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came more strong s.'d moro active, re.sniwa.
ting Europe by his example. and cmbellishing
Paris-'hat Paris of which he was 60 proud; and
ia,iguing whole regiments with his indsfa,ira.
Bile exertion, only caping of his horse to mark
down tho new victories which he had achieved
over his enemies. Yet the moral is painful
one what is fame and gloryl BELINDA
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sorSp SEssE-The following paragraph has
been going the rounds OF papers for some
weeks:
TIE Upper Ten Thousana--The late cen.
sus of Boston has developed some curious facts.
There 10 no "uppcr ten thousand" in that ci-
ty, not if to keep servants be necessary to the
distinction. Only three hundred and forty ia
miles in Boston keep more than two domes.
tics; and but four thousand four hundred and
one families who keep them at all; while hf-
teen thousand seven hundred and seventy four
families live 10 house hold independence, dong
their owr work entirely.
The Savannah Republican notices this inte-
resting piece Of information thus;
"The above paragraph, which we copy from
an exchange paper, explains one important &C.
cret of Yankee prosperity They live within
themselves, and the result is, that they not on
| ly live better than We at the South do, but at
one half the expense. family of four persons,
say, IN Bp.tcn, has no servant all, one oi ta'
same namher a, the South will have some three
or four negro,s. We have known 'smi'les IN
Georgia who employed SIX, eight, ten. aud eve"
as high as fourteen negroes upon their domes'
affairs, and who, after al, complained often =
being too ,hor, Of help ia fact the comfort n
the family is often invsrsely in proportion 20
the number ofservants employed but the gre t
objection to our system Is ia enormous e1peI
I siveness. All those negroes mus, be fed, snt
even if they are honest they nast cost nearly
as much sc Is srequired to support the white Po'-
ton Of the family, To say nothing Of the sr''--
cles which they steal and sell the very susie
nance of such swarm Of servants 10 sufhcien''
to bankrup, any man Of ordinary means, THIS
subject is worthy Of attention and We should b.
glad to have some articles upoE il fIo1a some "e
our domestic economists, five sisb 10 ove'-
take our New Engiao'. frisr 80 in the greet Ise-'
(of prosperity We ".us, c<ass TO grum0'e 'vs -,
"nfs and s'r.dy 10 habits OF ecoromy.-
mus. 'ai' q mo- sbOu, ourselves s"' ~
tho .Ordly m.noi.o,uren
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An invention oi a very remarkable character,
nothing lees than steam type-setter, has been
brought into successful operation IN New York
the proof OF which fact is before in an arti-
Gle in the "Sun" Of that city, composed by the
muchne The editors of the "Sun" say that II
can, with the aid OF two men and three boys,
put up as much matter as ten conposI,ors can
by the present system. The operator sits be.
fore two setts Of keye situated like the keys OF
q piano; hls loant ottype is before him, srran'
gcd IN rowe; each letter or figure 10 in its own
row, piled up separately each type has It's Own
key, aud attached to the key 10 s.lever which,
when the key is touched, pushes out one type
into what may be called rail way track. where
there is an endless chain in operation Tor con-
veying the types intoa little box, where they
are received and piled up in a line. BY an IN
| dex before him, the compositor sees OF once
| when hs line is completed, He then stops the
| machine, gives the full line signal to his assis
tsnt, who opens fhe BOX and slides the line into
| its co.nlnn OF printed matter The assiVani
then ADJUSTS the line. aud. hlesded composition,
ne adds lead. and about % soon ss he hss this
! done. the compostor has another line ready ioI
hun. In fact the types jump into the compo
sing "stick" or ''box," as tho new term 10, 81
fast ms the compos,or can touch the heya Ev'
cry time be touches a key he setsa type. Thy
wonds riul machine is called "Clsy and RsZeo
ssrg's Steam Typs.ses,er." --.'
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George j. Weaver,
ROPE MAKER & SHIP CHANDLER,

No. - North WdfeT Sfreei, Philadelphia.
MAS constantly on hand. general assort.
msnt of Cordsse, Seine. Twinss, &c. via !;
Tsrd Ropes, Fishing Ropes. White Ropes. Manil
Ia Ropes, Tow Lines for C.nai Boats. Also, .
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Hemp Shad and Herring Twine, Best Patent Giii
Net Twne, Cotton Shsd and Herring Twine, Shoe
Threads, &c. &c Also, Bed Cords. Plough Lines
Hsfsrs, Trsoss. Cotton and Linen Carpet Chains
As-, ,ish u which be viii dspsss Of On r"ssoosbIs
terms.
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Vol. 7--N0. 15..Whole No. 827
late from the Army.

