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CHiNA-WARE AND HOI :. .s.

- ING GOODS -SCHAAP K Co IWpn1sStNh.
AMP WHOLESALE AND retail. n N 4 RS
are SassR,n or p BRohD AND THIRD sTREEf
and from Northern trade sales. a nos, sla's's
variety Of CHINA, GLASS, and EARTTtp,,.rs
MAX r; Lo0kiN NJ GLASSES; TAXI 8 Nh Nh
IAPANNED WARE; besides an endiosa. a. iat
me OF French and German FANCY ,,oo1ness'. =
Io1 >, tn which we invite the attention -; ~
that our GOODS and PRICES will richly na vlhndssi
call We endeavor to maintain our re ,asm iG
FOR selling BARGAINS. SONIA, gs'a1a
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q WATCHt>, JEWtLKY. .ii,,v

* " SCHES. } ~ w ELkN al Nkp
~ AND PLATED WARES A MN
n keeps constantly on hand lara srs san a.
saA>.3e picte assortment Of the above nsr,at %
ticles embracing all the latest STYLES. wb,sb 40
fers to his friends and public on the mos, ,ss "
able terms. He would call particular aI,s,,,0 n0.
E,s stock of fine Watches. such rs Jules u
r. Is Adams Son, Alfred i.avalet,e hes Ea
~ Henry Reynolds Lemon, Joseph Johns,o, IT,,
Craige, and other celebrated makers Vs shh
keeps large assortment al rich Diamond 10, &,
ger Rinss, ShiFt Buttons. Diamond ClU,ts, -,
Single Stone breastpins, for gents also ls |
assortment Of ladies' carbuneia. t'1rai 80 's.'
Cameo and Pearl Sets. Etrnscsn ana sam "a az
Cham Bracelets. Chatham CHAINS, Nee. Ch5,s.
Charms, Sleeve Buttons, SHIRT Buttons. Se srs,
Sets, Gobiets. Pitchers Salt Cellars. cup. 3,uas,,
Holders. Fish KNIVES aud Forrs, Berry Saa's.
Asparagus Tonss, lee Tongs Silver sroar, a.
Forks. fine Silver plated Knives Ne.
Hoping to oher such Inducements that cam,
la IL please In price and quality. call IS resJsf
fully solicited. ! A. NyEpS
Corner If MAN and fs,rI =.
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WATCHES, JEwELRY ac

& rKEMOvAL; KEM0tAL--0P TN
NEW, MATCHMAKER The i NJ,
s1-asHA be! would respectfully announce 'g ~
public, and ms friends IN the country tn,, 20 zoe
kEMoVED next door II Messrs Kent. p, "c y
90. y nearly opposite his Old stand on ~ -'
where he trusts. hS etrIct attention IN ~ ~
and desire to please. that he will meet ~ ~
same patronage SO literally bestowed an ~ ,as
,i~ last fourteen years. Ny motto still .Sa| !.
Where lives the little BILLY b..
W hiie on Eleventh street told the Aour
tie s gone next door to Kent p's
On nIIn Ynur faNnIs eIunArsr
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PIANO FORTE8.

KlCHMON ID PIANO FORTE
MANyFACTORY,. AND GENERAL
CAN MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
DORR s. RADE. WarerOoms 23l,' Factory go
Broad street, would respectfully invite pubic at
tention to their large assortment of PIANOS. and
would offer such guarantees al will satisfy the
most fastidious purchaser.
Our PIANOS are warranted for FIVE years, kept
in tune twelve months, and exchanged within the
FIRST months If they fail to give entire satisfac
ton to the purchaser.
Particular attention is paid to orders from the
country, and persons may safely rely upon the
faithful execution of their orders.
Old Pianos taken IN exchange for new ones.
IA PIANOS hired at low rates.
DORR h RADE,
de l6-dGcwly Richmond, Va.
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MOTIF T..

