c g z a, k for tl Wi-n-Hi rd, 8tat now ItHnn hand J Proclaim not niari'd dominion )Ter ood'n works bf stre wlnir rook ana sand Wn oa-birds'blood-suiocd pluses no J broken pimou. Oh, 'ay thine hand ! Upend not thy davs In 1-Mne In scattering death aim the peacefjl strand For very wantonnecs, or pride, or plcvure. For bird's sak epftrel tav It In happy mot'ou To wbeel Its ca circles throoch the ir, Or rest atd rock upon the miuiug uoeau. For nmn's sale, snaro ! licave him ttic "tbin? or bpAatj," To plnncs nnd eli'lc before bun evrrywhf rc, Arid throw a gleam on after dy ot duty. For GoV pako, Bparo 1 lie nots e;ieh sca-lurd lallii.e, And In creation's pronrn marus i s:l share, Its oylnir cry for retribution calllrrj. Oh, stay thine hand ! Cense from this utIcms slaughter: Forthoutrli kind Nature lroni the rocks and sand Washes the stains each day wi'.h briny water, Yet on thine hand, Raised asainst God' tai : crentnr. Beware: est there he found a crim-ion braud Indelible by nnv Torce of Nature. Clturc'tnutn'e Fomi'y Jdagiiztnc. ETHICAL SHUKT&IUUT. The nncomoionneps of common sense i$ au old subject ot reflection which munt havs not nufnqueutly occurred to thono who, during the late elet tions, wore driven, either by the ourse of duty or by a morbid cariosity, to hoar or read tlie fpic las, auto-blorapUlcal chapters, ami o'.b r muuitestoci of certain leaders ol that p irty to which Mr. Will once erroR-ited the monopoly tf Inteiliaeuce. To tome people it may aopeir to be a couiriiilictiou in terms to oe.ik of m mou u?e a uuomuioo. Hut there must b? Biauy who will and it caller to digest the para dox thttn t") deny tue (act. What may be the true solution of the ap parent paradox we need not here discus?. 1'i'ibaps the term "common seuse" is, in Us present ordinary signification, a mls iioruer. Pt-runps it ouctit to nave oeen kept strictly conhuei in vuig.tr iwasje, a it still is in uieta; lijsicB. to that province to which its eijmology and the bis'.ory of philosophy assign it, aii i ought never to have been applied to that felicitous combination of pruleuco, tait, judgment, discretion, and otner practical vir tues which we commonly cull "common seuse." It may be that "common sense," in this em plo)rnent of the term, basalwais been uncom mon, and that those who ib-iught otherwise were deluded optimists", or perhups it may he that common tense- was once more common thuu it now Is, especially among polmeiaus, and iba'. there i.s sniic taint; in i tie nntureof transcendental Liberalism whicu tends to rer.dcr ns use uunt'C'JssHry, and thus piaourtlly, by a wdl-ituoffu natural opjra tion, to causa it to riciv-iy and die affay. Mr. L.ec?, wrifine on Berkeley's philosophy, very properly temurks that "the rust st'i-p which a philosopher lakes in au.v inquiry is a departure from common ente." WoulJ It be au unpar donable play upon tbc doible that is, the philosophical and tifgr usaae-of the term "common sense," if we were to say tuaf, since the Liberal party b-tran to swoar allegiauce to the philosophers, it bus likewise shown signs of taKiucr the philosophical st?p of 'departing Iron, common Bene?" Th-re djus at any rate seem to be some ground for supposing that, if eue consummate tucilc.uu has been able to educate the conservatives up to the mark of swallowing their principles, certain moonrnkers on the other tide are ti-imtr, both by example and precep', to tc.ich their tru-nrts to fly through political space without be bailau of common ene. Whether, ho vetrr, the term "ommou sense" la a niisuonor or uot. we n'1 very well kEOw what we mean by it. And the quality is so absolutely essential to success iu life that it Biav not be out of place to note hov the want of it in some instauce-i appears to work. Want of common reuse is principally suo n in two respects La ni'ly, in undue nuqlcct of particulars and in talsj estimates of purlieu ar j. The flret in the amiaoie weakii'-ss of dreamers of poets, philoopheis, and others who live la the kingdom of ideas; who think that it rains legaot mutton at regular Intervals, that with so much bread and batter about it must be im- Eossihle to starve, and that it there should ever e a deficiency of bread it will be no ereat hard ship to full back upon toast. Tue ita'.ures of thio phase ure too broad and too well kuown to require couimeut. But the other phase, where waut of common sense is bhoAu iu a fihe ftppreciatiou ot part'culars, is more, subtle and more interesting. It depends upon a enditioa or habit of mind entirely did'eieut from that which occasions the nrst-named plini-e. It olten originates in perleatly contrary ethical c.rcamstances. For whereas the former arises from a dreamy or generalizing cubical habit, and eboVR itseli in undue neglect or contempt of particulars, tnis Utter arises mote frequently from a to microaeoplc or particu larizing habit, and shows itself In an inability to ponderate or c'asnty particulars. The halit is not ot overlooking particulars, or of hasty gencraliZ'tlijn; it is not the dreamy iuia,'tua.lV8 disposition which renders its possessor liaole to catitle-b lilding or Quixotism. It is not the babit which would caute a man to talk ot Lan casbire as if it were the new AtlantU, or of Birmingham as Utopia, or which would induce Aim to start off oua voyage over an uukuowu tea in search ot aa earthly paradise.. On the coutrary, it is a habit Tthich, origlnatiuK perhapH in a want of lanry or of humor, is loitered and magnified by an overstudy of -particular?, uutil tue student' ethical vision has become almo.