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, 1877-06-30

A FULL SUEEENDEE.-GraCe Green
wood writes from Washington 10 the
New York Times. & i do not 'hink
that ) na,or Murron's able lie ter L.
here universally considered the '>over
eignrsr thing on earth for the inward
hruise of douhting and disappointed
republicans. It's lo.ic IL al best, they
say, bruumbing opi4te. There
seems to me a dreary tone Of latalism
about ii. A Wal! Of hopelesSnPsS runs
through it. Too late, TOO late, We
can not cn'er now It's statement of
the main question, Should the Presi-
dent Yield to the inevitable. or pro-
cred only to inevitable deieat?' chii!s
ones blood. Mr. Morton is a strong
man, a very Samson among ordinary
POLITICIANS. hut this letter is the Ian
guage OF Samson >horn aud bound.
1t is a cool, Ca m, almost suleu ac
knnwledgement OF utter powerleSsnesS,
of moral as well as political surren-
der"
, 1877-06-30

HAVE JOKE ON GARFIELD--The
Hiyes Garfield. corrpspnndence is a
fine Illus; ration Of the "irre inward
ness of tho rrp>enr incnmhenl of the
Presidential Office. When Gen. Grant
promised Burusveutura BAez that he
would Use his influence with tie mem
bers of Congress 10 secure the ratif
cation of the San Domingo swind lr.
II was regarded As an act of alnurmai
moral ohliqui,y; bn, Grant made nn
particular pre- enSlnns 10 superior
sanc'i,y. ant could not see wherein
1t was wrong to bargain with Barz
Returning B ,ard HAYES. however. l.
a truly good man, and has ayailed
himself Of more than one occasion to
manifest his adherence Of Grants
crooked methods. l; is with some
surprise, therefore, Ihs, people have
read his letter 10 the Honorable and
Reverend General J. A. Garfield,
Nj =, ot Ohio, requesting the latter
TO withdraw from the Senatorial con,
test 10 make way for S'auly Mathews
and promising Gufeld that if he
would so do, be. Hsyes, wou'd use
his influence IN have him. Garfield
elected Speaker ofthe House, of which
there was an almost certain prospect.
II ever . corTupi contract was made
this was one. The jnke is en- Gar
field jus; now, since he drew cnl on
the strength ot Hay's assurance, ard
The latter cannot Il | HI. part of The
CONTRACT after having accomplish, d
MS own purpose
, 1877-06-30

WILL NOT BE TK UBLED The
Washington correspondent of the
Truy Times declares that the New
York p1rers and politicians "f that
STATE who have denounced Srna or
ConkIing for his activity in political
matters, will not, if the statement of
his friends is 10 be relied upon, be
troubled tor some time b. a maniies
tauon of the political preferences of
Senator Canklinc. His friends now
say that he, feeling that he has been
mi-repreSented in the press and by his
political rivals, in that it has been
charged against him that he is always
trllug IL control the patronage of
tbr great State ot New York, in'eud>
10 le. the people know tha, they have
been mi-led A an efficient mean,
Ia thar end. he urnpn.e> 10 maxi uo
recommendations for office. and to
interfere IN no way in the appoint
mtn's to office in the Empire State
CoDkiing has Fever slrlc'ly defined
his position with regard 10 the South
ern policy, or the general conduct of
the administration.
, 1877-06-30

FoLLowING HAYEs.-A Mississippi
radical says all my political opinions
and calculations have been knocked
into 10000 .mnhrreeuS. don't
know anything about Hayes, though
! AN uominaily following him
Whether he is fat or sharp, a
Tyler or a Johnson, or a genuine
leader of men, with The ability to tear
down and build up parties | know
not; but whatever he may be he l.
the only plank | sPe in The waste
OF waters now, and | cling TO it Is "A
drowning man. ieel that | am "i
the ragged edge of something, and
don't exactly know what ii is.
feel strange symptoms inside of me, a
sort Of moving and rambling in the
bowels Of my politics, as if | were
breeding a young tornado or rcVolu
lion. | dom; know what may happen.
Something may pop or burst, Float
ing along with Hayes, without know
ing where he is going or what he Is
going 10 do when he gels there, am
IN svlenIId condition to be traded
off for yellow dog.
, 1877-06-30

