The Spy ahouW have the eye of Argais: he it honorable if he. do but look to the welfare of the commonwealth. WORCESTER FRIDAY. DECEMBER 1871. The Arclic Expedition*. There are now three or four expeditions in the arctic regions, endeavoring to reach the north pole. 1. The German expedition which follows the plan for reaching the polar sea, devised by Dr. Pctcrmann, which is to go up on the east side of Spitzbergen; 2. Capt. Hall’s expedition which goes up Baffin’s Bay to Jones Sound; 3. The expedition which started from San Fran cisco, last summer, intending to penetrate the arclic sea by way of Behring’s Strait; 4. A Swedish expedition which proposes to winter in the north part us Spitzbergen, and try to reach the pole, next summer. The Swedish explorers follow the directions of Prof. Nordensjold, who prescribes the route along the east side of Spits bergen. We arc not quite sure that this Swe dish expedition has actually sailed, although it was intending to leave this year; but it will go, next summer, if it has not left already; or rather, if it did not leave previous to September, as it is impossible to sail to the north part of Spitzber gen later in the season. Prof. Nordcnsjold puts forth some rather curi ous views of the arctic sea, which summarily disregard facts already established. He be gins by denying the possibility of an open an tic sea, and maintaining that whoever reaches the north pole must travel on the ice from about the 78th degree of north latitude. The non-ex istence of an open polar sea, he says, “has been proved by science.” Like some other learned men, he seems to give more attention to specu lations than to facts, and substitutes bis theory for science. The existence of an epen sea near the pole is shown by the discoveries of the Rus sian explorer, Wrangell, who examined the coast and ocean north of the eastern part of Siberia; and by Dr. Kane’s expedition, some members of which actually went to the open sea across the ice. The truth is (notwithstand ing what the Swedish professor says), science suggested the existence of an open sea around the p<»le,and this deduction of science lias been verified. The most important point now to be settled concerns the possibility of saihng into that sea by way of some passage through the surrounding ice-belt. The German expedition appears to have reached the open water reported by Wrangell, which is believed to be a part of the open point sea visited by Kane’s men. A lull report of this exploring voyage, when it shall be completed, is likely to add something to our knowledge of the arctic sea. The discoveries and adventures of the expedition which went through Behring’s Strait will probably have no lack of interest. Capt. Hall can hardly do more than was done by Dr. Kane, even if h should have very good success; for his progress northward is sure to be stopped by the ice-belt, and to get a view of the open sea. he must make a long journey on the ice. As to the S vcdish expedition, we hope it may have gteat success and contradict the dogmatic theory of Professor Nordcnsjold by its discoveries. It may do this, should the next season be so favorable as to bring down the northern line ol the ice-belt below the 80th par allel. The Kuklux Trials. Reverdy Johnson and his learned brother, Mr. Staiibery, who went down tu South Carolina on the chivalrous and patriotic errand of tiefending the victims of federal usurpation and military despotism on their trial under the kukluxact, have not succeeded in satisfying their clients, and are very much dissatisfied themselves. They were deceived, in the first place, by the local counsel employed to assist them, and made to believe that the evidence in the case was very different in character and amount Irom that which the actual examination of the witnesses disclosed. Of course, it was not expected of these eminent lawyers to go through the drudg ery of 1 joking up evidence, making preliminary examinations of witnesses, and otherwise ascer taining the ground upon which the defence could be based. This work was entrusted, as is usual in such cases, to their assistants, and they seem to have misled their seniors into the adop tion of an untenable line of defense. They were deceived also as to the spirit and method of the prosecution. They expected to find the district attorney relying upon the letter of the presi dent’s proclamation, suspending the habeas corpus, and making use of it to obstruct the defence whenever possible. But they found, to their surprise aud confu sion, that the capital they bad.expectcd to make of the deuial of this great writ, the “charter of onr liberties,” was not available. They de manded the writ in a long and impassioned ha rangue, and were disconcerted]when the dis trict attorney quietlj’ said he should not oppose its issue, and the court at once granted it. The return on the writ was not as full as they desired, and this gave an opportunity for another indignant ap peal, the force of which was considerably im paired by the district attorney’s assurance that the prosecution had nothing to conceal or evade, and the return would be at once amended so as to disclose any matter of fact of interest to the defense. The return was therefore, with the consent of the court, amended so as to show that the man had voluntarily surrendered to the United States authorities, confessing that he was one of a party of ktiklux who had muider ed a negro preacher, and that he was thereupon taken into custody and, at the first opportunity, turned over to the United States marshal to answer for his crime according to law. There was no dangerous military usurpation about that: a simple citizen could hardlv have done less in these circumstances than Colonel Merrill did. The judge’s suggcs.ion, that the marshal would bring the prisoner into court if the coun sel desired,was not accepted. There was nothing to be made of him, and Mr. Johnson wisely declined being led any further in his search for a grievance. In the case of Mitehell, one of the party who murdered “Jim Williams,” a militia captain, in York county, last March, Mr. Johnson allow ed himself to be led into a similar mistake. The South Carolina lawyers, with the prejudices of their class and locality, either believed or pre tended to believe, and persuaded the leading counsel, that Williams could be proved to be a dangerous man, of ferocious temper and bad character, leading a band of men as bad as him- self, all fully armed as militia, who had made violent threats against unoffending persons, bad set fire to houses and barns, and thrown the whole neighborhood into spasms of uncontroll able rage and terror; that his murder was not the act of the kuklux, aud had no relation to the victim’s political opinions, but was commit ted by an impromptu vigitonce committee to rid the neighborhood of an intolerable pest. This defence would not have been set up by lawyers of sneh ability ami experience unless they ex pected to produce some substantial evidence in support of it. The prosecution proved beyond dispute, by the evidence of the order, the ex istence of the kuklux klan, its constitution, pur poses and methods of procedure, and the mem bership of the defendant. They proved also the planning us the murder of Williams in the office of the chief at Yorkville, the details of the exe- i cation aud the defendant's presence. The poor fellow, an ignorant tool of infinitely more I guilty leaders, who had tied at the first symp toms of real danger, bad already confessed, and have pleaded guilty if his counsel had al- Jow ed it. The defense bad then its opportunity to show what terrible fellows Jim Williams and his ne gro militia bad been, and here the failure was Signal. Nobody had heard him make any threat:’ or knew of his doing any mischief. Borne bad heard it reported that he made terri ble threats, but could uo: say that they had felt any apprehension on that account, and the de fendant’s owu witnesses