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The Threatened Irish Riot fin New
York. and the Arch isIa0n.

The threatening attitude assumed by the Hi
herman societies towards the OranQemen has
been thought OF sufficient importance Inv Arch.
bishop McCloskey to induce him TO do all in his
power TO prevent an outbreak. He has notified
1ne clergy 70 speak or the coming demonstration
at each mass, and to advise their congregations
TO abstain from any overt act and allow the
orange procession TO pass on in peace The
Afeh bishop made an address at the Cathedral at
ooelock mass. Pursuant TO his instructions All
the catholic clergy of the city delivered in all
the churches yesterday appeals to the congrega-
uons not to interfere in any way with the Orange
procession. The appeals seem to have had a
good effect on the the Irish Catholics generally:
but the Fenian element, which combines in its
ranks many members Of the ancient order of
Hibernians, seem far from cuieted,
Ii is undeniable that preparations are making
by both Orangemen and their opponents among
the Irish citizens, which can hardly fail to resuf
IN a serious riot, unless the authorities use the
strongest measures Of prevention. The Orange
men are said TO have organized body of 300
men prepared to defend themselves against anv
attack, and IL is said their antagonists have en-
the Hibernian National Volunteers Both mar
ties ayow their intention to parade fully armed
Two divisions Of the Ancient Order OF Hiber-
and remarks made outside the hall indicate bitter
luminosity to Orangemen and extensive purchase
OF arms. 1t seems certain the Hibernfan order
Will get up target excursion for Wednesday,
with the intention Of meeting the Orange process
SION. AT meeting held In Hudson county n j.,
saturday evening, the Orangemen and opponents
sacn agreed 70 take part In the PROCEEDINGS of
"wednesday. Against these statements may be
put the positive expressed opinion by Mayor
Hall that the preparations against il are 90 efec-
tive that riot is impossible, from the fact that
no leaves of absence are allowed the police. and
that the militia have been ordered 60 hold them-
serves In readiness for any emergency.
CHICAGO PERsoKALs.-Secretary Belknan.
OF the War Department, passed throueh
Chicago yesterday en- route for Keokuk. ....Hon.
James r. Wilson, Of Iowa, had a hasty plate of
soup yesterday, at the fremont, ere departinc
for Washington. .'.-Hon. s. s. Cox, OF New
York, better known as "Sunset, and -Shoo.
Fly" irrigated himself Wath Sherman House
coffee yesterday. ..."Grace Greenwood is IN
the city, guest of DIR. Clark, Az West Monrone
street She boxed carriers ears, yesterday,
because he was late bringing round the Repubii.
can--Chie. Rep. TIA
ByA palace car is running on one of fhe
street railroads in Boston. 1t b drawn by four
horses, and IL very popular.
ga grand mass for the repose OF the souls M
Archbishop Darboy and his associates in Paris
was said on yesterday In the Church of Nofre
Dame DIES ViffOriqs. in San
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BOUTWELL, VS.. PLEAsoSroS. - Secretary
Boutwell, is expected to return here on Wednes-
day. 1t is said that he viii spend the day at
Long Branch tomorrow, where he will have n
consultation with the President in relation 20
the difference between himself and Commits
sioner Pleasonton.
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NV YORK, July 1o.--It IL stated that the d.
recsprs Of me Rock leland Railroad Company
i've uufice Of their intention % NIL no. 90 Shares
Of the new asck - enlarge the easipnsnt q The
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NAVAL OFFICER LAFLIS AcouIrrEp-A
Utica dispatch dated yesterday says: Hon. A
III. Latin, Naval officer OF the port of New
York, was on Saturday acquitted of perjury, the
jury returning verdict without leaving the
court room. -
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The CIVIL SERVICE CoNMIssIoy.-Thec COM
mission to-day considered the various constitu-
tional questions which it is desirable TO submit
to the Attorney General, and for that purpose
authorized to be addressed TO the President of
the United States letter containing those prop
ositions, with request that they be submitted
TO the Attorney General for his opinion.
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Inc fremfh Elections.
PARIS, July lQ-The OTaai Joaraaf an
nounces that elections for The Councils General
VIII be held on the sd Of August.
The sessions Of the court martial viii begin
on the 18th instant.
Sixteen thousand communist prisoners az Yer
saiil,s have been released BY order OF the gov
ernment, but ie.eSo are still held, and win DC
tried In squads.
Theirs Invites the Pope 90 France.
AXIS, July lo---RIeSidcnt 1hiers has written
ale,ter 70 the Pope, inviting him % take up his
residence IN France. Theirs makes an I'm mile
apology 20 the Holy Father Tor the inability OF
Trance 90 interfere IN behalf OF the temporal
rover IN The Roman States, hat declares ii has
The conviction that Italian unity Is hns.oS.Ihle-
Mustn't Mead Them, r
ROW.. july l0-Cardnal PatriEi the ykcas
General, has prohibited the reading hy member
OF the church in the Roman Church OF nOn-cleri-
cal newspapers-
Arrived Out.
DoNDoN, July l0.-1he STEAMSHIPS Citvof Raj
umore and Wisconsin. from New York touchea
al Queenstown Sunday.
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BIDS were opened to-day at the Bureau of Pro-
visions and Clothing, Navy Department, to sup
ply clothing. caps, shoes, sheeting, &C., at the
navy yards at New York, Boston and San Fran
cisco. The bidders were the San Francisco
Wooden Factory, Co., Jno. Ii. Wilcox, j. Free
man & Co., David Babcock & Co., S. p. Ket-
tell, The Mission Pacific Wooden Mills, J.. III.
Howard, A. L. Haskell, Vim. Matthews, j. S.
Crosby. VIM. Curtis andJ. p. CARL. The contract
Will be awarded In few DAYS
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The PRESIDENT NOT COMING TO WASHING
TON JUST fET.-The President has determined
to postpone his visit TO Washington, as no MEM
bers Of the Cabinet are in town, and no business
OF Importance requires his attention. Unless
something Of importance should demand his
presence here he win not return for ten DAYS or
two weeks.
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TELEGRAMS 10 THE STAR
This Afternoons Dispatches.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS
FROM EUROPE TO-DAY.

