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Great Fire mt Cincinnati,

Il. The most destructive conflagration
of steamboats, that ever occurred in
Cincinnati, took place on the morning
of the, 10Th inst, by which six steam
boats-the Clifton, Cheyenne, Mary
Erwin, Darling, Westmoreland and
Melnotte, Were destroyed. The val
ne of the steamers destroyed is osti-
mated at $4,000, and the aggregate
insurance on the same, $91 $50.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-05-20

A prominent pr Republican Senator
remarked, OH his departure for New
England the other day, that g this was
the weakest Administration we had
ever had Yet this Senator was ali
original Grant man, and aspired to a
place in his Cabinet. {. ~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-05-20
Grand Lodge 4. o. o. F.,lof Ohio

y
The Grand Lodge of the Independ7
ent Order of Odd Fellows of this
State held its annual session at Mari,
eta last week, closing on Thursday
noon. A large amount Of important
business was transacted !; twenty y-eight
new lodges were chartered, and fine,
Rebecca Degree Lodges. efhea COM
mittee to whom the subject of estab-
fishing home for the widows and,
orphans of deceased Odd Fellows was
referred, reported favofaBly to that
object, and, after a lengthy discussion
in special session, the subject was Are-
ferfed back to the same committee, by
unanimous vote, to devise the best
plan for carrying out. the proposed
measure. 90 '.42slne: SDo9S !
The report of the Grand Treasurer
shows receipts for the year Of s17,
6g7 Sc; expenditures, $I9,225 20i
leaving abalanee in the l9fsasury of
S7,282 Sc. lses4q 5oz Ezog aaA5 III
The place for holding tile next meet
: ing Of the Grand Lodge vas changed
from Columbus to IToledos ff5stiissto
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-05-20

"I SAY, Pompey," said one freed
man to another, "dis chile has tried
lots of gift fares and tings for prize,
but nebber could draw anything at
ALL" "Well, Caesar, I'd wise you try
a hand-cart; de chances are thousand
to one dat you could draw dat"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-05-20

ONE hundred and thirty dogs were
killed at the dog pound in Cleveland
on Monday, by the bullet and the
hatchct. ----.,..-.. ~,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-05-20
E. FINNEY'S
Piano Forte Wareroom
AND
M U SIC STORE, ,
HO1ceJ'S Ne9C Block, Federal ST.,
Youngstown, Ohio.
Manufacturers Agent for the Sale of
Chickering & Sons, Boston, and
Steinway s. Sons, New York,
Paris Exposition Pianos.

The following certificates have been received
from Messrs. Chickering & Sons, Boston, and
Steinway & Sons, New York:
This is to certify, that we have appointed
Mr.. Ii. Z. F1NNEI, our only authorized Agent
for the sale of Piano Fortes. manufactured by us,
in the counties of Mahoning, Trumbull, Stark
and Portage in the state of Ohio, and Mercer
County, Pa, and no other person has any author
ity to advertise himself aS our agent in those
personally selects all the Pianos which he pur-
chaScs.
Signed CTICKERISG & SONS.
Boston, Sept cath, 1865
This is to certify, that Mr.. II. E. FINNEY,
of youngstown, has been appointed Agent fol
the sale of our Pianos, in MahOning and Trum-
bull Counties, Ohio. and no other parties arc au'
thorized to advertise themselves as our agent.
in the above named counties; no-,.
Signed STElNWAY & SONS.
New York, Feb IL, 1853.
Mr. Finney is also dealer in Pianos of Other
reliable makers, Cabinet Organs, Melodeons
Guitars, Violins. &c, Guitar and Violin Strings
Sheet Music, instruction Books and Musica
Merchandise of every description. The larges
stock of the above Pianos to be be found il
Northern Ohio. constantly on hand, and will bt
| for Catalogue and Price Lists. Agents for thi.
establishment carry Sheet Music, Strings, etc.
REFERENCES:
Wick Bros. Bankers, and Thomas Brown
ESQ., Youngstown, Ohio.
| John Grove, ESD, Austintown, Ohio.
Rev. d. L. Hickok. North Bloomfield, Ohio.
A. D. Kibbee and o. L. Wolcott, Pennington
! Ohio ---z
| c. T. Metcalf NJ. D., Warren Ohio.
Rev. H. W. Stratton, Huntsburg, Ohio, or a
| the Mahoning Registers Office.
March ii. 1869, 2S1y.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-05-20

