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#• * v -- * > * " " ' j \>mt "<• :;».«> V'*fc$ " Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law; No Favors Win us and no Fear Shall Awe." . 3. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER H, 1877. NO. 16. 6EP| %dsfe!«P. Jib Published Every Wednesday by jr. VAN SLYKE Editor and Publisher. Office in Riverside Block* (Over Sn>Hh, Ald'r?ch Allay thorn's Stoi-e. TEtt^tS OP SUBSCRIPTION: DW6 Yfcftr, "(I'M Advance,) $i (ft tlf Yi<H P/iid within 'three SiontRs,.... 2 00 Subscriptions received for three of six months In the sarftc prrtportiol). BUSINESS CARDS. if. T. ItliOWN, M. I). toHYSTCl.V^Sr artd. Snrfreon. Office in Bricfc 1 HloCk over F. (i-. Mnves Clothing Store Water Street, McHenry III. K. A. KKKRS M. D. ' ~~ V^nYSiciAlf nnd Surgeon. Office atfesidence, JT two ddors west of Post Office, McHenry O. J. HOWARD, M D. J^Hxir8iCTA ,K and £uv£('oi>. Office at the store I Of Howard Jt Son, McHenry, 111. F. j. BXNNTA^-. AR ft Mnfffft'tV ?'<>«, Mclicnrt til. tffc'C-- \j Tory No. 171. OnterS Solicit oil. W. S. PRICKETT. ATTORNEY AT LAW, MCHENRY, M. Office second story Bishop's new Block. R-ICHARD ATTORNEY ixn cons SEIZOR AT T,AV. . Office in rear of Mnrphv & l.ishop's Bank "North Side Public Square, Woodstock, III. BUSINESS CARDS. GEO. A. BUCK LIN VTOTARY PIT ItLIC, Convernm-er and In- X™ surancc Agent. Office at Bucklin & Steven's Store, near the Depot, Mciienry, III. E. E. RICHARDS. HAS a complete Abstract or Titles to land ;in McHenrv County, IIl :tiois. Office with TJoirnty Clerk, Woo<lt*to'ck. III. ROUT. WRIGHT. Mannrfacituiwr'of 'Cufftnm ISnde "Boots and •Shoes. None but the best of material "Used and all work warranted. Shop Northwest roi*ner Public, Square, Mciienry, III. Fit. lIErU5TL:J>;. HOTJSiE, *Vtpn n>nrt 'Wrnauvental Pointer, also fancv Sketches, Scenery, &c., McHenry PH. Will Aw ail work promptly and at rea­ sonable fates. E. M. OWEN. GENERAL Dealer and Manufacturers Agent in Lending Farm Machinery. iPrices low and Terms favorable. tfcHEXKr, - - - - - ILLINOIS. S GEO. SC11 REINER. AT.OON a*wl Restaurant. Nearly opposite the Parker House, Mciienry 111. <®"Fir8t-Class Billiard and Pool Tables. J. HONS LETT, SALOON and Restaurant. Nearly oppooite Owen's T^ill, Mciienry, 111. Freslr&ysfcers jerved tip i» auy sliajje desired, or tor aarGoov* STA«i.rNo FomrcmSEs. W. w. E I - LS WORT IL BREEDER O the Celebrated Magic Hog. Also Light.md Dark Brahma Fowl's. Pigs •shipped to nil pohits by express. P.. >0. Ad­ dress, Woodstock, Ill.i PETER LEICKEM. REPAIRS Watches, Clocks and Jewelry of all kinds. Also Repairs Violins in the best •possible manner, on short notice and at rea- V>njl>le rates. Also Violins for Sale. Shop (flute {loor North of Riverside Block, Mciienry *11. norsE. Karjes Proprietor. Centrally located and ti»e best of accom­ modations ftirhished. Charges reasonable. M MCIIENRY cFloury, 111. John F. KI.EIKGEN & SON. /CARRIAGE, Wagon and House Painting done on Short Notice. All work war­ ranted. 'Mciienry 111., South of the Public £<j uare, MATTHEW KARG ES. ~~ H3T.TSE, Sign a»d Carriage Painter. Also f!alsomimng done Su t lie best of manner. All orders promptly attended to and work warranted. Residenee at the McHenry flouse, Mciienry, 111, Attention Farmers. FOR SALE. A Twitter of Full Blood S c o t c h CoMic Shep-herd "Pups, trotn Imported Stock. These Are the linest dogs for the fanner in the world .and I will warrant tlicin to be full blood. Also I have for sale Poland China Pigs, tboth sexes, all very tine. Call at ivy residence, one mile east of $livins Mills, and see then). FRANK COLE. 'Blivins Mills, 111., Aug., 2Sth, 1877. "\T17 A ~V^rT ,TJ , To make a permanent VV iVl\ 1. lHv 1 J engagement, with a rClergyinan having leisure, or a Bible .Reader, ito introduce in Mciienry County, t4ie CELE- •(t$RA.TED NEW Centennial Edition ol the HOLY RIIII.E. For description, notice edi­ torial in last week's issue of this paper. Vd- <lress at opc,e V, L. HORTON & CO., Publish­ ers and Bookbinders, <>0 E. Market St.. Indian­ apolis, I nd. JAMES ROSBINS, --DEALER IN-- Agricultural Implements SOLON MILLS, ILL. MANUFACTURERS AGENT tor the Cham, pion Reaper and Mower, the Gorliam Corn Cultivators and Diamond Plow, war- ' isr-r^d to scour in any soil, the Forest Citv Seed Plow' and Steel Beam Stubble Plow's Corn Planters, Horse Rakes, &e. Will take Cash or Good Notes in exchange for any and nil of my Goods. Post Office, Solon Mills, III. For Sale or Exchange- THE undersigned offers for s.vle his proper­ty, situated in the village of Mciienry, or will exchange it towards a good Farm.