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The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-08

A QUESTION OF WooD.-A method OF
rendering wood measurably incombus-
tible, and for preserving it when under
ground, is proposed by DR.. Reinsch. The
wood which must not be planed, is
placed for twenty-hours in liquid COM
posed of one part Of concentrated silicate
OF potassa and three parts Of pure water.
After having been removed from this
liquii, and dried for several days, the
wood is again soaked in this liquid, and,
after having been again dried, is painted
over with a mixture Of one part Of cement
and four parts Of the liquid above de-
scribed. After the first coat OF this paint
is dry, the painting is repeated twice.
OF the paint mixture alluded to, too
large quantities are not to be made up at
once, because it rapidly becomes very
dry and hard. No test or experiments
are reported Of the value Of this method
over other processes for the same pur-
pose, but the Chemical NerS states that
wood thus treated is rendered uninfam-
mable, and does not decay underground.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-08

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. the q
members Of the House of Delegates the
Republicans elect Is and the Democrats
Z. Gen. Chapman, Republican, is elected
Delegate in Congress by a majority Of
4,0S7 over Richard T. Merrick, Demo-
crat.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-08

A HEALTHY LocALrY.-Lansing, Mich
igan, writes Western correspondent, is
very healthy locality for the ague. at
comes creeping up fellows back like q
ton of wild cats, goes crawling through
his joints like iron spikes, and is follow
ed by fever which prohibits the patient
from thinking of anything but the hide
pendent Order OF Good Templars. 1t
isn't the 'every-other, day kind, but gets
up with a man at daylight, and sleeps in
the small OF his back all night. HIS
teeth feel about six inches too long, his
joints wobble like loose wagon wheel,
and the shakes are so steady that one
can't hold any sort OF conversation e1-
cept by putting in dashes."
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-08

A wAaSNo.-In reviewing the his
tory Of Ithaca, N. Y, for The lnStyear, the
Journal says there have bean but two
small failures during the past year
among the business man. Neither OF
them advertised.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-08
The River.

A little child, as the morning fair,
Whose ghttering waves Of golden hair
Cleaned in the sunshino's culver,
Gathering wreaths OF the woodbine spray,
Gathering cowslip and colt's-foot gay,
FlInging them out to float away,
Down the river.
A girl, who fingered as IL to see
The May-fies dancing merrily
By the banks where the willows SILVER;
Yet saw but the love light in pleading oyes,
And heard but the music of low replies,
As she sat, in the glow Of the MONDAY skies,
By the river.
A woman, pausing as il to note
The great white lilies serenely float
In the sunsets crimson quiyer;
Der whose face flashed sudden sober CLEAN,
Asshe heard the changeless voice oFthe stream,
And thought how she dreamed her first love
dream
By the river.
A lonely mourner, who fingered late,
Though the grave was closed, the turf lay
straight,
And earth was earth's f syer;
Out from the church-yard path he passed,
And stood where the dead had loitered last,
While the crescent moon her radiance cast
On the river.
And ever and ave, with the self-same song,
The mighty waters rolled along
'TEl1t the banks where the willows shiysr;
Through childhood's laugh and girlhood's sigh,
While life drags on and old men die,
To the ocean, whose name is Eternity,
Rolls the river,
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-08

A belle who dresses nineteen times q
day has gone into decline. So has
her father. He declines 70 pay bis notss.
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TERMS TO CLUBS.
THE DOLLAR WEEKLY SUN.