Ia gs;sss<ls.l 70 PAs$fSSFqaFRS lSV a
aHH S'sx-vee Gol Nc NQk,! T. A.; SfRlgE..
ERS.-THROUGH TICKETS AN ga
CHECKS.-GREAT NoRTHEkN N.Y. .a a.
ryin. the great United States Ma. 20, 4 Il
lsund.y lig ht excepted between klchiiH'on" NJ
ag1,rla. Wash ington, Baltimore. thiade,p"Is .,ss
York and al important points Mss', ,,ad ~
Greek ard Washng ton. eyer she kiep ,ts fc,Ss
T,ver1 rs miles. and !, splendid sad c,'hi. .
steamers thence Ia Washinstln5 y t.a.SS', 4sJ -
miles IN seven hours; being cor!of'ap''
t.ctIy safe rate OF speed. =, Jpn
BAGGAGE, uuder chafss 81 sees'IR sat-
C.. DISQUALIFICATION ~ " tsiin- ioA'
ph, ia nhia And New Iork. -. 49,
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SOUTHERN SToNEw,p -. .pA

~ KEEsEaiEa $ l2 ph H. Richmond. ",
me subscribers respectfully tnfar r"',s
chsnts OF Vir2inIa, North Carolina AND I'M me me,.
SToN .pS re manufacturing the best s"a.s
MIX Fans. Churns. Bread Risefs. ses ~ lneher,
Jars. AIR Tight &C., Mc Sealing Fra,
q Also. neatly painted charcoal pae.ss u
coolers. both metal and wood cases ~ u, "i'sf
from gallons to 20 gaons. 0''S's' oi al sss.
MA- All ware sold by Us wilt I've del,v...,
any part OF the city free Of charge. N'''r'ed a
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BYRONs LOvE.-A Paris letter says Fagni-
ami, the artist SO famous in detecting latent
beauty in face, and portraying it upon can
vas has just finished charming full-length
portrait of Madame Boissy, Byrons Countess
Guiccioli She is represented at the age when
she was in the full maturity of her charms,
though, strange to say, the likeness is deemed
as perfect of her to-day AS one could ever
have been, allowing for difference in weigh t,
which age has given her, though she is just
sixty years old She wears her hair in ring
lets now, Just As she did when she left the
nunnery, and first attracted the admiration
OF her poet lover at Venice and, up to this day,
she has not Il grey hair in her head. Singu-
larly enough, too, her complexion is still the
marvel of all Paris, SO fair and SO unchanged
by "Time's effacing fingers Madame Bo-
issy's salon is one Of the most attractive to
both sexes in the great Metropolis of France,
and she herself is said to be still one of the
most fascinating of her sex.
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ma Are
YOU
SICK?
A SMALL PART
OF TESTIMONY
TAKEN FROM INDEX OF PAMPHLET OF

CURES By HAMPTON's TINCTURE. :.
hhSSTHMAoMany years. j. Il. Cough. Is
BRONCHITIS-4Oy years. John Devlin..... g q
THUNDERSTORM Mckenze. ,,......;... !6
BOWELS. Const patOn-John Howard. - ~
COUGH-Wm. H: Phllets. Observation-Disclosures. IS
COUGH-H. c. Wmn.. y
Rheumatism; Dyspepsia, DiarrhGa. De bility, De-
cline in Health, Erysipeas. Disease OF Eyes. Fe-
male Complaints, Hip Disease, Kidney Disease,
L'ver Complaipt, Mercp1Isl Disease. Iet,sr: ~
NeuIagia, Paral, sis. Palpitatlon of Heart Screiu
la. Spinal Disease &e:, with numerous other Dis
And many others, whe testify to belng CURED.
after years of suffering, by HAMPTON'S TING
TURF.
FEMALES AND CHlLDREN.-This TING
TURE will be found great medicine for all their
diseases.
"a Call apa get Pamphlets and gee cures;
lists in Petersburg: by MORTIMER & NOW
BRAY, Batimcre; and by Druggists and Shop
keepers everywhere. 81 per bottle six hotties.
So. te 7-d&cwts
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ia SLIM

NOTtCE.-All persens HAVING ola, ms ~ ainst
~ the estate Of BARTLETT TYLER, dec u. are
Quested tO present them to the undersigned, pro-
perly authenticated, Tor sd,ustmeat; and ali ser
sons indebted 70 said estate. are requested 70 come
forward aud settle the sAlne without delay
-. yNO: .. TAYLOR, .Adm'r.
HeniiCO, Feb. oh. l6o0 q N-tS
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CONDITION OF THE VIRGINIA BANKS.
BANK OF THE OLD DOMINION,


