THE LANCASTER INTELLIGENCER, PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY 11. G. SMITH d: CO A. J. STEINMAN MEUSE I....s.ds—Two Dollars per annum payable In all cases lu advance. THE LANCARTTSR DAILY INTELLIGENCER IS published every evening, Sunday excepted, at $5 par annum in advance. OFPICE--,9OUTHWEST CORNEU OF CEIVTIIE QUA U. IJortn). PLAIN Lt,lGlAGr.enom Tifturturui N4111c ,, I wi.ll to r, , lll:trl: .‘,1,1 Try I:ingtmg., I That 'ha . ways I int an- ,Lirk And for I rill,. that nr, vain, 'Phull,llll4ll LI.1111.••• I • p.•:.:1.1nr, Whlci: I i-.• 10 ..0pla!i: WIIS 111 , I 511.,11 not , I.•ny In regard To 111, 0111114 . What 11„a! Willie 111 Ight ULSas Atlzte , t In third; dud wt, Hie Wlttelt ht• rn.l Th..l Yet Ite tql it 1,0 .I:ty \1i111,:11 ..N.1 , 1 In , I 11.,p1,... ISIMMIE MIA \ 111 , :t111.• 11 , di 1, if 1111 , 14 1-!111.1: lIIIL Itt• Yt.l th.•.-tr. 1.111. y w. r.. I 111 aw.Ly h, I All,l!ny I It , .\ll.l 111 t Ls.. 11 . 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I /al pal ever -eras tinder hitt] in the t•tilitilie-.? tii ehi•..tile heti. ,vte. leilite.4 lur tit-tli,y vnnm ettwit, alatitt hint that wittilti ativair rather hvtirk at the frtail than \Ye have hal littlit , ittt." IVlth ?if/ hill :taller 111111 Mill Sllllllll , l' ill t Irlll, lilt dear 11111 we ~c.•ro ill harrat•l:=the toll th 11111, veil . , ire you-sve lei Hie Itte•-lati ,,, :t hat they 'lave :11 ite tatwlll a Tartar in chi " Well" -taitl the va•titietnan referred lit a-, I)ttelle-lie, " I ion clad he hit , the hilt I ..itiTy tit have MI Illy ettit,oiettee the load the "hi tat hi-, ta l ler tllat airair at tile (lay, 1! - what in tli. dew, \yr. , iii• tii \vitt], llit• t' Ilc 11.01 hi ch. the hcitt lrl i,i lii , 4,1'11 111,11, :11111 the 11c-11'11 , 1PM a a h.rihe “r1:11/1,11`1,1:, cal,. 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A \ I i Ttirki , ll u,ravvy:ird, Isky , 111,1111 ()it th, ext,.1010,1 Lugo. lolly wall hortlerel NVltit 1I?e , , ntx , forilit•tl a t riNion .1 tin- lit I'oll,lll eye'. over the 1.111, like a PAH., l'a,, with her, and there a dint, gliiti nwring Light, :LS a rttiyn , ,lji or belated -.ht across the st tails, tvith Li; paper lamer!, su , peniled front the prow.. ticca-min.ily the 111.011, Ineaking, through the Ileccy clouds that covered the sky• lent l'.l ,. t . t.aqvd brilliancy to everyt • The cypres,cs \waved in -il vet' deepening the dark ite,, of ihe ,liadows below; liw nu nierou, palaces Or With their lung, glittering lines orilluntivalcd windows,Were ,Caltered in the distance, :tint the night breeze, cool and 'twist, from distant .Nlaritiora, eame sweeping past, bearing its stolen fragrance from the jasmines:mil myrtles of Swutari. Tao fragratte.• of Latakia was my:, rently preferred to that of the myrtle by the little knot. that collected around Lee Nvititbny fa like call 11l I)'Epernay, and nieerschauins and cigars Were light ed lit despair of tiny more active method of killing time. " a bore it is," yawned St. Ile tiers, "that, the opera is over fur the mouth!—D'Ardier, you have not spoken for the last two hours. I condemn you to suggest something to do," " Uood•ulght, then," replied D'Ar dier ; " I inn all' to laid. It's nearlf eleven, and l've a nix o'clock. parade In the morning. You fellows on leave can lie In bed as long as you like." "Hang it all, don't go yet!" said D'Epernay. "I say, Arden, what's this enclosure next door to you T" " It belongs to some old paella or Other," replied Arden, •' My man tells me he has got his harem in a villa down there among the trees." " the sacred camel ! " shouted St. Hel era, making a plunge oft the divan, and nearly upsetting Duchesne, who (TIN ' wh gaittaOtiet .lAtticttigeltax'. VOLUME 71 Rho was perched on the back of a chair endeavoring to see how long he could preserve his balance, "I have an idea!" " Well, please don't break my neck in your astonishmer t ut the novelty, but let us have it. I've not had such a thing for the last twenty-four hours." "Nor the twenty-four years preced ing, you might add, 'chimed in D'Eper nay, with a laugh. "Listen. you fellows," continued St. Heliers. "You say, Arden, that the paella has his seraglio over there ?" "So my servant told me the other morning. But what hat that do with your idea'."' "Only that I am going to try and get a peep at it'" There was a general shout of assent at this announeement —from all, uxeept Lit ',Her, who attempted in vain to clis suade them f min undertaking it. "Well," he said, at last, "you will get into!' eon Mu toh,l scrape, I warn you hav e not been here as long us I have, anddon't ko an s• how savage it makes a Turk to iutrril•rc With hi.,WO -111v11." 1), 't bother, I)'.lrdier," replied Ar den. "We won't l.•t Ibe old li•Iluw know any thing about how manage to get over" he continued, turning . to I. II lirr who had been reconnoitring from the Window. " I 1. 0 . V, you go., a rilpo?" \Vai tie re ply ; but you 01111 take t table "Trne.--Cotne, I.:per:lay! in:hes:- 1W! clear the table. I'lll the di.i:alit• - •,ri an.l che..,:e, on the fluor—anywhere." Amid (,r Iwl¢htrr it', wa: t‘vi-1,2,1 into :L nth . r ,, i• Thf•re Wati ,11111. 111,it Ilion 1111 . . v to fasten 1110 1.1111, till I)Hrli4.-111• ,i1;114,10 1 1 I.llCre trnultl Lr :t getting tht• nnt-sivellinner thr..:e.z.lt the window, Lind, :tilting 1:“ . hint, that piece of furniture pu-4e , 1 up elu,p UI the lattice, mid I.l:ttle fa...t. In one of lie solid it svnll of tho gard,n and •H , . Th. hour ran an aollvy, four it now bo•atii,• the advellturers---for wa, In I 11:1, , ,11, t 111) of the wall he il feet helow lho I , vel of ind(rW •• II•II you - .yid Arden, I zun Illy nelde.d, still Leiil losver nly,didown i.art of the way and, e it . I cannot t-ws•ine. Iver. 'AMU then Ile mile 01 II 11l the I,ther Ithe rope while yoLl rt•lllnv, LoWerill;.; •:,.•,,,•ded, With , 111111. ill ,-111111 . 1 , 11 . 111.2 of l,aaladd alma the wall.— rl by I)'Ept•rilny fir \rilVl . f.11,,11•11 il/ a( .111 tiwir rot orm !My svnunbled (I,wn rr)l,l th, and beg:tu to Corer their \vay,m• silent ly po,,ible, through Um domo ;Ia It•il heirs that , - , tirromMod t Ito park. Nio n WON! %Vas spoken, eXcept vx.t.imoulitm from VEpernay, the Mandy ui the p:trty, the tlwriN an at•;u•i i t,r aime ch,.-t met ion ravorite !mut they MUunl within z 1 sur, cr:ffli which Hil l in appar:.:ll. y " N,. w. 111,1 r, fg,r a 4,1t11 4. 11 " \Vlll,•ll\s'Ay A yl , ll II!;• I,`II4OW • S VI MI to Hp hvr nt tli ry p.ohs, I iIIPPZAIIO, Li) YO.ll 11 , •ar:y iIL tlu '• Lid MI!" 1•I'll••I ty I.•t dicid , • :/u , l try Ilnvn kith. iii• will s.iiil St. I ,taming oir, r.ts ',On .5." H. I lel it , r , :LIDI I,iy trier ,1f011..we,1 the path chir...•ll tine. ,v ' 11.11 , 1114 :1111,01V41,L11,11, NVI . I , and pNintoll the cxtr,lll, lorn nly I.llllli t , /..arry t” the Arabiai at. the ftnutiaiu ywith , r ; it -pq,ut 'trig Wa- t".a.r 1.1 :-I , t• hat limy it •.,,Eh l•r -right 11! A 1111'11 of the hrot4lit thew herore htrge sianding ern hnwered in trees, 11111H 11:tbileil. Bill as they apnniaviosi it. St. I Iddiers totielit•d lii, coniraile's urn' and indnied to a lattice, rlaly t•tifict•aleti by ILIn• a runtiiins, vine I lirnle2,ll the leavL, ul NVllit•ik r.iv n 1 light. "riihnol:lo vmrur sahro," ho Nvhispor od, "‘vo may he The ,108.1114iiy, h IlthliTllll., , htt , h) thou' t•reloi. iiik uulii they 'Mot! Wi der the li:fhled httlive. "To get tip is the next thin_," sail St. ir,Mers, his hciiatli,m , lei looked at the tangled mass of hi tmge I,\ the Vine which prom isetl to he their only assistant in the at tempt. "Whitt tin you think, Arden ; can we climb it mi till I Lrt.• I'll toll cnu," ii ie~l hi,ouutpauiuu, in he 'am , • tt-: he (•ii,l4.av il,l 14 , one (•t . the :Art ic;e , iii "N4ow, then, 14. t w, 11 , 0 ) , 1,1111)1,1 tin 1.,)." fhr next 111011101 a tin` 3 , 11111 r Ili,e,caltole. The vine IVaS n farce I,lle, If:01101 by il , ll Clain]," the ClVVirt, Or OW tbal, reAtiirlag Zeal of exertion, he pregre,iiil mere rapidly than he expected, :mil im a level with the lattice. A sinathereil from and nmile W. Helier,: inquire iiiiverly what was the matter. “litiSill Sot wifistl! Com, tip ,itlickly as you , an, and mak, no noise, for phi's heavie7atol aetive than 11 , 1i1,1'S w:u soon UV:lithe broad stoil, 6aaiiing the lilt the latti,e.