THE DAILY MAKING TELEGIUrn PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1868. 0 8E P TEMPER MAGAZINES. LJpnhieoll'Sa We make the followiDg elections from tbe lending articles ot the September number of "Llpplncott's Magazine." Miss Kate Field, la ter artlole entitled "A Pre-Raphaelite at Sara toga," thus describes the famous races: "Here's a carriage for the raoes I" "Now's your chance, gflntlwraen !' "Carriage, sir !" 'Carriage, ma'am ?" "Just step in and Til drive you right off 1" Such are the cries that "make the welkin ring" every morning dtir Injt Kace Week. To the course we will go if H exhausts our entire patrimony; bo, giving Jieed to the urgent invitation of the leaat rascally-looking hackman visible, we hold parley: ... "What is the distance V' "Ooe mile and a half." ... "What do yon charge to take us to tue raoes and back 1" "Ten dollars." "We recoil. I am even ra3h enough to ex claim in tragic accents: "Never I We will take the omnibus." ' A gleam of triumph illumines the hack jnan'a brow as lie hears this resolution, aui eyeiDg us as if we were bent upon seK-dustruo-tion, pursues us with the remark: "Well, I guess you'll get enough of them omnibuses in about five minutes." Alas I the hackman is a prophet In his Own country. We glance at the contents of 'them omnibuses," and feel that our hopes Were founded upon saud. We waver, where upon the prophet hackman speaks: "- "Lively birds inside 1 I'd rather not own a gold watch in puch company, and I shouldn't jnuch care to have a pocket-book aboard." The spectacle is, to say the least, discour aging. However, not to be browbeaten by a Baratoga hackmaD, I advance a new propo sition "Let us walk." The hackman retires to his box in disgust, and we proceed to wade through a river of Band. An August sun beats down upon our august heads; clouds of dust arise from de parting carriage-wheels, and the sacred soil of Saratoga takes entire possession of our per Bons. Under such circumstances, dragging one's slow length along is not conducive to happiness; and, after walking in the wake of a barouche, I stop and utter these words of wisdom: "Economy may mean wealth, Lut it does not meau pleasure. I go no further on foot. The end justifies ttie means. If we exceed our income, we cau but follow the example of wealthy Americaus and enrich ourtelves by taking the benefit of the ISankrnpt act. The race is to the swift. Let US drive." There is no greater relief to the mind than When, after attempting to be highly virtuous and finding the Ft niggle beyond human en durance, it boldly fas the other extreme, Buccumbs to fate and eats of the forbidden fruit, totally regardless of consequences. Having concluded to ruin myself iu carriages, I contemplate the situation with indescribable pleasure. Descried by our clairvoyant Jehu, we are agaiu invited to partake of the luxury of the Season, and accept with agility. Ouco dash ing over the road, we become suffused with content, and realize that iu Saratoga mau is saved, not by faith or works, but by horse flesh. I never went to Donnybrook Fair, but I fancy that attending the Saratoga liaces must be cousin-geruian to it. liirouciies and bug gies, hacks and phieton?, carry-alls and carry ones, express wagons and carts, stages and omnibuses, flyover the road in wild confusion, Whips nourishing, drivers "Hinging language" at one another; while pedestrians of every condition in life, from merchant prince who'd rather die of a sun-stroke than pay ten dol lars for a carriage, "because, you see, it's the principle of the thing," to merchant tailor; from gentleman gambler to the lowest order f pickpocket fill the road. There i3 no such democratic institution a3 the turf. It levels all distinctions; nobody is any better than anybody else; and if you insist upon occupying a private box and making companions of elegant extracts, you will lock yourself up in your own room and put the key in your pocket. Entering the Grand Stand, which accommo dates four thousand five hundred persons, we take our seats immediately behind the re porters' gallery, they, poor fellows, being obliged to make even better time than the horses, that all who run may read. Before tlb lies the track, than which there cannot be a finer in the country. Almost a perfeot circle, nothing interferes with an unob structed view. Blue mountains in the distance and one solitary tree on the field are the only natural objects visible. The stand Is crowded with spectators; and though New York reporters liken it to a parterre of bril liant flowers "beauty and fashion bursting upon the sight at every point" these amiable chroniclers are indebted to their imaginations for their facts. A little fashion and less beauty lend their countenance to the sport; tat, as a whole, the stand is not composed of rare exotics. Nothing can be more orderly than the conduot, considering the nature of the assembly; Btill, the majority are slightly regardless of immaoulate linen and Lindley Murray, and the women have more money than refinement. All are betting; and as loud talking seems to be "according to Uoyle," fair young girls do not hesitate to be heard as well as seen. "I go by Admiration," says one. "Fleet