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the Imit,•- that -t. 4.1 1111.11Ili
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till it rt,tcltl 1001
rat' tr,,, ii”. 11,0 Stilt:in.
tiffirw;ili , , awl the
thi• 1,11 , 111, ,11:444 . 11t ., 1 /It unrc that
Iho iii•.•111,L111 , \lol , ailnrhlil iu iii of
Ihc:u'uw•:llu • u iht•
the crii,),:t. The Pfeil llt'lll
rimho Is all of them to •'
4,r iniort-h ill
:111.1:21,,11, ill :Illy
il.ll 1ii.'11...iii..11.411
lIIIIIIIMII
;1 , kt'y til-rlt-,1,1 ii t.Vcr
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th t ql, tr, iu Wn•ll 11 , 01:11tlit' , 1 mlih the
light-zw , l
iu Ih,• I'l iliva.
Tli.• 4.:trried lln in
l'rell••!•. :Lll.l 1!it• 11•'1,1 linirorm-
II( el ir
,i;k1,11,11 , • , 1 111,• nil i••ll,:ity thl•
Th •
.V.,1',..•••••1 4•1 lIIC p:trty,
NVearl the tllltire, tit . Lite
cavalry, 11l the ttiarketl aceelit with
Nviiiett he tatati varittu
.lattle, • titil l ereat•e. attire tir
whieh the Sitx.al
fruit the t Ltul, %VA: evph•ntly
t ilitimelit itv
lag i.he: Ittlile Lti a tall, thirl:.
~uhliettl-ilul.n~c unit, alit,' lil'utilili
eittillterinatt•c have mark. 101 inure than
1,:11 . 11:11 , 1-l • 31 . 111 , 1 Virtl/1 . .N . in Algiers,
a'/,•optia of tair
e.antlatatier.itt-eltiel. 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,. I'. it tvt• (1j,,m,,t (ht.
; :ti : dinner rt,l'
ttrgtinlvitt. i”
101410
•
" ..,r.1114 ,. r•• ,0 aro to
1110.4 — with you, I think,
IrEpi•rnsi": " Arden.
•• ;1141/1 4 r l 4 r••:. , i11•••1
\V in
HIP liiiiriillll ,, r 11 , r•,,t• fronl
tilt. "Pftr/,' , ;1. Art ht• t,tti
t tittuctl, halting Iter.tre tittultit ,
wittiliisv , , the t.it,ti•rit tot -
Nct•re thrown It.t.•it t•t tho alit
tititht air that t•ttott lirt•tit Ling
mrr Iti t • watt-r ,
ul thi• " i envy yittt
stii•lt a Vii•tv
i,,";:,
111:111 11 t:111 , • ha:
)11111
-Anti 1,1•111 . 1:, 11, ILI! • I
j1:111It 1•11lIld 11:(V' •••II
the ni,ty I
L•ity wt)l . H. 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.
•
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first,st, nod I oent• for o , aell mo n bseque n nt 10,
ton.
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15 oen Is per line.
find
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deaths, 10 cents per line for [lna Insertion ,
and 5 cents fur every subsequent Insert:on
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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:
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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.