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Dry JAMES Il. WAUGH,
ID Real Estate Broker and Auctfoneer,
Corner of 18th and II streets

TRUSTEES SALE OF TWO-sTORY BRICK
HOUSE AND LOT FRONTING ON II, BE-
HAST, No. 326.
Il By virtue of deed of trust, dated Sd day of
December, u. lS72, and duly recorded in
Aalber No. 7Oz, folio 90, one of the land records
Tor Washington county, in the District of Oolum.
pa, ara by direction OF the holder of the note,
snail sell at public auction, on MONDAY, the 9th
day Of February, A. ID 1874, in front sf the prem
lses, at clock p m, all that certain piece or
baroei OF ground situate and being in SAID city of
Washington, and known aud designated on the
piats OF said city as lot numbered four (4B in the
oSuIy recorded So bdivision made by Georg q. G.
saur OF lets numbered one %, two (2), twelve (i2l
and parts OF ten ClO) and eleven D 10 square num-
nrrtd seven hundred and seventy six (776D, having
ne feet front by 50 feet Deep more or less, to
Terms: One half cash; balance in and l. months
Tor notes bearing interest at 10 per cent and Sc
cured by deed OF trust the premises, or all cash
at the option Of the purchaser. All convey ancng
at the cest of the purchaser. SlOOdOwn on the Az
OF sale and u The terms of sale not piled with
within Hve days sitter the day Of SALE the trustees
reserves the right TO resell the property at the risk
and cost of the defauling urChaser by advertising
three times in some newspaper published in Wash
instOn city % iS. sRckk 1kEISsN Trustees.
feb4 ,&l4-St JAMES &C. WAUGH, Auct.
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NOTlCE;-1o ihe PHbIe IN General and TO orr
~ ~ O1 hatronS an PoTfieWlaT-That LUOIE O.
wiA1MAnN bss again resumed business, ct the
OF stand, 40. 54S Pennsylyanis avenue north.
Nners M keegs the very best assortment Of
TO be found In the CITY W.
same premises. " ssshI- 'e
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n Ew EXPREss LINE VIA CANAL,
BETWEEN
PHILADELPHIA ALEXANDRIA, VA, WASH
IHGT0E AND GEORGETOWN, d. q.
SAILING DAYS.
FROM Pier 8, North Wharyes Phil 49,
H meeiBphhi1s, WEDNEsDAY and SAT sa
From 81 Water street, Georgetown, %, o., TUES.
DAT and SATURDAY. at 10 O. m.
Iron Line" Of steamers for Providence, Boston and
New England States. No wharfage In Boston by
w mi CLYDE 6 6nP Psl Assaa i:r D. 'fo'
A. REID, Alex andrts, Va.
WALDO A. PEARCE, - Congroa street Boston
~ rreights delivered By KnoIb EXpress. Or
ders len at General Once, sos pcnnsylvania ave-
nue., or at the steamer wharf win Be promptly At
tended 70. ap1-tr
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~waat is q yeeus9 a kiss repeated.
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AUCTION SALR.
ID RSal Iasts broksf ana Auosseuser,
Reseral Bulldogs.
Corner Tn Ant y Streets Northwest

