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Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law; Co Favors Win us and no Fear Shall Awe.'* i'- ») i v'A m VOL. 1 M'lTENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11. 1877. Published Every Wednesday^ .1. VA> ^LJfEE Editor an>l Publisher. Office ill Riverside Blocks Over Smith Bros. A Co.'8 Store. TKRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Sit Year, (irt Advance,).... ,..••> #0 If not Paid within Three Stoftths,..i.......2 00 Snbscrintimi# fci-oivci forthree or six months .in the same proportion. BUSINESS CARI>$. r». T. nuM. i>. TJin^ir'lW' !>n>l Rtirir'pon. Office in ^rlok ,1 Ttloek over K, Mwes Clothing Store water street, Mellehry 111- K. A. 15i:KU> >1. D. Physician1 and ^ur!reon» Office atre^idence. two doors west of -Post Office, 5l"Henh- 111. O. J. HOW V'.n, M 1>. IhystotaK and'Surireor*. Office at the storfc of flowfir.l .Von, McHenrv. HI. C F» J. BARB I AN. IGAR Mannfacti.• <**\ McUonry 111. Fac­ tory Xo. 171. Orders solicited. RICHARD Bl-iiniP, ATTORXKV AM) roiTNSK! OH AT LAW. office m rear of V. nvpliv & nishop's Bank S'orth Side Pnldic Sinirtre, Woodstock, 111. oi-:o. .v. urcivi in, XXOTARY PUlll.lC, Conveyancer and In- 1^1 snranee A Sent. Office at Rucklin & Steven's Store, near rlv I>ei»ot. Mcllenrv, 111. ^ K. K. UICIIAliDS. nAR a complete Abstract. or Titles to land in >TcH»»nrx* '"'onniy, tlVnoit*. Office with bounty Clerk, Woolste'ck, 111. ROUT. WliKJMT. Mnnji f tcturer of Custom Ma-'e Boots and Shoes. \ore l.nt the l>e<t of unter'iM Vised and all work warranto !. ShouXorilnvcst Torner Public. re, Mcllenrv, 111. i:iJ. HKCIIT1 K. HOTT<5ft, Si"n and Ornamental Painter, also Fan*1 v Sketches, Scenery. Mcllenrv 111. Will dr. all work iHftxupUy ai"' : , t roa- sona^l* rates 1-:. >1. OWEN. EXKR VI- Dealer and Mann fact'avers \T Agent in l.eaiin*? Farm Machinery. Prices low and Terras favorable. M c H E N I t Y . . . . . . I L L I N O I S . <_JKO. sCLlilKINICU, N dii'i '.{est.Ttr mt, X SAl.OOX an-i t>rf* Prrrkrr House, MHtenv #«-Kir«.'t .ri-!«« Tl:l'.i-iv* a»dv opposite 111.' •md P.>«1 Tables. »v.\s: rtT, SAT.on?? and Re.-T"*nw.->\ . "*t«»r1* <nvnAc'i4e Owen's Mill, MrMenv?, 111. FveshOvsters served ,i|i in any .•shape derive !, or hir sale 1»v *he Can. J(>s. WlKliK.'d ANN. 8AT.OOX and ltc«taurint.. Xe ir the [>epot McHenry 111. llnrlers bv the day or •week at reasonable rates. Wanu iui.1 cold lieaUatall hours. ^ «a)T{iood S:a1 il!n•* for M irse«.. fr-* W. W. K I. IS WORTH. BRKEHKUo the Celeltra'.e I Ma rie Ilnv. Also Li<ilit and l)>rfc Brahma Fowls. Pi^s shipped t.<» all point* by express. P. O. Ad­ dress, Woodstock, III., I'KTKtt I.K1CKIOL Repairs wa tclies, clock* and .Jewelry of all kinds. Also Repairs Violins in the bust possible manner, on shovt. notice and at rea- 9ot)«1»1e rate^. Also Violins for Sale. S'top , dow Sorthof Kiv«rside Blo^k, Mcll-tnrj MOIIENRY IKMTSK. Melfenrr, Til. John Harare* Proprietor. Centrally located, and the beat of accom­ modations furnished. Charges reasonable. F. KLKIFGHN & SON. CARRIAGE, VVau'on awi House Painting / done on short Nalic*?.. All work war­ ranted. McHenry. III., South of the Public SqHare. •MATTHEW KARKES. n^rsE, siTn and Carriage Painter. Also Calsoiuinmjr done in the best of,manner. All orders promptly attended to and work w-rranted. Hesidenee at the McHenry House, McHenry. II). R1C11MON I) HOUSE. T>IClIMONI» ILLINOIS. Frank Foster Pro. IL prietor. Good accommodations for all parties. Samplcrooms for Salesmen, l.ivery stable attache.1. Public Hall for Lectures, Shows ifee., The McHenry Brswory. King & Herbes, Proprietors. THE best of Reer slumped to any part of the coimtrv and warranted as represented.-- Dr iers solieitcd and proaipt.lv attended to. FRED. RENICII, CIGAR MANUFACTURER, -- ANli-- WHOLESALE TOBACCONIST. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. PATENTS. Persons desiring to take out Patsnts, or de- iring information from the U, ft. Patent Office should consult F. A LEHMANN,SOLICITOR OF AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PATENTS, Washington, D. C. Examinations free. NO PATENT NO PAY. Send for Circular. "western homesT The Lake City joi'RK.u, is a local news paper published in the midst of the Garden of the West, where lands May be procured at $3 to 8K> per acre. The man ot whate\ er asre. nro. fession or capital, can here make his torttine. Those contemplating a western home and competency, ma\- be thoroughly inf.irmei 1 by becoming subscribers to the Jot KNAf,. Tkbms: One year,, 00: Six months, fl 00; Three months, 60 cents; postage paid. Address T- H- Hotciikiss, • p Mke City, Ipwa, BUSINESS CAKDS.. E. BEX'XfcTT, M. D., ^CUROfeoS' and Ac\oueher. Diseases nf O Women a Specially. OtAceand Residence on CJ»y Street, WiMvlstiw^k, 111. W. H. BUCK, Mv Tlf^MRo'P Aortic Phrtician and Surgeon.-- II Oilice East Side l'ublic. Square, Wood­ stock. 111. Office hours 11 to 12 A. M., and 2 to 4 P. M. O. W. ROBERTS, K. D.i PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Special at tention.given to Diseases of Women and Children, Vol»», .Ii .u W. H. SAN FORD, Mereliaut Tailor. In the store of C. II. Dickinson* Ea«t s»l« of Public Square, VVOODSTOOK, ILIa , A srood Stock of Fine Cloths for Sailings al­ ways on hand. Suits made Co order and a tit warranted- Give itifi a call. • \ t . Hv s afford. Woodstork Ilk, Sept. SUh, im. M. EKCS2.N. <3r U I rJT H. Will change itttt*- zle loaders, b*>th gle and double, ______ _ Sin] f ;|^i|^:|^^tobveaeh ,oade-M- *»'Keeps on hand all fcc" :t. '^">v § ki^ids of Gun Ma terial. All Work warranted. Shop opposite Perry & Martin's Store, liellenrv, 111! " pAafr r«ALT¥. tio «loubt, a fact tlitfc ft gyeat majority of the votei'a Of our country, are sttiotly partis.-in, voting invarlAbiy the same pas*ty ticket iii-eppieetlve Of its merits of demerits. A suiall por­ tion of the^e ar^ probably actuated by lo\v, hieruenilry motives, but thA bal­ ance ot them afe influenced b.V nlbtive® Which* tlioiigh of ft less igiiobld charac­ ter, are yet eatiscd by either downright ijrnornnee. implicit faith in the pet1 fact integrity and p'ifityo/'a party at all times and under all circumstances, or the totU s»bj< ction of reason and de» cency to pal't.V feeling. That such an element in cur politics has ait itnini!n$e detoriprfttitur effect will be admitted by all. And yet while this is true, and MP! . wn: X\i ft Want more reason applied to 91 ' politics And iess feeling, for, i '-They were dangerous gui les the feeling." 'fW e doh't want tlie fact tiiat a narty ^te'd ®ur country fr«m dissolution at a ^Irtitiii time, or tliAt another party d our country, to its honors and >ry. for the better part of the drst )lf of the century, to inriuance an in- lligeut voter an iota. In short, we iire less of party predilections and >re of tlie sway of reason, so that the Dter may be the better able to discern vi at is ri^ht auH to do it foarlesslv.' NO. 37, '^"^ays a rival Wlsconslh paper: lie editor of the Plover Times being iwofl'on h three Weeks vacation to home of his maiden aUHt in Maine, is universally conceded to be so, titer* j boy %vas left to run the ma­ ts •« Jarg-e majority who will straight j lf^up ? ')e did run it; he changed the' about stultffy tliemsclves by Voting J of the 77mt#;he slandered tlie llieir unvarying custom. It sceme ! ̂ ' ,or? girl,and abused the local preach- strange that in a nation like ottrs, i % itte:npted to be funny at the Post- f. !.. W 1 _ 11TM AN, Proprietor. First ctas-s J 'i : s »< 1th or \vithont drivers, furnished i r isoiiablc vnWw, Teaming «!' all kinds one on short notice. O. W. OWEN, WATCH MAKER & JEWELER, MrIlV:Xl{Y ILL., '> '•! in all kin Is o( American and ^wiss W i!Chvckx fmi:i the l.