THE DAILY EjiiG TELEGRAPH PHIL ADELPIIl A, FIUDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 18GS. PERSONAL IIISTOR P. How tiicnornl dirmit Ilvrniiip Ariutlntcl it Itli (aonrral It it w Unit. The Wasliingtouton corrtv-ponrtcnt of the Ilnrtford J.ventrtg ros' writes: "At tho risk of olTonEC, I tnke tho liberty of telling th story ot Grant's first nc()daliitanoo With KnwHnjrs, a-1 Hbkud it of tho latter. Ho iinwwcred only by perseverance, having, like (rant, a dislike or more publicity alter tbe time of lutioti. I print this as a pleasing, harmless remisiscrnee in Itself, and to show how pleas nntly 1 spent my time at headquarters. (tJiietnl Kim linns, as you know, has been chief of itatf to General Grant since the (nil of IStil, his llerihier iu service, his Irieud in prlvatj life aai iu (ame. " 'I was born a few miles from flalcim,' biiM General HawliiiRs, 'ami moved In there wiien 1 was in; my twenties, yoon after eoterlnj the lmr, 1 not by porno luck or t'OJd word, tho law lnimnc'sn for the leather nud hardware store ot Jesse Grant. It was a hxvtxc, fine Btore, built dfep, wiih only a place below for hi.inj; tho kin, which were tanned at Coviufrton, Ken tucky. I don't know how General Grunt's father got into business at Galena, but there was h Mrs. Lee living there, hull' tutor to Gene ral Grant's mother, and her house m nest door to mine. "'Her favorite topic of conversation was Captain Grant, or Uiyses, as she pcnerally called him, who was represented to rie as the flower of the tloek. He had been in the army, nt West Poiut, in Mexico, and Mrs. Lee repre sented that he mado a particularly bandsorue tRiue on horseback. I had quite a c irloity at least to se this member of the family; for, up our way wo liU'J a preat idea of a Mcxicnti-wtir soldier, tli'; extent ot our heroes being private soldier of that war. I was sixteen when it lnokc out, and w;is ulmost crazy to got permis sion to enlist. "(Here enter? an aide-de-?amp from tome department headquarters: 'General ltawliugs, General lilank is unable to answer pome qui'8 tions propounded by his I'ostCominandcr, l'rudo, in the following papers, with accounts attached, Mid he therefore relets them, with his endorse ment, to the treueinl commandim:.') "well! General, dirt Grant come at last?' 'Yee; I saw him under these favorable anticipa tions a few diys after he came. I had previously teen all his brothcro, nnd not one of them bat was a eagnclous business man. I looked cau tiously at Grant, and under liu simplicity saw the marks ot power, giveu him by nature und commnnd. lie was not a taunor at Galem, but a clerk. lie sometimes, at solicitation, sut ou the store-counter, and related iucidents of Mexico a country that seems to havo stirrci Lira to cutb.uslas.tu by IU beauty and resources, and he holds the same regard for it still. I got to know General Grant slowly, nnd it was not till after the beginning ot the war that I found out that he had any specific liking tor me.' "(Enter ollicer of the A udilor of the Treasury. 'General Iliiwliugn, the Department wishes to know if you have any record of the fact as to whether General Mel'herson, of Ohio, kept his servants down to the date of his death. His mother is in need of the residue of the settle ment of his accounts, but we c'lii'i. pay for those eervan's by rule till v.e gst testimony that ho kept them. Of course, lie m ist have done so, but we want a voucher to cover us.' "Geneial ltawlmgs: 'I will write to Mijor Alive, at chicugo, who was with AluPuersou up to the moment ot his dea'.li.' "O'.fieer 'It'jou will.') " 'Well, General, I see you are conghlDg. I Will a -k the rest another time.' " 'I am talking too much, but I'll finish. The war matter grew before Grant had become half acquainted ia Galena. He was not nu nrtier on politics, but lie had boon an old line Whig aud cast a vote in 1850 for Buchanan. I was a Dou glas Democrat, and took the stump there. Grant told me that he had a erent admiration lor Lincoln. He hud real, as they wero made, the speeches between Lincoln aud Douglas, and said it was a nice questiou to say who got the liest ot the argument, We counted on him as a Douglas Democrat, though all his brothers were Republican?. Some time during the campaign John E. Smith, a soldier ot the Mexicau war, burst upon tho town with a magnificent display of Wide-Awakes, whom he had drilled secretly. This morii lied our side a good deal, nnd we re solved to get up a blmilar organization. We thought we would elect Captain Grant tho marshal of it, or In his stead, should he decliue, John Maltby,' afterward Rrigadicr General. , " 'I was one of the Committee to call on Grant. He said that he was beginning business and should have to decline entering into poli tics. We therefore rhose Maltby. Grant weut ou with his store, selling harness, s.iJJlevy, and hardware, aud got into the firm at lust. Lincoln was elected. Grant said from that time that the South would ficht. 