THE GFlsr AR0UsED.-It seens ''the delegation
a cIjz tS Ui tll- D,sJr.c-' w.!ei on Geu But
Ter 20 secure his iynca favor of apple mt
for Cffirr, Isei Two newspaper N VII" 3lruit-
Is drew him ont. He has SIll since: 1t SENS 70
me uoW that It wss a sort Of put-up job on ne by
some one who wanted 10 get money enough to huy
LIS hre kfast the next nGrlHg, anI II the man Wio
dil il ever into my utiic again he bad better
grJ pair of PANTS ,th leather sat The oaly eX-
that he starving penny--liner, who clu ID
sell that kind stuff 20 such UcHsTrp rs pubSis
el it. IL got % now that hardly dare 20 speak
20 anybody any subject least 1t should afterwards
turn out that lie J. IutsTy ever
, 1877-06-30

R.plCALIsu rs DEYoCRAcT The
invention of reasons for " continuing
the mission" of the radical parry VIII
stop by sheer exhaustion, III lime not
distant The d-inocraric party ha'
reasons for living. One OF them l.
that it is indes,ruc;ible; another, 'ha
it is in the majority; another, that I
executes its policy through whlcheve'
party gets in power; another, that ''T
principles are the ones that can give
good government to the country.
, 1877-06-30

FEANcE, with a bimelallic system ,
paid vff an indemnity OF $1,000 ,OOO
in a couple of years, aud i still gel
Ting along swimmingly, with more
gold ia the country than England ha'
AMI with her parsr currency worth H.
face in gold. Bad thing silver money
i. inn l.? Aud Uf cour,e # Franc
had been. Ike the United STATES, lht
producer of half the silver OF tn
world las she is no: the producer OF
ap,A ,be would have demUneIIzed :;
lust for the pleasure Of cutting her
own throat.
, 1877-06-30

WASH, GroN, June 23.-Ihe President to-iay ad-
dress Il tie following circular letter TO all prominent
icd. raj otf e. throughout the country:
WASHINGTON, June p. 1871.
SIR: desire 20 call your attention TO che follow
iny pars,apu in a -ttrr addressed 10y 10 tie See
rct,ty ot the treasury the conduct u he oSerr-
Il h. III OF the neral government IN relation
10 e.eriiIus: NO ,ii sh,ul be required cr per-
mitt7l 10 take part the infringement OF political
or.tulz Tous cucuS,S. conventions or election cam
% gus Their right AMI express their v!-s
on public qarst.ons, either orally sr Though tns
p s. l. not denied, provided l. dos not interfere
with the discharge OF turIT ufr ia duties No 1855
Ineut political purposes sLoutl be allowed. his
rue i applicable every department OF civ servue.
II slouli understood by every tier Of the .ner-
a government la; hr Pected 10 confDrm his con-
duet 10 its eqnir-m mis-.
VrTv rrsper. .iuliy, T. B. HAYS.
, 1877-06-30

PHiTADFLPHA ht- been IN tronbie IN
sorue time with i,s tax burdens. lhr indi
cAtiuns are that next year rhr trouble vii y
grraier than ever. A. l. well kio"", 'hs
chief burden falls ON real e-iA-n- Ihr rae
j. 10 day b.ss,d oH assessments - h'gh A. no q
which were n-dr b fore be p.Glo var. b.
il l. the general -iA'rIn'nt ihA' p-oPT'y b.
defined from 20 TO . per esst-, " even
r1Ore.
, 1877-06-30

SncuLD UNDERSTAND III is jrSt 9s
well that the Northern radicals should
understand that 1t is they, and not
the people Of the South, who are now
required to bring forth iruiI meet for
reprnlanee. II Is they, aui not ;he
people of the South, who have been
governing the whole country tor
twelve years past. It i, lhey, and
not the people of the South, who III
flicred Bnulwell, with his hid~ous self
suffieieney ana Ignorance. upon onr
finances, and Grant, with his blundrr
ing incapaci'y, upon our POLITICIANS
l. l. they, and not the people Of the
S,u b, who have ruined our commerce
and palsied uar industries; exuosed
our government TO shame and deriSiun
by ihe rascaIi,ieS of the men whom
thev pnt into positions of power, ami
,urned our labO.ers into mendicanls.
, 1877-06-30

