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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1869-11-03

The TOWNSHIP SysTEM.-The grand
jury of Lancaster County in their pre-
sentiment say "The grand jury are
fully satisfied that the township sys-
TEN for the counties of the State,
created by an act of the last Legisla-
ture, is an impractical system under the
present state Of Shings This system is,
Ano doubt, we'll adapted to densely pop
ulated and wealthy countries, such as
may be found in parts of Europe and
parts of the United States, where lands
ara a.worth from one to three hundred
dollars per acre; but in our State.
where the population is small one,
and the lands not worth more, upon an
average, than three or four dollars per
acre, the whole system becomes expen-
sive andoppressive They would, there
fore. respectfully submit the matter to
the Legislature of the State, and beg a
repeal Of the act creating the townships,
or suspension of the same for the term
of ten years
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1869-11-03
A CARD.
SOUTHERN , LIFE INSURlII1
COMPANY 1!

ATLANTA, Ca, DEPARTMENT.
To..he people of South Carolina:
THE ABOVE COMPANY WAS ORGANIZED
IN 1856, 10 consequence of the wholesale for
feture of Southern Policies by Northern Cpnpa-
nies. The unparalleled succesa of the entGprise
hns forced several Of these Companies to isssore
their Southern Policies, from tho fact th;t they
could not operate in our midst without the oppsar-
amce of honesty.
We keep oil our money Mt homo to buildppiour
impoverished country. EVERY DOLLARs OF
PREMIUM BEING SAFELY INVESTED IN
THE STATE from which it is derived. The In-
stitution is PURELY SOUTHERN, and thnce
should appeal with great force to the patrNtism
and sympathy of every Southern heart.
1t is not our purpose to make war on other
Companies, butte impressupon the people tIs I'M
PoRTANcE OF PREVENTING THE DBAIN
OF MONEY FROM THE SouTH4es. s.p9E
NORTH by patroni1ing HoMEINSTITUTONs
The Company has many special advantages,
and is founded on patriotism and solid realtb.
Its ratio of assets to lablitics-tle true test of a
Companys strength, being nearly THREE Hun
DRED TO ONE HUNDRED.
Whenever and wherever have presented thc
claims of this Company, it has no: only cIlisted
the sympathies of our people, but has also sicused
their hearty cooperation. have secured over
six hundred policies in South Carolinn sine, Feb
ruary the 10th. We number among our Directors
General WADE HAMPTON and Colonel WLLIAn
JOHNSTON, gentlemen we'll known to eyeys sciti'
zen of South Carolina. We appeal personally te
the people of South Carolina to assist in Tshing
forward this deservedly popular Southern i,stitu'
ton. u.
j. H. MILLER, s
GENERAL AGENT SOUTHERN LIFl tNsU.
RANCE COMPANY, Augusta, Ga.
r. G.. HAY, Special Travelling igen'
for S. C..
D. II. DURISOE
Resident Agent, Edgefield, S C.
w. d. JENNINGS, NJ. D.,
MEDICAL EXAMINER.
We chec-fully recommend the above Cmpan,
to the patronage of the citizens Of South Cirolina
81. l5.Aseid d.s1ss " GA1rjn ~! h4NT
ADDISON, II. w. GARY.
Columbia, S. C.-J. S. PRESTON, J.P, CAR
ROLL, c. D. MELTON, S. W. MELTON, j. D.
POPE.
Camden, S. C.-J. B. KERSHAw, W. NJ.
SHANNON, w. L. JOHNSON.
Sumter, S. C.-JNO. B. MOORE.
Winusboro', S. CIV. R. ROBERTSON, J. B.
McCANTS, JAMES Il. RION.
Yorkville, s.C.-wB WILSON, A. COWARD,
JAS. MASON, ]. D. WITHERSP0ON J. R.
BRATTON, ]. 7. LoWERY, c. G. McCiW.
Anderson, S. C.-J. L. ORR.
Barnwell, S. e-JoHNgoN HAGoop, Jo-
sEpH A. LAwToN, JAMES PATTERS ion.
Clarendon, S. C.-JN0. L. MANNING, T. c.
RICHARDSON, BROWNE MANNING.
Charleston, S. C.-JAMES C0NNERi PEI
FER, RODGERS q CO., JAMES II. WILSON,
GEO H. WALTER, LEWIS D. MoWRT.
Sept II If 3S
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1za7 I,,l4ZsEe-s7e- z,
Gov. Scott.