Hon. JoHy LKrcMER, Governor Of Virginia;
i enclose statement Of. the condition Of this
Bank, for the quarter ending 3lst ult.
Very respectfully
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THE NATIONS WITHOUT FIRE.-According
to Pliuy, fire was for long time unknown to
some OF the ancient Egyptians, and when
Euxodus (the celebrated astronomer showed it
TO them, they were absolu tely in rapture The
Persians, PhEnicians, Greeks, and several
other nations, ackno wledged that their ances.
tors were once without the use of fire, and the
Chinese confess the same Of their progenitors
POmpanius, Mela, Plutarch, aud other ancient
authors, speak OF nations Who at the time
they wrote, knew not the use Of fire or had
but just learned it. Facts of the same kind are
also attee ted by modern nations. The inhabi-
tants Of the Marian Islands, which were dis
covered in 1851, had no idea Of fire Never was
establishment greater than theirs when they
saw 1t on the descent Of Magellan, in one of
their islands. At first they believed it was
some kind of animal that was fixed to and fed
upon wood. The Inhabitants of the Philip
pine and Canary Islands were formerly equal
Iy ignorant. Africa presents, even in our own
day, some nations in this deplorable state
THE LONDON LODGING HOUSE system
One.tenth Of the whole population occupies
two.thirds Of the area Of London-a small
tribe owns the whole aud receives the rem tai
thereof-ninety and nine out of the hundred
are solourners and dodgers. 1t is, therefore,
only in the sense of the holder of a stall in the
theatre, or Of a seat on transitory journey,
that the Londoner can call the house of his
location his castle. Lodging houses, on the
model plan, have been built in various parts
70 accommodate say, ut most, ten thousand
other houses have been purchased or rented,
and improved by either humane or spec u la
tive projec tors; bat all these together would
not house twenty thousand ont of two mil
lions and half Of souls. Therefore, for the
toiiing multitude, they are as badly off az
tney We're twenty years back-nay, worse for
the thronged centres are now cleared out.
grand lines Of modern houses are CONSTRUCTED
upon their ruins, the tide of industry Gibbs
outward to remoter pools, and the con tras ting
olnxnry aud magni0cence Of renewed districts
make their chronic endurance the more intoler.
Able.-LondOn BeiLder.
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RANK OF THE ON DOMINION.

ALEXANDRIA. VA. January 23d. 1860.
Hon. JOHN LsTCHFR. Governor of Virs Ma:
Dear Sir:-The redemption of the Notes of this
Bank will be continued at the Merchants Bank of
Baltimore at one fourth of one per cent. discount
Very respectfully, your ob't seTv't.
W. N. MCVEIGH, President.
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TaR LIBERrY Oy THE BoUQuxr.-The GA.
zette de Thurgovie says that not long axo "a
b0uQu net was thrown to 4 dnnsexse in one ~
the theatres at Venice, made up of the thr
colOrs Of Italian independence--rsdw hi tn n nd
green. She picked II up and kissed IL For
this she was summoned bsfore the police AN.
thOrities, and ordered thenceforth to tramnIe
on all bouquets which might b. thrown To
her. This order got abroad, and next nigh
there was thrown . bouquet OF the ustrian
colors. black and yellow. In obedience to the
order Of the police she trampied it under her
fees. while the house was shaken by acclxma-
tions ofapplause.
sIa the MIDST OF LIYE WE ARE IN
DRATn."-This line Of the English Burial
Service" 20 hr from Scriptural, 10 derived
from . Latin AutiphODe, said 10 have been
composed BY NOtken, Monk Of st. Gall, In
A. d. 9i1, while watching some workmen
building bridge Ut MaTtinsbruck, in peril Of
their lives.
Anthony R0iss., aged - year., hung himself
In Bis fathers barn, In Fort Wayne, Ill, last
week. He had become desangsd from disap-
p0jntment In love.
The largest cargo Of fruit ever brought to
New York arrived there last week, with lO,5o0
boxes lemons and oranges from Sicily, aud
about II, 0D0 boxes raisins from Malaga.
A bogus fugitive from Maryland slas cry
- took Ia +" tbs ab0iiti0nists Of Portsmouth,,
n. H.. masly.
Yospg hsirsssss, however honsly, always
rcaoe down basdsoms." -
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RICH Nd MADE