IelSgrSrAo5 ErclHsirefg % TAc EreuSaa Ssay
The French EIectioDs-
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STEAMBOAT LINES.

"PIoNEER LIE"
STEAMER ARROW, Ie,ves EVERY NoRNrxe
AZ 10 O'Clock. rom her wharf foot Of r.
tn street, e. MOUNT VERNON and Ea45-N
MARSHALb HALL, stoppingat sIl4Es<zn1z1z1
TIE IA ,srlls tlate landings, going and coming.
~ HoI freight OF passage apply on board TO Captain
THOS. SfACkP0LE, or 70
JAMES SYKES,
General Superintendent, Wizards Hotel
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APPoINTMENTs--W. q. Morton, Ohio; Geo.
Hubbard, Ind; Granville Peddecord, H.; VIM.
.. Martin, N Y; Leonard Stoddard, Mass; j.
send Clement, \. j., have been appointed as
sorters OF money orders in the Sixth Auditor
ONCE, at a salary each OF $40 per annnm.
Mentworth 7. Zeveiy has been appointed an
assistant in the blank agency OF the Post Office
Department, at salary OF II 900 per year. Mr..
L. Z. Brecht has been appointed first assistant
examiner in the Patent Office, vice u. Wilson
resigned.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-09-13
CHICAGO.

EPISCOPAL CoSvENTIoS-TRAGIC ARRAY
IN DE KALB CoUSTY-sUICIDE-BU
ED TO DEATH.
CHICAGO, September l2.-Yesterday
morning, at Fraklin, De Kalb county,
Illinois, a German, name not given, killed
his brother-ln-law and then hung himself.
His wife at the same time attempted the
life Of another man. The cause Of the
trouble is as follows.
Some time since the murdered man
sent Weisenburg some money from Ger
many, and shortly afterwards came over
himself on the promise of having q por-
ton of the farm which Weisenburg owned
decided TO him. When he arrived Wes
enburg refused to fulfil the agreement
with.his brother-in-law, and sold his farm
to the man whose life was also attempted.
This led to bad feeling among the parties
which resulted in the tragedy above men,
toned
At Galva, Ills, last evening, Mrs. Lor-
din was burned TO death by the explosion
OF a gasoline lamp which she was filling.
Marietta Lyde a servant in the family
OF d. w. Gage, at Ames, Iowa, committed
suicide by takidg poison. The cause Of
the rash deed is not known.
The Episcopal convention Of the diocese
of Illinois convened in the cathedral this
morning. Bishop Wbitehouse, presiding.
DThe attendance is large. The morning
hour was devoted to religious exercises.
Nothing ofpublc Importance transpired
at the afternoon session.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-09-13