-t incapable of distiosruU I11U4 the value of on; paracuiar from that of another, and quite incapable ot appre ciating tuoir proper bcar.m; uuou the universal. It is the mi-oiul or moral condition analogous to that physical detect which (as Mr. Kiuirlake would say) men call stiortsigM. It is a too great convexity 01 the coiuea of the soul, causing the beholder to tej details, when he looks closely at them, with almost microscopic aeutencss, but preventing him fro in btudymg them at snch a distance as to pet the proper light and shade upon them, uud so robbing them of all tbeir true and uitural tone and color, and quite disabling bun trom peeing what part tbey bear towards forming lbs Keueml harmony of the h 1", It if, in taet, a ktud ol sOnca thortai'iht. Tne effects or operations of et.h'cal snortsisht may of course be traced iu each of the two ereat border domains bereith chinal science is concerned-the domain or thought and the domain of action; and ttioih it wouil be absurd to attcnrji', wi.bin the limits of such a paper as the present, to ueHcnhe all thoae etlects cr operatiuu, yet a 1'e hlut may be KUPKesve 'Q tDe domain or tboijght we are Btrutk by the obvious loctthat ib s shortHieht t is the berettiug defec, of stuticians Itistbe weaknets of th sotlal tudetit, who reus more on the number than on the kind of his in stances, and ii apt to ieuoie tb ir relation to the general theory which should preside over hit investigation. Lord Macnulay, in his eels brated critic'sm of Bacon's Method, seems if we moy judao trom the application b make of the story of the judge "bo wis Ln the habit of jocosely propounding after dinner a theory that the ouuse ot the prevalence ol Jnco'msm was tbe practice of bearlnir three iiuoish'' to have supposed that 1bo value ot any luductton depended on the number and not upon the kind Ot inttauces coiieciea; una u Biiuiim mui u irequcntly committed by the professed stati ciau, and it partly at leant tbe result ol ethical tbortsieht. When one such u person comes to be employed on asy public work, such aj an educational or other ocll inquiry, ho U overwhelmed by the minuteness and diversity of bis materials; he is quite unablo to ttft the evidence which pours in upon him; and, unless to the course of fate he become the prey of borne fanatic, or tbe useful tool of sone master mind, be , hopelessly lost iu h's Cretan laoyiinth ot details. Iu tbe domain of thought, tbe tendency of all laborious and scrupulous a potrtricrit it In the direction of ethical thor.felgbt. Xhey are like tourists who we try Tliti DAILY EiG TKLEGUAP1I PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, liiR to work tbeir way acs an overerovu country, or conutry with mucri sameness of feature, without firt having climbel a bHiptr. in order to takeatneral kurvey or it; or rtlio, perhaps, they are men who did climo tb! hctftht, dot who, owing to their tbortoit ht, w-re nnnbte to make any uce ot their position, nnd set to work to Krapplo with the duiU of their taxk nnprovlded with any mental map. In the two great provinces of the ethical domain of action namely, politics and morals we find this detect ot tbo ethical vision ope rating In a mode closely analogous to that in which it works witbiu tbe domain ol thought. Here aUo its (Meets are tdiown ia on inability . rightly to reeard, and judiciously to manipu late, particular. It is, both in morals ani politics, an incapacity lor duly apprehending what Aristotle culls the minor premiss of the Practical Syllogism. And it Is the exercise of this tact lor apprehending the mldor premis, so as to know when an I haw to apply it to thj innjr, which the tuarvelloubly practical genius of Ailhtoilt! declared to be the vefy essence of common sen-e or of toci.il wfcdom. False esti mates ol particulars are, both in politics and in morals, mostly due to ethical short sisht ; but, of course, as thu matter on which the wisdom of politics works Is fomcwhtit dillerent from that on which tin vrisuom ol morals works, the resnltn of such false tsliuiui s uitli r iu tlieir ooeiat iuiportan:'e. thorts:f!lit in politics affects the colleeiive bap- filEess ot luankiud much more than nhortsigbt n nioial". The borlsihted pol t.cian is a pet to bis country: the huiisijrliiel moralist is n curse to himself. It is only whin such a moralist turns Iceislutor or aniia'or, and ther fore drops the eui"e ol u oralist for ihat ot poli tician, that he becomes dangerous to the peace of oihcrsas well as to his own, and illus'rates the wisdom ot Dr. Johnson's observation, adopted and ampliliej by Mr. Buckle, that there is no preater doc.al nuihanee than