-- C,kr,fully puttinz, aide the leaves that and pia,;n4 ,\ - t• to one or th e the hgatiiirtal fret o;'l.lle sa-lt, a sight so ,Ntrzwrdiu ary SZ:111 of 410ii411( :111t1 :,tt:11i11111,.111 ea u,e , l hint :11111 , ISt ; rot' Ihcre, befar, them, in all its I.:a..ftrai maguirm,ffl•t• and 14,v1 , 1ines , , \\':lS—till• harem of the paella. It'hinin, in the inn-I picture-Tie and natural I, , ,itinns, ,ntne half i!, fr.!. front : others sp•ai cil, , m , il , :ing 'limn the I,,\C div;Th that r, , ,111 II , :1 , 11..1'- (1114 the 1111 U; of their Ilan tiwy lav, dark-haired, starry-gygd - Charming littio cl,ih itch were play inn alanll the al.:ill:num, and peal , 01 laughter that illtlit . :ltCll wont. The elwinle.r was large, and evidently ou e in conimou :iii the harem, prolosely iiel•LMlled with ali ill,' rude ,pICII,IL,r of Saraeenic si.hool. The sim sll,l through it (rout ,nine ;nlseeu I,lll'l, icut toneand refinement to wino 'night otherwise have appciirwl etriwous and gaudy. Neither of the two soldiers :puke us their eyes followed tit , graceful move ments of the o,cup:int, of the room and it 11'10,, ill truth IL rare and beauti ful picture. With their raven hair flowing in waves over their shoulders, their oximisitely-cut features awl deli cate complexions, the graceful Persian costumes, all combined with that at traction which female loveliness exerts over men, now heightened by the ro mantic circumstances under which they were beheld, made the enchantment of St. Heliers and his friend complete. !tut before long it was evident that one figure attracted their undivided atten tion, nor could a tel vision of mere material beauty well be found to dazzle the senses of 1111111. In a semicircle of cushions, a little apart from the others, lay the pearl of the harem : u Persian jacket of crituson silk open across the bosom, loose white trousers of the cattle material, gathered at the ankle, -which was clasped by heavy bands of gold above a tiny, naked loot, that played carelessly with the embroidered slipper which had fal len from It ; her dark hair fell in folds ' long strings of pearls wreathed care lessly through It , forming, at once an ornament and support. Apparently the beauty was in a pensive mood, fur, while one handheld listiesslya lute, the other, half burled in the wealth of her dark tresses, formed a rest for a lovely face that appeared all unconscious of its surroundings. Well, St. Hellers, what do you think of this?" at last whispered Arden. "The most glorious creature I ever saw," replied his companion. "She shall never—" Before he had time to finish his sen tence, a shout, so fierce and wild, rose from the opposite side of the villa, fol lowed by a prolonged sac-r-r-e, and a volly of oaths so unmistakably French, that Arden exclaimed: "D'Epernay's in a mess, and, confound it all, how are we to help him *.'" "I don't know, I'm sure. Iced:. here We shall first have to think of helping ourselves." And, as he spoke, one of the doors of the herein was thrown violently open, and a eon fused crowd of female slaves and eunuchs rushed in. Apparently something of the most alarming char acter had occurred, which the two friends at once judged to be the discov ery or cipture D'Epernay. A hurried consultation convinced them that, for the present, they were less liable to discovery by remaining where they were; and it was with the most intense interest that they watched the scene within the harem. A perfect babel of female tongues en sued for the first live minutes, until an old eunuch, evidently of high authori ty, succeeded in some measure in re -toting quiet. During the confusion, the lady whose wonderful loveliness had so strongly attracted :s;t. lichens Al,and rim remained quiet. and COM althongh deeply interested in the I ,roroutid rnspent, had begun to re- I;Cr to Alter listening for a ,liort time. shn hint to tilivE a few W4,1 . 41ti of r1t11111:1IIII, whirr were follow ed by the ininit,litite departure of ,41.'V -1,1%1 i During this time the female slaves of the household,. had collected near the entrance door, and were squatted in groups, awaiting some 11, W scene in tine drama. " St. }fellers" whispered Arden, "we had better be olf; they are going to search the park, and, by this bright moonlight, we shall be .Seen to a cer tainty." There was nn time Cor a_re ply ; the Oid ellllll , ll, as if sinil: by it sudden thought, walked across tile room to the lattice, and began t tiltra,ten the inner " Yott old villain, may Sheitan Ily with you!" exclaimed St. ideliers, shak ing his list at him with so much energy that he lost his balanve, and fell with a crash through :the thick foliage of the vine to the ground. A loud yell an -1101111 Ced to Arden that all hopes of con ,alinent were at an cud, :mil he began to descend as rapidly as the detaining branches of the creeper would admit; but, in the haste of the nbiment, his Mot slipped, and he also came tumbling to the ground ; and, landing on top of St. livings, who was busily searching ton his hands and knees for a missing hoot, they rolled over lovingly ou thj grass together. "Hope didn't hurt you, old fellow!" eNclainted Arden, breathless with laugh ter, in spilt , of '• Only knocked out of We the little breath I had left. Altere's that con rounded hoot gone? Look sharp, Ar den, these fellow. nte:111 A pistol :shot or two WaS tired front llic lattice; hat, ill the confuNion :111d Lu,tle Of the 11101ile 111, the bails Weilt hialt overhead. The yells of ;lie cornd', min led with the shrill sereanis of the Surf: that hoth the youtitt soldier, felt they had no time iffintS it' if 11- tAlt SL4O I dog to draw the former artieles tm, they ran :it full ~.peed as nearly as p,, , sihle in the direction (rout which tle heel entered the garden. Noises in several quarters that wore t hall One party wai , in pursuit, and the knowledge tint Turk yen geathni was apt to he prirdipt ,11111- wary in cases like this them to exert every enervy to teach their friend ly hide cloth. More than once, as the Hashing of torches and the sound of voice, Warned tIICIII of Ihcappnmch of :t Marty, they were oldiged to conceal themselves within soul, of the coverts of myrtle scattered through the path. " tell you what," WiliSlATed L. Metiers, as they were crouched under the Imv liranclies of a jasmine, while the siiund of eager Tiestions and the oc -1 easional ring ash ad, as a scabbard sharply against the ground, gave warning of the C14,4•11e, llf the pursuit. "1 an alarmed about Epernay, these MI lows lank s savage; now it seems M they are all Ml' in this part of the mray Irian the house, what 010 yuu guy' if we hails fur him " U.'t Illy h.)l,t , un, :11111 ant re: u ly Icl ha. NOW, lilt . 11:" ,t(TS When. their 01111 paninns ha,l [wen di,,•ov,ard, to satisfy them , 1,, if 111) . , iihie, that they were hold pri.McN; advan- I:nP• of the deep sliadoW, around them, they at length reached a. spot it short dictanee from the villa. An anxious survey satisfied them that their friends \‘',ll` lint detained tell hout the building {letters !" suddenly cried Arden, •' the 13osporus 11111:4 be close to us. wager that I)'Epertiay has nialutged to double on these raseally slaves who, you see, are all at the other end of the pail:, and luta reached the chore, where he may get away iri a e. "True," replied St. ll.eliers. thmiglit i fully. '' all events, we hail better Judging now that there was less danger of being seen, they walked rap idly forward, without taking their pre vious precaution of keeping iii theshaile. A rden was even laughing at St. ...ober countenance, uml accusing hint of thinking of the harem, when lizz-izz-zz, followed by the heavy, lumbering ie port of a matchlock, warned them of their mistake. " Come, Arden, our only chalice now is the. water!" cried Si. l- [hers, plun.g ing into a thick coppice, followed by his The report of the mateldoelt :tt oiler lirought the rest of their pursuers upon their traces, and it NV:,` , 50011 evident to 1011 11 that, unleg happily aeiMlin -Il 111 lie near the shore, they would have to swim, or he taken prisoners. On they went, regardless now of all conceal ment, dashing through liralte-, mid over I arterres of the 1110011, breaking throueli her thin veil it!' sil very clouds, drifting :lidos , . the thy, lent all her brilliancy to aid their pursuers, who-it , white dress,: could he semi hur rying front all intrts iit the park, their :Moms and yells filling tile air. This way a little, - ealit.,l eat Arlon, \vim, being the timst active, kal the vca•--" this way, St. lieliers—hy there is a ~q .' and, 1‘; ;ill that's zliwieas, there 1- D'Eper wiy• ht.; hut —what the devil !-11 , 11- h), there, D'l;:perany !--behl on ; 1,11 , 11 ~tl' yet! What. the dein, is the tanner.'" sleeiterl he and Wit. Ileliore rashetl hc,athless to the stew, roi., detiaii, ,o• r,t• bout t h e r.,11,10fr i'vt . t•denl 1 . 