F V . F ' - • - ■ V mm PEACOCK. Edita. VOLUME XX.—NO. 216 THE BVRIAI OF LOVE BY WILLIAM CULLEN BBYAKT. Two daik-eyed maids, at shut of day. Sat where a river rolled away, With calm, 'sad brows and raven hair: And one was pale and both were fair. Bring flowers, they; sang, bring flowers unblown; , Bring forest blooms of name , unknown; Bring budding sprays from wood and wild, To strew the bier of Love, the child. Close softly, fondly, while ye weep, His eyes, that death may seem.like Bleep; Ami fold his hands, in.Bigabf rest, His waxen bands, aoroßS his breast.- And make his grave where violets hide, Where star-flowers strew the rivulet's side, 1 And blue birds, in the misty, spring, Of cloudless'skies and Summer sing. Place near him, as ye lay him'low, ? His idle Shafts, his loosened bow, The silken fillet that around TPa waggish eyes In sport he wound* But we shall mourn him long, and miss His ready smile, his ready kiss, The patter of his little feet, Sweet frowns and stammered phrases sweet, And graver looks, serene and high, A light of heaven in that young eye; All these shall haunt us till the heart Shall acheand ache—and tears Will start. The bow, the band, shall fall to dust; The shining arrows waste with rust; And all of Love that earth can claim, Be but a memory and a name. Hot thus his nobler part shall dwell, A prisoner in this narrow cell; Bat he whom now we hide from men In the dark ground, shall live again— Shall break these clods, a form of light, With nobler mein and purer sight, And in the eternal glory stand, Highest and nearest God’s right hand. SEW PtTBUCATIOSS. “Cameron Hall” ißarebel novel just pub lished by J. B. Lippineott & Co. The au thoress is a lady of Alabama, and has de voted her talents to a glorification of the re bellion and the abuse of Federal soldiers. It is very much to he regretted that such pernicious productions find any countenance from loyal Northern publishers. Their whole tendency is bad, and their circulation in the South, for which market we presume they are especially prepared, only fosters -feelings and opinions which all lovers of the Union should Seek to suppress and eradi cate. Messrs. Lippineott <fc Co. .do more good when they send a gross of Comly’s Spelling Books to the South, than would be effected by adbzen editions of Cameron Hall. lieypoldt & Holt, New York,- have just published a little elementary work , called ■“Beginning French,” based . upon Abn’s French Course, which has gone through the' ■extraordinary number of one hundred and forty editions, and Beleze’s Syllabaire. It contains exercises in pronouncing, spelling and translating, and seams admirably ad apted for the purpose of grounding pupils in the rudiments of the French language. It is for sale by J. B. Xdppincott & Co. Harper <fe Brothers have published “Liz zie Lotion of Greyrigg,” a novel by E r Lynn Linton. It is a story of life in Cum berland County, England, and is managed with considerable artistic ability. For sale by T. B. Peterson & Brothem. AMXJHESIESrXS. The Chestnut.— Matilda-Heron appears in “Camille” this evening. On Wednesday ! she pro<Jnces ‘‘Griffith Gaunt;!’ andnext Monday Mr. and Mrs, Barney Williams begin a:briefengagement.; Here, certainly, is variety enougn to please every patron of the Chestnnt. ' . .- /' /• •' J The Walnut.— Sir. J; 8. Clarke appeara : during the week; To-night’s bill Comprises “Single Life” and “Married Life.” .Of -course the house will be crowded;. . The Arch. —“Out American. Cousin- at Home” Toodlea” will be given at the'Arch: this evening. Mr. Chanfrau will appear in three of bis moat amusing parts. ■...•. - * ■ The Amebican.— ‘.‘The Black Crook”- 4hisevening. ; .V '! National Hall.— TheOld Folks. , Assembly Bxnmbraa.— Signor Blitz, Howthe Indiansßehave xnTSxas.— The following recent incident; of Texas bor der life may, perhaps, tend todispel some of the remaining romantic notionsentertained in regard to the Indian character:' “Sarah Jane Luster was .in Texas witha family, named Bobb. Baring the absence of, Mr. , Bobb, a band of Nlcorah Oomahohes came to the hoose, invited in by the children, bat , refused, until satisfied there; were no men" there. They; went in, attempted'to carry; -off one of the children. Mrs. Bobb resisted, -and clung to the child, whereapon one of the savages went behind, seized her by the hair, drew her back and cut her throat. This was committed 1 in sight of Miss Lus ter, who had taken refuge in the upper part of the cabin, and was so shocked as to utter a groan, which, leading ;to her , discovery, -she was captured, and ,with two children, leaving a babe in- the cabin, was' taken to, camp. The boy Houston is from' Weathers ford, Texas. 