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Each proposal mnstb De aocOInpanIeu by sunlVeuS I
puarantee That in the event of the acceptance OF tue
proposal the bidder bidders VIII enter into con-
tract for the planting OF the hedging.
The QuartermasterS Department reserves the
right 10 reject any and ali bids
Aoy additional information desired ny parties
wishing 70 bid VIII be furnished upon application 10
Bidders are required 10 bind themselves that II the
plants 90 not thrive they Will renew them for q
period OF tsDo years, as they may happen 20 fail
during that tine. ,,-,,,,x, =, ,,oD,n,
Major and Quartermaster u. 5. A., Chief Quarter
master Third Quartermasiers District, Department
OF the Kast ooot
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PROPOSALS..

DRoPOsAns ron MATFRIATs no BE SUP
il Piled TO THE NAVY YARDS UNDER TIE
OF THE BUREAU OF C0NSTRUC-
TION AND REPAIR. =.
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THE SPANISH THRONE

A CABLE telegram from Paris announces that
Isabella, ex-Queen of Spain, has abdicated the
throne in favor of her son. Her own pros
poets of reclaiming it we're SO desperate that
her abdication involves no tangible personal
sacrifice. She only gives up in form what she
has irretrievably lost in fact. At the same
time she gives to her offspring far better
chance for their establishment on the
Spanish throne than they would otherwise
possess and greatly increases the probability
that the revolution will end in the coro-
nation of her son. Heretofore she has been
the true and only representative of the prin-
ciple of legitimacy to which the Spaniards are
still SO strongly attached, while the remem-
brance of her odious administration, coupled
with her private vices, has made it impossible
to rally formidable legitimist party. Now,
however, the true heir of the crown is lad
too young to be personally obnoxious, and
he can win the support of thousands who
could not be induced, even by their horror of
republicanism, to re-establish the arbitrary
and disgraceful rule of Isabella. Spain now
is in position somewhat analogous to that
of England two hundred years ago, when all
the glories of Cromwell's Commonwealth
could not subdue the instructive longings of
peers and peasants for q re-establishment of
royal rule, and when a generation which had
consented to the execution of tyrannical
king afterwards gladly restored his worthless
son. Many months have been consumed by
the Spanish Cortes in a search for an accepta-
BILE sovereign, but they could find none who
combined in the proper degree the neces-
sary personal qualities with the requisite
political strength and essential degree Of
legitimacy. Isabella's son, however, can now
enter the lists as formidable candidate, and
if the people will insist on the management
of their government on hereditary principles,
he is the proper person on whom their choice
should fall The conclusion of the prolonged
controversy will be awaited with no little
interest 1t remains to be seen whether the
Republicans on the one hand, or the mon
archical opponents of the old Bourbon dynasty
on the other, are strong enough to resist the
claims of the new aspirant, but the chances
appear to be decidedly in his favor.
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WOMEN, in discussing their grievances do not
make enough use of the fact that they were sum-
moned to Parliament In Edward Ills time. In
Joseph Hollands "0f the Antiquity OF the Para-
ments in England published in 1885, it is recorded
that among the summonses to Parliament in 1861 the
3bth Parliament of Edward ILL., there is one writ De
admttendo flde dignos ad colloquiam - and among
the earls and barons are returned Marie Countesse
de NorfT, Alianor Countesse de 0rmond, Philippa
Countesse de March, Agnes Countesse de Penn
brook, and Katherine Countesse de Athole In the
preceding year, also ga Edward IID there had been
writs tested at Winston the 5th of April issued
to divers earls and barons, to the Archbishop of
Canterbury, to several bishops and abbots, and to
four abbesSes, requiring their attendance at West
minister on the morrow OF the Trinity, for the pur
pose Of treating of an aid for the making Of the
Kings eldest son knight etc. 1t does not appear,
however, that any ladies ever actually took their
seats In Parliament by virtue OF these summonses
although numerous instances are on record OF both
knights and esqures having sat in the House Of
Lords in right of their wives.
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THE FR ENCH CABLE.

