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Il isa fact worthy Of more Chan passing
notice that those leaders AMI statesmen Of
Great Britain, who nave been accused of IN
undue bias towards Republican institutions
and whose voices have always been raised in
defense and behalf Of the people, are now
trying to stem the popular current, created
by venal press against Trades Unions,
and are nobly defending the working classes
from the charges Of murder and incendiar-
ism which have been manufactured in many
instances to order. Prominent among thsst
champions stands Goodwin Smith, one of
the most eminent scholars of the age . nan
of vast leaning, an ex-professor in the sat
Of the "world's learning" and one Who
would be very apt to BE- thoroughly &C.
quainted with the meritssof cas- before an
expression Of opinion was obsainsd. In !
recent letter to The Lerdon Nsss ths leading
Ill sral paper in gasIands b says; ~ s.
Il II evidsnt shata crisis hes srrixed IN III
history Of indusfry searosly, II at al iufsTieE
N maGpituds " IT, emanpipa1tsa - f1eses<6n
ma k1oraF, thongh epaneips1 hlfestt1
been isolEtst and, beIlr - ~ haef
-. But labor NIX ~ - nov Nszhs 4
oiieblpe, ~ ~ ouubipss \ y sssln hot only
- - q waela. bu6sD sass fdr iluelf 49,
a 40 AxGm q fnduslry jo1n.nt, nuBssuniee
- Golt7re< reeos IA d y. HenbG. u1ien<G
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BelgIan Dogs.
- esgaspas5snt IF the asx York citssn

a fegaspaaaent Of the Asx York Citizen
says:
The dogs Of Belgium perform 50 import
ant pare in the every day traffic Of the city,
being, in fact, the "beast of burden" Of the
common people, that We cannot omit href
notice Of them. All the milk used in Ant
werp is brou8hi hither in dog cas< He'd
win fSSs az IaESe SHINING brass wnAcA
are conveyed from house TO house until Inelr
contents are exhausted; then the milk
woman applies the absence Of the weight Of
the tactical fluid with her own substantial
person, and the little team goes jogging
homewsrd to the country. These carts are
sometimes Of q very considerable size, and
may be seen filed with barrels, or bundles
Of wood, under which circumstances the
motiye power il increased to SIX or seven
dogs, three and four abreast, Juggling and
pulling at their great harden, their poor
little bodies swaying 10 and fro in their eff
forts, and their general appearance and ex-
preseion-for dogs have expressive faces
exciting thu symPathies Of every humane
person. When overcome BY fatigue, hunger
and thirst, they lie down in harness and re-
solufrly refuse 10 move until they are fed ;
an instance Of which We had m opportunity
OF witnessing one evening, ms we were riding
On the Longchamps. A laden team was
coming in from the country to attend the
next days market, when, just As we were
passing, . most plteoos bowl broke from one
Of the dogs, which was echoed by oil the
others, and all stood still 10 the middle Of
the road, some G0uching On their launches
and some prostrating theuAselves on the
ground, with their tongues loliing from their
heated mouths. The man Who ha1 them in
charge cracked his whip In vain, and and
ing al Efforts useless, uuharnesssd them,
when, i'm an instant, the whole line bounded
down the grassy bank Of the rampant, and
plunged into the cool water Of the moat.
Here thsy GOOD fbr soms -momsuts refresh
ing fhsir hsassd bodies. catching az the
water Nth heir mouths, end seeming 70
toss n abovs their heads, whom 4 shriil pro
lonesd whistle from their master caqsed them
70 rush suddsaly up the bank, apd ere long
the team appeared again in sight, trotting
ue.rilly onward toward the bridge. Their
owner, on the occasion OF their hungry do
uanAav supplies them. with pieces Of coarse
brown bread, which ne carrsss ON the cart
and h = common sight to see hum stand.
ing n front of his team, dealing to one and
another the moothfal which they eagerly de-
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OBEkkaN, o., July q, 1861.
To the Editor oftbe NosxizaxAxs Advocate.
There IRE two principle ways Of scquir-
ing property or wealth, and but too, viz: BY
earning it and BY stealing it by usury or
otherwise. There are other ways, as by in
heritance and BY discovery, rs Of mines Of o.
gold, silver, gems, 81 u, e. out wealth should
never be boarded with view to live without
labor. eitheEfor ourselves or for posterity !.
fcf-.it 10 manifestly the will Of God that we
should al labor with our hands as well as
with our brAins for the good Of our race.
