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The New York herald., 1872-10-19

Emigration swfndlers-Another Caso.
The insuficiency of the protection Afforded
to unsophisticated emigrants under exisAng
police regulations is made painfully evident by
the number of complaints made by the viO-
TINS II is more than probable that the cases.
that como to light are only small percentages
of the pilferings thst are carried on under the
law. The public never hear of the small
losses and extortions which q large part Of
the emigrants arriving in our port suffer
Only when some more than ordinarily con-
fding mortal falls into the hands Of tho
sharpers and is thoroughly Heeced are
we reminded of the villany which is
in constant operation. Of course. Gke
sufferers are in almost every case somewhat 10
blame, and to people blessed with little
common sense it must be difficult to comwe-
hend what kind of mental organization tho
man must be endowed with who meetinga
stranger in the street, takes him into his conf
dence, and even entrusts him with the keeping
of his whole worldly wealth. Incredible as.
such faith in the honesty of the general run Of
mankind may appear to the sceptical, SUCH
believers there are. The latest example Of
these peculiar people is furnished by son
of Fatherland, who allowed two strangers to
wheedle him out of thousand dollars. The
trick by which this was accomplished is
the old confidence game in which ono
of those disreputable Exchange" shops plays
an important part If there were no sham
banks the swindlers would find it more diff
cult to execute their schemes. The blame
must, therefore, in great part rest on the
police authorities, to whom these disreputable
dens must be known, and yet who take no
steps to suppress them as public nuisance.
We are fast reaching that point when some
stringent regulations will have to be enforced
against our criminal population, as the idea
that we are to leave people at liberty to rob SO
long as they can escape detection is ridiculous.
When man commits felony he loses
all right to be considered as reputable
citizen, and all he can afterwards justly claim
is toleration so long as he lives honestly.
With regard to men who are known to live by
plundering and who have no visible mode Of
gaining an honest livelihood, no sentimental
ism about the liberty of the citizen ought to
be suffered to stand in the way of giving
security and order to the honest part of the
community. Those who voluntarily leave the
ranks of honesty should be taught that they
cannot prey on society and then shelter them
selves from the consequences of their mis-
deeds under the protection Of the law which
they persstently violate.
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doubt, however, that the large exports Of cot
ton and other products during the last months
Of this year win go great way to bring dows
this sdvesss balance We regret 10 see that
the amount Of our foreign commercs carried
in foreign vessels continues to augment over
that carried in American vessels. In 1871
sixty-nine per cent was carried in foreien bot
toms and in 1872 seventy-one per cent. These
are important facts that call for the serious
attention of Congress and our merchants.
How are we to increasstour exportsa How
are we to prevent the carrying trade going
more and more to foreigpers7 These are
questions that demand im.sliats> ponsidsza-
ton. M
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OuR POSTAL RELATIONS WITH FRANcE.-It
has long been felt by the people of this coun-
try that our postal relations with France
were unsatisfactory. 1t was one of the iaui,s iau,s
o. the Empire that it did not make the postal
relations OF France and the United States as
comfortable and convenient as were the postal
relations between Great Britain and the United
States. II rebounds to the credit Of NJ. Theirs
that he has seen this little difficulty and tried
to remove it out of the way. For some ume
past negotiations have been gong on between
the government at Washington ud the gov
ernment at Versailles with a view Q enec.
new postal treaty arrangement. We q. 60 Rlau
to know that the negotiations have SO ia. hau
satisfactory result The new postal trea. y
which contemplates the reduction of the rates
Of postage by one half, is under the considera.
ton Of the French Minister of Finance. and
according to our latest news, q favorable re.
port rs confidently expected. If the postal
treaty is satisfactorily concluded it will be a
triumph for the French Republic, and Il will
rebound to the lasting honor of President
Theirs.
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and may be nade "a duke or marquis YET
if only his good fortune continues. Scott
at West Point fights over again the battle OF
the Wilderness, but this tine on csnvas. The
picture represents the charge of tho Green
Mountain boys. and has been executed for the
State Of Vermont Church II still engaged
building his house and studio on the Hudson.
and 8. B. Clifford. following his example,.
Is erecting wigwam on the same delightful
river The De Haas brothers have returned from
the Isle of Shoals, and both are at work on inn
portant marine subjects. Among the sculptors
there is not very much movement. Calverly
is away In the country, and Rogers group of
'The Watohfres' of the Revolution can
scarcely be said to be completed. II Is the
most ambitious of Mr.. Rogen' works, but not
his happiest In his instinct Mr.. Rogers is
rather painter thana sculptor, and his talent
shows best in small work. Thompson con-
tinues his appointed task of commemorating
the heroes who preserved the Republic and
making for posterity fattering ikenesses of
the distinguished men of the day. Within a
few weeks the art world will have resumed its
usual appearance of order and industry, and
the few truants who still wander about the
country will have been gathered into the fold.
We purpose experimenting and chronicling
the labors in the microcosm of art and placing
before the public such details of the artists
and their work as will be likely to prove gen.
orally interesting.
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The Erie Canal and tho Western
Trade.

