The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-08-25

expired some weeks ago, and who have been
notified Of the fact, will remit Immediately
or they viii receive no more copies after the
present number. FRAEK LAwLER, fgest
WEsrKES PAreNT The following num-
Der Of patents we're issued to the various
Western States, from the United States
Patent Office, for the week ending August;
l4th, 1865, As reported by G. l.. Chaplin,
patent solicitor, Chicago, III
Illinois, Is Iowa, I Mis- ouri. 2; Mich
gan, 3 Wisconsin, 5; Indiannia, q.
Whole nrmber issued from the Office, 81 :,
including Eve designs
Tux GRoyEs wgRE COPS FRsr TRaPLEs.-
Whatever may be the religious opinions OF
any one, there are moments when the heart
feels-when there is a heart that after all;
the toll and the turmoil, the strife, the confu-
sion, the rivalry, the envies, the hopes and the
disaF pointments Of practical life, are not
Sufficient to fll that longing, which we feel
when gazing at glorious sunset, when hear
ing the distant sounds OF waterfalls, taking
in, almost unconseiously, the beauties Of a
landscape, or listening to subdued s.rsins of
far of music. It is when we are far from
the huzzJ hum of the city, among tue vener
able tTees which have stood there for CEN
turtles with the grass beneath our feet which
has cen growing in spring and dying in
win r for ages, it is there that We feel most
sensibly that IL ere ia sor.~ hing in maa,
which is not of the world And when ones
.alens IN the solitudes of the forests, with no
sound bat that Of the eternal winds among
the tree tops, ii il then that this feeling
burst out in spontaneous devotion.
We are sorry tc see that the custom of the
people of the religious denomination
to meet for the purpose Of worship in the
groves has almost become obsolete. The
stern and honest voice Of the hardy pioneer
preacher is no longer heard. The plain
buildings in the wilderness where our fore
fathers listened 20 the words of truth, have
long since passed away, and IN their stead
marble md granite fronts, on aristOcratic
avenues, where fashionable women have pri-
vate boxes and rival each other 10 display
ing the latest styles. They differ from
Crosby's Opera House, in containing more
refined and select audiences" Members OF
boards of swindIe, sometimes called boards
oc oh fax
who have been rich for 40 years, and havea
right to look down upon the poor, g. there.
ShOddy goes there and gets into good so
ciety." Young gentlemen, who drive dc uble
teams escort young ladies there who SIM
Italian music on the avenues. How are thy
temples fallen, o, King Of Israel
GacHANIcs' AND JoINERs' MeETIxG.-A
large meeting Of the members Of these trades
was held last Wednesday evening, at st.
GEORGES hall on South Clark street. The Pc
sident John Brennan, explained the object o.
the meeting to be bring other mechanics
Of the same cal into the Joiners' and
Carpenters Union. Mr.. LAWYER was called
upon. yno made a few remarks, showing the
Joiners aud Carpenters Of Chicago wer be-
hind the rest oethe trades. Mr.. Xavier said
he was no speaker, and would, Consequently,
eonHne his remarks within. very .nsrrow
limits. He did 50, and closed by Saying
that bis friend, rr. Ricsa-d Iressllick,
vas present, who. he hoped would "a lress
the meeting. Mr.. Trcyellick vas called for
who delivered, la his usual brief plain
pointed and earnest style, an address Of
which we give the following gsnsral outline
This meeting is called Cor the purpose o.
bringing more members into the union, and
thereby extending its sphere Of usefulness
The object of the union is well known, ant
every true friend Of labor, must bid the cans'
God speed. This object is the elevation o
the laboring classes to that posi.iouto which
they are justly ec.itled to occupy. II Il b
effect that in practice, which %. tsan,
ty2ocritically pretend to hold i'm theory
,hat labor is honorable That this wa
really the fact, was ;atal delusioa. Lsbo
was not respected. Although God mad com
manded men to toll, although the physics
structure Of the human form demanded il
although labor had done all that made th
earth what IL is. in rearing the city and III
town, in making the wilderness TO blossol
as the rose, ard hsd sent the engine Q
its way BY sea and land, although labor ha
done all this and more, Jet, was locke
upon as isaoble and bsse, and hborsfs wei
looked upon, bytAs a<isseessss n capital,
belonging 20 an inferior CLASH 10 themselvs
4 was to join in Ghs ersAsazmv ofsefarm ~
progress, and to battio sexinst an flIis pr,