1 could not bring my mind to contemplate this, but the Captain seemed to be positive, and from that day beaau to speak ofteuer ot Ins mililat-y education, his debt therefor to the country, und to talk with mo upon the capacities of the North to raise troops. About that time he wrote a letter, so expressing himself, to a man in Missouri, und this letter Albert D. Xtichnrdson, unknown to Grant, found out aud inserted in his book. Wneu Sumter was attacked, we all looked to Grant, Hrniib, and Maltby. The former went to work at once, accepted the presidency of recruitiuf meetings, and we three, with Ho a ley, utter ward ou the stall", went toGulena and to Hanover and raised that company for three mouths' service. Siity two men out of iu eighty odd afterward enlisted for the war. " 'In this se tsoj I saw new encrelcs in Grant. A larger career had opened betoro him. He dropped a stoop shouldered way ho had of tvalkin,?, and set lus hat lorwardou his forehead in a less careless fashion. Yet he uever seemed to have an ambition above regimental rank, and all his talk with me was upon the boat place iu a regiment that I should try lor. He became a carpet-bagger theu, and I saw him as he left lialena, wnh his traps iu hand. " "Kawliugs," he cried, "If I see anything that will suit jou I'll eend you word." " "Do, CuptaiDl" " 'I took my sick wife eastward soon after ward, and saw in the New York Tribune th'it Grant had been made a Urlgadier-Ueneral, aud ftlso found a letter forwarded from him, saying: 'llawlings, I um entitled to a Captain and A. A. (., I puess you had better ceme and tHke it." I therefore withdrew from a rccirueiit that I was raising, and doubtful ot my capacity to be inde pendently Useful, to iuexpeneuced, I joined Grant at Cairo. ' 'Ho had an office iu a great bank there, and I was timnzed at tbe quiet, prompt way iu wh'eh he handled his multitude of letters, requisitions and papeis, siltiue behind the cashier's window hole, with a waste bket under him and order lies to despatch business us he did it. "Devond ray friendship for Grant I felt that I was troiue to be attached to a man en mil ta the enlarging situation. And to I have regained Vith Liiu ever since Tlio Improvements in Paris. The Taris correspondent tf un English paper writes: "Improvement cer'ainly does march onwards in 1'ans, and, like other inarches, it costs a great deal of money, as ou will see by the following statement of a I'm Is paper, which is, no doubt, correct: 'Ihe jury of expropiiiition has iui-t decided on the indemnities to bo given to the owutrs and tenants of houses in the Kites de la thauiseo d'Autin. du HeUer, and 'i'allhaut. required for tho prolonyation of the Boulevard llausmnrin. The amount to be paid to the landlords is 11,000,000 lrauc1, and to the occu ptnts l,5'J2,7j0 fraiiis. Th.j lowest indemnity 10 any owner is 110,000 francs, while others amount to 1,100,000 fruuue, 1,100,000 francs, and 1,050,000 francs. "Itmuht be remembered that this street cuts down und through the best and tho busiest streets in Paris, it is not wonderful, however, that we havo furniture, door and window taxes, It is wonderful to walk about and simply survey the changes. Any one who looked out of the w indows of the Grand Hotel six weeks a.40 would not know where he was now. At ouu end of fho new Houlevard Napoleon (close totha Francois) there Is already a ten graph otlice, ar.d at the olher end, although there is only devasta tion to day, theie will, 1 have uo doubt, be some gigantic improvement in progress to-morrow. Yu have hud gn at changes in Paris during th i Jast ten years, but I believe the changes of th lat ten weeks will be in'Jni'.ely the most strik lis to caaiitl trlieU visiipr .j they ull'cct tU) 'qvwr'.r r' which they most icspect and look for ward to visiting. ' Our renders may remember the day when we thought that the Palais Jtoyal ( where no'io ly over goes now), the Kue de Uivoli and the Hue de la Puis were the only parts of Paris fii to ba visited by a traveller. Tuose ideas have bi-en dcj-troyed by boulevards andeas; b.it tho line de la Puix alwaya held Its owu. T hero were glittering jewclleis' wares, pretty bonnets, and other attractions to bi seen through the flue windows, and fo people naturally Mrnyed that way; but any one awaking and looking out of his window nt the Grand Hotel would now be likely to imagine that linos had eonie auain, or nt leat that the old Street of Peace had dis appeared." SCIENCE. Uio Itrillsli AhifM-iatiuii A!1roN4 lv r. : r TUv m uiuliiu Theory IiiJi. ItlMl Dl-ltlllM. The liritish AociuMou for the Advancement of Science beean its tliirty-eiuhtli annual session at Norwich, Knirbiud, on'tlm loth of August. Tho opening; address, delivered by Dr. Hooker, Pusident of the Association, at traded muck atteution iu consequence" of Its bold discu-sion of controverted po uts. Mr. D.irwin's scries of pnpers on the fertilization of pluuU and the new di.-covcrles in physiological botauy, were elaborately cxpjuuded by Dr. Hjjkcr who de claied that what I'ur ula's discoveries were to tel prapky, Darwiu'a would prove to rural economy. Il'iv'mg thoroughly cx liaus'ed this subject, Dr. Hooker next discussed tho portion now held in tne ei'iciitife vol Id by Mr. PuiwinV theory of the oritiiu c f species by ualiial rclection, and contended that ihc treatise was not, as hnd been asserted, declining in soipntitio favor; but sj far Iroiu being a thintr ol tfio past, was an accepted doctrine with every philosophical naturalist, was elsewhere gaining adherents steaddy, and wits nn avowed lavorhe with the rising schools of naturalists. This assertion was borne out by elaborate statetnen'stnid illustrations, by which objections taken to tha system on geological, nstronomical, physical, and meiaphyaical grounds wetc answered. Dr. Hooker also spoke of the researches now in progress among the indicenous tiibas of India. No limit he said can at present be ns fcigued to the discoveries which may be awaiting un adequate investigation of the less known parts ot the great Indian continent, and he added that many members of the association would hear witu surprise that within three