WAsuISGToN, September l2.-The ba-
rometer remains, as on Monday afternoon,
the highest from North Carolina to Maine
and also over Lake Michigan, with light
depression from Lsne Ontario to Missouri.
The low barometer on the gulf has moved
westward, but at low pressure, which Is
quite uniformly distributed north of the
gulf states Rainy and cloudy weather has
been reported from the gulf coast and
northwards to South Carolina and Iowa.
Cloudy weather, with little or no rain,
has prevailed from North Carolina to
New York, Smokey and hazsy weather
continues from Ohio valley to Iowa.
Clear and partially cloudy weather is re-
ported from lake Superior to lake Ontario,
where the temperature has very generally
risen. Light and fresh casterly winds
continue on tho Atlantic coast. Brisk
wids have been reported from Texas with
tho indication of u storm in
the ncighborhood Of that coast.
PROBABILITIES.
The barometer will probably fal. slight
ly in the middle and eastern states and
over the lakes with partially cloudy and
pleasant weather and light winds. No
serious disturbance is apprehended for
those regions for Wednesday,
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ST. LOUIS.
DROWNED.


ST. LOUIS, September l2.-lienry Reil-
lev. well-known citizen of Alton, H.,
and agent of the East ST. Louis Transfer
Co, and Southeastern railroad company,
while attempting to step from the ferry
boat to the wharf last night, fell into the
river and was drowned.
FATAL AFFRAY.
During dance at Fronch village, St.
Clair county, Ills, last Saturday night, a
difficulty occurred between three brothers
named Allen, resulting in fight, Thorn
as Sabers and Jacob Haynes, friends Of
the Aliens, Joined in tho melee. man
named Gerndon was stabbed in the abdo-
men and died next day. The Aliens
were arrested.
ANEW RAILROAD TO oENTRALIA.
Tho I.aclede and Fort Scott railroad
have closed contract with Joseph Fallon,
G. s. Fitch and Orvillo Grant to construct
n railroad from Fort Scott Ks, to Cen
tralia or Odin, His, to be comp lcted IN
two years. The road will cross the Mis-
sissippi river at ST. Genevoe, Ills, md
traverse some Of the richest mineral Sec
tions in Missouri and extensive coal beds
of Illinois
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SAN Francisco, September 12.-The re-
publican majority in the state Is 400.
In the first district Haughton 10 elected
TO congress by 2,s74 majority.
Coughlin and Sargent, in the second
and third districts, are elected BY large
majorities, and the returns are not COM
pletc.
The republicans elected fifteen state sem
ators, and have three holding over.
The democrats have fourteen holding
over and elected sixteen.
The republicans have one majority in
the senate. The assembly stands 81 re-
publicans to 22 democrats, and one inde-
pendent.
The election Of republican to the Uni.
ted States senate is conceded.
SHIPMENTS or TEA AND coyrxs.
Twenty car loads Of toa and eight Of
coffee went east yesterday.
An immense fire is ranging in the woods
OF Northern California and Oregon.
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CHARLESTON.

THE HEAVY RAINS DESTROYING THE COT
TON CROP.
CHARLESTON, S. g., Sept, Ia Ac-
counts coming in from all sections of tho
state continue to represent tho continu-
Gus rains of the past week us very disas-
trOus to tho cotton growing on the Sea
Island. 1t is thought tho yield has been
cut off by the unfavorable weather at least
one-half, and from the interior of the
state reports Of rust and shedding of fruit
by the plant is universal
The board of health reports no deaths
from yellow fever during the past twenty
four hours.
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pgMocnATIc coNyENTIoN.


DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
CISCIsSATI, September l2.--The DEM
ocrttic convention 10 nominate n county
ticket Yfet to-day. Robert A. johnson
was cbn.en temporary chairman, and III
g. Shroner elected chairman of the per-
mhnent organization. ..,...
AoCIDEsTLY SHOT.
Thomas b. Price was accidently shot
near Logansport, Indiana this morning,
BY Frank Burggaman, while out shoot
ing. ..
CHLoReFoRMED.
The family OF Tobias Drecsc Of Xenia
were chloroformed last night by burglars,
who failed TO get anything of value.
.. RAILROAD MATTERS.
Next week the Ohio and Mississippi
railroad will use the depot now occupied
by the Marietta and Cincinnati, and In
dianapolis, Cincinnati and Lafayette rail-
roads, making connection from Baltimore
10 81. Louis, without change Of cars
BOARD OF TRADE.
CIscIsSATI.-The chamber Of COM
merce to-day elected G. W. Rowling,
for president, and N s. Jones, secretary
1t also elected delegates to the national
board of trade,ss follows Theodore Cook,
james II. Terrence, Lester Taylor, c. w.
Bowling aud c. X. Bishop.
A man named King, nagman at the
bridge near Simms Station on the NJ. {.
X. r.. twenty miles from the city was kill
ed by a train which he had Just signal
led. He was struck before he could get off
the bridge. .
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
to-day affirmed the state platform and de-
clared in favor Of the Hamilton Co. fee
bill, and in favor OF liberal taxation on
building associations.
THE SoMISATIoSs
for common pleas judges are r. A. o Con-
nor, Samuel L. Mathews, Joseph p. Egly,
VIM. Z. Jones and VIM. l.. Avery.
For state senators; John Schiff, Thos.
Sherlock, IL. j. +. Wright. For represen-
tatives: II. L. Spooner, Il. o. Strong, T.
j. Auldman, T. A. Corcoran,J. NJ. Bruins
wick, a. J. Malone, j. p. Corberry, j. X
Love, A. Is. Ratterman and John A.
Frank.
Auditor, Silas w. Hoffman Commits
sioncr, Joseph s. Allen. Infrmary
director, l.. +. Thornburn.
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BASE BALL.

AT BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, September l2.--The Ulym-
pics, Of Was hington, and tho Pastimes, of
baltimore, had match game to-day.
Score -Olympics, o. Pastimes, 2.
At EVANSVILLE, IND.
EVANSVILLE, September l2.-The Riv-
ersidcs, Of this city, beat the Trmbles, OF
Paducah, KY. this afternoon, 4s to 8. The
score was as follows:
Riversides, II, 4, 3, l, 8, 10, l, o-4s.
Irimbles, J., Q, 20, o, 3, 0, o, 0-6.
The Rversides leave by rail for Louis
Vile in the morning to play the Ken
tuckys Of that place.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-09-13
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
ST. LOUIS.

ST. LOUIS.
81. LOUIS, September ~.
FLOUR--Frmer.
WHEAT-Stiff, with an upward ten
dency.
CORN-High mixed ON track, 44c.
OATS-Easier; on track, SSc.
BARLEY-Unchanged.
RYE-Unchanged.
WHISKY-Quiet at SOC.
PORK-Firmer at $l3.25.
BACON--Strong; shoulders, 7c; clear
rib, Tie; clear sides, &c.
LARD-Firm at 9tc.
CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, September "a.
FLOUR-Firm but unchanged.
GRAIN-Firm but unchanged.
COTTON--Firm; low middlipg, ls3 Q
Ice.
WHISKY-Firm at eOc.
PROVISIONS-Quie
BACON-Sales Of shoulders at 6ie;
clear sides, Tic. 3.,.9 g.. ..s
MISS PORK-OHered al $l2.60; no
buyers .. A.. ... ... r'.t.
BULK MRATs-Nominally aud un-
changed. '| ~.
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LOUISVILLE.
FOR THE PENErESrIoRY-KILLEp.