1 Hesays there wasanother boy captured with him, but he was small, and fell off the saddle, and was not picked up. The raid was made last July.” - Pabis Exhibition Items. —There are now in Paris a number of enjgineers sent by; •the governments of Belgium, -Holland, Prussia, Baden, Bavaria,-Austria, Switzer land, Russia, Spain and Italy, to make arr rangements with the French railway com panies for fixing tarifib of fares for next . year’s exhibition. ,-r ~■ • The advertising pages of the English tionof the catalogue of the Exhibition have - been taken by a speculative printer in Lon-, don, who announces the following prices-of advertisements: . - . J 'v?, £., s. d. Page, - . - , . . - 157 10?; o: Half page, - ; - - - 84 0 ; 0 -Quarter page,: - - . , - , 52 *lO 0 Eighth page, - - 31 10 0 _ Name.trade and address (3Unes),.ls 15; 0 : Twbntt prisoners escaped from the pri son at St, Joseph on Friday. THE PESSSILVASIA CONGKESS»«>SAE DELEGATION, Proclamation by the Governor. PENNSYLVANIA, 88. In the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Andrew G. Curtin, Governor-of said Common wealth. A PBOOIiAMATION. Whereas, In and by an aot ol the General' relating to the Elections of this Common wealth,’? St is made the duty of the Governor —on the receipt of the returns of the election of the members of the House; Of Represental fives of the United.- States, by the Secretary: of the Commonwealth—to declare by Proc lamation, the'names of the persons returned as elected in their respective Districts: i And whereas; The returns of the general election held on Tuesday, the 9th day of Oc tober last, in and for the several districts for members to serve in the House of Repre sentatives of the Congress of the United States, for the term of two years, from and after the fourth day of March next, have been received in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, agreeably to the pro visions of the above act. Whereby, it ap pears that in the First District. composed of the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth ,and Elevehth.Wards, in the city of Philadelphia, Samuel J. Randall has been duly elected; in the Second District, composed of the First, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Wards in the city of Philadelphia, Charles O’Neill has been duly elected; in the Third District, composed of the Twelfth, Thir teenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Wards, in the city of Philadelphia, Leonard Myers has been duly elected; in the Fourth District, composed of the .Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-first and Twenty-fourth Wards, in the city of Philadelphia, William D. Kelley has been duly elected; in the Fifth District, composed of the Twenty second, Twenty-third and Twenty-fifth Wards, in the city of Philadelphia, and the county of Bucks, Caleb N. Taylor has been duly elected; in the Sixth Distriot', composed of the counties of Montgomery and Lehigh, Benjamin M. Boyer has been duly elected; in the Seventh Distriot, composed of the counties of Chester and Delaware, John M. Broomall has been duly elected; in the Eighth District, composed of the county of Berks, J. Lawrence Getz has been duly elected; in the Ninth District, composed of the county of Lancaster, Thaadeus Stevens has heen duly elected;. In the Tenth District, o mposed of the counties of Sehuylkill and Lebanon, Henry L. Cake has been duly elected; in the Eleventh District, composed of the counties of Northampton, Carbon, Monroe, Pike, _and Wayne, Daniel M» Yen Auken has been duly elected; in the Twelfth 'District, composed of the counties of Lu zerne and Susquehanna, Charles Dennison ’has been duly bleated; in the Thirteenth District, composed of the counties of Brad ford, Wyoming, Sullivan, Columbia, and Montour, Ulysses Mercur has been duly elected; iii the Fourteenth Distrlct,compbsed‘ of the counties of Northumberland, Union, ' Snyder, Juniata and Dauphin, George F. Miller has been duly elected; in the Fifteenth District,' composed of the counties of York; : Cumberland- and -Perry, A. J. , Glossbrenner > has been duly elected; in the Sixteenth District, composed of the. counties of Adams, Franklin ,Fult on, Bedford and Somerset, Wm, H. Koontz.haa been duly elected;: in the: Seventeenth . Dis- - trict, composedbftheoountiesof Cambria, Blair, : Huntingdon - and Mifflin, Daniel J. Morrell has been duly eleoted; in the Eigh teenth District, composed of the counties of Centre, Clinton, Lycolning, Tioga and Pot ter, Stephen-F. Wilson has been duly elect ed; in the Nineteenth District, composed of the countiesoLErie, Warren, McKean, Fo rest. Elk. Cameron. Jefferson and Clearfield, Glenni W.'Scbofield has been duly eleoted; the Twentieth Dlstriot,composed of the coun tks of Crawford. Yenango, Mercer and Cla rion,DarwinA.Finne/hasbeendulyeleoted; in the Twenty-first District, composed of the counties of Indiana, Westmoreland and Fayette, John Covode has been dnly eleoted; : in the Twenty-second District, composed of that cart of-Allegheny county south of the Ohio and Allegheny rivers, and including .NeviUev lßlaßd, James. K. Moorhead, has been duly elected; in the Twenty-third’Dis trict, composed of that part of Allegheny, county north of the, Ohio and Allegheny; ; rivers; and Butler and Armstrong connties, Thomas Williams has been duly eleoted; c in the Twenty-fourth District, composed' Of the oonnties of .Lawrepce.Beaver, Wash-; iDgton and Greene, .George V. Lawrence has been duly elected. ■> Now,. therefore, I,i Andrew .G, Curtin,' Governor as aforesaid, have issued thla my Proclamation that Samuel' Randall, Charles O’Neill, -Leonard .MyerSj William -D. Kelley, Caleb N.