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that the punishment inflicted on the South
ern whites is far the severest which one COM
munity has ever inflicted on another.
England governed Ireland through q minority
which the mass of the Celtic population, how
ever il might hate, never dreamed of de-
spising; the United States rule the South
through a majority Of negroes, contempt
for whom was almost religion with the
planter before the attempt at secession. We
are not considering whether the punishment
was deserved, or whether the Northern States
could possibly help inflicting il; we merely say
that, after the capacity of the negro for inn
provement has been rated as highly as pos
sible, and after all possible deductions have
been made for the credibility of the stories
published by the Democratic press, the
fact remains that government of white men
by colored ex-slaves is the acutest form of
moral torture which has ever been applied to
a community. How unfortunate it has been
that the punishment Of the South has taken
this shape the United States are not likely to
feel until the time comes (and il will certainly
come) when the people of the North will be
animated with the strongest wish TO be re-
conciled TO even the most obstinate zealots
of secession. We should be sorry to lay
down that the United States would have
done well to shed blood like water in
the first moments of triumph if only
they could have devised some less de-
grading contrivance for the provisional
government of the South. Yet it is quite GER
tain that bloodshed is easily forgotten; per-
sonal outrage with the greatest difficulty.
The Hungarian mobiles appear to have for
given the Emperor Francis Joseph for his
Wholesale executions of their brethren; but
nobody can fail to see that the ''irreconcila-
bility" of some of the most eminent of French
politicians is greatly due to recollections of
the personal dishonor to which they were sub
jected on the memorable morning of the coup
d'etat. At the present moment we are well
aware that nothing seems less important to
the great majority of the Northern people
than that the experiment which they are try
ing in the South causes excessive discomfort
to parcel of conquered Rebels; but they will
probably hereafter view this experiment. with
other eyes when there comes the inevitable
waking to sympathy and pity, and when,
much about the same time, it appears that the
negroes, who are the instruments of punish
ment, have become not only Southern but
Northern power, weighing heavily in the
scale whenever q national decision has to be
taken
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Rsy- CITY TREAsURER's OFFICE.

7 |IT" II| PHILADELPIHA, Feb. I, I5IV,
Warrants registered in 1859 No. 60oCO will be
pad ON at this office interest oessing from
date .,r JOEPH f. MAROER,
sIRl N. City Treasurer.
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tish Minister 10 meet the Prince at dinner
They insist that, after the way in which
Grant began with Prince Arthur, both Off
cial duty and proper regard TO the estab-
lished rules Of state ceremony under such
circumstances required him to thus honor
the royal visitor And this was the more
necessary inasmuch as President Grant has,
first Of all the Presidents, adopted the habit
of dining about Washington wherever in
vited, which habit he has recently carried to
the extent of dining at Welchers, notwith-
standing his ignoble repulse from that restau-
rant last summer when in pursuit of break
fast. t.-..r ..r -.--. ~-..-~r ...
Still fourth class of cavillers at the homo
rable founder of the new regime of Grants
and Dents insist that II he could accept Mr..
Thornton's invitation to meet the Prince at
ball, he could certainly have found reasons to
warrant an acceptance of an invitation Of the
Minister to meet his royal visitor at dinner.
But these 'loil' cavillers fail to take into ac-
count how much our beloved and brilliant
Chief Magistrate prides himself on those
dancing faculties he exercised SO much last
summer at Long Branch and elsewhere At
dinner, where the head is put in requisition
for conversational purposes, he may be awk-
ward and even glum; but put him in a ball
room, where heels are to be displayed, and he
asks no odds of royalty. Circumstances,
our IIepuDllchu laulb-unuerB must see, Alber
cases." Devotion of the President to the
saltatory art, our dissatisfied and staid Re-
publicans must see, has pervaded the whole
court circle in Washington; and inspired vene-
rable Cabinet ministers and noble matrons in
obedience to his example
''To come and trip 1t as you CO.
On the light fantastic tos,"
in honor of the worthy son of his royal
mother.
