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THE BAD CONDITION OFOUR M Wy.
That the navy of the United States is not in
such a state of efficiency as it ought to be
from the fact hat it is our chief means of
defense against foreign attacks, is admitted
upon all sides. For this condition of affairs
no one person is responsible, and it is simply
the result of general bad management, and a
deficiency in practical knowledge on the part
of those who have had the control of our naval
affairs of late years. Since the breaking out
of the Rebellion, in 1861, up to the present
time, there has scarcely been a single person
connected with the administration of the navy
who has been able to do more than institute
the loosest and most uncertain experiments
experiments based upon no certain facts of
science, but wild, irregular, and expansive
as the imagination of those VIC suggested
them. Gideon Welles was heartily abused
during the whole time he was in office, and
those who have succeeded him have en-
deavored to throw the whole blame of the
present bad condition of the navy upon his
shoulders. Mr.. Welles undoubtedly made q
great many mistakes and blunders, but he is
in reality entitled to more credit than he has
ever yet received. 1t is true that very many
of the naval vessels set ahoat by him were
found to be practically useless for service in
foreign waters-the chief service for which
they would ~berequired in time of peace-but it
should be remembered that these vessels were
bzilt in haste, to supply an urgent demand,
and they were intended especially to operate
in the shallow bays and t~ortuous rivers of our
southern coast. This service they did per-
form, on the whole, in a satisfactory manner,
and they came out Of the war prematurely
old from the rough usage to which they were
necessarily subjected-their timbers strained
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THE MARSEILLAISE

A PARIS journal says that the Empress will
issue a decree making the 'Marsellaise"
henceforth the national air of France. This
is one of the most impudent pieces OF hum
bug ever attempted by a despot. For years
the great national air of French freedom has
been prescribed. The author of the cOup
d'etdt did not dare to permit Frenchmen to
listen to its inspiring strains. lie trembled
at its invocations to resistance against the
tyrannies he was daily perpetrating, and he
cruelty punished every audacious utterer of
its central sentiment, so liberty, can man
resign thee!" Now this prosecutor of the
''Marsellaise," when he wishes to
awaken martial feeling, has it played
by all his military bands, in the hope That it
will excite false expectations and mistaken
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enthusiasm among his mercurial subjects,
while he evidently intends to use any victories
that may be achieved by their valor as a pre-
text for the establishment of personal gov
eminent and for the creation Of additional
restrictions upon the freedom of France. The
false trickster who is capable of such despics-
BILE triAing with the patriotic feelings of a
nation deserves to be not only defeated but
despised by all Just men.
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1870.

tg The earliest regular edition of The
EVENING TELEGRAPH goes to press at u
O'Clock, and the subsequent regular editions
at %, 81, and d. Whenever there is i'm
portant news of the progress of the Euro
pean war, extra editions will be issued after
this hour, and before the regular time for the
early edition.
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Domestic ep. tn.
~roJ.cs ports.
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"A young man named Thickhead not long
since gave a magistrate considerable annoyance
at san Francisco. by pretending that he had
heard nothing after that official had been speak
ing upon the enormity of his offense for nearly
half an hour. He finally grew impatient, ard
ordered the man TO be remanded.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
Statistics Of Commerce aud Navigation.

Despatch 10 the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-Mouthly Report No.
IL, of the Bureau OF Statistics, is now In press.
1t contains the accounts of our foreign trade for
the eleven months ended May 81, 1870. as COM
pared with the corresponding period of 1869.
The head of the bureau, Mr.. Edward Young,
furnishes the following synopsis
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vessels. 9,4Ss ~a,1is,Sas 9,48s 8,1Gs,27l
vessels. e. 1880 5~,1o6,s6l 1925 5,l5Is53
Total =. ...:. 26,67s s~,2zO,6s9 2e,66a S~.a21,127
Total IL months
to May 81, 90. .25,2 l1 7~,867,927 24,s79 7,s43,2 94
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

II. N.-THE COMPREHENSIVE
i heretofOre existing between RICHARD CAM
PIC and WILLIAM LISTER, under the firm name
of CAMPI0N a. LISTER. in the manufacture and
sale OF Worsted Yarns, etc, in the city of Phlladel-
phia, has been dissolved by mutual consent. The
business will be continued by RICHARD CANE ION,
who will pay all debts and liabilities OF the late firm,
and alone receipt for and collect all sums due or
owing 10 the said late firm. = II. CAMPION,
WILLIAM LISTER.
August 2. 1870. s52t'
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Periods.

