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rent gave them IN money about $1,000 I'M
bonds more per mile than the road cost, In
addition to IA, $4,000 scsss Of the peoples
pat -imopy, mis-called Government lands.
Charles Francis Adams says Of the eorpo-
ration: aThe members Of il are In Con-
gress, they are trustees for the Bondholders,
they are directors, they are stockholders,
they are contractors; in Washington they
vote the subsidies, in New York they receive
them, upon the PLANE they expend them,
and 10 the Credit MObilier they divide them"
The day on which the bells were tolled,
brought despatch with the news, that a
number Of employees of the road had de-
tanned a train, containing the Vice-Presi
dent They were hungry, they said, and we're
determined be should not proceed until their
monty should be forthcoming. They had
receiv ed no pay for a long time. The next
day The despatch was corroborated, and the
additional intelligence brought to US, that
the employers Of the road had been treated,
to use the words Of q correspondent, In
shameful manner" Mary more laborers
than were needed, were induced to 20 to dis
tant points of the rosa arrived there with
out money to return on the cars, aOd with
hundreds Of hostile Indians itching for their
scalps, between them and civilization, they
we're compelled to 70 to work At inadequate
wages, or stsrve. Two Of them refused to
work, and boarded the oars with the intsn.
tion Of returning to Omaha. They were pot
off, bot got on the train a second time. AZ
ter reaching q point between the stations
Astounding 10 hostile savages, the brakeman
and conductor literally threw them from the
train while running at the rate Of from 20 to
Is miles per hour. 10 the face Of this array Of
facts, our people, poor FOOLS" 20 into CO.
stacies over the consummasiOn Of she gigsn-
tic fraud.
The Pacific Railroad has been BY far the
most successful Of its many competitors in
heeCing the people. IL will mOnopOlise the
business Of crOwding eastern cities With chi
nese labor, and thus furnish another obsta-
Gle Of prOdigiOus proportions to retsrd the
advancement Of our own labor. We believe
the Pacific Road, by discreet management
can be made 20 accomplish much good, but
We do not feel disposed 70 glorify those VINO
have smassed fortunes 10 it's miserable con-
structioD, by wilfulIy desrAuding the govern
ment Of which We are at least component
part, and a participant in the loss.
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Working Hours and Pay.
WENDELL PHILLIPS Before a LEc,sL alive
COMMITTEE.

By request Mr.. Wendell Phillips recently
addressed the committee appointed by the
committee appointed by the Massachusetts,
legislature 20 investigate the subject of the
hours Of labor. The following are the sa-
lent points Of bis address,
lie estimated the earnings Of the laboring
class in this country ut nearly two thousand
millions OF dollars annually, and thought
that that fact demanded the attention of
legislation to their interest. He deprecated
the tendency, especially evident since the
var, of legislation for the rich and for the
poor as independent classes, the rich ,grvw-
ing richer and the poor poorer. The ten
dency is for the children Of the rich to be
separately educated and the great mutual
benefit Of their contact with the children OF
the poor is lost and with 1t also the inter-
est of the rich in the public schools.
Tue KSELL OF AMERICAN REPUBLIcANHN.
When, said Mr.. Phillips, the time comes
n this country that q permanent laborinx
class exists, the knell Of republican institu-
lions has been sounded. great problem
Of American statesmanship 10 to make cor
porstIons consistent with American instifus
tons.
TIE RIGHT HoUR LAW AN OPENING WEDGE.
The great question of the future is co-op-
Grafton, to winch We must come sooner or
later. The question OF eight-hours he con-
sidered steppiDg-stoDe to 9 better eondi-
tion than the laboring class now enjoys or
suffers. MIR. PHILIPPE spoke Of the "Trade
Union" not defending them, but claiming
THAI they are the only means of self prosee-
tion the laboring classes have. The whole
system 10 iHdefsnsible, except on Ioss
ground. He favored commission, bp.
feared that satisfacsoFy one could mot be
obtained Girls who appeared before the
commission lass yesr and gave their testi-
moDy lost their places Of work On account
Of that testimony when they returned.
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nESERXEn SuCCESs.