your wronj bcideU conciciitiou? num. Suc'i a man, if h: comes iuio power, tun.s the affairs of his coun trywhich previously weie in a con litio 1, if not ot peritenon, at leabt of order and decency iuto tbe caldron, nn'i makes of them what l'unc?t once represented Lord I'almeiston as cailinir "a pretty kvttlo ot Hsh." o politiean was ever probably more entirely free Irom the defect of ethical shorlsight thau the late IcaiUr of the Liberal party in the lloute of Common''. Thoroughly practical, perlectlj well acquainted with the doinilsof his ' an, nud eminently tkilled in ibe manipulation of those detail: hnoAin, like a gooi painter, wheu to water hl bruUi so a to keep the color down, and when aeatn to lay it on thick; ready and able, moreover, at auy mouieut to stand off from biB work and lorcu a cool opiuion of its general ellett he managed matters, it not always to thCFAlfuctum ot Beaten, Itradlautrli, Finlen k Co., if not nl ways to the satisfact;on of the philosophers and their proves, of the young Oxford fanatics or of the emancipated ladies, at least In hucu h way tie to make our progress sure, nnd fuve us from tho dread of a violent reaetton. Whatever may hve been his defects, we cai.not reckon among them thi of ethicaL fhoril".;nt. lie was po-sessed of a keen mental vi"ion, Which enabled him to master as well n to ttudy particular, and prevented his mistaking molehills lor mountains. But his mantle ot common feus.e does n jt seem to have fallen upon auy hitherto acknowlelsed lealer ot the Liberal parly. Tnt part; has gaieed a leader immensely superior 10 Lord Palmer.ton .in volubility, in the profision of piot'esgiou, in self aeseniou, In cxcvabilnv, and in grim earn nestles; and yet hjw s it that practical, moderate politicians, men who persist iu clinging to a belief iu the necesity of common sense, and think eliueal fhoitsir;ht highly danpciotis in a lea.lef, begin to turn to Mr, Bright with hoinethtuir like a sense of reliel f It is tfcid that eeriaiii peop'c, lamous tor their hich stepping horsej, trained them to this lofty action by lixlug maair.lyiuLr classes over their eyes, bo that obstacles on the ground of very small dtarnetcr seemel to the p.io." animals to have a diameter ot teveral inches, nud thus caused them to acquire the habit of lifting their feet to a practically unne :es-sury height. Wnen next the heuven born loader of th ) Liberal party favors us with n chnptcr of his autobio graphy, perhaps he ill inform us whether it is from au finaloton process in his early training, cr from the natural da-ect ot ethical Bhortsight, that he has acquired his celebra'.ed higli stcp piug aotlon. In the province of 1U3 rals, this defect of ahortsight is far less dangeious to the peace of society than in that ot' politics; bat it is productive of the greatest dineomfort and torture tj the persau nillictcd with it. The morally FhoitsighteJ person is one who, either never having studied, or being iucnpnble of apprehending, the princi ples to which the purlicularsof right aid wrong doing are ultimately re'erable, doe3 not dis criminate the relative importance of thoso par ticulajc Wheu such a defect is combined with ft vivid imaaination nud a sensitive conscience, the result is a morbid moral temperament w hich is mobt painful to the sufferer. It u much more common among women than anions; men, partly becaii'e within eertaiu limits the riuia giua ion is more lively than thai uf men, and. their conscience, owing to their domestic edu cation, is more eeusitive; but rartly al-o because they are particularly liable to the delect of ethical -ihoriRiglit. Not having been soundly trained in the 1 gic of casuistry, or iu any other rallocinViive science, they are of course entirely ignorant of the reasons or principles whicu dettraa'tne the quality or particular moral actions, and give them thetr relutive value, their toue, an i proper harmony of cjlor. Toey have been taught to re'er the vaine of every particular action di rectly to some immediate snuction. or absolute authority, such as the text of the Bible, or the verd ct of the parish parson; aud toey ara naturally nDnble to d'scrimlnate for themselves what are ai.d wht are not irnportaut instance among me legion ot particulars. The more, however, that they dwell upon such particulars, the ir ore contracted and enfeebled does their moral vision become; until at lapt they are forced in their despair to ily for rescue from the monstrous suapes and port-ntous coribeqticncua which surround them, to some spiritual guide who is piobably as profoundly innocent of auy acquaintance with the science of casuistry as themtelves, but who, with true English, pluck, is everrea ly at a moment's notice to d'scharpe the fuuetijus of a blind leader of ibe blind, iso lorn; a wun.nn, or those who iu tbeir ethical constitii' ion to closely re:cmblc wurnen, lotain iu this country the r present inlluence in determining what is aud what is not a jnnd and vuluable theology, it may pay a judicious aspi rant to the h iu best ecclesiastical honors to write a treatise upon "tbe sinfulness of