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For the Spirit.
OLD MONROE.

There's little in thy rugged hills,
Or rocky dells or winding rills,
That ever stranger bosom thrills
No iron way thy valleys know,
Nowires where sleepless heralds flow.
Nor yet the furnaces red glow.
Trade comes not with her busy feet,
And learning makes not this her seat,
Nor art nor science their retreat.
No precious ores in hill or dale,
No palm or lime tree in the vale,
No orange blossom scents the gale.
No ancient palace here is seen.
No ruined fort or castle cen,
Nor sickoning battlefield 1 wcen.
But there is not, on any soil,
More honest, generous men Of toll,
Than these thy sons, unstained by spoil.
In hope they ever plant the seed,
In faith prepare for time of need,
In charity the hungry feed
And purer winds did never blow,
Nor brighter waters ever flow.
Than for the sons of Old Monroe
And though thy hills may rugged be,
And strangers fild no charm in thee,
Thou ever hast charm for me.
AUGUST, 1S7u J. w. o.
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The Duty on sugars.

The duties ON clarified and refined su-
gar are almost prohibitory ander the
present law, and the present tariff makes
no reduction on refined sugar, and only
half a cent per pound on clarified sugar,
and vet these are the sugars the people
most use and need, and ought to be
cheapened if possible. The present duty
is so high that in the first nine months of
1869 only 1,007,19 pounds of them,
worth $67, 7,S17, were imported But of
the raw sugar, which the people do not
consume, and only the refners import
and use during the same time, 1,l05,36S-
227 pounds, worth S54,351 ,6SS were i'm
ported, on which the duty is reduced by
the present tariff from 3 to 2 cents per
pound. Why such a large reduction on
this kind and so trifling on the others
1t is because there exists in this country
an immense, wealthy, and powerful mo-
nopoly, called sugar reliners, who, by
the aid of the prohibitory duties on i'm
ported refined sugars, have for many
years enjoyed. the undisputed command
of our markets and prices, and have beer
able, by being permitted to import theil
raw materials, the brown or common su
gars,a such low rates, to sell their man
ufactured products at exorbitant prices
and realize princely fortunes.
The reduction in the price of the com
mon brown sugars is calculated directly
and most materially to increase and fur
ther enrich their monopoly. BUTT doe
not reduce the price Of sugar to the gfsd
mass OF consumers IN any material dc
gree. Yet it would cost the govcrnmen
annually in reduced revenue about $40,
100000, nearly all which would find it
way into the pockets Of the favoret
protected refners. The high and almos
prohibitory duties are to be kindly con
tinued on the imported refined sugars,s ,s'
as to ssprotect" the American reiiner
against any annoying competition, ant
enable them, Notwithstanding this gene
rous reduction in their raw materials
to maintain their monopoly of the mai
Iket and prices for their products, the re
fined sugars. The duty on tea, coffee
and sugar is very high, too high; but t
give the people any material relic
Iasainst it the reduction should be muc
greater than it is, and should be made /
conjunction with a great, general redut
ton of all duties, and should be so al
iusted as to benefit the consumers chlel
lly, not the monopolists entirely.
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FRANCO O-PRUSSIAN WAR.
No Junction Between Ba-
Zaine and McMahOn.
Proclamation bY the Prince
Royal.
The Prusslans Occupy Vitry.
The Advance Towards Paris.
PrusSian Army Expected to Reach
Paris ON Tuesday OrWednesday.