^st factorte* in co'lnfvv.. viJ\<T, |ri*l«dwarA, S;iv#»f a ' so ,v;;-:nt f<»u the nwBtigWKffentumwy wmifeSi AX I) THjf K^tey Drgfan ! Which we Udieve to Jte the !«•«! Organ in the market. We think *. e know th"t bv experi­ ence, aud we believe it, lor it Is backed up By the Bs$1 Musicians in the World. • l also sell other organ* at less price* than the Estey, hut can't reccomiwend tiiem to be as g<K»<L July 2.1. O. H*. OWEN. HATS, mm W4 jo Visits Chiiiairo eliould fail to call at the Mammoth H atting Kstahlishmcnt of Seott 8c Co., 192 ft 104 Madison St., Corner 6th At. T(ie\-carrv the largest stock of MEDIUM an i FINK FII ION VBL E II ATS in the West, sell a single hi: as cheerfully as a dozen or a case, and give you m uiuf.vturers' prices. - McIiEXRY, ILL. This House havinar hfen newly Furnished aiu' Kelitted, we are now ready to receive Hoarders by the Day or 'Ycek. on Reasonable Terms Rooms with or without Furniture. COIST & McCREERY, Proprietors ps NAPLES. rWILL Mail (Free) the recipe for pre pi insr a sinple Vegetable Halm that will r^, move T. n. Freckles, Pimples and Blotches, leaving :h« skill soft, clear an I beautiful; also instructions for producing a luxuriant ffrowt i of hairon a bald hea^l or smooth face AllressBen Vandelf & Co., Box 5121, No. W m-Jter St.. New York. For Sale. rpi»e un'lersisrned offers lor Sale, me Brick L Store <m Water street, in the village of McHenry, now occupied bv Mrs. C. II. Morcy, as a Millinery Store. It is lix.'tf, the upper storv being linislied off a"sa residence. TKHM8 Rka'honahi.e Inquire of C. H. MojlEY AlcI^eury.Ill. Nov. 1st. 1875, wlrei* so Uuicli libeialty aud freedom abounds, that this practice which smacks so strongly of "passive obedi- envr.'" shtxild be so prevalent. It is passing strange that reason and thouglitfulliiess wliich one would think should be the most essential factor* in our great popular elections are so little fregarded* and that honor and decency are parts which are then wholly un­ known to us. Ot course>«s we said, ai goodly, portion of lire h<tw*-&4id-forerer party men are so from sheer ignorance, ant) for these we stai.d ready with a 'pardon. liru the VCmainiug ^rtrtioft are supposed to be men who are iutellK gent aud capable of rea«ot.ing, but who do not exercise their acquirements ot capabilities; subjecting theni^ on the contrary, to patter affiliations and t'eeK ino<* and to a mistaken sense of honor ami consistency, , ^ A great political party is an organic zaiion Having for Its substruction cei> tain vital, clearly defined principles. It is the ostensible purpose ot a party to have these principle's incorporated into the being of government, and for this purpose it nominates men who are to labor for the attainment of that end. This we conceive to be the definition of a party .jmre *»d simple. It may be supposed therefore that when an I«te|- vnaii *lB]iaf«*s ni.th anjr putj^ he doi'sii b 'ca'isw he is in aecOTtl witl it on certain principles, ami nut; 1*9$ dbohlll uf III v didate iHilely. lint this s>i|)position would be uiifountlcd, for at least seven- ieiitiis -- we titink we do not overesti- niai«'-- «»l our vi>t;Ms vote thtx>ugh thick ami I hi 11 for a candidate merely he cans* a certain party submitted him for thtdr Miflrages. ami would probably do so were P.eelsu'biib an office seeker on a party ticket. Tiie ignorance which comprises a portion ot this seven tenths can be pardoned, bul the in­ telligent remainder hardly can be. A man may be wise, able, competent, eloquent, and luay have striven for em­ bodying a great principle into alatv