1 4, 111 the AlOre ; 1/I,oint , ,ort was ruing on, for a heav,s, Lill was a volley m, Turkish eurses, and then a splash, as of sumo solid body thrown overboard, suc ceeded immediately by another. A cheer from D'Epernay, as rite f' , 1;7 , 1 , ' was pushed rapidly in shore, ehange of ownership. Loid; out, tit Hctiia u, here cone the ra,cals in force," .houted Arden, as half a dozen white fivures came leaping down the hank toward,: them. We shall have to draw upon thew. Arden." And the next moment, their heavy cavalry-sabres flashed out in the cool noonlight. "Charge and drive the scoundrels back, while D'Epernay brings up the boat!" shouted St. Heliers. A mad whirl for a moment—shouts, and groans, and curses, and the clash ing of steel, as the two soldiers, side by side, drove steadily back the slaves. A moment later, and D'Epernay was be side them, having left Duchesne in chare of the calque. " ' hack, Arden, come back, for Heaven's sake, or those in fermi] cuuiucd ji.3 will swim in and take the caique from Duchesne!" It was plainly the wisest course, for re-enforcements could be seen pouring down from all quarters of the garden, some wearing the blue uniforms of the Turkish infantry, showing that the guard from the adjacent barracks had been turned out. " Come along, Arden," cried D'Ep ernay, seizing his friend by the arm and dragging him back, followed by St. Hollers. " Look sharp, Ducheene, and shove off!" he added, as all three tumbled on board. A few vigorous strokes of the oar car- LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 16 18Th tied them out into the swift current of the Bosporus; their pursuers contenting themselves with a volley of random shots, and shouting curses until they were out of hearing. " Well," said St. Heliers, resting on his oar as they floated past the eastern point of the Goldern Horn, "you have heard our story, D'Epernay, now tell yours." It wassoon related : Duchesne and him self, after wandering through the park in various directions, had reached the villa on the side opposite to that gained by lit. Heliers and Arden ; in attempting to explore, they had frightened an old female slave, who had given the alarm. Beating a rapid retreat fur the table cloth, the pursuit was so close that they had been obliged, as Arden suggested to double on their pursuers and seek an escape by the Bosporus. They had suc ceeded in making a bargain with the owners of a doubled-oared calque, when the reports of the pistols, discharged from the villa, induced them to delay, in the hope that their comrades might make their retreat by the same route ; but, on their approach, pur sued by the slaves, the caiquccifis became frightened and endeavored to force them nn shore. All persuasions proving unavailing, they were obliged to resort to more forcible measures, and, as the only way of securing .the retreat of the whole party, had oluietly pitched the rightful owners of the calque over t, •:•d. Running the stolen craft ashore at one of the government landings, with a napoleon left under the cushion to re imburse the owners for their sudden ejection, the four officers stepped ashore. " I think," said St. Helier, as they lighted their cigars before separating, '. the less said about this little affair, for the present, the better. We are not the only Frenchmen iu Consautinople who are fond of an adventure. Come, Ar den—good night!" Texas and Louisiana fruitfulness of an Almost Unknown Country—rociliticit for stock Raining . tßoney—ftitilroad Enterpripie--- 1,000 7111 es of Wild Gram, Vines— Where to g.is for Homenteailit, eke.. &e. To the Editor of the N. V. Express. I am now on my way across the Mis sissippi, having left Houston and pass ed up in the Orange and Jasper coun ties of Texas, crossing the tiabine near Nildett's Bluff, assisting a set of beef drivers from Burleson county to cross Said ne on theirway through the Atta kapas region to New Orleans. I parted with them in the " Big Woods," a tine section of highland on Calcasieu river, abounding, in timber, good laud for cultivation, producing cotton, corn, tigs, peaches and melons, as flue as any roan try upon the face of the earth.— These people work a pineland soil, with small hickory, dogwood and buckeye scattered through it, and are exceeding ingly happy and prosperous, although in a solidi way. Venison, honey, fresh and salted beef of their own hunting and raising, are on all their tables, and on the Cocodrie (a small river) they have the finest trout lisping in America. There is quite a sprinkling of the French descendants in this neighborhood, many of whom can not converse in the language of Ameri ca and many or them hate Amer cans and still consider themselves as French men. Passing on, I came to Cheneyville, a small town ; this is quite a place "of claims" to importance in a mercantile w:ty. The,* people are truly honest in their "aceoptace of the situation," and, un less aided by Northern capital, it will require a generation to rebuild their business capacities and enable them :main to become our customers: They cannot buy from us, for the want of means, We cannot credit them, for they are insolvent. If we want to make anything out of therm we must build them railroads, go among them, buy land, sit down in a common destiny with them ; and Whell we give them facilities in the way of railroads, vil• laves, towns, schools and churches, they oil. EOOll recuperate, and the North will once more have a vast outlet for its ma chinery, iron, man LI metres, Mid Yan kee notions—to say nothing of the leather interest, boots, shoes, etc. In Texas any honest, industrious roan is universally - respected and esteemed, but if a man wants to live by other people's labor he is notified to leave, and if he don't, he meets a bad fate. Water is si.arvii, and the great heat of the sun light dries and parches up the grass to such an extent, that when fire gets on it whole prairies, extending sometimes a hundred miles, ale burnt over. Added to this, the cold northers in Texas fre quently freeze a large portion of their stock when caught. out in the open prairies. In the northwestern part of the State they fare equally Mal in cold weather, when the water freezes so long sometimes that the cattle perish fur the want of it. The range for cattle to my eye cowmen ees between the Sabine anti Calcasieu rivers, and etttends north to wards the !mad of the latter river. Then the range is very good in the lowlands of Red river, but they are caught here by high overflows. Cros,if,g _Red river at Dr. Compton's, I went out through a highland region near Vichere prairie, a lovely and rich, but entirely unimproved section, where vast herds of fine cattle loot meat every point, the fattest I have ever beheld in will pasture land; and here every house had abundance of milk, butter, beef and honey, all taken without any ex pense except the trouble of marking and branding, and the honey they procure from the wild bees in the trees. These people in Louisiana and Texas have their marks and brands, recorded, in the proper offices. They hunt the bee-trees by going into the woods with some honey on a plate ; they set it down and notice it, wheu very soon some industrious bee discov ers the treasure, loads himself with it, and starts l'or his hive. The bee-hunter watches the course he takes in his flight, and follows it as far as he can, and not unfrequently notices the bees come and go from inure directions than sue, when he sets a stake or burnt chunk against a tree to mark the spot, and pursues one of the set to his hive or tree, and cuts it down. They gather the wild bees into hives, and take them home and domesticate them very easily, and they do well and have no winter feeding to do for them. The prairie and woods th roughout Louisiana abound inn _lowers to such an extent that honey is a natur:d consequence. 'I l, high lands in the vicinity of "Magnolia Valley" produce not only cotton admirably, but I saw as good, as well matured, awl as tall sugar cane growing inn them is I found anywhere on Bayou Hour, ur Oocodrie, or on Oyster Creek, in Texas, and, what is of egred importance, tine oak timber, hickory, lion, and other useful timber. There are no settlements except sparsely scat tered ones, yet these people are every where now engaged in getting' up a railroad enterprise, to connect Natchez, Mississippi, to Tri n i ty, at the confluence of the _Little river with Washita and Tensas rivers, and then to cross about 20 miles below Alexandria on Red river, and then south by Cheneyville, between Calcasieu and Sabine rivers, either to intersect the New Orleans and Houston railroad on the east side of the Sabine. or, crossing this latter river near Nib lett's bluff, connect near Liberty or the Trinity river in Texas, and thence to Houston. Mr. Cozze is was through this section for one thousand miles. The timber is everywhere covered with grape and hullace vines, and you may see myrids of hogs, cattle, deer and wild turkies eating in a wild, vivacious revel; the fruit of the vines all covering thegrouud. Persons owning high priced lands at the North, in our cold, icy sections, had better sell out and come South and set tle on the public domain, where " Un cle Sum" is rich enough to give us all a farm. On the same place I beheld sugar-cane corn, cotton, pomegranates, figs, and apples growing In perfection, and that place can be bought for $5 per acre, is pretty well settled, and belongs to Mr. Hiram McCan. His post-oflice is at Alexandria, 24 miles above where he lives. There are no post offices In this for saken country ; never were I There are large families iu many sections that I have described, and in this very vicin ity, who never took a newspaper . Just think of it! They are moving, however, and I understand that those very peo ple are now surveying their part of the railroad I have described, through from Natchez by way of Trinity, In this State, to "Magnolia Valley," on the banks of the Red river, and on the south to Trin ity river, in Texas. The General As semblies In Louisiana, lifissiisidppl and Texas, and the Federal Government, will assuredly give them the publie do main on eanhstariif their road,throug p out its length id extent, and do all they hr -1- r other roads in other section: •hole route is highly favored -e of few settlements, ntered public domain character, and, in ad- iderations, the health and salubrity of the climate are unsur passed. I have seen more chills and fever in the States of Indiana and Illinois, in one day's ride, three years ago, than I have seen or heard of - in a tratnpoose of over WU miles, in August and Septem ber, in this region. To all immigrants who wish to go up Red River, I say go to Dysart's Land ing, get out, go among the people, con sult them, and they will soon see "Mug rnolia Valley," the prairies, or the inter mediate country ; or if they desire to settle between Calcasieu and Sabine, let them get out on the opposite side of the river at Dysart's Landing, and go south to Cheneyville, cross Cocodrie bayou, and they will plunge at once between these two streams into the finest " up land laud" in the planet. To make this trip in a proper manlier three gentlemen should go together on horseback, and have a light two-horse wagon and a top to it, to keep them and their provisions dry in wet weather; have a gun to shoot game with, a few fishing lines and hooks, with matches, a small supply of powder, shot, whis key, pipes and tobacco. The people will, any of thew, go 2.0 roily:a to show you the eountry. You will want a pocket. compass, a few tin cups or India rubber ones, a coffee pot, sugar, coffee, and a box of soda crackers. Be sure to have two tuiJdliugsof bacon to fry fish with, and a frying pan. This section is not annoyed with mos quitoes when you get out of Red river bottom, and agnod sleep can be had any where in the woods, turning your horse loose to till himself with fine, abundant and invigorating grass. The people are all fond of your stop ping at their houses, and far more so if you will only tarry under their roofs and make yourself pleasant and at home. LATuoim. In Memory of Lee—JelTerson Davis' Speech. A large meeting of Confederate Offi cers and soldiers was held in Richmond on Thursday evening last, as a token of respect to the memory of the late Gener al R. E. Lee. A permanent Lee Asso ciation was tormed, with the following officers : President—Jefferson Davis Vice Presidents—Major (4meral Fitz hugh Lee, Major Gen. John B. Gordon, Major Gen. Edward Johnson, Major Gen. I. It. Trimble, Brigadier Gen. W. li.'l'alial'erro, Brigadier Gen. William N. Pendleton, Major Gen. Wm. Smith, Brigadier Gen. H. A. Wise, and others. The great speech of the occasion was that of Mr. Davis. The Richmond 'Ws pafrli says: "As Mr. Davis arose to walk to the stand, every person in the house sprang to his feet, and there fol lowed such a storm of applause as seem ed to shake the very foundation of the building, while cheer upon cheer was echoed from the tlx of veterans sa luting one whom they delighted to honor." Dr. Davis said: Robert E. Lee was my associate and friend in the military academy, and we were friends until the hour of his death. We were associates and friends when he was a soldier and I a Congressman, and associates and friends when he led the armies of the Confederacy and I presided in Bs cabi net. We passed through many sad scenes together, but I cannot remember that there was ever aught but perfect harmony between us. If ever there was a difference of opinion, it was dissipa ted by discussion, and harmony was the result. I repeat, we never disagreed; and I may add, "That I never in my life saw in him the slightest tendency to stilt-seeking. It was not his to make a record; it was not his to shift blame to other shoulders ; hut it was his, with an eye fixed upon the welfare of his country, never faltering, to follow the line of duty to tile end. His was the, heart that braved every difficulty; his was the mind that wrought, victory out of defeat. 11, , has been clinred with I' want of dash." 1 wish to say that I never knew Lee to falter to attempt anything ever man could dare. An attempt has also been made to throw a cloud upon his character, because he left the arnie of the United States to join in the strug gle for the liberty of his State. With out teaching at all upon politics, I deem it my duty to say one word in reference to this charge. Virginia born, descended from a family illustrious in Viririaia's annals, given by Virginia to the service of the United States, he re presented her in the military academy at \Vest Point. Ile was not educated by the federal government, but by Vir gums, for she paid her full share for the support of that institution, nod was en ' titled to demand, in return the services of her sons. Entering the army of the United States, he represented Virginia there al o, and nobly. On many a hard fought field, Lee was conspicuous, battling for his native State as touch as fur the Linton. Ile came from Mexico crowed with honors, covered by brevets, and recognized, young as be was, as one of the ablest of his country's soldeiers. And to prove that he was estimated then as such, let me tell you that when Lee was a captain of engineers, station ed in Baltimore, the Cuban Junta in New York selected hint to be their lead er in the struggle for the independence of their native country. They were anx ious to secure his services. and offered him every temptation that ambition could desire. He thought tleie matter over, and, I remember, came to Wash ington to consult me as to what he should do, and when I began to discuss the complications which might arise front his acceptance of the trust he gen t ly rebuked me, saying that this was not the line upon which he asked my ad vice; thesimple question was "Whether it was right or not He had been ed ucated by the United States, and felt wrung to accept a place itt the army of a foreign power. Such WaS his extreme delicacy, such was the nice sense o honor of the gallant gentleman whose death we deplore. But when Virginia withdrew—the State to whom he owed his first and last allegiance—the saute nice sense of honor led Min to draw his sword and throw it in the scale for good or for evil. Pardon nte for this brief de fense of my illustrious friend. When Virginia joined the confedera cy, Robert Lee, the highest oilicer in the little army of Virginia, came to Richmond, and not pausing to inquire what would be his rank in the service of the confederacy, went to Western Virginia under the belief that he was still an officer of the State. lie clinic back carrying the heavy weight of de feat and unappreciated by the people whom he served, for they could not know, as I knew, that if his plans and orders had been carried out, the result would have been victory rather than reteat. You did not know, for I would not have known it had he not breathed it in my ear only at my earliest request, and begging that nothing be said about it. The clamor which then arose fol lowed him when he went to South Car olina, so that it became necessary on his going to South Carolina to write a letter to the governor of that State, tell ing hint what manner of man he was. Yet through, all this, with a magnani- mity rarely equalled, he stood in silence, without defending himself or allowing others to defend him, for he was un- I willing to offend any one who was wear- ' ing a sword and striking blows for the confederacy. The speaker referred also to the cir cumstances attending Gen. Lee's cross ing the Potomac, and the march into Pennsylvania. He(Mr% Davis) assumed the responsibility for that movement. The enemy had long been concentrating his force, and it was evident that if they continued their steady progress, the confederacy would be overwhelmed. Our only hope was to drive them to the defense of their own capital, we being enabled, in the meantime, to reinforce our shattered army. How well Gener al Lee carried out that dangerous ex periment need not be told. Dichmoud was relieved, the confederacy was re lieved, and time was obtained, if other things had favored, to reinforce the army. But, said Mr. Davis, I shall not attempt to review the military career of our fallen chieftain. Of the man, how shall I speak? He was my friend, and In that word is included all that I could say of any man. His moral qualities rose to the height of his genius; self-denying —always intent upon the one idea of duty—self-controlled to an extent that many thought him cold. His feelings were really warm, and his heart melted freely at the sight of a wounded soldier, pr the story of the sufferings of the widow and orphan. During the war he was ever conscious of the inequality of the means at his control; but it was never his to complain or utter a doubt —it was always his to do. When, in the last campaign, he was beleagured at Petersburg, and painfully aware of the straits to which we were reduced, lie said: " With my army in the moun tains of Virginia, I could carry on this war for 20 years longer." His men ex hausted, and his supplies failing, he was unable to carry out his plans. An un toward event caused him to anticipate the movement, and the army of North ern Virginia was overwhelmed. But in the surrender he anticipated conditions that have not been fultilled—he expect- ed his army to be respected, and 11,s paroled soldiers to be allowed the ,W -joyments of life and property. Whet It er these conditions have been fulfilled. let others say. Here he now sleeps in the land he loved so well, and that land is not Virginia only, for they do injustice to Lee who believe he fought only for Virginia. He was ready to go anywhere, on any service for the good of his coun try, and his heart was as broad as the 15 States struggling for the principles that our forefathers fought for in the Revolution td 1776. He is sleeping In the same soil with the thousands who fought tinder the same tlac, but first offered up their lives. Here the living are assembled to honor his memory, awl there the skeleton sentinels keep watch (over his grave. This citizen! this sot ier! this great general! this true pa f7triot! left behind him the crown Om .glory of a true Christian. Iris Christi , unity ennobled hint in life, and affords us grounds for the belief that he is happy beyond the grave. 'But, while I we mourn the loss of the great and the true, drop we also tears of sympathy with her who was his help-meet—the noble woman who, while her husband was in the field leading the army of the ' confederacy, though an invalid herself, passed the time in knitting socks for the marching soldiers! A WOOlati lit to be the mother of heroes—and heroes are descended front her. Mourning with her, we can only offer the consola tion of a Christian. Our loss is not his; but he now enjoys the rewards of a life well spent, and a never-wavering trust in a risen Saviour. This day we unite our words of sorrow with those of the good and great throughout Christendom —for his fame has gone over the water —his deeds will be remembered; and when the monument we build shall have crumbled into dust, his virtues will still live, a high model for the imi tation of generations yet unborn. Resolutions were adopted by the meet ing, favoring the erection of a monument to Gen. Lee, and a committee of seven t o live was appointed to receive contribu tions for the purpose. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company El= If the State of Pennsylvania could be measured and judged by the good intentions which, from time to time, and often. have shone forth in eflort , , not only for her own but for the hovel opment of the territory lying in and West of her limits, the universal deci sion could not fail to he recorded as— " &trip: in ileNiqn, firrtnd in ~M lpre io,ll "The " jir,t pa/11" westward trot the pioneer and huntsman, led through her valleys and over her mountaims. 'che first " roud qi trrtra" for the hardy colonists who settled on the banks of the Ohio, and gave civilized popula tion to the valley of the Mississippi, traversed her limits from East to Rest. . . The first paved road, or " farnpik , " of America, over which, in winter a' in slimmer, could safely move the emi grant cart, or the great old " Conestoga wagon," bearing supplies and merchan dise, extended from Philadelphia to the then far distant Pittsburg. The first interior commercial !neon of transit by " slack water," canal and railway," over which could be born.- to market the agricultural products or the then youthful West, followed in nearly parallel line the first project, I first completed turnpike. Like a good and faithful mother, the Commonwealth nursed her offspring, only to see tier First Path" baptized in blood. second "Road of travel': lived only through toil, torture and bat tle. tier third or "Turnpike," was characterized by thieving. Iler fourth, or " Canal," give birth to a succession of plunderers known as "Canal COTll missioner,," exceeded only in that ca pacity, and unprincipled means of sat isfying it, and that bastard progeny which clings to, and fattens upon, the earnings of the last ereation of the .late —" The Pennsylvania Railroad." Coming into existence under a liberal charter, with means generously sup plied by the Corporate Authorities :Ind citizens of Philadelphia—the Company having at its head an honest, zealous mechanic and business man, the late Samuel V. Merrick—the construction of the road was pressed forward ; but long before its completion the usual jial ousies and contests for power retarded its progress. The intrigues of a then impecunious Engineer gathered round him a clique of " Friends," and Mr. Merrick Waii displaced. The Engineer rose to prwmr as President, and showed ability ill the maimgement of construction as well as in the ' running of the road, and nut less in accumulating a fortune, which his salary of &. - ,,0u0 a year could not have supplied. Concentrating power through proxies, he elected Directors, Vice-Presidents, Assistants and Legal Counsellors, ail of whom, it is asserted, grew to rapid wealth through permanent position and secret but well-concerted plans. Plausible annual reports were put forth, and reasonable dividends paid.— Satisfied with these, the sharchobleN did tint go beneath the surface, or makc such searching inquiry as might Lave revealed facts showing that through co vert arrangements and persistent in trigues large portions of the earnings of this road were absorbed into privileged • Express" and "Fast freight" com panies, owned or largely participated by the officers and directors. Or that, under the plausible pretext of extending western and southwestern connections, railroads were nominally bought, or large amounts of capital advanced to control them, but more for the purpose of dividing both the tidy:owe and the shares intended for its representation with these same officers and directors, than for the purpose of benefiting the great road intrusted to their charge. It ! must lie borne in mind that in each in trigue [lli, character, the idiareS of the gain, whether of cash or (.f stock thus absorbed, became a perpetual tax upon the axed capital of the Penn sylvania Company, depriving its share holders of their legitimate, full propor tion of the earnings of the whoie enter prise. With greed for greater gain, similar intrigues are now being, pressed still ! more vigorously by the Vice-President, Scott, who is possessed of more ability for that speciality than his silent and now decaying superior in office, Presi dent Thomson. Links of roads are being bought up, and new charters acquired in Mary land, Virginia and further South, by which to extend "the influence and business of the Company" nominally. but realtil that margin, of profits 111,12/ he made in contracts for contract ion, and divisions Of shares and bonds to the con trolling clique. In the latter case these shares and bowls may possibly be paid out for debts created by the parties for property, as in known instances of the Kansas, Pacific and some other road bonds, which were obtained in this manner, and thus the parties may accumulate real estate impermanency and care nothing for the final failure which must inevitably come to this Pennsylvania road when it has reached beyond Its psiut of ulti mate financial strain. There are sharp railroad minds in England which have already entered upon a calculation to fix the time of this failure. To the city of Philadelphia this Com pany owes its existence. Tu Its corpor ative authorities in trust for its people it owes over five millions of dollars; but unmindful of these weighty obligations, arrangements have been made to divert from that city all the collateral benefits to be derived from the great through business of the road, by the construction of a branch road from a point on its line near Parkesburg, to, or near, Delaware City in the State of Delaware. At these points, on the road and on the river, lands have been secured to build up a town on the one, and a large city at the other, but not for the bonen of Philadelphia or of the sharehold ern of the Company beyond those em ' braced in the officers and board ofdiree tors. The results of this will be, the de priving of Philadelphia of the little coin ' scree she had left ; causing a ca.+4 tion in the value of her real estate; and transferring of the shippinghusin,sssonie eixty mike farther down the river. It will there give those benefits to the : state of Delaware, and to the clique .of speculators associated with the Directors, which were intended to be conferred solely upon the common ' wealth of Pennsylvania and upon the city of PhiladelAia. It was supposed the representation which. the city had in the Board of Directors would secure her interest at all times; but it has not for the reason that ;this very '• repre twalot ion " is believed to form a large portion of the clique which exercises se cret but sure control of the spoils. It is said the "Society of Friends" fastened this peculiar management upon the Company. If so, their known sense of justice will make them active in its removal when its errors and malprac ' tiers are shown. \\e, therefore, urge thrill to look well into this matter. Let them not be sati , tied with plitusihie re ' ports, and with dividends, which, it' honestly made, might have been twice as large, and which, it dishonest, are sapping, the prosperity of their great railway. Emboldened by the outward show of sueeess, the clique controlling this corn. pany gained such effrontery of action as to attempt the plunder of nine and a half millions of dollars from the " sink ing fowl of the Stale,'' at the late session of the Legislature, through an " act" aiding; the Bunk', Pine Creek and Jer sey Shore roads. in this they would have succeeded but for Governor Geary's veto. The hill for this purpose was so artfully worded that they might have drawn the guaranteed bonds front the sinking fund, divided them out and ne glected to build the roads named. It tees reported that Governor Geary was offered a bri be of several hundrjd thous and dollars to sign the bill ; but this is questionable, solely on the ground of doubt as to whether the demoralization caused by the late war has left integrity in any one to resist such temptation especially in Pennsylvania, where the liikiet of its great railroad corporation is said to have been that it had 5o far cor rupted the State, its Legislature and the judgment of its courts, as to control all a ethm to its wishes. Winter Fashions for Men That supreme miracle of ugliness, the sack-coat, has disappeared utterly—loft not a trace behind. "Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not deplore thee, with selfish laments we never will bore thee." When the transition from a mere bean-pole to an Apollo is effected by a Crock-coat, we are quite ready to welcome the frock with open arms and compla cent shoulders. It would seem that this sensible, graceful, :out elegant style is too well established ever to be dislodged by anv sudden fit of caprice. A hand some figure the frock defines with artis tic similitude of curve; for an awkward one it can be padded to a natural perfec tion, that the sack would never permit. The morning and busine-s coat is the Newmarket cut, usually double-breast ed, with a long roll. The waist is short, thereby insuring :a graceful back; the skirts are also rather short. Lapels are a trifle broader—rightfully so, as they give a certain dignity to all ligures. Pantaloons have a generous "spring" bottom rounding over the foot, and are a very little larger than last year, just large enough to define the leg in an easy way without giving :in impression of bagginess. Plaids are not permitted, and side-bands are entirely out of the question. The coat material, or stuff In delicate hair-line stripes, are most used. Vests are cut both double and single breasted, have four buttons, and a wide, rolling collar wit hoot break. The noteli ed collar is out. Four buttons are t h e or dained number, and he who presumes to button his vest high is exceedingly low in the fashionablescale. The high vests always give an impression of a creature all chest, chin, and choke.— Business suits are 'nails mostly of Eng lish diagonals, meltons anti cheviots, in rich, dark colors. The suit is either made .r the same material throughout, or else the coat and vest are alike, with narrow-striped pantaloons. Vest and pant loons to match are little worn.— : These suits have either stitched edges, or are bound with silk braid., Diagonal goods look somewhat better bound facings are now scarcely seen. Buttons are usually covered with the suit mate rial. Cheviots occasionally have fancy buttons. The suit fortnorning weddings, prom visiting and all senti-formal occasions, is very distinguished indeed. The coat is either a double-breasted Prince Albert, with collar rolling to the waist, or a si ogle-breasted London frock. The Prince Albert is worn rather more than the other, as there's much more grace and dignity about it. The mater ial is line English cloth in dark colors, claret, black, Of Id tie. The Unit Soule time, has a velvet collar ; the vest is of the coat stutrand is cut low. The panta loons are of light English or French cassimere, i LI delicate self-color or dainty line-stripes. 'There are many beautiful shades of pearl, lavender, and drab in pantaloon stuffs. These half-dress suits, by reason of their attractiveness in out :tit color, their universal illness and availability, are gradually crowding out full-dress for occasions which, two years ago, would have imperatively de manded the head-waiter costume. Many society gentlemen, who are somewhat p t. , as to years acre endeavoring to make this dress presentable on till oc casbuis, as it is less trouble and more ef fective in the ensemble than the other. If any mail desires to consult economy, he may do it very satisfaetorily In this isuit for it isadapte I to an infinite variety iu requirument. Full-dress is as woeful as ever; dead ly black all the way through. The re morseless swallow-tail keeps on its course of empire. The blue coat with its gay brass buttons has almost wholly disappeared. The more's the pity— 'twas far more stylish than the black. The White silk vest is not very much worn. The black vest is three-button ed, is cut to show as much as possible of the shirt-front, and has a broad, rolling collar. The false collar which used to be worn inside the vest is now obsolete. The doeskin pantaloons are cut rather closer than those of the demi dress suit. overcoats have attained to almost per fection in make and material. An ele gant simplicity characterizes them.— For everything but the fullest of full dress, the style preferred is the single breasted Chesterli.•ld sack-shaped, cut rather short, with Ily-fronts, and a vel vet collar. The materials are meltons, kerseys, elysians, la-avers, and friezes; and the colors for Winter, dark bloc, brown, claret, black, olive, and gray mixtures. Olive promises to remain a fashionable color, though it is decidedly an ugly one, and becoming to nobody. Dress overcoats are surtouts of merton or dressed heaver, with collar, lapels and cuffs, five inches deep, of vel vet. Charming buttons of silk twist or mohair, in fancy patterns, are worn.— Cape overcoats will still be 51 , en upon elderly gentlemen. Very striking gar ments, lined and trimmed with fur, are reserved for tile men who own fast hors es and drive much during cold weath er. Sealskin is especially good in effect. For riding and di iving,velvetccn coats and vests, with corduroy pantaloons, are provided. The coat is a single-breasted English jacket, well cut away in front, and fastened high on the chest. The vest is also single-breasted and buttons high. Claret, brown, and black' are the favorite colors. For riding, the panta loons are longer than for ordinary wear, and have buttons and strains at the ankle. For full dress, shirt fronts are alto gether of double linen, without pleats. Vines of the ,Mintiest, most delicate em broidery, run up the centre. For ordi nary occasions two broad pleats are the moat popular style. The flaring, rever sible cuffs are most worn, though the square ones make the hand and wrist look handsomest. Cuffs with turned down corners are struggling for exist ence, but probably In vain. The favorite collars are the Florence mul Wellington. The Florence is the preferable shape, as are all the turn over collars, which do not too lavishly expose the masculine throat, which in no case can be worthy of admiration. The Prince Teck, Stanley, and Ken sington scarfs are almost popular. Those in satin are usually reserved by men of good taste for morning concerts and other semi-dress ceremonials. Cross grain scarfs are en reale for ordinary purposes. Dark rich colors are always the most distinguished. Plaided and speckled affairs were never other than NUMBER 46 montrosities, and men seem to have re alized it at last, judging from their re cent devotion to self-colors. Butter flies are out, and ties are very little worn, except for full-dress, when the plain black tie is imperative. The white tie still maintains its pristine power and purity at weddings. It has ever a charming effect under a very red and embarrassed chin. Jewelry grows smaller in quantity but more exquisite in simplicity of de sign and fine workmanship. (bind taste is shown in keeping diamond studs for full-dress only. Gold studs in delicate patterns, mounted on spirals, are gener ally worn. The sleeve buttons unfelt in pattern; the prettiest are oval, and are not extreme in size. Monograms are worn, though not so much as for merly. The monogrammatic fever is dying away with the rest M our SCIIS:1- iioll/11 tastes in attire. Full set, of pret