F,,, copies on. year separately addressed.
Four DoIinrs
Ten COPIES. one year separately addressed and an eIr.
copy 10 the getter mp Of club,
Eight DoIiars.
Twenty copies. one year separately addressed and an
extra copy 70 the Eetter up OF club
Fineen Dollars.
Fifty copies ons year. 20 one .ddress and the eeii
WeeklJ one rear 10 getter mp Of elub,
Thirty-three Dollars
Fifty copies one year, separately addressed and the
SeIni-weetlJ one year to gctter up Of club,
Thirty-fye Dollars
One hundred copies, enc year, to one address and
D.ily iOr one rear 70 the Eettsr M Of club.
Finy Dollar.
One hundred copies me year separately adaIessei nd
the Daily Tor one rear to the getter up OF club
Sixty Dollars
THE sEMI.wEEKLY sun.
Five espics. one year. separately addressed,
Eight Dollars,
Tea copies one rear separately addressed and an etsf'
oopy 70 Eetter up Of club.
sixteen Dollar
SEND YOUR MONEY
n Foss otnse orders, checks OF drafts New York
vhsrsrsr ssnrenisnt II not then register the lss,T
ssntAininE money. Addres.
Lw ISaLAND Pahlishsr sap eEee. Sc. yc.4
HN..E U. AFp Eoh
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-08

Ts1a, has $4,000 cattle and 49,.
900, 900 acres OF pasture
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-08

THE CONNECTICUT ELECTION. The can
vassers, who met to officially canvass the
returns OF the vote for Governor and
other State officers, will report the fol-
lowing officers TO the Legislature
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-08
THE sEMI.wEEKLYsU SUN. So a YEAR

on IN. same ars and general character THE WEN
LY but with greater variety Of miscellaneous reAd.
and furnishing the 20 is subscribers VIII
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-08
THE sEMI.wEEKLY sun.
AENp YoUR MoNEY

HE..E U. Az .
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-08

nERINE 4 MOORE, No. Ill Nassau ST.. New yo.L
UBLISH the sIlo Oval EngraTings, l6T2o Arch. Tx
PICTURES and other popular prints. Sell anyshs.Ip
J ROFTTABLE busness-send for our list tenn, -
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FRAGRANT sAPOLIENE
Agents! Read This +!

WE WILL PAY AGENTS 4 SALAD
w of $50 per week and eIpenses on Ill
large commission, 10 sell our wonderful inren,S
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LiS'E OI AGENTS.

TiTUSvIl LIE, CNrRCH Kun 4ND VICINI
TY-STEPdEN .OoF. Office liamilto,i's Cigar
store, address 1itusyille, Pa Assistant John Van
SERVER.
TITUsvILLE. CHURCH rim AND vICINI.
TY-H. II THOMAS. Ofcc and address, Man.
sion House. 1itusvile, Pa.
SHAMBURG AND VICINTTY-GEORGE IR.
WIN. Office, shamburg residence, Titusville, Pa
Assistant. A A. West.
ENTERPRISE PLEASANT VILE, BEAN
FARM AND PlrIiGLH W. GEO. VAN
VLIET. Office md address. Chase House. Pleas
antville. Assistant, II. c. Huntington.
TIDIOUT AND WEST HlCKORY--CHAS.
CLARK. Office and address, Exp ess Office, Tidi.
oute. Pa. Assistant E. C. Beardsley.
PETROLEUM CENTRE AND VICINITY
LEVI MASON Office and address, Petroleum Cen
re, Pa Assistant, Charles Blnckford.
TARR AND BLOOD FARMS and District living
IN Oil Creek and Cherry Run. from Story Farm to
tockvile--JA JANESSAUNDERS. ADDRESS
arr Farm, Pa. Assistants. Luther b. Saunders.
Charles u. Cochran and Wi,ian Hoyt
MCCLlNroCKVlELE, OH. CITY AND RENO
"A. s. WtsT. Address,, Oil City or Reno, Pa
Assistare, ". Mead
FRANKLIN, ALONG THE ALLEGHENY pIv.
Err WtLBER Office and address. Franklin, Pa
SCRrBG ASS, FOSTER FARM Il PAHKER'S
LANnINI-RICHARD w. REnPIELD. Office
and addr IS scrubgass, Ia Assistant, r. W Por.
teifeld, address fmlenton, Pa,
WEST VIRGINIA-C ID. ANGEL. and T. f.
COOK Address, Parkersburg, West Virginia.
Roberts Petroleum Torpedo Co
!, may3-dly
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GA u s'!ON.