and yet. if he is proven to be dishon­ est. no one can justify himself in voting for uch a man even though he be the candidate of a great party. For if a man be dishonest this unhorses hitu a wuce for being made a public confidant. A mau that is unfaithful in one thing may be in another; so that one who votes for a candidate whom he knows to'have•bwen dishonest in one particular does wrong, inasmuch as no reliance can be placed upon such a candidate's ofticial integrity. It is, moreover, the condonemeut of a crime, and a tacit acknowlcdgmcul that such a crime j should be no obstacle in the way of aj man desiring to obtain a public trust.; We should feel ourselt acquitted of any- j thing irregular it ive should vate against a man whom our party had put up for j public acceptance, hut whom we consid-l ered to be dishonest in any particular' | for we should feel ourself called upon; to rebuke a wrong, if nothing more.! git'-U't's expense, and was knocked in- H a cocked hat by the gentlemanly pHi>tantihe bt-oke the cylinder press% | i ( ] trusted on lill manner of job work; |>ok country pt*oduco i\*r subscription linl ate 11 up at free suppers given to pie boys of the town in the editorial liiirtum; run up a bill at the corner >er saloon, to"be paid for in advertis- ii£; and when the editor came home, -t FridaV to take change again, he >uiul only three subscribers left on the looks, and they were dead-heads who jrere out of town. The TimcW devil Rent west that night; he Will be asths pandering Jew. I A PRO FIT A I) LK TR EE . | Mr. S. Pearsall, of the township ;$T Alpine, had a big black walnut tree i^n 1 lis farm which has long been wan- |ed by our furniture manufacturers. JUst week he sold it to Mr. W. A. Ber- 'foy for the Phoenix Furniture Company Inhere were six logs in the tree twelve Vet long, aud the butt log was four licet ten inches in diameter. He re- treived 8103.52 for the logs. Then there was In tlie top wood for which he was (pilered $2 a cord, or $7.50; and he was jhffered $'5 for the stump and roots, faking the total value of the tree fl26 --something of a price for one tree in pliclilgan. This single tree, in fact, ins repaid Mr. IVaisall for the entire •ightj'-acre lot on which the tree stood, .,ftC bought the land of the Government thirty-one years ago for 9160.--Michi­ gan Exchange. BEW ARE OP FLATTERERS. Flatterers are the worst"kind of trai­ tors, for tlwsy will strengthen your im- perfections. encourage you in all evil, correct you In nothing, but so shadow aud.paint your follies and vices that you will never, by your* will, discover good from evil, or vlee from virtue. And because all men are spt to flatterer themselves, to entertain the addition of other men's paaises is most perilous. If your freinds are of better quality than yourself, yofi may be sure of two things: first, they will be more careful to keep your counsel, because they have more to loose than you have; second, they will esteem yon for yourself, and not for that which you do not possess, •©ST Yesterday a gentleman residing in a neat, modest cottage in the suburbs caught a tramp prowling about his back yard, evidently trying to steal something, "Why don't you come to the fron t doQr if you want anything?" indignantly roared the proprietor.-- "That's what I was looking for," was the imprudent reply. "Didn't, you see St ou the other side of tiie house?" re­ torted the gentleman. "Now was I to know that was the front door? No silver door-plate, no bell, no telephone* no statuary, no servant to take your hat and cane. Tell your boss there is a gentleman out here who is waiting for We e.