l'ulilitmtiuii. Taa Watnbibviio Kkii'bi.icaw, Office in ajrers' building, eiwt of the Court House, In pub lished assry Wwiiu-Sdnsr raomlitn At i per annum, DV cr,or S BO if not puid wllh In the year. AllanftstHbtiaii areasmla mcst b Milled aaavallyt No paper fcill K trnt nut of the State balms paid for is advasc, ami all such subscriptions will Invarlalily be dlHcoh tlnued at tin explrotlon of I lie lime fur which thry are palih Cnmiridnli'AtlriVtanri snhjtctiinf local or gcnornl Interest am rvHpfctt'nlly snlirllfl. To einture ultulioh fuvom of thin kind must Invariably tx accompanied by the umiteof thcnnthnr, not for pulillcutlon, hilt aa guaranty analnm Imposition. All letter fxrliilnliiK Id fin l rtuss of Hie Mllie rnust be addreMed to liie K.IUor. I HE VOW oTFTlliTSlTiLOIEK. " A frit Incident. OnS beautiful Imliim summer day, n the autumn of 18 14, a stranger np Jwared in the streets of Hanover, X. II., whose garb licsnoke the utmost poverty' and destitution. - As lie Rtag- Jgcrcd along he was surrounded by a Vrowd of village boys, who amused "themselves by insulting him with Coarse jests and personal indignities. He bore their abuse with exemplary mtiencc, and begged them to wait till le felt a littlo better, and lie would king them a lino song. His voice was lliitijc with unnatural excess; and he Wns too wtffck to protect himself from the rude jostling of the crowd j yet lie tiniiled at his tormentor, ami exhibit cd no other sense of bis helplessness ind forlorn condition than a look of grief and shame, whieh, despite his efforts and smiles, would occasionally ovcrsnrcad his coiiiitenance. Lute in the afternoon, the writer, then n stu lent, passed him in company with a friend when our attention was ut tract - vd by a voice of unusual power and Vnutv, singing that favorite national ttong of Franco, "La Parisicnne." As lie proceeded, a great numiicr ot the students from the college gathered nround him, and at the conclusion an Involuntary expression of delight 1 broke from the entire mass. He was Vnlhiisiastically encored, and afterward the Marseillaise Was called for. The Rimci rich, clear Voice, rang onl that Wild melody in the Very words which are wont to arouse the spirit of the .. French soldier to frenzy. The ndini ration of the poor inebriate's auditory ,' was now raised to the highest pilch. Despite bis tattered and filthy gar ments, his sipialid beard and hriinlcss . ! hat, now that the funics of licpior had subsided, his form appeared symme trical and manly, and his face glowed with the sentiment of the patriotic , song, and flushed with excitement nl ' the unexpected praise he. was winning, assuming an expression of intelligence und joy that beautifully setoff bis real ly fine features. " "What and who is the stranger?" was the universal inquiry. "His sing ing is incomparable, mid his French ,. mid English are both limitless." "Yes," said he dropping his eyes, ""and I inn give you (icrniau, or Spanish, or Italian as well, or Latin or Greek, cither," lie at Med carelessly. . In replv to the many questions thai were showered upon him, with the eoin he so much seemed to nerd, he at length said, in a'sad tone, ami slowly endeavoring to push his way thro' the crowd: "Gentlemen, lam a poor Vagabond, entirely unworthy your , kind sympathy. ' Leave me to my rags and wretchedness, ami I will go on my way." Hut our curiosity was to much ex cited to allow (his, ami amid loud . cheers wc escorted him to a room, ',' where he was furnished with water , ami an entire suit of good clothes ; the Ixirber's art was brought into requisit- ion, and after an incredibly short time he reappeared upon the college steps, smilinp- ami Ixiwing gracefully, a man of fine appearance anil noble bearing as ever eyes dciiciii. j mi m nnv ji the crowd .at this transformation was intense, ami repeated shouts rent the air.- "Give us La Parisienne" echoed from all sides: ami as soon as silence lould 1)0 obtained, agaiu that clear rich voice uttered those inspiring words. "People Frsncaise, pcuplc do braves, , o; La liberie, tourer scs bras." He was conducted to the spacious chapel, Jand there for two hours lie held an audience spell-bound, by one of the most intere4ing autobiographies that it was evef our lot to hear. Born jn Paris, of wealthy parents, ho had in early life been thoroughly educated at the University of Wittemburg, antl received the master's degree. He soon after joined the fortunes of Napoleon, and with the rank of lieutenant, was with him during all the campaign of V Egypt, m Italy, in Kussia, and at '' Waterloo. He had been engaged in more than seventy battles, and his dc- aeription. of places arid cities, were ex pressed in choice, graphic terms, and on being compared with history, were found to correspond in every particu lar, j , He related many unwritten and ,cttfioua incidents in the life of Napo . Icon, which had , come under his ob- nervation, and finally closed with a t teaching account of his own career falter the , battle of "Waterloo. In the mJerribic rout that follow ed that mcm- wable event, his detachment was cuns ied by body of Prussian hussars, and iWotnintr scattered in the night, he "Tranderal about three days in the woods and bv-places without food or Trinlr."" TTin ehnsn lioinp- at lciltrth "'Hven over-, the poor Frenchman sank uoti, sick and weary with his wounds, - fad nadyto die, br the road side. A humane Thitch girl discovering him, J.'Tirbught him refreshmcnU and cordials, and MBone these a flask of brandy. Hm.t aid the . nldier. was the gu5nIng'oFtoy wocs. That angel of ,,neivysnwiut. we oesi ui mouveu, tnniiin in that flask a deadly foe, Jhich wat to bm more potent for evil a"aU thaiuirning toils of the Egyp tian campaign, or the intolerable frosts atodfnoys of, the .Eueaian more fatal than the cannon of seventy battles ; a thirst mora in- iLtkilmii iimL which (breed ma to opes ay veins on the desert sands of Termi ot JAfi. K SA YKIIS, VOL XI. the Eivsti Till that day I never had tasted strong drink. I had uttered a vow in my youth to abstain from it, and to that vow I owed my life, for not one of my comrades who indulged . . . . . i i . i in Uie use ot it, surviven uie norrors ot tho Egyptian campaign. "Jlut as 1 lay in anguish, longing for death and momentarily expecting its approach, a sweet face appeared to me, wearing an expression of deep piety and sympathy for my suH'crings, and I could but accept without iiimiiry whatever she gavo me. She gently raised my head, nnd wiped with her kerchief the dampness) front my brow, ami administered the cordial to my lips. It revived me, I looked around; my courage, my love of life returned. I poured forth "my gratitude ill burn ing words, and called down tho bless ings of Heaven upon her. Ignorant of what it was that so suddenly inspir ed mo, as soon as my spirits (lagged, I called for more. I drank again ami again. Fur three weeks her loved voice soothed me, antl her kind hand administered to my wants. "As soon as mv strength wassulli ciently recovered, fi-uriu that some enemy might still he lurking near, I hade her ailieii w ith many thanks and tears, sought the sea-side, and embark ed us a common sailor on the first vessel that nllcred, and have followed the sea ever since, My lata! thirst has ever iicconianieil me; in port nml on deck this liie has debased me, mid kept me limn all chance of promotion. Oh! how oiled have I in the depths of my heart wished I had died on the Held of Waterloo, or breathed out my lilt' in the anus ol'my gmitlc preserver. Six weeks ago I was wrecked on the steam packet ship Clyde, oil" New llrunswick. I have wandered through Canada and N'cw Hampshire, singing lor a low pennies, or licgjiiiig mv bread, till I met voiir sympathy to day. I low do these college halls and this noble hand of noble students recall to my recollec tions the scenes of former years?" The emotion of the stranger, fir a moment overcame his voice; when he resumed, the tears still coursing each other down his checks: "I know nut why God should di rect my steps hither ; but gentlemen, this shall be the beginning of a new life lo mo; and here in His presence, anil that of" these witnesses, 1 swear, as I hope to meet you in heaven, never to taste a drop of alcohol in any form again. Prolonged nnd deafening cheers fol lowed those words, antl I noticed many a moist eve. A collection was immediately taken, mil more than fifty dollars were put into Ins hands. As he ascended the coach to take his departure, lie turned to the excited multitude who surrounded him, ami suit! : "It is but justice that you should know mv name. I am Lieutenant Launes, a nephew of the great Mar- i I r r fi 111 .11 siiai jjsinncs. iUay uon oiess you mi farewell !" A ItllHlc onrlilllp. I hitched my cheer close to hern, shot my eyes, and trcnieulously said "Sal, you're the very gal I've been bankeriti nrter for a long time. 1 love you all over, from tho foot of your soul to the head of your crown, and I don't kcer w ho knows it ; and if yon say so, we II bejincd in the holy Wind of matrimony. Ephirihus on ions, gloria Monday morning, sic tem per tyrarnis, non cnmpisincntis