fi <1 The Spy nhould have the eye of Argus: he it honorable if he do but look to the welfare of the commonwealth. WORCESTER TUFBDAY, OCTOBEK »4, I*7l. Exploring Ihr Open Polar Men. A dispatch from Europe has announced that the German arctic expedition has reached the open polar sea and made a successful voyage to the north pole. A full account of the discovery is published in Germany, it is said; but no par ticulars are given in the dispatch, save that the polar sea is “free of ice and swarms with whales.” We wish the European reporter could have taken a view of his business, which wou'd have moved him to make the dispatch longer and more satisfactory. He is accustomed to give the court gossip of Europe and mention the case of every royal personage who takes cold or has the toothache. If he would regularly omit this part of his news and give us instead something more important, there would be more hope of his becoming entirely fit for the work with which he is entrusted. The expedition ot Dr. Kane gave the world knowledge of the fact that there is an open polar sea which is haunted by waterfowl. Dr. Kane could not sail to it because hundreds ot miles of ice were in the way; but some of his men made a long and perilous journey across the ice to the shores of that sea, and shot some of its wild fowl which weie found in great abundance. We are now told that the Germans who took a more favorable route, have sailed into it. There are many who will wait with eager desire to see the narrative of their voyage. A New York paper thinks there is room for doubt of the correctness ot this report, and that Captain Hall and the Polaris will make the first voyage to the pole. We may lie sure, beforehand, however, that Cap tain Hall will not sail into the polar sea, fur pre vious voyagers have settled no question more absolutely, than the utter impossibility of sail ing to it by the route he has taken. He himself did not expect to reach it with the Polaris, for he made careful provision for a sledge journey across rhe ice. The German i eport is by no means improb able. At any rate, they have tried a much more hopeful route than that of Captain Hail. Reason and science have suggested that whoever sails to the north pole must go as the whales go, follow ing the gulf stream between the North Cape and Spitsbergen, or the corresponding ocean stream of the Pacific through Behring s Strait. The Germans seem to have taken the former route. That whales pass from one ocean to the other, by way of the pole, is an ascertained fact: but no whale can come from the open polar sea to the Atlantic, through Hudson’s Bay, for it would die in the attempt, beneath the ice, where, for hundreds of miles, access to the air would be im possible. Should Captain Hall do as much as was done by the Kane expedition, he would have reason to congratulate himself. If the German expedition lias done more, it is because they have pursued a better course, and not because they have made a more earnest endeavor to suc ceed than was made by Dr. Kane. Ilnr.ing nt Yale. The practice of hazing at Yale has received a check. Bom which it is not likely to recover for a year or two at least. The landlady of a board ing house a few days ago for nd some sopho mores tormenting a freshman, one of her board ers. and at once sent for the police, who arrest ed the offenders. The case ot the young men received from the police court just such consid eration as would have been given to any other charge of similar conduct, in no way mitigated bv the fact that the defendants were students, and not clerks, mechanics or laborers. Per haps the influence of the time-honored practice of hazing on the education of the actors or sufferers in it was not adequately brought to bis honor’s notice. The New York World thinks hazing essential to keep the freshmen from be coming “not only the most supercilious and offensive, but the most lawless and unman ageable subjects of the scholastic dominion,” and that the sophomores deserve praise and thanks for their energetic system of training in to college life these dangerous freshmen, whom the faculty cannot control and the older classes are too busy an 1 too dignified to take in hand. This seems to be said in all seriousness, and it curi ously illustrates the capacity of that journal to find and advocate the wrong side of every sub jcct, even of those which to ordinary observers seem to have but one. It did not occur to the New Haven magistrate, however, to regard these young men as public benefactors or as occupied in enforcing the legitimate discipline of the uni versity; but he imposed the usual fines and costs for disturbance of rhe peace or assault and battery or whatever the formal charge may have been. This, though not pleasant, was comparative ly an unimportant matter; the probable action of the faculty was viewed with more apprehen sion. It was assumed that the young gentle men concerned in the raid would be dismissed irom college, .vet, as the college paper puts it, “the athletic interests of Yale imperatively dc inanded their stay,” which means, wc suppose, that some of these irregular disciplinarians were mighty at the hat or the oar. So the col lege buys came together, and after some ex hibitions of class jealousy, it was agreed that the sophomore and freshman classes should join in petitions to the faculty, asking that no action should be taken against the offenders, and pledged themselves to refrain from hazing in the future. The language of the pledge was: “We solemnly promise that during our course, wc will abstain from street rushes, bat-stealing' maltreatment of the person or property of the members of the college and from hazing in am fotm. and that we will use our influence to dis courage the same.” Although the final action of the faculty has not yet been announced, it is supposed they will undoubtedly overlook the present offence in view of the suppression of hazing in the future Ihe class which enters next year will have no personal experience of this practice, and prob ably will not revive it in their sophomore year, after it has lain in abeyance so long. It is an auspicious circumstance that the beginning of President Porter’s official service is signalized bv the abolition of what the Yale Courant very properly calls a “barbarous and execrable cus tom.” The secessionists of Baltimore held a solemn jubilee, last week, the occasion being a discourse by Wade Hampton on the life and character of Gen. Lee. Friends of the “lost cause” assembled in great force, and the orator told them that Lee was the greatest of generals,— greater than Napoleon, Wellington, and all others of modem times. Jeff. Davis was there, and was greeted with a mighty