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MOHDiTMoiiUQiiummiu:;iHit. POLiTO-AMT. THE BIBLE VINDICATED rewcrfol Kcrnta by R. J. P. K.rrmiQ MttrApolltaa church waa literally packed yeiterday morning, to hear Iht Rev sir. Ntw. . ji;...iu n lha nutation "Daealha jtlbl Saaetlna rolygamyt' 1'erhara never, since the dedication r tha ehoreb, bee such an Immense multitude gathered with! Ita walls The President and family war there, ice President Uolfex, tha Chief Juttlee, aad Himtitri a ad Kanreaa ntatlvea letereated la the eabjeet, which li ici to become on of grave political, ee tt always hae beet oat of greet moral and rollgtoae Important Dr Newmaa took hit teat from Matthew, xlt "Haveyenet knr4 that lit which made mfn a. tne Dvgmning nan incnt aasi iau rimiur' The relation ot th ltt to the auTJect under oaatdtrattoa ! apparent to elL Tbet word are qnotanon iron m ! aad In their origin end application relate to nifrliii Thcv are tb solemn BaneaBcmeal of a fact which bee "tier beea celled In aee Hob, which fact eontelne the ! Motion of th DtvlueUreator, and which, la hare referred to In eondaotBatloa of polyg on ft and la appro?! nt nnnriuf Ther are a Df I of oar Lord reply to eertelarherlBeea who had propounded to him tha question of divorce for hit decision At mat uniw id jawa wi miiun Interpretation of tha law of Moica touching divorce ee recorded la Deut xilr 1 According la that law. Moaea eVaca-feat ot a Bia who should put away bit wife, a bill of divorce ment whlah ahould be for her roertea The jnstlflaatloo of tha separation, a iUl la tha law, U "some unclcenacit U bar " Upon the meaning of tha word "untleaaaei' the Jawt hao dinerent opinions Tha school of Habbl lllllelheld tho opinion that a nil might dis. ntUthta wlfa for IbaaUihtaat offence, for no nlTenaa at all If ha found another urn who pleased him better Hut tha athool of Rabbi shammal held that tha term aaelcannett mcKBi moral delinquency, and attained tola to be the only lawful cause for separation At Dartlaanathe Pharlteat uni toChrliL aad hoped to luvolv him la the pendlag eoa trvvvrsy iw win ichdui n uraiiin in aeeda to their wishes, but taking advaatage of the oeeaatoo, he delivered a discourse oa marriage, la which he amrmed three preposi tions llrsr. that merrleee It a divine lost.. tutloo i tetoad, that marriage la monogamous aa ladleatad by thefatl that la tha beglanlng Owl creeted-but on uaa aod oae womaa that la tht marrlsge union the maa end the womao beeamaont peraoaf that th man It to leave hit father aod hit mother and cleave to hla wlfei third, that marriage la ladlaaolubl mwp mot mnm eeuae lathla reply Uhrlat eolaelded with neither Srj tarn iiunuai di inierpreiRUOB, DUI Ideolaelde with the eebeol of Hheaaaaalaa far aa their Interpretation waa founded la ab- toiuierigni in mainiaining ine airitierview of the marriage obligation Shammal may or may not have been correct la Ma eipotltloa of mil paiiituiar iw, nut in oar at principle inai mere it out one jumnaoia iiuit ior tne conjugal aeparatloa and aeeond marriage la preeminently correct Hat the lharlicee were not aatlifled with Ihta aDiwer( and attempted to bring Ohrlat and Motet Into eoillalon Tht tald unto him, "Why did Motet eommaod to give a writing of divorcement, aad to put her a way T To thla the Waiter made a reply, eoatUtlog of three partti 1 Moaea did not command, but autrered you to put away your wlvte x. This he did becaaieof the nardneia or wlik edneta of your htattt, beeauie of which you would have disregarded all the righte of woman a llutfrom thebegtaalng It waa not ao. and I do here aod aow revoke erca that In dulgence, andaay unto you, "Whoaotver ahall put away hla wife, except It be for fornication, and ahall marry another, eommttttth adultery on waoaoervr narricin otr woica it pui away doth commit adulterr ' With the political aapecta of thla queatlon 1 uoooihiiduip i j a won pi inia oeaaaioni Thoaerepreteatlagthe three brantbetof the tloreroment nreaompateatto the task, and I have the atmoit confidence that they will dlt charge their duty If they ahould not It will be time for aa then to apeak, aad than we will BDanlcClod belaeoar halntr. In considering the bib lu at tide of the quea tlon of polygamy, 1 ihall eontldar two pointai the lew and the prtttictf and la thlt dlvltloa of tbeaubJcct 1 aatume that there la a dltfer eaee between the law aad the praetlte. The idw laooeiDing ana me practice it anoiaer The practice may favor polygamy, but the law coademaa It Ihe dllTereaee between Uhrittlaalty aod tha Church la analog out The latter la not aod never hat beta the perfect exponent of the former. The Uvea of raanr (Jhrlttlant, ot mlnlttert, of blahope, and of ootiea. have bean acandaloua In their oer aonal aharaeter In the dally Ufa of the bttt o( men there are terloua Imoerfettloaa Pttfee- tloa belongttn heavea te not predlcableof earth Under (he Divine name ot Uhrlatlanltv the graateat enormttlea have been committed! the ware of the crusader a, the torturaa of the laquleitloB, the martyrdom of the beat of men llul Ubrlatianlty Delthereaaatlona theee evlla aorla ah retponalble for them With thla dlatlncUoa atated. 1 ahall now proceed to prove that Ood t law coed em aa the union In Matting wf aawr than two peraoaa 1 Waal are the lawa thai aeem to aanatloo polygamy t The ad roc at at of polygamouc marriage quote with much confidence todua, Hit chapter, from thaTth to Ulh vtrtett Aod it man acii aiauaugoivr 10 pan maiuivrvaai, the ahall not ro out aa the menaarvaala do If aha pleaaa oot bar matter who hath be trothed her to hlmaeir, thca ahall ha let her be redeemed, to if 1 1 ner to a arrange nation, no ahall have oo power, teelog that be hath dealt deceitfully with her And if he have betrothed her unto hit aos, be ihall deal with her after the manner of daughter And If be take him another wife, bar food, her raiment and her ilutv of marrlaee ahall be not dlmlnlih Aad If he do not these three unto her, then ahall aae go out iree wunoui moncr " The slgnlflcant polnta la thla passage arei The law permitted a father who waa In utter destitution to apprentice hit daughter for a monetary contlderatloa Hut the apprentice atep waa guarded by the following coadllloaai The period of the Indeo lure could not eiaeed sis yeara At the expiration or that time, or sooner, aa at the year of Jubilee, or at the death ef her master, she ahould go freei and If harmaiter should betroth her In marriage, either for himself or his son Such are the two general conditions of the indenture Hut what are the facts touching the betrothal! It Is important to remember that the Jews made a distinction between betrothal and marriage, as we rtcogalit the distinction between en gage meat and marriage Now, the law directs that if the matter, having betrothed her, ahall change hla mind before the commencement of the marriage, ha shall permit her to be re deemed Ja thla case ahe had not become hla wife And the law further provides that If the matter shall betroth her to hit eon. aad If, after her betrothal and before her marriage, theaonthsll change hie mind and prefer aa other, and take bar to wife, then the betrothed Shall have btr marriage dower) and If he fella to do thla. than ahall aha en nut fra wllhaut money" -that la, without paying the price of htr redemption Thua the law It on the tide of the woman, for her protection when an en gagement la broken, and doea not direttly or Indirectly aanctlon polygamous marrlag ea With equal confide ooe the abetlora of Po lygamy quote jjcvmcuc, xvlll is neither ah alt though take wife to her alater to vex heri to uncover her nakedness, bealdet the other. In her lifetime" lilt aa accepted eaaon or Interpretation that the eeopa of the law mutt be considered In determining the tense of any portion of it, and It It equally binding upon ua lo ascertain the mind of the legislator from the orefasa of the law whan euch preface la given The Oral rite vereea of ids enapiar are preiaiory, and la the third verae It It ttated. "After the dolnca of the landot tgypt. whersln ye dwelt, ye shall not do, aad aller the doings of the land of Uanaaa wnuneri Dnng you, aoau ye not dot neither ahall ye walk lo their ordinances " What are their ordinances! Jloth the tgrptlans and the Oanaanltea practiced loeeaf, adultery, sodomy. Idolatry aod polrramv. ram vara aia io vara ifniiian in lis hi nnimniin. ineiawDi coosaoguin Uy la laid down, and the blood relationships are defined within thn limits of whiah ninnm are forbidden to marry llul la the eighteenth lag U sustained by Uookton, Ulthop Jewel, According to Ldwardt.the words M a wife to her sister," are found In the Hebrew but eight timet In eaoh ueaaaa-a the tafar ta Inanimate objects, such as the wiogs of the cherubim, teaont, morllecc, At , aod signify vvnynnt ivviuki vuv w BUUUIII AUVf U uotetheexact llkeneaa of ona thing to another, and here forbid, at tht margin expresses It. the taking of one wife to another in her life urn abo tne reasoo atsigneu tor tDls prohlbl tloa of a plurality of wives It natural, loelcal. and merciful Hecaust ll would " vex her" prove tne caute oi innumerable jeaioutlea and contention The history of pofygamoui mar rlages It the history of family brolla and do- mean calamines from ijtmecD, to jacobi from Jacob to David, from David to Holomon, and lu aahaenueat tlmaa tha vlntatlnn ni ik. divine law has been attended by auth evils If Mia i bui toe correti inierprttatioo, ineu we are reduced to the neaettlty of admitting that tlatera thua married are more like to quarrel with each other than other women, which It at abauid at it It Igoorant Here, then, we have a simple, potltire command, given by the Almighty, -Uou ahalt not take oae wife to another ' With perhaps even greater atturaoce of T.VtV -"omy axi, i-i7. nsd been ?kU-J. J., b U"1tt ' thl o aecure lo . !.i...i r"iu" lh "hu of primogeniture -.'