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New Hampshire has done sloriously.
At her maiden efforts every ninth cote
cast was polled for the Labor Re-
form Party, and thus too, without the
aid Of a dollar from either the Repub-
lican or Democratic committees. We
have not yet received the official count,
but enough is known to state that Mr..
Flint, the labor candidate for Governor
received over 800 votes. Unless We
are much mistaken in the signs of the
times-all the Jack-daws which are
granted to that State, in future-will
fail to save it to the Republican party.
"Dinns ye hear the slogan p
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70 ths ndiser Of the WsaEmsMAEs Advocate.
BALTTMoRR COOPERATIVE IR0H FoUN-
The above is the title Of new or
ganization started by the Stove and
Hollow-ware Moulders' Union No. %,
Of this city. The capital stock 10 linn
tied to 2, 800 shares, ut 500 per share,
payable in instalments Of t5 per month
per share. The subscriber pays 81 per
share on subscribing. which is to be cred
tied to him ON the last instalment. No
one can be shareholder unless he be-
longs to a union working under char
ter of the Iron Moulders' International
Union. Quite large number of shares
are already subscribed, and the first
instalments paid in. The company's
prospects are very good. and affords
an excellent opportunity for moulders
to invest their funds. A good many of
our cooperative enterprises have been
killed by the lack Of warmness Of those
who considers themselves friends of
the movement. Many who had little
money lying idle in banks, Welding
them but A per cent, will keep it there
until they see how the thing is going to
work. Should it prove q success they
will put their money into it, should il
be failure they are safe, and say tAsy
k'ssW it was going to be so. forgetting
that it was their own blindness and self
ishness that caused it to be a failure.
There is o little Of this kind of spirit
manifested by some of the moulders of
this city q good many had their names
down for q number Of shares, and when
the company was organized they failed
to come up to the scratch, and have
placed themselves as Uatcksvs on the
outer walls, giving the benefit Of their
few dollars to bankers and capitalists
Poor short-sighted individuals. Let
those who have paid in their money
stick TO it; pay up regularly, and in
time all will be right
The following gentlemen were
elected rs officers for the ensuing year
President, WIN. p. HUM,
Secretary, JOHN GOLDEN,
Treasurer, VIM. BEATTY,
Board of Directors, JOHN TRUMBo,
PETER HELFERTY, TEos. FARLEY, WIZ.
SAMPLE, Gas. TRRxRLLER,P. RReNEY,
| ALBEIT HISKEY, FRED KENsLER. SAW.
MCFARLAND, AUGUST PERrNER.
Information can be obtained from
the President, w. P. HUM, No. I07
Broadway.
The strike at Abbott's Iron Works
still continues. The stockholders held
a meeting this week and determined to
hold out against the men the men are
equally determined to hold out The
stock of rails at the compaDy's works
is perceptably diminishing.
Yours, VRrTAs.
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QUESTIONS FOR DRDATING SOCIE-
TIA

QUESTIONS FOR DRDATIIG SOCIE-
... TIKA
Which are the heavier elicumbrances
the rich or the poor paupers that live
on the labors of their industrious neigh
hors?
In country where there is a short
supply of clothes, ought not the weav-
ers and tailors to be the last men to 90
naked
Which is the best policy for Great
Britain-tO ship off her gentlemen and
millionaires, or the workmen who make
gentlemen and millionaires?
Are the people Of country likely to
obtain sure, cheap. and speedy justice,
in which the lawyers monopolize the
halls of legislation?
Is it the Tabor barge" that the CAPT
talists and landholders are rowing in,
to fetch coolies from China2
One more for the Social Science re-
formers Who can tell best where the
shoe pinches, the philosopher who ex-
amines it, or the man that wears it. =
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Mr.. A. Phelps, President Of the Car
penters and Joiners' National Union,
under date Of March 9Th, writes ~ fol-
lows:
In behalf Of the Joiners Of Albany,
N. Y, who are struggling to maintain
their right against reduction of wages
by their employers, I would request
Joiners throughout the country 70 keep
away from that city until the difficulty
is adjusted.
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/ shal conclude with the. ~ Of Of
GERS Of our union.
President o. b DAILY,
Vice. fe&dent. TIP. SPEScER,
Treasnrer, NJ. CAHProN.
Fin. Sec.. JAMES GARDNER,
Rec. and Cor. Sec, JOHN HARRrs.
JoHN HARRIS,
Rec. and Cor. Sec. G. J.. Z.