storm of applause when he entered the hall. Wade Hampton announced that the Union generals were utterly incapable, all save McClellan. The name of McClellan drew out another roar of applause, this man being evidently a favorite with the crowd asscin. bled to hear Hampton and bless Davis. Some doubt is expressed whether the emperor of Brazil has, as reported, appointed the mem ber of the tribunal of arbitration under the ashington treaty, whose selection was en trusted to him. If he has the court is now com plete, as follows: Sir Alexander Cockburn, chief justice of the queen's bench, appointed by Great Britain; Charles Francis Adams, bv the United Slates; Jacques Staempfli of Berne, by Switzerland; Frederick Sclopis, count of Solera na, by Italy; and Baron Itajuba, by Brazil. The last dispatches received in Washington from our minister to Brazil, and they were as late as any news received from that country, made no mention of this appointment, although be would probably have been immediately in formed of it, and would certainly have notified his government. The time during which the emperor might appoint has now expired, and, if be has failed to do so, the king of Sweden, ac cording to the terms of the treaty, will be in vited to fill tfi f vacancy. The treaty require, that the arbitrators than meet at Geneva u> as possible after their numlter is complete, and not later than December Kith of this year. When the tribunal is formed, each gorenttueot will deliver to the arbitrators a statement of its position in regard to the con troversy ariMng from the depredations upon our commerce by the Alabama and other rebel cruisers built, equipped or refitted in the har- bors of Great Britain, within four months from that time each government will submit its counter statement in answer to the statement submitted by the other. In two months after, that is by the 16th of June, each government will present a final argument reviewing the whole case. All of these arguments and state ments will be written or printed. The arbitra tors may afterwards, if they choose, request oral or written arguments on any points that seem to need further clearing up, and the de cision is to lie rendered, if possible, within three months of the close of the arguments. It was announced long ago that a national convention of the labor reform party would be held in Columbus, Ohio, on the eighteenth of this month, to nominate candidates for the next presidential election. Ihe time came and passed without attracting the attention of the world at large, hut the Columbus people were on the look out. A national convention doesn’t meet there every day, nor every year, and they wanted Io enjoy and profit by it to the utmost. They ex pected that the town would be crowded with strangers, and the halls of the public houses filled with an excited and eager throng, discuss ing the merits of rival candidates, estimating their strength and canvassing for votes. But such expectations proved vain; there were no more people in town than usual; no hall had been engaged for the convention, and nobody could tell when it was to be held, or whether it had not been postponed or abandoned. If the people had not with the name received some por tion of the enterprise and inquisitiveness of the great discoverer, the convention wonld probably have escaped their vigilance altogether. It was ascertained at last that the convention, consist ing of fifteen duly accredited delegates, had as sembled in a private house and decided that, if the republicans should nominate Grant next year, the labor reform party could not do better than to support him. This done the convention adjourned without day. Mr. Charles Babbage, who died in London on Saturday, was eminent as a mathematician, an inventor, and the author of a great many works on scientific ami practical subjects. But he was most widely known as the inventor and con structor of a calculating machine, or, as he pre ferred to call it a “difference engine.” His attention was early called Io this subject by observing the errors and imperfections of exist ing tables of logarithms, the indispensable aids in astronomical and other abstruse and laborious calculations. It occurred to him that a machine could be contrived which would evolve these tables, by a mechanical process, free from liability to error. He invented such a machine and super intended its construction, which did its work admirably. His logarithmic tables, the most complete ever published, were calculated by this engine. A much larger one on the same principle was ordered by the British government,but never completed. A similar machine, suggested by that of Babbage, but constructed by two Swedes, is now in the Dudley observatory at Albany. Besides his fondness for dry and ab struse subjects, which removed him in a con siderable degree from the ordinary sympathies and interests of his fellow men, Mr. Babbage had one eminently human weakness—his invet erate hostility to street musicians of every kind, who vexed him unspeakably, and whom he pursued with all the rancor of an insulted and outraged scholar, through the police, the courts and the press. Mr. Babbage was born Decern I »er 26th, 1792, and was therefore nearly seventy-nine years of age. Sir Roderick J. Murchison, eminent and wide ly known in the scientific world, and president of the English geological and geographical so. cicties, died, Sunday, being seventy-nine years old. He was the friend and patron of Dr. Liv ingstone, and took great and constant interest in his African journeys of exploration. He began his career as an officer in the English army; but his tastes drew him to scientific pursuits. He was chiefly self-educated, and rose to his cmi-. Dent position by fojee of his great natural abili ty. Geological science in England, and ihreugh out Europe, is largely indebted to his studies and explorations. He has done much, also, to aid the progress of geographical science; and has been a prolific writer on topics connected with both these sciences. He had become an old man; but one is instinctively inclined to wish he could have lived to greet Dr. Livingstone, on the veteran explorer’s return from his last, long jouniey in Africa. in Indinoa. The New Albany Journal tells the following sad story: We are confident that all judicious persons will agree with us in pronouncing the restless pranks of this dead peddler extremely reprehensible. “From a letter from a friend at the little town of Huron, on the Ohio and Mississippi railroad, we learn the particulars of some very singular spiritual manifestations. Our correspondent states that fifteen or twenty years ago a peddler was in the habit of passing through that coun try, selling notions, who drove a two-horse team. Unit one night about nine o’clock he passed the house of a Mr. Kubeck who lives some miles east of Harrisonville, on the Bryants villc road, going towards the former place. 