.J.".10' ' "ut eunced;, Is not osccatlal to tht fultilmtnt of the law at glvaa here It Utqually a, , heable to monoganly, or f.UM-ViilKl-0L.lf "l A. to,tn hiof bau7 one w.y,,D.d,,b' l?LD..iHd httA ht having an. other wife, and she living may I enot love Ibe latter more than the runner anl oaturallr enough, and especially at her tuggaatlous and perhape at her demand, with tu alvanec Ler son to the righte aad postessioi s of the first borot Jilt not common In our dav (or tha father to ahow parljallly to the children of the accood marriage, end especially when tbt second wife shell demand It aa only a woman caudemand It I Tbla passage, therefore, protea nothing for poly gamy, but like those previous ly examined, when correctly Interpreted, eon demos the stupendous evil as a tlo against ucu aou a crime egaiust sosieiy Hr Newman then referred lo Deuteronomy, twenty fifth chapter, 'root the fifth lo tenth variet, aod answered those who adlueeltaa a proof text for polygamy The object of this law wat the restrvalU n of families and of family Inheritance!) but II uoce not sanc tion nor even eueuik at pwlisauik' Take the eaaeef Hutb d her bear kiot nan He at ""-t redeem tie Inheritance or U ah ton, but whau Hoai said lu htm Thou fi'.1!? b.utwt h he Mtabliesa the wife of the dead tu rala up Ibe name uf the dead upon hla inberltau c, he declined, "lest lB.r uyowa Uuialtawt,1 tht utauiBg oi which li that two famtltet end two laherl fanVaatoaererorare too much for on man 0."!:!"r,h.a"o..ll.Vn..Th.th;,alrVd; K.j..iriad children also. Uaauehouea- tloeB JoBephus la good authority. Ana inea turn to Luke twentieth thapleMwenty eighth verse, aad the question which the Saddueeea ..arf HffhMt wife ahall aha bef la Intentetr personal, but lotet all Its tlgnlOtanee tf the tubtequent brothers had bad other wives A 1AI1 IB III MilHM IMIIMIIIhini rilDIll waareeogaltedlotho lawi aad In the ease ot married men rwmg compelled io urciin Imnliidia ft If thk hna.wMt the U rledman who refuted not only drew off the ana ht inMnitiiil whlla the woman whom D nad trjeetea apa in nia ib adu b argument It alrengthened by tht faat that we have no knowledge either In aaared or profane History, tnni noai naa oevn ranrnru prior bit marriage to the beautiful Ruth This It oae of the clearest cases lathe IJlble for mo lt ut the tett mott confidently relied on to sustain the legal aanctlon of polygamy It II Samuel, all chap , Ith vertet "And I gave thee thy matter a bouse, and thy matter a wives uato thy bosom, and gave thee the house of laraal and of Judab, aod ir that bad been too Utile I would moreover have given unto ihee auth and such tbtngt " The meanlngorwhlch Ic simply that Ood had transferred the king dom from Saol teTllavld. aad laproof It la stated that even Haul s bouaeholfbad fallen Into hit hands. The term wlvee maybe ree dered women, far we aewbere read that Saul had more than oae wife, whoae name wat Ahinoam Itlipab. waa a aeaond wife, or at most, hit concubine The women of hla eourt re therefore meant To give these Into David a bosom simply I mil lee protection Abraham'! bosom, to which Iitrut waa ear rled, waa a place of protection figuratively iv Created It doet not mean that they became it wives, for Bishop Patrick la bit eommeo tarlaa hat Justly aaldi "Thai among the Jewt no tuhjett might have ao much as the horse of a kiog no more tban bla aceptre or hla crown, ranch lata hit widow or one divorced who waa to remain a widow to the day of her death " These are specimens ot the acrlpture passage adduced In anppoit of Polygamy, and those not vet considered are all aa susceptible of aa easy and logical explanation aa those already eiaalaed, and we therefore eonelode that there la ant one text la tne mnie wmen even annnntta nntifimam marrlaeet 2 Uut what lb pattagea which condemn Mlitinvl tliMia aaauhteal are the lasolred wi (t era more explicit than on this, and II Is to be rerraltad that soma commentators. Who have not given epeelal attention to the sub ject, nave noi oniy eonccuru tuv mucn. nam oa more thorough levettlgatlon would have been dented, but nave treatel the tuhjeet with a auneiltalalllv unwot thv of manor learoleg aad the solemn Interests involved In the qu ca tion, tor many years many aoi miaiaivre eeeceded that the lllble sanctioned and author lied slavery, but there were a few to whom wou naa liven a oaiiar uBut-riiaanioa; aim ub wnot mioa a purer ugni luooi-wog uravij defended the dertpturee and It 1b not loo much to eay that In view of the great revolu tion of potltlcal and moral Ideas ihrough which we have Just passed, that within the next ten yeara men will wonder at the attempt of any no interpreted! ma uioiaia tnsinivraaie biblical acbolara to make the study or the Scripture, touthleg polygamy, n epealelty, an I that wblth baa hitherto been conceded will hereafter be denied Uookaoa end Paley, and 11 wards and lwlght, and other eminent aeho lata. who kiti conaltteatlr exDoanded the oaripiurva aa iDaataniai; pijaamy, win Uhurch In all lam lllbllcal Interpretatloa It progressive Tht text remains the tame t but with theology, ac with every branch of atlence, at the human mind la llf ted up, a 1 carer vlewe are entartalaed of divine truth Ilia a marveloua reel thai the monagamoaa character of the first marriage on record la affirmed by Moaea, tha lawyer, Malachl, the latt of the prophets, by Uhrlat. the founder of a sew dlapeatatloa of religious truth and worship, aad by St. Paul, the great Apostle to the Ueollles That marriage la recorded la Oeeeslcltati "Therefore shall a maa leave his lather and mother, ana snail cleave uato hit wife, and they ahall be oae flesh Language cannot be more simple and explicit. In eater lag the mtrrlage state a man shall subordinate all other natural connections, even parental eidearmenta, wblth are held to be the atroacett, and ahall M cleave uato hla wife1' And that he might obey thla command, Uod Eave unto Adam out on woan He could ate created norm eon waa anfflelcnt. In thtlr opposite phy ileal, ueotal and moral characteristic! man and we man became la marriage a perfect humanity "one nesn " ASH to prov in ouiigauana 01 mia uum union, of oae man and oae womaa la wedlock, Ihtte name wordt are quoted by Maltahl, It 11,11 And In sanction ot Motet and Mala ahl our Lord quotea these very wordt In Mat thew, xlxJ.o la thete words Christ condemns both successive aod simultaneous polygamy! and It la remarkable that tha ala here con demned by our Lord doea not coisltt In put ting away a former wire Man aad wife may eeparate and vat be Inaocent of the great transgression, out toe tin eonaitu m tn iai, "and ahall marry another He haa no right 1 ollowlog la the (ooitupa 01 bia mastert Paul fluntaa than In nhaalana. iM 11 Thus. a touching this remarkable paatage what la the aumt They were recorded bt Motes la Ihe onenlec chanters of the bib lei tbev are repeated and explained by Malachl la the last book of the Old Testament) they are repealed aad enforced by Uhrlat In the first book of the New Testament, aod they are reaateited to enforce the aame doclrlaeof duality la mar riage by tot, Paul, the grealeat of all the a poe tics rala la enforced by the seventh command- meat, 01 wnicn waunvw v, w, ic me eapoai tloa. Andaa a further enforcement ef thlt grand truth, history repeats iiaeu as uoo deslgaed la the begieolng to people the whole earih from the ofTtorlsc of Adam and Lve. ao after the flood Uod purposed to repeople the world by the eight persons eared la the ark lour man ana lour women la Deuteronomy xvli. 17, polrgsmvla preasly forbidden by Mossc ia vj lupiif aioaa aaiiui- pates ton in . jews win desire a king, aad Is ifven to the high priest Levltleue xxl. la. And thla law It carried out by St. Peal In hie dlreallont toTlmotbr 1 Tim lit 1. Thla It regarded by toma aa a very weak proof tea i, out i rrgara it ea one oi tne atroaeeti ia ine binie a oisaop, toco, must do aiameieaa, the husband of one wife Tht abettors ol polygamy assume that a bishop must have one wile, and ns many more aj he pleaaea lint the distinction la not between an un married man aad a married man but between a man with one wife aad a man with many wlvee lor it tne eiailaatioo it between an uamarrled man aod a married one fiat It, If a bishop must have one wife nofeas ve-Vae thca ae unmarriea man can oe an eider in tne Church of Ood Ua minister loses his wife, be must ceaaato bt a minister till he gets another And what ahall we do with John the Haptlit, with St Paul himself, with JJUhop Ashbury, and with Joho Wtsley, who remained unmarried many yeara, and It had been better for btm and the Uhureh If bt had aever married, for be got a genuine Jcicbel, wherever aba aame irom, whether from above nr balaw I Kaoahtar 1 UiacKcioaeaaa wen aaia,( vol l,pageuo,or hit Uommeatarlee t) ' Polygamy Is condemned ey to law oi tarn nw atamnt " The census of the worl I. no far aa taken, aa to the proportion of matet aod femtlrs.coo- uiuni uvijimaij uu viauiaaiea lue uinoe law lheiojunatloalai "Let every man bare hla own wife, and let every woman have her own buiband " Now, take Ihe census of the world, aad what are the facts! According to Ihe census of this couotrv forllaO. we have tke follow I eg i White population, It A3i ooo mates ana iiw.wuieraairo.increDeine an ex. eetsof 111 too males slave copulation. 