Corner ~ sn.; ! Street: Northwest.
Fs sAIH II Il 2Sd4i9s
% s as.s So iS Is q *:
- land records Of washin ztcn county. District Of
s.s s ca All 4 yt = o1s
EISSns i city, .n 1..r ss' q osis%Sis.
Snapmans subdivision Of original lots TO II, OF
Terms Of sale: $780, With 10 per cent. iutere., On
center LIST, 1873, together with the expenses OF this
property Ss dwn when the pSopertT .. .tr1 1ls
are not complied With WsSin seven s.t. fro ,srSs
day OF sale, the Trustees reserve tbs NJ xht 20 ra
the properly ~ the risk and cost of the Defeating
JOS. b. BRADLEY,JR,
laoH b. FL. WARNER Auct
rs MJIE t ABOVE s a. i POsTpoNEp until
ri Il S a. pakhksitGIs Trustees.
feb3 b. b. wARkkR, Auct.
1THEABovE SALE Is POSTPONED ON
srsount OF the weather until TUESDAY. February
Jos: f PSARLEY, {rru.,...
febT-d B. II. wABNER, Auet.
1.-THE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED until
ghlDAY, february 18Th, Is74. same hour and
Pace; At which time the property will pos,Irsy
PHILIP At bRSkILLE, Trustees.
feoll-a B. II wARSKR Aaet
STHE ABOVE SALE Is FURTHER POST.
ION KID, IN scsogpt Of the weather, until sATUR-
PR PaiIPP Il. fbphiBNE1LLr. Trustees.
II4 go B. H. wARNER, Aust.
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WAsHIHGTOE, NORFOLK, BOSTON AND
w PROVIDENCE. AD
The me Iron Steamer LADY OF THE LAKE
having resumed her regular trips to 49,
!. sS .r wi l ssss, h MoS hhsT fOOs
Thu RsDAf, ats p m, touching at princi pal River
Landings, connecting at Norfolk with STEAMSHIPS Of
Freight .hSnid be s.ddIessed care q Lady Of the
EIpress Once, sos Peunsylvanis Avenue
NIB. FITZHUGH, Agent, 9Th street wharf
DORSEY CLAGETT, General AGENT
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w AsHiSGTOH INSIDE AMI OUTSIDE,
BY GEO. ALFRED Town End
r. 1SIOOhmAh q SON, SIS NINTH SRI BET,
u ErEhAL AGENTS FOR ALL SUbSCRI D..
aiOM BOOhS, STA TIONERY CHhOWO,
ftCLChE FRAMES, B0OKBINDING, Re,
eC., ge. noy3l-tr
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\ LovE-LETTKR.-The Georgia Forester puh
fishes the following love letter picked 10 IN IN
streets of Albany last week:
100 -.
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YST Z Rs ~
IN EVERY STYLE, AhD
OoRNER 80 AND sfIIIfs INV.
~Tamiliss Supplied and delivered.
sepSo-Sm GtO. n. BARBER. Proprfeeor
LIMITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,
u WASHINGTON, ID. c., February S. lHl
On the petition Of GE0RG1 b ARNOLD, of New
ork, N. T., praying for the extension Of patent
granted to him the 9th day Of May, 1850, for an
Improvement In Manufacture Of Ruffies
IL Is ordered that the testimony IN the be
closed on the sth day Of April next: that the
time for nling arguments and the ExSniners report
said petition be heard on the I'D day Of April next
Any esrson may oppose tnis extension.
No HUmBU9.-L. RIOK will pay . fair cash
AZ price icr any Kind Of Ladies, Gents and Ohli
SSimsns skCOGD-HAH0 CL0THTNG, BOOTS,
Shvke, &c, 623 7th st., between and @, south
NVse ~ man promptly attended to, iys-ly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-31

I. 1878 "tberc were forwarded from Washing
"ton over a single route, the Baltimore and
"Ohio Railroad, in box cars, Independently Of
"the amount Conveyed in the regular mail cars,
1855. 504 pounds" of public documents entitled
10 free transmission. That was an average OF
about 1000 pounds day. and under the exist
ing rates of compensation the railroad COM
NAMES would be entitled to receive, for carry
ing mail of that weight from Washington to
Ncw-YOrk, SOL 800 per annum. OF course that
ia only a fraction of the saving effected
throughout the country. The sales OF ofhclal
stamps, to cover the transmission OF matter
formerly sent free, are estimated for the next
fiscal year at s925O,OOO.
The cool assumption that the expenses of
the postal service ought to be less than they
used to be, now that the people nave been
deprived of their field and garden seeds is
tenderly treated 10y the POstmaster-General.
The expense of the service has steadily in
creased every year, and must continue to In
crease with the extension OF p0st-routes, the
growth of the population, the constant rise III
prices, salaries, and railroad charges, and the
improvements in tho postal system The
average annual increase from 1871 to 1874 was
If .OG per cent, but with the disappearance OF
garden seeds it fell to 4.97 per cent, not
withstanding that an increase in the cOmpen-
sation of the raillSads was made at the same
time. The Post-Ohic Department has had
the benefit of the repeal for about six months,
and the saving in money has already been
shown to be enormous. Now we beg Con-
gress to let the reform alone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-31

are these less mysterious, less wOeful. weighty
burdens and bonds than the intolerable belt
of skin which yoked these twins into a bond
age from which only Death could deliver
them 7 How much further is John indictable
for meannesses and fOllies into which his
inherited eyes have guided him, than Chang
and Eng for the slips and tumbles into which
they dragged each Otherg Here is matter OF
moment worthy of knife and probe Doctor
Holmes, we remember once brought it up
fairly on the table for dissection, but drew
back, alarmed apparently at either his subject
or his audience.
After all, the poor twins were no such mon
sters that we need go clucking and shudder-
ing for weeks about their collins. We are all
Changs and Engs mt heart. Every man, says
the old superstition, hath his double, i'll Africa
or in his own household; and every man OF
us knows it to be true What else do our
perpetual schOolboy friendships, our cropping
love affairs, our marriages, mean but the search
for this "fetch," this Chang, toward whom an
unseen tormenting band draws usi Is a strip
of skin more inexplicable than the power
which impels Victor to choose PLAIN, Ill
tempered, silly woman out from hosts of fair
and noble madens as his wife, and to exalt
her thereafter, as anointed by some mysteri-
GUS chrism, q queen among w0menf Ana
consider, beyond, that nine out OF ten COM
monplace women are thus chosen and crowned
by their mates; that the bond between them,
irrational, ridiculous as it may seem to Others,
is powerful enough to enable them to bear all
hardships, pains, incongruity Of temper with
smiling unity; to eat thousands OF
meals together without jarring, while
their ideas are diverse as the poles.
to rear children, to go down unlike, antago-
nIstic in body and mind, yet one, to COM
mon grave. What can the twins, going about
with their abnormal girdle, furnish of Won
der like that Everybody shuddered, too
at the horrible possibility that one OF these
Door creatures should die, and the other, still
living, be hampered by corpse. 1t was OF
this horror, some reports state, the survivor
died. But did we ever consider the spectacle
of a woman carrying through life the drunken,
bloatcd body OF husband or son out OF
whom the soul has died long ago, and left
only the brutalized mass of matter, incapa-
bic of feeling for her, or Of any feeling or
life but the mechanical appetite of beast
With what ZEAL what tenderness, she drudges
for the body of this death Tends it, battles
for it, totters under it, down to the grave.
What binds her to it Here is mystery
before which Chang and Eng's band OF union
may well pass out of sight and be forgotten.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-31
PUBLIC OPINION.

No more Government aid to railroads is the
peoples nat. Will Congress hear it aud heed Hf-lCon'
cord o. H. Monitor RepD
1t is the duty Of the nation to take care OF
the Indians in proper manner but II Is also their au
to that under that pretense the Treasury Is not ue
peted in q shameful manner each year.-lPhadeipniA
Age Qnd.)
So far as the District Government is con.
we are confident that it do again The record OF
lie magnificent achievement stands and cannot DO
blottsd out.-(washiugton Republican RepJ
Those members of Congress who are bent
upon increasing the volume OF rredeemable currency
viii act the part wisdom II they will heed the petition
against infstion which has been signed by large
number of the most prominent bankers and merchants
In the City OF Neutrality-suspicious. Journal (RepD
The Civil Service recommended by the Com
mission and the President is what the Republican party
pledged itself to give country And the servants OF
that party holding twothrds majority IN the XLlIld
Congress, must not lightly regard that pledge Let
them profit BY the lesson Of the Salary o!-Cieveaud
Leader (Rep)
OF the truth of the scandalOus rumors which
for 90 long a have been current concerning the
manner which the finances OF the District have been
managed, We offer no opinion An investigation, nov
ever only do good, aud We are unable TO CONCEIVE
OF any legitimate reason why 1t should DO refused
(Sew-Havcn Palladium tRepD
These petitioners represent the people OF the
country whom the District really belongs ANA inert
fore when they spurned from the OF Con-
gress the people large equally insued ana tnrnss
of their capital 1t ia time an inves,lga,i1n
was had The nercer the opposition me more te'ou"
We feel free to say, therefore, that all honest
have right 10 be disguised, and we have no d9ups
are disgusted by the cumulative evidence that thec
exists In Washington corrupt and raseay RUG Oh o
politicians and speculators who have grown and are
growing rich out OF the public treasury, ana who are
robbing tho people under the pretens OF improving te
capital The whole thing must be stopped. NOT onV
,Sp hut II must be Investigated probed turned inside
out.-lIudianapolis Journal QsepJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-31
ER1NETNE-