world without end, sez 1, and 1 telt as tho had thrown! up an allvmitcr, 1 telt so relieved. With that she fetched a scream, anil arter a while she sez : "Peter !" "What is it, Sa!ly?"sez I. "Yes." saitl she, a liidiu' of her face. O! broom straws with lasses on 'cm Ef Sal's tlaiMv hadn't bawled out "Its time lor nil honi'stfilks to Ik in bed," I do believe I'd stayed all nite. It is a singular fiict that lives ai parently most precarious at their lie- ginningare often protracted to an un usual length, lhe frenchman, I'on- tenclle, who survived to within a few weeks ot a century, was thought to he stillborn. Voltaire, who died at eighty- four, was a very puny liilant, Lyman Beccher,. who attained his eighty- eighth, year, was a painlully ttuninu tive nnd sickly balx, whilst the (lis tinguished Dr. Spuulding, who gradua ted at Harvard about the samo time thut Mr. May received hia diploma at YaTft like him was obliged to be ab sent during part of his college course, anil was regarded as a consumptive. lie, however, dial at ninety-six, and was the last survivor ot Ins class. JT may also be remarked in this connc tion that our college presidents exhib an unusually large percentage of loud evity. Dr. Aott, ot Union, who w; born in the samo year with Ut. ua reached ninety-three, and Josia Quinev. of Harvard, ninety-two, whi many others completed or passed the I three-score and ten. A FEW nights since, somo young men, going from New York to Albany in the cars, were getting rather noisy and profane, when a gentleman in a white cravat tapped ono of them upon the shoulder with the remark, "Young man, do you know yon are on the road to perdition?" "That's just my luck' said the young man "I took a ticket for Albany, and I've got on the wrong train." . jl l- j m ot ... I' JU.MNFAS IN THE 1MUIIT WAYiVESBlKG, Tlrj. What is the use of toggery ? "Why not dress with a view to comfort, con venieni'e, ami good taste? The savage of Africa ami tho savage of our own Western wilds seem to delight in tog gery. So do tho .Turks ami Chinese. Indeed, it appears to bo a common weakness of savago and civilized to love toggery. Little girls rig out their dolls and themselves with useless tog eery. Great military generals and commodores pile on the toggery; so the "brave redskins" decorate themselves with wampum, paint and toggery filler a successful sculping excursion. lien the Englishman goes out lor a Summer holiday or to the "races," he loads and hampers himself with toggery, not to mention baskets and boxes of provender, ale, porter, beer, champagne, or whisky, enough, one would think, to last during a voyage around the Kingdom. Hut we need not go abroad to look for travelers' toggery, Go to our watering places. Ijook at the ladies' trunks, big enough to hold "a hcaii" of dry goods and at the ladies themselves! Look nt their little heads with those awful excrescences, loaded down with oyiry. What can they have within their little eraniums when so much is piled on milnhlff If one gives her whole mind to externals, what becomes of the in ternal? lint, enough. The foolish ness not tosay vanity and wickedness of these things' must be apparent to all tiiipcrvcrtcd mind.-'. Good taste even artistic excellence reouiros no such nonsense; what is there in tin way of dress more beeuniinir a neiitlc- 111:111 than a suit coat, vest ami pan taloons all oil' (he samo piece, lie it blue, black or gray ? So, liir 11 lady. We shall never Ibrgct the impression made on our admiring mind lv a vonng lady dressed ill this manner. The material was not expensive; frock, cape nnd bonnet wore made of (lie same material, hue wore her hair short n In I'rineess of Honuiark and had no extra ribbons, rings or toggery ol any kind, and she wa hitIIii. That rea I i ci I to our mind the saving, "beauty unadorned is adorne I lie most." Those horses, and that carriage, with j'ist enough haill'ss lor uxe wllh ii enough material lor stroimlh and com- liirt. are far more tasteful than if cmrred with gold tassels, spangles, ami it her toggery. Ol all people m tin worlil, wc should ignore useless tog gery, lid savage, heat lien ami loolisli royalty slime m vain "pomp and cer emony" if they will ; but let sensible Americans study simplicity, utility, imilbrt and convenience. rlirenloyt- alJourmth Ton O001I t b l.osl. The Washington City llrpnlilieitn savs. the toiiowing humorous letter from a claim attorney 111 the Western part of Pennsylvania has been handed us by a gentleman of this city, to whom it was addressed, as a very clever hit at the scrupulous particularity