1t will be seen, by the above table,, that for
the eleven months ended May 81, 1870, the i'm
ports exceeded the exports by $8, 225, 500, pre-
sentiDg a very favorable contrast with the same
period of 1869, when the excess of imports over
exports was SIS, 055, 497.
The value of commodities remaining in ware
house May 81, 1870, was $54, 029, 462, against
$50, 1884, orc In 1869.
The following is the proportion shipped in
American and foreign vessels during the eleven
months ended May 81, 1870, as compared with
the corresponding period of the previous year.
Domestic Exports Foreign
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Eleven months to

Imports. (niFci rdIaes) Exports.
hay 81, 1870.
AmeT'n vessels. siS7, 42s, sOe st7O, i49, 1877 s1l,sss,841
Foreign vessels. 2s4,oOS,ul 29O,4S6,Tl o~,Io3,OSO
Eleven months to
May 81, 1910.
Foreign vessels. 1854 $50, 556 1853, e06, sos s.lO1, 6l7
Of the total imports for the eleven months
ended May 81, 1870, $43, Ala, 757 was free of
duty, $31S, 521 $50 dutiabie, $246, 472, 1856 entered
for consumption, and $175, 49,, S32 entered ware
house.
The principal commodities imported were:-
Gold and silver coin and bullion, $26, 610,034;
living animals, $5,S34, 1853; breadstuffs,
81, 1872, 528; coffee, $22, 019. 2lS; cotton and maui
and dyes, Sc, 1S9, sos; flax and manufactures OF
flax, SIS, 793, $50; fruits, $7,007,6 GA; furs aud fur
skins, 2,01l, 454; hides and skins other than
furs, $13, 326, 29l; iron and manufactures of,
s26, CAS-. 6l9; leather and leather goods,
1000 93S; silk and manufactures of silk,
S26, l28, $50; sugars and molasses, $60,0S 100;
tea, Sl3, 157 1922; tin and manufactures of,
$, SOS 81; wines, spirits, and cordials,
Sc, 911, S91; wood and I manufactures of,
s. 1875, $50; wool, sleeps, goats, aud camels'
hair, and manufactures of, $39,322,7 $50.
The principal articles of domestic export
were:-Agricultural implements, 1921 1888; liv-
ing animals, 1920, $50; breadstuffs, $3.50, OH, 1856;
raw cotton, $215,4 9S, 206; manufactures of cot
ton, IS, 292, 262; gold and silver coin aud bull
lion, S3S, 194, 999; manufactures of gold and
silver, $52, GO; iron aud manufactures of, $l2,-
918, $50; steel and manufactures of, 50, 722, 2S6;
naval stores, "a, 800, 52S: petroleum oil, 1928 099,-
939; all other oils, 81, $780, 1888; provisions, $780,
81, sos; tallow, SIS, 666, 277; Tobacco and manu-
features of, $40, 254 ,036; wool and manufactures
of. $12, 574. 07S.
The principal articles re- exported were:-
Gold and silver coin and bullion, $12, 900, 6S4;
oils, 81, 311, S72; provisions and tallow, 1866
5S4; tea, 81, 1919, III.
The following are the values of the principal
commodities remaining in warehouse May
81, 1S70:-
H-n a., nv nxn
81, 574, $50; manufactures of fax, $1,4O2, s72;
fruit, 81, 349, 307, hemp ami manufactures of
hemp, $S76, 4S3; iron and manufactures of iron,
g., 543, l04; leather and leather goods. $500 853;
brown sugar, 81, 972, 40S; molasses, 81, 1872, 273;
tea, S. 3l 937; wines, spirits and cordials,
81, 49,, 467; wool, etc., and manufactures of,
SO. 206, S64.
The vessels engaged in the fereign trade which
entered into and cleared from the United
States during the eleven months ended May
81, 1870, were as follows
Entered. Cleared.
F E@sI19a Re sssSsls.. .l /, asS s,iis,ssi , g,as5 %S,ISs'sss
TOta! .......26,67 8~,27O,o8s 26,c08 8,82l,l2
to May 81, go. ,25,2l1 7~,867,e27 24,s7s I,84s, 9o4
POLITICAL.
n.y. F 0 r s R F F,
W l. L 1 A NJ 4. L D 8,
WARD. IT II tt
ssSs~ O REGISTE OF WILL S,
1870,
w LIAM NJ. B N,
SIXTEENTH WARD.
Late Private Company 7, rcd P. V. iii tt
SPECIAL NOTICES.
For additional Special Notices sec The Inside Ea0es.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27