The paragraph appended is taken
from the Chicago Times We present
it to our readers merely to let them
know what estimate is placed upon such
men as Scott by the decent and respec-
table portion of the North. Nothing is.
further from us than the idea, that any
expression of public opinion can inAu-
ence him, or his sooty pack, for the
better. We would as soon think of
splitting ,,.ippotoamus with lady's
bodkin, as attempting to penetrate their
alligator hides with the shafts of ridi-
cule or the arrows of truth 1t would
be Just as sensible to whistle jigs to
milestone and expect it to dance, as to
look for reformation in man who has
lost his own self-respect. Governor
Scott came South to make money, and
lie has but little regard to the means,
and less to what is said, so he succeeds
in his purpose. With him the end sane.
ti6es the mea,a. The officer is swal
lowed mp in the partizan, and the pros
perity Of the people must give place to
the avarice Of party. A murder ls
committed, the murderer is not reclaim
Ell, or, if he fails to make his escape,
justice pcr;shes in the pardon;ng power.
Outside Of party he knows 10 State, no
interest, and no people. He has, in
deed, built himself monument more
lasting than brass; and, with a pen
dipped in the malice of depraved ma.
ture, he has written upon it the record
of his own infamy. For companions
and co-adjutors, he has the floating
scum of the North, Southern scalawags,
and ignorant negroes, who feed by lying
Indeed, so little accustomed is he to
words of compliment from decent and
respectable men, that, we doubt not he
would receive such rs a reflection upon
his acknowledged policy, and an insult
to his we'll earned reputation.-Laurens-
vile Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1869-11-03

A CoTToN R1NG.-"A rrnnor has
gained ground" says the Baltimore
Gazette, that undismayed by the re-
cent gold panic, in which SO many rings
went to tarnal smash, cotton ring
is being formed in New York, to bear
the staple down to eighteen or twenty
cents, when large purchases will be
made, with the anticipation of realiz-
ing thirty cents per pound in June next.
There may be no truth in the report,
though it is circumstantially stated but
to be forewarned is forearmed, and the
initiatory movements of the proposed
cotton ring may be readily detected"
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The Louisville Convention.

This body, which was numerously
attended by delegates, not only from
the South, but from the North and
West, have-met and adjourned and it
now remains to be.seen what good they
have accomplished. Wewere SO aceustom
ed in Ante 6ellum days to the meeting of
Southern Conventions, whose proceed
ings resulted in no practical benefit to
the Southern people, that we must con-
fess, that our hopes Of more favorable
result from the late Convention at Lou
isville were shrouded more with fear
than confidence. It is one thing to Re
solve to build a Southern Pacific Rail
road, and quite a different affair to.
build it. Great stress seems to be laid
in all such'assemblages at the South on
the Importance of informing the North
ern mind as to Southern resources and
inviting Northern enterprise and capital
to aid us in their development Unless
we labor under most egregious error,
the people of the North are already
sufficiently apprised Of the almost mex
haustible resources of Southern soil
and their apparent apathy on the sub
ect, is more the result of an unneces-
sary cowardice, than from any other
cause. They suffer from a conscious
sense of wrong which they have infict-
ell on our people, and suffer their poll
t;cians to play upon their fears of a
Just retribution. While the masses of
the North are thus being gulled by
their political leaders, with boogaboo
stories of the insecurity Of life and
property at the South, the rich men,
bankers, bond-holders, &C., have formed
their rings, and while they are circula-
ting sensation stories as to the Ku-Klux
outrages in the South, with view to
depreciate Southern lands, they have
their Agents in every Southern State
making similar investments to those Of
John W. Forney in North Carolina.
The proper plan is for our own people
to first do all they can towards the de-
velopment of our resources, and when
extra capital is required, seek it in Eu-
| rope where it is to be found in great
abundance and at lower rates than at
the North. At the same time, throw
no obstacles IN the way Of emigrants
from the Northern or Western States.
Receive them kindly, and extend to
them liberal and polite encourage
ment, but for heavens sake let us hear
no more of the necessity Of Northern
men and capital at the South: They
will come fast enough, uninvited, when
ever they find it to their interest, and
all our invitations and toadying will
bring neither them or their capital any
sooner. We do not wish to be under
stood as opposing the immigration Of
| Northern men or Northern capital, but
we object to the humiliating and false
\ confession that we cannot do without
them. We can develop our own re.
sources if we will, and if we leave il
to others to perform, we alone are tc
blame.-Greensboro Herald.
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Family Supplies.