we ealf the attention of Farmers to the CLIP
PER MOWER AND REAPER, Of which we
have become sub b-builders, and ask their early
and careful examination of the Machines. This
machine Isl not an experiment, hut has been
made and tested for a mum bersofi years and mas
proven to be . petfect Machine and q perfect
Success - la1s-Ar -ll-.p.l tic1 -
The CLIPPER MOWER is, beyond question,
orc of the most attractive of farm implements:
in its general appearance, because OF its well
adjusted proportions and tasteful design, and
the absence of the usual heavy and clumsy
parts with which other machines are encum-
bereii. - -65lkJE Bgl4llJ ell 81 il9E!l-
!. The CLIPPERS eibuilt on the system: Of ia
serchang geabte parts d feature that is not fully
ato,,ted in the construction OF any other Mower.
The like parts arc eedet duplicates Of each other
| and will ht any machine of the same number.
THE DRAFT ATTACHMENT is q peculiar
alid valuable feature of the Clipper Machine. II
is applied to the front end of the Frame and be.
low the pole and consequently 1t has 9 front and
upward draft so that tleinside shoe passes light
| ly over the ground and the troublesome leading
Wheel in front of the shoe is not necessary.
THE CUTTING APPARATUSo of the Clipper
| is the most perfect known The patent Cast
| Steel Finger Bar and solid Cast steel Guards
are not liable to clog or break, while by means
! of the adjusting levera the driver is enAbled,
| while the machine Is in motion, to raise or low
condition of the surfaces pfl the ground may re-
quire. To this most important requisite OF q
| perfect Mower we invite Particular attention:
! Particular attention Is called to the fact that
| the Clipper Is the only machine having front
/ cut that drd,n Its cutter bar, every other ma
! chine having the disadvantage OF 1aSAsR0 a.
/ ( There are other Important features of this ma
| chine which we will not detail, but say in briei
that the machine is worthy OF the attention oi
| every farmer who wants tho .~al lNf
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-05-20
wha. ths psor,lple Pax forgI

Hero are some of the items which
appear among the expenditures Of the
Secretary of the Senate Of the United
States, made for the benefit Of that in
teresting body, out of the, peoples
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-05-20
NOTICE TO INVAIIDS /!
6. [. b. Snyder, M. D.
GERMAN PHYSICIAN
RAVFNNA OHIO
RAvENNA, OHIO,

Taking advantage of recent discoveries made
by eminent Microscopists to determine the ac-
tual condition of the blood, and eNcretions in
health and disease, claims TO arrive at correct
conclusions in analyzing Acute and Chronic
Diseases, by the microscope and chemical agents.
Diseases thus unveiled of the mystery former
ly surrounding them, become amenable to treat
ment, and not subject to the dangerous expert
ments of those who Oue6o tss die eztseuse,' and
use the stomach as a crucible to be filed with
poisonous chemical agents to confirm or contro-
vert their opinions of the seat and nature of
diseases.
Office in Dodge's Block
Residence. Gillette House. Sep3. '6s, 1y.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-05-20
UsaifOrn.ly PerTect Bevel,

A NYTHING you want done in the line of Bill
IA Heads Cards Posters, Pamphlets, &C., be
suro and come to the Press Oftice. on Chestnut
Street. north end of Empire BLOCK
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-05-20
A Radical sheet ON the Fifteenth Anne