The public ia autioned against empibrLe an,
Ut the resuarl authorized Agents If the Compa
ny, since the Roberts Pata.t cover the use Of tic
Torpedo and all explosive materials for oil ellis
and the Of such erials by other parties is
direct inf ingcment of their rights ANY parti.s in
iealt with according 10 law, and a. acting wilIf,ly
and knowingly iu defiance o law and the decisions
Of the Courts
The Corpinv I,avc re" "-ran'zci their bns,ncss
with view oarconilno'iae uil A,cn in every part
of the Oil i.rgipn. Ib"t have elnplov,d the most
efficient Age'- A"d -ssi.iaris th,i can he procured
Tor the bus ne-s "ch F"rp.,,' i. labelled with
date af pAtos, trrc her viii! the pric, Of The Tor.
pedo, and 81 ned y nil Cinctr Of me Company 40
every Opera,nr wsAing inrp do may Know il.
price and wsicsH'r II came from OF Oilici
Operators wi confer iaror b., r,puriing to this
Otlice any negligence nfi Agent.
The follo"ing AIMED l,rspns hove boon appoint
ed Agents and -\>sista,t AGENTS f. he Oil Regions
Of Pen.ssy vlaia and Wsst Vh,siui,.
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lIERfUMEKY-The richest and most
[ fragrant German, French aud Aner:-
can PerMmeries.
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II give my hearty preference to the
Willcox & Gibbs Silent Sewing Machine.
FANNY FERN.
"The weight of reliable evidence being
overwhelming for that of the Wilcox & Gibbs
Silent Sewing Machine, decided upon it,
procured it and 0ss more than satisfied"
GRACE GREENWOOD.
shave the Wheeler & Wilson, the Grover
4 Baker, and the Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing
Machines IN nay family. use the Wilcox
& Gibbs most frequently, thinking 4 far
superior to either Of the Others"
MRS. HENRY WARD BEECHEE,
My wife would not accept Sewing
Machine of any other patent as a gift, if she
must receive it on condition Of giving up the
"'''''~ - ~ REV. OLIVER CRANE,
Carbondale, Pa
"The Wilcox 4 Gibbs is the only Sewing
Machine whose working is so sure and simple
that could venture to introduce it into
SYRIA REV. A. T. PRATT,
Missionary American Board.
"We nave used various Sewing Machines
within our family, but it is the unanimous
opinion of the household, that the Wilcox
| & Gibbs Il the best Of them all"
REV. ]. 8. HoLME,
Brooklyn, NY.
"For simplicity and mechanical accuracy
Of construction, I have seen no Sewing
Machine equal to the Wilcox & Gibbs"
ENoCH LEWIS,
Ofthe Pennsylvania Central r. 3
A correspondence on the subject
Of Se1Vi3l0 Machines {S SseSDeCtfalZ.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1871-04-06

EsSfE RAILWAY.
400 MILES UNDER 500 MILES WITHOUT
NE MANAGEMENT. CnANGE of COACHES
The Broad Gauge, Double Track
Route
BETWEEN THE
ATLANTIC CITIES
WEST AND SOUTH.WE EST
THIS RAILWAY EXTENDS FROM
Cincinnati to New York 800:Miles
Cleveland to New York 025 Miles.
Dlnkirk to New York AGO Miles.
Buffalo to New York 423 Miles
Rochester to New York 1856 Miles,
E1s TO 27 MILES THE SHORTEST
ROUTE. IA
New and Improved Coaches are run nom Cincin.
natl DAYTON, Urbana, Marion, Gallis0, Maosfeld,
Ashland, Akron, Cleveland, Warren, Meadv,lle,
Duukiri,, Buffalo aud Rochester to
New York without Change.
ONLY ONE CHANGE TO BOSTON.
On snd after Monday, Dec 5th, 1870, trains
will leave Meadville at the following hours, viz
FRANKLIN BlsANCKI..GoiAa south.
| LEAVE:
Meadvlle, G.3i A. NJ, II so 4. ~, s,c5P II,
| ARRIVE:
franklin, 500 " I'LL " $50
| Oil City, $50 1.45 6,35
FRANKLIN BRANCH-.Going North.
| LEAVE:
Oil City. 1890 a. N 900 A, n, 41O P NJ, 90, P.
| Frar kiln, ,ll.3O o3J :. 4,4O 9.45 I.
ARRIVE:
AgDsdville. 2,o5,r N. ll,loA M. 6,l5r 1859 "
GOING WEST
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GOING EAST.