-- There is a good and substantial building,«uit- dble fora store or other business, the upper part of which is fitted up for a residence.-- Connect -d with this <s lour acres of choice land, a good barn and some fruit. There la no irore desirable property in this section, and anv person having a good Farm Which they wish to exchange, or anyone wishing to buy will tlnd it to their advantage to call and see nie. E. A. HEBAUD. . Mciienry, III., May 7th, 1^77. Errors of Youth. ' "VTI.EM VX who suffered for years Debility, Premature De- rom ?*•'••'ul iniliscre- cay, and all the effects OT tion will, for the sake of suffering minnm**.,.- send free to all who nee<l it, the recipe an<l direction for making the simple remedy ny *. .'•iliicli he was cured. Sufferers wishing to Wmnflt by the adviser's experience can do so ta e 'dressing in perfect conltdence Before ^ jj t OGDEN, 42 Cedar St,, New 1 ork E. BENNETT, M. D., 8URGEON and Ac<!oucher. Diseases of Women a Special! v( Office and Residence on Clay Street, Woodstock, lib vt. H. BUCK, Ml D(, HOMEOPATHIC I'hytician abd Surgepni-- Olllce East Side Public Square, Wood­ stock, 111. Office hours 11 to i2 A. M., and 2 to 4 P. M. CECIL. ^T. COXi DENTIST. Office at tlie Parker Honse* McHenry, llh N. S. COLBY. MCHENRY, Mcltenry CO,, III, Breeder of Spanish Merino "Sheep, Berkshire artd Poland China Swine. A Choice lot of young Buck stock for sale. Please call and examine before buying elsewhere." DENTISTRY. DR. L. C. RICE, will visit the following places, as stated below, every month. CARV--The 1st and 3d Tuesdays. - Rooms at Weaver's Hotel. . WAVCOXI>A-- 2d and 4th Wednesdays.^ Rooms at the Pratt House. SttolFEVRY--2d and 4th Thursdays. Rooms at the Riverside Honse, N r NO A--Every Friday. Rooms at the Hyatt Honse-. The remainder of the time will be at his residence*, at'Crystal Lake. Dr. Rice will have Mith him at all times Chloroform, Ether and Nitrous Oxid Gas. which will he administered whenever de­ sired. All operations performed in a careful and skillful manner. *• W. H. SANFORD, 3Iercliaut Tailor. In the store of-C. II. Bic&uisan, Eaat side of Public Square, WOODSTOCK, iru A cood Stock of Fine Cloths for Suibmgs al­ ways on band. Suits made to order a»d a lit warranted- Give me a calL W. H. SANDROItD. Woodstock 111., Sept. 87tli, 1875. M. XNCELN- U U N - I T U _ . ~ Will cliangie »*«- loaders, \»oth 8ing,e and ^uWc ' breach leaders. Kee)>£ on hand all KesaC kinds-of Gun Ma­ terial. All work warranted. Shop opposite Perry & Martin's Store, McHenrv, III. H, K. WKJIITMAN, Proprietor. First class rigs, with or without drivers, furnished at reasonable rates. Teaming of all kinds ilone on short noti«^. O. W. OWE^, WATCH MAKES & JEWELER, McHKXHf- ILLm T»enl«r In all kinds o4 4merienn and Swiss Watches, Clocks from the best factories in the country. Silver, pUUsdwue, Silver SIMMMIS, Ac., ALSO AGENT FOR THE Weber and Bradbury Pianos AND THE .Kstey, Or^an ! Which we believe to be the best Organ in the market. We think we know that Itvexperl- en<*o,.2»ml we believe it* for Jt »>nck'ed up by the Besl Musicians in the World. I also soil other Organs at less prices than pie Estey; but can't receomntend them to be as good. O. W. OWEN. Julv 23. Scott Sc Co., HATS CAPS & STRAW GOODS WHOLESALE AJCD RETAIL, 192 MADISON STREET COR. FIFTH AVE. And 123 Lake St., Cor. Clark CHICAGO. A Larger Stock of MEDIUM and FINE GOODS and LOWER PRICES than any other house in the trade. JANESViLLE North Main Street. 'T'HE subscribers are now readvto exchange JJ. for wool, goods, such as plain aifd "fancy Cassimeres, Doeskins. Tweeds, Satinets, La­ dies Cloth, Sheetings. Shirtings, and a good variety of various kinds of Flannels, for dresses, Ac., Blankets, Stocking Yarn, &c.-- All these goods will be exchanged for Wool or Cash, on the most reasonable tonus. Custom carding and cloth dressing on the samo terms as in former years. Carpets washed at live cents per yard. P. S.