hundred mil ?s of Calcutta there exists o tribe of savages "who habitually erect dolmens, meuares, cysts, and cromlechs almost m gigantic in their proporlions and very similar In appcerauec and con-.trucuon to the so-called Druidicul remains of Western Europe." fheii country is "dotted with groups of huge unpo lished squared pillars nod tabular slabs sup ported on three or four rud-i pb-rs. These blocks some ot which are erected every ye,u' are detached from the solid rock by successive ap plications of heat und cold water, and then transported to the site where they are to stand by ropes and levels. It i3 almost Incredible that these facts should have been known for nearly a quarter of a century wilnout exciting any active curiosity. Col. Yule described them as long ago ai 1811, anl Dr. Hooker himself In spected them in IS.jO. It is hard to say what light may be thrown on the early history of maukiuel by the study of these monuments in connection with the tiabits and character ol the i ace by which they are actually raised. How Intact the barbarism 6: this people still ia may he gathered from the fa'jt that they mstiro distances by themouthfulsolbetel leaveschewed in the journey, and hold so loose by the mr liiitc tic that the sou commonly forgets his father, and the sister's sou inherits. Dr. Hooker mentions one fact in connection with their lan guage which is at leat suggestive coincidence. Their word for a stone is "man," aud it "as commonly occurs in 'he names of their villages and places as 'mnu,' 'inaeu,' 'men' does in those of Brittany, Wales, or Cornwall.'" In regard to the study of pre historic archaeo logy, Dr. Hooker spoke as follows: "A great number of eminent clergymen of all denominations hnvc adorned science by their writines, and rePeion by their lives and there Is much to prove that professors of religion need not have that fear ot science by which many of them seem to be influenced. There should bo a union in the search alter truth, as it refers to the spiritual history and coudition of niaukiiid, of the nrchieologlst, and the religious teacher. Let eacli pursue the search lor truih, the archaeologist into the physical, ihe religious teacher into the spiritual history and condition of mankind, It will be in vain that each regards the other's pursuits from afar, and turning the object-glass of his mind's telescope to his eye, is content when he sees how smill the other loots. To search edit the whence aud whither of existence is an unquenchable instinct of the human mind; to satisfy it, man in every age and in every country lias adopted creels thtit em brace the history of his past aud future, and has eagerly accepted scknuiic truths that support the creeds. And but for this unquench able iustiuct I firmly believe that ueituer religion nor science would have advanced so fur as they have iu the estimation of any people. Scieuce has never, iu this search, hindered the religious aspiratious ot good aud earnest men, nor have pulpit cautions, which are but ill dis guised deterrents, ever turned inquiring minds from tne revelations of science. A sea of timo spreads its waters betweeu that period to which the earliest traditions of our ancestors point, and that far earlier peiiod when man first ap peared upon the plone. For his track upon the sea man vainly questions his spiritual teachers. Along its hither store, if not across it, science now offers to pilot him. Each fresh discovery concerning prehistoric mau is us a pier built on some rock its tide has exposed, and from these piers will one day spring arches that will curry him further over its deeps. 6clence, it is true, may never sound the depths of tlut sea, may never buoy its shallows or span its narrowest creeks; but she will still build on every tide-washed rock, nor will she ever deem her mission fulfilled till she has souuded its pro foundc6t dcpth3 and r ached its further shore, or proved the ono to be unfa'.homable and tho other attainaole only upou evideuco not yet revealed to mankind. Jn tho investigation of these phenomena is wrapped up ftio past and the futuie, the whence and the whither of m mi's existence: aud niter a knowledge of these tho human soul slill yearns and passionately strives." The r-iK'Z Canal. From thi A Ibany Argut, August 27. We have obtained from General Charles W. Darling, Fntrineer-in Chief, who has recently returned from a tour in the ha-t, tho following interesting facts rr lutive to the Suez Caual: Tno is rupitily advancing towards completion, and in tho month of Oe'ober, lt'GO, the caual will be navigable tor ships o tho largest dimensions. The principal stations are Suez, where the canal commences, El Guisr, Grand Chalouf, Serupiuni, Ismalia, aud Poit Said, where it terminates. These uiffere'ut place are inhabited by several thousand Europeans, who are employed on thi cur.nl. They have erected at Ismalia, the central staton of the company, a populous city, with broad btrccis, houes, cbuielics, parks, and public bu'.ldings. The Viceroy of Egypt now manifests much interest iu the success of the enterpihe, ha, contributed largely to its success, and until iicintly has forced manv of its Aruo subjects to dig ou the ennai. This system of forced Itib d-, however, has not proved satisfactory ia itsiesidw to either the euiptoy ei6 or employe, and ad.lle.rent plan has lately been adopted. Tno Arabs ate now p.'dd for their services, and under (lie pretent system manifest a niiich greater dt-jO;iiion to work. Bauds of these wandering sous of the Ur-uert uow mako continual uppl