This 10 clearly sxpEessed in the word OF God
and in our csnssitutika also and In the evil
our failure n comply witb--.his reasonable
requirement sureso bring upon our fellow
sseises; for 1--we DO nof ia5or with BON
hssnds and brains 20 promote the general
good, others nust take and bear the extra
burden We refuse, snd generally at an i'm
mense disadvantage; The products OF mus
cular labor being not one half what they
would, or shotsld be, provided all men could
get all the capital they needed to use at just
rates of interest with which to procure ma
chimes and m::.ssfiE % sfs5is them to Iabo,
1t the best advantage. This all comes Of
usury. AZ the first hs,sh, as We may say. i
imposes double tola, t-sides blocking th,
wheels Of imprcveF.ent,f for all improvement
are born, let It be observed, Of the producing
classee, and no SOONER are they born than
they are appropriated BY the moth class.
The inventor hinselr becomes a moth, per
haps, and joins the CAST God communicates
a secret to him and he appropriates it all to
himself, or rs much of II as possible, and
unites himself to the society of moths or Of
non producers, which il manifestly wrong
and 10 good for nesfjaer the body or the soul
for himself nor for bis posterity, and God
viii bring him into judgment for it. He has
robbed God and humanity, and disregarded
the expressed win Of his maker. The exer.
else al bis brain - well as of his muscle ID
due. for the common good, and be is abso-
lutely forbidden a hoard, and be 10 com
manded to trust, not 10 uacertain riches, but
| in the living God, fer He has provided
abundantly and richly for all the wants Of
his creatures, If iheylwill simply be obedient
| Il il easy to see this, but 10 liz a necessary
condition that all consent to labor With their
| hands. and thai they turn their, labor to ac-
count too, in general, at least. IL is not
right certainly to'waste our strength when
we can turn il to account, and SO many are
suffering for the necessaries Of life, and even
existence, and this right at our doors, espe-
cially I'd the doors N the most wealthy Ia
| in our cities. FIX
| twill be found; o. careful and deep en-
animation, that ali this misery springs from
the prihoiple ofsusury or the love Of money
| for Ia essence they are one and the same
j All misery IL bora 81 disebedience to 0ed
Usury 10 the great instigstor, and the NOR
Of the principle the more misery where
there more o. 10 14this tine th4n In shis lent
az oure ~ M ies1 II NJ LEoyAkD.
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Ihe advantages Of greenbacks, or trea-
sury notes over every other sort Of currency
are 50 Obvious, that the popular preference
sor, and determination to have them, ID mot
= all surprising.
The day has gone BY when the people win
ever submit to State Bank currency and
the taxations and discounts insepsrablc from
It. The circulating notes Or the National
Banks have this quality Of equal value every
where in the country, which the people,
taught by the losses Of half century, have
come to demand as the essential quality Of q.
currency but this system Is not only. too
costly, but in creating special privileges for
special class in the community, In repug
nant to the principles Of free government,
and odious to the feelings Of the American
people. Every man who has United States
bond has just the same right, or ought 10
have, to deposit il at Washington and receive
notes for it, all the while drawing interest
upon it as well as specializing with the
money thus received, as the bankers. So
long rs any man who holds bond which Is
the basis Of the issue of the national cur
reneY, cannot receive money for his bond as
well as interest on it, 90 long does the Law
discriminate against him, simply because he
is not a banker, and in favor Of another be-
cause he is a banker. Legislation which
thus respects class and persona. must either
yield to the democratic principle Of our pc
iitical Institutions, or those Institutions must
conform to the nature of monarchic govern
ment.
But while the principles Of the National
Banking system arc anti-dcnocratIc the
system itself in its results, creates a social
ca3., Gitson sImlar 10 that found in desPOtic
z lvernments.
The National Banking rTAn@euent is
legislative insurance Of fifteen per cent
iear to capital 1t gives six per cent. inter
81 on The bonds and allows rate Of inter
to be taken for the money furnished on
bonds, legal in the State where the bank
tuatod Thus, in Illinois the law insures
capitalist ten per cent besides the in
on the bonds. Now, ii this is pro-
ject 81 legislation Let Congress
lartisl in its action. Let IL
the farmer shall make fifteen
the money invested in his fArm,
yfcne guilty Of buying wheat,
'oes at price which will not
1 profit Of fifteen per cent,
and IMPRISONED. Let i DC
le profits Of all trades and
I be less than the sum in
.ers. AS to mere working
capital, nothing, which
Of Legislature, LIT it
shah work long and
e e a.l l.o, way Que Que !
