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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-09-26

REVENUE DEC1sIoN.-The following correspon-
dence between Assessor Elliot OF the Third dis
trict, and the Commissioner OF Internal Revenue
siderable controversy In commercial circles.
The following is copy of letter OF inquiry sent
TO the Commissioner by the Assessor OF the Third
distTfct:--
AssEssoR's OFFICE, THIRD DISTRICT PENNSYLVANIA
September %, 1S70-Hon. o. Delano, Commissioner In
ternal Revenue, Washington-Sir;-I requested by
upon the following question Does draft at five days
sight for less sum than hundred dollars require
FIVE cent stamp under the act of July H. 1870, is u
exempt a promssory note, such drafts are
sidered by banks after acceptanceI Your early reply
is solicited Very respectfully. n n,,,or 49,.
To the above the following reply has been for
warded-
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF INTERNAL REvE-
NUE., WASHINGTON, Sept a. 1s70.-Sr: yours of the
I'D instant you ask docs draft at five days sight for
less than one hundred dollars require q five cent
stamp under the act Of July H. s70 is it exempt
promissory note y' etc.
reply that such a draft is not included among the
papers exempted in section of act of July H. 1870 and
therefore it will still require five cent tax. See sth
clause under General Remarks page u OF series ., No
10. Very respectfully, j. w. DOUGLASS,
Acting Commissioner.
William B. Elliott, ESQ., Assessor Third District, Phila
delpha, Pa.
The clause Of general Remarks" referred to
above says:"A check, draft, or order for the pay.
ment OF of money drGcn othertotse than at sight
or on nand is liable to stamp tax at the rate OF five
cents for each one hundred dollars or fractional
part thereof"
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of North Granville
Ladies' Seminary.

NORTH GRANVILLE June %.
The closing exercises connected with
the annual examination at the North
Granville Ladies' Seminary which took
place at the Presby terrain Church in that
place on Thursday, fully sustained the
excellently good character of the previous
exercises. They consisted of voluntary
by the accomplished teacher of instru-
mental music from the Seminary, Mr..
Wood, which was followed by prayer,
brief and appropriate, by the Rev. G. J.
Hill, pastor of the Presbyterian Church
at Whitehall. Several of the young
ladies from the Seminary, assisted by Mr..
Dudley, teacher of vocal music, then fav-
ored the audience with chorus, after
Calvin T. Hulburd, of New York city.
The address of the honorable gentleman
was largely composed of the narration of
facts incident to the life, character and
history of Hester Stanhope, while it was
indeed but II history, it was couched in
such fine language that it was relieved of
much which renders mere narration tire
some; having clearly protrayed this lady's
life and character from her extreme youth
to her death bed, the speaker then pro-
ceeded to draw happy comparison be-
tween this character whose life was the
willing slave of her indomitable will and
whose ambition knew no bounds, and the
quiet, self-sacriicing life of one who had
once occupied the position which the
young ladies before him then occupied,
who, in after life twice crossed the ocean,
and at length worn out in the masters
service, "fell asleep" as the speaker ex-
pressed himself on heather shores, diving
upon the field when she had long been
permitted to labor away from home and
kindred Not more clearly could the
speaker have presented the beauty and
self-devotion of the much, loved Nellie
Frost to whom he referred, than by this
happy contrast of the characters SO wide
" differing in their entire nature and OBJ
iects in life. After brief allusion to
other noble women whose names will
ever he cherished in the fond memories of
all lovers of the noble and the good; the
speaker in few brief but plainly spoken
sentences defined woman's sphere, and it
was such definition as while it would not,
perhaps, have pleased a Susan B. Anthony,
could not fail to meet the approval of
every true woman, and the marked atten-
ton prevailing during the closing remarks
of the speaker manifested clearly the ap.
probation Of those present. At the close
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Selections.

The moralist draws from his own
when he paints the minds of others.
Most of the proud only like shade
because they consider themselves torches.
Higher considerations have taught
us the God Wish is not the true God
[Carlyle.
ALL lives have their prose translation
as well as their ideal meaning. -TChas.
Auchester.
We may be certain that those who
assure ms that they are of no party, are
never OF our own.
Genius, like a torch, shines less in
the, broad daylight of the present than in
the night of the past.
-Mediocrity is an inn which all trave-
lers praise, but where none alight, save
when their carriages break down.