little Bins;" but the topic is not one which is likely much to t ngaue auy but feminine, or eilcmma'e . inmoV. Meantime ii is reirebiua to recall the story of the luile chil l who, w hen asked by iis father, "What arc nil tKeee cojiplain's tlis,1; I ltearolvou, my child i W lia naoghty things have you been doing now?" answcied, "O! pupa, nothing that you would think much of ; otiy nurwy nauqlitiMMn !'' That child, -at any late, was not alilicted with eth!cl 6hoit Hight. London Saturday Jievww. A Nun&'iiiunry ;Novclist. There i- a cuirtiu rumor to the etffct that an uuiubli-ticd novel has just been lo ui.l among the launubcripts ut th'! late ISugene Sue, and his admirers are auxiou lv waiting lor its appear ance. A new novel by 8ue would b.i a sweet boon to the lovers ol the fenu'.tonal. No man has ever equalled hi:a in the number 1111 i lngi. iiious varie.y ol ihc murders wiib which his panes are embellished. About two years niro tome enterpn-iiug New York publisher under, took tbe publication of a tr&nsla'.'ou of Sue's ' Masteries of the I'diple." The woric consisted ot u series of lweiity-io couueetod s'ories, tlie first four cf which oulv were published. In the CM story one ot the"i hatocte.rs was killed, in the second four Wt-rn murderaJ. in the third fixteen. aud iu the touitU si'y-totir. At this rate there would have been no less than 4,3:)V 2C2.1Gti,rji4 distioct aud .epnrate murder ln the twenty-second story, And the publl-her, who bad omitted to make ilio calculation until afier the first volume hod been ieued, was to dis heartened at the ancuiuary irojpect before him that he suspended the publication of the work. Thereby lie greatly disapnointed a lare nnmber of reader, who are still anxiously wailinii to learn by what means the autbor succeeded in di-poeii.g of his trillions of victims. Kartbqnakea and nitro-slyceiine would fail to kill a winiouib"jart ot them. BALLOONING. A'voyna Aeronn ttt Atlantic The fascinatltig problem of the navigation ot the atmosphere is about to be brought aeatn before tbe attention of the pnblie by an attempt to cross the Atlantic from New Kork in a balloon, which enterprise is lo be undertaken by Mons. A. Chevalier, an aeronaut of extended European rcpu'atloh. M. Chevalier anlved In this country about a fortnight ago, and has already tucceeded in gaining tbe confidence and support of tome of our first scienti4j me i. lie Is by blnh a Bts, about thirty years of ac, of a modest yet srlt-poptefscd demeanor, short in statute, with black hair, eyes, and moustsetie, and a pleasing and open expreioii of counte nance. For a dozen years past, Chevalier has been an enthusiast in atrostaiict. He spent hts inherited fortune (for he l.-t ot noble extraction i on flying machines, and has ever since experi enced on account of his penchant a succe.siou of ups and downs In life extraordinary evea for an aeronaut. M. Ctievalier's latest invention Is a steam flying machine, which may be bnelly described as being constructed after the model of Ihe bird long, wlus liko sails project from either idde of tho iron body or the Miip, and a fan-like "arrangement" at toe stem stands in the place ot the tail of the bir I, n-id serves ltg purpose in raising or depiesing the mnchine in its ccunc through the air. L ioklng at tho line picture Jepre?euuiig It sonrinsln mid-air over plains and mountains, as it appeirs in a French periodical, the only really nstcnlbhiiig thing about tbe n.r-monster is that n would not frr when Chevalier tried it, but broke down and le;t Us sanguine inventor "dead broke" too. Tins and Similar j.eeidcnts have tot in the leant succeeded m disheartening btm in bis Hie search for the solution of the sreat problem; thoy only thro v a ttrongcr light on the obstacles in the way. After biieh mishap", Chevalier bound3 aloft clatlcally in his balloon for the delicht ol the million on ionic fe e day iu Paiis, or Marseilles, or Lyons, or Londou, or Pub'in, aud thus repairs the losses of his exchequer for a tres-u overhauling of his flying icamship. In this way he has made hundreds ol a-cents in every countrj in Europe nnd in Australia. Once he sailed in his balloon from Farts beyond the boundaries of Russia. On another occasion he crofted the Ht. Ueorgc's Chanuel from Dublin inlo England. In one of his trips he made the extraordinary flight of seven hsndrcd miles in tour hours. In another ascent, made ivv the Marquis of Bute, just beforo coming to this country, ho was driven lorty-Qve miles in an hour. One cjn readily believe, in looking at Chevalier's clear, pleasant eyes, and firm, quiet mouth, toat be is a alranger to physical fear. But about his transatlantic tup from New York he undertakes it partly for the ereat effect H wnl hnve, if successful, on his ' bucincss" on the other side of the water, aud not less to de'ermine the existence of a continuous "belt" of westerly currents which the philosophers say must exist at the height of 8000 to 10,0(10 feet above the surface of the earth. M. Chevalier has brought with him, in complete readinesc, the balloon in which he proposes to mate bis