exacted by the Government Departments in the preparation ol papers lor olitaiiung bounties, fviisions, Ac. : liitowx.svir.hn, Pa., Aug, 12, '07. IIoN'. D. E. SoMRS; Dnir Sir : I herewith forward you another in stallment of "additional evidence" in the case of , which you say has been called (br by the Depart ment. Please let me know whenever they want any more, as I have several documents back yet, which may be of importance such, tor example, ns a life insurance policy, couple of chattel mortgages, college diploma, three rail road passes, nnd a file of tho IJrowns villo Clipper. Any or all of these documents, or "certified copies" there of, will be forthcoming whenever they may do deemed absolutely essential to "nut the case through." I don't think of anything else iust now. Meantime I await "further developments" with patience anil resignation. Yours trulv, Si-rrit T. IIurp. Jfot Innroprinte. Tho Louisvillo Journal savs : "One of the graveyard firms of Memphis a lew (lavs ngo purloined lloolllnnd 8 thunder in the lbllowing style. The advertisement may ltc seen 011 tho fence on Main street, between Deal ami Lin den : Use d Order Hooflland's n your German a Collins Bitters of Hoist & Co. This reminds us of a juxtaposition once seen in a public place : A ven der of tracts, aecidently or intention ally, posted a bill upon one posted by a oill vender) leaving ordv the bendinir tion," which married ladies so provok- ingly indulge in. "I will keep thee a week after thou art dead," was the Quaker s rejoinder, W. B. Boms, formerly a prompt and faithful carrier boy of the Provi dence Journali has' the pleasure this year of paying tax on an income of f 120,376, in ban x rancisco, the second in amount m the city. AS GOD GIVES US TO SEE THE ltt., WEDNESDAY, iSElTOHlEU II, 1807. THE .tllllNIUII I' ATTACK. Br Franklin Wilcox. One dav. toward the elose of the - '.: . ... 1 . . year liHU, a person mouiucu una powerful gray, was proceeding along a road hiding to the Santeo in South Carolina. There was something commanding and impressive in his appearance, in height he was nearly mix teet; his eye, heavily shaded with dark lashes, was (lark ."nnd piercing t bis hair Was of a sandy line : a beard covered the lower ....... , 1 . i t .1 part ot his lace a snauo iuu-kcj man his hair; bis form was well built, de noting strength and agility. 'He was ilail 111 a suit ot homespun gray, With 1 light cloak thrown carelessly oyer his shoulders concealing the weapons beneath it. At that period it was un safe to travel unarmed. It was soon after the fall of Charleston, and rov ing bands of jubilant tnries ranged the country lying principally between the Santce'ntid the Savannah, plundering ami insulting, with malicioiM hate, the families of tlioso known to be ligs. Murders were of freiUeilt oc currence, nnd scarcely a nigiii passed but what witnessed an illumination of the sky. and the next morning a pile of ruins marked the place w here stood a patriot's home. Aen who loved their country heller llian their lives, lied to the swamps ami organized themselves into small squads, to escape the perse oution that ollowod Uritish rule 111 the Carolinas a persecution resemb ling that of the Huguenots. Those were the days when men's patriotism was put lo a severo lest. Moultrie and others wore prisoners, but Sumter, Marion, Pickens, anil other brave par tisans, kept the P.ritisli alive to the fin-t that they, at least, were not sub dued; and from time to lime, by their brilliant exploits, told America that they were still battling bravely fin the "ruined cause" to use the British ex pression. Noble men! Long will they live in the memory of their country men; while history, ever ready to award praise, will chronicle their deeds, and hand down to posterity the names of these brave champions ol American independence. Tli('strangor,afier crossing the Sanlei, rode a mile along its banks, antl came to a road running at right angles with the river. He turned bis horse's bead ami galloped along the road. Mile after mile he rode, and just as the sun was expiring in the west, be turned into a wood, through which the road evidently bad been cut to admit the passage of troops. He rode slowly through this road and dismounted on the edge of a largo swamp. Taking a silver whistle, richly ornamented, from his bosom ho blew it distinctly. Its echos hail hardly broken the solemn stillness of the (iircst when a man ap peared on the scene antl thus greeted the other: "Well, captain, your success?" The one addressed ns "captain," if tor a glance around