The Erie Canal and tho Western
Trade.
The question of abolishing the Erie Canal
has practically received the coup de grace from
its chief advocate in the letter we publish
elsewhere. Unable to contradict the state
ments advanced in defence of the State canal
our correspondent is obliged to take rIfuge in
vague predictions of the benefits that might
accrue to the trade of New York should his
favorite scheme be adopted. In no case has
he attempted to answer the objections put
forward by his opponents. The one good
which he can promise US of bringing the
Western produce to New York few days
earlier than can be done by the water COM
munication would certainly not counter
balance the many injuries the closing of the
canal would infict on the numerous interests
involved in the canal commerce. It is not
even pretended that the change would
this is ono of the most pressing ne
cessites Of the hour New York requires
cheap freight rates with the West, and un-
less every facility for conveying produce
to this port can be made available our
Western trade must inevitably pass into the
hands of rivals. Hitherto we have been in
debted for the lowering of freight rates to the
canal competition, and we know that as soon
as the water communication is closed the rail-
way monopolists will levy blackmail on the
commerce which must pass over their lines.
This fact alone would make us hesitate to
place ourselves at the mercy of railway cor
porations. Their history repeats itself too
often for the public to be easily gulled by
interested professions of anxiety for the gene
raj welfare Were the canal dried up and
the bed converted into railway track o few
years would see it part of the railway COM
binaton of the State. Then we would be
completely in the power of the monopo-
lists. From its very nature q railway
cannot be subject to competition. It
may have rival interests as q corporation
with some other railway, but in the end cor
porations generally find out that it is more
profitable to fleece the public than to diminish
their profits by too close competition. The
canal, on the contrary, being open to oil
corners, any enterprising man can undertake
to carry freight at rates which he thinks will
pay him, and this is the essential element OF
free competition. As result we have the
lowest rates in keeping with fair profit, and
the railways are obliged to charge only reason
able mileage Once remove the canal check,
and the railway monopolists will control the
Commerce Of the country. This would be
anything but desirable change. What we
want on the canal is increase Of speed, and
that want science will supply within a few
years. In the meantime we shall insist that
the only free road for trade Is maintained for
the benefit of the people in spite Of the specious
projects Of the monopolists.
OuR POSTAL RELATIONS WITH FRANCE. 1t
has long been felt by the people Of this coun-
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Union SQUARE THEATRE. Broadway, between Thir-
eenth and Fourteenth streets.-AGNKs Matinee at Ia.
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OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway between Houston
and Bleocker sts.-LA GRANDK DUOHEssE. Matinee at2
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crease with tlme we KNOW no WORKS SO
thoroughly and distinctively American as those,
and whatever faults they may have are more
than counterbalanced by the fresh and truth
full delineation Of contemporaneous life they
furnish. They will hand down to posterity
pictures of Americans of the nineteenth GEN.
tury, possessing an individuality, and marked
by the strong idiosyncracies Of our people, not
to be found elsewhere in the whole range of art.
j. G. Brown, who portrays the softer and more
cosmopolitan phases Of the national character,
has been away in the White Mountains study
inc backgrounds to be filed in with those
charming sketches of infant life in which he is
so happy. S. J. Guy, careful, conscientious
and technical to the last degree, has quit his
accustomed haunts and is said to be busy paint
mo for one of our millionnaires. Constant
Maver. with his talent for making pictures out
Of portraits and imparting sentiment and
refinement 70 oil hc touches, is hard OF work in
his ateB-r. -.
! The vast army of landscape painters, ais0f
Ganized and defeated by the approach .
Winter, are tumb,,..os into their studios in III
ut,, oost disorder For u. - most paet ih,y hav
not y, Ssettled down, while tru...'n .nts like> T.
Smith, Cas 'uear and McEntee have not even :, y
in an appear. snce. William Hart, louis n
Tiffany, David JcdGson,,S George smi1lie, Brs. e.
WORT, whittredge and Van Elten have come
back to the city ,sden down With the most de-
lightful and choice little bits o. wood and
water studies, by and by to grow into impor.
Lant pictures Bierstadt is away in California,
and is doing so remarkably we'll on the Pacific
slope that he has no intention to come East
until the placer is completely worked out.
LIE Clear has just arrived from Europe, where
ne executed some commissions, and Bradford is
till basking in the s~ailes Of English royalty.
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op.Np OPERA HOUSE, Twenty third st and Eighth
A., CARorrE Matinee at III.
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NEW YORK sTADT THEATRE, IS and At Bowery.-
MAGICAL REPRESENTATIONS.
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THE DUTY OF THE AMERICAN GOVERN
MENT:n LEADING EDrrORIAL-SIxTH
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anxiety and annoyance to the citizens Of the
United States, and declared that the exist
ence of the prc:...racted str,iggie, without
apparent prospect OF Rn early ter
mination, could not fail to be an
object Of concern to a people who, while
reiraining from interference in the affairs Of
other Powers, naturally desire to see every
country in the undisturbed enjoyment of peace,
liberty ..ud the blessings of free institutions.
The situation Of affairs alluded to by the Presi.
dent nearly twelve months ago is to-day un-
changed, and siuple expressions of regret
would now be out of place. In the interest of
Spain, as well as OF humanity the cruel war
should be in one way or another brought to
close. At least it should be relieved as
much as possible of its horrors and this can.
not be done more effectually than by our 1ecog-
milton Of the belligerent rights Of the reyolu-
tionists. They are clearly entitled to this
recognition by the length of time they hive
continued to stand out in opposition to Span
ish rule, and unless it is to be now accorded.
to them, it may be withheld until
the last Spanish trooper and bloodthirsty
volunteer shall be driven into the seq. Apart
from the question of sympathy and of
humanity, it is the right of the struggling
people to demand this much from the Repub-
lie, and General Grant cannot well refuse to
that right.
There is no injustice to Spain in this
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-05-24
To the Commissioner, Trustees
and Teachers of Common Schools.
FRASKFoRr, January 25th, 1872.