1t is not often that we speak editorislly
OF the business OF anybody, bat there are
times when we cannot remain silent without
in justice to our best friends. We have Just
read an article 10 Cincinnati paper giving
very full account Of the extensive business
Of W. @. Davis 4 Co., stove and hollow
ware manufacturers of that city. Mr.. Davis
started Ave years ago poor man by close
attention to business, energy and persever-
ence, he has placed himself at the head OF
one Of the most successful houses in the
west. This company has late " moved into
q new and enlarged shop, whicA will enable
it TO put on a much larger number of molders.
They have been running full compliment
Of men, but they have not been able to FIJI
orders as fast as they came in, while other
firms in the same line have large stocks on
hand. The secret Of this great and deserved
success is TO be found in the following,
which We quote from the article before us:
. But this establishment we understand
excels IN its workmen employing none but
the very best--in fact none bat Union mold
ers-no boys or apprentices" This adher-
Ance to the Union ard support Of Union
molders always guarantees good work"
All Of which we indorse.
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The new superintendent Of the printing
department who replaced the infamous De-
frees, has claPpsd veto on some Of his
spsculatIng subcrdinatss. 1t appears that
these brokers, without license, hsvebeen 10
the habit Of leaning money to the employees,
Of the printing Office at from 10 to 20 cents
per month. Mr.. Clapp has issuei an ad-
dress prohibiting this practice in future.
Good for Capp.
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ssitutions and The respect that 10 dae 70
those who earn their living BY honest toll;
. sterling indie, ndence, in fact, which will
eventually revOlutionize society and secure
An equal distribution Of the proceeds Of
labor.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN or THE LABOR UNION
CHICAGO { PHILADELPHTA-
A National Trades Directory.

Il being the desire OF the publishers of the
ADVocArE to supply want long experience
Cd, National Trades Directory, they have
determined to cFer the following induce
ments to Trades Unions, viz publish their
official card and address, and send copy OF
the paper fer one year for $40.
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The following circular will show some
thing Of the efforts being made by the
plasterers' in San Francisco. There are two
Of those associations in that city, but the
council only admit delegates from one Or
ganiZaton Of each trade 80 thew will more
than likely unite before great while. Unity
among the associations is the secret Of sue
cess. When families fall cut there are a.
wsys plenty Of enemies to widen the breech.
We shall be pleased to hear Of the two asso-
Citations becoming one. General VIM
should use his influence to bring about a
reconciliation
SAN FRANcisco MAY 1864
To the President and Members Of the Plaster
ers' Protective Association of the City and
County Of San Francisco
GESrLENEN The undersigned, feeling the
necessity OF unity among the plssterers Of this
great metropolis, and, know ing that where di.
visions are, there certainly can be no good grow
out of IL; therefore, like the strong man, let Us
husband our strength, and, firmly united, say
we will do il, and it is done
Then the widow, the orphan, the lame and
the bind. with the sick among YOU, will be
cared for, and he that labors will haze nothing
to pay, while the funds Of the association will
be increasing like the drops Of rain that fail
and gather to swell the mighty torrent. Now
all this can be accomplished ia the following
manner:
lst Let no man work for mother who works
on the scafod unless he joins and paws the
sumo Yourself 70 support the trade that gives
as al living.
I'd. Let those who are contracting paw into
the treasury the sum of one mill on every ya-d
81 plsstering done within the jurisdiction Of tile
association. THIS would not come out of their
pockets, but out Of the owners Of property, as
tax levied by the association thev being the
collectors.
Can there be anything more simple, and yet
more etfectual, for the welfare Of all Il would
not be long ere our fondest hopes would be re-
allied, seated in hall Of our own. with reading
room, library, sitting room, and chess, checkers
and domino tables where the members cond
congregate and feel indeed that their lot was
cast IN pleasant place
Likewise, our young men, instead Of frequent
ing saloons, or perhaps worse places, would nc
induced to pass their leisure hours 10 mental
improvement or a social game, and instead Of
familiarity breeding contempt, where propriety
exists, would unite in the bond Of aHecton for
the general good.
Also, let us secure an Incorporation Of the
association as soon a. possible, 50 that We can
compel obedience to the laws
Then, indeed, would the stranger coming IN
among ~ thank God that he had found friends
and brothers.
With kind regards for tile welfare Of all, /
subscribe myself
Your Obedient Servant,
CHARLES Il. ScoTr
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LAnOR UNION sOCIAL sCleNCE.

