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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IN HIS GiG.-Il
is now but century since Benjamin
franklin, Postmaster General of the
American colonies. by appointment oil
the crown. Sc, out in his gig to make
an official inspection OF the principal
routes Ii is sbou, eighty years since he
held the same Office under the authority
Of Congress. when small folio. (now
preserved In the department at Washing
TONI containing but three quires oil
paper. lasted as his account book FOR two
years. These simple facts bring before
us, more forcibly than an elaborate des-
eruption. the vast increase in postofice
facilities within hundred years; For,
If Postmaster General were 10 undertake
20 pas all over the routes at present
existing. 1t would require six yeors oil
incessant railroad travel atihe rate OF 1925
miles daily; while if he were to undertake
the job in an "old gig" he would require
a life time for its performance. Instead
of small folio. with It's three quires OF
paper. the post Office accounts consume
every two years 5000 of the largest sized
iedgers. keeping not less than one hun
dred clerks constantly employed in re-
cording transactions with 10000 con.
tractors and other persons.
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no strap, Mrs. F. tore the hem from her
dress. and fastened il to her husbs nd
whom she continued to encourage. saying
she could hold on to him, and il the pre-
server did not sustain them both. she
would be the one to let GO and leave him
TO save himself.
The fire was getting hotter and hotter.
The water was thick with human forms
struggling for life; she tore her bonnet.
already on fire, from her head. md hand
in hand with one she loved better than
herself, took the dangerous leap. As
they arose from the water MIR. Fowler
assisted his wife in procuring good
hold of him on or about the shoulders.
She wiped the water from his mouth and
eyes. and encouraged him to retain his
hope Of being saved He continued to
struggle with the waves. Half an hour
elapsed and there were no signs of assist.
ance. His strength was rapidly failing;
his wife observing it tried anew 10 cheer
him. He said he could not stand il any.
longer; il seemed as though he must give
up. At that moment she heard slea m.
er coming rapidly through the water
She says; My dear husband. few mo.
ments more and we are safe. Don't you
hear the boat coming?' He said he did.
and Immediately revived. made all the
effort in his power, and struggled for
himself and his heroic wife until the
Mississippi came up and took them, with
scores Of others. on her commodious
decks.
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Fashionable Women.

Fashion hills more women than toll
aud sorrow. Obedience to fashion is q
greater transgression Of the laws Of
woman's nature. greater injury TO her
physical aud mental constitution, than
the hardships Of poverty and neglect.
The slave-womsn at her task will live
and grow old. aud see Two or three gen.
erations of her mistresses pass away.
The washer-woman, with scarcely a ray
OF hope to cheer her in her tolls. will live
10 see her fashionable sisters oil die
around her. the kitchen maid is hearty
and strong when hey lady has to be
nufsed like sick baby. tits sad truth
that fashion pampesed women are almost
worthless for oil the great ends of human
life. They have but little force oil
character: they have still less power o!
moral will. aud quite as little physical
energy. They live for no grea, purpose
III life. they accomplish no worthy ends;
they are only doll.forms in the hands oil
miliiuers and servants TO be dressed and
Fed to order. They dress nobody; they
feed nobody; they instruct nobody; they
bless nobody; and save nobody. They
Write no books; they set no rich exam
plies of virtue and womanly life. II they
rear children. servants and nurses do i,
all. save to conceive and give them birth.
And WHEN reared what are they? VIVA
do they ever amount 10, but weaker actions
Of the old stock? Who eve, beard Of Q
fashionable woman's child exhibiting an,
virtue or power Of mind for which it be
came eminent? Read the biographies Of
our grea. and good men and women
Not one of them had fashionable moth
er.-They nearly oil sprang from plain
strong minded women. who had abou. al
little TO do with fashion as with tn,
changing clouds.
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| WHOLE NO. 22S.
Tom Marshall for Fremont.