The steamship McKim arrived at New Or.
lesus on the Doth, from the Brszos, bringing
dates TO the 10Th, and embracing news from
Monterey two days later than before received.
Among the passengers wsretwelve officers and
sixty one sick and discharged volunteers. The
steamship Virginia left Brazos on tho 18th for
Tampico, with Lieut.. Col Park aud six eompa-
MES Of the Alabama regiment Of volunteers.
The steamboat Cincinnati and the U. 8 pro.
pcller James Cage. left on the 10th. Gen.
Shields and staff, and Capt. Shelby's company
OF Alabama Volunteers. oil bound to Tampico.
The u S. steamboat Gopher wss wrecked on
the 18th outside Of Tnmpico bar.-The pilot
boat Ariel was also lost. and several vessels
were blown ou, TO sea.
Two Regiments Of Indiana Volunteers and
Capt Tsy'or's battery had left Monterey for
Ssltillo to irin Gen. Worth. Gen. Twigg's di.
vision was on it's march for Victoria. Briga.
dier Gen ITamer had died at Monterey Of in
I hsmston Of the bowels after but two days i'll
ness Gen. Butler stl continues in command
OF Monterey. Col. Taylor had arrived at Mata'
morss with dispatches from Gen. Patterson.
Msjm Arthur came passenger in the MeKm
lie brings desp,tches from Gen. Taylor. Or
the sih, 9th and 10Th. Gen. Taylor was to move
! in column Tor Victoria with about 1900 men
| No further demonstra,ion would be made TO
wards S,n Luis Potos until orders from govern
ment were received. Gen. Taylor had impri
soned the Alcslde of Monterey, his son, and se
vefal others for furnishing money and horses /
deserters from the American army. Gen. Woo
was a, Parras. one hundred miles north of Chi
huahuA with 1000 men, and Col. Riley was q
Monte Morales with similar force. Ger
Pelton was 10 move for Victoria on the 18th
Santa Anna hud sent detachment Of 1000 me-
to destroy all the water tanks between Sahill
and Po,os
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FALSE ALARM Col King tells the follow.
ing snecdote. relative 10 one Of his marches in
South America!
On passioe through the woods Of Bsrita, DOR
advsnce guard suddenly came in, stating that
from noise ahead. they were sure that body
| Of men must be approaching. Their report led
me to suppose that the enemy had anticipated
! our movements, and were coming 10 meet US.
Immediately ordered every man to his post,
and continued advancing. Ia few minutes the
noise was distinctly heard; but bore no resem.
| bance TO the sound that would arise from the
movement Of body Of men. There was no
Gathering Of horses hoofs, no distinct voice, but
a continuous Babel Ike confusion Of sounds. as
if reg ginent of Old women were all chattering
together Still we advanced at a slow pace !;
when 10! on turning sharp promontory, we
hehsld about two hundred monkeys swinging
themselves from tree to tree, twisting their long
tails around the branches, and enjoying the
most perfrc, freedom Of speech and action. As
we came in sight however, all was suddenly as
silent as death-no, a creature among them mo.
ved-.cach several monkey stopping in hs ca.
rser o. fun, in the exact position in which We
discovered them. Some hung pendant by their
tails TO the branches some lying out.stretched
upon limb. and others, in the act of climbing
remained with their long arms cinging to the
tree. Each played the par, Of dead monkey
and after the first moment oi modification at ha'
, wing srayed and rallied my men for such o
piece OF ridicule. could not resist in joining in
the universal roar of laughter that followed the
d scovery. Some o. the least subordinate mer
leve.led their pieces at the innocent creature.
. that had produced a temporary excitement q
mong Us. bu, ! instantly ordered tina, there
, should not one Of them be harmed and we lef
them, no doubt. congra,ulating themselves OF
their fortunate escape.
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A G. 4 Ss ID.