-iv, tl.erfore, tl.at an intelligent I'1" !.'eakfusr." When the gentleman man wh„ makes Han invariable rule »/:*"* b»<* ,v i"1 •"« «"»»-«"• «» tnm» was not there any more voting a certain party ticket always, is of little benefit to the community aud oflittle credit to himself. Parties are not always so pure aud infallible that no exceptions can be taken to their attitudes or character. We no not wish to be understood as advocating the abandonment of party at every whipstitch of a little error that is made, for should such a practice prevail it would make a perfect Babel cf paitics. What we are contending for, is the right and duty of every man to break loose from party when its course cannot be approved by his judg­ ment. and conscience. We desire that intelligent men should be more free aud unrestrained when afliliatiug with a party, and that they should not make themselves ignominious.cringing slaves We want intelligent men to be more alive to wrongs iu the party which it is their pleasure to connect themselves with, and to be more outspoken when there is need. If our boy in company with another has been pilfering a neighboring orchard he deserves the censure ai;d punishment as hiecftuipan- -San Antonio ( Tex.) Herald. Jggr-Xebraska papers are saddened with bona tide letters from preachers with extracts in them like this one following: "Now, sir, figures will not lie. I was sent to Grand Island, the largest town in the district, with a membership then of sixty-three, now increased to 103. Six months have passed. I have had a reasonable suc­ cess, as figures show; but 1 have re­ ceived from my work (and they have paid according to their ability) but 8^2. Had I not been single and a West­ ern man, innured to hardships and schooled in adversity, 1 could not have remained. [#6jrThe only American woman who i^ the wife of a chinaman in San Fran­ cisco has been brought into public no­ tice by the Chronicle. She is astonish­ ing her husband's couutrymen by show­ ing them how a woman may be the h^ad of a houshold, which is a revela­ tion to them; and it is said that he bit­ terly repents his matrimonial choice. DON'T WOHRV AllOUT YOURSELF. To retain or recover health persons should be relieved from anxiety con­ cerning disease. The mind has power over the body--for a person to think he has a disease will often produce that disease. This we see effected when the inind lis intensely concentrated upon the disease of another. We have seen a person sea-sick, iu anticipation of a voyage, before reaching the vessel. We have known people to tlie of can­ cer in the stomach, when they had no cancer iu the stomach or any other mortal disease A blindfolded man, slightly pierced in the arm, has fainted and dietl from believing he was bleed­ ing to death. Therefore, persons should have their minds diverted as much as possible from themselves. It is by their faith that men are saved, and it is by their faith that they die. As a man thinketh, so is he. If he wills not to die, he can often live in spite of disease; and. if he has little or no at­ tachment to life, he will slip away as easily as a child will fall asleep. Men live by their minds as well as by their bodies. Their bodies have no life of themselves; they are only receptacles of life--tenements for their minds, and the will has much to do in continuing the physicial occupancy or giving it up. JOS-Dundee has one youth 6 feet 8 inches long, and two others 6 feet 4 inches. That's the long of it. She also boasts of two men that, go to the other extreme--one being3 feet2 inches,.and ahe other3 feet 4 inches; and that's the- short of it.--Dundee Record. The. Triumph of Art i» Railroad Travel, Year by year we notes tiie footsteps of progress in many directions. Iti iitt direction Is progress mofti pllatable j tlihh in the facilities offered the rail­ road trHveler of the pl-esptit day.