E4f2l3K CARRIAGES.
GEO. A. AtNSLlE, 10Th street, would
respectfully invite the attention Of his friends and
the public generally to his large aud fashionable
assortment OF CARRIAGES, BtGGtES. &C.
HIS work ~ manufactured III this city, by compe
tent workmen, and out OF the hest material. call
from thoss desiring TO purchase ~ requested. Par
tculsr attention paid to REPAIRING, which viii
he done on the most reasonable teTus.
In lO--tikowzm
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How MARRIAGE TAMEs "STRoNGM MINDED
WoxEs"-The New York correspondent of
the Springfield Mass Repu blican, in describ-
ing Mrs. Lucy Stone Blackwell's latest ad-
dress upon her favorite reform, the "emanci-
patton" of her sex, says:
Four years have elapsed since last heard
Lucy Stone, when she spoke with the tmost
ease with marked clog uence and perfect as
surance of manner, before a large audience at
the City Assembly Rooms. Remembering her
rs she seemed then, 1t was extremely difficult
10 make the Lucy Stone of Thursday evening
Identical with the Lucy Stone of four years
ago The bright cheeks were there the girl
ish figure, tue musical voice; but the old as
surance, the perfect self-poise the rapid, con-
fident, slightly saucy ntterance, were all wan t.
ing. She did not seem less earnest, but less $.
sured. She told her old story of Woman's le.
gal disability and wrongs, but not in the old,
demanding and defiant tones. The mothers
heart has dissolved the wOman's voice, and
what was once pertness Is now pathOs what
it has lost in vigOr, it has gained in tender
ness.
Those who listened to Lucy Stone Black
well, and TO her sister-in-law, Antoinette
Brown Blackwell, before their marriage, can
not fail to observe the great change which has
come over the public manner OF these ladies
since that event. Although they still adhere
to their pet idea of an OratOrical mission, and
occasionally leave their homes and their babies
to talk on public platform, they do so in a
1nuCQ more SuDQuoO anu WOlndnIy way tnan
of old. The brothers Blackwell married these
ladies with full knowledge of their strong
minded tendencies. Was it in order to under
take the fascinating task of "taming' them,
as did the husband of Shakspeare's "Shrew ,
AntOinette Blackwell has Il noble nature and
SO burdened Is it with the sorrows of human.
ty, and a sense Of it's own high mission, that
her voice seems broken, and her words come
low and slow; while on Thursday evening,
here stood Lucy talking, to be sure, yet
blushing and trembling she never did in
that little, ridiculous, impertinent Boomer,
that she used to wear.
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J. w. MASON,
VIM. NJ. WADE,
NJ. b. HARRIS,
JOSEPH r. STATION,
HENRY GAULT.

AIhEMARLE COUNTY. TO WIT:
w. D. Davis. Cashier of the Bank of Scottsville.
personally appeared he fore me, Justice of the
Peace for the county aforesaid in the State of Viz
gina, and made oath that the annexed statement
of the condition said Bank is correct to the best
of his belief and knowle ledge.
Given under my hand, this 18th day Of January,
1860. JOHN s. MARTIN, j. +.
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- ARTIFICIAL TEETH. ..The Cieo-
AtTW plsst.o sDd vulcanite Prcoess;.G ":
S1LO JONES, DENTIsT, hnviLr the right tr The
above mode of making Teeth. and being satisfied
Of its absolute superority over ~ Other ms.noas,
full or partial sets Of teeth. and especially such
IS msy b DISSATISFIED with those they are nov ,rs
mouth and the suction thereby secured, enables
him to insert one or pore teeth ,c;fhomf clasps
This method having 6eeh adopted ~ thoss stand
Testimonials will be given and SPECIMENS exhibited
TO those wishink TO zee them. Sets Of Teeth, On
those preferring them. Filling, cleaning. Ex-
tracing, and all other operations gently And tho
roughly performed. Ofioe on Main street. opposite
COrinthian Hall O21-ly
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RAILROADS.. &c.