Under our present system Of political
economy, producers, or wealth-creatOrs, are
delivered over ~ proper prey TO he tender
mercies Of landlords, tinsncierss spectators
and trsffickers. Our oppression under the
iron rule OF these parties ranges In exact
proportion to our poverty. In addition 10
the food, fuel, and money rObberies Z mmit-
ted by the three aforementioned n these
class es, the last-the trafkckers-have late
" undertaken to ill up the cup Of our suffer
ings by attacking our health and lives. Not
content with defIauding US with short
weights and lawless neasnres-asproved BY
the World newspaper-they doctor our food
with drugs, and our drink Is, in almost al
instances, poisoned either with coculus indi-
Gus, fusil oil, prussic acid, or strychnine.
We do not attribute these crimes to our
brethren, as individuals, but expose them in
condemnation Of the wretched rule Of Politi
cal Economy, which manufactures villains.
OF course, there is no other cure for the
evils complained of than the destruction
OF the systems which have generated them.
Brethren, the Labor Reform will not be
complete until the land is M, and no toll
is assessed upon the food Of the people, save
the pay of the laborers who produce it. Un-
til money 10 shorn Of its legal powers, and
usury or interest has no status in our
courts, and our laws take no cOgnizance Of
money, save as a medium Of exchange for
labor. Until the craft Of the Spectator per
ishes for lack of nourishment, and distribu-
tors-both men and goods-are strictly
limited in their gains, and their positions de-
Gned and circumscrbed as servants, and
not masters. Of the producing public.
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The New England Labor Reform Con-
venti0n.

VIM. H. Sylyis, Col. VIM. B. Green,
Wendell Phillips, Miss Bessie Bisbee, e. II.
Haywood, Senator Spragus, s. P. Cum
nings, Hoi B. p. Butler, Mrs. Julia waid
Howe, Hon. Henry Wilson, VIM. J. Nc
Loughlin, A. Bronson AIcett, Mrs. z. L.
Danulels, R. W. EmefsOn,E H. Rogers, John
orvis. Geo. w. Seal, Miss Jennie Collins,
Lysander Spooner,, Hon. Edward Avery,
Mrs. A. II. G. Phelps, Hon. A.. II. Pillsbury,
Of Maine, and others are expected 10 ad-
dress tie New Ensiand Labor Reform Con-
sention. which win be held in Boston, Tues
dag and Wednesday, May 95th and 2eth.
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az exhaustive account Of the proceedings
The work goes bravrlv 90, we ar thankful,
an6 50, Your-, Truly, o. BFS. j.
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never drink cup NJ cold z.lte- WItboB-
thinking Of an old Scotcbman, who. wien
| vas boy Ia the city Ol New FORK, acted A.
porter 10 Ehe establishment w which I Eas
engaged. tie must have beeen very p0lr;
Tor when he vas siKty-hve or seventy years
0f age he va emp Logged, day after iAy il
dragging a little nand cart, often laden I, .th
heavy burdens, over crowded and stony
pavements. Ia our store vas stone r.-.
replenIshed daily with pure water and ics.
aud many time during the day the OLD man
would come ID drink. When be hai HIel
ths cup, ~ would take otF bis worn oap, u1i
while Us thin gray locks fell over biz fore
head, llti 40 bis face with closed egss Ton
momenti with reverential aspect, nnd in .i-
ieut prayer. and then drInk. NJ matter
What haste, % who he observed, he always
did the same.
Since then full twenty-five w thirty wears
have passed. | have drank from the lcg
pools that gather On the surface Of the zlaei
e. 40 SsIlz irlInt, and amidst the blrnIls
splen Tors 81 Nesuvus, ia his own stormy
Scotland, and on the stormy sea bus vera
rarely "a never vitl0lt th,ukin1 fthlt yli
ocotcnmAn, VI adm0nisaed Nv him. without
llftins my heart 70 God. Ole thing IS re-
markaoe cannot drink with my I'M On.
Toe waite locks Ok tue Ola man seem, IVY
shake themselves before me, a. Il 20 a.
menisl me OfITreverence, and his meek eyes
seem ~ " hitting themselves up 10 XIV id, Jl
Plead that may not forget tie G,y.r.
without .Ou5t, tne OH m an nas boon ina v
years p neavyn. BlL bow tnat Mttie uAl.-
Of his wrong itself Iuto ny life, ana how
% ne o. has bsen, TOR more tnan a qlarlcr
M century, day NJ Day, preacher 0f
UghteIlsnes-
H'w could he have ceased 10 live in my
mem1ryS
FL had perpetuated hi- name. aud form
AID pretty IA ny heart Cnrstian never or
Get . recogeizs 9 a.
IMPORTANT III Cv-oPKzArIvs SocrErrss.-A
Co operative Congress = 10 be bed o tus
rooms Of tle Society n Arts. Llnd0l, on
Monday, May 3lst. anl following dlYs, fnr
the purpose of discussing The Organiz ttiln
Of the Trades Z Mons for Cooper alive Plr-
pOses-the ba-t % .ans 0f nlklnk Cl-1p4ra-
tive Societies mIIuLly he pfIl, y. q by
bringing their producriin inlo 10, geasral
and c1-Operaiive markedly insttn.lnk d
system Of guarantee backing Ani labor ec-
change by applying eO-opsriti,n b asri-
culture ami horticulture, cJm1inid With
manutactures-by educAti inll estabIisl-
ments, which may be rendered self support-
ing BY industrial and cooperative enter
PRISE, and by forming and OrgAuiElti5n Of
all cooperative societies 40 home and
abroad 30, g. The arrangement clm-
miStee, of which Thomas Hlga-s, Esq, N.
p, Is chairman, ana William Pare, hJn.
secretary, have issusd circulars 20 AZ the
CO. operative societies, inviting them % send
delegates % attend Ill conference, and Il ia
expected that the meeting will De numer-
ouslY attended, and Pro0ustive Of beneRelal
results.
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CoRRESPONDE NICE.
FROM CALIFORNIA.

