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American Club Fish.
PS sGsss A DELICIOUS relish; better
and much cheaper than Sardines. For sale
by HOPEG GYI,ES.
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Coal Coal!

Coal! Coal!
HAVE a cargo Of COAL on the road. and
Il will sell the came as cheap as apy one
else in this market. Will receive orders for
delivery from Auguet to september l.
THOS. j. HARPER,
July 6 1G For the Company.
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Everybody Is some authority. II every.
body says 30 and so. it must be so. They ssy
u HFINIrsH's MEDICINES are good and are worth
having.
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Good Things. 4's'S
RREAEFAST BACON, MI
.D PIGS FEET SOUSED.
SMOKED BEEF. 'tVft
BUFFALO TONGUES,
CHOIOE GOSHEN BUTTER.
All fresh and for sale low for cash by
June 16 ay HOPE & 6YLES.
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Or. TUFTS Hair Dye requires but a few mi
nutes
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New Books.
TlHE SPEAKER's COMMENTARY. by Bisb.
6s, 4 ops and Nd, other Clergy OF the Anglican
"a Aunt James Hero, by Author of Stepping
Hannah. new Novel, by Miss Mulooh. Boo.
Jan IA DUFFIE d CHAPMAN
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4. What Is the physical and mental con-
dition Of the applicantp .4
8. Has any instruction, been given.S
@. Are any relatives similarly afflicted
z. Give name, occupation and postofIice
OF Parents. ~ - - 4 ~
s. Was there any relationship between
parents before marriageS II so, what?
0. Has applicant ever had my con.
tagious dlseaseS II so, what, and when
10. Has applicant been vaccinatedP
On application to the Principal, a blank
form containing these questions will be-
furnished.
V. Pnpils from other States can be ad.
mitted for $500 year In advance.
vi. It Is found impossible to furnish
board, lodging, etc, to persons visiting
the Institution.
VII. The Institution Is open to visitors
from 0 70 ia. NJ, and from IL to 81 p. NJ,
every day except Saturday land Sundays
VIII. Daily stages run from New Greek
and Patterson's Creek depots, Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, aud Mooreheld to Rom.
ney and a tri.weekly stage from Win.
chester, Va.
IN. Allapplicatlons, and letters con.
corning Institution matters, should DO adj.
dressed TO II. II. HOLSTER, Romney, West
Virginia. All letters for pupils should be
addressed in the care of the Principal
\. In sending boxes or packages al.
ways prepay charges, and add as part Of
the direction I'm care Of agent al Pat.
terson's Creek depot" Also inform the
Principal, by letter, Of the sending and
contents.
THE HOSPITAL FOR THE INsANE.-Tho
directory of this institution, in their re.
port for The fiscal year ending September
3Oth last, say the number of patients at
the beginning Of the year was BOT; at the
close, 24l the average, as stated by the
Superintendent, being q fraction over 21G
for the year. The cost per week tor each
patient was SO 43, or $12G so for the
year. The aggregate Of disbursements
for current expenses is stated at $685.
7O5 G5, leaving balance of the current
expense fund in hand Of $15274 "a. The
directors estimate for 800 patients this
year, at So 90 per week for each. They
ask for $4O,5G0 for current expenses, and
$4,000 for transportation. They com.
plain of short water supply, and ask
for $4,000 for construction OF q
reservoir. There is the usual
lack Of accommodations and demand for
room; aud to remedy it the Directors
want $4,000 more for building purposes.
They report the expenditures Tor construc-
ton last year $OO,O21 II, and had $4,000
of that fund left at the end of the year
They report debt for construction Of
$13,399 "a and ask an appropriation to
pay it.
twill be seen that the aggregate Of
appropriations asked is $137,459. II we
add to this the balance of $2O,274 in
hand at the end of the year, it will appear
that the directory contemplate an expen.
dture for the current year of $l57 res.
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The BEST WAyTo AvERrIsE.-The best
and cheapest mode Of avcrtising in The
world that is in the newspapers Every
successful advertiser will say this. Seed
'strewn there-if the seed Is good for any.
thing-Always brings up u crop of SOME
value, most generally a hundred.lold.
Placarding The dead.wclls, and shower
ing handbllls among the people, are aux.
iliaries in advertising but It Is doubtful
whether, asa rule, they more than pay
the expense, while there Is no doubt that
they are a nuisance. The blankest Of
dead.walls is only dishgurcd by posters,
provoking in the well.rcgulatcd mind a
sense Of aversion to the man who so ad.
vertises, and the articles upon whose OK.
ccllenCcs he cxpatlates; while, as to hand.
bills, nothing so prejudiccs a citizen go
Ing to see any show, or buying any goods,
as the ugly slips Of paper thrust al him
from all quarters, eloquently recommen,
ding him to do those things,-JournaI Of
Commerce.
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lovERNMENTs-DnlI and steady,