~ UST Received one Barrel No. / MACKEREL
Bbl Choice LEAF LARD,
Sacks Choice FAMILY FLOUR. Ihavetest-
ed this Flour, and can recommend it Rs beng
very superior. There 10 NO mistake about it.
Throe Bbls WHITE WINE and APPLE
VINEGAR, which I can recommend as being
very fine.
Is Boxes Good ADAMANTINE CANDLES.
G. L. PENN.
0.s1o AZ
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1869-11-03

AN OUTRAGEOUS INSULT TO OuE
CoLoRED SoLD1ERs.-We are informed
by the daily press that " the Indians oil
the plains will not take scalps from
the heads ol negro soldiers killed in
battle"
Is not this fragrant violation OF the
spirit of the civil rights bill, of the
new amendments to the Constitution
and of the reconstruction policy Of Con-
gress
This is the crowning insult to our
colored citizens.
Shall the redskins be allowed thus
to make distinctions on account Of race
or color ?
When the colored troops fight brave
ly, may those untaxed Indians scorn
their scalps, as being no trophy worth
the taking off?
This contemptuous treatment of the
black man by the red man is not to be
borne.
Senator Summer must attend to this
He must prepare resolutions.
He must illuminate speeches against
the noble red man Of tie forest, who
when on the war path, dares to show
savage disrespect'to wool
He has abolished the word white"
in the District of Columbia, let him
abolish the word "black" on the plains.
Let him cause it to be enacted that
when the untaxed red skin says
"Ugh, big Indian no scalp niger !"
somebody shall shoot him on the spot
It is not because Of the difficulty of
taking off the colored mans scalp.
No such thing.
Indians scalpvcry short headed white
soldiers.
It is their contempt for the negro as
an Inferior race
They must be taught better.
Here is missionary work to do.
And new stipulation should be
made in all Indian treaties, that no
distinction of race or color shall be
made ID with the scalping knife.
=, The insult is too cutting.-Boston
Courier.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1869-11-03
Equality Life Insurance Compa

Every should Insure in the Equality Life
Company Of Virginia;
will
ally become PURELY MUTUAL and belong the INSURERS
the rapid accumuaons of the Company the
being Therefore the in
building institution peculiarly their conducted for their benefit
declare dividends
Company end tue first
Company he loses his be for ONE WHOLE YEAR
several he loses oil
he he has paid.
CLARK President
THOS II. WYNNE, President
GEN. JAMES LANE, Acuary
DR. F. B. WATKINS, Madoo, advoers
DR. a. w DAVIS
JUDGE JOHN A. MEREDITH Counsellor
DIRECTORS
B. WINSTON Treasurer and Secretary R. F. p RR
VIM ]. JOHNSON, of johnson & Hunt Wholesale GrOcrs
VIM II POWERS of Winston Powers, Wholesale Grocer
].
CHARLES Y. MORRIS, Morris & Co.'S Sugar Refinery
GA PEPLE Superintendent Manchester Cotton Mills
JOHN H. TYLER John a. & John Tyle, jewelers.
MOSES MILLHlSER, Wholesale Dry Goods
THOMAS S. BALDWIN, Clohier
JOHN NJ. GODDIN Cashier Planters Bank
r. Ill
G. ROBERTSON, Cattle
GEORGE / HERRING, Wholesale Grocer.
/. BROWN &c, Wholesale GrocerL
s M RosENBAUM aSS lds Of & a Rosenbsum Dry Goods
EQUALITY LIFE INSURANCE. COMPANY,
Pamphlets before you znsueN Your Interest do
PRINCIPAL OFFICE lols ST, R1cHMoND VIRGINIA
Agents Everywhere.
Richmond Oct 43
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1869-11-03

