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SCIENCE AND INVENTION.

TELEGRAPH LINzs.-In the report upon the
Universal Exposition of Paris. prepared by Vi
Neumann, in the the name Of the Austrian Com
mission, it is shown that the teegraphic lines Of
the whole world have a total length of 47 .255
geographical miles. There are in Europe $ 200
telegraph Offices, and 400 in the other continents
No less than 300 600 hundred weight of metal
have been used for the conducting wires, and
the expenses Of establishing an the lines are es-
timated at nearly S42 100000.
GLASS CUTTING.-Acc0rling to Les .Noades
the use of hot air or gas for cutting glas is AS
new and useful invention already utilized. The
hot gas issues from pointed or iattened tube,
and is driven directly upon the goblet or other
object to be cut, which Is placed in close prOxim-
ity to the tube, and made to revolve upon its
axis. \ narrow circle of heated glass is thus
formed upon the object in question, which, be-
ing damped Immediately aiterward, causes the
glass to divide with extreme neatness at the part
thus heated. The operation is more rapid and
effectual, it is said, than any means hitherto
employed for this purpose.
The American hard-rubber wood company has
been formed in Bridgeport, with capital stock
of S25O, 900, and a manufactory of rubber car
riages is to be established in that vicinity. An
open buggy weighing l25 pounds, whose body i.
made Of one piece of rubber, an eighth Of an
inch thick, has just been made there, and
$1,000 has been offered and refused for it.
The running gear is ofwood but the next car
riage made will be entirely of rubber. The
material is unaffected by wet or cold weather
and was prepared at a temperature Of nearly
200 degree.
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Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, in letter to tht
Boston -fdrertiser, denies fatty the Uorld'i
story that he came ont for Chase as against
Grant. He says:
There Is not word of truth in it. The ser
mon was not political, and it made no allusor
either to Grant or to Chase
&" have never been Chase man. | have,
for years, as a leader in public affairs. deemed
him, like his greenbacks, as promising more on
the face than they are worth in gold. While the
New York Independent was lauline him as a
demigOd, and the New York Tribune was using
his name to obscure the prospects of Grant, !
heartily and openly disagreed with both of them,
for thoroughly liked Grant and thoroughly dis
trusted Chase. He i a splendid man 10 look
upon but a poor man to lean upon Ambition
lifts some men towards things noble and good
makes them large and generous Other men 5
ambition blurs the sharp lines and distinctions
between right and wrong, and leaves them in the
eagerneSs OF Over-sefsh desires to become a prey
Of bad men. | have for years felt that Mr..
Chase's ambition was consuming the better
elements Of his nature
| have liked Grant from the first Solid. un-
preteutious, straightforward apt to succeed and
not spoiled by success, wise in discerning men,
skilful in using them, with the rare gift (which
Washington had in an eminent degree) Of wis
dom in getting wisdom from other men, coun-
cils-I confidently anticipate, that, great as his
military succes, has been, he will hereafter be
known even more ftvorably for the wisdom of
his civil administration
The seven-fold humiliation- ami recanution.
through which Chase was required To- eo for 20
democratic nomination. only to sec the smiling
Seymour looking benignly down upon hi, lost
estate, has no parallel except in the immortal
history of Reincke Fuchs There will now he
no third candidate between Grant and Seymour
Ii will he fair fight between rugged honesty and
plausible craft
Henry WAEp BfFCmn
Bo>rrN. July 5. 1865
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ment and the currency made good; the repeal o
all enactments for enrolling the State mill tia in
10 national forces in time of peace; and a tariff
for revenue upon foreign imports, and sucl
equal taxation under the internal revenue law.
as will afford incidental protection to domestic
manufactures, and as will, without impairing
the revenue, impose the least burden upon and
best promote and encourage the great industrial
interests of the country.
SersnM-Reform of abuses in the administr,i-
ton, the expulsion of corrupt men from office,
the abrogatiOn of useless offices, the restoration
of rightful authority TO and the independence of
the executive and Judicial departments of the
government, the subOrdination Of the military
to the civil power, to the end that the usurpa-
tons Of Congress and the despotisms Of the
sword may cease
Eighth-Equal rights and protection for nat
uralized and native-born citizens at home and
abroad, the assertion of American nationality
which shall command the respect of foreign
powers and furnish an example and encourage
ment to people struggling for national integrity,
constitutional liberty aud individual rights, and
the maintenance of the rights ofnaturalized citi-
zens against the absolute doctrine of immutable
allegiance, and the claims of foreign powers to
punish them for alleged crime committed beyond
their jurisdiction.
