The New York Herald Newspaper, July 11, 1870, Page 11

Senson at ‘he “Spring Region” in the Alleghantes. Sprinas—A Slander Corrected~Progress of i ‘the Work on the Uhesapoxke uni Ohto Rail. { rond—Teanels ve. Cuts—Potitice!—Caivt Jas- | \2 tice Cnase and Governor Walker as the Deuroratio Candidates tor the Presidoacy yp end Vice Prestdency. Warrs Suurior Srrivas, Greenprier County, West Va., July 8, 1870. } The company here as well as the proprictors are ‘Prenay preparing tor the grand rush of visitors, @hich usually takes piace here between the 16th of Se prosent month ana the 20th of August, the , ‘tof the season, It is a gay, lively and ex- i ingly exhilarating scene to Witness the arrivals a a the leave-twking of old friends and tie forming of now acquaintances, the peoMBratalutions of some and the re- ° of others, the crowd of tdie lovkers-on, oud the bustie of negroes, porters and clerks as) they welcome the coming and speed the parting guest. This alt occurs between the hours of nine affd ten In she evening, when, as the former visitor ww the White Pulphur will recollect, the bailroom immediately over the office of uhe hotel is crowded with the youth find beauty of the company engaged in the giddy whirl of the dance. At the same time enjoying the Destin mooniight evening, britiant and gay » throngs of ladies, with their escorts, can be seen . romenading the spacious veraudahs and walks on lawns, while the music of the band is waited by gentle breezes to every extremity of the grounds, Here is afforded ampie stnay for the philosopher in the varted discussions and conversations easily to 4 be heard almost im any part of the frounds. One group, composed principally of young ladies and their beaux, are busy i] } pf i { i ' : Bedating the subject of love, which is canvassed In / il its various phases; another party of principally & “political disability’ old gentiemen are discussing t politics, the policy of parties in the approaching fail elections, and the Chinese question; stl another i fgnd select crowd of rutwad proportions are investi- gating the subject of gistrono.ny; while on the ve- funda ‘are seated a vatch of euterprising umammas Indulgtig In the soca gossip of the day, finding out what ‘knows 0: their neighbor's alfairs, wud 1n- quiring fmto the social, greenback anid rem estate Blanding of the many young men whose ucquatnt- ance they Have formed, perhaps, only a ew momeuts Th ftie motiing the scene is changed. Instead of the bitiroom costume the ladl pPpear Mi morning dresses, tripping to the sprig to parinke of the Aealth-giving waters, Beneath wu tastelutly covered wpe octagon pevillon, supported by Tonite col- ing bubwics up, and here for hours morning ‘are the crowds coumng and in Disb diseEse or ens, watn- ration, displayimg personal charms or making a sacrifice to fashion. Theu follows breakfast, and the newly artived visitor giances for the first time over a dialing room of Maguificent dis- tances, where 1,200 persons can be seateil, promptly he) and have their mouths wiped rewly to go out vWh in & Binge half hour, | ofthe day are dre » fisilag, huntiog, buliurds, tenpins, gynmusties, bathing, swimtning, &e., Which are geueraily indulged in until evenng, when tue Jawa is covered witi parties promenading and the bunds ure playing sweet music. ‘Taus passes tue day until the ‘bal room ‘is dled again aud the same scene is repeated, i A thousaud atid one pictures present themselves evel and might ot Oddities, absurdities and ec- centiicities, in which anxious papas, speculating amunras, charmiby misses aud well to-do young meu Bre the inost prominent cuaracters. Nvwhere can fnman nature be studietl io more advan age thin aL @ large und crowded tasmiunab.e watvriag place, en Can $0 muci Of ib be secu so short a The recreations NORTHERNERS. i A larger per ceniage oi the visitors than at ‘any revious season now arriving here are from the urth, and, as is the custom, fashionables tired aud ‘Weiry Of the bustic and excitement of such piaces a8 Long Branch, Newport and Sarato.a, will come Fusiing here in greater force about tie last of this Mouth and throughout the month of August. It wie Throsg 1s too great a few hours’ ride beings the exhausted pleasure-seeker to ssme of the adjoloing Tings, like the Sweet Chilybeate, where ie ean A r@lnost ‘enjoy the quiet and comivrc of hs own pr “Mate residence, From the numbers ai ng, tie cordial manner in which they are weicouwed, ine © gutention shown them by taeir Southera cousins, Who how fully appreciate the friendsiup aad esteem of even a Yankee, there is an appreuension that in a very few years the White Sulpnur will be mOnopo- lized by Northerners, anit in time become as much of a-Northern watering place as Long Branca or Saratoga. While on this subject and at the urgent request of soveral gentlemen, ‘principaily from Bultimore and New York, #618 proper to correct a stetemont made ina radical sensation organ a pionth siuce fu the Jatter city to the eect tas ie Whe Supiur was “ta den Of thteves;"? that the proprieto ‘with gamblers; that Nortaern people were socially ceived aud given the cold siouluer; and thai the peake and Olio Ratlroad Company ad offered milton for the purchase of the sprig property. here 18 no foundation for any of the avove allega- tious Which were made by an tauyidual wiio repre- sented himself to be an attaché of ine organ in which the slander was publisied. This person, wht Intoxicated here, rude a* horse hired from a farme 10 the nelghuorhood, severely injuring tie auimal by jemping him = over fences, stiles and galite dor) which we was arrested by the: sheru of this county and fined tweiaty dotiars by @ magis- Wate, Being anable to pay the ine he applied to the Mew: Peytua for the loan of eighty douars, over. ing a watch and bey’ of sleeve buttons a3 colateral security—a negotiation which they lined. Was tie Cause of the pubiisiel slander, thouga it only obtatied a iunited circulation, was eulcuiated to do incalculable injury and injus- ulce boih to the proprietors here ahd the puviic generaily, Every Northeru genticman now here is ready ‘0 testify to the falsity of ali tae statements In the publicauon, and Mr. voha B. Baldwin, counsei- Sor ior Lhe Chesapeake and U0 Railroad Company, Informed me that no sucu offer for the purchase Of the Springs was ever made by that company, nor * Wag it ever even contemptaced. Avail the springs Mm the Alleghanies the utmost atiention and cordtality is excended to tne Northern Visitors; for they are (he most prodiable pacrons, be- Aides Which it t% the interest as wel: us Une desire all, Southerners to form {th them, Tuough the springs ure now accesible railroad to alinost every cass of people there 13 ort sg of real refinement aud dignity of depo:t- “nent, There is & genuine fecitng of equaiity among the visitors from ali sections, a :élingtusa ment of ali formality, a repudtican simplicity of manners and a aiutual kind and courteous civuity that render the Springs tn 1870 peculiarly agreeabl DESTINY OF THE SPRING REGIO: With the compietion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, which wil unite by a Virgina route tne waters of the Oluo with those of the Ailanic, i ¥ 1) twe 18 in store tor the spring regioa in t genuies, Extending along the euitre Aulaniic