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ALSACE AND LORRAINE.
A Scheme of Msdintion.

The London Times of October 15 observes
that the only stumbling-block in the way OF
peace is the surrender of Alsace and Lorraine
and that this surrender is demanded by Ger
many for no other reason than for the sake of
securing herself from future attacks by France.
In this country we honestly believe Germany
would be safe from attack by France without
this surrender If Alsace and Lorraine were de-
nuded of strong places. We cannot therefore
hesitate to incur any remote responsibility that
might depend upon the supposed erroneous
nature OF our persuasion if we could thereby
secure the gain of peace. Little more than
three years ago we were content to enter into
substantial guarantee in order to prevent war,
and the fact cannot be overlooked in any de-
liberation now on the means of concluding the
war. Taking our stand upon this basis, let us
put this ypsthesis:-Suppose after securing
what might, we believe, be easily secured the
cooperation of Austria and Russia we addressed
the two belligerents in something like the fol-
lowing sense:-'It is admitted that the inhabi-
tants of the disputed provinces are averse from
the transfer OF their allegiance; and, speaking
from the experience of each of Us, we know the
constant danger to peace resulting from the
necessity of governing district inhabited by
people resenting the rule imposed upon them.
We recognize, however, the justice of the de-
mand made for some guarantee of future safety,
and we feel that the dismautlement of the hos
tile places in the provinces, the possession of
which is contested, may De deemed an INSULT
cient security by the one and an uncalled-for
exposure to attack by the other. We are ready,
strong places of Alsace and Lorraine be disnan-
tied, and we will enter into joint and several
guarantees with each belligerent to join either
against the other in case one should make an
attack upon the other without first submitting
to our arbitration as neHtrals the grounds on
which such an attack is sought to be justified"
1t is quite possible such an offer might be un-
successful, but there are reasons why some
efforts should be made to promote it. No man
can doubt that the present war will revolution
ize the conditions of public law in Europe.
1t is evident enough that an abstract declara-
tion in favor of arbitration without penalty
a declaration such as was contained in the
Treaty of Paris in 1S56-is useless, and perhaps
worse than useless. There is another reason,
somewhat peculiar perhaps, to ourselves. Our
position is much misunderstood on the Conti-
nent at the present time. We are accused of a
selfish isolation, of being unconcerned at any
misfortunes of our neighbors. aud of a craven
temper that would buy present immunity from
danger at any price. We could not more
clearly disprove these charges than by taking
the initiative in Offering terms of peace that
would attest genuine desire to protect our
friends from injury.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
Naval Orders.