replied, "As well ns could bo expected, Wearrey. I not only found out the iumbor, equipments, Ac, of that in ternal band ol tones, but learned they were to meet to-night nt the Old Farm I louse, back of Masiasoit Creek. I hey sjiall not escape my vengeance now : he muttered, ns it to himself. "My poor lather calls on me to avenge his ruel murder, and this night shall see them destroyed or 1110 a corpse ! I low ire tho buys, Wearry, since I have been gone?" "All right, responded the other, with the exception of Cousins. He left the camp to visit his family, and this morning his dead body was found near Knox s lull. "His death shall not be unrcveng- ed," said he, with an oath. "But take the horse, 1 will lollow. 1 lie path, wlucli looked much used, led over a marshy tract. J tore and there it was bridged by falling cypress trees across ; in otner places they were obliged to wade through, i hey pass eil through the swamp and descended into a kind of vallev. In this valley there stood a few bouses, made partly of logs anil partly brushwood. In and around these cabins .vc men engaged in dilicrent occupations : some were polishing their rifles, ami others, in small groups, talking of recent events, At the entrance ot their leader all sa luted and gathon-d asjound him to heir the result ol his movement. J to nan beenbn a scout to ascertain the where- alKiutsof the notorious Keane. He addressed them as follows: "Men, to night wc go to accomplish the ruin of a band of cut-throats, who, under the euise of soldiers, burn down our houses nnd rob and murder our families. What say you, men yc who love your country are yc wil ling ?" ilo'nccd not have asked, for the heaving breast and flashing eye told their eagerness. As ho ceased 8ieak. ing a cheer, wild and startling in its nature, arose, sliowing their approba tion. Then ho continued, "To-night thev hold a meeting at the old larm House, and to-night, men. we will surprise them in the midst of their drunken revelry" So saving Cantain Hinkle for that was his name retired to his tent It was nearly midnight as the little band, numbering some fifty, armed to the teeth, passed on thBough the woous. The night was nitchv dark, and could not have been letter selected for their purpose. Twoled tho way with torch es, which were trodden out as soon as thev reached Uie Santee. iney swam over, no means of conveyance being at RIGHT. IJunln. hand. Marching silently, as In-fore, they reached tho rendevoiis of the ti tries, and reconnoitered. The lories, anticipating no danger, bail not put any sentries out. lhe patnols, at a signal from their leader, rushed up the walk, and burst open the door with loud cheers. The tories, at the first notice of danger, sprang for their gnus, which had been stacked near tho door, and in the direction of tho patriots, who saw their intention and seized them. Tho clear voico of Captain Hinkle mug through the ancient halls. "Don't let nny escape, boys! Ue ineinl)er Tarleton's quarters! The surprise had been complete. A few of the tories escaped by jumping from an upper story. Others drew their swords, and with their backs against the wall fought desperately. They knew their assailants, and knew also that a just retribution had follow ed them. The fiuiek evo of Captain Ilinkle singled out the tory fouler, ami they crossed swords. Sparks flashed from their blades as they parried blow alter blow. After a short affray, Captain Hinkle, who had been watching bis chance, ran his sword through Kcanc's body, saving, "Take that, vou coward ly villain!" ' Drawing his reeking blade red with the blood of several tories, ho rushed into the light, cheering oil the band of devoted patriots), The tories li night with a lbrlorn hope, knowing their file would be "ropo mid the nearest Irce," if captured. One bv one they II in their trat-kiieithcrilcad or woun ctl. A cry of "Fire! fire!" was heard just then, mid a dense smoke filled the wcr apartment, nnd all rushed out into the air, bearing with them three of their wounded comrades. Some lory in escaping had set lire to a heap f straw and rubbi-h. The roof fell in with a crash, burying beneath it tin: wounded lories. Their fhricks were agonizing. J-.very exert 1011 was made to save them, but w ithout, success, and fhev were buried in that heap of ruins. The Haines rose higher and higher, iishing along and enveloping every part of thi! house in a fiery bla.c, and nothing was left of the old mansion nit a pile of smoking ruins. The patriots in the eiicounlcr lost five men three killed nnd two woun- led who wore buried beneath the rums. I hree others wore wounded but were rescued from the (Limes, ami recovered from their wounds. This, and other brave deeds, amused th:! patriots from their lethargy. They milled ( ii'cene and oilier coniinniiiiers, nit I soon drove the invaders lront their soil. I'lipilal J'uiiKliiiiriil. Gen. T., of New York, was not ong since called upon by n person to obtain his signature on a petition for the abolishment of capital punishment. lhe person unfolded Ins papers and loetiments and presented his arguments in a tiresome speech stopping occasion- illy to deposit a moutlilul ot tobacco juice upon a nice parlor carpet. 