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PHOTOGRAPHIC CoUNTERFEITISG

To The Editor Of The N. T. Tytbrn>.
SIR: In The TRIBUNE Of Wednesday you refer to
the cop, ing of bank-notes by means of photography
end a few days earlier you had letter from
Cincinnati correspondent upon the same SUBJECT
As you say, the subject is one worthy of the at
tention of banks, that a safeguard against such
frauds may be found, and you remark, "just
what should be done is not go clear A.
understand it, the process is one well known 20
many photographer and in England very crodita5le
counerfeits on the Bank of England have been exc.
cuted, well calculated TO deceive even more than
novice. The remedy is simple. Ii bank notes are
printed on yeAOu paper, especially if some salt Of
Silver is used in their colorlDg, they cannot be 50
copied Or if the notes be printed on both sides they
caInot be so copied, both impressions would show
on the face Of the photograph
Yours truly, w. II. b.
p. S-The above was the plan proposed by chem
lists and photographers to the officers OF the BANK oil
FL gland III derstand.
Dad, ". Y, Saturday, Jan. 20, ls5b
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" NUTS FOR KNow-NorHINGs TO CRACK"


To tie Editor Of The " y. TfibuHe
SIR: Permit me to PROFOUND, through the mediu a
of your heet the following questions TO those Know
Nothing gentlemen who, like orator Andrews, assert
that there exists no religious liberation in any Catholic
country:
/. Are they aware OF the existence of such eoun-
try as France
2 Are they aware that France is the great bu vark
of Catbolicism-thst France supplies more money
and missionaries for the propsganoism of Papacy
than all the rest of the Ronish world together
3. Are they aware that there exists no political,
civil, or oiber disabilities, in that country az ,inst
Jew Gentle, or lDfdel!
4. Can they point out any other Government, lex
cepine certain States in the Union, and Catholco-
Protest-nt Switzerland where similar liberation Is
enjoyed
10 Hebrew lie permitted 10 enter; and that several
converts to the Roman religion were banished from
the kI edom on account OF their conversion
Verify, Gentlemen, you are apuy named, and II IL
very evicent that those among you who are not sc,
tuaied by bpoted sectarianism havs never travelled
nine miles from a COW 3 tall nor had an idea ABOVE
Your long care else would you have discovered ere
hs ID at since this wicked planet became popnlatef,
there bas never yet existed religious sect from me
sons Of Abraham, Jacob and lsssc down 10 the fol-
lowers of Joe Smith, that old not seek 10 acquire tenn.
poral power and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES they could
safely do 80.
There is more likelihood, believe me- my sspieut
friends of the good people OF this free and happy
country, being governed by college of DIR. Can't
wells, than by the triple crowned Bugaboo of the
Vatican.
Isay. Sam. old boy Wouldn't your back have
risen and your feathers have ruiiled, II naughty,
wicked old Cross John or some Father McGuinness,
said half as much Vic sloy al subjects, did that
pompous bierarch and prelate, Bishop Potter Eh,
nv boy It's the bull and the aysin amt IL
ONE WHO IS sKEPTICAL
About the Moons being constructed Of Cheese, and
doesn't much difference between jesuit
in aluue lackC Oata nd Oue q
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ds., dsmpation rosnd the land" on foes
~, Z no, this 10 deal softer d.mnson en- fflends,
and 10 complain because they cannot deal n''e
pslpsbe one a. ,ss.ir, y
malls of the New York soda saIers'us manuiao.a
ere a. obtsbed from chemists and oteer genucmcIIs
that the burden Of their tes lmony doee q d 10 i;
il stance, go TO chow that even the 'sP,"e.I - in
compatible with heath, but only that II y Iees
iurioue than The old ose Il the fact ina. oia 81
from the West Indies less injurious mn .n ,ha
New England argument, geod anc 'a a;a,oas A.
use Of the former Black tess nov .hond ia no
green; lie that a reseon why eVeryso"'
10 the use Of the less injurious .asn nv the
7, 10 claimed. az we have already seem W "a
sods ,aeratus makers that their arncien ,hs
absolutely but only mJGs claim i made on the
c,purd that coda Is always present. IN tne nu
Z =, fem willie potssh is never ioenc tnere a.,os
sIti6csIly introduced" ms IS nrs .a ;o;,r; ,us:
una, men siv s5.ctal plea for indulgence IN toa,
t.h h,;nos them money and the world present ala
,Evsd o. ;oy men: at the future puohc ana gem
eDo p 1nss II il the grand argument IN winch SO
eIeI anSo scientific men base their defense OF tea,
~ e. and numerous other substances. Caue'ne aho
,b inc are found in the human system OK al ,eas'
-, cine which IL identical thereWlth: hnd hence,
% ,bsv we NAV use them, and save the system the
,royubIe of manufacturing them internally My own
,easepjr would be the reverse. Since God has aae
nm thns. end pronounced him good. any addition
OF these doubtful principles is, TO cay the lie use
less. Methussah got along very wen ~sthou' tneui,
at least it appears go; and so he d'd without ine
ak alies even the LEES injurious soda. And Sarah
could bake cakes and even uDleavened bread, not
oply for Angels but for the Lord himself, with
out any saseratus of po,ash or soda.
II should be urged, moreover that the detetic use OF
ak allies unfavorabe to the progress OF the cause OF
Temperance. They induce, or help to induce that
artificial thirst which lies at the root of this great
evil And 1t is not TOO much TO say that even our
GLORIOUS Maine Law" cen never STAND on an mmov-
bac; If salerafus and other lrY-
tstipg poison, in cur food is continued.
One ord more in relation 10 these poisons, and
shall have DONE Drills has four classes OF poisons-
the rri afipg the narcotic the acrd and the septic
Those of which l have been speaking probably be-
long 10 the first clsss-the irritating. Prof Ives, of
New Haven, it is true, and a few othera, regard
pearash and perhaps some other slkalies, az mar
cotics; but we need lot make this clam-it is sui-
Gent to cay that they aie all poisons.
WIN. A. ALCOTr, VI. d.
Album Dale Mass, Jan. 80, 1885.
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HUGH HAGAN.
To fA< Editor Of TIE ~ Y. Tr1Ea<.