FOR THE PENErESrIoRY-KILL
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Sept. l2.-Thirteen
convicts, including Mike Ammon, noto-
ricu' desperate, who killed L, Ackley last
spring, and Molie Prentice child mur-.
deress, were sent to states prison at Frank
fort, to-day.
While blasting on the canal improve
ment to-day, Mike Rooake, valuable en-.
ploye, was struck by piece of stone and
received fatal injuries.
NEW YORK, September IL. In a
match game to-day the Forest City club of
Cleveland defeated the Mutuals. Score !:
Fores. City, Z. Mutuals, 4.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-09-13
WASHINGTON.

WAsHISGToS, d. G. Sept. l2.-The
United States consul at Liverpool, writes
to the state deputy that in consequence of
the prevalence of the cattle foot and mouth
disease in England he has discontinued
granting certificates to ship cattle to the
United States.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-09-13
WEATHER REPORT.

CAIRO H., Sept l2-lG46, p.m.,i
War Department, Signal Service U. s.
A. division of kilograms and reports for
the benefit of Commerce, The following
is the official meteorological record for the
"a hours ending l0;46, p. m.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-09-13
LEXINGTON, KY.

LEXINGTON, KY, September Ia The
racing to-day was very good, and tho at
tendance was large. First race, two mile
heat, was won by Harper's Longfellow,
beating Swigerts Pilgrim in two straight
heats. Time 3:3S;, BAH.
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DETROIT.
BUSINESS SUSPENDED

BUSINESS SUSPENDED.
DETROIT, Sept. l2.-Business is almost
entirely suspended on account Of the cele-
bration in honor of the opening OF the
ID. l.. l. l.. NJ. railway.
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THE BULLETIN.
BY TEhEGRAPH

Reported especially for the Cairo hui.
Ietin. Ten hours I'm advance Of 80.
Louis papers.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-09-13
BULLETIN BUILDING. WASHINGTON Av.
LIFE INSURANCE..
LIFE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA.

Tur SUCCESSFUL
PURELY MUTUAL;
NO STOCKHOLDERS TO ABSORB PROFITS.
AMOUNT PotrcIns FoRcE 81, s46sss74Oo
NIT INCREASE or RISKS IN FORCE 1870 aSooosa0 90
Company u..
Gross IxcsEAsK y Fonnx $780, sso3277ao
comp.ns. n hs increase eaurns
sas stf 'a si Snss VFs
% % 81 it, charter gives EACH STATE " THE
J. 's' GENERAL. OFFICE, ST. LOUIS, MO.
.aa t.s .. H. BRrTTON President
Vic Presden
WM HANLKY Secretary. JOHN N. PRrcHARD, Treasurer.
I BARNES Consulting Counsel andA Atuary.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT.
4 p. BuRLnonAh,
following gentlemen
p W. BARCLAY CHAs GAlIoHxa OBERLY
u. w WEBB j. n PHLLRs Wh MORRIS,
Jonr AxrpE r. BRIouAn ErsoH.
AGENTS
l.. THOMAS w. D. KERNEr.
angis-nm
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CINCINNATI.

BOARD OF TRADE ELECTIoE-KILLED BY
THE CAns-DEMoCRAT1c CONVENTION
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CoSvEsTIoS--AC-
. CIDESTLY SHOT - -CHLoRoFoRNED BY
BUEoLATls-RAILROAD MATTEgs.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-09-13
SAN FRANCISCO.

NEWS OF THE LATE ELEcTIoN-How THB
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY STAND--sHIP
MENTs OF TEA AND CoFFEE. .
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FOR SALE
y 70 -
NOTICE.

The Illinois Central Raj Road Company nov
offer for sale the following described lois IN Firs
Addition TO the Chy OF CAIRO, viz;
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NOTICE.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE:

The paStnsrhip heretofore existing betwssn
r; waller snd John Koehler hiss been dissolved
stfosof he q. Niehoiss Hotel. "
CAlso. oSptSmbsI !, 1871. div
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VOLUME xyII--NO. n.
Rotation . Law in Agricuitpr..