wing always was a favorite of mine, so I'll let you a dozen pairs of gloves on him." The cavalier takes the bet, and wins it. "I'll take the field against Blackbird," says another maiden. Where there are half a dozen entries, the field is a very good horse to bet on, but on this occasion the young lady makes a great blunder and loses. "Oh, well, them race-men get bitten just as often as anybody," exclaims a near neighbor. '.Do you see the reporter f Well, last night he went in strong on Sleety, and, sure enough, he's got sold." "Mother, Ive juBt dropped a ten, bt I'll bet you five oa Muggins against the field." The mother takds the bet, and young Hopeful, aged twelve, wins it. O ttmpora ! O nwret I On the track all is confusion. Dr. Under wood is selling pools in his liveliest manuer, and buyers llock around him, totally regard less of ike sun that is potent enough to melt a heart of stone. But, for some inscrutable reason, nobody ever gets sun-struck at a race : perhaps because all are so accustomed to heats. A busy group of gentlemen are disoussing the chances of the day, and Congressuaau Morrissey a tall, broad shouldered man, With black hair and 'bearded like a pard" is the observed of all observers. "Say what you please,"" argues a voice, "Morris sey is a good kllow, and vastlv more gentle manly than many who sneer at him. He knows enough to keep quiet iu Congress, aui it's a great pity other Uepresentativea do not follow his example. When he votes, he votes about right." After this tribnt, we re.tu.ru With renewed interest to the subject of con Tersation, until the "Uenicia Boy" is pointed out, when we become Absorbed iu contem plating the happy man who broke Morrissey'a nose. Heenau bears the honor meekly, an arrests for faro-playing ou the Sabbath seem agree with Lis oonstUu,',n. lie U a good looking man, of fiu ,'nyaique, with an olive complexion and dar.'& moustaohe. The owner of Muggins. , What's In a :,amt Tbnt which weca'l Muggins Bj any oter name would win the race sits on the fence, and victory aits on him. Farther off but why go on f Patrons of the tnrf are many, "thoroughbreds" are few. aud after the genu etpuu has shown its metal, the genu homo makes little headway In the estima tion of observers. Once, Saratoga was a whited sepulchre: now, it is a sepulchre without any whitewash whatever. Onoe, the fashion of New York, Philadelphia, and the South met here ant cave tone to the life: now, the crems do la crrine is a ua quality oi smmmea mux, ana Saratoga is a hoge caldron, bubbling over with vice and frivolity. The Amerloau pas sion for living In caravanseries is gradually cooling, and there is little doubt but iu the course of time we may emulate the ICuglish in a love of country pure and undented. The old fishing town of Nantucket is thus described by William B. Drake: Nantucket now has a "body-o'-deatb." ap pearance such as few New England towns pos sess. The houses stand around iu faded gen tility style the inhabitants have a dreamy look, as though they live in the memories of the past. To him who has travelled iu the Old World a visit to Nantucket forcibly recalls reminiscences of continental towns. There is that came mossy quiet, the same irregularity of highways and byways, the same quaint forms of architecture gambrel-roofod honsea, monstrous chimneys, and walks upon the housetops; many of the people, too, bear in their faces marks of German phlegm rather than Yankee 'cuteness. The resemblance be tween certain French villages and this Massa chusetts town is historically explained. About the beginning of the present century a num ber of Nantucket merchants and mariners set tled in France, uuder the auspices of the French Government, to carry ou the whale iishery and its branches. They carried Ame rica to France, and brought back France to America. Upon their return they were as complete "Mounseers" as you would see iu a century, and Nantucket found the benefit thereof. Mr. G. F. Emery thu3 depiots Stritford-npon-Avou, in an article entitled "An Ameri can in Warwickshire:" Eight miles the othur side of Warwick is another town,, the most famous of auy iu tho shire a plai'e which La3 boen the Mecca of thont-ands Stratiord-upou-Avon. The same quiet loveliness marks the way as was enjoyed before, the sleepy Avon now aud agaiu cross ing the road. How odd it seeni3 to think of a railroad in so old a town 1 Yet, just as we near the clustering houses, tbe shrink of the, locomotive is heard uou the air, as it hurries thundering along upon it3 iron path, breaking harshly iu upon the calm silence, llriuk, un mitigated red brick, is the material of which liiott English towns are built, and the principal street is lined with tUis painful color. Chance leads us to the "Shakespeare Inn," which, though seldom visited by tour ists, we are fortunate in selecting, as it is one of the most unique specimens that fall to our notice. The quaiuteBt, coziest low-studded rooms it has, so fresh and clean, in each of which is a portrait of the immortal bard, while over the outside of each door is a board inscribed with the title of one of his plays, sometimes seeming to have a double signifi cance. Over the collee-room is the "Tempest," referring probably to the traditional storm in ateapot; over the parlor, "Love's Labor Lost," a sly allusion, no doubt, to the many llirta tions there perpetrated; our bed-room is la beled "Taming of the Shrew" it is a double room; while a plethorio neighbor, of stertorous habits, enjoys a "Midsummer Night's Dream." Everything is redolent of the poet; even the knives and forks bear his name, aud, be it spoken reverently, his mug shines upon the china. A young lad, a cripple with one leg hanging uselessly at his side, oifars his services as guide. All Americans employ him, he says, and he boast3 of having piloted Arte mus Ward around the place. "He asked me," Bays he, "if Shakespeare had all the wit there was in the country, and I told him he left a little for me." But, to pedestrians, guides are enormities, and declining his proii'ered services, we proceed to the school where the poet imbibed "little Latin and less Greek" a small uninteresting building, wkioh consumes very little admiration. A narrow by-path across the fields, where daisies and buttercups are nodding their sunny heads, leads to Aun Hathaway's cottage, whither the lover often walked as the dim twilight stole upon the earth or as the bright moon shone over the faoe of nature, shedding light upon the mysteries of Her pages. God loves the country, and there His works most shadow forth the greatness of His glory. Tall trees wave gracefully at the corners of the hedges, and just beyond the creaking turnstile tumbles a crystal brook, here and there forming an ambitious pool, that eddies round and round, trying for th embrace of the overhanging turf, or in still ness makes gem-mirrors for the angels. Twelve bare-headed children one in anna with alluvial deposits upon their chubby faces, contend for the honor of being gate-opener. As an example to the English of strict neu trality, each and all are allowed their turn, save the baby (not a first-class power), and they troop away noisily to their homes, happy in; the pojsesMon of a few bits of "Britannia." The place where Shakespeare must have passed many of his happiest hours is an humble cot, with dwarfed windows and a thatched roof, around which lies a snug garden. Over it runs sparsely trained ivy, that lasps the stones together with an affectionate grasp. The occupants courteously invite us in, but a glance betrays the unneatness of the interior, aud we decline aud return to the town. On Henley street, one of the principal thoroughfares, is the residence of the poet, ou the outside appearing new, but internally giv ing evidences of age. A few piece3 of furni ture Btand in the bare rooms, the walls fairly black with the autographs of visitors, aud the window-panes scratched similarly; and on the latter the signature of Scott is to be seen. The woman in charge watches with a jealous eye lest we purloin a splinter as she ooudnots us from the kitchen to the spare room, aud as she lets a visitor out from the lo w portal seems to give a sigh of relief. The village church, with a slight, tapering spire that pilots its finger towards heaveo, lies near the Avon, witU whispering trees ovei hanging it, in the bosom of a quiet "God's Acie." The following is also found iu the ,:Gos eip:" Dr. Shtlton Mackenzie favors us with the following communication iu reference to a subject mentioned iu our "Gossip" last mouth: "It is quite true thtt Lord Byron, iu April, 1819, did write a letter from Italy to the editor of Galignani's Mmsrnyer, denying the author ship of 'The Vampire' (a story written by Dr. l'olidori, I believe), aud declaring that he had never resided in the i-.laud of Mityleue; quite true, for 1 have seen the original letter iu possession of Mefsrs. Galiguaui, of Paris, who publibhed it in their Mtsxenger, and placed a fuc-simile of it, litho graphed, in their large bvo. one volume edition of Byron's works. ,'Ther4 was !!..-. raphT of Byron la that volume, written by Mr. J. W. Leake, wife, forty or fifty yruri ao, was editorially connected with UaU'nanVt bite senger. In 1S4G among a va;ety of auto graphs which 1 purchased from this Mr. Lk who then was aged and poor was the iden tical half sheet of paper (it was the p re-em ve loxe period) which euclosed the letter. It is addressed, undoubtedly by Lord Broa hiui Self, to the editor of Galignani's JMeste.ngtir, Paris, and is authenticated by postmarks aud postage figures. 1 still possess it. "Of the fao-simile given iu Galignani's large volume of Byron, numerous copies have been made,. During the last twelve months fire copies of the letter have been placed before me for my opinion, as 'an expert,' as to their re spective genuineness. . Two were roughly exe cuted, but one was so well done that it would have deceived almost any one. Byron for geries are more common than any other. In 1852 I detected some of them in the then liibliothcqm National, Paris, side by side with palpable imitations of Shelley, and, strange to say, of poor Count d'Orsay, who had died not long before, and was a Parisian 'to the manor born.' "As I am almost certain that Messrs. Galig nsni never parted with Lord Byron's original letter, I am inclined to suspect that the old shopkeeper mentioned in last