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Cairo has moral Intelligent liberal and
eht rpn'inS p pa u ion OI about u OOn--hu>
suterl"r sSsle" oi pHhlir school. which,
WIN Others c"nduc" by private en,cr.
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lis cent al loc ton IN til, ~, all OF
the MIssi'sir, i,a0d II aira all % liver
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south, III p esruii < ih 10 Il iocitioh n
the es I 4 an ~ GrcLa ge OF he rr.prcr-
wen r'herh and -ou .h,rn commodities and
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with perfect certainty TINT
Il vii. eradicate the disease, and with as-ur-
ance, founded ON proof that no harm can
arise from its Use ia any quantity.
That which protects frnui o. ~crts tiis
disorder must he OF imincn-o s,f e o. ins
communities where !, prcyar-. ire"riion
Il better than cure Tor the patient escape th,
risk viii be must run IN violent attacks Of
this balenil di-temper Thi- tTgIn rXtrl.
the mia-matic poison of Fever anil Aguc
Gom the sv-tcrn, and prevent. the dcv.io;..
nicnt or the disease. IL taken on the lrs.
spproarh OF IT, prrmoni'ory -yI Jioms \
great superiority Of tnis remedy over ans
other ever discovered for the speedy aud Ger.
tain cure Of Intermittent, j., that il contains
no Quinine o. mineral, consequently II pro.
du"e- no quinlsn. or other Injurious effect.
whatever ui'on the constitution Those cured
by " are lcl, ~ hcal,hy a. If they had never
hld the d-en.o.
Fever rwI Arue Ia not alone the ron.
sequence %, the mI-matir poison. great
variety OF disorders arise from it, irritation,
smsng whirh are Neuralgia. Rheuvmu.
sssWs. GOut. Ba~Mdach~, Dltndn~ss,
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81 the spleen, Is yss~ries, Pain In the
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THE Bulletin

VIII ~ - oppose tho policics u Ia
Rolu lr party, and refuse 20 bo tram
me'o' diet.tion OF any clique In III.
Democrat. Isanizstlon.
nbolieycs that the Republican party ~
uliIlcd its mission. snd tha, the -, .nr
cratic party rs now organ zcc shoi.l, ter,
stored TO power.
It believes the Radical tyranny that hs,
fer ev'ral yea $ oppressed the >ou;,
should be oy,rthrown and the people Ci.b
southern States permitted to con,ro. The,
own Affairs.
II believes that railroad corporation,
should be prohibited by ieg's'atiYo eiuct
IN MS from eXtof,in. aud unlustly tsscrln
mating in their business tran. action. viii
tic p4b!ic.
II recognizes the equality OF all men be.
fore the law.
II adYocs,es free commerce tsnd 10
revenue only.
1t advocates resumption Of lpc,it ?sy
men, snd honeat payment Of the oupd,
debt,
1, advocates economy IN the ,dniuisus
ton Of public affairs.
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Ayers Ague Cure,

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Dumb ASue. Periodical or Bilious Fo.
yer, &C., and indeed all tho afYections
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"DSYCu1MANCY or sOUGFuAIAIINGp
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No Time for New Parties.


"A Boston correspondent of the New
York Evening Post is fierce for the I'M
mediate inauguration of new party move
ment, and thinks his feelings are widely
shared by the young men OF Massacnu
sets, if not of the whole country. The
venerable journal gently checks this youth
full impetuosity. We understand its
conductors remark, and sympathize with
the young men who are rappiDg against
the shell of the old Republican chrysalis
and listening if the new party is not al
most ready to be born. We have done
some rapping and listening ourselves.
But, to day, it is in vain. p"
In publishing the above the St. Louis
Republican says:
1.-THE time for new party has passed,
and not vet arrived. Three years age
there was an excellent chance for the at
tainment of such an object, but series
of inexcusable blunders defeated it. Now
there is none. The two old parties are
fairly pitted against each other, the issues
are sauarely made up. and the fight must
be fought out to definite and final conclu.
sion. 1t is the duty Of every honest anG
patriotic man to carefully examine the
principles and policy of these parties, as
certain which of them best represents the
central ideas of Republican government
and then vote accordingly In such cri
sis as the present the people should re
pudiate all partisan leadership, end judge
and act for themselves, as they are abun
dainty competent to do; and let the PEG
Die for once assert their individuality, anC
thereby secure the reforms upon which
the perpetuity of popular liberty in thi
country depends. "They who would b
free, themselves must strike the blow,
a truth as applicable to the peaceful adju
dication of the ballot box, as to the blood
arbitrament of arms h."
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Rebel Iron clads not SO Dangerous as
Protective Tariffs"