---All wool sent bv express will be ^;7>motlv attended to. Please send full or­ ders tly man. IA/n-fQfl In exchange for goods TV all IvU* wool greese and talj lo»v. 7 F. A. WHEELER & Co. June 1st, 18 77 POSTAL SAYINGS HANKS. The bill introduced into the H*tl|)^ by Phillips, of Kansas, for postal sav­ ings banks, provides that each •ffice where the Postmaster's salary is 91,000 Oh application a savings banks shall to established, Deposits shall be re­ ceived ftt as low amount as 2o cents, the amount not to exceed $200. It j)r*» rides that When $25 is deposited it •hall beat* 3 per cent interest when placed subject to ninety days notice^be- fore call. It authorises the issue of 3>65 bonds in denominations of $23, $50, 9100 and $300, with coupons payable every three months, which on demand shall be payable on amounts deposited when called. It provides for additions al bonds for Post Offices where suth banks are established, and that bonds may be increased troin time to time, and leaves I lie execution of the pro­ visions of the act with the Postmaster general, the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bonds on notification of the Postmaster General that $50,000^000 is so deposited, that amount being held under the Sixth Auditor for the pay­ ment of account demands. MORK OOVEHNMKVT FKAUD& Secretary Schurz is credited witl| having discovered a new system of weights and measures--that is, he haft discovered it among the beef contract tors for Indian agencies. The systeiif consists in inclosing the weigher in a' box by the scales, so that he could see ihe weights, but not the weighed. As a result of this Sticlosure it is said tliat the contractors twve been enabled t6 weigh one lot of cattle one or more times aud to get pay far them. The fraud is supposed to cover millions of pounds of "beef. Jt does not seem to have occurred t© the Government tliat the brains *f the inspectors as well a* their lionesty needed weighing. The meu who sat in those gentry-boxes oy^r the scales probably knew that they were assisting robberies. Why Hot puuish them!--Chicago Post. KNTKKi'RISINO tf ARMKIMl Farmers without enterprise don't amount to much. They are net worth ten cents a dozen. They don't read the agricultural or other papers because they don't care to inform themselves abo.it what is going on in the world.-- If they can make enough to supply the wants of the body they are satis­ fied. They care nothing for the wants or the improvement of the mind. That is the last object of their thoughts, if they have what may be difnifled as thoughts. The enterprising farmer is a different sort ot a man. H« always has his eyes and ears open, says Col man's Rural^ that he may learn what is going on in the World and take advantage of the knowledge he gains. He reads the, agricultural papers,that he may learn of the improvements that are going on. If lie reads of new discoveries in his calling, he tries them to see if they will prove profitable. He learns what he can of new systems of culture, new seeds,new varieties--and tests them -- He tries the improved breeds of stocks as fast as he is able. He wants Berk­ shire or Poland-China hogs instead of hazel splitters. He wants something besides scrub cattlc, preferring the short horn, Devon, Jersey, or some other breed, depending upon what use he has for cattle. He doesn't want the long legged, bare belly, scrub sheep, when the Merino, Cotswold, South­ down, Shropshiedown,and other breeds are so easily obtained. He doesn't | want scrub horses, when those of a far better blood, style and substance can be obtained. The farmer ef enter­ prise is a desirable acquisition in any community. Let us develop mere of them. J8ST" A. good -story is told by Mr, Charles Makay, of Mr. Seward, who, wheu in Englaud went with him to the (>3*Atal Palace. Mr. "Seward'lighted a cigar and proceeded to smoke with great enjoyment, when a police«i -5TnHarried man without having taken its meeting the pair said, in a tone of authority, '"Sir, its against the rules to smoke in these grounds. Put out grour cigar or Seave the place. "Sir,'* Mr. Seward rejoined with equal digni­ ty.,'"Is it a^aiust it he rules for me to give you half a crown. Take it, aud put it in yaw* pocket and leave my' presence." The man looked round for fear,of listeners, took the half crown, smiled pleasantly, and discretly turned away in the opposite direction. JB@r* Tlie .silver hill introduced in the House a£ Washington, will, it is be­ lieved, pass at an early day in this ses­ sion. It reads as follows: lie it enacted, etc., That there shall be coined at the silver mints of the Uni­ ted States., silver dollars of the weight of412i grains of staiftard silver, as pro­ vided in the act of January 18, 1837, on which shall be the devices and su­ perscriptions provided by said act. which coin shall be a legal tender for all debts and dues^ public and* private, except where otherwise provided by contract. «nd that no charge shall be made for converting silver bullion into such coin, except for assay. $&*Act towards others as you would they sluoidd act towards j'ourself. It is the same in life as in the midst of the waves; for every navigator there is the same sea, the same tempests, the same