HAvISe had the pleasure of trying the excel.
len, Piano Fortes Manufactured by Mr.. Meyer and
exhibited q, the las, exhibition of the Franklin In.
st,ute feel il due to the true merit Of the maker
20 declare that these instruments are quite eGuaF
and in some respects even superior, 10 all the ~.
ano Forte-, saw a, the capitals OF Eu'oPe, and
during sojourn of two years at Pans.
Thcso Pianos will be sod a, the manufacturer" 7"
lowest Philadelphia prices, if not somehi lower.
Persons are requested TO cali aud examine for
themselves, at the residence Of the suhsc'iher.
Snnhurv Nav ~, lGi5. ii. B. hASSER.
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Dssertors from the Army.

One Of the editors, Of tho New Orleans Plea.
yune, who was At the CO ptulation Of Monterey.
speaks as follows Of the deserters recognized in
the Mexican ranks:
The deserteu va saw ourselves as they mar.
ched ou, in the ranks Of tho enemy, and moro
miserable wretchesto look At, or more misers-
bic company than that in which they were
found, it would be difficult to imagine. or meet
with in the wide world. One fellow in patticu.
lar, a worthless .coundrel, named Riley, who
had deserted from Capt. Merrill's company Of
the 5th Infantry, received a psssing salute from
his old comrades a. he went out of the city.
which he will not forget in twelve'non'h. He
had deserted from near Matamoros early in the
spring, had succeeded in reaching the Mexican
lines, and was a, once taken into the artillery
and made captain Of a gun. He va, tall, siel.
wsrt fellow. yet utterly worthless-a noisy.
quarrelsome, yet cowardly wretch, aud his rid
dance from the company was even matter OF
rejoicing rather than regret,
On the second day O! the evacuation seated
upon the first gun as its captain, came the rene.
gade Riley. The deser,er was i'll al ease, not
withstanding his comfortable scat. as the CO.
lumn passed through the through(sres which
were lined with the Americans, but it wac not
| till his eye caught some of his old comrades
that the spirit of the wretch died within him.
J The company knew that he was To pass out,
and Ind stationed themselves near Il barricade,
/ 81 poA h,.C Col
Duncan. as the best poslton from whence 10
give him brosdside Of reproaches. Riley ys
desartin' ,hafe. ain'ty ashamed Of ysrself!'
said one Of his former messmsres, an ishrnsn,
and one OF the beet soldiers in the CO" p,ny.
The color entirely forsook the face of ne 7uo
nawsy. 'Whin ye desart-d Why 'jdr'; ve go
among daceht white people, and not be- helpin'
these bloody nogers pack off their varmin!' con.
running accompaniment Of groans and hsscs.
This was too much. Riley jumped from tho
gun, every limb trembling with atject fesr, and
a. he passed through the bar-icade the wretch
supported his tottering knees BY placing hand
on the revolving wheels Of the carriage. Not
until the 6aTficsde was passed, and he was OF
of hearing Of his former comrades. did he re-
mount bis gun, and even then. SO utterly proa
trate were all his faculties, he had scarcely y
strength to Chamber upon the carriage. Sneh
was one Of the scenes We witnessed az the evs
cua,ion Of Monterey BY the Mexicsns. Other
dese,ters were in the ranks of the enemy
runaway negroes as well-but not one of their
was as we'll known as was the traitor Riley, ro
one of them received such bghting shower
of contempt such q w,hering tornado Of scorn
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vsyHE SUBSCRIBER has heen appointed agent,
for the sale # CONRAD MEYERS GEL
EBRATED PREMIUM ROSE WOOD Pl.
AMOS, at this place. These Pianos have plain.
massive and be eaufu exterior fni-h and, for depth
md sweetness of tone, and elegance Of workman
ship are not surpassed by any in the United States
The following IL o recommendation from GAIL
D,Ars, a ce!.b,a,eJ peIfc mer, and himself man.
uidc'utet:
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REMOVAL.

JOHN. Fl. p u II ID Y,
ESPECTFULLY informs his friends and
IN customers, tha, he has removed his stock OF
goo,s to the Stone House, on Market square, forn-
erIy occupied by Mr.. VIM. Dewart, where he will
be happy to serve his old customers and the pub
lie generally on as good terms, and at a. low pri-
ees as can be had elsewhere.
A large assortment of Groceries. Dry Goods
and Qucenswnre, constantly on hand.
June 9Th, l646.-,f
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cr 80. rnr N,our xA.k-psy the Pm
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Labor and Corporations.

