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present, the farce was concluded by
the nomination of a partisas-unpledged
to the principles and platform OF the
National Labor Union. Shame, thrice
shame ON those who have thus brought
disgrace upon cause with which they
evidently have no sympathy. and to
which they are unworthy to belong
Taken altogether, we regard the en-
tire proceedings as disgraceful in the
extreme, and calculated to bring the
movement into public contempt. we
assure those who have taken such o
prominent position in the matter, thai
the day has gone by when any clique
can sell the interests of the working
classes under the unmeaning plea, that
this or that aspirant is friend to
labor. And we advise our Cleveland
friends to adhere to their determine
ton to vote for no man, for any Office
who has not openly and above-board
endorsed the principles of the National
Labor Union, and agreed as far o
possible to carr hem into effect.
We shall watch the result with
peculiar interest, and assure all those
who in future may be guilty of like
treachery, that we shall expose it when
ever and wherever committed. The
"petty jobbers" who now invest the
ranks of labor, must be given to under
derstand that they are where they hav'
no right to be; that they are sailing
under false colors, and that the bes
thing they can do, is to take up thei
beds and walk"
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LABOR ITEMS.

The Pittsburgh Typographical
Unto No. z, which suspended some
months ago, has been recognized.
One hundred printers enrolled their
names, and the terms Of the officers
holding over, were extended until the
next regular term.
Two hundred boot-bottomers struck
in North Brookfeld, last week, because
the employers would not discharge
Crispin, who refused to pay the as
sessments of the Order.
TIE Workiagman's Jos'sd of San
Francisco, dominates George w.
Julian, of Indiana, for President, and
Senator Sprague, of Rhode Island, for
Vice President, +" subject to the nom
nation Of the Workingmen's National
Labor Union Party, in 1872"
THERE are only three hand-loom car
pet manufactures in Massachusetts,
and about one hundred weavers, most
" very old men. Several hands in the
Danver works are from 20 to "a years
of age. The other mills are at Lowell
and Roxbury. The operatives in each
shop are organized, with a committee
of arbitration, 40 that when there is
any trouble about wages, or anything
else, they act together.
THE miners of the Newport District,
Lucerne County, Pa, have been on q
strike since the lst of May for an ad-
vance on the car.
JONATHAN G. FINcHER, has com
menced the publication of the Anthra-
cite Workman, paper devoted to the
interests of the miners, at Wilkesbarre,
Pa We trust he may be successful in
his new enterprise.
WE are pleased to learn from our
correspondents that the labor move.
ment is fourishing at Jackson, Mich.
The next meeting of the Inter
national Typographical Union, will be
held at Baltimore. The following are
the list of officers for the ensuing year
Prestdent-William ]. Hammond, OF
New Orleans.
Wee residents-Thomas Willard, of
Albany, John I'll. O'Donnell, of Boston.
Secretary and 7reasarer-John Col
Inns, of Cincinnati.
Recording and Corresponding tSecre-
tqry-Miss Augusta Lewis, Of New
York.
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bers are, for the most part, tho ones
who most respect the reporters, and in
turn, are most respected by them.
To-day ehigh6 Interesting Discus
sion WIS haH, b the House, ON the
Banking and Currency Bill; and, Of
course as usual, the monopoly cham
pions went m clamorously for National
Banks, high interest, tax-exempt bonds,
DC. But Hon. S. S. Cox, of New
York, made thoughtful, forceable and
exhaustive speech, against all these par
tial privileges, and in favor of Govern
ment currency and plenty Of it, for the
poor as we'll as rich, and low rate Of
interest-just what we want.
He was followed by Gov. Morgan,
Ohio, with an able speech in the same
direction. ID. 3. Z.
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TO All Whom It Nay Concern.
bFFTtE NY THE Nk-I0EAL !. ABoR UNION,
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-. N.Y.. -, IeEn
An, .l.4.r..,... - :, 49, IT.,
Ts,or Tr..r \. III. 3scidod ~, NJ ~ ~
sion shout, 10 t.,l +, c,,.;oD.,, ohio
ma -..r. tst.r.hv r;,o, ~, ~ s0nr,b
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a' AaOi ""'O'
1 80
~
m" -t'- DH'o'7' (" cooperative Assocla
lions, aI Labor prgaulz ions of every kind
will Doc entitled 20 representatiou-
f,r ~, .i... tb,t su de,artmeDts NJ ;ndrs.
Try 'a'"'+ 'l'' ''i''nou CAUSE anu in'e'es'
10 IA oar efoys 20 elevate and improve the
coudjt.g. stt. Y toHirr a.asses-we. therefore.
::..... W. H.
y P"'S'eo' u ~,
t'i eG.1'. '""i 'v. "iou'e 70 'ne suostAn'ial
Wct.I ri la' 4,iln, De they male or female,
nflt. .r black. for dis is A struggle for liberty
ard Justice We have waited patiently for
Drou relerrs but waited in vain: We.
therefore, have no hope in all party politicians.
w must think aud sct ior ourselves. and but 4
stop 10 this thieyipg process of wholesale
..rants Of our public lands to monopolists and
souless corporations, snd this system If class
legislation Of robfiur the peonIe Of hundred.
" millions or dollars annually IN building m A.,
monied aristocrscv, ard crushing labor to the
dust
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Our Cause in the South.

