The American Volunteer 1 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING JTolin B. Bratton, OFFICE so urn MA rice? sq ua re. Terms.—Two dollars por year If paid strictly (n ads’auco. Two Dollars and Fifty Coals 11 paid wiiliin three mouths, after which Three Dollars will bo charged. These terms will he rigidly adhered (o lh every Instance. No sub scription discontinued until all arrearages arc paid, unless at the option of the Editor. Ipflcfeal. EEMEMBEANOE t/’old la the earth,* and the deep' snow pile* above thee, . Far, far removed, cold In the dreary grave. Have I forgot, ray only love, to love thee, Severed at last by lime’s all-severing wave? Now, when removed, do my thoughts no’ lunger , hover Over the mountains on that northern shofo, Resting their wings where heath and leri leaves cover Thy* uobje heart forever—evermore ? Cold In thy grave, and fifteen wild Decumbeis From these brown hills have melted . Into spring; Faithful Indeed the love Is that remembers Aftorsuch yearsofehungenud sutlering'. Sweet love of youth, fnrglvo if I forgot thee, While the world’s tide is bearing me along; Other desires and hones beset me, Hopes which obscure, but cannot do thee wrong. No later light lias lightened up-my heaven, No second mum Inis ever.shown fur mo, All my life's nllss from thy dear 1110 was given All my life’s bliss is In the grave with.thee. Hut when tUo days of golden beams had perish- And even despair was powerless .to destroy, Then did I learn how existence could bo cher ished, Strong hened and fed without the aid of joy. Then do 1 check the tears of useless passion, Weaned my young soul hom yearningnftei thluo, ■Sternly denied its burning wish to hasten Down to that tomb aiceady more than mine, And even now I dare not let It languish, Dare rot Indulge in memory’s rapturous pain, Once drinking deep of that dtviuesi ungnloh, How could I taste the empty woild again ? Ipscdtaim THE LOST MAIDEN, A Tale of two' Cites and Several Ages, It was midnight in New York ! A Wild storm raged violently over that eity ; a-thing which often occurs in the Full of the year. In a neat but unpre tending boat ding. house, on a secluded street, sat in a room on the second floor in the rear of the house, a midden o’er Whose head had flown thirty,eight summers. Time had not .touched her lightly. Her cheeks were sunken, wrinkles yawned hideously across her forehead, and lurked maliciously just at the corners of her mouth; her hair was scanty and thin ; the pale red con- trasting unfavorably with the white skin of the scalp, which shone ihrough pretty gem rally; her neck was like the swan’s—not much; and her arms were skinny, and tier shoulders scrag gy. The only handsome point about her was her teeth, and those were good. She had good taste in teeth, and bought the best she could find. They cost her forty two dollars and a half, on which she had, at different times, ex pended twelve dollars in repairs; so they were as good as new. Mabel Montressor was a high minded seamstress; and whoever said she was handsome lied in his throat, like a base, false hearted traitor, its lie was, and in his mouth likewise. She was original ly homely, fu her infancy sho was said to have been the homeliest child in the village in New Jersey in which she was born, and what country pro duces homlier? Echo answers I In her girlhood, her vital energies were all expended in her hands and feet, and in womanhood she had grown thinner and thinner, when sho ought to have grown thicker and thicker, and vice versa, which is Latin for otherwise. In addition to these charms, she had ac quired a habit of squinting, and was attiicted with a perpetual cold. Mabel was sewing, which she con tinually did for a living; and as she plied the needle, a hitler tear fell on the garment sho was making. Some thing was wrong with her. Some great grief was preying—some untold woe—some desire unattainable —some- thing ailed her. The faster she plied her needle, the faster the tears fell —as though she was a thin pump, aud her right arm the handle thereof. At this critical point, while her tears were flowing faster than ever, there was a terrible peal of thunder, and as she started in terror from her seat, sho observed sitting in trout of her, on the other side of the table— a .man! Sho would have shrieked, hut terror tied her tongue! How did ho get there? No door had opened, and of his pres ence sho was unaware, unli.l he had dawned on her sight. What was he there for? No human being wearing pantaloons had ever sought her pres enco before! and unable to solve such a staggerer, she sunk back on her seat and sobbed more violent than ever. T.ie mysterious intruder was a pleas ant looking, middle-aged gentleman, dressed scrupulously in black, with patent leather boots and a white vest, and a white hat with crape on it, and a gold chilli hung over his ver-t, and a cane which ho carried rather jauntily t.inn otherwise. His countenance, to Use a m ire mtilo phrase, was ‘fair to middling.’ It was undeniably hand some, although his eye glittered cruel ly, something liken frozen mill pond in winter. Such eyes, by the way, always indicate disagreeable death under them. His lips, too thin for genuine good humor, kept wreathing them selves into a smile which had nothing in it; such us a rattlesnake might smile as he charms a bird, or a tiger indulge in when he is aatlslled he has a sure thing on the unsuspecting gentle ga zelle which is approaching his lair.— And had Mabel Montretmor been be hind him, she would have observed that he was at great pains to keep car ried up under his coat skirt a genuine tail with a barb on it, and that Ids boots were not just as they ought to be. ‘Maiilen,’ saUUhts.in a gentle, win ning voice, at which word she started, for that was the secret of her trouble ; ‘maiden 1 know what grieves thee. 1 Sho spoke not, but looked at him flxldly. ‘1 know what grief consumes thco’— and ho added to himself, ‘and it, hasn’t much more to prey on except hands BY JOHN B. BRATTON. and feet.’ ‘I know why ihuu weep cut.’ ‘Speak on,' said she. ‘Thou wouldst luivo lieauly, I lion wouldn't bo as other maidens are, lair to look upon; thou wuuldsf have thy hair iis black ns the raven's wink, without buying dye, which thou euusl not afford nt the present price of mak ing shirts; thou wouldst li ito a plump face and a general plumpness all over ; thou wouldst have thy feet-reduced, ami.the material wasted in them placed where it would show to better advan (age ; thou wouldst lose those freckles, which are neither useful nor ornament al ; thou wouldst.havo youth, and gay attire to adorn thy youth, and gold go lore, and silver and precious stones. ‘You weep, Mabel, because last night, at church, you saw each maiden have her escort, and they went off two and two us the animals entered the ark, hut not one looked at you, and you wended your way homeward through tho rain, aloue and uncared for. You would change all this. Is it not so ?’ And bending her,head like a sun- flower in a* gale, she whispered, Mt is.’ ‘Maiden,’ said he, seizing her by the shoulder bone, and fixing his eyes on her with a hungry intensity, ‘I can give (he these and nioie.’' ‘Olt! sir,’ said she, ‘whoever you are, give them to me! give them, to me! But,’ and a doubt crossed her mind, ‘What pr ce must I pity ?—what must 1 do to, gain all these?’ ‘Only sign your name. Here, maid en, is the document, scaled with a No tary’s seal, with n United States Have nue stamp on it, and a place left blank fur your name. See how beautifully the blank is printed! I hud them done here iu New York, so as to have them handy-where I do the most of my business. Sign, Mabel, sign'!’ • ‘Read it to mo,’ said she, ‘read it to me.’ He read it. It was an article agreement in which he promised to give her youth, beauty, wealth, as much of these articles as she should order, or demand, for the space of ten years, in consideration of which she should, at the end of that period, be come his, soul and body, ‘And who are you?’ said.she, tremb* ling, her system shaking like casta nets. ‘The Devil, Mabel, himself, in per son.’ ‘Avaunt!’ said she, drawing herself up to her full height, as ail heroines do when they say ‘avaunt!’ ‘Shall I go, and leave you here—yel low haired, freckled, and scraggy, Ma bel?’ said he sardonically. Sho had been revelling in a dream of bliss while ho had been talking, and in imagination she had been all lie had painted her, and the thought of going back ro her old condition was too much. Sho thought of th 6 church the night before, and remembered that sho had never had a beau but once, and he wits a lame shoemaker who never came the second time, and in a fit of frensy she exclaimed, ‘I wild sign !’ and tried to fall, overcome with emotion, on Ids neck. ‘Not any of that,’ said he, dodging ; ‘business is business, so please don’t aud he .whipped out a lanct. and tied up her arm so that s,he shouldn’t bleed too much ; for h always was the regular Hung for such contracts to ho signed in the blood of the victim* though I don’t see why red ink. wouldn't do as well, if it wasn’t for the precedent! ; and she signed. As the final tail was put lo the end of the *r,’ there was another clap of thun der, in which he seized tiio fatal scroll and vanished as he came, without go ing’through any door, and leaving be hind him a perceptible odor of sulphcE The. next morning Mabel Montressor was missing. Quietly she packed her trunk, and bought a ticket for Chicago by the way of the Now York and Erie without fear ; for she knew that for ten years nothing could kill her. She \yu.s nevermore seen in New York. Chicago! Mabel,Jlohtressor was at her toilet in a luxurious mansion on Wabash avenue, which site had bought nine years anil eleven months be fore. She wasn't the Jlabel Jlonlress or we saw at theopening of the legend, not by any means. A more beautiful female never stood before a looking glass. Her tooth had grown out again; her hair had come in thicker and long er than any you see on the labels of the Hair Restorer; her skin was as pure as alabaster, and her neck was truly like the swan’s, and iter arms were rounded as the ought lo he. Her feet were shrunk into iss or 3js, and altogether she was allowed by good judges to bo the most perleel piece of femininity in those parts. She didn’t powder, because no powder could improve her complexion; she didn’t paint, because do paint could rival the ualnrul roses in hercheeks.and she didn’t embellish her figure, because there was no necessity for It. When thedevil makes a contract of this kind, he always fulfills his part to the letter. Lovers! she had them by the thousand. Half of the noble youths of Chicago wer« at her feet. They algi ed fir the possession of her matchless charms; they sighed for her wealth, with which to go into the wheat business, but to all of which she turned a deaf ear. Her motto was ‘Excelsior/ and she was wait iug for some noble Lord, some Grand Duke, or some Princely Potentate, or X’ower, to full at tier feet. And she had grown capricious and way ward, anil it was a source of-aerene pleasure to her to have them dangling after her. • Ot.o night Mabel stood at her bilot preparing herself lor a gay assemblage, at which she was sure to be the admired of all admirers. Bho was just putting the last (ouch 10 Herself, and wasadmir lug the effect in I tie mirror, when, hor ror! there was another face besides hers in the glass ! hire shrieked, fur it was the identical face which sho had stood before ten vears ago, In her desolate chamber In New Yoik. . ‘Mabel,’ said he, ‘I have come for you. Didst think, Mabel, when you left New York, that I could uevor flud time to ' ’ year. |/-0i! !s IS So i ’ Twelve linen count IUUe " ~ *•■'»''- ire* come here after 'thee ? Foolish girl ! Know that t wo-thirds of the inhabitants of this city cuME to me of their accord ! Here is the contract, but’—a frowuover npremls Ills countenance —‘ lam mista ken in the date. You have yet a mouth oufhre you full due Never mind/said u>-to himself, ‘the time isn’t wasted. I never yet failed to make a tripto Chicago pay. I shall bo here again In a mouth — he ready.' Mabel Montressor went to the party nevertheless, mid was the gayest .of the guy. Ah I could those who envied her h.dr have known by what,means she be came possessed of it ! Could those who noticed thedieuving of her bosom have known how heavy the heart was she was currying underneath it! but they didn’t. They never do. * , That night was one of unmixed agony. She paced the floor till the dawning of the day, and wept and lore her hair, and lore her hair and wept. . Was there no way to escape him ? Could ehe not out wit him?. Was theie no flaw in the contract? Weiesuen con tracts binding under Che laws of Illinois ? To all these questions she got no answer, ami finally, in her despair, she went lo the minister of the church iu Which, she hail been sleeping ever since she had been in Ohir cago.as all people do when the Devil gels after them. .She told him her story, weeping till the carpet was soaked; • ‘Mabel,’ said he to her, tenderly, as is the custom of preachers when they aie .giving advice to young and prepossessing females, ‘thou didst foolishly. What are the transitory things in life? What are beauty, wealth, and such, if thou canst not enjoy Them forever?’ ‘True, father,’ said she, ‘but I’ve had u hunky lime of- it lor ten years, you hot- You cannot appreciate my situation. Owing to your sex, you never can be a scraggy female, yellow haired and freck led, and running mostly to hands ami feel, tf you hud been such, you would have done as I .did.’ ‘Mabel, one way remains, ami only cue. When the arcb-tieml cometh, give him hack all that be guvt-st thee; lellhim to jestoreihee to thy normal ugliness, and the contract is at an end.’ ‘But what shalj I do then?’ loo ugly to move In good society, turn reformer, my child, aud go lo helming on woman's rights. Why didn’t you think of that beiure?' Aud she took his advice. Precisely as the clock struck twelve, ou the night of the thirty-first,-of the twelfth month ol the tenth year (she was iu her chamber), before her stood her visitor; this time without his coat and hat and gentleman- attire. gain, lie al ways appears fixed up; when he comes lor his pay, lie is nut such a pleasant looking individual. [Noie by Tin-: Authok. — [ learned that once in u fit of delirium tremens, caused by being a candidate for u county ollice In Indi ana.] ‘Avaunt!’ said Mabel, 'I rue the bar gain—X will nut go!’ ‘My dear, retorted be, ‘it’s too late. You can’t buck out. Here! See I Here is the contract, duly signed aud sealed, and the stamps sufficient. My dear, you must go.’ -‘PJace me,’ shrieked she, ‘as you found me. Take back this wealth, this beauty, this hair, these teeth, aud give mo back my .old set, which was as good us new. I will not no Our ‘arrangement is at ;iu eud.’ ‘Mabel,’ said be, smiling sardonically, and fixing mi her a wicked eye, ‘look at this I liu ! ha !’ And lie liold before her a photograph which she bail taken ten years ago, and which site (nought she had destroyed. There was the yellow hair, the wrinkles, the'freckles, (he skinny neck, the hands, and the feet which even hoops were in sullicient to hide ; and as her eyes were glued on it, the devil smiled more sar donically. 'Would you he again like this, and be again beneath tbe notice of a lame shoe maker ?’ said he. ‘Never ! shrieked she, "take me and sho fell fainting into his arms. When the servants came up ttie next morning at 11 a. m., to awaken their mistress, she wasn’t there. There w-«s, however, a strong odor of brimstone per vading the apartment, which completely overpowered the Nightblo uni ng .Ccreus which was open on-her table. The ser vants helped themselves to tier clothes and jewelry, and all of them married well and had large futmlies. The homo was sold for tuxes, as Is the custom of the city, and was finally converted into a boarding house. There are several morals to lie drawn from this legend, the principle one of which is, that the unquenchable desire fu]* being handsome and rich is wiial generally sends woman lo tlie devil. If the reader sees any oilier moral, iu it, lie is privileged lo extract it. He pays his money, and can do what be likes. A STOREKEEPERS REVENGE. A lIUMOUOUS INCIDENT One wlnter’keve a country atorekeep er in the Green Mountain State was about closing up for the ulght, and while standing in the suow outside putting up the window shutter?, saw through tlie glass u lounging, worthless fellow with in grub off a pound of fresh butter from the shelf, and conceal it in his hat. The act v, as no sooner delected than the revenge was hit upon, and u very fe\/ minutes found the Green Mountain atoreko per at once Indulging his appe- tite for fun to (he fullest extent, and paying off the thief in a facetious sort of torture, for which he would have gained a premium from the old Inquisition, ‘I aay, Seth,' said the storekeeper, coming In and closing the door- after him, slapping ids hands over hts shoui deres, and stumping the suow from his feet. belli had his band on the door, his hat on his head, and a roll of h utter in his hat, anxious to make hla exit us soon as possible. *1 suy, both, sit down ; I reckon, now, on such a oold night us this, a little something warm would’ut hurt a fellow.’ Beth felt very uncertain ; lie hud the butter, and was exceedingly anxious to lie oil I but the temptation of something warm Badly Interfered with Ills resolu tion to go. This resolution, however, When the devil makes a bui MOItAL CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 13,1873 wes soon settled by the light owner of the butter taking Seth by the shoulders and planting him in a seat .close to the stove, where be was in such a manner cornered in by the boxes mui barrels that, while the grocer stood before him, there was no possibility of getting out and right in this very place, sure eflpugb, the grocer sat down.. ‘Seth. we will have a little warm Santa Cruz,’ said (he Gieeii Mountain grocer; so he opened (he slove dour and shilled in as many slicks us the place would ad mit; ‘without It you would freeze going home such u night aa tb is.’ Beth already found the butter settling down closer to his hair, and he Jumped up, declaring ho must go. ‘Not till you have somethin’ warm. Belli; comp) I have a story to (ell you/ and Beth was again pushed into hie beat by his cunning tormentor. 'Oh, it ao lint here/ said the thief at tempting to tisc. ‘Bit dawn; don’t ho in a hurry/ re torted the grocer, pushing him hack in to his chair. ‘But I have the cows to feed and the wood to spilt, and I. must ho going/ said the prosecuted chap. ‘But you must’nt tear yourself away in this manner. Sit down, let the cows take care of themselves, and keep yourself cool; you appear to be a little fidgety, * said the roguish grocer, with a wicked leer. The next thing was the production of smoking glasses of hot toddy, the very sight of which, in Seth’s present situa tion, would have made the hair stand erect on his head, had it not been well oiled and kept down by the butter. ‘doth, X will give you a toasi now, and you can butter it yourself,’ said the grocer, with such an air of such con* summate simplicity that poor Seth be lieved himself unsuspected, ‘Seth, here is n fine goose, well roasted, eh? And, Seth, don’t you use hog’s-fat or common cooking butter to baste it with; come, take your butter, 1 mean, Seth, your toddy.’ Poor Seth now begun to smoke as well as melt, ami his mouth was her metically sealed up, as though he had been born dumb. Streak after streak of the butter came pouring Horn under bis hat, anil,his handkerchief was soak ed with the greasy overflow. Talking away as if nothing was the matter, the fun loving grocer kept poking wood in to tho stove, while poor Seth sat up right with his hack against the counter and his knees almost touching the red hot furnace before him. ‘Cold night this,’ said the grocei Why,-Seth, you seem to perspire us you Were warm. Why don’t you take oil your hat ? Here, let me put your hat away.’ ‘No,’ exclaimed poor Seth, at last. ‘No, I must go; let me out, I ain’t well; let mo.gu.’ A greasy cataracs was pouring down the-poor man’s face and neck, and soak ing into his clothes, and trickling down into his boots, so that he was literally in a perfect bath of oil. ‘Well, good night, Seth,’ said the bu rn urouH Vermonter, ‘if you must go,’ and added, aa be darted out of the door: *1 say, Peih, I reckon the fun I have had out, of you is worth ninepence, bo I shan’t charge you for the pound of hutier in your hat.’ IHAUGUBATION DAY. The Great Civic and Military Display--Scenes in the Senate Chamber--10,000 People hold Tickets of Admission —Appearance of Sena-’ tor Stunner—Grant I'nce.-i the Crowd tclth Slollid Indifference--The and the tnarch to the White House, Washington', March 4.—This morn ing broke very clear, but bitter cold, and the many thousands of persons who were on their way from streets remote flora tlie route ot the inaugural proctssum found it impossible to keep themselviß comfortable. This, however, did not have any effect ih lessening the universal anxb-ty to be early.on the ground for the purpose of securing eligible positions early in the day. The military and civic organiza tions fimn Ihelr diff-uent headquarters began tissembling on Pennsylvania Ave nue. west of I lie Executive Mansion, ami by half past nine were nearly all in po sition. The avenue was by this time alive with persons gathering to witness lh« military portion of the ceremonies, and many of the their way to Iho Executive Mansion to see the start. Many visited the White House before the lime for the parade, but it was closed N(. o visitors were admitted. The clerks military attaches of the President ; at the capitol, uud matters were ex ingly quiet at the Executive Mau- were (N'Gi}' THU PROCESSION MOVES, Prompt to the lime decided upou by Major General Harry, grand marshal, for the moving of (lie procession, (he troops were'in* readiness and began the march in (he following order; Mounted police, band of (be Second Regiment United Stales Artillery, grand marshal, assistant and aids, reception committee, military committee on inau guration. ’ Fir at Division.-- Brevet Major General E. Upton, United Slates army, comman ding ; Military Academy' band, battalion United States corps of.cudets, bund of the artillery school, United States aimy, bat talion United States loot artillery, light A Second regiment United States artil lery, Naval academy band, battalion United Slates Naval Cadets, Murine baud, battalion United Slates murines. Second Division.