irom north to south, and dowu the Valey o. bie Mie |, 18 & level and iniasmatic Couatry Which pro- d malarious diseases, tue permanent cure of which 19 Imposgibie to effect 1a these localities. Each successive summer finds hundreds aad thousands so afilicted rushing peli mieli to such phices as Newport, Long Branch and Cape Miy in search of healt, Tose they find ‘the saiuo dead level they have so recengly jet, and spending & min’ Of Money these invalids re- turn to their homes none tie better for tueir trip. Here, however, in tie Alleghanies, at springs of every variety and adapted to the cure of almose “every imagmable disease Known tw scicuce, situated 000 fect ubove the level of the sea, with the puro ni invigorating ax of the mountains, the sufierer finds immediate relief, and after a brier stay he re- turns to his home @ healtuy and happy man, Alveady invalids of Uus class from ie Last infes the mountains, aud 43 soon as communication 1s @stabiished with the Wegt the numbers will be trebly creased, and the spring region wiil cveatually evome the watering pia-e of the coun It Is - now national in Jocauon, 18 raplily becoming hatioaal im character, and will ere many years be the most Important section in a nalioual poimt of view in the couniry. Were leagued friendly as-ociaitous FOUITGI, ote Gainl the political wor at the White Sulphur tn giiaiod over the rumorthat.Salinon P. Chase aud Gilbert GO. Walker will be Ute democratic candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presivency in tue next campaign. Waiker, it is said, coud eirry every Whiie vote in the Souti to a man, excep: the carpel- ers, and he would divide the colored vote with the republican candtiate. ‘The Ciuef Jus tve 1s de- cl edly popular also in the Sou.h, and Jf the Northern democracy can unile with ther Southern brethren on this teket there is a good , et of victory for that party in 1972. There will, L am credibly in- formed, be a meeting of democratic po.iticians at Wiese springs diveny the preseut season w consider this mater preparatory to ca..ing auy National nomt- nating conventon. Voorhees, vi Ladiana, Tiurman, of Olito, @ number of other Northern democrats and southern “new movement” leaicrs will be preseut, \ ‘and no doubt the nominauon.of the democracy will then be discussed. OLD SWese SPRINGS. Ronte to the Old Sweet Springs—Grandeur of thy Scenery im the Alleahames—Location of the Springs—Extracrdinary Eivcus of The Taths—Society in the Past and Pres eout—Large Influx of orthern Visitors, OLD Sweer Spninas, ‘ Monnox County, W. Vas, July 6, isro.} Taking the stage at tic Whi.e Sulphur forthe “old Briect,” you slowly sacead in an easterly direotion to the summit of the Atleghantes, and then, follow- ing @ tortuous eoutherly route, you more rapidly Gesvond the eastern aectivity of the mountains through @ most picturesque, varied and delightfil country, reaching this charming Watering place after travelling a distance of seventeen miles. There ls no more attractive summer resort In this prolific spring region than the eclebrated “Old Sweet.” No tourist falls to visit 1t during the season, however great the inducements may be at other and more fashlonable watering places, ‘On the way from the White Sul- phur you pass successively Peter's Mountain, Sevtn- Mile Mountain and Sweet Spring Mountain—tnree of the largest and most towering of the great chain of the Atleghantes, besides bemg jolted over in- numerable spurs and ridges, the offshoots of the more formidable monsters, Arrived at your @estin- ation you find the Springs located in a valley about five miles in length, with an average width of a half a mile, at the headwaters of Dunlap’s creek, on the eastern border of Monroe county. This valley is «considered the most picturesque in its Sceuery and landscapes of the many tn which this section of Virginia abounds, The visitors after their morning bath, while the dew yet giistens under the rays of the rising sun, and while the pure mountain air t# cool and bracing, roam over the lovely hills by which the Springs die sur- rounded, and view the fimted landscapes from various points, They wander throngh the day in pairs or parttes over the sunny hills, freshly mown meadowspthrough shady glens, ant along bubbling creeks and miniature rivuleis. verywhere you Tura the €,6 nature is clad in her most gorgeous cos- tume. Here you see a 1uxurlant fieid of corn or oats, green as the Groen Isie itself, there a wavy patch of golden wheat ready for the reaping hook or the mod- ero reaping machine; then there 1s a vast meadow covered over with stacks of new hay, and there are the cattle revelling Mm the rich and delightful pas- turage—all surrounded by the grand and majestic oaks of the forest. ‘After having tired the eye with this beautiful Weise and satistied the appetite for nature's deligais, the SPRING GROUNDS next claim the attention of the tourist. In the centre of the grounds ts located the spring ing, a large und handsome brick sti ucture, two towers or observatories on each end of the front, ‘This contains the paths, barber shop, a read- ing Toom and iast, but not least, a water closet, which, for beauty of finish, stwpheity of construc: Uou and the total aieence of any offensive odor, is unsurpassed by any #inrilar establishment In the country, It is an institution atthe “Sweet” und one of 1t3 math atiractions to countless visitors, Directly in front and a iletle to tae right of tie build- jog stands the main hotel, @ budding 26) feet long by 60 Wide, Jour 6 ories high, wiih @ basement, It has three grand portieos, with wide and handsome p.azzas lutervening, Which, throughout the heat of the day, make & cool and charmtug promenade. Ruaning in an easterly direction is a continuous seml-circular-row of two story brick cottages, with porticos, mi and tastefully fmisned and cle- gantly furnished. To the Jeft and at tne extremity of the cot stands another baudmy, Kaown a3 the Centre Mosel, with accommodations forover four hundred guests. Beyoud this aud fanking it is another row of handsome cottages, which, to the reur and beyond the contines of the spring grounds proper, wre still other rows and single cittages, making in all ample accommortations for over one thousand guests, The grounds are traversed by beauti‘ully gravelled waiks aad handsome drives, and the various iawos are studded over with trees of towering proportions—onks, elms, muple and hickory—covered with foliage, beneath the shaies of which are seats where the guests enjoy the cool breezes and quaft the invigorating odors of tne thousand blossoims beneath them, Next in point of luterest at the “Old Sweet” are . THE BATHS, located within the Spring building, tyo in number—one for adie, the other for gcitlemen—separated by a brick wall. In extent they r each sixty by Unity feet, with an average of about five icet in depth. Both are coustautiy tied witit mmeral Water clewy as erystal, supplied fom-springs that Tise in the baths a! a temperature of seveuty-egiit degrees, WRich is Wot Varied the entive year round. Frou Ute bottom of the baihs tanwnersliy bubb.es arise, from the size of a pea to that of @ large marbic, to the surface, They emerge in myriads from the pebbly bottom, and sevm to chase each other with stange antics to the suriace, whea