LONDON, August GA junction of
Bazaine with Mcmahon has not yet been
effected
The Prince Royal of Prussia has is
sued a proclamation of the people of
France, wherein he says: Prussia makes
war against the Emperor and not the
people of France. The people have
nothing whatever to fear. The Prince
announces hisaapurpose to instantly re-
store lines of travel which have been in
terrupted or destroyed by army move
ments so that labor and commerce may
everywhere be resumed. All of the
French officials have been requested to
remain at their posts and their personal
safety is guaranteed. The Prince further
says only the surplus of food will be ta-
ken for the German troops. that only
which is not required by peaceful French.
The Opinione Rationale demands the
abolition Of octroi. 1t is predicted that
the terms for peace between France and
Prussia will embrace the following
points: Vosges to be the future bounda-
ry; Basleduc to remain French territory ;
the province of Alsace to be partitloned
between Bavaria and Baden.
LONDON, August 2S.-The following
official dispatch is dated at Bar lie Due,
Friday night: The garrison of Vitry
was surrounded on Thursday morning.
The Plussians captured. sixteen guns
Two battallions of the French Garde
Mobile were annihilated by the Prussian
cavalry. Seventeen French officers and
$50 soldiers were captured. The Prus.
slams had one major severely and three
troopers slightly wounded.
PARIS, August 2S.-McMahon's main
army is at Stenay. The Emperor is al
Resonyille and the Prince Imperial al
Rethil.
The Prussians push there reconnois
sances as far as Montmedy.
The Price Roya. slept night before
last at Chalons. In case of the siege o
Paris, the Government officials othe
than the Ministers will 60 to Tours
Bourges and Lyons to administer in. th'
province uninyaded by the enemy
/ LONDON, August 2S.-Tmers appoint
mcnt on the committee of Defense is th'
result of special decree.
| The Soir denounccs the inactivity o
the French fleet.
! A Renteres Telegram says the siege o
Paris is deemed inevitable. 1t is evel
said that the Government prefers thi
result to pitched battle. The paper
invite the French to rush to it's defcns
in spite of the supineness Of the Gov
ernment. The Paris journals also sa..
that the advances Of the Crown Primo
Is fatal to the Prussian campaign.
PARIS, August 2S.-In the Corps Leg
islatif yesterday, Palikao announce
that 100000 Prussians attacked Verdu
and were repulsed with heavy loss.
Theirs made an explanation of hi
position. He said he onlyssknew of hi
appointment as a member of the CON
mittee of Defense from the columns {
the journal that morning. He az
cepted the trust through devotion to hi
country; but he said he must have til
support of the Chambers. His declar;
tion was received with applause. Th
President thereupon announced that tt
entire Chamber accepted The apooin
: mcnt of Theirs.
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what's the DlTerenCel

The Parkersburg Times condemns the
conduct OF Holden and Kirk in North
Carolina, and endorses the comments of
the New York Times upon the affair,
and adds: Victory must be secured at
the ballot box, if at ALL But we can't
see that there is much difference between
a victory obtained at. the ballotbox as
the West Virginia system is enforced,
and one sobtained at the point of the
bayonet, as was attempted, but happily
failed, in North Carolina How can the
Times support the one and denounce the
other? In either case the will OF the
people is disregarded and their rights
are trampled in the dust Wheeltag
Register.
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leaning on Meziers, Sedan and Montmedy
with tho Rnluion houpdrv hnhipd

leaning on Meziers, Sedan and Montmedy
with the Belgian boundry behind.
The Prussians who were marching on
to Paris deployed from Stenay to Trols
have changed their direction; instead of
going west they are going north. Their
troops around Trois march in the dlrec-
ton of Romelly; those around Chalons
in that of Snipps, and those which were
between Stenay and Varenns in the di-
rection of Rethel, by Grand Pie and
Vanziers while strong force is at Dun
observing the left of McMahon at Ste
nay. Meanwhile strong Prussan col.
umns are advancing from Luneville and
Joinyille to St. Desier, where the head
quarters of the King were reported yes
terday Tie manifest intentions of the
Prussians is to destroy Mcmahon as
they destroyed Bazaine, and then turn
their attention to Paris. A great battle
will certainly be fought before many
days, between Bethel and Montmedy.-
Do not believe in the dispatches from
Bethel this morning saying that McMa-
hon and Bazane are in communication.
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(,onundrun,s.

What was the first Eve-angelical ALI
ance? Adams marriage in Eden.
When are stays like snobs? When
they're coarse-set.
Why do hens lay eggs in the day.
time? Because at night they are ''roos-
ters."
What sort of leegings would you ex-
plore the Nile with? ALI CATERS.
Why should Arabs not be subject &c
insanity? Because they are a nomac
{no- -mad) race.
What ailmeat may we lock for on AZ
oak Acorn.
METEOROLOGICAL QurRr.-When il
The worst weather for rats and mice
When Ii rains cats and dogs.
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Eg'By protective tariff, the MANN
facturcr is protected, but not the laborer.
The former is enabled to charge as much
as he pleases for his goods, and the
workman is compelled to accept such
wages as the manufacturer chooses to
give him. The protective policy makes
everything as dear as possible and then
the workman must accept the pittance
doled out to him as wages, by the man
|ufacturer, or starve.
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NIfAMk8a
'spoaiCosgSgn,N