Our dear oountrymen, on whose fault-fnd-
ings we are commenting, expect too much.
President Grant has not been an idle loiterer
in the bedizened saloons of royalty, but in
rather different saloons in the far West, to-
wards the setting sun. He has never had ne
cessity or occasion to inform himself as to the
etiquette of European courts, nor has any one
around him, except possibly the cherished
Badeau, who fourished for few weeks in
London as second secretary of the American
legation. His has been the tented field, or
the simple, hearty, and unceremonious fes-
tivities of dear Galena. Fighting and dancing
are his strong points; and as he could not win
battle in sight and honor of the Prince, he
cheerfully did the other thing, and did it we'll.
Let any Englishman dare impugn the dancing
of our President
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mans, who was staggered by the Biblical
''Do you think, he asked his spiritual guide,
''that could make an axe swim ?" s'Cer-
tainly, if you had undoubting faith, was the
correct reply. 81 haDe faith here goes I"
was the prompt reioinder; and away few the
axe into the lake, where il sank like stone.
''There !" resumed the triumphant expert
menter cit has gone straight to the bottom,
and 4 kn6io-1 So0utd." Too much must not
be expected from that sort of faith.
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PRESIDENT AND PRINCE.

ThGplDENl AMI Ih1NOEs
From the NJ Y. World
~ 1t is sad to read the criticisms of Repubh-
can journals and their edifying Washington
correspondents on the errors of commission
and omission, chiefly omission, on the part
of our President in his treatment of Prince
Arthur. 81 aal aHL 4.
In one quarter there is an outcry on ac-
count of asserted il-breeding of the Presi-
dent, that, after indicating the hour when
and the place where he would receive the
Prince, no one was ready at the appointed
time-when, promptly at the minute, the
latter arrived, accompanied by the British
Minister and the Governor of his Royal
Highness-but the Secretary of State,
who was compelled TO act as messenger or
usher to go and remind the President with
his attendant Dent and Badeau, that the
royal guest had arrived The critics say
and in that they are right that, having un-
dertaken in a ceremonious way to receive
Prince Arthur at prearranged hour, General
Grant should have kept his appointment,
punct,t0t tempoTis, and been at the reception
room door to greet his royal visitor at the
threshold. Such would have been the polite
and signifcant attention of the Queen if she
had arranged an audience with President
Grant at Windsor Castle or Buckingham
Palace. On such an occasion Lord Claren-
don would not have been compelled, as was
MIR. FISH IN respect TO the PRESIDENT, TO In
form her Majesty that her distinguished visi-
tor awaited her presence. Probably, however,
President Grant thought it would tend to i'm
press the youthful Prince with proper sense
of the dignity of an American President and
the grandeur of American institutions to keeE
his Highness waiting reasonable time. Pre-
sident Washington would not have taken that
view of the subject. 4n
From another quarter comes sharp censurt
that the President did not return the visit o.
the Prince. These censors say that Grant
having entered upon relations with the son o.
the Queen, not simply as well-bred young
Englishman, but as q member of the reigninG
family of Great Britain, he should have done
what the accepted European rules of proprietl
in such cases require, which is to immediately
o repay the royal visit; and in that the carpert
are correct. If Prince Arthur had thus paiC
his respects to the Emperor of the French
and been received as a member of ROYALTY
the latter would, they say, in all probabilii,
have returned the visit on the same day.
8 A third set of Republican critics are dis
gusted that their pet President should hav'
declined to accept the invitation Of the Bri
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R6S- OBSERVE THAT THE FAC-SIMILE
Of my Drug and Chemical Warshossc (. on the
Beware of Bogus Buohus made by Bogus Druggists aud
cold under fictitious names. 1875
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/ which still attach 20 the Republican party as
the guardian of tho honor and interests of the
republic.
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y NINETEEN YEARS.