mouth's 'Gos sip' must have copied the copy which Gali nani publibhed in fao-simile." In the agreeable "Monthly Gossip" we find the following: There are many anecdotes which illustrate the intelligence of animals. The following is an instance of what we are aocustomed to oall humanity. Slgnor Blitz, the magician of Phi ladelphia, is remarkable for his success iu training canary birds, these animals, as is well known, being more intelligent aud pos sessing a larger brain In proportion to the size of their bodies than almost any others. Now it happeued that one of Blitz's best performers went blind. The other birds, instead of neglecting or persecuting it, as fre quently happens among wild animals, treated it with the greatest kindness. When the food was placed in the cage, the others would stand back until the blind one had eaten his fill; and then they would chirp from the perch, so that he might be guided by the ear iu finding it again. This he would always do after a few trials. ' The (.'alaxy for September is better aui more entertaining then usual. Mr. Charles Lanman furnishes an interesting article on angling, iu which occurs the following reminiscence of Dauiel Webster: We come now to Daniel Webster, our fore most statesman, and, so far as his tastes were concerned, mir greatest angler. Hi bg iu his career as a fisherman when only five years old with a pin-hook, in a New Hampshire brook, and he was on his way to a trout-poud near Plymouth when he met with tho sad accident which undoubtedly hastened his death. Wheu in the prime of life he was an expert trout fisherman, but as time rolled on iie became partial to the fishes and scenery of the sea, and never was he so happy as wtien fishing for cod or pollock iu his yacht oil the coast of Marshfield. He had a passion for every kind of lis-h, of fishing, aud of fihermeu; de lighted in giving dinners to his augling friends; and he once said to his friend, William W. Laton, that two of the most agreeable days of Lis life were those when he received from the writer a box of salmon from the coast of Labrador, and, ou another occa sion, a present of trout from the Upper Poto mac, the secret of his enjoyment having bi-m the fact that, on both occasions he was tied to the Department 6f State by his official duties, and the fish reminded him of their wild and lovely haunts, and helped him to gratify his friends. To his mind, a pure running stream and a deep, tranquil lake were among the most poetical objects in nature, and when iu the presence of either he seemed to forget the great world of trouble and care, and to be especially thankful for the gift of life. Three bright particular mornings, which the present writer was permitttd to spend in his society, can never be forgotten; the first was occupied in taking a drive along the lovely Merri mack, when he explained the why and wherefore of the apparently wayward movements of the salmon into Lake Winui piseogee in the olden times; the second was devoted to a long and quiet sail in his yaoht Fleetwing, off the coast of Marshfield, with Captain Seth Peterson in command, when he went fully into the history of the sea-serpent fantasy; and the last of those famous mornings was when he captured a mammoth bass at the Little Falls of the Potomac, and uttered a triumphant shout, long, loud, and clear, which, had the breeze been favorable, might almost have awakened the sleeping Congress men in the city of Washington. But alas t long before the ensuing summer he was at rest, and forever on the pleasant hill which over looks the home of his old age, and the wide blue sea." Mr. James Franklin Fitts gives some of his army experiences under the head of "Faceti;o of the War:" Orders from headquarters were often made the sabjects of mirth to the command; aud none were more properly so than one which was promulgated to the troops of Western Louisiana on the national thanksgiving day of 1803, "by command of Major-General Frauk lin." The blunder of a staff officer connected two very diverse subjects in the same order, and the regiments at dress parade were aston ished and amused with the following: "IlKAiJtiUARTEKs, Etc., Nf.w Iberia, L. "General Uruer Mo. : I, To-morrow liHVln" bem deaigiiutt-il bribe i'jesUleut hh a duy I r nuiioijiil UiankKtvlua and prayer, it will lie observed accordingly by Ulvlue service iu each rerlment ami utiilery. "II. A ration of wblhkv will lie Issued to each enlisted man of tbe command." We bad in Sheridan's army a colonel who Lad graduated at West Point a very good officer, barring his inclination to make a great display of himself and his knowledge upon all occasions. 