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Financial and Commercial.ao
New YORK Money ana stoCR Market.l I

..-t.1-- l-. .i's ID. HkW 1Q4l8, OetQOSr Sfsi,
! Ease Ia money towards the close was quite
marked and tho supply y0t, capital oaerDEl9 MGI
was Considerably II. excess Of the wants OF bur-
roWera, Call loans declined from Z TO per cent
and ihCrO were some exceptional ttaneAtti0nS at
par cent. Prime business notes were discount
ed at 1Gbg per cent but anything not prime only
passes at irregular and much higher TAtea.t I.Sh
,FoREI0N EXCHAN0B-Qulet aud hrm; leading
bGnk0rs ask 10OH; actual tEansactlohS at 10SH
Gbl0Dk. mn 'l& I'M, i1iI ~ !,
GOLD-Dull and lower; opened at 1l9. and
closed at llIh0lllA, Borrowing rates dat 70
l89 per cent; for carrying l per cent 10 paid.
ClrarAncUs So Q0O, ,0Q0, tg..lis yll 1tlsS Stt
GOVERNNENT BONDs-DIll and frm. Tho TreA-
eury took Two millions at lOS2l@i0&&! Y l..l-lS
United States I,a Of 1851, coupons, !. lIS9 0li9A
FtVe.tWentlCs (i96 ~ I. ll2
FtVB'tWGnuGs Q93Q. lltHlslll1St
FiYe.tWCnteS Q665), ,....,........... .1ll&@lllH
Five.twGntes l465) new. q. .1l04
Fivs.tWcntIss dsG. .Ii0H eli0
n'Forttes
% STATE missouri S; Tennsssoe
Is CSFsoIinas' Ii old, ID 4; Do. now, q. .li'
SFOCKsLQuletA and firm At the close. The tle'
tuAtlOnS throughout tho day compAGsed within
onO.half per ccnt on the leading stocks and the
only feature was shaEp decline IL Panama aaa
oeeaiiOnSd by tho announcement that a. notee
WI seFyed upon tho trustees OF certificates to sell
the property on account Of the default i the pay'r
tnent Of tho interest. The continued decline IN
Panama Is tho natural result Of th6 revelation i1'
the carrying trade between TIE Atlantic aud
Western Union Telegraph, soy; Adams Ex.
press, 81; Wells, Fargo q Co., 3IA AneEtca1I
i3X; United States, 33g{; Pacific MAI TX; New
York Central, 9l1$: do. scrip, e6Eff; Etle, NJ;
Harlem, lSSX; Reading, 100; A[Iehi iian CentEal.i
l20k; Cleveland d Pittsburgh, 100; NoEthWeet'
eri, boz; DO preferred, Sslf; Rock Island
New Jersey Central, 108; 81 Paul, 69ll: W4bAAh,
Sax; Ft Wayne, 93; Terre Haute, %; Chlcaso q
Alton, Ii4f;l Ohio and MiHBlsBippi; aiN; CieVe-i
93H: Indiana Central, tTJS Illinois Central. 1s91t.
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class Of the community But while this
class Is by no means insignificant in
Orange county, it Is deficient in that brute
courage with which the mob Is so largely
endowed, ,And hence will no doubt sue
cumb to.the inturiated vengeance which
Is nOwlatflll tide In their midst "a 4I
The bodies Of PiCEard and Tongatc
were lcft hanging from the rallers Of the
bridge until nine o'clock this morning.
No one has yet made application for the
body Of Tongate, and 1t Is not known how
il will be disposed OF.
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New Y,ork DIV Good lnIarket. ,dI