The resolution adopted by the Senate just
before the holiday recess, calling upon the
Postmaster General to report how much ex-
pense had been saved by the abolition of the
franking privilege, seemed to us the quintes-
sence of humbug. "Whereas," said this alb
surd resolution the abolition of the Thanking
privilege prevents the general distribution
"to the people of improved field and garden
Seeds therefore, the Postmaster-General is
requested to state, with great particularly of
detail, how much has been saved by the
change, how much less the railroads charge
for carrying the mails now than formerly, how
many employees have been discharged, and
chow much less appropriation will be required
"for the postal service now than prior to the
abolition of such privilege"
To this resolution Mr.. Creswell has submit
ted very sensible reply. He shows that
nobody can tell exactly how much has been
saved by cutting off free matter, because
nobody knows how much it would weigh, and
the compensation of the railroads is regulated
by the average weight of the mails aud the
length of the route; but some idea OF the
saving may perhaps be formed from the fact
that during tho three months preceding July
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gnocx TO advertisements

hnrsEMFxTs-E icrenh Paqe-5th and 9th columns.
BANKISG AND FISANCIAL-Ninh Pdge-ith column
BASKISC-HousEs AND BANKERs-Itah Page-2I aud
BoARH AND RooMs-E IerenA Pdqe-3d column.
BUSINESS NouCHs-Sxih Pagc-1st column.
CHANCES TOR BUSINESS MEN-Tenh T0Qe-31 column.
CORPORATION NOTICEs-Tenh PGgc-Gth column.
toPARTNrgsIiIP NOTICEs-Ienh Pcge-3d column.
DAsCIN. AtIDfNfIFs-Niath Pdge--lst column.
DFETIsTgY-Elercah Pdgc-Sd column.
DINlDTND SOTICEs-TcHh Pdgc-Si column.
DRY GooDJ-Nipth PuGe-lst column.
ICROTEAN ADvERTisEMLNTs-IeaW rage -ith, 5th ana
FlNASUA'-Tenh Poge-lst and "a columns.
FURNITURE he reHM P0gC-3d column.
HEIP WANTED MALEs-Eierenh Pdge-5th column.
HOG-tS, CARRIAGES, HARNESS. &c.-NWM P0Je-lst
CCluiuu
HoraLs F'cr.nh Page-2d column.
Hays.s tSD IABMs WANTED-EicrcHh Page-2d column
lot GRi AN-EicrcHl. Pdgc-3i column.
lSrG RUCTOS-kiGht Iage-6th column; Ninth Page
It,TrEts. AID MEErISGs-E,creph Page-6th column.
hAVmY AND SLATE MANrELs-Eierenh Poge-3d col
nNrVIA.,S AND DEATus-Sepsnh Page-6th column.
Mi,C.!I.tNaOJ,- Tenth Pgge-3d column I"eym
Ptg,-f,h bin aui Gth columns.
MrsitAL Ik,I8U HENTS-EIcrcBh Pd0e-Gth column
Etw Pur;Ic ATIoSs-Eighth Pdge-ith 5th and 9th col
P,ff.I,9s NorIcrs-Frerenh Page-2i and sd columns.
a. q, I,rAI- For SALE, CIrY-Eteucnh Page-lst col
V.ra; NEN- lEESEl-ElercHh Pdge-lst column;
NE.oS.vN ihrrah Puge-1st column; COUNTRY
ii--w| fCJr-lst column; AUCTIoN-Eiecenh Page
st;LS IN hUCiloN-NN,H Pdge--1st column.
stri'3, EhNAs-Tcnh PGge-5l column:
SITUATIONS WANTED, MALEs-Eierenh Pdge-3d and 4th
columns: FESiMEs-EierGih Pdge-ith and 9Th col
s...,iV N,ricns-Sepenh Page-Gth column.
siiA,EJAIe AND RAILROAI's-Tenh Fdge-ith and 5th
srshNtis, OcrAv-Tcnh PrJe-5th aud 9Th columns.
T. tCFNES-ND,h I0gc-lst cOiumn.
To ut. CRY ProrLETY-Elcr nh PGGe-2d column ::
BrooEt YE-Htcr.am Pagc-1i column. COUNTY,
irIiN ffF . column
T1EulN ~ MAJ CoSCERN-E lecsnh Poge--3d column
NfNTG8 E'-OJIs- H,cC,ah PHCc-5l column.
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SOCI1L CHANGS IND ENGS.