o. &
The Minneapolis (Minn.) Tribune
is not altogether suited with the posi-
ton of its party cotemperaries on the
Fifteenth, Amendment 1t says :a;
The bigoted blockheads among our
newspaper contemporaries who don't
like the position of the Isi6p,ae on the
Fifteenth Amendment, are informed
for their own information, that the
said amendment is not a Republican
measure. 1t is to be found in no au-
thoritative party platform, and never
will be SO found. WenacknoWledge
allegiance to the Republican party
to the principles enunciated In its plat
forms-and not to Congressional bum
mers.7 If every measure passed by a
majority in Congress is to be made a
test of party. allegiance, the Republi-
can party might as well prepare for
its funeral, for the corpse will assured
ly be ready before another year rolls
around. 1t may be a wise policy to
attempt to hoot down every Rcpubli-
can who ventures to assert a liberal OIL
independent conviction. If the small
souled bigots succeed in driving out
of the party the men of broad and
liberal principles, they will pretty
soon have nice little party all to
themselves, but it will have very few
voters, and no offices to dispose, Of
The man who endorses the. Chicago
platform is good enough Republican
for us, even though he doesn't go higl
protective tariff, Fifteenth Amend.
menb and all of Summers speeches!
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-05-20

utOIcy
For boxes lemons, at &12 per box 45 90
For 1gt lbs crushed sugar ut l9c ........ So 90
For box honey soap (EnglishyL. L..-jl3s- 20 90
For u gallon COLOGNE. ne.............. 90
For dy1en flesh brushes .!..t... ~. = q o 90
For gallons bay rum and bottle, .,s 8 80,
For x dozen shaving brushes. II ..!..ia. Il 90
For gallons alcohol - .s..si 25 90
FOR bottles extract of ginger ...... 200
For dozen plato brushes. l. !l.. =. "a 90
For quart spirits of camphor .......... 1 so
For TX lbs. bathing sponge =. .l!. laA4 sc 81
For gallon cologne and bottle. ......., 10 so
For y dozen cosTnetiques 5st >. II. 8 90
For Idozen mugs for shaving soap IL. ....gv 6 90
For so boxes lemons -. :. 317 90
A. w. Winkheld, for furnishing tea and si /
making same for use of Senate ...... 81 90
For IL dozan palmleaf fans -! = Z IS 90
For 40 extra scotchwood Pincushions 122 90
These expenditures were made dur
ing the "fatiguing sessions that oc-
CURED during and after the inpeach-
ment trial. The workingmen of the
country-the producers-foot the bill.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-05-20

ttff ~ Domocr8t1cf fHoEu1uatlOussJk4~-
III The Democrats of Wyandotte Coun-c
ty are the first Sc make nominations
for county officers The following is
the ticket selecteds:soT75fa sihi OF I. I.
8 For Representatiye--John Kisor. 8
~ Auditor--Jonathan Maffett.s9 s93 2
Prosecuting Attorney-Moses H:
Kirby, .,se.s.lo3 .....,a.L.55 coe sIilrr Il
Clerk-WilliaIn d. Hitchcock. a
4ol Treasurer Jonathan s. Hare ~ z
saig gRecorder--Adarn Stutz.itqs9 Hgis
Sherif-Henry Myers. 9anlai gHr
Commissioner-Will illiam Beam.r .
The Democrats of Holmes County
hold their primary elections on the
5th Of June, to nominate aScounty
ticket; and the Democrats Of Ash
. land County make their nominations
by thepopular ballot system on the
same day. 'hia l-'l' -2D1.J
ln9 The Denocrsts Of Wayne County
hold their primary elections on tho
l2tb Of juno, to nominate scand dfdates
for county officers. sid .isf vss,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-05-20

THE distance across the continent
from New Y ork to San Francisco, by
the Pacific Railroad, is as follows:
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-05-20
Apsrhey Amone the Txpes.a

ls54 e A<Parkey Among the ExPos.T7i
A son of Fred. Douglass made ap-
plicationi to become a member aof Co
lumbia Typographical Bniono Wash,
ington City. HA bitter contest btook
lplaceioxer the question oti his esadniis-
sion, on Saturday. .sA cdespatchsays
81 Had a vote been taken heemould
have been rejected, but ansadjonrn'
incentives carried for month, hyieighi
votes out of a vote of three hundred
81 The Government Printer informs the
Union that4if they don'treseind the
rule about the employment of appren
tices, that he shall employ just as many
printers as he wants, black and whit
and pay no attention to the Union,
aH-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-05-20

FIVE hundred emigrants left the
Cleveland depot on Saturday morn
ing, for points on the U. P. r.. r., and
Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin, =
AT Canandagua, N. Y, May Is, four
thousand dollars worth of jewelry,
was robbed from Halls store.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-05-20
Disease yields to Treatment.
Judicious Me ans Employe d
Saves Untold Suffering.