WELL RnoTED--Mr. Sma.ley SAYS,
in the New York Tribune: In the
course OF two months, spent in travel
10 eight OF the Southern States s!nre
the adjournment OF Congress, | have
been on the lookout 10 discover the
beginnings of the new party, 20 much
talked OF by Ihe Northern newspapers.
Not the first sprout have | been able
10 find The sui face Of the pOsi.'cai
held is everywhere covered with a
Thick, stout growth of democracy
which, whether il be lhoucnl useful
plant or Doxiuus weed, is so we'll
rooted that il bids fair TO resist for
some time 10 come The development
Ut any new crup."
, 1877-06-30

TARIFF The Unired States paw fanrsre7
per orn'.. on the total amount for collectiu 2
he customs revenue. aud Eag!and pays bu
tWo and half Th,S i Que uf th- tri ing
Ioin'- Vt diffrrshr- 'e'weeu q tariff for ''p =
tseti "A" an tal.H " rerea.e.
, 1877-06-30
N:sm Advertisements.
NoN~o~~~Or-~o-~-OO -~-OO-O-c-o~~OoO~--N0->~
For CITY Marshal.

TO THE VOTERS OF WALLA wALLA CITY F.:
L hereby annau ce ruyseif as can tria'e Tor It.
election 10 he Office OF CITY MARSHAL
sl-lt J. JUSTICE.
, 1877-06-30

TIT FAR TAT The so called repub
licans are in despair over their own
inventions III South Carolina, Florida
and Louisiana. They say they will
never see dayligh: sgain in those
States, because they had feed them
up" for permanent occupation, and
all these cnnt.iyances have been turn
ed over to the enemy. The con>tiru
tInns of these states, aTttully trsmpd
under national radical auspices To
make democratic success impossible.
DOW work against them, ani'Ihev are
caught in their own trap. In these
etarts nearly every local officer is an
appointee of the governor, and ever
an honest election and canvass of
votes is altogether et his mercy.
What chance. then, for the ra'lic,s,
unless the democrats are a eat deal
more jGst aud liberal than they were:
, 1877-06-30
Later from slate Creek.

LEWISTON, june 18th, lSlI-ll 4. NJ.
Wr Baird with au escort OF several men arrived
s,.Iy Le,. AZ II n bringing letter mail iIon Mt.
Iiaiso He lett tlIlJ place a. P. N yes erd4Y. u
Baldwin had just arrived vie Florence irom Slate
Creek to Mt Iisho. he brought letter from John
Wool TO US which Baird brought forward. The iol-
lew Is Nod letter:
, 1877-06-30

1,,,s. SIs .bsx then all crawed under tie wagon,
Whie the Ird.ans we're trying q shout them Lev
wanted water, alEi they bad some IN .ei~ss d. ami
m trying u get come for hlm Norton Mas shOb. mis-
Nortun WAS shot thIolgh the eslf OF ooth iegs-
Moor ,xzs N it The hIps As soon IS L VAS naf \,
Mr. norton ,l! Tn. boy and girl TO crawl N i'io
lie ..t7.ss ant n they gut away 70 20 70 ho,s"t iA
Tor ssslss.ncr; tbrv lii get away, AID The soouIs
pekei thr-n up the next day. Ihese are ths 'AS's'
aS nave heard b. m -. f,a,
Su.iy las eJIne up al hoAard requess ~
Lm Ne are not alarmed here, but W nav SuftAS
a., .,,s,',' -, Il SoUIss.
JywlsroS, |. T., June ., Is43-
Fn,rSp STEVE: 1 thluk - E1-'' must have been
drunk wt,.i, i,. .Srte that letter paOshei IN the
hmm Ben MAS not diving any team al an,
,'amhsrlaln nui his KIIr and two children Lad
started 10 20 below and weie sta! iii - I.e ~
Nooi ranch that ulsnt. aud wien Lew Day came
ir,r thy mitch d up Chamberlain seain AID All got
into the wasuH- Chamberlain anu ou7 S14'4 We"
kiilel aud us wife IA . otueT ehl!i ~oaaisl-
he attack took place atoat oAe elOcA AT HEhl,
which aecouLls IJT them all DOL beng kl.si Ihsie
,s-r. Il u, 1t n, - oli tue w4sO1 iuI Linn bJ4-
ers' ir..ss MIS- r,dl!ei, euJ sus was not hurt A"o
I;1 scouting the next u.riiIilg IUunI tvin and lui
th harness ON their nt hiteiei 10 tae "AOi'
but before tlley got tiru all III t'e In Iths came
back aud they did not have TINE % See 'ol 'ou .
boiy Ihe Indians chased tnein S-thib aVodS u
mics OF Muu0t IiaLo. The other news Is AUont MS
.ts.ad "huh-s" BROTHER eAInr down to-day WITH
three Others aud they report tine Indians tsthstei
10 De ahiut Oa strong. and getting stronger every
tirn- tty- ,u. .,os-s down. they think the Indians
are atom, a Gf,le aud 4 h III beloS the mouth oi
" hIte Bird on the opposite side u salmon hNet-
Yours tr,,Iy. II. soUIRE.
, 1877-06-30