And we do declare and resolve that ever since
the people Of the United States threw off all sub
lection to the British crown the privilege and
trust of suffrage have belonged to the several
States, and have been granted, regulated, and
controlled exclusively by the political power of
each State respectively, and that any attempt
by Congress, on any pretext whatever, to de
priye any State Of this right or interfere with
its exercise, Is a hagrant usurpaton of power
which can find no warrant in the Constitution.
and, if sanctioned by the people, will subyert
our form of government, and can only end in a
single centralized and consolidated government
in which the separate existence Of the States will
be entirely absorbed, and an unqualified despot-
ism be established in place of q Federal Union Of
co-eqml State
And that we regard the reconstruction acts
(so-calci) of Congress, such, as usurpations
and unconstitutional, revolutionary and void.
That our soldiers and sailors who carried the
flag of our country to victory against most
gallant and determined foe must ever he CRATE
fully remembered, and all the guarantees given
in their favor must bee faithfully carried into ex-
ecution
tn the public lands should be distributed as
widely a, possible among the people, and should
Doe disposed of either under the pre-emption or
homestead law, or sold in reasonable quantities,
and 10 none but actual occupants ut the mini
mum price established by the government.
When grants Of the public lands may be allowed,
necessary for the encouragement Of important
public Improvements, the proceed, Of the sale of
such l8u,, and not the lands thcm~elve~ should
be 80 appliel
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ing to get up, but falling, he pushed the girl
towards Duncan. Stop him, for Gods
sake The lads mad. He doesn't know
what he's saying. Don't listen to hlm, Tam.
He's fine fellow, and you all hear me say
1t, Duncan, man, shake hands with me, and
do go quietly away, and let well alone
Duncan's answer was to drop down upon
his knees by Niel's side, and, covering his
face with his hands, sob aloud
g Ma, ma, Neil, | Gamma let alane.
maun tell them. Let me bide, lad it's the
tittest place. And when hae your forgive
ness I'll gang on my knees to the Almighty
but Gamma ask Him till hae confessed my
sin
" Well let me tell it, Duncan said Neil,
gently laying his hand upon the kneeling
mans shoulder.
. No - cried the other sternly - III no
get the waTst Tam and Helen | am mur-
derer. or as bad, for had the thocht in my
mind to take his life Mel cut me out wi
you, Nelly. Mad wi jealousy, | said we'd
gang to the Riever's Crag and fight. and the
best man shall win We. Mel wad hardly
gang till telt him I'd ca him through the
country side for coward, and then he went
But when | got to the top o the Crag the
def got possession O me, and catching him
unaware hurled him over, thinking deed
men tell nae tales. ! never thOcht o. the col
ley. When heerd tell he was found. was
like to gang mad. Every fut | thocht was
POLLS hut when the days passed and Mel
never tauld. it was warse than a The hot
burnin Goals were heeped on my head. burn
in and smotherin i the brain, till this
cleaning the thOcht cam to make a clean
breast, and then gang ava whar I'd never
see a kenned face till the day O Judgment.
Oh g Niel.man. We ken what loving her is
but even YOU Gamma tell whatmy loving heart
was, and how neither bluid nor damnation
were ony worth if could only ha' Won her
here le Gamma forgie me, Nellie lass. for
hae made him a cripple but Just say,
IS Duncan, / II ask the Lord To iorgic We,
and I'll gang ava content.
Tam was the last to hold out the hand of
forgiveness hut he, too. did So at last and
then Duncan went away.
Upon the top of the bank he stood, and.
cap in hand looking at the cottage.-'' Puir
lad he's prayin.' maybe thought Mrs.
McGregor. who had followed her old layorite
to the door
Two years afterwards, and few weeks af-
ter Mel and Helen were married, letter
came To- the former letter written by
comrade Of Duncan's-and then they knew
for the first time that he had enlisted. and,
going 70 India with one of the gallant regi-
ments afterwards nicknamed '' Sir Collins
petticoats," the poor hroken-hearted lad had
found the death he coveted before the walls
Of Lucknow, and was found morially wound
ed in the hospital, where he dictated his first
and last letter to Mel. bidding him goodbye.
and telling him to let the Balquhidder folk
know the Tue story Of the Rieyer' Cmg
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Tine Voice of Georgia.