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ed, before we can know who 70 ask to
send the necessary information. A stitch
in time saves nins, and If our friends
viii attend to these TRIES, oil win 60 on
smoothly. @ ~
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to the satisfaction of capitsl-thst
knavery or demagoguisms is at the
bottom Of the movement.
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ficing spirit - love. relying ufbE Al
mighty Power. who haspromised us that
our faith shall rssbevs noaatsins, and
who has shown M shst lovscsn lift tlhe
most degraded. nd tranaeorn them
into kings and priests Of the mast hinh
God. MRs. M. WYNKooP,
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Hon. s. 8 Cox, House of Representatives.
Sra: Pursuant to your letter Of this morning,
have the honor 70 present q statement, show
ing u"der seperats headings the number OF
acres Of public lands granted By Congress IN
der existing laws for railroad purposes.
CORPORATIONS
l. Ebiuated quantity running under the Acts
Of July l, 1881, and July =, 1854, 70 aid In the
construction of the Union and Central Pacific
Railroad is-acres, 81. 900, 900.
2. Es mated quantity running under the acr
Of July 2, 1854, to aid in the construction OF
q Northern Pacific Railroad acres, Al, 900
900.
8. Estimated quantity running under the act
Of July 81, 1866, TO aid in the construction OF
the Atlantic aud Pacific Railroad from Spri"g-
6eld Missouri, to the Pacific; acres, ~, O0O,
900.
4. Estimated quantity granted to :he follow
ing named states:
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CHEAP LABOR /!

The following from the San Fran
cisco kzGssssr Of q recent date, will
doubtless be appreciated by some of
our readers. who have secuted the
idea, that the American mechanic has
reason to fear the importation of Coolie
labor:
Tho Pacific Mail Steamship Compauy's
steamer constitution, which sailed yesterday for
Panama, had on board three hundred end atty
sssssaes passengers, who, with very few exeep
tons, we're men who had come TO California
to obtain more lucrative employment than they
had in the East. Many Of them left their homes
comparatively independent and on returning, if
not poor, are at least good deal reduced in
means They all expressed decided preference
for California, but the labor which they came
to perform they found monopolized BY China
men, and rather than remain here they prefer
70 face the east, even AZ this season, when a
rigorous winter prevails. Oh the steamer aud
on the wharf, the horny-handed laborer or
mechanic was heard 10 denounce In uameasured
terms the Chinese aud their influence on the
State, and promised 70 expose what they termed
the "swindle" perpetrated on them, 10 inducing
them 20 break up their homes and come to
California on % futile q mission. When the
opposition line Of steamers was running, Cali
Iornia was loud in It's expression Of the immense
advantage the immigration which then ensued
was 20 the State, But the time has now arrived
when the tide Is turned, and those in whom We
rejoieed are betaking themselves to the East,
where they viii be free from the baneful contact
with the Mongolian. IL was not n little start
ling, and was real something novel, 20 hear the
men on board the steamer commiserating over
the misfortune Of those Of their friends whom
circumstances obliged 70 remain here. Cheap
labor 20 called, will soon be exposed in all ito
enormities, and the ardent lover OF the Chinese
today, will, before long, become their most
bitter opponent
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TIE PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Mr.. Browning, Of New York. re-
ceived the following from Hon. s. S.
Cox, in answer to letter asking Off
cial information as to the number of
acres of public lands granted for rail
road purposes:
DEPARTMENT or rHK INrxRIoR
GENERAL LAND OFFICE
rah "a lR70A
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FROM MARYLAND.

rye do not hold oursavss rsspossibl< for any opin-
ION sxprssssd By our cossssponAsnss.l
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LABOR ITEMS.

HE WorkiDgmen's Protective
Union of Boston numbers 275 mem
bers.
COOPERATIVE CoLLIERY.-We are
informed that q number Of working
men have taken the lease of the Mount
Etna Colliery, near Mahonoy City, with
the intention of working it on co-opera-
ton principles.
TIE Master Stone-cutters, Of New
York, at their last meeting decided to
increase the working hours of their
men from nine to ten hours, and also to
reduce the wages from $3.50 to - per
day, ON and after the l4th list.
The coal mines of Beaver Meadow
side, and of Haughton, in the Wilkes
barre region have been out on strike
since Tuesday last, but work is yet
continued by the Scranton, Delaware,
Hudson, and Pennsylvania Coal Com
panies. The elght-hour law and the
maintenance of the present rate of
wages are being contended for.