Whoever prostituted his temperance,
plety and science, gathered his harvest
into heap and set fire to it, Saadi.
The poorest education that teaches
self-coutrol is better than the best that
neglects it.-[Sterling.
"A great step is gained when child
has learned that there is no necessary
connection between liking thing and
doing it.-Hare.
There are words that can separate
hearts sooner than sharp words; there
are words whose stings can remain in the
heart through whole life.
Those orators who a,:e carried away
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Secretary Boutwell, directs the pay
ment of the July interest on and after
July 25, without rebate.
Jesse G. Sharpe, son of Marshall
Sharpe, and nephew of the President,
died on Friday morning at the residence
of Gen. Dent, in Georgetown.
Minister Motley has notified Secre-
tary Fish of the arrest of John S. Fiske,
our consul at Leith, for misdemeanor.
The commission of Attorney General
Akerman will not be issued for several
for several days. His friends say he will
not qualify for month to come, and that
Judge Hoar will continue for that time
to discharge the duties of the office. AT
the cabinet meeting Friday the attorney
general was represented by Judge Field.
Mr.. Alderman, by invitation of the Presi-
dent, called during the session, and was
personally introduced to the members of
the cabinet present.
The democratic members of Congress
have prepared an address, advising their
political friends in the several states to be
particular in the selection of candidates
for Copgress-those of the South to be
men who, if elected, can take the required
oaths. Importance is also given to the
fact that one third of the United States
senators are soon to be elected by the
state Legislatures. Therefore they call
upon democrats to adopt suitable means to
secure the election of the largest possible
number of members thereof
The action of the Senate, in voting
by eleven majority to abolish the income
tax altogether after this year, gives great
satisfaction to many members of the
House, and it will probably be concurred
in by that body. After the vote Mr.. Sher-
man withdrew the tax and tariff bill for
reinforcements, and his committee meets
on Monday to see what shall be done. 1t
is evident enough that they must strike
our various clauses proposing reduction
of tariff rates.
"A memorial of the Florida telegraph
company was presented to both honses of
Congress to-day, paying for the repeal of
the exclusive right granted in 1866 to the
international ocean telegraph. company to
connect Florida with Cuba, and offering
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Aspiration.
BY MRS. OLIVE E. p. THOMAS

Much does my life in its pilgrimage seek,
Much does my spirits ambition await
Can all the good that covet e'er inset
Can all be given to mans low estate!
List, while tell thee, oh! friend OF my heart,
OF the rare gems that my arms must enfold,
How would grasp them, and when depart,
Linger to gaze on their garments OF gold
Oh, you have dreamed that heritage grand,
Titles, and crowns, were the key TO my pride,
Courtiers and menials around me to stand,
Unquestioned power in nay scepter to bide.
Better than wealth is spirit of trust,
Charming all men in a brotherly bond;
Nobler by far is the soul of the just,
Timing a march for the glory beyond.
Give me home, whether cottage or hail.
Hallowed by prayer as the days shall go by,
So when Gods message shall solemnly fall,
There it were blest for the righteous to die.
Give me the hand that no BROTHER has wrongad
Give me the love that is hearty and free,
Shared by no other as time steals along,
True as the star to- the sailor can be!
Give me the eye lit with sympathy's tear,
Lips Oh forgiveness 10 scatter ali pam,
Words that are tender and deeds all sincere,
Leaving the memory free from stain!
These are the garments of grace would crave,
"Fair in the inner man" ever my theme,
Linked to such blessings my bark DER life's wave
Ever should glide like a beautiful dream.
This is the wealth that I've waited for long;
This liz the estate that no dollars can buy =
Oh, when gather them all in my song,
No millionaire will be prourder than 1.
So will dwell In the sunlight each day,
So will take up the cross and the care,
Counting no sacrifice great that lay
Upon the altar my love has made fair.
So in the future there'n be no regret
So between hearts there will gather no tears
Sweetly, oh sweetly, till iife's sun has set,
Fate on her dial will measure the years.
Smile not, my friend, at the picture I've wrought
Say not s. twill fade in reality's beam; -
For L must keep the sweet hope in my thought
That shall walk in my beautiful dream
Salisbury, vt.
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ID such case to lay cables and transrc;,
messages between the same points at one.
hst the lowest rates charged by the in
ternational company, and not discriminate
between European business, as is now the
case with that company.