1.003. alea aad 1.W3.00Q famalea. an excess of 1,000 males Take theeeasusiorisoo watte population, lSJvaiM malaa and ltOU.lOft lamalaa. an aa- eesa of over TOO 000 malee Uolored popula tion, l,Wt,00Q males and 1,071 OW famalea. an v iivw BiaivB. iuuiiu ivfuiaiioo, ltoo males and If 00 famalea, an excess 01 1,1 wi maiva la Oreal Britain there la an excess of TOO 000 females, but add the Dronortlona of malea and femalea of the Untied rJtatea and Oreat llrlt ala, representing two great branches of the Anglo-aaxon race, aad the proportion of the eexea la about enual In ranee there era 19.0tf.0o0 malsa and 10 061,000 femalea In Aus tria inert are iioztooQ maiea and 1T,TI 000 females Ia Italy there are 11 TJT.000 malee and 11 TI 000 femalea la Prussia there are 11JT! 000 malea and ll 100 000 femalea Here la aa excess of 1 0T4 ooo femalea la tbtae five great European nations, with a total population of 11 two OOOi that la one wife for each man and the one hundred and thirty-eighth part of an othcrwlf for the aame man (Lautbter J Hut now add the number of soldlsra la those coun tries, wnleh art not included In tht civil lists, and the Dooulatloa la about enualltad AaJ Judging from the relative proportion of the acxes la Indian and negro populatloo of this country, we maycootlude that the same law of equalization holda good In Us application to the nations of Asia and Africa Thus nature provides for the right or each man to one wife Hut polygamy violates thla rleht. for if one man ta tea Iwelveawlvaa. than eleven men aie cheated out of their natural rignia roiygamyis a aomcstie aristocracy, trampling under foot tha rights of tha common people Dr Newman then proceeded to consider Ihe vrtctU recorded In the lllble aa dlatlnculahed from thn law therein The first instance of itneuioie is 1 Aod who waa Lamecht a muraerer And ine murder waa eommltted la deft nee of polygamy Tbls Is certainly not an auspicious beginning for aush a system This is the only lastaoceof polygamy recorded In ttcrlptures during the lrst iwo thousaod yeara after the Institution of marriage 1 aod we Judge from the record that both Lantech aad those around him considered It a crime Uut tbeadvocatct of polygamy adduce tbt case of Abraham as furnishing an unanswer able argument Yet I do not hesitate lo esy that Abraham waa In 00 sense a iwlygamlsL wnat are ine lactti trod naa ei petrca uato Abraham and Dram land him a numerous noa. terliy Hla yeara had passed away and the promise was not fulfilled Then Harsh fan clad that aba must help the Lord to keep hla promue, aau sne muueeu nr nuaoaua tu pi ner ntounim 11 agar, an wrpuao Bin Hut alier the evil had been wrought tiarab realized cr sin but threw the blame on Abra ham. saving "My wrong be upoo thea The Iird judge between me and thee Tha Lord um noi reeognlit labmael as Abraham's son The angel u Ihe desert calls him the lad,1 and tears after, whan (1 ml nnnin.Uil Abri ham to offer Isaae on Mount Marlah, be eald Unto him Take now lav ana. ihlna nnlw ana ! Thlt waa Abraham a only offtnoe of .JT .1? V w"ie na and Harah repented After the death of Harah Abraham lived Se veers, and married Katurth Theeateof Jac b waa then eooBldercd by the speaker His maritege to Leah and Itache) la a faett but there are nolnta of vladi. cation He waa reared am the sanctities of nnuuanf nia iimii iiaat ntd DUI one wife Ingoing from hit home to Labao he found himself lo a country where olygauy waa practiced, end when away from ibe re atralnta ol home. Ilk t men V vounx mta la our day he yielded to the power of Prevailing tuttota Then alto, he waa deceived Into the predict of pui; gamy. AjalOitHlaiiowhanin UaBlbU slalmedtobca religloaa man, till aner hit conversion atinenrooa joooa,aiij- whien no cieantea nit nous 01 iuvi, tbeuteforth lived aialnlly life Up te thlti time he waa aaythlngbut a taint, and It hla ptactlceof polygamy la aa approval of the irattlte.soalsols his previous i conduct the approval of lying to hit old blind father, and ot robbing Mt brother, r tau. ot hit birthright. The latter follows the rormer as a logical se quense Judah. Lash asoo.wssthechoseo pro genitor ot Ihe Messiah, and la the family vault of Macptlah, Leah and not Htcht. waaVirted with Jacob. ... , , , . Dr Newman then considered David and Solomon aod handled them without glovea nw.. fi.,1 ..I1..I thBm tA thalf hleh DOtltlOBt. they were not gullly of polygamy Their offence wat an after act In process of time, .!.. taama a mniiBltr Of HcenllOUtnCIS. abhorred ot men and condemned by Ood To bit many wlvet tha prophets ascribe hie down rail, as recorded In 1 Kings, xlt 1, IS, and la Hehemian.xiiiiio Hut what shall we say ef hla wrttlagtl Sim ply thin that what Is ascribed to him be wrote, n.l what he wrote la truth. The elftor SUDtr natural wladom waa elven to him Tn the DurltT ot bit youth, aod was not withdrawn It la ao Insignificant faat that hla wrltlagt toa damn bla practice None of the sacred wrllera have given more perfect portraiture of the true wife (none have given eueh terrible warn legi to the young man agalnelthe wllea of tht alrange woman Intellectually, Sulamon waa a great aueeett) morally, he waa a atupendoua failure You say he waa a type of Ubrltt ao waa tht braten serpent and when that braiea aerpeat became an objaat of Idolatry, It waa deairoyed Aa to bit father David little mere can bt said He wat a great tolJIer, a wise king, a noble pott, but as a man ha waa a mitti cCtr mtlrr In no historical character do such vir Iota and such vices exist Ho la a aalnt aad a sinner aa angel aod a devil At a moaarch, aad always true to tht Jewish theocracy, he waa a M man after Ood'a own heart,' but la hla character as a mao he was both good and bad Whatever good la displayed la ala char ncter we art to approve and Imitate) what ever bad wt art to despise aod thua lint If Jacob and David aal tiolomoa were lolygamltti, lu violation of Uod a law. what shelf we aay of those other great and good Itthla ahareatera who ware free from Ihe great transgretiloa Let me call the roll of honor i Adam, Loocb, Noab. Abraham, liaat. joaej a, luosca, Aaronu in grva propneit anil all the hole anoatlea The lived In a polygamic age, yet inty condemned me cut enaiomaof their time by their spot lest and godly example And that nature aaj revelation, thadletatet of reason and the voice of the Uaureh. unite ta condemning n practice wnicn is ruinous io the domestls purity and happiness, corruptive of tht public mnratt, and tubveralre of the Uhureh of Ood, Jloth the cplrlt and tbt letter of the dlvlae law condemn polygamy aa a ala, and Ihe aoclal aad national evils which have resulted therefrom, wherever the evil haa pre vailed, unerrtnelv nolnt ua aa a nation to tha pith or duty to be pursued The hone of tht nation, and Iht prosperity of IheLhurchde. renu largviv upoe in purity oi in lamiiy The mutual lava of hantilaeaa af husband and wife, the education and proper training of the children ef the household, tan be beat secured oy tne sanctity oi monogamous marriages mm !, fiKsntrt, iuiii j ia taw agirc gallon of families and at are the ramlllet,eo will be society the voice of warning comes lousTrom ihe tenia of Arabia, from the pal aces of Uhaldeai from the pyramids of Lgypt, It comet from brood the Rood in erttv sen tence of Lamerh e speech to hla horror atrlekco wives) It tomea from tbt pssturt nciuaoi a-auaa Aram, out oi tne outer neait burning! of Leah and Kaahellt comes from the throne of Julea, stained with the blood Moloch, on which were eonaumad thehodlaa of Isreel e children. In the valley of Ulnnomt It cornea from the entombed nations of the mighty past Thua warned and thua la atrualed, uurduty to Ood to the family, to Uhilatlan phtlantbropbtate aad patriots, la plain and Imperative. THE vOU'EOKTUEPlOPLK renilaneri Im lb Civil Merrlee. LDiTOuNATiOuat RKrOBLICiaiPltatener mtt me through your columns to refer to the fact that along time since a bill was let ro duced ta the House (aad relerred to a commit tee) with a view to restore the amount of pen eloa withheld from pensioners employed In the civil eervlce ot the Oovernmcnt from March, lKa, to June. HOfl, aad there It Ilea "swettlag the verdict H We nreaume that lion areas. In tta mutllnlL. elty of business, haa unintentionally over- 1001m our iai mai w nar o paiiesny awaited ibeir action upon, and with thla view or the matter retpeetlulty Invite their atten tion to It. hoping that action may be lakea upon It ak an early day, aa those to whom Its benefits will he txleoded art la great euspense regarding It A Ona-txaoxo artaA Tbej Hispply unci l'rleo of lee Ul 1 DtToai The folio wine aooeared under the editorial head la tha a-eealayaler of tbe 13d Inst t uaovvu u.iumii uw nnuwuw,iiiiin, Kennebec