'Phis was the last that was ever seen or heard of him. The fact of his being missed and failing to make his regular visits created some talk in that neighliorhood al the time, but soon died away, and the peddler was soon forgotten. “On this road, about one or two miles from White River, and some two and a half miles from Harrisonville, is a very rough hill, up which the road runs, and on the top, on the southwest side of the road, is an open field, long since abandoned. Near this field, and right bv the side of the road, stands an old dead tree. Some three weeks ago Mr. Kubeck was passing along this road, on his wav home from Hni rp sonvillc, at about eleven o’clock at night. The night was quite dark, and it was whli consid erable difficulty that he could keep in the road, or prevent his horse from stumbling over the stones that obstructed the high wav. Jie finally, however, reached the top of the hill, and when about twenty rods from the tree he heard a noise over in the old waste field aliovc described, which he took to he two dogs en gaged in a desperate fight. Their growling, barking, snapping and scratching was fearful.’ It was apparently the most sanguinary dog fight he had eier heard. At the moment it created little or no surprise. He only wondered that two dogs should be at that time of night so distant from any human habitation, (for there is no farm-house within a mile of this field,) engaged -in such a desperate encounter. On second thought, however, he concluded that they had been out on a sbeep-bunting expedi tion, and, having accidentally met there, got into the fiiht. “He ban not lonir to consider upon this, how ever, for soon the elankin-of chains attracted his attent oil in another direction, and looking toward the tree, to his astonishment he beheld iarite broken links of what seemed to be a bout chain, red hot, fallin- around the tree, sizzin" aud scorching. There seemed to be at least twenty ol these links falling at tlie same time and confined to fall about a minute, when Mr’ Rulicck was startled almost out of his wits bv a heavy groan which seemed to come from the earth beneath linn. Strange as it may anneal upto this time his horse had not manifested the least uneasiness, and Mr. Uulicck himself had not imagined anything connected with what lie had seen or heard but what could be accounted lor upon a rational theory. The fallin- of red hot chains, he admits, he thought a little ex traordinary, lint had concluded within his own mind to revisit the spot tlie next morning and gather them up, believing, as he did, that they were meteors that had fallen from the sky in that peculiar shape. At the groan bis horse reared and curvetted, plunged forward and startea to run. Now came the most trying tune him i' "’To’ 11, rv l fl,r just hi front of him he heard tlie plunging, nulling noise of a runaway team coming toward him, and tlie noise mam ested every indication that tlieir course would be directly over him. He tried to rem Ins horse on-, of the course it was fakin'- Im his efforts were to no purpose. On, „n came the frightened team; on, on toward it plunged the ungovernable horse. H was a moment of terri hie suspense. All the deeds of an hones?life came crowding upon his mind, lie olfered one short prayer for safety, and gave himself up for lost, when, more astonished than ever the noises as suddenly ceased as they had commenced His horse still fretted and tried to run but Mr' Ruheck held him steadily in the road. “At this moment Mr. Rubcck heard a voice calling for help, and then the cry of murder fell upon bis car; and as he Mas getting out of the way he was more than ever startled by the ex clamation, the voice apparently’ coming directly from the old field: “For God’s sake! Jim, don't murder me!’ “Having by this time passed the old field, he made his way home without seeing or hearing any thing further, but in a state of mind better imagined than described. He spent a very rest less night, and the next morning rode over tlie country telling his experience of the ni* r ht be the aid of his neighbors to mm I'?’ 1 B lvin t the mystery. He gathered who atten dcd Idm the follow- -Tlh. the bame scenes were repeated. unearthh^nin 1 thC rcd hot chains fell, the uni arthi.y groans rose up from the ground the Ib7m e ?r? n camt "'“"dwing down upon fuuP'dninT 0 again heard in the waste murder. P d boßKtn 3 Jim not to “Most of the witnesses to this second demon stration ol the unearthly visitants, if such they may be cabed, beeame panic Stricken and prc eipitately fled. 1 hoee who remained could find no reasonable solution of the mystery tlmueh one or two, who '.new intimately iind disiim-fiv remembered the missing peddler, are willing to swear that it was his vohe that culled fur help Jniln Spn: Wartester, gjornmcj, October 24, 1871. “The next day more citizens gathered upon the hill, and dug as close to the spot where the barking dogs were heatd as they could, and what was their surprise when they unearthed a skeleton. Some parts of the clothing were still preserved, which corresponded with that usu ally worn bv the peddler. Upon a close exami nation a fracture was found in the skull, which looked as though it was made with a heavy in strument, such as an axe or hatchet. “These last discoveries have created a consid erable excitement in the neighborhood, and some think it explains the mystery which sur rounds the disappearance of the peddler, and will ultimately lead to the discovery of his mur derer, if be was murdered. Taking the facts all in all, it is a singular affair, and ifit does re sult in what our correspondent intimates, it will add something to the establishment of the the ory of spiritualism.” A Mt range Dclunioii in t'hinii. [Correspondence of the N. Y. Evening Post.] Hoso Kong, September 1,1871. The present mail will inform you of the “Genii Powder” excitement. Placards have suddenly appeared in the most important locali ties in Canton province, charging foreigners with having concocted a diabolical medicine, which causes the bowels and the feet of the vic tim to swell up within some twenty-live days after it is taken, unless the patient will consent to enter the Roman Catholic church. The medicine is said to be circulated in all quarters at foreign expense, through the agency <>f Buddhist nuns, old women and various sorts of hawkers and peddlers. Perse ns are induced to partake by the representation that a pesti lence is impending, from which immunity can be secured only by a