Leland. Col P4rn-ii, with 30 men, AMI SAeafer
with Is Volunteers left icay ior the fel:e ~ Slate
(ieek Ih-, 20 10y Fo eIce Aui viii cooperate With
Cen Howard oouIInani hat moves a. .Ie morning
Tor "a mon river. she last IulOTHaJIuu " la- gives
Us 10 uII !ersttn tat the IL Ius are Salmon
rty..r ou;sesIlr Hots- Shoe Benz l.. +. BEowN.
Frana Capfs aill Others Il Pierce City yesterday
at4P NJ, aud arrived At | P. NJ. tO-.-y. They r.
pO aDOdt 80 men ther-, aJOu SIX lieLry rh>.
and "A lew Other Ih-y came Tor arms hi aii-
munitlun No arms to oc had. Ihey ciirIed back
ammunition. 1hry viii 70 through Tonight. ln-
d,aus irom the IeIrw4.er Forks Al. .P.sce Cay
q tu. - AMI b,u-silJ many supplies ul sIocvre>.
Hey pretended 70 kuoI 10 hing Of TIE JrOuO'rs
, 1877-06-30

Ali trte,i up at Warreus Say they stand Of
o lnlI4nS II Ikry come thaL Way. All LuSIurss Sus
pended. Courier sen BOIsv lnr CuGIIa-
iuen nox ae.e al,lssted b. t.Ie lnlI-:=s.
, 1877-06-30
SIArE CREEK, June Goth, 1877.


AIEIaSD, Esq. Dear sir: Iseni you an aerount
of the murders and matters they and here at
p,e-s..nt rhe Indians arst killed Dick DeY'ne, on
SALMON river atuRe Joun Days. lhsy then ci.ue
lo,yi, 10 J,,En DAYS add killed Henry Elfres, Henry
R,ckIlls, and Rouert Bland. On the lit. they went
s,ound Us on Slate Creek and down the RIVER an
kiIei Hirry NIspu, Mr. Osborne, French Frank, ;.
Rsnaiief, Cait- Bik.r, Jack Manuel vile AMI one
child We cant get belOg TO bury them Ne have
sent above and bniei the lei toun aSoye us on the
river We have here with the GoilowIus families
Ms WsIeh ani her two c..liren Mrs. Osborne aud
her four chihiren, Nj and Mrs IitInan ami two
children, An. Rhrtt and his lamiy, Mr. aHi MIs.
R.l.wn aIli girl Mrs Eff - and her three children
ana MIR ShsrEin AID iamiiy WITH the men WIN
n W g, me to our all from FlJrenre we lave hty
mem ne are fortef up, aud We IA ho!d the place
ev-n II Nonti-tH with the In,:ans. see that
;Isut one-Iourth OF the hOSties reservation lhi-
ans lle rest are JOselh'S band and the Salmon
rivers. We have sent Tor men and arms, but have
I MT vet got thrn. Ii eanaot be sent, 60 send
| guns ,tni ammunition and We VIII save what We
hive Ieit as loiIg ~ our pTyi>i hold out, which
may l.. Two Werks beslles Def lie lnilaiiS have
! d-s r,ysl ever, I ing below and above us on the
! liver They are now driving Henry Elires LoIsrs
b, heT- on tif opptsIr sIir the Iiyrr. They are
driving he s;oCK off ami swIuiIn NJ II at Horse shoe
! Bend aud erryins al. the goods and p.uuier they
have TAX II trota the tt'ers. IL wO~td make scur
heart ache - the hIte CHI d-ea walk here AMI
steep ior 81 hours, cry pt wAea you maine
Iniu4ns We can't .rAve herr, We nave q gItri day
ami nigh The Indians say t.ry have 800 or 4Oj and
! pleuIy Of the best guns AMI amIauultiOn- Ihry
took 80 Suarp L and utrtIItgrs Om he soldiers
" have Iudi;n joe aul faulty with Us. HOn pos
ably have The HeGS from The Pr Irer better than
eau give IT. ENcu haste, l am tired and sleepy.
Yours truly, JOHN NOoo.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-04-17

