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INTO EFFECT JUNE 7, 1871
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The NIGHT TRAIN daily Except on Sundays)
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p. NJ s.sra-..,-.-s.. :
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ford leaves Broad-street Depot daily (Sundays
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BETWEEN RICHMOND, BALTIMORE AND
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VIRGINIA FEMALE INSTITUTE.
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Is one of the largest FIRST-CLASS institutions
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AHordlhg i1rst-elass educational advantages will
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Ierms moderate. For catalogue, address Rev
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WHITCOMB's REMEDY FOR ASTHMA.
FOR ASTHMA, ROSE COLD, HAY FEVER etc
Nothing so successful IT.. MgrcALF, Drug
gist, Boston Recommended by Dir. o. w
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NUMBER Is.

iund into the hands OF band Of corrupt city
pohueians, Whose record will compare with thst
oi New York Ring. This fund for the sufferers
Is increasing TO tremendous proportions. Dis
patches from England and Ireland received to-
day, plsce about $500 900 st the disposal Of the
committee. The chairman tells me that cons
tant force OF clerks is necessary 10 stmrly fe
money contributions. ami thst he cannot pretend
to read ali Of them. A splendid cub-room has
been plsced at the disposal Of the Relief Commit
tee, and here the foremost men Of the STATE and
the hrst capitalists in the country are in town,
advising and cOunseling the sorely tried rulers.
and the dis2osers Of the great charity.
Any one who has ever entered Chicago on ihe
Illinois Central or Michigan Central Railroads
will recall the long narrow plain, rolling down to
the lake, fronting Michigan avenue through
slmost its entire length In other days this vas
set sside As public park, being spsrsely cover
Ell with trees. Now, however, IL is alive With the
clatier and clsmor Of a busting commercial mart.
Every square foot is appOriioned Of TO some build
ing and scores Of eiifces have shot up Ike magic
on the hitherto neglected waste As early as
Wednesday the grounds had been staked of, signs
copousiy posted abb ut, and all the preparation OF
great campaign begun. Two advantages are
gained by this apparently unmesninE selection.
First, there is abundant wafer nesr at hand,
and it Will be months before the pipes can be
brought to work in the burned districts Sc
cond, the erection Of these temporary buildings
does not cumher the grounds which must even
tually be prepared icr the rebuilding Of the
city. If you should come into the city to-day
and ride up Tweuty-scc1nd Street 90 the Mi-hi-
gan Avenue Hotel, you would never susrec,
that these hustiinr men acI women were res
cuei with nothing but life from a surgiug ocean
Of alme, and that the slim Hue u blocks before
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1emoniae. Sweep away King, sweep away
queen, mobiles, every enemy, every rival of
Macmillan RObespierrel Let every stone of
Paris stream with blood; pile up cOrpses un-
I'll they crimson the face of heaven: decimate
the world, so that the great Ego may tri-
umph. Then for the millennium, the reign
of peace, equality, liberty, fraternity eternal
love and goOd-fellowship-no more hunger.
no more crime, no more blood spilllng
But this gigantic programme grew in his
mind only by degrees. The cowardice Of his
nature would have shrunk appalled,, even on
the very eve of its realization, at the vision
of the reign Of terror With the short sight
edness Of great criminals he thought he
could stay his hand at any moment The
hlng removed, the mobiles swept away, and
tue bloody work was done. How small a
sacrifice for so grand an end But it
was the old fable OF the Hydra in this case
multiplied u hundred fold; for, for every
head cut of. two sprang up in its place,
which doubled and quadrupled until the vic
tins had to be condemned in patches of fifty
and sixty at time, until canals of blood ran
through the streets-until he was heard to
cry in his solitude, Nothing but blood
how much more-when Will ii end?''
Bat it was not the cry of humanity-of
that he possessed not particle; human sui-
fering touched him not AZ ALTO that he was
utterly callous. Amid all the trightful
butehery he lived through. he never once
raised his voice to save one human life
There is an ahecdote told of him which will
better exemplily his nature than pages of
description.
4 friend with whom he was most intimate
and who was sincerely attached to him beg
ged him to save the life Of n certain
prisoner who was ordered for execution.
AT what hour is he to suffer ?" asked Rob
espierre. AT eight, was the reply. Il
would most willingly obliee you. but never
rise I'LL nine. 1t Is impossible, answered
the despot. The man was marble.-Icmp'e
Rgr
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Russian PRlyERus The Scotch and the
~pauiaris have hitherto divided the credit Of
possessing the largest stock OF proyerbial Wis
dom bu- were the literature of Russia more
widely known she might prove a formidable
rival to the land Of the oatmeal or TO that oi
oranges. We give q few specimens, which
on account of their tsrsenes-. their quaint.
h0melv yigor, and dry. Soncho Panza satire,
scarcelysneed the aid Of rhyme to recon-
mend them. They are. indeed, more fully
than words can express, the faithful mirror
Of the shrevd. simple, do-yel humorous Rus
sian mind, ever veiling It's natural keenness
under mask of habi,ual and impenetrab.e
stoliiity;
"Go after two wolves, and you will not
even catch one
"A good beginning is hal. the work.