~Qx>\. Win. G. Moore, Washington light infantry, command ing; Dodswortb’s band, Old Guard of Now York, Washington light Infantry, Corcoran battalion, National Guard bat talion, bund, Company A. St. Louis Na liouul Guard, Washington artillery. Third Division. Col. J. C. Audenriud, A. D. C., commanding ; First Troop Ci ty Cavalry organized 1774, President’s mounted guard, the X’resident, the Presi dent-elect, the Vice and suite, In carriages, the Goveruor of the District of Columbia ami stuff, in carria ges, Huston L iucora, Governor’s mount ed Guard. Tourth Division Col. John M. Hucon, A. D. C., commanding; baud, Albany Burgess corps, baud, Washington Grays of Philadelphia, baud, Sumner corps of Syracuse, Monumental Grays of B.illl moro, baud, -Duquesue Grays of Pitts burg, band, State Fenclblea of Philadel phia. 'Fifth Division,— Colonel'K. S Smith, Second Connecticut regiment, command ing ; bund, Second Connecticut regiment (organized 173 D). band, Filth regiment National Guard of New York, band, Third reglrheut National Guani of New Jersey, band, Fifth Maryland regiment. Sixth Lieut. Col. Twelfth Pennsylvania regiment commanding ; ban’d, Butler'Zouaves. Territorial Guards, drum corps, Stanton Guards, drum corps, Altuck Guards, Richmond Zouaves, band, Twelfth Pennsylvania regiment, drum corps, Company F, Thirteenth Pa. regiment, South-Carolina troops. ScvenCh Division —Gen. J. 0. Crocker, marshal; ex. Presidents and Vice Presi dent of the United States, Supreme Court of the United States. Court of Claims of the United Slates and Us officers, Su preme Court of the District of Columbia and Us officers, Senators, Senators-elect, and ex-Seuators, members of the House of Representatives, merabera-elect ami ex members, Foreign Ministers, corps diplomatique,. Grunt and Wilson elec tors, National and Congressional Repub lican Committee, National Sailors/ and Soldiers’ Committee, authorities of the , District of Columbia, Legislative Assem bly of the Dtst: let of Columbia, Board of Commissioners of Metropolitan Ppllce, Governors of States and Territories,- heads of bureaus of the Executive De panmenls, officers of* the army, navy ami tnarine corps, clergy. JPJghth Division. Arthus Shepherd, marshal ; band, Hartranft Club ofPhila delphia, escorted by u dedegutiou ot the Young Men’s Republican Club of the District of Columbia, Stale associations and delegations from Stales and Terri tories, Republican Executive Committee of the District of Columbia, bund, Came ron club of Philadelphia, band, Soldiers’ nnd Sailors’ Grant and Wilson Clubs of Baltimore, and other orguui/.iulons. Ninth Division.— Col. J. A. Magruder, marshal; baud, Soldiers* aud Sailors’ or phans, associated survivors of the war of 1813, band, veterans of the Mexican war,' soldiers of the soldiers’ home, officers of the Grand Army of the Republic, band, German veteran union, Baltimore vete ran union. Tenth Division. Bund,, Washington schuetzen verehi of District ol Columbia, band, Baltimore schuetzen vereln, Bur ger Schuetzen vereln, band, Columbia turn verein of District of Columbia, band, Hibernian Benevolent Society, band, Knights of St. Patrick, band, Temperance Alliance of District of Co lumbia, employees of Washington navy yard, Potomac bout club. E’cccnth Division. John K. Cook, marshal; bond. S. J. Bowen pioneer dub, Twilight cadets, baud. East Wash ington pioneer club, band’, Shepherd pioneer club, band, Columbia pioneer c üb, band, Third District Republican Club, bum), Eighth District Republican club, band, Friendship pioneer club of Baltimore, Colfax pioneer club of Balti more, band, Burns* pioneer club of Bal timoie, baud, Deckers’ club of Baltimore, Monumental association of Baltimoie, ami-other organizations. 'Jweffth Division. Chief Engineer Martin Cronin, marshal; baud, tiro de partment of District of Columbia, visit ing fire organizations* THE FAVORED FEW Long before - the procession had been formed immense crowds of people wore on their way to the Capitol, the near ap proaches to which,'however, were guard ed by u largo force of policemen and sol diers, who kept back all except the favored few, about 10,000 persons baying tickets of admission to the Senate cham ber. The galleries were (Hied us soon as the doors were opened, ul 11 o’clock, and. presented a very guy appearance, much the larger proportion of their occupants being ladies wha graced the occasion With holiday attire. the floor or tiie’senati; began to fill np quite early with distin guished invited 'guests, including many of the highest