If you would be Strong, Healthy and vigor-
Gus, use WTi0htS Tonic Cordial and Blood PIT
ritter. 1t is a superlative Tonic and invigorat-
ing Cordial, and is an infallible remedy for
renovating the diseased system and restoring
the suffering invalid to health and vigor. 1t
purifies the Blood, neutralizes any bilious or
acrid matter in the stomach, and strengthens
the whole organization. 1t cures Scrofula Salt
Rheum, Fetter Boils, Blotches, Liver Complaint,
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Flatulenee, Kidney AZ
feetions, Nervous Debility and all diseases aris-
ng from disorganzed condition of the Blood,
Stomach and LIVER.
Stop taking disagreeable Bitters and stimu-
lating Potations, they are merely temporary in
their effect finally they positively injurious.
Take HJt1at'o 7Uztic COsdEuE, it will assist
ture in converting the food you eat into rich
blood, producing health and strength.
Sold by Poe s. Bro, Agents, Ravenna, Ohio.
Ravenna, Sept. 3, 1868, 2m.
THE place to buy your Watches, Clocks an
Jewelry, is at NJ. MowEN's, No. 2, Etna Bloc :
where you will always find a good assortmen
and lower prices, than any other House in the
county.
Repairing done on short notice. All work
warranted. Sep3. 1865. tt
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-05-20
D. AVENNA SUMMIT MILL,
Rcduction in Pricesl
PRICE LIST.

The Cheapest Flour, Quality Considered,
In this Market.
And want it distinctly understood that all
the Flour sell is made at the Ravenna Summit
Mill, and from Portage County Wheat, which is
the best raised in the State the present season;
and that is the reason why all who want Flour
will buy it in preference to poorer Flour at
higher prices. This Flour'is warranted TO be
made from pure Winter Wheat
| 11y WM. E. BRADLEY.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-05-20

The most disastrous fire that ever
visited that city occurred OF Dayton
en- Sunday morning. At about one
o'clock on that morning, Turner's
Opera House in that city-one of the
most magnificent buildings of the
kind in the west-took fire and was
entirely destroyed. The building was
occupied by Mckee, Woodward Sc
Weekly, wholesale grocers; Black &
Fox, Wholesale China and Queens
ware Grover & Bakers Machine Co.,
and f. Lange, restaurant and billiard
rooms. Nothing was saved but few
sewing machines. The fine residences
east of the Opera on First street, of
eJ. Schwab, Joel Estabroek and A.
Knhns, were also destroyed. -'i .'ifl
The fire communicated to the build
,ings south on Main street, owned by
M. Dinner, and entirely destroyed
them, including the large furniture
establishment of NJ. Dinner, and the
grocery store of Sandmire & BEo.-
Herman Sandmire, while endeavoring
to save some of his goods, a portion
of the wall fell, crushing him to the
floor. His brother and several others
endeavored to extricate him, but il
was impossible. He lived in this con-
dition for awhile, when another crash
came, burying him in the ruins. His
wife and family were present, but nc
human power could save him. The
scene was heart -rending.a ~.
The total loss is estimated between
$780, 600 and Ssoo,0oO, on which there
is an insurance of about 100000. II
is supposed to be the work of an in.
cendiary. 80, 10 r,.,s- 70. =
The Opera House was OWNED, by
j. NJ. Sc w. M. Turner. Their whole
loss will be about $25o,O0O, over anG
above an insurance of $4,000.
|
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-05-20

NJ I'd H. W. BANE has for sale some
N b. twenty County Rights of the
Snriny Folding Hair Mattress, in Fec simple,
and Is the sole Agent Cor the sale of Rights in all
the Western and southern states. County and
desirous of embarking in n lucrative business,
will please call. II W B.>S
Evening star., 1869-12-02

