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I [Advertisement,] iIEPLY TO Mil BAGNALL To tllO Editor Ol tllO TnAMES ADYKMISKR. Sib,—l thank Mr Bagnall for exonerating mo (ho now Bays " somo of my co* delegates"), but as ho slill prefers tho chargo against thorn, and, as of necessity, I must sliaro thoir praiso or consure, I fool irr duly bouud to defend them against this unjust charge of falsehood. Mr Bagnail relets mo to your issuo of tho lltli instaut, iu which appears a local which says," That at a meeting of tho delegates of tho various friendly societies Mr B.'s • conduct was condemned," &0.. And upon that basis charges tho delegates with " causing what was not Iruo to ap. pear." 1. I submit, sir, that a mero local in a newspaper, without cither namo or signature, is no foundation upon which to base so serious a charge, and I might fairly require Mr Baguall to proro that wo caused that to appear; but as I wish to give him fair-play, and more, I tfill ' pass that over. 2, Mr Bagnall says tlio only construction to bo put on that sentonco is, " that llio meeting represented tho wholo " of tho friendly societies. Now, sir, I submit that it docs not necessarily mean so, and thai tho construction is "ptit on" by him, for docs not Mr Bagnall, with singular inconsistency, admit that thcro was a meeting of delegates, although ho says "tho wholo" wero not there. But even if Mr B. cduld show that the construction ho [' jrnts on " is tho correct one, slill I submit it would bo a very frail basis on which to rest so gravo a chargo as that of falsehood. Mr Bagnall " hopes Mr Douglas clearly understands," &c,, aud adds all his statements nro " strictly iu accordnnco with fact." Mr Doughs will leave you, Bir, and tho public to judge whether ho understands, &o.,'also whether Mr B.'s statement," that wo caused what was not truo to appear," is strictly in accordant with fact, or in accordaaco with a. mis- ■ conslrucd sentonco taken from your columns, and not cycri shown to bo authorised by us. But, sir, I've just told that Mr Bagnall is not at homo, and that ho loftorior to your issuq ennUinin« - my note. If so, tlib production 1 bearing his namo in your yesterday's column will i probably bo that of somo indisercet friend. I sincerely hopo it is so, and I think I may safely .say, for my codelo* gates, that if Mr Bagnall repudiates it, and makes tho amendo bonorablo, wo shall all bo pleased.—l am, Ac., U. T. Douous.

When Rewi passed through Cambridge ho' interviewed Mr Low, the photographer, for tho purpose of obtaining somo photos, of several chiefs. On being asked if he would like his own likeness taken, he refused, saying it was not proper for a great cbicf's likeness to bo sold for Is; but requested Mr Low to let him havo a photograph of tho railway at Mcrccr. - in American paper gives an account of a " Mammoth Hennery," which has been established by two brothers in Colorado, a few miles from Denver. "It covers four acres, which ] laid out like a village, with streets and avenues, I along which aro built long rows of houses of j various designs. Regular families of liens aro I assigned to these houses, and it's found that | they quickly domesticate themselves, without J troubling their neighbours. The population of ] the village is about 2,000, divided closely into i social cliques of -Brahmas, Cochins, Shanghais, \ and Dorkiogs, and the chiet products are egga | atid spring chickens. Sundays included, the ! industrious matrons of tho village turn out \ daily from forty to fifty dozens of eggs which i are sold in Denver for from 30c. tofiOc per | dozen," .. ! " Lady Tichbourno" ca'ls on her friends for J relief and assistance. But old "Dewdrops 1 h#s been first, and with him charity begins at j home—and ends t v ere.—The Peculiar People connive at another death. Why should we pay | a Fchool Board which neglects to correct this, 1 the most cr«ss and culpable of ignorauce I i