ca'.'ou lor enploymeut, and although it frequently tukes thejv a longtime to get started, still, when they do commence, they lubor with a wil'. Thus these swarthy men e f Arab o, lading n"de all their ancient preju dices legardnig lab -r, toil and delve fide by side with ten thousand European laborers; and thus the way is opened for a speedy navigation of the world. Where hand lubor cannot be made available, powerful niuehineiy Is brought into requisition, an I by meai s of their ortqrs and dredges tLe requisite width and depth of tlie canal is obtained. By moans, also, of fdeam barjes, with air tight compartments and move able bot'omn, the cirth and a.i.d not required lor embankment U carried out to fca and thrown on lines of break waters. To prevent the wisti of sand from the Mediterranean, immense blocks of stone, welch ing twenty tons each, maniracturo 1 at Said, nnd by means of powerful lilting mach'nea placed on the lighters, carried to the breakwater line, and Flid oif iulo the sea. Those huge blocks of stone are made ot'faud and hydraulic lime thoioughly mixed by machinery. The substance, soft at first. Is conveyed in' bars to long rows of li rgc square boxes with moveable sides, into which it is thrown. Tliis material 1 then left to hardcu in tho sun for the spae of three months, after which tinm it becomes as solid as a rock, and grow till haidei by ex posure to the water. The depth of tho canal, when finished, Is to b? twenty six feet, and the width will vary from one hundred and eighty to three hundred feet. Tho European population on the line of tho ciinal, broueht thither by the requirements of tlie company, cannot be less than twenty thou sand souls. The funds required for the develop ment ot the enterprise have been obtained from the great capitalists of Euicpe from judic ous Investments of unemployed capital lroin In demnity recovered throuch the instrumentality of the Viceroy cf Egypt, and from the sale of the domain of Onardy. The resources thus derived appear to be three hundred an I eleven mlilloi.s of francs, and the total expenses of the undertaking to the time of Its completion nre estimated at about four hundred millions of fraucs, or sixteen millions sterling. There are at present three modes of communication wi'.h the Suez Canal, viz., from Alexin iriu to Port fcaiJ, on tho Mediterranean coa-st, by steamer or from Cairo to Benin, with corres- ondenco for L'lgazi. The touript cm thus renetrate to the centre of the Istamtis to Isma lia, ou Like Timsch, by rail and th" sweet water caual, which conveys the Nile water to the de sert, and supplies a sutlicicncv of fresh water, lor men and for machines. To thoroughly ia eprct the canal, ecveu days should be occupied iu the following manner: Assuming that the visitor starts from Suez, one day should be there occupied in the examination of tlie machine shops, and docks of solid masonry. The secon I day visit Chalouf, one of the most important Of the company's statious. The third day, proceed to Serapium , where a formidable em bankment of enrth separates tho finished from the unfinished portions of the canal. The fourth day reach Ismalia. The fif.h day ride over tbe deserts to El Guisr, distant some live or fix miles from Ismalia. There will be seen nLOther evidence of European Industry, in the form of pretty "canton neineut" with houses for orcratives, Christian church, and Arab mosque. The sixth day can be employed in traversing the distance from El Guisr to Port Said in view ing the breakwaters, docks, machine shops ftud the manner in which tlie b'.ouo, already alluded to, is manufactured with taud, hydraulic lime, aud water. Should there be uo necessity for haste, a much loueer time might bo advan tageously spent at each of the above-named places. Sight Tor tlie Blind. From the N, T. Evening 1'ost. The following communication is from Bcv. Adam McClelland, pastor of tho Lawrence Street Piesbylciian Chuicb, in Brooklyn, who is now generally known in Brooklyn as the Blind Preacher, "ilis account of the menus by which he acquired his education will luterest every per?ou who can feel for those who ure deprived of the sense of sight, and will give force to the wish he expresses, that "some wealthy philanthropist" might put such moans within the reach of other bhud persons as would enatle thcin to wrl.e lwgibly and easily. "To the Editors of the Evening Pod: Iu your isfue of th3 1.1th instaut un interesting article, headed 'A Novel Alphabet for the Blind,' contained a description of an ingenious tacK alphabet used for the Instruction ot some blind persons, by Rev. C. II. Carpeuter, A.mer.can missionary at Harpoot, katcrn Turkey. My Interest in the blind, and the hope that the fol lowing statemcLts may prove useful to Mr. Cnrpeuter aud others who havo bliud persous uuder their instruction, is my apology lor asking a place in your valuable columns. "While attending the Union Theological S?ra inary in New York, I felt the ueceskity of some method whereby I might take uotesso embossed as to be legible to me. No such method existed anywhere in this country or Great Britain, except that known as the pin type, which, how ever, lrom its slowness, 13 virtually impracti cable. I invented a slate and alphabet which were widely circulated among the bi nd. My slate consists of a piece of chamois and a piece of surgical rubber, each thirteen inches by uine, nailed on a board somewhat larger. Ou this the paper is placed. A movable s,trip of brass con taining two rows of rectangular holes, thirty-six in each row, serves as