Ina letter recently received from
Holly Springs, Mississippi. from a gen
tIeman occupying prominent position
IN that State, we find the following
words of cheer:
49, Our principles and measures are
right, and adapted to the present condition
Of the country, and the temper and necessi-
ties Of the masses Of the people, and only
requires discussion and agitation to culmi-
nate IN the election Of President and Con-
press favorable to their adoption indeed
eyery consideration which ought to inAu-
enCe the honest patriotism Of the people
renders their success essential. Without
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THIRTY THOUSAND P=IRS OF
BLANKETS PAWNED.

Baihe Miller, of Glasgow, made an
alarming statement at a recent meet
ing of the Police Board Of that city.
In evidence of the misery and improvi
dence Of it's poorer classes, he asserted
that no fewer than 10000 pairs of
blankets had been in the pawn-shops
of the city at once. He also gave it
on authority, that during some defined
period, not less than half a million
articles of apparel and covering had
been pawned chiefly by the poorer
class, suggesting an amount of naked
ness and consequent i'll health quite
dreadful to contemplate.
This statement contains serious food
for reflection, and we question if ar
investigation would not prove the ex
istence of as deplorable state o.
affairs in our own metropolis-New
York--as can be found in Glasgow
Even in this country the pawn-shop il
the poor mans bank. With a coat
hat, pair of shoes, or pair of blank
cts, he will manage to get provendeI
for his children, and tide through 6
week or a month until work becomes
plentiful again. This is the advan.
tsge which reconciles even industri
GUS men to the ruinous resort of The
pawn F; and once entered, the shadow
Of the Pawn-shop door hangs over 9
man for the rest of his life. Sc
peculiar is the effect of pawn shop
dealings upon those who frequent them,
that a carelessness about the morrow
becomes a habitual feeling. With this
disregard, is intimately associated the
trust of something always turning up,
the surest sign of Generalization that
could beset a man.
1t has often occurred to us, that the
vultures who pray off the miseries and
misfortunes of the imprudent or I'M
fortunate, and who are always to be
found in our larger cities, should be
kept under proper restraint, by legis-
lative enactment, or prohibited alto
gether from plying their nefarious call
ing. 1t is a well-known fact that
where one article is pawned from ne
cessity, dozen are pawned to obtain
drink, and were the whole crew of
miserable, lazy, Eoulless usurers, who
control these establishments, swept
out OF existence, the world would be
the better for it.
In France, religious societies, to the
exclusion of pawnbrokers, do the work
of helping the poor through their
straits, without money and without
price. By this means only, deserving
people are rescued, and are only aided
for Legitimate purpose. Thieves,
spendthrifts, needy swells, genteel
swindlers, drunkards, prostitutes, dis
reputable wives, and regardless hus-
bands, find no assistance from the
French Christians, and the consequence
is that those pests are left to follow out
their own devices, which do not assist
tAepr 50 easily as the pawn-shop.
Reader, don't you think Christian ~
America could take an example from
in6del France, in this respect?
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FEMALE UNIONISTs.