STATE B0NDs-Southcrn State securi-
tics on last call were weaker in Tennessee
and Missouri, bnt tlrmer in new South
Carolinas.
SToCKs-Opened fcverish, after a slight
decline advanced steady and have been
strong all day, with a moderately active
market The most prominent stocks have
been Pacific Mail, Lake Shore, North.
western, Wabash, Ohio, Michigan, Union
Pacific and Western. AT the close there
was disposition to realize the profits of
the advance, which resulted in reaction
of 10 per cent from the highest point
of the day. The market closed firm. A
petition was presented to the Stock Ex-
change to-day signed by majority OF the
members, requesting such legislation on
the part Of the Board as will prevent deal.
ings on the street after five O'Clock, at
which time the Exchange closes.
go Chicago Market.
CHICAGO, January 24.-FLouR-AIar-
ket steady, with moderate demand.
2 GRAN-Wheat-No. spring Chicago
81 go; No. 9 do 81 224. Corn-No. 2
mixed 30Ic. Oats-No. 2, sec. Rye-NO
9, G74c. Barlcy-Spring No. 2, Coo.
PRovTs1oNs-Pork-$125 so.
HoGs-Extreme range, 81 00a4 GO.
WIusKY-SSlc.
Cincinnati Market.
CINCINNATI, January A.-FLouR-
Steady family SO S5a7 90.
GRAIN-Wheat-$1 52a1 IS. Corn
Ear, 4Sa49c. Rye-ssa0Oc. Oats-3sa
,45c.-
GRooERlEs-De Demand good at full
prices.
PRovIsIoNs-Pork-$13 25. Lard
Sales at S4a0sc. Green meats are held at
n, 5taSc.
Hods-$4 4Oa4 IS.
WHIsKY-S0c. .>.
Baltimore Market.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 24.-FLoUR-Dull.
GRAIN-Wheat-Dull and steady at
81 5Sa1 60. Corn--Firm; western mixed
Use. Oats-55a57c. Rye-$1 90.
BUTTER AND PRovIsIONs-Unchanged.
WHIsKY-Steady at 0Sa933c.
Milwaukee Market.
MILWAUKEE, January 2l-FLouR-
Dull and prices nominal.
GRAIN : Wheat - No. 1 Milwaukee
81 2S; No. 9 do $l21A. Oats-No. 9, Sl4c.
Corn-No. 9 mixed 394c. Rye-No. l.,
G7sc. Barley-Fall No. ., GOci.
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ORGANIC WEAENpee

iH TSTS aIIy cured and full yIgor resiorod
r,isnrstln Affection, which ronSSrs ,,o
nns 9 ny ana impossible Is tbe nc
Young nc tse victims Of Improper indnIeepreS
nom moi ScinS az su too apt 70 commit cScesscs
u nnS mat may ensuo. Now who ihSt S S01se-
a,nUs we subject will pretend 10 Scrv ,hat .
SS pta e lost sooner by yhoSe ne
Besides being SeSrT HSEts than by e prudent
olsprinS the most serious and dSsi Wy ~ healthy
Ssn0 S o. 10th body and mind arise TsS s Sy,p
F TnSI,ansT VSwtanged, tho Physical and IsS,"ii
NaFTeTs Weakened Loss PoWS4l
tSo Heart I nStSHity, Dyspepsia, Paipitaton 81
And Wasting Of tho Frame CouSS Tnn.I Debility,
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MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.