- Taylop,' Benjamin M. .Boyer, John M. Broomall, :J. Lawrence Getz, Thaddeus Stevens, Henry L. Cake, Daniel M. Van Auken, Chas. Dennison, - Ulyßseß MercuTjGbo. F; Miller, A.: J,Gl6f|B« brenner; Wm. H. Koontz, Daniel. J. Mor rell, Stephen F.Wilson;Glehni W.Sohofield,; Darwin A. Finney, John Covode, Janies jC. Moorhead, Thomas Williams and George: 'V. Lawrencehave -been returned as duly elected in.their several districts before men tioned, as Representativea in the Congress of the United States, for the term of two years each, to commence from and after the 4th day of March next. Given under my hand and the great seal of the State, at Harrisburg, this 27th day of November, in the yeair ofour Lord 1889, and ef 1 the Commonwealth' the 91st. ;By the Governor, r .Eli Slifkk, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Indians Still in Flobida.— According to the following statement in the last num ber of the St., Augustine Examiner, there are still from one to four hundred Indiana iin that State:; The 'Examiner, savs: ; ",; It is reported that there are a large num ber of. Seminole and Uchee Indians still remaining in Florida, variously estimated at from one to four hundred—men, women and • children.: The country occupied by 1 them is in the vicinity of Indian River; In let! then -south to Jupiter and Hillsboro -Inlet, then ’ west through the; everglades, ; coating outon the ' Corlosahatehie ■ river., Col. Sprague, oommandingthisdiBtrict,has - made.arrangements; to,communicate with - tnemi'and'twUl-prObeed down theooast in the United Statea-revenue cutter to tha. points : referred’, tO.whehitißexpectedt hat Thock-to-ttirten'agge, the chlef 'of the band, , will he induced to visit our city;' The nrinoe -of these “wild men of the woods’’ among US will he of much interest, and cause.many of onr citizens to revert to their services and trials durißg the desolating and prolonged Florida War. •Albebt H. Inman, a recent graduate of Tale College, and Miss Eddy,a young lady, were drowned at Pasooag, near Providence. R. L, on Thursday evening, while skating, PHiLADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 17,1866.— TBIPLjS SHE^T. IHE DEATH PEN At I f ISOHI©. ‘ Execution of W. e. Smith,at Washing: ton, finetie County, Ohio,'for *Be 1 Murder •f JOhn o*o7, !>' ' ' CrKentirA.Tij Dec.v14,1866.—W; G. Smith Buffered theextreme penalty of the law at Washington, Fayette; county, Ohio, to-day, for the murder ot John Gray on the .19th of October, 1864. He was bom in 1816, in the State of Virginia, and' removed to the State of Ohio during the year 1856. He attributes bis fate to the influence of evil associations, denying positively his gnilt as to the; actual killing of Gray; but acknowledges he was ah accessory. We called on the condemned man last night for the; purpose, of eliciting information in'regard to his past life, but found' him very weary. and worn out,; complaining of ! excessive talking. Ep appeared ;• perfectly calm. ; and ; had previously .. to our , calling,. .been quite cheerful, convening freely and smok ing his pipe with perfect composure. Since his conviction he has been closely confined in an. iron oage, about eight feet wide by probably seven feet high, occupying one corner of the tftek cell in the seoond story of the prison building. His wife has been with him during the past; week, and. appeared' perfectly,heartbroken. During our stay in the prison, she ocenpied a position 'near the head of his bed, swinging her body to and frp, indicating great mental Buffering;. The instrument of punishment was; situated in the publia square, immediately at the west end of the building. Sheriff Straley had taken all the necessary precaution to have the : execution conducted in secrecy, as directed by law. Ah inclosure of about I twenty feet square had been erected as a protection from the gaze of the populace; On the : side of the structure adjoining the jail was placed a platform.jn the floor of which waa.the trap door, calculated to give the prisoner a fall of about twenty-thrss inches. The day was bright and cheerful, I and, excepting the cold, pleasant. Not- I withstanding the knowledge of the fact that I the execution would be conducted secretly, 1 thousands flocked to town. The fences and ] in some places