Governor Chamberlain but once for
Il year, and that was in the private
Cabinet room of President Hayes on
tho 9th of March; nor havo I
written or telcgraphcd him or heard
from him in any way. Tho Same is
true respecting Governor Packard,
except in the matter of ono telegram
received from him, which L read
publicly in tho United States Senate,
but I am sure that Governor Cham
berlain knows that he has the pros
foundest sympathy in tho heroic,
though unsuccessful struggle he
has made in South Carolina for civil
liberty and constitutional govern
ment-am equally sure that Cover.
nor Packard feels that my hoart and
Judgment are both with him in the
contest he is waging against great
odds for the governorship that he
holds by a title as valid as that
which justly and lawfully seated
Rutherford B. Hayes in the Presi>
Dental Chair. I trust also that
both governors know that tho
Boston press no moro represent the
stnlwart Republican feeling Of New
England in the pending issues than
the same press did when it demand
ed the enforcement Of the fugitive
slave law in 1851.
Very respectfully,
JAMES Ct. BLAINE
Augusta, Me-, April 10.
The Radicals North and South,
arc queer lot, and it is q matter Of
rejoicing that their power is irre-
trievably lost.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-04-17
Maidstone Onion Seed

from Maidstone, Kent Co., England, pro-
ducing the most producing the most
prolific and finest favored Onions known
and yielding Oh suitable soils from 500 to
900 bushels per acre, sown in drills.
MIR. Henry ColVin,a a large market garden
er at Syracuse, N. Y, writes, "Your
English Onion Seed surprised mo by its
large yield, and the delicious flavor of the
fruit. I could hrve sold any quantity ir.
this market at good prices. My wife says
she will have no other onions for the table
in future. Send mo rs much as you can
for the enclosed SIS. co."
One package of seed sent on receipt
of so cents and one cent postage stamp,
three packages to one address 81 00r and
two cent stamps. Twelve packages sent
OH receipt of SO 90.
My supply is limited Parties desiring
to secure either of the above rare seeds,
should not delay their orders All seed
WARRANTED FRESH AND TO GERMINATE.
Cash must accompany all orders. For
either of the above seeds, address
JAMES CAMPBELL,
mar 1-XfGm GG Fulton ST., N. Y.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-04-17
r. J. McCarley

ID EGS to call attention to his new
ID Stock of Boots md Shoes, all sizes
and styles, at unprccodentedly low prices.
ALSO,
An entirely now Stock Of Groceries.
Sugar of all grades, Coffee, Rice, Hominy.
Meal, Soap, Starch, Soda, Pepper, Tea, otc.
Fine Seed Irish Potatoes.
Choicest Brands Of Flour.
Best Corn and Rye Whiskey in town.
Tobacco and Cigars, Molasses, Lard,
Bacon, Hams, &c. Lowest market prices
or cash.
mar Q r, j. MCCARTNEY.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-04-17
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