Mr. chafrfna1T mast q mare
Illustrations Of In - this
bill rsdeens hs pied gl6
burdeEs &of 5h8 peqpI ~ eee
years ending Jnne so lFol6go
annual import Of spool cotton was g.
$50, 200 dozens, and the dutywsg74peE
cent TiM ualSrcn1 Il The ayku58e HriUyG
the best quality was 45 cents per dozen,
which would make the cost Of the Whole
import S3,O0S, $40. ID 1868, the Import
was. 8 $40, ,573 dozens, on which th& ttv
was 63 to ,67 per cent. al odldteyks u
the average price was 81 I Q psi d6ned5
making the whole cost Of tile fqtfhaep
imported S3,S71 $50 80. In other Mos1ii
the american consumer paid -in-@sd
S3.Dos, $40 fof 6,6S5, 200 dozens,mdi IN
1868 l,e;paids 1871, $50 80 for ;sess Ntaa
hut fhequantfts, or for ], 9gsl7nldE-
ens. In lS6S-69 the sanie zthfeaf Cost
81 10 per dozen, or 65 cents per Dozen
more than in 1861. The business, in
consequence Of this enormous dutyibfS
been greatly stimulated, and it is iidw
estimated that 100000 dozens are
produced annually.
The cost has advanced somewhat by
reason of the high price of COTTON, but
this increase does not add Is cents per
dozen ;but assuming that 1T ADDS IS Cent?
per dozen, leaving 40 cents per dozen
occasioned by the tariff, and then the in:
teresting fact remains that the people
pay s4,0O0,o00 per year for the precious
privilege of having this cotton manu-
factured by few men in Connccticgt
and Massachusetts. But the Treasury
only received of these duties $975, ,I09
SS. leaving a net balance for: the p3nqr
facturers of S3,02I, $50 IL paid BY the
consumers, This, however, is not now
satisfactory, and the Ways and Means
Committee propose to give these gentlqp
men further bounty. ranging flJm q
cents per dozen aud so per cent. ad ralo-
rem,to II cents per dozen aud 30 per cent.
ad calorem, according to quality, thus
adding other generous millions pfsthd
consumers money to their profits and
few more thousands to the coantry's
revenue, and they call this reducing the
peoples burdens. -Ertrdct from Hon.
M. c. Kerr's Speech in Congress, March
81, 1870. sfv
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EFIn one of onr Sabbath schoals,
not long since, the question was askeds
s'Who was the strongest man z" A After
many Intellectual attempts at answering
by the class, the teachers SAID. .SampsQns
Whereupon one little codger asked, ~
Samson stronger nor Mike McCoole w ~
This is equal to Bob Young's attempta,
ing TO explain to his cl:iss the stata sQf
things in the temple when Christ nIAdsp
scourge Of small cords aud droyostiln'
money changers out. "You see," eaki
Bob .:they had a whole lot OF things *
the church for salc.n aOh, yes, ;, said
Sam, ejust like we lad In our church.
once" Bob is down on fairs in churches
now. iIii
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AT Wcissomburg the Marquis d 'ks1
pinillcs, COL of Cavalry at the head 81
the Third IIussars, in order to give the
Douay Division time, charged seventeen
times on the Prussian columns. AT. H6e
last charge thr regiment was redqcoj to
| fifty men, but the Colonel, cererod Mifao
wounds led his men again. 2 = e%sasy
The special correspondent Of The Lon
don Times, speaking of the bastlc Of
Woerth says "rhc Prussian like gnl
erous enemies admit the gallantry which
could not resist them, and Tire sridicsq
lsay that nothing in hottest of the fight
| ing at Koniggratz could at all sceIiJpArc
with the lighting at Wocrth-r 2 II
A Cincinnati gentleman, now in 81,
varia, writes home as follows; s'rhe cx-
citement here over the war between
France and Prussia iHelatliHs~ esile
Ge-many), J, exceeds that in tho United
States when Fort Sumter was fired itbon.
Eyerybody,old and young, arms for tat
tie. Although Bayaria's contingent was
eight Thousand men, she has already put
that number in the field"
General Loring, of the Confederate
army, who figured in the Kanawha Val
ley during the early part OF the war, is
now in the service OF the Khediye of
Egypt He ranks as Brigadier General
of Infantry and his monthly pay Is
about three hundred and fifty dollars.
/ The unfortunate Maximillian abdact-
cd and adopted as his heir apparent a
descendant Of his Predecessor RlFbltle,
and at the request of Napoleon, sent the
lad to France to beN educated. 1t so
happened that on his Srrival at AaRF
he was claimed by his pbther who was
ono Miss Green, of Ge&getown,D. c. /,
!, and she finally brought lin to this coun-
! try in triumph The ex Prince Imperial
J, of Mexico Is now an ordinary school
) boy in Georgetown.
An attorney presenting copy Of .
writ TO an auctionecr, apolegized for his
uniriendly visit as he was merely per,
forming an unpleasant duty OF his profes
Sioil. ScitstiHlf lpt,sF Ssuut ttlc siuSotOu
) Ger ..you must attend The duties of you
profession, and so must I to mine," and
instantly knocked him dewn-
II Nextyear Morrissey is going TO pstuI
f a large building adjoining his club house
: at Saratoga, for the use of ladies, who,h ,ht
i says. see through the intricacies of tht
game played sooner than men,.
The Albany Argus says thatadrirysfs
K on Washington avenue in that town. has
$ this cheerful invitation in his show win
d dow: .Comc in and get twelve elnetic'
IS for one shilling.
t. Three parties named Whitley, Mitchei
il end Roane were held, yesterday, al Al
I. lenton. Pa, in $4,000 bal, each Cor iii
i, murder Of State Senator Steyeus' s.
u Chaugarnier's FIRST a6lyiecsaiter his SCI
K vices were accepted is sasd 70 have heeI
oil Artillery artillery artillery : s !
ie 70 ascertain the weight OF q hnrse u
your toe undor the aniInas foot 4
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An editor of one Of the New York