river, there are tweatv-five lee nouses, wnicn noniam xuiou tons 01 ice Irom other lee producing quartern we have statistics of like teoor, ao tnat the evidence Is pretty conclusive that the crop has not oaly not been a failure, bat that II Is nearly or jui iv up w u aTvrage, win id nuiqiilj anij quality Uonaumerc should nor, thtrefore, submit to any attempt which may bt made to rut ud the or ice il urine the comlor aeaaon Vlguretthla summer should not be much, if ?DT SUVTT IUVWV WOIVH HI.TV DlllftlUni la ormer yeara. ! ibay -! awta u dealers are reasonably eoteriirlaint? In Ihe manara mentof their business aad fair toward Ibeir cut torn era," I.t ua aae hnw far the above naraeranh la haraaout be facta. We will examine flraitha quantity anu quauir 01 ia rop gainertd, and then give the reatoa why prleet have ruled to low here Ihe past two years) wilh Iht rrault to Ibe Itt torapaoles. It Is gSBsrally conceded, and known by Ihe writer to be the fact, that outside or New tog lead the lee crop has been a complete falluie the past winter, aad that consequently, Is ad dition to Ihe trade usually ta boiled bv that section. New York city, to a great extent, nnd Philadelphia, Mainmort aad Washington, together with tht Intermediate towna and cities, are wholly dependent thlc season 00 the extreme Eastern section of our conntry for their aupply In ordinary seasons New Terk not only supplies herself, but haa from one id two nunorid inouaaau tone 10 export. WOlie 1-oilAUBipnta.uaiiin.Dr ana w aaningmn gainer irora on anu in iwwiairuaoi ine quae liy requirsu tor uair vauaunpiioa mis aa iilAaal demand, therefore, haa t ha tha eroosalhered lo New Kactand. tha ball of wbicb comet from the email space la the Kennebec river lying between Oardlner and HUhrannd While ihera may ba tatnlvtia ahede aad houses between these two polnta capaoie 01 nouamg iw.wi iobb oi rse, we ven ture to assert that of tht amount boused, not over two thirds can or will beshlppad. from tbt fact that three fourths of what are de nominated ice noutea are nutmeg more ibaa temporary structures, Improvised la the lightest end most crude manner, latt this spring, when It became keowa that tbt arop bad tailed every wlere else, and art conse quently not adapted to the precervatloa of The adlltlonal quantity of let housed la New Lngland thlc year will not meet tht In creased demand from tht four titles abort named, leartas- out tha lanumernble in.ll.p cities aad towo that depend upon that seetlOe or tneir tuppir ine prise wnian ia is nam jvuria init csr Is from 3 60 to 3 per ton more than It asbaen for several years past, while tht uallty (particularly that cut late tbla spring) b much below the averace. both In aallditv nnd thickness consequently Ihe lose In transit la much greater, and the expense of handling doubled We not only have to pay the heavy advance tor interior ice. tubmittineto a inn ol twenty five or thirty per cent, fa transit, butlaaddllloa thereto have to pay a heavy freight oa tht quantity watted during the voyage It la generally known thlt we have had two rival eompaalec here tbe past three yeara, and that Ice haa been furnished at tush prlaea aa to entail aa actual lost to both companies la fact, so great haa been the loss sustained b' tbttompany that had don the largest busl valuttloa, as dstermlned by disinterested ap oralsers. and retire Irom the Held The buai. ness, therefore, Is principally in the bands of tu vrra aaiia a uvuiibj, a jQlbl IIOCK corporation, tbe stockholders of which are eltlisnsof this District, aad well konwn to the community generally We pronoce to furnish Ice of aa good quality ae can be pro duced, and at at Tow a price at It aao be fur nlsbed, and make a fair profit oa our InvttU mint nsugngtmiDi mis no ni as unity will ask anything more less, we assure It, we have no desire to do Our prices nre bow some twenty percent below the prlcca charged In llaltlmore, and we believe ara below those ol Philadelphia and not abort that of New York The writer will only say la conclusion, that he Is oae of tht largest stockholders la tht Oreat relit Ii Company) that they have only declared On dividend alnaa tha anmnan haa been la existence, (four yeara,) that he enjoys the privilege of ptylog tbe same par pound for every pound of ue that he tonsumes, that eny one else dost) that he has sacrificed a large portion of bla lime aod considerable money la endeavoring to makt tbe company a aneeeaa. aad la meetlne the wanta of the ion. munlty promptly and reasonably, and that If any one minks tbt company nas a "good thing' aow, ht can have bit share of It by pur chasing the writer's stock at a vcrr heavy de- picsiauvu utiAT t ALLIi Oea rf tw NoaroLK Itxa We are pleased to notice that abundant cueceti Is promised lo our fellow-townsmen. Messrs H I lirowa anddeo If IMaol fc Uo , la thtlr entarprlie lo establishing a permanent tteamer line from this eltv to Norfolk Tbe line steamer "J.edy of the Lake," arrive I here on Naturday.hav Ing a passenger list of nearly one hundred, and nrmging n mu ireigni 01 oysters, nsn ana gar den products The anDOlntmenta of the van. el are first class, nnd the offlcert experienced and affable, with that triad teaman, Uaptaln JoaeDh W Dentv. In command Mr. Uharlaa Hpcar, Iht general iu erlnteodent, It a gentle- roan ui energy, nnu ott an eye single to toe aceofn mode Won of passengers aod shippers, and Is ably assisted by Jot If oldrege. Iht eflleteot eltrk whose duty li to receive freight, end look out for Ihe general welfare of tha passengers Our Oeorgetown ulllere seem disposed to encourage the line to tbelr fullest extent and thortly after tha veiael discharged her cargo on Haturdty, there wart delivered on board 1200 barrels of flour consigned to Ilotton. besides a nuantltvof aalseellaneoua freight The'Ledr of the Lake" will leave Itr fiorioia; ate p ra louey OoalletOKJ MtPherson Post No t.O A It . la mikliif arraneemenla to alva a trend aasred concert at Ihe National Thestre on dundsy, May It, tbt proceeds to be usedfor tha hanaHlnf t hale alak and wouededeomradea The beat professional and amateur talent of tne liy naa pita ecuivu, aau it ai i aaiaij predicted that 11 will bt a success, both la au artistic as 1 rcuniarj M Tivuis a U0.TO6 fjantrt Market Soaet. aiedlt) using of a splendid ltOk Of dry00dl m m mi twifvat (ivvai BEUatOTJB. ih arete nervlaYetry- aUKDAT HOHOOI, jrjBitin The tithilaa filriinl tha ftahhatli aahool of thtTblrteeath Street llaptlit church laat evening were highly Interesting, and tbt thurah waa well filled with tht popili, parents, ana meuae of the thlldrea The exercises commenced with tlnglag the bymn " Urlgbt jewels or aong to the Havlour we bring, after which Kv Dr.B P Hill read approproprlate scriptural selections Tht paetorof the church, Rtv.Dr, J II Uulhbert, neat offered prayer, tha children following with a jubilee eoag. The first addreaa delivered waa by Edmund F Urowo, the Brat secretary of the school, who gave aomtvery latereitlagremtnltetncea of hla connection with the ithool when It wat orgaalied lalll He aald he wat a teathtr lalht school half a century ago Kev, It. W. Dodge, euperlatendent from 1S38 to 1110, wat expected, but teat a letter ex plaining tht reattat why he could not attend lit regretted that pastoral Outlet prevented hit being In Washington on thla occasion t 14 rviw, iui awpviinteaiicni 01 tn aahool from 1110 to 1141. aad 1IU lolllt. next read a blitOTieai payer, aataiiur many ef tne prominent evcata la tht earlier hit tor y of the enoBi, miu nu iii m viivt uiDKrapniini akatthor thtteachtra andegperlateadeott The children then ssne With mnah anl r It. Pratte film, nralie lllm. after whlah Prof Otic T, Mason, cuperlnteodeat from loos to itu, ana irom inne to isow,Drieny audrestea the children Tht aong, "There la work tu do for Jeaoa ' waa next rendered. Superintendent Young thca read hit aaoutl report, announcing nrst inai nt should give up the chargt during the com Ins? year The school consists ef about too acbolara. tbe largest number preset 1 at any eeeclon being 1IT The library haa now over 100 volumes, butlsaot large enough for Ihe wants nf tht ashool It will require folly 300 to aurpty the number and kind of booka beaded. At the conclusion of tht report Thomas Bameon, ttq oa behalf of the leathers nnd aeholara, presented Huperlatr ndeni Young with two besutltul newer ataadt, filled with exquisite exotlta short addressee followed by Hon, S, H Fisher, Rev Mr Myrlek, Oeneral lirowa, and hod jnaR 11111, iiaw ry, in atretic concluding by the dlitrlbutlon otrtwardt.aad ine ocBCUictiOB, proaonacea ay ev ur. mil r LOW KM, BlkDO, AaDUTTtBOUILDHair ttev A U Harry preached yesterday morn Ing at Metierott Hall oa tht abort subject. The texts were 1 M Heboid tht fowls ef tbe air a e (jontlder tht lllllta of the fields ntatt , ti. vo, im atnu jnui aaiieu a mil child unto him and aet him la tht midst of them "Matt, xvlll, 1 Tht preacher thought we mist one-half of me a enjoyment ana ucpriro ourtcivee 01 tne dlvlnest sources of tutturt and trot enlighten meat by shutting ourselves up In 0 Bloes and stores, and shops and drawing rooms, and even churches, and rarely ever going into the tie lis aad woodlands, there locoeverte with aature, instinct witn in anu oeautr. inereoy riic refrethmcnt,rest, and wltect loitruetion at her