dose of the powder. If, when the swelling begins, they refuse to become Catholic they die, and report has it that some twenty thousand persons have already perished. Of course, the excitement caused among an ignorant and superstitious people by such a story is by no means trifling. As a conse quence, trouble and bloodshed have followed. A poor Chinaman was killed in the streets of Canton by an excited m rb on suspicion of deal ing in this powder. A woman was killed in the Yamun, and a man was executed by the viceroy on the same ground. Sharp dispatches bv the consuls have been followed by proclama tions by th vicceroy and provincial judge. The latter order thepconlc to maintain order, under the severest penalties, but at the same time they assume the correctness of the report that such a powder is in circulation. As a reward is offered for any one found engaged in its dis tribution, and as the official retrospects of the matter do not affirm the falsity of the charges regarding foreigners, the impression remains on the minds df the people that they are actually guiltv. It is, therefore, clearly a matter of question whether the harm does not surpass the good. The origin and design of these placards de mand the gravest inquiry. To pass them over as mere ebullitions of ignorance which cease to do evil after a lull supervenes, is to practise po litical quackery, of which we may some day be the victims. First of all, be it observed, these placards arc a common agency of stirring up a popular commotion, and placards against for cigners have been known ever since the old Hong days of Canton. What distinguishes the present 'movement is the extent of territory over which it prevails, and the homogeneity of plan indicates extraordinary facilities for attain ing a common understanding and concert of action. Two theories arc advanced to explain the movement. By some it is regarded as part of a plan to overthrow the Tartar dynasty, by em broiling them with foreigners. And it is by no means an ill-chosen agency for that purpose, as I shall point out hereafter. By others it is looked upon as a most ingenious device of the manda rins to implant a deeper dislike of the foreigner in the minds of the common people, ami there is an abundance of testimony in favor of this opinion. The manipulations of Chinese state cralt have a special end to accomplish at the present time. The treaties are to la? revised, and the inland residence question is to be dis cussed. The Chinese are bent on refusing that demand. The carle of Clarendon, moved by the representations of Mr. Burlingame, gave various classes of foreigners a rebuke for not paying more deference to the wishes and prejudices of the people. The Chinese had these papers trans lated and took the hint, ami the mandarins are now manufacturing a public opinion bitteriy hostile to the residence of foreigners inland. No less than four German missionaries living in inland towns, have been driven back to Can ton or Hong Kong, while their houses have been looted or destroyed. Since the British cabinet has ordered that the prejudices of the Chinese should be respected (and which is all right enough in itself), the Chinese have resolved that there shall be an in creased multitude of prejudices to be respected. You will hear, of course, that the ostentatious vermillion-tipped proclamations are posted up after the placards, and the placards will he pulled down, and you will be told to infer that all is moving on as before. The inference will by no means be just. The mischief intended will be fully accomplished. A condition of pub lic sentiment will be superinduced which mav lie passive and dormant enough when not need ed, but which can lie utilized hereafter if deemed desirable by the crafty mandarins. Let not the public be deceived by any syren song of manda rin desire for closer relations with the west. We are drifting in the direction of war rather than of peace. Nam-Yen. llorroi-M of KukluxiNin. A United States official reports, under date of Sept. 8, 1871, a series of outrages perpetrated in Chatham county, N. C., on Mrs. Catharine Fer guson, her daughter, (Sarah Jane Ferguson,) three of her sons, and a young man named Eli Phillips. This official, who is one of the most fearless and useful in the service, at once pro ccede Ito investigate the matter, and the result was he speedily brought alt I lie parties to Ra leigh. Miss Sarah Jane Ferguson, 21 years of age, made an affidavit of the facts before Mr. Commissioner Shafter. The official referred to made further inquiries, which served to corrobo rate the girl’s statement. The other five who were outraged when she was, stand ready to sustain her in her testimony. Miss Ferguson swears that disguised men, some of whom were known to her, visited her mother’s house twice in December last. At the first visit they broke into the house and took out two of her three brothers and whipped them very bad’y. They cut the blood from them. The family talked about this outrage, and the result was the kuklux made a second attack on the mother and daughter and three sons. They broke into the house again, took out the mother and whipped her with twisted sticks. They tore off her clothes, threw her down on the ground, holding her hands and feet, and beat her. Three held her and two whipped her. They bruised and wounded her so that she could not get about for a month. After they had thus whipped the mother they whipped her three sons, tearing off their clothes ami hold ing them on the ground. She says “they cut them to pieces,” striking them over the head with pistols. They also whipped a young man named Phillips, doubling their hickories and whipping with both hands. They then took Miss Ferguson, tearing oft' her clothes, stretched her at full length on her face, held her hands and feet, and gave her two hundred lashes. This unhappy family, as soon as they were able to travel, abandoned their home and took to the woods, where they lived for a month; sometimes in cold, rainy weather, suffering all the time for food. They at length left the neighborhood, and were kindly allowed to live in a house of Mr. Hugh Dixon,'at Snow Camp Foundry, Chatham county, N. C. These facts were sworn to by Miss Susan J. Ferguson before a United States commissioner in Raleigh, Sept. 8,1871. Oysteb Fabmixg at Wakeuam.