dangers to beware ef. As long as you are borne en a tranquil surface, help those who have suffered shipwreck. Who can say that you will not be overtaken by a storm--yeu are not yet in port; the same conduct that you have shown to the unfortu­ nate will be shown to you by your fcl- low-veyagers. SEEING TOO LATK. She was a quiet country girl when first we knew her--one who was sur­ rounded by all the comforts of tife, and she would have been happy had her life been just a little more gay; she craved company,--society. An escape frem her dull life offered itself in the usual way--she married, and for a little while she and her husband were all in all to each other. But she soon found that ^ter partner had taken the position of a responsibility. Heexpected tesit down to a well-filled table without troubling himself where the supplies came from. He expected to find, on coming home, his wife with her work all put aside, freshly dressed to entertain him, wheth­ er sick or well. When sick in bed she might lie there alone, because he never could endure a sick room, but he must have some one cheerful in the house to keep him from getting nervous. The truth gradually dawned upon hermind; she tried not to see, but facts are facts. He was not dissipated, but thoroughly unstable. She was toe proud to go home --besides, she could net leave her dear children. •Now, she is a care-worn, anxious woman,old before her time, and as she thinks of that heme of plenty, of her brother and sister all situated so nice­ ly, she alone in poverty and neglect, she feels that it is a hard but just pun­ ishment for not using the judgment God gave her to use iu starting out in life She thinks, I could bear it better if I was not draggingmy little darlings with me. Girls, don't be in a hurry. If you have never prayed before,pray ear­ nestly before deciding on your compan­ ion for life; lore by all means, but lis­ ten to the voice of reason before it is toe late. flgfAn Oakland huckster bought a tine nude at auction on California street last week. lie paid $140 for it, and christened it Martin Luther. Af- trying for three days te put its har­ ness on from a second story window, the owner sold it for $14, on long time, and under the style and title of "Sara." It was purchased by the city govern­ ment, and will henceforth be used to suppress riots. It is calculated that when backed gently but firmly into a mob the business end of fthis faithful animal will be equal to four Gatliug guns aud a howitzer. jggg-'The American workmen who went to England several'weeks ago are encountering trouble. They joined in a strike with the English mechanics shortly after their arrival, and now their employers are proposing to pros­ ecute them for violation of contract. As a rule strikes don't pay, and are generally engineered by worthless members of the craft, who are just in their element wheu engaged in these disturbances. B^-There has loug been felt the need of a journal devoted to our public land interests, giving from month to month reports of the sales, entries by Homestead, etc. We are in receipt of sample pages and table ®f contents of the first number of such a monthly, which promises well. It proposes to publish a complete report ef our Public Laud business, also ot all colonizing schemes aud facts regarding their chosen lacation. Every State and Ter­ ritory will receive careful attention, and be honestly reported. There are plenty of Homestead Lands yet, and eacli settler can secure 320 acres. How and where is told in the Public Domain A single copy, with a beautiful large map of the LTnited States, colored by states, sent for 10 cents. Yearly sub­ scriptions one dollar each, including the map, No free copies. GARDNER A Co., Publishers. 56 LaSalle Street, Chicago. am willing to rok baby all the time while the wimmin .folks are bile- ing sope. i am willing to kut rags, to work tip into rag karpets. they kan keep me hunting hens' eggs wet days, or picking greeri currents, or i will even dip candles, or koro apples for sass, or turn grind stun, but by thunder I wont churn. I hav examined myself on this subjekt. and I willbetajak knife, so long as he remains in his right mind. Josh Billings wont ehurn.--Josh Billings. i j p A vm UNJUST CUSTOM. "James is naturally smart, and we are going to give him an education, perhaps make a lawyer or minister of him." "George don't seem te get along well with his books--is rather dull-- and we shall make a farmer of him."