The celebrated Tom Marshall, of Ky.
one of the sblesl stump speakers in the
West, is out for Fremont. and will do
good service in the present csmpaign.-
The following is from the Chicago Press:
Hon. Thomas F. Marshall, ofKen,ucky,
addressed large audience ct Meiropoli-
tan Hall, Saturday night, and sustained by
his force and eloquence the reputation ne
had previously won as a speaker. He
was bold and fearless in his denunciaiions
oil the Kansas outrages, and in favor OF
freedom in the Territories. rsking down
the Administration and it's advisers and
coadjutors with broadside of argument
md eloquence. He had but little 10 say
of The candidates, bu, pitched into Buchan.
an hot end heavy for his proportion of res.
possibility in the action OF the Os,end
conference. The speech was long. but
held crowded audience entirely uncon.
scious Of time until its close.
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GAMBLING AND DEATH--The follow.
ing incident occurred not long since. in
a certain town in this State. which is
noted for the generally good character of
The population. II illustrates not only
the evils OF intoxication, but also the
cnllousness and inhumanity which gam.
ing and drinking combined, will work in
mems hearts. A company of men were
sitting ut cards around table. Near
them, in the same room. sat man who
had but recently recovered from that hor-
rible disease of both body and mind,
dellrium tremens. The card players had
scarcely time to observe his appearance
and vet they noticed mething singular
about him. AS physician entered they
inquired of him. "Dr what is the matter
with that msn9" Nothing is the matter
with him" said he. lifting his hand a
moment. and then suffering it to drop.
'only that he's dead" IL uas even so.
While they were intent upon the game.
and perha ps little stupid with iut"xi-
cation. that spirit, in the immediate pres.
ence Of such uniting scenes. with the
preparation only of delirium. had taken
its flight, and left behind body bloated
and diseased with rum. But the wors:
remains ye! TO be told. The game went
on. The presence of death even. under
circumstances so strange and thrilling
could not check the game. and il was still
pursued while the man yet remained in
his chair. How hardening are the asso
Citations and indulgencies of the gambler
and the drunkard. Men have been known
TO drink snd gamble over the coffin Of a
wife or mother. Those vices will des-
troy the natural feelings of the heart. and
make the man brute. Cal
Pacifc
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The Albany Journs. gives the follow
ing idea Of Southern logic: Rust beats
Mr. Greedy. to convince him that. his
resolutions ought to have been adopted
BY the House; Herbert shoots waiter
to prove that he is entitled TO breakfast
after eleven o'clock; Brooks pounds Mr..
Sumner on the head. 10 esta blish the fact
that his State is prosperous. md his uncle
gentleman: Keitt puts pistols 10 his
pocket. TO satisfy the public that SOUTH
Carolina had more troops in The Revolution
than Massachusetts,: and Pate. with five
assistants. attacked , newspaper cor
respondent West srmie, by wsy Of refuia-
tion of the charge that he is a .Ruffisnr /"
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ward towards Ciudad de los Angeles.
(the city of the Angels,) the seat Of the
Governor General of the CaliIorn'ans.
and distant 400 miles. 1t was instantly
resolved on 10 pursue him to that place.
At the moment Of de parture the crafty
ing intelligence was received that war
with Mexico had CONNIE need; that Mon
te rey had been taken by our naval force.
and the flag OF the United States there
raised on the 7th of July; and that the
fleet would CO operate in the pursuit Of
Castro and his forces. The flag of indie.
pendence was hauled down and that Of
the United States hoisted. amidst the
hearty greetings and to the great JOY
of the American settlers aud the forces
under the command Of Col. Fremont.
The combined pursuit was rapidly con-
tinued, and on the 18th Of August, Com
modore Stockton and Col. Fremont, with
detachment Of marines from the squad
ron and the same rifemen. entered the
city of the Angels. without resistance or
objection; the Governor General. Pico.
the Commsndsnt general, Castro. and all
the Mexican authorities having fled and
dispersed. Commodore Stockton took
possession off The whole country as n con-
quest Of the United States. and appointed
Colonel Fremont Governor. under the law
Of nations. TO assume the functions Of that
office when he should return 10 the squad.
ron.