xaA-N iNE-R c MONb Ayl
pANViLLE RAILROAD CHANGE or Schs
DCIE.-On aud after SUNDAY. January y.
1850. the M9ri and Passenger Tram on ,ha, ~
Will run as follows:
Leave Richmond. dali, M 8 A. NJ, for Juuct,a.
tBuTkevilie.l lt nchburg, Bristol, Knoxville, d
ton and Atlanta, ia. Chattauuoga. N4sbahs
Grand Junction. and Memphis. Tenn, Non
gomery ana Mobile. Ala and New Orleans
Leave Richmond daily. texCept SHnda,l In
Danvliie, Va, and Greenburo'. \. C., atsAN
RETUgNIN6:
Leave Junction BurkevIliei daiiy, at 10 A. v,
and arrive in Richmond at p. Nj
Leave DHnvlile daily, texGept SnntiysaiS A.
NJ and arrive in Richmond NJ | 2. VI.
The above trains connect both ways WITH itt
South Side Railroad trains tn and from the SOU
west 1T the Junction, and with the FirglBa Gen
tral. and Richmond, Fredericksburg aHs Poioaig
Railroad trans, 10 and from the North al h,eh
mond.
HA. Through Tickets sold. and baggage checked
through to the above points; also, 10 the vHsm'
Springs.
ia For Through Tickets and further ihiurTa.
ton, apply at the ticket Office OF the RichAJad All
Danvliie Railroad Company, Richmond
ia 2S-ts ALEX WDkRALl, SUP
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LIGHTE L BRA BUKY'S
~ PiANOS.-We call the attention of the
vi RtI citizens of Richmond and Virginia, to
our PIANO FORTES. We have placed these III
strumehts with MIR. CARUSI, that their qualities,
IN all respects, s:ay be tested by the side OF the
famed CHICKERING'S.
We warrant all our PIANOS. and can show as
high and as numerous testimonials as any factory
in the country, all of which can be seen at Mr..
CARgsIs s, on Broad street. 81 door frem 9Th:
ITGHTE K RRAHRJfRN
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BANK OF SCOTrSVILLE, I

SCOTTsvILLE, Va, January 25th, 1850.
Hon. JOHN LErCHER, Governor of Virginia:
Dear Sir IL enclose a statement showing the
condition OF this Bank on the 3lst of December
1859, compared with the LIST Of January. 1859.
Very respectfully, your Ob't servant,
w. ID. DAVIS, Cashier.
SfdtsDasnt Of the CondtttOn of the Bank of Scots
r,ile the 3ISt ddy Of Deesmber, 1859. compared
ruth lSt day NJ January. 1859.
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. r. A. JETER

h@ SURGEON DENTIST,
OIub Office on Main, below Pearl street. next
door to P. Horton keach's trimming store. and two
doors above Messrs. ThOs. H. Price Co.'s Dry
Goods store.
The subscriber having removed to the above
house. would be pleased to see those with whom he
ratOns TO serve the public generally. All opera
tons performed n the most approved and sce pt6c
sly known to the PrOfessi ion, and all work done
by him warranted to give satisfaction. tOcl3-ly
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STATE OF VIRGINIA. ALEXANDRIA County:
Personally appeared before me. the nbscriher, a
Notary Public for the county aforesaid. PETER F.
ion. who made oath that the above is correct
statement. to the hest of his knowledge and belief
Gwen under nv hand this 23d January, 1860.
w. C. YEATON, Notary Public.
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NlRGI MIA
BURNING AND LUBRlCATING
COAL OILS
The great kANAWHA COAL AND OH. COM
PANY, consisting of native citizens of our own
State, has appointed us Agents for the sale OF
their
JUSTLY CELEBRATED
BURNING AND LUBRtCATING
COAL Oils,
the quality of which is warranted pure and unadul
terated.
We invite the attention of apothecaries and
dealers throughout the State to our supply, which
will lie large. and sold By wholesale only, at the
lowest factory prices.
ia Its GOOCH Il ECHOLS.
CPRlNG IMPOKTATION..l46O
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:, KItHMO>p AND ioR.