long and perilous journey. It is of a peculiar shape, mid ot these dimensions n.ue'y-Uve leet in beieht, 150 feet in diameter; capacity for gas, 12.'lii)0 nihil! feet. Tue car, being made of bamboo, and in tbe shape of ahous, resembles a Iodc bamboo hu. aud will probably n;eo.u date as many pnisentrets as will desire to go upon the voyage. M. Chevalier is desirous of making the start at as early a date as possible, and, at all events, bulore tbe return of warm weather. His reason for this is thai, the bal loon would suffer a dangerous lo s of gas by expansion iu. the beat of warm sunn. As stated above, Chevalier has soown f ome of tbc scien tific n cu of this city that be is not a mere show man; has lnteretQd them in his undertakln?, and will proceed to perfect the preparation 4 for his interesting and unprecedented voyage, under propitious circumstances. Tlie French Atlantic Cable. Tbe manufacture ot the telegraphic cable which it is proposed to submerge between Fiance and America next summer proceeds with satisfactory rapidity. The cable Is to start trom the French coast at or near Brest, aud to be laid across the Atlantic to the Fvcnch island of sit. 1 ierre. oil' the Araericau continent, a dibtarcc of 21)25 miles. Communication with, the n,'nland Will be effected by means of an additional line, which will be laid Irom tho island to probably some point in the State of New York. This will repreccnt a luriher dis tance of about 722 miles, so that the whole length of two fections of tho system will be about 3047 nautical miles. These figures, however, ouly indicate the leugth iu miles as it would be calculated without relcrence to suh nHreerce A certain amount of Black cable will be tecessary for the processor "paying out," and also a provision against such au acci dent as that which caused the failure ol tho Cuba tind Florida expedition. With tue addi tion ot slack line, then, the deepiea cable the longer section will be about 27HS miles, including 115 miles for shore ends ani the auxiliary liue, 770 miles, so that, altogether. a total length of 3501 nautical mi'es of line wilt be mauufactuied for ihe purposes ot the proposed exoedition. The coBsntence of the deep-sea cable will be similar to that of the Atlantic lines already snbmeieed. Toe Insulated core Is strengthened with "a bsrvlng" of tanned jute, aud is pro tected wi b ten iralvanized homogeneous iron wlrf t, served helically rouud the core, e ten iron wire being fiist strengthened with btrands ot Manilla hemp saturated with tar. The Bhoro ends attached to the deep-sea cable will be of dille rent weights, aa intermediate section next the main line weighing about six tons, and ihe heavy end on the 'shore about twenty tons. The heavy shore end will be of great strength, as it will have an ordinary ehca'lilpg served with hemp, and si other with straudcl wires, eewmgs of hemp and asphalt forming an additionul pro tection. An ord uary wire sheathing of ten galvanized iron wires will bo used in the con struction of the tection which will connect the island of fc't. Pierre with the contlneut of Atne rica. This covering will be also protected with servings of hemp aud asphalt, ln tbe construc tion of the cable the greatest care is observed that all tbe muterlais employed iu ila manufac ture be of unquestionable excellence. The cupper wire received at the guttapercha works, where the insulated cere Is being made, Is first tested that iis ouality and conductivity may bu ascet tamed. When it has passed the necessary totsts, it is forthwith prepared for forming the conductor, which consists ot a btran.l of seven wiies. In this part ot the manoffictore the centre v,ire is patsed tbiongh a bath containing a urxture of tar aud gutta peicha, known as "I'htter'.on's com pound,'' before it receives any ol tne remaining six w'it-9, which arc sub-.equeutly wound round it tie object ol this process being to preveut wattr peimeattng throuirii the ttrandsof tbe conductor. The stranded conductor tneu re ceive iil'ernn'c coars ot Chaitcrtoti's compouu I and utta percha until it assumes the lequiic I consistence. The ore for the deep sea cablu is to be of the follotiiir weight: Comluc or, 100 pounds; insula or, 400 poumit; to'.al, 800 pounds per mile: fur tho shallower section, conductor, 107 rounds; insulator, 1(50 pound.-; total, 257 poin ds or nolo. U may bo incidentally ro inaikcd that the Insulated coie is larger mail that ol liny other cable hitherto constructed, it the old Malta and Alexandria line be alone ex cepted. When the core has been tubulated it is kept for teniv-tonr "houra m water at a temperature ot 75 degrees Fahrenheit, and is then tiib)"cteii to a fer.es of cieotil cal test", lluvu.g pimed this examination, it is wound round dfiims nod torivurdod to the works, where t tie dual sheathing is put or), and it is then coiled away m tanks uuLll us removal to the ship from which it Is to bs "paid out." Most favorable reports ot ibo pro gress of the msoufaeiare have, we understand, been given by the electriclnus who have tested the portion of the cable already