Show BENJAMIN FRANKLINS USEFUL LABORS parton in his life lite and times timea of dr franklin recently published by mason bros broa gives the following interesting burn eum mary of the valuable labors of that eminent statesman he established establish ed and ana tu inspired the junto the most sensible Be us ful aid pleasant club ji of i which behave any knowledge he founded the philadelphia library parent of a thousand ariesan immense and endless good to the whole of the civilized portion of the united states he edited the best newspaper in the colonies one which published no libels and fomented no quarrels which quickened the intelligence of pennsylvania and arid gave the onward impulse to the press of america he was the first who turned to great account the engine of advertising an indispensable element in modern business he published poor richard by means of which BO so much of the wit and wisdom of all app ages aa as its reader readers 11 could appropriate and enjoy was brought home to their minds in such words aa as they could understand and and remember mem mom ber forever he created the post office system of amelca ani and forbore to avail himself aa as postmaster of privileges from which lo ke 10 ha had formerly buffered it was he who caused philadelphia to be e paved lighted and cleaned As fuel became scarce in the vicinity v ci I 1 t y of 0 f the colonial towns he be invented the Fr franklin frankiin anklin auklin stove which economized it and suggested the subsequent warming inventions in which america beats the world besides making a free gift of this invention indention to the public hs he generously gene gerier wrote wrol le an extensive pamphlet explaining pla pia ining its construction and utility he delivered civilized mankind from the nuisance once universal salof of emody chimneys he was the first effective Rr preacher eacher of the blessed gospel 0 of ventilation ile he spoke and find tho the windows of were lowered consumption ceased 0 to o gasp and fever to inhale poison ha he devoted the leisure of seven year years and all the energy of his hia genius to the science of electricity which gave a stronger impulse to scientific inquiry thau than any other of that century lie ile taught goethe to exper experiment ament in electricity and bet all students denta to making I 1 electrical machines ile he robbed thunder of its terrors and lightening ok oits its power to destroy he was chiefly instrumental instrument tl in founding t the he first high school of and died protesting against the abuse abdoe of the funds funda of that institution in teaching amerian youth the language of greece and rome rone while french spanish and german were spoken in the streets and were required in the commerce of the wharves he founded the american philosophical society the first organization in america of the friends of science he suggested cu ested the ure ute of mineral manures manure introduced iee ile the baskot basket willow and promoted the early culture ct of silk slik he lent the indispensable assistance of his name and tact to the founding 61 0 f the Phi philadelphia lidel hospital biente entering rin rid g into politics he lie broke the pell spell of quadi quakerism m aad woke pennsylvania from the dream of unarmed safety he led pennsylvania in ita its thirty yeara struggle with the mean tyranny of the enesa of the subsequent contest with the king of great britain when the Inci indiana ians were ravaging ata arid scalping within eighty miles oe of general benjamin franklin led the troops trompa es of the city against them he was the hathor anthor of the first scheme ot uniting the coign colLn celenus les ies a scheme so suitable that it was adopted in its essential features in the union of the state states and binds us together to e 7 to thi enday Erday lie he assisted england to keep canada when there was danger 0 of its falling back into the hands of a reactionary race more alore than any other man he wab waa instrumental in causing the repeal of the stamp act which deferred the inevitable I 1 e struggle until the colonies were strong enough to triumph t ri he discovered the temperature of the gulf stream he discovered that northeast north east storms begin in the southwest south west lie he invented the invaluable contrivance by which a fire consumes its ita own smoke he made important discoveries respecting the causes of 0 the most universal ilal tsal of all diseases colds ho jo pointed out tha the advantage of building ships iu in watertight water tight compartments taking the hint from the chinese cille he expounded the theory of navigation which is universally adopted by intelligent seamen and of which a chac chaT charlatan latan and a traitor has received the credit un in pari part as the tha antidote to the restless vanity of john adams adama he saved the alliance over and over again and brought the negotiations