the buildings in the neigh- I borhood. of the jail were crowded with ] people, who could see just as much of the I execution had they remained at home. lAt about one o’clock tiie prisoner I was brought into the inclosure ac- I companied- by his spiritual advisers,: the; Sheriff, his deputies and R. M. Briggs, the I prisoner’s counsel. Smith ascended the I platform with a firm, unfaltering step and 1 look a seat over the fatal trap. After a very, I impressive prayer by Rev. Mr, Emerson, I the prisoner arose ana heard his death;warr I rant and the decision of Governor Cox read I by Deputy Sheriff Blackmore, which he 1 listenedtoattentively. His demeanor during I all this ceremony exhibited a degree of j nerve rarely equalled. After the Deputy I Sheriff had finished reading, Sheriff Straley I asked the prisoner if he had any remarks to j make. Smith arose and said, as near as we I could get it: I I want to make a few remarks, gentle . I .men, lam innocent of the murder of old John Gray, perfectly innocent. I hopß I will be the last man to suffer death in this way.' This is a, solemn occasion. I have been a very wicked : man. For fifty years I have lived in rebellion against God; but, thank God, I can put my trust in him. Gentlemen,death has no terrors for me. We all have to die. It is only a matter of time. I don’t fear death, but I regret the manner in which I have to die and the disgrace it will bring to my family. What I have said to Mr. Briggs and Mr, Emerson is strictly true. This Is all, I believe, I have to Bay. Sheriff Straley then inquired if he was ready, ‘•Yes,” replied Smith, “when I bid fare well to my friends.” Then turning to Judge Briggs his bid him good by and 1 hanked him for his kindness in his bohalf, and to Mr. Emerson, bis spiritual adviser, he expressed a wish to meet him inheaveo; then to the Sheriff and the Test present he bade' adieu, .. The drop fell at half-past one o’olooh, and Smith died without astrnggle.After hang ing twenty-five minutes the body was cut down ana delivered to bis friends. Extbaoboinaby. —The five leading j our nals of Paris contain long and circumstan tial accounts of a - distinguished engineer whose head was'tumed perfectly white by a most frightful dream. The engineer had visited a rough, and unfrequented mineral region for the purpose of exploring and re porting to a company of capitalists upon the riohness of a certain mine; The night of hiß arrival, and before he.descended into the mine, he lodged at a amall inn,and,after devouring a pound or -two of - pork -chops, went to bed. He dreamed tnat he hac -visited the mine and was being hauled up, when he discovered that the rope was ’almost, severed,, and' there was only a single, strand- to support bis weight and that of the buoket in whioh he: was being drawn up. Suddenly, when he: had ascended two hundred feet, the rope, hedreamed, gave way, and he uttsred a. fearful shriek, which roused the inmates of the house, and when they'burst open the. door of the dreamer’s Tooth, they found a white-headed-martin the plsceof the blaok-; haired young gentleman who had retired a few hours ' before. The story is well au thenticated, and, hiß is the first instance On j record of aman’shhair aving been turned white from the effects of a dream. . The TbeAsuby Depabtmkxt. The amount of National Bank currency;issued during the week is $344,440. The total amount, to this date: is $300,231,371. From this is to be deducted the ourreuoy returned, including worn-out notes, amounting to : $2,091,432, leaving in actual circulation at this date, $208,139,939. - - • . The treasury disbursements for the week ending Saturday, were as follows: War Department, - $3,092,495 Navy Department, >■ ' -293,009 Interior Department, ’ - - 197,609 , Total, - V? _ . $3,583,113 The total amount of national currenoy for warded hence during the week ending Sa turday, amounts to $453,310, and waseent ag follows: 1 ' United States Depositary at Buffalo,’s3s,ooo j '■• “ , at Baltimore, 60,000 Assistant Treasurer at Boston, - 100,000 [« , “ New York, 100,000 To 8ank5,158,310 The i amonnt ;of fractional currency. re ceived during the week is $338,000. Thb Centbal Club of the “Boys -ih Blue,” of' Pennsylvania, has • Received an immense-, number of: responses - ’’from olubs , of the "Boys in Blue”thronghout the State, slgnifylng-their willingness to be present at. General Geary’s inauguration, provided ar rangeuiehta caD be made for the issuing or excursion tickets at half fare.. Letters have been addressed to the Presidents of the dlf ferent railroads running into Harrisbuig, asking, in behalf of the “Boys in Bide,” that such excursion tickets be sold at all > depots along such lines. OTTTt WHOLf! OOrNTKT, At a late meeting of the Societe des.ln-. genenis Civils,' in Paris, M. Flachat read an interesting report on the country r : of Darien; recently explored by him. In his first excursions he acquired an idea ; of the general features of the country by cutting down the trees on fhe summits of certain, hills of considerable altitude. He next determined as exactly as possi ble the elevation of the beds of tho vari-. pus tributaries of the river, or, in other words, in the different parts of the , basin of Darien, for the purpose of as certaining the moat' advantageous line for a canal joining the two oceans. The impossibility of penetrating into the forest. without much loss of time obliged him to follow, the ; course of the river and .