To IA Editor Of The y. Y. TTDNaf
SIR: / observe that in article published In yes
terdsy's TRIBUNE, under the very remarkable hesd
ing. Murd.rers at the Tombs, Dennis Gsrd;k, who
is under indictment for the murder Of Hugh Hsgan,
awarded with the un, pviaoe title Of "a Baggage
smssber" This ststemeDtis erroneous. For the
lsst two years previous to biz arrest Garrck was EN-
ployed az porter with regular mO0t6ly salary, at
ibe large iron warehouse, Nos. % and % West st,
where he bore an excellent character as quiet, IN
dustrious msn 1, is to be hoped that Will at once
see the justice of publishing this statement.
Yours, respectfully J. u c.
S,,r York Thursday Feb l. 1855.
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about o. 500 pounds. THE TRisusx coerise, II
ee b, psgss about the size Of The Tipss, and Aoass
full OF original writing ID sold for two csnts-s chss
ness accounted for by the large circulation Ana ~,
total Absence Of iscsl impcsts.
In looking over the hles Of this clever prn, We
dents in distant countries. II also 70 poss..
wide circle Of casusl correspondents in he S,s,s.
who communicate short notices Of places 10 shIeh
is d.sirs ,le TO draw particular attention. ,uboi,
two three Characteristic paragraphs Of this t,rS
The first is dated from Newcastle, Lawrcncs Coun,v
PeHnsy lyanis, February 3, 1854
1T now exceeas l2SCeo
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THE TRIBUNE DESCRIBED BY ONE OF IT'S
READERS.
II NJ Ed.,cr Of TA y. Y. T,i1sn<.

To he Ed,,cr If Th y. Y Tvi1sA<
Sir: / have an used and instructed myself this
morning, by making a little calculation respecting
the cost of reading matter in different shapes and
styles OF publication and as sure it will interest
your readers have to ask you to give i, place in
your columns.
take copy Of TIE DAILY TRIBUNE, Of Jan. 81,
and counting the columns and lines find the follow
ing re.ults the different sizes OF type being calculated
separately. TEE TRIBUNE contains ~ columns. Be-
.idee Advertisements there ID contained OF
READU6 NATTER ~ THE sEw-YoRE JRIEUSE,
81 columns 70 Q number
fsl>a weids tc DSnteT
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THE REV. MORGAN EDWARDS.

To As Editor u Tas n. y. Dahy T0bu"<
SIR: This distinguished Evangelist is now laboring
in this City at the Lexington ay. Baptist Church,
corner OF Lexington av and Txentiethst. Mr.. Ed
wards was fer several years an officer Of high stand
il in one of our large packet ships and for the last
IA yesrs be mas been laboring in the Southern and
Western States. He Possesses highly cultivated
nil d. combined with the energy. dignity fJrtitude,
experience and courage Of zee faring life, rendering
him a man Of no common ability.
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FIRE At CoIusp, Che oSsP S Of sss wa. ss
Carolina College, in the Csmps' ,csether with H.
ss:s!sS ?, s 81 10 susdss College The VIZ
estimsted ct "a, 900,
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HOME INDUSTRY.