E South Carolina has taken Ca
jump ahead" on the woman question.
A bill has passed to the third read
ing in the legislature, which pro-
vides that no real or personal prop
erty held by a woman at the time of
her marriage shall be subject to levy
or sale for her husbands debts, but
shall be her separate property; that
o married woman shall have power
to bequeath, devise or convey her
separate property in the same man.
ner and TO the same extent as II she
were unmarried; that she may pur-
chase any species of property in her
own name, and may contract and be
contracted with in the same manner
as if she were an unmarried woman;
that in all matters relating to her
separate property and her separate
contracts she may sue and be sued,
plead aud be impleaded, and in every
respect be entitled to, and be subject
to, the same legal rights and RENE
dies as if she were unmarried; nor
shall any ioinder of her husband as
a party with her be necessary in any
action brought by her or against her
in matters relating to her separate
property, or arising out Of her sepa-
rate contracts.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27
Eastern Editors Description of
Pittsburg.

Pittsburg people never have fresh
air except when out of town. They
live on coal smoke and floating cinders.
We inhaled seven tons Of coal the first
day We were there. The people breathe
smoke, eat smoke, chew smoke and
carry it loose in their pockets. 1t is
now seventy-two years since Pitts
burgh has been warmed or reached by
the suns rays. Once a streak of sun
shine after several years condensiug,
undertook to penetrate the cloud Of
smoke over the city, got lost, became
smoked, and fell like a stunning edi-
ton of the black Crook!
The ladies use smoke and coal dust
to protect their complexion. Little
boys and girls stand on the corners
with wet brooms and sponges to wash
peoples faces for FIVE cents. Every
body is of a color in Pittsburgh At
the post Office window the clerk dis
tinguishes people by certain signs. it
being impossible to see their faces for
the layers of coal dust and smoke. We
saw little boy crying in the street be-
cause he had lost his father who was
six feet ahead of him in the blackness
Every one wears mourning in Pitts
burgh. 4 barber once went there to
color hair and whiskers. He morn
busted in 4 week! Men kiss each 9th
er's wives in Pittsburgh, unable to tell
which is their own only by the taste.
Women send children on errands, first
printing on their faces with thumb
nail or wet sticks. People feel their
way by door knobs, aud read by raised
type. 4 man once stood in the room
with the window raised-changed his
shirt nine times in four minutes, and
enly got a clean one on him when the
window fell by accident and kept the
smoke out. Met a man with cold
who had blown his nose, and that or
gan looked ike burnt stump on each
side of which wOodchuck has been
burrowing.
A white man there once accused his
wife of presenting him with negro
baby--she proved her innocence OF so
loyal who's bin here" by plunging
the little innocent into a cistern with a
lantern tied to its neck. The husband
saw dimly, recognized Saxon cuticle,
clasped his wife to his bosom and held
her there so long in joyful embrace
that the little cuss in the cistern was
drowned; the lamp went out and boy
was lost forever.
Bedclothes are unknown in Pitts
burgh, leave the window open and
sheets of smoke settle upon you like
from a machine press!
Some years since some snow fell into
the city through the land of smoke
the smoke was not hurt but the snow
looked sick! Men carry lanterns to
SEQ to shake hands. When looking at
a watch TO see the hour, it is the fash
on to light a match. They make
broadcloth by hanging a SPIDERS web
put till filed with smoke, and use hot
coal dust for pepper. They roll the
smoke sweetened into sticks and sell it
for liquorice!
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27
A Shower Of Spiders.