a ruler, and a small awl or stylus completes tho apparatus. Each rec tungie can contain six legible dots. By varying the number and position of these dots fifty dis tiuct legible characters caa be readily formed. In this way I write my scrmous three or four times more rapidly than coul 1 be doue by an oidwary penman. Thus also a blind friend has written all his classical exercises while a' tending Columbia College. A similar method aud a superior bIu'c (being metallic and grooved) has been invented by Mr. Braille, ot Paris. "Should Mr. Carpenter procure a lew of Mr. Braille's slates, or construct others upon my plun, he would enable a whole class of bliud pupils to write their own books in a permanent form aud with accuracy nnd ease, without be numbing the touch. Parents aud teachers of blind children may be pleased to know that ex periments and ex-pcrieuco have convinced me that all geometrical diagrams aud outliuc maps may be readily made for the blind on good paper, by a notched wheel at tho extremity of a pencil. Boundaries, livers, etc., may be distin cuished by having wheels with notches ot dif ferent sizes. In this way the mother of ono cf my Suuday-school scholars prepares, without ditliculty, maps for her blind child by tracing on the leverae side ot an ordinary ranp with her wheel such lines as she desires to etnbo-s. Though the child is the youngest in her class, she is usually at the head of it, and is bo enabled to prosecute successfully her studies iu one of our public schools. The young gentleman already alluded to traces iu the same way the most difficult ligures in the higher mutucmsuics. ' The blind jet require some method whereby they may write in characters legible t seeing persons. I wvh that some wealthy philanthro pist might offer a premium sufficiently large to induce a practical mechanic to iuvent aud construct a cheap and simple machine for s ich writing and printing. Adam McClelland. "Brookly n, August 28, 1808. Alpine Hotels. The Fall Mall Ouzel e says: "Twenty and even ten years nc;o it was diffi cult to hud in Switzerland any comfortable place of residence live r six thousuud feet high; but low such places may bo counted almest In Cozens. Formerly ladies, and even men occasionally, would boast of having slop: in a hospice; and places of that soit, where theie was no accommodation or desire for your continued resilience, were tho only places of shelter within or close up to tho region of per petual ice and snow. But the great Increase of travelers and the laudable, however sneered at, efforts of the members of the Alpine Ciitb, Lave pushed hotels in abuudanco hiiih into the upper regions of Switzerland, wherever sunaolo spots can be found free fiom the danger of avalanchos, easily accessible on mules by mountain paths, and with some opportunity for eafly walking iu the neighbor hood. Of these the hotels ou the Iiippel aud the Egglschorn are probably the most noted, tho latter being over eiht thousand feet high, While presenting at tho same time an abundance of creature comforts, and elevated above the great glacier system ot tho M onto Kosa group, oilers a spleudid opportunity of tryingthe effect of the very keenest, driest, purest, and uioit powerful Alpino air. There are places, however, even higher than these, such a tho Eaulhoru Gosthof, which can uccommodato a good many people, and the little hostelry at over ten thousand feet, on tho perpetual snow of the lt. Theodule pas; aud theie ure many very com fortable hotels at lower elevation', from four ; thousand to tlx thousand leet, where the air, ! though pure and invigorating, is not so excit ing; where there are trees to afford shelter and diversify the scene, aud wher there h u Greater ; variety of plea-nut level walks." Tlie Classics iu fScothnul. Mr. 1'eai'on, iu a report on secon lary ed tea tiou in Scotland, speaks h'unly of tne mannerlii which the classics are taught in tne bargli schools. He cciutnciuls the MO'.tis'i teacl. 'rs for the constant hiiJ sktllul use ot versions" the rendering of Entr.su Into another language so ns to lllti-tiHie the application ol the gramninticiil rules of the lamMine to veiual construction and c nipo-ino'i. This practice is very larcely carnvd out by all the bettor cla-sic il mas.ors in tne burgh school', and they have a lemarkiihle tciidinogi una facility in trun-Uitiua a', sight iuto good idiomatic La'.iu. Tho version may be etthei oral or written, and t!v best masters make lare use o; both kinds. 1'tom the very commencement of learnim Latin or Greek, they require their pupils to turn Euubsli phrases into those languages, quc'tionug thoai with the greatest liveliness ued rapidits varying too urae acvordine to the capacity o. the cla-s s as to exhibit the conjugation oi a verb or tno de clension of a noun, or the use ot the concords, or the employ mem ot the relative and of the hypothetical moods, with every sort of vat iety of negative and Interrogative lorni. Thas tne d( ad languages, and especially Latin, are tuiv:h lies dead among the.