We do cot hold Ourselves responsible for any q
ION expressed by cur Correspondents.
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Chelsea Items.

The people of Chelsea await most
impatiently the appearance of a mule,
a street car and President Harrington,
in that densely populated district.
How will the peoples children OF
Chelsea reach the city schools, public
and private, during the winter?
PrOperty-holders in Chelsea will find
that tenants require the extension OF
the street railway, a a condition pre-
cedent to the retention of many houses
the winter.
The story was current yesterday,
among colOred denizens of Chelsea,
that Moody's specter, or the veritable
Moody himself, was e at the gas
works night before last. In cOnse-
quenee of MoOdy's alleged inquietude
rs a dead man, many living people
are marvellOusly quiet, even on moon
Lit nights, and il the doctors didn't
reSurrect Moody, they must not fail,
when another hanging match occurs,
TO furnish Us with a veritable ghost.
The saw mills of Chelsea are
employed. Whatever dizziness
has befallen the local lumber trade is
ny TIC uSllldliu dlOnS
railways and among fOurishing plan
tiers on the river. Never before was
there such a spirit of improvement
abroad in the country. The people at
last deem peace possible, with good
government aud moderate taxation,
and since the crop OF this season will
furnish multitudes with an excess of
yreenbacks above current necessities,
there viii be a greater number and
better houses built in Tennessee, Mis-
;issippi and Arkansas than ever be-
lore. Already there are men with
who finish every part of a res
dence in this city, to be erected far
Town the Mississippi, or at dis
ant points on railways cOnverg-
.ng at Memphis. The lumber
.rade of Memphis is destined,
It no distant day, to assume an
Importance which they have not
ireamed of who never wandered
lbOve the navy-yard or beheld the
heaps OF lumber daily shipped
rom the repositories just north Of the
itV.
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OUR RESOURCES.
Letter from an Alabama Cores
pendent.
FAYETTEvILLE, Ala, Aug. q, 1869.

FAYETTEVILLE, ALA, Aug. %, 1869.
Edit0rs appeal: This is truly, in
many respects, Il wonderful country.
We are In the midst of the richest OF
minerals, and yet We are very poor for
want of the e of transportation.
On the west and on the east, within a
few miles of this place, there IS the
greatest abundance of iron ore, enough
TO supply this country for centuries.
As it now is, it IS Of no value, and we
import our iron from Pennsylvania.
Coal in untold quantities lies on the
north and east Of Us, and yet our Mis-
sissippi neighbors, who are only a few
miles from Us, bring their coal from
P~itt5burg, several thousand miles by
water and over two hundred by rail
road. We can raise fruit, poultry and
stock in this country most abundant
ly, but we have no market for il. All
that we need to make this a most de-
lightful as well as rich country is the
means OF reaching the markets of the
world. All Of our people would be
glad to trade with Memphis, if they
had the opportunity Of getting there
easily. That Is the nearest point on
the "great river" and IS our natural
trading point. Politically, We are
mostly Democrats, and in a few years
we will all be of that party. This Is
empbatically a white mans country,
in population and in politics. Let
me say to you that we have not only
coal and iron in this country, but some
Of the most beautiful building stone
in America-almOst equal to the cele-
brated brown stone" used in New
York. We can raise enough chick
ems, ducks, turkeys, etc, in this cOun-
try to supply your city, unless it con-
sumes more than / think it does, and
yet for want of good markets our peO-
pie raise but few, except for their own
use. We raiSe our own supplies, make
our cotton with our own labor, and
have consequently but little to pay
out. RemOtedne55 from the outside
world is our only disadvantage.
Crops through this region ara quite
good, although we have suffered for
want of rain considerably. We had q
delightful shower to-day, which will
much improve cotton and late corn.
We are getting here q kind of oats
which will not take the rust, and that
is saving US a great deal of corn.
Among other things, we have here
some fine milestone grit, as well as
grindstOne. l will close as | conf
menced, by saying this is a remarka-
bic country. FAYETTE.
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Memphis and Arkansas River
PACKET Comply
SUMNER
United States Mail Line