10 make fifteen per cent
ght ana just that Congress
augment as we'll as pre-
Of the manufacturer and
OF right and just to legis-
and prescribe the profits
iiness
lless bankers and NAM
ssioya in their veins
P Of common clay. II
ARTISAN pottery in our
least, to know it, lest IN
IT knowledge OF the fine
rewe might crack il. Verilyt5
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From sf.s Louis. ss.ss,14
ST. LOUIS, No.. July 9. fse7.

ST. LOUIS, No., July 8, lSe7.
4. sAmEditor Or the wosxnoxEx,s ADsocAfs.
.-s4sNhst Indifference prevails among
80 workinemen of'st. Louis, SO much at
~ time sss.- sub, Sks bsassss City Of the
west, may not send delegate to the work
ingmen's congress. when perhaps there r.
greater need OF united efforts to relieve our
selves from the monopolies that surround Us
than there eyer was before, for which rea-
con would ask room in your columns TO call
1ataention to the greatest evil Of the times,
and respectfully suggest remedy
While in our daily work We have much TO
complain Of and contend with, the oppres-
slve nionopolies Of cities are but small
part Of yast system q fraud and monopoly
extending to the bounds Of civilization,
which We mast destroy or become its vic
tins. n would BE- only q matter Of choice
with rs 70 costn !, The strifss and competi-
tons that destroy . and enrich .otheEs, IL
we had the public domain 70 fall back upon |;
but alas, not even that 10 lefs US. vi can
no longer say to our employers, sgiYe rs
Fair wages or We viii 90 to the country and
raise bread for our families" No, we are
cut on from even That resource BY specuIa-
lion. An the good lands are taken up BY
eapitslets and hsA It such prices that We
panaot buy. We must remain who're we
are, cnslaved to sysssm, or be worse en-
slavsd BY debt to individnals, is we do not
destroy land monopolies by prompt and
vigorous action, '.utadi gf.rAs
IN proper action Is taken by the rsesens
w6rkipgusn's orgsnizations to create poll
Itieal p.tiopsl union. ;seadipe Al the labor
interests, for the purpose Of breakipg up
IJand gusopsIiss.iit can bssdons easyiby The
simple ,ias sfs,U tsads. BY commencing and
arrying out gencral system Of ne{ essary
internal improvements, such a. grading.
straishtsning ahdnasalsmiziag roads. max
ing bridges, schoof- houses. court houses, &C.,
where needed, snd lsyyins aspeciartax on
land to pay for it, (the tax to be uniform
alfkeos unin1proyed as on improved lsnd),
thus bsneftting the settler q ne expense q
Inop,rspident land owners. itis prphsbls ihAi
IrspiEsaisteV Who hass inxsstad lssgaly in Nild
klands viii i view ofnskeessihs money ffs1l
| iabosawill kdd IL 10 .shs'f interest toTssil oal
"A fsdnced rates to set. Il settlers. Tim
sysl,n.so il ssfbsiss - .eoantsFsdt TIC
IituiaGd = siIasAs u ne generalization tbal
4 81 ~ - rlnwu6nnk, IN
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feet In warJing of the returns Or the did,
ease. The salt water shower bath il made
by the addition Of q1art Of .alt brine u,
three pailsful OF water
Third flannel next the skin is essential =
but II should not be worn during Summer
months. IL ought not, however, 10 bo soon
left OF, nor too late resnm a
Fourth Acids, saccharlne matters, pastry
and whatever can contribute to dyspeptlc
state Of the d gestye organs should Be avoid
ed, and unless the strength be great, re-
duced, water sould be the only beverage.
Trade in Canada Two Hundred and
ThIrty.four Years. Ago.
The following account Of the Annual trad
ing voyage of Huron Indians to the French
at Quebec, is taken from Parkman's new
volume on the Jesuits 10 North America:
SIN the July that preceded L. June's win.
tering with the Montagnsis. Huron Indian.
well known TO the French, came to Qaebec
with the tidings that the annual canoe fleet
Of his eouatrynen was descending the st.
Lawrence. On the 2Sth the river was alive
Sith them. A hun fred and Forty canoes.
with SIX " seven hundred savsges, landed at
me warehouses beneath the fortified rock OF
Qleoec, and set up their hnts and camp
sheds on the stand now occupied by the low
! or town.