were obliged to admit, upon cross examination, that for mouths to gether the negroes Uy out in the woods at night away Irom tbeir homes for fear of the kuklux, while no white mao felt the need of any spccia l precautions in consequence ol the terrifying threat# and dialtoiical purposes attributed to William*. Tne telegraph lulonucd ua some days ago ot the result of the trial. Mitchell was convicted, as a prisoner against whom theie M such an aceamalatiun of undisputed evL dence must have been in any court in the the world. Mr. Johnson’s argument for bis client is said to have been inferior to his usual forensic efforts, and ho only rose to eloquence in that passage where he expressed his disgust and abhorrence for the odious conspiracy whose existence he admitted, and the horrid baibari ties and crimes committed by its members in the pursuance ol its objects. There are still some newspapers which affect to disbelieve in the re ality of the ktiklux, and to think the disorders in some parts of the south a trivial matter. They have evidently’ not read the reports of these trials, or trust that their readers have not done so. The “negro insurrection, in Chicot county, Arkansas, of which the telegraphic dispatches have given a rather exciting account, turns out to be something else. It appears now that the negroes were moved t<» lynch three notorious desperadoes named Sanders, Garrett and pn gan, who had piovokcd great indignation by whipping and muidering negroes, and finally’ made a combined attack on a store where one of their victims sought shelter, which they destroy ed. The destruction of the store and the murder perpetrated in connection with it, roused the negroes to attack and destroy the three murder ing desperadoes named. This is the “insurrec tion,” from its beginning to its end. Having at tacked and shot rhe three murderers, the ne groes went to their homes and there was no more disturbance. Since Dr. Bliss professed to have found a spe cific for cancer in the South American drng,cun durango, it is surprising to learn how many remedies forthat dreaded disease have been dis covered, and how accessible they all arc. To say nothingof the innumerable “cancer doctors,” whose advertisements we see every day, each of whom has his infallible nostrum, of which he pathetically’ exhorts sufferers to avail them selves for a consideration contemptibly trivial compared with the benefits to be received from its use, there is the man who announces that the blossoms of the ordinary red clover, used in ternally and externally in the form of tea and poultice, never fail to cure the worst cases of cancer, and the more recently discovered ben efactor who lias long known that “wild weed,” an herb giowing every where in the middle and northern states, as the proprietor of a successful patent medicine would sav, “one of our com mon pasture weeds,” is a remedy which this dis ease cannot resist. We have ceased to regard these disclosures with surprise; there seems reason to believe, indeed, that there are few veg etable substances which will not cure cancer; bu; we aie astonished that the ravages of this loathsome disease have been tolerated so long when an infallible specific may be found on every hill-side. The victims of cancer have reason to be as much surprised at their own and their friends’ folly as Hopeful, Christian’s com panion in Bunyan’s allegory, was at his, when he exclaimed: “Why should we remain in this loathsome dungeon when 1 have a key in my bosom that will open every lock in “Doubting castle?’’ Chicago and the Great Conflagration, By Elias Colbert and Everett Chamberlin; with numerous illustration; by Cluapin Gulick, from photographic views taken on the spot. Cincinnati and New York: C. F. Y T cnt, publish er. This is a book for those who wish to know all abuut Chicago and the great fire. The gen tlemen who prepared it were in every respect qualified to do tbeir woik well. It is much more than a bare narration of the facts dealt with, fur it is a complete account of Chicago, its history, its growth, its business, and its re markable development. Of course, nothing which relates to the fire is omitted; and there are scientific studies of the pe uliar character of the conflagration. The pictorial illustrations show ruins of burned buildings; but there is a view of the site of Chicago as it was in 1820, a view of Chicago in 1833, und a map of the city as it is now. “The Christmas Locket,” just published by’ Roberts Brothers, Boston, is an extra holi day number of “Old and New,” a connecting “locket” between the old year and the new. It is filled with bright and attractive stories, sketches, and poems, appropriate to the season, and will, doubtless, have many readers. Appleton’s Journal, Monthly Part No. 33, contains the five weekly numbers for December, and gives its readers the usual variety' of mis cellaneous reading and well executed pictorial illustrations, beginning with a portrait and biographical sketch of William Page, the artist. Next comes a story, “Cousin Edith,” followed soon by a sketch of Aiken, South Carolina, “Bayou Tecke,” “The Boston Public Library,” and the beginning of a serial story entitled, “Lady Sweetapple, or Three to One.” No month ly publication of the time has a greater variety of valuable reading matter, or is more free from bad writing, bad taste, and doubtful moral influ ences. It is invariably a publication which may be safely’ introduced into any family circle. Among the illustrations in this monthly part are portraits of Page the artist and Charles Kingsley the author,{and many sketches of Amer ican scenery. In this monthly issue begins an admirable series of caustic pictorai sketches entitled “The Habits ol Good Society,” which those criticized ought to find wholesome. There are also “Christmas Pictures” in abundance. Blackwood’s Magazine, for December, re published by the Leonard Seott Publishing com pany, New Yorii, continues “Tin M lid of Sker” and concludes the series ol papers ou Rome It has the fiist part of a serial story entitled “The Two M-’S. Skudmores.” The other articles are: “Cornelius O’Dowd;” “Unreflicting Childhood and Age,” a poem; “French Home Life—Chil dren;” “Gerty’s Necklace;” “The House of Lords;” and “Illustration,” m’aning “the whole figurative machinery of fancy and imagi nation.” The Lakeside Monthly, for January, pub lished at Chic.igo, is fl Jed with well written articles most us wilich relate to Chicago; its his tory, tiie great fire, the losses, an I Chicago in the future being discus;?!. Oie of the articles entitle i “Soienca of the Narthwesteri) Fires,” has some curious speculations in regard to the atmospheric causes and consequences of the conti u ration. Merry’s Museum, for D’comber, closes the volume with one of its most attractive and valu able numbers; and it promises that the next volume shall be better than this,—a promise which the enterprising publisher is sure to ful fill. Published by 11 trace B. Fuller, Boston. How Brrcher Beg;v:i Preaching. I was asked to cross the river from Cincinnati aud preach in Covington; and I went over and began to preach there. I did not know but I was going to stay there; and 1 wa> perfectly willing to stay. But I was soon called by a woman to Lawrenceburg. She was the factoum of the whole church. And 1 went there and spoke to a well-nigh empty building. I was set tled over a town with two distilleries and twenty devils in it. 1 was very pour. Tin re was no patrimony coining to me, as you know. The moment I was out of the eeminary 1 was with out my father's support, and was obliged to take care ol myself. I had a salary; but it was a salary of only S4OO. And 1 took half of that to go to New England to get married with. And as the parish paid half of it, and the other half was to com from the missionary society, 1 found myself very short of funds. I had just eighteen cents in my pocket when I came back. 1 was taken up by a goo 1 Methodist brother for about a week; and then I got rib se two rooms to which I have alluded. They were up stairs. One was the kitchen, cellar and sitting room; the other was the library, bed-room and parlor. So that wc had six rooms, calling each three. The cellar was made by putting things under the bed, and the other rooms were added by sundry devices. Y’ou who go into flash houses, fur nished by your grand-papas and gran l-mamas, do not know anything about the joy- of house keeping. Persons ought to begin at the bottom to know what these joys are. And 1 began I down there. I had no idea that Ifcould preach. 