WE are glad to see that the firm attitude
assumed by the administration in regard to
the French cable has led to withdrawal, on
the part of France, of the exclusive rights
originally granted to the French Gable Com
pany, and to an understanding which places
the Governments of the two nations on a
fair and equal footing. By the first contract
France arrogantly assumed the privilege of
authorizing a company to extend cable to
the United States, while at the same time
the privilege of permitting an American
cable company to land its wires on the coast
of France was to be forever prohibited
Under the modified arrangement, however,
our citizens will have the same privileges on
French soil that are now granted on American
soil to the French company The happy
accord established on this subject is to be
followed by an attempt to fix maximum
price for dispatches, and in due season we hope
these efforts may also be successful, so that
cable kilograms may become cheaper than
ever.
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''They reject It a doctrine utterly repugnant to
free institutions, and unprecedented In the history
OF this republic They desire also to designate the
iRsinuation contained in the majority report that
this investigation is instituted for the purpose of as
sailing the Executive branch Of the Government,
as uncalled for and frivolous. They would be sorry
TO think that the Executive would construe as an
attack fair investigation into the conduct OF Its
agents."
These. e.conclusions appear to be fully sus-
tanned by all the facts, and in view of the
extreme weakness of the whitewashing report
of the majority, we believe that the statement
of Messrs. Schurz and Ferry will be accepted
in preference by the people of the country.
The developments in this San Domingo bust
ness indicate very plainly that the evident
anxiety of the President to obtain possession
of the island has been taken advantage of by
a ring of spectators, and that the treaty con-
cluded through the agency of Babcock and
others implicated in this Hatch business
needs looking into before any action
is taken upon it. We undoubtedly
need one of the larger West India islands as
a Gulf station, and if we can obtain San
Domingo upon reasonable terms, and in a
proper manner, we ought by all means to do
so. As matters now stand, however, we are
not so badly in want of territory in that
quarter that it is necessary to countenance
any manner of villainy to gain it, and it is the
duty of the Senate before ratifying the treaty
to find out whether it is consistent with our
national dignity or honor to accept the island
under existing circumstances.
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FENIANIsM has broken out in a new quarter,
the last demonstration being the organization
of plot to blow up the powder magazine of
the fortress of Gibraltar. If the scheme had
inch nearer freedom. All the money and
time devoted to such desperate undertakings
are worse than wasted. They only tend to
throw discredit and odium upon the Irish
cause, and, like bad guns, their rebounds help
to kick the owner over.
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The coffee, tea, and sugar dealers of the
West don't want the taxes taken off those
articles too soon. Perhaps their petition for
postponement of the time when the reduc-
ton is to take place may deserve considera-
tion; but if it receives it, Congress should
make amends to the people by increasing the
amount of the reduction. Tea and coffee
especially should be admitted free of duty at
the earliest possible moment.
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POLITICAL.

nsSyn HEADQUARTERS UNION REPUBLICAN
w. CITY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, No. 11O5
CHESNUT STREET.-THE the Union Republican
Executive Committee Elect of the Twenty eighth
ward
In accordance with the rules governing the Union
Republican party, you will assemble at the LAMB
TAVERN, ON WEDNESDAY EVENING next, June
rules and elect representative to the City Execu
tive Committee.
By order of the Union Republican City Executive
Committee. JOHN L. HILL, President.
NJ. G. HONG, N0Oi''0'
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ALoNzo b. CORNELL, who has been appointed to
the responsible position OF Assistant Treasurer at
New York city, as the successor OF Judge Folger,
who has resigned to accept position on the bench
OF the Court OF Appeals is comparatively young
man. He belongs to TOmpkns county, and for
several years has been able and influential p0liti-
clan. In 1868 he received the Republican nomina-
ton for LieutenantGo Governor, but was defeated by
about 2s 600 votes, in common with the rest OF the
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ticket. The position to which he has just been
nominated by the President is one OF the most re-
sponsible in the gift Of the Government
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neR~ c A r d.

