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: Sandersm's drinking saloon on Capitol
Hill is standing monument of the power of
whisky, and the wonderful impartialty of
Government officials in dealing with our
citizens. This saloon is situated on tho
square purchased by Congress for the extern
sion of the Capitol grounds south, and is the
only building Of an that cover the block that
the Architectjo s the Capitol, the Secretary
Of the Interior, or whoever has chatss dfIthe
matter, that has been 4perlpittcttto .1scun,ber
the ground since May last. Not only every
private family, but every business man, was
peremptorily ordered 10 remove by the first
Of that month, no matter at what sacrifice.
Some of them, as We know, were compelled
to vacate their premises before they could
procure other places Of business. But no
such haste has been shown In the case Of
Sanderson's saloon. He has been permitted
to remain there and peacesbly prosecute his
calling nearly eight after those pur-
suing productive and asefaf occupation,
we're almost forcibly ejectetl. from the r;cn
ises. And he il still deliberately waiting inr
tbs completion OF new building ior his ruin.
Gus business. Even c org tess winks atethss
outrageous partiility toYard TIE whisky
trades for when -respiption. was la. ether
day ot.crcd in lie House 10 hsvathe &, ii b. nee
abated, it was epsemptlyTe faned to'a CON-
m.tee, there TO sleep tie sleep that knows
no waking. s. much fer tie sense q jasti4c
shown by some Of ouE officials, or the infiu-
eace the whisky business exercises over
them 9.Lly : n. =. ~. =. - =.
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The Fisk UMtverAlly Jubilee
il Singers. %

The now celebrated jubilee Singers are
meeting with grand success in England.
BY reference to another column it wall be
seen that THE band of Industrious ladies and
gentlemen Jealous and generous laborefs
in lhe woih If elevaung their race 4has re-
turned to Hull, England, the birthplace Of
.hr grand. old English abolitioni.t, William,
Ni;,srinrce-snd that the Singers have there
mot with such an enthusiastic reception as
not only cheered their hearts but Is gladden.
ing to all the friends Of the late slaves
throughout the United States The young
ladies and gertlemen composing this troupe
make favorable impression for our race IN
England. Their refined manners, and their
unaffected dcvotedness to the cause of edu-
cation for their race, 90 far in making them
attractive among the BEST classes Of England.
Our people IN Ills country can but feel proud
of the great enthusiasm and success with
which these representatives Of our race are
received In tho old country.
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s.yera, ,Hoassnd f1psss, and sutssstsd him
ID lend her r1o thousand rupees on them
Without aeiaE. he accordingly, having first
tested The gold satting, and found them sf
,ure gold, Judged ne jewels to be also gepu-
ice, and thought tint he might make Gg6od
thing out ~ the transaction. Sc, aftse
beating her down hundred rupees, he gave
her the money. TIE woman left the ahop
aud disappeared. b sovcar ahortly after
wards happened to show these jewels 70 0
fsiend who sas visiting him, and was advised
by him 20 exs,nin. the stones carefully,
wiIicl, as yet lie had not done. He had con-
Guided at tho time lie made the bargain that,
US ,h.. -!;.,in' settings were undoubtedly u
turc. ,,la0ff; the stones also would be geau-
Inc. 10 ac;ai according u his trends ad-
vice. an! ti,;n discovered. 20 his horror, that
the, were. ali onl, clever imitationsA worth
nothing. There WIS only the gold, worth
about go, Tor comfort. He had been swindled
cIeverly ont Of fifteen hundred rupees.
The only thing that remained fer him u
do was to put the matter into the bands Of
the police, in the hope of capturing the w0-
man. They advised him to say nothing Of
his havin. been cheated, but to give out that
his house had been broken into by hand OF
thieves, that everything had been carried
of, among which was large quantity OF
jewelry-that belonging to the woman was
TO be minutely descr!bed--and that he should
offer large reward for tho discovery Of tho
stolen goods, as; from their having boon de-
posted on pledge, no would be involved in
great loss. This he did, having it cried with
boat of tom tom through all the bazars. =.
Two or throc days after man came To
the sowcar, and said that he had been ia
prison for debt; that his wife had pawned her
jewels to get him out; that, since then, his
father had died and left him property; and
that now he wished to redeem the jewels that
had been deposited with him. OF course,
the sowcar said he could not produce them,
rs they had been stolen but would the man
give him time? This was refused, aud the
full value demanded, less the sum lent aud
interest. A great deal Of hagsling was
done, in order to allow time for the police to
be summoned. On their arrival he was taken
into custody, and woman and man wese
punished.