Ex-Governor Brown, the chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Grant Club Of Georgia.
has issued an address to the people, Of which the
following extracts viii show the tone and spirit;
The committee are solemnly impressed with
the earnest conviction that the future peace.
prosperity and happiness of the country depend
in very great degree, upon the success Of this
ticket. The prestige of Gen. Grant, added to
his great ability, his unyieldng frmness, his
strong will and his distinguished patriotism,
enable him to do more to steady the ship Of
State, and to restore the government uuon a
firm and safe basis, and to assure peace and STA
bility than can be done by any other living
man.
Whatever differences Of opinion may have ey-
listed as to the political rights which the Const-
tuition confers on the freedmen. all agree that
the Constitution does not take fIom the Legi-li-
/ ture the power to confer upon them equality OF
} political rights with the white race. But all
admit that each House Of the General Assembly
a the Judge Of the election returns and qualii-
cations Of its own members. has the power ~
admit all elected to their seats. But this que--
tion has ceased any longer To be one of practical
Importance, since both paIties nominated and
elected negroes TO office in the lrte cguva,s. The
Republican party elected several 10 the Legi-la-
ture; and the so-cale,l Democratic party regll-
larly nominated two negroes in Houston County
as Its candidates, one for tax collector aad the
other Tor receiver Of tax returns. The former
was eleotel' and the tax collector Of Houston
County, one OF the largest and welltmest couu-
res IN the state, Is a negro, elected rs the regl-
lar nominee of the Democratic party. In this
state Of the case. a- both parties are committed
To the policy OF allowing negroes to hoit Office,
We see no further cause Of division ON that
point.
The freedmen viii not forget. however, that
they are indebted for political privileges To- the
Republican party alone. II the Republican par
ty had not planted itself firmly upon this plat-
form, and stood there against all opposition. the
s0-called Dcmocrdtic party would never have
yielded political rights 90 the freedmen. In
deei it is very questionable, notwithstanding
the so-callel Democracy Of Georgia are commit
tel To 1t, whether the Democratic party, when
it meets TO make It's nomination for the Pre~-
deucy, viii rttify the action Of the Ggor-iu
Democracy in electing negroes to Office and i
driving them 10 the polls in carriages aud bug
gies. and even carrying them In triumph upon
their shoulders when they yotcl the Dcmocritic
ticket or, in other words. when the freedmen
dupei and deceived. We're -p Short-si.ltel a- Jo
vote agiinst their own right To- vote, and to vote
for party. many Of whom would re-eu-itse
them If they had the power.
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NUMBER THREE.
For the FREE PREss.
The Colonization Society.

-hessrs. Editors II thank you for your briei
notice of the appeal in behalf of the 900 Freel-
men now waiting the means to carry them to
Liberia.
By way Of justifying that appeal, allow me to
state few facts respecting the origin, progress,
and results Of the colonization enterprise,
FOrty-six years ago Jehudi Ashmun "a men,
Der Of the First Congregational church in this
city. and a graduate Of our College, landed from
the brig Strong with less than one hundred sable
men and women, on Cape Measurable, Western
Africa He guided their counsels, shared their
/ perils, and led them in their defence when at
[ tackled by more than 500 hostile barbarians. His
little company pitched their tents in the midst of
a people who had superadded to the common
vices Of a savage state all the vices that savages
. were capable of learning from losg intercourse
with pirates and slave traders upon coast
from which. but the year before, twenty THOUSAND
victims were shipped to hopeless bondage amid
all the horrors of the s. middle passage
We may here remark that two small companies
Of blacks had been sent to Africa before Ashmun
embarked in ls22 The ship Elizabeth sailed in
February, 1870. with So emigrants. and the
Nautilus in February, 1871, with 23 but on
the arrival Of these vessels the slave trade was
so active, and the natives so leaguel with it, that
these emigrants dared not land on the Liberia
coast Some of them joined the British Colony
Of Sierra Leone, on the north others landed At
Sberbro Island, many miles from the coast. But
on young Ashmun's arrival many Of these peo-
pie .ioinel him and his company.