1 never ex peeled that I could accomplish much. I merely i went to work with the feeling, “I will do as well i as 1 can, and I will stick to it if the Lord pleases, aad fight the battle the best way I know how." i Aud 1 was thankful as I could be. Nobody ever sent me a spare-rib that 1 did not thank God for i tae kindness which was shown in*. I recollect I when Judge gave me his cast off cloth ing, I felt that 1 was sumptuously clothed. I wme old coats and second hand shirts fur two j or three years; and 1 was not above it cither although sometimes, as I was physically asome wnat well-devclope work Io du, ami lie does it, his task being to uphold a painted bird cage, in which there is a painted canary. Nothing couid be more ridicu lous, and there could be no severer comment on THE EMPTINESS OF AMERICAN ABT, and yet we are expected to gaze upon this thing and enjoy it, just as some people expect us to enjoy the puerility ol Vinnie Ream’s statue of Lincoln in the old hall of the house of represen tatives. I cannot forego what.comes to me in the light of a duty—the duty of exposing this singular freak of the artist’s brush as a specimen of the art work done for the nation. After seeing it once I went back again to see the owl, an 1 the canary bird ami the bird cage, were really there, feeling|rnthcr impressed that what J had seen was only an ugly vision. After threading my way among colonnades of every kind, and along bird embowered corridors, in that upper deep, under the committee-room and the halls of congress, I at last came again apon that bird of worse omen than Poe’s raven. There it may stay forever, with the bird cage over it, unless Senator Wil son’s expedient is adopted, and it is white washed from before our offended eyes. But the memory of this picture, and of many others not unlike it in the same place, must not be al lowed entirely to fade away. Paul Koncwkah’s silhouettes arc grotesque, certainly, but these are funnier than anything he ever drew, in his drawings, especially in those which illustrate the “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” there is something which is very like art, even if we de ny that his work is entirely artistic; hut here there is no meaning—nothing but bald and pa tent inanity. Yet that which has no meaning in itself may teach an important lesson and pre pare u= to break the images which disfigure the eapitol and put American art to shame. Whence came the idea of daubing the walls of the eapitol with these crudities is one of those undeterminable secrets which even the acute ness of a U ashington newspaper reporter can- not ferret out. Generally, the daubs which may be seen on every hand aie attributed to A CRAZY ITALIAN, who got somebody’s ear in the time ol some body’s administration and used the ill placed confidence so atrociously. It matters little who did the work. Most of it was done by Brumidi, I believe; out it is scarcely worth while to as certain definitely. Like the rash youth who sought everlasting fame by firing the Ephesian dome, and whose name was consequently doomed to for get fulness, these heedless artists deserve only oblivion. Brumidi had his day, but Brumidi will soon be forgotten even among his works unless that wondrous owl should keep his memory green. All the fresco work has been done within the last ten years, but even its very vastness is appalling. The noted pictures, at least in fresco, of the great Italian masters, are outnumbered by those in the eapitol, which connoisseurs of American art tell us are admira ble. Senator Wilson is perhaps not a very good judge of artistic perfections, but the beauties of art have their effect even on the untutored in tellect. I have already recited his opinion of the fresco paintings in his committee room, but perhaps the agricultural committee room of the house is even more wonderful. “The paint ings,” the visitor is informed in one of the many guide-books of the eapitol, “are emblem atical of the business Intended io be transacted in it.” But this is a rather roseate description, for the two pictures which first catch the eye arc those unusually patriotic old gentlemen, Cincin natus and Israel Putnam, leaving the plow. It is nut often that any of the persons who under take to show WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT FARMING In this room have any correct notion of what a plow is like. The plow, however, forms a very important feature in the decorations of the eapitol. In the famous bronze door, designed by Crawford, at the main entrance to the senate wing, peace and its attendant triumphs are rep resented by this useful implement with a good many people standing around and on it, until one begins to feel a sort of sincere pity for the much-abused plow. The defects everywhere ap parent in the woiks of ait which are supposed to adorn the canitol, arc due to the haste with which the artists conceived and executed their designs. Where there is originality there is crudity, and whore there is not originality there is a painful copying of threadbare ideas. Let me illustrate. On the ceiling of the room de voted to the farmers in the house are “beautiful representations ol the lour seasons.” Any one, even without seeing them, can form a very cor rect idea of what these “beautiful representa tions” are like, and wi 1 be prepared for the as surance that I saw in one of the rooms belong ing to the senate wing—-which one I do not now call to mind, and I hope I never may—the signs of the zodiac copied Irom some Poor Richard’s almanac. And yet, by the retention of that which is really good m the eapitol, and the lib eral use ol the whitewash brush with the rest, must of all by moving with deliberation in whatever remains to be done, we may some day come to be proud of the art work in and about this noble building. WHAT REMAINS TO BE DONE. It is now too late to criticise the historical paintings or even the groups of sculpture in high relief which are special attractions of the rotunda. The paintings are all by American ar tists, and the subjects of both classes of work relate exclusively to the early history of the country. However deficient they may be in ar tisticjmcril—and very little can be said fur them in this respect—they are still valuable as speci mens of our early artwork and as the embodi ment of our earlier annals. Especially are they valuable when wc remember mat access to them is gained through THE BRONZE DOORS which Randolph Rogers executed at Rome for his country’s eapitol. These doors are indeed a masterpiece of art. No similar structure in the world can compare with them, and they are no less remarkable for their completeness of finish than their purity of design. The much vaunted doors of Crawford, which are held in particu larly grateful remembrance as being the last work of that lamented artist, can not be com pared with them lor a moment. Crawford’s pictures are crowded, and there is none of that freedom of action which it is their design io rep resent; the figures are too large, and the dis tances, or what would he the perspective in a painting, arc painfully faulty. Rogers’ work is open to none of these objections, and vet his subjects were historically more difficult and artistically greater in their demands for kno vi edge and study, as well as imagination, A thorough scrutiny, not only of the eight panels in the