In a recent watg In tbt coo airy bt gathered a handful of wild flowers, and what erand and beautiful thobghta tbey euggealed of Ood I Indeed, they were a revelation of Ood So, too, were tke birds, whoct carols were heard where the flowers grow Tbla waa what Uhrlat meant when he aaltt Uonslder tht Illlles of tht field," and "Behold tht fowls ef tht air ' Thert la lo the heart of Ood a iovtor tne beautiful, aad be expresses that ove In all beautiful lorma Wilh flowers and birds he alwaya associated little children They make a most attractive Irtalty, aad they belong together They equally belong lo the a p ring lime With Its tru strut, unielflih heart, Ua bright. Joyoua eyea, Ita Innoeant aad merry glee, childhood la ever hallowed, aad lie hollowing presence una a win an u win miiaiM a a joy Howere, blrdt and thlldrea I How na turally tbev associate thamaelrea tnaaihar In oar minds, as thsy art associated la the dlvlnest lessons of Jesus or Matveth I What la thellkeoess between thamt f irat-ihev ara .. -.i...l. j al- m. r; - z imiraiih aaaw iu iitiiaa ot in naia, or any aprlag now era that blossom oa tht prairie aod or la The woodlands, aad w tat are they but tht most Imnresalvt emblems of nnrit I Thn. peal to all that la good aad pure la the aoul of nan, aau inn ia way uciigavy man rBOncment will alwaya bt found wherever flowers art found, tvta though It bt lalht homes of tkt verv Door We associate them with tha nuritv ot the heavenly land) aad ehlsfest among Its outward attractions, we thlakof heavea at a plast la whose emerald bowers, aad along whose guarded walks flowera blossom Jo beauty and fngranet forever ine Bineinr oiraa too. ara em men a or msn. eence Timid, hatmlets creslurec they are, wilh all Innocent waya 1 and It Is not to debate tarols. and the atralna that hara flit nur orenarue anawoouiaeus And little children art innocent, like Ihe birds and Dowers Uhrlal meant this when he said, "Of such la lha Kingdom of Heaven" We bave tbeorlca which say that the little child Is net purei that be It fainted with sin before birth, and that be comet Into tho world uitanr uapravao uut surely no one tan be- tlcva thlc Uhrlst tould oot havs believed tt He could not have meant in th.k i iitt to become Uhrlstlana to fulttl the conditions of dlsclpleshlp we must become totally de- r raved On the contrary, he meant to aay bat we must be pur If wt would entertht Kingdom of Heaven, because little eh lid re a are pure Uod pity the man who. In hie blind, bcsb of soul, or la the heathenism of his creed, can look Into Ihe open, smiling fait of chlld hool, mirroring tht heart lhaf has no sinful thought, and knows ao guilty sorrows, and readc there only the evidences of corrupt aad ratlaa. ) i-.a, .! 4.. .-I, the dark ltDCt of depravity and aln ft lowers, birds and little children, then, arc alio alike, la having no anxious caret when Christ would leach a lesson of tuperlorlty to worldly aaxlety and eencera, and of trust fa a watchful Provident, be aayat " Heboid th fowls of the alri eoatldar the lllltee of tbe field" And when He would tmblemlie the Christian faith, tho faith that tatbebardial patha never leta go the head or tbe dear Lord, aad never queailona that there It a loving guardianship la the dark dare aa la tha bright once. He eele a little child In the midst of uc acdaao, Of aueh Ic the kingdom ef heaven ' f .gain, flowers, birds and little children are he In thlti that there are no rivalries, ao dltputatloas, no contentions among then ae to which shall be the greatest Ibe modest violet Is tontent to grace some humble Spot) the trailing arbutus to open Its delicate petals and shed Ita richest perfume upon Ihe eanda of tbt pine woods, aad neither fa ambitious io txebangtplacea with tht more prelections sardlnal flower or the queenly rose The sparrow wilh Ita plain brown eoat, end Itt neet on tbt ground uoder aoma garden bush, It Just as contented and alngs as bllthly aa though it had tha gaudier noat and grander bueaof Ihe oriole, which la content with Ita place aad Ha lor, and there la no envy on tht one aide or pride on tha other Tbe eemebu anility and unselo'ibnseevcnarsaterlse little children The worldly aal arbitrary distinc tions of grown-up pcoplV are oot known among them Whether thly live le a Utile brown home or a big whtthouse makes do difference. They play togetre equals Anything teat helpa us to bvap me childlike la character, aad Ufa Ic to bt cVerfully and thaakrully accepted If datk ds ctmti If sorrows and dlsappolatmeata coma, tbey are to be aecepled thankfully alio OoJ hss lov ing purposes la them Tbey are part ef tbe needful dlsslpllae of life nightly regarded the dark daye, la which we are sorely tried, la which our hearts ache with every grief will ba our beat davB. because Ihev will haln na fat worthier vlewe of life, and so tweeter expe riences of dlelne love, aad la thai helping ua tbey will help ua tnbeoome like flower and r Iris, and, moat of all, like little children. poubtk FRxeavTaaiAacnuncM Tht paalor, Kev. John U. Bmlth, D. D, S reached la the morning from the xlxchap oho, eib veraet Pilate aalth unto them take ie him and crucify him, for 1 find do fault la lmM in tbt aneroooa ine communion was admin istered to many member. 1 our persons were added to tht church BBW TOBK 1TI1DI raxiBTTBaup: CHVBCH The pastor, Kev 8 Mllahall, announced that he had baea directed by the presbytery to preath a lermoa oa "Predeittsatlon II said he did Dot know the motive whlah trompted this order, but It had been madcand e obeyed It with alacrity 11a quoted tbe con fection of faith and tbe larger ealechlam, the tenet or the Uhureh upon that subject, aad In quired If ll were not better lo preach more of love, charity godllnaia and a crucified Saviour than of tht doctrines of predcttlnallon He thea reviewed aad advocated the entire and perfect truth ef the doctrine or bumaa accountability as being taught la the holy scrlpturea, and that any Idea of predcttlna llon, aa Interfering with or abrogating human accountability, waa founded la error The freedom of the will of ma to do good or evil wactelf evideut to every one by reason of hit owa consciousness, and bis future eeeouaU ability therefor wae patent from the sllgbect examination of an hundred passages of scrip ture ' Predestination was aa attribute belonging toOd alone, and He had eo sr ranged II as mat i anuuiu nrvr auvot HIS rigOl 10 JUOge every maa for tht deeds dona la the body, whether they are good or evil riaay ooaoaxaATioKAt onoacn Rev Dr Itanhla, pre at had to a fall boat, many ef Iht recent council being present, from 11 Cor 11 ls-ia Mor wt art uato Uoda tweet aavoror Christ, la them that art aaved aad la them that peritht to tbe one wt art tht savor of death ualo death t and to tht other, a savor or life unto life Aad who Is luffltleat for these tklngi 1 Liu ring tbe service sixteen new members were nropounde 1 for a Imlasioa to tht chursbi and at the close Rev Dr Rankla and Dr D U Patterson were appointed to represent tha church at the Jubilee Convention to beholden la Chicago oo Wednesday of this week, It be u.tb,?olb nlrtreeryyeeror the landing of the Pilgrims in law, end the Congregation, allsla being la the Hue of descent The TeanperaBiee Casta. Justice W 11 Chase, of Washington, dallv ered an eloquent temperance add rest at Ar lington on I rldsy night, under the euinUei or Lxecltlor Lodge No 4, 1 O (I T Thlt protperout lodge hac made arrange. menu to give a terles of free public leeturec 00 the Sublect of Tamnaranaa ) Tti.i. h.n will be thrown open for this purpose the see .. H.UHUB7 vTvutuB ut Bin uDsin Tht Washington Temperance Hoclaty held another aucceiiful mtttlnf latt bight at Tern peranct Hall Mr John U Thompton presided, aodthnrt ad Irenes were delivered by Capt II If Pialt, United rttatea nrmr. and Meatra W E. Lovett, W V Drew, Oeorge rJavace, "wii iwHffi wuua Miuuifvrvoa anu j i Harris A vote of thanka waa tendered to Hon w E I.ovett. who la about to take hla danarttira for California, for the active Interest he baa laaea m me cause, ana ior ine aid be gave ibe society this winter The Chrlatlsa Tempcraote Alliance held a largt meeting latt night at tha Methodist Protestant chureb, near the navy yard gate Hou.'D P Holloway presided, with Mr 11 N, Uotheryas aatretary Addreaict were deliv ered by Hr Holloway, Allen Colfin, esq , and Ksv Mr Wilson The result of tht meeting waa the addition of eighty namei to the pledge (1 I. HHtairv. efflee rour aid a half tf jt aad the Canal, bat OumbarUid eotl ta as sorted QUtiltlts to suit U piiLi. Taja New Ton: RnynaLtolw Aaaomavmw. Thlt ataoelatltn held a special mtetlag oa BBturaay evening, ni men oaaaquartera, juid trty Hall, Uon A. M. Ulanp, president, Is tht chair, aod Secretary Patrick acting. Tht committee In cbargeottbe sociable tobe given a miivuii am)ii ua rt niqctmr evBine rw ported ntsjjtress. and tush a bomber of tickets were tdHSon the spot at premised aucteta aad svlowva that oecatloa, A committee waa appointed to inquire tato the right ot New Yorkers to vote tor State officers after par ticipating ta tht municipal tlcetloo bcrt. The question being a legal one, tht following mam ben of tht legal protection wtre appolntedi Mestrt BaodgreiB, Stand en, llalnec and I oa ter. On motion, the president waa added to tneeommlttet Tht queatlon