1 stood near the Generaf, oa tue tep of a hill overlooking the enemy's position, one afternoon, when Colonel 1)., then in com mand of a brigade, was sent for to report to Sheridan in person. He came, aud the follow ing colloquy ensued, to the amusement of three or lour stall's who stood by: "Coionel." said the little man, motioning with his hand to a patch of thick wood a mile in front, aud well to the right, "do you see those woods f Take your brigade and move over there. If there is anything there, find out what." Here was a glorious chance for D. to air his acquirement?, and he was filled with the ida of showing tie General that he kuiW tactics as well as the best. With an elaborate salute w ith his sword, he asked: "General, shal I first form brigade line of regimental columns by division, doubled ou the centre T Or would it be better to move by parallel regimental columns by oompany, right in front, or ." "To the devil with your nonsense I" broke in Sheridan, squelching poor I), with the snap of his eye. "Take your bridle over thr, in liue, and save your tactics for the next drill." ter half i' to much of a martinet after that short Inter view with Sheridan. . , Dr. John C. Peters gives an interesting ao- cotmt of the origin of th4 cholera:-' ' ' ' 1 rngnsu physicians have long since aectaea that this great fair ot Bigginuggar IS another prolific cause of cholera. WTe hav already pointed out many of the causes of the disease at these festivals, but we have still to men tion that much of the food used by the de votees is prepared and sold by the priests iu the temples. Dr. Nardoo says it is always greasy, often acrid, and sometimes aluvist pntrtd. The pilgrims eat it with eagerness, taking no notice of its condition, taste, or quality, as they are deeply impressed that auy Borutiny is blasphemous. . They drink Very sour tyre, and feel themselves refreshed and very much satisfied for the first twenty-four hours. But on the seoond or third day all the causes of diarrhoea and cholera, viz., bad food, acid drinks, wet clothes, exposure to the night air, exhaustion, dissipation, absence of surface, cleanliness aui drainage begin their operation, and soon attain great intensity. Tho oltadl of Bellary 1b only a few miles away from Biggi nuggar, and, in consequence, since 1S13 uo to the present time, cholera has never for a single year been absent from Bellary. It is situated on a granite rock five huaired feet high. Ou its bare surface only a Beauty vegetation grows, and the soil at its ba?e is equally sterile aud dried up beneath the fiery rays of the Indian sun. There are no marshes, rivers, or dense and exuberant vegetation, which may afford cholera a congenial soil; but the burial place of each successive English regiment bears sal testimony to its permanent and nnrelaxed activity. The disease prevails severely in the barracks on the rock, in the nativetown anl bazaars immediately adjoining it, and breaks out every year just after the festival at Biggi nuggar. We have seen that cholera is brought into the city of Bombay every year, from ninety four shrines in the Presidency; and from Bom bay the disease is frequently distributed up the l'ersian Gulf to Persia, Syria, and Asia Minor. Also up the Red Sea to Mecca and Medina, ar.d from thence to Suez, Cairo, Alex andria, and to all the countries iu Asia, Africa, and Europe, bordering on the Mediter ranean sea. The river Ganges is lined with sacred places, from its mouth iu the Bay of Bengal up to its oiigin in the Himalaya Mountains. Sougar Island, Gaya, Patua, Benares, aud Allahabad, all have vast pilgrimages made to them every year, to and from-which cholera is olteu car ried. But the most sacred spot of all on the Ganges is llurdwar, wbere the river first emerges from tbe mountains and descends into the plains which it is to tertilize and b.es3. We condense the following account from Ilobertson, Jauueuiout, Bruce, Perceval, Fer guson, and oilers. The Ganges is a holy liver to the Hindoo, being supposed by him to come down directly from heaven. Iu the poetical langnsge of the Rama-yana, "its bright waters tall flashing from Paradise upon the peaks of the mountains, while genii aud many of the heavenly host, clothed in their gleaming garments stand gazing upon it. The cloudless air about it shines with the light of one hundred suns; the skies are corrnscated with vivid colors; the earth gleams on every Bide with Its white foam; Vishnu's stairs are beside it, by which the souls of tbe elect can alone ascend to heaven. Its waters are not only pure, but also wash away all sin, spot or stain." Mr. N. S. Dodge tells an interesting story about a collision at sea. He was a passenger several years since, on the Cunard steamer Arabia, returning to this country. The oteainer was near Cape Kace and the fog was thick: It was half-past eleven as I was about quit ting the deck to turn in. The cabin passen gers had been long abed, and Btaterooin lights were all out. Save the sailors on the watch, the men at the wheel, and a senior and junior officer on duty, there was no one astir. Pass ing the compass on my way to the companion ladder, I observed that the ship's direction was nearly west-southwest. "So you have changed her course since eight bells, 1 gee, Mr. Jones f" "Only half a point sir, and hardly that." "And why a half point, pray ? Or why change her course at all ?" "To give the Cape a wide berth, sir. Yon see this dead reokoning, in the long run, isn't very reliable, especially with such ourrenta aa we have hereabouts." "Where away does Cape Raoe lie, Mr. Jones?" "Just above the bows in the direotion of the red light swinging from the halyard yonder." My hand was on the guide ot the ladder (which alone saved me a minute afterwards from