they disappear, A baiher pacing humse! over (hom can lustioctly feel these bubbles as they strike Une skin, id the sounds are said to be Aistinet from their force, ‘ihe water reminds one of the Balaua shouls, but itis infinitely er, After using the baths tie sensation experien is dellghtul., One jeolsexutlarated to a wonderful decree, and you tmagine yourselt able to jump over a six-fet tence, ran a mile, or throw a hundved weight over your They are heal with little or no exertion. The distingitsi:- lng characteristic of tie water is carbonic xeid gas, and it holds in tis solution the several atkaltue ingredient waters tie champasie sparkling it exhidi's, ‘This is also the source of the rewarkable exnilarating effect it produces when etther used in tho bath, or- as a beverase., The auimal spirils excited by tb aud the merry song, Liugh and da estily Go ts powers and medicinal prop. ries. Which imparts vo tie Ssociery at the “Old Sweet" in part was characterized by y the cavailer aud chivalric refine ieut wad ir that disinguished tie Southerners wien they were & dis. inctive people during the ea of siuvory. Here used 1o congregace eaci sexsou te élite of the Paro- linas, Virgttua, Kentucky and Maryland, Tt was the gayest of ail tue springs in the mountains; it was usually the last to open, but was aways tie last to close. ‘Phe coiafort of the cottages and the beanty of the scenery, wien autumn seared the cariler foliage, Keep t weests to look again through the visa and along the denge forests that invest tie magni- fleeat ridge called Peter's Moanta Any reserve that would mar oue's pleasure at more fashionable and exclusive Watering places 14 dispelied at the Sweet,” aid social’ intercourse §8 move okly and firmly established here tian any Where ¢ Already it is becoming the resort of Nundieds of Northern people, Who meet as oid frients the Southerners, giad to renew thetr agreeable association whi NEW ZEALAND. Wrogress of the Native War Against the Whites—Savage B utcheries by the Aborigi- ues. From the Daily Southern Cross of, Utago, New Zealand, of the 21st of May, we tke the following important details of the lust exploit of Te Kooti and his followers, contatned in a letter to a friend of its correspondent at Tauranga thus:— Ororikt, March 8, 1870, Information having been _ br ‘in that the ene- my were in force av Waiana, about four miles from us, the officer commanding sent 100 of the Atoms, Who reside at Ohiwa, and who arrived last ui ate In the morning, yesterda; native came In wri ha eacapert wnt po a that Tne ie Re- doubt, occup! by the Whakatol taken, and the women and children who had not escaped made prisoners. Shortly afterwards a na- tive came mm, the father of the wife of tola us that the jus had mare a prisoner of him, but had released him to fetch six bottles of grog, upon the understanding that, if he fetched it, they would spare the lives of the prisoners and rejease his wife and child, ‘The poor old man went back, @ud no sooner had they gor the grog than they tomanawked him and his Ww How many more is not known: but thetr child, Who manazed to escape during this scene of slaughier, ere Was not the slightest hope for ee prisoners at the hands of these bloodthirsty vil- Jains. The Arawas, from Ohtwa, went this morning at two o’clock, along the beach to Opape, and found tho enemy at Materont, @ large redoubt, and at Opape. They exchanged ‘shots, when the chief Wiliam Marsh te Rangikaheke’s only son was killed and another Arawa chiet, PRs pare just ered a hcg Nog pecans em into cam: mt arsh, & strapp! young chief ‘3 baal tomanawkell There is great excitement felt throughout the camp, as wo ure pre- paring for an attack. Thy say that Te Kooti, Kere- ops and Hakarata ave with this lot. . P.S.—2 P. he wife of—, of this place, has been murdered, with two of her children. The road to Taupo & rapidly growing into shape under the engineering #kill of Captam Turner and the energette labor of the ‘thames voluntesrs, Thave just this moment heard that goverament are sending their despatches overland. The news from Opot is of the most appalling character. One hundred and fifty men, women and children, a1 Maories, have been taken prisoners, thirty of whom are Bald to have been butchered by Te Kooti, who, it 1s believed, finding he could not hold Opape imuch louger, leit for Torere, the loyal and faithful Willian King’s seitlement, to repeal butcherles on the or women and children of that place, the men all ing connected with Major Kemp's force, THE FEEJEE ISLANDS. National Agitation for aniIndependoncy=The Offers to England and America. (From the Sydney (Australia) Herald, Apri} 20.) By Intelligence received from Levuka to the 26th of February, we learn that a manifesto m favor of establishing an independeney in the Feejees has been addressed to the white residents, and signed by thirty of the principal settiers. They say the safety of thelr lives, families and property 1s involved in this question; and they ask, whether retying upon themselves and trusting to the support they could mutually accord each other, they might not strengthen their position by forming an indepen- dency, Whose members shon'd renounce thetr re- lance on the protection of any otter Power, and wi swear allegiance to the community proposed to be formed, This ss toe principal object of the cireutar ana of the meeting whieh they proposed to*conyene in order to discuss the subject. They Lithedc nd offers have been made to the British emplre solict! ing il to arid these fertile islands to its possessions, ‘vbese wad all been scouted. They further say:—lt appears to us who have tried to obtain the best in- formation on the sabject that the policy of the Bri- Ush goveriment 18 to get rid of such of ifs depen- denciss as vutall a cost to the Crown, and yet are ‘able to dispose of the produce of such dependencies in any market that the colonists n thimk fit. It holds that whether countrics are tivated under their flag or not, they will eqnatly come to the Eng- sh markets, if such markets will pay best to the imporiers of produce. ‘The American government holds views very simlar to the British goverument, and thong anxious Lo protect trade and enterprise of every legitimace kind, 18 unwilling to weak n itself by having to protect positions so far remoyea from the centre of its government, Tae Fresch have obtained possession of soins of the most fertile islands in the South Seas, whose commercial aud mallitary positions are uortvalled, whose harbors cannot be surpassed for the use of warlike ficets, or ports for merciant sh p- ping. Thus it is not likely that ther government meur farther expense by taking posses ton of siands; nor is it ceriain that it would be de- sirable that the strong and perhaps arbitrary mea- sures adopted towards the natives and ormiual holders of the soil in New Caledouia would be such as would be most beneficial to a white population setilingin Feejee, It mus! tus appear that we are in an excesstvely unprotected state, far from our native having brought with us oor famiilee aad fortunes, and althouyi we have made more room for those we have left behind, we not only receive no » but we also recelye no assistance in the hat perflons carer which most of us have un- dertaken. The consuls have