—The culti vation of oysters on the flats at Cohasset Nar rows and Agawam, in Wareham, lias already become more profitable than the tillage of aii equal area of upland, and the proprietors of grants favorably located for growing bivalve plants have abandoned farming and are devoting themselves exclusively to the raising of oyster.” It is only a few vears since the discoverv of the adaptability of the flats along the shores of Buz zard’s bay and the inlets on the opposite side of the Narrows to the rearing of this delicious mol lusk, and yet they have obtained a wide reputa tion, commanding a high price. Some thirty barrels are sent daily to Boston market, and so rapid is the increase, that in five years it is esti mated the shipments will amount to 1000 bushels a day. There arc some fifty owners of grants in Wareham, citizens of which town alone have a privilege to occupy the flats, which is obtained for a period of twenty years by the payment of a recording fee of two dollars and a halt. These grantshave all been taken up, and arc now held at enormous bonuses, some as high as SlO,- 000. These, however, are exceptions, the yield of the beds aggregating in some instances two thousand bushels a year. The grants extended from the shore to low water mark, and embrace Irom five to seventy-five acres of flats. The grants have been taken upon the Buzzard bay side of the Narrows as far out as Hog island. Bedsol young oysters hatched where the spat has fallen, have recently been discovered, the extent of which is estimated at twenty-five thousand bushels. They are now quite small, not bigger than a penny, and yet every bushel of the young mollusks will in three years make from four to five bushels of merchantable oysters. These natives are now being sold to the owners of grants at fifty cents per bushel. The men who struck the beds arc earning several hundreds of dollars a month in raking and delivering their harvest. There has been exceedingly fine sport ot late at Cohasset Narrows, in catching “Squileague,” or “week fish,” a denizen of those swift-runuing waters, which closely resembles the speckled lake trout, while it is full as gamy a hsh to take, and su perior to the salmon in flavor. Is is called by some “sea trout,” and weighs from three to nine pounds. Sportsmen fish for it with the rod line.— lit mt an Journal. Xn-oxiTE.—Xylonite is a aubstum e of which Ilic Chief ingredient is, wc are informed, chemi cally allied to gun-cotton, being formed bv the nitric acid upon woody fibre. One of the chief uses to which it is applied is for making Im permeable sheeting; and if all that is said about it bear the test ol experience, it bids fair to take the place of India-rubber. Different samples of water-proofed fabrics vary in substance from a thin transparent tissue up to a thick, strong cloth suitable for water-beds, water-cushions and other articles where strength of fabric is all important. Xylonite lias, it would appear, several advantages over india-rubber. Iris not affected by a boiling temperature, and can be readily washed in soap and waler and ironed like ordinary linen or cotton fabrics. It is not acted upon by oil or grease. Xylonite materials can be made of any color, arc cousidcral ly cheaper than similar gutta-percha or indi’a rubber fabrics, can be used again and again, and can be kept in store for any length of time with out deterioration.— Lo/uhm Lancet. Ingots Piled Upon the Sidewalk—Wm. D. Kelley, writing to the (Philadelphia Press of the mineral wealth of the Rocky Mountain re gion, which he is now engaged in exploring, tells this story: I Passing along one of the business streets of S ilt L ike City, during the evening, early in i August last, I found the brom I sidewalk ob- I structed bv long piles, about four feet high, of what,’ being fresh from Pennsylvania, I i took in the dim light to be pigs of iron of un- I usual length and width. To have bought them as such would have made my fortune at a sin- I gle stroke. They were ingots of matte,produced from the argentiferous galena ore of mines in I the cottonwood and neighboring canons. I heir 1 chief ingredients, measured by quantify, are lead, silver ami gold; if measured by value the order is reversed. Tb“y were awaiting purchase and shipment because there are noadequate smelting works in the vallev. The skill of the valley is exhausted in reducing the ore to matte. Theownenof one mine, the Emma, find it to their advantage to send most of their ore direct to England, and have a contract with the Union Pacific company to carry one hundred lons per dav, making seven trains of ten cars weekly. Before shipment the ore is carefully packed in stout cotton sacks, on each of which the weight is marked. Item*. Contributions from members of the legal fra ternity are solicited to aid in the formation of a law library at Chicago. A duel recently took place in Columbus, Mo., In which four young men were engage!. Three of them were mortally wounded. A. T. Stewart has written to John V. FarWeH, of Chicago, requesting that tiie $56,000 sub scribed by him for the relief of the sufferers by the late fire may be mainly devoted to the aid of women dependent upon their own exertions for support, and also widows and children with out means or protectors to yrovide for them. Justin McCarthy tells a good story of Thack eray and Hepworth Dixon, which neatly Ulus* Dates the lordly and patronizing manner of the lattei. Thackcrav, having mentioned to a friend that be recently met Dixon, was asked some questions about what happened at the in terview. “Well,” replied Thackeray, with his tone and force of infinite expression and inim itable humor,“he was kind to me.” According to a report made by the Italian minister ot justice five thousand youfig chil dren are annually stolen from their parents and sold to persons in the United States. His as sertion has made an impression on the legisla ture, since a section has been adopted in the criminal code of Italy punishing the stealing and transporting ol children with five years im prisonment. A little five-year old boy was being instructed in morals by his grandmother. The old lady told him that all such terms as “by golly,” “by jingo,” “by thunder,” etc., were only little oaths, and but little better than other profani ties. In fact, she said, he could tell a profane oath by the prefix “by.” All such were oaths. “Well, then, grandmother,” said the little hope ful, is “by telegraph, which I see in the newspa pers, swearing?” “No,” said the old lady, “that’s only lying.” A man who had fought “mil’’ Sherman was caught in one of the late Wisconsin prairie fires, with no means of building a back fire, so he imitated the gophers. Cutting a huge sod with Ids hunting-knife, he threw the dry dirt out till a hole sufficient for his body was made, when lie crawled in and rolled the turf over him. lie lav there until the fire passed over him and was speeding furiously on its wav miles distant, then slowly he crawled out of his living grave, heated fearfully, but injured in no wav whatever.” The produce dealers and bankers of