DAVID B. CLARK. President.
THOS. Fl. WYNNE, Vice President.
JOHN Q. WINN, Secretary.
GEN. JAMES II. LANE, Actuary.
DIR. F. B. WATKINS, n,.5;,., .a,:oo.,
DR.. H. W. DAVIS, -'0u'''' -AN''''i''
JUDGE JOHN A. MEREDITH, Counsellor
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1869-11-03
LIFE INSURANCE
LIFE INsURANG e /!
Insure Your Life in the Pied mont
Life Insurance Company
of Virginia,

WHICH is ONE OF THE BEST AND HOST
RELIABLE COMPANIES IN TIL
WORLD
Within the last Seventeen Months it hns ssucd
OVER NINETEEN HUNDRED P0LEIES,
has Insured NEARLY TEN MILLI0S OF
DOLLARS, and secured au INCOME OF beween
THREE AND FOUR HUNDRED TH0UAND
DOLLARS,-n success never surpassed d any
Company in tho world. 1t is purely Sothcrn
Company, and pays all its losses as soon a they
occur. Gen. N. E. EVANS WAS insured il this
Company, and FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
WAS PAID to his family very soon aff he
died.
The Subscriber is Agent for this Company and
will visit the District generally, frequently drng
the Spring and Summer. Before ,Insuring else-
where wait until call upon you, or write ! me
J. L. BRANCH, AgS..
Fob % If 70
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4 NAGNIF1csNr HOUSE OF WoRsHfl


A MAGNIFICENT HOUSE OF WORSHIP.
TIE New York Herald contains a
very full description of the new Jewish
house of worship, built corner Fifth
Avenue and Forty-third street, New
York, known as Temple Emanuel. I"
1t blends in unconscious harmony six
different orders of architecture-Sara-
Genie, Byzantine, Moresque, Arabesque,
Gothic and Norman. The interior
decorations are finer and more costly
than Of any Christian church in the
nd. The Herald closes its article with
following:
Zen pews from the pulpit sit every
oaos@ ten millionaires, and from that
--..-aore ;s ok an aggregate of millions
as tooa., hpresented. Did there. ever
Sssaer, since the days that the fair
and regal ruler OF Sheba was escorted
by the gorgeous retinue Of the court Of
Solomon to the temple of that monarch s
ambition, such a GALAXY of worldly
wealth and it might be ventured, such
!. galaxy Of beauty and refinement?
The roo. of the temple is fat and cut
into squares by the transverse arches.
A good deal OF elaborate nolychrome
painting fills i'll the spaces. The best
time To observe the many BEAUTIES III
this field Of decoration is at night, with
the aid furnished from the full radiance
of the many blazing candelabra. The
figures are brought out in happier re-
lief and show with lustre denied them
by daylight. Altogether the temple OF
Emanuel is a feature in itself, and has
no parallel. Its exterior is an expert
ment in architecture oftentimes before
attempted, but only in this instance re-
allied as success. Its interior decora-
tion, without being quite SO great q
novelty, has 50 many points of originali-
ty that itfairly divides the palm of In
terest with the architectural design. II
may be added, in conclusion, that the
first pew sold realized the enormous
sum Of $4,000.
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South Carolina Branch Omc G
AT COLUMBIA, S. c.

0FFCERS
LEAPHART, Secretary.
RESIDENT DIRECTORS:
JOHN MCKENZIE Mayor of Columbia, Genl JOHN PRESTON
JOHN S. SLOAN SR. W. B. GULICK, F. W. McMASTER,
R. c. SILVER, R. w GIBBES THOMPSON EARLE
DIRECTORS
Gov NJ L. BONHAM Genl NJ c. BUTLER, DR. HENRY R. COOK,
T. C. PERRIN, Genl. J. D. KENNEDY.
DR. of
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1869-11-03
VALUABLE Residence AND EARN
FOR SALE