FRASKFoRT, January 25th, 1872.
A general Institute or Institutes will
be held in each Of the Congressional
Districts of the State, during the ensu-
ing summer, at the following places and
times:
1st Congressional District, Mayfeld,
June 9th to 7th.
ID Congressional District, Henderson,
June 10th to 18th.
I'd Congressional District, Hopskins'
vile. June 17th to 2lst.
Sd Congressional District, Glasgow,
June 24th to 2Sth.
4th Congressional District, Elizabeth
town, July LIST to 9th.
9th Congressional District, Stanford
July 8th to 18th.
Sth Congressional District. Manchester
July 18th to 10th.
7th Congressionl District. Carlisle
July 22d to 26tb.
9th Congressional District, Maysville
July 10Th to August I'd.
9Th Congressional District, Cynthiana
August 5th to 9th.
5th Congressional District, Eminence
August 18th 10 23d.
5th Congressional District, Louisville
August 26th to Both.
The Kentucky States Teachers AssOci
alton will be held in Frankfort, Angus
18th 10 10Th.
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The Baby.

Who knows not the beautiful group Of
babe and mother, sacred in nature, now
sacred also in the religious associations Of
half the globei Welcome to the parents
is the puny struggler, strong in his weak
ness, his little arms more irresistible than
the soldiers, his lips touched with per-
suasion which Chatham and Pericles in
manhood had not. The small despot
asks so little that all nature and reason
are on his side. His ignorance is more
charming than all knowledge, and his
little sins more bewitching than any vir-
tue. All day, between his four or FIVE
sleeps, he cooes like pigeOn-hOuse, sput-
tiers and spurns. and puts on his faces Of
importance; and when he fasts, the lit
tie Pharisee fails not to sound his trum-
pet before him. Out Of blocks, thread
spools, cards and checkers; he will build
his pyramid with the gravity Of Palladio.
With an acoustic apparatus Of whistle
and rattle he explores the laws Of sound.
But chiefly, like his senior countrymen,
the young American studies new and
speedier modes of transportation. Mis-
trusting the cunning Of his small legs
he wishes to ride on the necks and shoul
ders Of all flesh. The small enchantel
nothing can withstand-no seniority o.
age. no gravity Of character; uncles
aunts, cousins. grandsires, grandams-al
fall an easy prey; he conforms to nObody
all conform to him; all eaper and maxi
mouths, and babble aud chirrup to him
On the strongest shoulders he rides, anC
pulls the hair of laurelled heads. En.er
sOa.
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For the IsrrRIoR JorRSAL.
Sunday Schools.

MEssRs. EDrroRs While your ex-
cellent journal is ready to encourage ev-
cry good work, no one has mentioned the
Sunday-school interest Of our country.
No doubt We love the cause, and have
done something for its advancement ;
still we have not attained to that high
position as Others have, simply berause,
perhaps, we have not given the subject
the attention il deserves. We have the
ministers, the christian men and women,
the children, the means and the advan-
tagesof Others, but have failed toputforth
the energy, Now let our country besti'
herself; 60 to work revive the schools
which closed during the winter give
new life TO all our town schools, and
strength to the country schools, and Il
necessary, get our Sunday-school mis-,
sionary to come and help us ! but let US
be sure that the work is done, and every
school is in running order; and, as Boyle
county has kindly invited us to cooper
ate in her County Sunday-schoOl Con
vention, on the 25th day of June, al
Providence church, three miles east Of
Danville, on the Lancaster pike, lot US
hope that at least one delegate, If nc
more, from each school in this county
will be present, and thus give good re
port of our Sunday-school interest. We
hear that our neighbOring county Of Gar
RAID expects to have some Of her bes
men there. Let us not be behind Gar
raed or any one else in maniiesting oul
interest upon the subject. All Sunday
schools, without regard to denominations
are represented, we understand, IN thes'
associations, or conventions. Go see, heal
and learn il will do US good, and ma,
excite us to hold a similar meeting II
our county.
SUNDAY-SCHOOL.
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Fire at Paris.