New York Money and Stock Market.
New YORK, January "a -GoLD-
Dull and firm at 1OS5a1O0. Loans were
made from 8 to 6 per cent for carrying.
Clcarings $21 100000
MoNEY-Easy at 5aG per cent.
STERLING EXCHANGE-109.
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DR.. .InHNsnMr

AN S Ss. q tho Royal College OF survoons IT
IS1ss n w. m q one Of tho most eminent Eni
Tbose sGs ~ 9RitsS States and the Srester S SsE
London Pas G nag hRSe9 tho ospitals ot
effected some of tb ia ndpt and elsewhere, has
ME H. eyer known. Many troubled Win riS S .Gat
meas h na and ears when asleep, great nery6ns
neSs SSIGg alarmed at sudden sounds SaSSS
times WIFI Win Sqaent blshlng, attended somn
immedIaiclvu arrangement OF mind, were cnrsd
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RUY THE BEST.

The peerless" Clothes wrIngcr will outwear
anyand all Others and do the work better than
can be done by hand, saving Labor, Time and
Clothes, Take one on trial, and II not satIsfAc.
tory return 1t and get your money. The poor
particularly cannot afford 10 do without one of
these celebrated wringers.
Price only 80 80 with cogs. Cheaper and bet.
ter than all others, Other varieties OF WrinPers
in stock. Also the celebrated Union Wa,ElHg
HGchiHSs.
novs7 PRYOR BOYD q co.
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Hage. '"Ug' UVuIUIy OF mar
tan Taese arc some OF tho sad and me,srcho,.
Wcskppc SSG n BY carly habits OF yopib o..
MSTnGss OF the Back and Limbo PsIps W. ,S
or PspiafhI0Ssss 81 Sight Loss Of Muscular Pa e
irta6ity 9I INC Heart Dyspepsia, Nervous
ton. &c. my symptoms OF Consump.
arc S mTcS A. fearful effects on tbc min,
sIon SP I 70 30 dreaded Loss Of McnoTy Gon
SodiaeS 4 4GS9 Depression OF Spirits, Rv Fore.
of Solitude, TImiII ~ society selEDIstrust, Love
produced. %c'' are some Of the evils
Iud1s WAN 3 OF PERSONS of all apes can no,
SsHg WRat Is the cause OF their decSIn9 SeI I1W
and emScIa xSoF becoming weak, pale nervous
about tho eyes, CoSvb 9 "a, SINGULAR appearance
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YOUNG MEN

NJ, Mno nay, nave injured themselves bv co,,,,ru,
ce, ilsuelged In when alone, ham, rsannp sse
siIac,s from eyel companions or Al scbop ny
SsIeaS S S1 which arc nghy felt even wb sae
possible All y no. cured renders marriage s i'm
what pity that yoniIS man .no hs,,
sUSinLy tle pride OF bis paTentS sEoSi =, ms hS
ife Nv tb ron al prospects and enIoymeniIs oI
uatb or inc consciousness Of devanS from t6 y.
erct habit G sSch ana indulging Ia certain re
plating o"ch persons must, before coniem.
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baltimore 4 OHIO Railroad Go.
FL @"" - n IlIIlIIIIIII p