Milwaukee are agitating the question of a submarine cable across Lake Michigan to open a new route to Michigan, Canada and the east. The Englemann transportation company offer to lay the cable free of expense. The object of the enterprise is to have two lines of communication with the east; so that if one fails, as was the ease during the Chicago fire, there will be another route open tor business. A committee has been appointed to confer with the telegraph companies. Several Canadians are here urging the project. The Paris “Patric” calls attention to an anti communist association of workingmen in favor of order, the Ouvriers Compafjnons. This so ciety, has a committee sitting in Paris. Its pro gramme is short, but decisive. “Each member, to whatever trade he may belong, pledges him self not to join any section of the internationale.” None of its members arc to join in any strike. They bind themseives, moreover, that in all the towns of France they will assist the government in bringing about the pacific resumption of labor and in maintaining order. The fire in Chicago had the curious effect of spoiling the “outsides” of nearly two hundred weekly newspapers which are published hun dreds of miles from that city, in Illinois, low i, Wisconsin and Minnesota. One of the leading printers at Chicago did a large business in print ing these “outsides” in duplicate and sending them to different places, where the local pub lishers printed the news on the other side. The farmers who depended upon these sheets for their weekly supply of news, must have been puzzled to know how the Chicago fire could have deprived them of their village newspaper while the home office remained intact. The following is the salutatory of an Oregon editress: “We have served a regular apprentice ship at working—washing, scrubbing, patching, darning, ironing, plain sewing, raisin'! babies, milking, churning, and poultry raising. We have kept boarders, taught school, taught mu sic, written for the newspaper, made speeches, and carried on an extensive millinery and dress making business. We can prove by the public that this work has been well done. Now, hav ing reached the age of thirty-six, and having brought up a family of boys to set type and a daughter to run the millinery store, we propose to edit and publish a newspaper, and we intend to establish it as one of the p nnanent institu tions of the country.” Once upon a time there was a Yankee top-sail schooner on its way to Leghorn, which encoun tered an English nobleman’s yacht on a pleasure cruise in the Mediterranean. John Bull ban tered the Yankee for a trial of speed, and the Yankee “sailed” John Bull almost out of “sight.” Milor was greatly astonished at this result, and invited the victorious skipper to come on board and join him in a bottle of wine. The invita tion was accepted, and as they sat opposite to each other, the Englishman generouslv proposed Brother Jonathan’s health, adding: “I say, cap tain, this is the first time mv yacht was ever beaten, you know!” “Wal!” said the Yankee captain, “that’s kinder singler, for 1 vow this is the first time my craft ever beat anything.” Il may perhaps seem ungracious to recall this story in connection with the yacht race of ves terday; but might it not be well for our English commodore to stipulate that in future rae *s the New York Ixiats should not get out of sight of him! You can’t well race with a boat if you can’t sec it, you know.—A 7 E. Post. The assignees’ sale of the bankrupt stock of Brig ham Eames, which was to have taken place to day, has been postponed until Monday, Oct. 30. The great benefactor of his race is in our midst. Victims ot rheumatism and painful backs embrace the opportunity. (Prof. Mac, at the Lincoln house.) .See advertisement. Pretty styles in bonnets and hats at Roche’s—the largest assortment in the city—l3B Main street; old No. 30. LATEST MARKETS. NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. New ork, Oct. 23.—Money easier at 5@ 7 percent; offered late in the afternoon al 4 percent, sterling ex change strong at MM* 108 X for long. Gold firm at IkS 112!*. Loans at 1-32 per cent per day to 1 per cent per annum or use. Clearances $47, (KH»jMM). Gov ernments strong and higher, out not active, state bonds firm, .'tocks closed rather heavy, and M per eent off from best prices. Unitcu siaies currency os 111 <4 United States Sixes. 1881 116?. United States 5-20’s, *662, coupons i i4’ t 1864. 114 4865, II4H new 18b5. 113 1867, 113)4 1868. 113 10-4»s 1(19 q Western Union Telegraph company 61s Pacific Mail Steamship company 17>» N. Y. Central Hudson River consol’d 89)4 do do do do scrip b4* Erie railroad do preferred ....6t Harlem railroad do preierred j-jl Beading railroad 10HH Michigan Central railroad ugv. Union Pacific railroad stock 24 Panama railroad bake snore ; state $6 00 fa hoop Ohio $6.80 7 35; western 7.6 G souihern $7 (it, 9- Wheat opened heavy and closed nrmer, with a fair export and good spectrative demand sales 155,0 M) bush; No 2 spring $1.46 white •Ute $1.68; w ‘nter real western $1,50 1.54; white Michigan «1 58 fa 1.68. Corn firmer; sales 98.000 bush nnxd wesurn at 75 (sh 76hc. Oat« 1c higher- Ml! W.OOO bush Ohio and western at 50 51 He. quiet Pors quiet and steady; sales mesa at sl3 fa 1,3.15 Lard heavy a! 9« fa 10He. Butter steady. Wins key firmer sides western tree 94’4 fa 95c. Rice dull at 8W h•' fa al 8 J n'lr to go.§ ?ei hum., 9 4/19he. Cofiee very firm; uio 184 «l ’o' <'on vent lon.— The nepiibll caus<.| District No. 11, comprising Wards 4,5, 6 and 7. In th« City of Worcester, are icques'id to send deli-gat< s Io a Convention to be holden In the Common Council Room, in the City Hail, on SATURDAY. Oct. 281 h. at 7b r. m., to nominate three candidates for Repribenta tive> lo the next General Court. The basis of repnsentation to be the same as the State Convention. Bv order of the District Committee. E. T. MAKBI.E. Chairman. Worcester. Oct. 24,1871. dst Kepi-eNrntntlvc Convention. The Hepublicans of District No. lit, comprising Wards 1,2. 3 and 8. in the city of Worcester, with the town of i’axton, are requested io send delegates to a Convention, to be h'dden in 'he Assessors’ Boom, In the City Hall, on 8 ATVKDAY. Oct. 28lh. at. 7b r. M., to nominate three eandoiaies for representativ« s tothe next General Court. The ba-is of representation to be tlie same as at the .Stale Convention. Bv order of the District Comm ttee. GEO. GEEB, Chairman. Worcester. Oct. 24, 1871. dtc 024 pntent* Nrcm-cd. Re-issue>. Extensions, and Foreign Patents procured; Interferences conducted; all kinds of business with the PATENT OFFICE. Transfers of Rights. and Patent Cases attended to, by JAMES G. ARNOLD, Worcester, Mass. Ot net. No. 3iri Main st, rtli dtf Sriiniophtl Contention. The Republicans of the First Worcester Senatorial District are requested to send .Delegates t>: a Senatorial Convenilon. to be heln at the Common Council fiomn, oil WEDNESDAY EVEN ING. Oct. 25, at 7b o’clock. If* nominate a Candi laiv for Se nator, ami to transact such other business its may properly come belore said Con vention. The basis of representation will be the same as at the State (johfchtion. By order of the Committee. oil <1t025 E. B. STriDDARD, Chairfiian. 