thelr hands ted py ther governments, and are tins unable to afford us any practical protectio: The promise that they will see into any atatr which may aris between fil-dispose l= savages and gurse.ves When @ méan-ofwar arrives, 45, but oor consolation to the man whose wife has been assaulted, whose children have been tujuved, whose property has been destroyed, aud who, after several years of labor tn a Mn climate, for the good, not only of himself and family, but of Europeans in general, finds himself injured, Wounded and penni- le-a, anil to add tothe sum of his evils, sitrhted by his Consul and ofiered a passage hoine as a destivuto fubdject. On this head it ts only necessary to add that the respoet hitherto partially shown by naiives towarts white men 18 datiy decreasing. The tim has come when It behooves all oi us to conside Yearly becomes stronger and stronger. Nor is society SO aristoeraitc as to be exclusive, It 18 proper, tempered with a democratic spirit that ts mach t be admired, and srouta be imitated at most of our Tasixionable resorts where “shoddy” hotds high car- nival. The company is made up of tue better ele- meats of society, aud a degree of taste, culture and refinement is visible here, that you will fii to find at most of the summer resorts, Large numbers of fenntiies come here and stay the entire season—rent- ing & cotiage and bringing their equipages, servanws ane all the necessary appointinents for domestic use and comiortr A ROMAlICE OF WEDDED LIFE. Nineteen Years of Waiting—A Deserted Wife Hours of Hor Reousant Yusband, {From the 8t. Louis Republican, July 4.) Some twenty-tiree a ago there was a quiet little wedaulug in the city of Dublin. the vows were sealed before the attar and the venerable priest gave the newly married pair his blessing, aud the groom and bride quietly retired from the chureh to be; fin to * fighe the battles of life. Time rotied on and whe stragg@le for existence even seemed to become more earnest, and the burdens grew heavier, and still the clouds beeatie thicker and their prospects more dark as tile years circled. away. At last a conception en- tered futo the mind oi the husband, Over the sea, in the far distant West, there wasa great and pros- perous iand, where labor had abundant reward. If he were only there. Qf course it would be 4 great trial, but he knew his wife would bear ail things for iu So he told her of America, of fis advan. , of the wealth whitch was the reward of lndus- ‘, and asked her consent that he might go his: tag’ try t and prepare @ cosey little home in that pros- perows country, and then he would sead tor her to come to him. Four years had they tolled togeier; but now the time cane for him to go. Jb was for tne beat, she thougt His preparations were all made. The ship that was to bear nin away lay at anehor in the har- bor, Wath many protestations of constant r brance, aud promises of frequent Tutters to th one he left behind, he bid adieu in sorrow and tears and went on board the sup. ‘the sails caugit the freshening breeze; the gallant ship stood out to sea. But still uis thougits were back at the bumble cot tage, Where he kiew one trusting heart beat uue to hin. In due ume he arrived in this country, and, afier spending some time in the Mast, came out West and flualiy setiled down inthis city, For a while he remembeved ius pledge to his trusting wile in the old country, and her heart was made glad by frejuent missives tmorming her that Dennis was prospering, and as evidence of this sue had occasional draita for small sums enclosed, But as the years rolled on these reminders of constant affection by came leas frequent, and at leagth ceased altoget ‘This was about none years ago, But the wife did not lo ealhope. Frequent inguiries were made, the press was called tuto requisition, and a “personay’’ In a newspaper caught the eye of someone who knew the reticent and recreant husband well. The wife was informed. A shulp attorney saw busi- neas in the situation of alwrs. A correspondence ‘Was opened with the discousolate wile, who still re- sided In Dublin, some months ago, ‘The situation was fuily explained. The false husband had met with success inthe New World and had acquired a property worth $16,000 or $17,000, Which coasisted in real estate situated 1 the stiburbs of this city, And, worse tian ail, she Was iatormed tual ne had mar ried another wife, wio had borne him three eluid- ren. ‘The letter of the attoravy ended with an lavi- tation for her to come over to this country, and to bring along with her certain evidences of her iden- tity Cogether with the proofs of her marr with the recusant Dennis. Accordingly armed with evi- dences Of her claim upon the once fondly loved but now despised man who had wronged her so deeply, she set sail from Dablin afew weeks ago, and land- ing m New York, made little delay in coming West, arriving in this city on Thursday evening, Moun wile 1013 ascertained that her former husband is now residing in New Orleans. She has all the legal documenis necessary to establish her identity, mar- riage and desertion, and expresses a determination to prosecute for bigamy, and bring sutt for alimony against the man who hag poisoned her life, deprived bor of Its Joys, kept her in suspense throagh nine- toen 10 ar years and at last casting. aside the love an naugit. our precarious position and to take such steps as willenabdie us to offer a betier security to ali com- ire for ov mercial people in the colonies and to se seiyes permancatiy the advanta; most aecrue from cultivating, 1 those lands Wihiloh we faye right) .. 7 The general meeting for furthering this proposal was to have been held at Levuka on the 14th of the present month, ‘Traile. The following notice has been posted outside he British Consut it “With a view to the protectin of their interests, and the avoidance ofmuch tronic 3, British subjects are reminded that transactions can be recorded, for te information of the community, i her Majesty's Con. sulate. The Consul may decline to interfere in any matter not 60 registered.” Porvbariox.—Tul Cakau’s secretary (Mr, Ross) has been at work taking a census, and | understand rates the amount of taxes which will be patd to the elief tis year at About £5,006. Disnster. The Taviuni (Peejee) correspondent of the Sydney Times writes:— Afew days since a fearful gale swept over the Island, Causing devastation and loss The schoouer Caroline, lying at anchor near Nai Selt Seu, was blown ashore, but was got off without injury, At Somo Somo many houses are reported down. The roof of the Cattohe mission house was partially biewn Away, trees torn out by the roots and most of the houses in the town were destroyed. The Messrs. McKissack and Mr. Wright auitered severe loss. The foree ofthe wind was so great at Wairikl that people were compelled to ite fat on their faces to avold being blown o their legs. The Bau schooner sunk at her anchors off the town of Wairiki, and stil heg under wat Messrs. Wilson and Hamilton are reported to have lost their punt and two boats, all three having parted their anchors and drifted out to sea, Great fears for the safety of Captain Barrack and Messrs, Wilson and Hamiivon are entertained here, they having sailed—Captain Barrack in the Van Tromp, and Mesars, Wilson and