‘its ‘ tributaries for the. survey .he had undertaken. As nearly all the inhabitants areihe debtors 7of certain merchants, for wbo'o they are obliged to work until their debts are paid off, M. Flachat could onlyget hands by treating with the capitalists'.' The pop ulation amounts to 1,600 ently of the free tribes which inhabit the northeastern declivity of the Cordilleras, between Cape St. B'as and the month of the Atrato. The inhabitants live along the banks of the river in huts built of bamboo and out of the reach of inuuda . tions. The-ground floor is reserved for cattle; the upper stoty for the family, which is thus protected from being stung by venomous reptiles. Pigs are kept in enclosures, in order to secure them against the attacks Of jaguars. M. Fla chat found the Indians & very docile people. The country of Darien is cov ered by a virgin forest, with trees from 15 to SO metres iu height. Even ou the banks of the river the forest is often im passable. The country is extremely wild andintersected with torrents,which though rising to a formidable height duriDg the rainy season, are quite dried up in summer. The only possible line for a canal is across the western hills, which are not so high as the others, and between which the river has found its way to the Pacific. It is highly proba ble that the basin of Darien was once a Tbe Isthmus of Panama. lake; and it would not require much work to lay it under water again and make the communication between the two oceans as easy as by Nicaragua. Spanish and Italian Ecclesiastics.— The clergy of the cathedral churches of Spain consist of 58 prelates, and one coad jutor bisbop, 52 deans, 431 titular canons, and 756 prebendaries, the salaries of whom amount to 24,404,250 reaux.. The parochial clergy is composed of 19,311 cures, 156 per petual vicars, 986 officiating vicars; and 3,904 coadjutors, at a yearly cost of 79 mil lions of reaux. The religious houses en dowed by the state number 4,726, and the payments to them, added to those of 791 al moners and 799 priests, amount to 8.401,240 reaux. The GazetUx di Firenze gives the following as the net revenues of the church in Italy Religious corporations about to beabolished, 11,035,675 lire; mendicant religious corpora tions, 298,221; sisters of mercy, 163,777; bishops’ 5a1arie5,5,555,391; seminaries,3,22s,- 011; chapters and prebends, 8,553,780; and varions other sources of revenae, amount ing in all to 75,811 1 439-lire. ‘ Three Men Rescued from Pbbil by a Gibl. —The Providence Press, says; “On Tuesday lash while the wind was blowing, a gale from the sontheast, three men started off in a frail skiff from the shore at the lower end of the inner harbor of Newport to rescue a sheep which bad by,some means got adrift, but owing to the gale were neither able to reach the Bheep nor return to theshore, and were fast being swept off into rough water, where their skiff must inevitably have swamped. In this situation they. were dis covered by Miss Ida Lewis, daughter of Capt. Hosea Lewis, keeper of the Lime Rook Light, who at once took the lighthouse boat and put off to their relief. She reached the men, took them from the skiff, which she took in tow, and afterward went in quest of land saved the sheep and landed the whole safely on terra firma. This is not the first act of this description, performed by this young lady.” Hebe’s Histoby fob You.—The follow ing item appears in a morning cotemporary and as it gives old history in a new light, we reproduce it: “The mines at Braddock’s Fields are lo cated in an historical spot—in the identical ravine where Braddock lay - in ambush during the war of the Revolution, and in the midst of one of the richest sections of the coal district, no less than in one of the most picturesque parts of the Commonwealth.” Braddock in ambush in the revolutionary war is decidedly fresh. —Pittsburgh Cbrtwner cial. ;V.-. \ / Fobt Hats.