TNHE FOLLOWING ELEGANT PAssFy-
4 ger boats Of this line leave Memphis fog
Little Rock as fOlIows:
B~LAISBELL, Master
Mondays. II 5 o'clock PIN.
W. A. CALDWELL.--.Rub HAYNES master
Fridays, ats o'clock pm.
Making close connections at LITTLE ROCK
with splendid coaches for the CELEBRATED
HOT SPRINGS, and with the following pack
cts. which leave Little Rock Mondays aad
Thurdayr, at 8 O'Clock PIN.
FORT IBsOS-,----JOhn Woodburu. Master
.R~eHsoneF, Master
Thus making two trips a week rom
ROCK through 10 FORT GIBSON.
Through bills Of iadfng given for freIRta %
and Tom New Orleans, Memphis. ST. LOuis.
Louisville and Cincinnati.
Freights delivered az destination. At al
delay.
Amy persons desiring 10 ship by this linz
from the North, East or West to any point on
The Arkansas river, should have their goods
ER PACKET COaPASY," at Memphis (ofic4 So
Front street, MOsby RlOck.) Those shipping
nom New Orleans should cOnsign to Mem
Mouth of White River.
On or about the lat OF Sentanber. fhe
steamer W. A Caldwell will take her niaca
IN the Line, leaving on Wednesdays, making
a tTi-weekly line.
u above company are now building two
new boats for the Arkansas river. which vII
be finished about the 18th September. thUs
securing 10 their patrons a reliable rE-v-k
~ line in high or low water.
JOHN u. ADAMS. Presidszs
Z. A. kENDIG. Agent
ahll once SA Front street, Mosby block.
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T NEWS.
Arrival and Dspurtare Of the Mails from
the Memphis PostOfice.

CHATTANOOGA, Richmond, Washington New
York. baltimore, and all cities Fast ana SOUTH
Ga. and Montgomery. Ala; al
etafions on the Memphis and Charleston
MfsgtssiuDf Central. Mobile and OhiO, Nash
Vile and Chattanooga and East Tennessee
Railroads, arrive Al 2:D pm; close n l:N
am uuo
willie. Cincinnati, Cleveland, P~ittsburg, Phils-
daiphia. Buffalo, Albany, New YORK, and al
cities North and West, arrive al 1880 pm
loses az 2 a pm.
New Orleans, Baton Rouge. Jackson, Vtcks-
unR Matches and all cities South, arrive at 3
m, closes AT 10: IS am.
All stations on the Mississippi and Tennes-
&c. New Orleans and Jackson and Southern
HilrOads, arrive at 3 pm; closes atlU:4 - pm.
Memphis and Little Rock Railroad, Little
Rock, Madison, Sundays eKceptedD arrlve at
pm; close at 5 pm.
Marion, Witts6urg aud Claiborne, Ark,
ri-weekly) Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
sFriVe At 10 am; close al II am.
olive Branch and ByhHlla, Miss, semi
Eeeklyl Monday and Friday, arrive al sp.m'i
Cubs ana Big Creek, Tenn, weekly Friday,
arrive al 10 am; close at II AN.
Little Rock and Helena, n all landings on
Whit river seTui-weekly) Tuesday ana sat
urday, arrive al 3 am. close al ip.m.
Pine Bluh and Helena. and all landings on
Arkansas river (tTi-weeklyl Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday, arrive al sa.m.i close at
All landings on the Mississippi river south,
tsenl-weekly) Tuesday and Saturday, arrive
at = am; close at pm.
All landings on the Mississippi river north,
(zelni-weekly) Monday and Thursday, arrive
Al y AIN; close Al $3.50 pm.
JOSIAH DELOACH, P. NJ.