Trust in God, but do not stumble your
self"
with God, even cross the sea. without
him. not even to the threshold
Money is not God. but it shows great
mercy
The deeper you hide anything tie sooner
you find it.
a debt is adorned wiki payment"
"Roguery is the hs, Of trades.
Never take a crooked path while yol can
see a straight one.
Fear not the threats o. the great,hat Ta-
thc- the tears Of the poor.
ASK a pig to dinner, and he will put bis
feet On the table
disease comes in by hundred weights and
gocs out by ounces.
every little fro. is great in bis own bog. 90
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was published, too. Miss Smith-Miss Han
ner Smith"
May We be permitted to inquire, Mr..
Smith, what was the precise character of the
aifront offered to Hannah ?'
Well you see, ;" said Smith, "the black
guard said she was denizen. And | want
you to understand" exclaimed Smith becom-
ing excited, and brandishing his club in a
wild manner over cur head, while the bull
dog advanced and commenced to sniff up and
down our stoyepipe; IL want You to under
stand that she's a decent young woman with
a good character, and none of your denizens
and such truck. The man who says she's
denizen is a blackguard and thief, and III
smash him over the nose if get chance.
They may say what they please about me,
but the man who abuses my sister has got
to suffer. " And Smith struck the table in
a violent manner with his club. while the
bull dog put bis fore legs on the back of our
chair.
We pacifed Smith with dictionary
We pointed out to that raging warrior that
Websterian definition Of the word ''denizen'
gives such person an unohendins character
and depriyes the term Of everything like re-
rroach Smith said he was satisfied, and he
shook hands and kicked 1.-THE bulldog down
stairs. The editor and prprietors, seeing
that all was safe, Immediately climbed the
lightning-rod and soon appeared at the win
dow, where they were introduced to Smith,
with the remark that they had returned from
the North Pole and the cline Of the cundu-
range somewhat unexpectedly, in order to
surprise their relations.
And now We suppose Smith will be mad
because we have told this story about him,
and he will be coming down to Interview US
again in wars maguifcently stern array,
with a fresh bulldog. But it will be in vain.
We have rented an oli1e in the top of the
shot tower. and have planted torIedoes and
spring guns all the way up stairs. We warn
this incend.arv Smith to beware.
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a Scene in an Editors sanotum.

The Philadelphia Dispatch c1ndescsnds to
perpetratc the following: 4 week or two
ago one Of cur reporters had occasion to re-
fer to a certain woman whom We will call
Hannah Smith as a denizen Of the Eleventh
Ward. \ day or two afterward a hugh man
entered the office with his brow clothed with
thunder In his hand he carried fearful
club, and at his eide trotted bull dog whom
hunger evidently had made desperate. With
that quick appreciation Of the situation
which Is creditable to the superior intelli-
gence Of educated men, the editors Of this
paper and the proprietors darted to the win
dow climbed outside, lid down the lightning
rod, and went across the street 10 watch the
bloody fray through a SPY glass. With the
fearlessness Of cOncious innocence. we sat
stiil, merely Inserting our legs in two sec
tions OF stoye-pIpe, to guard against misap-
prehension of facts on the part of the bull
dog. The man with the club approached.
Are you the editor ?n be asked. splitting
on his hand and grasping his club. We told
him that the editor was out; that he had
gone to the North Pole with Captain Hall.
and that he would not return before l776, in
time for the centennial celebration.
Are YOU the proprietor?' asked the
man.
We explained to him that we were not,
that the proprietors were also out; that they
had gone TO South America for the purpose
of inyes tigating the curative properties of
eunduraago, and they expected 10 remain
there for several years.
"Well, whoever you are, exclaimed the
warrior, my name is Smith -
We told him we were glad; because, if
there was one thing better than the posses
sion Of the name of Smith. it was the privi-
lege Of knowing man Of that name. "But,
Smith. I'VE said, "why this battle array !?
Ii is absurd for man to put on the panoply
Of war, and frisk into EDITORS sanetums, fun
bling club and accompanied by disheart-
ening bull dog, simply because his name hap
pens u be Smith.
lie said he called in to bns. the head of
the man who had insulted his sister.
1T is impossible, Smith that such thing
could have been done by anyone in this
Office
"ls it? but it was though; and her name