'l’li«- l><*mori*atM of the Ifith RepicsentatlVc Dis triel, embracing the towns of Webster, Oxford, Sutton, Millbury. Douglas and Dudley, are requested to semi delegates to Convention, to he hold at the Sheldon lloiDc, tn Webster.-October 28.1871. at one o’clock r M., fortlie purpose ol imnihtiu lug Three Representatives to Mippoil the coming Election, and to do such other Im-ltiess a*, may come before viii 1 C'oi»vcntloii Basis of Representation the same as at the State ConveuHoH. WM. S. SLATEIf. ItaitmaU. Mosrs Barnes, Secetary. Wcimter. October 17,1871." U3t 021 The l>< nlo<-i*ittM of 3d Woicester Senatorial Dis trict arc requested tosend delegates to a Senatorial Con- VentioH, to be held at the Good Templars' Hall in Web ster, Oct. 28ih 4 ibst, at II o'clock A. M.. for the purpose ot nominal ing a candidate for Senator, and for transact ing any other business which, may properly come before the Convention, the basis of rVpnwMtatibn will be tile same as that tor the stale Convention. LYMAN SHELDON, hairm.TH. E. E. Harwood. Secretary. Webster, Oct 18, 1871. ut. while we supply their armies with provisions. THE AMERICAN QUESTION as to Hie best method of clothing gray heads with glossy brown or raven black is, however, a matter of vast im portance to millions of both sexes in this country. It SEEMS TO BE DECIDED, If popularity is a fair test in the case. In favor of CrUtiuloro’M Excelsior Iluii* l>ye, the sales of wliich have been advancing during the past 1 welvc months with rapidity astonishing. As a dressing after dyeing, use CRiSTADORO'S HAIR PRESERVATIVE 03 deopAwcowlm Ke More Wet Feet. CABLE SCR EH’ 1R p. ASA FASTENING FOR BOOTS AND SHOES is rapidly and steadily superseding both Thread and Pegs. Besides furnishing flic most durable, pliable and economical hoot ever offered the public, it afford.-an article more nearly WATERPROOF than over before made of the same materials. 63F“A1l Dealers sell Cable Screw Wired Goods. 'Patent Stamp on all. deop6w o 2 Th« WORCESTER SAFE DE POSH AND Trust Company. PEOPLE'S SAVINGS BANK BUILDING Worcester. GEORGE M.-RLCE, President. Receivei Monev on Deposit subject to Chuk al Bvjht AND ALLOWS INTEREST ON DAILY BALANCES 'AT THE RATE OF FOUR PER CENT. FER ANNUM. e Pf IMea ln Burglar Proof Cases, to which R- liter alone has ao are oft-ied to Ihe public for T 1 va ry, ,r SJ’ iv, each perannum or Bonds. Willa. Deeds, Jewe’ry, Silver PLit' JfWMf* 0 1 ratM which ra-ipts are c na 8m 11 Sos A **bt Watch, on duty from 6 p. m. to 6 A m end a Burglar Alarm communicating with the Police Office, add gnat y to the security otherwise afforded. Business 1 ours from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m dtf BAMUM T. BIGELOW. So, 'y ‘J*?* 1 Nun, Commiseon Merchants end dealers tn Hour and Grain, Land Plaster, Lime, Cal cinod 1 kisier, Gr. Bone, Cenu at. Salt, Guano. Super phosphate ofLirno. and Western Pro-luce, Noe. 95 and 97 Froatet., WGrceater.llaEß. dtf JOHM s. CLARK A BON Dry Gouda BI 11 MUST BE PAID I Our customers who have tfuarterly Bills due Oct. Ist, are requested to Pay nt our Henk* without further notice. 023 d2w BARNARD, SUMNER A CO. Barnard, Sumner 5.0(1 One Half do. 18 2.50 In quantities less than half Chaldron, 15 Cents per bushel. Payments may be made, and orders for Bedell very will be issued only at the Office ol the Company, No. 6 Bank Block, Foster street, up ttairt. REPAIRS. Ac. Irregularities or failure of.supply ot gas should be report ed, and applications for service Dipes and meters mav be mam* at ti.e Repair Room, No. 4 Crompton s Block,"Me chanlc street up stairs. dtf inf On Marriage.-Essavs for Yovkg Mf.n,on great Social Evils and Abuses, which interfere with Marriage, wilh sure means of relief for the Erring ami infortunate, diseased and debilitated. Sent free, in scaled envelopes. Address Howard Association, No. 2 s. Ninth street, Philadelphia. Pa. dTu&ThSin jy27 Mathews unainberlain, PLLMBERS, Corner Waldo and Exchange Bta., Worcester, Mass. Bath Tube and Boilers, Water Closets, Wash Bowie' Wash Trays, Sinks Ac Ac.,fitted up at short notice, and in a thorough manner. dtf Jyß Lea A* VeiTinw* Sauer, prononnccd by connoisseurs ’‘THE ONLY GOOD HAUCE.” It improves appetite mid digestion, and it is unrivaled for its flavor. We rtre directed by Messrs. Lea A Per rins to prosecute all parties making or vending coun terfmts. JOHN 1H NCAN’S HONS. Agents. au!2 deoptim New York. Rnlchelor*a llalr Dye.- rhißSUperb Hair Dye is the be.it in the world— perfectly harmless, reliable and iHsiantaneoiis; no disappointment; no ridiculous tints or dbmgrccahlo odor. The genuine Wm. A. Batchelor’s Hair I lye produces immediately a splendid Black or Natural Brawn: (eaves the hair clean, soft, beautiful; does not contain a parHcle of lead or any injurious com pound. Sold by all Druggists. Factory’. 16 Bond st.. N. Y. l.; dtf Five Per Cent, per Annum Allowed for Money on Call. E. A. GOODNOW, ans dtf First National Hank. DIED In t his city, Oct 23, Roderick James, son of James and Mary Tullis, aged 2 rs 8 days. Funeral services at the house. No 32 Providence sf, on Wednesday, at 2 r m. Inthls city, Oct 23, Elias Hull of Millbury, aged 65 yrs 1 mo. Funeral services at his late residence in Millbury. Oct 25th, at eleven o'clock a m. Friends and relatives are invited to attend without further notice. In Hartford, Oct 18, Mrs Mary H Cheney, aged 87 yrs 8 months. Ueto TEMPLE OF HONOR. 1 A OFFICE WORTHY’ RECORDER.) I Worcester’!’, of H.. No 31, n/y Oct. 24. 1871. Regular Meeting THIS (TUESDAY) .Ifc —JJi EVENING, nt 7 30 o’clock. ISM iFEI Work—initiation. It is desired that every member of the Temple be present, as business of an important nature will Ite presented tor consideration and action. 024 .lit HENRY A. F. HOYT. AV. R. w. MORNING STAR LODGE F. /7>A .t A. AL—A Special Communication will be THIS (Tuesday) EVENING. Oct. 24, 1871. at o’clock. 5F Work-F C. By order of the W. M. 024 dlt L. S. CARPENTER. Sec'y. OTIUEThe Good Samaritans will hold A TEMPERAN<’K MEETING, in Taylor’s Hall. Front st THIS (Tuesday) EVENING, at 7 o'clock. Good public speakers will be present. 