doors and of the transom panel over them, but of the figures and emblematic devices which make the ornamentation so profuse, fails to re veal a single anachronism. On the other hand, there is an anachronism in Crawford’s work which is astounding. It occurs on a panel re p resenting an ovation to Washington at Trenton, N. Y., while on his way to New York to assume the office of president. Among the men assist ing nt the reception of the great chief of the nation is one man who wears a full beard and moustache, exactly like those of President Grant, while another wears a moustache only, in the dainty style of rhe Broadway dandy of the present day. The latter is said to be a poi trait of the artist who designed the work, in stead of the stiff and bare stuck of that period, both wear modern neck-tics, and the head-dress cf one of the young girls engaged in strewing flowers before the Father of his Country is re markable for its resemblance to the “nets” of ten years ago. Even the hair of these marvel ous Jersey men is in the must recent cur, and could not be more faultlessly arranged by a New York barber. I never saw anything to equal it, unless it is a group in Pennsylvania avenue representing the Last Supper, in which the Savior and the Apostles sit bult upright on littie wooden benches—a copy of the most fa mous anachronism in the history of art. Ai other objection to these doors is the offensive advertisement of the Ames foundry, put osten tatiously where the eye cannot fail to see it. But with all its faults, this work is an excellent companion piece to the mure excellent work of the artist Rogers. Sagacuj y of a Dog.—Port Jervis, N. Y., Dec. 24.—A tearful accident happened at Hugue not, a small village on the Monticello railroad, north of this place, Friday morning, by which a little girl, six years old, met a horrible death, and her mother fatal injuries. A Mrs. Glagier, a widow, and her daughter Lillie, lived in the family of Mr. Levi S. Van Etttn, at Huguenot. As the family sat down to breakfast yesterday morning, the little girl having been left in the siting room, they were .startled by piercing shriek-. Mr. Van Etten and Mrs. Glagier ran at once to the sitting room, and discovered the little girl enveloped in flames, and an English bull dog, belonging to Mr. Van Etteu, tearing her burning garments off her with his paws and teeth. He had already taken over half of her clotht ng off, and it is the opinion of Mr. Van Etten that had he been left alone he would have saved Hie little girl’s lite. But Mrs. Glagier, crazed at the sight, rushed forward and clasped her child to her bosom, and held her close, thus baffling the efforts which the faithful dog made, although singed and burned dreadfully himself, to tear off the burn ing clothing. Mrs, Glagier could not be made to release her child until her own clothing was on tire in many places, when the two were torn apart, and the flames upon the mother extin guished by the dog tearing off her clothing, as be had endeavored to do for the child. The lit tle girl was burned almost to a crisp. Her screams and cries were terrible, and she begged Mr. Van Etten to kill her. A physician was summoned us soon a^ possible, but he -ould ren der no aid, and the little girl lingered in the most intense agony until two o’clock Saturday morn ing, when she died, losing consciousness a few minutes before death. Mrs. Glagier is terribly burned, aud lies in a critical condition. Very I little hope is entertained of her recovery. The dog that exhibited more than human sagacity in its effort to save the child, had been her con stant companion, having been raised with her, and taught to watch over her. Since the burial of the child occurred, he wanders from room to room ns if searching for her, uttering a plain tive whine expressive of his grief. He takes no food, and it is believed he will pine to death.— Cor. N. K Times. Typhoid Fever. The health commissioner of New York, Ste phen Smith, M. D., contributes the following paper to the independent: Typhoid fever is the great autumnal scourge of our country. It attacks the high and the low, the rich and the poor, the resident of Ihe country, village and city. The family of the I most humble and lowly seems no mure liable to it than the family of the most exalted in wealth and rank. It has no more respect fur the royal family of Englund than for the poorest peas ant’s household. Prince Albert fell a victim to it, and to-day the heir apparent is prostrated un der its remorseless grasp. We may gain some idea of the vast harvest of sickness and death, which this reaper annually gathers from the following facts. It is estimated that from 100,000 to 150,000 people annually suf fer from this disease in England alone. Hie causation of typhoid fever, though long enveloped in obscurity, is now well known. It is one of the so called “filth diseases” of modern sanitary writers. Its most ordinary exciting cause is air or drinking water befouled with cx cremental matters, it is also quite certain that a persun suffering from this fever may himself infect the air ol bls room or the water which receives his excreta with germs of the disease, so as to transmit to others. A single case may thus be the fruitful source of a widespread epidemic. The facts illustrating the origin of typhoids from excremental matters in drinking water are now very numerous and very instructive. Every experienced physician can give striking examples occurring under his own observation. It nut unlriqnently happens that the actual source ol the disease is very obscure, andean only be discovered by the most persistent and intelligent inquiry; but the scientific student is gem rallv rewarded witii complete success. The following examples will illustrate the meth ods us communicating the lever: In a small German settlement in the upper part of the city there was a severe outbreak us dysentery an I typhoid fever. A physician, called to attend some of the cases, set to work to find our the cause. On inquiry as to the witer supply, he was directed to a spring on low ground in the midst ol the settlement, so situated ps to receive the surface drainage. The water was pure and sparkling to the sight and the raste, and was loudly praised by the owner ol the spring. A quantity put in a bottle and allowed to stand a tew hours threw down a thick sediment us m ist offensive matter. The people ceased to use the water, and the epidemic ceased ar once. In a neighboring village typhoid fever broke out, and prevailed with great violence in a given locality. Search was made tor the cause by Hie attending physician, but in vain. They appeal ed fur aid rot he healili authorities of New York; and an expert tffi-er examined the history of theoutbicik and the locality,and predicted ihat a certain hydrant, which supplied the victims with drinking watei, communicated at some point with house drains or the street sewer. The water pipe was examined, and at a distance from the hydrant a house drain was found leaking into it at a point where they traversed each other. The repair of these pipes was the cure of rhe epidemic. While visiting an interior township of this state, famous for healthfulness and the beauty of its scenery, I became interested in the history of a fam Iv which was suffering from typhoid fever. Ol eight members five had perished, and one was then fatally sick. On visiting the locality, the house was found situated on an el evation, and all its surroundings admirably ar ranged for health. One could readily believe the statement that there had not been a case of sickness in the house for twelve years. The fol lowing history of the presen sickness was given: A lew weeks before the lever appeared the pump in tiie well broke, and the farmer, being driven with his work, neglected to have it repaired. Meanwhile, the servant brought the water from a spring at the foot of the hill, which soon be became low, coving to the drought. He then