constructed. Joints iu the coie have frequently presented serious dilliculties to engineer aud others en gaged in the extension of submarine telegraphy; iu tbo case cf ibe new lino it U probable that thise dillicultle will be almost entirely ob viated, for, or three hundred aud twenty joints examined, only one has beeu found in auy de gree defective. About 000 miles of Ihe deep sea cable have been already manufactured, at the rite of itbout flfi miles a week. The t.reat Kast (in is being fitted up with tanks for the recep tion of the cuble. Thc will be three In number, of wticn the Ureest will be 7S feet ln diameter and 1C feet high. The cable will be conveyed to the "Mir ship" In bulks Oiled wit b water tight tank'. Tbe thlpnlng was expected to begin about the second week of last month. Ksperlment with Trees In Calllornli. Ibe Fan Fianclsco But rtin says: "A considerable number of Japanese cnesnut trees, one or two years old, were sent over from Japan by the last steamer, consigned to a ncu tlcman in Ibis city. Tbe tree, wheu matured, is very handsome, and Is said to be a proline "Many experiments wMi the Italian ehesuut have lulled in former year. Sometimes the seedshave sprouted, and the germ having been broken off, the chenuts were worthless for planting. A gentleman who baa made many experiments with that and other seeds, informs us that tbere is no diiliculty in growing the ltaliau chesnur. They stnrt very slowly, aud lorthi reason It Is better to try them in boxes prepared m hotbeds, wheorc they can be trans lerreil at the proper age. Our Informant finds no diiliculty in ra'sing the black and EncliPh walnut and the pecan Irom the seed. These rue not rnly handsome shade trees, but the wood is valuable for timber. "We have not yet heard of an lntauce where any of the tea-teed which has been sold In this ci'y lor planting has ever germinated. Wc have ti Wd it ami given It eway, and it has everywhere been reported ai a fadure. 'Next to the lo.mst the blank walnut is the most hopeful timber tree. It gro s rapidly, and seems to take as kindly to the soil as the locust. Binck walnut lumber Is now retailing in this city at about Gflten ccuts afoot, board measure. The butternut, a variety of the walnut, is easily pr priL'Rle 1 lioin the seed; It Is a handsome tree, ami the tiuibor lor many purposes is superior to blark w ill u ut. "Home one might render a pood service to the Fublic bytryiug experiments with tbe Kat ndia teak tree. We have an impression that it will grow in tbe warmer places of this Biate. Hut evsn should it be a failure, the positive knowlrdee gained through experiments would be of value. "The olive will grow from cuttings. These should be set in the ground ho that the tops will not come much. If any, above the surface. Sot ting out 'sprouts' like a pear tree will not dii at al', as we hapoen to know by virtue of a num ber of failures. Mulberry cutiugs may be stalled in much the tame way." Two Model KutfllMh Criminals. Here are two more InstrucMve chapters ot criminal biography. William Summers, aged thirty, was convicted on Thursday week at Cltrktnwell ot an attempt at burglary aud a feiocious attack on the police, and sentenced to live jears' penal servitude. From the age of seventeen be has, with the exception of 1H57-8, never passed a single year without spendiug a portion of it in gaol. Since 1955 he has been eight times convicted and sentenced to terms of imprisonment amounting in ull to at least eight jeais aud three months. The official record of his interesting career is as follows: "Twelve months, Middlesex sessions, in 1855; two months, Marylebone, lb.iti: three months, ditto, lb.r; one month, ditto, 18N9; three months, 1800; tried at Middlesex se-fllous for felony, and acquitted; three months, Marylebone, 18G1; six years' penal servitude,. 1801; three months, 18C8; bnd on reveral other occa ttous, dates not known." John Bennett (aged twenty), the accomplice of tho former prisoner in bis last oil en se, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, with hard labor. His practical experience of the criminal law began when lie was eight years old, and is represented by the following entries: "One month in 1850, at Westminster Police Court; three months In 1857, at tbe same; one month in 1858, at the same; three months in 1S60, at the same; fourteen days in 1860, at the game; six months at Middlesex Sessions, 1800; twelve months, Middlesex Sessions, 1862; three months. West minster, 18G3; three months, ditto; four years' penal servitude, Middlesex Sessions, 1803; three months, 18G7, at Mart lebone." That is to say, he has been eleven times convicted since 1H56, and during those twelve years has been regularly ln jail once a year at least, and sometimes twice. London Pall Mall Gazette. New Orleans forbids the erection of wooden buildings within the city limits. FINANCIAL. PCIFIG RAILROAD NEARLY FINISHED. I GOO MILES DUILT. TLo Union Pacific Railroad Co. Central Taciiic Railroad Company Have adtted Eight Hundred (800) Miles to their lines during tie currentyear, while doing a large IocaI pas