— General Hanoock has or dered that the post now being established at Camp Fletcher,in the Department of Mis souri, shall be named Fort Hays, in com memoration of the name and gallant ser vices of the late General Alexander Hays,of Pennsylvania, who was killed at the battle : of the wilderness.. The order is subject to. the approval of the Secretary of . War, and it will doubtless .receive the hearty approval of that official, who is familiar with the re cord of the lamenteddead. Despatches from Jefferson city Btate that Governor Fletcher continues to receive des patches - from, Jackson county, urging ■ a withdrawal of the troops: but he : remains firm ■in the' determination not r to do so until every hnshwbaoker is killed or driven off. The Sheriff of Jackson county says that he can have the laws executed by civil pro cess, and that the heavy tax imposed •on the people by the quartering of-a military force there is hard to be borne. Judge Silas Mobbis Cochbanb, Asso ciate Justice of the Court of Appeals of Maryland, died in Baltimore, on Sunday morning, after, a brief illness. He was a native of Wyndham, New Hampshire, but removed here some years since, and was Elected in 1860 to the !>enoh for a term of fifteen years. The State Constitution gives ; the Governor the appointment of a successor ; until the next general oleotion. ~ . Taxation in Fbanob. —The tax collec tors of France look sharply after the inland ■revenue ;of the, Empire. The 'Gazette de Namur reoords that the Marquis - do Molins ahd tire Duoheass de los Rios were recently tfined for shooting without a license. Their ■ guns were also declared forfeit, but were restored to: them bn payment of fifty franos each: : ’■ _* .... 'J . . Majob Lathbqp has been- appointed United States Agent of theFreedmen’s Bu reau in Texas, vice Major Douhieday, re signed. I Froh Beef Packing lo Texas. ] i Owing to the , unsurpassed facilities Tor grazing in, Texas, together with the high prices to whiob products have attained of . latq yean, the attention of prominent bush ness men in New Orleans and Texas has I ceen directed to enterprises forbeef packing in. that State. We learn by our Texas ex-, changes that: the farmers of that State are. quite generally directing their-attention to j grairine, and. that the bnUdiQg, of corrals and filling them with choice breeds of cattle; 'has come to be quite general,. .The Indianola Zl'mesmentionathe establishment of a pack-' ihg.bouse at that place,in wblah Stable’s pioceas.of putting up fresh beef is adopted. The proeesß is thus briefly d&jcrlbed: , - The beefisentup bone taken ont, a small quantity of sqtt put on, and allowed to 'stand three honrs,- to.draw- j part of -the moisture from the meat. ; It is then put into cans, which areptaoed in an. iron box that can he made air tight by the , quick motion of a screw. The air is, then : , exhausted by means of a column of water,; l and carbonio acid gas introduced. in the 1 place of the air, when the cans are soldered up and ready for shipment to - any, part of the world, taking six minutes to each 160 pounds 'or meat. The carbonic acid gas; which is used in this proeess is the : same that is' in daily use in, all families for bread making and ; other. pur poses. This gas will not support coaabußtion, being free from oxygen, and hence its Bnbstitntion ferair, the oxy gen of which causes meat to decompose. The process, it is said, has been thoroughly tested in South America and other tropical countries with eminent success, and a board ot examiners at the Brooklyn Navy Yard have pronounced the beef thus put up re mark ably well preserved, j aicy, tender and palatable. The firm in.question are re ported to have a contract with the Navy Department for supplying a portion of the .. beef issued in .the navy, and from the ad vantage they have in packing in Texas, where cattle are cheap, must increase the proportion to other kinds of beef They are also filling large orders for beef for planters through the Southern States. An Ahe bican Hotel Clesk.— l tell you a hotel clerk is the embodiment and concen tration of dignity. If their wealth is to be judged by their dignity, they must each be possessed of several millions, apiece. Per iaps you are not aware what lam driving , at. Just go and ask one of these lodging room potentates of the whereabouts of some friend of yours who may be an inmate of the house. Providing you are a major general or congressman you may receive a satisfactory answer. If you are a brigadier youmay get a vague, one. If a coloael. it may be necessary to wait three:or four minutes.. If a captain or a lieutenant, six or seven. If a- mere civilian —but words .fail to convey an idea of the man ner' in which civilians are crushed and subjugated when they pro pound their modest inquiries. Not that they are rude. Oh, not But there is a ma jesty, a loftiness,, and exaltation and con sciousness of power in, their words, looks and gestures which reduces the inquirer in his own estimation to the last verge of in feriority. Christiana who are always strong to humble and abase themselves, whose be setting sin.is pride, just come down here and lake a dose or two of hotel clerk. Whenever T feel that I need , being taken down a peg dr two. that I am riding too high a quadruped, I have a never-failing remedy, I merely step into one of our first class hotels and ask, “Is Mr. Smith stop ping here?”' and the great man, after the necessary delay, lifts his eyes, and I feel that I am a worm, and when he speaks I deem myself a Chinaman.