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m >./$ $ • * r i. Jtfiilosopliy of tbo Franco-Prussian War, Franco and Prussia aife connterminong countries, both naturally belligerent and jealous of each other, \Whatever may be the forms of government, both have been military despotisms and in. peace or war military camps. In Prussia all able-bodied citizens from the ages oi 18 t o 40 are en- rolled soldiers and liable to be mobilized at any moment,, and under the imperial government of France has b«en approxi mated to the same condition. Both coun- tries for years have been in a state of seige. The people have, been harrassed with mili- tary regulations and oppressed b y burden- some taxation t o support vaet armies and contribute to the immense accumulations of \wealth in the han&a of shoddy contrac- tors. Both have regarded war between them as inevitable, and have b.een prepar- ing for the struggle for several years past. When the parties considered themselves prepared the Moody drama commenced. • Each is responsible for the war, regard- less of -which toot th e initiative, and which firod the first gun. JL long train of events led to the war and forced the par. ties to the collision. Lite our civil war it must come\ sooner or later. Statesmen have long forseen, that a war between France and Prussia would take place as necessary to solve certain great problems involved in the progress of European civil- ization and politics. Pranee was not ready and the Emperor knew it. He found revolution, seething seething about him and ready t o burst out with resistless foice and to save himself and his dynasty, found it important, im- mediately to hide himself in a glare of military glory. If fortune should favor him, fame might cover him with a popular glory, and firmly establish his throne and enable him t o reign i n peace and transmit his crown to his posterity. But if h e failed events show, that he considered himself safer as a prisoner in Prussia, than an Em- peror in a Parissian Republican mob. His idea seemed t o see patriotism in success, treason in defeat. However inevitable the war may have been, at the same time it is one of the wickedest on record. It had its cause in the pride oi despots and the foolish, lust of fame. Eew wars have been more bloody and distressing. Both parties are suffering about equal calamities; the wealth of each is being exhausted, and it will require the toil and sweat of the laboring masses for many weary years, to restore the wealth destroyed by the ravages and requisitions of the war. \While the Prussian are ravaging France wasting, burning and destroying, thePrus- sian people are suffering equal misery.— The suffering in killed and maimed are greater than the destruction of the Freneh. The Prussian military system has forced into the field-a more needful and valuable class of men, consequently there has been a much greater draft on productive indus- try and it has been so great and exhaust- ing, that many manufacturing establish- ments have been stopped and multitudes of appendant workmen, such as women and children have been thrown out of work and are suffering starvation. Morethnu 30,000 widows, whose husbands have been slain in the war, now the only supporters of 78,000 children, have signed a petition to the government for relief. Others who have husbands and sons in 1'ie army ex- posed to peril and death, are frantically imploring the government for peace. The whole country presents one unbroken scene of mourning and misery. It M the nature of the Germans t o mourn for their losses and of the French to forget