-1I,4O a. M. LIGHTNING ExPREss;dai ,n
con nesting at Cory, Sundays excepted,
Pa Mayville, BrOctoii ard rtusville,
for Erie; OF Elmira with Northern Central Railw
for v lamspOrt. Harrisburg. Philadelphia AMI Bal
ttknpre and at New York for Boston and New Eng
land cit ca
A Sleeping Coach Is attached to this;train ut Cir
cinnati running through to New York
SAG p. M. CINCINNATI EXPRESS, daily,
Snnday excepted, connecting at Binyhamp.on for
Albany and tie celebrated summer resort, Sharon
Springs and at Newa York for Boston, and all New
England citiss.
A sleeping Coach 's attached t. his train at
Mcadvillc running through to zewior4
2,iO A. NJ. NEW YORR DAY EXPRESS,
daily, Sundays excepted Connects at Great Bend
with Delaware Lackawanna Il Western Railway
| for Scranton, and at New York with Mdnight EX
press train of New jersey Railroad for rhiadel
phia
Sleeping Coach is attached to this train at
Cleveland, running through to Hor el'svile, con-
Meeting with train having new and improved Draw
ing Room Coaches attached, running through to
New York.
1901 A. M. AccoMMoDATIoN, Sundays
| excepted.
al.2s p. M. ACCOMMODATION, Sundays
excepted
500 A. M. WAY FREIGHT, Sundays ez.
cepted.
Boston and New England Passengers, with their
baggage, are transferred FREE OF CHARGE in
New York.
I The best ventilated and most luxurious Sleeping
| coaches A1-IN THE WORLD-ea accompany ali
| night trains on this Railway.
| tY' The Erie Railway Company has opened A
new Ferry from their Jersey Cty Depot to the foot
of 2sd st, New Iora thus enabling passengers to
re ,ch the upper portion OF the city without the ex
pense and annoyance Of street care an omnibus
| transfer.
The scenery along the entire Soute of the Erie
Railway is OF the most picturesque and hcautiful
| character. Admirers Of Na'ues beauties, in a
daylight journey over this Line, will find iisever
changing landscapes subjects Of continual admira.
| tion and interest.
Baggage Checked Through
And fare always as low as by any other Route,
ASK FOR TICKETS VIA ERIE RAILWAY.
Which can be obtained at all the Principal Ticket
Offices in the West and Sou,h- West.
| WIN. b. BARR.
L. d., kut kER, Gen'l Pass'r Agent
Gen sup't. Jan 49, 1870
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GOING WEST
3Ol A. NJ. DAY EXPRESS, daily, Monday:
excepted for Cleveand, ClcpinEnti and the " est
and South. Connects at C,arksville. Sundays ex.
ceptcd, for Sharon Newcastle and Pittsburgh; al
leavittsbuyg for Youngstown and Sharon; at C.evc
land with Lake Shore hallway, for the West ant
Northwest: at Ravenna, Sundays excepted Tor Al
| fur Orvilie and Mersburg, ~ Urbana with Pitts
! hurgl,, Cincinnati and st Louis Railway:u :ur Indian
apois> and at Cincinnati with the Ohio d Mi,s's
| sippi hallway, for St Lonis and the south aud
| South West.
Sleeping Coaches ore attached to this train AZ
Hornellsvile, running through to Cleveland without
change
0.l0 A. VI. EXPRESS MAIL, daily. sundays
excepted, for Cleveland and the West aud North.
West. Connects at Clarksvillc for Sharon, Newcas-
tie and Pittsburgh IL, at Cleveland with Lake
hOre Railway for The West and NsrthW West.
s2S6FP. NJ. NIGHT EXPRESS, daily, Hsr
C!eve and, Cincinnati aud the West and South
Connects at Lesysitsburg. sundays excepted, for
YOungstown; NJ Cleveland with Lake shore Rail.
way. for the West and North West: and mt Circin
natl with the Ohio It Mississippi Railway fer st.
Louis and the South and SouthW Vest.
A Sleeping Coach l. attached to this train at New
York, running through 10 Cincinnati.
1910 A. M. ACCOMMODATIONS, Sundays
excepted, for Leavittsburg and Way Stations, CON
meeting for You gstown.
400. p. M. FREIGHT 4 ACCoMMoDA
TiUN, daily.
7.l5 A. M. WAY FREIGHT, Sundays &.
otuted..
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-12-13
VIRGINIA.