to bt reported 00 It oae wblth affectt tht rlghttof voters hailing from tht other Btatet, and tht report of thlt committee will therefore be looked for with no Utile Interest, FaIk ton St. Ain't A ay ton. A fair tor thla most deserving charity will opea at Oar roll Hall, oa Wednecday next, the nth last. We trait It will bt liberally patronised by oar tltliena of all deeomlnatloac, because It la aa Institution which, ta the dltpeatatlooof Ita charities, txttnds Ita kindly tare alike ta all. There are now apwarda of fifty poor little) orphans la tht asylum, of agtc ranging from one montn toove yea In need Wt feel an and avmnhthtilne eoi will liberally retpond to the appeal made tn their name by the good Sitters of Charity la charge of tht asylum Lsl tha fair bt crowded dally and nightly. No one tan spend an hour anywhert more plcaaantly, wLlle no better op portunity could bt afforded to aid a noble l- rrcutoi to tub Ftantaw finona la ac cordance with an Invitation extended by Uapt, Htackpole, of tht steamer Arrow, a number of WCK roowb (fnutara, idviuuibi arai rrjr- retentaltvea of Ihe press, participated In a pleasant excursion down the river yesterday, visiting the (tilling anoree ot Oreenway, White House, and Knight's, when tht hauling of the seine waa witnessed, which to soma waa en tirety a novel sight The parly went ashore at Marshall Hall aod partook ol a bounteous lunch of M flanked chad." Tht party returned to ihe city about 6 p m., all highly please I wilh Ihe trip and fully sensible of the tour tcouaatteatlonaofUapt Staikpole. AaiiDOaBfl I a r a xt. About o'clock 00 Balurday tight a colored womaa, named Ann Horsey, living oa Fifteenth street, between H and n streets, brought to the Sixth precinct a white male Infant about three montha old Sht atated that a white woman, unknown to her, aame to her house about a o'clock la the afternoon aad aeked her to take charge of the child for a few minutes, while she went to a store near by to make a purchase Tht woman not trtnrnlng, after waiting aeverel boura for her, Mrs Dorsey took the Infant to the tta. tlou rtterday morning Officer Smith took the abandoned waif to St Anne Infant asy lum, where It waa kindly received by tht matron TnaTABLvaTcanBO- A colored gill named Itcllt Washington was brought before Justice IVaraoayesterdsy.oa the charge ot robbing a colored met named Alfred alias Alee. Withers of aiea Aa Investigation was had resulting la tbt dismissal of tht girl, who Immediately made a eharee avalnsl Withers with havlnr. In tht month of January latt, found tbt pocket uivi vi a wr uowaii, (vaiaiani sbw, wsicn he (Wltheri) appropriated to hit private use The evidence agalntt Wlthara, although clr eumatantlal, la almost conclusive, and In view of the fact elicited, Justice Peeraon held him to ball to appear at aourt SoasoiTT ov Wat a a The following from the report of OoL T. fl Same, engineer la chargt of tht Washington Aqueduct, In reply to a reaolutloa of the Oeorgetowa Uouotllc. will ba read with alarm by tbt cUliensof Washington aad Oeorgetown 1 ' The prospect for a more abundant aupply of water, there fore, la aot favorable ua the toatraty, It la rosslble that both Oeorgetown aad Washing on mav be entirely denrlved of Potomaa water, as tbe appropriation for tha auperln- iiauiDoi bii repair 01 ta v naaigion Aque duct la completely txbausttd ' A Inctniirr. Ttsterday aflernoon the larxe flax eutoended aerosa Eleventh ntreet. at theeoraer of II street, bearing the name of Natincw ir emery ior maynr, oeoame ea tangled aad knotted arouad the telegraph pole and wlrec oa the northeast corner of li street, which threateaed destruction to tht flag unleta freed About t o'clock a colored maa, passing by, observed tht entanglement, and at once iiinvfu tn rvi. aau uaravviiau ids a,nui,nna flung tht flag to the breete, amid tbt ebecr of (note present on tne corners. Taos MraTgBior Ohalk Mabkb Tni Nvstxbt KxrLAiD Thote dlrerul signs wblth have appeared at every street corner each morning for a week past, eausleg aos- r talons or a grand Fenian demonstration la be minds of Borne, aod In others of a revival of Kaownothlnglsm, while yet others have seen in It tbe wuiki of thn dreaded Ku Klux, Is at last explained Dubant c ale vaults, cor ner of Sixth atreet aad Pennsylvania avenue, ia ine ot)c io wnisu mi inese mysterious eigne point Obamd ViaiTATlow TheOrand Lodge, I. O O P, will make omelet vltltatlona to the subordinate lodgee ai followa i Ceatral Lodge No I, May i Washington No e, Mav 10 1 Pattern No S,Juoe SI i Itarraoov No t, May 13t Columbia No 10, Way Union No. 11, June 1 1 1 rlendthlp No ll May IS i Covenant No IS, Jane 8Qi Ueaaoo No 11. May i Me troiolltNo Is, May SO FxeelslorNo 17, Hay 18 ,i1b,S50 No. II. May ST Oriental No Do rot roiOiT Ihe meeting or tht Franklin Oo-oprstvt Dolldlng Anociatloa at Temper ance Hall this evening Thete bulldlog asso ciations, with the prospect they hold out of securing a home, have dona an Immcnce good In promoting ayatematle economy, and more tbaaalMhatalklagla tht world could do, aad wt art alwayaglad to Chronicle the org a alia tloa of a oawcompsay Tna RiatsTATios Taian Wian. The rrglttratloa or the votert ol the Third Ward wbb completed oo. Saturday, with a total for the day of two hundred aad thirty alee, one hundred and atxty-two of whom wart white, aod aeventy seven colored. The total registry lathe ward laS lll.of whtthl U ara white. T0S color td i white majority, 137. SAViTAnr. The sanitary police art buty la attertalalBf tbe existence of nuisances throughout the elty. aod on Saturday several parties were notified to abate nuisances found on thalr premises Tht warm weather bavlag eet In, houttkeepari andolhtrt, to avert tick neaa, should attend at ontelo tbelr eellara and yards, and act that no garbagt aceamutatci " Haho Oct Yoca lUnaxaa "Ob Satur day morning the Rrst campaign flag waa dis played from Ihe Emery headquarters, eoroer of Nevcntb. and D atreata Ine bunting Is a handsome garrison flag about twenty rive feet long, and It Inscribed "For Mayor, Mathew O ii-uery," Tan Washington City HI Vie Society will meet this afternoon at S o'clock, at the rooms ef the Young Men's Christie Assotlatloa, to elect ofilceri for the ensuing year. A. R Tatloi, toraer of Twastleth aad I a.rvata, uat v (, !, (iiiiun., aia. aui store I eonducied strictly ta Temperance prmeipiiB Pi bat Vnt laiyiaoiBi.ea Tha Itenntillaan Invincible of the Flrtt ward will hold a meet ing this evening at the Steveaa School Uoute, for the porpote of trantaetlaf Important bust Tux co-partnership exlstlegbatwscn A, n. Potta aad Chat. II Hbelley, ha beeadlaeolvtd by mutual content. Maa T. Tlxxur. Na.HOl Penntvlvanla ave nue, hae all tht latest allies of aprlag allll- Tax BALi oTsooxa will eoatteue at Cooper u.iihiii iiiiiivirivvni mit ifniii rnnien U. PEABs HOOKA JOS PRINTER, . Cor. vth dk D ate-, - ''QHiNQTOH. ' -iriCULATTIITI0I mo TO rilRTHO niilKr. in ukvi ciiti 0 OSON BROS, & Tl Tmix, Anal. Mh tiiAMU lltt K. fl... Vtllt.l. ATIK'lVil C71III0B1M KlUTOIH, P.ltlNTERS, Weedward BxtUlag, north alleef rsaasylvatla avaaac, between Teatk aad Bleveath atreet. Beek. Jeb, aad newspaper prlatUg promptly exaeetad aeZT u Ml B. hi. f.I.Belliill ' CORNER PeDmyltanla ATnii5 ml Eltttnth Hrttl, (0fr If oka. A Blaacbar4'a I .ral 8EC0ND FL00B, PRIWTU paorouAL ron vibkoah Orrica Ptrov Comm'V op iDaaiavaeox, 1 .roar LtAvtswoavH Kie .Hartbll.UTO. 1 . lealed proneaale, iBdapFieaU.wlll be reeelvad atlblseaeeaetllllValaak. ., a .SiTORUAT, April au, Wt) for reralahlag the tJtlied tales army wiih S.000 OALLua OP vfUUKY TIN! OAR, dalieared at tbls place,. . . t lis vmagar lube Made oily rrem WblsXTI to be free Irem all foratin acUsaad lajerlont tab eiaaeaa asd of nalrorm aires alb, Ufclax 8) iralas ereu iralssef bl earbeaaleef poUth (elibsr, as marl raqnlred bvlbe bebaiataeee Deparimeal) te eeatrallae oae Said eaeseef Vlaegar Ta be la a I hoopoe, barrela or half barrels wlik aalrea .' vupai aaaa "an baiBpleaof Viaaear oatef Baadoatof COgrtlai1 'H Hlal-1 HWIDViir VaTVVVBaiaa Bjantbittly of Brevet brig Uea. M B Kor Pepartmeaief Mlaaoi KOIB, L-apuii .sJ'j I KB. A. Oapli ali lit ruinra vr Rirnnt tTftRT we BOtlced tbe store of our Mend, "The Original Franc," crowded with cm torn en, andattho tamo time we obeerred other itorei decidedly la want of rmtronage. The only reeton for tbla. to tbe beat of our knowledn end belief. U tbat our friend, Mr Franc, U gelling good at inch prleee that tbe oujlojc com rtnnlty find It lo their lntercet to patronlM tble eo Terr popular Oent.'a TurnUhlDf Btore. For the benefit of it ranger we woold add that tbe new namber la 431 Berenth treet. between D end E etreeu. three door above Odd Fellow' Hall alio, we would aaj uai no uaefio Drancn niore Tni Dcuoati ad IitriSM. The moat locredo'en ere convinced of the vlrtnee of Bpeer'e "Standard Wine Dlttere" upon a trial of them. Their bate U pure wine, with hetbe and rooU, to fayorably known to the medical profeealon and tbe community at large. They are all that can be deilred by tbe moat feeble and Infirm. DroggleU tell tbe Dlltcri. cost Asothib (Jim? Btid hae been made la chemical aclenca. PniLOn ITAUI. OR Biltatioh ro tbi lUt, U an aitonlablas; lmoroTtmentonait preparation t for reitor- Ing the natural color of gray balrp hereto fore known. It la