The Chicago Tribune is trying its best
to be good party paper, and is succeed
ing reasonably well but when it comes
to protection, which, from the beginning,
has governed the tariff policy of the Re
publican party, it breaks out in the follow
ing disloyal way:
Rebel iron-clads and Confederate cruis-
ers are not SO destructive to merchant
ships, and cannot sweep them so clean
from the seas, as with high tariff. Buc,
cancers and pirates Of the gulf have no
such terror for mercantile marine as
haye the collectors of customs, and the
scourge of the rebellion is far less fatal to
IT than is the scourge of protection.
so far as destructive quality is regard
ed, protection has shown itself to be far
more effective than rebellion in the rapid
ity and completeness with which It can
make ruin and havoc with the finest com
mercial marine aud not leave single ship
afoat.
And as to accumulating debt, Gripping
the industry, and destroying the resources
of nation, war and rebellion are no match
for protection. The tariff will make the
bigger debt, bind it for the longer time on
the backs of the people, and protect them
after such fashion that the only way they
can pay what they do owe will be to pay
three times as much that they do not owe. y
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the prisoner during the remainder Of his
life. Suppose he had exercised this pre-
tended right What would have been the
effect of the proceeding upon the public
mind? Again, if Judge Williams has the
right to imprison Mr., Storey for ten days,
or for life, for publishing an unfavorable
criticism upon the character of the persons
composing the grand jury, he has equally
the right to imprison for ten days, or for
life, every man who shall be found guilty
of talking against the grand jury on the
public streets. 1t is no answer to say
that the right will not be exercised for an
ofense thus committed in private CONVEX
sation. The right exists in the one case.
if it does in the other; and the American
people will not consent to held personal
liberty at the will Of any judge OF any
/ court -
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What Mr.. Lamar Saws.

Congressman Lamar, of Mississippi, told
reporter of the Atlanta Herald, recently,
that he did not regard the New Hamp-
shire election as an indication of a return
ing Republican ascendency in national
politics, He thinks that if the opposition
to the administration can be harmonized
on platform that shall ignore all minor
considerations, there will be no difficulty in
electing either Charles Francis Adams or
Judge DAVIS, of the supreme court, or pos
sibly Senator Thurman or Bayard, or
Gov Hendricks. On the third term sub
ject he said
Il think Grant will try 4 third term. |
think that he is now candidate for re-
nomination. An immense effort will be
made to defeat him in the nominating con.
yention, but this have no idea can be done.
We may count pretty certainly on having
Grant to run again in the Centennial
canvass.
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Judge Williams, says:
I'VE are opposed to the imprisonment
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and we do not regard the summary pro-
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Short Welghts.

The American grocer has opened a
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swind1ing known as short lights, and
which consists Of putting less into a
package than the marks ON the outside
represent.
The uninitiated public have but little
idea of the extent to which this is done.
Every thing that is put in packages is
cut short--so short, in the case Of oys
tiers, that one packer in New York con.
fesses that it is quite common to put
six, five and even four ounces for a
pound. All canned goods are put up
in the same way, and the public get but
about half quantity of goods they bar
gain and pay for, and take the balance
in water.
This affects tho people-the con-
sumers; but there is another class of
goods where it affects the rctailers, who
have much moro power Of correcting it.
This is in the case Of packages that
have to be broken and retailed from, as
in raisins, pork, &c. Tho Grocer has
found number of retailers who have
quit selling layer raisins altogether, be.
cause they found the packages so short
Of what they are represented to contain
that it is impossible to avoid loss in
handling them. ~:
1t is useless to attempt any list of
the articles that are thus packed short;
it would be about co.equal with a list Of
packed articles. The evil is one of
fearful magnitude. and has continued
to grow until endurance can endure no
longer. =
The Grocer recommends as \ remedy
that retailer and consumers weigh or
measure every thing they buy, and that
national law be enacted compelling the
packer to put, his name. upon oil packa.
ges packed by him, forbid short weights
under heavy penalties, and make every
packer responsible for his goods. This
would undoubtedly remedy the difficult
ty, provided such q law were enforced,
but there is reason to fear that it might
fail At that point. 49,: