pwnipnm, Published evert Wednesday by Oi SMITH & CO . A. J. ‘Steinman Smith ' TERM&-T\vo Dollars per atfnnm, payable In alt cases In advance. '• ■ Tub Lancaster daily Intelligences Is published every evening, Sunday excepted, at $5 per Annum In advance. OFFICE—South wist corner of Centre Square. §oirt*jj. THE BURIAL OF MOSES. I •• And be burled him in a valley In the land or Moab, over sgalnst Bethpeor but no man, kuoweth of bis sepulobro. upto .lbla,4ay,”-r: DffttL 'xxzlv., 6.J • By Nebo’s lonely mountain, On this side Jordau’s wave, In a vale In the land of Moab, There lleß a lonely grave.' And no man dug that sepulchre, And no man saw It e’er; For the angels of God upturned the sod And laid the dead man there. That was the grandest funeral That ever passed on earth ; But no man heard the M ampllng Or saw the train go forth. Noiselessly as tho daylight Comes wuen the night is done. And the crlmsou streak on ocean a cheek Grows into the groat auu— Noiselessly as the spring-time iiercrowu u! verdure wcuves, And all l he tre«n on all the hills Open their thousand leaves— Ho. without souud of music, Or voice of them that wept, H.l-nlly down from lue moniitulu crown The great procession MVept. Perchance the bald old (ngle Ou gray Bothpc-or’s height, Out ol ms roclty eyrie Looked on tlui wondrous sight. Perchance t he lion stalking still shuns tlmi. hallowed spot, For beast »md bird have seen and heard That whicb miiu kuowelh not. Bui. when tin* warrior (Belli, His comrades In the war, With arms i everstd and inulUcil di um, Follow the funeral ear. They show the li'inners laken, They tell his bailies wou, i And afler him lead lbs masterlfess steed, While peals L.e in mute gun. Amid the noblest of the laud Men lay lb* sngi! (o rest, And give tin* haul an honored place, With cosily marble drest, In the greu: minister transept. Where lights likeglnrms fall, And lire choir sings ami the mg m rings Along me euibl, zoned wall. This wns the brav* sL warrior That ever buck led sword ; Tills Ihe morn gili.rd-po. L Tnatevei breathed a word; And never earth's philosopher Traced with his g<dd* n pen, On Mm death less page, M nibs hull No sag As be wrote down lor men. Ami bad Ip mil high honor ? Tin- litll-i.o-.lur Ins pell ; To lb* 111 stum wane ang-H w.ilt, Will, slum n»r t»p* - rs uli: A lid L,.it tho L rock pines h In; to-sing plumes nver bis bm,- I ■ w,i,.e; And God s OV.-1 hand, In tlial lonely land, To lay him In Urn grave. In tlrii (P ep gr.i\e wiihunt. a name, Wbeuee b.s uncolllu* »l clay Shall lue.,k ligitlii —most wondrous tlumgllt, H.t'nr- i he jurlgmniit day, And .stand wrh glory wrant. around, l)U IhO tolls be never lrod, And speak ol Um stiUethal. w- n our 11 fa With tlm leearm.tu Hon of Dyil. O lonely tobib In Moab's land, O dark Ll* I hpeoFft hill, a Hp ;ak to Umsu curious bcarls ol ours, And teach Ib.un to be still. (Jo* I lit LI i bis huh ,i les ofgra-.u Vttyn Unit we cannot tell; He hides them deep, Ilk** Hie secret sleep Dl' him be loved so well. |ttwcfUancouji. Tin; Ilutchniun's Luclt. During the winter of ISO-, business called me to 1) , a small, obscure vil lage in the inierior of Pennsylvania. It wan rutiiLT late in the evening, when I arrived there cold ami hungry, fora treiurndoiirisnow storm was raging at the lime; ami as I had traveled far that day, it is no wonder that It waa with feelings very near akin to satisfac tion that I hailed the appearance of the village inn, a small, two-story frame building, which loomed up in the dark- ness before me. A bright log-lirq was blazing on the hearth, when 1 entered, before which I was soon comfortably sauted with a glass of “something wurm” in my hand-awaiting the preparation of tho supper l hud ordered. The landlord of the “Beehive” (for such was tlm name of the inn) wus a bustling, gopd humored sort of a fellow whose greatest delight seemed to con sist in making bis guests as comfortable as possible. Before a small tuble were seated three men, whose uppeuruuoe indicated them to bo farmers. Onoof them wasasuiall rosy cheeked man, choke-full of fun and good-nature, as his dancing eyes and smiling face sulliciently testified, while his broken Knglish proved him to be a Dutchman. “Veil, ueiglipius,” lie .said, "I must pi* koiti’ limm* now, ur else min© Root I'row vct'l pat upout mu. Vu'il Link vonuH more* an' len I ko.” Ho saying, ho trulleil for Home more ulu; after drinking which, liu settled with thu lan ■Hi nil iuhl tn»k( his depar ture. , , , “ Kvcr since mir ‘Fortuneteller’ has hud an heir, ho hales to ho away from homo,” said the host, turning to the two tnmt at thu tuble. " What maUuH you call the mau who haHjiiHt luft u fortuneteller?" I naked the landlord, in wimu surprise. "It is unite a funny Htory," replied mlnohoHt; “and if you like, I'll rotate it, to you after you’ve had yoursupper.” I assured him that It would give me great pleasure ; and as my supper was now reaily, 1 fell to, doing ample Jus tiuo to lliu savory viands of whluh It was composed. After I had sullsllml my hunger, 1 called for a howl nl punch, and Inviting tlm landlord and his two companions to assist, I lit mv meerschaum, and[sei tied myself to listen to the promised story, which the landlord told as fol lows : in. a ci'iluin viliugts not u hundred • miles from her**, there lived a Dutch ] farmer named Dumlermau, whoso fain lly (‘oiiHlnted of bin wife, and only won named Carl, who helped his father work the farm. Curl was an Industrious, sober young mini, who had reached the ago of twenty one without having once been ten miles away from home; so It Is not to Im‘ presumed that dils kuowl- , edge or experience was very extensive. Carl’s Invariable custom was to gb every evening, ns soon us Ids work was done, and see Katrina Van Klepper, the daughter of a neighbor, as handsome aud buxom a lans as ever trod shoo leather. While lie would sit aud smoke with the old man, talking about the crops and weather, Kiitrinu would? sit demurely by sewing or knitting, as the caao might he. Precisely when the clock struck nine, Carl was expected to leave. But one night, Curl, instead of leaving at nine as usual, still lingered, much to the surprise of old Van Klepper, who, after waiting a few minutes without seeing any signs of his leaving, asked him why he did not as he wished to shut up. “ Pecause, neighpor Van Klepper, I vanl to sbeak a vew worts mit you !” answered Car), rather sheepishly. “ Veil, fery goot! pututvhy ton’t you pekin den?” returned the worthy, pro ceeding to 1111 his pipe. “ Veil, den, neighbor Van Klepper," began Carl in rather a hesitating man ner. “ I loves your taughter Katrina, more as uefer vas, an 1 she love 9 me doo, an’ as miue fader’s vurm an’yourvarm atjoin, I dinks dat ve potter marry, so dat veu fader uu’ you tie, do broberty vill fiday in de vamily !” “ Veil, fery goot, Curl,” replied Van Klepper, looking rather blank at being thus summarily disposed of; “ put bow mootch monish you kot, eh ?” Carl put his hami in his pocket aud drew out an old leather wallet and pro ceeded to count its coutents. “I kot shunt ilwo toller an’sefen deen shents," he replied, carefully put ting the money back in his pocket. “ Dwo tollar, you (hindering pig vool! How de duyvel toes you dink dat you gan marry a frow mit only dwo tollar an’ sefeudeen shents? Ven you kot dree hoontret tollars, an’ ask you fader may be he kif him do you, den you kin marry mit mine kirl; put not von dun dering tay pefore. An’ now goot,night, an 7 ton’t gome here no more pefore you kit de monish. Gome den, put no sooner V* Poor Car) had nothing to do butcom ply, and took his departure with a heavy heart; for how to get so much money was a problem too difficut of solution for him. The next morning, Carl looked as wretched and wo-begone as a broken down oil-speculator. On his parents anxiously inquiring as to what ailed him, he related what had taken place between him and neighbor Van IClop per. 0 “Neighpor Van Klepper is shust right,” responded his father, when he had concluded. “ And I dinks thatyou pe olt enough to ko an make your own vordune. Don’t dink’dat you kit any dlDg of me von I tie, vdr I dink dat I vill Ilf more as hoontret years yet. Mine fader kif me noding ven I marrlet, (an’ your fader do de same. I kif you dill to-morrow to stay here, an’ ven you ton’t ko den avay, I’ll kick you avay.’» The wretched Carl was thunderstruck at the turn affairs had taken; for in. ffie Lancaster futdltgcnM * \ > . "i• & -■ VOLUME 70 spite of his own and mother’s .rejrion- 1 strance, hia father was inexorable* fio with a heavy foreboding Heart, he be gan to make preparations to. leave his home, for Heaven only knowawfcere. . Early tliejaextn*oraing,Carl wasready. •tordeave ; his father gave him his ing, while his motheir—dnknoWn to his father— gave him three dollars out of her own private savings, besides a loaf of bread and a small jug of buttermilk; and thus fitted out, with a small bundle swung on a stick over his shoulders, he started off with tears in his eyes. Carl traveled on without meeting an adventure of any kind, till toward noon, when being both tired and hungry, he sat down underja large tree that stood in the roadside beforea small cottage, and began an attack on his bread and butter milk. He had not been there long, , however, before he was perceived by the woman of the house, who came out and invited him to partake of dinner there. Carl, nothing loth, accepted her hospitable invitation, and was soon seated before a well-spread table, to the contents of which he paid the most im partial attention. During the meal, the woman, with the curiosity peculiar to country folkß, plied him with all sorts of questions as to where he came from and whither he was going? all of which Carl answered with the greatest good-nature. In re turn, she gave him an account of all the people llviDg around. Among other things, she told him of a wealthy old miller, named Verplauk, who lived about six miles from there; he had married a young and handsome wife, cff whom he waa very jealous and proud. To make matters worse, a handsome nephew of his came to his house quite often, and took Mrs. Verplank out riding, which brought tho poor miller almost to the vergeof distraction. Carl listened to her gossip for a long time with the greatest attention ; then, being both refreshed and rested, he thanked the woman for her hospitality, and bade her farewell. He jogged aloDg for a few miles far ther. till he came to a place where a veudue sale was being held. He look ed on for a while, and watched the pro gress of the sale with great interest till his eye was caught by three beehives ; Curl had never seen a beehive before, aud he examined them with great curi osity. Asking a bystander what they contained, he was informed that they contained bees—that bees made honey and wax—and other scraps of natural history, which Carl heard with the greatest amazement. The bees seemed to strike his fancy, for he stepped up to the auctioneer ami asked him what he would charge for a peck of “ dem liddle grltters?” “ We don’t sell bees by the measure,” replied that functionary, laughing, “ but only by tho hive.” Carl was very sorry, and the auc tioneer, seeing his disappointment, told him that he would sell him a few to ac commodate. Taking an old candle-box, he shook a number of tho bees out of the hive, and shutting up tho box, gave it to Carl, charging him three dollars for the same. Carl cheerfully paid the money, and walked oft'with his prize us happy as a king, amidst the laughter of the crowd, The shades of evening were begin ning to fall when Carl came in sight of Verplank’s mill, aud the miller was standing in the doorway when he step ped up. “ Goot-efening, Mr. Verplauk ! how toos you to ?” said Carl, setting down his box, and accosting the miller. The miller, whose perception was rather obtuse, surveyed Carl with the most unbounded astonishment. “How de duyvel toos you know dat mine name is Verplank, eh V” he utter ed, in a voice of surprise. “ O. I knows eferyding because I pe a vorduue-teller!” returned Carl, coolly. ‘Mine pox here dells me eferyding I vants to know!” “(tome, dat is doo goot! llow de duyvel gan dat pox shbeuk anydiug, I vants to know?” “O, ko to de dunder! till a’t I dell you dat dls is a vaulune-deller pox ? Sbust ask me anydlug, an see!" “ Veil, den, dell me vat mine vlfe’s name la, an’ vat she la tolng shust now —den 1 pellefe, an’ py dumier. not pe fore!’’ said the miller, Incredulously. “Denaraoov your vile is Carlotta, an’ shust now flho la sharking rail your nevvy, Hans Verplauk!" cried Carl triumphantly, removing his head from tlie box to which he had applied his eur. “ Duudur, blit/.en, an’ dousand duy vels! ’’ exclaimed the miller, in dismay. “ Peelzepup is in dat pox, py Cot! ’’ After recovering somewhat from his astonishment, he asked Carl if he would iouie with him to Ills house, adding, as an Inducement, that lie would glvonlm three dollars and Ills supper. Carl told him lie would. If he wouUi give him lodging lor tne night also; and the miller complying, he accompauied him to his house. yhe miller chuckled with delight as he v «itlclpnted the dismay of his wife when she would have lierfoudcstsocrets revealed. • After supper. Curl confounded both the miller aud ids wife by therevelatlou he made by the preteuued aid of the miraculous box; for the woman at whose house he had dined hod posted him pretty well In their affairs. “I vill ldfyou von hoontret tollars for dat pox!" he exclaimed, thinking what a valuable acquisition it would be to him In aiding to ferret out Ids wife’s secrets. “No,” replied Carl; “I gan’t sell dat pox vor it has peen in de family more as hoontert years! Mine kreat-lcraut fuder kafe It do mine kratitfuder on his tying pet, an’ mute him shvear uefer to hart mit it!” “Veil, den. I kif you dwo hoomlert!" 1 ho said, fearful’of loosingsuch achnnce. Carl reflected a few minutes. “I dell you vat.l will do,’’ he said at last: “kif me dwo hnondert an’ vlfty an’ I sell him to you.” Although Borelyogalnstthegridn, the miller closed the bargain, much to the displeasure of his wife, who urged him not to make a fool of himself; but this only added fuel to the flame of the mil ler's desire to possess the box, and he went to his bedroom and brought Carl his money. “No vouder mine frau ton’t vant me tohafdat pox!” lie muttered signifi cantly, as he counted out the money. “Put how vill I understand de pox ven hedalkamit me?” he Inquired. Carl told him to call him up early in the morning and he would tell him. At daybreak the next morning, the ihlller awakened Carl, and told him to get right up and show him how to un derstand the box, for “dat it was dalk ing like de duyvel!” (The bees were buzzing like a circular-saw.) “Veil,” said Carl, “ virst you must be In a room mit yourself all alone, an’ den you make a hot vire ; den you lock de toor anCdrow de key out de vindow, an pull your glothes off*. Ven dat is tone, smear yourself all ofer mit molas ses, open de pox an’ you fint him all out.” So saying, Carl bade the miller good morning, and took his departure, anx ious to place as much distance as possi ble between himself and that individual. The poor miller followed Carl’s di rections to the letter. The catastrophe that followed may be imagined; when he opened the box, the bees, rendered iqfuriate by being confined so long, at tacked him on all sides! The wretched miller bellowing in agony, and danced around the room like an Indian-war rlor. I-lis wife hearing the uproar, ran to the room, but finding it locked, she had to get an axe to break it down, she was terror-stricken at the startlingscene that burst on her view ; for the yells of the agonized miller were something awful to hear. Running out of the room, she soon returned with a broom, with which she brushed the sweet in sects from her lord. It was fully a week before the poor miller recovered from the effects or the stings he had received. He promised his wife if she never would tell, that he would never be jealous again. Carl arrived safely at home with his ill-gotten money and his father was so well pleased at his success that he gave him the additional fifty dollars, thus enabling Aiim to marry his beloved Katrina, with .whom he has lived in the greatest harmony ever since. Mr. Defrees, the Congressional printer, states that “it requires the enormous amount of two hundred and twenty-five tons oi prlntiDfc paper tocomplete the Agri cultural Report of 1867.” To transport this edition would require a train of army wag ons of over a mile in length, each wagon carrying a ton, or a brigade of porters For ty-five hundred strong, each carrying a i hundred pounds. The edition consists of 224,500 volumes. Mature Sirens. Nothing is more incomprehensible to girls than the love and’ admiration sometimes gives to middle-aged {women, will them un derstand it.' In their eyes a woman is out of the pale of personal affection alto gether, when she has once lost that shining gloss of youth, that exquisite freshness of skin and suppleness of limb, which to them, in the insolent plentitude of their unfaded beauty, con stitute the chief claims to admiration of their sex. And yet they cannot conceal from themselves that the belle of eigh teen is often deserted for a woman of; forty, and that the patent witchery of : their own youth and prettiness goes for j nothing against the mysterious charms j of a mature siren. What can they say j to such an anomaly? There is no good j ingoing about the world disdainfully, j wondering how on earth a man could ever have taken up with such an antiquated creature, suggestively 1 asking their male friends what: could he see in a woman of her age, old enough to be their mother? . There the fact and facts ; are stubborn things. The eligible | suitor who has been coveted by more than one golden-haired girl has married j a woman twenty years her senior, and \ the middle-aged siren has actually car-; ried off the prize which nymphs in their teens have frantically desired to win? What is the secret? How is it done? The world, even of silly girls, has got past any belief in spells aud ’talismans, such as Charlemagne’s mis tress wore, andyet the man's fascination seems to them quite as miraculous and almost as unholy as if it had been brought about by the black art. But if they had any analytical power, they | would understand the diablerie of the mature sirens clearly enough, for it is not so difficult to understand when one puts one’s mind to it. In the first place, a woman of ripe age has a knowledge of the world, aud a certain suavity of manner aud moral flexibility, wholly wanting to the youug. Young girls are for the most part all angles—harsh in their judg- stiff in their prejudices, and narrow in their sympathies. They are full of combativeness aud self-assertion, if they are of one kind of young peo ple, or they are stupid and shy if they belong to uuother kind. They are talkative with nolhing to say, and posi- th nothing well and truly known ; or they are monosyllabic dummies who stammer out Yes and No at random, and whose brains become hope lessly confused at the first sen tence a stranger utters. They are generally without pity; their want of experience making them hard towards sorrows which they scarcely understand, and, let us charitably hope, to a certain extent ignorant of the pain they inflict. That famous article in the Times on the cruelty of young girls, apropos of Con stance Kent’s confession, though ab surdly exaggerated, had in it the core of truth which gives the sting to such papers, which makes them stick, and which is the real cause of the outcry they create. Girls are cruel; there is no question about it. If more passive than active, they are simply indifferent to the sufferings of others; if of a more active temperament, they finda positive pleas ure in giving pain. A girl will say the most cruel things to her dearest friend, and then laugh at her because she cries. Even her own mothershe will hurt and humiliate if she can; while as for any unfortunate aspirant not approved of, were he as tough-skinned as a rhinoc eros she would find means to make him w’iuce. But all this acerbity is toned down in the mature woman. Experi ence has enlarged her sympathies, and knowledge of suffering has softened her heart to tho suffering of others. Her lessons of life, too, have taught her tact; and tact is one of the most valuable lessons that a man or woman can learn. She sees at a glance where are the weak points and sore places in her companion, and she avoids them; or if Bhe passes over them, It is with a hand so soft aud tender, a touch so in expressibly soothing, that she calms in stead of Irritating. A girl would have come down upon the weak places heavily, and would have torn the bandages off the sore ones, jesting at scars because she herself had never felt a wound, aud deriding the sybaritism of diachylon because ignor aut d’f the anguish it conceals. Then tlie mature siren Is thoughtful for others. (I iris are self-asserting and aggressive. Life is so strong In them, aud the in stinct which prompts thetn to try their strength with all comers, and to get the best of everything every where, is so irrepressible, that they are often disagreeable, beenuse of their instinctive selfishness, and the craving, natural to the youug, of taking all and giving back nothing. But the mature siren knows better thau this. She knows that social success depends entirely on what each, of us can throw Into the common fund of society; that the surest way to be considered our selves is to be considerate for others; that sympathy begets liking, and self suppression leads to exultation; and that if we want to gala love we must first show how well we can give it. Her taot then, aud her sympathy, her moral flexibility and quick comprehension of character, her readlnesß to give herself to others, are some of the reasons, among others, why the society of a cultivated, agree able woman of a pertain age is sought by those men *to whom women are more than mere mistresses or toys. Besides, she Is a good conversa tionalist. She has no pretensions to any special or deep learning,—for, if pedautic, she is spoilt as a siren at any age,—but she knows a little about most things ,®atjall events, she knows enough to make her a pleasant companion, aud able to keep up the hull wheu thrown. And men like to talk to intelligent women. They do not like to be taught orcorrected by them, butthey like that quick, sympathetic Intellect which fol lows them readily, and that amount of knowledge which makes a comfortable cushion tor their own. And a mature siren who knows what she Is about would never do more than this, even if she could. Though the mature siren rests her ( claims toadmiration on more than mere personal charms, aud appeals to some thing beyond the senses, yet she is per- ‘ sonable and well preserved, aud, in a i favorable light, looks nearly as young as ever. So the men say who knew Her : when she was twenty ; who loved her then, and have gone on loving her, with 1 a difference, despite the twenty years that lie between this and then. Girls, indeed, despise her charms because she is no longer young; and yet she may be even more beautiful than youth. She knows all the little niceties of dress, and without going into the vulgar trickery of paint aud dyes,—which would make her hideous, —is up to the best arts of the toilet by which every point is made to tell, and every mifior beauty is given its fullest value. For part of the art and rayetery of sirenhood is an accurate perception of times and conditions, and a careful avoidance of that suicidal mistake of which la femme passcc is so often guilty,—namely, setting herself in con fessed rivalry with the young by trying to look like them, and so losing the good of what she has retained, and showing the ravages of time by the con trast. The mature siren is wiser than this. She knows exactly wbat she has" and what she can do, and before all th ingß avoids whatever seems too youth ful for her years; and this is one reason why she is always beautiful, be cause always in harmony. Besides,'she has very many good points, many pos itive charms Btill left. Her figure is still good, notelimandslendercertainly, but round and soft, and with that slower, riper, lazier grace which is something quite different from the antelope-like elasticity of youth, and in its own way as lovely. If her hair has lost its maiden luxur iance, she makesup with crafty arrange ments of lace, which are almost as pic turesque as the fashionable wisp of hay like ends tumbling halfway to the waist. She has still her white and shapely hands, with their pink filberHike nails; - still her pleasant smile and square, small teetn; her eyes are bright yet, and if the upper muscles are a little shrunk, the consequent apparent en , largement of the orbit only makes them i more expressive; her lips are not yet • withered, her skin is not wrinkled. ■ Undeniably, when well dressed and in 1 a favorable light, the mature siren is as ‘ beautiful in her own way as the girlish belle; and the world knows it and ac k knowledges it. t Thatmaturesirenscanbepasslonately loved, even when very mature, history LANCASTER PA. WEDNESDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 10 1569 givei us more tlian*one example; and the first name that naturally.occurs to one’s mind as the type of thls‘is that of the too famous Ninon del’KnClos. And Ninon, if,a trifle mythical,,was yet a 'faefcand an/example. But not going quite toNinon’sage; Wehften see women of forty and upwards who aro personally charmiDg, and whom men love with as much warmth and tenderness as if they were in the heyday of life, —women who count their admirers by dozens, and who end by making a superb mar riage aud having quite an Indian sum mer of romance and happiness. The young laugh at this idea of the Indian summer for a bride of forty-five ; but it is true ; for neither romance nor happi ness, neither love nor mental youth isa matter of years; and after all we are only as old as we feel, and certainly no older than we look. All women do not har den by time, nur wither, nor yet cor rupt. Some merely ripen and mellow and get enriched by the passage of the years, retaining the delicate wo manliness —we had almost said girlish ueS3_jnto quite old age, and blushing under their gray hairs, while they shink from anything coarse or vulgar or im pure as sensitively as when they were girls. La femme a quarante cuts is the French term for the opening of the great gulf beyond which love cannot pass; but human history disproves this date, aud shows that the heart can remain fresh aud the person lovely long after the age fixed for the final adieu to ad miration, and that the mature siren can be adored by her own contemporaries when the rising generation regard her as notbingbetterthan a chimney-corner fixture. Air. Trollope has recognized the claims of the mature siren in his Orley Farm and Miss Mackenzie; and no one can deny the intense naturalness of the characters and the interest of the stories. Another point with the mature wo man is that she is nut jealous nor ex acting. B he knows the world, and takes what comes with the philosophy that springs from knowledge. If she is of an enjoying nature, —aud she can not be a siren else, she accepts such good as lloats to the top without looking too deep into the cup and speculating on the time wlu.ii she shull have drained it to tlie dregs. Men feel safe with her. If they have entered on a teuder friend ship with her, they know that there will be no scene, no tears, no upbraid lugs, when an inexorable fate comes In to end their pleasant little drama, with the inevitable wife as the sceuce-shifter. The mature siren knows so well that fate and the wife must break in between her and her friend, that she Is resigned from the iirst to wiiat is foredoomed, aud so accepts her hitter portiou, when It comes, with dignity and in silence. Where younger women would fall into hysterics amt make a scene, perhaps go about the world taking their revenge in Blander, the middle-aged womau holds out a friendly hand, and takes the back seat gallantly, never showing by word or look that she has felt her disposition. She becomes the best friend of the new household; ami, if any one is jealous, ten to one it is the husband that is jeal ous of her love for his wife, or perhaps it is the wife herself, who cannot see what her husband can find to admire so much in Mrs. A., and who pouts at his extraordinary predilection for her, though of course, she would scoru to he jealous—as, indeed, she has no cause. For even a mature siren, however de- : lightful she may be, is not likely to ! come before a young wife in the heart i of a young husband. Though the| French paint the love of a woman of! forty as pathetic, because slightly ridic* ; ulous ami certainly hopeless, yet they 1 arrange the theory of their social life so that a youth is generally supposed to make hia first love of a married womau many years his elder, aud a mature siren finds her last love in a youth. We have not come to this yet in Kngland, either in theory or practice ; aud it is to he hoped that wo never shall come to it. Mature sirens are all very well for meu of their own age, and it is pleasant to see them still admired, aud to recognize in thenrtbe claims of wo men to something higher than mere personal passion ; but the case Would he very dlllerent if they became ghoul ish seducers of the young, und kept up the habit of love by entangling boyish hearts ami blighting youthful Uvea. As they are now, they form a charming element In society, ami" are of infinite use to the world. They are the ripe fruit in the garden where else every thing would be green aud immature, — the last days of the golden sum mer just before the chills of au tumn come on ; they contain in themselves the advantage of two dis tinct epochs, mid while possessing as much personal charm us youth, possess also the gains which come by experi ence and maturity. They keep things together as the young alone could not do ; und no gathering of friends is per fect which lias not 0110 or two mature sirens to give the tone to the rest, and prevent excesses. They soften the as perities of.high-handed boys and girls, which else would he too biting; and ' they set people at ease, and make t4iem In good humor with themselves, by the j courtesy with which they listen to] them, uml the patience with which they j bear with them, Kveri the very girls; who hate them fiercely us rlvuls, love j them passing well as half maternal, | half-sisterly companions; aud the first f erson to whom they would carry their sorrows would be a mature siren, quite i cajiable on her own part of having ! caused them. It would bo hard Indeed If the loss of youth did not bring with it some compensations ; hut the mature siren millers JessTrom that loss than any . other kind of-womau. Indeed, she seems to have a private elixir of her own which is not quite drained dry when she dies, belpved and regretted, at threescore years and ten ; leaviug be hind her one or two old friends who were once her ardent lovers, ami who ' still cherish her memory as that of the ■ finestaml most fascinating woman they ' ever knew,—something which the pres p ent generation is utterly Incapable of ‘ repeating. IVlmi Is Fusel (Ml ? The New York dallies, since the re-1 port of analytical chemists of the board , of excise lias been made, are asking the ' question, “ \Vlmt is fusel oil?” Some I have also made a feeble attempt to an- | swer the question which is thus pro- j pounded. The query has arisen since: the report above alluded to states that j out of thirty-two samples of bourbon, and brandy obtained from the liquor! dealers of this city, all butfour contain- i ed rusel oil. One daily gives vent to its feelings in the following: “Is it. after all, such a frightful thing? Dunglison describes it as an acrid, volatile oil, formed in the produc tion of potato brandy, and which is not easily separable from it; and, another authority says it aocompanies ordinary alcohol in its production from potatoes and grain. Dunglison also says that its chemical composition is analogous to that of alcohol, and that, in small-doses, it is highly stimulating—acting like narcotics in general; while in large doses it destroys the mucous membrane of the stomach. The same authority also designates itas “potato oil,” “grain oil.” “corn spirit oil,” “amylic alcohol,” and “hydrated oxide of amyle.” Borne medical considered that in the use of whiskey byconsumptives,fusel oil •'was the elfective clement—having the tendency to retard the processes of de cay in tho tissues of the lungs. But there is no question of the ruinous ef fects of the fusel oil liquors sold in New York. In regard to the effects of fusal 'oil upon the human system we can do'no better than quote the “United States Dispensatory,” which says: “ Amylic alcohol, (fusel oil,) as shown by experi ments on inferior animals, is an active irritant poison.” If that is not suffi ciently definite to satisfy anxious and thirsty inquirers, we shall not attempt to make it more so. Of course; it may be taken like other poisons, diluted with water and common alcohol, as it is found in the compounds doled out by honest and conscientious rumsellers with out danger of mmediate death or anything more serious than 4 redness of eyes,” temporary mad ness of brain, and now and then a touch of delirium tremens until the coats of the stomach and the nervous system succumb to continued and prolonged attacks, and another wreck is cast upon the shores ofiife. Jlut it is nevertheless a poison, an activ<Pbrritant poison , upon good authority. How it gets into the liquor is of little consequence. The re port, say it is there, and we say let it alone, andit won’tpoison|you~<Sdentf/?e American. B&HMill TOimG AT HOME. Monnoil&in as ttjla—The Proplict and HJs Ftflbily—Hm. Apostles and lb*ir I)epeira|faU-Bn£biim in Hit Theatre. Bah lake of the Boston Journal. The prdpliet Brigham YonDg, in imi tation of the C6rd Jesua Christ, has or dained twelve Apostles to assist him in his ministry. Ia this Church of the Latter Day Saints he who will be great est in the Kingdom of Heaveu is he who has the most concubines in this life. The Apostles, therefore, imitating their prophet, add to tbeir number or' concubines as they feel able, that their glory may be great in the eternal world. Do you ask whether the idea uppermost in the mind of the Oriental—the grati fication of passion*-may not also be an inducement with an apostle to take a concubine —a half dozeu? Those sober minded men of Salt Lake will assure you that they seek only to do the will of God. Each added concubine will be a jewel in the immortal crown, and over each new-born child there is joy in heaven, for it is a soul released from the prison house, and started ou its way to glory. All of the Apostles are married, and all have two or more concubines in ad dition to their one lawful wife. They rank as follows: Ist Apostle Orson Hyde has three con cubines. ✓ ild Apostle Orson Pratt has three con cubines. :Jd Apostle John Taylor has six concu bines. 4th Apostle Wilford Woodruff has two concubines. sth Apostle G. A. Smith has four con eubines. (ith Apostle Amasa Lymau has four concubines. 7th Apostle Ezra Denson has three concubines. Bth Apostle Charles Rich lias six con cubines. 9Lh Apostle Loren/.o Snow has three concubines. 10th Apostle Krastus Snow lias two concubines. 11th Apostle l'ranklin Richards has three concubines. -12th Apostle G. Q. Cannon lias two concubines. Daniel Wells, who is associated with Brigham in the l > resideuey i of the Church, has a large number of concu bines. Heber Kimball, who was also a member of the Presidency, but who died last summer, had a large harem. He was not much liked by the Saints, was coarse, brutal, and used obscene lan guage in the pulpit, abused his concu biues, worked them hard, gave them little to eat, pulled their hair, and let them understand that ho was master of the situation. I am informed that some of them are not inconsolable now that he has gone, and that they hope for a period of rest, before rejoining him in glory. It is not stated as u fact, Lutouly as a current report. A few steps up Main street from our hotel, a turn to the right, aud we see the prophet’s harem. The grounds oc cupied by Brigham are enclosed by a high wall, laid in cement. An eagle with spreading wings, clutching a bee hive in his talons, is mounted over the gate way—emblematical of Brigham and the church. The main entrance faces south. The grounds are well laid out, aud there is an abundance of apple, pear, and peach trees. Grape vines climb the walls and hang on trellises. At the southwest corner of the grounds ia the tithing office, where a tenth part of all that is produced in the ter ritory passes into Brigham’s hands. A few steps east of the tithing office is a three-story building, standing end to the road, large enough and long enough for a factory boarding house. It ha.*> a steep shingle roof with ten gabled win dows on each side. On the balcony over the door is a crouching lion. This is the harem. A covered passage leads from the grouud floor to auother building east, in which is the general business office of Brigham Young, and ; from which telegraph wires run to every j hamlet in the territory. Another pas sage leads to the private office of Brig ham, back of which is liis private room, where liis eoucublnes wait upon him— Amelia to-day, Emoline to-morrow, Lucy the day after. Brigham's lawfully wedded wife was Mary Ann Angell, a native of New York, the mother of live children, Joseph, or “Joe,” as he is called at Salt Luke, Brigham A., John, Alice, anil Luna. She married the prophet while he was a young mau, before he was a prophet, and with him accepted the revelations of Joseph Smith. She lives in a large atone building iA the rear of Ills harem. Brigham does not often . visit her now. The number of concubines In the harem is not known to the Gentile world, (hie report makes the number seventy; another gives only thirty. It ih prohnblo that the larger number In cludes those who ure sealed to Brigham for eternity ami not for time. His first concubine is Lucy Decker. Hhe is the.lawful wife of Isaac Heely, mother of two children ; hut llrlgham could make liera queen in heaven ; and so, bidding good bye to Isaac, she be came llrst concubine, and has added eight children * to the prophet's house hold. Her younger sister, (Mara Decker, also aspired t 8 bo a heaveuly queen, and became his second concubine, and is the mother of four children. Tho third Is Harriet Cook, mother of one turbulent boy, who does pretty much as he qileases, and so does the mother. When lu her tantrums she does not hesitate to send Brigham to the realm of evil spirits. Lucy Billow Is suld to be one of tho most lady-llko of aIJ the concubines. She is of middling stature, dark brown 1 hair, blue eyes, aquiline nose, and a pretty mouth ; pleasant and affable. Miss Twins has sandy hair, rouud features, blue eyes, low forehead, freck led lace; hut as she has no children, is not of much account In the eyes of the prophet. Bhe looks after his clothes, sows bullous on his shirts, aud acts the , part of a housewife. Martha Bowker is another of the : same sort, quite neat in dress, childless, I and therefore'of little account. Harriet Bayney, like.'Lucy Decker, j left her husband and three children to I become a concubine that she might have exaltation in Heaven, but has not been honored ln„the-harem,|not having add -1 dßmy chifdren to the household. I Burgess is the only Knglish wo- man in the harem,-.small of stature, black eyes, quick-tempered, but mother of several children, Ellen Kockwood, daughter of the jail keeper, is another of the unfortunate i women, not having had children. Mrs. Hampton, whose first husband : died at Nauvoo, afterward married a mao by the name of Cole, who left her at Nauvoo and went to California. Brigham, hearing ot his departure, sent for the wife, who obeyed the summons, and became a concubine, lived in the harem eight years, then was cast out by Brigham. She now lives at Ogden City with her sou, Nephi Hampton. Mary Bigelow is another castaway. She lived in the harem several years; but Brigham became tired of her and sent her away. Margaret Pierce is another who, not having added to the glory of the pro phet by being a mother, is of little ac count, though still in the harem. Emeline Free is the “light of the harem,” tall, graceful, mild, violeteyes, fair hair, inclined to curl. She was a lively young lady, and Brigham fell in love with her. Her father and mother were opposed to polygamy, but Emeline had ambitious projects, accepted his Eroposal, and became the favorite of the arem. The favor shown her brought on a row. The other concubines carried this jealousy to such a pitch that the prophet had a private passage con structed from his bedroom toEmeline’s room, so that his visits to her aud hers to him could be made without observa tion. She has contributed greatly to his glory in the future world by pre senting him with eight children in this. The poetess of the church is Eliza Snow, said to be quite intellectual. Zina Huntington also writes poetry and acts as a sort of governess to the numerousphildren of the prophet. Zina came to Salt Lake with her lawfully wedded husbknd, Dr. Jacobs. Brigham liked her, sent the Doctor on a mission ary tour to England, took his wife into the harem, and became the spiritual father of her children—made her his temporal concubine that he might also exalt her to be a queen in heaven! The doctor returned from hie mission, apos tatized, and went to California, where he now resides. Amelia Partridge has added four chil i dren to the prophet’s household. She is said to be of a sweet disposition, and | is not jealous when the prophet turns i his attentions to the other concubines. Mrs. Augusta Cobb was formerly a Bostonian, became converted to Mor monism eighteen years ago, left her home, and accepted a position in the harem. Mrs. Smith, a devout Mormon, wish ed to be sealed to Brigham for eternity, j but the prophet did not care to make ! her a heavenly queen. He sealed her i to Joseph Smith for eternity, and to l himself for time. One "poorunfortunate,” CiaraChase, became a maniac, aud has gone where the wicked cease from troubling. Amelia Folsom, a native of Ports mouth, >T. H., is the mistress of the harem. She entered it on the 20th of January, ISG3. She is about 10, aud the prophet 03. She has things pretty much her own way —private box at the theatre, carriage of her own, silks, sat ins, and piano, parlorelegautly furnish ed. If the prophet slights her, she pa\ s him in his own coin. Such is an outline of this saintly household —thirty women of more, and seventy or eighty children. 13RIOIIAM AT THE THEATRE He owns a theatre which cost, it is said, $200,000, and which ha 9 yielded a large revenue. It is a well-built edi tice, nearly as large as the Boston theatre, with parquet and circle, dress circle, family circle, and gallery. Gentiles are consigned to the dress circle, though Saints also sit there. Climbing a narrow stairway we find ourselves in tne dress circle, occupying a front seat, giving us a good position to study the audience. We are not there to see the play, but the people. The curtain is still down, and the audience are taking their seats. The parquet is arranged with slips like those in a church. At the right hand side in the parquet circle is Brigham's family pew —distinguished from all other seats by its red plush or damask upholstery. In the right hand side of the parquet is a rockiDg chair, which Brigham some times occupies when he wishes to be on a familiar rooting with the Baints. The light in the building is rather dim, gas not having been Introduced to Bait Lake, coal-oil being used instead, but there is light enough for us to study the countenance of those around us. On adjoining ours are two young girls, fresh, fair, rosy-cheeked, accompanied by a voting mau well dressed—Gentiles, I judge, from a remark dropped now and then. At our right hand is a wo man with a baby in her arms, three other children by lierslde. Beyond her another woman with a baby and a great strapping fellow with red whiskers, by her side. Behind us aro three royster ing fellows from the minesof Montana, ogling the girls in the parquet. They are Gentile wolves. Klder Williams cautioned the girls last Buuday to beware of those who come in sheep’s clothing to lead them away from the Church and down to perdition. These wolves do sometimes carry oil*the fairest lambs'of tiie llock. Some of the girls prefer the undivided love of ahardy,good-looking youug Gentile to the fortieth or fiftieth part of a withered old apostle. Two seats distant is another baby. The mother is wrinkled and careworn. We can see lines of care and suffering across her forehead and in her sunken cheeks, as if Time had been turniug deep furrows, and ploughshare had gone down into the subsoil aud had cut the heart striugs. - Not her.alone. We see the same joyless east of countenance on every female face. Artists who with pen and pencil paint character —who can read the joys and sorrows of life in the Hues of human face —should come to Halt Lake City. They would find it one vast studio—every woman a subject. “ Dead Affections” would he au appro priate title to their pictures. Stifled, rather. These women never had known what it is to love or to be loved. They know only sacrifice. They are slaves— iu bondage to the Church aud the devil at the same time. They are ground to : powder between two mighty millstones | —the upper one a religious idea, the | lower one the lewdness and lust of hard I hearted men. Heaven and hell together I are brought into action, crushing out 'human affections and the highest and . holiest instincts of the soul. The priests of Buddah, iu Chinn, in ouo of their lieliueulionsof the damned, have accurately portrayed theeondition of these women of Sait Lake. | JHit there is the man who runs tin* j mill—the head of the church— President aud Itevelator—iu the private box by the side of the stage. He is portly, ho hair is nicely brushed. He wears a wliite vest, black broadcloth coat, kid gloves, puts an opera glass to his eye, looks over to the gallery containing us Gentiles, to see wiio is there. He has a broad forehead, large nose, and whisk ers turning white. Ability, decision, duplicity, shrewdness, cunning—the gooil and had elements of character—are plainly marked in his countenance. Apostle Wells, a tall, thin, sparu man, neurly as old us Brigham, Is by his side, yin Brigham’s family circle we see two of his concubines and twenty-two of his children—all but three of them girls.— Olio of tho women Is pust the prime of life-plain countenance, plainly dressod. She is sail—sad when others laugh. Thu play Is “Tho Somnambulist, 1 ' hut the comic scenes which set thu crowd a laughing brings no smile to her face. At tho end of tlie seat is one of the favorite coucubi tics—a woman of thirty, pale, thoughtful, with an intellectual cast of countenance, with a book iu hand which she reads between the scenes. She lias largo lustrous eyes, | dark brown hair, Jewels on her lingers, aud a mother-of-pearl opera glass in her hand. She is elegantly dressed—wears u costly line cape. Did I not know they were Brigham’s concubines, I should | set them down as teachers of a girls’ boarding school who hud come with their classes to enjoy the evening. It wua a motley audience, saints, sin ners atuL Indians. Far up in the gal lery I see three of the L’to tribe, in moccasins and blanket, guzing with Imperturbable gravity upon the scene. Hriglmni looks upon the audience most of the time, turning his attention to the stage only when something es pecially attractive or laughable occurs, lie talks with Brother Wells, takes a knife from his pocket, pares an apple, which ho slowly munches, lie has the appearance of umaujiotwell acquainted with the usages of good society, but who is well ofl'in the world, independent of everybody, and who for tho remainder of his life is going to take things easy and have everything his own way. Who Ate Hoger Williams? The truth that matter passes from the animal back to the vegetable, and from the vegetable to the animal kingdom agalD, received a curious illustration not long since. For the purpose of erecting a suitable monument in memory of linger Wil liams, the fouuder of Rhode Isl And, his private burying ground was searched for the graves of himself and wife. It was found that everything had passed into oblivion. Tyie shape of the coilins could only be traced by a black line of carbonaceous matter. The rusting hinges and nails, and ai round wooden knot, alone remained in 1 one grave, while aslngle lock of braided i hair was found in the other. Near the I grave stood an apple tree. This had I sent down two main roots into the very j presence of the coffined dead. The larger : root, pushing its way to the precise spot; occupied by the skull of Roger Wil-j llams, bad made a turn, as if passing I around it, and followed the direction of the back-bone to the hips. Here It divided into two branches, sending one along each leg to the heels, when both turned upward to the toes. One of these roots formed a slight crook at the knee, which made the whole bear % striking resemblance to the human form. There were thegraves, but their eccupantsiiad disappeared; the bones even had vanished. There stood the thief—the guilty apple tree—caught in the very act of robbery. The spoliation Irts complete. The organic matter, the flesh, the bones of Roger Williams, had passed into an apple tree. The elements had been absorbed by the roots, transmuted Into woody fiber, which could now be burned as fuel, or carved into orna ments ; had bloomed into fragrant blos soms, which delighted the eye of the passer-by, and scattered the sweetest perfume of spring ; more than that— had been converted into luscious fruit, which, from year to year, had been gathered and eaten. How pertinent, then, is the question, “ Who ate Roger Williams?”— Steel's Fourteen Weeks in Chemistry . The population of Dakota has increased sixty-two per cent, the pust year. Over one thousand farms haye been taken np by emigrants under the pre-emption Jlaws. A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IX OHIO. A Girl ISnrdcred by Her I.over—-At tempted Nalclde of tbe J.otter—-Con fession of tbe Xardercr. From the Barnesrille{o.) Enterprise, Jan. 28. Tl&peopleof the western part of Belmont county have been startled by the commis sion of a crime which, in its fiendish malig nity and horrible details, surpasses any | thing that has recently occurred, even in the : purlieus of the large cities. The murder ' occurred on Thursday, the 21st ult„ about • two miles east of the village of Sewellsville. ! On the afternoon of the day mentioned the i body of a young girl, aged about fourteen : years, was found lying in the run by the roadside. Her head was nearly severed 1 rom i her body, and several small wounds were , upon her hands and breast. ' The name of the murdered girl is Louisa Fox, and the perpetrator of the crime is I ’J bos. Carr, who hud been for some time re siding in her family. It appears that Carr j desired to marry Miss Fox, but hud been refused by her parents, on account of her extreme youth. The girl's brother, nine . years old, was with her win-u they met Carr ! in the lane, who walked a few yards with I her. He tkeu pushed her down and coui j meuced to feel in his coat pocket for his j weapon. The little boy ran to his father’s [ house, about 4(K) yards dlstarft, and gave j the alarm. The father at once hurried to the place and found his dead daughter as i above described. I Carr tied in the direction of iSewellsville. I Returning by another road, he stopped at a [ house aud borrowed a guu, saving he want ed to shoot a rabbit. On Friday morning jhe was discovered behind Fox's spring j house, sitting on the ground. On going up I to him it was found that ho had cut his I throat with a shoe-knife. Tbe windpipe ! had been severed and was protruding from j his neck uud he couldbreatheonly through I the wound. He had also shot himself in | the left breast, above tbe heart, and the ball j appeared to have lodged in the shoulder. By pressing his neck together he managed to talk with difficulty. lie confessed the murder. lie was taken to the hou>o of Daniel Mamma, where he still lies in a critical condition. On Sunday the murderer, Thomas Carr, made a full confession of his crime, to gether with the causes which led to its com mission. This confession was committe.il tn writing by Dr. Struhl, who is unwilling to make it public without the consent of the accused. There were, however, pres ent quite a number of responsible persons win) listened to Carr’s statements, and who have carefully repealed them for our benefit. We now give (he Hubstanco of what the accused Ims stated for several parties, and which, wo are told, agrees with hia written confession. On the day the crime was committed Carr visited the girl at Alexander lluuter'H, and conversed with her for nearly half an hour. On this occasion she mentioned to him the hopelessness of his suit, at which he ap peared greatly distressed, avowing his in tention to commit suicide. He asserts that up to this lime he had no intention of taking her life, and did not come to that conclusion until about three hours beture the deed was committed. While conversing, the girl as sisted him to draw some cider, of which lie drank three pints. In view of his intended suicide, Carr procured a razor at Hunter’s house. lie then left and wont to Sewelis villo, whore ho obtained a shoe-knife, which he intended to use if everything else Inileil him. llis first desire, however, was to procure a gun and accomplish ins pur pose with it, but alter one or two uttempts lie failed to borrow one. About one o’clock Carr started from Sewellsville, his intention being, ho suys, to visit Fox’s and see if there was not yet a chance of procuring their consent to his marriage with Louisa. While on his way there he saw the object of his insane pas sion coming down the road, accompanied by her little brother. When she came up he joined her. By this time his dreadful purpose lmd become firmly fixed in his mind. During the short walk the girl told him timt her grandmother, whose house she hud just left, hud told her that her parents had determined that she should never keep his company ugaiu. The reply of Curr was that 1 he guessed both of them had a short time to live,’ adding the query, ‘ Louisa, are you prepared ?’ to yyhiuli she responded, 4 1 am,' aud immediately after iier reply ho pushed her down aud drew out the razor, which he had hitherto kept concealed m his pocket, and proceeded to cut her throat. The girl threw up her hands, which were fearfully gushed in the struggle. It appears that she did not make an outcry or plead lor her life, so rapidly was tbe deed consummated. Subsequent examination showed that the victim's head was nearly covered from her body, though the splnul column wub not, as some sup posed, divided. It would be hard to find, in that imme diate nelgborhood, a more public place than the spot where this deed was done. Three farm houses are within plain view of it, none of them b-ing further oil than a quar ter of a mile. Alter seeing his purpose accomplished, Carr walked up the Iti 11 in the direction of Newellsvihe, getting out of sight just as the lather ol the murdered girl, who had re celvcd the alarm from the boycauiettp Tin-guilty inun, who had Irrevocably de termined on suicide by shooting himself, had gone in search of a- guu, venturing Ijoldly into Sewi-llsville, the news of llio crime not having reached there at that time. Atter some failures ho procured a rifle at the house of a family named Frlssell. After this he proceeded by a rnundnbout coursotothe coal bank, wfilch was übout two hundred yards from John Fox's, the home of tbo murdered girl, and where her body then was. He passed the night in the coal bank, occasionally walking some dis tance out Into the field ; but, what was most surprising, lie oven ventured to the front of the house and looked in at the front win dow, watching the neighbors preparing the body of the murdered girl for burial. We doubt if the annals ot crime can nll'ord a scene uioro grotesquely horrible than the picture of tills wretch, actuated by a morbid I and unnatural curiosity, stealing, amid the I darkness ami silence of the night, to look, 1 himself unseen, on the mangled corpse of his victim, When the day hrokeho repaired to Fox's spring house and proceeded to make ar rangements for faking ills own life. Hu cocked the gun, lied a string to the trigger, passed it over the und of a rafter, and then, liy pushing (lie gun from him, discharged its contents into his left breast. The ball passed through the outer and upper portion of the left lung. Thinking that this shot would not finish him, lie then proceeded to sever Ills windpipe by drawing the edge of a shoe knife several times across his t lirout. As soon as this was done ho heard the shouts of ids pursuers, the father ol tin* murdered girl having himself discovered Carr standing near tin* spring houso. Dan iel Mamma, at whose house t’nrr is now lying, was tile nearest person to him, and at Mamma’s request ho throw the rifle down the lull, and Mamtim went up to him and arrested him. When he was arrested lie hud the boldness tn ask to la* luken into the house where the dead girl lay. This, of course, her parents refused. The chances are that Curr will not rocover from Ids wounds. afore Government Ftiumlm Half u till Hon Dolllurn lu“l)ru\v hacks” Ntolon. The Now York Sun says that Wm. .1. Ivoni, L. N. Laidluw, and n dork In Iho Kxport Bureau of thu Now York Custom House have been arrested hv Deputy Unit ed Stales Marshal Nodint*, of tho Eastern District, Brooklyn, at the instance of Dis trict Attorney Tracy, under warrants from .Judge Jk-nedicl. Tlie charge is de frauding the Government by procuring large stuns of money upon fraud ulonldal ius fur “ drawbacks ” presented and passod at the office of the Fifth Auditor in the Treas ury Department at Washington. Thu frauds with which tho officers are charged extended through a period of seven month'—from .January to July. lsfi7. Tho amour.t realized was nearly s>fi,(X>U. Tho plan of thu-ai frauds were* about as follows: Under a law which was on tho statute bonks from ISU2 until February IS»>h, a tax of five per cent, was imposed upon all domestic manufactures, but when the arti cles were exported lint amount levied in tux was refunded. In order to secure the return of the money un exporter had to obtain from tiie Internal Revenue Col lector of tlie District in which tlie goods were manutaotured a receipt, showing that tax hail been paid. Then he must ohtaiu a certificate from a Custom House olllcer that the goods de scribed in the Collector’s receipt had been exported. The exporter, upon exporting the goods, was required to give a bond that the goods should not be relanded within tho United States. With the certificate of the Superintendent of Exports, showing that a bond had been given, the claim was present ed to the Treasury Department, and tlie umount paid in tax was refunded. Thealle gations in this case are that the defendant, Korn, with others whose names have not yet appeared, obtained the above stated amount upon spurious exports, and that Laidluw aud the Custom House clerk also acted in promoting the fraud. Korn is held to bail in $40,000, and the others in lesser amounts. District Attorney Tracey has been in Washington during the last two weeks, and on examination of the records ; of the Fifth Auditor’s office, found that l frauds of this character had been perpetra | ted during the past Jwo years to an extent j which‘is positively alarming, the amount' being estimated at not less than half a mil ! lion of dollars. Warrants have been grant -1 ed for the arrest of other persons alleged to i have been concerned in the fraudulent j transactions, and will undoubtedly soon De | executed. When the case comes before the i Court, further developments may be ex pected such as will open the eyes of the country to a new system of fraud gigantic in its proportions. At the recent festivities at Arundel Castle, England, in honor of the coming of-age of the Duke of Norfolk, the tables groaned under plate weighing upward of a ton and a half, and valued at $300,000, 'NUMBER 6 ÜBITED STATES SUPREME COURT. The lncomo Tax Constitutional—ltf* Nn tare—Tbe Duty of Assessor* as to Re* tnrus of income Mode In Coin. The Pacific Mutual Insurance Qoinpany vs. Franklin Soule.—ln this case the insur ance company made tbelrreturn ofincome in coin, claiming that, as it was received in that commodity, it should bo returned and taxed in the same. The assistant assessor, however, reduced It to its equivalent in currency, and the collector exacted payment on that amount in government notes. The company refused amt seizure was made, after which payment was made umlor pro test and the matter taken to the courts. The court below—the Circuit Court for Califor nia—were divided in opinion and certified the following questions to this court, among others of less importance : W hethcr under the act of Congress authorizing the issue of United Suites notes and for tin* redemption and funding thereof, Ac., there does not exist between the government of tho United States and the holder of such notes a contract that they shall be receivable, dollar for dollar, as the equivalent of coined money in payment ot duties und taxes of the character ot those collected from the plaintiff in this case: whether such notes are not property, with in the meaning of the Constitution ol the United States, and whether the compelling of payment of taxes on such increased amount would not betaking private prop erty for public use without just compensa tion ; whether tho taxes paid by the com pany ami-sought to be recovered back are not direettaxes within the meaning of the constitution, and therefore not legally levied, itc. Mr. Justice Swayne delivered the opinion of the Court, holdiug that tho act of Congress authorized the assessment as made by tho assessor, and that it re quired the company to pay tho amount de manded and paid under protest. It is also hold that tho lax ou incomes is not a direct tax, but a duly or excise, and therefore within the competency of Congress to im pose und exuct. The other questions are deemed to bosullicieutiy answered by the answers given above, being to the first and sixth questions certified. Xon-UcsUleiit Aliens Not Required to Pay Federal Taxes—State JurUdletlmi to Impose luxi'N. ° The Northern Central Ilailwal Company vs. John C. Jackson. —This is a writ ol error to the Circuit Court for tho District "I Maryland. The defendant in error, a foreigner and a subject of (1 real Britain, sued tlie pluintilV in error for l * H ‘, amount of the coupons due on bonds of the company and held by him. Upon de mand made the company offered to pay the amount, less five per coni. Income tax to the United Slates and three mills upon each bond reserved to tho Stute of Ponrjfcylvania under tho laws of that State. ~L'p»mtho trial of the case the plaintiff in error gave in evidemeo the deod of trust or mort gage securing the bonds and the articles ol uuion consolidating Into one company or porutlons chartered by tin* Stall's of l’enn sylvanla and Maryland, uud tho proceed mgs of those corporations authorizing and assenting tothe legislation of the iwnSiulc* effecting such union. The'Court was then asked to instruct tin* jury that bv torce ot tho act of Congress holders of bonds, wherever resident, were liable to pay the reduction of five per cent., and also, by the laws of Pennsylvania, to pay three nulls additional tax, and on curb b.md. The Court refused to so instruct, but charged tho Jury thut if they found from the* evi dence that at the commencement of the suit the plaintiff was the lawful holder of coupons representing inteiest dm* on bonds of tho defendant held by him, and that the plaintiff, when he purchased tho bonds, was a British sub ject, and resided in Ireland, ami that he then resided there, the plaintiff was entitled to recover tho amount of such con jams with out deductions. Tho verdict was lor the plaintiff, in accordance with tho viewot the Court. The company brought the case here by writ ot error, where It is mjw held. Mr. Justice Nelson, delivered tho opinion of the Court, that, by a true construction of tho internal revenue laws, it was imt intended to lax the incomes of persons other than citizens of the United States, wherever resi lient, and of residents, whet her citizens or not; hence the stock oflho defendant in error was not subject to the deduct ions made. As to the puu er of Congress id limko a law taxing non-resident foreigners in such cases, the Court expresses no opinion. It is also held that tho tax imposed by the State of Penn sylvania cannot be exacted because-tho railroad in question is uMuryhind corpora tion, and tne subject for taxation was, therefore, beyond the jurisdictional limits of Pennsylvania. Doth debtor and creditor wore outside of her terrllpry, and neither of them her subjects. The judgment below was ntlirmed. Mr. Justice Clifford dis sented, holding that botli tho State and federal tax were lawful and subject to bo deducted as claimed by the eompuny. The cam* was argued at the la*-L term and by direction of the Court re-urgued at the pres ent term. A rather mid .Hotltur lUi-of Uriel for n Jlurclorod Mon. Wo obtain tin* imported particulars oT a tragedy ilml is terrible im involving ihn Mvoh of tliroo persons under i»*»*:nlliir cir cumstances. Otir informant states Unit Home two or three week* since u man named Juke Hampton, a former employee of Messrs. Halo it Murdock, started from the Iron works in Alabama, in company with a young man named DompHoy, who wan moving Hampton and his household effecth to Montevallo Dempsey wuh a toumsler living at tile iron works. Aflor an absence of a day or two Hamp ton returned alone, and reported to the family of Dempsey that he had been mur dered by Home one, and reported where the body could bo found, Hurtles went at once to the place and found the body, and that the man had come to Ida death by violence. Suspicion arising from ids own conduct and Nurruundlng circumstances, llxod on Hampton hiniHelf hh the perpetrator of the (lurk deed, and he was arrested and placed in custody. Hut tills is not the worst of a beginning that is sad enough to be the end Itself. Young Dempsey was an only son, and his father, on hearing of his tragical death, was so overwhelmed with grief that ho dropped dead where ho stood. And yet another act in the sorrowful drama. Another member of the family, a daughtor, bravo spirited, (hough stricken with grief, started after Iho body of her brother. Returning to the house, she found that her mother was also float! of a broken hour!, and dressed ready for burlul. It h supposed that Hampton's object In committing the murder was to got posses sion of the team of the deceased. —L'tjlttinhtt.i (Mi.'t.i.) .Journal. Tlic Printing mid Stationery Frauds. 'Flu* Committee appr.lntel to investigate lliu Irumls In tin* Interior Department have made Hull - report. In the first place tin* Committee charge that tin* contract was given to Iho highest bidder Instead of lliu low.-st. By taking ilia hid for uadi article of stationery required, and making a gen eral average, • the firm of Dempsey A O'Toole, to whom the eutitrucL was award ed, wen* ill** l"Wr.i bidder'-, but. in taking tlie aggregate* amount for,all the stationery to be lurnlslutl, they were tlie highest bidders, being $21,00(1 in exces* of Blau- j chard X Mohun, tin* lowest 'Tiers on | tho same soak*. Tim Committee explain, | however, that tho fraud was committed in i tho furnishing of articles of stationery 10-li ‘contracted for in the regular orders of the 1 Department, and not speckled in the bids, j Hero is where tin* contractors made their I money. Iu this respect the greater abuses j ; were practiced in tho Patent Office, over; tlie expenditures of which Congress Juts lierc-toloro exercised no control. The Committee find that in one year's time this ollleo incurred an expense for stationery amounting to over fcls.ixx), for which there was no provision in law. In the sumo time, without authority, tho as mo ollice incurred an expense of over s:to,noo for printing at extravagant rates Theaker and Stout were then in ctiarge of the ollice. In these extra orders they found, fi r instance, books worth $0 were charged Cash-books worth s.'> were charged at s!!.’>. Cards worth about $.; per 1,0')0 were charged nt $4O. Printing envelopes worth about $2..K) per 1,000 were charged at SJO, and Home at $lO. Ruling worth about $2.10 per 1,000 sheets was charged at $lO. Printing .100,000 Man I :** worth $2 per 1,000, charged at $lO, and so on. The employees of the Department seem to have been p'lrticc/i.i cruninix in these transactions. A messenger who was caught in allowing false returns of stationery to be made was d’suiissed, and again, during a month’s absence of another receiving clerk, goods said to have been delivered to the Department were charged at $l,OOO, while In fact goods worth ODly $lOO wen* actually received. Numerous other similar frauds were practiced, and aro given in detail in tlie report. Kuddeoly Became Kicli. Judge Latrobe, a well- known American jurist, died some time since iu Europe while travelling on tlie continent, and, it was as certained at the time bis will was read that he had bequeathed a considerable portion of hla property to MissVerdiett. Uelter, of Cumberland county, Pa. The matter was the subject of several articles at tho time in the New York papers, but ns time passed on and nothing further was heard iu rela tion to tlie truth of the news of the young fortune .began to bo doubted. Recently, however, all doubts have been set at rest by the arrival ol tho papers of administration of Judge Lntrobe’s estate, and it is proved by them that Miss Gelter has fallen heir to a large portion of the Judge’s very valuable property, and the lady now is independently wealthy for life. A valuable gold mine has been discovered at Pocatlllo, Utah. Several working tests made of the ore yielded rates varying from $3,000 to $12,000 to the ton. It is pronounced one of the most valuable mines In that sec tion. BATE OF ADVEBTtMHO* Bum km AuvxRTiHXKDrrB, $U’ ft yew w quaro or tea lines; S 6 per year for oacb ad ditional square. Real Estate Mtvehtiszkg, 10 cents',a line; for the first, and Scents for each Subsequent in sertion. Oekerai* ADVEKTisTJft»7 cents a line fbr the fir*g aud 4 cents fur-eaCV uub.sequent Inser tion. Bfeoiai* Notices lnsortod In local Column 15 cents per lino. Special Notices precoding mairlag«B and deaths, 10 cents per line for flret insettlotf and 6 cents for every subsequent Insertion! Legal and othrb Notices— Executors’ _.otlces,*.