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personality and independence. HcI
politics more than anything else was
tinged by this universal aspiration
and especially her republican policy
I A people who has lived so long and
with such glory as Italy never re-
nounces its traditions. Therefore
Italian republicanism has something
of the ancient SAVIOR, something OF
the classic spirit Itsmen have been
chiefly inspired by the men of Plu-
tarch. There is in them the same
sacrifice of private to public virtues,
of conscience to country. Conspiracy
appears to them the permanent state
Of the mind while tyranny continues.
Their own individuality disappears
for the advantage of general liberties.
The secret society takes possession OF
the man, accompanies him through
life, commands him throughout the
world, and demands of him even the
alienation of his conscience, and, if
it is necessary, death Every repub-
liean imagines himself the judge and
exeeutioner of despOts. Tyrannicide
becomes a dogma There is no code,
human nor divine, for these classic
tribunes which could protect = wretch
capable of subjugating his country,
Of invading the domestic hearth, of
prosecuting the family, Of taking from
the eyes of the people the light of
their native heaven, and Of attack
ing, like hyenas, the remains of past
generations. Thus in the Italian de-
mocracy you will encounter many
who have taken for their model that
ancient patrician, the descendant Of
those who abolished the monarchy in
Rome, the disciple of Cato, the mas
ter of Cassius, the husband Of Portia,
student of the Platoaic dialogues
which breathe the sentiment Of i'm
mortality, discreet in. his language,
resolutc in. his actions, capable of
killing tyrant even though he were
his own benefactOr, and of taking his
own life on that clear and starry night
Of Philippi in which he lost the hope
of Seeing liberty once more in Rome.
/ do not think that Brutus exceeded
in stoicism the Italian patriots who,
blinded by their love Of the republic,
went 10 Paris and attacked the en-
peror, and then died cheerfully, in
voking the name of their country, as
if the guillotine were the altar where
they welded immortality-EMILIo
CASTELAR,, in HarPer's Mogazine far
.AugaSi
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The Spirit of Italian Patriotism.

France cxerts powerful influence
over the peoples of the two peninsu-
las beyond the Alps and the Pyrenees
All three peoplcs-French, Italian,
and Spanish-arc united in their hu-
manitarian spirit by contieuity of ter
ritorv, and are one in the Latin race
and blood. Consequently our ideas
are analogous, sOur movements sim
ultaneous, ovr revolutions mutually
contagious But the spirit Of all Ital-
ian policy in the present century, and
especially the impulses Of Republi-
canism, are invariably connected with
that cause which fills with cnthusi-
asm the hearts of all the inhabitants
of the peninsula-the cause of indie
pendence. The CroatS on the fertile
plains of LOmbardy and the beauti-
full lagoons of Venice, their guns
mounted on the fOrtresses of such pa
triotic cities as Verona, Mantua, and
Peschiera, their lieutenants command
ing in Modena, in Parma, even in the
Attic Florence; the genius of the
Bourbons. Inherited from the ancient
Spanish domination, converting into
prisons those sunny regions bathcd
by the classic waves of the Tirrhenc,
and illuminated by the inspiring sun
of Magma Grecia the pontilicate in
Rome, which, through its universal
ministry and its cosmopolitan author
ity, is always bringing foreign inter-
vention to itak-all these historic
miSlortHnes filed the Italians with a
despair. whose echoes are felt in the
stanzas of her poetry and the caden-
ces of her music, tinged with such q
sadness. that You seem 10 hear in
them, as in the lamentations of the
prophet, the sob of anentirepcOple.
Ii1 The. fate of Italy has interested us
always. and always will interest us,
+likeio own fate. From the soil of
Italy our own bones are made. From
the tables OF the pret0rs comes our
law and the language which we
speak is the sonorous echo of that
(which resounded in the tribune of the
Oostra. The temple in which our
first prayers ascend is shallow of
the universal catholic spirit of Rome.
Our poetry was sucked at the breast
of Italy, and our arts of celoring and
design sprang, like Venus from her
schel, from the Italian palette All
nations owe something to the Italian
France, the teachingof st. Thomas
for her philosophers and IofCellini for
her artists; Germany the thought of
Gimdano Bruno, who appears like an
anticipation of the German gcuins;
Spain, the inspiration of christopher
Columbus, who created q world, like
the Divine word Nevertheless, all
nations have oppressed her, forced
her to adorn our palaces, to tinge our
robes with her colors, to delight us
with her song, and have compelled
the divinity of her arts to do US SER
vice, as if the Italians had always to
play in the modern wsrld the part of
the Greeks in the ancient imperial
world-our masters, but still our
slaves. IS 15gaJ IL
But Italy, nevertheless, did not
lose her great spirit, and her dignity
OF mind and heart. All the reyela-
tions of her nature, music, sculpture,
letters, philosophy, and law, were
consecrated to the vindication of her
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school Girl Dresses.