pellucid, cooling, limpid, inodoroue, and never falling, and he no ted! menu Bold by alldraggUte and fancy ffood dealer. eo3t GmtLlHlM Sbibt A (larra aaaort- ment of my own designs, to fit fen tie men of at m ot every ibepe. In great variety of stjlei. They sell from $T60 to IS each, and are warranted equal to aoy ihlrt In tbe United Btatce for the Price. atonal 0. HtitNiito, Mo 410 Tin etreet northwett. Tin AuemoAH T. Stoh, Oonmu Bit- NTS AID Z BTXXIT- All COtTeO lOld it thlt lore 1 routed by the proprietor, Uiarlng Its absolute purity and freahnct, which be guarantee. The proprietor U roaitlog all hi coffee on a new principle, which render tbern particularly pure, all acidity being rev moved by their proce of cook log, enabling Gnont now to take coffee who hare hitherto en obliged to discontinue 1U me. Asioomomt 1 the highway to wealth, we consider It our duty to remind oar fellow-cltl-ien of the fact that there I a vat differ ence In the price charged by our eevcral merchant. Many profcat to tell good cheap, but from our own experience we have to aay that we never bought oar Gent Far nlihlng rood more reasonable tban at tbe tore of the one-price Franc, 431 Seventh treet, between D and E. 1 Irducivhtt to But a. Good Sewno MicniKa, Wilcox A Olbbt1 Bewlog Ma chine, the mott tlmpla and beat conitrncted ewloff machine, will hereafter be old on liberal term. Inquire at the agency, Beam corset and hoop klrt factory, 409 Berenth street, between u and E. SriciiL Fawh Brokbh! Notiob. Pa tron will please take notice that my busi ness Is carried on a nsaal on second floor, notwithstanding tho alteration now going on. M. II. Panto, I 1006 Pennsylvania avenue. Urocbhtmbm will find tha finest fresh New Tork batter In packages to salt at Bplcer'e batter store, Ninth street, between E and P. Tu, Corrti, Bptces, Chocolate, Cocoa, Flavoring Extracts, Rice, Corn Blarcb, Ac , Ac, sold at the Pcklo aod Teddo tea store, 431 Ninth street, between D and E streets. CorrsB roasted by ourselves every day, andgrooodto order at the original Peklo and Veddo tea store, 421 Ninth street, be tween D and E streets. Fob tub best and purest Tea, Coffee and Bptces ro to tbe Tekln and Teddo tea store, 434 Ninth street, between D and E streets. SrtCBE's ncrrSB itorb, Ninth atreet, be tween E and F, is the place to bay fine fresh New Tork batter. Groeeymen and dealer give him a call. J ita. Cot r is. freshly roasted, for 88 cents, aa good a coffoe sold for 40 cents elsewhere, at ihe Pekln and xeddo tea store, 434 Ninth street, between D and E ttrectt. I old established Pekln and Teddo tea store, as n mm street, Dctwecnu ana x. streets. Buildtrs and Material. -niticusi iniicKsii imirKsm sM.oit rcr Jiitfint Dealers le ear Hae will 8 ad It lo Ike r advantage Half atreel wast aad K street aoetk ALlftai BCPPLT CORtTlVTLT ON HABD, J TON F I HTUNEII UTOXCHI Marjlantl Frceitone M. and M. Company (IBKBOI QTMRBlBt.) tawed Stoac for ithW, Wladew 511 U, aad Lie tali. rUl'orma, SUpe.WaUr Table, Ueplag, real, rtiiara, aia . Mi arear. aoegn eimaaaiea niece ie aioexs, sasnisaae Roach lawad BUtne. fur heavy masonry. la laree U ! I- For price list for 117J, call at effleell 18 f street, or at Compaay 'a yard, rxit K airaai. Bock Creek u. n, 11a van. api tta tccrtlary RO OF INGl J. F. NOLAN, Improved yireead WaUr-Froef felipempoaltloa aad Of aval Haafar. laadartaa walla tJ k.iu. Ih. peivloea te dampness At Blfkteea yeara ef fraeilealexpertaBte allows meleaaaenate Bene Utravamaata la varktaaaaaln. aaA laaraaaaA fa. JllitlaaUlllaliotdartpromntly Work warranted ar Ilveara,en4alely abeeteae half the eeaief other reelag Pelt far eale at lay eflce. oli Be 31H (1 0 airaat. bviweeaslxib and Bevtath atr MO afreet, between Pearth aad Plfth al nawOail ttraeu, see. aia. hb Btereotyplng and Electrotyplng l UHBAT WATlfE, nieroetjrtj stud Eltclrttjparaf S7S pBBtrTLTAiri& Ayxava ' I STIRS' LIADB, SLCOt, UtTit TO I If I TfTRk.aad a teaaral aaaertaaslef BDSIBM CDTB snastaaUv ea haa. apU pARTMBKinir MUT10B, Ltmbell'a eld brick vard.eoreer et Haw Jersey fvaaea aad eonth If atreet, aeder tae eaaMef JulIM BXIdH Al fill Juflih batch la Ika Steeralnartaer end Jala O, Myers, llttry Cea Sidtaee Charla Jntt are the aeedal partners. aebaf eald part a ara haa cea lib a (ad the tamer tl.OJOtae, la ike cam won stock Tke pariaer. a sioea Tae pariaer ikiayariefnatl D, Jnng KRICII. fliBKf CON RADII, CUAKLU JDHV aaipiaie laresieaiivaiaf aayai aai ISTi, Jllniril 2 rfWFtnXtfi The standard repaUtlea atUlaed brtblsaBrl- vailed aad lafaUlbla Tcatt Pewdtr dtrltg twelve years past Isdsste lis perfael parity, betUkfal a a aa 1 eceaemy. Pal op la lies, ettnsl weight as represented, aad will keen fer years The qtAitltr reqelrel far ate la frem tat foartk te tae half leas than elacr Baklag Ptwasra leldbv groatrstbreagboatlbatTaludUatea. DOOLKT fc I1UOT0EV, MASOPACTUKIfil AHD PXOPRlaTOBJ. mkll-eoSet Btw ttroet. Hew Terk, OROPOSALB PO& BTATIOMIBT. TasABcav Dbpuvhibv, kfarah M, 1870 Sealed propoaalafor farnlabtBg BTATlOBIRT for Ibe Teat oedlsg Jaae BO, ISM, will be received at thla DeperimaalBBtll the 1Mb day ef April, black forms forVddlag will be faraltked tpea appllcailoa ... The bids wtll beettUcrl aid seiepltd or re Jecud lumbjr Item. ..... Uoalraeis meal be axaeated by lhiascetafal bidden within Ua aayt after bslag called apea so tede , . ...... from tiiuelollm darlag the tear, laqaanllilaa Tne aniBiea aoeiraeie for ntiii ivtaiaav parsaaal le ereere from eatlre ejaantltles will, hi leparuaeaL .tbe tara I rum too v I wiu. ae itwavar, be called for aanaa ta yoai gasb proposal mnalbeslgaed br tkeladlvlinal r rm mahlBg It, aad baaecompaalad bv a bond Ua aafJcleai tareilet la the sauaof lea iboaiaad dollars lelO-OXUeppreved br auaiu BUieaol Jeer ef tbe diilrlat la wblth Ike teroilee realde or obetlBCat, onaform lebeferalabed br the De partment, cendllloned npoa Ibe execmloa ol a contract for feralabtae: seek port loss ef tbe aril etoc at mar be aw aide 1 aader ll, aai tbepera formaBceofthetamo, All deilvarl-a will be tattled le latpee loa by aa expert delal.es for tbs purpose by the Secretary el Ihe Treeaarvt ted tbe deliver! or ae laterler sr Hale will be deemed laffleteai eaaseteaaaei tbe eo atreet at tbe apt lee ol ihe kecrciary Deliveries meal be free of charge ai tbe Treasury D pari meat. WaabtaeUe The tall a re to com pi r wlik aay one order aadsr tke eestraei will operate as a forfoKere ef Ibe ea tire petal iv of tbe bos d or tbe gecrelaryef Ihe Treaaery may direct the parefcase la opea mar kel of even tjaaalllleaof any articles as aba 1 be icfclara of tba price w blab It stall befoaad asees try lo pat for sash article ... . f'ropuasfe BMBoeo hi pealed at a eatlsfaatory .boa II aal bo coaaldared. eat eoatracta will be awarded ealr UettabUaked Manafaetarersef or dealerc la the srtleloa. UiOKOIB. BOOTWBLt, seervt. U f UsTnUBry. Booki sxnd Butlonery. Itxlb Btt. bat a a aal t Jmh wait ef est old iMalllVt whare we shall h plaatad le see thsm we aow. have nae ef tbe largaai itArtreomtla this sllf , balni 167 feet la Blh by tt la width, which alvia as ample room t display ear stock te good advaatage. Vfe save for maay III? l MW nooM "I w popular muailnaa and cheap pnbilealleasef thi day Toairef white, we careen) lavlteovreaB' teeters aad tie public, reatrallr to call aad exam lac Kemember Jlev4f, Iroarrntt ivj iv, iron t mat W. U.ho. B MOSSJOX WO R I If T The Jtotf-rtom trn whlek we have Jest remeved, (Hot. 434 and IO I They WPnsaaaalon given Imm'dl ll fcO ll VoMBltO. Owlag te Ibe ex Unlvs fraadseemmltteJapoa be rav-aoea by the waahlax, raaterallei, and re aae cf aneh Ietereal Keveaee ilsmpa aa bave beea eaed aid catcalled bv Ibe maehlae bnewa as Iberlbboa atsme. tbe Comwlsaleaar or Ittereal tsveawe, nadir dale efPebrcarv 10, 1170. bat pre scribed asw eij atleaa for the eaaealltat of stamp- tall resalatltBS to te Isle effect Marl, 170 VTe reapectrelly call aitaatlon te ear raclli ttacfjr rerstahlBg the Hew Catllex aad Datlsg CaBCtlllsg 1 reatea at UtaafactarersPr1eta.de fivsred complete end rttdv for naa, aal freight free, tharabyrBabllBr OBCto pe rebate tbern bet ter a eeahaaper here than In ffew Tork Orderatbaeldbeseet la ImntedlaUly. as every s will be SUed I rotation aa It Is received Taanrlaaafllia Praaa. ot w blah lha ebeea aat ta a yepreeealelloa, la Bitht Dol ars We helUve tbls te be tne neat ate cheapest mate we win ltd cheapest made Ibe prepared to rtraUhany el tne rresaea preaarlbad py ma tionnaiBNaaar ia tiaiajgr a-a ia r' a airs 4 dale. . PHI LP ' lOLOhTOBI. ibcCommlaaleser li Wholesale and Retell tlalloatrs. aTaVOfdara by wall will raeelve prompt atUallnf , 0UT-D00B 8P0RTS, Croquet. Croquet. G.A.Whitaker&Co., Cor. of Seventh and D sta., AOENTS OF THE AMERICAN CROQUET COMPANY. AMERICAN CntKlUKT OOUPANY, vkleh Ur ara offariaf it noLD rnioES A L1BKUAI. DISCOUNT MADE TO TIIK TRADE. NEW "BOOKS. THI COURT C1RCLIS OP THBRIPDBUCi Or. TheBeaallasaed Calebrltleief ibaBttlaa ll laalrallag Ufa aad eoclaiv ander eighteen PretU ecBtai dtacrtbleg thaeoclalfealereaof the ate etaslve adwiBlairaiieB. from WaaklBttea It (tea le u 1 uraai. iiioaiiaia wua eriataai pertrai graved en tUatv By Mre, B V Bllett, . A'iUNDE-OOB; Of ofgRtTITi ktlR QXB.T By John 11 Paehark UU.Sve BftTOBTOPRUMB BfTheedere Hernia Ua at rated wilh erlglatt perUaiu ttuu 400 rivvrftVaVD' tTOaiME'fr. Byl D-fAaUloiitD 