.E'oR SEA1L-I-
yhE Subscriber offers his FARM, situated II
!! Il miles from Edsc6cld Village, on tho Colum
ola ~ road, for salo at bargain.
Inc Tract contains about One Hundred and
nrorty Acres,-about Sixty Acres clenred. The
pp,wseillng is large and commodious, containing
D pp'got Comfortable Rooms, and two Basement
t'ooms. Tho out-buillngs arc all in good order.
M,! weu Of good water in the yard.
Inls place is we'll stocked with several hundred
cnoiee Fruit Trees.
a, 10 any one desiring residence sufficiently near
tne ilage to he convenient to the Cchoas, Church.
w. rare Opportunity is nov offered.
bs given. 'fp
WE. DURIsoE, sn.
sept II 90
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-07-15

VI W tIlSit WoIoI JuaI StHItIuS
for some newly-reported dig
gings 60 miles TO the north
Among the dusty passengers
who jumped from the White
J Pine coach, just in season for
our train, was H. G. Blaisdel,
the Governor ofINevada, How
glad We were to see again his
towering form, and his frank
heartyfscel 'i97ol. has .b3noai.
j. Another dayupon the desert.
1t seems TO- strech out Ito the
crack OF, doom. Nobody can
realize, how great a. work this
has BEEN until he takes the
long ride Of four or five days
and nights through ,dreary
gwates and unbrokep solitudes.
On this immediate portion Of
the road alkali water would
corOde boilers andsoon destroy
Iithem. 1o For a % hundred miles,
therefore, waterlGis carried in
tanks, s,lupon platform cars, for.
the locomotives Az supply
will ultimately O be brought
from the Truckee, River, 33
miles, through bored tamarack
logs. Several stations are al
ready furnished in that,way,
from springs six or eight miles
distant On the Union Pacific,
also,ithrough the Bitter Greek
country, water is carried 30 or
40 miles upon the q trains, to
overcome the same difficulty,
| For the last night (the fifth
since, leaving 0maha) we go
to bed in. the sleeping car. AT
dark the air is sultry; but We
begin to ascend; before mid.
night we call for blankets. Al
daylight we wake among no.
! BILE forests, and grand snow
drifts, with Donner Lake, cool,
and blue, and sparkling, on our
lett. iAdieu to the desert!
Hail to the Sierras! Were ever
these pines, and spruces, and
frs, so darkly green before, or
the MOSES upon their trunks
so brightly yellow, or the
tumbling waters Of such fcamy
whiteness? Were ever the
rocks overhead SO vast and
threatening, or tie chasms so
deep to our staining eyess "'
+ Over the summit we 60, and
down the western slope
through sixteen tunnels,
through twenty miles Of snow.
sheds. At the most exposed
points the roofs are of four.
inch planks firmly bolted into
granite. They have worked'so
we'll that nearly twenty miles
more are to be eadded. In moth.
ing have the Central Pacific
people shown greater energy
than in dealing with the snow,
| which falls here during an av.
erage winter to the depth of
nearly fifty feet. A year ago
today there were eighteen feet
Of Snow Upon this track; hun.
dreds Of Cinnamon with shov.
els were helping a snowIplo%
| (three Tines as high asa tall
| man.. and driven by ten9heavy
locomotfvesI to fight its way
[ through IT, sdf f.8ah'f
| .Avalanchesm here liheyer
sweep the ground j clean as
among the Alps. The first
snow falls, and a few sunny
days and freezing nights int
crust it with ice. 0 Latersnows,
melting, begin Ito slide and roll
down upon it. A ball will
gather as large as a load Of
hay, then breaks into fifty 9TH
er balls each one Of which
grows and breaks in its turn
They carry an incredible depth
of bank into the deep, narrow
valleys 4 ; lElcoolnNogmnhicalnlN olNgnhc the.
sheds ARE q great success
|. Esstlhletticcally, sllt they area are a great
nuisance Again gftirb and again, as
one is enjoying the ,grandest
scenery upop, the, continent doptin mt |
the train plunges. into a long,
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-07-15