The following communication ap-
pears in the Cincinnati Commercial :
| was at Pixies, and was entertained
by the closing exercises Of the high
school But, alas for my recOllee-
tion of school girls At the ap-
pointed hour a procession appeared
upon the stage which conveyed the
impression that convention Of trag-
edy queens formed part of the pro-
gramme. One after another these
white-robed damisels stalked in with
majestic tread and. o. were they
not fearfuilv and wonderfully fixed
The feeey muslins swept the floor in
continuous yards of putting and
ruffiing, and Heaven only knows what
other devices Of feminine ingenuity,
rendering it necessary that each one
should allow her predecessor ample
room to carry along the astonishing
amount ofdry goods that eneumbered
her lovely person. One actually sank
beneath the weight of her fnery-or
some one else'@-I don't know which.
An inflated balloon is a feeble illus
tratiOn of the extent to which these
lasses, who have thus far been devO-
ting their minds to the requirement Of
useful knowledge, had expanded their
garments. Each one seemed greater
than the former, and L began to Won
der where on earth they would find
room for the paniers, and how they
could be all safely slowed away in
the seats till the time should come to
exhibit them again to the admiring
audience. 1t was a feat certainly re-
quiring sadrOit engineering on the
part of the young ladies who thus
martyrized themselves for the amuse-
ment of the loOker-On A simple
school girl, modestly and beeomingly
clad, seems to be an obsolete thing
in these days of furbelows and tog-
gerry. Indeed, there were only five
or six young ladies among the gradu-
ating class that were dressed with
taste-eonsidering that they were
school girls, and not actresses-and
those few were truly refreshing, and,
as might be expected, among the
brightest and most interesting Of the
class. What are we comingto ! Where
will all this insanity in regard to dress
end Heaven only knows. Ii GER
tainly is a dreadful outlook if we have
not now reached the climax, and may
soon expect reactionary moyemenS
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Success i'm October.

The Philadelphia North 1merisGa
wisely urges the Importance of a Re
publican victory in Pennsylvania in
Octoberand callsfor vigorous work so
that General Hartranft NAV come out
of the contest with a rOusiBg MAORI
ty; one that will ultimately decide
the Presidential election in Novem-
Der, not only in this State but in the
Union. In calling for thorough pre-
paration and hearty labor to secure
the State election, the North Ameri.
can claims with truth that it derog-
ates nothing from the zeal that should
be bestowed upon the national con-
test. The election of Hartranft in
October carries the State for Grant in
November, utterly regardless Of any
combinations that may be achieged.
And, spreading from our State lines,
it will encourage the Republicans in
other States like a reinforcement.
The time to work is not long, Both
of the oppOsitiOns, 50 curiously fra
ternizing at Baltimore, are bound un-
der a compact that aid for Buekalew
in October shall be rapaid by help for
Greeley in November. Principles,
facts, hopes and needs were never
more strongly with the Republican
party than to-day, and if the work
that NAV be is well done between
this and October, our banners will be
more brightly blazoned than ever
The one supreme need is judiciOus
rational and persistent work.
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North Carolina.