Therefore to Ashmun must be awarded the
honor Of having given to the African race
NAuoN,LTY-a thing they never had before
a nationality which Is now the centre Of attrae-
,ion 20 al the millions Of Afica's suffering chill
lren, and an object Of scientific and commercial
interest 10 all the polished nations of the world
During the last torty-siN years, IA vessels
,some Of them merchantmen) have carried out
emigrants and landed them in the different settle
ments. And it Is an interesting fact, in which
Gods hand is TO be recognized, that in these one
hundred and forty-seyen voyages, carrying more
than 1000 pers Ms. there has never been the
loss If single life by accident or drowning.
Torty-six yeaIs have passed away since Young
Ashmun rlise,l the American flag on Cape Mes
ura To- and what 10 We see to-day As the re-
sult2 We see there a nationality for the African
race: some 21,o)0 Americl-L.5eriaIs, including
their ehllrea, organized under a republican gov
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soiled-napkins, feeds me with unsecured knives
1t founders my horse, batters my carriage, saw,
my wood foot too long for my stove, digs my
borders too early, and destroys half OF my un-
sprouted treasures. | am pestered and tor
mented with Carelessness-an atrocious animal
whom no one can arrest. whom no one can CON
vict, the only one that know Of, in the world,
that has chartered right to commit every con
ceivable wrong without criminality, and to make
every human being uncomfortable without hos
ing respectable position in society
Men seemed disposed to make a demi-god Of
this invisible spirit, and to bear it about as a
sort Of impersonal second-self on whom they lay
all blame for their own misieeds.
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Observation-Disclosures.


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and very interesting.
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trt-s ai .a'endish' preicii'd !" ne.-o"' i-i'
last Sunday. aud a-cor.lin. To the Bellows Falls
T5vs.. rave ,Iiscourscs of a very high orier.
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The Republican'Platform.

Agf f.I fIttl I..... ID
-. .-,.,. -.
0'''e7' asSen'ie' III NATIONAL '0n' 'h'ioh in 'he
cIiy OF Chicago, on the twentieth day cd May,
1865. make the following declaration of urir,.-
rle.
r"S'-'e CON 'I''''i'e n 'ue country oN Tue
HSS"'e' 9N1-'9 'i 'i'e 'el,''is'i "1'l'" l"H'i "'
congress as e'lhceI oy the 'l'ieh M m1-
Jorlty of th9 states lately IN rebellion ol cou>t-
tuuons securing equal cl'ii and political rights
10 an. II Is ue uu'y oi ihe government To- -u~-
tam these institutions ''nd 10 prev ent the pe re
ot sueh states from oeih2 ieiniie' 20 " -a'. 'i
anarchy
Nec0"H-lne guaranty nE ,oh-fe-- "l equal
suffrage 10 an loyal men at the south was ie-
m'nded ny every consideration ui pubic -aisiy,
"i gratitude ana ol justice amt must De iit-
luhel- Inc "h'e ilt-lloi 'l sulil -t iIl $50. lIe
loyal o'ates properly '''''-- To- ''' people %
mos Hut'e,-
INFa-" lehounce ,.i Ioini, "i fepui1I'
as "a national CRIME tPro-ohsei eheer',) ami tHc
national hon"f requires the payment oL The pub
he lndenteiness, III the utmost good faith. o. ill
creiiiors al nome ana ahroad' not only ace l.
ing 10 the letter. OUT ." Ihe sIill 'l lhe law a-
der "hieh IL was contracted
foWm-h Is due To the lanor oi the ntt' n
that taxation shouId be eluall1el ami reiuccla~
rapidly rs the national tlth shall permit
fyH-ihe national aeot- eontric'vi '' DO t1-
been Tor the preservation OF the Jmon ior al
time To- come should be extended over a fan Re-
rod Ion redemption and Do Is tine duty OF D.
gre>- 10 reiuce the rate oi Interest thereon " n-
ever II can be honestly done
Nirh-Ihat the best policy O. dmlm>- ur
burden Of debt Is 80 90 improve our credit, at
capitalists viii seek TO Joan MS money of lover
rates Of Interest than we now pay. and Iu>t
continue To pay, So long SIS repudntou. p1-n.