1 heuenci-al was 111 lavor ot dimin ishing capital punishment, but doubted the propriety or expediency of abol ishing it 111 all cases. A.t tho expression of this opinion his visitor began to bridle up and pre pare to lay down his arguments with greater force: and in order to give greater facility to his enunciation, he took from Ins mouth n huge quid ol tobacco nml threw it upon the white marble hearth, saying he wished the General would be so good as to inform him 111 what particular case enpital punishment could ever be justified or delended. "Well," said the General, "It strikes mo that it we are going to abolish capital punishment, there are two cases winch should always be mauo excep tions." "Two eases, are there?" said the petitioner. "Well sir, I should like to hear them stated, and the arguments f r them;' "lhe hrsr, said the Unucral, "is that of clear cold blooded, premedita ted murder. 1 think the person who lies in waiting, or in ambush, with malice prepense, and takes the life of his fellow creature, ought, to forfeit his own life in return. I lu deserves tole hung." "Well, I have abundance of argu ment to meet that occasion," stid the visitor. "Sow I should like to know your other case." "The other case," said the General. "is that ol the animal that walks on two legs, calls itself a man and carries a mouthful of disgusting filth into a clean house, antl there pours it forth upon tho carpet and scatters it upon the hearth. Such a being w certainly not fit to live in decent society, and I do not know of nny lettor or more ready mode of getting rid of hira than to hang him. With these two excep tions. I think I should be willing to sign your pawr for the abolition of capital punishment." The visitor gathered up his papers thrust them into his pocket ; and with very blank looks hastily withdrew, He has not since, called to receive tho General s signature. The Brown University pedestrians have returned frora a trip of nine hundred arid eighty-two miles They were taken, at various places, for gypsies, returned soldiers, Fenians, peddlers, railroad workers, race horse riders, sailors, baso ball players, fire men and rumans. EDITOR AM) rUBLMlEll. NO. 13. The Ml. l.uuN llrliUe A Wonderful Niriic lure. Work on the great St. Louis bridge is to begin in a few davs. It will be one of the most notable structures of the kind in the world. Its length; the size of tho longer spans, nnd its ex pense, entitle it to rank among the really great bridges. Tho vast nnd increasing iniortauce of tho continen tal traflio it is to accommodate, adds to the interest its mere size would awaken, while the serious practical dilliculties to bo overcome in its erection will cause the work to lw regarded with more than ordinary attention. It is to be a pier bridge, resting on solid stone foundations, on which will rest arches of steel sustaining the spans. These urches will surpass anything of the Kind ever erected, lhe two side spans will be four hundred and ninety seven (is't each in length, and the central span livo hundred and fifteen feet in the clear, between the abutments. Ordinarily there will be from siity to ventv feet distance between the lower side of the central span and the wa ter, ami filly feet in time of high water. It may bo said here that the nats in in hciovv Pt, lmis rarely go ibove, an I rice nrml, so that there need be little passage under the bridge.. J hero will be (nicks lor both car riages ami railway cars, lhe railway t nick on the St. Louis side will pass over the liivt strccl, and then go under 'round for about thrce-iiuartcrs of a inilu iimler the central part of the it v, when it will emergen! thegrounds lected for a great union passenger lcof. The stone arches on each side 1 tho bridge are expected to add much lo its nrehitceural cU'ect. It is aid that in general style mid character it will rescmblo the celebrated bridge over (lie Mime at t oolentz. The most dillicult