The unanimous election of Miss
Gusie Lewis, of New York, to the hon.
orable position of Corresponding Sec
rotary Of the National Typographical
Union, is graceful compliment to a
worthy and deserving young lady, and
Q standing rebuke to those who have in
sisted that our union mechanics would
under any and all circumstances refuse
to recognize the right of the weaker
sex, to enter into honorable competitor.
1t is true that in the past, many of the
enterprises in which it was sought to
introduce 'cOman's labor, have not met
with approval, but this came rather
from the fact that those employed had
allowed themselves to be made the
dupes Of the designing, whose object
was mans degradation, instead of zoo
mans eleration, than from opposition
to the principle itself And, now that
a National body has availed itself of
the first opportunity presented, to &C
knowledge and reward the efforts of
the Female Trades Unionists, whose
consistency and heroism has been
worthy Of all praise-we believe the
effect will be most salutary ON the
public mind-and beneficial to the or.
ganization itself
We had the pleasure of being pres
er at the preliminary meeting held in
New York, in August, 1868, to or
ganize Female Typographical Union,
when ex-President McKechnie assured
III present that every assistance would
be rendered by the Union printers, to
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UNION Is STRENGTH.

"United we stand, divided we fall,
is q truth which holds good not only in
politics, but which is also true in every
department in life. Our working men
and working-women find the road to
success blocked up with difficulties and
discouragements which spirit of uni
ty would very soon remove. 1t seems
to me, that the great body Of working
men and women are restless, dissatisfied
and disunited because they are not will
ing to serve an apprenticeship. By aP-
premiership mean they are not willing
to spend time. labor, strength and pa
thence in learning to do their work well.
To illustrate: while talking last winter
with a man who shouldered his saw and
hls saw-horse and cut wood for liveli-
hood, l asked him if he obtained plenty
Of work. Eyes, ma'am," he replied
with pride, 81 can cut wood better and
quicker than most men, and always
keep my engagements, and for that rea-
son people like to hire me, and | get q
little higher pay than the rest Of the
wood sawyers. l generally have two
weeks work ahead" / tell you read
ers, admired and respected that man,
and wished him success.
We may take illustrations from ply
sicians and lawyera Those who have
risen to eminence, toiled hard. burnt
the midnight oil. and spent many weary
hours over body and mind exhaustine
study. They served long and severe
apprenticeship to their work before
they were able to command patronage
and money. And 10 must it be, sc
viii it be, in every department of life
If we would succeed in any department
we must serve an apprenticeship, W.
must be able to do our work whether o
the head or hands, in skillful, work
man-Iike manner, and our workingmen'i
unions would do well to take this mat
ter into consideration. A man who hal
toiled long and hard, who has though
as well as worked, who has used the
brains God gave him, and designed ht
should use, who has skilled himself il
his branch of labo~, / care not wha
that branch may be, is entitled to more
respect more honor, and more pay
than one who has trifed away his leis
ure hours, and refused to use the menta
powers which his Maker bestowed upor
him.
This question l believe is dividing
the unions, and will, if not taken hold
Of properly, eventually destroy the eff
forts the working classes are making
The young, uneducated man says, 81
am entitled to just as much pay for a
days work as any other man." The
man with an educated mind says: "Oi
what use then are the efforts l have
made to perfect myself in any branch
of industry if am not to rise by my
skill. My years of thought and close
application are all thrown away. II
those are the views these unions hold
and intend to act upon those principles
l cannot be one Of you, and must beg
to be allowed to fight my own way
through life" This policy, if pursued,
will keep out Of Trades Unions those
who possess the necessary brains and
those cultivated mental faculties which
must always be called into requisition
to successfully carry out any great
movement.
Mrs. M. WYNKooP.
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THE RED MANS GRIEVANCES