-e schoolmasters than in England. A constant intercom munication of thought In Latin goes on between master and pupil ; the pupil Is trained to express himself iu Litin, and not to read it merely. It is clothed w'tu uiii 'ri more life and reality than it could otherwise be; and though peiliaps tins custom nece-sitates eoiuc faeriticc of puie Auutistuu LaiiMiy, and tho cca-doiiul use of words Widen, however sail' facte ry to Ernsmus, woall shook an 'liclaud" scholar, Mr. 1'earou entitres to think that more Is caliied by the pupil In vigor and reteutivtneEs tnau is lost in iciiucment und eubtilty. Mr. Kearon refers to tho Scotch method of pronouncing the dead languages: "Whether the r-coteii luonuuciattou ot Laitin or tireek is really iu nuy degree un approximation to what we may suppose to huve been tae native pro iiui.ciatlon of either of these langtiaceg at any given period ol its in -lory a- a hvlug tongue, l do not," he says, "presume to inquire. I sup pose, however, that I may safely ussume that it is hardly possible that the fceotch pro nunciation can be less like the true original lliun tho .English prouunciutiou must be; und if so, their way of pronouncing is at any rate not urelnooloeically inferior to ours, aud not therefore more likely to offend the ears of scho lars and philologists, nut wuetoer ttm oe so or not, I must eay that I think that for educational purposes the Scotch have an advan'age over us iu their mode of pronouncing. I thinic that their mode ot pronouncing helps to give the pupil a readier ms'.gnt into tne origiu. deriva tions, philology, and relations to oue another of the Latin and Greek languages; a clearer appreciation ol ine connection Detween tne Latin und the Romance languages, and a greater practical use ot the Latin tougue." INSURANCE COMPANIES. rp II E APPETITE FOR TOBACCO DESTROYED ! LEAVE OFF CHEWINt AND 85IOKINU THE One box ot Ohion h I'kki-akatio.n Is warrtmtnl It rtcBirey the ai'peiiiu lor tooueco ia uuy person, lo luR't.er lic.wsiie.iiK I lie habit, iiiu.' lie. 1 K IT JAILS IN AN V CIS TH K. Mi'iNKY WILL UK UK- yvsuKH. It Is almost lmposi-lblo lo break otl ' fro-- Hie line ol touaeco uy lie mere ei -rciae ot ue win boiuellilng ia nee JcU to aHsist mil ure lu overcjulug it Imbltso iirmly roote'd; win the help or Hie Prepu ration there Ib not the If Kit uoKble. Hundreds intve impil It nvlio are willing to bear witness to tlie faul that ohton's 1'r.ia'AiiATiux cuuitileiely dustroys tuonj- potlle lor lobacoo, and loaves the person a. fne rum oiij tktircfor it binrc lie eoniminetit its i(te. Jt in fnrfietl! u ami iiarmli is in all casit. The prepara tion acts uirecuy upon luepauieKiaaus nuu lecruiions alltcied by lobaccj. ana inroiuu mese upou tlie blood, thoroughly cleanHinir tlio p'dsou oi tobacco lroiu tbe Byutein, aud tbua allaying tbe tiniMturul i-i-tt fitin.t for miRfV?r. Jlanktrlno for Tobacco aflir u.iina Orion's J'l ijiaralion. JiccolUct it U wai ranted. JJeware v Tbe iollowiny ure a lew selected iroui tlio multlta- ulubUS recoioUieuilMIloUH iu our jiuonra:jiuu. li'roin W. P. lieuld, sq , Bangor, Me.l Banuou. ile.. Aurll Zi. I8W I hereby certify that I bave used lobuecj for tturty veaia duhi, and lor Clie last liltftii yearn L bave used (un j.oumls iier moutb. I bave made aUf-rnpin to leave ell at uiueieiit umefi, l nave leit on one year at a time, out always coutin -ei to naiiKer l r it until a iibeu uriou a rreparii iou, wmtn uai coin-nleii-lv cured we of tbo apt.utlie lor tobacoj. I would recommend fell who ure ull'cCied with this ter rible, bnblt to try me preparation, wnicu will cer tuiuly cure If the tlUectiOLg are lollowed, W. J?. HE VLD. IFrtm E. W. Adklnu Knoxvllle. Teuu. I KNUXflLI.bl. Ti);in.. Auir. S. 107. Tli's Is to certify that 1 t ad used OitKieco to such an extent tbat my health had btcome greatly Impaired and my whole eystoiu tlsriuiged aud brulteu down. In Juno, ltM.7, I purchased one box ot Or toil's Prepa ration tnd alter tiMm; it I round that 1 wasompleteiy cuieil. I bave not hud any bauktrluir or ttutilro lur tobtcco blnce Using Ihe preparation. I believe It to be all i hut It 'a rtcouiuiended and 1 would udvlse ail who wlhh to quit (he use ol tobaco to try one b ix of urioh u rrf ariuini'. r., w. Aiaiiis. Ll'rotn Jobu Morrill. Banur, lle.J IIaKuoii. Me.. Marc.i 31. ISfiS. This is to certify tbat I bave used tob&eco 'or 18 ytfcrt; nuve.irteu many times to leave ell bui bave bulltred bo much from a dizziness lu my'head.uud Kiiawine at my stomKcb. that 1 bave uoju ntvuu un tbe trlui. A short time biuce a lnend Induced me to try Orion's l'reparaliii (mild by yuii). I have done so, and am completely cured. 1 did not in tlie least hanker alter tobacco, either to smoke or chew, alter i oegau to use tne preparation. JOHN MORRILL. Price of Orton'H Preonratlon Flvn milium nor mix forwarded to any part of the count v. pist-puld. ou receipt ot price. Aioney sent by mall at our rlnlr. Address c. B. COTTON, Proprietor, Box Ho. 1713 x oiuuiiu, iuaiue. ' REFERENCES. We, the undersigned, bave had personal dealings with e B Cotton, and bave fouud hliu a reliable and lair dealing mau, and believe his stalemeuts deserv ing the commence or uio public: B. 11. Richardson. ItiV. J. K. Ureeu.Dr. P. Tt. Howell Portland, Me.: Charles H. &orrlll. Biddelord, Itte.: E, H. Boyle. Att'y. Bell'aht. Me.: Alonzo Bernard. Ban tor, Ji e.; Wm. O. Sweet, IC-q., West Mansliuia, Mass.; ai. jvi. isoynton, js.8t Acwortn, jn. aa.; m, uuiuioy, oaini jounsviiio, in. i. b iu tit FIRE ANDBURGLAR PROOFSAFES p I RE-PR OOF 8 AFCQ if 10,000 Iu Money, valualjlo Hooks au.l Taiiors ivt-rfcctly preserved through tlio lire of July 20, 1SGS, nt Dove's Depot, South Carolina, lu one of MAItYLYiS SAi'ES, owned by DE LORJIE & DOVE. 50,000 feet of Lumber destroyed In our Flailing Mill in Brooklyn, May 15, 1SGS, AH our Money, Fauci's, aud Dooks, paved in excellent order in a MAKYLVS SAFE, Alum nnd Dry Fla&tcr. SIIEAHMAN BEOS. Both of the above were VEKY SEVERS TES1S. A PERFECT SAFE, MARTIN'S CHROHE IRON SriIEIlICAL EUEGLAE SAFE Cannot bo Elcdged 1 Cannot fco Wedged ! Cannot bo Drilled ! CALLND BKK TltEM, Oil 8KND SOW Dffi fcCRlt'llViii OlKCUlAH. TARVIfJ & CO., FltLSCIFAL ) 721 CIIESIW UT ST., BAKEHOUSES, J (Masonic Hall), Fhlla., 009 i:koaiu ay, new YOItU, 108 ii amu sibi.i:t, txi:vr.iKi. o., Aud for sale by onr Agents In the principal cities throughout ihe United Mivtfu. 