The Bricklsyers of Albany caution
Bricklayers and Masons from coming
to this city, until their present difficult
ties are settled.
The total number of original Crispins
throughout the country is upwards of
100000. In Massachusetts alone there
are twenty-One cooperative stores con-
trolled by Crispins.
SEVERAL of the Paris societies have
protested against the action of the
Government in the Cruczot affair. The
provident fund OF which the workmep
claim the management is kept up by
the retention OF 2 per cent. of ali the
wages earned by the workpeople in the
employment Of the company, and the
money in the hands of the COMPANY Is
estimated at 100000 francs, which ia
employed as trading capital without
any interest. The annual expenditure
amounts to $4,000 francs, $4,000
francs of which GO to the support of
cnurcnes ana chapeis. r<
The Journeymen Coopers of Detroit
to the lumber Of 100 are on strike for
higher wages, at the establishment of
Ludewyck Brothers. The demand was
made in new and novel way. On
going to the shop they were presented
BY the foreman with a sheet Of white
paper, on which was inscribed circel
representing the head Of barrel, with
the price demanded for work marke
inside and the names Of the workmen
signed in their own hand around the
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Illinois, act september ", 1901 2,bVo, OoS W
lows, acts May Is. 1856, May IL,
and June 2, 1854 1881, 7,ss
Michigan, acts JuOe 8, 1856, July
8, 1862, June 2, 1854, and Match
1855 s.ss7.ssO,ss
Wisconsin, acts June 3, 1885, and
May 8, 1854 s,s7s, $780, 90
Minnesota, acts March 3, 1857,
May 10, 1884, March 8, 1865,
and July !, 1855 7,7ss, 4Os 90
ruary Q, 1853, and July 4, aud
%, 1856 s.745, 100, 81
Kansas. acts March s, 1858, July,
%, Is and IS. 1865 7,7ss.OOO,OO
California, acts July Is and Is,
1856, March Q, 1867 9OeO, 600, 90
Oregon, act July 20, 1865 1850, 900 90
Arkansas acts February Q, 1888
July 4, 1855. and July 20, 1856 4.744, 97I, ss
Louisiana, act June 3, 1856 ISIS, 79O, 90
Mississippi, acts September %,
1850, aud August II, 1855 a,O62, 940, 90
AlAbamG. acts September 20 1850,
May IL, and jane 5, 1895 S,799, lac, 90
Florida, Act Nay II, 1885 2.S6O, ia, 90
Total Ss.lOs, Ssl. 40
road $4,000, 900 90
Northern Pacific Railroad Al, O0O, OO0, 90
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad $4,000. 600 90
Total for Corporations ia, 900 600 90
Quantity granted 70 States IS. los, 6sI, 40
Total number Of acres 1872, los. Ss1. 40
The foregoing embraces lapse1 lands wherein
certain roads have not been completed within
the time specified in the statutes.
With great respect,
Your Obedient servant
los. :. WTLsOz, Commissioner.
Here we have the appalling fact
officially presented, that in less than
20 years, ls2, lOs, 5 81 40 acres of the
public dOminion-the peoples patri
mony-have been donated to railroad
and other cs~porations-an amount
sufficient to supply S,OOO.OOO of bona
6de settlers with farms of so acres
each. Is it not time congress was
shutting down on a system, which, il
continued few years longer will place
the public lands Of the United State,
entirely in the hands of spectators and
gamblers :?
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Is THE EIGHT HOUR M0VEMEEa
DEFUECTf Ii

In a letter recently received from d
valued friend in Washington, occues
the following noticeable paragraph /
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whatever may be her sphere in life,
who does not silently and unseen mould
and influence her husband. The men
are setting aside inherited organiza-
tons and temperaments, whatever we
choose to make them, and even those
things we may in some degree over
come, and this almost illimitable power
we have over them, is the omnipotent
power Of love. We sway them through
it, because they love us and we love
them.
