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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-08
81 Louis Markets.

ST. LOUIS, April Flour higher, but
low and medium grades specially wanted
and firm; superhned and extra $4.65a4. 50;
Xxx Sja5.l25; xxx S.. 5Oa5. -; family Sc
a6.jO. Wheat higher but unsettled; No. 2
red winter Sl.2Sa1.zS4 cash and S129 for
April delivery; 1881 for June delivery.
Corn firm and a shade higher at 77a7Sic
cash; TIC for April delivery; 775c for May
delivery. Oats easier and but little doing.
&c. Barley unchanged. Rys unchanged.
Whisky unchanged at Sill. Mess pork
quiet at S22.25 cash; $3.50 for July de-
livery. Dry salt meats quiet; shoulders
Sc; clear rib 12a12sc. Bacon irmsand
a shade better; shoulders 9!a9Jc; clear rib
l3a1355; clear sides 13fa135c. Lard nomi-
nally firm at 15e; some holding at Isle
Hogs strong and active at 6!a7c; receipts
96j. Cattle firm; native steers GaGlc.
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ITS NATTER IS carried, neu0sy, in-
teTesting and 1'IaesceptiOna5ls.
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Advertisements under fis heed tgill be charged
ZEN CEa 10 Per line for each iaserttoH.l
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NEWSPAPERS.
1T IS the Peoples Paper.

IT IS the Defender Of the People
Rights.
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MEDICAL.
MANHOOD RESTORED.

- EA-NAAOOD MS AOhEDa
victim OF youthful imVrGdence, causing
premature decay. nervous debility, etc, having
tEied ia vain every known remedy, has found a
simple seli-Cure which he will send FREE TO his
fell0w-sufterers- Address u. Il. REEVES, Is
Nassau street, New York. 2. o. Box 5I53.
AMI deOLamNy13t
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UNION & AMERICAN

Than any other paper publish IN Ten
nesses OF the South.
Address UNION AND AMERICAN,
NASHVILLE, FE6
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"AETED-An experienced and an able
w physician TO associate in the special practice
of GyEec0lOgy. T. G. BRACKING, Md, % n.
Cherry street. Nashville. aD7 It
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New YOrk my GoOds Market.

New YORK, April THE trade move
ment was slow in all departments, owing to
inclement weather. The market for cot
ton goods is quiet but allleading makes are
firmly held by manufacturers agents.
Plaid prints are active but other styles are
quiet. COttOnades are dull. WOrsted
dress goods are fairly active and plaid styles
in brisk demand. WOOlens remain slug
gish. Ribbons active.
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BUEDEEEB

COTTON TEs-Per d. 71Sc.
BAeeNG-Hemp and fax, l3i614Ic.
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IocAL BONDS.

Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad bonds,
IS rs.
'oo---..--
Nashville, Chattanooga ana st. Louis Raj
road, first mortgage
Nashville and Decatur Railroad bonds, sec
oud uorfragp eis - -. -. .
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VNTAETED-To buy young dog; a mixture
w OF Newfoundland and terrier preferred.
Apply at the Union and American Office.
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Delivered by Carriers in the2City and
Edgelleld.
ADVERTISERsI

AT HOME AND ABROAD,
Rjl unqusstiOlabIy reach greater nun
Der Of readers through the
columns Of the
New-York tribune., 1875-08-06
booking UFN'S INSVR1NCE.