An editor of one OF the New York
magazines lately sent back his tailor's
bill accompanied by a neatly printed
slip informing the tailor that his Ms. was
..respectfully declined Force of habit
The mistake was not discovered untl
the next day. The tailor discovered it
In Nevada contemplative Digger In
dian sat watching party of base-bal
players, who seemed to him to be work
ting very hard. Turning to one 0
them, he asked, 'IIow much you get on
day p
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Eg-The Third Regiment of Zouav,

Ey-The Third Regiment of Zouaves
at Woerth went into action alter a
march of over forty miles in the rain.
They fought from eleven until four
Then they retrcatcd to Savcrne by a
march Of twenty miles. Five hundred
and fifty men only are lett of the regi-
mcnt. Forty five out of sixty seven Of
flters were killed or dangerously woun-
ded. All the rest are more or less
wounded, with The exception of Colonel
Bocher, who did not receive scratch
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gs-Micaael .Ney, a son of the famous

Gs Michael Ney, a son of the famous
Marshal who worthily bore tire title Of
"the bravest of the brave" is now serv-
ing in the French army. He seems to
have much of the fire, aud energy and
daring of his father At the battle Of
Gravellotte he received three sabey
wounds on his face, and was promoted
to Colonelcy on the field.
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g-Thc Prussians and German cav
airy are splendidly mounted. The ar
tillery horses are perhaps not equal to
the French teams but the German pri-
Yates are as well mounted as the French
officers, The horses don't carry as much
load either. The heevy .euirassier char
gers are said by some observers to have
lighter load than the little African hor-
ses.
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When the Ninth Cuirassiers charged
at Woerth, Lieutenant Billet, the Col. S
son, charged four times, after his jaw
bone had been broken by q ball, His
father had him carried of The field BY
force at the fifth charge. be hinself be-
iuo killed in the same.
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HTwelve lAes, or less, Will be charged as
ene square,
FAN legal advertisements will be charged
BY the line, and must be paid in advance of
publication.
q Notices Of the appointment Of Ad- q
- ministrasor's and Executors; also -
- Attachment Notices and Road noti-- -
- ces, two dollars and fifty cents, il. ~
- advance. -
rAdvertising done at published rates,
and payment required in advance, in all
cases.
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s229.OSS.479 81
Excess, 1870,

From this it is very easy matter to
see that the expenditures during the last
year of Grants administration is some
thing over four tinacs as great as under
Buchanan's, or over eight dollars per
capita, instead Of t,ro, as under the adj
ministration of Buchanan: SO much for
Radical economy and Radical boasting.
Figures cannot lie, yet the Leader lies
about figures s-0hto Statesman.
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Save Fifty Dollars.