The greater number brought furs and 70.
oacco iOr lhe trade; others came az sight-
seers Others 70 gamble; others to steal
accomplishments IT which the H1rons Az
prone en- TIER gambling skill being
Vnthy exercised against each other. and
t'ief 'hieVIng talents against those Of other
/ nat Ons
The routine " these annual visits was
nearly UNIFORM On the tirst day the Indians
ouht their aus m the second they had
| hell their council with the French ofFieers
p the fort; on the third and fourth. thev
| barterei their furs and tobacco for kettl.s
hatchets, knives, cloth, beads, iron arrow
heads, coats, shirts and other commodities:
on the fifth, they were feasted bv the
French, and at day-break Of the next morn
ing they embarked and vanished like fight
Of birds.
On the second day-the day when thew A.
cended to the fort for counsel and trade
'ne iong ME OF chiefs mounted tue path
way taii well moulded figures, ROBBED In the
skins OF the beaver ana The bear. each mild
visage glowing with paint and glistening
with the oil which the Hurons extracted
from the seeds OF the suniower. The lank
black hair Of one streamed loose. up0n laIs
shoulders; that OF aEsviner was close shaved
kept an uPrigh.s ridge which, bristl ling like
.ne cree Or dragOon's helmet, crossed the
1crown from the forehead to the neck while
that Of third hung, long and HoEing from
me side, but On the ether was cut short.
Sixty chiefs and principal men, with crowd
of young warriors formed their council circle
in the fort, those OF each village grouped
| together, and ali seated on the ground with
gravity of.bsaring sufficiently curioas %
hose who had seen the same race of men ia
Sc nomestic circle Of their lodge fres.
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Hlgh-Prlced HoFse.hoes.

Curiosity collectors ore certainly queer
people. There 10 hardly any class Of objects
under the sun, no matter how worthless they
may apparentlY be, chat these good folks do
not hoard up aud treasure. and for which
they are not willing frequently TO pay q ridi-
calously high price.
There have been museums or old hats,
walking sticks, shoes nails, ropes, especially
those whicn have served to hang mAlefae-
tors, and all the odds and ends OF the junk
shops and rag pickers.
The last instance Ia thts monouanis W.
have heard Of 10 the purchase, Cor " coIleo-
ton," Of the cast-of shossoi celebrated race
horses and trotting horses.
The blacksmith Woo shoes most Of the
turf champions, offered the owner Of Dexter
five dollars, the other day. for the worn out
shoss the sheer bad just taken of the animal,
but was informed that forty dollars could be
easily obtained for them.
Forty dollars for an old horseshoe The
exrayagant value set by thssknight Of old
upon his lady's slipper was nothing compared
to this
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EXCELSIOR

During the past two weeks the country in
general and the west in particular Inns been
agitated by the tour Of the National Base
Bali Club, Of Washington, who have sue
cessively vanquished all contestant,, with
the exception of the Forest" club, Of
Rockford. Now, it is known to many that
the "Excelsiors Of this city have hong
arrogated to themselves the title OF CHAM
pions, and in them the" Nationals'' had rea-
son to suppose they would find fomen worthy
of their steel. Before, however, any test Of
skill or strength had bee made, it was ac-
cspied az foregone conclusion, BY the daily
press that the representatives Of Chicago
would triumph in the contest, and upon
these reckless assertions many luckless
wight ventured 10 risk hi . all on the result.
So far however, from justtfng the sound.
ness Of these predictions, the scorines made
BY the Excelsiors " were the most humili-
atiug on the record Yet, 70 sooner was the
issue manifested than the hue and cry Of
gambling and foul play was raised, and every
method resorted to, to prove that me vic
tory had been obtained by dishonorable
means that the success Of the Rockford
club had been q ruse, as it was upon that
victory that success for our home represent
atives bad been predicated. ~
Now, in all this we feel little, IL any inter-
est; but inasmuch as it illustrates, TO GER
tain extent the weaksssa Of the national
character, and a. 1t hasoits bearing on. the
labor interests, we believe lesson may be
CLEANED from the result. We remember well,
before Mcclellan had prossd his right 70 be
ranked as an efficient corps commander, he
was heralded over the country ~ the 6rst milisl
tary genius in the worid,4had the man who
venturedsto qusstioa t6s.tsuth Of the ssssr-
sion was looked upon elder = ! traitor Or !
fool 50 through The ntirs var. Posi-
lives we're sorsosten; ~ snpssishlvss enly
were ia demand. The mos6 "a -
school z orators slqIss ~
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& 81 -
f s h T. y
Srr 'll1 - ~ ~
n. f. 50. r. 60 r 4.