NHNbt brurrN.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.--Ensigus L. S. Bas-
sett and Uriah r. Harris are ordered TO the
Pacific fleet on November 1st. Eusigus e. A.
Field, n. e. Mason, and John b. Briggs to
torpedo duty Newport, Rhode Island En-
sign H. o. Handy to the Boston Navy Yard.
Passed Assistant Surgeon w. S. Fort to tenn
porary duty at the New York Navy Yard.
Second Assistant Engineer B. F. Wood to
examination for promotion. Lieutenant
Commander B. 2. Smith is detached from
ordnance duty at the Boston Navy Yard, and
ordered to the Chief of the Bureau of Ord
nance for duty; Master Daniel Delahanty
from the st. Mary's, and placed on wait
ing orders Master E. w. Bridge, from
the Frolic, and granted three months
leave; Ensign A B. Wickoff, from the Nam
tucket, and granted sick leave Surgeon G.
H. Burbank, from the Kearsarge, and placed
on waiting orders; Assistant Surgeon P. P.
Reilly, from the Lancaster, and granted sick
leave: Paymaster B. NJ. Mead, from the Kear-
SARGE and ordered to settle to his accounts.
Treasury Statements.
The United States Treasurer holds this day
as security for circulating notes $344, 500, $50,
as security for deposits and public moneys,
$3.50, 481, ,050 mutilated notes burned during
the week ending this date, 1921, 800; total
amount burned, $31, 179, ,46S; bank cur
rency issued for bills DESTROYED
during the week, $641,17O: total
amount issued therefor, $50, 1872, ,G35; balance
due for mutilated notes 5000 S33; bapk cir
culation outstanding this date, 1901, ,899, ,359;
shipments of currency during the week,
notes, $1,S2G, 266; fractional currency,
$974,3 ,375; receipts of fractional currency
during the week ending this date, $522, 900;
fractional currency destroyed during the
week, $333, 5164O.
The Asintic Fleet.
Rear Admiral Rodgers has relieved Vice
Admiral Rowan of the command of the Asiatic
fleet. On August 2Oth last Admiral Rodgers
reported that he would leave for Hong Kong,
China, on the 22d of that month. vice-Ad-
miral Stephen C. Rowan, late comm ander of
the Asiatic fleet, reports under date of Au-
gust 22 that he would leave Singapore in the
flagship Delaware on the 23d of that month
for the United States. The Alaska was at
Singapore.
The ArmistIce Question.
Information from an official sonrce by
cable was received here to-day to the effect
that Bismarck does not consider Lord Gran
villes note as proposition for an armistics.
He thinks the proposition should come from
France. Theirs will probably be permitted
to go to Versailles, but there is uncertainty
about his being allowed to enter Paris Her
Majestys Government have not yet received
a reply to their suggestions from Prussia.
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Britons rest far too much upon our beef and
mutton, and suffer most ignominiously when
deprived of them-as we did this day.
While looking forward anxiously to the cafe
al Ld1 and bread and butter, of which alone
we could be quite sure, Numbers Two and
Three-being patient folk, and not exaspe-
rated by inevitable ills-sallied out to post
some letters and arrange about the diligence
journey of tomorrow. 1t was a still, clear
night, and the quaint streets, dimly lighted
by new moon, looked most tempting st.
Lo was already on the point of retiring to
rest; but we found one shop open, where
woman, with the charming politeness of the
French middle class, nay, all classes, not
only explained the way, but sent her little boy
to show it to us. The small fellow trotted
along by our side, chattering his pretty
French, and as courteous and considerate as
bis elders-all for pure curiosity, too, for
both he and his mother looked quite asto-
nished at the gift of few sous. Equally
polite, iii that free way to which we are so
unacoustomed in England, was the old man
of whom we took our places for the diligence.
He explained, with the greatest care what
sort of vehicle it was, nay, even went ont of
his way to show it to us, and impressed upon
us, with most fatherly anxiety, that we must
take plenty of wraps, as it was sure to be very
cold; also that it started at 6 A. NJ and that
we and our baggage must on no account be
later than that hour at the bureau The
author cf ''Joha Halitaa, Geatien1aR,' IN 81.
PdulS.
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N hat Clever French Woman saya of
Americans.