61 YttiblHVi Viik' "w noward afaleem ,,, OO lltl- Ita ILmbUb ii mean , , , . ... ,, ,. , a ou BBSBTCOtJRTLAHniUr.Whalararmar Can De By A J. Cllea . ,. . , . , 1 TU flluHTSCIrfgi irfTUBUULk BrK.v PaalalMartk, O D, ;., , 4 0O NEW STEEL PENS. Vrclavlletbeatteatlaatf Ihe trade aal pnblle generally, to the fact ef ear bavlag been made BOtI AQIHTfl toa ti DI3THIOT OP OOI.milllA, Perth sale a f MA.OK1NVANS A OAUCnON'S KKSOWNED PATENT RTIXL VVM, TBB OWL PBH-Tera dew a point. Per lae fasVlCKWIOK PIH-Tara ty pel TUB WAVIBLT PI H -Tata p polit, Bspld TKB WAVIRLT BABIILL-Thra a polaL BapliwrlUag . Taut Pant ran smoothly ever the papert last Iota, aad from their pec Ha v eoaaireaUoadoaut catch la bad paper, aa la the cate w Ith other Heel peaa G.A.WIIITAKEIUCO., C0BSE8 Or 1EVENTU (XD 11 STREETS. BOOKSEIXEBS and 8TATI0HKR8. NIW BOOK! -AKBRfOiN POLITICAL Isoaonr and the M anarement of IbeOnrraacr end tbe F la a sees atsee iMlt by rraaala lloweni Ll AO. Tbe tawa ef DUcorslve Tbeagbl i by Dr tOoehiSlatt. ' WoaderaoflUtlaa ArtibrTlardsti SIM Cloaeer tbe Ulalatry third vol.1 llaaaa'a life tfOsrUrdiSI oa ... fteiplagUeavanwariliby Hra. Preillcci 1,7S PablWBtleas r Ik flo'ieosl TemperaiM hoeUlf .: UAi.Aai,rK'B ' dOaitvialb street, laitlllgcBcer Belldlag SAM'L S. O. BAHBOUB, Walaalaaaiault Daalarl. BOOKI iHD 8TJTIOJIKT. Uminol. AMD KL.KK UOOKt, HlBCILLAlltUOa AMD KiLia iiyawbKkB uoCi) i una, ... tan rirtoHi rKmlii, .a. da 3.SIVTH IT , lal atf Ualwaaa U aaa I. Plumbing and QM-Flttigg, BROWNE &POWEK. rj.uuntius Ann uahittckh, 'asp tBAiaaa ia Usaia.Ftx t ureaia Be 483 It lath street, betweta D aad B itrutt, .-Hole ageats for UeU a Uelebratod Tabelai Oven Raaiaa lajfl Real Eitaio Agent. JOHlfR. AREISON, itj3ax., x'x'a.'j'Xa aoi:nt, rlrtlitrectsast ana PeaaiTlvtalaaviaee, Capitol Hill, ClTOICIBDILDlHa LOTS. e a Capital Bill, for aaloeemetithly pavmeaia saleaad rest. UUUItl IdV LUIS taatt pariaoi a any ios JT1 U pROPOIsM POBlMPBtiyBMIMTg lit TUB j. ouvut ai auiBiuuiii aitniuaii, OatTBDBvAVBS KiaiBBia1! Urnox, I BO I0 WlSOOSBIX BTtBST, Milwadxis. Wit,. MaicbSO 1810 J fiealee proposals, innepneaie, wui ue receive, jilaeffleeaatll 8p u of tbentkday ol April, laTlordolegthe wort of pnttlae oa tke eeper Biafaclare oa the aorth pier aad other framlai al the Harbor ef af askagoa. Mica lit n Blda meal be made oa forma 'uralsked front thla oaiao. or ait iBiornaiioa appir to taia omee Iherttblte rtlaet aay and all bids la r aaa re ad Prypeala tebeladoreed ' propoaalafor Pattleg oa the Bnperatrnctnre or Mortb Pier aal elaar Pramlag ai Mstkigo Uarbori alichlgal,' at! drcaaed te apOU TMREMlaN'SlNBUBANOBOOUPAnYOF -- WAHIBOTOT ABO OIOROITOWV Off to Boom Be, 1, over Baak of Watbiagtes. Chartered by-Camcr1 "WT, Capital aoi lorpUl $800,000 lasares all de,frfp!loaif property la tke DIi IrlttoIOolnmbit, Botbargt foritAmptorpotlelea, DIBBOTOM litrlCBBSIt, LBWIIJOIIBOf, W I BOWAK, ato wavbbs vaot pabbi, a a wilbov, ip.aaotaAita, a aotawBLi., m, raaaoa efuetrgtlewa. f P, tLAaa, ff k.a.llS! jimiAPAkl, rf..ii"i. Auto. DAHii (, awM fa.M. Iters maea a Bpeaiaity Mni " aow aveenstad the Isratst stotk aad varletr this tide or II T rwh eb we Will tall on all oaaaatena at red aoed prleet Oar eteck otMitettlantotn ppoktlt large, to which we shall at eaee mate liberal additions. School Booltit eolleetloa eeatliuef all the varlovaklada la gseralaiela eer tlty api nrreasdlag eenatry, sfanofiery ear iteek fa fall aadeempleu, belaeof the venial qaetltlae, aBj btUbs te celt all. we alto reeelye regalarlr all thtprlsrjpal wstkly pavart pabllih 4 aswelfasthelr T. dallies, lofsthcr with the ajsatBBBSBaaV 7nnkUn PuWIihlng Company. 1 kotiii iiiToici or inoi ntwiiio iV RpUil4Cbrownir Oml. ttiM. Waafc. Uitoi. . . tlo.urdMi, at&orxlal't Ml rtiMjlvtilt .?!. CO i T1W DATflOKOlR-IOnOOt, CtH Voika.l.DOTlOll raicll. Ulh. IR1IKLIR BOOK ITOSI. . 1I0HIII 0R1 A0IST1 WAJIID. KJi'iVA'.V.r 3 "'"hSViuv:- 1 1B1 relaiylvaala avtaae. HO W-CASt",, as iMj at aaw Call at the aw BOOK ITORl. lTpeeB.ylvaala tvta.V b twee a flrtlaad teeoad Btretts,aear laeCaplloL Z) AGISTS WiSTBDai lf Fsa?rlvaela avsais te clrealalttome t tela et Ue new aad motlpnpnlar lek scMse day, laeltdtag Thr il eal Llf ' Mloma Phyalelae," Olive. LotaVe Btblnd tkt Beeata' ('Mark Twala,,rTBar- aem,rae. mha ir A At TUB rBANKLlM UUOKSTORS mi Pesnsvlvaela nvtaaa. tn atrebaae Boeks and liallesary MOULD PBlCSS, Jest received, the Bcw Terk salatt B)teiOerecat saved. UW ANDTrHTDiCaL BOOKS. A farie I a vela e Jest la. aad gelsg at OOLD PBlCBIal titTRAHKLIH B00K-ST0BB. Ltxal Cap, Belt sad enarler Preath Paper, la veleptt, Ac. A large aa-orimaet, ill at wnelt aaltprlcM Trade eapplled at 141 Ptaaiylvanta avtaae, nikVU UlCiXXlli. ISoolcs. A large ttetk Jatt received, Alae tapvtlcr I3K, BUCILA0I, conma rRiiiis. ha,, By tht PVANKL19 rOBf HUHBa CO It PA HT mild tl 11 PtaBsrltanlaaviae. Anini,KiKVi;nvPAMiLy, QOLD FB1CXK. AI Iks PttaBKLiM B00K-8T0BI. 1870. OIT TD1B BIST, (tia aaJ rail aatinl at WtntTtBH Ita. AMUIIMUD at pabiuker'a price. Ike Trade aepplled ai a lataa dlaaonat r nan iv win runi.ieiiinu (juarni sUtr 141 Praasvlvaala avaaaa Wood and Coil. COAL AND WOOD. 1AU1 QLVlKntf. aaaraaaaa ta flUa-Aa A Olaaa, U ttraai whtrf, bee leave le I a fern hla aamtreaa frleadt aad taalemere that he Is new Ertrarod te rarnian. el inweat marital rataa tke eatanetltver RED And WH1TB AIM AUTH R A. CITfc COit. Bll alio 1 COM MRU I AND COAl, vuHTaan I'Kunwr wiaiai tiijn.js i , wan,! ,5V., lABias ubstica. aris-tf O atreatwharf, Wa.fclatloa. D. C WOOD AND COAL. AT REDUCED 111 1 1 Ef". Bavlag bongkt ef Thomas J. Gall Ue Btcam law MUI foolef bavenih-atreatwhtrr. I am now pre- fared to faralsh Weed and Coal ul all binds at tke allewlag lew prices 1 PlwtWood.loe.ir per eerd, ., S3.50 a?n WwcmI, anaycil In 3 or 4 ytlecee, tier card , ........ , , OJIO I'ina waou, aamu wm t srt piece ntlanlU. .. T OO . . 6.AV OaktVned 11 -I rr VVIU, a ,... ..I od lssg, iter card, ,. . ext, isutd laJotl pleei ilak Voort( . . OalcAVocxt, eyei In'l or picece 1 ev IllckeryWoetl law ft ... .. BO KlMititsiVocNl, Tulteis iswta nt spilt, per eettl ... . . .. . T 80 Alto. HlwAllwer Woodln buadlee. ltect and Vlilt Ash Coal. Hcplsgby slrlBl atUatloa lib tneatte receive a liberal pal ro a ace once in- Peeatylvaela avtaae between Twelfth aad Thlrleeath streets, a at Mill, loo, pi ni tail a.TT api In ' DM BIB. WOOD AltD COAL Ltheaa Valley Coal, ace asd atove t Id Pee tea Wktie Aah, etgasd atove ... I per toa. :: IE t n-a aa rii ioai , VThli Alb Hal Leal., Plat Wood ...... Si ll ak Wood . Vp 1 lae Wood, sawed aad eillt ....... H v 0k Wood, sewed aad split. Ip per cord per eow per cord. Hae alack at lanttat la alarava Imraa. uiililln ef framlBjr, ft- rlsg, Bklagle , la bs, walaal, eak. p,rpif fi-n, ao. Wharf non.it aad Rlaani fcfll. reel of Foertb stroel BaaL Branrh Tard TlrilatA avtaae aed Hlath It. Bait. nbW tf lnsuraoctj. "A PllUDENT MAN FORE SBETII THE EVIL." prosperity prepare far adventty. Iiuure your property with A. H. 1'KATT at: SON, In Me rKcentx, of Jlarlford, He Ton Jter, J fame, and tSremen, of New l'orl, anil mi guard against loit by t'JRE I Imureyour life m the Kxcduor,of Vtw Tori, ami thue provide for Me comfort of thote you love, wJien you are talenfrom them. A.S.rilATT((SON, Agents, No 3, r. it. C. A. limiting. Change of Agency. TU IIKILIND F1RB UUEJNIK COHriKT, Or BiLTIMOEI kaf a Ula Jar aptlalal I MKSHltN. TAM.IIAUdi: aV CO. TUIIS I0LI IQIIITi ro rni citt or WAianaTOs. 9. a AllpartUaaa.lriarlaiaraaaa la Ula aonaaar. eraetad, wIllnateapptluiloaUtbaaMveSrm. .01. . srabtisiSa..,"- """" Jalaat LOBBor PAHAOB PaTURABLBTBBHS a ! i ii oai . IV D slroel, Utweea Raveath aad Xlgklh, 1A1.L.HA1IUK as JO., AROBlte. WASBixavoe. 1) o , March 4, 1Wl rnkS-tf Pawn Brokers BtTAi IBBBO 183 J o. aTRsrr H bTUI ahall UKTHi U MV Honey loaned la all a all iiiiu ab W.lak.. Til.. Feada. Jewelry, nil far ware. Wearies; Apparel, trallare aad aterehaadlae of every dssertplloa The most libers! terms gn area teed Per fair aauaiaaa jaatiraainaaiiaiar 10 aay real east or 475"aEry?D40B BTJ&IIB TINE'S XrOA-N OITFIOX: taaat aatate. uoio anaeiiver vraianaa, uiaaioaaa. jewelry, Silver Plate. aaoa, fc ratter. Ladles1 aad Ueauemca's Wearing Apparel ef alldeeerlp ""dLD GOLD AHD gILVIR BOUGHT. tavtM Htti, Capi, BooU, and Show. OI'lllMO HTT1.EB DUEAII II ATM, - IHBBACIMQ PBILADILPniA rBBBBV and Broadway Fallsraa Partle- bgafH lar atteatlca Invited to the W HH HAT NewaltapeilBBortaaatliir jgawgTI PBAKL 1IATH far yoeat maa, aBvBjfiHAT black ed ike. eeatonaed lo Al ll! HTlVn.nETX, Holler, 14J7 I'sBtirlTasIa avtaae, 14 door at w 1 r from 1 blriteatk sucet. rlL TO MAUL UUUH IOU fli an imhkxsii araixo btook, HTKANllUalilUll BIIOH, Will. IBLfc IIOOTK, NI1UEM AID UA1TEBS of all ktaJa, abaapal Ua. Ua ikiapa.L, OtTaUan.callat 00. SKVKllTIa ITUKBTi f.Ma U Old aaaaaf 373. bat, I aaa . GOVT HAUMIWS. WAGONS, MAUULUS. . I bata aa baad a larf a Moilaiaalaf a.-aranaal iao",i.ab"a Wk..l a.4 Taaaakaraaaa, , laa.j Aaqbala... Uar..u. io. aa .wi Waioa aa. fillla JMl" BarM aa Mala Oallaia, IlalUca, Paabfa a.4 blaala Kaiaa. llLAOmiMITIia'.OABl'EJIIKnS', AaAalkafTiol.a1lanawal Aavll. Tlaaa, Baraa aaV Mala MM l .ac.lia. Dalla, Aa., a.. aa.aa.aa4 ba4. GoYerntuenl Clothing, Hoot,, Mhoni, ato. rarnmaaa.tbarawlllaa wall lojaiatalaa nf Aa , taka. I. at tbiaiarar twl K. O. WIIBEMCIl, laiaalk Itmt u Caaal Irllil, tni