being hurled overboard) aa I turned to go down, saying: "Good night, sir. No more news of the ice. eh ?" ' The words were scarcely uttered, when a call that sounded like the peal of doom came fiom the lookout forward: "Sail on the weather now, sir I" "Where away?" instantly shouted the officer in command. But no sooner were the words uttered (and before an answer could be returned) they were followed by orders so sharp and imperative aa to be heard throngh the ship. "Hard a-port 1 Hard a-port 1 Jam her down, sir, jam her down 1" In an instant the ship, answering her helm, began to swing from her bearings, when, di rectly in the line of our bowsprit, emerging from the mist, appeared the black lines of au ocean steamer, uuder full headway, aud of euch monstrous size, that it Beemed inevitable she must send us to the bottom. It was the Europa, bonud from Boston to Liverpool, which here, in mid-ocean, under full steam, had met her consort, on this one parallel of latitude of all others, as if to falsify the pre diction forever, that the Cunard line was bound to be lucky. Bows on, head to head, the two ships rushed together. The shock was fearful. Our rate ot speed was nearly thii teen knots. Hers was as great, so that at a momentum of more thau five aud twenty knots an hour, two steamers, each of nearly three thousand tons burthen, were hurled into collision. Following the crash, that crumbled ouk timbers ten inches tquare as if they had been chalk, was the stagger of the ship, like an ox stunned by tLe bio of au axe, the lift ot tbe huge leviathan almost bodily out of the water, and the dash of billows as she fell back into the trough ol the tea aud careened heavily on her bide. Of course there was not a soul on board who was not aroused to apparent iustaut death. l'sbei:gers, sailors, engineers, firemen, waiters, and tdlicers, were for the first moment mixed together iu almost Lop' lor s confusion, aud as OLe after another of various classes appeared ou deck, a continued series of oross purposes iu)td the hour. Order, however, is not oaly Heaven's fiist law, bat the first law of humau beings in time of danger. Iu less time thau it takes to narrate it, the captaiu was on the MbeelhoiiSH giving orders through his speaking truujpet to the crew, aud conversing with the captain of the Europa across the space' the Steamers had drifted apart; everything re solved itself into rule at once. There could not be discipline more perfect. Every man It was said that .the colonel was never was at his pst.rot a wora was sponea be yond lb orders given- aud- repeated, aui the "aye, aye, sir," in response, oiumv, oujuuij, and calmly sails were furled, rigging mat taut, fires extinguished, . boats - lo vered and manned, lead thrown, blue lights burned, ami examination made by the carpenter aud hfs men of the damage sustained aud the dinger awaiting us. . . Meanwhile tue passengers, raaio ana remaie, : Steerage and cabin, whose Blambers had been . rndelv enooKh disturbed by a concussion that had thrown the sleepers from their berths at the risk of limb H not oi lite, were crowding, half-olad. mon deck. The frantio cries of our prima donna and her Italian maids, imploring . -1 , j ii i . i. . the aid oi me virgin, pierceu turougu vu ship. Anxious questions were asked of each other as the croup thickened about the stack' pipes, which none could answer. No one waj bold enough to maxe an inquiry or au omjerj and every sailor was heedless of all save thd authority which kept him up to the duties of the moment. Just over our bows, at a distance of two hundred feet, more or less, the hugd bulk of the Europa kept appearing aud disappearing in and out of the fog, her pad lie-, wheels moving bak and forth to free her pumps for she was leaking badly her boats unshipped from their davits in readiness to lower to the water, and bluelights flashing up and dving away from her amidships. Outside of the frightened, semi-nude crowd on our own deck, were the measured march of the Bailors manning ropes and hawser, the shouts of the under officers to men iu the rigging, and the quick cheery reply, the hoarse con versation carried on between the two comman ders from the pad.ile-wheel boxes, the noisy rush of steam blowing off through the pipes, and the nnlashing and swinging of the boats over the Bide, the pulleys and tackle made euic to run fiee ireiu knots aud kinks. For more than au hour and three-quarters we stood upon the deck without being able to' learn one word of the real nature of our dan ger. To those of us who knew anything of Eeamanship, there were orders continually given by the captain whioh indicated that the good ship must be in a sinking condition, and jet we hoped they were provisions, as they proved to be, rather against a contingency than a certainty. Just as impatient remarks about the unne cessary delay in giving us information as to the state of the ship began to be overheard,' the captain descended lrom the wheelhouse and came towards us. All eyes were bent upon him. He was a man of cold tempera ment and few words; but what he said was usually to the puipoee. It w as unmistakably bo now. "Passengers, the Arabia has collided with the Eurora. Tbis