8 :il ni'vfj.a C . L . MAIS H It, MANnrAC'TUIlKB o FIRE AND HUUGLAU-PUOOP 8 K PES, LOCKiilll". PKI.r.-HANaHR, AND UEALEB lii HA IlUWiK.1', 85 o. IU KAt'K StrHt. Firi LlrcrpooL and LiTidoH ''t G:.)bS Iugnriintlj ConipitiiYi SEVENTEEN MILLIONS. fchort Term, renselnal, Flontitiu;, ami Itont Folu-ies issued on favorable utrms CCIee,o. MERCIIAMS' EXCIUNUE ATWOOD aMIIU, 1 1G fW GK.yF.ft A Ii AHICNT DLl.AWAliK S A t KT Y ISSUU" AM'IieoMPA.'O . lucorporHtea by ttu x.i kii- lure ol Fi iinsylvttiiln, it. Olllce, HouiheoBt Vorn.r THIH1J r& WAflL'T H tK n, riillil'Plila. MllINK i.n.sukam;r Oa VtSjplH, Curgo, m d Fr- iRbt, to Ml narta ot the Woilll. INLAND 1N-UI11WOK3 Cr. Goods, river. cnui, ike, uU lnnit crtrrUx e to "PJ"8KUie F1UK- IN-lUBASCJflJ On nicrnnnrtls' f.entriiiiy. On htort-B, JJwe'ling xlo' ", e:o. ASSETS if TICM t'HPAii Kov-'iuoi'i- 1, Imh. :iV',roo v,llltJ blurt's Five I'tr I'fiit, I.uun li(-,ii fol.fKfi CHI 12(;.l)M) Vr.ttnl tnnttn Five Fir t'eui. l.cuin, lsl - lai.l'Wt'j 50 (HA) Cnlleil Stma7 ;i-lu f erCmil. Luttu Tn !;'.irv Nuirn 02 512 159 ii'C.COfi fetnw ol i'-'uuxylysiila f l.i l or C ent. .Loin) 210 1170 (M lr,(p0tl tlly cl PnnBd. Ii)lilu!ix t'lTUi-ul. l.OBii (cxenipv lrom ihx) 1Z5C2601 59 000 BlBtculiiiew JiTji'jr Six l't-r Ccul Limn ' Bl.aiO'UO 20 C(K) Fcnnsylvi'iilik KulirnKtl Fut Mo I' IT I'erL'rnl. Ho'ul 19,8! 0'(X) 25.000 Pennsylvania JTulironil, on ! M'.iiKaivMx I'l'r t:-ot. .'ioiiiifi. 23 j'0i) S5.0CO VVf-ir.-rii FPIiimy Ivama liauinud Six IVrt't'Tit. Homlt ( IMlasyl- Vaula l.alln'H I :iii;aH.ta.i I20,0(;OCO EO.COO Ptue ol Tt'uii3n e Five l' t Cent. Lours lS.OHO'W T000 Btai of Tennma v till i'er Loan liTDOO 6.0CO,3) Hlisri-i htoci ol Ut-rutaiiiown Gnu L'0'Uiany ((trlocljiul anil lnicrPHt L'luv.iinU imI by tlio city of PhiiMlt'lnhiai 13.00.) 00 7,fC0 lEo Blmres t-uitK cl PpunsjUu- nla HallroK l (.'orripuny. 7,8K) 00 5,000 loo 6 harm it "etc of Korthpi-nn- oylvnula l".all;-oa1 Omi.tui ZWW 20,000 SO tliurca HtocK PhinMln: i liia auduoiHheiu Mall bu-arunliip -Conn any - . lS.twOO 201,9CO Loans en i'.O'iOw an1'' J'n'tKbge, liistliuiis ouCtly Propoay 201.9. do INSURANCE COMPANIES. 7ILLINCHA3T CL HILT'O LNSUKAXCE BOOMS, l,lt;l,4i 0 fr, Ma'ttpt value, i oni, iiu&a.'ivii . u, ieaiFntatc JUDia Lfoe.vabie (or Inauiunce rjiailo Laiiiie due at Agfur e Pre miums on Mirlne Policl'S Accrued uttie:t Bi.d oti:er celn.i dim ibo iorcpnny ctock and frcrip of uundiy Ii.sh rmice unit oilier Ijouipioilee ..i. i- c. "'6'ti0; CHJnu.icd va: i Casli In irttwer ,.E2 l.llfl,M)2-5J 3H.0O0 00 219,1'ifi 67 43,331'38 3,0.7 00 181,315 CJ DIRECTUM. t60'.W513 Tborcn C. Kdi1. ,.'uuiM C. nand, l..l,n l r.,...i. ' U... I -j. Jniit'3 TrHijMaJr, u.im is, jaidwlf, Ji-lin L'. 1'r.vit. Kdiouuit A. 8oudcr. Josfj, II. tjeai, Ti'coplillna Pauldlnj;, lliifcO CraiK Kiiwcrd Darlington John K. Feuroin;, II, Jones lirooko, Henry Sloan. Oeorwe o. Lciper, V illluii a. iiouiiou, Fdward fjaouroaiie, Jacob Klt'wel, Jni!8 B. McFarlaud, jMHuua i: i".yrd, .Io'jii 1). larlor, h.nonoer JJcJlvalro, Kfr-lirv fl. l.-kllatt .Ti.. Ueore W. BorimrUoii, li. x. JU.oiuu,Plitatiurg, J, it. Kttiupie. ' a n iiu...rnn ii TITOMAK r II I MIl 'pnal,U..t JOH .1 V. DA Vis! Vice-Presldeat. HENRY LYLRIJKX. Borretary. HKSKy BALL. Adslutant Hfcretnry. 12 80 Iggg-ClUllTEll PEIIPETUAL. FraiiliUH Fire Ijiskivicc Co. or niiEADi,tuiA, OFFXCK: Kcs. 4S5 aud 437 C1ILSXUT STBEET. A.&SETS ON JANUARY 1, ISfJS, ,003,74009, CAPITAL 8 100,000-00 A CCH UHO U Ulil'L t"V t H,StU'S 9) riliMl U1S i,i 8 1,4 1 ifo VMaiiTTLKD C L VIilb. 1 A CUM 13 FOR 1K8 6H3,t.ua'a4 j.ivfooooa. IiCNSES IAID SINCE 1840 OVtB $5,500,000. Perpetual tnd Tomporary Policies on Liberal Terrua. DIEKCTOR-J. diaries N. Eancker, lOeorge Ff.l8, Tobias W aguti. bamnel (irant, OoorKt) V. Klobnrdi. lbdau Lta, allreu Finer, Krancm W. Lwla, 1, D A'llliaiuU. Grant. CHARLFfl JN. BAiVCIKlt. PrMot. OtOitoK FaLJ!.s, ViPe-Presitlfcot. JAS. W. lUcAliLIrnil, Kecietary pro teiu. F.xcepl t.1 LexIuutoiJ, Keniucny, this Company has liu AgnuLirq fr cot ui X uiBUUI . s llg TNSURANCE COM PA NT Jk. Oif' NORTH AMERICA, No. 232 WALNUT STREET, PIIILADA. IKCOKPORATED 17W. L1L ARTER PERPaTfJAL, Nnriiio, Ii:lnii(l, uiul tiro Insurance. ASSETS JANUARY 1, 1808, - $2,001,2(JC-72, 110,000,000 Losses Paid ia Cash Biuce its Organization. DIRECTORS. Arthur (I. Ccflin, George L. narrnon, rnuiui:i ... auiivoi Jonn A. Jircwu, lliarlea i aylor, Auihrose v liitv, Wtlllaiii WeiHU, Flcl.ant D. Wood, b. Worrls Walu, Frauols K. Cuoe. Kn ard 11. Trol'.er, Kdward d.C'iurko, T. Cliailuju lltfury, Allred li. Jesxup, Juliu V. Willie, Lou's U. itlauelra. ARTHUR O miTFIV.Pra.litn.il.. CHARLIfS I'tATT, tSojietary. WILLIAM liliSULKK, llarrlaburs, Pa-, Ceutral Akcm ir tue State oi I'mmsii lvauia. l 2&j U S U K E AT HOME IN TUB rcim llvAml Life Insurance COMPANY, Ko. 21 CHtSUT St., rhiiadclphla. AS.EiM, 8i,l0U,0O0. CHARTERED BY OUR OWN STATE. DIANAUI-.n 1IY OCR OWN HTiZE3M. LOSSES PROMPTLY PAID. POI.Il IKSi ISM Di) ON TAICIUl'M 1X,1N3. Applications way be made at the Hums Office, and at Ihe Ageucks tUrouuliout tlie mte. i ixj JA9!t:M TRA(IIAUl iRTi SIDEVX KAMUtli K. S A'Ki.S VjCK PRKIDJVP JNt. W. IlOBNOii A. V.P audACrCTABr IIOHATIO S. STKi'UlLS.t StjlCRHTlA K V OHttlMX INSLUAxNUa COAIPAJSy OF X. V'lllLAJF.T.PiilA. IrtllORrOKATKl) IhtH-CUARTKR PERPETDir jvo. 