~.-■••••• Administrators’ notices,... Assignees' notices, Auditors’ notices, - - _ Other "Notlcos/’ton lines, or less, «, three times, .. 1.50 Watermelons are appearing in Florida. arc in session in twenty-two States. There is an ice gorge forty.fvet high oo the SU Croix river, Minn. Louisiana planters are paying high prices lor held bauds. The Hunk of Montreal lost $500,000 by loaning to speculators in Erie. Chicago has *2,000 men employed in the manufacture of tolmeeo. Columbus, Georgia, claims to have the host water power in tbo world. Senator Ross, of Kansas, has written a letter in favor of female xuU'rngo. The Uad quality of the gas furnished in New York is being complained ot. Lake Memphremugog, Vt., reports the thermometer 2U degnts below zero. Lope:*., o! Paraguay, Is said to weigh I*oo pounds, and to lie only 5 feet 5 inches high. General Thayer, tin* fust superintendent of Weal Burnt, is still living, at the age of Si. (Lie Boston firm lias had 10,000 valentines printed in Gloucester during the past week. Electro magnetism is used in Erance for running sewing machines. Of tin.* '217 Unitarian Churches in the United States 171 are in Massachusetts. f, rho proprietor of n Uhiladelphia theatre distributes bread to the poor trom his box ofllce. Mush and milk festivals iimkji sardine club are among the novelties proposed in Meriden, Ct. The entire police force of Springfield, In diana. has been discharged tor complicity with thieves. The New York papers now publLh lists of Gemral Giant's Cabinet, "revised and corrected to date." A broken Boston merchant lias been given $2,1)00 by a Jorinor clerk, whom lie hud treated kindly thirty >ears ago. The Boston Jfcrni.l says : •* Washington is Hooded with Bostonians, seeking utlice under (tram." A lady in Macon, tin., duringthe last two years hus provided for the education of 75 orphans. The bunking luuise of Hubbard A l'o.,ift l’uoli, Kansas, was robbed ol slo,notion Bri- An Australian horse recently ran ten miles in 2d minutes and d. 5 seconds, sa-d to he the fas test time on record for l hat distance. A Rochester umiuilaelurcr lias an order for SiU.UHn) worth of lamps nf dillerent sorts for the Union Pacific Railroad. , Strange as it may appear In Northern people, such a tiling as a clover field is al most unknown in North Carolina. The Baris correspondent of the London ■Star writes that Jefferson Davis is danger ous] y ill from disease of the heart. i’atnieini, the famous man who had the control of Isabella, (Rleon of Spain, has depo-ited s22s,uun in the Bunk of England. Victoria is expected to deliver the speech I'roni the Biitish throne in person on tho hith of E-diruary. A blade w.limit tree was cut in Rutinim c.i.n 11 y. <)., I lie oilier da> , wdiieh lurried "til sl,iini) worth of lumber. The cars of the dty railroads in San Eraiu’iseo are fumigated In protect, passen gers against the infection from small-pox. Neunien, the German, whose history of the United Stales has been translated inti* seven European languages, receive* l $ 100 f*»r the work. There was a severe thunder storm in Richmond, Yu., early on Saturday morn ing, and several hiiilpings wen* struck by igiitning. The Illinois 1 lotion of Representatives, by a vole of 7s to 0, lias passed a bill transl'er ing the city of ('hicagu to tho State of I ndi atiH, In St. Louis a dressmaker has sued an aristocratic customer lor ?75 for limiting a dress. The dolence'iH Unit It did not "bend” to the amount ordered. / Hobart Eudm, tin* chief officer of the Turkish navy, is an Englishman, mid is tilling the Turkish war slops with English men. Hon. I). XV. SUanibaugh, a liiotuliornf the Ohio Slate Senate, tiled a few days ug" f 'milking tour members who have lately died. Tho Illinois " game law " went into ellecl on Saturday, January hi. From that- day to August 15th the killing of most kinds of game is prohibited in the Stale. Am (lie Bishop of Australia is a ritualist, the opposite parly has seceded, elected a new bishop, consecrated him, and cut loose altogether from the uhl body, Tiu* Ways and Moans Committee have authorized Mr. Srhonek to report a resolu tion requiring gold payment of bonds, un less otherwise expressed by law. Tlui Mormons don'L like missionaries of other sects to conn* among them. They re cently arrested an Episcopal missionary whilst holding a Sunday Horvlco. It is salt! that failing health will prevent Mr.-Alexander H. Stephens from under taking the duties of his professorship in the University of Georgia. In all parts of Ihe State of Texas scllenf demand coin in payment for cotton,quid it , brings from fourteen to eighteen cents per jmuml in gold. This carries a large amount of gold Into Texas. Gusiavo Dory occupies ono of the mad spacious ami magnificent lintels In tlie Fun - bourg St. Germain, I’aris. Thu walls oft he chief saloons an* hung with some of the painters' most characteristic works. A locomotive, express and baggage earl broke through a trestle bridge on the Mem phis ami Charleston Railroad on Saturday morning. 'Hie engineer was killed ami throe other men were severely injured. j?»nie Hays, an Interesting Mule daugh ter of Milton ami Maggie Hays, of Ncw yll Jo, (.'umburlund county, died recently from the clients of two small bones Judging In her windpipe,. The Connecticut. Republican Uonvetilinn met yesterday, ami nominated Marshall j ■low*''ll for Governor, Tin* platform adopted expresses conlldeuce In General «i rant, de clares for universal suffrage, denounces repudiation, etc. Several cattle imvedied altera leu hours’ violent illness, on a farm at Klshklll Blalns’ Dutchess county, N, Y,. and a post-mortem examination is said to have revealed no thing us to Ihe cause. The I'm mers in tin* vicinity an* much alarmed. Henry Walkers was murdered near Keo kuk, lowa, on Sunday, and his son-1 n-law, I Win. I’ liunmi, who was with hint, s-iys they were attacked by four men, one of w hom shot Walkers. Martin Kelley, who leal Uina'cmsl to tak c Walkers' life, has been arrested, All tlie gold In (be t.'iillnd States rould let placed In a wjiiare hn.\ ot less I Inin liltenn feel in length, width and breadth. A room out* hundred feet long, one hundred feel wide, and ten foot high, would ho.d eight times the toiM amount ofgnld in the known world. ’ A stecrof elt-plmnl ine proportion*) of liny • •’i mtv, Mo., i** eleven feel fair Inches long I n .111 top of to root of I;u 1 , twelve lent, nrounij the client, nml twenty-one bunds high from hoof to centre of withers. His ago is li vc 3’enrs and weighs :i*on pounds. Frequent Earthquake shocks Imvo again occurred in tlie Island of Hawll, and the volcano Manna Don has resumed activity. There were slight earthquakes at San Fran cisco on Tlmrsdny last, and at Iho '•iinio lime some damage was done to tho vessels in I he harbor by a gale. Tin* body of William Penn lies in a liltln church-yard scarcely twenty miles from London. The ehuioh and surroundings nestle in a deep gorgo among the Chiltern link, in Burkjiighumpsinre. "The grove is enclosed in a little square of hedge, and no marble or other ornaments to mart: the spot. Tlie old Moravian Mill in Bethlehem was burred down on (he J7lh lilt. ItJJwas built in 17 it by Luck on buck A Son, and has con tinued in poH.-cs.sion of the family ever since. It was built of massive stonu Tlie first miller was Christian (’hrislionson who was placed jn charge of it under Count Zm/.cndorf. lie was a man of skill and projected iho present water works iu HotU lehem—the first works of tho kind in the State. A Fearful Ride on it Coix-utchcr. Albion (Midi.) special to Detroit Press, Jan. J As the day express going west on the Michigan Central Railroad wasnearing this station this aiternoon, about three o’clock, the passengers waking for the train were startled by tho frequent whistling of tho engine, indicating obstructions on the track. It was soon found that Mr. Sngon, of Sheri dan, was driving at a furious pace to got ills horses ami wagon across tlie truck beforo the engine reached tho crossing. Tho en gineer did his best to stop tho train, but it was too lute, and tie* cowcatcher struck just between tlie wagon and horses, separating them instanter and consigning each a place on opposite sides of tho track, little or none tiie worse for tho collision. But tho strangest part of the story remains to bo told. Mr. Sugon and his wife (both about sixty-iivo) were caught up on tho platform above tbo cowcatcher and just in front of the engine, where, instead' of losing pres ence or mind and throwing themselves oil", they settled tbemsolves composedly, ns though nothing had happened. The old lhdy put her hands in her muff, whilo tho old man, with one hand extended as though 1 grasping tbo reius and tho whip raised in the other, assumed an attitude that Dan Mace might envy, and thus the old couple rode up to the station in triumph, amid the cheers of the bystanders. As soon as the train stopped a number rushed to their as sistance ; but they declined all aid, mani festing no concern for themselves, but con siderable for the fute of the horses and wagon. The former were uninjured, while the damages to the latter wero found to be very trifling. too 2JO 2.00
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