part of the prob lem of building this bridge will be the lilting down of the piers, which will lie very lna--ive. They are lo be one hundred ami fifty feel at the bottom, mil about seventy bv thirty feel at the op. I he river bottom is composed ol lultjng sanils, below which is found the solid rock bed, on whieh the piers must rest. The sand lo be gone through varies from fifty to eighty feet in thick ness, so that one of the central piers esccnils through water anil sand for over seventy led, mm the other lor nearly one hundred feel. To add to the dilliculties of construction, (his work must be done bctwcccn the peri ods of floods and ice, so that the piers may be raised far enough above water to avoid iniury while nnliiushed. I his will be accomplished by an ingenious method which we have not space to hscribe to-day. J he cost ol the bridge and tunnel is estimated at :l,0i0,000. The land used will probably cost $7o(),000 more. It is thought that tho bridge will be completed in three years, just niout the time when tho Atlantic and thul'acific will be-joined forever by tho iron rails. This is a wonderful country. We believe wc have heard this remark be fore, but, in view of the fact that in 1880 one can rule in the same "silver palace sleeping-car" from New York to San Francisco, we venture to reiterate it. ir.ii;sTitiAMti. vrMtfnn'i Walk from I'nrlhmil. Wnlne. lo l'hlefiico.liii, I iioiimttiii rwu JiutMircii .Mile In f wviify-NIx Hays. Edward l'ason Weston, the young pedestrian, who created somewhat of a sensation in 1861 walking from Boston to Washington against time, averaging ol miles for ten consecutive days, has been pitted against his old antagonist, to walk from 1'ortland, iMame, to Chicago, Illinois, a distance of 1,200 miles, in twenty-six walking days, lor the sum of 310,000 a side. George- K. Goodwin backs tho pedestrian, T. F. Wilcox risking his money on W eston s failure. The articles of agreement orovido that Weston is to perform his arduous lalxir in thirty days, without days, walking between midnight on Saturday and midnight on Miimay: no is to follow the post road ; is to walk 100 consecutive miles inside of tweiitv-four hours as a part of the feat, Weston Is'ing privileged to make five trials, orl such davs as he mar select, provided be fails in his first attempt; he will be accompanied by two sworn witnesses for each side, who are to follow him in a wagon, and are each lo make statements under oath as to his pro gress ; ami the stakes, 810,000, (less 1,-00 already up as forfeit,) are to be handed to tlie winner at Chicago as soon as the result is ascertained. The start from 1'ortland is to be made between the 1st ami 15th of Octo ber. A coi,onEP preacher at the South recently said in a prayer : "O Lord be pleased to shake your great table cloth over your hungry children, dat dcy may be fed w id dc crumbs of your love." Another, preaching at Port Hudson, used the following illustra- tion : "Dc whole ob God's relation to us am like de wheel. De Lord Jesus Christ am de hub, dc Christians am de snokes. and dc tire am de grace ob God a binding 'em all together' and de nearer we get to de hub, de nearer we go to each other." FonEtox goeaip has it that Bis marck is coming to America.- It is getting so that no European celebrity cart die comfortably until be has ex hibited himself in the United States for lioniiation. ... XerniM ol' jVlvr(lluir ANII J O It WORK. AnvieitTifitSKsra limi-rli-ilut Ml (Id pr square fr three lim.TLIcnn, nml U rrula pur hiuura Hri-avliuillllltiiiil Insert I'm ! I It'll Hi"' ur IrHl ctiuiiti'daMimrui. All Iniiniral iHlvtrtlKi'lncuu to Iw p-Od fur in uilvnncf. - . , . II1-81.NKHH NuriemwliiiHlcrtnO hftlil bf locnl tirwK will In. clmrui'd iuvuilnbly 10 cniwil lluit fur L'nt'h liiHtTlloii. A lilicml uVducllon nittilo in persons mivnruir iik liy IIih ciiwrt. r, huli-vciir or year. Kpt'elal lolld'Hi'linrKi'd ulR-hrtll limru tlmn rorlllur nd- YfrtlM'int'iilK, . cV color; Hiihd-MllH, IiIiuiKh, t urds Pamphlets, dr., ofi'Vi-ry vurhlv uml ntjlo, prlno-l nt tlia sliorti'st, linden, The ltni'i'iii.H'AN turii'K Ims Imi ritiNTiMoof every Rimi in riuinunti rnn- lust IhvIi ivllttiil, nml nny Uilim In tn rr lin ing lino run he cKit'iitcil In lliu must nrttslio iiiitiiiti'rutnl nt thi lowest rntt'K. Vtorlll Thtnhlnir on This country is staggering under all enormous load ol l unik! I'cbt. lliu Federal ( loveriiiuen t owes T wo Bil I ions and a Half; the Suites owo large amounts ; while Counties, Cities ami lownslups, have cadi their ftevcral burdens. Wo nr'o paying; in lhe ag gregate