— California Paper. Hon. Jack Rogebs will have a supper I and ball given in bis honor, in Paterson, N. I J., on Wednesday night, by bis ardent ad- I mirers in thatcity. The Guardian waxes I eloquent over the anticipated event and | spreads itself and Mr. Rogers as follows; | “Democracy is aliving principal like Truth, 1 It can never be crushed or die. It may.be | borne down.as has been the best 1 * and I truest man ever sent from this district I and the representative -of good and ] true principles, bnt it wilT rise again, j and, Mr. Rogers, defeated by treachery I and- corruption combined, as' was I Washington daring periods in the early I War of our Revolution, he yet stands above those who succeeded in defeating - him by a few votes at the election.” There is some thing beautiful in the constancy of the Guardian. The. Sussex Register learns.that ] Mr. B. will locate in Baltimore and resume .there the practice of thelaw. > j Extbaobwnaby Freak of a Fox.—A. I few weeks ago a curious trait in the charao-. ter of a fox was witnessed in a hay field at Bronwydd, Cardiganshire. While the hay makers were busily employed at one end of the field, theirattention wasßuddenlydrawn to the other, where a fine dog fox'was seen to gambol in fearless confidence with a sheep dog, which had been left the guardian of the Workman’s 'victuals under, the'shade of a ; tree.- They were seen to play, like a oouple of puppies; in open-mouthed friendship. On the approach of one of the hay-makers, who feared'that the amusement might cost him his dinner, Reynard madeoff to a neighbor-’ ing covert, but in a few minutes returned in , the same festive humor to renew his gam bols' and secure his prize. There can be little doubt that this behavior was one of Master Reynard’s canning dodges to get at the food. . - Ait AttTEMFT at murder was made jin Paris last month. MadameChapuis, a young actress at the Theatre des Noa veantSs; was called out by a message from het husband, who wished urgently ,to speak to her. She went down to the street outside, and no soon er was she in the presence of her husband than he made a bio w at her neok with a poniard. , Fortunately the weapon.: glanced, inflicting only a slight wound. She, however, fell to the ground, bleeding. A crowd assembled,and while the wounded woman' was carried into" the;theatre, the, 1 assailant, under the impression that he had killed her, inflicted five stabs on himselt He whs taken to the hospital of St. Louis, where' he lies wilhout prospect; of recovery. : Jealousy w.as the motive of the attack. . , The Cokqbessiohai. . Ijlbbaev.— The. room devoted to the, library of Congress has been extended and refitted. in admirable style, Its. capaoity has been, doubled,' and it is intended to provide .shelves for two hundred thousand volumes. ,It has now one hnndred and thirty-six thousand. The last accession is the celebrated collection— . forty thousand volumes—of Mr. Peter Force.. The library is entirely fire-proof, is lighted exclusively by skylights, is fitted up with quiet elegance, and will be, when perfected, an honor to the nation.. ; 4 u . ( An Ou> N kwspapeb. —The, Qazette de France ia the oldest newspaperextant. It Isnowin Its two? hundred and thirty-sixth year, and was already mature before the revolution of 1688. So aaya a foreign ex change, F. L . FETHERSTON. PabMal . three cents. Hr*. Jonei, the iallinMrt . , • On one of oar earliest visits to ! illusive charm attached to the ideaef *. i:female author became, indeed, clwtngea toa horror from which we have never fully recovered.: We were requested:; to. i: .escort a lady.to what we understood was ■ an ordinary social gathering. _ Afterefl? c;; tering a small and somewhat Obscure •. drawing room, saluting the hostess and ‘ taking the proffered seat,we were strueje. . with the formal arrangement ofjthp. company. Thtey. formed an. : row along the jvalls of the room, ex.cepb at one end, at whieh stood a table surr mounted by an astral lamp; and in an. • arm chair beside itj in a studied attitude*' ■ r dike one posed for a deguerreotype, sab : * awomanof masculine proportions,coarse ; * features, and the hair between yellow. , and red, - which fell in unkempt masses'..' down each side of her broad face; She .'