The farmer erows n cer..;,
KIND OF potato year after year ma
I'll It fails 70 preduee tnS Same
good crops it once did. He send
q lew hundreds Of miles for new
seed OF the same variety, and il
will at once, and without his md.
ding anything to the soil, produce
as good crops as il ever did. We
have beard agricnlturists DENY
the possibility Of this, but we
think that most practical farmers
know that this is really the case.
Yet surely the same variety Of
potatoes require only the self
same elements. There has been
no other difference bnt tho
change.
So also in the matter of manure.
PEOPLE sometimes find benefit
from phospbates, Or guano, or
some other commercial fertilizer
But in a few years it turns out to
DC no better than brick dust: 7: bnt
any other kind Of manure will
have a wonderful effect. We
knew a friend once who used 10
raise enormous crops in his vooe.
table garden, which was annually
manfred from his horse stable
1t failed at last. Even weeds
seemed to despise it. He chang.
ell from horse to COW manure. and
again wonderful crops rewarded
him. Chemically there was not
much difference in the manure
The change wac more than all
1t IS well to remember that tb;s
IS a general principle. Nature
loves change. There is a secmino
contradiction, for We speak of the
certainty of natures laws. But
those who know her best, know
that she has laws which seem con.
Trajectory. The came elements
that make fire, largely mako
water, which is the enemy of fire /:
and some of her most harmless
elements will often unite to make
The deadliest poisons. At any
rate, constant as she generally is,
we know she sometimes likes a
change.-Farmer's Journal.
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personal or mixed, that they may become
conditions. as the said firm or associ uion
may deem 81 and proper. and to the sd.
vsn,sge Of said 6rm and to promote the In.
possessed oi IN any manner, and on such
'e'es' OF 'ns ss'd school Fund OF the State
o' SCUM csro''ns.
See. 3. Be u Jsrthsr enacted, Tbst, before
commencing bu.in... upd.r IN. r,ox,.,...
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pfpoteo to 1leps 3)olities, 5ntftliofeno.e,
JOHN G. Y EDWARD BAILEY, PRORs. {
su.so.isr.os T~o poll.r. p.r..nnum.

SussostprtoS Two Dollars pcrannum.
ApvHHussHExrs Inserted st the ratss of
one dc'isf per square ef twelve MIn,ou line,
lthis sized typel or less for tho hrst insertion,
my cent? each for the second and third inscr.
tious, AMI twenty -avo cents for subse0uens
insertions Yearly contracts will he made.
.aiiAdvertircments must have tho number
inserted till ordered out, md charged for. y
Unicss ordered otherwise, Advertisements e.
viii invariably be :" displayed" W
Obituary notices, and all matters inuring to
*s the bspsat OF any one, are regarded as
Advertissments. -. a
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a Title to Which There in no Tt
tie.

Why should we prefix "Rever
eno 10 certain persons names z
II man is truly reverend. il ia
not from his title but from his
character. We know of CLERGY.
men who inspire very little rever
ence; we know of laymen who
inspire great deal. Why attrib.
nte to one what he does not pos.
sess, and deny to another what he,
does? There might, for instance
be a propriety in saying the Rev
William Cullen Bryant, even
though this good man is not a
minister; but the fitness of things
is violated by affixing an artificial
reverence to some clergyman who
has no other claim to it than from
the office which he holds. And
as to the conventional sanctitv
attaching to the clerical function
the divinity that doth hedge -
a minister-we cannot see what
there is more sacred in one man's
standing in pulpit than in anoth-
er's sitting in pew. Why
should a priest, any more than \
parishioner, be called "rever-
end" Certainly it is a rare fact
in the hi tory of any church when
the minister proves himself to be
the best man in the congregation.
lie does not derive his fiatterinp
title from any real or supposed
moral superiority over his breth-
rem, many of whom are more than
his peers; and he onght therefore
to refuse a designation which
makes !, him apparently. say to his
fellow.man, II am holier than
,hon." We know of very MANY
high'minded clergyman who feel.
fettered by their iardels, and who
would gladly disentangle their
names Of such uncomeiy orna.
ments. But there lie no ohiec.
ton to calling a religions teacher
a doctor OF divinity. This desie.
nation exactly describes his voca-
tion. We suggest that clergymen
should abolish the untrue prefix,
- Rev" and affix the truer ii.
tie ID. D."-IAeodore Iylton, i,,
Golden A1e.