Thus in the short space OF sixty days
from the first decisive movement, this
conques! was achieved by small body
of men. to an extent beyond their own
expectation. for the Mexican authorities
proclaimed il conquest. not merely of
the northern part, but Of the whole pro.
vince Of the Cslifornias.
The Commandant General. Castro. on
the 9th Of August. from his camp at the
Mess, and next day ION the road to Sono
RAJ announced this result: TO the people,
together with the actual ight and dis
persion of the former authorities: and, at
the same time, he officially communities
ted the fact Of the conquest to the French
English and Spanish Consuls in Califor
mia; and. TO crown tho whole, the official
paper Of the Mexican government, on the
10th of October. in laying these official
communications before tiie public. intro
duced them with the emphatic declsra.
tion, 'the loss of the Cslifornias is con.
sumated." The whole province wa,
yielded up to the United States. and ii:
now in our military occupancy. A SINAI
part Of The troops sent out to subject hi,
province will constitute, il is presumed
sufficient force to retain our possession
and the remainder will be disposable fol
other objects Of the war.
y
| w. L. MARCY.
| To THE ParsInrNr or Tur JTrrrrn Sr.rre
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The bully Brooks has at last been I'm

The bully Brooks has at last been un-
masked. He is a carpet knight. a cow
ard. who will bluster and challenge con-
sciensiious men TO fgh, duels In the
District Of Columbia or in the States. bu,
when he meets with one who will fight.
and who goes to Canada where there 10
no chance for any interruption. backs
square out. Brooks won, 60 SO far to
fight unless he can take his victim % he
did Sumner. Any one unscquainted
with the nature Of the bully would have
supposed that Brooks would have gone
willingly to Canada. or to the Cape Of
Good Hope. 10 fight an abolition Yam.
kee."
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rIoss.-severalcountry post

s.-Several country post
masters in Massachusetts,. who have
caught the Fremont fever. have been
decapitsted therefor. and the Boston Post
threatens others in this grabbed STYLE:
Those Black Republican deputy post
masters who not only neglect their duties,
but are impudent to those with whom
their official business brings them in
contact, will learn better manners, per-
hars. before they die"
The Postmaster at Clark's Mills. Onedia
Co.. N. Y. was removed for entertaining
political opinions bearing towards the
cause of the Rocky Mountain hero. A
Buchanan man could not afterwards be
found in the whole town to take she post,
and the ONCE wee accordingly discon.
tinued.
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An Heroic Wife An Exciting at the Burning of
the "NOrthcfu Indiana.r

passenger on board the ill.fated
steamer Northern Indiana gires the
Syracuse IN. " Journal. an account of
the narrow escape OF Cicero Fowler and
Wife. of tina: county. who were also on
board when she took fire.
There was but one lifs-presesver for
Mrs f. and her husband; he insisted i'm
perstively that she should put il on; she
peremp,orily refused saying she was in
poor health end his life was worth far
more than hsTsf The preserves having
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Six supporters Of Buchanan voted to
expel Brooks, as follows:
Hickman. of Pa. Vail. Of n. J.
Parker. OF Pa. Wells. OF Wis.
Spinner Of N. Y. Williams. of N. Y.
Sixty three Buchsniers voted sgsins,
expulsion. And thirty-two Of those OPP
posed to the Administration. vored against,
expulsion. as follows.
Bell. of Tenn. Oliver. OF Mo.
Bowie, Md. Porter. of Mo.
Carlisle, of Va. Puryear, of N. C..
Cox, oil Ky. Reade, OF N. G..
Davis OF Md. Ready, OF Tenn.
Etheridge, of Tenn. Ricaud. of Md.
Eustis. OF La. Rivers. Of Tenn.
Evans. of Texas. Smith. Of Ala.
Foster, OF Ga. Sneed. OF Tenn.
Hirris, Of Md. Swope, ofKy,
Harrison. of Ohio. Talbot, ofKy.