The james River the Knnnwha Canal
Petition to the General Assembly TO In
siieate Measures 10 Have This Important
Work Completed.
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. IL 1871.
Governor Walker to-day transmitted To the Legis.
lature memorial OF the James River and Kanawha
Canal Company, together with letter from Colonel
Robert w. Hughes In recommendation OF II. The
company ask an extension OF Its charter, and that
ample powers be conferred upon commission
to be selected by the General Assembly TO transfer
the rights OF property franchise OF the company
either TO the United States government or TO private
parties in such manner and on such conditions as
will secure the early completion OF the canal.
There Is no way by which the now almost value.
less interest In this company owned by the State
can he rendered valuable the objects sought to be
accomplished by the investment realized ex-
cept BY the completion OF the work already
begun. But the condition OF the state and the pro-
visions OF her constitution alike forbid any attempt
In this behalf on her part. Aid must be obtained
elsewhere and this cannot be secured except by
therein. The vast benefits which would accrue
10 the States OF Virginia and West Vr-
GINA from the completion OF this great
wafer line are almost incalcuable and, 10 secure
them, they would be amply Justified, not only in
renewing the charter, but In donating the Invest
ment already made.
The plan proposed In the memorial, OF placing this
property In the hands OF commissioner. TO be dis
posed OF upon such terms and conditions rs will In
sure It's early completion, and with suitable reserva-
sgement under all the circumstances, Is cordially
commended by the Governor.
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Not an Infcrnati0nnlisf.
TWO BOYS DROWNED NEAR SOUTH NOR.
WALK, CONN.,
SOrTH NoIWALK. Conn. ID

SOUTH NoRwALK, Conn.,, Dec. IL, 1871.
Two boys, named John and Robert McMahon,
aged respectively fifteen and thirteen years, and
children or Mr. Henry Mcmahon while on their
way TO school this morning took 1t into their heads
to visit Keeers pond ana try the Ice, which was, as
they thought, OF sufficient thickness to bear
them. 1t was about eight o'clock, and not
far from the scnool-house, and they thought
to have half hour OF splendid skating before
school went In. With headlong dispos itons charac-
teristic OF TOO many boys we fear they ran upon
the ice without first ascertainln9 whether not II
was safe. Tue morning was cold and sharp, and
the Ice cracked by reason OF their weight,
yet they Kept on. few moments later
both had broken through the ce and soon
after were discovered struggling In the water
at some distance from ne bank. Their shouts for
aid were heard by another scnoolboy, wno on
coming up, was too mucn frightened TO render
men heard the cries and came to the spot, but too
late 10 save, the boys who had gone down for the
last time, aud all that could be done was
to nsh their lfeless bodies out which
was successfully done under difficulties, owing to
the broken condition OF the Ice ana It's thnness.
The pond IS distant from South NCrwalk Centre
about one mile, and IS situated on the Old road from
That city TO the town OF Darien. The parents are
almost distracted, ana the casualty has caused the
intensest excitement, and Is the theme or much
comment to-day In tue neighborhood where the
boys are known.
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A SNEAK ENSNARED,

Az late hour on Monday night one OF the sneak
thieves who have been extensively operating In Ho-
boken was trapped by Chief Donovan OF the Hobo.
ken police, as the former entering the erynouse
en- route for New York. The captive gave his name
as Edward Fitzgerald and confessed tnat he and
that had been robbed aud carried away two over.
coats for q third "pal,n WHO had stolen them The
house was soon found 10 be mat OF Hermann Uaue-
WILL on River Terrace. Yesterday the prisoner was
committed for trial W Recorder B0hnstedI
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VIEWS OF THE PAST.
DECENT l3.