senger and freight business. The through connection will undoubtedly be completed next summer, whea the through trafllc will be very great. Forty thousand men are now employed by the two powerful compa nies Increasing forward the great national high, way to a speedy corn letlon. Only 200 miles remain to be bo ht, which mostly are graded and ready for the rails. First Mortgage Oold Bonds of tbe Union Paolflo Railroad Company lor sale at par and luterest, and First Mortgage Oold Bonds ol the Central Paclfio Railroad al 103 and Interest. The principal and Interest of both Eonds are para, ble la gold. Dealers In UoTenunciit Securities Gold, Etc No. 40 SOUTH THIRD STREET, IS5 PHI LA DELPHXA. Q A N K INC MOUSE CP JayCoqke&(p. A ok Hi! and 114 Scnth XIUKD Street, PHILADELPHIA. Dealers In all Uovernnieut Securities. I VIA 5-20s Wuntcd in Exchange Tor Aerr. ' A Liberal Dill'crence allowed. tompound luterest Kotos Wanted, j Interest Allowed on lloposits tJLLfXT10N"8 MALE. 8TOCK8 bought aod told on ComndaelQjt. Bpectal business aocomiaodauoat rervbd for ladles. ! We will receive applications fci Policies ol Life Insurance in tLe Rational jUfe I worar.ee Company of the United eiatea. Full Information given at oar office. 1 1 3 m pm 8. PETERSON & CO., Stock and Exchange Brokers, Ho. 30 South THinD Street, Members of tbc New York and PhlladeN lihJa Stock and Void Hoards. B'lOCKB, BONDS, Eta. bought and old on couiw Uaion only at either city, j 2oJ FEBItUAKY 3, FINANCIAL. lOOO MILES ISOW COMPLETED OF THE Union Pacific Railroad. Tlie Company will have the entire Hue finished through to California, and ready for this inmmer's travel. WE AIIE (W SELLING The First Mortgage Gold In terest Bonds . AT PAR AED INTEREST, L'NTIL rUUTUER NOTICE. Government Securities taken In exehango at fall market rates. WI. PAINTER & CO., BACKERS AND DEALERS IN UOVER MEM SECURITIES, Ho. 30 South THIRD Street, PHILADELPHIA- LEDYARD & BARLOV Have Removed their AND COLLECTION OFFICE TO No. 19 South THIRD Street, PHILADELPHIA, And wMl continue to give careful attention to collecting and fecurlng CL.A.IM3 throughout the United ytatef, Bi IUbU l'rovlnces, and Eu rope. Sight Drafts and Maturing Paper collected at Bankers'. 128 6m. wimmm Dealers In United States Bonds, and Men hers of Stock and Hold Exchange, Receive Accounts of Banks and Bankers on Liheral Terms. ISSUE BILLS UF EXCUANHE OH C. J. HAMBKO & BON, LONDON, B. METZLER, 8. SOIIN & CO., FRANtFORT JAM US W. TUCKER & CO., PARIS, And Other f rinclpaj Cities, and Letters of Credit Available Throughout Europe, GLEMMIE, DAYIS & CO, No. 4S South THIRD Street, PHILADELPHIA. GLEMMING, MIS & AMORY, X. 3 NASSAU St., New York, BANKERS AJt'D BROKERS. Direct telegraphic communication with the New York Stock Boards from the Milladelphia Office. ua INSURANCE COMPANIES. UNITED SECURITY i LI TE INSURANCE AND TlillsT COMPANY, CP PEN NSYLVANIA. OFFICE: S. E. Corntr FIfTII and CUESKUT Sts., FHILADBLPHLA.' CAPITAL, - - 81,000,000 DIHEOTOlt S. FHlLAIlKLFHIA. GEORGE H. HTUAKT, U.KOHU: W. CHlLI'M. ANTHONY J. JJKEXKL. JOBhPH PAT1 Ullboro. FMAM'Itt A. DkKXKL, llou, WM. A. l'OKTKK, Hon. ABA PACKER, THOMAW W. KVaNS. WM. V. McKKAN. HI UNKY J. KULUi, WiM. V. HOUMTtlN. i. U. HOtUJTM.ANN.r3 JAMKHM. UOItnit ON. President Manhattan Bank. JOoiU H b'l tiAMT, ot J. J. btuart it (Jo., llunkunj. BOSTON. HON. TOBEY, late President Board o( Trade. CINCINNATI. A. E. CHAMBKKL A1N. of Chamberlain & Co, CH1CASO. L. Z. LEITEB, of Field, Lelter & Co. C. M. bMli'H, ot Geo. u. biuna t Brothers, Banker. BT LOCIB. JAMESE. "VEATUAN.CaahltrMerchftnta' Naugoal BALT1MOBB. WILLIAM PRESCOTT BMITH, Snperlnteadenl CouKolluatvd JUullway Line, Hew York, to V asuiugluu. Ut-UHQE H. STUART, Prealdeut. , O F. BJKTTS. twcrelaxy. J L. LUDLOW, Conaultlng Phjalolan. C. BTUAKT PATTR'KSOW,! connteL Tbla Companr luuea Policies of Lite Inanrance opon all the varloua plana thai nave been proved by the experience of European and American Com panlM to be aafe, sound, aud reliable, at rate aa LOW AND UPON AS PAVOKABLHi AS THOHJO OF ANY COMPANY OF KUUAL BTA. BIL1TY. All policies are non-forfcltable after tbe payment f two o note aiiuoai piemltiu.ii. 11 U imwSuup INSURANCE COMPANIES. DE LA WAKE MUTUAL) SAFETY INpUIU ANCE COMPANY. Incorporated by Ui legislature of Pennaylvanla, ltua. Office 8. E. comer of THIRD and WALNUT umce a. BUeeUI pbiiadelphta. MAK1NB IHRURANOM On Vesseln, Cargo, and Freight to aU parts of tbe world. INLAND INSUBANCKS On Eooda by river, canal, lake and land carriage vo all part" of tue Union. FJRK 1NSOKANCIW On Mercnandlsegeneraliy; on Htores, Dwellings, liouHea, eto. ASSETS OP THB OOWPAHT, November 1,108. United blaiea Five Per Ceat. Loan, 10-40 United States Hix Per Cent. Loan, 1881.. UDlied BUtee Hlx Per Cent. Loan (lor Paclflo It). Blate of Pennsylvania Bix Per ('put. Loan City of Phlla. Blx Percent. Loan (exempt from tax). State of New Jeraey Blx Per Cent. lioan Perm. Knll. First Mortgage Blx Pr Cent. Honda Petiu. It. Beoond Mortgage Six Per Cent, llonda Western Peun. K. MorU Blx Per Cent. Uonds, (P. K. H. guarantee) . Stale ol Tennessee Five Per Cent. Loan Stnieof TenueHSte Blx Per Cent. Loan Uerninutown Una Co., prin cipal nnd Interent guman- teed by City of PhtUU'o, bOO Hlinres Block Penn'a Kullroud Coinpuny. VOUgtiaros HU vk Norib 1'enn'a Hallroad Co., lOOslmres Block Phlla nud Honthern Mall Bteam.Co..80ehareaBtocB: Lohiis on Hond and Mort- 5 Hue. first Hens on City 'roper ties... ... 