The stately red man has been to his
" Great Father in Washington, with
the story Of his grievances. His
unique costume and customs have been
the subject Of much newspaper com
nent for some days past, and we, of
course, cannot afford to be out Of the
fashion by ignoring his visit altogether,
more especially when We see in his ac-
tions much that is worthy the emula-
ton Of his white brother The history
Of our relations with the Aborgines,
recites, if faithfully chronicled, one un-
broken succession Of cheats and spoiIa-
tons. From the time of the earliest
settlers down to the present, they have
been made the victims of the superior
strength and cunning Of the avaricious
whites, who have driven them from
their hunting grounds, time and
again literally lied to, and stolen from
them, until, to use the laconic ex-
preston Of one Of their number, they
are almost pushed into the Pacific. s"
Even Penn, the honest and peaceful
Quaker, bought of them an immense
province for few beads, Ratchet or
two, and some gallons of frewater, 1"
and this farcical transaction is lauded
in our school books, and prated Of BY
our lawmakers, whenever they take
i. mo their patriotic heads to mer.
cilt ssly puff the country, and play
upon the conceit Of our people. Penn
is exalted by the historian into a
demigod, for having inaugurated new
and philanthropic system Of dealing
with poor unsophishcated Lo, and
to this day, the descendants that
Immaculate hern-Af-wumpun and bogus
-f-~rVrrases, are nominally large owners
OF real estate in the thickly-settled
eastern and middle sections. The
Quakers are a meek and benevolent
set. They take care of their own poor.
and are frequently found providing
for the needy Of the sects. We have
no desire to say ought against them.
On the contrary, we wish their prin-
clPles were more widely obtained.
Nevertheless, the good they do now.
does not in any light Justify the swindl-
ing transactions of their iIlustrious
predecessors, who bur played upon tie
cupidity Of the Aborgines, with his
baubles, and their baser passions with
his body and soul-destroying poisons,
IN order to possess himself of their
lands. But, the founder Of the Key
stone State has had, and has now
many most successful cmulators. To
day, If the poor Indian will not sue
cumb 70 cSjolery, he is adroitly swindl-
ed, or forced by numbers away from
nls reservation. General Hamilton
speaks OF the Indians as the nations
wards. Verify, has the country hon
esuy administered its guardianship ,
Even the Cherokees, who are more
generally civiliz !. than heir sister
tribes, have been grossly swindIed
and no attempts have been made 10
civillze the others. Powder, and ball.
and whiskey, are poor civilizing
agents, though quite as effective for
that purpose, as the practice of giving
away solid belts Of land, fitly miles
'0fde and three hundred long, to corpara.
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enable the female compositors to
accomplish their object, which state
ment was received with many grains
of allowance, and we are pleased 70
see that the pledge has been 20 nobly
redeemsd.
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Election of Delegates,

We shall be pleased to report from
time to time, the names Of the dele
gates elected in the various sections, to
the National Labor Congress which
meets in Cincinnati, if our friends and
correspondents will forward them to
this Office.
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To Our Murphysboro Correspondent.

We desire to say to our esteemed
Murphysboro correspondent, that his
last communication was unfortunately
mislsid for several days. 1t will IN
doubtedIy appear in our next
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Thanks to the brave TrevelIiak
True natures nobleman,
Whose views will be in Lost Creak
When he's In Michigan.
So earnest in bis working,
since early days Of youth
His efforts are untiring,
Armd with the shield Of truth
The nations Labor Congress,
We bail with joy and pride,
Its welcome notes Of Rladness
Are spreading far and wide;
Our glorious Constitution,
With all our might wen save,
Or sink into oblivion
In dishonored grave.
God speed thee in thy mission,
To lead the sons of toll,
Safe to their destination,
Frustrating tyrsnts' spoil.
Remember Us poor miners
Shut from the light Of heaven. r.--
And daily facing danger
In district number seven.
Mr.. Editor | was requested TO state tha. N.
verses were composed Ia the nina. ~.
Greek District, is No Z, Of the W. n =
Schuylkill Co., Pa.
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THE CIGAR MAKERS

l06iciAl from the President Of the o. n. LU.l
CoLUEBus, O., June III, 1S7e
re the Editor Of the WoRKmeHAH's ADvocAT.
Please give the following correspondence .
place in your paper. Yours respectfully.
FRED BLEND,
International President
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CORRESPONDENTS.
FROM WASHINGTON.

rive do not hold ourselves responsible for any q
ion expressed by our Correspondents.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-04
OFFICIAL.
Notice TO DELINQUENT TAX
PAYERS.
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE,
Cstv Hall, August ], 1870.


