mc
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BLEECKER'S BIRD DEPOT,
No. 9 Aston Place. late 9Th Street.

~ Jew doors East 81 bro0dw0y, NeW York.
HE subscriber respectfully informs the public that he has
opeasd the ssovs store for the sale Of Brd o.n and
fair and upright dealing merit the patronage Of those dspo
ssd to indulge in this most delightful fancy
In addition those mentioned his stock will comprise all
articles ~ his line including Fancy Pigeons Of the different
proved receipt Cutie Fsh Bone Fountains, Baths
N b. Orders from OF the city carefully attended and
promptly executed LEONARD BLEECKER
New York, Dee IL. lsl3. dl2lm,r
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NORPORATION NOTICE ofsale Of property for unpaid
~ AssessmentsPubc notice hereby given that sale Of
property for unpaid will take place public
tion the City Hall the city of New York Monday the
second Day Of March next at twelve o'clock
be Sold and that the detailed Of the properly
sold for unpaid published the Evening Posta
printed and pubhed in the city OF New York.
Street Commissioners Odice,} a-t s'lEIs1- stg
November 18th. 1896
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ROBINSON'S PATENT PORTABLE
WATER CT.0@ETS

vNHE SICK, and persons delicate OF health will
lind this an article Of essential utility their bedchanber
They be used with either hot cold for
bath. They extremely usefal for ships hospitals &c.
For sale by the Subscribers the Croton Plumbing and
Water Filter Establishment, so BROADWAY, between
Walker and White
do 1m+rrc STONE, BROTHERR.
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PLUMBING WORK,
SAA nrnwAvxnU R~v~ W.

fIUMbfNd n,
544 Broadway, New York.
QUINN, having had nine experience practical
IL Plumber, putting Of the best work in the city
solcits trial Improvements in construction good work
pedfion and low charges will be found
NBDown orders left at T. II. Quinn, 50 Nassau st.,
attended to. dli lmtm
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but they are dangerous to all nations and they will
infallibly provoke from all nations first censure-then
opposition-fn resistance ID the whole continent
Of Europe, teeming with superabundant population,
10 be told that the vast regions Of the Western world
are henceforward closed against them, unless they
cast OF their national character and adopt the social in
stitutions and the political sscendancy OF the United
States Is emigration to become expatraiion, and
State to plant its colors the American coast without
abjuring all that its subjects citizens hold dear Nay
must infer from the language Of the President
that existing rights and settlements held by ques
tonabe tenure and that all the various dependencies
the BatciPowe,n and abouVthe soil Of North America
await the application Of the grand principle Of ABSORB
nS purely
already condemned to progressive spolaon We not
now pleading our own cause in the question Of Oregon
must ere long, be directed against the oldest British
settlements in America, such principle as
those rights we look Confidently to the strength Of Eng
land, which inspires secret dread even to those who
have ceased to acknowledge the obligations Of good
faith and justice II ourselves, after Mexico the
most open to these attacks are also by far the best
prepared 10 repe them But il cannot be too often
peated that, be the issue Of this controversy what II
may all Europe less interested in the duty Of
moral and political resistance to this assumption Of uni
yersal dominion on tho part Of the United States which
successful conqueror when, his triumph the indie
pendence of the world all but complete II such prin
and the relations Of States that continent how long
will they be excluded from Europe The fashion of at
lacking the weak and pundering the helpless and
ating dubious claims into absolute rights would
find its application here II is the spirit of the acous
minority which debaterates about war and national
honor in the French Chambers 1t 10 tho motive of
scrupulous politicians all the world In Europe
we see 1t happily crushed and imprisoned but in the
United States II speaks with the voice of the Executive
Government; and threstens to WELD the power Of
nation.
The language Of the principal organ Of the French
Government upon thePresdents message is OF the great
estimportance because without entering into the merits
of tho Oregon question clearly establishes how the
policy of France IL with reference TO the general reia
tons Of Europe and America. Mr. Polk has applied
language to the conduct Of the French Government IN
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NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that application will
be made to the Legislature of this STATE this session.
for act to incorporate Society called the jackson Sc
rein"
New York. January 10. 1886 jaI3 2awew %rc
NOTICE hereby given that application will
the Legislature Of this State session for
evolent Society"
New York, December II. 1886 dis 2taw6w*rc
PROFESSOR STRIVE,
I ATE Of Brown University, is now forming Evening
Classes in the German and French Languages Gentle
wishing to join the will please leave their
his rooms, No. GIL Broadway. d. lmeodrm
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-08-25
YOU SHALL BELIEVE.