H. t. HFLMBoLD's EXTRACT BUoHU has
been established The certificates Of cures beyond
contradiction They viii be advertised in this paper
time TO time Write Of the PATIENTS should doubt
statements. 1alM
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THE CHESAPEAKE AND DELAWARE CANAL
will be closed, for repairs to lock- ON MONDAY MORN
ING the 9TH of February 1870 and opened for navigation
days thereafter due notice of which will be given
HENRY v. LESLEY, Secretary
PHILADELPHIA Jan a. 1870 4 "a dtl9F
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WINES AND LIQUORS.
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In this paper advertise certificates of cures Of
fected By HkLMBOLD,S BUOHU, on "Wednesday aud
Saturday OF each week win the of 5000 that
there physician druggist in the United States
produce such evidence of disoaseg Of the
bladder kidneys, and gravel 1875
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tance of the Staff Surgeons tent, they
came upon a private of the -th regi
ment, lying desperately wounded. The
poor fellow looked up piteously and
touched his cap, as he recognized his Off
Ger in agony on the stretcher. Captain
c. called to the men to halt, and to
raise him up slightly leaning over, he
soon saw the nature of the soldiers
wound, which was far less dangerous than
his own.
Lift me out" he said al can't move
you life me out; tbat'll do, gently-yes,
that's broken, too" (as they touched his
spine.) So-nOw carry him to the doc
tors; they can do nothing for me, not too
late for him yet-just little more SO"
(faciDg the enemy, that's it."
But, sir" demonstrated one of the
men.
Be quick with him, then come back !;
I'm not likelY to have left this" he added,
with slight smile.
TIE men did as ordered, and deposiiiDg
the wounded trooper, they went 10 Cap
tain C, He had not, indeed, left that
he lay facing the enemy still, and the
playful smile with which he had addressed
to them his last words fingered yet on his
face; but his troubles were over victory
or defeat were now alike TO him, ard he
had lett the field Of strife for that peace
ful world where dwells the spirits of the
just made perfect.
The instances of men hopele>sly
wounded refusing to monopolize the doc
tor are by no means rare: and il a battle
field is sometimes the scene of outraces at
which humanity shuddcrs, it occasionally
provides us with instances of unsurpassed
heroism anj self sacrifice.
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larginp circles. until it had formed some
six or eight threads, about Onefourth of
an inch apart. This, noticed, was not done
with that care which marked It's suose-
Quent work but ii was only intended las
after ward saw To be sort OF slay-lath,
and not permanent affair. 1t now
date to the outside of the web, and COM
menced TO weave IN the woof, which was
done by passing thread from spoke To
spoke arou1d the wheel, in diminishing
circles. the distance between them being
determined by the length of the spiders
hind Loos. for it walked on the line spun at
the nrevious revolution, and guided the
new thread with one of its hind feet, hold
ing il toward the centre as much as posi-
Bile. and allowing il TO run between two
of its claws around pulley Asst passed
over each spoke il would with this hind
foot rress the newly formed thread TO IT,
thus firmly uniting it. In the same man
ner II proceeded on until IT came to the
stay -laths. when it fell to work, and, in a
twinkling. tore them away, aud soon I'm
isbed its work, and re,reated to its corner
to await the approach of some luckle-s ny,
Twice during the operation It's thread
broke, but not noticing it until II got 10
the next spoke, it did not retrace its steps,
but fastened it where it was, thus leaving
a break. Nearly all OF the webs In II
have examined have the same defect.
That which surprised me most was the
extreme rapdity of the spiders move
ments. as 1T WAS not probably more than
ten mioutes from the time OF destroying
the web before another was completed.
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The Ruby.

WE generally speak of the diamond as
the most valuable of gems, but this is not
really the case. The ruby is the most
valuable, but it depends for its rarity upon
its color. The ruby is the next hardest
thing to the diamond. 1t is found princi-
pally in the East.