(Connecting with cars both WAYS ,,.,
UThanna STAGE lshves White House Ia's.i
and Fridays at $ A. VI returning Wedhe'ua'' -
Saturdays. 81, vo-s,J,
Walkerton Stage leaves hi'e h"use e..
and Thursda,s nj : A. NJ; retuTnins ssris 'N'
Freight Trains leave and arrive ~ h''-"
Wednesdays and SATURDAYS, -,.,,e,t
la2}-ts THOS. X. SHARP, supei'hN~~
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VIRGINIA SPOKES AND FELLOE8.-
We take pleasure in announcing to our friends
and the public that We have ON hand, and are con
stsltly receiving, Buggy. sulksy, and Wagon
ePOKES, Handsomely turned, Of the best mOun-
tain hickory. Also. OAK FELLOES, good at
tiois-all Of Virginia manufacture,
VAN-LEW, TAYLOR CO.,
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

- GREAT kEEUUTiOc IN TEsEra
II PRICE OF HATS AND bOO'r3.-A
AN From Is To ~ per cent. saved by buy
EN pg from J. II. ANTHONY,
v{lAN Columbian Hotel building.
Moieskin Hats of best quality, So 50; do. second
quality, co. fashionable Silk Hats, 2 50; fine calf
skin sewed Boots. 81; Congress Cater Boots, 81
fine cali skin seyed Shoes, 2 Is.
}. II. ANTHONY mas made arrangements with
OHe o. the best makers in the city of Phiadel pha
to supply him with handsome and substantial calf
skin sewed BOOTS, which he Will sell at the unpre-
cedented low price of THREE DOLLARS AND
HALF. no I3-iS wfx
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CLATE sOOFlN

JOHN G. MCMILLAN,
Who has had twenty FIVE years experlence IN the
business, prepared to put on SLATE ROOFS Q.
every description, and with the best mater ais al
on application, and order left at his office, M IN
street, near 9Th, or at the office Of ALBERT b.
WEsL, Architect, GOddln's Hall, will be promptly
attended to. oc lS--6m
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Ritbulunh g!spatrb.
THURSDAY MORNING. FEB -, leao

state 81 Morale on the Centtneut 81 1879
A correspondent Of the Rochester Amsa'cAn'
writag from Germany, says there - =. muc"
intemuerance on the continent OF Europe -
In the United States the difference being only
in the consultation Of the people. and In the
fact hat the LIQUOR in general use stupefies In.
ste.d NJ ynaddens the victim. He says:
.rhs fact IL. that drinking to excess IL the
commoneet thing In the world here, and the
state Of public sentiment with regard to 1t In
are universal and drinking to excess in pri-
waite and with friends, 10 very common indeed.
There are multitudes Of all classes who habit
uaily stupefy themselves with drink. In all
classes, however, 1t is only good joke when
man drinks himself under the table. The
moral sense does not seen, to condemn the or
fence, but rather 10 applaud it. and that, too,
in circles where one would think better state
Of feeling must exist. ~<-o0
"The Princes of the royal family OF Prussia
lead the fashions OF the State IN great measuI
and they are notorious drunkards ana hoer-
tinss. The King himself. VINO Is now In sn,
was And I SupOose is instantly in the naoIt
Of drinking 70 excess. And here Is one OF the
most shocking features OF continental morals
the highest class in the SsS,e from those who
Ave only in the smile Of their favor-wnose
great ambition is to follow In their steps
THE standing armies OF Prussia ana Aus
trim composed entirely OF young men, gust
brought from the country, with nothing on
ear TO do, idle a great part of the time, ex.
posed TO all the corrupting influences OF evil
companions, of the example OF their officers,
of the splendid and Haunting seduCtlons OF
METROPOLITAN yice--what Is to be expected OF
them as disseminators Of morals, when they
return home after their three years and half
Of service do not think that the Prussian
character is so irreligious, so unbridled in its
contempt for moral restraint, nor is the Ger
man temperament volatile and given to
pleasure seeking as the French; but neverthe-
less it is certain that the most shocking immor-
atty Is all but universal in the Prnssian army,
and suppose 1t is worse in Austria.
ut il astonishing to foreigner TO see how
little church going there is in Berlin, and how
few churches there are for so great city, do
not remember the figures, but think there is
only one church to about 1900 Inhabitants,
and the churches, with The exception of the
Cathedral and q few others where a great
preacher and fine music draw a crowd, are
never more than a quarter full. Only a couple
Of Sabbaths before left Berlin, attended one
Of those great churches, built by Frederick
the Great, in the Gend'armes PlatZ. A cele-
brated preacher was TO deliver the sermon the
day / went, and expected to see the house
crowded. The sermon was an excellent one.
full of argument and rich in earnest religious
spirit but besides three of us Americans, only
two other men We're present in the great cold
church the twenty or thirty others who were
there were all women, and the most of them
old women.