military and naval ofllcers of the government, who occupied seals together to the loft ami rear of the Sen ators. Among these were Generals Sher man and Sheridan and Admiral Porter. The routine business of ,the Senate pro ceeded without interruption till about 1:30, when THE DIPLOMATIC COUPS appeared at tho main entrance and at tracted tiie attention of all eyes as they (lied down tho centre aisle with llit-ir gorgeous court costumes, resplendent with gold and silver embroideries and gJUterlugWith decorations. The Turkish minister, Blueque Rey, having been lon gest In service ut Washington, headed the corps us its dean. He was followed by Sir Edward I’hornton, and the Aus trian minister, the Marquis deNovialles, minister of France, and Mr. Mori, the Japanese minister, brought up the rear of the - ministers, and the secretaries and attache** followed. A few minutes af terward* THE SUPREME COURT lie United States was announced, and the justices’ headed by Chief Justice Chase, and cl ad lu their robes of olllce, entered the Senate chamber, and march ing slowly down the centre aisle took tiie seats prepared-for them in front of and facing the rostrum. Almost Imme diately after CIENKFtAI. OUANT was escorted into the chamber by the Senate Committee of Arrangements, CQiislsllnguf Messrs. Cragln, Bayard and Logan, and conducted to a chair direct ly in front ot the clerk’s desk, ami sal there facing the audience, the target for several thousand curious eyes, whose gaze lie seemed to all appearance neith er to avoid nor to reuii/.e, but exhibited bis usual self pusne-Mon and unassuming demeanin'. tin-: jiouu OF TWELVK having nearly arrived, Vice I’resiileut CM fax delivered his. valedictory, ami proceeded to administer the oath of of lii!*' "» Vice President Wilson. The For ty -; French System of Making Hot-bods. The French do not make up a bed for a single fnuno or a range of frames, but the commercial Hardeners collect a large quantity of material—manure, garden refuse, weeds, etc., and lowing mixed and loti it to ferment; for a time, us soon as it is in a fit stale, they form it into one Inigo bed, twenty to fifty feet square, and then cover it with frames, just leaving sufficient room be tween each range of frames to get between perform the necessary work of cultivation. The beds are made of the depth necessary to give (lie desired temperature, three or four feet, and they present the following advan tages: 1. A largo mass of fermenting mate rial in a stale of very slow decomposi tion. -• A very small space exposed to the cooling effects of atmospheric changes, merely the pathway between the frames. I). Economy of material, inasmuch tbo dung neccssaiy for n two-light frame with us, would ho sufficient for a three-light one on the French plan.— The drawback is that of inability to re plenish the heat when the first supply becomes exhausted, and no linings cat) ho applied. Still as a means of growing n summer crop the plan is worth following, especially for market purposes. A bed twelve feet wide might he made, facing east and west; upon this two ranges of frames might ho fixed back to back and close togeth er, and upon such a bed it is fair to in fer crops of eithercucumbersor melons, or in fact any other crop requiring bottom heat, might bo grown with cer tainty of success. —Rural New Yorker. - lla Lf-fAY Pudding.-Four ounces of the following ingredients: Buet, flour, bread crumbs, currants, ami raisins.— Two tablcspoonfuls of treacle. Mix it well will! half pint ol boiling milk, and boil it in a mould fur I our hours. An economical pudding when eggs are scarce. Marmalade Pudding.-Half pound of suet, half pound of bread crumbs, seven ounces of sifted sugar, and one pound of marmalade, Mix well with four eggs, mid boil for four hours. GiNakKiiREAD - Pudding. Half pound of flour, quo-fourth pound of suet, one half pound of treacle, and a tittle grated ginger ; mix with milk, and boil for four hours. The New York World's lunuy mau la respousihie for the following: ‘Way ta Snuih Carolina like a piano?’ Beciu-o the daruus (dark keys) are above the whiles.’ tlv crtlSliig. !i »g. Hjy tov |i col M 82 6X )7 60 U OU 10100 ; 85 8 60 16 60 J22'60 87 .0 60 17 60 25 00 42 6". 10 60 20 00 '3O 00 60 OjJ ft Of 2S 00 40,00 7o 0^ ■ M» IQ 00 75,0Q||00 0° at>qtiarc. a* and Atlm’rH*. Notices tH i* .’.NoUges,, ; .' 2 00 >s'undfilmlini Notices, .1 00 iirdn, not exceeding six lines, 7 00 ;emonUt IWo cents per lino tin* I for by the Jreur audbpecml Notices. luoon* in rulvci .HcmenU cxlia, l^rirulfural