- INV YORK, UtIDbFt q.
Thcr6 is fair busIncss' at reduced rates for
active. WAmSutta prints arc. selling down 10
7Hc; Amoskeg 10 9c: orlontAl,t0 1tc( and, Clyde
to lie by jobbsrs and agents. The folio ngEei
duCtlons were also made By JqbbefS, t9;dey::
Union checks No: 80 rom 2sc % q 1sfe;; do. N3s
do. No. 100 from 9lG TO- 90c; Gale checks No
70 from CSC to 92Xc; do. No. 100 from % &c;
do. No. from 20c 10 l9e; HlIlS44 blehched mts-
lIns from l0G ID 1bbc; do! 10 dosi irony 70
do. from i4Kc 10 l4c; AIioBkGag "A brown canton
hannCls are reduced from 22c 10 2Oc: Hamilton
stout do, from I6c To- 11O; u Mass4chpBettB I brown
do. Ifon 12c ID ttKe;> P6mberton \ bleaehed
from 19C TO l6ct and pldd osnabuEGA from s9k to
1ln ~ ~ L----- ~
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CHICAGO Market.

omoAOo, October n.
FLOuR-ExtEa spring faIrly active at q so
GRAn-Wheat-No. 2 spring Chicago unset.
tied and Speculativoly active; closing II 81 COX
cash and seller the month: 81 OK seller GoyORl,
Der; this afternoon dull ct 81 90, Cou-No.
mixed quiet at ~ SS9He In store; this afternoon
Inactive sc eeileF October, OatB-Dull at 8lj{C
for No. 2, RyS-Steady at e9e Tor No. .. Barley
lQ0I-Dnll 0nd az. .Inod l60900, % q 9o07 .,
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WASHINGTON
GossipFAbouththe English Mission.
t5ltIg giaaWksutSoToN. October 25ydi

GossipEAbouththe English Mission.
fgqIF DiaaWAsntNGroN, October 2Ta I
In. consequence Of a protraeted inter
view known to have been held between
tlle" President and Postmaster General
Gresswell yesterday, public opinion in.
clincs to the belief that tho position ot
Minister to England hos been rendered to
Crcsswell. Notwithstanding this impress
sion, CressYell denies the statement Mcnt
tion Ii again made Of Gen, Schcnck and
also Of Gen. Butler in the same !connec-
tton, but us nobody knows the coltlngcn.
cics that may arise, altspeculatton now Is
necessarily ut fault. /, 1t Is. Quthoritively
stated, however, that the English mission.
was Indirectly offered to Wendell Phillips
and declined.
So much Of the order from the War
Department as directed the Superinteni
dent General OF tho recruiting service, at
New York, to forward 200 recruits to
the fourth infantry department OF. the
Platte, is revoked, and orders issued I'd
assign to the 9Sth Infantry, upon their ar
rlv0l,at IDavid's island; all tho recruits
now at that post, and assuttiniend number
from Fort Columbus, until the total US
signment numbers 450. 4, 1reao s,!T
Col. Bristow, OF Kentucky recently up
pointed Solicitor General, arrived to-day,
and paid his respects tothe President
Tie Secretary Of War has no ,apprehenr
sion forthe safety Of the Shenandoah.
Indications are that the Eeduct ctt0n In the
number OF assistant assessors OF internal
revenue willTcaeh six hundred, or OVER
25 per cent-a saving of nearly etghthun-
dred. thousand dollars annually. Egi n't.
Commissioner Parker llas nearly COM
pleted his annual report. twill be brief,
and show the present condition Of the In
dians to be less hostile than for q great
many years. slaI Nwr lyE
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THE CAMPAIGN IN NEW YORK.
.Tammany Continues the Prepara-
: =, < r ! tions for Riot. a.
Dlsbdteh.tO he Cincinnati Gazette. y I "
NxOuy VoDr, Dot on
New YoRK, Oct. 60.