re sorted to a small brook, and from this source the family were supplied for two or three weeks. This stream, higher up, ran through several farm yards and received the surface drainage. Hie first symptoms of poison by this water was slight nausea and a mild diarrhea; after several days typhoid lever in its worst form was ushered in. Of the entire family but two escaped an at tack, and they did not use the water. An ex awination of this water revealed a sediment of excremental matters. The death of Prince Albert by typhoid fever gave rise to much discussion as to the source of the poison. Export sanitarians contended that he had been exposed to sewer gases, or their equivalent. Court physicians denied that there was any possibility of such exposure at Wind sor castle, where he had spent several weeks preceding the attack. A careful search was made of the drains, sewers, &c., of the castle, but no leakage or possible escape of gases could be discovered. At length an old sewer map of the district was consulted, and it was found that before the castle was built an old sewer ran across the grounds, draining an adja cent settlement. This sewer was now explored, and at a point directly under the library, where the prince spent much of bis time, there i< a break, allowing the escape of sewer gases di rectly into the library. One of the most important lessons for house holds to learn is that excremental matters pol luting the air they breathe, or the water they drink, will cause typhoid fever. It should lie called “excrement fever,” so that when the name is spoken every one is reminded of its cause. Far 100 little attention is given to this most fruitful source of sickness and death in cities, towns, villages, and by country residents. Ex creincatal matters should be at once disposed of, so that they cannot by any possibility taint, the air we breathe or the water we drink. This may readily be effected bv disinfectants, of which tiie best is dry earth. Drinking water should al wav s be taken fiom wells or springs situated above the level of human habitations, or so deeply, as artesian wells, that they cannot receive surface drainage. The Abuae* in the British Civil Service. Lord Ellen borough, whose death has just been announced, was ore of the last holders of “pa tent places,” than which no more patent scan d.d ever existed. His grandlather was a bishop, and his father a famous judge, the man whom Lord Macaulav terms “the bold and strong minded L iw." Liw was a great lawyer and the terror us timid harristeis. He it was who, when a member oi “the sucking bar” faltered, “My very union unate client, my lord,” rejoined, “The court is with vou there, sir.” He hau an awful temper, and was much more feared than loved, but had great political as well as legal weight; was rhe last chief justice who enjoyed a seat in the cabinet, an I one of the very few to whom suck distinction was ever accorded. The prize piece of patronage in the gift of the chief justice used to be the sinecure offi’e of clerk of the court of qtieen’s bench—s3s,ooo a year—or doing nothing but signing receipts for pay. For the reversion of this Lord Ellenborough was offered ■8400,000, bui he preferred keeping it for Ins son, who just died. \Vlieu the news reached him of the vacancy in the office De was on horseback. Eorwith dismonmmg, be then and there, with the pencil in his pocket wrote bis sou’s appointment to the ofii -e, making the seat of his saddle his table, and his groom witnessed his signature. The sun drew about >2,000,000 from this office, and as be further held fur in my years the office of governor genet al of India, salary 8125,000 and all expenses p iid, he altogether didn’t do badly. He was unhaopy in Iris marriages—his first wife died childless; the second had one son wao died young, and she was divorced from her busband. Some time iime since Mr. Grenville Murray, natural sou of the late duke of Buckingham, who attaine I great notoriety two years ago by means of a p ipei called the Queen’s Messenger, and subsequently became yet better known by an article entitled “L >rd Coachington,” in which he made reflections on the character of the prince of Wales’ friend, Lord Carrington, which resulted in the castigation of Mr. Murray, by that noble lord —wrote a brilliant, gossippybooK called “Th? Roving Englishman.” It contains a sketch commencing “Sue was the daughter of a famous old sea captain.” The lady referred to is rhe countess of Ellenborough. There is one “patent place” even better than that held by Lord Ellenborough. Tins is en joyed by a Rev. Mr. 1 iitirlow, great nephew of the lord chancellor of his name. Lord Thurlow was as stern and sat urine as his brother Ellen borough, and, like him, t >o, had an excellent notion of feathering his nest. He asked George the Third for the bishopric of Durham—then worth >150,000 a year, and the greatest prize in the church—fur his brother. “Anything else, my lord, than this; prelacy has always been be stowed on a man of high connections.” fhen, sir,” said Thurlow, “1 ask it for the brother of the lord chancellor of England.” The king was obliged to give way. The great nephew of this pertinacious office-seeker has, for heaven knows how long, been extracting, in right of two patent places, 855,000 a year—being 85,000 a year more than the chancellor himself has. From first to last he will certainly have netted 82.500,000. Fancy St. Paul or St. Peter quietly pocketing su< h a sum. And this, Le it remembered, is in addition to his church prefer ment. Horace Walpole, before he was ten years old, was endowed witii patent places worth 815,000, which he retained for life. It seems, in these days, almost unintelligible how such monstrous abuses could have been tolerated, 1 he system was first forcibly attacked by that illustrious statesman who was tn so many re* spects in advance of his age in what was lilw eral and enlightened—Edmund Burke.—A. Y. Post, IteiUM. A wild goose wns recently shot in lowa which had a bone arrow-head six inches long embed ded in its back. The wound was altogether healed. Public opinion was much outraged by the sentence of a pauper, uiuety-flve years old, to prison for one month, by an English magistrate, lor u trifling offence; but when it was discovered the next day that the agile veteran had scaled the prison wall and regained bis liberty, the public t loqght the sentence was reasonable and his escape unfortunate. I he “Cap uiu Bonneville” of Washington Irv- Ing's Astoria, now Gen Bonneville of the Unit ed States army, was married the other day to Mss Neis, ut Fort Smith, Arkansas. The wed ding took place on the fiftieth anniversary of tbc groom’s first marriage. He has served in the army more than fifty 4 years, and is now on the retired list. Many persons, no longer young, who have read of Capt. Bonneville’s exploits as long ago as they can remember, and have never beard of him since, would hardly be more sur prised to read of the recent marriage of Daniel Boone, the explorer of Kentucky. Prof. Mac will be in the city for the ensuing two •lays only. Make inquiry at the Lincoln house, or at his agent’s, 208 Main street. You suffering dupes from rheumatism l>eware in time; do not throw money away in useless drugs. Bee testimonials in another column. Closing out sale of bonnets ami hats al Roche’s, 138 Main street. New and desirable goods. Look in at E Whitney’s, 395 Main street, fora nice diary and wallet combined; just the thing for a New Year’s gift. All styles. Prices very low. Grocers, butchers, and al! other parties who use a nuantlly of blank books, are invited to call at E. Whitney’s, where wholesale prices will be named. Try Wilson Goodell’s crystal polish for clean ing gold, silver and glass of every description. For labor saving it has no equal. Warranted satisfac tory. For sale by P. G. Skinner Sou, druggists, No. 430 Main strwt. i ja. riuiS'r jyLAj&Huhi us. NEW YORK STOCK MAKKKT. New York, Dec. 28.