Those who need insurance mos; got it least
The observation may be tritc, but Illustrations
of the face are continually forcing themselves
OH our notice II is az true Of frs in
slIrance rs of life. Look over the list
of fires in morning newspaper, and
wherever poor families are burned out there is
the same rccord-tLc building insured, the
goods not. Those household goods were
better to the poor tenants than the bricks and
mortar were 10 the lrndor'l they have lost
everything and are legearcd his loss
would not have ruined him, ana he is
rccOupcd by insurance. Walk through hos
pital ana ASK how many of The patients possess
either accident or life insurance; on all those
sick beds there is not probably one instance of
the kind. An cx-prcsident di"s whose family
at worst cOuld never have been left to poverty by
4 generous nation. and the policies that expire
with his liio are found to sum up hundreds Of
thousands OF dollars. Amoni; tho classes
OF men that most rarely, IN proportion
TO their numbers, ontcr aS applicants
for life insurance. are working mechanics.
Their few applications are rarely
rejected; as class they are healthy. judging
from their risks and needs, thoy should be
among the most numerous patrons of accident
insurance companies the contrary is the fact.
Poverty and want OF thrift might serve in cx-
plaining individual cases, but will not apply
in respect TO the entire class, whose deposits
in savings banks and funds reserved for strikes
count by millions of dollars.
What. then, are the causes One ia certainly
due to the difference Of the periods in which
workmpn and insurance companies receive their
money! But this should be easily obviatcd:
it can be and already il in this citysmade the
business of intermediate associations N bands :,
to collect from workmcn weekly payment, and
apply them in quarterly or scmi-annual re-
newal of policies. The frequent changes of
place and wages and the occasional want Of
employment wbiOlI are the experience OF most
workmcn, constitute another difficulty which
the bund system may bridge over in part,
but cannot wholly remove. 1t has been
supposed BY many, that worhingmcn di,tru>t
insurance companies. and that if an institution
were formed uHder guarantee of the Govern
mcnt or as bureau of IT, 10 supply
insurance, the laboring classes would
block its doors in pursuit of policies. This
speculation has been set at rest hy the results
of the Post O!Eco Insurance" system in
New-York tribune., 1875-08-06
gn0ex to advertisements.

AMusrYRNTs-T Third Pa0e-4th. 5tb and 9th columns.
BANxiNG-HoUsEs AND BANkERs-Sercnh PdQe-5th col
BoARD AND RooNs-Third Paqe-4th column.
BUSINESS NoTICEs-Fourth Pd0c-lst column.
CHASCEs FOR BUSINESS MEN-Third Yd9e-1st column.
CORPoRATIOS NoriCEs-Third PG0c-lst column.
DWIpEND NOrICEs-Serenth Puge-5th and 9th columns
DENTISTRY Sirth IdQc-ith column
ELECTION NOTICrs-Third Pa0e-lst column.
ECROPEAN HoTELs-Third PGge-2d and Sd columns
EXCURsIONs-Third Iaqe-6th column.
F1SANCIAL-Se Serenh Pdce-ith and 9th columns.
TURE-Third PGge-lst column
HBLP WANTED. NAILS Third PGae-6th column
HORSES, CARRIACLs. HAENEss. &c-1htrd Pu0e-lst
column.
HOUSES AND FARMS wAxrsp-Third Pdqe-3d column. .
INsTRrCrIoN- -sirfh Paqc-9d Sd ard Ith columns.
LAW SCHOoIs-Sifh Fdge-tth column.
LEGAL NoTICEs-SiIh PGge-ith column -
MARBLE AND ST ,tE MANTELs- -Serc',m IGoe-oth counh
GARRIAGrs AND DEATus-Fiffh PdGe-6th column.
MIsCELLANEoUs-Suth PaOe-ith column; Eighm rage
9th column
MUSICAL INsTRuMHxTS-T Third Pooe-6th column
NEW PUBLICATIONS FdGe-lst and I'd columns
RKAL ESTATE FOR sNr-CIry-Ihtrd !dge-3d COZ
umn; BROoKLYN-Third FdGe-3d column; Nk"
JERsEY-Third I0Oc-3d column: toUNTRl-hru
Page-3d column: AUCTION SALEs--fhlrd fdge-od
column: To EXCHANGg-Third Pdge-3d colHmn
BALES BY AUCTION -Thlrd Pn0e-lst column
SAVINGS BANKS Sersnh Pdge-6th column
eIIuAIfONS WANTED. MALEs-ThiTd Fd1c-5th cOlutnn )
FEMALEs-Third PoOe-5th and 6th columns
SPECIAL NoHCFs-Fjh PdJc-6th column
sfArIONYRY- PO0e-lst column n,
STEAMBOATS, AND RAILE0ADs-Ihrd fdoe-ist ahc -u
columns. o., .o,..u
sHMMIR RETREATs-Third PGge-3th column.
TE,ClEEs-SIJh IGgc-ith column. -
To IEr-CrTY PROPERTY-Ihrd P0ge-'d column;
CoUNrRY-Third PdGc-4th column
New-York tribune., 1875-08-06
Nstp'l1ork Ouilp Gribn,1e.
FOUNDED 6Y HORACE GREELEY
FRIDAY. AUGUST 6, 1875.
TIE NEUS THIS MORNING.