A campaign of unusual interest is
in progress in the State of North
Carolina. This will be the first State
election of the canvass, and both par
ties are straining every nerve to Sc
cure n victory. North Corolina was
always sincerely attached to the
Union. Her people had no stomach
for fight against the old flag. Clay
and Webster We're their intense adj
miration, and their own great states
man, Mangum, kept them always on
the right side This old Wing leayen
still works there as it does in so many
other parts of the country, for no par
ty ever fiourished in the Republic
that was so intensely national and
patriotic as the Wing, and the Repub-
lican party inherits this spirit
At the last election in the State it
was carried by the Republicans, after
a hard struggle, though it was con-
test upon question of calling a con-
vention to revise the State constitu-
ton. But amnesty has admitted many
of the disfranchisea 20 their forfeited
rights and it is now diflienlt to pre-
diet the result with any certainty.
Should the State election t4is'year be
carried by the Republicans She politi-
cal character of the State may be
considered as settled for mans years
and doubtless the influence of such an
example viii long be felt throughout
the south. For North Carolina has a
large preponderanee Of white popu-
lation over the colored, and therefore
her declaration in favor Of the Re
publican cause now would be an I'M
doubted verdict of their acceptance
of accomplished results. The New
York Tribune daily lessening the
thin pretence of Republican which
covers its desertion, urges all whom
it NAV influence to discard party
names and vote the Democratic ticket
straight. II
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."Its no use TO go over the grounds
to me, Timms,'' . { >"
But" replied Timms, you have
no idea what that women is; you
wouldn't blame me if you only knew.
She's brow-beat me till ! amt half a
man"
$50 see" said Mapes.
mo YOU don't sce," replied Timms
you don't see half Look at this
scar taking off his hat, and show
long seam an the scalp" that was
done with the skillet" 81 '2
"You have suffered said Mapes.
Suffered" returned Timms, '"You
ought to have sworn her too. IF you
only knew how | have thought of
you, and of my oath to you; and
how / have borne blows, and been
quiet-how | have been called brute,
fool, and kept silent-how have en-
dured taunts and sneers, and hunger
and discomfort, without q word of
reproach-you would forgive me:
you wouldn't harbor thoughts of re-
venge."
ID Thoughts of lryenge!' answered
Mapes. "Lei US dismount, and have
a settlement; for see my chance has
come at last. n:aay.aF g@' - sI
"Mapes, would ypu take the life of
an unarmed man ~ - la d.
"Timms, you're crazy. Let me
explain. | have no wrongs to avcnge
1t isn't for vengeance that | have
wanted to see you. / have heard
about you often, know all your life
and experiences; and | have only
wanted to meet YOU to offer YOU a
home and friendship, employment and
opportunities for prosperity, here in
California. i owe YOU no debt bat
one of gratitude, for the inestinIablc
service YOU did me by that little job
of carpenter work; and that ! mean
to pay. Come with me- lie took
Timms' horse by the bride, turned
him about without remmstrance, and
they travelled on in silence.
After a while, Timms raised his
eyes timidly from the ground, and
said:
,,Mapes, she's the dcvil.n-Orer'-
laid Monthly
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4 BIissfuI bridegroom.

The Memphis Ardlaacic says: In
the 1raiaHche of yesterday appeared
an account of the marriage of Mr.
George Cbristy and Miss Fanny
Duane. both of whom are bright and
shining lights of the variety stage
/ The nuptials were of a decided "ton-
nish" nature, as will be remembered,
and when over they made bridal
tour TO a hotel--not the Lehner
House, as incorrectly stated. Re
turning from there to the room of
Madam Fam, the happy couple sep
aratcd with mutual VOWS of love and
affection That night about the
witching hour of twelve the happy
bridegroom returned only to find the
door Of his wife's room securely lock-
cd a few gentle raps with an ale
bottle which he was carving to his
home, and the door opened :
( "Who are you?" inquired the
bride, in a tone that was rather loud
ats me, my own ducky, dear; L
/ have come" answered Mr.. Christy,
walking into the room and upsetting
the ale bottle. while he lighted his
! pipe--a stumpy clay.
You get out of here, you nasty
thing" roared the gentle maiden, in
voice like thunder, as she pulled from
bureau drawer mammoth six
shooter.
Mr.. George Christy, the banjoist,
got" Before he got down stairs,
however, his loving wife Of eight
hours shot three times at him. A
nervousness on the part of the female
shootist, and the agility of the bride
groom, alone prevented the necessity
of the Intervention of the coroner.
/ Notwithstanding his rather warm
reception, Mr.. Christy again visited
his charming bride Yesterday morning
! She saw him coming up stairs, and
sent down her card in the shape of a
skillet, to let him know that she was
not in. -l .e E-ls
Last evening Mr. Christy was in
consolabc-also very drunk Mr..
Christy was rcsolute and anxious for
n fight. ~ gay
At late hour he embarked on
southwark bound boat, being satisfied
that distance-and a good deal of it
lends cnchantment TO the view, so
far as his bride is concerned
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for serving subpGnas, $3.50; respond
ent for 935 witnesses paid by com
mittcc, 81 ,4O2 80; respondent fol
serving subpGnas, $l,59l; printing
subpoena cards, sG4; making election
boxes, express charges and miscclla
neous, $125; unpaid witnesses of re
spondent, 81 ,430; A. X. Mcclure Tex
traordinary expenses) $4,000; II. w
GRAY Extraordinary expenses) g, 800
A. X. Mcclure (salary) 81 900; III
w. Gray Salary 81 900; seven Sen
ators, comprising the committee, a
$500 each, $500; total, S26,665 IL
This is only $9,409 10 less thar
the pay Of the Senators for a whole
session, including mileage and sta
tioncry, in 1863 Reader, did you
ever see such items Of expenses for q
committee sitting altogether only
about five continuous DAYS. Not
onc-fourth of these witnesses were
examined Every swindling charge
that was presented by both parties
was accepted by this committee anG
ordered to be paid, it made no differ.
ence about the amount; and Mcclure
served eighteen or twenty days, and
they paid him his salary for the
whole session, and paid him and Gray
also extraordinary expenses, each 81
500. Now reeollect, reader, that
honest man Buckalew was a member
Of this committee, and chairman, with
the controlling vote, and he could
have checked this infamous stealing
of the public money, if he chose,
by refusing to sanction it; but did he
do it?
An honest chairman would have
said at once that he would not sane
tion such wholesale stealing of the
public funds of the State; and if that
would not have been sufficient, he
would have refused to serve in that
position. But did he do it? If he
did we never heard of it before: and,
therefore, of course, be sanctioned it,
and therefore, is the most guilty rob
Der of the whole committee, for he
processes to be, and his friends say he
Is, an honest man. We deny it, and
we have adduced the proof in the
above swindling bill of an investiga-
ton committee Of which he was a
member, in session only a few days,
and which, we repeat, is unparalleled
in stealings by members Of the Leg
islature.
After such bill sanctioned by
Buekalew, can any honest man say
that he is an honest man, and ought
to be elected Governor Of Pennsylva-
We pronounce Mr. Buckalew a dis
honest and corrupt Legislator, and
therefore too dishonest TO be elected
Governor of this State, Independent
of his rebel prOpensities during the
rebellion.-Niners' Journal
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Why People Sleep in Church.