ty cameos are worn by a ti•iv artistic souls. The studs bear beautifully wrought heads, so tiny as Lt be almost imperceptible, and the sleeve buttons have larger ones to mateb. Seal rings are smaller than of old, and are worn altogether on the third finger of the lett hand. It is eoneeded at last that dia monds on the masculine hand are in ex ecrable taste, and the doughty Colonel of the Ninth is permitted to tight and bleed alone in their glory. The long and exquisitely wrought watch-chain, in the \ enitian style, is universally pre ferred to the short chatelaine. The "stove-pipe" with broad rolled brim is the roost fashionable hat. It is more distingue, but less becoming than the six-and-a-quarter-hien dreg-crown ed beaver with the thi.shing, graceful D'Orsuy curve. Only black silk beave N are permissible. Mourning bands now serve simply their legitimate purpose. Different variations of the Derby tom in black, gray, and drab felt are the popular low-crowned hats n ow as last year. For riding, are shown soft, round crowned hats with turned-up brine, matching the velveteen coat in color. Two-buttoned gin VCS in russet and gray kid are worn for everything but full-dress, with which pearl color awl pale lavender are ordained. )tan's as well as woman's gloves have risen as tonishingly in price since the war, and consequent quiet of the importers. Boots have been discarded during the Summer and Fall, but will probably re appear in a measure with wild Winter weather. Buttoned gaiters, with gen erous round toes, and eon) parat ively low heels, are most worn just now. They are quite plain. The ornamental up pers went out some time ago with the box-toes. Gaiters fur full-dress are of prettiest and softest calf-kid. The Fashions SHAWL:4, WALI:ANH AND MCI:AI:FAST SEEM Low-priced shawls for ordinary wear range from $l2 to $2O. A very popular pattern has broad black and white stripes. Heavy Ottoman shawls, which are reversible, and which have gray stripes, alternating with IZonian colors, or with handsome scarlet stripes, are exceedingly stylish. Among the varie ties are soft gray shawls, resembling plush ; others show a grey plush sur face on one side, and bright plush stripes on the other. More expensive SilaW Is conaand the usual prices. The favor ite mode of wearing an ordinary shawl is to double it in the middle, giving it the form of a scarf. When handsome shawls are worn the simple and natural style of folding will probably be adopted. CLOTH JACK ETS Colt 'l'tiC eTRt:t:T are handsomely enihroidered with silk braid. The cloth is generally black, and the embroidery, which usually FO presents a vine is sometimes worked with various bright colored braids. The most stylish jackets are the black cloth embroidered with white braid; price twenty dollars. Jackets and sacques fur breakfast are made ei a lighter ma terial, resembling flannel. Plain colors are trimmed with bands of bright cloth with pinked edges. Hay colored jack ets are trimmed with black guipure Cl,' With a suitable heading. The lace is about three inches wide. The most stylish house jaekets are trimmed with velvet. I=ll3 Good Welsh flannel, a yard wile, way be bought for ninety eents a yard. A heavier tian lad, three yards wide,w !deb k preferred by some ladies, is three dol lars a yard. One yard is required for a Skirt. Shaker flannel, of pretty good quality, way be bought far seventy cents. vest and drawers, ranges from live to nine dollars. Extra tine suits of Eng lish manufacture cost. ten and twelve dollars. The line English ribbed stock ing which conies in the English lengths, costs from two to three dollars. The fleece-lined stockings which are pre ferred by sonic ladies for their warmth, vary from eighty cents to one dollar and twenty cents. They come in the Eng lish lengths, and are both bleached and unbleached. Good cotton stockings of the same length vary in price from forty-live to seventy cents. The newest thing in linen collars is the Nilsson. It is very broad at the back, and it is cut away something like the sailor collar in fiord. 'clic edge is eat in large scollops. The cuff: corres pond. Very dressy erillat'S which arc made in the favorite shape, that is, wi th turn over points and a narrow hand, have the points cnutpo e l of lace and embroidery. The price varies from live tosef•en dollars. '.i.leeves with embroid ered ruffles are made to wear with the half flowing dress sleeve. for evening are composed of Valencien nes lace and the finest needlework em broidery. They vary in price from twenty five to forty dollars. Handsome collars of light mourning which are to be worn with a heart-shaped corsage, are made of a white strip of illusion, which is slightly gathered over a black gros grain ribbon. It is edged on each side with revere stitching half an inch wide, and it is bordered on each edge with a narrow frill of crimped tarletan. Cheinisettes are composed of two strips of illusion, with a wide hand of revere stitching between, with the narrow frill of the tarletan above. P ROM EN An E BON N rrs are in the style of Louis XIV., only smaller than were worn in those days. The crowns are high, but soft and grace ful—britus narrower, and hack curtain just large enough to cover the chignon. French jetts and velvets are most in use. Trimmings are largely grosgrain ribbons and velvets, mingled with loons, rolls and puffs—shades similar to the hat. Feathers and lure are universally employed this month for garnitures. The richest are embellished with ele gant plumes of same ,bode as the felt. The colors in vogue arc sombre, and when flowers are worn dark Autumn shades in harmony with the hat are in mode. Caret, Across the Continent The San Francisco OW says: If the price of passage from Omaha to Cali fornia over the Pact lie Railroads cannot be reduced, as we have been hoping, it is in the highest degree desirable that sonic provision should be maile by which passengers can enjoy rest of nights :it a lesser price tham the present sivepinq cars afford. At present rates, only rich people can affird to visit the east from this roast. The regular tariff toChicag,o, for example, is $llB, to which must be added s4iir for sleeping-car fare, arid from to $2O more for meals on the road. A man and his wife, therefore, cannot visit their friends or relatives In the Eastern States for a less sum than or $lOO, actual traveling expenses.— There are comparatively few who can this price. On second class cars, which are still quite comfortable, the fare is considerably less, but the fa tigue Is altogether too great, traveling five or six days continuously, withont once stretching out the limbs in repose. Why riot have some second class sleep ing cars, where, for fifty cents a night, the passengers can luxuriate at full length arid catch a little comfortable sleep? Two dollars for a berth Is more than many people are able to pay. Lees gilding and panelling, and fever para phernalia of luxury would enable the managers to put on sleeping cars, which would still be quite comfortable, and would be liberally , paironized by travel lers whose limited means do not war rant them in Indulging In the comforts of a "silver palace." Itappeurs to us, in deed, that low-priced sleeping arrange ments are absolutely essential on the through trains of the Pacific roads. We trust the matter wtll receive the early attention of the railroad authorities. BATE OF JiDliEßTltiViiii RESTEESE ADVERTMEMENTE, 812 a year per squre of ten lined; 68 per year fcw essoh. aO.ll - equate.. REAL Ear ' int ftla.anise for the first, end cents for each eubsequent In- Insertion. • GENERA ADVERTISING 7 Cets lie for LI o first,st, nod I oent• for o , aell mo n bseque n nt 10, ton. SPECIAL NOTICF-4 Inserted In Loral Colunoot 15 oen Is per line. find Simony, Narrcns preceding mnrringes deaths, 10 cents per line for [lna Insertion , and 5 cents fur every subsequent Insert:on LEGAL ArrD OTHER Nor 'I:F.4-- Executors' notices Administrators' notleo Assigifees' notices Auditone notices IN) Other Notices," teu I rws, or three times rg) =MIMI The Imperial 41 The foreign journals are still burdened with extracts from the secret archival ni the 'Tuileries, among which we tind some curious documents, If we do not learn any startling secrets. A certain M. Ilippsslyte llaraileitipy do B u shing appears in is more interesting and romantic light than any other of the ninny persons of high and low degree whose names occur in thiscolleeti.w ul spicy papers. M. Ilippolyte Itaranchips to Rostailig, beinz in the city of I phia, heard II is Alajesty publicly ai,usc•l , ki . leaving unpaid it bill franca for niture purchased during his .% merietin helmeted at the thought that I'muice her ruler should lie exposed to this oldie nits, the chivalrous caul instantly paid the money himself. NI. 11. It. de It. b..v.r Nl:tj. , ,ty, a it lit hell at 111,11. - 111.1 would be wcapable 1..t5cht..,.. - --but to inquire N 1 hillier I 01N Oil Busbtinc tool been duped by - 110,0,. We regret to lay that no reeoril o the Emperor' n au,vw er has been found. There is a curious despatch dazed - liaeli, April 9, vand addressed certain Capt.Sitinuel to the Nlinister of \\ • 110 t.