shi-j is not injured. The Emopa leaks, aud wi:l put into St. John's We shall follow her. You cau go to bed." "Can our lamps be lighted ?" asked a pa3-. Senger tor, by a snip s rule, tue lights once out may not be reluuted. "Yes I Steward, light up . for fifteen minutes." " . . . "Cau we have the saloon for a prayer-meet ine ?" asked au active Connecticut parson who, having been busy distributing tracts'with1 very hopeless results during tne voyage, locked upon the opportunity now presented as Providential. "Prayer-meeting !" exclaimed the captain, using an interjection that showed he, at least, needtd to bo prayed for; "prayer-meeting 1 why, bless your bouI, it's past two in the moming. Better go to bod, and hold your prater-meeting by daylight." The Europa put into St. John's. Tho Arabia did not; but made her way in a disabled con dition for New York, it having been ascer tained, atter the steam was got up, that hei machinery was damaged by tho concussion, and it would need the help of the Novelty v oi ks to tit her again lor sea. This is not the place to discuss nautical rules. No' hit g can be more abstruse. No two navicators ever agree npon their application They are not unlike metaphysics, as defined by the fceotch dominie: "He that's listening does na' ken what he that's talking meaus. and he that's talking does na' ken what he means himseli." "You should have put your helm a-star board, and not a-port, Mr. Jones, and then this cursed misadventure would never have happened," said the captain of the Europa, wnen our boat noaraea ner. "If I had," replied the officer, "yonr bows would have struck the Arabia amidships, and every soul of us gone to the bottom." The Cunard Company was too wise to have the question argued in the courts. By the admiralty rules each ship should have put her helm hard a-starboard. By the higher rule of self-preservation, the order "Hard a poit" on the Arabia could not have been wrong, since the ship and those on board were saved. The Cunard Company pocketed the loss and promoted the officer. INTERNAL REVENUE. pRINCIPAL DEPOT FOU THE SALE OT UNITED STATES REVENUE STAMPS, No. 304 CHESNUT STKEET. CENTRA L DEPO T, NO. 1038. FIFTH STKEET, PHILADELPHIA., (One door below Chesnut street), ESTABLISHED A. D. 1862. Our stock comprises all the denominations printed by the Government. ALL ORDXItS FILLED AND T0RWARDXO BY Hail oh Express, immediately upon na" ceift, a matUr of great Importance. Drafts on Philadelphia Post Office, Green backs, and National Bank Notes received In payment. The following rales of commission ore allowed: On 120 Two rxn cist- From t-0 to 1 100 Four pkr cbht. From !ll)0 upward a. Four and a half TS.uct.ni The commission Is payable In stamps. All orders, etc., should be addressed to STAMP AGENCY, No. 301 CHESNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Orders received for Stamped Checks. Drafts, Kt celpts, liill-lleatls. e'.c, and the h4t ittus o comm uslon allow eel. We have coubtuntly on hand UNITED STATES FOSTAGE STAMT3 OF ALL KINDS. AND STAMPED ENVELOPES. TRUSSES. r, "fctfcLkY'SHAKD KUBIiEit XULfcW,' iiV. o. loi7 t.rtfchMJT Btreek Tula Truas cor. ft' (ly (.i;jilli(l will cure mid reluiu Willi w Ibe moil U flicuk tupiure; mwb clean, light, euay, io. aud oi Uilerib , unto u bntiilUK, tUu-4 to furui, nve( rimu, brtkkn, sol; a, brcoo.tx limber, or niovt from MBce. o uui'i I".1""'1 KiibOt-r Abdoiulukl Hup. poro-r, by wlucli Uie .tioihera, Coipuluut, aud Ladies tullurlUK wltli Female weak nn, will Unrt reltut mid purit'ctki'VPori; wry llflil, ueat, ouu eilectual. File liiHlri Hit Ul HlMHildi-r Brucria, Kikailc HlocklUKS (ot k 111) ta. HnajittnlOHa. eto. AUo, Urgft aloclt hml Lfiu.ej Truut. bail utoal price. Laidy In aiu.Mii. uo. 1 Ulwtia ' COAL. BMIDDLKTON A CO., UJtALiKS IU . HAlUb.li U I KHK1U and JiAiiLft VkJS (1I1AL. Kept diyunder cover, frepared exprxmly fi.r family oae. Ykid, No, V!6 V AttHINUTO Aveane, Office No. W4 WALK UT Blreat. WATCHES, JEWELRY, ETC ?tVnS LADOMUS 4 CO. DIAMOND BF.Al.KRS Xs JIEWKLKUS.) WiTCHBS. JKVVRIiBT A HILTKR WiKk. "WATCHES and JEWELRI REPAIRED. !03 Cheitaut Bt.,PhU-. II Je.'t WouM lav'tn particular attention to their ljrf Ml elegant aeaorimeni of , . , r .LADLES' AND OEHT&' WATCHES j ofAnie-l'n aud Foreign Makeriof thelflnuat qnaltty, Id Held and Hmr Caara, A Tarta r of lLdeondeDt ii. Becond. for hOlM tin.lntf. ui' and (Jems' Oil AIMS oi lauwi aiyiM, ! it BTTTON AND ETELBT STUDS -7 In great varltrljr ajet patterns. ,,'' BOLID SILVERWARE 7 for Rrlrial prMcnta; Piatert-ware. etc. - :,- V,'M .- i'.f I'aiiliiE doue in id beat manner, and wa ranted. - 1 ifta WEDDING' RINGS. We have for a loi g'tlme made a specialty iif Solid 18-Kurat Fine Uoltl Wcddius and Engagement Rings, ' " 1 Ard In orflpr to mrrl" Immediate wants, we keep A FVLJj ASfcOHTMRNT OF (SIZES alwajS OJ hand. FAIIH 16 13UOTIIKU, ; : MAKER), 11 llmuthtrp No. m CnttSNUT St., bBTow Fonrthi gPECIAL NOTICE. UMIL SEl'TEHtHER J, 18C8; 1 '. I WILL CLOSE DAILY AT 5 P. M. U. YT. RUSSELL, ; Impmtrr and Dealer In French Clockn, Watches i'lue Jewtlry, aud bllver Ware, . Ko. 22 JiorUi SIXTH Strict, ' 6 26J ' PHILADELPHIA STOVES, RANGES, ETC. NOTICE. THE UNDERSIGN Eft Would call alic iiilna of I tie public to bin M K.W UULD&ii KAULK i'UHNAOJ. ' Tbls 'a an fiiUrmy vvw Ueainr. It in aicon. airlifted aa 10 nimccunura.iid Iweltio general lavor, b-.i g a cnnibiiinilou ol wrought aud cast Iron. It la vpi y bidiI'K" Iu Ha coub'.rmalou, and Is re r icct'y alr tlKlniae" tleaoli g, liavir.g no lles or drums la ba takni out and clfkucu. Jl U ao arrauwd wltu o,n lgtit IIuhh aa 10 product; a larkwr amuuul of heitl fro U the name weight of -ol lima uny lurnace uow l i osn. 1 lie byfcroftiefrlc coiutlitun ot the air rh prndu.;fd by 1 my new arraugemeut of evaporation will a to. cede nmi urate tbai ill la tlie only Hut Air furnace UlAl 11 1 produce a poit ciiy healthy a'niot-pherw. 