~. J. y Il t4ell,,L n, m, ! . n ~
Dtspdteh't0 he Cincinnati GGEtst'' "
Tgsi,. New YoRK, Oct 3G'
The purchase Of pistols, in expectation
OF trouble on election day, continues. The
Tammany managers are melting their
repest eI,eWSts arc II intersred with. Tic roughs
nave received an intimation that unless
thdv do their duty to their employers, in.
dictments and suspended sentences in the
District ,IudIes' hands will be enforced.
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The Latest News.
Observation-Disclosures


l.-' OCTOBER 81.
Paw Paw, Hampshire Co.-Rep. State
ticket and 4IcGrew 28; Dem. State ticket
and Downey, 20. ggD,i l.r-!al
GloyeF's Gap, Marion Co,-Dem. maj
90; Dem. gain Of 7, Nv. W.,
Burton, Wetzel Co.-lSs Dem. mai; 6S
Parkersburg and Clay township-Dem
mai. 65. ah GGfi iJG 2 DA'Gl'
MARSHALL COUNTY. ~
Cameron ~ Republican majority on
State ticket, 81; GofF7s majority, 80
Local ticket, much split up; no material
change from the vote Of 1868.
''I TAYLOR COUNTY.
Grafton-Republican majority OF 25.
Webster-DemocFatic majority OF 8.
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ExslTayor Chahoon, Of Richmond,
p. SanthnCed 10 state Prispn.
RICHMOND, ~, October y

II the City Court Of Richmond, Va,
Ex.Mayor George Chahoon was convicted
Of uttering forgery, and his punishment
assessed at four years in the State prison.
Tho case was one in which the prisoner,
with others, had, by forged notes detraud.
ed the State Of $1,000 dollars, the value
Of an escheated estate. His counsel will
aSH for a new trial. ...
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unruly and the authorities aud citizens
apparently pay but little regard toi
Town Evacuated and Fired by the
PrusSlanS.h M'l 80 'AAA
TROYEs, October q,

f,,..... sg''. Il 3TRoYEs, October y,
NOugent was evacuated by the Prps.
SLAMS last night. Before leaving they fired
the town in several places, 4. 4Ei yiis
General Garibaldi Is stillat Dale where,
notwithstanding his indispositiOn, he per:
sOnally superintends the organization Ot
the forces he has collected, which are sub
jeCted to tho most stringent discipline.
Several engagements have occurred with
considerable losses on both sides. t.a.
Tours, October 81. g
The Journals announce u long interview
yesterday between Lord Lyons and NJ.
Thiers. is reported that Mazzfnl has
lett Italy and is on his way to Tours. The
English at Paris are under the protection
Of Minister WashburnG, as the British
Government Inns not yet recognized the
Republican Government, and has no atl.
thority to act. 's e ','H w
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A DECISION o.; considerable interest and
Importance was nude by Chancellor "a
briskie, in the New Jersey Court Of Chan
Gerry, in Trenton a few days since. A pair
Of tfoolish young people got married at q
social party Just for the fun Of the thing.
But after the fun came an alarm; for the
man who married them was Justice Of
tie Peace, and tie bridegroom and his
friends insisted that tile marriage was Ie-
gal. But to this the bride and her friends
dissent. The. Justice Of the Peace was
unable to decide this delicate question,
and the case accordingly came into chan.
Gerry, where 1t was decided that marri.
ago 10 be valid, must be solemnized with
tic lhll consent Of both contracting par.
ties, and he therefore declared the mNrri-
age null and void.
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"a CUNNING lawyer meeting, with
shrcwd old friend on q white 16rsc, de-
terminedito quiz him. "Good morning
daddy. Pray what makes your horse
look so pale Id. the face ?" y "Ah! my
dear friend, )" replied the old man, ''Ir thee
had looked through a halter so long thee
would look pale too" 1'i.7 81 #''
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YouNG HEADS on AGED SHOULDERS
It is no longer q loathsome task to darkcn
gray hair. P1ALoN's Y1TAI1A, OR SALIVA
TON FoR THE HAIR, affects the change
without any unclean accompaniment. 1t
Is a ltmpid. clear fluid, and has q pleasant
aroma. The number Of applications
determines the shade. No sediment, no
sickness, no darkened bottles
Sold by all druggists and fancy goods
dealers. !. 80 ~ cod
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"Ator1rE;R, where's BillS" "Bly son,
don't let mo hear you say Bill again.
You should say William. In the yard,
feeding the ducks" "0h, yes, see him
now. But, mother, what makes tho ducks
have such broad williams?" "GO out
withyyour brother, you little scamp, or I'll
cuff your cara"
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An old lady was; recently brought as a
witness before q bench Of English magis'
trates, and when asked to take Oft her
bonnet obstinRtely refused to do 30 saying,
"Therc's no law compelling woman to
take off her bonnet" "Oh," impudently
replied one Of the magistrates, 'you know
the law, do yout Perhaps you would like
to come up and sit hero and teach usy'
mo, I thank you, sir" said the woman
tartly; there are old women enough there
now,'i ~ tyE.ttagt{Is
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ALBERT Morgan, editor of the Boston
EuRddv Express, has been convicted Of
libel Cd State constable Dean, but the
case has been appealed. 1
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HOLLAND.
HAGUE, October 81,