The poor creatures, the Siamese twins
are not only dead, but we hope may soon
be at rest, having given up their mystery
into the hands Of the physicians and men of
science, who were reused into fever of ex-
cited zeal by the news that they were at last
at liberty to probe and cut the secret from
them. To outsiders, after all, this zeal APP
pears to be more in the interest of mere
curiosity than science. Whether there was an
artery running through the leathery strip Of
flesh which raised these weak minded heather
into a worlds wonder, OF how it was con-
nected to each trunk by nerves, really mattered
very little, as long as it belonged to monstrOus
freak of nature. If they had perpetuated a
race Of Siamese twins the matter might have
had some Importance. The really curious point
of inquiry as to how far this union of body made
the souls of the men dual or single is put by
their death beyond the chance of solution.
In the case Of the South Carolina mulattO
girls, the unnatural and arbitrary union of GER
tain faculties of the brain as well as the body
is well worthy the attention OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
For example, each of these poor creatures can
sustain separate conversations at the same
time, sing different parts, &c. But they sit
down, cross the room, rise or stoop simultane-
Ously without any hint or warning inter-
changed. The will. tO.a certain point, is thus
shown to be Identical while the other faculties
are separate. Here is room for a weightier in
quiry than that Of any eccentricities of nerves
or arteries. Why, indeed, should our scen-
tifc men telegraph and write, and rush
knives and lancets in hand to Mount Airy to
cut into the strip of flesh between two
dead Samese when this vexed riddle
of more mysterious kinship broadens all
about them and takes themselves in. The
soul has as few features Us the body; are
they never shared by two Of us in common
against our will 7 The ferret eyes of their
grandmother which Sam and his brother John
inherit with the misery cunning at which
they hint the cleft chin given to two or
three others of the family by some luxurious
ancestor together With his seusuQu tastes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-31
nmnsfments ano Gleetinas.

Ar,ptwY oF MUsIc.-At o. English Opera. "faust'
Miss Kellogg.
Roorri's THuATER.-N 1880 and at 8. La Femme ue
Fcu" Mrs J. b. Booth.
FOR ossIuM-Day and evening: "Cyclorama of Paris by
Night"
DAYS FIFTH AVENUE TuEATER.-"Folline'
GRAND OrERA HoUsE.-At 1880 and at 8, "HumPty
Dumpy Abroad" q. J.. Fox.
EIBIos GABDES-At 1880 aud at 8. Fan in Fog
The vokes Family.
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DEsIGN.-Annual Exhibition
OLYMpIC TaEATER.-At and at g. "Noyelty Entertain
meHt."
TWENTY SECOND REGIMENT Announcement. Gil
mOrcs Band.
sTTiswAV HAIL-At 2, Readings. Miss Charlotte Cush'
UNION SQUARE, TnEArER.-At 1880 and at 8. lied
Astray."
wALLACK's THEATER-At isO and at 8, money" Les
ter Wajlack.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-31
A C1SE FOR MUZZL[NG.