not less than 'Hired Hundred Millinns'pcr nullum as intmtil on thesd various debts, while wo lire considera bly redlining the principal, especiallly of tho local obligations incurred in providing biliinticd for tho Volunteers in our laid struggle; Altogether, tlie taxes paid by the people Of (lib United States, though considerably reduced from tho maximum they nttftined in 1 81)5-0 must probably exceed Five Hundred Millions per milium. Al most everything is taxed, from the baby's posset to the old man's eoflin many things twice and thrico over. It is generally agreed thai our taxation may bo readjusted nml simplified, so as to rentier it considerably less irk some. Will some ono attempt to explaiit the seeming paradox of Hit lli'iiiensd and steadily increasing migration, from countries that owe little and tax lightly in comparison, to this overburiloiied rtprrblit:? That mm should (lock hither lit alt events, is natural but. that the voliimo of immigration should bo not merely maintained but largely iiignientctl, under the pressure ol gi gantic debt, a high tarilf, heavy inter nal taxes, and an inllated, irredeemable currency, is a jni..lo to political econ omists. Immigrants arc still pouring in, at tin rate of a thousand per day ; and all of them who know how to do anything, nnd will do it, find employ ment mid remuneration. Labor is iH well paid in the average, and ns com fortably subsisted, ns it was when wo had next to no debt, light taxes, anil u currency convcrlahh into spiH'ic at par. The real estate of tho country could be sold to-day for more money (reduced to specie) than it was worth ten years ago. Must of our people nro prospering ; many are amassing wealth. Houses are being built on every hand ; lauds are being improved ; new firms are being hewn out of the forest and craved from the wild prairie; our railroads nro being extended at tho rati! of a thousand miles per milium ; and the product of our .National In dustry in 18i7 will be larger than that of any former year. Io wo not need a now political economy recognizing aim adapted to this state of facts? iV. Tribune. Iteimilni or an oil Millionaire. A correspondent writing from Ti tusville, December 3d, J-Sli'i, furnishes the particulars of the sale of the.Steilij or Widow McCIintock farm. This property, which iiUbrded a net incomo to Steele, when the property came into his possession, was disposed of for tho sum of $1 1,000. Even at this price it was "bid in" by Government oflicials; so the sum named is no criterion of ib) worth or value. Some two months ago it is reported that attorneys came from Philadelphia with judgments in favor of a hotel, a jeweler nnd a tailor, against Steele for the trifling sum of seventy thousand dollars in the ag gregate. This was for entertainment, clothing nnd jewels furnished , tho "millionaire nml bis friends," when his credit was good. The Sheriff levi-1 ed on the firm aforesaid, and had re ceived a bid of over $70,000,- when the United States Collector forbade the sale on account of the prior lien of the Government, As amusing incident occurred iii Albany recently. Whilo a gang of telegraph men were stringing wire from a reel in a wagon, the horse being driven along slowly, a countryman: rushed up to the driver, and in tho innocence of his heart informed him that ho was losing, his load, that his wire was scattcrecl all along the road behind him. A coinF.n clergyman, in a prayer meeting in Virginia, while engaged in supplication a few weeks' since, aftrr praying the divine blessing upon the Governor of the State, ami rill others in authority there continued,. "And O liord, O In-d, O I.ord, if it will not exhaust thy compassion, have nieny upon Andrew Johnson. . m A okxek.U, sfateinent going the rounds that tho work of adjusting the unsettled claims for bounty in tho Paymasters General's office was pro gressing at the rate of fifteen hundred per month is erroneous. The fact is that the claims are being settled at tho rate of four thousand per day, or about one hundred thousand per month. A noY on being told to decline tho word "boil," said, "positive boil ; com parative boiler ; superlative bust 1" , 2f eg no soldiers are just tho troops for war on the plains, The Indians never scalp them. TiiE loyal men of St. Louis are pre paring to give Gen. Sheridan a grand reception. The clacks outnumber the whites', two to one, in the registrations thus far nude in the South. . Ix Ohio the Democratic party is out boldly in favor of repudiation. Yellow fever is fatal beyond all description in all parts of Texas. . ,