Solomon says, Of the good wife,
"The heart of her husband doth safely
trust in her." and it is even so /; he will
listen to her advice as he will to no
other. If she tells him he is a man to
all interests and purposes, and entitled
to all the privileges and immunities of
a man; that he has been robbed of his
birthright by his brother and must en-
deavor to regain it, he will believe
her, and strengthening himself, with the
conscious pride and respect for his
own manhood, and encouraged by the
sympathy Of his wife, will work ear
nestly and long to obtain his own in
herent rights. With some of us it may
be uphill and weary work ; we may
have ignorance and prejudice to over
come, but if we 60 to work in the right
spirit we shall succeed. We must
bring to the work what 10 woman's
crown of martyrdom, and at the same
time her crown Of glory. the self-sacri-
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Ss,lOS,bS1.4O

SS,0OO,0O0,0O
47,OOO, O00,O0
$4,000 100000
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e. quit the departments of the Seine ant
Seine-et-O Disc within twenty-four hours
beginning at eight o'clock to-day.
The Constitutional says: We must above
all be patriotic as we have never been be
fore; such is the danger which threatens
our country, and we give in our adhesion
ts the government of the national defense
The same paper notices a report that
Jules Favre had telegraphed to Washing
ton announcing the declaration of the Re
public, and expressing the hope that volun-
teers from free America will come to aid
the French Republic.
The Journal DIES Uebdts cOunsels the new
government, while announcing the tel1nina-
stiOn of personal power, to remember that
the nation are as n UGH opposed to the per-
ssonal power of eleven individuals as OF one,
adding it will act with the government.
The imperial emblems are torn down In
all parts of the city. On Sunday, the
statue of the Emperor at the Bourse was over
thrown. There was great agitation, but
now there is no disorder.
Ybs Project at Aisne, hesitated some
time to proclaim. The public could not be
<lieve the announcement when first received
at Hills and Marseilles. Arms have been
distributed to the people, and the National
Guard has been organized.
A dispatch to La Lberte from LaOn says
the troops who are falling back on Paris are
under Generals Winery and Maudrit. The
UlLans have been constantly On the
heels Of the army since the retreat began
The Prussians in great numbers are has
tening to Paris. In four days they will be
in sight of the walls.
On the way they seize and force country
men into the ranks
The International Society of Paris has is.
sued an address to the social democracy OF
Germany, imploring the Prussians to recross
the Rhine. The address concludes: LET
us with grasped hands, forget the crimes
which have been prompted or perpe1rated
by the despot. Let us form the United
States of Europe. Nive La Republique
universelle."
Napoleon is accompanied in his exile by
General Castelnau, Prince OF Mesk0w,
Counts De Georges, d. Maubert, Rellle and
PajOl, of his personal staff.
From all parts of France comes news OF
enthusiastic adhesion to the Republic The
people are arriving and fastening TO Paris.
The crown jewels are in the Bank OF
France.
There are being made vigorous prepara-
tons to sustain the siege.
:. The censorship of the press is ended.
There will be no more Introduction TO for
eign journals.
Palikao commands the army of Lyons.
There were efforts to make the people
shout for socialism, but they failed.
A circular from Gambetta says: "This
government is not one of intestine dissen-
sion, but one of national defense, and will
combat to the last against the invaders
The Duchess of Magenta passed through
Nanlur yesterday to join the Duke at Sedan.
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Commercial.
MONETARY.
OFPfCK OF THE DAILY RHPUBLiCAN'
TrnsnAY EysvIvs. September D. lS'o.

nvvTr.v M ruK DAILY REPUBLICAN.
Tr1sDAY EvEuINs, September o. lS'o.
We noticed better feeling in the none!
market and though there was no sen nstoS
| relaxation from the previous Sisn .aoS
borrowers were enabled to obtain ;.cGoniin .,
! dations with more facility. we Sun. !%f 20,
as street rates u 6I1s y cent t. mont Ioi
AL notes secured by unquestionable collSt
erals and IL 02A for first class business
paper without collaterals. Mortgage notes
rule at lO1l2 y cent y anulim 1or Al
and Is O Is for second grade:
Gold opened at about 1873 ia (a@ainst
Il47s at New York;, and, after touching
1872 and HAS closed at the opening rates,
against ll41a in that market. The uncer-
taintv Of the future restricted the move
ment and unsteadied the prices through
out the dav, and, as will be seen by the an
pexed GALES. although the market was higher
Yesterday, it was as disproportionately low
srcompared with New York. The business
was small, including $4,000, $1,000 and $500
at 1875 $4,000 at 1884,; $500. $4,000 and
$4,000 at 1l4h, and $4,000 at tl4hs a ll4's.
Nothing transpired in silver.