Hamiiton in the Coquette—a tew hours only before the gale com- meaced. Mr, Peckman’s house, at Nal Scit Sell, was most unfortunately and most suddenly destroyea by fire a few days belore the gale commenced. CURIOUS DISCOVERY OF TREASURE. {From the Calaveras (Cal.) Chronicle, June 26. On Friday, the 17th inst, a& a company of Italian micrs were siuicing in Wet Gulch, near Whiskey Slide, they washed out of the bank @ tin box cun- taining si in “individaal’’ gold coin. ‘There waa a fifty dollar “slug” among the rest. The lucky finiers of the treasure were at work in the old Hamilton ranch, cl to the site where @ Frenchman called Jerry” kept store im early days... Aa long ago as 1852 “Jerry’’ was murdered tn his store, and it was supposed at the time that lis assassins secured the money be was: known to possess and made good their escape, Since the discovery of the treasure by the Italtuns, jowever, the most reasonable conjecture 1s that he buried the money, anc that those who imbrue i ther hands in his blood obtained nothing but guilty con- sciences to compensate them for their erime. The box that contained the money was nearly eaten up with rust, but the cotn bas been undisturbed since de- posited in the bosom of mother earth for safe keep- ing. The money, we believe, was coined by Moffat & Uo, of San Francisco, Thus, after a lapse of eighteen years, by one of those queer, inexplicabie freaks of Wayward fortnne, is peacably uneartied an cbject to possess which human blood has been hed, and auotver link addet to the chain that inds our recollection to the dark and bloody deeds of early days in California OCCULTATION OF THE PLANET SaTURN.—Early in the woraing of Sanday next, July 10, the planet Saturn wiil be eclipsed by #he moon in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick aud in tie northeast part of Maine, but in Boston at twenty-two minutes past seven o'clock in the evening, at its nearest = te ach, the planot will be a lithe (one and a half or about & twentiein of the moon’s diameter) south of tho moon, and at dusk, or about etght o'clock, will be ‘devotion ghe ofared him as though It was (ove a third of a degree southwest of it and very ¢ COUSPACUOUS. THE NAVY. New Mavy Rogulations—Duties of Officers— Classification of Vessels—Rank and Com- mand—Military Wonors—Gene- ral Instructions. A revised edition of the Dnited States Navy Regu- lations, dated March 91, 1870, has just been pub- lished, It is a clearly printed octave volume of 379 pages, With @ table of contents and a copious index, and embraces everything necessary to the govern- ment of the navy, including the classification of veasels, detall of command, special duties of officers, Tank and comma:d; military honors, ceremonies and salutes, funeral honors, appointments and pro» motions, rule to prevent collisions, preservation of health of crews, prizes, paroling, flags of truce, quarantine, discharges, desertions, medals of honor, recruiting, receiving vessels, surveys, pensions, fur- loughs, correspondence, accounts, &c, There are also blank forms for almost every possible purpose connected with the navy, and a complete naval om- cer’s letter writer, giviug the forms of letters to ba used on specified occasions, The fqlowing 13 the CLASSIFICATION OF VESSELS, Furst Rates, Screw steamships, Paddle steamers, Of 8,000 tons and upwards. Iron-clad sea steamers, Wooden ships of the line (if put ta commission for sca service), nd, Rates, Screw steamships, Paddle sicamers, Of 2,000 tons up to 3,000 tons. Jron-clad sea steamers, Sailing frigates (if put in * canmreunid for sea ser- ce). Third Rates, } of 800 tons up to 2,000 tons, Screw steamships, Paddle steamers, Irou-clad sva Steamers of 1,200 tons up to 2,000 tons. Sutling vessels-of-war of tne sloop class (Wf put in commtssion for sea service). te % Fourth Raies. Paddle eames Of all tonnage below 800 tons. Smail class iron yessela, Storeships. Whenever any of the vessels above named are used a3 storesiiips or recetving ships they shall rate lower, according to the decision of the department. WHAT OFFICERS MAY DO, The duties that may be performed by line omcers aro specified with some minuteness, wuder the cap- ton of “Detati of command.” The admiral commands a fleet or fects of the United States, ‘The vice admiral may commend a feet or be com> mander-tu-chief of a squadron, or chief of ataff of a naval foree commanded by an admiral, or he may May command naval stations, A rear admiral may command tn chief a fleet or squadron, He commands a squadron or: division under an admiral or vice adoriral. Hemay be chief of etait of a naval force commanded by an admiral or vice adinirai, or Inay command naval stations. A commodore may commend a division or a Squadron. Ho may be chief of statf of a naval force commanded by @ vice admiral or rear adiniral. He may command sitips of the first class or nayal staiions, ora vessel with an adiuiral, vice admiral a ral, commanding & feet or squadron, on ourd, A captain Commands a vessel of the second class, He may command a vessel of the first class under a commodore, rear adiniral, or vice admiral or other- wise. He may be employed as ald to either grade ot admiral or as cujer cf stat toa naval force or detached division cormanded by a commodore or Tear adiniral, ay or on duty under different bureaus. He may communi or act as second in com 1 of sel of the third 4 as chtef of steif to a commodore commmandiig a division or squadron, or &s eveculive oillcer at shore stations, or oa duty under diifcrent bureaus, or as aid to ap adimirar of ¢ miay Le eanploy: eituer grade, A liewteny t commander commands a vessel of “3. fle may act as ald to vice admiral, mading & squadron x to'lirst, second x perjorm the duties of id command a divi ‘st, Second and third 58 Vessels, wateh and navigating oil sion On board Ve=weIs Of the classes. He may perioria duty ‘at shore stations (neluding tle Naval Academy) and under the bureaus, or act as aid to wcommodore Commanding ‘# division ov squadron. If at aay time the list of lieutenant commanders should be reduced to eighty tis Class of Gilicers will nob be uired to perform any lower duty than that of executive, navigaung and ordnance officers on board tivst, second aud tourd rate Cond and third Class, as a wateh om command of & division, and in the eagle room, hea requived. He uuiy Geb as executive oficer, or elailod as navigating aud ordiance officer of & sel of the fourth class, and may pe atiacued to shove stations, including the Naval Academ A iasier Will be atiacued to first, third ci Vessels, 10 &ct a3 asai id and (10 navigating form tie duty of navigailng aud aid Vessels ot the fourth class. Hie nuty perform duty in tue eagine room when re« quired. Hosigus will be ordered to the diiterent classes of Vessvis a8 Circumstances may require. hey may be required to take their tour of duty in the engine rovin when the shlp is ander 8) mm. Taney will per- Tori the duties of masters’ mates of decks, old and Jorecastie When requirca, Midshipmen are to perform such ditties as may be assigned them by their commanding oiicer, Melud- dng duues on the several decks, in tie oid aud ia the engme room, in audition io the above there {sa varloty of special dutios, Witch may be performed by Line, stair aud warrant