Re3gn c A ID.
The undersigned being duly Commissioned Auctioneer
for the City OF Philadelphia respectfully the
to all whom it may concern The object of this
nouncement is to show that
MONEY CAN BIZ SAVED
by engaging the services of live Auconeer who is fully
awake to the signs of the times and the of the
pe and who knows the value of property and
generally
Parties having property to SELL either real personal
of any description depend upon careful and udcious
attention being given to its management, the sales
conducted in person.
To persons declining housekeeping opportunity
before presented offered, and which should
mand the services of JOSEPH PENNEY because his
large experience Furniture enabas him
to show the roa value thereby giving confidence
JOSEPH PENNEY, Auctioueer.
622n No 1897 OHESNUT Street
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m s-CHEAPEST IN TIE CITY.
j DIXOH's, No 81 S. EIGHTH Street. 10 10 mths
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Rkss- THE IMPROV VEMENT OF
BR AD ST r E II.
A GRAND MASS MEETING
OF THE CITIZENS OF PHILADELPHIA
Favoring the
IMPROVEMENT OF BROAD STREET,
Will be held under the auspices of
THE BROAD STREET IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE,
AND BY AUTHORITY OF THE MEETING
OF CITIZENS HELD JUNE 18th, 1870,
ACADEMY OF MUSIC
ON THURSDAY EVENING,
June 3d. at o'clock.
All who appreciate the advantages that the thorough
fare of Broad street enjoys to make It, with proper i'm
The FINEST AED MOST IMPOSING AVENUE IN
THE WORLD;
and all who take an honest pride in
BEAuTIFYIEG AND ADoRNING OUR OITY,
ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE
MEETING.
BY order of the
BROAD STREET IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE.
II. Il. WOODRUFF, President.
Dr. T. o. MHLNILLE, Vice President.
GEORGE S. GRAHA NJ Secretary.
JAMES w. HAVENS Treasurer. 62la
Smyrna times., 1870-10-26
MESceILU n e as.
Household Expedients.
BY SUSAN SNAPP.

OF all the women l ever knew, Ny Aunt
Benedict is the best at devisng expedents
She never balkS aC a difficulty nor turns back
at a mishap Her nature is a sort of universal
antidote for home perplexities. She revels in
make shifts and ignores the impossible. She
is an efficient Mr.. Chick in retticoats. ] do
believe it would be pleasant thing for her,
on any ironing day, to discover that all the
fat irons had suddenly lost their handles-it
would be such delight to contrive substitutes
for them out of the clothes-pins.
One summer when Uncle Benedict hired an
old haf-tumbled-down cottage for the summer,
she moved there, taking no heavy furniture
yet out of packing boxes, boards and bar
rels, she contrived to fit out kitchen, a par
lOr, and three bedchambers, to say nothing of
state apartment for honored guests. Her
present suburban home is curiosity-simple,
unpretendng, and so very pretty but almost
everything in it is "a contrvance. Uncle
| Benedict is only a bank-clerk on a moderate
salary, and there are three children; so, OF
course, there is no surplus of ready cash.
| Whose business is it that the pretty ottomans
in the parlor are just pine boxes, cushioned
and covered with striped chintz; that the
chairs were bought direct of the manufactures,
unpublished, and with just the first covering (oi
unbleached canvass on the seats, and were al
terward covered with chintz by Aunt; or thai
the plain wooden mantle is made to look fine
by drapery improvised from a dark merinC
skirt2 And if she chooses to buy cheap but
really pretty imitation bronze, aud make
pedestal for itself, by setting up rough pine
post in cheese box, and clapping the cove
on top the post, to give it shape, b, fIre Gov
ering the whole neatly with folds of brown me
rino and satin Tout OF old ''duds' who need dt
: anything but admire? The flower stand in hel
parlor is lovely, but it is improvised out of q
high nursery-iender made of heavy wire. She
fitted a pan-top of wood to it herself, painted
the fender brown, fastened pine cones arounC
its upper edge, and filed the top with charcoa
and soil-planted hsr variegated lcaved l'lanu
Smyrna times., 1870-10-26
WHOLE NO. 9l8
Testing Her Innocence.