NY PERSON wishing to purchase one Of
n Gfoyesteen's Pianos, advertised in this
naper. can save fifty dollars OF the price by
spolsing to the editor Of The paper june
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REsoLUTIoN OF Re-
PUBLICAN CoNvEN-
TON AT COLUMBUS
ON THE l0rH OF
AUaUsr:
"Resolred, That
a tariff for revenue
isindispensable is and
should be SO all
justed as TO be the
least prejudicial to
the industrial and
producing interests
Of every class or
section, while secu-
ring to the home
producer a fair
competition against
foreign producers
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From the Cincinnati Enquirer.I
Free Trade and the Two Plat
forms. ir

In order to show, the position of the
two parties in Ohio upon the question of
free trade and high protective tariff, we
publish in juxtaposition the resolutions
adopted by each at their respective State
Convontions.
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Can any one interested in the tariff
hesitate in regard to his political action
as between these two parties? One
the Observation-Disclosures the Schenck
tariff as robbery of the many for the
few; the Republican does not. The
Democratic resolution calls for q low
revenue tariff that closely approximates
to free trade, and with the declaration
that necessarics of life should be free
from duty; the Republican platform, on
the contrary, insists upon revenue
tariff, with the addition of securing to
the home producer protection against
foreign producers. Now, the people of
Ohio have no article that they desire to
be protected against foreign producer.
Their corn, wheat, pork, DC, they are
perfectly willing to compete with against
the world. They ask no odds, and can
receive no protection except in the most
unrestricted trade. The protection allu-
ded to means to Pennsylvania iron, New
England cotton manufacturers, New
York salt, Louisiana sugar, and other
articles of which our people are the con-
sumers, and for which, by the tariff IA
vored by the Republican Convention,
they are required to pay two prices.
1t follows that it is against the inter
ests of Ohio men to sustain any such
system as discriminates against their in
dustry and in favor of that of other
sections of the country. 1t is true, the
protection called for in the Republican
platform is to be what is called "a fair
one," but what constitutes sfairness" Is
TO be left to the discretion of Congress
after it has been bought up by the man,
ufacturcrs aforesaid. The iron, sugar
cotton and salt manufacturers do mol
consider one, two or three hundred per
cent. to be collected off the American
consumer anything more than ''fair.
but the Democracy do. We believe tho
lpeople of Ohio do, and that no intelli
gent elector will this fall sustain q party
which has thus completely sold out to {
\ few interested monopolists. What is de
sired is tariff for revenue, and nothing
else Equality for all, and protection
| for none.
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Thirty publishers and s6,ooo,o0o cap
ital are employed in the Publishing Q
Sunday School literat4re ia this country
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RESOLUTION OF DEN
| oCRATIc CoNvEN-
TIoN AT COLUMBUS
ON JUNE L.
| "Resolred, That
we denounce the
| present tariff, as
well as the snbsti-
| tute lately introduc-
ed in the House
Of Representatives
from the Commit
tee on Ways and
Means, as a gigan-
tic robbery of the
| labor and industry
tof the country:
that they are solely
designed to ad-
vance the interests
of o few thousand
monopolists, and
that this should be
no longer submit
ted to, and that no
canQluaCe 1Or COn-
gress, nor for any
other Office, is wor-
thy of support who
is not in favor of a
low revenue tariff
which closely ap-
lproximates to free
trade; that in the
arrangement of a
revenue tariff all
the necessarles of
life should be abso-
lutely free Of duty
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Platform of the Ohio Democracy.
ADOPTED JUNE L, 1870,
The Tariff and Internal Reve-
nue. Swindles.
THE land JODBERS DENOUNCED.

The following platform Of principles
was adopted at Columbus on the 1st day
of June:
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BRussELs. August 80 The Prussians
are making ilaak movement ON Nc
NIahon, the same as they did on Bazaine
This is the situation OF BOTH armies
McMahon, as have already told you
occupies line from Bethel to Stefiay