--- looking back but a few yeatVwe citn see the toiling snail-like adrahce made day by day by the emigrant's wagon* as it was slowly but surely drawn to­ wards suudoWn by the patient ox, oi* the slowly moving farm horse; then came the Old fashioned stage coach' following closely, ive had the canal packet; then tllte steamer on the lakes and rivers; thou the locomotive engine and the stage like can Now! the pala­ tial coach, and more than palatial drawing room and Sleeping car. Yet, not satisfied with.these,"that marvel of mammoth western corporations, the Chicago & North-Westerii Railway, as we stated some weeks ago. has devel­ oped hotel cars that will, tor elegance, usefullness and real comfort, eclipse everything of the kind that has Iweu hitherto placed in serv.icw on any road. Some of our readers seem to have some doubts about the merits of hotel cars, or their snpcrkirty'Over the so-called diniilg car, that is run for a few miles on some roads. "1 am not so sute about that," said o»!e of our friends, as he had finished reading our first article about these hotel coaches that are to be run ort the Omaha and Calaforuia line of the Chicago"& North-Western Railway, "I am not so sure that I would care to take my dinner in any car, no matter how much like a palace, while it was rutin lug at the rate of forty miles an hour.*' It is a saying, "that the faster you run the safer." Whj-, last June it will be remembered, that this road hauled from Chicago to Council Bluff, iu less than ten hours, tlve now celebra- "Jarrett ahtl Pahner Train." On that train was a hotel car, not as large, with less wheels under it, poorer springs, aud in no way as strong and easy for riding in as these new cars are to be. and yet, Mr. Jarrett said "while on the Chicago & North-Western line run­ ning at an average rate of fifty miles au hour, we look our breakfast as comfortably as we would at Delmon- ico's in New York, It is well known that the Chicago & North-W*et>tem Railway is btiilt over the most, favorable line as to grades th*t eotdd be tonud between Chicago ami the Missouri Itiver. with but few- curves; its track is mostly of heavy steel rail, gravel ballasted with wide roadway, giving it permanence and solidity--it is as smooth as a floor, all its cars strong, with plenty ot wheels under them, aud with springs so adjus­ ted that the usual "bouncing" aud oscillation is reduced to the minimum, We observed last week that iu an or­ dinary car the side motion and rising aud fulling ot the car was less than half an Inch, and sometimes scarcely per­ ceptible. We believe it will bo found that a person will sit ill these hotel cars and rest and write a* comfortably as he could at his desk or ta°ble>at home; this we choose to oall the tril/niph of art in railway travel. We learn that the new line of hotel cars is being pushed to completion as fast as the full force of workmen in the Prfllman shops can do it. Wc shall be certain to see them iu a few weeks. --Cedar Rapids Jiepublicdd 1877. installment^ ma* AGAINST MIGHT. -Judge Gilbert's decisive action in* sfetvlng machine case tried before him ffiBrooUym will be rery generally ddrtimPrided, The r.gent of 4 s< tttatfhliK1 company had sold ft ta;lchlh« to a^person on what is fcfrofrn lis tt 4,iea£e;"' The payments under sutfli M sitle are to bt made by installment*! but the .machine is ouiy ^leased'- to til# purchaser, the payments afe design** ted '•r^iit.4 ' and when default is ma«tft, if even on the very last .the dge»t steps iu, reclaims the vhlhe ahd retains all the tnotiey that has been paid npon it. This one-sided bargain is a cheat on its face, and, b«f* sides, a large addition is generally made to the honest price of the ml* chine when thus sold on time. In th# Brooklyn case the purchaser paid when, failing iu meeting an