OF total open or covert, i- threatened or u.s.
pccted.
N,rsgH-Ihe Government oi the Jnitei t.-
should be administered with the -tricte-t ca-
nomy, AND the corrupt.ous which have he ~o
shametuily nur-et and osteret hy An gW
johnson, call loudly Tor q radical reform
Egth-Ne profoundly dcplore the uudae.y
but tragic death of Ahraham Lincoln. and re-
gret the accession of Andrew johnson 90 .le
presidency; who has actet treachcrou-ly -.e
people who electei him and the cau~e he -i-
pledged 90 support; who has u-urped high i,-
gisatlNe ami judicial functions, who has refused
90 execute the laws; who has used his high office
20 induce other officers 20 ignore and violate -he
laws who has employed 'i- executive power 20
render insecure the property. the pclce the
liberty and the life OF the citizens. who has
abused the parioninc power, who las d.uomc-
ell the national legislature as unconstitutional:
who has persi,tently and coriuptly resisted. hy
every measure in hi, power every proper at-
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\ ROOSTER FIGHT At PAyAMA-There was an
American ship at Panama. once upon a time, and
the boys thought they would show the natives a
thing or two in cock-fghting. They had on
boari bald eagle, which they transformed, by
clipping Of wings and ruthless pulling out Of
tail into most ungainly, deformed, and pusil-
luminous chicken. This nondescript animal was
entered for fight. The game cocks have way
when first placed in the ring, of crouching and
ponting" at each other. Then they advance
across the intervening space, and, meeting in the
centre, with heads erect and fury in every move
inent they fly at one another, each endeavoring
10 drlVe his long steel spur into the head or
breast OF his adversary. On this occasion the
Veritaole gamester, victor in many a well-fought
scummage, began his usual tactics, while his
clumsy adversary nestled quietly where he had
been placed, and paid no attention to him. Au-
tcipsting an easy victory, the joyous rooster now
advanced without ceremony, and delivering one
or two smart blows. somewhat damaged the aqui.
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Mistellann.
Never Tell a Lie.

Look out. boys, look out. girl>.
There's many a foe to shun.
There's many a wrong you must avoid.
Look out for Number One.
Md if you'd climb the hin Of fame.
- glorious and so high.
And on it, summit write YOU name.
Why, never tell lie.
4 white lie, a black lie,
No matter, It's the same:
\ lies lie, my boys and girls.
No matter what its name.
The one who tells fllsehood
r. cowrale. friend or brother.
-, r,otc il seem qsite truthful
VII often tell another.
,,i -ln, they keep increasing
I- color. shape and size,
,-Iprovc quite close companions.
rIi. company Of les.
4 white lie. sc.
va,q children. If you'd prosper,
AND keep your conscience clcai.
And never he tormented
With sclf-accu>inS fear,
And have a name far better
Than silver or than gold.
r'ipe close to Truth $ pure garments.
Anl don't release your hold
4 white lie, &C.
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The ATTORNEY GENERALsHrP.-Ihe senate
Judiciary Committee took up the case Of Hon.
w NJ. Evarts. nominated for Attorney General,
and. after an animated discussion, agreed to
report his name favorably to the Senate The
vote stood For Evarts-Trumbull, Freling-
huysen, johnson and Hendricks against him.
Stewart, Edmunds and conkling. II Is worth
noticing that the two States IN which Mr.. Evsrts
lives, New York and vermopt) both opposed
him through their senators."
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(CdrberTy, sei-ing her arm mo! I'llswear.
9. | mean. I'm sure | didn t
you misunderstood me. l beg
you, ladies, TO give me little time to recover
myself. This
happiness has been so unex-
pected. feel quite overcome. O..
| will give you an answer by and by
but now | have severe headache e.
brought on by nervous excitement.
Miss Griffin Nervous excitement! Sha-
ker Extract of Valerian is what you want
Lie down on the sofa, and put your feet up,
and III bring you some in qnarter Of an
hour. Making CdrbGry he doirR.)
Judge Cooking at him 'uith disda'H) Men
are not like us, Wolverine. They have no
strength Of mind.
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line features of the foe whereat old sleepy,
without taking the trouble to rise, quietly reach
ed out claw, caught the frisky warrior and
pulled off his head This was unscientific but
conclusive