Baltimore Il Ohio Railroad 60.
IN MM u
PASSENGER TRAINS WILL RUN
III blythe following Schedule on and afef No
vehber 10th, 1871, Wheeling tIme. q ~ z
ST. LOUIS EXPRESS,
EAsT-LEAvEs wEsr-LEAyEs
Wheeling daily Wheeling daily
M...........bI0 =. m. at 81 s. :. iI;90 y, m.
ARRIVES At ~, ; sAnInvEs ar !
cumberland. 1858 p. m. GAINESVILLE :. $50 p. m.
baltimore, BIO p. m Newark. .4:SO p. m.
washington, SandusEy. 800 p. m.
z 49,. ll:lO p. m Columbus. :. $40 y. IN.
t,hlladelphia.. 200a. NJ. Cincinnati. 1000 p. m.
New York. ,,..G:l5 a. m. Chicago. 80. 7:90 d. m.
EAsr-LEAvEs WEsr-LEAyEs
wheeling daily : wheeling daily s
.4:5Op. m at...........T TOO o. m.
ARRIVES AT ARRIVES AT
Parkersknrg ..4:25a a. M GAINESVILLE, ,ll:2O q. m,
cumberland. 200 a. M. Newark ......l245 p. m.
Baltimore ... $3.50 u. m. Columbus, $40 D. m,
M9shn CITY 1000 a. m. Sandnsky 1000 p. m.
N aw YaPpE 1sS p m Chicago; $40 a. P
HAIL TRAIN.
.,,,, EAsT-LEAvEs Ia VETERANS
wheeling daily jas twheelIng daily, y
.lO:45 p. m. at. ,......".i leo q. m.
ARRlYh AT .lLt ARRIYEs AT
cumberland. 500 a. M GAINESVILLE. ]. 1915 .. m.
fRrRersburg 125 u. III. Newark. 80. .7:40 a, m.
baltimore .5:05 D. m Columbus -. :, l:lO a, m,
Philadelphia. ll:30 j.. H. Cincinnati, :. Nh
Saturdays excepted. Chicago ......
CUMBERLAND ACCOMMODATIONS ALTON
EAsr-LEAvEs wEsT-LEAvEs
tWheclng daily 'Wheellng daily
At......... 1890 a. m. at. ,I:l( u, m.
ARRIVES AT ARRIVES At tl
ParkerebHtg. 1000 D. M GAINESVILLE .9;i0 u. m.
Cumberland 1918 D. m Newark. =. :. 1880 D. m,
Sundays excepted. Columbus. 1900 p. m.
Cinclnnat...
Sundays excepted.
WHEELING, PITTS'G d BALI, DIViSION. {
Leaves Wheeling at 7:lO a. nj. and 3:lO D, m: y y
East bound Trains make connections Of
Baltimore with trains for Philadelphia, New
York aud Boston. At Relay House, via Wash.
lngton City, for all points South.
West bound trains make direct connection al
Columbus for all points West and Northwest. q
Tickets to allprinclpal points can b. procured
atthe office. JOHN L. WILSON,
Master OF Transportation, Baltimore.
r. 7. DEVRIES,
nov2O General Agent, Wheeling.
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We offer, atvcry low rates
800 Bags Prime TO Choice Rio Coffee, n
100 Barrels New Orleans Molasses.
20 Choice Sugar Syrups, Hu
20 Hhds n. o., Cuba and p. r, Sugars,
Fancy DemArara Sugars.
100 Barrels Refined Sugar.
30 Half Chests @. p, Y, II, aud OOlOnp Teas.
80 Barrels Mess Pork.
100 Tierces Prime Leaf Lard, .@l
100 Kegs Family Loaf Lard.
80 Casks Clear Bacon Sides,
90 4" Bacon Shoulders, s. i.
30 TiGrces Sugar Cured Hams,
1900 Barrels Flonr, no
800 Bags Timothy Seed. . ......r... ....
so " Clover Seed.
100 Boxes Goshen Cheese. .t EuT rN
Mackerel, Lake Fish, Nails, Brooms, Spices,
Dye Stutis, Wrapping Paper. A large line &C..
iected Chewing Tobacco, Smoking Tobacco, o..
gars, etc, etc.
Agents for Miami Powder Co.
oc5 LIST, DAVENPORT IL PARKS,
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Married Persons, or Young Men eo,,a,..,s,,. d.
msld,.Y Seillg aware OF PhysIeal tTssS1lng
oTgaine Debility Delomillcs speedlIv c sSpss'
NAV places himself under The care Of
and conaaentIy rev u hS honor E AZ gono
Bcinn. w wv" MS skill as ply.
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LIyRRDIsEAsEand
Indigestion prevail 10
q greater extent than
probably any other
malady, and relief Is
AlWAVA SOupht af1ar
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TAKE PARTICULAR NorIou

=, Dr. J; addresses all those who 1870 M! ~.
SsL1ts ,vs BY improper Indulgence ami soY'ssG1
them ~ a,Ia rum both body and mind. unattjng
siSHa i0F either business, Study, society az mSs.
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DIR. JOHNSTON

oFFICE, NO. SOUTH FREDERICK srpp,u
door, r.Or, s,ae going nom Baltimore street. fSv
name ana man n tne corner. Fail not 70 observe tho
w No letters received unlcsa pos, ,.,, 49,,
TpSnalning stamp to DO used On tbS roS Hne
t,on o1 NTrtng should state age and send po1.
''S M " advertisement describing symptomS
me Doctors DIPLOMA hangs IN lis Office
ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS.
mont , JItLy thousands cured at this cetablIsb
Srou w u, tho last twenty years, and tho S".
BY Dr. jolISs,onH surgical operations performed
ahG S9n and many other papers. noacSa ~ ~
nnhIa I Nv, appeared again and again before tbs
Pubic, besides his standing as i pentIemsn' n'
Sptes ~ tb Snd Tespeeabity, Ia sdiiccnt guar.
oA ni1Ss DISEASES SPEEDILY CURED.
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DISEASES OF IMppIn mn NM

UNI
When the misguided and imprndent vo,as,,
pleasure nnds that he has imbibed The SeS5s 81 81
s pal1lnl disease II too often hSpnens fSSt VI
,n.s h sense Of shame or dread OF discover an S
cation and ifO% aPpyI1g TO those who rom edu
HIM delaying TIL the constitutionaI DerIena
s aus aor1,d disease make their Appearance gnch
noInS Y, ~ sore throat diseased nose, noctnrna
SS s9n ~ the head and limbs, dImness of spht
SressIns mo-, nCGes on the shn6onCs and arms Bro
late OF the mouth or the bones Of the noss tH
M ana the victim of this awill disease becom 1
noftl9 object Of confederation, mi deStb nnis
period 70 the dreadful suflernes. by ssnSInS
NO i,svCII Hst gndiseovered Country from whence
ii II , - MELANCHOLY FACT that thoussnas
m Victims to this terrible disease, owing tn The
,ha .n OF ignorant pretendcrV Who NV
.ne u 20 OF that DEADLY Poison. MkRCiiRY
miserable "" 'N"Ae Iue residue lie
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and q hundred other symptoms. SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR Is the remedy best that
has ever been discovered for these ailments.
IL acts mildly, electually, and being simple
quantities that 1t may DO taken. II Is harm.
less IN every way; 1t has been used for forty
years, and hundreds Of the good and great
virtues, viz:
Hon. Alexander q. Stephens, OF Georgia.
Bishop Pierce, OF Georgia.
JnO. Gil Shorter, Ex-Governor OF AlabAmA
Gen. John d. Gordon,
r. L. Mott, Columbus, Georgia.
Are among the hundreds towhom we can refer
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XIV WIZ Tno have become tho victims q, so,
which Annually sweeps 10 an sn,Iliy0 habit
ai Husahds OF Young mon OF Tho mSsI nyg grave
s1so . aa brilliant intellect who npSt oihn'
sS nave entranced listening Senatos wiz SS,Ge h
Ivi%a IT,, eioqnemce, or walked 10 ecstasx ne nc
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Medical.
Baltimore LOCK HOSPITAL.
ESTABLISHED lEfuGE FROM uuucUrm.
The Only Plaee Mhnrn 4 nnr. "a, \. n,.-..

" johnson has discovered the mo.t os,,.,.
speeay, and only RGeetuAl Remedy n ~ wan
W w MeAHheseo o. the Back or Lim6s. EtSictn,nIu
AneciI9nS OF tho Kidneys and Iilad1rt inSoInei
Wy DsSnasgSss lnpptoney, General DeSIII,S
CobfSsIop ~ GS ssPs 10 Lalguor, Low SpiritS
Tlmidity Trembling, Dimness Of s,pst ~ nS MI
Einess Disease Of tho Head, ThFnSi N.Y. W H' ~
nHn, Affections OF tho Liver, LunSs sfsn NsS OF
S,W,sIs.ihose Terrible Disorders sfiSJpu Sn "
P PastIcyss habits mSit O. YonthSeCFet and sSliST
song ofSyTcpSS ~ Ia w. 70 their victims than ihs
lE LngiI mnet brilliant hopes ara a1iichStInE
rendering marriage, DC, imnoSsIhin iP"'iohs
, 1872-01-09

doubt that part, at least, of the deep pity
entertained for Rossel in this country arose
from a notion-how formed or how ditfus-
ed it is hard to ssy-that in him France
would find the ''bronze-complexioned Off
Gers who is. in the popular imagination to
avenge and to rehabilitate her. That q
"man on horseback" a strong military
ruler, is to emerge from all this chaos, is
in this country q fixed faith, and people
chose to find him in Rossel, the young,
daring, and highly cultivated engineer.
The Government is therefore accused,
among other crimes, of destroying the po-
tential Regeneration of France. 1t may
nave been so, for aught man can tell,
though had it been so, we who believe In
Providence think Rossel would have been
alive but we do not see how q Republic
or u court-martial is to take such o specu-
lation into consideration. Great services
may be pleaded as against great offences,
and great motives like Rossels's are %justifi-
cations as against any plea but necessity /;
but no authority in the world can estimate
great hopes. The strong man, if he emer-
ges at all-and W. hope if he does he will
be statesman, and not soldier-will emerge
in spite of governments, and if history may
be trusted, will emerge very slowly, and
without any preparatory fanfaronnade OF
popular acclaim.
, 1872-01-09
VULGAR PEOPLE.
(LiverpooL Leader.

By the above, We allude to a certain class of
men who are constantly. m~onkey.like, assuring
a degree of gentility to which they have no earth
ly claim; but to convince them of this failing
would be something like, to use an old apborism,
Crying to stop the tide with a pitchforf." It's
of no avail; bring forward the most convincing
proofs that, Notwithstanding all their Wanting
and pretensions, vulgarity still stamps indelibly
their most trivial as well as their most important
actions, and you are still in the same position as ,
when yoq'ossayed to bring them round to your
own sentiments they either. can't, or, much
, 1872-01-09

The annual Message of the President of
the United States was read on Monday,
but contains little of foreign interest. Gen
eral Grant congratulates Congress on the
reference of the Alabama difficulties to
arbitration, announces that a note is being
prepared asking other nations to adhere to
the principles of the Treaty of Washington,
and hints at g kind Of alliance between
Germany and the Union in oil dealings
with Asiatic powers and South-American
Republics.-Spectator 9th.
, 1872-01-09

The Germans have recently found it i'm
possible to obtain verdicts from French
%luries against men who have assassinated
German soldiers. In one case, that of
Tonnelet, the prisoners advocate, M. Lac
baud, claimed and obtained an acquittal on
the distinct ground that no patriot could
be expected to endure the presence of the
hated invader. The just irritation thus
aroused has been increased by o childish
sensitiveness to the language of the French
Press, which is very outrageous, very ir-
ritating, and very unimportant, and the
Emperor has therefore declared the six
occupied departments in o state of siege, a
proceeding quite regular, but inimical to
the continuance of peace.
, 1872-01-09

necessary to repress, and more especially
to the Ultras, is never forgiven. Every re-
gular soldier captured in the ranks of the
Commune was shot unhesitatingiy, and 1t
has become a first object with the Mar
shals to suppress any exhibition In the
ranks of any kind of political feeling. I'm
der these circumstances, it is alleged that
the pardon of the only commissioned officer
who Joined the Commune, of a man who
had been it's General and had commanded
the Fort of Vanves, would have seemed to
the suspicious democratic soldiery proof
positive that they were differently treated
from their officers, that the grades were
not equal before the law, and the next ex-
ecution Of a private would have been fol-
lowed by a military revolt. It is said that
this is the opinion even ofthe Engineers, to
whom Rossel belonged, and with whom be
was personally popular it is admitted by
journals which, like the Steele, are very
~lenient to the Commune aud it appears
to have been felt by Rossel himself. The
man was soldier before everything, and
his last act before his execution was to ask
for one of his judges, that he might shake
hands with him and tell him he had per-
formed his duty as o soldier, while his last
letter calls on his political friends, should
they ever regain power, not to avenge his
death, for that he himself had judged
others by court-msrtial. With the dlsci-
piine of an Army at stake, we must with
draw our censure on NJ. Theirs, whose ex-
cuse OF powerlessness IS nonsensical, but
who is bound to prefer the security of his
country, which is bound up with the disci-
pline of her Army, to any considerations
whatever except those of absolute justice.
Unjust the execution was not, for a French
otficerflike an English private, enters the
Army voluntarily, and may, therefore, be
fairly held to have parted with his right of
acting on individual political opinion, and
ROssel knew well that nothing but success
could justify his action, noble as were its
motives.
And yet we cannot but believe that the
execution will be q misfortune for France.
We have never maintained, indeed we
strongly %repudiate, the doctrine that a
State has no moral right to put political
enemies to death. II the death of an indi-
vidual will preserve the State, the State
has the superior right to live. Except in
extreme cases, such as a revolt for the sup
preston of slavery or for religious liberty,
10 man has any right to attack the State
to which he belongs without G fair pros.
pect of success without such support as
shows that the true estate" the majority
of the people, are with him without, in
fact, taking his life in bis hand, as he
would in battle. The injury he does to his
feIlow-men by aiding an unsuccessful in
surrection is far greater than any which
can be caused by an isolated crime. Nev-
ertheless, the modern feeling that severe
punishment is only due when motive and
act are alike evil, marks a great advance