024 dlt* Per order of the Committee. gOME TH I N~G N~E W MR. HOWLAND HAS OPENED A SHOOTING- GA-luLERY, at No. 105 Front st., (European Block,) where there will be Rifle Practice at a Target. The Guns used are different from any heretofore used In this place. The rules of the Gallery are absolute that there shall be no Gambling nor netting. All are invited to call and see the Shooting, and try their skill at hitting|the •’Bull’s Eye.’’ The Gallery will open on MONDAY, OCT. 1871, and will be open Day and Evening, for one week only. Anyone who wi-lies to become a good shot should take advantage of this opportunity for practice. The price will be very low—Four shots tor Ten Cents. 024 24 dlw* W. W. STEELE. FOR SALE -STANDING WOOD AM) TIMBER, within IM miles of City Hall also, 200 cordsot Dry Wood, raadv tor market. O. N. POND -’4 dtf 2 Fron' St. Exchange. I OST-*On Saturday afternoon, near Lam> U son A Glazier's Auction Room, A PURSE, contain ing a small sum of money. The finder willconfcra favor by leaving it with E. L. BRIGHAM A CO, comerot Main and Walnut sts. ;'.!3 00, with a splendid Chro mo as a premium. M’lle Demorest's “What to Wear," 15c. Mammoth Bulletin of Fashion. Price >l, to include ’What to Wear.” dTu.Th&Stf 024 WE HAVE IN STOCK and ar- daily receiving a Splendid Line of BLACK DRESS GOODS! which we offer under the market price. O 4 (ITu.ThAMf M. .1. WILKIX i cn» Silks, in fine and desirable goods, which we offer under the regu lar market price. <,M <1 !u. I h.tStl S. .J. WILCOX «Vv parties who bad g ven up all hope of ver being icstored to health, from inntt'i erable destructive noslrmiis. N. B.—Office at Boston conducted by a competent mi- dll* oM By LAMSON, GLAZIER CO, Auctioneers, 2V2, 204 and 20i> Main st. X T K N 8 I V E SAL E O F pjleq;ant ALABASTER AND MARBLE WORKS! WE RHAI.I. SELL AT WASHBURN HAUE. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, del. '.‘6, 27 and 28, at 2 o’clock p. M., the hrgest and tlnest collection of Italian Marble and Alabaster Work ever exhibited In this city, consistingol Rich Roman, Grecian and Florentine VASES AND CARD RECEIVERS, TAZZAS, STATUAUY, and MANTEL ORNAMENTS, and choic? articles of Italian Marble Work.. il®*“This beautiful collection of works, imported by Signor Torello Bcnsi, will lie on exhibition Wednesday afternoon and evening. The sale will commence on Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock. and gentlemen arc invited to call and ex amine tills beautiful collection. "4 «lts HBNRY By B. w. ABB H r, Auctioneer, office No. I ('entrat Exchange. J ERSONA L PROPEI ITY BY AUCTION I Will lie sold by Public Auction, at th?* Fann of the subscriber in Millburv, on FRIDAY, 0ct.27, at 1 o’clock I*. m., the following Property, viz: ONE GOOB FARM IIORME, 2 good Cows. 1 Yearling Steer, 2 Swine, 1 Concord Wagon, I Lumber Wagon, he Lumber. IM bbls. Cider Vinegar, 100 bmdi. Potatoes, 30 bush. Corn. 20 bush, liyi', 20 bu.-,b. fiats, 10l Turnips, lot Fowls, 12 ions English Hay, 3 Tons Stock Hay, I Ton Rye straw, ami other articles. The above farm is about 1 miles from Auburn Depot. SUMNER EMM'INS. B. W. ABBOTT, Auctioneer. Millbury, Oct. 18, 1871. dis <'24 (J AT ALO CUE OF BOOKS TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION! By .T. r. HALL CO.. .ISO Main st, Worcester, Mass., WEDNESDAY, Oct. 25, at 2 o’clock P. M.: Dick’s Works, 2 vols.; The Annual Cyclopedia, 1861 to 18K5 inclusive; Lippencolt’s Pronouncing Gazeteer of the World: New American Cyclopedia. 16 vols; Wash ington Irvings Works, 21 vols; Longfellow’s Poems, 2 vols; Montaigne’s Works. 4 vols: Memoirs of the <2ueens of France, 2 vols; De Stael's Works. 2 vols; f.im-ens of England, (Strickland.) 7 vol; Philip The Sec nJ. 3 vols; Robertson’s Charles tbe Filth, 3 vols; Ma eaulay’s England, 4 vols; Bancroft’s I rited States. 7 vols; Shake-pcare. 4 vols; Cowper’s Poetical Works; Millon’s Poetical works: The Spectator, 6 vols; Baker/' Livey,2 vols; Caesar Sullast: Herodotus; Thucy dida; Tacitus; Xenophon; Lamb’s Works; olendge’s Work*. 7 vols; History of Rome, (by Gibbon.) 6 vols; rascal’s Works. vols; Spurgeon’s Sermons. 6 scries; Cooper’s Choice Works. 20 vols; Waverlj’ Novels, (com plete.) Also, a large lot of Miscellaneous Works. SPEENBIB EIBKARY CASE. See advertisement; in another column. o i dj j. t*. HALL a CO., Am r, SSIGN Fl'S’ SALE AT PUBLIC AUC- I DIN. -'lhe sale of the Bankrupt Slock of Gro eerics ami other pro ..city, which belong to the Estate ol Brigham A Eames. Bankrupts. ill be on the 30th day of October, 1871, at store No. 269 Alain st., Worcester, at AM Worcester,Det. 23, IH7I. d24.2ii,2«,t30 024 JJUY THE American Button Hole Sewing Machine. If you are about to buv a Sewing Maehim why not get one that will do all kinds of Sewing. The .American Button Hole is the only one that will doit. Fully war ranted. i. 11. MTOCKWEEE, f2B d(Tulf 172 M Mam I. _ STRAYED OR STOLEN-A BLACK AND WHITE SETTER DOG; an swers to name of Shot; blind in near eve. and not full length. A suitable reward paid lor any imorination, or return of dog. JAS. F. DAVENPORT orL. STOWE CO., 023 dtf Worcester. Mass. SITUATION WANTED- To do general K? housework. Apply at No. 4 Nashua st. 024 (131* Wlatchcs rife. [J AIR JEWELRY MADE TO ORDER. All kinds of HAIL JEWELRY made to order, and particular attention given to the Preservation of the Original Hair. ISEA'd. OOI>I>AK» A CO., d 9 dtf Corner Main and Walnut sts. Ji 1N E WATU HE S The Largest assortment of FINE WATCHES Including the celebrated SAnTZMAIX. PEICKEOAVX, I.AKOE. ISICETIMU, Av., in Swiss, together with every gradeof HOWARD, EL GIN AND WaLTHAM. may always l»c found at >7. A. PJA’MPTON CO.’S, Sod Main St., opp. Central. 016 dtf Hair .jewelry madeto order. Partleularattention given to the Preservation ot the Original Hair. All kinds of Jewelry, Spectacles, Watches and Clock' Made and Repaired at the Lowest Prices. Silver Fork, and Spoons made to order. J. P. WEIXLEK.Jk. Jeweler, t. No 172 Main YyATCHES, Jewelry ami Silver Ware. Having made extensive additions to our former large stock of Watches, Jewelry, and Silver Ware, we would ri'spcctfully request an examination of the same, feeling confident that wc shall i»e able to please those that favor us with a call. We have the largest and best assortment of WATCHES to be found in the city, embracing watches from most ot the celebrated makers in the world, among which are the celebrated 801 KQI IX WATCH, of which wc are exclusive agents, and which for durabil ity and time-keeping qualities will compare with the best. Wc also have the Lange, Jaccard, Henry Begue lln. Bretting. and in fact Watches from all the principal manufacturers. Ol'K STOCK OF JEWEI.KY is very complete, embracing a tine line of Vest. Opera and Leontine I'hains. Bracelets, Kings, &c which we will seli at the lowest prices. BENJ. GODDARD