-, HAGUE, October 81.
The carly resignation Of Won Limburg,
Minister Of Foreign Affairs, Is announced.
Baron GeriCke De Herwiner, tho new
minister to Belgium, Is spoken Of rs likely
to succeed to tho Office, f. t'5
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.sNooKs's mother and old Mrs. stubb'
were talking about little babies. "Why,'
said Mrs. Snooks, "whcn l was baby
they put me in u quart pot and then put
the lid on" "And did you liveS" was the
astonishing inquiry OF Mrs Stu1bs
@They tell me 1 did, was tteastonishing
reply Well; did you cverw and Mrs
Stu6bs fell to knitting like one possessed
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TEAcuERG"L;o;ok here, Johnny, sup:
pose you had twenty sugar-plums, Gantl
you wanted to divide them into four parts.
You give fivc to the baby and five to Gay.
lord; now what would you do with the
other ten ?" Scholar-"Eat en-"
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IT Is quito the fashion to drop now and
then { lump Of piety into personal con.
duct, but TOO often there Is little care to
"WoFk It in. ~ A lie properly seasoned
with grace has q uniform tlayor.-B B'esher.
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Value Of MIX as Food.

On tho use Of milk as IN article OF food,
DR.. o. G. .WigginS, inspector Of milk IN
Providence, says: "The nutritive value
ofmiIk, us compared with other kinds oi
animal food, Is, not generally appreciated.
There is less difference between, tho eco:
nomical value Of milk and beelsteak, or
eggs, or fish, than,is commonly supposed.
The quantity, OF water in good quality Of
milk Is eighty.six per cent. In round steak
seventy.fi7c per cent, In inter beef sixty
per cent, in eggs about sixty:eight per
cent 'l.N -''tl- ne q -
"From several analyses made last win.
ter, estimate sirlOin steak (reckoning loss
from bone) at thirty.five cents pound Us
dear as milk at twenty.tour cents q, quart;
round steak at twenty cents pound as
dear as milk at fourteen cents quart;
eggs at thirty cents q dozen US dear as
milk at twenty cents quart. Many la-
bOrers who pay seventeen cents for corn
cd beef would consider themselves hardly
able to pay ten cents tor milk, when, IN
fact, they couldas well afford to pay tif'
teen. sax,
Milk is a most wholesome and econo-
mical food for either tho rich 'or poor. It
ought to be more largely used. II the
money expended for veal and pork were
expended Tor milk, l doubt not 1t would
be an advantage both to the stomach and
pocket, especially during the warm sea.
con. We ought TO consume three million
gallons annually. ts3
Relatively speaking, then milk ut ten
cents, or even twelve cents quart, IS the
cheapest animal food that can be used.
Whether farmers can afford to produce II
cheaper is matter for them TO decide.
1t is very probable that were they to ask
twelve cents, a very large number Of poor
people would refrain from itS pse, from
mistaken notions OF economy, notwttll:
standing they arc excessive meat. eaters"
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HUNGARY,
PEsrn, October 81.