install* , ment, the machine Was seized and cal* ried off'by the agent» The victimized purchaser brought suit to recover th< amount he hail paid. Judge Gilbert" Immediately directed the not unwill­ ing jury to give the plaintiff a verdict for the full amount,with interest. The counsel for the company pleaded delay* "Not an instant.", was .Judge Gilbert*# reply. This is treating these sharp dealers to a little of their own medi­ cine. "Not an instant." is their reply wiien a purchaser asks for time. Tha Brooklyn decision will probably en» courage a number of persons who havtt lost both their money and machines by such sharp practice to attempt to ro« cover^either the one or the other,-- New York Herald. A PAT SlAM'S AIVTENTL'ttlt!* Says the San Fmicisco Chronicle: X German, nan\*d Fred Weisenberg, while proceeding along Market Street, near Nineteenth, was intercepted by two rough-looking customers, who asked him for his vauables.v lie plainly bade them to go to Jericho, and made a Vig­ orous Jtinge for the throat of the spokesman, at the same time shouting "Police!" The highwaymen quaked at the norous cry, and turned on their heels, darted off' at a lively pace. Weisen- berg started after one of them, and was gaining on him, when the felloir turned and discharged a shot at his pursuer. The solid German undismayed by the Hash and the warning whistle of the bullet past his ear, sped on and fol» lowed the fugitive into a dark street, where the latter hopped nimbly over a fence. To "follow the leader" in this last instance proved to be the most distress­ ing experience of the evening for the corpulent German; but after much ex­ ertion aud considerable pufling he clam- bored to the top.and fell over with a thud upon the prostrate body of the robber,"Who was crouched under the shadow of the fence, completely exhausted, with a Derringer clutched iu his fiat. The German took the pistol away, and lifting his corpulent form up, al­ lowed himself todropon the frightened man three or four times, until he beg­ ged for mercy. The captor then forced him' to' rescale the fence, and marched bim to prison, where he was charged with assault with intent to murder and attempt to rob. In his pockets ware found a number of burglars' tools. figlrThe shipment of seventeen mules from Kentucky to Glasgow, where they • are to do the work of dray-horses/l* an Incident that worries the souls of British stock-raisers. The introduction of American butcher's meat has already cut down their profits, and now the irrepressible Yankees threaten to sup* ply the kingdom with beastsof burden* The Pall Mall Gazette', seeks to console stock-raisers by the remark that when the mules left Amcrica they were re­ ported to be kicking up behind and be­ fore. "The Scotch," it says, "are a se­ rious nation and not to be trifled with,* prize of two dollars was recent­ ly offered to any member of the Con­ necticut Teachers' Institute who would write aud spell correctly the words in the following sentence: "It is an agree­ able sight to witness the unparaTled embarrassment of a harrassed peddler attempting to gauge the symmetry of peeled oniou, which a sibyl has stabbed with a poinard regardless of the innn- does of the lilies of eornelia hue* Thirty eight teac'.icrs competed forth* prize, but not one was successful. flgrTha following is the verdict of a negro jury. "We. de undersigned1, being a korenor's jury to sit on de body ob de uig£er Sambo, now dead and gona afore us, hab been sittin* ou de sat# negro aforesaid, did, 011 de night *6 dj| furteenth ob November,com© to def by falling from de bridge ober de ribef, where we find he was subsequently drown, and afterward washetf <)• riber-side, whar we spos he to defr Best thirig iu Plows. , Call aiuf am. E.U.OWKX,