FoRRIGY-Thc Egyptian Commissioner to the
Csntenniai Exhibition was at Berlin. - There
wore disastrous Hoods in tho northwestern prov
inces of British India The town OF Kim in Prussia
was inundated. - There gcn'Sal mourning
il Denmark st the death Of Hans Christian Anderson
- Duncan. Shcman * Co.'slctcrs Of credit wore
still unpaid. and tourists were suffering much in con-
sequence - The interchange OF money orders
with Canada began. - Foreigners were still being
attacked at Peking. - The Japanese Assembly
closed ---Tho celebration Of tie centenary of
O'Connell began in Dublin.
DoMrsrIC-The Mississippi rose at padnc,h to
within few inches Of tlc great food in March;
IuSiauo cyop, alc damaged So 100000 --= Old
Orchard camp-meetills bean. with representations
from eleven states. ---- A salutc of q guns
fired in Montgomery Ala. in horror Of thc.arso ma
jority FOR conventGn. --=- A report on the yell
low fever. called FOR by Congress, made ly sur
eeon Frank Reilly. -=- Tho missing canal dOcu-
ments, wanted Icy the Investigating Committee, were
found. - John Dcalo. son of Secretary Dclano,
is openly Charged with bactmailing men doing
business at the Land Oicc. -- Tho Pacific Mail
steamer City of sydney WAS launched.
CITY AND SUBUREAN.-In tho Board Of Aldermen
the ordinances giving the Department of Public
Work power to lay Croton mains aud do certain
paving were again dofeatol by Republican oppO.i
ton - he Mexican Minister and Consul
claimed that moneys deposited Ly them with Dun
can. Sherman Il Co. should not 60 into the general
settlement. -- The army rsvagcd many
corn and oat fields Long Island. --=
Hoctiiiers complained that whisky distillcrs
encroached Oh their business. - The Ncw-York
Yacht Club started OH its animal cruise. --= 4
druggist in Beeyilio \. j., died from swallowing
acOnite by mistake. =- Police Captain Williams
was tried OF Ssgeant Groo's charges OF protecting
criminals. - Gold. l13, l13, 1893. Gold
value Of tho egal-tendor dollar at the close sS2o
cents.
THK WKATHFR-The Government report predicts
clear and warmer weather, possibly rain at night.
n=E In this city yesterday, warmer and partly
cloudy weather, with occasional brisk rains; ther-
mOneter 10 so, 20.
New-York tribune., 1875-08-06
TIE CONTRIBUTION BOX.