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lrron. the New YORK Tribune
A Mos hier Gun.

On Monday afternoon at 3 O'Clock, the
new SutcliG gun, weighing in Its rough state
$4,000 pounds was successfully cast at the
West Point Foundry, aud being tho meet
gigantic piece Of ordnance ever cast here has
created considerable interest.
At its last session Congress made an
appreciation f,r the purpose Of assisting
American inventors in their experiments on
heavy artillery. Mr.. Sutcliff. whose name
the gun bears, is one of the few gentlemen
whose plans are being tested by the Govern.
ment. He is only interested ia the s.se,
mechanism which is to be attached to this
"preacher tina. speaks to the purpose"
as Miles StaEdish would call him.
The gun is made Of the finest iron (stsad-
ing a pull of so 900 to IS 900 p0unds.) and
brought here by Messrs. Paulding, Kembls
& Co., for this express purpose. The cast
ing is now nineteen feet leng, but when
finished will be only fifteen. 1t will then
have q steel barrel four inches thick at the
breech, and three at the muzzle, with rife
gore. and weigi, - go pounds. The tsl
viii; be eight iucEas liz diameter, and weiyEt
about go pouu;.S.
The mold Wa made week ago, cad at
the tine OF casting, vas as hard ss Gun
dried brick. 1t vas SO situated that the
iron from two large furnaces could be run
directly into it by means OF trouXhs. The
core is cast iron tube, wound with rope.
and covered with sand, This vas filed with
water the moment the metal was run In the
mold. Twelve and half minutes were
occupied in casting, and the water. which
was being forced through at tie rate Of 25
gallons rcr n"ntf. vas raised fr"r, 81 to 81
ie4'.a;. Tee cH,e will irn kept full Of water
l.. p :rs. .: H"r a." ;; "a 'gii! be sufficiently
-, = - Us ".aovei. The water will
~
'...r.. ,,.i 81, Iii .c tacklins will. bs
att..ci!ei ,i'! the core withdrawn. Then
RodIian's celebrated process will BIZ kept up
for six DAYS. The bore being always full Of
water, of course the construction from the
insids goss on more rapidly than from with
out, and the desired strength ia thus
obtained. The portion next the water is
first contracted BY cooling; the part next
cooled, contracts and buds tho first as it
were, like band on the inside. The next
laye" act, similarly, and SO On till all Ia
held with great tenacity. Eight days will
be required to cool this monster, and at a
cost OF about 900.
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= S..;uc.sssoa lee ss.e Ss.,,,h.

From the last census It appears there were
III 1870, n al the States Of the Union. 4,
i3S. 200 Persons ten Years of uye and
upward who were unable t. read, This ia q
startling exhibit ii iliiteracy s,r q country
bulstiug Of free schools and universal e,li,, q
ton; but when wo come to examine the Gg-
urcs more Ill detail they arc robbed of much
Of their signiiieance. In the sixteen States
Of y Alabama, Arkansas Delaware. Florida.
Georgia, Kent"ck>, Louisiana. Mary land,
Mississippi, Miss 'uri, North Carolina. Svuth
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and
West Virginia, Comprising the former area of
slave territory, the ,ensus-takers found g.
j5U,424 oil these il!iteraie persons. There
were consequently only SS7i 7s2 to be fund
III al tie remainder ci the country. 1t must
also bc remembered that of the thtal D,,t,i-
lati0u Of 80. ,G4l in all the States. these
sixteen States contained only l3.347. GA.
1t eau hardly be Necessary to Comment on
these figures. A population Of 2+.76S. u27.
blessed With all tie advantages Of FREQ pub.
licschools, had only ISL, 782 ilIiterate persons,
while u pei ulatioi uf Ii. S47 ,Gi4, deprived Of
these advantages, lad 3,65U,A2l such per
sens. This Comparison tells the whole story.