PEsTu, October 81.
The budget Just published shows . sur.
plus Of S9,506,O0O for 1869, defcict for
1870 Is proportionably reduced, that for
1871 is estimated at $1lS,0O0,0O0.
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TnE neat thing in dog robes this season
Is TO have the family monogram IN guilt
upon the blanket. Adog without mono
gram blanket iS Of no account
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SsPA, arc al, I icdnnibals people that live on
other folks?" ayes, my dear" "Thcn
20, Uncle George must be cannibal, for
may says he Is always living on some
ilty l.E ~ EEItsVgt.
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N'W NJ " p! " BIITiN6kE, OCTOBER q.
s.i!FLotR-SteidyI nj 70 bAfUalii s9Jll llif.
aaIm-WhcSt-Dull aud unchanged; western
81 390tt 49,, E0rn-Dult and unsettled; mixed
8sA70c. Oits-Adyatced 10 43@SOc. ~"
PRoVlsiUNs- Pork flfn at 81; bacon scafeo
and hrm; shoulders lSc; sdol IaJSc; eleAr. Eib
l9c: hams 2Ser L.ard-Dull and dropping q lek
WTnKr-pulI and unshangtssd 6t.SOe.g N.
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"ARE you tho mate of the shipT asked
m emigrant OF the cook, who was an
IrishmGn. mo, sir" was tho answer, "l
am the man that cooks the mate"
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RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
A switch Left Opens.Train Smashed
..SeVerai Persons Killed and Many
Wounded.

A Switch Left OpenssTFatn smashed
..SeVeral Persons Killed and Many
Wounded.
rs z 4#g1t ST. LOUIS, Oct. q.
The express train, which left here Tues
day evening on tho Ohio and Mississippi
Railroad, ran through an open swilh and
collldcd with a coal train, about four miles
this side of Shoals Station, about mid
night Tho fireman Of the express train,
anda woman and girl, in the tlrst.class
passenger car, names unknown, were
killed, and about n dozen persons injured,
none seriously. Both locomotives were
badly smashed. The tender Of the pas,
senget train was forced into the baggage
car. !, Assistance was obtained as
soon rs possible, and everything done TO
relieve the wounded! Tho bodies OF tho
woman and girl were left at shoals
Station. l!T
&t fst,4 CINCINNATI, October 81.
TheCastward bound passenger train on
tho Ohio & Mississippi road, by the mis-
placement Of u switch through the ab.
sence Of mind Of the switchman, ran into
a freight train standing on the side track
between Shoals and TOogoote, by which
the fireman, Conrad Frederick, Of Sey-
mour; Mrs. MCRobers, Of Vinccnnes; Nan
cy Bunyan, Of Kansas City, were killed.
Among tho wounded were George VII.
hanson, Of Pomeroy, o., seriously; Chas.
Ziegler, Of this city, seriously; John Ear
raby, baggage master, express messenger
Gaftman, q Mr.. Burnley, Of st, Louis, and
George Lotus, Of ST. Louis, more or less
bruised. ~ i.A-- ---
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From ysstsriay5 Rs0ItIsr.
"Tho official Democratic majority in
Indiana is 6,S2l. How is that for highS
From IVSdnGaday's daily papsr'.
'' W 'IGDrANAPotIs, Oct. 25.
"The official vote OF all the counties In
the, State has been received The Demo
crdhE majority on the State ticket Is
9,45S."
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Philndelphla MarketD

FLOuR-Steady,r i' E,ghr,i,i .,t .dellg.
Wheat Quiet and unchanged: Com
-DGil and nominal; now yellow az 10 tI3e&
Oats-lngood demand; full prices 6496GcIH I97
gna-PetrolssgmoaDsall and dF09ptnEiseFEde9
WHisKT-DuIl and nominil ht 9Ie:: wv 'h"
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Information from Orleans says that all
tho shops and stores are closed and the
streets deserted by the inhabitants. The
women almost universally appear In
mourning. The PruSSian officers Gndeav.
ored to dispel the gloon, Intellectually, In
MNrscilles affairs are more orderly.
The journals which wore suppressed
have been allowed to reappear by order
Of GambettA. The Civic Garde tSiless
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London rBond Market.