Many a farmer and housckeeper
wonders why it is that they must
needs take q nap, every Sunday in
sermon time. When the parson gets
comfortably into the second or third
head Of his discourse, and his congrc-
CATION have settled into the easiest
position to listen, gentle sleep begins
to steal over their faculties, and the
good man is surprised at finding his
argument less eagent than it seemed
when prepared in the solitude of his
study. At home the busy matron
never thinks of mapping at eleven
o'clock in, the morning, and the man
of business would consider his sanity
or eommon-sense sadlya called in
question should a friend propose a
half-hour's nap at that hour of the
day. Nevertheless, they both sleep
like kittens In their pcws, and logic,
rhetoric, cloquence, are alike wasted
. in the vain attempt to to rease their
sluggish souls. The question of the
poet, so often sung in our assemblies
MY drowsy powers why sleepye sos'
Is exactly in point, and we propose
as an answer, Because We, are
breathing carbonie acid gas-deadly
poison; because the chapel-keeper
didn't let the foul air of last Sundays =
congregation ont of the, doors, and
windows, and the fresh, pure air, in. :"
Look round at the audience; that fe-
verish flush on the face isn't heat. it
is poison. The lady nodding over
there, her nose and cheeks Ikea scar
let rose, is not too warm, Tor. the ther-
mometer doesn't stand over over 10
degrees; she is partially ysuffocatcd /;
what she wants is. fresh air. The
hard working mechanic doesn't sleep
because he watched with sick child
last night, but simply for want of OK
ygeh to keep the flame of intellectual
and physical activity brightly burn
ing. Nobody can rise on wings of
faith in poisonous atmosphere. Ok
ygen and religion cannot be separated
IN this unrighteous manner. We can
not live in conformity to spiritual
laws while in open violation of the
physical. Is your chapelkeeper a
man of intelligence sufficient to un.
derstand the necessity and reason OF
ventilation Does he know that
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Besarsh's Masterpiece.