The New York Tribune Of the | 9Th,
in an article on corporate Inability,
gives utterance to the following:
"IVe would lot object to section
making the stockholders in each com
pany personally responsible for the
debts of that company to lis manua la
borers; for THIS, THOUGH INCONSISTENT
WITH SOUND PRINCIPLE, would have the
good effect of inpeIing every company
to square accounts with lis workmen
every fortnight at tar:hesl."
According TO the New York Tribune
it is inconsistent with sound principle
to make the stockholders OF an Incor-
porated company personally liable tor
debts due to its manual laborerS. We
never before heard the federal doctrine
clearly and unequvocaIly announced,
but we can now understand them
They have announced to the world the
principle that it is inconsistent with
sound principle to secure to labor the
fruits of its toll. Labor, which is the
sole producer Of wealth and revenue,
which pays the heavy tariff duties, and
fills the pockets of the iordly manulac-
turer Of New England, which fights
the battles of its country and pours out
lis blood like water in the battle field,
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Rascalit, Leaking Out.

This morning the Senate had under
consideration till for the relIet o.!
Dcmas Adams, jr.. and Robert Young.
vino were suretles for one Robert LA .
morc, iormcrfy y a contractor and En-
gInccr on the Aliami Extension canal
A Mr.. Robert J J,hnson had Il contract
unIer i.arimore for building ii cuIvert.
for winch 1t became necessary for him
to sue Larimore in the Court Of Com
mon Pleas. where judgment was OBJ
tanned for 500 dollars. Mr.. Larimore
appealed TO the Supreme Court, and
Young and Adams became his suretics.
The Supreme Court also decided
against i.arimore. and the Judgment
now stands against Larlmore. Young
and Adams. These men come for
ward with unbiushing e!lrontory. and
ask the State to take the burden of Of
dams and Young. Mr.. Larmore
vas first Il contractor, in connection
with Bates, in 1887; but, finding that
the contract was bad one, and that
they would lose money at it, threw it
up; and, in 1888, Samuel Forrer, now
one Of the Board. appointed Larinore
agent for the State, at three dollars per
day. But, 10! what contract! Mr..
Forrer swears land we find his deposl-
ton in the rascality report. signed by
this same Adams,) that, on this day.
Oct 90, 1888, Mr.. Larlmore throws
up his contract. but that Larimore shall
20 on to prosecute the work, as agent
for Me STATE, AT a compensation Of S3 90
per day. but If in the progress of his
agency, it should turn out that the CON
tract may yet be completed this prices,
that he has The privilege Of still contin-
uing the work at his price under the
present contract. But the plain Eng-
Ilsh of this is, If it should turn out that
Mr.. Larimore can make more money
at his contract prices. than he can at
three dollars per day, then he shall he
allowed said contract prices, although
he has Mro,cn up his contract; but, if
on the contrary, his contract should turn
out to be a losing concern, then he
should be allowed the Mrte doliarS per
day. Now, of all the rascality and Ia
vorIlisn exposed in this report, there
IS none more glnring than this. 1t
would require more space and time to
follow up this appointment made by
Mr.. Forrer, than we have to spare at
this time; but few more items we
must mention. The rascaily report
says the agent was appointed on the
goth of October, 1888, by Mr.. Forrer,
and the section was re-let on the 29th
of NJ lrch, 1912.
The whole number of days in this PEE
riod is 1857. but Mr.. Larnnore's nc
count was made out and paid for l4l4,
making l57 days more than are contain
ed IN the whole time counting Sundays;
and not only this, 1t is proven by Mr..
Larimore's clerk that from Sept, 1888,
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Osage Indians havereccntly held coun-
Gil IN The Usage nation, the object oi
which was to unite their forces and in
lluence, TO rob and plunder the whites,
possibly under the impression that they
could obtain aid from Mexico. The
government should look TO it at once.
Fort Scott should be occupied by troops
without delay, because its position
makes it most available IN queIIng dis.
turbances, should they break out in the
north. tife west, or the south.
ave hear, also, that the principal
men of the Greek nation are sending
hostile letters to the O>ages, demand,
ing remuneration for losses sustained
from time to time. They also state
that if the value Of the property is not
returned, they will rally their forces
and take it. Nothing bu, the presence
Of an adequate military force can keep
in subiec,inn the thousands of Indians
now on our frontier, placed there by
treaty stipulations, and those stlpula-
lions violated in almost every partic-
uIar." a
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From The Baltimore Sun.
IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE,