With these facts laced be, ond di, luLs on
The "liicia! records al the nation, the people
Of the Sut!ern States should not hesitate To
make snpr decisive movement in favor us
general eVtcation. While slavery lasted
pubic ,atcty was found in The ignorance of
tic ropu!ace. The slaves, Of COURSE, could
mot be Permitted to gam knowledge, and it
was d!niost equally Dungeons TO ALLOW tho
class Known as poor whites to BECOME en-
hghtened. a barbarnus acrial system nrces.
sariiy rested on basis III ignorance, aud the
several laws of the Southern States against
importing knowledge to the serviie classes
were simply logical consequence of this
fact. But the excuse Tor these laws disap-
peared in the storm Of BATTLE. Eight Years
nave elapsed siuce the restoration Of peace
and the exurpation Of slavery. During the
most OF that time, it is true, society has been
in chaotic condition, and men haye beef
occupied to large extent in adjusting them
selves to new conditions. 1t is also true
that the energies of the South have
been more or less occupied since tho war In
the strife for mere physical existence. Tho
destruction of fortunes, disDtegration OLA
Dor, aud exhaustion of all resources were so
general that every body was for the time alb.
sarbed In the task OF llnding food and ahel-
ter,
But 1t Is now time for the South to look to
the future, and to prepare its people for the
new era upon which they have entered BY
providing the means for general education.
There are few signs as yet that the public
men or those States are aware that there Is
urgent need for action in this matter, and
the lew which can be found are therefore the
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Fal.e Charges aud Wrwng
Figures.

On the superstition that Congressman are
paid for 3l3 workiHa days in a year, and
that scurrilOus debate in the House iol
Representatives occui led two hours, 1t cost
the country about 81 100. When we re-
nieniber that Congress Is in session on an
Average less than half that time, the expense
nf backguardism increases in proporti ton. -
Nee Hhk Ereuing Post. -
: If the Post hadn't forgotten to re,nembeE
that members of Congress are paid yearly
salary, and that they receive not dollar
more for i&naining in session eight or evtn
twelve months than for a three months'
s.ssin, it would have saved itself the
t-oub'e Of making this silly calculation. Il
It were hpe that the House spent two hours
q day Sin scurrilous debate" oil it would
e,st..r the country would be the disgpacc
broag',t droa it. But the statement is q
groa, cxdSgc, alton. Now aud then there Is
un ], u5iedly an hour or so of the time Of the
Holsa wasted in protitless discus sion, but
it does no. average two hours a week. And
every hour thus spent, is at the cost Of the
me,nhers, Cor it. only eompels them to remain
in session the longer. There was time, in
the Gays Of siavc-holding Democratic. rule,
when msn,bozs weie paid BY the day, tifat
the charge Of Ihe Pest Would have been
true. But that time has long since passed
and forever. ~ ~ sf
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s .air P"ni,ryi.t.
~

One ycrms country girl, Miss Annie Kirk
OF Bethel, fennsylvania. is entitled ~ H.
praise OF being the lest poult.yist en- reeo-'.
In 'S'2 she cleared three huu,ircd and iS;r,v
aoiia!,, after laying iVr all The feed. freivht.
&c. ne nt;,cncoi With eight, fowls 2 -,
chm Ch:na-, Eramahs, and other vsr;.,iss
and found the C"chips and Brau,abs W. ~.
profitable, being healthier and Of sueadisr
growth tor the market. She fed from ssysn
to ten bushels of corn yer week. and .bs
young ones with cracked corn. She 10 .i.o
keeping an account OF stock this ysar-sn
account which shows every item of exnepss
and proht-and expects to realize IA r,nch ,
not more, than last year. When s,t.sSN;
WIN WIN me prevailing poultry disease LAT rsss
s Mn sn XIX speedily chscked.its spread yths
nee use OF lime, scattering 1t all abouf Ind
giving iimswatsr to drink. An-exsrnnis x .s
S gwen last year Of a lady at Concord. Mess.
SSu., ". VINO raised gross value Of thsss
nlques and common breeds but thies go
49, ~ exceeded BY Miss Kirk, whose profits
alone are three hundred and thirlg dolIssS.s .
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more welcome One sucliv can be. seen N n
bill pending in tho North CaroliD6 Legi.la.
ture TO authorize Cries and toms Of mon
than 2 600 inhabitants to esta b5h and main
tain. free public schools. It0by no means
an extrcme measure, for n only provides
that the authorities OF t.eec towns may at
any time Of their own molten, and shall At
tie request of any twenty voters, submit to
Il popular vote whether or Dot free public
schools shall be established and maintained
within the city or town by q tax upon the
property, credits, and polls within thu cor
po-a.e liinits 1t twill be seen that thi. pro-
posed law does not establish free schools,
but merely permits each community to decide
whether or not they shall Ge established.