-- We have heard talk just like lathis, and the majority of people act upon this principle. It is rank cruelty--rank in­ justice, at any rate. It is giving to the rich, and withholding from the poor. If through the fault of h*s parents, or otherwise, George is less endowed with intellectual gifts, he should have all the more done for him to make up any natural defect, by culture, by discipline, by exercise of the mind, and thus place him upou- a par with bis more gifted brother. If a youth dis­ likes arithmetic, or any particular branch of study or thinking, it shows a deficiency iu that faculty, which culture and study should make up, and thus produce a well balanced mind. We abominate the whole system of Meleo- tive studies." now so popular in some schools aud colleges, which allows a scholar to mainly cultivate those men­ tal powers' in which he is already most proficient. A rigid course of diverse study, planned to develope uniformly the variou« faculties of the mind, is the one which will turn out the best and most useful meu. After a good general ground-work is thus laid, and the think ing faculties are well and uniformly developed, the final study may be di­ rected to some specific line, that will he required in a particular business, or professional life.--American Agricul­ turist. A Scene In A Railroad Car. The following laughable incident by a well known office-holder who has nothing else to do but ride on the cars, and .is he rides free has numerous tales to tell of his observations and ex­ perience: There were two seats in the car turned so as te face each other.-- One was occupied by a lady and the other by a Chinaman. Evidently the luly did not relish the presence ef the Chinaman. She explained to him that she wanted to take the cush. ions and their frame and place them lengthwise across from seat to seat.-- John said "all rlghtee," and got out in the aisle while she proceeded to lie down en the bed thus improved, with her head resting on her valise. She supposed tliat the Chinaman would take the hint that she wanted to rest in the space usually occupied by four persons. But John at once proceeded te crawl in and stretch himself by her side, with his head on a little bundle of his own. The Chinese are an imita­ tive race, and like te do as others dr>, yeu know. The lad}', as soon as she discovered that she had a bed fellow, got up a little wildly and strted for the next car, te the infinite amusement of the passengers, who had been watching the little scene with some interest.-- John took no notice of the fun he had created, but went to sleep with the- whole bed to himself jpaJ"The Evening Post, of San Fran­ cisco. publishes a list of the Chinese laundries in that city. They number more than two hundred in all parts of the city, and are declared te be a source of great danger, aud to depreciate largely the value of surron nding prop­ erty. They are mostly small wooden buildings, very combustible. Formerly ths laundrymea conld not eftect an in­ surance uuless at very high rates, but now they cannot find companies to in­ sure them on any terms. The Mongo­ lian tenants are said to be careless in the use ef fires and lamps, and cause very high rates to be exacted for ad­ joining houses. JB^*A story is told of two worthy New England deacons between whom a bitter feud had long existed concern­ ing some contested point. Neither would yield, and the matter treatened to be handed down te the next genera­ tion, when one day Deacon Smith ap­ peared before his old enemy and solemnly said : "Brother Jones, it Is a shame that this quarrel of ours should bring scandal upon the church. I have prayed earnestly for guidance in the matter, and have come to tlie conclus­ ion that you mnstglve in, for lean not.1* An effective medicine which can be relied upon for general use in a house- held and will save the expense of a doctor's bill among those who can ill afford it, is a blessing which should be widely known. We can speak a good word "for "Lawson's Curative," which is so popular among the masses of the people, not only in our own midst, but in all parts of the country. We know its value for the cure of rheumatism and neuralgia, and learn it is equally as effective for all nerve diseases, and for catarrh, diptlieria. burns, headache, or wherever there is pain and incarna­ tion. It is strongly recommended by those who have used it. For sale by H. Colby, McHenry. WASHINGTON conntcsroNDRNCK, Cheerful Scenes at the White House-- Bills Introduced in Congress--Bum- side' 8 Nrgro JOnlistment Bill--Liberia Movement. WASHINGTON IX C.. Nov., Sth, 1S7T. One might have supposed, to pass b| the White House on Tuesday evening last, that a State Dinner or some other grand fete was In progress, so bright and light was all the house and such aft air of gayety was apparent. Even State Dining Hall and great East Ro^Wi| were ablaze with lights and from tho grounds rockets now and then arose. - But the present occupants of the Exe­ cutive Mansion have made all the S;ate departments into living rooms and on the night mentioned weie only passing a pleasant evening SCCaSajT with friends and acquaintances who called without special invitation.