} PVsl'SS oine, uoWn Thousand o
: two feet, into a green. . valley
with its swift running stream
thickened and muddied by til,
! miners miners n sI foliage, grow
warmer The evergreens arr
Einterspersed with white dog
wood flowers as largo as the
l palm of ones hand; white
strawberry blossoms; blue lark
spurs; blue and white lupines
and q the q curling, blood red
leaves of the low, conical snow
cactus. .,.... o.r, .u
d The woods open into the
broader fields Of the foot hills
Tall pines and frs give way to
spreading live with glossy
leaves. We pass mining towns,
scattereds ia .hop 9, i and
grazing, ''ho9rsees, sheep, and
Espotted ycattle, Thicker and
taller grows the grass, but all
ways; dull and faded; for the
vivid green p, the Eastis pev-
er seen int in this dry climate.
Late in the season the land,
scape isstraw- -colored, r.,. .,,.
Now we are fairly in heYal,
ley, among gardens blooming
with roses and oleander, clus-
ters Of ripe currants, cherries,
and nectariines; luxSprriRpnt fig
trees; vineyards. Of thirty and
fortybacres; tapping, lwmtdmills
for pumping water from the
wells; low dwellings with deep
porticos, half hidden by vines
and shading trees; fields nearly
a mile long, in which the sill.
very barley is up to to a mans
waist: and other fields in which
the oats have been cut and
raked into winrows. We glide
across the broad American
river, and over halfa mile q
trestle,work; o through the
spreading suburbs Of Sacra-
mento; along the levee, the
river on one side and a slough
with halfsu bmerged roofs ant
timbefs, wrecks from the floo(
OF sixty two, on the other
past the Central Pacific ma
chine and repair shops, round
houses, and car sheds; through
the Chinese quarter land here
we are at the tide water from
the Pacific, with a steamer or
the river and a train Of Val
'lejo cars on the.opposite bank
waiting to take us to San Fran
cisco. Five hoursago we were
among snow banks here the
mercury stands at ninety de
glees in the shade. 1t is but {
forenoon's rioe fom Winter u
Summer, and only a twent,
\ hours ride from the heart o
the desert to the heart Of joai
western metropolis. ol'| Oh
| Sacramento has doubled in
! population since 1865; it nov
contains 22,oo0lpSe5oopEles.1a A. as lssSss $
tenn of levees has been COIN
pleted9 projecting ithagains!
future danger nby aOodS ltheil
aggregate length lis d2 miles,
and they haveI cost over ST.,
100000. The leading business
streets, as far back as Tenth
have beeniraised to @theigrade,I I
eight feet ,laboye, the nat,
ural ground. Streets are set.
tied as far back as Twentieth
on paper they are laid out be.
yond Flftieth. The new Capt.
tol has progressed 50 far, that
the Legislature will probably
occupy it next winter. The
foundation is of granite; the
main, building Of brick, some
300 feet long, with, a dome
which will rise, $50 feet. The
architectural effect is admira
BILE; bnt'it is q pity that there
was no. commanding hill to
place the building upon Its Its
cost will uy fall little below
S2,oO0,Oo0 ip gold q6l Jed, !
The. Sacramento shops of the
Central Pacific Company EN-,
ploy several hundred mechan-f
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-04-03

At a regular meeting of the Trades Assembly
held at their Hail, 2S7 Randolph Street, March
18th. 1869, the Assembly was called to order
by the President. ?. J. O'Connell
The minutes Of the last meeting were read
and approved, when the following committees
reported:
Committee On getting tranSpsrencies, r~"or'
that they had purchased O9aapd placed i :
side Il the building, as ordered ty the Asssa
bly, The Committee handed in BILL which vas
ordered paved.
Committee on Preamble and Resolutions then
read preamble and resolutions which we're pub
lished ia the ADVOCATE of March goth.
The report Of the different trades was then
made.
Iron Noulders report trade middiing, with
All he men at work and good prospects OF q
,er, Is Spring and Summer. They also re
portea the Union 10 healthy and prosperous
condition.
Bricklayers report trade very dull.
Coopers report trade as usual.
The balance Of the trades report trade reviY-
ing slowly.
Il was moved that the reports of the different
trades be accepted. Carried.
On motion there was a committee Of two ap-
pointed 70 buy new chairs and carpet, with
power to have the Trades Assembly Hall re-
fitted $ comfortably and pleasantly as posi-
be. Carried.
After the transaction {. olher important bus
mess, the Assembly adjourned till the fourth
Saturday in March. TIMOTHY LYScH,
Rec Sec'v.