3|s5.sI,75 Z Ii7I - y ~! g NJ r. -
t6oop RI - eerl. - - - 1 -
=. - ss...ss 80. x 5s1ls ~ 1l
IOWA vU41o ou1{ ri. IL IL T. w. - 4.
~ II err Iii <~5sf ..
- -3&-s66k To e9pP7eSe 1fede4f uuSQ
eay 1919. -
would cd 10 revoisssSps : ssHsssne't N'.'<1 =
-. Is iustiioa " the foroHolpG extrnck
ss9ss .-..,Icct,xf v;ants - Hnvb~& ana
NTH sncbk - a. =
SmIth % y s'en I'sn1ss tus 49, v0s.l
Ing elasses nnetsno nave every mouve
for renered ort ana courage.
FoIrT.-lFhe AIhaav K.;el
ow WAsEs ss.sss sa,t -. a.s ers.. A ss,.e
Of all this misery 80 49, y "a ~" 49,
earn too little, but uost every man spends 4
wseh ~ s sirs,. APs and other nonsense. ss
woad pay his board dividssi foIIy 4 sossi1y
-. ~sas y srae % sssa
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Relief In Rhesmasism.
An English physician writes as follows to
m Eaglisn journal:

An English physician wrtes rs follows 70
m Eaglisn journal:
Rheumatism ia improperly regarded as an
ipH4mm3tory affection Of the joiuts- The
rains and Inflammation there staifd In the
same degree to the disease rs the pustules
or the scarlet eruption In smallpox and in
scarlet isvsr do to these Diseases In rheu-
matisn the pains are merely the SYMPTOMS of
i general febrils disease. tits TO this, there
fore. that the attention ID to be turned.
There u In every instances . condition Of pie
thora which eoaseieutss che predisposition to
rheumatism, and which renders cold or ex-
posufstto currsnts OF mir capsule Of pro-
tiucine IA lalss<oAf OF tho medical treat
,Seut u u not ny intsation 10 speak here;
but With respect TO the prevsntion Of the IT.
tact or ths-warding Oh it, return after y has
ben relieved, I would lay down inc Follow
Est-ithsfsA, s,noss inpsrt.pcf y
col - - irensaAi q me ncsmentEcf
shsysth y silsgsa. Thsixs sssnsth sod
aexiolls dspss1 $1,000 .ths early 70
-. = ss,. =. ,t. ~,
1 ! ! J ! ! !
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A French WAY oF RIDIN0 on HoRsE-
BAcE.-Make q pair Of enormously large
wheels, and place . carriage bodF over the
axle and shafts so high that the horsa can
| travel under It and between the wheels.
| You win have q most symmetrical turnout,
such as they use In Paris, beautiful do
sol viag view Of driver, horse and carriage
| one, dsfying mans wit 30 tell where eitner
begins or ends, and ioiy perch where Jou
can both see and be seen.
| A SrRAxGE BsAsr.-An Irfshmxn came
into this country and soon after hts arrival
hired out 70 farmer in Western Vermont.
The farmer lived near q sluggish stream Of
water and kept geese. The geese bad their
little goslings In or near the water, whsn .
large black turtle came in sight took one Of
the goslings and swallowed it-then hauled
10 his head and went out Of sight. The
Irishman, on seeing thia, vent % the house
and reported as followss 10, Mistress the
geese were playing by the wather, whsn o
great black beast as dat M . pancake, came
up out on the wather and swallowed II, and
then swallowed his head, and then went all
over into the wather and drowned hisself, 10
did 70 t
CrrrrsG GLASS UsDrfw1ffR wrn Sum.
soRA--TAs AmsrieeAr Artisss rspablishe.
from the London R4s<e7rspAi Asps ths
following account of a process Scr cutting
glass, which might bs unefnI Inn cases uhara
. gIAzier's diamond cannot b procurs-,
an order 10 insure succesu, two potnP-ubst
be attended 70; 6rst and most impcrtant shs
4 rissx nasE ~ quIbs 4s<ds~kFss9
are being sppiieds spd aecond, toa
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A. ". OAMERoE,
'i'' e.. and Cor. Sc for Illinois.
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he second ennual session
40 ~ held in the city OF
will be entitled
-iatiEes.
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