tffE - tLt<f
We remember, years ago, Of having
heard the following aBecdOte Of llO-
garth, and we deem that II will bear
repeating Tie celebrated artist was
once applied to by an exceedingly
wealthy, but very penuri0us old no
bleman, 10 paint the main hall Of
new mansion with historical piece
"A style Of embellishment much in
vogue among the aristocracy Of the
period. HOgarth was open TO the
proposition, and was asked what he
would charge to paint upon the walls
Of the hall representation of the
Passage Of the Children Of Israel
across the Red Sea, pursued by
Pharaoh and his host. The painter
viewed the hall, and replied that be
would do it for one hundred guineas.
The miserly old nabOb turned up his
nose in amazement at the enormous
charge. He would give twenty
guineas for the work ; and that was
more than he deemed it worth.
Hogarth, as may well be supposed
was both vexed and mortified by this
estimate Of the value Of his labor
but he nodded, and held back his
temper, and finally said, if the sum
were paid to him in advance. he
would undertake the job The close
fisted nobleman consented to this ar
rangement, and be could not repress
chuckle of inward satisfaction in
view Of his grand bargain as be paid
over the money IIOgarth pOcketed
the twenty gold pieces, and promised
that he would commence the work on
the morrow
Bright and early on the following
morning the artist appeared at the
mansion, accompanied by a stout as
sistant who bore a huge bucket Of
common red paint, and at once they
proceeded to daub the walls Of the
hall, and the panels and the
literally with the glaifng pigment
An hour before noon, just as the no.
blcman was getting up from his bed,
HOgarth knocked at his door, an
nouneing, when the host appeared.
well, sir, the. work is done"
Done :" cried the astonished aris-
tocrat. What is done ~
Why, the painting of your hall,
sir
Unable what to make of this mar
vellous expedition, the old knight
threw on his dressing-gown and went
down to view the result of the artists
labors, and his CONSERVATION can be
better imagined than described upon
bchoIding the unbroken and unre-
lieved brick-red hue that covered
walls and cornice and wainseot.
What, in the name of wonder, i
this 2" he cried, rubbing his eyes, and
gazing from the danb TO the dauber
THAT, sir" replied HOgarth, with
low bow, and with a serious look,
'.is the Red Sea -
The Red Sea : But-but-where
are Pharaoh and his host ?"
why, sir-they are all drowned"
replied HOgarth.
"Well and where are the Children
OF Israel ~
They" said the painter, with an
assuring nod, "have all crossed over
upon the other side y
The old niggard found it in vain to
complain; and for producing the
hosts of Egypt and the Israelites Ho-
garth finally received his hundred
guineas
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A complimentary Ohio editor no
tices that last evening the beantifui
daughter of Mr. LOyepuf, the ac-
eomplished and gentlemanly wagon
maker of this vicinity, was united in
wedloek to George Beerstat, the tai
ented artist, whose charming land
scapes are upon the dashboard Of
every buggy ever turned out of his
father-in-law's shop, and who at
stripping carriage wheels has no peer
living since Rubens diedn
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Read the Following List Of
Claims Paid.

James Joice. New York City, -. 600 payment
overdue I months
p. Il. O. Hampe, New York City, 81, 600. pay
ment overdue months and days.
Mrs. q. B. Hart, Chicago, Ill, 5000 payment
overdue months and Is days.
H. r. Moore. Boston, Mass, 1000, payment
overdue months and 10 days.
James II. Adair. New Maysville Ind, <, 900,
payment overdue 2 months and days.
Bernard O'Grady, Detroit, Mich. g, 600 pay.
ment overdue years. 10 months and II days.
Jones ID. EstabrOOk. Fitchburg, Mass, 81 900,
payment overdue years, month and days.
GOODCHILD & MARSHALL. Agents.
June i2-'s2- Somerset, Pa.
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JIMMY.


Jimmy and are fellows for play
Never tired of ii, rain or shine.
Jimmy was six the last birthday, e.
While was Only-sixty nine
So little Master COmmonsense
Gives himself superior airs,
Guiding my inexperence
BY the wisdom mder his own white hairs
Sometimes it happens the hoary sage
Over-anxious for Number One D.
Turns to account my tender age,
And am most atroeiously done.''
No matter how it may chance to be,
Jimmy's argument never fails:
The copper is always wrong for me,
And Jimmy is winner, heads or tails.
Wei, Ihave lived to be boy and man,
Dad and grandad, and yet, vow,
Never was in my threeseore and ten
Half so sharp as Jimmy is now.
And sadly the question bothers me,
As stop in my play to look at him
What will the Twentieth Century be.
II the Nineteenth's youngsters are all like
Jim:
KATE PUTNAM Os0ooD, in HdiPer's Magd-in,
for AugHa
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A western farmer reeklessly pub
lished the following charge: Il will
bet S42 81 that my hired man can
take longer go to the harvest field,
get back to dinner quicker, eat more,
do less, and bear down harder on "A
pannel Of fence than any other hired
man within fifteen miles of the flag
staff in Jefferson.