Kenneit. of Mo. Trippe, OLGA.
Like. Of Miss. Underwood, Of Ky.
Lindley. OF Mo. Walker. of Ala.
H. Ma rshall, Of KY. Watkins. Of Tenn.
A. X. Marshall, Ky. Zollicof.er. Of Tenn.
For expulsion there were Free State
men. 100, and Slave State men /. Thir
ty two Free State men and so Slave State
men voted against expulsion. Those b.
sent, or not voting, were as follows:
Barclay. of Pa. Flsgi-r, ofN. Y.
Paine. OF N. c. Campbell, of Ky.
Fuller, OF Pa. Richs rdson. of Ill.
Caruthers, of Mo. Fuller, of Me.
Talbot. Of Ky. Childs. Of Del.
Herbert. OF Cal. Trumbull. of Ill.
Cullen. OF Del. Mace. Of Ind.
Walk. OF N. Y.
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Prominent DEMucRATs.-The Portland
Advertiser makes mention of the follow
ing prominent Democrats. who support
Buchanan. thus:
David r. Atchison and Gen. S,ringfel-
low. who have been slraining every nerve
for nearly two years to carry slavery into
Kansas, and who have hesitated at no
rascali,y and degree of menpness 10 &C.
complish that end-are wa'm supporters
of James Buchanan!
Governor Shannon. Marshal Donelson
end Sheriff Jones. and every member OF
the Border Ruffiau Legislature. all who
assisted in the sacking Of Lawrence and
aided in destroying the free papers OF
Ksnsas-are active laborers for James
Buchanan!
Jefferson Davis and every other noted
Disunionist OF the South are nov plot
Ting aud conniving for the election Of
James Buchanan
Preston s. Brooks, Keitt and Edmund
son. the first of whom committed and the
Others encouraged, the most vilisnous
assaults that was ever perpetrated upon
public man--are open advocates for
James Buchanan!
Philemon T. Herbert. who followed a
highhanded life in California with the
murder Of waiter at Washing,on-was
at the Cincinnati Convention ami endorses
the selection of James Buchonau!
The Ballot Suffers Of California. are
all active Democrats. and if allowed tc
vote. will do as Yankee Sullivan would
il he had not gone to "the land Of III.
hereafter" that is. cast their ballots fol-
James Buchanan.
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The lRIsHMEE ATD THE DEMOCRATS. -
As might naturally be expected, the
Irish citizens Of various parts of the coun.
try, manifest great indignation at the &C.
quittal Of Herbert. the Democratic"
member of Congress who murdered Kest-
ing. one Of their fellow country-men at
Washington.
After the unanimous vote given by the
Democratic party in Congress against an
Investigation Of the affair. il was not to
be expected that HeIbert would be CON.
victed by Democratic Judge who had
Democratic Attorney and Democratic
Marshal to aid him in procuring an &C.
quittal through the juggery of the law
They have succeeded. and il is now an
established law in Washington. that il
Democratic Congressman, before he has
recovered from the effects of the last
nights debauch, should indulge in the di-
version Of killing an Irishman. the whole
influence Of the party in Congress. and
OF the President and his officers, shall be
exerted to save him from punishment.
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CALIFORNIA NEws.-The news from
Californis. brought by the steamer "IIli.
nos." is Of absorbing interest. The pop
ular excitement in San francisco. 70.
mains undated. and the power of the
Vigilance Committee is still supreme
On the 2lst ult. the Committee attempt.
ed to arrest on offender named Maloney.
and on the interference of associate
Chief-Jussice Terry, with others. to pre-.
vent this act. a struggle ensued, in the
course of which one Hopkins sta bbed By
Judge Terry. A fresh outburst of popu.
lar indignation was the consequeEce.-
The armories ofihe claw and order" par.
ty as they are called. were surrounded By
large body Of the Vigilance COMMITTEES,
and in q short time the former faction
were forced to surrender snd to give up
1000 stand Of their arms. Judge Terry,
with about one hundred others. was tab
en- prisoner. and conveyed to the rooms
Of the Committee.