Yet such has becn the prejudice ia the south
against popular education that we are fGicad
to accept this incomplete and dissatisfaction,
measure as Il sign Of substantial progress in
the right direction. -, a-
There is good reason to believe that pub
lie opinion in North Carolina goes much
further than this contemplated law. Tho
bill was more than sustained BY public
meeting ia Raleigh, at which sensible CON-
illusions were reached. This meeting was
composed of the intelligence and tax-payinS
power of the city, ard not only was there =
general desire for public schools, buts de-
cided opinion was expressed in favor OF such
legislation as will enable tho city of Raleigh
to support by taxation an efficient system
public graded schools equal to any in the
land. 1t is encouraging to know that the in
tuen,ial citizens taking part in this meeting
are fully aware of the lamentable condition
o. III" South in regard to education. 1t was
declared that probably three-fourths of the
children are growing upin mental darkness,
and many arc learning nothing but how 10
do evil" The advantages Of education were
happily stated, aud the necessity for taxa
ton in support Of public schools was dis
tinctiy admitted as the only way to insure
SUCCESS.
This North Carolina measure, even joined
with the spirit display cd by the Raleigh meet
ing, Is nothing more than sign Of promise.
AS beginning 1t is excellent, but the Souti,
must soon 90 much further. A general sys-
tenn of public SCHOOLS must be established in
all tho States, without asking any particular
community whether it will have the means
of education or not Only by the adoption
Of this policy can the South expect to make
= better showing for Intelligence in the next
dccenuia; census. In some Of the States
the proportion of illiterates to tho popul;,-
ti"n is alarming. Taking the six States
where 1t is ,uost significant, we have this
table:
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Tbs Sau Josa .Fercayy tells this story CT a
COW and young woman. There may be
those who will doubt its truth. We are not
OF them. and we believe that the Mercury is
more truthful in this narrative than is us "a,
with California papers.
AN item is going tie rounds of the press
to the effect that cows will render the lac
teal liult more freely and abundantly On
being sung to by the mixer. Tie ector of
F,g"ro read this item. aad it Struck him
torcibiy that there was s',iuetli:is plsct ca !
in the idea; So what does he dn l,ls Suggest
the matter to young lady frieri If MS .ha
resides i'll South San Francisco, VIII, keep, {.
COW, and isn't too proud t. do her own mix
lug. The young lady was not much IF Il
vocalist, bat the Figaro man promising to
help her out with the chorus, she concluded
to try her experiment. She started in with
- John Browns body" etc., and got along
swlmmingly until she reached the two hind
teats. Just then Bro. Johns caught a frog in
his throat and broke down. Old Brindle saw
there vas something wrong with the music,
aud looking naliciou,ly FIRST at the chorus and
then at tho orchestra, there WAS a sudden
flash Of the two hind legs, followed by con-
fused cloud of crinoline, mik-pails, three.
legged stools and things, and several minutes
elapsed before very much disconnected
young lady evolved from the chaos, and re-
tired precipitately to private nfe. Since then
our Ffgar"nan friend has received note in
forming Lin that lie needn't call again.
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|. In - an established fact that an an,mosIty
exists between man in a married state and
stoves i'll any state. at first sight this 40.
pears absurd, and not only absurd but ex.
tremcly unnatural; but if we examine closeiv
iuto the grounds for the belief that such en
luminosity has existence, we sec how reason.
able it really is, and instead of being unnatu.
raj it is strikngly natural and proper. The
case OF Mr.. Penelope, the cashier of the
Slawson National Bank, is an illustrative
point. One morning last week he visited his
base burner to fill it with coal. Hs ar.t
opened the draft, and then the place at the
top which receives the coal, and waited until
he was quito sure the gas had assembled the
CHIMNEY. Being thus assured he next did
what might have been pardonable in q NO.
man, or at least what would have been verp
natural in woman to dO-he put his head
in the top opening. With his head thus fxed.
his suspenders hanging down behind, ana
his legs spread apart, he was peering intp
the darkness and gathering inspiration from
its density, when a sudden and most horrible
explosion took place within the stove and
as binding cloud Of dust shot up into the
ar, MT; Penelope, cashier Of the First Ma
uonal Bank OF Siawson, made two back rey.
oiutions between the floor and the CEILING.
anu down very much as If he expected {.
chair was there to receive him. No such
provision had been made, however, and when
Mrs. Penelope came In, which she imnedi.
ateiy did, with broom in her hand. she
found Mr.: Penelope sitting on the door and
staring with all his might at nothing. The
ensre absence of hair from about lis erss
impaired an imposing effect to thslr glare
which no pen can describe. Most Of TIA
MAJ hair from the top Of his head was missina;
MS whisXers were gone, SO was his nous.