An extraordinary phenomenon
was recently witnessed in Carlisle,
England, consisting of shower of
what may best be described as small
spiders, resembling the ant In form,
bat of much smaller dimension.
They were Of dark mahogany color
and bright surface, and came down
in countless numbers in the fore
noon. Spinning on an EXTENSIVE
scale was instantaneonsly set about,
and in wonderful short time the
railings in front of houses, and all
similar projections, were festooned
with glittering lines of web arranged
all horizontally and of many Yards
In length, and without the traverse
lines usually seen upon spiders webs.
The threads appeared whittier sd
more visible than the ordinary spi-
ders' web, and were evidently very
glutinous, for the work or capture
Immediately began, and innumerable
tiny insects forthwith fell prey to
the invaders.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27

A DELICATE SUBJEcr.--At = recent
examination of Scotch farmer, on his
sister entering the box to be examined.
the following conversation took place
between her and the opposite agents:
Agent-"How old are you?"
Miss Jane-"Oh, weel. sir, | am an
unmarried woman, and / dina think
it right to answer that question"
The Judge-"Oh. yes, answer the
gentleman how old you are"
Miss Jane--"Weel a weel, am
fifty"
Agent-"Are you not more?"
Miss Jane-"Weel am sixty"
The inquisitive agent still further
asked if she had hopes of getting mar
ried, to which sho replied:
Weel, sir, 1 widna surely tell lie;
l hinna lost hope yet" And she
scornfully added: "But l Wilma mar
ry you, for L am sick and tired o. your
palaver already"
The examination proceeded.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27

that the mouth speaketh. Ii the heart
is right there IS little danger of the
lips erring."
Il stand reproved. said the young
man. "And if can make reparation
Tor any hurt have done Mr.. Grover,
will not hold back in word or deed.
All me! how much wrong is dore bv
unguarded speech"
''S6ll striking the green leaves.
while the root is in the ground" said
Mrs. Dalton. "You must go back Of
speech to its inspiration"
"True, true!"
40 the good thought. or the evil
thought. Why not, in judging others.
conclude good instead of evil, where no
evidence as to the motive appears? Ii
we judge evil, is it not from evil in our
selves? That is the question we should
take to heart. for it concerns us deeply
the evil Judgment injuring US far
more than the one we carelessly seem
to injure. But what need say more.
You understand it all See to it, then,
that you entertain no hurtful things in
your heart. and there will be no con
cern about guarding the lips"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27
CONJUGAL LOVE,

AND THE HAPPINESS OF TRUE MARRIAGE.
EssAY for Young Men, on the Errors,
u Abuses and diseases which destroy the
Manly Powers and create impediments to
MARRIAGE, with sure means Of relief
Sent in sealed letter envelopes free Of charge.
Address, DR. J.. SKILLIN HOUGHT0N,
Howard Assoeistion, Philadelphia, Pa.
Aug. l3, leSs.-Iy.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27
City Property for Sale.

4 DESIRABLE dwelling house of five
n rooms, cellsr, cistern, good stable, and
other out buildings, situated on Fourth Street,
near Newsom's Mil.
Foz particulars, enquire Of JAMES MEL
KIE, on the premises.
II net sold by the lst Of April, 1t win be
for rent.
Des- 2,ls6s--sm.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27

EA drunken man in Milwaukee
was cooked nearly through by lying
down on a marble slab in billiard
room, over steam pipes. He said he
thought first he was in hell, and when
it kept getting hotter he imagined
he was in Chicago. He was pleased
when the crowd teok him of, and
found his fate was not so hard as he
had supposed.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27

EA young gentleman Of ten was
very much disgusted the other day
because the village storekeeper re-
fused to take pay for a pair of skates
price 81 cents-by cash down 6
cents and the in few days.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27

~"My DEAR" asked q husband,
on observing new striped hose on
MS only heir, "why have you made
barber poles of our Ernest's legs?"
Because he is little shaver" was
.he reDly.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27