The Hon. j. NJ. Edmunds, the Postmaster at
Washington, sometimes known as Judge
Edmunds rcappeaIs. Not as Postmaster, nor
yet as Judge, but as Secretary OF the Union
Republican Congressional Executive Commit
tee. Last year about this time he came up
with blood in his eye and thunder IN his voice,
calling upon the "snccrc and thoughtful pa
"triOts~ who have been engaged for lew
wears past in running the Southern States
TO meet in Chattanooga and contribute
some bloody outrages to the political can
vass of the year. This year he comes i'll
mldcr form and with aspect more sub
dued, bearing before Inn contibulion-box.
In Autographed letter bearing date at Wash
ngton, Aug. 3, he informs the Custom-hOuses
and Post Offices that :" i'll view OF the approach
ing Presidential campaign and the State
" elections which are to occur the coming
Autumn, this Committee has been directed
{" To provide for the immediate and thorough
REORGANIZATION Of the Republican party, and
"the circulation of such documents is will he
"essen;ii for the work. After which he
proceeds to say to the sincere and thoughtful
patriots to whom his letter is addressed, that
he assumes them to he Republicans desirOuS
" of maintaining the asccndcncy of the Repub-
Z" licau party and thus securing the benefit OF
" Republican principles" and that they are
"willing to contribute to a reasonable extent
" in providing the necessary and legitimate
"mcans to support the Republican party both
L" in the form of personal effort and in the
contribution OF money
Upon this assumption he says in the most
winning way, eve hope you may he willing to
" send to the Committee - dollars to he
"expcnded as above Indicated" the blank
being filed with the amount which used to be
called before the Civil Service WAS reformed
an aseessmcnt," but which under or present
admirable system is dcnomihatcd voluntary
"contIibuti0n.' lie adds that "thc Commit
"tec desire to enter upon tlcir duties at once,
"and it Is of the utmost importance that they
"bc able TO make up the list of contributors
"and those who will take an active part
"in the work, and TO judge the extent of
"thc means to be at their disposal by
" the fist day OF tho coming month
and requests a reply under cover of the
accompanying envelope. We presume every
one who receives this tender remembrance
from Judge EdmundS will feel llattered by the
attention, and we are quite confident that the
general public viii leaIn with great satisfac-
ton that he comes back this year. not breath
ing threa,cninss ard slaughter, or calling Clia-
tancoga Conventions, but bearing that emblem
OF peace and hora of plenty. thespolitical con-
tiibutiOn-boX. We have great reason for graf
tudc, too in tho faot that this is not an
assessment, but call for voluntary Siibscrp-
tons with the exact amount named.
New-York tribune., 1875-08-06
19,99J,7i7
19.656.6o1

BY footing up the right hand column tho
reader will find that in the IA years since
June 80, 1861, we have exported to foreign
parts, over and above the amounts we have
imported, upward of eight hundred million
dollars in gold and silver--enOugh to replace
every paper dollar and shinplaster we have
with gold and silver coin. Yet we are told
that specie payments are an impossibility, or,
as Gov. Allen of Ohio profanely denominatcs
them, "a - barren idealityw The table is
also interesting az showing the efficiency of u
currency of inconvertible paper in turning the
balance of trade in our favor Give us -
sound currency, and the balance OF trade will
take care of itself. 1t certainly Will not he
more to our disadvantage than it was in the
period from Il S63 to 1878, inclusive.
New-York tribune., 1875-08-06
OTH LAST YEiRS POREIGN TRAD

OCR LAST VEINS POREiGN TRADE.
As we have often Insisted, the greatest evils
which can atllicl commercial nation like the
United States are violent fluctuations III trade
and prices. Take the iron manufacture, for in
stance. i gioGt fall in the price OF iron is dr,-
sstr0us for the manufacturer, even though the
production is not diminished. But if prOduc
ton is diminished, IA it must bo sooner Or
later, the lab0rcrs employed ara some of them
tiiloun ont Of employment altogether, and the
whole body forced to submit to lower
Wages A constant rise in prices,
"a continuous demand for all products
at rising prices, an uninterrupted call
for more labor, which We take it is what the
intiationists expect - thc result of keeping
tlie cuirc1acy up to the wants of tradc. is
from tho very nature of things an impos,i-
biiity. TIE law ef glavitatiOn acts here as it
does everywhere el.e, and the higher you rise
into the air the further you have to come
down. Tho great vice of speculation is this:
That though many ingenious and successful
methods have been devised for going up, no
means have yet been discovered for comfort
ably getting down.
The following figures, giving tie gold value,
of our imports, total exports. and domestic
exports OF merchandise for The last eight years,
show the progress and decline OF speculative
mania.
New-York tribune., 1875-08-06

An interesting comparison between the great
American orators of the epoch preceding the
war formed prominent feature in yesterdays
commencement exercises of the University OF
the South. The Hon. Il. l.. Clingman, in an
address on this subject, subjects the various
styles of oratOry to delicate analysis, and
adds his own "reminiscences of Webster Clay
Calhoun, Choate, Preston, and McDuffie For
an impressivencss that is least weakened by
retrospect he gives the palm to the public
speeches of Webster.
New-York tribune., 1875-08-06