II ne ESstc, u N " T. TrsDus<
Sir: leff the mass meeting IN the Tabernacle lac.
night when the wesby Chairman hsd declared the
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Nh. BKroHrR's LEcruRr-Tbe Rev. II. w.
Bsecher delivered his very able lecture On Patriot,
"km" last evening, in the Tabernacle, before the
New England Young Mems Association. There was
coed attendance, and The lecture vas received With
mich applause.
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THE PROTESTANTS OF ISLAM

1T now exceeds l3, eco.
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MOTHERS PRAYER.

From the manuscript Of "BeFenice.' q
work written by Mrs Lcsdernior, Boston
paper makes the subjoined beautiful extract
Leaving the father to collect the few scat
tered remnants Of broken fortune, the moth
er and Bereuice, mere child, are placed on
shipboara to seek temporary shelter far from
home We quote:
Il know the nights seem to me intermina-
bly, long | lay awake beside my mother
,iu the narrow berth. and listening to the creak
ing ofthe rigging as the blast whistled through
it. But that was not all that kept me wake
full for heard beside my mothers whispered
prayer. have listened 10 prayers 10 fne
churches from the lips Of men whose bust
ness it was to pray have heard prayers at
the blessed family altar, where were gather
band of loved ones each dear to the other
sweet, earnest prayers Of thankfulness aud
blessings; have heard trembling, desraring
soulsplead at the mercy seat Of God; ] have
heard the dying prayer for life and the living
PRAYER for death as though Death were the
Lethc Of forgetfulness; have heard racked
and tortured souls Pleading for human mercy.
where it seemed it might be bad for tho ask
ing; but have never heard prayer or
voice of duplication like my mothers whis-
pored utterauce on the wild. ocean, 10 the
dismal night, in the narrow berth Of tie cab.
10 of the ship bearing US from home and hope
aud love ner faith was strong even in tho
hopeless darkness Of that hour: it was al
agony Of prayer, prayer which Christ coulc
pity. 1t was still as death my mother
thought slept; she never knew her chile
was watching as she prayed
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/. VOL. 55.-lNO. 49,.
vHAr rAa1,LY eovEaUnnxr =. Z.

j.
II i not to watch children with a suspi-
cious eye to frcwn at their merry out-bursts
q innocent hilarity to suppress their joyous
laughter, aud 70 mould them into little mod
els Of cctogenariun gravity.
And when they have been IN faul, II Is not
to punish them simply on account Of the per-
sonal injury that you may have Glanced 70
suffer in consequence of their fault While
disobedience, unattended with Inconvenience
to yourself, passes without rebako.
Nor is IL to overwhelm tic littIe culprit
with food Of angry words to stun him
with deafening noise to call him by hard
names which do not express bis missdeeds
to lead him with crithets which would be exA
travagant If applied TO fault Of tei-fold
enornity or TO declare with passionate scA
hemence that he Il the worst child ID tho
world and designed to the gallcws. sAs q
BUTTE IS TO watch anxiously for the frst
rising ofisin, and to rerrcss theui to conn.
tcract the earliest workings Of selfshnass
to suppress the FIRST beginnings Of rebellion
against rightfal authority to tcaeh an inn
plieit and unquostioning and cheerful obe-
dience to the viii of the parent, as the best
preparation for future allegiance to the re-
quirements Of the civil magistrate, aud TO tho
laws Of the great Ruler and Father iii Hca-
ven. sa
Its to punish fault because II is fault,
because it is sinful and contrary to the laws
of God without reference to whether it may
or may not have been productive ofimnlcdi-
at injury to tho parent or to others
Ii is to reproye with calmncss and CON-
posture, and not with angry irritation in
few words, ftly chosen, and not with tor
rent Of abuse to punish as often as you
threaten, and threaten only when you intend
and can remember to perform to say what
you mean, aud infallibly 90 what you say.
1t is TO govern your family as in the sight
Of Him who gave you your authority who
will reward your strict fidelity with such
blessings as lie bestowed on Abraham, or
punish your criminal neglect with such curses
as be visited on Eli Religious Herald
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SAY NOT.

Say not so carelcssly, dear brother mine,
That to thy stay on earth the end is set;
Too closely linked arc other lives with thine
God knows dear one, cannot spare thee yet.
And ever, when reminding me with thee,
The star of love shines brightly forth at even,
My hearts deep prayer arises fervently-
"May it be late ere thou return to heayen!"
Late, in lie that would be lone without thee
Late, ina day whose morning yet is bright:
Not while the hopes, that love has wreathed
about thee,
Then on my heart so rich and pure light,
Zen tho the kindred angels wait for thee,
And hope to see thy earthly letters riyen.
Dearest, as thou art all the world to me,
MAY it be late ere thou return to heaven -
But when l reach that better world afar,
Which shall redeem the sad mistake Of this,
Where, if thou vert not. should miss the stal
That gave to earth all it contained Of bliss
When, in thy carly and celestial home,
From whence to US thy spirit-liie was given,
The one who loves thee waits for thee to come,
Dearest one, may ST thou then return toheayen
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srlecteo Galc.
HARD TIM Els;
Or
THE PHIIOs0PErEH's STONE.
BY OLIVER OPTIC.

CHAPTER 1.
what makes you SO dull this morning,El
len p enquired Mr.. Chester,a young merchant
in a small way, to his wife.
They had been married about year, and
thus far not cloud had lowered over their
house, not an ill-natured word had been spo-
ken by either, and they were as happy as
love and plenty could make them. AT bis
marriagc, Chester had taken a small, but
neat and convenient house in the upper part
of the city. He had been able to furnish it
only in a very plain manner, but since his
marriage, his business had been so prosper
GUS that he had added many articles Of lux
ury to his establishment.
THE times had begun TO tighten up, how
ever, and business was dull The notes were
due. aud he had to bestir himselfto make his
payments. Fortunately for him, however,as
the stripgency in the money market began to
weigh the most heavily, his farther's admins-
traitor placed him in possession of two thou
sand dollars, which had been reserved to
await the contingencies of lawsuit, and
which had now been satisfactorily adjusted.
With this sum he had been able to pay off
his more pressing demands, and to lay by'a
surplus ofive hundred dollars to meet note
which would fall due some two months hence.
The receipt of this sum had also induced
him to increase the Injuries of his house.
The parlor had been newly furnished, and
the old parlor furniture had been transferred
to The sitting room. They had everything
that was necessary for comfort, and for a
creditable appearance in the world.
you look very dull continued the hus-
band, and rose from the breakfast table.
Ellen looked up at him with languid
smile, and made no reply
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Dearest, l viii build thee cot all covered
with ivy, 10 same. secluded sale, close BY
purling brook meepdering over its pebbly
bottom, necessarily babbling in dulcet tink-
ling straiEs, love, 1--we, love ;'-whea taelat.
mosphere is redolent Of soothing, spicy arc
mas. that makes tho eyes languish, aud the
heart dissolve 10 liquid fire Of love where
the balmy morning zeph5rs sigh 10 the dcnse
forests leafy maze, chaunting loves melody;
where the tiny songsters that wbirl in ethe
real space, MARBLE nought bat love. viii
plant thee garden Of gorgeous lovelioess,
culled from natures most ardent designs,
warnost tiats, and sweet smelling incense
'Dqlpby dear, don't forget 70 leave patch
Cor cucunbers aud inyuns--theyre 50 nice
picked ~
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poeiieoI.
DREAMS OF orHER YEARS.

b.
The dreams, the dreams Of other years,
How beautiful they were
Well may their memory in the heart
Its deepest pulses stir;
For to the cold and common Garth,
They lent its warmest ray,
The stars that warbled at their birth.
Were not more pure thar they.
They sprang luxuriantas the flowers
That deck the wood and dell,
And, like the leaves of autumn, they
Were brightest when they fell;
Yet, who, with all that witchery,
Their mingled joy and pain,
Who would forget their memory,
Or dream them DER again.
The first, the first ..young dream Of love,
That held the heart in thrall,
The earliest and the sweetest one,
The dearest Of them all
Wei, at its gentle memory
Proud eyes with tears may fill,
For oh, twas wildly worshipped once,
It's fondly cherished still.
Friendship! ah me, what dream was that,
By name SO sacred known,
That frightened with the morning light,
And with the eve was gone
a shifting shadow on the grass,
A sun-gleam on the sea-
All things that quickly come and pass
Are typical of thee.
Then came the dream Of high renown,
That buoyed the spirit up,
And kept the fainting purpose strong,
To drain each bitter cup,
MI, all have passed away, away,
As sunset clouds depart;
But the shadows of their loneliness
Are mirrored in the heart.
They sprang luxuriant as the flowers
That deck the wood and dell,
And, like the leaves of autumn, they
Were brightest when they fell;
Yet, who, with all their witchTy,
Their mingled joy and pain,
Who would forego their memory,
Or dream them DER again.
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4
the appointed time and seemed perfectly sat
isficd With bis bargain.
a few days after the yoaag couple were
surprised 10 reeeive al iayiaa,ioa, 10 dine
with Uncle Luke, aud to their establishment.
when they arrived, theyfopHd their piano In
bis sung little parlor
Did you buy this 7 asked Fred
But Uacle Luke would answer no questions
yet he promised to make him present Of it
as soon as be paid all bis debts
The dinner consisted Of cernsd beef and
baked potatoes. With an apple pie for desert
Uncle Luke was ii unusually good spirits
and never once apolugized foy the singular
fare he had set before bis guests
Bat they understood the meaning Of IT.
1t was intended as lesson for them. and they
profted BY it. They brought home the phi.
Elosopher stone ard began to live BY a much
humber system. the hired girl was dis.
charged, and Ellen bad SO much to 90 ii at
tending to her household duties that she had
no time to be lonesome. She was much
happier than when she was mopiug all day
in the parlor, and better than this the times
began to mend, aud Treds business prosper
ed again lie Paid off his mortgage, and
the piano was duly returned 70 them, be-
cause they could afford to support such a
luxury.
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LAnoR AND ITS RIGHTS.


We often hear the remark tha. man has
a right to living, in which the implication
is very strong that if he does not earnit him
self be may claim it of somebody else who
has earned it, A man has only right to
such Of the productions Of labor as he him
self has created with his own industry He
has no right to a living independent Of his
duty to earn that living for himself by his
labor Every man has the means Of earning
himself living, in the physical and mental
power with which he is endowed lie should
use those means so as to command living,
BY making his labor useful to others. Soci-
ETY. is under no obligation to find O man en-
rloyed in such pursuits only as he desires, or
finds it convenient to follow. The object Of
all labor is to satisfy some existing want
If society does not want particular kinds Of
labor, it is under 10 obligations 70 purchase
them, and the individual should turn his ia-
Dor to such productions as society does need
and cannot do without. - Philadelphia Lex
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THE MARCH TO THE GRAVE.

What mighty procession has been march
ing towards the grave during the past year
At the annual estimate since the first OF Jan
uary, 1854, more than 81 100000 Of! .
worlds population has gone down to the
earth again. Place them in long array and
they will form moving column Of more than
thirteen hundred to every mile of the globes
circumference. Only think of it ponder
and think upon it. What spectacleas they
move on tramp, trampvrforward upon this
stupehduous dead march.
"Iife is short and time is fleeing. b1a
And our hearts so stout and brave,
Still like muiled drums are beating
Funeral marches 10 the grave" ~.
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Johr Mitchell had the bad taste to GIVE
the following advice to the military compa-
MES composed Of foreigners, recently disban-
ded in Massachusetts. We eau scarcely wor-
der at the extremes to which hostility to for
eieners is carried. when one Of their number
has the temerity thus to speak.
For every musket giyenin the State Armo,
~, let three be purchased forthwith; let in
dependent companies be formed, thrice as
numerous as the dis5anded corps-there are
no Arms Acts here yet--and let every kor-
eignor be drilled and trained, ana have his
arms always ready. For you may be very
sure, having some experience in that matter
that those who begin BY disarDiog you mean
to do you mischief.
Re careful not to truckle 10 the smallest
particular to American prejudices, Yield
not a single jot Of your own; for you have as
I good right to your preiadicos as they. Dc
not, by any means, suffer Gamers Bible( The
/ protestant Bible) to be thrust down yoal
I throat. Do not abandoa your post Or re-
hounee your functions as.citi2eus OF as sol
( aiers but after resort to the last and high
cst tribunal of law open to You, keep The
peace, attemep. 10 demonstration. disconr-
age drunkenness and stand 20 your arms.
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rag.A letter from Havana states that the
English Consul at Che port had notified the
Captain General that his Government had
placed at the disposal Of the latter the whole
Of the West India feet, SO as to enable him
to crush ofEectually any further fllibustering
attempts upon the Island. The feet was
daily expected to arrive there.
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HJ-Ths man who tried to sweeten bis
tea With one Of his wifo's smiles, has fallen
back On sugar