The town of Lancaster proposes
to amend her charter.
Court sat in Spartanburg four
weeks. It has just adjourned.
The people of York have struck
''hard pan" and gold is on q par
with groenbacks.
A Division of tho Sons of Temper
ance was instituted in Aiken on
Friday evening last.
Some of tho farmors of Aiken
county have corn large enough to be
ploughed the first time.
All the poets, in and out of the
State, are writing vorses in honor of
Wade Hampton. ..
Noarly every negro on tho streets
Of Charleston swears that ho voted
for Hampton.
Dead rattlesnakes are again as-
suming Importance in tho local
columns Of our exchanges.
The elk belonging to Howo's
menagerie was pitched off the train
last week by an elephant. 1t has
been recovered unhurt.
Ex-County Commissioners Joo
Massey, colored, of York, has been
convicted in trial Justices court
Of stealing shingles.
A locomotive smade out and out
by the workmen of the s. @. r. r.,
in Charleston, is pronounced per-
feet success.
AS Lexington failed to secure the
location of the Lutheran College
she proposes to erect frst.,class
high school.
Tho Abbeville Press and Banner
gives q swell description of tho
recent nuptials Of Eugene B. Gary
and Miss Tustin of that place.
Eleven hundred md fifteen tax
payers in Lancaster, fifty Of them
colored, paid S2,527 to the Hampton
Contribution. ... 80
Fiftoon negroes in Edgefold
county who refused to work on tho
road or pay the legal commutation,
have been tried and sent to jail.
Chamberlain's late constab,llary
are begging the white people to give
them work. They ought to be pros
vided for at once..-ip tho peniten4
tiary. 7
MIR. Willis, O farmer residing near
Aiken, recently caught four wild
turkeys in trap. They brought two
dollars each in tho town market,
Chief JusticeWaite has appointed
little William Stone u. s. District
Attorney for this State until an ap-
pointmont be mhdo out and con.
firmed by the Senate. '"'
The Carolina Spartan and the
Spartanburg, Herai0 are having q
lively contest over the official ad-
vertising Of the county, aHo
The Democrats have boon maxi
ing clean sweep in tho recent
municipal elections throughout tho
State carrying even Georgetown
by o handsome majority.
John Fl. Pickett, colorod, is rais~
ing colored military company at
Columbia, to be known as the Hamp.
ton Light Infantry. A number of
colored mon have already enrolled
their names. 2''
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-04-17
IMPORTANT
10
G. "a R. I'D E. M ER %
AND
AGRlCULTURISTS!
Emperor William Cabbage.
IMPORTANT

NHE best, largest, hardest and most
l. profitable variety of WINTER CABBAGE
known in Europe, and imported to this
country exclusively by the undersigned,
where, with little cultivation, it flour
ishes astonishingly, attaining an enor-
nous size, and selling In the market ut
prices most gratifying to the producer.
In transplanting, great care should be
used to give sufficient space for growth
Solid heads the size ofthe mouth Of flour
barrel. is the average run Of this choice
variety. One package of the sood sent
post paid on receipt Of so cents, and one
3 cent postage stamp. Three packages to
one address 81 90 md two 3 cent stamps.
Twelve packages sent on receipt of So OO.
.5sS> Read what well known Garrett
Co. Marylander says Of the EMpmRoR WILL
LIAM Cabbage:
BLOOMINGTON, GaRRET Co.,
Md. Jan. -, 1877.
MIR. JAMES Campbell, GG Fulton st. N. y.
Dear Sir:-I bought some seed from you
last spring, and it was good. Your En-
pcror William Cabbage suits this climate
we'll. On Il mountain side the seed YOU
sent me produced Cabbages weighing
thirty pounds each.
Very truly yours,
JAMES BROWN.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-04-17

.G.s'' am Sole Agent in the U. S. for
the famous
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-04-17

a few wholesome truths from infiential
Radical Journals Blaine still bowling
the pregnant hinges Of the knee to
the political Baal.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1877-10-04

Business cards, half.neh in length, 50 a year
All local yearly advertising payable quarterly
Transient advertisements invariably in advance
Communications the effect Of which is to pro-
mote private interests, are matters Of change and
are to be paid for at regular rates
All advertisements stopped before the expira-
ton OF the time contracted for viii be charged
full rates as per the above table.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1877-10-04
Rebellion Against Paris Modes.

The Germans, in their antipathy to tho
French are determined to declare indepcn
dcnce Of French fashions A tailor's congress,
recently held at Berlin resolved that foreign
fashions ought to be discared, and G ermar
fashion introduced. 1t accordingly propo.
ses to give prizes to masters, workmen,
and apprentices who display taste and in
ventlon. If every nation pursues the same
course the present uniformity of dress will be
broken up, and each country will have its
peculiar style of dress and costume. The
universally of the Nodcs dc Paris is fas
obliterating the picturesque and beautiful
local costumes that once distinguished the
different people Of Europe from each other
Even Spanish danes, with their national
pride and dislike fforeign innovations, have
in great part abandoned the MANILA for the
fanciful shapes of Worth. There will be
one advantage in the revival of natural
costumes, and that will be in their I'M
changing character The Turkish women
Of the day dress as their ancestors did in the
time of hahomet the Conquerer, and the
women of many of the Greek islands a.
Sappho and Helen did