—Money tight this forenoon at l-'6 H per cent, but late In the day was loaned at 7 p> r cent. The treasury paid SI 6V0.0V0 in gold onaciount of .January interest, snd S^O.UOO in redemption ui 5-JOs. It is reported that Alabama and Louisee bonds. Sterling 10914 ,3) lo9h. Gold firm at lush 4 Stoo Stanstead and Chamblyls 84 §IO,OOO Kalamazoo, Allegan «t Grand Rapids 83 92 16 Boston and Albany rmiroac 148 100 Cin. Sandusky and Cleveland RR 204 12 Eastern railroad nq 4 Michigan Central railroad 114 4 19 ut none established; sales nt513,25, now asking $13,5.1 0 13.62. Lard in fur demand and alvanced: sales at BHc, now askingß4c. Bulk meats—fu'l prices asked an t no 1 th 45c; chocolate, 45 50c; shells, 25 30c Brenna, 50 55c $1 lb. Tallow Candles, $1 lb 15 18c; Sperm l qt. 40©60c; lobsters, 10c; Halibut 20c. Smoked salmon, 30c 3d lb; pickled salmon 2Uc; Pickled Herrings, 30 0 40 fl doz. Smelts 25c 3d lb. Pickerel, 25c 3< th. Ponts, 20c. Clams, 50c 'fl peck. Quahogß 60c $1 peck. Hyperion cod 17c «j ih. COAL-Franklin, 3d ton, $12.00; Lehigh, $11,00; Chestnut, $10,50; Bituminous. $10.50; Lackawanna, >ll, seventy-five cents a ton less than these prices when de livered at the yard. Charcoal—Hard. 50c; chestnut, 40cTH basket. WOOD AND HAY-Wood^ cord, walnut $lO, hard $8 10,green hard $9. chestnut and hemlock $707,50, pine $5 07, limbs. $5 Hay. fl ton. old new ^3u SH. Rye straw, fl tun $22 39. Foreign Markets.— [Bv Atlantic Cable.j London. Dec. 28.—Consols closed al 92H. Bunds firm er. U. S. 5-20 s, 1862, 92M do. 1865. old, 84; do. 1867, 94 h u. s. ten-forties oih. The bullion in the Bank of England has decreased xi 20,000 daring the week. At Fiankfurt, Dec. 28, U, S. 5-203, 1862. 96K. Liverpool. Dec. 28.—Cotton closed quiet; middling uplands 9X lOd; do Orleans 10Md; sales 19.000 bales. Marion United States Watch Co.'s (Giles. Wales »t C 0..) Watches were awarded the First Premiums at "Fair of American Inslitute," New York, 1870. at Fair of ‘•(Hilo MechMiies* Institute,” Cin innati, 1870. at "Louisiana State Fair," New Orleans. La 1870. at ••Toxas State Fa r," Houston, Texas, D7I. and at every Fair where exhibited, over all competitors. <129 u.lA’di- So rapidly does health decline when attacked by kidney, bladder and glandular diseases, mental and physical debility, diabetes, gravel, female Irregularities and maladies of the urino-genital organs, that no time .should he lost in partaking of an occasional dose oi Smolander’h Bi chu, which will drive the above coin plain’s out of the system, ant a restoration to health will surely ensue. dcop&wlw d2] Pno DRESS op THE Revolution.—A new light dawned upon Ihe world with the introduction of Plantation Bitters twelve years ago. Drastic purgation went out —restoration and renovation came in. The eyes of li;e people were opened to the great fact that the way to cure disease is to strengthen and support its victims, not to place them at its mercy by depriving them of the little strengtli they have, it soon became evident that as a means of infusing vitality into the feeble system, regulating tiie secretions, caring lndlg?slion, and reform, i-g a bilious habit ol body, no medicinal preparation then known was at ait comparable to the new reslora-. live, Binqethen hußdruds of attempts nave been made to rival the Bitters. They have all failed, and the Grand Revolution in Medical Treatment, which was com menced in 1861, Is still In progress. Nothing fan stop it for it is founded on the principle, now universally ac knowledged, that physical vigor Is Ve most formidable antagonist of all human ailments, and experience Ims shown that Plantation Bitters Isa peerless Invigor ant, r- w< II as the best possible safeguard against epi dem|c dlseqscs. dvupAwl^ 029 Mas. ORUNnr says that Soiodont eclipses all other preparations lor Ihe teeth and gums. And what Mrs. (1. says Is reiterated most emphatically by n nety-nine one-hundredths of the Iteauty and fashion us the land. d 27 dW&F Persons who have become thoroughly chilled from any cause, mav have their circulation at once restored by t^ug Into the stomach a tea-spoonful of Jultruon's Anvdwe Uniment mixed ip a Utile cold water, well sweetened, Evcrj’ firmer who owns a good stock of horses, cattle and sheep, and intends to keep them through the winter, should gel at once a good slock of Shertdan't Cuvalry Condition owdert. One dollar’s worth will save at least a bUf ton gs hay, fleop&wiw dia Special polices. A Curd.—The undersigned takes pleasure to express his sincere thanks to his friends and lellow-workmen at James’Mill, for the fine silver 'line keeper thev pre sented him before Ms departure from Jamesville 4M dlt g. findeihen. Putents Secured. Re-lssuov. Extensions, and Foreign Patents procured; luterferences conducted; all kinds of business witii the r PATENT OFFICE, Transfers of Riglit.s. and Patent Cases attended to. bv m, v ARNOLD. Worcester, Ma-s.’ Of hue No. 393 Main St. dtf »oice.u 1 i-.„ uJJ OFFICE, NO. OB MAIN STREET, WORCESTER This Bank Is open every business day.from nine o’clock in the morning to five o’clock In tiie afternoon. Deposits from Five Cents to One Thousand Dol lars nif iced, uni put upon interui on the fist of ner^ month. Dividends of Interest are made In muary and July, and if not withdrawn arc added to the principal on the first of the following month. Smallest sum entitled to receive Interest, Three Dol I CLARENDON HARRIS. JY* dtf Treasurer. Th* Worcester Mechuulci Hue tana Ui CENTRAL EXCHANGE. The Bank is open dally for the receipts of Deposit* Deposits put upon interest on the Fifinnth day o* such month. Ssoi? Lnnua< Dividerda in January and July. HAHRraON BUBS Pres Weal. H. WeonwAxn. Trewr. Worcester County tnetituiiou tor Having* FOSTER STREET. Chartered Ftbruary 8,1823. Deposits put on intercut en the first day of each month Dividends made every January and July. Deposits May 1, 1871 WO. Hon. ALEXANDER H. BULLOCK, President. dawtf C. A. HAMILTON. Treasurer. Veoplc’e MtsviUK* Itunk., 452 MAIN ST. DcpoMitN Nov. I,’Tl £3.049,033 88. Deposits are put on interest on the first day of every month. The net profits are divided semi-annually, in February and August. In addition to the usual Bank Hours, the Bank is open from 6 to 8 o’clock Saturday Evenings, for tiie con venience of Depositors. JOHN C. MASON, President. C M. BENT, Treas. Worcester, Nov. 2.1871. dAwtf n 2 Worcester u« l.iuht Compaiiy C<> KE. This Cheap and most De iraule Fuel for Manufac tirr.g purpose^ and Faintly use. is now offered to the public in quantities to suit, at the following Reduced Prices: f'ne Chaldron of 36 bushels $5.09 One Half do. 18 2.50 In quantities less than half Chaldron. 15 Cents per bushel. Payments may be made, and orders toritsdelivery will be issued only at the Ofllce 01 the Com pan v No. Bank Block. Foster ri reet. up stairs. dtf ja4 *1 Tl® WORCESTER SAFE DEPOSIT AND Trust Company. PEOPLE'3 SAVING 3 HaNK BUILDING Worccstar GEORGE M .Tioz, President. Receivet Monn/ on Deposit subj^t to Cteck at Si'jht KUlt ALLOWS INTEREST ON DAILY BALANCE** AT THE: KATE OF TOUR PER CENT. PER ANNUM. ^ms'.l Safes, encloses in Burglar I’roof Cases, to which the Renter alone has access, are offered to the public so» rmt. at prices varyirtg 'Mm $1.5 to each per ■.nMiiii. Il if a ph;.'. .y. v .-.nr.,st Fire nr Duriiic.rtfQl depGslUnz Valuab.es 4*!l l.;>id». Bonds. Mortgage-. Wills, Deeds, Jewe’ry, Silver Plate, &e., received at. very low rates, fu-' which receipts art given. The Vault, Burglar-Proof Canes, and Smail Safes are double-locked. A Private Night-Watch, on duty from 6 h. to 6 a.m., and a Burglar Alarm communicating with the Police Office, add greatly to the security other wise Afforded. Business Hours from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. ).vl4 dtf SAM UETj T. BIGELOW. Rec’v The Great Pictorial Annual Hostetter's United States Almanac fur ISO'S, for dis tribu'ion. gratis, thruughont the United States and all civilized countries of the Western Hemisphere, is now published and ready for dellven, in the English. Ger man. French, Norwegian. Welsh, Swedish. Holland, Bo hemian and Span!