oflicers, Among the SPECIAL DUTIES OF THE ADMIRAL are the following :— He will keep a record of the naval forces of all foreign powers, their sirength on ditferent stauions, inclidiag nutuver of guns and men, size of yease names of Comimanding odicers, &¢., 80 thts tHe O partinent can at any moment be supplied with tals information, He wiitaiso supply himself with information in jorelgn ports Where Vessels in time of bie to congregate, thelr factities for sup- plies, Iriendiiness or hostility of their governments vo us, anid all o(her information n ary to enable the deparuuedt to select the right class Of vessels io sead ary THR VICK ADMIRAL may commana a forelga station When a rear admi- ral has imimediato comand-of the Squadron. WHAT THE CREW MAY DO. All other péessous composing the crew are hereby enjoined to Yield on all occasions a willing, cheerful and prompt obedience to those placed over them; to be especialy attentive to their staiions and the in- structtons they may receive; to avoid diilculties wita each oiler and departures from reguiauons; to be always tidy about their persons and eifects, and, ina word, to contribute all in their power to pro- mote order and harmony. CHAPLAINS TO PRAY WHENEVER ORDERED, The chaplain 14 lo perform divine service and to offer prayer when duty ordered by the commanding officer, to visti =e sick and afford them consvlation, and to instruet the boys and obher persons 1 tie principles of the Chrisuan religion, RANK AND COMMAND. Tho linc oflcers of tie navy are classed by law as foliows:-— Admiral, vice aimiral, rear adiniral, commodore, capri, commander, jientenant couumander, lieu: tenant, master, ensign, midshipmen, The"usage of the naval service considers also that mates, boatswalus and gunuers are oflicers of the lines Medical, pay, engineer officers and others not of the Line, and not ciassed by law, are placed in the anoual Navy Register as iolows:— Surgeons, passed assistant surgeons, assistant surgeons, paymasters, passed assistant paymasters, assisiant payiusters, chief engineers, firsi assistant engineers, second assisuant engineers, cliaplatus, professors Of mathematics, Carpenters, sallmakers, secre'aries, clerks, Mill'ary command is not exercised by oficers not of tie iin, ‘The relative rank Petween certain grades of line oMiccrs and certain grades of meuical, pay, engineer and cierical oficers is regulated bylaw as foliows:— Surgeons of the feet, paymasiers of the feet and engineers, aud surgeons, paymasters, and ciel cugineers Of iiose than twelve years rank With com- maaders. Surgeons, paymasters, and chief engincers of less than twelve Years, the secretaries of tie adiairal and vice adiniral rank ‘With Leutenants. Passed assistant surgeons and first assistant en- gineers rank next alter lieutenants, Assistant surgeons, assistant paymasters and accond assistant engineers rauk next alter masters. Officers of the marine corps are placed by law, Ui Telution to rank, on the same footing as ofilcers of* similar grades in the army, and the relative rank between oflicers of. the army and navy is fixed by law as folows—lineal rank only co be cosidered:— Admira! with geveral, vice admiral with leuten- aut general, Commodores with brigadier geucrais, captains with colonels, commanders with Neutenant culovela, lieutenant commanders with majors, lieu tenants Wiih captains, masters with frst ieubenauts, ensigns with second lieutenants, PRETY OFFICERS. The class Of petty ofiicers of the line and the order of rank and of succession to command 13 as fol- lows:— Boatswains’ mates, gunners’ mates, signal quar- termaster, cockswaln tu commande: vel, cap. tains of forecasile, quartermasiers, quarter guiners, cockswains, capeains of matntop. cap ains of lore. top, captains of mizzentop, captains of atterguard, second captains of forecastle, second captains of maintop, second captaius of foretop, second captains of ruizzentop, Ail other petty officers, oxcopt the muster-at-arm: stall be called peuy officers, and take precedence and have assimilated rank as follows Leomen, apothecaries, paymasters’ yeomen, mas- tera of the band, schoolmasters, ships writers, rank next etter masters-at si bi Painters, «wrmorers’ rates, ships’ cor- porais, captains of hold, ships’ cooks, bakers, to rank ext after captain of afterguard. The master-at-arms is the chief peity officer of the ship in which he serves. 07 ants of rs of marines on board Vessels shall rank next after master-at-arma, all other be gees with gunners’ mates and all corporais with captain of afterguard. MILITARY HONOKS, CHREMONIES AND SALUTRA, Under this captton are full and precise instractions im deportment unaer every posaible Fig OP? pe re he of the President to the casual mn ol nh officer, When the President visits 9 vessel the following ceremonies are observed: ‘The boatswain shall attend with it side boys and pipe the side; the yards shall be manned when the bow oars of the béatin which he 4s embarked a ed; the men on the yards of the fore and Main masts will face aft, and on those of tha miz- Zenmast forward; all the oMicers of the veasel shatl be ‘arranged im ime upon the quarterdeck, tn full uniform. ‘The full marine guard shail be paraded. ‘Tho President shall be received at the gang way by the udmiral, commodore or commanding oMcer, and such other oficers as may be designated to as. sist in the reception, When the President reaches the deck the national flag shall be displayed at the main and kept there so long as he remains on board, All officers and men on , the guard excepted, shall uncover thelr heads; the ears shall present arms, the drums shall give four ruffes, the band shall play the national air, and a salute of twenty- one guns shall be fired; the men on the yards shall He in, and he down at the fring of the last gin. ‘The same ceremonies shall be observed when the President leaves the vessel, WHERE THY FLAGS ARE TO BE CARRE The flag of the vamiral ts to be carried at the matn; of the vice admiral at the fi of a rear admiral at the mizzen, A commodore’s broad pen- nant ts to be carried at the main, If more than one rear admiral 18 present the juniors will carry their fags With stars, as tn thelr boat flags, at the mivzen, If more than one commodore 14 present the Juniors wiil carry their broad pennants at the ivre. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS. Under this head we find several scraps of wholesome advice, Oficers are admonished to exercise authority With firmness, but with Kinducss and justlos to ile ferturs, bearing in mind that the authority to punlsh offenders 18 strictly detined by law. They are required to set examples of merality, subor- dination and devotion to duty. ‘They must hot write anonymous letters, nor have any interest iu purchases ov contracts for supplies of a@uy kind for te navy, nor receive gratuities from contiactors, Neither must they jramble on board vessels of the navy, nor io navy yards, nor any place or station under eon- trol oi the Navy Department, nor borrow money from any enlisted mau or peity oiticer, Should any otiicer of the navy so far forget what 1s due to his oWn honor and to tuat of the service of which he is & member as to incur debts, especially upon a foreign station, without a reasonable expectation of discharging them, or should he leave auy foreign port without paying or pieces & for the payment of his debts, he shall be reported, in order that such course may be pursued as tie circumstances of the case may require, No person in the navy will up- braid another person in the navy for refusing a chal- lenge to fight a duel. Presents of swords, plate or jt things of vatue from inferiors to superiors are uiblied, Women are not to be iuken to sea with- vut the Seeretary’s permission, Sunday muat be observed in an orderly manner, and the religious tendencies of olcers and men encouraged, REAL ESTATE MATIERS, De Ar A sale of villa plots oligibly located in Huguenot Park, near the village of New Rochelle, Westchester county, took place on the grounds on Saturday, Of the seventy-flve plots advertised many of the chotcest sites and also @ section of six acres were disposed of at private sale before the auctioneer, James M. Miller, had an opportunity of offering them, The sales by auction amounted to avout $50,090, While the proceeds of private sales were understood to be quite considera vie ) aa 283, Mr Moreau (ixG00, Mr Shumway..,.., 1 lot, 100x300, Dr Moulton 1 lot, Wx! i lot, 108, Dr Moulton 1 Jot) 10383), Dr Mouiton Alot, 1vsik, Dr Moulton 1 lot, 10x34, Dr Moulton. “AN, ww Wilnon, J 1 Lloty Sx! 7, St 3, CP Brewster... 1 lot, ludxia7, Wm La Count 1 lot, lovadsit, Mr’ Beai| 2 Lott, 1004809, Mr Max 2 lots, 100x300, TH Ty » He liot, Joseph Feleo 1 Jot, WixsL), Joseph F 1 Jot, tulx249) & 1 Jot, 101x284, P Shunway, 1 lot, W0s271; Alva Higain 1 lot, 10xt0d, Alvab Higgic 1 Lot, 100x300, D 1 Jos) 10x, DH T Lov, 10x, Alvi V Jot) Max, W HL ii New York City. Eldridge st, o.8, 75 fs of Canal xt, ‘2th st, 8 «, 107 vt woof 6th av, Bl. ith wt, wo, 180 Cee of Bh ay, Bx 45th st, a8, lou ftw of 24 av, Axi00 dith st, #4, 250 ft eo hav, 50x! Bint sty 9 9, 225 (ee of 1th av, 20,1ixibs, nt tt.w of 8th avy, 405 100%. Ox190, e yi o, yea av and Isham st, & w cor, 200xi5)x15)x50xi1 1 i, O60 ft w Of Binerson ‘st, 1%, a 70 4, Mio fh w of Kimarso 119) id’ Hawthorne st, 150 ‘aid 15) {46 of Havethorne at, 25 ‘ay, # 9, 200 TL w of av and Sh et, n¢ corner, 25.412 ith av aud 155th st, nw corner, 200% Mth ay, middle iine, and’ With st, Silay, ws, 24.8 {tn of Bit st, 24.8x95, 14,833 LEAS. Division st, No 179, 2, 1,000 Grand Nodal, 69 2,100 4th st, Ne , vil Hester Low 6th av, No 789, 4 ye ‘bi 6th ay, 900, Laurens 1,050 Bus at. as, 160 Tee of Wx 1,200 Sth av, NO 200, 2 years, per year 1,000 Kings County. BROOKLYN, Anin at, # 4, 200.10 ft w of Kent ay, 20x1%8,8 Adelphist and DeKalb a Us. WUXIG.4.... 006. Church ®t, 0 8, 100 fe on aid Wiltughby uy nw cokers do Eeokford at, 0 & 175 tts of Nawwan av, liix49x29.8, , Hicks st, e's, 8 fs of President at, 20x100., Hicks st, ws, 267.2 ft n of Pierrepont at, 2x10, Jefferson at, 200 ft @ of Central ay, b’x|00 "* Jefferson st 1, 200 ft 8 w OF Jefferson st, #e 6, 100 ft 8 w of Central a Telferson st, Fo #, 200 ft e of Central ny, B0x100. Love lane, nn, 100.2 ft w of Henry at, 2.2059 Morrell st, ws, 75 {tof MeKibbea st, 25x10". Madison st, n w 8, 109 ft ae of ‘green ay, 100x100. Madison at, #6 8, 100 it ne of Johnson ay, 100x100, Myrtle at, m w 8,225 ft'4 w of Jonson ay, 25xl Maserole'at, #, 176 ft w of Leonard at, 35x10. 1 Pactiie #t, ns, aud Atiantlo ay, # 8, 450'ft w of Kingston By, 100X200... aa Pulaski st, n 4, 4.5 fte of Stuyvesant ay, 40x100. Starr st, #'¢ «, 100 ft ne of Central ay, 5Ox182,9 Shaler st, 8¢ ¥, 100 ft n © of Jobonon ay, oxi 0..~ Warren at, ns, 181.1 ftw of 4th ay, bald, Linton av, € #, 8-10 fn of Atinntic ay, bt nton ay, @ # 251.10 ftn of Atinntie ay, Zaxa Evergreen av aad Madison st, n cor, 100x100, Fulton av, 08, 40 fve of Yates av, 20x31 . Johnson ay and Souffer at, ne cor, ir100. Jounson av and Myrtie st, w cor, 10x. 4th ay, 6, 89 itn of Warren at,'20x82.2. {tn of Warren at, 20x62.2 8, 85 {tn of Bist at, 20x10 bh W 8, $7.10 ft #8 of 7th ay 750 2x10... 1,000 Woodland, adj land of Delapiaine, 2 821000 ‘ ftwo at, 100 Terao} 0.4, GO {tn of Bt at, 16,5x80. Tots ana 12 Moses Brambail's map (Be) Montgomery av and Gilbert mt, cor, 10x14 KPARN Bd st, e 8, 50 ftw of Latham st, 24100... ius Richmond Connty, Staten Island, oastENn Lafayette av, corner Prospoct av, # NORPHY ELD, ‘adjoining | 902200x951290 Old. Plac UU. x Madison ay, 200 ft m of Iat a1 Sherman and Ist avs, 5 Lote, Madison av, 20) {tn of Int ayy 4 Madison av, 400 ft n of Istav, 100 ft aquar LINDEN PAIK. 151 Jote om Caroline and Adele ats and Evergreon ay, 1 ™ Serpentine road, adjoming Woodland Com Grand st, JP Nesmith, 250.2407.0x251, 5x5 BAOxdi3. tory and 2 275.8 Essex County, N. J. Newank. Hunterdon st, ¢ 8, £50 ft eof Bani at, 95x100 Newton st, W's, 56 {t from 14th wr, 20308, Nenpits #t, 94, 213 ft from W ‘ n THE LIMITS AND SPHERE OF GOVERNMENT Mrs. Victoria C. Weedhull’s Concluding Ohepter on the Science of Government. --— The following ts the coneinding chapter of the ¢s- Say On government, its alms, sphere end tendencies, by Mrs, Woodhull, the female candidate for the Presidency :— ‘There are no circumstances existing within the Tange of government whieh are deleterious to the conditions among which they are found that de not come Within the sphere Of its control, If it were at tempted to enumerate all such conditions, a very large proportion exiting Would cote im fur mem tion. Special reference will be made to wach omy a¢ are represented by crime, indigenes, Relplemmess and perverseness, While government las is duty to perform regarding ali these, in their relations ta society in general and the public welfere, it mast not be lost sight of that they form « part of the general public, and, as such part, it has a duty render even to them and to the relations they sas. tain as individuals to other individuals. The criminal is not only the soa aod brother, bot often the husband and father. Though he may have, by some act, forfeited the guarantee of Hberty gow. ernment extends to (he people, he has not thereby sundered family relations, respoosibilities and du- Hes. Itis the duty of governmeut to foster these, while protecting public welfare, by preventing tha criminal from pursuing bis course of individual freedom at the expense of the freedom or happl- ness of other individtals or the public. In this view penitentiarics should not be what they are, bas should be changed into vast workshops, where the convicted may labor at some not altogether distaste. ful employment, to the same cud that he should labor when free, The Uieory of punleuing orlune ix not all that should be taken mo consideration te garding the criminal, As now practised it Is ex- ceedingly doubtful whether the State does net do the individual greater tijastice than he has doae the public, ‘The State should pursae such @ course as Is perfectly clear from injustice, sack a ean cow sctentiously be held as committing no crime against the criminal. To render to aim what and omy what he has rendered another is matntilaing the old Mosaic rule of “am eye for an eyo,” which in these later times should be obsolete, The world nas risen from the conditions of Mosaic times by the experience of thousands of years. Pear Was th only controlling power then. Should it be so nowt Prevention Is better than remedy; besides, there is ng sttch thing as remedy for crime already committed, ‘The