W Hui NNftF EEebch "OmHH Sbfs OF
A good many Americans will remember
Madame Olympic Audouarde, French woman
who sought among us fame and fortune as a
lecturer. When home she published book
about us called lie Far West, in which she
says eff not Yankee by birth or inclina-
ton, you will, after a residence of few
months in America, become a victim of a
violent spleen-a strange, inexpressible dis
couragement. The word business is forever
sounded in your ears, until a great longing
takes possession of you to fly far out Of this
prosaic atmosphere.
She complains of the absence of filial love
and genuine family life, but acknow Wedges
that she is lost in admiring wonder at the
process of tional assimilation which is all
the while going on-the annual recasting and
fusion of 300, 900 or 100, 600 emigrants, mostly
farmers mechanics and adventurers, into
ore free, enlightened, and powerful people.
She says that in France there are not to-
day, probably, half dozen sincere Bepubh.
cans. (WhGt would France, who has Just
proclaimed a republic, say to that? y She
thinks that they are by nature inclined to
Cesarism, and that every Frenchman contains
within himself the materials for small
despot. If he obtains but the shadow of
power, he is at once ready to abuse it and be-
come an autocrat.
In America it is altogether different If
you should transplant to that country the
greatest of autocrats you would behold his
power and his autocratic tendencies melt in
the warm sunshine of universal freedom. If
the youth of France were for generation
educated in America, you might, when you
brought them home, place even King Bomba
on the throne with perfect impunity, for he
would have to succumb to the liberal spirit OF
the people.
The German, whose liberal Tendencies are
on so many points in perfect harmony with
American ideas, becomes at once acclimated
in his new transatlantic home but the
Frenchman seldom or never develops into a
model American.
The Germans sarcastically say the French
have earned the right to be called the most
noted geographers in the world, inasmuch as
they are so conspicuous for their ignorance
of it. 1t is asserted that they have proved
it, especially during the present war, by
planning to bombard German ports which
they could not even reach except on paper.
Not very long ago q certain French paper
sent correspondent to Vienna, who made a
good many geographical blunders in his let
ters The Germans laughed because he
called Mayence an old French town, and
spoke of ''tbe celebrated University of Das-
seldorf," which existed only in his imagina-
tion, which he called one of the literary
focuses of Prussia; but they give up trying
TO follow him when he calls Thuringia the
cradle of Prussia, which, two hundred years
ago he says, was merely 'Palaiaate of
Bran denbure.'
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THE ITALIAN PEAsANT.-The peasantry of
Italy are not much addicted to dancing, OK
cept in carnival, and the priests denounce it
as peccato mortale, or deadly sin, when
they have the chance. A village fete in most
parts of Italy is day on which there is no
thing to do, when people walk about in their
best Clothes eat and drink better than usual,
and go to church three times instead of once;
once to mass, once to vespers, and once to
funzione in the evening. The distin-
gushing features of village 'wake"
in Italy-a harvest home, vintage
feast, or a veglione in the dead of winter-are
eating and drinking, intermixed with singing
(sacred and profane), and the offering up of
prayers. Many lads of fifteen can rhyme aud
yersify in the most surprising manner, now
and then extorting praise (and money! from
tourists, few of whom are, perhaps, aware
that the improyvisatori Of Italy are in the
habit of using the same phrases over and
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QUAINT Town IN NoRMANDY.-The after
noon light was fading over lovely country,
with fertile meadows like England, and glens
just like Scotland, as we took our last bit of
railway travelling to st. Lo, where the reign
of LOGON otives ends and that of diligences
begins. 1t is little town, set picturesquely
on hilltop; people told US there was
''nothing to see" in it; but is there any place
where there is nothing to see? have ever
since mourned over st. Lo, which we reached
at dusk and quilted at next morning-feel-
ing quite sure that it would have been worth
remaining there at least day or two, so
charming 'old-world' was it, SO quaint and
kindly the inhabitants.
There was landlady, the very face of
whom tempted us to stay, instead of going
on, as we first intended, to Coutances; and
no otl or room being at the moment vacant,
she es ablished half of our tired quartet in
her oV n. 1t was quite picture. The furni-
ture as mahogany, almost black with age;
the langings were of the pretty cretonne
which corresponds to our old-fashioned
chintZ. Beside one of the beds was velvet
prie-d Gu, and over it shelf, on which were
arranf ed a number of religious ornaments.
In a c. rner was a child's cub (Madame was
still young woman, with little children
about her, but whether wife or widow, | do
not know, and in the window-sill was fitted
up an apartment, quite perfect in its way.
There was dolls toilet-table, a dolls
chair, dolls cradle; and in this cradle
lay two young ladies (of wax attired in blue
blouses, like children, but boasting magnifi-
cent ,hignons. Everything about these
fortul ate dolls was as complete as French
tact al skill could make it. Numbers Three
and +, ur were full of artistic admiration, aud
Numbtr Two thought of her own little girl at
home, to whom it would have been delight
full to carry off the whole, even though, as
usual at two years of age, total ruin of the
treasure ensued within six hours.
Our table-d'hote dinner was most satisfae-
tory and plentiful-in politeness. The en-
pressen ent with which the garcons forced
upon us an extraordinary dish-supposed to
be liver Query, of what animal?) and beef,
which can only describe by the adjective
sanglant-was amusing, if not appstizing
But after the bread-soup, we felt no food to
be safe, till we came to the pears-huge,
sweet Normandy pears-whlch, with good
piece of bread, were almost enough to dine
upon-for FrenehmaH. Undoubtedly we
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JOIN QUINCY ADAMS AND THE
WOMEN