Siam, and Ava, and Ceylon. afford the
most plentiful supplies. In Burmah the
finding of one of these jewels is made a
state event; the grandees OF the empire
90 ont to meet it with elephants and all
the grandeur of eastern state, There are
many shades of red, hut the most APP
proved, and commanding the highest
price, is that of the pigeons blood"
The ruby, in common with many other
precious stones, had magical properties
attributed To it by the ancients; indeed,
we do not doubt that in the East the SUI
| perstitious ideas connected with II are as
| rife as ever. Our ancestors believed that
| it was a peservative against evil thoughts,
and that much dreaded thing ot old :
pOison. IL kept the wearer sale from all
evil spirits, and what was more, its sani
tary mower was held to be so great tina,
he was said never TO suffer in bodily
health. Moreover, it was supposed To be
| endowed with certain occult lntelll
gence. 1t was believed that the gem
darkened when danger awaited the per
son, and grew bright again when the peri
had passed away.
The king of Burmab, one Of whose titles
is that of lord of the Rubies, has one the
size of pigeons egg. The value o
these gems goes on Increasing at muct
higher ratio than that of the diamond
When its weight is as much as four carats
its value varies from fl00 to iloO, sun
more than double that OF the diamond q
the same weight. Exchange.
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The Highest FIigh. Ever Made by man.

The most remarkable balloon ascension
on record was made in 1904, by BiOt and
Guy -Lussac. in Paris. BY this enterprise
they endowed science with series of new
and important facts, questionable before
that time, as they carried with them a
complete set of suitable apparatus, and,
moreover an unsurpassed knowledge OF
observation aud experiment. They
ascended TO a height of $4,000 feet, and
observed that at the height of 5000 to
1900 feet the animals they had taken
with them, in order to observe the effect
of the rarefied air and cold upon them,
did not appear to suffer any inconven-
ience. In the meantime, the pulses OF the
two experimenters were much acceler-
ated that of Guy Lusssc, otherwise
always slow, 65 beats per minute, was 80 /;
and that of Blot, naturally rapid, 70 beats
per minute, was Ill. At height of
| II 900 feet pigeon was liberated ; it
dropped down whrling through the air
as if it had been stone. The air was too
thin, too muc!, rarefed, TO enable it to
| hy. Three weeks later, Guy-Lusssc went
up alone, and attained the heighth of %,
| GOO feet, four and One-sixth miles, or
1000 feet higher than the top OF Chimbo-
razo Mountain. The barometer was only
4
thirteen inches high, the thermometer Is
degrees Fahrenheit below the freezing
point, while at the surface of the ground
it was 80 degrees. He left the courtyard
of the C0nserDatoire dts Arts ct Meters, in
Paris, and, after an aerial voyage of siX
hours, descended near Rouen, one hun
dred miles distant. The result of this
ascension on Guy Lussac's health was
very injurious, partially by the want o.
air for respiration, combined with sudden
cold, but chiefly by the absence of the
accustomed pressure At the extreme
height of $4,000 feet his face and neck
were swollen enormously, his eyes pro
truded from his head, blood ran from hi
eyelids, nose and ears, and also came from
his lungs, by vomiting; in short, his sys
TEN received n shock from which he neye
fully recovered the rest of his life
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Visiting in China.

A visit of ceremony is conducted with
great politeness Your card must be sent
on before you by a special herald-a
"ting-ch Uhe Chinese are well up i'll
the fashion Of cards, which they have
long practiced)-who should be dispatch
ed in good time to allow of proper prepa-
ration by those who are to receive you
Your rank being stated on your card, you
are received according to it by the gentle
man upon whom you call. He comes out
a certain distance, in proportion to your
rank; he bows and you bow, while each
says, "Chin chin" and you are invited In;
but at every doorway he pauses and po-
litely proposes you should precede him,
which you decline as politely; and at last,
after many protestations, he goes first,
with some pretty apology. When the
room is entered, and each is seated, at,
tendants enter with cups of tea and
sweetmcats, and the customary compli-
ments are passed, beginning with "Qua
shing gT-"What is your honorable name?