for peace to a successful close his mere presence in europe was a moving plea for the we rights of man map in the convention of 1787 his indomitable good humor wab waa probably the tho uniting element wanting which the e convention would have dissolved without having done ita its work hib his hia labors yvere were for the abolition rf of slavery and the aid of bf its emancipated victims having having hiving during a very long life instructed stimulated cheered amused and elev elevated abed his countrymen and all mankind be he wab waa faithful to them to the end and added to his bis other services the edifying w spectacle of a calm cheerful and triumphant death leaving le a v g bebing him a maps mars of writings in tuil full I 1 0 of f b bis his i own kind nero s humor and wisdom to perpetrate perpetuate his bia influence and sweeten the life of coming coning generations THE ahlen ALIEn ican icAx FLAG whatever relates to the origin design or history of our glorious stars and stripes is of interest and the perusal cf of the following eloquent elg elp quent conclusion to a paper read som some e time since by alfred aifred B street esq the poet post before the new york historical society cannot fail to coin coia marid annd attention the stars of the new flag flap represented the nev new constellation of states rising in theowest th the ewest west the idea was taken from the constellation lyra which in he be hands bands of orphus orpheus signifies harmony the blue of the field was taken from froin the edge of 0 the Covenant ers banner in scotland si significant also of the league and coven covenant ant of he united colonies against oppression incidentally involving the virtues of vigilance perseverance and justice ju stice itice the stars iv re imposed in a circle symbolizing w the perpetuity of the union the ring like the circling serpent of the egyptians 11 signifying eternity the thirteen stripes showed with the stars the number of united colonies and denoted the odthe states to the U union dionas as well aa as equality among themselves ane rh whole e was a blending of the various flags belto rei previous rel to the anon union flag viz vict the led lea flags flaa of the army and the white ones for the floating batteries the red color which in roman days was waa the signal of defiance denotes darll daril daning og and the white purity by an act of congress passed april 4 1818 it was enacted sec 1 from and after the fourth day of july next the flag of the U S shall be thirteen horizontal stripes alternately red and white the union shall be twenty stars in a blue field sec 2 on the admission of every new neej state into the union one star shall be added to the union of the flag and ani such addition shall take effect on the ath day of july then thin next succeeding such admission iio ilo jio alo republican MORE MOKE TAXES A writer in the new york post suggests the imposition by congress of a general poll tax of five dollars on each adult male arld prid nd two dollars on each female and says such a tax ux would yield nearly annually the post pest ig is a leading administration paper it seems beems that khat the tue odthe of the administration are taxing their Inge idge ingenuity nuRy to devise ways aya and means to rob the tb e perpie by taxes to an extent that will render it difficult for them to live except in a state of utter poverty and destitution tit tt uton ution the tax bill now embraces 11 a complete inventory upon everything u upon pori the earth it is a mixture of all the taxes imposed by every despotism upon the globe eflin if lincoln is reelected re elected and the war prosecuted the taxes will be greatly increased although they are now a most unendurable cincinnati enquirer STINGING the jceal of the columbus statesman gives the following stinging paragraph an tin tia unlucky lucky chap in an u uptown p ton ion boarding honse house who had bad tung turg a pai pait of pants hear hoar ngar bear an open window and left them for tee several weeks experienced a peculiar anh and delicate benea sonea tion en an the ab of july ben ben hen be he went koput them on and thrust bli bin leg Is into a hornets hor nets neta veat vest OUR present for tice vice president andrew johnson in a a speech in the senate against secession pointed hib bis fidger finger at the rebel president jeff davis ag as lie be said if 1 I were the president I 1 would arrest bouas you aa traitors try you as traitors ald ard hang han ban you as traitors j darlng during IT is 19 estimated that Cong daring I 1 ng ita late bession session bes ses aion aien I 1 appropriated appropriate over 1000 inc judin luJin I 1 the bounties bount lea iea to new troops I 1 to be paid from the tae epenial income e tax congress at the atie late session passed acts private character N Y tribune IT is observable that many persons aldaya a ways sigh deeply ta in the act of thanking god |