4 number of odd Central Pennsylvania idioms not
long 20 printed in The Nation included this. before
unknown 10 that journal: "Tho do. wants in Tor
out." The expression ha' been discovered TO be of
Scotch parcntaga and an Englishman relates the fol-
lowing stGy as founded upon it: The course of jrs
tice is calmly ambng through an Edinburgh law
court when the Judge hears disturbance. Usher !!
Usher" shouts tho bowggcd authority, what's
that noise ," IFS mon, me lorrd' says Master
L sher " he's DOT and he's wantin' M Very well,
ot him ill.," anil tho intruder gets seat in the hail.
B,-anl-hy another trampng il audlble Usher :
Usher, what's the matter now [" m. the mon, mo
lor,d,' answers the unhappy official. Hes doom
and ko', wantin' up, Tho Judge il provoked but
still calm. Show him up" Silence for little,
then rustling in the gallery. Usher what's
guirg OF now :" please mo lprrt. it's just the mon,
he's ZIP and he's wantin' doom" SHOW HIM down.
answers the oxa ,porated Judg.. who manages TO re-
main quiet until ten minutes after fresh cOmmo-
ton is causoi by " tho mon who was in and wantn
DOT and he cric., Let him out, and. what is more,
keep him cut"
New-York tribune., 1875-08-06
Wn.r AnvrrrIsrrs WANT-TheY want the
TERMS or THE TRIBUNE.

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Advertising Rates.
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TRIBUNE will he sent three months or The WEEhLY
TRIBUNE six months. for the same amount
Persons unable 10 obtain TIE TRIBUNf IN any, q the
III yaror by noraing this Office Of the 0'camsdnce'
TIE SEMI-WEEELY TRIBUSE will be ready this
morning at o'clock in wrappers for mailing. Price
o cents
New-York tribune., 1875-08-06

Parents and guardians who selecting places Of
instruction for the ensuing season for those under
their charge can get newherc olse full directory
of schools and tcashcrs in The TgIBU SE's adyor-
,i.ing coluians. They will find the list exceed
ngly full and varied The goueral recognition
of THE TmBUSEs superior merits ~ means
OF communicating With tho largest number
of The best people has benn nowhere moro marked
than in tho department Of educational advertising.
II is still publishing. day by day. educational
advertisements than all ths other daily lapers Of
this city, morning and evening NOmbine.i-neorly
if not quite double "a many ~ AL the Otirr
morning papers combined-and for IN obvious
re;4,om. Ii has been proved. and for three months
has been universally admittcd. one pr.Sumng te
contra,iic; it. that The iGIBUNE oirculatos
copies among Republicans than ANY Republican
paper in the country more copies among Democrats
than any Dcnocratic paper in the country, aud has
but one rival sNew-York.
New-York tribune., 1875-08-06
NEwYORK DAILY TRIBUNE. FRIDAY, AUGUST 6. 1875

to $17.OOO,OOO q year, represents foreign
goods reexpOrted. The real extent and nature
of the fluctuations in our foreign trade will be
more apparent from the following statement
of balances. showing the excess each year of
merchandise imported or exported and also the
excess of specie exported since 1861:
New-York tribune., 1875-08-06
Business Notices.