Judge Warden, who calls himself the Pri-
vate Secretary and confidential friend OF the
late Chief-Justice Chase, has selected himself
TO write the life of the dead statesman. lie
views himself with an unprejudiced eye, and
recognizes in himself an unusual combination
of qualities which fit him for that work. lie
has no hesitation in letting the world know
on what good terms he stands with himself
A letter to Western paper, written or IN
spired by Judge Warden, says
Now nobody who Is disnterested doubts the ominent
fitness OF Judge Warden the task that thus deyoVed
Himself n learned and able LAWYER and iurist, a CO.
temporary OF Mr.. Chase in political lie III omoi
Intimately acquainted with him and conversaht WIN
his character during all the course OF his public fe and
witbal gentleman OF singularly dispassonate anu
judicial temperament, and a profound thinker
If everybody agreed with Judge Warden IN
this estimate, his path to biographical fame
would be clear. But those who know him do
not seem to share his own opinion OF his
qualities He il regarded as deficient IN Gull
ture, decency and self-eontrol. For these rea-
sons the family of the Chief-Justice desire
that he shall not write the life of their father
and have in fact, given their assistance ana
sanction TO a biography by other hands.
Judge Warden, however, has by some
means obtained possession OF portion
of Mr. Chase's private papers, and re-
fuses to give them up to his daugh-
tiers aud legal representatives,. lie an
nounccs his intention to make book out OF
them, and shows his utter ignorance OF every
rule of common decency by proclaiming in
advance that he intends TO make his book
means of annoying and wOGnding the daugh-
t., ntt N
which we have already referred this avowal Is
made with cynical unconcern. 1t says he
will show the relations between the
Chief-JGstce and his children. and
INDUCES i'll Il cowardy insinuaton that these
relations were not creditable to the latter. He
saws he will convict the family of the Chief
Justice of snobbshness. He will also show by
numerous passages in the Diary Of Judge
Chase, that he was far more attached to his
first wife than to his second, and he will do
this simply because this will hurt and grieve
Mr.. Chase's daughters.
We do not pretend to know what legal
right Mr.. Warden may have to the papers OF
which he proposes to make so currlsh use.
But we are sure that the least spark of manly
feeling would induce him to give them up to
the daughters of the man whose friend he
processes to be- Without protesting any
friendship for Mr. Warden, we can give him
a salutary piece of advice. If he wishes
to preserve shred OF character
among right thinking people, he will desist at
once from design which is as unwise
toward himself as it is Infamous toward the
ladies ne wishes to wound. If he does not
care for his character, perhaps he may care
for his pocket, and we can assure him that
the book he proposes will fail. No one will
buy life of the Chief-Justice merely to see
how blackguard has attempted to injure
his children.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-31
PERSONAL.

Ex-GOv. Henry A. Wise of Virginia is dan.
gcrousy i'll.
The Baroness Burdett- Coutts has been pre-
serted with the freedom of the City Of Edinburgh.
The Rev. DR.. De KOven of Racine is now
thought be the most prominent candidate for the
Bishopric Of Wisconsin.
The King of Saxony, suing personally, that
is as a private individual, has commenced an action
against the Politik OF Prague for libel.
Boston newspapers are reporting with great
sefconplacency that sslvn remarked during his yist
there have many great cities In ths country.
bur not capital before" The Journal explains that he
meant capital not in q commercial sense, but in tho
same sense that Florence aud Is the literary focus
VI Italy"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-31

police foroe by legislative enactment He Ia
bored "a vigorously as any other man IN the
State to carry the new Constitution, an instru-
ment which, if no had the Interior designs at
trbuted to him, would itself prevent hilo from
carving them into effect. Indeed, if he is not
sincerely Reformcr, be presents the singular
spectacle of politician working like Hercules
to secure bis own ruin. These are some
of the reasons why we believe that
Col. Mcclure can be trusted by the
friends Of Reform in Philadelphia, and they
should also remember that there are many men
whom they could trust rs elected officers, yet
in whom they could have but little faith rs
the leaders of canvass. A candidate III THIS
contest must have not only the qualifications
of Chief Magistrate but those of a political
organizer, and we think it will not be disputed
that there is no man who is capable of making
a holder, stronger, fairer fight against the Ring
than Col. Mcclure. All Reform candidates,
hitherto, have been at the mercy of the Ring,
but Mcclure will not cheat nor be cheated,
and this is certainly one merit which is ndis-
pcDsable.
These are the conclusions TO which we have
come after a careful survey Of the situation
in Philadelphia. Either Mr.. Stokley or Col.
Mcclure will be the next Mayor of that city,
and those who oppose the former Will be
deceived if they think they can defeat HIM by
supporting Mr.. Rush, ex-MayOr Vaux. or any
other representative of minority. Every
vote cast for third candidate will be practl-
cally vote against Reform.