DECEMBER ID
1s65-O'Donovan Rosa sentenced to Imprisonment
for life.
near savannah, Ca, by storm,
1e82-Battlc of Fredericksburg: General Burnside's
army defeated, with great loss ~ Lees
forces
lS45-The great Catholic Council at Trent COM
menceu.
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~ adveFsares with s vengeance letter
tell them that nj last hour earnestly
the honor defend liberty avenge
wonld be unworthy Of liberty, and OF who are
Your very devote L. ROSSEL
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The City Sanitary Inspector reports an alarming
increase OF smallpox since Saturday. Twelve cases
were reported In the twcnty-four hours ending at
noon Yesterday against thirteen for the previous
seven days
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ENGLAND AND GERMANY.

From the NJ Y. World.
1t seems to be admitted by the leading press
of England that the Prince Premier of the new
German empire has really undertaken to me-
gotiate with Earl Granville for the surrender
to Germany of the Island of Heligoland. If
this is true Prince Bismarck must count
rather upon the prestige won by Germany in
her recent war with France, and upon the dis
position of Earl Granvilles party in England
to keep the peace ''at any price" than either
the inherent right of Germany in this case or
upon her power to enforce such right, for
the success of his demand. .Isa ~
England undoubtedly holds Heligoland to-
day by quite as good tenure as that by which
Germany holds Holstein, and nothing is less
clear than the capacity of Germany to engage
in successful conflict with England. The
strength of Germany is in her army, of which
there is no reason whatever to suppose that
she could "mobilize" by sea any considerable
portion, in the face of the hostility
of the first naval power of the world If
Germany could count either upon the
forbearance of France or the alliance of
Russia, an attempt on her part to
force England at this time to the wall might
be more probable than it can now be held to
be. But it is clear that nothing can be
safely predicated of the French until their
government Is reorganized on an enduring
basis, and il is hardly less clear that no Rus
sian Emperor. whatever may be his personal
afiinities with the princes of Germany, can
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il does not answer to call these people slaves.
The are styled laborers, and their toll,
by q polite fiction, is supposed to be
voluntary. Indeed, il has been generally
thought that colonial legislation provided for
the welfare and right treatment of the i'm
ported hands, whether coolies or Polynesians
The theory was that these iaborers were kept
only for three years, at the expiration of which
time they were sent home, each receiving a
final sum of ninety dollars. The practice
was to get the unfortunate savage in debt for
clothes and small luxuries extravagantly
charged for, so that at the end of his term,
instead of getting his discharge and his ninety
dollars, the poor fellow weuld find himself in
debt to his master, and forced to begin a
fresh period of servitude to work it out.
1t is true that in 1868 the Queensland au-
thorities passed Foreign Immigration act,
which provides
"that no person shall import Polynesians unless he
enters into bond OF s250O with two suretes to pre-
vent kidnapping; and further bon OF $50 for each
immigrant, to return him to his country at the end
Of three years; nor may any native be landed in
and has entered into 1t voluntarily"
But this act, we are advised, is systematic
ally and easily violated, SO that it in effect
renders matters worse for the laborers than
they were before. What with men of straw
for sureties, the enforced consent, under
pressure of debt, of the immigrant to a
waiver of his bond of return, and other
facile devices, the act practically affords no
protection at all. Meanwhile, the treatment
of the immigrants on the seas is most in
human. The commander of a man. of-war,
the Daphne, that recently boarded one of
these modern slave-ships, discovered
over one hundred natives in a state of COM
plete nudity, although the act expressly pro-
vided that each one shall be furnished with a
shirt, pair of trousers, and blanket. This
gentleman, Commander Palmer, states it as
his opinion that all these unhappy people
were kidnapped, and says, further, that the
ship was fitted in every respect as a slave
trader, irons alone excepted. 1t is to be hoped
that knowledge of these facts by the English
Government will lead to the application of
such prompt and stringent remedies as may
put an end to proceedings so heinous.