[CablO report received BY Augustus POllack, ,EVq.l
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-09-07
BY j. & j. M. POLAND.
Special hnttces.
WHAT DOES REASON sAY2

Tho little mongoosc when bitten by deadly serpent
or. to certain plant eats Of IT, and escapes the effect
n the poison That is instinct Human beings on the
.her hand must depend on reason and experience in
ecng tho means of protecting health and life against
,owholesomo influences Now what docs reason say on
s vital subeci Docs It not tell that 10 invgonte
md purify the system is the best way to protect against
h invisible poison which generates diseased Surely II
s,s The next question is what guido shall follow
4 choosing medicinal safeguard Reason replies let
,our monitor be experience. Well, the experience OF
htecn years comprised in unbroken series Of sat-
nctory testimonials assures that 0sotcrs stomach
tcr. possess strengthening, regulating and antseptic
troporties which not combined in the same happy
Proportions In any other preparation oxtant. This
laroforc n the antdoe to which bids resort
ttsn our health is imperllod either by the malaria
shIch produces epidemic disorders, or by any other
euso whether inherent and constitutional connected
! ih our habits, occupations and pursults.
Tho venom Of noxous reptile be scarcely more subtle
an dangerous than that which Turks In foul air and i'm
suro water To escape tho fevors, bilious disorders
turhanccs Of the bowels and other serious maadies
pr1ucod by these nsaubrous eemonts u is absolutely
Necessary that the stomach and all the socretve organs
mould be- 80 to speak In robust condition. Upon the
AMOUNT of resistance which the vital system can oppose
4 the doletorous influences that asai t the safety Of
M health depends and IL beoane the GREAT yEGErA-
a. SyiGoHAvr imparts energy and regularity 10 tho
po. Important functions of the body, that u can be
fecommonded and guaranteed invaluable proven
~, madeleine 3iaE
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-09-07
The Real Robin Hood.

Every one is familiar with the name Of
Robin Hood, although so little is known Of
him His real name was Robert Fitzooth
which dcgenorated, in the mouths Of the com.
mon people, into Robin Hood lIo was an
outlaw, who lived in the reign of Richard
CGur de Lion, and John, his successor about
the close Of the twelfth and the beginning Of
the thirteenth centuries. His headquarters
were in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire.
He is said to have been a man Of good birth
but, having squandered his property, took to
the woods, and became what might be called
a gentleman robber." At the time of Rob-
ms exploits, the forest laws were executed
with great rgor and it is said that William
the Conqueror, aud the Norman kings that
succeeded him, destroyed thirty-six parishes
pulled down thirty churches, and depopulatod
the country for miles around, in order to have
fine park for enjoying the pleasure Of the
chase consequently, a great number Of peo-
pie were obliged to fee to the woods These
outcasts, having common interest, banded
together, and by their vigilance and dotermi-
nation, were able to avoid the epursuits Of their
enemies.
1t is said that Robin had hundred COM
panions, able bodied men, who were so formid-
able that four hundred men dared not attack
them. He seems to have pursued certain
system in his robberies, and, wishing to paci-
iy his conscience, spared the poor, and plum
dercd the rich. He was particularly gallant
TO women hence it is not strange that his
exploits have been celebrated in a number Of
ballads and songs, extolIing his chiyalry and
humanity to the poor. His particular COM
panons were little John and Friar Tuck At
length, ieelingthe infrmities of age, and being
attacked by illness, he went TO a nunnery to
be bled-nuns, at this time, being more or
less devoted to the healing art but in his
case, out Of revenge, it is supposed, for some
attack upon their convent, they allowed him
to bleed to death, in the eighty.seventh year
Of his age. Robin was buried under some
trees near the convent, and stone, duly n-
scrbed marks the spot.