City Hall, August !, 1870. }
The taxpayers whose names ap,
near in the following list, will
please take notice that this publ
cation for thirty days constitutes a
Judgment against them.
Ali bills paid at this Office before
the thirty-first Of August, will DC
charged seventy-five cents for az,
yertising. After that date / Will
proceed with strict impartiality to
collect the bills remaining unpaid,
in such manner as will bring into
the treasury the largest sum in the
shortest time.
The charter gives me extraor
binary power, and justice to promp,,
paving taxpayers requires that
should exercise it.
JOHN S. WALTON,
Administrator Of Finance.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-08-05
Public Resolution-No. %.

Joint Resolution directing inquiry into the
loss of the United states steamer - Oneida"
Whereas on the twenty fourth day of January
last. the United States steamer - One0a, - when
leaving the port of Yokohama. japan, came in
collision With the Britt Peuin-ular and Oriental
mail steamer g bombay and sunk almost in
stantly, with the loss Of nearly all her officers and
the greater part of her men; aud whereas the,
Navy Del artment has been unable in answer to
request Of the House OF representatives, TO
municate any detailed or satisfactory iEf,Ifnatis
touching the circumstances # the loss beyond IT,
extent and the number ofcasualties; and whereas
It appears that no full and impartial and salts
factory investigation has been m de into the
causes of the disaster or into the conduct of he
parties implicated in il Therefore.
Be it resolved bv the Senate and House @.
Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the S cretary Of the
Navy shall, with the least practicable delay
order inquiry 10 he made into the particulars
Of the loss of said United States steamer Oneida
and Of her officers aud men. including the suise-
quent conduct of the captain of the steamer
- bombay" with view to ascertain the response
bility for the collision by which shs was DESTROYED
and for the destruction If life which attended the
and make report Of the same 10
Congress.
Approved. Apri :. 1870.
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fP1blic-No 81

An Act declaring the consent Of Congress to the
erection # q crib liza Lake Erie by the city OF
Ctete,snd, Ohio, Tor the protection of an Inlet
tor \ ra-er-works tunnel about to be eonstruc-
Ted ~ said city
Pc enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep
re e.itaiives OF the UniteI states Of America In
CorgJ ess .s-en.Jiej That the consent Of Congress
s,er.by CIV. n TO the City of Cleveland. in the
eou,ty # Cuyahoga and State Of ohio To erect
AMI riaini ,in in Lake Erie, at such distance from
TIE shore thereof as may be necessary, "a crib for
the sr,S &c ioa. OF inlet shaft for under lake
water ks tunnel sb,.ut 10 be constructed tor
re purpose of supplying said city with pure
- later: Pr.,siiei. That said crib shall be fur
.....-i with beacon light. which beacon light
shall be Kept lighted at al such seasons and hour
a the Ii. hit on the pier the entrance Of Cuya-
ga river.
Approved, April 13. 1870
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NOTICE
Dayton. Lyon County,
Nevada.
One Year in which to File your
Claims,
From Julv7th,1 1870

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT l. VII
~ LIAM HAYD0N. judge f the Fourth Judi
cis district Of the Sta'e OF Nevada, a. fTuree FIR
the owners of properly in Ddytcu, Ly, county.
Nevada, under an Act of Congress entitlri - An
Act FIR the relief Of the n.habltsLts IF Cities
and Towns npon the lnblic Lands. ar-
proved March ,, 1867, have received Patent
from the United states T the east half the south
quarter Of the northwest quarter and the east
half Of the southwest quIrtrr of section twenty
three; the northeast quarter of the northwest
quarter aud the northeast quarter of section
twenty-siN, aud the southwest quarter # section
twenry-four and the ntIthwest quarter of the
northwest quarter of section twenty five in Town
ship sixteen, north Of Range twenty one t2l) east
in the District of lands subject To sale at Carson
City. Nevada, containing eight hundi ed and forty
acres. Patent dated May 10th, $50. And all
persons owning lots parcels Of ground in sail
town site must within one year after the first
publication Of this notice file with me, at my office
in Dayton, Lyon county. Nevada written descrip
ton and claim of the lots of land ned or chained
by them or they will be frever barred Of any RICH
or interest in law equity in or to such lots
parcels Of ground remain uuc aimed after Ia
ex piration Of such period # one year.
WILLIAM HAYDON,
District Judge, Fourth Judicial d strict, Nevada,
Trustee.
July eth, 1870. jy,1aw-l6w