Belief is not act of the will Sufficient evi
oencc compes our assent; listen, dear reader,
and VIII convince you that DR.. Wistar's Balsa m
oil wild Cherry is by far the best remedy for ii J.
eases OF our climate to be found in this country -
IL Is formed by chemical extracts from vegetables
Ithc wild Cherry, Pine, etc that nature seem to
have placed here powerful antidotcs TO all afTec-
tons of The Lungs and Liver that our ever
climate induces. Alter The skill of our greatest
physicians was exhausted, it has cured Asthma i'm
various cascs 1t cured lady of an incipient Con-
sumption. whose family had all lied of the sa me
disease. Refer to Isaac Plat, Esq, Editor of Pough
keepse Eagle" Thomas Cozcns, Haddonfield N
j., testifies under oath, that it cured him of an in
ternal Abscess, violent Cough, raising of Blood
etc, after he was deemed beyond hope We could
refer to plenty of such Instances of its uncommon
power The doubling are invited to inquire of in
dlvidnals and cases that aludc o. as we publish
no statements that will not bear the most igid
scrutiny.
BE careful and get the genuine DIR. WISTAR.S
BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY None genuine
unless signed by BUTTS. Address all orders to
SETH w. FOWLE, Roston, Mass
05- For particulars sec DR.. Wistar's treatise on
consumption, TO be had of the gent
Observation-Disclosures, G. III HEINITSH Aren't.
Norfolk, NJ. a. SANTOS. and also by Druggists
generally in this State.
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CLIPPINGS

The steamer Despatch, collapsed me of her
boilers near Pilsburg, Penn. on Tuesday last
severely scaldlng deck hand and five passen-
gers, Two OF whom are not expected to recover.
We learn from the Raleigh Standard that the
people ut North Carolina decided at the late cleo
tou' by the large majority oils to 20 900 against
tue PtoprIety Of establishing a Penitentiary in
that State. "
II. b NJ. steamer Vesuvins. arrived al Hall
lax the DIN inst. from Vera Cruz, having lost
one midshpman and nine of her crew bv vellow
fever. lhiriy-nlne Of her crew were sick when she
arrived.
Wilson who attempted tn shoot his sister a,
the City Hotel IN New York, has been arrested
aud held TO bail for he assault.
Eighteen hundred dogs were killed in New
York by the dog killers" from the LIST Of JuIy
to the 18th Of August.
Thomas Andrews, was arrested in New York
last week. for attempting 10 kill his mOtherl
SWIFT RUNNtNG--A correspondent Of the Jour
nal ot Commerce states that an ingenious gentle
man from fankeedom, is building an iron steam
boat IN wilmington, Delaware, which he cal
culates VIII walk The waters at the rate Of thirty
FIVE miles per hOurl Think Of that, We snail
like PAGERS OF the North and East Rivers. who
can get along at no swifter speed than twenty five
miles in sixty minutes Whew IN Y. Globe.
A military company made lis appearance in
New York the other day dressed in the old CONT
mental uniform
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OLD MAIDS.

Among the foolish prejndices which discredi,
the Judgment of mankind. the prejudice agains,
old maids Is one ct the most f0ulish The very
TACT that lady Is an old maid, is or ought TO he
credita0ie 1t is an evidence that she possesses
prudence, fnrethought. and refined laste-admi
raoie qualities IN woman 1t is better To be over
prudent. particularly cautions, than not prudent
and cautious enough The old maid generally
has The virtue of prudence in lis perfection she
mad offers OF marriage. doubt what LADY OF
81 ADD upwards has NOT ?-she has rejected several
suilorsnand doubtless she had reasons for so DOING
Much better is 1T 10 be happy old maid than a
miserable wife.
Old MAIDS are often women Of superior minds,
Tor more than one reason Ia the first place they
have the discretion to be slow in selecting part.
nefs In life; and as three luurths Of mankind have
not the qualifications to make good husbands, it
may be supposed that discreet judciuns women
will reject three out Of four of their suors This,
"f course, makes her chances Of happiness much
greater. The second cause why sensible women
are apt 10 become old maids, is that most men
dread them. Yes, it is fact that must men
dread sensible woman. 1t is not uncommon To
hear man who is himseIfa fool, make dispara-
ging remarks concerning Female SOlonons'
Plates in peiticoats,' Sc Who has ever known
very highly gifted ladies' to be popular among their
male acquaintance Men apt 10 think that
talents do not belong To the feminine mind and
when they have dIscernment enough To admire a
gIiied woman friend or occasional Dom panion
ihey rarely think of making her friend and com
paIlon for life. All these things tend to show
that sensible and gifted women are most likely IL
he old MAIDS. and the converse of the proposition
hOIds good with few exceptons-oId maids are
generally sensible and gifted women
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NEW KIND OF GUNPOwDER