'i-n v ALJNL'THirett. oppoatie the KKuinuiie XUisl-'CBipauy lonures from Joas o damage uy ' i iKili, cn liberal terms on bul'dlnga, merchandise, furniture no., for limited periods, and periuaueully on build, tut!'! by deposit of piiuilunni. IbH Company has bi'eu in active operation f ir mnm than flXXy VK.ilK, during whlca aU loi3oiiate been promptly aUJiintvd i4 Pa'. i.1 W'WrftA f . Ko. 409 WALNUT St. AciHSTS ANO ATl'ORNEYB TOR, Home Fire Insurnuce Compuny, NJ.W MAVK.N. COMZXf JSpringncKirircitiitl if l ine lus. Co., Yo:ikcr3 r.uJ 'cw York IiuunutceCo., NKW YORK Tcoiilt's' Firo Insurance Companj, Atlantic Fire and Murine Insurance Co., PK'JVIDEWCK, R, I. GiiarCIna Tiro Insurance Company, K.K V TOJKK l.ttmktrinau's Fire liihumnoo Co., ClilCAUO, ill Inanrnuce effected p.l JA KST RA'i K. All lows pioriptly and tioernlly adjnoied at tbelx OCIcc, Ao. 4U! WALSL'T htrect, PillLADKLPHIA. TVmi.V fl'iur.." it: on. 'jioo. V, Laurence, Hon ht-'phea T. Wanon, iaiui.8 V. I-irlr, 1 (). Worliiiugtnn, Ww. 11 tTfsran, John brjiik, JCdvvunl K. WratttM, Na.hau lining. ' houias WLilami, i iWfcrd a, JUickie, , A. up Uartli-i:. iifcl K. Mclionfcjd, STRICTLY MUTUAL. FRCVIDEHT LIFE AND THUST CO. OB PHILADELPHIA. Organlzjd lo promote LIFE JNdOBAKCK among rutuibtra ol the Kocirrv of frienda Good riBiiB of any clam accepted, Policl-a lsbuid upoj anproved plaas, at tin loweit rateti. President, BAMTKL R. BIIIPLEY. VIcePlCSldtLt, WILLtAU C. LONOSTttETH. Ac.uar,", BOWLAKB PARRf, The ad7fntoges oll".red by thlj Company are not eacelkd. 7 271 J O N 1) O N IMPERIAL F I It E INSURANCE OOMPAN.Y. KdTABLIslIED lsOS. Paid-up Capital and Accumu'ated Funds, S,OOV,000 IN COLD. L.OCA1. UlRKl'TOUS; E. M A IlCrilB ALU, Ix. li. M. Consul, Ciialrraan. A.A. LOW, ot A. A. LOW& Hros. K. (S. J A ' Fit A Y, ol K. b. Jallray & Co klC JlARH IHVIN, of .hic.'iHrd I.Viu & C LAV11) !SAL0j1ON, Wo. 11 W. l'hirt-uig;ittl St. J. i tiOIttlAN JOUNSO , Of J. J JuUiisou tU Co, J AllLW Kl UAIIT, ot J. J. Utnurt & Co. W. CitOWELL. ltcsldentMansirpr, No. 40 PINK 8 rtei, N. Y, PittV'CiSr ,s 11KKKINU, AK6U0J, 8 22 Ira No. lb7 8.TUlRD t-trcet, Pliilada. FIRE INSURANCE KXCLUSI VKLY-TlIE PjLNNfsVLVAKIA 1IHK 1NISURS.1SCE OUM-1ANV-1 ncorpoiaied IKit (Jharier Perpetual No. 61o WALN I T Wtret t, oppuslin Iuiiepeiidcnce buiinro. 1 hla i. oa puny. iavoiBOly known to the couimuiilty for ovtr forty years, commtiea to Insure agntn.n lona or dameiie by lire on PuOllo or Private iiulldiugn, e.lhfr peiniaiiently or lor a limited time Also oa Furniture, blocks of uauds, and Merchandise gene rally, on liberal terms. I heir Capital, toteiher with a large Sarptui Fund, Is mvPEttd In the n.0Rt cnroinl uiauuer, wnlrh ena bliB ihem to olU-r lo the lutured au undoubted secu rity lu the case of loan. UlKKUTOtto. Daniel Fmlih, Jr.. Ah Jtauder iicu.ou, lhac ItazlfhurHt, '1 houias KobinuH, Jotjn Doverenr, i nutrias csmuu, Henry LewU. J. Oiillnuhaui Pell, John L. Hodse, m. u jiaiiuu, John T. Lewli, William tt. tliant, Kobt-rt W. Leauiinj, j. l ibrn wori"ii Lawrence Lewis- Jr. IlAirlrl T.owli. Beulauitn Jhtlxr, Thoruaa If. Powori. A tt M.lf. ...... Kdiiunit Caitlu'oa, samuijl Wl'mir. I ; . r. . ..." ,awruce iiewin. ji. nni;iv. 'i irrin. JO US R. "WfJCUiCRR.i'reelderit. UUIUOi M 1 1111 Lani l Haddock. Jr. IANIhL hMITH, Jb, President. "Vii.liam G. CuowtLL, feecfetary. 3 oQ SUMIVSEn RESORTS. JJOLUMBIA HOUSE, CAFE MAY, THE: COLUMBIA IIOU9K, At Cap Ialaatd,!!, J,, was opened on the 2 .Ih of June. b'.tuated but a few rods from tbe beach, with three bundled good bathing-roouis standing Ulieoily at the surf, and with flue shade trees upon the lawn, this bouse must surpass any other at the Capes, as well for Its ouielde attractions and conveniences as for Its ex. tensive aud well rctfulatcd interior. Tbe COLUMBIA has long been sustained by a sub stantial and select patronage from all parts or tho country, and Its appointments may be depended upoa as btrlctly Urut-clabs, Por rooms, etc, addreia UKUUUJU J. JUOLTUN. Proprietor, CAPE ISLAND, N. J IIOIrOM'M HOTEL, 6 12 (tow tt HARRIdRCRO, P. TnustES, gflj "BKELKY'S UAUD KUBBFR 1UUB3. "JtXfc, Wo. im'i cAJttji.UT ctrett. Tula iruns cor. ret tly applied will care and retain with ease me moal dlllicult rupture; alwa.vs clean, licht, eauy, safe, and couilortfcble, used in ba'blug, lUid to forui, never ruBta, breakn, sol s, brrom4 limber, or move frota place. JsostranplnK.Hard Rubber Abdominal Hup. porter, by w hich the it oihnrs, Coi pnlent, and Ladles miilerlng wlt.h F'eiiialH weakness, will hud relief and! reriectsnppor:; very Did t, neat, and elocmal. Pile Instruineuji bnoulder braces, Kluailo bUK-kluts fu went limbs, Boi peu'-lona. eco. Also, lan; stock hea Leather 'irujssts, ball nsnal price. Lady In aunr). optb; HVjwfta friTLCR, WEAVER & CO,, MANDPAOl EIiKhS 07 E1A1TILLA AND TARRED CORDAGE, C02D3 TWIMI'P, ETC., NO. V3 North WATER troel, KtMl i5Iu. 22 North TJXLAWAKHI Avcuno, iFHILAUKU'lIIA. KDW1K 21, riTtEa, IttUHABL UTXIi tOKBAS S". CUiTmiUt, I IU I PJ S U tt 12 AT HOME.! GUARDIAN rjJtE AND MA1UNE INSURANCE COMPANY, fto. 420 WALKUT Street. PHI LAD K L lMlI A, CJIAriEEEl) CAPITAL, . . 5500,0d 1'AID IX CAl'IIAL, . - . $100,000 R0 LCKSLS OR DEUIS. Innnre amst Itss or da oiasp by Fire oa Ha!Mtntv, Merchaadiiie, HoireuoU t urullure. ana ail o.her Innrahe proi.t'rly, nnd aiuo tek8 Marine, Onaal, and Ialar.d Naviral'.ou R'sks at the lo A e-t rated con, siatcntwlth aociulty, V.". K. OWKNa, iTw,;,!, FATHAN IIAINEe Becroiary. 8 w Sia UE.N J. P. O LRYON, feurvey , ii!iii:TOa. ivtiliur Hagliiula, Wui. W. A'eaabr, ir. ui. mofiwen,