>• was clad .in white muslin of; an. anti- ' qnated fashion. We noticed, that, the '? guests cast looks, partly of; euriosity, - partly: ofuneasiness upon’ this herculean .. female; who rolled her eyes occasionally andsmiledonus all with a kind of com placent pity. ■ t ; We ventured, amidst, ther silence, to ’ , ask* our neighbor the name of the ■ gigantic unknown. She appeared ex- surprised at the very natural _ question. “Why, don't you know ? We’re invited here to meet her, and:l assure you it is a rare: privilege. That is Mrs. Jones; the celebrated author of the ‘Affianced One.’” At this moment a brisk little woman in the corner, with accents slightly tremulous, and a man ner intended to be very nonchalant, broke the uncomfortable hush of the room, “My dear Mrs. Jones, ’’’ said she, “as one of your earliest and most fervent admirers, allow me to inquire if your health does not suffer from the intense state of feeling in which you evidently write ?” The Amazonian novelist sighed : —it was funny to see that operation- on so largeascale—-andthen in a voice so like the rougher sex that we began to think she was a man in disguise;, plied: “When I reach the catastrophes ef my stories, it is not uncommon for me to faint dead away; and, as I always write in a room by myself, it has hap pened more than once that I have been found stretched, miserable and cold, on the floor, with a pen grasped in my fin-' gets, and the carpet littered with manu script blotted with tears!” - , The Siddonian pathosof theannounce ment sent a thrill round the circle; glances of admiration and ;pity were thrown upon the self-immolated victim at the shrine of letters, and other in quiries were adventured which elicited equally impressive replies, until psychological throes- of - anthorsh'p*-- particularly in the female gender—as sumed the aspect of an experience j com bined of epilepsy and nightmare;. .'J'he tragic egotism of these revelations at length overcame our patience, and leav - ingour fair companion to another escort, we slipped from the room. ■ A thunder stormbad arisen;: the rain was pouring down in torrents; , upon th& door step we encountered a /rory pale, thin, little man, with an umbrella under his arm, and a pair of overshoes- in his hand. As we passd, he addressed us im a very meek and frightened voice:. “Please, sirs, is there a party here?” “Yes.” “Please, sirs, is-the celebrated' Mir&. Jones here?’,’ “Yes.” “Please, sirs, do you think I could step in to the entry? Pm Mr. Jones.”—if. J- Tuckcrman. ", 1 Of this year’s crops in Michigan 'the De troit Free Frees -says:; Wheatmay fairly challenge comparison as to quality with any that was ever grown in any country. , The-: oat crop waß excellent, andexoeededthe before unexampled’crop" 'of l£66'by more than; a million bushels. The orop-is ahont the same as, last. year. . Barley has done better this year than eveF before. The ’ value of the crops of the present year is esti mated at $49,00(^600. Samuel J. Dowell, an of Worcester. Mass, j recently pardoned' from the jail at Fitchburg, to which he had been sentenced for one year for firing a pistol with fatal effect into a crowd opposing an arrest he was making, has reeeivedihe ap pointment ofturnkey at the jail in Fitch burg—a good position With a good Balary. The Tblal of Scott, Cullen and Dee, is proceeding at heavenworth, Kansas, . The developments so far go to prove their crime. More hones have been found ia the ruins of their store, leaving no. doubt that hoth the young men, Guest 3 and ®icketta» perished in the flames.; : ~ Silk.— At-Bourg Argent el, o,ear-St.Etr enne, lives one linden Tracol, whbissaid to have discovered the method of Making sl&t direct from thO mulberry tree without the intervention of the silkworm. No hint is given of the prooessby which this is- effected. H.M. Bkje, an original pre-emotor of a portion of the land on which St. Faul, Minn;, iß'bullt, sixteen jea*s ago-presented the city the land required for streets. De cently he attempted togetit back on account of certain defects in thenrethod of trans mission, but failed / Papebs of the 7 th, from Colorado, say. about sixty Cheyenne Indians areprowl - ’ ing around Living Springs,forty mUesjftQta. Denver, - under the old. Chief Doablehead. A. strict and anxious watch is kept on their, movements. V -f , THE-iehahon (Tenn.) Herald has a story about alady who fell; into a cavern eighty i feet deepand was rescued,: hut it doesnlt com e up to the Mobile yarns in interest and. excitement. ; - ■.bsf A Young liAßjr, who booked ’hsrself- at Hatch House; Chicago, as Mias Miller; coin* mitted suioide by taking morphine: This event was the seqnfiL of‘an unwise love, 's l 1 The Nabkagaksext Indians, in Rhode Island, have declined to become citizens and .voters, as may under .the Civil Kights bill of the State., , . Geokgk L. Vestv; ofEaat‘Boeton r Mass., -fifteen years old, killed* himself by aod-i dentally firing off a pistol he? was loading on the evening of the lOth last. j lst' inB6 ohe ; toUilon bushels - of wheat had been received at the port or Milwaukee, WisoonBln;esslmated to be twop fifths of the whole crop of the State, % ’iJia.iOi. =t V-'v- t
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