Foreign exchange WAS at almost stand
still The offerings Of commercial sterling
were light, and the only transactions re-
ported are E50O at l24la, and 1880 AL at
l25. Some trifling amounts OF bank sold
for remittance at III, and as high as Esq
for sight, which however. was above the
market for round amounts. Sterling is
quoted nominal at ia q l2j tor good TO AL
bill OF lading and clear, and 10 l:ois Tor
bank.
There was rather more movement IN do
mestic exchange, but rates were without
any uuotable variations. The banks Still
drew ON New York at - y cent premium.
and the sales included $4,000. 2t 3-l6 pre-
MUM; 5000 So, 600 and $50, 900 CONNER
ciaI sight on New York at y, $50, O1O at $40,
Sl2. 900 at 9-32, and So, 900 and $50, 900 bank
at 5-l6.
The stock market was very dull, and only
a few trif1ing sales were reported. Sixty
shares Slip Island Canal changed hands at
3Oc, $50 Mississippi Valley Navigation Com
pany at -, and 10 Sanitary and Fertilizing
DAYS ago 20 shares Germania National Bank
sold at $40.
A fair business was transacted in bonds,
nearly all the particulars of which We're
suppressed. Five thousand dollars and
$1,000 new city sevens were reported on pri-
yate terms, also $1,000 yesterday, June
coupon, at 70l4. Five hundred dollars City
Fiscal Agency certificates sold ut SAB, and
500 and $1,000 at IS. Dealers bought these
at S3Le 81, and the seven-thirtics at 72l2 %
73la, and sold the former at 81 SS5 and the
latter at ~ 074h.
Nothing TRANSFERRED in warrants except
$1,000 Metropolitan Police yesterday at 90.
Dealers bought new State at 12la a 13. and
Metropolitan Police AZ 96 r. ty, and offered
to sell the former at a G74i2. and the latter
at ~ la.
City treasury notes continued without ap-
pareut movement. Dealers rates for small
sums were 10 discount buying, and Ti2 q Is
selling.
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SIT AGAINST A RAILROAD.
Good Cause for Dana gr-,,

Ono OF the greatest evils of railway
travelling consists in the custom of forcing
gentlemen unaccompanied by ladies into
inferior cars, which are filthy with
tobacco smoke and the efluvia of tobacco
chewers. We hope Mr. ,ternbere. men
toned in the following report from the
Memphis Arauuchc, will recover every cent
of the twenty thousand dollars he asks, so
that all railroads may provide decent ac-
commodations for their passengers
Last Saturday M. 3. Sternbcrg. a well
known tobaCCoEiSt of thls city, purchased
ticket for St. Louis by the Memphis and
Louisville railroad ana proceeded to the
depot TO take the train. he found train
of four passenger cars. two OF which were
sleeping coaches, one for Louisville and the
other for Nashville, passengers for st. Louis
being obliged TO change cars at humboldt.
Mr.. Sternberg looked at the remaining cars,
and wac about TO enter the better looking
one OF the two, when he WAS stopped by
the brakeman or man il charge on the plat
form, with the remark that that was the
ladies car and was inaccessible TO gentle
men unaccompanicd by ladies. NJ. Stern
berg answered quietly. as iic says, that he
had purchased tirst-elaes ticket, and CON
| s!deced himself entitled to u tirst-class pas
sage; that the other car was filthy, and not
even ut for second-class purposes Simulta-
no ,usly with Mr. Ste;nhcrg's remarks, sew
erai gentlemen crowded ont of the car in
question protesting against riding il s:,ch a
conveyance.
Mr. Sternberc, seeing this denomination.
again objected t. entering tAe car, and re-
monstrated to the brakeman, or whatever
he was at The same time asserting his rigIt,
as a frst-c!a,s passenger The brakeman
responded by striking him N tho face with
MS clenched hand and the key Of the car.
cutting him il two places, and l1nocl1ing
him from the car platform 10 the depot be.
low, where he followed him ny and kicked
ain in the breast. Such Is Mir. Sternberg's
statement of the affair. There was TO 20
iceman present, and the whole occurred so
quickly that no one had time TO interfere.
Mr. Sternberg. was SO injured as to be TN
able to take the journey he Lad contem-
plated, and made his way back to his resi-
dence with difficulty. He is. still IN the city,
and claims to suffer from the effects Of the
k;cl. in the breast
The above statement, IN substance, was
given us by FIR. Sternberg himself. We u1-
derstand that lie has entered suit, through
his counsel, Messrs. Stahl q Westcott,
against the railroad company, for damages
In the sun of $4,000.