"What is your honorable age?" and fifty
questions which to us seem half rude and
almost insulting but this curiosity toward
an honorable acquaintance is not consid
cred at all sO-indeed, it would be in a
Chinese gentleman's eyes very rude mol
to make all these inquiries. The orthodox
half hour having passed, and the business
(if any to be transacted being over, thu
guest is conducted away toward the dool
with the same ceremony; and 1t OF su
perior rank to his host, and he wishes u
show him great respect and honor, 1T
sees him to his sedan and waits as h
moves away. bowling profoundly, and ex
claiming Chin chin ~
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w. G.. RICuMoND. of Geneva, Ohio,
sends to AppLeton's Journal the following
account of how a spider builds its web:
While at work one day in the field,
accidentally destroyed the web of com
mon spider Curious to know what the
little creature would do in its great calsm
ity, made myself comfortable and await
cd results. The spider, not in the least
dshearte1ed by its loss, Immediately com
menced building another web. 1t first
described a circlc-not regular, but agree
ing with the irregularities of the spires
of grass on which 1t was suspended in a
verticlc position. Having strengthened
this outer line (Which may he likened To
the felloe of carriage whe,D, by passing
around it several times, adding each Time
thread, II proceeded To form the spokes.
1t ascended To the upper edge of the cur
Gle, aud securing its thread, swung Oh,
slowly desc ending to the lower edge,
where it fastened the other end. Ascend
ing this last formed line to about the cen.
tire, and fastening its thread. it proceeded
again To the circumference, thus forming
another spoke in the wheel. 1t continued
this operation until enough spokes were
made, then, beginning at the centre ol
hub, it passed round and round in en-
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WY SHOULD We WORkY?

Why should we worry? This life is not long
enough
Here 10 he wasted in sighing snd tears;
Silly and childish Il be who's nOt strong enough
Wisely with reason to fright away fears.
Cares but q coward with courage not half enough
F iriy u face us if We shcw no fear;
Nay. If IL poster y0u you ye but to laugh enough;
Presto, begOne 10, the bore is rot hele.
Mem'ry too often will bring Old sorrows;
Whea they were here, did we wish them to
Jasty
Why not forget tbemf The fool alone borrows
Present regrets from the grief of the past.
Tan we now CHANGE II by weeping and whiningf
What's done IL done. and is done past recall;
He who the present fOrgets- in repinirg,
Useless aud vain, is the worse fool OF all
Fancy. the jade, viii too often be peerfng.
Cnrt0us aud scared, through the Futures dark
night:
WHY should we trcmhlc at what she Is fearing?
Nhv should her dreamings fill us with ALRIGHT?
Wait till they're real things, ard present before
us;
If they arc worth IT. we'll care for them then;
Nov they re bu shadows, too limsy TO bore us;
Far too unreal TO shake those who are men.
Time. with the Presents real griefs to he dealing.
That's uo- easy sadly must own:
Who can deny lc-h and b'ood will have feeling?
Care, crief. and anguish will make themselves
known;
Own il. but add, life is too short for worry;
Darkness brings sunshine, all men arc
wrong:
on with desp airing-don't he in hurry
I'D know grief IS pressing-it will not stay long
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True IierOi,nl.

The battle Of Aliwal was fought on the
2Sth day of January, 1916. 1t was The
bloodiest I'm modern history up To that
time since then it has been eclipsed in
its sapguinsry character by lnkermann,
by Solfcrino, and by Sadowa. AT one
time the Sikh cavalry had well nigh cap.
tured Sir Harry Smith himself, who was
obliged to shift his position IN conse-
ouence At this moment an officer OF his
staff was struck down by fragment ol
shell, which shattered his right thigh and
hip Joint in hideous manner. Some men
of his troop, seeing him fall, obtained
leave to run to his assistance, and in few
minutes he was on stretcher and being
carried TO the rear. The men were dc
voted to him, and they carried hin
through that dreadful field of slaughter
with as much care as if conveying a baby
] IN its cradle. When within a short dis