A GROWING, SUCCESSFUL, SOUND LIFE ooh-
PANY-THE TRASELsis ISsuRAN ca. OF Hartford.
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION AMONG THE BEST
PPoP f-THE has IT, The fact IL demonstrated ny
me pubi figures longer rretends 10 deny II
In the orders of the American News company OF
ne Company. OF the Union News company
and all heavy dealers IN the cer.incates ol e
and IN the Ossia report ol the
OF tho city General The orders of tho new"
companies that is DAILY ejaculation Is greater
ilo IL. NEEKY larger tap the combined wecAies o
al iis city rivals who want farther informal on
on these points only cad at IHR IIh NJ fuDnca"
to AdNcriis,rs among
Tie special Notices on the next page.
WHEAT ApvEETIsEEs WANT.-They want the
raper having Tiy ctIATION among HE M fht
fF IuGsmsc figures and facts within the knOHlcdg" OF
every who to not TIE character OF u pee
flE TEBi Ne hs II. THE THBUAH does not circulate
o. much in tenement houses. but On Murray Iih
Eroollyn Hiu TIE leading hotels ana Throughout the
best portions u this city and brooklyn among subSianai c'
tens crcsatiOn OF any paper IN me 81 y
this point the notice ~ mt rcs 10
the special Notices OF tomOflows ikf Nj
Herr is the report of the Postmaster Of New IOk 70
Tie Postmaster General ~ the amount Of postage rad for the
Of tho present year by each paper nanc ON s
regular editions sent from tlc New "rk once 10 rs Cur
subscribers under Law requiring prepayment OF postage
Pounds at annual
rates regular -
..i,st ribcrs. Postage paid
TR,BuSI, ......... 7O,330 S1,i16 GO
HsTId.. 2tbIi O9S -
Bcrid. ................... 2,GiO l72 30
New-York tribune., 1875-08-06

The news from abroad ic4,rdng the Cen
tesnial Exhibition continues satisfactory. Egypt
promises grand display OF her products, and
has decided 10 &C. in concert with Germany
Instead OF France. Reduced rates for freight
and passengers are pronis,d In France, where
New-York tribune., 1875-08-06

the list Of exhibitors closes on the 18th inst.
All this shows that a friendly rivalry is going
on, which ought to be attended with satisfac-
tory results.
New-York tribune., 1875-08-06
Amnsements ano Alettinas.

YlvrH AvESUE THsArER.-" Bellies Of the Kitchen ~
vokes Family.
METROPOLITAN THEATRR-variety Performance. A.
and :.
ROBINSON HAIL" Chilpcric." In English.
CENTRAL Park GARDTN-Conoert. Thomas
GILMoRE's GARDHN.-Concert
New-York tribune., 1875-08-06

leaders tearing torn for tie SuSes'sr c1n have
THE DAILY TRIBJ NJ mailed 10 Gen, at any
address, and The adHreSs choaged as oftcs. as
desired, poetpaid, for 81 per MONTH.
New-York tribune., 1875-08-06

THE TRIBUNE'S MONTHLY CALENDAR.
The ,args dgtrcs tdc1' e dny " TIE monthe small on
me- 1r en- he 6c1T
New-York tribune., 1875-08-06

Dubuque medical student has colae to grief by
reason of hs r,1na lkabo technical knowledge. Tho
young woman TO whom ho was attached one morn
ing received tho following neto: " Dear ABgriino,
aI- s0rry to inform you that in consequences OF
circnmNribod subcutancsus inflammation. charac-
terzcd by pointed pItstuar tumor suppuratng in
the confer of Il curunculus. f>,m unable to enjoy tho
pleasure OF your company TO tho HlppodrOmO.
Ever, dearest, thine Augustus Sno read it she
rushed Ia his home IN ~ agony of apprehension and
found that he had only of those things of which
job had ~ many When she returned home her
sensible mother toll her that she had better drop
that eruditc young man if married he woiid,
doubtless, beggar his family By buying Latin Die
tonaIics and such. Tho maternal advice was fol-
lowed and now \. suffers from something worse
than CuTunculus
New-York tribune., 1875-08-06

There arc many crimes already by statute and
at common law that it is rather discOuragng read
of q spick-and-span new one. IL was at Evansville,
Ind, that Mad :. +. Alexander was hailed before
Eadamanthus Roberts. e.q She was first triod fcr
malicious trcspa~sSl3 and costs She was then
arraigncd, rs the report says, on complaint :" for
provoke" What sort of felony this is we can only
guess. soInething feminine, fancy and linSual-
the use of long and lively languaee probably
accrbity of expression -yoluiDility of mprecaton-
the discharge in profison of exasperating cpthcts
-ihi, the felony OF provoke" must be. An active
dame Mr. Alexander is for tho same day. before
another magistrate, she was in trouble on accom-. Of
another trcspa,, ttJ 10, aud aaother provoke"
The colloquial misdemcauor5 were settled for in
kind in each case OF provoke" the Justice
sc'llcd her back again. and let her 90.