The Georgia bill has once more gone
from the House, this time in a very sim.
pie and direct form. The fret section de.
clares the state entitled to representation.
but the act shall not be held TO prevent
the people holding an election for mem
bers of the legislature in accordance with
the provisions of the constitution; The
second section merely gives the governors
of Georgia, Virginia, Texas and Missis-
sippi the same rights that governors Of
other states have to organize militia.
There are no conditions whatever in the
bill, Mr.. Lawrence's amendment, imposing
some, getting but about forty votes. The
amendment providing directly for an cleo
ton next fall, which is the one over which
SO much bitter controversy has arisen, was
rejected by fifty-one majority,-all the
democrats and about twenty-one republi-
cans only voting therefor. The bill, as
passed, is not greatly different from that
introduced by MIR. Dawes. 1t is too early
yet to tell what will be done with ii in
the Senate.
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"A Eeeile Mkt"
BY JUDGE CLARK.


Ethan Spick had the cure of soles al
washwallow is to say, was the
village c6bbler. In ''the breathing time
of day"-with him the better part of it
it was his chief delight to sit i'll trout OF
the Happy Home" and regale whoever
chose to listen with thrilling accounts OF
the wonders he had seen, and no small
part of which, himself ayouehing, he had
been.
His best perfor mrnces, it is fair to say,
were currently suspected to be simply lies,
of which he had forgotten the talsehood
but the world, you know, is c,nsorious
and, for our part, we prefer to leave
Ethan to make his own impression with
out prejudice.
One hot MONDAY, while the stage pas
sengers Were picking their teeth after din
ner, and waiting for the horses to be put
to, Ethan, in his accustomed seat. and
deep in his fourth mug of ale, was thus
accosted by lounger:
"What was the oldest thing you
ever see, Uncle Ethan z"
did I ever tell ye," inquired Ethan,
setting down his mug, after pause and
a chuckle-"no, I guess I didn't-about
that ERE chap as ketched hisself stealth
my corn ?"
''No; let's have it," came from dozen
mouths.
"Well, we see," Ethan began, "when ]
was kerryin' on the farmin' business"
"Kerryin' on the farmin' business y
put in quizzical looking customer
"why, you never had no farm"
Eyes, had hull section out on the
Wabash, an lost it all goin' s'curity," said
Ethan, with sympathy-seeking look.
Then turning sharply on the interrupter
at want to know who's noratin' here,
you or me, Sile Copus ?"
"Go on go on never mind Sile," cho-
russed the crowd.
"Well, ye see," Ethan resumed, "my
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without reason remind me Of those ships
represented in pictures, with sails all
filled on sea as smooth as glass
The man who feels remorse for the
evil he has done, is to be pi'ied; but
there is one being still more unfortunate,
he who feels his guilt beforehand and
yet commits it.
Let him who gropes painfully in
darkness or uncertain light and prays We
hemently that the dawn may ripen into
day, lay this precept well to heart: " Do
the duty which lies nearest to thee, y
which thou knowest to be duty Thy
second duty will already have become
clearer.-[Carlyle.
How little do lovely women know
what awful beings they are in the eyes of
inexperienced youth Young men
brought up in the fashionable circles of
our cities will smile at this. Accustomed
to mingle necessarily in female society,
and to have the romance of the heart
deadened by thousand frivolous firta-
tions, women are nothing but women in
their eyes; but to susceptible youth like
myself, brought up in the country, they
are perfect diyinities.- Washington r.
wing.
The fact that God is love is every
where evident in nature. The little
streamlet winding over hill and through
valley speaks to us in bubbling tones,
"God is love-"
The lofty trees of the forest, swayed to
and fro by the Lord of the winds, pro-
claim in piercing tones, "God is love-"
The bird soaring throughthe air and
anon lighting on some tree-top, MARBLES
forth in his sweetest notes, God is
love-"
A passing cloud, which for moment
obscures the sun, seemingly comes but to
tell us, "God is love-"
The mighty ocean, with its foam crested
pillows, exclaims in tones of thunder,
"God is love-"
And every leaf and blade of grass joins
with every voice of nature in shouting,
"God is love-" And echo answers, "God
is love"
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PORTLAND AND OswEGo RAILROAD
Through the politeness of5Mr. Cain, of
the Courier, we are able to lay before our
readers, the following account of the pro-
gress made in the surveys, etc, of this
route, taken from the Albany Argus;
The examination and survey of the
route for this road in this State are pro-
crossing rapidly, with promise of most
favorable results both to gradients and
cheapness of construction. The towns
along the route also manifest disposition
to aid the construction to the extent al
lowed by law.
The Lake Ontario Shore road, Gerritt
Smith, President, is about to be put IN
der contract and the subscription of two
million to the Canada Southern Railway
Company has been made up, the ten per
cent. in gold paid in, and the company is
about organized. A bill has beensintro-
duced into the New Hampshire Legisla-
ture to constitute the Portland, Rutland,
Oswego 81 Chicago Railroad Company, of
Maine, corporation in New Hampshire
and ordered to be printed. The friends
of this line appear to be moving with enr-
nestness and effect.
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THE LoBBY.-The insolence of the
lobby is its most characteristic feature,
and one that clings to it wherever there
is a capital. At Washington, not con-
tent with usurping the seats of innocent
spectators in the galleries and Hobbies Of
the chambers of Congress, it has for some
time crowded the floor of the lower
house, and now lounges upon the senate
rial sofas and swarms under the vice
presidents eye. The whispering intri-
guers whisk around among the conscript
fathers with all the freedom of the pages,
and in the midst of the most engrossing
public business claims everybody's ear.
OF course there are doorkeepers, provided
and well paid, but the doorkeeper is a
peculiar machine which refuses to admit
any person so Jolly green" as TO ask for
admission, while it never challenges the
man who has the cheek to go in as if he
belonged there. The throng of lobbyists
having become so large as to outnumber
the senators on the floor, we are glad to
see that Mr.. Colfax has directed the guar
dians of the sanctuary TO enforce the rules
for the exclusion of strangers.
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when they predicted for her a brilliant
future Is singer. The Journal says:
"Mrs. De Notes voice is of excellent
quality and Of pleasant evenness through
out its whole oQmpass. Although suffer-
ing from the trying ordeal Of first APP
pearance, she sang Gounod's Ave Maria
most tunefully and truthfully, sympa-
thizing with the subject very charming
ly indeed, Notwithstanding the slight diff.
fculty she experienced in reaching that
G.. In the Recit. and Aria from Elijah,
she sang well also, and reflected much
credit upon her teacher, Mr.. Salmson."
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Personal.

Duh w OOA Lno 5OAAc ~
The Queen has returned to Windsor.
Secretary Belknap has returned TO
Washington.
Father Hecker has returned to New
York from Rome.
Napoleon had the govt, at the latest
advices-the vulgar fellow.
-Signor Eugene Sismonda, the we'll
known Italian geologist, is dead.
Max Strakosch sailed for Europe on
Saturday. He goes for Nilsson.
The birthday of Mesmer has been
celebrated by banquet in Paris.
Prof. Darwin declines the honorary
degree of Oxford on account Of feeble
health.
Bishop whipple is expected to arrive
at his home in Faribault on Saturday af-
ternoon.
Hartford proposes a monument 10
DR.. Horace Wells, the discOverer of anes-
thetics.
Spotted Tail and Red Cloud are 20.
litely termed Msculated Caudal and Yer
million Nimbus.
The New York Evening Post says no
military 6and ever hearo IN thS' CIV! AP'
proacheS oilmores 8
One of Die ems sons is in literature,
one in Austraia. one in the British navy.
anu . iOui - O. "'s'.'
Lord Penzsnce lately divorced TWEEN
ty-six couples - two days. Yet the Eng
hsh papers tslL u Indiana.
On Decora Y day. at Lancaster, Pa,
the grave OF thaGo+ u stevens was
covered with 4" 'eFs by the ladies.
Madame T VI, spa ! 81 recently the dit-
ncuIt task OF r.aFln- 'Ealnst the artil-
tery' II wa, iron ''S Whoie' rather
o@u Ior 'he sul-
Mary Pow 4, in hfr lecture on the
Indians, says re HI zen 200 Indian
s eaoles al toge' T. al 't squat came
iioih any Vi LII
&C. G. Grow, of A bama, who was
confirmed on ] 1iday nisht as Secretary
of the Territol of Ur4h, died on Satur-
0"y' "l MS hohl4 III Ala" INA
Gen. Rob. Anderson, of Sumter
fame, is dangerously III at Tours. He.
will be removed to the Pyrenees as soon
as he can endure the journey.
Mrs. Motley is pronounced the best
dressed lady In London; that is, she
dresses IN the best taste. Next TO her
ranks the Countess OF Seton,
Rev n Dawi+t TsI1r,a,, or5 ,r;f.
of Brooklyn, left for Europe in the Java,
last week. A portion of the congregation
accompanied them down the bay.
NJ Sonbis Smith of Ho.fo,5 AToos
who Gave thirty tbonsand dollar 70 fonn4
a special course OF study at Andover
Theological Seminary died on Monday
"A PENNSYLVANIA youth of twenty. nm.
able to nav his board bill of about $40.
has married his landlady, a widow of
seventy. An expensive settlement OF ao-
count.
Hon. O. II. Wrioht. of Havana. Ill.
member of the late Constitutional Con
ventlon' received paFaiytlc stroke Oh
the traln nome saturday. anu hes III
cri1icai cohaiIioh'
Frank Thorne is to receive $4,000
for his leap from Suspension Bridge at
Niagara Falls on the 18th OF August next
We hoI,ce tne laeI iiieieiy ior congfA'"
ia'ing L FRANK LIZZIE
William Swinton. the widely known
historian. of the Army of the Potomac,
will have in the july GaLa1y, an article
of exceeding value and suggestiveness,
entitled The New Lamps of History"
..;,. fo,,o,, osl,sd q ge,,.rs.
- IN, Ipnhiio aatberino WIN he had
l man at a pun pun n;da ~h;stars and was an.
shaved on ms sloe whisheis, an - We $50,
swered that 70 meet S0iho n''N' H0 -
0A '-'0t0
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RUTLAND MUSICAL TALENT.-Wat-
sons art Journal New York City con-
tains an account of sacred concert held
at one Of the Lutheran churches in that
city, in which Mrs. De Motto, daughter
Of Horace Barney Of this place, was the
principal mezzo-soprano singer. It will
be seen from the account which we copy
below that our citizens were not mistaken
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Rutland, June 9th, 1870.

A DAsTARDLY AcT.-Upon taking out
Nickwackett engine yesterday morning, a
hole was found cut in the suction hose.
Whoever the villain may be, he was
thwarted in his attempt to disable the
machine, as it was discovered in time to
replace the cut length by "a whole one.
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that trial. Lafayette took the third prize
by feet II inches over Nameless.
The companies were all satisfied with
the decisions Of the judges and let us
here express our thanks for the courtesy
shown us by the several judges, marshals
and officers of the day, as we'll as to our
own company for the invitation to attend.
The Nicks were by all odds the largest
company in uniform, the best uniformed,
the largest and stoutest men, and Of
course the best looking. While the pro-
cession was passing the Ondawa House,
we overheard one gentleman say to anoth-
er, "You can go your bottom chip On that
crowd every time" In fact, they were
the favorites from the start.
st. Peters Band made a splendid ap-
pearance, and did better than ever. They
took the honors in the music line. Not
any of the companies played as well as
they would have done if there had been
no wind. The wind blew from the east,
and broke up their streams considerably.
The Salem Company's engine looked as
if the ladies might have had hand on it,,
for it was very beautifully and tastefully
decorated with bouquets, wreaths and fes-
toons of flowers. The only regret we
have is, that the Nameless, of Castleton,
did not take prize, and this feeling was
universal with the Rutland Boys, who
took hold and helped them, but to no pur-
pose. We trust they will not be diseour-
aged, but try again. Although they have
small engine, practice and drill will en-
able them to surpass all that they have
heretofore done. a ......
The Phoenix Company, of Whitehall,
were very unfortunate in not having hose
that would hold them.
Upon the arrival of the special train
from Salem, bringing the victorious Nick's,
they were received at the depot by Wash
ington Engine Company No. 2, Killing
ton Steamer No. 8, Union Hook and Lad
der Company, and large ooncourse of
citizens, and were by them escorted to
their house on Center street. The pro-
cession was headed by the band, and we
noticed several brooms carried in the pro-
cession as an indication that they had
now, as heretofore, swept away all COM
petitors. After reaching their hall three
cheers were given, the companies were
dismissed The Nick's and may well feel
proud of the reception they received from
their brother fremen and fellow citizens,
indicating as it did that they, and in fact
all Rutland, were proud of them.