•apuur saltine' telegraphs: Sink, :‘101.1:1V Inane followed I:eller:0 Nleltke, who is . visiting the frontier France, and studying the pilsuitins. Va \letiday 1 ”vert,,,ik hint at lay.cucc. h i . .o,ppeil and the bights near the ruins on the old castle. lie slept that night, iitSaar ltruelv, :toil his lakeu the disimsition, e t' defense at the station and the canal. Yrs terdav he Saar Louis, where he is now. 'fins lamming:, in spite of the boil souther, hr %vent nut ui a carriage to visit the bights surrounding - Vatidevangt. tuul Berns. I suppose, Irmo inforonttion, 1.11:1L he will go to-m.411h ur t.,.morrow I t Troves, whence he .tc,ceml the 1, it neceq-iiiry . him? .kildre.s rep!) to the tolegrapluo ollleo not Forbiteh." The reply sent was, - Follotv him " The most interesting of the published documents, ho‘vover. is the lollolving womanly letter !non the Empress, written et the LllllO ‘,/. the Suez opening. A few lines of it lucre reported recently by telegraph.. ON Ito,.RD THE IMIERATRIVI7, ‘,ll Lilo N ilo, I 1 t. MN' DEAttE,T Luc : 1 wrote to you en route upon I word it on the :stile. T., tell yon that we are enjoying fresh breeze, ii.l.lllil not be absolutely the truth; Irnt the heat is tolerable, for there is some air, but 111 the sun it is quite a different thing. Pre sides I tell you the state of the atmosphere by telegraph. Through the halite means I have news of you and of Louis every day ; it is marvelous and pleasant to me that I KM always fastened to the dear shore by this wire, which joins tie lit all that 1 love. I am delighted by our charming journey, and I would like to give you a description on' It; but so flans other narrati ire, more learned and clever than I have undertaken this task, that the host thingto my mind is for me to shroud myself up in mute admiration, I was very uneasy all day yesterday, thinking that you were in Paris without me ; but all has gone on well, as I see by the despatch. When we see other nations one judges and appreciates much more the injustice of cur own. 1 think, in spite of everything, that we should not he discouraged, and that yogi must advance on the path you have inau gurated /MUNI, (fan, lle nuir guy lit rf.• 1/lal/!///r(ii: good faith rin concessions that have linen 111.10 is, I may tell von, pimple think and say on /WU, l't dial, it good thing. I hope, then, that your address will he in this direction; the more you will need hirce in the future, the more it will lie nettessary to prove hr the country that you have a 'peen all ;deaf and not expudients. I ant, since my de parture, very far away front and very igno rant of ;OEMs to speak thus; but I am firmly convinced that Siiii1101101) ill idea, e true strength. Ido not like a inept, trod I tun persuaded that one can't ort,t. ,('opal twit.° in the reign. I speak at ran dom, for 1 am persuading a man shoats convinced of what he knows mire abi.nt than i. lint one must say something, it' it were only 11/. !al-eel to prove cabal. viii well know—that iny heart, Is near you limn. and that, if ill truimuil days any vagabond mind likes to wand, through stereo bioa , /es or:peer-sr, in those of anxiety :aid de quiet my place is by the sole of you both. I so lated troin men and business, you breathe a calm atmosphere, which does yo, good ; 31111, del udrd by iuingiuntu m. 1 believe that all things go vi ell, because all things 13111 il.:11.,3111.. I lie irse to be Indispensable one 11111,1 t refresh the moral as One menu!, the physical vonstitution, :and all idea culi ,tautly dwelt 111)(01111.1S 1 t i t lOW idea , rim B(Milr Jim . , by wearing 0,, the hest lir • gxuizoll braill. I experienced this; and if tril that liter pale inado the beautiful tirriars my illu sions fad e , I Inuger Wish to remember. My litb is I/111+411M ; 1111 L 1 pile again 111 Illy toll, ...11.1 my trim joys, I be lieve, are those which, passing through lo heart, reach mine. ?•leanwhile I enjoy Cu . tom, myjourney ; the sunsets ides assn/1 , lit 5i1V34.1 113tIlrli fist cull, cation 11[1 the 1/.11, et . it brea.lth of metres, and behind that the desert with 1I s ihrii•Orr.l-311 in t h e rays ,i 1 hit ease¢ scat. All 1,1,1 and believe in the hive of her it let is ..10.11,1y .11,..1.0.1 0/ y.. 11. .From the I ailut h Of I ens , otian, Got. We have beeire alluded to the silver is land ill lilt semis ,h,re of Lai., Superior, 111 100 111"111,11 is,sessioos, jilyt 15.1010 Tllllllll, Cape, and SOIIIO 0110011 111110 S li, - yund Fort William. The island is quite small in dimensions —say use hundred feel Lc forty - and the most, of it is submerged at high water ; a small part at one end 14 about eight, feet above this lake level. This Island sons entered by the .Mlllltraall Mining Company, a part of a tract embracing 1e5,101. 1 nc res; leaf the Island Was subse quently purchased of them by Captain William It. Frew (ferinerly• of Portage Lake, ;mil superintendent of South Pe waubie copper mine), for himself and associates, including amongst them Major Ssbley, of New York, a brother 00 think of General Sibley, of St. Paul, The Montreal Mining Company first nnide this discovery that the island contained silver, and by their agents sunk a shalt on the island . ; but these knew little or nethinz about mining, and, the water coming 10 11p1/11 them, further working of their mine solos abandoned as useless. It was only this lint summer that Captain F. and los company completeil their bargain with the Montreal company for the island, and no cured it by paying, or agreeing to pay, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the entire one hundred and eight thouxand acres. They went immediately to work ,51 improving the mine in a " workmanlike 111111111er. - Their first step was lo surreuiel the island with cribs of timber, tilled with stone, to serve as a breakwater and iru breaker; and within these cribs a colter dam seas built and puddled with clay, having the effect of making the whole in terior of the island nearly watertight, at least front the intrusion of the lake. 'The next step was to set op a large syphon pump, worked by steam, by which ties inside was pumped dry, sir nearly so, and it has since been found that a very lilt working of the pumps daily keeps the island clear of water entirely. . They den went to work laying bare 11101 110 W have exposed seventy foot in length, and find it to be a true fissure vein with perpendicular walls—the Waller silver ma trix being calcareeus spar with some little quartz odor - mixed. Thu, vein is eight feet wide, and eye wit asst from there state that for one-quarter of this width it will average 70 per cent. of pure silver. On 1110 first trial atter this water was first gotten out six axes took over 115,000 In four days, and up to the latest accountn the working has been continued at about this rate. Already L 33 barrels of native silver, esti- I mated to lie worth $75,000 to $lOO,OlOl, have been shipped. The yield of tllO 1111110 computed by the ton is net less than a dollar to the pound ! The mine employs now about forty men, :mil will 111- crease their farce iminediasely. The "royal ty" paid on this to the English government isyume small-not ex coding ems-twentieth. Eye W 1111,01 ,1 or intelllgere•e, judgment, mil experience report that Captain Frew will probably take out of silver, up to tle• opening of navigation next spring, from sl,eoaonie to ,Sl,ootyoo in money value! '1 13., steamer Meteor convoyed down the lakes on her trip befiiru last sixty-two barrels of This silver island is no humbug, but an actual, bona fide affair, in which the most wonderful results have already been obtained, and all bids fair to make in yield and richness the most remarkable mining discovery tit tills country for many years. Some masses of silver went down on the Meteor larger and heavier than a man could lift. A part or the island VOlll, Say two feet of the eight feet In width, Is wonderfully rich, and It 14 from this portion that the large silver masses IWO extracted. Other rich mines of silver are reputed us having been found on the 0111.10 north shore in the range Mlles silver island, and Capt. Hod son, of Portago Lake, has gone East to or ganize a 110111 puny to work them. Census or Philadelphia President Grant ham ordered that the census of Philadelphia be retaken. The following is a copy of the order: =MI Whereas public question has been made as to the correctness of the census of the city of Philadelphia, recently taken by the United States Marshal, it Is directed that a new census bo forthwith taken of said city, and that every practicable precaution be taken to make said census exactly correct and full. Such enumeration will comprise only the particulars which are necessary to determine the true number of inhabitants. [Signed] U. Y. Onazur.
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