SENATORS.
Hon scHryir- CoLFAx, Vice President Of the Uni
BuckiGghsm, ". \: Conn, willard ; hotel
5,sI Ss5,e, ksTenr NJ, tsl MaSs 81 IL near i.th
Cot. e. Cal. sss street. between 81 andN
6sie hsnr % Sc s st. 81,
Edn.unds, George y, W: rs n ST., nssr " sveens
Tfnn =, Leg. s.h & ,aS sth
Hove o, Wis, IS 81. bet~ cen Eth aud 18th
ssSrI sSri justin q f isd Nations. sS ftsss. Ss;
Pcmeroy, e., Kan, SIS St, corner VI. avenue.
Rsmsey, Al, AisHi MINI m, Ss'ionsi nal hS.sl
Scott, John, Penn, Is fsyette 81 :, Georgetoua.
sherman John, ohio, ., Gen: shermans. st.
spencer, George T.. Ala. WiiIarJ's hotel
TIH,Spp; H1%psiT + Thebs u. e. 81 s,s.,,.,s,
Warner. Willard, Ala, 25l y st.
Wiliiamfi Hn H. 9reso3s Nsional hStsi .
.,,,.o, VIM ERERREEsENIATrXEs Rs 4 MA T S1ss,
AAssI Samuel Fi sN 3 cal. i asfEts Ela,sn,h : .
Butler, Benz y :. Mass. fii.eenth and sts.
Csvsnaugh, N Pa, 81 James Hotel.
STI!%sl Spils%; SHELBY y AZ, s TSistssn,A
finkeihurg, g. A., Mo, rs Bst.
$s5isIS: s.1%s f. 90 @ thirteenth = +.
n 81.
Heaton, David, N. C., Whitney's hotel, CapI Hit.
Hooper, Samuel, Mass, cor. Fifteenth and II sts.
Ingersoll, Ebon c.. ILL.,, 100 g st.
johnson, James A., Cal, 4t3 Eleventh st.
Jones, A. III Ky. $50 East Capitol ST.
Judd, Norman B., III. 43l Twelfth 50
Kelly, VIM. D., Pa, 2s9 G ct.
Kelsey: VIM. A.. N: Y, Washington house.
Kerr, Michael G., Ind. 3S Missouri avenue.
Loughbridge, VIM, Iowa, II Louisiana aYs.
Mccarthy, Dennis, N. Y, a56 Vermont ave.
Moore. Jesse H., go + ST.
McGrew Jos &. West v . cor. First and Missouri av
Niblack, VIM. T.. Ind, l2) Beall ST., Georgetown.
Packard. Jasper. Ind, 395 y st.
Palmer, Frank W :, Iowa. Hs Fourth ST.
Prosser, VIM. f., Tenn, 5l6 NJ st.
Pomroy, =. III Iowa, 33l Pennsylvania avenue.
Rogers A. A G., Ark i57 Thirteenth at.
Shafer. J. X, Idaho Ter, Wilard's hotel.
Starkweather, ii. N :. Conn.,. Ebbitt house,
Smyth, VIM, Iowa, National hotel.
Synher II La. AZ Twelfth ST.
Smith Joseph s., Oregon, 24S \ st.
Smith, VIM. j., Tenn l., Empire house.
Sargent. A. A., Cal, sig Il St north.
Stokes, VIM. B., Tenn. 354 Sixth at.
Wilkerson, Morton s, Mimi. n ational hotel.
Williams, VIM, Ind, 50 North A., Capitol Hill.
Evening star., 1869-12-02

While there has been a good deal of complaint
OF dull times in Washington, as well as through
out the country generally, it is a noticeable fact
that those business men who advertise systemat-
ieally have had no special cause for fault finding
I'm that respect. For, no matter how duh a
season may be, comparatively speaking, the
absolute every day wants OF community req uire
that considerable amount of business shall
always be done; and those who keep themselves
hefore the public by constantly making known
The attractions they have to offer purchasers are
hound to do the largest share of it.
The most careless and superficial observer
cannot fail TO notice that. whether a season he
dull or active, the establishments which adver-
tire most are always fullest of customers. In
deed nothing is better understood now than that
.ome If not most of the largest fortunes accu-
mulated in this country during the last quarter
OF a acentury are entirely due to systematic and
extensive advertising-and the principle holds
good as well in a limited As in a wider sense.
This is a point which should not be overlooked
hy dealers struggling to build up a trade. II
Irinters ink is worth anything to such man as
N T. Stewart, for instance,-and he uses il very
ireely,-it is a hundred fold more valuable to
the business man who has not the hundre,ith
Iart Of MIR. Stewart's hold upon the trade of the
community in which he proposes to operate.
Evening star., 1869-12-02