The steamer iilhernia arrived at Ros
ton 6 O'Clock on the morning Of the 18th
inst. the news by which vas expressed
10 New Haven, and forwarded to Bal
tmore by telegraph. She sailed on the
5th instant. and consequently brings
dates more than tw enty days later than
any which has vet been received.
The cotton market had advanced at
an Unprecedented rate. Georgia bow
ed was selling at from hree-iourlhs tn
one penny higher than it was on the
4ih uIlimo: Mobile a halt penny high
er: Alabama and Tennessee one.elghth
to seven eigbihs; and New Orleans
rhree-eighrhs to a haf penny.
Flour had advanced from five to six
,hiIlinas; corn twelve to fourteen shiI-
ings; and corn meal five shIIIngs.
The advance in -four and grain is pre-
snmed to be per English quarter.
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ernment had declared, in view of the annexation
OF Texas, that it would consider $50 notable an
act of usurpaton" as cause OF war; and he adds
that when the act was consummated, "negotiation
was by Its very nature at an end, and war was the
only resource of the Mexican government Be-
fore this declaration, we had urged negotiation
upon Mexico in every most cUnciatory form.
AgaIu and again, we have pronered it since to
Herrera, to Paredes, and 10 Santa Anna When
ever proffered, it has been rejected The reason
seems plain enough. Mexico, on her own show
ing, does not look to negotiation as means of
gaining what she asks. The goes for the whole of
Texas, and from the whole tenor of American di-
plcmacy and legislation since 1910, she knows
that that claim is regarded by US as wholly inad-
missible. That CLAIMS not subject for negota.
ton She must relinqush il or supportit in war,
and her Secretary Lanzas tells us she has made her
choice "Negociation, by the nature of the case,
10 at an end, and her only resource rs ,Uar!"
In determining, then, upon the spirit in which
we will prosecute the war; it is proper to lay aside
all the mysthcation which the opposition have
brought into the question respecting the Mexican
claim to the territory between the Nueces and the
Rio Grande. AS cause of the war, such claim
ofMexico has no existence now, and never had
an existence. Mexico has never put forth clam
which did not reach TO the Sabine. Summing u
the matter in word. then, we Wage the war for
the right of self government Of our fellow citi-
zens in Texas, against patton which declares
negotiation to be out OF the question by "the very
nature of the case" and which closes by open war
upon the freedom of Texas, and the sovereignty of
the United States, long series of unrepaired out
RACES, which, in the relations ofthe two countries
has filled up the history of whole generation!
No stronger case for war can be found in mod
ern history. 1t involves all those principles which
the people of this country hold most dear and sa-
cred. And we hazard little IN predicting that the
more carefully the nature and causes of the war
are studied and examined, the more surely it will
commenditse TO the popular judgment and feel
ing as war on our part just and necessary, and
not to be avoided and in this country such a
war, be it longer or shorter, will always be fought
through vigorously to the end.
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"Aid and Comfort" "

"lhe Mexican papers copy freely
from the journals OF the United States
opposed to the war, evidently with the
view to create the belief that our coun-
try is rent by divisions on the subject
of the war. Through the Havana pa-
pers the Mexlcans are kept constantly
we'll informed of what IS done in the
United states"
The above paragraph is taken from
the PIcavune's abstract of late Mexl-
can intelligence, The opponents of
the war may now see the mschievous
effects of their i'll timed and unnatural
sympathy, for the ignorant and lreach
erous race with which we are now at
war. Tie use which the Mexican
Minister made OF this sympathy in his
correspondence with Mr.. SIideIl, ouph,
to have, admonshed such of his allies
here as may not be more anxious to
emblrraS the administration than to
cnnlue' an honorable peace-to be
more wary in the language they use IN
relation to the war. It may be doubt.
ed whether we should have been involv.
ed in this war at all. had not Cuevas
been able in the outset, to quote John
Quincy Adams and some Of his co-ad