%"What brought you to prison,
my colored friend?" 1.-TWO consta-
bles, sah" Eyes; but l mean had
anything to do with
it?' "Yes, sab; dey was bofs of EN-
drunk"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27

wDuring the past year there
were seventy-fou steamboat disas-
tiers on Western waters. involving an
actual loss of over 81, ,000, 900, upon
which there was an insurance OF
S658. 900.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27

EA boy near St Louis was shot
through the heart on Saturday from
carelessness with gun. His clothes
caught fire from the powder, and the
body vas burned to crisp, If you
are spelling for funeral, buy your
boy gun,
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27
Reduction since March

H A Cincinnati woman's saw
dust calf exploded on the street few
days since, covering the pavement
with the dust and the woman's face
with bushes. She dropped into book
store and got a doctor to bind up her
wounds.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27

wThat was funny remark Of
the little girl who was sent out to
hunt hens eggs. She thought, as
she didn't find any, she said, it was
strange, as she saw ''lots of hens
standing around doing nothing"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27

~A little boy having broken his
rocking horse the day it was bought,
his mother began to scold; when he
silenced her by inquiring, "What's
the good of horse until it's broke?"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27

~At DR.. Mary Walkers lecture
in Leavenworth, man asked If she
was the Mary thst had . little lamb.
She said she hadn't, as far as she
was able to Judge.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27
From the Buffalo Express.
A Poet Let Loose.
4 sad tai, Of srue looe Gnd d1s rttriBxtion.

=
In Herkimer county
There never was seen
Asweeter young creature
Than Annabel Green.
She was fair as the lilies,
And pure rs the snow,
And ichabod Brown
sweet Annabel's beau.
Fair Annsbel Green
Thus 10 Ichabod spoke.
should you ever prove false,
NJ poor heart would be broke"
Then he answered. "Ihope
To be roasted and eat,
If my AnnsbeFs love
shall ever forget"
But Ichsbod Brown
Proved faithless, and soon
Poor Annsbel Green
Was deserted and lone;
And she wept and she mourned,
And she so5bed and she sighed,
TIL her tender heart broke
And she laid down and died.
Then Ichabod Brown
Was never at ease;
He roamed all the way
To the far Southern seas.
And on going ashore
Some savages met him.
They built up Are,
And roasted and eat him.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27

EWhen Mormon is sent abroad
On recruiting service, Brigham ap-
points a man to act as brevet hus-
band until his return. If the wives
are good looking, Brig. appoints him
self.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27

EF- The Tartars make their tea out
of water, tea, tallow. salt, the fat of
sleeps tail, parched millet, and cheese,
and travellers say that after few trials
il is not SO bad.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27

@ A jealous wife IN New Orleans
poured boiling hot water over her un-
faithful husband, as he lay asleep in
bed.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27

@ The following brings down to
everybody's comprehension the rate
at which the National Debt has been
reduced:
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27

% "Bob, how is your sweetheart
getting along?" "Pretty well, / guess
she says l needn't call any more"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27
KITTY.

Kitty. cruellest Of girls;
Turned away In pride;
Down her shoulders shook the curls.
In q golden tide.
Haughty she rrowned ou me-
Like a miser old,
Would not give, for charity,
One small lock of gold.
Kitty, il lovers prayer
Your hard heart denied,
Wherefore leave your scissors there.
Nesting at Your side.
All, know, my pouIing pet.
Stealing Is sin;
But small pity misers get
When the thieves break In.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27

EThe Cincinnati Red Stock
ings" GO to Europe next simmer.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27
ATTORNEY.
FOR SALE.
Farm For Sale.

TIME subscriber offers for sale, on liberal
Il terms, and at low figure, his farm lying
in Green township, Gallia County, Ohio, six
miles from Gallipolis, and consisting of 100
acres, well watered and timbered, all new
buildings, fine young orchard, DC.
Enquire on the premises.
JH. MCCORMICK.
Dec. I6. Is69-sm.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27

re- Faber, the pencil maker, is said
to be so fat that he can't walk alone.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27

EFive Thousand consumptive pa
tients resortto Minnesota every year.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27

E~ This year has fifty-three San.
days.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27

kE Queen Yictoris has sixteen
grandchildren.