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
appears to have been over-reached again by the
Pennsylvania railroad, which yesterday secure
possession of the Cincinnati and GAINESVILLE rail-
way. This line, which is in many respects a
most important and valuable one, has from It's
opo ming been a large contributor to the traffic
Of the Baltimore and Ohio route, and its ulti-
nate and permanent control has long been
looked upon as highly desirable acquisition by
the friends OF both the great rival corporations
In buying il, the Pennsylvania company secures
not only line which can be made profitable
from Its local business alone, but by construct
ing a few miles Of new road, connecting Zanes-
vile with Dresden, it will be able to tap Cinoin-
natl and all the rich country beyond that city by
much shorter route than ii has vet been able
to secure. Indeed, ii may be said that this last
move gives TO the Pennsylvania company con-
troll OF most Of the main arteries of trade i'm and
through the great State of Ohio.
Evening star., 1869-12-02
Reading Matter on Every Page.

The hearing If the petition for an injunc ion
preventing the execution of the recent order of
tire Cincinnati Board Of Education, prohibitin !.
the use of the Bible and the singing of sacred
songs in the public schools Of that city, has
occupied the Superior Court of Hamilton county
for some days. The counsel for the petitioners
and the Bible attempted TO establish the prin-
C:Pies that religious instruction was, in the con-
t6mI latiOn of the law, an essential element Of
common school education, and that the Board of
Education had no power to prohibit such in
struction in the public schools of Cincinnati.
The counsel for the board accepted the issues
offered by the other side, and confined his efforts
TO refuting their positions. The arguments were
very lengthy, occupying over three hours each,
and thoroughly exhaustive, but developed no
new features of interest.
Elsewhere the matter of the exclusion of the
Bible from the Common School is causing no
little excitement, and the Protestant churches
are taking il up with warmth. The Methodist
Church, the largest in the country, is foremost
in taking a stand against the exclusion of the
Bible on any pretext whatever. Horace Gree
ley, VIM. Lloyd Garrison, and Henry Ward
Beecher are just now the targets OF denuncia-
ton from many pulpits throughout the land for
advocating a compromise. The congregations
drawn to listen to invectives against the Exclu-
zion doctrine are immense, and the feeling
shown, is up to white heat. In Washing
ton the question has not been seriously
agitated as yet, but at two three of the
churches sermons condemning the project of
throwing ont the Bible have been delivered.
The Catholics here, 80 far as we know, do not
attach any great importance to the Bible ques-
tion, but are inclined to save their powder for a
fight in behalf of denominational schools. They
insist that religious instruction should 90 with
secular education. This will be the issue made
by the Catholics of the country.
But the bulk of the people of the United
states will quite certainly insist upon the main
tenance of the common school system in its in
tegrity without regard to the special views OF
either Protestants or Catholics. Whether the
Bible Is retained as a reading book or whether
religious or 'lenominational training is remitted
to the church and Sunday school, the Public
Schools must be maintained. The existence of
our Republican institutions depends upon our
free schools.
Evening star., 1869-12-02

SHAKsPEARE AND MENDELssoHS.-The seats
for Mrs. Siddons' reading Of "Midsummer
Nights Dream at Lincoln Hall, tonight have
been selling quite freely, indicating we'll filed
house for this attractive entertainment. 1t
should be remembered that besides Mrs. Sid
dons' reading Of Shakspeare's most romantic
composition, the fun Peabody Institute Orches-
ira will give Mendelssohn's music written for
fhe work. There is something novel and at
tractive in this combination, and Mrs. Sidions'
fame as an actress will insure a fine reading of
the play. There will be but one reading i'm this
.city