-li languages, an I all who wish to understand th true philosophy of in alth shot Id read and ponder the valuable suggestions it contains. Jn addi'ion to an admirable medical treatise on the causes, prevention and ’cure of a great variety of diseases, it embraces a large amount of information interesting to the merchant, the mechanic, tiie miner, the tanner, the planter, aud professional man; and the calculations have been made tor such meridians and latitudes as are most suitable for a correct and comprehensive National Cal END All. The nature, uses, and extraordinary sanitary effects of Hostetter’s Stomach Biller-, the staple tonic and alier ativeofmore than half the Christian world, are fully set fort hin its pages, which are also interspersed with pictorial illustrations, valuable recipes tor the household and farm, humorous anecdotes, and other instructive and amusing reading matter, original and selected. Among the Annuals to appear with me opening of the year, this will be one of the most useful, and may be had for the asking. The proprietors. Messrs. Hostetter Smith. Pittsburgh, Pa., on receipt of a two cent stamp, wi l lor ward a copy by mail to any person who cannot procure one in his neighborhood. The Billers are -old in every city, town and village, and are extensively used through cut the entire civilized world. dJcwlw d2B Safety and Profit. First-class Railway Mortgages are now Hie most popu lar securities—combining, as tiny do, absolute safety with a remunerative rate of interest. HIE FIRST MORTGAGE eJoint binkins Fund Six per Ct Gold Bond* us the VERMOST DIVISION of the PORTLAND AND OGDENSBURG RAILROAD TRUNK LINE are being rapidij’ absorbed by those making conversions ut their 5-10’s an 1 other hivh-p'ieed bonds. With a local, through and pleanire bu-mcss, either of these sources sufficient lo meet al.’ inti r st ol>- ligatijns and operating expenses, the Bonds of this sec tion of tiie Shortest Tfunk Line rom the Lakes lo the Atlantic cannot fail to advance to par a> this n< w En gland enterprise rapid.y approaches com plc ion. i’rice at present. 90 and Accrued Interest in ('urrency. For painpbie- applicable to light and heavy work f he immense demand having called forth imllatiup tvei Sold by Dealers everywhere. dcop7w nl3 Mathews Dbatuberiuiu, PLUMBERH, Corner Waldo and Exchange Sts., Worcester. «*u Bath Yuns and Boilers, Water Closets, Wash Bow;«- Wash Trays, Binks &c Ac.,fitted up at short notice, and In a thorough manner. dtf jyfi Ikatcheloi-’s Hair This superb Hair Dve is Hie best in the world- perfectly Uanulos. reliable and instantaneous; nu disappointment; uo ridiculous tints m disagreeable Oder. The genuine Win. A Batchelor's Hair Dye produces immediately a splendid Black or Natural Brown: leaves the hair clean, soft, beautiful does not contain a particle of lead or any injurious coni’ pound. Sold by ail Druggist*. Factory. 16 bond st. N Jin iviu Lea l*ci-rins* Nance, pronounced by connoisseurs “THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE.’’ Il improves appetite aud digcrtlon, and It Is unrivaled for its flavor. We aie directed by Messrs. Lea r. C. F. Harwood, DENTIST, 22 Pearl st opposite the Post Office. n 2 d3m Dohn M. Clarß Non, Coin ail sson Merchants end dealers tn Flour and Grain, Land Plaster, Lime. C»1 cinefi Pia-iiT, or. Bone. Cement. Salt, Guano. «upcr ph -spbaie of Lime, an W-’iWa Produce, Nn ß 237 and 239 Front Ht.. V. reorder rnmr <*r arf hon I>l*. <4. 11. Hukrr, DENTIST. 22 Pearl st ..opposite the Post Ofllce. n 2 Office corner Myrtle and Southbridge sts. Oe». Ej Hatpin «C’Co., Uouimisson Merchants *nd Dealers 'a Flour, Corn, Rye, Oats, Malt, Meal ol al kinds, Fine and Coarse Feed. Linseed Oil Meal. Me i.M I.- H. Hammond* M- HAS REMOVED TO NO. 1 MADISON ST. Office, as heretofore. No. 10 (new number) Myrtle ore nio Five Per Cent, per Annum Allowed tor Money on Call E. A. GOODNOW, i> 1B In tins city, Dec 28, Ellen Maiien, only child of Lucius M and Emma G Green, aged 2 yrs 7 mo- 17 days. 1 uneral on Saturday at 2 ./c ock, at their residence, 19 .1' lout st Relutlves and trends are invited to attend. U>cLy. Dec -.8. Temperance C. wile of Jared Hf >t, aged 54 yrs 11 moa. Jjcto ^ijbertisements. A SPECIAL CONVOCATION of D rce.-ter K >yal Arch Chanter will t.e held at AT Ma*mic Hail, THIS FRIDAY EVENING, Per order of the H. P. d 26 dlt R. JAMES TA IMAN. Scc’y. By J. P. HALL CO., Auctioneers. No. 589 Main st. RUCTION SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FI RMTI HE, CROCKKUY A.ND UEUDINGr, Saturday, Dec. 30th, at 2 o’clock r. u At Salesroom, Ml) Mala St. CONSISTING OF OXE PARLOR SET, 1 MAKBLE TOP TABLE. 1 EXTENSION TABLE, LOUNGES BEDSTEADS. Mattresses, Feather Beds; also, a 10l of Crockery and Glass Ware. Table Cutlery. Ac. At 7 o’clock in the evening, a lot of MACHINISTS’ Tools and CHEST; also, a lot of CARPENTER’S TOOLS. dz‘J d2t .1. I’. HALL *V CO., Auct’rs. SKEPTICAL SUFFERERS OF RHEU- MATISAI. make enquiry of the well known ciilzen, Mr Chfibrd. aa to Prof. Mac's Plasters; as also the tes timony of Mr. iloblnson. Facts are stubborn things that cannot be omroverted [Co y of Warn- r Clifiord's Testimonial.) Nearly three mon us past, 1 called on not Macre spect nx hij Pl is ers fir l.'ncamatism, of which I hive bci n a uti rer >4r many years, having tiled numerous r- medics, from which I never found permanent relief. 1 had iu- 1 i-ier> applies to my ailing parts. Injustice lu his remedy, irom tue valuable services rendered me. 1 strunglv r- cuinnund them lo all sutler rs, to avail them selves of I may siy his wumie- fui i last rs. WARNER CLIFFORD. Carriage Hepositery. 155 Main street, Woicester, Mass. Dec 22. 1871. [FromJolin Robinson] Calais, Vt., Nov. 9.1871. pßor. Mac: Dear Sir—l .have worn the PLa-teron my h p.\< u .'ent me. fifteen days; it seems to help my hip some, but my leg is st iff and lame some between my h-pand knee; my kneels pret y good; the pain works around to mv back some. 1 can't bend my nip so as to ride in a buggy wagon without putting my loot back under Ili s. ;u, and muting my knee down, and perhaps 1 never shall, but I can sit up Ina chair tietier than 1 could be*ore 1 wur the Plaster. 1 don’t have so much pa n, and can go lienor. 1 sweat some, and the plaster worked u some off-he h p joint. 1 tojk it offthis morning and warmed it over and put it on lower down. 1 would dK •io wear it longer ii 1 can-it feels better, i would like more- p asiers on my btp and leg if it would doany good There are others hre that I think will try you i lasters L 1 get any permanent good by it. and 1 th nk I wnl ii 1 persevere. My complaint is an old one. aiut ii will be likely to tie sometime in doing me much good if ever. Yuurs respectfully, JOHN ROBINSON. Mils. BRIGHT re-.ipeiis her School for Uluidrcn ana Misses, at 20 Jefferson street, TUESIIAY, SU (Januat-y. Instruction given in all English Branches; also, in Latin, I rencli, Conversational'y and Grammatically. Music, Drawing aad Painting. References kindly p< r muted to Dr. Jos. Sargent, Rev. J. J. Power, city; Kt. Lev. Bi-hop o tenheimer, Burlington, N. J. Rev. Dr. Diehl. Frederick, Md. d3.* d 29 n 2 GOOD NEW MILCH COWS, C llve h y *br .-ale orexchauge. one Ayr- V^sPshin-1 letter, to calve in January. One goo.’. road Horse. By ELNATHaN PRATT, Y WANTED— In our Store,*tolearn the Crockery Ware Business. KNOW ETON BROTHERS, ‘l-9 d3t Mechanic st. A GIRL WANTS A SITUATION—I'u do chamber or second work, or work in a small family. Apply at No. 8 Slater’s Place. d3l* <129 RENT—A Tenement, 31 Bowdoinst., A with bam if wished. JOSEPH A. HOWLAND, 029 _dtf 8 Loudon st. ^j*() LET—A Carpenter’s Shop, in the rear A of the Farmer’s Hotel, Mechanic st. Inquire ot d-9 dtf justin Howard. TOST- A GENTLEMAN’S BOSOM Ai-J i’IN, on 28ih in t. The tinder will be suitably re warded by leaving it at 328 Main sl„ (new number.) u 29 d2t IVOTICE TO CAPITALISTS AND INVESTORS. TRUSTEE’S AUCTION SALE OF SUPERIOR. REA.L ESTATE And Manufacturing Property, EMBUACING WOOLEN FACTORIES, Dwellings for Maungera and Operatives WITH ABOUT 800 ACHES OF VALUABLE LAND ATTACH’D. The under Ignod. Trustee, wi 1 offer for sale at Public Auction, at the Lxchangb Salesroom, on Second ^niEr.i. in the CITY OF BALTIMORE, Mu, on MON- D\ 1. the Bih day of January. 