tache, while the end Of his nose scorched
70 .ee depth OF an eighth Of an inch-looked
as II SIMEON with spikes In II had sw.nt
triumphantly across it. "WhY, Peuslops!"
exclaimed the ast0nished lady; In q strong
eufst OF feeling, AID then fell to prcddins
NM with the broom. But It was so,netime
before Mr.. Penelope became sufficiently inE
iected 10 get upon his feet again. AS soon
as possible he had doctor come to the
house and sound HIM to see If anything vas
broken inside, and learning there was pss.
he get together gun and fishing tackle. and
tig now abroad resting himself from the r..
is ues oil the late panic.-DaaSsry Meas.
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osicI'..s D.t.si,y.s.

As detectives. the East Indian poH.emen
says q writer in Once a FIX evi;J,;, On
acumen that would not disgrace the mo. t
iinteliigent Of our own force. I. will give an
instance Of this that happened LATELY. Que
day weil-dressed womaa. apparentiv Of tSs
better class, entered the, house of a sowcar
or monoy-lender in Hyderbad. She seemed
h,t oe IN the most dire distress, and crying
husband was merchant, and that he h MI =
embarked his all in stocking shop; that the
sshop-keepers had agreed together to ru sao
MIN MIN; ,t that they had succeeded in doing SO;
der n load of debt, as the mercy Of HE n M
him. that she could think Of was to pawn hey
jewels, and h that she bad accordingly brought
advance her such sum on them as woulJ he
suifelent to lioerate her husband. She then
produced her treasures diamond rincs 81.
rings, pearl necklaces, apparently Worth
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~ There are certain men In this city
who consider the rnsslves leaders among the
Icoicred people Of the country, who foolishly
traduce the proprietors of this journal, alleg.
ing that they viii publish nothing in. the
interest Of the cause oftheir race without pay,
This ia shameful attempt TO destroy W and
CIR paper. The fact Is, we have been pub
fishing THE paper without compensation per-
sonally and ut q great expense 70 ourselves.
wo counted on the co peratioa OF the class
Q. man 10 VII CD we refer, but it seems that
those parties who lose no opportunity to
u nat themselves forward on al posslble
occaaions. are the very ones Who ira
duce %.
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ssFpntes: Site of Ba bel.

Tho Rev. G. NJ. Gordon, writing In the
Charrh Missionary Laei!igeueer, thus describes
the reputed site of the Tower Of Babel;
high mound is surrounded by a ruined
and unfinished tower of brick, the summit Of
which Is 23l feet above the plain. An exami-
nation OF the mound shows that it Is composed
Of the same clements rs the mounds of Baby
lon-n,asses Of brick and rubbish, inter.
sl.crsed with broken pottery. These bricks
are all OF them inscribed on ono side with
cuneiiorru characters. Tho clneif0rm is the
ancient Assyrian, and Is supposed to be the
oldest IN the written language in tho world.
one side, where tho excavations have been
made, you may see walls of brick ascending
tier above tier with mastery ambition. On
another, alffs convulsion and disturba nee
hugh masses If bickwOrk, rent and over
turned, yet SO solid in their ruin that il ia
easier TO pulverize the brick than to separate
it from the mortar.
the foot OF the mound. Others are vitritied,
or fused by process which can he nome
other than electricity, or fire. CuriousIv
enough the Arabs have a tradition that It las
been destroyed by fire from heaven, ghThe
sides ut the mound are pierced with: holes and
strewn with bones, which plainly Indicate the
ialrs vi wild beasts. The view from the sun,
NIT at sunrise is distant and ysried. THE
broad sheet Of the Euphrates winds for many.
mile, til lost in the distance in q .sgsea IKE
plain 1t is difficult to resist the con yiction
that Birs Ninrod is the Tower of Babel. the
oldest ruin in the world. There are tho,e
who Qike Mr.. Rich) believe it to be fbs
Towerof Belus, aud regard IL as a part Of tbe
rum OF Babylon, but l prefer to hold the older
traditions. Aud surely it is when .standny
on ground like this that the language Of Scrip.
tcie acquires vividness and reality which
rewards the toll OF patient Investigation and
makes the privations of travel forgotten snd
voice seems to breathe from tie RESTING.
pace Of the prophets beside these mi~hsv
rivers which is daily more heard ab.l teis w..
onk'ng tbs shoer of the seeiisr and the
g,1eptic t-is .r ~" 'ho