From the Boston Advertiser, Oct. o.
QUINCY, Thursday, Oct. IL, 1870.--Mrs Julia
Ward Howe and others of the Womans Suf-
frage State Central Committee
Ladies-Permit me to thank you for your
distinguished favor of this morning, in
which you do me the honor to inquire-hrst
whether I am Gin favor of extending the
suffrage to the women of Massachusetts,, -
aud, second, whether 1 am 'willing to aid in
effectipg their enfranchisement. The con-
text Indicates that your curiosity is concerned
with my opinions only so far as they are the
views of a candidate of the Democratic party
for State Office. You are, however, aware,
presume, that it is customary for caudi-
date who accepts a nomination to accept with
it the obligation to support the opinions of his
party, iii so far. at least, as toey may be ex-
plicitly declared in the resolutions put forth
by the nominating convention. pray you,
therefore, not to regard me as wanting either
in candor IN profound respect for the
earnestness of your devotion TO the cause Of
female suffrage, if [ crave your permission to
submit to you, as my answer to your ques-
lions, the following extract from the resolu-
tions of the convention held at Fitchburg
yesterday
''We consider the proposition TO exte al the
suffrage to the women of this Commonwealth
as involving too many social considerations
to be summarily treated as a mere political
question"
have the honor to be, ladies, your msst
obedient, humble servant,
JOHN Q. ADAMS
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FOURTH EDITION

The Armistice Question.
Bismarck and Granville.
T0-DAY'S WASHINGTON NEWS.
Army and Navy Orders.
important Treasury Statistics.
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Minute MAcHrNERY.-A correspondent
writing from London says:-''The most ex-
traordinaIy machine in the exhibition is, be-
yond question, the one for microscope
writing. This enables person to write in
the usual way, and to duplicate his writing
powerful microscope become SO plain that
every line and dot can be seen. The inven-
tor claims that with this instrument he can
copy the entire Bible twenty-five times in the
space of an inch. The Astor Library, pre-
sumo, could be transferred to a sheet of note
paper. Practically it will be of great service
in preventing forgeries. With one of these
machines, private mark can be put on bills
SO minute and perfect that the forger can
neither perceive nor initiate it, but the bank
clerk or broker, knowing where to look, can
at once detect that bill is genuine. The
machine is the invention of Mr.. Peters"
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FROM EUROPE.
American Securities.

LONDON, Oct. 29-3 p. M.-AmericRn secu-
rites closed quiet Stocks quiet.
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The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-02-03
Announcements.

Having been called upon through the press,
and solicited by many personal friends to be-
come acandidate for the office of Tax Collector,
Of Monroe county, at the ensuing March election,
hereby announce myselfas a candidate for that
office. l.. Nj, pIckEL.
Fork Creek, Oct. 2s,-wtf.
We are authorized to announce J. C. Penning-
ton as a candidate for Sheriff Of Monroe county
OF the ensuing election in March next.
nov. 4-td
We are authorized to announce the name Of
T.. d. WILSON, as q candidate for Tax collector
Of Monroe County, at the approaching Spring
Elections. dec 2-td+.
We are authorized to announce j. L. Carson
as a candidate for Tax Collector at the ensuing
Mach election. jan20-*
We are authorized to announce the name Of
J. M.-LEE, as q candidate for Tax Collector Of
Monroe County, at the ensuing March election.
Jan. 81 I'd.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-02-03