-- Lieut. Turner, of the Signal Corps, had dropped iu to show the family a new invention in signals and was Invited to send them off from the southern porti­ co, hence the rockets. 850 bills were introduced in the House of Representatives last Monday and not half a dozen of that extraordi> nary number had the least political significance. This at first appears strange but when it is cousidered that the first bill day always tests the gen­ eral feeling of the House, it is encour­ aging, for it shows that the business interests of the country are paramount to all things else In the mluds of that country's legislators. The tariff, tho internal revenue, the currency, tho coinage, the banking system, the bank* ruptcy laws, and the resumption law are all seeking attention and will all doubtless receive it before politics again engross the attention of Con­ gress. The most important Committee ap­ pointed this week in the Senate was* one to reconstruct the manner of elect­ ing the President and Vice Presidents ef the United States and consisted of Messrs. Edmunds, Cotikling, Howe« McMillan, Teller, Davis, Bayard , Tliurman and Morgan. General Burnside introduced a bill , on Wednesday that has taken the nuu«|| "Negro Enlistment Bill" and In effect^ Is a proposal that there sl^all be In fn ture no such thing as a "Colored Regi ment," "Colored Troops" and soon, but that negroes may enlist in all regil nients or be assigned to any branch ol| the army without regard to color or previous de-cent, in short that the army| shall be ef a pepper and salt color la- stead of being checked or striped off In black nnd white as heretofore. Apropos to the colored element, a petition has been read iu Congress ask* lug for pecuniary aid for the black peo» pie of several of the Southern States who wish to emigrate to Liberia, and this week Win. Cappinger, Correspond* ing Secretary of the African Coloniza­ tion Society, has published an apt arti­ c le s trongly favor ing the scheme. He. , takes the ground that there Is greufij (Wealth of palm oil, dye woods, guius^ spices.coffee, ivory, gold dust and oth­ er desirable commodities la central and western Africa for which our lie- public may give cotton manufactures* cutlery, guus. hardware, and simple ag­ ricultural implements. He gives th» following fact as anevidonce of tho in­ creasing supply of Africa's natural pro­ ducts. Iu 1875 the exports of India Rubber were to the amount of HtyKMIi in 1876 £100,000, and this year It will reach £250,000. And he goes on to say that three measures put immediately in motion would put the United States commercially in Africa when* all Europe could not successfully compete with us, namely: A lino of medium sized steamers to Monrovia and neigh- boring ports, affording stated, direct and speedy conveyance for tho raaib. freights and cabin and emigrant pas­ sengers ; the survey and construct too of a railroad from St. Paul! Rivet through the elevated country East of Liberia into the Niger Valley and Sooctan with their fifty million of semi-elviliaed Sin­ habitants, and the annnal emigration of a few hundred of the best dass of our colored population, prepared to es­ tablished trading stations, and plant settlements in the most eligible por» tions of tthe continent. It is said that already a quarter of a million of freed- mcn in the South have enrolled their names as wishing to emigrate to Li­ beria. but have not the means of de­ fraying their traveling expenses and ' those of the first few months after their arrival there, from which faeft arises the petition. Mr. Cappinger closes his letter thus: "'Let the graqd opportunity now presented W im­ proved. Self interest, if no higher mo­ tive, should compel us to secure a vir­ gin market, capable not only of taking our existing superabundant products and manufactures, luit of doubling the click of every shuttle arid the ring of every anvil in Europe and Aaeriw." «MV* ."til; New arrivals of Prints anduinghams in Fall styles at Fitzsimmous & Evanson, near the Depot. F>r the Latest Styles in Dress Goofs, go to Smith, Ahfrieh & llayU»ora't% Riverside Block, McHenry.