1872. at I o’clock P the wed-known anil extensive w OOLEN FACTORIES situ a c I in it etheredsvll e. in Baltimore County, about 3U miie- from -h- eiiy f Baltimore, with the Bm'dingannd and aficn d. and the Machinery, Fixtures, inwle men:s and I tonsils c.mnectcd with the premise* a.b.dn^'l lxcion. fourteen rooms tabling lor if horses c irHago nouse and spring house, an-i name cottage nnh eight room-, (t hese two houses arc in u >eant I oil park ot l-irge forest trees) Two dou ble Grucuin n ame i ntagc-s. one double Elizabeths tnime ..ullage, thre e Mone dwelling- with back buildings, eight stone sellings wnh brick buihlitig- he plummy aro two churches, two stores, one ihid-fellows .tail public school, .Vc, ani the neighbor.!’ j papula ion Is rapi ily Increasing A id>r;iunoi the land (say about 38 acres) U *nhtcet to an annual ground rent of $609. and is redeemable at any lime mi payment of $10,(Ou. i erms or >ai,' .-ne-fourtU vasb, one-fourth at nine mom li.-. om loiu-lh :h c ighteen months, and one-fourth a' ns., years L- ^..ujt payment to carry inlcrcst and Otic S.'J'- ....toriiy seeurerl—or all casli, at tiie option of Hit' purchaser. lids of Hie properly, with any other information 'ymi''.. ca.! he had l.y applying to me undeisi”ncd i nistte, and to tile Auetlom ers .L SAURIN NORRIS, Tiusteo. IItLGO A- KIRKLAND, Auctioneers. 14 .•'oulh Charles street, Baltimore. o*-* d2lawtj.iß j» EVEY’S DENTAL ROOMS. A r»ir_ offer! Artificial Teeth for Difficult Mouths! A TKIAI. WITHOUT PKIOE! The m- diffic ult cases solicited. Those Laving tried •S'. i.»i times without success preferred. 1 desire to make s:ici a set bv my new method ot attaching plates i" dim.-nit mouths, and no expense will be incurred by the applicant CHAS. K. PEVEY, 432 Main st., cor. Pleasant. Worcester, Musa. ''.’Le hours Loin Ba.m. to 9p. m. dtf A Y AND 8T R a"w”. CIIOiCF CAXAUA HAY, BICIOHT WESTJ3BN STRAW by Hie Car Load, Ton, or Single Bale. Al»u, Oats, Meal, Feed, &c„ at No. 41 Waldo St. old Me. 9. IvH dtf W. 11. GAY .t 00. Ne we n"oTa n d~f a r m e r FHty Y«n ^UibH-hetl. ONLY A YEAR IN ADVANCE. B o are offering speelnl *nr the last 4A rears. "Nothing Beller.” CUTLER BROS. CO., Boston. Bold by the DruggGtß. PRICE .IO CEMTN AM) 81.00. dll d&w4w M I S 8 E. H. WATERMAN, Teacher of Pianoforte, nW Ulm* 67 Thomu street, lio tuts. Norwich and Worcester rail- RUA I) C Ti:EA I REB'S ('IFICE, J Norwich, Conn., Dec. 19'h, 1871. DIVI I >END.—The Boar-l of Directors of th s comoa ny have this day declared a Divim-nl of 5 per cen free of government tax, payable on the first dav of Jan uarv next, at th« New Et gland trust ompany's oft'oe, 32 Devonshire Mreei, Ro-ton, to tiie stockhol ‘era who c e names are on tin- stock Ie «gcr at. the close of bu Int-ss on the 22d instant. T'->n-f-r books w be closed from the 22d instant to the 2d oi January, ls-72. The New England Trust Co., 32 Devonshire street, Boston, is t e tran-f'-r agent of this company. The transfer agency in New Y"tk 1 closed. d-1 dlw G. L. PERKINS. Treasurer. ■\VOUCESTER NASHUA RAILROAD COMPANY. I>IVIDEM> NO. A rm! nnr.nal Dividend of Five Dollars per Khare. iY^ fjom I mted states lax. h been declared oe the Stock ot thi- compsnv, rnivabb- on th- first dav o: January next, to holders of Stock on the 23d instant. f- W. HAMM'iND Treasurer. ter, Dec. 19,18 TL j T HE M boh oVU?r< ,nal ban k The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Me chanics National Bu- k oi Worce ter. will be hel-1 al ih ir Banking Room, on TUES 1 \Y, Jan. 9th at 2 o’clock r. st, for the Elec'ion of Directors 'ortboonsa iiigycar, and for the transaction of any other buxine a that may legally come before them u. i. TT. HAMMOND. Cashier. Worceatir, Mais.. Dec 5,1871. dtm db TH E QU INsIG AMON D~ N ATIONAL J- BA\K. OF WORCESTER. The Annual eeting of the stockholders of the Qaln sigamond National Bunk, of Worcester. wiP be held at tin ir Banking Room un tUESDAY. Jan 9. 187*. at 10 clock a. st.. f ti-e elec ion "f Director' for the ensu ing year, anil f•r the transaction of any other buslneM that may legally come before them v J S- FARNUM, Cash’er. oreester. p cc 8,1871. D VY. Jan. 9 IM* at two o clock p. M., for the Choice of Directui-s tor the 'ear •n ---suing, and lor the iransacli n of iny other busine s that may legally come beior. them. HENRY F. wing. CaelPor _Graftor.J)ec. 6,187 L dim J rjIHE BLAUKSTONE NATIONAL J I’ANh th<*r bnM. ness!hat mav legi Iv co oe h-for-' thein.w !l be held at the r B::nk ng Ruoms. 'I UEn 9, 187! at iw,, o clock p. At. a GOODELL, Cashier Whitinsville. Dec 9, 1871 dj i 9 fQ FIIHE CENTRAL NATION aVT^NK OF wo -CESTE The Annual Meeting of the ckimhler* of theTcn tral N Ol nal |>,a -k of Worces'er, will he held at their Banking Room, on TUI -DW. Jan. 9th. <872, a- ten Clock A M.. lor the Elecilon of Director for the mill ing year, and’or the tr .nsaetioa of any other busineM that may legally come before them. d 5 ii LMARSH,Cashier. fjIHE FIRST N A riliX\l/ BANK OF J- WOR(’E-TER. The Annual Meetingot the ockho'(ler« of the First National Bank of t orces er, will he held at their llank ing Rooms, <>n I I F>DAY. Jm.9 h. 1872, a o'clock p m Jor the Election oi Din cto s fo> inq enduing vcar and for the transaction of a.iy other buslne- that mav kga'ly come before- ih- ni GEU. F. WOOD. Cashier Worcester Dec. 5. 1871. dtm qj rjHE MILLBURY NATIONAL BANK’ Notice is hereby given that the Annual Mee.tine of he Stockholders us this Bank will h held at 'h<-ir Banking Rooms on TI E DAY. Jan. 9, 187 .at 2 o’clock P. x to choose a board of directors for the en-uing vear. D. A l \V«’‘;ilii«. L\RENDON HXRRIs, s eC 'v Worcester. Dec.-9.1871. dim d!9 (CENTRAL M UTlf aTT rfiTE“ INS. C<>. Ih" Annuil Meeting of the (Antra! Mutual Fire Ins. (o. will be hel«l at fhelr Offir-. on THURSDAY Jan. Üb. 'Bi2. at Hl o’c’n- l, a m lor the choice of otneers tor the ensuing year, and for the transaction of any other business that may iegailv come before them 'l-^ dim irLje MERI Fl ELD. «ec’y. Providence and woaceslek. RAILROAD CO. DIVIDEND. A Dividend of Five per Cent, has been d«] i|-t Jam, nv. U 72, a t 'o'clock p. m tor the l.h-cticii ot Ihrr-vtoi-stbr the ensuing vear, an i Ihe transaction of any other business that may le gaily come before them. D. E. MERRIAM. Cas Were Leicester, Dec. 8, 1811. i t and -tAMUEL JI. Putnam, (formerly with Luther 11. Bigelow,) have this day formed a part nership under the firm name of GROUT PUTNAM, and b-Avtng pun-iru-ed the entire stock o; the latq Luthor 11. Bigelow, will continue the Book and Stationery Business in al) its departments, at the old stand. No. 389 4dain st. Worcester, Doc 11.1871. _ _ d2w 015 I WOULD INFOHM my customers and the pu‘ hc genera.lv. that 1 have rqm >ved my store from No. 147 Main st to MS. M.V' OLX GQVART, where ma-- be found l lots. Grain. Mea' and Food; also. White Boiled M< al. A Go, may be 1 .und u fierenf kin is ot Clone*’ Drvers ano lb Wh ’e Wire Clothes’ Line; all ut which will be sol at the lowest inarxet prices. dS7 H il >LDEN. IN BANKRUPTCY. Notice is hereby given, that the ft ird and ib al general meeting of the cre-liters ofsEUl B. 1’ .IY. of Wore ste-, Bankrupt, wilt tie holden 0:1 ih<‘ tw. flt day <>t .lanaarv, A. ik 1872. at 10 o’e'oi'k A. M., at 6 Cll.lpin Block, a incest Mass., at Hu- office 01 an t before- I'. C. Bauon, R giater in Uankruptcy. at which mee iuc debts may be orove and the Assignee wilt presen h s -ccoants rors-tfle menl. J.Si’ LEWtS, Assignee. At Worcester. December 23J. 1871. ron her account. JA.MEs S'.-i t iff Wr o geo." l. Fairbanks, No. 10 I- rout si., or at hou e. 127 Beacon st.