theirs, and enjoy with hilarity what thej have left. Sinee the commencement of the war the object has been wholly changed. In the commencement, the King of Prussia, de- clared that the war was against the Empe- ror and not against France. This was to encourage the Liberal party. Wow he as- serts, that it is against the Republic and he acknowledges only the Imperial gov- ernment. The war is now desperate against Republicanism. It is well understood that •the Prussian monarchy is unsafe with France a Republic. The Liberal party in Prussia, has become so strong, that the government is forced to respect its power, should the Prussian monarch meet with a similar disaster, there is every probability, that the people would follow the French example and declare a Republic. The war is essentially between monarchy and de- mocracy, aud the only intervention of European despotism will be m favor of monarchy in France. lllggawH BE-uiaa^yvpffiiiir^ I(yon want to get the yory B2ST and m OTTHEOT NEW Y0EK, GOTO F. H. BOYER'S, NO. 57, WASHINGTON HALL BLOCK. WATERTOWN, m r. Having bought them recently in New York when gold was at its LOWEST FOINT. They can be sold nt^Jass than •JMarfeet I*rice§<> AND ARE Fresh In Quality. TEASAND SUGARS Are made a speciality and many rare articles for tho table cannot be found elsewhere. Headquarters of the BUTTER AND 0EEE8E MARKET. Loon j. even if yon do not want to buy. augStf Commission Broker, AND GENERAL AGENT, OFFICE -WASHINGTON HALL BLOCK, WATERTOWM, m 7., Will attend to tlio purchase and sale of BUTTER, CHOSESE, GRAIN, WOO!., Also the sale by 3ample from Hunuflictnrers ofj DOMESTIC, WOOLEN AND OOTTON FABBIG8, r As well also all kind* of FANCY QOO&Si 4-C, Also will attend vo the purchiw of Rc-nI Estate Consignments of rarnplci from Manufacturers and orders from dealers solicited. REFERENCES. Geo. W. Flower, Mayor oi the city; Geo. V. Fad- dock & Co., Binlt«rs, B. B. Unburn, Cashier National Union Bank; T. H. Camp, Pros. Jeff. Co. National Bank; Geo. H, Sherman, L. Paddock, Rnbt. L. Sher- man, R. 1\Flower. Bankers; Lieut. Goy. Beach: Campbell & Ftirwel), Horrick & Ayurg., p. Iluidy «,?•. Son, H.'P. Cooke, Merchant!-', Wa'trtown, N. Y.; J. H. Rice, Insurance Asrent, Albany. PJUM.EAU, PHILLIPS &-OC, No. 20 Court Street, haye just Received an entire Mew Stock of DRY GOODS which they offer for CAfeH Cheaper than can be found elsewhua the city. They also i ep the Celebrated \CAPITOJL\ BLACK ALPACA, Double Warp which is conceded to be Til & best brand sold. May 3, 1870. Silk finish may5yl. T William D.-Wilson Manufacturer of Plain and Ornamental Door Yard and Cemetery Fences, Balconies, Stoops, Ver- andahs, \Window Guards, \Wrought-Iron Doors, Shutters, Gratings, Cornices, Lintels Window Sills, Ac. Ah5o, Fuller's Patent Portable Iron Fences. Koof Cresting for Mansard or French Koof, Bay Windows, &c, otall ^aterne made and nnt np_to order—estimates made on application. WE OPEN\ THE SEASON\ WITH A STOCK OF Hats, Caps and Furs, OF THE MOST FASHIONABLE STYLES. Styles the most Elegant Stock the Freshest fit' Prices lost Economical SPECIALITIES JJ STYLES, best in the World, These SAFES are made with three Manges (all other Safes have hut two), give more fire- proof filling, and agreater protec ion against fire; also of heavier Plate Iron than used by any other Manufacturer. The Locks and Bolts are protected with Plates of Hardened Steel, which the only protection against Burglar's Drill and the insertion of Powder. WARRANTED FEE FROM DAMFGTSS. Particular attention paid to Oemefcerv JFencee, WILLIAM Z>. Opposite tho JACK1IAN HOUSE, Arsenal Street Watertown, N. T. WILSON. febSmft- %gl .'!* J&TOMJE, FO , 13 PUBLIC SQUAB E : , 'The Largest Stock & Lowest Prices in EliORTHERI NEW YORK. We arc now offering our Immense Stock of White and Gold Bund FEBNCH CHINA, IRON - STONE CHINA, GLAS3 WAEE, LAMPS, OHANDBLTJHBS, SILVER PLATE, Knives and Fork*, Tea Trays &c„ at LESS than GOLD PE10SS. And invite the attention of all those in want of Goods in our line. OLD CROCICi^Y STORE, Wo. 13 IWomrulf Mowse 9 Few THE \FLEETWOOD \CAMBRIA \TELESCOPE.\ Watertown, Pec. 23 '69-tf town JIM PISK, Jr.\ can get them only Here. 1000 Other S*Fl-s DAVIS fc PATTERSON,' Sign of the « BIG- HAT,\ '34 Court Street. Wotertown, October 6, 1870. tf o A. B DFE^T^STO A JEI p E T S.\ WE ARE NOW RECEIVEWG OME OF TEE BEST SELECTED STOCKS OF • v CAEPETS & OIL-CLOTHS Ever Brought to this City, PHOTOGRAPHS I SEC© 'KAS0N! Later and Reiver Styles of Skawls, Cloaks'and. Arabs* AsaoKTMENT of PAISLEY SSAWJLS, Square and JgSfirA COMPLETE Long, worth from Also a &c All Prices- Complete assortment of DKY GOODS NOTIONS, of which have been bought since the recent decline which we now offer at prices Ifcafc defy Competition. em ember Our Platform : 1. Always to give our customers the worth of their money. 3. Never to misrepresent an articlo sold. 3. SHOfiT OJKEDIT AND LONG i'EIENDS. DAVIS & JBAJJTIJBTT jane 3-ly No. 12 COURT STEE1T. THE 6i iwiiars 11 8 If '•TThoBooms j n tfco HuWrard Biocfc hare boon refit- ted, and first class Pictures are taken oa euortiiotice and at reamnaWa prices. The public aro inYvced to call and aexmine for themselves. An experienced Artist, of long and mccoBsfa experience in the lino, is still connected with the establishment. Hubbard Block, opposite the WcodrniT Honse waterto'wn, N. Y. <*,«», W.H.H01BHOOK, •W 23 \ Proprietor. —To show how hardened people be- come, after a short residence in the West, they have on exhibition at Plattsbnrg a woman ^who moved to Kansas and died, and, after being dead four years, was dug up and- found to b e turned to stone. She won't tell them a ;word about how she came to get so hard. —A colored man in G-alveston has been arrested £md confined in jail, but as there is nothing against him only a charge of kxlHnj,' a German servant-girl, it Is be- lieved' they will let him off with simply hanging. —Owing to the prevailing fashion in St. Louis\ of boys stealing rides on loco- motives,.the children are thinning out so much as to frighten the authorities, and they have passed a law prohibiting it. there is scarcely a n engine there but has mashed a boy or two. —A widower a t How Haven married a second wife without th e consent of a grown-up daughter, and when he brought Ms apod bride home, the dutiful daughter pounded them with a chait, She should )>« reasoned with. Such things are very wrong. —A fiohool-board in Atlanta, Georgia, in looking over fa li\t of purchases for a co'orecl school,found one item of onehun- doetl pmrnds of India-rnbbor. It was forml. <»i inquiry of the principal that the. riih't..T was purchased ior tho colored pupils tr, chew, t o keep them still. FARM I OR SALE. T UB undersigned offers for sale his farm of 310 acres, Bitnated one-and-n-hali miles north' of livaus Mills, on the Theresa road. Tne property is eliftabiy located, well watered, of rich, deep soil, ftee of nosions woeds and good horse barns and out honses. If the larm is not sold soon it will T>e rented for a term of years, together with 40 cows. None but first-class farmers will be treated with in renting the preratoeE.igAddress PHILIP HELMBE; Evans Mills. SSept. 