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There is woman at the bottom of
every mischief said Joe.
Yes. when ] used to get into mischief
my mother was at the bottom Of me- re-
piled Charley.
PosT THE BooKs.--What an economi.
cal Administration is this. How stand
the figuresi Here they are from official
sources. The expenses are
s75,664. 400 year!
S6,307 200 MONTH.
el.452 $40 q wsek.!!
e207,660 dsy!!.!
$500 sn hour.!.!!
ei44 minuts!.!!!!
% 90 . second!l!!,l
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PRICE OF "NIeGERs. The First fam.
lilies" Of Virginia are evidently looking
forward to the period. when, as their
Governor confidently assures them. the
election Of Mr.. Buchanan will advance
the price Of nigges to frs thousand
head"
The Richmond papers state that during
the last three months the price Of slsvss
ia tina. city has been higher. and the de-
msnd for them greater. than was ever
known before.
The Dispatch says.
prime feld hands (women) will nov
bring from OIL 600 to sl.l00. aud men
from 81 2a0 to 81 500. Not long since
. likely negro girl sold in this city u pri-
vats sale for 81. 700. A large numbsr Of
negroes are bought on speculst icn. cad
probably there IL net less thsa $4,000, 900
in town now seeking iuvsstur Ia suck
property"
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SESAroR SUMNE R's HEALTH.-The New
York Times Washington correspondent,
writes:
81 learn from excellent authority that
Senator Sumner is not improving in
health under the influence of the usually
invisorating sea breeze. His ply
debility still continues with perverse te.
nsci:y.--a moot discouraging symptom in
the estimation Of those friends who know
how vigorous his constitution heretofore
has been. how temperate his hs bits. aud
perfect his former health. He has left
Cape May for the mountains. hoping to
be benefited BY the change from sea to
mountain air; but from the evidences be.
fore me. cannot avoid the melancholy
conviction that he will never recover
from the effects of the Brooke assault
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HASpBILLS,
CIRCULARS,
.a,vr. FLAMES. &c,
p,.,,-a IN the sho.test notice and Ia the
flank DEEDS, Mortgages. Noes, snbpenaes,
Executions, and all kinds oil BLANKS KEEP o''
hand and for sale. uo,s,
once up stairs IN the old riyniou'l. ,-..-..
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From the Nationel Era.
THE PASS ON THE SIERRA.

All night above their rocky bed
They saw the stars march slow;
The wild Sierra overhead.
The deserts death below.
The Indian from his lodge OF bark.
The gray bear from his den.
Beyond their camp fires wall OF dark.
Glared on the mountain men.
Still upward turned, with anxious strain.
Their lenders sleepless eye,
Where splinters OF the mountain chain
Stood black against the sky.
The night wained slow; a; last q glow.
A CLEAN of sudden fire.
Sho. up behind the walls OF snow.
And tipped each icy spire.
SUP, mem" he cried, "yon rocky comb.
To day. please God, we'll pass.
And look for Winters frozen home
On Summers flowers and grass
They set their faces to the blast.
They ,rod tn eternal snow.
And faint. worn. bleeding. hailed At last,
The promised land below.
Behind they saw the snow cloud tossed
BY many an icy horn;
Before. warm valleys. wood embossed,
And green with vines and corn.
They left the Winter at their backs,
To flap his bsffled wing.
| And downward with the caiaracts.
Leaped to lhs lap ofSpring.
Strong leader OF that noble band!
Another task remains.
To break from Slsvery's desert land,
A path 10 Freedoms plains.
The winds ere wild, the way is d'ear,
| Yet. flashing through Ihe night.
Lo! icy ridge and rocky spear.
Blaze out in morning lighL
Rise up. Fremont. and go before:
The Hour must have its Man!
Put on the hunting skirt once more.
And lead in freedoms van, J. G. w.
From the annual report OF the Secretary o.
War, December 6, 1916.
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