We read in Swiss paper, Professor Schon-
helm recently presented 10 the Society of Natural
History of Basic specimen of cotton prepared
by him more inhammable than gunpuwder, and
exploding with capsule Several trials were
made with IT, small quantity, equal 10 the
siXteenih part of an ounce. placed in gun, carr
RED the ball with such force that it perforated
two pianks at distance of 6S PAGES; and at
another time, with the same charge, and at the
same distance. drove 4 ball into a wall Ia the
debth of 81 inches. In some other experiments
Il drachm oil cotton sent ball of three quarters
ct an ounce in weight TO distance of 200 PAGES,
where it penetrated deal plank TO the depth of
TWO inches. portion of this cotton, when placed
on an anvil sirnck with hammer. caused a loud
de'ona ton. without, however, the cotton taking
hre The cotton is of very superior quality,
and, wha. is most extraordinary. its inflammable
property is not destroyed by lis being thrown into
water and afterwards dried''
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From the New York Sun.
THE LAST SUICIDE.

The son of Judge Wood worth. of ALBANY. quite
an accomplished and good looking Young man.
committed suicide, as is known, in the Tombs,
not 10 consequence of any crime, but we appre-
bend from being tired literally of doing nothing.
How true is the old adage, that ideness is The
foundation of all evil. VIVA, is to become of our
young men graduates Of Colleges, and sons of rich
and respectable parents2 They must enter upon
The study of what is called liberal profession-
Law, Divinity, or Medicine-either of which is
so oVerrnn with graduates, that there is no EN-
pioyment tor thousands of candidates. and thew
must be idle, and deness leads To dissipation and
dissipation to destruction Why not turn their
attention to the mechanic aris2 The pride of The
n'o'ner and sisters-probably of the fatber-rnay
oe wounded at seeing their son and brother me
cnanic. why this false pride? A young man
WIN good education will make much better
a"o more finished mechanic. than an illiterate
person. 1T he is a builder he makes his own de
SIs"s, ana Draw mp hls own plans with taste-
Can ne build ship2 What triumph To see
him launch ship. splendid ir model aud finish
Can he make steam engine2 Whata scientific
efiort for man of education Go throuob The
whole range of mechanic empIoyments and there
u not one to which young man of ed uca ton NAV
not add lnstIe; why look upon such empoymenis
WIN d'stasteE young man may lose his for
.u"e' ana become poor; but he can never luse his
'due' Whatever changes there may be in his
'o"oiion, he can. II sober and Industrious always
yam living. lie may gamble away his muney
'u' me labor OF the hand and the Ingenuity of the
"eau lie cannot lose. Let wealthy parents shew
good example, by placing well educated sons In
learn some branch of mechanic art-to tepder
them independent, and to give them c,ntrolI;pg
influence in the country.
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ORITU AIRY.

Departed this life, on the Goth instant at the
residence of her husband in Warwick County
Mrs. MARY c. BRuoE, eldest daughter of William
Grimes Esq, of the Western Branch, in the 2St h
year OF her age, Mrs Bruce was converted ei vht
wears ago. aud joined the Baptist Church on the
Western Branch. Mrs. b. had been in delicate
health several months previous to her demise du.
ring all OF which time, she bore her bodily afllic-
tions without murmur. On the morning of her
death she babe adieu To her husband and two chill
drcn OF tender age, leaving and commencing them
10 INC care OF her heavenly Father, expressing a
conhdent assurance of her acceptance, and belief
that they would meet at the Throne of Grace,
where there would be more parting, then gently
fell asleep in the arms of Jesus
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DEFINITIONS, NOT TO BE FOUND IN WEB
sTER.-DEMocRAT WHOA federalist mis-
named, contradiction in termS-as if YOU were to
say. 'chite black bird.
PANic.-A very successful way of getting up
iatge excitement at small expense. original with
the federalists for instance, if CONGRESS mass law
reducing the profits Of manufacturers so that thew
can Hre. they Immediately predict that grass
viii grow in the streets in twenty four hours-the
latter prediction supposed TO have had its origin
from excessive uerdancy of mind
FEDERAL SYMPATHY.-A singular excess o.
Kindness, which gives to those that have more
than they wdnt, and takes away from those tina,
have not enough. that which they have
iwo DoLLARsA DAY AND ROAST BEEF.-Noi
used Obsolete
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"A CAUTIOUS FELLow.--We learn by a man
VINO was thar" that few days ago in Berwick.
NE. good honest looking country fellow was
looking at the ielegrapbc wires there with as
pssSer by asked him what he thoucht Of H.
,.n Wen don't kno,c eractiy.' replied the
lehow' but am sure they front get me TO ride
on me dnrned thing--them ,cires and posts
,so"ta tear my breeches all to pieces Boston