criminal can by no possible means—nor can tha State—undo the Wrong. Reparation in most cased Js Impossihle, byt should be rendered Whenever pose sible. It beconies, then, the chief duty of the State to prevent the recurrence of wroug by putting sucty restraint upon those wiio are inclined to it as will effectually prevent their inclinations Unding expres- sion. Suppove that all living persons who have ever commitie’ any lofringement upon the rights, iiber, tles or privileges of others of suticileat moment ta warrant preventative means being applied were restrained from miugling wih the public, what would be the ratio of decrease in crime? ‘These per« sons have trespassed upon the public welfare and i; must be protected from further trespass, It ts the duty of the State to see this done. At the sume time the meens of prevention must be such as Halt wot encroach upon the culpable one’s rights further than Buen pre: yeitiioa actually requires. AS & member of soclely he hws forfetted to society, lo @ certain extent, the freedom Of expressing ts’ privileges and rignts ay an individual, by the Lafringement upon the privi+ legos and rights of another individual, also a mens ber of the same society; and fox tits society duty bound to resivaia hit. 1b only requ the present universally adopted theory Usat erime 13 agatust the people and not the individual suffers ing be carried to its legitlnate sequences to teuch the proper limitation to tiis restratat. Having are rived at that it renains for the State to concede every other individual privilege to bun, At should be ius riglit and privilege to labor and re- ceive its full recompense, Lo Which tie State should have no right furtiier tuan the cost of is main Hance. ‘he profits should be given Hose dependonk upon lim, or shoud go wowards reparation for lie damages done by bin. He should have tae privi- lege of amusements, suouldldave access Lo a pablie Ubrary and tie duty pews. His whole restralat Shou be made as ieariy as p analagous ta the ev ry lide of & uselul citizen. He should ne longer be tue condenwed crumial, but the inember of society Whom te paviic Wellare requires shall be restrained from following Use ivcedod hls prociivi+ es mdicate, ‘Yuere is another cless of individuals, who, elther from ciroulnstances beyond their control, from bador from incapachy, 6 atiled pablts or from §, do not perfor nt labor to maine tain Liemselves ana families in & condition that remiers them useltl members of society, Society 1 representa tives of cis class, They must live, aud society mus! in solug manner fnrnisd the means to them of ving, If it is not earhed it ts begged or stolen, There ar¢ those also who, being too honest to steal and proud tu beg, suder untoid privations. Ail who would can- Hot ovlun rewunertve occupation, or that wie Uiey are sulted Wo perform. To ali of (hese a members Pp, ZOVErMMENL OWed a duty. are & part, owet them Lie sities of life, even Li it be compeilea them to earn them. Itceannot be made taq y Of ANitVidual meibers of society Ww look alter Uke amelioration of th condinons It is a genera, condition growing out of tte tions of all itt Members and hence becom@™ a gov ental function, hot only so far As they a5 & Class are concerned, but aise Lo protect individuals of other classes irom being made Wy bear the burdens of teu, either by voiuu- tary contributions or from éhe inpositions of bex- wary ana thelt. Kvery one who lias attained proper Agé and 18 possessed of wodorate health 14 capable Ol performing sufticient service Lo qupport him or herolt end by 80 dolig Is & useful Member of so- clety, DeCANBe eontrituting to the sum total of Ite uclons. LH NG Cisne. heen. any s0- hould suppiy ib whim, Li he Ww, Anbar b shoud compel him, Ef he eann clely should maintain him. Were this instituted the dens of infamy and viee, oles: of crime and disgrace, the pest honses of and the cramined-io-saitocation atuca and cellars of our large cities Would be empued of their occupants and the »tnade useful, instead of, as now, laiqal- tons, members of soviety. Tuey area dead weight society las to carry, Ibis a duty society owes thous and Iiself to compel them to desist in Mmalntalaug its general progress. The same principle Unt ap- Piles Lo Lhe criminal should also include them, The general lafluence they exert upon society is even worse than that of the downright crim nal, for where the criminal i one they number thousands, It it is necessary for the int ts of the people that he who steals a hundred dol should be resirained of his liberty, ana it 1s the sphere of government to do it, how much m would it bo for ite interest lo transpose these leeches upon the vitality y into producing members ol it, AS a sub- erein the public wellare suters It is stricug Wihin the sphere of government, Other citations of unprofliable mombers of society coud be made, bug thas been alluded to to tacleate the general its and sphere of govervment when considered philosophis he Cvidences of a perfect governe ment must Le ougitamong tie most powerful and useful members of society, but among the ver¥ lowest classes. A good government can have na classes so low in tie Seale of development or use as lo be detrimeatal to its interests, And here is the test of governmental perfectabiiy If the United States as & nation occupies Any supertor or conapicu« ous positon in prop y Which i8 to make it repre. sentative—If 1b is Lhe point around which consviida- tion into universal government ts to begin, and from which contrai shail revolve until the World it ils object, 1 becomes the imperative duty of our statesmen and legislators to extend the splere ot government Unit 16 limita are bounded me} nowung Unat 13 detrimental to the general welfare of the poo. ple. Such government, aad such only, can be ca- during while becom universal, VICTORIA ©. WOODLLULL, 44 Broad street, S-URNALISTIC OTES, The editor of the Racine (Wis.) Journal describes the mauaner ia which he spent tie Fourth as fole low: We took our regular New England rum punch, t@ honor of the Pilgrim Fathers—winch has been our custom for a great many years—and otherwise cone (lucted ourself soberiy aad decentiy, celebrating a@ lite as possible, The local wil tell what he saw, Joun B, Boyd, formerly editér of the Clarksville (Va) Tobacco Plant, has become hopelessly insane, induced by pecuniary losses, ‘The Leavenworth (Kansas) Conimerciel prints the following brace of squibs:— On dit that a certain journal has assumed a new alias, that it may the more readily change its tacks provided the anticipated ollateral”’ i Lorths comming. ‘The “leading paper in Kansas’ having played perhaps there are those who are mnbiQous to a few thousands in as ading paper." MAN Kiniep py Lianrnina.—During @ thunda; storm Wednesday ‘afternoon an individual nawe Joyee, who had taken refuge With @ compantun be neath the porci of a dwelling upon Triumph Hill, was struck by lightning and inatantly killed, hie companion being rendered inseusibie by the shock, dt # remarkable that the buik to which the parties were standing did not bear the slightest evi- Littioton ay, 0 Ww corner of Casinet #4 BiLOOMFIRLD, Weiss to Bohier, 1 38100 acres... aences of the bolt, the only traces of whica were dite ceraivle upon the person, kuled.—THuseitle (Pa)