The following touching scene recently occur.
ed at Partisan court of justice:
a poor pale, wan seamStress was arraigned
tor theft She appeared at the bar with a boy
eleven or twelve months old in her arms, her
chlid. She went to get some work one day,
and stole three coins of lot each. The money
was missed soon after she left her employer,
and servant was sent to her rooms to claim
it. The servant found her about to quit her
rooms with the three gold coins in her hand.
She SAID to the servant " was going to carry
them back to you" Nevertheless she was
carried to the Commissioner Of Police, and be
ordered her to be sent before the Police,
for trial. She was too poor to engage a law
yer, and when asked by the judge what she
had to say for herself, she answered: "The
day went to my employers carried my child
with me. 1t was in my arms as it is now. /
was not paying attention 20 it. There was
several other gold coins on the mantlepiece,
and unknown to me, it stretched out its little
hands and seZed the three pieces, which did
not observe until | got home. | at once put
on my bonnet, and was going back to my en-
nOyer to return them when | was arrested.
This Is the solemn truth, as | hope for heavens
| mercy.
The court could not believe this story. They
upbraided the mother for her impudence in
endeavOring to palm off such a manifest lie for
the truth. They besought her for her own sake
to retract so absurd story, for it could
be of 20 effect, but oblige the court to sem
t, nee her to a much severer punishment than
they were disposed to infict upon one SO young
and evidently stepped so dep in poverty.
These appeals had no effect except to strength
en- the poor mothers perlinacious adherence
to her original story. AS this frmness was
sustained by that look of innocence which the
most adrOt criminal can never counterfeit, the
court were at some loss to discover what decis-
ion justice demanded To relieve their en-
barrassment one of the judges proposed to re-
new the scene described by the mother The
gold coins were placed on the clerks table
The mother was requested to assume the posi-
tion in which she said she stood at her employ
' er's house. There was then a breathing pause
in the court The baby soon discovered the
bright coin, eyed it for a moment smiled snd
t then stretched forth its tiny hands and clutch
ed them in its fingers wi h nliSers eagerness
] The mother was acquitted.
Smyrna times., 1870-10-26

"No, my dear" said mother to her daugh-
ter who had been taking nap before dressing
for party, "you needn't rearrange your hair.
You couldn't make it look rougher if you did,"
At the conclusion of one of his late speeches
in Indiana, Schuyler Colfax said "You will
never look upon my face again speaking in o
political campaign"
An old, diapidated bank note is going
the back of it. on which is written in a bold,
free hand, Go it, Bill, I'll back you'll
Mark Twain says that the Sandwich Island
dish of plain dog &c is only the cherished Amer
icau sausage with the mystery removed.
Smyrna times., 1870-10-26