A Kentucky correspondent sends the
Cincinnati Gazette the following, which
he says is the form of a bill which is to be
intr oduced into the Legislature of this
State in a day or two. The Gazette styles
it suffrage with the hair on"
Be ii enacted by The Legislature Of
The Commonwealth Of Keatuckey: /.
That no person shall BE an ~elector in this
Commonwealth who has wool or kinky
hair on his scalp; nor shall any such per-
son be permitted to vote for any town,
county or State officer, or be allowed to
hold any Office in this Commonwealth.
2. That any person who'shayes OF other-
wise removes the wool or hair from his
head so as to deceive the judges Of cleo
ton, and shall cast his vote in disregard
ofthe provisions of thisact, may be indict-
ed by any grand jury and punished as is
now provided by law for fraudulent 70.
ting.
This is u frst-rate billLat least it is a
first-rate bill if the constitution acts of
Congress, to many of which it is very
nearly akin, are frst-rate. Nine-tenths
of those acts are not a whit less absurd and
some of.them are infinitely more sos
Courier journal.
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Confederate Money!,

Says the Petersburg (Va.) Index: "We
understand that orders have recently been
received by parties in Petersburg, for the
purchase of Confederate money of a date
anterior to 1864. Doubtless these orders
can easily be filed if the persons buying
them will only let it be known. There
are many in our midst who, at the term
inatiOu of the war, were caught with more
or less Confederate money on their hands,
and we suppose they have some still left,
Whether for curiosity or for the sake Of
old times or with the hope of ultimate re-
demption, we do not know, but a few
thousand or millions are slowed away
here"
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Read the Following Letter,

IRON one Of the oldest and most reliable gro
Gerry merchants in the city of Davenport
Friend Walton: Agreeable to my promise to
you when here, | write you flor publication if
you see proper a true statement of the good eff
fects Of Roback's Stomach Ritters upon myself.
| had been troubled with indigestion for a long
time, attended with severe headache, particular
ly after eating, when, fortunately, an old soldier
friend eame into the store and recommended me
to use Roback's Bitters. l did so by taking a
small wine-glats full just before each meal, and
to my great joy | was relieved at once, and am
now well by their use. l would not be without
them at any price. | have not taken any other
medicine sinceI commenced using the Bitters.
And | can say. with a clear conscience, try Bo-
backs Bitters-they will do all they are tecom-
mended to dO-if taken according to directions.
Yours truly, FRANK II. MILLER.
Of the firm of Beiderbeck & Miller, wholesale
g%rocers, Davenport, Iowa. janl3-lm.
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Busy Bodies.

An exchange truthfully says that there are a
class of persons who attend to the affairs of 9TH
ers to the neglect of their own, and the cOnse-
quences are these same persons are always
"dOwn at the heel" and "~cursing the luck" by
which they we're kept poor. This principle
seems to be a disease with them, and gossip, and
uncalled for advice and criticism on the efforts
Of others, are as necessary to their existence as
the air they breathe. And among these mode
SOlOmons, are those who can tell you how the
thing ought to be done, and how such and sucl
object ought to be treated by an editor-but they
never practice what they preach-nOr pay fol
that information which they CLEAN from their
neighbors paper. We have great reverence and
respect for the opinions of such, and feel conf.
dent that their existence is as necessary to So
ciety, as the handspring to a dumb watch.
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Bogus Advertising Firma.

Persons write to newspapers complain
ing that they have been swindled by bo-
gus advertising firms who used spurious
opinions of the press in their circulars.
1t is invariably found that the firm send
ing the circular offers to assist, upon
moderate terms, the intended victim to
profit by q fraud. Of course no respecta-
BILE newspaper ever endorses these con-
Germs, and the Quotations therefrom are
simply forgeries. But while there should
be law enough to punish the Offenders,
there need be little pity for their victims,
The latter are either knayes or foolsthem-
selves. They either jump at a chance Of
fabulous gains, by claiming what doesnot
belong to them, or are so very stupid al
to imagine that five dollars can be made
to do the work of a hundred anywhere.