'limso In wrnlora complete Jleutlnij Apiaratna would do well 10 call and examine the Uulden Kiglfj, CliAKLbS WILLIAMS. 1 Hob. 1112 and lloi HARK K r air ot, , Plillartelobla.' A lr.rg acBortmont of Cooking Range, lre Ooard Ftoves, Low Down Uratoa, Veuillatois, etc., alvvay on baud, t. JU. Jobbing of all kinds promptly doue. B10J ENGINES, MACHINERY, ETO. FvjrfTf i'ENN STEAM ENGINE AND 1 J J ' w 11 all 1. 1 TIf . 1 . l! TkVl. 1 . . . i7VV,Vi!AJ'.AN1, thlokktical. AiiyuusKEus WACHlJNlbTf, IJOlLKK-MAKJliiW, BliAU K -bWHJiej, aud FOLWUKKf, having lor many years been In aucomstui opeiation, ami beeu exciadvely engaged in building and repuirluic Marine and iUver jbugiuee, high audlow-pmseure, Iron Bullera, Water IhunH, froiiellem. eic. eic, respeulfully oiler then; kervicea 10 the public aa being tully prepared to con tract, for engines of all aiiseo, Marine, Hirer, and Kationary; having eeis of patterns uf diUureut sizes are prepared to execute oiuera with quick despatch, iivery duscriiulou ot pailoru-uiaklug made at tha horieat notice. High and Lowpreumre Flna Tubular and Cylinder Boilers, ol the beat iVnuNytva. Dlacuarciial Irou. Korirlngs of all dlztn ar.d kinds Iron and lraas Camions of all description. Roil ''.'JV18 tiyvl JAl"K .ud U otkor work connected v, M h the above busluech. Drawing and specltlcatlons for all word done at ibstubUshnientfreeot charge, aud work guaraa" 1 he milwrlbers have ample wharf-dock room fb repairs of boatn, wbere they can lie In perfect safety and aie provided with ehears, blocks, falls, eta eta! for raising heavy or ligut weights. JACOB O.NRAFtB -Jl BEACH and PALMKRhireets. J. VAUGHN MKllBICK, WILLIAM H. if KBAIOK tons X. coph. ' 1UJ COLTHWAltK FOUNDER. FIFTH AND PHILAOKLPHTA, t. nkTTTMl!'KKiCK BON8, , , 1 ..'. eENGINKKRs AND MACHINISTS, " niaiiUfiiouire High and Low Pressure feleam Engines iorLand.Rlvtr.audilarme bervlce. Boilers, Uaoouieiers, Tanks, Iron Boats. eUx 1 earnings of all kinds, either Iron or brass. Iron i rame Koola for (ias Work, Workshops, AnC Railroad MatloBB. etc, , . xteiuriaaiiuuasoiuciiinery, or the latest ana mow Improved construction. tvery description of Plantation Machinery, also Sugar, Saw, and Urist Mills. Vacnum Pans, OU bieam Trains, Defecators, Filters, Pumping, Em glnes, etc. bole Agents for N. Btllenx's Patent Ruaar Boiling Apparatus, Nesmyth's Patent Bleani Hammer, aui Aaptnwall Woolsey's Patent Centrifugal Sugar Draining Machines. 3vJ PAINTED PHOTOS. NEW THING IN IB T. BEBLm PAINTED PHOTOS. . A. S. ROBINSON, -No BIO CHESNCT Street, ! Has Just received soperb collection of B KB LIN PALNTID PHOTOGRAPHS OF FLOWERS, ( They are exquisite) gems of art, rivalling la beauty, naturalness of tint, and perfection o form a great variety of the cbolceat exotic flowering plants. They are mounted on boards of three sizes, and sold from 26 cents to 1.1 and $4 each. For framing and the album they are Incomparably beautiful. 1 at PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL. pHiLAUttLPujA, January ta, 1808, The attending Managers are: B. Morris Wain. Mo, Ms South Delaware avenue. Adolph E, iiorle. No. lad Uock street. Attending Physician Dr. J, M. Da Costa, No, 100 Spruce sin el. . Attending burgeons Dr. Addlnell Hewson. No. 139 riiuin r iiieein u aircrii xr. u, oayaiaueWi.ivi u Nonh Eleventh street. 1 he h slclaus and surgeons attend at the Hospl tal every day (nundays excepted), to receive appu catlcn for aamlaaion, J-ersons seriously tnjored by accident are always admitted If brouxkt to tha Hospital Immediately tbarfcafwr. lPt W00DLAKD3 CEMETERY COMPANY The lollowlng Manager and OOiCdrs hav been ejected J J jue year l; ... Wm. H. Moore. Wm. W. Keen. bamuel K Moon, Ul'ilea allelt, Ferdlnaud J, i.reer, George L Buzby, .bOn ln (irtoie, fecrrtaiy and Treasurer- J03. B. TOWNS END. n. a.. i 11 ik i. The Managers have paused a resolu' Ion requiring both Loitu Iders and VIMlors to preseut tickets at the entrance for admission to the Cemetery. T'cketa may he bad at the OUlce of the Company, No. 814 ARC If Htret. or ot any of the Managers. 7 2 TITLER, WEAVER & CO., MANTJFAOTERKHS OF TWINKS, ETC., Po. 28 North WATER Street, and Co. S3 North Df LA WAKE A veunA. IPB ILADMLmiA. E&WIH H. FITLKB, MICHAIX WsUV' fVlKSAP 9. flUflTHIHH 1 14 MIRE GUARDS. VOB KTORH FBOSIi, ASYLUMS, FAC4 TOKIKN, KTil. Patent Wire Balling, Irou iJeQBteaJa, Ornament Wire Work, Paper Makers' Wires, and every variety Of Wlra Work, manufactured by m. WslKKR NOHtV 1 2 inirl I (ill U Nortn bLXTU buast,'
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