RAISING THE TUNE.-The following story is
told of a former old resident Of Green n1borough
Md, by the Denton Union, Whicn vouches for
its correctness:
Where there is no regularly organized choir
in a church, it is often the case that difficulty
is experienced in raising the tunes, and the
beauty and harmony OF this part Of the service
OF the sanctuary is at times greatly marred.
An untOward circumstance of this kind hap
pened many years ago, In the Methodist church
at Greensboro, Md. There lived at that time,
within two or three miles Of that town, q plain,
independent old farmer, named Nathan Hun.
ter, Of blessed memory. Although he dress
ed in home spun kerSey, and wore stout bro
gans, broad-brimmed hat, and shad -bellied
coat, he had the air and mien of a lord OF the
manor, and he would rot have felt himself an
inferior in the presence of the greatest mag
mates in the land. Nathan did not often stray
far away from home, not even to attend church.
1t happened, however, one Sunday morning,
that he turned up in the Methodist church at
Greensboro. The minister arose aud anuoune-
ed the opening hymn, commencing with these
words:
Lord, in the morning Thou shalt hear
My voice ascending high.
After reading the hynln there was profound
silence, no one present seeming to be able or
willing to raise the tune. The silence was
growing painfully embarrassing. Just then
our old friend, Hunter, arose, and with the ut
most gravity, looking towards the preacher,
exclaimed =
{" l say, Mr. Preacher, just give out that
hymn again; III try if | cant strike a jovial
tune on it.
The preacher, with due solemnity, again
read the first two lines Of the hymn:
t Lord, in the morning Thou shalt hear
: My voice ascending high.
: Hunter struck up the old familiar tone Of
Pretty Betty Martin, thus
, Lord in the morning,
Thou shalt Thou shalt,
, Lord, in the morning Thou shalt hear,
Here he discovered that the metre of the
tune did not agree with the words of the
hymn; so, instead cf singing, he spoke the
balance of the couplet
l My voice ascending high.
The gravity of the congregation was by this
time put to the severest test, and as the best
: thing which could be done, the preacher call
f, ed out, "let us pray"
Smyrna times., 1870-10-26
P0eITY.
MY CREED.

hold that Christian grace abounds
Where charity is seen that. when
We climb to heaven, It's on the rounds
or love 20 men.
hold all else. named piety,
A selfish scheme vain pretence:
Where centre is not, can there be
circumference
This moreover. hold. and dare
Affirm whereer my rhyme may 60;
Whatever things be sweet or fair.
Love makes them So
Whether II be the lullabies
That charm to rest the nesting bird;
Or that sweet confidence OF sighs,
And bushes without word:
Whether the dazzling and the fnsh
OF softly sumptuOus garden bowers.
Or by some cabin door or bush
or ragged flowers.
'Tis not the white phyiactery,
Nor stubborn fast, nor stated prayers.
That makes us saints; we judge the tree
BY what it bears.
And when a man can live apart
From work on theologc trust,
know the blood about his heart
Is dry as dust.
Smyrna times., 1870-10-26

RoUGE-In an old and rare book mention
is made of the first use Of rouge, which by this
account, seems to have been somewhat per-
verted from its original purpose. 1t was
worn by the Roman generals in their tri-
umphs that they might seem to blush at their
own praises" This is almost as bad us the
progressive age.
Smyrna times., 1870-10-26

How COUNTERFEIT NoTEs ARE MADE.-A
party of men, say from three to dozen, get
together and hold frequent meetings, and act
according to plan laid down. One or two
will find out some copperplate printer in the
employ Of the bank note company-in fact all
such printers are known by the party. These
men will manage to meet one of the printers
in the evening, get acquainted, drink, and
have good time generally with him, and so
proceed for few evenings Then they offer
him from $50 to $3.50 to procure a certain kind
of impression. This Impression is made in this
wise The printer will take the impression
upon tin foil from the plate from which he is
printing, which can be done in moment
Thus you see every line and the size is obtain
ed correctly. From this tin foil an eectrotype
plate is made. They then get some plate
printer that can be found about the city, have
a good time with him, and engage him at
twenty dollars a day to do the printing. BY
this plan thousands of copies are struck off
which defy detection, except in the quality OF
the paper, which will slightly differ from the
genuine. The place of manufacture is gener-
ally some distance from New York, like Stat
en- Island, Flatbush, or sometimes Baxter ST. ,
or similar localities in that city. 1t is strange
fact in every case where party of this kind
exists, that every member lacks confidence In
his associates. Every move made by one Is
narrowly watched by the others of the party.
1t would be death to an informant or spy that
did not look well to himself.