5,-ism New Stylus of Plaids, Surges, Poplins, 'Dress Flannels Mantilla Velvets all widths. A TOLL LINE of Black and Colored Silks ; a, Large Assortment ol Gloves and Roaiery, A Line of the well known Harris Cassimp-res, Black As- trackan Cloaking, Shaker flannels, 4-4 wide, white and red, an Immesg Stock of DOWE3TICS. $2?~0aH and examine at R« FREEMAN'S, 16 COUET ST. jol'l ly. STATE LIFE 1ISUMICE CO., By WITH A SAVING-S BANK. npHB Jeffesson Coonty Savings Bank, corner oi X Washington and Stont' Streets v.f!i pay its De- positors on all Dapo-Jito B>«de before the 10th af .Tnlv next, interest at tho rate ol 6 per cent Irom tho firsl of Jnly, 18H on Deposits made between July 10th and October Wth will pay interest at the same rate from the 1st ot October; and on Deposits made be- tween January 10th -md April 10th, 1871, \yiu pay n- terest at the same rate from tho 1st of 4p\il fsfl The interest will be paid or added to Deposits on the 1st of January and Jaly, and will a part oi tha principal. All sums received from S cents to $3,600.<X>. A. M PAB-VELL, Predifcirt. BRED BEBRSOS, Vice President, GEO H.ISHEKMAN, Hewetnr*. BOBEKT L. SHERMAN, Treasurer. LL CAMPAIGN! Boots and Shoes for the Million sm HUM. COUET STREET, TVATERO W, N. T. o|| Have the Largest Assortment of BOOTS and SHOES; HE. ior Fall Trade in the State. Tnev call special ' attention to their KIPAJETD CALF BOOTS, S^-OF THEIR OWN MANUFACTURE, A HAND MADE AND WAKRANT30. }nne t4-ly Don't lail to Gall ajad Examne them. STILL THEY GOME DiaECTOESii T. 11. Camp, A.K.Farsvell, S. B. TJphara, JobaI». Biker, B, TenEyck, Pred Emerson, D. W. Baldwin, J. H. Pish. iiprStf. Robert LanBiuir, Gilbert Bradford, .'I. dourer. Ward iHubbard, 9. H. Sherman, Jiio.A.fthermaii. F..B.Hmii ! erfora Geo. B. Phelps. STEAI ENGIIES OTie larsc-t and most complete assort- ment of Stationary anfl Portable Steoua jEngtnes, Boilers and Saw Anils in tlie touatry. Awarded THE rasi mmu At tho Hew York State Pair, ISVO, and also at every Pair entered for competition. Send for Circular and Price List, m* UP CAPITAL CMF SlOO.OOO, Jinti, a Steaautr Increasing SUMJ*X,tT# since fto 1« da, 5 J,, M , Islb.Zl™^ *££ft*3# «— 4,150^S0.00, The premiums on which amount to over $160,«43.SS •A IA 1 H PC? rT! :s< WOOD &HANB STEAM BBTCUHl UTIOA, Hf. Y. jnlySl 6m. CO Are now receiving another large invoice of CARPETS, purchased at the LOWEST POINT REACHED THIS SEASON, consistiug of the Newest and Most Eleo-ant De- signs in English and American * ° Tapestry Brussels, Real 5 Frame Bod? Brussels; Imperial • 3 Plys—Lowell and Hartford Supers 'and Extra Supers, Smith's Tapestrv Ingrains. And a great varietp of Cheaper Grades, Patent Carpet Lining, Mats, Rngs, Mat-tin\- and OIL CLOTHS. Plao, a complete assortment of \ III 6§©S ? • Adapted to the Season. All full line of the Celebrated Rochester Trunks and Traveling Bags, ill of which wijl bo sold at Way Down Prices, a t No. 7 Washington Placa, xleanthe Arcade En trance. May 10,1870. • March38-'l. • thirty 4ays grace is given for tie> mvrn^ % th - e contn b^ion plan; cies will be granted ttpon 1° ^.iSenSTLllr^f-^ 5 • Paid n ? Po ^ premium f a 5s due. Wthi rdT&L o„ n 0 i'7'^^ nme ^ dajs after the insured, if desired. h& annnaI P 1,et ™m 8 wiU be loaned OFPIOEE8. * GEO. E PHELPS, Pres. L0VELAMD PADDOGK, F.Pres. K- -BAlEb M D Med. Examiner and Consultingpiys'n. JAMES i\ STARBtJOK, Attorney and Counsel. Y DIBEOTOES. ' JiliES A. BELL, L. PADDOCK, ISAAC MuNsosr, T. II. GAMP, (i. \W. GOODRICH, W. M. Courjiffl-. S. D. HuSTGERFORDj LEWIS PALMBB, JOHN SHELDON, GEO. B, PHELPS, O. A. HOJCDEJT, MAEE SHELDON, EZEA OOKNELL, A. O. BEAOH, MAEOELLITS MASSES »»»