That venerable old pile, the Court
house, built In 1912. and whose walls
have 80 often resounded 10 the elOquence
Of Clay and Marshall. was totally des-
troyed by FIRE on the Sth inst AN the
interior had caught before fhe fire was
discovered. and. as all the doors and
shutters were closed, the FIRE soon spread
to the spire. and presented one Of the
most magnificent spectaeles ever witness
ed there. In the course Of an hour the
roof had fallen in and the building waa
in ruins. The adjoining buildings, and
the county records. and other valuable
papers were AN saved Esquire Eeily
Elliott lost his library. The loss to The
county viii be about twenty thousand
dollars, with no insurance.
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Patagonian Woman.


The womans dress consists OF man
tie similar to that worn by the men, but
secured at the throat by large silver
PIN with abroad disk or ANAL or thorn'
according to the wealth or poverty OF the
wearer, and under this loose calico
sacque, extending from the shoulders 70
the ankle "hen 'ra'eiing' the mantle
Is secured 10 the waist oy a broad oei''
ornameneed with blue beads ana silver or
brass STUDS Inc ooo's worn py 'he wo-
men are similar 10 those deseriDeu' win
the exception that IN tneir preparation
the hair Is 'ei' on Inc nioe' WINE II Is
carefully removed irom 'hose oi'ne men,
ihe chlidren are dressed IN small man
Ties oni are more frequently allowed 10
run about naked on 70 'he age Oh SIX or
elsht ,he'r ii'''e oOo's are maue nom 'ne
SKIN taken nom 'hs iore legs OF the gu
anaco' soitened IN the hand' Inc small
children generai'y remOns'ia'eu strongly
ana eiiec'uailyagains' wearing TINS ar'ie'e
Oh eio'h'ng' ana Whatever 'ne SeV.'ny
Oh the weather, Preiereu running aDOu'
Dareioo'eu. Inc ciAuis1 iUr inc "A''eS
are 'or,Heo o' s'r'ps u N''As,"v'N, s'. ,., ~,
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The aower, languish for the blessed light;
For brilliant stars still languishes the night
The purched furrow languishes for rain
The sick man longs for relief from pain;
The orphan child longs for mother's breast
The evening languishes for soothing rest.
The morn, impatient; longs to see the sun
The soldier long, to sec the battle won;
The silent harp long for III, songs Of chords,
md thus languish for Affections Words
They are to me what light is TO the flowers,
My heart refreshing, as son rain the bowers,
They for my hDpes arr as the morning sun,
As for the soldier the battle won,
A. is a brilliant star in gloomy night
As to the wanderer his cottage light
A sweet repose for my prolonged unrest,
And for my orphaned heart a mothers breast
For NV souls sorrow a sweet litary,
Ard for il love heavenly harmony.
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A young girI named MsKiply wa. b

A young girl named MsIkiply was ssl
riOusly. ifnot sstally shot, a few days
ago, in the northern part Of Washington
county. by a small boy named Lowell.
about six or eight years Of age. This
child says that his father gave him tho
pistol and told him to shoot his halfsis-
ter, an IDIOT, who was a child Of his
mother by former husband. and soaae-
what Troublesome m ste family ! and
that he shot at but missed her and struck
the little McKinly girl accidentally.
Lowell, the father, was arrested, but
made his escape. ~.
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For TnE ISTERioR JovRSAL.
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manners u' 'ie e,"Pre VI no'"e a.'
su''e WIN man ior 'hc mystery Vi 'ne
woridf oh! near II not ye stars, and
thou pale moon grow paler at the sound
IL Is as though you wished to desert your
homes in the calm, beautiful sky, and
occupy the position OF gas lights IN the
streets OF crowded city.
Physically woman Is unable to CON-
pe'e WIN man IL Is only "heh moral
force Is cailed ln'o requisition that she Is
strong. Her persult Is higher than the
INDUSTRIAL ar's anoru' IN her nome she
Is the tenuer mother oi troubled hear's'
ana by the bedside OF the afiiic'ed her
mlnls'rations are iuii OF wisdom and oil
love- Goa mas made her more tender
more CONSCIENTIOUS than man; ana she
seldom enters into those scenes which