1200,000 120,000 60,000 200,000 125,000 60.000 20,000 26,000 25,000 30,000 7,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 20,000 207.&00 1208.500,00 130.800-00 60,000-00 311,875 00 128.69100 61,500 00 20,200 00 21,000 00 20,625 00 21,000 00 5,031 25 15,000 00 11,300 00 3,500 00 15,000 00 207,00000 fl,109,0OO Par. Market value, tl,lW,32ii-25 COBt, l,UUJ,UU4'ZU. Real Estate 36,000 00 Bills receivable fur Insurance made 322,18ti'8J balances due at anenclts, premiums on muriue policies, accrued Inter est, and oilier debts due tlie com pany 40.178-88 Stock and scrip of sundry corpora tions, S31nfl. Kstirualed value 1,81300 CaeUln bank Jlld 150-08 Cafib. in drawer 413 05 .ranm . 116,563 73 l,017,367-80 DIRECTORS. ThomRB O. Hand, Edmund A. Bonder, Bamuel K. Blokes, Henry Bloan, WlllVum O. Ludwlg, Ueorge G. Lelper, Uenry C. Daliett, Jr., ' Jobn D. Taylor, Ueorge W. Bernadort, William O. Boulton, Jacob Kiegel, Spencer Mouvalne, D. T. Morgan, Pittsburg JUUJU fj. UH V 1H, Jcmes O. Hand, Tlieopbilns Paulding, Joseph 11. Beal, Hugh Craig, John It. Penrose, Jacob P, Jones, James Trnqtialr, Edward Darlington, H. JoneB Brooke, James B. McFarland, Edward Lafouroade, iuuud. oeiupie, JoBhua p. Eyre, . B. Benrnr. THOMAS U. HAND. President. JOHN O. DAVIS. Vice-President EENRY LYLBURN, Seoretary. HENRY BALL. Assistant Secretary. 10 8 J2J-CiyLllTEU PEKPETUAI. FiaiiKlin Fire-insurance Co. OFEIOB: Kos. 435 and 43. CILESSDT 8TREElk ASSETS OR JANUARY 1. 180, CAPITAL..... wmmH. MMi'Oa-M t$2Efi?JP''m .iswSS UKBETTLKU CLAIM d, LNOOMH FOB 1807 tss.09aaa f aae,ooo-ac KVSkKSt PAID SINCB 18l UVMU l& 500,000. PerpetaaJ and Temporary Pouolea on Libera Tamil JJIUKOTORB. tlharlea K. Bancker, Alfred Fltlar, Baoiuel Graut, iTbonias Bparka, Ueorae W iiloharda, I William H. Urant, loaaoLMk. A llred U. Baker, Oeorge Falei, TUomas a, Elllnl C'HARLJES , UAJNOKJCR, President, GKORuJfi FaLE,, Vloe-Preaideni. JAB. W. MoAiiUttTjat, Becretary pro tem. zcept at Lexington, Kenlnoky, tola Ooiuuanyl n no Agenulea West ofPnupprg. wumwjr.ji OFFICE OF THE INbUKANCIC COMPANY OF N OH 1 11 AMElUCA.No. i!32 WALNUI btreel, Pbliaueiphiu. lncorporateu 17J. Charter PerpetaaL Capital, $50o,OOO. Assets 82,330.000 MARINE, IN LAJN1, AN JJFltlE 1NSUUANUK OVER 20,000,000 LOSSES PAID SINCE H OKUAN1ZAXION. DIKiCTORB. Arthur G. Coffin. Oeorge I j, Harrison, Bnmuel W. Jones, John A. Brown, Cbarlea Taylor, Ambrose Vhhe, Kicbard I. Wood, William Welsb, S. Morris Wain, Jobn Maibou, r ranuia xv. uope, Howard 11. Trotter, Edward B. Clarke, i. Charlton Henry, Alfred D. Jeuaup. Jobn P. Wblie, uouiaC Madeira, Obarles W. Cuauman. Altlxi UK U cOKFlJV, President. CHARLES PLaTT, Vice Prealdent MATTBiAa Makib, Becretary. 21J FIRE lNSCItACE EXCLUSIVELY THH JrJtI.iiLVAlslA. FIK IAbUJAAHQK COM rANV -lncoriHrud UU6-Cbarter AliiN7i Tbla Comvauy , favorably known to tbe oommunuj for over lonyfcr, onuuue to Insure aganuYtoS or damatre by Ure on Public or Private bundlnaJ elUierperaubnuyor for a limited time; AJao Sa FurDHure block, of Goods, and lteronandlsV cen rally, on Uboral lernjs, en 1 belt Capital, togeiutrwlib a large Brirplna Phha Is Uveateu In ike muni careful manner, wbloh tbem to offer to Iba inanxea an andoobtad aeonTiTi fl tbecaaeotlOBa. wjuxiy siBSOToaa. Paniei bmitb, Jr., . j0ha Deverenx; -Alexander ileujn, Tbouiaa omTtbT iHaaCMKileburat, I . Henry iwtoT Ibomas Kobiua, I J. Uluinvuam FelU Liaulel Haddock, j"UMU WM. 9. CBOwfLt'r1."' gTRIOTUY MUTUAL. PRCVipENT LIFE AND TRUST CO. -e OF PHILADELPHIA. OlFICE, So. Ill H. FOVUtu STREKT OrganlBod 10 tnimuM) LUt. liNoUjbtAJSUifi mnn member, ol tue """a bOUIJCl'Y OF VVUIWDS, Good rIol any claea aocepid. Policies iMUkO oiou approved piana. i ui lowest at . . President, HAUUUL K. UHIPLKY. Vioe-Preeldeui, wiLuiam O. Lonuhtbmtb;. Actuary, iiUWLAND PAiUtr. Tbe aavantage. offered by tbla Company ara excelled, till PIlffiMX INSUKAKCfi COMPANY OP PHILADELPHIA. LNOOKPOnATtD 1MM-CHARTKR PKRPJCTTJAL. No. VAL eTBtrett. opposite the Kxoliauaa7 'Ibla company Insures iruui loss or daraaae by on llbe.M terms, on buIldmi:s,mercbaname.fnrnltnM. eic.ior lln.iitd periods, aud permaueuiiy on build. Ilia by dt-posllol prtmiumi. xii 'lbe l'i nuany hts been iu active operation fnr mM than fclXi'V YlfAKB. during wbidj ail loasea h.w2 been promptly aojusfd and pall, "' Jol n L. Hodge, , David Lewis, Bei.Jauiio itlilng. Tliomua ti .Powera. A. K. McHeur?, .uiunii(l (!MkMnA JolilJ T. Lewis, Wllilam fc. Orant, Kobert W. l etmlug, D. Clark Wbariou. bamuel WJIoox, lwreuue Lewis, jr. JMl'liRLiL FIRE LNSUBAACE COMTASl LONDON, EMTARUSIIEO 180S. Pald-np Capital and Accomalated Panda, 80,0 0 0,0 0 0 IN COL Da PlIEVOIHT t ItXARlNQ AButa 11 Im, Bo, 107 Bo a in TBXRD Btreet, Ph'Hs 1 I J i f, I . i
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